Yuki and her friends Mimori, Fu and Itsuki are members of the Sanshu Middle School Hero Club. They help those in need until one day they are called to help everybody! They are transported to a strange reality where they battle twelve creatures know as Vertex. To do this they use an app on their mobile phones that transforms them into magical girls. When they finally defeat all the Vertex the apps disappear from their phones and it looks as if their days of fighting are over. However things aren't quite how they were; each of them has suffered a physical loss and as time passes it looks as if these may be permanent. Things get darker still when the girls learn the truth about the Hero System; their battles aren't over and each victory will lead to another physical loss
and they cannot die; even if they want to.
Given that this is about the dark side of being a magical girl some comparisons with 'Madoka Magica; are fairly inevitable and while I found that series to be better this was still enjoyable. It starts of nice and brightly with our heroines battling against the Vertex and even when we learn of their physical losses things are kept fairly light and we are encouraged to believe all will be okay; this means when we learn the shocking truth it hits quite hard. The characters are likable and distinctive and by the time we learn how bad things are really the viewer is likely to care for them. The ending is more upbeat than expected which some may consider a bit of a cop out although just as many are likely to be happy to have a happy ending. Overall an enjoyable series that fans of the genre will want to watch.
Given that this is about the dark side of being a magical girl some comparisons with 'Madoka Magica; are fairly inevitable and while I found that series to be better this was still enjoyable. It starts of nice and brightly with our heroines battling against the Vertex and even when we learn of their physical losses things are kept fairly light and we are encouraged to believe all will be okay; this means when we learn the shocking truth it hits quite hard. The characters are likable and distinctive and by the time we learn how bad things are really the viewer is likely to care for them. The ending is more upbeat than expected which some may consider a bit of a cop out although just as many are likely to be happy to have a happy ending. Overall an enjoyable series that fans of the genre will want to watch.