Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• On a rooftop at night, the black-and-gold magical girl Fu You confronts a wounded white-robed woman associated with a group seeking to destroy the current world and become witches.
• The woman attempts to recruit Fu You, promising power and freedom from the Special Incident Response Department. Fu You rejects her, arguing that the group merely wants to control the world in a different way.
• Fu You charges an unusually powerful black-and-white spell and kills the woman, destroying part of the rooftop in the process. Before dying, the woman warns that the Abyss Witch has noticed Fu You and that Fu You will eventually become a witch.
• Nearby, Fu You finds a frightened mother and daughter who had been taken hostage, as well as two young magical girls who were defeated in battle. She ignores the civilians’ pleas and criticizes the junior magical girls for collapsing or sleeping during a fight.
• Fu You leaves the rooftop and escapes from the police and investigators of the Special Incident Response Department.
• In a secluded alley, Fu You transforms from a magical girl into his ordinary male form: a black-haired teenage boy. He returns to normal life, buys cola, and goes unnoticed by everyone around him.
• A black-suited woman, called Black Card, informs Fu You that the Abyss Witch will visit his home the following day. She also warns that the witch energy inside him is nearing its limit.
• Fu You casually asks Black Card to pay for his cola, jokingly charging it to the Abyss Witch’s “tab.”

Character Development

• Fu You is established as powerful, emotionally detached, cynical, and openly contemptuous of both ordinary people and magical girls. He believes people are driven by selfish desires and shows little concern for those he rescues.
• Despite his cold attitude, Fu You does protect civilians and confront dangerous enemies, suggesting that his actions may not entirely match his stated dislike of the world.
• His dual identity is revealed: he is a male student who transforms into a petite female magical girl. The transformation appears to be deliberate and controlled rather than accidental.
• Fu You’s condition is dangerous: he carries a growing amount of witch energy, and the threat of eventually becoming a witch hangs over him.
• Black Card is introduced as an adult female associate who provides Fu You with information and logistical support. Their casual, familiar banter suggests an established working relationship.
• The white-robed woman serves as an ideological contrast to Fu You. Both reject the existing order, but she seeks power and domination, while Fu You refuses to join her.

Significant Themes

• Disillusionment with society: Fu You’s opening statement and behavior emphasize his belief that the world is ruled by selfish ambition and empty desires.
• Power and control: The white-robed woman wants to replace one form of world control with another, while the Special Incident Response Department regulates magical girls through orders and limiters.
• Moral ambiguity: Fu You kills without hesitation but also saves hostages and eliminates a dangerous threat. The chapter avoids presenting him as conventionally heroic.
• Identity and transformation: Fu You’s change between a male civilian form and a female magical form introduces questions about gender, public identity, and the separation between appearance and self.
• Corruption and looming downfall: The witch energy in Fu You’s body and the Abyss Witch’s interest suggest that power carries a physical and psychological cost.
• Isolation: Fu You avoids emotional attachment and human contact, reinforcing his alienation from both ordinary society and the magical-girl world.

Character Interactions

• Fu You and the white-robed woman: Their confrontation reveals opposing approaches to rebellion. She tries to persuade him through promises of freedom and power, but Fu You rejects her and kills her.
• Fu You and the mother and child: The civilians fear him despite his having defeated their captor. Fu You does not reassure them, highlighting his intimidating and detached nature.
• Fu You and the two junior magical girls: He criticizes their battlefield behavior rather than comforting or assisting them, establishing a harsh mentor-like or superior attitude toward inexperienced magical girls.
• Fu You and Black Card: Their conversation is informal and teasing. Black Card warns him about his dangerous witch energy, while Fu You responds with careless humor, suggesting trust and familiarity beneath their restrained interaction.

Chapter Summary

Plot and events

Fu You, a 27-year-old professional magical girl disguised as an ordinary high school boy, returns to school during evening self-study after completing a mission. He enters the laboratory building and reports to Sun Feiliu, an official in the Special Incident Response Department, handing over proof of completing an A3-level mission. Sun reveals that Fu You has completed three such missions this month and offers him an additional assignment: mentoring a newly awakened magical girl named Pink Huali for three months. Fu initially refuses, but changes his mind when Sun offers 5,000 yuan and promises it will help offset the 500,000 yuan in property damage Fu caused during a previous mission.

Character developments

Fu You is established as highly capable, independent, and far more experienced than his youthful appearance suggests. He dislikes school, bureaucracy, and the exploitative pay structure of the magical-girl organization, but money—especially the chance to repay his enormous debt—can persuade him. He also has a harsh, intimidating personality and seems deliberately to encourage younger magical girls to fear him. Despite his cynicism, he accepts responsibility for training Huali, suggesting that he may possess a buried sense of duty.
Sun Feiliu is presented as careless, teasing, and irreverent, but also as someone trusted with important magical-girl assignments. He jokes about Fu You’s gender and retirement, provoking Fu’s anger, yet ultimately gives him a significant mentoring role. Huali is introduced only through her profile: a 16-year-old, B1-ranked healing-type magical girl whom the organization considers unusually promising.

Character interactions

Fu You and Sun Feiliu have a tense but familiar relationship. Sun mocks Fu You’s continued career as a magical girl and suggests he should marry and have children, while Fu sharply insists that he is male. Their argument highlights the unusual nature of Fu You’s identity and the social expectations placed on magical girls.
On leaving the laboratory, Fu encounters the two young magical girls he previously saw fighting the Witches’ Society. They apologize after colliding with him and become frightened by his ominous appearance and killing intent. Their fear reinforces Fu You’s intimidating reputation and his contempt for inexperienced magical girls who risk their lives recklessly.

Themes

The chapter explores identity and gender, as Fu You is biologically male but works within a system built around magical girls and is treated as one by others. It also emphasizes the burden of adulthood and responsibility, contrasting Fu’s long career with the organization’s expectation that magical girls eventually retire, marry, and pass on their abilities. Other themes include the exploitation of heroic labor, the cost of power, generational mentorship, and Fu’s conflict between his desire for independence and his growing obligations. The chapter ends with Fu returning to class and realizing that his new assignment will make the following day especially busy.

Chapter Summary: “Abyss Witch Visits”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Fu You wakes late and skips morning reading class, reflecting his lack of interest in ordinary academics or employment.
• He examines his increasingly feminine body, a result of the magical-girl transformation forced upon him by the Special Incident Response Department. His identification papers now list him as female, despite his continued self-identification as male.
• He dresses casually rather than wearing the elaborate black magical-girl outfit stored in his wardrobe. He acknowledges that his physical transformation will continue but feels unable to abandon his magical-girl identity because of the sacrifices he has already made.
• Fu You expects to meet the Abyss Witch but realizes he never arranged a time or location. After spending two hours on his phone, the witch unexpectedly arrives at his apartment.
• The Abyss Witch introduces herself politely and nervously, bringing a bag of fruit. Fu You invites her inside and offers her cola.
• She explains that the Dark Witch advised her to visit Fu You first if she wanted to survive. Fu You is surprised that the encounter is so peaceful and that the witch is treating him with respect rather than immediately fighting.
• The Abyss Witch addresses him as “Senior You” and reveals that, before her transformation, Fu You himself may have been known as the Abyss Witch. She also assumes that Fu You and the Dark Witch were childhood sweethearts, leaving him stunned and denying the connection.

Character Developments

• Fu You: His frustration with his altered body, female legal identity, and forced magical-girl role becomes clearer. Despite his complaints, he remains committed to the profession because he feels his past sacrifices would otherwise be meaningless. He is practical, detached, and somewhat sarcastic, but also uncomfortable when the Abyss Witch behaves shyly or reveals personal information.
• Abyss Witch: She is presented as timid, polite, and inexperienced in dealing with magical girls. Her nervousness contrasts sharply with the dangerous reputation implied by her title. She has recently become a witch and relies on advice from the Dark Witch to navigate her new existence.
• Dark Witch: Though absent, she influences the meeting by directing the Abyss Witch to Fu You and apparently possesses knowledge of Fu You’s past identity.

Significant Themes

• Identity and transformation: Fu You’s physical and legal transformation conflicts with his sense of self, raising questions about gender, autonomy, and whether a person can retain their identity after becoming something different.
• Sacrifice and duty: Fu You continues as a magical girl because abandoning the role would make his earlier sacrifices feel pointless.
• Appearance versus reality: Fu You looks increasingly like a magical girl but still considers himself male, while the Abyss Witch appears threatening by title yet behaves gently and timidly.
• Misunderstood history: The Abyss Witch’s comments suggest that Fu You’s past and relationship with the Dark Witch may be very different from what he remembers or admits.

