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Studio: Hoods Entertainment
Status: Finished

Hazuki Kagimura is a normal girl who is usually alone. With her relationship with her new family not going so well, she retreats every day to the world of stories and books. One day, after school, one of the library's bookshelves sends her to another world with a magic school, where she meets Shizuka Tsuchimikado. She finds out that girls (called "mädchen") who attend the school are selected by old fairy tales and folk stories to wield their magic and are taught how to wield it in the school. The school has girls who are chosen by such stories as Kaguya-hime no Monogatari, Issun-boushi, Der Freischütz, Shuten-douji, The Little Matchstick Girl, The Gigantic Turnip, Arthurian legends, and The Ramayana. Hazuki herself is chosen by the Cinderella story.

Tags: Magic , Female Protagonist , Isekai , Fairy Tale , Primarily Female Cast , School , Nudity

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Kagihime Monogatari: Eikyuu Alice Rinbukyoku

Also known as Key Princess Story Eternal Alice Rondo.

Studio: Trinet Entertainment , Picture Magic
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Romance

Kirihara Aruto loves the stories of Alice, so much so that he begins to write one. One night while writing, he sees a girl out his window who he thinks is Alice. He follows her, and discovers that she is called a Seeker of Alice, and with the powers granted to her she fights other Seekers of Alice to take their eternal story, in order to find the part that belongs to the Eternal Alice.

Throughout Aruto's adventures with Arisugawa Arisu, his little sister Kirihara Kiraha and their various friends they discover more about the land of Alice, about the novels, the man who wrote them, and their own powers.

Tags: Magic , Classic Literature , Swordplay , Alternate Universe , Male Protagonist , Battle Royale , Fairy Tale , Primarily Female Cast , Age Regression , LGBTQ+ Themes , Henshin , Shounen , Incest

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Lapis Re:LiGHTs

Also known as Lapis Re:LiGHTs.

Studio: Yokohama Animation Lab , Studio Mausu
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Music

Tiara has just been accepted to the Flora Girls Academy for young witches. Her lifelong dream of becoming a powerful “light” to cleanse the world of magical beasts is now possible. But not before she hits the magical music books! Oh, and little did Tiara know that she’s about to take center stage in a classroom full of potential dropouts. Challenge accepted.

Tags: Primarily Female Cast , School , Magic , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Ojou-sama , Ensemble Cast , Female Protagonist , Creature Taming , Yuri , Idol , Ghost , Primarily Teen Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , CGI , Witch , Athletics

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Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha ViVid

Also known as Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid.

Studio: A-1 Pictures , Starchild Records
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Mahou Shoujo , Sports

The manga takes place four years after the JS incident in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS, and stars Vivio Takamichi, a fourth-year elementary student at St. Hilde Academy of Magic. Vivio has learned to conjure her adult form and has received her own Device — named Sacred Heart — from Nanoha, and has promised Nanoha to never use either for mischief. Then a mysterious magical fighter appears and targets Vivio.

Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Magic , Female Protagonist , Martial Arts , Super Power , Henshin , Medieval , Witch , Clone , Cyborg , Memory Manipulation , Tomboy , Religion , Kuudere , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Nudity , Swordplay , Guns , Dragons , Primarily Child Cast , Kemonomimi , Urban , Spearplay , Butler , Delinquents , Artificial Intelligence , Lost Civilization , Nun , Yuri , School , Animals , Seinen , Heterosexual

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ViVid Strike!

Also known as ViVid Strike!.

Studio: Seven Arcs , Glovision
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mahou Shoujo , Sports

Raised up in the same orphanage, Fuuka and Rinne were once close friends but parted ways after a quarrel ended up with Rinne overwhelming Fuuka with her martial art skills. Fuuka lived a life of poverty after leaving the orphanage but an accidental encounter with renowned martial arts champion Einhard Stratos leads to the discovery of Fuuka's hidden talent in fighting. Einhard offers Fuuka a job and through her coaching and encouragement, she is set to meet Rinne again, in the ring.

Tags: Martial Arts , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Revenge , Cyborg , Magic , Urban , Animals , Orphan , Adoption , Maids , School , Nun , Artificial Intelligence , Swordplay , Clone , Bullying , Yuri , Henshin , Super Power , Nudity

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