Onegai my Melody

Now with Spoilers

Magical Girls from another world come to this one and
compete in a contest ... but these magical girls aren't
humanoid. They're anthromorph bunnies with the minds
of pre-schoolers and bodies by Sanrio (TM).

First up, Kuromi, who escapes prison to steal the
key to Dark Power. Kuromi is initially motivated by
jealousy of MyMelody. Kuromi is assisted by Baku,
who feeds on dark dreams, and is therefore able
to find them.

MyMelody, Kuromi's childhood friend, is sent
after her, because they need someone who can
use the Melody Takuto. By restoring harmony,
MyMellow receives bright notes, which she collects
in a music box.

Many of the residents in MaryLand feel that MyMelody
should subdue Kuromi and bring her back, but MyMellow
is simply too mellow to favor such tactics. Although she
does break down and cry eventually, that she wants to
go home, MyMellow has been assigned a duty to protect
the humans from the Dark Power, and she does take it
seriously, if not aggressively.

MyMelody is about half the size of the local cat, and quite
defenseless. She is clumsy, weak, slow, soft, and cuddly,
but fears being squeezed in a hug by humans. MyMelody
can be readily knocked unconscious with even light force.

MyMellow travels by holding onto her umbrella, which
allows her to float through the air as if she were ballooning.
Kuromi rides Baku, who can fly by spreading out his ears.

MyMelody's combat style is to activate a champion who
fights in her behalf; the champion can be quite aggressive.

Onegai My Melody has an ensemble cast, with a repeated
theme being the isolation of darkness, and the ensemble
nature of harmony. (Although, we do have a lone biker who
has outlived all his former comrades and continues on alone
without being oppressed by it.)

The show is also expansively toyetic, with My Melody dolls
(and an assortment of clothes for them), My Melody House,
My Melody ez-bake oven, my Melody tea set, etc, ... My
Melody has been a Sanrio character for over 30 years,
so she's had a lot of time to acquire stuff.

Our central character is the middle-school girl Uta Yumeno.
Uta fangirls over high school violinist Hiiragi Keiichi, and
studies the violin herself, although she can't play actual
notes with it. Kuromi first targets Uta because of her frustration
at not being able to play well, but Uta rejects a self-playing
violin, and is rescued by My Melody. Uta agrees to help
Melody, and Melody moves in with her. Uta has 2 sisters
(one older, one younger), a father, and several friends - a
girly-girl, a boyish-girl, and a stalker-boy.
Melody: "Your mother?"
Uta: "She became a star."
Melody: "... Sugoi!"

Kuromi, after failing with Uta, moves on to Hiiragi; he
initially rejects her offer on the grounds that he can get
anything he wants without help, but then agrees to help
Kuromi (instead of accepting her help, note). Hiiragi soon
seduces Kuromi into becoming yet another worshipper
in his fangirl legion. Hiiragi serves as Kuromi's power
source during the first story arc.

Hiiragi has far more darkness than Uta does harmony,
so MyMelody is at a serious power disadvantage even
against Kuromi. MyMellow relies on her human associates
as much as possible.

[url]http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=5103[/url]
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Melody[/url]

The Onegai My Melody box set comes with 13 DVDs at 4 episodes
each and a figure set.

Episode 1. Mostly discussed above. MyMelody's nature is kept
secret from Uta's father, who isn't usually home anyways, but
her sisters and 2 girlfriends know about her.
Uta's younger sister is Koto, her older sister is Kanade.
The girly-girl friend is Miki Sakurazuka, the boyish-girl friend
is Mana Fuujisaki; Mana has a phobia of cute things.

Melody has two magical phrases, "Melody Max", to activate
a champion, and "(name)-san Onegai" to power it up.
MyMelody wins.

Episode 2. Melody and Kuromi explain their positions
to their allies.
part b. Kuromi transforms an academically challenged
classmate of Uta into a walking computer; MyMelody uses
a mouse to defeat him. Win: MyMellow.

Episode 3. A classmate of Uta who enjoys taking candid
photos is pissing people off. Win: MyMellow.

Episode 4. Enter Uta's father. After coming home, he requires
that the girls clean up the house; this leads to confrontation
with Garbage Man, the human fly. Kuromi wins this one.

Episode 5. A supporter of the soccer team wants them
to win by any means. Win: MyMellow.

Episode 6. An elderly biker is looking for his lost youth.
Win: MyMellow

Episode 7. Hiiragi realizes that Miki knows MyMellow and
moves on her; Uta explodes in jealousy (as does Kuromi),
but MyMelody testifies that Miki didn't start anything, and
Uta realizes she screwed up. Hiiragi realizes that Uta is
really MyMelody's anchor. Win: MyMellow.

