Magikano Episode 1: Review in Tweets

Mike Ferreira (Editor) — December 2nd, 2009
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On September 25, I decided to embark on the next review title in my queue, which was (thankfully) quite small at that point. After a bit of prodding, and a suggestion from staff member Tsukasa, I settled on FUNimation's re-release of Magikano. From that point onward, everything went horribly wrong.

As I was watching, my first instinct was to get every visceral reaction out in some form. Unfortunately for many, that reaction quickly hit Twitter. I would like to personally apologize to everyone that had to deal with my numerous 140-character rants that day. For those reading, though, please enjoy a glimpse at one man's descent into madness.

8:44 PM: Switching gears to something I have to watch before I settle down for homework... hrm. Magikano or Wallflower?

8:49 PM: @SpiralReverie's suggestion, I'll check out Magikano. Something tells me at least one of the shows will disturb me in a "bad touch" way.

8:50 PM: Theme song: "I want to love you more / I wanna give you more love"

8:50 PM: ...

8:50 PM: /reads case

8:50 PM: ...

8:50 PM: You're shitting me

8:51 PM: His sisters are gonna try to boink him?!

8:51 PM: What the christ?

8:53 PM: I'm suddenly getting a "Harry Potter meets Happy Lesson meets BAD TOUCH!" feeling.

8:53 PM: :(

8:55 PM: The main character has the personality of a brick... or one of those guys that works at Best Buy - no real ambition or imagination.

8:56 PM: I kid, I kid, Best Buy workers! I double as a retail drone for now, too!

8:57 PM: His sisters seem to be the obvious female character archetypes.

8:57 PM: Maika - oldest sister, scared of a lot.

8:57 PM: Chiaki - middle daughter - gluttonous, food constantly on her mind.

8:58 PM: Fuyuno - youngest daughter - money hungry loli.

9:01 PM: "Isn't boredom proof of peace and quiet?! Isn't peace what ALL of humanity dreams of? :o" ... ... ... again - personality of a BRICK.

9:03 PM: Requisite busty teacher time. And transfer student = busty blonde jailbait.

9:05 PM: ...who (obviously) hates main character for some reason.

9:05 PM: creepy sisters-feed-main-character time.

9:07 PM: ...over-possessive SISTER time. This is getting worse and worse D: -shakes fist- @SPIRALREVERIE!!!

9:07 PM: ...or something ;)

9:08 PM: Chance! Main character grows a pair!

9:08 PM: ...that didn't last long.

9:10 PM: magical powers and destruction time.

9:10 PM: ...and angry girl laughs like a maniac.

9:11 PM: crazy chick Mamiya sleeping on main character's couch? Obvious plot twist is obvious.

9:12 PM: ...and she kisses him. Heeeeere comes the obvious.

9:13 PM: "I'mma be your live in maid... oh! And I'm a magical mistress! :3"

9:14 PM: Mamiya = crazy bitch = witch = awesome.

9:15 PM: ...except for the fact that she just pulled a cookbook out of her panties.

9:16 PM: And obvious plot twist 2.

9:17 PM: Mamiya = cursed... by an unintentional bond to main character.

9:17 PM: She has the "OHOHOHO" breed of little sister.

9:18 PM: To break Mamiya's curse: She has to "awaken" main character as a "real man" and "arouse" his latent magic activity.

9:18 PM: nothin' sexual there, nosiree.

9:20 PM: ...Mamiya mixed love potion into main character's food... all three sisters are in the room. NO, this won't backfire :D

9:20 PM: ... ... ... It's sad, but I'm having more fun mocking this show than watching it.

9:23 PM: ...girl wrapped in phallic eel. Whee... way to get creative, Gonzo!

9:23 PM: "It's slimy! -moaaaaan!-"

9:24 PM: "Bad touch" moment - love potion kicks in, main character falls in love with phallic eel, and starts to straddle it and stroke it lovingly.

9:28 PM: Verdict: This show freakin' sucks... but it's WAY too fun to make fun of.