ANIME REVIEW: Witch Craft Works

Synopsis:   Takamiya Honoka is a regular student whose only problem seems to be that he sits next to Kagari Ayaka, the school's #...

Synopsis: Takamiya Honoka is a regular student whose only problem seems to be that he sits next to Kagari Ayaka, the school's #1 beauty. They have never spoken to each other before and any small interaction between them immediately results in her fanclub beating him. Yet when a falling part of the school's building is about to send him to the afterlife, it's Kagari that comes to his rescue. Only... she's dressed as a witch, carrying him in her arms and floating on a broom?! Kagari tells him it is her mission to protect him and that now she can finally protect him openly rather than undercover.

My Rating: 4 of 5 stars


Title: Witch Craft Works

Episodes: 12
Genre(s): Action, Fantasy, Magic, Supernatural, Seinen
Air Date: January 5, 2014—March 23, 2014
Producers: J.C.Staff, Bandai Visual, Lantis, Kondansha, Movic
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I just posted this review on my tumblr. It's a review I meant to do weeks and weeks and weeks ago, as I started and finished the anime in January. However, I got busy with school. But! Here is my first anime review for my new blog! Enjoy~



So when I started this anime, everywhere I was reading it was saying it was a harem anime. I don't mind harem anime, I just have watched too much recently to want to see one again. I need a break from them. However, I can tell you - this definitely is not a harem anime. Despite there only being one main male protagonist, the entire anime isn't focused around the sexual appeal of the female characters in the show.




I liked this show mainly because the male protagonist, Takamiya, was weak, an aspect that I don't always see in too many shows. Not only hat, but what made it slightly better was the fact that Honoka seems to have had a large sum of power and was very powerful, but certain events led him to lose his memory and now he has no clue what he's doing. He doesn't remember his powers, he doesn't remember a thing. And he's being protected by a badass female fire witch named Ayaka - who has also, mysteriously enough, had her memory taken away from her. But she does remember one thing: She needs to protect Honoka.




This leads to a lot of crazy, hilarious events to take place throughout the anime. While the show plotline is meant to be serious - as Honoka losing his memory seems to be quite the serious thing, and every witch within the city wants the power within him to be awakened for their own uses - it comes off as funny and lighthearted, with a slight undertone of serious. I think that's one thing I enjoyed about it the most. It was serious. But it wasn't, at the same time.




The witches in the show are split into two groups: the Workshop Witches and the Tower Witches. One group is meant to be bad, and the other good, but there's really no solid line between the two. Neither is black and white. Every witch is a shade of gray - because their stories, histories, and goals all intermingle with each other, and the "bad" witches end up helping the "good" witches many times; and vice versa. It makes for a lot of interesting plot twists and confusion. There was always something new happening in this show.




There were times where, I think, it went overboard with the humor. As if it were trying too hard to be funny. It was just ridiculous at some points. But all the same, it was enjoyable and made me laugh. And the plotline was actually very, very intriguing. Plus it was a bit nice to see a male protagonist that was under-powered for once, and for a female character who is just plain awesome, and for the male character to grow stronger. Unfortunately, he didn't grow much stronger. Some of his powers were released in the show, and towards the end it seemed as though he was starting to get stronger and learn more....which made me sad, because it was about the last two episodes when really cool stuff concerning his power started to happen. But then the series ended! I'm really hoping for a second season of this....at some point. Because I want to learn more! There are so many unsolved mysteries.




Also, the animation was really great, in my opinion. Especially the fighting. And Ayaka's fire! Whoever put this animation together, whoever drew all this...they really did an amazing job, and props to them.




Overall, I recommend Witch Craft Works to viewers and I think it was a fun anime to watch. Also - I promise you, despite what anyone else may say - it's not a harem. Yeah there's only, like, two male characters - and yeah there are a lot of female characters (Chronoire Schwarz VI was my favorite) - but it was still a freaking awesome anime, and not a harem in any aspect.

Just your typical neighborhood crazy cat lady who dresses her cats in bow ties, obsesses over fictional characters, and runs off energy drinks.

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