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* ''VideoGame/LobotomyCorporation'' has three magical girls who are {{FallenHero}}es: The Magical Girl of Love eradicated all of the threats and [[AndThenWhat went off the deep end after realizing this meant that there were no enemies left for her to fight, meaning her purpose was worthless,]] becoming the Queen of Hatred. The Magical Girl of Happiness became consumed by a never-ending and ambitious desire for happiness and sealed herself in a giant egg to prevent her greed from hurting others, becoming the King of Greed. The Magical Girl of Justice, feeling that no good was left in the world, sunk into a depression and became the Knight of Despair. The Magical Girl of Courage, introduced in ''Webcomic/{{Wonderlab}}'' and made into a CanonImmigrant in ''VideoGame/LibraryOfRuina'', made friends with an enemy of her home world and was betrayed by said friend, which caused her to become the Servant of Wrath, a monster who will not allow anyone to get close to her lest she be reminded of the person who betrayed her trust.
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* VideoGame/HeroHoursContract is lighter than most examples, but this team of superheroines is underpaid. Rather than being the embodiments of purity and justice, Magical Girls are treated as mere employees of a larger system, and having to regularly protect the world from the forces of evil has interfered with Bea's education and left her with no possible career other than working in a (struggling) family-owned store.
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* VideoGame/HeroHoursContract ''VideoGame/HeroHoursContract'' is lighter than most examples, but this team of superheroines is underpaid. Rather than being the embodiments of purity and justice, Magical Girls are treated as mere employees of a larger system, and having to regularly protect the world from the forces of evil has interfered with Bea's education and left her with no possible career other than working in a (struggling) family-owned store.
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** [[IJustWantToBeBadass Like several previous characters, Rinne then went into training to deal with her issues]], with her coach noting that many athletes, magical girls or otherwise, use their issues as fuel to motivate themselves. Rinne, however, instead stewed in her issues instead of properly channeling them, becoming a powerful magical girl fighter with many wins under her belt, but one who loathed the sport she was in, becoming a brutal fighter who severely injured many of her opponents, and viewing the entire case as a means of becoming so strong she can never lose anyone she loves again. However in doing so she ultimately did not address her real issues and lost her best friend, Fuka, over her new attitude and raw pursuit of strength, and only was able to even vaguely approach as functional or stable when she was winning. A single loss was enough to send her back into self-spiraling open self-hatred instead of a internal self loathing she could mask. She does ultimately gets better, [[WarriorTherapist it just took Fuka being able to ''re-befriend her'' with her fists]] and ultimately ends the series in a much better place than when she starts. Because even a deconstructive take on ''Nanoha'' is still a ''Nanoha'' series at heart.
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** [[IJustWantToBeBadass Like several previous characters, Rinne then went into training to deal with her issues]], with her coach noting that many athletes, magical girls or otherwise, use their issues as fuel to motivate themselves. Rinne, however, instead stewed in her issues instead of properly channeling them, becoming a powerful magical girl fighter with many wins under her belt, but one who loathed the sport she was in, becoming a brutal fighter who severely injured many of her opponents, and viewing the entire case as a means of becoming so strong she can never lose anyone she loves again. However in doing so she ultimately did not address her real issues and lost her best friend, Fuka, over her new attitude and raw pursuit of strength, and only was able to even vaguely approach as functional or stable when she was winning. A single loss was enough to send her back into self-spiraling open self-hatred instead of a internal self loathing she could mask. She does ultimately gets better, [[WarriorTherapist it just took Fuka being able to ''re-befriend her'' with her fists]] and ultimately ends the series in a much better place than when she starts. Because even a deconstructive take on ''Nanoha'' is still a ''Nanoha'' series at heart.
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** Rinne, like several other Nanoha characters such as Fate and Vivio, is HappilyAdopted. However it was being adopted that led her to becoming the she was via bullying. [[AdoptionDiss Girls at her school did not take kindly to a orphan becoming a rich girl and her being initially unwilling to join clubs, instead being more interested in spending time with her ill grandfather]]. This led to [[BullyBrutality increasingly brutal bullying that eventually culminated in her being beaten so badly she wasn't able to be there when her grandfather's health took a turn for a worse and he died.]] While her adopted family is a bright spot on her life, the entire incident left her with a lot of internal self-loathing.
