Endless Paradigm

Ah well I woulda said that if it weren't for mai-hime because I didn't really remember anything about a tournament system in that series.

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ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote: [ -> ]Survival of the fittest exists in many places, whether it's simply a tournament the main character has to win or whatnot.

Well, of the anime I've mentioned, they're all in the tournament style. But you knew that right?

Not explicitly.
Does Pokemon count?

ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote: [ -> ]

Sparker Wrote: [ -> ]

ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote: [ -> ]Survival of the fittest exists in many places, whether it's simply a tournament the main character has to win or whatnot.

Well, of the anime I've mentioned, they're all in the tournament style. But you knew that right?

Not explicitly.
Does Pokemon count?

Do the Pokemon, die? No.

Replace die with faint.  Close enough.

While there is a similar type of concept which is become the pokemon master. It's not quite the same as those anime I've mentioned before.

Replace pocket monster with magical girl.
Replace Pokemon trainer (person who owns the Pokemon) with some dude who owns/has special bind with magical girl.
Replace fainting with death.
Replace formalised tournament with an informal melee.
...

Change a few of the nouns around and you have essentially the same thing.  Might not seem that way at first, but one could say that many stories share the same generic formula.
Which is why I try to focus more on the small creativities throughout the show.