Welcome to the Fantasy Zone
This Zone is dedicated to the lesser known elements of anime hosted by the cast of Victory Script.
What weapon is the best?
Who will win in this Death Battle?
Is this costume practical?
You name it, it's all covered here in the Fantasy Zone!
Vshojo has been active since 2020 and became my official entry into Vtubers and over the years, each talent has become a staple of Youtube and Twitch.
I'll be ranking every talent in chronological order including talents who have since left the group.
Ironmouse
The Puerto Rican has been around the longest and most people know of her condition where in basic terms, she has practically no immune system but this didn't stop her from being a gremlin who brings her feisty latina routine to every stream along with her incredible singing voice, her main appeal is how well she plays off other people especially CDawgVA.
Her position as the top talent in the agency is well deserved.
Zentreya
Zentreya has the strongest presence among the talent and regularly uses an electronic voice to hide her real voice suggesting she's either well known in real life or is more than one actor as it's often suggested that Zentreya's model is used by more than one person, but the mystery is irrelevant as it's Zentreya's relationship with her chat, comedy timing and material along with the deadpan delivery of her electronic voice makes her a joy to watch.
Silvervale
Silvervale has the presence of being sexy, wholesome and altogether fun to watch, her models often stood out the most by how much detail each one has, her main appeal is that she has her family join her on stream most notably her mother. She since left VShojo to go independent, her reasons are widely speculated including a feud with the agency or jealously over more popular talent but my theory is that she left after the Hogwarts Legacy incident made her feel vulnerable and VShojo didn't help her through it that well.
Projekt Melody
From revolutionizing the cam girl industry to becoming the lewdest vtuber on the planet, Projekt Melody's goal is to normalize the discussions of the often taboo subject of sex while also bringing her brand of innocent lewd humour, up with Zentreya and Kson, she's an absolute genius of her craft.
Nyanners
Having since moved agencies, Nyanners is the last of the founding members of Vshojo and arguably the weirdest among them, older than she acts she brings a host of weird and wonderful streams everything from classic PlayStation to toy streams from fun collabs with partner Lord Aethelstan to butchering 80s ballards. Probably the only Vshojo graduate to maintain her strong presence in the vtuber talent pool.
Apricot Froot
Froot brings the British flavour into Vshojo, her appeal is that of an artist that never left the 00s emo era of metal, from butchering metal songs to being the straight froog girl in a game room of chaos, Froot is always a joy to watch.
Hime Hajime
Better known as Sydsnap the degenerate Queen, Hime Hajime rarely plays her character mostly only for promotional events, why she bothers to stay as a vtuber is beyond me especially as she is married to Trash Taste's Garnt.
Veibae
I probably learned more about Veibae from her interview with the BBC, not much to say about her, she's probably the only talent that doesn't have a gimmick to offer, it's unknown why she left but considering she's also from Britain it was likely a logistical decision rather than any fallout.
Kson
Formally the world renowned vtuber Coco, Kson returned with Vshojo and quickly reminded us why she's the best Vtuber on the planet, not afraid to use sex appeal, Kson brings the best of Japanese Vtubing mixed with a blossoming career with Sega's Yakuza/Like a Dragon series. Kson truly is the best of the bunch.
Nazuna
Formally Rushia, Nazuna had a good start but it was becoming abundantly clear over time that the former star didn't want to do Vtubing anymore having left Vshojo after barely a year.
Haruka
Having been a regular among the Vshojo talent right from the beginning, the Canadian finally joined in 2022 being a big source of the comedy routines with the other talent.
Henya
Formally Pikamee, she became an innocent victim of the whole Hogwarts Legacy incident, having joined Vshojo as Henya, she's become her best self with her kettle like reactions to just saying Dayo, Henya is always a joy to watch.
Geega
Basically Veibae with more gremlin energy, she has a much better presence than the devil maid but you still can't get over the fact that there are a high number of vtubers that use a similar look. Good actress though.
K9 Kuro
Originally reaching out to Vshojo just to help with a tax issue as well as help debuting as a vtuber, the British talent became Vshojo's first male, fitting very well amongst the all female talent, it's like Vshojo just gained it's first little brother character.
