She Is Not a Witch

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Who is she?

She is the silver-haired girl living in the forest.

She is the mentor of the legendary seven heroes.

She is the great sage representing stars and miracles.

She is the guide who quelled ten world calamities.

Her name is Lorraine Hill, and she is not a witch.

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A heartwarming slice-of-life farming story about a silver-haired girl, with occasional epic adventures.

Also known as:

“The Story of Not Yet Knowing That Day’s Foolish Student Actually Became the Founder of a Nation”

“Lorraine Hill‘s Alchemy Workshop”

“The Legend of the Azure and Crimson Songstress’s Golden Age”

“The Nameless Hero Clad in Auroral Light”

PS: The protagonist is female and won’t marry. (Writing is like raising a daughter; I’m reluctant to marry her off.)

Associated Names
One entry per line
才不是魔女
Related Series
Miss Witch Doesn’t Want to Become a Songstress (Sequel)
Recommendations
Game of the World Tree (1)
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  2. Criminally underrated epics
  3. Firmly in charge of herself MC [CN]
  4. Pending
  5. Theater of Goddess

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vaexis
vaexis rated it
April 10, 2024
Status: Completed
I read this quite a while ago so excuse me if I missed anything. I'm making this review now because I'm reading the sequel to this book and thought that it would be nice to return to the prequel. More people need to read this.

I need to make it clear that as of right now, you can only read the MTL if you want to fully finish the novel. That is the biggest barrier to entry; I've been brainwashed to enjoy MTL because I've desensitised myself to it after years... more>> of reading it. If you're willing to wait for someone to translate it to the end, keep in mind that it's over 3.8 million words in total.

If there was a way to describe 'She is not a Witch' in one word, it would be an 'epic'. It's the sort of tale that's spread in a fantasy world about a hero. Children would be hearing this sort of story as they grow up in this theoretical fantasy world.

Now, to elaborate more, the novel is somewhat of a coming-of-age story about a witch, an immortal being with special powers. Witches are the centrepieces of history and the sages behind civilisation; humans, elves, orcs, any race you could think of, witches are behind their civilisation in one way or another.

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Lorraine Hill is the newest witch who is born with a 'system' (though the system becomes less relevant throughout the story). She explores the world and quickly becomes stronger, trying to live peacefully. Her personality is somewhat of a pushover at first but as she encounters more people and situations, she becomes more firm. I love her character because the growth is organic while not overly changing her core attributes. She remains the shy, quiet girl to the end while being the leader of all civilisation, trailblazing a path into the stars. The care and effort put into her is evident. One of the author's notes describes Lorraine as his 'daughter' and I fully agree.

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All of the arcs in the story revolve around a certain country/civilisation that Lorraine Hill visits. They are usually riddled with certain problems and issues that cause instability in the world. For example, the first kingdom arc explores freedom, s*avery and revolution. She mentors a young man who is disillusioned with the world using books that she receives from the system about how to manage a country. Years later, the man raises a rebellion and takes down the ruling class, turning into a free country. He names the country after Lorraine Hill.

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Probably the strongest aspect of this story is the world building. It explores aspects of the Industrial Revolution and how that affects different people. It goes into detail about different countries and organisations, their history and how they became what they are now. There is never really an unknown factor within the story. You feel like the author has explained everything to you. My favourite example of this is the witches. In this era, witches are more secluded from the world, hiding behind the scenes. They've all come together into factions that are separated by their seniority. In the multiple eras of the world, these witches grew up in a different environment so their attitude and modus operandi are different. Hence, there are a few conflicts between these witches, even if they loathe to fight each other most of the time.

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It all isn't just fighting and kingdom building; the story also has surprising amounts of slice-of-life. The author wants Lorraine to enjoy herself and spend time with her friends. Sometimes, he also likes to spring philosophical and moral conundrums on different characters which can generate great reactions. I also believe he's bringing in societal problems in real life and applying them to these fantasy societies, which is very interesting to read. All in all, I think 'She is not a Witch' has many facets that can be enjoyed by different readers.

