Maga-Tsuki

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Yasuke Arahabaki (荒巾岐 八助, Arahabaki Yasuke)
Yasuke is a high school boy who is accidentally cursed by Orihime, which causes his soul to be pushed out of his body and reside in the nearest vessel, which was initially Orihime. He must always remain in contact with the 'vessel' otherwise his body will die. If he does die then if he is within a few minutes, kissed by the vessel then his body may be revived. They eventually discover that his soul can be 'influenced' and be drawn into another vessel, if that vessel were to have strong feelings about him. However this usually results in his death and revival by the new vessel. He is unable to return his soul to his own body as the curse placed on him, acts as a barrier.
Akari Inamori (稲森 アカリ, Inamori Akari)
Akari is Yusuke's classmate, neighbour and childhood friend who has feelings for him but is too shy to reveal them. Her father is extremely protective of her, and hopes that she and Yasuke will get married so that she will always stay with him though Akari herself secretly thinks the same.
Orihime (織姫)
Orihime is a goddess of misfortune who cursed Yasuke by taking his soul into herself after he accidentally broke the mirror which she resided in at his family's shrine. Her full name is Seoritsuhime. She poses as Yasuke's cousin in order to blend in. She must be kept happy at all times, as when she becomes sad, she releases a dark miasma, that causes calamity to all around her, though she is purified near the end regains her full power.
Hinata (ひなた)
Hinata is the goddess of the sun and Orihime's younger sister. Her real name is Amaterasu; she chose the name Hinata in order to better blend in while on earth. She initially comes to seal her sister away again in the mirror, but chooses to stay by her side to ensure her happiness when Yasuke's soul transfers into Akari. [3] She later develops feelings for him after he accidentally sees her naked, and curses him as well in order for him to stay by her side ensuring her happiness. [4] In the third volume she takes Yasuke's soul into herself and he learns that despite her being a powerful goddess due to her high position she is lonely without friends. She confesses her love to him at the conclusion of the third volume as she sees him as a kind person who treats her as an equal. [5]
Izuna Amatake (甘岳 いづな, Izuna)
Izuna first appears in the fourth volume of the manga, and is a fox god of a mountain that Yasuke visits while on a school camping trip. She falls in love with him after he notices her forgotten hidden shrine in the woods, and goes to pay his respects. [6] [7] When first making her presence known, she announces that she has become Yasuke's wife after she seals a "vow" with a kiss which does not sit well though with Akari, Orihime, and Hinata. Izuna has the ability to take the form of anyone she chooses but decides to take her own form when confronted by Akari who says that she has to meet the person she loves as herself.
Miyano Arahabaki (荒巾岐 宮乃, Arahabaki Miyano)
Yasuke's sister Miyano is the family's current head shirne priestess though she retires after Yasuke becomes the head priest at the end. She is shown to have mysterious connections that enable her to get Orihime enrolled into school among other things.
Momoko Yamato (ヤマト モモコ, Yamato Momoko)
Momoko first appears in the eleventh volume of the manga, and is Yasuke's distant relative(probably second cousin;supposedly her grandmother is his grandmother's cousin or sister). She is introduced as Yasuke's fiancée as she has loved him and has been looking forward to marrying him for 10 years; even training her bridal skills (at first Yasuke wrongly believes this is based on a promise he flippantly made with her when she was younger though it later turns out to be from idle talk between their grandmothers and his mistaking it as them being serious). She wrongly thinks of Yasuke as a pure saint, but after a contest which ends up showing off Yasuke true personality she becomes disillusioned with him and believe herself to be weak goes off to continue her bridal training. She returns in the end with the goddesses to marry Yasuke which they all do.(polygamous ending i.e. harem end)

Release

Maga-Tsuki was first serialized in manga magazine Monthly Shonen Sirius starting in April, 2011, and later concluded in the February, 2017 issue. [1] The first manga volume of Maga-Tsuki was released in Japan by Kodansha on August 9, 2011. Thirteen volumes have been released so far, the most recent being on April 7, 2017. [8] [9] Crunchyroll first announced that an English adaptation would be available on its website on November 25, 2014. [10] Having picked up the license, Kodansha USA later announced at Anime Expo 2015 that it was planning to release Maga-Tsuki sometime in February, 2016. [11] The first English language manga volume was released in March, 2016 in both digital, and print formats. In addition to North America, the series has also been released in Australia through Random House. [12] [13] Eight volumes have been released so far with upcoming volumes to be released via omnibus format.

Volumes

Maga-Tsuki
Maga-Tsuki vol-1 cover.jpg
Volume 1 of the Japanese release.
まがつき
Genre Harem, Mythic fiction
No.Original release dateOriginal ISBNEnglish release dateEnglish ISBN
1 August 9, 2011 [8] 978-4-06-376286-0 March 22, 2016 [14] 978-1-63-236239-1
2 January 6, 2012 [15] 978-4-06-376317-1 April 26, 2016 [16] 978-1-63-236240-7
3 June 8, 2012 [17] 978-4-06-376346-1 June 28, 2016 [18] 978-1-63-236241-4
4 October 9, 2012 [19] 978-4-06-376363-8 August 30, 2016 [20] 978-1-63-236242-1
5 February 8, 2013 [21] 978-4-06-376381-2 October 11, 2016 [22] 978-1-63-236243-8
6 July 9, 2013 [23] 978-4-06-376410-9 December 6, 2016 [24] 978-1-63-236244-5
7 February 7, 2014 [25] 978-4-06-376436-9 April 18, 2017 [26] 978-1-63-236245-2
8 August 8, 2014 [27] 978-4-06-376482-6 August 15, 2017 [28] 978-1-63-236246-9
9 February 9, 2015 [29] 978-4-06-376521-2 June 19, 2018 [30] 978-1-63-236247-6
10 October 9, 2015 [31] 978-4-06-376563-2 omnibus with volume 9, above
11 March 9, 2016 [32] 978-4-06-390609-7 November 19, 2019 978-1-63-236502-6
12 November 9, 2016 [33] 978-4-06-390660-8 omnibus with volume 11, above
13 April 7, 2017 [9] 978-4-06-390697-4 omnibus with volume 11, above

Reception

The English adaptation of Maga-Tsuki has received reviews from critics who specialize in the field. Jordan Richards from Adventures in Poor Taste gave the first volume a score of 4.5/10. He concluded that the harem story was typical when it came to the comedy, and that it left a lot to be desired. Richards also called the characters stereotypical with an almost nonexistent storyline. [34] Anime UK News also gave a review of the first two volumes giving them a 3/10 rating. Reviewer Ian Wolf stated that there was not much that separated Maga-Tsuki from other harem stories. He compared the idea of a curse by a god to Nyan Koi! saying that it "has been done before". [35] Gregory Smith from the Fandom Post though wrote in his review of the first volume that the characters are sincere, and that the artwork is engaging. Smith said while not original, the story does not need "complex world-building". [36] Neo magazine gave the first volume a 3/5 score, and compared it to Oh! My Goddess saying that it throws the latter's premise on its head concluding that Maga-Tsuki is "cute, wacky, harmless fun". [37] Shaenon K. Garrity from Otaku USA said that while the story has comedy potential the action scenes were "visually" confusing. She went on to call the art bland with the female characters having "identical moe faces", but said that the art was nicely executed. [38]

Notes

  1. The title refers to gods of misfortune (禍津日神, Magatsuhinokami).

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