The concept of a school for magical girls hasn’t been done before, and it would have been nice to see an earnest shot at it here, but like its predecessor I ended up finding it to just be uninteresting in general. Any time the first episode looked like it might go somewhere interesting, it sidestepped in favor of more cutesy cute girls, and I already have the second season of New Game!! for that.
It’s an oversaccharine slog that shows that there are many ways to screw up an interesting concept, including just not focusing on it at all (THE SHOW ITSELF decides to shit on its own concept by pointing out that they don’t actually need to keep training these girls), and by the end of the first episode, we already have a hot springs scene, in addition to an accidental groping or two (by another girl? Gasp! How scandalous!), so yeah, this one isn’t gonna be for me at the very least. None of the characters were endearing in the slightest, the heroine’s stupid airhead schtick is already wearing out its welcome, and I know I can get better in this genre by just waiting a little longer.
3/10.
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