Sugar and spice--but not playing nice! What started as a beautiful dream has become a blood-soaked nightmare. Seven magical girls have been struck down so far--and it only gets worse from here! Grief-stricken over the deaths of her closest friends, Snow White has vowed to quit being a magical girl. But if the fairest maiden of them all gives up, who will keep the dream alive? Is all hope lost for N City...?

SUGAR AND SPICE-BUT NOT PLAYING NICE! Magical girls like Snow White and La Pucelle have dreamed of the day they'd become one of the lucky few chosen to protect N City. But those dreams quickly turn into a nightmare when the Magical Girl Raising Project management office issues a decree-there are simply too many magical girls! Oops! Time to cull the number by...half ? Half sounds good. Don't worry- retirement just means...you die. Good luck, girls!

(Volume 1) The hit social network game "The Magical Girl Raising Project" selects one out of every tens of thousands of players to become a real life magical girl. The lucky chosen girls gain magic powers as well as incredibly good fortune, and spend their days blissfully. But one day, an absolute announcement declares that the number of magical girls has risen too high and must be cut down to half. Sixteen young maidens are thrust into a merciless, deadly contest to survive...but how many will come out the other side?

EVERYONE’S GOT A STORY TO TELL New magical girls arriving on the scene means a new collection of tales about their lives! You’ll get to experience the bonus origin story “Snow White Raising Project” for the first time in print—a mustread as Snow White’s character arc reaches its climax. Don’t miss out on these episodes that are sure to add even more color and intrigue to the Magical Girl Raising Project series!

EVERYONE’S A SUSPECT Although they’ve come up with stopgap measures to restore their powers, the great mage Sataborn’s heirs and their magical-girl companions are now scattered across the island that is holding them captive. To escape, they must defeat the tyrannical goddess who has been slowly killing them off one by one. The survivors continue putting up a fight despite their struggles…but who is controlling this goddess, and for what purpose? Is the real enemy hiding in plain sight…?

As the third term of her second year in high school gets into full swing, Tomoko finds conversations blooming all around her! The days of awkward interactions with her classmates seem no more than a distant memory. Have the kids at school matured? Perhaps it's Tomoko who's changed? Or maybe the joke's on Tomoko...?!

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KEEP ON DREAMING...UNTIL THE VERY END Frederica, Old Blue, and Principal Halna clash over a powerful relic stored deep within the secret ruins underneath the old school building. A murderous intruder picks off magical-girl students one after another. Surrounded by enemies at every turn, Snow White stands before the entrance to the ruins that hold the fate of the world...and makes a critical decision. At last, Snow White’s long saga comes to a close! How will the story of this girl at the mercy of destiny conclude...?