Magical Diary
Magical Diary is a visual novel video game series that takes place at a magical school and includes romance elements. The series is developed and published by Hanako Games.
The first game in the series, now known as Magical Diary: Horse Hall, features a young freshman magical girl. It was released on June 19, 2011 for Windows, macOS and Linux. The game was later released on Steam with some bonus content.
A second game, Magical Diary: Wolf Hall, was released in 2020 featuring a male protagonist.
Gameplay
As it is a visual novel, the player reads through the story and makes choices at crucial points to change the outcome, leading to different endings. The player can create a custom female student. The game also contains puzzles in which the player has to use spells to pass the exam. Every puzzle has multiple solutions.Plot
A player controlled avatar has been invited to attend a magical school. Here the avatar can make new friends, learn dozens of spells, face exams in the school dungeons, run for class office, and try to find a date for the May Day Ball. There are many students at Iris Academy and they are all divided up into Magical Halls; for the girls there are the Horse Hall, the Butterfly Hall, and the Snake Hall. The boys are divided in the Wolf Hall, the Falcon Hall, and the Toad Hall.Characters
- Mary Sue : The player character. She is a wildseed freshman from New Hampshire. She is good at running and likes sports but does not like to sing in public.
- Virginia Danson: Virginia is the player character's roommate. She has two older brothers, William and Donald.
- Ellen Middleton: Ellen is another roommate of the player character. A wildseed who has a complicated relationship with her mother and stepfather. A smart girl and diligent student.
- Damien Ramsey: He is a senior student from Falcon hall. If the player character agrees to complete the initiation, he becomes her senior.
- Professor Grabiner: Professor Hieronymous Grabiner teaches Red and Blue magic.
- Donald Danson: Donald is Virginia's older brother from Wolf hall. He is mischievous and spends a lot of time in detentions.
- Professor Potsdam: Professor Petunia Potsdam teaches Green, White and Black magic.
- William Danson: William is a Senior and was Class President. He is the oldest brother of Virginia and Donald. He also had Ellen Middleton as his freshman in Initiation.