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It's almost a brownish green, but it is green.
Let's Blind Watch Puella Magi Madoka Magica
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UrsaTempest
Don't Panic!
Homura has sensible hair color and hairstyle.
Mami has sensible hair color.
Mami has sensible hair color.
Not for a Japanese person
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Neither of whom are Madoka's friends, I should point. Not in the first episode, at least.
Mea culpa. I will edit that.
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Although Homura is the only one who fits in given this is Japan. I mean, I suppose everyone could be dying their hair.
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or it could be....
wait mentioning that would be spoilers wouldn't it?
UrsaTempest
Don't Panic!
Not for a Japanese person
Compared to pink and blue?
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No, the setting is obviously alternative Japan, so the most sensible answer is that Homura is a freak with her freakish black hair. I mean, what kind of hair color is black? She totally dyes her hair to get attention.
This is hilarious for reasons that you shouldn't look at yet (but those who have seen the series can).
LostDeviljho
Flame Dragon Princess
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- Any
I will note that dying one's hair blonde is actually a trend in Japan, though it's generally paired with spray-on tans and too much makeup.
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Didn't gyaru culture reach its peak after PMMM was made?
UrsaTempest
Don't Panic!
Mami is about the furthest you can get from gyaru, though.
Maaaaaybe hime-gyaru, but that's stretching it.
That said, Japan or no Japan, blonde is still more plausible than red or blue or green.
Maaaaaybe hime-gyaru, but that's stretching it.
That said, Japan or no Japan, blonde is still more plausible than red or blue or green.
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... Redheads. They are a thing. Now, as to whether the series shade of red (pink, really, on Madoka) is in the human range, I have no clue.
And blue and green, yes, are straight up 'is she dying her hair or do we assume Hair Colors Are Different In The Future'. I mean, with the fancy tech, I assume it's meant to be near future, though I don't recall if it ever explicitly says. (and if it does, don't answer that, because spoilers. Or I mean I guess you could quote me in some other Madoka thread if you care but don't answer here.)
mothematics
How wide is the concept of "you"?
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- She/Her
lads it's a cartoon it's not real
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- secret base
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Got ya covered, famalam
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But what are we, the people of SV, to do if not obsess over minutia about how unrealistic this fabricated work of fiction is? Why, we would surely drop dead if we stopped for even a single minute, such is the curse of the SVer.
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Edited.
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- Voidbetweenstars
Once again nothing but correct here moving on.
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- Ohio
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- He/Him
Ah, thank you for that piece of advice. I'll have to think on it.
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- Elendel, Scadrial
I've never been able unsee those things as demonic pringles mascots.
Episode 2: "That Would Be Truly Wonderful"... or Something
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The second episode of Pull-up Maggie Mad Doc A: Friendship is Magica starts with a very quick recap of the events that transpired during the last few minutes of the previous one. While it was useful for the people that first watched the show during its original run, it can be find somewhat annoying by those that didn't. Fortunately, I have the attention span of a monkey with a brain transplant that came from a particularly forgetful goldfish called Karen, a pretty little thing that was raised by an old lady that now lives in Ipswich… What was I talking about again? Right, the show.
So, this rapid change of events is soon shown to actually be nothing more than a dream of our main character. Because of course it is.
This particular shot is actually from the first episode. Bet you didn't notice that until I pointed it out.
We're again shown the typical, slightly idealistic morning of the Kaname household. The mother and daughter pair is having a nice chat, while establishing two rather interesting facts: the events of the first episode weren't a dream and that normal people are unable to see the white mascot-like thing, named Kyubey. Well, three facts: bathing Kyubey looks rather cute.
The show then cuts to what happened directly after the first episode took place rather than jumping to the day after. I must admit it's a rather nice trick which I liked. While hard to express in words alone, I can try. Here's what it looked like to me:
It is a refreshing way to drop some exposition about the nature of magical girls. Apparently, they're chosen by Kyubey which offers to grant them a single wish. Sounds like a generous offer, but also makes me raise some questions. If Kyubey possess the power to grant any wish, why does it need to recruit teenaged girls to fight witches? Is this, perhaps, a revenge for all the times we humans used Pokémon to battle at our leisure?
