Oct 24, 2013 2:35 AM
ZettaiBlog 41: Magical Girl is a Wolf for Magical Girl
Anime Relations:
Tokyo Mew Mew
WARNING: BECAUSE OF REASONS I MUST TELL EVERYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 TO GET OUT OF MY BLOG! OBEY OR I’LL BE DEFENESTRATED!
Finally this long week is over!
Chiaki: No, there are still two blogs left. This month has five Thursdays.
What? NOOOOOOOOO!
Chiaki: You didn’t seem to have a problem on August.
Sure, compare assy dommy girls to… Well, pretty much anything. That will work.
Chiaki: Pervert.
I am. Let’s go take a walk until the monster shows up.
Chiaki: Fine… *does so* Oh, outside, it’s been a while.
Hey, now… *suddenly lots of leaflets start raining from the sky* The weatherman didn’t warn me of this! They never get it right!
Chiaki: Shut up, idiot, and read one.
Right… *reads* “Fool, you won’t survive past this week, hahaha” That’s all it says.
Chiaki: Much ado about nothing… *suddenly something falls on Chiaki’s head* AAAH, A BUG FELL ON MY HEAD! TAKE IT OFF, TAKE IT OFF!
Yes! *pulls something on Chiaki’s head*
Chiaki: THAT’S MY AHOGE, IDIOT!
Woops! *grabs the actual bug and throws it away* Hey, hold on, that’s an Elysia Chlorotica!
Chiaki: A what?
An animal that can do the photosynthesis! Like Venusaur! But as an ugly sea slug.
Chiaki: Fascinating. *suddenly a small round animal known as a Parasite Anima enters the slug’s body, turning it into a large and ferocious version of it* What?
Chimera Anima: Fungaaa! *charges at Zettai and Chiaki*
Chiaki: Oh, no!
It’s coming!
???: Not so fast! *suddenly a purple blur shows up and kicks the giant slug away* Are you okay?
Chiaki: I am, but Zettai is always working funny.
Ha-ha. Very funny, Chiaki. Anyway, thanks for coming to our help…
Zakuro: How did you…? No matter, let’s handle this!
Chimera Anima: Gaoooo! *jumps and falls on top of Zakuro*
…Did the slug just roar?
Zakuro: Oof! Get off! *flings the slug away Ryu-style. It falls upside-down and it cannot move*
Chimera Anima: Ungaaa! *fires beams from its antennae at Zakuro*
Zakuro: Ack! *gets hit* How you dare! *jumps and lands on the slug foot-first, bouncing a few times on it while trying to not go into negatives*
Chimera Anima: Geeeeee! *squirms in pain*
Zakuro: And now the coup de graçe! REBORN ZACROSS PURE! *the beam whip hits hard the Chimera Anima*
Chimera Anima: Gyaaaaaaa! *fades away to revert to its original form, then a pink flying marshmallow shows up to eat the Parasite Anima and quickly leaves*
Zakuro: Thanks, Masha! *reverts*
Zakuro: So I heard you’re doing blogs of magical girls. Since I saved you, you’ll have to review me as well.
No problem, but why so much interest?
Zakuro: I haven’t been in the airwaves in a decade…
Hey, the alternative is adapting à la mode and no one wants that.
Zakuro: Point taken.
Could you also transform before the review?
Zakuro: If that’ll help, sure. MEW MEW POWER, METAMORPHOSE!
Zakuro: Well?
Lovely! *stares at her tail*
Chiaki: This is both new and old…
Zakuro: Hey, get to the blog.
Right, right!
Head
Hair
Zakuro has a hime cut. A perfect, proper hime cut. This series doesn’t change hair styles much when the girls transform, so unlike Reika she keeps it the whole time! It’s also a great color in dark purple, my third favorite hair color overall and also Zakuro’s color it seems, since her transformation emphasizes it a lot. It also becomes a little lighter when she transforms, but the style is the same. However her wolf ears and tail have brown fur, which is fine since if they had purple fur they’d look silly. She doesn’t change her hair much, but there’s an official image of her with her hair in twin buns, probably as she’s Mew Zakuro in it and wants to cover her ears. She looks cute still. Another image has her in casual clothes and a LONG BRAID! Lovely overall!
