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Jan 11, 2018 4:25 AM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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I think the first episode was so-so. We got the introduction of the main character with some narrating and even some backgrond storytelling.

Not really sold on the comedy and there's even some fan service. For most parts, it felt kinda blend tbh so I'm not having high hopes for this yet. There's also some magical stuff going on but I'm not impressed on that either. I hope it improves.
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Jan 11, 2018 5:03 AM
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Looks somewhat interesting but it needs more explanation.
Besides that the main is a bit the hectic in her behaviour she was all over the place.
Seeing her running around like that was funny tho.
Jan 11, 2018 5:38 AM
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Any simulcast for this series? For english speaking country
Jan 11, 2018 7:21 AM
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masamilow said:
Any simulcast for this series? For english speaking country


Crunchyroll , January 11 at 8:00am PST.
Jan 11, 2018 9:19 AM
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This was a decent first episode. Hazuki sure does likes to read books, ever since her mother read to her. She got transported into another world and was chased around naked by Yumilia. That was amusing.
Jan 11, 2018 9:47 AM
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Cute girls doing cute things, this time with magic.

And fanservice, lot of fanservice ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Im curious how they will handle her "real" life stuff, now when she is in this "magical" world or something.

Also i have mahou-shoujo vibes here.
Jan 11, 2018 10:36 AM
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Isekai :)
Hazuki is timid but she's a cutie and can run, time for a new life with magic.
Jan 11, 2018 10:42 AM
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This is the most ridiculous way to set up a Generic anime lmao, a girl without personality that because "reasons" enters on a magic world and because fanservice demands it, ends naked while being chased around the school for no apparent reason.
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Jan 11, 2018 11:11 AM
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Oh god, this episode was weird. Everything just happened with no clear explanation.
I can't understand why would the principal (?) take her clothes.

Wasn't that great of a first episode, but I actually kinda enjoyed it.

Jan 11, 2018 11:24 AM
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The first episode hit the right notes with its animation colors and music. Since this was merely an introduction, I expect the narrative will pick up steam in the coming episodes. At first glance, it seems the series will mix magical girl tropes with the magic school idea from Harry Potter. The fanservice was out of place, to be honest, so hopefully, the series will back away from that.
Jan 11, 2018 11:32 AM
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It's alright for the 1st ep, I just hope they don't end up to be another magical girls' tragic show


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Jan 11, 2018 11:40 AM
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interesting premise but way too fanservicey for me :(
Jan 11, 2018 11:42 AM
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Love, love, LOVED the first episode of this! Probably because it "calls" to my MAJOR bookworm self/side and whatnot, so.

The characters are pretty cute (well, the ones we've seen so far, that is) and watching Hazuki running around like a crazy woman was hilarious!

Definitely going to continue watching it, methinks!! ^^;;
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Jan 11, 2018 11:45 AM

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This has potential, our MC is really cute.
Jan 11, 2018 12:03 PM

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it was fun, just if now that she's gotten her original magic>< she would.... grow tentacles:D it would have gotten a lot more fun.
Jan 11, 2018 12:07 PM

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Oh look narration + dialogue.
Nice
Jan 11, 2018 12:09 PM

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An interesting take on the Isekai genre since it seems she'll be able to travel back and forth between worlds. And it really nails how introverted she is with her apologizing for no reason and stumbling over words taking forever to say stuff. I have friends like this and sometimes want to kill them for it, so I'll have to see if I can fully like this mc.
Jan 11, 2018 12:21 PM
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Well this was surprisingly fun and enjoyable, not gonna lie xP

Hmm the girls are cute, decent production value, good music and well kinda quirky, which is just what I need.
Jan 11, 2018 12:35 PM

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Strong opening for Maerchen Maedchen. The character design is ADORABLE AS HECK (From the artist that drew for Imouto sae Ireba), the concept of story worlds is interesting, and the world-building is on point. I crave for more of this anime. I demand the next episode now.
Jan 11, 2018 1:18 PM

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as bland and bad as slow start
dropped
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Jan 11, 2018 1:29 PM

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I really don't know what to think of this. Part of me wants to call it bland, trite and unimpressive, but I can't deny I was entertained enough to get interested in what happens next..

Really not a fan of the writing. I'll keep watching, but I hope it gets better.
Jan 11, 2018 1:34 PM
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Not sure what to make of it yet, but it has potential.
Jan 11, 2018 1:55 PM

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May the power of censorship protect you.