** Said bullies were defeated by Rinne the day after her grandfather died. This was not a 'defeat' in the famous Nanoha method of [[DefeatMeansFriendship blasting the person opposing you with laser until they are befriended.]] This is [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown snap one of their wrists with her raw strength while kicking and slamming the other two's faces into the lockers and floor until blood is everywhere and the bullies stop moving.]] This, naturally, did not lead to anything good: it led to her adopted parents in court and one of the bullies brothers kidnapping her in retribution.
** [[IJustWantToBeBadass Like several previous characters, Rinne then went into training to deal with her issues]], with her coach noting that many athletes, magical girls or otherwise, use their issues as fuel to motivate themselves. Rinne, however, instead stewed in her issues instead of properly channeling them, becoming a powerful magical girl fighter with many wins under her belt, but one who loathed the sport she was in, becoming a brutal fighter who severely injured many of her opponents, and viewing the entire case as a means of becoming so strong she can never lose anyone she loves again. However in doing so she ultimately did not address her real issues and lost her best friend, Fuka, over her new attitude and raw pursuit of strength, and only was able to even vaguely approach as functional or stable when she was winning. A single loss was enough to send her back into self-spiraling open self-hatred instead of a internal self loathing she could mask. She does ultimately gets better, [[WarriorTherapist it just took Fuka being able to ''re-befriend her'' with her fists]] and ultimately ends the series in a much better place than when she starts. Because even a deconstructive take on Nanoha is still a Nanoha series at heart.
** Said bullies were defeated by Rinne the day after her grandfather died. This was not a 'defeat' in the famous Nanoha method of [[DefeatMeansFriendship blasting the person opposing you with laser until they are befriended.]] This is [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown snap one of their wrists with her raw strength while kicking and slamming the other two's faces into the lockers and floor until blood is everywhere and the bullies stop moving.]] This, naturally, did not lead to anything good: it led to her adopted parents in court and one of the bullies brothers kidnapping her in retribution.
** [[IJustWantToBeBadass Like several previous characters, Rinne then went into training to deal with her issues]], with her coach noting that many athletes, magical girls or otherwise, use their issues as fuel to motivate themselves. Rinne, however, instead stewed in her issues instead of properly channeling them, becoming a powerful magical girl fighter with many wins under her belt, but one who loathed the sport she was in, becoming a brutal fighter who severely injured many of her opponents, and viewing the entire case as a means of becoming so strong she can never lose anyone she loves again. However in doing so she ultimately did not address her real issues and lost her best friend, Fuka, over her new attitude and raw pursuit of strength, and only was able to even vaguely approach as functional or stable when she was winning. A single loss was enough to send her back into self-spiraling open self-hatred instead of a internal self loathing she could mask. She does ultimately gets better, [[WarriorTherapist it just took Fuka being able to ''re-befriend her'' with her fists]] and ultimately ends the series in a much better place than when she starts. Because even a deconstructive take on Nanoha is still a Nanoha series at heart.
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** Rinne, like several other Nanoha ''Nanoha'' characters such as Fate and Vivio, is HappilyAdopted. However it was being adopted that led her to becoming the she was via bullying. [[AdoptionDiss Girls at her school did not take kindly to a orphan becoming a rich girl and her being initially unwilling to join clubs, instead being more interested in spending time with her ill grandfather]]. This led to [[BullyBrutality increasingly brutal bullying that eventually culminated in her being beaten so badly she wasn't able to be there when her grandfather's health took a turn for a worse and he died.]] While her adopted family is a bright spot on her life, the entire incident left her with a lot of internal self-loathing.
** Said bullies were defeated by Rinne the day after her grandfather died. This was not a 'defeat' in the famousNanoha ''Nanoha'' method of [[DefeatMeansFriendship blasting the person opposing you with laser until they are befriended.]] This is [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown snap one of their wrists with her raw strength while kicking and slamming the other two's faces into the lockers and floor until blood is everywhere and the bullies stop moving.]] This, naturally, did not lead to anything good: it led to her adopted parents in court and one of the bullies brothers kidnapping her in retribution.
