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Kidou Tenshi Angelic Layer
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Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha ViVid
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Both series focus on a small group of characters, primarily young girls, fighting alongside and against each other in organized tournaments that are popular spectator sports. The battles in Angelic Layer are fought with electronic dolls that the competitors customize themselves and control with their thoughts, while the competitors in Nanoha Vivid are engaging in actual physical and magical combat, but both series share common themes like characters wanting to grow and become stronger, bonding with their opponents through the shared experience of competition, age and size being no barriers to success, and learning to trust themselves and their own capabilities in order to succeed.