#Chihiro Ishizuka

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Source: Flying Witch Furaingu Witchi ふらいんぐうぃっち

by Chihiro Ishizuka

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Flying Witch Vol.13

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REVIEW | "Flying Witch" - Vol. 11 | B3 - Boston Bastard Brigade

When a volume of Flying Witch arrives on one’s doorstep, it’s like a calm breeze during a hot summer day. You know your time with it will be short, and the wait for the next one will be long. But one appreciates it when Flying Witcharrives, as it offers a level of comfort that most other manga can’t. Volume Eleven continues with that trend, with tales that are as enchanting as they are funny.

Bookending this volume are moments of growth for Chinatsu. As she is training to be a witch herself, we witness some things in her life that aid in her quest. While making water bottle rockets with the mysterious creature Beachy may not sound like practicing magic, the way the two work with one another does hint at their future witch/familiar partnership. This is cemented at the Society of Witches, with one of its Seven Wonders giving the two the chance to make such a pairing happen.

Chinatsu’s evolution as a witch-to-be is showcased with child-like whimsy. Although there’s rarely ever a troublesome moment, that doesn’t mean a little adorable chaos isn’t in the cards. Case in point: Chinatsu aims to have her bottle rocket fly farther than her brother Kei’s. With Beachy’s skills, not only is such a goal reachable, it results in a funny gag involving where her rocket does wind up.

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Flying Witch by Chihiro Ishizuka

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Good Night!

Source: Flying Witch

By: Ishizuka Chihiro

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Manga and Stuff recommends stuff: 2025 edition

Here's a list of manga I can wholeheartedly recommend.

Apologies for flooding your dash with emojis like this, but this seemed like the clearest and easiest way to do this rating system.

Explanation of each symbol:

1 - 5 rating for intensity or amount of these themes: 💀 = contains graphic violence / gore / Body horror 🌧 = handles traumatic themes such as abuse or grief 😂 = comedic elements 🌼 = Calm / light-hearted 🔞 = Adult oriented (contains explicit nudity, sex, etc.) 👀 = very different from the most recent anime/movie adaption

Yes or No ratings: 👶 = suitable for younger audiences (~ age 12 and up) 🚀 = Quick read (less than 6 Volumes) 🎨 = interesting / distinctive art-style 💞 = Story primarily focuses on romance ⭐ = Personal favorite

Example: This rating (🚀 💀💀💀💀💀 🔞🔞😂) would indicate the the manga: - is a quick read - contains a lot or very intense violence / gore / body horror - contains some nudity / sex scenes here and there - has a few funny scene

Full list under the cut:

Abara(🚀), BLAME!, NOiSE(🚀) and Biomega by Tsutomu Nihei (💀💀💀💀 🎨 ⭐)

ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept by Natsume Ono (🎨 🌼 👶 😂 ⭐) 

After God by Sumi Eno (🎨 🔞 🌧🌧🌧🌧 💀💀💀💀 😂😂 ⭐)

Ajin - Demi-Human by Gamon Sakurai (🎨 🌧 💀💀💀💀 😂)

AKIRA by Katsuhiro Otomo (👀👀👀👀👀 🔞🔞 💀💀💀💀💀 🌧🌧🌧🌧 😂😂)

All You Need is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka (👀 💀💀💀 🚀)

Aria by Kozue Amano (🌼🌼🌼 👶👶👶 😂😂😂)

Berserk by Kentaro Miura (🎨 🔞🔞🔞 💀💀💀💀💀 🌧🌧🌧🌧 😂)

Blue Flag by KAITO (🌼🌼🌼 👶👶 😂😂 💞 ⭐)

Blue Period by Tsubasa Yamaguchi (🎨 🌧 👶)

BIBLIOMANIA by Orval and Macchiro (🎨 🚀 🌧🌧🌧🌧 💀💀💀💀 ⭐)

Chainsaw Man by Tatsuki Fujimoto (🔞🔞🔞 💀💀💀💀💀 🌧🌧 😂😂😂)

Changes of Heart by KUJIRA (🔞 🌼🌼🌼 😂😂 💞)

Dai Dark by Q Hayashida (🎨💀💀💀 🌼🌼 😂😂😂)

Dark Summoner to Dekiteiru by Shaoh (🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞 🌼🌼🌼 😂😂😂😂 🚀 💞)

Delicious in Dungeon by Ryoko Kui (💀 🌼🌼 👶👶 😂😂😂)

Dorohedoro by Q Hayashida (🎨  💀💀💀 🌼🌼 😂😂😂 ⭐)

Dungeon Friends Forever by Yasuhisa Kuma (😂😂😂😂 🌼🌼🌼🌼 👶 💞)

Eden: it's an Endless World by Hiroki Endo (🎨 🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞 🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧 💀💀💀💀💀) 

