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honouredsnakeprincess · 8 months

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There is a scene in the Magia Record anime adaptation’s first season that stands out to me. I don’t entirely recall what goes on in it, but I remember the background vividly. It is the platform of a train station, suspended off the ground so as to access the suspended train tracks. Oddly, it seems to be connected to nothing save for the train trait; there is neither an elevator nor stairs for pedestrians to get on or off the platform, and there is only one train line connected to it.

The other notable characteristic of the platform is that it is full of bird perches and birds. It is painfully obvious that no sensible urbanist would construct such a train system, and this is only one of many oddities present in the two cities depicted in this anime. On the trains themselves, there are electronic signs which proclaim “the only good witch is a dead witch!” and other messages that have no place being on a non-magical train.

For a long time, my pet theory was that these aesthetic choices represented a sort of power creep for the Madoka series. While the original show had relatively grounded setpieces for its mundane world (a school with glass walls is a strange design choice, of course, but not quite surreal), many of its most striking and memorable scenes (such as the dream sequence/previous timeline that opens episode 1 and was inexplicably cut from the first movie) take place in surreal and illogical places, usually because of the influence of witches, but occasionally due to magical girls.

Rebellion built upon this surreal aesthetic, but due to its central conceit of taking place within a labyrinth, the surreal settings of explicitly magical places were permitted to leak into domestic and mundane settings, and this only continued to intensify as Homura’s mental state worsened. My theory, then, was that the Magireco anime was taking its visual cues more from Rebellion than from the original anime, hence the strange and illogical architecture and design appearing in places otherwise separate from the influences of magical girls.

As of yesterday, however, I have a new theory. The Magireco adaptation has fundamentally surreal and magical backgrounds because it tells a tonally and thematically different story from Puella Magi Madoka Magica. A sizeable chunk of Madoka’s central conflict is one between the mundane and magical parts of its setting, and Madoka’s struggle to determine her place within it.

Madoka’s entirely non-magical mother, Junko Kaname, is a major influence in her life, and Madoka is hesitant to make any sort of contract with Kyubey due to her own indecisiveness (as well as Homura’s urging her not to, and the gruesome deaths of Mami Tomoe and Sayaka Miki), but still finds herself ultimately driven to engage with the world of magical girls and witches, if only out of concern for the people around her. For the majority of the show’s run, Madoka is not a magical girl.

Similarly, most characters’ arcs involve some interaction between the mundane and magical world. Sayaka Miki and Kyouko Sakura use magic to try and improve the world around them, to disastrous or unsatisfactory ends, while Mami Tomoe and Homura Akemi find themselves isolated from the mundane world and its people by the pressures of their roles as magical girls, and that isolation ultimately gets them killed and trapped in a loop of tragedy, respectively.

The anime adaptation of Magia Record has no equivalent character to Junko Kaname, and its central conflict is ultimately a struggle between magical girls, rather than something that involves the mundane world to any particular extent. While the anime incarnation of Alina Gray’s ultimate goal is to turn all humans into witches because ????, this is revealed very late into the series and frankly seems to have been made up on the spot by the writers. All of the show’s major characters have already contracted with Kyubey before the plot begins, and while the precise circumstances of the contracts made by the three members of the Magius are important to the plot, it is the nature of their wishes (rather than the circumstances in which they were made) that make them important.

As such, my conclusion is this: the Magia Record anime adaptation makes use of surreal backgrounds and aesthetics in such a way that (intentionally or not) it reinforces that this story is one about magical girls and only magical girls. Just as there is no thematic room for mundane humans in this story, mundane architecture and urban design are similarly excluded.

I still think the main reason for the aesthetic change is flanderization though. The new film will be an interesting data point.

#puella magi magia record #puella magi madoka magica #pmmm #anireco #magireco anime #aesthetic changes in the madoka franchise #madoka analysis #hot madoka takes

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Esoterra

Video:Bakemonogatari, Kizumonogatari, Wolf's Rain, Haibanei Renmei (Charcoal Feathers Federation), Vision of Escaflowne, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Steins;Gate, Castlevania, Made In Abyss, Princess Mononoke, Grave of the Fireflies, Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie Part 3: Rebellion, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie Part 1: Beginnings, Patema Inverted, Demon Slayer, Big Fish & Begonia, Origin: Spirits of the Past, KARAS, Children of the Sea, Btooom!, Dorohedoro, Psycho Pass, Shinmai Maou no Testament, Flip Flappers, Dragon Dentist, Girl That Leapt Through Time, Golden Kamuy, Jyu Oh Sei Planet of Beast King, Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie Part 2: Eternal, Nisemonogatari, Mushi-Shi, Princess Kaguya, The Perfect Insider, Your Name, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Audio:Aurora – Apple Tree Premiere Date:2020 Status:Downloadable, Streamable Genre(s):Other, Artistic Cons/Awards: Anime Weekend Atlanta 2020 PRO contest finalist for Artistic and Best Video A-M-V.Org 2021 VCAs: won Best artistic Agamacon 2021: won Best Artistic Endeavor Outside Links:.org, AMVnews

I got weirdly defensive about my editing abilities in 2019 so decided to make something specifically to show that I could, in fact, make a really good edit. /shrug

Started: october 2019 during AWA PRO 2019 Finished: 12 August 2020 Spent countless hours on it during that time. Started keeping actual track of hours in Jan 2020. So total project time below is heavily UNDERstated.

Time spent: 94hr 3min 10s total. (again- understated. I normally just round up to 100 lol) 72hrs 38min 10sec for Premiere CS6. 18hr 42min for after effects CS6. 2hr 43min VLC (looping betas lmao).

Finalist in AWA PRO 2020: Best artistic, best video. No Awards won.

Many thanks to all my beta testers, for the editors on discord who actually tried to explain what flow was in esoteric ways so I could maybe understand it, and their help with footage procurement (searching for certain scene compositions in anime I didn’t know). Special shoutouts to TheLazyDaze for continuous hype and feedback, SeasonsAMV who showed me The Perfect Insider, which finished a big blank spot I was struggling with, and Niotex and Dr. Derpface who convinced me to just make my own butterflies in After Effects (Previously I had tried to mask them out of a Demon Slayer scene. It was awful).

Breakdown of the baby scene: (released 26 dec 2020)

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My PC nearly died while I tried to make this, and it didn’t even render correctly in the end. I’m sorry for the glitchiness, but due to the difficulty this is likely the only thing like this I will do for Esoterra. [The gold mandala & meat pieces scenes show up later than they should, making accurate comparison pretty difficult. The other overlays seem mostly in sync. I apologize.] This is all the overlays involved for just the one part of the baby scene. The baby scene is not even the most complicated scene in the full AMV, but it is the one that is most obviously different and the one that seems to get most the positive remarks. Hope this is interesting to someone.

Breakdown of the whole thing: (released 6 Jan 2021)

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Finally a breakdown that I’m semi-okay with. It’s not as detailed as I wanted, but I think it gets enough of the message across. It’s still a bit buggy in some areas (2 different video files stitched together to get all the video tracks on screen) but it’s in sync. This timeline is actually pretty organized. Any video that’s on it is actively being used in conjunction with an opacity/layer blending mode, masks, or keying. (But 80% of the time it’s a blending mode). Any nested sequences that seem to have the same clips repeated continually are due to the same reasons. On this timeline, Green is nested, Pink is an AE project. I didn’t do pop-ups for every nested sequence or AE project because most of them weren’t anything complicated. The others were either complicated or I just wanted to show off for whatever reason. Especially the butterfly segment. I hand-made and animated the butterfly swarm. All frames are shown on the tracks for informational purposes; I don’t edit like that. Anyway, this was submitted and made finals in AWA PRO 2020, but didn’t win anything (My other video, “Dysphoria,” did win best tech in the same contest though). Esoterra was the most complicated and tech-heavy video I’ve made. Also clocking in at the longest time I’ve ever spent on a project, nearly 100 hours. Feel free to ask any questions!

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Reading (+Watching) Log 2023.09-11 - September to November

Trying this out, not sure if a continuation is feasible, this took a bit to collect...

Reading languages: German, English, Japanese, not listing which was what

Titles are as I've read them either first or most and thus remember it for that title mostly

Not going to bother putting in the original titles of translated reads

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SEPTEMBER

Tried starting reading some of that little stack of doujins and failed to continue right after the first

Still in the middle of an Anime watching slump, but there's an actual tiny titbit watched. Somehow it was only now that I realized Puella Magi Madoka Magica apparently gets counted as a GL?

