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Friday, 06 April 2007 17:00 |
 Another 3 episodes of Magikano, which means another 3 episodes of essentially plot-less mayhem as Ayumi tries to make the right sort of impression on a generally oblivious Haruo. This batch of episodes sees Haruo being sucked out of his body by a ghost, kidnapped by a heavily-armed maid, and made the central attraction of the school sportsday. So someone explain to me: why is he meant to be so desireable again..?
6 - Did a Ghost Really Show Up!?
Summer holidays = any excuse to wear a swimsuit - in anime, at least - and Ayumi's determined to make the most of the opportunity. The school's pool is open to the public during the summer holidays, so off the gang go to have some fun. Two problems, though: first, Haruo can't swim (which really doesn't live up to Ayumi's "ideal man" plans for him), and second, there are rumours that the school pool is haunted which make him very unhappy about learning. Such things aren't about to bother Ayumi, though, but she's about to discover why the school's second pool is mysteriously empty...
7 - Did a Maid Really Come!?
Haruo and the girls come home to find a cloud of smoke coming out of the door, and someone wearing a biohazard suit inside. And they're shooting. With a gun that fires magical pellets. First suspect to come to mind is Ayumi, and so the sisters set about teaching her a lesson - but the masked marauder isn't Ayumi, it's someone else sent from the magical world, and it looks like she's after Haruo...
8 - Was it Really a Winner's Kiss!?
Ayumi's got a new scheme up her sleeve: she's been given a magical book by Rika, the Honmana Remanya - write in it what you want to happen, add magic, and sit back and watch it happen. Kind of a Death Note Plus, really. With book in hand, the plan's easy: it's the school sports festival, so Ayumi has written the story of Haruo becoming the school's #1 sportsman, with his reward being the school's #1 girl (her, of course). The intervention of the other girls leads to the story being slightly rewritten, though - so now Hauro is destined to kiss the girl who becomes the sport's festival's MVP. Let the cometition begin...
What can you really say about Magikano. It looked like it was going to have a story to start with - Ayumi's efforts to get Haruo to lift her curse - but that really seems to have gone by the wayside in favour of fanservice and over-the-top comedy. No complaints from me about that - I like my anime shallow and meaningless, you can't relax watching something if you have to actually think about it - but it does make it hard to write a meaningful review.
I'm growing to like Ayumi more as the series goes on - she's beginning to show a few more aspects than just being a scheming bitch - while I can't actually think of any real drawbacks to any of the other girls. Such perfection isn't natural (in any series like this, there's usually at least one girl whose personality is unbearable), so that just adds to the appeal of the show. Things do get just stupid at times (Haruo being sucked out of his skin), but then you don't really expect anything less from Magikano, so again no complaints from me.
This series really shoots for the "mindless" end of the market, and hits its target pretty much perfectly. Depth and development junkies will need to look elsewhere, but if, like me, you're looking for something you can switch off to and just enjoy, then Magikano should do nicely. |
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