I was quite taken with Mapollo 3's first serialization PPPPPP, and hoped to put some effort into a writeup of their second series Magical Girl Tsubame: I Will (Not) Save The World! . Lack of time/focus to spare, not having a paid Manga Plus account & the imminent death of this website helped put the kibosh on that idea.
The second point is most salient because, potentially in an attempt to retain more readership, Mapollo switched from a straightforward shonen plot framework to breadcrumbing the mysteries of the world for this series. Ultimately, it all could feel confusing to read week-to-week, and I struggle to put together a full rundown of what happened in my mind.
But what is there can be interesting. There's this substratum of darkness to Mapollo's worldview that gives some bite to their artstyle. With Tsubame in particular, it was difficult to not think of Madoka from the onset.[^1] The ending of the story hitting similar beats as Rebellion doesn't help matters. I do give some props for being more direct about the yuri side of the text, even if through side-characters that get a tragic ending.
This might be one of those manga best read by marathoning the whole thing, quite doable since its only 42 chapters.
[^1]: Mapollo even leaned on that influence by the end. On chapter 41,