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Magical Girl Raising Project: Episodes Φ (魔法少女育成計画 episodesΦ), also known as Episodes Phi, is the 9th volume in the Magical Girl Raising Project Light Novel series.
This volume is a side novel and it's a collection of short stories that tells the lives of the Magical Girls from Magical Girl Raising Project, Magical Girl Raising Project: Restart, Magical Girl Raising Project: Limited, Magical Girl Raising Project: JOKERS and Magical Girl Raising Project: ACES.
Synopsis[]
Fan-Translation[]
From the first Magical Girl Raising Project up to Magical Girl Raising Project: ACES. Here comes the second short story collection featuring dozens of Magical Girls!
Official Translation[]
Blood, Sweat, Tears, And Some Laughs In Between!
From the very first Magical Girl Raising Project all the way to Magical Girl Raising Project: ACES, dozens of Magical Girls have found a special place in our hearts. Though it may seem like they spend their days fighting one bloody battle after another, there's more to these magical girls than meets the eye! This collection of eleven bonus stories includes some of their lighter exploits and even gives a few glimpses of the girls' lives as regular teenagers![1]
Chapters[]
The Goggles and the Tortoise[]
| The Goggles and the Tortoise (ゴーグルと亀) | ||
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Featuring | 7753 • Tepsekemei • Mana |
| Synopsis | ||
| After the events of Magical Girl Raising Project: Limited, Tepsekemei and 7753 visit Mana at the hospital. 7753 bought Mana a cake, which she does not know is laced with alcohol. Becoming drunk from the cake, Mana admits to being lonely and grieves over her sister's death. However, upon realizing what she ate, she angrily kicks the two out. | ||
Hot to Tot About Music[]
| Hot to Tot About Music (とっととミュージック) | ||
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Featuring | Tot Pop • Keek • Ragi Jie Nent • Magical Daisy • Musician Of The Forest, Cranberry |
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| Long before the events of Magical Girl Raising Project, Tot Pop goes to Keek seemingly trying to find someone to start a band with. This leads Tot Pop to encounter many different people, each time befriending them in around thirty minutes, then being sent elsewhere. Eventually, she meets an antiestablishment group, and ends up becoming their leader to bring revolution to the Magical Kingdom. | ||
Since We Want To Beat the Archfiend []
| Since We Want To Beat the Archfiend (魔王を討伐したいから) | ||
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Featuring | Tot Pop • Archfiend Pam • Musician Of The Forest, Cranberry • Fav |
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| Many years before the events of Magical Girl Raising Project, Cranberry undergoes her final exam at Archfiend Cram School. To pass, she needs to land a hit on Archfiend Pam. Though utterly outmatched, Cranberry used her magic to copy the noise of the latter's Magical Phone, distracting her long enough for her to land a hit. Afterwards, Cranberry graduates and laments that she will miss the school. | ||
Rainbow Friendship[]
| Rainbow Friendship (レインボーフレンドシップ) | ||
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Featuring | Rain Pow • Postarie • Toko • Dark Magical Girl |
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| A few months before the events of Magical Girl Raising Project: Limited, Toko suggests to Rain Pow they find some people to turn into Magical Girls in case of emergency. From the candidates, Rain Pow tries to befriend Tatsuko Sakaki from her class, but this proves difficult due to the latter's withdrawn nature. | ||
Beyond the Triangle[]
| Beyond the Triangle (三角形の彼方) | ||
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Featuring | Princess Quake • Princess Tempest • Princess Inferno • Princess Deluge • Prism Cherry • Shou Minamida |
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| During the events of Magical Girl Raising Project: JOKERS, Princess Tempest asks Princess Quake for love advice. Upon learning that Tempest is in a love triangle with Princess Inferno, Quake decides to help Tempest by spying on the boy that she has a crush on. Upon meeting the boy, Quake learns that he doesn't have a crush on Inferno, and befriends him after he discovers that they like the same manga. | ||
Primula Farinosa[]
| Primula Farinosa (N/A) | ||
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Featuring | Marika Fukuroi • Snow White • Fal • Yoshiko Yoshinoura • Sumire • Sari Kasuga |
