550https://i.ur.com/7Kibpr0.png During a festive gathering to celebrate the new graduations from the magical academy Algard the crown prince of Atland and betrothed to noblewoman Euphyllia announces that their engagement is effectively annulled. Having been taken by the charms of a commoner girl named Lainie he levies accusations at Euphyllia leaving her horrifically disgraced and her social status effectively ruined. As everything is about to come to a catastrophic head even moreso than it already had the rebellious princess Anisphia crashes through the window on her magical tool broomstick and reading the situation quickly takes Euphyllia away and promises to set her free from her circumstances. The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady or MagiRevo for short starts with these series of violent metaphorical and in Anisphias case literal collisions. As the series unfolds over its twelve episodes the picture as to how all the collisions were born nurtured and achieved their realization begin to take their shape. All of the shows major players from aristocrats like Anisphia Euphyllia to Algard to even the lowerclass Lainie are thrust into a conflict propelled by forces that they are unable to reconcile left to the mercy of where their seemingly preordained fate will lead them. In effect the show imprisons its characters by robbing them of their sense of agency. And thus the form of revolution is born each will take their destiny by their own hands. Revolution what a word It tends to be the stuff of textbooks in history class of looking at history through a mirror darkly and unable to fully grasp the larger picture since we were not there ourselves. But we would be wise to remember that revolutions are not made up purely some grandsweeping events that happened in a vacuum they are the stuff of people. More specifically they are the stuff of a people who have embodied or had to live with an angst laid by problems or situations that were perhaps far beyond their control. A confluence of anger sadness and standing at the precipice of uncertain tomorrows all intermingle in intense and perhaps violent ways both individually and societally. MagiRevo is a series that spearheads both approaches with each of the characters own stories and personal arcs serving both their personalized journeys and complementing the political story hanging over their kingdom. These are characters that actually talk to one another as human beings rather than as placeholders people with their own apprehensions fears ways of interpreting the situation and actively communicating to try and parse out the best option available. Especially as Euphyllia now must come to terms with her own lack of station and becoming Anisphias assistant shes a girl who has effectively lost her compass. When placed against the highlyindependent Anisphia Euphyllias waiflike way of being seems like a dismal balance in which she threatens to be overshadowed. But it is through her own contemplation and gentle guidance not force that ultimately allows her to steer her own ship. She charts a course at Anisphias side and through her own acumen and guile demonstrates her own sensitivities and prowesses both mental and magical that Anisphia simply doesnt possess. 550https://i.ur.com/rmsxkW0.png 550https://i.ur.com/uYrekME.png 550https://i.ur.com/nuxbN2Z.png Anisphia and Euphyllias relationship though starting initially as masterassistant is characterized by the gradual realization that they both must grow and change WITH each other rather than one person dragging the other along. Much of their visual imagery is that of comfort confessing vulnerability and assurance MagiRevo does not go for comedy in moments where it is not appropriate. The soundtrack often uses soft keyboards strings and percussion to create an airiness that feels soothing. It uses the imagery of love and relationships to show a fundamental tender caring between these two characters rather than bringing them together through artificiallygenerated collision aloofness or antagonism that has no true underlying subtext. Yes it is yuri coded and about that... no doubt. However as constructed I brought myself to believe that these two not only care about one another in the early phases of their dynamic but could reasonably fall in love and form a romance. And then theres Anisphia herself. I should stress that MagiRevo is an isekai which depending on who you ask is just as much of a fourletter word in the anime landscape as the term CGI but it doesnt play itself like one opting instead to approach itself as a straight fantasy. When the series begins Anisphia is already reborn into the new world and its city of Atland so we get very little overt information as to what her life back in the real world for lack of a better term was like. The impact is crucial because the entirety of the story takes place within this new world it makes Anisphia feel less like an interloper and more like a natural person who was born here. We do not know any other version of Anisphia aside from the one who resides in Atland cutting out needless fat or pathos that doesnt provide substantial sustenance. She is not some girl from the real world she is Princess Anisphia of Atland. Her personality and her other magicological idiosyncrasies are enough to present her as an outcast without the added baggage of wondering about the life or people that she left behind. And because she is framed as being entirely within this world it means that the political situation moreactively pertains to her in a fashion that reads as believable. Though I referred to her as an outcast before it would perhaps be more accurate to call her an aberration. In a kingdom where magic determines ones status and class it is a cruel cosmic joke that the crown princess was born with no magical ability. To make the most of her curious mind and the royal familys resources she takes part in the forbidden art of magicology or thaumatology depending on which translation youre watching fashioning tools that allow her to make magic her own way. In her study of magicite and with assistance from her maid Ilia and friend Tilty she discovers that magic can be harnessed and honed into many new forms some practical and others fantastical. Just as Euphyllias fate was burdened with the death of her engagement and social status at Algards hands Anisphias existence magicological pursuits and impulsive charges into dangerfor research or otherwiseare themselves a revolutionary stance against the kingdoms entire ideology. It earns her the facepalminduced frustrations of her family and the complete ire of the traditional nobility. https://www.sakugabooru.com/data/c8858fcdd43d12bba8f4f62b674bb7e8.mp4 Anisphias character introduction. Though the series is not a sakugafest the camera seems to be allowed a degree of freedom to move through and inhabit space with sequences like this and other shots through a door lock and fisheye lens. I mentioned before that the characters personal revolutions act as partnered complements to the grander overarching kingdom story and thats because these are characters whose decisions actively change the lives of both themselves their loved ones and by extension the kingdom that they all call their home. As the story progresses onward and Atlands political state is gradually unearthed theres the genuine question both of what is happening and whether what is present is salvageable. MagiRevo is not content to just let its political squabbles be solved so quickly as the future reveals itself Algards actions are much like Euphyllias coming to terms with her circumstances and Anisphia revolting against her very existence his own proposed revolution to what he himself sees as a problem. He for reasons veiled in mystery until the moment of reckoning charges into his own metaphorical fray. MagiRevo makes a rather daring statement by doing so the characters themselves are not at fault for why things happened to them the way they did for so long. Their apprehensions are genuine and their worried hearts are a byproduct of all that was structurally in place. Yet by making this claim the series is taking a massive gamble political stories do not get credit for simply revealing a problem and then disregarding it one minute later. Such a thing does a disservice to the Pandoras Box that it opened. This series even within its first season however seems willing to charge headfirst into that dark vortex and pick apart the nuances that make its world revolve. But whatever fate awaits them and I sincerely hope it follows through with a season two Anisphia Euphyllia and all those they care about will tackle the impossible tomorrow and make their own way. Working against all the impossible odds is what Anisphia has always done and what Euphyllia learned she must do. The impossible is something you make possible Anisphia https://ur.com/Lff7Otj.mp4