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While this show is EYE CANDY and the premise is fun, relatable, and true to the vibe of magical girls, this show is absolutely made for children and leans a little too hard into that.

The visuals will be stunning to any viewer as the bright colors, textures, and overall pallet give the world a fairytale feeling, like cracking open a nostalgic book from childhood. Frankly I think it's innovating in the kind of artwork a show can have by opting for something softer gives definition to the world around it.

It stays true to the magical girl genre while not leaning too hard into tropes ... and providing a unique experience, as well! A magician's school is certainly nothing new, but the specific lens they take on it regarding injustices between those with privilege and those at a disadvantage within the setting gives us underdogs to root for and conflict that doesn't stem around the antagonists being comically evil.

However, where this show greatly falls short is in the character writing.

While the main trio of Kurumi, Yuzu, and Maki have plenty of depth and life to their writing, the rest of the characters are one-note jokes that don't land. And there's specifically the problem with it being "made for kids." While it's fully possible to make comic relief characters intended to appeal to children, the impact is lessened when EVERYONE is just that. They're all given one trait and that trait is put forward to an EXTREME. There's very little to connect to and enjoy about anyone other than the main trio and Minami, instead making every moment that's not about them, to put it bluntly, a little cringe. The writers tried a little too hard to dumb characters down at the expense of losing any possible depth they could have had.