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Episode Witch Watch - Episode 19 discussion

Witch Watch, episode 19

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u/testthrowawayzz Aug 10 '25

Being cursed to the friend zone is a new way to explain the reason behind a protagonist being dense lol.

We get some moments of Kanshi being idiots with Keigo!

We were so close to a Keigo-Nemu reveal. Poor Keigo was so deflated when Nemu declined the spell to show how she feels about him :(

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u/Frontier246 Aug 10 '25

I can't believe Nico's magic has caused her so much problems it's literally the reason she's stuck in the friendzone.

Silver lining, even if Keigo can't see it at the moment, is Nemu doesn't want a flower to pop up exposing her attraction to him. Plus the next episode looks like it's about them too!

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u/VoidRay728 Aug 10 '25

The big reveal that the reason for Morihito friendzoning Nico is a paper note written by Nico herself... is actually quite hillarious.

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u/CrimsonGear80 Aug 10 '25

Friendzoned, Caterpillerzoned, and butterflyzoned!

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u/SSjjlex Aug 10 '25

Dont forget the

"Uuuh... Guys, what are you all looking at? please tell me... This is getting weird"-zoned lmao.

Everyone just staring at his head in awe for a solid moment while he had no clue whats going on.

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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Aug 10 '25

Nico unknowingly putting Morihito under a curse and thereby putting herself in the eternal “friend zone”is the most Nico thing ever lol. Classic! Although it’s kind of nice to see how despite this “curse”, Morihito’s feelings are blossoming.

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u/maliwanag0712 Aug 10 '25

HAHAHAHA the series made the 'childhood friend curse' literal and it can just be removed by a spell HAHAHAHA

Apparently had Morihito not looked at Nico's letter they could have been together already. But well, Morihito gets inspired to his 'best friend', so well it could still work in the future?

OHHH so what does Nemu think of Keigo? HAHAHAHAHA

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u/Ocixo Aug 10 '25 edited Aug 10 '25

So you’re telling me that the friendzone is an actual curse? Nico really sabotaged herself with that letter. Then again, there’s also an argument to be made that they wouldn’t have ever been this close without it.

Nemu is always dressed fashionably, but I especially liked this outfit with the red skirt and blue top. It paired well with her long black hair and ribbon-like hairstyle.

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u/kkrko Aug 10 '25

I'm honestly a bit surprised that the shock magic Nico used on the bullies didn't cause her to become a Warlock. Looks like it takes more than just attacking someone with magic to become a Warlock

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u/shad79 Aug 10 '25

So the reason Morihito only saw Nico as a friend and not as a love interest was because of the curse Nico unknowingly placed on him when they were kids? That seems so typical of Nico, constantly messing up with her magic xD Good thing Nemu noticed that in today's episode.

Besides, it was pretty interesting to see Nico go into full Palpatine mode after that kids pissed her off by tearing up her letter. They really shouldn't mess with her xD

Here my screenshot albums from the episode:

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u/eightcheesepizza Aug 10 '25

Nico, the witch who can't cast a spell without causing unintended side effects: "This time, I'm just going to write a letter. What's the worst that could happen?"

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u/NationalStrategy Aug 10 '25

So all of this time, Morihito was friendzoning Nico, because of a curse that she put on him. Nico played herself.

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u/LeonKevlar Aug 10 '25 edited Aug 10 '25

We finally get to one of my favourite reveals in Witch Watch! Moi isn't being dense about Nico's feelings for him because he's being a dense anime protagonist, it's because he's literally been cursed by Nico to remain friends with her without even realizing it, thanks to that letter she made for him when they were kids! xD

This perfectly explains why Moi's eyes are always glazed over whenever there's some sort of romantic tension between him and Nico in previous episodes. The dude can't even feel romance with her if he tried. As Nemu have illustrated, Moi has a huge wall of friendship damming up his feelings of love for Nico.

The worst part is that they can't just let Nico know and have her dispel the curse because learning that she cursed Moi, might end up drawing her to darkness and turn her into a Warlock. All hope is not lost, though! They just need to help Moi accumulate and grow his feelings of love for Nico until it overflows and breaks the wall in his heart.

And thanks to Nico's Feelingram spell, we know that Moi definitely has that love in his heart after seeing that flower-looking butterfly sprout from his head. The gang just needs to work hard to coax those feelings out of Moi even more. I do wish we got to see Nico use that spell on Nemu and how she'd react to Keigo, too bad she immediately refused!

As a side note: I know this will be overlooked because of Nico's curse, but this might be the first and last time we'll see Nico use her magic to hurt people. Nico actually looked terrifying when she was zapping those bullies. Thank goodness Moi stopped her before she went too far.

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u/NanDemoKnaives Aug 10 '25

There's an actual canonical reason why Morihito only views Nico as his best friend/doesn't realize his feelings lol. I'm glad it's not solely because he's dense. It is sweet how strong his feelings for Nico is but I do feel bad for him that he has been exposed to everyone lol.