Grade: A
Eyes
OH NOES BLUE EYES AGAIN. Oh wait, luckily it’s only in civilian form and they fit her hair alright. They’re also slightly tsurime-ish and smaller than those of her allies who have plate-sized eyes, except Mint and hers are still bigger than Zakuro’s. Only her eyes, of course. Anyway, when Zakuro transforms into Mew Zakuro her eyes become PURPLE to match her hair and clothes, which is awesome! Also I’ll note since this is an early 00’s anime and a Shoujo at that her eyelashes are somewhat noticeable and stick out over her regular hair, but that’s not too bad compared to OTHER cases. She even wears GLASSES at one point, tho not thick ones, and also sunglasses to go incognito. Not bad!
Grade: A-
Zakuro: Ah, yes, Ichigo told me about that weird glasses-loving guy.
Chiaki: No, wrong person. This is the weird asses-loving guy.
Zakuro: But…
Chiaki: The “butt” comes later, you just wait.
Body
Build
Oh, measurements, how I missed you. Zakuro is 172 cm tall and weights 56 kg, no three sizes because this is a show for little girls. She’s tall, but about what you’d expect from a model and it fits her character, so it’s okay. Zakuro is also the “curvy” girl so she has some chest, but it’s not too emphasized because, again, show for little girls. At least she has a slender stomach and a nice navel! In fact it’s hard to not notice her navel because her Mew Mark is there, that brands her as a real Tokyo Mew Mew and not as a Beijing Miāo Miāo rip-off. Her rest of her body isn’t too bad and her legs are nice in spite of Mint saying they are slender as a GOOD thing, how dares she. Also, two notes. First is sometimes this show draws, er, vaginabones. It’s a tad weird and I don’t really care. The second is, of course, she has wolf ears and tail when transformed! The tail is pretty nice and the ears aren’t bad either, but because QUALITY they’re drawn too big sometimes. Overall she’s quite a looker, just like she’s meant to be!
Grade: B+
Butt
Nothing special, but again, show for little girls and all that. At least she has one as her transformation shows. She gets props for her tail drawing attention to her behind, of course. Go girls with cute tails like hers!
Grade: C-
Zakuro: I’m used to receiving praise for my looks, but I think this is the first time I do receive it for my tail.
And what a great tail it is!
Chiaki: But… is it real?
Zakuro: Well, of course!
Chiaki: I haven’t seen anyone grow a tail before!
Zakuro: I assure you it is!
Chiaki: Impossible!
Zakuro: Look! *moons Chiaki and by extension Zettai* See? My tail is directly attached to my dorsal spine. It’s not some weird plug for perverts.
Which is good… *nosebleeds a little*
Zakuro: I forgot you warned me, Chiaki. *puts on shorts again*
Chiaki: Eh, don’t mind him. You just learn to ignore him after a while.
Clothes
For a Shoujo this series hits some nice fetish points. First and perhaps most importantly is Zakuro’s outfit when transformed: a top that lets her cute navel out, some nice shorts that are comfy and easy to wear, thigh-high boots, a leg garter on her left leg, some arm garters and wristbands, all purple. It’s very sexy and fits her character perfectly, plus it’s a nice contrast from the other girls whose outfits are more leotards and such. There’s also her waitress outfit in the Mew Café, which basically looks just like a frilly maid uniform but, again, purple, which is rather nice. She’s otherwise seen in various outfits here and there, like casual clothes or outfits for her job or her school uniform, which are nice but nothing amazing. There’s an episode where she wears a suit, necktie and all, and it seems quite popular, which I can see as she looks good in it. Still, the fact Zakuro has two such great outfits for a Shoujo magical girl character is quite impressive!
