Manga - 9 volumes

Persia ga Suki!

by Aonuma Takako

TV Anime - 48 episodes

Mahou no Yousei Persia

OAV Anime Special

Majokko Club Yoningumi: Mami, Emi, Persia: Adesugata Mahou no Sanningumi

OAV Anime Special

Majokko Club Yoningumi: A Kuukan kara no Alien X

11-year old Hayami Persia had a very unusual childhood - she grew up on the Sarenghetti plains in Africa! As a little girl, she made friends with twin boys, Riki and Gaku, whose grandfather also raised Persia. Now they are all moving back to Japan so that Pelsia can live with her adoptive parents. Persia is excited, but also very sad. She has lots of animal friends on the Saranghetti, especially Simba, her pet lion, and she doesn't want to say good-bye to all of them. During the plane trip back to Japan, something very mysterious happens - the plane seems to hit a pocket of bad weather, and Persia finds herself in a strange place filled with bubble-spheres and snowflake crystals! Pelsia isn't really scared - she has a natural curiosity, and an adventurous spirit.

However, she IS rather surprised when three little kappa (Japanese folktale creatures) appear and introduce themselves as GeraGera, MesoMeso, and PuriPuri. They explain to Pelsia that she's in the land of "Lovely Dream", the source of dreams for all people. She's even more

surprised when a ethereal figure appears before her - it's the Faerie Queen, ruler of Lovely Dream! The Faerie Queen gives Persia a magical hairband which will produce a magic wand. The wand will allow Persia to use the magic "Energy of Love" to transform into older, alternate identities as well as do some other small magic spells. The Queen explains that Lovely Dream needs strong love energy like Persia's to survive; it is slowly freezing into ice crystals as people forget love.

The Queen noticed Pelsia's love energy because of her strong feelings for Gaku and Riki - she has a huge crush on both of them! The two boys love Pelsia very much since they've always though of her as their little sister, but they never notice how much more she cares about them.... and she can't tell them her feelings.

As Persia learns to use her magical abilities, she makes a very disturbing discovery - the twins like her alternate pink-haired identity! Actually, they like her alternate self a LOT. Of course, since Riki has a girlfriend named Sayo, this attention isn't necessarily healthy. Sayo isn't opposed to clobbering Riki

when she catches him looking at other girls! The truth is, Sayo is very fond of Riki, and can't really bear the thought of being without him.

"Mahou no Yousei Persia" uses many of the standard mahou shoujo elements from different perspectives, but it does it in such a way that you won't be aware of it while you're watching.