Gushing over Magical Girls
, known as I admire magical girls, and... in Japan, 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. Ten tankōbon volumes have been released as of August 2023. J-Novel Club licensed the series for English release, and began pre-publishing it in March 2022. Previously, Coolmic licensed the series and published the manga divided in, as of late December 2022, 68 "episodes" consisting of about 10 pages each, on a smartphone-only website, under the title I Admire Magical Girls, and.... An anime television series adaptation produced by Asahi Production is set to premiere in January 2024. Plot
Hiiragi Utena, a normal girl, is very passionate about magical girls; after being misled into joining an evil organization, she learns that there's also a twisted side to said passion. Characters

Protagonist
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Main character. Loves magical girls, but also loves them in a twisted sense. Accidentally joined Enormita against her will. She can animate objects with her Frusta Dominazione (Domination Whip). She likes jelly and dislikes spicy food. Magical Girls (Tres Magia)
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Utena's classmate. Due to magical powers, the true identity of Tres Magia's members when transformed is unknown to Enormita's members and vice versa. A naïve, kind, pure-hearted girl. / 

She is a shrine maiden who likes to clean the temple. She loves peace and she prefers cute, modest outfits. She seems to secretly like spending time with Magia Baiser...
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She is the tough, quick witted, no nonsense team member. She prefers cute/urban/somewhat punk outfits. She seems to be the team member who most wants to defeat Magia Baiser.. Evil Organization (Enormita)

Mascot who tricked Hiiragi Utena into joining Enormita, and is blackmailing her to stay. / 

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Media

Manga
Written and illustrated by Akihiro Ononaka, Gushing over Magical Girls began serialization on Takeshobo's  website on March 29, 2019. It was also serialized on the company's  magazine, until it ceased publication in July 2019. As of August 2023, ten tankōbon volumes have been published. Volume list

Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on March 16, 2023. The series is produced by Asahi Production and directed by Masato Suzuki and Atsushi Ōtsuki, with series composition by Noboru Kimura, character designs by Yasuka Otakil, and music composed by Yasuharu Takanashi, Akinari Suzuki, and Johannes Nilsson. It is set to premiere in January 2024. The opening theme song is "My dream girls" by Nacherry, a voice unit composed of Chiemi Tanaka and Natsumi Murakami. Reception
In 2020, the manga was among 50 nominees for the 6th Next Manga Awards in the web category. References

External links
 I admire magical girls, and... at Storia Dash 
 Gushing over Magical Girls at J-Novel Club
 I Admire Magical Girls, and... at Coolmic (smartphone only)
 I Admire Magical Girls, and... at Coolmic (smartphone only)
 Anime official website 
 

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