I liked it but still just alright, I expected to go for the quick drop but it somewhat did a good job introducing Hazuki's character, I will watch 1-2 more episodes and decide.
Jan 11, 2018 1:57 PM

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decent 1st episode.
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Jan 11, 2018 3:21 PM

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Kinda meh to begin with.

I'm as clueless as our main girl as to what's going on at the moment.

I will keep watching to see what happens next and to learn about what's happening.
Jan 11, 2018 4:10 PM
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Holy crap that OP was absolutely horrible.

It was almost entirely just random clips from the show including a bunch of random service shots and they somehow didn't even have enough random clips to fill the whole OP so before the end they started repeating them and on top of that at no point did it even attempt to sync to the music. If this isn't just a stand in for a delayed OP or something then... what the hell?
Jan 11, 2018 4:58 PM

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Ehh its alright but watching its not really my type of genre of anime. so ima getting drop it just because it didnt catch my attention also.
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Jan 11, 2018 5:00 PM

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Looks promising, but the fanservice is all over the place here, mahou shoujos and fanservices are not a good blend. Hope Mädchen proves me wrong.
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Jan 11, 2018 5:38 PM

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I was looking forward to this, but this episode dashed all of my hopes. By the time the opening came around, I already knew I was in for a disappointment. That opening basically tells you what this show is going to be like.

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Jan 11, 2018 6:12 PM

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The whole time I was watching this, I wondered which bland cliche they'd bring up next. I'll admit I had no hopes at all going into this, and I was right in doing so. Such a generic fanservice-filled episode. The animation was lazy, flashbacks to things that happened only minutes ago, the opening literally being parts of the episode... And the whole time just being utterly cringy. Like watching something one of my weeby friends back in middle school might have written up and then self inserted themselves into.

Dropped

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Jan 11, 2018 6:50 PM

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That was a lot more lewd than I expected especially scenes in the end credits. I thought it was cute. Cute girls doing cute things (maybe even each other lol) and blowing stuff up. Let's see where it goes
Jan 11, 2018 7:00 PM
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very interesting just tone down the fan service
Jan 11, 2018 7:15 PM

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Holy shit. That was terrible introduction. Instant dropped
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Jan 11, 2018 7:33 PM

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I have read the LN so I find it a bit disappointing but hey probably their funding wasn't enough lol even the opening is pretty worse as it got many repeated shots. I hope it goes okay but doesn't think I will give some good expectation of it. It could be a decent anime but surprisingly Japan studios seem to like to fuck up and give out shit quality animation makes ppl wanna to drop it instead of putting more effort and investment on it to make it more popular so that later on your have more fund to make an even better anime

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Jan 11, 2018 8:07 PM

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Like many of the previous posters I found this to be pretty disappointing. On one hand I liked the mystery aspect of it... I always like a slow reveal. We heard this from some of the characters ("well that means....", etc.). But the payoff so far just isn't too interesting -- I see that they're in a magic land but it just not magical enough. Looks like it's going to be pretty bland. Hoping I'm wrong.
Jan 11, 2018 8:10 PM

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As with some other anime this season, started off kinda slow. However, I really relate to Hazuki. So that was a really strong point. Random nudeness doesn't bother me at all, I'm not a prude. Story did hook me at least.
Jan 11, 2018 8:57 PM

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interesting

though im sure itll be just another generic cute girls doing cute things with some magic added
Jan 11, 2018 9:31 PM

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Isekai with female protag. WHY IS THIS NOT A THING.





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Jan 11, 2018 9:43 PM
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It's a bit of a stretch to call this an Isekai, it seems like just the school is located in a hard to reach place. Little Magical Girl Academia?
Jan 11, 2018 10:40 PM

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im sure people who love fanservice would have a time of their life with this anime like Ecchikingmamster. When opening shows about 10 fanservice shots you never what you are going into :D
But seriously i didnt understand the first 10 minutes that much, it felt like random scenes thrown together??? no one else felt that it just felt very unnatural? and awkward?
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LeeTailor said:
I was looking forward to this, but this episode dashed all of my hopes. By the time the opening came around, I already knew I was in for a disappointment. That opening basically tells you what this show is going to be like.

