Last
Friday, Yū Mitsuki released the manga adaptation of Makoto
Sanda's novels Majo Suiri (The Witch's Deduction)
through Kadokawa's Kadocomi portal. This new
proposal seeks to give life to the Gothic and enigmatic universe created by the
renowned author.
Mystery
with supernatural overtones
The story
revolves around Kunori Orizue, a young woman as beautiful as she is
enigmatic who proclaims herself a "witch". Disturbing and mysterious
incidents begin to happen around him. Everything gets complicated when he is
reunited with his childhood friend, Takumi, who ends up caught up
in the chain of inexplicable events that engulf Kunori.
The
literary journey of the work
The first
novel in the saga was published in August 2023, while the second
was published in December 2023. Both feature illustrations by Kaomin,
providing a visual style that reinforces the dark and mysterious atmosphere of
the plot.
Makoto
Sanda: A Strong Author
Makoto
Sanda is no stranger to the world of manga and light novels. Together
with Isuo Tsukumo, he worked on the spin-off The Ancient
Magus' Bride: Wizard's Blue, which was published between April 2019 and March
2024. The publisher Seven Seas published the manga in the
West, with its eighth volume available from April 2024.
Among his
most outstanding works is also Rental Magica, published between
2004 and 2013 in 24 volumes, which inspired a 24-episode anime
released in 2007. In addition, he is the author of The Case Files of
Lord El-Melloi II, set in the Fate/stay night universe,
which received an anime adaptation in 2019 with the title Rail Zeppelin
Grace note, and a television special in 2021.
Sanda's
versatility also led him to be the Dungeon Master of the role-playing
campaign "Red Dragon", which inspired the Chaos
Dragon series. Names of great weight in the industry such as Kinoko
Nasu (Type-Moon, Fate/stay night) and Gen Urobuchi (Fate/Zero)
participated in that game, consolidating Sanda as a key figure in the creation
of rich and complex narrative universes.
