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Fairies (妖精, Yōsei)
Voiced by: Akari (Japanese, Mina), Junichi Endo (Japanese, Shizah), Tomoyuki Dan (Japanese, Ecoo), Eisuke Asakura (Japanese, Hydra), Hiroki Shimowada (Japanese, Anteria), Kaiji Tang (English, Shizah), Tony Oliver (English, Ecoo), Patrick Aghajanian (English, Hydra and Anteria), Tony Oliver (English, Googoo)
Appearances: TV series | The Adventures
Arusu: Why are you [the witches] catching them anyway?
Sheila: Well, because it's a time-honored magical tradition. Why else?
Sheila: Well, because it's a time-honored magical tradition. Why else?
— "The 100 Fairy Species" (subtitles)
Strange creatures found in the Magical Realm. Their body parts are used as the source of magic.
- Animalistic Abomination:
- Shizah fairies look like huge crabs.
- Hydra fairies vaguely look like snails with their bodies made of purple muddy water.
- Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: The hydra fairy that attacks the Witch Realm is so huge that it can devour an entire town.
- Bedsheet Ghost: Tanya fairies look like flying white bedsheets with black eye holes and a mouth.
- Equivalent Exchange: Ecoo fairies grant a child's wish just once, but take something the child cherishes from them. Arusu loses the True Book of Spells in exchange for saving Sheila from an angry fairy.
- The Farmer and the Viper: Yareri fairies bring their rescuers endless misfortune until death.
- Fairy Trickster: Piskey fairies tend to play tricks on bad people.
- Informed Flaw: According to the book Sheila is reading, ecoo fairies smells distinctly odd. However, Arusu never seems disgusted at how he smells.
- Invisibility: Piskey fairies are invisible to anyone without a four-leaf clover on the head.
- Meaningful Name: Ignis is Latin for fire. Fitting since their hair is used by the witches to cast fireball magic.
- Our Fairies Are Different: The fairies are creatures whose body parts are needed to cast magic spells.
- Our Gryphons Are Different: Gryphon fairies look like owls and their feathers are used by the witches to fly on brooms.
- Our Hydras Are Different: Hydra fairies resemble snails made of dark purple muddy water.
- Our Pixies Are Different: Piskey fairies are invisible to anyone without a four-leaf clover on the head, and their fangs are used by the witches to cast the hallucination spell. They do good things for good people but tend to play tricks on bad people.
- Playing with Fire: The hair of ignis fairies is used by the witches to cast fireball magic.
- Spanner in the Works: By taking the True Book of Spells away from Arusu, an ecoo fairy unwittingly ruins Sigma's plan to steal it for the Big Bad Grande.
Yoko (ヨーコ, Yōko)
Voiced by: Yurika Hino (Japanese)
Appearances: TV series | The Adventures
- Curtains Match the Window: She has maroon hair and eyes.
- Feminine Mother, Tomboyish Daughter: Arusu is an athletic, short-haired Fiery Redhead who defies the norms of the witches without shame. She also dresses in a tank top and pants before a Significant Wardrobe Shift as part of her Going Native. Her mother, Yoko, is a Housewife with a Motherly Side Plait, though her similar clothes and ineptitude in cooking make her a downplayed example.
- First-Name Basis: Arusu calls her "Yoko-san", not "mom". Considering how Yoko acts, it's understandable why.
- Hands-Off Parenting: Yoko is so depressed and/or drunk that Arusu has to do everything. Then again, she still has a sense of humor so there could be hope for her yet.
- Happily Married: Implied. While she seems to be suffering from severe depression caused by her husband's long absence, Yoko still has a sense of humor and doesn't seem to hold a grudge against him. If the Grand Finale is any indication, she had been waiting for him to return out of a belief that he's just going to work.
- Hidden Depths: Yoko is introduced joking about her bad cooking and the disappearance of her husband. She once read to a younger Arusu Through the Looking Glass, and when Arusu cut school, she asked Arusu what she would want to do if she were to die tomorrow.
- Housewife: She stays home and raises her daughter while her father is out.
- I Will Wait for You: If the finale is any indication, she had been waiting for him to return out of a belief that he's just going to work.
- Lethal Chef: In her introduction, she burns a fried egg and apologizing to Arusu for failing again. Arusu also admits that Eva is far more talented than her.
