Been Watching Idol Shows (along With Nick Shows) A Lot Lately And Just Really Want An Excuse To Talk

Been watching idol shows (along with nick shows) a lot lately and just really want an excuse to talk about an old series I made while creating a new world. 

This is the modern era and the internet is a dominating aspect. The best platform is Millenia, a virtual world where anybody can be anyone. It is the start over everyone wants. It comes with a full body suit with sensors on it to track body language. 

In the song artist area it is becoming rough and competitive. No new singers have risen to the top of the charts or been shown. Among these singers are idols. They have formed a society of worshippers and endless unrequited love. They are nicknamed witches.

In Millenia, there is a underground place called Staged. It is disguised as a high school and has classrooms with stores, performances, or practice. It’s like a shopping mall. 

It is filled with witches who use the latest features like Effects and Changeable. Effects is the most popular feature where if an idol starts singing, she is surrounded by the images she chooses. Changeable is the second most popular feature where idols can switch outfits in the middle of any concert.

Enter a typical protagonist, a shy girl who cannot catch her big break. After her singing career flops, she decides to take the path as a witch. In the underground Millenia, she starts her training as an idol.

She meets four witches and learns how much harder it is to be an idol than a singer. She is memorizing dance moves, surveying the locals, learning about the fashion trends, going on variety streams, and trying to gain recognition among the other witches. 

She realizes on the way that her biggest fault is how lackluster she is. The four witches don’t take an interest in her and were just nice enough to help a newbie. She struggles to stand out against the crowd. Luckily, her previous singing experience is carrying her but for how long?

She faces backlash from the singing community for becoming a witch and started getting fan hate. Her mentality crumbles at this.

After many performances and having fun, she has somewhat established herself in the world of Staged and as a witch.

In her everyday life, she doesn’t really get along with her peers because of her serious nature. She is usually focused on school and turns to the internet for support. She finds out she really enjoys hanging out with the four witches and wants to really become their friends. 

I got the brand and outfit she would use! She would use LoLi GoThiC (from Aikatsu) and have a bit of a Victorian era vibe.

Been watching Ranma 1/2 lately and I had the idea for the spinoff I made for it awhile back. I really want to talk about some episodes I really like and see how to add my own characters to it.

To recap, the protagonist is pretty neutral about their two sides. They prefer to be female and doesn’t really care when people call them. It only becomes an issue when they deliberately wanted to present themselves as female to their school and after they accidentally transform, everyone thinks they’re male.

They escape to the United States and live with their distant relatives under the disguise of a transfer student. They have a younger girl cousin and a male cousin who accidentally finds out they’re able to switch between male and female. He suggests she use her male form to go to school. She heavily refuses as she just wants to be an average girl.

On the first day of school, she only has her tribal clothes and just borrows her cousin’s clothes to blend in. The pants had to be hemmed up and the shirt is a bit too big where it had to be tucked in. 

Right before she could enter her class, a vase from the upper floor falls and she manages to only dodge the vase, not the water inside it. She changes into her male form and is introduced with a neutral nickname. 

Since she’s not fluent in English and pretty flustered from the transformation, she comes off as cool and mutely handsome. A lot of the guys don’t like her and the girls are too lovestruck. She manages to make friends with another cool and handsome guy, his sister, and a nerdy photographer who is apart of the newspaper club in extension. The photographer is trying to find the latest scoop and may have burned a few bridges for the hottest newspaper article.

On the same day, they’re challenged in PE by a jock. He’s a showoff and wants all the ladies. He’s not afraid to put down others and people he sees as weaklings like the protagonist. They go on separate tennis teams and the protagonist wipes the floor with them. They become lifelong rivals from there.

There are always an idol group arc. Here is how I would write it in my universe. After a fierce competition arc, it is time for downtime and some cuteness. They have to participate in many events to cement that they are a group. 

A new feature going around is the Broomstick mode. It is taking the world by storm. It works with the new Vote style of concerts where after the audience is 100% hyped, idols can ride broomsticks in the stadium. It can work alongside the special victory dance too.

