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I’ve been interested in the g1 Japanese branch of the Osharena Takara ponies for several years now, and sadly, since I could never afford to get my own, (outside of a fakie), I have since instead turned to theory and speculation of their very limited world building, provided in and outside of their canon. Now because the Takaras have had such a limited and regionlocked run (THANKS, Japan!), they haven’t really gotten much official backstory or canon, sans some boxart pics, blurbs, and a very rare comic.
It was only after watching Equestria Exploration’s latest theory video, detailing what n might have happened to cause the tribes leading up to g5 to - yet again, divide themselves after the events of g4- that I began to ponder and recall these Takara ponies specifically. The reason being: is that amongst all of the previous gens, the G1 Takara ponies seem to lack a very distinguishing feature- magic. And because of that, I wondered if this was the issue that so caused not only multiple instances of g4 tribal division between races, but notably also within g3 as well.
And while g1 at some no point, goes out of its way to explain that pony magic is entirely rooted (no pun intended) in their hair - I believe it was in “The Glass Princess” episode, when the ponies have in their hair cut off by a pig named Porcina- I find it interesting that the Takara ponies- aside from the main characters of Pinky and Milky- although lacking magic- are not only all named after hair types (SaraSara (silky hair), FuwaFuwa (fluffy hair), KuruKuru (curly hair), and AmiAmi (braided hair).
Furthermore, I noticed that a recovering flower seemed to be drawn on their box and promotional art- that being the Lily of the Valley- a flower that signifies a “return to happiness”, humility, and purity. But why? Again- I think that this ties in to the fact that a society without magic is more stable, as the Takara ponies seem to promote, albeit, very subtlety. How many times have we seen chaos and incidents occur to to misfired or intentional magic throughout the history of MLP and all its generations?
Have the Takaras truly found the key to success and harmony in their world without magic? This is truly something to consider….
It was only after watching Equestria Exploration’s latest theory video, detailing what n might have happened to cause the tribes leading up to g5 to - yet again, divide themselves after the events of g4- that I began to ponder and recall these Takara ponies specifically. The reason being: is that amongst all of the previous gens, the G1 Takara ponies seem to lack a very distinguishing feature- magic. And because of that, I wondered if this was the issue that so caused not only multiple instances of g4 tribal division between races, but notably also within g3 as well.
And while g1 at some no point, goes out of its way to explain that pony magic is entirely rooted (no pun intended) in their hair - I believe it was in “The Glass Princess” episode, when the ponies have in their hair cut off by a pig named Porcina- I find it interesting that the Takara ponies- aside from the main characters of Pinky and Milky- although lacking magic- are not only all named after hair types (SaraSara (silky hair), FuwaFuwa (fluffy hair), KuruKuru (curly hair), and AmiAmi (braided hair).
Furthermore, I noticed that a recovering flower seemed to be drawn on their box and promotional art- that being the Lily of the Valley- a flower that signifies a “return to happiness”, humility, and purity. But why? Again- I think that this ties in to the fact that a society without magic is more stable, as the Takara ponies seem to promote, albeit, very subtlety. How many times have we seen chaos and incidents occur to to misfired or intentional magic throughout the history of MLP and all its generations?
Have the Takaras truly found the key to success and harmony in their world without magic? This is truly something to consider….