Matara Kan
So what was missing from a roster of degenerates, gremlins, comedy geniuses and just raw fun? A dommy mommy, which Matara Kan happily gives, whether she is older than the other talent is hotily debated but two things are apparent, she somehow made cockroaches sexy and she quickly cemented herself as the perfect mommy character for the other talent. She has since left VShojo for undisclosed reasons.
Michi Mochievee
Another refugee from a fallen agency, Michi brings in alot of chaos energy and gives K9 Kuro someone to collaborate with more often, also does alot of karaoke
Amalee
A surprise signing, Amalee has quite the reputation as a singer and actress, already quite well established in the medium, should fit well with everyone.
We'll be using a tier grade system to rate the talent today.
Ironmouse - S
Zentreya - S
Silvervale - B
Projekt Melody - S
Nyanners - S
Apricot Froot - A
Hime Hajime - C
Veibae - C
Kson - S
Nazuna - D
Haruka - B
Henya - S
Geega - B
K9 Kuro - B
Matara Kan - A
Michi Mochievee - A
Amalee - A
But none of these 16 talents are my favourite, my actual favourite vtuber will be getting her own entry.
I've done the cures now time for the series themselves, all 24 will be ranked today.
Precure as a franchise doesn't do bad, at worst it's okay at best it's in my top ten so I rate none of these entries as bad.
24. Wonderful Precure
What were they thinking? No magical violence and a lead that has been reduced to someone's pet dog, the lead is supposed to be a girl the audience can relate to. The lowest Precure have sank.
23. Fresh Precure
Precure prides itself on it's influences and likes to pay homage to them, especially if certain staff worked on other shoujo series, however Fresh takes so much that it can't stand as it's own show, the influences are hard to ignore and are distracting not helped by the fact it was released in the genre's stale years.
22. Healin Good Precure
Beautiful setting in a very plain environment. Largely uneventful for Precure and very stale and a very stupid ending.
21. Futari Wa Precure Max Heart
Shiny Luminous wasn't really needed as the duo were plenty strong enough as characters to not need support, too many episodes made this season drag.
20. Yes Precure 5 GoGo
Season fatigue was the problem here, a near 100 episodes of the same team is just too much and never found any real boost from Precure 5.
19. Delicious Party Precure
The plot is back to basics but hardly ground-breaking.
18. You and Idol Precure
Already way better than many of the last few seasons, a lot of promise with this one.
17. Precure Full Bloom
An opportunity to showcase former Yes Precure 5 and Splash Star Precures as adults, great idea that failed to stick the landing, 20 years of Precure and still no adult Precure, at least effort was made.
16. Maho Tsukai Precure Mirai Days
I'm all for more of this couple but I can't help but think it's going for an audience that has already moved on from precure.
15. KiraKira Precure A La Mode
This series made the homage so obvious you could almost call it plagiarism but at the very least it's still colourful and the characters although familiar to magical girl veterans were fun.
14. Doki Doki Precure
Contains two of my least favourite precures and one of my least liked villains and possibly worst costumes, but there is some entertainment to be witnessed.
13. Hirogaru Sky Precure
A season that plateaued hard by mid season but ended better than it had any right to, it brought alot to the table but ultimately never hit it's true potential.
12. Tropical Rouge Precure
A laid back offering with not much agency in the plot and utterly dominated by argubly the best Precure ever made.
11. Star Twinkle Precure
The story wrote itself into a corner that they never recovered from but at least it was fun.
10. Suite Precure
It's position after Heartcatch gave it the impossible task of trying to recapture the same glory but I found myself loving the art style along with a certain guitar haired Precure.
9. Precure Splash Star
I can't ignore the fact that the two Precures can easily be mistaken for the original duo but the fighting set a high standard to follow.
8. Yes Precure 5
I've grown to appreciate this season more but again, so many cures that I don't rate highly.
7. Mahou Tsukai Precure
The best duo since the original pair along with the most beautiful Precure. Strong in characters, weak in setting.
6. Go Princess Precure
The most fabulous Precure, no, Magical Girl series ever. Every transformation produces an ever bigger dress, it's pure unapologetic fun.
5. Futari Wa Precure
The first season is showing it's age but there's no denying that without it, the franchise would not reach such heights.
