Yowabi no Mahou - Vol. 1 Ch. 1 - The Archmage of the Supermarket
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Sad for our boy.
He'll eventually fall. Who's going to read his heart for the mage when he's in trouble.
He'll eventually fall. Who's going to read his heart for the mage when he's in trouble.
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That was interesting. Not amazing, but definitely interesting.
So despite scanlating this chapter, I'll be honest - I didn't really like this very much.
I feel like the melodrama around the self-harming and the backstory gave me whiplash after all the fairly standard tone of the rest of it; I realise this chapter was originally a one-shot that's been expanded out, but perhaps trying to resolve the entire trauma related therein in one chapter wasn't exactly a good move. Suzuki very sensibly says there are no options that will really fix everything... and then basically everything is fixed by Yazu catching the bad boyfriend doing scams in his jacuzzi, and we get a nice hopeful happy ending. I also don't think it's a very attractive manga; it's too digital, and although there are some halfway okay ideas (I like the way the threads "twist" in the background of the book reading to match what's happening in the narration), it doesn't do anything much that you wouldn't expect.
I bought the whole first volume so I may return to this at some point, but it's really not a priority.
Love the dog, though.
I feel like the melodrama around the self-harming and the backstory gave me whiplash after all the fairly standard tone of the rest of it; I realise this chapter was originally a one-shot that's been expanded out, but perhaps trying to resolve the entire trauma related therein in one chapter wasn't exactly a good move. Suzuki very sensibly says there are no options that will really fix everything... and then basically everything is fixed by Yazu catching the bad boyfriend doing scams in his jacuzzi, and we get a nice hopeful happy ending. I also don't think it's a very attractive manga; it's too digital, and although there are some halfway okay ideas (I like the way the threads "twist" in the background of the book reading to match what's happening in the narration), it doesn't do anything much that you wouldn't expect.
I bought the whole first volume so I may return to this at some point, but it's really not a priority.
Love the dog, though.
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Sigh....
I did want to feel sad after Easter but here we are.....
Thou, it's a great start and I'm kinda interested on where this story will go. Kinda reminds me of that manga about a teacher who teaches philosophy and each chapter centered around his students and what hardship they experiencing at that moment.
I did want to feel sad after Easter but here we are.....
Thou, it's a great start and I'm kinda interested on where this story will go. Kinda reminds me of that manga about a teacher who teaches philosophy and each chapter centered around his students and what hardship they experiencing at that moment.
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i thought it felt super disjointed - like scene transitions didn't really 'flow' into each other, sorta like everything was super compressed
we had - character introduction, set up for x2 main leads, tragic co-worker backstory & resolution, plus hook for future stories with 2% of magic power level up, and a cute mascot type dog -> too much, too busy - didn't give any room for the characters/story to breathe
cautious follow from me
we had - character introduction, set up for x2 main leads, tragic co-worker backstory & resolution, plus hook for future stories with 2% of magic power level up, and a cute mascot type dog -> too much, too busy - didn't give any room for the characters/story to breathe
cautious follow from me
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