To be honest, I feel like Magical Girl site’s main character’s suffering is just because of bad luck. But Sayaka in madoka Magica’s suffering is because of her choices not because of bad luck.
@@eleonorepb4565the main difference comes from how magical Girl site goes overboard with the girls bad luck. She has like 7 different life ruining traumatic things to deal with, that are all unrelated and all of them are exaggerated to the point that it becomes hard to take serious. Especially when you consider the amount of just crazy evil she is surrounded by that are all unrelated I get what the author was going for in a “there is nothing worth living for” in her life, that’s why he killed her pet cat, but that doesn’t make it almost comedic in how extreme it all is.
I loved Explanation Point‘s Watamote videos, but I can’t necessarily agree with that one. Of course the topic is more complicated, but I can’t necessarily agree, that you can only feel sympathy for characters that suffer because of their own consequences. The problem with this anime is more that the drama is really over the top which ironically makes it less serious.
I might as well spoil Sarina's bit here, because not only does she get a stick, we also find out the whole reason she bullied the crap out of Aya was because she never got a thank you from Aya for standing up for her against other people bullying her. And low key, I need to say this, this excuse is the biggest load of horse apples I've ever heard. You don't go and become the biggest bully to someone just because you didn't get thanked for doing the bare minimum of human decency. Especially after arranging for that person to get r-worded.
No no your wrong. in the manga the reason she bullies aya is very INHUMANE. She bullies aya because aya shy, nervous and not good at talking. and aya sometimes make their class difficult. Like when aya was playing sports, she couldn't run fast and ended up taking a very long time to get to class. and one classfind her boring. and agreed to ignore her. Since then, Sarina has been bullying her, which even resembles torture. Aya started being slandered as "prostituting" and damaged aya things. Basketball was thrown at her body, she was forced to eat what was on the floor. the hell. The author is very similar to Hajime. Butthis is very serious
@@revolutionarymagic3459 isn't that the same guy as the muscular dude who tried to do the teen friend of the magical girl that can copy other magical girls wands?
As a person who after watching the anime went to read the whole manga, the only way to describe the experience is like reading an edgy fic, it's bad and everything that happens makes you question your decision to read it, but you can't stop because of how absurd everything becomes. And just to think that magical girls site is one of the few magical girls manga that has a kiss between the two main characters and a confession of romantic feelings, just to throw a "they are biological sisters", there was no need for that.
@@samuelfranz1846 it's true, at the end people turn into sperm ?????? And I don't know what tf the author took and what drugs was on but I'm now warning everyone that says they like this show....
Iswtg the biological sister shit shouldnt have been thrown there its messed up the two legit had romantic feelings for each other and as if nothings wrong the author just wrote it in the story that they were blood relatives that crap was devious storytelling
I really hate shows like this where they copy the formula of Madoka Magica but they also amuse me. Everyone looks at Madoka for popularising the dark magical girl genre and think “we just need to do the same amount of violence if not more and will be successful.” But Madoka was never really that violent to begin with. There was never overt mutilations, blood nor gore, the show had always been about subtext. The biggest onscreen death was Mami but it wasn’t over the top. You never saw the decapitation on screen, all you see is her body being lifted in midair with her head just offscreen. They don’t specifically show you but instead have you piece together and imagine what had happened which leaves a bigger impact, sometimes less is more. Now a show like Magicla Girl Site would show the beheading and making it as violent and bloody as possible. It’s all the violence but no subtext, reason or purpose. Madoka Magica was never about suffering, it was about finding hope in the darkest times. But All these other shows just ignore that and think it was about tormenting girls as horribly as possible. It’s like the MCU, everyone wants that same success Madoka had instantly without putting in the time, effort or even understanding of what made it successful in the first place. SHAME
It's exaggerated but I get the idea, but I just want to point out the actual story basically the point of the story is about a evil "god" creating administrators through girls with unfortunate life circumstances to turn them into magical girls so that the said God can accumulate negative energy from those same magical girls to start the "tempest" so that it can re fertilize humanity and bring it to another planet to create a new evolution of humans if I'm right but anyways the story confused the hell out of me even now I still don't really understand all about the plot because it was weird how everything played out, like how the main characters of the series being tsuyuno and aya where they got into a romantic relationship in the manga but turns out they are blood relatives like that shit was devious as heck 💀 the author did the readers dirty so yeah I haven't seen the madoka anime but the video explains it and It helped me understand
This was incredibly well put. I could probably count on one hand the amount of times they showed blood in madoka magica. The most gruesome probably being the scene in rebellion, but if we’re only talking about the show, the most blood in one spot would probably be when homura’s leg got caught under the rubble while fighting walpurgisnacht, which wasn’t even that much blood. Madoka was never visually full of gore or violence, rather its psychological horror is the deeply chilling part.
You'd think having powers such as teleportation and timestopping would be instantly game breaking. What problem can't be stopped, stalled or defeated with these powers? Just teleport the enemy to outer space or above a volcaneo. Stop time and stab them in the neck a whole bunch, while they are frozen.
you do realise their powers are limited right in the manga Tsuyuno states that if she uses her power longer and more her life points drop so that's why they both a ticket for the concert because if they stop time know her life points decreases also if the did do that everyone in the concert will get suspicious
@@agnesteodocio746 Well it is still a weirdly OP thing to have in your back pocket. I guess it's like those Elixers in RPGs which are so useful that you never use them. Say they only have 100 uses of their powers each before they die and that there is no way of recoving lifepoints. It means that they can survive 99 life or death situations, if they so wish.
But using 99% of their power,as seen with the magical hunter shows they end up hospitalized or worse Why go all that length unless its absolutely necessary
@@pickyphysicsstudent201 Stopping time is definitely a devastating ability, limited only by the same gauge everyone else has. There IS a mild balancing aspect to stopping time; you have to actually DO something in it to make the most of it... except she's shown to use it for incredibly generous amounts of time and does whatever she likes in it in no hurry whatsoever.
Simply having a character suffer is not characterization nor is it an arc. This is where a lot of shows like this fail, putting too much emphasis on the suffering with no substance beyond that. It's not enough to have a character suffer, he or she has to strive to overcome it or want a means to escape. Using Izuku Midoriya as an example, at the start of his story, he's constantly bullied, everyone tells him he can't be a hero without a quirk, his own mother doesn't support him, and his one attempt to help would have done more harm than good if not for All Might. But then, he gets chosen by All Might thanks to his heart and drive rather than his actions. I think if this show had an arc about the MC becoming a magical girl after all that suffering and then dedicating herself to making sure no one else suffers like she had, the premise would have been so much stronger.
I've read some of it, but I also didn't like the whole continuous torture thing. I saw a RUclips video where the person said the main difference between Madoka Magica & Magical Girl Site is hope. Madoka at least has hope, but Site just has a lot of trauma & violence that keeps happening. I will say it was satisfying to see the brother getting annoyed that he couldn't hurt Aya anymore.
Ah, I saw that video, but I don't agree. If you kill off a bunch of characters, your audience might not want to get as emotionally invested in the remaining characters if they're expecting them to die off so easily, but not killing off your characters won't make a bad story into a good story, not to mention that good writers can make you emotionally invested in characters in spite of that. The main issue isn't how often you kill off your characters, it's why you kill them off and why you have them around in the first place. In this case, it's not about being hopeful/hopeless, but rather the purpose of that hope or lack thereof. In this case, I'd say it's about how they use the suffering. Like, suffering is no substitute for characterization. Seeing a kitten get kicked may cause people to feel bad for the kitty, but it doesn't make the kitty an interesting character. The most notably interesting thing she's done is being unwilling to harm others in spite of how abusive they are, but beyond that, she feels rather blank. Other characters suffer a different kind of issue, namely how shallow their characters feel. Blonde magical girl tries to tell MC to casually kill those who are doing bad things, but doesn't kill Magical Hunter nor make a big deal about leaving her alive or wonder just how much value a person needs to have before the risk of leaving them alive is worthwhile. Basically, the use of suffering is shallow, so it all feels overly edgy for no good reason.
Worse stuff happens to the brother in the manga that’s pretty fucking disgusting… although I kinda laughed at the whole thing because of how bad it was
@@theshinypeliper8813 Yeah like how he somehow charmed his way into getting the mind controlling underwear. That was the kind of uncomfortable weird that makes you wanna go see a therapist
Yes, but it's thanks to this that I find the anime incredible and unique. He was able to generate a very dark atmosphere from start to finish. This is why I look for anime like Magical girl site where there is drama after drama
Funny thing is Kamen Rider Ryuki was one of the inspirations for Puella Madoka Magica. As a result, Gen Urobuchi was hired to write Kamen Rider Gaim, and Kamen Rider Ryuki is indirectly responsible for the Magical Girl Deconstruction genre that Madoka "started."
5:40 its because Magical Girl Site took less from Madoka and more from Gantz,where ordinary people use high tech/magical equipment in battle. Asagiri's heart gun is a direct homage to Gantz btw
Forgot to add: both are very edgy and gratuitous,Gantz (tries) does the same morality question about who deserves to be judged by their violent actions
I remember this series, it felt like it was dark and edgy for the sake of it rather than having clear themes. It just felt torturous compared to the other contemporary magical girl deconstructions.
As someone who's also read half of his other work, Magical Girl Apocalypse, I can say Kentarou was so inspired by Walpurgisnacht he did it twice. I'm not joking, that series is a dark magical girl story (where the magical girls are weird aliens that kill people) and it *also* has a magical girl storm that will kill everybody. It basically stays as a survivor horror where everyone goes "oh no we hav to stop te magic girls" and ends there. It's been a while tbh
at least it has its own style and that makes these anime one of a kind. This kind of colorful anime where the hero wins in the end. There on works where the author assumes these choices until the end. I much prefer this way of doing things, which is why I will always be up for watching anime from this author (because I am interested in this kind of very dark story with an emotional side)
For your next magical girl may review you should play Life after Magic! It’s this really underrated visual novel about a high school drop out retired magical girl in her twenties that regroups with her old teammates after they drifted apart during adulthood to defeat an evil force one last time. The art is really cute and the game is pretty short too.
