Gushing over Magical Girls

Gushing over Magical Girls (魔法少女にあこがれて), also known as I Admire Magical Girls, and..., is a Japanese magical girl manga series written and illustrated by Akihiro Ononaka. It began serialization on Takeshobo's Storia Dash website in March 2019. Twelve volumes have been released as of February 2026. It is licensed in English by J-Novel Club. An anime television series adaptation produced by Asahi Production aired from January to March 2024. It is licensed outside of Japan by Sentai Filmworks for streaming and home video. A second season has been announced.

Plot

Utena Hiiragi is a normal, introverted girl with a strong admiration for magical girls, especially the beautiful trio that protect her town, Tres Magia. One day, a mascot named Venalita approaches Utena and gives her magical powers, but rather than becoming the magical girl of justice she always wanted to be, she instead becomes an evil general of the Enormita organization. Despite the misfortune in being forced to fight against the magical girls she admires, Utena soon discovers that she has a hidden sadistic side, and revels in torturing her idols with her newfound obsession.

Characters

Due to magical powers, the true identity of Tres Magia's members when transformed is unknown to Enormita's members and vice versa. As the magical girls' power come from their emotions, some of them later learn to assume a more powerful form known as "La Veritas" when their emotions grow stronger.

Enormita / Evil Magical Girls

Utena Hiiragi (柊うてな) / Magia Baiser (マジアベーゼ)

A shy and introverted school girl who admires magical girls, but also loves them in a twisted sense. She was forced into joining Enormita against her will, but soon comes to revel in her sadistic side, eventually becoming a perverted villain. As Magia Baiser, she wears a succubus/dominatrix motif, and is able to use her crop to transform inanimate objects and animals into sadistic monsters. After defeating Lord, she develops a much stronger form, which evolves into spider motif when she attains her La Veritas form. She has an interest in sewing, and her grades have been affected by her interest in Enormita. She later becomes Enormita's new leader following Lord's defeat.

Venalita (ヴェナリータ)

A black mascot character who tricked Utena into joining Enormita, blackmailing her into staying through sharing a video of her on social media. Its motive is unknown and it seems to be very manipulative, but nevertheless supportive of Utena and her friends.

Kiwi Araga (阿良河キウィ) / Leoparde (レオパルト)

A member of Enormita who is in love with Utena, to the point she even decides to transfer to her school. As a civilian, she is an Internet celebrity, but grows to hate Tres Magia and magical girls in general for stealing her fans. As Leoparde, she wears a military motif and attacks using various explosives and guns. During her fight against Sister, she reveals a more powerful form. And she has strong hatred rivalry with Kaoruko.

Korisu Morino (杜乃こりす) / Nero Alice (ネロアリス)

A member of Enormita, a quiet girl in elementary school who does not speak much but loves playing with toys. As Nero Alice, she wears an Alice motif, able to manipulate toys in various ways, such as trapping victims in doll houses, influencing a person's mind, or making stuffed toys giant.

Roboko (ロボ子)

A robot girl given life by Utena and Korisu's combined powers. Originally a doll that was given to Korisu by her mother and fixed up by Utena, and a plastic model given to her by Kiwi, she is sworn to protect Korisu.

Matama Akoya (阿古屋真珠) / Loco Musica (ロコムジカ)

A member of Enormita and former member of the Lord Squad who aspires to be an idol, but is terrible at singing. As Loco Musica, she wears a sailor motif and uses sound waves to attack her enemies.

Nemo Anemo (姉母ネモ) / Leberblume (ルベルブルーメ)

A member of Enormita and former member of the Lord Squad who cares for Matama. As Leberblume, she wears an assassin motif and is able to transform herself into a shadow and manipulate others.

Holy Tengeiji (天花寺ホリィ) / Sister Gigant (シスタギガント)

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A member of Enormita and The Lord Squad who wears a nun motif and has the ability to change her size to become gigantic or tiny. Following Lord's defeat, she goes into hiding to continue serving Venalita behind Utena's back.

Heroic Magical Girls

Tres Magia

Haruka Hanabishi (花菱はるか) / Magia Magenta (マジアマゼンタ)
Utena's classmate. A naïve, kind, pure-hearted girl. Wielding a spear, she starts out with no unique ability, but eventually gains the power to heal others. Following an incident in which Baiser's magic went out of control and manipulated her, she ends up obtaining a Dark La Veritas form, Fallen Nurse, which enhances her healing abilities in perverted ways.
Sayo Minakami (水神小夜) / Magia Azure (マジアアズール)
She is a shrine maiden who likes to clean the temple. She loves peace and she prefers cute, modest outfits. She seems to have a secret masochistic side to her, as she likes spending time with Magia Baiser. She has power over water and ice and gathers water around her wand to form a sword. After nearly succumbing to Baiser's sadism, Azure obtained the La Veritas form Maiden of Hoarfrost, giving her the ability to power herself up by taking on enemy attacks.
Kaoruko Tenkawa (天川薫子) / Magia Sulfur (マジアサルファ)
She is the tough, quick witted, no nonsense team member. While seen as the defensive member of the team, she secretly wields massive knuckledusters for pummeling her enemies. She obtains the La Veritas form Blizengel, which gives her lightning speed and the ability to launch projectile fists. And she has strong hatred rivalry with Kiwi.
Vatz (ヴァーツ)

type	tv series
director	Masato Suzuki Atsushi Ōtsuki
producer	Takashi Kouchiyama Ryuutarou Usukura Atsushi Kimura Taiyou Matsuda Shuka Nishimae Kouta Kimizuka Shuuhei Yamamoto
writer	Noboru Kimura
music	Yasuharu Takanashi Akinari Suzuki Johannes Nilsson
studio	Asahi Production
licensee	Sentai Filmworks
network	AT-X (partially uncensored) Tokyo MX, BS11, SUN, KBS Kyoto (censored)
first	January 3, 2024
episodes	13

Gushing over Magical Girls

Plot

Characters

Enormita / Evil Magical Girls

Heroic Magical Girls

Tres Magia

Tres Magia

Shio-chans

Media

Manga

Volumes

Volumes

Anime

Episodes

Reception

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Shio-chans

Episodes