Blog:Jclem05’s review of Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Warning
The stuff described in this review may not be suitable for children. Reader discretion is advised.

The review contains spoilers. Read at your own risk!

Intro
So, a few weeks back, I watched ‘’ Puella Magi Madoka Magica ‘’. But months before that, I was just viewing pages on Best TV Shows (now known as Best TV Shows & Episodes) wiki when I came across the page. The image at the time was the cover of the ‘’ Rebellion ’’ manga. The image caught my attention: two cute girls, standing side by side, one in the cute, frilly, pink dress decorated with bows, and smiling, and the other, dressed in purple, standing there, looking like a badass. So, I read the page. According to that page, the show wasn’t as cute as it seemed. I did more research about the show, and I became interested, but for some reason, I didn’t feel ready. I just didn’t. Then, one day, I watched ‘’ Rebellion ’’. Now, just like with the original anime series, I read about ‘’ Rebellion ’’ before I saw it, so I expected for Homura to turn into Satan.

So skip to a few months later, and I watch the series, and this is my review on this. You don’t have to agree with me on this. On anything actually.

Synopsis
Madoka Kaname is just and ordinary 14 year old girl, living and ordinary life, until she has this dream about being saved by a black-haired girl from this monster. A white and pink cat-like creature pops up and asks her to become a Puella Magi. She goes to school and there is a new girl in her class, the exact same one from her dream, and is revealed to be Homura Akemi. Homura tells Madoka not to change who she is…

The Review (Finally)
Now you already know that unlike many people who watched the show, I knew it was going to be a dark, depressing series due to my rather intense research on the anime.

P.S: This is my first review on the reception wikis. Hope it turns out good!

Alright, without any further ado, I shall begin my review! (Hey, that rhymes.)

Let me begin at the very beginning. Many people say that the first two episodes of the show were completely happy and innocent. That’s a lie. It’s true that they were lighter than the rest of the series, but take a look at Madoka’s dream. You can tell right there that something’s just. not. right. Then, Homura telling Madoka to never change implies that she doesn’t want her to become a Puella Magi for whatever reason. Then the former tries to kill Kyubey, the aforementioned cat creature, and he’s laying damaged and unconscious on Madoka’s hands. Cute and happy, right? Then we have the explanation of Witches, the monster of the week characters, kinda, causing unexplained murders and suicides. Then we have a woman who falls of the building, but Mami Tomoe, catches her just in time. So don’t believe that the first and second episodes were completely cute and innocent, because they were not. They’re lighter than the rest of the series, but still. People should have been suspicious about all of this, from Madoka’s nightmare to Homura’s warnings.