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* \'\'UruseiYatsura\'\' was created as a parody of the MagicalGirlfriend genre, making its main male character a [[TheLeisureSuitLarry pitifully lecherous]] JerkAss who rarely, if ever, appreciated the MagicalGirlfriend, outright claimed to \'\'not want\'\' her, and often came off as not deserving her in the first place... and its MagicalGirlfriend [[NotSoDifferent wasn\'t much better]], being naive, [[{{Tsundere}} bad tempered and jealously possessive]], flirtatious and lustful in her own right, and more frequently a \'\'cause\'\' of trouble then a solution to it. So popular was the series that its general take on the \
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* \\\'\\\'UruseiYatsura\\\'\\\' was created as a parody of the MagicalGirlfriend genre, making its main male character a [[TheLeisureSuitLarry pitifully lecherous]] JerkAss who rarely, if ever, appreciated the MagicalGirlfriend, outright claimed to \\\'\\\'not want\\\'\\\' her, and often came off as not deserving her in the first place... and its MagicalGirlfriend [[NotSoDifferent wasn\\\'t much better]], being naive, [[{{Tsundere}} bad tempered and jealously possessive]], flirtatious and lustful in her own right, and more frequently a \\\'\\\'cause\\\'\\\' of trouble then a solution to it. So popular was the series that its general take on the \\\"main male\\\" (as someone who didn\\\'t appreciate his MagicalGirlfriend and/or frankly deserved most of the trouble he got into) and \\\"MagicalGirlfriend\\\" (a well-meaning bumbler) became archetypes of the genre in their own right, and its parody still remains fresh today with all the StrictlyFormula MagicalGirlfriend stories floating around.
** Speaking of {{Magical Girlfriend}}s, [[TenchiMuyo Tenchi Masaki]] began as rather worse-tempered than the ExtremeDoormat and TheEveryman types who followed him in the UnwantedHarem genre. For the first several {{OAV}}s, he was most characterised by a justified but decidedly insensitive desire to just be left alone.
...because I don\\\'t think anyone\\\'s ever actually looked at a timeline of this stuff. The only manga I can think of that was any kind of predecessor to \\\'\\\'UruseiYatsura\\\'\\\' is \\\'\\\'HarenchiGakuen\\\'\\\'. Shaenon Garrity, who knows a lot more about manga than most of us, has [[http://www.tcj.com/manga/so-many-lums identified it]] as the \\\'\\\'original source\\\'\\\' for the MagicalGirlfriend \\\'\\\'and\\\'\\\' UnwantedHarem tropes. (Though the \\\"unwanted\\\" part, of course, came later. Actually, specifically being averse to \\\'\\\'having\\\'\\\' the harem isn\\\'t really an integral part of the genre.) Of course, that in itself might qualify it for this -- or not. The whole \\\"looks like a parody in retrospect\\\" thing might be some SquarePegRoundTrope at work.
Really, though, an in-depth analysis of the history and evolution of shonen romantic comedy manga could be interesting, as long as it was clear on \\\'\\\'what\\\'\\\' was influential, and \\\'\\\'how\\\'\\\'. For instance, I\\\'ve wondered -- did \\\'\\\'TenchiMuyo\\\'\\\' have any actual \\\'\\\'impact\\\'\\\', for all its CashCowFranchise status, or is it just prominent for its role in \\\'90s American fandom?
** Speaking of {{Magical Girlfriend}}s, [[TenchiMuyo Tenchi Masaki]] began as rather worse-tempered than the ExtremeDoormat and TheEveryman types who followed him in the UnwantedHarem genre. For the first several {{OAV}}s, he was most characterised by a justified but decidedly insensitive desire to just be left alone.
...because I don\\\'t think anyone\\\'s ever actually looked at a timeline of this stuff. The only manga I can think of that was any kind of predecessor to \\\'\\\'UruseiYatsura\\\'\\\' is \\\'\\\'HarenchiGakuen\\\'\\\'. Shaenon Garrity, who knows a lot more about manga than most of us, has [[http://www.tcj.com/manga/so-many-lums identified it]] as the \\\'\\\'original source\\\'\\\' for the MagicalGirlfriend \\\'\\\'and\\\'\\\' UnwantedHarem tropes. (Though the \\\"unwanted\\\" part, of course, came later. Actually, specifically being averse to \\\'\\\'having\\\'\\\' the harem isn\\\'t really an integral part of the genre.) Of course, that in itself might qualify it for this -- or not. The whole \\\"looks like a parody in retrospect\\\" thing might be some SquarePegRoundTrope at work.
Really, though, an in-depth analysis of the history and evolution of shonen romantic comedy manga could be interesting, as long as it was clear on \\\'\\\'what\\\'\\\' was influential, and \\\'\\\'how\\\'\\\'. For instance, I\\\'ve wondered -- did \\\'\\\'TenchiMuyo\\\'\\\' have any actual \\\'\\\'impact\\\'\\\', for all its CashCowFranchise status, or is it just prominent for its role in \\\'90s American fandom?