** [[IJustWantToBeBadass Like several previous characters, Rinne then went into training to deal with her issues]], with her coach noting that many athletes, magical girls or otherwise, use their issues as fuel to motivate themselves. Rinne, however, instead stewed in her issues instead of properly channeling them, becoming a powerful magical girl fighter with many wins under her belt, but one who loathed the sport she was in, becoming a brutal fighter who severely injured many of her opponents, and viewing the entire case as a means of becoming so strong she can never lose anyone she loves again. However in doing so she ultimately did not address her real issues and lost her best friend, Fuka, over her new attitude and raw pursuit of strength, and only was able to even vaguely approach as functional or stable when she was winning. A single loss was enough to send her back into self-spiraling open self-hatred instead of a internal self loathing she could mask. She does ultimately gets better, [[WarriorTherapist it just took Fuka being able to ''re-befriend her'' with her fists]] and ultimately ends the series in a much better place than when she starts. Because even a deconstructive take onNanoha ''Nanoha'' is still a Nanoha ''Nanoha'' series at heart.
** Said bullies were defeated by Rinne the day after her grandfather died. This was not a 'defeat' in the famous
** [[IJustWantToBeBadass Like several previous characters, Rinne then went into training to deal with her issues]], with her coach noting that many athletes, magical girls or otherwise, use their issues as fuel to motivate themselves. Rinne, however, instead stewed in her issues instead of properly channeling them, becoming a powerful magical girl fighter with many wins under her belt, but one who loathed the sport she was in, becoming a brutal fighter who severely injured many of her opponents, and viewing the entire case as a means of becoming so strong she can never lose anyone she loves again. However in doing so she ultimately did not address her real issues and lost her best friend, Fuka, over her new attitude and raw pursuit of strength, and only was able to even vaguely approach as functional or stable when she was winning. A single loss was enough to send her back into self-spiraling open self-hatred instead of a internal self loathing she could mask. She does ultimately gets better, [[WarriorTherapist it just took Fuka being able to ''re-befriend her'' with her fists]] and ultimately ends the series in a much better place than when she starts. Because even a deconstructive take on
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* ''Anime/MagicalDestroyers'': the three Magical Girls are all rude and crude, and don't want to be Magical Girls anymore. They are very GenreMotif/{{Punk}}, with drug use, sexual promiscuity, sadomasochism, and a "burn it all down" attitude. They represent "SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll" (Blue, Pink, and Anarchy, in that order). The very nihilistic attitude is the opposite of the traditional MagicalGirl.
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* ''Anime/MagicalDestroyers'': the three Magical Girls are all rude and crude, and don't want to be Magical Girls anymore. They are very GenreMotif/{{Punk}}, with drug use, sexual promiscuity, sadomasochism, and a "burn it all down" attitude. They represent "SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll" (Blue, Pink, and Anarchy, in that order). The very nihilistic attitude is the opposite of the traditional MagicalGirl. [[spoiler:In the end, they turn on and kill the hero.]]
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* ''Anime/MyOtome'' takes a minor subplot of [[Anime/MyHime its predecessor]] and puts it in full view: Magical girls have the power of fighter aircraft? Then they'll be treated as weapons of mass destruction and taken into the service of their nations, and they'll fight ''wars'' rather than the MonsterOfTheWeek. Also, the tendency for magical girl series to have a CastFullOfGay and strong yuri undertones is also spotlighted, because [[VirginPower sperm destroys the Otome nanomachines]], so Otome are [[SituationalSexuality expected to sleep with girls]], and the Academy's culture includes sexual relationships between [[SenpaiKohai sempai and kohai]]. While the latter is fully romanticized, some Otome are actually straight and in love with men, leading to comedy and angst in equal proportion.
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* ''Anime/MyOtome'' takes a minor subplot of [[Anime/MyHime its predecessor]] and puts it in full view: Magical girls have the power of fighter aircraft? Then they'll be treated as weapons of mass destruction and taken into the service of their nations, and they'll fight ''wars'' rather than the MonsterOfTheWeek. Also, the tendency for magical girl series to have a CastFullOfGay and strong yuri undertones is also spotlighted, because [[VirginPower sperm destroys the Otome nanomachines]], so Otome are [[SituationalSexuality expected to sleep with girls]], and the Academy's culture includes sexual relationships between [[SenpaiKohai sempai and kohai]].kohai. While the latter is fully romanticized, some Otome are actually straight and in love with men, leading to comedy and angst in equal proportion.
