#berry magician girl

[viviraptor-art]

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[wisyhana]

Yugi commission!

They requested him to be cute and I couldn't say no, pretty boi 💕

[wormheart666]

magician girls

[magicgurljhonnie]

Dark Magician Girl 💖🧙🏻

B.L.A.C.K. Magic

[exit75]

when u realize ur gay for Aibou

featuring the prettiest Atem i have ever drawn holy shit you guys

☕️.

[superdorkcat]

Upcoming Magical Girl Projects

Magical girl fans are finally eating good after years of starvation. So good, in fact, that I decided to make a list of magical girl projects in development.

The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies - The most imminent of these projects, since it's premiering only in a few days. It's the story of the forbidden romance between the magical girl Byakuya Mimori and Mira, a high-ranking official of an army trying to take over the world.

Mermaid Magic - In a new western magical girl show from the same studio as Winx Club, Princess Merlinda, with her friends Sasha and Nerissa in tow, ventures to the human world in order to find a way to save her homeland of Mertropia from the ghost pirate Barbarossa and his monster horde. Dropping on Netflix next month.

Acro Trip - One of several new magical girl series coming out in the Fall 2024 anime season, Acro Trip follows Chizuko Date as her efforts to increase appreciation for her idol, local magical girl Berry Blossom, takes her down a "dark path filled with strange folks."

Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. - Kana Sakuragi is having a hard time finding work, botching over 15 different job interviews. However, her luck changes when a series of events lands her a job at the magical girl company Magilumiere.

The Stories of Girls Who Couldn't Be Magicians - The third of the magical girl anime coming out in October, MahoNare for short, follows the adventures of the unlikely pair of average Kurumi Mirai and noble Yuzu Edel as they try to become magicians anyway after failing the entrance exam for their school's magic division.

Mahou Tsukai Precure: Mirai Days - A new installment in the Precure franchise, Mirai Days will serve as a sequel to Mahou Tsukai, the thirteenth season. Set a few months after the season's epilogue, Mirai Days has the Cures reunite in order to face a threat against time itself. Premiering January 11, 2025.

Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie - Walpurgisnacht Rising - The fourth PMMM movie, which will pick up where Rebellion's massive cliffhanger left off. While originally slated for late 2024, it has since been delayed to winter 2025.

Cute High Earth Defense Club Eternal Love! - The magical boy series is getting a new movie in winter 2025 as part of the celebrations for its 10th anniversary. While the movie will "consist entirely of new scenes that will be newly drawn," exact plot details are unknown.

You and Idol Precure - The 22nd season of the Precure franchise, You and Idol will replace the currently airing Wonderful Precure sometime in winter 2025. Beyond its theme of idols, no plot details have been revealed.

Maebashi Witches - A TV original production by Sunrise, Maebashi Witches is a coming of age story focused on a quintet of high schoolers who are approached by a strange and mysterious frog named Keroppe, who recruits them to become the titular group. Now working in a magical flower shop, the girls use the "Witchverse" pocket dimension to grant people's wishes with the power of song and dance. Has the same writer as Bocchi the Rock (Erika Yoshida).

Princsession Orchestra - A TV original coming in 2025, Prinsession Orchestra is based on a concept by Akifumi Kaneko, one of Symphogear's co-creators. The land of Alicepia's peace is destroyed when monsters called Jammerwocks attack, prompting a trio of young girls to step up the plate to protect the realm.

Winx Club - The western magical girl classic is getting a CGI reboot. While comments by Iginio Straffi imply that certain characters who were introduced later in the original series (such as Roxy and Nabu) will appear earlier, no specific plot details have been revealed so far. The series is coming to Netflix late 2025.

New Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt - Panty & Stocking is getting a second season after over a decade that's coming out sometime next year with no specific plot details revealed yet.

Project Symphogear Next - A new Symphogear movie was announced late last year. However, no further details have been revealed.

Hua Xianzi: Zhi Mofa Xiang Dui Lun - A co-production between Tencent Video and Toei Animation's Shanghai branch, this anime is being billed as a "remake" of Lunlun the Flower Fairy. That being said, the official synopsis makes it sound more like a reboot/distant sequel.

Studio Pierrot's new anime - Studio Pierrot, which has made a variety of magical girl anime from TV originals like Creamy Mami to adaptations such as Tokyo Mew Mew, has announced that they're creating a new TV original magical girl anime. No specific details have been disclosed, but the caption for the teaser image ("I want you to sing once more...") implies that it'll be a magical idol anime.

Lolirock season three - After Lolirock's second season ended with a cliffhanger all the way back in 2017, it seemed like the story would never get a proper conclusion. However, the series's creator and director, Jean-Louis Vandestoc, announced on his Instagram in 2023 that creative meetings for a third season have begun.

Magic Knight Rayearth revival - TMS Entertainment is making a new Magic Knight Rayearth anime in honor of the franchise's 30th anniversary. Unfortunately, it's currently unknown what the format will be.

Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card season two - The sequel to the magical girl classic is getting a second season that will adapt the rest of the manga.

Magical Girl holoWitches - A multimedia project starring six VTubers as fictionalized versions of themselves who work as both streamers and magical girls who save people when they get trapped in the magical Holocas World. There was a four minute extended trailer in May 2024, but the anime's proper premiere date is unknown.

New Ojamajo Doremi thing - As part of the celebrations for the franchise's 25th anniversary, Toei Animation released two new music videos for the series' 1st OP and 4th ED with the promise that a new project will be made if the videos reach a combined 5 million views. This goal has since been met. Due to the girls being adults in the videos, the new project will presumably be an adaptation of the Ojamajo Doremi 16-20's sequel series of light novels.

[yugiohcardsdaily]

I replaced the baby (Berry) with Magician's Valkyria. Because honestly?

I don't think she stands a chance against the others lol

(Last poll for now, I promise.)

[gx-gameon]

Yugi raises Jaden part 9

Start - previous - next

Yugi and Seto took their places in the royal hall. Atem stood to the side close to where Yugi was. He wasn’t going to miss a moment of this duel.

People had started to gather, thinking Atem was dueling once more. They were excited to see their king and their gods fight once more. Yet when the crowd saw that it was Yugi dueling they started to murmur to each other.

Atem smirked. Soon his people will see the wonder that is his aibou.

They had determined that Yugi would start the duel. “Yugi!” Kaiba called. “Once I defeat you, I’ll beat the Pharaoh. You’ll both get to watch as I finally defeat your precious partner.” If Kaiba was anything it was dramatic.

