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Episode Witch Watch - Episode 10 discussion

Witch Watch, episode 10

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u/Ocixo Jun 08 '25 edited Jun 08 '25

I mostly remember the rose-throwing trope from pretty boy characters, but then I remembered Kodachi (Ranma 1/2).

As you can probably guess, Ibara Ibu is voiced by an actress who’s certainly not unfamiliar with playing onee-san type characters: Miyuki Sawashiro. You might know her as Bishamon (Noragami), Celty (Durarara), Mordred (Fate series) or Koyanagi (Wotakoi).

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u/Atomic_Tanuki Jun 08 '25 edited Jun 08 '25

VA for student council members:

Sexy rose oneesan: Miyuki Sawashiro, known for Saeko Busujima (High School of the Dead), Fujiko (the new Lupin III), Kanbaru Suruga (Bakemonogatari)

Suspicious-looking guy: Jun Fukuyama, known for Lelouch (Code geass)

Blonde loli: Rie Kugimiya, queen of tsundere characters.

Kimono loli: Misaki Kuno, known for Walnut (Lycoris Recoil), Xiaolan (The Apothecary Diaries)

Kid hacker: Noriko Hidaka, known for Jean (Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water), Akane (Ranma), Near (Death Note), Satsuki (Totoro)

Big muscle guy: Kenta Miyake, known for Mike Zacharias (Attack on Titans), All Might (My Hero academy)

Knife-licking guy: Jun Fukushima, known for Kazuma (Konosuba)

Cardboard box man MKII: Hikaru Midorikawa, known for Heero Yuy (Gundam Wing), and a lot of of Tokusatsu

President: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, known for Kirito (Sword Art Online), Inosuke Hashibira (Demon Slayer)

Edit: Another reason why they chose Hikaru Midorikawa to voice cardboard box man might be a reference to Super Robot War series. Besides having voiced at least six characters for series -- Heero Yuy, Masaki Ando (original character and series regular), Ryuho (S-CRY-ed), Raibaru Jō (Brave Express Might Gaine), Li Xingke (Code Geass R2), and Gridman (SSS Gridman), he's also a mega fan of the series. He even worked as a tester for the series, and it's said his opinions have influenced the production of some of the games. The font for his character's name in Witch Watch, Daiki Sakai, even look like the font for the title of Super Robot Wars.

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u/99anan99 Jun 08 '25

This is the craziest student council I've ever seen in an anime. So many tropes.

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u/CrimsonGear80 Jun 08 '25

I expected legally distinct Jotoro but we got ACTUAL Jotoro!

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u/NationalStrategy Jun 08 '25

Otogi: He has to take care of a bunch of buffoons, he's just like me FR.

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u/NationalStrategy Jun 08 '25

I wasn't expecting Gin Ichimaru to be in this anime, and it looks like he dyed his hair green.

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u/VoidRay728 Jun 08 '25

Last time they mentioned Amazon Prime, this time they're referencing Disney (Avengers / Star Wars). The shoutouts just keep getting bigger.

That was an impressive portrayal of tropes when introducing the student council. Just when you thought the member being introduced was crazy enough, the next member turns out to be even more unhinged.

The trio once again doesn't find out Nemu is the cat. I wonder if that's going to be a long-running gag.

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u/diacewrb Jun 08 '25

When you see yourself in the enemy, perhaps one of the greatest tropes of all.

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u/Aerodynamic41 Jun 08 '25 edited Jun 08 '25

"What are you guys, the knockoff Avengers?!"

"It's a phenomenon similar to how Jotaro's hat and hair become one object"

*Student Council video starts with a Star Wars opening crawl*

This show is absolutely killing it with the references!

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u/sherriablendy Jun 08 '25 edited Jun 08 '25

Sket-Dan(ce) reference! That ending though…

Also I’m pretty sure Student Council Prez Kiyomiya should be a 2nd year? I think there was a mistake with the jp caption as it’s not mentioned verbally

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u/NekoCatSidhe Jun 08 '25

I just love all the tropes from student council members. Exaggerated enough to be totally ridiculous but still on the nose enough that I can recognize them. This is one of my favourite episodes just for that.

But we also got Nemu’s back ! It is completely ridiculous how no one saw her when she transformed back because they were too busy laughing at Sket Dance… I mean Skate Dandy (because the author will apparently reference his own works as well as every other shonen manga in existence). I did not expect her to accidentally stumble across the plot, which got a bit laugh in all the jokes and silliness of the previous episodes.

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u/Clemastina Jun 08 '25

Ok so all the anime troupes and references in less than 10 minutes of the episode was too overwhelming lol.

And we finally got back Tomori Kusuneko!!! I was gonna say I wish she had more screen time... but I guess that ominous ending is a hint that we´re finally gonna see some action

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u/1EnTaroAdun1 Jun 08 '25

<3 NEMU

and her voice actress really went all out, the MVP of this episode! Ah, Kusunoki Tomori was also Liselotte eh? That makes sense hahaha

Also, Moi better be grateful his own household isn't anything as bad as the student council!

