#machikado mazoku yuko

[gotouhitori]

So, uh... does Ninja High School always blatantly copy existing anime/manga characters? Because that's just straight up Shamiko.

[theirisianprincess]

Zero braincell gang rise up!

[polygonsarchive]

magical outfit swap!!

[brontidepng]

shamiko’s win

[clusta]

23/05/24

[joyce-stick]

One thing I've observed about a lot of character polls on Tumblr is that the characters listed aren't really connected by genre or demographic of audience for the media they're from or anything, but more by seemingly nothing other than the likely fact that whoever made the poll happened to be someone who knows and likes both of these characters.

Oftentimes, unless the poll was specifically oriented around a certain theme or topic (like "best yuri protagonists" for instance), odds are, the person who made the poll is one of a relatively small group of people that makes up the overlap between these two fandoms. So, that doesn't leave "a bunch of people who vote on which of the two characters they like more," but rather four groups

Group A (smallest group): people who are familiar with both media sources and know both characters

Group B: People who know one of the characters but have never heard of or know very little about the other character

Group C: Same as group B, but other character

Group D (biggest group): People who do not know either character and thus do not vote (unless they fat fingered their phone touchscreen)

Group A will be the only ones actually voting for the character they like more. Group B and C, however, will not vote for the character they like more, but rather for the character they know. They don't know who the other character is, and they're not gonna do their homework for a tumblr poll, so why would they do anything else?

So, the end result of these polls is oftentimes not a measure of which character is more liked, but rather, which character's fandom is bigger.

Anyway, apropos of nothing, I've got us here a character poll:

Vote, then reblog this and post in the tags saying how well you know them!

[serendark]

2022 commission of Kokoro Awane and Shamiko for VirusLord! I wish I had been able to pull off parts of this better, but I'm really happy with most of it.

[littlemisspinky]

ive been watching "the demon girl next door," or "machikado mazoku," and its really cute and funny! i like it a lot! heres yuko and momo!

[womenwhump]

[gloop898]

If I had a nickel for every red haired anime girl lesbian with a family member trapped inside an inanimate object, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it's happened twice. Right?

[kaitooh]

Akane Nishimura & Yuko Yoshida

They have the same voice actress 😊

[theirisianprincess]

[cardcaptorsideblog]

Chapter 1

Yuko's Mom seems to have experience with horns given how she easily grabs Yuko's. Likely had experience thanks to her dad.

The second thing is the bureau of darkness early stuff. Personally I think this is early installment weirdness due to how it is closed and considering how Joshua likely played an important role in it. And also how it didn't show up again for a long while. I don't think the mom would have zero knowledge of what's happening there.

The introduction of the fork as Shamiko's go to weapon

A rare momo smile and the introduction of the Shamiko support box

[animebw]

The Anime Binge-Watcher's Queer Anime Ship Tournament!

The first round rages on! It's getting witchy up in here as the witch from Mercury and her canon wife (lol screw you Bandai) go up against a magical girl and her demonic rival/crush. Who will come out on top? Cast your votes now!

All Round 1 Match-Ups

Rules and Full Bracket

[clusta]

シャミ子 23/04/24

[nbmahoushoujo]

Characters you should vote for according to me and my objectively correct opinion:

Bea

I literally got Hero Hours Contract days ago after receiving a single submission for the main character, and it’s so cute and charming I added her in! Bea is a magical girl who fights zombies, but is also on strike against the magical creatures that employ magical girls. She has no chance in the polls I'm sure, but a vote for her would be nice anyway!

Kokoro / Heartful Punch

I was surprised by how many submissions she got, amazingly the same amount as Doremi who she's up against. Y'know, THE Doremi. Some things to know about Kokoro:

She punches monsters

She's dating the main character Undine and they're peak awkward teenagers trying to figure out their feelings together

She has a pet cat called Kicks

She has good life advice

Momo Chiyoda

No one ever talks about this anime it's so good why does no one ever talk about it I have to tell you about it-

Machikado Mazoku is an anime about a girl called yuko who wakes up one day to learn that she is a demon, descended from a line of demons, when she sees she suddenly has horns and a tail. Her mom tells her that their family is cursed and to break the curse she needs the blood of a magical girl. Luckily there just so happens to be a magical girl who goes to her school, Momo. Unluckily, Yuko is incredibly weak (physically and magically), has no clue what she's doing, and couldn't hurt a fly. Additionally, Momo is inhumanly strong and offers to help Yuko train out of pity, with no real fear that she'll ever be an actual threat. Naturally they're very in love and every episode of the 2 seasons that are out it gets more and more obvious. It’s one of the best comedy anime I’ve ever seen!

Momo is a stoic girl who really cares about protecting other people but doesn't always take care of herself properly. She's been a magical girl for years and is tired of the whole acting cute thing, usually trying to resolve conflicts without transforming where possible.

Some things I love about Momo:

She’s obsessed with her city’s mascot character and can be bribed into anything with merch for it.

She gets embarrassed about transforming and saying her attack names and stuff. Not in a way that would imply the show is making fun of magical girls as a concept, but more like regular teenage embarrassment at your younger self in a magical girl context.

Her cats is essentially a retired magical companion who used to be able to talk but now just occasionally says the phrase “the time hath come” for no particular reason.

She literally turns to the dark side to save Yuko from an upsetting few days stuck in a magic nightmare. Not like mortal danger, just that she’d be unhappy for a bit and then wake up. Momo wouldn’t let that happen and literally turned to the dark side for a while to get her out.

She’s so bad at cooking she just like me for real.

Momoko / Hyper Blossom

Powerpuff Girls Z feels like a fever dream from my childhood. I totally forgot about it for a while because just the existence of an actual Powerpuff Girls magical girl anime is so funny. But I remember really enjoying it and it’s genuinely so cute!