Grade: B+
Zakuro: It appears I even have your namesake.
That you do! Luckily you aren’t a tsundere!
Chiaki: Mint was close enough.
Mind
Personality
Zakuro is a textbook TDB, though nothing wrong with that. Like the others she got the DNA of a nearly-extinct animal, the Gray Wolf. Note the Gray Wolf is doing a bit better now and is no longer part of the Red List, so like Sailor Pluto she’s anachronistic now. Then again she’s the strongest of the non-Ichigo Mews and it shows, if she got an attack upgrade I think she could be better than Ichigo! There’s this episode she gets very angry and prevents Quiche from escaping by grabbing him with her whip, calls him out and gives him an epic punch to the face. She also spent the whole episode being nice to a little girl. Anyway, by now you can have an idea of how Zakuro is: serious but sweet and caring, like the “older sister” of the group. Mint even calls her Oneesama. She was a bit aloof at first however, and took a bit of convincing to get her to join. Eventually she did, of course. As I mentioned before Zakuro is also an actress and a model, lived in America for a few years and can speak 5 languages besides Japanese, one of them Spanish. She’s also a Christian and is seen going to pray to Church sometimes, that’s why she carries a cross and her weapon looks like a cross. Overall Zakuro is a great quiet-ish and adorable girl, no wonder she’s my favorite from her series!
Grade: B+
Zakuro: I find it amusing you mentioned Spanish in particular.
Claro, porque soy español.
Zakuro: ¡Oh, qué bien! Hacia tiempo que no lo practicaba.
Pues ahora podemos probar un poco. A ver, una frase de presentación… Hola, soy Zettai y me gustan las chicas bellas como tú, y pienso que deberías cambiarte el nombre a Zaculo.
Zakuro: No lo haré.
Chiaki: What are you talking about?
Libido
She’s a magical girl but not the lead and this isn’t Wedding Peach, so take a wild guess. Yep, nothing here. Nothing means nothing, as she shows no interest on any guys ever. As in GUYS, since there was this time she winked at Mint on a teasing manner. Sure, it might have been an innocent joke as Mint lusts madly after Zakuro all the time and 4k!ds PLAYED IT UP, but I’m sure yuri fanboys didn’t mind. Looking at fanart they probably didn’t.
Grade: C
Age
Pretty much everyone in the West claims she’s 15, but thing is Japanese sources don’t give her age. In fact we just know her school year: third year of MIDDLE school. Yes, she really is a middle schooler with those looks, she gets this brought up in-series. So she could be 14 or 15, and since the show covers a year or so and her birthday is in September 6th so she probably spends just over half the show as 15. I’m used to seeing her as 15 tho, so the score reflects this. Also as a note, while this doesn’t affect me the 4k!ds dub made her 17 AND changed her birthday date. Okay, I can kinda sorta see the former, leaving aside how they made everyone older because they’re terrible people, but changing her birthday date makes no sense even for their standards. Let’s just be glad they didn’t turn her into an iceberg.
Grade: A-
Zakuro: Hey, how did they dare! You cannot ADD years to a woman’s age, that’s insulting!
Chiaki: *plays laugh track*
Voice
Junko Noda has a pretty nice mature voice that works well for Zakuro and suits her looks perfectly. She needs more roles tho, her few leads seem to be mostly in shows for children!
Grade: B
Total: 75 (B)
Chiaki: Hey, not a bad score. This month is being pretty good so far.
Definitely. Turns out I like magical girls better than mothers, who would’ve thought it.
Zakuro: Well, my job here is over. Goodbye!
Wait!
Zakuro: Eh?
Before you go… There is something I really wanna do… But it’s embarrassing…
Zakuro: I mooned you. I think I can take it
Thanks! *hugs Zakuro’s tail and rubs his face against it* Sooo cute and soft!
