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魔法少女事変 [Mahou Shoujo Jihen] #3
Magical Girl Incident, Vol. 3
Sakura, a salaryman who can transform into a magical girl, continues to pursue the mysterious schoolgirl in black who’s at the center of the chaos in the city...when a mysterious organization attacks Sakura’s friend Yuzuru! Will Sakura discover what it means to be a hero in this final volume?!
210 pages, Paperback
Published December 10, 2024
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March 25, 2025
Unfortunate how rush it was, but it kept with some interesting themes that did struggle to make its landing but hey it was there and cute! I really wish they explored more of their dynamics, rather than the plot because the BL potential would've been niceeee lmao
January 19, 2025
Clearly a rushed ending due to the cancellation but a sincere and sweet conclusion considering the restraints.
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June 25, 2026Premise: Basically, it is about dudes turn into magical girls, need I say more?
(1) The new magical girl is...quite interesting.
(2) It's not a bad ending.
(1) The new magical girl is...quite interesting.
(2) It's not a bad ending.
May 27, 2025
insanely good short series, love the exploration of loneliness, isolation, and gender. the villain is relatable and it was such a unique spin on the magical girl genre. ARGH, HE JUST DIDN'T WANT TO BE ALONE. That trope in anime and manga ALWAYS hits me 😭 I do wish they explored the gender themes more but I understand the struggle when your manga story is cut short by publishers
July 14, 2025
Magical Girl Incident is a fun, goofy action series with sweet moments too. The story is relatively simple but it has its fair share of excitement. It's rather short, so it's worth a read if you're interested.
December 13, 2024
2.5 stars rounded up because I’m nice and the earlier volumes were fun.
This really heads off in some weird directions and generally decides to address very few of its more interesting points. When it was discussing gender fluidity at the start of this one I was genuinely excited, as that’s been the most intriguing angle here by far.
In the end, however, it handles it about a step above Ranma 1/2, but that’s not really saying a lot, much as I enjoy that series.
Instead, the focus is on military action and cloning and secret societies and ultimate weapons. Which, for all its own faults and excesses, the super grim Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka handled in more interesting fashion.
It isn’t funny enough to get the laughs it’s going for, the drama is pretty old hat (here comes the ‘sick loved one we must do evil for’ trope again), the characters thin, and there’s barely any action. It doesn’t feel like a good payoff for something that was always dubiously plotted at the best of times.
It’s not bad, but there’s a whole series to be made from its more interesting points and almost nothing done with them for the entire volume. I liked the first two volumes and the sentiment here sometimes carries it, but if I never read this finale I don’t think I would have missed a thing.
This really heads off in some weird directions and generally decides to address very few of its more interesting points. When it was discussing gender fluidity at the start of this one I was genuinely excited, as that’s been the most intriguing angle here by far.
In the end, however, it handles it about a step above Ranma 1/2, but that’s not really saying a lot, much as I enjoy that series.
Instead, the focus is on military action and cloning and secret societies and ultimate weapons. Which, for all its own faults and excesses, the super grim Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka handled in more interesting fashion.
It isn’t funny enough to get the laughs it’s going for, the drama is pretty old hat (here comes the ‘sick loved one we must do evil for’ trope again), the characters thin, and there’s barely any action. It doesn’t feel like a good payoff for something that was always dubiously plotted at the best of times.
It’s not bad, but there’s a whole series to be made from its more interesting points and almost nothing done with them for the entire volume. I liked the first two volumes and the sentiment here sometimes carries it, but if I never read this finale I don’t think I would have missed a thing.
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May 18, 2026Well, that went completely off the rails. 😂
September 9, 2025
Yeah this was def a canceled series. However I feel like it stuck the landing better than a lot of manga series I've read! It's rushed this whole volume and a lot gets introduced and wrapped up too quickly... but the last act wow. It's just... nice there's a really cute splash panel with the gang together and it just made me go AHG no why is this the last volume! Seriously this could have gone on so much longer and I would have loved it. I love the characters and I love the magical girl (and boy) stuff.
Anyways way too much stuff was brought up in this volume and not resolved well. The water spirit who was inside Yuzuru? Huh? What's her deal? Also the way they defeat the final boss, just screams yeah we ran out of time. They basically just told him to stop doing unethical experiments
This volume feels really focused on Suzuru and Misaki, with Hiro being not the star focus anymore. I did really enjoy their arcs and stories though ngl! But I was like wait isn't this Hiro's story too. Also the magical boy sorry I forgot their name T-T, I loved them I wanted more of them. They don't have a backstory and are the only one in the team that's just kinda there. Boo T-T
anywyas ARGH I'm so mad this is over I want to live in this world a little longer. Hopefully I can find some magical girl manga that scratches this itch.
