Shugo Chara!

In celebration of my first review! I shall review my very first anime! Keeping in mind this was the anime the started it all for me, when I was in sixth grade. Those who are fans of the Mahou Shojo genre this is a breathe of fresh air. It has adorable designs and wonderful characters that relate to its intended audience. As an older viewer it's still a wonderful series to watch (minus Shugo Chara: Party) with it's classic cringe filled moments and humor and overall adorableness. I may be biased but it's a good starter anime for the young viewer. Jewel~

First of all I have to say this series was in every way a masterpiece, The story was so original, And even though it may seem like its only enjoyable for kids, Trust me it is not, This will be enjoyable at whatever age you are, If your older this will bring you back to your childhood that you either miss or never had, It will make you laugh, and smile, Root for the characters, and make you want more, It's a fresh air, If your down in the dumps you will definately want to watch this, and then watch it ten more times, This is a show I beileve that every person will enjoy. Plot 10/10: The plot is as original you can get for a shoujo series, Sure maybe you've seen something like this before, But the way the creators execute the plot makes it 100 precent original, There really is nothing I would change about it. Art: 9/10: The art goes perfectly with the story, It's not too mature or too young looking, Each character has their own look which is great, Plus the guys in this series are hot ^^ Sounds 10/10: I love the music! It really makes you happy and smile, It also fits the characters and the story, Plus Ikuto's voice is hot! Characters 10/10: I love the characters, Each one is so diverse and unique, Each one has their flaws, Yet at the same time you cannot help but loving them, They all feel so real, Oh and dont get me started on the Guardian characters, (fangirl squeal) I would have each one as a best friend, then my life would never be boring ahh :D Overall 10/10: Nothing bad to say about this series, Its great and enjoyable, A breath of fresh air, Especially when your life is dull or depressing ;D, Give it a try if you dont like it maybe its not for you but I'm pretty sure you'll like it ;D

(please note that this review only covers the first season) Shugo Chara is the first true magical girl series that I've watched and as such, I must say that it was a very good introduction to the genre for me. I feel no small amount of shame in saying this, but I really like Shugo Chara! Story: The story of Shugo Chara seems extremely simple at first. Essentially it boils down to main character Amu Hinamori saving the hopes and dreams of her classmates using the powers that her Shugo Caras grant her. The real story is a romance involving Amu a love triangle between Amu, Tadase, and Ikuto. The romance is very good though it is worth noting that the rather large age gap between Ikuto and Amu can make for some rather uncomfortable scenes, I was personally able to overlook it but I feel that it's worth mentioning as it could be a deal breaker for some people. It is also worth noting that there are many episodes of filler and even some clip shows. The filler is actually pretty good in the beginning since it helps flesh out all of the characters but at certain points, espicially near the end it can get really frustrating. As for the clip shows... They're about as enjoyable as you'd expect (read not at all). The story is really secondary to Shugo Chara's amazing characters. Art: The art is Shugo Chara is very well done and never really disappoints. The screen is filled with all sorts of bright colors and shots such as the school at sunset or the city at night really look amazing. A lot of people will also be happy to know that the infamous magical girl transformation scenes, while still present here, are very quick and sometimes are removed entirely. All the human character designs look good both when normal and character transformed. As for the Shugo Chara's, they take cute Chibi art to a whole new level and looking at them for too long can give you diabetes. The diabetes is totally worth it. Sound: I've only seen the Japanese version subtitled so I can't really speak on the English dub, but all of the Japanese voices are well cast and talented. The background music is also well done and adds a lot to some of the scenes. The sound effects while not the best are still very good. All of the Openings and Endings are great as well with the first opening serving as a real standout. All and all Shugo Chara's sound is very well done. Characters: Shugo Chara may have a massive cast of characters but don't let this deter you, since all of the characters are very well done. Amu Hinamori is one of the most complicated and most realistic characters I've ever seen and I managed to relate to her almost instantly. The story effectively revolves around Amu's insecurity and her quest to find her true self and it's a story that we've all been through at least once. The other characters are all very well done also, such as Tadase and his desire to be a stronger person or the truth about Nadeshiko. The Shugo Charas, while not really deep due to their nature, are very likable and often times hilarious. The only character who doesn't quie match up is Ikuto Tsukiyomi. It's not that he's a bad character (like another black wearing multiple blade wearing Anime guy I could name) it's just that he is essentially introduced as the "Lord Byron" of the series and stays that way the entire 51 episodes. He does play his role as a dark and mysterious character very well but it would have been cool to see some character development or some more background surrounding him. All in all though the characters are amazing and a real selling point for the show. Shugo Chara may, at first glance, look like a generic, childish block of filler designed to sell toys, but it's amazing characters, great art, and excellent sound definitely make it worth watching. Give it a try and you might fall for it like I have.

