Title: 魔法使いさんおしずかに！ (Be Quiet, Magician!) Vol. 2
Artist/Author: 竹本泉 (Izumi Takemoto)
Book Size/Pages: A-5, 200pp., w/furigana
Volume: 2/2
Original Serialization: Nakayoshi 1985
First Printing: 1/3/03
Rating: 3/4

I thought this was going to be a long series when I first saw it, but it turns out that it's only two books long. The story is a continuation from last time, so the pace and the mood is the same. It really seems like this story could have been expanded, but it probably wasn't popular enough at the time. The artwork reminds me a lot of Mahoromatic, especially Sue, except with less pen strokes and ink volume.

The cover inside the dust jackets have a map of the forest and there are a bunch of little letters from the author, most at the end of each chapter.

6. Sue received some presents from her parents in Europe, one of which is a wood carving of some strange creature. Wally sees this and realizes it's a carving of a troll, natives to the forest they live in. If he had the item, he could get the trolls to do the dirty work of stealing money. So, he tries to convince Sue to give him the carving. Sue doesn't know why he wants it, but figures he's up to no good. Meanwhile, someone has been cleaning her house and doing her housework. With Elle's help, she finds out it's the elves and trolls that have been doing work for her since she posses the little statue.

7. Wally continues to try and take that statue away, but fails almost everytime. Finally, he is able to steal it but just as he's about to order the trolls to do the deed, the floor of his underground hideout collapses and he falls into the freezing water below. Elle asks Fred, Sue's guardian to marry her.

8. There's are a few strange new people in town. One girl whom no one has seen before comes and hugs Will. While Sue doesn't admit to liking him, she still feels uneasy. Later on, she finds out that there's a clone of her running around. Turns that it's the mirror at the local shop that's creating all these characters. Sue's parents unexpectedly come pay her a visit.

9. With Fred getting married, her parents think that they new couple should live alone, so they've decided to take Sue back (to her other uncles though). Sue doesn't particularly like this idea, but it's best for the newly weds. As they're about to leave, they encounter some thick fog, at which Sue knows immediately that it's Wally's doing. After getting a little lost, she finds her way to his house with Will's help. As they're trying to figure out what's going on, a large create appears outside.

10. The large creature is a troll that's been playing hide and see for the past 30 years. He started hiding after playing with Sue's dad (the house in the forest where Fred lives belongs to her great-grandfather, so the dad used to live there to). The creature and her dad have a heartful reunion and he decides to not move and live in the forest. Happily ever after...

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