Чарівник Бібліотеки. Том 4

圕の大魔術師 [Toshokan no Daimajutsushi] #4

by Mitsu Izumi, Міцу Ідзумі, Олександр Бєліков (Translator)

Учень серед майстрів

Шіо повернувся до бібліотечної столиці. Вступні випробування для кафн надзвичайно складні, проте й вчитися тут нелегко. Зараз Шіо може розгледіти, хто вчитиметься разом із ним, якщо йому вдасться вступити. Можливо, він знайде друзів, а не тільки конкурентів. Шіо впевнений, що зможе витримати напружений ритм і його мрія нарешті здійсниться.

Під пильним наглядом старших і вчителів, а також свого наставника, Шіо має обрати майбутню спеціалізацію, від якої залежатиме подальша його доля…

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Young Adult, Seinen, Magic, Books About Books

232 pages, Paperback

First published June 5, 2020

About the author

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Reviews

[F.D. Gross]

Having returned to this beautiful world of Magus of the Library, its been too long. Taking such a long stretch of a break in a manga series can leave certain details of the past slightly blurry. I was able to recover regardless, but to some disappointment. Not in the fact of the art panels (these consistently remain beautiful in their own respect) but in the direction of the story or lack of, unfortunately. Yes, Theo has arrived to the great world of Kafna, the academy where the masters of books train the new arrivals that passed the entry exam in the previous volume three. The lack of story is mainly due to the overwhelmingly, impossible to remember all character, roster list that is fired off from the very beginning of volume four. I ask why. Why because most of the some twenty plus characters introduced in the first two chapters seem almost identical in their appearances. Not only their faces, but the fashion seems too similar to one another as well. Not to mention that the author introduces not only their first names, but their last names as well. And they are not simplistic names either. How one could possibly remember all the names by the end of volume four is beyond me. Throughout the book, I think I remembered a couple individuals such as Theo's room mates and the one student who pulled a knife on his friend.

It was a good introduction to the scenery and setting of the grand library where they will be for the next year as trainees, but I felt the laundry list of characters introduced could have been featured sporadically throughout the book, at a slower evened pace. Ultimately what I found out was that I didn't care much for all these characters at one time and found it somewhat difficult to navigate forward. The desire wasn't there like it was for the first three volumes. I needed more Theo.

It's one saving grace however was redeemed towards the end of the book where a mystery from before was slightly hinted at, not revealed, and thus we are thrown into the ever wondering cliffhanger that forces consumers to buy the next installment. (No spoilers, apologies.)

Yes I still read manga. It's an excellent way to reset the mind in times of need.

[holly rose]

I have no idea how to start this, my mind is still just reeling over that ending… “One of them, a champion destined to protect the world… The other, a force of darkness destined to tear it asunder.” Am I supposed to believe Sedona is a force of darkness? Is this suggesting she’s going to become, or perhaps already is, a villain? That would be SO heartbreaking, but simultaneously SO fascinating to see how Izumi crafts a villain who has also mentored and inspired the hero.
Generally, this wasn’t my favorite in the series. There were way too many new characters introduced in rapid succession, it was impossible to keep them all straight. You could saw I was feeling a bit overwhelmed by all that. Although I understand, I much prefer how characters were introduced in the previous volumes, where they give you a chance to sit with them and get to know them and remember them and appreciate them. Now it’s like new information overload. Though I’m sure that’s what Theo was feeling in actuality…
Sumomo is wonderful. One of the few new characters I really did appreciate and admire (and remember). I can tell he’s going to be a really outstanding character. Sohn is precious and I love her. I want to see her face very much…
The pace seemed rather slow until the very last chapter, where, FINALLY, Sedona and Theo had their long-awaited reunion. My heart melted for Theo, who’d been looking forward to that day for the majority of his life. I hope he does okay if Sedona turns on him someday…
I was happy for that little bit of excitement at the end. Hopefully the next volume will be easier to follow, and I’ll grow more familiar with all the characters. I’m hoping by the end, I’ll know every characters name by heart. If I could do it with My Hero Academia, I can do it with this. And hopefully by the end, they’ll be just as memorable.

