The irregular at magic high school

by Serg · Published March 22, 2022 · Updated March 23, 2022

The Honor at Magic High School: Created by Tsutomu Sato. With Saori Hayami, Asuka Nishi, Yumi Uchiyama, Mai Nakahara. A century has passed since magic – true magic, the stuff of legends – has returned to the world. It is spring, the season of new beginnings, and a new class of students is about to begin their studies at the First National Magic University Affiliated High School, nickname: First High. A spin-off of the immensely popular series Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei (The Irregular at Magic High School), Mahouka Koukou no Yuutousei (The Honor at Magic High School) follows the events of the original series as seen through the eyes of Miyuki Shiba, Tatsuya's sister. The life of an honor student comes with a lot of expectations and unexpected hidden feelings.

The series has been well received. The light novels appeared on Sugoi Japan’s 2015 polls and since 2011, is one of the top selling series in Japan with 10 million copies sold as of 2019. In addition, its manga and anime adaptations also appeared on top selling charts. English reviewers had mixed reception towards the anime adaptation. The complex technicality of magic within the series was received warmly but the exposition was criticized for being heavy, unclear, and poorly executed.

The story follows Tatsuya Shiba, a bodyguard to his sister Miyuki Shiba who is also a candidate to succeed the leadership of the Yotsuba clan, one of the Ten Master Clans that govern Japan’s magicians. They enroll into First High School which segregates its students based on their magical abilities. Miyuki is enrolled as a first course student and is viewed as one of the best students, while Tatsuya is in the second course and considered to be magically inept. However, Tatsuya’s technical knowledge, combat abilities, and unique magic techniques cause people to view him as an irregular to the school’s standardized rankings.

Tatsuya and Miyuki are siblings of the same school year and children to Tatsurou Shiba and the late Miya Yotsuba with Tasuya being 11 months older than Miyuki;

Miyuki is considered one of the strongest magicians in the world and is a candidate to succeed her Aunt Maya as the leader of the Yotsuba Clan. Her specialty is freezing magic, and her unique magic allows her to freeze a person’s consciousness. In addition, half of her magic casting ability is used to seal Tatsuya’s powers. Before the family vacation in Okinawa, Miyuki treated Tatsuya coldly akin to how the other Yotsuba Clan members did. She began to warm up to him and when Tatsuya saved her life, she devoted her entire existence to him. It evolved to the point where she disdains the touch of other males and expresses jealousy towards females around Tatsuya.

Tatsuya’s group consists of seven classmates whom he spends time with in his daily school life. They often assist Tatsuya during investigations and dangerous situations.

The story was conceived around a protagonist whose abilities cannot be properly measured through standardized evaluation;

In June 2020, it was announced that the novel series would be ending with its 32nd volume which was released on September 10, 2020.

After the end of the series, it was revealed that the spin-off manga series,

On February 28, 2021, an anime adaptation of the “Reminiscence Arc” was announced.

At the end of the “Reminiscence Arc” television film, a sequel anime was announced.