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Mar 10, 2012 3:55 PM
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What the shit?

I though I was watching magical girl anime, but then half way through they clearly decided to take acid with the bastard lovechild of Andy Warhol and Monty Python!

Will keep watching! haha XD
Mar 15, 2012 2:59 PM
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Girls Can't love Girls, That's true from what i heard in the dubbed version
Other than that, this episode is great.
Mar 19, 2012 11:20 PM

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I guess there is no point in reloading when you can just make all the guns you need appear from anywhere. Thinking about it, she probably has the coolest power I’ve seen anywhere.
Apr 11, 2012 2:36 PM

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Woww that fight scene was awesome. I'm really starting to like this. Apparently episode three's where things really get serious though, so... this should be good. owo Incidentally, I LOVE THE MUSIC IN THIS. The song that played in the fight scene was so epic, ahsdjksa.

The animation's growing on me too. It's sorta soft looking. owo
Apr 16, 2012 1:02 PM

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Not too interesting for me so far. The art style of the witch world and its creatures is really not my thing. I can see that it was trying to do something unique, but it looks awful to me. Like some kind of an abstract painting which I hate. I hope to see more like the dream scene from the previous episode, that looked good.
Apr 25, 2012 7:15 AM
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Interesting. I continue to love the surrealistic, nightmarish, painterly art style of the witch world. The girl thinking Madoka and the blue-haired chick are lesbians was amusing (and perhaps even a bit revealing on her part?). I continue to think there is something very wrong with Mami and that she is hiding some important aspect of this Faustian deal from Madoka and her friend.

Interested in seeing what direction this takes.

4/5
Apr 28, 2012 10:22 AM

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This was alright. I like the animation but I'm still trying to get used to the plot. Either way, this was entertaining.
May 16, 2012 12:09 PM

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i can see where this is headed.
Jun 28, 2012 12:49 PM

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I like the inside of the barrier, you can be really creative there.

Akemi's face looks weird.
Jul 5, 2012 2:34 PM

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The art whenever they're near witches is so weird and creepy... I absolutely hate it but I guess it's having the desired effect? Anyway it was a good episode, nothing too exciting but necessary plotwise, I guess.
Jul 29, 2012 3:03 AM
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The music really fits the series.

Aug 18, 2012 9:17 AM

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I love the music in the background, it's beautiful. <3
The opening's very good as well. :)
Aug 27, 2012 3:22 PM

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Mami is SO FREAKING AWESOME. Oh my goodness seriously, defeating the witch like that, so cool :D So now we know they have to keep defeating witches or else they won't be able to have enough magic ... Homura basically wanted to stop Kyubey from making more magical girls. Madoka planning her outfit was pretty cute :P
Mami-sharing next episode ... crap, kind of sucks I know what will happen T_T
Sep 6, 2012 5:19 AM
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This episode gave me a Utena/Dalí art vibe. With the exception of the characters, the art design is spectacular.

Içm getting the feeling that Akemi Homura is not the bad one as she is portrayed so far, but actually someone who is only looking out for Madoka's interests in the long run. I'm guessing being a mahou shoujo has is drawbacks that are yet to be mentioned.
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Oct 15, 2012 11:24 AM

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Still great turn in events and art style, those witches dimension really is quite fucked but quite interesting with the art style, I like it it's something different and well Big Guns from a scarf yep that makes it epic!
Oct 28, 2012 3:58 AM

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This is really interesting to watch, but the story so far is meh.
I still think this is just weird, but it's definitely unique.
I'm looking forward to more.
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Jan 2, 2013 10:06 AM

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All right first episode disappointed me, but now i am start liking the art.
Sadly i saw that weird monster and got turned of again.
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Mar 15, 2013 6:53 AM

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The art style was OMFG again! I'm guessing there's a catch with the wish but I'll see if it's so in later episodes. The music was also great.
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Mar 20, 2013 7:17 PM

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Mar 29, 2013 12:17 AM

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Wahaha, Hitomi thinks about yuri... XD
Homura, what is your purpose? o.o
Apr 6, 2013 3:18 PM

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the battle scene was splendid.
Apr 18, 2013 11:01 PM

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The like the idea that witches create unexplained suicides and tragedies.
For everything being so cutesy, it still has that mature feel to it.

I really like the abstract art inside the portal, though :3

May 9, 2013 11:00 AM

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What's with the hipster cotton balls?!?

I like my mahou shoujo series'. Not sure if I'm quite sold yet.

Do love the "forbidden love" shit. Was pretty funny.
Jun 17, 2013 10:02 PM
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Fuck yeah another trippy battle scene! I certainly wasn't expecting the witches to look like THAT, but awesome nonetheless.
Onto episode 3!

Jul 7, 2013 12:32 PM
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Wow I liked the battle scene, Tomoe is awesome with her guns. Though it was quite weird how she conjured the guns out of random places like her skirt or hat....the witch looked...less witch-y than I thought, but it's better than the witch being a human I guess ^^ So I wonder what happens if the soul gem or whatever gets too cloudy? (besides not having their magic restored)
Jul 8, 2013 6:07 AM

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Mami was badass there. I'm impressed.


