>>1210611Yes, I believe so. The similarity is quite interesting.
Both Twilight Sparkle and Myne are obsessed with study and books (and inventions, I think -- although Myne might like them a bit more), and they both always end up winning battles due to the magic of friendship (or often her new family (similar to friends in Myne's case)). Twilight has a horn which shoots a rainbow to win, while Myne has eyes that turn rainbow-colored to win.
Twilight has Spike as an assistant, while Myne has Ferdinand as an "assistant," although he is perhaps more like the Spike from G3 right after he woke up from sleeping. Both Twilight and Myne make friends and solve friendship problems wherever they go.
The mane difference is that whereas Twilight is in perfect health and lives in basically a utopia, Myne isn't always feeling well and must additionally navigate a complex, oppressive society (having previously only lived on Earth in early-mid 2010s) with a lot of arbitrary and unfair rules that she has to overcome. As the societal structure is based around magic and such, the world could be viewed as perhaps a very early (or early-alternate) version of Canterlot, as well -- perhaps even before the Elements of Harmony were discovered.
So, in a way, Twilight was sent from Canterlot to Ponyville to make friends, while Myne was sent from Earth to this world to spread friendship, -- similar to Season 5 but less explicit. ...
I also like how prominent the colors that Lauren Faust originally chose for Twilight Sparkle are throughout the anime ....
