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Hello everyone, sorry to wake you, I was just wondering:
Why do you think this series was so popular?

Was it just the pure, magical, aesthetic appeal of the character design, that can mysteriously strike at any time, like hello kitty or pikachu?

Because there are certainly huge narrative flaws to this series. I'm just curious how a series can be so popular running only on character design, as opposed to writing, direction, or voice-acting. I guess that's just the way things are.

Funny thing is it's not the show's general character design that's appealing, really just Suiseiseki and Shinku, and to a much, much lesser extent, Junk, urr Suingintou.