YMMV / Idol x Warrior Miracle Tunes!

• Arc Fatigue: The second half of the show suffers from Arc Fatigue due to the Demon King stealing Kanon's Crystal Jewel in episode 41. It's really easy to see that the only reason why this was done was because Final Mode was introduced in episode 32 and pretty much made Miracle Tunes Overpowered, eliminating the need for the other four normal modes, Hip Hop, Rock, Techno, and Enka. Therefore, removing Final Mode temporarily would give Miracle Tunes an excuse to use the other four modes again. Not to mention, there are five recap episodes in the entire series, with most of them taking place in the second half of the show.
• Audience-Alienating Premise: The show is popular enough to get dubs in other Asian countries, but you'll be lucky to find fans of the original show outside of Japan and Asia. The "idol themed magical girls" concept of the Girls x Heroine! series throws off Westerners the most; those aware of the negative side of the Japanese idol industry balk at a show about middle school students being idols, treating it as a "creepy" adult thing even though it's aimed towards kids. The show being tokusatsu also throws off a lot of Western fans due to it being a niche genre outside of Japan, Asia, and some Latin American countries. The show is also dismissed by some Western anime fans as a Pretty Cure rip-off. This isn't due to any actual ripping off on Miracle Tunes' part as much as it is Western anime fans not knowing about many Strictly Formula, Troperiffic Magical Girl shows for kids beyond Precure or Sailor Moon. Don't forget about the Girl-Show Ghetto either!
  • The above applies to older audiences outside Japan and Asia. The show did well enough with its intended target demographic and their parents. Miracle Tunes got a European remake because it was thought the "magical girl pop star" concept would appeal to young girls outside Japan too. So far so good for the Italian dub of said remake (and its accompanying YouTube channel).
• Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: Every time a Negative Jeweler is tuned up, there's a strange CGI scene where a bunch of music notes eat up the Negative Aura and causes the Negative Jewel to sneeze, turning it into a Sound Jewel. No one talks about this every time it happens in the episode.
• Critical Dissonance: The critics praised the show to high heavens. However, if you're above the age of 10 and aren't a parent of a kid who watches the show or still watching kid shows, chances are you're going to bash it.
• Girl-Show Ghetto: This show was widely successful and helped bring back interest in live-action tokusatsu shows for girls, which had been killed off by Sailor Moon in the 90s due to competing toy sales. Up until then, the majority of tokusatsu hero shows were aimed towards boys, such as Super Sentai, Kamen Rider, and Ultraman.
• Heartwarming in Hindsight: Early on in the series, Kanon suggests that Mai give a Mother's Day gift to the Goddess of Music in place of her real mother, who had died from an illness. And, as it turns out, the Goddess of Music is really Mai's mother.
• Ho Yay: Kojiro, the series' Camp Gay Depraved Homosexual, is interested in men and has tried to kiss them several times.
• Periphery Demographic: Not only was this show a hit with the target audience, but parents were able to enjoy the show because the dancing and Japanese Pop Music elements reminded them of the Girl Group Speed.
• Tear Jerker:
  • Kanon, who is otherwise a Genki Girl and a Plucky Girl, begins crying at the end of episode 41 and blames herself for losing her Crystal Jewel to the Demon King.
  • Mai spends the entire series knowing that her mother died from an illness. Episode 45 is a Wham Episode when Mai finds out that the Goddess of Music is actually her mother.
  • The final episode, oh, gosh. The Goddess of Music appears in the dormitory and tells Miracle2 how proud she is to see how much they have grown, and since they have defeated the Demon King, that means they will no longer be Idol Warriors. Also, all of the Rhythms and Yukie have returned to the Music Kingdom without saying goodbye. And so, when Miracle2 wake up in the morning, they immediately go to the mirror to thank the Goddess while sobbing incredibly hard, as she didn't give them the chance to do so in their dream. This is especially personal to Mai, since the Goddess of Music is her mother, and after being reunited with her for so long, it's almost certain she'll never see her again.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: Out of the many Sound Jewels introduced in the show, we only really see the Hip Hop, Rock, Techno, Enka, and Crystal Jewels being used. And even then, the Crystal Jewels led to Final Mode being used so often that it's pretty obvious that the writers had to create a plot point where Kanon's Crystal Jewel is stolen during the last quarter just so people wouldn't get bored of seeing Final Mode all the time. Also, note that the show had 5 recap episodes in total, most of them taking place in the second half of the show.
• Woolseyism: The European Miracle Tunes remake turns the Enka form into the Flamenco form. Flamenco retains the "traditional cultural art form" aspect, but is more immediately understandable to European audiences.

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