Personally, this show/manga had so much potential but the problem it doesn't know what to talk about or what wants to be: first it was magical girls killing bad people, then the magical hunter then the tempest and then a magical battle royal. It had potential to treat heavy topics and well executing them (like Madoka) but no! It feels like torture p*rn and fan service!
Hell, if I did a dark magical girl series, it'd be like The Mask comics meet Pretty Cure in that the magical girl transformations remove the inhibitions of whoever changes and the main girls just go on a revenge rampage.
The manga is so much worse than the anime it ups the torture-misery porn by 1.000 and even that's minimizing it like the mc's dad beating his wife until she miscarries and then dying by bleeding to death from his ass while wearing magical panties (this is treated completely seriously btw) a ton of sa just for the sake of having sa it also has a black character who is drawn like a minstrel caricature and who's only personality trait is being a rapist. I read the manga when i was 13 so i don't remember the majority of it, but i do remember the overwhelming feeling of "this is ass why am i still reading this"
I remember watching a video by the. explanation mark that explains my exact thought son magical girl site. Aya doesn’t have any motivation for the world that she is in nothing will be better if she stays a magical girl. Hell she starts the show almost killing herself, she is already at rock bottom. If her friends die then what will she learn that the world is terrible and awful. No, she already knew all of that. Plus all of her misfortune is by pure luck unlike the main inspo for the series Madoka Magica. Since in that show there is a clear line of events connecting to the outcome and the certain character’s choices. Any bad paths they go down like Sayaka make since because of her choices in the show. She refused help from others, turned away from any support, and focused herself on only one impossible moral value, that Mami who was presented as perfect couldn’t even live up to. These series of events make since since Sayaka made choices that directly affected her and the outcome of her situation. What I mean is that most of Magical Girl Site is incoherent and that there is barely connected to what the characters do other than just plain luck. I personally would not read or watch it since it just feels like torture porn. Especially after seeing all the things Aya goes through in just the first episode, for no rhyme or reason. I felt my brain turn to mush while reading it and it just made me feel Disgusted. It really isn’t worth the read or watch honestly. I hope I saved your brain cells by not recommending this atrocity. Sorry that this was so long I just have many grievances with this piece of media so I just needed to get it off my chest.
I said this in my comment but I’ll say it again. Magical Girl Site and all these other copycats wants that same success of Madoka but without putting in the time, effort or even understanding of what made it work to begin with. SHAME
I want someone to rewrite this series. Like, you can keep the horrible world in it, but maybe instead make the magical girl part the hope? Kinda like a reverse Madoka! Maybe even make the cat from the beginning the magical guide who gives the MC her powers because she was a good person. Like only kind hearted people get magic so they can clean up the disgusting and horrible world :)
Not for me. And people blame Madoka Magica for the death of a genre, when in actuality, it's copycats that fail to understand what made Magica phenomenal. If you're gonna make your story dark, there's gotta be an in story reason for it. It's like with Arcane. That show has substance and characters to follow, and actual complex morals that get the viewers thinking, and is not just bloody war fights for the sake of bloody war fights. If you want a classic magical girl franchise that stays true to the pre-Madoka era of the genre, Pretty Cure has been my childhood. Best way I can describe it is that it's like Power Rangers, but with magical girls and it's anime. (Actually, Super Sentai IS Power Rangers, and this is made by the same company) And because of that, every season has a brand new unique cast of magical girl characters with their own story theme. One is fairy tales, one is music, one is princesses, one is witches, one is animal/candy, etc. So you don't have to start at the beginning. You can jump into ANY Pretty Cure season you want, and enjoy yourself without having to worry about context. (The currently airing Hirogaru Sky Pretty Cure is AMAZING so far) If you want my personal recommendations, my top three favorite seasons are Heartcatch, Smile, and Go! Princess. And I think all three of these are good starting seasons for newcomers. Heartcatch is very popular with the community, with a great art style and mature messaging (for a kids show), and has some of the best writing even today. Smile isn't as tightly written, in fact it's very reliant on fun cutesy slice of life adventures, but the characters are loveable and beautifully developed, and it's a lot of pure fun, with actually a bit of substance that I think is underrated. Go! Princess is kind of a mixture of these and relatively follows a teenage girl trying to follow her dream of becoming a real world princess, and winds up on a Magical Girl team to save the world of the person who inspired her dreams. I just recommend one thing: DO NOT WATCH THE ENGLISH DUBS. THEY ARE TERRIBLE AND WILL GIVE YOU A BAD IMPRESSION ON THIS SERIES.
@@idrinkpastaforaliving_6269 That is correct. I say 'don't watch that' because not only is the dialogue there very inaccurate to the original, but there's also badly edited lighting in some scenes, weird ost choices, and the big one for me: They cut out some episodes of the story that didn't need to be cut. It puts a dent on the plot and leaves dub viewers out on certain plot beats. For example: There's a Peace (the character) episode in the original where she is trying to reconnect with her memories of her deceased dad. She didn't understand the identity of her own name for a long time. That episode is cut in the dub. You miss out on good characterization for a main character. Or worse examples are with DokiDoki: You know how many episodes they cut in the dub? NINETEEN. No I'm not joking, look it up. They cut out HUGE plot points. There's cut scenes that make transitions really awkward, there's no explanations for certain stuff, whole story arcs are cut out. My favorite is that the final power up for the team in the original anime was earned clear as day by a beautiful episode and well earned effort. But in the dub? They just have the power up. Out of nowhere. No scene showing them getting this. No prompting or explanation at all. (Better yet, the previous powerup was used nine times in the original anime. In the dub they only use it twice) If you watch the dub, not only will you be greeted to obnoxious dialogue not in the original, but you will be confused as I'll get out with the story. So yeah. You NEED to see the original anime to understand the story.
10:53-"Hey wait an minute!" XD I lost it at this part, especially with the little build up bit. Also loved your view saying that its an edgy fanfiction XD I think that applies to many other shows trying to copy Madoka Also, what do you think of the song used in said opening? Iris' Changing Point? The only problem I have with the song is that I can't find a single lyric video with English Translations that isn't tied to an amv
@@historiareiss8750But did they really have to give her, the youngest looking character, a pair of fucking PANTIES for her stick? Why not a piece of jewelry (like a necklace, choker, bracelet)? Why not a microphone?
The utmost scene that this anime traumatized me the most is the MC's abusive brother wearing the magical stick panties, and him stripped and getting violated by the awfully similar Death Note Near Detective
Magical girl site feels like what happens when a middle schooler tries to make a dark magical girl story like Madoka Magica without understanding why Madoka Magica was so effective
So I watched a few episodes of this anime, decided I had enough, forgot about it, got reminded a few years later, and decided to read the ending of the manga just for some closure. TL;DR: Aya goes back in time, stops the tragedies that creates the magical girls, everyone gets to live happily, it's an absolutely perfect (for the characters) ending, and the cat also lives.
I actually really like the weapon system in this series. The forms the different sticks take and the different abilities they have are really interesting! Same it's surrounded by some much edgy nonsense
This show is just “fairly god parents” but not thought out. I am serious, let me explain The premise is the same “kid that due to circumstances that they have no control over gets super natural powers to compensate for their suffering and must learn to grow into more mature full people due to it”. But in fairly the lesson Timmy learns is always the same “he can’t just wish away his problems and must put in the hard work to overcome them naturally” which is why the biggest issues are self inflicted as a result of him trying to side step his problem. Being annoyed at his limitations of being a kid? He wishes himself to be an adult and see that it isn’t all it’s made out to be. He feels under appreciated? Fine he wishes he didn’t exist. And then learns that he never did anything that would make people want to appreciate him and so on. While in magical girl site, none of the girls issues are her fault and as such she doesn’t have to learn anything. The “side effect” of her power just makes her life span shorter. Which doesn’t matter, since she was about to Game end herself. She has nothing to lose from abusing the power. If she just killed her bullies and brother, there wouldn’t be a bad outcome for her. And the world ending apocalypse doesn’t matter either because it’s not her fault and this isn’t a world worth saving. This should be a story about growing up and past your trauma but it ends up being a self pity edge fest
This seems like it contains every awful anime trope possible, the protagonist being hardcore bullied, the loli girl getting disgustingly sexualized er I might as well say fucking child they can say whatever they want they know they are doing, fanservice in general, and also the cutesy cartoony anime faces or poses heavily do not fit the tone, which is not awful if your tone is just serious but when it's a show tackling things as dark as suicide stuff like that just isn't appropiate.
I havent watched this show nor the full video but it feels like what a lot of people misunderstood about Madoka isnt that the dark things that happen in the show for the sake of shocking you but because everything about Madoka is supposed to be a deconstruction of Magical Girl Shows, not an edgy version of them.
Later in the series they handle self harm and gender expression horribly too. It's so blatantly offensive to the point I would argue anyone watching either gets misconceptions about SH or gets triggered. It just really irks me to see them try to delve into these dark topics and do such a shit take
This was the one where the villain that can only be beaten by men is invulnerable to the guy who got SA'd, but gets trounced by a trans girl, isn't it? Because I know that was part of one of these edgy-McEdgelord Madoka knock-offs, but I don't remember which exact one it was.
The author also wrote another manga that was terribly rated. They need to take a class in storytelling or something because this is a Madoka Mao Magica/Magical Girl Raising Project fanfiction.
It should be noted that this a spin-off of a manga called Magical Girl Apocalypse. Yes the spin-off got a adaptation before the main series. Confusing huh?
