![]() ![]() ![]() The scene from the brothel Chisato's father wanted to sell her to was merely suggestive (the prostitutes were just sitting on their customers laps, giving them seductive smiles and embracing them), in the manga they were shown in the act of actually servicing them (they were positioned in a way that didn't show any genitals, though).The Disas sent Asuka "just" the severed hands of her parents, in the manga, she got their severed heads mailed to her three weeks after they abducted them. ![]() Bowdlerise: The anime adaption isn't without violence, swearing or sexual themes, but it was toned down compared to the original.Book Ends: Asuka repeats her narration at the end of the first episode at the end of Episode 12.Asuka mentions at one point that she doesn't expect to be entirely clean of guilt, either. At one point, an NPA officer likewise says that "people who don't exist have no rights" when discussing someone in their private cells. The rules of engagement are occasionally suspended and they employ magically-enhanced torture on captured criminals with no pretense of due process. M-Squad and their allies are fighting them, but they kind of forgot the whole "rule of law" deal somewhere along the line. Black-and-Gray Morality: Babel Brigade is a terrorist organization dealing in illegal magical weapons and threatening world peace.Big Applesauce: The UN assault story arc, when the Babel Brigade launches an all-out attack on UN HQ, devastating downtown New York in the process with a zombie horde in Spanish Harlem and a pair of undead dragons.Big Damn Heroes: M-Squad coming to aid Kurumi during her fight with Abigail.Only magically-empowered weapons can pierce through such barriers, and as barriers from different Magical Girls will disrupt each other, going into melee is the best way to take a Magical Girl down. Beehive Barrier: All Magical Girls get a barrier that's powerful enough to block off mundane firearms, making them Immune to Bullets.The one glaring exception that plays this straight is the Russian general staff at the Zavolzhsky Site, who regularly brainwash Tamara using a fantasy-granting device and intend to throw her into as many battles as possible until the day she dies. Even Big Bad Brigadier treats her subordinates well. Bad Boss: For the most part, the magical girls are generally treated in a humane and professional manner by their respective nations' militaries.They may not possess any magical powers, but are still able to keep up with the magical girls using nothing but their anti-magic weaponry. Badass Normal: All of M-Squad's non-magical girl members.It's even featured in the opening credits of the anime. Badass Creed: The Magical Five's motto: "He who laughs last laughs best.".Asshole Victim: Chisato's father totally deserved to have his head crushed in the hand of the magical mercenary Giess/Geese/Geiss with how he abused her he repeatedly told her that she should've died in the accident that killed his wife, tried to sell her to a brothel and then finally tried to beat her to death (which was interrupted by the aforementioned mercenary).In the anime, she also fights a magic terrorist who wants revenge on the US military for killing her family. Mia's investigation of Jerome's corpse involves a battle with a Voorhees class Netherbeast.Sayako's post-traumatic stress is given more focus in the anime, as is Nozomi's love of busts.Arc Words: "An even more terrible war".Abnormal Ammo: In addition to magically-enhanced bullets, M-Squad uses incendiary bullets against enemies.Magical Girl Special Operations Asuka provides examples of the following tropes: An anime adaptation aired in Winter 2019, which was licensed by Funimation for an English release. The manga was serialized in Big Gangan from 2015 to 2021 for 69 chapters, and was compiled into 14 volumes. How would the world fare when Magical Girls and Netherbeasts are common knowledge, as well as their obvious military applications? Do Magical Girls get PTSD? Magical Girls Special Operations Asuka ( Mahou Shoujo Tokushuusen Asuka) is a Darker and Edgier Magical Girl manga by Fukami Makoto, and also serves as a Deconstruction by way of realistic outcomes. But circumstances have eventually forced her to wield her power once more. But, thankfully, a group of five Magical Girls fought off and stopped the invasion, and were hailed as heroes across the world.Īsuka was the leader of the legendary Magical Five, but fast forward to today and she hasn't used her Magical Girl powers in a long while, wanting no more to do with the whole thing. The world's military was brought to their knees, finding their weapons powerless against such foes. Three years ago, the extradimensional Netherbeasts invaded Earth. ![]()
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