MISC. MANGA, *Unmagical Girl

Unmagical Girl is an interesting premise in the vein of the old Justice Friends segment from Dexter's Laboratory featuring superheroes living in the "real world" and what they have to do if there are no supervillains to fight. This is one of the first manga by writer Ryouichi Yokoyama and artist Manmaru Uetsuki, and a fresh acquisition by Seven Seas Entertainment.

Mayuri is a student in college whose late father was the creator of a popular anime series titled Pretty Angel Nirvana. Going over her father's old desktop, Mayuri somehow releases the main but forgotten anime character, Pretty Angel NirBrave, who might be a small keychain brought to life. NirBrave has all the same powers that she had in the show, but her "secret identity" form looks almost exactly like Mayuri herself. The now live-action anime character now lives with Mayuri in her apartment, but has problems landing a job with her unwillingness to alter her appearance from a pink-haired girl in flashy bright getup. She also tends to alter her appearance if she ends up doing something that she wasn't originally scripted to do, like getting drunk. It turns out that other characters from the anime start materializing in the real world too, including NirBrave's sexier and more popular teammate Nirwind, and an old enemy now living with Mayuri's classmate.

Unmagical Girl is a funny take on the division between the material and ethereal realms. The manga works as a funny sitcom slice-of-life, while at the same time catering to many otaku tropes that anime fans will find endearing.