Cpt. 16: I played the witcher, that's a Lubberkin!!!

@FireCamp For example, Natsume's Book of Friends uses basically the exact same premise but the individual episodes are given some development, recurring characters are fleshed out and have a sense of progress, there's some semblance of an overarching plot (even if it moves hella slow), and there's the feel-good thing going on which makes it worth reading in the first place. Even though I've been criticizing it for overusing its own most unnecessarily annoying tropes (e.g. the "oh no, I can't tell my aunt and uncle; they would be worried"—they're already worried, you fucko), at least it tries to build some unique narrative or a problem around each of the new encounters, which keeps things minimally fresh even if the encounter itself is entirely superfluous.

Mieruko-chan started off promising but felt like it wore itself thin after as many as a dozen chapters already as there has been no real interaction between Miko and the "antagonists" of the story. As a result there isn't really a narrative for her to be involved in most of the time, and her agency is reduced to either avoiding the confrontation or otherwise being helpless. It just feels like she's being bullied by the author, and that makes it hard to read. The youkai encounters also feel like the same shtick repeated ad nauseam; the forms may be different, but in terms of the effect you could pretty much substitute most of them with the very first youkai she meets, and it would change nothing at all, whereas in Natsume's or Mushishi they typically affect the physical-world entities in some way that is specific to them even if unseen. There was also no reflection given on her encounter with Spoiler, which could've been used to flesh out her character but is glossed over and forgotten instantly. And the tonal shifts between horror and comedy often come off as awkward because the author doesn't commit enough to either, which leaves both aspects flaccid. Here's to hoping that the Spoiler actually triggers some consistent development, because this manga is seriously wasting its opportunities.

@Solipsist your point is totally valid, though i'd say have you ever seen a story progress in a slice of life manga ? (still you're not wrong)

This girl got nerves of steel I tell ya

@FireCamp My point was that most of the story is carried through the template of scaring the MC, and seeing her react. 'Makes the story feel like it doesn't really progress, regardless of the bits the author throws around.

@Solipsist i wouldn't really call it repetitive since, some encounters proved to be basically part of a bigger picture (the donut shop eating guy basically being the gateway for souls, the Dog murderer teacher ect)

Really liking this one. But it's really sad that 99% of her spoofy encounters are completely negative, and highly repetitive.
Almost every chapter is a hard-copy of the former, and nothing really changes. It's not like she needs to become an exorcist, but there's a limit as to how much I can hear the MC monologue to herself: "ignore it, ignore it, nope nope nope".
I mean, it'd be a lot more interesting to place more instances in which the ghosts are also seen as a good thing, rather than just exist to spook her. Instances like the cats, the lock-grandma, the temple, they were all good additions to the story.

Kind of a shame if the author won't be able to maintain the story without having to repeat the same template.

Fairy didn't get sniped; check the release dates and times for 16 and 17 for both Fairy and the anon release.

This easily become my favorite series, the story is interesting and this bring a new fresh reading cuz we are bombarded by isekai genre

Wait I just noticed that /a/ sniped Fairy.

@MoistMeal
"how did that girl know the code for the grandmas lock?"
She didn't, she just passed the message the spirit has been conveying to the grandma.

Damn what a great read, a mix of normal highschool life and comedy here and there great read. But for some reason she keeps on looking scared. Dunno what she’s getting scared of but Love the friend of hers. Pretty confusing on what it’s about because all she does is being spooked all the time but I mean by what? And how did that girl know the code for the grandmas lock? So confusing.

Actually there a similliar manga with this. It called prey/mangsa and its korean i think. but that manga story its more intense and scary.

I can feel the terror radiate off each page as the monsters move. It’s been proven that the “Spirits” can’t affect her physically but that doesn’t make scary things less scary. The mental fortitude of this woman... it puts other portags to shame.

just found this, and it's hilarious

That poor girl.

When is she going to get the help she so desperately needs? 😐

This is so fucking good.

I think Miko's after-the-fact reactions are what keeps me engaged. It would've been so easy for author to just go full-on "ain't nuffin' can scare this bigshot of a schoolgirl!" and make MC unshakeable.

Giving her this moments when she's just quietly cries, trying to vent after the horror, author does a great job of making her feel like Spider-man human.

Teacher "So... you saw it...." "Ahem my name is Toono Zen, i am 34 years old...."

Ch 17:
Holy crap, this Toono Zen turns out to be more dangerous than I thought. Where's the onmyouji when you need one (>_<)