larryhammer | Question in lieu of a post (Reply)

I'm trying to organize my thoughts on the omniscient narrators of Inda, The Viscount of Adrilankha, and Blood and Iron, but that requires, yanno, thinking -- and what brain I have is preoccupied with the novel currently code-named "That Werewolf and Fairy Romance Thingy,"* by way of taking care of the obvious things before tossing it at first readers. Concerning which, my current impression is it's not broken but there's work to be done: even aside from continuity problems, the second fifth needs tension, or at least a reasonable facsimile thereof, and the climax takes place in the Land of Talking Heads and Adjectives. Also, I've taken away the fairy's wand -- despite her grumbling that I'm such the meanie.

But I digress. Like I said, little brain. Though the brain problem may also be from reading my secret manga of shame a.k.a. Love Monster. I can feel neurons dying with each chapter. And yet, I keep reading. Maybe it's the bizarre shoujo BDSM subtext beneath the sparkly flowers and chibi bats. Or Hiyo's goodnatured idiocy. Or the --

Again with the digressioning. What I'm trying to ask is:

Why, in manga/anime, do only middle-school girls seem to become gods (or, occasionally, angels)? Is it too late by high school? Or am I just not meeting the right series?

* Did I mention I'm the suckness with titles? I can't even come up with a working title for this thing. Maybe I'll just call it Jase and Fi's Excellent ~~Coming Out~~ Adventure and be done with it.

---L.