Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic

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Go ahead and smother him, ladies. It's Marshmallow Heaven to him.

An Arabian Nights-themed manga by Shinobu Ohtaka, the author of Sumomomo Momomo.

Aladdin is a Cute Shotaro Boy and Cheerful Child who's partial to pretty ladies. He's traveling a dangerous desert full of bandits and monsters, but that's ok -- his magic flute summons a huge, muscular djinn named Uugo. Uugo happens to be missing his head at the moment, but this doesn't seem to stop him from casually tossing aside any threats (although he also tends to scare the crap out of whoever Aladdin is trying to protect...) However, summoning Uugo does a number on Aladdin's stamina, requiring him to sleep for a while, so they have to be a little careful.

In their travels they meet Ali Baba, a young man who dreams of getting filthy rich by Dungeon Crawling. See, in this land, dungeons periodically appear out of nowhere: mysterious, seemingly extra-dimensional spaces full of monsters, traps -- and fabulous treasures. Realizing that Uugo would mitigate a lot of the dangers, Ali Baba quickly befriends Aladdin and persuades him to go exploring a dungeon in the middle of the nearby City of Adventure.

As they charge into unknown peril, encountering allies and powerful foes, Aladdin encounters other djinn, and discovers he may be The Chosen One...

A character sheet is now in progress.

Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic was created by Shinobu Ohtaka and published by Shogakukan. It started its run on June 3, 2009, and ended on October 11, 2017. An anime produced by A-1 Pictures ran from October 7, 2012, to March 31, 2014.


Tropes used in Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic include: