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Synonyms: Yamada-kun to Nananin no Majo, 7 Witches, Maou no Kyoushitsu, The Devil's Classroom

Japanese: 山田くんと7人の魔女

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 28

Chapters: 246

Status: Finished

Published: Feb 22, 2012 to Feb 22, 2017

Genres: Comedy, Mystery, Romance, Supernatural

Themes: Harem, School

Demographic: Shounen

Serialization: Shounen Magazine (Weekly)

Authors: Yoshikawa, Miki (Story & Art)

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Score: 8.03¹ (scored by 55,659 users)

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Ranked: #702²

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Popularity: #111

Members: 120,968

Favorites: 5,275

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Mar 25, 2017

aznjeromeo

Recommended

"Yamada-kun and the seven witches" was one of the first mangas I ever read back in the day, and because of it, I was mostly up to date and waiting for chapters weekly just became a chore along the way. Three to four years have passed since then and I recently found out that it was finished. Out of a recommendation from a friend I decided to pick it up again from the start and finish it until the end.

All I can say about this manga is that it really understands how high school stories should be done. When I was first reading it, ...

May 31, 2012

HauntingShock

Recommended

Preliminary (10/246 chp)

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...

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Sep 4, 2014

kimwonshik

Recommended

Preliminary (125/246 chp)

--The review contains spoilers--

Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches are one of a kind story alright, the very VERY good kind.

Story : (9/10)

You have Yamada, a delinquent without a single friend because that's how almost how every protaganist have to be okay, who had an accident kiss with Shiraishi, one of the smartest and beautiful girl in school.

Both woke up with each other bodies and hilarity ensued and in the end their relationship also blossomed, allowing them to grow as a person and experience things they never knew, since both are friendless and loners.
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Dec 8, 2017

gothgf-rip

Mixed Feelings

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.

May 8, 2014

cassynova

Recommended

Preliminary (108/246 chp)

Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo is one of those mangas you pick up and can't put back down. At first I was not expecting a lot from it; the storyline seemed overplayed and the overall feeling was that I would be reading something cute and nice enough to keep me entertained for a while.

But Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo is a lot more than that. Sure, the story is not extremely original, but if there's something that I've learned from life is that it doesn't matter if you're the first to come up with an idea - what matters is if you're the best at ... portraying that idea. And while Yoshikawa Miki might not be the best out of all the authors, she sure knew what she was doing.

She created lovable characters with very distinct personalities, most of which you will very likely start caring for by the end of the first few chapters. I found myself really living their situations, their achievements and their disappointments, found myself rooting for them like they were great friends of mine. And one great thing about them is that they're not cookie-cutter either. You will get seriously angered by some of them, too, because they will mess up terribly. All of them are given equal screen time, more or less, although of course Yamada is considered the main character and everything revolves around him. What I mean is that all the other characters go through their hardships and own mini stories and Yamada's own life sometimes takes the backstage in such cases.

The story is engaging. Like I said, I couldn't put the manga down because I couldn't wait to find out what was happening next. It has some plot twists that will leave you flabberghasted and others not so much, as they are a bit predictable. But overall, I think the author was very creative and played her cards well. She could have transformed this manga into something very unidimensional and boring. Yet it's clear that she really gave herself to her work. You can feel her dedication in every sentence and every stroke. She also mixed a lot of genres together and didn't really give a preference to just one.

The art is flawless, as far as I can tell, and very emotional. It transpires the mood of the characters completely. I could hear them screaming, feel their tension and the butterflies in their stomach, smile whenever they smiled, feel sad whenever they cried. It's ecchi, of course, so beware if you're not into that kind of thing. I usually am not so seeing as I love this manga, that's something to consider. Maybe because it's not something blatant and overplayed. It's more of an accessory and usually acts like a comic relief more than anything else. It's not gratuitous like in some other mangas, which I enjoy.

Definitely recommend it to anyone wanting a good laugh and looking for a refreshing manga. Ignore the fact that there are storylines like these. Ignore the cheesiness that sometimes takes place. I guarantee you will fall in love with Yamada and the gang in no time.

Beware also of the harem feel in this manga. If you don't like that sort of thing, it will put you off. There is some romance, but not in extreme. So what will happen is that you will be so excited about it everytime it happens, your enjoyment will be off the chart. There will be some yaoi vibes too, although not in the way you'd think. I would approach this manga in a very open-minded way since it is so worth the reading, regardless of these elements.

Apr 23, 2017

TomoyasaI

Recommended

Yamada - kun to 7 nin no majo is a story about a delinquent named Ryuu Yamada and how his life changes when he meets this 7 witches.