- Locked Out of the Loop: She remains full unaware that Arusu has gone to the Magical Realm.
- Motherly Side Plait: She wears a loose armpit-length ponytail over her right shoulder, fitting her role as the mother of Arusu.
- Odd Name Out: She is the only member of Arusu's family to have an ordinary Japanese given name.
- Parental Obliviousness: She remains full unaware that her daughter has gone to the Magical Realm.
- Satellite Character: She has no characterization beyond being the mother of Arusu.
- Second Love: Arusu's father was originally in a relationship with Atelia. When he left her to hide the True Book of Spells in the Human Realm, Yoko stepped into the gulf left behind.
- Strong Family Resemblance: Downplayed. Yoko and her daughter, Arusu, have round features. However, Yoko's hair is maroon while Arusu's hair is red.
- Tareme Eyes: She has droopy eyes.
Jidan (ジダン, Jidan)
Voiced by: Atsuki Tani (Japanese), Tony Oliver (English)
Appearances: TV series
- Adventurer Archaeologist: Implied. When Yoko hears news about Easter Island, Arusu asks her if the television shows her missing husband. Confirmed when he reveals to Sigma that, as an archaeologist, he went to a mysterious island in research on the crow statue more than 10 years ago.
- Armor-Piercing Question: During the raid on Wizard Kingdom to retrieve the True Book of Spells, Jidan questioned Atelia's motives on using her magic to take the lives of warlocks rather than make the other people happy. This led Atelia to question the former values that she truly believed in.
- Chekhov M.I.A.: Earlier, Arusu casually mentions that he has been missing ever since he left the family when she was young. The warlocks hold him prisoner in Wizard Kingdom for 6 years ever since he came back to the Magical Realm in search of his son, Lennon, from whom he was separated by accident on the Interdimensional Sea 13 years ago.
- Common Law Marriage: Jidan and Atelia are referred to as husband and wife, having lived together for long and produced a son named Lennon. Because of the laws against relationships between witches and humans, they couldn't have legally married even if they wanted to.
- Daddy Had a Good Reason for Abandoning You: He left his family when Arusu was 5 to find his long-lost son, Lennon, but his imprisonment at the hands of Wizard Kingdom has prevented their reunion for six years.
- Disappeared Dad: He's gone missing from Arusu's family for six years by the time the series begins. He turns out to be alive and well, wrongfully imprisoned by the warlocks the second time.
- Disney Death: When Luca and his army is looking for him and Atelia, he offers himself in such a way that it heavily implies that he's choosing to Face Death with Dignity. The last scene in "Hope" reveals that he actually returned to his home in the Human Realm.
- Distressed Dude: The first time, he was found and imprisoned by Grande, only for his future wife, Atelia, to release him. The second time, the warlocks hold him prisoner in Wizard Kingdom for 6 years ever since he came back to the Magical Realm in search of his son, Lennon, from whom he was separated by accident on the Interdimensional Sea 13 years ago. The third time, Luca threatens to kill him and his son unless the boy gives the warlocks the True Book of Spells.
- The Faceless: In "A Heart Sealed Away", the camera refuses to show his face in Arusu's family photo. In Wil's flashback, his face is covered by his hood. Subverted when his true appearance is revealed as Sigma meets him in prison.
- Foreshadowing: Despite its magical origins, he somehow had the True Book of Spells that was supposed to be stolen fourteen years ago. It turns out that it was he who stole the book so no one could use it for harm during his first trip to the Magical Realm.
- Greater-Scope Paragon: He is the primary source of Arusu's inspiration, as he taught her to believe in magic and use magic For Happiness when she was a child.
- Going Native: He is seen wearing a wizard outfit back in the days when he lived with Atelia and their baby.
- Happily Married: He lived happily together with Atelia and their baby for a while.
- Heroic Sacrifice: When Luca and his army is looking for him and Atelia, he offers himself in her place. Subverted when the last scene in "Hope" reveals that he actually returned to his home in the Human Realm.
