Manga Review: A Witch's Printing Office, Volume 2, by Mochinchi and Yasuhiro Miyama

Rating (Out of 5): ~3

Publisher: Yen Press

Release Date: April 2020

Volumes: 4+

Spoilers?: Very light.

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Volume: 1. 3.

 

Goodreads Synopsis:

 

 Mika never imagined her "Magic Market" would be so successful! However, as the massively popular book-buying event continues to expand after each iteration, some things are bound to get out of hand!!

 

Review:

 

We meet a couple of new characters in this volume. A princess who wants to run away from home, only to discover she's a fujoshi and has this in common with her mother. Also an evil demon who wants to have a booth at Magiket. Along the way, Mika also finds a new paper cutter, and forms an agreement with a dragon for his shed skin to make books with.

I don't really understand what the timeline of these books are. There appears to be two Magikets each book, which I think most conventions are once a year, so that seems like time is very fast here. Maybe that's mirroring video game sense of time?

It doesn't appear that Mika is getting very much closer to getting back home, but it also doesn't seem like the plot is focusing too much on that part. At least up until that ending, which might bring up some new progress next time.

I'm not a high-fantasy reader, but I don't mind this series. It has some good, funny moments, and I think it's getting better.

 

A review copy was provided by the publisher, Yen Press, for an honest review. Thank you so, so much!

Manga Review: A Witch's Printing Office, Volume 1, by Mochinchi and Yasuhiro Miyama

Rating (Out of 5): ~3

Publisher: Yen Press

Release Date: December 2019

Volumes: 4+

Spoilers?: No.

Buy it here: Amazon. Barnes and Noble. Book Depository. Powells. RightStuf.

Volume: 2.

Goodreads Synopsis:

Mika Kamiya was a completely average girl on her way back home from Japan's biggest amateur comics and book-selling event, Comic Market...until she got whisked off to a parallel fantasy world! To get back home, Mika is going to have to look for transportation magic at the magic tome-selling event, Magic Market!

Review:

This is about a girl protagonist who has been transported to another world. Mika is from modern day Tokyo, only she's been transported to a DnD-type world, where everyone knows at least some type of magic. In her efforts to find a way back home, and since she was on her way to Comiket when she was transported, she starts up the Magic Market and her very own printing press. It's quite innovative for a girl on her own in a new world.

I didn't really get much of a feel for the actual characters. Mika is okay, a little odd and rather normal. She is pretty smart, quick on her feet, and optimistic. She has the witch Claire at her side all the time, who seems to just follow along to humor what Mika is doing, in a nice way. We meet a handful of other characters. Broadway, the knight who guards Mika and seems to admire her, was sweet. There's a tiny bit of fanservice, but mostly this was a safe, more pg volume.

I'm not a big high fantasy reader, and this was a little slow and word-heavy, but it was kind of fun and very pretty. It's an interesting mix of DnD, isekai, and comic convention that I definitely don't mind.

A review copy was provided by the publisher, Yen Press, for an honest review. Thank you so, so much!