It's true that Shugo Chara is your average Shojou anime with it's group of child heroes and their transformations as well as some romance added into the mix... but Shugo Chara was the first anime series I ever watched and the feeling I got from it was different to other Shojou animes... I don't know how to explain it, but watching Shugo Chara reminded me how it felt to hope, how it felt to try and enjoy life. The first thing I really liked about the show was Amu herself - she's a 10 year old with sass and I really liked that. I mean okay, when she immediately fell for Tadase I was kinda annoyed but then I remembered that she was only 10. That's a thing about this show - you forget that they're just elementary school kids. Amu is actually really mature for her age and that's why I sort of looked up to her in a sense, despite me being 7 years older than her, because of the way she tries her hardest in life, how she gets along with her friends and family, how she goes through everything. The second thing I really liked about the show was Ikuto. Tsukiyomi Ikuto was definitely my first anime crush - I shipped him and Amu from the first episode! As well as the Amuto shipping feels, however, Ikuto's character has quite a lot of depth, especially considering the fact that this is a Shojou anime aimed at a younger demographic, and it's because of him I think that I was able to enjoy this anime so much. The way he took the burden of everything on himself, the way he felt trapped by Easter... it just helped me identify with him and the way he and Amu interacted just put a smile on my face. The Chara's themselves were another thing which I really liked about the show - so it seems to be a sort of recurring Shojou theme to have little mascot-type characters but the Charas are just... I don't know how to describe it but personally I was able to identify with both Yoru and Miki in a way and I have no idea why! The fact that the Charas are born through a person's desire to change themselves is actually a rather brilliant idea, because I think it sort of shows how if you have that wanting to change and better yourself within you, you'll be able to. It's an anime which gives you hope and puts a smile on your face while telling you that you can change if you really want to, that the world has a happier side to it. That's why it's always going to be one of my favourite animes.

While Shugo Chara isn't the best anime I've ever watched. It certainly is one of the most enjoyable. It all starts off as a normal magical girl show at first, but after the first few episodes I got immersed in it's fresh concept. Shugo Chara isn't just about a magical girl trying to save the world from the generic badguys. instead Shugo Chara has a deeper concept of showing people that it's never too late to wish for and believe in your dreams.

Shugo Chara! is quite a handful to talk about. So many elements of the season (nay, the series) can be seen from just these 51 episodes, and to truly break it down in a few sentences isn't really possible. Things are handled so drastically different that in my opinion, Shugo Chara's characters and plot pretty much stand on their own spectrums. To start with, Shugo Chara's plot is arguably its weakest element. The plot is barely held together by a monster-of-the-week format. The execution and method chosen to do this, while weak, is incredibly effective in a symbolic way; using eggs as a metaphor for childhood innocence and character development gets points for originality if nothing else, and it's a good thing it holds up so well. However, it does have some incredibly unfortunate implications, such as the fact that it and the counter for its metaphor goes hand in hand with predatory behavior towards children. This is made worse by Nikaidou, who pretty much lays the entire metaphor on the table on. One of the best parts of Shugo Chara, however, is its characters. Shugo Chara's actual characters are broken down into a series of onion-like layers that gives them lots of depth and allows for genuine exploration of characters, since they're based in logic and given real behaviors. This also helps create a nice contrast between someone's "outer character" and their "inner character" (or "true self"), and creates some great comedy, one of Shugo Chara's other elements it excels at. The comedy in Shugo Chara is pretty much the best you could want: lots of constantly changing and exaggerated faces, visual comedy, puns, subtle jokes, straight man schtick, it's pretty much all covered. They experiment with a TON of styles, which I respect their willingness to try at least. Thankfully, at least a few jokes are guaranteed to make you laugh. The Charas behaviors and episodes themselves based on premise alone also lend themselves heavily to comedy, and the writing delivers. A character's "Guardian Character" (referred to as their "Chara" for ease of writing) adds another layer to the "inner and outer character" symbolism I mentioned before; here, it's not necessarily them, but even if it's not, a Chara is based on who they want to be. So we can argue that at least in a philosophical sense, they represent at least an ideology of the type of person that you could become. Shugo Chara's characters aren't relegated to just jokes; lots of side characters, main characters, and even the Charas themselves all get plenty of time to grow and develop, several reoccurring. One of the most interesting elements present is that while Charas are typically invisible, some characters have the ability to see Charas despite not being children: namely, Ikuto, Utau, Saeki Nobuko, and Nikaidou, oddly enough. I'm unsure if this is meant to be symbolic, but my best guess is that it could be interpreted as they haven't lost their childlike innocence, which would speak volumes to Utau's character arc. Personally, I found Utau's arc to be done the best. Despite it putting the majority of Dia's character development on the backburner due to the amount of time it was extended away, it works harmoniously with the way she goes through a genuine moral struggle to find herself and ultimately, the courage to make important decisions that impact the rest of her life. Overall, Shugo Chara may not be the best series ever; on the contrary, it seems pretty low quality, formulaic, repetitive, has a terrible plot, and other elements. However, these aren't its true strengths. Its true strength is engaging with its audience and putting them in the characters' perspectives firsthand, getting us to feel their struggles and joys and emotions with vigor, with plenty of laughs and empathetic moments along the way. Despite its low score, this is an absolutely positive recommendation.

