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Magical Girl Apocalypse #9
Magical Girl Apocalypse, Vol. 9
Magical Girl Apocalypse is an ongoing manga series that is a mashup of the magical girl and zombie genres. High-schooler Kii Kogami is stuck in a rut, loathing the monotonous doldrums of his everyday life. If only something exciting were to happen, something magical. As fate would have it, Kii is about to get his wish, but in a way more terrifying than anything he could have imagined. When a little girl clad in gothic lolita attire appears at school and starts to gruesomely bludgeon, dismember, and mutilate all who cross her path, while chanting the mantra "Magical Girl" under her breath, the school devolves into a state of bloody chaos. Just how will Kii escape from this murderous magical girl? To make matters worse, the magical girl's victims reanimate and join her killer rampage. Is there no way out of school for hapless Kii Kogami? And even if he escapes, what will be left of the world outside?
180 pages, Paperback
First published July 8, 2015
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About the author
Kentarō Satō
198 books39 followersBorn December 1st in the prefecture of Osaka. He began his career in 2008 with a short story called "Kui King Omega" pre-published in the pages of Akamaru Jump (Shueisha).
Subsequently, he signed up for a few short stories in the Weekly Champion before starting “Magical Girl of the End” for Monthly Champion in 2012. The series was so popular that it launched a spin-off, “Magical Girl Site” which is pre-published on the website “Champion Tap!”, in July 2013.
But his success did not, however, go to his head and he remains extremely helpful for readers. He is also active on the internet and on Twitter, often sharing sketches and answering questions for his fans. He participates at Comicket, where he sells directly its original productions as fanzines.
His circle name is known as おさげ (pigtails), most known to attend Comiket to fans.
Subsequently, he signed up for a few short stories in the Weekly Champion before starting “Magical Girl of the End” for Monthly Champion in 2012. The series was so popular that it launched a spin-off, “Magical Girl Site” which is pre-published on the website “Champion Tap!”, in July 2013.
But his success did not, however, go to his head and he remains extremely helpful for readers. He is also active on the internet and on Twitter, often sharing sketches and answering questions for his fans. He participates at Comicket, where he sells directly its original productions as fanzines.
His circle name is known as おさげ (pigtails), most known to attend Comiket to fans.
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December 23, 2016
This is the first book in "season 2" (kind of odd for a manga) and I'm not all that sure I'm going to keep going. I suppose because they're fast reads I will if I get my hands on them, but everything that kept me reading in the middle is pretty much gone now. It's interesting seeing Kogami and Kaede as adults (I like Kaede's character more and more and *am* still interested in seeing how her future self plays into the whole thing), but I'm kinda ready for them to wrap it up now. I am curious about how it all ends, but wish they'd kept it more simple. The volume where they appear in an parallel dimension and all seems normal would have been a great one to end the series on, in that classic horror movie "did it happen or didn't it" trope.
September 26, 2020
Ok... esto ya se salió de control xd
October 30, 2016
Ich musste mich zwar erst an den krassen Wechsel der zweiten Season gewöhnen, aber schon nach dem ersten Kapitel war ich wieder hin und weg und konnte den Band echt nicht mehr aus der Hand legen! Einfach grandios!
March 10, 2020
So yeah, nope, I'm done with this series now. My curiosity to know more about the Magical Girls and how they came to be and this time-travel zombie-filled dystopian future is outweighed by the pervy older dude (20-something?) creeping after the tween girls (they seem like they rage between like 12-16?) and the rapey undertones that have been included in a few of the books so far. I really do love the uniqueness of the story surrounding the Magical Girls and the dark gory graphics, but I can't continue reading the ridiculous garbage that is added to make you hate the antagonist and the objectification of just about every female character that has ginormous boobs hanging out.
April 7, 2025
C'est assez déroutant de repartir avec de nouveaux personnages, même si les anciens sont encore présents en tant qu'adultes. Les événements tombent un peu de manière brutale sans trop comprendre le contexte ni l'intérêt, ou du moins, on ne se sent pas suffisamment impliqué étant donné les changements pour prendre réellement à cœur les nouveaux tumultes qui arrivent.
Et c'est bon, on a compris, l'antagoniste et le flic sont des déchets, on les exécre sincèrement. Épargnez nous ce genre de scène dans la chambre de l'adolescente...
Et c'est bon, on a compris, l'antagoniste et le flic sont des déchets, on les exécre sincèrement. Épargnez nous ce genre de scène dans la chambre de l'adolescente...
November 8, 2024
“Akuta Rintaro” translated very roughly to “garbage morals,” for anyone who was wondering.
The story is getting really interesting… it’s a far cry from the strange magical girls defending from the sky and slaughtering everyone, and has arguably swapped genres. I’m still invested, though! Granted, I also have had a spoiler that a certain character does not get treated well in the ending… I hope it’s not too egregious! :(
The story is getting really interesting… it’s a far cry from the strange magical girls defending from the sky and slaughtering everyone, and has arguably swapped genres. I’m still invested, though! Granted, I also have had a spoiler that a certain character does not get treated well in the ending… I hope it’s not too egregious! :(
May 28, 2021
This was the point were I had to stop reading. I made it this far and dropped the whole series because the plot got SO convoluted, I couldn’t keep up anymore. And after 9 books of gigantic ti**ies and over sexualized woman I couldn’t take it anymore.
