#genre: magical girl

[archivingcatgirls]

The catgirl of this Feline Friday is Ichigo Momomiya from Tokyo Mew-Mew.

Ichigo is the protagonist of Tokyo Mew-Mew and her DNA is merged with that of an Iriomote Wild Cat. She is sweet, and ready for anything - although afraid of ghosts! Her Mew Mark is a pink version of the imprint on her Mew Pendant on the inside of her right thigh. When transformed into a full cat, she has black fur with pink paw pads and pink inside her ears.

Media: Manga / Anime

Genre: fantasy, magical girl

Year: 2000-2003

[valenshawke]

"'think of the children' always gets support unless what you're thinking about is leaving them with a better world. Somehow, we never need to think of the children when we're talking about climate change, or preventing pandemic diseases, or anything else that costs money. But here we are." - Unbreakable by Mira Grant.

[silvermoon424]

16 year old me: I love Sailor Moon and Mermaid Melody, but I don't think I'm really into the magical girl genre in general. Maybe I'll give it a chance one of these days.

29 year old me:

[ashxketchum]

✿ HIROMI'S G-REVOLUTION OUTFITS [ EP26-52/01-25] ✿

[burstfoot]

Personal pet peeve: TTRPGs that are send-offs of the magical girl genre that include a dopey ‘uhhh ‘magical girl’ is a gender neutral term!’ explanation to justify the game for people who will throw up if they have to play a woman

[bloomeng]

magical girls and the “go piss girl” meme aren’t gendered terms to me anymore that’s actually very gender construct of you to emphasize the “girl” instead of the essence of the phrase/ j

I laughed bc I saw a tiktok the other day where a trans masc was jokingly complaining when his friends try to change the pronouns in “go piss girl” he was like “actually that’s more gendered just tell me to ‘go piss girl’ like everyone else” like you lose the joke bc you’re quoting something you wouldn’t change it for a cis man that’s what makes it funny!!

But being serious for a minute, magical girl is a genre. Even if there are male characters in a magical girl series it doesn’t change that the genre is called magical girl. It’s not describing gender, it’s describing a set of tropes and aesthetics. I don’t have any issue with the term magical boy but sometimes people try to correct me when I’m talking about male characters in the genre and it takes everything in me to not “ummmm actually.”

[mahoutoons]

not to be dramatic but i am so tired of certain magical girl fans who, in 2024, whine about madoka ruining the genre and how "thanks to madoka there are no lighthearted magical girl shows anymore and everything is all dark and gritty now >>:(" because that's not true at all!! if lighthearted magical girl shows aren't in demand anymore then why is toei still making precure seasons? not only that but there are a bunch of new magical girl shows coming out this year alone. but instead you choose to give attention to madoka wannabe #324 and fetish bait show #582 to whine about how "magical girls are dead now".

you want lighthearted, fluffy, fun magical girl shows? THEN FUCKING SUPPORT THEM!

himitsu no aipri, which is a part of the pretty series, will air on april 7

acro trip will premiere some time this year

magilumiere co ltd will premiere in the fourth quarter of this year

the magical girl and evil lieutenant used to be archenemies will air in july of this year

GO SUPPORT THESE SHOWS INSTEAD OF WHINING ABOUT THE GENRE BEING DEAD, THEN WE CAN TRULY HAVE A MAGICAL GIRL RENAISSANCE.

[spookberry]

support group for my ocs who keep finding themselves stuck in timeloop adjacent horror stories

[seealandraw]

[yellow-yarrow]

tragic: anime that has interesting designs and solid animation has terribly stupid and weak plot

[b4kuch1n]

fanciful stories (you're way too good at this)

(that's not what it's about. being good at it)

[archivingcatgirls]

The catgirl of this Monday Meow is Kalshara from Winx Club!

Kalshara is the antagonist of Season 7 of Winx Club. She is ambitious, demanding, and disrespectful toward fairies (despite the fact that she herself is a fairy) and nature itself. Kalshara is capable of taming Fairy Animals. Moreover, she excels at shapeshifting and can take the form of many animals - although she predominantly presents as a cat hybrid.

Media: TV show

Genre: fantasy, action, magical girl, animated

Year: 2015

[someone-inthebackground]

they'll say they made a "magical girl show but with a dark twist" then you look and it turns out to just be blatant disrespect

[jacquesthepigeon]

Miraculous Ladybug: "We're a magical girl show!" Also Miraculous Ladybug: *Constantly mocks the power of love & friendship and the idea people can change no matter how evil they act/are, rewards the villains for espousing/representing terrible attitudes about love and self-sacrifice, has the "fated pair" be completely incompatible, constantly punishes the heroine for just existing, acts like its worldbuilding and lore don't matter, refuses to treat any of the MG tropes it uses with a modicum of respect...need I go on?*

… no I think you covered all of it

[subpar-celestial]

IMAGINE THE STORY POTENTIAL

[silvermoon424]

Talking to non-magical girl fans

"The PMMM girls show too much skin, why are their skirts so short?"

"The PMMM designs look so similar to Tokyo Mew Mew, they're practically the same"