Character Interactions

• Fu You and the Abyss Witch have an unexpectedly courteous first meeting rather than an immediate battle.
• Fu You questions her nervousness and reminds her that he is there to fight, but her shyness and uncertainty make the confrontation awkward.
• The Abyss Witch tries to appease him by bringing fruit and lowering her clothing, apparently believing she must cater to his preferences; Fu You becomes embarrassed and looks away.
• Their conversation ends with the Abyss Witch claiming Fu You was once the Abyss Witch and suggesting he and the Dark Witch were a pair, creating confusion and hinting at hidden aspects of his past.

Chapter Summary: “Unspeakable Past”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Fu You is confronted by the current Abyss Witch, who excitedly shows him an old photograph of two Witches posing together.
• The photograph reveals that the white-haired Witch beside the Dark Witch was actually Fu You’s former identity: the original Abyss Witch.
• Fu You explains that he abandoned the Witch identity two years earlier and is now believed by the public to be a magical girl named Fu You. Most people think the original Abyss Witch was destroyed.
• To help the current Abyss Witch survive, Fu You instructs her and several others to create a disturbance of at least B-rank at the rear courtyard of Benevolence Hospital, then retreat when he arrives.
• Fu You learns that the Dark Witch has already revealed his secret identity to at least ten people. Furious, he demands a list of their names, while the Abyss Witch interprets his acceptance as agreeing to take her on or guide her.
• When the limiter detects Fu You’s magical power, he transforms into his magical-girl form in front of the Abyss Witch.
• He explains the rules of their staged encounters: outside, they must act as hero and villain, exchange stereotypical lines, and fight seriously enough to maintain appearances. He warns her to escape before he uses his powerful one-thousand-meter-range ultimate attack.

Character Developments

• Fu You: His hidden past as the Abyss Witch is exposed to the reader and partially to the Witch community. He is embarrassed by the old photograph, irritated by being treated as feminine, and deeply resentful that the Dark Witch spread his secret. Despite his anger, he remains protective and strategically helps the current Abyss Witch survive.
• The current Abyss Witch: She idolizes Fu You and sees his former Witch persona as a model to emulate. Her admiration borders on romantic or obsessive fascination, but she is also cautious and obedient because she recognizes Fu You’s power.
• Dark Witch: Though absent, she becomes important through her actions. She has revealed Fu You’s identity and apparently used his closeness with her as motivation for other Witches to grow stronger.
• Relationship dynamics: Fu You’s annoyance contrasts with the Abyss Witch’s enthusiasm and devotion. Her reverence makes him uncomfortable, while his willingness to help her suggests that he still feels responsibility toward Witches from his past.

Significant Themes

• Hidden identity and self-definition: Fu You struggles to separate himself from the Abyss Witch persona and insists that he is a boy named Fu You rather than a “girl” or “Witch.”
• Gender and appearance: The photograph and Fu You’s transformation emphasize how clothing, hairstyle, makeup, and body shape influence how others perceive gender.
• The burden of reputation: An accidental old photograph has become an iconic image among Witches, forcing Fu You to confront a past he wishes to leave behind.
• Privacy and betrayal: Fu You’s anger at Dark Witch highlights the importance of secrecy and the sense of betrayal caused when a trusted friend exposes his identity.
• Performance and reality: The hero-villain battles are partly theatrical performances governed by rules, even though the danger and power involved are real.
• Protection beneath irritation: Although Fu You complains constantly, his plan is designed to keep the current Abyss Witch alive, revealing compassion beneath his hostility.

Character Interactions

• The Abyss Witch enthusiastically praises Fu You while showing him the photograph, unintentionally embarrassing him.
• She studies his appearance for traces of his former identity, prompting Fu You to cover his collar and object internally to being ogled.
• Fu You interrogates her about Dark Witch’s disclosure and reacts with escalating anger when he learns that ten people know his secret.
• The Abyss Witch offers to provide the names and asks whether Fu You will accept her, which he does, though the exact nature of this acceptance remains playful and ambiguous.
• Fu You transforms in front of her and directly instructs her on how their future public battles must be staged.

Chapter Summary: “The Ultimate Move Must Be Used”

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Fu You insists that the Abyss Witch use her ultimate move after transforming, arguing that transformation is pointless without a finishing attack, despite the risk of someone being killed.
• When the building doors open, the Abyss Witch dramatically launches her performance. She announces herself as a terrifying witch and releases a vast black mist covering a five-hundred-meter radius.
• The mist darkens the area, suppresses light, and causes people to feel as though they are suffocating. Civilians recognize her as the infamous Abyss Witch and panic, while others begin recording the event.
• Fu You, disguised as a blond magical girl in black clothing, attacks the Abyss Witch. The two engage in a fierce aerial battle, with Fu You fighting far more seriously and skillfully than expected.
• The Abyss Witch attempts to act villainous by proclaiming her “Abyssal Power” and summoning eight black spheres. Fu You intentionally allows himself to be struck and blasted into a wall to make the battle look convincing, then effortlessly dodges the subsequent attacks.
• Fu You begins charging a powerful ultimate attack in multiple stages. The Abyss Witch realizes the danger and tries to flee, using the black spheres as shields.
• Fu You fires a massive black-and-white beam that dispels the darkness and strikes the fleeing witch. She appears to fall from the sky, but vanishes before hitting the ground.
• The crowd celebrates Fu You’s apparent victory. He dismisses the attention, returns to his room, and privately concludes that the witches of the current generation are weak.
• The chapter ends with the Abyss Witch angrily complaining that Fu You fired the attack before she had finished delivering her lines.

2. Character Developments

• Fu You is shown to be calm, highly skilled, and overwhelmingly powerful in combat. Although he participates in what is supposed to be a staged performance, he takes the battle seriously and instinctively fights with ruthless efficiency.
• Fu You also demonstrates an unexpectedly playful and theatrical side. He deliberately allows himself to be hit, criticizes the Abyss Witch’s dialogue, and performs a dramatic hair toss after winning.
• The Abyss Witch struggles to balance her real fear of Fu You’s ultimate attack with the need to convincingly portray a terrifying villain. Her transformation gives her confidence and dramatic flair, but she remains frustrated and somewhat inexperienced.
• The Abyss Witch’s apparent brutality is revealed as partly performative. Despite her ominous reputation and destructive abilities, she is cooperative enough to stage the encounter and openly complains when Fu You disrupts the planned script.

3. Significant Themes

• Performance versus reality: The battle is presented as a public spectacle, with both characters acting out heroic and villainous roles. However, Fu You’s combat seriousness repeatedly clashes with the Abyss Witch’s theatrical intentions.
• Power and restraint: The chapter raises the danger of using ultimate abilities, since Fu You’s attack could have killed the Abyss Witch. The tension comes from whether a staged battle can remain controlled once overwhelming power is unleashed.
• Public perception and morality: The crowd judges the characters by appearances—dark clothing and black magic are associated with evil—yet Fu You, despite using black magic, is celebrated as the hero.
• Comedy through contrast: The frightening imagery of darkness, suffocation, and destruction is undercut by mundane details such as spectators debating the magical girl’s stockings and the Abyss Witch arguing over her dialogue.
• Strength versus spectacle: Fu You’s effortless superiority exposes the gap between genuine combat ability and dramatic presentation.

4. Character Interactions

• Fu You and the Abyss Witch begin with a disagreement over whether she truly needs to use her ultimate move, establishing Fu You’s insistence on making the performance convincing.
• During the fight, the Abyss Witch delivers villainous lines while Fu You responds with blunt criticism, treating the scene more like a technical exercise than a dramatic confrontation.
• Their battle appears deadly to onlookers, but both characters are coordinating the encounter to some degree. Fu You intentionally takes hits, while the Abyss Witch escalates her attacks for dramatic effect.
• The Abyss Witch panics when Fu You begins charging his ultimate attack and retreats, while Fu You remains focused and fires before she completes her planned speech.
• Their final interaction is comedic: rather than praising the victory, the Abyss Witch complains that Fu You ruined the timing of the performance.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Fu You returns to his room after confronting the Abyss Witch and reverts from his magical-girl form to his male body.
• He has arranged for the Abyss Witch to return the following day, both to fulfill his monthly combat quota and to allow an inexperienced pink-haired magical girl to witness a genuinely dangerous battle.
• Fu You goes through an ordinary school day while classmates excitedly discuss the Abyss Witch’s reappearance. Rather than fearing her, many students treat her as an attractive celebrity, focusing on her appearance and the possibility of damaged clothing.
• After school, Fu You transforms back into his magical-girl identity and visits the Magical Girls’ Apartment, a residence and support facility for local magical girls.
• The apartment is heavily commercialized, filled with merchandise and idol-like displays, which clashes with Fu You’s cynical and battle-focused personality.
• He makes his way toward Room 503, avoiding attention and choosing the stairs instead of the elevator.
• On the stairway, he encounters Lin Lan, an older blonde magical girl who recognizes him as Fu You. He ignores her and continues past her without speaking.

