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Magical Girl Site
Front cover of volume 1 featuring Aya Asagiri as a "magical girl"
魔法少女サイト
(Mahō Shōjo Saito)
GenreMagical girl, horror
Manga
Written byKentarō Satō
Published byAkita Shoten
English publisher
MagazineChampion Tap!
(2013–2017)
Weekly Shōnen Champion
(2017–)
DemographicShōnen
Original runJuly 4, 2013 – present
Volumes10 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed byTadahito Matsubayashi
Written byTakayo Ikami
Music byKeiji Inai
Studioproduction doA
Original networkMBS, TBS, BS-TBS, SBS, ATV, AT-X
Original run April 6, 2018 – present
Episodes12 (List of episodes)

Magical Girl Site (魔法少女サイト, Mahō Shōjo Saito) is a Japanese magical girl horror shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Kentarō Satō. The series is about a tormented withdrawn middle school student named Aya, who gains the ability to become a magical girl through a mysterious website. She soon finds friends that provide her strength in other magical girls like herself, who also got their abilities through other mysterious websites. Aya eventually learns of a dark secret in store for all of humanity that is being planned by the website managers. She makes friends and enemies along the way all while fighting to keep herself, and her friends alive.

The series is a spinoff of Magical Girl Apocalypse, and has been published in Champion Tap! since July 2013. It is also licensed by Seven Seas. An anime television series adaptation by production doA premiered on April 6, 2018.

Plot

Aya Asagiri is a middle school girl who has problems both at school with bullying, and at home from physical abuse by her brother. While browsing online, a website pops up on her computer featuring a creepy-looking person. This person appears to take pity on her, and announces that she has granted Asagiri magical powers. Later at school, she is cornered by bullies, and with nothing to lose fires a gun that had mysteriously appeared in her locker earlier that day at them. The shot causes the bullies to disappear, but to her horror she finds out that they somehow had been hit by a train nearby. Asagiri feels as though she had killed them somehow, and is confused to find herself with longer red hair with eyes that flow with blood. She later finds that she is not alone, when a classmate reveals that she is also a magical girl. Asagiri learns about magical girls, and the power she has acquired, from her new friend who has offered to help her. The two girls, though, can't explain why there is something that looks like a countdown clock on the website, and fear it might be something bad.

