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A breathtakingly imaginative fantasy series starring Max -- a trans high school student who has to save the world as a "Magical Girl" . . . as a boy! Although he was assigned female at birth, Max is your average trans man trying to get through high school as himself. But on top of classes, crushes, and coming out, Max's life is turned upside down when his mom reveals an eons old family secret: he's descended from a long line of Magical Girls tasked with defending humanity from a dark, ancient evil! With a sassy feline sidekick and loyal gang of friends by his side, can Max take on his destiny, save the world, and become the next Magical Boy? A hilarious and heartfelt riff on the magical girl genre made popular by teen manga series, Magical Boy is a one-of-a-kind fantasy series that comic readers of all ages will love
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This was awesome action packed and funny
This was awesome, an action packed and funny ride. I can't believe it left me on a cliffhanger though so rude! I haven't read manga or watched anime in a good while and the style of this graphic novel brought me back to the shoujo manga I used to read years ago. I loved it so much, the humour and call out of the impractical magical girl outfits (and transformation scene) was hilarious. I will be reading the next book.
I'm not crying, you're crying.
This is an episodic comic/graphical novel hosted on Tapas. It has 31 story episodes and 27 of which you need to ‘unlock' with ‘ink' for 333 a single episode. You can earn ink for free by filling out surveys (which will take you forever) or buy ink via the app, so it'll be around a tenner to get all the episodes unlocked, which is a fair price. I'm not sure if there's a clever way to unlock them all at once as I'm not super familiar with Tapas and only joined specifically to read Magical Boy.
There are some episodes that really hit you in the feels, especially if you're queer or ever had difficulty being accepted (particularly by parents), and the episodes with the most distressing stuff have warnings at the start. That art is exceptional and while there were a couple of typos that's easily forgiven for such a great comic.
It is a really beautiful story and so inspiring; I hope there's one day a physical copy printed or just a follow up that details Max's life as he gets older.
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I'm not crying, you're crying.
This is an episodic comic/graphical novel hosted on Tapas. It has 31 story episodes and 27 of which you need to ‘unlock' with ‘ink' for 333 a single episode. You can earn ink for free by filling out surveys (which will take you forever) or buy ink via the app, so it'll be around a tenner to get all the episodes unlocked, which is a fair price. I'm not sure if there's a clever way to unlock them all at once as I'm not super familiar with Tapas and only joined specifically to read Magical Boy.
There are some episodes that really hit you in the feels, especially if you're queer or ever had difficulty being accepted (particularly by parents), and the episodes with the most distressing stuff have warnings at the start. That art is exceptional and while there were a couple of typos that's easily forgiven for such a great comic.
It is a really beautiful story and so inspiring; I hope there's one day a physical copy printed or just a follow up that details Max's life as he gets older.
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