Geokatsu~ko! Application~tan Project!

## Application~tan Project!(アプリケーション〜タンプロジェクト！)

**Geokatsu~ko! Application~tan Project!** (ジオカツ〜コ！アプリケーション〜タンプロジェクト！ *Jiokatsu 〜 ko! Apurikēshon 〜 tanpurojekuto!*?) will be the first season of the *Geokatsu~ko!* anime series. This season will be succeeded by its sequel, *Geokatsu~ko! Stars* once it ends.

The motifs in this season are magic, adventure, and friendship.

## Description

*"Hello, I'm Starii! I'll make this quick. I don't know how this started, but my sisters and I became magical girls and we're going on awesome adventures to battle against these monsters called "youkai" spreading hopeless energy! All while trying to maintain her life as a high school student. Sigh...*

*I'm forced to deal with hardships at school, unhealthy relationships with my sisters and mother, and the fact that my crush probably does not like me back. I'm about to lose hope when suddenly, a youkai appears! And it's going to attack the school!*

*I have to deal with battling youkai, attending my own school during the day, and a completely different one at night... my grades are dropping immensely, and her chances of ever confessing to her crush are very low now!*

*Miyumi and Touko aren't doing so hot either, as they have to deal with the same stuff and all their plans are being canceled due to the large amounts of youkai.*

*Will we be able to handle all of this? Are our lives going to be negatively affected by our magical girl lives?"*

## Summary

Starii Hoshiiko is a girl with too many things to do. With studies and meetings that she needs to attend, she doesn't have the time to do anything else. But... she does find an old RPG game on her phone when she was bored cleaning one day.

She starts playing it, encounters a bug... and she transforms into a magical girl! She meets up with a small cube named Suko, telling her that now she has to fight Youkai spreading curses and despair across the world. Starii panics and screams to her sisters Miyumi and Touko about the situation. Suko makes the other two magical girls, too. As new magical girls, the three girls are forced to juggle their daily activities, from going studies and other activities to protecting their town from Youkai and hiding their identities.

Rinto Aizawa, the leader of the magical girls, introduces herself. She explains more about the magical girl system and how they are completely safe. Starii calms down more after this. Rinto also mentions that she is from another world that also needs protection, making Starii panic again.

Over time an old rival of Rinto's, Sayori shows up to steal the compacts, and Dash, Rinto's granddaughter, chases after her, much to Rinto's disappointment. The girls catch Sayori in their transformed modes, only to be caught on video by random newspeople who have been recording the chase the entire time.

Rumors had spread around about new superheroes saving the town from thieves. The sisters keep quiet and don't speak a lot until a random snoopy girl finds the compacts inside their bags. Soon, there are rumors that the sisters are the superheroes, and accusations that the sisters are wannabes of the superheroes. Starii then decides to break the rumors and accusations by telling them a big fat lie: their compacts are toys, and there is a new toy line for the superheroes.

And after that, Sayori (not transformed and with the alias *Sayaka*) transfers into their school. The sisters grow suspicious of her and soon is found to be a threat as she is literally Sayori.

Sayori is known for using a lot of forbidden magic to get what she wants, and the girls are completely against that. So once she uses it one more time, the girls challenge her. They are immediately defeated, and Natsuha, another magical girl who was a long-time rival of Touko, offers to help train them. They accept the offer and train every day by defeating Youkai. Upon defeating the final Youkai in Kyoto, Rinto hands the sisters their new magic crystals. She tells them it is their main source of magic and vehicles, and it will break and they will lose their powers if they use magic too recklessly, use forbidden magic or it gets shattered directly. Sayori commits a final crime by stealing the crystals and escaping with Touko's wave.

They spend a lot of time chasing her, and then Rinto's siblings, all magical girls, and a wizard, all weaken Sayori, letting the sisters finish her off. Sayori's crystal breaks, and she breaks down in tears. The girls must come to a final decision: to either leave her crying or risk using their newly strengthened magic to reform the crystal. But if Rinto finds out, they will lose their powers.

## GeoPara and the Maho-do

There is a maho-do store in a suburban part of Kyoto. It is known for selling things like candies, fruits, cakes, and music discs. A hallway lies next to the item selections behind shelves. Inside, there are many doors, all leading to a room. At the very back, there is a magical door. Depending on the time of day, it will either lead to an old storage room or become a portal to Geokatsu~ko.

Geokatsu~ko, on the other hand, is a large world with many locations, the main one being GeoPara. GeoPara is a bit of an obscure location in *Application~tan Project!* but is significant enough to be a main location in the season. Major locations shown include Aikitto, a clothing store, Aikon, a cafe run by icons, Shosuteji, an idol stage, and GeoPlaza.