Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World

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[Participant in the Royal Road Writeathon]Note: A rewrite is planned for October, 2023.

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1. THE FIRST 60K WORDS WILL HAVE A SLOW BURN, SLICE OF LIFE EMPHASIS. I am putting disclaimers here due to rating bombs and complaints regarding high school tropes. Expect a long term pay off — please refrain from flaming based on personal tastes with respect to school tropes.2. A Dark Magical Girl story with both fantasy and hard sci-fi elements. Influenced by a background in somewhat-popular Worm fanfiction.

(Content Warning: There are some viscerally real scenes of bullying in this story. It's a subject matter that has made a few readers uncomfortable.)3. A well-meaning 'Badass Normal' MC who frequently gets himself into trouble trying to do the right things.4. Noble Dark on the noble/grim, light/dark compass.5. Frequent updates and reception to audience feedback.

Two decades ago, the world as we knew it changed forever.

Aberrations — Horrific monsters borne from shadows poured through a rift in reality over major cities, bringing death and destruction in their wake. Soon, these events began to proliferate worldwide, throwing civilization into chaos.As the days dragged on, the Earth was pushed to the precipice. Armies were massacred, and cities were razed to the ground. Relics of antiquity were burned to ash. Just when all hope seemed lost, salvation came in the most unexpected way.

Thousands of heroes emerged from beyond the rift to Earth's rescue. Magical girls who embodied human dreams and imagination poured forth and stood firm against the darkness.

When the dust settled after an arduous war, those that remained standing discovered shocking, almost uncanny similarities between the two worlds of Earth and Terra. With Earth and Terra razed and depopulated respectively, the two sides of the rift joined together in harmony to rebuild, and stave off the continued Aberration threat.As a First Year drifter at the prestigious St. Antonia's Academy on Terra, Ikki never cared much for the battles fought by these magical warriors. His main worry was that he was on scholarship as a Drifter - an immigrant from the decimated Earth. To add to his woes, he'd managed to piss off the children of one of the most powerful men in Terra within his first month.

To him, Aberrations and Chaos Events were merely natural disasters like earthquakes that couldn't be avoided or worth stressing about. He'd experienced them. He'd known the horrors in his childhood, but that was a distant nightmare for him. Magical Girls and their followers were like celebrities and the military. It was something that good to know about and appreciate, as well as educate himself on, but not something to really pay attention to.That was, until he found himself in the middle of a disaster fighting for his life.

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Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 77 Chapter 77: Uriko 1 RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 76 Chapter 76: Training RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 75 Chapter 75: Parataxic RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 74 Chapter 74: Awakening RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 73 Chapter 73: Rebirth RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 72 Chapter 72: Bongos!? RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 71 Chapter 71: Rejuvenation RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 70 Chapter 70: Throwdown II RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 69 Chapter 69: Throwdown RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 68 Chapter 68: Treachery RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 67 Chapter 67: Reverie RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 66 Chapter 66: Lost Souls RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 65 Chapter 65: Broken Chains RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 64 Chapter 64: Weight of the World RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 63 Chapter 63: Tidings RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 63 Chapter 63: Weight of the World RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 62 Chapter 62: Foreshock RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 61 Chapter 61: Coda RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 60 Chapter 60: Adagio RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 59 Chapter 59: Refrain RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 58 Chapter 58: Minuet RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 57 Chapter 57: Allegro RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 56 Chapter 56: Rampage RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 55 Chapter 55: Contagion RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 54 Chapter 54: Idol RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 53 Chapter 53: War RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 52 Chapter 52: Staging RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 51 Chapter 51: Unity RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 50 Chapter 50: Reminiscence RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 49 Chapter 49: Overture RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 48 Chapter 48: Prelude RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 47 Chapter 47: A Weekend RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 47 Chapter 47: Weekends RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 47 Chapter 47: Weekend RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 46 Chapter 46: Lumina RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 45 Chapter 45: Ambush RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 44 Chapter 44: Reunion RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 43 Chapter 43: Family RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 42 Chapter 42: Midori RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 41 Chapter 41: Izumi RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 40 Chapter 40: Symbiote (?) RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 39 Chapter 39: Paparazzi RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 38 Chapter 38: Appeasement RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 37 Chapter 37: Project Raiju (?) RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 36 Chapter 36: Facade RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 35 Chapter 35: Concert RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 34 Chapter 34: Camaraderie RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 33 Chapter 33: Anxiety RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 32 Chapter 32: Repression RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 31 Chapter 31: Paranoia RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 30 Chapter 30: Chevalier RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 29 Chapter 29: Intruders RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 28 Chapter 28: Spirits RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 27 Chapter 27: Skullduggery RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 26 Chapter 26: Nightmare RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 25 Chapter 25: Mother RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 24 Chapter 24: Mother RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 24 Chapter 24: Pursuit RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 23 Chapter 23: Premonition RoyalRoadL
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Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 22 Chapter 22: Salvage RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 21 Chapter 21: Hideout RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 20 Chapter 20: Reprieve RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 19 Chapter 19: The Call RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 18 Chapter 18: Stitches RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 17 Chapter 17: A Situation RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 16 Chapter 16: Narrator RoyalRoadL
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Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 15 Chapter 15: Tokenizing RoyalRoadL
Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 15 Chapter 15: Work-study RoyalRoadL
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Origin: How I Became A Magical Girl's Hapless Sidekick In A Craptastic World 7 Chapter 7: Recovery RoyalRoadL
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