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Summary: In a world where everyone takes wonders like magic spells and dragons for granted, Coco is a girl with a simple dream: She wants to be a witch. But everybody knows magicians are born, not made, and Coco was not born with a gift for magic. Resigned to her un-magical life, Coco is about to give up on her dream to become a witch until the day she meets Qifrey, a mysterious, traveling magician. After secretly seeing Qifrey perform magic in a way she’s never seen before, Coco soon learns what everybody “knows” might not be the truth, and discovers that her magical dream may not be as far away as it may seem.

I made the decision to start over from the beginning, I remember quite a bit but I don't want to miss a thing out of confusion, plus it's not a hardship at all. It will make a little weird when the anime comes out but ehh I can always watch that later.

Chapter 1: The beautiful art, the humor and silliness, the hints of more going on, ahhh this manga! I can't wait to see it animated!!! Gosh darn why is Qifrey so good-looking.

Qifrey thought of a certain group when he pondered the notebook and went back, but it was too late. :'(

If Coco can see the book again she'll be able to tell Qifrey which one she used to reverse the spell that froze her mom. According to the rules, Qifrey should've erased Coco's memories, but he's after the group who gave her the notebook.

Coco got what she wanted but sadly at a cost.

Chapter 2: Coco meets her fellow apprentices!

Tetia - Likes being thanked, spirited
Riche - Quiet
Agete - Stand-offish

Qifrey tells Coco the history of magic. It's the usual 'people misused it' thing, people's memory of magic was erased and only a select few could use and teach it. I wonder if the group who Coco got her journal from are part of the ones who misused magic and managed to escape?

Using magic on human's bodies is forbidden except for erasing memories.

Coco's magic book was replicated in the book tower but she can't get past the guardians until she gets stronger.

Qifrey imparting the message that there are kinder, gentler spells to make people happy and he wants her to know them. :')

Chapter 3: Coco learns the basic of spell-writing.

Quifrey: "Things you have memorized may soon fade, but words you've understood and spoken soak into your very body."

So true!

Shirahama is soo good at drawing character actions!

When Qifrey goes away for a few days, Agete makes her move - she makes Coco do the test before she's even made her first real spell.

We meet anther witch, Alaira. The people who gave Coco her notebook are called the 'Brimmed Hat Group'.

Chapter 4: Coco is too cute, imagining Qifrey's words of encouragement.

Speaking of cute, brushbug!!!

I'm so happy she figured out how to combine her own tailoring knowledge with magic. <3

Coco didn't tell on Agete and got her own set of witch robes, yippeee. :>

Chapter 5: Coco repaired Agete's shoes but can't get the glyph on the bottom right. Qifrey takes her to a magic art supply shop to get her own pen to see if that helps! Qifrey flying with the girls is so cute. And the brushbug hanging out with Riche.

Coco spots a Brimmed Hat in an alley. She meets the shop's owner Mr. Nornoa and sees his grandson, Tartar.

Ink is made of dead leaves from a silver tree.

The girls get teleported elsewhere when Coco runs after the Brimmed Hat. I wonder how long it took Shirahama to draw that dragon?? It's clear the Brimmed Hat is testing Coco, They call her 'their hope'.

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What I’ve Just Finished Reading

Carol Ryrie Brink’s Mademoiselle Misfortune, a charming book from the 1930s. Young Alice is the oldest of six look-alike sisters in Paris, and one day overhears the landlady sighing that the girls are six misfortunes for their family: imagine having to pay six dowries! But soon after, a crotchety American lady (the sister of a friend of the family’s) asks Alice to accompany her on a trip through France as her interpreter, in which position Alice comes into her own as a person. Delightful illustrations by Kate Seredy.

I realize there’s no guarantee that an author will ever meet her illustrator, but I hope Brink and Seredy did come to know each other, as based purely on their books I think they could have been besties.

What I’m Reading Now

Frolicking through E. M. Delafield’s The Provincial Lady in America. No deep thoughts, just enjoying this whirlwind tour of the American literary world in the 1930s. Apparently everyone who was anyone was reading Anthony Adverse, except for our narrator who keeps having to duck conversations about the book.

What I Plan to Read Next

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troisoiseaux have convinced me to read some existentialists, so I’m starting with Jean-Paul Sartre’s Nausea because I figure that if I start with Camus, then Camus is where I will also end.

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What I read

Finished Never Had It So Good, and while I am less whelmed than I was on first reading it 50 years ago (aaarrgh), and consider that as panoramic social novel of provincial life, does not quite reach the level of South Riding, yet, that is the comparison one thinks of. I also mark up Mr Jones in contrast to The Angry Young Men who were his contemporaries over a whole range of issues.

