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WITCHRIV — Hope this series doesn't get axed.

If you remember Hakuri's one-shot manga last year on Shonen Jump Plus, titled "Meririrarariri," this is the manga serialization of it!

The premise is not far enough from the original one-shot, where the young mage Nona Ewin (fka. Meriri/Merrily) lives with her mage mother, Lancia (fka. Rara/Lara), who married a human man. In a world where mages aren't allowed to live, Nona and Lancia had to hide their mage ability from the Bureau of Magic Surveillance (presumably a representation of the witch hunter Danka).

Unlike the one-shot, WITCHRIV twisted the narrative by forcing Nona to evade the Bureau of Magic ... Surveillance for an extended period, making the Bureau as irredeemably despicable as Danka, if not more so. In her escape with Lancia, Nona fell off from her mother's broomstick, got separated, and met a fellow mage girl named Miramira on a riverbank.

The first arc so far gave the readers only a few spaces to breathe. The suspense remains intense, and we still do not know when our poor mage girls will find a safe place to stay.

In short, just freaking read this manga, guys. Leave appreciation on the author's social media, and make the Japanese readers amazed by the overseas audience. WITCHRIV doesn't deserve to be axed at all.

The best manga I've probably ever randomly decided to pick up.

I was really amazed at how good it was. It takes place in a world where magic and mages are shunned and so a girl and her mother have to keep their lineage a secret. The world has an actual military just like Nazis only they discriminate against mages. They even have camps they send mages to if they happen to find them.

I can't really say much without spoiling but definitely worth checking out the first chapter to see what it's all about. It has a great main character, interesting ways it interprets and ... uses magic, and a story that has kept me engaged and wanting to see more since the first chapter. As the other review here says, I would be devastated if this ended up getting axed. Fortunately it does appear to have been picking up on popularity so it seems it'll be here to stay for a while yet at least.