Manga Review - 'Little Witch Academia: The Nonsensical Witch and the Country of the Fairies' by Momo Tachibana (Writer), Taylor Engel (Translator), Eku Uekura (Artist), TRIGGER and Yoh Yoshinari (Original Story)

What a fun little 'Little Witch Academia' book!

The only other light novel I've read is 'Kitchen Princess: Search for the Angel Cake', another anime/manga companion story. 'Little Witch Academia: The Nonsensical Witch and the Country of the Fairies' is exactly like an episode of the anime in prose form. The main characters are in-character and well utilised, it keeps to the canon lore, and it really is a fun, and even a little sad, fairy-and-talking-animal story, in which a bunch of school witches bumble into.

Yes, in 'The Nonsensical Witch and the Country of the Fairies', there are fairies... who are talking cats and dogs, who live underneath a Stonehenge.

The light novel is told from Akko's POV, and it captures her loudmouth, rambunctious, reckless, impulsive, thoughtless and moody personality to a witch's T. She's all about her idol Shiny Chariot, and fulfilling her dreams, and screwing up constantly. Though here her usefulness and importance to the plot she instigates outweigh her mess-ups. This sixteen-year-old girl is alive, I tell you!

The novella also doesn't forget about Akko's Shiny Rod! It actually comes to play at the end in a beautiful, moonlight, astronomical display of teamwork (oops! Spoilers! I won't say any more!).

It is written in a fast pace, and a lot of the time when there are dialogue passages it doesn't let you know who's talking. But I could mostly tell who was speaking, based on their personalities, current circumstances, and Akko referencing and reacting to them.

'Little Witch Academia: The Nonsensical Witch and the Country of the Fairies' - magical, creative, endearing, poetic, puzzling, funny, and sweet stuff, with an extra sparkle of a meaningful message about unity, working together, why we should just stop fighting, wishing from the heart, and hope.

Starry, witchy, cartoony, all-ages joy, packed into 165 pages. It takes place in a single, moonlit, fairy-filled night.

It reminds me of the 'W.I.T.C.H.' books I read as a child.

Oh innocent, childlike wonder.

Read my review of the 'Little Witch Academia' manga adaptation - which despite my mixed feelings for I will keep simply because it is 'Little Witch Academia' - for more.

Thus concludes my 999th review.

Oh.

Woah.

*gasp*

*starry-teary-eyed*

Final Score: 4/5