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Witchcraft Works

Witchcraft Works (Japanese: ウィッチクラフトワークス, Hepburn: Witchikurafuto Wākusu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ryū Mizunagi [ja]. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Good! Afternoon from March 2010 to February 2022, with its chapters collected into seventeen tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation by J.C.Staff aired in Japan from January to March 2014.

Honoka Takamiya is a high school student living a normal life, which is frequently disrupted by his unavoidable association with Ayaka Kagari, the school's renowned idol. Their shared classroom seating and cleaning responsibilities often lead to minor interactions, for which Honoka faces retribution from her dedicated fan club. This pattern is broken when a supernatural event occurs: a school building is launched through the air toward Honoka. His rescue is effected by a Witch, a magical figure who repels the attack. This Witch subsequently identifies herself as Ayaka, explaining that her prior distant demeanor was a deliberate disguise for her true role as his perpetual guardian against hidden threats.

Written and illustrated by Ryū Mizunagi [ja], Witchcraft Works was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Good! Afternoon from March 5, 2010, to February 7, 2022. Kodansha collected its chapters in seventeen tankōbon volumes, released from November 5, 2010, to March 7, 2022.

The manga is licensed in North America for English language publication by Vertical. The first volume was released on October 21, 2014.

Following the series' conclusion, an "extra" serialization spin-off started on Good! Afternoon on March 7, 2022. Four volumes have been released as of October 7, 2025.

An anime television series adaptation was announced in November 2012. It was animated by J.C.Staff and written and directed by Tsutomu Mizushima. The series' first episode was screened at Tokyo's Cinemart Shinjuku theater on December 29, 2013, streamed to 2000 people on December 30, 2013, by Bandai Channel and aired for twelve episodes between January 5 and March 23, 2014, on Tokyo MX. Additionally the anime was aired on TVA, AT-X, BS11, and ABC and was streamed with English subtitles by Crunchyroll. The series' music is composed by Technoboys Pulcraft Green-Fund. The opening theme song is "divine intervention" by Fhána and the ending is "Witch☆Activity" (ウィッチ☆アクティビティ) by KMM Gang consisting Izawa, Natsukawa, Asakura, Hioka, and Iida.

The fourth volume of the manga series ranked #25 in the Oricon charts in November 2012 with a total of 27,389 copies sold in under a week. The fifth volume ranked #28 in the Oricon charts in May 2013 with a total of 31,678 copies sold in under a week. The sixth volume ranked #29 in the Oricon charts in November 2013 with a total of 27,573 copies sold in under a week.

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