<The Tiny Witch from the Deep Woods>: Volume 2 - This turned into one of those shojo series where the damsel has a bunch of potential romantic partners that somehow are all a bit problematic. One is too young, one too old, one of the wrong social standing. And I’m sure there are more to come. At least it’s not trauma porn anymore, which is a huge plus.

<Welcome to Olivia’s Magic Jewelers> Volume 2 - Turned into a Disney Princess type of story with a very thing coat of fantasy paint on top. It’s a disappointing turn for a second volume.

<The World’s Strongest Witch> Vol. 1 - One of those “somehow our entire fantasy society is based on skill ranks using earth terminology but everyone thinks ‘S Rank’ is the worst because it’s so far down the alphabet, so I get left to die by my parents because that’s totally normal parenting behaviour, but it turns out S-Rank actually means it’s good!” type of stories. I’m groaning so much reading this, my neighbors started cheering for my stamina. There is a certain charm to it, though. It reminds me of the good old days before I stopped reading web novels for the lack of quality. This book here is riddled with so many logical and temporal errors that it should never have reached the point where it got picked up for publication and stayed in WN territory. It’s ridiculous, really. Like the editor just threw in the towel and said “yeah, whatever…just release it”.

<The Abandoned Reincarnation Sage: Building a Mighty Empire With Monsters Within the Monsters’ Forest> - Volume 01 - Simple but entertaining. The greatest mage dies and casts a reincarnation spell on himself. Some unspecified time later, he gets reincarnated just for his new parents to immediately leave him in the woods to die after they test his innate skill. In the meantime, magic seems to have become an undesirable skill, and they would rather just kill the baby than suffer the loss of face. Anyway, some goblins pick up the baby, and there’s your basic setup. From there, everything boils down to “magic”. Goblins need a new house? Magic. A huge wall surrounding the village? Magic. Fending off the invading orcs? You get it. Magic.