Magical Sempai (手品先輩) is a Japanese manga series by Azu. It was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine from February 2016 to February 2021 and has been collected into eight volumes. Kodansha USA published the series digitally in North America. An anime television series adaptation by Liden Films aired from July to September 2019.
Plot
An unmotivated first-year high school boy finds a girl practicing a magic trick. The girl is Sempai, the only remaining member of the Magic Club. She has stage fright whenever she performs in front of an audience, which often results in her screwing up. She recruits the boy to be her assistant, despite his objections.
Characters
- Sempai (先輩)
- A high school girl who is a skilled magician when no one is watching. However, due to embarrassment and clumsiness, she easily gets stage fright and often blunders her magic tricks when even one person watches her perform. One of her weaknesses is that she is easy to hypnotize.