> tfw no mahou shoujo has a villain this intense > it's always the mecha series
I've watched Sailor Moon, CCS (which really doesn't have true villains), Lyrical Nanoha and Madoka Magica.
What I've noticed so far is that the villains in these series don't have any concrete goals beyond "gathering human spiritual energy/Dreams/Star seed/ McGuffin of the week/ Lost Logia/ entropy reduction or AI YO"
What would a mahou shoujo series be like if it had a villain as intense as Rau le Creuset for once?
Cooper Martinez
Creuset was just a crazy misanthropist.
Carson Brown
Nirvana is a magical girl manga with a villain that's kind of similar to the Antispiral from Gurren Lagann. Does that count as a mahou shoujo series with a mecha genre villain?
Easton Richardson
My dream anime takes place in a future where magic has entered our world and the ruling power is now a matriarchy with a large magical girl force. The protagonist gets her first day on the job only to have a run in with the #1 most dangerous criminal, a young man who uses all sorts of technology ranging from mechs to nanomachines in an attempt to rebel.
Brayden Wilson
Watch Symphogeah
Matthew Cooper
You mean like pic related?
She gets away with everything.
Nicholas Campbell
Thank you so much for that video OP. So many quotable lines by the best villain.
Alexander Morales
>or AI YO"
Are you implying our demonic lady AND Savior, Homucifer, is a villain? Watch your filthy tongue.
Juan Gomez
My lord, this dub is ABSOLUTE GARBAAAAAARBGE. REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Thanks for ruining my day with this shitty dub, you faggot.
Angel James
>not watching GS dubbed on YTV's Bionix 10+ years ago
Owen Jenkins
You know what would be better than a magical girl+mecha mix? Magical girl technothriller.
Owen Cooper
I thought it was pretty good as a person who has seen nothing from this series before.
Michael Ross
He was totally right too. Seed had the shittiest universe in the franchise. Those people deserved everything they got.
Bentley Harris
Watch Vividred Operation.
Angel Perry
Why not a mecha anime with a mahou shoujo villain?
Brayden Parker
Gundam tends to be a highly political story (mind you, with false nations). Magical girl tends to be highly idealistic, with the girls getting their powers for "good". Mixing the two results in some awkward problems, namely taking a complex political environment and declaring one site as unilaterally morally correct. This means that you need to flanderize both sides (resulting it a stereotypical evil kingdom) or need to present some realistic conflict then state that one is completely correct and the other, completely wrong.
Or you could just put magical girls on both sides, but then you don't get the villain you want AND you just end up with Madoka: But Not As Good™.
Adam Cruz
>Why not a mecha anime with a mahou shoujo villain? Isn't that Gurren Lagann?
James Sanders
A CHAR magical girl villain would be GOAT.
Juan King
>not watching fansubs when it first aired
Evan Turner
And what is his goal and motivation beyond "My Name Is Not Important"?
Carol from Symphogear does this better anyway. Dr Ver from series is also better as scenery chewing crazy villain (well hero).
Also you probably didn't watched Nanoha if you claim those are villain goals (not means to achieve real goals) (Nanoha was Mecha series masked as MG anyway).
I prefer Kyubey anyway. For its lovecraftian wibes and cruel subversion of Magical Girl stuff.
Cameron Torres
This sound like Youjo Senki but villain is MC.
Parker Anderson
zettai karen children
Brayden Rivera
>Watched it subbed when it came out >Decided to watch it on TV anyway since I had nothing better to do >It was aired uncut and uncensored unlike the US version
I was rather surprised
Robert Walker
The thing about having a magical girl as the antagonist in a mecha setting (which is primarily male dominated) is that otaku would just sexualize her and devalue everything she did. Not even trying to go SJW here, I'm just going off how Sup Forums as a whole treats female characters.
In theory, you definitely could have a magical girl with the same personality traits and desires as, say, Char but she would never be looked at in the same light as him. Whatever kind of character she had would be turned into some kind caricature, spawning endless memes and 'what was her problem' threads. Even if your desire were fulfilled, this hypothetical character would never be considered as a standout example of antagonist done right. She'd be waifu material and little more.
Adam Baker
>Not even trying to go SJW here, You are not trying , you are one
