Gushing over Magical Girls explained

Ja Kanji:魔法少女にあこがれて
Ja Romaji:Mahō Shōjo ni Akogarete
Type:manga
Author:Akihiro Ononaka
Publisher:Takeshobo
Demographic:Seinen
First:March 29, 2019
Volumes:11
Type:tv series
Studio:Asahi Production
Licensee:Sentai Filmworks
Remow
Network:AT-X (partially uncensored)
Tokyo MX, BS11, SUN, KBS Kyoto (censored)
First:January 3, 2024
Last:March 27, 2024
Episodes:13
Portal:yes

, also known as I Admire Magical Girls, and..., is a Japanese magical girl manga series written and illustrated by Akihiro Ononaka. It began serialization on Takeshobo's Storia Dash website in March 2019. Eleven volumes have been released as of January 2024. It is licensed in English by J-Novel Club. An anime television series adaptation produced by Asahi Production aired from January to March 2024. It is licensed outside of Japan by Sentai Filmworks for streaming and home video.

Plot

Utena Hiiragi is a normal, introverted girl with a strong admiration for magical girls, especially the beautiful trio that protect her town, Tres Magia. One day, a mascot named Venalita approaches Utena and gives her magical powers, but rather than becoming the magical girl of justice she always wanted to be, she instead becomes an evil general of the Enormita organization. Despite the misfortune in being forced to fight against the magical girls she admires, Utena soon discovers that she has a hidden sadistic side, and revels in torturing her former idols with her newfound obsession.

Characters

Due to magical powers, the true identity of Tres Magia's members when transformed is unknown to Enormita's members and vice versa.

Enormita

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  • A shy and introverted school girl who admires magical girls, but also loves them in a twisted sense. She was forced into joining Enormita against her will, but soon comes to revel in her sadistic side, eventually becoming a perverted villain. As Magia Baiser, she wears a succubus/dominatrix motif, and is able to use her crop to transform inanimate objects and animals into sadistic monsters. After defeating Lord, she develops a much stronger form. She has an interest in sewing, and her grades have been affected by her interest in Enormita. She later becomes Enormita's new leader following Lord's defeat.
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  • A member of Enormita who is in love with Utena. As a civilian, she is an Internet celebrity, but grows to hate Tres Magia and magical girls in general for stealing her fans. As Leoparde, she wears a military motif and attacks using various explosives and guns. During her fight against Sister, she reveals a more powerful form.
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  • A member of Enormita, a quiet girl in elementary school who does not speak much but loves playing with toys. As Nero Alice, she wears an Alice motif, able to manipulate toys in various ways, such as trapping victims in doll houses, influencing a person's mind, or making stuffed toys giant.
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  • A member of Enormita and former member of the Lord Squad who aspires to be an idol, but is terrible at singing. As Loco Musica, she wears a sailor motif and uses sound waves to attack her enemies.
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  • A member of Enormita and former member of the Lord Squad who cares for Matama. As Leberblume, she wears an assassin motif and is able to transform herself into a shadow and manipulate others.
    A black mascot character who tricked Utena into joining Enormita, blackmailing her into staying. Their motive is unknown and they seem to be very manipulative, but nevertheless supportive of Utena and her friends.
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  • A member of Enormita and The Lord Squad who wears a nun motif and has the ability to change her size to become gigantic or tiny. Following Lord's defeat, she goes into hiding to continue serving Venalita behind Utena's back.
    A robot girl given life by Utena and Korisu's combined powers. Originally a doll that was given to Korisu by her mother and fixed up by Utena, and a plastic model given to her by Kiwi, she is sworn to protect Korisu.

