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CaptureRide5
Apr 02, 2021
Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo review
If you want a solid 9/10 reading experience, you're best off quitting the story after the first arc, somewhere in the chapter 80s area. More fun moments, exciting kisses, heartfelt moments, and a genuine feel of mystery and conflict happen in these chapter than the remaining 180 chapters , which is truly a shame.

Any complaints I have are found really exclusively in these later chapters, and my complaints have really solely to do with the story. There's many good characters that make you care for their lives, the art is rather pretty and never a negative distraction like some manga can be, but neither of these things will save you from a thoroughly frustrating, repetitive, and often neutered story

Harem: honestly I don't know why it even has this tag. MC has eyes for only first girl despite kissing pretty much every character in the manga. This is the most monogamous "harem" I have ever read in my life; and normally that would be fine with me as I enjoy standard romance but...

Lack of romance/romance tease: if we are reading solely to enjoy the romance of MC with main girl , then that should pay off. Instead, after the first arc, we see less and less of her and due to plot reasons she even starts to keep her distance from him and act somewhat cold. When plot does allow her to come back to him and attempt romance, it feels very flat. They go to some bookstores, walk home together, but you often get little more than a smile from her and saying she's happy. Several moments in the story we see hints at the beginning of a more physical/sexual relationship, but each and every time it ends in a gag: such as a body switching joke by his male best friend or the MC cockblocking himself so hard when the girlfriend sleeps over at his house that all of his friends wind up feeling sorry for the girlfriend and ridiculing MC. I get that this is a shonen, but for God's sake I would have killed to see them sleep in the same bed together in eachothers arms

Overused plot devices, useless plotlines, and plotholes: I'd like to avoid getting into any real spoilers, but the memory wipe and everyone forgetting about MC (or another person) happens I believe 5 times, during which MC must painstakingly work to get everyone's memory's back over and over and over again and each time MC has to confess his love all over again. We're supposed to think it's cute and destiny for them to stay together but it honestly drags on and further emphasizes the fact that their relationship hardly makes any progress after the two become boyfriend girlfriend. In the very latter chapters, when they attempt to explain the witch powers and how they came to be, it honestly ruins the magic of things in a way and only opens up so many unnecessary questions. Meanwhile, time wasn't spent to explain to us properly how MC got his magic power and what it reflects upon him as to what it is he felt he was lacking in life (since it's said the witch powers are granted according to the wishes each user has)

If I had to sum everything up, I would say that everything after the first arc felt like an enormous romantic blue balling only to end in a ten year time skip where we are supposed to feel satisfied by the end results of off screen romance, marriage, and children.

(PS Noa best girl)
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somewherenowhere1
Apr 02, 2021
Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo review
I Love this story. It is probably just me, and I understand if you disagree. But I wholeheartedly love this story.

It is first and foremost, a wonderful story about 2 people who are incredibly flawed and through their mutual love for each other, actually begin to grow as characters.

This may not be for you. There are many tropes classic of a rom-com that are prevalent throughout the series that do begin to grate: the constant 'will they, won't they?', the seemingly contrived story arcs that constantly loop around the same themes...

Thing is, this is no different to pretty much every other anime, manga or tale in general, regardless of medium across the board. If you can get past that, what you have is a kind, loving tale that will make you feel warm inside for days on end. Each character is humanised wonderfully and there isn't a single person in the story who seems to embody the 2d concept of the villain. Each 'bad guy' has motives, and understandable ones at that, and then once the hardship causing their actions is removed, they grow as a person! This is something that I want to see more of in writing. Human characters with an optimistic approach to life.

To me, the way that this story has made me feel happy and hopeful is like no other, and i'm not easily swayed by the media I consume.

If you enjoy Rom-Coms and are on the fence about Yamada, give it a go. Just try it. I'm not particularly good with my words and I fear that i'm doing a woefully poor job of explaining just why I love this manga so much. You might not like it, it might not be for you and I completely understand if that's the case. But just try reading. Just a little bit, ok? I recon you will be sucked in and come out the other side feeling just a bit happier :).

Yours,
Ealdwulf, OfTheIronHills.
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Panzer9212
Apr 02, 2021
Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo review
This is my first review. Please be patient with grammar errors.

I found this manga when looking among the mangas more read with the genres "romance" and "supernatural" of a manga website. To be honest, when I found it I had great expectations on this and to my surprise he managed to go beyond them.

