Magical Girl Apocalypse

Noplayster Jul 15, 2022

5

I can't decide whether I love or hate this manga. It's primary strength is its ability to subvert your expectations in ways that are satisfying. Its weakness is inconsistency.  The first half of the story is great, absolutely crazy, but the second half is utterly excruciating and confusing. Great characters in the first half, boring in the second. Beautiful violence, mediocre character designs. So, a very mixed bag here on all fronts. Ultraviolence warning! Story: An oft seen premise. The apocalypse starts and this time it's caused by unnerving, genocidal supernatural robots(?) that look vaguely like magical girls. MC is able to survive the inicial massacre and gathers with other survivors to try to stay alive, figure out what's going on, and solve the mystery as to why they each seem to have a connection to this invasion. There are twists and turns aplenty and the story subverts your expectations over and over. It's pretty great. And then the second half starts and the story grinds to an unbearable halt, flashbacks within flashbacks begin, the major characters mostly fade into obscurity, and plot elements are introduced which practically change the genre. It's like an entirely different manga was just stapled onto the first half.  Plus, it's a convoluted, confusing mess.  I'd give the first half a seven or eight and the second half a 2 or a 3. So I'll just split the difference and say 5. Art: It looks great when people are getting killed, but character designs are weak. It's serviceable. Setting and background art is forgettable. Could be better. Characters: Great in the first half. One of the things that I love about this is its ability to surprise you with its characters. The ones who ended up being integral to the plot or even primary characters were the ones that I thought would be killed unceremoniously with 5 minutes. Hell, most of the deuteragonists are introduced as faceless bullies, background characters, or disposable villains. And wouldn't you know it, they are more complicated than they first appeared. In fact, almost every character has a hidden backstory which makes them more interesting.  Second half ruins it by introducing boring new characters in a different setting doing things barely connected to the first.  Split the difference between 8 and 4? 6. If you split this into two different manga, one would be great and the other would be boring. As it stands, I genuinely enjoy rereading that first manga every few years.

Aminechalo Dec 4, 2015

8

So I really Love this Kind of mangas, So Mahou shoujo of the end it's be come one of my favorite Manga, with The story and such characters and the amazing ard and drawing, that's why i relly love it. In the manga you can find such a most Knowing Stories and the public Myth, so finaly I suggest you to read it and enjoy and thank you so much ( Mangaka ) Amine chalo From Morocco.

bunda6662 Jan 26, 2023

6.5

This manga is a mess from beginning to end. The story is a total clusterfuck, and it's not an exaggeration to say that for the majority of the story, you will be confused about what is going on and who is who. The majority of explanations for why the characters are doing something or why something is happening are taken straight out of the author's ass, he comes up with some crazy idias, has no way to explain them, then makes some bullshit explanation masked as logical, which is not in any way shape or form. That being said, it does manage to subvert the reader's expectations with many crazy things which are not always good, but sure makes you surprised. The art is very good at some points, but overall it's just good. Many backgrounds are just real edited black and white pictures. The character designs are good and fun. Most of the characters are fun, but the MC is boring and can't hold a candle for the real MVP of the manga (you will know who once you read it). All in all, I would recommend this manga, but you will definitely be overwhelmed with the amount of bullshit, definitely. (spoilers below) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [SPOILER] - I'm not even going to comment on the characters in two different timelines being able to speak to each other, I mean, come on now.- the whole time travel thing, at first, in my opinion, saved what was becoming a forgettable manga)