Name: Luna
Age: 11
Eye Colour: Red
Hair Colour: N/A
Species: Rabbit
Witch type: Weeping Hare
Nature: Feeble
Weapon: Swinging blades
Familiars: None
Rotten Witch: Unknown
Wish: Make them afraid of me
A young girl with thoughts that are far too dark for one her age. Brought up in a troubled household she’s matured much faster than the other girls in her class. She hates being weak and dreams of beating her enemies into submission. She will grow up into a terrible person.
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One of my favorite moments from Tart Magica is the revelation that Soul Gems are actually crystalized souls that have been ripped out of the magical girl's body. In every other PMMM media, magical girls react with shock, disgust, and horror when they learn that their souls have been permanently separated from their bodies. Tart... instead joyfully fawns over her Soul Gem, proclaiming that it's a miracle “Monsieur Angel” (Kyubey) was able to crystalize the very soul that was redeemed by Jesus Christ.
Aside from being a funny moment that displays Tart's optimism and naiveté, it's also an interesting moment of cultural dissonance. The vast majority of magical girls we've seen so far are modern-day Japanese girls, whereas Tart is a medieval French Catholic. Japanese spirituality holds that the body and soul are interlinked and indistinguishable, and the soul is generally interpreted as a part of a whole with the body; Kyubey even says as much in his monologue in episode 6 of the main series when he explains how Soul Gems are formed. Meanwhile, Catholics (and Christians in general) believe that the soul is the true, eternal whole of a person, and the body is just a container for it. Thus it's much less traumatic to Tart when she learns that her body and soul have been separated; after all, they were going to be separated when she died and went to Heaven anyway.
Of course, I bet this revelation is still very traumatic for non-Japanese magical girls regardless of their views on spirituality, and Christian magical girls might view it as blasphemous. But I've just always thought this moment of deliberate values dissonance between Tart and the other magical girls was cute!
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Name: Peach
Age: 25
Eye Colour: Blue (iris) red (sclera)
Hair Colour: Light blonde
Species: Tumbler
Witch type: Tutor
Nature: Knowledgeable
Weapon: Pointer
Familiars: Etude
Rotten Witch: Unknown
Wish: I wish to share my knowledge to everyone
A wannabe teacher who is extremely knowledgeable in numerous fields. She would love to teach but she’s far too self conscious. When anxious, she involuntarily turns to her other side and panics. You can tell where she’s been because there are feathers everywhere.
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I should reread the "Jeanne d'Arc as a tragic lesbian magical girl" manga sometime
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