Parents' Guide to Magical Girl Friendship Squad

Parents need to know that Magical Girl Friendship Squad is an animated series about a pair of 20-something best friends and roommates who are visited by an otherworldly talking red panda who gives them superpowers so they can protect her life. Humor is mature, and filled with iffy topics. The characters drink and do drugs; there are lots of jokes about smoking pot, even though we don't actually see it. We do see the characters heading out to get "super drunk" and "super laid" -- they guzzle liquor at a bar and then one of the pair wakes up with a woman in her bed and an intense hangover that makes her vomit. Their battles with large supernatural creatures are also played for laughs but there's blood, sci-fi/fantasy energy bursts that disable rivals, and afterwards, the super pair must dispose of the dead bodies (which leaves them covered with blood in one scene). At a comic convention, a male fan asks Alex and Daisy to sign a doctored photo featuring the two dressed provocatively and in a sexy pose. They refuse and respond to the request with violence. Daisy's parents belong to a religious cult -- they wear white costumes and headgear and have conversations about saving souls (they also hiss at Alex's parents). Alex and Daisy use magical objects to channel their powers. Alex's is a pack of birth control pills, and Daisy's is a bong. The pair generally tries to treat others with kindness -- faceless villains, however, are dispatched quickly and with no emotions. Alex is a woman of color and Daisy is a White women; both have atypical body types for anime, yet both wear brief costumes that look modeled on Sailor Moon. They often subvert this trope by wearing more comfy garments, like hoodies, on top. Language is frequent and includes "f--k," "f--king," "s--t," "dammit," "a--hole," and "bitch."