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W.I.T.C.H. #2

The Twelve Portals

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The five gals try to learn more about their mission as Guardians of the Veil. While finding a friend and losing a loved one, they receive a magical map that reveals the 12 passageways in Heatherfield to Meridian! and the girls have to close them.

69 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2001

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Elisabetta Gnone

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Elisabetta Gnone is an Italian writer. In April 2001, she co-created the Italian comic/magazine W.I.T.C.H. with Alessandro Barbucci and Barbara Canepa. The publication was later made into the television series of the same name. Gnone also wrote the children's trilogy Fairy Oak: Il segreto delle gemelle (The Secret of the Twins), L'incanto del buio (The Spell of Darkness), and Il potere della luce (The Power of Light). She expanded the Fairy Oak Universe with four more books, "The four mysteries": "Captain Grisam's love", "Shirley's wizarding days", "Flox smiles in autumn", and "Good-bye Fairy Oak".

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Profile Image for Kasia (kasikowykurz).
2,395 reviews59 followers
September 28, 2022
Jeżeli kiedykolwiek zastanawialiście się, czy komiks i kreskówka są do siebie podobne, to uprzejmie donoszę, że to jest dokładnie ten tom, w którym wszystko się rozjeżdża. I naprawdę nie wierzę, że jednej z moich najukochańszych postaci nie ma w komiksach!
Profile Image for Lisa.
606 reviews
August 16, 2017
Gosh I love this!!! I just wish I could still buy these.
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181 reviews24 followers
May 27, 2013
I remember being hookep up in the beautiful adventures of Will, Irma, Taranee, Cornelia and Hay Lin as a child. This is the first comic series that I really liked. I rated it 5 stars for Nostalgia's sake. too bad, theyve stopped the story in my country it is a good comics for children. Innocent and fun
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286 reviews18 followers
September 18, 2017
Sempre gostei muito dos desenhos animados das W.I.T.C.H, mas apesar de ter as revistas/livros em casa nunca os tinha lido, achei muita piada.
Tem ilustrações muito bonitas, e os textos são muito engraçados apresar de ser bastante simples.
Afinal sou capaz de gostar de graphic novels é só preciso saber escolher.
Acho que o grande problema é não ter os volumes todos tenho alguns seguidos mas infelizmente não tenho o primeiro e fico um pouco desfasada na história por causa dos livros em falta, bem que queria encontrar todos os outros livros para poder terminar a coleção mas até agora não encontro ninguém que já não os queira :(
Profile Image for Alexx (obscure.pages).
404 reviews66 followers
March 11, 2025
I like that we're getting to know the girls a little bit here! Like the kind of people they are. World-building still gets a little confusing though, or because we don't have all the details yet and I think that's fine for now.

I still find it weird that their guardian form makes them look like older versions of themselves. And then we have Irma who transformed and went to a club and flirted with a guy older than her?? What in the 😭😂 I mean she's still 13, she's a kid. I don't think that's safe, nor is it significant to their powers/guardian selves. Like what does looking older and curvier really do when they're fighting or using their powers? I think it doesn't really add anything 🥲
Profile Image for Sarah Ahmed.
458 reviews1 follower
March 3, 2020
5Stars❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
It was incredible. The comics are so much different from the TV series but I absolutely loved it . Can’t wait to read all of them 😄😄😄😁😁😁
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365 reviews24 followers
December 29, 2014
Rereading this after so many years.

I love how Will has discovered her power over electronics and the other girls were surprised. They're reaction was so funny. A pretty good power to be honest. She could use electronics without electricity. Really helpful.

Hay Lin's grandma though. It was really really sad. But it was a powerful moment when she was recognized as she still kept her duties as a Guardian until the very end.
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642 reviews2 followers
June 30, 2021
This is kind of like the TV series. With Mild differences. I am reading this online on a comic site. I wonder how this will play into counting for the rest of the series.
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1,338 reviews22 followers
February 19, 2022
Did I read a fan translation, or was the translation always this bad?
I'm glad the story called out the thing I did in part one, that the girls just used magic like it was normal, instead of something new and weird. Did change them much.
I feel like the series glosses over a lot of important stuff and just gives us snapshots of scenes, rather than an actual flowing story.
The characters act their age, but are also weirdly cool and composed about the magic. Anything outside of that and they are pretty annoying. The only one I kinda like is Hay Lin, but even that is just based on superficiality, because there is no real substance to their personalities as of yet.
The whole printer x computer ship was really weird to me, with the reason for it being they only argue. I really wish that fighting/arguing constantly in relationships would stop being normalised. It's not healthy. It's not a good thing for children to believe (and that's who this series is aimed at, right?)
The one thing I really liked in this series was how they dealt with death. That part was really emotional and super well done, and makes me wish the whole series was as good. Unfortunately, it isn't.
Profile Image for Genesis.
184 reviews
November 27, 2023
5/5

