My review of Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Recently I saw @hbtz recommend Madoka Magica to @TwoLargeSnakesMating and then they apparently had a discussion about Nietzschean themes therein, so I watched it too.

The most prominent feature of Puella Magi Madoka Magica is crotch shots. On average, every 3 to 5 minutes we get a quick crotch shot of an underage girl, for no reason. To demonstrate I found some reaction video by a disgusting weeb, but it kinda provides a proper emotional context imo. So:

a conversation between Madoka and Homura begins.

a crotch shot of Homura.

a very quick crotch shot of Madoka.

Homura's crotch sliding off the seat. OK, this one might be justified from the Director's perspective, but immediately after:

Madoka's crotch enters the next scene. This one is not even subtle, like sometimes they have these camera pans from the feet to the face (that "just happen" to include the crotch), in this scene the character literally enters the frame cut off from the waist up.

And as I said this just keeps happening, rarely five minutes pass without some crotch. Madoka has a tearful last talk with her mother? Don't let an opportunity for a crotch shot go to waste, at least it's not underage this time.

Otherwise the visuals are stunning, the music is pretty good, the plot twists are very good, though I'm not sure I understand the ending, I got a feeling that Kyubei is still fricking them over. Idk what the Nietzsche stuff was supposed to be.

Also I'm currently reading "Mother of Learning" and I specifically checked the dates and it was definitely inspired by Madoka, at least in the "what if we pursue this time travel idea to its various conclusions" sense.