Hakaishin Magu-chan (Magu-chan: God of Destruction)

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Synonyms: God of Destruction Mag-Menuek

Japanese: 破壊神マグちゃん

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 9

Chapters: 78

Status: Finished

Published: Jun 22, 2020 to Feb 7, 2022

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Demographic: Shounen

Serialization: Shounen Jump (Weekly)

Authors: Kamiki, Kei (Story & Art)

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Score: 6.79¹ (scored by 2,745 users)

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Ranked: #12933²

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Popularity: #3853

Members: 6,401

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Magu-chan: God of Destruction

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Years ago, when the Chaos Cult summoned the God of Destruction, Magu Menueku, a devastating battle broke out with the fate of humanity hanging in the balance. In order to save mankind, the honorable Holy Knights sealed Magu into a Holy Sealing Crystal.

Eons pass until Ruru Miyanagi, a happy-go-lucky middle school student, stumbles upon the crystal while digging for clams. She unintentionally releases Magu, waking him from his long slumber. But instead of cowering in fear, Ruru is eager to befriend Magu, even dubbing the God of Destruction "Magu-chan!"

Magu finds himself at the mercy of this young girl as he attempts to regain his full powers—not to mention his bigger and "badder" form. However, as Magu progresses in his mission, his friendship with Ruru blossoms as he learns a bit more about the lowly world he plans to destroy.

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Hakaishin Magu-chan was simulpub in English as Magu-chan: God of Destruction through MANGA Plus. The volumes were published digitally in English by VIZ Media under the Shonen Jump imprint from September 28, 2021, to September 26, 2023.

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Mar 8, 2022

karutogarnet

Recommended

I decided to dedicate my first review to a manga that ended one month ago at the time of writing so I'm just going to get this over with.

Story: 8/10
Magu Chan is a simple slice of life series about a girl who finds the god of destruction Mag Menuek as the form of a cute little squid in which they go on and have daily misadventures with a colorful cast of characters. For the most part, I like their daily misadventures which are a nice break from all the shounen battle series currently serializing in Shounen Jump. I also got some Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid ...

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Feb 8, 2022

hoang000147

Recommended

An ending can redefines a story, whether better or worse.

Some great series have been ruined by their bad ending, some series have been saved by their good endings and this manga's ending has elevated it to further beyond. This series has saved me from the hell of bad endings in this industry that came out recently. So many series have bad endings that made me lose faith in the ending writing skill of the authors. The ending of this series should be in the textbook of "How to write a proper ending".

While the art style is unpleasant for many people, it is more than enough ...

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Feb 8, 2022

MillerRaven

Mixed Feelings

Short version
- Overall (5/10):
‘Magu-chan: God of Destruction’ is a wholesome comedy slice of life, which remained behind it’s expectations. The author clearly missed adding some kind of goal or a redline to bring out the full potential of his/her great characters. 60-70% of the manga are boring/generic one-chapters, but the monster designs and the bigger, wholesome arcs definitely helps to enjoy it until the end.

Long version
- Story (3/10):
To start with the worst part, let us begin with the story. Our protagonist, Ruru, finds a supernatural being similar to an octopus, Magu-chan, at the shore of the little island where she lives. From this moment ... on our two characters (and later more) explore the daily life of a demonic creature learning about humans and their creations. And to be honest, that’s all. Of course, from chapter to chapter their little microcosmos is expanding, by adding new characters (humans and supernatural lifeforms) and situations, but after a while you get the feeling it’s heading nowhere.
Yes, you get some great arc’s, really feel-good ones, partly sad ones or funny action ones. But without a clear goal all these just happen to introduce maybe 1-2 characters to the plot, which later get their own (not so) funny one-chapters. And these comedy mainstream slice of life chapters are 60-70% of the whole manga. Most of them are not or just barely funny (of course, there are exceptions) which you probably will totally forget in a couple of weeks.
The mangaka definitely knows how to introduce characters, build up a story and create dramatic arcs, but this manga has just too little of them. So if 60% of the story is meaningless cliche one-chapters then it’s hard to enjoy and you will get bored.

- Art (6/10):
On the other hand, the character designs, looking at the cute demon gods, were outstanding! Generally the art was mostly sloppy, yes, but every time a new character got introduced it was refreshing. It was like experiencing a new Pokémon game and every time you encounter a new mon, you get excited. But as I said, everything else was most likely average. The designs of the humans, paneling, shading and background were all good, nothing disturbing or extraordinary. The lining is slacky which sometimes dims the dramatic, wholesome and/or serious moments, but works good at the funny parts. While the action scenes were not so well choreographed either.

- Characters (7/10):
In my opinion the most important part of a good slice of life is the good chemistry of the characters. And to be honest, this worked out amazing! It was the main reason why I enjoyed following this manga until the end, even with the boring story parts. Every character has its own gimmick and bond with another. For example, we have the stupid hero and his non-human trickster master. We have a money/gambling loving seastar (Neputaaku the best!) and his rivalisation with Magu-chan, or the main part: our protagonist Ruru who sometimes scolds and sometimes is grateful for what Magu-chan did.

- Enjoyment (6/10):
Altogether, to fully enjoy this manga it definitely needed a better written story or comedy. However, the strong characters and the bigger arcs (2-3 chapters) save a lot. Everytime a new character appears it boosts the fun for a short time. While the longer arcs always lead to well written wholesome moments, but just too few of them. There were also a couple of really funny one-chapters, but again, 5 out of almost 80 chapters, is just poor. However, at least for these highlights it is worth a try.

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