    Magical Girls

    Tres Magia

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  • Utena's classmate. A naïve, kind, pure-hearted girl. Wielding a spear, she starts out with no unique ability, but eventually gains the power to heal others. Following an incident in which Baiser's magic went out of control and manipulated her, she ends up obtaining a Dark La Veritas form, Fallen Nurse, which enhances her healing abilities in perverted ways.
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  • She is a shrine maiden who likes to clean the temple. She loves peace and she prefers cute, modest outfits. She seems to have a secret masochistic side to her, as she likes spending time with Magia Baiser. She has power over water and ice and gathers water around her wand to form a sword. After nearly succumbing to Baiser's sadism, Azure obtained the La Veritas form Maiden of Hoarfrost, giving her the ability to power herself up by taking on enemy attacks.
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  • She is the tough, quick witted, no nonsense team member. While seen as the defensive member of the team, she secretly wields massive knuckledusters for pummeling her enemies. She obtains the La Veritas form Blizengel, which gives her lightning speed and the ability to launch projectile fists.
    Tres Magia's mascot, who is the same kind of creature as Venalita, but is white instead.

    Shio-chans

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  • Former leader of Enormita who defected to create the Lord Squad in the hopes of ruling the world and is now the leader of the Shio-chans. As Lord Enorme, her magic allows her to create monsters out of black goop. After she is humiliatingly defeated by Utena and ambushed by Sister Gigant, she escapes with heavy injuries and is later nursed back to health by Randa. She uses a stolen magical girl item to become the magical girl Imitatio, using her La Veritas form constantly to masquerade as Shion Imita. As Imitatio, she wields a large sword and can utilise various potions to affect her enemies. Initially driven by revenge against Utena and Enormita, she eventually reforms and becomes a true magical girl in order to protect Randa.
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  • A member of the Shio-chans who enjoys indulging in perverted behavior. She is able to manipulate the earth to her liking and create golems.
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  • A masochistic member of the Shio-chans. Formerly known as Magia Blanc, she fell in love with Michiko after being spared from her magical girl hunt due to being considered "too weak" to hunt. She can transform her own blood into sharp weapons.

    Media

    Manga

    Written and illustrated by Akihiro Ononaka, Gushing over Magical Girls began serialization on Takeshobo's website on March 29, 2019.[2] It was also serialized on the company's magazine,[3] until it ceased publication in July 2019.[4] As of January 2024, eleven volumes have been published. J-Novel Club licensed the series for English release, and began pre-publishing it in March 2022.[5] Previously, Coolmic licensed the series and published the manga divided in, as of late December 2022, 68 "episodes" consisting of about 10 pages each, on a smartphone-only website, under the title "I Admire Magical Girls, and....".[6] On March 15, 2024, it was announced the manga would go on hiatus due to Ononaka's health issues.[7]

    Volumes

    Anime

    An anime television series adaptation was announced on March 16, 2023.[8] The series was produced by Asahi Production and directed by Masato Suzuki and Atsushi Ōtsuki, with series composition by Noboru Kimura, character designs by Yasuka Otakil, and music composed by Yasuharu Takanashi, Akinari Suzuki, and Johannes Nilsson.[9] It aired from January 3 to March 27, 2024, on AT-X and other networks.[10] The series aired censored on all television networks and partially uncensored with censored audio on AT-X and streaming sites, with the fully uncensored visuals and audio being featured on the home media release. The opening theme song is "My Dream Girls", performed by Nacherry (a voice unit composed of Chiemi Tanaka and Natsumi Murakami), while the ending theme song is performed by Fūka Izumi, Aoi Koga and Shiori Sugiura (with additional vocals by Yūka Aisaka and Minami Tsuda from episode 10 onwards).[11] [12]

    Sentai Filmworks licensed the series in North America, Australia and British Isles for streaming on its Hidive platform and home video through Section23 Films, simulcasting the AT-X version as it aired.[13] [14]

    Episodes

    Reception

    In 2020, the manga was among 50 nominees for the 6th Next Manga Awards in the web category.[15]

