#Thunder-General Adelheid

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Best Magical Girl Outfit - Round 1

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Mahoiku colorings, pt. 2! It has been a while since i've posted some, so here's a new batch ^^

These were all done on procreate!

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Adelheide Tochter Kirschnereit

Age 15

I imagine her hair is kept in a loose ponytail, with fringe similar to Matthias'. It's a darker sea-green color.

Her eyes would be sharper, but colored light pink.

She's a trans girl

In a modern setting I imagine she goes with the dress shirt with rolled up sleeves + pants with suspenders fit. Something classy but practical enough.

Her patron deity would be Verdrenna, Goddess of Thunder and Lightning and subordinate to Flutrane.

Nobles have to keep up facades, but if she's being allowed to show emotion she would definitely be on the more intense side. Girl is full of generational anger towards Hauchletzte and would show it if she could.

On the tall side.

Her favored weapon is a halberd, and prefers to meet opponents either on even ground or with mana blasts. She's not a bad rider, she just enjoys the benefits of footwork and body-enhancing magic. She enjoys cartography, Gewinnen, and playing the pipe organ. She prefers her tea sweet and accompanied with many cookies. She is the fourth in a set of five siblings, and strives to become a Knight Commander to support the next Aub. Or if they all spontaneously combust, become an Aub with no fear of war. She wears a twisted silver and gold bracelet with a green feystone embedded in the center, a family heirloom.

To confess my sins, I had actually deleted her bio with the intention to rewrite it... a couple of months ago. So this was actually a good motivator to really think about what's going on with her. Apologies if I yapped too close to the sun.

I just had an idea to add to my most current Ascendance of a bookworm project. So if you have a OC in the aob universe, I can add them into the project as a personal Easter egg.

If you want to join, here's what I need (*required):

Name

Age (max. 17, you can just alter it)

Haircut + hair colour (dark/light)*

Eye shape + eye color (dark/light)*

Gender*

Dress (modern style)*

Patron Deity (eternal/subordinate god/goddess) [please don't use the 2 supreme gods]*

Expression (looks angry, confused, happy, ...)*

Height (tall/short)*

Hobbies/accessories/fav weaponry

You can either DM me or reblog this.

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Second batch of MGRP:Black icons!

~Free for use, no credit necessary~

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Magical Girl Raising project: BLACK. Character icons: Part 2.

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MGRP Black: Character Names

So the time is finally upon us (even though it’s cutting it very short thank you very much Monthly MGRP). We now have a name of the Magical Girls from Black.

These are my WIP transliterated names. They may be subject to change (especially one of them since it’s a kanji situation), but here are the names and some interesting opinions I have on ‘em

Calcolo (カルコロ)

Such a cute math girl. Incidentally, Calcolo is also the name of a children’s math board game-ish kinda thing (like Monopoly) in Japan back in the day. 

Tetty Goodniegl ( テティ・グットニーギル)

And this is where the whole WIP name comes into play. Meet our cover girl, with a last name that can be... let’s say taken in a couple different directions. The way I went about it is to figure out what would logically make sense, and with her transliteration being Gutt, I didn’t even use “Good” at first. That is, until Tetty herself saved me. What do I mean by that? I mean that the key lies in her mittens. Each hand spells out “Tetty” and “Good”, so I went with that. Separating Tetty and Good, leaves just Niigiru. For now, it might be Niegl, but I have a sneaking suspicion it could be a morph of Onigiri, a bizarrely applied morph from Onigiri to Niigiru, but a morph nonetheless. (Incidentally, if I were to just Englishize that morph, that would mean her last name is something like Goodrice).

Miss Lille (ミス・リール)

Miss Lille’s little Anime snippet is interesting. It concerns a lady who is very rich who wants to give alms to the poor. I wonder if she’ll end up being that nice in canon? Incidentally, Lille is also the name of a city in France. Whether that’s actually relevant or not is beyond me, though. But it’s a cool fact!

Wrappy Tip (ラッピー・ティップ)

What can I say about Wrappy? She’s covered in wraps, and has probably the best name in Black. I mean, Wrappy Tip. It’s almost Funny Trick levels of best name in an arc.