2. Character Developments

• Fu You: His cynical, battle-hardened outlook becomes clearer. He views inexperienced magical girls as naïve and believes they must quickly learn that combat involves pain and death. He is detached from his classmates and dislikes the cheerful, idol-oriented culture surrounding magical girls. His hatred of pink hair is linked to his traumatic history with Jiang Ke’an, the Dark Witch, who once defeated and corrupted him.
• Fu You’s past: He was formerly a magical girl destined to fight Jiang Ke’an as the final enemy of his career. Instead of defeating her, he was corrupted and became a witch before eventually becoming a professional magical girl who fights for a living.
• Jiang Ke’an: Although absent from the present events, the Dark Witch remains a powerful psychological presence. Fu You remembers her as both his intended final opponent and a disturbing, perverse figure, explaining his intense discomfort with pink hair.
• Lin Lan: She is introduced as an eighteen-year-old, mature-looking blonde magical girl with a stern and somewhat intimidating manner. Her recognition of Fu You hints at an existing relationship or history between them.

3. Significant Themes

• The brutality behind idealized heroism: Magical girls may appear beautiful and charming, but real battles involve injury and death. Fu You rejects the romanticized image of magical-girl life.
• Commercialization and celebrity culture: Magical girls are treated not only as warriors but also as idols and marketable products. The apartment’s merchandise and students’ fascination with the Abyss Witch show how danger is transformed into entertainment.
• Trauma and corruption: Fu You’s past defeat and corruption by Jiang Ke’an continues to shape his identity, behavior, and emotional reactions.
• Alienation and identity: Fu You lives between identities—an ordinary male student, a transformed magical girl, and a former witch. His discomfort in both ordinary school life and the magical-girl community emphasizes his isolation.
• Love as a source of power: The apartment’s policy of allowing family and friends to live with magical girls reflects the idea that magical power depends partly on emotional support and love.

4. Character Interactions

• Fu You arranges a future battle with the Abyss Witch, intending to use it as both professional work and training for a rookie magical girl.
• His classmates discuss the Abyss Witch in a crude, objectifying way, reinforcing Fu You’s contempt for them.
• The apartment manager notices Fu You’s withdrawn behavior but chooses not to approach him.
• Other magical girls whisper about his all-black appearance and speculate that he may be a fallen magical girl. He responds only with cold looks.
• Lin Lan confronts or addresses him on the stairs by name. Fu You deliberately refuses to engage, while both avoid physical contact as they pass one another, creating an atmosphere of tension and unresolved familiarity.

Chapter Summary: “Pink · Huali”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Fu You ignores Lin Lan and Liu Ting and goes upstairs to meet the magical girl she has been assigned to teach.
• She arrives at Room 503, carefully adjusts her appearance, and tries to project dignity and authority.
• Fu You rings the doorbell and is shocked when the person who answers is a man rather than a girl.
• The man identifies himself as Huali, Fu You’s junior and student. When he reaches toward her, she instinctively summons her staff and pushes him back, warning him not to come too close.
• Huali responds cheerfully rather than taking offense. He gives Fu You a welcome gift: a cute rabbit plushie.
• Fu You examines the room and notices photographs of Huali’s magical-girl form: a pink-haired girl. She realizes that Huali is a male magical girl who transforms into a feminine form.
• Although Fu You dislikes the cute gift and feels uncomfortable with Huali’s appearance and manner, she accepts the plushie and attaches it to her waist.
• Huali offers her refreshments, and Fu You bluntly requests cola. He then asks whether she is frightened or uncomfortable because he is a man.

Character Developments

• Fu You: Revealed to be a magical girl who has genuinely fallen into darkness. She has an intimidating aura and a severe, aloof appearance, but is insecure about her short, slightly chubby body and worries about making a good impression. Her discomfort around Huali’s femininity and male identity highlights her rigid expectations of magical girls. Despite disliking the gift, she acknowledges his thoughtfulness.
• Huali: Introduced as Fu You’s unusual junior. Though male in his ordinary form, he transforms into a pink-haired magical girl. He is friendly, enthusiastic, polite, and eager to please Fu You, preparing a gift and refreshments for her. His cheerful persistence contrasts sharply with Fu You’s guarded hostility.
• Lin Lan and Liu Ting: Their brief interaction establishes Lin Lan’s resentment toward Fu You and Liu Ting’s familiar, affectionate relationship with her “big sister.”

Significant Themes

• Identity and transformation: Huali’s existence challenges the conventional image of magical girls and raises questions about the difference between a person’s ordinary identity and magical form.
• Appearance versus reality: Fu You appears frightening and powerful to magical girls but is still perceived as a small, somewhat chubby girl by ordinary people. Likewise, Huali looks like a pretty, feminine magical girl in photographs while being male in his everyday body.
• Expectations and prejudice: Fu You assumes magical girls should be feminine and cute, while Huali assumes she will appreciate a stereotypically adorable gift. Both have to confront the mismatch between expectations and reality.
• Emotional guardedness: Fu You’s cold behavior and defensive use of her staff conceal discomfort and insecurity, while Huali’s friendliness and gift-giving represent an attempt to build trust.
• Contrast between darkness and warmth: Fu You’s black, noble, intimidating design and personality are juxtaposed with Huali’s pink magical-girl identity, cheerful demeanor, and rabbit plushie.

Character Interactions

• Lin Lan responds coldly to Fu You, while Liu Ting clings to Lin Lan and openly criticizes Fu You.
• Fu You and Huali’s first meeting is tense and awkward: she physically rejects his attempted greeting, while he responds with exaggerated politeness and enthusiasm.
• Huali studies Fu You’s elaborate dark magical-girl outfit with fascination, whereas Fu You is unsettled by his feminine appearance and behavior.
• Their exchange over the rabbit plushie and cola establishes their contrasting personalities: Huali is eager and accommodating, while Fu You is blunt, restrained, and difficult to impress.

Chapter Summary: “Golden-Hair”

Plot Points and Events

• Fu You meets Huali, a new magical girl known as “Golden-Hair,” after he is apparently told by his teacher that she will train him.
• Huali initially appears as a timid, somewhat feminine young man. Fu You is puzzled by his “sissy” demeanor but accepts that anyone capable of becoming a magical girl is unusual.
• Huali transforms using a pink wand, undergoing a dramatic magical-girl transformation into the adorable Pink Huali. His body becomes more feminine, his voice turns soft and girlish, and he wears an elaborate pink-and-white outfit.
• Fu You is embarrassed by the transformation sequence and by Huali’s cheerful lack of embarrassment, though she acknowledges that Huali seems less strange than herself.
• Fu You takes Huali outside the Magical Girls’ Apartment. Rather than train in the apartment’s designated practice area, she leads him to a more isolated, rough area beside the moat to simulate real battle conditions.
• She explains that transforming and maintaining magical-girl form consumes magic power, which is difficult and expensive to replenish. However, Fu You possesses an unusually large reserve of magic power.
• Fu You orders Huali to attack her with everything he has, beginning with close combat. Huali reveals that he is a healing-type magical girl with no offensive abilities and has never fought before.
• Fu You adopts a serious combat stance and challenges him to fight despite his lack of offensive magic. The chapter ends with the humorous revelation that Huali’s golden hair is natural, not dyed.

Character Development

• Fu You: Shows herself to be direct, practical, and demanding as a mentor. She prioritizes combat readiness and believes magical girls must be capable of fighting, even if their primary abilities are supportive. She is also self-conscious about appearances and uncomfortable with others learning about her association with Huali as a man.
• Huali/Pink Huali: Displays a gentle, timid, and highly feminine personality, both before and after transformation. He is enthusiastic about Fu You’s guidance and admires her mysterious strength and elegance. However, he lacks combat experience and appears almost completely dependent on healing abilities.
• Huali’s transformation emphasizes the contrast between his male identity and his cute magical-girl form, while also suggesting that becoming a magical girl quickly affects his voice, appearance, and mannerisms.

