Give children a little self-destruction shock to their worldview.

Because it was two strange people attacking together, the Sad Bear mascot was a bit reckless and accidentally damaged the building. The ceiling was about to collapse, and the crowd had not yet been completely evacuated.

Hitomi Tono, in her magical girl form Crimson, is still dealing with the Abyss Gentlemen and has no time to spare.

So, because she hadn't slept well the night before and was a little dazed, Mayumi Haga, who had forgotten that people in this world wouldn't get hurt from minor accidents, instinctively acted the moment the ceiling collapsed.

Unlike the glamorous magical costumes of magical girls, Mayumi Haga's transformation seems to simply awaken her past self.

He was a cold and ruthless warrior, fully armed but also covered in wounds.

Her attire was not as ornate and elaborate as a magical girl's costume; it was very revealing, covering her entire body, with only her tightly pursed lips and scarred hands visible.

A dark hood embroidered with black and gold patterns connects to a short cape, covering the head.

The leather armor is light yet sturdy, with a heavy shield and a black-gold scabbard fixed to its back, and its right hand gripping a drawn blade.

She managed to pull out her shield and withstand the collapse of the ceiling, but her physique was not as superhuman as that of a magically enhanced magical girl, and the audience could clearly hear the sound of her bones breaking.

Just from the sound, you know it must hurt a lot, but the expression on his face under the hood didn't change at all. Taking advantage of the sad bear being stunned in place, he immediately rushed over to stop it.

During the battle, Mayumi Haga's body became more fragile than that of a magical girl, as evidenced by her left arm, which was bleeding profusely from the strain.

The magical girl Crimson arrived later and happened to witness Mayumi Haga "treating her injuries": after transforming, Mayumi Haga cut off her damaged arm.

[Wait a minute] [Who is bleeding?]

Which anime features a character bleeding?

What am I looking at?

Is this something I can see in a children's show?

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[!!!!!!!!????????] The audience was somewhat incoherent, after all, this scene wouldn't be anything special in other anime, but this is a children's anime!

Is Mayumi Haga some kind of superhero-like character? That doesn't make sense.

All that could be seen was the magical girl's deep red face turning pale with fright. Having grown up in this harmonious environment, she was even less likely to be able to defend herself against the scene before her, and she looked like she was about to be scared out of her wits.

And that arm rolled down in front of the magical girl Crimson, and then melted into a strange, orange-red liquid that looked somewhat refreshing, right before everyone's eyes.

【Ah ...

Hitomi Tono dispelled her transformation amidst the ruins in a daze. This time, unusually, she didn't think of going back to find Mayumi Haga. Instead, the latter came looking for her some time later.

When the black-haired girl reappeared on screen, her limbs had fully recovered.

After she deactivated her transformation, she came looking for Hitomi Tono, who was dazed and confused by her own fright.

"Xiaotong?"

"Haga Mayumi walked over, her eyes filled with a concern and embrace that Tono Hitomi, who had her back turned to her, had not seen."

"How are you?"

Bonus Chapter 16: You can really swallow that?!

That was the first time the magical girl Crimson met the guardian.

Magical girl Crimson was startled.

For a teenager, such a scene is indeed somewhat frightening.

Although she recovered quickly thanks to her strong nerves and didn't have a nightmare for too long, the seemingly pained guardian still left a deep impression on the magical girl Crimson.

—That stranger, for some reason, looked very sad.

Although they only met briefly, and the contact lasted less than 30 seconds, for some reason, Tono Hitomi's mind was filled with the image of the other person leaving.

A sorrowful and aloof warrior is a type that the magical girl, who has always lived in happiness, has never encountered before.

...No.

Actually, there should be.

Hitomi Tono had a feeling that she had seen the other person before.

The other person gave her an indescribable sense of familiarity, that kind of out-of-place, slightly lonely figure. Tono Hitomi only needed to think about it to know that there was only one person in her life who gave her that feeling.

However, as is widely known.

Children's attempts to deceive the world are never very convincing; they can fool others simply by wearing glasses or changing their hairstyle and hair color.

Although this is due to the power of magic, the people of this world do not actually have enough observational skills in this regard.