Drill Dory and Ark Arlie (ドリル・ドリー＆アーク・アーリー)

Double feature! Also it seems Arlie changed her first name (maybe cause she took off that faceplate). We finally have the fourth ABC girl, Drill Dory!!! I gave her that name because the ABC girls in Japanese try to keep the first phoneme similar. Aamaa Aarii, Aaku Aarii, Doriru Dorii. Etc. I figured Dory is much closer to the Drill in spirit. Their Anime snippet claims they’re rivals. Will they fight? Time will tell (in 24 hrs as of this writing)

Mepis Pheles (メピス・フェレス)

Mepis’ name here comes from the demon Mephistopheles, and indeed, she’s a demon in her Anime snippet. Her name is also another case of a purposeful misspelling, メピス・フェレス (Mepis) rather than メフィストフェレス (Mephis). Also, her Anime snippet involves bodyswapping with a boy, which makes me cautiously optimistic that she’s male pre-transformation. I hope. I pray. Maybe? We only have 2 right now MGRP, please.

Kumi-Kumi (クミクミ)

Kumi-Kumi is a Magical Girl with a pickaxe to grind (chop?). Her anime snippet is my favorite of the bunch. It concerns her finding a sword in the stone, and instead of pulling it, she breaks the stone. Thinking out of the box.

Kana (カナ)

Kana. The enigma. Not sure what to make of her. She’s so dead-eyed, and she has a zombie-like appearance to her. There were human forms posted on twitter and I have a slight idea who she might be based on that.

Classical Lilian (クラシカル・リリアン)

My pick for arc villain (if it’s one of the main cast and not another Keek). Her face, it’s the face. She’s gorgeous though. Look at her. Her Anime snippet even casts her in the role of a Goddess in some pseudo-Isekai plot. She’s got a weather theme going on it looks like. Wonder what her powers will be?

Thunder General Adelheid ( 雷将アーデルハイト)

Where do I start with her? I love her. Her design reminds me half of Jotaro Kujo and half of Raido Kuzunoha. She also has that Imperial aesthetic going on which is always a plus in my book. I look forward to see what she can do (please don’t die chapter 1, at least make it past 4, 5 chapters?).

Narakuno Indiko (奈落野院出ィ子)

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I hate kanji only names because there’s almost no way to tell without furigana. Case in point, @NyanNyan was written as @娘々, which would be best read as @KoKo. But nooo, it’s NyanNyan. For now though, this is how you would normally spell her name, and is subject to change when I get the book. I’m confident in the first one, Narakuno, since her Anime title katakanas her name to Narakuno. The last one is just the proper normal pronunciation of those kanji for now.

Princess Lightning (プリンセス・ライトニング)

I’ll be honest, I guessed Princess Storm at first (since all the Pure Elements seem to be named after disasters), but Lightning ain’t so bad. Interestingly, her Anime snippet paints her as a sort of dark counterpart to the Pure Elements, and has them start in Episode 15 of the PE’s own Anime series. Whether or not she’ll be opposed to the PEs (or if she’ll meet, say, Deluge), is a question for another time. I’d like to see a full-on Princess fight, though. Her appearance does raise some questions as to who made her, and why.

Sally Raven (サリー・レイヴン)

This... I hope... is a Cutie. Her Anime snippet stars her in Cutie Healer Angelfeather, so it’s a good start, but she’s also still a middle schooler. I wonder if she ends up being one. We do know her real name is Sally Torihara, which marks the first real name reveal right now (at least it should be Torihara, grrr kanji names).

Psyche Plains (プシュケー・プレインス)

Of all the names, I did not expect hers. Psyche Plains is just so out there for a water gun girl. Incidentally, her Anime snippet implies that her powers include changing the liquid inside of her gun. Powerful, if used correctly.

Ran Yui (ランユウィ)

Goldfish girl (These are Japanese goldfish), whose Anime snippet reads like a goldfish version of Unmarked. I am also hoping she is an actual goldfish, but I have no idea if that’s what’ll happen. Her name itself is a weird one. As far as I can tell, it’s literally just a name, like Ran Yuui. It could be a reference, if so I’ll be sure to edit it about later on.

Snow White (スノーホワイト)

Needs no introduction. She’s tired. She’s been through a lot. She lost Fal. An interesting tidbit about her Anime snippet is that she gets a new mascot named Hyoropon. Who is that? I don’t know. Is that canon? I don’t know. BLACK, COME OUT ALREADY!

Well, those are all the main casts of Black and my short opinions on them!

Now here’s hoping Black pulls another proper two-parter (and leads into White for the true Snow White finale).

