The Miko And The Witch – Parallel Gensokyo Goodness

Going “KYAA-KYAA~!” all over again…

I love Fujieda Miyabi’s works. Be it doujin or original work, I love them. I scour for them through thousands of manga and doujin sites, and indulge myself to my inner yuri fantasies. Okay, now don’t get me wrong here. I’m gravely warning any of you who’ll likely speculate my gender just because of preferences. I have a lot of it, mind you.

Now, on to the discussion! The Caged Miko and the Whimsical Witch (later changed to The Miko’s Words and the Witch’s Incantations by chapter 3 when the series moved from Yuri Shimai to the re-established Yuri Hime), aside from another Fujieda Miyabi title that I read eons ago (which will also be reviewed later as I find my copy again….), has tickled my senses well enough to make me read it over and over, and discover why I liked it, over and over. Boys can get the fuck off my Earth. MUSHY-WUSHY YURI LOVE-LOVE IS WHERE THIS PLANET IS AT.

The characters WILL REMIND YOU OF CERTAIN CHARACTERS FROM A CERTAIN SERIES. Surely, we’ve already seen the witch-miko pairing well enough to be able to cite the somewhat peculiar similarities. Letty the Witch has the same determination as her Touhou counterpart Marisa, but the different ends do not justify the similar means (the former determined TO WIN Tsumugi, the latter determined TO WIN AGAINST Reimu). Tsumugi the Miko, on the other hand, sports the innocence and childishness that you’ll never see on Reimu. It’s like they’re on a unique level that it takes the whole story to greater, more interesting heights.

The story is kind of platonic though, unlike other titles. Maybe because we’re talking about newly hatched relationships of mikogami here, let alone with another woman. Iono had implied sex, sans illustrations, but the events remain. This one had to tickle your senses by a few events, only to get a major cockblock from the story’s intended climax (the six chapters come out per volume, and are littered with chapter climaxes, but the event from chapters 4-5 is already enough for the entire title). Nevertheless, it’s enough for the average female. Satisfying, if I may say so myself.

Together… Forever…

Overall, it wasn’t bad. IT WAS SUPERB. Yuri fans who want a mild tease should get these. I don’t know any specific scanlation group that may have done the work, but you could try looking for it. It’ll be a short but nice ride that you’ll be asking for more.