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Reply to JizzyHitler
@Marinate1016 As someone who likes the manga, I genuinely wonder who was hyping this up to you cause witch watch has generally been not well received in the west and barely anyone reads it on mangaplus. It definitely goes places you dont expect and has some real strengths both comedy and drama wise that I'd love to see get more recognition through this anime cause I find it very underrated but definitely let your expectations down.
Like I think its undeserved but the manga has a sub 7 score here with absolutly no activity on the forum for it, and on the official free release website it typically is in the bottom 3 least viewed of the non immediately axed series. This is by no counts a series that carries any hype going into it and I'd be shocked if theres much traction gained from the anime even in japan.
Like I think its undeserved but the manga has a sub 7 score here with absolutly no activity on the forum for it, and on the official free release website it typically is in the bottom 3 least viewed of the non immediately axed series. This is by no counts a series that carries any hype going into it and I'd be shocked if theres much traction gained from the anime even in japan.
| @JizzyHitler This is true but also really weird. One would have expected Shinohara to develop a bigger fanbase after 2 critically successful anime. @AgravityBoy I do think the Witch Watch manga score will go up, but the most popular manga tend to have high scores even before they're adapted. I remember nonstop circlejerking back when both of Aka Akasaka's manga were made into anime. |
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| Damn, it's surprisingly good. Main girl also looked like Nakiri Erina lol. |
| Liked the character designs, definitely wasn't expecting it to be this funny right off the bat. Wasn't impressed with her ruining his favorite precious mug, but ... now we all know magic has a price. OP and ED were great too, this will be one of those I can't wait to watch weekly (vs. binging after the season ends.) |
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| I'm so happy to see another manga of Shinohara-sensei getting anime adaptation (after SKET Dance and Kanata no Astra). The dynamic between Nico and Moi is so cute. Oh, and I just realized we'll be getting 26 episodes. That's awesome! |
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| potential banger it seems like, I had to look up who Nico’s voice actress was since I really liked her voice to find out she’s kinda a beginner so that’s dope always nice to hear new voices also the opening is top tier |
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| The dude looks like the guy from Aharen-san. And both are airing this season😂 |
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| This looks like it's gonna be very fun! |
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| Interesting so far. I hope they find a balance between dumb silliness and fun. Only half of jokes landed for me. It was fun but also felt like it tried too hard and stuffed too many jokes in one episode. |
| This one is not too bad but not great either |
| Sacrificing the mug to fix the door was kind of funny, and then they followed that up with sacrificing hair to fix the wall. Making a person "light" was also unexpected and pretty funny. Nico immediately crushing on Moi would've normally made me roll my eyes, but she's just so goofy and likable and made it work. Had more fun than expected. Hope they can keep it up for 26 episodes. |
Reply to Lucifrost
@JizzyHitler
This is true but also really weird. One would have expected Shinohara to develop a bigger fanbase after 2 critically successful anime.
@AgravityBoy
I do think the Witch Watch manga score will go up, but the most popular manga tend to have high scores even before they're adapted. I remember nonstop circlejerking back when both of Aka Akasaka's manga were made into anime.
This is true but also really weird. One would have expected Shinohara to develop a bigger fanbase after 2 critically successful anime.
@AgravityBoy
I do think the Witch Watch manga score will go up, but the most popular manga tend to have high scores even before they're adapted. I remember nonstop circlejerking back when both of Aka Akasaka's manga were made into anime.
| @Lucifrost You can probably argue a lot of that has to do with how anime has been so heavily marketed in the west in the 2020's towards meathead shounen. Cause you look at jump's releases and how they are viewed in the west and things get kind of inversed, like Blue box has been one of the most undisputed kings of the magazine but even after the anime really has a fraction of the following as their action stuff. WW and akane banashi fall into that too though I'll also admit witch watch is SUPER inconsistent so that probably plays a big part too. I binged all of it as it got into its 2nd part and there were so many dud chapters that i dont think much of going through it when i can get to the next good one but imagining it weekly kind of screams pace breaker. |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
| You know what? One episode is enough, I can tell that this will be one of the top anime this season unless something horrendous happens. |
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| One of the things I love about Shinohara-Sensei's works is his deadpan humor and how he uses it to create an effect of surprise in the viewers/readers, and I think this episode nailed that, especially with how unexpressive the male MC can be which synergizes well with the energetic Nico. Girl is totally heads over heel for him, which gives way to a lot of funny scenarios as well. I've only read one manga from Shinohara-Sensei (Astra Lost in Space) but have watched most of his anime adaptations so far (I might be missing some specials or movies for SKET Dance but otherwise I've seen it all), and from the super catchy OP, I think the energy of his previous series with a hint of mystery in the air is back, and I'm all for it! This and Summer Pockets were my most anticipated releases this season, as well as my guaranteed definite AOTS and maybe even AOTY, and I'm so glad both will be 2 full course adaptations so I can enjoy them next season as well!<3 X'39 |
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| This is very different from what I had in mind for this show lol but it wasn't bad or anything. Not sure if I'll stick around until the end but I'll keep watching for now. Love Nico! <3 |
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| A solid and funny first episode. And the Shinohara Kenta's signature comedy move, tsukkomi in every single line. One of my most anticipated adaptations this season! Here's hoping quality stays consistent through all 26 episodes. |
"Nobody could laugh at someone who's trying their hardest" -Machio- |
| Very weird, but it had an excellent 1st episode. Loved the humor though I felt for fish haired guy. Lol. 5/5 so far |
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| pretty good first episode So far it seems very funny and useful.yeahh 8/10 |
| I don't know why but I couldn't stop thinking of Dandadan throughout the whole thing, it felt to me like watching that but where the girl acts much more girly and the boy is much more confident in himself. |
You know its gonna be a good show when they whip out old faithful facial expression: |
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| Nico and Morihito! What a strange duo, honestly, an oni and a witch, LOL. That’s not something you see every day, right? The anime was fun and full of variety, I didn’t feel bored at all! There were so many cute frames! I even enjoyed the jokes, the simplicity of the story, and the laid-back narration. I really liked the art style and the goofy moments throughout the episode. I have a feeling we’re going to spend the next 6 months enjoying this wholesome anime!  |
| What in the world is happening? This anime's opening is way too good. Superb work, not everyday i see something with such a good quality. |
| one of my favorite ongoing series in WSJ finally gets an anime and it's actually a pretty good adaptation this time. the goat megumi ishitani on the opening as well. i still prefer the manga art but at least this is far from bad. from the two series i've seen from sorachi's assistant, this one is easily the better one. |
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| Pretty funny episode. Romcom with a twist of magic. The animation in the ED was pretty nice. Wish to see that in the show. |
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| Hey that was much better than I expected. I had a lot of fun and laughs with this first episode. OP is amazing, I love it! |
| It's a good setup for the story, and the characters look good. I liked the animation and how goofy Nico was. |
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| This episode was a bit hit-miss for me. Given that the author for this wrote one of my favorite comedy manga of all time in SKET Dance, seeing a series more comedy-oriented from him than Kanata no Astra was something I was all in for. This episode looks good but the content was a mix of good moments but awkward ones too. The characters didn't quite give me the charming first impressions that the SKET Dance trio gave me from that show's first episode. Hopefully it's just trying to get its groove, since a lot of my favorite comedy series do take time to get into the great stuff. Morihito's face reminds me so much of Switch's in SKET Dance without the glasses. |
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