Animation / Art / General Visuals - 8/10
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The show has above average visual quality, making it quite enjoyable to watch. There are plenty of nice fight scenes, cool magic effects, and ample usage of gore as well.
Sound / Music / Voice Acting - 8/10
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Solid across the board. The opening track is especially interesting.
Story - 7/10
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Majo to Yajuu's story and world is very interesting, though it does have some issues with pacing and setup.
The story revolves around two characters. A woman who is looking to undo a curse set upon her by a witch, and a man who is helping him as part of an organization that deals with magical mysteries. Pledging to help her in exchange for her working with them.
The show's format largely follows a simple formula of setting up some magical mystery, and then solving it within a few episodes. With gradual world and character building taking place at the same time.
The issue with the story is that the mysteries aren't all that mysterious and the reasoning and actions needed to solve them essentially revolve around simple combat, making the mystery aspect feel more like you're getting cock-blocked from enjoying the showdown until the last possible moments.
Every single mystery features a very similar villain that has an utterly obnoxious "know it all" attitude and an approach that favours obvious deception. The episodes also feel drawn out at times, making it very frustrating to watch as these second rate villains move towards their obvious doom in slow motion.
The season also ends in a rather unsatisfying fashion. Having a big showdown first, then following up with a few more episodes of world and character building, only to then end on essentially a cliffhanger.
Characters - 7/10
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The two protagonists are fairly interesting, though it's hard not to be annoyed by both of them. The female lead lacks any reason, while the male lead is incredibly condescending as he cannot stop but flex his intelligence and observational skills at every moment, even when he ends up being caught off guard half the time by things he could not predict.
It's a very dysfunctional partnership, though that dynamic has its charm.
Secondary characters are all episodic, which means they get limited screen time and it's hard to grow attached to any of them.
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Total - 7/10
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Majo to Yajuu is an interesting paranormal mystery anime, though its short run time along with some pacing issues does make it hard to truly fall in love with it.
Still, the content is fun and interesting enough for any fans of the genre.