Finished Considering The Female Man by Joanna Russ, or, As the Bear Swore, which was fascinating, and very readable, but has not somehow inspired me to rush off and do a re-read.

Then thought I should really read Adania Shibli, Minor Detail (2017), for forthcoming in-person book group.

In hopes of a change from that - it's grim - read Marion Keyes, The Mystery of Mercy Close (Walsh Family, #5) (2012), a recent Kobo deal, which was itself not entirely the most cheerful read.

On the go

Amazon helpfully alerted me to Kindle-only publication of Alexis Hall, Never After, currently in progress, also not really bringing the delicious froth - opium-addicted Victorian rent-boy rescued from homelessness on the streets by clergyman (unexpected and unwanted 3rd son in aristo family, put him into the church) with his own backstory baggage.

Up next

There's a new Literary Review.

Also I had a mad binge on Kobo the other day, mostly Dick Francises which had come down to promotional prices, but I also finally succumbed to the most recent Edward St Aubyn which has been tempting me. The previous one was so much less gruesome than the Melrose sequence that perhaps this will be the change of pace I'm looking for?

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Jee-Han Han is a normal high school student until he suddenly develops a skill that turns his world into a role-playing game. He can see the levels of people, effects and status values of items, even level up is possible!

But while Jee-Han is still wondering what that means, the difficulty level of his world increases and he has no choice but to level, learn new skills and slowly learn what his ability The Gamer is all about.

I remember a good amount of this but I've decided to go ahead and reread, not like it'll be a hardship! It looks like I read two seasons? I'm just gonna use what I can find as covers.

Episode 1: Han Jee-Han is suddenly able to see player levels above people's heads. His childhood friend Shin Sun-Il is level 25, whereas his other classmates are only 2-3.

Jee-Han has a special ability called 'The Gamer' that lets him see the world around him in game-like ways - levels, skills, quests etc. His mother's level shows ??.

Episode 2: Kwon Shi-Yun makes her appearance, she's a badass red-head who joins Jee-han's class. She's level 32.

Jee-Han accidentally entered an illusion barrier where a level 46 guy named Hwan Sung-Gon was attacking Shi-Yun.

Chapter 3-4: Jee-Han kills his first monster, a slime.

"He only gets mad and hits us if we do bad things." Yeah that's called abuse. If he can't use his words what good is he as a teacher?

Jee-Han realized Sun-Il must not be a normal human either and feels bummed he kept it secret from him.

Chapter 5-7: Jee-Han got good with a bat and is using it at as a weapon, on the way home he gets caught up in another illusion barrier this time with zombies!

Sung-Gon is there absorbing zombies into a red ball.

Jee-Han has been best friends with Sun-Il since primary school. "He's the only one I can trust right now."

Except Sun-Il thinks someone did something with his friends and attacks him;;

Jee-Han uses a "I am your father" joke to get Sun-Il to stop choking him lol

Jee-Han: 'But giving off such killing intent for me...makes me a bit happy. I was mad that he'd been hiding it 'til now, but he must've had his reasons.'

Chapter 8: Jee-Han is a natural ability user and their gifts are given directly from Gaia.

They can't use their powers to affect real people/the world badly or they get struck down. Illusion barriers let them use their powers without limitation.

Seeing how strong Sun-Il is, Jee-Han gets worried that Sun-Il doesn't need a guy like him. The look Sun-Il sends him screams "are you scared of me now? can you accept this new world/me? I'll try not to cry if the answer is no"

Jee-Han realizes he's the only friend Sun-Il has and how important that is.

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Beatings to continue until CPC morale improves

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It is my LJ 21st anniversary. Amazing. Am still sad about LJ's demise, since DW, while plainly better functioning and better run, was too late to pick up on all the fandoms that fled, and so is less lively than LJ used to be. It transformed my fannish life.

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I walked four kilometres (plus a little bit) today, to the hairdresser and back. It is a delightfully sunny, warm Spring day, and I regretted even putting on a cardigan to go out. Stuffed it into a bag on the way home.

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My plantses are growing. Three green courgettes and two yellow (I broke the third, sigh); three pumpkins, a dozen sweetcorn stalks. A sole cauliflower and about four feeble kales, which is disappointing as I got a lot of tasty crunchy cake last year and would like to do more this time. The mange tout I planted in the garden have done nothing at all, but I have put out framework for beans and will plant them this week.

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It's Wednesday! What are you reading?

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Has anyone here gotten volume 1 of The Creator's Grace and/or volumes 1 and 2 of At the World's Mercy from Rosmei yet? If so, what do you think of them?

