It would be better without the horny stuff.
Summary:
- Gushing Over Magical Girls is a very popular ecchi series.
- It’s a very well written series.
- That’s why fans would prefer it to be more serious and less sexual.
Gushing Over Magical Girls (Mahou Shoujo ni Akogarete) became a bit too popular for an ecchi series. After all, such anime are usually meant for a specific type of people and not for everyone. And yet it seems like every other person is talking about the anime online.
It’s Not Just Horny, It’s Actually Good
The key to success turned out to be very simple: just take the horny ecchi stuff and mix it with an actually good story and compelling characters. You have pretty girls, sexual innuendos, and an engaging plot ― what more do you need? However, this formula didn’t work for everyone.
When you first hear of Gushing Over Magical Girls and see a few trailers, you may get the idea that this is one of the trashy ecchi series made to appeal to horny teenagers. And in a way, it is. The anime gets so explicit that it’s practically hentai sometimes. But that’s not all there is to the series.
There’s actual character development, there’s an interesting story, the art style is stunning, and it’s pretty easy to find yourself really caring about the characters while watching the series. Some fans even call Utena one of the best female characters of the year, and we absolutely see where that sentiment comes from.
Waste of Talent?
But all of these things go hand in hand with provocative and sexual themes, and this is what some fans dislike about the series. There’s so much thought and talent that went into Gushing Over Magical Girls, and a number of viewers consider it wasted by making it an ecchi series.
Gushing Over Magical Girls has so many things and qualities people usually adore about manga and anime. It has great fights and action, and the power system works incredibly well. You can feel and see that it’s not there just for the sake of being there, there was actual care put into creating this world.
But ecchi is a very specific genre, and a lot of fans don’t even want to think about it, let alone watch such series. But Gushing Over Magical Girls attracted their attention and they’re upset by it being so good, no matter how comical it sounds.
That’s why they think that Gushing Over Magical Girls is a waste of talent. The author really knows what they’re doing when it comes to writing. And fans want all this creativity and talent to go into a serious show, and not into an ecchi one.