Story: 10

I gave the story a perfect rating because of its unique plot, even though some may say that its the same with other romance mangas but the idea of adding fantasy to the story is making it more interesting. Imagine a life where you meet 7 witches , it makes your life more interesting right?

Art: 9

I love the art but there are some parts that i dont like. (based on my own observation)
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Apr 11, 2017

Grubih

Recommended

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

Nov 5, 2013

Dunkjoe

Recommended

Preliminary (80/246 chp)

After reading 80 chapters in under 24 hours, I feel that I should write a review on this great manga.

Story: Yamada and the Seven Witches.... The story plot is really sticking to the manga title well. It almost feels like a spoiler actually.

The story and plot is good with nice suspense and twists but occasionally is too straightforward.

Oh there's one more thing you should be mentally prepared before you read this manga. Do NOT be too shocked at a few same-sex kisses. Cos those kinda put me off a bit==.

Art: The art and design is quite good. Quite detailed actually, maybe except where it is ...

Sep 24, 2023

EnshourT_

Recommended

Wow.. ever since the anime ended I didn't touch the manga until now, and OH BOY I'm glad I read through the end. We got a beautiful and happy way to end this amazing series.

Back then I was young and naive when I first encountered the anime and now I'm about to enter a University just like the crew. I was worried for a second cuz I read manga to escape from reality, but got pulled up back to reality when they started the University "Arc". Nevertheless, from an anime that I wanted to watch because of how obsessed I was on the romance genre ...

Jun 17, 2014

Chromoicx

Recommended

Preliminary (113/246 chp)

Intriguing. Exciting. Funny. Unexplained. The manga focuses on a high school delinquent. Fascinating right?... He accidentally kisses a girl when falling down the stairs. Cliché right?
Now before you turn away and go this is probably another stupid manga I want you to read it... Impressed? (Well I suppose you haven't read it yet because it'll defeat the purpose of this review) anyways

It may sound silly, but this tale has more to it than the normal average manga. Now the story I stated "the manga focuses on a high school delinquent" right? Yeh... but it also focuses on other characters. Well... There is a reason and ...

Jan 26, 2017

Houtski

Recommended

Preliminary (237/246 chp)

This manga is very special to me, it was so much fun and the story changed quickly in unexpected ways that always kept me engaged. However, after 238 chapters, over 100 of them being the same story copied in a slightly different way, I feel that the creatures have lost what made this manga good in the first place.

At 237 chapters I am dropping what was one of my favorite manga of all time. I really wish they would try something new or just stop making more chapters. They are in serious danger of repeating what happened to Bleach in my opinion.

Apr 16, 2015

hatayo

Recommended

Preliminary (95/246 chp)

This is my first review.
FYI SPOILERS.
Well i really liked the beginning of this manga, he gets the girl he wanted and all that and everyone is happy(kinda) and I thought it could've ended there with maybe a couple extra chapters as a slight after story. Instead the author decided to redo essentially the same story but with more people.
Seeing this happen made me want to drop it which I did after seeing it was repetitive.
However, even though I dropped it i'm not saying it's a bad manga. As a matter of fact it was great. It had a compelling storyline that hooked me ...

Mar 5, 2024

rotokun

Not Recommended

Other than the art style being iffy at best and quite off-putting often (don't look at their eyes when their head's are tilted), the first large arc of 65ish chapters is okay.
However, after that, where it absolutely should've ended, it continues for another 180 chapters, with 20-30 added characters, and 10-30 added plot lines that NEVER get resolved or touched upon. So many characters just evaporate when they're very important, only to be brought up 30 chapters later to say hi and do nothing. So many relationships are shredded and the characters involved just move on ...

Feb 23, 2017

loungyoo

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (206/246 chp)

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 ...

Oct 27, 2018

zeralul

Mixed Feelings

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 ...

Jul 30, 2016

CantDeleteMyAcc

Recommended

Preliminary (216/246 chp)

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 ...

Sep 19, 2023

hexashadow13

Mixed Feelings

tl;dr: A manga with a great first third with a pretty solid plot and good character/relationship development, but that then slowly becomes much worse written and just in general less fun to read.

This manga is about a delinquent type student named Yamada getting involved with the seven witches of his high school. These witches have supernatural powers that are activated upon kissing. For example, the main heroine Shiraishi has the power to switch bodies. The first third of the manga involves Yamada, Shiraishi, and the rest of the members of the supernatural studies club that they’ve created, going around and investigating the other witches, trying ... to discover the root behind what’s happening and why. This is somewhat episodic in that each witch has their own issue that needs to be resolved and each witch is dealt with one by one.

