Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica
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As someone who watched the anime first, I found the manga to be equally entertaining.

The manga is much shorter than the anime, with each episode compressed into one chapter. However, this does not detract from the story much at all.

Personally, I found the manga art style better than the anime. The manga art style was very expressive and helped convey the characters' emotions beautifully. The witch labyrinths were not as effective as in the anime, but still very surreal.

Even if you haven't watched the anime, the manga is still a brilliant read. I would recommend that you read this now.

Let me just start off by saying that I read this before watching the anime which isn't what a lot of people did (since the anime came first before the manga) so my heart lies with the manga rather than the anime (though I do love both)

There are some scenes (minor things, nothing too big) that were added into the manga that aren't in the anime that REALLY makes me wish that everyone would take the time to read this, even if they have already seen the anime. I think they just add this little touch that makes things so much more powerful, especially towards the end of the manga, like the very last chapter is just, it really leaves off and wraps the story up into a pretty little package compared to the anime ending.

This manga is the most beautiful thing. The art is INCREDIBLE and it never wavers throughout the entire 12 chapters. The facial expressions are really I think what makes this so special. The facial expressions that the characters make when they are in pain and are suffering are so much more powerful than they are in the anime, they really bring a whole new level of emotion to the story of Madoka and without them I feel like maybe I wouldn't have felt as strongly about the story and as strongly for the characters as I do now.

If you have not watched the anime yet, I actually really suggest reading this before because they are different enough to the point where the story is not a boring repeat as some anime/manga adaptions are. They have different art styles and the action scenes sometimes in the manga may seem a little hard to understand (you are still able to get the general gist of everything don't worry!), so the anime I think clears up any confusion after reading.

I love the anime and the manga and in no way is this review intended to bash or criticize the anime in any way, really, I enjoy both of them so much.

The manga is beautiful. I wish everyone could take the time and just read through these 12 chapters, because it is worth it.

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INGLES:

-To begin with, I have some things to clarify: first: this manga is adapted from one of my 2 favorite anime, and also what I consider the best mahou shoujo in history and so far none have proven otherwise, so I will analyze it as manga and anime as anime (in scenes and drawings since speaking of why the anime despite having 12 chapters has very well done battle scenes and that adapting it to the manga would be really difficult with a limited number of pages. and second This review contains spoilers.

history and characters: (10): it does not go into detail since I will make my review of the anime in a more extensive way, but it respects the anime excellently and does not make any abrupt changes, and both the story and its characters are wonders.

enjoyment (10) and art (9): I enjoyed it as much as anime and its manga does not ask for anything, although I have some details to say that I liked and another that bothered me a bit, while I give art a 9 since "HANOKAGE" the artist in this manga had a lack of experience and she mentions it herself, that is noticeable in the backgrounds and some panels but in spite of everything she managed to carry a work like madoka magica in a spectacular way, her design Of characters I especially loved the one of madoka that I think is much more beautiful here, and his way of recreating the battles of the anime in the manga were very good with the limitation that he carried, the expressions of the characters make them wonder. well, now I will mention some details that I loved in this manga:

-There is a detail that I like a lot about this mangaka and that is her way of expressing the feelings and reactions of the characters and by that I mean that I express some more details of what the anime did, scenes like: when mommy Tells Sayaka about her desire for what she is really looking for in Kyouske and her reaction, she demonstrated in a panel in a more crude way the body of Mommy when she was beheaded, and then when Homura defeats Charlotte (the witch who murdered to mommy), you see an expression of rage and emotional lack of control on the part of sayaka towards homura, this seemed excellent to me, and then I achieve another wonder since after this scene homura hits sayaka and stares at him in a much more way imposing telling her that she has no right to touch the grieff seeds because they are only for the mahou shoujo and this seemed so good to me because homura says it with contempt and anger because she knows that what she has in her hand is a girl magic that in I am in despair, and that belongs to her destiny is only of the mahou shoujo and not of a simple human who can have a happy life and does not have to get involved in this curse. 10/10 for this hanokage scene. Another detail is that madoka feels more helpless and hatred in her reactions towards Kyubei since little by little she discovers his intentions until she leaves her best friend to die just for the contract. Another detail is that he made some original designs for the weapons but it doesn't bother me. Another detail is that perhaps because it is a manga, the battles are more graphic and not limited. This is quite noticeable in the 2 battle of sayaka vs kyouko (upon meeting and when sayaka is a witch) ah and very well for the detail of the mermaid in sayaka.

