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MaruChiku
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[2007-08-10 04:45:50 +0000 UTC]
"ManaChwan"
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# Statistics
Favourites: 120; Deviations: 10; Watchers: 26
Watching: 46; Pageviews: 14797; Comments Made: 5178; Friends: 46
# Comments
Comments: 284
I hope you're doing well, wherever you are!
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I'm just curious, but how many Magical Girls can you name from here?: [link]
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I see Lala, BSSM, Ojamajo Doremi, Nanoha, Saint Tail, CCS, YGO (lol, she kind of doesn't count), HPC, Sammy (Tenchi spinoff, lol), Madoka (ugh and up-front, why is Sailor Moon not?), Dai Mahou Touge.
Some of the shows, I don't actually watch since I don't care for them (and two I watched or read very little of so far), but I think there's only one character I don't actually recognize much at all.
Ironically enough, someone mentions classical magical girls in the comments, but I think there's only two or three characters on there from a series that's older than the '00s. Lol, that's interesting.
Another interesting matter, someone brought up Mew Ichigo... The artist has more parodies and non-actual mahou shoujo characters on here and are missing some real relevant series and characters. x'DDDD;
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Wow!!! That's why I sent you that link. I was surprised too, when SM wasn't front-and-center. I guess they were underexposed. or something. It's a double standard. Also, does Cutey Honey count as a Mahou Shoujo?
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Haha~! And yeah, it seems like the artist may have been underexposed to BSSM (and some of the other classic stuff). And that's the funny thing! Technically, it isn't!
Nagai-sensei didn't make it as one, but when the first anime rolled around, it really picked up with the female crowd and it does have traits close to the genre (especially like the original magical girl stuff before BSSM came around), so it's one of those mixed deals there.
It's really funny and interesting how the genre has changed. Magical girl now is nothing like what it is before (outside of empowering girls, but I think it does that better and more now on average, with the exception of shows like Madoka, but it's also made by guys and aimed at guys, so they weren't looking to be a true magical girl show anyway), and I think Honey herself and the series lie just on that line of the things that are modern and classic to the genre.
Because Naoko Takuechi liked sentai stuff and her editor's encouraged its addition, BSSM really shifted the genre, and shows like PreCure picked up and carried on with that. It's kinda... Well, I just don't know the words entirely, but it is quite interesting.
And it kind of made me think of magical girl shows in general, the ones that changed the genre, deconstructions and parodies of the genre and how they compare.
A lot of people don't really consider Utena a magical girl show, but it is regarded as one and is a magnificent deconstruction of the genre (as well as shoujo and shounen themes and genre as a whole). Whereas shows like Nanoha and Madoka are just... Well, most people see them as deconstructions, and they try to be, but I don't really think they are the way people see them as. (I think it's because people think, "oh, girl's show, so no violence or death or darkness." And so when a show is violent or at all dark - but not aimed at girls -, people go "oh! A deconstruction of the genre!")
I read these really good articles of sorts about that matter (one of them here ). It falls into how shows aimed at girls are generally regarded as needing excuses to be good and the expectations and assumptions have of them. It gets weird especially with magical girl fandom, especially because of the demographics, lol.
Sometimes, it's more fun to keep track of the way people in magical girl fandom act and associate than keeping up with the shows themselves.
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just wanted to stop by and say hi and tell you that you're sweet and lovely who always take your time to comment
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Aww, thank you! I've always enjoyed your art, and so I'm glad to see more and am eager to comment on it~.
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I saw that you left me tons of long and well thought out comments to all my endless babbling. Thank you. It's very flattering to know someone has been around my gallery.
You are very sweet and generous
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Thank you~.
I really enjoy your art and journals, commenting on them is a lot of fun, so I'm very glad to. ♥
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Osashiburi desunee!
Ogenki desuka? ^u^
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hi!
I don't know if I recognize your account.
but hey anyway. >u<
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thank you so much for the watch! yes, i know perfume. 
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You're welcome, I can't wait to see more of your art~!
Oh, mine too! Hahaha, one room disco is great!
Will you do perfume art too?
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never thought about doing perfume fanart but that's a good idea!
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oh, I'm glad! I look forward to it when you do.
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Hey, Marti' (didn't want to use your full name here), it's Drew. At least I hope this is you, hope to see you reply back when you can.
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Haha, I didn't know if it was you or one of my other friends at first. It's me~. I'll add you to my friends/watch.
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thanks. I didn't know you had another Andrew as a friend, well, it is a common name after all.
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Haha, I do, but I actually thought that because of the Marti. (And I actually know friends with names in multiples, so believe I know three Andrew's and five Erica's.)
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I can understand three Andrews but 5 Ericas? you gots 2 be shitin' me sideways.
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No, and I know oneof them from elementary school, two from middle school, and two from high school. And three of which I go to school with now. And that's just the Erica's. World is weird.
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I suppose parents during the 80's and early 90's were either uncreative or too creative with names.
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Thank you so much for all your comments !!!!
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You're welcome, I like your gallery a lot. I think I'm going to devwatch you. ^u^
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You're welcome, I look forward to your art~!
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oh! you also left me tons of nice comments I'll reply to every single one soon *v*
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You're welcome~. ♥
I can't wait to see more of your art. >u<
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You're welcome ^u^.
I adore your art. ♥
(That Travis makes me swoon~!)
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Oh, awesome, thanks!
Rae should be done today or tomorrow!
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I'm sorry! I got held back on working on the sketch, and I'm about to go do another now (I'm getting really picky about it, haha), but I'll definitely finish between tonight and Tues!
Oh, and would you prefer something casual or action-oriented?
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Daaamn, okay! BD
Uh.... action I guess!
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Haha >u<.
Alrighty! I'll go ahead and work on it when I get back home. ♥
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Thank you so much for all your comments and especially the CC! 
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Oh, you're very welcome. I was glad to do it, and I can't wait to comment on more of your art! ^u^
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Now I would like to know what you want in that icon cause I'm just drawing them now.
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Sorry I took so long! I was away for a little while.
If you're still doing it, then I have an OC with a light alien/space/robo theme.
- Light Brown eyes
- Brown skin
- Dark brown/Black hair
-Outfit would be a like a mix of cutesy spacesuit or like the characters from Katamari Damacy.
Is that enough detail? Need a sketch/doodle? ^u^
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