ふらいんぐうぃっち 8

ふらいんぐうぃっち [Flying Witch] #8

by Chihiro Ishizuka, 石塚千尋

魔女も、一般人も、黒猫も、だれもが楽しみな夏休み到来。ふくろうとの交流あり、魔女の世界のピンチあり、圭の新しいチャレンジあり。青森の女子高生魔女・真琴の周りは今日も大忙しです。

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Slice Of Life, Graphic Novels, Young Adult, Magic, Humor

176 pages, Paperback

First published August 9, 2019

Reviews

[Jane Lebak · Rating 5 out of 5]

Zero stars because I have to wait until 2021 for the next volume?!!?!

Just kidding. I enjoyed this one, with the discovery of the mana types as well as the Samurai ghost. As always, it's a very peaceable and relaxing storyline, and everything is gentle. The magic is in the everyday. Highly recommended. :-)

[J.a.e._Lou · Rating 4 out of 5]

On en découvre encore un peu plus sur le monde magique et sur les pouvoirs de Makoto. La dernière petite histoire est très fun

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

This series is so refreshing! It's nice to read some simple wholesome stuff in between more serious subject matter.

Summary for reference:
Chapter 43: The Mechanical Familiar
Makoto, Kei, Chinatsu, and Kazuno. go on a trip to meet Enigumo, a man who can tell Makoto what element she has an affinity with. They meet Enigumo’s familiar, Taros who is a robot from another world. Kazuno explains to Chinatsu what having an affinity means and reveals that she has a wind affinity. Before they meet up with Enigumo, the group travels around the area and eats and sightsees. Taros observes Makoto during the events to collect data on her elemental affinity.

Chapter 44: The Nine Paths, the Coins, and the Wizard
The group spends some time on the beach and Taros reveals to Makoto that he has been observing her. They then travel to Enigumo’s house. Enigumo takes the data Taros collected and puts it into a special machine. The machine converts the information into coins, which by dropping will reveal Makoto’s elemental affinity based on how they land. Using this method, Makoto discovers she is a “dark” witch. Dark witches are typically known for creating things.

Chapter 45: Wayside Grass, a Shortcut, and a Way Home
Anzu interacts with some classmates, who want to visit the shop where Anzu works. Anzu turns them down but assures them she trusts them and may let them visit in the future. After she parts with them, Anzu begins her walk home and encounters a cat. The cat leads her to the ghost of a samurai, who has been allowed to roam Earth in order to get used to modern times so he can eventually reincarnate. Anzu brings the samurai back to the shop with her. They take a shortcut through another realm that only ghosts or people of Anzu’s bloodline can access. Anzu introduces the samurai to the other spirits at the shop.

Chapter 46: Herbs Freeze and Shadows Detach
Akane returns to the household after a trip to India. She finds Chinatsu looking for ingredients for a spell; Chinatsu was given books by Enigumo to help her learn beginner spells. Meanwhile, Makoto is trying to learn and practice dark spells since she learned her affinity. Chinatsu’s concoction stinks up the house and Akane gives her pointers about following ingredients specifically rather than just eyeballing amounts. For Makoto, Akane teaches her how to peel off shadows and mold them into mana. With Akane’s help, both girls are successful in their endeavors. We also find out that Akane’s element is Light.

Chapter 47: The Last Thing You Should Do to a Hooter
Makoto does some work in an orchard to help care for apple trees but gets on the bad side of a random owl by unintentionally offending it. Anzu accompanies Makoto to the orchard in hopes her familiar, an owl, can communicate with the angry owl. They discover the owl is convinced that Makoto is a male owl who is trying to steal his territory. Makoto sets about trying to make the owl believe she is other animals and eventually succeeds when the owl decides she is not an owl after all.

Chapter 48: Summer’s Beginning and Volleyball Zombies
Makoto and Kei interact with their classmates. Kei is trying to start a film making club. Since it is the start of summer break, their friend group decides to hang out. Two of their friends like making manga, so Kei decides to collaborate with them and make a film out of their manga, which involves zombies and volleyball. The group works together to film the zombie volleyball film and gets into shenanigans.

