Yoru no Namae wo Yonde
Call the Name of the Night

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I didn't expect much when I first picked up this story, but its dedication to fantasy elements and aesthetics charmed me rather quickly. The author chose a style and world to stick with, and they lean into it excellently.
What captivated me enough to write a review is how well this story uses 'magic sicknesses' as a digestible. nuanced approach to mental illness. While it is technically 'all in our heads', mental illnesses are entirely capable of inflicting all types of harm on ourselves and our loved ones.
Truly looking at yourself and choosing to love that person is difficult, but it's the most fundamental thing ... we must do. That's what this story is about.

Overall it is a story about a girl overcoming her PTSD with people and anxiety. The story is like in little isolated chapters too. The few characters felt well rounded. It was a decent read worth the read!!! 7/10 The art style is very cutesy too. You will enjoy it, story was a bit predictable tbh. I will say that if u are reading this manga, take it slow as the manga is very short. Indulge yourself in a slice of life type ish story for sure. I will say though it will take maybe 2-3 hrs to read it all the way through ... but id read it in one setting.

Disclaimer: I read this manga in Japanese, in order to learn Japanese. I did not understand every single word the characters said, but with this manga it was pretty fine.

Yoru no namae wo yonde (Call the name of the night) is a wholesome story about a sick girl exploring the world. The girl has a condition that when she feels anxious, she turns the world around her into 'the night'. Everything becomes black and no one can see anything. Due to this condition she has experienced a lot of trauma, and her parents brought her to a magician to cure her. The magician (who often ... wears maid dresses) is trying to show the girl the world and make her able to control her curse.

The drawings are magnificent, and very cute. There are few characters, but they are all very well designed and written. The world feels like a different world, and like there is a lot of the world we don't get to see.

The chapters are mostly self-contained, but do follow each other. There's plenty of chapters in one book.

I will definitely continue reading the series once the next books release, and suggest you do to!