Anime:

Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie: Walpurgisnacht Rising Trailer

Doujinshi:

Gusari (Natsuki Kizu) - Kuroko no Basketball Fanbook 2: Ashita no Tenki

Light Novel:

By the Grace of the Gods V2-5

Manga:

Aishiteru Game wo Owarasetai ch38-39 Ane no Shinyuu, Watashi no Koibito ch20-21.1 Boku no Diamond Star ch11-12.2 Buta no Liver wa Kanetsushiro ch29 By the Grace of the Gods Ch35.3-4 Cinderella Closet v6ch24 Deep Scar v2ch14 Die rachsüchtige weiße Katze und der Drachenkönig ch1Leseprobe Eikyuukei ch5 Girl Crush Ch46-52 Hari to Hitsuji no Fune ch7.2-8.1 I'm a Maid, but I've Pulled Out the Holy Sword?! Ch21-24 Juuban-sama no Enmusubi: Kamiari Hanayome Kitan ch2.2-3 Kakegurui Ch103 Kemutai Hanashi ch7-10 Kimi ni wa Todokanai ch40.1 Koisuru (Otome) no Tsukurikata bangai-wink Komorebi Shoutengai no Changing Wonder ch14 Leaving Our Truths to the Shooting Star ch1-4.3 Love is an Illusion - The Queen Intro ch1 Midnight Clubbing Sex V1 Midnight Delivery Sex v1 Miryou no Otome to Katabutsu Hittou Majutsushi no Hatsukoi Kiroku ch13.3-4 Moteki v1-3ch15 Motokare ga Fudanshi ni natte Orimashite v2 Mr. Mallow Blue ch27 My Regret ch9final.2 Noragami ch106.2-107.2 Oshi no Ko interlude 1-4 Oshi no Ko ch126 Phantom Seer v1 Prinz Freya v2-v6ch18 Promise Cinderella Ch119 Re:Zero the Mansion v1ch4 Seraph of the End ch117-129 Shuumatsu Touring ch32 Sonna Kazoku nara Sutechaeba? ch55-56 Taberare Usa ch67-70 Tenmaku Cinema Ch1-21 The Case Files of Jeweler Richard Masago Nasu Part 2-3 The Devil is a Part-Timer! v18ch90-94 The Villainess's Guide to (Not) Falling in Love Ch7-12.1 Unnamed Memory ch30.1-2 Verliebt in die Nacht v5-9 Watashi wo Tabetai, Hitodenashi ch32.1-3 What did you eat yesterday? v20 Yoshios Jugend ch1?

Notes:

Koisuru (Otome) no Tsukurikata - Excellent as usual, but only a special there

What did you eat yesterday? - Excellent as usual, but it was a wee bit weaker than the last one or two volumes

Oshi no Ko - I keep going back every week

Seraph of the End - What are they even doing now. This smelled like something inbetween queerplatonic to the edge of romance (? - albeit a not exactly healthy one) for a helluva long stretch, but then it just has to come around the corner of, hey, look, they weren't even humans. Well, ok, they weren't really all that "human" right of the beginning. But anyway, can we go back to having some more Mahiro? Thanks.

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OCTOBER:

End of the month, at the same 27th October it was supposed to be a Jeweler Richard day as both the new English and Japanese volume were coming out. Things that went wrong: Seven Seas botched up v6's English release by leaving out the second half the Sinhalite extra case and the afterword. I also went out of my way to take a few days off to read the 13th's volume in Japanese in any sense of a safely time planed healthy manner right upon release, but entirely forgot, that ebooks have a delay in release date, so that one came out a week later. I was positively furious about my own stupidity and misplanning.

Light Novel:

Bottom Tier Character Tomozaki-kun v6.5 By the Grace of the Gods LN v6-9 The Case Files of Jeweler Richard Masago Nasu Part 4 The Case Files of Jeweler Richard v2.Garnet Reread The Case Files of Jeweler Richard きらきら星たちのパーティ

Manga:

100-nengo ni Tenseishita Watashi, Zense no Juukishi ni Kyuukonsaremashita: Heika wa Watashi ga Moto Oujo da to Okizukidenai you desu ch12.1-2 Aishiteru Game wo Owarasetai ch40-41 Ane no Shinyuu, Watashi no Koibito ch21.2 Ane no Shinyuu, Watashi no Koibito tokubetsuhen.1-2 Ano Natsu ga Houwa suru. ch11-12.1 Arte v13ch64-v16ch79 BL Game no Shujinkou no Otouto de aru Koto ni Ki ga Tsukimashita ch17 Boruto: Two Blue Vortex ch2-3 Buta no Liver wa Kanetsushiro ch30.1 By the Grace of the Gods c36 Dead Company v1-3 Dekiru Neko wa Kyou mo Yuuutsu ch100 Deliquent Daddy & Tender Teacher v1 Detektiv Conan v101 Flüster mir ein Liebeslied v1 Girl Crush Ch53-55 Harebare Biyori ch20.2 Hatsu * Haru v1ch4, v3-6 I've become an Omega Today v1 Isekai de Ane ni Namae wo Ubawaremashita ch12.2-14.1 Kemutai Hanashi ch11 Kimi ni wa Todokanai ch40.2 Koisuru (Otome) no Tsukurikata Ch71-72 Kuni Watari no Renkinjutsushi: Ouji ni Damasare Oukyuu wo Oidasareta Watashi wa, Aru Tabi no Ichidan to Deaimashita ch6.3-7.2 Loop 7-kaime no Akuyaku Reijou wa, Moto Tekikoku de Jiyuu Kimama na Hanayome Seikatsu wo Mankitsusuru ch26-27 Love is an Illusion - The Queen ch2 Miryou no Otome to Katabutsu Hittou Majutsushi no Hatsukoi Kiroku ch13.5-14.3-4 Motokare ga Fudanshi ni natte Orimashite v2-v3ch18 My Dear Agent v1ch4 My Regret ch9final.3 Noragami ch108 Okazari Ouhi ni Nattanode, Kossori Hataraki ni deru koto ni Shimashita ~Usagi ga Iru node Hitorine mo Sabishiku Arimasen!~ ch20-21.4 Oshi no Ko ch127-130 Rental Girlfriend v17-v18ch157 Seraph of the End ch130 Shinde Miro to Iwareta no de Shinimashita. ch5.1-2 Sonna Kazoku nara Sutechaeba? ch57-58 Taberare Usa Ch74-75 Motokare ga Fudanshi ni natte Orimashite v3ch17 The Lady Likes a Nerd over Princes Ch1-7 The Saint's Magic Power is Omipotent ch36-37.2 The Saint’s Magic Power is Omnipotent: The Other Saint ch1-4.4, ch21.1-4 The Valiant Must Fall v1-v2ch18 Watashi wo Tabetai, Hitodenashi ch33.1 Yomei Ichinen to Senkokusareta Boku ga, Yomei Hantoshi no Kimi to Deatta Hanashi ch6-7.1 Your Tears are Mine Ch1-25 今日からここで暮らシマす!? ch1

Notes:

Arte turned into out to be surprisingly good after all. Both characterization and artstyle (especially on Arte herself) have gone quite a long way compared to the beginning. Irene is posively an awesome character and the covet yet devoted and subtly beautiful one sided GL-side plot was a surprise addition I hadn't expected at all.

Boruto: Two Blue Vortex - Sarada your earrings are actually pretty, but do you know some space time jutsu to freeze your coat in space like that without ever falling off despite all sorts of moves and jumps?

By the Grace of the Gods - The MC is technically this super overpowered character stereotype that is quite prevalent, but there's something about this character just going methodically step by step and just conquering everything that somehow never makes him come off as boringly OP. Also it has quite some iyashikei effect properties to it. It kinda feels... healthy. (Well it is a story about healing.)

Dead Company - This was kinda trash that had me confused if I missed out on some prequel (I didn't, there's only Doubt and Judge otherwise), and while it goes and explains the foundation mechanics of those two, it effectively is just a short version of Btooom.

Deliquent Daddy & Tender Teacher - Soft cheese, it kinda is predictable, but there is nothing offensive about it and propagates a healthy relationship, so worth a mention especially in the BL department. Obligatory spicy extra chapters remain cursed, but this was at least inerweaved with the characters and their relationship progression.

Girl Crush - This series has been excellent before, but with chapter 54 it has become a marvel that positively floored me. The climax of that chapter was nothing short of awesome. It's also such a great culmation of the main character's, Tenka's, character development progression in a nutshell. She was that character, which she is employed to depict in a music video, she met someone, showered her with irritation and jealousy, couldn't stand herself so resolved to leave it all behind and pursue getting that one thing she was so jealous of by going into the same career. But she also can't have in the same way, so grinds to the place in her own meticulous way. Gets this acting job where she's playing a role very like her past self and she pulls it out with this beautiful scene reel while thinking of what she almost became and then throws the papers for the scene but also at her past self. It's such a picturesque showing of how you can still be ashamed of what you were and did in the past, but still look back at it and use the experience to forward yourself instead of just desperately trying to bury it. I'm cursing and crying: Why does this series not have a print version. Neither in English nor Japanese or anywhere. 😭

Hatsu * Haru - I've read some vols of Yuzuki-san Chi no Yon Kyoudai from the author and that one was pretty good, but this this one is a patience wrecking piece of Highschool-Shoujo-Cheese. It does have some fairly interesting paneling here and there. But darn it, it's just exhausting.

I've become an Omega Today - Certainly wins a price in the "if you only talked (but then we'd have no plot)" category. Noteworthy tho for especially being Omegaaverse and not abusive or dubiously coercive. (How sad that this is something noteworthy.) Also interestingly this is the third in the set now that shares the same visual character design and personality template as I Hear the Sunspot and Summer with You.

Isekai de Ane ni Namae wo Ubawaremashita - Cute, nice dresses and just gimme those hairdoes, too.

Koisuru (Otome) no Tsukurikata - Very good as usual, this now has a sort of Aishiteru Game wo Owasetai arc atm, but it's a helluva better one.

Speaking of Aishiteru Game wo Owarasetai, sigh, I'm really not liking how it introduces some kinks, depicts the courage it needs to confess to it to your crush, only for the narrative to keep using it for gags that ultimately imo are based on shaming on it.

Motokare ga Fudanshi ni natte Orimashite - I previously had read the first few free chapters and then the end of the series on pixiv as it ran. I thought they were all just kind dense adorkable adults or a bit of late bloomers, but then it turns out that of the four main characters 3 are looking very demi aro/ace, and furthermore it gets revealed that two of them are about as officially aroace as you can possibly be without using the label.

My Regret - Finished. Excellent series that I had started at around the same time as My Diamond Star which both had me confused if it was supposed to be BL or not. The latter turned out to be one, this one pleasantly did not and was just about two very different people, whose lives get connected though an old man dying and leaving behind a legacy of grief, self reflection and self betterment. The climax would have been a perfect stopping point, but then it throws in the epilogue that comes along with a complete curveball of looking like something that smells queerplatonic and seems even more interesting. Which makes the series now just mean for stopping right there. D:

Taberare Usa - Flashback arc, so there is a break of the buns-as-sweets doom main plot. Instead lots, lots of bun cheese.

