Private Magician

Private Magician (プライベート・マジシャン) is a yaoi comedy manga by Takashima. It was published by Ocean Books in their Spring issue of virginM magazine (vol.2).https://www.suruga-ya.jp/product/detail/OZ20 It consists of three chapters that end on a bit of a cliffhanger. It is considered to be discontinued due to the Publication History.
== Plot Summary ==
Natsuki's having a bad day; the upperclassman he was dating, who swore he loved him, dumps him! As he's walking home, a strange guy sitting in a fortunetelling booth stops him and tries to give him a box, saying it will bring happiness to his broken heart, correctly identifying everything that happened with his lover. Thinking the guy is crazy, he vanishes without letting him finish. When he gets home, he finds the box somehow made it into his pocket, and out of frustration, he throws it, knocking it open. The same guy as before suddenly appears, revealing his name is Matthew and he's the spirit of the box Natsuki inadvertently opened. Matthew is looking for a master and has chosen Natsuki.
== Characters ==
* Natsuki
* Matthew
* Tsuchiya
== Publication History ==
All three chapters of Private Magician were published by Sun Books Publishing in their virginM magazine. All chapters were released in 2000; the first was in April (vol.2), the second in August (vol.3),https://www.e-hon.ne.jp/bec/SA/Detail?refShinCode=0100000000000030715796&Action_id=121&Sza_id=F4 and the last in October (vol.4).https://www.e-hon.ne.jp/bec/SA/Detail?refShinCode=0100000000000030748580&Action_id=121&Sza_id=F4 She also did the covers of vol.2 and 3, showcasing Natsuki and Matthew.
It is unclear why Takashima never finished the series, but 2000 was a very busy year for her (see the Timeline), and it looks like virginM may have been discontinued as a magazine Ocean Books was publishing. Perhaps a combination of these factors is why she never continued it elsewhere. We can assume that Biblos (and subsequently Libre) purchased Ocean Books' right since Kingyo-Hime was published with Inu mo Arukeba in 2004 (and again in 2007 under Libre).
As it was never collected into a volume, Private Magician has never been published into any other language.
== Trivia ==
* There is no evidence to suggest Matthew actually needs the glasses he is sometimes seen wearing.
== Gallery ==
PM.jpg|Clean Frontispiece
virginM vol2 2000 APR.jpg|virginM vol.2
virginM vol3 2000 AUG.JPG|virginM vol.3
== References ==
Category:Manga
Category:Status Unknown