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FractalSandwich posted:
I'm pretty sure she also tops the cheesecake with an umeboshi
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Jan 27, 2020 01:20
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Either an umeboshi or a meatball.
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Jan 27, 2020 02:39
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People say Magia Record doesn't have the horror DNA the original series did, but that might be the most horrific scene yet.
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Jan 27, 2020 05:00
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Jan 29, 2020 20:03
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This episode was really, really good. Show's really finding its stride, IMO. I like Yachiyo a lot. She's obviously evocative of Homura, but the last couple episodes have done a really good job distinguishing her in some interesting ways. Also the designs on the Not-Quite-Witch Forms we saw today are rad as poo poo, the show's definitely living up to the original series' aesthetic highs. Curious how they're going to explain that particular plot twist, though - it runs the risk of trivializing the danger of turning into a Witch
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Feb 1, 2020 19:49
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Last episode felt it grinded its wheels a bit but this one went all-out on art, story and action and it rocked. I'm really curious about what's going on now, I hope the answers are as neat as the questions. That said, Kaede, it's kind of late to focus on what's "normal". You're a magical girl, you crossed that line a while ago.
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Feb 2, 2020 00:14
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Yes the latest episode was really good. All of the monster designs were eerily frightening, and it managed to overcome one of the biggest flaws in the game's writing by dialing back down the conflict between Mami, Iroha, and Yachiyo. As for the twist possibly ruining the sense of danger around the possibility of turning into a witch, I don't think that will be an issue since (serious spoilers) much of the conflict of the series stems from the fact that the cult genuinely do offer a solution to a very serious problem (witchification) but resort to wickedness to accomplish it.
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Feb 2, 2020 06:38
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You know you've got good times ahead when the thread suddenly turns into a CIA document. As if this episode wasn't ominous enough. Just a few days ago, I said to someone: "It's interesting that Magia Record is focusing so much on completely new ideas, and just sitting on everything we know about Witches and only using it for dramatic irony. I wonder if it'll come back around to that..."
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Feb 2, 2020 07:13
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why do all the outfits of the underage kids show so much skin
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Feb 2, 2020 07:20
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Aoki Ume really likes midriffs. In other news I just noticed today that the anime release campaign quests run till June 30th. Which strongly implies the show really is two cours, because otherwise the quests would end around late march/early april.
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Feb 2, 2020 08:50
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Ueda Hajime's end card is not as stylish as his card in the original series, but I liked it all the same.
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Feb 3, 2020 15:26
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What's the significance of those pinwheel thingies that are associated with the fake Mifuyu? I knew enough to understand the Extremely Symbolic Spider Lilies in Rebellion, but this is beyond my ken.
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Feb 4, 2020 03:56
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I don't see them much but I kinda associate them with a longing for the past and childhood? It fits with Yachiyo's issues, at least.
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Feb 4, 2020 19:19
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How did I not hear about this before I'd seen some sort of Mami-centric teaser ages ago, but I did not realize they were actually making a new series, much less one based on a mobile game I've never heard of It's got the aesthetics down, definitely. But I'm not really feeling the characters yet. Honestly, most of them seem to have no real place in the story yet, or anymore. Thankfully, the two main girls seem most interesting... And I'm kinda waiting for the existential dread and hopelessness to kick in Things do seem to head in that direction, I guess?
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Feb 5, 2020 19:20
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Torquemadras posted:It's got the aesthetics down, definitely. But I'm not really feeling the characters yet. Honestly, most of them seem to have no real place in the story yet, or anymore. Thankfully, the two main girls seem most interesting... And I'm kinda waiting for the existential dread and hopelessness to kick in
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Feb 5, 2020 20:24
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Torquemadras posted:How did I not hear about this before The Gaiden in the name indicates it's a side story. I'm pretty sure it is also takes place before the events of Madoka, so only 2 of the magical girls from that series will even be magical girls at this point.
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Feb 5, 2020 23:15
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Technically it starts a bit before the events in Madoka, but it's not a prequel. Basically the MR timeline does not lead directly into Madoka, it's its own separate thing entirely.
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Feb 6, 2020 00:53
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astr0man posted:Technically it starts a bit before the events in Madoka, but it's not a prequel. Basically the MR timeline does not lead directly into Madoka, it's its own separate thing entirely.
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Feb 6, 2020 02:14
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Fun fact the witch that Kaede and co. struggled against was the witch Kyouko didn't bother killing back in the main series. https://twitter.com/llNekoLunall/status/1223678051642478592
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Feb 6, 2020 16:58
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I thought it looked... ...familiar.
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Feb 7, 2020 01:55
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On the off chance that there are any dub-only viewers passing through, this is up to episode 6: Yachiyo seems awfully blase about this whole "Iroha summoning a Witch as a Persona and having her soul gem mysteriously clear up" thing. I wonder what those "adjustments" Mitama makes are, exactly... I also rewatched the first episode, since the dub started, and it seems to imply that she's responsible for taking care of used grief seeds, too? Bad vibes, man. As a lifelong Touhou tragic, I'm primed to be suspicious of mysterious women called "Yakumo", but Mitama is really suspicious.
