Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku Review

Overall Rating 7.5 out of 10 - Well written battle royale with magical girls

I recommend watching.

After release of the original Madoka Magica, a subgenre of dark show with magical girls became somewhat of a trend. Many tried to create a similar show and failed. Madoka Magica itself got many sequels like Rebellion Movie or Magia Record, all of them bad. 

However, this show does stands out by being reasonably good. While it could not recreate the same level of classical tragedy or likable characters, the original Madoka managed, it is nonetheless managed to be very entertaining in its own way.

Unlike Madoka, where each girl had intrinsic reasons to do what she did, here scriptwriters settled for a battle royale format to push girls fight each other. Much like how people like to describe Madoka it begins rather innocent and peaceful, but things do escalate as show progresses.

I like Nemurin most because clouds are cute, and resting and sleeping is based. I also like Swim Swim because she is quiet and obedient, but also smart. Also, headphones are based. Hardgore Alice, Snow While and Sister Nana are also nice. 

Overall quality of story is good here. There are plenty of interesting and well through plot twists, that keep show unpredictable, yet does not make you cringe over implausibility. Scriptwriters did a very good job. 

They did not try something as highbrow and 7D as Groundhog Day style plot of Madoka, that only explained in episode 10. Because of that, unlike Madoka, this show is more accessible for wider audience. Unlike Madoka, you do not need to be very smart to understand what is going on.

Art is good, magical girls design is very creative and aesthetically pleasing. Some characters are more likable than the others. I did not feel the same attachment or sympathy to anyone as I did in Madoka, but most of them are nice.

Finally, it does not have OST as awesome as Madoka but it's not essential for every show.

Overall, it's not on Madoka's very deep level, but still on a very respectable 7.5 tier.

I recommend watching.