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Feb 10, 2025
Very fast drop after the bait and switch.
There was honestly nothing new in the show other than the fact it was an isekai being told from the sister's point of view, not of the one being isekai'd. At least that's how Ep1 went down. But then it switched come Ep2 and lost any novelty. The brat was annoying to listen to and the sister who had also displayed some combat promise in Ep1 alongside her isekai brother was just turned into your typical fable girl who needs to be protected.
Don't waste your time if you wanted more of Ep1 as
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it switches from the sisters PoV.
Reviewer’s Rating: 2
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Dec 17, 2023
SHY. A story about heroes, flawed heroes, fighing to save humanity...
Truthfully, the series will hit people differently as the heroes and villains have all gone through different tough life events. The series does have some rather good character development and story depth, but surpisingly, the best and most dramatic parts were given to the "villains". Because of this, one finds themselves siding with them and being annoyed and betrayed by the storytelling in the series as it uses silly gimics and the assption that you side with the heroes throughout the series. And that there sadly is a definition of
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bad writing.
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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Sep 19, 2019
Overall, it was most certainly not worth the $12 I paid to see it... maybe $6. I wouldn't recommend anyone other than diehard Trigger fanboys go see it, cause, while it won't bore you, as the action scenes are plentiful, there's not much else to it. I went for pretty action... I got action... and a migraine from the plot/story.
So, the art for the movie, which was the only good thing about it, was unique in a way. It was all this half 3dcg-like-ness thing, but it also had some traditional Trigger flare to it. I'll call it simple as it lacked
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most detail and was inconsistent at times, but still okay. I can't complain about it, but it also wasn't impressive.
The music really took a back seat in the movie. I was hoping for some bangers like they have in Kill la Kill at least, but nothing really stood out. The songs in the fight scenes were lacking of any energy or umph and don't have the blood pumping vibe to really light you on fire... no 燃える
The characters were as flat as boards. Little to no character depth, little or no reason to care about them, little or no investment, and almost zero backstory. Galo was the most un-interesting character and wasn't even a stand-in that most uninteresting characters tend to be. The bad guy, Kray, at least had a goal/purpose in the movie, even if it was flawed. Lio had the most motivation for why he was doing what he was doing, but still, no background, no redeeming factors, no thing other than woe are our people.
The plot was as generic and unoriginal as anything Trigger's done. MC powers his way unscathed through everything with willpower and help from Lio. I'm pretty sure they were trying for the whole "if your soul burns hard/bright enough, you can overcome anything", but it completely lost it's spark cause there's nothing for the viewers to get invested in. It was like taking a decent movie and just showing the action scenes *cough*Unlimited Blade Works movie*cough*. It's more or less the same plot as TTGL or Kill la Kill but with a new skin and nothing else. Hell, FranXX had a better plot, and we all know what happened there.
I'll be honest, I knew going into it that I wouldn't care for the story... but this was the lamest excuse for a story. Sure they pepp-... no, flooded it with references to their other series, but doing that isn't enough to actually do anything. There were plot/story holes throughout the entire thing... like the hole in the spaceship and what good is the ship as a spaceship now that it has a hole in it... Or the fact that thousands of people died when it fell and squished them... Or how they overcame the bad guy despite him being acknowledged as being stronger... Or how jarring, half baked, disgustingly obvious the comedy was. On top of that, everything was obvious as soon as the story got going for who was the good guy, the not-bad-bad-guy, and the actual bad guy were... it was honestly all completely cringe. And while I'm sure I've sat through worse, i'd rate it -3/10 if I could give negative numbers.
While I didn't personally care for Kill la Kill, at least it had solid characters, it had a fairly interesting plot, it actually got you invested, and above all, the bad guy was actually well done! The story was, well, as unique as the outfits, whether that's your brand, I don't know, but if anything, it appealed to people that may not like that type of plot. Promare, on the other hand, was a 4th rate story and honestly a mockery of Fireforce which happened to be airing the same time the movie come to theatres in the US.
To end with... don't even bother watching it...
Reviewer’s Rating: 1
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Dec 28, 2016
So, this series attempted to do something unique with the magical girl genre; turn it into a real battle royal. However, in it's attempt to do that, it completely gutted itself and ruined any potential it had.
I'll start with the good things. The character designs were somewhat unique. Despite feeling like some of the characters were blatant rip-offs of a certain other magical girl series, there were also several that had super unique abilities and how they used them were well designed. Especially Swimswim, I liked her ability... even if at times it felt like they didn't quite stick to it
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fully.