Characters

Aya Asagiri (朝霧 彩, Asagiri Aya)
Voiced by: Yuko Ōno[1]
Aya is the main heroine of the story, she is a fourteen year old middle school girl with long black hair. She has had a hard life being bullied at school, and abused at home by her brother wishing multiple times that she were better off dead. Under her skin though she has a gentle kind personality which is shown when she takes care of an abandoned cat that is later killed. After she gets her wand (in the shape of a gun), she is reluctant to use it as she doesn't want to kill people anymore. When her own life is in danger though, she finds that she has no choice in order to stay alive. Her wand is a pistol that shoots heart-shaped smoke and teleports the target to the location she had been before. Aya's hair grows longer and turns from black to red when she uses her weapon, and causes blood to flow from her eyes. The emblem on her weapon, and in her eyes when she uses it is a red heart. Her special skill is reading, and her advantage is her warm personality. Aya's favorite things include fruit, chocolate, stuffed toys, and meaty foods.[2]
Tsuyuno Yatsumura (奴村 露乃, Yatsumura Tsuyuno)
Voiced by: Himika Akaneya[1]
Tsuyuno is Aya's classmate, and reveals herself to be another magical girl when she saves her from another bully attack. Tsuyuno has also had a traumatic life having had her parents killed in a home invasion when she was a small child. The killer spared her life saying that he would be back for her when she got older. She lived in fear until the same website that later appears for Aya pops up granting her magical powers. She later is able to track her parent's killer down, and take her revenge. After meeting Aya, she offers to help her out comforting her when she gets scared which in turn forms a strong friendship between the two. She tells Aya though that each time they use their magical wands their lifespans are shortened. Tsuyuno can freezes time with her weapon that looks like a smartphone. When she uses her wand, the emblem in her eyes is a yellow crescent moon, her hair which is normally yellow fades into orange while blood flows out of her mouth. Her favorite things are vegetables, mobile games, honey, yogurt, cute things and mascot characters.[2]
Rina Shioi (潮井 梨ナ, Shioi Rina)
Voiced by: Aina Suzuki[1]
Rina is a thirteen year old girl who is currently taking on the appearance of Sarina's older sister due to a magical wand in the form a camera. Tsuyuno met Rina online while trying to figure out what the countdown clock on the website meant. Rina was initially collecting information about other magical girls when she disappeared at the same time a magical girl killing spree started. It is later revealed that she is in fact the killer, and has been killing fellow magical girls in order to obtain their wands to stay alive. Her own wand is a hammer, her emblem is a blue diamond in her eyes, her pink hair fades into light blue and blood flows out of her nose when she uses it. She informs Tsuyuno, and Aya that she had discovered that the countdown clock is ticking down to the end of humanity. The two are able to subdue Rina, but before she is able to tell her source she lapses into a coma due to overuse of the wands. The doctors who later examine her are perplexed as while she looks youthful, her organs operate at those of a 70 year old. She recovers from her coma thanks to Kosame, and later becomes an ally. Rina's favorite things include pancakes, computers, and avocados.[3]
Nijimi Anazawa (穴沢 虹海, Anazawa Nijimi)
Voiced by: Yū Serizawa[1]
Nicknamed Nijimin, she is the most popular idol of the idol group 'Puppy Play' (いぬあそび (Inu Asobi)). Aya and Tsuyuno try to meet her based on a Slaughter Note of wands Rina was carrying. Though her normal demeanor is very perky and friendly, when shown a picture of Rina she becomes very upset and homicidal. She wants revenge for her friend Mikado (also a magical girl) who had been murdered by Rina in order to steal her mechanical pencil wand. She later feels betrayed when she learns that Aya and Tsuyuno had been keeping Rina's location a secret from her as she doesn't know that they need Rina's help regarding the Tempest. Nijimin also falls in love with Aya's brother, though is unaware that he abuses Aya until he steals her wand and uses it to ambush the others. Nijimin can make anyone do whatever she says with her wand, a pair of panties. The emblem on them, and in her eyes when she uses it, is a purple spade. Her physical changes while using her wand are concealed, such as wearing contact lens to hide the emblem in her eyes, dying her hair to conceal her hair color change and applying concealer on her wrist to cover her lifespan emblem. Nijimin's favorite things are apples, tapioca milk tea and dogs.
Kosame Amagai (雨谷 小雨, Amagai Kosame)
Voiced by: Yumi Hara
Kosame first appears at the end of the third manga volume when she heals Rina of her coma. She wears an eyepatch over her left eye and often carries with her a puppy plushie. Her wand is a snap cutter which she can use to heal her friends by cutting herself, and letting her blood flow into their mouth or open wounds. Kosame suffers from cancer and used to practice self-harming, making it easy for her to use her magic. Her emblem is the letter Q on the right side of her neck as she received her wand from a different Magical Girl Site. She is nicknamed 'Mental Girl' by Rina because of her sudden insane personality that makes her obsessively want to cut herself, and needs to take medication to suppress it.
Kiyoharu Suirenji (水蓮寺 清春, Suirenji Kiyoharu)
Voiced by: Eriko Matsui
A transgender girl who is in the same group as Kosame. She was bullied at her school by the people who learned of her assigned gender. She has expressed her utter distaste for her peers to Kosame in private, and plans to exact vengeance to her bullies only after they had found happiness, just so she could feel the satisfaction of "throwing from paradise into hell." Her wand takes the form of a ring with the power to link directly with her target's sensory system to control their body and experience their senses remotely. Her emblem is the letter S.
Sarina Shizukume (雫芽 さりな, Shizukume Sarina)
Voiced by: Haruka Yamazaki[1]