Significant Themes

• Identity and transformation: Huali’s magical-girl form dramatically changes his body, voice, and presentation, raising questions about gender, appearance, and the difference between one’s ordinary and transformed selves.
• Expectations versus reality: Pink magical girls are stereotypically associated with love, healing, gentleness, and emotional sensitivity, but Fu You insists that every magical girl must be able to fight.
• Combat and survival: The chapter stresses that magical-girl powers are not merely decorative or symbolic. Magic power is limited, resources are costly, and training must prepare girls for dangerous real-world battles.
• Appearance and judgment: Fu You worries about how others perceive Huali, while Huali idealizes Fu You’s movements and appearance. Their contrasting attitudes highlight the importance both characters place on presentation.
• Mentorship: Fu You assumes responsibility for shaping Huali into a usable fighter, even though she finds his personality and situation strange.

Character Interactions

• Fu You questions Huali about his connection to Sun Feiliu and learns that his teacher arranged their meeting.
• Huali repeatedly admires Fu You, especially her elegant gestures and apparent strength.
• Fu You responds to Huali’s timidness with blunt criticism rather than reassurance, insisting that he attack her seriously.
• Their interaction is comedic but also establishes a clear mentor-student relationship: Huali is eager and inexperienced, while Fu You is severe, confident, and determined to force him to develop combat ability.

Chapter Summary: “First Training”

Plot Points and Events

• Fu You begins Huali’s combat training by attacking her seriously with a large staff.
• Huali initially tries to dodge rather than block because her small wand seems incapable of withstanding Fu You’s weapon. Fu You follows her evasions with a second strike, hitting Huali on the head and knocking her down.
• Huali uses a Healing Spell to recover, but Fu You immediately orders her to continue. Huali realizes that Fu You is treating the training as a real fight and that a few direct hits could kill her.
• Fu You launches a series of controlled but powerful attacks—sweeps, chops, thrusts, and strikes from different angles. Huali struggles due to her lack of combat experience but relies on her magical-girl flexibility to evade.
• As the fight continues, Huali becomes more familiar with Fu You’s attack patterns. She notices that Fu You’s broad movements reveal the direction of each attack and that downward strikes leave Fu You briefly vulnerable.
• Huali successfully dodges a downward smash and counters by striking Fu You on the head with her small pink wand, flattening Fu You’s bow.
• Fu You declares that Huali has passed for the day. When Huali asks what failure would mean, Fu You bluntly suggests that she might die.
• Huali questions Fu You’s combat type, assuming that her staff makes her a magic-type magical girl. Fu You disproves this by demonstrating that the staff is also a devastating melee weapon.
• Fu You ends the lesson by telling Huali that magical girls are destined to fight, even if they claim to represent love and justice. She schedules their next training session for the following afternoon at a convenience store near Magical Girls’ Apartment.

Character Development

• Huali begins as an inexperienced and hesitant fighter. She is frightened by Fu You’s overwhelming strength and initially has little idea how to use her body in combat.
• Despite being struck and badly shaken, Huali does not panic or give up. She quickly adapts, learns to read Fu You’s movements, and gradually becomes more confident.
• Huali demonstrates natural physical agility and discovers that her magical-girl abilities can compensate for her lack of training.
• By successfully counterattacking Fu You, Huali shows the beginnings of tactical awareness and proves that she can learn under extreme pressure.
• Fu You is revealed to be a severe and uncompromising instructor. Although she attacks Huali with potentially lethal force, she is carefully observing her student and gains respect when Huali continues fighting without complaining.
• Fu You’s strength is far greater than Huali initially assumes. Her staff is not merely a magical implement but a powerful weapon capable of creating craters and apparently channeling tremendous force.

Significant Themes

• The violent reality of magical girls: The chapter challenges the idealized belief that magical girls simply represent love and justice. Fu You insists that their mission requires fighting and violence.
• Training through hardship: Huali’s progress comes from enduring danger, learning from mistakes, and adapting rather than relying solely on healing magic or natural abilities.
• Hidden strength and false assumptions: Fu You’s appearance and staff lead Huali to misjudge her as a conventional magic-type fighter, while her physical power reveals a more complex and formidable nature.
• Growth through experience: Huali’s magical abilities are not enough on their own; she must develop combat instincts, timing, and confidence.

Character Interactions

• Fu You dominates the training session, repeatedly forcing Huali to react under pressure.
• Huali’s healing ability allows her to survive and continue, but Fu You makes clear that recovery does not replace skill.
• Huali’s successful strike temporarily disrupts Fu You’s composed demeanor, though Fu You quickly restores her bow and remains in control.
• Their conversation after the fight establishes a mentor-student relationship based on blunt instruction rather than warmth. Fu You teaches through intimidation and action, while Huali responds with nervous questions, humor, and growing determination.

Chapter Summary: “The Origin of Magical Girls”

Key Plot Points and Events

• After finishing a training lesson with his junior, Fu You returns home alone. His magical-girl form disappears once he leaves Huali.
• Sun Feiliu calls to ask about Huali, the newcomer Fu You has been assigned to train. Sun reveals that he deliberately transferred Huali because he believes the two are compatible and that Huali may have a highly successful future.
• Fu You reacts skeptically and is irritated by Sun’s teasing, especially when Sun compares Huali to him. Their conversation ends with mutual sarcasm.
• While resting in his dark room, Fu You reflects on Huali’s effeminate personality and healing abilities. He wonders whether becoming a magical girl might suit Huali and eventually transform him completely into a girl.
• The following evening, Fu You waits near the Magical Girls’ Apartment for Huali. He only transforms after seeing Huali leave, then emerges from a nearby alley in magical-girl form.
• The chapter shifts into an explanation of the world’s history and magical power system: magical girls have existed for over five hundred years, while fierce beasts, witches, superpowered humans, and Witches’ Societies all form part of the larger supernatural conflict.

Character Developments

• Fu You: He is shown as experienced, guarded, and uncomfortable with both public attention and emotional vulnerability. He prefers darkness because of his connection to it and remains skeptical of Sun Feiliu’s praise of Huali. Despite his complaints, Fu You is already thinking seriously about Huali’s future and seems willing to guide him.
• Huali: Although he does not speak directly in much of the chapter, he is characterized as effeminate and newly awakened as a healing-type magical girl. His personality and abilities suggest that his transformation may eventually become more complete, and Fu You believes he could adapt well to life as a magical girl.
• Sun Feiliu: He appears confident in his judgment of people and deliberately pairs Fu You with Huali. His teasing relationship with Fu You suggests familiarity and mutual trust beneath their argumentative humor.

Significant Themes

• Identity and transformation: Huali’s possible transition from male to female raises questions about gender, selfhood, and whether magical power changes a person’s identity.
• Light and darkness: Fu You’s comfort in darkness contrasts with the traditional role of magical girls as protectors of the light. The chapter also presents darkness as both a source of power and a path toward corruption.
• Uncertainty about origins: Humanity still does not know whether Magical Pets came to protect the world or accidentally introduced both magical girls and fierce beasts.
• The dangers of power: Magical girls, fierce beasts, witches, and superpowered humans represent different outcomes of supernatural power. The chapter emphasizes that intelligence and corruption make witches more dangerous than mindless monsters.
• Humanity’s moral complexity: Witches embody human vices, while some humans willingly cooperate with them for research. The greatest threat is therefore not only monstrous creatures, but also human ambition and moral compromise.

Character Interactions

• Fu You and Sun Feiliu: Their phone conversation is playful and antagonistic. Sun teases Fu You about his similarity to Huali and praises Huali’s potential, while Fu You responds with insults and skepticism. Their exchange nevertheless shows that Sun trusts Fu You as a mentor.
• Fu You and Huali: Their relationship is mainly established indirectly. Fu You has trained Huali and now observes him from a distance, suggesting a cautious but growing sense of responsibility. He judges Huali’s personality yet also considers how best to help him develop.
• Magical girls and society: Ordinary people are accustomed to magical girls appearing in public, particularly near the Magical Girls’ Apartment. This demonstrates how deeply magical girls have been integrated into everyday life despite the danger surrounding them.

