With a premisse of a grim-dark series about cute girls and a wish system, people are bound to compare it with Madoka. Mari Okada isn't stupid, she knows that as well. And I wouldn't be surprised at all, if she borrowed elements from Madoka and used it to put viewers on the wrong foot. I certainly got that impression when they suddenly changed the announcement from being 2-cours to being a 1-cour series, in combination with Ruuko's wish. It looked like we were going for a Madoka-like ending, but then Okada made it clear that Wixoss isn't the same. Of-course that's just my interpretation, but seen that way it's quite clever.
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Originally Posted by Solace
Looking further, it appears that Mayu is intentionally manipulating the system. [snip] The question is, what is the point of this system? Is Mayu the "monster" that created it and benefits from it, or is she another victim, albeit one with a particular role?
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With those gates, it looks to me like she's a (special?) Lrig locked up there.