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MGRP: Black Powers

As I move on to reading and translating the latest novel, it’s time to see what the latest batch of girls’ powers are!

Keep in mind, being the Land of Magic, these power names can be misleading and/or half-truths. see: Ripple or Prism Cherry. That being said, here are the power descriptions. 

Calcolo: Can calculate and fight with a magical abacus

Tetty Goodniegl: Has magical mittens that can sieze anything

Miss Lille: Can change her body to any metallic material

Wrappy Tip: Has magical wraps that can preserve anything

Dory: Has a magical drill that can drill anywhere

Arlie: Can become as strong as the amount of damage she takes

Mepis Pheles: Can corrupt with sweet words

Kumi-Kumi: Can destroy and reassemble objects

Kana: Can know the answer to any question asked

Classical Lilian: Can knit whatever she wants with a magical sewing device

Thunder General Adelheid: Can reuse absorbed energy

Narakuno Indiko: Can become nowhere for a single moment

Princess Lightning: Fights with the power of lightning

Sally Raven: Can create raven familiars 

(or crows, because karasu is both. Thanks Japanese)

Psyche Plains: Can fight with her magic watergun

Ranyui: Can connect doors with other doors

Snow White: Can hear the voices of people in distress

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MGRP: Black Finalized Names

WE SOLVED DEM BIG MYSTERIES!!!!!

I did say that my first names may change, but now I’m going to offer up a final list of names, which, to my best knowledge, is how I chose to translate the name (along with reasoning), and some nice name origin stuff (Because Nicopedia does that to some of the arcs, so I can too).

Calcolo | Comes from Calculate, but also the name of an old Japanese math boardgame (it’s kind of like a tile-matching scrabble for Math. Though I’ve never played it myself.)

Tetty Goodgripp | Comes from ニーギル/Niigiru being a long morph of 握る/にぎる/Nigiru, which means “To grasp, to seize, (and to mold sushi)”. Being that it’s a pun, I decided to keep the pun understandable in English but Englishizing her name to something that keeps the connotation of her power.

Miss Lille | A city in France was named Lille, though that’s just the common transliteration of the word リール, aside from Real, but she doesn’t seem to lean on that transliteration for me.

Wrappy Tip | Not much to say except she’s wrapped around and has tips on those wraps.

Ark Arlie/Drill Dory | ABC girls. Their theming emphasizes a similar first syllable, hence I chose Ark Arlie, and Drill Dory. It’s not the ideal compared to the Japanese Doriru Dorii, but Dory is the best you’ll get in English that matches that Dr sound from Drill.

Mepis Pheles | Comes from a misspelling of the demon Mephistopheles. I said this in a previous post, but her name really is a misspelling of the first part of Mephisto’s name.

Kumi-Kumi | Kumi means connect in Japanese, and roughly relates to her abilities to reassemble things. Also, there are some nice connect-a-block LEGO style toys called Kumi-Kumi in Japan.

Kana | Just a regular old name. (Or is it...?). I have my theories on this name myself, but time will tell if they come true.

Classical Lillian | Her name comes from the Lillian Pattern found in knitting.

Thunder General Adelheid | The most High German sounding name. Adelheid is a European name often given to nobility. You may recognize it more as the, in my opinion, more dainty sounding Adelaide, but Adelheid is clearly using the older German variant, who tended to be used by Queens and Saints.

Diko Narakunoin | Her name is a transliteration of the romaji being applied to her Kanji, another Marika Fukuroi situation. However, 奈落野院 (Narakunoin) roughly means “Hell Person”, and 出ィ子 (Diko) means “Exit Girl”, so roughly, her name translates to “Girl out of Hell.”

Princess Lightning | Nothing much to say, other than I was so totally hoping it’d be Princess Storm.

Sally Raven | A combo of her real name and theme. Fun fact, カラス/Karasu, refers to both ravens, and more commonly, crows. It even extends far enough to Yatagarasu, who was a raven in Japanese mythology, but apparently a crow in Chinese mythology? I’ll need to find the Chinese version of that legend.

Psyche Plains | Psyche is Greek in origin (which MGRP seems to love doing cough Pythie, Lethe cough), and is the name of a woman in Greek mythology whom Cupid fell in love with.

Ranyui | A morph that comes from the goldfish species Ranchu, known as the King of Goldfish in Japan, and most commonly found there as well.

Well, those are the names I’ll be using! Feel free to ask me any questions and whatnot. I am very excited for Black.