Character list for reference:
Akane - Makoto's older sister, an expert witch. She travels around a lot, but comes to visit Makoto in between. Her familiar is a white cat named Kenny.
Makoto - The main character; novice witch who has moved in with her relatives. Her familiar is a black cat named Chito.
Chinatsu - Kei's younger sister, Makoto's cousin. She loves Makoto and follows her everywhere and wants to know as much about magic as possible.
Anzu - (taken from wikipedia) A witch who lives nearby Kei and Chinatsu's house. While soft-spoken and somewhat reserved, she's an amateur archaeologist and has a love for history. She has a brown owl familiar named Aurore.
Kei - Makoto's male cousin, a relatively normal older brother and student.
Inukai - A fortune-teller; Akane accidentally cursed her so that she turns into a humanoid dog during the day and retains her human form at night. She has a hamster familiar.
Nao - Kei's friend, a regular girl. She takes all the magic stuff in stride.
Kazuno – Black haired girl who is also a witch with a wind affinity.

[Freya · Rating 5 out of 5]

Review to come :)

[MIL · Rating 4 out of 5]

雖然這套英文不算很難
但有中文當然還是先看中文的啊~
黑長直JK真是太棒啦!

[Gabby · Rating 4 out of 5]

Affinities!

Basic magic, affinities, friendship and light and dark. This was fun, less funny but far more background into mana types, base magic and training. I loved the last story and the changes in so many characters.

[Loz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute and enjoyable slice o witch life. Super slow roll world building. Pretty art!

[Amber · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 ⭐️

[Liz (Quirky Cat) · Rating 4 out of 5]

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.

It's time for Makoto to take the next step in her witch training. More specifically, this means she and her family must travel to Shimokita. It's here where she'll (finally) learn which element she can potentially control.

Review:

Diving back into the world of Flying Witch with Flying Witch Vol. 8. I say diving back like I didn't binge the last four volumes of this series in one week (oops). It'll come as no surprise to hear that this volume perfectly matches the tone of the rest.

I am happy Flying Witch Vol. 8 moved Makoto's magical journey forward. Sometimes, the plot can stagnate with a slower-paced story (such as this one). Learning what Makoto's specialty (is that the right term?) is will help stem that feeling.

This volume deviates from the norm in a couple of small ways. I don't know how I feel about it, so I will give myself some time to think about it.

Highlights:
Slice-of-life
Witchy Tale
Cat Familiar

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[Baltiyak · Rating 3 out of 5]

Flying Witch is a manga that I have enjoyed gradually collecting over the years. Something I snap up when I see a new volume has appeared in the manga section of the bookstore and I have space in my book-buying budget.

Some of the chapters do have the whimsical aspects I love about the manga, like the samurai ghost and Makoto's misunderstanding with an owl, but not as many as I've read in previous volumes. This was a heavy explanation volume, where they send a lot of time explaining how witches are classified and walking the little sister through a potion-making lesson. Which is fine, by the the 8th volume Flying Witch has made clear its goal is to find humor in the mundane and one should not expect drama. However, I would welcome a bit of escalation or even an idea of Makoto making progress in her own studies.

I did not much care for the last chapter. It was a bit too meta for me with the 4th wall blinks from the manga-club members. Plus I didn't feel attention needed to be drawn to the 'cousins living under one roof romance' manga trope even if the purpose was to shut down idea of Makoto and Kei romance.

[Pamela · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not sure why but this one just wasn’t hitting the spot for me like the others.

There was a ton going on with Mako finding out what kind of witch she is, which in theory sounded amazing but I don’t know if it’s the Mr Engiumo character was a lot for me, or there seemed to be way more going on stylistically but it almost felt like too much too fast after a lot of really slow, cozy and calm volumes.

There was also a lot more dialogue than the previous volumes from what I noticed. It felt a little overwhelming.

I enjoyed the chapter on the Samurai ghost that Anzu helps and the attempts at magic at home (the banana from Mako and ice spell from Chinatsu). I also really liked the one with the owl with a vendetta against Mako, that made me laugh. …But the last one about the high schoolers making a zombie themed movie wasn’t for me.

I feel like there’s already so many characters with the family and few friends introduced, so having even further now with more school friends is feeling like too much.

Maybe this is all just me, reading it when I was tired though? 😅 Well I’ll see as the volumes go on…

This one just felt less funny and fun than the previous ones.

