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Once upon a time, there was a witch named Elaina. Inspired by her favorite book, Elaina ventures out to see the world she's read so much about. Like a leaf on the wind, she travels from one country to another, looking to sate her inquisitiveness and searching for new experiences. Exploration and curiosity drive her journey. She's confronted by humanity in all its forms, whether strange, bizarre, or emotional and with each meeting, Elaina would become a small part of their story, and her own world would get a little bit bigger.

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Kaede Hondo

Elaina (voice)

12 Episodes

Kana Hanazawa

Flan (voice)

Tomoyo Kurosawa

Saya (voice)

Miho Okasaki

Avilia (voice)

Konomi Kohara

Amnesia (voice)

Yoko Hikasa

Sheila (voice)

Shizuka Itoh

Niké (voice), Elaina's mother (voice), Victorica (voice)

Shuta Morishima

Ikeme (voice)

Rina Hidaka

Odoko (voice)

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79 % 2020 • 12 Episodes

A talented young witch embarks on a journey without end, finding new adventures in different places before she flies off to her next destination.

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A review by ZeBlah

Written by zeblah on december 15, 2020.

Watched the first 10 episodes - not great but not bad. Relaxing, worry-free (excluding 1 depressing episode so far), can be a little bit funny. Very precise graphics (can be good or bad depending on your taste).

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Interview: Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina Author Jougi Shiraishi

Wandering Witch first originated as a self-published work on Amazon Kindle. Why did you initially choose this format instead of a novel submission website?

I started seriously striving to be an author when I was 14 years old. Even then, there were novel submission sites, as well as people who had used them as a springboard to debut as pros, so I actually did publish my work to those sites. It was one of the various things I challenged myself to do, like submitting manuscripts to publishers' newcomer writing contests. But even when I turned 20, I had no prospects of debuting.

I had decided that if I couldn't make my pro debut after 10 years, then I would give up my dream as a novelist and live a normal life, so when I turned 20 I was disappointed at the thought that I would never become pro. Around that time, I learned that you can self-publish books on Amazon's Kindle Store. Thinking that I may as well try it if this was where my dream was going to end, I poured everything I liked into a story and self-published it as an e-book. The story I wrote was Wandering Witch .

Thankfully, this self-published book was the trigger that decided my pro debut.

How did you feel when GA Novel asked to publish your novel? What was the biggest change between the original and the current version of Wandering Witch ?

As a story that I wrote when I gave up on my dream as an author, Wandering Witch is filled with things that I like with absolutely no consideration of industry trends, so when I received the offer I thought it was some kind of joke. But I got the feeling that my efforts until that point had paid off, and I was really happy.

There are hardly any differences between the original and current versions. The most I did was add an extra part to the flower field story from chapter 2. In the original version, Elaina tries to bring the bouquet of flowers into the country but is denied entry, so she has no choice but to burn the flowers outside before she enters. That was the point where I originally ended the story, but when I got the publishing deal, we decided that I should add an extra part to it.

She is a realist who understands that magic can't accomplish absolutely everything.

Magic may be able to repair something that is broken and easily overcome various obstacles, but when a witch actually goes on her journey, her magic can only repair something immediately after it is broken, and instead of mowing down obstacles, there are many cases where things get resolved more peacefully by simply distancing yourself from trouble. For Elaina, magic is something to protect herself or just one means of solving a problem. She is just an ordinary person who happens to use magic.

She is not traveling to fix the world; she is simply a wanderer seeing the wide world.

Despite being a powerful witch, there are many stories in which Elaina adopts a stance of non-intervention. How do you decide whether she becomes a passive observer or an active part of a story?

Generally, I decide whether Elaina helps based on whether other people are asking her for help, and whether she is in a position as a lone traveler to be able to assist.

If there is someone right in front of me who is in trouble, I do have the desire to reach out, but in the story of Wandering Witch , there are many situations that have reached an impasse by the time Elaina becomes privy to the events. At that point, no matter what she does, she cannot be of help.

You've mentioned before that you enjoy overseas crime dramas . Are there any in particular that you would consider a big influence to your writing?

