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| THIS IS A MANGA ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS ANYTHING BEYOND THIS CHAPTER. ---------------------------------------- Wuuuh! This manga was so cute and sweet! It also hits some really specific tender spots. I feel like they crafted each character's stories really well. I was expecting at least one girl's story to be a bit generic, but it was actually a joy to learn of each girl's insecurities or problems and watch them reach a resolution. I thought the inclusion of the cats was really helpful. As they said, they essentially mirror the good and bad parts of each girl. This was a great way to get what needed to be said out there while not exactly having the cats solve all their problems directly. I thought the pace was fine for the most part except MAYBE chapter six near the end. The art had a very relaxed feel to it that made me not want to just rush through. It had this feel to it that made me want to just relax and read. That was perfect for what this manga attempts to do. It's good to just stop and digest what the manga's saying instead of cramming a bunch of thoughts in at once. Also, despite the formula of "Who's your cat? What's your problem? What spirit will you talk to?" the manga actually made me interested in that formula. We don't get the most descriptive idea of who each girl is before their chapter comes up, but the formula actually helped reveal more about each girl. In that way, it made me look forward to the formula. I kinda wish other shows and manga that make use of formulas could take note. Majo to Neko no Hanashi used their formula in an interesting way that AIDED the story and its characters instead of just being something for the characters to do, add to the episode/chapter count, and so on. Better yet, what each character learns isn't just dropped or at least we see that it actually makes for a change that you can see. So many other creations do this thing where the characters learn a pretty basic moral or something and by the next episode it doesn't even really matter. It either had no actual relevance to the character's growth or no relevance to the story. It's all only situational growth that only really matters for that chapter/episode. In Majo to Neko, there isn't that sense of situational growth. We actually see our characters changing (even if a little) and I'm actually really impressed with how they did it. Maybe they could have shown more of this growth, but I think they got the point across. Nina, after the time skip, just LOOKS more confident! She's even learned flying, so I think that said enough. Kei impressed me the most actually! She was indeed a bit harsh at first, but her attitude did change. We didn't really get to see too much with Mary, and Suzu was okay. Still, done way better than some yet maybe something to work on. Perhaps the only other thing that I would work on would be maybe focusing a little more on the interactions between the girls. At the same time, I never felt like their relationships toward each other were flat and actually felt like there were real connections between some of them. Still, it just felt like there was something missing. Since there weren't a lot of one on one interactions, it was easy to hide the fact that none of the girls seem to have particularly different feelings toward each other. We still had really sweet and telling interactions like hugs, high fives, and just generally being there for each other even if just on a surface level. They're 12 years old after all, I can't expect much, ha hah. Maybe everyone else was fine with their interactions? Like I said, it never felt fake or forced, so maybe it isn't even a problem. Overall, it felt like a genuine and heartfelt manga. I appreciate this manga a lot more than what I can put into words. Sigh. This manga makes me wish that I, too, was a witch with a pretty cat who could help me throughout my life. How encouraging. |
