Thread:CureHibiki/@comment-386913-20171124112329/@comment-386913-20181128122407

It's surprising but thinking it over, I think Maho Girls is the first time where the villains are much more interesting, period, than the Cures. I really like Dokruxie and his backstory and the beings he creates as part of his court and how they interact with one another and as things end up altering; it isn't the most mind-blowing of portrayals but I still prefer seeing how Sparda, Batty and Gamettsu work way more than Mirai and Riko. And since Deusmast has started to awaken, I like just the idea of his minions just being these super-powerful bored beings who really only get a challenge from trying to stop the Cures; the more I think about it, the more it feels like the Guardians from Max Heart done right. (and whoo boy...Orba just showed up and I can already tell he's going to be an interesting one)

Heck, I just seem to like so many things in Maho Girls that aren't the Cures, but mostly on the Magic World side. I especially love just how for once we have people like the Headmaster and Riko's own dad Liam doing important research and analyzing the importance of the Cures and trying to make heads or tails of what these two girls (and...fairy...and sentient teddy bear...) are doing, how it relates to legends, what they know and don't know about their magic and the magic of their world, and how it all connects with the potential "Calamity" Deusmast is going to bring.

Sort of get you on the duos...though I think that's probably why they stopped doing them all the time immediately after Splash Star. Somehow it ended up making them a way more conventional magical girl franchise but you can only go so far with the concept before you have to get original.