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Originally Posted by applejuice
^ Why everyone was expecting 'story' when it was basically 'advertisement' purpose + 30 minutes mahou shoujo, anyway? We should be glad for 'actually having a story' and 'quality in animation'.
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In this case, a full 3-act story with drama and character development actually harmed Houkago no Pleiades more than an absence of such would have. Episode 3 was a major offender with this. The whole ONA might have worked better if it started in media res with Subaru already part of the team rather than squeezing an introduction with Subaru meeting everyone and becoming a magical girl hogging precious time in the beginning.
Yes, it's "just an advertisement". Doesn't make me buy the unnecessary and half-baked drama and development any more.