The Stories of Girls Who Couldn't Be Magicians (2024)
At Letran Magic Academy, two unlikely friends share one dream: to become magicians. Kurumi is an average girl who’s a bit naive, while Yuzu is the distinguished daughter of a noble magician family. They need to get into a special magician training class, but they fail the entrance exam! All hope seems lost until mysterious homeroom teacher Minami Suzuki arrives, and their luck takes a sudden turn.
The Stories of Girls Who Couldn't Be Magicians: Season 1 - 12 Episode s
1x1 - I Want to Be a Magician!
October 5, 2024
Young Kurumi made a promise: to become a magician when she grows up. She studied day and night to get into the prestigious Rettoran Academy of Magic...only to fail and get placed in a non-magical class. Her dream is dead. So, what comes next?
1x2 - Maybe I Can Be a Magician.
October 12, 2024
Kurumi and her classmates can't quite bring themselves to believe their new teacher's promise to make them magicians. They're all in for a surprise when she starts lessons in drawing spell arrays... by hand!
1x3 - I'm Joining the MRC!
October 19, 2024
Rettoran Academy's many clubs make their bids to attract new students. Kurumi has her sights set on the prestigious Mystic Research Council, but her plans run into a snag.
1x4 - I'm Gonna Eat Potatoes!
October 26, 2024
Ms. Suzuki takes the class outside to celebrate fall. She promises everyone delicious potato stew—once they dig up the ingredients themselves. But what do tubers have to do with learning magic?
1x5 - I'll Walk My Butt Off in This Cross-Country Race!
November 2, 2024
A school race pits class against class in cross-country race. Kurumi and friends must navigate treacherous terrain—while the Magumi students just fly over everything obstacle. Can Standard Class 1 finish the race, let alone win it?
1x6 - Everyone but Us Went Home for the Holidays.
November 9, 2024
The semester is ending, and Ms. Suzuki is still missing in action. When most of their classmates go home for the holidays, Kurumi and Yuzu open up about what magic means to each of them.
1x7 - Happy Holidays, Except I'm Feeling Sad!
November 16, 2024
Yuzu's success with ancient magic deals Kurumi's confidence another blow. While her friends celebrate the new year, she struggles to choose her path forward. Then a sudden distress call from the MaRC brings everything to a head.
1x8 - I'll Be Having the Complete Sauna Experience!
November 23, 2024
A freak blizzard buries Rettoran in snow and delays the start of classes, so Kurumi and friends go out to play on the frozen lake. When they decide to build a sauna, Kurumi finds a massive stone that may be more than it seems.
1x9 - I'm Gonna Be a Magician?!
November 30, 2024
Kurumi and Yuzu get an offer to test for a place in the Magumi. It should be the second chance both girls have dreamed, but they find themselves hesitating. Is an old dream worth giving up their present for?
1x10 - Our Rettoran Is in Danger!
December 7, 2024
When standard Program students collapse one after another, Kurumi and Yuzu must choose between helping their friends and the second day of the placement test—their last shot at joining the Magumi.
1x11 - I'm Gonna Cast Ancient Magic!
December 14, 2024
Kurumi and friends have found their Ms. Suzuki, but they still don't know what's hurting their classmates. When a confrontation between teachers reveals the secret slumbering beneath Rettoran, the girls may be the school's only hope.
1x12 - Episode 12
December 21, 2024
The Stories of Girls Who Couldn't Be Magicians: 1 Season
Actors in The Stories of Girls Who Couldn't Be Magicians
Hana Hishikawa
Kurumi Mirai (voice)
Misuzu Yamada
Yuzu Edel (voice)
Yui Horie
Minami Suzuki (voice)
Ayumi Mano
Maki Kumil (voice)
Yukiya Hayashi
Asuka Kurumaru (voice)
Chiaki Kobayashi
Kyō Kurumaru (voice)
Hikaru Midorikawa
Northern Harris (voice)
Mikako Komatsu
Kai Mirai (voice)
Saori Goto
Lemone Juicy (voice)
Yuka Nukui
Mikana Fruity (voice)
Sayumi Suzushiro
Sally Andol (voice)
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