The Guardian's disguise was much more elaborate than that of the magical girls. She completely covered her face, and her figure, hair color, and eye color changed during her transformation. Not an inch of her skin was exposed, and her voice became hoarse.

There was no way Hitomi Tono could recognize her.

Even viewers would need to put in some effort to recognize it without seeing Mayumi Haga transform.

After all, that's the art style of children's magical girl series. Once the hair color is changed and the face is covered, they are basically unrecognizable.

【Wow, the art style is so different? It's so dirty!】【The character Mayumi is becoming more and more incomprehensible.】【Regardless of anything else, just tell me if it's interesting or not.】【It is really interesting.】The audience gathered here are basically those who have already appreciated enough of the formula of children's magical girl series and are very familiar with the plot structure of the anime.

I wouldn't say I'm tired of it or fed up with it, but I still crave to see something new.

The anime "Magical Girl Crimson" is an unconventional work that doesn't follow the typical magical girl series formula in its early episodes, which is already quite refreshing.

The addition of the character Mayumi Haga is even more refreshing.

[If this world is geared towards children, then Mayumi's worldview seems to conflict with the children's genre to some extent.] [I've never seen such a contrast before.] [Because I've never seen it before, it's very interesting.] [It shouldn't be realistic either; realistic characters wouldn't just cut off their own arms so casually.] [I really want to know the specific story of this character... could there be a spin-off or something?] [A movie would be fine too, I really want to see it.] Some viewers keenly realized that Mayumi Haga, this incongruous character, seems to be a clever structure and impact on the worldview of the children's genre.

By setting up opposite settings and showcasing the characters' psychological activities and behaviors, the extraordinary nature of this children's worldview is revealed.

Just like sprinkling a little salt on a watermelon, this action may seem strange, but it is actually to bring out the sweetness of the watermelon.

Whether it's creating an unconventional character like Mayumi Haga or establishing a unique worldview for a children's series, they can be compared to each other, highlighting each other's appeal.

Although the audience's interest in the character Mayumi Haga has reached its peak at this moment, after all, this character could easily be the main character on her own, this is still the stage for Magical Girl Crimson.

The flashback episodes were sped up.

After their first meeting at the shopping mall, Hitomi Tono noticed that the Guardian's presence in her life was rapidly increasing.

I had never met this person before. This person was an extraordinary individual who suddenly appeared and had no intention of interacting with me. He was cold and indifferent.

However, Hitomi Tono could see that beneath the other person's aloof exterior lay a soft, kind, and warm heart.

They wanted to use tracking magic to find the other party's whereabouts.

So Sugiyama Rika, who had made a temporary trip back to Miracle City, collected the orange-red liquid left behind by the other party, poured it into an orange juice bottle she found, and put it in the refrigerator.

【Yay…】

...How am I supposed to drink orange juice like this...? Can you please not make the orange juice packaging in your anime so similar to the real thing?】【Isn't this fine?】【The previous ones are so weird?】【I'm serious, I feel like Mayumi turned into orange juice—it looks delicious】【This isn't orange juice, is it? Isn't the setting supposed to be flesh and blood censored by the rules of a children's world?】【Being able to drink orange juice turned from the girl I like is a kind of blessing...】【I'm really a little scared】【To be honest, something looks like orange juice, but smells like...】 Orange juice, it feels like orange juice, and it should taste like orange juice too... Isn't this just orange juice? [I'm almost forgetting what orange juice is.] [I urgently ordered three boxes of Minute Maid Pulpy Orange to accompany me through this anime.] [Other character merchandise: figurines, standees; Mayumi Haga merchandise: Minute Maid Pulpy Orange.] [So, what exactly are the pulp pieces in Minute Maid Pulpy Orange...?] [Aa ...

In order to avoid revealing her identity, Mayumi Haga sneaked into the kitchen, opened the refrigerator, and tried to steal the orange juice to cover her tracks.

But just as she took out the orange juice, Sugiyama Rika's voice rang out behind her: "Mayumi, wait...!"

"It's no longer realistic to pour an unknown liquid directly into the sink now, because Sugiyama Rika would notice something was wrong."

So Mayumi Haga calmly unscrewed the cap of the orange juice bottle and poured it into her mouth.

