Witchcraft Works
Witchcraft Works is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by. It was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Good! Afternoon from March 2010 to February 2022, with its chapters collected into seventeen volumes. An anime television series adaptation by J.C.Staff aired in Japan from January to March 2014.
Plot
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.Characters
Main characters
;Honoka Takamiya;Ayaka Kagari
Workshop Witches
;Kasumi Takamiya;Kazane Kagari
;Kyōichirō Mikage
;Touko Hio
;Rinon Otometachibana
;Atori Kuramine
Tower Witches
Ivory Quintet
;Tanpopo Kuraishi;Kanna Utsugi
;Rin Kazari
;Kotetsu Katsura
;Mei Menowa
Others
;Evermillion;Chronoire Schwarz VI
;Medusa
;Weekend
;Komachi Takamiya
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by, Witchcraft Works was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Good! Afternoon from March 5, 2010, to February 7, 2022. Kodansha collected its chapters in seventeen 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.