Machikado Mazoku season 2: 9/10
it's already been a little while since I finished watched it so I've had time to reflect on it (also I read the manga for this a while back I just wanted to see the second season)
machikado mazoku is a SoL comedy about magical girls and stuff, and honestly, it's really good. The cast of characters and the dynamics are very enjoyable, art is good, the jokes land, there isn't anything I would do differently, there is a lot of love put into this anime
Also, I do think this is one of the better (if not my favourite?) piece of magical girl media. Currently, slice of life/iyashikei/CGDCT is the closest spiritually that we have to the old shoujo genre and honestly a really good fit for the magical girl genre. In fact, some of the first and most influential slice of lifes were also shoujo, take for example natsume book of friends
Unlike pure shoujo like sailor moon, slice of lifes are more gender neutral, however the no action and just relaxing/comfy energies plays really well into the love and friendship trope, it really can explore those topics pretty well. Older shoujo are also pretty famous for having some of the earliest LGBTQ representation in anime, and again, slice of life is a pretty inclusive genre for those type of things.
Machikado mazoku really has the core and soul of a regular magical girl anime but it pushes into a brand new direction that pushes it very well and honestly I hope to see more animes try to take this route since it really works
it's already been a little while since I finished watched it so I've had time to reflect on it (also I read the manga for this a while back I just wanted to see the second season)
machikado mazoku is a SoL comedy about magical girls and stuff, and honestly, it's really good. The cast of characters and the dynamics are very enjoyable, art is good, the jokes land, there isn't anything I would do differently, there is a lot of love put into this anime
Also, I do think this is one of the better (if not my favourite?) piece of magical girl media. Currently, slice of life/iyashikei/CGDCT is the closest spiritually that we have to the old shoujo genre and honestly a really good fit for the magical girl genre. In fact, some of the first and most influential slice of lifes were also shoujo, take for example natsume book of friends
Unlike pure shoujo like sailor moon, slice of lifes are more gender neutral, however the no action and just relaxing/comfy energies plays really well into the love and friendship trope, it really can explore those topics pretty well. Older shoujo are also pretty famous for having some of the earliest LGBTQ representation in anime, and again, slice of life is a pretty inclusive genre for those type of things.
Machikado mazoku really has the core and soul of a regular magical girl anime but it pushes into a brand new direction that pushes it very well and honestly I hope to see more animes try to take this route since it really works