Could this be the the villain that has the potential to take down Dandelion!? For the first time in her magical girl career, it looks like she will have to save the day without Shade’s help!
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My thoughts on this volume (Spoilers!)
Once I finished this volume I opened up GoodReads, and couldn’t decide if I wanted to give it 4 or 5 stars for the longest time. I was wavering because the volume left me so stressed with all the happenings—we have major events happening to both Shade and Rurihiko, the actor we met in the previous volume. We also learn a huge piece of lore behind the world of magical girls, and the big bad introduced in the previous volume is revealed to be quite a bit more evil than I could have ever guessed.
There was just so much happening in one volume it left my head spinning. I ended up giving it 5 stars in the end — I think I was just upset that I’m now going to have to wait months for potential answers to all of my questions.
I have been eating up the concept behind this manga since day one. I’ve always loved the magical girl stories that favoured darker plotlines, and having our lead Tanpopo be best friends with a villainous character gives a perfect setup. If you’re also a fan of the more dark and gritty magical girl stories, I have a feeling you will especially enjoy this volume.
With this volume however, I have begun noticing that Tanpopo really hasn’t been able to save the day all by herself just yet. As I love how she and Shade work together as a team it hasn’t bothered me all that much. Plus, she shouldn’t have to be forced to do everything all by herself — that’s exactly what friends and teammates are there for!
That being said, this brings me to a small complaint: with how things went in this volume, I get the sense that there will be another boy coming to rescue Tanpopo and…I really am not sure how I feel about it. When it was Shade always coming to help her, it just felt right. Now that there’s a new boy potentially in the picture, I found myself thinking why won’t the mangaka let the girls win the fight by themselves? Peony is depicted to be an incredibly clever magical girl with amazing fighting skills. Why is she so quickly discarded time and time again? I was hoping the two girls would finally be able to make a least a bit of headway now that they were truly on their own for the first time, but I am doubting that will happen.
To be fair, the fight was started in a completely evil way. Tanpopo was caught off guard, Shade was caught completely off guard, and Peony couldn’t have ever guessed what was about to happen. I can’t be too upset about the girls being taken out of commission so easily. I was just hoping to finally see Tanpopo take over Shades role as protector for a change, even if for just a brief moment.
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