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Today I rewatched the first season of Yuki Yuna is a Hero, as well as rewatching both the six-episode prequel season and the six-episode sequel season. Tomorrow I'll watch season three for the first time! This anime was in my top ten at one time before being slowly pushed out by new favorites, with it now sitting at 12th. Maybe the third season will catapult it back in? I'm excited to see.

While I know most everyone else prefers Madoka, this was always the dark magical girl show for me. The first season has some problems towards the end, but even then all the characters were great with Yuki Yuna herself being one of my favorite anime characters of all time. While other grim magical girl shows try to be relentlessly bleak (Magical Girl Site and Magical Girl Raising Project, to name two examples I've seen that focused on pure shock value), Yuki Yuna is a Hero has the perfect mix of darkness and hope. It really came into its own in the prequel/sequel seasons, too. The prequel got real creative with the action scenes with the girls coordinating their powers for maximum effect. Then the sequel season not only addressed the problems I had with the first season, it went on to tell its own heartwrenching story. Yuki Yuna is one hell of a hero. I'm excited to see where the third season goes next.