Oct 2, 2013
Well, I'll try to review one of the most discussed anime of the last season, at least for the hype that this apparently dark majokko created in who was expecting another Madoka.
Story: 6/10
Personally, I didn't find it quite entracing; magical girls who receive their power from Tarots and fight against evil creatures, the Daemonias, that invade weak human beings feeding from their inner fears and hatred, it's not what I can call original. All the magical girls who discovered to be a power connected to a card from the Tarot deck are gathered in a fake Divination School, in which they are trained to
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fight against this beings, and all of them, apart from the main protagonist, Akari, seem to have any problem in doing this work mainly because all of them have a purpose in doing it, or at least doesn't care much about it. For Akari is different, for reasons that I can't explain without ruining the pleasure to watch the show. The thing that make this show look like Madoka is the fact that tricks you into thinking that it will go into a certain direction, watching the first half of the series, but then at the end you can say that this show it's quite a different thing, fortunately. (Or unfortunately, it depends on the expectations of the viewer).
Art: 7/10
The character design might take a little while to be get used to, because of the very sproportioned bodies that only the girls seems to have and their quite funny hairstyles, but I think it suits this kind of show very well. The artwork of landscapes and buildings is very rich, instead.
Sound: 8/10
OP and ED are really quite something, very very powerful ones, that you cannot absolutely skip. They're worth watching the show, in my opinion. The rest of the OST is very epic in the battle scenes, while in other moments is rather forgettable.
Character: 7/10
At the beginning of the show, I have to say that I found quite difficult to empatize to the main protagonist, Akari, and the other co-protagonists, Seira, Luna and Ginka, because they look like stereotyped ones. Episode by episode we get to know them better, and while their development remains unfortunately rushed, at least the viewer learns how to like almost all of them, and the relationship between them. Some of the others characters, like Ezia and Ariel, are really left behind, and nothing is really explained about their past. Same thing for the main evil character, Cerebrum.
Enjoyment: 7/10
Apart from other consideration about the story and how it's been developed, I have to say that I've quite enjoy this show; it will never enter the list of my own personal favourites, but I've liked it, mainly because it wasn't full of fanservice and easy to follow.
Overall: 7/10
Many things are left unsaid, and that's a bad thing, for the full comprehension of the story. It deserves another season, to at least explain more about what really Daemonia are and where they come from, same thing about the organization who controls the deeds of the magical girls, called Leguzario.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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