Magpies in love is a very strange show. Its premise is weird, its characters are weird, and its animation is weird. So weird that it actually needs to be watched. I admit I’m a little overwhelmed Magpies in love At first, I found it hard to get my teeth into it. But once I got deeper into the series, I quickly found myself getting lost in its quirky charm. This is a show that revels in all of its weirdness, combining its bizarre story with even more bizarre directional choices to push the show forward in a truly unique way. In short, it turned out much better than I expected.
Based on the first few episodes alone, I have a feeling that Tanaka and Murai’s relationship will continue to venture into creepy territory. She is a teacher and also a otaku Addicted to otome games, he is a student who dresses up as a man in her game to impress her. Boy, oh boy, was he so obsessed with his own self-interest. The relationship starts off on that weird and bland note, only to let it simmer towards the middle of the series, before finally starting to pick up a bit towards the end. The story incorporates some bizarre love triangles, giving Murai and Tanaka more character development, with the former dating his childhood friend and the latter dating another teacher. Murai also received the added benefit of Tanaka’s brother becoming his rival. While these plot points don’t add a lot of depth, they’re enough to raise the stakes and tension to make this romantic drama more believable, despite its weirdness.
The show maintains its unique pace throughout the twelve episodes while allowing itself to cool down towards the end. It’s predictable from the beginning that Murai and Tanaka will end up together by the end of the series, so the show slows down a bit towards the end to allow for more sentimental moments. To slightly spoil the ending of episode ten, Tanaka unleashes her unresolved feelings for her mother on another man, leading Murai to try to resolve what he sees as the collapse of his relationship with Tanaka. The end result is Murai and Tanaka standing under the stars, one of the most emotionally and visually compelling scenes Magpies in love Required.
Animation and visual gags throughout Magpies in love It wasn’t hilarious, but it was vulgar enough that I couldn’t help but look away. If you’re cynical, you’ll see that animations are static images and layers move slowly in Adobe Premiere. The direction does have a very rough style to it. Granted, much of this is redundant and a matter of style over substance, but what good style it is! Many of the gags are visually appealing, and even if some duds come in (and they do), they fade so quickly that there’s always something better to make up for it. Perhaps the best recurring gag involves the theater of the mind taking place in Tanaka’s subconscious, where the highlight of her otome game comes with the Woodcutter and then has to be transferred to Murai’s subconscious, feeling as though they were deliberately derivative and half-assed. resonance. Neon Genesis Evangelionending. I mean that in a very complimentary way – the psychological dilemma combined with the atmospheric direction of the scene helps enhance the character’s inner drama. It was a very creative decision, even if it wasn’t the most necessary or original.
The greatest power is Magpies in love This is also its biggest shortcoming. I can’t stress this enough: this is a very, very weird show, and speaking as a weirdo myself, it’s understandable to see how people can be turned off by its presentation. Even I criticized it for being too flat and having many flaws in its production. The anime was under-budgeted, and the first three episodes weren’t as effective as they could have been. Seeing the show move from one bizarre scene to the next at such a frenetic pace may strike some as annoying and redundant.
Having finally taken the plunge and watched all twelve episodes, I can confidently say that the corners were indeed cut to the point where slash marks are noticeable. But it’s good for the show. If you’re willing to look beyond the first three episodes, you’ll find a rom-com that’s so weird in its ways that you won’t be able to resist its insane charm (or its soundtrack, for that matter, which I sadly ignored the first time around About). I still stick with what I said before: Best animation of this season? Probably not. Anime of the year? God no. One of the more interesting ones? Yes! To be honest, this anime ended up getting me hooked. For better or worse, you won’t find an anime this season that looks and feels so unique. I guess it’s for the better.