- His Story Repeats Itself: When he first woke up in the Magical Realm, Grande locked him into the prison in Wizard Kingdom, only for Atelia to release him. He had a son named Lennon with her, only to leave her with him and the True Book of Spells (intending for safe keeping) for the Human Realm because he didn't want her magic to be used for feuds and wanted to stop her suffering caused by the fact that they cannot live together in the traditionalist society of the Witch Realm. He has been locked into the prison in Wizard Kingdom for 6 years since he left his family in the Human Realm for the Magical Realm in search of his long-lost son. After surviving his Heroic Sacrifice for Atelia, he leaves his family in the Magical Realm for his family in the Human Realm.
- Hostage Situation: When the warlocks mistake Lennon for Arusu and capture him, Luca takes Jidan hostage and threatens to kill him if the human's son refuses to give them the True Book of Spells.
- Interspecies Romance: Jidan (human) fell in love with and married Atelia (witch).
- In the Hood: When he left Atelia with his son, he wore a brown hood so she could not find him. He wears the same brown hood again in the prison Sigma is thrown into.
- I Will Find You: He has been held prisoner in Wizard Kingdom for 6 years ever since he came back to the Magical Realm in search of his son, Lennon, who has been missing on the Interdimensional Sea since 13 years ago.
- Luke, I Am Your Father: He is the father of Lennon.
- Mistaken for Dying: While it's not explicitly confirmed, Luca and Atelia is heavily implied to assume that Jidan chooses to Face Death with Dignity after he offers himself in her place. The last scene in "Hope" reveals that he actually returned to his home in the Human Realm.
- Muggle–Mage Romance: Jidan (human) fell in love with and married Atelia (witch).
- Mysterious Parent: Arusu grew up with no knowledge of where her father is or why he went missing. The reason for his disappearance is because he has been held prisoner in Wizard Kingdom for six years ever since he came back to the Magical Realm in search of his son, Lennon, who has been missing on the Interdimensional Sea since 13 years ago.
- Never Found the Body: Arusu never finds his corpse after his Heroic Sacrifice for Atelia. The finale reveals that he is alive in the Human Realm.
- Non-Action Guy: He's never seen fighting or having any combat skill at all.
- Parents in Distress: He has been held prisoner in Wizard Kingdom for 6 years ever since he came back to the Magical Realm in search of his son, Lennon, who has been missing on the Interdimensional Sea since 13 years ago. When the warlocks find out that Arusu is his daughter, Luca takes him hostage in an attempt to make Lennon (who was mistakenly captured) confess where the True Book of Spells is.
- Perma-Stubble: He has mustache stubble. He also happens to be an Adventurer Archaeologist back in the day.
- Plot-Based Photograph Obfuscation: A flashback in "A Heart Sealed Away" shows a picture of Arusu and her parents, but with Jidan's face obscured.
- Present Absence: He only appears in flashback, as he goes missing before the series begins. Despite that, his presence is felt throughout the series in relation to Arusu, Wil, and Atelia. He is there the entire series, having been held prisoner in Wizard Kingdom for 6 years, much to Arusu's surprise.
- Rescue Romance: Gender-Inverted. He fell in love with Atelia after she released him from the prison during the raid on Wizard Kingdom to retrieve the True Book of Spells.
- Secret Other Family: Arusu finds out in "Lennon's True Identity" that Lennon is her half-brother from Jidan's secret first marriage to Atelia in the Magical Realm.
- Secret Relationship: Jidan and Atelia married for love in secret because the law of the witches forbade intermarriage to humans. As part of her Zero-Approval Gambit in exchange to save their son, she reveals the relationship to the public, preparing to Face Death with Dignity as a Category Traitor who had no right to be a leader in the first place.
- Significant Wardrobe Shift: He wore a white T-shirt, a black belt, and brown pants as an Adventurer Archaeologist. When he started living with Atelia, he replaced his original clothes with an outfit that looks like those of the wizards, implying that he went native in the Magical Realm.
