CJStriker_CBR wrote:mrpinbert wrote:But I'm not sure about Ribrianne.
I understand that Universe 2 in general is supposed to be a parody of the Magical Girl genre.
It's just that I wasn't really sure what the idea was behind the transformation from Brianne to Ribrianne.
From what I have seen of the "Magical Girl" genre, I don't really get what Ribrianne is supposed to represent.
Well 1st thanks for asking the Questions, Thanks for the Thread and Glad you liked Brianne de Chateau's character design
Mrpinbert.
Indeed as stated before by other posters like
Spider-Man, Ribrianne the Design of her was originally created by Akira Toriyama, so Fans of Ribrianne can say that Ribrianne was an original idea of Akira Toriyama himself.
The Design of Brianne de Chateau was the creation of Toei staff themselves, which by many regards makes allot of sense cause Toei Studios is the Supreme Superpower of Magical Girl Series like
Sailor Moon and Precure.
So like Youtuber MasakoX says in the Video Below,
go to part 6:40 to see Ribrianne's part, it was a Team effort by Akira Toriyama and Toei to bring the Ribrianne/Brianne de Chateau to life.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7nUtYW9N5Q&t=447s
By what I believe Toei was getting at is to say the basic ideals of what most of western society considers as perfect beauty that usually happens with many magical girls gets a new twist put on it, that the ideal of beauty is really subjective and when you go to different places like different parts of the world, or in this cause a different universe, the ideal of Perfect Beauty is different then what most of use consider it to be.
I find that a Refreshing take on the Ideals of Beauty and that is what I felt Toei and Akira Toriyama was getting at with Brianne's change into Ribrianne, Perfect Beauty in the Minds eye of Universe 2 is different then the standards we see in most of our media and films.
IMO, Beauty is always been in the Minds eye and what Ribrianne should represent is the Reminder of that, that Beauty and what makes a Girl Beautiful is not a one way street, Beauty is in the minds eyes of those that View them. That is IMO as well, that Brianne and Ribrianne are Very Pretty Girls in their own unique ways.
This is what I thing Toei and Akira Toriyama where getting at with Brianne's change into Ribrianne, Hope that Help.