The Witch and The Beast: S1 / E4 – Episode Recap & Review

A short recap/review of The Witch and The Best: SEASON 1/ EPISODE 4 “Beauty and Death: Opening Act” starring Toshiyuki Morikawa, Yō Taichi, Saori Hayami and Ryōta Ōsaka.

Summary

1. Ashaf and Guideau take the episode off as a new case needing the Order of Magical Resonance needs someone who is a necromancy specialist.
2. Enter Phanora and her right hand and servant, Johan, who helps a local cop with an unregistered insurgence of the undead.
3. This leads them to discover the person behind creating over 40 undead redheads who he has already used to begin his grand plans.

Review

1. Switching to a different member of the Order of Magical Resonance did bring a bit of a boost to “The Witch and the Beast.”
2. However, with Phanora and Johan not being the most interesting of characters, while we continue to be impressed by the lore, we aren’t by the characters.
3. Also, as it becomes clear each case has a formula, it makes too much about “The Witch and the Beast” come off as interchangeable from case to case.

General Information

Network	Crunchyroll
Release Date	February 2, 2024
Director(s)	Kim Hye-jeong, Shinya Kawabe
Writer(s)	Yuichiro Momose
Noted Characters and Cast
Ashaf	Toshiyuki Morikawa
Guideau	Yō Taichi
Phanora	Saori Hayami
Johan	Ryōta Ōsaka

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