This is just not how you do a first episode at all. You'd think that the creators would put some of the most interesting things about their show in the very first episode, essentially making the episode itself a "teaser" for the rest of the series. But what am I supposed to be looking forward to after this? More bathing and running around naked? That doesn't seem like the worst idea for a fanservice or sports series, but then the whole premise here (the magic school with the books) is just wasted as window dressing.

It's silly how almost the entire episode focused on the protagonist, and we barely learned anything about her. She is supposedly a book nerd and she suffers from anxiety, but all of that is buried so deep under the generic moe-isms, that she ends up lacking depth even after a full episode dedicated to her. The only thing remotely interesting about her was the way her mother's death was brought up

If only the episode had focused more on the actual stories she enjoys. But this is not going to be that kind of anime. It's going to be a fanservice-moe-action shlock (in fact, forget the action - there wasn't even a decent battle, since the teacher got in the way) that over-optimizes itself, like a smoothie that ends up tasting like nothing in particular because you threw too many different things in it. Magic high schools (like Harry Potter), metafiction (like the Neverending Story), mahou shoujo anime. Those are all nice things, but if you just throw their elements into a story randomly without understanding what makes them work, you will probably end up with something like Märchen Mädchen.

I'm willing to give episode 2 a shot, just in case I'm wrong, but I'm not expecting anything good out of this one anymore. Also, I sure hope no one is expecting any consequential yuri (i.e. more than just throwaway teasing) here, because it should be obvious that that's not going to happen.

feels bad for you :( but i suggest not to look forward to any isekai adaptations, disappointment will come!
You wrote quite nice comments btw
Jan 11, 2018 11:41 PM

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This. Is. Adorable. 100% guaranteed to watch.

But yeah I know it's gonna be at best a 5/10. Life is so hard.
Jan 12, 2018 12:54 AM

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i'm started to watch this along with Blend S but the fanservice of Marchen Madchen should be at MINIMUM level & @delta5 hello there
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Jan 12, 2018 12:55 AM

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It was fine to me...nothing special...but let's see how this goes...
it was nice to see fhana perform again as the OP of this show!
3/5.


Jan 12, 2018 1:08 AM

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i'm started to watch this along with Blend S but the fanservice of Marchen Madchen should be at MINIMUM level & @delta5 hello there


Oddly I found the type of fanservice in Blend S to be more than I could take. It's probably just a matter of tone, tropes, and whatever other random intangibles that make the difference. That being said, I think the fanservice in this show is pretty over the top and utterly unnecessary. I should look at the source material to see what the deal is. But...meh. It's kind of a cheap-looking show. I'm still gonna watch it!
Jan 12, 2018 1:23 AM
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High quality girls from Kantoku nice ED too.

11/10
Jan 12, 2018 1:47 AM

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Prankster_001 said:
i'm started to watch this along with Blend S but the fanservice of Marchen Madchen should be at MINIMUM level & @delta5 hello there


Blend S was bad because it lack fanservice, and I dropped it

Marchen is much better out of the two

These kinds of show can't be enjoyed without fanserives in my opinion. Also, Marchen character are cuter and more lovable and it aslo lacks those annoying males from Blend S which is a good thing
Jan 12, 2018 1:54 AM

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thepath said:
Prankster_001 said:
i'm started to watch this along with Blend S but the fanservice of Marchen Madchen should be at MINIMUM level & @delta5 hello there


Blend S was bad because it lack fanservice, and I dropped it

Marchen is much better out of the two

These kinds of show can't be enjoyed without fanserives in my opinion. Also, Marchen character are cuter and more lovable and it aslo lacks those annoying males from Blend S which is a good thing
lolz Marchen Madchen's fanservice should be just turn down to minimum my laddie but i like Blend S a lot and u can't stop me from watching it and u hate Blend S bcoz u hate the sadist girl and u like shows with too much fanservice (like Marchen Madchen) and u think it more addicting just like a drug and tbh my lad i'm different than u may think i only watch anime for cute girls and i prefer the anime's fanservice should be LOWRED and it's my personal decree
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Jan 12, 2018 2:59 AM

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I really like it..
Jan 12, 2018 4:35 AM

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So, the characters in the book are alive or the MC was just mistaken? Hehe. Good first episode, btw. I enjoyed it. Will continue watching. That ED's so beautiful. Wanna know more about how Hazuki got to the other side and what on earth is that "Madchen" means.

4/5.

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