I stumbled across this and found it amusing. Someone named Hythe has revealed exactly how magical girls keep their girlish figures by proposing a magical girl workout routine.
The routine consists of several exercises, which a person is supposed to perform while listening to a musical work chosen from a set of mahou shoujo anime. The musical selections have a sort-of logic to them. For example, the leg routine comes, appropriately, from Princess Tutu:
And the “burnout” at the end comes from Revolutionary Girl Utena:
I think most of her links to the musical numbers aren’t legal, but it’s a pretty good workout. Never mind the music, since I’m out away from home a lot for work, I like to see a good workout routine I can do in a motel room. If I make a habit of this, maybe soon I’ll fit into that dress.
Not that I have a … um, I need to go work out.
