Nothing like ending the series on creepy fanservice.
What They Say:
The story follows Yuzuka Hanami, a young girl who has few friends but who can do anything. One day, Yuzuka gets accosted by a strange creature named Miton who is digging through a trash dump. Miton tells Yuzuka, “you have the makings of a magical girl” and seems extremely suspicious. When Yuzuka is suddenly transformed into a magical girl, she’s wearing a bathing suit
The Review:
Content: (please note that content portions of a review may contain spoilers)
As cute as the show has been, I’ve been thankful that they have mostly avoided any serious pandering moments, at least that I can remember, as Yuzuka definitely skews young. So opening it on her showering while we get Miton going on about how she’s focusing on her studies and keeping her grades together while her family is largely not around is a weird disconnect. His concern is well placed, but it’s his approach that’s problematic as he tries to think of how her friends could help – if she has any. Of course, it’s really just Chiya that’s her friend as the others that come into play are very minimal characters overall. Hell, Chiya has been MIA for a while now. So struggling with just three where only one really counts just reinforces that she doesn’t have many. Well, at least name friends as she considers people she hangs out with from school from time to time to be friends, even though she doesn’t name them. Amusingly, she lays into Miton about his lack of friends and we just get some silliness here with overreactions from her part that are certainly cute.
In Summary:
This series was certainly a cute one and it had a lot of small bits of fun throughout, but it also just felt like it wasn’t sure what it was it wanted to do. That we got the deal in the previous episode that the villains have all been long defeated and the magical girls now just have fun is something that I would have liked to have explored more earlier in it. This episode ends in the same kind of quiet simplicity that the rest of the season was like so there’s definitely appeal there and they did a good job with the designs and all that it entails. But the show is one that will mostly be kind of forgettable in the long run, which is unfortunate because it could have been more.
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.
