The Magical Girl Grid of Definitions: The Purists say they must be girls + The Formalists say transformation is optional = Sword cultivators are obviously magical girls
Magical girls are fantasy heroes who protect humanity in urban legends.
Using their incredible powers, they fight evil delusion monsters and bring peace to the city.
But one day, those legends became reality.
Magical girls really appeared, and the monsters once thought to be fabrications descended upon the world, bringing chaos with them.
In the city known as Starfire, the story of magical girls saving the world begins.
A special girl from another world was granted the aptitude to become a magical girl by the gods, and tasked with saving the world.
"What? Me, save the world? Seriously?"
I don't know what else to say. Anyway, the story begins!