Considerations
This is a spoilerfree review.
80+ in my rating means really good.
Ive added one of the anime soundtracks to the sound section. If you wish scroll down start it and use it as your background music while you read.
Story
The story follows Monica Everett known to the world as the legendary Silent Witch. She earned this title because shes one of the few mages capable of casting powerful spells without chants. While others see her as a naturalborn genius the reality is that shes just super shy and developed this technique to avoid speaking in public. Her quiet life is disrupted when shes given a secret mission: enroll at a magical school in disguise to act as a bodyguard for the kingdoms prince who is under threat.
The story is good and Monica is such a cutie. She has that same weirdness and social anxiety that we can find in other animes such as Bocchi the Rock. At times the anime can be dramatic and slow but in general I really enjoyed the story. This is mostly because it focuses on a lot of different aspects it has tons of comedy moments fighting and drama making it a very complete anime.
Art
The art is good and the character designs are well done. They all look different and the artists did a great job with expressions when someone gets mad you can really see their facial expressions change. Add that to the point that they change the style of the anime to have Chibi designs in cute moments and its very enjoyable to watch.
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This anime has a ton of reaction gifs
In terms of animation its very fluid. Most of the anime is traditionally drawn and I cannot remember any moment that was straightup CGI besides crowds etc.. The part in which it amazed me a lot was the magic which was well done with spells really showing beautiful elements such as fire.
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Characters
There are an average amount of characters in this series including Monica her school friends the prince and his friends other magicians and various side characters. Theyre well done and the side characters have time to show what theyre made of which adds depth to the series.
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Me writing this review
As I talk about main characters Monica is great. Shes cute shy funny and strong. She is everything you can ask for in a main character and I loved seeing her development throughout the show.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was good. Since its a medieval show it has that towns folk style that is classic in RPGs and similar fantasy settings. The overall sound was good enough to immerse me in several moments from fight scenes with uptempo music to comedy scenes with totally silly tracks. Overall this was a great aspect of the anime. Going specific about the OP/ED. I really enjoyed the ED the OP music wasnt really that great in my opinion.
https://youtu.be/34lbh54AuVA?list=PLkQgDmK6rNfvrl7fT0Ut86t2DybDwZzg
Conclusion
If youre like me you skip everything and read only the conclusion because you dont want to get spoiled with other themes. So I will try to be brief on this point:
Watch it.This anime has a bit of everything: drama comedy fighting good characters and good animation. If youre mostly into comedy/drama and you like animes such as Bocchi the Rock this anime is perfect for you. Even if this isnt the kind of anime you normally watch try a few episodes because for me it was a delight to watch.
86
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