Magico

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Synonyms: Karakuri Link

Japanese: magico -マジコ-

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 8

Chapters: 68

Status: Finished

Published: Feb 28, 2011 to Aug 11, 2012

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Demographic: Shounen

Serialization: Shounen Jump (Weekly)

Authors: Iwamoto, Naoki (Story & Art)

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Score: 7.73¹ (scored by 8,404 users)

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Ranked: #1612²

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Popularity: #1097

Members: 17,096

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7.73

Ranked #1612Popularity #1097Members 17,096

MangaShounen Jump (Weekly)Iwamoto, Naoki (Story & Art)

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Volumes: /8

Chapters: /68

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Synopsis

Sixteen year old Emma finally arrives at the capital city Hawk Eye after escaping from being held captive for her entire life. But as soon as she arrives, every man in the city, including the king, falls madly in love with her. She is about to be forced into marriage, but is saved by a sorcerer. The sorcerer identifies himself as Shion, one of the youngest and most talented in the nation. They have met before, but Emma has no recollection.

Shion explains to Emma that she is cursed with the Echidna, a mysterious magic that appears every 500 years where a girl is born with her heart packed with such powerful dark magic that it has the potential to destroy the world. With such power, one could rule the world, and Shion explains to Emma that people are going to try and hunt her down to get her heart. However, Emma is told that there exists a ritual that will rid her of the Echidna's curse but doing so will require a long and arduous process. The first of that being Emma and Shion will have to marry each other...

Included one-shot:
Volume 8: Karakuri Link

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Eliphas Levi, Shion

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Emma

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Anise

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Luu

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Sink, Zodia

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Joshua

Supporting

Rosetta

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Raven

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Eliphas Levi, Faust

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Garnett

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Jan 21, 2019

Juziy

Recommended

Magico is a good read for those who enjoy a bit of fantasy, romance and magic without much drama or complicated stuff.

Strong protagonist boy likes cursed, sheltered girl with sad childhood, goes around helping her fight her fate or whatsoever, with light, cutesy romance mostly free of drama.

It's a simple manga, where what you see is pretty much what you get. There's not much tension or plot twists, and it doesn't feel like a shounen adventure in which the character has to overcome much hardship. In fact I have never worried for the characters at all as they went through their "ordeals", as it is ...

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Sep 24, 2015

Taika124

Recommended

As the synopsis has already been provided for you on numerous platforms I will just dive into a quick overview on the story, art, character and my overall enjoyment.

STORY - 7
Magico holds a special place in my heart. Some of you might be wondering why I have allocated a "good" (7) instead of anything higher. For one, Magico has a well established plot line going for it. However, I can't help but feel that it would have easily enriched the characters' development or enhanced the audience's understanding of the story arcs if each arc were to be explored for a bit longer. The development of ... the plot line (in my opinion) wavered from good to fair. Despite the pacing being somewhat hastened this does not lessen the quality of other dynamics of the manga. i.e. battle scenes and character chemistry. The action scenes are engaging however it is understandable that some people might not appreciate the light-hearted humor that seeps itself in every now and then. Magico highlights each of its themes and genres with ease encouraging its readers to cheer on its main characters. It doesn't fail to capture a soft spot in your heart accompanied with a dash of innocence and humor.

ART - 8
There have been plenty of moments where the art really shines. This is evidently shown from the detail of the character designs to the detail to the magic displayed - especially on the full page panels. There are times where it left me thinking, "wow, that must have taken a long time to draw," or "that looks so cool!" Other times, background illustration remain empty and simplistic but that doesn't cease to compliment the tone/mood being established.

Character - 7
Our main set of characters have their own quirks of pure straightforwardness. As well as being a close group of friends, together, they also form their own "family". This bond is what drives each of them to want to succeed and keep moving forward; creating more happy memories in the midst of their difficult adventure. I must say though, they are not anything out of the original (personality wise). But their backstories and experiences mold them into their own uniqueness. The experiences of the four (though only given a snapshot) allow the readers to sympathize for them and appreciate their growth from where they started to who they have become.
Emma is the kindhearted and fun loving protagonist - the mother of the group.
Shion is the badass magician who works hard for others - the father of the group.
Anise, the cat, acts as the elder sister of the group. She provides the calmer, loving support for the love birds Emma and Shion.
And finally Luu - the daughter of the group. Mainly for her child-like actions and her age. Side note: her strength is pretty epic and experience as a magician is something to admire in its own right.
The supporting characters fulfill their role of actually *supporting* in the manga. Just like how the story was a bit rushed so was the potential to connect with the supporting characters.

Enjoyment - 8
At the time of me reading this, I am in preparation of very stressful exams coming up soon. So taking time off to read through Magico was really refreshing and fun to do. I liked it so I binged read it in the span over two days (at night then in the following morning). It made me laugh and it made me sad at occasions. Most effectively, it made me become determined to aspire to work hard and have fun at the same time just as the characters have. I quite enjoyed reading this manga.

Overall - 7.5
Altogether, I'm on the ladder of giving it an 8 (very good) or a 7 (good). Strictly speaking I would give it a 7. On the contrary, out of my experience and enjoyment overall I would give it an 8. So I will stick with the latter of 7.5.

Recommendation
It does have its faults but has its own areas where it does well. It is a good read and something worth giving a go. Total recommendation to shounen manga lovers who enjoy the romance genre as well.

This is my first review so please feel free to leave any comments or send me messages on areas I can improve! Thanks for reading!

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Oct 2, 2020

Kelraz

Mixed Feelings

The manga is a prime example on how to kill your own show in a wimp.

I think everyone who wants to write a story be it a novel/webtoon/manga etc. should read this manga just to not make the same mistakes.

It's such a prime example how you can get from a well selling manga down to "no one cares about it"
even if you're featured in one of the most popular magazines of that type.

The manga is even if you do hate shounen trophes, - funny
and never so annoying that you couldn't read it anymore at least for the first 30 chapters.

It does start off as a ...

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