Gushing over Magical Girls - Reviews

Alt titles: Looking up to Magical Girls, Mahou Shoujo ni Akogarete

Gushing over Magical Girls
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hakuikarasu's avatar
Sep 25, 2021

basically a hentai. 10/10 

Okay, but in all seriousness:

Pros:

  • All the characters have very distinct personalities and are really enjoyable.
  • As... interesting,,, as the premise may be, the character writing and development is just phenomenal.
  • Weird as some of them might be, I personally really like the character design.
  • Lighthearted and funny. I genuinely laughed a couple times.
  • ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
  • Hooray for yuri! It starts lighter/more implied but it definitely amps up if you wait.
  • It balances the seriousness and the uh. other parts very smoothly

Cons:

  • Maybe not a con but it gets very, very lewd and there is no way you could read it in public without fearing for your dignity.
  • World is maybe slightly underdeveloped and even though there's hints to other magical girls outside of the city it takes place in, it's basically never mentioned again. Could probably be remedied in the future, but not so far. 
  • Similarly, the characters are great but don't really develop all that much, which is relatively okay since they're interesting from the start? But still.
  • EDIT 7/25/22: The last two criticisms have been remedied with time by the author. The progressive expansion of the world and characters is actually one of my favorite things about it now, even if it took a little while to get there.

???: (Other notes)

  • Plot is batshit and doesn't take itself seriously. Don't expect some kind of literary masterpiece.
  • Wholesome? What's that? Except for maybe Kiwi. Maybe. 
  • EDIT 12/23/22: Somehow, room for canon, genuine romance in multiple pairings has been found. So a little bit more wholesome. 
  • Ah yes, the whole cast is a bunch of perfectly normal 14 year olds and younger... Wait, what? 
  • CW: The tags here list only sexual content, but they blatantly have sex a couple times in view of the reader. It's not quite nudity but it's very blatant of what's intended to be seen without crossing that line, for some reason.
8/10 story
8/10 art
10/10 characters
8/10 overall
XxAikaxX's avatar
Jul 8, 2021

I'm very upset with myself cause I like this series a lot more than I should. It's really funny and...interesting?

7/10 story
9/10 art
8/10 characters
10/10 overall
RaviCK98's avatar
Jul 20, 2021

Why do I hear knocking at my door ? Oh god , officer they're not real 

5/10 story
5/10 art
5/10 characters
5/10 overall
Tinyevil118's avatar
Jan 25, 2022

for a story of little girls and S&M its more wholesome that i would have first though definitly a lucky find for me 

7/10 story
8/10 art
8/10 characters
8/10 overall
himbeere's avatar
Sep 2, 2022

i feel like i shouldn't have liked this that much but i do. it feels like ecchi in a lesbian way and i'm all in for that. characters being a bunch of 14 year old girls in a story with s&m undertones still feels kinda sus but the story is funny and enjoyable. a good piece to spend time on

6/10 story
8/10 art
9/10 characters
8/10 overall