I first heard of this anime a while ago, heard it was going to be a Magical Girl Death Battle anime, well that was about 75% correct, it has a lot of magical girls, a lot of death, but not a lot of Battling.
The characters of this anime are probably the best thing of it, it created a large cast of characters that were all distinct from each other based on their powers, and all had different backstories. One of the best things about this series is that because of the way the magical girls were selected there happened to be a lot of variety in the people, instead of most magical girl animes which just have a bunch of high school girls. Pon was probably the worst though, I feel like he was trying to pull off a Madoka Magica and be Kubye but he just wasn't nearly as funny or villainous as him.
The reason I say there isn't very much Battling in this anime is because almost all the "Battles" are over in a few seconds, and most of the time the result is pretty disappointing, sometimes feeling like the only reason a character lost is because the plot wanted a different character to win.
It doesn't bring much new to the table in terms of magical girl anime. It follows pretty much the same formula of other ones, recruit the cast, shock the audience with something, kill off the cast, reveal evil mascots true intentions, overcome evil mascot, end on a somewhat high note. Im not going to spoil who walks out of this anime alive but it sure isn't who i expected (Tears*Magicaloid 44). The shock didn't really surprise me tho, since i think everyone walking into this anime knew it was supposed to be a death battle anime. So if you're looking for an anime with happy characters, or a main character that does anything else then cry every time she is on screen, turn away now, its not going to be for you.
6/10, As the saying goes, you either Sink or Swim(Swim)
