1: This is kind of awesome.2: I too like the realism factor. I *also* like the realism factor of having the government instantly coopt the magical girls so that they can focus on saving the world instead of making rent.
2a: The fact that the police are taking the talking rabbit in stride and have accepted him as a credible source is also kind of cool.
3: I actually initially read the bit about the sun transformation as a semi-telepathy thing associated with the transformation brooch. Girl takes item in hand, girl willingly attempts to state her own heritage, girl states her own heritage as it is rather than merely as she knows it, girl has WTF moment, but puts it to one side so as to focus on the situation at hand.
...and now I have this image of, say, Tsukusa taking a moment to step outside one night and give her father a bit of a talking-to. Speaking of which, I really like Tsukasa as a character.
Incidentally, given that you have so much other realism in the story... why did the Gods wait to empower their children until right before life-and-death battle? Why not give them a bit of time to practice first, and possibly get used to the idea? I'm not saying that this is a bad thing - I like how it makes the story flow and the scenes produced and all that - I'm just sayign that the Gods ought to have some reason that they found sufficiently compelling. Izuna in particular has had a number of people she knew and liked die in front of her because she was not adequately prepared when the threat first raised its head. If her father can't give her a *real* good justification....
Assuming that the messengers are going to be handing around and doing the Magical Girl Companion Animal schtick, I'm interested to know what they can do. The crow obviously ahs some sort of shielding power... what else dot hey have?
2a: The fact that the police are taking the talking rabbit in stride and have accepted him as a credible source is also kind of cool.
3: I actually initially read the bit about the sun transformation as a semi-telepathy thing associated with the transformation brooch. Girl takes item in hand, girl willingly attempts to state her own heritage, girl states her own heritage as it is rather than merely as she knows it, girl has WTF moment, but puts it to one side so as to focus on the situation at hand.
...and now I have this image of, say, Tsukusa taking a moment to step outside one night and give her father a bit of a talking-to. Speaking of which, I really like Tsukasa as a character.
Incidentally, given that you have so much other realism in the story... why did the Gods wait to empower their children until right before life-and-death battle? Why not give them a bit of time to practice first, and possibly get used to the idea? I'm not saying that this is a bad thing - I like how it makes the story flow and the scenes produced and all that - I'm just sayign that the Gods ought to have some reason that they found sufficiently compelling. Izuna in particular has had a number of people she knew and liked die in front of her because she was not adequately prepared when the threat first raised its head. If her father can't give her a *real* good justification....
Assuming that the messengers are going to be handing around and doing the Magical Girl Companion Animal schtick, I'm interested to know what they can do. The crow obviously ahs some sort of shielding power... what else dot hey have?