![]() ![]() But at the same time, it has a certain free-spirited go-for-broke attitude that manages to engage and entertain at times anyway. The characters are paper thin and the plot occasionally doesn’t make sense. So how successful is this weird, grim, gory and goofy concoction? I guess it depends on what you are looking for in a show. Heck, it even works in a beach episode because of course it does. Adding in other characters like a teen pop idol dressed like a dog, a samurai girl, a busty psychopath in glasses, a psychic crossdresser and other broad tropes, it starts to become clear the show is more about the spectacle of it all than anything else. While it definitely does go for shock at times, it also eventually starts to widen its palette more, leaning into its gonzo premise (a sort of mix of Madoka Magica and Future Diary) with a certain amount of camp. It’s at about this point I’m starting to think this show is just trying to entertain by shock value. The next day those same bullies bring in a big guy to rape her. She goes home and gets punched in the gut by her brother who then chokes her until she blacks out. It starts out very bleak with our protagonist being severely beaten and kicked on the ground by girls in her class. The Opinion: This series strikes me as pretty polarizing. What she doesn’t realize is that entering this world of magical girls will set her on a collision course with others of her kind that wish to kill her and others like her to become the one magical girl strong enough to survive the impending “Tempest”. When she stumbles across a mysterious website promising to make her a magical girl, it provides just enough incentive to continue moving forward, especially when she finds a weird heart-shaped gun in her locker the next day which leads to the deaths of two of her school bullies. The Plot: Aya Asagiri is bullied and beaten at school and abused at home by her own sociopathic brother. ![]()
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