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Pineda. Rafael Antonio. Gushing Over Magical Girls Anime Casts Yōko Hikasa, Kikuko Inoue. Anime News Network. February 15, 2024. February 15, 2024. February 15, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240215024633/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-02-14/gushing-over-magical-girls-anime-casts-yoko-hikasa-kikuko-inoue/.207610. live.
    2. Web site: ja:魔法少女にあこがれて. https://storia.takeshobo.co.jp/manga/mahoako/. . Takeshobo. March 15, 2023. ja. April 5, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190405202819/https://storia.takeshobo.co.jp/manga/mahoako/. dead.
    3. Web site: ja:「クミカのミカク」の小野中彰大、新連載「魔法少女にあこがれて」STORIAで開始. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/325939. Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. March 30, 2019. March 15, 2023. ja. March 15, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230315165242/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/325939. live.
    4. Web site: Pineda. Rafael Antonio. Manga Life Storia Magazine Ceases Publication. Anime News Network. July 30, 2019. March 15, 2023. March 15, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230315153000/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-07-30/manga-life-storia-magazine-ceases-publication/.149520. live.
    5. Web site: Mateo. Alex. J-Novel Club Licenses 6 Manga, 3 Light Novel Series. Anime News Network. March 18, 2022. March 28, 2022. March 27, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220327081107/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-03-18/j-novel-club-licenses-6-manga-3-light-novel-series/.183763. live.
    6. Web site: I Admire Magical Girls, and.... Coolmic. March 25, 2022. May 16, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220516095136/https://coolmic.me/titles/1110. live.
    7. Web site: Joanna. Cayanan. Gushing Over Magical Girls Manga Goes on Hiatus Due to Author's Poor Health. Anime News Network. March 17, 2024. March 27, 2024. March 27, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240327185748/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-03-17/gushing-over-magical-girls-manga-goes-on-hiatus-due-to-author-poor-health/.208846. live.
    8. Web site: Mateo. Alex. Gushing Over Magical Girls Manga Gets TV Anime. Anime News Network. March 15, 2023. March 15, 2023. March 15, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230315152112/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-03-15/gushing-over-magical-girls-manga-gets-tv-anime/.195987. live.
    9. Web site: Harding. Daryl. Admire Gushing over Magical Girls TV Anime in First Teaser Trailer. Crunchyroll. August 16, 2023. August 16, 2023. August 16, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230816091326/https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2023/8/16/admire-the-gushing-over-magical-girls-tv-anime-in-teaser-trailer. live.
    10. Web site: Hodgkins. Crystalyn. Gushing Over Magical Girls Anime's Main Promo Video Reveals More Cast, January 2024 Debut. Anime News Network. October 27, 2023. October 27, 2023. October 27, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231027091646/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-10-27/gushing-over-magical-girls-anime-main-promo-video-reveals-more-cast-january-2024-debut/.203840. live.
    11. Web site: Komatsu. Mikikazu. Voice-Actor Unit NACHERRY to Sing Gushing over Magical Girls Anime Opening Theme Song. Crunchyroll. October 9, 2023. October 27, 2023. October 27, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231027140031/https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2023/10/9/voice-actor-unit-nacherry-to-sing-gushing-over-magical-girls-anime-theme-song. live.
    12. Web site: Loo. Egan. Gushing Over Magical Girls Anime's 2nd Video Reveals More Cast, 3 Versions, Ending Song Artists, January 3 Debut. Anime News Network. December 3, 2023. December 3, 2023. December 3, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231203134718/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-12-03/gushing-over-magical-girls-anime-2nd-video-reveals-more-cast-3-versions-ending-song-artists-january-/.205055. live.
    13. Web site: Watch the HIDIVE Winter 2024 Lineup: Ring in the New Year with New Anime. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20231224104723/https://www.hidive.com/news/2023/12/20/watch-the-hidive-winter-2024-lineup-ring-in-the-new-year-with-new-anime. December 24, 2023. December 31, 2023. Hidive.
    14. Web site: Hodgkins. Crystalyn. December 30, 2023. HIDIVE Confirms Uncensored Stream of Chained Soldier Anime, AT-X Version Stream of Gushing Over Magical Girls. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240103192109/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-12-29/hidive-confirms-uncensored-stream-of-chained-soldier-anime-at-x-version-stream-of-gushing-over-/.206053. January 3, 2024. January 2, 2024. Anime News Network. en.
    15. Web site: ja:コミックス部門 結果発表 - 次にくるマンガ大賞 2020. https://tsugimanga.jp/winner2020-web/. Tsugi Manga. ja. June 15, 2023. August 24, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200824091253/https://tsugimanga.jp/winner2020-web/. dead.

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