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Jul 4, 2:41 PM

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Half an episode of some jerk bullying the "powerful witch" and then it all ends up being yet another school anime. eww
Jul 4, 3:33 PM
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It looks like it's going to be a fun anime.

There's been nothing pretentious so far and it looks like it's going to be fun at the very least.
Jul 4, 3:40 PM
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looking forward to seeing more i think this has potential
Jul 4, 3:42 PM
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So basically Bocchi the Witch in a magic academy setting?
Jul 4, 3:58 PM
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Really good animations, the FMC is absolutly funny. Her reactions are godlike and I laughed a lot to many of her expression
Jul 4, 4:19 PM

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Wowza. Looks great, sounds great, including the piggy song. Amusing main character and story set-up. I guess she's just super-powerful for no particular reason, but as long as the story is great I can look the other way.

I have high hopes.
Jul 4, 4:20 PM

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I like this one, this one is great. The idea of someone being so shy that they will make the impossible possible instead of confronting their social anxiety is hilarious. And my gosh, what a gorgeous OP.
Jul 4, 5:02 PM
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I'm kinda mad at Louis, both for fobbing off the job the king assigned to him onto Monica (without even giving her a choice, even though they're supposedly equal rank from the sounds of it), and especially for setting up a cover story where she'll get bullied all the time, even if she knows it's just an act. She's already shy, this could make it worse.

Though having said that, "bullied servant girl" is a pretty good cover for someone shy.

She has a perfect blend of badass and "must protecc".
Jul 4, 5:53 PM
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Ah yes, Bocchi the Witch, also known as that one time a sage had too much social anxiety she decided to master chantless magic. This fantasy series will play off the comedy aspect in the interactions and the action aspect in the animation with how well drawn both the background art and the spells are. I already like some of the characters shown as well and the premise gives me more or less an idea of how it might playout but I'm more so looking forward to the presentation.
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Jul 4, 6:01 PM

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she can do exponentials in her head? whew, girl's got a brain from hell under that foofy messed up hair. :O

i think i'm gonna like this one. :D
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Jul 4, 6:01 PM

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I think I'm going to really enjoy this one. Monica is adorable and badass in equal measure and in looking forward to how the dynamic between Monica and the Noble's daughter she'll be "serving," Isabelle, plays out.

Isabelle testing her "villain voice/laugh" was hilarious, and she promises Monica shell bully her relentlessly, even though she obviously hero-worships Monica in reality. With Monica being straight up terrified of social interaction, it'll be interesting to see their dynamic for sure.

Also the wind spirit saying "I want to try a revolutionary landing approach" was the funniest thing I've heard in a while. Haha I'm really looking forward to the next episode!
Jul 4, 6:47 PM
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I have a really good feeling about this one
Jul 4, 7:16 PM
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I think she look likes bocchi
Jul 4, 7:25 PM
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Excellent beginning episode!

Monica of the Seven Sages' recipe is cuteness mixed with shyness... we all won an amazing character!
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Jul 4, 7:27 PM
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Can’t believe my daughter’s finally animated! Waited on this day for so long. People are gonna fall in love with Monica for sure. I’m so excited for more people to become fans of this series.

Our girl just wanted to life in peace in the countryside, absorbed in her books and here go Louis dragging her into a royal protection assignment 😂 This was a very good introduction episode for newcomers that established Monica’s personality, gave you an idea of how magic works in this world and set the tone for just how powerful Monica is.

The title of “silent witch” tends to confuse people into thinking Monica doesn’t talk, but it’s just her incantations are silent. This is cool because it shows how peoples’ personalities directly impact their magic in this world. So in Monica’s case, she’s extremely shy and socially awkward, but she’s also a very strong and determined person and that reflects in the type of magic she casts.

The dragon scene at the end really summed everything up well. They did that scene justice and the haunting OST was a perfect compliment to the scene. When Monica gets lost in casting her spells, it’s a thing of beauty. She’s most comfortable and at peace when she’s using her magic!

Overall, great premiere, Louis is so funny, love how he and Monica get along in the anime, Monica’s faces were killing me all episode and I think people will have began to fall in love with her already.
@Marinate1016 Monica the Mage is fantastic!
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Jul 4, 7:59 PM

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At the end, before the outro, does she really do that? or is it just a lie that was created to make a good story for normal people? XD
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Jul 4, 8:08 PM

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This looks like it could have some potential. The soundtrack seemed strong and some of the art looks promising. There's a lot of groundwork being laid out already in terms of the world-building, but as a first episode, it wasn't the best watch. Having half of the first episode being characters sat around a table in conversation is certainly a choice when you know a lot of viewers are just checking out shows initially. But hey, I'm sticking around.
Jul 4, 8:21 PM

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At the end, before the outro, does she really do that? or is it just a lie that was created to make a good story for normal people? XD
@YudiYusantoS she really did cast spells without uttering incantations.
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Jul 4, 8:28 PM

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@YudiYusantoS she really did cast spells without uttering incantations.
@patkarunungan She's really powerful then XD
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Jul 4, 8:29 PM

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THAT WAS AMAZING. Absolutely Beautiful!. And the opening was fantastic!