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* While ''Anime/VividStrike'' is still very much a ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' series, and thus even at its deconstructionist it is still lighter than most examples here, it still delves into a franchise-specific deconstruction of some of its favorite tropes via its DarkMagicalGirl Rinne Berlinetta.
** Rinne, like several other Nanoha characters such as Fate and Vivio, is HappilyAdopted. However it was being adopted that led her to becoming the she was via bullying. [[AdoptionDiss Girls at her school did not take kindly to a orphan becoming a rich girl and her being initially unwilling to join clubs, instead being more interested in spending time with her ill grandfather]]. This led to [[BullyBrutality increasingly brutal bullying that eventually culminated in her being beaten so badly she wasn't able to be there when her grandfather's health took a turn for a worse and he died.]] While her adopted family is a bright spot on her life, the entire incident left her with a lot of internal self-loathing.
** Said bullies were defeated by Rinne the day after her grandfather died. This was not a 'defeat' in the famous Nanoha method of [[DefeatMeansFriendship blasting the person opposing you with laser until they are befriended.]] This is [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown snap one of their wrists with her raw strength while kicking and slamming the other two's faces into the lockers and floor until blood is everywhere and the bullies stop moving.]] This, naturally, did not lead to anything good: it led to her adopted parents in court and one of the bullies brothers kidnapping her in retribution.
** [[IJustWantToBeBadass Like several previous characters, Rinne then went into training to deal with her issues]], with her coach noting that many athletes, magical girls or otherwise, use their issues as fuel to motivate themselves. Rinne, however, instead stewed in her issues instead of properly channeling them, becoming a powerful magical girl fighter with many wins under her belt, but one who loathed the sport she was in, becoming a brutal fighter who severely injured many of her opponents, and viewing the entire case as a means of becoming so strong she can never lose anyone she loves again. However in doing so she ultimately did not address her real issues and lost her best friend, Fuka, over her new attitude and raw pursuit of strength, and only was able to even vaguely approach as functional or stable when she was winning. A single loss was enough to send her back into self-spiraling open self-hatred instead of a internal self loathing she could mask. She does ultimately gets better, [[WarriorTherapist it just took Fuka being able to ''re-befriend her'' with her fists]] and ultimately ends the series in a much better place than when she starts. Because even a deconstructive take on Nanoha is still a Nanoha series at heart.
** Rinne, like several other Nanoha characters such as Fate and Vivio, is HappilyAdopted. However it was being adopted that led her to becoming the she was via bullying. [[AdoptionDiss Girls at her school did not take kindly to a orphan becoming a rich girl and her being initially unwilling to join clubs, instead being more interested in spending time with her ill grandfather]]. This led to [[BullyBrutality increasingly brutal bullying that eventually culminated in her being beaten so badly she wasn't able to be there when her grandfather's health took a turn for a worse and he died.]] While her adopted family is a bright spot on her life, the entire incident left her with a lot of internal self-loathing.
** Said bullies were defeated by Rinne the day after her grandfather died. This was not a 'defeat' in the famous Nanoha method of [[DefeatMeansFriendship blasting the person opposing you with laser until they are befriended.]] This is [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown snap one of their wrists with her raw strength while kicking and slamming the other two's faces into the lockers and floor until blood is everywhere and the bullies stop moving.]] This, naturally, did not lead to anything good: it led to her adopted parents in court and one of the bullies brothers kidnapping her in retribution.
** [[IJustWantToBeBadass Like several previous characters, Rinne then went into training to deal with her issues]], with her coach noting that many athletes, magical girls or otherwise, use their issues as fuel to motivate themselves. Rinne, however, instead stewed in her issues instead of properly channeling them, becoming a powerful magical girl fighter with many wins under her belt, but one who loathed the sport she was in, becoming a brutal fighter who severely injured many of her opponents, and viewing the entire case as a means of becoming so strong she can never lose anyone she loves again. However in doing so she ultimately did not address her real issues and lost her best friend, Fuka, over her new attitude and raw pursuit of strength, and only was able to even vaguely approach as functional or stable when she was winning. A single loss was enough to send her back into self-spiraling open self-hatred instead of a internal self loathing she could mask. She does ultimately gets better, [[WarriorTherapist it just took Fuka being able to ''re-befriend her'' with her fists]] and ultimately ends the series in a much better place than when she starts. Because even a deconstructive take on Nanoha is still a Nanoha series at heart.
