Beautiful men in magical girl transformations saving people by literally stealing their broken hearts. The formula sounds shallow until you realize the show means every word of it, that taking someone's pain seriously enough to fight for them is the real magic here. The comedy lands because the emotional stakes are genuine, the animation sings during transformation sequences, and every hand gesture the fairies make mirrors who they actually are. This show doesn't parody the magical girl genre, it just decided to ask what it would look like if the genre actually cared about healing people instead of fighting monsters. Weak plot threads collapse in the second half, but by then you're already sold on these five men as a found family. Watch it for the subversion, stay because you believe in them.
Five fairies from the strongest clans come to Earth to gather "attachment", which their own world needs to survive. To hide who they are, they run Bar F and pass as ordinary high school boys and a barkeep. Women carrying dark feelings in their hearts visit the bar, and the fairies offer to ease their troubles and bring back their smiles. They want no money in return, only permission to steal the client's heart. While looking into what troubles each client, the fairies run into someone who wants to spread chaos and sin, and they must find out who it is and stop them while staying true to themselves. The show mixes ecchi, magical girl and slice of life elements.
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