The following list introduces the characters from the light novel series, Magical Girl Raising Project.
Magical Girl Raising Project
A middle school student who is a huge Magical Girl fan and has dreamed of becoming one since she was young, a wish granted when Fav turns her into one. Her magical girl outfit is a white schoolgirl uniform covered with flowers. She survives the death game but is psychologically scarred by her inability to stop it. As a result, by RESTART, she joined the Magical Kingdom's Inspection Department, hunting down rogue Magical Girls to prevent similar tragedies, her achievements earning her the title <Magical Girl Hunter>. After her only fellow survivor, Ripple, goes missing following LIMITED, her overarching goal in the series becomes finding her. This culminates in RED, where she saves a mortally wounded Ripple by fusing with her, becoming a single Magical Girl named . Her ability allows her to hear the voices of anyone in distress; it evolves as the series progresses, allowing her to read people's minds. Throughout the series, she also acquires various magical items, including: Hardgore Alice's lucky rabbit's foot, Swim Swim's halberd, Princess Inferno's fire guandao, and Tetty Goodgrip's strength-enhancing mittens. In addition, after fusing with Ripple and becoming Snow Blood, she gains the former's magic, making any object she throws always hit its target.
An antisocial high school student prone to getting into fights. Her magical girl outfit is a ninja-style attire. She survives the death game but loses her left eye and arm. Afterward, she became protective of the only other survivor, Snow White. In LIMITED, during a promotional exam to gain Magical Kingdom citizenship, she becomes embroiled with an investigation team sent to capture a rogue Magical Girl and later gets brainwashed by Pythie Frederica, being made to adopt the identity of the jester magical girl in JOKERS. Although the brainwashing is undone following ACES, she goes into hiding out of guilt over the crimes she was made to commit and later, in WHITE, allies with Old Blue to kill Frederica in revenge. This culminates in RED, where she nearly sacrifices herself to help defeat Frederica but is saved by Snow White fusing with her, becoming a single Magical Girl named . Her ability makes any object she throws always hit its target. Her Magical Girl form also has several weapons, including shuriken, kunai, and a katana.
A 24-year-old unemployed lazy girl, who still enjoys helping people. She wears pajamas and has cloud-like creatures coming out of her hair as her magical girl outfit. Using her ability to enter other people's dreams, she helps people by fighting off nightmares, although this doesn't earn her any Magical Candies. She is the first magical girl to die after placing last in the first ranking. However, it is later revealed that only her body died while her spirit continues to roam other people's dreams. Her ability allows her to enter others' dreams; in this dream world, she is all-powerful, capable of making anything she thinks real.
The leader of Team Ruler; an adult female office worker who styles herself as a queen operating an abandoned temple in N-City alongside her teammates. She wears royal princess-like attire as her magical girl outfit. She is the second magical girl to die after placing last in the second ranking due to Swim Swim manipulating the scores. Her ability allows her to make others obey her by pointing her scepter at them. However, she must stand within 5 meters of her target and remain still while using it.
Snow White's partner and male childhood friend, who is a closet Magical Girls fan and has an obvious crush on her. As a Magical Girl, his body is entirely female, and he wears knight-style attire with draconic motifs. He is the third magical girl to die after being killed by Cranberry. His ability allows him to change the length and size of his sword at will. The sword also comes with a scabbard, which has the same ability.
A 15-year-old homeless girl who cares more about using her Magical Girl abilities for financial gain than helping others. In her Magical Girl form, she is a robot. Throughout her life, she has always taken what she perceives to be the easy way out, even quitting school and running away from home. She is the fourth magical girl to die, killed by Hardgore Alice upon attempting to kill Snow White. Her ability allows her to obtain a random futuristic gadget from her backpack once per day, but she cannot predict what it will be and it disappears at the end of the day. Her robotic body also allows her to fly.
A member of Team Ruler and Minael's younger twin sister. She wears an angelic-style dress and has one wing on the left side of her outfit. She acts very childish but is a college student. She is the fifth magical girl to die, killed by Winterprison. Her ability allows her to shapeshift into any living being. her wing also allows her to fly.
Sister Nana's lover. She is a college student that publicly known as the most powerful magical girl in N-City. In truth, however, this image was merely fabricated by Sister Nana, who constantly put herself in danger to allow her to be saved by her. She wears a thick winter coat as her Magical Girl outfit. She is the sixth magical girl to die, dying from blood loss following attacks from the Peaky Angels and Swim Swim. Her ability lets her create walls of any form, depending on the terrain.
A sadistic 39-year-old magical girl hired by the N-City's criminal underground. She wears a cowboy hat and has wild-west style attire as her magical girl outfit. She is the seventh magical girl to die when she shoots a piece of glass that Ripple threw at her, causing her to be impaled by the glass shards (in the anime, the shards were a distraction and she was killed by taking a shuriken to the head). Her ability allows her to magically enhance weapons. She also owns a variety of arms, including knives, pistols, rifles, grades, and landmines.