If I could describe this anime in one word, it would be: amazing! I wish I could go back in time and watch it for the first time again. I loved it, from story-telling, fights to characters. Characters were well done and everyone had something unique to them that no one else had, which made the anime more interesting to watch! Usually, I'm the Shoujo type of person and I like how this one was a healthy relationship growing if I can say so, compared to other anime were in like 3-4 episodes, they already like each other and start dating. I remember being annoyed with the romance growing pretty slow but it was worth it, I'd watch it again anytime. Maybe for this year, people wouldn't give it a chance, but please do, it's really cute and has an amazing story and you got almost everything you want in one anime!

Shugo Chara was a enjoyable anime to watch. It had a storyline that anyone could love and I think if you are looking for a fun, lighthearted but slightly emoutional anime this is the one you have been looking for. It has Comedy that is sure to make you laugh at some point or another and the characters are so loveable! This anime has 3 season and is sure to last you a little while unless your like me, and watch anime none stop if its really good xD So if you have some time be sure to add this title to your watching list ;)

Its my first time writing a review so... I will try my best. Just note that what I am writing now will be my impression of both 'Shugo chara!' and 'shugo chara doki!' (both seasons). I thought the anime started off really well. First of all, some people may not mind the art in anime so much, saying tings like "Oh, art doesn't matter so much as long as I can differentiate between different characters" but for me, I can't stand to watch an anime that does not have good art. But for this anime, that was not a problem at all. The artwork was perfect! and most of all hinamori amu (the most important protagonist) was designed really well. I would further like to mention that her voice acting was great too! It was natural, and really did suit the character well I think. Thus in terms of art and voice, no problems what so ever. The idea of the story itself, I thought, was unique and captured my interest initially at the beginning. However, bearing in mind that this show is meant for children, it became pretty repetitive throughout with lots, and I mean lots of filler episodes (especially in season 2) . Now, my age is definitely not be categorized as 'child' so I really don't have the right to complain about fillers despite how annoyed I felt during my way through the episodes. It felt as though these fillers blocked the progression of the story way too much. But if I put myself in perspective of a child watching the same anime, I'm sure I would have gotten excited whenever Amu did a character transformation. In fact, that would have been ALL I cared about so as a child, filler or not, as long as she made that transformation I would have enjoyed it. My point is that given my age, and yours too (i'm sure) we don't have the right to complain about fillers since we, in the first place, are watching a show that was meant for kids in the first place. So for me at least, despite my hatred of these filler episodes, I came to understand their worth and managed to keep hold till the end. The first season went pretty well I thought. The story progressed well, posing questions and uncertainty, developments between character relationships etc. Its this 'development' that we look for, and the first season managed to do just this and made it enjoyable for me to view. However the second season was different. It undoubtedly lacked the depth which was present in the first season and, as I said above, was highly concentrated with fillers. I'm sure even with these, the story could have progressed as well as it did in the first season, but instead, I felt like there was a huge separation from the 'main plot' to 'side plot'. For instance, serious event takes place and causes despair but in the next episode all the seriousness is suddenly neutralized by a rather boring filler episode. I'm sure the fillers could have been made better than that, or even, made in a different order so that it does not interrupt the tension that was built up from before. I am not complaining about the existence of these filler episodes, do