(the ETA for ones ordered via Yiggybean is sometime in May, so it will be a while until I get mine)

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I needed to do the parental wrangling every day over the Easter period, so this week feels most relaxing in comparison. It wasn't otherwise particularly Easterish, no chocolate eggs etcetera. I did get to go boardgaming with some of the Usual Suspects - Leece, Rdm and another friend, don't know if he's on Dreamwidth or not. It was very good to see that Rdm is recovering from his medical ordeal.

I also moved out of my comfort zone by riding Midnight the e-bike 14 kilometres over to Leece and Rdm's house, which is a bit further than I'm used to. I got used to riding 11km to the city on gulag days, though it has been over a year since I did that. This ride was almost as direct, along the side of West Coast Highway on bike paths which were excellent until the neighbourhood of Scarborough Beach Road, which is a nightmare whatever your mode of transport. I had some aches and pains as a result of that, probably just from holding position during the ride. I really needed the hot shower when I got home to ease the aches! And some parts of the bike path were completely dark except for the bike's own lights. I was very conscious that I was playing that part in the horror movie where you're the object lesson for everyone else.

One thing which makes me wonder if I'm on some sort of spectrum is that I plan for a ride in unknown territory by obsessively reading maps and making my own mud-maps to take with. Yes, I know you can get your phone to give you audio directions, but the way I do it, I will remember that route, probably for ever. Still, done now, can do it again.

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The episode, "Page 23", marks the return of the actor Edward Foy as the Lead Knight after one-hundred and eight episodes, a gap longer than that of any other cast member.

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Used my manga TBR boardgame.

I finished 10/11 on my last board and had a decent time.

I wonder if I should try to aim for at least one from each genre? 🤔 GL gets left out too much.

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Skill: Choose your own prompt once

Roll #1:

A 5, using skill because I really don't want to read more From Eroica with Love right now. Prompt: published '10-'20 - 45 Seconds.

Roll #2:

A 4, prompt: has only 1 volume - Ace no Kyuujitsu.

Roll #3:

A 2, prompt: witch/sorcerer/etc - Witch Hat Atelier!

Roll #4:

A 6, trap tile, went back and rerolled a 3, prompt: transmigrated into another world - the only option is The Secret Life of Empress Isana .

Roll #5:

A 5, prompt: childhood friends to lovers - 18.44-.

Roll #6:

A 1, prompt: publishing industry - Junjou Romantica.

Roll #7:

A 6, prompt: human/non-human relationship - jimetai hodo Aishiteru .

Roll #8:

A 4, prompt: taboo - Aiteru Door kara Shitsurei Shimasu yo.

Roll #9:

A 4, prompt: contemporary - The Gamer.

Roll #10:

A 6, prompt: sci-fi element - Dr. Stone.

Roll #11

A 4 and the end - reward is Men of the Harem.

~Manga TBR List~

[GL/Romance] 45 Seconds
[BL/Romance] Ace no Kyuujitsu
[Fantasy] Witch Hat Atelier ✔️
[Fantasy/Romance] The Secret Life of Empress Isana
[BL/Romance] 18.44-
[BL/Romance] Junjou Romantica
[BL/Romance] Ijimetai hodo Aishiteru
[BL/Romance] Aiteru Door kara Shitsurei Shimasu yo ✔️
[Action/Adventure] The Gamer ✔️
[Sci-Fi/Adventure] Dr. Stone
[Politics/Harem] Men of the Harem

x2 shoujoi/josei, x3 shounen/seinen, x5 BL, x1 GL

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Coco and chums have an innovative cure for the monster currently rampaging through town... an innovative cure from which a diligent cop is determined to protect society.

Witch Hat Atelier, volume 14 by Kamome Shirahama

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Well looks like this sorry, battered world is still there, at least this part of the world, so here's what I'm reading I guess.

Just finished: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones. This whipped. Blood-soaked historical fiction set in the early 1900s as a Pikuni vampire tangles with a Lutheran minister in the wake of a horrific massacre. All of the trigger warnings, obviously as it's quite literally visceral, which is not the most upsetting thing about it. Jones is really quite a brilliant writer.

Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz. This is not the kind of thing that I normally like but works well as a chaser to the previous book, in that it's low-stakes, cozy, and fun. It's about a group of emancipated sentient robots, a car (also sentient), and a human who take over a ghost kitchen in the aftermath of a war between California and the rest of the US. If they don't pay off their debts, they'll be re-sold into slavery, but this is not the kind of book where that happens. It works for me largely because of the descriptions of the biang biang noodles, but it's also about the big theme of the year, which is who counts as a person.

Currently reading: About to start The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar.