Depressive Screenwriter

Although the viewership ratings for the first episode of Madoka Magica were exaggerated, they were within market expectations.

If it were a new screenwriter, the slow-burn plot of the first episode of Madoka Magica, even if broadcast during prime time on the three major television stations, would probably struggle to break 4% in viewership ratings.

However, Su Yan has been in this world for several years and has gained such great fame. Although he didn't star in this drama, as the screenwriter, he himself is the biggest draw for this work.

In addition, there's Shen Liqian, who is currently one of the top female television stars in Xia due to the role of Rika Akana, and Gu Qingyuan, who has risen to become a first-line actress in recent years due to her multiple appearances in Su Yan's hit dramas.

The idol singer Qiao Tianxi joined the cast to play Mami Tomoe, and the second-tier actresses He Tian Yaoxiang and Tang Dongxue played Sayaka, along with Sakura Kyoko, who has not yet appeared.

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This drama has a huge amount of fan traffic, and the production level is absolutely top-notch in the Xia television drama market.

The media only briefly mentioned this viewership rating on Monday.

Everyone in the Xia television industry doesn't think this is an exaggeration for Su Yan.

The focus is on the second episode of this drama.

However, fans won't consider so much.

Compared to general television dramas, merchandise is undoubtedly the key to profitability for magical girl-themed works.

It's not just anime fans who are interested in merchandise. As long as television dramas and movies are well-made and popular, character costumes and props can also sell like crazy in the Xia world.

For Madoka Magica, Su Yan had already engaged in in-depth cooperation with relevant manufacturers for related merchandise.

The specially made JK uniforms from Mitakihara School, which appeared in the first episode.

Homura Akemi's magical girl transformation costume in the opening scenes.

Mami Tomoe's yellow magical girl transformation costume in the mid-episode scenes of the first episode were all launched on the Dimensional Film and Television Company's official website and major online shopping platforms in Xia, as well as on Zhongxia TV's television shopping program.

A large number of Su Yan's fans had pre-ordered and were already cosplaying the characters in the drama.

Related short videos swept the internet.

Although the plot development of the first episode of Madoka Magica was slow, with the support of the entire creative team and a huge publicity offensive, it did not affect the rapid spread of the drama's popularity.

On Friday night, Sakura TV's "Musou" second episode premiered.

As always, it was well received.

The viewership rating also rose to 5.14%.

However, few people in Sakura TV's production department were happy.

They didn't even surpass the viewership rating of the first episode of Madoka Magica, how could they compete?

In the office, Akasaka Yoshishi's expression was livid, and he wanted to call the Musou crew several times.

But in the end, he held back.

What more could you want from an S-level drama with a viewership rating of 5.14% in its second week?

Not to mention in the current era, even ten or twenty years ago, this result would be a good achievement worth celebrating.

The main creators of the Musou crew had tried their best, and they had reached the upper limit of their abilities.

Moreover, this was already the top television drama team that Akasaka Yoshishi could assemble, but if he still couldn't compete with Su Yan, what could he do?

Akasaka Yoshishi took a deep breath, thinking of the public ridicule that Su Yan and his team had directed at him during the Xia Yan Awards.

His fists clenched.

Su Yan's upper limit had already been proven by Tokyo Love Story.

"You can't always be so amazing, right? You'll make a mistake eventually," Akasaka Yoshishi gritted his teeth.

"It's absolutely impossible for anyone to keep winning. Sword and Heart, Ancient Love Song, To the Moon, and now so many works, you haven't flopped once. How can anyone accurately predict market trends every time? If flipping a coin isn't cheating, how can it always land on heads? This Madoka Magica... you're bound to lose once."

This situation, where fate doesn't depend on himself but only on the opponent making a mistake, disgusted Akasaka Yoshishi.

Moreover, this viewership rating battle between Musou and Madoka Magica was also related to his position as department head.

Sakura TV had repeatedly launched attacks against Su Yan and suffered惨败 (a crushing defeat), although the performance had not declined too much, the reputation had been damaged too much, leading to a decline in stock prices.

Akasaka Yoshishi now had to come out and take the blame.

He only had this opportunity to regain the board's trust in him.

The heat of Musou only lasted on Saturday.

On Sunday, the Xia film and television drama market was once again刷屏 (dominated) by Madoka Magica's plot setting analysis posts and various selfie cosplay short videos.

Although the plot of this drama had not yet entered the main storyline, the images of the main participating characters such as Shen Liqian and Gu Qingyuan had already deeply rooted in people's hearts, and the concept of magical girls had also spread.

In the evening, Zhongxia TV's viewership rating soared again.

"It's here."

"The second episode, I've been waiting for a week."

"I hope this episode throws out the main story line. I still don't know what the ultimate villain, the enemy, and the protagonist are going to do in this drama."

"Well, is it possible that it's just a simple story of a group of girls gathering together to fight evil witches! Can it be a little easier, don't make so many conspiracies? What's the main story line, what's the protagonist's life/goal, those don't matter."

"That's right, as long as the plot isn't虐 (depressing), I don't care about the main story line!"

"Isn't the highlight of this drama the transformation of these magical girls? Mami Tomoe's transformation is so beautiful, I can't wait to see the transformations of Madoka, Sayaka, and Hitomi Shizuki."

"Hitomi Shizuki? I saw in the official setting collection that she doesn't seem to have that many scenes! Can she also transform?"

