Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches Season 1

What BollyAI Thinks

Liden Films produced this 12-episode adaptation of Miki Yoshikawa's Weekly Shonen Magazine series for the spring 2015 season, with Crunchyroll simulcasting globally. The body-swap premise generates reliable romantic comedy mechanics - Yamada Ryu's rough-edged personality finding unexpected empathy through inhabiting his classmates generates genuine warmth. The seven witches concept is inventive, giving each character a distinct supernatural quirk that drives episodic plots while building toward a larger school-council mystery. The central liability is compression: the manga spans 28 volumes and the TV anime covers its first major arc in 12 episodes, leaving significant character work truncated. Viewers unfamiliar with the source material reported the ending as abrupt. The manga sold over 3.85 million copies in Japan as of 2017, demonstrating a fanbase the anime only partially served. A worthwhile introduction to the premise, with the caveat that the full story lives in the source.

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Standout Episodes

The hours worth arguing about - premieres, finales, and the turning points. BollyAI reads the room episode by episode.

1. E1Why Are We Kissing?7.6

   A nimble premiere turns a staircase gag into a rulebook, then lets Shiraishi's caution become the real hook.

   The moment: The accidental first body-swap down a staircase - played for pure physical comedy - is the scene that defines the show's tonal register.

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