r/MagicalGirls

so the name of the team members is Cupid love, Cupid wit, Cupid comedy, Cupid care, Cupid lucky and Cupid strength. If any of these are bad please give me suggestions if you have more questions please ask and I’ll answer originally it was just Cupid care, Cupid strength and Cupid lucky and I was calling the self care trio but idk.

I'm familiar with general magical girls (ex. Sailor Moon, Precure, etc), but the other day I wondering if stuff like Tokimeki Tonight counts? This thought had me curious about how you would define magical girls? What exactly makes a magical girl? Does something like My-Hime count too?

So, the team I’m working on for my story is currently called Gloss Endeavor. Since my team has an elemental theme to it, I want that to be referenced in the individual names of the characters, and my first idea is Latin roots being added onto the names. Since my elements for the team members are air, water, rock, metal, and electricity (chosen because these elements are the most powerful in a modern urban environment), the girls would be called Aero Gloss, Hydro Gloss, Petro Gloss, Ferro Gloss, and Electro Gloss respectively.

My main worry is… Are these names “cutesy” enough? I also want that aspect in their magical girl personas, at the very least, and I’m not to sure if it fits. I’m pretty early into development, so stuff can be moved around, including adding a motif or two. My story’s more focused on the characters anyways, so I can afford to tweak some of the magical girl identity aspects.

And I don't just mean girls who do magic, I mean the actual magical girl trope/aesthetic. If there aren't any I'd settle for a good fanfic.

Edit: And I mean books, not manga, not comics or graphic novels.

What is the big 3 magical girls for each decade in History ?

I want to write a story involving a team of Magical Girls that don’t fit the typical mold of what a Magical Girl is or what they embody. They inherited their Magical Girl powers from their families instead of being scouted out for them because of some good quality, and most of them only reluctantly join the team for selfish reasons. Over the course of the story, though, I want them to earn their “goodness” through some self-discovery and experience, bringing them a little closer to that idealized version of a Magical Girl.

I’m interested in this as a concept, but I haven’t consumed much Magical Girl media yet, so I’m not sure what kind of traits I should give these characters for their arcs. What do you all think?

Note: It can be a magical girl show of any genre you wish!