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* ''Anime/MagicalDestroyers'': the three Magical Girls are all rude and crude, and don't want to be Magical Girls anymore. They are very {{Punk}}, with drug use, sexual promiscuity, sadomasochism, and a "burn it all down" attitude. They represent "SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll" (Blue, Pink, and Anarchy, in that order). The very nihilistic attitude is the opposite of the traditional MagicalGirl.
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* ''Anime/MagicalDestroyers'': the three Magical Girls are all rude and crude, and don't want to be Magical Girls anymore. They are very {{Punk}}, GenreMotif/{{Punk}}, with drug use, sexual promiscuity, sadomasochism, and a "burn it all down" attitude. They represent "SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll" (Blue, Pink, and Anarchy, in that order). The very nihilistic attitude is the opposite of the traditional MagicalGirl.
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* ''Anime/MagicalDestroyers'': the three Magical Girls are all rude and crude, and don't want to be Magical Girls anymore. They are very [[PunkPunk Punk]], {{Punk}}, with drug use, sexual promiscuity, sadomasochism, and a "burn it all down" attitude. They represent "SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll" (Blue, Pink, and Anarchy, in that order). The very nihilistic attitude is the opposite of the traditional MagicalGirl.
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* ''Manga/MagilumiereCoLtd'' takes place in a world where the constant threat of monsters means magical girls are commonplace. Rather than being used to help come of age, becoming one is a viable and much sought-after career for adults, with industries rising to assist them. Advancements in magic are done through {{magitek}} and programming, and even the prospect of men taking on the job is only hampered by the technology needing improvements to accommodate their abilities. The strength of their enemies depends on how much magic is used, leading to a LensmanArmsRace between the women and the Kaii that involves both factions getting stronger to defeat the other, with the conflict then being how to defeat them without feeding into their power.
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* ''Manga/GushingOverMagicalGirls'' is a highly sexual action/comedy work about Hiiragi Utena, a girl who dreams about being a magical girl but actually ends up being a DarkMagicalGirl. While at first horrified Utena discovers a hidden side to herself as she fights her admired heroines, she likes it...a ''lot''. The series also shows, at length, that most of the power and mental development of Tres Magia (the "traditional" magical girl group of the setting) could only happen because [[StealthMentor Utena kept pushing for them to grow]], is [[VillainsActHeroesReact the one instigating most of their conflicts]], and very much wants them to defeat her organization the "proper" way (i.e. just like in magical girl anime); when a villain ''wants'' them dead, or when Utena starts showing her hand, it's nearly a steamroll.
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* ''Manga/GushingOverMagicalGirls'' is a highly sexual action/comedy work about Hiiragi Utena, a girl who dreams about being a magical girl but actually ends up being a DarkMagicalGirl. While at first horrified Utena discovers a hidden side to herself as she fights her admired heroines, she likes it...a ''lot''. The series also shows, at length, that most of the power and mental development of Tres Magia (the "traditional" magical girl group of the setting) could only happen because [[StealthMentor Utena kept pushing for them to grow]], is [[VillainsActHeroesReact the one instigating most of their conflicts]], and very much wants them to defeat her organization the "proper" way (i.e. just like in magical girl anime); when a villain ''wants'' them dead, or when Utena starts showing her hand, it's nearly a steamroll. That being said, the series and Utena are still very much in favor of the Powers of Love and Friendship winning the day, as both Enormeeta and Tres Magia become better fighters as they accept themselves, their allies, and even their sexuality.
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* ''Anime/MagicalDestroyers'': the three Magical Girls are all rude and crude, and don't want to be Magical Girls anymore. They are very [[PunkPunk Punk]], with drug use, sexual promiscuity, sadomasochism, and a "burn it all down" attitude. They represent "Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll" "SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll" (Blue, Pink, and Anarchy, in that order). The very nihilistic attitude is the opposite of the traditional MagicalGirl.
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** Over time though, this shifts more into a {{Reconstruction}} Aya [[GrewASpine grows a spine]] and [[WiseBeyondTheirYears matures far beyond her age]] thanks the assistance of her new friends like Yatsumura, along with numerous girls who had similar misfortunes in their lives. She becomes TheHeart for even the most unscrupulous and highly-flawed individuals that includes former enemies and ordinary humans wrapped up in their fights, forming a LaResistance with the common goal of saving the world. [[spoiler:And it ends with Aya completely turning the world system into her favor, resulting in a SurprisinglyHappyEnding for everyone who was hurt, whether the Site was (in)directly involved or not.]]