- Star-Crossed Lovers: Atelia first met Jidan when she released him from the prison during the raid on Wizard Kingdom to bring the Grand Master of Witches back the True Book of Spells. Against the tradition of the witches, she fell in love with and married him. They had a son named Lennon and lived happily in a small village isolated from the rest of the Magical Realm. However, everything changed when she decided to deliver the True Book of Spells back to the Grand Master of Witches because she thought it would keep the warlocks from using the book as the source of dark magic. Even though she wanted to live in her realm with them, he knew they cannot live together in the traditionalist society of her realm. When she cried in her sleep, he took the book and their baby away from her because he didn't want her to suffer more and her magic to be used for feuds. With the help of an old wizard named Wil, he traveled across the Interdimensional Sea to the Human Realm, where he gave his daughter, Arusu, the book so the people of the Magical Realm cannot find it. Although the family manage to reunite 14 years later, he leaves the Magical Realm for his family in the Human Realm after surviving his Heroic Sacrifice for his ex-wife.
- Taking the Kids: He took his son and left his first wife to protect their mixed-race family from the persecution they would face in the traditionalist society of the Witch Realm.
- Tareme Eyes: Like his daughter, he has rather droopy eyes.
- Unnamed Parent: Subverted. For the most part, his name is only found in the credits. His name is revealed in-story after Lennon meets Atelia in person.
- Unseen No More: For the most part, Jidan is either heard or has his full face obscured in flashback. He finally appears in person when Sigma is revealed to have been imprisoned.
- The Voice: He is heard in Arusu's flashbacks, but his appearance is never shown until later.
- Wide-Eyed Idealist: He is the one who taught Arusu that anyone can use magic as long as they believe with all their heart.
Lennon (レノン, Renon) (All spoilers unmarked)
Voiced by: Yuuki Tai (Japanese), Brianne Siddall note (English, Media Blasters)Appearances: TV series
A mysterious pirate in witch's clothing on the Interdimensional Sea. He's the one who summons his "mirror", Arusu, to the Magical Realm, as well as her older half-brother through Jidan's first marriage to Atelia.
- Actually a Doombot: The Lennon that threatens to sink the Ludens turns into a wooden puppet once Arusu breaks it.
- Antagonistic Offspring: "Lennon's True Identity" reveals that Lennon is the long-lost son of Atelia. While his mother is a dutiful leader of the witches, he hates the magical tradition she protects and attempts to kill her in the belief that she abandoned him and his father for political power.
- Bastard Angst: He was conceived in a secret Common Law Marriage because of the laws against relationships between witches and humans. The stigma of his birth resulted in his living alone on the Interdimensional Sea since childhood, where he developed internalized racism and a belief that his mother abandoned him out of shame.
- Bastard Bastard: He was conceived in a secret Common Law Marriage due to the laws against relationships between witches and humans. He is introduced as a pirate in the series proper, and when he reunites with his mother, he attempts to kill her in the false belief that she abandoned him out of shame.
- Black Sheep: Lennon is the only villainous member in his bloodline, though he eventually has a Heel–Face Turn.
- Boomerang Bigot: Lennon's supernatural appearances, his summoning of Arusu to the Magical Realm, and his animated puppets imply that he has magic like his mother, though he denies using magic to communicate with Arusu in supernatural appearances. He wishes magic would disappear from the world and believes that some can only use magic to bring misery even though he has only used magic mostly to terrorize ships. He gets better thanks to Arusu's influence, though.
- But Not Too Foreign: He is the Half-Human Hybrid son of a Japanese man and a white-coded witch, the latter of whom has his blonde hair and grey eyes.
- Calling the Old Man Out: He attempts to kill his mother in the belief that she abandoned him and his father out of shame to pursue her political ambition. He acknowledges his mistake when Wil confirms the truth.
- Calling Parents by Their Name: He initially calls his mother Atelia because he hates her in the false belief that she abandoned him and his father to pursue her political ambition. Towards the end of the series, however, he calls her "Mother" after she pulls a Zero-Approval Gambit to save him and his father from the warlocks.
- Chekhov's Gunman:
- One of his living wooden puppets first appears as a mysterious masked figure that haunted Arusu until she found herself in the Magical Realm.
- Lennon himself first appears in Wil's flashback as the child who was with the old wizard's human guest and was too young to speak. In "Lennon's True Identity", he is revealed to be the only son of Atelia and Jidan.
- Child of Forbidden Love: He is the product of an illegal relationship between a human and a witch.
- Child of Two Worlds: He is the son of a witch and her secret human husband. He was born on his mother's dimension and raised among her people, but he identifies as not belonging to either of his parents' races.
