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* AwesomeMcCoolname: BANCHO.. (Yes, [[SpellMyNameWithAThe you add a period.]]) Doubles as a [[PropheticNames prophetic name]], as he seems to have been born with it.
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* MindHive: Technically, all magical girls are two minds, one body, on account of their mascots. Anzu takes this UpToEleven with ''[[ManySpiritsInsideOfOne six mascots]]''. [[spoiler:GrandTheftMe is, of course, inevitable.]]
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* MindHive: Technically, all magical girls are two minds, one body, on account of their mascots. Anzu takes this UpToEleven up to eleven with ''[[ManySpiritsInsideOfOne six mascots]]''. [[spoiler:GrandTheftMe is, of course, inevitable.]]
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* BastardGirlfriend: Saki toward Meganeko, and ''everyone'' is uncomfortable about it. (But Meganeko says she's okay with it.)
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* FetishizedAbuser: Saki toward Meganeko, and ''everyone'' is uncomfortable about it. (But Meganeko says she's okay with it.)
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* BadassNormal: Yamadakun. It's not just [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair the hair]], it's also [[StraightMan his cool demeanor]] in the face of danger, despite the whole "not having powers" thing.
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* BadassNormal: Yamadakun. It's not just [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair the hair]], hair, it's also [[StraightMan his cool demeanor]] in the face of danger, despite the whole "not having powers" thing.
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* InherentInTheSystem: The dystopian nature of the setting is caused by several versions of this, all imperfectly balancing each other out, and all bad in themselves.
** Becoming a magical girl generally means letting a spirit inside your head, with the entry warrantied as somewhat destructive. (By the time the spirit could tell what it's hollowing out to make room for itself, the damage is over with.) And the spirits provide an internal narrative which seems designed to make their occupants interesting to watch above any other considerations. Becoming a stronger magical girl generally means amping this influence up.
** There are powers capable of counseling magical girls and stopping the constant infighting the condition seems to generate; unfortunately, at best none of those much value magical girls' welfare and at worst actively enjoy their suffering enough it's the main reason any are permitted to live.
** The world, in a very basic sense, is probably broken and has traumas echoing through its infrastructure. Not surprising, given [[spoiler: it was recreated by the exact individual whose fragmented spirit is the one infecting magical girls, and who is likely either a TroubledAbuser or worse - possibly a BigBad from the start]].
** Becoming a magical girl generally means letting a spirit inside your head, with the entry warrantied as somewhat destructive. (By the time the spirit could tell what it's hollowing out to make room for itself, the damage is over with.) And the spirits provide an internal narrative which seems designed to make their occupants interesting to watch above any other considerations. Becoming a stronger magical girl generally means amping this influence up.
** There are powers capable of counseling magical girls and stopping the constant infighting the condition seems to generate; unfortunately, at best none of those much value magical girls' welfare and at worst actively enjoy their suffering enough it's the main reason any are permitted to live.
** The world, in a very basic sense, is probably broken and has traumas echoing through its infrastructure. Not surprising, given [[spoiler: it was recreated by the exact individual whose fragmented spirit is the one infecting magical girls, and who is likely either a TroubledAbuser or worse - possibly a BigBad from the start]].
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* UnreliableNarrator: While we do have backstory for how the world came to be the way it is, and the broad strokes are probably accurate, we don't have any especially sane source whose word to take for a lot of the important details. Most especially, the character of the "first magical girl", either at her introduction or at various stages of her life, is never reliably stated.
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''[[https://tapas.com/series/MagicalHeroines/ Magical Heroines?!]]'' is a MagicalGirl webcomic written and illustrated by Handspike (formerly illustrated by Yukimaru).
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''[[https://tapas.com/series/MagicalHeroines/ io/series/MagicalHeroines Magical Heroines?!]]'' is a MagicalGirl webcomic written and illustrated by Handspike (formerly illustrated by Yukimaru).
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* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Garossu. In Chapter 1, [[spoiler: she uses genre knowledge to skip fighting her friends and get straight to beating up Ojou.]]
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* AxeCrazy: The more power a magical girl accepts from their mascot, the more usual is that they start behaving like this. Fuka Anzu and later Garossu end up being prime examples.
