This show is nothing short of breathtaking

(If you don't feel like reading the whole review and just want a summarized version of my thoughts skip to the bottom. I will have a summary of my thoughts there.)

Alice to Zouroku is a story about a group of magical girls who are being saute-after for their powers by a secret organization hell-bent on studying and controlling them. However, one girl, Sana,

manages to escape and come across a stern elderly man named Zouroku Kashimura. Sana looks to Zouroku for protection, somewhere to hide. One event leads to another and Zouroku ends up housing Sana temporarily. From then on both characters get to know each other and slowly over time, the two become more familiar and friendly with one another. All the while, occasional incidents arise involving the organization attempting to recapture Sana. However, this is where one of what I believe to be the shows strong point shows itself. Instead of a huge epic magical fight, ending with a dramatically flashy climax, the show develops Sana's character in such a way that even though she has these amazing powers, she is still a kid, and knows very little about the world. Therefore, many of the shows significant moment similar involve Zouroku solving it himself, a lot of the time in the form of diplomacy rather then jumping straight to emotion driven aggression. Most of the time, Zouroku guides Sana and teaches her many lessons in the process. How to act, how to respond to certain situations, what to look out for, etc. She will fall back on her powers as a first resort when she is in trouble, but Zouroku shows her that there are other ways to solve your problems besides for action. Along the way, Sana meets more magical girls who also learn that a peacful life may be exactly what they wanted. A life of just being a kid. I believe this is one of the shows messages. That a kid should just be allowed to act like a kid. All of the children Zouroku comes by have magical powers and are involved in this secret orginization in some way. All of them have been apart of that life since they were born. But zouroku still manages to show them that they know very little about how the world work and should take the time to learn and also relax so they can be a kid instead of a warrior or some science experiment. In essence, this show is simply about an old man teaching life lessons to a super powerful magical girl, and it works so well. It might be one, if not my number one favorite magical girl show. I recommend you give it a look if you haven't already.

Pros:
Plot- Takes some cliches and puts a fun and exciting twist on them, overall it is enjoyable and keeps you invested in the characters and their relationships, as that is where most of the focus is.
Characters- It would be an understatement to say all of the characters are extremely engaging and developed well.
Music- I have been listening to the ed and op for the past 4 hours straight. (I'm not joking)
Animation/Design- Simplistic but colorful and vibrant. All of the characters are energetic and the some of the landscapes/settings are really creative and captivating.
Voice Acting- All of the characters voices fit their designs to a T
Would there be any reason I wouldn't recommend this to someone- No, can't think of one.