- Contrasting Replacement Character: Lennon replaces Sigma as The One Guy among the Magical Girl Squad after his defeat. Despite their similarities, he differs from his predecessor in many ways:
- Sigma has dark skin while Lennon has pale skin.
- Sigma seems to be a preteen like the Magical Girl Squad. Lennon is implied to be in his teens.
- Sigma lives in a culture that rejects tradition and magic. Lennon lives in one that embraces both, to the misfortune of his family.
- Sigma is introduced as a helpful ally of the Magical Girl Squad before revealing himself to be Evil All Along and the Sixth Ranger Traitor. Lennon is initially neutral and suspected of being the traitor among the witches but he's innocent.
- Sigma is only revealed to be an Anti-Villain after many episodes since his proper introduction. Lennon is hinted to be more than a villain even before his proper introduction.
- Sigma accepts the fact that Grande cares more about his selfish ambition than the lives of his subjects. Lennon refuses to accept the fact that Atelia is a duty-bound leader and didn't abandon the family selfishly to keep her reputation. The difference makes Sigma's revenge redeeming and Lennon's revenge misguided.
- Sigma and Lennon are motivated by the loss of their parents and blame it on authority figures. While Sigma defies Grande, the most powerful man in the world, to realize the cause his beloved father died for, Lennon hates the magic his mother protects despite having one himself and wants to kill her in the false belief that she abandoned him and his father for getting in the way of her rise to power.
- Sigma's father is dead and his mother is never mentioned. Lennon's parents make it through the series alive.
- Sigma respects his father for sacrificing himself to fulfill his duty as Grande's Honest Advisor. Lennon resents his mother for sacrificing their family life to fulfill her duty as a leader.
- Sigma plans to get revenge on Grande not by killing him but by proving his father's prophecy true through Arusu, a human girl. Lennon attempts to kill Atelia rather than exposing her past to the public, the latter of which would not only destroy her political career but also throw society into anarchy by the colossal breakdown of trust in authority and government.
- Cool Mask: His living wooden puppets wear skull-like masks with fangs and red glass eyes until they're broken.
- Crossdresser: "Lennon's True Identity" reveals that he's actually a boy but has dressed as a witch since his time on the Interdimensional Sea because his mother's people live in an all-female society and only failed witches go to the Human Realm. Unlike when the Magical Girl Squad dresses as warlocks, he doesn't try to disguise his speech or react negatively to the reveal of his gender.
- Defeat Means Friendship: Arusu takes Lennon in as one of her friends after defeating him.
- Defiant Captive: When the warlocks capture him upon mistaking him for Arusu, he refuses to tell them where the True Book of Spells is.
- Determinator: He's kept himself alive on the Interdimensional Sea for the last 13 years, even with his resultant illness, to reunite with his long-lost mother.
- Distressed Dude: The warlocks capture him upon mistaking him for Arusu, threatening to kill him and his father unless the boy gives them the True Book of Spells.
- Does Not Like Magic: He wishes magic would disappear from the world and believes that some people can only use magic to bring misery. This causes Sheila to angrily tell him not to treat magic with contempt. He gets over his hatred of magic thanks to Arusu's influence, though.
- Dude Looks Like a Lady: He turns out to be an androgynous boy with sandy hair, smooth fair skin, a red Guyliner, thin lips, and a tall, slender figure. He's so pretty in witch's clothing that Arusu and her friends mistake him for a girl until his mother corrects.
- Effeminate Voice: He takes his delicate looks after his mother and dresses as a witch even after his gender is revealed. He has the softest and highest-pitched voice out of the male characters.
- Energetic and Soft-Spoken Duo: Arusu and Lennon are a pair of "mirrors" in the latter's words, but they're actually half-siblings. The former is a Genki Girl and the latter soft-spoken.
- Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: He initially doesn't understand why Arusu is determined to do everything she can in The End of the World as We Know It, saying that nothing matters when everything is doomed.
- Evil Sounds Deep: When he attacks the Ludens.
- Evil Wears Black: He wears a minidress and thigh-high boots all in black.
- Excessive Evil Eyeshadow: He wears red under eyeliner.
- Fangs Are Evil: His living wooden puppets wear skull-like masks with fangs and red glass eyes until they're broken. He uses one of them as his Mouth of Sauron when threatening to sink the Ludens unless its crew agrees to give him all of their food and supplies.