Story:

The whole story its around the main character, Yamada. The story itself surprises by its differential compared to others shoujo mangas. If you're terrified of seeing romance characters who look like complete dumpass and what seems to progress like a slug in their respective story, that manga is ideal in my eyes. The story itself surprises to have a more realistic evolution to my view, and very fluid. The mystery, too, although it is sometimes half cliche and even slightly forced in some parts, however it surprises from beginning to the end. Said that, maybe, the ending mystery was slightly forced, but at the same time it was spectacular in its own way.

Characters:

Yamada is a character who at first stands out for apparently hating the school and who is around him. He feels that he has been excluded by the other students and that way he closes them all. From there until the end there is an evolution of it, his thoughts and initiates try to evolve as he meets other characters and tries to solve problems with witches.

Shiraishi on the other hand is that mysterious character from beginning to the end, which adds much to the story. It also has an evolution as the story progresses, but it is very discreet, perhaps because it emits already from the beginning that air of maturity.I had the impression that although she is also a main character, her acting is more like an observer.

Overall:

In conclusion, this manga is different in this sea of ​​romance manga with fool characters and slow unwild. For those looking for a manga with romance, shoujo and mystery, do not even spare for a second to read, I'm sure you will not regret it.
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Emanharlem551
Apr 02, 2021
Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo review
I have just recently started reading manga, but I have watched a number of anime before, including the Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo series.

I liked the anime very much, and it has kind of a final conclusion, so I got curious how the manga would be, was anything left out, or would it continue the story?

So basically, the anime covers the first 90 or so chapters of the manga with slight modifications, and then continues on to the next mysteries.

The story is kind of unique and has many plot-twists, some of them are quite predictable, sometimes you just feel there is a twist coming along but it gets different from what you think, and sometimes they just hit you all of a sudden.
Although the story deals a lot with body switching, gender-bender and other stuff that would come to mind for a pubescent youth, there is no overly used fanservice. For sure there is some of it, but for this manga, I appreciate it that it was not more lewd as it is, I think it could have ruined the story and development.

All the main and important supporting characters get their "screentime" and development, although logically not everyone gets the same amount of development. They mature and learn how to overcome the insecurities that build up during the process of becoming a grown-up.

I liked the manga very much, but there are a few things that bother me a little bit.
The last few story arcs felt a bit rushed and less detailed compared to the previous chapters. And there were some kinds of plot holes which made me wonder...
But still, it is a very enjoyable manga.

*** The following section contains heavy spoilers! ***
*** If you do not want to be spoilered, please stop here. ***

I wished the final rescue of Urara Shiraishi would have been a little more fleshed out. For me, I was not really moved at that time, compared to her first rescue (that got my eyes a little wet indeed).

The "10 years later" ending was ok, but could have deserved a little more pages. It was so crammed, I just didn't get into the nostalgia-mood like I had with some other stories with the same type of ending.

And there are some parts of the story that I just couldn't really fit together.

First some minor things:
Nene Odagiri is heavily in love with Ryu Yamada and always tries to approach him, but suddenly during the last arcs she completely changed, doesn't blush or get sad and hardly appears in the story at all. There was no final talk between the two of them to clear things up and no phase for her to overcome her feelings.
In the very end of the story, she ends up being married with Ushio Igarashi who loved her since first year in Highschool, but she always had turned him down and had absolutely no feelings for him.

Noa Takigawa has fallen for Ryu too, and always acted lovey-dovey around and towards him, but after she becomes Ushio's spotter, she hardly interacts with Ryu anymore and doesn't appear much in the story, and if she is, it doesn't seem she ever had feelings for him.

We learn that only people with some sort of problems normally get a witch power, kind of as a means to compensate their weakness for their wishes and goals. But to use the power, they have to kiss someone, and not all powers are obvious.
For exaple Meiko Ootsuka is a very shy girl that doesn't even talk to anyone. How come she got to kiss somebody? And how come she realized she could send her thoughts and commands to the person she kissed, when she concentrates on that person?

We learn that there are always seven witches (plus one "witch-power copier" and one "witch-power thief") at Suzaku High, if one of them graudates or gets expelled, another student inherits the power.
We learn that the Student Council always tries to get the cooperation of the 7th witch who can erase memories, and that the Council tries to prevent witches from wreaking havoc.
We learn that all 7 witches together can grant any wish by holding sort of a ceremony.
We learn that there is a lot of secret written reports about witch incidents since the school was founded 100 years ago.
We learn that the 7th witch and her/his spotter can sense the presence of witches of the own group, and can see who is under a spell.
We learn that the new Student Council gets told about the witches from the retiring Student Council, so knowledge of the witches is always assured.

How does the Student Council get to know about who the 7th witch is?
The 7th witch chooses her successor herself, and if she didn't cooperate with the Student Council, she would't tell them about who the new 7th witch is.

