However, once in a while, I like to couch potato around with a good RPG. One I've gotten really fond of the Kingdom Hearts series. I buy one the first week it comes out. I was playing half-way through Kingdom Hearts II when I thought out loud, "What the- Sora's a magical girl! In disguise!" When the people on my bus stopped looking at me oddly, I began to draw references from the game to the mahou shoujo genre:
*__MAHOU SHOUJO CHECKLIST__*
Magically Enchanted Wand/Weapon---->
Keyblade
Magically Enchanted Wand/Weapon---->
Keyblade
Magical Henshin--->
No phrase, but has the ability to switch from one costume to another depending on the world or power he chooses (i.e. proud form)
Magical Animal Sidekick--->
Donald and Goofy (though Goofy's not exactly "magical")
Signature/Finishing Attack--->
Sealing the keyhole of every world. There's no phrase, but when the cut scene comes on, you know what he's gonna do.
While there is some more, these are a few essential things that coins a magical girl as a magical girl. You cannot tell me I'm reading too much into it, cause I know you can see it as well. That's why I can see you grinning. And don't you get me started on Ichigo from Bleach (the guy walks around with a stuffed animal that nags him endlessly). However, there is actually a magical boy genre, mahou shonen (ma-ho sho-nen). It's not as popular as mahou shoujo, but there are a few well known ones such as Yu-Gi-Oh, DNAngel, Tokyo Babylon, and .//hackSIGN. And you can't forget those loving boyfriends that stand beside their mahou shoujo girlfriends. Like Tuxedo Mask/Chiba Mamoru from Sailor Moon, Aoyama Masaya from Tokyo MewMew, or even Doomoto Kaito from Mermaid Melody. They all supporting the main heroine one way or another and had their only little super power that helped out.
Even though it is amusing to imagine a boy in a frilly skirt and a wand when you think mahou shounen, like their female counter parts, they'll show you who's boss; quick fast, and in a hurry! Wand or no wand!
No phrase, but has the ability to switch from one costume to another depending on the world or power he chooses (i.e. proud form)
Magical Animal Sidekick--->
Donald and Goofy (though Goofy's not exactly "magical")
Signature/Finishing Attack--->
Sealing the keyhole of every world. There's no phrase, but when the cut scene comes on, you know what he's gonna do.
While there is some more, these are a few essential things that coins a magical girl as a magical girl. You cannot tell me I'm reading too much into it, cause I know you can see it as well. That's why I can see you grinning. And don't you get me started on Ichigo from Bleach (the guy walks around with a stuffed animal that nags him endlessly). However, there is actually a magical boy genre, mahou shonen (ma-ho sho-nen). It's not as popular as mahou shoujo, but there are a few well known ones such as Yu-Gi-Oh, DNAngel, Tokyo Babylon, and .//hackSIGN. And you can't forget those loving boyfriends that stand beside their mahou shoujo girlfriends. Like Tuxedo Mask/Chiba Mamoru from Sailor Moon, Aoyama Masaya from Tokyo MewMew, or even Doomoto Kaito from Mermaid Melody. They all supporting the main heroine one way or another and had their only little super power that helped out.
Even though it is amusing to imagine a boy in a frilly skirt and a wand when you think mahou shounen, like their female counter parts, they'll show you who's boss; quick fast, and in a hurry! Wand or no wand!
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