Ultimately, this culminates with a grander, larger, and more complicated arc that builds up off of everything that happened up to that point and changes up the story quite a bit. Still, though the circumstances are different, even after that arc it essentially returns to a similar structure to before the arc in that it involves Yamada going around investigating witches again and solving their problems. These parts of the manga I felt were well written and pretty enjoyable. Each of the witches was decently well developed and how their issues were resolved was somewhat satisfying. Both Yamada and Shiraishi had pretty solid character arcs and relationship development. And the side characters were in general handled pretty well too.

The manga changes quite a bit around the half way point, and unfortunately it isn’t for the better. The focus shifts from being about all of the witches powers to instead focusing on a single one, memory manipulation. And as is often the case when this concept becomes the focus, things get really convoluted. That would be okay if this convolution was building towards something, but in this case it felt pretty directionless. It largely felt like there was no overarching plan on where the plot or characters arcs were going to go, or if there was it changed so much in the midst of things that the end result was a muddled mess. Plot wise it feels like it’s just spinning its wheels without moving much a lot of the time, but it also has very abrupt jumps, so the pacing is all screwy. While the first half had a few plot holes as well, they felt pretty minor and the type that are easily overlooked, but in the second half they’re much bigger and really in your face in such a way that it kind of feels like the plot itself makes very little sense at times.

Character arcs in general are handled pretty weakly in the second half because it introduces way too many characters that it doesn’t really know how to use well but seems to try to keep too many of them relevant and thus doesn’t manage to properly focus on anyone. The relationship development between Yamada and Shiraishi also peaks at around the half way point, and for most of the rest of the manga it’s either standing still, or regressing and having to build back up to where it already was. There’s a time skip epilogue where there’s major progress with everyone, but while I’m generally a fan of time skip epilogues, this one felt really forced and thematically off and thus just in general the ending to the manga wasn’t all that satisfying. Also, this manga is a harem manga with there being a lot girls interesting in Yamada, but in general and especially in the second half, it’s pretty terrible at handling this aspect to the point I feel that harem fans will have little to like here while those that hate harems will be put off so it would probably have been better to just not have had that.

The art in the manga is pretty great throughout. Character designs are nice and in general the framing and layouts are used well. There are a lot of really nice extra illustrations as chapter cover pages as well.

Jun 26, 2022

BabyGirl06301

Recommended

Wow, I didn't expect to walk away loving this manga as much as I do. If you're here reading this review after watching the anime, wondering if the manga is worth it, let me tell you that it is. The anime paced itself far too quickly--though it was still entertaining--but the manga lets that arc and the following arcs (for the most part, but I'll discuss that in a moment) breath so you have plenty of time with these awesome characters. If you want to know if you should check out the manga, I'll tell you that, if you liked the anime, you'll adore this.

Yamada-kun ... is one of those stories that I like to the fullest extent without caring much about the flaws--but that doesn't mean that I don't still see those flaws. So, let's talk about a pretty big one before getting into why I like Yamada-kun so much. This manga has plot holes. The plot is already quite complex because of the witches and what their abilities add up to effect as the story progresses, so it's easy to miss certain things that don't get addressed or clarified. Nevertheless, toward the end of the series especially, it becomes clear that the rules of this world were being defied in a couple important ways. Nothing that necessarily made the plot skew out of control, but plot holes nonetheless. Additionally, there were some pacing issues near the end as well (and a plot point that I don't think was necessary at all and was probably the one spot of this story that I didn't like). That meant that the end felt slightly rushed and choppy, especially since the ending few arcs seemed to be fighting between being entirely new entities and being extensions of previous arcs. Speaking of the plot, there were a few places where convenient writing was very evident--things like Yamada just understanding something for an unexplained reason because that was easier than constructing a moment where Yamada worked the problem out in his mind.

All of that being said, my enjoyment of this manga didn't really suffer that much, despite these imperfections. I mentioned the complexity of the plot resulting from the rules of this world that was created for Yamada-kun, and that was an aspect of this story that I very much liked. It wasn't so much that the reader was left to fill in the blanks (though that happened a few times) as it was that so many new events piled one on top of the other that the reader had to constantly check in to make sure they understood the state of the characters and the plot as it stood in that moment. The plot is an absolute spider's web, but I loved working through it and coming up with my own theories along the way.

Yamada-kun's cast of characters was another aspect of this manga that kept bringing me back to it. I, at least, felt like very few of these characters were stereotypical for this genre, and most of them get investigated in the most interesting ways. You might think that it's only natural to end up attached to these characters after reading over 200 chapters worth of material about them, and maybe that's true, but I promise you that you'll love these characters right away. They've been written to have such magnetic personalities, and when the plot starts veering toward their relationships with one another or their personal stories or their developments as the story moves forward, they begin to feel very stand-out and special.

