Konnichiwa As usual before starting my review I specify that it is in two parts the first in French my native language and a second which is in English you just have to go down a bit. Its a lot of work for me and it would be a shame if it was spoiled by the language barrier. Have a good reading and a good day no spoil guarantee 620https://www.tvqc.com/wpcontent/uploads/2020/08/burnthewtichanimefilmtitekubo.jpg Part I: BURN THE WITCH Kubo nous livre til une nouvelle aventure passionnante? Je ne le cacherais personne mais je suis un grand fan du travail de Tite kubo et notamment de son manga lgendaire : Bleach. Alors lannonce de Burn the witch jtais assez excit lide de voir ce que pourrait donner la partie europenne de lunivers de Kubo. Les visuels me faisaient de loeil et mme si jai mis un certain temps mettre la main dessus cela devait forcment arriver un jour ou lautre. Il est noter que je ne parlerais ici que du premier tome de Burn the wicth le seul tre pour le moment sorti et qui comporte 5 chapitres. Il est donc possible que jupdate cette review un jour car la suite devrait paratre Rsumons lunivers: Kubo nous fait bouger pour le RoyaumeUni ou les problmes ne sont pas poss par les fameux hollows de la Soul society mais par des dragons. Une phrase sort du lot pour dcrire cela: Depuis la nuit des temps 72 des dcs Londres sont causs par les dragons des tres aux formes insolites. Pour la faire courte sur le reste dans le pass les dragons cohabitaient avec les humains mais cette poque est rvolue devenus hostiles ils tentrent de priver les humains de vie et de foyer. Londres pour ce protger fonda une organisation: Wing Blind regroupant des sorciers capable de combattre les dragons malfaisants. Les deux protagonistes de notre histoire Niihashi Noel sorcire aux cheveux noirs sur la photo cidessus et Nini Spangle sorcire aux cheveux blonds font partie de Wing Blind dans lunit des pipers. Pour la suite je vous laisse le dcouvrir par vousmme. La critique: 620https://fr.techtribune.net/wpcontent/uploads/2021/02/BurntheWitch.jpg Donner son avis sur une intro cest une tche complexe tous les pions ne sont pas encore en place mon apprciation ne concerne donc pas lensemble de loeuvre mais plutt le point de dpart gardez bien cet lment lesprit. Lunivers: Avec Londresverso et Wind Blind on rpte le schma Soul societyShinigamis mais version Britannique. Estce que la sauce marche encore dun point de vue personnel oui je suis toujours autant charm par cet univers cach insouponn qui au final permet dexpliquer beaucoup de choses sur le monde rel. Certains au contraire seront peuttre rebuts par ce schma rptitif de Bleach et qui sen cache pas on pourrai crier au choix de 0 prises de risque de lauteur cest un peu le cas en effet mais il faut souligner que les deux mondes ne sont pas des copies intactes tout de mme dragons et hollows semblent diffrents et leurs chasseurs Sorciers et Shinigamis galement . Le seul problme que je soulignerais cest que pour une sorte dintro qui semble charge de nous prsenter cet univers lensemble est assez muet je mattendais en apprendre beaucoup plus la de temps en temps cest trs nigmatique voir trop la lecture en est mme parfois compliqu ... Un exemple: pourquoi toucher un dragon entrainerai forcment la sentence de mort ou lemprisonnement pour un humain aucune rponse... cest juste balanc comme a? Le dessin: Un aspect trs important a mon gard ici il est incroyable je suis amoureux de la faon de dessiner de Kubo. Son dessin est comme un bon vin plus il vieillit plus il samliore. Globalement il apporte ce shonen et comme pour bleach une touche mature que dautres mangas du style ne possdent absolument pas. Bref je suis conquis de ce ctl 620https://pic1.zh.com/v2c59b8d5681bd33d9a54c1b331226e6b11440w.jpg?source=172ae18b Le scnario: Cest surement le point le plus important et pour le moment je suis partag. Le problme cest qu limage de lunivers lauteur ne prend pas de risques on le sent il est dans sa zone de confort. Donc jai eu la lecture dun ct ce got de potentiel qui nest pas entirement pleinement utilis mais dun autre ct il faut se souvenir que cest une sorte dintro et sous ce prisme je trouve que cest une bonne entre en matire. Le rythme de narration est peut tre trs soutenu mais il ne ma pas fait dcrocher. Aprs jespre que la srie dans sa suite osera plus dveloppera plus mais l encore il faut attendre. Je ne mavancerais pas plus sur ce point. Les personnages: Cest le point a ne surtout pas rater pour moi Surtout dans une intro. Et les personnages de Burn the witch dans la globalit ils mont beaucoup plu. Grce aux dessins mais aussi par leurs attitudes et faon dtre. Niihashi et Nini cest un peu le yin et le yang jai hte de dcouvrir leur histoire de creuser le pourquoi du comment elles se sont retrouv sorcires pour la Wing Blind. En peu de chapitres je les ai trouves attachantes et sans relles raisons il manque pourtant beaucoup dlments sur elles. 620https://media.comicbook.com/2020/08/burnthewitchtrailerenglishbleachtitekubonewanime1234626.jpeg?auto=webpwidth=1200height=628crop=1200:628smart Il y a aussi Banx Jr et balgo qui mme si ils sont assez strotyps me donnent envie de continuer laventure. Le seul problme est du ct des personnages secondaires il y en a une sacr bande et leur prsentation nest pas toujours... assez fournie mon got mais jimagine que cest un point sur lequel seul la suite pourra nous dire plus... Conclusion: Burn the witch cest pour moi une plutt bonne entre en matire dans cette nouvelle branche de lunivers de Kubo elle nest pas parfaite bien sur mais je ressens un vrai potentiel derrire je doute cependant quelle puisse dpasser son grand frre Bleach. Jattend la suite avec impatience car je sais que le travail de Kubo nous promet quelque chose qui pourrait se montrer plus quintressant. Affaire suivre... Ctait complexe de rdiger cette review sur ce dbut de travail en tout cas comme lcrit lauteur il adore travailler de faon repose et dans ce Burn the witch on le ressent jespre vraiment que la suite se montrera la hauteur de mes esprances. Part II: BURN THE WITCH Kubo is delivering another fascinating adventure? 