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      What an adorable little critter. I wonder why he’s so obsessed with contracts? Must be some kind of Japanese humour thing.

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    I don’t know the anime, sor I don’t get the joke…

    What anime is this and what is the joke if there is one?

    • SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      The anime is Madoka Magika. I recommend watching up to the 3rd/4th chapter without spoilers, then decide if you want to continue watching it.

      The joke (spoilers)

      The studio advertised it as a generic slice of life magical girl show, and when it was leaked that its writer was Gen Urobuchi, who was known for his horror stories, they tried to do “damage control” by claiming that he was trying to get into new genres and styles. The show does indeed turn pretty dark fairly soon, and you should definitely not watch it if you need something mild. In any case, it’s top stuff and I recommend it.

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          All joking aside, please go and watch it immediately without looking up anything else about it. It’s genuinely one of the best shows you will ever watch, I’m not even slightly exaggerating here, and it’s soooo much better if you can go in blind.

          If I had a men in black memory zapper I would erase the entirety of this show from my memory and leave myself a Memento style note to go watch it again, just so I could relive that experience.

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      Madoka Magica, and the joke is

      spoiler

      The first two episodes start off pretty standard for magical girl anime: weird creature comes to protagonist offering magical super powers in exchange for vanquishing weird demons and whatnot. However, by the end of episode three, the dangers of this lifestyle become extremely apparent and the whole anime takes a HUGE tonal shift as a result. I don’t really want to go further into it as I’d fully recommend you see it yourself.

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      Madoka Magica

      It starts out looking like a cute, wholesome Magical Girl anime, but quickly gets darker as the characters struggle with their grim reality.

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      Yes, ignore the people explaining it, Madoka is totally a chill magical girl anime. It’s made for kids and very safe to watch, total comfort food. Best watched when you’re feeling down about anything, like if you’re feeling down about work or getting over the death of a loved one. Will really lift you up.

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    “Madoka Magica is actually a deconstruction of the magical girl genre because unlike most magical girl shows it’s really dark and revolutionized the genre imo” sayers be like: “no I haven’t actually watched any other magical girl anime but I really want to :)”

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