I don’t like calling every somewhat serious magical girl show a Madoka clone but out of all the serious mahou shoujo boom this was the worst offender of being a legit clone but not understanding any of it and not even understanding magical girls in general. I am normally not this critical of this stuff but I feel like this author has some sort of bias agasint magical girls since his only other work is another edgy magical girl story. Site is Suffering for the sake of it, very little care to world build, and all the fan service but no transformation scenes or even magical girl outfits? Magical Girl Raising Project is still shat on till this day for being a "madoka clone" but while girls do die it still understands magical girl anime and far differentiae's itself from madoka. It’s like everyone thinks Madoka got big for killing people and suffering but that’s always happened in magical girl shows it just did it in a unique way. Also look at YuYuYu some of the suffering gets heart wrenching but there’s pay off at least and likable characters
Probably where the line from dark to edge lord gets crossed. Also, Mark IS BACK BABYYY looking toward your video analysis for the new SLVR animation, the guy aged like a fine wine
10:01 Now that you mention it, I would *love* a ‘The Boys’-esque magical girl series. We’ve seen stories where magical girls are the heroes. We’ve seen stories where magical girls are suffering. Now let’s see them as the instigators, the corrupt ones, the ones to be feared.
this actually has 3 mangas the first one is the Mahou Shoujo of the End, which is kind of like the origin since at the final part of the Mahou Shoujo Site manga the characters in Mahou Shoujo of the End will appear since it's basically connected the second one is Mahou Shoujo site and the last one is we get a kind of spin-off about a character there and their origin that is so messed up that I don't want to read it anymore and I forgot the title I didn't watched the anime and if you continue the manga expect some stuff that you will not expect
The biggest problem I have with Magical Girl Site is how it completely misses the point on why shows like Madoka Magica worked Take the end of episode 3 with Mami's death for example, not only does it serve as a incredible dropping of the mic moment where we and Madoka realise the horrifying reality of being a magical girl and fighting the witches, but we also grew attached to Mami in those first 3 episodes, making her death all the more shocking Magical Girl Site meanwhile is basically just torture p&rn, it confuses being edgy with being mature. Just showing your main character being tortured by multiple people(including her own brother) in the first 3 episodes doesn't automatically make your show deep and mature, it comes across as edgy and dark just for the sake of it instead of using it to explore actual themes
I literally wrote something like what when I was like…10. Btw I think made in abyss did great job with violence, they do many psychological violence in cruel scenes, and I love how characters are just “damn….okay” after what, because it actually tells main theme. Of how cruel but yet beautiful the nature is, and how cruel humans can be.
Ya don't think I will watch this. It just seems too much nothing. Like from the sound of it, yes, it has interesting idea that you want to see. But it's strings you along and only throws you a bone just as you're about to quit, like just enough to keep you hungry for more. And I hate those kinds of shows cos 9 times out of ten, it's not worth the pay off, if there even is any. Also addressing something from start, CRITTER HAS BEEN WRONG!? XD
Chances are, any deep ideas you see here are likely just you projecting your own interesting ideas into the show. To expect something meaningful & deep is to expect self-awareness of the authors and any writer worth their salt knows how improtant first impressions are. That's not to say every show that's a smash success hits the ground running but they at least hit the ground walking and don't hit the ground breaking both their legs. What I am saying is don't expect this show to get better with the promise of it being good because if it had potential it would already be okay-good from the start. A show which starts off this bad and this "trashy" with things like fanservice do not tend to get out of that rut. I like some good trash but there is an uncanny valley of trash which is what urks. Either go HIgh School of the Dead or be something serious.
Aaaaaah…THIS one. I remember watching this one and…yeah, this anime tried waaay too hard to traumatize me with all the torture and death…but honestly? Madoka did the dark aspect better. I like dark magical girl shows but again, this one’s trying too hard to the point that in a weird way, I’m not scarred - I just felt indifferent about it =3=
Show's like this are why I have the word 'Tragical girl' in my vocabulary. and frankly I don't want to watch 99% of them because it's a miserable experience I have better things to do.
to me, what makes magical girl site more uncomfortable and generally much worse than madoka magica is its framing and intentions. magical girl site's visuals are incredibly intense, especially during extreme moments of suffering, and the consistency of those moments makes me believe that the intentions behind it are... uncomfortable, to say the least. "torture porn" is not a term i like to use, as i think it isnt really used by the majority in a way that feels fitting for those words, but this? this is torture porn. it's extreme to point where i have no reason to believe it was made for any other reason than for fetishistic reasons, and has nothing meaningful to bring to the table. madoka, while dark and sad, was never just about the suffering. it had something it wanted to say, and reinforces the themes of hope, love, and kindness found in other magical girl shows. that, and it isn't graphic in the slightest. it doesn't constantly zoom in on our protagonist's faces while their beaten and abused by everyone around them, and make us stare at them as they scream and cry. that's ALL magical girl site does. it doesn't have anything to say, it doesn't have any excuses for itself, it's just a show made to fulfill a pornographic obsession with young girls suffering. meanwhile the good magical girl deconstructions, like madoka, get stuck with their baggage and blamed for things they had no part in.
This is the best description of this show in this entire comment section. As someone who has watched the show and is half way through the first movie, Madoka Magica actually helped me realize you don't have to show extreme gore or suffering on camera for it to hit hard. Even implying it is enough. It's truly the best anime I have ever watched, and I don't think that will ever change.
oh god magical girl site... i remember a friend of mine talking about this anime awhile ago and i wanted to watch it to see how bad it really was... i couldn't even get past the first episode...
I feel like the reason madoka magica was so popular was because it explored something new with the magical girl genre Its not because it was more gory or more violent or artsy or whatever, it was because they were exploring a new side of the genre that happened to feature those elements in the world Imo its the same reason the dark knight trilogy was so popular, it wasnt just because it looked different, it was because they explored what it truly means to be batman; physically and mentally And yet most of the live action remakes ive seen only take the "it looks more realistic and gritty" while forgetting the point that YOURE SUPPOSED TO EXPLORE SOMETHING NEW
I swear I don’t know what’s going on in this franchise half the time, ‘cause like… {SPOILERS IF YOU CARE - IDK WHY YOU WOULD BUT BE WARNED} At some point Aya and Tsuyuno (if I’m remembering her name correctly) had a thing then it’s revealed they’re twins and their father was their classmate from the future or something who had, or was at least implied to have a thing for Aya and I’m just like “???”. Like I’m so lost. And Aya’s suffering honestly felt almost comical in how over the top it was. It’s been forever since I’ve touched the franchise but it honestly felt like thinly veiled torture hentai with the amount of shit she dealt with💀
I'm curious about the manga twin thing, more disgusted but yk. So after they have there romance bit how do they deal with it once they figure out they're twins? Does it change their dynamic?
@@Snow-vk7th I have no idea, unfortunately. I dropped this thing in 2019 but since Tsuyuno plays a big part in the story last I checked, I can assume they either date or something. You’ll have to excuse me, I don’t wanna think about this too much😭
@@Snow-vk7thoh she's dead by the time Aya finds out and it's never addressed again. Even after everyone is miraculously revived. Reading a synopsis of this manga was the worst mistake of my life I hate it here.
oh yeah i remember reading the manga for this one up untill some point. i think it was one of those "well atleast the concept is interesting" reads i had. and discussing it at lunch with a few people in highschool, like two times..
Magical girl site is so bizarre, literally right after the episode u stopped at shit just gets weeeird. And when u read the manga ur more just in disbelief of all the crazy shit that happens that u can’t even process why it’s happening😭but also u really wanna know wats gonna happen next like it’s just a mixed bag. I thiiiink it gets good, but like good in a “HOLY SHIT DID THAT JUST HAPPEN” kind of way
When the anime originally aired i got 3 episodes in and then dropped it, it was uncomfortable to watch especially the first episode and how jarring it is. Like you said there’s a big difference between darker themes in a show and fan service + torture. I’ve tried to rewatch and continue it a few times since but it’s just so off putting every time :/
Honestly I watched the first episode when this came out and I hated it your review was awesome as usual but I recommend yuki yuna is a hero it has more magical stuff and it focuses more on what it costs to be a magical girl and how it effects them
I also recommend Magical Girl Raising Project. Now the anime is just a battle Royale with Magical Girls but the light novels actually does the dark magical girl genre well. The second volume that is a sequel to the anime is less a battle Royale but a mystery detective game where the participants try to figure out who the killer is. MRP does what Madoka did but with its own unique spin which surprisingly works
@seashell3403 yuki yuna had a good concept but ruined by some uncomfortable shots even with the transformations in the sequel/prequel and one of the girls transformation
how i understand this is one of those Manga advertisment shows , where it was put on indefinite hiatus like Houseki no Kuni and Dorohedero , where if you want to see the ending you need to read the manga,novels or play the games.
Having read the manga, it really does have a hopeful ending where the cast is able to win a brighter future and find closure in their lives. The road to that however, was really gritty to the point where everything seemed hopeless and there didn't seem to be a point in trying to follow the story. And there was the final arc was really weird. This makes me wonder, is a happy ending worth all the seemingly endless/pointless pain and suffering it took to get there? The least I can say is that it ended better than Magia Record Final Season.
I know that magical girl May has passed maybe next year you could do “yuki Yuna is a hero!” I enjoyed the first season and it is a bit dark but not too dark
Yeah don’t waste your time on this show. Has forgettable characters and is always showing how the characters are just poor girls with trauma, but the circumstances for the main character feel so unrealistic like I can understand being bullied in school but with her having experience assault/hate everywhere she goes, it feels unrealistic. At the last few episodes when they were fighting the site administrators, I was hoping the site administrator would win cuz I wanted to see something interesting happen for once. Lesson: don’t watch an anime just because you saw an AMV that made it look cool
as someone who read the ENTIRE MANGA and decided to read the “prologue” manga (before it got too weird), it’s… not good. i only read it just to know what happens and i only laughed once. because for some reason, nijimi’s stick is given to aya’s brother, and HE PUTS IT ON???
I recommend watching Precure, much better and more interesting than this anime! I recommend Go Princesa Precure, it's one of my favorites and has a very interesting theme of hope and despair! And at one point touches on a very dark subject!