4. Hugtto Precure
Anniversary year aside, this is proof that Precure still has a place in the world, packed full of the most heart warming, emotional scenes Precure has ever had.
3. HappinessCharge Precure
This was when Precure was at it's most creative and deserves more praise than it gets.
2. Smile Precure
The last two I consider the seasons that best represent Precure. Fun, colourful, memorable precures, memorable villains, not afraid to get silly yet deliver an experience worthy of it's name.
1. Heartcatch Precure
Same reasons as Smile only this series is in a different league altogether. Every good quality that the franchise has is showcased here in Heartcatch, this season will never be topped.
We've all been duped.
A harem anime is a romantic comedy where the lead has the attention of more than two girls or boys, each candidate having their own personality and set of fans who cheer them on, nothing gets an anime fanbase so riled up as having ships to support, just ask Ash Ketchum.
But you never had a choice, more often than not it's usually the first girl who wins.
Why that's so annoying for a watching crowd is that they are also the least popular choice; Naru Narusegawa is hated among the fanbase and is used as the poster child for hatred of tsunderes.
I don't think much has changed, in this era, an anime literally has to make the correct choice or face a public execution, although the Gundam Wing yaoi baiting was just pathetic back in the day, but we still get it now, and no Midoriya will never love Bakugo.
Some anime with dating game backgrounds will use the option of pick everyone, Photo Kano gave us time and endings with each girl and is left up to the fans to decide which one should be canon, Happy Lesson flat out has the lead marry everyone, spare a thought for anime that never have a conclusion like Sakura Taisen despite us leading to believe there would be one.
So choice in what girl or boy to have is entirely at the writers digression.
The only choice from an actual harem to be correct is from Kiss Him Not Me.
But the first piece of media to really break this trend can't even be considered manga; original English language manga Aoi House, a story about two guys ending up in a yaoi fangirls college dorm, and while I have some opinions about that era of fandom circa 2005, but despite having an obvious candidate in the resident tsundere, she doesn't win the harem.
I used to do a segment where I quickly cover topics I don't have time for full posts on, time to bring it back.
Code Green
A random post on Facebook ranking the best black characters in anime put Piccolo as their number 1, there are too many things wrong with that to name without using certain language. Toriyama never really had the most decorated history of portraying black characters, so I wouldn't rely on Dragonball for that, I like Eiichiro Oda's approach where he named the Strawhat's nationalities if they were real people, which paid dividends when casting the live action series.
Sonico is Plus Sized
Rewatching Super Sonico you realize that she's actually a plus size model, at least by anime standards, but we still don't know the mystery behind the headphones.
Sonic Cartoons are Peak....Mostly
In the UK we have a free view TV network that can 24hr stream different series, we recently gained a dedicated Sonic channel consisting of the Jaleel White Sonic cartoon era.
Aosth is just as silly as ever and more off the wall than I remember.
SatAM lacks the edge it once had thanks to the comics far out living all other non video game Sonic media but still good.
Underground has this weird balance between bizarre and compelling that it's hard to really categorize it.
Rewatching an episode of Kiss Him Not Me, reminded me of how utterly petty the idea of shipping is.
The example they use is who in the yaoi couple is the dominant one in the relationship, the episode reaching a peak when Shima wins a fanfiction battle against Kae which greatly upsets Kae, Igarashi calling out Shima's behaviour as not only petty but potentially could end the friendship.
I kinda feel this is the only way these shipping wars end, it's a tale as old as time, or at least since Gundam Wing has been a thing, but we've since dropped the forums in favour of all out content creation wars and video essays on why Bakugo and Midoriya are a canon couple and why everyone else is wrong including the mangaka.
What happens with a character is up to the original artist, it's fine to fantasize and fan theory but remember that the anime was not made just for you.
This extends to anyone in the field of translation who change meanings and dialogue or add things that don't match the intention of the creator, unless told otherwise by said creator or production company to do so, translation and localization are two different things, the job of the localizer is to make the story make sense in the language they translate to as a good portion of Japanese dialogue really doesn't translate well, you only have to see a cheap Hong Kong knock off dvd to see how poorly it translates.
It's really not worth alienating yourself from the anime community over a drawing's sex life.