“I’m not going to lose Kaiba. Not when I have a promise to keep.” Yugi had promise Mokuba and Jaden they would be home soon. And he intended to keep that promise.

“Duel!” They cried together in unison.

“I’ll start.” Yugi looked at the five cards in his hand. His eyes landed on one card in particular and knew exactly what he was going to do. “I set one monster face down, and I set one card face down. That will end my turn.”

“That’s your turn? You must have a pathetic hand.” Kaiba called. “Let me show you how it’s done! I’ll summon my Battle Ox in attack mode, and set two cards face down.” Yugi knew this combo. One of those cards was probably shrink and the other was Kaiba’s Crush Card trap card. He was trying to destroy Yugi’s deck. “Now go Battle Ox attack his face down monster.”

Battle Ox launched itself forward to attack and Yugi smirked as his face down revealed itself. Elemental Hero Clayman appeared, his 2000 defense easily blocking Axe Raiders 1700 attack.

Kaiba growled as he took the first damage of the duel, a mere 300 points. “That’s not one of your cards.” He observed narrowing his eyes at Yugi wondering what trickery this was. Did Yugi overhaul his deck in the time Kaiba was away?

Atem was also curious. He knew his aibou’s deck better than anyone. And while it wouldn’t surprise him if Yugi change up his deck in his absence, he was surprised by how different the card was.

Yugi smiled at Kaiba, “you’re right it’s not mine. This was a gift from Jaden. He wanted me to have a piece of his deck with me to protect me. And I intend to use it well.” He could see understanding flash across Kaiba’s face. He knew what it meant to receive such a card from a loved one.

Kaiba made a quick note of the monsters attack points. It was a mere 800 meaning the card would be spared from his Crush Cards effects. Good. Wait why was that good? Destroying that card would upset Yugi possibly leading him to make mistakes. He should be trying to destroy it at all cost. And yet…. No he needs to focus. He needs to beat Yugi and then he can defeat the Pharaoh.

“I end my turn.” Kaiba called already starting to plan his next move.

‘Alright’ Yugi thought. ‘If I attack and those face downs are his Crush Card combo then it will destroy my deck. So I need to bait him into attacking me.’ Yugi looked at his hand and knew what to do.

“I play Berry Magician Girl in attack mode.” Yugi played the baby magician as she fluttered on to the field. “Her special effect activates allowing me to add one Magician Girl from my deck to my hand.” Yugi added Kiwi Magician Girl to his hand. “I lay one card face down and end my turn.” Yugi says as he played mirror force face down.

“You’re not going to win this duel by playing cautiously.” Kaiba said as he drew his card. “I summon La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp, and I place one card face down. Now attack his Berry Magician Girl.” Kaiba waisted no time going to destroy Yugi’s weak monster.

“Now her special effect activates. When a monster attacks Berry Magician Girl she switches to defense mode and I can special summon a Magician Girl from my deck.” Yugi called as his Berry magician girl flew down to the field with her arms crossed over her chest. “Now come forth my Dark Magician Girl!” Yugi called as the blond spell caster appeared on his side of the field.

The crowd exploded in whispers and the Dark Magician Girl appeared shooting a wink to the crowed. They had never seen anyone besides Atem and Mana summon the spellcaster.

“Ya! That’s my ka Atem!” Mana cheered pumping her fist in the air before grabbing Atem’s arm and pointing at the Dark Magician Girl. “He still uses my Ka!” She was so excited her duel spirit was still helping Atem’s aibou. Atem smiled warmly at his childhood friend before turning his attention back to the duel.

“That’s not going to stop my attack!” Kaiba called as La Jinn attacked Berry Magician Girl. The small magician cried out as she was destroyed. “Now start your turn so I can end you.”

Yugi drew his card and thought of what to do next. Looking at his hand he had Apple Magician Girl and Lemon Magician Girl, he could get them both out on the field in the next move. But Kaiba was right. He wasn’t going to win if he kept playing cautiously. It was time to go on the attack.

“I summon Apple Magician Girl.” The dark haired magician appeared on the field. “Now go dark Magician Girl attack his La Jinn.” And with that the Dark Magician Girl launched her attack.

“Not so fast! I activate my Shrink Magic Card. This card cuts my monsters attack points by half. Now I activate my Crush Card Magic card.” Yugi had been right, Kaiba’s strategy was to destroy his deck. “Now when you destroy my monster any monsters you have with more than 1500 attack points are destroyed. Say goodbye to all the powerful monsters in your deck.” Kaiba laughed. He might have taken 1,100 points of damage but he had this duel in the bag.

Dark Magician Girl shrieked as she was destroyed. Yugi gritted his teeth as he discarded all of his powerful monsters from his deck. ‘Saw that coming.’ “I end my turn.”

“Now it’s my turn!” Kaiba called as he drew his card. “I play cost down. Now I sacrifices my Battle Ox to summon my Blue Eyes White Dragon!” Blue light exploded around Kaiba as his signature dragon swooped down from the sky, her roar echoed around them. “Say good bye to your Apple Magician Girl.”

“I don’t think so!” Yugi calls, “Her special effect activates. When you attack Apple Magician Girl I can summon another Magician Girl from my hand. So come forth Lemon Magician Girl!” The blond magician appeared with a flourish. “And your attack is cut in half.”

“That’s still not enough to keep you magician alive.” Kaiba called as blue eyes attacked.

“Maybe not but this will!” Yugi replied. “Activate trap Mirror Force!”

“No!” Kaiba called as his blue eyes white dragon was destroyed. “If you think you’ve gotten ride of my Blue Eyes you’re wrong. Now go monster reborn.” Kaiba activated his one remaining face down. His Blue Eyes came roaring back to the field. “Now destroy his Lemon Magician Girl!”

Lemons Magician Girl cried out as she was blown away by Blue Eyes. Yugi shouted as the attack landed close to him. These monsters were real and the blast was close. His life points dropped by 2,200 hundred points.

“Yugi! Are you alright!” Atem shouted. He trusted Yugi to win, but these attacks were real and his aibou could get hurt.

Yugi gritted his teeth as he straightened up. “I’m alright.”

“My turn is done. Now take your last move so I can finish you!” Kaiba called. All Yugi had on the field was one 1,200 attack point monster and a 2,000 defend point monster. He had destroyed all of Yugi’s powerful monsters. Yugi couldn’t win.

“My move.” Yugi called as he drew his card. He didn’t have a lot of moves he could make at this moment. But if he knew Kaiba he knew what he’d do next. Try to get his other two Blue Eyes on to the field. “I’ll switch Apple Magician Girl into defense mode and place one monster face down. That ends my turn.”