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** Over time though, this shifts more Once one gets over the gory and raunchy sections of the series, th e manga shifts into a {{Reconstruction}} after Aya [[GrewASpine grows a spine]] and [[WiseBeyondTheirYears matures far beyond her age]] thanks the assistance of her new friends like Yatsumura, along with numerous girls who had similar misfortunes in their lives. She becomes TheHeart for even the most unscrupulous and highly-flawed individuals that includes former enemies and ordinary humans wrapped up in their fights, forming a LaResistance with the common goal of saving the world. [[spoiler:And it ends with Aya completely turning the world system into her favor, resulting in a SurprisinglyHappyEnding for everyone who was hurt, whether the Site was (in)directly involved or not.]]
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** Over time though, this shifts more into a {{Reconstruction}} Aya [[GrewASpine gores a spine]] and matures far beyond her age thanks the assistance of her friends such as Yatsumura, along with numerous girls who had similar misfortunes in their lives. She becomes TheHeart for even the most unscrupulous and highly-flawed individuals that includes former enemies and ordinary humans wrapped up in their fights, forming a LaResistance with the common goal of saving the world. [[spoiler:And it ends with Aya completely turning the world system into her favor, resulting in a SurprisinglyHappyEnding for everyone who was hurt, whether the Site was (in)directly involved or not.]]
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** Over time though, this shifts more into a {{Reconstruction}} Aya [[GrewASpine gores grows a spine]] and [[WiseBeyondTheirYears matures far beyond her age age]] thanks the assistance of her new friends such as like Yatsumura, along with numerous girls who had similar misfortunes in their lives. She becomes TheHeart for even the most unscrupulous and highly-flawed individuals that includes former enemies and ordinary humans wrapped up in their fights, forming a LaResistance with the common goal of saving the world. [[spoiler:And it ends with Aya completely turning the world system into her favor, resulting in a SurprisinglyHappyEnding for everyone who was hurt, whether the Site was (in)directly involved or not.]]
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** Over time though, this shifts more into a {{Reconstruction}} as Aya meets [[GrewASpine gores a spine]] and matures far beyond her age thanks the assistance of her friends such as Yatsumura, along with numerous girls who have had similar misfortunes in their lives. She becomes TheHeart for even the most unscrupulous and highly-flawed individuals that includes former enemies and normal ordinary humans wrapped up in their fights, forming a LaResistance with a the common goal of saving the world. [[spoiler:And it ends with Aya completely twisting turning the rules in world system into her favor, resulting in a SurprisinglyHappyEnding for everyone who was hurt, whether the Site was (in)directly involved or not.]]
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* ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'' is an {{Animesque}} webcomic where Magical Girls serve as ChildSoldiers to protect the city from monsters, but are treated like pop star celebrities, complete with interviews, merchandising and plenty of gossip. Being a Magical Girl has a high injury risk, but - as a cheerful poster claims - [[DisturbingStatistic registered ones have a 70% lower risk of severe injury or death]].
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* ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'' is an {{Animesque}} webcomic where Magical Girls serve as ChildSoldiers to protect the city from monsters, but are treated like pop star celebrities, complete with interviews, merchandising and plenty of gossip. Being a Magical Girl has a high injury risk, but - as a cheerful poster claims - [[DisturbingStatistic registered ones have a 70% lower risk of severe injury or death]]. The FirstEpisodeTwist, where three {{Decoy Protagonist}}s get wiped out by a powerful monster leaving [[SoleSurvivor the one non-depowered survivor]] to pick up the pieces, is the current page image.
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* ''Anime/{{Granbelm}}'': the main character, Mangetsu, is a StockShoujoHeroine -- kind, sweet, and helpful. She feels empty and unfulfilled [[spoiler:because she actually is just a creation of Magic with no actual history]]. Magic power is a terrible thing that has been locked away for 1000 years for good reason. It lures young girls every generation into battle royale in cute {{SuperRobot}}s, where their dreams will be destroyed and many are [[spoiler:erased to the point of never having existed in the first place]].
