Magica Wars Episode 9
What They Say:
In every decade or hundreds of years, the dragon moves its body as if it tosses about unconsciously. The movement becomes the distortion and causes impurity. This “impurity” lavishes an evil on people. And now, there is a huge indication of a distortion. Gods foresaw the greatest harm would happen to Japan, divide own power and give it off as a messenger of God (“Shinshi”) in Japan to gather mediums, or “Magica” who can expel the “impurity”. With the magical weapon the power of Gods, “Magica” will fight to stop evils in Japan.”
The Review:
Content: (please note that content portions of a review may contain spoilers)
With the focus on Rin and the group she’s going up against now, the Dark Hot Pot Society of all things, that brings her into contact with another of the girls, which is a first for the series after nine episodes. Bringing Rei into the picture is fun since she’s so serious and has her own fan club, which she isn’t particularly enamored of, and that leaves sets her against Rin. Rei isn’t what we expect though as she’s actually been corrupted by the things she was supposed to be fighting against and is now essentially a dark magical girl. With a quiet voice and an intent to destroy the shining light that is a normal magical girl like Rin, the fight takes on a pretty good tone, for as much as it runs in this very short show.
In Summary:
Magica Wars continues to do one thing exceptionally well and that’s to look utterly beautiful and striking with its designs, layouts and overall feel. This episode is no exception as we get the apparent arrival of a second magical girl only to discover that she’s been corrupted. That starts to bring a bit more story into play and a different conflict that’s more serious than the previous ones, which has us hopeful that this is a turning point in the show for doing some more interesting things with it.
Grade: B-
Streamed By: Crunchyroll
Review Equipment:
Sony KDL70R550A 70″ LED 1080P HDTV, Apple TV via HDMI set to 1080p, Onkyo TX-SR605 Receiver and Panasonic SB-TP20S Multi-Channel Speaker System With 100-Watt Subwoofer.