Jul 17, 2013 8:05 PM

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Mami was so badass with her gun slinging skills. Her power is like Gilgamesh's Gate of Babylon but with guns.

For a second, I thought that the suicide girl was Madoka's mother.

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Jul 18, 2013 10:19 AM
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This is definitely interesting so far...
Aug 6, 2013 5:16 AM

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damn it is start to get really interesting from here :3
the battle scene look awesome XD
oh I think homura is really cool XD she is badass one! XD

the ost is really good I think :3
Sep 3, 2013 12:55 AM
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Weird scenes while Mami is fighting the witch but looks awesome.
Sep 8, 2013 1:24 PM

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Well, it is starting to get better.

Perhaps the yuri reference ^_^, very funny. That whole telepathy part was fairly funny, to be honest.

Still not sure I am a fan though, 3.5/5 I would say. (OST is certainly good though!)
Oct 27, 2013 7:49 PM

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Decent episode, however im still not getting any special vibes from this yet, i heard that episode 3 is amazing so i still have hopes! :)
Oct 31, 2013 1:09 PM

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Currently wondering why people think this is a masterpiece; it seems pretty average so far.
Dec 15, 2013 5:56 PM

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This episode was much better. The witch's kiss and the grief seed were two things I really liked, especially the designs used for them.

At first I thought the suicidal girl was the pink haired girls mother and she'd use her wish to restore her mother or something lame like that so I'm really glad the story didn't turn that way.

The witch's design was weird, the only upside was that it didn't talk. I hope that continues, a monologuing bad guy gets pretty repetitive, at least for me.
Dec 17, 2013 10:13 AM
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The weakest episode of the series. Sayaka becomes a truly likeable character though. Between that 'we don't have problems like other people' speech and the baseball bat by this point she was my favorite character. Mami, on the other hand, lost my interest pretty quickly. Madoka's naive optimism is starting to become endearing.

Ultimately it's still more setup, and the 'mystery of Homura' has already gotten old because nothing has really been added to it.
Dec 18, 2013 1:02 PM

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i think it is pretty dark, this anime... i dont trust this pet thingy much...

could it be they need the grief seed to survive? basically they are forced to stay as a mahou shojou for the rest of their lives and kill witches, otherwise it gets too clouded and they get negative effects?

and what are witches, could they be former mahou shoujos? o_o

it is just it seems to that it is too good to be true, there has to be something. and also, if this pet thingy can fulfill any wishes, why cant it defeat all those witches itself?
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Jan 1, 2014 5:07 PM

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Urek said:
i dont trust this pet thingy much...
it is just it seems to that it is too good to be true, there has to be something. and also, if this pet thingy can fulfill any wishes, why cant it defeat all those witches itself?

Exactly!
also, i want to know more about Homura..
another good episode 4/5
Jan 15, 2014 5:26 AM

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Well, that was anticlimactic. I never expected witches to be so bland and uninspired. It's like they didn't even try.
Jan 27, 2014 1:15 PM

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I don't trust little miss blondie but I do like her rifles :)
Feb 7, 2014 11:38 PM

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Wow the battles in this episode reminded me of Yume Nikki and LSD Dream Emulator with all of that weird looking scenery. Loving this anime so far.
Mar 1, 2014 8:55 PM

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(3rd time watching)

Wow, that foreshadowing when Mami is explaining where she hunts for witches.
Apr 3, 2014 4:39 PM

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Mhm... I wonder where the tea came from at the end lol

Apr 4, 2014 8:42 PM
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Again im really digging the artstyle.
Apr 14, 2014 1:50 PM
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The witch's design was such a letdown. I was expecting something a bit scarier, but the visual dissonance is so huge I can barely tell what's what.

Dissent said:
It's like they didn't even try.


Not really looking forward to the next episode, but I'll give it the benefit of the doubt.
Apr 14, 2014 11:47 PM

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Urek said:
i think it is pretty dark, this anime... i dont trust this pet thingy much...


That's what I thought.

So far, I like what I see. I'm a bit bothered by the shape of their faces though.

This show has a great OST, too.
May 16, 2014 6:47 AM

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I wasn't really into the first episode, I found it hard to tell what was happening during the psychedelic parts but this episode handled it really well. The action was also pretty good as well. Looking forward to the next episode now.
May 29, 2014 4:46 AM

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Very interesting. Wonder what they're gonna wish... Hmm..
But I sure know what I'd wish if I were in their shoes. ^___^
Aug 23, 2014 4:22 PM
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The OST is pretty good, a lot of Kalafina and the yellow girl is pretty cool!
Not sure if I like that the enemies are all paper but I can deal with it for the cuteness! ^_^
Sep 24, 2014 4:08 AM

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... that battle sequence was utterly terrifying. yikes, this show is like a bad acid trip.



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Oct 26, 2014 2:31 AM

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It was interesting, some background about the magical girl thing.
Still need to find what the other girl motives are.
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