So! You just watched a young adult lady turn into a monster girl and ate another monster that wasn't kawaii as her.
You're probably wondering what's with that sentence alone-
This is Fear the Girls From Willow Reverie, a Magical Girl series where the frills are instead fangs. It's a genre mash up I've had in mind for years and I wanted it to be put out there in the world. If you wish to just see things play out, then go on ahead, thank you for reading and especially placing trust with me. But for those still on the fence...
Let's run down the deets that won't be apparent for a bit:
>The theme is monster girls, "Beastly Beauty", and their abilities are more witch-like and a curse
>While yes, they're monster girl hybrids and a more armored take: strangely enough, the armor takes cues from dresses and formal attire, if not a twisted version of them. So we do have the frills, just fanged
>They can use magic, but its not only black magic but takes time for them to learn
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>Yes, there will be a team--it's just that our main heroine will be alone at first due to her depression and aversion to things, but hey, power of friendship right?
>And most importantly, yes--there will be over-the-top transformation sequences, just merged with supernatural horror leanings that'll be "tamed" as they get better
>And most most most most importantly, yes, there will be attack names and transformation phrases
To clarify yes, this is meant to be an straightforward take on the genre. It's just that, akin to the yearly motif changing of PreCure for example, the monster/modern gothic theming will mutate the standard tropes that comes with Magical Girl works. I'm not trying to be Madoka Clone 3456.7, because that'd be boring.
The intrigue of this work is meant for us to question, "well, what can work here under this rather dark theme--can the power of love, friendship, and peace survive the jaws of a monster?" Just like the protagonists who are suffering under this curse--can their humanity ultimately triumph, or do they have to change that further?
Hopefully you're still interested enough to see these questions be answered, and if not hey--thanks for hearing me out regardless.
Enjoy the work, or don't, just thank you for checking it out.