History Manga / MagicalGirlSpecOpsAsuka

* CuteIsEvil: Most Disas/Netherbeasts look like cute mascot creatures. Doesn't stop them from sadistically ripping apart humans in all its gory details. Enemy Magical Girls may also count, although they slant a bit more towards EvilIsSexy given that their costumes tend to be [[{{Stripperiffic}} even more revealing]] than those of the Magical Five.

* ChangeVsStatusQuo: The story is about Magical Five resisting Babel Brigade, terrorist organization, which leader, [[spoiler:Francine]], wants to [[spoiler:make worldwide monarchy with magical girls as the rulers as opposed to the current status quo where they are being exploited as soldiers for the government agencies across the world.]]

Do not confuse it with the game VideoGame/SpecsOpsTheLine.

Do not confuse it with the game ''VideoGame/SpecsOpsTheLine''.

Do not confuse it with the game ''Videogame/SpecsOpsTheLine''.

Do not confuse it with the game [[Videogame/SpecsOpsTheLine]].

* GenderRestrictedAbility: Magical girls, are, as the name says, all female, but there are other forms of related magic that can be wielded by both male (such as the [[TheMafiya Russian mafioso]] Storozh (Russian for "guard"), who commands a water spirit he describes as a real-life version of a [[Myth/RussianMythologyAndTales rusalka]] or his colleague Povar (Russian for "chef"), who wields energy barriers, a magical axe and a magically enhanced handgun) and female (such as "Crescent Moon" Sandino the Columbian magical mercenary) sorcerers.

* RapePillageAndBurn: When Babel Library forces attack the military compound in Naha, they let Disas troops pillage the city of Naha as a diversion and during this raid two of the foot soldiers (who look like goblins, making this scene a possible ShoutOut to LightNovel/GoblinSlayer) rape two high school girls they come across.

** Two Disas looking like goblins raping two high school girls during the raid on Naha could be understood as a reference to LightNovel/GoblinSlayer.

* ChekhovsGun: The magical [[AnAxeToGrind axe]] "Ilmarinen's Topor," which is first used by the twin Russians Watchman and Chef, is later retrieved for Asuka to land the finishing blow on [[spoiler:Giess]].

* BlackAndGrayMorality: Babel Brigade is a terrorist organization dealing in illegal magical weapons and threatening world peace. M-Squad and their allies are fighting them, but they kind of forgot the whole "rule of law" deal somewhere along the line. The rules of engagement are occasionally suspended and employ [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique magically-enhanced torture]] on captured criminals with no pretense of due process. At one point, an NPA officer likewise says that "people who don't exist have no rights" when discussing someone in their private cells. Asuka mentions at one point that she doesn't expect to be entirely clean of guilt, either.

* AssholeVictim: Chisato's father totally deserved to have his head crushed in the hand of the magical mercenary [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Giess/Geese/Geiss]] with how he hit her, told her she should've died in the accident that killed his wife, tried to sell her to a brothel and then finally tried to beat her to death (which was interrupted by the aforementioned mercenary).

An animated adaptation aired in Winter 2019, which was licensed by Creator/{{Funimation}} for an English release.

The manga finished its run in February 2021 with 62 chapters.

* ChickMagnet: Asuka turns out to be the SchoolgirlLesbians version, with at least fellow Japanese Kurumi, Russian Tamara and extradimensional General Tabira (though she seems to have perverted feelings towards all members of the Magical Five, Asuka bears the brunt of it) pining for her.

* CPRCleanPrettyReliable: The "pretty" part is teased during a CPR training episode, where Kurumi "[[SchoolgirlLesbians wishes she were]]" the training mannequin that Asuka was demonstrating on.

* SchoolgirlLesbians: Asuka's best friend and Magical Girl comrade, Kurumi is heavily implied to have romantic feelings for Asuka. [[spoiler: As it turns out she's flat out in love with her and considering [[SoftSpokenSadist how she is]], this also doubles as PsychoLesbian.]]

* ThemeTuneCameo: Kurumi hums the opening theme [[spoiler: before torturing Chisato.]]

''Magical Girls Special Operations Asuka'' (''Mahou Shoujo Tokushuusen Asuka'') is a DarkerAndEdgier MagicalGirl {{manga}} by Fukami Makoto, and also serves as a {{Deconstruction}} by way of RealityEnsues. How would the world fare when Magical Girls and Netherbeasts are common knowledge, as well as their obvious military applications? Do Magical Girls get PTSD?

* {{Deconstruction}}: By way of RealityEnsues. Not to mention the protagonist is a ShellShockedVeteran MagicalGirlWarrior.

* JurisdictionFriction: In the attack on Naha (on Okinawa), the Babel forces try to exploit this when they avoid hitting a US base to avoid drawing the US military into the fighting. This doesn't work; [[RealityEnsues the US and Japan are military allies, and both governments immediately give the go-ahead to their respective forces to work together]].

* RealityEnsues:
** With the use of magical girls/items by criminals, terrorists and mercenaries, ordinary police officers, soldiers and intelligence agents are useless against them unless they have magically enhanced weapons, ammo and items.
** Japan adopting the "Response to Magic-Related Incidents Act" as a way for legislation to be used if hostile monsters/magical girls/magic mercenaries and terrorists attack Japan.

The manga finished its run in March 2021 with 62 chapters.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: The anime; adaption isn't without violence, swearing or sexual themes, but it was toned down compared to the original
** In the anime;, the Disas sent Asuka "just" the severed hands of her parents, in the manga, she got their ''severed heads'' mailed to her three weeks after they abducted them.
** In the anime;, the scene from the brothel Chisato's father wanted to sell her to was merely suggestive (the prostitutes were just sitting on their customers laps, giving them seductive smiles and embracing them), in the manga they were shown in the act of actually servicing them (they were positioned in a way that didn't show any genitals, though).

* {{Bowdlerise}}: The animé adaption isn't without violence, swearing or sexual themes, but it was toned down compared to the original
** In the animé, the Disas sent Asuka "just" the severed hands of her parents, in the manga, she got their ''severed heads'' mailed to her three weeks after they abducted them.
** In the animé, the scene from the brothel Chisato's father wanted to sell her to was merely suggestive (the prostitutes were just sitting on their customers laps, giving them seductive smiles and embracing them), in the manga they were shown in the act of actually servicing them (they were positioned in a way that didn't show any genitals, though).

** "Yes, sir!" isn't a simply "Da!/Да!", it's "Est'!/Есть!".

'''[[{{Yandere}} Kurumi]]:''' That's right. [[NoodleIncident she already told you before]]!