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sleepy

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I really appreciate how Kushu being legitimately nocturnal because of her wish (which was: ”I wished morning would never come...”) is treated as the serious condition it is by the story. She physically can’t stay awake during the day (which does add to her vibe of ‘vampire hunter who’s more like a vampire’). Like they could have gone down the ‘don’t think too deeply about it‘ route and only leave it there for the aesthetic it added, but they actually go into details about how it affects her day-to-day life, which I REALLY appreciate.

Her parents had her examined by doctors to try find a cause without any luck (Considering the fact that she can barely stay awake even during the evenings, I don’t blame them for treating her condition seriously). As for attending school; since her circumstances are related to a what they assume to be a medical or physical condition, her school (St. Lilliana Academy; same as Touka, Yuuna and her friend group, etc) accommodates her by allowing her to attend evening classes (so you could say her school day starts when everyone else goes home. She comments that she actually doesn’t know what any of her classmates even look like) since she physically can’t wake up during the day, but she has to maintain high grades in exchange (not below 80% in all subjects)

So yeah, I’m pretty happy with how seriously they’re treating her condition and how it actually affects her life, it does the character justice rather than leave it just as a superficial gimmick.

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I like how details like that are recognized in the story.

But what about Hotaru Yura? I don't know much about her other than having a similar condition (she seems to sleep regularly instead of deep sleep during the day), so I don't know if her case is recognized in history.

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So Kushu and Hotaru are pretty similar; both are sleepy magical girls whose biggest struggles involve sleep (Kushu being nocturnal and Hotaru just wanting to sleep indefinitely). Well, I found one more point of similarity: their personal memoria names. I don’t know if that was a translation choice or something else, but I just found it funny

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When Yuri found Sadako from Ring.

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Paparazzo

Me: Perhaps Ryo's witch could be called Aurea as a reference Aurea proportion which is something very considered in photography.

Magia Record: Paparazzo because Ryo is like a paparazzi. :)

Me: ...Was the person who decided this involved in the development of episode 6?

Joke aside, wiki puella magia describes the possible reference:

Her Doppel's name is "Paparazzo" derives from paparazzi, but is the singular version of the word. 'Paparazzo' was the name of a character from the movie La Dolce Vita, whose name became a concept to denote agressively determined gossip press photographers.

Interesting, but I always thought Ryo was more interested in recording interesting things she couldn't prove (eg an albino dolphin) or being able to report crime like that car accident.

On the other hand the witch's name makes me think that Ryo is the type to just run after famous people like Yachiyo and Sayuki to tell some silly gossip about what clothes they bought or something. And Ryo didn't like to look like she was just a gossip.

But come to think of it, I think the doppel/witch could represent what magical girls fear becoming or corrupted personality traits in the worst way. I mean, Mayu's doppel makes it look like she likes to deceive people.

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hey, y’all, i hate to be That Person, but —

please, please, please remember to tag your posts about the new anime episodes. this includes reblogs

not everyone has the time or opportunity to watch the new eps as soon as they drop

and the number of times i’ve seen un-tagged screenshots going across my dash, in a row from multiple people, is… too many

please, please, please tag your posts

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New MagiReco episode kinda reminded me of Rebellion with Iroha creating her ideal world in her doppel like how Homura did in Rebellion.

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I also wanted to add The Different Story spin off implies that this also happens with other magical girls falling into despair.

"Ideal world"? This seems to mean that if Mami had switched out, she would have seen the same thing as Homura and Irohha: A paradise that exists within their minds while the witch form is awakened.

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Puella Magi Madoka Magica franchise being like:

Official art promoting Puella Magi Madoka Magica are like:

And this is all true for the franchise.

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anyway can we take a moment to appreciate how far the animation for this series has come

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Some shots I liked? Let Madoka go feral

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So many good madokas, if I tried to post them all I might as well just link the entire episode.

But this scene bears mentioning, if only because it goes against a fundamental rule of megucas

Do not throw souls

She caught it though!

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