Closing thoughts on Stellar Witch Lips
I thought it'd be a good time to give this a shot since it's a magical girl kaitou story like Saint Tail. And the premise is pretty similar, a school girl becomes a magical girl thief and a boy in her class is the detective trying to catch her, and there's even Christian references. However Stellar Witch Lips ditches the kaitou element fast, and becomes a pretty straightforward magical warrior story instead, with huge battles, jojo stand style powerups and deep lore.
The writing is kind of hokey and the main girl has very stock shoujo heroine personality. But I figure maybe I'm too hard on the writing, like I guess it's not that different from like TMM or such and I'm just not a fan of Nakayoshi stories overall? In any case the main girl and guy spend remarkably little time interacting and I buy their romance even less than in an average shoujo. I'd say Saint Tail is overall better and a more cohesive package, but I found Stellar Witch Lips more interesting because it tried to do more.
Even if nothing on the writing front really impressed me, Stellar Witch Lips has one huge asset and that is the art style. It is so unbelievably pretty! It's so sparkly, there's flowers everywhere and everyone's eyes are all shimmery! The heroine has this lovely little star effect in her glorious flowing floofy hair when transformed! The scenes of the witches flying on their brooms in the night sky are so magical! And then for no particular reason the plot decides to do a fancy party event which means lovely princess dresses! It's like this was made for me. So to me the story doesn't really even matter, I'd read this based on the visuals alone.
If you're hoping for more magical girl stories that aren't edgy, ecchi or parody… ehh. I feel people might be able to forgive the weak character writing and generic romance, but there's also a canonically lgbt character who gets written in a very unflattering role that's also a major plot element. So if this were to ever become more popular I'd predict that would overshadow any enjoyment most people over here might get from this. So I'd say skip this unless you're really into the art because the story is just going to disappoint in one way or the other.
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Round 2, Match 7
[Image description: a versus graphic of Star Scarlet/Miku Hoshino from Stellar Witch LIPS and Kaitou KID/Kaito Kuroba from Magic Kaito. Star Scarlet is blonde with a black crop top and a red skirt and a starry brooch pinned to her chest. Kaitou KID has dark brown hair and is wearing a white suit with a blue shirt and pink tie, a white top hat, gloves, and a monocle with a charm dangling from it with a clover on it. He’s adjusting his monocle and grinning at the viewer. /End description]
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enchanting night
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So Tokyo Mew Mew New airs in a few days! I keep saying this...but I REALLY hope and pray that it revives interest in the magical girl genre and we get more magical girl anime adaptations,remakes and continuations. Because we desperately need more magical girls.
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Stellar Witch LIP☆S
5 volumes (digital only as of 5/12/2023)
Licensed by Kodansha
Miku Hoshino is a just a regular girl who thinks of nothing but her favorite idol, Rei, from the totally popular group M.A.G. When her school duties make her miss the concert she was desperately hoping to go for, she does what any girl would do—takes the help of a witch! But when the witch turns Miku into a witch, too, her life becomes anything from ordinary...and a certain keen-eyed detective seems determined to keep it that way!
Status in Country of Origin
5 Volumes (Complete)
Tags:
Magical Girl/s
Thief/ves
Witch/es
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Series: Majo Kaitou LIP☆S
Artist: Ichi Kotoko
Publication: ‘Majo Kaitou LIP☆S’ manga volume 5 (07/2021)
Source: Scanned from personal collection
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Stellar Witch Lip☆s vol. 3
by Hana Kagami & Kotoko Ichi
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Majo Kaitou LIPS Vol.4
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there’s an official preview of Majo Kaitou LIP☆S manga and i heavily recommend you all to check it out because it’s the most beautiful thing you’ve ever seen
look at her
look at her
look at him
look at her mentor figure (her homeroom teacher i think?)
my favorite page for some reason
LOOK AT HER
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Round 1, Match 13
[Image description: a versus graphic of Star Scarlet/Miku Hoshino from Stellar Witch LIPS and Kaitou Kiramekiman/Lip and Puff from the Time Boken 2000 series. Star Scarlet is blonde with a black crop top and a red skirt and a starry brooch pinned to her chest. Kaitou Kiramekiman is a duo: a man, Puff, with blue hair and a woman, Lip, with red hair, in white jumpsuits with red and green accents, respectively. Puff is dipping Lip as they float in space in front of a green planet. /End description]
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spoilers..? i mean, it couldn’t really end any other way
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Top 5 red/pink color schemed Magical Girls?
(Again,in no particular order)
1.Hikaru Shidou (Magic Knight Rayearth)
2. Luchia Nanami (Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch)
3. Ichigo Momomiya/Mew Ichigo (Tokyo Mew Mew)
4. Momoko Hanasaki/Angel Peach (Wedding Peach)
5. Miku Hoshino/Star Scarlet (Majo Kaitou Lips/Stellar Witch Lips)
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Majo Kaito LIPS pre-orders available!
If you’re interested in importing a copy of the first volume, CDJapan has a pre-order available here.
Here’s a preview of the cover and back, plus a chibi, from Ichiko Toko’s twitter!
If you’re a fan of magical girls, kaitou/phantom thief vibes, and/or looking for something relatively easy to study your Japanese with, I highly recommend it!
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