Introduction
Due to her mother's work, Chizuko Date has never remained in one place for long or grown attached to anything in particular. However, while temporarily staying with her grandfather Suikyou, she witnesses something extraordinary: a magical girl named Berry Blossom fighting against Chroma, member of the evil organization Fossa Magna. Seeing Berry Blossom save the day ignites a passion in Chizuko, and she swears to be a fan of the new magical girl in town thereafter.
As time passes, Berry Blossom's popularity dwindles due to the incompetence of her opponent. When Chizuko randomly encounters Chroma himself, she does not hold back her complaints against him. For his part, Chroma does not enjoy being defeated again and again; moreover, Fossa Magna will force him to resign if he continues losing. In desperation, Chroma begs Chizuko to become his second-in-command and help him with his evildoings.
For the sake of Berry Blossom regaining the spotlight, Chizuko must question whether it is right to join forces with the magical girl's sworn enemy.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Audience reviews
6 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
Otaku_Senpai
It does put a twist on the magical girl formula by telling the story not from the magical girls point of view or rather from the 'villains'' point of view but it was not that fun for me. The art style suits a magical girl genre. The three main characters were likeable. Mostly because I think this is truly meant for 13 year old girls. The show is very girly. The magical girl transformations and outfits were good. It probably is not a bad shoujo considering how rare the magical girl genre is. So I do appreciate when make these.
My Rating: 5/10 (Mediocre)
Read at the sourceMelodyOfMemory
Lighthearted, silly show for those who like cartoon frenemy dynamics such as Sam Sheepdog and Ralph Wolf or LazyTown or Team Rocket. Despite the magical girl premise, the real star of the show is the hapless nominal villain Chroma, who is as handsome as Alucard from Castlevania yet as much of a mostly harmless softie as James from Pokémon. But only mostly, as he does win over his enemies every so often, albeit from his own evil organization rather than his supposed enemy Berry Blossom.
In the end, this is not a show that is going to make big changes in the world or anything despite misleading initial hype about this heralding a magical girl renaissance. In the tradition of many other gag manga (see also: The Way of the Househusband), all it wants to do is to put a smile on your face with…
Read at the sourceBraddletoad
What a ridiculous show. I mean that in the best way. Having not watched magical girl shows some of the parody is lost on me, I'm sure. However, the other gags in the show just get me. Villains and heroes that are comically inept, and henchmen that are adorable, even the side characters occasionally shine. An ultra fit, Go playing grandfather was a fun tangent for the show. A silly, fun, no stakes show. I really want a Kuma Kaiju toy. This was what I consider to be a good waste of time. Bear. IF you want to have a silly time, while not going full Absurdity this felt like a good fit.
Read at the sourceMelonada
I don't usually watch comedies, but this obscure show really surprised me. It uses its theme in such a refreshing and entertaining way. The animation stands out mostly thanks to the visual gags, and the voice acting is superb too. Just don't go into this expecting much of a plot or action. Berry and Chroma only fight because they enjoy playing their roles, not because they actually hate each other.
Despite this, the characters take their roles very seriously, especially Chroma. He's a villain who wouldn't harm a fly and the funniest character in the whole show. Berry Blossom is a sweet and naive girl who can also be feisty. And Chizuko is the rational one of the trio, except when she's in fangirl mode. However, she doesn't take as much initiative as I hoped she would. Side characters like…
Read at the sourceHidamariSeashore
Although long-form magical girl anime that aren't Pretty Cure have been on the decline in recent years, there has still been a few such shows that have come out that shook up the formula in different ways. One such magical girl anime is this year's "Gushing Over Magical Girls", which is basically about a magical girl fan who unwittingly becomes part of the evil organization that her idols are fighting against. It's an interesting concept, but given that it is also an ecchi anime, it also has a very high amount of fanservice to the point where it could be classified as a borderline-hentai; while I still watched it and found some enjoyment in it regardless, there may be some magical girl fans who may want to see an anime with its basic concept but feel alienated by the egregious amount of fa…
Read at the sourceKANLen09
Acro Trip — A more SFW version of Gushing over Magical Girls...maybe a bit too safe, perhaps, or is this the perfect guise compared to the NSFW adult version of the latter?
Let's be frank with ourselves here, yes? The Mahou Shoujo a.k.a Magical Girl premise, like with Isekai/fantasy, was once marketed to death and above thanks to famed series the likes of Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha a.k.a Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, to the ongoing franchises of PreCure (and its many iterations) that still continue to motivate generations of ladies (and even guys to an extent) that there's just something special about being Magical Girls for that matter. On the more adult side, you can consider that this Winter's Mahou Shoujo ni Akogarete a.k.a Gushing over Magical Girls has been the de facto runaway succ…
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