I feel like the anime lacks an external conflict. The witches from madoka magica are a genius decision because even before the reveal about them it just gives so many new options for plot to happen whenever the decide to fully work together and so the anime doesn't need to force them to act out of character just for drama. even in anime where its 100% characters fighting each other there is external pressure, for example: Fate zero, in that anime all the fights and drama are inbetween the characters themselves, but its all driven by the desire to get a wish from the holy grail which is the external pressure giver in that anime. im not saying its impossible to make a good story with only internal conflicts, but i am saying its extremely hard and that i haven't seen anything like that in the past
I watched a scene compilation of the first episode back when the show came out and felt so deeply uncomfortable that I never even considered checking it out. Can't say I regret that decision.
This types of works just seems like a fetish of an author that gets off on violence, this and made in abyss makes me so uncomfortable!! The pain was written to not make a story but a continuesly looping tragedy
Did the main bully girl with red hair ever get consequences for actions? Did she ever get punished or called out properly? Cause I hate it when characters do awful things but just forgiven or don’t face any consequences.
Site is an anime I found terrible but also a bit entertaining to watch because of it. There are so many plot holes, stupid decisions, over-exaggerated suffering that starting a certain point, I had fun watching the stupidness of the anime. The anime is just bad and overall, the serie mostly felt like pure torture porn. However, for some reason that I don't remember, I then decided to read the manga. And surprise, I actually liked it at first. I was still stupidly edgy but I realized that most of the plot holes and stupid decisions of the anime came from content being cut from the adaptation. But looking back at it, I honestly think I just gaslighted myself into thinking it was good because it was slightly better than the anime because when I got to the part that wasn't adapted, it was again just terrible. To make things short, homophobia, transphobia ( which is a shame because the trans character was actually not too badly written at first and it's rare to have openly trans character in anime ), Alabama moment plot twist, terrible moral ( basically ripoff madoka but without the build-up to the "hope is good" moral ), plot twist where the manga is actually the sequel to the author previous terrible manga ( mahou shoujo of the end, a fun read but it's quite terrible ), more questionable fanservice, some of the worst manga panel I've ever seen ( can't even call that drawing ), and probably much more. I do think that there is a worth in MSsite, mostly because I personally think that there's worth in watching shows that fail at being something and why they failed at it. But there are also a lot of interesting ideas ( that sadly ended up being poorly executed ) that manage to make the show interesting. But hey, at least the manga is where the "Please stop saying dumb things" meme image came from, so it manage to do something funny.
@@casualfanatic4217 I don't recall everything but it is revealed that the world of Site was created after the event of Apocalypse ( it's a very complicated /I don't fully remember / incoherent plot point ). We see the characters of Apocalypse in SIte but they quickly end up being totally useless and forgotten by the story. And it is revealed that Aya and Yatsumura are the daughters of Apocalypse's main character. So yes, it is totally useless, it actually make the story worse and it's just there for saying "IT'S ALL CONNECTED"
I have so many things to say about this property my comment would be SO long. I used to make fan content for MGS and while the memories I made with others are fond, the property downgraded. I will say that the anime ending is MUCH better than the manga ending. It is a fucking mess.
I had never considered watching Magical Girl Site because frankly "What if thing but *dark* thing?" is incredibly boring to me. That said, I am incredibly glad to have learned, from you, that they have a child's underwear act as a magical artifact! Now I can refuse to watch it on _moral_ grounds, like a true artiste!
Rewatching this honestly has me questioning if Garth Ennis wrote this series, it honestly feels like his work. 10:00 - I see. You made that connection too.
I mean, I loved Magical Girl Apocalypse and I Made the Wrong Person A Magical Girl, but this story was too suffering-indulgent and edgy. Did I read the manga? Yes, but albeit reluctantly. Lots of magical girl anime these days try too hard to replicate the success of Madoka Magica, and a lot of them almost never have that magic spark Madoka had.
I never finished the show but if u wanna know what else happens: To survive the storm u need to have a filled up stick but sticks shorten ur lifespan so a filled up stick kills u. Also the brother steals the underwear stick and there’s a whole team of girls
@@agnesteodocio746 that’s fair but I feel how overly dark and mean spirited it is just makes it almost impossible to watch or read. Like some character stuff gets better as the show progresses; but it just keeps getting darker and darker for no real reason other than for the sake of being dark.
@@agnesteodocio746 well it was a joke I agree with lol, I find the potential morality questions to be interesting and at some points think it is well executed. But this show and manga legit scarred me lmao. It’s just so dark for no reason.
Oh no, I had such a feeling of dread when I saw the notification. I'd already heard of this anime long ago and I was not interested in watching it then. I saw this video, and now I know for certain: *HELL NO*
I’m sad, there’s so many things from this show that, in my opinion, had a lot of potential, and I love some the designs (the eyes, and gun mostly) and the morality questions, and some of the powers, like one of the good characters being able to control people which is a morally questionable power and one usually seen by villains… it almost makes me want to read the manga (which is equally if not more garbage) just to make references and do it better.
In my case, this anime is exceptional for me and I have nothing to reproach it for. I look for anime with a fairly heavy atmosphere, mixing the epic and the emotional, this anime manages to do this. Just like Shakugan No Shana and that's why they are my two favorite anime. Am I going to change my mind because people don't like one or the other? Never !
…. I’m a little offended at the Wattpad joke because I’m making a little story on it called Mira Magica, which was an alternate choice version of Madoka Magica…. but yeah, I get where she’s going. Seems just like an edgy fanfiction.
Last time I tried to sum this up it was a garbled mess so I want to articulate things better. This show is to magical girls what The Boys specifically the comic was to superhero’s. The Boys comic is meant to be a cynical deconstruction of Superhero’s made by a man whose admits he hates superheroes. It’s a dumpster fire of sex violence immature humor (like Hewies first Supe kill was a perv that shoved a hamster up his ass) and poor taste pastiches of iconic hero’s. Inspite of that there were legitimately good ideas such as how the vought and the supes often spin the situations around them like a big sex party weekend they throw every summer is covered up as being part of a big crossover event you’d see from Marvel and DC. But it’s all barely explored in favor of more shock. This show feels like that being more interested in being as fucked up as possible and deriving humor from mocking it’s genre (magic underwear anyone) almost if if the creator made it to spite magical girl fans and people with good taste.
Yes, exactly. That’s a perfect comparison. The Boys comics was just a creator venting his hate for superheroes in the most nonsensical and tasteless way possible with no real reason. The Boys TV show is a commentary on not just superheroes but the entertainment industry. It handles themes of sexual assault, work environment and god complex with understanding and respect. The themes were the cake and the blood was just filling
Since they’re in Japan, at their ages they’re in middle school like me which makes it even worse! I binged watched it and it’s not that bad, but pretty plain, boring, and not enough action or magic. And I wish that their wands were based off actual weapons and not underwear!
I thought Aya and Yatsumura were inlove, but after i read the manga they were sisters..😭😭 i mean i love the show..but all you just do is suffer and watch your friends die, the owner of the show didnt deserve the hate tho. I am a big fan of GORE and stuff like that, but honestly when Kosame sh herself, Kiyoharu didn't liked hug her all she said "are you cutting again" and then she says she wants to kill her bullies, i mean sh needs to be taken seriously.
Oyyy😅 black death is actually a beloved cult horror film at this point. I think its great with really good acting. Plus you get to see a bunch of GOT actors wayyyy before the show ever was a thing.
To be honest, I feel like Magical Girl site’s main character’s suffering is just because of bad luck. But Sayaka in madoka Magica’s suffering is because of her choices not because of bad luck.
So you watched Explanation points video too. But you are in fact right
I don't think that one appreach is fobdamentaly superior what the autor what to say with their story determinate wich is the best.
In other words , just bad wiritting
@@eleonorepb4565the main difference comes from how magical Girl site goes overboard with the girls bad luck.
She has like 7 different life ruining traumatic things to deal with, that are all unrelated and all of them are exaggerated to the point that it becomes hard to take serious. Especially when you consider the amount of just crazy evil she is surrounded by that are all unrelated
I get what the author was going for in a “there is nothing worth living for” in her life, that’s why he killed her pet cat, but that doesn’t make it almost comedic in how extreme it all is.
I loved Explanation Point‘s Watamote videos, but I can’t necessarily agree with that one. Of course the topic is more complicated, but I can’t necessarily agree, that you can only feel sympathy for characters that suffer because of their own consequences. The problem with this anime is more that the drama is really over the top which ironically makes it less serious.
I might as well spoil Sarina's bit here, because not only does she get a stick, we also find out the whole reason she bullied the crap out of Aya was because she never got a thank you from Aya for standing up for her against other people bullying her.
And low key, I need to say this, this excuse is the biggest load of horse apples I've ever heard. You don't go and become the biggest bully to someone just because you didn't get thanked for doing the bare minimum of human decency. Especially after arranging for that person to get r-worded.
No no your wrong. in the manga the reason she bullies aya is very INHUMANE. She bullies aya because aya shy, nervous and not good at talking. and aya sometimes make their class difficult. Like when aya was playing sports, she couldn't run fast and ended up taking a very long time to get to class. and one classfind her boring. and agreed to ignore her. Since then, Sarina has been bullying her, which even resembles torture. Aya started being slandered as "prostituting" and damaged aya things. Basketball was thrown at her body, she was forced to eat what was on the floor. the hell. The author is very similar to Hajime. Butthis is very serious
@@historiareiss8750so like hiyoko but worse(she bullies mikan to toughen her up)
@@rosemary3029Hey, at least hiyoko only bullied her with words.
@@NuqsStufftrue
@@historiareiss8750 did she ever face consequences in the manga?
Tbh the weird racist scenes later in the manga and the fact that they are related is just wack
Racist scenes?
@@SGR403 a very poorly designed black guy harms a teen boy
@@SGR403 yeah, every black character is drawn in a very racist way and are always criminals
@@revolutionarymagic3459 isn't that the same guy as the muscular dude who tried to do the teen friend of the magical girl that can copy other magical girls wands?
@@enragedvideogameman2974 yes, you would be right, i think her name was kayo. i havent read the manga in so long so forgive me
As a person who after watching the anime went to read the whole manga, the only way to describe the experience is like reading an edgy fic, it's bad and everything that happens makes you question your decision to read it, but you can't stop because of how absurd everything becomes.
