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Witchcraft Works  
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Description
The main character, Takamiya Honoka, is a regular student whose only problem seems to be that he sits next to Kagari, Ayaka, the school's #1 beauty. They have never crossed words before, and even a small interaction between them results in her fan club beating him. Yet when a falling part of the school's building is about to send him to the afterlife, it was her that came to his rescue. Except, she was dressed as a witch, using a princess carry to hold him in her arms as she floated on a broom. She continues to protect him using her fire magic until the attempt on his life ends. She tells him it is her mission to protect him, and that now she can finally protect him openly (she used different means to protect him "undercover").

Why was Takamiya attacked, who asked Kagari to protect him, why does she refer to him as "my princess" and what is her fan club going to do to him now that she will be close to him openly?

We'll need to wait to find out!

Type
Manga

Related Series
N/A

Associated Names
ウィッチクラフトワークス
魔女的使命
Witch Craft Works

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Latest Release(s)
c.20 by Animexis (72d ago)
v.4 c.19 by Animexis (102d ago)
c.17-18 by Animexis (144d ago)
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Status in Country of Origin
4 Volumes (Ongoing)

Completely Scanlated?
No

Anime Start/End Chapter
N/A

User Reviews
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Forum
2 topics, 10 posts
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User Rating
Average: 8.3 / 10.0 (423 votes)
Bayesian Average: 8.2 / 10.0
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Last Updated
May 16th 2013, 7:53am PST


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Year
2010

Original Publisher

Serialized In (magazine)
good! Afternoon (Kodansha)

Licensed (in English)
No

English Publisher
N/A

Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos #289 increased(+9)
Monthly Pos #417 increased(+17)
3 Month Pos #335 decreased(-96)
6 Month Pos #269 decreased(-59)

List Stats
On 3460 reading lists
On 834 wish lists
On 66 unfinished lists
On 288 custom lists

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Witchcraft Works Gets Anime 59 days, 0 hours, 2 minutes ago
manga chapters/story discussion 898 days, 6 hours, 52 minutes ago

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Annoying   
Rating: N/A
by Kaosu
March 10th, 2013, 10:47pm
Development of the main character is so glacial I want to punch someone in the throat. The artwork is actually good. Haven't read the absolutely latest chapter (20) but everything before hand and its pretty much been the MC being kinda pathetic. He isn't a idiot but really there isn't anything too redeeming about him.
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ok...   
Rating: N/A
by zeromeo
January 11th, 2013, 1:06pm
I freaking banged my head to a wall after just 1 chapter

Yeah.. it's that bad. How this made of fail has such high rating really amazes me

Oh~ well w/e.. lol
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Weak male lead   
Rating: 4.0 / 10.0
by RideTheWalrus
December 21st, 2012, 10:36pm
Warning, some minor spoilers: Why make a Mary Sue female lead, and then a male lead who has poor grades and is pathetic in every way? What is the attraction to making weak male leads in these kinds of manga? What annoys me most of all is that everybody around the male lead decided to keep his power a secret from him so that he could live a 'normal life'. If I had magical power, and everybody arbitrarily decided that they would keep me in the dark about it, I would be pissed at all of them. I can't possibly relate to the male lead who seems to not be bothered by the fact that everybody decided to deny him power.
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Witchcraft works! O RLY?   
Rating: 8.0 / 10.0
by jasperv
May 18th, 2012, 7:08am
well don't take this manga seriously and expect too much of it
but it has funny moments and twists and avert some clichés and tropes
so what if witchcraft is sufficently advanced science? and it works too ?
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too average   
Rating: N/A
by whitespade
March 18th, 2012, 6:00pm
granted i only read 3 chapters...but those 3 are just too average i cant stand it! theres nothing that keep me interested, no the character, the plot, the art....i couldnt even hate it, it is just damn boring and safe. i think this is okay for people that read manga sparingly but for manga addict, this just wont do.
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idea is an old one, but execution is well done   
Rating: 7.4 / 10.0
by infinity9001
February 21st, 2012, 1:30pm
The gender reversal isn't a new idea, but neither is it one that's well executed in other mangas. Too often does the weak male have few redeeming qualities, and too often is the strong girl hopelessly lovestruck. Takamiya, our male protagonist, may be physically weak, but he's not a douche bag like other male leads; he's thoughtful, kind, and caring. He realizes his deficiencies and rather than wallowing in depression, he tries to proactively make up for them. Kagari, on the other hand, may seem like a stereotypical silent and strong character, but she's much more than that. They make a really great pair.

