Mahoutsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto
Someday's Dreamers

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I went into this manga expecting a sol story of a girl being kind-hear ted by helping people and realizing that there is a fine line between good and bad consequences of her actions. It delivered wonderfully, and it showed something as deep as traumas, or crossing boundaries by exposing secrets people wish to hide.

Characters:
The main girl is a over-powered character who clearly uses her powers as and when she wants to make people's lives better, sometimes even without their permission. I liked her, but sometimes things are ... shown to be going over-board over here and even not allowing the other side characters to fully develop.
Despite that, her sick childhood friend, who finds joy in little things, the boy who plays soccer, the teacher who is in charge of her as well as the clients she helps, her parents and the people at the magic department influence her in some way or the other.

Story:
She is already shown to be someone who's able to any kind of magic. Therefore, finding the true purpose behind the wishes of her clients and how the results can't always be happy and fulfilling is what is focused on here. A back story about her teacher's grief is also shown beautifully here.

Art: The art is decent, did not find it particularly appealing.

I enjoyed the story and could see the potential of her becoming a smart, naive, rebellious adolescent girl to a smart, brave, yet firm lady. It doesn't has as many chapters maybe that's why. T
he story derailed a bit in the middle for me but luckily, came back on track after we get to know about her life at home.
It has a bit of life advice here and there, which you might like if that's your thing.

I would've loved 'Someday's Dreamers' if it had actual depth to it.

The basic premise is that magic can be used to make people happy. In line with this, our overpowered protagonist, Yume, dreams (heh) of making everyone in the world happy using her magic. The manga then proceeds to provide situations in which Yume uses magic of all kinds, with seemingly no restraint or constraint, to make people happy...at least on the surface.

The main issue with the way Yume is written, is that she sees no major personal consequences for her mistakes. Her impulsiveness and the resulting mistakes are, thus, treated as fine because "she ... meant well"...even when someone literally ends up being stabbed for it. Yume doesn't really grow as a character, Oyamada (her instructor) gets over his trauma pretty quickly once Yume intervenes, and the other characters might as well be cardboard cutouts.

You shouldn't go into this manga expecting a detailed explanation of how magic works, who can use it, what limitations there are etc. At most, there's a brief mention of it being illegal to create money out of thin air, but Yume does it twice and is (predictably) never punished for it. It also takes her a surprising amount of time to figure out that magic can't be used to cure everything, despite it being stated outright in the first pages of the first chapter and, presumably, being among the first things taught to an apprentice mage.

One thing I was pleasantly surprised by was that the subplot of the old lady, which started in volume 1, influenced the rest of the story. Even so, I found myself rolling my eyes at the writer's inability (or lack of interest) to devote the rest of the story to Yume processing her obvious PTSD, instead of having her fix someone else's problem in order to fix herself.

In the end, it's a story that exists. Neither particularly impactful nor groundbreaking, but will suffice if you have nothing better to read on hand - but I bet there are other manga out there who did things better. If you don't feel like sitting through the entire thing, read the first and last chapters only and you'll get an acceptable story. At least the art is decent.