every time I start watching my second favorite anime again I always have to watch it until the end. It just can't exist as a series to me, it needs to be a 492 minute long movie. Like it takes five episodes to set up the plot and make you fall in love with the characters and then they slowly crush you over the next 7 episodes and I can't stop because I need it to end well. And also I viscerally relate to the characters so their emotional states are intrinsically tied to mine.
(Unfortunately it's a hard one to recommend because it's mahou shoujo, but also they sprinkle in some unnecessary boob- and ass shots (they are middle school students), and then there's also very prominent suicidal and self-destructive imagery. It's really fun and heartwarming tho. And pretty!
Oh and also very very gay in the way that mahou shoujo animes usually are, which I actually recently watched a really good video essay about why that genre is often Like That.)















