Magical Girl Raising Project (魔法少女育成計画 Mahō Shōjo Ikusei Keikaku) is a Japanese light novel series written by Asari Endō and illustrated by Maruino. Takarajimasha has published ten volumes since December 2016 under their Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! Bunko imprint. Yen Press has licensed the series in English and and began releasing translations of the light novels starting June 20, 2017.
Plot[]
A popular social game known as the Magical Girl Raising Project has the ability to grant players a 1 in 10,000 chance to become a real Magical Girl. Each of the Magical Girls possesses unique abilities and earn Magical Candies by protecting people and performing good deeds. However, at some point, the administration has decided that sixteen Magical Girls in a certain city is too many, announcing they will cut down the number in half by having the Magical Girl with the fewest Magical Candies each week lose their powers. However, the girls soon discover whoever loses their powers will die, and as the rules of the game become more twisted, the girls find themselves dragged into a life or death battle of survival against each other.
Volumes[]
Notes:
- Click on the covers below for more information.
- Hover over [X] beside the side arcs for a short description of that particular volume.
Volume 1 | |||
Cover | Arc 1 | Japanese Version | English Version |
Title | 魔法少女育成計画 | Magical Girl Raising Project | |
Release Date | June 8, 2012 | June 20, 2017 | |
ISBN | ISBN 978-4-7966-8039-4 | ISBN 978-0-3165-5857-0 | |
Pages | 284 | 208 | |
Cover Character(s) |
スノーホワイト | Snow White | |
Chapters | |||
What is Magical Girl Raising Project? • Prologue • Black & White • The Princess and her Four Followers • The Magical Knight • The Moonlit Magical Girl • Farewell to the Hindrance • Magical Cannon Girl • Cranberry's Secret • The Demonic Girl • Cosmos Flowers Become the Battlefield • Epilogue | |||
Volume 1.5 | |||
Cover | Arc 1.5[1] | Japanese Version | English Version |
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Title | 特別編集版 魔法少女育成計画 | Magical Girl Raising Project: Special Edition |
Release Date | May 30, 2014 | N/A | |
ISBN | ISBN 978-4-8002-2766-9 | N/A | |
Pages | 351 | N/A | |
Cover Character(s) |
スノーホワイト | Snow White | |
Chapters | |||
What is Magical Girl Raising Project? • Prologue • Black & White • The Princess and her Four Followers • The Magical Knight • The Moonlit Magical Girl • Farewell to the Hindrance • Magical Cannon Girl • Cranberry's Secret • The Demonic Girl • Cosmos Flowers Become the Battlefield • Epilogue • Snow White Raising Project • A Lone Knight’s Battles • Nemurin's Soft Dreams | |||
Volume 2 | |||
Cover | Arc 2 | Japanese Version | English Version |
Title | 魔法少女育成計画: restart(前) |
Magical Girl Raising Project: Restart (I) | |
Release Date | November 9, 2012 | November 14, 2017 | |
ISBN | ISBN 978-4-8002-0182-9 | ISBN 978-0-3165-5991-1 | |
Pages | 269 | 208 | |
Cover Character(s) |
ペチカ | Pechka | |
Chapters | |||
What is Magical Girl Raising Project? • Prologue • Hello, Daisy • Good Food Makes Everyone Happy • The Detective and the Murder Case • Mysterious Candy • The Big Dragon and the Chinese Girl | |||
Volume 3 | |||
Cover | Arc 2 | Japanese Version | English Version |
Title | 魔法少女育成計画: restart(後) |
Magical Girl Raising Project: Restart (II) | |
Release Date | December 10, 2012 | March 27, 2018 | |
ISBN | ISBN 978-4-8002-0525-4 | ISBN 978-0-3165-5996-6 | |
Pages | 268 | 212 | |
Cover Character(s) |
シャドウゲール | Shadow Gale | |
Chapters | |||
What is Magical Girl Raising Project? • Negative and Positive • Lazuline's Dream • Nothing Left Anymore • The Children • Pechka in CreatureWorld • And Et Cetera • Epilogue | |||
Volume 4 | |||
Cover | Side Arc[2] | Japanese Version | English Version |
Title | 魔法少女育成計画: episodes |
Magical Girl Raising Project: Episodes | |
Release Date | April 10, 2013 | July 17, 2018 | |
ISBN | ISBN 978-4-8002-0934-4 | ISBN 978-0-3165-5999-7 | |
Pages | 284 | 256 | |
Cover Character(s) |
