Saw several posts abt it so I caved into curiosity and watched it
Pretty Pretty Please I Don’t Wanna Be A Magical Girl is a great series so far and very worth the hype.
(I originally wanted to wait until the series was done, or at least until the first season was finished if it was to have multiple seasons, because I often cannot handle being in a new fandom when its source media is still ongoing because of how overwhelming it gets. But curiosity got the better of me, and I realized it would probably be years until I’d watch it if I went by my initial plan since it’s only on its second episode by far, so I watched it just now.)
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It’s lived up to the hype so far!
It’s funny. I like how cartoony and dramatic/expressive the voice acting, sound effects, and visuals are. And it made me cringe at times (/positive !!!).
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I like Aika. Her name and design is very pretty, both in her civilian and magical girl outfit.
I especially love the detail in the pilot where she simply pops into her magical girl look, but when she goes back to her “normal girl” clothes, she has a detailed transformation (detransformation?) sequence.
It captures her character. While an average/predictable magical girl-type character transforms elegantly into their magical form because it’s the “more interesting” part of their life, Aika has it reversed, because her “normal girl” identity is the one that is more interesting and appealing to her.
I like how her love for her new friend is enough to make her give in and do her magical girl job.
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I like Zira a lot!
She is very, well... teenage girl.
Very relatable especially with her awkward behavior, cringey moments, and a bit of self-loathing when she feels she’s not good enough.
Might be my new favorite loser girlfailure (/affectionate !!!!) character if I find myself watching this series again in the future.
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Gonna speed through the rest of the characters:
Hoshi is. Well, they just want to do their job. And they want Aika to do hers. Lol.
Eclipse is the typical funny incompetent villain henchman trope. I wonder if he’ll become a more serious threat later.
Lady DeVoid is interesting. Not much to say abt her.
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And that’s all my thoughts.
Overall, this show is at least a 8.5/10 for me so far, if not 9/10.
I don’t think I will be watching it again or really interacting with the fandom anytime soon though.
Not their issue at all, it’s a me problem. I don’t have the emotional and mental capacity to get attached to another media at this time, and I don’t really enjoy watching stuff if I am not strongly emotionally attached to it. Will need to wait until my current intense fixation on Ex-Aid or Tobot dies down a little.
having idwtbamg thoughts so I'm gonna just word vomit all the unserious stuff that's been swirling around in my brain.
Obligatory Student Election Episode ™ where Aika winds up running for class president (as part of the human high school experience, of course) with Zira as her trusty campaign manager. Naturally, Elio is also running because the Star Guardian ™ needs a worthy opponent. Both of their campaigns are honestly a little confusing, but they've got the spirit. As it turns out, Zira would probably actually be the ideal candidate here and might have run outright were they not so used to being a nobody at school and assumed a loss would occur even if they ran unopposed. Sigh.
Huge debate amongst the rest of the student body about what Aika's last name even is. No one seems to have the answer. Whenever the Elio kid pulls up to class every blue moon, sources say they've heard him calling her by her last name — Stagardien or perhaps Skarsgård? Other sources claim it's clearly Ovdastarz, or something close, which they also heard the Elio boy mutter once or twice. Maybe a dozen times. No one can be quite sure, though. Whenever Aika is directly prompted, there's always some disruption that gets in the way of her actually supplying the answer.
Aptitude Test Episode ™. Zira says that the tests shouldn't be taken too seriously, but there's a certain appeal for Aika, thinking about what a version of her raised on Earth with no magical responsibilities would be "destined" for. The next day, after the test results are out, Zira inquires about Aika's since they've noticed something off about her. Aika hands over her test results, which mysteriously say she'd be best suited for being a: Star Guardian: Guardian of the Stars. "How is that even possible...?" Zira's results have her as an author, which is definitely something they'd maybe want to do, and there might not already be tons of filled notebooks sitting in their room filled with abandoned stories the tests aren't everything so it probably means nothing. But her new best friend is a magical girl, which very much seems like a thing of fiction, so maybe what's "possible" has been less of a concern as of late. Maybe she'll flip through one of those old notebooks when they get home.
Listen. School Talent Show ™. Eclipse shocks the whole student body with his vocals (Aika, Hoshi, and Zira are off handling a threat, but they're just close enough for Eclipse's singing to serve as the soundtrack for combat). DeVoid may or may not be somewhere in the crowd, being discreet and...supportive. By jove, the pipes on this kid. You would think he wrote Life is a Highway himself.
I decided to go watch IDWAMG and it is nothing short of an absolute delight of a series. Aika actively wanting a regular “real” life as opposed to be in a magical girl is a neat subversion of the magic girl/Isekai trope, and her enthusiasm for the little things is adorable. Zira is my favorite character thus far, I love how she just kinda accepts all the chaos. I also relate to her reserved and nerdy personality.