But later on, we learn that there are actually two groups of 7 witches, but the Student Council actually only know about one group.
Why didn't anyone before notice this, in all the past decades? There must have been incidents before with witches from the different groups, and the 7th witch would have noticed if a witch power was not related to the own group.

We learn that the class rep is the "Akashic Recorder", and she is not affected by the memory losses except the final one.
But what exactly is she, and why has she that ability?

In the final arc, we learn that Urara is actually the one and only true witch.
We learn, that from time to time, somebody possesses some kind of special power and fulfills the criteria to become a witch, and gets informed about this by the Student Council President. This person has to sign a contract with the Student Council, and gets granted one wish in exchange for all students forgetting about her after graduation.
At first, Urara refuses to make the contract, but after her really very first encounter with Ryu, she accepts, and her wish is to be with Ryu.
How does that fit together?

She had the only wish to be together with Ryu, how come they not just become close friends, or he not just falls for her, confesses to her, and they spend 3 happy years of Highschool?
How come her simple wish gave birth to seven witches, herself being one of them in the beginning, and another group of witches?
How come these witch groups seem to be existing since the founding of the school, with tons of records and stuff?
How come the knowledge of the one witch is forgotten and it's instead the knowledge of the 7 witches?
How come she must approach a 7th witch to have everyone's memory erased, and how can he actually alter the contract so that Ryu's memory wouldn't be erased in exchange for her own memories?
Are the memories of the Student Council altered? If yes, how would future Presidents know about the one witch if that knowledge is gone?
Are the two groups (or one of them) of 7 witches always appearing if a true witch signs the contract, or just because of Urara's personality and the way she wanted to be together with Ryu?

Didn't all the subsequent memory losses and troubles contradict to Urara's wish of being together with Ryu? When the story starts, they don't really know each other because of 2 memory losses, and the kissing accident is just a coincidence. So that would all be part of the Great Plan?
When does Urara remember the truth? And why doesn't she tell Ryu about it? She always wants to know what Ryu is planning, so she could do the same.
Why does the curse, the last memory loss, disappear when they kiss after he has finally saved her? I mean it was the price for getting her wish granted.

Please feel free to contact me, if you have any clues...
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underscorepinja4
Apr 02, 2021
Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo review
This is my first review, so don't expect too much of it.

I wrote this review seeing there are no other reviews for this manga though it deserves one.





Yamada and the Seven Witches. Sounds like something from a fairy tale huh? Well, not really...

The story is about a delinquent high school student, Ryuu Yamada, who studies at a private school. One day, while going up the stairs, he slips and accidentally falls down. And to make it worse, he fell down over the class' top student, Urara Shiraishi, and they both ended up unconscious.

Waking up from his sleep, he finds himself in bed inside the school's infirmary...




ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT HE IS INSIDE SHIRAISHI'S BODY!

Unravelling the truths behind this phenomenon, they learned that they could switch bodies anytime with a kiss. Yamada and Shiraishi now lives their once boring life and starts to enjoy school more.

Brought to you by Miki Yoshikawa, assistant of the mangaka famous for his work "Fairy Tail", is a romantic-comedy, gender-bender that you might not want to miss.






Okay, enough of those commercial-like lines.


Story: 9/10


I have watched and read many romcom before...and I don't find anything special worth mentioning from this manga...except for the fact that it's one of those few gender-benders these days...otherwise, It has almost the same things you would find in a regular romcom. Though I would say IT IS worthy to be placed on the same boat as other famous titles like "To Love-Ru".


Art: 10/10


For the art of this manga, I would say it is the best. You could compare it to popular the titles, Naruto, One Piece, and Bleach.


Character: 10/10


As expected from the assistant of the creator of Fairy Tail, the characters in this manga resembles the style of those on Fairy Tail. Every character appearances also fits their roles perfectly.


Enjoyment: 9/9


So far, I really enjoyed this manga. Although there's still really not much of a plot.


Overall: 9/10


I can't really say anything much yet because this manga only has 10 chapters. But I can tell that this manga has a lot of potential to it. It's good in all aspect but haven't really developed a deeper plot yet...

And it's really sad to say that almost no one knows about this manga yet. And because of that, it really doesn't get translated immediately after the release.

But if the plot is delivered right, I know for sure, that someday, this manga would also hit the ranking charts.


*P.S. This are all my opinions. I don't care if you object to anything I said. Make your own review.
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Mr_NoName4
Apr 02, 2021
Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo review
I'm not overly fond of shonen harem series, but they can be tolerable, and shonen stuff is typically better when helmed by a female author. "Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo" is a fairly enjoyable shonen series, although it's by no means perfect. There are a few big plot holes that get waved over in the final rush to clear up all the mysteries, and the series loses focus past the first arc(s) by creating unnecessarily convoluted melodrama while retaining predictable outcomes.