トップスピード 二代目ラピス・ラズリーヌ |
Top Speed The Second Lapis Lazuline | |
Chapters | |||
Nemurin's Adventure • The Robot and the Nun • Producing the Angels • Zombie Western • Magical Daisy, Episode Twenty-Two • A Cherna Christmas • Wonder Dream • Meow-Meow @ N-City • Come play with Top Speed • Akane and the Happy Magical-Girl Family • Knight on the Day of the Offline Meetup • The Case of the Missing Beef: The Maid Saw It • Magical Illegal Girl • Memories of the Blue Magical Girl • Clantail's Friends | |||
Volume 5 | |||
Cover | Arc 3 | Japanese Version | English Version |
Title | 魔法少女育成計画: limited (前) |
Magical Girl Raising Project: Limited (I) | |
Release Date | November 9, 2013 | November 13, 2018 | |
ISBN | ISBN 978-4-8002-1849-0 | ISBN 978-0-3165-6008-5 | |
Pages | 269 | 208 | |
Cover Character(s) |
ななこさん | 7753 | |
Chapters | |||
Prologue • Establishing the Magical-Girl Squad • Drowning in Love and Hearts • The Girl Who Swooped Back from the Deepest Prison • A Hero? Or an Idol? • Showdown • The Beginning of the End | |||
Volume 6 | |||
Cover | Arc 3 | Japanese Version | English Version |
Title | 魔法少女育成計画: limited (後) |
Magical Girl Raising Project: Limited (II) | |
Release Date | December 9, 2013 | March 19, 2019 | |
ISBN | ISBN 978-4-8002-1852-0 | ISBN 978-0-3165-6010-8 | |
Pages | 268 | 224 | |
Cover Character(s) |
ウェディン | Weddin | |
Chapters | |||
The Witches' Attack • The Arrival • With The Archfiend Amid The Flames • Walking on A Rainbow • My Friend • The Magical Girl Within You • Epilogue | |||
Volume 7 | |||
Cover | Arc 4 | Japanese Version | English Version |
Title | 魔法少女育成計画: JOKERS |
Magical Girl Raising Project: JOKERS | |
Release Date | August 9, 2014 | October 29, 2019 | |
ISBN | ISBN 978-4-8002-3070-6 | ISBN 978-1-9753-5863-1 | |
Pages | 468 | 320 | |
Cover Character(s) |
袋井魔梨華 | Marika Fukuroi | |
Chapters | |||
Now Recruiting Magical Girls • Prologue • Beyond the Prism • Everyone, Assemble • The Miracle of Meeting You • I'm the Culprit • Poker Game • The Magical-Girl Hunter • Epilogue | |||
Volume 8 | |||
Cover | Arc 5 | Japanese Version | English Version |
Title | 魔法少女育成計画: ACES | Magical Girl Raising Project: ACES | |
Release Date | September 10, 2015 | March 10. 2020 | |
ISBN | ISBN 978-4-8002-4586-1 | ISBN 978-1-9753-8660-3 | |
Pages | 310 | 224 | |
Cover Character(s) |
ブルーベル・キャンディ | Blue Bell Candy | |
Chapters | |||
Prologue • Hot Start • To Steal Luck • A Handshake with Me at the Amusement Park • Racing Through the City, Passing Through the Mountain • Good-Bye, My Friend • Epilogue | |||
Volume 9 | |||
Cover | Side Arc[3] | Japanese Version | English Version |
Title | 魔法少女育成計画: episodesΦ | Magical Girl Raising Project: Episodes Φ | |
Release Date | April 9, 2016 | July 21, 2020 | |
ISBN | ISBN 978-4-8002-5443-6 | ISBN 978-1-9753-8662-7 | |
Pages | 284 | 224 | |
Cover Character(s) |
フィルルゥ プキン |
Filuru Pukin | |
Chapters | |||
The Goggles and the Tortoise • Hot to Tot About Music • Since We Want to Beat The Archfiend • Rainbow Friendship • Beyond the Triangle • Primula Farinosa • The Three Sisters Raising Project Restart • Are Our Real Lives Fulfilling? • The Elf of the Inspection Department • General Pukin's Case File: The Murder of the Mage • The Blue Magical Girls Are Busy | |||
Volume 9.5 | |||
Cover | Side Arc[4] | Japanese Version | English Version |
Title | 魔法少女育成計画: 16人の日常 |
Magical Girl Raising Project: Peaceful Days of 16 Magical Girls | |
Release Date | October 15, 2016 | November 17, 2020 | |
ISBN | ISBN 978-1-9753-8664-1 | ||
Pages | 286 | 224 | |
Cover Character(s) |
スイムスイム ねむりん |
Swim Swim Nemurin | |
Chapters | |||
The Lady Knight’s Lonely Battle: Director's Cut • Top Speed’s Top Speed • Magical Girl Tropes • The Yakuza-Angel Buisness • The Great Leader's Distress • The Prince of the Club • Conditions for an Anime Adaptation • Guns or Roses? • Alice in Hardgore Land • It Happens from Time to Tama • An Interview with Swim Swim | |||
Volume 10 | |||
Cover | Arc 6 | Japanese Version | English Version |
