“Sherabedonna, The Analytic Witch” (分析の魔女シラベドンナ, Bunseki no Majo Shirabedonna)
“Team Desscaras” (デスカラス班, Desukarasu Han)
“The Hisame Majik, Part 1” (氷鮫の魔法①, Hisame no Mahō①)
Ichi is a feral boy and self-taught survivalist who has lived on Druid Mountain since he was six and abides by a “death for death” code, hunting only animals that kill humans. When Desscaras, the Abyssal Witch, comes to pass the trial of and capture Uroro, the powerful amplification Majik, Ichi instead succeeds, becoming the first male witch. Uroro’s ultra-amplification power comes at a price: each time Ichi casts a spell, he sleeps for three days to recover. On the way back to the Mantinel Witches Association in the capital city of Natali, Ichi and Desscaras capture Inazuri, a lightning (Raiko) Majik, and help Witch Cadet Kumugi with her deliveries. After passing a test administered by Shirabedonna, the Analytic Witch, Kumugi is assigned to watch Ichi and record his actions; the trio form an anti-human-hater Majik squad and head to Jauz Village in Thazanwood to capture Uruwashi, an ice (Hisame) Majik.
“The World-Hater Majik” (反世界の魔法, Han Sekai no Mahō)
Ichi calls out the vain Uruwashi, who issues an unusual challenge to give her a fabulous fashion. After Desscaras and Kumugi fail, Ichi leaps inside Uruwashi and starts filleting, using techniques he learned from Minakata to display the shark-like Uruwashi as exquisite sashimi. He succeeds and frees the villagers. Moneygold, the Aureate Witch, convenes a conference to discuss Ichi; Shirabedonna proposes to announce him to the world, but Chikutoge Togeice, the Silver Snow Witch, opposes, saying he needs years of more education. To resolve the dispute, Togeice proposes a competition with Ichi in Hoitaka to see who first can acquire Macilvaine, a mushroom (Kindake) Majik; its trial requires the contestants to cut its stem and harvest it. Togeice goes first, using her signature dignified, disciplined, beautiful style to freeze all the mushrooms; Ichi tracks Macilvaine relentlessly. As Kumugi lures Macilvaine, Ichi is about to complete the trial, but switches targets abruptly to the World-Hater Majik, giving Togeice the win. The Witches Council declares an emergency over the S-tier World-Hater; instead of being intimidated, Ichi is exhilarated.
“Gokuraku the Brutalizer” (苛虐のゴクラク, Kagyaku no Gokuraku)
“Gokuraku and Male Witches” (魔男とゴクラク, Madan to Gokuraku)
“The Joyous Country” (幸福の国, Kōfuku no Kuni)
After Ichi halts the World-Hater’s advance with an amplified ice attack, Desscaras and Togeice battle the World-Hater, which withdraws without revealing its trial. Jikishirone, the Oracle Witch, prophesizes Ichi will defeat the World-Hater Majik by sacrificing his own life. Moneygold commands the prophecy be kept secret; Desscaras is reminded of her younger brother Libro, a victim of the World-Hater, and she enters a mentor-pupil blood contract with Ichi to make him family, which she jokes makes him her slave. Ichi is moved by joining a family, but the other witches realize Desscaras is also doomed if Ichi dies; she vows to train Ichi to survive the World-Hater. The anti-human-hater Majik team travel to Bakugami to challenge Origumo, but Gokuraku the Brutalizer is already tormenting the spider-like Majik. When Ichi completes Origumo’s challenge, Gokuraku kidnaps him and asks how he also can be a male witch. Ichi introduces him to Uroro, who tells Gokuraku to kill the slumbering Ichi, but the transparent attempt at betrayal fails. Desscaras and Kumugi arrive in Bakugami, where they meet the eponymous, beloved “blessed slumber” Majik; Gokuraku tells Ichi that Bakugami is a parasite and they prepare to capture it.
Ten years ago, Princess Richia of Kagami, Gokuraku’s older sister, discovered Bakugami took away her sadness, and the country was renamed to honor it, but this “joyous sorrow” Majik actually concentrates sorrow and returns it, driving victims to suicidal depression. Gokuraku was exiled for defying the Majik, but vows to restore his sister’s emotions. In the present, Gokuraku and Ichi attack the Majik, and the outraged nation engages Desscaras to capture them. Richia is overjoyed that Gokuraku has made friends with Ichi and invites them to the Bakugami anniversary party, forgetting the more significant anniversary of their mother’s death. Ichi distracts the citizens and Desscaras extracts and interrogates Bakugami: he plans to honor the World-Hater by returning the decade of extracted sadness; his trial is for one person to bear all the concentrated sorrows. After Gokuraku volunteers, Bakugami drives him insane with rage by planting a vision of Richia accepting the returned sorrow as punishment for welcoming Bakugami. The trial also requires Ichi be chained to the murderous Gokuraku, who grants Ichi permission to attack but warns him to avoid striking critical points. Bakugami believes Ichi’s light attacks are torturing Gokuraku, but he was using Ariadne to imprison Gokuraku with thick web threads, restraining him physically as he continues to struggle with overwhelming sorrow.
Gokuraku is tortured by a vision of Richia dying by suicide to atone for forgetting their mother, but manage to endure by recalling Ichi’s question about the meaning of a family that Gokuraku likens as his unbreakable support. As Gokuraku is close to clearing the trial, Bakugami attempts to gain more sorrow from Richia, but she rejects them. This allows Gokuraku to complete the trial and Ichi acquires the Majik, resulting with the citizens’ long-suppressed emotions return to them. A delayed funeral is held for the queen, where the king abdicates and Richia ascends to the throne. Gokuraku initially turns down Ichi’s request to join him, but after Richia shows him the entire country wants to apologize for misunderstanding how he protected them, Gokuraku promises to fight with Ichi. Returning to the Association, Gokuraku admits his crime to Moneygold and ready to accept any punishment, so she declares his punishment is to serve Team Desscaras and accompany Ichi as magic item crafter. The Association plan a witch debut party for Ichi, giving Kumugi pause when she sees Spica Harvest, her elder sister, is on the list of invitees.
