Wait list fail

Those who are familiar with me knows that I have a "wait list" for books and movies and tv shows that I, in my infinite amount of wisdom, have decided to read / watch while maintaining my 50+ hour work schedule. (In case anyone is wondering, yes the book list is over 100+ long now.) There are some things that I will shuffle around on the list based on my level of interest and timing and mood, but this past two weeks I pretty much jumped the entire queue after reading one chapter of PUELLA MAGI MADOKA. Immediately something twigged that it wasn't quite what it's trying to sell itself as. And then came chapter 3 (equivalent of episode 3 in anime).

I was warned that it was a deconstruction.

I was still not prepared. Christ, I cried at the ending.

Why?

Exhibit A: This is what the official intro / trailer would have you believe it is. (Yes it's an anime before it's a manga, but I'll get into that more later.)

Exhibit B: This is a fan made trailer that is much closer to what the actual story turned out to be.

Those of you who remember MARY AND MAX? That movie to claymation films is what PUELLA MAGI is to the magical-girl genre. Though I suppose MARY had a somewhat happier ending. No I kid you not. There are two versions of PUELLA, anime and manga, anime came first. I read the manga first and like it better because there were a few things in the anime that bugged me enough to put me off, but it's mostly a animation-style thing. I only watched the first 3 and episode 10 and 12 (the last one). I like the fact that it didn't run on forever (OURAN the manga bugged me in that aspect. I lost my interest about 10 chapters after where the anime ended. It just dragged on FOREVER) and that chapter 10 was much better in anime, I'll grant that, because there was so much going on. And the final scene, possibly, even though it was sadder. (Though in the manga, if you think about what it means that they were actually there...it's not that happy either.) (Oh and the manga is gorier. I know it's a magical girl series, but trust me.)

Also, I definitely have to hunt down a copy of Goethe's FAUST now and read that.

A part of my brain still can't quite compute that a tv show centered around a pink haired girl wearing a dress that's frillier than a wedding cake made me cry and want to read FAUST (I know, I was very "WTF" too in that moment), but that show is full of cognitive dissonance.

I'm not really sure if this post is a recommendation or a warning. Of course mileage will vary and all that, but the general reactions are just... .