The main overseas dramas I like watching are CSI , The Mentalist , and Sherlock (the one where Holmes is played by Benedict Cumberbatch), where each episode tells a standalone crime story. I'm a particularly big fan of Sherlock ; the irony-laden dialogue thrills me every time.

Also, this isn't a drama, but when I was a student, I learned about serial killers through the film The Silence of the Lambs , and it got me into reading criminal psychology books as a hobby. The Silence of the Lambs was also a huge influence in getting me to watch crime dramas.

Everyone has a different way of seeing the story.

To people who can see heavy yuri in a work, they'll be able to see that in this story, and it will look like light yuri to people who see light yuri. It's very difficult to state just how much yuri is in this story, so I like to think of it as a story where the amount of yuri depends on the person reading it.

It is surprising how many dark and melancholy stories are featured per volume. Do you ever worry about a story being too dark to fit the tone of the rest of the series?

Not at all. I put in the story of the flower field as the second chapter in order to rid this worry. I made chapter 2 a serious story to declare: "In this tale, it's normal for there to be dark episodes where there is absolutely no salvation."

When you think of a story, are you the kind of author who thinks of the setting or the characters first?

For Wandering Witch , I come up with the setting and world (that is, the country), and then I come up with the characters.

How do you get inspiration for the various situations portrayed in Wandering Witch ?

I get inspiration by dipping my toes in stories and materials from across all sorts of genres and formats.

I take a lot of reference in particular from the National Geographic magazine. The ecology of animals and plants is the inspiration behind many of the countries and the unique creatures that appear in the world of Wandering Witch .

Finally, do you have a message for your English-speaking fans?

It's difficult to travel throughout the world right now, so I hope that you can accompany Elaina on her journey through a beautiful fantasy world.

This is changing the topic, but every time I watch the anime, I am wowed beyond words by C2C 's depiction of magic and (concept artist) Kazumasa Uchio 's fantasy world.

Each country only gets shown for one episode, and I hope that people witness the breathtaking landscapes depicted in every one of them.

An English translation of the novels are available for purchase courtesy of Yen Press .

Cover image credits: Wandering Witch - The Journey of Elaina

© Jougi Shiraishi Illustrations © Azure / SB Creative Corp.

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Elaina (イレイナ, Ireina ) is the main protagonist of the Wandering Witch series. She is a witch with the witch name of The Ashen Witch .

• 1 Appearance
• 2 Personality
• 3.1 Past Events
• 3.2 Story Events
• 4.1 Riviere and The Land of Prayer (Original)
• 4.2 Riviere in the Land of Prayer (Reboot)
• 4.3 Academy of Wandering Witches
• 4.4 School Story of Wandering Witches
• 5 Abilities
• 7 References

Appearance [ ]

Elaina has ashen hair, the source of her witch name. She has been often described as pretty, and cute. Minus her hairstyle, Elaina is shockingly similar to her mother.

Personality [ ]

Prior to the main story, she was a sheltered child who was greatly proficient in magic, innocent, and "not knowing what failure is." This personality was changed after her lessons, and she eventually became a more kind and understanding person at the start of the main story, albeit somewhat conceited with a very high opinion of herself.

She is not above swindling; having faked fortuneteller magic and setup her predictions to get money when her funds run low.

Elaina is well-read, often recalling several storybooks she read in her childhood whenever a dilemma pops up, which seems to be almost everywhere she goes; at the end of each of her adventures, she will reflect either enlightened or grimly on the subtle secret messages from the stories.

Past Events [ ]

Young Elaina as she became a witch

After passing the magic exams, Elaina tries to seek a witch that would take her as an apprentice, however none accept. Taking notice to this, Elaina's parents suggest finding the " Stardust Witch ." She encounters the witch in the woods playing with butterflies.

Directly after seeing the Stardust Witch for the first time, Elaina thinks about returning home, however concluding there is nothing for her there. She then starts a conversation with the Stardust Witch, who immediately recognizes Elaina.

Elaina became a witch at the age of fifteen, three years before the main story begins.