[Basia]

It's getting better with each volume!💗💗💗

[Kristin]

I'm starting to worry where this is going. I started this series at the same time as Witch Hat Atelier and I was hoping for a similar adventures with learning sprinkled in "But in a library!" and instead this is going more of a typical magical school manga route. I love the lore and I love the worldbuilding but I do not love that this is swerving into a slow crawl through school rivalries. There are so, so so many characters introduced in this volume and the story I wanted the most: of the kafna kicking down the door of a local library and investigating it for library crimes (it's written more exciting than it sounds) get dropped after the opening teaser.

[yelenska]

L'histoire ne stagne pas, on avance doucement mais sûrement et différents éléments se mettent en place. D'ailleurs, ce que j'ai préféré dans ce tome-ci, ce sont les dernières pages : sa rencontre avec Sedona, la façon dont celui-ci se met en scène (*so extravagant lol*) et les dernières bulles qui nous donnent vraiment envie de lire la suite. Les dernières phrases que j'ai lues m'ont fait comprendre qu'on va avoir quelque chose de vraiment épique dans le futur, et j'ai hâte de voir (lire) ça !

[Shae]

For my full thoughts on this, and other volumes I read recently, check out this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InU2a...

[Link]

THEY REUNITED YES
I did not expect for Sedona to be that high up in the totem pole! This brought me shock, intrigue, happiness, sadness, annoyance. All the emotions brought forth made this book a real thinker for me!
I’m excited to read the next one

[Shu Wei Chin]

O K A Y WOAHHH this is the plot twist volume!
These books cannot get published quick enough because oh does the plot thicken!

Theo's journey towards following his heart and passion despite the odds continue to inspire, and is actually such a good and comforting read for tough times.

I will never stop gassing up the absolute beauty of the art, here's an example from this volume:

[Willie]

As a library worker I may be biased, but this series just seems great. Even though the plot can drag a little at time the artwork is worth the price of admission.

[Christina Pilkington]

4.5 stars

What an unexpected, twist ending! It makes me want to pick up the next volume even more, now. I agree with many reviewers that there were way too many characters introduced in this volume. It did slow down my reading, so I lowered my rating a half star for that. That said, I do really like all the main characters of the story. There's a nice variety of character personalities.

And we get to see Theo and Sedona reunite! That was fun :)

[Bluebelle-the-Inquisitive (Catherine)]

Libraries amassers of memory galleries dedicated to history's thread and monuments to all life across time.

I finally got my hands on this volume of Magus of the Library, I was so excited when I saw that it was being transferred from the previous reader. This volume gets serious and by the end, everything changes. Essentially, no one is what you think. It's an intriguing ending that I guess I didn't see coming but I should have. The plot of this volume is fairly simple it is Theo trying to find his place in the system he is now in. And realising what he has to do excel and work in the library. The art is still lovely and the plot moves along and a decent place. It does start with a seemingly unrelated side story in which we meet the rather funny Kaz Blak. I'm not going to say while I like him that would ruin the fun. One thing that I do see in it is a great explanation of one underrated aspect of librarianship.

As with the previous volume the intervals between the chapters are all linked. They introduce Theo's classmates. These people, primarily women, are introduced in groups. These groups are done under titles The Banded Few, The Seaborn Souls, The Power of Smile, The Unyielding Majesty, The Harried Handlers, The Ends of the Spectrum, The Markedly Conspicuous and The Guiding Hands. Theo is in the The Banded Few with the only other two male trainees. Each one of these pages has a picture of the trainee and a brief rundown of them. The basic traits of them I mean. It will be very useful later I think. While the characters are distinct on the page, at least individual enough, there are a lot of them and their traits are going to be important.

Among these classmates are some familiar faces and plenty of new ones. I'm so happy that Alv is back. I really like him. He is so easily underestimated and I like his attitude. There is one classmate we haven't met yet "The 27th trainee of this incoming class. A girl yet to bet revealed for reasons that will eventually become clear." I can't think of any obvious reasons why we wouldn't have met her yet. Reasons that she would remain hidden. There is one very, very familiar name among the trainees and it wasn't until I was writing this review that I remembered why. The name is Sophie Schwimm, at 35 and she is the oldest of the trainees. The reason the name is familiar... Sophie Schwimm wrote Kafna of the Wind, the text Magnus of the Library is based on. That is just really interesting to me, this is lore within lore. Sophie survives the trials, training and exams being faced by the class now. I think it gives an idea of where she ends up after graduation too, either Archives or Personnel. I Sophie, I like her attitude and what she represents. Libraries are often a second career for their staff.

