Genei wo Kakeru Taiyou (2025)

otaku_horrorhime

Recommended

This would be my second review on here, so please proceed at your own risk. I will try not to write any spoilers, but they may end up happening without me even realizing it.
READ AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Story: (8)
For a 13 episode, it was a very enjoyable series. It was unique in its own sense; it basically was a happier version of Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magika. If you haven't seen that anime, it's basically a darker version of this one. This anime is a bit happier with a happier ending. All the episodes had a flow to them even when they were on an ...

MorningStorm64

Not Recommended

To be honest, I get a kick out of this new wave of dark magical girl shows that try to be grim and dark and sometimes gory. Even though they're only emulating the more superficial aspects of the acclaimed Madoka Magica and don't often have a superb story to offer, they can still be greatly entertaining. Unfortunately, this was not the case for me with Day Break Illusion.

Story: 3/10
The story starts off as a semi-interesting Madoka clone but all of the potential for an interesting outcome is wasted and it just devolves into an incredibly generic friendship story that's masked by its attempts at being ...

BBlade-From-Gaia

Not Recommended

This series is a poor pretencious trying to make a dark maho shojo series. This series is a guide for not make a dark maho shojo.

For those peoples what criticizes Puella Magi Madoka Magica for contain "lazy characters"... in Daybreak Illusion finds the true definition for lazy characters. That's not joke: the name, the design and dressing is a memorandun of the tarot title for each girl. The personalities are boring and lazy. Is hard empathize with several main characters, with exception of Ginka.

The villain is a idiot. Why he don't know that could corrupt tarot users? Why don't idealize a better plan for mate ...

hayatokan

Recommended

First of all, ill pretend this is a universe where Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica doesn't exist; be it inspiration, based upon or plain plagiarism, let's be fair: this is a site to review series as individual works.

Without further ado:

Story:
The first half of the story is fairly good due the fact that you are exposed to the tragedies of the girls: Akari and Seira's experience the tragedy of the loss of a loved one, Ginka's Harsh life with her father and the self-confidence issues of Luna.
We also learn about the Daemonia and how they originate from and you get to see glimpse on ...

kitkat17720

Recommended

Auralice

Recommended

TL;DR - If you drop this show early you'll probably regret it.
Note: I will not be comparing this show to Madoka like many others have, because I can not.

After watching this show to the very end I'm left confused with my own feelings for it, probably because this show itself is confused over what it wants to do.
It started out fairly dull, there was no real impact, nothing that really made me feel like it was worth watching past the first few episodes.

The characters started off rather shallow, none of them got adequate development and were merely there to do their own thing simply because ...

pageprophet

Recommended

GENEI WO KAKERU TAIYOU: Promising start, but that’s about it

I must admit that the story interests me. The idea of Tarot cards, Daemonia, and magic in general, has its appeals. What make it even darker are the video effects, eerie soundtracks, and blood. As for the story itself, I think it is executed very well. There is much progress in the overall plot and the development of the main character to keep things interesting. However, this good execution doesn’t last very long. It is consistent only up to episode 3.

Episodes 4 to 6 are so character-driven that they almost have zero development in the overall ...

PROTOTYPEE

Mixed Feelings

I think it is an alright show. I can see why people said it is heavily influenced by Madoka but I also find the two shows being quite different.

The plot is fine. It is basically about girls having magical powers and they have to defeat monsters that can take control of people with "bad" emotions such as envy, hatred. The fights are pretty repetitive. The main character always tries to chat with the monsters first, then just kill it because the monsters always want to die. The ending is a bit rush IMO.

The art style probably will take time to get used to. The characters' ...

Shylinf

Recommended

Preliminary (6/13 eps)

An enjoyable take on the genre.

I'm seeing everyone compare this show to Madoka, and given, it is a fair comparison. The concept of magical girls turned dark is a growing genre and a good one at that. Where Madoka is a phycological fantasy with twist and turns, shock value and amazing story writing, Day Break Illusion is an echo at best. However, it would be completely UNFAIR to judge the show based on the comparison.

Looking at Day Break Illusion as a stand-alone anime, it's fairly good. The dialogue and pacing are great. It opens slowly than pushes you at breakneck speed giving you a ...