Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Witch Hat Atelier, Volume 1 by Kamome Shirahama

21 reviews

corallydeer's review

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

This was a great read! The art style is beyond gorgeous and the story and world are so captivating. My husband bought me the manga as a gift since it's about witches and honestly it was an on-the-nose choice. It's giving me "Howl's Moving Castle" vibes, and I'm so here for it. Can't wait to read the next volume!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Death of parent, and War

Bullying

(Agott disapproves of Coco and convinces her to do the first apprentices' test even though it's dangerous)

| Death of Parent

(Coco's father is insinuated to have died from an illness in the past)

| War

(it's explained that widespread magic use in the past led to many wars)

booksbutmakeitgay's review

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

peachani's review

adventurous hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Bullying, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

rainbowrocky's review

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

loudonuts's review

adventurous funny inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

risten's review

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Violence, Death of parent, and War

green_amaryllis's review

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

wordsareworlds's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A fun start to a new series! I like the premise of how magic works in the world and how their history is directly tied to current power structures and classism. And while we haven't gotten a lot from the other students yet, they have distinct personalities and I'm very interested to see where it goes in future volumes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying and Grief

Minor: War

marissab's review

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and War

rnbhargava's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

This first volume is fantastic. The half point off is for the information dumps. I don’t find them overwhelming but some might. If you like something that’s like entering magical world but with a Studio Ghibli-esque sensibility.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Violence, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Classism

There isn’t any death but arguably what is there might be just as or more traumatic than death. A certain character acts cruel toward our protagonist but she is ultimately too friendly to really get angry at this other character. There is an antagonistic presence in this volume but it’s more like a riff on the “old crone” possibly mixed with the “old mentor” trope if I read the story queue’s right. I’m excited to read more.