#urobuchi what is this??

[8r14r-r0s3]

I adore madoka magica but when i think about it too hard the amount of inconsistencies that pop up from the soft magic system confuse the ever loving shit out of me

POINT ONE: what the fuck is all of the magic in episode one??? What are the purple light beams Homura is shooting??? What fucking gun is that Akemi??? Why can Mami heal Kyubey??? Can magical girls heal other people or just themselves??? Cause I thought healing other people was like a special thing only Sayaka (in this story) can do??? What’s up with the weird texture that pops up when Mami arrives??? It shows up when she makes the ribbon barrier to block Sayaka and Madoka from Gertrude in episode two, is that just like a force field she can set up??? That’s never explained, is that her magic power??? Cause

POINT TWO: what the actual fuck is going on with Mami??? Magical girls have a weapon and at least 1-2 magic powers. This is very consistent, Homura has a shield, time stop, and hammer space, Sayaka has a sword, healing powers, and speed boosts, Kyoko has a spear, barriers, and illusions, and this was seemingly true of Mami too, until fucking Portable happened. At first it seemed that her weapon was Guns and her magic powers were Ribbons and potentially the other weird shit she does that no one else does (Sayaka’s magic bat, seeming safety circles, healing Kyubey), but her guns are made of her ribbons, meaning she either doesn’t have a weapon or doesn’t have a clearly defined magic power. What the actual fuck is going on with her????

POINT THREE: All of Charlotte’s Labyrinth. Why is her grief seed outside of the hospital when according to her Magia Record story she witches inside the hospital? Why hasn’t it already hatched? Where’s the big witch explosion when it hatches? Where is her body? Why does the labyrinth form BEFORE the grief seed hatches??? On the topic of Nagisa, what’s HER magic power?? Is it the weird cake ritual thing?? The thing she does with the serving platters to homulily’s familiars? Cause I thought those were witch power things?

POINT FOUR: Why do Elly and Izabel pull people into their labyrinths when witches are supposed to gain power by people committing die? Or if they gain power by drawing people into labyrinths and eating them, why do the people the Witch Kiss not enter labyrinths? Also what are the exact effects of a witches kiss? Why does Gertrude’s make a woman try to jump off a building but Elly’s starts a death cult? Is it based on the strength of the witch? Cause Elly goes down in one hit to the weakest magical girl in the show so that can’t be it. Is it based on their nature/“curse”? Because then what does Izabel’s “vane” nature have to do with Homura’s relatively unspecific ideation in episode 10?

POINT FIVE: what the fuck happens when a familiar becomes a witch?? Why do they still drop grief seeds despite not having soul gems from which they hatched??? If they don’t produce energy from their conversion like magical girls do, why do the incubators allow this to happen??? Isn’t it wasteful??? Also will they be carbon copies of their witch??? Are there just TWO Albertines in Mitakihara????

POINT SIX: How did the cycle start?? What was the first magical girl fighting if there weren’t any witches that existed yet???? I understand this is nitpicky but were they fighting wraiths???

I have so many questions please help QwQ

[xbuster]

Fate/Zero is a really good series of books for people who hate Saber

[tariah23]

https://x.com/manglegrove/status/1754679523440800001?s=46&t=QiKHdDdvKoMxWGyakqTvxA

[mitsuzanekureshima]

micchy is truly the best gaim character and here's why:

crazy but in a cute way (+points for starting off seemingly normal and getting worse)

insane preppy obocchan drip (see: his christmas sweaters)

the only one to appear in a school uniform & it's a really good uniform (cream white and dark green is a peak color combo)

also has the most outfit changes in gaim (i believe). they just had to let him stunt on everyone !!

encapsulates what being a mentally unstable 16 year old is like

except this 16 year old was given access to superhuman power and a mega corporation

somehow had one of the most platonic yet life-ruiningly obsessive crushes ever

takatora kureshima

grape themed BUT also has an evil hell grape form

swords? bows? spears? Nah let's give micchy a gun

did you know his midterm grades were top of his class? but with his ability he should be top of his year

the only remaining rider (temporarily) at the end of gaim. comeback of the century imo

they were going to kill him off but then gen urobuchi felt it would be wrong and he was right

played by mahiro takasugi

did i mention he was played by mahiro takasugi

straight up just stole the suika lockseed

cared for nii-san in the hospital because he has a heart of gold

murdered nii-san by the sea because Well.

