Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo (Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches)

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Synonyms: Yamada-kun to Nananin no Majo, 7 Witches, Maou no Kyoushitsu, The Devil's Classroom

Japanese: 山田くんと7人の魔女

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 28

Chapters: 246

Status: Finished

Published: Feb 22, 2012 to Feb 22, 2017

Genres: Comedy, Mystery, Romance, Supernatural

Themes: Harem, School

Demographic: Shounen

Serialization: Shounen Magazine (Weekly)

Authors: Yoshikawa, Miki (Story & Art)

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Score: 8.03¹ (scored by 55,675 users)

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Ranked: #712²

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Popularity: #112

Members: 121,014

Favorites: 5,275

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MangaShounen Magazine (Weekly)Yoshikawa, Miki (Story & Art)

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A junior at Suzaku High, Ryuu Yamada is infamous for being a hardliner and a delinquent. One day, after being reprimanded for his poor performance and attitude toward school, he spots Urara Shiraishi, the grade's top student. As Shiraishi is walking up the stairs, Yamada attempts to provoke her, only to trip and fall, taking her down with him.

Eventually, he wakes up in the infirmary. To his surprise, he discovers that he is not in his own body. It turns out that he swapped bodies with Shiraishi, and upon confronting her, he finds out that the catalyst for the swap was an accidental kiss during the fall. With the knowledge of this new ability, Yamada's eventful high school life has just begun!

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Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo was published in English as Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches by Kodansha Comics USA from March 31, 2015 to January 24, 2023, and was simulpub by Crunchyroll since January 8, 2014. The series has also been published in Italian by Star Comics since March 22, 2014.

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Shiraishi, Urara

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Yamada, Ryuu

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Odagiri, Nene

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Miyamura, Toranosuke

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Itou, Miyabi

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Tamaki, Shinichi

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Shinagawa, Daichi

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Takigawa, Noa

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Miyamura, Leona

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Sarushima, Maria

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Mar 25, 2017

aznjeromeo

Recommended

"Yamada-kun and the seven witches" was one of the first mangas I ever read back in the day, and because of it, I was mostly up to date and waiting for chapters weekly just became a chore along the way. Three to four years have passed since then and I recently found out that it was finished. Out of a recommendation from a friend I decided to pick it up again from the start and finish it until the end.

All I can say about this manga is that it really understands how high school stories should be done. When I was first reading it, ...

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Dec 8, 2017

gothgf-rip

Mixed Feelings

I'm not overly fond of shonen harem series, but they can be tolerable, and shonen stuff is typically better when helmed by a female author. "Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo" is a fairly enjoyable shonen series, although it's by no means perfect. There are a few big plot holes that get waved over in the final rush to clear up all the mysteries, and the series loses focus past the first arc(s) by creating unnecessarily convoluted melodrama while retaining predictable outcomes.

That said, I did enjoy the series. The art was reasonably well done, and the characters were lots of fun (particularly Urara and Miyamura), although ... plenty of them are either totally dropped from the plot or are reduced to one-dimensionality. Although readers who stretch this manga out over a very extended period of time are less likely to notice this, anyone who reads it quickly will be sure to see these flaws.

I wasn't particularly interested in solving the "mystery" of the supernatural elements of the series. They're fun without question, but were better served as an excuse for character interactions, especially early on. The development between total opposites Urara and Yamada was especially good because of this, but once things settle into full-on Harem mode after the initial arc it kind of gets dull.

One thing that I considered a bit weak was the ecchi. I'm never much of an ecchi fan (preferring actual erotic, sexual, and romantic content as opposed to fan service), but I was hopeful that the series would strike a better balance than it ended up doing. In the initial arc there are moments of great chemistry between Yamada and Urara, and lots of genuinely erotic moments that come up naturally over the course of their relationship. Unlike many shonen female leads, Urara is 100% in control of her sexuality and when this is displayed fully the series strikes gold. Considering there are both shonen and shojo series that handle sexual relationships in a much more natural and realistic way I don't think that my criticisms are asking too much. Sacrificing romance and healthy sexuality in favour of fan service is always disastrous to the narrative, and "Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo" definitely lacks both romantic and sexual payoff despite all the erotic buildup (largely in the first arc, and occasionally past that).

My final complaint has to do with the ending. I absolutely hate the style of ending used in "Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo." Not because it failed to give me what I wanted (aside from some nitpicks surrounding secondary characters and certain details it was satisfactory plot-wise), but because there's a time skip, and structurally it took me out of the moment. The ending is pretty common to shonen mangas however, so if you aren't the type that minds these things then be at ease. Overall the manga is quite strong, and I recommend it to people who are into shonen manga and like romance, but don't want it to be the most dominant or sole element of the storytelling. If, however, you're coming in looking for a romance with other concerns and narrative diversions then "Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo" might be of slightly less appeal.

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Jan 5, 2022

catalyst33

Not Recommended

Funny

Holy shit Did I love the OG anime. But I wasn't reading manga at the time.

Recently I got into manga and came back to finish Yamada Kun and the 7 Witches.

I enjoyed it for what it was. Nice enough plot, a bit too much harem protagonist trope for our boy yamada. Somewhat no character development. I enjoyed it for what it Was and got ready to write a 8.5/10 review.

But then. Volume 28. From an almost solid 9 (dropped to 8.5 due to dragging on) to 3. HOW? How could this happen?

Well I can't go into details without giving spoilers. But just imagine ...

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