And just to think that magical girls site is one of the few magical girls manga that has a kiss between the two main characters and a confession of romantic feelings, just to throw a "they are biological sisters", there was no need for that.
Pls if lying
@@samuelfranz1846 its true
@@samuelfranz1846 it's true, at the end people turn into sperm ?????? And I don't know what tf the author took and what drugs was on but I'm now warning everyone that says they like this show....
Iswtg the biological sister shit shouldnt have been thrown there its messed up the two legit had romantic feelings for each other and as if nothings wrong the author just wrote it in the story that they were blood relatives that crap was devious storytelling
Rlly makes u want to forget what happens in the manga
I really hate shows like this where they copy the formula of Madoka Magica but they also amuse me. Everyone looks at Madoka for popularising the dark magical girl genre and think “we just need to do the same amount of violence if not more and will be successful.” But Madoka was never really that violent to begin with. There was never overt mutilations, blood nor gore, the show had always been about subtext.
The biggest onscreen death was Mami but it wasn’t over the top. You never saw the decapitation on screen, all you see is her body being lifted in midair with her head just offscreen. They don’t specifically show you but instead have you piece together and imagine what had happened which leaves a bigger impact, sometimes less is more. Now a show like Magicla Girl Site would show the beheading and making it as violent and bloody as possible. It’s all the violence but no subtext, reason or purpose.
Madoka Magica was never about suffering, it was about finding hope in the darkest times. But All these other shows just ignore that and think it was about tormenting girls as horribly as possible. It’s like the MCU, everyone wants that same success Madoka had instantly without putting in the time, effort or even understanding of what made it successful in the first place. SHAME
You put it so precisely
THIS!!!!! Madoka was dark because of the psychological horror. We get deep into the characters psyhe and find out what makes each of them flawed
It's exaggerated but I get the idea, but I just want to point out the actual story basically the point of the story is about a evil "god" creating administrators through girls with unfortunate life circumstances to turn them into magical girls so that the said God can accumulate negative energy from those same magical girls to start the "tempest" so that it can re fertilize humanity and bring it to another planet to create a new evolution of humans if I'm right but anyways the story confused the hell out of me even now I still don't really understand all about the plot because it was weird how everything played out, like how the main characters of the series being tsuyuno and aya where they got into a romantic relationship in the manga but turns out they are blood relatives like that shit was devious as heck 💀 the author did the readers dirty so yeah I haven't seen the madoka anime but the video explains it and It helped me understand
I aint reading all that
This was incredibly well put. I could probably count on one hand the amount of times they showed blood in madoka magica. The most gruesome probably being the scene in rebellion, but if we’re only talking about the show, the most blood in one spot would probably be when homura’s leg got caught under the rubble while fighting walpurgisnacht, which wasn’t even that much blood. Madoka was never visually full of gore or violence, rather its psychological horror is the deeply chilling part.
You'd think having powers such as teleportation and timestopping would be instantly game breaking. What problem can't be stopped, stalled or defeated with these powers? Just teleport the enemy to outer space or above a volcaneo. Stop time and stab them in the neck a whole bunch, while they are frozen.
you do realise their powers are limited right in the manga Tsuyuno states that if she uses her power longer and more her life points drop so that's why they both a ticket for the concert because if they stop time know her life points decreases also if the did do that everyone in the concert will get suspicious
@@agnesteodocio746 Well it is still a weirdly OP thing to have in your back pocket. I guess it's like those Elixers in RPGs which are so useful that you never use them. Say they only have 100 uses of their powers each before they die and that there is no way of recoving lifepoints. It means that they can survive 99 life or death situations, if they so wish.
But using 99% of their power,as seen with the magical hunter shows they end up hospitalized or worse
Why go all that length unless its absolutely necessary
@@pickyphysicsstudent201 Stopping time is definitely a devastating ability, limited only by the same gauge everyone else has. There IS a mild balancing aspect to stopping time; you have to actually DO something in it to make the most of it... except she's shown to use it for incredibly generous amounts of time and does whatever she likes in it in no hurry whatsoever.
Simply having a character suffer is not characterization nor is it an arc. This is where a lot of shows like this fail, putting too much emphasis on the suffering with no substance beyond that. It's not enough to have a character suffer, he or she has to strive to overcome it or want a means to escape.
Using Izuku Midoriya as an example, at the start of his story, he's constantly bullied, everyone tells him he can't be a hero without a quirk, his own mother doesn't support him, and his one attempt to help would have done more harm than good if not for All Might. But then, he gets chosen by All Might thanks to his heart and drive rather than his actions.
I think if this show had an arc about the MC becoming a magical girl after all that suffering and then dedicating herself to making sure no one else suffers like she had, the premise would have been so much stronger.
That's actually what Aya Asagiri has become in the manga... Although the ending of the manga is lackluster, downright bad, and rushed...
A better example of this is and probably the best you can find is Subaru from re:zero
@@nagisamomoe125 i mean i wont lie and say i love MHA but deku's arc is pretty standard, not amazing but not horrible.
I've read some of it, but I also didn't like the whole continuous torture thing. I saw a RUclips video where the person said the main difference between Madoka Magica & Magical Girl Site is hope. Madoka at least has hope, but Site just has a lot of trauma & violence that keeps happening. I will say it was satisfying to see the brother getting annoyed that he couldn't hurt Aya anymore.
Ah, I saw that video, but I don't agree. If you kill off a bunch of characters, your audience might not want to get as emotionally invested in the remaining characters if they're expecting them to die off so easily, but not killing off your characters won't make a bad story into a good story, not to mention that good writers can make you emotionally invested in characters in spite of that. The main issue isn't how often you kill off your characters, it's why you kill them off and why you have them around in the first place. In this case, it's not about being hopeful/hopeless, but rather the purpose of that hope or lack thereof.
In this case, I'd say it's about how they use the suffering. Like, suffering is no substitute for characterization. Seeing a kitten get kicked may cause people to feel bad for the kitty, but it doesn't make the kitty an interesting character. The most notably interesting thing she's done is being unwilling to harm others in spite of how abusive they are, but beyond that, she feels rather blank. Other characters suffer a different kind of issue, namely how shallow their characters feel. Blonde magical girl tries to tell MC to casually kill those who are doing bad things, but doesn't kill Magical Hunter nor make a big deal about leaving her alive or wonder just how much value a person needs to have before the risk of leaving them alive is worthwhile. Basically, the use of suffering is shallow, so it all feels overly edgy for no good reason.
@@jk-2053 Those are good points, I agree.
Worse stuff happens to the brother in the manga that’s pretty fucking disgusting… although I kinda laughed at the whole thing because of how bad it was
@@theshinypeliper8813 Yeah like how he somehow charmed his way into getting the mind controlling underwear. That was the kind of uncomfortable weird that makes you wanna go see a therapist
Yes, but it's thanks to this that I find the anime incredible and unique. He was able to generate a very dark atmosphere from start to finish. This is why I look for anime like Magical girl site where there is drama after drama
Did you know that famous meme of that manga girl crying came from the a page of the manga?
Funny thing is Kamen Rider Ryuki was one of the inspirations for Puella Madoka Magica. As a result, Gen Urobuchi was hired to write Kamen Rider Gaim, and Kamen Rider Ryuki is indirectly responsible for the Magical Girl Deconstruction genre that Madoka "started."
Ryuki is such a joy.
"Some of y'all need to see a therapist"
The anime
A therapist or a jail cell
5:40 its because Magical Girl Site took less from Madoka and more from Gantz,where ordinary people use high tech/magical equipment in battle. Asagiri's heart gun is a direct homage to Gantz btw
Forgot to add: both are very edgy and gratuitous,Gantz (tries) does the same morality question about who deserves to be judged by their violent actions
Fuck, I loved Gantz. That must be why I binge read MGS in one day
I remember this series, it felt like it was dark and edgy for the sake of it rather than having clear themes. It just felt torturous compared to the other contemporary magical girl deconstructions.
As someone who's also read half of his other work, Magical Girl Apocalypse, I can say Kentarou was so inspired by Walpurgisnacht he did it twice. I'm not joking, that series is a dark magical girl story (where the magical girls are weird aliens that kill people) and it *also* has a magical girl storm that will kill everybody. It basically stays as a survivor horror where everyone goes "oh no we hav to stop te magic girls" and ends there. It's been a while tbh
at least it has its own style and that makes these anime one of a kind. This kind of colorful anime where the hero wins in the end. There on works where the author assumes these choices until the end. I much prefer this way of doing things, which is why I will always be up for watching anime from this author (because I am interested in this kind of very dark story with an emotional side)
For your next magical girl may review you should play Life after Magic! It’s this really underrated visual novel about a high school drop out retired magical girl in her twenties that regroups with her old teammates after they drifted apart during adulthood to defeat an evil force one last time. The art is really cute and the game is pretty short too.
Personally, this show/manga had so much potential but the problem it doesn't know what to talk about or what wants to be: first it was magical girls killing bad people, then the magical hunter then the tempest and then a magical battle royal.
It had potential to treat heavy topics and well executing them (like Madoka) but no! It feels like torture p*rn and fan service!