Episode 8. Mana is left to take care of MyMelody while
Uta is off on a family outing with her father - but Mana
has a phobic aversion to cute, stemming from her aunt
and cousin overdosing on it. MyMelody Wins.

Episode 9. Koto (Uta's 4th grader sister) is stressed by being in
the middle between the class nerd and the class jock; at the
end, they ditch Koto and go off arm in arm together.
Win: MyMelody.

Episode 10. Mornings+(one bathroom, 3 girls)=Comedy.
Then, Kanade, Uta's older sister, has a classmate who
follows her around and stares at her constantly, and it's
freaking her out. Win: Kuromi.

Episode 11. MyMelody is home alone with Yumeno-papa,
who is freaked by the way the doll keeps turning up in
different places. This episode establishes that MyMellow
can survive being washed. Meanwhile, Kuromi has targeted
a young wife and her insecurity in not knowing how to cook.
Once Kuromi makes her a master chef, she decides to make
Kuromi her main ingredient. Win: MyMelody.

Episode 12. A stalker is after MyMelody, and Kuromi is
there to help; Meanwhile, Uta is sick. Major Win for Kuromi.

Episode 13. Hiiragi moves to seperate MyMelody and Uta,
so that Kuromi can capture MyMelody and swipe her magical
stuff. This episode is when MyMelody realizes that her power
comes from Uta. Win: MyMellow

Episode 14. MyMelody gets a message from the Court
explaining Uta's role in her mission. The guy in Uta's
class who torments Uta and gets upset when she talks
to other guys ends up the partner of Flat-kun, a mouse,
allowing Flat to remain in the human world. Win: MyMellow

Episode 15. MyMelody helps two aging idols put their
differences behind them for a reprise album. Meanwhile,
we learn that Uta's mother was a performing vocalist.
Win: MyMellow

Episode 16. Uta asks Hiiragi out on a date; he agrees,
but Kuromi interferes. Win: Kuromi.

Episode 17. MyMelody's family comes to visit.
Win: MyMelody

Episode 18. Yumeno Papa comes home and feels that he's
lost the support of his family; his daughters, meanwhile, are
trying to hide the presence of 6 bunnies. Kuromi takes
advantage, and then the girls let Papa in on current events.
Win: MyMelody

Episode 19. Swimsuit Episode. Win: MyMelody.

Episode 20. Kuromi brings back a dead girl, and leaves
an opening through which pour thousands of the undead.
Win: Kuromi.

Episode 21. Baku and Kuromi fight, so Kuromi transforms
herself into MyMelody. Win: Kuromi

Episode 22. A young girl with abandonment issues
adopts MyMelody after a wind collapses her umbrella
and drops her on the street. Win: MyMelody

Episode 23. Kuromi takes human form as Kurumi Hiromi
so that she can dance with Hiiragi; however, Baku is greatly
concerned about the dangers of this. Win: Kuromi.

Episode 24. Yumeno Papa decides to attend Parent's day
dressed as a woman because all of the other parents there
are mothers. After the opening, we have a student in Uta's
class who is depressed over being less developed than
her classmates even though her mother is more developed
than the other moms. Win: MyMelody

25. Uta's classmates are wondering about her talking pink
bunny. Meanwhile, the clumsy class-leader has issues.
Win: MyMelody

26. The jock in Koto's class is facing an older student
twice his size in a boxing match. The older student favors
trash talking pro-wrestling style; his younger challenger
fully intends to kill the bully dead.
Win: My Mellow

27. Hiiragi discovers the power of the Black Notes,
and begins collecting them in earnest. Melody is
helpless against him.
Win: Kuromi

28. Weather Report Girl - an actress becomes a weather
control oni. The King arrives from Mary Land to power-up
MyMellow.
Win: My Mellow

29. A beautiful girl can't grasp why she isn't liked.
Win: My Mellow

30. Kuromi tries to turn Hiiragi back into a child, but
he resists and the backlash sweeps across the town,
leaving Koto to manage.
Win: My Mellow

31. Hiiragi learns that My Mellow has a weakness, so
he takes Uta on a date to learn what it is.
Win: Hiromi

32. A psychic pretender is dealing in futures.
Win: My Mellow

33. Uta has a birthday party; Hiromi attacks all her guests,
trying to prevent the party.
Win: My Mellow

34. Kanade has a fight with her boyfriend over his being spineless.
Win: My Mellow

35. Baku and Hiromi. How they met, what they mean to each other.
Win: My Mellow

36. Baku opens a passage into Hiiragi's dream, into which
My Melody and Kuromi intrude. They find his dreamscape
a barren wasteland, everything else sacrificed to music.
The intruders break the largest seal, which ruptures Baku
and forces a merger between the dreamscape and reality.
Hiiragi's unrestrained id then decides to destroy the world.
Since they are opposing Hiiragi's direct will, Uta has
to support My Mellow.
Win: MyMellow

37. Mana has her pet stolen; when My Melody can't use magic
to help, she turns to Kuromi - who transforms Mana into a
jungle movie action heroine. Win: My Melody.

