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“Staying alive costs money . . . It took me way too long to realize this simple truth.”
― A Magical Girl Retires
― A Magical Girl Retires
“The reason magical girls exist is because they needed their power the most. In other words, before a magical girl awakens her powers, she’s the weakest person in the world.”
― A Magical Girl Retires
― A Magical Girl Retires
“I think I’ve worked hard enough at life—I wasn’t given much, but I tried my best not to waste any of it, at least. But even as I’ve come this far on my own two feet, I can’t help but feel other people have been pushing me along all the way.”
― A Magical Girl Retires
― A Magical Girl Retires
“When is the proper age to shed the moniker 'girl'? Do you stop being one with your first period? Are you an adult once you grow taller than 160 centimeters? When lots of adults don't reach that height anyway? And is it not true that all of our girlhoods are different, not just in terms of physical growth, but in the growth of our hearts and minds?”
― A Magical Girl Retires
― A Magical Girl Retires
“What did it mean to be nice and capable? Did it mean I couldn’t say no to things?”
― A Magical Girl Retires
― A Magical Girl Retires
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