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The term "all-girl universe" was not used literally in the article or in my reference to same. We are talking about the fact that generally, such shows involve universes where male characters are almost non-existent or are simple archetypes who have zero to little character development, and simply stand in as objectives or tools of the magical girl. I was making an observation that that dynamic could be something that could be deconstructed in a future show. You haven't refuted my point, it looks like you were just searching for something to disagree with me on.

P.S. By the way, for an example which kind of speaks to what I was commenting on, you could look at Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? It's not totally on point but is a good starting place.

What, you want a Magical Girl show with a male lead?

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What, you want a Magical Girl show with a male lead?

Hm...I couldn't deny that a Magical Boy show would be...interesting, to say the least. Perhaps one with a female protagonist and a male deuteragonist.

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Quote: What, you want a Magical Girl show with a male lead? Hm...I couldn't deny that a Magical Boy show would be...interesting, to say the least. Perhaps one with a female protagonist and a male deuteragonist.

Thank you, lol. It's so nice to see open minded people in the ANN forums these days.

I'm pretty sure that, other than Armitage Dual Matrix, most of the Geneon titles listed were not US/Japan co-productions considering that Geneon/Pioneer is a Japanese company that just happened to have a North American distribution arm, unlike ADV that went in the other direction.

I never understood why some people get so obsessed with tempering the opinions of others.

I realize that as a published critic that people read you can never win - some people actually felt I didn't praise the show enough - but I find that far less irritating than the people who go on and on and on when something gets "too much" praise.

I really loved the show, and I explained why. I don't really care if "we've seen elements like these before in other shows" - what does that even matter? How would that change my opinion that in this specific instance I thought the elements came together nigh-perfectly? It's almost never about being original, it's what you do with existing story elements.

And again, what exactly is the obsession with not only policing the general opinions of other people but making sure they know they're wrong if they didn't enjoy it exactly as much or as little as you did? It seems like some people just want to disagree on something, anything, so they can seem like their opinion is the 'most right' one and everyone else is just a fool. It's really obnoxious and never, ever leads to substantive or even interesting discussion.

People also seem to use any enthusiasm or passion for a subject as an excuse to knock whoever's expressing sincere joy over something down and to present themselves as the sane, level-headed objectively right person. Oh, you really liked something? Well, you liked it too much! It was good but not as good as you say it was! Everyone listen to me now, I'm the voice of reason.

Screw that. Let people have their passion, even if you think it's hyperbolic. At no point was I exaggerating or overstating my appreciation for the show and being told to further justify my opinion to you after thousands of words on the matter is a waste of time. You didn't like the show as much as I did, great. Yelling about how now we all have to explain to you why we think it's special when you're clearly only interested in being condescending, dismissive and insulting about it - presumably to end the horrible national nightmare of people liking a TV show more than you think they should is dumb and transparent.

My commentary on your review was more or less "I agree with everything Zac says except for his take on the finale, which I thought was rather vapid."

yes, yes, yes! InuYasha is more "popular" because of its TV airing on Adult Swim and Teletoon and elsewhere in the Western world. (...). Nevermind that Ranma ½ never got a TV airing;