Chapter Summary: “First Encounter with a Ferocious Beast”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The chapter opens by explaining the current state of the world: witches once threatened to enslave humanity, but magical girls gradually suppressed them. In Jiangyang City, witch activity is limited because four overwhelmingly powerful witches—Abyss Witch, Crying Witch, Ghost-Faced Witch, and White Witch—dominate the younger witches.
• Ordinary people know little about the true dangers of Witch World. Powerful figures such as Dark Witch remain unknown because those who speak of her often do not survive.
• At the Magical Girls’ Apartment, Huali attracts attention because of his unusual pink appearance and cute demeanor. He searches for Fu You, who soon emerges from the shadows.
• Huali has fully recovered from his previous injuries and eagerly asks to continue training. Fu You tells him that their opponent will be Abyss Witch herself, alarming Huali and attracting the attention of nearby magical girls and civilians.
• To avoid the crowd, Fu You takes Huali to the hospital’s rear courtyard, a location he believes the Witches’ Society might exploit. The area offers Abyss Witch opportunities to escape because magical girls would hesitate to fight freely near a hospital.
• Fu You reflects on the restrictions placed on magical girls: they can be stripped of their powers or imprisoned for causing collateral damage, while the Witches’ Society attacks civilians without restraint and uses public spaces to escape.
• Before Fu You and Huali reach the courtyard, civilians flee in panic, shouting that a ferocious beast is inside. Huali rushes ahead, and the two enter the courtyard as a monstrous voice announces its desire for human flesh.

Character Developments

• Huali demonstrates remarkable healing ability, recovering almost completely in one day. He remains energetic, enthusiastic, and eager to prove himself, though his confidence is mixed with understandable fear about facing Abyss Witch.
• Huali’s serious reaction after Fu You tells him to be quiet shows that, despite his talkative and cheerful personality, he can respond maturely to criticism and focus when necessary.
• Fu You remains stern, practical, and emotionally distant. He is irritated by Huali’s constant chatter but pays close attention to Huali’s condition and behavior. His knowledge of the Witches’ Society and concern about collateral damage reveal his experience and distrust of the system governing magical girls.
• Fu You’s willingness to bring Huali into a dangerous encounter suggests that he views the situation as both training and a real test of Huali’s abilities.

Significant Themes

• The hidden reality behind public safety: Ordinary citizens believe witches are mostly under control, but powerful witches and secret organizations continue to pose serious threats.
• Unequal moral restrictions: Magical girls must protect civilians and avoid property damage, while witches and ferocious beasts face no such limitations. This imbalance makes it difficult for magical girls to fight effectively.
• Public ignorance and spectacle: Civilians treat magical girls as attractive celebrities, focusing on Huali’s appearance and eagerly wanting to watch a battle without understanding the danger.
• Training through danger: Huali’s first major challenge is not a controlled exercise but a potentially lethal confrontation, emphasizing the harshness of the magical-girl world.
• Power and survival: The dominance of the four major witches and the secrecy surrounding Dark Witch establish a world where weaker magical beings have little chance to develop or survive.

Character Interactions

• Huali approaches Fu You enthusiastically and calls him “Senior,” showing admiration and dependence.
• Fu You questions Huali’s rapid recovery, while Huali confidently insists that he is ready to train again.
• Huali reacts loudly to the prospect of fighting Abyss Witch, while Fu You remains calm and seemingly unimpressed by the danger.
• When Huali talks excessively during their journey, Fu You bluntly orders him to be quiet. Huali obeys immediately and becomes more focused.
• At the hospital, Huali instinctively moves ahead to confront the danger, while Fu You hesitates only briefly before following.
• The chapter ends with both entering the courtyard to face an unidentified ferocious beast, leaving the nature of the creature and Abyss Witch’s involvement unresolved.

Summary: “Huali’s First Battle”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Fu You deliberately chooses the hospital’s rear courtyard as the meeting place because he knows the Witches’ Society will be able to escape there. The magical girls, concerned about protecting the hospital, would be reluctant to fight freely.
• Fu You and Huali arrive to find a horrifying six-armed, crab-like vicious beast attacking civilians and swallowing people alive.
• When the beast targets Huali, Fu You notices that two victims are still alive inside its mouth. To force Huali into action and teach her responsibility as a magical girl, he grabs her and throws her directly toward the monster’s open mouth.
• Huali lands inside the creature and uses her healing magic on the two unconscious victims. She tries to drag them out, but the monster closes its mouth around all three.
• The beast’s second tongue pins Huali and the victims against its teeth. Its saliva makes the flesh too slippery for her to escape, while its jaws begin crushing them.
• Huali expects Fu You to rescue her, but he remains outside, watching without intervening. As the monster’s mouth closes completely, Huali is left shocked and uncertain about why her senior has abandoned her.

Character Developments

• Huali: This is her first real battle as a magical girl. Though inexperienced and primarily a healer, she quickly recognizes the trapped civilians and acts courageously to save them. She demonstrates agility, strength, and determination, but her lack of combat training leaves her helpless once the monster overpowers her. Her faith in Fu You is shaken when he does not immediately rescue her.
• Fu You: He is pragmatic, emotionally detached, and willing to place Huali in extreme danger to force her to develop proper values and combat instincts. His decision to throw her into the monster’s mouth reveals both his confidence in her potential and his harsh, manipulative teaching style. His refusal to help immediately creates suspense about his actual intentions.
• The vicious beast: The monster is portrayed as grotesque and predatory, possessing multiple arms, eyes, tongues, and a massive mouth. Its intelligence is suggested by its ability to react to Huali’s escape attempt and deliberately pin her down.

Significant Themes

• Harsh mentorship: Fu You’s method of teaching is dangerous and unsentimental, suggesting that magical girls must learn through real peril rather than controlled practice.
• Courage and responsibility: Huali’s first instinct is to save the civilians despite her fear and inexperience, marking the beginning of her growth into a true magical girl.
• Trust and abandonment: Huali relies on Fu You’s strength and believes he will protect her, but his inaction forces her to question that trust.
• The gap between healing and combat: Huali possesses valuable healing abilities but lacks offensive skills, highlighting the vulnerability of support-oriented magical girls in direct battle.
• Moral pressure under crisis: Fu You intentionally places Huali in a situation where she must choose to help helpless victims, testing whether she understands the responsibilities associated with her powers.

Character Interactions

• Fu You and Huali enter the courtyard together, but Fu You quickly takes control of the situation by physically throwing Huali into danger.
• Huali asks Fu You for a strategy, but he bluntly admits he has none, reinforcing his unconventional and careless attitude.
• Inside the beast, Huali uses her healing magic on the victims and struggles to free them, effectively acting according to the ideals Fu You wants her to develop.
• Their relationship becomes emotionally strained when Huali looks to Fu You for rescue and sees him deliberately standing by. The chapter ends on her shocked realization that she may have to face the danger without the protection she expected.

Chapter Summary: “Intervention”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Huali is trapped inside a giant beast after saving two injured patients. The creature’s teeth and corrosive saliva press against him, leaving him convinced that he and the patients are about to be killed.
• Feeling powerless, Huali wonders why his senior, Fu You, has not intervened and briefly suspects that Fu You may be deliberately allowing him to suffer or die.
• A golden-haired magical girl suddenly shoots through the beast’s body, forcing it to open its mouth and eject Huali and the patients.
• The golden-haired girl, later identified as Huang Xing, and a green-clad archer engage the beast. Huang Xing uses her powerful rifle, while the archer precisely destroys the beast’s six whip-like limbs with arrows.
• Huali heals the patients, stopping their bleeding and ensuring that they will survive.
• Huang Xing and the archer quickly defeat the beast, shooting and striking its head until it collapses.
• Afterward, Huang Xing angrily confronts Fu You for allowing Huali to face such danger. She presses her rifle against his cheek and accuses him of wanting to watch the newcomer die.
• Fu You remains calm and dismissive, claiming there was no need for him to act because Huali survived. When Huang Xing threatens him, Fu You uses a black ripple of force to knock the rifle from her hand, then retreats to the parallel bars and tells her it is too early for her to lecture him.

Character Developments

• Huali: Experiences genuine fear and helplessness for the first time as a magical girl, recognizing that magical girls are vulnerable and can die. Despite this, he remains focused on healing the patients once rescued, demonstrating compassion and growing responsibility. His trust in Fu You is shaken by Fu You’s apparent indifference.
• Fu You: Reveals a detached, harsh training philosophy. He deliberately allows Huali to confront extreme danger, apparently believing that intervention is unnecessary unless death is imminent. His calmness and effortless use of force emphasize his power and emotional distance.
• Huang Xing: Introduced as a capable and protective magical girl. She acts decisively to save Huali and the patients, then shows strong moral outrage toward Fu You for endangering a newcomer. Her confrontation reveals both her courage and her protective concern.
• The green-clad archer: Demonstrates extraordinary precision and speed in combat. Her gentle, reassuring manner contrasts with her deadly effectiveness, and she encourages Huali to focus on healing.
• The two patients: Remain injured but are saved through Huali’s healing magic after being expelled from the beast.

