Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches OVA

山田くんと7人の魔女 OAD (Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo: Mou Hitotsu no Suzaku-sai)

7.4(52,045)

MAL Score

Ranked #2667

Popularity #2378

Comedy
Romance
School

Episodes: 2
Duration: 30 min per ep
Aired: Dec 17, 2014 to May 15, 2015
Status: Finished Airing

Synopsis

Shiraishi Urara, the school’s model honors student, has her orderly life upended after an accidental kiss leaves her in the body of Ryuu Yamada, a notorious delinquent. As the two scramble to set things right, they realize the swap isn’t a one-time fluke—kissing is the trigger that sends them trading bodies.

With that strange rule in hand, Urara and Yamada begin to dig deeper and uncover a larger mystery: their school is home to seven “witches.” Their search turns into a comedic, romance-tinged investigation as they work to identify who those witches are.

Otaku Consensus

The Suzaku Festival OVA distills Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches into the part critics and fans consistently praise: Seiki Takuno’s brisk farce direction, a playful school-club ensemble, and romance comedy that lands without becoming heavy. Its two-episode format gives it a clean, snackable pace, but also intensifies the franchise’s most common complaint: the supernatural mystery structure can feel rushed, repetitive, and less resolved than viewers want.

Why You Should Watch

Watch this OVA if you want the high-energy romantic chaos of a shounen school comedy without committing to a long harem treadmill. It scratches a similar itch to Kokoro Connect’s identity-based social comedy and Nisekoi’s classroom romantic friction, but with faster gag timing and a more mischievous supernatural rule set. The appeal is in the cast chemistry: Ryuu Yamada’s bluntness, Urara Shiraishi’s composure, Toranosuke Miyamura’s scheming club energy, and Nene Odagiri’s sharp presence make the short runtime feel crowded in the right way. It is especially useful as a compact taste of the franchise’s humor before or alongside the 2015 TV series, with LIDENFILMS packaging the material as a punchy festival-side companion rather than a full adaptation.

Key Characters

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Ryuu Yamada(VA: Ryouta Oosaka)
Yamada is the comic engine of the series, a rough-edged lead whose lack of polish makes the supernatural school-club antics feel more chaotic and less precious.
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Urara Shiraishi(VA: Saori Hayami)
Shiraishi gives the comedy its contrast: her controlled honors-student presence plays cleanly against the series’ more impulsive personalities.
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Toranosuke Miyamura(VA: Toshiki Masuda)
Miyamura is the social operator of the core group, the kind of club-room strategist who keeps the farce moving instead of letting it become random.
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Nene Odagiri(VA: Eri Kitamura)
Odagiri stands out because she brings a sharper, more confrontational romantic-comedy energy than the gentler school-life cast around her.

What Makes It Stand Out

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This is a two-episode OVA rather than the 12-episode TV adaptation, with its releases spread from December 17, 2014 to May 15, 2015. That structure makes it a compact Suzaku Festival-focused companion piece, not a replacement for the full series.
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LIDENFILMS handles the production under director Seiki Takuno, with Fumiaki Usui credited as assistant director. The result leans into quick reaction comedy, club-room staging, and expressive cast timing rather than large-scale spectacle.
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The AniList tag spread is unusually revealing: School, Shounen, and School Club all sit at 79%, while Body Swapping is lower at 60% and Idol appears at 53%. That points to an OVA selling the ensemble-school setting as much as the supernatural gimmick.
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FREDERIC performs the ending theme, giving the OVA a pop-rock sign-off rather than a generic character-song aftertaste. For a short release, that music credit gives it a stronger identity than many manga-bundled extras.
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The reception profile is stronger than a disposable bonus episode: it holds a 7.4/10 MAL score from 52,045 votes and a 72/100 AniList score. Its popularity ranking also shows that a large share of viewers treated it as part of the main Yamada-kun experience.

Fun Facts & Trivia

Fun fact 1: The OVA’s full Japanese subtitle, Mou Hitotsu no Suzaku-sai, frames it around 'another Suzaku Festival,' distinguishing it from the TV series rather than simply labeling it as an unaired episode.
Fun fact 2: Original creator Miki Yoshikawa is credited on the anime staff list, anchoring the OVA directly to the manga source instead of presenting it as a detached promotional short.
Fun fact 3: Eriko Iida is credited as character designer, while Youta Tsuruoka served as sound director, two roles that matter heavily in a comedy built on recognizable cast silhouettes and rapid vocal timing.
Fun fact 4: Maaya Uchida voices Miyabi Itou, adding another major contemporary voice-acting name to a cast that also includes Saori Hayami, Ryouta Oosaka, Eri Kitamura, and Toshiki Masuda.
Fun fact 5: Critic and fan discussion around the broader anime often lands on the same split verdict: the humor and character chemistry are better than average, while the mystery progression can feel compressed and leave viewers wanting more answers.