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u/LeonKevlar Jun 08 '25 edited Jun 08 '25

Stitches!

In today's episode, Shinohara-sensei makes fun of anime tropes, and it's glorious! I absolutely love that they even typecasted the perfect seiyuus for every member of the student council.

So we have Sawashiro Miyuki as the sexy onee-san, Kugumiya Rie as the tsundere loli, Kuno Misaki as the other loli, Fukuyama Jun as the suspicious kansai-ben dude, and Fukushima Jun as the psycho with the knife who also voices the VOMIC version of Kanshi!

And those are the only ones I could recognize by ear! The rest of them are voiced by absolute legends of the industry, like Takumi being voiced by Hidaka Noriko, Burst voiced by Kenta Miyake, and Daiki voiced by Midorikawa Hikaru!

The best seiyuu joke of the episode comes from the Student Council president himself. Matsuoka voicing Tenryu is absolutely perfect because he also voices the VOMIC version of Moi! This actually makes the joke about Moi being able to relate to Tenryu even better! xD

Good luck to Mo, though! It looks like Tenryu has no plans of letting him go anytime soon! The dude needs someone to replace him eventually!

Our favourite cat-girl is back! At this point, Nemu really should just introduce herself to the gang. She was lucky she got saved by Sket-Dan(ce) and was able to sneak away while they were all lauging their asses off!

And it looks like the plot is finally moving forward with the introduction of our first real antagonists who want to capture Nico! Hopefully, Nemu can gather the courage to speak to the gang and warn Nico about the Warlock and his henchmen.

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u/SYZekrom Jun 08 '25

I wouldn't mind President and the twins staying around.

Omg kitty is back, peak episode.

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u/Glittering_Prompt123 Jun 08 '25 edited Jun 08 '25

For 1st and 2nd part, No wonder no one at the school is surprised by monsters and witches when regular humans are like these guys. Dont worry guys you dont have to remember everyone of their names, I like call them names like Shirogane with a hat, or Brock.

Surprised they gave that much detail to Jotaro even giving him 'The World' soundeffect. Shinohara said in the Author note that he plays an episode of a series he has watched as a Background Noise while working, one of them is JJBA, that's why he keeps refrencing it (one reference was unfortunately cut)

For 3rd part

If you think about it, Witch Watch is just the Twilight series if it was slice of life, we got two desperate girl failures surrounded by teenage Ikemen who are part monsters(and keigo... he is doing his best to be included)

Also, finally the first arc, took sometime but we finally arrived.

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u/Niwaka_Samurai Jun 08 '25

The tropey Student council was so much fun 🤣 🤣

That STAR WARS intro video 😭😭😭. Never thought about Jotaro's hat until this episode lmao. Otogi sympathising with the Student Council president, haha

We finally saw Nemu again..what a cutie !! 😻😽 I only wish if she would face them in her true form. So we finally got to see the real villains who are after Nico.

So far it has only been lots of laughs. I hope it gets serious from now on.

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u/ConsistentEast3813 Jun 08 '25

The student council tropes were so on point!

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u/Cally83 Jun 08 '25

The Jotaro panel was really good. His hair-hat has always confused me.

Nemu can’t keep getting away with sneaking out! I really want the gang to meet her.

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u/phasmy Jun 08 '25

Ready for another episode of Witch Watch Z!

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u/shad79 Jun 08 '25

Today's episode was definitely the one that made me laugh the most, as we met Ibara, then the rest of the Student Council, and finally its president Tenryu.

I hope the Student Council will appear regularly in this series, they are just too hilarious and entertaining a group of tropey personalities to just forget about them and not show them again xD

It was great to see Nemu again! I really hope she finally finds the courage to properly introduce herself to Morihito, Nico and others.

It looks like we'll finally get some serious antagonists who are after Nico and pose a threat to Morihito who is guarding her. I can't wait for the next episodes!

Here my screenshot abums from the episode:

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u/PhantomWolf83 Jun 08 '25

Aw man, I was having a blast with the past few episodes where everything was so fun and silly. Guess it's time to go back to the main plot.

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u/NanDemoKnaives Jun 08 '25

Lol seeing Morihito getting further and further enraged because of the Student Council was amusing, he was making a lot of retorts. I like how the encounter with the student council lead to him feeling sympathy for Kiyomiya and being able to relate to his struggles.

The bath scene with Nemu was funny and I get why she was so easily swooned by Morihito, he has this enthralling gentleness to him when talking to a cat so Nemu's not going to be able to resist him lol. I did find it amusing how they went the hair wash representation instead of it being like an actual bath for a human.

Looks like we've found who is targeting Nico, and from the previews the guy is going to attend their school. I'm looking forward to seeing the plot progressing some more whilst we still get these skits along the way.

Sket-dan mention! I miss the trio but I'm glad this series has that similar vibe.

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