Burn the Witch review

goszka6
Apr 06, 2021
Burn the Witch is the third manga released by Tite Kubo, Which just had it's first season (Four 50-ish chapter long pages) concluded.
I'll try to give my thoughts on the first season here.

Story - 6
The story, that starts with the oneshot so reading that first is a must, consists so far of Noel Niihashi, a stoic girl who's also an avid lover of japanese school costumes, and Ninny Spangcole, a celebrity singer with a short temper and spunky attitude, and their work in Reverse London, Where they work at ''Wingbind'', an organisation that domesticates, breeds, protects and hunts dragons as well as keeping them a secret from the people living in normal London.

Along the way they become entangled with Balgo Parks, Noel's avid fan who has quite the hots for her, and Macy Baljure, who is a former bandmate of Ninny that is, like Balgo, quite obsessed with her.
The story, in the first season atleast, is primairly about Noel and Ninny protecting Balgo after he becomes a Dragonclad, someone who regularly attracts dragons, who is then sought out by High ranking members of the Wingbind for his potential danger.

Art - 9
The manga features a variety of cool and unique designs, ranging from the Blonde pigtailed singer who-is-also-a-witch to a cool, thug-like man with a skull bandana and a blue overcoat to a very short dwarf-like old man that can best be described as ''midget santa''.
If you've read Bleach, you should know how good the art is.

One thing that you might quickly notice when reading this manga is the fact that it has alot of backgrounds.
That might sound stupid, but when comparing it to bleach that comes across as a huge surprise, and a plus as well.

Character - 8
The characters so far are good, unique and are all very enjoyable.
as far as a 5 chapter long manga goes, the characters so far have some depth to them, but nothing noteworthy.
There's not alot to go in detail here, as it's still a 5 chapter long manga for season one.

Enjoyment - 7
Up until chapter 3, I might have given this manga a 5 or a 6, but with the introduction of the Wingbind higher ups, The manga has gotten alot more enjoyable for me.
Seeing Kubo's art, his fun but surprisingly realistic characters back is something I missed, and I hope this manga has the same feel Bleach had with it's wild ride, minus the last 40 or so chapters.

Overall - 7
This manga so far has been an enjoyable one, but not something groundbreaking, incredibly refreshing or something bursting with potential.
With the way the story can go, with it looking like it might follow the same structure Undead Unlucky currently has, It might possibly become a more enjoyable manga, or if Kubo once again can't land his airplane well, worse.
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Burn the Witch
Burn the Witch
Author Kubo, Tite
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