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ふらいんぐうぃっち [Flying Witch] #3
Flying Witch, Vol. 3
A Slice of Magic -- Makoto and her cousins visit a café run by a witch that’s cloaked in magic and has regular visitors from folks on the "other side." Inukai stops by to make amends, and Nao gets a taste of some spicy medicine. Akane drops by just in time for a very special sighting of a rare, sky-borne animal…
160 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 9, 2015
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July 11, 2020
1.) Flying Witch Vol. 1 ★★★★★
2.) Flying Witch Vol. 2 ★★★★
3.) Flying Witch Vol. 3 ★★★★
4.) Flying Witch Vol. 4 ★★★★
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Still adoring this series. It's so fun, cute and humorous! It does have its faults though, such as diet-talk (again... why do they keep bringing up diets??), talk of spirit animals, and harmful gender stereotypes.
2.) Flying Witch Vol. 2 ★★★★
3.) Flying Witch Vol. 3 ★★★★
4.) Flying Witch Vol. 4 ★★★★
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Still adoring this series. It's so fun, cute and humorous! It does have its faults though, such as diet-talk (again... why do they keep bringing up diets??), talk of spirit animals, and harmful gender stereotypes.
July 29, 2022
Huh, I haven't eaten radish in a really long time.
This installment has at least as much food as magic.
I like the new setting and characters at the cafe.
This installment has at least as much food as magic.
I like the new setting and characters at the cafe.
June 11, 2023
Makoto and company visit a cafe run by a witch and they even meet the owner’s daughter Makoto’s age and also a witch, who could help her with her witch skills. We also see her go on a small adventure with a magical whale. A- (91%/Excellent)
November 20, 2023
I love this!!
There is just something about this manga which is so enjoyable. The characters are endearing, and the story is so cozy and wonderful.
There is just something about this manga which is so enjoyable. The characters are endearing, and the story is so cozy and wonderful.
April 16, 2023
A very cool sky whale here and a few visits from old friends. This continues to be a fun, relaxing read!
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December 8, 2022
Reread recently, and still a charming if slight story with cute characters and situations, feels like a sitcom for families ala Bewitched with a higher budget. Enjoyable frothy fantasy
January 5, 2018
A very gentle story with lovely art.
October 3, 2018
I maintain that this is still a really cute series and perfect if you've been reading more serious things or you've mistakenly paid too much attention to the news lately…
July 11, 2020
4.5/5⭐️
I wanna go to a cafe run by witches and a ghost!
I wanna go to a cafe run by witches and a ghost!
November 28, 2022
La verdad es que cada vez me está gustando más este manga. El primer tomo me pareció flojillo pero poco a poco le voy pillando el gusto. En este tomo también hay más historias relacionadas con la magia (la cafetería y la ballena, principalmente), pero sigue habiendo temas del día a día (sobre plantar verduras o sobre la diferencia entre pancake y hotcake). Además, sigo pensando que este manga tiene el nivel justo de japonés para mí: tengo que tirar de diccionario, sí, pero no me agota como en otros mangas más difíciles. Seguiré leyendo, sin duda.
July 22, 2020
So adorable. Really enjoyed this one. Particularly loved the ghost waitress and the flying whale with ruins on its back. Felt like a little more was happening in this volume but in a good way. Still a cute slice of life manga.
February 12, 2018
The art is cute, and the characters make me laugh 😂
Kei is my favourite character ❤️😝
Kei is my favourite character ❤️😝
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 7, 2018
この巻も可愛くて読みやすかった。でもこの巻もちょっと好きだった。空に飛べるクジラは面白かった。隕石好きので楽しかった。本当に存在したら面白そう。
June 6, 2019
Review to come :)
July 11, 2019
I'm starting to fall in love with this series.
July 18, 2022
大概是我看過最淡定最草食系的漫畫了。幾個少年人在日本鄉下過著像老婆婆般的草本生活。喜歡裡面每個角色基本上都是asexual。看起來缺少故事線的日常寫實狀似無聊，但加上輕度奇幻元素，跟節制的幽默（個人是覺得挺好笑的），也不會做作，整個作品的悠哉讓我相當中意啊。
August 12, 2023
The whale was cute and I loved the family relationships. I deducted a star because of the diet storyline though, as it was unnecessary.
March 18, 2024
CAWPILE 6.29
3.5 STARS
Read for Final Book Support Group Round 11 March 2024.
Also read for Realmathon 3.0 March 2024.
I'm enjoying this series, a slice of magical life with really nice artwork.
Perfect palette cleanser!
