While the outside world was still arguing about Mu Xingxing's words, Magic Circle still maintained its frequency of one episode per week, and was played steadily on all video websites. At the same time, it also opened up what was later praised by many people.

The depressing prelude of "One Episode, One Dark Scene".

At this moment, the audience following the show is no longer limited to those who were originally interested in magical girl themes. There are also many viewers who have no interest in magical girl animations themselves, but were intrigued by Mu Xiuxing's speech.

I also came here after hearing the news, and with the mood of giving it a try, I clicked the magic circle.

Shen Tongfang is one of them.

As a famous cartoon critic of Blue Star, Shen Tongfang has always been extremely picky. Perhaps literary and artistic youths are somewhat self-proclaimed. For example, Huaying's previous animations such as "is", Shen Tongfang just laughed it off and never had it.

Interest in watching.

In his opinion, writing a review for such a nutritious animation is a waste of time in itself.

If he hadn't been moved by Mu Xingxing's words and became curious about this animation that made the other party full of confidence, Shen Tongfang would never have watched the online animation that he had always disliked.

As for the magic circle...

"I'm just idle. I want to see what the depth and connotation of the director's words are." Half expecting, half curious, after quickly finishing the first three episodes, Shen Tongfang continued to click on the fourth episode.

Under the pressure and fear of witnessing the tragic death of Tomoe Mami, Madoka finally gave up the idea of ​​becoming a magical girl. At the same time, Sayaka was in pain because her childhood sweetheart lost feeling in her right hand and could no longer play music.

, but after firmly telling the other party that "miracles and magic exist", they made an exchange with Kyubey.

At the end of the animation, another magical girl came because of Tomoe Mami's death. After learning that the city was already protected by another newly born magical girl, a cold smile appeared at the corner of her mouth: "I can't help but watch."

I’m not happy about handing such a perfect piece of land to a rookie who has just debuted.”

Kyubey: "What are you going to do, Kyoko?"

"Do you still need to ask?" The red-haired girl named Kyoko casually bit down on the delicious stick in her hand: "The key is just to solve it, right?"

——"Take that girl."

The plot of the fourth episode ended here. Shen Tongfang squinted his eyes, thoughtfully.

After experiencing the tragedy of the senior sister's death in the third episode, magical girls will kill each other due to conflicts of interest - but this is no longer an unexpected setting, but a logical plot.

What concerned him was not the unclear main plot of Magic Circle so far, but the meaningful lines of the animated characters. If it weren't for the fact that the picture in front of him was indeed a cartoon character, Shen Tongfang would have almost suspected that he was watching a movie called "Shen Yuan".

Line movies. To use a certain literary technique, it means: "If there is a gun on the wall in the first act of a play, then the wooden warehouse will definitely open fire in the third act."

Shen Tongfang vaguely felt that these lines that made him feel that there was something in his words might be a hint to the follow-up of The Magic Circle. And when he finished watching The Magic Circle and looked back from the first episode, he would definitely find that,

The key information in the animation may have been answered at the very beginning.

"interesting!"

Shen Tongfang immediately became interested.

He suddenly realized that the name of this animation sounds childish and cliché, but in fact it is very likely to be the opposite. You can hardly find even one minute of useless plot in this animation, every sentence in the animation, every animation

, every picture has a profound meaning.

And all these details will point to the final "knot" of the animation.

The animation reaches the fifth episode, and the fight between magical girls becomes a real scene in this episode. In the narrow alley, Sayaka fights with the red-haired girl who appeared at the end of the previous episode.

"Don't you understand after reading this? She's not a witch but a familiar. She can't have the seed of lament."

In the dimly lit alley, the red-haired girl's Nagamikura was placed straight between Sayaka's neck. The latter gritted his teeth slightly and retorted: "But if you leave that alone, someone will be killed!"

"

The girl in question lowered her head and took a bite of the taiyaki in her hand, her tone as calm as if she was talking about the weather: "So, wait until it eats four or five people and then turns into a witch, so that you can get the seed of lamentation.

How can you kill the chicken before it lays eggs?"

A fighting concept that is completely opposite to the traditional magical girl animation.

Although Shen Tongfang has never watched a magical girl animation, he is still clear about the common plot routines of such animations. At this point, Magic Circle is more cruel and realistic.

The so-called battle is no longer a personal show of magical girls wearing beautiful dresses, but a real game of life and death that may encounter danger at any time.

Sayaka, who upholds the concepts of love and justice and fights to protect others, is beaten to the point where she is unable to fight back by Sakura Kyoko, who is cold and ruthless and regards "witches killing humans and magical girls hunting witches" as the food chain.

How is this a magical girl anime? It’s clearly an anti-magical girl anime, okay!

Shen Tongfang complained secretly in his heart, but he had to admit that compared to the magical girls of love and justice that have become prevalent nowadays, he is more interested in magical girl animations with profound meanings like Magic Circle, and he is more curious about the follow-up plot of the animation.

.