Significant Themes

• Training versus protection: The chapter questions whether exposing inexperienced fighters to deadly situations builds strength or is simply reckless cruelty.
• Powerlessness and growth: Huali’s fear highlights the gap between possessing magical abilities and knowing how to use them effectively.
• Responsibility toward others: Even while terrified, Huali prioritizes the patients’ survival, suggesting that heroism comes from protecting others rather than being fearless.
• Emotional detachment versus compassion: Fu You treats the incident as a lesson, while Huali and Huang Xing respond emotionally and morally to the danger.
• Trust and authority: Huali begins to question Fu You’s motives, while Huang Xing openly challenges his authority and methods.

Character Interactions

• Huali’s concern for Fu You turns into resentment when Fu You fails to help, though Huali later realizes that Huang Xing—not Fu You—saved him.
• Huang Xing and the archer work together efficiently, combining ranged attacks to protect Huali and defeat the beast.
• The archer offers Huali warmth and reassurance, while Huang Xing protects him physically and condemns Fu You’s behavior.
• Huang Xing and Fu You engage in a tense power struggle: she accuses him of negligence, while he responds with calm provocation and ultimately demonstrates that he remains more powerful than she expects.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Huali watches Huang Xing, Green Yi, and Fu You argue over Fu You’s morality and the black staining on her magical-girl uniform. Green Yi warns Huali that once a magical girl is corrupted, she cannot return to purity.
• The defeated Fierce Beast suddenly launches a final attack with a severed limb. Huang Xing reacts instantly, producing a second pistol and destroying the limb and the creature with several shots.
• The Fierce Beast dissolves into black smoke, leaving behind the unconscious human it had transformed from and three black diamond fragments—valuable resources used by magical girls.
• Huang Xing gives Huali one fragment as a reward for helping, despite Huali’s belief that Huang Xing deserves it because she delivered the killing blow. Green Yi and Fu You both encourage Huali to accept it.
• Huang Xing invites Huali to join her team as a healer, but Huali declines for now because she wants to continue training under Fu You.
• Huang Xing and Green Yi introduce themselves, then carry the injured victims to the hospital. The Special Incident Response Department is expected to retrieve the transformed man’s corpse.
• After they leave, Huali insists on remaining with Fu You, even though Fu You warns her not to expect kindness or trust from her. Fu You claims that powerful people, including Minister Sun Feiliu, are interested in exploiting Huali’s unusual value.
• Huali declares that loyalty and righteousness require her to trust and support Fu You as her senior. Her sincere admiration—calling Fu You “cool”—unexpectedly affects Fu You and makes her laugh.
• Fu You detects the arrival of an Abyss Witch, a more dangerous enemy than the ordinary Fierce Beast they just defeated.
• An unnatural darkness surrounds the area, accompanied by a distorted, overlapping laugh. Fu You throws Huali into the air to remove her from immediate danger, then charges alone into the darkness as the new battle begins.

Character Developments

• Huali becomes more assertive and principled. Although inexperienced, she refuses to judge Fu You solely by her reputation and chooses to place her trust in her senior.
• Fu You remains cynical and distrustful, openly rejecting the image of a righteous magical girl. However, Huali’s faith in her and her belief in loyalty briefly break through Fu You’s emotional defenses.
• Huang Xing is established as capable, compassionate, and practical. She rewards Huali for acting like a true magical girl and offers her protection and a place on the team.
• Green Yi acts as a friendly but cautionary mentor, supporting Huang Xing’s generosity while continuing to warn Huali about Fu You.
• Huang Xing and Fu You maintain a hostile, antagonistic relationship, exchanging threats and insults despite both cooperating when necessary to protect others.

Significant Themes

• Trust versus cynicism: Huali believes trust and loyalty are essential, while Fu You argues that trust allows others to exploit a person’s value.
• Corruption and moral judgment: The black markings on Fu You symbolize suspected moral corruption, raising questions about whether someone with a compromised past can still do good.
• What it means to be a magical girl: Huang Xing emphasizes helping others and rewarding Huali for fulfilling that ideal, while Fu You rejects conventional heroism.
• Value and exploitation: The black diamond fragments and Huali’s unexplained importance highlight how magical girls and institutions can be treated as resources.
• Foundational relationships: Huali begins forming bonds with both Huang Xing’s team and Fu You, creating a tension between conventional heroism and Fu You’s harsher worldview.

Character Interactions

• Green Yi warns Huali against trusting Fu You, while Huali argues that Fu You’s status as her senior deserves respect.
• Huang Xing and Fu You exchange open hostility, with Huang Xing threatening to kill Fu You someday and Fu You responding indifferently.
• Huang Xing and Huali share a gentle mentor-like interaction when Huang Xing gives her a diamond fragment and invites her to join the team.
• Huali and Fu You’s relationship deepens when Huali stubbornly affirms her loyalty. Her admiration unsettles Fu You and produces a rare moment of warmth.
• The chapter ends with Fu You taking responsibility for confronting the Abyss Witch while Huali is thrown clear, setting up a more dangerous confrontation.

Chapter Summary: “Huali’s Battle”

Plot Points and Events

• Huali narrowly avoids three enormous black spheres that destroy the ground where he had been standing. The attack marks the Abyss Witch’s arrival and creates a dark, distorted magical domain where she battles Fu You.
• Unsure whether he should enter the darkness to help, Huali remembers Fu You’s lesson from the previous day: being a healing-type magical girl should not limit him from fighting or protecting others.
• Two male members of the Witches’ Society, known as the Corrupted, descend and attack Huali. Their magic-enhanced clothing grants them unusual strength.
• Huali uses his magically enhanced physical strength to kick both attackers away, surprising them, but the recoil leaves him unsteady. He heals himself with a basic continuous healing spell.
• The Corrupted recognize that Huali is inexperienced and exploit his lack of combat training. By circling him and attacking from his blind spots, they overwhelm and injure him.
• Huali is knocked down, restrained, and taunted. The Corrupted mock his healing ability and threaten to corrupt him, while Huali struggles helplessly to escape.
• Just as the situation becomes dangerous, Fu You appears above them with his long staff. The Abyss Witch has apparently fled the battle, leaving Fu You free to intervene.
• Fu You confronts the Corrupted and declares that they should die, ending the chapter on a threatening cliffhanger.

Character Developments

• Huali: Begins to accept that his healing ability does not have to define or restrict him. He wants to fight for justice like other magical girls, but his lack of training becomes painfully clear. Although physically powerful, he cannot yet use that strength effectively in combat and is forced to confront the limitations of his current skills.
• Fu You: Continues to act as Huali’s mentor, teaching him to overcome the narrow idea that healers can only provide support. His sudden, confident return suggests that he has defeated or driven away the Abyss Witch and remains highly powerful.
• The Corrupted: They are introduced as physically capable agents of the Witches’ Society who rely on intimidation, teamwork, and close-quarters combat. Their cruelty is emphasized through their mocking and abusive treatment of Huali.

Significant Themes

• Breaking free from assigned roles: Huali struggles with the belief that a healing-type magical girl should remain in a purely supportive role. Fu You’s teachings encourage him to see his abilities more broadly.
• Power versus skill: Huali possesses considerable magical strength but lacks experience and combat technique, allowing less powerful opponents to defeat him through coordination and strategy.
• Vulnerability and growth: Huali’s humiliation and helplessness reveal how unprepared he is, setting up the need for training and personal development.
• Good versus evil: The conflict between magical girls and the Witches’ Society is shown through both the large-scale battle in the sky and the brutal attack on Huali.

Character Interactions

• Huali reflects on Fu You’s earlier instruction and uses it to motivate himself during the battle.
• Huali fights the two Corrupted but is gradually outmaneuvered by their coordinated attacks.
• The Corrupted ridicule Huali’s inexperience and healing powers while attempting to dominate and corrupt him.
• Fu You interrupts the Corrupted at the moment of their victory, shifting the balance of power and ending the chapter with a direct threat.

Chapter Summary: “This Is What a Senior Is Like”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Fu You battles the Abyss Witch inside a massive Darkness Domain near the hospital. Their clash causes violent shockwaves, damages the hospital, shatters windows, and terrifies the civilians inside.
• The Special Incident Response Department detects the rapidly rising magical power and dispatches magical girls. Huang Xing and Green Yi, having finished helping patients, transform and rush outside.
• The fight between Fu You and the Abyss Witch is revealed to be a controlled spar rather than a true battle to the death. Fu You relentlessly attacks with her staff, while the Abyss Witch defends herself using black magical spheres.
• Fu You deliberately avoids large-scale attacks to prevent further damage to the hospital. Nevertheless, she completely overwhelms the Abyss Witch, even repeatedly kicking her and warning her immediately before landing a decisive blow.
• The Abyss Witch is knocked out of the Darkness Domain and realizes that the agreed-upon B-rank disturbance has been achieved. Injured and unable to sustain the battle, she retreats.
• After the Witch leaves, Fu You turns her attention to the two Corrupted Ones near the hospital. She kills both instantly with her staff, leaving Huali covered in their blood.
• The chapter ends with Fu You gently offering Huali her hand and asking whether he can stand, contrasting her brutal treatment of the Corrupted Ones with her concern for him.

