Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku
The main reason I watched this series was the cute character design from the poster. Then I accidentally saw the tag on it with word "thriller" then I keep thinking "oh no.... magical girl thriller" which remind me one the anime I liked "Madoka" which was among the best anime for me. I kinda can imagine how the plot of the series will go forward.
Just like another similar anime with same concept, there will be betrayal of trust around the cute magic girls concept with dark tones once you go deeper. Just imagine like normal game anime that they have to compete with each other for.... reason which doesnt get explain much except they suddenly need less magic girls as quota is limited. While Madoka strong in sense to put viewer in blind while make us attached to the character until certain important part, this series is a bit loose on that as it straight start the shocking stuff in 2nd. It also have problem too many character and couldnt go deep enough into the each character motivation. The series was kinda meh at start but it get more tragic / darker as more episodes into the series. Lets just say, since this is survival games, there a lot of death of the characters that you might / not care.
Overall the series is entertain me enough although it kinda hard to recommend this to others as the score is quite average on MAL. The series probably better if it have more episodes (like 24 episodes) to properly explain all characters as I really like the dynamic in between each of them. Could be nice real games (remind me of neptunia series)