- Foreshadowing: In Japanese, a man named Yuuki Tai voices Lennon but doesn't even bother to sound like a girl even though the character is supposedly a witch. "Lennon's True Identity" reveals that he's a crossdressing boy.
- Gender-Blender Name: Lennon is a male given name, making it an odd name for a young witch. Subverted when Atelia reveals to the Magical Girl Squad that Lennon is her son, much to their shock.
- Gender Equals Breed: Downplayed. He is the son of a witch and her human husband. He resembles his mother and it's implied that he has magic like her, but Sheila is able to know his human heritage because he lacks the vestigial wings of the witches and warlocks.
- Good Eyes, Evil Eyes: He has Tsurime Eyes.
- The Ghost: He is mentioned by Jidan as his long-lost son he left the Human Realm for.
- Guyliner: He wears red under eyeliner.
- Half-Breed Angst: "Lennon's True Identity" reveals that Lennon is the Child of Forbidden Love between a witch and an ordinary human. Knowing his mixed heritage makes him an outcast, he resents his mother for supposedly abandoning the family out of shame and believes that humans would reject him even though almost none of them have ever known the witches, let alone him. While he lives as a witch and bluntly says he's not a warlock, he feels like he doesn't belong to humans or the witches. He gets better several episodes later, though.
- Half-Human Hybrid: He is the son of a human and a witch.
- Hates Their Parent: Believes that his witch mother, Atelia, abandoned both him and his human father, Jidan, so that she could come to power. Her initial disownment of him during their reunion, along with her word that she gave him up to fulfill her duty as a leader, doesn't help matters. After her Zero-Approval Gambit for him, Wil confirms the truth that she was desperately looking for their family, causing him to soften up and decide to stay by her side.
- Heel–Face Turn: Although he no longer poses a threat after his defeat, he establishes himself as an ally of the Magical Realm when he rescues civilians from the destruction of Wizard Kingdom using the pilot skills he acquired as a pirate.
- Hostage for MacGuffin: The warlocks mistake him for Arusu and capture him, threatens to kill him and his father if the young captive boy to give them the True Book of Spells.
- Inconsistent Coloring: His eyes are purple, grey, or blue depending on the scene.
- In-Series Nickname: Eva gives him the Affectionate Nickname of "Pirate-chan". This is replaced with "Bucky" in the Media Blasters English dub and sub.
- Internalized Categorism: Due to the traditionalism and eugenic racism of the witches, Lennon views his mixed heritage as what makes him worthless. He resents his mother for supposedly abandoning the family out of shame and believes that humans would reject him even though the only humans in his life (his father and half-sister) have treated him with nothing but love. His internalized racism contrasts him with the pride of the wizards in the magical tradition that the military dictatorship of the warlocks deems inferior.
- Lineage Comes from the Father: Averted. While Lennon was born with a human body like his father, he gets his appearance and his magic after his witch mother.
- Long-Lost Relative: "Lennon's True Identity" reveals that he is the long-lost son of Jidan and Atelia, making him the older paternal half-brother of Arusu.
- Luke, I Am Your Father: He is the son of Jidan and Atelia, making him the older paternal half-brother of Arusu.
- Malevolent Masked Man: His living wooden puppets look like gaunt, skull-masked versions of himself until they're broken. He uses one of them as his Mouth of Sauron when threatening to sink the Ludens unless its crew agrees to give him all of their food and supplies.
- The Man Behind the Curtain: By the time Arusu enters his room, he's bedridden as a result of living on the Interdimensional Sea for years. When he communicates with the crew of the Ludens and pursues Arusu, he uses his living wooden puppets that serve as his guards and Mouth of Sauron.
- Marionette Master: He has living wooden puppets that look like gaunt, skull-masked versions of himself and serve as his guards and Mouth of Sauron until they're broken.
- Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy: Arusu is a Fiery Redhead, has Boyish Short Hair, wears a tank top and pants before her Significant Wardrobe Shift as part of her Going Native, and rides a Flying Broomstick like a skateboard, with which she is skilled enough to have been nicknamed "the Skateboard King" back in the Human Realm. Her self-proclaimed "mirror", Lennon, is frail, reserved Bishōnen and keeps his cross-dressing even after his mother exposes his true gender. "Lennon's True Identity" reveals this juxtaposition to be part of their Sibling Yin-Yang dynamic.
