Pretty odd combination this week, but they're the ones that came out at the top.
Shojo Magnet
Rivals
For Shojo Magnet, going to need to pick from the options before a direction really comes to mind. Go ahead, look them over and tell me which you find the most interesting. Which mystery are they pulled into? Future prediction could be pretty interesting, depending on the exact direction it goes in.
For Rivals, it might be a good time now to actually establish the rivalry. Which each of the options allows in a different way. Do I have the two leaders meeting now, have them meet each other's groups, or have them meet their own group and team up afterwards? Kind of a tough choice once again. I think it might be best to keep it simple for now, with Usagi meeting her counterpart and the two of them getting on like cats and dogs while being pursued by their respective enemy type.
Re Shojo Magnet: Can I cast an anti-vote for Future Prediction? All of the other options look fine to me; if I had to go with one I'd say Love Spell. But prophesies rank just one rung of the ladder below time travel stories as far as convoluted-ness goes. You have to keep track of whether every little thing is consistent with the prediction (or if it isn't, what the ramifications are). While most mangas, whether Shojo or otherwise, usually do end up zany, madcap, and a complete mess, we already know we're probably going to end up that way anyways, so we might as well keep the baseline story simple. (And yes, I realize I'm being a massive hypocrite here, since 'It's FATE' is in its essence a Future Prediction story).
ReplyDeleteRe Rivals: I'm pretty okay with keeping the rivalry between the two leaders for now. It opens the possibility later of having the other team members meet, get along okay, then fall out when they're offended by Usagi and Momo's attacks at each other.
Love spell is fine, though I kind of like the ghost story option.
DeleteI agree with the idea of the leaders being at odds, leading to their teams opposing each other because of that.