Bocchi the Mage! Idk why this feels like Majo no Tabitabi so bad.
One of the strongest mage in the world is tasked with a secret mission of guarding a prince, but she's suffering from crippling social anxiety.
And what's more is that the daughter of a noble she saved will be helping her with it, as her Ojou-sama! And she'll get bullied (lol) in return.

I really love the set up, the comedy, and the visuals are just beautiful, the characters are already likeable.

The gap between the shy Monica and her as the Silent Witch is CRAZY.
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Jul 4, 8:42 PM
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😭😭 Aaaahhh, it's going to be an honor to start this series with you! I’ve been waiting for so long!!



Jul 4, 9:22 PM
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She only mentioned slaying one dragon, and he countered that he slayed 10 in the past 3 months. But then they quietly reveal she basically farmed dragons for a day and had like 30 in an instant.
Jul 4, 9:51 PM

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This was fine for a 1st episode.
Kinda funny to see a suer op witch who is super shy and basically can't talk to anyone.
A quiet achiever as one would say.
Jul 4, 10:08 PM
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You know the anime boutta have generational animation when you see 2d dragons

Looking like a more consistent Wistoria
Jul 4, 10:16 PM

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Man, I loved Monica's expressions lol I also liked Isabelle a lot, this anime looks really promising from this first ep!

Imouto suki

Tsundere-Chuuni-Imoutos save me...

Jul 4, 10:51 PM
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Man, this looks like it's going to be a really fun watch
Jul 4, 11:51 PM

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I was definitely hooked by the idea of someone being so introverted that they challenged the idea that humans can only manipulate mana through chanting as one way of resolving their social anxiety. Anything but talk to others haha, but I wonder if opening up could ever weaken her powerful ability.

I’m also really interested in the potential politics of this world, especially because of the introduction of political camps (first prince & second prince), so I hope we get to see more of that too.

And of course I’d love to see more of Nero.
Jul 5, 1:42 AM
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Top tier anime in the making if every episode comes out with this quality
Jul 5, 2:32 AM

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I already love Monica. These facial expressions😭😭

That piggie count montage was so random tho lol..

Girl can't speak so he does incantation less magic. Most logical and simple way to make someone overpowered lol. I dog this. Saw she is called Bocchi the Witch, nah😭😭...

For the first episode it wasn't much and tbh kinda boring for most part. Setup and lore dumping. She got bullied into this work and poor girl can't resist. Small action that were shown looked good so far. It's a school anime idk if it's romance tho going kinda blind but still experiencing good things..
Jul 5, 3:21 AM
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The first episode was really lovely—the visuals, audio, and the lines were all great. I especially enjoyed the moment when the red-haired guy mocked her in a sarcastic way—it cracked me up!

I really liked this frame; I feel like it represents me perfectly whenever I get a task I don’t want to do.

Jul 5, 3:31 AM

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Dededededemoo (๑﹏๑)

This is honestly a good start. Didn't beat around the bush and gave us everything we need to know for the beginning.

+1 For that amazing DRAGON
+1 For monica noises
+1 For the book scene
+1 For counting piggies
+1 For Ohohoho
+1 For the delicious rain of magic scene.
+1 For the feel good opening
+1 For this :

Jul 5, 3:34 AM
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Holy sh*t!! Who's Studio Gokumi again!? I thought this was made by Wit for a sec!!!!! Fantastic quality for 1st EP!!!!

I've heard ppl calling this "Bocchi the Witch", and now I know why.... I sensed strong Bocchi x Kita relationship between the 2 alright... wwwwww

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Holy sh*t!!! Just read the porto of Studio Gokumi... They're the one behind Yuusha de Aru series... Now I see where the high quality came from...
I know that producers doesn't do much in term of anime quality most of the time, but Cygames is also in it as well... Yo WTF!!!! wwwwww
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Jul 5, 4:28 AM

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YEAP

GREAT ANIME

ALREADY LOVING IT...
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Jul 5, 6:02 AM
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I understand that the heavy exposition of the first half of the episode was necesary and i'm glad that we took that out of the way this soon. Also that was well compensated by the epicness of the second half. So this was a pretty good start. I'm loving Monica's quirkiness already
Jul 5, 6:11 AM

