Audience reviews
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MarimoKuwata
Well, just as I thought... TRASH!
This might be one of the worst anime I've ever seen in my ENTIRE life.
I know for a fact that this kind of slice-of-life with a touch of romance between the main characters is not my cup of tea, but I gave it a try because of the "the witching hour" badge. I was actually hoping to see some magic, or at least some DEVELOPMENT, but I didn't get any of it. The characters are completely forgettable (and also SO generic-looking); the main character is completely annoying, and her love interest is just a knock-off, bootleg version of every strong male character who is supposed to be the group's hero. And the whole story itself is just so boring, annoying, not interesting in ANY way. It is so painful to watch that I actually fell asleep in some episodes.
Ther…
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i do not like the anime of witchwatch
firstly, the art is horrible. not that its horrible itself, but that it totally screwed up the manga's artstyle. it looks so bland and average, they could've done it more justice. especially morihito!
secondly, the pacing is terrible. this show is so slow, especially in the second half. each episode feels long and uninteresting, i'm literally fighting demons to stay focused. the manga solves this problem, since you can control your reading speed. i believe slice of life and comedy media like this are usually better when consumed through manga, and this is especially the case for witchwatch.
if you're new to romance/comedy anime, you might not mind this. after all, it's (mostly) very light-hearted and wholesome, and nico and morihito make a nice main…
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Hey everyone!
I actually have a personal anime evaluation sheet that I use to score every series I watch. For a category to earn a point, it has to meet at least 3 out of 5 criteria, so it's a bit strict 😅. On the bright side, it helps me consider almost every aspect of a show and give it the score I think it deserves... or at least that's the idea 🗿🤝
According to that system, Witch Watch ended up with a 5/10.
The characters were definitely the strongest part for me. They had great chemistry, were fun to watch, and carried most of the entertainment value of the series. I genuinely enjoyed spending time with the cast.👍
That said, the story never really grabbed me. It wasn't bad, but I rarely felt invested in where things were going, and a lot of the episodes felt more enjoyable in t…
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Witch Watch is a comedy series of an acquired taste, as is the case of all comedies adapted from gag manga. It is a series with many, many flashes of comedic brilliance, delving into metatextual and trope-centric knowledge to such an intense degree that my laughter was balanced in equal part by my sheer amazement at the scope and scale of the set-ups and punchlines. Kenta Shinohara has proven to be an author on-par with Aka Akasaka in regards to his ability to accurately read societal shifts and parody them to an almost uncomfortable degree. That said, it is also extremely wide-ranging in its style of humor, with a large portion being devoted to gags that are intentionally cringe, a subgenre that I actively avoid for personal preferences, and while I adored the main cast and the surprising…
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Witch Watch is obviously at it's best when it can default to it's primary theme, which is more of the comedic, supernatural and rom-com elements of the show. When it's about weird side effects of Nico's clumsy magic spells, Kanshi struggling to hold jobs due to his flaky and lazy nature, or even Uron Mirage, the show shines. Because that's what the entire manga was created for in the first place.
Nothing's too serious, everything's more laid back, and that's kind of apparent in every setting of the show. "Like erm actually, why is Nico not in a special magic school?" "Erm, her bodyguards are really lax and she's always in potential danger because of it" Who the hell are we kidding? This show doesn't really care about that--it's about a show where Nico and her magical antics has fun with…
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Well it took me some time to catch up with this anime from past season. Reason is I was worried that it would not land exacly well. And land it did not.
Ofc the worst idea would be trying to binge it, so I’m glad I planned to stretch the watchtime across several days, but it still didn’t help with overwhelming boredom for 80% of the watchtime. Decision to make it a 25 ep anime was the thing I feared the most during the first batch and it did not work well for the series. The jokes weren’t landing as good as in the first couple of ep’s, cast wasn’t as appealing as it could’ve been, plotline had nothing of interest to offer.
I am aware that it is a slice of life comedy, thus by plot I mean the overall short stories and how each of them presented different view on characters and placed the…
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Witch Watch's Magical Debut is like watching a magic trick when you know how it's done. It's still impressive, but the magic just isn't there and you focus more on what the magician is doing well.
Synopsis - Childhood friends meet again as Nico, the with comes in Morihito's, a descendent of ogres, life and it's discovered that he is her familiar, and it's his job to protect her as it's slowly revealed what Nico's true power is, assuming they can make it thru all the magical hijinks and the chaos her magic causes.
