graphic novel art style featuring magic girl protagonist, Magical Girls are very common characters in anime, manga, and videogames, that has now become a popular type of heroine to use in media from North America, Europe, and Australia. These heroines initially started as normal heroines that gained magical powers and the ability to transform into feminine superheroes, but now basically anything that has similar tropes and lots of girly colors is considered a magical girl. Known as mahou shoujo ("magical girl") or just majokko ("witch-girl") in Japanese, Magical Girls are empowered by various means with fantastic powers that both assist and complicate their lives, but manage to persevere despite this.