“That’s about all you can do with the pitiful monsters you have left.” Kaiba called as he drew his next card. “I play Card of Sanctity, now we both draw until we have six cards in our hands, not that it will help you much.” Kaiba drew his cards as did Yugi. Yugi kept a straight face as the card he needed ended up in his hand. Kaiba smirked, “I play polymerization, fusing the Blue Eyes on my field with the two Blue Eyes in my hand. Come forth my ultimate creature Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon!”

Two more dragons appeared on Kaiba’s side, but they didn’t stay for long as the three dragons fused together. The resulting three headed dragon roared menacingly at Yugi. “Now attack his face down monster!” Kaiba ordered.

“Not this time!” Yugi called, “I activate my face down, Block attack!” Yugi played the first card he placed face down, stopping Kaiba’s attack in its tracks.

“You can’t stall forever Yugi!” Kaiba called as his dragon landed next to him. “I end my turn.”

“I’m not stalling Kaiba!” Yugi said as he drew his last card. “You’ve actually given me my winning hand. I set four cards face down. And then I activate the spell defuse! Say goodbye to your ultimate dragon!” Yugi called as the fused dragon became three separate beasts once more.

“So what. There is nothing in your deck that can take down one of my dragons let alone all three.” Kaiba shouted as he looked at his three dragons. ‘What was Yugi planning?’

“That’s where you’re wrong! Now I sacrifice my Elemental Hero Clayman,” he had promised himself he would use his son’s card well and he couldn’t wait to tell him that his card helped him defeat Seto Kaiba, “and my Apple Magician Girl to summon my ultimate dragon. Come forth Gandora the Dragon of Destruction!”

The two monsters disappeared in a swirl of smoke. Darkness covered the field but then thousands of red glowing orbs lit the field revealing the body of Gandora. He roared as he entered the field, Kaiba’s blue eyes roaring in response.

“Oh no!” Kaiba realized this was the end.

“And now I pay half of my life points to activate his special ability! Gandora destroys all cards on the field and gets 300 attack points for each card he destroys.” Kaiba’s dragons screeched as they were destroyed. “Between your three dragons, my monster, my 4 spell and trap cards, and your Crush Card that’s 9 cards making Gandora’s attack points 2,700 and since you only have 2,600 life points this duel is over. Now go Gandora! Attack his life points directly!”

Gandora roared as he glowed a bright red, firing its attack at Kaiba. “No!” Kaiba called as his life points dropped to zero. It was over Yugi had won.

“Yugi!” Atem called as he ran forward to pull his aibou into a hug, picking him up and spinning around. He was so proud of his aibou. The crowd started cheering, for Yugi’s victory.

Kaiba kneeled in his spot. He lost. It was over. He couldn’t duel the Pharaoh again. Yet his eyes trailed to Yugi’s smiling face as he laughed while Atem spun him around. Seto hated losing, he couldn’t stand any perceived weakness. And yet looking at Yugi’s joy, this loss didn’t sting as bad.

He was about to stand up and congratulate Yugi on his victory, like the honorable duelist he was, when Mahad returned. “My Pharaoh this is far worse than we thought!”

The joy was instantly sucked from the room. Jaden was in danger.

I tried my best to make this duel like one from the show. I have played duel links for years so I have an idea of how the game should be played. There are some misplays in here but that’s for plot. I did my best to make all the moves legal with the exception of using the anime effect for Card of Sanctity. Hopefully I did a good job!

[wildshona]

Yule

Well I promised you I would tell you how Yule went. Amelia, Zoe and me got to Toni’s at about 1.00 pm and the first session for the kids was in the pool. There was a range of ages. There were a couple of others about Zoe’s age but most were older ranging up to about 12 I guess. Anyway the grown-ups weren’t part of the pool party except for those that had volunteered to sit by the pool to keep the kids safe. Naturally Amelia was one of those cos Zoe is so young. I just circulated the parents and drank some mulled wine not overdoing it cos of the evening party to come.

So after the pool the kids got dressed up in their fancy dress on the theme of woodland animals. Lots of reindeers there. Zoe was a fox, She had a jumper and leggings that were kind of fox colour and I had bought a pair of fox ears and a fox tail from a website that does Kemonomimi outfits (and no obs not a butt plug tail u perverts) which Richard had adapted to fit Zoe’s size. She looked very good. Some of the older girls had also gone fot Kemonomimi so there were some racoons and cats and i think on other fox.

Anyhow there was kid party food = hot dogs, burgers, pigs in blankets, you know the sort of stuff, and cakes and ice cream. And, as it was aToni production, there were clowns and jugglers and magicians.

It all went on til 6 but it started to wind down earlier and we left cos Zoe was tired at about 5 with Ina in tow.

Then there was a turn around until eight while we grown-ups got into our party gear. It was cocktail dresses for the girls and dinner jacket for Chris. The girls had to wear seasonal wreaths – mine of ivy and some berries tho the berries fell off gradually through the evening.

The party was in the marquee in the garden just as the kids’ party had been but now there were couches and cushions and the whole place looked like a forest glade which I think I forgot to mention earlier at the kids party. Tables were set out with mulled wine and mead and heather beer and bowls of steaming meats and winter berries. The big central dish which everyone except vegetarian were expected to partake of contained spiced horse meat – absolutely gorgeous. There was also venison and pheasant and stuff like that.

At eleven I was gently tapped on the shoulder and told to see Toni who had looked magnificent in a dress so designed to accentuate her long legs and fantastic tits. I found her in the dining room dressed in a long thin green robe that you could tell covered nothing else.

Time to lose the cocktail dress. Losing underwear was not a problem cos I wasn’t wearing any. I had a long thin robe in brown which opened easily to show my body. There were another three women dressed like me.

And then we went back and mingled. We were adding the spice to say that midnight was near. I went up to Amelia and stroked her back to get  her attention and when she saw me in just a thin robe, even though it was not hanging open she looked at me in a sort of shock.

I think the party is going to get adult soon, i said.

Oh, was all she could manage as I felt a gentle pressure on my arse from someone walking behind me. That became the pattern as the time moved to midnight, just gentle caressing of the body, not even an attempt to get under the robe – but it all got me on a sexual edge and I thought i would cum just from a touch on my back.

At midnight the lights went out and new soft red lights came on. Toni stood at one end of the marquee and raised her arms, her robe falling open to reveal that fucking magnificent body.

Joy for Yule. Waes hael.

Trinc hael, everyone responded.

