CLAMP's masterwork Magic Knight Rayearth—now in a new translation! This update of the manga classic forms the centerpiece to any CLAMP collection and is also a fantastic introduction to girl-powered adventure manga—perfect for fans of Sailor Moon and She-Ra. While on a field trip to Tokyo Tower, three teenage girls cross a magical portal and are transported to another world called Cefiro. There they are summoned through the last remaining strength of the Princess Emeraude, who believes the trio will become the magic knights who will save her, as prophesied by legend.

One day, Hikaru Shidou, Umi Ryuuzaki, and Fuu Hououji, all from different schools and different backgrounds, are out on a field trip. Suddenly, without warning, all three are transported to another world, the mystical land of Cephiro. Cephiro is under threat, as the Princess at the head of the world has been abducted by dark magicians. In order to rescue her and put the world back in balance, they must awaken the rune gods and become the magic knights of legend. And so begins an adventure grand and terrifying, as in order to save the world and get back to Earth, the three girls must past harsh trials and confront great hardship. If they don't, they and the whole world of Cephiro will be vanished.

Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu must try to defend the land of Cephira as Magic Knights against three neighboring countries that claim the region as their own.

When powerful Djinns, deadly dragons, and menacing mechs attack the peaceful nation of Cephiro, Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu don their sacred armor once more to defend the land as Magic Knights.

A year after their encounter with Princess Emeraude and their discovery of her true role in the magical kingdom of Cephiro, Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu, three Tokyo girls turned Magic Knights, return to Cephiro to discover that the land is about to be attacked by three different enemies.