I’m looking for magical girl manga where the girls discover and learn magic by themselves instead of it being granted through some contract
Also I don’t like ones where they have to give up the magic when they grow up because that trope is stupid and I hate it
Witch Hat Atelier has girls learning magic by being taught it. It’s not really the magical girl genre – and their mentor is a guy and there are plenty of male witches in the background – but the overall focus is on a small group of young girls learning magic.
Not sure if that’s really what you’re looking for, but its at least adjacent! (Also, the art is lovely.)
e: Oh, and there’s an upcoming anime of it, here’s the trailer
I already read some of that manga but I couldn’t keep reading it as I got bored of it