Witch Watch (ウィッチウォッチ)

Well, Moi, I'm leavin' now.

- - Eh?

Before I go,

I wanna thank you for always protecting me.

I swear I'm gonna study real hard

and become a great witch.

A-And as soon as I do,

I'll see you again, 'kay?

- - Mm-hmm.

Yo! Dumbass!

You better look at me when I'm talkin' to you,

Morihito Otogi!

You owe me for what you done the other day.

Don't act like you don't remember me!

You remember, all right!

Kelpfish?

Nah, I'm Momota,

and this is my crew!

Inuzuka!

Saruwatari!

Yamamoto!

- Which one's the pheasant?

- Don't tell me you forgot about graduation

and how you busted up our fun!

We was messin' with Kamei, and you butted in to save him!

Then you eck-scaped to Ryugu Town!

What a folktale nerd.

And another thing!

We heard you makin' fun of Momota's bitchin' hair!

- He spends at least 30 minutes every day

makin' it look perfect!

His do's more important to him than his life!

He's got a cheap-ass life.

- We're gonna mash your stupid face in!

Diction, Yamamoto! Diction!

Come on, you guys!

Let's beat his ass!

- What? What the hell?! - Stand still, you--

Stand still, damn you!

- So why'd you let 'em hit you, Morihito?

- Well, I didn't really have a choice, Dad, did I?

I had to let him beat me up,

'cause if I fought back, I'd have killed him.

- You do know when you say it like that, you sound arrogant.

I'm not trying to be.

When we were kids, I hit him and hurt him bad, remember?

Yeah, but that was years ago.

Since then, you've trained hard to control your strength,

and now you're a master at it.

This was easier.

They hit me and went away happy.

- - If you say.

Anyway, do you remember Nico?

Who, Nico, the witch?!

- -

Back in fourth grade,

I remember she said she was moving

to the holy land of the witches so she could train.

- Uh-huh. She finished her training,

- and now she's coming home. - Oh.

- And it seems she's requested you to be her familiar.

Huh?!

I get why you'd spit out your naruto.

Usually a witch would pick an animal to be their familiar.

But a long time ago,

some familiars absorbed enough magic,

they took on the shape of a human.

Two familiars, an ox and a tiger,

took human form and then mated with humans,

and their descendants became ogres.

So that means our ancestors used to be familiars.

- I know. You told me all about that when I was little.

But who goes around

making people their servants these days?

That's just weird.

- Our families don't have master-servant ties today,

but the pact between us remains.

We have no choice but to abide by it.

- Then you go be her familiar instead!

- If a teenage witch asked me to be her servant,

I'd jump at the chance, believe you me.

Dirty old man!

- Unfortunately, I'm leaving tomorrow

on a long-term business trip.

Look, you won't be her butler.

You'll be more like her bodyguard.

"Bodyguard"?

- Nico's mom said she can't leave the holy land yet

and is staying behind,

so when Nico comes back here, she'll be on her own.

But you have this whole house to yourself.

- - In the end,

Nico's mom and I decided

you'd both live here together.

- - You did that on purpose!

Disgusting.

- It's everywhere. - She's coming here...

- I'm gonna have to take these glasses apart to clean 'em.

...to stay?

- I hope the special coating's not ruined.

That cost a fortune.

I wonder how Moi's been doing.

I'm Morihito.

Moihito.

It's "Morihito," with an "R."

Try it again.

Mo... Mo...

Moihito.

Moi!

She's such a goofball.

I wonder what she's like now.

What the hell?!

You're a ballsy burglar!

Uh, no.

I just had bad posture,

and I lost control of it 'cause of that.

I'm sorry.

Hang on.

Is that you?

Hey, Moi!

Nico.

I'm back...

just like I said I'd be.

What's wrong?

Do I look different or--

- Save it. -

We're cleaning up first.

Man, I knew something was gonna go wrong.

I even psyched myself up for it, thinking it would help.

But I didn't think you'd cause so much trouble

the second you showed up, that's for sure.

I-I'm sorry, Moi.

- Don't touch that! -

I bet you're tired.

Take a seat. Relax.

'Kay.

I baked those. Try one.

'Kay.

He's so sweet.

He got hot, too!

Way hotter than I thought he was gonna turn out!

He's the same kind but blunt,

hair-sticking-out-in-cute-ways guy I knew before!

And now that we're gonna be living together,

heck, anything could happen!

Oh, my gosh, anything?!

Like what kinds of anythings?!

I mean, he's an ogre, but he is still a guy.

He's gonna stare at me all sexy-like.

I bet he's thinking pervy thoughts about me right now!

- Nico. - Um, yeah?

This all happened kinda fast.

I'm as confused as you are, but it's gonna be okay.

Mm. I sure hope so.

Still, I feel bad.

All this bodyguard and roommate stuff,

my mom didn't give me a say in any of it.

Nothing we can do.

It's part of the pact, right?

I'm gonna go dump this glass.

No, hang on!

I can totally use my magic to fix the window!

For real?

Did you forget who I happen to be?

- The chick who broke the window.

- In order for my spell to work, I'm gonna need a mediary.

What's a mediary?

- It can be any little thing lying around

that's important to you.

How 'bout this?

It's vintage, and it's my favorite mug in the house.

I'm super careful with it.

That'll work perfect!

Okay, here goes.

Hahhhh.

Witch Recovery!

You did it!

Awesome.

And super easy-peasy!

Mm? What was that?

- Oh, that was the sound of your sacrificial mug shattering.

My mug! Why'd it have to die?!

- Well, you see, the spell works by harnessing

the feelings people invest in their favorite things.

- You should have warned me about that first!