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akemi homura, kaname madoka, miki sayaka, tomoe mami, tsukino usagi, and 1 more (mahou shoujo madoka magica and 1 more) drawn by keah

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    Could Have Been A Lot Worse!

    ... but really its not too far off, is it?
    Soul Gems ---> Sailor Crystals: The Sailor Crystals practically serve as a Sailor Senshi's soul, as well as power source. Yaten even stated that the physical body is unimportant, all that matters is the Sailor Crystal.
    Witches ---> Youma: While most of the Sailor Moon monsters are beyond goofy (I'm lookin at you Ponko), there are plenty that can be genuinely terrifying and dangerous. Also the Sailor Senshi do die, and in rather harsh ways. Sure they come back to life eventually, but that doesn't make their deaths any less horrifying to experience.
    So, Sailor Moon and Madoka Magica show a very similar set of events, just with one emphasizing despair and fear

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    James-Sarrowtail
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    Alega said:

    Damn, never thought of that.

    That has been known for a while, it's the biggest reason that Madoka is seen a reconstruction of the genre. It only affirms what has already been established, and simply explores those elements.

    There are two big differences, however. As much as I LOVE Sailor Moon... you can't look at the anime nor the manga and say that the writing is anything of quality. It isn't, particularly at the end of the series. This is something that Madoka improves on in leaps and bounds.
    On top of this, as mentioned... Madoka focuses on other elements that are there but usually pushed to the background. The despair, the fear, the danger... Sailor Moon does have it, but it's not the focus of the show. And to be fair, since Sailor established what MG's are for many years after it's release, this is something that a few other shows explore but not with nearly as much impact as what happened in Madoka.

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