not misunderstand. I am merely noting that these could have been made with a bit more care so that it does not disturb the development of the anime. Perhaps then, for older audiences, it could have been much more enjoyable. So I thought that there was a dramatic change in the level of enjoyment from my initial sense of satisfaction in the first season to utter disappointment in the second. Now for the characters.. I really liked Hinamori Amu. She is energetic, kind, cute and straightforward. All the qualities that you would look for in a perfect protagonist in an anime like this. Not just her, but all the other characters were great too. In terms of the relationships between these characters, I really initially loved the fact that Nadeshiko and Amu were so close. After all, she was Amu's first friend ever and her 'best' friend. The close friendship between them made me feel happy for Amu but I was rather disappointed later on, and the reason for that is not what you may expect. But since I don't want to write any spoilers, I will prohibit myself from saying it out loud. The other two main characters of the story is Ikuto and Tadase. The love triangle the goes on between the two and amu is rather obvious from the start so no spoilers there. Given that amu and tadase are elementary school students, a part of me says that heavy romance is not possible. However there indeed exists elements of romance in here and so another part of me screams that even if 'light' romance, there should be a proper pair at least. The ending of the anime provided me with the worst pairings possible and I'm sure 99% of mature viewers were disappointed with the outcome . But Oh well, that is my opinion only. I'm only suggesting that if romance is what you are looking for, this anime is not really the right one to watch but i must admit, it is cute when amu blushes. Maybe that may perhaps change your thoughts, I don't know. Romance is not really a big part so... yeah. Anyway the character desgns, I thought, were really good. Tadase the typical princely figure with Ikuto being the character that has a much more playful attitude, especially towards the one he likes. Overall I think this show was good. It was good, but not good enough. Note that I haven't written anything to do with the third season, 'shugo chara party' because it is useless to write about. There is absolutely no point in watching that. Not only is Ikuto kicked out from it, even Amu appears less and less frequently. Anyway, I thought initially shugo chara was great, but as I watched on, it became less and less enjoyable for me to watch. Eventually I dropped in during the third season. And trust me, it is not only me who feels this way. Season 3 only has under 30 episodes because of the loss of popularity. I don't find that strange given that they changed the whole show completely. So to finalize, I do not recommend you to put hours and hours watching this. My recommendation is for you to read the manga and enjoy the story with better development, formation of a proper pair, and most of all less time!. The manga is concise and follows the story directly! it will take you less time to finish with more enjoyment than the manga.

STORY: It may look like a typical magical girl anime but it is one of my favorite animes and it provides a very good plot. It was knocked down to a 9 because of the many fillers and the repetitive battles with the X eggs. The story is unique and different and all forms of magic reflect the character's personality rather then just transforming to save the world. This is because they transform, or "character change" into someone they want to be in the future. ART: No complaints on the art. It was very well done especially on Ikuto

I think this is a very good anime .I just LOVE it .If you R a big fan of romance: a girly boy who expresses his love to a girl in a shy like manner and a bad boy who expresses his love by joking around (ex: lifts her off her feet but then ruins the mood) fighting over a girl who cant get like 7 guys out of her head. Action: boys & girls with (I'll call them "special powers") special powers fighting over one cause (the Embreyo). This is a great anime to watch if you like Rosario+Vampire ,Sailor Moon ,Mew Mew Power , D.N Angel ,Clannad ,Special A. ,Fruits Basket , Gaken Alice ,Girls Bravo ,and other anime like these.