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boemo
boemo
November 3, 2022
Status: c164
8/10, I wish it had better translation tho. But I don’t like how MCs abilities are so heavily on the support side. Besides the demon sequence, there really isn’t any other ability she has in her whole arsenal that aides in combat. I get author wanted to create an MC who is some what of an advocate for peace but the world that author wrote isn’t so suitable for such a person at all. Also I wish she’d just taken the easy route and depended on the other witches for... more>> guidance <<less
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Myssoferia
Myssoferia rated it
December 11, 2024
Status: Completed
3.5 > 4.5 > 4.2 (First review after completing vol 2, 2nd edit after vol 3, then final rating after I finished the book. Note at bottom)

As much as I want to complement this book for hitting all my favored theme, I can't say I entirely enjoy my time reading it.

I will skip positive note since other reviews already stated it. So I will just briefly tell why I am reluctant to give this a 5/5.

First, the pacing is all over the place. Volume 1 is generally fine but... more>> volume 2 has multiple unnecessary filler chapters that ruined the pacing.

Second is too much infodumping. Same as first problem where volume 1 is generally fine but volume 2 has jarring problem. Author write too many background info and character introductions but it is overall outside of MC's lens/knowledge and mostly doesnt serve any purpose. Maybe it would serve as foundation for future plot, but it does nothing for the related volume and laying it at that point is unnecessary as most of these informations would be forgotten after several chapters. Author would need to re-introduce it when the plot progresed to the point where those informations is needed because reader wouldve forgotten about it.

These 2 combined makes the reading experience of volume 2 not so enjoyable. Especially when the content that can be considered 1 major arc was streched into 281 chapters.

Thus, I give it 3.5 for now. Will be updated the further I read. I have hope of improvement since this is author's first work.

Edit after volume 3: I was pleasantly surprised. It is common for writing to get better gradually but I think author did a brilliant job in volume 3. The complexity, the development, the twist, the betrayal, the reveal, the climax, everything is beautifully packaged. It truly was a pleasant surprise, such similar satisfaction only happened recently to me when I read LotM.

Final verdict: Volume 3 is the peak of this novel (even the author think so too). Volume 4 is alright, nothing particularly amazing. Volume 5 is pretty great, although its still less mindblowing than vol 3. Final volume and extra... is quite lackluster as a final arc. Its not disappointing, but not great either due to various reason that will be too long if I state them all.

Overall its quite enjoyable 'epic' of Loranhill. The slight downside is occasional filler, not-so important world building infodump and author unconscious philosophical ramblings being written. The author does admit he was actually wanted to write a slow-life fantasy but 'accidentally' written an epic instead. Hence the occasional daily life filler. <<less
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MyRAMEN
MyRAMEN rated it
March 10, 2025
Status: c6
It's a fast paced novel with filler to slow it down. You have some info dumping to go through on the starting chaps. The magic (?) or whatever cultivation system is pretty unique. It reminds me of novels with genes if yiy ever read those.

The general style is pretty laid back so far, and has a strong isekai feel. As it honestly probably is, just an isekai. She has a sysyem, system quests, and a unique mechanic where she can look up any earth book for a price she gets... more>> from doing tasks. From the foreshadow hook which was kinda forced in and didn't really hook in my opinion, she basically overthrew the foundations of this world like religion from what it seemed.

I can't really suggest this to male readers, felt pretty female leaning to me- I mean the MC is a female protog too so. There seems to be a ML already. And she also got a master to learn from.

Sorry for the random thought points, I'm just really lazy writing this rn <<less
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ChillSir
ChillSir rated it
April 27, 2024
Status: v1c120
Starts out a bit slow but does so to lay the grounds for a nice worldbuilding.

It also established why the characters (MC included) do as they do with good and plausible reasons for their deeds. While still continuously, if a little slowly, expanding the story.

I have greatly enjoyed the merchant arc in particular so far.
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