There's the leader Takeo-kun, who is one of the founders of a Magic-User's club. He's a geek whose best traits would never be seen other than this club. There's his friend Ayanosuke. The "cool-cat", smartest person in the group. He sees the special traits in Takeo. He's also in love with Takeo.

Then there's sophomore Sae. She also sees Takeo's "specialness," but her clumsiness and self-doubts keep her from voicing her feelings as well as utilizing her full magic— even though she's potentially the strongest Magic-User there. It's a heart-fult and not-predictable path that she and Takeo take together.

There's about a hundred other things going on: there's gorgeous Akane, who doesn't really participate in the group but is part of it. And Sae's best friend Nanako, who's in love with Ayanosuke. I wish I could describe it all because every thing going on could be an anime series of its own, but they're all wonderfully blended into one rich anime.

The story focuses on the characters and emotions of the high-school-age sorcerers. Their friendships, their unrequited and/or unexpressed loves, their fragile egos, and their humiliations are touchingly portrayed. Their characters are developed in loving detail, and we can't help but identify with them, even as we can't help but laugh at their mostly self-made predicaments. While there are real life-or-death crises that arise, the most important crises in the series, the crises that get the most attention, are crises of confidence. The message-- "believe in yourself"-- may seem trite, but it's expressed superbly here.