Okay, it makes sense that it's the newbie fans who are going "omg this is completely new and revolutionary!" (Although pretty much any time a fan says that about anything, they're usually wrong. Ain't no new ideas left in the world, kids.) Though even the allergic-to-girly-things otaku don't really have an excuse: the last MG show I can recall that did the whole grim-deconstructy thing was Uta Kata in 2004, and it was aimed at the male demographic like it wanted to have their babies or something.
I'm again curious, since I haven't watched CCS or Mermaid Melody: Which is the one that had magical girls killing each other and/or an untrustworthy mascot character? I do remember some magical girls killing each other in Sailor Moon, but I don't think that counts because they perpetually resurrect, which makes the deaths feel pretty cheap.
And does Pretty Cure really count as a "for girls" show? I mean what with the hand-to-hand combat style, the relative lack of het romance, and the relatively large amount of lesbian subtext, I figured it was trying to pitch itself at both male and female demographics.
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I'm again curious, since I haven't watched CCS or Mermaid Melody: Which is the one that had magical girls killing each other and/or an untrustworthy mascot character? I do remember some magical girls killing each other in Sailor Moon, but I don't think that counts because they perpetually resurrect, which makes the deaths feel pretty cheap.
And does Pretty Cure really count as a "for girls" show? I mean what with the hand-to-hand combat style, the relative lack of het romance, and the relatively large amount of lesbian subtext, I figured it was trying to pitch itself at both male and female demographics.