3.5 STARS
Read for Final Book Support Group Round 11 March 2024.
Also read for Realmathon 3.0 March 2024.
I'm enjoying this series, a slice of magical life with really nice artwork.
Perfect palette cleanser!
July 19, 2024
Toujours aussi paisible et agréable à lire. Les personnages sont vraiment trop kiki
Et on découvre petit à petit l'univers, ainsi que de nouveaux personnages
Et on découvre petit à petit l'univers, ainsi que de nouveaux personnages
March 13, 2020
This volume was super cute and had me laughing out loud several times (mostly at either Kei or Akane’s shenanigans ;P).
August 24, 2025
I continue to enjoy this series. It is funny and fun. Both images and text are great and I love how simple the story really is. Next up, Volume 4.
September 11, 2023
Summary:
Makoto Kowata is a witch. Or rather, she's a witch in training. As such, she has packed up all her belongings (and cat) to live with distant relatives. It's a bit of a family tradition – a way of sending young witches out into the world - but in a gentler way.
Makoto is getting better about using her magic – especially when said magic lets her indulge her more curious nature. Recently, she and her cousins traveled to a witch cafe, where they met a lovely ghost and another witch in training.
Review:
This series is just as sweet and charming as I remember! Granted, it hasn't even been a month since I read the second volume, so there's that...Anyway! I'm still enjoying this witchy slice-of-life tale.
However, it did feel like Flying Witch Vol. 3 is a bit slower than the previous two volumes. Perhaps the series is still settling? Or maybe it was the mood I was in. That said, I am pretty curious about the new cafe (well, new to us) and the characters it introduced. It'll be interesting to see where that leads!
Flying Witch is the perfect series for supernatural fans looking for a light and casual read. This series is heavily character-driven and doesn't ever feel the need to rush around from one place to the next. So settle in and get ready for a relaxing adventure!
Highlights:
Slice-of-life
Witchy Tale
Cat Familiar
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Makoto Kowata is a witch. Or rather, she's a witch in training. As such, she has packed up all her belongings (and cat) to live with distant relatives. It's a bit of a family tradition – a way of sending young witches out into the world - but in a gentler way.
Makoto is getting better about using her magic – especially when said magic lets her indulge her more curious nature. Recently, she and her cousins traveled to a witch cafe, where they met a lovely ghost and another witch in training.
Review:
This series is just as sweet and charming as I remember! Granted, it hasn't even been a month since I read the second volume, so there's that...Anyway! I'm still enjoying this witchy slice-of-life tale.
However, it did feel like Flying Witch Vol. 3 is a bit slower than the previous two volumes. Perhaps the series is still settling? Or maybe it was the mood I was in. That said, I am pretty curious about the new cafe (well, new to us) and the characters it introduced. It'll be interesting to see where that leads!
Flying Witch is the perfect series for supernatural fans looking for a light and casual read. This series is heavily character-driven and doesn't ever feel the need to rush around from one place to the next. So settle in and get ready for a relaxing adventure!
Highlights:
Slice-of-life
Witchy Tale
Cat Familiar
You Can Also Find Me On:
Quirky Cat's Fat Stacks | Quirky Cat's Comics | The Book Review Crew | Monkeys Fighting Robots | Storygraph | Bookhype | Bookstagram | Twitter | Tumblr | Reedsy
September 1, 2018
Another enjoyable entry in the series. Interesting how it picks up right from the end of the previous volume with the preparation of the wild vegetables in the final chapter there. To me, it has two major parts: the introduction of the witch cafe and the connected characters, and the flying whale. I don't think the flying whale is referenced again in the chapters I have already read beyond this, but it is such a beautiful and intriguing part it really stands out. I do wonder if the idea of ancient magical society is explored more in the future; it is definitely a thread that could lead to some more interesting things.
One small note on something in this volume that I know didn't translate well: at the cafe the characters meet a fox, and later a fox is featured in a children's story written by Chinatsu and Kei's mother and it calls attention to the difference between the "yip" sound featured in the story, and the "arf" made by the real fox; but in Japanese the word for a fox's call is "kon" which bears no resemblance at all to any sound a fox makes, so the contrast between the fox in the story and the real fox is even stronger.
One small note on something in this volume that I know didn't translate well: at the cafe the characters meet a fox, and later a fox is featured in a children's story written by Chinatsu and Kei's mother and it calls attention to the difference between the "yip" sound featured in the story, and the "arf" made by the real fox; but in Japanese the word for a fox's call is "kon" which bears no resemblance at all to any sound a fox makes, so the contrast between the fox in the story and the real fox is even stronger.
