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jennariaMAHOU NO STAR MAGICAL EMI
Genre: Magical Girl
How much seen: one episode (subbed)
What it's about: Our heroine comes from a family of professional magicians - the stage variety, thank you. On the eve of their big break, in the hustle and bustle, a magical mysterious floating burst of light thingy appears to Mai, gets her off to privacy (which takes some doing), and then settles into the mirror to explain to her that it is, in fact, a fairy of some sort (it's not very long on explanations), and it can give her the ability to be a magical girl.
...you know, the more of these I see, the more I understand why Madoka Magika works as a series. Er. Anyway. Moving on!
Mai manages to persuade this self-proclaimed fairy out of the mirror and into a plush flying squirrel nearby. Unfortunately, while all these negotiations are going on, the family leaves without Mai, and she has to rush after them to catch up at the theater. Even worse, the family performance is going fine until the flying squirrel accidentally wrecks the big finish. Cue the transformation, and Magical Emi steps in to save the performance, and persuade the important critic in the audience that they're amazing.
Overall opinion: well, it's not terrible, not in the way that some of the other options on this list are. There's a part of me that's terribly cynically amused by the fact that the magical girl's special ability is (sorta real) stage magic, but at least there's a clear use for that ability :cough: Magical Stage Fancy La La :cough:. Not going to bother to keep going.
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Sadly, I don't have any choice about keeping going in a larger sense. Nearly two thirds done, but this is Heartbreak Hill coming up.
Genre: Magical Girl
How much seen: one episode (subbed)
What it's about: Our heroine comes from a family of professional magicians - the stage variety, thank you. On the eve of their big break, in the hustle and bustle, a magical mysterious floating burst of light thingy appears to Mai, gets her off to privacy (which takes some doing), and then settles into the mirror to explain to her that it is, in fact, a fairy of some sort (it's not very long on explanations), and it can give her the ability to be a magical girl.
...you know, the more of these I see, the more I understand why Madoka Magika works as a series. Er. Anyway. Moving on!
Mai manages to persuade this self-proclaimed fairy out of the mirror and into a plush flying squirrel nearby. Unfortunately, while all these negotiations are going on, the family leaves without Mai, and she has to rush after them to catch up at the theater. Even worse, the family performance is going fine until the flying squirrel accidentally wrecks the big finish. Cue the transformation, and Magical Emi steps in to save the performance, and persuade the important critic in the audience that they're amazing.
Overall opinion: well, it's not terrible, not in the way that some of the other options on this list are. There's a part of me that's terribly cynically amused by the fact that the magical girl's special ability is (sorta real) stage magic, but at least there's a clear use for that ability :cough: Magical Stage Fancy La La :cough:. Not going to bother to keep going.
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Sadly, I don't have any choice about keeping going in a larger sense. Nearly two thirds done, but this is Heartbreak Hill coming up.