Hell, if I did a dark magical girl series, it'd be like The Mask comics meet Pretty Cure in that the magical girl transformations remove the inhibitions of whoever changes and the main girls just go on a revenge rampage.
does judgmental know the main character’s the girl in the “stop saying dumbass things” meme 💀
I found out that she was the meme, but I didn't know that's what she was saying in the original meme! Lol!
critters conclusions almost sounds like the "im disgusted, yet curious" meme lol
The manga is so much worse than the anime it ups the torture-misery porn by 1.000 and even that's minimizing it like the mc's dad beating his wife until she miscarries and then dying by bleeding to death from his ass while wearing magical panties (this is treated completely seriously btw) a ton of sa just for the sake of having sa it also has a black character who is drawn like a minstrel caricature and who's only personality trait is being a rapist. I read the manga when i was 13 so i don't remember the majority of it, but i do remember the overwhelming feeling of "this is ass why am i still reading this"
I remember watching a video by the. explanation mark that explains my exact thought son magical girl site. Aya doesn’t have any motivation for the world that she is in nothing will be better if she stays a magical girl. Hell she starts the show almost killing herself, she is already at rock bottom. If her friends die then what will she learn that the world is terrible and awful. No, she already knew all of that. Plus all of her misfortune is by pure luck unlike the main inspo for the series Madoka Magica. Since in that show there is a clear line of events connecting to the outcome and the certain character’s choices. Any bad paths they go down like Sayaka make since because of her choices in the show. She refused help from others, turned away from any support, and focused herself on only one impossible moral value, that Mami who was presented as perfect couldn’t even live up to. These series of events make since since Sayaka made choices that directly affected her and the outcome of her situation. What I mean is that most of Magical Girl Site is incoherent and that there is barely connected to what the characters do other than just plain luck. I personally would not read or watch it since it just feels like torture porn. Especially after seeing all the things Aya goes through in just the first episode, for no rhyme or reason. I felt my brain turn to mush while reading it and it just made me feel Disgusted. It really isn’t worth the read or watch honestly. I hope I saved your brain cells by not recommending this atrocity. Sorry that this was so long I just have many grievances with this piece of media so I just needed to get it off my chest.
I said this in my comment but I’ll say it again. Magical Girl Site and all these other copycats wants that same success of Madoka but without putting in the time, effort or even understanding of what made it work to begin with. SHAME
@@casualfanatic4217 Too true this series makes me want to rip my eyes out. They didn’t even try to hide that it was a copy.
I want someone to rewrite this series.
Like, you can keep the horrible world in it, but maybe instead make the magical girl part the hope?
Kinda like a reverse Madoka! Maybe even make the cat from the beginning the magical guide who gives the MC her powers because she was a good person.
Like only kind hearted people get magic so they can clean up the disgusting and horrible world :)
10:53 I was here for a light review but Instead I got Critter going full scooby doo gang unmasking this anime xD
14:42 as soon as you mentioned appreciating her introduction, I was thinking "oh god, she must be the one with the underwater stick....."
Not for me. And people blame Madoka Magica for the death of a genre, when in actuality, it's copycats that fail to understand what made Magica phenomenal. If you're gonna make your story dark, there's gotta be an in story reason for it. It's like with Arcane. That show has substance and characters to follow, and actual complex morals that get the viewers thinking, and is not just bloody war fights for the sake of bloody war fights.
If you want a classic magical girl franchise that stays true to the pre-Madoka era of the genre, Pretty Cure has been my childhood. Best way I can describe it is that it's like Power Rangers, but with magical girls and it's anime. (Actually, Super Sentai IS Power Rangers, and this is made by the same company) And because of that, every season has a brand new unique cast of magical girl characters with their own story theme. One is fairy tales, one is music, one is princesses, one is witches, one is animal/candy, etc. So you don't have to start at the beginning. You can jump into ANY Pretty Cure season you want, and enjoy yourself without having to worry about context. (The currently airing Hirogaru Sky Pretty Cure is AMAZING so far)
If you want my personal recommendations, my top three favorite seasons are Heartcatch, Smile, and Go! Princess. And I think all three of these are good starting seasons for newcomers. Heartcatch is very popular with the community, with a great art style and mature messaging (for a kids show), and has some of the best writing even today. Smile isn't as tightly written, in fact it's very reliant on fun cutesy slice of life adventures, but the characters are loveable and beautifully developed, and it's a lot of pure fun, with actually a bit of substance that I think is underrated. Go! Princess is kind of a mixture of these and relatively follows a teenage girl trying to follow her dream of becoming a real world princess, and winds up on a Magical Girl team to save the world of the person who inspired her dreams.
I just recommend one thing: DO NOT WATCH THE ENGLISH DUBS. THEY ARE TERRIBLE AND WILL GIVE YOU A BAD IMPRESSION ON THIS SERIES.
Isn't the English dub of that "Glitter Force?"
@@idrinkpastaforaliving_6269 That is correct. I say 'don't watch that' because not only is the dialogue there very inaccurate to the original, but there's also badly edited lighting in some scenes, weird ost choices, and the big one for me: They cut out some episodes of the story that didn't need to be cut. It puts a dent on the plot and leaves dub viewers out on certain plot beats.
For example: There's a Peace (the character) episode in the original where she is trying to reconnect with her memories of her deceased dad. She didn't understand the identity of her own name for a long time. That episode is cut in the dub. You miss out on good characterization for a main character.
Or worse examples are with DokiDoki: You know how many episodes they cut in the dub? NINETEEN.
No I'm not joking, look it up. They cut out HUGE plot points. There's cut scenes that make transitions really awkward, there's no explanations for certain stuff, whole story arcs are cut out. My favorite is that the final power up for the team in the original anime was earned clear as day by a beautiful episode and well earned effort. But in the dub? They just have the power up. Out of nowhere. No scene showing them getting this. No prompting or explanation at all. (Better yet, the previous powerup was used nine times in the original anime. In the dub they only use it twice)
If you watch the dub, not only will you be greeted to obnoxious dialogue not in the original, but you will be confused as I'll get out with the story.
So yeah. You NEED to see the original anime to understand the story.
Omg yes, pretty cure does a good job with the dark writing especially with heartcatch precure
10:53-"Hey wait an minute!" XD
I lost it at this part, especially with the little build up bit. Also loved your view saying that its an edgy fanfiction XD
I think that applies to many other shows trying to copy Madoka
Also, what do you think of the song used in said opening? Iris' Changing Point? The only problem I have with the song is that I can't find a single lyric video with English Translations that isn't tied to an amv
It's pretty catchy!
Also justice for Nijimin. My poor baby. Her stick is so messy, it hurts thinking about the logistics😭💀
They could've giver her a charm bracelet, necklace earrings anything that she can still wear that isn't hecking undergarment
that's her karma. because she also enslaves her fans.
@@historiareiss8750But did they really have to give her, the youngest looking character, a pair of fucking PANTIES for her stick? Why not a piece of jewelry (like a necklace, choker, bracelet)? Why not a microphone?
@@historiareiss8750But did it really have to be panties to get the point across? Why not a piece of jewelry? Why not a microphone?
@@fightinggamegeek9238i kinda mentioned accessories in my own comment but microphone also works because of her status as idol
Never seen the show until this video, but I instantly knew the Pop Idol would have the "magical Panties". 😂
magical panties sounds like a great hard rock band name tbh.
I read the manga and good god, it was like eating razor blades.
Way too damn edgy.
The utmost scene that this anime traumatized me the most is the MC's abusive brother wearing the magical stick panties, and him stripped and getting violated by the awfully similar Death Note Near Detective
Magical girl site feels like what happens when a middle schooler tries to make a dark magical girl story like Madoka Magica without understanding why Madoka Magica was so effective
I would give this a no because a friend told me IT GETS SO MUCH WORSE especially in the manga.
So I watched a few episodes of this anime, decided I had enough, forgot about it, got reminded a few years later, and decided to read the ending of the manga just for some closure.
TL;DR: Aya goes back in time, stops the tragedies that creates the magical girls, everyone gets to live happily, it's an absolutely perfect (for the characters) ending, and the cat also lives.
I actually really like the weapon system in this series. The forms the different sticks take and the different abilities they have are really interesting!
Same it's surrounded by some much edgy nonsense
This show is just “fairly god parents” but not thought out.
I am serious, let me explain
The premise is the same “kid that due to circumstances that they have no control over gets super natural powers to compensate for their suffering and must learn to grow into more mature full people due to it”.
But in fairly the lesson Timmy learns is always the same “he can’t just wish away his problems and must put in the hard work to overcome them naturally” which is why the biggest issues are self inflicted as a result of him trying to side step his problem.
Being annoyed at his limitations of being a kid? He wishes himself to be an adult and see that it isn’t all it’s made out to be. He feels under appreciated? Fine he wishes he didn’t exist. And then learns that he never did anything that would make people want to appreciate him and so on.
While in magical girl site, none of the girls issues are her fault and as such she doesn’t have to learn anything. The “side effect” of her power just makes her life span shorter. Which doesn’t matter, since she was about to Game end herself. She has nothing to lose from abusing the power. If she just killed her bullies and brother, there wouldn’t be a bad outcome for her. And the world ending apocalypse doesn’t matter either because it’s not her fault and this isn’t a world worth saving.
This should be a story about growing up and past your trauma but it ends up being a self pity edge fest
This seems like it contains every awful anime trope possible, the protagonist being hardcore bullied, the loli girl getting disgustingly sexualized er I might as well say fucking child they can say whatever they want they know they are doing, fanservice in general, and also the cutesy cartoony anime faces or poses heavily do not fit the tone, which is not awful if your tone is just serious but when it's a show tackling things as dark as suicide stuff like that just isn't appropiate.
Let’s just call this anime a “every terrible anime trope” sandwich.
I havent watched this show nor the full video but it feels like what a lot of people misunderstood about Madoka isnt that the dark things that happen in the show for the sake of shocking you but because everything about Madoka is supposed to be a deconstruction of Magical Girl Shows, not an edgy version of them.
Later in the series they handle self harm and gender expression horribly too. It's so blatantly offensive to the point I would argue anyone watching either gets misconceptions about SH or gets triggered. It just really irks me to see them try to delve into these dark topics and do such a shit take
This was the one where the villain that can only be beaten by men is invulnerable to the guy who got SA'd, but gets trounced by a trans girl, isn't it? Because I know that was part of one of these edgy-McEdgelord Madoka knock-offs, but I don't remember which exact one it was.
The author also wrote another manga that was terribly rated. They need to take a class in storytelling or something because this is a Madoka Mao Magica/Magical Girl Raising Project fanfiction.
It should be noted that this a spin-off of a manga called Magical Girl Apocalypse. Yes the spin-off got a adaptation before the main series. Confusing huh?
