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A review by thereadingangel
WITCH WATCH, Vol. 1 by Kenta Shinohara
4.0
*I received an eARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
4.5/5
Witch Watch by Kenta Shinohara is a fun, magical romp showing us the lives of a training witch and her familiar… who also happens to be her childhood friend and an ogre!
Nico has just returned after years of witch training in a secret village with her mother. Now she has to live with her childhood friend and begin high school all while continue her training. Morihito (her childhood friend) has spent his life training to control his ogre strength. The problem? Nico is carefree and wants to share her powers to help others, while Morihito is more wary of the world and wants to protect Nico from dangers.
As usual, the art is cute and the character designs are great. I really like the beginning of this series and I’m excited to read more. The dialogue could sometimes be ridiculous, but that’s what makes it so charming. Also the situations can be hilariously dumb too, but again: charming.
I also love the little asides and author’s notes. You can tell that Shinohara had a lot of fun making this manga and adding all the extra bits of wardrobe and using names of old folktales.
I’d be very interested if this seemingly “light-hearted” manga becomes dark or if the tone will stay light but with added hijinx.
4.5/5
Witch Watch by Kenta Shinohara is a fun, magical romp showing us the lives of a training witch and her familiar… who also happens to be her childhood friend and an ogre!
Nico has just returned after years of witch training in a secret village with her mother. Now she has to live with her childhood friend and begin high school all while continue her training. Morihito (her childhood friend) has spent his life training to control his ogre strength. The problem? Nico is carefree and wants to share her powers to help others, while Morihito is more wary of the world and wants to protect Nico from dangers.
As usual, the art is cute and the character designs are great. I really like the beginning of this series and I’m excited to read more. The dialogue could sometimes be ridiculous, but that’s what makes it so charming. Also the situations can be hilariously dumb too, but again: charming.
I also love the little asides and author’s notes. You can tell that Shinohara had a lot of fun making this manga and adding all the extra bits of wardrobe and using names of old folktales.
I’d be very interested if this seemingly “light-hearted” manga becomes dark or if the tone will stay light but with added hijinx.