After passing the Spellbook Library's rigorous entrance exam, Yan and Tohru are sorted amongst the library's ranks-and are assigned to the public relations department working under Emel. But the two boys barely manage to get themselves settled when a powerful, evil spellbeast is released from its spellbook! The group manages to seal the spellbeast in the nick of time, but their victory only leads to more questions: Just what lies inside the spellbook necklace Tohru used to save them, and can Yan and Emel still trust him? In order to regain his friends' trust, Tohru reveals the secrets from his mysterious pasthis relationship with the strange more
The translation is again by Jacqueline Fung and, aided by Phil Christies lettering, really helps to convey the story in a readable and engaging way. A colour picture at the start is a bonus, as are the character sketches at the end of Ruslan and Aysel (two new significant characters) as well as Shiro, Tohrus problematic spellbeast. Volume 3 has what looks like a placeholder date of July 24th 2025, presumably because this manga is part of the experimental English-first Kodansha Reader Portal Series with the latest chapters debuting for free on Kodansha.us. which means that this is very much a work in progress.If you create an account, you can read chapters of the work in progress (up to Chapter 11 at the time of writing) as well as two other titles in media res: BLOOD BLADE by Oma Sei and Re:Anima by Yoshinori Matsuoka. Read Full Review
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