Arboria

Criminally underrated!! If you're into parody and mahou shoujo, this is exactly the kind of thing you're looking for. It's one of those series that "doesn't care" in a good way, stuff happens because it's funny or entertaining and it doesn't waste your time with explaining how or why. I found myself laughing start to finish, and on top of that, I also found myself invested in the characters, which are pretty much all great. The finale of the series is nothing to be disappointed in either, it escalates rapidly into a satisfying spectacle of humor and emotions. I can't begin to guess why nobodyreally watches or likes this, I guess it's just an example of a series falling through the cracks. Definitely worth your time for people who just want to laugh and have fun!

sketchesofpayne

Recent years have had a rash of dark, subversive "magical girl" series. This has made me go back and appreciate shows like this that play the genre straight and have some fun! The dark, gritty shows are really just the same old stories of teens with "special powers" they would have normally written. They just make the cast girls, put them in dresses and call them "magical girls" while making limp-wristed inclusions of the actual tropes of the genre. I really, I mean REALLY love Magi Puella Madoka Magica. All of these "me too!" copy cats that have followed after it just make mesigh. I've been going back and rewatching shows like Kaito Tenshi Twin Angel to cleanse my palate. I rated this a 7 when it first came out. Now I've bumped it up to an 8 for adding some joy to my life.