I don’t like calling every somewhat serious magical girl show a Madoka clone but out of all the serious mahou shoujo boom this was the worst offender of being a legit clone but not understanding any of it and not even understanding magical girls in general. I am normally not this critical of this stuff but I feel like this author has some sort of bias agasint magical girls since his only other work is another edgy magical girl story. Site is Suffering for the sake of it, very little care to world build, and all the fan service but no transformation scenes or even magical girl outfits? Magical Girl Raising Project is still shat on till this day for being a "madoka clone" but while girls do die it still understands magical girl anime and far differentiae's itself from madoka.
It’s like everyone thinks Madoka got big for killing people and suffering but that’s always happened in magical girl shows it just did it in a unique way. Also look at YuYuYu some of the suffering gets heart wrenching but there’s pay off at least and likable characters
Probably where the line from dark to edge lord gets crossed. Also, Mark IS BACK BABYYY looking toward your video analysis for the new SLVR animation, the guy aged like a fine wine
what was the show you watched that gave off the most edge?
mine is probably redo of healer
I love your AMV hell style ending, it's so nostalgic XDD
10:01 Now that you mention it, I would *love* a ‘The Boys’-esque magical girl series.
We’ve seen stories where magical girls are the heroes. We’ve seen stories where magical girls are suffering. Now let’s see them as the instigators, the corrupt ones, the ones to be feared.
this actually has 3 mangas the first one is the Mahou Shoujo of the End, which is kind of like the origin since at the final part of the Mahou Shoujo Site manga the characters in Mahou Shoujo of the End will appear since it's basically connected
the second one is Mahou Shoujo site
and the last one is we get a kind of spin-off about a character there and their origin that is so messed up that I don't want to read it anymore and I forgot the title
I didn't watched the anime and if you continue the manga expect some stuff that you will not expect
I remember watching the first episode during my School Live! and Sugar Happy Life part of my anime journey and never went back
Also I forgot you were a magical girl channel now. I will be watching more.
The biggest problem I have with Magical Girl Site is how it completely misses the point on why shows like Madoka Magica worked
Take the end of episode 3 with Mami's death for example, not only does it serve as a incredible dropping of the mic moment where we and Madoka realise the horrifying reality of being a magical girl and fighting the witches, but we also grew attached to Mami in those first 3 episodes, making her death all the more shocking
Magical Girl Site meanwhile is basically just torture p&rn, it confuses being edgy with being mature. Just showing your main character being tortured by multiple people(including her own brother) in the first 3 episodes doesn't automatically make your show deep and mature, it comes across as edgy and dark just for the sake of it instead of using it to explore actual themes
I literally wrote something like what when I was like…10. Btw I think made in abyss did great job with violence, they do many psychological violence in cruel scenes, and I love how characters are just “damn….okay” after what, because it actually tells main theme. Of how cruel but yet beautiful the nature is, and how cruel humans can be.
Ya don't think I will watch this. It just seems too much nothing. Like from the sound of it, yes, it has interesting idea that you want to see. But it's strings you along and only throws you a bone just as you're about to quit, like just enough to keep you hungry for more. And I hate those kinds of shows cos 9 times out of ten, it's not worth the pay off, if there even is any.
Also addressing something from start, CRITTER HAS BEEN WRONG!? XD
Chances are, any deep ideas you see here are likely just you projecting your own interesting ideas into the show. To expect something meaningful & deep is to expect self-awareness of the authors and any writer worth their salt knows how improtant first impressions are. That's not to say every show that's a smash success hits the ground running but they at least hit the ground walking and don't hit the ground breaking both their legs. What I am saying is don't expect this show to get better with the promise of it being good because if it had potential it would already be okay-good from the start.
A show which starts off this bad and this "trashy" with things like fanservice do not tend to get out of that rut. I like some good trash but there is an uncanny valley of trash which is what urks. Either go HIgh School of the Dead or be something serious.
Aaaaaah…THIS one. I remember watching this one and…yeah, this anime tried waaay too hard to traumatize me with all the torture and death…but honestly?
Madoka did the dark aspect better. I like dark magical girl shows but again, this one’s trying too hard to the point that in a weird way, I’m not scarred - I just felt indifferent about it =3=
you felt the edge
everyone can come up with something dark, the skill lies within keeping it tasteful.
One day I would love for you to review Magical Girl Spec Ops Asuka and Symphogear
Show's like this are why I have the word 'Tragical girl' in my vocabulary. and frankly I don't want to watch 99% of them because it's a miserable experience I have better things to do.
to me, what makes magical girl site more uncomfortable and generally much worse than madoka magica is its framing and intentions. magical girl site's visuals are incredibly intense, especially during extreme moments of suffering, and the consistency of those moments makes me believe that the intentions behind it are... uncomfortable, to say the least.
"torture porn" is not a term i like to use, as i think it isnt really used by the majority in a way that feels fitting for those words, but this? this is torture porn. it's extreme to point where i have no reason to believe it was made for any other reason than for fetishistic reasons, and has nothing meaningful to bring to the table.
madoka, while dark and sad, was never just about the suffering. it had something it wanted to say, and reinforces the themes of hope, love, and kindness found in other magical girl shows. that, and it isn't graphic in the slightest. it doesn't constantly zoom in on our protagonist's faces while their beaten and abused by everyone around them, and make us stare at them as they scream and cry. that's ALL magical girl site does. it doesn't have anything to say, it doesn't have any excuses for itself, it's just a show made to fulfill a pornographic obsession with young girls suffering. meanwhile the good magical girl deconstructions, like madoka, get stuck with their baggage and blamed for things they had no part in.
This is the best description of this show in this entire comment section. As someone who has watched the show and is half way through the first movie, Madoka Magica actually helped me realize you don't have to show extreme gore or suffering on camera for it to hit hard. Even implying it is enough. It's truly the best anime I have ever watched, and I don't think that will ever change.
oh god magical girl site... i remember a friend of mine talking about this anime awhile ago and i wanted to watch it to see how bad it really was... i couldn't even get past the first episode...
I feel like the reason madoka magica was so popular was because it explored something new with the magical girl genre
Its not because it was more gory or more violent or artsy or whatever, it was because they were exploring a new side of the genre that happened to feature those elements in the world
Imo its the same reason the dark knight trilogy was so popular, it wasnt just because it looked different, it was because they explored what it truly means to be batman; physically and mentally
And yet most of the live action remakes ive seen only take the "it looks more realistic and gritty" while forgetting the point that YOURE SUPPOSED TO EXPLORE SOMETHING NEW
20:52 Thanks for the funny audio cause this anime really is a twisted interesting mess.
I swear I don’t know what’s going on in this franchise half the time, ‘cause like…
{SPOILERS IF YOU CARE - IDK WHY YOU WOULD BUT BE WARNED}
At some point Aya and Tsuyuno (if I’m remembering her name correctly) had a thing then it’s revealed they’re twins and their father was their classmate from the future or something who had, or was at least implied to have a thing for Aya and I’m just like “???”. Like I’m so lost.
And Aya’s suffering honestly felt almost comical in how over the top it was. It’s been forever since I’ve touched the franchise but it honestly felt like thinly veiled torture hentai with the amount of shit she dealt with💀
I'm curious about the manga twin thing, more disgusted but yk. So after they have there romance bit how do they deal with it once they figure out they're twins? Does it change their dynamic?
@@Snow-vk7th I have no idea, unfortunately. I dropped this thing in 2019 but since Tsuyuno plays a big part in the story last I checked, I can assume they either date or something. You’ll have to excuse me, I don’t wanna think about this too much😭
@@Snow-vk7thoh she's dead by the time Aya finds out and it's never addressed again. Even after everyone is miraculously revived. Reading a synopsis of this manga was the worst mistake of my life I hate it here.
the pronunciation of madoka is killing me where did the other a come from you saying ma da ka 🤣
It's my accent.
oh yeah i remember reading the manga for this one up untill some point. i think it was one of those "well atleast the concept is interesting" reads i had. and discussing it at lunch with a few people in highschool, like two times..
Magical girl site is so bizarre, literally right after the episode u stopped at shit just gets weeeird. And when u read the manga ur more just in disbelief of all the crazy shit that happens that u can’t even process why it’s happening😭but also u really wanna know wats gonna happen next like it’s just a mixed bag. I thiiiink it gets good, but like good in a “HOLY SHIT DID THAT JUST HAPPEN” kind of way
When the anime originally aired i got 3 episodes in and then dropped it, it was uncomfortable to watch especially the first episode and how jarring it is. Like you said there’s a big difference between darker themes in a show and fan service + torture. I’ve tried to rewatch and continue it a few times since but it’s just so off putting every time :/
The later chapters of the manga get fucking wild man, time travel, múltiple timeline, lesbian incest, shit's wack
Honestly I watched the first episode when this came out and I hated it your review was awesome as usual but I recommend yuki yuna is a hero it has more magical stuff and it focuses more on what it costs to be a magical girl and how it effects them
I also recommend Magical Girl Raising Project. Now the anime is just a battle Royale with Magical Girls but the light novels actually does the dark magical girl genre well. The second volume that is a sequel to the anime is less a battle Royale but a mystery detective game where the participants try to figure out who the killer is. MRP does what Madoka did but with its own unique spin which surprisingly works
Only thing I don’t really like about Yuki yuna is how it sexualizes children
@seashell3403 yuki yuna had a good concept but ruined by some uncomfortable shots even with the transformations in the sequel/prequel and one of the girls transformation
Finished this anime in one night, felt like a fever dream.
how i understand this is one of those Manga advertisment shows , where it was put on indefinite hiatus like Houseki no Kuni and Dorohedero , where if you want to see the ending you need to read the manga,novels or play the games.
Having read the manga, it really does have a hopeful ending where the cast is able to win a brighter future and find closure in their lives.
The road to that however, was really gritty to the point where everything seemed hopeless and there didn't seem to be a point in trying to follow the story. And there was the final arc was really weird.
This makes me wonder, is a happy ending worth all the seemingly endless/pointless pain and suffering it took to get there?
