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Magika Swordsman and Summoner #1
魔技科的劍士與召喚魔王 1
劍術高手．林崎一樹從掌管召喚魔法的神魔手上得到謎痕，
因而進入國立騎士學院的魔技科就讀。
一樹原本預定要鑽研劍術，繼承林崎流，
不料卻得在全是女生的魔技科進行魔法特訓……？
為得到召喚魔法使的證明．聖痕，
以雙人劍術與魔法展開的校園戰爭，
現正揭開序幕──！
因而進入國立騎士學院的魔技科就讀。
一樹原本預定要鑽研劍術，繼承林崎流，
不料卻得在全是女生的魔技科進行魔法特訓……？
為得到召喚魔法使的證明．聖痕，
以雙人劍術與魔法展開的校園戰爭，
現正揭開序幕──！
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First published July 14, 2015
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July 30, 2016
If you'd prefer to watch my Youtube review, then please click on the link here: Magika Vol. 01 Review!
Before I get into this review, I want to state that Magika Swordsman and Summoner is a harem manga. If you dislike fanservice, nudity, and one dude surrounded by a bunch of females for no apparent reason, this manga isn't going to be for you. That said, if you're curious to know what this series is all about, please continue on.
Magika Swordsman and Summoner is the story of a bland main protagonist named Hayashizaki Kazuki. The story begins with our harem protagonist waking up his older sister, who, oddly enough, acts more like she's his younger sister. Also, and maybe it's just me, but I feel like our protagonist's sister has a bit of a brother complex. Just a small possibility. I suppose it's a good thing she and Ka-chan aren't actually related.
Continuing on, we learn that Ka-chan is going to attend the Caryatid National Knight Academy. This is a magical academy, which is divided into two sections, Kengika and Magika, or swordsmanship and summoning. Ka-chan is a summoner while his Kanae, his sister, is a swordsman. That said, we learn early on that Ka-chan is actually an able swordsman and only became a summoner because he received an enigma, which is like a mark on a person's hand that tells everyone they've been contracted to a diva. We also learn that Ka-chan is the only male summoner.
Upon their arrival at the academy, Kanae separates from Ka-chan to settle a dispute between a swordsman and a summoner. I'm guessing there's tension between the two groups. Ka-chan is then introduced to Kaguya Otonashi, the student council president of the magika side, and a woman whose breasts are about the size of her head. You think I'm joking? No, I am not joking. Dem boobs are huge.
After the orientation, in which Otonashi displays a summoner's power and we're given a long lecture that stands as one of this manga's info-dumps, Ka-chan attends his first class. Here, we are introduced to two other members of the harem: Amasaki Mio and Hiakari Koyuki. We also discover that Ka-chan's teacher is a loli who goes by the name Lizlisa Westwood. It's unknown whether she is going to become a part of Ka-chan's harem, but given the nature of manga like this, the chances are pretty high.
After class, everyone in attendance tries to enter the astral plane and contact their diva. Now, here's a little info dump for you. The astral plane is basically a magical realm where all the divas are located, and when a summoner completes the contract between them and their diva, their enigma changes into a stigmata.
Naturally, Mio and Kyouki are ably to not only make contact with their diva, but they also manage to summon their battle armor. Yes, their armor is skimpy as fuck and I don't know if I'd call it battle armor. I think click bait might be a more effective term. That said, I can't deny the aesthetic appeal. Say what you will about the story, the artwork, at least on the females, is top quality.
Of course, while Ka-chan can't summon his battle armor, which I think is a good thing, he does manage to summon his Diva. I call her jail bait. Pedobears would love her. Her name is Leme, and she apparently has amnesia. She can't remember a single thing about herself. I guess this is the “I'd like to hide what threadbare story I have behind a curtain of mystery” plot. Nothing too exciting.
After the summoning is complete, Ka-chan is taken to the place where he'll be staying. Known as the Witch's Manor, this all-girls dorm has now become Ka-chan's private playpen. I mean, what else can it be when you're the main protagonist of an explicit harem series?
Naturally, we're introduced to another member of the cast, and we learn a few new secrets. For example, Mio apparently knows Ka-chan from somewhere. Given what she's told us about growing up in an orphanage, and the fact that Ka-chan is a former orphan himself, we can make some logical assumptions here. Aside from learning that Mio and Ka-chan have shared history, we also learn that Leme's true name is Lemegeton, and that she is the Lesser Key of Solomon.
Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Isn't she supposed to have amnesia?
