The Demon Girl Next Door (まちカドまぞく)

I had a dream...

Yuko.

Heed me, Yuko.

Thou must awaken.

Thou must awaken.

Who are you?

Thou hast inherited the blood of the dark ones.

You must vanquish a Magical Girl who lives in this town, and restore our clan to its former glory.

Uh, no can do. Too sleepy.

Wait. Hello?

Wakey-wakey.

Good morning?

Hey, wake the hell up!

You sorry excuse for an heir!

Jeez, that dream sure took a turn for the scary...

My head feels heavy...

My name is Yuko Yoshida.

I'm just an ordinary 15-year-old girl.

Mornin', Sis.

Huh?

Good morning, Ryo...

Huh?

What're these?

Something very abnormal is popping out of my very normal head.

Yuko Awakens!! For Family Reasons You're Now a Demon Girl

M-Mom!

Don't make so much noise, Yuko.

Help, I've grown these weird horns! And a tail, too!

I can feel them like part of my body! I can move them, too!

Just calm down.

Load, fulcrum, effort... my brain just bounced like a seesaw...!

It seems this day has finally come.

Hey mom, what are those really chic things growing out of Yuko?

Yu and Ryo, listen to me. I must tell you about the ancient secret of the Yoshida family.

Oh jeez, why did this have to happen on a Sunday morning of all days...?

The truth is, neither of you are ordinary human children.

Uh-huh, that's cool mom.

We're not ordinary...

Wait, what?!

I heard that piano drop just now.

The Yoshida family has been sustained by the power of darkness since ancient times.

We are descendants of the "Dark Clan" that were banished long ago.

Wow... "darkness," huh? This is too surreal. I must still be dreaming, so back to bed with me-

Don't try and run from reality.

My brain is bouncing around again!

So, our whole family are "Descendants of Darkness."

Forget that for a minute, you still haven't cooked our breakfast rice.

We've run out of rice for this month.

More importantly, there's something that I must tell you.

The reason that we live in poverty like this is because of our mortal enemies, the "Light Clan."

"Light"?!

Our battle with them spanned across centuries,

but they successfully sealed all our power and luck away.

That's why we look like ordinary humans now.

In the end, they put the "$400 Per Month" curse upon us.

They've taken nearly everything from us.

That curse really hit where it counts. Seconds please.

There was nothing else they could have sealed away, I suppose.

Anyway, it seems that you've somehow caused a lapse in the seal.

Those horns and tail you've grown were part of the trademark appearance of our ancestors!

You must fully break the seal to gain control over the evil energy and then master it.

Money! Power! Delicious food! You must fully break the seal to gain control over the evil energy and then master it.

Money! Power! Delicious food! You must fully break the seal to gain control

over the evil energy and then master it.

But doesn't that make me the bad guy?

What good is gonna come from doing that?

If you manage to break the seal, you should get a little taller.

And our financial woes will certainly improve.

We'll be able to go to one of those all-you-can-eat-and-drink buffets!

Will that include one of those tower of pancakes?!

It's a feast! Then I'll do whatever you want me to, Mom!

Then I'll do whatever you want me to, Mom!

We can build a library in our house.

So, what exactly do I need to do?

Get some! So, what exactly do I need to do?

So, what exactly do I need to do?

You must defeat a "Magical Girl," one of the priests of the Light Clan that sealed away our powers.

One, two, three! One, two, three! Defeat a Magical Girl? Roger that!

Then you must drain their blood and offer it to the Demon God Statue of our ancestors!

"Blood"?!

"Demon God Statue"?

Where the heck do I find that?

You know, that thing I always use to prop the door open.

Mom, open up.

We know you're in there taking a nap.

The doorstop?!

Demon God Statue! This is the object that the spirits of my ancestors are drawn to.

My mom thought it was just the perfect weight and size, so she used it as a doorstop.

That was just a camouflage.

What are you doing, Mom?

I found the statue.

I need to submit this form to notify that you're now active as a Demon Girl.

