Witch Watch is a romantic comedy manga that Kenta Shinohara writes and illustrates. He is the original creator of the famous Astra Lost in Space and SKET Dance. His recent series Witch Watch has been releasing on Shonen Jump Weekly since 2021.
Synopsis
The curse holding back Morihito’s feelings for Nico is finally lifted, and his love for her explodes through him. Now that the proverbial dam has broken, there’s just one problem—Morihito has no idea how to handle love and tries his best to hide his feelings from Nico. Meanwhile, Nico makes the bold decision to confess her feelings to him. The rest of her familiars and her friends help plan the whole event, but things take an unexpected dark turn when the Day of the Disaster upends everything and a traitor steps forward to kick off the battle! (VIZ)
Do I Think Witch Watch Has Potential?
Just a disclaimer: I haven’t read the manga at all, I didn’t know anything about it. That’s why I didn’t add it to the Best Upcoming list for Spring 2025. The announcement of the anime adaptation had people interested though.
However, I think it doesn’t based on Episode 1. Witch Watch really is a romantic-comedy, like there is a lot of it in the first episode. I do love rom coms like Blue Box, Bunny Girl Senpai, and similar anime and manga. These are anime and manga rom coms with serious moments too.
The anime I mentioned has that good balance between comedy and serious moments like the backstory of the characters or the world building. I didn’t see that kind of balance with Witch Watch Episode 1.
The character dynamic between Nico and Morihito is exactly like Gojou and Marin in My Dress-up Darling. An anime (and manga) that I thought was around average.
Who Should Watch Witch Watch?
If you really loved any aspect of My Dress-Up Darling this anime will be for you. They have a lot of similarities, just from my observation from watching the first episode.
If you need a comedy to watch now Witch Watch could be it. I did say I wasn’t going to be watching it, but I did think it was funny.
Episode 1 had more comedic than serious moments. If future episodes can make that balance it may be a good anime. But right now judging on Witch Watch episode 1, it’s going to be a skip for me. I might give it the three episode rule though, or give it another go when it finishes airing.
