The Witch and the Beast – A masterfully crafted fantasy

Seeing the glowing reviews that this one got I really feel it’s futile to even write something however habit forces me and it is an opportunity to analyze what made it so great. MILD SPOILERS AHEAD.

In a fictional magical world consisting of 8 continents, there exists an organization known as the Global Holy Church. The story sees an agent of the church Ashaf and his partner Guideau hunt down witches and other magical disturbances throughout the continents in order to find a powerful witch that has cursed Guideau and poses a threat to the entirety of society.

Ashaf is the kind of character that makes people intrigued in him from the first interaction, he’s a mysterious mage with a coffin on his back that is calm and cool headed. Guideau serves as the contrast to him being the feral and aggressive hand to hand fighter who is helping Ashaf for her own motives. The two main characters complement each other well with their dynamic and it makes their conversations as fun as their hunts. There are other characters like Phanora and Johan however the main show is always Guideau and Ashaf who catch your attention in the first encounter and hold it as they grow on you.

The animation of The Witch and the Beast isn’t something that will blow your mind but it’s good when it counts and makes the battles much more exhilarating to watch. The lore of the world itself is deep and getting fed small bits through conversations instead of a full dump makes the conversations of the characters feel much more natural and also keeps the audience informed. The themes that each case of Ashaf and Guideau tackle also serves to make us understand the state of the magical world that the story is set in such as the opinion of the public and the lifestyle that each of the continents have.

Differences have always led to conflict in humanity’s history. The formation of groups, the distinction between the magical and the non magical and the discrimination that comes with it is shown throughout The Witch and the Beast and it makes the world feel alive as if the people in it are real people who are fearful of the strong, of change and of those who are different. While the entire series does not revolve around it, the theme is masterfully blended into the story without being explicitly stated out.

12 episodes and hopefully a season 2 approaching soon, The Witch and the Beast is a short watch which opens up new things towards the end and increases the scope of the plot significantly while also setting up a battle that we’re all itching to see.

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