Anyways way too much stuff was brought up in this volume and not resolved well. The water spirit who was inside Yuzuru? Huh? What's her deal? Also the way they defeat the final boss, just screams yeah we ran out of time. They basically just told him to stop doing unethical experiments
This volume feels really focused on Suzuru and Misaki, with Hiro being not the star focus anymore. I did really enjoy their arcs and stories though ngl! But I was like wait isn't this Hiro's story too. Also the magical boy sorry I forgot their name T-T, I loved them I wanted more of them. They don't have a backstory and are the only one in the team that's just kinda there. Boo T-T
anywyas ARGH I'm so mad this is over I want to live in this world a little longer. Hopefully I can find some magical girl manga that scratches this itch.
June 15, 2025
The way every plot thread and plan comes together is so fun in this final volume!! Lots of beautiful moments and some directions geared towards that I really was hoping they'd go for!
The resolution feels more quickly slapped together than the climax, which I actually really liked, but I still found it mostly fulfilling and it truly was a joy to read!
Beautiful work and happy for what this book series became!
The resolution feels more quickly slapped together than the climax, which I actually really liked, but I still found it mostly fulfilling and it truly was a joy to read!
Beautiful work and happy for what this book series became!
May 31, 2025
band zwei war schon langweiliger und dieser hier wird nur schlimmer. habe mehr als die Hälfte nur noch geskimmed...
July 8, 2026
4 ⭐️
it’s unfortunate that this ending was so rushed but i really did enjoy this little series and found myself wishing i had more time with the characters. i didn’t expect it to touch on deeper topics, but i really did appreciate the bits of commentary that the author was able to express. it was nice to see a typical hero story surrounding problems that are a bit too realistic nowadays. overall, fun read and i wish there were more volumes :(
it’s unfortunate that this ending was so rushed but i really did enjoy this little series and found myself wishing i had more time with the characters. i didn’t expect it to touch on deeper topics, but i really did appreciate the bits of commentary that the author was able to express. it was nice to see a typical hero story surrounding problems that are a bit too realistic nowadays. overall, fun read and i wish there were more volumes :(
January 20, 2026
Ωραία τα back stories του Yuzuru και του Misaki, αλλά μου έλειψαν τα back stories των άλλων χαρακτήρων και ίσως μερικά έξτρα κεφάλαια για τα πειράματα και τις στρατιωτικές επιχειρήσεις. Επίσης, πιστεύω ότι ο πατέρας τη γλίτωσε πολύ φτηνά.
August 8, 2026
This was a cute read! The art style and characters are super aesthetically pleasing and even if the story got a bit overdone towards the end it was short and sweet enough of a one shot story that it wasn’t too much of a commitment to read through. I wish more mangaka would publish works like this
December 4, 2024
So excited to read this and write a proper review!
December 10, 2024
Oh it's so cute
May 6, 2025
i'm sorry, they're childhood best friends and follow each other in life and one of their counterparts is in love with the other??? They're in love your honor
September 16, 2025
the mangaka wanted yuzuru and hiromi to be a couple soooooooo bad (he should’ve done it)
November 19, 2025
11/25 A bit odd but a unique take on a magical girl story with a Miyazaki ending (no villains). Definitely read all 3 volumes together, having a few months between 2 and 3 kind of ruined the impact.
July 26, 2026
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In this final volume of the story, Akabane is hard pressed to tie up many storylines, and this is doe through may wild twists and turns that I didn't fully see coming. One in particular that I didn't anticipate but I enjoyed was Misaki's villain origin story. This series is short and sweet, ad it doesn't waste time with a lot of filler or unnecessary monsters, but it also doesn't full explore concepts or build out the world fully. There are some side characters that were introduced that are unfortunately never seen again. However, what this series excels at is taking many tropes and stereotypes and playing with expectations.
Sara's Rating: 8/10
Suitability Level: Grades 10-12
In this final volume of the story, Akabane is hard pressed to tie up many storylines, and this is doe through may wild twists and turns that I didn't fully see coming. One in particular that I didn't anticipate but I enjoyed was Misaki's villain origin story. This series is short and sweet, ad it doesn't waste time with a lot of filler or unnecessary monsters, but it also doesn't full explore concepts or build out the world fully. There are some side characters that were introduced that are unfortunately never seen again. However, what this series excels at is taking many tropes and stereotypes and playing with expectations.
Sara's Rating: 8/10
Suitability Level: Grades 10-12
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