The beginning seemed promising and had it been a 8 part series with a throughout coherent storyline I would have loved the thing but Omg
The beginning seemed promising and had it been a 8 part series with a throughout coherent storyline I would have loved the thing but Omg
June 4, 2017
esto cada vez se pone más complicado...estoy llegando a la conclusión de que es una serie para leérsela del tirón, si no cuesta seguirle el ritmo
February 14, 2018
Not really feeling the time skip. This volume was mostly full of introducing the new characters, catching up with some of the old ones and laying the groundwork of whatever is to go down in season 2.
February 6, 2020
Reallly awesome Gory manga, really loving it so far😻😱👻❤️
December 12, 2024
It would be perfect if they left the pervert out of the story....
January 1, 2026
4,5 les révélations sont dingues 🔥
January 29, 2020
9 just didn't do it for me :(
January 4, 2017
This volume marks the beginning of "season two" of Magical Girl Apocalypse, and...well, I guess nobody can accuse Sato of just giving us more of the same. Whether that's a good thing or not remains to be seen, but I don't feel that it's off to a strong start. I'll try to cover the major points without going into spoilers.
So, we've fast-forwarded to the year 2030, and the world is an entirely different place. It's also populated with a lot of entirely different characters. Several familiar faces do eventually show up, and it's interesting to see where they've ended up after all these years, but it almost feels like most of them have forgotten all about magical girls, witches, and the apocalypse. Many of them are just going about fairly normal lives, and when they're presented with evidence of magical girls, or people with strange powers, they act like they've never heard of anything like this before. It's really jarring, and I don't know if it's indicative of some sort of actual amnesia, or just sloppy writing.
The plot feels like a rejected Resident Evil script. The Wahre Liebe Pharmaceutical Company takes the place of the Umbrella Corporation, there's a serum made from magical girl blood instead of the T-Virus, and instead of zombies, there's...something I can't really talk about because of spoilers. But it doesn't feel like it fits, at all with anything that was built up throughout "season one." It's like...I don't know, after all the cool, retro X-Files stuff of the first season of Stranger Things, the second season took place in the modern day, with Greek gods running around or something. It's a complete thematic and tonal shift, and it would take a lot of narrative gymnastics to try and tie everything together.
Better example: the Image Comics series, Haunt. The original concept essentially boils down to: "The hero is a supernatural secret agent." Then the creative team changed, and overnight, the entire series flew off the deep end. All of a sudden, the hero can't control his powers, the secret agency he worked with is nowhere to be found, and instead of fighting criminal cartels and other mostly-human threats, there's some kind of insect cult that controls fire golems or something. It didn't even feel like the same series anymore, and it didn't survive long enough after that, for anything to get explained. And despite there not being any passing of the creative torch with Magical Girl Apocalypse, I'm worried we might be looking at a similar sort of downward spiral here. The only question is whether or not I'll stick with this on good faith as long as I stuck with Haunt. Right now, I honestly don't know.
So, we've fast-forwarded to the year 2030, and the world is an entirely different place. It's also populated with a lot of entirely different characters. Several familiar faces do eventually show up, and it's interesting to see where they've ended up after all these years, but it almost feels like most of them have forgotten all about magical girls, witches, and the apocalypse. Many of them are just going about fairly normal lives, and when they're presented with evidence of magical girls, or people with strange powers, they act like they've never heard of anything like this before. It's really jarring, and I don't know if it's indicative of some sort of actual amnesia, or just sloppy writing.
The plot feels like a rejected Resident Evil script. The Wahre Liebe Pharmaceutical Company takes the place of the Umbrella Corporation, there's a serum made from magical girl blood instead of the T-Virus, and instead of zombies, there's...something I can't really talk about because of spoilers. But it doesn't feel like it fits, at all with anything that was built up throughout "season one." It's like...I don't know, after all the cool, retro X-Files stuff of the first season of Stranger Things, the second season took place in the modern day, with Greek gods running around or something. It's a complete thematic and tonal shift, and it would take a lot of narrative gymnastics to try and tie everything together.
Better example: the Image Comics series, Haunt. The original concept essentially boils down to: "The hero is a supernatural secret agent." Then the creative team changed, and overnight, the entire series flew off the deep end. All of a sudden, the hero can't control his powers, the secret agency he worked with is nowhere to be found, and instead of fighting criminal cartels and other mostly-human threats, there's some kind of insect cult that controls fire golems or something. It didn't even feel like the same series anymore, and it didn't survive long enough after that, for anything to get explained. And despite there not being any passing of the creative torch with Magical Girl Apocalypse, I'm worried we might be looking at a similar sort of downward spiral here. The only question is whether or not I'll stick with this on good faith as long as I stuck with Haunt. Right now, I honestly don't know.
February 28, 2017
Just terrible, the only thing interesting about this comic was the gore, now that's gone to be replaced by predictable yet still ridiculously convoluted story that fails to surprise or entertain. I read 9 volumes, I gave this a fair shot, it's just not good.
October 30, 2016
This cover is too beautiful in contrast with all the nudity and violence inside the manga
November 10, 2016
Good volume.
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June 28, 2018BACK TO THE FUTURE. This marks the start of Season 2 which to me is the weakest yet strong suit of the series and we finally understand the real reason behind the apocalypse and what is Wahre Libre. Also how this kid is behind it all, have a feeling we will see some epic battles here
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