Mahoutsukai no Konyakusha
Fiancée of the Wizard

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I enjoyed the first two volumes of this series immensely. I haven't read much in this genre of manga, so I don't have a lot of experience with the Isekai premise/set-up, but I do think it's a fun idea taking a character from one world and transplanting them in another with an entirely different life. I also really like the idea of a main character who isn't destined to defeat darkness or overcome some great challenge or really be in the limelight much at all, because lots of stories can (and do) just those things all the time. And many of them do it well. ... But a story about a protagonist who would normally be someone in the background of another story getting to be at the forefront of their own is something I can enjoy.

Unfortunately, the last two volumes of this series were a let-down. Filimena is a quite well-rounded and interesting character in the first two volumes. Much of the struggles and dilemma's she faces are solely because of her fiancé, Edy, and both his deep-seeded insecurity as well as the fact that he has incredible magic power that he must frequently use to stop evil thus putting him in harm's way multiple times. Filimena spends a lot of time wondering things like 'Will we ever get married, how does he truly feel about me, what if something terrible happens and he dies.' For my part, I found a lot of this is enjoyable. (I also love romance though, so...) But it starts to become a little uninteresting in volume 3, as we aren't moving past these particular challenges on to new ones, and by volume 4, I was ready for the writer to give the two of them some cute romance time together and maybe write some conflict or character struggles for Filimena that came from outside of their marriage. (Volume 4 also has two villains that are rather lackluster and disappointing.)

There is an attempt at exploring Filimena's previous life, what had made it so disappointing, the things she regrets about it, and her overcoming her own hangups about the choices she made in that life. But much of it comes very late in the story and is rushed to a resolution in volume 4. I don't remember there being any mention of her previous life at all in volume 3, which was not a good writing move considering there was only one volume left.

I can see someone else really enjoying this series, and that's fine. Personally, I'll be selling my copies to someone else who might enjoy it more than me.