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Rest in peace Cocoa Fujiwara. If you were not aware, the author passed away nearly ten years before this aired, at the young age of 31. Sentimentality aside, I would still give this such a high rating for what it is…to think I almost skipped it. I am so glad I didn’t.

Anyway, it’s short, but still manages to convey a lot in the limited time. Sure, there’s ecchi, crudeness from the “Angel” and comedic profanity from the other magical girl, but those help to balance the absolute sweetness of the relationship between the Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant. If ... you can roll with that and like a sweet and simple romcom, this is perfect. They both love one another and meet every day and there’s little progression, but it’s evident by the end… and it perfectly accomplishes what it sets out to do. It certainly doesn’t ever feel like it’s dragging like many romcoms.

It’s hard to really put so much into so few episodes, but for example, Dusk Maiden of Amnesia did a great job in pulling me in and making me care...these episodes were half as long, but the tempo was great and didn’t suffer. Masterful storytelling and editing to fit the allotted time and still leave you satisfied without leaving you feeling either clueless or that there was too much “filler” or dragging things out. No… this was just right.

The supporting cast gets just enough time to leave you wanting more of them and to get a basic grasp of their personalities- a testament to the writing and the talents of the VAs. The leads were phenomenal. You don’t get to see more, but you feel the depth is there.

The art and music were beautiful.

Spoiler (ish) but not really:
I can imagine a world where it keeps going and there are antics and more exploring of the various characters. Maybe we would meet the King. Maybe if it went on long enough, they would eventually progress farther or even marry and try to hide things or maybe it would end there or with the revelation that everyone already knew, or something more like in other stories… but we know we won’t get that and that’s ok because what we got was beautiful and ended on a perfect note with a heartwarming feeling of “see you tomorrow” like it was meant to. We can imagine those futures.

The fact it manages to stir so much feeling in 12 episodes of each less than 12 minutes makes it top-tier to me.