Information and control have always gone hand in hand.
Throughout time, the powerful have desired that commoners stay ignorant so that they may b more easily exploited in military recruitment and the collection of taxes.
Despots knew a single part could be enough to incite the populace's anger and quickly topple their regimes.
And in any effort to suppress the flow of information, control over the written word is key.
At times, texts were altered. At times, they were burned. ... it was said the whatever had control of the land's texts he's the reigns of the continent itself.
In the words of a certain Magnus...
"To protect a text...
...is to protect...
...the world itself" — Kafna of the Wind, Sophie Schwimm

A representative gif:

[Feey_Clowchette]

Coup de coeur énorme comme pour les 3 premiers volumes ❤️❤️❤️. Curieuse de savoir quel fameux destin attend Shio

[Анна Полегенько]

Дочитала четвертий том і поки враження свіжі - вирішила написати коротенький відгук.
Що сказати? По-перше я вражена фіналом. ТИПУ ЩО ЦЕ БУЛО?? Не буду спойлерити, але сюжетний поворот виявився дуже неочікуваним. Тепер цікаво, що ж там в наступній частині.

Щодо головного героя: мені подобається, як Шіо не втрачає впевненості в собі, але водночас стикається з невдачами і абсолютно нормально реагує на них. Класно, що він розвивається та знаходить собі нові цілі. Я все ще не просікла, що це за особливе ставлення до нього від найвищої пані дракона, але може пояснять потім)

Єдине, що гальмувало моє читання - це величезна кількість другорядних персонажів. Я розумію, що молодих кафн і має бути багато, але чи хочу я читати про них усіх і дізнаватися їхні життєві історії? Ні.

Можливо, це жорстоко, але я сподіваюся, що в цьому сеттингу будуть якісь випробування і до кінця дійдуть не всі. Бо вибачте, але я всіх точно не запам’ятаю і співпереживати не буду.

Традиційно похвалю мальовку, адже те, як вдалося відтворити атмосферу Близького Сходу це просто 🤌🔥

[Lana Stolnik]

Мені дуже подобається ця історія. Я не так багато знаю книжок про книги та ще менше читала. Тому ця манга в саме серденько: світла, цікава та захоплива. Не дуже подобається майже повна відсутність нумерації сторінок. Доводиться шукати пронумеровану і вже від неї відраховувати ту, на якій зупинилася. Мені подобається головний герой і величезна інтрига довкола нього. Не дуже подобається, що Міцу Ідзумі заздалегідь натякає на те, яка доля його чекає, бо хотілося б більше таємниці. Магічні створіння - це окрема тема, яка цікавить в історії. Круто, що є різні племена, але звірятка мені все ж цікавіші, бо про них поки дуже мало відомо. А про різні етноси я навіть не беруся особливо запам’ятовувати, бо все одно не запам’ятаю назви. Ну і звичайно, чекатиму на продовження.

[Mpia]

In this Volume, we are introduced to many characters and we start watching Shio's * journey after being accepted to become a kahuna. He finds difficulties, he makes new friends and his mentors are watching him closely. We also see Sedona again! I'm looking forward to the next Volume because this one didn't have any action. But overall it was great so I'm giving it 4★.


* Also, I just realized that the name has (of course) changed and in the English translation he is called "Theo" but in the French translation (that I'm reading), his name is "Shio".

[Babeth]

Je me suis jetée dessus! Je suis toujours aussi convaincue par le récit et le monde, tout me plait dans cet univers. Et les dessins!!
Ça va être long jusqu'au prochain tome! J'espère qu'on ne l'attendra pas aussi longtemps que celui-ci...

[Katie Florida]

Again, are we surprised that I love the book about librarians? No. But this continues to be AH-mazing!

[AltLovesBooks]

"Freedom of choice is absolute. The library will not tolerate anyone who infringes upon it, no matter who they are."

