Shamiko has sort-of freed her family from its curse and that’s cause for celebration！ Except it’s woefully short-lived because karma’s a thing。 There are still plenty of hi-jinx to come， however， as new magical girls and scary weirdos are easily drawn to evil that cannot be contained。。。 except by a Thermos。I don’t remember if I used the term madcap in my look at the first volume of this book， but that’s what this series is。 It’s absolutely a straight blend of Looney Tunes with a magical girl sto Shamiko has sort-of freed her family from its curse and that’s cause for celebration！ Except it’s woefully short-lived because karma’s a thing。 There are still plenty of hi-jinx to come， however， as new magical girls and scary weirdos are easily drawn to evil that cannot be contained。。。 except by a Thermos。I don’t remember if I used the term madcap in my look at the first volume of this book， but that’s what this series is。 It’s absolutely a straight blend of Looney Tunes with a magical girl story。 There’s definitely a Bugs and Daffy vibe to the way Shamiko and Momo interact。And it’s got just enough heart to give it some emotional heft， but piles upon piles of good jokes to go with it。 By the time Shamiko has been chained to a tire， the hot plate spatula explodes， and Lilith （the evil ancestor trapped in a paperweight） has been debased for the hundredth time， it’s hard not to have cracked more than a few smiles。It’s really difficult to pull off the balancing act that this book manages。 Too much emotion and you change from being a gag manga， too little and you don’t invest in the characters enough to care about them。 I’m impressed it still kept it up so well in this volume。With a new volume comes a larger cast and we get the somewhat competent Mikan， who arrives to back up Shamiko’s rival/bestie Momo。 Her。。。 curse。。。 is pretty funny largely because the book commits to it fully and uses it to pull off some crazy sight gags。 Shamiko is the brunt of the failure jokes， but it’s not like she’s the only one。That’s really what I like about this series - it feels absolutely fearless in just doing whatever it wants and getting away with it。 This is， unquestionably， without a doubt， the funniest set of exam results I have ever seen in a manga or anime。 Ever ever。We build on the running gags from the first book， notably the incredibly skimpy battle gear that Shamino switches to when she’s stressed （the explanation for this in the bonus pages is rightly derided as nonsensical）， and the general incompetence of everybody involved （I really love how Momo abuses her magical girl powers to make protein shakes and Shamiko’s newfound love of named attacks）。I think my only knock against it would be that I didn’t quite feel it hit the highs of the first volume， which， you know， is kind of impossible for a lot of books。 There’s a freshness that any second volume doesn’t have and the jokes don’t quite cover the gap。 If it maintains this level for just a bit longer I will be very happy。Which means I’d give this a 4。5 instead of a 5， but we’re rounding up because there are zingers all over this book and I laughed so hard at that damn spatula （not to mention when a fridge gets annexed） at the beginning that I was pretty much won over for the rest。 If you loved the first volume， this is more of the same in the best way possible。 。。。more