Mahou Shoujo Nante Mou Ii Desukara.

I have decided to rate this Mahou Shoujo Nante Mou Ii Desuka as a 9/10 for the following reasons:

I am currently enjoying the story, because it is a light-hearted "magical girl" story, without the deep psychological or heavy constraints that some mahou shoujo genres may have. I have only watched 4 episodes at this point (so about 16 minutes of the anime), but each episode is amusing, and has a point. 8/10.

The art is also light-hearted, and child-like, which I think it rather suitable, and matches the theme.
It can be a bit pervy though... but for a comedic effect. This anime uses the most universal anime facial expressions, which are quick and easy to understand. 9/10.

The sound is whimsical, mostly quiet, or soft synthesized music. I also hear some woodwind and light percussion. It's very "light-hearted". 9/10.

The main character is very interesting... compared to other magical girls. She is more down to earth, and realistic than one may think. The mascot character is amusing... it definitely has a personality of its own. 9/10

Enjoyment wise, I am enjoying it, but not as much as I could be, if this were a bit longer... It's definitely interesting, but without using a lot of time to watch it (its shortness is both a pro and a con). I have to say it's good: 7/10.

Overall I rate this as a 9/10 anime, which is very usual for a short anime. Short anime usually are silly, poorly animated, and have little story (at least in my experience with a certain tennis anime), but this one deviates from that expectation, much to my surprise.

Summary (or "Too long, did not read"):
It's light-hearted, child-like, and short and easy to watch!
It's a bit different from other mahou shoujo anime!
And it only takes about 4 minutes of your time! read more

So even though I haven't seen all of it yet, here's a short review about what I think about the series

The first episode of this series caught my eye because... well, it seemed like a big middle finger towards the typical dark mahou shoujo series like Madoka Magica and Yuuki Yuuna.

Instead of being GREETED by a mysterious creature that offers her powers, she FINDS it IN A DUMPSTER. And the next thing you know, she makes a contract (otherwise it wouldn't be a mahou shoujo in the first place). BUT, her mahou shoujo transformation sequence puts her in a SWIMSUIT. (A-a-a-a- AREEEEE~?)

Later on in this series, we see that the contractor is submitted to all sorts of violence and punishment; essentially abuse by the contractee. (Well what about Homura hunting Kyubey?) Well, it's not your typical "KILL THE CONTRACTOR FOR DECEIVING US" thing, but rather something closer to "ONII-SAN, BAKA" *whack* relationship.

Despite the abundant verbose exposition in this series, I actually appreciate it (as it's not supposed to be about our MCs finding about the dark truth of what they've become). This is simply a fun to watch anime that pokes fun at the current mahou shoujo hyped-genre. Even though it's a short, it's so far been portrayed very well at a decent pace for its type. read more

Most of the reviews talked about the show like it was good itself just for being funny but I strongly disagree.

Despite the fact that I am not a huge fan of any kind of 4 koma manga adaptation nor digital adaptation just due to the fact that it tends to be more boring than the original version (the manga in this case) still I have enjoyed some of these adaptations so far this year, but this one isn't that good either. And when I say it isn't good I mean it's horrible.

Not a plain shit, it has some funny moments but when I started seeing the anime, it reminds me somehow to a parody of any mahou shoujo anime with a digimon in it, and f*ck it, it's nice, it's kinda funny but it's the stupidest thing that someone could have imagined in his/her entire life.

Now focusing on the anime itself and moving away of my strict opinion and jokes the anime is not that bad either. It has some good jokes like the workaholic father and the panties of the girl that are been shown everytime everywhere, but besides that I still think that the anime is kinda floppy, loose... Even though that, you can like it a lot if you are a fan of 9 years old girls' panties, magical powers and extremely overloaded cuteness.

I would like to give this anime a higher score but a review is based purely on a personal opinion/enjoyment so I can't. Still as I said previously you can enjoy that if you fulfill those conditions.

Talking about the plot itself, the art, the sound or the character development is messing you around, you can't expect a parody of a mahou shoujo anime to have a highly throughout qualified character development nor a soundtrack that opens the hell out of your mind and makes you drive nuts which makes you toss and turn everytime you go to bed.

All in all, I didn't enjoy this and in my personal view this a truly floopy adaptation and I don't think the manga would be any better.

Also I would like you to help me out! If you see any grammatical mistake here please notice me so I can replace those mistakes and make a proper review for everyone to be fullied understood! Thanks for reading! read more

*This review is spoiler-free and not based on my rating, also a TL;DR at the bottom*

All reviews I've seen so far on this anime are pretty accurate and detailed, regardless of the final rating that was given. However, I do feel the need to write one myself, mainly because I want to make potential viewers know what exactly this is (spoiler free of course), without being put off by the artwork cover or by the overall score.

Mahou Shoujo Nante Mou Ii Desukara. belongs, surprise surprise, to the Mahou Shoujo (or Magical Girl) genre. Although this genre is usually portrayed as young teenage girls fighting bad guys in a very girly fashion, there have been series such as Madoka Magica which turn out to be much darker and full of plot twists. Well, this show is neither. Being first and foremost a comedy show, it uses the girly magic and transformation purely for comedic effect, and at the same time it can be interpreted as a Madoka Magica parody. The result of this is a very light-hearted show with comedy that, as always, is either a hit or miss.

Before I go on, let me warn you that all in all, this anime was pointless story-wise, as you'd expect from a short comedy-only series. So steer clear from it if you don't like mindless shows, however funny they may be.

Moving on, comedy may be the most crucial point of the anime, and the one which creates the huge gaps when it comes to ratings. If you like the comedy like I did, it gets a good score. If you don't, you'll be bored to death and give it a bad one. However, there's one more thing that is worth mentioning: the episodes are only 4 minutes long, and considering that the intro song (yes, there's a mini intro song) is 50 seconds, you get about 3 per episode. What this means is that the almost non-existent story is interrupted immediately as soon as you start to get comfortable, or your laughter to the jokes gets cut off just like that. I did feel the need of these episodes to be at least 10 minutes long, and personally it affected my score the most. On the plus side, for all of you who are uncertain to watch it but still intrigued, checking out 2 episodes just to see if it's worth watching or not doesn't take away any precious time.

I don't have much to say about the art style and music, other than the fact that they are simple enough for such a light-hearted anime and are fitting enough to avoid distractions.
The characters are simple too, however seem to be more realistic and at the same time knowledgeable about magical girls and the risks that come with the magic, which only adds to the comedy.

TL;DR / Summary:
-The thing that will make you like or dislike this series is the comedy, mostly since it's the only factor to consider.
-The only 3+ minutes long episodes will likely make you thank god it's over, or leave you wanting for more.
-The technical stuff such as art style and sounds are fitting, nothing too special.
-Characters are simple but realistic and add to the comedy.
-Keep clear if you're VERY serious about anime, give it a try if you're not or if you're simply in a good mood.

My rating: The comedy alone would make me give it a 9, but those short episodes bring the overall enjoyment (thus overall score) to a 7.5. I have given it an 8, but it might round down to 7 over time. I will definitely check out the manga if I find it. read more