Talk:ダーリン (Darling)/@comment-2003:CD:13E1:F9E6:74F0:7F72:2EA3:5975-20190623065653/@comment-26239285-20190623222228

Japanese lesson for the day.

Yes, miru = see, mitai = [I] want to see. So mahou [wo] mitai na could legitimately mean "How I want to see magic!"

However, that's not the case here. There is a completely different word mitai meaning "seeming like", "resembling". It can follow a noun or verb, e.g., mahou = magic, mahou mitai = like magic.

This second mitai can be followed by na to make an adjectival clause "which is like ...". E.g., monogatari = story, mahou mitai na monogatari = "a story which is like magic", or in simpler terms, "a magical ... story", as the translation puts it.

Hope this clears it up.