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It all began on a quiet day in Tokyo. Well, quiet until the monster showed up. The beast ravaged downtown, and nothing could seemingly even slow it down. And then a twelve-year-old-girl in a cute costume blasted it to bits.

Soon, magical girls straight out of anime were popping up in major cities around the world. London, Paris, Rio, Sydney. They were superstars like none other. Fighting evil, finding true love and best friends, and looking good doing it all. Every young girl wanted to be one, and you were no exception. Fan magazines? You devoured them. Youtube videos? You had playlists on loop. Official costumes? You bought every single one, playing dressup in preparation for the day you transformed into an icon of justice for real.

Alas, fate was not so kind, and as you grew up, you were resigned. Resigned to a ho-hum, average life.

Now, twenty years since the first magical girl appearance, a group of unsuspecting New York City women are about to get a shot at the dream that seemed to pass them by. But adult life is rough, and optimism in short supply. Can they recover the idealism and wonder of youth, or are they doomed to failure?

Hi there, and welcome to the RP! Inspired by classic magical girl anime like Sailor Moon, PreCure, and Cardcaptor Sakura, but with a twist: all the heroines this time around are middle-aged. What happens when childhood superpowers run into the hard brick wall called adulthood? Let's find out together, shall we?

The Rules

1. I am GM. This ain't a democracy. I have only kicked one roleplayer in the 10 years I've been doing this, but if needs be, I will put my foot down.

2. No OOC racism, sexism, etc. Let's all keep it nice and friendly, shall we?

3. Have Fun!

I also have some lore for you folks. Enjoy!







And last but not least, the CS!

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Oh hey, this is pretty neat.

I have a PC idea of a Japanese-American girl who wanted to get into the modelling industry, but unfortunately was too short, slender, and petite to pass the auditions, after numerous tries, she gave up and resigned herself to a mundane 9-5 job at a call center, it seemed her life would amount to nothing more than just being an Average Jane...

...until an obnoxious creature came to her and told her she's chosen to be a mahou shoujo.

Powers would be something in the realm of flowing swordplay, illusion, etherealness, and lots and lots of butterfly imageries. Think Narmaya (Granblue Fantasy) combined with Madame Butterfly (Sekiro).
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Would a broad powerset of 'electricity' allow a PC with both lightning-based magic AND technology at her disposal (a la Sailor Mercury or Maglumiere)?
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Oh hey, this is pretty neat.

I have a PC idea of a Japanese-American girl who wanted to get into the modelling industry, but unfortunately was too short, slender, and petite to pass the auditions, after numerous tries, she gave up and resigned herself to a mundane 9-5 job at a call center, it seemed her life would amount to nothing more than just being an Average Jane...

...until an obnoxious creature came to her and told her she's chosen to be a mahou shoujo.

Powers would be something in the realm of flowing swordplay, illusion, etherealness, and lots and lots of butterfly imageries. Think Narmaya (Granblue Fantasy) combined with Madame Butterfly (Sekiro).


Having been through something similar (or exactly in the case of call center hell), I love it.

Would a broad powerset of 'electricity' allow a PC with both lightning-based magic AND technology at her disposal (a la Sailor Mercury or Maglumiere)?


At first, I was going to say no, but considering Mercury herself has some water powers, I'll allow it. Just know that you won't be as good with either one as a specialist would be.
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Huh. Looks interesting. The 30 YO aspect made it pretty unique. I have this idea of an office lady granted this paladin-esque evil vanquisher magical girl power except...she has a 9 to 5 job and is a single mother so she has to take care of her kid.
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You captured the exact feeling I'm going for.
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My character concept so far is a woman high-up in a tech company who's very serious and known for being a tough boss. But when she was a little girl she was the. Biggest. Magical Girl fan.

I'm still trying to settle on a powerset. Think I'm just going to focus on electricity but her outfit maybe includes a visor that's a magic computer that scans enemies and stuff
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My character concept so far is a woman high-up in a tech company who's very serious and known for being a tough boss. But when she was a little girl she was the. Biggest. Magical Girl fan.

I'm still trying to settle on a powerset. Think I'm just going to focus on electricity but her outfit maybe includes a visor that's a magic computer that scans enemies and stuff


Huh. My character is a personal assistant in a tech company.
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Oh man, my character being your boss would be hilarous
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Accepted.

Also, a couple of things I forgot to mention. (I'm sorry.)

1. The city itself currently has no active magical girls. That's one of the reasons our characters are chosen- the midst of a monster attack and not exactly spoiled for choice.

2. I was intending for the RP to start with our characters meeting their mascots for the first time, but could be convinced otherwise.
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2. I was intending for the RP to start with our characters meeting their mascots for the first time, but could be convinced otherwise.


Well, I already write my backstory, so obviously I'm biased, haha. But I think having already met the mascot allows more wiggle room and a bit more freedom for backstory stuff. But it's up to you

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Okay, fair enough.
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I also second Randomguy's sentiments.

Totally not because my currently WIP CS also has my PC having already become a magical girl in her backstory. Yep, totally not.

Also @shagranoz, going by my experience, I think it'll be a good idea if you claim the first spot in the IC and Character channels by making a placeholder post. Just in case someone else accidentally posts there before you (the GM).
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So, what sort of ideas does everyone have for their characters?
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The character I have an mind is from an RP that died shortly after her first transformation.

She’s a high school Art Teacher, and has Art themed powers…

I have to modify her to this RP, but hopefully it will work!
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If I recall correctly, I had the physics teacher in that one...
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If I recall correctly, I had the physics teacher in that one...


Omg, you were in that?

Well, this is embarrassing.
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I find placeholder posts to be largely unnecessary for RPs with the advent of ZEROTH POST HIJINKO but I guess it's up to GM preference.

I'll have to think of a character. It's tempting to bring Amber back, but it already looks like we have some people who fill her archetype in spirit. I don't think she's really the direction I want to take here anyway.
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Sorry, only just saw that the OOC was up. I'll be back later with a proper character concept but I like what I see so far!
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