[Lauren Schnoebelen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Makoto is heading out to take her kokonotsu affinity test and of course she brings her family on the trip with her. In a search to learn more about what type of magic she is best suited for, Makoto learns even more about what it takes to be a witch and meets some interesting characters on the way.

It has been so long since I've read one of these volumes and I've truly missed it. This is such a wholesome little series but with astounding world building. I absolutely loved learning about the different affinities of magic and evening learning how rare certain types can be. Also getting to meeting a wizard as well helped to provide some additional fun elements. I truly love how simple yet well thought out and detailed this manga series is and I'm really hoping I can get my library to get the next volume soon!

[Saya · Rating 3 out of 5]

Una de las cosas que me gustan de este manga es que está ambientado fuera de una gran ciudad. Por eso es tranquilo y tiene mucha conexión con la naturaleza. Las primeras historias de este tomo son interesantes, sobre todo cuando Makoto descubre cuál es su "poder mágico" (oscuridad, aunque hay también luz, agua, fuego, tierra...), aunque el idioma se está complicando por momentos (cada vez hay más diálogo, más frases largas y más palabras nuevas). La segunda mitad del tomo me ha aburrido un poco más, porque se aleja de la magia y se centra en temas más mundanos, como las actividades de la escuela en verano.

Creo que seguiré esta serie más adelante.

[Donna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Makoto finds out her magical affinity, makes an enemy in an owl, and helps her friends make a video of zombie volleyball.

This manga continues to have a lovely sweet feel with great artwork. I prefer the stories that focus on Makoto so chapter 45 was a jarring switch to me. My favorite was definitely the owl story - Makoto responds to an owl with an owl call that is so real the bird just can't believe she's not an invading male (until she pretends to be an angry gorilla instead). This story is why I read the series. Looking forward to the next one!

[Drine Psylook · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cette plongée plus profonde dans le monde des sorcières m’a fait du bien, je me suis sentie apaisée et c’est ce que j’attendais depuis le début : ça m’a permis de prendre plaisir à lire le dernier chapitre, quelques pages dans le monde normal : le dernier jour de cours avant les vacances. Tout ça, parce que j’étais moins frustrée avec ce huitième tome.
Bref, j’ai adoré cette lecture, indéniablement mon préféré.
https://psylook.kimengumi.fr/2021/03/...

[Amanda K · Rating 3 out of 5]

Simple, slow, episodic slice of life with a touch of magic. We got a little taste of the magic system in this one and got to learn our MCs affinity. The last chapter in this volume was a complete thematic change and was honestly really boring. I found myself skimming. I also didn’t care that much for the samurai ghost chapter.

[Dita · Rating 4 out of 5]

Still a fun cozy read.
More witchy stuff happening and more friends.
We get to know Mako's elemental mana. Lots of experiments with magic and hi tech stuff. New spells and magic to learn. New ghost in town. New club at school with new talented unique friends. Owl's problem that's pretty funny.
Yup lots happenings and all is fun and I really enjoyed it.

[Christine · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a very cute volume. We get introduced to the magic system a bit more and it’s very interesting! I laughed a few times and smiled the whole time. This is such a cute, lighthearted, easygoing manga! ❤️

[Raechel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Makoto and friends are back, learning about how to be a witch and how to be a friend. There's a mix of new characters and all of the regular ones, as they all grow and discover something new. The mix of stories help draw me into the world.

[BeckyisBookish · Rating 4 out of 5]

Still in love with this manga! Would love some romance now though... clearly I’m just in that kind of mood right now though haha

[Monica Hyde · Rating 5 out of 5]

So cute! Love that we find out Makoto's elemental power is! Yay yay yay!!!!

[Perla Villa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Favorite part would have to be the owls!

[Kim · Rating 3 out of 5]

This volume felt pretty haphazard. I am not sure how I felt about the mana part.

[scarlettraces · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love how this series just gets imperceptibly better and better

[DonutKnow · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series has the cutest art!!

[Steph · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5/5

[Krystal Caloia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Makes sense that sisters are opposites! So cool! I wonder what affinity Chinatsu will have.....love these books!

[David Doel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another excellent volume. Some of the art is really impressive in its detail.

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very chill slice of life series. This volume was my favourite so far as the crazy owl was hilarious

[Cat · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was great to know more about the types of magic in this world!