Magical girl Tanpopo won’t let anyone get in her way when it comes to saving those who need it—be they fellow magical girl or fiend. Volume two keeps the high stakes and action packed intensity found in the first volume, and cranks them up a notch!
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Info about this series (ongoing)
This series is ongoing with four volumes in Japanese, and two in English.
My thoughts on this volume (Spoilers!)
I have been anticipating this release for a while now! While I technically could have read ahead in Japanese, I’m really enjoying the work of the translation team.
Volume two starts with the conclusion of the previous volume’s intense battle scene. We get to see Tanpopo in all her glory, and Shade coming to her rescue when needed. They really do make for a lovely team! I find Shade to be an absolute perfect partner for her, as he makes a point to watch over her from the shadows, only stepping in when she really needs it. While he did at first do his best to stop her from becoming a magical girl, it’s clear that now that she is one, he has no choice but to support her.
We see his unconditional support and just how much faith he has in her all throughout this volume. Tanpopo, not one to let her loved one’s faith go to waste, in turn puts her all into achieving her goals. This relationship shined the most when they were saving that little girl from the mud monster, and even seemed to somewhat get through to Peony.
Speaking of, Magical girl Peony also makes an appearance in this volume, but i’m still not quite sure how I feel about her. Her hatred of shade seems to surpass a normal level of hate, making me wonder if she has some sort of tragic backstory involving fiends, similar to Tanpopo. I wonder if Tanpopo would have turned out similarly had she not had Shade to protect her from a young age. I really do hope she has her reasons for being such an intense hater of fiends, as her telling Tanpopo that she would kill Shade even harder if he was important to her was a rather upsetting scene.
While I find her to be an “act first, think later” type of character, it does seem like Tanpopo has been slowly getting through to her over the course of these two volumes. I was actually surprised she didn’t protest more when Tanpopo insisted on trying to save the little girl, rather than kill her right away. Perhaps as the two girls become more friendly with each other, the more Peony will come to accept different ways of thinking. Either way, I’m looking forward to learning more about how she became as jaded as she is.
In my opinion, the most interesting part of this volume was that new fiend that popped toward the end—Ice. I have nothing but questions about them, so I’m very excited to read on! I wonder what their end goal is… Why is he so interested in Tanpopo? And what sort of history does he have with Shade!?
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