Gendai Majo is a really cute book, it follows a young unconfident yet energetic witch that's just trying to start her life in a small sea-side city.
The 3 main characters (plus a speaking dog) are pretty cliche, but done quite well. The plot revolves around how Neko (our witch protagonist) interacts with various people in her community, so you really get a good feel for different people's personalities! I'm someone who loves interesting character-building above a good plot, so this works well for me.
The story is told in a pseudo 'episode style' manner, where each story arc is quite short, being only a chapter
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Dec 11, 2020
Adachi to Shimamura
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The entire show is as slice-of-life as you can get. Every episode is about watching the 2 main character's friendship grow or be put to the test.
The astoundingly good scene directory with fantastic art and sound gives the show a very cozy feeling that I haven't seen any anime do as well before. Compliments aside, there's not much of a plot -which normally I wouldn't expect a super detailed storyline from a slice-of-life anime- but it's really noticeable here. Every episode falls back on the same 3 events: Adachi begins to realize she's a closeted lesbian, Adachi gets mad/sad and messes up, Shimamura gives ... |
