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[shitposting around the edges of genres]
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so, anyone can become a magical girl
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you don't need to be chosen by destiny or given a magical treasure
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you just need to find the profound truth hidden within your heart, and something to fight for
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this will be met with the manifestation of a henshin item, a metaphysical artifact bound to your soul
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you can use this to transform, converting your physical form into spirit energy and manifesting a new, magical body (and snazzy outfit to go with it)
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this is the first threshold of power
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beginner magical girls can only transform for a fight or two, before reverting to their normal bodies
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as you cultivate magical power, you will eventually become able to stay transformed 24/7
NekoInc, MSPM
Oh I like it.
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then, in a true moment of passion and crisis
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some magical girls achieve a new echelon of power
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and transform a second time
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gaining an even more elaborate costume and becoming an arch-mahou
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anyway magical girl cultivators
Master Chieve
wild
Echo
Honestly, it would make a lot of sense.
Master Chieve
In keeping with the genre conventions
Master Chieve
I believe that after a certain point, monsters stop being a threat
Master Chieve
the main danger to an arch-mahou is other arch-mahous
Echo
AKA dark magical girls and/or evil generals
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yeah the evil generals are arch-magical girls
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and then the dark queen is the tier above that
Echo
Maybe summoning monsters or whatever is like your classic demonic cultivation/forbidden path route.
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monsterizing people to harvest the spiritual energy generated by their negative emotions
Echo
Dark magical girl is just an arch-mahou who's an asshole, evil general is a demonic cultivator.
Master Chieve
it's a shortcut to power
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and for the dark queen, cultivating from the emotions of normal humans isn't enough
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she has to monsterize other magical girls
Master Chieve
the queen of light is more powerful, but she's hundreds of years old
Master Chieve
and hasn't taken shortcuts
Master Chieve
if the dark queen isn't stopped, she could easily catch up and overtake her former mast
Master Chieve
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