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* ''Anime/{{Granbelm}}'': the main character, Mangetsu, is a StockShoujoHeroine -- kind, sweet, and helpful. She feels empty and unfulfilled [[spoiler:because she actually is just a creation of Magic with no actual history]]. Magic power is a terrible thing that has been locked away for 1000 years for good reason. It lures young girls every generation into battle royale in cute {{SuperRobot}}s, {{Super Robot}}s, where their dreams will be destroyed and many are [[spoiler:erased to the point of never having existed in the first place]].
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* ''Anime/{{Granbelm}}'': the main character, Mangetsu, is a StockShoujoHeroine -- kind, sweet, and helpful. She feels empty and unfulfilled [[spoiler:because she actually is just a creation of Magic with no actual history]]. Magic power is a terrible thing that has been locked away for 1000 years for good reason. It lures young girls every generation into battle royale in cute Super Robots, where their dreams will be destroyed and many are [[spoiler:erased to the point of never having existed in the first place]].
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* ''Anime/{{Granbelm}}'': the main character, Mangetsu, is a StockShoujoHeroine -- kind, sweet, and helpful. She feels empty and unfulfilled [[spoiler:because she actually is just a creation of Magic with no actual history]]. Magic power is a terrible thing that has been locked away for 1000 years for good reason. It lures young girls every generation into battle royale in cute Super Robots, {{SuperRobot}}s, where their dreams will be destroyed and many are [[spoiler:erased to the point of never having existed in the first place]].
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* ''Anime/MagicalDestroyers'': the three Magical Girls are all rude and crude, and don't want to be Magical Girls anymore. They are very [[PunkPunk Punk]], with drug use, sexual promiscuity, sado-masochism, and a "burn it all down" attitude. They represent "Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll" (Blue, Pink, and Anarchy, in that order).
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* ''Anime/MagicalDestroyers'': the three Magical Girls are all rude and crude, and don't want to be Magical Girls anymore. They are very [[PunkPunk Punk]], with drug use, sexual promiscuity, sado-masochism, sadomasochism, and a "burn it all down" attitude. They represent "Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll" (Blue, Pink, and Anarchy, in that order). The very nihilistic attitude is the opposite of the traditional MagicalGirl.
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* ''Manga/MagicalGirlSpecOpsAsuka'': Magical Girls are widely known and are treated as [[ChildSoldiers soldiers]] [[MilitarySuperhero by governments]]. The protagonist is a ShellShockedVeteran magical girl formerly attached to the [[UsefulNotes/KaijuDefenseForce JSDF]] who just wants to live an ordinary life after years of fighting monsters, but keeps getting dragged back in because there aren't many Magical Girls left.
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* ''Manga/MagicalGirlSpecOpsAsuka'': Magical Girls are widely known and are treated as [[ChildSoldiers soldiers]] [[MilitarySuperhero by governments]]. The protagonist is a ShellShockedVeteran magical girl formerly attached to the [[UsefulNotes/KaijuDefenseForce JSDF]] who just wants to live an ordinary life after years of fighting monsters, but keeps getting dragged back in because there aren't many Magical Girls left. The enemies also use ColdBloodedTorture on innocents, just to drive home how horrible they are.
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* ''Manga/NurseAngelRirikaSOS'' [[UnbuiltTrope presages the genre]] and was released in 1996. Its displays [[GrowingUpSucks several elements]] of this genre despite [[UrExample predating it by well over a decade]]. Ririka is a ten-year-old who must fight an alien invasion against the evil organization Dark Joker. It's a normal MagicalGirlWarrior anime but then the WhamEpisode hits. Ririka is forced to [[spoiler: let her crush and friend, Kanou, die - though she has the means to save his life via the [[AppliedPhlebotinum Green Vaccine]], he refuses her aid since there is only a limited amount left.]] Ririka soon begins [[IJustWantToBeNormal doubting her resolve]]. As it turns out, [[spoiler:Ririka is actually the {{reincarnation}} of the original Nurse Angel and is the flower she's been looking for the entire series]]. The series ends with [[spoiler:Ririka committing a HeroicSacrifice, but the very final scene reveals that she survived. The unanswered question, however, is whether her family and friends still remember her]]. Even before the WhamEpisode, ever fight was very difficult, and bad guys have an unlimited source of power, the Black Vaccine, while the Green Vaccine that powers Ririka is limited and some drains away every time she rescues people, forcing tough decisions on her.