Story - This is a slice of school life romcom, with Nico's magic usually being the added spice that takes a simple solution and makes it worse. This review is from someone who read the manga, dropped it, and then picked it back up because I was shocked it was still going. It is…
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Witch Watch is a lighthearted supernatural comedy built around chaotic magic and exaggerated humor. The premise is simple and playful. It is about a young witch returns from her magical training and moves in with her childhood friend, who also happens to be an ogre tasked with protecting her. What follows is a series of unpredictable magical mishaps, eccentric characters, and absurd situations that rarely go the way anyone expects. Yet beneath its energetic comedy lies a surprisingly warm story about friendship, trust, and the strange comfort of everyday life. The story centers on Nico Wakatsuki, an enthusiastic but often clumsy witch who has just completed her magical training. She moves in with Morihito Otogi, her serious and disciplined childhood friend who comes from an ogre lineage. B…
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Story development is decent in the first half, but goes slow in the second half where it shows more comedy. In the slice of life comedic theme, there are heart touching moments that actually made me cry. Style is similar to classic 2000s anime such as doraemon. which brings the cute comedic style of the anime. The comedy is certainly not for everyone, some of it even feels forced, and its even harder to understand if one watches this without knowing at least some japanese culture and language which is essential for the joke to go through.
An enjoyable comedic watch with some unexpectedly highly emotional moments.
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It may be the case that Witch Watch suffers from a ‘watcher expectation problem’. If you try to get into it thinking this is a rom-com because of the art, like you’ve come to expect from a fellow Jump series like ‘Nisekoi’, then you’re probably not going to enjoy it very much. The root of the problem is… Witch Watch is not ‘BokuBen’ or ‘Ichigo 100%’. Witch Watch is closer to an urban fantasy ‘Gintama’ (although I’m not sure I want to make that comparison, since I haven’t really watched it yet).
What I mean by ‘watcher expectation problem’ is that Witch Watch is not mainly a romance manga. And I don’t say that just because there aren’t enough girls, but because the main focus isn’t the story itself or the development of the characters within it. This is a gag manga. And if you treat it lik…
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Ever since Saiki K., I've been looking for a HILARIOUS anime that could warm the soul and I must say "Witch Watch" exactly does that!
I love its premise being about a witch that wants to live the human life and his ogre roommate that became his bodyguard too. At first, I was a bit skeptical that the lore was going to be about the two of those alone, which made me worried it was going to be boring. Its first few episodes also gave me the impression that it wasn't going to center too much on comedy, but romance. As time went by though and more characters came into the picture, I realized that it was more on the light-hearted side and that it shows their own respective stories.
Personally, I find its content funny! It also gets cringy and embarrassing, which adds more to its charm. The on…
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Pfew. Finally. Unfortunately, this show can't be measured by normal standards, because the plot contrivances are supposed to occur, to make the scenes "funny". Basically, its the kind of anime that you'll like if you enjoy slice-of-life slapstick comedy. Not good comedy, but that kind of thing.
Some of the visuals look amazing. Some animation is good. The colour palette is decent enough. The cinematography is meh. And thats all there is to say about this anime. You need to watch 1-3 episodes and you'll know if you are ok with it or not. There's no character development, no plot, nothing to guide you, sorry.
So, you either say "ok, this is boring/annoying" or you'll laugh you ass off.
It gets a rating of pure 5, mixed feelings. The most mid thing. Something to see and to forget about it. An…
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bro listen… Witch Watch got less rizz than a baby gronk trying to rizz up livvy dunne with a juice box 💀 the story ain’t unique at all — just your basic “witch messes up spells, ogre cleans up the mess” loop on repeat. predictable from episode one, like you could skibidi toilet your way through it blindfolded and still know what happens next. not even the goofy humour could save it, cuh.
the art style tries to be cute and light, but it ends up looking like a half-finished ohio doodle. sure, it’s bright, but it doesn’t fit the tone — when things are supposed to feel magical or serious, it still looks like a saturday morning cartoon that forgot the shading.
the characters? oh bruv, they got no depth. Nico’s just “clumsy witch with too much energy” and Morihito’s “grumpy protector with zer…
Read at the sourceFaeAura
Quite frankly, not worth my time. I watched the entire thing because it was so devoid of entertainment it helped me fall asleep, most of the time I'm asleep before the episode ever finished.