I hope this review helps! :) Story: 6 The story was quite interesting, and so was the idea of Shugo Charas/Guardian Characters, would-be selves. I liked the fact that the story explored many different characters and why they have a Shugo Chara (if they do), as well as the twists. However, the only bad thing I can say about the story is that like many magical girl anime, there is a lot of filler. Although interesting, wouldn't it be better if they could just skip to the next important parts? But all the same, the filler was enjoyable too. Art: 6 Can't say much because this isn't a very new anime, but I like the art style. It's rather basic, and simple. It gives off a cheery and bright mood. Animation is fine, and yeah, there are the typical magical girl transformation scenes, but I don't mind them. Sound: 8 The OPs and EDs are really good and memorable. Also, the songs in the anime (Utau's songs) are really good as well. The background music also really suits the anime, and the characters all had brilliant voices that showed their personality well, I applaud the seiyuus. Character: 8 I quite liked the character bonding and relationships that improved over time. This is the good part of all the filler. I also liked all the characters' designs and personalities, which are all really different and individual. Although this is something that happens in a lot of magical girl anime, I liked the fact that the enemies became allies after the main characters defeated them or persuaded them to become good. Enjoyment: 7 I quite enjoyed watching all 51 episodes of this, because it always made me laugh. Even though there was a lot of filler, this anime really gave me a lot of hope in my life. I'm not ashamed at all to say that I watched this and loved it. Overall: 7 I highly recommend this anime to those who like magical girl anime, as well as cheerful and funny ones with great messages. Do try not to fall asleep during the filler though.

Shugo Chara - A popular Shoujo anime Story - 4/10 What story? It's just about these group of elementry school kids with magical transforming egg powers purifying X eggs with a bit of story here and there, but the episode are just about helping a person with their egg problems. Art - 7/10 It's not bad, but I generally don't like the giant forehead/giant eyes look, but it's too too bad. Sound - 8/10 I'm not a fan of Shugo Chara type of music, but they're not bad. Character - 5/10 Amu is the ultimate Mary Stu. Not only does she have like 4 eggs, she has this Mary Stu personality. Ikuto is your oh so common Shoujo male character - perverted and good looking and plays the violin. Tadase is just annoying and his personality is boring... and Utau is your tsundere... and the rest of the characters... are just boring..... and annoying..... Enjoyment - 6/10 It bored me..... Since after the first few episodes it was just about the group of elementry school kids going off running about helping random people... Overall - 7/10

Okay, so here's my first ever review so bear with me. Shugo Chara was one of those anime that I REALLY was hesitant to watch. I read some of the manga and was, quite frankly, very disappointed with it. I didn't know why so many people were hyped up about it. After finally pushing myself to get over the absolute girlyness of it, I finally got an appreciation for the anime. This is coming from someone who would rather watch Black Lagoon or Mirai Nikki, by the way. Story: Okay, so it's a pretty average "Monster of the Week" kind of plot. Basically, everyone has an "egg" in their heart and if you awaken that egg, you get your own Guardian Character and can transform with them to get a Character Transformation. However, your egg can also become an X character if you're going through a lot of stress. The main characters fight the X characters and save the day. There ya go. There is a real plot that goes on, but 90% of the anime is just that. Art: I have to say, I normally hate Peach Pit (the manga duo who also created DearS and Rozen Maiden) but I found the art and animation of Shugo Chara very appealing. It was bright and colorful with very detailed lineart. The animation was well done (nothing amazing, but definitely not terrible) so it was nice to admire. The transformation scenes are especially cute and well executed. It was actually the transformations I saw on YouTube that got me wanting to watch Shugo Chara. Sound: Nothing amazing. Catchy J-Pop songs for openings and endings that are easy to sing to, but nothing spectacular. I don't even remember the BGM so it never stood out to me. Character: A VERY large cast of characters. Many of the characters start off as anime stereotypes but do become more developed as the story goes on (at an EXTREMELY slow pace though). The main character, Amu Hinamori, is a young girl who people think is "cool and spicy" when she really is shy and girly. You will most probably find her as a very annoying character. I most certainly did. She does develop as a character, but I could care less about her. There are the school Guardians who are enjoyable too (my favorites being Kairi, Kukai, and Rima). There's also Ikuto who is the classic bad boy that all the fangirls fawn over (I personally never cared for him) and Utau Hoshina (who I wish was the main character, quite frankly). And there are also all of the Guardian Characters that you'll meet. Overall, it's a very wide cast and there is bound to be at least one character that you'll come to love. They all get developed pretty well and each of their stories are interesting to watch (except Yaya...). Enjoyment: If you can put up with the absolutely girliness and some really annoying characters, Shugo Chara is an incredibly enjoyable anime. Each time I watched a new episode, I felt happier and ready to do anything. Shugo Chara makes a bad day much better with the different morals that each episode teaches (no matter how cheesy some might be). Many of the situations the characters go through are relatable so it's makes the viewer more connected with the story. Overall: Not an amazing or incredibly unique anime, but very fun and light-hearted. You should definitely watch this if you're having a bad day and need something bright and happy to cheer your up. I give this a 7/10 because although it's nothing very unique, it's has several redeeming qualities that will make you stick through all 51 episodes and even through to the 2nd season (but don't bother watching the 3rd season...).

