Magical Girl Apocalypse, known in Japan as , is a Japanese action-horror magical girl shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Kentarō Satō. It began publication in July 2012 in the manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion, published by Akita Shoten, and has been compiled into sixteen tankōbon volumes . The series is published in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. A spin-off series called Magical Girl Site was later made that shares the same themes.
Plot
Average high schooler Kii Kogami is bored with everyday life and hopes that something interesting may happen. Things turn from bad to worse when a mysterious figure arrives in the form of a magical girl and massacres almost everyone in Kogami’s class, reanimates them, and begins to take over the rest of the world alongside her minions. Luckily for him, Kogami manages to escape the building along with his childhood friend Tsukune, and teams up with the rest of the survivors to stop the mysterious figure’s plots to end humanity, and the world.
Characters
Main characters
Kii Kogami is a normal high school freshman who doesn't want to get involved in anything that could add stress to his life, making him do such things as ignoring his childhood friend Tsukune's bullying by Miki and Kaede. His father was an abusive alcoholic who was frequently in and out of prison, and whose abuse led to the suicide of Kii's mother. In order to escape his home life, Kii would spend a great deal of time at Tsukune's house, which he considered his happy place.
Akuta Rintaro was a police officer before the magical girl attack. His sanity had slipped by the time he meets the survivors from the high school, who sought refuge in the mall where he was apparently working. At first he behaves like a complete cretin, becoming sexually aroused and taking his genitalia out at the sight of two dead, under dressed girls and intending to rape Yoruka and Tsukune. He is knocked out by Ren and handcuffed to a fixed structure for safe keeping. When Parasite M begins her rampage, however, he is released and ends up being the one to finally kill her by squashing her between his hands like a mosquito. Since then Akuta has proven to be well-adapted to his new environment and somewhat useful, being the first to figure out that humans could use the magical girl's wands as well. At the medical center, he loses his right arm by way of Explode M.
He has nicknamed Yoruka "titty-chan" ("Lil' Miss Funbags" in the English translation) due to her large breasts. Although he appears to have developed legitimate feelings for her, his main interest remains her chest.
Tsukune Fukumoto is a childhood friend of Kogami Kii. As a child, she proclaimed that her greatest wish was to become Kii's wife. She was often bullied by Kaede and Miki in high school, which is revealed to have been orchestrated by Tsukune herself. At first she appears to have an innocent, childish demeanor. However, she seems to house another entity named Asuka, who is more sadistic. When he was transported to 2002 and visited the young Tsukune's household, Kii discovers that the "treasure chest" she had kept at the time contained drawings and dolls of the magical girls that were then running free, all but confirming her involvement in the matter. She happens to have a connection to the magical girls that are attacking the city: She's a magical girl by family lineage.
Sayano Kaede is in the same year as Kogami. Along with Ootsuki Miki, she cruelly bullied Tsukune. Kaede has been in love with Kii ever since she was a child. The hairclip she wears was given to her in the past by Kii because her hair was always so messy; she considers it ugly, but wears it because of her feelings for its giver.
A second-year student with an impressive bust. Initially she uses a taser as a weapon, which she carried to take care of perverts, but loses it in the mall. Her parents separated when she was younger after her mother found out her father was cheating on her. After that, seeking company she never got from her working mother, she instead hung out with guys who were drawn to her for her body; it never elevated to anything sexual. Between the two, Yoruka stopped trusting men altogether. In Ren, she finally finds a guy she could believe in, but does not confess her feelings to him until his final moments. She is later killed by the magical parasite girl in the hospital.
Kushiro Ren was an aspiring student at Todai Medical College. He quickly falls for Yoruka, asking her to go out with him should they survive their ordeal, and becomes the first man she opens up to. He was killed by a magical girl at the university hospital; his reanimated self was subsequently destroyed by Akuta.