Also, the art and humor are really well done. I totally cracked up when Kagari called Takamiya "my princess", and I love Takamiya's reactions to the things Kagari does. All in all, a nice read that's done well with an idea that's often executed horribly.

... Last updated on February 21st, 2012, 1:31pm
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should get an anime   
Rating: 9.0 / 10.0
by remi39
November 18th, 2011, 6:20am
i really like it and i think it would be perfect as an anime. i'm looking forward to reading more and i'll keep wishing for a possible anime adaptation no matter how much of a longshot that may be at the moment
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Fun Manga w/ Interesting Characters   
Rating: 9.0 / 10.0
by AMetroid
November 13th, 2011, 11:03pm
The male lead isn't strong, but all things considered I think is portrayed acting in a manner that an average guy might act.
The female lead hasn't been really fleshed-out yet. Making her stoic with so many outstanding characteristics and no real defects dose make her less interesting. However there are some hints that the author may be going the rout of slowly introducing a more complex character, rather then one that can be described in 2-3 words.
The other supporting characters haven't been given much time yet, but they all look to add some rather interesting flavor to the series.

I really like the art style in depicting the magic and it's design.

Rating: 4 of 5 (as of ch11)
A rather fun manga so far. With some further development, and if the magic doesn't feel too Deus ex Machina, then I can see this being a 5 star manga.

... Last updated on November 13th, 2011, 11:04pm
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A really good manga about Witches& Witchcraft!   
Rating: 9.0 / 10.0
by tc-man
September 8th, 2011, 6:14pm
This is one of the few mangas I read about witches. Interesting ideas, nice character design, likeable characters and this manga has some good and detailed art. I read the first 9 chapters, and I think the character development of the male protagonist is pretty good (i.e. in just 9 chapters, although I am expecting much better development in future chapters) and the chemistry between the male and female protagonists is really good; they are pretty cute too when they are together. One "drawback" is that this manga is getting slow releases in Japan (I heard that it's a bi-monthly release? But the mangaka gets more time to work on this magnificient manga). This manga gets from me a temp score of 9 out of 10 (in the hope that there will be a deeper story/plot so it could mature into an awesome manga).

... Last updated on September 9th, 2011, 2:05pm
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Scanlations also released by 4chan   
Rating: 8.0 / 10.0
by Naeko
June 6th, 2011, 7:34am
This series has a slight Alice in Wonderland feel to me with the way certain protagonists have exaggerated behavioural styles and the antagonists have fanciful incomplete approaches to taking on Ayaka. Hopefully Honoka will begin to justify his presence as the only male character with any appreciable time in the story. So far, he's been a wooden character only doing things needed by the plot as opposed to having the character drive the plot. He needs to be more than well-armed driftwood floating wherever the currents take him on the sea of fate.

Scanlations in english have also been released for Witch Craft Works on the /a/ subforum of 4chan as a community effort by whoever is in the /a/ subforum and is interested at that time. Translated releases on the forum are accompanied by the archived translated release on mediafire DDL. Chapter 05 was released Jan 27, 2011. Chapter 07 was released on May 28, 2011. Chapter 08 was released on June 03, 2011. Chapter 09 was released on July 13, 2011 with a simultaneous mediafire DDL.

... Last updated on July 13th, 2011, 4:47pm
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