English Title: Magical Girl Raising Project
Japanese Title: é”法少女育æˆè¨ˆç”» — Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku
Author: Asari Endou — é è—¤ 浅蜊
Illustrator: Marui-no — マルイノ
Translator: Alexander Keller-Nelson
Genre: Magical Girl, Action, Urban Fantasy, Survival Game
Original Run: June 2012 – ongoing
English Run: June 2017 – ongoing
Japanese Publisher: Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! Bunko (Takarajimasha)
English Publisher: Yen On (Yen Press)
Volumes in Japanese: 13 (In Progress)
Volumes in English: 10 (In Progress)
Average Price Per Volume: Paperback $10 — Kindle $8 — Nook $8
- English Website — Japanese Website
- MAL Entry — Forum
- Baka Updates — LNDB.info — Novel Updates
Synopsis: The hit smartphone game Magical Girl Raising Project is not only free, but one in tens of thousands of players will win real-life powers. In N City, sixteen of these lucky girls help the city’s citizens–until upper management announces that each week, the least productive magical girl will lose her gifts. But this is no ordinary contest, and as the rules become increasingly sadistic, the competition to keep their powers becomes a vicious battle for the girls’ very lives…
Volume 1
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Released June 20, 2017 — ISBN-13: 978-0316558570
Volume 2 — Restart: Part One
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Released November 14, 2017 — ISBN-13: 978-0316559911
Volume 3 — Restart: Part Two
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Released March 27, 2018 — ISBN-13: 978-0316559966
Volume 4 — Episodes
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Released July 17, 2018 — ISBN-13: 978-0316559997
Volume 5 — Limited I
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Released November 13, 2018 — ISBN-13: 978-0316560085
Volume 6 — Limited II
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Released March 19, 2019 — ISBN-13: 978-0316560108
Volume 7 — Jokers
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Released October 29, 2019 -- ISBN-13: 978-1975358631
Volume 8 — Aces
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Releasing March 10, 2020 -- ISBN-13: 978-1975386603
Volume 9
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Releasing July 21, 2020 -- ISBN-13: 978-1975386627
Volume 10Â — Peaceful Days of 16 Magical Girls
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Releasing November 17, 2020 -- ISBN-13: 978197538664
Reviews of Magical Girl Raising Project
- Girls in Capes: Vol 1 — Vol 2 — Vol 3
- English Light Novels: Vol 1 — Vol 2 — Vol 3
- Justus R. Stone: Vol 1 — Vol 2
Illustrations Sampler
Anime Adaptation
MAL Entry — 12 episodes — Aired October 2016 – December 2016
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Note: Adapted volume 1 of the light novel series
Manga Adaptation
MAL Entry — 2 volumes — Published September 2015 – October 2015 (English release by Yen Press)
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Note: Adapted volume 1 of the light novel series
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- A Certain Magical Index — urban fantasy, magic
- Battle Royale — survival game
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