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Magia Record Season 2 Episode 4 review (kinda) below (spoilers)

Sooo time for me to talk about some things. The animation during the first few minutes of this episode was not pretty. Iroha had some big head shots that were really eh. Sticking with the theme of graphics, these last few fights are insanely fast paced which is nice but it´s so hard to keep track of movement that you cant really enjoy them. You´ve got this random high detail shots inbetween that you actually have to pause which is something you dont want to do in an action scene

Okay now about the plot: Yachiyo better be out there breaking some legs. We get to see Hotel Fendt Hope much sooner than in the game which is nice. I´m pretty sure that train is a reference to the machine Touka built in one of Irohas Flashbacks. I´ve also noticed that magical girls tend to doppel super quick in the anime like you hit them twice and their soul gem is already pitch black. Speaking of doppels: These are some gruesome downsides. Seeing Kaede as well as many other magical girls (including Riko as well as Konomi and Natsuki who DONT have a doppel ingame yet which is a nice detail #foreshadowing #preview) being permanently fused with their doppel is honestly more horrifying than witching out yikes.

Also Mitama wtf. Why are you like this. You´re supposed to be neutral not uncaring and amused. I also was kinda right about Rena betraying Magius (whoop whoop). We get more hints about Walpurgisnacht coming since there is a brief newscast where they are talking about a collection of storms coming closer to Kamihama (remember, humans percieve Walpurgisnacht as natural disasters).

So far there is no (confirmed) brainwashing (yet) so the anime gives us other reasons to dislike Magius. They are summoning big WalP and their doppels can cause really disgusting damage to its owner to the point they fuse permanently and have to be bubbled away (reminds me of the corrupted gems being bubbled away in Steven Universe). 

Sayaka, Homura and Madoka show up briefly which is nice. They note that Magical girls are avoiding them which could be due to Mami wanting to keep them out of danger. 

Seeing how the story progresses there is no telling whats going to happen next but I´m excited to see what´s going to happen next

“Even if you can’t see me, even if you can’t hear me, I’ll be by your side.”