Magical Girl Site is a Japanese magical girlshōnenmanga series written and illustrated by Kentarō Satō. The series is about a tormented and withdrawn middle school student named Aya, who gains the ability to become a magical girl through a mysterious website. She soon finds friends, who are also magical girls like herself, that provide her strength. Aya and her friends also face enemies. The magical girls soon discover that the very website that gave them their magic is planning a dark surprise that will threaten all of humankind. The series ends in a climactic race for Aya because she must keep herself and her friends alive. The series is a spinoff of Magical Girl Apocalypse, and has been published in Champion Tap! since July 2013. It is also licensed by Seven Seas. An animetelevision series adaptation by production doA premiered on April 6, 2018.
Plot
Aya Asagiri is a middle school girl who has problems both at school with bullying and at home from her brother's physical abuse. One day after getting abused by her brother, a suspicious website pops up on her computer screen, showing a creepy-looking person. This person appears to take pity on her and announces that she will grant Aya magical powers. Later at school, Aya finds a gun that mysteriously appears in her locker. She is soon cornered by bullies and with nothing to lose, Aya fires the gun at them. The shot causes the bullies to disappear, but to her horror she finds out that they have somehow been hit by a train nearby. Aya feels as though she had somehow killed them, and is confused to find herself with longer red hair and blood flowing out of her eyes. She later finds out that she is not alone, when a classmate reveals that she is also a magical girl. The classmate, known as Tsuyuno Yatsumura, becomes her new friend, offering to help her. Tsuyuno teaches Aya about magical girls and the power she has acquired. However, the two girls do not know the reason for something that resembles a countdown clock on the website, and fear it may be something bad. After meeting a group of fellow magical girls, all with different powers and abilities, Tsuyuno and Aya attempt to discover what the countdown really means, all while trying to make sure no one knows about their powers.
Characters
;Aya Asagiri ;Tsuyuno Yatsumura ;Rina Shioi ;Nijimi Anazawa ;Kosame Amagai ;Sarina Shizukume ;Kaname Asagiri ;Alice Maginuma ;Kiyoharu Suirenji ;Takiguchi Asahi ;Izumigamine Mikari ;Ringa Sayuki ;The Website Managers Second Site Another series of events that simultaneously occur in the story, unofficially dubbed as "Second Site". ;Kayo Komura ;Sakura Sakaki ;Touko Arareya
Media
Manga
Twelve volumes have been released as of 2018.
Anime
On September 8, 2017, an anime television adaptation was announced on the seventh volume of the manga. The series premiered on MBS, TBS and BS-TBS on April 7, 2018 and is directed by Tadahito Matsubayashi at production doA, with Takayo Ikami writing the scripts. The series is streaming on Amazon Prime Video worldwide. Keiji Inai is composing the music. The idol unit i☆Ris is performing the opening theme song "Changing point", while Haruka Yamazaki is performing the ending theme song "Zenzen Tomodachi".
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Reception
The English language version of Mahō Shōjo Saito has received various reviews from critics. Brittany Vincent from Japanator compared the series to Puella Magi Madoka Magica, calling the former "much darker". Vincent said that Magical Girl Site takes away everything someone may find dark about Madoka, and slices it "wide open" with its dark plot.