I hope you do agree with me that the introduction of this anime really does produce excitement. Especially the romantic meeting and moments of Amu and Ikuto. Sadly, I got bored with it after fifteen episodes or so. Of course I still look out for episodes wherein Ikuto and Amu would have some intimate moments, but that is as far as my will extends to. This is only my opinion though, but...Tadase's other character transformation, the one with the frills and ribbons, sucked. He looked so gay. This is just me though, and some of my friends. Haha.

Loved this anime ( this season specifically) If you like cutesy magical girls, this has to be on your watch list. What I liked about this anime was characters. Everyone was just really interesting and fun to watch. And you kind of grow closer to each person every episode. I also liked that the story really tried to express the moral of being true to yourself. So people aren't mindlessly watching the anime without a moral :P Overall, it was really enjoyable and so easy to watch.

I have an anime and manga backlog. I wanted to diversify my anime and manga list, so I looked around for recommendations in each demographic, and I did my own research. Shugo Chara came up a few times. It wasn't too popular. Even if you specified Magical Girl series, it would be towards the bottom of each list. Safe to say, while it was on my backlog, it wasn't a priority for me. That is until, my friend recommended it to me. I was conversing with them about my backlog. They originally recommended Nana to me. I told them that due to my impatience with Yona of the Dawn, Black Clover, Dance Dance Danseur, and Hunter x Hunter, I'd rather watch/read a series that is complete. So they saw Shugo Chara on my list and recommended it to me. It was always low on most people's list and wasn't really a priority on my list. Though since my friend recommended it to me, I decided to give it an earlier watch. Especially since, aside from a few things, we generally have similar taste. Even on live action shows, we're very similar. This series will just be added to the small pile of disagreements. I'll just talk about the age gap right away. It's the elephant in the room. The two characters with the most chemistry are Amu (MC) and Ikuto (one of the guys in her reverse harem). There's a five year age gap where one is 11 and the other is 16. That's a huge problem, and it makes no sense. Amu and her friends act as if they're older. Like, she legit acts like she's 13 or 14. They really should've aged her up. Though that wasn't really the biggest issue, funny enough. Even if it was obviously some chemistry there, I didn't really hate it early on. I didn't start to hate it until around the mid to late 30s. I was actually pondering why I had lost interest. I thought it was due to the amount of episodes. Basically, 41 chapters were made into 102 episodes (the remaining being filler). I thought that the show in general had too much filler. Then I remembered something. The Dear Brother manga had 18 chapters, but the anime adaptation was 39 episodes. The Cardcaptor Sakura manga had 50 chapters while the anime had 70 episodes. The Princess Tutu manga had 10 chapters while the anime had 38 episodes. I really liked those series. So then, what was the issue? That's when I realized the true kiss of death for this series. The cast doesn't have any chemistry. The characters are actually good, but that means nothing when they don't interact like friends. Among the many filler episodes, not enough are dedicated to the more fun episodes that would show cast interaction. Not enough emphasis on friendship, a Christmas arc, a summer arc, a spring arc, a festival, etc. Where is the fun??? They needed to focus more on that, and less on the reverse harem. So overall, I rate it a 5. Like I said, the characters are good. Some episodes are fun. The show itself was fun until the 30s, so that has to count for something. I just wish that they focused more on fun. Do I recommend it? No. It's too niche. You'd have to be very young to enjoy this series, or watched it when you were young. If I had to change things around, then... DON'T READ PAST THIS POINT IF YOU DON'T WANT MODERATE SPOILERS!!! If I could correct Shugo Chara I would: - Age: age the cast up, except Ikuto and Utau. I'd make Amu, Utau, Tadase, Rima, and Nadeshiko start off being 13, with Rima technically meeting them when she's 14 and they're all 14. Aging Utau down so she wouldn't be 14 and beefing with a 10 year old. Kukai would be 14. Yaya and Kairi would be 12. Ikuto would remain 16. All of them would be in middle school, except Ikuto who's in high school - Ships: Amu x Ikuto would start off 13 and 16, and end the series 15 and 18. That way, they'd still keep some of that forbidden age gap spice, without it being too unsettling. Rima x Painter would be 13 and 13, and end the series 15 and 15. Yaya x Kukai would be 12 and 14, and end the series 14 and 16. Nadeshiko would remain a girl and be paired with Tadase at ages 13 and 13, and end the series 15 and 15. Kairi would end up with Saaya (mean red haired girl) with her being the same age as Amu. So they'd be 13 and 12, and end the series 15 and 14. Plus, obligatory older girl x younger guy for a switch up. I'd make a love interest for Utau. Have her love interest be an up and coming female popstar that Easter is pushing as her replacement. The new popstar would be an Indian woman with a forehead jewel, purple hair, and brown eyes. It'd be a queer relationship, amongst the majority Het pairings. Plus, Shugo Chara is obviously inspired by Utena, so it'd be a nice homage to that. They'd start off as enemies. It would be a lampshade to Nanami (In RGU, Nanami has blond hair and purple eyes, like Utau) not liking Anthy (purple hair references anime Anthy while brown eyes references manga Anthy). - love dynamics: Amu wouldn't have a crush on Kukai, because it makes no sense. Have Kairi crush on Yaya instead of Amu. Combine that one girl plotting with Amu and Saaya, and make Saaya crush on Kukai from the start. She'd offer to help Amu win Tadase if Amu could help with Kukai. Saaya would warn about Nadeshiko x Tadase and Yaya x Kukai. The joke is that Amu thinks she's crazy, but those ships come together in the end. Kairi would join and they'd help each other win over their crush, but would eventually grow to like each other. - regular dynamics: more friendships and hobbies. Have them do more activities together. Have the ships hang out alone together and go on dates and separate with each other at festivals. Bring on the fun!