- Matricide: When he confronts his mother, he tries to kill her in the belief that she abandoned him and his human father to satisfy her lust for power. Arusu and her friends hold him back, though.
- Mistaken Identity: The warlocks mistake him for Arusu and capture him, threatening to kill him and his father both if he refuses to give them the True Book of Spells.
- Mouth of Sauron: One of his living wooden puppets speaks on his behalf when he attacks the Ludens.
- No Infantile Amnesia: He remembers his parents, including their names and origins, even though he's lived on the Interdimensional Sea away from his parents for 13 years since he was a young child.
- The One Guy: He is the only boy to live by the culture of the Witch Realm, succeeding Sigma as the only boy among the Magical Girl Squad after his defeat.
- Parental Abandonment: He's lived alone on the Interdimensional Sea since he was separated from his parents at a young age.
- Pirate Girl: Subverted. Lennon is introduced as an evil pirate witch in the series proper, but "Lennon's True Identity" reveals that he's a boy. Even after he's no longer a threat, his pilot skills come in handy when he rescues civilians from the destruction of Wizard Kingdom.
- Put on a Bus: He disappears for 20 episodes from the story once he calls Arusu in the Human Realm again and again until she falls into the Magical Realm.
- Raised as the Opposite Gender: "Lennon's True Identity" reveals that Lennon is actually a boy but has lived as a witch since he was separated from his father on the Interdimensional Sea. This makes sense given that only the witches send undesirables to the Human Realm.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: He wears a red-eyed white skull mask in his supernatural appearances, so do his animated puppets. He is introduced as a pirate in the series proper and goes unmasked after his defeat.
- Sibling Yin-Yang: Arusu and Lennon are a contrasting pair of half-siblings even without their Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy dynamic, though he later adopts her values and takes a level in idealism. While she's a Fiery Redhead and the Messianic Archetype, he has blonde hair and remains much more reserved even after his Heel–Face Turn. While she loves her Disappeared Dad whose values about magic she follows, he hates his Missing Mom for choosing her duty to protect magic as a leader over the family life she had with him and his father. While she uses her magic For Happiness despite her human heritage, he hates magic as something that only makes people unhappy despite the implications that he has magic himself because of his half-witch heritage. When faced with the destruction of the Magical Realm, while she decides to do everything she can for all her loved ones, he finds it hard to understand why someone would bother doing anything in such a crisis.
- Significant Wardrobe Shift: As a baby, Lennon wore a wizard outfit.
- Sissy Villain: Lennon is an androgynous boy in witch's clothing, speaks in a soft, high-pitched voice, and is so open about his feelings that he's unafraid to cry. His years on the Interdimensional Sea have left him ill and physically weak, the latter of which is said to be unmanly even after Eva cures him. His feminine presentation, along with his ruthless piracy and cynicism, makes him the opposite of the heroine Arusu, but he's portrayed sympathetically and the audience only learns his gender long after he stops being a villain.
- Sixth Ranger: While not part of the Magical Girl Squad, he's still associated with them after Arusu takes him in.
- The Social Darwinist: "The weak will not survive. That's the way of the sea!"
- Straw Nihilist: At first, he believes that nothing matters when the world is about to end. He eventually decides to spend the last days of the world meaningfully by staying with his mother, however.
- Strong Family Resemblance: He gets his looks from his Hot Witch mother, Atelia, with blonde hair paler than hers, smooth fair skin, delicate face, and a tall, slender build.
- Teens Are Monsters: Lennon is most important and one of the few named teenage characters in the franchise. He is introduced attacking Arusu, the preteen heroine of the franchise, and the other witches on the Ludens.
- This Cannot Be!: He is shocked that Arusu and the crew of the Ludens manage to fly on brooms.
- Tragic Bigot: It's implied that his hypocritical hatred of magic stems from the eugenic tradition that allows only failed witches to marry humans, which led to his mistaken belief that his mother abandoned him and his father to suffer for political power.
- Twofer Token Minority: He is the only mixed character in the franchise and the only male character to live by the culture of the Witch Realm.
