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2/3/2025, 1:30:45 PM
>>4373265
>"dark-haired emotionally disturbed yamato nadeshiko + bright-haired genki girl" literally dates back to Shiroi Heya no Futari
It would be nice if we could trace it back further. The Rows of Cherry Trees, that 50s table tennis manga, already has the genki girl established and it's getting there with the yamato nadeshiko oneesama. She isn't exactly emotionally disturbed, but she's a lot more childish and socially inept than you'd expect. The imouto acts a bit odd towards her for a bit and she goes into full icy bitch mode, leaving it to the imouto to resolve their tiff.
Chibi-Usa and Hotaru (Sailor Saturn) from Sailor Moon are another precursor to HimeChika and MadoHomu. Hotaru's clearly in love with her friend (especially in the manga), disturbed in the sense that she's possessed by an evil being and she's powerful enough to destroy Earth. However, her using her powers for Chibi-Usa never really comes up. At one point Chibi-Usa even prevents her from using an attack that would have killed the villain and Hotaru herself.
Similarly, the main dilemma of the third series is whether the good guys should just kill Hotaru to get rid of the spirit possessing her, which is central to the bad guys' plan. Of course Sailor Moon would object to killing an innocent anyway, but the innocent being her future daughter's future girlfriend gives her additional motivation.
So many of the themes and tropes are already present, but the sacrifice and world-ending power elements are independent of the yuri elements. They actually enable the story to end without anyone being sacrificed.
>"dark-haired emotionally disturbed yamato nadeshiko + bright-haired genki girl" literally dates back to Shiroi Heya no Futari
It would be nice if we could trace it back further. The Rows of Cherry Trees, that 50s table tennis manga, already has the genki girl established and it's getting there with the yamato nadeshiko oneesama. She isn't exactly emotionally disturbed, but she's a lot more childish and socially inept than you'd expect. The imouto acts a bit odd towards her for a bit and she goes into full icy bitch mode, leaving it to the imouto to resolve their tiff.
Chibi-Usa and Hotaru (Sailor Saturn) from Sailor Moon are another precursor to HimeChika and MadoHomu. Hotaru's clearly in love with her friend (especially in the manga), disturbed in the sense that she's possessed by an evil being and she's powerful enough to destroy Earth. However, her using her powers for Chibi-Usa never really comes up. At one point Chibi-Usa even prevents her from using an attack that would have killed the villain and Hotaru herself.
Similarly, the main dilemma of the third series is whether the good guys should just kill Hotaru to get rid of the spirit possessing her, which is central to the bad guys' plan. Of course Sailor Moon would object to killing an innocent anyway, but the innocent being her future daughter's future girlfriend gives her additional motivation.
So many of the themes and tropes are already present, but the sacrifice and world-ending power elements are independent of the yuri elements. They actually enable the story to end without anyone being sacrificed.
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