Now This is a very old anime in my book and I don't really remember much honestly but if there would be a overall rating of this I would call it either 6 out of 10 or 7 out of 10! My main reasons for this there are a lot of repetitive elements in this anime along with outdated animation style and "simplistic arcade mangaography"!! incoming spoilery stuff or general idea of what is happening! These are not exact events that occur but how the main story loop is in this material (The Main character always ends up in a self satisfying self serving justice role and ends up "fixing" the "Souls" of other characters to the point of this show turning them into almost like "puppets" Basically IT GETS DARKER! and DARKER! To the point where you keep questioning yourself is this fine to do ? Should she have so much power or not or if the characters deserve salvation in the first place or not or they were better off dead in the first place because of their suffering or not or if every single soul needed saving or needed anything at all ! Of course with "thy powah of light and magical girly stuff happening" that is totally not coated with bunch of "fan service by the way for no reason" in the very end it all ends up fine! The animation quality is poor (I must remind the audience this is a animation series catering toward PG 13 audience and its made in 2007 therefore if you can look past this this is a solid 7!! If not if you find the childish anime logic and the grueling "torture of souls" I would call it straight up which would totally leave you with mixed feelings like I said "Is this fine" etc This anime is great! There is much worse out there which would leave you in a complete loop of "Regret and guilt trip" over and over alike to "Kaiji"!! Overall This would be a learning experience where not everything that is "Good" is considered Pure Good and it leaves you with a bitter taste of realization that would make you realize there is a bit of Evil and Power Harassment or more like in everything in the world!! "Overpower harassment" in this case because holly crap this girl has sum will power to not give up wanting to help people out!!

Shugo Chara! Is a super fun anime that I enjoy watching on bad days. It's a guilty pleasure of mine. Sassy and difficult female protagonists that are good have a special place in my heart. I feel like Moody female characters get a bad rap and often get put in villain roles. I kind of like The Sassy aspect Amu and the struggles that a older almost adult person has when being alternative and not having a lot of self-confidence. I always get a self-esteem boost and I enjoy rewatching it. The recommended age for the show is 14 through 17 but I do think it is directed for a younger demographic so I let a lot of the childish aspects of the show just go to Whimsy. After all this is a magical girl anime LOL