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“Three reluctant middle-schoolers become magical girls, mocking their duties while battling Ice Queen's familiars through ridiculous skits.”
Mahou Shoujo? Naria Girls
魔法少女? なりあ☆がーるず
3.92
14,752 rank · 10,093 viewers · 20 favorites
Mahou Shoujo
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Synopsis
Three reluctant middle-schoolers become magical girls, mocking their duties while battling Ice Queen's familiars through ridiculous skits.
After the Ice Queen brings eternal winter to the land of Nariadia, the only hope to restore balance is to gather human warriors and give them the power of Naria crystals. For this reason, Animaru has chosen the middle schoolers Urara, Inaho, and Hanabi as warriors. The girls, however, are much more focused on mocking the events happening around them and trying to earn money as idols. When the Ice Queen's familiars appear, they use the "Ice Mirror" to trick the girls into performing ridiculous skits. Will Urara, Inaho, and Hanabi ever step up and embrace their roles as magical girls, or will their antics prove too distracting to themselves?
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 27 sampled reviews
4.3
/10
What 27 viewers settled on.
36%
recommend
Score distribution
median 4
mode 1
σ 3.05
Agreement
Polarized
σ 3.05 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.8 pts
Recommenders 7.8 · others 2.0
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Score over time
↑ 1.30
Running avg · Jul 2016 → Apr 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “Looking at other reviews, I think people took it too seriously. This anime is very unserious. So unserious, the ending actually got me. If you like shitpost and improv sessions, you'll enjoy this...”
- 10 “I think that Mahou Shoujo: Naria Girls blows everything out of the water this season (haha just kidding, but I like it, seriously), the plot, is basically every other magial girl plot, so I an't...”
- 9 “This show delivers pure entertainment through its unique format of three women using 3D VTuber models for unscripted comedy, making it hilariously bad in the best way possible. The villain...”
Verbosity
Short · 52%
Medium · 26%
Long · 22%
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- Format 12 × 8′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 36m all episodes
- Aired Jul 2016 – Sep 2016 Summer 2016
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-11504 catalog
Produced by
- Pony Canyon Producer
- Pony Canyon Enterprises Producer
- SMIRAL Animation Producer