A Magical Girl Retires
Park Seolyeon, Anton Hur (translator)
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HarperVia
HarperVia
Publication Date
April 30, 2024
April 30, 2024
Format
Hardcover / Unabridged
Hardcover / Unabridged
Pages
176
176
ISBN-13
978-0-06-337326-6
978-0-06-337326-6
A millennial turned magical girl must combat climate change and credit card debt in this delightful, witty, and wildly imaginative urban fantasy ode to magical girl manga.
Twenty-nine, depressed, and drowning in credit card debt after losing her job during the pandemic, a millennial woman decides to end her troubles by jumping off Seoul’s Mapo Bridge. But her suicide attempt is interrupted by a girl dressed all in white—her guardian angel.
Ah Roa is a clairvoyant magical girl on a mission to find the greatest magical girl of all time. And our protagonist just may be that special someone. But the young woman’s initial excitement turns to frustration when she learns being a magical girl in real life is much different than how it’s portrayed in stories. It isn’t just destiny—it’s work.
Magical girls go to job fairs, join trade unions, attend classes. And for this magical girl there are no special powers and no great perks, and despite being magical, she still battles with low self-esteem in this sharp satirical fantasy. Her magic wand . . . is a credit card—which she must use to defeat a terrifying threat that isn’t a monster or an intergalactic war. It’s global climate change. Because magical girls need to think about sustainability, too.
Twenty-nine, depressed, and drowning in credit card debt after losing her job during the pandemic, a millennial woman decides to end her troubles by jumping off Seoul’s Mapo Bridge. But her suicide attempt is interrupted by a girl dressed all in white—her guardian angel.
Ah Roa is a clairvoyant magical girl on a mission to find the greatest magical girl of all time. And our protagonist just may be that special someone. But the young woman’s initial excitement turns to frustration when she learns being a magical girl in real life is much different than how it’s portrayed in stories. It isn’t just destiny—it’s work.
Magical girls go to job fairs, join trade unions, attend classes. And for this magical girl there are no special powers and no great perks, and despite being magical, she still battles with low self-esteem in this sharp satirical fantasy. Her magic wand . . . is a credit card—which she must use to defeat a terrifying threat that isn’t a monster or an intergalactic war. It’s global climate change. Because magical girls need to think about sustainability, too.
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Edition Info
Publisher / Imprint
HarperVia
HarperVia
Publication Date
April 30, 2024
April 30, 2024
Format
Hardcover / Unabridged
Hardcover / Unabridged
Pages
176
176
ISBN-13
978-0-06-337326-6
978-0-06-337326-6
Hardcover
Unabridged
Publication Date:
April 30, 2024
ISBN-13:
978-0-06-337326-6