 If you liked
Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica
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 ...then you might like
Samurai Flamenco
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Both share: cute characters, ordinary beginnings that create a false sense of comfort, decent action, (sometimes) deep introspection of key characters, twisted themes, unexpected tone shifts, and a more-or-less successful deconstruction of their original genres.
Both Madoka and Samurai Flamenco are decent deconstructions of the magical-girl and super-hero genres respectively, but Madoka is much more focused and consistent in it's analysis of narrative/character tropes. Flamenco (unexpectedly) goes fairly deep into some of it's key cast members, even more so than Madoka at times, but the constant shift in character responses/genre/themes made Flamenco's narrative far less believable and effective than it could have been, in which
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Deconstruction. PMMM and Samurai Flamenco are actually quite stellar anime in engaging viewers long enough to 180 them in a whole new turn of events, often leaving quite a shock to deal with. It isn't like some conventional stuff either, but it goes into the territory of realism and perhaps even surrealism in order to explain conventions in detail and how they would actually work.
PMMM is more fixed in this manner, simply looking at the picture and painting a genius and thematic narrative; it is a rarity. Samumenco is more like an exponential of standards simply going higher and reaching more absurd lengths; it explains
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