A cheerful veteran magical girl who is paired up with Ripple. She wears a classic black witch outfit and a witch hat as her magical girl outfit. She talks casually with an "ore" male self-referencing pronoun. She is the pregnant 19-year-old housewife of a young politician. She also used to be the leader of a biker gang. She is the eighth magical girl to die after being stabbed in the back by Swim Swim; Her unborn child died with her. Her ability allows her to fly at breakneck speeds on her magical broomstick, Rapid Swallow.
A veteran N-City Magical Girl and Weiss Winterprison's lover. In real life, she is a college student and a sweet girl who lives with Shizuku and has dedicated her career to protecting the city and bringing a message of peace. She wears a nun-like dress as her magical girl outfit. Despite being much stronger than Weiss, Nana often relies on her for protection to fulfill her fairytale fantasies; this ultimately proves to be her undoing, as Winterprison's death completely breaks her, since she had gone out looking to cause a confrontation with Swim Swim's group to be "saved" by Winterprison. She commits suicide by hanging following Winterprison's death, becoming the ninth magical girl to die. Her ability allows her to enhance a person's physical capabilities.
The recently chosen 16th and final Magical Girl of N-City. Her Magical Girl outfit is a black "Alice in Wonderland"-style dress, which others find creepy. Following La Pucelle's death, she pairs up with Snow White, though the latter only agrees out of fear of her. It later revealed that she is a young girl Snow White helped in the past, causing her to want to repay the latter. She is the tenth magical girl to die, killed by Swim Swim while untransformed. Her ability lets her regenerate any damage taken, making her immortal while transformed.
A member of Team Ruler and Yunael's older twin sister. She wears an angelic-style dress with one wing on the right side of her outfit. Initially, like her sister, she is very childish but is a college student. However, after Yunael is killed she becomes a lot more violent. She is the eleventh magical girl to die after a failed ambush on Cranberry. Her ability allows her to shapeshift into any non-living object. She is also able to fly as a result of her wing.
A recluse living within the ruins on the outskirts of N-City. Her outfit is decorated with wildflowers and leaves, and her appearance is that of an elf. It is later revealed that the death game is a selection exam and she is the overseer. She was once part of a selection exam that went wrong, resulting in the deaths of the other participants, after which she became obsessed with fighting strong opponents. As a result, after becoming a selection exam overseer, she started putting Magical Girls through death games whilst participating herself to replicate her own exam. She is the twelfth magical girl to die, killed by Tama. Despite this, her influence is felt throughout the series. Her ability lets her manipulate sound waves, allowing her to distract her opponents, enhance her hearing, and create powerful sonic attacks.
A member of Team Ruler; she is a shy and nervous girl. Her Magical Girl outfit is a dog costume. While she is less competent than her other teammates, she is grateful for being allowed to join the group. She is the thirteenth magical girl to die, killed by Swim Swim upon discovering her identity. Her ability allows her to create a hole, up to 1m in diameter and 5m in depth, on any surface. She eventually also gains a magical cloak that can make her invisible.
A member of Team Ruler; she is a rather intelligent 7-year-old girl who is a huge fan of princesses, causing her to idolize Ruler. In her Magical Girl form, she is an adult wearing a swimsuit. Following an offhand remark by Nemurin about whether she would like to be a princess herself, she launches a scheme to overthrow Ruler, resulting in the latter's death and herself becoming Team Ruler's new leader. She is the fourteenth and final magical girl to die, killed by Ripple in revenge for Top Speed's death. Her ability lets her move through solid objects as if they are liquid. She later also gains a magical halberd, which she names "Ruler".
The mascot character of the "Magical Girl Raising Project" mobile game who turns those playing it into real Magical Girls. He orders the magical girls to fight each other by claiming that the city's mana supply will be depleted causing the city's destruction if the number of magical girls is not reduced. In truth, he is Cranberry's familiar who cooperated with her to turn the normally boring Magical Girl selection exams into deathmatches, with him sending falsified reports back to his superiors to hide their crimes. He is killed when Ripple destroys his terminal.
Magical Girl Raising Project: RESTART
A member of Team Pfle; she is Pfle's butler and childhood friend, the two having always been together. Her Magical Girl attire is a dark-colored nurse's outfit. After being forced into Keek's re-selection, she grows increasingly worried that her mistress is manipulating the killing game to ensure their survival at others' expense. Although her concerns are disproven and she survives RESTART, they resurface as Pfle gets implicated in shady activities throughout the rest of the series. This culminates in ACES and QUEENS, where she gets brainwashed by Puk Puck and ends up killing Pfle, who has her memories of her erased in her final moments to spare her guilt. As a result, she survives QUEENS but is left in a vegetative state. Her ability lets her magically upgrade any mechanical object. She also owns a gigantic wrench and giant scissors, which she uses as weapons.