Magical Girl Raising Project (魔法少女育成計画)

Welcome to a world of dreams and magic!

Become the greatest magical girl ever in this RPG.

It's called Magical Girl Raising Project!

You've been appointed as a guardian of this world

by the land of magic!

Blessed with magic that can crush vice

and destroy darkness,

you've been ordered to fight the forces of evil!

You're cute, you're courageous,

and above all else, you're a powerful magical girl!

Wow, that's awesome!

You've obtained the Rabbit's Foot!

Something lucky will happen if you find yourself in a pinch,

but whether it'll help get you out of trouble is up to you!

Sounds kinda useless.

After 18 tries to beat that thing,

I was hoping for something better.

The world is under constant threat,

and there are never enough magical girls.

Muster up your courage and take that first step with us!

If you believe it,

your dreams are sure to come true!

A magical girl?

Are they talking about that picture of the girl in the hat?

What do you think, Koyuki?

Huh? Uh...

I don't think it's a real magical girl.

Thank you!

Besides, judging by her outfit,

she looks way more like a witch to me.

- Whoa, check this out. -Huh?

There's a whole website about it online!

"She yelled at me

because I was speeding on the highway."

"A girl saved a child from being hit by a bus

with her bare hands."

"One helped me out

when a bunch of sleazy guys were hitting on me."

She wiped out an entire triad group?

Are you serious?

Sounds more like a weird vigilante

than a magical girl.

Come on, you have to admit it's cool

that there are so many witnesses!

Don't believe everything you see online,

especially if it sounds too good to be true.

Like the mafia would let someone post that.

But wouldn't it be awesome if magical girls really existed?

Be realistic, Sumi.

I mean, if they did exist,

they wouldn't go around wiping out the triad.

Magical girls fight for what's right!

And they always help those in need, no matter what!

Wow, thank you for your all-knowing

knowing-ness, O' great one!

Whatever.

This is real life, not some manga.

You're, like, so naive.

Ah-hah!

You're into this stuff, aren't you?

Oh, now it makes sense!

Well, I mean, it is kinda cool.

Hey, isn't that from the game they mentioned?

"Magical Girl Raising Project"?

You never heard of MagiPro?

It's, like, crazy popular.

Apparently, the game makes some pretty outrageous claims

in its advertising.

So have you ever played it, Koyuki?

Uh, maybe?

Um, that's a "yeah."

Well, it's free to play,

and the artwork is cute!

Not to mention it's actually a pretty fun game.

Ah. What about the rumors?

Do you think the game is telling the truth?

Rumors?

Yeah, they say one in every few thousand

MagiPro players

can become a real magical girl.

Oh! Are you serious?

There's no way that can be right.

Yeah, I guess.

I think maybe all the sightings

are just part of a clever marketing strategy.

Oh, makes sense.

Man, if that's true then adults are sneaky.

Well, do you believe the rumors?

I bet you do.

What, no, of course, I don't believe them!

The vehicle may shake.

Jeez, man, it's too late to warn us now!

For real.

Oh.

It was probably just a huge bird or something.

Maybe I was seeing things

because of the conversation we were having.

I've always loved magical girls.

Even when I was little.

I genuinely wanted to be one.

But before I knew it,

none of the other kids I played with

were really into magical girls anymore.

They'd outgrown them.

They told me only little kids were into that kinda stuff.

It didn't matter to me.

I still kept dreaming.

Man, you're lucky you're not a boy.

Why's that?

Because you can become a magical girl.

Boys can only be dumb ol' mages or whatever.

Plus, whenever a boy likes this sort of stuff,

he gets made fun of.

This is an older show, isn't it?

I borrowed it from my cousin.

I thought you'd like it.

Thanks, Souta!

You're the only friend I've got

that I can talk to about this sorta stuff.

Oh, yeah.

I got two of these,

so you can have one, if you want.

Oh, wow.

Oh, Souta.

I bet you've forgotten all about magical girls by now.

I still wanna be a magical girl though,

so I can bring others joy.

That's never actually changed.

I know that's it's not really possible,

but at least I can sort of pretend

thanks to this game.

Koyuki!

Dinner's ready.

Okay!

Congrats, pon!

An event?

Great. Right when dinner's ready.

Hello, there!

I'm the mascot of this game, Fav!

Yeah, I already know.

You've been selected to become

a real magical girl, pon!

Huh? Weird, I didn't know this game had flash events.

It doesn't, pon.

-Huh? - Believe it or not,

I've been keeping a rather close eye on you

ever since you started this game, pon!

It responded.

Koyuki Himekawa.

By watching you, I've determined

that your behavior, personality and intellect

are all suitable characteristics

for becoming a real-life magical girl, pon.

There's no way.

Haven't you been dreaming of this opportunity, pon?

I could seriously become--

a magical girl?

Oh, wow.

Koyuki!

Did you hear me?

I said dinner is ready!

Reading that, again?

Yeah! It's saying that

there are so many new types of sightings out there.

Sumi, there's no way people

can magically sprout wings and fly.

That's just ridiculous.

But wouldn't it be so cool if the stories were true?

Back me up on this one, Koyuki!

Uh, sure.

Hey, are you guys hungry?

Mmm.

Yeah. Let's go grab some burgers.

I can't, I have to run some errands today.

Aww, lame sauce.

I'm sorry. See ya!

Hmm?

Is this a dream?

Am I a real magical girl?

This is me? Awesome!

It's true, pon!

And from this day forward,

you'll be acting as the magical girl

known as Snow White!

Yay!