You go girl.

The intro to this book involving the librarian engaging in shelving bias really hits home in today's controversy surrounding removing books from libraries. This was written before that was a thing, but it really does hit close to home--in manga format.

So Theo is back in Aftzaak, having passed his exams and beginning his (long) road toward working at the Central Library. Upon arriving, he meets his fellow classmates and tutors, and is suddenly stricken with a bit of imposter's syndrome. All these people who have clear ideas of what they want to do and where they want to work, and all he can do is turn in a blank sheet of paper when asked where he wants to work at the library. It really hit close to home here, as well. Theo also meets up with the kafna who started him down this path, Sedona, and we get a bit of ominous hinting at the end that something isn't quite right.

I kind of didn't like having all these new characters to keep up with (and there's a ton introduced here), and it's super easy for me to get them confused. I'm hoping it becomes easier as we go along, or that maybe some of them are more important to remember than others, because as it is there's a lot going on here.

Still, my favorite manga series ever, thus far.

[Milenrrama]

Va, las 5 estrellas. Me gustan las historias que se toman con calma para presentarse. Al final, aunque al principio del tomo 2, con el tema del viaje, no lo tenía tan claro, he disfrutado mucho tanto del examen, la pequeña excursión a lo pequeño Nils, el vistazo al pueblo y ahora ha sido una buena presentación + recuerdo de personajes. Bien por ahí.

Sin embargo, lo que puede parecer "flojo" y un tanto "insulso" en la primera mitad del libro se desboca a partir del momento en el que aparece Sedna. Además, se juntan varias cosas, sabes que POR FIN se van a reencontrar, que Theo va a ver a la anciana y la va a reconocer, la frase que la anciana dice a Sedna y que da una pista brutal y pone los pelos de punta (SHE KNOWS) coge un ritmo muy muy bueno que alcanza su punto álgido con la revelación explícita de lo que se había insinuado. Me ha gustado mucho esa parte y me ha dejado muy buen sabor de boca (aunque no sé si funcionaría en una relectura sin el doble impacto que provoca la conversación Sedna+Gran Maga y luego el remate de los dos paneles finales.

Como remate, el dibujo es precioso y detallado. Es brutal la parte en la que están todos los kafna y ayudantes reunidos en la sala y cada uno tiene una cara diferete (e incluso puedes reconocer rostros y máscaras) o la arquitectura (muy bien representado, con inspiraciones reales muy claras que mola reconocer) o la ambientación fantástica de ver cómo el mundo de Theo tiene dos satélites enormes.

[Octarine]

Rentrée des classes pour les apprentis Kahuna.

Sofi Shuim ! Ce n’est donc pas une chronique du passé ! C’est la page qui m’a fait bondir pendant la lecture.

J’avais aimé Sedona dans le tome 1, mais là il/elle est carrément suspect… et ce livre, qui paraissait anodin prend une toute autre ampleur.

Je pensais que Magus of the Library serait une histoire toute tranquille et toute douce… mais le contexte est dur.
Je me suis bien plantée. J’aime ça.

[Arsnoctis]

Per quanto mi riguarda: lo scivolone narrativo che speravo di evitare. Detto questo è ancora un volume piacevole e confermo di averlo messo in casella per seguirne le vicende, spero che i miei timori si dimostrino infondati.

[Karine Mon coin lecture]

4,5
Mon préféré à date! Et quelle finale!

[Catarina Prata]

Another volume, another incredible read. These characters and their story is immensly powerful and I will be glad to continue their story as soon as possible.

[Marieta]

Me he hecho un perfil en Storygraph. Si alguien está ahí que me diga su usuario y nos agregamos

[_bookworm]

I cracked why book one and book four both have higher ratings from me than books two and three did. Books one and four included Sedona, books two and three did not.

[Neil]

4,5⭐

[Mia]

So many new characters were introduced!!! I'm beginning to love this world a lot ♡

[Saoirse]

Un bon tome, l’histoire avance. Il y a beaucoup de nouveaux personnages, ce n’est pas évident à retenir.

[Agathe]

La fin!!!!!

[Kateryna Tretiak]

Логічне продовження, опис процесу навчання на одногрупників, але мало цікавих подій