So I watched the first episode the next day and I didn't find it really interesting (at all). And here the curse of MM began: I kept watching the series assuming that there's a turning point and everything is gonna get exciting so the time I had spent on the first few episodes was going to be worth it.
A few hours ago, I finished the 11th episode of Madoka Magica, clicked on the "next" button while (as always) hoping the next episode would be the turning point of the series and everything would become as great as the reviews say. But here comes the great surprise, the next episode was the finale of the series.
I remember someone's comment asking three short questions from the people who want to review an anime:
1- Did you watch every episode of it?
2- Did you care about it?
3- Did you enjoy it?
And my answers for this specific anime are:
1- Yes
2- No
3- No
MM had enough potential to become one of the greatest anime series of all time. A lot of you may say it already has achieved even more than that, but the problem with Madoka Magica is that everything here is so disorganized and unrelated that the serie doesn't even have enough time to rush any of the episodes.
At its finest, Madoka Magica is a mediocre moe drama. I have watched a few anime series about magical people with magical powers, I also have read/watched two of the greatest "loop-based" Japanese stories of all time (Steins;Gate and Umineko if you want to know), and I find Madoka Magica as sufferable as going through a time loop without achieving anything of value.
I do appreciate the effort the creators of the series have put in MM, I feel like this is simply a cheap copy of some of the greatest anime elements we've ever seen. I'm not the greatest fan of girl dramas and I don't find them enjoyable, but even I can enjoy an all--girl show if they have interesting and touchable characters with real ideals and ways of doing things; something like Houseki No Kuni which IS the enjoyable version of Madoka in some departments.
And the characters? I want Madoka to burn in hell (the most annoying main character I have ever seen in my life and I'm not even trying to exaggerate things here). Sayaka was the literal meaning of a dumb b****h who was there just to be there. *spoilers* even her death did make any difference except for some sad Madoka moments and a boring discussion. And your favorite girl, yea had some layers in there, but at the end of the day, I didn't feel like she was real even for a second.
Let's be honest, this anime is popular because it gives boys a bunch of cute girls with nice-looking outfits, and gives girls a show about their daily girly life whose better version can be found in an underrated slice of life with actual context.