The Case Files of Jeweler Richard: Masago Nasu - I wrote about that one a bit before. But Seigi, Seigi, what are you doing with just hanging up on Richard after splurting off something like that?

The Valiant Must Fall: I thought Gunslinger Girl was a pretty good series. But this series from the same author is kinda on the nose about how much it has researched the history of that epoch. Sadly this is also the only thing really interesting about it. There's a few pages of essays by a historian at the end of the volumes and probably I may stick to it simply for those.

Yomei Ichinen to Senkokusareta Boku ga, Yomei Hantoshi no Kimi to Deatta Hanashi - This guy totally is gonna live in the end, while the girl dies, it just screams that trope. And woe and behold: Surprise surprise there is actually a possibility of an operation for this terminal death doomed heart disease teen. (And silly boy refuses to do it as of yet, are you serious?)

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NOVEMBER:

I noticed Comikey's "free" and "free with ads" per day isn't globally counted (like Manga Up! for example), rather than per title.

That caused a reading spree there, which saw the advent of a good bunch of webtoons.

There was a regular classic novel read inbetween (gasp)

Reading actually good series remains a health hazard of reading everything too quick with too little breaks and sleep (Unnamed Memory, Goddess of Healing)

I still have not even started Jeweler Richard v13 and don't dare to for health and stamina safety reasons...

Light Novels:

By the Grace of the Gods V9-V11 Unnamed Memory v3-6

Novels:

The Old Man in the Corner

Manga:

A Side Character's Love Story Ch1-14 After God Ch1-27 Aishiteru Game wo Owarasetai ch40-41 Alabaster Ch1-4 Ano Natsu ga Houwa suru. ch12.2 Arte Ch81-83 Asobi Asobase Ch1-20 Barbara Ch1-14 Beauty as the Beast Ch1-15 Brutal ch1-8.1 Buta no Liver wa Kanetsushiro ch30.1-4 By the Grace of the Gods Ch34-V8Ch40.3-4 Color of Happiness v9-v11 Crime and Punishment ch1-4 Dekiru Neko wa Kyou mo Yuuutsu ch100 Dienerin des verfluchten Kindes v6ch29-ch38 Eikyuukei ch7 Fesseln der Liebe v6 Girl Crush ch56-57 Grimoire Heilkunde magischer Wesen v4-5 Hari to Hitsuji no Fune ch8.2 I'm cute enough to get away with it Ch1-19 Isekai de Ane ni Namae wo Ubawaremashita ch14.2-ch14.4 Kakan no Oukoku no Hanagirai Hime ch7.1-8.2-3 Kemutai Hanashi ch12 Killer in Love Ch1-30 Kimi ni wa Todokanai ch41 Kindergarten Wars ch1-25 Knitter's High ch23-24.3 Koisuru (Otome) no Tsukurikata ch73-74 Komorebi Shoutengai no Changing Wonder ch15 Loop 7-kaime no Akuyaku Reijou wa, Moto Tekikoku de Jiyuu Kimama na Hanayome Seikatsu wo Mankitsusuru ch26-27 Lost Youth Ch1-2.2 Mein geliebter Gaming-Freund ist mein fieser Boss?! v1ch20 Miryou no Otome to Katabutsu Hittou Majutsushi no Hatsukoi Kiroku ch15.1-2 Monster 8 ch70-97 Mr. Mallow Blue ch28 Noragami ch108.2 Okazari Ouhi ni Nattanode, Kossori Hataraki ni deru koto ni Shimashita ~Usagi ga Iru node Hitorine mo Sabishiku Arimasen!~ ch22.1-2 Oshi no Ko ch131-132 Phantom Seer v2-v3ch25 Repeating Your End Together ch1-5.1 Shibatarian Ch2-16 The Ichinose Family's Deadly Sins ch1-48 The Lady Likes a Nerd over Princes Ch8-16 Together Forever Ch1-16 Unnamed Memory ch31.1-32.2 Verliebt in mehr als dein Gesicht v1-4 Watashi wo Tabetai, Hitodenashi ch33.1-3 Witch Enforcer ch1-3 Yomei Ichinen to Senkokusareta Boku ga, Yomei Hantoshi no Kimi to Deatta Hanashi ch7.2-8.1-2 Your Tears are Mine Ch26-31 Zombie 100 v7-9ch34

Webtoons:

A Royal Princess With Black Hair ch1-47 A Spoonful of your Love ch1-20 Blind Passion Ch1-3 Breed my Dear Enemy Ch1-43 Conspiracy of Love Ch1-9 Corridor of Mirs Ch1-19 Dawn the Teen Witch Ch1-65 Fall in the Night with you Ch0-40 Flowers for the Outcast ch1-23 Flowers in the Secret Place Ch0-2 For Stella Ch1-33 If Future Ch1-49 Night Crying Crow v4ch35 Phoenix in the Imperial Palace ch1-7 Sand Castle ch1-35 She Had You at Hello ch1-7 She is also cute today ch0-47 Spirit of Peach Blossom Ch1-27 Taberare Usa ch75-79 The Blue Snake and the Red Moon Ch0-32 The Giantess wants Love Ch0-60.5 The Goddess of Healing Ch0-159 The Mermaid Wears a Dress ch1-25 To be Winner Ch0-49 To be or not to be Ch5-11 Scroll of the White Silk Cloud ch4-31.4

Notes:

By the Grace of the Gods - Things are progressing more actual plot wise and it has had a few twists in there. The healing bit of this tale has even more strongly become a center piece and it just works. Does that count as an iyashikei? I'm inclined to count it. Also gimme some of these slimes. They seem like such a life enrichment.

Unnamed Memory - Positively excellent series, tho the ending had me a bit "somehow this is too easy, why didn't they just do this from the start". Anyway, it's not actually the end there, but Yen Press still has no announcement for the After the End sequel. Booo.

The Old Man in the Corner - read because it was mentioned in The Case Files of Jeweler Richard v5. *cough*. Granted it is very good classic orthodox mystery.

After God - This is weird and trashy, and sometimes just, uuuh, okay.... but also some of these monsters' designs and drawings are quite the eyecatcher.

Barbara - Read because Tezuka and being one of his gekigas. Same boat as MW. It was rather "what the...."

Beauty as the Beast - I've read Arcana from the author before. There is something sad about knowing how the art looked like in classic print b/w-style and then to see how it looks after moving on to webtoon, and this one is one that clearly downgraded, especially on the backgrounds and coloring. The narrative is still starting off straight forward and moving on to become about as convoluted and confusing as Arcana was. Funny also the main character is called Ines yet again.

Color of Happiness - I think I do not like that ending at all. It feels a bit like it took the easiest way to dodge the a cheese-cheese route (which would have come off as questionable given she is so young) and took the only one that was going to be safe from even any implications. And the way it went about it is a bit too deus ex machina convenient, while making hardly any sense. Do think it's kinda too bad, that it also ruins the side plot about the mother and grandmother, that wasn't so uninteresting about how toxicity gets inherited. How to break the chain could have been a nice focal theme and it's also kinda there, but completely drowned by that nonsense pulled, which ultimately renders the mother right with her telling Sachi it wasn't "going to go her way" after all.

Kemutai Hanashi - Chapter 12 is absolutely great, a generally important conversation to be had and breathtakingly beautifully depicted. I exploded in word count and basically translating most of the whole thing over here.

Killer in Love - I'm not sure what this is, it looks very toxic, but also seems to be a bit of.... I don't know why something about these two's relationship reminds me a little bit of Azure & Claude. Maybe it's this flair of this is absolutely going to be doomed, they are definitely doomed bit?

Kimi ni wa Todokanai - After a long detour from going from a shoujo-style that happens to be a BL to feeling very BL-genre BL, I finally got some shoujo feels back from it. Specifically it reminded me of A Condition Called Love, as far as I read that one. As in that talk about a sort of desperate to obsessive desire vs. someone who is on track of developing desires, but not quite so quick vs. boundaries. Considering that the talk about that in v4 was something I thought was great, if it comes back to what happens between v5-7 with all the bad dubCon glory and discussed that, maybe I'll come to like those bits in hindsight or when revisiting, too. (Personally I am inclined to suspect the drama adaption may have had a hand in this detour of tonal style.)

Kindergarten Wars - This was surprisingly way better than expected, too bad, that the art is a little bit unpolished. (Imagine that, but with, like, Spy x Family levels of art? Actually they have kinda similar vibes, just no Anya there.)

Shibatarian - It is creepy, it is horror, it's doing it's job right, but it is also just so creepy. The scenes in the aquarium were definitely quite a beautiful mood. Despite or maybe right because of all the snarling creepiness looming.

The Ichinose Family's Deadly Sins - Does its mystery box mystery very well, especially in the first half, but can't say I really have re-read urges. If there is, it probably would be about the art in the beginning - It is a bit on the cruder side of things, but manages to cement it right as its own signature style (kinda Shin Chan-wise), but then also has these panels and double spreads with an absurd amount of detail levels. Unfortunately all that experimental bit about the art vanishes after a while. (Would not surprise me, if it just was to taxing to draw.)

Together Forever - I think the girl is actually pretty creepy. But this is essentially a female Seme character and the older guy is a sort of uke. Female Semes are ludicrously rare, so I'm somehow still on it...

Witch Enforcer - This has some really good looking art, especially in the color pages.

Your Tears are Mine - Starts decently enough with centering around a little kink of the protagonist girl and goes steady with that and the relationship. Unfortunately just feels axed by the end.

