Magical Girl Tyrant Sylph

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Mizukami Ryōichi, a stressed out working adult, witnessed a magical girl fighting a deformed monster on his 30th birthday.

He was then possessed by a pumpkin ghost who claimed to be a scout, and after being forced to undergo a s*x change, his age was lowered and he became an innocent little girl.

Ryōichi, who had agreed to become a magical girl in tears for the sake of his livelihood, actually had an extraordinary talent that led to his awakening to his enhanced form in his first transformation.

Associated Names
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Mahou Shoujo Tyrant Sylph
魔法少女タイラントシルフ
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Recommendations
Magical Girl’s Hero (2)
Recommendation Lists
  1. Shoujo ai and Sonyeo salang
  2. Gender Bender
  3. girls?

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Review
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Godleydemon
Godleydemon
Nov 26, 2022
Status: c39
I wanted to give it a fair shake, so I read up to chapter 39, but didn't bother to go find raws. I won't be continuing to read this, as it had an uncanny ability to make me feel uncomfortable. Some of this will have spoilers, but I think it's necessary to understand the basics of what the problems are.

Fairy shows up to recruit a 30 yr old man whose just kind of milling through life, cog in the wheel kind of guy. He ain't interested. In fact, he flat... more>> out denies the invitation with gusto. Fairy, doesn't take no for an answer and uses drugs on him to regress him and change him into a girl. Then basically blackmails him because, "no ones going to believe your him when you look like that". Then talks about the only way she'd be able to make a living is by selling herself if she didn't become a magical girl.

We then find out shortly there afterwards, after a pretty significant mcguffin fight. That the transformation/fairy suppresses her fear, anxiety, among other things. Which brings up all sorts of issues, since, well. Let's flip this on the head real fast. This is being done to ACTUAL 10 - 14 yr old children. Then there is the strange budding love story between her and another magical girl. Mind you, this is a 30 yr old. This isn't some isekai rebirth novel, starting over from scratch or anything of the sort. This is a legit child, courting a 30 yr old who looks like a child and the MC is being all blushy and swooning about it. I also don't enjoy how the relationship started in the first place.

She's incredibly pushy and tricks the MC multiple times in spending time with her. Then after he finally resolves to tell her the big secret. It doesn't seem to bother her. I know this is a bit of a cliche, but come on. If you weren't weirded out by the MC, you'd be questioning the fairy. All of this has been done against the MC's will. Ultimately, the story is incredibly sub part. The plot doesn't make a lick of logical sense and the MC is ever more of a strange case. <<less
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IcecreamSundae
IcecreamSund
Jul 24, 2023
Status: c40
I dislike how the other reviewers are bombing this series with dishonest reviews due to the perceived relationship between the MC and the 14 y.o female lead/heroine.

First off, the MC isn't creepy at all. And her relationship with Elephant isnt s*xual or intimate at all so its really a kind of meh situation. Their relationship is like you typically see in Magical Girl series, where they spend their time hugging, crying on eachothers shoulders and talking about their feelings to one another. Its a "magical best friend" kind of romance.... more>> The kind that lacks any actual physical romance. Like platonic love.

I don't know why that bothers these other lowball reviewers but they are being dishonest and misrepresenting this series as something its really not. And I find that far more offensive than the things they complain about in their reviews.

5 stars. This is a good series. The translation is average at best tho. <<less
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kelicant
kelicant
Oct 04, 2022
Status: c18
The story has had a good balance between realism and magical girl so far. The MC is a hard working adult who gets thrown headfirst into a traditional magical girl story. Little girls with magic powers who are fighting against monsters in separate spaces, with fairy helpers performing "plot armor" like making no one question the oddities.

Except he wasn't a willing participant. His fairy changed his body without his consent and made it so he had no option other than to become a magical girl to get his life back.... more>> Later he uncovers other changes that have been forced onto him showing him even more that the system isn't his friend or on his side. But even so, the magical girl system is helping people and many of the magical girls themselves are sincerely trying to befriend him. Things aren't black or white and the realism of points/money/fame can't be separated from the innocent people working to help others.

I'm looking forward to seeing where the plot goes. <<less
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Eve
Eve
Dec 13, 2022
Status: c48
It had a great start.

But it all just went downhill after his
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defeat

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His 30 year previous life seems like a joke. He's so pathetic.

It was much much better when he operates with just himself.

It was so wasted potential.

Sorry. But still 3* for that wonderful start. I liked thinking of ways how to get out of that situation as well the anguish.
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Kinking1034
Kinking1034
Jun 12, 2023
Status: c120
I'm not a native English speaker, so a bit of singular-plural and tenses usage may be wrong.

I really like this novel, but I will try to be as objective as possible. Here is the review. Scroll down if you want tl;dr!

