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** In episode 12, [[spoiler:SHOBON's script showing Otaku Hero's helmet on top of the trash heap... And then the image of the top of the trash heap ''without'' the helmet]].
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''Magical Destroyers'' (in Japanese: ''魔法少女マジカルデストロイヤーズ'', literally "Magical Girl: Magical Destroyers") is an original anime by Bibury Animation Studios, which aired as part of the Spring 2023 season. The series is based off of various concepts and illustrations by the illustrator Jun Inagawa.

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''Magical Destroyers'' (in Japanese: ''魔法少女マジカルデストロイヤーズ'', literally "Magical Girl: Magical Destroyers") is an original anime by Bibury Animation Studios, which aired as part of the Spring 2023 season. The series is based off of various concepts and illustrations by the illustrator Jun Inagawa.
Inagawa. A mobile phone game was released the same year, but shut down after only three months.
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* AntagonistTitle: [[spoiler:Turns out the name of this anime aren't referring to its heroes, but its ''villains''.]]


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* DecoyProtagonist: The magical girls initially appeared to be the female protagonists, [[spoiler:but are actually TheHeavy of the anime, serving the BigBad and becoming the HeroKiller group of the Otaku Hero.]]
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''Magical Destroyers'' (in Japanese: ''魔法少女マジカルデストロイヤーズ'', literally "Magical Girl: Magical Destroyers") is an original anime by Bibury Animation Studios, which aired as part of the Spring 2023 season.

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''Magical Destroyers'' (in Japanese: ''魔法少女マジカルデストロイヤーズ'', literally "Magical Girl: Magical Destroyers") is an original anime by Bibury Animation Studios, which aired as part of the Spring 2023 season.
season. The series is based off of various concepts and illustrations by the illustrator Jun Inagawa.

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* MessianicArchetype: Otaku Hero, as the selfless leader of the revolution, who is an inspiration to his loyal followers, especially the magical girls. The ED and OP also play into this by showing religious imagery of him (for example, him as Jesus in a LastSupperSteal).

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* MessianicArchetype: Otaku Hero, as the selfless leader of the revolution, who is an inspiration to his loyal followers, especially the magical girls. The ED and OP also play into this by showing religious imagery of him (for example, him as Jesus in a LastSupperSteal). [[spoiler:In the end, he fulfills this role by sacrificing himself to his now heel-turned magical girls and makes himself an example for the resistance.]]


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* StealthPrequel: [[spoiler:The Otaku Hero that takes up our OH's mantle at the end of the series, along with his team, are the Otaku Hero squad that appeared in Jun Inagawa's earlier manga concepts for the setting. It appears that manga now takes place after the events of the anime.]]
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** And ultimately SHOBON himself as [[spoiler:his vengeance against Otaku led him to basically create a gamified world filled with tropes and cliches stemming from that culture.]]


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* TricksterGod: [[spoiler:Origin has shades of this and may even have caused SHOBON's script to fail as she is seen laughing her ass off when it does and causes SHOBON to panic.]]
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* TheHeroDies: [[spoiler:In the finale, Otaku Hero dies, but someone else takes up his mantle.]]


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* LegacyCharacter: [[spoiler:Following Otaku Hero's death, a new guy takes up the mantle to continue the revolution.]]
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* EliteFour: The SSC has the Four Heavenly Kings below Shobon. As of now, they consists of:

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* EliteFour: The SSC has the Four Heavenly Kings below Shobon. As of now, they consists Shobon, consisting of:
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Otaku Hero dies and the magical girls are under the control of SHOBON; however, SHOBON no longer has control over the world that is going increasingly off-script, and a new Otaku Hero has risen to fight the Magical Destroyers.]]

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* TheDogWasTheMastermind: [[spoiler:Origin, the mysterious supernatural being that gave SHOBON his powers is in that world is present as Kyōtarō.]]



* WhamShot: At the end of Episode 10, Otaku Hero opens up the book left behind by Shobon. [[spoiler:It contains a script playing the events he and his team have gone though.]]

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At the end of Episode 10, Otaku Hero opens up the book left behind by Shobon. [[spoiler:It contains a script playing the events he and his team have gone though.]]
** In episode 11, [[spoiler:Kyōtarō appearing behind SHOBON as he asks it whether Origin is enjoying the game.
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* AlienBlood: Slayer [[spoiler:as well as the copies of Blue and Pink]] bleed their respective colors, being a creation of Shobon through ambiguous means.
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* TitleDrop: At the end of [[WhamEpisode Episode 11]], and given the context, it also doubles as a WhamLine:
-->'''Shobon:''' [[spoiler:Congratulations. You have now been born as magical girls... '''Magical Destroyers'''. (cue TitleCard)]]
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* WhamShot: At the end of Episode 10, Otaku Hero opens up the book left behind by Shobon. It contains a script playing the events he and his team have gone though.

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* WhamShot: At the end of Episode 10, Otaku Hero opens up the book left behind by Shobon. It [[spoiler:It contains a script playing the events he and his team have gone though.]]
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* WhamShot: At the end of Episode 10, Otaku Hero opens up the book left behind by Shobon. It contains a script playing the events he and his team have gone though.
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* OracularHead: The reanimated head of Himiwari's brother is a part of the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad 4 Heavenly Kings .]]
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* AllYourPowersCombined: PlayedWith in Episode 3. To deal with Unit-@, Otaku Hero suggested the Magical Girls to combine together, but they get distracted as Blue thought of combining as an orgy. In the end, they have a combined finishing move, Triple Destroyer, where Pink prepares a cannon and Anarchy and Blue launches it at full power.
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* ThePsychoRangers: [[spoiler:Episode 10 introduces Slayer's Magical Girl team, complete with counterparts of Blue and Pink.]]
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* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Despite being quite the looker, [[MsFanservice especially in her swimsuit]], both the old and new otakus were [[LoliconAndShotacon far more taken by the old otaku leader's son.]]