Submit it to who?

The Demon Directory.

The Demon Bakery?!

She said, Demon "Directory."

Your Demon Girl name will need to be something fitting!

What about these?

Huh?! I want some time to think about it. Actually, these are all terrible!

Okay, I'm putting down "Shadow Mistress Yuko." Fax sent!

A corny name sent by an even cornier machine!

"Shadow Mistress"...

Does this mean you're going into business as a sadistic seductress?

How exactly am I going to defeat a Magical Girl?

Since you've grown horns and a tail, it means the powers of our ancestors have somewhat returned to you.

Can you feel any of the dark energy flowing within you?

I don't even know what that would feel like! The only thing I feel is hungry!

Don't you feel like you've gotten stronger at all?

Actually, these horns are so heavy I feel like I'm on my way to becoming a hunchback.

Perhaps nothing substantial has actually changed.

I think that my center of gravity has changed, and it's making me dizzy!

If anything, I'm weaker now!

Mom, if I'm going to fight, then do I get some kind of equipment?

You know, like in video games and stuff!

I bequeath you this staff and these herbs.

For real?

Unfortunately, modern society dictates that anyone walking around with weapons will be arrested.

It's a harsh reality.

But then...

That's why... I've prepared this!

A splendid weapon capable of shredding apart even the most well-cooked of eggs!

I'm very familiar with it!

And take this, it should help to camouflage your weapon.

Feels like I'm ready for a picnic!

I'm heading out!

Good luck, Sis!

And so, I proceeded forth on my quest despite being unsatisfied with the parameters of my character.

Wait, I'm getting ahead of myself here.

I'm supposed to splatter her blood all over this statue, right?

But I hate icky horror films and I have the worst grades in gym class.

This is impossible.

I have no idea where to find one of these "Magical Girls" anyway.

Hold on, I had a dream this morning.

You must vanquish a Magical Girl who lives in this town, and restore our clan to its former glory.

What was up with that?

"Lives in this town"? I wonder where, exactly?

Horns?

Sigh...

My head is so heavy now...

It feels like someone just glued two dumbbells on it.

Ah.

Oops, oops, gah...

Eeeek!

Oh no! My sealed ancestor's spirit!

Oh, that's good. It's not broken.

Actually, I think that all broke ME instead.

W-waaah!

Look out!

Huh? What? Wh-where did that dump truck just go?

Are you all right?

She stopped it with one hand?

Are you okay, mister?

I stopped the truck as gently as I could.

Y-yeah.

Are you okay?

I'm fine.

Right, well then...

Make sure you watch where you're going from now on.

O-okay. Sorry.

Please be a cosplay. Please be a cosplay. Um, are you cosplaying?

Please be a cosplay. Please be a cosplay! Please be a cosplay!

Nope. I'm a Magical Girl.

That figures...

You stopped that truck with one hand, after all.

I've found my target...

Gulp! I've found my target...

I've found my target...

It's been a long time since I've had to transform, though.

Actually, those horns of yours seem like...

U-um...

What? Are you hungry?

You can have this.

What exactly is this?

It's bread? A sandwich?

I'm confused. Why give me something like this?

Huh? Well, you looked like you were hungry.

And because you're short.

Oh, I see!

She's taking pity on me!

Outrage! Outrage! I've never had an experience so humiliating before!

Huh?

Snicker.

You really are starving, aren't you?

Ugh!

Don't think this means you've won!

But I really appreciate you saving me!

She's a weird one.

Outrage!

Don't give up, Yuko! Use this experience as your first step to becoming a great demon!

Outrage!

I'm heading off to school!

Thou hast inherited the blood of the dark ones.

Vanquish a Magical Girl and restore our clan to its former glory.

I ran across a Magical Girl! She actually saved me!

And took pity on me...

Boy, that sure was a weird dream I had yesterday.

Growing horns and finding out that I'm the descendant of demons...

then leaving to find a Magical Girl to defeat.

Yuko!

G'morning!