Does Yamada-kun play at fanservice? Yes. Does it dramatize the conflicts these characters are trying to avoid? Sometimes it does, yes. But this manga is such a unique experience; I don't think I could liken this story to any other I've read or seen, and that specialness extends to every corner of this story. The romance, for instance, is so different than what I've seen everywhere else in this medium or in anime. The clichés you're used to seeing aren't there; the characters actually make sense when they speak to each other; petty problems aren't abundant at every turn. The humor, because of the plot device of kissing being a vehicle for magic, is amazing and eventually makes this manga feel homey. The drama and the conflict show colors of these characters and this world that make it all the more enticing to read. There's really nothing like Yamada-kun, and I'm grateful that I decided to pick it up because it's not one I'm likely to drop from my favorites list any time soon. In fact, it's one that I look forward to rereading in the future--maybe I'll be able to find some threads I wasn't able to connect this time. Either way, please read this if you're at all interested because it might be as magical for you as it was for me.

Aug 22, 2020

Complax

Recommended

Preliminary (246/246 chp)

If you have watched the anime & is thinking of reading the manga, then you probably should give it a go. There are 200+ chapters and only the first 90 chapters cover the content in the anime.
This anime arc ends nicely and on its own creates a wholesome romcom story. The twists and turns are enjoyable; Satisfying like a nice clean game of chess.

The next 100+ chapters feels like playing 4D chess...
Although sometimes it can get a little complicated, and quite a number of characters are introduced, the story's constant development manages to hook the reader. The twists and turns from the first ...

Aug 28, 2019

jofbub

Mixed Feelings

Yamada-kun is in a word; frustrating. I’ll preface this by saying that I did enjoy reading this manga, there are a lot of good points that make it a fun read. However there are also some things that – to me – made reading this a frustrating experience. There will be a few spoilers in this review, I’ll try to keep them light though.

First, I’ll start with the good – the characters. Most of what makes this a fun read is the characters. Yamada-kun has a diverse range of interesting, funny personalities, and some of the best parts are simple interactions between the characters. The ... manga also portrays realistic relationships between a lot of them, something I can appreciate when compared to other school life/ harem manga. Some highlights would be Miyamura and Itou who are downright hilarious. The manga also has some good character development for a lot of side characters, but struggles when it comes to the mains, particularly Shiraishi. Now I will say that she receives good development at the start of the manga, but for most of it remains as a blank slate who just acts as a love interest for Yamada – the main character. She is particularly bad in the second half the manga, but this is the case for a lot of the characters, as the writing went downhill after the first arc. A lot of characters struggle, and I think this is because there is such a wide range of characters.

The art in Yamada-kun is decent, but nothing too special. What I liked about it was character expressions, which were unique and really well portrayed. The other thing, which the author took special note of, is the character traits between different bodies. As body-switching is a main part of the story, the author did a good job of showing how different a person acts when in another’s body, like how they walk, talk, and act around certain people. While it was exaggerated at times it was a good approach and was often beneficial to the comedy or story.

In terms of story, this manga is a mixed bag. In my opinion it starts off strong, there are a lot of interesting things to be found out with the mystery of the witches at the school. However after the first arc the story is massively downgraded, and it skips over plot hole after plot hole, rushing through random arcs. It lost a lot of direction around 100 chapters in, and only ‘sort of’ found its way back some time later. The ending was incredibly frustrating as there were tons of loose ends that were just sort of left open. It was very rushed. One of these cases was also detrimental to Yamada’s character development. Sometime early on the mystery of the witches is a big thing, and Yamada wishes to find out why he got his power to copy other witches’ powers. When I saw this I thought it would be a big point to his character, but it was brought up one other time 200 chapters in, and then left at that. The writing and the pacing were simply frustrating as a reader who wanted to see these characters develop and mysteries solved. Many story arcs were also underwhelming, as many mysteries had been hyped up but then never solved. The story couldn’t seem to find its footing.

So what are my final thoughts, and should you read this manga? Yamada-kun is a fickle story, the story is all over the place, and it struggles to find its place in terms of what it wants to do. In saying that, the characters are funny, interesting, and realistic. If you are going to read this you would be best focusing on the comedy and characters rather than the plot, which is frustrating to think about. I enjoyed reading this the most when I wasn’t concerned with the innumerable plot holes and crappy ending, and when I focused on the characters and relationships portraryed. Overall – a 6/10

TL;DR: Characters really funny and unique, good cast. Story has no direction and is often times frustrating to read, plot holes common, and rushed ending. 6/10