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* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Despite Blue being quite the looker, [[MsFanservice especially in her swimsuit]], both the old and new otakus were [[LoliconAndShotacon far more taken by the old otaku leader's son.]]
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* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Despite being quite the looker, [[MsFanservice especially in her swimsuit]], both the old and new otakus were [[LoliconAndShotacon far more taken by the old otaku leader's son.]]
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* InsecureProtagonistArrogantAntagonist: While Otaku Hero struggles with believing there is for the resistance several times throughout the series, SHOBON seems more than confident in his ability to defeat to

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* InsecureProtagonistArrogantAntagonist: While Otaku Hero struggles with believing there is for the resistance several times throughout the series, SHOBON seems more than confident in his ability to defeat to them.
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* InsecureProtagonistArrogantAntagonist: While Otaku Hero struggles with believing there is for the resistance several times throughout the series, SHOBON seems more than confident in his ability to defeat to
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** Unit-@, who pilots the car-based mecha.

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** Unit-@, who pilots the giant, speedy, car-based mecha.



** Adam, a cheat user who can bring his targets into his mental, cyberspace world with his partner Eve.
** Hiwamari, quiet little sister who hold the swiss-army head of her beloved older brother.

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** Adam, a cheat user who can bring his targets into his mental, cyberspace world with his partner Eve.
** Hiwamari, a quiet little sister who hold the swiss-army head of her beloved older brother.

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* AmnesiacHero: The magical girls have no memory prior to their first meeting with Otaku Hero. Anarchy describes it a as though they have just been born.



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** SlayerSlayer, who is a magical girl just like the heroines. In fact, she is Anarchy's dark counterpart.
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** Hiwamari, quiet little sister who hold the swiss-army head of her beloved older brother.


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* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Slayer kills Hiwamari for attempting to kill the Magical Girls, wanting to be the one finishing the job instead.


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* TheyKilledKennyAgain: Kyōtarō gets killed more times than the episode count.

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** @Gō, who pilots the car-based mecha.

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** @Gō, Unit-@, who pilots the car-based mecha.



* {{Hypocrite}}: The SCC fights against Otaku culture, but aside for [[BigBad SHOBON]] every named member seen so far is clearly deep into it. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] for Unit-@ and Slayer in that [[spoiler:[[BrainwashedAndCrazy they've been brainwashed]]]].

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The SCC fights against Otaku culture, but aside for [[BigBad SHOBON]] every named member seen so far is clearly deep into it. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] for Unit-@ and Slayer in that [[spoiler:[[BrainwashedAndCrazy they've been brainwashed]]]].

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* {{Hypocrite}}: The SCC fights against Otaku culture, but aside for [[BigBad SHOBON]] every named member seen so far is clearly deep into it. Justified|Trope for Unit-@ and Slayer in that [[spoiler:[[BrainwashedAndCrazy they've been brainwashed]]]].

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* {{Hypocrite}}: The SCC fights against Otaku culture, but aside for [[BigBad SHOBON]] every named member seen so far is clearly deep into it. Justified|Trope [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] for Unit-@ and Slayer in that [[spoiler:[[BrainwashedAndCrazy they've been brainwashed]]]].

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* {{Hypocrite}}: The SCC fights against Otaku culture, but aside for [[BigBad Shobon]] every named member seen so far is clearly deep into it.

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* {{Hypocrite}}: The SCC fights against Otaku culture, but aside for [[BigBad Shobon]] SHOBON]] every named member seen so far is clearly deep into it.it. Justified|Trope for Unit-@ and Slayer in that [[spoiler:[[BrainwashedAndCrazy they've been brainwashed]]]].
** When fighting Otaku Hero in his virtual world, Adam mocks him for being unable to do anything without the Magical Girls, when he himself is unable to do anything without Eve and was a very poor gamer without his cheats.



* MagicalGirlGenreDeconstruction: all three magical girls ''hate'' being magical girls, even as they enjoy the power it gives them. They are deeply cynical and nihilistic, the opposite of the usual MagicalGirl attitude. See also SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll below.

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* MagicalGirlGenreDeconstruction: all All three magical girls ''hate'' being magical girls, even as they enjoy the power it gives them. They are deeply cynical and nihilistic, the opposite of the usual MagicalGirl attitude. See also SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll below.
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* TrappedInTVLand Episode 7 has Otaku Hero and the Magical Girls trapped in Cyberspace.

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* TrappedInTVLand TrappedInTVLand: Episode 7 has Otaku Hero and the Magical Girls trapped in Cyberspace.
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* TrappedInTVLand Episode 7 has Otaku Hero and the Magical Girls trapped in Cyberspace.
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* MessianicArchetype: Otaku Hero, as the selfless leader of the revolution, who is an inspiration to his loyal followers, especially the magical girls. The ED and OP also play into this by showing religious imagery of him (for example, him as Jesus in a LastSupperSteal).

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