Was thinking the other day rather than let my old posts over on Duckicecream go to waste seen as the co project with 9 things is on hold. I thought I'd post them up here, first off is a review I wrote for "Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto"

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A good slice of life with a twist that’s what’s on the agenda today, recently i finally got off my arse and started to watch some of the new shows out in Japan from a random selection of shows like ToLoveRu and Macross Frontier I thought I’d choose some random show i new nothing about and give it a try and this is what i ran into other than the fact I’d never remember the name in an entire lifetime.

There is just something about the show that keeps me watching whether its because of the twist of it being set in a believable Japan and there being people who can use magic or if its just because its so nice to watch, here are a few of my musings of the first two episodes that ill be sure to keep up with it as its released.

It starts on a small countryside farm in Japan in a place called biei, with who i assume to be the main character of the show Suzuki Sora and from what we see from the start she seems to have been chosen for her magic ability to join a magic school in Tokyo, she visits her mother as she is tending to there crops when her mother brakes the news to her that she wil be leaving for Tokyo to join the magic school, other than the twist of magic everything about the show makes you think its just your normal everyday slice of life anime.

Then we follow Sora as she go’s about her daily life in biei and see that she is leaving a good friend and her way of life behind to go to busy hot Tokyo.

Episode 2

Arrival in Tokyo, we finaly get to see some more of Sora’s magic in action as she saves an old lady and a guy who we are soon to see is also part of her school but doesn’t seem to be too talented from initial impressions as Sora finally arrives at her school although a bit late, we soon see that Sora seems like she could be very talented but faces competition from two other classmates.

Animation!

Definitely one of the strong points about the show is the animation it mix’s really pretty animation with real life photo’s that blends so well to bring together a believable world and if you like me and love everything about Japan it gives you a nice view of what its like to live there.

Summary

Excellent my graduation back into the world of new anime has been a good one if there are to be other shows like this one, I welcome all suggestions if there are some more i should be adding to my watch list :D , to end my post all i have to say is go watch if you like your slice of life anime then its a must see even if not its at least one to take a peek at.

~because we only get one chance~

Seems I never actually finished this show, will have to try and get a hold of it sometime.