Zakuro: Thank goodness I don’t get weaker when my tail is pulled…
Chiaki: While Zettai keeps assaulting another middle school girl, be ready for next week’s non-transforming magical girl!
Finally this long week is over!
Chiaki: No, there are still two blogs left. This month has five Thursdays.
What? NOOOOOOOOO!
Chiaki: You didn’t seem to have a problem on August.
Sure, compare assy dommy girls to… Well, pretty much anything. That will work.
Chiaki: Pervert.
I am. Let’s go take a walk until the monster shows up.
Chiaki: Fine… *does so* Oh, outside, it’s been a while.
Hey, now… *suddenly lots of leaflets start raining from the sky* The weatherman didn’t warn me of this! They never get it right!
Chiaki: Shut up, idiot, and read one.
Right… *reads* “Fool, you won’t survive past this week, hahaha” That’s all it says.
Chiaki: Much ado about nothing… *suddenly something falls on Chiaki’s head* AAAH, A BUG FELL ON MY HEAD! TAKE IT OFF, TAKE IT OFF!
Yes! *pulls something on Chiaki’s head*
Chiaki: THAT’S MY AHOGE, IDIOT!
Woops! *grabs the actual bug and throws it away* Hey, hold on, that’s an Elysia Chlorotica!
Chiaki: A what?
An animal that can do the photosynthesis! Like Venusaur! But as an ugly sea slug.
Chiaki: Fascinating. *suddenly a small round animal known as a Parasite Anima enters the slug’s body, turning it into a large and ferocious version of it* What?
Chimera Anima: Fungaaa! *charges at Zettai and Chiaki*
Chiaki: Oh, no!
It’s coming!
???: Not so fast! *suddenly a purple blur shows up and kicks the giant slug away* Are you okay?
Chiaki: I am, but Zettai is always working funny.
Ha-ha. Very funny, Chiaki. Anyway, thanks for coming to our help…
Zakuro: How did you…? No matter, let’s handle this!
Chimera Anima: Gaoooo! *jumps and falls on top of Zakuro*
…Did the slug just roar?
Zakuro: Oof! Get off! *flings the slug away Ryu-style. It falls upside-down and it cannot move*
Chimera Anima: Ungaaa! *fires beams from its antennae at Zakuro*
Zakuro: Ack! *gets hit* How you dare! *jumps and lands on the slug foot-first, bouncing a few times on it while trying to not go into negatives*
Chimera Anima: Geeeeee! *squirms in pain*
Zakuro: And now the coup de graçe! REBORN ZACROSS PURE! *the beam whip hits hard the Chimera Anima*
Chimera Anima: Gyaaaaaaa! *fades away to revert to its original form, then a pink flying marshmallow shows up to eat the Parasite Anima and quickly leaves*
Zakuro: Thanks, Masha! *reverts*
Zakuro: So I heard you’re doing blogs of magical girls. Since I saved you, you’ll have to review me as well.
No problem, but why so much interest?
Zakuro: I haven’t been in the airwaves in a decade…
Hey, the alternative is adapting à la mode and no one wants that.
Zakuro: Point taken.
Could you also transform before the review?
Zakuro: If that’ll help, sure. MEW MEW POWER, METAMORPHOSE!
Zakuro: Well?
Lovely! *stares at her tail*
Chiaki: This is both new and old…
Zakuro: Hey, get to the blog.
Right, right!
Head
Hair
Zakuro has a hime cut. A perfect, proper hime cut. This series doesn’t change hair styles much when the girls transform, so unlike Reika she keeps it the whole time! It’s also a great color in dark purple, my third favorite hair color overall and also Zakuro’s color it seems, since her transformation emphasizes it a lot. It also becomes a little lighter when she transforms, but the style is the same. However her wolf ears and tail have brown fur, which is fine since if they had purple fur they’d look silly. She doesn’t change her hair much, but there’s an official image of her with her hair in twin buns, probably as she’s Mew Zakuro in it and wants to cover her ears. She looks cute still. Another image has her in casual clothes and a LONG BRAID! Lovely overall!
