"Fun, if slight series featuring Egawa's best nonsense" by Mark Carson (USA) on Nov 6, 2003

Honmaru Edojo is smitten by new student Iyona Kawai, but is constantly bullied by Jabao Jaba. Then, quite by accident, he summons the magician Talulu (Taruruuto-kun), a little kid with a strange hat and a taste for mischief. Even though Talulu's not that good a magician yet, he decides to help Honmaru get strong and beat up the bullies. Of course, he usually ends up doing more harm than good.

While a fairly light read (directed toward children, unlike Egawa's other series), and a bit repetitious, it's still enjoyable enough. For once, none of the characters are especially annoying; in particular, the terminally nice Iyona is *not* terminally stupid. One word of advice/warning: while a children's series, it does features a lot of typical "improper" Egawa humor.

The Tonkam edition is well-done, by and large. It does seem to be directed toward the younger crowd as well, though - e.g., all the wacky names of the magical items are redone in (wacky) French.