Review: Magical Girl Friendship Squad: Origins “Transit of Verus”

 

Overview (Spoilers Below)

Verus, aka “The Emptier”, pays a visit to Alex an Daisy and not only tries to take Red Panda but nearly beats the shit out of the girls. Fortunately, with the power of love, Alex and Daisy are able to save Red Panda and, for the moment, scare Verus away.

Our Take

This week’s episode sets up the big battle going down next week!

That said, I thought we saw quite a few production issues that I hope get smoothed out when the series goes quarter-hour. For starters, the fight scenes were a bit clunky, with clear slowdown of frame rates during the course of battle. Also, I thought the musical soundtrack was mixed way too low. For me, if you’re going to have a killer song used as a backdrop for a battle scene, TURN THAT SHIT UP!

In any event, I am very much looking forward to seeing the Origins finale. So far, Magical Girl Friendship Squad hasn’t let up that much as being the best original series that Syfy has shepherded us thus far, and I’m here for the finale to help cement that status.