Well, in either event, Leme tells Ka-chan that he is going to become a harem king. I find it rather refreshing that we're told this in the first volume. Now no one can actually complain about reading a harem series, and if they do, well, they only have themselves to blame.
Some things happen after that, none of them too important. We're left on a bit of a cliff hanger ending, and that's about the short of it.
Now, in spite of how I've poked fun of the series, I don't actually dislike this manga. I'm a huge fan of the harem genre. The fanservice has nothing to do with it. I'm serious. That said, while I'm a fan, I understand that manga like this are a highly acquired taste. It really isn't for everyone. If you don't like harems, fanservice, bland main protagonists, and a plot that's so thin you can see through it from several miles away, then this probably won't be for you. That said, anyone who is a fan of the harem genre will definitely enjoy the series. It's not going to win any Best Manga of the Year awards, but it's a series that stays within the confines of a successful genre and manages to give you some of the loveliest artwork I've seen in a while.
Before I get into this review, I want to state that Magika Swordsman and Summoner is a harem manga. If you dislike fanservice, nudity, and one dude surrounded by a bunch of females for no apparent reason, this manga isn't going to be for you. That said, if you're curious to know what this series is all about, please continue on.
Magika Swordsman and Summoner is the story of a bland main protagonist named Hayashizaki Kazuki. The story begins with our harem protagonist waking up his older sister, who, oddly enough, acts more like she's his younger sister. Also, and maybe it's just me, but I feel like our protagonist's sister has a bit of a brother complex. Just a small possibility. I suppose it's a good thing she and Ka-chan aren't actually related.
Continuing on, we learn that Ka-chan is going to attend the Caryatid National Knight Academy. This is a magical academy, which is divided into two sections, Kengika and Magika, or swordsmanship and summoning. Ka-chan is a summoner while his Kanae, his sister, is a swordsman. That said, we learn early on that Ka-chan is actually an able swordsman and only became a summoner because he received an enigma, which is like a mark on a person's hand that tells everyone they've been contracted to a diva. We also learn that Ka-chan is the only male summoner.
Upon their arrival at the academy, Kanae separates from Ka-chan to settle a dispute between a swordsman and a summoner. I'm guessing there's tension between the two groups. Ka-chan is then introduced to Kaguya Otonashi, the student council president of the magika side, and a woman whose breasts are about the size of her head. You think I'm joking? No, I am not joking. Dem boobs are huge.
After the orientation, in which Otonashi displays a summoner's power and we're given a long lecture that stands as one of this manga's info-dumps, Ka-chan attends his first class. Here, we are introduced to two other members of the harem: Amasaki Mio and Hiakari Koyuki. We also discover that Ka-chan's teacher is a loli who goes by the name Lizlisa Westwood. It's unknown whether she is going to become a part of Ka-chan's harem, but given the nature of manga like this, the chances are pretty high.
After class, everyone in attendance tries to enter the astral plane and contact their diva. Now, here's a little info dump for you. The astral plane is basically a magical realm where all the divas are located, and when a summoner completes the contract between them and their diva, their enigma changes into a stigmata.
Naturally, Mio and Kyouki are ably to not only make contact with their diva, but they also manage to summon their battle armor. Yes, their armor is skimpy as fuck and I don't know if I'd call it battle armor. I think click bait might be a more effective term. That said, I can't deny the aesthetic appeal. Say what you will about the story, the artwork, at least on the females, is top quality.
Of course, while Ka-chan can't summon his battle armor, which I think is a good thing, he does manage to summon his Diva. I call her jail bait. Pedobears would love her. Her name is Leme, and she apparently has amnesia. She can't remember a single thing about herself. I guess this is the “I'd like to hide what threadbare story I have behind a curtain of mystery” plot. Nothing too exciting.
After the summoning is complete, Ka-chan is taken to the place where he'll be staying. Known as the Witch's Manor, this all-girls dorm has now become Ka-chan's private playpen. I mean, what else can it be when you're the main protagonist of an explicit harem series?
Naturally, we're introduced to another member of the cast, and we learn a few new secrets. For example, Mio apparently knows Ka-chan from somewhere. Given what she's told us about growing up in an orphanage, and the fact that Ka-chan is a former orphan himself, we can make some logical assumptions here. Aside from learning that Mio and Ka-chan have shared history, we also learn that Leme's true name is Lemegeton, and that she is the Lesser Key of Solomon.
Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Isn't she supposed to have amnesia?