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* CurbStompBattle: Shaolong usually ends up in the receiving end of these, while BANCHO. is usually the one delivering the curbstomp to any antagonistic magical girls. [[spoiler: Both him and Mobo are killed by Nikiya in an instant.]]
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* ThePowerOfCreation: [[spoiler:How Mamoru Nikiya's ability actually works. He doesn't cut people, he instantly creates spaces inside of them.]]
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* ArtShift: The "Little Bites" segments at the end of each chapter (drawn by Joi Massat) are drawn in a [[VideoGame/PopNMusic pop'n music-inspired]] style.
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You can read it on [[https://tapas.io/series/MagicalHeroines Tapas]] and [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/magical-heroines/list?title_no=375774 Webtoons.]]
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* FridgeHorror: Oh, tons. But let's start small. [[spoiler:Magical Girl Off-White Lite Brite says that he'll "wear [Loliko] out and add her to [his] harem"...implying that a "harem" of kidnapped girls already exists...]]
** [[spoiler:When Anzu takes the seireiseki in Mobonosuke's backstory, she's so excited to be "just like the other girls." Which suggests that 1) there's a whole league of magical girls at ''this'' school, too, and 2) there must have been a moment where [[InnocenceLost all that ebullient excitement was crushed...]]]]
** [[spoiler:When Anzu takes the seireiseki in Mobonosuke's backstory, she's so excited to be "just like the other girls." Which suggests that 1) there's a whole league of magical girls at ''this'' school, too, and 2) there must have been a moment where [[InnocenceLost all that ebullient excitement was crushed...]]]]
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* HarsherInHindsight: In the first chapter, Torako remarks gleefully that Ojou's "living alone in a luxury apartment. No parents!" We already know that Garossu's mom is [[WhenYouComingHomeDad a mangaka who is literally constantly working]], [[spoiler:and with every detail we learn about workaholic, abusive, and murdered parents, the line gets a new wrinkle.]]
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* TheWoobie: Shaolong. In a just world she'd be kicking ass, but instead she's [[OvershadowedByAwesome constantly overshadowed]] and fucking up. [[spoiler:To the point that she believes she killed her family just by being born.]]
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''[[https://tapas.com/series/MagicalHeroines/ Magical Heroines?!]]'' is a MagicalGirl webcomic written and illustrated by Handspike (formerly illustrated by Yukimaru).
When misanthropic Japanese high schooler Dokidoki Garossu gets force-fed a fifty-year-old squid, she of course develops squid-themed magic powers. Soon she's conscripted into [[JapaneseSchoolClub her school's magical girl club]], with madcap and horrifying results.
This is what would happen if ''[[Manga/MedakaBox Medaka Box]]'' watched ''[[Anime/PrettyCure Pretty Cure]]'' before passing out on the couch during [[Creator/AdultSwim Adult Swim]].
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!!''Magical Heroines?!'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* ArtShift: The "Little Bites" segments at the end of each chapter (drawn by Joi Massat) are drawn in a [[VideoGame/PopNMusic pop'n music-inspired]] style.
* AwesomeButImpractical: Ojou's castle leaves Garossu in awe...for a moment.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: BANCHO.. (Yes, [[SpellMyNameWithAThe you add a period.]]) Doubles as a [[PropheticNames prophetic name]], as he seems to have been born with it.
* BastardGirlfriend: Saki toward Meganeko, and ''everyone'' is uncomfortable about it. (But Meganeko says she's okay with it.)
* BadassNormal: Yamadakun. It's not just [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair the hair]], it's also [[StraightMan his cool demeanor]] in the face of danger, despite the whole "not having powers" thing.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:The end of Chapter 1.]]
* BilingualBonus: Sound effects are almost always in Japanese...and often are [[UnsoundEffect Unsound Effects]] (a character for "love" for love powers, a character for "ki" around ki powers) or nonsense.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Saki reveals her cruel streak reeeal early.
* BlackAndGrayMorality: With the [[BigGood possibly-sole exception]] of [[GoodIsDumb BANCHO.]].
* BloodyHilarious:
-->[[spoiler:'''Panday:''' "Shaolong-taitai! Slow down! You're going to run into that boy!"]]
