though that was to cause humanity to become disillusioned with science which was becoming a threat to belief in magic.

Reminds me a lot of Mage: The Ascension from the oWoD (old World of Darkness). In it, magick was difficult to use because most people did not believe it existed. Depending on the cultural context of where it was used, the caster would incur points of Paradox for messing with the basic principles of reality. Once there was mass acceptance of magic existing, this was no longer the case.

Is there a name for that short little interlude that plays right before an eyecatch?

How do you know that Marjorie doesn’t buy a bunch of each outfit at a time?

silver stuff starting spewing everwhere

HAHHA joker