A review by necessaryfictions
Witch Hat Atelier, Volume 9 by Kamome Shirahama

4.5

great volume...
the chapter that dealt with sexual abuse was so affecting. love how the violation was portrayed in simple but striking ways. the hands on the face, the closing door.
the tension that has been rising within coco about having lived life as both outsider and witch lit up in such a cool way... custas joining the brimmed hats is so painful and delicious. the lies and restriction that witch society is bound by but also the necessity to constrain danger. or at least, the necessity that the structures have trained folks to see. once again, paving roads. a better world may be possible but its gonna be a hard fucking play! i just loved this. what a cool story!