My Brother Can't Possibly Be a Fallen Magical Girl

20 Years ago, the magical girl's brother was watching a cabbage being eaten by a pig. Ten years ago, the magical girl's brother watched as the cabbage was being devoured by the cabbage. Now, the older brother in magical girl anime has become a cabbage himself.

The synopsis isn't crazy enough yet; let's make it even crazier by writing the younger sister as the younger brother.

Traditional magical girl stories are geared towards children and are essentially fairy tales. The villains in these stories aren't particularly evil, so it doesn't feel out of place for magical girls to go to school during the day and fight monsters at night. They can be seen as youth/school themes.

What a rotten world! Everyone wants to sleep with women. The upper echelons are useless; the places the protagonist frequent are all infiltrated and ruined by the villains. The villains cause trouble every now and then, and those in charge are always the last to arrive. The neighboring city has even become a breeding ground for the villains' harem. Honestly, it's disgusting to watch.

From the beginning to the latest chapter, from a purely magical girl perspective, the story is enjoyable, but from other angles, the plot always gives me a feeling of being neither here nor there. Twisted, yet not twisted enough, the Abyss faction and the magical girl faction, who love the protagonist, have never confronted each other directly, and the conflict between their factional stances and…

Have you ever been a magical girl? (Some of this is just random writing and assumptions.)

Ever since reading "The Magical Girl After get off work" by Lao Yan, I've come to my senses and found a bunch of magical girl books on my bookshelf.

When will the protagonist reveal his true identity as the Phantom Butterfly? I read a million words in one go, only to find that none of the descriptions in the synopsis had appeared yet—what a disappointment! It felt like holding your breath, thinking you were about to emerge, but then realizing there was still a suffocating feeling of being a million miles away. It's good, but holding your breath for too long and not being able to exhale is a bit uncomfortable.

I suddenly realized there are too many magical girls, and they're all just background characters. It feels like a reskinned urban fantasy novel. One of the reasons I love magical girl stories is because of the unique nature of the genre: fewer characters, a focus on justice, a smaller setting, and no overly grand themes. The core idea is simply to protect their city.

"When people protect what is truly precious to them, they can really become... Powerful enough that they need to be!"