Western Feminists: Magical Girls is such an empowering genre! Finally a great space where girls can be comfortable being girls! Feminism for young women!
Japanese Feminists: It’s fine if you enjoy the shows but we’ve stated about a dozen times now that we don’t find the Magical Girl genre to be progressive in the slightest. Not only do they continue to enforce the very strict gender roles for women in Japan that we’ve been trying to combat, but a lot of the more contemporary shows are made by otaku men for other otaku men and the young girl characters are often sexualized. Are you listening to us?
Western Feminists: GIRL POWER!!!! 🙂