Aru Majo ga Shinu Made

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"* Based on a fantasy light novel series written by Saka and ilustrated by Chorefuji.

On Meg's seventeenth birthday, she learns that she only has one year left to live. Her mentor—the Eternal Witch, Faust—explains that she is cursed and the only way to save herself is to grow a seed of life using one thousand tears of joy. Of course, such tears aren't easy to come by. As Meg begins her quest, she finds herself drawn into the lives of her friends and neighbors in ways she never imagined. By sharing their burdens and using her magic to comfort them, she learns how precious those moments of connection can be even in the face of death.

Source: Yen Press"

Genre(s): Slice of life, drama

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I really thought this might be a P.A. Works show at first. Instead we get a traditional tear-jerker with a layer of magic contrivance. I enjoyed these first two episodes well enough, but without a sensible path, and the show outright admitting that Meg is a chronic procrastinator, I expect to be thoroughly unsatisfied either way this plays out: She either dies a noble young lady or some deus ex saves her in the end without the growth her character could use. Doubt I'll continue, but it's not a bad show.