Also, I wonder what would've happened if someone made a wish that entailed destroying all witches in existence. Does this mean premature end of the entire anime? Or are there no people this altruistic in this universe?
Well, ignoring those, the anime suddenly changes its genre into psychological horror as we see how the heartless system of capitalism entrenches itself into the mind of its victim, indoctrinating her into not having any thoughts other than those about her work. In short, Madoka asks her mother about her wish.
The horror. The horror.
Also, another piece of exposition happens: this time, about the witches, creatures that are said to be "born from curses." Just like Kyubey, it is impossible for regular humans to see them, which raises questions about Kyubey and its nature. Is it some kind of a domesticated witch species or a single specimen that decided to side with humans? Also, the art installations we saw earlier are actually works of the witches, too.
Here's a short list of things we know about the witches so far:
Moving along, the next scene involves Sayaka and Japanese Richie Rich as three friends are on their way to school. Once again, it is shown that the creature that we're told cannot be seen by ordinary humans really cannot be seen by ordinary humans. Shocking.
Also, they now can (save the budget on lip animation) speak telepathically because of Kyubey, a revelation followed by this.
See, they're not homosexual, but this character thinks that they are. This is a funny joke. I am laughing. This is my laughing face. This is the sound a human being makes when it finds something funny: laughter. Ha-ha-ha. I'm laughing now. Such a funny joke.
He said while holding a "Sarcasm" sign. Honestly, while I understand some people might find it funny, I personally felt my eyebrows slowly go down until I could smell the lingering of shampoo coming from my hair. But I digress.
In the classroom, we're again shown that Homura is incapable of expressing any emotions other than the emotion that is a total absence of emotions. I wonder if… To the exposition room!
Apparently, defeating a witch also involves a reward, which gives other magical girl the motive to intercept any potential candidates before they can accept the contract. It seems that rhe reason behind Homura's intense desire to kill Kyubey is that she wants to create a magical girl monopoly, which is a sentence I never thought I'd type in my life.
The two – Mami and Sayaka – promise to protect Madoka. Then, we get to hear a lesson about English that Madoka promptly ignores to make some sketches
While I do find them well-made, one must wonder why the eyes are so fucking creepy. Is there a problem you don't tell us about, Madoka? Are you sad? You can tell us if you're sad.
We transfer to the school rooftop, where Madoka and Sayaka are talking about their decisions regarding this whole "fight monsters and get your wish granted" thing, and the dialogue itself I liked. It tells us about the characters, their drives and motivations. Well, about the character. Namely, Sayaka, who talks about how blessed they are because of how they don't feel the need strong enough to actively desire a single wish. Or about how they are people who probably need this chance more than them. Wink-wink, nudge-nudge. All I'm saying: I recognize a plot-hook when I see one.
Then, a wild Homura appears to make Madoka question her decision to become a magical girl. The conversation itself makes me doubt Homura's motive as she appears to care too much about Madoka's decision. As in, Madoka's in particular. I understand Madoka is the one whose name is in the anime title, but there's another girl that has the chance to become a magical girl standing right next to her.
So, yeah, there's something about Homura's focus on Madoka. Perhaps, Madoka is the chosen one or some kind of stuff like this. Because heroes are supposed to be exceptional people in exceptional circumstances, so I'm willing to accept her as someone innately special. Still, I'm interested what's so special about Madoka.
Again. Funny joke. Ha-ha. They are perceived to be a pair of homosexuals despite not being such. Classic.
The girls visit a café to discuss this whole "monster-slaying" shebang, when Sayaka reveals her weapon of choice – a baseball bat. You know, it might be because of the fact that I was raised in Russia, a country where the amount of baseball bats sold greatly outweighs the same number of baseballs, but I hardly ever see people use baseball bats for the specific purpose they were created for. Namely, baseball.
