The people around Oscar can’t figure out the strange woman their prince brought home one day. She looks young and unassuming, and while she is a rare spirit sorcerer, it doesn’t explain her talents with the blade or why Oscar seems so fond of her.
But while some are jealous of Tinasha because of Oscar’s affections, others sense an opportunity to take him down.
Too bad they don’t know you shouldn’t mess with the Witch of the Azure Moon — that’s Oscar’s job!
Yes, Oscar enjoys watching Tinasha’s reactions, and he’d still like to marry her. But Tinasha keeps refusing. It’s clear from her expressions and inner thoughts Tinasha is reluctant to love anyone due to her long lifespan, which adds a lot of poignant meaning to her tsundere-like responses to Oscar’s teasing and proposals.
Of course, the fact Oscar is unable to have children is kept secret, and the fact a witch is at the castle would be bound to cause issues if Tinasha’s identity were revealed. So while to most, Tinasha is a normal but someone enigmatic young mage, she can’t help but catch people’s attention with her talents.
…Good and bad attention, of course. Not to mention there are those who are targeting Oscar, and while Tinasha sometimes finds Oscar’s attention toward her exasperating, she’s just as exasperated — perhaps even moreso — over Oscar’s confidence and recklessness. In Unnamed Memory volume 2, the trouble starts when Oscar ingests an aphrodisiac. It’s not a life-threatening situation or anything, but the incident ties back to the mysterious mage from the festival incident in the first volume.
For now, based on word from her familiar, Tinasha heads to a mysterious lake. Oscar wants to go with her, and as much as Tinasha would like to force him to stay in Farsas, she relents to him accompanying her along with a small team. It doesn’t take long to figure out what the commotion is all about, and while Tinasha wants to protect her contractor, her contractor doesn’t want to just be protected. His actions may be part romantic and part foolish considering her strength and his position, but still, there is something to be said about his straightforward approach. Tinasha also realizes he could put more pressure on her (like challenging her to a swordsfight with her hand on the line), and there is a short bonus story touching on this very topic.
Art-wise, I’m still not feeling Oscar’s design, as he somehow looks both too old and too young. I keep getting distracted by some awkward expressions on Oscar’s face. In fact, Koshimizu just seems better at drawing women than men, and the difference can be stark with all the scenes of Tinasha and Oscar together.
So although the story is getting deeper into its magical mysteries and battles with the arrival of skeleton ghosts, Unnamed Memory has characters still very much in the getting-to-know-you stage. Not just Oscar and Tinasha, but people like knight Als, who is trying to figure out Tinasha’s background and Meredina, a swordswoman dealing with her insecurity now that Tinasha has appeared. But with the ending of volume 2, Unnamed Memory provides a preview of the cool fights yet to come.