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This has some really good production values and the first episode was pretty fun. It is a very promising start and I'll probably not need to see three episodes to decide if it's worth adding to this seasons watchlist.
Jul 5, 6:27 AM
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i knew nothing of this anime before watching episode 1.
episode 1 was BY FAR the best first episode of any show ive seen in a WHILE.
im looking forward to watching more
Jul 5, 6:30 AM
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I think this one should be pretty funny, despite fighting dragons and such, but then, yet again, the mc is a shy, insecure, self doubting indiviual.. it almost the norm in anime nowaday lol... but I guess that add to the fun factors? now, that's see what all sort of funny stuff would happen now she has to secretly safeguard the 2nd prince.
Jul 5, 6:35 AM
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Very nice art. This was surprisingly good. See I like this type of overpowered character better, they know they are but just don't like all the attention and try to keep a low profile, for whatever reason, in her case being shy. I like the wife doctor, maybe she can get her to eat better. I just hope the plot with the prince doesn't suck.

Oh just noticed Cygames, enough said this should be great.
Jul 5, 6:39 AM
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Here be dragons pigs...
(I wonder how this anime will be received in the Middle East, with Witchy the Bocch doing forbidden swine magic?)
Jul 5, 7:02 AM

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See the first eps because the animation is really good , open MAL to check the studio animation.... Gokumi?? Didnt expect this kind of animation comes from a studio that always make sol type anime , the last anime that i watch from this studio is yumemiru danshi and the animation is not that good, eventhough people say Cygames is engaged in the production but still never expect gokumi could make an animation with such quality , i hope the quality still remain until the end, really like this bocchi the mage xd
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Jul 5, 7:02 AM
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Dunno why, but the mc really pissed me off. Its very very annoying. Even I have social anxiety, LOVE isolation and speak less with people. but the mc acts as if she has been living in a cave since birth.
Jul 5, 7:09 AM
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If this anime continues in the same way as the first episode then I could see it being comparable even to Frieren.
Jul 5, 7:22 AM
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Monica Everett, the super-powered, face-making, introverted "Silent Witch" (one of the Seven Sages, no less!) and what happens to this powerful, shy-as-a-mouse sorceress? She gets t-t-t-t-tricked by some smooth operator named Louis. Seriously, this dude forces her into playing "poor girl counting imaginary pigs while depressed." Been there, Monica. The struggle is real, even for me.

But then, Louis's wife, Rosalie, pops in, sees the "poor, malnourished waif" act, and promptly decides to feed Monica until she's basically a well-fed house-elf. Turns her from a depressed accountant of air-pigs into a presentable human being.




    ED: 1/1
    Animation: 1/1 (Beautiful, consistent, vibrant)
    Voice Acting: 1/1
    Fantasy: 1/1
    Enjoyment: 0.9/1 (Very enjoyable, loved it)

Overall: 4.9/5


Overall Rating (Average) : 5/5

PS: I hate the person who ruined my day by deleting my post which was at the #6 spot in this episode discussion. I really hate him/her/whatever they are. I was contemplating the whole day ‘cus I suffer from overthinking, at least give me a reason why you deleted my post!
Jul 5, 7:31 AM
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Dunno why, but the mc really pissed me off. Its very very annoying. Even I have social anxiety, LOVE isolation and speak less with people. but the mc acts as if she has been living in a cave since birth.
@DoctaMax Damn. That's a turnoff. I also hate these kind of characters
Jul 5, 8:14 AM

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Are dragons in this anime really stupid or something?

Jul 5, 9:41 AM

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Jul 2020
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If Frieren and Bocchi had a child:

All in all, I'm really enjoying this so far. Definitely gonna stick by.
Jul 5, 9:53 AM
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OP is beautiful.
Like the first ep, recognize most scenes from novel and it animated really well.
Don't see Bernie but I don't think this season will cover Vol.3 stuff.
Jul 5, 10:06 AM
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This does sound interesting, but I don't see anyone mentioning that her colleague forced her into a mission where she'll be shamelessly bullied in font of others. Mind you, the step sister doesn't exist, so they made up something that would make things mentally exhausting for anyone, let alone someone with crippling social anxiety. Plot wise, it seems like it's supposed to be funny, but it seems like it'll be more annoying than anything. undecided if I'll continue.
Jul 5, 10:52 AM
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I might just have discovered peak….

This anime is basically: what if bocchi was a witch instead of a musician? And honestly, I’m all here for it, Monica looks like a really fun protagonist, the animation was good, and the setup definitely has potential, I know it’s a bit early, but this might turn out to be one of the season’s best hidden gems
Jul 5, 11:18 AM

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HOOKED. wow that was amazing 1st episode, all the characters have their own personality it makes all characters more memorable/likeable, not just some random characters that i just do not care abt. i'd say its because the Seiyuu and dialogue stand out for me the most, that's why i like all the characters.

production, OSTs, story, characters, it just so good, man a lot of GOOD anime this season aside from sequel, lets see how it goes from here...
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