- now I will say some details that I did not like:

- When kyouko is about to die next to sayaka, killing her is in the anime, he sends her a kiss through her soul gem, jumps and launches an attack that kills them both, in the manga it is a little more confusing, it is as if she concentrated His whole being in an attack or something, I would say that his epicity changes a bit, this is not so serious because he does not change the scene in what he wants to achieve, he also adds a page where they meet again.

- there is a scene where homura tries to help sayaka and she rejects her like in the anime but when sayaka tells homura that she does it for someone else, she responds excitedly because she discovered her and she tells him to kill her herself as if she felt pleasure for being about to kill her and I did not like this because she never homurates any kind of pleasure from killing, she hates it more and she knows it, because she lived that countless times in all the lines of time that she traveled so this does not go with her character in my opinion (in the anime she also admits that she is right, that she does it for madoka and also that he killed her at that moment, but she does it feeling indifference and indignation since I do not accept the help that I give her, she never felt pleasure in knowing that she has to kill her)

- Well this does bother me a little more, and it is that at the time of fighting homura against walpurguis, when doing all their planned attack, a kind of shadows of sayaka, kyoko and mami appear and they end up beating homura, and this It does not make sense and I will explain why a witch is protected by her relatives and Walpurguis should send theirs as in the anime, because this is a concept that was established before us, that's why I can't find her no sense that the three attack them because they are not revived or familiar but for me what they wanted to do as a way to make it look more epic but it is really a mistake on the part of the mangaka since she admitted that she took liberties to do it In their own way but this is a mistake because it makes no sense, I would believe their were being being being illusion that sees homura through their years of traumas of seeing them die so many times but it is not like that, they are the attacks of them 3.

conclusion: this manga does not ask anything of its anime, but I think it does not surpass its animated version, I enjoyed them both excellently and both considered masterpieces. thanks for this manga hanokage and magica quartet

ESPAÑOL:

-Para empezar tengo unas cosas que aclarar: primero: este manga esta adaptado de uno de mis 2 animes favoritos, y también al que considero el mejor mahou shoujo de la historia y hasta ahora ninguno me a demostrado lo contrario, por lo que lo analizare como manga y al anime como anime ( en escenas y dibujos ya que hablando de por que el anime a pesar de tener 12 capítulos tiene escenas de batallas muy bien hechas y que adaptarlo al manga seria realmente difícil con un numero limitado de paginas. y segundo esta reseña contiene spoilers.

historia y personajes: (10): no entrare en detalle ya que hare mi reseña del anime de forma mas extensa, pero respeta excelentemente al anime y no hace algún cambio brusco, y tanto la historia como sus personajes son maravillas.

disfrute(10) y arte(9): lo disfrute tanto como al anime y su manga no le pide nada, aunque tengo algunos detalles que decir que me gustaron y otro que me llegaron a molestar un poco, en tanto al arte le doy un 9 ya que "HANOKAGE" la artista en este manga tenia falta de experiencia y ella misma lo menciona, eso se nota en los fondos y algunos paneles pero a pesar de todo logro llevar de forma espectacular una obra como lo es madoka magica, su diseño de personajes me encantaron sobre todo el de madoka que me parece mucho mas lindo acá, y su forma de recrear las batallas del anime en el manga fueron muy buenas con la limitación que llevaba encima, las expresiones de los personajes los hace de maravilla. bueno, ahora mencionare algunos detalles que me encantaron en este manga:

-hay un detalles que me gusta mucho de esta mangaka y esa es su forma de expresar los sentimientos y reacciones de los personajes y con eso me refiero a que expreso más algunos detalles de lo que lo hizo el anime, escenas como: cuando mami le dice a sayaka sobre su deseo de que es lo que ella busca en kyouske realmente y la reacción de esta, demostró en un panel de forma mas cruda el cuerpo de mami al ser decapitada, y luego cuando homura derrota a charlotte ( la bruja que asesino a mami), se ve una expresión de rabia y descontrol emocional por parte de sayaka hacia a homura, esto me pareció excelente, y luego logro otra maravilla ya que después de esta escena homura golpea a sayaka y le mira fijamente de una forma mucho mas imponente diciéndole que no tiene derecho a tocar las grieff seeds por que son únicamente para las mahou shoujo y esto me pareció algo tan bueno por que homura se lo dice con desprecio y rabia por que ella sabe que lo que tiene en la mano es una chica mágica que entro en desesperación, y ese le pertenece destino es únicamente de las mahou shoujo y no de una simple humana que puede tener una vida feliz y no tiene por que meterse en esta maldición. 10/10 por esta escena hanokage. otro detalle es que madoka siente mas impotencia y odio en sus reacciones hacia kyubei ya que de a poco va descubriendo las intenciones de este hasta llegar a dejar morir a su mejor amiga solo para el contrato. otro detalle es que hizo unos diseños originales de las armas pero no me molesta. otro detalle es que tal vez por ser un manga, las batallas son mas graficas y no se limita. esto se nota bastante en las 2 batalla de sayaka vs kyouko (al conocerce y cuando sayaka es bruja) ah y muy bien poe el detalle de la sirena en sayaka.

