Magia Record: Mahou Shoujo Madoka☆Magica Gaiden (TV) Episode 3 Discussion

tsubasalover said:

Twintail witch (the one who got killed in main anime) after ED.

Bobby2Hands said:
wow, the level of cinematography and visual artistry in this episode reminded me of why I even watch bother watching anime.
Honestly, I have no clue why this show is rated so low.

fuckgendo said:
also dont get me wrong the fight scenes are cool as hell (god bless shaft) and the unique fighting/abilities are so nice to see but compared to og madoka magica and the game....idk the character design kinda feel off. sometimes it just looks awkward and weird

Ryuseishun said:
I was personally disappointed that the show did not take the totally dark route and kill off Kaede (for now, at least), but at the same time, I can still appreciate the more optimistic-looking approach of the story (so far). At least this alternative setting is trying to be its own thing. Rena and Kaede are pretty much representative of both sides of the same coin.

Mami showing up at the end, though....looks like the original cast bout to crash the party.

salarx said:

Mitama looks way more cute in game I have to say. Here she looks like a wierdo.

moodie said:
its so weird how death or edginess is somehow seen as inherently good.

i wonder how many weeks its going to take before ppl stop wanting a madoka rip off and accept this as its own.

Monochrosanity said:
I’m so surprised that Kaede or Rena didn’t die. It looked like it was written in stone for one of them to die. That Mami scene tho! So excited to see her get more screentime.

Nox0s said:

A lot of people seem really hyped about Mami - is this because they've read the manga where she is developed more? In the show she's mostly a boring (but necessary) straight-man.

tsubasalover said:
Rest of witches joins w. blue long hair witch. It's hard for the girl to say "sorry" for the first time. Because that girl always apologize when she wanted to apologize.

The witch got captured immediately found. Deleted the bell w. "Nakanaori" (made-up) power.

So it was true about her sister, somehow.

Twintail witch (the one who got killed in main anime) after ED.

Nox0s said:

A lot of people seem really hyped about Mami - is this because they've read the manga where she is developed more? In the show she's mostly a boring (but necessary) straight-man.

MahBrah said:
I think there is something very important that separates this from madoka magica. While madoka is about the struggle with hope and despair, Record is about accepting, dealing and overcoming despair in a non destructive way. It introduces many characters quickly which may lead to confusion because that's how Iroha is living the experience, she didn't said hi to the girls and magicaly knew all about them. As Iroha meets Momoko trio while Kaede and Rena are not on the best of terms, just like we not always meet people when they are at their best. In some way Record (if it doesn't take a bad turn from the game) portraits within the nonsense that it is the madoka magica universe a more realistic aproach to interactions, relationships and feelings between people, you might don't agree with me, but in anime that's something that really doesn't happen, everything is very artificial, but here you will get loads of struggles that even with magic they can't be solved and the girls will sometimes act out of emotion cuz of them but overall overcome them in the same ways people in real life do. In general I'm loving the adaptation, the visuals are amazing as ever and the story telling is bomb, the pacing might feel rushed but if it goes acording the game, it makes sense and it will still give you all the juicy backstories you might want.

Kobayasan said:
Also why is this listed to have 13 episodes now, wasn't it confirmed to be 26? Or is it a split cour maybe?

Milennin said:
If I had one complaint, it's that the witch/uwasa battle scene was pretty lacking in spectacle.

Also wondering why Kuroe hasn't made a return yet.

Casul_Noob1997 said:


The anime came out before the manga adaptation. Mami might be a minor character, but she's well-rounded and emblematic of Madoka's subtle way of characterization. Reading context clues, you can tell she's far more than a "straight man," she's a person - she puts up a front, is incredibly lonely, slays witches to atone for her regrettably selfish wish and plays the benevolent magical girl to hide that self-perceived ugly fact. It says a lot when Homura states she is the most fragile of all of them.

Plus, like all the characters, her "refined English woman" vibe in both her outfit and her weapons speaks of Mami's desire to be perceived as someone far more composed and calm than she really is.

Mami is a damn solid character, and understandably a favorite to some, myself included. Her involvement in side material, especially this game and her and Kyoko's history in "The Other Story" did a lot to utilize what we already knew about her and characterize her to even greater effect.



Great insight. If we were to pin Magia Record with a theme, that would be it - even in the game. Even in this very episode, with Ui's friends, we see they're fitting into this overarching theme.

I truly hope this anime is two cours instead of one - we NEED a full season to properly flesh out and get attached to everybody, because believe it or not, between the main girls of the game and those of the OG show, the antagonists (those I as a player know are characters in the anime), Kyubey, Momoko's team, and others? This is a cast of near-20 damn characters! You cannot tell a well-paced story with this many characters in just 13-14 episodes.

My Hero Academia's recent arc, though it had many, many highs, had some glaring lows because of this unheard of again, even from where the manga is now.

Luckily, from what I heard JCurry did not like how the story went in the last couple chapters of the game. Judging from how "similar but different" the anime's story has been thus far, I have faith the team working on this show have a stronger narrative in mind that doesn't lose sight of its strongest feature: the characters.

Casul_Noob1997 said:
Luckily, from what I heard JCurry did not like how the story went in the last couple chapters of the game. Judging from how "similar but different" the anime's story has been thus far, I have faith the team working on this show have a stronger narrative in mind that doesn't lose sight of its strongest feature: the characters.

Polycell said:
The 26 episode claim came from a tweet by someone who failed to provide evidence. If they continue at the two episodes per chapter pace, one cour will bring them to the end of chapter 7, which isn't a terrible place to stop. Given how severe a rewrite this chapter got, they'll probably make it work even better as a conclusion.

Polycell said:
The main problem with the battle is that there isn't enough of it. The familiars barely affected their conversation and the uwasa itself didn't even make a single attack. The connect/magia demonstration was cool, but it would've been better had it capped off a real fight.