So this was fruitful. I ended up with 84 candidates for the top rotation, which I'll process and install after I make this post.

I didn't watch the show; as is my usual habit I went through the episodes in reverse order just so I wouldn't get hooked by the story. But once I was finished, I came away with the unmistakeable impression that the show is a deliberate spoof of Sailor Moon. One of the big giveaways was the dreamy guy who shows up wearing a mask and throws white roses around. But there were a lot of other things. It isn't just Sailor Moon they're spoofing; there are a lot of other characters who are clearly takes on things.

There's the crazy girl from the newspaper club who is constantly looking for scoops. There's the clumsy girl who keeps tripping while carrying trays of crayfish. There's the enemy girl who's blonde and tends to wear goth-loli clothing who fights using giant mechas. And there's that teacher; yeesh.

Just all kinds of things that look like they're intended to be funny. And, in fact, I would classify this show as a comedy even though it does get serious at the end, for a while.

It feels like a sequel, but ANN doesn't list anything else except for a 2-episode OVA, so I don't know.

Anyway, it wasn't bad. And the girls are cute and the art is decent and I got 84 grabs out of it. So that's not shabby.

UPDATE: Another thing that makes it seem like a spoof is that Haruka and Aoi's faces look exactly the same when they're Twin Angel and when they're not, and yet people who know them as civilians don't make that connection.

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