The Witch and the Beast
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| the fuck !! that girl kissed bad majo and turn into " the undertaker" from that coffin lmao |
| Very interesting team of Ash and Guideau....she has me intrigued as a character and as to wtf she is. Love the setting and atmosphere of the show so far as well. This season is shaping up to be pretty decent. |
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| I liked this handsome guy who carries the coffin on his back, as well as having that wonderful voice of Toshiyuki Morikawa.🖤 This blonde girl I found very annoing..ヽ(`Д´)ﾉ But the animation is very good and the theme seemed very interesting to me, let's see where this goes. ಠ∀ಠ |
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| A great episode of Majo to Yajuu. The animation is great and honestly the story looks quite interesting. Most importantly, Guideau looks too cool for me, and so does Ashaf. Without a doubt, my top anime this season. I'm sure this won't disappoint, so let's get started.  |
RafaBryanJan 12, 2024 1:29 PM
I'm very curious how this show will progress |
| Very solid first episode. Quickly got into the lore and main premise of the show, and I have a feeling that it will be expanded upon. (7.9/10) |
| DUUUUUDE!!! This show is freakin awesome! So much lore already. I want to know more about the worldbuilding and powers system. |
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Reply to KANLen09
Mangaka Kousuke Satake's only Seinen dark fantasy, adventure thriller series is quite highly revered, so the anime I'm expecting to ace that also.
Sokoninaru's OP is decent enough for a start.
The coffin-holding Ashaf and the feral girl Guideau having a business with a witch, finds someone affiliated with her, only to find a manbeast shark on the loose, for its hero of the Lady Witch Ione to subdue it, which attracts the duo's interest. And Guideau is not the kind of person who does not like witches, enough for Ashaf to relay his welcome wishes to them and vanish out of sight. Their mission: find the witch who had cursed the city over 400 years ago of a hellfire, which both Ashaf and Guideau unfortunately cannot be let themselves into Ione's mansion, which her servant Marie vehemently denies being a hero for everyone. That, with the clash of the anniversary of the witch, has irrefutable evidence that both Ashaf and Guideau are definitely on the right track of Ione being an evil witch.
That is what exactly Ione is targeting for: using her most prominent followers as keys, her grandmother having sealed the hellfire but getting blamed for the curse and murdered by the consensus, she's using the same power to release the seal of the hellfire after 120 years, taking her revenge on the people of current for the atrocities of the past. That, combined with Guideau's curse to find out how to remove a witch's curse, which comes in two ways: the kiss of a prince, or the reverse from a witch who planted the curse on the person...or the 3rd: to kiss a witch, which is what Guideau did, and unlocks Ashaf's coffin releasing Guideau in full armour. Too bad, Ione was not the witch that they both were looking for, and as the Order of Magical Resonance, they're going witch-hunting.
Looks like Yokohama Animation Lab cooked this one, similar to last season's Kingdom no Oukoku a.k.a The Kingdoms of Ruin, only that this show executed everything better. And hot damn, it delivered.
Sokoninaru's OP is decent enough for a start.
The coffin-holding Ashaf and the feral girl Guideau having a business with a witch, finds someone affiliated with her, only to find a manbeast shark on the loose, for its hero of the Lady Witch Ione to subdue it, which attracts the duo's interest. And Guideau is not the kind of person who does not like witches, enough for Ashaf to relay his welcome wishes to them and vanish out of sight. Their mission: find the witch who had cursed the city over 400 years ago of a hellfire, which both Ashaf and Guideau unfortunately cannot be let themselves into Ione's mansion, which her servant Marie vehemently denies being a hero for everyone. That, with the clash of the anniversary of the witch, has irrefutable evidence that both Ashaf and Guideau are definitely on the right track of Ione being an evil witch.
That is what exactly Ione is targeting for: using her most prominent followers as keys, her grandmother having sealed the hellfire but getting blamed for the curse and murdered by the consensus, she's using the same power to release the seal of the hellfire after 120 years, taking her revenge on the people of current for the atrocities of the past. That, combined with Guideau's curse to find out how to remove a witch's curse, which comes in two ways: the kiss of a prince, or the reverse from a witch who planted the curse on the person...or the 3rd: to kiss a witch, which is what Guideau did, and unlocks Ashaf's coffin releasing Guideau in full armour. Too bad, Ione was not the witch that they both were looking for, and as the Order of Magical Resonance, they're going witch-hunting.
Looks like Yokohama Animation Lab cooked this one, similar to last season's Kingdom no Oukoku a.k.a The Kingdoms of Ruin, only that this show executed everything better. And hot damn, it delivered.
