First of all, I should say that I expected this to be a carbon copy of Madoka Magica, and one that would score a 5 at best. My reasoning was that it is a "darker" series about magical girls, and the main character, Snow White, even bears a striking resemblance to Madoka. However, I was pleasantly surprised by how this series stands on its own and is a solid 7.

I will write some pros and cons, as I do in all my reviews:

Pros

Quite a unique storyline. It was an excellent mix of the magical girl genre and the battle royale genre, both of which I love. The elements of these two genres were well-portrayed.

The manga hopped right into the action. There was not a lot of build-up, which worked in the manga's favor. The storytelling was also appropriate for the length of the manga.

Characters all got a brief, albeit good backstory. It really helped the reader understand their behavior, but did not take up too much time.

Some of the timings of the deaths for characters were quite unexpected for me.

The art suited the story and was aesthetically pleasing.

Cons

Some of the action scenes were slightly hard to follow. I had to go back a few pages sometimes to grasp exactly what had happened, which is a major pet peeve of mine in manga.

Other than the backstories, characters were mainly traditional archetypes. I would say the most unique characters were Top Speed and Swim Swim. Other than that, I didn't really fall in love with any of them, especially protagonist Snow White.

There could have been more backstory on the game the magical girls were playing and why exactly things had come to that. I felt the reasoning offered was very weak, and I would have liked more information.

It could have been grittier for a battle royale/dark magical girl story. I would say Madoka Magica was grittier, and this was one respect where I would have appreciated some Madoka rip-offs.

Overall, this was a good manga with flaws and some underdeveloped parts. Considering it was only two volumes, I can recommend it. I know there is a light novel, and maybe that is more developed? Either way, this was a nice short read.

7/10

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Magical girl project raising is pretty cool I like the different powers of the individual characters. I like that each one had powers that weren’t that overpowered but were used in a very savage and desperate way to either save or kill. This story for me isn’t nothing to write home about but was able to keep my attention which is hard for me do with a series that I deem mediocre so it’s probably high mid for me. I also have a soft spot for stories that don’t let that feeling of suspense that no one is safe from death and plot armor even though it is there, is seems to be invisible to me the reader and gives me the belief that anyone even the main character can die just like anyone else. 6/10 What I don’t like is that I feel as though it was super short and there was very little substance to the characters so I felt little connection to them. The only reason this series got a 6 was this series ability to keep me wondering what gonna happen next in terms of who will die next in the tournament but if it wasn’t for the deaths to pull on the emotional heart strings then I could care less about this series.

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