WITCH WATCH
a review by Benkei
a review by Benkei
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Story ════ ⋆★⋆ ════ The story covers Nico, a witch-in-training who's sent back to society to improve her magical skills and help people. She is accompanied by her familiar, Morihito, who comes from a lineage of powerful ogres. When a prophecy is discovered that says a calamity will befall Nico, Morihito is tasked with protecting her in her daily life.The story is okay. There are its moments, for sure, but every episode follows a single logic: Nico casts a spell to improve a situation, the spell backfires, and Morihito or someone else has to deal with the new problem and save the day. This can be something you'll enjoy, since the spells and outcomes are completely different each time, but I've seen friends complain that it gets repetitive.
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Art ════ ⋆★⋆ ════ The art is very unique and nice, which is especially important for something that mixes comedy and magic. Unlike a more realistic show such as Silent Witch, Witch Watch is 90% a comedy show, so it doesn't need a high "beauty factor"; its art is more about delivering the jokes effectively.
Character design is well done. Most of the characters in the main core are easy to spot. Of course, when we start going into characters that barely get screen time, you can see "Anime Male Guy A, B, C," but in general, it's well done. I also wanna take some time to point out how OP1 had incredible art. It had S-Tier animation.════ ⋆★⋆ ════
Characters ════ ⋆★⋆ ════ There are a small number of characters in this anime; the focus is mostly on Nico, Morihito, and a few other friends.There are some side additions that focus more on fitting a purpose, for example, a character that will ask Nico to help her with some situation.
Regarding the main character, Nico is a "love or hate" type. As I said, she repeats the same tropes over and over as she causes magical mishaps. So you're either going to enjoy her and find her funny/cute or just straight-up dumb and annoying.
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Soundtrack ════ ⋆★⋆ ════ The soundtrack is average. There's nothing too crazy nor too bad, to be honest. I don't remember that at any point of the anime—be it during comedy, a fight, or drama—I felt out of place because of the soundtrack, and that's about it. The OP/ED are okay, and I personally liked the second ending.
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Conclusion ════ ⋆★⋆ ════ If you're like me, you skip everything and read only the conclusion because you don't want to get spoiled with other themes. So I will try to be brief on this point:Try it.As I said before, I feel like this anime is either a love or hate. Can the comedy tropes be repetitive? Yes. Does it take away the comedy factor? I don't think so. I personally think I will be watching Season 2, whenever that comes out, mostly because this anime fits a genre that for me is like "Turn off your brain, watch, relax and laugh."
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