Witch/Anime

Manga Anime

Naming
English	Witch
Kanji	魔女
Romaji	Majo
Information
Habitat	Witches' World (primarily)
Real world information
Anime	Episode 1

Witches (魔女, Majo) are a typically female race capable of manipulating magic.

Overview

Characteristics

• Female witch
• Arachne speaking to male witches

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Physically, witches vary in looks though appear no more different than to a human. However, they can sometimes adopt appearance, features, and mannerisms befitting their animal theme. They also possess souls of a notable purple hue usually though it has been shown the color of a witch's soul can vary (i.e Shaula Gorgon).

Racial Strife

For centuries, both witches and humanity (notably the Witch Order and the DWMA) have had a longstanding mutual enmity against one another for reasons mostly unexplained. Because of this strife, most witches resort to some manner of hiding and concealing their past to protect themselves.

Witch Hunting

Occasionally, evil witches are hunted by members of Death Weapon Meister Academy, notably by it's intelligence branch. In order for the academy to do so, physical evidence must be obtained for Lord Death to approve a warrant for her capture and/or demise. Upon death, some witches' soul are eaten by specific magic weapons in order to turn them into death scythes.

Types of Witches

• Necromancer (死霊使い(ネクロマンサー), Nekuromansā; also "Necromatic Witch"): A witch who specializes in reviving the dead as a mummy or evil spirit.
• Close-Range Witch (近距離型魔女, Kinkyori-Gata Majo): Witches capable of fighting in close combat.
• Little Witch (チビ魔女, Chibi Majo): A young and inexperience witch with underdeveloped magical power.

Factions

Witch Order

Arachnophobia

Medusa's faction

Eastern Witches

Families

Mizune Family

Gorgon Sisters

Paraponera Clan

Special Abilities

Although witches come possess breadth in abilities, all witches possess some of the same abilities, potential, and powers among one another:

• Magic (魔法, Mahō): Most commonly, witches are known to employ and manipulate this sort of energy with various offensive, defensive, and collaborative uses.
• Transformation (変身, Henshin): Witches are able to usually transform themselves into their given animal theme, often employing Transformation Magic to do so.
• Magical Sense: Witches are capable of sensing the magical power of other, fellow witches.
• Longevity: Witches are capable of living for more than around eight centuries and retain youth.

List of witches

Image	Name	Family	Other notes
	The Grand Witch	None	Possess the highest level of magical power compared to other witches.
	Eruka Frog	None	N/A
	Medusa Gorgon	Gorgon Sisters	Was among the most powerful witches in the Witch Order.
	Arachne Gorgon		A dangerous witch; specializes in information warefare and magic tools.
	Shaula Gorgon		A skilled witch specializing in mind control.
	Angela Leon	None	N/A
	Ponera	Paraponera Clan	A powerful ant witch known as the "Monotone Princess".
	Kimial Diehl	None	A outcast witch specializing in regeneration magic.
	Combinations of Mizune	Mizune Family	Result of the Combination magic from the Mizune family.
	Unnamed jailer	N/A	One of the Jailers of the Witch Jail

Trivia

• The Jailers of the Witch Jail and the two men speaking to Arachne concerning the blueprints of the Book of Eibon are the only known, confirmed biological male witches; biological male witches have not made an appearance in the original manga of Soul Eater.