cherry magic! anime review

⊹°˖❀ Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! ❀˖°⊹

「 30歳まで童貞だと魔法使いになれるらしい 」

「 stamp I made for cherry magic; feel free to use! 」

Overall Score: 9/10

Art Score: 7/10

Story Score: 9/10

Emotional Impact: 8/10 

Right off the bat let me just say what originally kept me away from watching this anime for a while— The art style. It grew on me as I watched, and it’s nice, just not my thing. It’s ‘shinier’ and more modern than what I prefer. It’s almost standard, but that’s not a bad thing. I can see why I found this through TikTok-like shorts going around. The way their faces and hair are drawn took me a while to enjoy, but the personality of the show made up for it, so I didn’t mind about 2/3 episodes in.

I like this story premise, it’s fun, quirky, and a little spicy (kinda). The main character, Adachi, has had the ability to read minds when in physical contact with a person since he turned 30-years-old. Why? Adachi reasons, and is later proven, that it’s because he’s still a virgin. Damn, I can’t believe I was tricked into watching a fluffy BL anime version of ‘The 40-Year-Old Virgin’…

There’s no Toxic Yaoi™ here; Cherry Magic! is pure tooth-rotting fluff with small amounts of drama. All the characters are sweet and deserve each other. The side couple are also very nice, in fact, unlike some BL side couples, their premise/dynamic could almost serve as its own anime plot worth fully dedicated episodes. A virgin romance novelist falling for his bad-boy delivery boy? C’mon now.

The pacing feels good and rewarding; being relatively fast I’d say. I watched the SUB, although I’ve seen clips and heard the DUB is silly. I have yet to read the manga (which I will). I’ve seen on MAL that there are special episodes and a movie(?) However, despite MAL listing all releases were in 2024, I cannot find them. If anyone has info on that let me know.

In short, I obviously recommend this anime to any BL partaker. It’s an easy and adorable watch with a happy ending!