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Sousou no Frieren

Also known as Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

The adventure is over but life goes on for an elf mage just beginning to learn what living is all about.

Elf mage Frieren and her courageous fellow adventurers have defeated the Demon King and brought peace to the land. With the great struggle over, they all go their separate ways to live a quiet life. But as an elf, Frieren, nearly immortal, will long outlive the rest of her former party. How will she come to terms with the mortality of her friends? How can she find fulfillment in her own life, and can she learn to understand what life means to the humans around her? Frieren begins a new journey to find the answer.



Notes:
Winner of the Grand Prize at the 14th Manga Taisho Awards.
Nominated for the 25th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.
Placed 3rd at the 7th Annual Next Manga Award.

Tags: Magic , Travel , Elf , Philosophy , Female Protagonist , Time Skip , Unrequited Love , Snowscape , Demons , Iyashikei , Medieval , Kuudere , Heterosexual , Episodic , Tragedy , Spearplay , Food , Fairy Tale , Dungeon , Time Manipulation , Shounen

Majo to Neko no Hanashi

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Slice of Life

When witches turn thirteen, they summon a guardian "cat" who stays with them and supports them their entire life. This is a story of witches and cats, a story of four friends at magic school -- Suzu, Kei, Mary, and Nina -- who all learn something about life as they turn thirteen and meet their cats.

Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Animals , Magic , Witch , Female Protagonist , Primarily Child Cast , Coming of Age , Josei , Iyashikei , Ensemble Cast , Episodic , School

Rokujou Hitoma no Majo Life

Also known as Witch Life in a Micro Room.

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Slice of Life

Maj and Lilica are novice C-rank witches living together in a cramped, single-room apartment. The jobs they can get don't pay much—barely enough for a sad dinner of plain cabbage. They want a better life where they can have pets, buy lots of grimoires, and even eat meat for dinner! It may seem like a long shot, but if they work a little bit harder, their dream life might just be within their grasp!



Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Witch , Female Protagonist , Magic , Iyashikei , Shounen

Majoko Lulu to Oshishou-sama

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Slice of Life

Lulu, a talented apprentice, admires her mentor as a great witch. She wears a pointy hat and a long robe, and the way she takes her work so seriously is surely the sign of a dependable master. But she seems to be keeping a secret from Lulu...?

Tags: Witch , Cosplay , Primarily Female Cast , Magic , Teacher

Buna no Mori no Aria

Also known as Aria of the Beech Forest.

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Slice of Life

The witch Aria is a little shy. She's good at cooking and knitting. And she's a real wiz at growing herbs. As for what she's bad at? Why, that's magic! One fateful day, the sheltered girl encounters a talking wolf, who becomes her very first friend. Watch the witch and wolf snuggle up in this comfy story with a touch of mystery set in the forests of Ireland!



Tags: Shoujo , Witch , Nekomimi , Kemonomimi , Urban Fantasy , Fairy , Female Protagonist , Food , Religion , Animals , Rural , Foreign , Shapeshifting , Found Family , Motorcycles , Werewolf , Magic , LGBTQ+ Themes , Fishing , Yuri