Some mildly eerie and artsy short stories about witches from around the world, sometimes helping others and sometimes exacting a vengeance but always finding themselves on the outside of society. Lovely tone pieces with highly detailed illustrations.

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Contents: Arc I. Spindle, Part I -- Arc I. Spindle, Part II -- Arc II. Kuarupu -- Arc II. Bird-Riding Witch -- Arc III. Petra Genitalix -- Arc IV. Thief of Songs -- Arc IV. Beach ( )

Series Info/Source: This is a stand alone book. I got this book as a birthday gift.

Thoughts: This was an okay collection of stories around witches. At times the stories were a bit hard to follow and the illustration vague. However, there were a couple of stories that stood out as being very good to me.

This is a collection of short stories about women with magical powers. The settings are all over the place with some being in the past, present, and future. Many of the stories have a little twist in them. Some are fairly creepy.

I thought this was okay as a whole. The illustration is inconsistent throughout; some panels are beautiful and some are very unfinished feeling. At times the illustration is easy to follow and at times confusing. The stories tended to be a bit hard to follow what was happening. I re-read some panels multiple times and still wasn't sure what was happening.

In the end I was fairly ambivalent about this. It was an okay read and some of the stories were decent, but they were also hard to follow and the illustration style wasn't my favorite.

My Summary (3/5): Overall this was an okay collection of stories about witches. The stories varied from good to very hard to follow. The illustration was also inconsistent; some panels are beautiful and some feel very unfinished. I don't plan on picking up more graphic novels/manga from Igarashi. If you enjoy somewhat ambiguous stories about witches in different settings you might enjoy this. ( )