December 4, 2020
Je poursuis ma découverte de la série Flying Witch avec les deux tomes suivants.
Si l’histoire en elle-même est bien ficelée, et les dessins sont joliment exécutés, j’ai eu beaucoup plus de mal à accrocher que lorsque j’ai lu le premier tome. Pour être totalement honnête et franche avec vous, je me suis clairement ennuyée et, je vais malheureusement arrêter cette série. Je vous avoue que je voulais absolument faire ce vendredi manga avec deux tomes, et que j’ai lutté pour terminer le troisième !
C’est définitivement trop enfantin pour moi. Attention, je ne dis pas que l’histoire est mauvaise, c’est simplement que je ne suis clairement pas dans mon élément, même si je veux laisser une chance à toutes les parutions, je ne peux définitivement pas adhérer à chacune d’entre elles. Ce que je déplore, mais je suis certaine que vous me comprenez !
Je dirais que cette série se destine plus à un public très jeune, genre la tranche des 6/8 ans par exemple, ou, pourquoi pas, aux plus grands et adultes qui apprécient cet univers magique enfantin.
J’en suis la première désolée, mais je n’irai pas plus loin.
Si l’histoire en elle-même est bien ficelée, et les dessins sont joliment exécutés, j’ai eu beaucoup plus de mal à accrocher que lorsque j’ai lu le premier tome. Pour être totalement honnête et franche avec vous, je me suis clairement ennuyée et, je vais malheureusement arrêter cette série. Je vous avoue que je voulais absolument faire ce vendredi manga avec deux tomes, et que j’ai lutté pour terminer le troisième !
C’est définitivement trop enfantin pour moi. Attention, je ne dis pas que l’histoire est mauvaise, c’est simplement que je ne suis clairement pas dans mon élément, même si je veux laisser une chance à toutes les parutions, je ne peux définitivement pas adhérer à chacune d’entre elles. Ce que je déplore, mais je suis certaine que vous me comprenez !
Je dirais que cette série se destine plus à un public très jeune, genre la tranche des 6/8 ans par exemple, ou, pourquoi pas, aux plus grands et adultes qui apprécient cet univers magique enfantin.
J’en suis la première désolée, mais je n’irai pas plus loin.
December 12, 2020
Je poursuis ma découverte de la série Flying Witch avec les deux tomes suivants.
Si l’histoire en elle-même est bien ficelée, et les dessins sont joliment exécutés, j’ai eu beaucoup plus de mal à accrocher que lorsque j’ai lu le premier tome. Pour être totalement honnête et franche avec vous, je me suis clairement ennuyée et, je vais malheureusement arrêter cette série. Je vous avoue que je voulais absolument faire ce vendredi manga avec deux tomes, et que j’ai lutté pour terminer le troisième !
C’est définitivement trop enfantin pour moi. Attention, je ne dis pas que l’histoire est mauvaise, c’est simplement que je ne suis clairement pas dans mon élément, même si je veux laisser une chance à toutes les parutions, je ne peux définitivement pas adhérer à chacune d’entre elles. Ce que je déplore, mais je suis certaine que vous me comprenez !
Je dirais que cette série se destine plus à un public très jeune, genre la tranche des 6/8 ans par exemple, ou, pourquoi pas, aux plus grands et adultes qui apprécient cet univers magique enfantin.
J’en suis la première désolée, mais je n’irai pas plus loin.
Si l’histoire en elle-même est bien ficelée, et les dessins sont joliment exécutés, j’ai eu beaucoup plus de mal à accrocher que lorsque j’ai lu le premier tome. Pour être totalement honnête et franche avec vous, je me suis clairement ennuyée et, je vais malheureusement arrêter cette série. Je vous avoue que je voulais absolument faire ce vendredi manga avec deux tomes, et que j’ai lutté pour terminer le troisième !
C’est définitivement trop enfantin pour moi. Attention, je ne dis pas que l’histoire est mauvaise, c’est simplement que je ne suis clairement pas dans mon élément, même si je veux laisser une chance à toutes les parutions, je ne peux définitivement pas adhérer à chacune d’entre elles. Ce que je déplore, mais je suis certaine que vous me comprenez !
Je dirais que cette série se destine plus à un public très jeune, genre la tranche des 6/8 ans par exemple, ou, pourquoi pas, aux plus grands et adultes qui apprécient cet univers magique enfantin.
J’en suis la première désolée, mais je n’irai pas plus loin.