A Royal Princess With Black Hair - The main is a strong female lead and perfectly cool and entertaining to follow. Also consistently solid art despite being a full color webtoon.

Blind Passion - The art is pretty good looking, also historic setting GL, Arte kinda appetized me a bit on that. Will probably take a good while until the free bonus coins on Leizhin will have collected it up.

Breed my Dear Enemy - The title is eyebrow raising as is the premise that has an isekai into a book, where the main doesn't even read the book, but just gets to have it magically downloaded into her brain, while isekai'd. But anyhow, some very digital looking, but still pretty art, especially in terms of the customes of that historic china epoch. And the female lead is a strong and wry one, that's always good.

Dawn the Teen Witch - Cute and good looking art and colors and actually shadings and all, also solid characters and good worldbuilding and weavings of a intruiguing wide spanning mystery plot next to a coming of age + romance plot. And then it just ends. Feels very like an axed series, and while it kinda ends with a finish line, it feels more like just a season end than anything else.

The Goddess of Healing - The complete suprise hit of the month out of blue nowhere. Very pretty dawings. Lots, lots of hairdoes, hair ornaments and jewelery, a huge wide wardrobe of outfits from that ~16h century China epoch. A huge display of varied pouts. The female lead is great. The whole plot is a multi layered mystery/thriller plot. It has a little bit of plot armor, but then it's also a reincarnation story with tinges of fate implied, so kinda excused. The lead is very determined and just so badass, clever, determined, who can stand her own ground, but also knows how to rely to compensate her own weaknesses. Her romance with the male lead is build over mostly intellectual attraction. There's even a little side romance of another pair, adult, mature, cute and chiefly over emotional attraction. Both have integrity at their foundational centerpiece. I quite like all of that.

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Warning: Spoilers, violence, flashing lights

Title: THE RACE

Editor: HayabusaZeroZ

Song: The Race

Artist: 30 Seconds to Mars

Anime: Bakemonogatari, Evangelion 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone, Evangelion 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Kizumonogatari I: Tekketsu-Hen, Kizumonogatari II: Nekketsu-Hen, Kizumonogatari III: Reiketsu-Hen, Nekomonogatari: Kuro, Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth, Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion, Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings, Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 2: Eternal, Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 3: Rebellion

Category: Action/Drama

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Ranking the 5 anime movies I’ve recently watched

Anime movies can be a pretty refreshing change of pace for someone who usually just watches anime series. Whether they’re continuations of a series covering an important arc in a somewhat less restrictive format, or just standalone adaptations or original stories with a higher budget, they can make for pretty fun times, and having watched the obligatory number of five of these that I’ve watched relatively recently, I decided ranking them would make for a good change up for the fifth edition of these equally obligatory ranking posts of mine. I should note, however, that I had watched a couple of these last year, so I’m not totally fresh when it comes to remembering and judging them exactly, though these rankings likely wouldn’t be different regardless. Also, since several of these are continuations of series, there will be some inevitable spoilers, but I’ll try to keep them to a minimum. Besides that, there’s not much else to say, so I’ll just get started.

5. Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion

Length: 116 minutes (1 hour and 56 minutes). Language options: dub and subs available. Steaming availability: none.

This here is the sequel movie to the original Puella Magi Madoka Magica series, made in 2013, still by Studio Shaft. This is actually the third Madoka movie, with two recap films, Beginnings and Eternal, being made prior.

Within the peaceful city of Mitakihara, fierce creatures known as Nightmares are occasionally born from the frustrations of the city’s residents, only to be battled by the “Holy Quartet” of the magical girls Madoka Kaname, Sayaka Miki, Mami Tomoe, Kyoko Sakura, and newcomer Homura Akemi. This action packed yet ultimately relaxed life seems absolutely ideal to Homura, if not for her gradual realization that something is horribly, horribly wrong about it all, from the circumstances of the group to the nature of their foes and the city itself. Thus, Homura embarks on a lonesome quest for truth, one that puts her at odds with her friends, and may be leading to a truth far more horrifying than she’s capable of facing.

As you may have surmised, Rebellion shifts the focus to Homura, a pretty sensible decision considering just how important she is in the original anime. While I really can’t talk many specifics when it comes to the plot, Rebellion does have a lot of strengths to it. It builds up an interesting mystery with an equally interesting answer, and gives a nice, different kind of look at the main characters compared to the series. Rebellion also looks absolutely gorgeous, with a lot of fascinatingly abstract scenes that put even the Witches’ barriers from the series to shame. Throw in a great dub that also surpasses that of the series and some pretty cool action scenes, and the end result is a movie that makes a genuinely good followup, for the most part.

However, I really don’t remember much specific about the movie, and it’s not just because of how long it’s been since I actually watched it. The movie takes its time actually getting into the plot, and a sizeable portion of the runtime is just Homura wandering through abstract, confusing landscapes while monologuing, and while they’re beautiful abstract, confusing landscapes, it does start to drag. Additionally, the infamous ending is one of those that basically goes and begs for a continuation before it’s even over, a continuation that wouldn’t even be announced until earlier this year, 8 years after Rebellion came out. The ending and timegap alone soured many people on Rebellion as a whole, and understandably so. All in all, I think Rebellion is worth a watch if you’re a fan of the original series, especially now that its own sequel movie has been announced. I just personally can’t remember much else distinct from it, or feel much passion towards it.

4. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Length: 98 minutes (1 hour and 38 minutes). Language options: dub and subs available. Streaming options: Amazon Prime Video.

Directed by Mamoru Hosoda and produced by Madhouse in 2006, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time is an indirect adaptation of the 1967 novel of the same name by Yasutaka Tsutsui, which has had several other adaptations made before and after this particular one. This film actually acts as a loose sequel to the original story, with the protagonist of the novel, Kazuko Yoshiyama, appearing in a supporting role.

Makoto Konno is a tomboy high school student with no real ambitions besides coursing through her school life on luck and intuition and playing baseball with her friends Chiaki Mamiya and Kosuke Tsuda. One day, however, her lucks fails her and results in her self proclaimed “worst day ever”. She wakes up horribly late for school, completely fails a pop quiz, accidentally steps in the way of a rowdy bunch of students and gets hit by a boy thrown in her direction, has a strange encounter with an unknown person in the science lab and falls on a strange nut shaped object, and finally has her bike’s breaks fail her while delivering peaches to her aunt Kazuko and gets thrown in front of a passing train, killing her instantly.

Or at least, it should have killed her, but instead, Makoto finds herself several moments in the past, saving her from her fatal accident. Makoto soon figures out that she’s somehow gained the ability to travel through time by literally leaping through the air. Though initially content to use her newfound powers for simple, harmless joys, Makoto eventually gets the idea of using time travel to resolve more important personal issues. However, she soons finds that her relationships with her friends become more warped with every change she makes, with the rabbit hole she’s traveled down presenting the very real possibility of them drifting apart entirely.

I mentioned in my last post that I’m not a big fan of most time travel stories, but The Girl Who Leapt Through Time takes the kind of approach towards it that I absolutely adore. Instead of some grand scale adventure, it’s just about what Makoto chooses to do with such a fantastic ability, and how it affects those around her. A lot of the film is pretty goofy and lighthearted, and it pulls it off well, with some very good slapsticky parts and character dynamics that make it an almost surprisingly funny time. The cast is likeable, and helps sell the more serious moments of the story, the animation does its job well, and the dub voice acting is pretty decent, especially Emily Hirst as Makoto, who absolutely nails her character.

That said, it’s not the deepest kind of movie out there, and it being lower on this list isn’t because I have any real problems with it, but more just because it doesn’t go as deep with its concept as I would have preferred, and thus it didn’t attach to me as much as other movies have. Still, that gives it its own kind of appeal. It’s a laidback movie with some effective serious moments, and is overall a very enjoyable watch that’s absolutely worth checking out.

3. Your Name

Length: 107 minutes (1 hour and 47 minutes). Language options: dub and subs available. Streaming availability: Amazon Prime Video.

Released in 2016, produced by CoMix Wave Films, and directed by the famous Makoto Shinkai, saying this is a famous film is an understatement. It’s one of the most acclaimed animated films ever, and is the third highest grossing anime film of all time, only behind the juggernauts that are Spirited Away and Demon Slayer: Mugen Train. Needless to say, this is a film that sets expectations well before you even watch it.

Mitsuha Miyamizu is a high school student living in the rural town of Itomori who serves as a priestess at her family shrine. Taki Tachibana is a completely ordinary high school student living in Tokyo who works part time at a restaurant. These two individuals who live completely different lives and have no awareness of each other suddenly find themselves linked by an inexplicable phenomenon, possibly connected to the Comet Tiamat currently passing by Earth, that causes them to temporarily switch bodies overnight, multiple times. Though only capable of communicating by leaving notes for each other to find, they gradually learn more about each other as time goes on and get involved in their personal circumstances, such as Mitsuha’s priestess rituals and Taki’s crush on his coworker Miki Okudera. One day, however, these body swaps cease without warning, leaving Taki and Mitsuha out of contact. Unwilling to simply move on from the experience, Taki, with little solid information at his disposal, decides to embark on a journey to track down Itomori and finally meet Mitsuha in person.

Your Name is a film with a lot going for it. Its cast, both the two main characters and the side cast, are likeable and entertaining, the story is pretty neat, the visuals can be very striking and impressive, the soundtrack by the Japanese band RADWIMPS is memorable, if nothing else, and it has a very good English dub, with Michael Sinterniklaas and Stephanie Sheh as Taki and Mitsuha in particular doing great jobs, especially whenever a body swap is going on. Overall, it is a very well made film, and I can easily see why it got popular. That said, I certainly felt underwhemed upon watching it. I enjoyed it, and my opinion has raised over time, but overall, it definitely didn’t resonate with me as much as it seems to have with others, and I honestly don’t have much more to say about it. It’s definitely worth a watch for those who are curious, though, and it’s made me interested in Makoto Shinkai’s other films as well, so I can’t say it didn’t make some kind of impact on me.