Title | 魔法少女育成計画: QUEENS |
Magical Girl Raising Project: QUEENS | |
Release Date | December 10, 2016 | March 23, 2021 | |
ISBN |
ISBN 978-4-8002-6217-2 | ISBN 978-1-9753-8667-2 | |
Pages | 316 | 224 | |
Cover Character(s) |
プク・プック | Puk Puck | |
Chapters | |||
Prologue • With the Final Battle at Hand • Snow White and the Shepard • Let's Make More Friends • The Queen's Playground • A Nostalgic Gift • Eternal Brilliance • Stop This Finger • Hit Them With All We've Got • The Magical-Girl Hunter • All for You • Epilogue | |||
Volume 11 | |||
Cover | Side Arc[5] | Japanese Version | English Version |
Title | 魔法少女育成計画: episodesΔ |
Magical Girl Raising Project: Episodes Δ | |
Release Date | June 10, 2019 | December 14, 2021 | |
ISBN | ISBN 978-4-8002-9571-2 | ISBN 978-1-9753-3544-1 | |
Pages | 285 | 260 | |
Cover Character(s) |
ラ・ピュセル ステラ・ルル |
La Pucelle Stella Lulu | |
Chapters | |||
A Witch, a Boxed Lunch, and an Expression of Love • Magical Shopping • No Magical Girls at this Blossom Viewing • Trick or Magical Girl • The Making of Magical Girl Raising Project • Pechka Ponders Autumn Delights • Magical Girls on Christmas Eve • New Year's and a Tortoise • Princesses of the Beach • The Archfiend Cram School's Hell Survival Games • Operation Get Rid of Patricia • Magical Girl Assassination Project • Magical Boys’ Elegy | |||
Volume 12 | |||
Cover | Arc 7 | Japanese Version | English Version |
Title | 魔法少女育成計画: 「黒(ブラック)」 |
Magical Girl Raising Project: Black | |
Release Date | October 10, 2019 | May 17, 2022 | |
ISBN | ISBN 978-4-8002-9656-6 | ISBN 978-1-9753-3909-8 | |
Pages | 320 | 260 | |
Cover Character(s) |
テティ・グットニーギル | Tetty Goodgripp | |
Chapters | |||
The Magical-Girl Class's Promise • Prologue • The School Bell Is The Opening Theme • Rise! Bow! Be Seated! • Run, Run, Transfer Student, Run • School in Combat • The Place Where I Belong • The Sweet Trap • Heart vs Heart • Don't Wanna Go Home Today • School at War • Epilogue | |||
Volume 13 | |||
Cover | Arc 8 | Japanese Version | English Version |
Title | 魔法少女育成計画「白」 | Magical Girl Raising Project: White | |
Release Date | Febuary 10, 2022 | September 19, 2023 | |
ISBN | ISBN 978-4-299-02640-8 | ISBN 978-1-975-37344-3 | |
Pages | 383 | 224 | |
Cover Character(s) |
ラツムカナホノメノカミ | Ratsumukana-honome-no-kami | |
Chapters | |||
Prologue • The Magical-Girl Hunter Goes To School • I Wonder if We Can Get Along • May I Join In? • Going to the Festival • Careful Preparations • A Chance Encounter • Those Exposed and Those Not Exposed • Midday Party • The Ways of People, the Ways of the Battlefield • Pythie Frederica • Epilogue | |||
Volume 14 | |||
Cover | Side Arc[6] | Japanese Version | English Version |
Title | 魔法少女育成計画episodesΣ | Magical Girl Raising Project: Episodes Σ | |
Release Date | April 8th, 2022 | February 20th, 2024 | |
ISBN | ISBN 978-4-299-02861-7 | ISBN 978-1-975-37889-9 | |
Pages | 380 | 324 | |
Cover Character(s) |
プフレ ハードゴア・アリス |
Pfle Hardgore Alice | |
Chapters | |||
The Way of the Archfiend • Magical☆Test of Courage • Magical Girl vs. Shark • The Magical Girl in Black and the Lady Knight • Festival Day • Snow White Raising Project • Shufflin Learns to Dance • The Archfiend Cram School’s Christmas Party from Hell • The Young Princess Nozomi Himeno • The Schoolyard Observer • Class 2-F's Bento Lunch Competition • Queens Preflop | |||
Volume 15 | |||
Cover |
Arc 9 |
Japanese Version | English Version |
Title | 魔法少女育成計画「赤」 | Magical Girl Raising Project: Red | |
Release Date | November 27th, 2023 | August 20th, 2024 | |
ISBN | ISBN 978-4-299-02642-2 | ISBN 978-1-975-39827-9 | |
Pages | 352 | TBA | |
Cover Character(s) |
スノーホワイト リップル |
Snow White (Main) Ripple (Alt) | |
Chapters | |||
Prologue • The Lightning Time • Here, Once Upon a Time • The Masterminds Gather • Just Up Ahead • Silent Puppets • We're Not Giving Up • A Bloody Feud • Magical Dungeon Busters • Class 2-F • The Magical-Girl Hunter • And Beyond. |
Spin-Off[]
Note: Breakdown has both a Web-Series Novel and two physical novels.
