Episode 11

Everyone's Reactions

The magical girl world is so short-staffed that they’re dragging in kids under ten now. That kind of gritty realism feels very Yami Shibai and gives you the chills. Seeing Nanami so completely absorbed in her duties, I really felt for her mom yelling "Behind!!"—it’s genuinely terrifying. It looks like a nice story at first, but then ruins it at the end, which is their usual pattern. I keep getting hit by that落差 (gap) every time. Also, the hashtag being "Ninja, save us" just screams Yami Shibai and makes me laugh. And when they say the couple’s love is "just like Yami Shibai," it leaves you wondering what exactly their relationship is all about. "Let's deal with it next time"—in the magical girl world, that might be the scariest thing of all.