The CLAMP gears in her room didn't bode well

[taotrooper]

So Madoka Magica ended. Welp, it's incredible how the most hopeful (literally) possible ending was still pretty much sad anyway. Poor Homura just can't win at life, can she? As cliché as Madoka's I Will Become Godmod Concept sacrifice of sorts felt to me, it was also brilliant in how it broke the QB system by just retconning the whole universe. Well played, girl. In short, I didn't get attached like everyone else, but it was, uh, an interesting thing to watch overall.

I... have been watching some anime of this season, but while some are entertaining or intriguing, there isn't a show that really grabbed me and made me think "I'm so watching this till the end!" I should probably finish second seasons of shows I liked, like Sengoku Basara and Arakawa Under the Bridge.

In non-anime news, I also started watching The Almighty Johnsons because I'm still in my Norse mythology butchery kick, and I'll gladly read/watch/play almost anything with references to that pantheon. The first episode was okay. The torrents are pretty slow, though. And I have to get used to the Kiwi accent.

Yaaaaaay, tomorrow Doctor Who!

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[mumumugen.livejournal.com]

I for one thought that, as the series drew to a close, we got the best possible outcome: it didn't make a statement. Yes, it's nice when series or artistic productions do that, but I have a constant fear of how negative, broken or terrible they can be in anime, specially in a magic girls show where the chances of the message also hitting the feminist cause like a cruise missile can be pretty high.

Also, when anime series make statements, they're usually bland, stupid, or they try to get philosophical but they're usually some combination of:
YAMI KOKORO HIKARI SHINJITE MAMORU and then MINDFUCK.

This series? It ended not making a statement. It ended up deciding "fuck it" and, frankly, I'm cutting my loses and celebrating that.

MEANWHILE
Walpurgis Night? Oh man that was FUN. I for one welcome my carnivale witch apocalypse.