* ButtMonkey: Meganeko. Her name and presence are routinely forgotten, even by her friends. [[ExtremeDoormat She follows them doggedly despite this.]]
* CaptainObvious: BANCHO.
-->'''BANCHO.:''' "...you appear to have been stabbed. I'm unsure if you have noticed."
* CluelessBoss: Also BANCHO.
* ComedicSociopathy
* ComicalTranslation: All the time. Special shout-out to when a character shouts "Outta the way! Doke doke doke!!" and a translation note says helpfully, "*Outta the way!"
* CreepyGood: Dokurotoko. (If you can call him "good.")
* CuteBruiser: Even when Saki is smacking you around, she's always got a smile on her face.
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Garossu. In Chapter 1, [[spoiler: she uses genre knowledge to skip fighting her friends and get straight to beating up Ojou.]]
* DCupDistress: Shaolong.
* DeadpanSnarker: Garossu.
* ElmuhFuddSyndwome:
-->'''Flowery:''' "D'ya tink she made huh way up ta da second floow, Ojou-tama?"
* EnigmaticEmpoweringEntity: The mascots. They appear to be psychic manifestations of the [[PowerCrystal Power Crystals]] that power magical girls.
* ForYourOwnGood: [[spoiler:When it comes to Dokurotoko's relationship with his mother Hahaoya, this pretty much sums it up.]]
* ForeignExchangeStudent: Ojou, who clearly comes from {{Eagleland}}.
* FridgeHorror: Oh, tons. But let's start small. [[spoiler:Magical Girl Off-White Lite Brite says that he'll "wear [Loliko] out and add her to [his] harem"...implying that a "harem" of kidnapped girls already exists...]]
** [[spoiler:When Anzu takes the seireiseki in Mobonosuke's backstory, she's so excited to be "just like the other girls." Which suggests that 1) there's a whole league of magical girls at ''this'' school, too, and 2) there must have been a moment where [[InnocenceLost all that ebullient excitement was crushed...]]]]
* GoodIsNotNice: [[spoiler:Garossu has this to say about her teammates:]]
-->[[spoiler:"I've seen one kill kids, I've been sexually approached by another, and the new one after me's insaner than them...]]
* HarsherInHindsight: In the first chapter, Torako remarks gleefully that Ojou's "living alone in a luxury apartment. No parents!" We already know that Garossu's mom is [[WhenYouComingHomeDad a mangaka who is literally constantly working]], [[spoiler:and with every detail we learn about workaholic, abusive, and murdered parents, the line gets a new wrinkle.]]
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Oh so much.
* HonorThyAbuser: [[spoiler:Dokurotoko doesn't see [[EvilMatriarch his mother]] as a bad person...[[WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou he sees himself as eternally deserving of punishment.]]]]
* HotBlooded: Garossu. Everybody might be out here [[CallingYourAttacks calling their attacks with great gusto,]] but she goes above and beyond by combining snark with volume.
* IdeaBulb: One that doubles as a character (Bulby).
* JapaneseDelinquents: Strange, MagicalGirl-flavored versions of them.
* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: This is a prime locale for magical girls to commune with their mascots. [[spoiler:[[BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind And you can fight there, too.]]]]
* LemonyNarrator: Quite a lot of it, between the translation notes and the remarks that bookend every chapter.
-->"Next time: Hurry up and stop being such a virgin, everybody!!"
* MesACrowd: Mayaka's magical girl power. No two Mayakas are exactly alike (ex. there's a "girl Mayaka").
* MindHive: Technically, all magical girls are two minds, one body, on account of their mascots. Anzu takes this UpToEleven with ''[[ManySpiritsInsideOfOne six mascots]]''. [[spoiler:GrandTheftMe is, of course, inevitable.]]
* MoodWhiplash
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Seeing BANCHO. next to Garossu is a lot like seeing [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Jotaro Kujo]] next to [[Manga/SailorMoon Sailor Moon]].
* NoodleIncident:
-->Octoy: "No, Garossu-sama, being a magical girl doesn't give you rashes."
--> Garossu: "But then how come..."
