Magikano is a Magical Girl harem manga created by Takeaki Momose. The series ran from 2003 to 2008 note .
The series was later adapted into an anime series in 2006 animated by now defunct Tokyo Kids on behalf of GONZO, directed by Seiji Kishi and written by Hideki Mitsui.
Said anime adaptation was originally licensed in North America by ADV Films however shortly after the English dub was completed, Sojitz pulled out of the anime business the license was transferred to Funimation who still has the license to this day.
The story centers on Ayumi Mamiya, a witch cursed to lose her powers, and Haruo Yoshikawa, an apparently Ordinary High-School Student whose three sisters (Maika, Chiaki, & Fuyuno) are witches who use their magical powers to keep him protected and ignorant about the existence of magic. Now Ayumi must wake up Haruo's latent powers to save herself, but his sisters have other ideas.
Their classmates include Hajime Hario and Sora Fujiwara, male members of the "Supernatural Science Club" that seems more interested in selling dubious products; as well as Yuri Kurosu, the student council president. Marin Nijihara (a catholic witch-hunter) and Rika Anju (a meido to the Yoshikawa household) show up later.
This manga provides examples of:
- Barehanded Blade Block: Rika stops a giant's axe with one hand.
- BFS: Yuri has one during her battle mode. Can double as a hovering surf board.
- Big Brother Attraction: Maika, to Haruo. She's always showering him with affection, hiding in his closet and watching him sleep, trying to bathe him, modeling lingerie for him to see (even wearing it on top of her school uniform to give him a little preview), and attempting to drive away any and all other female attention from him.
- Cat Girl: Ayumi's hair decorations seem to resemble cat ears, and she vaguely resembles one.
- Cat Smile: Most of the girls display one, particularly when they're happy. Ayumi sometimes even makes cat noises while showing one off.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: All the main girls exhibit this at some point, but Maika, Ayumi, and Yuri seem to display this the most.
- Closet Sublet: Maika frequently hides in Haruo's closet and watches him sleep.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: The ghost girl, using Haruo's magic, absolutely stomps all of the witches attempts to fight.
- Cute Clumsy Girl: Marin is rather clumsy.
- Determinator: All of the girls competing in the race in episode 8 seem a bit too focused on trying to win. Then it's hilariously subverted when Chiaki wins because she won 40 eating contests, making the 30 points from the race worthless. The girls are not happy about that.
- Dominatrix: The Queen of Hearts in episode 9.
- Disproportionate Retribution: The girls tend to overreact to the other's attempts at wooing Haruo. Then they take it out on him once in a while as well even though he had nothing to do with it.
- Double Entendre: A lot of the high-school girls are fans of Yuri Kurosu.
- Double Standard: Abuse, Female on Male: Seems Haruo is often on the receiving end of this, usually by his sisters or Ayumi.
- Double Standard Rape: Female on Male: Ayumi tries this frequently on Haruo. Technically, it's a subversion since Maika has a tendency to give any girl who flirts with her brother a punch in the face, and thensome.
- Dynamic Entry: Yuri does it to Ayumi in episode 12.
- Eldritch Abomination: Haruo's original form was apparently a two-hundred meter tall shadow with blood red eyes and humongous teeth.
- Emotionless Girl: Anju Rika.
- Fanservice: Quite a bit of it.
- Finger-Twitching Revival: Haruo does this before going into 11th-Hour Superpower mode.
- Green-Eyed Monster: Maika literally turns into one at times.
- "Groundhog Day" Loop: It turns out that all the events in the series have happened numerous times before and must be changed cardinally to progress. However, at the end of the series, there is indication that this time round things will be different.
- Here We Go Again!: See "Groundhog Day" Loop.
- Holier Than Thou: Marin, a Catholic witch-hunter who believes Haruo needs protection from "evil witches" (specifically, his sisters).
- Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: The episode titles always ask a question.
- Imagine Spot: The girls often have these, usually about Haruo.
- It Runs in the Family: Haruo's three sisters.
- Knight Templar: Marin tries to act like one, but isn't very good at it.
- Large Ham: Hajime most of the time, but the girls often do this too when Haruo is brought up.
- Lightning Glare: Yuri and Ayumi do this to each other in episode 2.
- Happens again in episode 8, this time with the addition of Maika and Marin.
- Locked Out of the Loop: Haruo's sisters seem quite persistent in making sure he doesn't use any magic or realize they're witches. Hence why he's often getting hit with the memory erasing hammers.
- Love Freak: Marin.
- Lover Tug of War: Episode 12 has one between Ayumi and Maika.
- Magical Girl: All the sisters and Yuri change outfits when they enter battle mode. Fuyuno changes into a standard magical girl outfit however.
- Meaningful Name: Yuri. She seems to be the quite the elegant, level-headed Onee-sama of literally every girl in her school.
- Meido: The female leads have no business being maids - they just do it for the free room and board.
- Until you account that one artificially-created Emotionless Girl with an assault rifle that shoots magical pellets.
- Money, Dear Boy: In-universe example, Hajime and Fuyuno are often thinking about how to make money, even at the expense of other characters such as Yuri.
- Money Fetish: Fuyuno is obsessed with cash, mostly swimming in it and earning it.
- Only Sane Man: Haruo is often wondering what happened, or why people are acting really weird and crazy. Part of it is due to his sisters constantly hitting him with memory erasing hammers.
- "On the Next Episode of..." Catch-Phrase: "Stay tuned for more magic!"
- Open the Iris: In a rather extreme example, the iris opens, then the iris and pupil shrink, and the sclera fractures.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: The school principal doesn't seem to mind the crazy stuff going on, although it doesn't help that he's buying all the girly stuff Hajime keeps hawking.
- School Festival: Episode 9.
- Serious Business: Almost anything regarding Haruo, whether it's a kiss from him or giving him a lunch.
- Skinship Grope
- Stealth Hi/Bye: Yuri and Rika both seem capable of instantly appearing wherever they're needed or wherever Haruo happens to be at the time.
- Supernatural Gold Eyes: Ayumi's eyes turn into this when she's casting spells.
- Suspiciously Specific Denial: On Yuri getting the part of Cinderella in episode 9's school festival, and Haruo playing the prince.Yuri: (with a funny smirk on her face): I didn't pick Haruo on purpose, it was a collective decision.
- Student Council President: Yuri
- Take That!: Done at least once in the dub:Marin: "Ayumi Mamiya correct?"Ayumi: "Not another Jehovah's Witness.
- Temporal Theme Naming: The Yoshikawa family uses the seasonal motif, with Haruo (Spring), Maika (Summer), Chiaki (Autumn) and Fuyuno (Winter).
- Thanks for the Mammary: When Ayumi first meets Marin in episode 5, she accidentally launches a spell when Haruo shows up, which causes Marin to get knocked back into Haruo. Ayumi then sees him grabbing her chest, and immediately gets jealous about it.
- This Is for Emphasis, Bitch!: Done a lot in the dub.
- Tsundere: Ayumi, who is also a...
- Transparent Closet: Umi is "happy" to be doing do anything with Yuri, even being attacked by a giant plant.
- Typecasting: In-universe example. In episode 9 of the dub, after Ayumi gets into her witch costume:Ayumi: Why am I a witch?Yuri: Ever heard of typecasting, bitch?
- Unwanted Harem: The female leads.
- Voice of the Legion: Anytime a girl (Ayumi, Yuri and especially Maika) gets really pissed off, expect to hear this.
- Also, Haruo, when in his 11th-Hour Superpower mode.
- Why Did It Have To Be Eels: Ayumi is not fond of eels, or rats.