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* ''Manga/NurseAngelRirikaSOS'' [[UnbuiltTrope presages the genre]] and was released in 1996. Its displays [[GrowingUpSucks several elements]] of this genre despite [[UrExample predating it by well over a decade]]. Ririka is a ten-year-old who must fight an alien invasion against the evil organization Dark Joker. It's a normal MagicalGirlWarrior anime but then the WhamEpisode hits. Ririka is forced to [[spoiler: let her crush and friend, Kanou, die - though she has the means to save his life via the [[AppliedPhlebotinum Green Vaccine]], he refuses her aid since there is only a limited amount left.]] Ririka soon begins [[IJustWantToBeNormal doubting her resolve]]. As it turns out, [[spoiler:Ririka is actually the {{reincarnation}} of the original Nurse Angel and is the flower she's been looking for the entire series]]. The series ends with [[spoiler:Ririka committing a HeroicSacrifice, but the very final scene reveals that she survived. The unanswered question, however, is whether her family and friends still remember her]]. Even before the WhamEpisode, ever every fight was is very difficult, and bad guys have an unlimited source of power, the Black Vaccine, while the Green Vaccine that powers Ririka is limited and some drains away every time she rescues people, forcing tough decisions on her.
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* In ''Literature/MagicalGirlRaisingProject'', a [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent middle schooler]] named Koyuki has always wanted to be a magical girl and still adores magical girls even after her peers have outgrown them. She plays a free-to-play mobile game called ''Magical Girl Rising Project'' that, rumor has it, allows one in every few thousand people to become a real Magical Girl (regardless of their age or gender). Koyuki ends up one of the people and gets [[AscendedFanboy turned into]] a Magical Girl whose alias is "Snow White". She and a group of other magical girls act as superheroes around their district. One day Fav, the fairy mascot who made them all magical girls, mentions that he accidentally allowed too many in one region and has to downsize by half. It's soon revealed that those who stop being magical girls die. Even if you voluntarily quit being a magical girl, you'll still die. This quickly leads into a battle royale between the magical girls as each one fights to make sure they're not the one who is forced to quit, with most of them dead by the end.
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* In ''Literature/MagicalGirlRaisingProject'', ''Anime/MagicalDestroyers'': the three Magical Girls are all rude and crude, and don't want to be Magical Girls anymore. They are very [[PunkPunk Punk]], with drug use, sexual promiscuity, sado-masochism, and a "burn it all down" attitude. They represent "Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll" (Blue, Pink, and Anarchy, in that order).
* ''Literature/MagicalGirlRaisingProject'': a [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent middle schooler]] named Koyuki has always wanted to be a magical girl and still adores magical girls even after her peers have outgrown them. She plays a free-to-play mobile game called ''Magical Girl Rising Project'' that, rumor has it, allows one in every few thousand people to become a real Magical Girl (regardless of their age or gender). Koyuki ends up one of the people and gets [[AscendedFanboy turned into]] a Magical Girl whose alias is "Snow White". She and a group of other magical girls act as superheroes around their district. One day Fav, the fairy mascot who made them all magical girls, mentions that he accidentally allowed too many in one region and has to downsize by half. It's soon revealed that those who stop being magical girls die. Even if you voluntarily quit being a magical girl, you'll still die. This quickly leads into a battle royale between the magical girls as each one fights to make sure they're not the one who is forced to quit, with most of them dead by the end.
* ''Literature/MagicalGirlRaisingProject'': a [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent middle schooler]] named Koyuki has always wanted to be a magical girl and still adores magical girls even after her peers have outgrown them. She plays a free-to-play mobile game called ''Magical Girl Rising Project'' that, rumor has it, allows one in every few thousand people to become a real Magical Girl (regardless of their age or gender). Koyuki ends up one of the people and gets [[AscendedFanboy turned into]] a Magical Girl whose alias is "Snow White". She and a group of other magical girls act as superheroes around their district. One day Fav, the fairy mascot who made them all magical girls, mentions that he accidentally allowed too many in one region and has to downsize by half. It's soon revealed that those who stop being magical girls die. Even if you voluntarily quit being a magical girl, you'll still die. This quickly leads into a battle royale between the magical girls as each one fights to make sure they're not the one who is forced to quit, with most of them dead by the end.
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