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Feb 10, 2020 09:54
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This show feels like it suffers a lot for trying to stuff in as many game characters as possible. The curse of the mobage ad series.
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Feb 10, 2020 18:36
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It does let you really see just how many people's lives Kyubey has hosed up in a way that we haven't before, and I think there's something to be said for that. But the trick of the original series was to convince you that even though magical girls live brief and insignificant lives in a vast and uncaring cosmos, every one of them is still irreplaceable, and it didn't get there just by playing Tragic Backstory Mad Libs. I think Magia Record is doing more than that, to be clear. Just maybe not with Felicia. I already feel like I completely understand what her deal is. In the original series, that would mean she's about to die, but I don't think this is that kind of show. I don't know much about the game, but I'm pretty sure it's not a roguelike.
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Feb 10, 2020 23:00
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Sindai posted:This show feels like it suffers a lot for trying to stuff in as many game characters as possible. The curse of the mobage ad series. Certainly feels a lot more generic, honestly. Especially now that we have a million magical girls running around Why are you here, fire fan girl Can we just check off your tragic gimmick and be done with it Like, is there anything else going on with you 
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Feb 11, 2020 00:32
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https://twitter.com/fawtGF/status/1226419346525704192
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Feb 11, 2020 04:18
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So how’s the dub of this so far? Also did Cassandra Lee reprise her role as Kyubey?
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Feb 11, 2020 05:06
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Another old friend pops up in this week’s episode, this time it’s Kyouko. Also is it true that this is only going to be 13 episodes?
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Feb 16, 2020 03:14
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Larryb posted:Also is it true that this is only going to be 13 episodes? No one seems to know for sure. The reports saying it's a one cour show are based on the fact that the current bluray sale listings are for 13 episodes worth of bluray releases. But on the other hand, the mobile game is currently running an anime release promotion, with bonuses each weekend coinciding with each new episode. Some of the promotion content is scheduled to run through June, which seems to imply that the show will be 2 cours.
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Feb 16, 2020 03:38
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Well 13 episodes would only just be slightly longer than the original series was but then again we’re 7 episodes in now and it doesn’t really feel like the show is rushing towards some kind of conclusion yet either. We’ll see of course.
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Feb 16, 2020 03:45
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I heard that if you visit the official website between 3 and 4 AM, it'll tell you all about the second cour.
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Feb 16, 2020 04:30
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It's almost certainly 25 episodes, imo. 13 wouldn't be enough to cover the first arc, and (as of chapter eight of ten) there isn't a clear stopping place within that arc. Could be a split cour, though
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Feb 16, 2020 04:40
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Scuttlebutt I've heard all seems to suggest split-cour. It doesn't sound like they've booked the broadcasting slot for the Spring season, at the very least.
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Feb 16, 2020 06:31
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Off the subject, how’s the Magia Record dub so far (also is Kyubey still voiced by the same woman who played him in the English version of Madoka)?
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Feb 16, 2020 06:35
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Larryb posted:Off the subject, how’s the Magia Record dub so far (also is Kyubey still voiced by the same woman who played him in the English version of Madoka)? Two episodes isn't a lot to go on, but it seems alright, as far as these things go.
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Feb 16, 2020 08:29
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does shaft still have that other Definitely Not Madoka show scheduled for later this year?
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Feb 16, 2020 20:28
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Tales of Woe posted:does shaft still have that other Definitely Not Madoka show scheduled for later this year? Wait, what other show?
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Feb 16, 2020 20:38
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Something that's really bothering me of this series is entirely on the subs, namely "Uwasa". Not only does it have a perfectly usable translation ("rumour") but said translation is used consistently for the proper rumours...until they're talking about the monsters, in which case they all mysteriously know their true name apparently even though they're logically only sticking with calling them rumours. It's an incredibly weird way to sub that and I have to wonder if it's because the game does the same or what.
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Feb 17, 2020 02:24
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The NA version of the game uses "Uwasa" when referring to the monsters and just "rumor" when discussing rumors in general. I think in the original JP, the game uses kana "ウワサ " when referring to the monsters, as opposed to the actual kanji for the word rumor. I guess they could have gone with capital-R "Rumor" instead, but I don't really have a problem with just using "Uwasa" to differentiate the two in English, especially in a text-heavy game context. e: In the game, it's also explicitly explained that Iroha/Yachiyo decide to call the monsters "Uwasa" since they come from special rumors, to differentiate them from witches, but that got glossed over in the anime. astr0man fucked around with this message at 02:37 on Feb 17, 2020 |
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Feb 17, 2020 02:34
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I'm enjoying watching how utterly worthless Iroha has been this entire show in actual battle. Forget Kamihama witches, I don't even know how she managed to stay alive in her own area. Felicia and Kyouko rocking the hell out of the witch swarm was great on the other hand 
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Part of her problem is she has a ranged weapon and apparently no ability to lead targets. If she only had a homing crossbow or something, I don't know it's magic, we could watch her shots ineffectually bounce off of witches more often.
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