Story Events [ ]

Appearance in other media [ ], riviere and the land of prayer (original) [ ].

Elaina appears in the spin-off Riviere and The Land of Prayer .

Riviere in the Land of Prayer (Reboot) [ ]

Elaina appears in reboot version of the spin-off Riviere and The Land of Prayer .

Academy of Wandering Witches [ ]

Elaina appears in the spin-off Academy of Wandering Witches .

School Story of Wandering Witches [ ]

Elaina appears in the spin-off School Story of Wandering Witches .

Abilities [ ]

Magical Proficiency: Elaina possesses advanced knowledge and usage of magic. She can undo damages from certain objects, heal wounds, and combat more experienced and skilled witches, such as Fran.

•In Volume 6, she gave her broom a physical form to help her while she was sick, she also did the same to talk of the broom tampering that had occured in the very first chapter.

Intelligence: Elaina is a smart and talented witch. At the young age of fourteen, she was the youngest to pass the sorcery examination. She is quick-witted and resourceful, which helps her get out of tricky situations instead of relying on brute force.

Mastery of Flight: Elaina's flying ability is almost equal to that of Fran, and she can easily avoid being surrounded by Fran's students.

Time Reversal: Elaina can use the time reversal spell to reverse the effect of something, such as a destroyed rooftop.

Elemental Magic: As a witch who can use elemental magic, Elaina is proficient in manipulating the elements.

Barrier: When she battle with Fran , to reject every comprehensiv attack or magic from Fran. Elaina have abilities to create shield

Plant Manipulation: In A Story About All Kinds of Ashen Witches from Volume 3, "Violent" Elaina shown to use plant magic that binds other alternative timeline counterparts of herself, which means Elaina from main timeline can also use it.

Potion: Elaina Creating a potion to make every inanimate object live, changing the shape of every inanimate object into a human to interact with them

• Although the name "Celesteria" was later used as the name of the country Fran taught her students at school.
• Her favorite food is bread.
• Elaina's name is supposed to be a pun on i (1), rei (0) and na (7) in Japanese, reflecting her birthday is in October 17th [1] .
• Coincidentally, October 17th is also Japan's Saving Day, although this wasn't intended at first.
• Despite the fact that several characters have ship tease with Elaina or are outright in love with her, the author himself stated that he had no intention of writing a romantic subplot or introducing love interest for her, both due to the lack of desire and the possible complications of the narration on behalf of the girl in love [2] .

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• ↑ https://twitter.com/jojojojougi/status/917340030401617920
• ↑ https://mipon.org/wandering-witch-interview/
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Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina

Elaina works hard to pass the magic exams so she can become a witch and travel the world, like the witch from her favourite book; but before she can become a full-fledged witch, she needs to find a witch who will take her on as an apprentice.

Elaina arrives at the Land of Mages hoping to be treated well because of her status as a witch, but her time in the country takes a new direction after she meets the novice, Saya.

On the outskirts of one country, Elaina encounters a beautiful flower field with a dark secret; in a different country, she meets a boy gathering happiness in a bottle.

Elaina enters a country in ruins and has no choice but to find a place to spend the night. She discovers the only building still standing is a castle, and there's someone inside.

Elaina visits Royal Celestria, where mages perform in the streets and do odd jobs, and finds a place called the Royal Magic Academy.

Elaina visits the Land of Truth Tellers and finds its citizens strangely quiet and not at all like the honest people she expected to see.

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Kaede Hondo

Kana Hanazawa

Tomoyo Kurosawa

Yōko Hikasa

Toshiyuki Kubooka

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Elaina enters a country in ruins with no choice but to look for a place to spend the night. The only building left standing is a castle with a princess living alone inside. Elaina enters a country in ruins with no choice but to look for a place to spend the night. The only building left standing is a castle with a princess living alone inside. Elaina enters a country in ruins with no choice but to look for a place to spend the night. The only building left standing is a castle with a princess living alone inside.

• Toshiyuki Kubooka
• Takeshi Nishino
• Jougi Shiraishi
• Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
• Kaede Hondo
• Amber Lee Connors

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