Character Developments

• Fu You demonstrates overwhelming strength, precision, and control. She can suppress the Abyss Witch without using her full power and remains mindful of the hospital’s safety. Her sudden gentleness toward Huali reveals a caring side beneath her cold, terrifying battle persona.
• The Abyss Witch recognizes Fu You as a vastly superior senior and treats the battle as an invaluable training opportunity. Although humiliated and badly outmatched, she feels admiration—even romantic fascination—for Fu You’s beauty, discipline, and skill. Her distraction by Fu You’s appearance directly leads to her defeat.
• Huali is shaken by the violence and by Fu You’s effortless execution of the Corrupted Ones. Covered in blood, he remains tense and frightened even after the immediate danger passes, emphasizing the psychological impact of the encounter.
• Huang Xing and Green Yi act responsibly during the crisis, first helping hospital patients and then responding to the magical disturbance, though they arrive too late to participate in the main battle.

Significant Themes

• Power and restraint: Fu You’s strength is evident not only in her attacks but also in her ability to limit them and avoid destroying the hospital.
• Training versus killing: The fight with the Abyss Witch is a disciplined exercise designed to sharpen skill, while Fu You’s confrontation with the Corrupted Ones is immediate and lethal.
• Admiration and hierarchy: The Abyss Witch’s awe of Fu You highlights the gap between an experienced senior and a powerful but less-developed Witch.
• Duality of character: Fu You appears elegant and almost mesmerizing in combat, yet is also ruthless toward enemies and unexpectedly compassionate toward allies.
• Fear and aftermath: The destruction, alarms, bloodshed, and Huali’s reaction show that even a controlled battle leaves ordinary people and weaker companions deeply traumatized.

Character Interactions

• Fu You and the Abyss Witch engage in a one-sided but highly technical spar, with Fu You pressuring her continuously and the Witch struggling to keep up.
• The Abyss Witch’s fascination with Fu You’s appearance causes her to lose focus, prompting Fu You to warn her before striking her down.
• Fu You refrains from killing the Abyss Witch, allowing her to retreat once the training objective has been fulfilled.
• Fu You then kills the Corrupted Ones in front of Huali, whose shock contrasts sharply with Fu You’s calmness.
• The final exchange between Fu You and Huali—her gentle question and offered hand—shows a personal, protective relationship emerging amid the violence.

Chapter Summary: My Charm Really Is Something

Key Plot Points and Events

• Huali survives his first serious battle against the Abyss Witch, ferocious beasts, and two Corrupted enemies. Although he is not able to contribute much directly against the Witch, the experience serves as valuable combat training.
• Fu You rescues and supports Huali, confirms that he already knew a Witch would appear, and ends the training session once Huali’s magic power is nearly exhausted.
• Huali returns to his ordinary form and is taken back to the Magical Girls’ Apartment by the Special Incident Response Department. He receives one of the nameplates left behind by the defeated Corrupted.
• Fu You secretly watches Huali leave, then encounters Huang Xing and Green Yi on the hospital rooftop. They accuse him of deliberately luring the Abyss Witch and the beasts to the hospital.
• Fu You refuses to explain himself, taunts them, and jumps from the rooftop after warning them that their suspicions are part of their “assignment.”
• Back home, Fu You receives a call from Sun Feiliu, who confirms that Fu You has fulfilled his monthly performance quota but warns him to minimize property damage.
• Fu You washes off the battle’s fatigue and watches news coverage of the hospital incident. When reporters ask Huang Xing about the mysterious black-and-gold magical girl, she denies knowing him.
• Seeing his own dramatic image on television, Fu You shuts the broadcast off in embarrassment while privately admiring his appearance.

Character Developments

• Huali gains practical combat experience and demonstrates bravery despite panic and rapidly depleting magic power. He becomes increasingly fascinated by Fu You, interpreting Fu You’s brief warmth and smile as evidence of a gentler personality beneath his usual cold exterior.
• Fu You reveals more of his composed, manipulative, and theatrical nature. He is aware that his actions have made others suspicious but seems unconcerned, treating their investigation as useful training. At the same time, his vanity and softer feelings emerge through his fondness for Huali’s praise.
• Huang Xing and Green Yi become more distrustful of Fu You. Their observations lead them to suspect that his connection to the Abyss Witch is deliberate, and Huang Xing openly threatens him.
• Sun Feiliu functions as Fu You’s supervisor, monitoring his activities and emphasizing the financial and operational consequences of his battles.

Significant Themes

• Hidden identities and appearances: Huali and Fu You both shift between ordinary and magical forms, while Fu You’s apparent personality may also be a carefully constructed disguise.
• Suspicion and deception: Fu You knowingly leaves clues suggesting a connection with the Abyss Witch, yet refuses to reveal his true motives.
• Training through danger: Huali’s involvement in the battle is framed as necessary preparation, showing that magical-girl combat requires firsthand exposure to genuine threats.
• Vanity and self-image: Fu You’s confidence, theatrical presentation, and delight at seeing himself on television add humor and underline his self-absorption.
• Professionalism versus heroism: Fu You views magical battles partly as employment, while the younger magical girls approach them as matters of justice and duty.

Character Interactions

• Fu You supports Huali after the battle and gently dismisses him to rest, creating a rare moment of apparent kindness that deeply affects Huali.
• Huali asks Fu You about the Witch and future training, showing his admiration and desire for continued contact. Fu You promises to meet him again in three days.
• Huang Xing and Green Yi confront Fu You, accusing him of manipulating the incident. He responds evasively and provocatively, reinforcing their belief that he is dangerous.
• Sun Feiliu reprimands Fu You over the destruction caused by the operation, establishing their practical, employer-like relationship.
• The news interview indirectly contrasts public perception with reality: Huang Xing denies knowing Fu You, while Fu You watches the broadcast and privately celebrates his own striking appearance.

Summary of “Transfer Classes”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Fu You spends the evening at home reflecting on recent events. Although Jiangyang City remains relatively safe from the spreading Dead Zone, magical girls and ferocious beasts still appear regularly.
• He has already fulfilled his monthly quota as a professional magical girl, so he plans to avoid unnecessary work for the rest of the month.
• Fu You is especially troubled by Jiang Ke’an, the Dark Witch, whom he regards as extremely dangerous and whom he has avoided for two years. He also chooses not to investigate the ten people who know his identity unless they cause trouble.
• He estimates that Huali, whose magic was depleted during the previous day’s battle, will need several days to recover. Despite considering her a troublesome junior, he privately admits that she is likable.
• The next morning, Fu You goes to school, where his long hair, red earring, and aloof attitude cause other students to view him as a delinquent.
• His classmate Meng Yu greets him warmly and teases him about his habits, homework, and surprisingly high grades. Their casual friendship shows that she is comfortable around him despite his intimidating appearance.
• Classmates discuss the mysterious black-clad magical girl seen at the hospital. Fu You admits she is pretty and becomes visibly embarrassed when teased about having a crush on her.
• A new transfer student, Liu Rui, joins the class. His blond hair, mixed-race appearance, handsome smile, and polite behavior immediately attract the girls’ attention.
• Liu Rui is seated behind Fu You and asks to share his textbook. When Fu You refuses, Meng Yu offers hers, prompting Fu You to switch seats with her.
• The chapter ends with Fu You realizing that Huali has likely been deliberately transferred into his class by Sun Feiliu, potentially exposing his identity as the black magical girl.

Character Developments

• Fu You: Remains lazy, detached, and resistant to unnecessary responsibility, but he is observant and protective of his secret identity. His embarrassment over the black magical girl and his positive feelings toward Huali reveal a softer, more vulnerable side.
• Huali: Though she appears only indirectly, Fu You’s thoughts show that he respects and likes her despite viewing her training as a minor obligation. Her role in his school life is becoming increasingly important.
• Meng Yu: Demonstrates friendliness, confidence, and familiarity with Fu You. She is unafraid of his delinquent image and willingly helps the transfer student.
• Liu Rui: Introduced as handsome, sociable, and obedient, quickly becoming popular with the class. His placement near Fu You suggests he may have a larger role in the unfolding conflict.
• Jiang Ke’an: Remains an ominous presence in Fu You’s thoughts. His fear and distrust of her emphasize her power and dangerous reputation.
• Sun Feiliu: Though not directly present, he appears to be manipulating events by arranging Huali’s transfer into Fu You’s class.

