Witchcraft Works
Plot. Honoka Takamiya is a seemingly ordinary high school student who is living a normal life. However, his main problem in life is the constant presence of Ayaka Kagari, the beautiful idol and 'princess' of the school. As Honoka sits next to Ayaka in class and takes part in the same class cleaning duties as she does, even the tiniest interaction between them leads to Honoka getting beaten up by her fanclub. One day, however, while Honoka is taking out the trash, a school building is mysteriously flung towards him. Luckily, a Witch swings to his rescue and  wards off the attack. This Witch is revealed to be none other than Ayaka herself, who has been observing and protecting him ever since. Media. Manga. "Witchcraft Works", written and illustrated by Ryū Mizunagi, 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. Anime. 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 by KMM Gang consisting Izawa, Natsukawa, Asakura, Hioka, and Iida. Reception. 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