Serenata posted:
I... don't like Magia Record tbh
You're not alone. Majority of Madoka fans hate it and/or are very underwhelmed by it.
I don't like the animation,
I have some issues with them, but I don't mind them for the most part, though some feel a bit lackluster. Maybe they'll improve them on blue-ray, but I'm not denying they're not perfect.
I don't like the protagonist
I really like Iroha's personality (and really like most of the characters for that matter) and I think for the most part anime did good job of showing it, but I really can't be objective on that one. Game has much more time to flash out characters and show their interactions and chemistry, so I went into anime having good idea who they were and am in general very pleased with their portrayal in it, but I understand for someone who knows nothing of them, it might be hard to really connect with them and come to like them (though it's not impossible).
and I hate that they have skipped the main plot (where is Ui and what's the little's kyubi's deal all about) with everyone's else conflict first,
I have no clue what you're talking about. That is the main plot. Iroha is looking for her sister and by doing that she stumbles onto those conflicts. And thanks to that she found some clues that Ui's disappearance is clearly connected to Magius and Rumors. It's supposed to start looking like a monster of the week, but then later turns out it was all part of something greater (though anime leaves clues there's something more going on from episode 1). I'll admit game makes it much clearer from the start that Ui has to be connected to rumors and I'm not sure why exactly anime changed that or if it was there, but just too ambiguous that I didn't pick it up (wouldn't be the first time, anime is terrible with just establishing some facts that were very clearly stated in the game).
I haven't watched today's episode yet, maybe we'll get all the answer like an info dump today or there will be a season 2 but that doesn't excuse it for me to be like that, had they made it about the fact that they turn into witches momentarily and then go back to normal it would have been way more exciting but guess what, THEY AVOID TALKING ABOUT THAT TOO!! the other girl who can transform just doesn't show up anymore and the protagonist doesn't care about it, she spend the whole anime going from one person to another asking if they know about Ui and everyone has the same answer.... NO!
Again, it is about that. Just it's something that wasn't really explained yet. Knowing future events you can rationalize it to make sense (for the most part), but for people who only watch anime I can understand it seems like they just ignored a very huge plot development and it can be frustrating. Magia Record really is anime that you're supposed to binge watch, not watch weekly. Yachiyo knows the truth. That's why she didn't tell anyone about it. She avoided it on purpose. Tsuruno doesn't know, but I guess she was just too shocked and since they're no longer close with Yachiyo and she doesn't want to talk about it, we can assume she either was too afraid to bring it up or did, but Yachiyo hand-waved it. As I said, you can rationalize it, but it really wasn't explained, I get why they didn't add any scene like that, but also it can be frustrating when you need to make excuses for anime, because it feels like a plot hole (also the fact in game Iroha was just fully conscious entire time and all of them were just very confused together about WTF just happened, doesn't help either).
About Kaede, it's another of those things that seems to be forgotten but comes back later when Momoko shows up to talk to Rena. And since Momoko knows the truth as well it makes sense why it didn't become a big deal. She probably found out what happened from Kaede later and told her the truth to "calm" her down. We know for a fact it had to happen, since Kaede showed up to Momoko's talk with Rena, knowing the truth. That's why she was shown at home mopping around and not talking to anyone. She needed time to take it all in. But again, had they gave us that information earlier, it would ruin the mystery. The whole after-credit scene wasn't in the game, but I get why they added it and I think that overall they handled it fine. They merged it with later event, so all they changed was when Kaede learned and reacted to the truth.
As for when Iroha remembers about Doppel and uses it to defeat Rumor of lucky water. Ughhhhhh... in game she was there when Amane sisters uses and explains how Doppel works (without explaining why it happens) and story-wise Iroha doesn't use it there (and gameplay-wise you can use Doppels, but only of magical girls you unlocked it for and it's not available for everyone yet, Iroha is one of those you can't unlock it for yet). So... yea, anime never explains why she didn't talked about it to anyone or question why Yachiyo lied to her... Ok fine, you win that one. I guess anime also adds some plot holes.
I think the biggest issue of MR is high expectations of Madoka fans. I started playing game expecting nothing from the story and knowing full well they won't go around killing off characters and mood won't be nearly as heavy as in OG series, but instead was positively surprised. In fact, I was sure it will be terrible (not that I know many other mobile games stories), so the fact it didn't suck major ass was already impressive. Sure game is far from perfect, it has some stupid moment, some things don't make that much sense and it can drag, but overall I think the story they came up with is pretty creative and ties to original series quite well. That's why I can really appreciate when anime is fixing/changing some stuff for better (and get frustrated just like everyone else when it creates plot holes where there weren't any before). I do think you can enjoy anime without playing game (for obvious reason, I can't confirm it, but I saw people who didn't play game and still enjoyed it just as much as me), but I feel like the best experience is to play the game first and then watch anime. This way you can really appreciate parts that anime changes, but also have all the knowledge to quickly fill in the gaps when anime leaves any or when it underperforms. It's not a masterpiece by any stretch, but I still think it has solid moments and does good job at what it set to do.
Today's episode opened really strong and overall I think it was good, but again as always I feel like they could add just a little bit more here and there to really make it great. Never before I wished so badly they could just do as many episodes as they want so they can adopt everything they want the way they want, so they don't have to cut out so many things and could give some parts little more breathing room.
last edited at Mar 21, 2020 6:56PM
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