Hello, I am a Witch and my Crush Wants me to Make a Love Potion!

どうも、好きな人に惚れ薬を依頼された魔女です。 (Doumo, Suki na Hito ni Horegusuri wo Irai sareta Majo desu.)

7.3(2,812)

MAL Score

Ranked #2904

Popularity #4221

Fantasy
Romance

Episodes: 12
Duration: 23 min per ep
Aired: Oct 5, 2026 to ?
Status: Currently Airing

Synopsis

Nestled by a serene lakeshore in the heart of an ancient forest, a quaint cottage is home to a witch named Rose, who is as enchanting as she is misunderstood. While most townsfolk regard her with a mix of fear and intrigue, Rose is simply a young woman devoted to the craft of potion-making, a skill passed down from her wise grandmother. Despite her secluded existence, she carries a secret yearning in her heart for a dashing knight she once glimpsed: Sir Harij Azm.

After four long years of unrequited feelings, Rose is taken aback when Harij arrives at her door, seeking her expertise in creating a love potion. However, her hopes are dashed when she learns that he is in pursuit of another's affections. Determined to assist him while grappling with her own heartbreak, Rose concocts a plan that involves sending Harij on a whimsical series of quests to gather the potion's ingredients. Each task becomes a chance for the two to bond, allowing Rose to relish their moments together while navigating the bittersweet reality of her unspoken love.

Otaku Consensus

Keizō Kusakawa’s direction gives this light-novel adaptation an assured opening, using expressive reactions, domestic detail, and visual contrast rather than explanatory dialogue to establish Rose and Harij’s personalities. Diomedéa’s polished premiere and the leads’ restrained chemistry have drawn the strongest praise, while the chief early reservation is that Harij’s reason for requesting the potion remains deliberately withheld, leaving the central dramatic engine dependent on a mystery the series has not yet paid off.

Why You Should Watch

Watch this if you want an adult-leaning fantasy romance built on awkward observation and practical acts of care rather than rapid confessions, love-triangle theatrics, or action-heavy worldbuilding. Rose’s potion craft gives the courtship a tactile rhythm of ingredients, medicine, and routine, while Keizō Kusakawa’s direction lets cluttered rooms, pauses, and uncomfortable glances communicate what the leads refuse to say. It scratches part of the same itch as Snow White with the Red Hair’s craft-minded romance and The Apothecary Diaries’ fascination with remedies, but trades palace intrigue for rural isolation and intimate two-person tension. Mikako Komatsu and Youhei Azakami are especially well matched: her flustered inwardness meets his blunt delivery without turning either lead into a stock romantic obstacle.

Key Characters

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Harij Azm(VA: Youhei Azakami)
Harij’s severe manner is complicated by quietly observant behavior, and Youhei Azakami makes the gap between his abrasive words and gentler intent central to his appeal.
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Rose(VA: Mikako Komatsu)
Rose is a socially withdrawn craftswoman whose romantic panic, professional discipline, and neglected domestic habits give Mikako Komatsu room for both understated vulnerability and comic timing.

What Makes It Stand Out

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The premiere’s most praised directorial choice is its reliance on visual characterization: Harij’s response to Rose’s dusty living conditions is conveyed through behavior and framing rather than an explicit speech about her isolation.
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Diomedéa separates the romance from grand fantasy spectacle, concentrating its animation on facial reactions, pauses, and the physical business of potion-making; early viewers specifically singled out the first episode’s presentation as polished.
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Series composer Wataru Watari organizes the ingredient-gathering tasks as recurring opportunities for incremental character contact, giving the romance an episodic courtship structure instead of rushing toward a declaration.
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The rural lakeside setting is shaped by art director Scott MacDonald, art designer Maho Takahashi, color designer Yuki Hayashi, and photography director Hiroaki Asano, with Rose’s secluded cottage functioning as a visual measure of how far she has withdrawn from ordinary society.
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The series carries strong josei positioning in AniList’s tagging, while its emphasis on medicine, a hikikomori-coded heroine, and heterosexual romance distinguishes it from school-based romantic comedies.

Fun Facts & Trivia

Fun fact 1: The television adaptation was announced on February 2, 2026, and premiered on October 5, 2026, on AT-X and other Japanese networks.
Fun fact 2: Original author Eiko Mutsuhana is credited for the story, while the anime’s character designer Masakazu Ishikawa adapts vient’s original illustrations for animation.
Fun fact 3: The production reunites director Keizō Kusakawa with Diomedéa, while Wataru Watari handles series composition and Hayato Matsumura composes the music.
Fun fact 4: Centimillimental performs the opening theme, “Kanawanai,” whose title translates as “I Can’t Compare,” directly reinforcing the adaptation’s atmosphere of romantic inadequacy.
Fun fact 5: Crunchyroll’s release supports Japanese audio with subtitles across a broad selection of languages, including English, Indonesian, Malay, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Russian, Arabic, Chinese, and Thai.