While the execution could have been better in prior seasons and this specific season could have had a more thorough conclusion, it does fit the series to have the magical girl’s heroic deeds die in the background without anyone ever acknowledging them. If the incubators were utilitarian to a fault, enough that their ridiculous plans that imposed a great deal of suffering to a small number of sentient lives could be justified, insane magical girls are the opposite, they deal immense suffering on a widescale just so a few of them can live free. I actually liked who the final antagonist ended up being, even if it was obvious, it fits that a completely insane person took over and was responsible for most of their problems, a divergence from the overly rational Kyubey. I think this explanation is alright and for a spin off series it’s a satisfactory plotline. This effectively destroys the entire reason for magical girls to exist, at least from the point of view of Iroha who wanted to save innocent people. The drawbacks of this system, as Iroha points out, are obvious, the system sacrifices a massive number of innocent humans who are basically being put into the equivalent of chicken farms to be turned into fodder for witches to be raised and consumed by magical girls.
Essentially 2 girls who really looked up to iroha decided to make a special magical girl region where they would intentionally create and mass farm witches for their grief seeds such that the average magical girl will not have to worry about becoming a witch ever as long as they have a doppel. While the conclusion does not generally resolve every potential loose end, certainly not to my satisfaction at least, it does at the very least finally reveal most of what is going on. The story finally concludes on the previous seasons and most of what we wanted to know are largely revealed, explanations on what happened to UI, what the magical girl salvation system was and why everything about the city diverged so much from the original plot of the series. In case you’re wondering why this review has a relatively alright score, my final explanation is at the bottom, you can skip to it if you like as it summarizes the overall review.
limited references or comparisons to the original series, essentially I will consider Magia Records on its own merits. This review will instead focus more on Magia Records as a stand-alone series with But I am sure everyone expected that right? Madoka Magica was a masterpiece and there is no way some soulless gacha cash grab was ever going to reach the same heights and it would be ridiculous to even make the assumption that this was likely or possible. Magia Records has finally come to an end and unfortunately outside of the beautiful visuals, it simply does not live up as a successor to the original series. “But this is no tragedy, your hope and subsequent despair allow us to extend the universe’s lifespan”
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