2. The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya

Length: 162 minutes (2 hours and 42 minutes). Language options: dub and subs available. Streaming availability: Amazon Prime Video.

Now we’re getting the ones I really, really liked. Honestly, this movie and my number 1 are basically interchangeable, because I liked them just about equally, and I’m just more emotionally biased towards my number 1. Released in 2010 and once again produced by Kyoto Animation, The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya is based off the fourth novel of the Haruhi Suzumiya series, and is more or less the finale of the anime series, both chronologically and production wise. Appropriately for a series as over the top and audacious as Haruhi, it’s also the third longest animated film ever made, only beaten by the extended 70mm cut of Final Yamato, which stands at 163 minutes, and by In This Corner (and Other Corners) of the World, the director’s cut of In This Corner of the World, which stands at 168. Even then, this movie technically beats them out in the sense that it’s always been this long, instead of needing different cuts to reach this length, which is equivalent to 7 episodes of the series, which was the original plan for adapting Disappearance before it was turned into a movie. With that little trivia rant out of the way, let’s get to the actual movie.

December has arrived, and Haruhi has made plans for the S.O.S Brigade to have a normal, by their standards, party for Christmas. One day, seemingly no different from the rest, however, Kyon discovers that his life has suddenly and inexplicably changed: Haruhi and Itsuki no longer attend his school, Mikuru doesn’t recognize him, Ryoko Asakura has returned and has no memory of her prior incident with Kyon, and strangest of all, Yuki has become a normal and emotive, if shy, human being. Kyon, who would normally welcome a life without Haruhi or the S.O.S Brigade, instead finds himself nearly driven mad by his ability to remember his past reality. Finding a clue left behind by the previous version of Yuki, however, Kyon becomes determined to discover the cause of this change and the location of Haruhi, even as he questions whether or not he actually wants to give up this normal world he’s desired all this time.

One of the big strengths of the Haruhi Suzumiya series is the sheer variety of tones and genres its stories have, and Disappearance is one of the prime examples of that, putting almost the entirety of the wacky cast to the sidelines and laying the focus on Kyon and the now human Yuki, giving the movie a very somber and lonely tone. Through this, however, it also manages to give Kyon some great character development, cementing him as an absolutely fantastic protagonist. The pace is quite slow, but it never feels boring. It’s a very investing journey the entire way through, helped by the sense of mystery that pervades almost every minute of it, and the climax is extremely memorable, containing several of the best moments in the franchise. Visually, the movie also looks quite distinctive from the series, with most of it carrying a very muted color palette and lighting that furthers the atmosphere, and the English dub manages to be even better than the series’ dub, with Crispin Freeman as Kyon doing an outstanding job, selling Kyon’s character the entire way through, from his genuinely distraught monologues to his internal conflicts.

Overall, this is a genuinely great watch, and an extremely satisfying way to end off the franchise, as far as animation goes. While it’s sad to see that adaptations of the Haruhi novels are likely to never continue, they’d honestly be hard pressed to match this. Disappearance genuinely works as an ending to the stories, both in quality and in the story itself, and I would heavily recommend it to any fans who haven’t yet gotten to watch it.

1. Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl

Length: 89 minutes (1 hour and 29 minutes). Language options: subs only. Streaming availability: none (was very briefly on Funimation in April 2020).

Ending off this list is the continuation of the Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai series, once again produced by CloverWorks and adapting both the sixth and seventh light novels. This is a bit of an unfortunate movie in the sense that, unlike Haruhi, whose stories had stayed serialized up to Disappearance, thus meaning you don’t really lose anything by not watching its movie, Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl is the resolution to the story of Shoko Makinohara, the mystery to whom is a large part of the series even as early as the first story, leaving one with a pretty big cliffhanger if only the series is watched. Thus, it’d be really nice if any of the several streaming services currently hosting the series could get this movie on to stay, instead of only being available through DVD or the good ole illicit means. I was only barely lucky enough to catch it during its stay on Funimation last year.

Six months have passed since Sakuta Azusagawa and Mai Sakurajima first met, and as the pair prepare for a new year, Sakuta receives an unexpected visitor: Shoko Makinohara, Sakuta’s old crush and inspiration, who had previously appeared to him for a brief time before, and prior to that was discovered to also exist as a middle school age girl. Explaining that she temporarily ages up due to her own case of Adolescence Syndrome, and thus can’t stay at her own home, Shoko requests to move in with Sakuta until she returns to normal, causing intense jealousy in Mai that Shoko seems to actively provoke. When Sakuta manages to locate the child version of Shoko, however, confirming that the two actually exist simultaneously, he finds himself thrust into his most complicated trial by far, one that may very well dictate his own future as well as Shoko’s.

The Rascal Does Not Dream of series became special to me when I first watched it, for reasons I still can’t completely explain, and it has remained special even years later, so needless to say, this movie was a real treat for me. Even beside my bias, though, it’s a very good watch. The story is one that takes several twists and turns without getting confusing, rushed, or cluttered, not only answering the questions around Shoko, but also acting as the culmination to Sakuta and Mai’s development, both as characters and also as a couple, a relationship that’s still one of the sweetest and most investing out there to me. It has some significant emotional highs and a sense of grandness that really sells this as the grand conclusion to the story as far as the anime goes. Like with Haruhi, the light novel series continued past this particular story, with the most recent volume releasing back in December 2020, but there’s little chance of the anime continuing past this, and also like with Haruhi, this is a good enough ending point that it’s probably for the best. Overall, if you’re a fan of the Rascal anime and haven’t watched this movie yet, I heavily recommend doing so however you can. It resolves just about every significant arc and plot point that’s existed since the start of the series, and feels so final it actually just makes me even more curious as to how the light novels continued past this, though that’s something for me to discover at a later time.

And with that, this post can finally come to a close. Overall, I enjoyed every movie on this list, and can definitely say they’re all worth a watch, assuming one likes the preceding series in the cases of the continuation movies. I was taking a bit of a break from watching anime series again to avoid getting burnt out, only watching a couple of the movies on this list to help break it up, but I think I can say I’m officially up for resuming. So, look out for another of these posts in the hopefully not too distant future, staring my latest especially strong obsession, Gundam. Till next time.

-Scout

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Two more weeks of this semester will finally conclude my freshman year in university (why am I still considered a freshman despite transferring in with credits AND possibly able to graduate ‘early’ is beyond me.) Anyways, Sakuracon is next week (right in the middle of finals lol) I’ve never been to an anime convention, but since it’s next door practically, my sister and I gonna check it out.

Summer will be the first time in a long time where I’ll have more free time except I have to refresh C# and I’m taking Japanese since it was not available to me before (thanks Arizona.) but 1 class and work shouldn’t be death. I hope to finish up my anime which is Prisma Illya (I’m not actually sure why I’m watching this bs… part me of is only doing it because 13 year old me read the manga…) and Cardcaptor Sakura that I’ve been watching since the beginning. After that run of magical girls, I hope to start and finish Puella Magi Madoka Magica—originally I started it a few years ago but never finished—and I don’t really remember what else I plan on watching. Probably catch up in KNY S2, Stone Ocean and start El-Melloi.

Someone suggested me to watch Magical Girl Raising Project after PMMM so I guess I’ll see if I can check that out. Hopefully I can catch up in my manga too soon (I’m still behind MHA, JJK, and OP. I was reading Chainsaw Man too…but uh yeah the initial introduction to Makima I didn’t like lol.)

I also never mentioned JJK0 movie which I really liked (I have a whole draft review prepared). But I’ll post that later.

For video games, I have a lot of affairs but beyond my VNs I was wondering if I should start Melty Blood. I’ve been holding off on it until I read Tsukihime but a lot of people have told me it’s separate. Not sure about it yet, I guess I’ll focus on The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (I started chapter two a bit ago. Also need to go back to Monster Hunter and Tales of Berseria…)

#mad’s rambles #gotta love when life knocks you down #can’t ever catch a break #one mayhem after another #i need to finish reading my novel too I started in January #also will I finally update my fanfiction and the next chapter of Insanity?!#we’ll find out…#dam I have too many games…

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FEATURE: 21 Great Anime You Should Absolutely Watch In 2021

Happy Anime Day! With every season bringing a plethora of new series, there are now countless shows and movies, both new and old, to watch. Whether it's adventure, comedy, romance, or drama you're looking for, here are 21 anime series you should add to your watchlist in 2021.

1. My Hero Academia Season 5

When it comes to the next chapter of My Hero Academia, 2021 couldn't come fast enough. Season 4 showed audiences just how high the stakes really are and how dangerous the enemies can be. Season 5, which recently premiered in March, will not only deliver high-level action, but we'll also get more time with the great slate of heroes and villains showcased last season.

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2. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train

After hearing the news of Mugen Train dominating the box office, the time has come for North American audiences to experience this highly anticipated film. Mugen Train will be available for digital release this summer and will help fill the void fans of the series have been feeling since the season ended. And we can always revisit Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba in the meantime.

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3. The Devil Is A Part-Timer

The Devil Is A Part-Timer! offers lots of comedy with all the appeal of your traditional fantasy series, but it takes place in the modern world. Demon Lord Satan gets transported to Tokyo, and while his original goal was to take over his homeland of Ente Isla, Satan finds a better path to world domination ... climbing the ranks at the local MgRonalds! It's fun, it's wacky, and it's one of those series we never thought would get a second season, until now.