May 7, 2018
We see more of the witches' world. Including stuff it seems like Makoto should know...
One of the things I'm loving about this series is that it doesn't fall into typical shojo tropes. The protagonist isn't a clumsy, stupid, over-emotional mess that somehow attracts two popular boys. Makoto probably isn't the top witch in her age group, but she can handle spells, wants to learn, and has her strengths. It's just weird that there are some things that seem basic that she doesn't know.
But since she doesn't know them, she gets to learn along with Chinatsu. Akane doesn't give her too hard a time about not knowing so it can't be that bad. Akane is a fun teacher, but probably not the only one a witch would want since she dives into things as the mood strikes her. Makoto seems a bit more methodical in the way she studies.
The stories are episodic with little bits carrying over. The flow is natural and the stories feel unrushed. I was never lost about when or where something was happening like I am so often with manga (and lots of other things...)
One of the things I'm loving about this series is that it doesn't fall into typical shojo tropes. The protagonist isn't a clumsy, stupid, over-emotional mess that somehow attracts two popular boys. Makoto probably isn't the top witch in her age group, but she can handle spells, wants to learn, and has her strengths. It's just weird that there are some things that seem basic that she doesn't know.
But since she doesn't know them, she gets to learn along with Chinatsu. Akane doesn't give her too hard a time about not knowing so it can't be that bad. Akane is a fun teacher, but probably not the only one a witch would want since she dives into things as the mood strikes her. Makoto seems a bit more methodical in the way she studies.
The stories are episodic with little bits carrying over. The flow is natural and the stories feel unrushed. I was never lost about when or where something was happening like I am so often with manga (and lots of other things...)
January 8, 2023
A serene continuation of this beautiful manga series about Makoto, a young witch living with her non-witch cousins as she explores her identity and capacity as a witch. By the third novel, Makoto and her older freespirited sister Akane have brought their cousins into the magical part of the world they have never noticed, including a cafe run by several witches and a ghost that is hidden from normal people by spells. At the same time, Makoto's cousins, who are pretty connected to the land and like cooking and growing vegetables, connect Makoto and Akane to life they have not really experienced. In a way, this series really seems to focus on integrating "real life" with the magic of the world. It is not violent at all, and most conflict is minimal and either stems from accidents with magic or a little harmless mischief from Akane. Still, the sometimes subtle attachment between the four main characters is touching and the artwork is beautiful. Flying Witch is the only manga series I've ever read that is actually soothing and a series I will be looking to purchase.
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December 4, 2021In this volume, we get to see more of the witch world from a cafe run by witches and a ghost to a large sky whale traveling the globe.
Content Notes:
Profanity/swearing: None
Sex/sexual references: Makoto asks another girl "Why so small?" The other girl thinks Makoto is calling her chest small but Makoto is actually asking about why her lunch is so small.
Drinking: One character is drinking mid-day and another character chastises her. She brushes it off.
Religious elements: Characters say prayers to enter a secret cafe; discussion of fortune telling and spirit animals
LGBTQ + rep: Not specified
Content Notes:
Profanity/swearing: None
Sex/sexual references: Makoto asks another girl "Why so small?" The other girl thinks Makoto is calling her chest small but Makoto is actually asking about why her lunch is so small.
Drinking: One character is drinking mid-day and another character chastises her. She brushes it off.
Religious elements: Characters say prayers to enter a secret cafe; discussion of fortune telling and spirit animals
LGBTQ + rep: Not specified
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December 21, 2022A Slice of Magic
Makoto and her cousins visit a cafe run by a witch that's cloaked in magic and has regular visitors from folks on the "other side". Inukai stops by to make amends , and Nao gets a taste of some spicy medicine. Akane drops by just in time for a very special sighting of a rare , sky-borne animal...
" The experience of reading Flying Witch is almost like laying in a bed of flowers, surrounded by bunnies in an open field on the most beautiful Spring day. Life in the country can get a bit dull, but what a better way to have some fun than by throwing in some MAGIC!" -Bento Byte
Printed in the United States of America
Makoto and her cousins visit a cafe run by a witch that's cloaked in magic and has regular visitors from folks on the "other side". Inukai stops by to make amends , and Nao gets a taste of some spicy medicine. Akane drops by just in time for a very special sighting of a rare , sky-borne animal...
" The experience of reading Flying Witch is almost like laying in a bed of flowers, surrounded by bunnies in an open field on the most beautiful Spring day. Life in the country can get a bit dull, but what a better way to have some fun than by throwing in some MAGIC!" -Bento Byte
Printed in the United States of America
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