Sarina is the leader of a trio of bullies who have mercilessly tormented Aya since she transferred to their school as she sees her as a weak person. When one of her friends in the trio, Erika dies due to Aya's wand, she is immediately suspicious of her which leads to a threatening confrontation with a box cutter in the girls bathroom at school. Aya is saved by Tsuyuno who uses Sarina's cutter to slit her own throat while time is frozen. Sarina survives the wound and winds up at the same hospital that Rina was taken to. She soon learns that Aya and Tsuyuno were responsible for her injury, and overhears them talking about the existence of magical girls. Sarina later receives a wand from Nana (a magical girl website manager) in the form of a yo-yo with the emblem of an orange phi (Φ) that has the ability to slice objects in half. Her red hair fades to yellowish-orange and blood flows out of her ears when she uses her wand. She is then sent to complete Rina's mission of collecting wands. Sarina is allegedly killed by Nana in the third manga volume when she asks if being the sole survivor is worth it once the tempest is done. At the end of the fifth manga volume though, it is hinted that she may have survived. She partnered with Alice, and later teamed up with Aya and the rest of the magical girls in order to aid the destruction of the Magical Girl Site managers.
Kaname Asagiri (朝霧 要, Asagiri Kaname)
Voiced by: Nobuhiko Okamoto[4]
Aya's older brother that abuses her every chance he gets when he's alone, usually by tying her up and punching her until she vomits. It is revealed that he abuses Aya as a stress outlet to deal with their father's high expectations of his son's academic performance, hitting him when he doesn't get perfect marks on tests and other assignments. He assumes everyone around him as 'trash'. He later becomes involved with magical girls when he discovers the Magical Girl Site on Aya's browser history and starts working together with Nana. After stealing Nijimi's wand he attacks the rest of the girls while they are on a beach vacation, and makes Nijimi his servant.
Alice Maginuma (禍沼 アリス, Maginuma Arisu)
Alice is a magical girl who was chosen by Ni. She is allying with Sarina, saving her after she was shot by Nana. She is very knowledgeable about the magical girls, quick in searching the information about the unfortunate girls who are potentially to be chosen as magical girls. She is the one who planned the mission to capture or assassinate the Magical Girl Site's managers. She has a habit of recording other magical girls being killed before rewinding time and saving them, using the videos as proof. Her wand is a flip phone with the ability to reverse time while her emblem is the Roman numeral IV, her lifespan emblem appears on her left collar bone, and her hair fades from blonde to purple when she uses it. Alice's mother committed suicide after giving birth to her while her father's whereabouts is unknown. She was sent to a custody and was bullied there, before running away.
The Website Managers
Voiced by: Ryusei Nakao[5] (Nana)
Voiced by: Aoi Yuuki (Ni)
Voiced by: Kizuna AI (Hachi)
Magical Girl Site has characters present in the story that are referred to as "website managers". Initially they give the girls their magical wands in order for them to kill each other in order to bring on the "tempest" that will end humanity. When the girls find out their plans though, they rebel against them causing the site managers to turn on and assassinate the magical girls. They all appear to be black and white with mask-like faces and speak mostly in rhyme. While there are approximately eighteen site managers, only three have details known about them. The first one that makes an appearance is Nana (漆, Nana, lit. "Seven"), who gives Aya her magical wand. She wears a Catholic school jumper with a short-sleeved collared shirt underneath, and has pigtails. Her face appears unnatural, and she speaks primarily in riddled rhymes. The wands she provides have small angel-esque wings and her emblems vary from simple shapes to Greek letters. Another site manager is named Ni (弐, Ni, lit. "Two"), she has a face that resembles a Hyottoko mask with gauze wrapped under her chin and a gakuran school uniform. The wands she provides have small skeletal wings and her emblems are Roman numerals. After being successfully defeated in an ambush, she was revealed to be a fallen magical girl named Shizuka Ochi (越智 沈果, Ochi Shizuka). The final detailed manager is named Hachi (捌, Hachi, lit. "Eight"), who like Nana has magical powers that include illusions and has a katana as her weapon. She wears Noh mask and kimono. The wands she provides have bat-like wings and her emblems are the Roman alphabet.
Other characters
Voiced by: Lynn (Asahi)
Voiced by: Kaede Hondo (Mikari)
Voiced by: M.A.O (Sayuki)
Throughout the story new characters are introduced that ally or hinder Aya and her friends. Asahi Takiguchi (滝口 あさひ, Takiguchi Asahi) is a seemingly popular and athletic girl that goes to a different school than Kosame's group, but received her wand from the same site. Her past that caused her to be chosen as a magical girl is unknown. Her wand is a necklace that enables super human speed. Her emblem is the letter H. Mikari Izumigamine (泉ヶ峰 みかり, Izumigamine Mikari) is an heiress from a seemingly rich family whose parents were murdered by a psychopath on a street . She is somewhat haughty and frequently abuses her butler Yamai out of entertainment, usually with her wand, a broomstick that enables flight. Her emblem is the letter V. Sayuki Ringa (燐賀紗雪, Ringa Sayuki) is the daughter of a yakuza, possessing great sword fighting and martial arts skills. Her wand is a katana that can slice through anything. It is later revealed that she was chosen as the magical girl while she was kidnapped and raped by members of a rival yakuza family before murdering her kidnappers with the wand she received. Her mother is currently imprisoned after the polices caught her murdering Sayuki's kidnapper. Her emblem is the letter X while her black hair fades into blue when using her wand. Sayuki's favorite things are books, cafe and martial arts.
The next three characters all have symbols rather than letters on their wands. Kayo Komura (湖村 花夜, Komura Kayo) is bullied girl whose wand is a compact that allows copying of other magical girls' powers while her emblem is a sun. She was chosen as a magical girl and received her wand from Nana. Sakura Sakaki (酒木 さくら, Sakaki Sakura) is a short girl who attends the same school as Kayo. Her wand is a game controller that creates shockwaves while her emblem is an uppercase sigma (Σ). She made a cameo appearance in the third episode of the anime. Finally, Touko Arareya (霰矢 冬子, Arareya Touko) is a violent girl with a forked tongue and a wand shaped like a conductor's baton that creates explosions while her emblem is an infinity (∞). She is looking for someone that goes by "A" (A, Ē).