- Walking Spoiler: He is downright impossible to talk about him to someone who has not gotten to the point where he comes back without ruining some major plot points of the series. He initially seems like nothing more than a minor character who calls Arusu in the Human Realm again and again until she falls into the Magical Realm. By the middle of the series, he turns out to be a Chekhov's Gunman with a given name. His gender and his relation to Arusu are even bigger spoilers, along with the fact that he is the only son of Atelia and Jidan.
- White Mask of Doom: He wears a red-eyed white skull mask in his supernatural appearances, so do his animated puppets. He is introduced as a pirate in the series proper and goes unmasked after his defeat.
- You're Not My Father: He tearfully declares that Atelia is not his mother when she tells him that she gave him up to protect magic as the successor to the Grand Master of Witches. However, towards the end of the series, he finally calls her "Mother" after she pulls a Zero-Approval Gambit to save him and his father from the warlocks.
- One of his living wooden puppets first appears as a mysterious masked figure that haunted Arusu until she found herself in the Magical Realm.
- Lennon himself first appears in Wil's flashback as the child who was with the old wizard's human guest and was too young to speak. In "Lennon's True Identity", he is revealed to be the only son of Atelia and Jidan.
- Sigma has dark skin while Lennon has pale skin.
- Sigma seems to be a preteen like the Magical Girl Squad. Lennon is implied to be in his teens.
- Sigma lives in a culture that rejects tradition and magic. Lennon lives in one that embraces both, to the misfortune of his family.
- Sigma is introduced as a helpful ally of the Magical Girl Squad before revealing himself to be Evil All Along and the Sixth Ranger Traitor. Lennon is initially neutral and suspected of being the traitor among the witches but he's innocent.
- Sigma is only revealed to be an Anti-Villain after many episodes since his proper introduction. Lennon is hinted to be more than a villain even before his proper introduction.
- Sigma accepts the fact that Grande cares more about his selfish ambition than the lives of his subjects. Lennon refuses to accept the fact that Atelia is a duty-bound leader and didn't abandon the family selfishly to keep her reputation. The difference makes Sigma's revenge redeeming and Lennon's revenge misguided.
- Sigma and Lennon are motivated by the loss of their parents and blame it on authority figures. While Sigma defies Grande, the most powerful man in the world, to realize the cause his beloved father died for, Lennon hates the magic his mother protects despite having one himself and wants to kill her in the false belief that she abandoned him and his father for getting in the way of her rise to power.
- Sigma's father is dead and his mother is never mentioned. Lennon's parents make it through the series alive.
- Sigma respects his father for sacrificing himself to fulfill his duty as Grande's Honest Advisor. Lennon resents his mother for sacrificing their family life to fulfill her duty as a leader.
- Sigma plans to get revenge on Grande not by killing him but by proving his father's prophecy true through Arusu, a human girl. Lennon attempts to kill Atelia rather than exposing her past to the public, the latter of which would not only destroy her political career but also throw society into anarchy by the colossal breakdown of trust in authority and government.
Gigi (ジージ Jīji)
Voiced by: Noboru Yamaguchi (Japanese), Jonathan Scott Meza (English)
Appearances: The Adventures
From "The Secret of Dragon House". A sapient robot that serves Magica. He visits the Witch Realm, where he asks Eva to stop a computer program created by Jestor to destroy the Witch Realm and the Warlock Realm on the Day of Sleeping.- Formal Characters Use Keigo: He always has formal speech patterns to indicate his status as a servant robot.
- Nice Guy: He is soft-spoken, polite, and gentle, much unlike his young master.
- Parental Substitute: He acts as a father figure to his young master, Magica, after the death of the boy's father, Jestor.
- Regal Ruff: He wears a wide ruff, signifying his status as a servant robot.
- Sharp-Dressed Man: He wears a white shirt, a red bow tie, a black jacket, a grey belt, and knee-high bouffant pants with red and black vertical stripes.
- Sliding Scale of Robot Intelligence: He falls under the Nobel-bot category, as he is capable of human-like emotions and interaction with people.
- Spell My Name With An S: "Jiji" is the spelling used during the credits listing the Japanese voice actors, but it is "Gigi" during the credits listing the English voice actors.