That said, I did enjoy the series. The art was reasonably well done, and the characters were lots of fun (particularly Urara and Miyamura), although plenty of them are either totally dropped from the plot or are reduced to one-dimensionality. Although readers who stretch this manga out over a very extended period of time are less likely to notice this, anyone who reads it quickly will be sure to see these flaws.

I wasn't particularly interested in solving the "mystery" of the supernatural elements of the series. They're fun without question, but were better served as an excuse for character interactions, especially early on. The development between total opposites Urara and Yamada was especially good because of this, but once things settle into full-on Harem mode after the initial arc it kind of gets dull.

One thing that I considered a bit weak was the ecchi. I'm never much of an ecchi fan (preferring actual erotic, sexual, and romantic content as opposed to fan service), but I was hopeful that the series would strike a better balance than it ended up doing. In the initial arc there are moments of great chemistry between Yamada and Urara, and lots of genuinely erotic moments that come up naturally over the course of their relationship. Unlike many shonen female leads, Urara is 100% in control of her sexuality and when this is displayed fully the series strikes gold. Considering there are both shonen and shojo series that handle sexual relationships in a much more natural and realistic way I don't think that my criticisms are asking too much. Sacrificing romance and healthy sexuality in favour of fan service is always disastrous to the narrative, and "Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo" definitely lacks both romantic and sexual payoff despite all the erotic buildup (largely in the first arc, and occasionally past that).

My final complaint has to do with the ending. I absolutely hate the style of ending used in "Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo." Not because it failed to give me what I wanted (aside from some nitpicks surrounding secondary characters and certain details it was satisfactory plot-wise), but because there's a time skip, and structurally it took me out of the moment. The ending is pretty common to shonen mangas however, so if you aren't the type that minds these things then be at ease. Overall the manga is quite strong, and I recommend it to people who are into shonen manga and like romance, but don't want it to be the most dominant or sole element of the storytelling. If, however, you're coming in looking for a romance with other concerns and narrative diversions then "Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo" might be of slightly less appeal.
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Aceplayer2374
Apr 02, 2021
Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo review
RAW thoughts:

I don't usually write reviews, but I had to get my thoughts out after getting up to around 200 chapters into this series. I know that this series is labeled as a harem manga, but I could not stand how drawn out the story became after 200 chapters with the MC and the MG (main girl). It was as if the author was actively trying to keep them apart for as long as possible so that the series couldn't end.

My main problem was that once I got to around 200 chapters, I think I knew more about the side characters and MC than I knew of MG. It makes the story lose focus for me since I barely understand what MG is like or what her character even is.

SPOILER: After 90 chapters the author decided to figuratively shelve the MG by having her not attend school for a indefinite amount of time, using the reasoning that she was under one of the witches spell. That's fine for a short hiatus, but this lasted to around chapter 240.

If I could make an analogy of the romance between MC and MG, it is like getting a striptease that lasts 3 hours. I got bored of it once my legs fell asleep.

For the supernatural portion of the story, the idea was fine for a harem manga. It wasn't too technical, not boring, but they kept on rehashing the idea way to much. It gets really boring when the story devolves to center around the memory erasing ability in the last 60 chapters.

The last chapter was nice though, points for that. It is one of the few harem mangas that end with a wedding and epilogue chapter. However, because of how the story was structured, it didn't feel fulfilling enough to enjoy it to its fullest. It was almost a paint by numbers thing that you had to hit the checkpoints that the MC has to end with MG, so their chemistry was sacrificed for it.

All in all, just watch the anime. It saves you a ton more time. If you got time to kill, read the manga but be warned that if you root for the MG, you will have a bittersweet ride.
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Johncli117112
Apr 02, 2021
Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo review
It dragged on too long for my tastes, some big plot points were never explained, and the later arcs and their drama seemed contrived. It never got so bad to the point where I stopped reading, but I distinctly remember saying to myself, "Oh, THIS is how they write it so the manga could keep going forever." Obviously, it does end, which is good because if it was any longer, I don't think I would have been able to take it.

I felt that it suffered from "too many cooks!" syndrome. While most new characters eventually get explored (figuratively and literally), most aren't fleshed out too much and are reduced to their own stereotypes for the remainder of the manga. However, Yamada himself is a likable protagonist and definitely fulfills his role in the harem.

While the story-lines drag out later in the manga and are poorly explained, the interactions between characters themselves are decent. There are some real emotions happening within the story, and it's hard not to get invested in some of the characters.