38. An insane director forces the usual suspects
to appear in his movie. Win: Kuromi

39. Christmas Special. Koto is deeply troubled by not
having any memories of her mother. Win: My Melody.

40. New Years Special. Uta goes to Mary Land, which is fading
away. The secret of the Pink Notes is revealed.
This episodes introduces Kuromi's gang members.
Win: My Melody

-Galen

On Sun, 13 May 2007 19:56:21 -0400, Galen Musbach
<musbachg@adelphia.net> wrote:
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>On Sun, 13 May 2007 19:55:28 -0400, Galen Musbach
><musbachg@adelphia.net> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>Now with Spoilers[/color]
>Forgot the link:
>[url]http://magicalgirlacademy.nekomimicon.net/MyMelody/[/url][/color]
Now with Spoilers

Magical Girls from another world come to this one and
compete in a contest ... but these magical girls aren't
humanoid. They're anthromorph bunnies with the minds
of pre-schoolers and bodies by Sanrio (TM).

First up, Kuromi, who escapes prison to steal the
key to Dark Power. Kuromi is initially motivated by
jealousy of MyMelody. Kuromi is assisted by Baku,
who feeds on dark dreams, and is therefore able
to find them.

MyMelody, Kuromi's childhood friend, is sent
after her, because they need someone who can
use the Melody Takuto. By restoring harmony,
MyMellow receives bright notes, which she collects
in a music box.

Many of the residents in MaryLand feel that MyMelody
should subdue Kuromi and bring her back, but MyMellow
is simply too mellow to favor such tactics. Although she
does break down and cry eventually, that she wants to
go home, MyMellow has been assigned a duty to protect
the humans from the Dark Power, and she does take it
seriously, if not aggressively.

MyMelody is about half the size of the local cat, and quite
defenseless. She is clumsy, weak, slow, soft, and cuddly,
but fears being squeezed in a hug by humans. MyMelody
can be readily knocked unconscious with even light force.

MyMellow travels by holding onto her umbrella, which
allows her to float through the air as if she were ballooning.
Kuromi rides Baku, who can fly by spreading out his ears.

MyMelody's combat style is to activate a champion who
fights in her behalf; the champion can be quite aggressive.

Onegai My Melody has an ensemble cast, with a repeated
theme being the isolation of darkness, and the ensemble
nature of harmony. (Although, we do have a lone biker who
has outlived all his former comrades and continues on alone
without being oppressed by it.)

The show is also expansively toyetic, with MyMelody dolls
(and an assortment of clothes for them), MyMelody House,
MyMelody ez-bake oven, my Melody tea set, etc, ... My
Melody has been a Sanrio character for over 30 years,
so she's had a lot of time to acquire stuff.

Our central character is the middle-school girl Uta Yumeno.
Uta fangirls over high school violinist Hiiragi Keiichi,
and studies the violin herself, although she can't play
actual notes with it. Kuromi first targets Uta because
of her frustration at not being able to play well, but
Uta rejects a self-playing violin, and is rescued by
MyMelody. Uta agrees to help MyMelody, and MyMelody
moves in with her. Uta has 2 sisters (one older, one
younger), a father, and several friends - a girly-girl,
a boyish-girl, and a stalker-boy.
Melody: "Your mother?"
Uta: "She became a star."
Melody: "... Sugoi!"

Kuromi, after failing with Uta, moves on to Hiiragi; he
initially rejects her offer on the grounds that he can get
anything he wants without help, but then agrees to help
Kuromi (instead of accepting her help, note). Hiiragi soon
seduces Kuromi into becoming yet another worshipper
in his fangirl legion. Hiiragi serves as Kuromi's power
source during the first story arc.

Hiiragi has far more darkness than Uta does harmony,
so MyMelody is at a serious power disadvantage even
against Kuromi. MyMellow relies on her human associates
as much as possible.

[url]http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=5103[/url]
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Melody[/url]
[url]http://magicalgirlacademy.nekomimicon.net/MyMelody/[/url]

The Onegai My Melody box set comes with 13 DVDs at 4 episodes
each and a figure set.