Premise seemed cool, was hoping for cute silly romcom stuff but honestly the show treats Nico's crush on Moi like a bad joke.
Not that it didn't have potential, I think there was so much that could've been done with this show:
Magic? Instead of going the route that most children shows go that magic shouldn't be a shortcut to real development, this one just throws arbitrary restrictions into the spells to make "funny" gags happen, rather than genuinely backfiring with a "careful what you wish for" kind of twist. Not that every show that uses magic should be like this, but this is what it feels like t…
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Simply one of the most tedious and forced anime I've seen in a long time.
Forced "humor," absurdly awful and unfunny jokes, even slapstick comedy manages to feel more natural. The characters have stereotypical, unique, and unchanging personalities, which gets tiresome even before the halfway point of the season—which, by the way, was longer than it should have been. There's no attempt at development, extra layers, or meaningful emotional conflicts: each character is stuck in an exaggerated pattern from beginning to end, as if the show simply wanted to repeat formulas. In the end, everything feels artificial and predictable, taking away not only the overall impact, but even the humor.
Another point that ruins everything is that the idea of putting an anime within another anime in some e…
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The team at Bibury is back with another comedy series, fresh from the kitchen.
I think the show is good at building up a solid repertoire. It's technically centered around Nico and her familiar Morihito but they not only gather more familiars like Kanshi and Miharu but they also have fun recurring side characters like the student council president and the mangaka duo.
While there are some infamous absolute stinker segments (like anything to do with Uron Mirage or the jeans segment), even then I found a couple of chuckle-worthy jokes, I don't think there's one segment where there's absolutely NOTHING of value in them, even when they're mostly a drag.
Bibury does a good job at bringing Nico's spells to life, they can build romantic moments, they went all out for the Uron Mirage section (a…
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A really entertaining and enjoyable to watch!
Premise was interesting and executed very well. For the whole 25 episode they delivered the comedy well with most of the punchline hit the spot. Romance was subtle but still giving more spice to the story. Love the friendship too. But yes the comedy in this one is top tier and they also like to reference other anime manga so it's doubled the fun.
Oh and also reminds me of saiki k too actually in terms of absurd comedy and the magic/superpower on it.
Production wise also good, with great graphic and decent scoring. They also went creative with opening of one of the eps too.
Definitely recommend if u're looking for a light comedy anime with a dash of romance and not heavy drama!!
Read at the sourceBonjourMichy
Witch Watch is an anime for people who like good vibes with some tension here and there.
Nico wishes to grow into a witch who can help people, but there's a lingering sense of danger she needs protection from. However, this is a plot line that doesn't get as much attention as the light-hearted episodes wherein characters end up in unserious situations (mostly through Nico's magic). If you're into plot-driven anime, this might not be the anime for you. It's much more suited for people who like a bit of slice of life with some occasional action.
The characters are good. They have moments of depth and each brings a different type of energy to the main group. They also each have their flaws and quirks that occasionally get used for funny moments but the humor fell flat at times, so I liked…
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If you want another round of comedy with some over-the-top humor or have dedicated episodes of casts being goofy throughout the whole series, take a shot at watching Witch Watch. Other than that, this entire review will focus on the demerits of watching Witch Watch, as those little issues gradually started to become a pet peeve with each subsequent episode.
Issue 1: All that glitters is not gold.
* This is an odd issue I had with Witch Watch, because it was supposed to be a comedy anime first and foremost. However, the anime seemed to stagnate after a couple of moments of development. This became more apparent when the second cour came along, with more episodes being more focused on comedic gags rather than trying to build its story while simultaneously creating humor along the way. Becau…
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To be honest, Witch Watch is a strange anime to begin with since some of the stakes are not that satisfying enough for the audience on what I’ve been experiencing ever since half of the show has been released. It’s really quite sad on how the show has been developed to a great to a tiny bit of misunderstanding once you know where this is going when you surpass the second cour but to be fair, it’s definitely an underrated gem for sure on what I’ve truly blessed and how considerate about the narrative that really gives that unique feeling that has genuine charm towards it characters and stories to tell but how does it go deep? here’s my take:
The story starts on a boy named Morihito Otogi, who is an ogre that is independent and calm person that has a strong sense of heart to the people who…
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