Todo inicia conmigo en una librería en Italia y un cupón de 10 euros para gastar. Revisando todos los libros posibles, encontré este que me trajo un viejo recuerdo de infancia y no dudé en comprarlo.

W.I.T.C.H es una serie de fantasía que nos presenta a cinco amigas y a las aventuras y misterios que vivirán. En este caso, el libro que compré traía los primeros cinco volúmenes de la serie:

Halloween
I dodici portali
L'altra dimensione
Il potere del fuoco
L'ultima lacrima

Todos con cinco estrellas porque no se merece menos. Es una historia brillante, simple de leer y que te mantiene curiosa en la trama.
Profile Image for lucy.
522 reviews5 followers
March 18, 2018
1,5
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ver. No me ha disgustado pero si que me ha parecido más lento que el anterior y mira que era más corto. Creo que era un poco como una historia, por así decirlo, de transición y para crear los fundamentos de la historia. Tiene pinta de que será bastante épica la historia, pero lo que no me gusta es ese toque infantil que tiene. Ya estaba pensado que espero que crezcan y maduren y no se queden siempre con 13 años porque sino creo que no seguiré la saga. Además, relamente si la leo es por la nostalgia y para practicar mi ingles.
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497 reviews4 followers
April 11, 2019
Ahhhh it does feel nice to be reading these again... :3
Profile Image for Sther Weasley.
98 reviews
March 16, 2020
Realmente son como capitulitos, pero me encanta que me los pueda empezar y terminar en una noche. Me esta gustando mucho, espero que no decaiga 💜💪🏼
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372 reviews6 followers
January 11, 2022
I've always loved this series and it was such a good idea to start reading it again now!
Profile Image for Giselle.
34 reviews
June 15, 2024
Me hubiera gustado ver más a Yan Lin, pero bueno. ¡Genial esta parte! 🌟
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Profile Image for Anka.
1,109 reviews64 followers
October 26, 2024
Die französische Übersetzung hat mir super gefallen! Vor allem, weil ein paar Streits der Mädchen gestrichen wurden und die Zickereien zwischen Cornelia und Irma auf ein Minimum reduziert waren.
Profile Image for Selene.
63 reviews
December 21, 2021
Espero no ser a la única que le pasa que cuando se entusiasma por una cosa de repente siente la necesidad de que, en cierta medida, todo gire a su alrededor. Por favor, que me ha dado por ver los primeros capítulos de la serie animada que hicieron hace años de las "W.I.T.C.H". A este punto hemos llegado.
Además la novela gráfica es que es tan rápida de leer que te pones y en menos de una horita tienes leída una de las entregas. También creo que saben bien en qué momento finalizar para dejarlo bien arriba y quieras leer la siguiente parte.
Tengo un recuerdo super nítido de cuando era pequeña y leía esto, en uno de los primeros tomos todo se enredaba en muy pocas páginas y la red de mentiras y manipulación era como WOW. Al menos estoy segura de que hasta él, sea cual sea, llegaré. Estará orientado al público infantil, pero yo dentrísimo.

Una canción: W.I.T.C.H ~ Sabrina
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487 reviews3 followers
December 5, 2019
Relectura...

Éste segundo tomo: 3/5.
Seguimos conociendo a nuestra Witch, pero siento que las conversaciones, la forma de hablar, es muy forzada y no la identifico con unas chicas de 13 años.



*** Spoilers ***
[Resumen:
Elyon ha desaparecido desde la fiesta de Halloween, junto a toda su familia, pero se va apareciendo ante ellas instándolas a seguirla.
La abuela de Hay Lin las da el mapa de los 12 portales y muere.
Se abre el segundo portal en casa de Elyon y encuentran un libro.
Will salva a una ardilla y justo se encuentra con Matt, quien la da su móvil por si necesita consejos para cuidarla.
Irma usa sus poderes para ligar xD]
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