620https://www.manganews.com/public/images/pix/serie/27506/BurntheWitchmangavisual3.jpg I wont hide it from anyone but Im a big fan of Tite Kubos work and especially of his legendary manga: Bleach. So when Burn the witch was announced I was quite excited to see what the European part of Kubos universe would look like. The visuals were catching my eye and even though it took me a while to get my hands on it it was bound to happen sooner or later. It should be noted that I will only talk about the first volume of Burn the wicth the only one to be released for the moment and that it contains 5 chapters I might update this review one day because the sequel should be released Lets summarize the universe: Kubo moves us to the UK where the problems are not caused by the famous hollows of Soul society but by dragons. One sentence stands out to describe this: Since the dawn of time 72 of deaths in London are caused by dragons beings with unusual shapes. To make a long story short in the past dragons coexisted with humans but that time is over they became hostile and tried to deprive humans of life and home. To protect themselves London founded an organisation: Wing Blind a group of wizards capable of fighting the evil dragons. The two protagonists of our story Niihashi Noel blackhaired witch on the picture above and Nini Spangle blondehaired witch are part of Wing Blind in the pipers unit. For the rest I let you discover it by yourself. The review: Giving an opinion on an intro is a complex task all the pieces are not yet in place so my appreciation does not concern the whole work but rather the starting point keep this element in mind. The universe: With Londonverso and Wind Blind we repeat the Soul societyShinigamis scheme but in a British version. Does the sauce still work from a personal point of view yes Im still as charmed by this hidden unsuspected universe which in the end explains a lot about the real world. On the contrary some people might be put off by this repetitive Bleach pattern and who doesnt hide from it one might to cry out at the authors choice of 0 risktaking its a bit the case indeed but it must be underlined that the two worlds are not untouched copies all the same dragons and hollows seem to be different and their hunters Wizards and Shinigamis as well. The only problem I would point out is that for a kind of intro that seems to be in charge of introducing us to this universe the whole thing is quite mute I was expecting to learn a lot more at times its very enigmatic the reading is even complicated sometimes... An example: why touching a dragon would necessarily lead to a death sentence or imprisonment for a human no answer... its just thrown out like that? 620https://medias.comixtrip.fr/wpcontent/uploads/2021/03/burnthewitchbanniC3A8re1200x675.jpg The drawing: A very important aspect to me here it is incredible I am in love with the way Kubo draws. His drawing is like a good wine the older it gets the better it gets. Overall he brings to this shonen and as for Bleach a mature touch that other mangas of the style do not have at all. In short Im won over on this side The script: This is probably the most important point and for the moment I am divided. The problem is that like the universe the author doesnt take any risks you can feel that he is in his comfort zone. So I had on the one hand this taste of potential which is not entirely fully used but on the other hand it should be remembered that it is a kind of intro and under this prism I find that it is a good introduction. The pace of the story may be very fast but it didnt make me stop. Afterwards I hope that the series in its sequel will dare to do more to develop more but here again we have to wait. I wouldnt go further on this point. The characters: This is the point not to be missed for me Especially in an intro. And the characters of Burn the witch as a whole I liked them a lot. Thanks to the drawings but also by their attitudes and way of being. Niihashi and Nini are a bit like yin and yang I cant wait to discover their story to find out why and how they became witches for Wing Blind. In just a few chapters I found them endearing and without real reasons yet there is a lot missing about them. There is also Banx Jr and balgo who even if they are quite stereotypical make me want to continue the adventure. The only problem is with the secondary characters there are quite a bunch of them and their presentation is not always... enough for my taste but I guess thats a point on which only the sequel will be able to tell us more... 620https://media.comicbook.com/2018/07/burnthewitch11206711280x01121656.jpeg?auto=webpwidth=1200height=660crop=1200:660smart Conclusion: Burn the witch is for me a pretty good entry in this new branch of the Kubo universe its not perfect of course but I feel a real potential behind it I doubt however that it could surpass its big brother Bleach. Im looking forward to the sequel because I know that Kubos work promises something that could be more than interesting. To be continued... It was complex to write this review on this beginning of work in any case as the author writes he loves to work in a relaxed way and in this Burn the witch we feel it I really hope that the sequel will live up to my expectations. PS: This evaluation it was necessary to: 2 glass of lemonade Some peanuts 3hours 46 of time A sound environment composed of : Nivana Incesticide album and Korn Follow the leader album. Many thanks for reading