- ahora diré algunos detalles que no me gustaron:

- cuando kyouko esta por morir junto a sayaka matándola esta en el anime le da manda un beso a través de su soul gem, salta y lanza un ataque que las mata a ambas, en el manga es un poco mas confuso, es como si concentrara todo su ser en un ataque o algo, diria que le cambia un poco la epicidad, esto no es tan grave por que no cambia a la escena en lo que quiere lograr, además agrega una pagina en donde se reencuentran.

- ahi una escena en donde homura intenta ayudar a sayaka y esta la rechaza como en el anime pero cuando sayaka le dice a homura que lo hace por alguien mas, esta le respondo de forma emocionada por que la descubrió y esta le dice que la matara ella misma como si sintiera placer por estar a punto de matarla y esto no me gusto por que nunca homura nunca sitio algún tipo de placer por matar, es mas lo odia y ella lo sabe, por que vivió eso infinidad de veces en todas las líneas de tiempo que viajó por lo que esto no va con su personaje a mi parecer (en el anime esta también admite que tiene razón, que lo hace por madoka y también que la matara en ese instante, pero lo hace sintiendo indiferencia e indignación ya que no acepto la ayuda que le brindo, nunca sintió placer por saber que tiene que matarla)

- bueno esto si me molesto un poco mas, y es que al momento de pelear homura contra walpurguis, al hacer todo su ataque planeado, aparecen una clase de sombras de sayaka, kyoko y mami y le terminan dando una paliza a homura, y esto no tiene sentido y lo explicare por que, a una bruja lo que la protegen son sus familiares y walpurguis debería de mandar a los suyos como en el anime, por que esto es un concepto que se nos establecieron desde antes, por eso no le encuentro ningún sentido que las ataquen ellas tres por que no son revividas o familiares sino que para mi lo que quisieron hacer como una forma de hacerlo ver mas épico pero es en verdad un error por parte del mangaka ya que ella admitió que se tomo libertades para hacerlo a su manera pero esto es un error por que no tiene sentido alguno, me creería su fueran algún tipo de ilusión que ve homura a través de sus años de traumas de verlas morir tantas veces pero no es así, son los ataques de ellas 3.

conclusión: este manga no le pide nada a su anime, pero pienso que no lo supera a su versión animada, a ambos los disfrute excelentemente y a ambos los considero obras maestras. gracias por este manga hanokage y magica quartet

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I am notorious for picking up manga, reading halfway, and then dropping them. Waiting a few months, maybe read a few more chapters, drop them again. I will have you know that Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica is the only manga I have ever read continuously without stopping. I honestly read all 12 chapters/3 volumes in one sitting.

Starting with the story, I found it extremely original. The idea of "magical girls" has obviously been done before, but never like this. A single wish puts these young girls at the heart of demise, struggling to fight the despair in the world in order to save others. Their powers come from their own souls, and unless they slay witches, their souls become cloudy and dark themselves. Without giving away too much, I will definitely say this story was deceiving at first glimpse. The twisted plot may be why I enjoyed it so much, but I will definitely say the story itself makes it worth reading. It's relatively short compared to many other manga, so I really would recommend just trying it.

As far as art goes, it's not horrible. Many people will argue with me saying that the art is supreme and heavenly over others, but the reality is the art is good. The art is up to par with other mangas definitely, but I would not go as far to say it's superior. Luckily, the art will not make the manga hard to read as the characters are still beautifully drawn and the Puella Magi outfits are stunning and original.

The character this story has is absolutely outstanding. The reason I could read Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica without stopping is because of how much you could relate to the characters. There's the main protagonist Madoka Kaname who is the classic sweet girl main character, however the decisions she makes do separate her from the "classic clueless shoujo protagonist". Miki Sayaka is the most relatable for myself, being that she is conflicted with doing good deeds for herself or for others, and if she does the potential consequences of it. Sakura Kyoko is the counterpart for Miki Sayaka, who made a contract with Kyuubey in order to make her father's wish come true, only to have great despair thrust upon her family. Mami Tomoe fights to save others, Kyuubey creates the Puella Magi, etc. etc. All-in-all, the characters are very fun, very original, and very relatable.

Overall, I really enjoyed reading Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica, and would definitely recommend it to everyone. This shoujo manga is not what it seems! You may find yourself asking the very common question, "why?"

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