This night we celebrate the return of light and the start of the banishing of winter. Enjoy the renewal of the light.

I felt hands touching me and this time there was no respect for the robe which didn’t stay on very long. Soon there were bodies on the couches. This was my first Yule at Toni’s so I didn’t know what was to happen until I had a call from Toni earlier in the week. Midnight was the time to start showing life and people would pleasure their partners or whoever was up for it. Mostly people would find a space on a couch or cushions in the marquee or the lounge which also had that red lighting for tonight but those who wanted privacy could go where they wanted. Four of the bedrooms were available. The other four were Toni’s own room, my room, Amelia’s and Zoe’s and they were marked no entry.

I soon had some attention from a man in his thirties – most of the people there were over thirty except for me and Amelia – and i was happy to oblige as i had no idea what had happened to Chris. He was obviously a bit bashful cos he took me to the pool house and fucked me against the wall which wsn’t quite the ambience but i wasn’t planning to stick with him.

I was soon back in the marquee and wandered around looking for an invitation which came from a black couple on some cushions. Well i’d never been with a black couple before – black men yes, black women yes but never been the white girl sandwiched in between with the man fucking me from behind while i sucked on the woman’s cunt. Such a nice taste – i always think it odd that the black skin gives way to pink inside the cunt i find that really exciting.

I stayed with them for a while until the man pulled out of me and finished in his partner’s mouth, her sharing it with me before they lay back and i was surplus again. I saw Toni with two other women on another set of cushions with the other two women obviously doing the servicing of the great lady.

Then I was in the lounge and someone else wanted my attention, an older man. Well age is just a number right and Richard at 70 is one of my favourite lovers. So, why not?

By the time that was done and people weren’t looking for anyone new and by now it was getting on for three in the morning I decided to have a last drink and go to bed.

I’m just having a last glass of mead and soft female hands came from behind to touch my tits.

Enjoying yourself. It was Toni.

Yes.

I would lick your sweet but you have cum dripping out of it and i’m not in to second hand cum, or first hand very much come to that.

Do you want me to take care of you, i ask.

No, you look tired and should go to bed. You might get a nice surprise. She gave a really earthy chuckle.

That was intriguing so off i went. Was it a surprise? I don’t know but there were Chris and Amelia asleep. There is enough room for three easily in that bed, four probably, so I climbed in beside Amelia and felt between her legs, definitely cum of both kinds on her thighs, naughty girl.

She was still there when I woke up. I don’t sleep that well, i get dreams, nightmares sometimes, about my past. So I was awake just before she was and the first thing she saw when she opened her eyes was me looking at her.

Oh, god, Shona I am so sorry i don’t know what came over me and Chris was so lovely and....

She looked like she was going to cry so i kissed her on the lips and shushed her and said it was alright.

Did you enjoy him?

Yes she whispered.

That’s alright then.

She put her arms around me and pulled me close so, well what could i do?

I wriggled down, took her tit in my mouth and sucked delicious milk.

I reckon she owed me that lol.

Anyway we left after a snacky lunch that Mrs Lewis had prepared for us. Ameli was awkward at first but when she saw everything was normal between me and Chris she relaxed and ate and went home after lunch to find Zoe warching The Snowman with Ina who was wearing her maid’s outfit which i swear was even shorter than last week.

So that was Yule. Hope you had a good time too. Yesterday was wiped out by the night before. We were all tired. Zoe had The Snowman on a loop, it seemed like.

I am out for lunch today with Chris and friends in Covent Garden. Friends who Chris works with and i occasionally too. Couple of Americans and a couple of Germans. Don’t know after that. Tomorrow we are open housing so anyone can turn up at any time – usually people from countries who do there main socailising on Christmas Eve. Yeah we acknowledge the Nailed God for the purposes of others and children and of course Santa will be coming tomorrow night which Zoe is well looking forward to.

Don’t know when i will be on again so have a good rest of the 12 days of Yule and do try to get some fucking in.

[secretoreimo]

Hang on I'm onto something else now. So Oreimo characters and Yugioh decks. Nothing too in-depth because I can not be bothered to learn anything past fusion summoning (synchro and xyz and, god forbid, link, just begone my brain is too small). We can call it an aged outlook, say they were playing during a time when all that didn't exist yet fdkjfdkjd

Kirino would just have a deck full of cute girls, I think the magician girls (Berry Magician Girl, Apple, Lemon, Chocolate, etc), and her strategy would be poor, she'd spend more time excitedly using effects to add girls to her hand than properly setting traps, so literally anybody who played more than occasionally would beat her. Also no Dark Magician actually in her deck, which would cut into Dark Magician Girl herself's usefulness

Kuroneko would prioritize the card's aesthetic while finding ways to keep it balanced and playable. Picture cards like "Magician of Faith" and "Witch of the Black Forest". She wouldn't have like a deck that's made to be a particular set, it would all be very personal and unique. I do also think she'd have Dark Magician... maybe I'm biased because he's my favorite. But she'd play Kirino and they'd squabble over how Kirino is playing the soulless inferiors of the Magician and how Kuroneko just likes creepy/evil-looking cards. She also genuinely plays with ritual spells

Saori's got a much broader sense for media and characters so I think hers would vary more, but she'd happily add cards to her deck that remind her of characters she loves while keeping a good grip on her strategy. It's not as intricate as Kuroneko's, but she's got a solid understanding of the game and how best to utilize her own beloved cards. She's also probably kept in several of her very first ones, or the first ones she ever traded for, things like that, out of nostalgia.

Kyousuke, of course, is just dragged into the fray, so his deck is a mishmash of boosters and whatever else he'd get out of random packs, some traps/spells gifted to him by Saori and Kuroneko, and also a few cute girls that Kirino had bestowed upon him out of the kindness of her heart. "This one doesn't work in my deck, I don't have room... but here, I'll let you have it. You'd better use it." kind of thing. He doesn't understand the rules at all, why is Duel Monsters so damn convoluted?