The audience found it quite unbelievable, and if they tried to think about it more deeply, they felt a bit nauseous.

Although it has been censored with a children's filter, this thing is still the corpse fluid that Mayumi herself had in her backpack, right?

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Are you really going to swallow that?

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[I was wrong, Mayumi, you're not a zero, you're an absolute super-tough guy!] [Seriously, why is there a corpse in Mayumi Haga's backpack?] [Probably some kind of dark worldview specialty.]

Bonus Chapter 17. When did you realize she was Mayumi?

Hitomi Tono began to realize that the Guardian was Mayumi Haga during an attack by the Frog Dream Clown.

This eccentric character, whose attribute is nightmares, attacked the high school attended by Hitomi Tono and Mayumi Haga after school, inadvertently getting the two involved.

Furthermore, using Mayumi Haga's secret dream as material, an entire dream world was created.

Thus, in this vast dream, Hitomi Tono saw a glimpse of Mayumi Haga's past.

Because she was caught off guard and drawn into this dream, Hitomi Tohno did not transform and was unable to use magic in this special dream.

At this moment, Hitomi Tono was unaware that her inability to use magic was not because the clown frog's magic had improved, but because the concept of "magic" did not exist in this dream world that was so close to Mayumi Haga's hometown.

If it were the dream of another classmate who was involved, the scene would most likely be in a city or school, so Hitomi Tono wouldn't be unaware of which way to go.

But in Mayumi Haga's dream, the scene was completely unfamiliar.

On the vast grassland, only Tono Hitomi's figure could be seen.

It was a desolate wilderness, with almost no human habitation within a radius of a hundred miles.

As a magical girl who cannot transform, Hitomi Tohno can only walk on her own two feet. Moreover, due to her lack of survival skills in the wild, she was hungry for a long time in this exceptionally realistic dream world.

Even in such a desperate situation, Hitomi Tono did not believe that she would die in this dream.

As she crouched down, looking disheveled, to rest by the roadside where she had spent a day finding it, she suddenly heard a sound as beautiful as heavenly music.

"Excuse me, are you alright?"

"Tono Hitomi forced herself to look over, and her eyes lit up immediately when she saw the familiar face."

The visitor was none other than Mayumi Haga, who was disguised as a traveler in this dream.

Not only did she change into the clothes from this dream, but she also seemed to be a little older than the Mayumi Haga that I knew.

The Mayumi Haga that Hitomi Tono knows is 17 years old, but this Mayumi should be around 20 years old. The other person has a faint scar at the corner of his eye and is looking at her with concern.

In this dream world, Mayumi Haga seems to be playing the role of a local.

Tono Hitomi followed the exceptionally kind and gentle Mayumi Haga, who was particularly warm-hearted in the dream, to the post station to rest. At the post station, she also saw a classmate who had been drawn into the dream world with her.

At this moment, Hitomi Tono thought that Mayumi Haga was also arranged to be an NPC in this dream, just like everyone else.

[No, no, no, it's clearly different.] [Upon closer inspection, Mayumi's traveler's outfit also has the Guardian set pattern embroidered on it; it's the same style.] [So this dream world is similar to Mayumi's hometown? Oh, so that's the style.] [Very likely, after all, this dream world was created from Mayumi Haga's memories.] [Then how did they create such a masochistic person like Mayumi?] [This world looks quite beautiful; it doesn't seem like the kind of dark world where people would use human corpses as materials to carry in their backpacks.] [This isn't a dream, is it? For Mayumi, this should be a beautiful dream.] [Perhaps it's just the prelude to a nightmare, the calm before the storm.] The dream world began to collapse as the audience had predicted.

A virus called Calamity spreads throughout the world, and the dream world begins to collapse. After taking Hitomi Tono to a safe location near the Wizard Village, Mayumi Haga disappeared without a trace.

Hitomi Tono waited anxiously in place, but because she was worried about Mayumi Haga's safety, she chose to sneak into the Wizard Village.

Then he was arrested by the guards here.

While talking to the guard, Hitomi Tono unexpectedly heard a familiar name.

"Guardian"? Come to think of it, the Guardian I know is here too?