Witch Craft Works C.67

It's that time of the month again, for witchy activity. While not much actually happens this chapter action-wise, people finally start to have much needed talks and info sharing.

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-[One Day After School.]
-((Goodbye, Princess!))
-[Witch Craft Works]
-Huh, Natsume-san?
-Uhmmm~, if it's alright with you, there's somewhere I'd like to go for a bit with you two...
-[And so, they went with Natsume-san.]
-[Mizunagi Ryuu]
-This is....
-[To the place where it all began, once more.]
-[KAGARI]

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Ah yes, Natsume's destiny of having her day ruined by these two will never end.

Time for actibity

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-[Chapter 67: Takamiya-kun and the Mikage Family's Affairs]

-[Witch Craft Works]
-[Mizunagi Ryuu]

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When Ayakacchi gives you 'that look'

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-....Kagari-san, is us coming into the manor like this even okay?
-Last time I seem to recall you saying it was a no go......
-It's fine, since this is a state of emergency.
-State of emergency?
-I think it'd be quicker if you just take a look for yourself.
-In here.
-!!

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Shadow cake down, I repeat, shadow cake down.

I like how sensei gives Shiori and Natsume's clothes that 'shadow person' look/pattern too.

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-This is....Natsume-san's...!
-What the heck happened?!
-.....That's....We don't really know....When we found her, the house had already been invaded and Mother was collapsed in the middle of the room.
-She won't regain consciousness...
-Kyouichirou-san and I attempted to analyze the problem, but....We still don't understand what's causing it.
-After that, Kyouichirou-san said...
-..."Perhaps if Takamiya-kun tried."
-ME?!
-Takamiya-kun, you are the possessor of a Craftwork.
-.........The truth is, it was my OWN judgement to call you over here, Takamiya-kun. .....Kyouichirou-san doesn't want to get you mixed up in this, but......
-But *I* want to cure Mother.

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I honstly can't remember, was '"Craftwork" one of those keywords tha was ever mentioned/translated from one of sensei's liner notes?

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-Please, Takamiya-kun. Please assist me in this.
-R...Raise your head, Natsume-san!
-I'd cooperate with you even if you didn't do something like that.
-Really?! ((Thank you so much-!))
-(It was there in those memories I saw inside the Workshop Tree.....)
-(Mikage Shiori is someone who stepped up to save my Mom.)
-(Now it's MY turn to save HER.)

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"Casual" Shiori looks much better than ger usual style.

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-I have no idea how well it'll go, but I'll give it a try!
-Of course. I was fully aware of that when I asked you.
-(But, even if I say I'll do it...what AM I going to do...?)
-(...That reminds me, in our memories of the past....)
-(...I used healing magic...)
-(...in order to cure Kagari-san's wounds, didn't I......)
-(Right...)
-(It went like this....)

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The return of Competant Hono-kyun. It only took ten years and the whole manga.

Season 2 never right?

>"Perhaps if Takamiya-kun tried."
You have to kiss the witch Takamiya.

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-(...It felt like this that time I helped everyone too...)

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-......Amazing.....

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I hope Honoka keeps learning/remembering other spells.

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-Nghhh......
-A...Are y.....lright...?
-ARA, HONOKA-KUN! ((Welcome!!))
-WOAH-!
-!

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/SS/!!! The strongest recovery drug known to man!!

No Ayaka! Don't do it!

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-P-P-Please calm down!
-Mikage-sensei?!

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As usual, Ayakacchi has no chill whatsoever. I hope she has some unrestrained burst of positive emotions at some point to counterbalance her raw negativity sometimes.

Where the fuck did sensei even come from? And I notice Mizunagi's been drawing him really 'gonky' lately, like she forgot how.

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-Hm? Have you gotten taller, Honoka-kun?
-Pl...Please let me go!
-Mother, glasses! Your glasses!
-Now then.......Just what in the world is the situation I find myself in~?
-It seems you've come to, Nee-san.
- ------Wait, TAKAMIYA-KUN?! ((And the Princess too!))
-Just a few moments ago I sensed some extraordinary magical energy, but...
-...I see. It was you.
-I-I-I-I'm so sorry! I selfishly went and--!
-No, that's not right. Mikage-sensei, I'll say this of my own volition....
-.....'Cause, well.....I've heard that she's one of my Mom's precious friends.
-............I have no intention of condemning anyone here.
-Quite the opposite, I'm grateful. Thank you very much...
-...for healing my sister.