The again, maybe Sayaka is just a baseball enthusiast, and the bat is her metaphorical weapon. That breaks metaphorical bones and leaves metaphorical bruises. At which point, I'm pretty the word "metaphorical" loses its meaning.
Meanwhile, Madoka presents her creepy, big-headed, black-eyes sketches proving that a pen is sharper than a baseball bat. Well, so is a sword. A lot of things are sharper than a baseball bat, to be honest. By the way, those sketches were her costume ideas, and since I have the power to see the future and this anime's opening, I predict her sketch will become her actual magical girl outfit.
Girls leave the café to go search for the witch, using Mami's Soul Gem to track down the witch. As it is explained by Mami, witches tend to reside near places where bad things happen, and I'm not sure whether they live there because of the bad things or that them living there causes bad things to happen in the first place.
Also, we're shown what appears to be a witch's lair.
It has German on the walls, so you know shit got serious.
Heroes arrive in time to save some random woman from committing suicide under the influence of a witch, and Mami shows a new ability of her own.
She is capable of creating bright yellow strings, which I assume aren't actual string. They are, in fact, incredibly tiny guns connected with each other. This is what her power is. Creating guns and then chaining those guns into strings.
Entering the witch's lair, I'm once again impressed with the visuals. Now, I want to deviate a bit to tell you a story about my grandmother's friend. A kind woman with sunny disposition and a strange choice of wardrobe. Her usual clothes included plain blouses, long skirts, cardigans and always a hat that made her look like the Queen of the United Kingdoms… That's not a compliment.
Every time I saw this woman, the stark clash between her modest choice of wear and her outlandish hats made me question the reality itself. What I am trying to say is that those surrealistic visuals are Pull-up Maggie Mad Doc A: Friendship is Magica's weird British royalty's hat.
You know, before this moment, I considered this episode to be no better than the first one, and I moderately liked the first episode, even if by the end I felt a certain sense of negative fulfillment. Just another slowly-paced episode that explains everything in a careful, measured way. No big deal.
However, the highlight of this episode for me was the fight between Mami and her ability to make American conservatives salivate and eventually die from dehydration by producing a lot of gun and what I can only describe as kindergartener's first Cthulhu collage.
The battle is dynamic, the music accompanying it made me feel livelier, and was visually pleasing. That said, Mami is a terrible shooter, who needs what appears to be a human-sized bullet to hit a giant monster. Boo.
After the battle, she receives an item curiously called the Witch's Egg that is used to purify one's Soul Gem that is used to make magic. She then offers it to the person hiding in the shadows who steps into the light to reveal this person in question is… Homura.
Mami offers her the Witch's Egg out of kindness and condescension – it can be both – and Homura refuses in a conversation that practically emanates pure hostility.
In the end, the day is saved and everything is nice and warm and totally not going to end fucked up. No, siree.
In the conclusion, I find myself liking Puerile MAGA Madoka My Jigga-Jigga more and more. The character I'm supposed to like are likeable, and the visuals are captivating. And, although I have my fair share of questions, the way the answers are revealed don't seem forced.
I'll give this episode nine missed shots out of ten.
So, this rapid change of events is soon shown to actually be nothing more than a dream of our main character. Because of course it is.
We're again shown the typical, slightly idealistic morning of the Kaname household. The mother and daughter pair is having a nice chat, while establishing two rather interesting facts: the events of the first episode weren't a dream and that normal people are unable to see the white mascot-like thing, named Kyubey. Well, three facts: bathing Kyubey looks rather cute.
The show then cuts to what happened directly after the first episode took place rather than jumping to the day after. I must admit it's a rather nice trick which I liked. While hard to express in words alone, I can try. Here's what it looked like to me:
Pull-up Maggie Mad Doc A: Friendship is Magica said:
It is a refreshing way to drop some exposition about the nature of magical girls. Apparently, they're chosen by Kyubey which offers to grant them a single wish. Sounds like a generous offer, but also makes me raise some questions. If Kyubey possess the power to grant any wish, why does it need to recruit teenaged girls to fight witches? Is this, perhaps, a revenge for all the times we humans used Pokémon to battle at our leisure?
