The criticizer DOES have a point in that magical girl genre has evolved past Sailor Moon 30 years ago and if Sailor Moon is your main/only anime inspiration, their cartoon may seem outdated before it's even begun.
Mahou Shoujo has evolved so far that the "major deconstruction of the genre" is well over a decade old and has also become outdated and stale.
Which ironically means that "playing it dead straight like the old days" could work, but you need to understand and appreciate what's come and gone since to adapt around it.
The level of suffering and misery in all the deconstructions is purely pornographic, on top of the already ecchi high yuri content Magical Girl already brings. Ryona specifically requires a male to be beating on a girl, so its out just based on definition.
But, with Gushing Over Magical Girls currently airing as it is, we have reached the point where casual BDSM is now just a regular thing in the genre, so the line has clearly been pushed.
I didn't mean they should make a deconstruction. But Sailor Moon has served as the template for so many OTHER magical girl anime that they should make sure what they are making isn't stale while also taking note what has/has not worked with the genre for other titles.
I wasn't saying they should either. Just that Sailor Moon and its template is so old that even its deconstructions are basically ancient and outdated as well.
Mahou Shoujo has evolved so far that the "major deconstruction of the genre" is well over a decade old and has also become outdated and stale.
Which ironically means that "playing it dead straight like the old days" could work, but you need to understand and appreciate what's come and gone since to adapt around it.
man i feel old
I think magical girl deconstruction is just trying to mainstream ryona
Its too yuri heavy for ryona specifically.
But its absolutely pornographic otherwise.
Pornographic? As in girl on girl, or suffering? Sometimes I wonder which demographics liked PMMM more.
The level of suffering and misery in all the deconstructions is purely pornographic, on top of the already ecchi high yuri content Magical Girl already brings. Ryona specifically requires a male to be beating on a girl, so its out just based on definition.
But, with Gushing Over Magical Girls currently airing as it is, we have reached the point where casual BDSM is now just a regular thing in the genre, so the line has clearly been pushed.
I didn't mean they should make a deconstruction. But Sailor Moon has served as the template for so many OTHER magical girl anime that they should make sure what they are making isn't stale while also taking note what has/has not worked with the genre for other titles.
I wasn't saying they should either. Just that Sailor Moon and its template is so old that even its deconstructions are basically ancient and outdated as well.