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Mahou no Mako Chan (Manga)

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Mahou no Mako Chan - Chapter 1 Manga - Page 1

Chapter 1 Manga Japanese Cover


Mahou no Mako Chan is an obscure Shoujo manga adaptation written by Mikiwo Yoshimuri based on the 1970 anime of the same name was serialized by the now-defunct Shougakuichinensei children's manga magazine in Japan from December 1970 to August 1971. Unfortunately, neither anime nor manga versions are currently officially licensed for English-speaking countries, like the United States of America.

The manga adaptation's first chapter was written in Japanese by Mikiwo Yoshimori in December 1970, based on the original anime's first episode featuring Mako Urashima as a mermaid.

The "Mahou no Mako Chan" manga adaptation's beach final sample story was also written in August 1971 by Mikiwo Yoshimori based on the anime's series finale featuring Mako Urashima as a permanent human.

The manga's plot is completely different from that of the anime.

Mikiwo Yoshimori is a Japanese manga artist. He was born in Bunkyo Ward in Tokyo, Japan, on March 12, 1942. As a junior high school student, he dreamed of becoming a rakugo performer but gave up due to his parents' opposition. He worked as an assistant to Uchino Sumio while attending high school to become a manga artist. After graduating from the Faculty of Letters at Chuo University in 1965, he debuted as a manga artist with "Gotsume no Hoshiki" (Bessatsu Margaret, Shueisha). He mainly wrote girls' manga for a while, but in 1972, he turned to boys' manga with "Rensho Yaro" (serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump). In 1977, he began serializing his signature work, "Raihachi-kun," in the Sunday edition of the Yomiuri Shimbun (the same work was made into a drama in 1985 as part of "Getsuyo Drama Land"). However, he is still best known internationally for his Mahou no Mahou Chan adaptation, based on the 1970 anime series of the same name, which was published from December 1970 to August 1971.

Differences between the anime and manga:[]

  • Mako's older mermaid sisters, Obaba the Sea Hag and Akira Shigeno are absent in this manga's first sample chapter.
  • Unlike the anime, Akira Shigeno is absent in the manga adaptation. Therefore, Mako does not get married to him in the manga; she stays single instead.
  • Unlike the anime, most of the manga's first chapter takes place underwater. The beach scene only appears at the end instead.
  • Mako Urashima's hair, both human and mermaid forms, has different shades of blonde instead of only reddish brown as a mermaid and brunette as a human in the anime.
  • Mako Urashima's adorable underwater seashell throne as a mermaid princess in the manga's first chapter cover does not appear in the anime.
  • Mako's Mermaid tail resembles more like an actual fishtail in the manga instead of looking like a green mermaid skirt in the anime.
  • Although Mako Urashima is still depicted as a topless mermaid in both versions, the manga's take on her mermaid form is far less graphic than the anime.
  • Mermaid Mako sees a glimpse of a city above the sea in the manga instead of a fictional Sea Paradise Cruise Ship like in the anime.
  • Unlike the anime, Mermaid Mako does not immediately arrive at the beach for her first time until the end of the manga's first chapter, after her permanent mermaid-to-human transformation is complete underwater.
  • Mermaid Mako was forcibly trapped and dragged in a whirlpool by her strict father, The Dragon King, only once in the manga instead of multiple times in the anime.
  • Mako's biological aquatic parents are present much earlier in the manga than in the anime.
  • Mako's strict father angrily scolds her for going to the surface world against his wishes. However, Mermaid Mako is still understandably upset about his statement of not being allowed to visit the human world without his permission and then starts crying afterward.
  • Mako's mother later comforts her crying mermaid daughter by offering her a pearl potion and a magical pendant called "The Life/Tear of the Mermaid" as her late 15th birthday gift, much earlier in the manga than in the anime. Mako later becomes grateful for that gift, and she then leaves the underwater mermaid kingdom permanently by swimming. Both of her parents would still sadly miss her.
  • Unlike in the anime, Mako is already wearing her The Life/Tear of the Mermaid pendant as her belated 15th birthday gift as a mermaid from her birth mom, before she permanently became human at the end of the manga's first chapter.
  • Although Mako's painful and dangerous permanent mermaid-to-human transformation after swallowing the pearl potion is present in both versions, the manga's take on that disturbing scene this time takes place underwater.
  • The manga's take on Mako's permanent human transformation scene depicts her swimming and screaming in pain while transforming underwater instead of on land in the anime for safety reasons.
  • Unlike the anime's bittersweet series finale, Mako actually gets to permanently keep her iconic The Life/Tear of the Mermaid pendant/necklace as a childhood souvenir from her former underwater mermaid kingdom home. She celebrates her new permanent home on land as a human at the beach with her friends, surprisingly ending the manga's story on a happier note.
  • The anime's more disturbing and serious scenes, such as the infamous aforementioned Mako's life-threatening permanent mermaid-to-human transformation scene, show up far less often in the manga, making it more child-friendly overall.

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