Maerchen Maedchen

Märchen Mädchen (メルヘン・メドヘン), also known as Fairy Tale Girls, is a Japanese light novel series written by Tomohiro Matsu and StoryWorks, with illustrations by Kantoku. Tomohiro Matsu passed away in May 2016 but is still credited as a writer. Published by Shueisha under their Dash X Bunko imprint, the series began publication on February 24, 2017, and has a total of four volumes. A manga adaptation, with story by Takatoshi Nakamura and art by Kiyotsugu Yamagata, was serialized in Shueisha's Jump SQ magazine from October 4, 2017 to May 2, 2018. An anime television series adaptation by Hoods Entertainment aired from January 11, 2018, to April 25, 2019, with a total of 12 episodes, although the initial broadcast was interrupted. The story centers around Hazuki Kagimura, a socially awkward high school girl who loves stories. She gets lost in a library and stumbles into another world, where she meets Shizuka Tsuchimikado. Shizuka reveals that Hazuki is in a magic school where girls called 'mädchen' are chosen by magical texts from which the world's stories are born. Hazuki herself is chosen by the original print of Cinderella and becomes a 'mädchen', starting her fantasy-filled school life in the magical school.