Elden Ring - The Road to the Erdtree by Nikiichi Tobita (👀👀👀👀👀 👶 😂😂😂😂😂 🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼)

Emanon Series by Kenji Tsuruta (🎨 🌧 🚀 🌼 🔞)

Eniale & Dewiela by Shirahama Kamome (🎨 👶 🚀 😂😂😂😂😂 🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼)

Fist of the North Star by Tetsuo Hara and Buronson (💀💀💀💀💀 👶 😂😂😂😂😂 🔞)

FLCL by Hajime Ueda (🎨 👀👀👀👀 👶 🚀 😂😂😂😂😂 🌼🌼🌼🌼 ⭐)

Flying Witch by Chihiro Ishizuka (👶 😂😂😂😂😂 🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼)

Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa (💀 🌧🌧🌧 👶 😂😂😂😂 🌼 ⭐)

GANGSTA by Kohske (🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞 💀💀💀💀💀 🌧🌧🌧 😂😂 ⭐)

Girls' Last Tour by Tsukumizu (🎨 🌧 👶 😂😂😂 🌼🌼 ⭐)

God Bless the Mistaken by Nio Nakatani (👶 😂😂😂 🌼🌼🌼)

Goodnight Punpun by Inio Asano (🎨 🔞🔞🔞 🌧🌧🌧🌧 💀)

Haru's Curse by Asuka Konishi (🔞 🌧🌧🌧🌧 🚀)

Hellsing by Kouta Hirano (💀💀💀💀💀 🌧 😂😂😂 🌼🌼 🔞🔞 ⭐)

HIRAETH - The End of the Journey by Yuhki Kamatani (🎨 🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧 👶 🚀 😂 🌼)

Horimiya by HERO (Daisuke Hagiwara) (👶 😂😂😂 🌼🌼🌼 💞)

Ikoku Nikki by Tomoko Yamashita (🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧 👶 🌼 ⭐)

Insomniacs after School by Makoto Ojiro (🌧 👶 😂😂😂 🌼🌼🌼🌼 💞)

Kotonoba Drive by Hitoshi Ashinano (👶 😂 🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼)

Land of the Lustrous by Haruko Ichikawa (🎨 👀 💀 🌧🌧🌧🌧 👶 😂😂😂 ⭐)

Mechanical Buddy Universe (Webcomic version) by Takuji Kato (💀💀 👶 🚀 😂😂😂 🌼🌼🌼 ⭐)

Mr. Villain's Day Off by Yuu Morikawa (👶 😂😂😂😂😂 🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼)

Mushishi by Urushibara Yuki (🌧 👶 🌼🌼)

My Broken Mariko by Waka Hirako (🎨 🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧 🚀 😂 ⭐)

My Roomie Is a Dino by Moriko Mori and Cota Tomimura (👶 😂😂😂😂😂 🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼)

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind by Hayao Miyazaki (🎨 💀💀💀💀 🌧🌧🌧 👶 🌼 ⭐👀👀👀👀👀)

Neon genesis evangelion by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (💀💀💀 🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧 👀👀👀👀👀)

Our Dreams at Dusk by Yuhki Kamatani (🌧🌧🌧🌧 👶 🚀)

Our Precious Conversations by Robico (👶 🌼🌼🌼🌼💞)

Planet With by Satoshi Mizukami (🌧🌧 👶 😂😂😂😂 🌼🌼🌼🌼)

Planetes by Makoto Yukimura (🌧🌧 👶 😂😂😂 🌼🌼🌼🌼 👀👀👀👀👀)

PTSD Radio by Masaaki Nakayama (💀💀💀💀💀 🌧)

RuriDragon by Masaoki Shindo (👶 😂😂😂 🌼🌼🌼🌼)

Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle by Kagiji Kumanomata (👶 😂😂😂😂😂 🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼)

Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You by Jinushi (😂😂 🌼🌼🌼🌼 💞 ⭐)

Sorry For My Familiar by Tekka Yaguraba (👶 😂😂😂😂😂 🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼)

Spy X Family by Tatsuya Endo (🌧🌧 👶 😂😂😂 🌼🌼🌼) 

Sweetness and Lightning by Gido Amagakure (🌧 👶 😂😂 🌼🌼🌼 ⭐)

The Girl From the Other Side - Siúil, a Rún by Nagabe (🎨 💀💀💀 🌧🌧🌧 👶 🌼 👀👀👀👀👀 - ⭐)

The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife by Iwatobineko (🎨 👶 😂😂😂😂 🌼🌼🌼🌼 💞)

The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today by Hitsuji Yamada (👶 😂😂😂😂😂 🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼)

The Witch and the Beast by Kousuke Satake (💀💀💀💀💀 🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧 😂 🔞 🎨)

Tsugumi Project by ippatu (💀💀💀💀 😂😂 🎨)

