ChurchHatesTucker ☑#MangaMonday “Witch Life in a Micro Room” by Akitaka
Madge is a country girl who got her Witching Certificate by apprenticing, but her skills and appearance are a bit old fashioned. Ririka is a city girl who looks the part of a modern witch, but lacks any motivation. They can barely afford a tiny apartment (six tatami mats, or ~100 sq. ft.) between them, while some of their juniors are making names for themselves.
This is a very cute story—with art to match—but it’s also well thought out. Ririka isn’t just ‘the lazy one;’ there’s a reason she acts that way. Even the world building is a step above ‘modern world but witches.’ Madge is a bit of a throwback to the ‘old’ tradition and mentions that she can fly using ointment, which was the original conception of witches’ flight. (She’s told that broomsticks are just cooler, which seems to be borne out by real life mythos.)
Completed with one of five volumes in English (Yen Press.) Volume two drops in May.