* OlderThanTheyLook: Loliko (if she is to be believed). Also, Saki is both a teenage-looking robot girl and a 56-year-old computer (she runs on tape).
* OnlySaneMan: Garossu. When [[spoiler:you get ''stabbed in front of your friends'' and the best they can do is remark that you're "such an actress,"]] you have to conclude that you're SurroundedByIdiots.
* RichBitch: Ojou.
* RobotGirl: Saki is described as a "computer possessed by magic."
* SemanticSuperpower: Mobonosuke can cut "things that can't be cut" (yes, the quotation marks are always there).
* ShrinkingViolet: Meganeko.
* SlasherSmile: When Dokurotoko transforms, one of these is inevitable.
* TheWoobie: Shaolong. In a just world she'd be kicking ass, but instead she's [[OvershadowedByAwesome constantly overshadowed]] and fucking up. [[spoiler:To the point that she believes she killed her family just by being born.]]
* WideEyedIdealist:
-->'''Meganeko:''' "I may not know very much...but as of today, I do believe...in magic. The magic of peace love and understanding!"
[[caption-width-right:350:Garossu, AKA Magical Girl Tenta-Cool Blue]]
''[[https://tapas.com/series/MagicalHeroines/ Magical Heroines?!]]'' is a MagicalGirl webcomic written and illustrated by Handspike (formerly illustrated by Yukimaru).
When misanthropic Japanese high schooler Dokidoki Garossu gets force-fed a fifty-year-old squid, she of course develops squid-themed magic powers. Soon she's conscripted into [[JapaneseSchoolClub her school's magical girl club]], with madcap and horrifying results.
This is what would happen if ''[[Manga/MedakaBox Medaka Box]]'' watched ''[[Anime/PrettyCure Pretty Cure]]'' before passing out on the couch during [[Creator/AdultSwim Adult Swim]].
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!!''Magical Heroines?!'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* ArtShift: The "Little Bites" segments at the end of each chapter (drawn by Joi Massat) are drawn in a [[VideoGame/PopNMusic pop'n music-inspired]] style.
* AwesomeButImpractical: Ojou's castle leaves Garossu in awe...for a moment.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: BANCHO.. (Yes, [[SpellMyNameWithAThe you add a period.]]) Doubles as a [[PropheticNames prophetic name]], as he seems to have been born with it.
* BastardGirlfriend: Saki toward Meganeko, and ''everyone'' is uncomfortable about it. (But Meganeko says she's okay with it.)
* BadassNormal: Yamadakun. It's not just [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair the hair]], it's also [[StraightMan his cool demeanor]] in the face of danger, despite the whole "not having powers" thing.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:The end of Chapter 1.]]
* BilingualBonus: Sound effects are almost always in Japanese...and often are [[UnsoundEffect Unsound Effects]] (a character for "love" for love powers, a character for "ki" around ki powers) or nonsense.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Saki reveals her cruel streak reeeal early.
* BlackAndGrayMorality: With the [[BigGood possibly-sole exception]] of [[GoodIsDumb BANCHO.]].
* BloodyHilarious:
-->[[spoiler:'''Panday:''' "Shaolong-taitai! Slow down! You're going to run into that boy!"]]
* ButtMonkey: Meganeko. Her name and presence are routinely forgotten, even by her friends. [[ExtremeDoormat She follows them doggedly despite this.]]
* CaptainObvious: BANCHO.
-->'''BANCHO.:''' "...you appear to have been stabbed. I'm unsure if you have noticed."
* CluelessBoss: Also BANCHO.
* ComedicSociopathy
* ComicalTranslation: All the time. Special shout-out to when a character shouts "Outta the way! Doke doke doke!!" and a translation note says helpfully, "*Outta the way!"
* CreepyGood: Dokurotoko. (If you can call him "good.")
* CuteBruiser: Even when Saki is smacking you around, she's always got a smile on her face.
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Garossu. In Chapter 1, [[spoiler: she uses genre knowledge to skip fighting her friends and get straight to beating up Ojou.]]
* DCupDistress: Shaolong.
* DeadpanSnarker: Garossu.
* ElmuhFuddSyndwome:
-->'''Flowery:''' "D'ya tink she made huh way up ta da second floow, Ojou-tama?"
