Witch Watch

In ancient times, some witches married their familiars, who had taken human form, giving birth to a lineage of ogres. One such ogre is Morihito Otogi, who while appearing completely human, still retains the inhuman strength of his bloodline. Nico Wakatsuki is a young witch and Morihito's childhood friend, but as part of her education, she had to go to the Witches' Holy Land to train and part ways with Morihito.

Years later, just before Morihito's first year of high school, Nico returns home with one goal in mind: to claim him as her familiar. While most witches choose a cat or a bat, Nico has her heart set on Morihito in more ways than one. Although seemingly oblivious to her true feelings, Morihito and Nico end up living together under the same roof with both of Morihito's parents elsewhere. While reluctant at first, Morihito accepts his new role, determined to help Nico seamlessly fit back in with human society and protect her from fated disaster.

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Wakatsuki, Nico Main

Kawaguchi, Rina Japanese

Otogi, Morihito Main

Suzuki, Ryouta Japanese

Miyao, Nemu Supporting

Kusunoki, Tomori Japanese

Magami, Keigo Supporting

Ishikawa, Kaito Japanese

Kazamatsuri, Kanshi Supporting

Amasaki, Kouhei Japanese

Minami, Kara Supporting

Takahashi, Rie Japanese

Makuwa, Yuuri Supporting

Komatsu, Mikako Japanese

Kiryuu, Miharu Supporting

Wakai, Yuuki Japanese

Ureshino, Kukumi Supporting

Kohara, Konomi Japanese

Kiyomiya, Tenryuu Supporting

Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu Japanese

Aoi, Hiroyuki Producer

Maeda, Yoshiteru Producer

Uno, Yuunosuke Producer

Fujisawa, Yuusuke Producer

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Oct 5, 2025

kiyo_seibah

Recommended

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!!

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Oct 5, 2025

ZeroMajor12

Mixed Feelings

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. Because the anime took its genre too seriously, it started to feel like they wanted to ensure you laughed first, rather than moving the story along to reveal more intriguing details. As a result, it becomes a formulaic and stale sequence of watching each segment for the punchline to barely get a giggle out of me.

Issue 2: Trying too hard to be funny.
* As a continuation from my previous sentence, the anime seems to be too headstrong in delivering jokes, which are more obvious to see when the anime starts to use pop references or makes Kanshi act more as the straight man in almost every scenario they create. The comedy segments feel more like a gauntlet rather than pure moments of funny people, because the anime goes out of its way to make certain characters go off-character for certain jokes it wants to deliver. And anime, for its comedy, isn't generally known for being funny. Witch Watch technically recycles these tropes for jokes that barely landed and often fall flat, and you're left with your time being wasted because the show wants to take a shot at talking about YouTube or cancel culture like that.

Issue 3: Lack of polish
* This is what happens when an anime forgets to do character development or give more exposition to the story. As implied, the anime wants to take it slow and introduce characters through chaotic shenanigans. However, I would prefer if the anime had more lore and exposition than being shoved more dozens of jokes made by the author. There is a lack of focus centered around its magical story, and it feels more like a sideline they eventually have to do before chaos ensues. The thing is, I want to learn more about its magic sequences, and I want to learn more about the world. Plus, whenever there is magic involved, it only goes as far as "Yeah, I have cool magic, but they have really big drawbacks." and is usually used for laughter rather than in more serious situations. Whenever it gets serious, the magic for some reason doesn't have any flaws, which is a contradiction to what the anime formally wants to do.

Despite what I'm saying about Witch Watch. I do not think that Witch Watch is bad. It's more of a fun show that sticks to its formula and tries to do it very often without reinventing it. In short, it can get stale after a few episodes of just comedy, since the author struggles to create new development arcs after being satisfied with a couple of new character introductions and becoming complacent shortly after.

Thank you for reading.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Oct 5, 2025

FaeAura

Not Recommended

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 they wanted to go for and probably should've gone for but missed.

Characters? Like with the magic, they substitute character development with (un)funny bits. Nemu and Wolf being the ones with the most potential to be something outside from the primary duo and I'm not saying that because of the forced pivot of Nemu's crush onto Wolf. Nemu could've been a great romantic rival to get to push Nico to be more vocal about her crush towards Moi, didn't happen. Wolf's two personalities (poser and terror) could've had more than the slightest semblance of character development. But no they never really leave their templates. Same goes for Nico and Kansai as well, it's impressive how any pairing of characters are destined for disaster, with the exception of those including Moi, since he's the only competent character in this entire show. Shiki is more competent than the rest of the cast and he's a piece of paper for crying out loud.

Also why did they make the household just be crowded with familiars? Speaking of which Miharu wasn't even worth mentioning in characters that had potential, since he doesn't have any. He's just annoying an exists for the sake of it. The bloatage in the main cast is so apparent with 4 dudes in the same house with Nico with the frequent Nemu visits as well. Honestly, max should've been one other guy/girl in the house to keep the cast well... overseeable and allow for depth in the writing.

Romance? Entirely irrelevant in this show despite being part of the premise and the episodes that do explore it in any capacity lead to nothing. It's like everyone knows Nico is crushing on Moi, except the guy himself, and it's not even the classic annoying overly oblivious main character issue this time either, it makes sense for Moi as a character to be the way he is, but it never really gets tested either. It's just "oh he's so oblivious" and they basically do nothing to create... anything interesting between the two.

Now is this the animators' fault? No, the studio made a nice looking show out of this. I doubt the manga is better and I'm not going to find out, this was horribly boring despite my wishes for better. The best thing it has going for it is being sound for when I try to sleep.

I'm giving it a 5/10 overall because... while MAL says 5 is average, we all know 5 is bottom of the barrel, barely worth considering, 4-2 are garbage and 1 is the one rating when the viewer straight up just hated it outright. This here... Is never bad enough to hate, just boring. That being said it's probably fine as like a children's show, though it's probably an offense to any 6 yr old's intellect already..... maybe the 4 y/o's will love this kind of humour ...

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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