The art and animation for the series was also above par. I wouldn't say it was anything groundbreaking or specifically a reason why you should watch it, though. The voice acting was also pretty good.
The story was... bearable. For what it was worth, I didn't want to drop it expressly at any point, but that's probably because I quickly realized it wasn't going to have any potential and instead just let myself be pulled along for the ride.
However, that's about where the good points end.
For detractors, where do I start? How about the fact that they started with by far too many characters. 16? Really? Is that necessary? If you need to end up chopping half of them out (or more), how are you going to give them any type of proper character development? You have 12 episodes, 16 characters... that's not even an episode worth of mild character development per character...
Due to this, none of the characters get any solid character development. Not even our "main heroine" who, tbh, isn't that main. With the lack of development, this leaves you without any type of character connection or relatability, so you have no reason to emphasize with the characters as they hit the chopping block. On top of that, with the speed they do it, and lack of any backstory before they lose, you never get to the point of really wanting one to last till the end. Yeah, they kind of steer you towards a few you don't want to see win, but you're more wanting to see them lose than care about others winning.
So remember how I said they don't get any real development before they lose? That's the kicker, when they do lose, THAT is when they get a very small semblance of trying to build a backstory. Talk about bad story telling. The writer obviously doesn't know wtf they're doing. Yes, attempt to give me a reason (poorly told ones at that) to like the character after they've ALREADY LOST! What's the point in doing it now?
Another thing they tried to do, but didn't do too well at, was emphasize the shock factor. You could tell what happens to characters when they lose long before they "revealed" it. You also knew what the purpose of the whole thing was. I mean, look at the title... (I might have used rearing instead of raising, personally, though). There was no surprise. The only surprising event was how early they removed the one chance they had of trying to make the viewer empathize with the main heroine (hint: EP6).
Next, the shrinking of the number of "winners" they could have through out the series was horribly done. There was little planning, little lead up, and no reasoning (other than our obvious end result reason) given. "Oh, we just need to reduce the number" is not a well written reason. Come on, even I could give a more convincing reason than that and write it in a way that it didn't feel shoehorned in just as a story driver.
Next, the one orchestrating all this, Fav, was a shitty antagonist, and another example of the author not knowing how to write a good story. It's importance entirely revolved around nothing more than to prod the girls. It wasn't trying to stick to some moral high ground, or be actually evil... it couldn't commit to anything. Too many times did it prod or give information it shouldn't have, only to then say that it's just a observer and shouldn't be influencing the events.
Further, the rabbits foot usage. So, this for me was the crucifix that marked the series as poorly written and even more terribly executed. There is a more appropriate, more emotional scene (for the MC that is, not for us) for it to have come into play than when it did (hint: EP10). That is when this should have kicked in, considering it was there and there were far more emotions flying around from our MC. But poor writing struck again, and it only ended up being used as a shallow (and poorly executed) plot driver.
All in all the story telling was pretty bad, to be honest. So many things were written out of order, there was no character development, no shock & awe, no getting the viewer to feel invested in the characters or the story... and there was no satisfying ending. They never gave an any purpose as to why they were trying to "raise them". All they said was to find the strongest... but for what? Why? What good would it do for them? But I would say there was one good aspect to the story, and that was what I'll call the underdog factor when it came to which characters lasted the longest and earned the most... uh... wins.
The last detractor that I'll cover was, and this may be due to my personal like of the series, but how much it felt like it stole some of it's items from Madoka Magica. Our "main heroine" feels very much like Madoka, who doesn't honestly do that much through out the series, and is instead attempted to be further driven into depression to have her be there at the end to make some final event happen. Calamity Mary is, well, a partial rip-off of Mami. Her fighting style and abilities are fairly similar and they both have unstable personalities. And then there's the Homura copy, who I won't say who she reminds me of (as that's spoiler I feel), but the character is your reclusive, kind of dark feeling, black hair, I'll do things my own way type of character. Only thing missing is the backstory between the two (but again, this series doesn't have any of that anyway). On top of that, we have a poor Kyubey rip off, Fav. He's has a similar but different white design, is "misunderstood" (sort of), is alien to the story's world, and is there for some "greater good". Come on... if you're going to try this, at least make the core set of characters look different!
Summary:
So all in all, the series is decent if all you want is a battle royal with magical girls, but if you're looking for anything beyond that, you're in for a massive disappointment, and I'll tell you you're better off looking other series (may I suggest Mirai Nikki or Akame ga Kill).
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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