(L+CR) Mahou Shoujo Tokushuusen Asuka

[Der Langrisser]

For now, the anime looks to be faithful to the manga.

[Liddo-kun]

Watched episode 1:

Surprised at the brutality of episode 1. Will certainly stick around for more.

Magical girls for anti-terrorism? I imagine Asuka slashing the feet of Bin Laden and other well known terrorists.

[Mars Terra]

Some people have compared this show to Madoka, and I get how annoying it can be when other anime try to rip off that title as I've tried a few of them myself and have been disappointed by them. But it's not a rip-off just because it's a dark take on the magical girl genre, because going by that logic then Madoka itself would be a rip-off of Mai-HIME, which came out years prior.
While it's not unlikely that the writer was inspired to create Tokushuusen Asuka because of Madoka, Asuka has more of a resemblance with Toji no Miko if anything, but even then there are some differences between the two.

The main character, Asuka, is clearing suffering from PTSD, I don't know how deeply they'll explore this topic or how well they'll execute what they do, but regardless it's clear that this show is trying to be it's own thing.

[Nivek von Beldo]

Originally Posted by Mars Terra

Some people have compared this show to Madoka, and I get how annoying it can be when other anime try to rip off that title as I've tried a few of them myself and have been disappointed by them. But it's not a rip-off just because it's a dark take on the magical girl genre, because going by that logic then Madoka itself would be a rip-off of Mai-HIME, which came out years prior.
While it's not unlikely that the writer was inspired to create Tokushuusen Asuka because of Madoka, Asuka has more of a resemblance with Toji no Miko if anything, but even then there are some differences between the two.

The main character, Asuka, is clearing suffering from PTSD, I don't know how deeply they'll explore this topic or how well they'll execute what they do, but regardless it's clear that this show is trying to be it's own thing.

But even Mai-Hime was more conventional, like Nanoha was not that descostructive, Madoka was Steins Gate with magical girls...those otaku fantasies are real life nightmares, that is why people goes with madoka comparasion plus was madoka that started the boom(and in a way revived magical girls as dark deconstruction unless you're making a pretty cure), mostly that is why

Asuka is a child soldier that used magic...and that was amazing, that was so real

[Mars Terra]

Originally Posted by Nivek von Beldo

But even Mai-Hime was more conventional, like Nanoha was not that descostructive, Madoka was Steins Gate with magical girls...those otaku fantasies are real life nightmares, that is why people goes with madoka comparasion plus was madoka that started the boom(and in a way revived magical girls as dark deconstruction unless you're making a pretty cure), mostly that is why

Asuka is a child soldier that used magic...and that was amazing, that was so real

Yeah, but there's some many shows coming out that are just kind of there and don't really build upon their predecessors, they don't add anything to their respective genres, so it's frustrating when people say that these two shows are similar and of course they are, because they're both part of the same genre, but as long as this show is adding something to that genre then it's not doing any harm.

[Applehell]

Other than some awkward scene transitions, (mainly the shifts between Asuka's past and persent) and fairly stilted directing in thr SOL moments, not bad. I like how this foremost framed as kind of war veteran show foremost Magical Girl one second. That said it seems like these Disas are still around if what happrned to her parents happened after they beat their big boss though

[Yu Ominae]

It's been announced that FUNI will do an English version of the anime.

[felix]

Magical girl anime sure aren't what they used to be. Right now if I hear "oh its a magical girl anime" I think immediately of blood and gore.

[Kuroageha]

And less magic.

[Nivek von Beldo]

Originally Posted by felix

Magical girl anime sure aren't what they used to be. Right now if I hear "oh its a magical girl anime" I think immediately of blood and gore.

Originally Posted by Kuroageha

And less magic.

Blame we lived in the post madoka and the nanoha and to aru world, when is less magic and more engineer, like person sized gundam.


Still the series is amazing, show the traumas very well and that compromise as i'm sick of war but still i can and seems i must fight on.

the evils magicals girls are that big arc alongside terrorism and those will be a massive problem

Will Asuka friend become magical girls too? one will die, which one will be a suprise.

[FlareKnight]

I feel for Asuka. She's just going to be dragged in more and more. In part I feel for the medical magical girl. Asuka asked her to join up initially. At the same time, she also had a choice to quit like Asuka did. I don't feel that promise was intended or can be guilt tripped onto her for a lifetime.

Hopefully she doesn't end up with more regrets by the end of this show.

[Nachtwandler]

Originally Posted by FlareKnight

I feel for Asuka. She's just going to be dragged in more and more. In part I feel for the medical magical girl. Asuka asked her to join up initially. At the same time, she also had a choice to quit like Asuka did. I don't feel that promise was intended or can be guilt tripped onto her for a lifetime.

Hopefully she doesn't end up with more regrets by the end of this show.

Kurumi... let's say there is more of her than just a shy support magical girl...

[Liddo-kun]

Watched episode 2:

Leftover alien lifeforms from the previous war are now being used by terrorists? Series getting darker. Well, that terrorist guy deserve the torture though.

Poor Asuka just can't quit her job...

[4th Dimension]

Well, nobody deserves torture. But even from practical perspective torture tends to give sqewed results. ESPECIALLY when your investigator is emotional attached to what he is interrogating someone about. The moment he became personaly involved into this he should have been off the case.

[Liddo-kun]

We just have to agree to disagree on that one. For me, a crazed terrorist who casually shoots innocent bystanders as a "distraction" deserves hell. Those people he shot in the street died for no reason.

[Nachtwandler]

Originally Posted by 4th Dimension

Well, nobody deserves torture. But even from practical perspective torture tends to give sqewed results. ESPECIALLY when your investigator is emotional attached to what he is interrogating someone about. The moment he became personaly involved into this he should have been off the case.

At least,the torture here was just an additional measure. The main one was truth serum.

[Mars Terra]

I don't know why, but I thought it was really funny when Sacchuu and those pigeons started fighting. XD

I always find it interesting when any sort of fictional politics are inserted into a narrative, but it's also interesting that the other main characters are old acquaintances of the main character. Hopefully it does something with these elements though.

Am I the only one who thinks the opening sounds like a Myth & Roid song?

[Nivek von Beldo]

I fucking called it this...but i thought would be later, when either(nozomi, sayako) becomed a magical girl, what a way to ruin such cute slice of life chapter, but well as the evil magical girl say, the cards are set...now the fun begins.

[Der Langrisser]

Originally Posted by Nivek von Beldo

I fucking called it this...but i thought would be later, when either(nozomi, sayako) becomed a magical girl, what a way to ruin such cute slice of life chapter, but well as the evil magical girl say, the cards are set...now the fun begins.

I don't think either Nozomi or Sayako will become magical girls, they don't strike me as having the potential to endure the horrors of war.

[Nivek von Beldo]

Originally Posted by Der Langrisser

I don't think either Nozomi or Sayako will become magical girls, they don't strike me as having the potential to endure the horrors of war.

I thought originally, maybe not even in their own will but this twist helped to make things different, was simple but trully take me off guard, at least they pushed it quickly rather draging on.