Significant Themes

• Identity and secrecy: Fu You’s greatest concern is hiding his connection to the black magical girl. Huali’s transfer threatens to reveal the truth.
• Reluctance toward responsibility: Fu You wants to meet only the minimum requirements of his magical-girl work, contrasting with the dangers and obligations constantly drawing him back in.
• Appearance versus reality: Fu You looks like a delinquent but performs well academically and possesses hidden magical abilities. Likewise, the beautiful and seemingly harmless magical girl may not be morally good.
• Growing connections: Fu You attempts to remain detached, yet his relationships with Huali, Meng Yu, and possibly Liu Rui continue to develop.
• The intrusion of the supernatural into ordinary life: School routines, gossip, and friendships coexist with battles involving witches and ferocious beasts, showing how normalized the magical world has become.

Character Interactions

• Fu You casually reprimands and encourages Meng Yu, teasing her about her grades while she questions his effortless academic success.
• His male classmates tease him about liking the black-clad magical girl, and Sun Wuliang jokingly claims her for himself.
• Liu Rui immediately approaches Fu You for help, but Fu You’s cold refusal leads Meng Yu to intervene.
• Fu You’s decision to switch seats places him directly between Liu Rui and Meng Yu, while also cutting him off from his preferred view outside the window.
• The final realization that Huali has been placed in his class transforms an ordinary school day into a new threat to Fu You’s carefully guarded identity.

Chapter Summary: “Recognition”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Liu Rui, secretly the magical girl Pink Huali, arrives at Fu You’s school. He does not recognize Fu You because Fu You has never appeared before him in his male identity.
• Fu You reflects on his former magical-girl codename, Canary, which was sealed after his corruption ten years earlier. He now operates under his real name and views “Canary” as a relic of his past.
• During class breaks, Meng Yu enthusiastically questions Liu Rui about his family and background. Liu Rui reveals that his parents live abroad, his older sister works in Jiangyin District, and he now lives in the Magical Girls’ Apartment.
• Liu Rui casually tells Meng Yu that he is a pink-type magical girl, despite having just met her, and asks her to keep the information secret. Fu You privately criticizes Liu Rui’s lack of caution but acknowledges that Meng Yu is trustworthy.
• When Meng Yu mentions Fu You’s name, Liu Rui recognizes it from a threatening statement Huang Xing once made: “Fu You, one day, you will die by my hand.”
• After class, Liu Rui confronts Fu You privately and reveals that Director Sun Feiliu showed him old photographs. He has realized that Fu You is the senior magical girl he was assigned to.
• Fu You reluctantly confirms his identity and orders Liu Rui not to reveal anything in public or become too close to him. Liu Rui agrees enthusiastically.

Character Developments

• Fu You remains guarded, antisocial, and suspicious of others. His memories of “Canary” reveal regret and emotional distance from his former self. He is especially concerned about maintaining secrecy and avoiding relationships that could provoke Dark Witch.
• Liu Rui/Pink Huali is portrayed as friendly, talkative, trusting, and emotionally expressive. He quickly forms a rapport with Meng Yu and is delighted to discover Fu You’s identity, treating him with admiration as a senior.
• Meng Yu continues to appear sociable and curious while also being dependable with secrets. Her positive view of Fu You contrasts with his intimidating appearance and withdrawn behavior.
• Sun Feiliu remains an unseen but influential figure. By giving Liu Rui photographs of Fu You, he deliberately undermines Fu You’s attempt to remain anonymous, suggesting that he may have ulterior motives.

Significant Themes

• Identity and concealment: Fu You maintains separate identities as a man and as a former magical girl, while Liu Rui’s discovery threatens the boundaries he has established.
• The burden of the past: The discarded codename “Canary” symbolizes Fu You’s former life, corruption, and lost identity.
• Trust and secrecy: Liu Rui is surprisingly open with Meng Yu, while Fu You insists on strict secrecy. Their contrasting attitudes highlight different approaches to life as magical girls.
• Fear of intimacy: Fu You avoids closeness not only because of his dislike of people but also because Jiang Ke’an/Dark Witch may react violently or possessively if he forms relationships with others.

Character Interactions

• Meng Yu and Liu Rui quickly develop an easy, informal friendship, with Liu Rui calling her “Xiaoyu” almost immediately.
• Meng Yu speaks warmly about Fu You, defending him as kind despite his intimidating demeanor.
• Liu Rui privately confronts Fu You, using the respectful term “Senior,” while Fu You initially denies knowing him.
• Once exposed, Fu You warns Liu Rui to keep his identity secret and maintain distance. Liu Rui accepts the restrictions without resistance, remaining excited about their connection.

Chapter Summary: “A Senior’s Collarbone...”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Liu Rui is surprised to discover that Fu You, the mysterious senior he has been searching for, is also a boy who became a magical girl.
• The chapter explains that male magical girls are extremely rare. Although boys who transform into magical girls have existed throughout history, the Special Incident Response Department suppresses media coverage to protect them from discrimination and unfair criticism.
• Liu Rui reflects on why he was comfortable revealing his own identity to Meng Yu: modern education has normalized the idea that boys can become magical girls, making children more curious than prejudiced.
• After meeting Fu You in class, Liu Rui begins observing him closely. Fu You is quiet, distant, and largely ignored by teachers, but he maintains a casual friendship with several male classmates.
• Liu Rui decides not to pursue Fu You too aggressively, believing that Fu You dislikes excessive closeness and must be approached gradually.
• At lunchtime, Liu Rui asks Fu You where he is going. Contrary to Liu Rui’s expectations, Fu You allows him to come along.
• They eat at a noodle shop where Fu You is a regular. Liu Rui deliberately orders the same meal, hoping to make a favorable impression, while Fu You mostly ignores him and plays on his phone.
• Liu Rui studies Fu You’s appearance and notices faint similarities between Fu You’s current male form and his magical-girl appearance.
• He reasons that Fu You may not have been a magical girl for very long, since prolonged transformation gradually makes a person’s ordinary body resemble their magical-girl form.
• Liu Rui’s curiosity turns awkward when he looks toward Fu You’s collar. Fu You immediately covers his collarbone and gives him a guarded look, leaving Liu Rui worried that he has offended him.

Character Developments

• Liu Rui: Reveals himself to be persistent, observant, and somewhat romantically or emotionally fixated on Fu You. He is delighted to find another male magical girl and becomes determined to win Fu You’s trust. His eagerness also makes him prone to overinterpreting small gestures and behaving awkwardly.
• Fu You: Is characterized as quiet, withdrawn, and emotionally guarded. He rarely participates in class or socializes, but he is not entirely antisocial and has a relaxed relationship with his male classmates. His willingness to let Liu Rui accompany him to lunch suggests he is not completely opposed to Liu Rui, despite his cold demeanor.
• Meng Yu: Appears indirectly as an example of someone who reacted to Liu Rui’s identity with curiosity rather than prejudice.
• Sun Feiliu: Is mentioned as the person who hinted that Liu Rui would be surprised by Fu You’s identity.

Significant Themes

• Discrimination and social protection: The chapter emphasizes the prejudice faced by boys who become magical girls, as well as society’s attempts to protect them through education and censorship.
• Identity and transformation: Fu You’s changing appearance raises questions about how long-term transformation affects a person’s body and sense of self.
• Rarity and shared experience: Liu Rui feels comforted by discovering that he is not alone, while the existence of two male magical girls in one small city is presented as extraordinary.
• Slow emotional connection: Liu Rui believes Fu You must be approached patiently, contrasting his enthusiasm with Fu You’s preference for distance.
• Awkward curiosity and boundaries: Liu Rui’s fascination with Fu You’s appearance leads to an uncomfortable moment, showing the difficulty of forming intimacy when curiosity crosses into personal space.

Character Interactions

• Liu Rui and Fu You: Their relationship begins with Fu You’s rejection and guarded attitude, but improves slightly when Fu You permits Liu Rui to join him for lunch. Liu Rui tries to bond with him by copying his meal, while Fu You remains largely disengaged. The chapter ends with Liu Rui accidentally making Fu You uncomfortable by staring at his collarbone.
• Fu You and his classmates: Fu You interacts casually with the boys in the back row, lending them items and answering their questions. This shows that his reserved nature does not prevent him from having friendships.
• Liu Rui and Meng Yu: Their earlier interaction demonstrates that Liu Rui’s identity can be met with curiosity rather than hostility, reinforcing the chapter’s discussion of changing social attitudes.