Another thing, I noticed they added pom poms and batons to help with teamwork. The group should do it too because it’s cute and will help with their hand eye coordination. 

New groups are popping up everywhere so new characters are going to get introduced. There is a legendary group they have to beat.

The group is having a hard time working together because the protagonist is not comfortable with a group and learning the new routines. 

The protagonist is considering quitting and her manager keeps her spirits up.

I really like this show, but its so long and takes too many detours. I am thinking of using the concept and making a conclusion to this, only going off memory. I’m adding a twist to it with pokemon adventures. 

The series is about a fox spirit and a powerful priest (the correct term is taoist but I don’t know if I want to use that specific title here). The two form an eternal love contract and promise to be together in all their future lives. Since this is uncommon for fox spirits, she pays a big price of her powers and memories. They start the cycle of reincarnation together. 

In the modern day, the now younger fox spirit wants to be a matchmaker like everyone else in her species while the priest just wants to lazily go through school. They meet while she is trying to do a successful job and work together to complete the job. 

Her two sisters are furious though and just want her to meet her lover again. Once the two fully reconnect, they’re supposed to regain their memories and old powers. The fox spirit does not want this and the priest doesn’t either. The two try to resist their destiny but slowly start to like each other.

I want the fox spirit to be Whitley and the priest as Blake. It seems fitting and I think they didn’t get enough screen time in the manga. 

A very cute detail is that the main characters tend to wear what they had before. Whitley would wear two bells on her waist at first but then tie them to her hair once she slowly regains more of her memories. Blake would wear all black at first then once he regains his memories, he will start wearing more blue and a red hat.

Their past lives are White and Black. There is supposed to be a contrast between the two so I will try to make sure to make it distinct enough. White is an ambitious, fierce girl while Whitley is a shy, very conservative girl. It works out since she’s supposed to get push around by her sisters. Black is an easy going guy with a big heart while Blake is ruthless and a playboy. This will be harder to flesh out.

I will have to think of the story more and re-watch the important parts, but I do know that they have to regain all their memories at some point. They have to face their destiny head on and defeat the ongoing problem from their past lives. This includes an enemy, their family, and with each other.

I really like the tea ceremony martial arts. I didn’t enjoy how it was really used, but it was interesting. Didn’t enjoy the episode though.

I liked how they used matcha powder as smoke bombs. Using the obi wrap as handcuffs was interesting. Using the roses as darts was amazing.

I think this could be some items and a style good for the ram rival. 

I realized I cannot talk about any recreated fight scenes without talking about the cursed protagonist’s ultimate rival.

Not mentioned in previous posts, the protagonist’s biggest rival and friend in all this is the one cursed with a duck body like a swan. They both grew up in the same village together and the Swan took the same route as the protagonist in escaping. The Swan is mad that the protagonist left her and hid. 

She found herself sponsored by a rich family and goes to a rivaling private school. She is equal in strength and skills, but lacks formal training unlike the protagonist. The Swan doesn’t really care about it anymore as she takes up ballet, piano, and dance in her time.

The Swan’s debut episode is after the protagonist becomes a huge hit and defeats the biggest jock at their school. She catches wind of it and comes to check it out under the guise of wanting to confess to a boy. Upon seeing the protagonist, she is overcome with rage and doesn’t hesitate to attack them, no matter which form they are in.

The protagonist looks pretty much the same, but most differences is in the facial structure and body. As a male, the protagonist is taller, more muscular, and has a sharper jawline. His hair is slightly duller from the lack of care and straighter. As a female, the protagonist is slightly shorter, slimmer, and has very soft features. Her hair is a bit curlier, fluffier, and shiny from all the products.

Once attacked, the protagonist is overcome with fight-or-flight and doesn’t recognize the girl in front. Many people are booing them for attacking a girl in their male form, but its just an instinctual response. Not wanting to make a bigger fool out of themselves, the protagonist just restrains the Swan and gets her to talk. Realizing the Swan is their childhood friend who got abandoned, the air becomes awkward and the protagonist has to let her go. Angrily, the Swan leaves and is embarrassed about what they did.