I felt myself reading to see what happens at the end and who ends up with who. The journey to the end was a slog at times, but there were a couple of bright points along the way. If you're looking for a masterpiece mystery and explanations for everything, they're not here.

A story that begins to sink in quality and is rife with plot-holes, but is kept afloat by Yamada and a few great main characters leaves Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo with a rating of 6 from me.
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shanaia13
Apr 02, 2021
Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo review
I finished Yamada Kun, a manga that from the beginning surprised me with an interesting story that worked by means of a kiss, At the end of the 90 chapters that took in the anime I see that stories of some characters were not counted with depth, After continuing what I no longer saw in the anime, it seems great but in my opinion it turned sometimes a bit repetitive, but the funny moments, was what I really loved about this. Of course, to the deepest part of the story that happens after Yamada's ceremony, which made me excited to know why the witches existed and what secrets the school council had at school. I was thrilled when I reached the climax of the story, My heart was going to 1000

Story 9/10.
For the reason I mentioned, there were parts that for my taste I felt repetitive in history. It started with good potential, but there were times when they dropped the story, but when that happened BOOM! They discovered something else that left me with the doubt and that motivated me to continue reading. Some chapters felt heavy, not because I had too much text, if I did not have the idea that it would happen, that's why I give that score for the story

Characters 10/10
As not to love the main characters, each of them has something that makes them special, especially Shiraishi, a girl so understandable, incredible (for what happens before reaching the last two chapters), Yamada a boy who gave everything Of himself to the end. Miyamura along with Itou they were the ones that put the fun definitely to the history. Odagiri then had its charm (personality) but it was not so special to me.
And so Tamaki, the support he gave to Yamada even though he looks like a character with bad propositions.

Design 9.5 / 10
The expressions of their faces at fun times were the best, when they were in trouble and their traits were easy to read and feel what happened to them.

My General Opinion 9.5 / 10 I give this story, I would recommend it to anyone who likes manga / anime, a story that does not leave questions unanswered, it may be confusing because oneself poses some answers without argument, but they respond Alone as you read on. A good start charming and fun, but as you read more becomes much more interesting. Leave a final more than satisfied. Of course I have to put 10 in MAL because it does not have a range of 9.1 to 9.9 xD, I Enjoy this incredible work of Miki Yoshikawa, until I left one or another tear maybe of happiness already in the final stretch

PD. My English is still not very good for writing and I had to help a little with the translator xD
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zuultek5
Apr 02, 2021
Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo review
Okay, so I first found this manga by watching the anime (i dont read much manga), and when I discovered the manga, I found out that the anime stopped at chapter 90, ish. And instead of reading from there I decided I wanted to start from scratch. I read the entire 216 chapter within 24 hours.

Story: 8

Okay, Im going to split how I rate the story into two parts:

1st: chapter 1-90

The story is easy to understand together with the plot. When you read, you start by Yamada's POV, sometimes you gets some others POV, but mainly its Yamada's throughout the story. Now, when this review is written, the manga is still ongoing, just keep that in mind. There are mysteries, parts where you dont understand much, but there are parts where you gets hints somewhere earlier in the chapters that makes sense later in the story. To me, these was the most entertaining part of the entire manga.

2nd: Chapter 91-216

Now this is where everything else left out start to make sense. Everything that you dont understand, all the mysteries throughout the rest of the story gets solved here. However, the longer you get through the manga, it seems that the story gets left behind, and more focused on the character, I dont mind it really as I love the characters and how they develop through the story. There are fillers, and there are parts where everything starts to take a 180, plot twists (I love'em).

Art: 9

Not much to say here, as the art is comfortable to look at.

Characters: 9

At the start where you are introduced to them, you get your first impression, but what made me love each of them was their unique personalities and their character development, not everyone is the same they were at the start, and I like that. Really enjoyable.

Enjoyment: 8

As I said at the start, I first watched the anime and then turned to the manga. If you have watched the anime, I highly recommend to start from chapter 1 in the manga as there are things that are left out.

To be completely honest, I really like this manga, even if someone says that the manga has died and there isn't much left in it. I can agree at some parts, but I think the manga is more than just the story, as the characters has an extreme impact on how the manga develops.

Overall: 8

I really recommend you to read this manga if you're into love triangles, mysteries, plot twists and of course nerve pains on characters as some of them really annoys you and you straight out hate a character, but then later love them.

This is a manga that some love and some hate, its not something you can be told without testing it out yourself, so try it out.

You like it? Sweet, keep reading

You don't like it? Stop reading and end the never ending of everything this manga has to bring.



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Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo
Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo
Autor Yoshikawa, Miki
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