Grade: A
Eyes
OH NOES BLUE EYES AGAIN. Oh wait, luckily it’s only in civilian form and they fit her hair alright. They’re also slightly tsurime-ish and smaller than those of her allies who have plate-sized eyes, except Mint and hers are still bigger than Zakuro’s. Only her eyes, of course. Anyway, when Zakuro transforms into Mew Zakuro her eyes become PURPLE to match her hair and clothes, which is awesome! Also I’ll note since this is an early 00’s anime and a Shoujo at that her eyelashes are somewhat noticeable and stick out over her regular hair, but that’s not too bad compared to OTHER cases. She even wears GLASSES at one point, tho not thick ones, and also sunglasses to go incognito. Not bad!
Grade: A-
Zakuro: Ah, yes, Ichigo told me about that weird glasses-loving guy.
Chiaki: No, wrong person. This is the weird asses-loving guy.
Zakuro: But…
Chiaki: The “butt” comes later, you just wait.
Body
Build
Oh, measurements, how I missed you. Zakuro is 172 cm tall and weights 56 kg, no three sizes because this is a show for little girls. She’s tall, but about what you’d expect from a model and it fits her character, so it’s okay. Zakuro is also the “curvy” girl so she has some chest, but it’s not too emphasized because, again, show for little girls. At least she has a slender stomach and a nice navel! In fact it’s hard to not notice her navel because her Mew Mark is there, that brands her as a real Tokyo Mew Mew and not as a Beijing Miāo Miāo rip-off. Her rest of her body isn’t too bad and her legs are nice in spite of Mint saying they are slender as a GOOD thing, how dares she. Also, two notes. First is sometimes this show draws, er, vaginabones. It’s a tad weird and I don’t really care. The second is, of course, she has wolf ears and tail when transformed! The tail is pretty nice and the ears aren’t bad either, but because QUALITY they’re drawn too big sometimes. Overall she’s quite a looker, just like she’s meant to be!
Grade: B+
Butt
Nothing special, but again, show for little girls and all that. At least she has one as her transformation shows. She gets props for her tail drawing attention to her behind, of course. Go girls with cute tails like hers!
Grade: C-
Zakuro: I’m used to receiving praise for my looks, but I think this is the first time I do receive it for my tail.
And what a great tail it is!
Chiaki: But… is it real?
Zakuro: Well, of course!
Chiaki: I haven’t seen anyone grow a tail before!
Zakuro: I assure you it is!
Chiaki: Impossible!
Zakuro: Look! *moons Chiaki and by extension Zettai* See? My tail is directly attached to my dorsal spine. It’s not some weird plug for perverts.
Which is good… *nosebleeds a little*
Zakuro: I forgot you warned me, Chiaki. *puts on shorts again*
Chiaki: Eh, don’t mind him. You just learn to ignore him after a while.
Clothes
For a Shoujo this series hits some nice fetish points. First and perhaps most importantly is Zakuro’s outfit when transformed: a top that lets her cute navel out, some nice shorts that are comfy and easy to wear, thigh-high boots, a leg garter on her left leg, some arm garters and wristbands, all purple. It’s very sexy and fits her character perfectly, plus it’s a nice contrast from the other girls whose outfits are more leotards and such. There’s also her waitress outfit in the Mew Café, which basically looks just like a frilly maid uniform but, again, purple, which is rather nice. She’s otherwise seen in various outfits here and there, like casual clothes or outfits for her job or her school uniform, which are nice but nothing amazing. There’s an episode where she wears a suit, necktie and all, and it seems quite popular, which I can see as she looks good in it. Still, the fact Zakuro has two such great outfits for a Shoujo magical girl character is quite impressive!
Grade: B+
Zakuro: It appears I even have your namesake.
