Review Daybreak Illusion aka Genei wo Kakeru Taiyou

Hanging out in a graveyard

Akari Taiyou is a generally normal girl who has fortune telling as a hobby, something that she has inherited from her dead mother. She lives with the rest of her family including her cousin Fuyuna who has a secret resentment towards Akari. One night Akari was attacked by a strange monster and a new power awakens in Akari which allows her to defeat the monster. This is not without consequence as when the dust settles Fuyuna is dead. It happens to be that Akari has inherited the powers of the elemental tarot and that she is fated to fight monsters called Daemonia, which appear from human negativity and consume their hosts just like the Daemonia that consumed Fuyuna. 

The technical staff of this show trying too hard to be Moe

Daybreak Illusion is a dark magical girl show that has just finished airing as of this writing. One of the first things that you hear is how it is compared with the acclaimed anime show Madoka Magica and how this show is just a knock off. I would say that this show goes in it’s own direction and that it can stand on it’s own. 

Like Seira I believe we must all fight a naked, insane, lesbian werewolf sometimes

What it is lacking is the show’s inability to handle tragedy properly. Very often characters will lose all common sense in order to facilitate drama. This is especially true starting in episode eight and from their on the plot starts to go off the rails and never get’s back on track so to speak. I know this is supposed to make the show feel like it’s building to a climax but it just feels messy and poorly thought out. Also while I don’t have a problem with a cute art style normally I found the art style of Daybreak Illusion to be a huge mismatch with the tone of the story and it is not in a way that attempts to be a juxtaposition. 

I end this review with a picture of hammering a screw

Overall I had some early hopes for this show although given the train wreck it that turned into it is something that I can not recommend.

Rating The tin pompadour for being the Red Line of magical girl shows.