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4. Given The Movie

Talk about a bag of mixed emotions. Like the series, you'll feel proud and happy one minute, and then a pile of mush the next. Given The Movie provides a touching viewing experience following these fractured characters as they navigate their personal feelings, as well as expressing their innermost emotions through music.

5. Hunter X Hunter

2021 marks the 10-year anniversary of Hunter X Hunter. Whether you've never seen this series or you've re-watched it hundreds of times, come celebrate this epic title's milestone!

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6. MEGALOBOX 2: NOMAD

MEGALOBOX brought all the charm of a '90s anime, but with the story of a futuristic society that takes boxing to a whole other level. Gearless Joe made a name for himself in Season 1, and although things have changed and gotten complicated, he's "not dead yet." For Joe, the fire still burns within him, and he seeks to fight once more.

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7. Osamake: The Romcom Where The Childhood Friend Won't Lose!

Finally, a series where the childhood friend captures the heart of the MC ... I hope? It is a harem after all! Osamake: The Romcom Where The Childhood Friend Won't Lose! has a whole lot of comedy, a whole lot of shenanigans, and a noticeable amount of ... revenge. It looks like an epic competition is about to get underway!

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8. Chihayafuru

If you're experiencing Haikyu!! withdrawals, then Chihayafuru may be the next best sports anime for you! Now don't be fooled. Although Chihayafuru is all about Karuta, a Japanese card game, it still delivers the same level of development and high-stakes settings as other sports anime. This may be one of those series you always saw around but never watched but if there was ever a time to binge, it's now!

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9. Tokyo Revengers

With the manga receiving much praise, probably one of the most anticipated anime adaptations for 2021 is Tokyo Revengers. Motivated by tragedy, Takemichi Hanagaki finds himself in the past, climbing the ranks of the Tokyo Manji Gang in order to change destiny. He may not appear the toughest, but he's determined to get through the intense situations he finds himself in.

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10. To Your Eternity

Knowing this is a story from Yoshitoki Oima, creator of A Silent Voice, To Your Eternity, will surely be an adventure that tugs on your heartstrings. Audiences will witness an intimate journey of life and death revolving around an emotionless orb with no identity but can take the shape of those around it. There will be elements of time, drama, emotion, plus Hikaru Utada performs the theme? ... Sold! Want to know more? Check out the full manga catalog here.

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11. Shaman King

A Shaman King reboot was the best present fans of the original series could've gotten as the title just marked its 20th year since the show premiered back in 2001. Fans will be transported back to their childhood, all the while looking forward to a new story that reflects the manga. The series recently aired in April in Japan, and fans in North America can expect to watch the series sometime later this year.

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12. Horimiya

If you've been searching for a romance anime unlike any other, then you should watch Horimiya if you haven't already. This series takes everything you know about anime romance tropes, and delivers a series of fresh new twists, making for a warm and cozy viewing experience.

13. Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day

If in between all the action and comedy you need a good slice of life series about friendship, Anohana is the series for you! The original series aired 10 years ago, but sometimes a trip down memory lane is exactly what you need. Plus a new visual and news of an upcoming project will surely get you pumped to hit play.

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14. The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 2

Thinking he'd be the hero in this new fantasy world, Naofumi Iwatani ended up being hated, shunned, and stigmatized at the beginning of The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 1. But as he journeyed on, he developed genuine relationships, gained valuable trust, credibility, and gratitude from others. Season 2, airing in October, is ready to continue with Naofumi's journey and progression.

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15. Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S

Miss Kobayashi Dragon Maid has it all! This series draws you in with its cute appearance, but it surprises you with its mature moments and shocks you with some unexpected sizzle. Plus it has dragons, maids, and sweet raps! Be sure to check out the second season's adventures this July.

16. One Piece

If you haven't already committed to the legendary behemoth One Piece, now may be a good time to start. The anime is set to hit its 1,000th episode this year, and while diving into a series that's so far along can seem intimidating, if you've been spending a lot of time binging TV lately, this series could be your next big marathon.

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17. S8 the Infinity

Take the Tony Hawk Pro Skater video games, and mix them together with vibrant, aesthetically pleasing animation and cool action scenes and you have S8 the Infinity. Sports anime has been really expanding its catalog lately, and this series is an entertaining addition to the genre.

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18. The Wallflower

A little bit of nostalgia is nice to mix into your anime watchlist. If you're a fan of Ouran High School Host Club, then you'll love The Wallflower! It's got some handsome boys, a cute and quirky girl with a fascination for all things dark and scary, and all the ridiculous antics of a harem!

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19. Death Parade

Death Parade has stayed under the radar, but it at least deserves to be on YOUR radar. A story about the afterlife where a bar represents limbo and its bartender decides the fate of the souls in front of him whether they experience reincarnation, or disappear into the void by playing a game. This is a psychological, thought-provoking drama with some mystery, as we don't know the true nature of the people in the bar, or what led them to where they are. Those secrets will eventually be revealed as the game plays on.

20. Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Like Hunter X Hunter, this year also marks the 10-year anniversary of Puella Magi Madoka Magica. Madoka was and to this day still is a defining series that was a real game-changer for the magical girl genre, showing just how much danger magical girls face. It's a must-watch if you haven't already, so make a contract with yourself to watch or re-watch this series sometime in 2021.

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21. How To Keep A Mummy

How To Keep A Mummy is a heartwarming episodic series to watch when you want to have a feel-good time! Friends and classmates spend time together with their mythical creature companions: A precious, tiny mummy who anytime he holds anything will make your heart melt, a somewhat hot-headed but caring oni, a clever dragon, and a fluffy baku. After catching up on everything on your watch list, have fun with this series to round out 2021.

What anime will you be watching in 2021? Let us know in the comments!

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Ask Explosion #9:

Asks answering previous posts:

Sabrina, I have one word of advice for you...

R U N

“Chat, please stop talking.”

“But that’s my thing!”

“YOU JINX EVERYTHING!!”

Ayyyyyy~

Well, it’s something, I suppose?

Answered this here.

It absolutely did. Bless you, kind and hilarious citizien. ;P

I’m torn because... on one hand, I want to give proper mythology and such for like--anything that’d be put into the show, but on the other, I liked the idea that Alix’s brother was just sort of a conspiracy who thought of stupid stuff (which is why I kept the concept for MC Jalil Kubdel).

Zoe did it really well in Scarlet Lady where Alix knew the actual mythology and started blurting it out whenever Jalil got it wrong.

New Asks:

Considering “Ikari Gozen,” I imagine Alya and Kagami don’t get along as well. I agree with basically everyone that Marinette and Kagami not getting along is bad, but Alya and Kagami not really getting along makes more sense and is more tolerable.

Since Alya is Marinette’s “““BFF”““ (supposedly), I could see her kind of being like, “You’re competing with my girl over the same guy,” and keeping Kagami at arm’s length, worried that keeping Kagami close will allow Kagami to be closer to Adrien since Adrien is an extension of their friend group (kinda, sorta, not really, but Marinette calling him a friend so technically--)

You know, Alya trying to be a good friend and help Marinette with Adrien in more subtle ways. It’s the wrong way to go about it but she’s trying.

LUKANETTE IS AMAZING IN TERMS OF PROGRESSION KDJNGJDFG, I ADORE IT. Every episode they share together, we either learn something new about them or see more details on their relationship.

I think I was already all-in before “Silencer,” but man, that episode just sealed it even more. I was like well dang, why does the love square even EXIST???

jfdngjkfdjgfdg

Incredible. Only problem is that the creator doesn’t know how to use it properly.

You mean fourteen year olds aren’t perfect human beings???? :o

(no, but really, that’s me all the time; like, she’s barely a teen!)

He’ll believe it if it’s Chat Noir who’s doing it. If Marinette ever does it though, he’ll be sure to shut it down. ;P

Ugggggh, the worst part is that I have the same exact fear that they really are going to be like yeah Ladybug you silly fool Chat Noir has been with you since the beginning!

I mean, we’re already basically getting that with the New York special; Chat was supposed to protect Paris and then didn’t tell Ladybug that he “had to” leave for New York (and the New York thing is inadvertently Marinette’s fault and parts of the fandom actually did blame her for it even though it was Chat’s choice not to say anything), then Ladybug gets upset with him when she discovers it mid-battle, which leads to Chat being distracted and Cataclysming someone (another thing that Ladybug can be “inadvertently” blamed for), then Chat gives up his miraculous so Ladybug isn’t even allowed to be angry and cue the later line of “I can’t imagine being Ladybug without... him.”

So clearly that’s saying something. Adrien doesn’t get anything close to that level and Marinette is chewed out for not asking him to stay when Nino had already asked him too.

It’s like--Marinette chooses to go after Adrien and then gets either nothing in return, or humiliated by the narrative, and then in the New York special, she decides to do nothing and everything still goes wrong while Alya yells at her for it. The “damned if she does, damned if she don’t,” on display is stunning. The girl tries to confess and it’s like, “no, not allowed, but Chat is allowed to confess.”

I still don’t understand this logic of his overarching plot but also “there’s not much of a timeline.” I think the only solid thing we’ve ever gotten was something about all the episodes in one season coming after all the episodes in a previous one, but there are still things that don’t add up? The only thing the season 3 production order will give is making sure the hero debuts work out (so no Viperion or Pegase before “Party Crasher,” for example).

It’s not really reliable. I mean, like--I’ve been experimenting with timelines for a while, and stuff like “Miraculer” baffles me. It’s basically non-canon with no value whatsoever. All it does is make “Heart Hunter” look even more confusing and treats Marinette even more horribly for not picking Chloe when she explicitly told Chloe that she wasn’t getting it back.

I’m not familiar with that one! Is it any good?

