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Since its first broadcast in 2011, the TV anime “Magical Girl Little Circle” has quickly sparked a heated discussion and has continuously released sequels in the following years, becoming one of the most beloved works. When it comes to the success of this work, it visually presents a warm and lovely magical girl style, but the content is deep and dark, and this contrast may be the key to its appeal.
However, recently some Japanese netizens have criticized those who deliberately avoid the deep plot of “Magical Girl Xiaoyuan” when recommending it, believing that this recommendation method does not respect the work enough. Let’s take a look at the opinions and discussions of other Japanese netizens on this matter.
I strongly dislike those who intentionally do not mention the heavy content of ‘Magical Girl Little Circle’ and instead package it as a lighthearted program to recommend. I am not considering others’ emotions, but simply disgusted with using the work as a tool for parody, which shows no respect
This netizen nicknamed “Yamamoto san” criticized the behavior of concealing the deep plot of the original work in order to simplify the packaging
The view of ‘Yamamoto yama’ immediately sparked a large number of netizens’ doubts. Many people point out that it was the official promotion of “Magical Girl Xiaoyuan” that used this method, actually attempting to shock the audience through contrast. So why are fans accused of disrespecting the work when they recommend it in the same way?
Japanese netizens have pointed out the official’s initial relaxed and cute promotional methods
On the other hand, many netizens are curious that if, as “Yamamoto san” said, the heavy plot is revealed in advance when recommending, wouldn’t it be a kind of “spoiler”? So what should be the correct recommendation method?
Japanese netizens have responded to this
It was officially promoted like this from the beginning
I disagree. It’s better to say that ‘Magical Girl Xiaoyuan’ was designed from the beginning to shock the audience through this art style packaging. If the content is disclosed in advance, would it be disrespectful to the work
Actually, before the actual broadcast, it was mentioned that the screenwriter was Xu Yuanxuan, so everyone could be mentally prepared in advance. However, the official plan was to deceive everyone that this was just a cute magical girl animation
Although I don’t want to treat this work as a parody, wouldn’t it lose the charm of the work if I were to say to someone, ‘It started happily and then became heavy?’ This is really difficult to handle
If we use advice like ‘pay attention to the art style, there are actually many sci-fi elements here’, it might be like a spoiler, which can be considered a way of disrespecting the work… how should we recommend it
When I recommend “Magical Girl Little Circle” or “From the Abyss,” I would say, “Don’t refuse because of the art style. There are actually many serious sci-fi elements that are not suitable for children to watch
Magical Girl Xiao Yuan was originally meant to cover up its profound content with a warm appearance. If we tell people from the beginning that this is a melancholic work, is that truly disrespectful? However, times are different, and today’s audiences may not be able to accept this approach, leading to controversy
The original intention of this work was to conceal heavy content in order to shock the audience. Therefore, promoting it in this way is considered respecting the original work
So, when you recommend “Magical Girl Little Round”, how would you choose to introduce it?