Thread: Umi no Misaki
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Old 2007-10-22, 00:37   Link #12
billborden
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Originally Posted by Mykas View Post
I am contrasting magical vs magic, it's often that we use the word magical to describe everyday things that are better than normal. see a beautiful girl? tell her she has a magical smile. have a great day where everything goes well? what a magical day... the point is magical is an adjective that describes a state of being that is just way better than the norm, not necessarily denoting done with magic.
I'm going to have to go with mdauben on this one. The definition as presented on animesuki is so broad as to be nearly useless; the female lead in nearly every "Harem" manga could, if you tried, fit under it. It makes more sense--in a purely functional, if no other, way--to limit the magical girlfriend genre to those manga with female leads that are more obviously "other" (Belldandy, Narue, even Kozue (from Mahoraba).
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