Ookami wa Mahou o

Description

Cool and popular Nagase has no problem getting men to respond to his good looks and charm! But has he ever really been adored? And why is his ultra-shy friend Higuchi suddenly on his mind every minute of the day?

Wolf Magic tempts and teases with the trembling excitement of first love! Will a quiet florist find the man of his dreams during business hours? And can an innocent friendship blossom into full-blown romance?

◆ includes:
Kareta hana ni koinomizu - 3 parts
Oukami ni mahou o
Oukami wa mahou o - 2 parts
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Manga

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Associated Names

Ookami wa Mahou wo

Wolf Magic

狼は魔法を

狼施于的魔法

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Status in Country of Origin

1 Volume (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

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Average: 8.2 / 10.0 (29 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.23 / 10.0

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Last Updated

December 20th, 2023 1:38pm PST - 1 year ago

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Genre

Drama Romance Slice of Life Yaoi
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Author(s)

NATSUKI Zippo

Artist(s)

NATSUKI Zippo

Year

2012

Original Publisher

Tokyo Mangasha

Serialized In (magazine)

Cab (Tokyo Mangasha)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

June (1 Volume - Complete/Print)

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Monthly Pos #1756

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3 Month Pos #2325

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6 Month Pos #4779

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Year Pos #5827

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Surprising Narrative Depth

by floradesu
2 weeks ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

I didn’t expect a lot from this manga, but I was pleasantly surprised by the narrative depth of the stories. Both Hanasaki and Nagase’s storylines have major themes of finding self-acceptance through love, with a lot hinging on opening up and accepting that, despite past traumatic experiences, finding love is possible if you can accept it and risk being hurt again. For having such short page counts, I really appreciate the big swings taken with the themes, even if I feel like they weren’t entirely done justice. For all of the mangaka’s efforts, the pacing felt very stop-and-go to me.

There were some other things that made this a less enjoyable read for me. For instance, there’s a lot of open homophobic disgust in this book. I don’t think I’m overly sensitive to that kind of thing, and I get that the mangaka wanted to portray certain hardships, but it honestly bummed me out lol.

Nagase’s story is pretty angsty, includes rejection/cheating trauma, and I wish that we got to see him being romantic with his fella more than we see his more empty or traumatic interactions. Also, the art didn’t really do it for me here. It’s entirely personal preference, but there was a real static quality that made it hard to keep reading sometimes.

To summarize, while I enjoyed some of the good things about this manga, I found it pretty mid tbh lol.

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The middle story....

by IAmKingTarquin
11 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Received my copy of this today - the middle story made me pause - it was SAD; unrequited AND one-sided love and not to mention getting rejected in the end, strange really.

All in all it's a good book - art is great, story is good and also a good collection of stories (3 stories all in all).

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Really liked the art!

by Pennyiscute
11 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

The first arc of "Wolf Magic" called "The Water of Love For the Withered Flower" is about a guy who has a stern face and works in a florist. He has a tough attitude and appearance that scares anyone who doesn't know him. His customer, Hata, tells him he likes him. From there, Hanasaki, the florist, tries to figure out why he can't accept Hata's love and why he hates himself so much.

The second arc of "Wolf Magic, the cover and main story, is about the noisy/popular guy, Higuchi, pushing his friendship onto the quiet/aloof guy, Nagase, and eventually falling in love with him. It's a slow battle as Higuchi can't break through Nagase's shell to get him to understand his feelings. Nagase slowly figure out that he likes Higuchi back, but only after Higuchi stop spending time with him due to Higuchi suspected one-sided feelings getting hurt over Nagase not reciprocating.

I found that the drama was quiet deep, and was hidden under the happy-go-lucky attitude the characters gave off. There was emotional drama either related around self hate towards their personal appearances, or their sexual preferences.

In the second arc, we get a flash back scene about Higuchi's first sexual encounter. He fell in love with a boy from school but was traumatized over how it played out. Fast forward a few years and Higuchi is a bitter person towards loves. He still has hope of finding someone to love him but he is still very skeptical.

I liked the art. It had a loose sketchy appeal that was still detailed with nice shading and tones. I liked the character designs, clothing and scenery. It wasn't over the top or graphic, just pleasant and easy on the eyes; matched the themes in the story. I rate manga based around it's art. Sure, a good story will add to my score but the art always comes out on top, for me.

I would happily read more works from NATSUKI Zippo, as they were not shallow or smutty, had good drama, likable characters and romance.

... Last updated 11 years ago

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