[worstqueerbaittournament]

Submission list

organised by @kindalikerackham (THANK YOU)

This is a list of all of the submissions. It will be updated continuously. Italics are still being decided in the polls, crossed out have been decided on “no”, bold have been decided on “yes”

By character name (or ship name if given)

Akira Kurusu and Goro Akechi from Persona 5 Royal

Alix from Miraculous Ladybug

Allison and Patti from Kevin Can F**k himself

Anna and Marnie from When Marnie was There

baron draxum and master splinter   rise of the tmnt 2018

Batman and Joker/ Bruce and John Doe from Batman Telltale

Beca and Chloe from Pitch Perfect

Beca from Pitch Perfect

Betty and Veronica from Riverdale

Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiaolong, aka Bumbleby from RWBY

Blitzen and Hearthstone from Magnus Chase

Buck and Eddie from 9-1-1

Chad/Ryan from High School Musical

Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr (aka Professor X and Magneto) from anything X-Men

Cory and Naveed from Ackley Bridge

Dani Ramos and Grace from Terminator Dark Fate

Darling Charming and Apple White from Ever After High

Dean Winchester

Destiel

Drs House & Wilson from House MD

emma woods/emily dyer from identity v

Faberry from glee!(Rachel Berry + Quinn Fabray)

Fuffy, faith and buffy from Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Finn and Poe from Star Wars

Firestar and Greystripe from Warriors

foot clan lieutenant and brute  rise of the tmnt 2018 

Ginji Amano & Ban Midou from GetBackers

goro majima and kazuma kiryu -  Yakuza/Ryu Ga Gotoku

Grif and Simmons from Red vs. Blue

Hannibal and will from Hannibal tv show

H.G. Wells and Myka Bering from Warehouse 13

Hikaru Sulu from Star Trek Beyond

hypnopotamus and warren stone  rise of the tmnt 2018  

Ineffable Husbands from Good Omens

Jade and Bella from Rainbow High

Jade and Tori (Victorious)

Jake Peralta (Brooklyn 99)

Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles from Rizzoli&Isles TV series

Janis from Mean Girls

Jeremy and Michael from Be More Chill

Jess/Jules from Bend It Like Beckham

Johnathan Harker and Dracula from Dracula (Netflix)

Johnathan Harker and Dracula from Dracula (1897)

Juleka and Rose from Miraculous Ladybug

Julian Bashir and Elim Garak from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Jun and Tatsuya from Persona 2

Kaoru Nishimi and Sentarou Kawabuchi from Kids on the Slope (Sakamichi no Apollon)

kanji/naoto from persona 4

keith and lance from voltron

Kim Dokja and Yoo Joonghyuk from Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint

klavier and apollo from ace attorney

L and Light from Death Note

legolas and gimli from lotr

Legoshi and Louis from Beastars

leo and adam from tatort saarbrücken

lightcannon, Jinx and Lux from league of legends

Loki from The Loki show

Luca & Alberto from Luca

Luigi and Bowser from the Mario movie

marc and nathaniel from miraculous

Masumi Itachi from blue flag

Matsuoka rin and haru from Free!

Max from Miraculous Ladybug

Mel and Naomi from Vermonia

merthur (merlin and Arthur from the BBC show merlin

Milo and Bisco from Sabikui Bisco

Mobius and Loki from the Loki show

nana komatsu/nana osaki from nana

narumitsu - Ace Attorney

Naruto and Sasuke

Newt and Hermann from Pacific Rim

Nina and Lily from the movie Black Swan

Peggy Carter & Angie Martinelli from Agent Carter

Quentin and Eliot - The Magicians

Ravenpaw and Barely from warrior cats

Raya & Namaari from Raya and the Last Dragon

rei and nagisa   from Free!

Sam and Max

Sam and Bucky from The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

Sherlock and John Watson from BBC Sherlock

Sherlock and Moriarty from BBC Sherlock

Shiro and Adam from voltron

shiro and keith from voltron

sophie and agatha from The School of Good and Evil

Spirk (Spock and Kirk) from Star Trek  The Original Series

Spirk (Spock and Kirk) from Star Trek  the reboot movies

Sterek  (Stiles and Derek from Teen Wolf)

Steve and Bucky from Captain America

Steve McGarrett and Danny Williams from Hawaii 5-0 (the 2010 version)

stiles stilinski from teen wolf

Supercorp! Lena and Kara from Supergirl!

Superman and Batman from the DCEU

SwanQueen (Regina Mills/Emma Swan from Once Upon a Time)

Sylvie from Loki

Thiel and Boerne from Tatort Münster

Thomas & Newt from the maze runner

troy barnes and abed nadir from community

wednesday and enid from wednesday

Yumihisu (Ymir x Historia Reiss) from Attack on Titan

yu/yosuke from persona 4

Zari and Charlie from Legends of Tomorrow

Zoro and sanji - one piece

By Property:

9-1-1 - Buck and Eddie

ace attorney - klavier and apollo

Ace Attorney - narumitsu

Ackley Bridge - Cory and Naveed  

Agent Carter - Peggy Carter & Angie Martinelli

Attack on Titan - Yumihisu (Ymir x Historia Reiss)  

Batman Telltale - Batman and Joker/ Bruce and John Doe

Beastars - Legoshi and Louis

Be More Chill - Jeremy and Michael

Bend It Like Beckham - Jess/Jules

Black Swan - Nina and Lily

blue flag - Masumi Itachi

Brooklyn 99 - Jake Peralta

Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Fuffy (faith and buffy)

Captain America - Steve and Bucky

community - troy barnes and abed nadir

DCEU - Superman and Batman

Dracula (1897) - Johnathan Harker and Dracula

Dracula (Netflix) - Johnathan Harker and Dracula

Ever After High - Darling Charming and Apple White  

Free! - Matsuoka rin and haru

Free!-  rei and nagisa 

GetBackers - Ginji Amano & Ban Midou

Glee - Faberry (Rachel Berry + Quinn Fabray)

Good Omens - Ineffable Husbands

Hannibal (tv) - Hannibal and will

Hawaii 5-0 (2010) - Steve McGarrett and Danny Williams

High School Musical - Chad/Ryan 

House MD - Drs House & Wilson

identity v - emma woods/emily dyer

Kevin Can F**k himself - Allison and Patti

Kids on the Slope (Sakamichi no Apollon) - Kaoru Nishimi and Sentarou Kawabuchi

league of legends - Jinx and Lux

Legends of Tomorrow - Zari and Charlie

Loki show - Mobius and Loki

Loki show - Loki

Loki show - Sylvie

lotr - legolas and gimli

Luca - Luca & Alberto

Magnus Chase  - Blitzen and Hearthstone

Mario Movie - Luigi and Bowser

Mean Girls  - Janis

Merlin (BBC) - merthur (merlin and Arthur)

Miraculous Ladybug - Alix

Miraculous Ladybug - Juleka and Rose

Miraculous ladybug - marc and nathaniel

Miraculous ladybug - Max

nana - nana komatsu/nana osaki from

Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint - Kim Dokja and Yoo Joonghyuk