Tsuredure Children by Petos (👶 😂😂😂😂 🌼🌼🌼🌼 💞)

Useless Ponko by Keita Yatera (🌧 👶 😂😂😂😂😂 🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼)

The Color of the End by Haruo Iwamune (🎨 💀💀💀 🌧🌧🌧🌧 👶 ⭐)

Vinland Saga by Makoto Yukimura (💀💀💀💀💀 🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧 👶 😂😂 ⭐)

Witch Hat Atelier by Shirahama Kamome (🌧🌧🌧🌧 👶 😂 🌼 🎨 ⭐)

With You and the Rain by Ko Nikaido (👶 😂😂😂 🌼🌼🌼 🎨 ⭐)

World End Solte by Satoshi Mizukami (🌧🌧🌧 😂 🌼)

Yotsuba&! by Kiyohiko Azuma (👶 😂😂😂😂😂 🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼 ⭐)

Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou by Hitoshi Ashinano (🎨 👶 😂😂😂😂 🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼 ⭐)

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This week's (6/19/24) New Comics Day score: Flying Witch V.11 by Chihiro Ishizuka! #NewComicsDay #NewComicsWednesday #NewComicBookDay #ncbd #flyingwitch #chihiroishizuka #comics #manga #graphicnovels #CleaningOutMySubBox #GirlsReadComics #IBleedComics #Fujoshi4Life

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Source: Flying Witch Furaingu Witchi ふらいんぐうぃっち

by Chihiro Ishizuka

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NEW Kodansha Print+Digital:

🧙Flying Witch, Vol 12🧙 By Chihiro Ishizuka

🔮Akane must undertake a challenging job. Her mission: retrieve a sacred artifact from a long-sealed chamber in the Tibetan mountains or risk forever staining her reputation.

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Flying Witch Vol.12

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Flying Witch

ふらいんぐうぃっち

(Anime + Manga)

Iyashikei by Chihiro Ishizuka

Era: 2010s, 2020s.

Rating: B

Plot: Turning 15, witches are considered adults and are expected to leave home and live independently to learn their craft. Makoto's parents, however, preferred she went to live with their family in Aomori, rural northern Japan, and that she finishes high school because being a witch doesn't earn a living the way it used to.

Length: 12 episodes, around 80 chapters (manga ongoing)

Thoughts: I'm not a historian, although for all that matters, I think Kiki's Delivery Service, which might be my favourite Ghibli movie, is a key point of the development of iyashikei, the "turn off your brain and just vibe in very low frequency mode" variant of slice of life, also probably my favourite genre. Flying Witch kinda feels like it's riffing on the same idea, and the results are pretty solid. You can expect the usual stories from this sort of show: Makoto learning about things like farming, gathering and cooking wild herbs, dealing with her Ryoga syndrome, learning to be a witch and meeting other witches, whose existence is apparently the worst kept secret in this world. The rest of the cast include her cat familiar Chito, her second cousins, Chinatsu and Kei, schoolmate Nao, uncle Keiji and aunt Nana, who is always very unfazed by the weird characters Makoto takes home, like her older sister Akane, a powerful witch who now travels around the world, Inukai, a witch living in the area who was transformed into a half-dog after eating one of Akane's chocolates, or the friendly but spooky Spring harbinger. There's also the Cafe Concrucio, a hangout for the local witches and other supernatural beings which could be a show by itself. It's a very relaxed show you can just sit back for 25 minutes and see where things go knowing there isn't much drama or anything.

Technically, it's an incredible looking anime. The backgrounds are filled with detail, and the additional texturing/shading on the characters make them look less out of place than in other shows who do this kind of background work. It's just subtle enough to make everything look in place, but not enough to get you distracted if they're 3D models or something like that.

Jumping into the manga, the adaptation stops around chapter 25, and is pretty faithful other than some additional padding to the stories to make them fit the runtime, and I feel a bit more focus on the iyashikei side of it. The manga remains mostly episodic, with characters also progressing in their abilities, and feature some world-building, such as the Witches Association assigning them jobs and their role in protecting their existence a secret. In general, going back to the start, I feel the more the story advances, the more it gets a kinds of Ghibli adventure feel, the adaptation covers the flying whale chapter, but it later adds others such as the Maneki-neko temple during Makoto's visit back to Yokohama, the mini Mandrakes also wouldn't be that far off as characters. It has a bit more stuff happening but generally it doesn't drag the suspense for more than it has to.

Recommended to: iyashikei fans.

Plus:

Oof, the adaptation is absolutely gorgeous.

Very relaxing, without being too much of a thing where nothing happens.

Minus:

As the manga gets more into magic, it loses a bit of that touch in common with the regular world.

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2017 edition of Flying Witch, volume 1, by Chihiro Ishizuka.

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