#clara hananokoji

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Before I go and finalize the magical girl quiz, I need to state it may take me some time before I begin on character entries again. I want to use the page for much more than that, though. I thought about also posting on IG and Twitter as well, but not too often. My daily schedule is so damn busy, but next week after work should free time should come up to do some page edits. Keep in mind the quiz I had published was more obscure magical girl media, but I can always make a more "introductory" quiz, AKA easier questions about the more popular shows.

As for the other ideas I want to get across:

-A chart for the genre explaining its subgenres (majokko, magical idols, magical girl warrior, etc), its influences, and adding recommendations. I feel this is need as what I mainly see online are either only recommendation charts, or blog posts detailing its history.

-A chart list of magical boys, just to compile them together. There's a lot less of them in the genre than girls, but in fact a bunch of them popped up in the 2000's and then dwindled out. Not too sure why, but probably due to a lot of those series ending and many still have not been republished in English or recieve anime remakes.

-A post on disturbing magical girl episodes for Halloween (possibly.) There's some older draft of it that detailed a lot about Nurse Angel Ririka SOS (1995), but regardless it's outdated and I'd need to go back through multiple shows beforehand.

I'd like for it to be published possibly before October 31st, but I also wanted to do another one but for shoujo titles instead. That means while some magical girl titles could be listed, it seems most will be related to scifi or romance titles. One I've definitely considered is Please Save My Earth (1984) because unless you're older or really into 80's shoujo you probably won't know what it is. I'd say to watch the 90's OVA, but it can be fairly hard to piece together what's going on if you haven't read the manga.

-A chart detailing magical girl series outside of anime, but rather video games. If anything yoi see a lot of random ones pop up in sidescroll shooters and visual novels (adventure games), although some are in fighting games. Clara Hananokoji (Power Instinct 2) and Athena Asamiya are some earlier examples I can think of. With shooters you'd have to look more towards titles like Twinkle Star Sprites, though.

As for anything else, I will come back to make edits if need be. I'm preparing for work tomorrow, gonna really need to think about what to work on first for the page after that.

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Can you list your favourite videogames that have magical girls? I would love to have some cool videogame recommendations

YouTube Channel Cuarto Freaky AFK has 8 videos about Magical Girl games! Here's Part 1 to get you started:

But, here are my all-time favorites:

Purikura Daisakusen* (Arcade, SEGA Saturn);

Magical Pop'n (SNES/Super Famicom);

Twinkle Star Sprites (Arcade, SEGA Saturn);

Mystic Riders (Arcade);

Pu.Li.Ru.La (Arcade, PS1);

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (Mega Drive);

Magical Chase (PC Engine, GBC);

Magical Girl Critical (Android app);

Fushigi no Yume no Alice (PC Engine);

Cotton series (various consoles/platforms);

PuyoPuyo series** (various consoles/platforms).

*This one is a spinoff of ATLUS' fighting game Power Instinct Matrimelee, protagonized by one of its playable characters, Hananokoji Clara.

**I enjoy both Compile and Sonic Team versions, though I like Sonic Team's aesthetics/visuals more!

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Power Instinct Matrimelee

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Small child murders a duck

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- Thin Nen/ Chinnen when defeating Kurara Hananokoji/ Clara, Power Instinct Matrimêlée [NeoGeo] (Atlus/ Noise Factory)

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Goketsuji Ichizoku: Idol Strategy (アイドル大作戦) by Hideki Mitsui,1995. Cover by Range Murata

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The magical girl of the day is Clara Hananokoji!

Series: Power Instinct 2 (1994)

Age: 13, 14 (Matrimelee, 2003) 15 (Purikura Daisakusen (1996), Senzo Kyou (2009)

Seiyuu/VA: Japanese - Kotono Mitsuishi (1994-1995), Masayo Kurata (1996-2009)

Clara enters the Goketsuji tournament after gaining magical powers and a heart shaped wand from a mysterious wizard. Clara's ultime dream for the tournament? To marry a rich man, as winning the tournament would give her the option to travel and find her ideal man. In Matrimelee her goal is to marry a prince, which is the prize of the third Goketsuji tournament she's participated in. Her super form, Super Kurara, is a grown woman who fits with brass knuckles and roller skates in exchange from her previous magical items. After Matrimelee Kurara's name was changed to "Clara."

Clara's appearance is based off previous magical girls such as Creamy Mami and Sailor Moon and as such she can transform/disguise her appearance to fit her needs. She also shares Sailor Moon's VA, Kotono Mitsuishi for the first two Power Instinct games she appeared in.

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