Majo no Moribito
Guardian of the Witch

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From the story and setting the series has similarities both from Attack on Titan and Demon Slayer, but finds some ways to deliver different ingredients to the mix. First of all what comes to mind is the great female character variety with the witches at the center of this world when in other shows you see an overrepresented cast of males to females ratio wise.
Some of the typical Shonen tropes are also put on its head when you consider that Manfasa the witch is more powerful than her guardian and can stand her own ground and only sometimes needs assistance. Some of her mannerism ... remind more of a man, so she doesnt act like a typical girl and bosses around her guard often.
Fafner the guardian has a unique fighting style with his sword and sheath, but seems a little overpowered at times. He goes through much change at the start and gets some fascinating philosphical ideas about how the safety system of the world should be. Natha the maid is also a good addition to the team with her knowledge of the world which translated into a convincing world building til now. Its also interesting that not much was revealed how Manfasas magic works only the dark story of how it came to be, so I see some potential in there which also says something about that the pace is right.
The artstyle is not bad, but not the best either but some of the villains look good I guess. The goal is set clear at the start without dragging on to much and you can see from there what to expect. Some elements from JRPGS could be found in here, but it doesnt have to be a bad thing.
The shady government is also part of the intrigue what opens up many possible conspiracies.

Here's how a good idea can be misused.
Having read it when it was already finished I already started with low expectations, but I did not expect such an engaging start with such an interesting good opening. After the first chapter I could imagine a future with many chapters, large and interesting world building and many secrets to discover... But it did not happen.

Story 4/10
The story started well with a medieval fantasy world where cities are fortified as in attack on titan to protect themselves from monsters (which will be seen at most 3 times). Each city has a guardian and a witch to protect ... the walls, but there is a curse on each witch that will make them run away to find the cure.
Scrolling will always be too fast leaving you with very little of the previous chapter, except for the training arc which was fast but slow at the same time.
In addition to being full of time skips, the ending is both disappointing (although one could not expect anything else) and discreet, if only there had been hundreds of understandings before...

Art 5/10
The drawing and paneling are average, the character design of the characters is monotonous and very similar to others except for the witches.
The action, on the other hand, as well as being badly managed, is too simple and therefore unsatisfactory.

Character 3/10
The characters are practically anonymous and boring, including the third "protagonist" who at some point you forget even though superfluous. The inventor was on my cock right from the start, especially his training that lasts for three boring chapters is unnecessarily random.
The rivals are guardian and witch like the protagonist. Interesting the witches, minus the guardians except for the two best characters of the work with also a good story behind.
Ah and there is no antagonist as the protagonist uses friend no jutsu on rivals and the work ends with a huge time skip.

Enjoyment 5/10
The first chapter had me hype for those after, but it dropped immediately from the second. From then on it is a continuous ups and downs that made me read at times with speed or ease.

Overall 4/10
Light reading to read when you have nothing to do but which I would never recommend. At most you can read the first chapter to savor the bitterness of a nice opening used so badly.

I think this manga had a big potential to be something different, to create a huge universe with a bunch of stories and mysteries, but from the very first moment they threw all of this away. The storie advance really fast and you dont have enough time to relate to any of the characters, appart from the two/three principal characters you easily forget the names of all the secundary characters. Also, because of its similarities to other mangas sometimes you can predict what is about to happen. In my opinion its a manga that you can read in a couple of hours and only ... if you are complety boring and have nothing else to do.