also watched nii-san die in helheim. the score is 1-2

tried to kill kouta numerous times while pretending to be nii-san

tried to kill kouta again, as himself, but dressed like nii-san

successfully kill kouta -> immediately be wracked with guilt even though this is what you've been trying to do for like 20 episodes

wanted to stay in his childhood and preserve the only happiness he had w/ team gaim, not understanding that things inevitably must change and by wanting everything to forever remain as it is, he would end up fighting against his friends and eventually losing everyone & everything he wanted to protect - because they meant the world to him. gaim is a show about youth/growing up, the loss of innocence, and having the strength to face the future, and micchy, in tragic clarity, is all those themes in one

he's purple

[neomedievalistbr]

additionally you like madoka magica, which the creator of, gen urobuchi, made a lolicon vn called saya no uta. LMFAO

[around-your-throat]

looking up a madoka-like author to see if they're a man which would massively impact my opinion of it

[tothepointofinsanity]

What would you like to see in the upcoming new madoka magica movie

I hope more than anything we get to see the usual play with different mediums to capture that dream-like sequences from the past few shows. To satisfy my thirst for the fancy pancy artistry, of course.

Secondly, it is imperative that I cherish every new scene with Sayaka in it. Someone else mentioned it already, but if Sayaka was to fight Homura (angel versus devil), I would pass out in the cinema/pos. I wouldn't mind if God and the Devil talk it out. We love good x evil tropes.

Lastly, regardless of what happens, I want to see everyone have a happy ending. Homura included. And I'm praying it's not a "they all died and lived peacefully in heaven!" ending.

[biomic]

all the origami watching tsubasa while he discovers all the juuto victims strung up in trees..... this is so fucking eerie i love it

[corokoro]

im about to make a statement that might get me bonked on the head by two different fandoms

kaito and astarion have a similar core desire for power, in that they came to desire it because of trauma and basically want these potentially dangerous powers so they can never be hurt like that again, when in reality that power is unnecessary when trying to protect themselves and it's not worth the corruption

but astarion (and everything else in baldur's gate 3) is written with so much more nuance and was carefully crafted with proper impact, you can tell how much care was put into it...while kaito is unfortunately not written that well, like he has potential which is why i love him, but from an objective standpoint, he's not written well, and part of it is just because the writers have him say the same things over and over and he kinda stays static almost, he has moments of development but they don't really change him, and while character development can be "this character does not learn the lesson they should learn and suffer the consequences", even that feels poorly written. kaito becomes the final villain in gaim at the last minute, when hes been on the good side for the entire story up to that point, and then they threw in some random misogyny for kicks even though he was genuinely connected with mai?? like kaito's a jerk but he's the same guy who helped shapool even after the dude literally drugged him with knockout spray and put him in trouble because of it. there was always going to be a clash of ideals between kouta and kaito, but it felt like it only went deadly just so they can live up to the fight they promised through the entire season, especially when you remember all the scenes where kaito helps the rest of the main cast despite him fundamentally disagreeing with how power works, how many times he works well with kouta in situations they both get into

the promised fight between kouta and kaito didn't work in the end because it felt like the fates were forcing it to happen, changing characterization so suddenly just to keep up with promises, a fight between two people who were on the same side just only days ago. the promised fight with cazador works because the fates wove together naturally, pushing the party to destroy a man who had a calculated horrific plan in the making for 200 years, something that astarion was always going to try and stop no matter what - he didn't need to have his nature forcibly changed for the fight to make sense.

[magicalgirlagency]

So, the trailer for Walpurgis no Kaiten has dropped, and like always, I am confused and struggling to give a fuck about it.

Do I get bonus point if I act like I care for something that hasn't been touched on for 10 years, has most likely aged like milk, and will have everyone in the cast still suffering?

[masodemic]

If 1984 was promoted the way Psycho-Pass is …

[elmelloill]

lev don't rewatch psycho pass. you don't need to do that.

[c0rpsedemon]

every1 who's ever been exposed to a quote by gen urobuchi deserves financial compensation

[arnieb95]

totally correct tags courtesy of @akilice

[sapphire-theseainequator]

So I was thinking about if madoka magica really is torture porn. I mean it was made by gen urobuchi and he made saya no uta. He is also known for loving tragedy and angst, so it could be. But madomagi was mild as heck and angst/tragedy = porn. Saying it porn because women hurt doesn't add up how some of his works also have men hurt.

But you know, I found out one thing about gen urobuchi. I know that he works at BL games but only as supervisor and doesn't do scripts etc.

But I don't expect him to be the guy who would say, "Make the yaoi toxic! They are 18!! They are old enough for toxic yaoi!" And goes, "Well done, your yaoi is toxic,"

[sasaranurude]

I liked kamen rider w SO MUCH that after I finished it i was like "OH BOY WHICH KAMEN RIDER DO I WATCH NEXT!" and I saw Gaim was written by urobuchi and had what seemed to be a batshit premise so i was like cool awesome I'll watch gaim! and well I am 8 episodes in and am wondering if this ever gets good or what.