* EnigmaticEmpoweringEntity: The mascots. They appear to be psychic manifestations of the [[PowerCrystal Power Crystals]] that power magical girls.
* ForYourOwnGood: [[spoiler:When it comes to Dokurotoko's relationship with his mother Hahaoya, this pretty much sums it up.]]
* ForeignExchangeStudent: Ojou, who clearly comes from {{Eagleland}}.
* FridgeHorror: Oh, tons. But let's start small. [[spoiler:Magical Girl Off-White Lite Brite says that he'll "wear [Loliko] out and add her to [his] harem"...implying that a "harem" of kidnapped girls already exists...]]
** [[spoiler:When Anzu takes the seireiseki in Mobonosuke's backstory, she's so excited to be "just like the other girls." Which suggests that 1) there's a whole league of magical girls at ''this'' school, too, and 2) there must have been a moment where [[InnocenceLost all that ebullient excitement was crushed...]]]]
* GoodIsNotNice: [[spoiler:Garossu has this to say about her teammates:]]
-->[[spoiler:"I've seen one kill kids, I've been sexually approached by another, and the new one after me's insaner than them...]]
* HarsherInHindsight: In the first chapter, Torako remarks gleefully that Ojou's "living alone in a luxury apartment. No parents!" We already know that Garossu's mom is [[WhenYouComingHomeDad a mangaka who is literally constantly working]], [[spoiler:and with every detail we learn about workaholic, abusive, and murdered parents, the line gets a new wrinkle.]]
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Oh so much.
* HonorThyAbuser: [[spoiler:Dokurotoko doesn't see [[EvilMatriarch his mother]] as a bad person...[[WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou he sees himself as eternally deserving of punishment.]]]]
* HotBlooded: Garossu. Everybody might be out here [[CallingYourAttacks calling their attacks with great gusto,]] but she goes above and beyond by combining snark with volume.
* IdeaBulb: One that doubles as a character (Bulby).
* JapaneseDelinquents: Strange, MagicalGirl-flavored versions of them.
* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: This is a prime locale for magical girls to commune with their mascots. [[spoiler:[[BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind And you can fight there, too.]]]]
* LemonyNarrator: Quite a lot of it, between the translation notes and the remarks that bookend every chapter.
-->"Next time: Hurry up and stop being such a virgin, everybody!!"
* MesACrowd: Mayaka's magical girl power. No two Mayakas are exactly alike (ex. there's a "girl Mayaka").
* MindHive: Technically, all magical girls are two minds, one body, on account of their mascots. Anzu takes this UpToEleven with ''[[ManySpiritsInsideOfOne six mascots]]''. [[spoiler:GrandTheftMe is, of course, inevitable.]]
* MoodWhiplash
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Seeing BANCHO. next to Garossu is a lot like seeing [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Jotaro Kujo]] next to [[Manga/SailorMoon Sailor Moon]].
* NoodleIncident:
-->Octoy: "No, Garossu-sama, being a magical girl doesn't give you rashes."
--> Garossu: "But then how come..."
* OlderThanTheyLook: Loliko (if she is to be believed). Also, Saki is both a teenage-looking robot girl and a 56-year-old computer (she runs on tape).
* OnlySaneMan: Garossu. When [[spoiler:you get ''stabbed in front of your friends'' and the best they can do is remark that you're "such an actress,"]] you have to conclude that you're SurroundedByIdiots.
* RichBitch: Ojou.
* RobotGirl: Saki is described as a "computer possessed by magic."
* SemanticSuperpower: Mobonosuke can cut "things that can't be cut" (yes, the quotation marks are always there).
* ShrinkingViolet: Meganeko.
* SlasherSmile: When Dokurotoko transforms, one of these is inevitable.
* TheWoobie: Shaolong. In a just world she'd be kicking ass, but instead she's [[OvershadowedByAwesome constantly overshadowed]] and fucking up. [[spoiler:To the point that she believes she killed her family just by being born.]]
* WideEyedIdealist:
-->'''Meganeko:''' "I may not know very much...but as of today, I do believe...in magic. The magic of peace love and understanding!"