Once Upon a Time - SwanQueen (Regina Mills/Emma Swan )

one piece - Zoro and sanji

Pacific Rim - Newt and Hermann

Persona 2 - Jun and Tatsuya

persona 4 - yu/yosuke

persona 4 - kanji/naoto

Persona 5 Royal - Akira Kurusu and Goro Akechi

Pitch Perfect - Beca

Pitch Perfect - Beca and Chloe

Quentin and Eliot - the Magicians

Rainbow High - Jade and Bella

Raya and the Last Dragon - Raya & Namaari

Red vs Blue - Grif and Simmons

Rise of the TMNT 2018 - baron draxum and master splinter

Rise of the TMNT 2018 - foot clan lieutenant and brute

Rise of the TMNT 2018 - hypnopotamus and warren stone

Riverdale - Betty and Veronica

Rizzoli&Isles TV series - Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles

RWBY - Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiaolong, aka Bumbleby

Sabikui Bisco - Milo and Bisco

Sam and Max - Sam and Max

Sherlock (BBC) - Sherlock and John Watson

Sherlock (BBC) - Sherlock and Moriarty

Star Trek AOS - Spirk (Spock and Kirk)

Star Trek Beyond - Hikaru Sulu

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Julian Bashir and Elim Garak

Star Trek TOS - Spirk (Spock and Kirk)

Star Wars - Finn and Poe

Supergirl - Supercorp! Lena and Kara

Supernatural - Dean Winchester

Supernatural - Destiel

Tatort Münster - Thiel and Boerne

tatort saarbrücken - leo and adam

Teen Wolf - Sterek  (Stiles and Derek)

teen wolf - stiles stilinski

Terminator Dark Fate - Dani Ramos and Grace

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier - Sam and Bucky

The Magicians -  Quentin and Eliot

the maze runner - Thomas & Newt

The School of Good and Evil -  sophie and agatha

Vermonia - Mel and Naomi

Victorious - Jade and Tori

Voltron - keith and lance

Voltron - Shiro and Adam

Voltron - shiro and keith

Warehouse 13 - H.G. Wells and Myka Bering

warrior cats -  Ravenpaw and Barely

Warriors - Firestar and Greystripe

wednesday - wednesday and enid

When Marnie Was There - Anna and Marnie

X-Men (any) - Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr (aka Professor X and Magneto)

Yakuza/Ryu Ga Gotoku - goro majima and kazuma kiryu

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Barbie Movie Tier List

My opinions are fact and I will not take constructive criticism (lol jk this is all subjective don’t hate me if I hate your fave)

Also this is a work in progress because I decided to keep watching the movies beyond where I stopped watching as a kid so I will add more as I get to them

Here we go (below the cut)

Nutcracker- D+

It was the first movie, it was 2001,, It’s okay. The music really did it for me but I can’t give points for that because that’s all Tchaikovsky. The dizzying camera pans did not help. The plus is for the Sugarplum Fairy reveal because I had the doll and relived my childhood in that moment.

Rapunzel- A-

She’s an artist, she’s willful, she references modern art centuries ahead of its time, what more can I say. I know it’s still rough as the second movie but as someone with hair past my knees I’m legally obligated to love this movie. Minus for the ugly ferret, bonus points because I had the Rapunzel doll as a kid.

Swan Lake- C

Odette doesn’t... Do anything. I haven’t watched any other adaptation of Swan Lake so I’m not saying this is a Barbie thing in particular, but she just isn’t as cool as Rapunzel (but who is tbh) Loved the music again, but that’s Tchaikovsky. I enjoyed the little hedgehog guy and skunk girl.

(P.S. Does anyone else remember a Swan Lake computer game? Because that was all I could recall about the movie before I rewatched it)

Princess and Pauper- A

I’m just like you, you’re just like me. Phenomenal. I’m a sucker for a good musical and I thoroughly enjoyed this movie from start to finish. I will be rewatching it again because I liked it just that much. Serafina and Wolfie are amazing (bonus points because I had a Serafina toy), and even though Preminger is gross, his song is kind of a bop. How could I refuse to give this movie an A?

Fairytopia- B-

The beginning of the iconic Bibble... The Fairytopia movies only get better, so to start with a B- isn’t bad. I wish they explained more about the rainbow in her eye? And Laverna’s end is confusing because she just... disappears, and her fate isn’t explained until the next movie. All in all though, a solid movie.

Magic of Pegasus- B

We love a figure skater, we love a girl who refuses marriage to a weird magician. We don’t love Shiver just causing problems and not even being that cute. Bonus points for Annika being sassy as hell.

Mermaidia- B

Gay mermaids gay mermaids gay mermaids you can’t convince me otherwise. How come the fungi could leave the wastes but Laverna couldn’t (until...)? Elina sacrificing her wings to become a mermaid was a great moment, as well as when both Elina and Laverna ate the berries that showed their true selves. Bonus points for mermaids because I love mermaids.

Diaries- F

Why. Completely insipid and vapid and shallow and stupid as hell. Barbie being a curve-wrecker should’ve been a crowning moment but it wasn’t and I just can’t abide by a movie teaching kids that being good in school is bad. I must have erased this movie from my childhood memory because I didn’t recognize it at first. Bad movie.

12 Dancing Princesses- A+

A breath of fresh air after Diaries. I LOVE the 12 Dancing Princesses and (as of the writing of this post) it is my Favorite. I had the Genevieve doll, I named both of my (male) betta fish after Genevieve, and I named at least a couple of my Webkinz after other princesses too. The music is amazing, the story is amazing, the princesses are amazing (I don’t wanna hear anything about them being under-developed, there’s fucking 12 of em and it’s only 81 minutes long). Great movie. Best movie. Love this movie.

Magic of the Rainbow- B+

The finale of the Fairytopia trilogy, and the best one at that. Gotta love a totally-in-your-face rainbow motif, and I do. I don’t totally get how Laverna was able to leave the wastes if her punishment was to be trapped there but okay. I also don’t get how the Flight of Spring succeeded if Elina and Sunburst weren’t even participating most of the time but okay. Laverna trapping and assuming Sunburst’s identity was great villainy right there. I like Glee’s design :3 Bonus points for rainbows.

Island Princess- B

Admittedly, the video I watched of this movie seems to have had some parts cut out cuz there were some weird cuts, but I will judge thusly. Love me a musical, love the talking (to) animals, love the knowledge of medicinal plants. Otherwise too colonialism for me. I originally watched this movie during my “learning to survive on a deserted island” phase, so it holds a special place in my heart.