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Smug Shiori

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-Nee-san, how do you feel, physically?
-I suppose I'm just a bit thirsty.
-Wah! I'll bring something to drink immediately!
-....Still, what are these two doing here?
-And here I was, having SUCH sweet dreams until just now...
-((Ufufufu...))
-Don't you remember anything, Nee-san?
-You were attacked by someone 6 days ago!
-....Here, in the central house.
-Uhmmm...! I brought some water!
-................
-Natsume, come over here.
-Eh?

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>Shiori's dreams as a doujin never

Astute readers will remember that Natsume was attacked by replica!Natsume. Poor real Natsume.

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-Urk-!
-N...Nee-san! What are you--!?
-.................
-Nee-san! Natsume-chan has been nursing you ever since you lost consciousness, you know?!
-....................................
-....Hmph.
-I just wanted to test something for a moment.
-Sorry about that................

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>"Yeah....Sorry."

That's probably the nicest Shiori's been to Natsume in years.

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-You were attacked by an impostor?
-Someone who looked exactly like Natsume-chan?
-Yeah, I couldn't tell the difference..... I wonder what sort of magic she used....? Although I'm sure it was most likely some sort of illusionary spell.
-Does anything come to mind, Kyouichirou?
-..........................
-There's that Witch who infiltrated the Workshop Tree's sanctuary last month...
-I've developed a theory as to her true identity. To the tune of 'couldn't our enemy already be within our ranks?'...
-It's possible that the Natsume impostor is related to that whole affair.
-Ah.......
-What is it, Honoka-kun?

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-I had some pretty weird experiences over summer break...
-And, uhm...I think one involved seeing a dream related to the Workshop Tree...
-In that dream, I went to the Tree along with Natsume-san.
-The Natsume-san there at the time though.......was a bit strange.
-I couldn't....put my finger on what specifically it was, but at the time, she said something peculiar.
-Something about her goal being to have me connect to the Chairwoman.
-Then something or other about her getting her hands on the Chairwoman's memories.

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We plot now?

I've just realized that I haven't read WCW for a year+ and I miss Tanpopo-chan. It's time to catch up.

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-The Chairwoman's memories? Why would she want those?
-((*gasp*))
-It couldn't be-?!
-THAT'S why she attacked this place! And if THAT'S true, then---!
-Nee-san, you mustn't stand yet! You still need rest....
-I have to let Kazane KNOW!
-Yes, Kazane speaking. ...........Shiori? What's the matter?

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>Shiori: shift to red alert.

Is this manga bimonthly or what?

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-Yeah....
-Yeah....Now I see.
-..............
-Is that true? .............
-Shiori-san, what are you guys talking about?
-Honoka-kun, you must have unlocked the pendant I passed to you, yes?
-That all happened a while back. The Kagari Clan was run, no possessed, by a family Head who self-indulgently did as she pleased.
-She was a fiendish vixen who repeatedly used her own child to carry out taboo magicks.
-In the end that vixen was suppressed, but they were never able to completely defeat her. It took everything they had just to seal her away.
-Cleaning up that mess was entrusted to a single Witch------

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Originally bi-monthly but now it's monthly.

Is it worth picking up? I just vaguely remember a futa doujin. I don't have high standards.

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-......And that was Kazane-san?
-That's why she was made the next Kagari Clan Head. Because she purged all the Witches of the now fallen House of Kagari that had followed the vixen.
-As a result, the vast majority of the original Kagari Clan witches dissapeared.
-Even now, their remaining number are waning. Well, I'd like to say that she only did what she had to.
-That vixen desires her lost glory and authority even as we speak.
-And to those ends, there's something she needs......I'm sure you already understand, don't you?
-It's you.

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>Elsewhere, in the cavern of hyper sealing...

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-......Well now.
-Things are going to get ugly real fast.
-[The magical beast, having chewed its way free from its cage, heads to the wilderness.]


[Witch Craft Works ---> To Be Continued]

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>I KNEW I should have checked on this thing at some point.

That's it for this month. See you next month, same witchy time, same witchy channel.

It's pretty good during the first couple of chapters since that's when it was bi-monthly and Mizunagi-sensei was expanding the plot of eveything. When it turned monthly it kind of slowed down. I've been on this wild ride for the past couple years and while it is slow it is worth it, even if you just stay for the cute girls.

Keep up the good work Taka-kun

Oh boy, things are starting to happen.

Thanks again Translator-kun.

so, this chick is the spider-witch, right? Not kagari's creator/mom?