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Actually, I'm a little bit afraid to watch the third episode. I've seen some hints about something in that episode, and if they're true, then this is not my kind of series.

Which is to say, that Mami gets killed by a witch in the third episode.

I suppose I could read someone else's summary of the episode to find out for sure.

2 Yeah, I was right. I think I'll drop this. I really don't do well with horror shows.

3 I'm giving it another episode or two, on the thought that this is essentially a demonstration of the real stakes at play. It's been very hard for me to take Kyubey seriously, to say nothing of the animation generally.  Now, though, I have hopes there's a story worth sticking around for.

Tell you what, though: If I don't see some evidence soon that males in this universe have testicles that generate enough testosterone to allow them to declare how they want their eggs cooked, I'll probably bail no matter what.

4 Remember when I said that the author, Gen Urobuchis, best known works were Lovecraftian horror?

Well, he just admitted that his claims that Madoka was going to be a nice, happy show were his attempt to mitigate the lack of shock value he felt his involvement would lead to (he didn't actually want his name in the promotional material, but it was leaked before hand). You're probably doing yourself a favour by dropping it now, because whilst I'm sure that Wishes are a great way to counter certain recent plot developments, I can't imagine it's going to end nicely.

5 Well, if you've truly dropped it then I can remark that at about the 2/3 point of the episode, I went, "oh s***, Mami just activated the Death Flag!"

No, this series is not fluff.