Mariposa- B+

I watched this movie to death as a kid, but I think that was mostly because it was the only movie we had unpacked while we were moving. Interesting change of pace having someone other than Barbie be the main character. I like Mariposa. I like her interest in constellations. Rayna and Rayla were kind of annoying but okay by the end (character development). Why are Zinzie’s ears backwards. Bonus points for the scene with The Fairy in the Cave of Reflections.

Diamond Castle- A

This is the first Barbie movie that I haven’t watched as a kid, so I’m watching this with fresh eyes and no nostalgia points. As always, musicals get bonus points with me. Alexa and Liana are gay you can’t change my mind (they invented the bi and lesbian flags with those dresses at the end). The twin dudes are just their boy toys, and I’m glad nothing really happened with them besides a dance. I would die for Sparkles and Lily and their dance moves.

Christmas Carol- B-

Another change of pace with Barbie not being the main chara, though I guess she can’t all of a sudden be British lol I’m glad that Barbie is raising money for hospitals irl (Barbie is real don’t fight with me) and that the orphanage in the story got funded as well. Good message. But gonna be real I’m not the biggest Christmas Carol person, so this movie didn’t stand the greatest chance with me. I like Catherine.

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Last song: You Never Can Tell - Chuck Berry

Currently watching: What We Do In The Shadows s5, MASH s10, IASIP s16, New Girl s7, Granada Sherlock Holmes s7 + rewatching Jeeves and Wooster, The Magicians and random eps of IASIP

Currently reading: The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins, rereading Good Omens (HELLO @catabasis !!!)

Current obsession: Good Omens (again), Sherlock Holmes stuff (again)

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2012 - Dables - Can’t Not

Not too much to say about this short, very experimental EP. I recorded it in 2 days, then uploaded it online on Day 3 with the intentions to specifically share it with a Facebook group called “Un_Scene: Music of a Different Flavor” that I posted in a lot which was moderated by my buddy Caleb Riley (later vocalist of Trolls, also of CCOC & Jericho Bros). It was a group based in South Carolina but had members from all over who shared the weirdest and most experimental music they could find with each other. Stuff ranging from harsh noise like Merzbow or Hanatarash, obscure IDM/EDM stuff like Squarepusher or various ambient projects, or stuff like Sun City Girls and The Residents. I also remember discovering Bubblegum Octopus from that Facebook group. A lot of members uploaded their own experimental or oddball music too. So I wanted to make something that would fit that bill that the members of that group would enjoy or find interesting and it was a total success! A lot of people in the Un_Scene group absolutely loved it, including a guy named Drew Smith who ran a moderately popular blog called “Music You May Not Have Heard” and tiny indie record label Sarcastic Magician Records who enjoyed my Can’t Not EP so much, he commissioned me to make another EP for his label that would be a split with another experimental artist from Chicago named Otto Rollo. I will write about the outcome of that in a later blog which ended up being called “Refuge” and came out in 2013, a year after this release.

Additionally, I tend to refer to this album as my “Lortab album”, because I was basically bombed on Lortabs the entire 3 days I was working on it lol…

As for the songs themselves, not much to say… ”Storm’s a Brewin’” was simply an experiment with tremolo picking with a flanger pedal on with a few samples of a thunderstorm thrown in.

“Sang Branch Settlers” was a riff I had been playing for a few years at that point as a warm up song that I played when I practiced my guitar. I finally decided to record it and set some drum machines to it. The title comes from a book written about my great grandpa Dave Couch and his family. He and my great great uncle Jim Couch were bluegrass/folk musicians who recorded some music in the 1950’s and who were also moonshiners, miners, and grew ginseng (aka “sang branch”). Later on in 2012, I recorded an entire tribute album to my ancestors The Couch Family, that I will of course go into detail about in a later blog.

“Def” was an experiment in recording everything with the input turned all the way up, as hot as it would go, to overdrive the sound and put it extremely ‘in the red’, meaning all the levels were maxed out completely. Then I simply put compression on it so it would be somewhat listenable. Titled as such because listening to this loud, obnoxious track might make you go deaf…

“Detective Cop Doctor” was an inside joke with my friends Sid and Brittany, a running gag where we would pretend to narrate a shitty fake movie trailer…as in “COMING THIS FALL TO THEATERS NEAR YOU…He’s a DETECTIVE…He’s a COP…but he’s also…A DOCTOR. He heals crime while arresting it!” kinda shit…Technically Brittany came up with that joke so I titled this track after it to make her and Sid laugh. The joke itself did end up getting recorded as a skit called “Dt Cop Doc” on the DAN album “Honey Berry Surprise” so check that out if you want to hear it. The song itself is an experiment in playing the bass while messing with the tuning pegs. Somehow it ended up kinda making sense and sounding slightly like lazy stoner metal…

“Can’t Not” is probably the most normal or straightforward track on here, and I was babysitting my 8 year old nephew Carlos later that night and I recorded him yelling into a microphone with heavy delay and reverb on it and slapped a looped sample of it at the end of this track. No reason, just experimenting & shit…nowadays he is 20 and plays bass in a country music band. I tried to show him some metal bands and stuff like Ween & Primus but he gravitated towards country with a little classic rock being as wild as he gets with the music he likes. Oh well…nothing else to say about the last two tracks really. “Stay at Home Dad” is a loop pedal experiment and “Scat” is also a loop pedal experiment with vocals only.

Years later when I uploaded Can’t Not to all the steaming services, I added some extra tracks from all 3 of my “Stuff” compilation albums to fill it out because I never uploaded any of the 3 “Stuff” albums due to having too many cover songs, which makes it too expensive to do so. So that’s why if you check out “Can’t Not” on Spotify or Apple Music, there are several extra songs, that I will write about in a later blog when I get to the album they originally came from.

The title itself doesn’t mean anything, I just liked that it was an odd double negative. I think it came to me from thinking about the They Might Be Giants song “Don’t Let’s Start”. I just liked the mush-mouthed nonsense of it.

The album art was straight up 100% stolen from online. I tried to figure out who the original artist is and have been unsuccessful tracking them down. Oh well, I have made literally 0 dollars from “Can’t Not” so they aren’t missing out on anything. Sorry I stole your artwork, buddy! But I really do love this weird ass image you made of little kids in Disney character masks in front of a burning car. Fuckin’ badass lol…don’t sue me please!

All in all, for the minimum amount of work I put into this album, I believe I accomplished all of my goals with it and I like it, except for “Scat” which makes me cringe and should probably have been left off the album, but oh well, too late for that.

