For a series based on an arcade music game, Waccha PriMagi! holds together remarkably well. Even running 51 episodes long, there is hardly any filler, and only three recap episodes if I remember correctly. I'm going to chalk this up to Junichi Sato being series director, as these are the kinds of stories he excels at. (Which reminds me I'm due for another Kaleido Star rewatch sometime...)

Every episode except one has a musical performance in it, and even the one that didn't had a character singing one of the PriMagi songs unaccompanied in a scene. The visual design of the series is every bit as colorful and sparkly as the promo art which drew me to it in the first place, so that made me happy as well.

Waccha PriMagi! is a fun and cute magical idol series, so if you want something pretty to look at while enjoying J-Pop idol songs of various flavors in each episode, check it out.

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Nearing the end of Waccha PriMagi!, they managed to put in a medley of nine song performances in the first half of an episode! That must be some kind of record.   

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Haha, my worries were all for naught. The story in Waccha PriMagi! may be ramping up towards the finale, but there is still a musical performance in the second half of every episode. The performances are forever linked with the story.

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Time to start up another anime series, and this time it's Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. Being a Studio TRIGGER fan, it was only a matter of time before I got to it. I have been reliably informed that knowledge of the game it's based on is not needed to enjoy the series, so that's good news, especially since I know nothing about the game.

I'm also about to begin the final arc of Waccha PriMagi!, so the two series should be an interesting contrast. It does look like the stakes are being raised a bit now, and the previously requisite song performance per episode may not apply in the final arc.

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Yes, yes... Auru's character arc is moving along nicely. It seems to be slowly heading towards my desired outcome...  

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I like how no matter what is going on in the story for Waccha PriMagi!, there is always a song performance in the second half of each episode. It almost feels like I'm playing Project Diva; all I need are X, O, ☐, and △ symbols zipping across the screen!

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Hmm... I see. 

So, Auru in Waccha PriMagi! (who I mistakenly called Aura yesterday) may act more like Nils from Gundam Build Fighters, but the way things are starting to play out, I see Auru's character arc taking a direction more similar to Aila's from that series. If that is the case, I look forward to these developments!

(Sadly, this does not include the presence of meat buns.)

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There's a Haro/Kapool hybrid in my magical idol show! A new character named Aura was just introduced in Waccha PriMagi!, and her companion is a small, spherical owl robot which looks more than a little like it belongs in a Gundam series.

Coincidentally, Aura reminds me of Nils Nielsen from Gundam Build Fighters in several ways, being a super intelligent kid who is taking part in a tournament for science, suppresses or rejects emotions, and believes their methods to be perfect, and thereby superior to all others. And that's not even a spoiler since it's revealed in the process of her introduction (and is easily inferred even before that). 

Which, as was the case with Nils Nielsen, means I don't like Aura very much right now. I hope Aura will have her epiphany soon, especially since of course her song style is the one I enjoy the most out of all the characters in the series so far!  She'll probably end up my favorite character after her inevitable change of heart. I can feel it.

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Of course a filler/recap episode in an idol series is going to be a highlight reel of each girl's song performance. It would make a great promo for the character song album, actually...

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It’s a little weird when I hear a character in Waccha PriMagi! distinctly say “Card Get!” when a magical card is acquired, but seeing the subtitles at that moment say “Ensemble unlocked!” is a bit disorienting.  

It makes sense to translate it that way for contextual reasons (“card get” being a uniquely Japanese way to use English loanwords when obtaining an item), but it just kind of twists my brain in a knot for that brief second when the words I hear and the words I see don’t match.

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