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A review by akemi_666
Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Different Story, Vol. 1 by Magica Quartet
3.0
(un)local girl ruins everything
decent addition to the madoka universe. the desires and fears that drive mami and kyouko are fleshed out in scenes that occur prior to and concurrent with the anime. we get to see kyouko's family, as well as her and mami's tutelage together. such scenes give historical weight to kyouko and mami's actions later on in the anime.
however, as with the anime, things develop a bit too fast. one can explore — with grace, political acumen, and psychological depth — the power of trauma to radicalise youths into reactionary nihilism. the different story doesn't do this.
the anime got away with its heavy handed character developments by situating such developments in an increasingly hostile and cosmic framework that critiques our commonsensical notions of labour, debt, and desire. its melodrama felt appropriate to a world where. there just isn't the same metaphysical and political heft to the different story.
it's worth reading of you like character development, but if you want more philosophical despair i'd recommend the wraith arc, which takes place between the series and rebellion.
decent addition to the madoka universe. the desires and fears that drive mami and kyouko are fleshed out in scenes that occur prior to and concurrent with the anime. we get to see kyouko's family, as well as her and mami's tutelage together. such scenes give historical weight to kyouko and mami's actions later on in the anime.
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why mami is so desperate for friends, and why kyouko is such an egoist brat.however, as with the anime, things develop a bit too fast.
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happy kyouko family quickly becomes suicide cult kyouko family. carefree moe kyouko quickly becomes far right baka kyouko.the anime got away with its heavy handed character developments by situating such developments in an increasingly hostile and cosmic framework that critiques our commonsensical notions of labour, debt, and desire. its melodrama felt appropriate to a world where
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*alien* bureaucrats were harvesting the physical and affective labour of high school girls by tricking them into a lifetime of debtit's worth reading of you like character development, but if you want more philosophical despair i'd recommend the wraith arc, which takes place between the series and rebellion.