Episode 1. Mostly discussed above. MyMelody's nature is kept
secret from Uta's father, who isn't usually home anyways, but
her sisters and 2 girlfriends know about her.
Uta's younger sister is Koto, her older sister is Kanade.
The girly-girl friend is Miki Sakurazuka, the boyish-girl friend
is Mana Fuujisaki; Mana has a phobia of cute things.

Melody has two magical phrases, "Melody Max", to activate
a champion, and "(name)-san Onegai" to power it up.
MyMelody wins.

Episode 2. Melody and Kuromi explain their positions
to their allies.
part b. Kuromi transforms an academically challenged
classmate of Uta into a walking computer; MyMelody uses
a mouse to defeat him. Win: MyMellow.

Episode 3. A classmate of Uta who enjoys taking candid
photos is pissing people off. Win: MyMellow.

Episode 4. Enter Uta's father. After coming home, he requires
that the girls clean up the house; this leads to confrontation
with Garbage Man, the human fly. Kuromi wins this one.

Episode 5. A supporter of the soccer team wants them
to win by any means. Win: MyMellow.

Episode 6. An elderly biker is looking for his lost youth.
Win: MyMellow

Episode 7. Hiiragi realizes that Miki knows MyMellow and
moves on her; Uta explodes in jealousy (as does Kuromi),
but MyMelody testifies that Miki didn't start anything, and
Uta realizes she screwed up. Hiiragi realizes that Uta is
really MyMelody's anchor. Win: MyMellow.

Episode 8. Mana is left to take care of MyMelody while
Uta is off on a family outing with her father - but Mana
has a phobic aversion to cute, stemming from her aunt
and cousin overdosing on it. MyMelody Wins.

Episode 9. Koto (Uta's 4th grader sister) is stressed by being in
the middle between the class nerd and the class jock; at the
end, they ditch Koto and go off arm in arm together.
Win: MyMelody.

Episode 10. Mornings+(one bathroom, 3 girls)=Comedy.
Then, Kanade, Uta's older sister, has a classmate who
follows her around and stares at her constantly, and it's
freaking her out. Win: Kuromi.

Episode 11. MyMelody is home alone with Yumeno-papa,
who is freaked by the way the doll keeps turning up in
different places. This episode establishes that MyMellow
can survive being washed. Meanwhile, Kuromi has targeted
a young wife and her insecurity in not knowing how to cook.
Once Kuromi makes her a master chef, she decides to make
Kuromi her main ingredient. Win: MyMelody.

Episode 12. A stalker is after MyMelody, and Kuromi is
there to help; Meanwhile, Uta is sick. Major Win for Kuromi.

Episode 13. Hiiragi moves to seperate MyMelody and Uta,
so that Kuromi can capture MyMelody and swipe her magical
stuff. This episode is when MyMelody realizes that her power
comes from Uta. Win: MyMellow

Episode 14. MyMelody gets a message from the Court
explaining Uta's role in her mission. The guy in Uta's
class who torments Uta and gets upset when she talks
to other guys ends up the partner of Flat-kun, a mouse,
allowing Flat to remain in the human world. Win: MyMellow

Episode 15. MyMelody helps two aging idols put their
differences behind them for a reprise album. Meanwhile,
we learn that Uta's mother was a performing vocalist.
Win: MyMellow

Episode 16. Uta asks Hiiragi out on a date; he agrees,
but Kuromi interferes. Win: Kuromi.

Episode 17. MyMelody's family comes to visit. Win: MyMelody

Episode 18. Yumeno Papa comes home and feels that he's
lost the support of his family; his daughters, meanwhile, are
trying to hide the presence of 6 bunnies. Kuromi takes
advantage, and then the girls let Papa in on current events.
Win: MyMelody

Episode 19. Swimsuit Episode. Win: MyMelody.

Episode 20. Kuromi brings back a dead girl, and leaves
an opening through which pour thousands of the undead.
Win: Kuromi.

Episode 21. Baku and Kuromi fight, so Kuromi transforms
herself into MyMelody. Win: Kuromi

Episode 22. A young girl with abandonment issues
adopts MyMelody after a wind collapses her umbrella
and drops her on the street. Win: MyMelody

Episode 23. Kuromi takes human form as Kurumi Hiromi
so that she can dance with Hiiragi; however, Baku is greatly
concerned about the dangers of this. Win: Kuromi.