(Okay, I actually was too curious and ended up looking it up; fancy! I couldn’t have guessed that it was a webtoon! I started reading the 1st issue and before I knew it, I was on the 6th! Oops~)

Lila is totally Rashta, 100% agree. The fact that the comments have a nickname of “Trashta” for her, equivalent to Liar Rossi, says as much ;P

Because lessons that involve telling someone that they’re valid and allowed to feel a certain way don’t apply to Marinette. Isn’t it nice? :3

Not that I know of? Though I also don’t look for that kind of thing, so it’s possible that it exists and I just don’t know about it.

Even if it did exist thought, I don’t see a problem with you doing your own regardless. Good luck if you do!

No. No I do not. ;P

GREETINGS FELLOW INTJ!

And yeah, I’m not really capable of not analyzing shows. There are some small exceptions, but they’re usually not full shows in the normal sense. If there’s an ongoing plot, my mind tends to be working at all times.

In terms of Miraculous, Season 1 was harmless enough where I was bothered but pretty quiet about it, but then it just got progressively worse. It really feels like one of those things you can’t unsee when it finally hits you, y’know?

I’m glad I was able to help you get that satisfaction you need (and appreciate Lukanette, of course ;3)!

Non-Miraculous Asks:

(some heavy Puella Magi Madoka Magica salt below)

Wow, this is a really dedicated ask! Nice!

Gonna go point by point here:

1 - Yeah, the whole thing with Homura not “being able” to save everyone... kinda questionable, and I didn’t really buy the arguments they used to explain it away. I think there was this one PSP game or something with Madoka Magica where you could kind of choose what happened (like, there were bad ends where Sayaka didn’t get her soul gem back in time and her body was partially decayed; ick) and I think there’s a good end where Homura saves everyone but--yeah, not canon.

I just don’t care for twisted stories like that unless there is actually a good end on the horizon (and I mean like “Everyone Lives and is Happy” good end). Angst is just so exhausting so the second I saw Mami’s head being bitten I was just like, “Ah, okay, so we’re doing this then.”

2 - Eugh, the sexism thing. It’s so... yeah, and especially this because the whole “girls are emotional” thing, I don’t really care whether or not the show is trying to “subvert” or “explain” anything, it just feels like poor taste and I don’t like it. (I also didn’t know about that Death Note thing because I didn’t watch it, but geez.)

3 - Wow, I’ve been away from the show for so long that I forgot what Mami’s wish was; I thought it was to “not be alone” or something (or maybe not die alone?? I really don’t remember), but either way, the fact that it follows some sort of genie wish logic is just--*sigh*--they’re teenage girls, come on (plus, the “genie wish logic” is really overdone to me anyway).

4 - The other thing about Sayaka is that it’s really predictable that she’d “die so quickly.” Basically everything was pointing to her just being annihilated at some point, and being Madoka’s best friend, it was pretty inevitable that she’d go.

((semi-unrelated, but someone also asked me which character’s name was lied about before episode 3 hit and they wondered if it was Sayaka’s; it was Kyubey’s))

Yikes. Sorry you had to experience that.

Anyway, I guess I’m not experienced enough in multiple fandoms to say for sure? If I was ever in a fandom, I would just blacklist the people/stuff I didn’t like, so I didn’t get to see a tong of “bad things” going on.

+ I try really hard not to generalize fandoms into one thing.

𝓖𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻 𝓝𝓸𝓻𝓶𝓼 𝓐𝓻𝓮 𝓢𝓽𝓾𝓹𝓲𝓭 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓑𝓸𝔂𝓼 𝓐𝓻𝓮 𝓐𝓵𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓸 𝓛𝓲𝓴𝓮 “𝓖𝓲𝓻𝓵𝔂” 𝓣𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼

Oof, uhhh, shows, huh? That’s tough.

I think the main ship from Given (Mafuyu and Ritsuka) is really adorable (you might’ve seen the amusing video of their love being mutual before), and while I would’ve said the same thing for the kinda-sorta side ship, it gets--uh... really bad during the movie/rest of the manga, I’ll just say that much.

Mafuyu and Ritsuka though, totally adorable.

Inuyasha kinda? Though Inuyasha and Kagome are definitely not the kind of romantic chemistry that I lean towards (I find “the bickering couple” to be rather exhausting). Plus, Cardcaptor Sakura did the “male tsundere” better than Inuyasha did (though the Clear Card Arc was terrible, at least it’s not canon kinda-sorta? idk it seems like a mix of the anime and manga so...).

After that there’s...

...

hm.

I mean, there’s probably a couple more examples somewhere, but--yeah, I’ve got nothing. Maybe if I thought back to all the generic children shows I watched when I was little (like those old Disney live-action shows; I had no taste when I was younger), there might’ve been something that satisfied kid me but idk.

I don’t remember what post inspired this, but I have no problem answering regardless, ahaha~

My main issue is Aang’s attitude about the whole thing. I’m not saying it was right of Katara to go out and get “revenge via murder” exactly, but I also think that Zuko had the right idea with allowing her to go and face the man who killed her mother so she could get some form of closure (also note that Zuko doesn’t express any sort of opinion when Katara decides not to kill him; he just wanted her to have whatever she thought she needed to heal).

It’s also the episode where Zuko directly confronts Aang on his “violence isn’t the answer” rhetoric which then goes completely ignored as Aang lionturtles his way out of the conflict. Aang is also not confronted on his point of “forgiveness is the first step to healing” (when Katara has a right not to forgive and Aang isn’t challenged outside of Katara commenting on it) and was permitted to ride his high horse when Katara “steals” Appa like, “It's okay, because I forgive you... that give you any ideas?” which is just--

reaaaaaally "holier than thou”-esque when Aang is like, ten, and Katara is a sort of motherly figure to him. The episode even has Sokka praise Aang for how “wise” he is and I groaned through the entire thing.

Another smaller thing is that it sort of makes the air kingdom look way too “perfect” by having Aang be the “source of wisedom,” especially when it’s like “violence isn’t the answer” while all the other airbenders are dead.

#((Guess who lost asks AGAIN.))#((Ugh I'm so annoyed this laptop is really giving up on me I swear.))#((I lost like fifteen.))#((Most of them were ones I was really looking forward to answering as well.))#((Basically needed an emergency restart while I was saving all of them.))#((Really sorry about that for the last fifteen or so asks I had.))#((I remember one from emikogale that involved the ideal ending of the show and that one was great.))#((and another about the fandom not really getting along that said particularly nice things but UGH.))#((If you sent me an ask recently and it's not here then it probably got washed out.))#((Because I don't recall just outright deleting anything because I didn't want to answer it.))#((I'll try to save a whole snapshot of my inbox beforehand so this won't happen again.))#((Seriously sorry.))#((Know that I saw it and likely approved of it but stuff happened and I acknowledge it's my bad.))#((Winter is just really out to get me isn't it? ugh))#character: Sabrina Raincomprix #character: Alya Cesaire #character: Marinette Dupain Cheng #character: Chat Noir #character: Sabine Cheng #category: staff #category: salt #other: non ml talk #other: ask and answer

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blindrapture · 4 years

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one of these things

Tagged by: @leonhaxor

Three Ships: Vladimir <> Estragon (Waiting for Godot), Issy <3 Shem (Finnegans Wake), Sayaka <3- Kyoko (Madoka Magica). I don’t really do ships, but these are safe ones for me.

Last Song: Counting my own music: that krunky Homestuck beat which will probably be part of a song titled “WELCOME TO MY MASTERPIECE.” Not counting my own music: “Ipacial Section,” by Autechre, because I’ve been going through every single Autechre release and writing down notes for every song, but I only got two songs into Untilted before deciding I was done for the night. (I love Untilted, it’s one of my favourite albums, but I’ve got to be in the right mood. Go on, take a listen to Ipacial Section, you’ll see what I mean. The whole album’s like that.)

Last Movie: 2 Guns, starring Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg. My mum recommended I watch it, and it was only a pound for the Blu-Ray so what the hell, I have it. It was pleasantly entertaining, I enjoyed it, a good action movie about how convoluted the branches of the US government are (and the CIA are flagrantly bad guys).

Currently Watching: So I watched 2 Guns immediately after finishing Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings, which I also got on Blu-Ray. (My fourth time watching that show, and I still cry.) I got the whole trilogy of movies, so I guess The Madoka Movie is what I’m “currently watching.” If this must be a TV show, then, uh...... well fuck, I’m not watching any TV shows at the moment? I am technically doing a full attentive rewatch of The Sopranos, but I started that rewatch years ago and I’m somewhere in the middle of season 2. I’ll pick that back up sometime. I’m like that. And I really like The Sopranos.

Currently Consuming: Cold coffee (like, the kind you buy a cup of in the grocery store), and Really Long European Sausage (I DON’T KNOW THE ACTUAL WORD FOR IT, I just know it’s comically long and comically thin and a store near me sells a spicy pepperoni-like one for REALLY CHEAP and I love it).

Food I’m Craving: If I try to answer this question, it will make me crave the food, and I’m good right now. (.............okay, shepherd’s pie and cauliflower cheese.)

I’m Tagging: OKAY FINE I’LL TRY TAGGING SOME PEOPLE, @rapturebones, @strawberry-wines, @trafuris, @paperchamomiles, @nullcode. None of you actually have to do this, but I’ve gotten away with not tagging people in these for a bit too long. And hey, if you weren’t tagged here but really want to do this thing, please feel free to just do it and say I tagged you! Because fuck the system.

#it is fun to answer questions

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thecococoola · 5 years

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Madoka Kaname

Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings

Part 1 of post! Madoka was so cute growing up!

