Ichi the Witch, Vol. 1 - Paperback

by Osamu Nishi (Author), Shiro Usazaki (Illustrator)

In a world where only women can be witches, one unsuspecting boy acquires their power.

Magic is alive and well in the world, inside beings known as Majiks. By completing a Majik's trial, a Witch can gain its power. However, only women can become Witches or use magical items. All that changes one day when a young man named Ichi turns the world on its head by defeating an infamous Majik and gaining its magical powers!

Ichi is a reclusive hunter who knows nothing of Witches and Majiks, but he does have a particular obsession for hunting anything that exudes bloodlust. When that instinct leads him to interfere in a battle between the great Witch Desscaras and the horrifying King Majik Uroro, against all odds, he acquires the destructive magic of Uroro, making him the only male Witch in the entire world! And not even Desscaras herself is prepared for the absolute headache that wild child Ichi is about to give her.

Author Biography

Osamu Nishi started her manga career in 2011 with her one-shot Shonen K in Jump SQ., which won an honorable mention in the Jump SQ. Monthly Awards. Two years later, in 2013, she won the inaugural SQ. NEXT CUP with her one-shot Hotel Hellheim, which was later serialized in Jump SQ. in 2014. Her next series, Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun, started serialization in Akita Shoten's Weekly Shonen Champion in 2017 and has a popular anime adaptation and is still ongoing to this day. In 2024 she began writing Ichi the Witch, which is serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump.

Shiro Usazaki is an artist beloved for her dynamic and detailed style. She made her manga debut in 2017 with the one-shot Welcome to the Film Department of Asagaya Arts High School in Weekly Shonen Jump. The following year, in 2018, she began her first serialization as the artist of Act-Age. In addition to the serializations, she also collaborated on a handful of manga one-shots, various illustrations such as cover art and light novel interiors, as well as some game-character designs. In 2024 she teamed up with Osamu Nishi to start the serialization as the artist of Ichi the Witch to the delight of her fans around the world.