Story: The main story follows the titular Bocchan, the eldest son of a powerful noble family, who has been cursed to kill any living thing he touches. His mother has banished him to a separate estate and told him he will be disinherited if he is unable to break the curse by spring. He is joined only by his maid, childhood friend and love interest Alice, as well as his elderly one-eyed butler Rob. Despite the title and general nature of the curse, this is first and foremost a lighthearted romantic comedy. There is very little here that could be described as dark or serious, and the series doesn't dwell on the few parts that are. It's funny and just generally enjoyable to see the different combinations of characters interacting while trying to break the main character's curse.
Audio/Visual: Good voice acting work all around, especially from Bocchan and Alice's VAs. They're also handed the duties of singing a duet for the OP, which is pretty solid, and they sing during the show as well, with a duet of The Owl and the Pussycat between the two late in the season being a highlight scene.
Unfortunately, the visual aspect of this series is a major letdown. Even by CG standards, the animation is very poor and cheap-looking. In some parts, such as a brief scene of Cuff flailing her arms while getting excited about Santa, it looks downright embarrassing. As a layman, I have no idea what went into the decision to use CG animation rather than doing it the traditional way, but it was a huge misfire creatively. This is a series that would probably have double the score I gave it if it had even minimally competent 2D animation, but I can't in good conscience recommend a show that looks this terrible. The disappointing part is that there is an interesting sense of style to everything that isn't CG. The backgrounds are textured to look like paintings on canvas, and a few brief sequences use hand-drawn characters and animation and they look great. If they had put resources into this project instead of cranking out a cheap, low-effort CG adaptation, it could have been really good. As it is, they did a terrible disservice to the elegant and creative artwork in the manga, especially the Witches World, which is gloriously spooky and weird in the manga and just looks goofy in the anime.
Characters: The characters nearly make this thing watchable in spite of the CG visual mess. Alice's interactions with Bocchan are funny and charming even if they don't always totally make sense (for example, why is she doing things like asking for a kiss or a hug when she's fully aware that she would die from it?). More importantly, the show is completely stolen by Zain and Cuff, a witch duo that tries to help Bocchan break his curse. Zain is a very horny birdman and Cuff is a complete and total idiot but very lovable. Their relationship is explored more in the manga, but they are highly entertaining even in the anime. You could easily spin off an entire series about these two and it would probably be better and funnier than the original. My one criticism here is Viola, and in particular her gross crush on Rob, who is old enough to be her grandfather. Thankfully, it's entirely one-sided and acknowledged by everyone else to be just her going through a phase, but it's uncomfortable and unnecessary either way.