"Maybe! It would be a pity if such a cute girl didn't transform."

"My biggest expectation for this drama now is the magical girl transformation. Although it's a little perverted, I don't know why an eighteen-year-old boy like me likes to watch this kind of thing."

"Brother, you are not alone."

"I'm thirty-eight and I still like to watch it!"

"Twenty-nine years old and also like magical girls."

"I strongly recommend everyone to watch the Sakura Island region voice actors dubbing of Madoka Magica after watching the mainland version of Madoka Magica. That sentence 'Mahou Shoujo' is really带感 (awesome)."

"The Sakura Island region voice actors dubbing is indeed, although the emotions are richer, it is inexplicably贴切 (fitting) with Su Yan's old thief's style."

Online, a large number of Su Yan fans were discussing and killing time in forums and fan groups, waiting for the premiere of the second episode of Madoka Magica.

Finally, the time came.

Chi Jingyan sat firmly.

The cheerful and warm theme song of Madoka Magica sounded.

After the theme song ended, the story entered the main line.

The plot continues from the last episode, with the natural meeting of Madoka, Homura Akemi, and Sayaka.

Before leaving, Homura Akemi once again hints to Madoka not to become a magical girl.

Why, doesn't she want Madoka to become a magical girl?

And why does she always act like a谜语人 (riddler)?

Is there any danger in becoming a magical girl?

Well, it seems that fighting witches is indeed very dangerous, but if no one stands up, who will eliminate these invisible monsters?

Also, where does Homura Akemi's inexplicable attitude towards Madoka come from?

Chi Jingyan slightly嗅到 (sensed) some subtle气息 (aura).

But the information given in the plot is too little, and there is no way to continue thinking.

The camera zooms out, and Mami Tomoe in the distance looks at the three people calmly.

The next plot begins with Mami Tomoe taking them to fight witches in order to make the two seriously consider whether to become magical girls, allowing them to feel what kind of work it is, what kind of dangers there will be, and deciding whether to become magical girls after thinking clearly.

Chi Jingyan watched this plot very seriously.

Because only the scenes involving witch battles in this drama have special effects lenses that are炸裂 (explosive).

And...

"Mami is so strong!"

Watching Mami in the plot chop up and砍菜 (cut down) the witch, Chi Jingyan's heart was稳 (steady).

Witches are nothing more than畜生 (beasts) that can叫得比较大声 (make a lot of noise) in front of magical girls!

Then, in this process, Chi Jingyan gradually understood the setting of this drama.

After becoming a magical girl, there will be a soul gem as the source of power.

And every time after using power, the soul gem will become turbid.

But after killing the witch, you can use the grief seed dropped by the witch to evolve the turbid soul gem.

Emmm...

So, in fact, as long as you don't fight the witch and don't use the power of the magical girl, the soul gem will not become turbid.

Conversely, fighting the witch will make the gem turbid, but the spoils after victory only clear these turbidity.

From the perspective of fighting the witch alone, there is no benefit, it's really为爱发电 (doing it for love) and saving the world.

[Even if I'm useless, if I can help others like that. That's really gratifying!]

Seeing Mami's handsome figure, Madoka's eyes flashed with憧憬 (longing).

The following plots are all three-person plots of Madoka, Sayaka, and Mami Tomoe.

They experienced fighting witches together, and Mami told the story of wishing to become a magical girl in order to survive.

Sayaka said that she wanted to make a wish to help another important person who encountered misfortune in life.

[Sayaka, do you want his wish to come true, or do you want to become the benefactor who fulfills his wish?]

Mami's words made the topic heavier.

"Don't磨磨唧唧 (dawdle)! Become a magical girl quickly! Why think so much, why not just wish for immortality for all mankind! Why are wishes always so narrow?" Chi Jingyan心里 (mentally)吐槽 (complained).

But after calming down, he also realized that there was a problem with his thinking.

It is said to be an omnipotent wish, but it is impossible for every wish to be realized, right?

Otherwise, wishing for the universe to explode would be扯淡 (nonsense). No matter how magical the television drama is, it is impossible to completely: ignore science.

Madoka and Sayaka's迷惘 (confusion), Kyubey the rabbit kept persuading Madoka to become a magical girl in the middle of the night.

And he bluntly said that if Madoka becomes a magical girl, she will be stronger than Mami.

Of course, the specific degree of strength is related to the wish made.

In Kyubey's mouth, Madoka became the magical girl预备役 (reserve) with the highest aptitude he had ever seen.

"Uh, why is Madoka so special?" Chi Jingyan frowned.

Just because she is the heroine, so she has the highest aptitude?

I don't understand.

Continuing to watch, the plot is still Madoka's family daily life, the three-person trip at school, and Mami and Homura Akemi's针锋相对 (tit-for-tat) at school because of Madoka.

Then, the plot unknowingly entered the second half of the second episode.

Sayaka entered the witch's barrier due to a sudden attack.

In order to save Sayaka, Madoka and Mami teamed up to enter the witch's barrier.

Of course, Homura Akemi also participated in this process.

As soon as this girl, who was full of谜团 (mysteries), entered the barrier, she was束腹 (restrained) by Mami, not allowing her to捣乱 (make trouble).

Chi Jingyan came to精神 (life).

Although the plot has not yet seen Madoka transform into a magical girl, it doesn't matter.

Mami's battle is also beautiful and handsome.