| @KANLen09 Damn bro...I was really excited for this show until you said the same studio did Kingdoms of Ruin. Hopefully Majo to Yujuu doesn't turn into the same mess that Kingdoms of ruin did. :-( |
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| Not so bad but I feel like the pacing a little too fast |
| am i the only one who didn't understand shit about how the magic system works |
| ehh can't say that I liked it, especially characters.. but will wait couple of more eps to see how the story evolves. tensaikoudakishi said: am i the only one who didn't understand shit about how the magic system works Nah, they did not explain it. And I'm afraid there won't be any reasonable explanation at all. |
nick_el_sonJan 12, 2024 1:35 PM
| There was so much exposition and I still didn't understand a thing. One thing at a time - why did a random normal guy become a legged shark kaiju? My theory is that is just what people do as a for of protest in this world. "Gas price got you down? March into the towns main square in your fish form!" |
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| That was fairly interesting. Im not sure this very polished digital look works for the vibe I feel it could do with some mild imperfections. Other than that i like the art style. Uh did I miss something? How did the girl get her hands and feet back at the end? |
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| well, unlike with ishura in this one, the gore wasn't enough to make me drop the anime (or maybe i'm just in a different mood, idk) i liked the witch, she looked pretty cool and strong i was gonna say that, even if she is annoying, our main girl looked cool... but now that we saw "her" true form, the anime lost yet another point that could keep me interested... so between being way darker than the stuff i usually want to watch, they also doing body swapping... great lol well... yeah, i don't know if i wanna keep watching, i guess i'll decide next week |
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| A YURI THATS ALSO A YAOI???!??!??!!?? AND IT'S GOTH?????????????!!! |
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| it wasn't bad! the OP is fun and i'm happy with Ashaf's voice. i'll be watching the second episode. |
| I tend to overlook technical flaws so I don't really mind them. On the other hand, I liked how the European style city looked. I also liked their blimp. As for the anime itself, it was decent, though nothing extraordinary. I'll keep on watching it. |
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| Wasn't at all what I expected from the teasers I saw, but not disappointed. Could be good definitely will watch the next episode. |
| well another anime about witches i guess winter is also witch season |
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For me, this is without a doubt the best anime of the season, I loved the animation and the characters. I'm super excited for the next episode. |
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| Finally, I was really looking forward to watching this anime. |
| Quality is tragic as expected. The content is apparently an edgier Vanitas no Karte, which I don't mean in a bad way. Still not sure if it will be good enough to carry the subpar visuals. I'll give this a couple of episodes |
| Seems like yet another great show hated only by manga readers. |
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| Aight yeah couldn't pass the 2nd half. I'm going to start the manga soon anyways. |
| PEAK IS HERE!!! Been waiting for this masterpiece. I loved the animation, the character designs, the music, the fight scene. I’m so happy this show is out, this is gonna be a good season |
Reply to phantomfandom
So many questions but the biggest one would be what is Guideau's true gender (or original gender), since Guideau's true form seems to be masculine. I'm not fond of gender-swapping genre.
| @phantomfandom Guideau is a literal beast. Non human creature that even the witches fear. You cannot just categorize this show as a gender swapping genre. It’s completely above that. But if you care so much about something as trivial as having to know the gender, then I suggest you watch elsewhere. You will not get a true answer from the show. |
| I think the story will be good, At first I thought that Guideau will be the witch and Ashaf will be the beast but it wasn't. |
Reply to Stark700
Not going to lie, I think this was a really interesting start just from the story background and lore. This show has a serious vibe without cartoony humor. OP theme has a dark orchestra tone as well.
Guideau's character introduction gives off the no-nonsense vibe. Ashaf seems to be monitoring her as the two goes around the streets. Ashaf is also somewhat of a smooth talker and shows more personality than Guideau. First episode had some crazy bizarre moments like the giant shark monster coming out of nowhere. Show has alot potential imo. I hope we can find out much more about our two main leads.
Guideau's character introduction gives off the no-nonsense vibe. Ashaf seems to be monitoring her as the two goes around the streets. Ashaf is also somewhat of a smooth talker and shows more personality than Guideau. First episode had some crazy bizarre moments like the giant shark monster coming out of nowhere. Show has alot potential imo. I hope we can find out much more about our two main leads.
| @Stark700 Totes agree with you on all of this. I wasn't sure what to expect of this, but I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Great start. Looking forward to what next week brings! |
| it certainly seems promising I'm not talking about the yuri part haha, I just saw the previous comment. btw, is she becoming a beast after the kiss by unlocking the curse as in her original form was that? if so, why did she become a she and not genderless I wonder Mod Edit: Merged posts |
KinetaFeb 25, 2024 1:50 PM
| Art is pretty good but idk about the animation... Not sure if it's just me but the sound feels...off? I'll continue watching seems pretty good so far. |
| Dropped. Animation feels wonky. Dude with the coffin looks different every time he is in the shot. Storyline seems to be just as wonky. Painting witches as evil and making their backstories one dimensional, just as one dimensional as the Guideau. Too bad the previews looked so promising. |
idk why I was here but I'm prob back to playing Hunt: Showdown 1896 again when you read this |
| Read the first chapters after seeing the tears of the manga readers here Art is great while the adaptation is lackluster in that regard that's right but you're crying too much I'm still hooked by this first episode, can't wait to see the next one |
| Not bad but not a fan of how they are treating all witches as bad. |
| I got a Masters degree. I don't have to worry bout school anymore. |
| If you've already experienced the story and enjoyed the art style of the manga, I could understand the frustrations of this adaptation. Your preconceived biases simply don't allow you to enjoy it though, a shame. Anime only, some possibly dubious writing, but otherwise enjoyable enough. To say certain scenes didn't have impact is a manga reader complaint, Guideau going back to his body, certainly grabbed my attention lol. I read the first chapter to have a look as well, it does have cool art, but the demise of the show is greatly exaggerated. Reminds me of this seasons The Foolish Angel, a lot of crying there as well. |
| I enjoyed the first episode so far, good start. |
| On premise this show looked promising, but the first episode felt way too rushed. It didn't even try to build the doubt of "you know, maybe the witches aren't bad", the investigation happened entirely off-screen, the main girl's personality is a total mess (not in a good way). I hope next episodes can improve on all those aspects. |
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| @bwandong I've seen the kingdoms of ruind and yeah, it was terrible. Plus I think It would have turned out this anyway because even if animation was good, the plot itself was too bad. Idk, maybe I'm not paying that much attention to all these details that you mentioned or manga readers just expected too much from the adaptation, but it looked good, at least for first episode. |
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| Wow I liked. This first episode was incredible, there were a lot of things in one episode. I liked the graphic quality and the very good designs. I hope to see the other episode, I'm curious what they're going to do. |
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