Magical Girl Overtime

Self-Published

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Description

As everyone knows, Magical Girls usually retire after graduating school.Not so Seika Hitoishi.At 30 years old she has to balance her life as a light novel editor in Tokyo while also protecting the city from otherworldly threats wherever she can.In a world full of dangers and more-or-less useful allied Magical Girls, she is determined to keep the peace, but she has to struggle with her own demons and otherworldly enemies who target her specifically.She is the Magical Girl Minerva Crimson, and this is her story.

A Light Novel Experience with zero AI, With art by NEKO Modoki!

Content Warnings:Occasionally, there are hints at sexual violence having happened offscreen.There can be strong depictions of violence.Characters' sexualities and feelings are explored and fade-to-black sex can happen during the course of the story. More detailed scenes can be found on my AO3, but the Royal Road version stays 'mature'.

Information

Status: Ongoing
Year: 2024
Author: Cardon

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 4.6/ 5.0
Followers: 388
Views: 97,983

Chapters(114 total)

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Community Reviews(3)

MinecraftFanaticRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Seriously underrated, I don't understand how this isn't more popular, this is great, I was looking for Urban Fantasy / Action with some Slice Of Life mixed in and that is exactly what I received
Perfect 5/5 Stars + Satisfied Reader
filler: Sometimes I wish these reviews could be shorter than 50 words long, the above comment already perfectly communicated what i wished to say, but i couldn't post it due to the 'Reviews must be at least 50 words long' thing
sirAscaturRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
So far, it has been a mighty fine read. Everything you would come to expect from magical girls' stories is here—mysterious companions, magical outfits, struggles against monsters and mundane life, and, of course, trauma and dark secrets that follow poor magical girls wherever they go. It's all combined with great art. At the end of volume 1, we got a glimpse into what is happening with our MC, her companions and, probably, the main villain of the story.
To reiterate - great read, hence I'm leaving the review here to encourage anyone who is interested(and decided to check the reviews) to dig in.
P.S. Author, in my humble opinion, is on the right track and, hopefully, keeps this up!
MetafalicaRoyal Road
★★★ 3.0
This seems a good place to stop reading this.
I really liked the start of this, it had so many elements I liked. Which is what got me to read this far, despite the negatives.
I greatly enjoyed the main character and the setting throughout the first volume, but during the second, I was starting to see things I was less a fan of. I will say that, so far, using the tag "Romance Subplot" feels very misleading. Maybe it isn't, per definition, but it feels like it. I generally enjoy romance as a suplot, but here it's far too involved in the greater narrative to be classified as subplot. Which also shifts how I perceive the story.
Now, the bigger story and characters are competently written (another reason for why I read this far at all), there's proper foreshadowing, nothing is really pushed into your face in an obnoxious manner, the characters all feel like distinct individuals with their own motivations and thoughts and the world building itself is interesting.
My biggest issues lie with the outcome of the plotline that concludes volume 3, the sheer amount of romance and BIG SPOILER
the time travel.
To competently write a story containing the latter is HARD, and the author does not succeed where so, so, many others fail. Essentially, we get an explanation that is basically "don't think about it". Which is, yeah...
Overall, I think I'd rate this story 6/10, would obviously have been higher if not for the aforementioned issues. I can see that there's an audience for whom this will be a great work, I'm just not part of that audience.