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Märchen Mädchen (メルヘン・メドヘン, Meruhen Medohen, German for "Fairy Tale Girls") is a Japanese light novel series written by Tomohiro Matsu and StoryWorks, with illustrations by Kantoku. The series was being worked on by Matsu before his death in May 2016, and he is still credited as the writer.[2] Shueisha have published four volumes since February 24, 2017 under their Dash X Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation by Takatoshi Nakamura and Kiyotsugu Yamagata was serialized in Shueisha's Jump SQ magazine between October 4, 2017 and May 2, 2018. An anime television series adaptation by Hoods Entertainment aired from January 11, 2018 to April 25, 2019.
Märchen Mädchen | |
![]() First light novel volume cover featuring the character Hazuki Kagimura | |
メルヘン・メドヘン (Meruhen Medohen) | |
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Genre | Fantasy |
Created by | Tomohiro Matsu |
Light novel | |
Written by |
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Illustrated by | Kantoku |
Published by | Shueisha |
Imprint | Dash X Bunko |
Demographic | Male |
Original run | February 24, 2017 – present |
Volumes | 4 |
Manga | |
Written by | Takatoshi Nakamura |
Illustrated by | Kiyotsugu Yamagata |
Published by | Shueisha |
Magazine | Jump SQ |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | October 4, 2017 – May 2, 2018 |
Volumes | 2 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by |
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Produced by |
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Written by | Tomohiro Matsu |
Music by | rionos |
Studio | Hoods Entertainment |
Licensed by | Crunchyroll[1] |
Original network | AT-X, Tokyo MX, BS11 |
Original run | January 11, 2018 – April 25, 2019 |
Episodes | 12 |
The series revolves around Hazuki Kagimura, a socially awkward high school girl who loves stories since childhood. Whenever her life with her new family doesn't play the right cards for her, she instead indulges into the stories she borrows from the local library. One day while returning, she finds a book which she doesn't recall borrowing. She later bumps into a strange, hooded woman who she recognises as the mage from her stories.
While following the woman back to the library to return her belongings, she finds her opening a portal into another world, in which Hazuki gets mysteriously sucked into. Waking up, she finds herself in a mysterious school which is unfamiliar to her. The hooded woman reveals herself to be Shizuka Tsuchimikado, who tells Hazuki that she is in a magic school where girls known as 'madchen' are chosen by magical texts from which the world's stories are born. She also tells Hazuki that she herself has been chosen by the book of Cinderella, and has now become a madchen. In order to master her new abilities and become a full-fledged mage, Hazuki must endure grueling tests and get used to the campus. Thus, her new school life, filled with fantasy and magic, begins.
Märchen Mädchen is written by Tomohiro Matsu and StoryWorks with illustrations by Kantoku. Shueisha published the first volume on February 24, 2017 under their Dash X Bunko imprint; four volumes have been released as of April 2018. The fourth volume is the series' climax.[7]
No. | Release date | ISBN |
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1 | February 24, 2017 | 978-4-08-631171-7 |
2 | July 25, 2017 | 978-4-08-631193-9 |
3 | December 22, 2017 | 978-4-08-631218-9 |
4 | April 25, 2018 | 978-4-08-631238-7 |
A manga adaptation, written by Takatoshi Nakamura and illustrated by Kiyotsugu Yamagata, was serialized in Shueisha's Jump Square magazine from October 4, 2017[8] to May 2, 2018[9] and was collected in two tankōbon volumes.
No. | Release date | ISBN |
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1 | January 4, 2018[10] | 978-4-08-881325-7 |
2 | June 4, 2018[11] | 978-4-08-881490-2 |
A 12-episode anime television series adaptation produced by Hoods Entertainment[2] aired from January 11 to March 29, 2018 on AT-X, Tokyo MX and BS11.[12][6] Hisashi Saito is credited as chief director for the series, Shigeru Ueda is directing the series with Matsu credited for writing the scripts and Yuki Morikawa adapting Kantoku's original character design for animation. The opening theme is "Watashi no Tame no Monogatari (My Uncompleted Story)" (わたしのための物語 〜My Uncompleted Story〜) by Fhána and the ending theme is "Sleepland" by Reina Ueda.[3] Crunchyroll is streaming the series.[13] On March 28, 2018, the series' airing was put on hiatus with the final two episodes' fate unknown.[14] Episodes 11 and 12 were originally scheduled to premiere in December 2018,[15] but they aired on AT-X on April 25, 2019.[16][17]
No. | Title[lower-alpha 1] | Original air date |
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1 | "Story Syndrome" "Monogatari shōkōgun" (物語症候群) | January 11, 2018 |
2 | "First Magic" "Hajimete no mahō" (はじめての魔法) | January 18, 2018 |
3 | "The Hexennacht is Here" "Hekusennahato ga yattekita" (ヘクセンナハトがやってきた) | January 25, 2018 |
4 | "A Place to Be, a Place to Call Home" "Irubeki basho, kaeru basho" (いるべき場所、帰る場所) | February 1, 2018 |
5 | "Farewell, My Magic" "Sayonara, watashi no mahō" (さよなら、私の魔法) | February 8, 2018 |
6 | "Cinderella Doesn't Look Back" "Shinderera wa furimukanai" (シンデレラは振り向かない) | February 15, 2018 |
7 | "The Allegory of The Honest Man" "Shōjiki-mono no gūwa" (正直者の寓話) | February 22, 2018 |
8 | "Pull Out a Big Turnip" "Ōkina kabu o nuke" (大きなカブを抜け) | March 1, 2018 |
9 | "Companions on a Journey, and Whimsical Traps" "Tabi wa michizure wana wa kimagure" (旅は道連れ罠は気まぐれ) | March 22, 2018[18] |
10 | "The Moon Flower Blooms Twice" "Tsuki no hana wa nido saku" (月の花は二度咲く) | March 29, 2018 |
11 | "Twilight of Der Freischütz" "Madan no tasogare" (魔弾の黄昏) | April 25, 2019 |
12 | "Magic of Happy End" "Happīendo no mahō" (ハッピーエンドの魔法) | April 25, 2019 |
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