That you do! Luckily you aren’t a tsundere!
Chiaki: Mint was close enough.
Mind
Personality
Zakuro is a textbook TDB, though nothing wrong with that. Like the others she got the DNA of a nearly-extinct animal, the Gray Wolf. Note the Gray Wolf is doing a bit better now and is no longer part of the Red List, so like Sailor Pluto she’s anachronistic now. Then again she’s the strongest of the non-Ichigo Mews and it shows, if she got an attack upgrade I think she could be better than Ichigo! There’s this episode she gets very angry and prevents Quiche from escaping by grabbing him with her whip, calls him out and gives him an epic punch to the face. She also spent the whole episode being nice to a little girl. Anyway, by now you can have an idea of how Zakuro is: serious but sweet and caring, like the “older sister” of the group. Mint even calls her Oneesama. She was a bit aloof at first however, and took a bit of convincing to get her to join. Eventually she did, of course. As I mentioned before Zakuro is also an actress and a model, lived in America for a few years and can speak 5 languages besides Japanese, one of them Spanish. She’s also a Christian and is seen going to pray to Church sometimes, that’s why she carries a cross and her weapon looks like a cross. Overall Zakuro is a great quiet-ish and adorable girl, no wonder she’s my favorite from her series!
Grade: B+
Zakuro: I find it amusing you mentioned Spanish in particular.
Claro, porque soy español.
Zakuro: ¡Oh, qué bien! Hacia tiempo que no lo practicaba.
Pues ahora podemos probar un poco. A ver, una frase de presentación… Hola, soy Zettai y me gustan las chicas bellas como tú, y pienso que deberías cambiarte el nombre a Zaculo.
Zakuro: No lo haré.
Chiaki: What are you talking about?
Libido
She’s a magical girl but not the lead and this isn’t Wedding Peach, so take a wild guess. Yep, nothing here. Nothing means nothing, as she shows no interest on any guys ever. As in GUYS, since there was this time she winked at Mint on a teasing manner. Sure, it might have been an innocent joke as Mint lusts madly after Zakuro all the time and 4k!ds PLAYED IT UP, but I’m sure yuri fanboys didn’t mind. Looking at fanart they probably didn’t.
Grade: C
Age
Pretty much everyone in the West claims she’s 15, but thing is Japanese sources don’t give her age. In fact we just know her school year: third year of MIDDLE school. Yes, she really is a middle schooler with those looks, she gets this brought up in-series. So she could be 14 or 15, and since the show covers a year or so and her birthday is in September 6th so she probably spends just over half the show as 15. I’m used to seeing her as 15 tho, so the score reflects this. Also as a note, while this doesn’t affect me the 4k!ds dub made her 17 AND changed her birthday date. Okay, I can kinda sorta see the former, leaving aside how they made everyone older because they’re terrible people, but changing her birthday date makes no sense even for their standards. Let’s just be glad they didn’t turn her into an iceberg.
Grade: A-
Zakuro: Hey, how did they dare! You cannot ADD years to a woman’s age, that’s insulting!
Chiaki: *plays laugh track*
Voice
Junko Noda has a pretty nice mature voice that works well for Zakuro and suits her looks perfectly. She needs more roles tho, her few leads seem to be mostly in shows for children!
Grade: B
Total: 75 (B)
Chiaki: Hey, not a bad score. This month is being pretty good so far.
Definitely. Turns out I like magical girls better than mothers, who would’ve thought it.
Zakuro: Well, my job here is over. Goodbye!
Wait!
Zakuro: Eh?
Before you go… There is something I really wanna do… But it’s embarrassing…
Zakuro: I mooned you. I think I can take it
Thanks! *hugs Zakuro’s tail and rubs his face against it* Sooo cute and soft!
Zakuro: Thank goodness I don’t get weaker when my tail is pulled…
Chiaki: While Zettai keeps assaulting another middle school girl, be ready for next week’s non-transforming magical girl!
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