| Healer Girl takes after Aria, another slice-of-life show with a similarly chill setting, pacing, and premise of girls taking apprenticeships (magic singing or being a gondolier in future space Venice respectively). Interestingly, it also aired in the interim between the first and second seasons of Love Live! Superstar!!, which is not a magical girl series, at most being magical realist, but also stars 5 girls with dreams of becoming singers. Healer Girl's songs even sound like a spiritual continuation of Superstar's first season as both share similar grand orchestrated instrumentals and soft, soothing vocals and lyrics. Superstar is more focused on personal drama with a central focus on depression and anxiety, but it's a psychologically healing show. There are even close character parallels, most prominently Sumire/Reimi and Sonia/Margarete. Fittingly, I sought this anime out because I wanted more of what Superstar offered, and in many ways, it feels more like Love Live Superstar Season 2 than the actual Season 2. I guess if you're also including video games, Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan / Elite Beat Agents also shares the theme of using music to help or motivate people accompanied by surreal imagery, though these games are way more cartoony. UPDATE: Worth noting that the book Ria reads, La Petite Fadette by George Sand, is about a girl from a healer family who is shunned by her rural community as a witch, which is a pretty neat and appropriate reference. |
MelodyOfMemoryFeb 14, 8:53 PM
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