Chapter 10 (Keisuke Satō)

## Chapter 10

**Chapter 10** is the tenth chapter of the *Little Witch Academia* manga series adaptation illustrated by Keisuke Satō.

## Overview

*The chapter picks up immediately where the last chapter left off, with Andrew and Akko running away from Arcas after encountering it during Akko's search for the Fountain of Polaris. Professor Ursula saves the two by the using the Suspension Spell. After being saved Akko finds the Fountain of Polaris.*

## Summary

Picking up from where the previous chapter left off, Andrew drags Akko with him as they flee from the polar bear-like guardian beast, which is none other than Arcas himself, all while sarcastically remarked how "amazing" Luna Nova Academy is until the two stumble upon a broken staircase. With so little time to figure out the way to go upstairs, the two are forced to improvise where Andrew hoists Akko upwards before dangerously jumping over Arcas with the beast's snout as a footing, displaying a remarkable acrobatic feat in doing so. The chase continues at the upper floors where the floor underneath their feet collapsing under their weight, resulting the two hanging for their dear lives. Hilariously, whereas Andrew is hanging on the ledge of the building, Akko does the same on the hem of Andrew's pants instead, threaten to pull it off under her own weight. Realizing what happened, the embarrassed Akko cried out that she didn't mean to do that, which certainly doesn't help their situation as Andrew knows it — the angry Arcas lunges towards them in the middle of their argument, unwittingly causing three of them plummeting to the ground far below. Fortunately, Ursula appears and magically conjures magical bubbles around them each to slow their descent. As this happens, Ursula reverted the color of her hair, allowing the giant bear to recognize her as a friend.

A while later, Akko, upon regaining her consciousness, startled that she unintentionally sat on top of the awakened Andrew like with Sucy at Arcturus Forest. Finding the Fountain's entrance (a large arch made of roots adorned with seven stars arranged in a formation resembling big dipper), they walked through a staircase which leads to a fountain in the middle of space-like dimension. Recognizing the fountain as the Fountain of Polaris she sought, Akko begged for it to give her the power over stars. Instead of granting her wish, the fountain showed the Japanese about Chariot's past: Like her, Chariot once sought the power of the stars in the Fountain of Polaris out of frustration over her shortcomings in magic, but the Fountain disappeared before her eyes, as she was not yet worthy of its power. Unwilling to give up, Chariot takes her studies more seriously, leading her becoming a talented witch and subsequently, proving her worth for the magic of stars the Fountain possessed. The Fountain's montage about Chariot's past ends when she demonstrated her newfound power by transforming into a fiery giant bird, before Akko and Andrew being unexpectedly teleported back to the section of northern building at which they found the Fountain's entrance, except the said entrance is nowhere to be found.

Just then, Ursula appears and tells Akko what actually happened; the fountain did appear, but when an incompetent witch goes there looking for that magic but is still unworthy to wield it, the fountain disappears before her eyes. Dismayed, Akko confessed that deep inside, she already knows that hard-working is necessary to become an accomplished witch who is acknowledged by everyone, something that Ursula agreed on. The Japanese then tearfully steeled her resolve to become better than she is now with Ursula returned the rod and advised her student to return to the fountain once she did.

On their way back home (but not before Ursula undo the magic mishap Akko inadvertently caused to Andrew under the condition where they must keep the fiasco a secret between them), Andrew and his father engage in a conversation about their recent visit at Luna Nova. Paul sighed over their seemingly pointless visit and mild annoyance over Frank's interest in witches. As much as he agrees with his father about both, Andrew nevertheless understands his best friend's passion thanks to Akko.

The chapter ends with Akko eating some food Lotte and Sucy brought for her from the feast only to be comically overwhelmed by its surprisingly spicy flavor which suspiciously had something to do with the Manbavaran, prompting the Finnish to bring her friend some water...

## Order of appearances

* Atsuko Kagari
* Andrew Hanbridge
* Ursula Callistis
* Paul Hanbridge
* Frank (mentioned)
* Lotte Jansson
* Sucy Manbavaran
* Magic Wand
* Suspension Spell
* Arcas
* Alcor

## Manga & Anime Differences

* The yellow steel ladder on the broken staircase is absent in manga, resulting the way Akko and Andrew rushes upstairs as they fled from Arcas played slightly differently; here, Andrew hoisted Akko upwards before evading the polar bear-like guardian beast's charge attack. Subsequently, he jumped over Arcas in the same manner as in the anime when it charged again.
* The pattern of Andrew's boxers is changed into polka dot, likely for the sake of simplicity given that anime version being more intricate in design.
* Because Paul already mentioned the true reason of their visit to Luna Nova in Chapter 8, he expresses his mild annoyance over Frank's interest with witches instead.
* The scene where Ursula nervously offered to Andrew to undo the magic mishap that Akko inadvertently caused under the condition where the young Hanbridge must keep the mishap a secret between them was simplified and occurred in Andrew's brief flashback due to both page constraints and to add the epilogue of Lotte and Sucy share Akko some food from the feast.

## Trivia

* Alongside the previous chapter, this chapter serves as manga adaptation of "The Fountain of Polaris".