Also, I wonder what would've happened if someone made a wish that entailed destroying all witches in existence. Does this mean premature end of the entire anime? Or are there no people this altruistic in this universe?
Well, ignoring those, the anime suddenly changes its genre into psychological horror as we see how the heartless system of capitalism entrenches itself into the mind of its victim, indoctrinating her into not having any thoughts other than those about her work. In short, Madoka asks her mother about her wish.
The horror. The horror.
Also, another piece of exposition happens: this time, about the witches, creatures that are said to be "born from curses." Just like Kyubey, it is impossible for regular humans to see them, which raises questions about Kyubey and its nature. Is it some kind of a domesticated witch species or a single specimen that decided to side with humans? Also, the art installations we saw earlier are actually works of the witches, too.
Here's a short list of things we know about the witches so far:
- Cannot be seen by humans.
- Born from curses.
- Cause terrible things like murders and suicides.
- Quite artistic.
Moving along, the next scene involves Sayaka and Japanese Richie Rich as three friends are on their way to school. Once again, it is shown that the creature that we're told cannot be seen by ordinary humans really cannot be seen by ordinary humans. Shocking.
Also, they now can (save the budget on lip animation) speak telepathically because of Kyubey, a revelation followed by this.
See, they're not homosexual, but this character thinks that they are. This is a funny joke. I am laughing. This is my laughing face. This is the sound a human being makes when it finds something funny: laughter. Ha-ha-ha. I'm laughing now. Such a funny joke.
He said while holding a "Sarcasm" sign. Honestly, while I understand some people might find it funny, I personally felt my eyebrows slowly go down until I could smell the lingering of shampoo coming from my hair. But I digress.
In the classroom, we're again shown that Homura is incapable of expressing any emotions other than the emotion that is a total absence of emotions. I wonder if… To the exposition room!
Apparently, defeating a witch also involves a reward, which gives other magical girl the motive to intercept any potential candidates before they can accept the contract. It seems that rhe reason behind Homura's intense desire to kill Kyubey is that she wants to create a magical girl monopoly, which is a sentence I never thought I'd type in my life.
The two – Mami and Sayaka – promise to protect Madoka. Then, we get to hear a lesson about English that Madoka promptly ignores to make some sketches
While I do find them well-made, one must wonder why the eyes are so fucking creepy. Is there a problem you don't tell us about, Madoka? Are you sad? You can tell us if you're sad.
We transfer to the school rooftop, where Madoka and Sayaka are talking about their decisions regarding this whole "fight monsters and get your wish granted" thing, and the dialogue itself I liked. It tells us about the characters, their drives and motivations. Well, about the character. Namely, Sayaka, who talks about how blessed they are because of how they don't feel the need strong enough to actively desire a single wish. Or about how they are people who probably need this chance more than them. Wink-wink, nudge-nudge. All I'm saying: I recognize a plot-hook when I see one.
Then, a wild Homura appears to make Madoka question her decision to become a magical girl. The conversation itself makes me doubt Homura's motive as she appears to care too much about Madoka's decision. As in, Madoka's in particular. I understand Madoka is the one whose name is in the anime title, but there's another girl that has the chance to become a magical girl standing right next to her.
So, yeah, there's something about Homura's focus on Madoka. Perhaps, Madoka is the chosen one or some kind of stuff like this. Because heroes are supposed to be exceptional people in exceptional circumstances, so I'm willing to accept her as someone innately special. Still, I'm interested what's so special about Madoka.
Again. Funny joke. Ha-ha. They are perceived to be a pair of homosexuals despite not being such. Classic.
The girls visit a café to discuss this whole "monster-slaying" shebang, when Sayaka reveals her weapon of choice – a baseball bat. You know, it might be because of the fact that I was raised in Russia, a country where the amount of baseball bats sold greatly outweighs the same number of baseballs, but I hardly ever see people use baseball bats for the specific purpose they were created for. Namely, baseball.