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Released on January 12, 2012

All music written, recorded, and performed by David Walker.

My nephew Carlos Garcia was sampled on Track 5 “Can’t Not”.

Recorded in Fountain Inn, SC in 2 days.

Slackerpop Records 2012

1.Storm’s a Brewin’ 2.Sang Branch Settlers 3.Def 4.Detective Cop Doctor 5.Can’t Not 6.Stay at Home Dad 7.Scat

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Making decks for. My ocs because i'm a little goober with a problem. cards yayayaya

these decks are less than 40 cards but if I have to scroll thru the yugioh wiki one more time I might pass out so this is it for now. are these in any way good? no lol I can't build a deck for shit.

kaori has a dragon/mech based deck meant to hit hard and not much else. i'm not sure what strats she'd use tbh. she likes her robots and lizards. she took a couple cards from her dad and uncles

nat has the best deck out of the 3 (I think. which is kinda funny considering he's the worst player out of the 3) with winged beasts and regular beasts. he's got a lot of water and wind goin on. has considerably more cards from his moms deck

sihiho has her sorcerers! and fairies. hers is a little convuluted with the ghosttricks but idk. meant to stun players I believe. a girl with her whimsical creatures that can and will crush you. a decent balance of her parents cards. ish.

Kaori

Monster cards

Lord of D

Krystal dragon

Arkbrave dragon

Cyber soldier of darkworld 

Armed protector dragon

Blue Eyes bbg

Science soldier 

Box of friends 

Cannon soldier 

Bowganian 

Dunames dark witch 

Baby mudragon 

Bat 

Spell cards

Cost down

Monster reborn 

Flute of summoning dragon

Burst stream of destruction

Melody of awakening dragon 

Return of the dragon lords 

Limiter removal 

Fissure 

Spring of rebirth 

Heavy storm

Trap Cards

Negate attack 

Ring of destruction 

Dragons orb 

Judgement of anubis 

Martyr curse 

Magic jammer 

Nathan 

Monster cards

Baby dragon

Harpie lady 1

Harpie lady 2

Harpie lady 3

Furious sea king

Alligator sword 

Shark cruiser 

Altergeist silquitous 

Aurora wing 

Danger thunderbird 

Rescue cat 

Amazoness tiger

Amazoness paladin

X-saber airbellum

Sea koala 

Spell cards

Polymerization 

Polymerization 

Harpies feather duster 

Pot of greed

Cyber shield 

Big march of animals 

Card destruction 

Elegant egotist 

Black pendant 

Poison fangs 

Trap cards

Last machine acid virus 

Virus cannon 

Graceful tear 

Miracle's wake 

Gravekeeper's servant 

Mirror force 

Fusion cards

Alligator sword dragon 

Amazoness pet liger 

Sihiho

Monster cards

Dark magician girl 

Berry magician girl

Apple magician girl 

Mask of darkness

Queens double

Shining friendship 

Fire sorcerer 

Bountiful artemis 

Magikuriboh 

Ghostrick angel of mischief

Ghostrick stein 

Ghostrick nekomusume 

Altergeist meluseek

Spell cards

Dark burning attack 

Swords of revealing light 

Forbidden dress

Graceful charity 

Silver bow and arrow

De-fusion 

Brain control 

Eye of truth 

Heavy storm 

Premature burial 

Trap cards 

Chain destruction 

Royal decree 

Curse of darkness 

Call of the haunted 

Waboku 

Ghostrick or treat 

I will probably make decks for Robo and Amunet, but those will be less extensive than these 3. maybe Naomi can have one lol.

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10/7/24

Thinking a little bit about why magical girl anime holds such appeal for me.

I’m a millennial, which is to say that I’m somewhat of an oldhead in the world of Western anime fans. I got into anime through Sailor Moon way back in the day. I can’t clearly recall the first time I ever watched the show, but whenever it happened, I was hooked right away. Part of the appeal for me back then was the exact same as it is for me now: I love the empowering idea of girls being the ones to save the boys, save the day, save the world, save the universe. Oftentimes it’s a group of girls working together even with their very different personalities and abilities and I love that sort of thing too, that unity of purpose. I also enjoyed picking out a favorite from the team - it’s Sailor Mercury and it always has been for me, though Jupiter has grown on me too. 

I also love the aesthetics, the bright colors, the inventive magic, the theme songs and, but of course, the transformations. Sometimes I find myself getting a bit emotional when I watch a transformation sequence. I might even tear up or cry a little bit, but I’m not sad. Quite the opposite, in fact. I’m happy! I’m moved! Maybe there’s just something about the magic of it all - an everyday girl (or boy, shout out to Cure Wing) becoming someone magnificent and spectacular through the use of a special stick or brooch or cell phone or what have you. Maybe part of it is the imaginative feeling that, hey, maybe this could happen to me too. Maybe I just have to find the right object. Maybe I just need to stumble across a talking cat. I have a cat, but alas, she lacks the ability to speak English and thus to be able to instruct me on the mission I must now undertake.

I’m eating pretty good this season because there are, by my completely unscientific count, three currently airing magical girl shows. Wonderful Precure continues its yearlong run and, even though it isn’t going to top my list of favorite Precure seasons I’ve watched, it’s got its nice moments. (I do wish they’d go ahead and make Satoru and Daifuku into Precures though. Yes, I’ve heard about what happens in the movie and no, that is not good enough.) Acro Trip is a ton of fun and has some interesting rules about how Berry Blossom can and cannot use her magic. Magilumiere takes a cool “what if adults were magical girls and used a combo of magic and technology” angle and shows adults transforming - instead of reverting to their teenage selves and then transforming as in Power of Hope -Precure Full Bloom-. The plot reason for that reversion made perfect sense, but it was a bit of a letdown at first!

There’s also The Stories of Girls Who Couldn’t Become Magicians, with its fun pastel palette, but that’s about witches, not magical girls. (I’m somehow picking up a “What if Utena, but candy-colored and much less traumatic” vibe from it, too, which may make some modicum of sense because it’s a JC Staff production just as Utena was.)

These are the kinds of shows that tend to appeal to me most. I don’t often go for the Big Shows of the Season, the ones that all the critics are excited for or the Shonen Jump adaptations. All of the cookie-cutter isekai “what if I was just a normal dude in this world but the most overpowered guy ever in a fantasy world and every girl was all over me” shows bore me - the only interest I hold in them is to see how the critics are going to skewer them. No matter how many years pass since my first viewing of Sailor Moon, though, magical girl shows continue to hold my interest and I am so glad for that!