I’ve emotions about Nunnally and quantity 7 of the manga I Wish to be a Receptionist in This Magical World. It’s been a captivating fantasy and shojo collection thus far! The heroine is a very robust particular person. Her targets and life typically are prioritized over the romance with Alweiss. We actually see her work for her position. So now that the seventh entry is right here with some fairly main revelations about her and her background and hints at her place in a bigger story, I’m conflicted. Sure, she’s the heroine and that is anticipated. Nevertheless, the choice to convey this type of factor up so many volumes in and in the way in which it does additionally makes it really feel a bit out of nowhere.
Editor’s Observe: There can be spoilers for quantity 7 of the manga I Wish to be a Receptionist in This Magical World and its heroine Nunnally under.
Okay, so all through among the volumes of I Wish to be a Receptionist in This Magical World, we already know that Nunnally is some extent of “particular.” She has ice kind magic, which modified her hair blue when it emerged. When that comes up, there’s hints that its authentic isn’t precisely pure and one thing resulted in that connection, however it isn’t explored immediately. As soon as we get to the fifth quantity, it’s confirmed that she is a component merfolk. Her mom Mimmilly was principally royalty, and right here in quantity 7 it’s once more confirmed that Ice helped her rework to be with Nunnally’s father. We then study that’s how our heroine bought her robust ice powers. Ice went with Mimmilly and, when Nunnally was born, went into her.
Now in quantity 7, Nunnally is being arrange as much more particular and distinctive. I really feel like this, after the revelation she’s been secretly half merfolk and noble all these years despite the fact that there was by no means any indication, seems like a bit a lot. A part of that is as a result of nature of the storytelling within the manga. Whereas there was the passing suggestion when her aspect got here up when she was at college, these others concerning the merfolk background and nature as one thing of maybe an “ice avatar” seems like springing issues up out of nowhere simply to make a sure kind of plotline work and present she’s much more “extraordinary.” Maybe I might have taken that extra in stride of this had been telegraphed additional, somewhat than plenty of the story exhibiting Nunnally turning into clever and expert sufficient to work at Harre’s on her personal deserves, onerous work, and expertise.
However the different a part of it’s I type of fear one of these plot twist might, not directly, additionally invalidate that effort. I’m involved what sort of storylines might come after this. Will she be harassed by coworkers who will now say a part of how she bought the place she was is due to that icy inheritance? Will she be handled in another way at Harre’s? Is that this going to show right into a scenario the place all of a sudden the receptionist goes to turn out to be the world’s savior someway?
If this have been a distinct type of manga collection, I’d nearly have an interest to see how this could go. Maybe if we noticed Nunnally come to phrases with the truth that she does have this extra lineage and present which may even be thought-about divine may very well be one thing explored in fascinating methods. Does it end in an existential disaster? Nevertheless, given the previous nature of this shojo collection and the way different conditions have been dealt with, I’m pondering we wouldn’t be capable of anticipate that type of nuanced method and exploration of how this knew information about her energy would have an effect on her targets and future. Particularly contemplating how the ultimate chapters listed here are wanting. It as an alternative seems to be like a direct flip to take care of a brand new disaster.
I suppose the revelations in I Wish to Be a Receptionist in This Magical World go away me feeling conflicted concerning the manga’s story and Nunnally. I’ve liked this shojo due to her character. She’s at all times been a hardworking particular person. Whereas her nature as an ice-type magic person is considerably uncommon, particularly contemplating the diploma of her present, the narrative didn’t at all times throw in our faces that it was necessary. So it’s worrying me a bit that that is going from her growing as a Harre’s receptionist and coming into her personal following pushing herself at school to a narrative that appears to be setting her up as a maybe legendary type of heroine. I’m hoping the following quantity handles it effectively, however I’m a bit of disillusioned this shojo story didn’t keep extra slice-of-life like.
Quantity 7 of the I Wish to Be a Receptionist in This Magical World manga is offered now, and Yen Press will launch quantity 8 on April 28, 2026.