The least I can say is that it ended better than Magia Record Final Season.
dammit, the mc is adorable. why did they have to torture her not only with bullying but with being in a madoka magica clone 😢
I know that magical girl May has passed maybe next year you could do “yuki Yuna is a hero!” I enjoyed the first season and it is a bit dark but not too dark
The biggest issue is the large amount of fanservice
@@rosemary3029 I agree! But the story is fascinating, I wish there was less of it😒
Yeah don’t waste your time on this show. Has forgettable characters and is always showing how the characters are just poor girls with trauma, but the circumstances for the main character feel so unrealistic like I can understand being bullied in school but with her having experience assault/hate everywhere she goes, it feels unrealistic. At the last few episodes when they were fighting the site administrators, I was hoping the site administrator would win cuz I wanted to see something interesting happen for once. Lesson: don’t watch an anime just because you saw an AMV that made it look cool
as someone who read the ENTIRE MANGA and decided to read the “prologue” manga (before it got too weird), it’s… not good. i only read it just to know what happens and i only laughed once. because for some reason, nijimi’s stick is given to aya’s brother, and HE PUTS IT ON???
Oh dear sweet Arceus WHY
I recommend watching Precure, much better and more interesting than this anime! I recommend Go Princesa Precure, it's one of my favorites and has a very interesting theme of hope and despair! And at one point touches on a very dark subject!
I feel like the anime lacks an external conflict. The witches from madoka magica are a genius decision because even before the reveal about them it just gives so many new options for plot to happen whenever the decide to fully work together and so the anime doesn't need to force them to act out of character just for drama. even in anime where its 100% characters fighting each other there is external pressure, for example: Fate zero, in that anime all the fights and drama are inbetween the characters themselves, but its all driven by the desire to get a wish from the holy grail which is the external pressure giver in that anime. im not saying its impossible to make a good story with only internal conflicts, but i am saying its extremely hard and that i haven't seen anything like that in the past
I watched a scene compilation of the first episode back when the show came out and felt so deeply uncomfortable that I never even considered checking it out. Can't say I regret that decision.
This types of works just seems like a fetish of an author that gets off on violence, this and made in abyss makes me so uncomfortable!!
The pain was written to not make a story but a continuesly looping tragedy
Oh this was definitely a fetish piece. The mangaka needs to be banned from ever writing anything ever again.
Yeah, the show meeds more monsters. You just might have gotten me to watch Daybreak Illusion. The witches are one of the best parts of Madoka Magica.
sometimes I feel like the only person who likes and understands Magical Girl Site
Did the main bully girl with red hair ever get consequences for actions? Did she ever get punished or called out properly? Cause I hate it when characters do awful things but just forgiven or don’t face any consequences.
Site is an anime I found terrible but also a bit entertaining to watch because of it. There are so many plot holes, stupid decisions, over-exaggerated suffering that starting a certain point, I had fun watching the stupidness of the anime. The anime is just bad and overall, the serie mostly felt like pure torture porn.
However, for some reason that I don't remember, I then decided to read the manga. And surprise, I actually liked it at first. I was still stupidly edgy but I realized that most of the plot holes and stupid decisions of the anime came from content being cut from the adaptation. But looking back at it, I honestly think I just gaslighted myself into thinking it was good because it was slightly better than the anime because when I got to the part that wasn't adapted, it was again just terrible. To make things short, homophobia, transphobia ( which is a shame because the trans character was actually not too badly written at first and it's rare to have openly trans character in anime ), Alabama moment plot twist, terrible moral ( basically ripoff madoka but without the build-up to the "hope is good" moral ), plot twist where the manga is actually the sequel to the author previous terrible manga ( mahou shoujo of the end, a fun read but it's quite terrible ), more questionable fanservice, some of the worst manga panel I've ever seen ( can't even call that drawing ), and probably much more.
I do think that there is a worth in MSsite, mostly because I personally think that there's worth in watching shows that fail at being something and why they failed at it. But there are also a lot of interesting ideas ( that sadly ended up being poorly executed ) that manage to make the show interesting. But hey, at least the manga is where the "Please stop saying dumb things" meme image came from, so it manage to do something funny.
How the hell is Site connected to Apocalypse? And is there a bigger reason for this besides saying “IT’S ALL CONNECTED”
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I don't recall everything but it is revealed that the world of Site was created after the event of Apocalypse ( it's a very complicated /I don't fully remember / incoherent plot point ). We see the characters of Apocalypse in SIte but they quickly end up being totally useless and forgotten by the story. And it is revealed that Aya and Yatsumura are the daughters of Apocalypse's main character.
So yes, it is totally useless, it actually make the story worse and it's just there for saying "IT'S ALL CONNECTED"
I have so many things to say about this property my comment would be SO long. I used to make fan content for MGS and while the memories I made with others are fond, the property downgraded. I will say that the anime ending is MUCH better than the manga ending. It is a fucking mess.
I heard that crying anime girl meme came from the manga, is this true?
It's true! :)
I had never considered watching Magical Girl Site because frankly "What if thing but *dark* thing?" is incredibly boring to me.
That said, I am incredibly glad to have learned, from you, that they have a child's underwear act as a magical artifact! Now I can refuse to watch it on _moral_ grounds, like a true artiste!
as someone who has watched this anime it honestly feels like a gacha life mini movie ☠
A glmm would have done better than this
Rewatching this honestly has me questioning if Garth Ennis wrote this series, it honestly feels like his work.
10:00 - I see. You made that connection too.
I mean, I loved Magical Girl Apocalypse and I Made the Wrong Person A Magical Girl, but this story was too suffering-indulgent and edgy. Did I read the manga? Yes, but albeit reluctantly. Lots of magical girl anime these days try too hard to replicate the success of Madoka Magica, and a lot of them almost never have that magic spark Madoka had.
I never finished the show but if u wanna know what else happens:
To survive the storm u need to have a filled up stick but sticks shorten ur lifespan so a filled up stick kills u. Also the brother steals the underwear stick and there’s a whole team of girls
So as someone who’s watched the anime and read the manga . . . It uh, gets better and worse?
like the morality topic this show/manga is talking about
@@agnesteodocio746 that’s fair but I feel how overly dark and mean spirited it is just makes it almost impossible to watch or read. Like some character stuff gets better as the show progresses; but it just keeps getting darker and darker for no real reason other than for the sake of being dark.
@@jonahwilliams1331 i meant that as a joke
@@agnesteodocio746 well it was a joke I agree with lol, I find the potential morality questions to be interesting and at some points think it is well executed. But this show and manga legit scarred me lmao. It’s just so dark for no reason.
It gets worse
It really does sound like a few interesting ideas outweighed by bad execution. Doesn’t sound like my thing, but worth reading a wiki article on
Oh no, I had such a feeling of dread when I saw the notification. I'd already heard of this anime long ago and I was not interested in watching it then. I saw this video, and now I know for certain: *HELL NO*
I’m sad, there’s so many things from this show that, in my opinion, had a lot of potential, and I love some the designs (the eyes, and gun mostly) and the morality questions, and some of the powers, like one of the good characters being able to control people which is a morally questionable power and one usually seen by villains… it almost makes me want to read the manga (which is equally if not more garbage) just to make references and do it better.
i feel like magical girl site is a madoka rip off with a mix of death note and the bad boys and a hint of AOT gore
In my case, this anime is exceptional for me and I have nothing to reproach it for. I look for anime with a fairly heavy atmosphere, mixing the epic and the emotional, this anime manages to do this. Just like Shakugan No Shana and that's why they are my two favorite anime. Am I going to change my mind because people don't like one or the other? Never !
…. I’m a little offended at the Wattpad joke because I’m making a little story on it called Mira Magica, which was an alternate choice version of Madoka Magica…. but yeah, I get where she’s going. Seems just like an edgy fanfiction.
I heard that this show/manga is look down so much that the voice actresses rarely get any role now for new anime.
After seeing this video I actually an watched the whole show in one night and I'm
Wow ......i kinda wanna make a video on it and maybe a rewrite
Last time I tried to sum this up it was a garbled mess so I want to articulate things better. This show is to magical girls what The Boys specifically the comic was to superhero’s.
The Boys comic is meant to be a cynical deconstruction of Superhero’s made by a man whose admits he hates superheroes. It’s a dumpster fire of sex violence immature humor (like Hewies first Supe kill was a perv that shoved a hamster up his ass) and poor taste pastiches of iconic hero’s. Inspite of that there were legitimately good ideas such as how the vought and the supes often spin the situations around them like a big sex party weekend they throw every summer is covered up as being part of a big crossover event you’d see from Marvel and DC. But it’s all barely explored in favor of more shock.
This show feels like that being more interested in being as fucked up as possible and deriving humor from mocking it’s genre (magic underwear anyone) almost if if the creator made it to spite magical girl fans and people with good taste.
Yes, exactly. That’s a perfect comparison. The Boys comics was just a creator venting his hate for superheroes in the most nonsensical and tasteless way possible with no real reason. The Boys TV show is a commentary on not just superheroes but the entertainment industry. It handles themes of sexual assault, work environment and god complex with understanding and respect. The themes were the cake and the blood was just filling
Alice in the manga : evil
Alice in the anime :
Since they’re in Japan, at their ages they’re in middle school like me which makes it even worse! I binged watched it and it’s not that bad, but pretty plain, boring, and not enough action or magic. And I wish that their wands were based off actual weapons and not underwear!
I thought Aya and Yatsumura were inlove, but after i read the manga they were sisters..😭😭 i mean i love the show..but all you just do is suffer and watch your friends die, the owner of the show didnt deserve the hate tho.
I am a big fan of GORE and stuff like that, but honestly when Kosame sh herself, Kiyoharu didn't liked hug her all she said "are you cutting again" and then she says she wants to kill her bullies, i mean sh needs to be taken seriously.
Oyyy😅 black death is actually a beloved cult horror film at this point. I think its great with really good acting. Plus you get to see a bunch of GOT actors wayyyy before the show ever was a thing.
the edge is strong in this one
To quote Gru from Despicable Me:
"Wow, this... is garbage! You actually like this?"