Mahou Shoujo ni Akogarete Episode 7 Discussion

@AbyssWalker21 ngl the azul fight was so underwhelming b/c of the crappy original content build-up to it. They did try their best to copy the manga but really it was just Utena and her VA stealing the show. The problem is they sort of mixed some things around just a tiny bit and added too much original content. I DO NOT remember the baby-play episode at all in the manga, and even if it was in the manga, definitely not that early. Some of the extra fanservice was nice here and there, but it's kind of annoying how much of the content they're sacrificing by mixing stuff around because the story is actually pretty good compared to what I was expecting for it.

Kind of hate some of the stuff later too and worried about how it's gonna be animated w/ all the little things changed here and there. Mostly, I just hate Magenta's and Sulfur's La Veritas. Seeing Azul's hyped me up so much and then I saw Sulfur's and was like, "wow the costume design sorta sucks and is so typical". She's my favorite too, but her expressions are so much better in the manga and they make the characters more badass in general. The anime got Utena's expressions as Magia Baiser when she's hyped up pretty good, but Sulfur's were so plain when she's being a badass. Manga Sulfur is way sexier. I just don't see them staying faithful at all and favoring the fan service.


on a side note:
I wish they extended that storyline a bit more w/ Azul in the manga but it did make sense for them to be training why Enormita was fighting among themselves. Could've saved up her development a bit for later cause it kind of got resolved fast. Feel like they're not gonna get to Kaoruko's bit of development and definitely not gonna get to Magenta's. Based on what we've seen though, like I said before, I see them squeezing stuff that happens later in the manga here and there like how Kaoruko met the other 2 is shown early. It feels like they're going to keep taking stuff from both of the other 2's arcs to give them some shine in the anime as well.

@sjydude201

Paired with the hit-or-miss nature of the original content is the fact that the actual technical aspects seem to be slipping pretty hard. Episode 1 was the best example of an adaptation expansion helping the story breathe more. Instead of seeing the cat thing, getting transformed, then instantly dragged into a fight, then fucking off to a magical dark realm, all in the same scene, they actually have Utena being stalked, and coerced over a period of time, then finally left with no choice but to fight after the girls outright refused to listen to her. After that, the art, and the original content's been slowly slipping, until here, where it looks like they're scrambling just to get the episode out.

@HyperlinkBlocked I think you sum it up beautifully. The first episodes have time and care put into them. After the studio is done baiting us into watching it, they stop putting effort and budget and we're left with a mostly hollow adaptation.

With that said, this is a very small production for an anime which should have remained unknown for the most part. So while it is easy to criticize we have to remind ourselves that this is the best they can do. And even so they still tried their best with the Utena part in the Azul fight. But it feels rushed because, honestly it is. They crammed as much fan favs into 13 eps cause this wasn't supposed to get popular or a 2nd season.

@AbyssWalker21 I kind of disagree with both your and HyperLink point about quality.

So far the anime has been good adaptation, despite of them changing few scenes from the manga and inserting some anime originals. We have to remember that not every adaptation will be 1 on 1 as the story as it is written in the manga or written in the novel will not translate that well to animated format. I would be criticizing them if they butchered the story but so far they have handled it good and developed the girls at the start instead of waiting for S2 to show us some of their backstories which would be hindering the anime a lot of left like that.

As for anime quality itself (animation, music etc...) I find it fine, the battles and teasing scenes are done good. Only issue I had with Alice introduction episode where animation quality drop was noticeable in some area. But overall it did not affect the rest of the anime.

This will get Season 2 for sure, especially after Episode 7 where the story picks up and becomes better as the time goes by.