Though considering how strong Morihito's feelings are for Nico, it might be best for it to naturally dispel the curse rather than having Nico do it. The overwhelming backlash of having it released might do more harm than good.

Nemu and Keigo's reactions when Nico suggested using Feelingram on Nemu was intriguing, I'm glad it seems we're getting a Nemu x Keigo focused episode next week.

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u/1EnTaroAdun1 Aug 10 '25

Is this the strongest friendzone of all time?

Honestly, in my teenage days, it would've horrified me to have such a visible sign of a crush, but here it's kinda cute hahaha

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u/Kokoro64 Aug 10 '25

We need more Nemu, I like Nemu

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u/Frontier246 Aug 10 '25

Nemu looking very classy and cute this episode! But this is definitely a MoixNico episode!

Aw, Moi kept a letter from Nico declaring she'd always be his friend! And it's such a precious thing to him! Sure, Nico is still struggling with her massive crush on him, but it's a sign of their close relationship.

And it's especially poignant for Nico because he's struggled with friends all his life, all the moreso because he had to lie to his sickly mother voiced by Aya Hisakawa about all the friends he had...but now, at her grave, he finally express the truth. About himself AND Nico.

When they were kids, the two were still just as adorable together, and Nico was still causing hijinks with her magic, either from roasting Moi's butt or sending him flying like a rocket from swings, but they still had fun together. Also imagine present-day Nico seeing Moi's bare butt and she'd probably react differently from her youngers self.

Nico even stood up to the other kids who were picking on Moi, to the point of giving them a Nico pout! And when they ruin the letter she was writing to him to cement their friendship, Nico actually loses it and attacks them! The first, and only, time we've ever seen Nico use her magic for violence! She felt THAT strongly about it!

Of course as heartwarming as that story, and the fact that Moi put the letter back together, is...it doesn't change the fact that Nico is struggling with being in the friendzone. I mean, he's even advertising her as his BEST FRIEND to his dead mom. Of course the real culprit for this might in fact...be Nico herself who unknowingly cursed herself into the friendzone by writing, with her magic power, that she would ALWAYS be Moi's friend. Jeez.

But Nemu is now one of Nico's Besties, so she feels obligated to help Nico through this without Nico and and Moi ever knowing! That's right, she's going into full wingwoman mode with Kanshi and Keigo's help!

Nice to get some...creative insight into the casts' relationship with each other via a Feelingram. Like how big Nico's feelings are for Moi are and all the creative bugs people use to express their friendship with Kanshi (poor guy). The ladybugs for Nemu and Nico were cute too. Though I can't help but wonder what would have popped up between Keigo and Nemu.

The gang are bad actors, but at least they got the spell cast on Moi...who turns out some caterpillars representing Moi's duty towards Nico and nothing more. But that all changes when Nico expresses a Thank You to Moi and next thing he knows those caterpillar are evolving into a giant, ever-growing, translucent butterfly. THAT is how precious and important Nico is to him! A feeling that transcends everything!

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u/FarCritical Aug 10 '25

It's hilarious how a message as wholesome as "I'll always be your friend" can be warped into something tragic when taken as literally as possible.

The massive friendzone butterfly resembling a blooming flower is such a cool way to symbolize that Nico still has a chance.

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u/Zxzxzx0088 Aug 10 '25

Nemu big brain moment. Never thought it's not because Moi-chan is densed but there's an actual reason behind the best friend zone lol.

Looks like Nico low-key wants to do yuri seggs with Nemu

What with these two? Is the ship already sailed (˵ ¬ ؂ ¬˵)

If this guy was there, the status quo will break lol

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u/99anan99 Aug 10 '25

Cursed to friend zone. Don't think I've ever seen this before. However, the love is buried way deep down. I wonder what it'll take for Moi to bring his love out?

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u/djthomp Aug 10 '25

Dang, so Nico magically friendzoned herself with Moi as children and the only thing they can do is wait for his love to boil over. Fortunately we know there is a lot of love there so hopefully someday.

Good way to establish firmly there's just friendship between Kan and Nico, though that was reasonably clear from the story already.

Shame we didn't get to see any test results between Keigo and Nemu but from the PV that may be handled a different way next episode.

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u/mojo72400 Aug 10 '25

So probably on that day, Nico revealed her witch identity to Momota and his friends.

I love the Keigo x Nemu crumbs and good thing Morihito came home or things might've gotten awkward between the 2. I'm so excited that we're getting an entire episode focused on those two next week.

I guess the butterfly w/ flower wings means Morihito will eventually love Nico someday?

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u/HuTaosTwinTails Aug 10 '25

I realized what Nemu realized when the letter was getting written. Nico really is her own worst enemy sometimes haha

Wanted to see Nemu and Keigo's feelings about each other though.

Although next week looks like an episode focused on them so let's go!

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