(Part 2) (Part 3) (Bonus)

#character library #character clothing library #madoka magica character library #madoka magica character clothing library #puella magi madoka magica #madoka magica #pmmm #pmmm beginnings #puella magi madoka magica beginnings #madoka magica beginnings #puella magi madoka magica madoka kaname #madoka magica madoka kaname #every outfit madoka wears #madoka #madoka kaname #magical girl #every magical girl in madoka magica

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standardquip · 5 months

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Grevious

Video:Wolf's Rain, Trigun, Vision of Escaflowne, Neon Genesis Evangelion, K (TV), Made In Abyss, Princess Mononoke, 91 Days, Death Note, Death Parade, Grave of the Fireflies, Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie Part 3: Rebellion, Akira (movie), Death Note: Relight 2: L's Successors (movie), Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie Part 1: Beginnings, DICE: The Cube That Changes Everything (webtoon) Audio:The Everlove – Cruel Premiere Date:2019 Status:Downloadable, Streamable Genre(s):Drama, Serious, Sentimental Cons/Awards: n/a Outside Links:.org Categories:Music videos, Featured videos

Original description:

I had goals to make this more than just a compilation of cruel scenes from anime. Unfortunately, my story telling capabilities aren’t as good as I’d hoped. —– I’m not entirely happy with this, but I have let it sit for so long, I wanted to get it to “finished, not perfect” status so I could move on to other projects. (I started this September 2018.) Personal goals: – No blood – No gore – Don’t go the easy route (overused popular/obvious scenes) – If I do use a popular scene/anime, infer most the action to avoid use of said specific scene. Or change it some way. – Homage to some of my most liked moments in old anime – Retain some semblance of story rather than just a cruel montage I think I did okay. The blood thing proved especially limiting. I wanted to avoid Death Note entirely in the beginning, but to focus on story I re-added it. I have avoided almost all the expected scenes, however. I’ve remade portions of this at least 3 times, several anime were considered, added, then removed. In the end I am mostly happy with this. My biggest complaint is that the cruelty of the Dildandau character in Vision of Escaflowne (my favorite anime) is not conveyed well in animation and so likely gets lost among the madness of the AMV unless you’re familiar with the anime. This “implied cruelty” is the same for some other points, but I think those specific anime are so well-known that the message is clear anyway, even among those who have not seen those anime, they probably know what it refers to. Overall, this was a challenge. It is my first full-length AMV in many years, and is also one of my first various anime AMVs. I think I will stick to single anime AMVs from now on, hah. There is an unaccounted for video source in here. The “game start”, dice, game stat page things, and a couple random scenes are from a Korean webtoon called “DICE: The Cube That Changes Everything”. Special thanks to Tirazel, Requiett, Replay, and Mango.

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jagi11 · 5 years

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My Mahou Shoujo list

Yeah, I have been watching Magical Girl anime since the age of seven. I started with Sailor Moon, but shortly after I was totally obsessed with Mahou Shoujo genre. So, why not to write something about it?

Today I will present you my favorite Magical Girl series. One is better, one is worse, but the thing is I LOVE THEM ALL. You understand? So let’s begin.

(The order is completely random, by the way. There also can be a little bit of spoilers. I’ll try not to say anything that may spoil the plot.)

Yuki Yuna Is a Hero

Also known as Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de aru. Perhaps my favourite Mahou Shoujo anime of all time. Yuyuyu tells a story of Yuna Yuki and her friends, members of The Hero Club - something like volunteering group. One day Fu, Hero Club president, tells the other girls that they were choosen by God Shinju to fight Vertexes - monsters that are going to dostroy the world. Girls seem to defeat Vertexes quickly at first (they even meet another Heroes later), but situation becomes more complicated when they discover dark secrets of Hero System.

What I like about this anime? That it was really heartwarming story about friendship. Even if it was dark at the end, it wasn’t... that dark. I mean - not as dark as “Madoka Magica”, for example. And that it was really fun to watch because you would never be sure what will happen.

Favourite scene(s): The final battle. IT WAS SOOOOO EPIC! Ah, and don’t forget the most hillarious scene in the second season - when Tougo-san tries to enter Yuna’s room, but she can’t, because of her breasts! That was very short scene, but so funny!

Favourite character(s): Itsuki Inubozaki, because she’s so cute, and Mimori Tougo, because of how deep is her character. I also like Sonoko Nogi, because she’s just like me. At least in „Washio Sumi no Shou” and „Yuusha no Shou”.

Any ships?: I like Mimori x Yuna.

Favourite soundtrack: „Eleven Stars Five Flowers” and „Hoshi no Hana”. I also like „Hanakotoba” very much.

My Magicaholic Summation?: The ending was cruel for me. And I wonder why I like and hate Karin at the same time.

Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Also known as Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica. That was first anime I really „watched”. When it comes to Sailor Moon, I just was watching transformations and attacks. But when I started watching Madoka Magica... let’s just say I love it. I’m waiting for Magia Record anime.

Anyway, it tells a story of Madoka, completely and absolutely ordinary student who one day meets Kyubey, little catlike alien. Kyubey offers Madoka and her friend Sayaka granting their wishes in exchange for fighting Witches as Magical Girls. Witches are monsters that „generate” despair and cause suicides and accidents and Magical Girls have to defeat them in order to save another people. Madoka and Sayaka meet Mami, a Magical Girl who protecs their city. Everything seems „colourful” at first, but girls quickly discover dark secrets of Magical Girls...

What I like about Madoka Magica is the concept. It’s, I think, the first Mahou Shoujo anime that asks this question: „Does being a Magical Girl always means happiness?”. It was such a big hit because of this question that me and basically everyone were thinking about. It’s not a pink, fluffy story like the other Mahou Shoujo series. It’s story about despair, sacrifice and friendship that can defeat death. But I’m sure you won’t regret watching it.

Favourite scene(s): Homura’s final fight and „Happy Days” in Rebellion Movie, including Cake Song scene that I absolutely love.

Favourite character(s): Homura Akemi, because of her character. Sacrificing your entire life for your friend - you image that?!

Any ships?: Madoka x Homura. MadoHomu is my life.

Favourite soundtrack: „Magia”. Definitely.

My Magicaholic Summation?: If a cute talking cat had come to my house and offered me becoming a Magical Girl, I would ask them WHAT THE F**C ARE CONSEQUENCES. Then I would either become a Magical Girl or kick the cat out of my house.

Gen’ei o Kakeru Taiyō

Also known as Day Break Illusion or Il sole penetra le ilussioni. It tells a story of Akari Taiyō, a young girl that loves tarot. One day she accidentaly kills her cousin. It turns out later that Akari can use power of The Sun, one of Elementar Tarot cards, and she unconsciously defeated Daemonia - a monster made of her cousin’s despair. After another fight with Daemonia Akari joins an organization called Sephiro Fiore and fights Daemonias with three other girls that use Elementar Tarot cards as well. Things get more and more darker when girls discover the truth about their powers and destiny...

Honestly, it was the first dark Mahou Shoujo anime with happy ending I’ve ever watched. I enjoyed watching it a lot. I don’t really understand why people hate this anime. I mean, it wasn’t very good. But it wasn’t bad either. @lydia--chan can confirm my words.

Favourite scene(s): That fantastic final battle with Cerebrum. I love it.

Favourite character(s): Luna Tsukuyomi, because she’s so cute when she acts like a neko character in yuri anime (XD) and Akari Taiyō, because she cares for her friends so much. AND THAT FIRE HAIR, I LOVE IT.

Any ships?: Akari x Luna.

Favourite soundtrack: Of course Traumerei! And also Mirage.

My Magicaholic Summation?: With your feelings and determination, you can even change destiny.

Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku

Also known as Magical Girl Raising Project. Imagine The Hunger Games but with Magical Girls - that is MSIK’s plot. It tells a story of 12 girls from N City that play game called Magical Girl Raising Project. They are choosen to become real Magical Girls. One of these girls is Koyuki Himekawa who loves Mahou Shoujo (just like me) and wanted to become one - now her dreams came true...

But soon the situation dramatically changes. One day Fav, MGRP’s mascot, tells Koyuki (who is now known as Snow white) and the other girls that there’s too many Magical Girls in the city and the number of users of magic is going to be reduced. It later turns out that losing powers causes Magical Girl to die. Soon the competition changes into a fight for life and death...

I loved this anime because it keeps you in suspense and it has a lot of threads - every Magical Girl’s story is explained clearly. A lot of action, fight scenes and DEATH - that’s what MSIK offers to you.

Favourite scene(s): Talk of Snow White and La Pucelle form episode 1. It was so cute.

Favourite character(s): Snow White, because she’s like me (a little fearful, always optimistic and completely obsessed ith Mahou Shoujo genre); La Pucelle, because she wanted to protect Snow White so much I can only call this a love; Hardgore Alice, because she was cute and so devoted to Snow White... you will understand later.

Any ships?: Snow White x La Pucelle. I don’t know if I can or can’t call it a yuri ship. I think... it depends.

Favourite soundtrack: DREAMCATCHER. It’s just amazing. And when you watch ending and see all this Magical Girls you will soon be crying because of... eh, you just want to cry.

My Magicaholic Summation?: Watch out - FLYING FISHES ARE JUST STUPID MOTHERF***ERS. Also - if you wanna play a Magical Girl game, check who is developing it. It may save your life.

Because I’ve reached Tumblr’s limit of pictures, let’s just say I’ll end this post here. BUT. There will be part 2 or even part 3. Because there’s a lot of Mahou Shoujo series I’ve watched. So, see you next time ^^

#mahou shoujo #mahō shōjo #magical girl #puella magi madoka magica #magical girl raising project #mahou shoujo ikusei keikaku #day break illusion #gen'ei o kakeru taiyou #yuki yuna wa yusha de aru #yuki yuna is a hero

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