Well, in either event, Leme tells Ka-chan that he is going to become a harem king. I find it rather refreshing that we're told this in the first volume. Now no one can actually complain about reading a harem series, and if they do, well, they only have themselves to blame.
Some things happen after that, none of them too important. We're left on a bit of a cliff hanger ending, and that's about the short of it.
Now, in spite of how I've poked fun of the series, I don't actually dislike this manga. I'm a huge fan of the harem genre. The fanservice has nothing to do with it. I'm serious. That said, while I'm a fan, I understand that manga like this are a highly acquired taste. It really isn't for everyone. If you don't like harems, fanservice, bland main protagonists, and a plot that's so thin you can see through it from several miles away, then this probably won't be for you. That said, anyone who is a fan of the harem genre will definitely enjoy the series. It's not going to win any Best Manga of the Year awards, but it's a series that stays within the confines of a successful genre and manages to give you some of the loveliest artwork I've seen in a while.
September 20, 2017
This is gross. And that's coming from someone who likes Monster Musume. There are literally chapter inserts that feature the (underage) female characters covered in cum. The male protagonist's quest is to make all the girls fall in love with him in order to gain magical powers--the method by which he tracks his progress with each girl is a rating system very much like a dating sim. The book opens with his sister (who is not technically related to him and is technically older than him but likes to act like she is younger and related) trying to seduce him. Every page features an up-skirt panel shot. THE FIRST PANEL OF THE FIRST PAGE OF THE FIRST VOLUME OF THIS MANGA IS AN IMAGE OF A HIGH SCHOOL GIRL ASLEEP AND THE "SHOT" IS ANGLED SUUUUUUPER CLOSE UP ON HER BARELY COVERED, GRAPHICALLY OUTLINED VULVA.
TL;DR this is gross.
TL;DR this is gross.
July 15, 2017
With this being the first in the Magika series, I wasn't too impressed with it. I liked that it was short however I'm really lost as to how the summoning and sword fighting actually works. The only thing I've really caught onto is that this lone boy is surrounded by all girls in his academy that he has to make fall in love with him....... I'm not really sure of the plot either since I have no idea what is going on yet. I'll have to wait and see what the next one has in store for me.
February 6, 2016
Great boobs..um Boobs ooh did I mention Boobs like a lot of great ones. story 7/10 boobs 10/10 art 10/10 cost 12.99
September 6, 2025
"Hayashizaki Kazuki, Leme is going to make you the Harem King!"
Hell yeah, dude.
I wasn't aware this was just a manga adaptation of a light novel series we didn't seem to get in America. I guess it makes sense with the English publication date, as Seven Seas used to release a lot of LN-based manga as they were making a name for themselves. The manga leans hard on "magic school battle harem" LN tropes, to the point of being honestly extremely generic, so it helps A LOT that artist MonRin spends so much effort making some excellent ecchi. Am I invested in the writing? Kind of; I like that it seems it's gonna be a "gotta catch 'em all" thing, as well as the fact that it's basically Date A Live, but... I'm almost 100% reading this for the art.
I wish you could, like, downvote reviews on Goodreads. I'm so fucking tired of seeing reviews shitting on ecchi manga, from reviewers who clearly hate ecchi, and manga, and otaku culture, and Japan. You see all the exposed skin on the fucking cover of this volume. The other volumes don't look terribly chaste either. What the fuck do you think the contents of this volume would look like? Why do we live in a world/country/society where aesthetic Puritanism actually also just fuckin' exists in secular atheism?
"Awakened to the fetish of gazing up at girls from below."
Me too, Mitsuki Mihara.
****
Mio heavy titties on the cover clearly showing their weight...! Mio tight tummy...! Mio hip window...! Mio "vagina bones," as they say on /a/...!
Kanae crotch and "ass fangs" on the first color page...!
Mio dumptruck ass and thighs in the two-page spread title page for Chapter 1...!
Mio full-body illustration of cover image, better showing the pussy crease and also kind of a bit of ass fang...!
Mio big ass on the volume's inner cover...!!!!! Also sideboob and mons pubis...!
Kanae ass and thighs as she assaults Kazuki...!
Kanae upskirt pubis in her uniform...!
Kaguya hips and boobs under her thin Summoner costume...!
Kaguya and Kanae upskirt butts and thighs as they argue over who will show Kazuki around school...!
Ms. Westwood shiny pantyhose legs...!
Koyuki thighmeat smooshed on her chair...!