Media

Manga

Ten volumes have been released as of May 2018.[6]

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 March 7, 2014[7]978-4-253-22401-7February 21, 2017[8]978-1-626924-76-5
2 September 8, 2014[9]978-4-253-22402-4May 2, 2017[8]978-1-626924-84-0
3 March 6, 2015[10]978-4-253-22403-1August 1, 2017[8]978-1-626925-16-8
4 November 6, 2015[11]978-4-253-22404-8November 7, 2017[8]978-1-626925-80-9
5 April 8, 2016[12]978-4-253-22405-5February 13, 2018[8]978-1-626926-90-5
6 September 8, 2016[13]978-4-253-22406-2May 15, 2018[8]978-1-626927-82-7
7 September 8, 2017[14]978-4-253-22407-9September 25, 2018[8]978-1-626928-97-8
8 January 5, 2018[15]978-4-253-22408-6——
9 March 8, 2018[16]978-4-253-22409-3——
10 May 8, 2018[17]978-4-253-22410-9——

Anime

On September 8, 2017, an anime television adaptation was announced on the seventh volume of the manga.[18] The series premiered on MBS, TBS and BS-TBS on April 7, 2018[a] and is directed by Tadahito Matsubayashi at production doA, with Takayo Ikami writing the scripts.[19][5] The series is streaming on Amazon Prime Video inside and outside of Japan.[1][20] Keiji Inai is composing the music. The idol unit i☆Ris is performing the opening theme song "Changing point", while Haruka Yamazaki is performing the ending theme song "Zenzen Tomodachi" (ゼンゼントモダチ).[4][5]

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Reception

The English language version of Mahō Shōjo Saito (Magical Girl Site) has received various reviews from critics. Brittany Vincent from Japanator compared the series to Puella Magi Madoka Magica, calling the former "much darker". Vincent said that Magical Girl Site takes away everything someone may find dark about Madoka, and slices it "wide open" with its dark plot.[21]

Notes

  1. ^ The show lists April 6 at 26:55, which is after midnight on April 7, 2018.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Magical Girl Site Anime Reveals Cast, Song Artists, April Debut". Anime News Network. January 24, 2018. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  2. ^ a b Kentaro Sato. Magical Girl Site 2. Seven Seas Entertainment. p. 176-177. ISBN 978-1626924840.
  3. ^ Kentaro Sato. Magical Girl Site 3. Seven Seas Entertainment. p. 173-177. ISBN 978-1626925168.
  4. ^ a b "Magical Girl Site Anime's 1st Teaser Video Reveals More Cast, More Staff, Theme Song Artist". Anime News Network. February 16, 2018. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  5. ^ a b c "Magical Girl Site Anime's Promo Video Reveals April 6 Premiere". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  6. ^ "Search results: Magical Girl Site". Akita Shoten (in Japanese). Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  7. ^ 魔法少女サイト 第1巻 [Magical Girl Site Volume 1]. Akita Shoten (in Japanese). Retrieved July 2, 2016.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g "Magical Girl Site". Seven Seas Entertainment. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
  9. ^ 魔法少女サイト 第2巻 [Magical Girl Site Volume 2]. Akita Shoten (in Japanese). Retrieved July 2, 2016.
  10. ^ 魔法少女サイト 第3巻 [Magical Girl Site Volume 3]. Akita Shoten (in Japanese). Retrieved July 2, 2016.
  11. ^ 魔法少女サイト 第4巻 [Magical Girl Site Volume 4]. Akita Shoten (in Japanese). Retrieved July 2, 2016.
  12. ^ 魔法少女サイト 第5巻 [Magical Girl Site Volume 5]. Akita Shoten (in Japanese). Retrieved July 2, 2016.
  13. ^ 魔法少女サイト 第6巻 [Magical Girl Site Volume 6]. Akita Shoten (in Japanese). Retrieved February 9, 2017.
  14. ^ 魔法少女サイト 第7巻 [Magical Girl Site Volume 7]. Akita Shoten (in Japanese). Retrieved August 11, 2017.
  15. ^ 魔法少女サイト 第8巻 [Magical Girl Site Volume 8]. Akita Shoten (in Japanese). Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  16. ^ 魔法少女サイト 第9巻 [Magical Girl Site Volume 9]. Amazon.com (in Japanese). Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  17. ^ 魔法少女サイト 第10巻 [Magical Girl Site Volume 10]. Akita Shoten (in Japanese). Retrieved April 22, 2018.
  18. ^ "Magical Girl Site Horror Manga Gets TV Anime in 2018". Anime News Network. September 7, 2017. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
  19. ^ "Magical Girl Site Anime Reveals Staff, Spring 2018 Premiere". Anime News Network. November 21, 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
  20. ^ "Magical Girl Site Anime to Have 12 Episodes". Anime News Network. January 6, 2018. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  21. ^ Brittany Vincent (October 31, 2013). "JapanaTerror 006: Mahou Shoujo Site". Japanator. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
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