Web Novel | |||
Cover | Spin-off | Japanese Version | English Version |
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Title | 魔法少女育成計画: breakdown |
Magical Girl Raising Project: breakdown |
Release Date | March 21, 2017 ~ August 02, 2020 | N/A | |
ISBN | N/A | N/A | |
Pages | 919 | N/A | |
Cover Character(s) |
らぶみー恋々 • ネフィーリア • ドリーミィ☆チェルシー • ミス・マーガリート • パステルメリー | Love Me Ren-Ren • Nephilia • Dreamy☆Chelsea • Miss Marguerite • Pastel Mary | |
Chapters | |||
There are a total of 26 Chapters and one Afterword. | |||
Volume 1 | |||
Cover | Spin-off | Japanese Version | English Version |
Title | 魔法少女育成計画: breakdown(前) |
Magical Girl Raising Project: breakdown (I) | |
Release Date | March 11, 2021 | October 18, 2022 | |
ISBN | ISBN 978-4-2990-1441-2 | ISBN 978-1-9753-4801-4 | |
Pages | 532 | 384 | |
Cover |
ドリーミィ☆チェルシー らぶみー恋々 ネフィーリア |
Dreamy☆Chelsea (Main) Love Me Ren-Ren (Alt) Nephilia (Alt) | |
Chapters | |||
Prologue • Those Gathered • On Sataborn’s island • Greetings, then an incident • Magical Girls in Regular Clothing • Trouble to Trouble • All Split Up Everywhere • Nutrients, Nutrients, Nutrients, Nutrients, Nutrients Insufficient • Goddess • Let's Fight, Let's Stand Up, Let's Resist • Everything is a Quagmire | |||
Volume 2 | |||
Cover | Spin-off | Japanese Version | English Version |
Title | 魔法少女育成計画: breakdown(後) |
Magical Girl Raising Project: breakdown (II) | |
Release Date | May 10, 2021 | February 21, 2023 | |
ISBN | ISBN 978-4-2990-1458-0 | ISBN 978-1-9753-4845-8 | |
Pages | 510 | 400 | |
Cover Character(s) |
ミス・マーガリート パステルメリー |
Miss Marguerite (Main) Pastel Mary (Alt) | |
Chapters | |||
One More Prologue • From a Crisis to a Bigger Crisis • The Desire to Help and Protect • By Our Powers Combined...? • Now As Humans • Set Fire to the Heart • We Won't Give Up • Stars and a Goddess • By Our Powers Combined! • The Power of Life • Unplanned, Unexpected • Unbent, Unbending • The End Has Come • Tumblin' Dice • Light Amid Chaos • Ending |
Notes[]
- ↑ This Volume is a remake of Volume 1 and was published after Volume 6.
- ↑ This Volume is a collection of short stories that tells the lives of the 33 Magical Girls that appear in Unmarked (Arc 1) and Restart but takes place well before their respective events.
- ↑ Another collection of short stories that tells the lives of the Magical Girls from Unmarked (Arc 1) all the way to ACES.
- ↑ This volume coincided along with the anime and expands the stories of the 16 Magical Girls of Unmarked (Arc 1) prior to the main story.
- ↑ Another collection of short stories that tells the lives of the Magical Girls within the series. This volume features a character from the spin-off Manga, Magical Girl Raising Project: F2P.
- ↑ The most recent collection of short stories that tells the lives of the Magical Girls within the series. This collection includes Snow White Raising Project, a previously released side story that details Snow White's life shortly after the events of Unmarked (Arc 1).