#like i adore magical girl stuff (particularly shoujo properties) but the wish fulfillment isnt quite there for me personally

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one of my favourite genres in the world is like, edgy horror superhero-y seinen and shonen manga about normal dudes getting supernatural powers from like an alien or a demon or whatever and those powers include: super strength, heightened intuition, having a fashion sense

#its been a hot minute since i watched parasyte but 1) it changed my life when i saw it when i was like 18 and 2) #that alien gave him the power to use hair gel #(i should read the manga...its from the 80s so i imagine it'll be at least a lil different) #(but i really adored the show even though i dont remember a lot of the details so it might be fun) #i dont talk about the sheer amount of horror superhero-y seinen and shonen i read that often #but its similar to how i am with a lot of shoujo and josei (regardless of genre) where i'll read just about anything #(with caveats obviously. we all have our limits) #even if it kinda sucks......girl a while ago i read a manga called like the moon is beautiful tonight but first die #and like. i dunno if it was BAD per se... it had a couple cool characters and maybe it could have gone somewhere #i mean i really loved the main characters powers (power to see real good) #but also i dunno if i can call it GOOD either....i read the entire thing tho lol #i do just love that type of story though. some normal ass dude gets powers in the most horrifying and existential way possible #and with it he gets the ability to beat up bad guys. and also confidence #the 70s devilman manga is the earliest ive seen but theres probably older examples especially outside of manga #(although akiras transformation is the funniest thing in the world. just fused with a demon now im gonna walk to school without a shirt) #(gaining the power of confidence indeed....) #i think lots of comic books are like this but also. i cant read comic books. the fonts. girl the fonts. girl i cant read #if the comic book text was formatted in a way my brain could comprehend im sure id like em tho #genuinely i think this kind of story gets to me in the same way magical girl stories get to some people #like i adore magical girl stuff (particularly shoujo properties) but the wish fulfillment isnt quite there for me personally #but getting an alien attached to my arm and becoming a cool guy about it? fuck yeah... #i fell in a vat of toxic waste and it gave me the ability to be sexy as hell #i think the perfect piece of media for me would be an edgy horror superhero shonen with the trappings of a magical girl #gimme the outfit transformations. the magical wands and items. gimme a blobby mascot #actually migi could be a blobby mascot. migi could be a marketable little blobby mascot #wait i just googled it theres migi plushes #holy shit #wait im descending into a rabbit hole of parasyte merch i have homework to do hold on a minute #gimme a minute weird blobby migi plush gimme a minute shinichi action figure #i'll get back to you in a minute i need to respond to 2 or more people on the class discussion boards