Here are the stuffs that I enjoy about this story (and you might find enjoyable) :

... more>> 1. The story is character driven

The story focuses more on the MC's growth as a character, how he adapts with the brand new situation and how it changed him.

The synopsis mention the fact that the MC has "extraordinary talents" (OP), but the OP aspect actually support the MC's growth as a character instead of stagnating it.

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The entire point of Chapter 1, MC struggle about his relationship with other magical girls. This struggle prevents cooperation and force him to be a solo magical girl, which he can handle because he's OP.

But one time he's shockingly defeated by a monster and saved by another magical girl (Elephant), leaving the girl in a bad state. MC who feel he's responsible for the girl state, comply with the girl to go on a hangout, which become the main catalyst of his future characterization and the two's relationship.

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It's pretty refreshing to see stories where the OP MC actually grow.

2. It's a fresh but realistic spin on age regression and genderbend plot

What I mean is that the way the MC respond with the gimmick is rare to see. The MC seems to be bothered more with the age regression than the genderbend. Often it's the opposite, the genderbend is the bigger issue. Seeing how the story takes place in the modern world, it seems pretty realistic. Identity and gender can be faked, but physical age cannot.

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It also become the struggle that is mentioned in the first point. The MC at first view himself as "too old" to be friend with the young magical girls and should stay away from being apart of the team, which is a pretty fair realization. A friendship between a 30 y/o with a middle schooler is often seen as dangerous and likely predatory.

This viewpoint also make the relationship with the girl that saved him more special, as she is the only one that he opens up with about the truth (up until the latest chapter at least) and accept him as he is.

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3. Contain aspects of politics

Just a short one, but the story delve into the behind the scenes of the magical girl world. The organization that manage magic and some groups conflict that arise inside the magical girls itself. I personally find it interesting, but some may not, so I just make this one short.

4. It's pretty long.

The raw has ended and has around 210 chapters, but the English version still has around a 100 chapter to go. This is a long read.

As for the thing that I don't personally like, there is 1 thing:

1. A Chapter doesn't meet my expectation

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Chapter 2. Just not too many interesting development here, too much fighting for my liking. And the hyped up fight are rather anticlimatic. But there are absolutely redeemable point that make this Chapter not bad;

I don't care too much about Blade and Dryad's conflict, but it does set up later development between the MC and the girl that saved him. That, with the exploration of the witches and the fairy's introduction are the redeeming point for this chapter.

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Finally, but very important! There is the possible "ick" that could drive away some people:

1. Read the tags

Romance, Yuri, Yandere, Age Regression. Proceed with caution!

Spoiler

The girl that saved the MC will fall in love with the him in later Chapter (Chapter 3). Knowing the MC, this might not sit right for people. The romance between the MC and the girl could be seen as problematic by some reader, especially remembering that the MC's actual age are mentioned a lot. Even if we just see through the lens of appearance, the MC is physically 10 y/o (4th grader), do you think it's fine for a 14 y/o (8th grader) to romance him? Depends probably.

I could enjoy this story as much as I am because I'm not too bothered by morality when reading fiction.

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So that is my personal review of "Magical Girl Tyrant Sylph".

tl;dr: It's a fresh and enjoyable. It's a character focused story with some serious undertone like politic while still keeping aspects of lightheartedness. But it is imperfect, as some part of the story are not as enjoyable as other. The story can also conflict with some people personal view in life regarding romantic relationship in age regression story.

I make this pretty long essay because I see that there are only like 4 review for this story and I just really love this story. I hope this story become more popular in the future. <<less
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Xaelath
Xaelath
Feb 09, 2023
Status: c1
Forewarning, because of the topic, it may make the reader uncomfortable.

Magical Tyrant Sylph is the typical dark magical girl story with the gender bend and age regression tags. In general, you will expect a similar setting as Madoka Magica though slightly tuned down. The story goes with MC being forced into becoming a magical girl because of their strength, wanting to return to her previous form by working as one but because they're anti-social MC will meet certain troubling Diest which hints at other main characters as MC support. From... more>> there it may really get psychological. Some chapters have questionable readability which makes it hard to take in. And The problem with the story is that most of the chapter is seemingly an exposition dump.

There are many supporting characters and most of them as usual are all magical girls. That being said it is also fall into the GL category because of that reason.

Also, be wary that it is MTL-ed. So there will be some wrong pronouns (not talking about the MC btw) and convoluted translations.

I think it's a worthwhile read but if you're asking for my rating I'll give it 3.5 because of the ridiculous exposition dump. <<less
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Amikiry
Amikiry
Nov 12, 2023
Status: c37
The main problem of the book is not that the MC is simply pathetic as other reviewers say. This could work in a small company that only faces non-human threats, the problem is that they have a huge society of magical girls among whom some serious politics is unfolding but MC cannot put two words together and gets kicked around like a kitten.
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