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3 | An amusing deconstruction of the MagicalGirl genre, ''Otasuke Miko Miko-chan'' (''Rescue Maiden Miko'') is a manga by Hiroiichi, which ran in ''[=WAaI=]!'' from 2011 to 2014. It follows the (mis)adventures of Ayumu Mikoshiba, as he helps (however unwillingly) revive his family's shrine by becoming the latest Miko-chan, fighting crime, advertising their business, and helping sell official Miko-chan merchandise. |
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5 | No, you did not read that wrong: Ayumu is a '''he'''. |
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7 | The series focuses mostly on Ayumu's gender-identity crisis, stuck between feeling confident and cute as a girl, and the fact that he is actually a cross-dressing guy. |
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10 | !! The series provides examples of: |
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12 | * CutShort: Volume 2 ends with the cast planning on a summer trip and the romantic story about to get going, and the author even hints at a Volume 3 at the end, but sadly nothing has been released since then. |
13 | * DeconstructiveParody: The manga is very, very fond of playing with the conventions of the MagicalGirl genre. The most obvious ways are how Ayumu as Miko-chan is used primarily to sell merchandise and advertise the shrine, that his magical familiar is more of a manager than anything else, and that he is a reluctant cross-dresser. |
14 | * DudeLooksLikeALady: Ayumu's curse. Not that anyone besides him really minds, though. Later chapters give us [[spoiler:Rei]]. |
15 | * EvenTheGuysWantHim: Ayumu, of course. More so when he cross-dresses. |
16 | * {{Fanservice}}: Covers almost always feature Ayumu in an outfit he will (probably) never wear in the actual manga. |
17 | * FantasticComedy: While Fuu-chan and the transformation into Miko-chan is most definitely magical, Ayumu has no magical powers. |
18 | * FrenchMaidOutfit: One of the many get-ups Ayumu is forced into. |
19 | * GenderBlenderName: The WholesomeCrossdresser is appropriately named Ayumu, a gender-neutral name. |
20 | * TheGlomp: Wakaba performs this frequently on Ayumu, among other things. |
21 | * ImagineSpot: Wakaba is infamous for this--[[{{Fanservice}} not that the fans mind.]] |
22 | * JustHereForGodzilla: In-universe and played straight. For the former, the Maid Club failed ''quickly'' when the guys who were only in it to hang out with Ayumu found out that he wasn't a regular attraction. For the latter: the [[WholesomeCrossdresser concept of the manga itself]], really. |
23 | * LegacyCharacter: The identity of Miko-chan has been taken up by the girls of the Mikoshiba family for generations--until Ayumu, of course, for obvious reasons. |
24 | * LovableSexManiac: Wakaba Kumura, who shamelessly molests Ayumu whenever she gets the chance, dresses him up in all sorts of revealing outfits for her own viewing pleasure, and calls him her "wife." |
25 | --> '''Wakaba Kumura:''' Wh-What are you saying?! Publicly exposing my Ayumu-kyun in a maid uniform is absolutely... (ImagineSpot) let's do it! |
26 | * MagicalGirl: Gleefully deconstructs the genre in a (mostly) mundane setting. |
27 | * MagicWand: Subverted in that it's not actually magical and just serves as more official Miko-chan merchandise. It ''does'' have its uses as a blunt weapon, though. |
28 | * {{Mascot}}: Miko-chan, for the Mikoshiba shrine. Has her own website and line of officially licensed merchandise, available at said shrine. |
29 | * MeaningfulName: Appropriately, the family that runs the shrine are the '''Miko'''shibas. |
30 | * MentorMascot: Fuu-Chan, who also serves as the current Miko-chan's manager. |
31 | * TheMerch: One of the purposes of Miko-chan is to sell merch based on the character. |
32 | * {{Miko}}: Unsurprisingly, Miko-chan is a MagicalGirl based off of shrine maidens. She is more of a mascot than anything else, though. |
33 | * MiniDressOfPower: Miko-chan's outfit. It doesn't seem to have any actual magical powers aside from making Ayumu more confident and bold than he usually is--which is to say, not at all. |
34 | * NoEnding: The final chapter is just a random BeachEpisode with no real resolution to anything. |
35 | * NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Wakaba, the Dressing Club manager, and Rei. |
36 | * OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Ayumu was one, and still very much is one, between being shamelessly used by his friends for their more questionable purposes, and being Miko-chan. |
37 | * {{Otaku}}: Rei is a lighthearted parody. |
38 | * PunchClockHero: Ayumu only ever becomes Miko-chan to advertise the shrine and her merchandise, or do "heroic" duties like stalking his friend to find out what's bothering him. |
39 | * PuniPlush |
40 | * SliceOfLife: Ayumu fights crime ''exactly'' once. Even then, it was by chance. The rest of the manga focuses on his gender-identity crisis, secret identity as Miko-chan, and his very eager and more than a little perverted friends. |
41 | * TheStoic: Souichi Makita is rarely, if ever, affected by the weirdness and perversion that constantly happens to Ayumu. The sole exception is whenever he (Ayumu) is cross-dressing. |
42 | * TransformationSequence: Mandatory, really. |
43 | * WholesomeCrossdresser: Ayumu is shown to be extremely confident when cross-dressing, much to his dismay. Later on, we have [[spoiler:Rei]], who ''very'' much enjoys it. |
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