The again, maybe Sayaka is just a baseball enthusiast, and the bat is her metaphorical weapon. That breaks metaphorical bones and leaves metaphorical bruises. At which point, I'm pretty the word "metaphorical" loses its meaning.
Meanwhile, Madoka presents her creepy, big-headed, black-eyes sketches proving that a pen is sharper than a baseball bat. Well, so is a sword. A lot of things are sharper than a baseball bat, to be honest. By the way, those sketches were her costume ideas, and since I have the power to see the future and this anime's opening, I predict her sketch will become her actual magical girl outfit.
Girls leave the café to go search for the witch, using Mami's Soul Gem to track down the witch. As it is explained by Mami, witches tend to reside near places where bad things happen, and I'm not sure whether they live there because of the bad things or that them living there causes bad things to happen in the first place.
Also, we're shown what appears to be a witch's lair.
It has German on the walls, so you know shit got serious.
Heroes arrive in time to save some random woman from committing suicide under the influence of a witch, and Mami shows a new ability of her own.
She is capable of creating bright yellow strings, which I assume aren't actual string. They are, in fact, incredibly tiny guns connected with each other. This is what her power is. Creating guns and then chaining those guns into strings.
Entering the witch's lair, I'm once again impressed with the visuals. Now, I want to deviate a bit to tell you a story about my grandmother's friend. A kind woman with sunny disposition and a strange choice of wardrobe. Her usual clothes included plain blouses, long skirts, cardigans and always a hat that made her look like the Queen of the United Kingdoms… That's not a compliment.
Every time I saw this woman, the stark clash between her modest choice of wear and her outlandish hats made me question the reality itself. What I am trying to say is that those surrealistic visuals are Pull-up Maggie Mad Doc A: Friendship is Magica's weird British royalty's hat.
You know, before this moment, I considered this episode to be no better than the first one, and I moderately liked the first episode, even if by the end I felt a certain sense of negative fulfillment. Just another slowly-paced episode that explains everything in a careful, measured way. No big deal.
However, the highlight of this episode for me was the fight between Mami and her ability to make American conservatives salivate and eventually die from dehydration by producing a lot of gun and what I can only describe as kindergartener's first Cthulhu collage.
The battle is dynamic, the music accompanying it made me feel livelier, and was visually pleasing. That said, Mami is a terrible shooter, who needs what appears to be a human-sized bullet to hit a giant monster. Boo.
After the battle, she receives an item curiously called the Witch's Egg that is used to purify one's Soul Gem that is used to make magic. She then offers it to the person hiding in the shadows who steps into the light to reveal this person in question is… Homura.
Mami offers her the Witch's Egg out of kindness and condescension – it can be both – and Homura refuses in a conversation that practically emanates pure hostility.
In the end, the day is saved and everything is nice and warm and totally not going to end fucked up. No, siree.
In the conclusion, I find myself liking Puerile MAGA Madoka My Jigga-Jigga more and more. The character I'm supposed to like are likeable, and the visuals are captivating. And, although I have my fair share of questions, the way the answers are revealed don't seem forced.
I'll give this episode nine missed shots out of ten.
CV12Hornet
Riter.
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- Tacoma, Washington
Okay, so the second episode does fit the three-episode formula I identified earlier. Good to know.
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- She/Her
I did! But then I've watched the show like 5 times so.
(Friends kept wanting to watch it with me, what can I say?)Yeah this whole schtick with Hitomi is super awkward and I'm not sure why they went with it; it's not clever or funny, if anything it damages her character a bit for no good reason. It could be a wacky JApanese joke or even a comment on modern Japanese attitudes, but either way it needs far better execution.
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UrsaTempest
Don't Panic!
Indeed. Mami has huge... pistol.
Also, apparently the visual highly-reminiscent of Gilgamesh summoning weapons to throw at his enemy, though I don't watch F/Z, so who knows.
Also, apparently the visual highly-reminiscent of Gilgamesh summoning weapons to throw at his enemy, though I don't watch F/Z, so who knows.