I cannot begin to express my appreciation to everyone for the reaction this video has gotten. I can’t keep track of every comment but I would if I could because there have been a lot of lovely ones 😊

That being said, I wanna bring up a few things I feel are important, but I only realized in hindsight.

1: When I say “magical girls aren’t respected” I mean the genre as a whole. Sailor Moon/Cardcaptor Sakura/Madoka Magica ARE highly regarded series, but they don’t make up the whole of the magical girl genre. If those are the only three shows that get talked about, that’s ignoring a heck of a lot more stories.
2: Please note that I said WESTERN anime fandom. Generally meaning the US, Australia, England, Canada, and the like. Yes I know that Precure is one of the largest franchises in Japan, but outside of Japan? It’s barely mentioned at all. Which I think is a shame.
3: This video is NOT “ugh men”. It is about misogyny, which both men AND women can contribute to. It is a cultural bias rather than a single person’s bigotry.
4: I neglected to mention that another key part in the decline of magical girls IPs is Japan’s decreasing birth rate. Which makes sense. Most magical girl shows are for a young audience. And the idea is that if people aren’t having children, there won’t be any young girls to make a show for.
5: The brief mention of Gushing Over Magical Girls. I acknowledge it as part of the genre but it should also be acknowledged that is is not a fundamental pillar of the genre. So the fact I didn’t talk about it much shouldn’t be that big of a deal? An etcchi parody series shouldn’t be a primary definition for a whole genre.

I think that’s about everything. Again, thank you everyone who support this video, liked it, left a comment, or got into fights in the comments! This much attention means a whole lot and makes my heart all kinds of excited. Thank you for everything, and I hope to see you around soon~

It bugs me how magical girls in media are mainly reduced to “haha transformation joke”.

I hate how the common understanding of magical girls went from "everything is a sailor moon ripoff" to "everything is a sailor moon ripoff OR a madoka ripoff."  The number of people who've said they dropped Symphogear after episode 1 because they assumed it was "just another grimdark show" is depressing 😭
On the other hand, we got a Precure reference in a Superman cartoon not too long ago, so there's still hope✨

I would go so far as to say Madoka isn’t a deconstruction— it’s a REAFFIRMATION. Madoka is DARK, but the core themes in most magical girl shows drive the plot.

Magical girls are very well respected if you give them a ring and call them "Green Lantern"

Magical girls 🤝 mecha

Being ignored

Its really weird people praise madoka magica for its dark stuff and talk about sailor moon only by its cute aesthetics when theres a lot of dark stuff in sailor moon too like they all die in every season finale

Both Mecha and Magical Girls fans are sadly suffered from misinformed essays of their favourite genres. Especially both fans are suffered from "Unlike Mecha/Magical Girls show, this focus on characters"

The idea that Puella Magi Madoka Magica killed the magical girl genre is so weird to me, because for me, it's what reignited the love and made me watch a ton of old iconic magical girl shows. Hana no Lunlun (dubed as Angel The Flower child back in the day) was one of my first magical girl anime and I still remember it fondly.

istg all the "madoka killed the magical girl genre" discourse over the years has straight up ruined the word "dark" for me anytime i see someone describe any show as dark i just cringe 😭😭

I think this whole part of "Madoka Magica broke the genre, it's all dark and gritty now!" reminds me that time and time again people in the west forget that it's extremely common nature in japan to have a certain genre or trope be twisted and retwisted in a throwing things at a wall to see what sticks kinda way that isn't allowed to happen given the safe route of risk the west always takes regarding media, and these shows that gather attention are just a byproduct of that.

The only thing that baffles me is crunchy roll doesn't even have phantom thief Jeanne which is a rare forgotten magical girl series!

Good vid. I saw a new magical girl pilot which just came out, a western yuri magical girl pilot called I Don’t Wanna Be a Magical Girl. I saw a lot of comments that are already like “I’m usually into indie animation, but I’m not into this.”
I’m like… geez I wonder why. Maybe because it’s become cultural acceptable to act like any magical girl thing isn’t “mature” or “good”
Just, smh my head fam. Anyway I was happy to see Jewelpet on this video. Also I can’t wait until you review Smile Precure. I hope you mention Pop: he’s not a major character but he’s so great, his bond with Cure Peace was adorable!

the actual reason Madoka Magica is held so high is because most people don't wach much anime from before this decade unless its exceptionally well animated, nostalgic or has a large fandom. And since most magical girl shows from before Madoka not called Sailor Moon, Cardcaptor Sakura or Revolutionary Girl Utena don't stand out too much, they assume they're all silly cute shows for little girls, like what MLP was seen as before FIM..

The instant comparison of something broad like "magical girl anime" was always so silly, like comparing MAD to robot chicken because they're both satirical animation. Apples and oranges.

But one thing remains the same, no amount of "dark magical girl" anime can come close to the darkness of real life. I will continue my fix of precure and magical girl anime targeted for young girls until morale improves (it won't).

Madoka Magica is perceived as the super dark anime

No one acknowledges that everyone in Sailor Moon has died TWICE

Precure MIGHT as well be seen as Super Sentai, but with Fist Fighting Magical Girls to a Watcher.

princess tutu is SUCH a good anime! i truly hate when people compare it to madoka and try to say it’s “not what it sounds like” because it… literally is! and that’s okay! yes, it absolutely has dark themes, but so do other magical girl shows :(

I can't stand when people watch MLP FIM and say "This is for little girls?!" YES, dear viewer. Because media for little girls CAN, DO AND HAVE HAD good writing.

remember everyone, just because the show is about magical girls DOES NOT MEAN IT’S A SAILOR MOON RIP OFF. (also congrats on 5k)