Despite the misfortune in being forced to fight against the magical girls she admires, Utena soon discovers that she has a hidden sadistic side, and revels in torturing her former idols with her newfound obsession.

Written and illustrated by Akihiro Ononaka, Gushing over Magical Girls began serialization on Takeshobo's Storia Dash [ja] website on March 29, 2019.

[11] Previously, Coolmic licensed the series and published the manga divided in, as of late December 2022, 68 "episodes" consisting of about 10 pages each, on a smartphone-only website, under the title "I Admire Magical Girls, and....".

[5] The opening theme song is "My Dream Girls", performed by Nacherry (a voice unit composed of Chiemi Tanaka and Natsumi Murakami), while the ending theme song is "Togetoge Sadistic" (とげとげサディスティック) performed by Fūka Izumi, Aoi Koga and Shiori Sugiura (with additional vocals by Yūka Aisaka and Minami Tsuda from episode 10 onwards).

[26][5] Sentai Filmworks licensed the series in North America, Australia and British Isles for streaming on its Hidive platform and home video through Section23 Films, simulcasting the AT-X version as it aired.