Most of her fashion choices could’ve been transplanted right out of an anime. Jules emulates these kinds of outfits with her own bright hair, billowing skirts, and bright pink tops. The initial premise feels somewhat derivative - but it’s far more than just another example of the magical girl subgenre popularized by stories like Sailor Moon.Īt the surface level, Madoka Magica is full of the typical saccharine character designs with hair more colorful than their outfits, riddled with escapist fantasy for young girls who wish their lives were more interesting. The full title of this hugely popular anime series, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, translates to “Magical Girl Madoka Magica.” Protagonist Madoka Kaname and her friend Sayaka Miki meet a cat-like magical creature that offers them a “contract” to fight witches as “Magical Girls” in exchange being granted a single wish. Jules seemingly borrows from the aesthetic of this anime subgenre a great deal. It’s a small, innocent moment that speaks to their dynamic as friends, but when you know more about this anime series, you begin to understand a bit more about how Madoka Magica informs not only Jules’ fashion choices, but Euphoria as a whole. “I’m probably going to do some homework, binge-watch some Madoka Magica…” Jules says, trailing off. After that, she has big plans to watch her favorite anime. On the edge of the grove, Rue awkwardly invites Jules over to her house for dinner, but Jules has to have a “capital ‘F’, capital ‘D’ Family Dinner” with her father.
Up until this point in Episode 2, we’ve seen their friendship flourish, as if we’re watching kindred spirits finally discover one another laughing over the school lunch table.
Midway through Euphoria’s second episode, Rue and Jules ride their bicycles through an orange grove in a beautiful scene that overlooks the mountains in the distance. But this magical girl anime also feels like the perfect reflection of Euphoria in anime form. During Episode 2, “Stuntin’ Like My Daddy,” Jules name-drops a TV series that’s the perfect show for her character to be obsessed with: Madoka Magica. The central relationship of HBO’s new teen drama series, Euphoria, is the budding friendship between the show’s protagonist Rue (Zendaya) and the new girl in town, Jules Vaughn (Hunter Schafer).
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