Episode 24. Yumeno Papa decides to attend Parent's day
dressed as a woman because all of the other parents there
are mothers. After the opening, we have a student in Uta's
class who is depressed over being less developed than
her classmates even though her mother is more developed
than the other moms. Win: MyMelody

25. Uta's classmates are wondering about her talking pink
bunny. Meanwhile, the clumsy class-leader has issues.
Win: MyMelody

26. The jock in Koto's class is facing an older student
twice his size in a boxing match. The older student favors
trash talking pro-wrestling style; his younger challenger
fully intends to kill the bully dead. Win: MyMellow

27. Hiiragi discovers the power of the Black Notes,
and begins collecting them in earnest. Melody is
helpless against him. Win: Kuromi

28. Weather Report Girl - an actress becomes a weather
control oni. The King arrives from Mary Land to power-up
MyMellow. Win: MyMellow

29. A beautiful girl can't grasp why she isn't liked.
Win: MyMellow

30. Kuromi tries to turn Hiiragi back into a child, but
he resists and the backlash sweeps across the town,
leaving Koto to manage. Win: MyMellow

31. Hiiragi learns that My Mellow has a weakness, so
he takes Uta on a date to learn what it is. Win: Hiromi

32. A psychic pretender is dealing in futures. Win: MyMellow

33. Uta has a birthday party; Hiromi attacks all her guests,
trying to prevent the party. Win: MyMellow

34. Kanade has a fight with her boyfriend over his being spineless.
Win: MyMellow

35. Baku and Hiromi. How they met, what they mean to each other.
Win: MyMellow

36. Baku opens a passage into Hiiragi's dream, into which
MyMelody and Kuromi intrude. They find his dreamscape
a barren wasteland, everything else sacrificed to music.
The intruders break the largest seal, which ruptures Baku
and forces a merger between the dreamscape and reality.
Hiiragi's unrestrained id then decides to destroy the world.
Since they are opposing Hiiragi's direct will, Uta has
to support MyMellow. Win: MyMellow

37. Mana has her pet stolen; when MyMelody can't use magic
to help, she turns to Kuromi - who transforms Mana into a
jungle movie action heroine. Win: MyMelody.

38. An insane director forces the usual suspects
to appear in his movie. Win: Kuromi

39. Christmas Special. Koto is deeply troubled by not
having any memories of her mother. Win: MyMelody.
Kuromi and MyMellow both get keyboards so they can
play back-up.

40. New Years Special. Uta goes to Mary Land, which
is fading away. The secret of the Pink Notes is
revealed. This episodes introduces Kuromi's gang members.
Win: MyMelody

41. A rival aided by Kuromi challenges Hiiragi.
Hiiragi's connection to Kuromi becomes known to Uta.
Win: Kuromi.

42.Return of the young wife from episode 11; this
time, she wants to win at the supermarket sales.
Meanwhile, MyMellow teaches crafts in Uta's class-
making MyMellow purses.
Win: MyMelody

43. Hiiragi is betrayed by the dark power.
44. Betrayed by darkness, offered redemption by the
light, where does Hiiragi go from here?

Thematically, it is usually the heroes who gather
strength and reaffirm their commitment prior to the
climactic confrontation with the Ultimate Evil - but
in Onegai My Melody, Good is the overwhelming force,
and Evil struggles constantly just to stay in the
game. So the villain has the moment of truth instead.

45. Hiiragi becomes the Prince of Darkness; now
malevolent, he reveals himself as such.

46. The forces of Good assemble and dedicate
themselves to opposing Hiiragi. Uta breaks off with
Hiiragi, and becomes the leader of his opposition.

47. MyMelody tries to make peace with Hiiragi, and
ends up sparring with Kuromi all episode. Pure Comedy.
Win: MyMelody

48. Merry Land is fast becoming uninhabitable, so the
Baku clan flees to the human world. Hiiragi throws them
out of his mansion, so they move in with MyMelody. Uta
confronts Baku over his role in the destruction of his
own world.

49. As other Merry-landers land in the human world,
a hippie with a big afro decides the pink sheep was
made for him.
No wait, this episode is about Miki, who lost her
ability to write poems when Hiiragi revealed himself,
learning new depths of her art from the pastel Beatnic.
Win: Kuromi.
The final note completes the Dark Symphony,
and Hiiragi prepares to play it.

50. Hiiragi begins playing. Merry Land is destroyed,
and the city overwhelmed by Chaos.

51. Henshin! As overwhelming evil sweeps over the world,
our heroines try to fight back by singing a pop song.
But it doesn't work, and the world is destroyed. End.
No wait, the queen breaks into the ending sequence and
rewinds time so they can try something else.

52. Evil is defeated. Hiiragi tells Uta she'll always
be like a little sister to him. For no discernable
reason, the series ends with everyone at a hot spring.

Next up: Onegai My Melody Kuru-kuru Shuffle


-Galen[color=blue][color=green]
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