How will the animation develop in the future? Why has Kyubey been seducing Madoka to become a magical girl? What does Homura Akatsuki know? Why did she ask Madoka to give up Sayaka after learning that Sayaka became a magical girl?

Is the dark fate of magical girls really just a cruel battle?

With such questions in mind, the animation came to the sixth episode.

When Sayaka faced Kyoko again, in order to prevent the two from fighting, when Sayaka was about to use the soul gem to transform into a magical girl, Madoka resolutely snatched it away and threw it under the bridge.

As Sayaka's soul gem fell on the truck passing by under the bridge, Xiaomi Homura, who seemed to realize something, disappeared in a flash and chased after the speeding truck. At the same time, she lost her soul.

The jeweled Sayaka also fell forward.

Facing the panic and confusion of Madoka and Kyoko, Kyubey acted extremely calmly: "Madoka, what's there is not Sayaka, it's just an empty shell. Didn't Sayaka just be thrown away by you?"

What the fuck?!

Even though Shen Tongfang thought that he had made enough psychological preparations, when faced with such a revelation, he still couldn't help but be shocked. Kyoko and Madoka who were also present were also shocked -

It turns out that all magical girls, from the day they signed a contract with Kyubey, their originally living bodies have "died", and their souls have been extracted by Kyubey and transformed into soul gems. Therefore, as long as the soul gems are safe and sound, no matter what

No matter what kind of injury the magical girl suffers, she will not die or feel any pain.

What a devilish setting this is!

Is the scriptwriter who came up with this setting a pervert?

Shen Tongfang was shocked.

This is not over yet.

After learning the truth about herself, she realized that it was impossible for her to be with her sweetheart like this. She could only watch her friend confess to the boy she liked. Sayaka seemed to have almost collapsed.

"It will hurt", and relying on her own strong healing ability, Sayaka began to use self-harming tactics in the battle with the witch.

"I am now a pebble with no meaning other than killing the witch." The rain was pouring outside the huge floor-to-ceiling window. Half of Sayaka's face was hidden in the darkness, and no expression could be seen clearly: "Let the dead body move.

Get up and pretend to be alive, who would do anything for me? It’s meaningless just thinking about it.”

In this way, after another battle, which caused the magic power to be exhausted and the soul gem to be completely contaminated by despair, Sayaka, who fought against the witch as a magical girl, was reincarnated as a witch.

In the final battle to awaken Sayaka, Madoka failed to awaken Sayaka in the end, and Kyoko gradually became exhausted in the battle with Sayaka as a witch——

"Why, I should have done this until now." The red-haired girl said with a wry smile, pulling down the hair rope on the ponytail with one hand, her long crimson hair flying in the air, she stretched out her hand and pulled her hair

The soul gem is held in the palm of the hand, like a nun praying devoutly in the church.

"Don't worry, Sayaka."

In the gradually blurring light, the girl's eyes were tinged with a touch of tenderness, and even her voice seemed to have a quiet smile: "It's lonely to be alone, right? Okay, I'm with you.

"

She closed her eyes, kissed the crimson soul gem gently, and then raised her hand and threw it in front of Sayaka, the witch. The golden Nagakura appeared in her hand again at this moment, with the last flame-like light.

, smashing the gem into pieces.

Crimson fragments scattered all over the sky, followed by an explosion huge enough to destroy the entire witch's barrier. Along with a loud noise, the streets at night were empty, as if nothing had happened.

Shen Tongfang suddenly stood up from his seat!

Yes, this is it!

Akatsuki Homura's indifference, Tomoe Mami's advice, Kyoko's contempt... all the foreshadowings and hints that were gradually laid down at the beginning of the animation have turned into facts visible to the naked eye at this moment. The small and weak streams gathered together at this moment.

With overwhelming momentum, it hit the emotional dam of the audience.

Shen Tongfang closed his eyes and felt his eyes were slightly heated, but at the same time, a different kind of excitement surged in his heart.

That was because as a comics critic, he found a rare work that he loved, and he was so excited to see it!

Yes, this is what he wants to see!

"It can be said that the storyline between Sayaka and Kyoko has ended beautifully, but there is still one unresolved issue here..." On the screen, under the afterglow of the setting sun, holding the unconscious Madoka, Xiaomei Homura slowly walked toward I don't know.

Shen Tongfang's eyes became brighter and brighter as he walked away.

Xiaomi Homura had obviously met Shikama Madoka before this world axis.

So what happened between the two before this?

Thinking of this, Shen Tongfang suddenly had the urge to re-watch the previous episodes of The Magic Circle and study them carefully.

The author has something to say: My right hand used to hurt when I used my hands, but it may have worsened today. It also started to hurt when I didn’t use my hands. The doctor said it was tenosynovitis. This medicine is useless. I can only try to reduce the use of my right hand.

Wait for natural recovery.

Recently, I may have to look at the condition of my right hand. If it gets worse, I may have to rest, so I can only rely on my left hand to update daily orz

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