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I'm surprised I was able to get through it, but in retrospect, perhaps I shouldn't be. Most of the language is very conversational and casual, with the only real sticking point being some of the characters' thick accents (I didn't bother trying to translate dad's speech, given the joke seems to be that he's unintelligible). Storywise the mix of familiar and magical, young (Chinatsu) and more adult (everybody else) works very well for easing you into things. Watching the anime first helps a lot, of course, but it's a pretty easy read for a reading beginner.
/edit update: this series gets a lot more difficult the more volumes in you get, I think, probably rising at least to a Natively 22-24 from around vol 4 or 5 onwards as Makoto starts venturing out into more of the magical world.