Mio boobs, thighs, pubis, and ass fangs in her class introduction...!
Mio boobs and fatass thighs when floating in the Astral Plane...!
Mio boobs as her Battle Garment forms...!
Kaguya boobs, tummy, thighs, pubis, and ass fangs in her Decollete Oblique...!!!!!
Koyuki exposed navel in her Decollete Oblique...!
Mio boobs, tummy, and thighs covered in jizz-like suds on the cover of Chapter 4...!!!!!
Mio boobs and tummy when Kazuki walks in on her changing...!
Koyuki mons visible under her butt in her nightshirt...!!!
Mio upskirt assfangs on the adjacent page...!
Mio ass and thighs on the cover of Chapter 5...!!!
Leme booty when she and Kazuki are about to go to sleep...!
Kaguya nipples peaking through her shirt as she eats breakfast...!
Mio's severe battle-damage illustration at the back of the volume...!!!
Hell yeah, dude.
I wasn't aware this was just a manga adaptation of a light novel series we didn't seem to get in America. I guess it makes sense with the English publication date, as Seven Seas used to release a lot of LN-based manga as they were making a name for themselves. The manga leans hard on "magic school battle harem" LN tropes, to the point of being honestly extremely generic, so it helps A LOT that artist MonRin spends so much effort making some excellent ecchi. Am I invested in the writing? Kind of; I like that it seems it's gonna be a "gotta catch 'em all" thing, as well as the fact that it's basically Date A Live, but... I'm almost 100% reading this for the art.
I wish you could, like, downvote reviews on Goodreads. I'm so fucking tired of seeing reviews shitting on ecchi manga, from reviewers who clearly hate ecchi, and manga, and otaku culture, and Japan. You see all the exposed skin on the fucking cover of this volume. The other volumes don't look terribly chaste either. What the fuck do you think the contents of this volume would look like? Why do we live in a world/country/society where aesthetic Puritanism actually also just fuckin' exists in secular atheism?
"Awakened to the fetish of gazing up at girls from below."
Me too, Mitsuki Mihara.
****
Mio heavy titties on the cover clearly showing their weight...! Mio tight tummy...! Mio hip window...! Mio "vagina bones," as they say on /a/...!
Kanae crotch and "ass fangs" on the first color page...!
Mio dumptruck ass and thighs in the two-page spread title page for Chapter 1...!
Mio full-body illustration of cover image, better showing the pussy crease and also kind of a bit of ass fang...!
Mio big ass on the volume's inner cover...!!!!! Also sideboob and mons pubis...!
Kanae ass and thighs as she assaults Kazuki...!
Kanae upskirt pubis in her uniform...!
Kaguya hips and boobs under her thin Summoner costume...!
Kaguya and Kanae upskirt butts and thighs as they argue over who will show Kazuki around school...!
Ms. Westwood shiny pantyhose legs...!
Koyuki thighmeat smooshed on her chair...!
Mio boobs, thighs, pubis, and ass fangs in her class introduction...!
Mio boobs and fatass thighs when floating in the Astral Plane...!
Mio boobs as her Battle Garment forms...!
Kaguya boobs, tummy, thighs, pubis, and ass fangs in her Decollete Oblique...!!!!!
Koyuki exposed navel in her Decollete Oblique...!
Mio boobs, tummy, and thighs covered in jizz-like suds on the cover of Chapter 4...!!!!!
Mio boobs and tummy when Kazuki walks in on her changing...!
Koyuki mons visible under her butt in her nightshirt...!!!
Mio upskirt assfangs on the adjacent page...!
Mio ass and thighs on the cover of Chapter 5...!!!
Leme booty when she and Kazuki are about to go to sleep...!
Kaguya nipples peaking through her shirt as she eats breakfast...!
Mio's severe battle-damage illustration at the back of the volume...!!!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 12, 2020
World building volume. Pure and simple lots and lots and lots of world building. Oh yeah the volume made it out to be the main character will have a 72 female harem by the end. The main character doesn't want it but knowing anime it will happen.
It isn't the normal harem story so I was kind of not into it during the world building but after all the world building got to be done with and went into character interactions and character building it got alot better.
It isn't the normal harem story so I was kind of not into it during the world building but after all the world building got to be done with and went into character interactions and character building it got alot better.
August 4, 2015
One of my favourite manga's I've read this year. I liked all the characters, the volume was very funny and the artwork is gorgeous.
May 18, 2016
I would love to have mark that calls on a power of the pillars of heaven
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