Was "Life of Pi" work of magical realism?

In the beginning I must say that didn't think that "Life of Pi" was a work of magical realism but now my ideas have changed. My idea changed because I learned about the elements in magical realism. These elements are unbelievable, two realities, serious, normal setting, message/symbolism and life different than normal. After learning about what is magical realism I came to a conclusion which was " Life of Pi" was a work of magical realism because the list of the elements that tie up to what magical realism is has been included in the novel and movie. Though I had solution, I wasn't sure that my conclusion had clever evidence so I then thought that "Life of Pi" wasn't a part of magical realism because it seemed like a "normal "story to me. All in all I was stuck between the two choices.  Both yes, Richard Parker was not real and no, Richard Parker was real ties up with Martel's purpose.