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| A few weeks after the events of Magical Girl Raising Project: JOKERS, Marika is still grieving over the death of Styler Mimi. She feels empty, as she lost the one person she could talk to. She ends up getting a job as a science teacher at Snow White's high school. Upon recognizing each other, the two start a friendship, allowing Marika to start moving on. | ||
Three Sisters Raising Project: Restart[]
| Three Sisters Raising Project: Restart (三姉妹育成計画: restart) | ||
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Featuring | Uluru • Sorami Nakano • Premium Sachiko • Puk Puck • Keek • Tot Pop |
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| Months before the events of Magical Girl Raising Project: Restart, Puk Puck was contacted by Keek regarding her virtual reality game. Interested, she backed up the project. She brought her three daughters to meet Keek and discuss the project. During this, they ran into Tot Pop, who decided to interrupt their meeting for fun. While exploring Keek's cyber world, Uluru accidentally teleports herself and her sisters into the virtual reality game. After spending multiple weeks inside the game, the three successfully manage to kill the Great Dragon, allowing them to return to the real world. Uluru then harshly criticizes Keek's game as Puk Puck agrees to fund the project, helping Keek finalize the game for her true plans. | ||
Are Our Real Lives Fulfilling?[]
| Are Our Real Lives Fulfilling? (我らのリアルは充実しているか？) | ||
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Featuring | Kafuria • Kokuri-chan • Negino • Auro |
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| Kafuria visits a cosplay cafe with some friends; fellow Freelancers with seemingly useless magic. Because of her magic "to see who dies first", Kafuria discovers that a large number of people are set to die in an accident. However, she and her friends manage to prevent the accident, causing them to realize their magic isn't as useless as they thought. | ||
The Elf of the Inspection Department[]
| The Elf of the Inspection Department (監査部門の妖精) | ||
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Featuring | Filru • Patricia • Tot Pop • Hana Gekokujou • Mana |
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| Some time before the events of Magical Girl Raising Project: Limited, Filru goes to the Examination Division for a promotion. There, she meets Patricia, who is also striving for the same thing. To earn the promotion, the two must pass a test where they have to quell a strike, supervised by Tot Pop. However, afterward, it is revealed that Tot Pop actually used them to quell a real strike. | ||
General Pukin's Case File - The Murder of the Mage[]
| General Pukin's Case File - The Murder of the Mage (プキン将軍の事件簿 魔法使いの殺人) | ||
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Featuring | Pukin • Sonia Bean • Fatur • Boss • Junior • Barnheim Hoggleton • Mrs.Hoggleton • Allgrave |
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| 130 years before the events of Magical Girl Raising Project, a detective investigates a murder. Pukin and Sonia Bean soon arrive and easily solve the case: the husband was the culprit. However, the detective later deduces Pukin actually used her magic to force the husband to admit to false charges. Though, he stays quiet out of fear for Pukin. | ||
The Blue Magical Girls are Busy[]
| The Blue Magical Girls are Busy (青い魔法少女は忙しい) | ||
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Featuring | Lapis Lazuline • Twin Dragons Panas • Black Magical Girl |
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| Before the events of Magical Girl Raising Project: Restart, Twin Dragons Panasu challenges Lapis Lazuline to a fight. The two had fought before during the 36th Hell Survival Games, where Lapis Lazuline won against Panasu. However, Lapis Lazuline instead ends up dragging her along as she completes some tasks given to her by her master. | ||
Gallery[]
 Inner Cover - Since We Want To Beat The Archfiend  Inner Cover - Primula Farinosa  Inner Cover - Are Our Real Lives Been Fulfilling?  Magical Girls  Magical Girls  The Goggles and the Tortoise  Hot to Tot About Music  Rainbow Friendship  Beyond the Triangle  The Three Sisters Raising Project: Restart  The Elf of the Examination Division  General Pukin's Case File - The Murder of the Mage  The Blue Magical Girls are Busy  Afterword |
Trivia[]
- The subtitle of this volume, Episodes Φ (pronounced as Phi), comes from the Greek alphabet, Phi.
External Links[]
- Click here to read the Fan Translation by PlatFleece
- Click here and here to read the Fan Translation by MGRPTranslation