Yamada-Kun and the Seven Witches is a Supernatural Rom-Com manga series written and illustrated by former Fairy Tail and Rave Master assistant, Miki Yoshikawa. The series' North American release is licensed by Kodansha Comics.
STORY: Everything always happens for a reason... right? Ryu Yamada is a delinquent at Suzaku High. One normal day he was walking up the stairs, he passes by Urara Shiraishi the #1 ranked student in school. While passing, they both trip and fall down the stairs. When Yamada wakes up in the nurse’s office, he finds out that he’s in Shiraishi’s body and vice versa.
Throughout the day Yamada finds out that Shiraishi has a lonely school life. After a couple life changing scenes the two meet up again after school to get their bodies back. After a couple of miss-tries they find out that the key to the body swap is kissing.
After abusing their power for the past couple of days, the vice-president of the student council, Toranosuke Miyamura, finds out about the power that Yamada has. To find out more about these type of powers Miyamura makes both Yamada and Shiraishi join the Supernatural Studies Club. After they join, their mission to find out more about the secrets behind their power and many more begins.
REVIEW: Yamada-Kun and the Seven Witches is an interesting read if you like light comedy, a different type of mystery, and an adventure like no other. I really enjoy the body swap that happens to ignite the chain that happens in this series, and these events make you want to read more of it to know more but that makes you read more.
One of the main points of this series the originality it has, it’s a type of series that isn’t really seen often, so reading it doesn’t really remind you of other series and that a plus. The story itself is a thriller that will catch you off-guard basically mostly every chapter and you never get tired of this fact because it’s always a different way that Yamada and the rest of his friends get into situations that involve the assistance of powers to get out of it.
Another point that makes this series a good read is that the characters are unique, well-drawn, and really fleshed out. Each character has their own type of charm that makes you relate to them. If it isn’t Shiraishi’s lonely personally, or Yamada’s wild and unruly nature that pulls you into relating with them, the other characters will definitely do the trick. So if you are looking for a different type of read that involves body swapping powers and situations that are complicated by the involvement of others, than this is a great manga to pick up and read.
