History YMMV / YamadaKunAndTheSevenWitches

* UnexpectedCharacter: [[spoiler:The mysterious last witch in Takuma's group isn't found for an awfully long time, and we have no clue of who he is. It turns out Takuma himself is the last witch. Or rather his second personality is.]]

** Kotori only has a couple of friends in her huge class which isn't exactly much for someone who is kind, polite and very helpful. However, she is a much more justified case than the others in that students are weirded out by her playing with dolls and as such stay away from her. Those who have gotten to know her are generally fond of her.
** Himekawa is kind, outgoing and extremely compassionate, and yet, she apparently couldn't make friends (before she met Yamada, a fellow friendless person) just because she is somewhat clumsy and a bit ditzy.

* DiagnosedByTheAudience: While it could probably also be explained as slightly stunted social development due to ParentalNeglect and bullying, Shiraishi does have several of the classical traits (both the [[HollywoodAutism Hollywood ones]] and the more realistic ones) of UsefulNotes/AspergersSyndrome. She is a bit socially awkward and unaware of norms, but is still very intelligent as well as sweet and caring. She is initially not good with people, and even later, she still seems to be introverted, preferring to be alone with her books at least some of the time. She suffers from BrutalHonesty and sometimes being InnocentlyInsensitive, and like many people with the syndrome, she has one thing she is strongly interested in -- in her case, her studying. She sometimes seems emotionless, but she is just as emotional as everybody else, just not too good at conveying it. From time to time, she has also shown to understand metaphors and jokes literally.

** Arisugawa is a major example since that in the case of most of the seeries' characters with a FriendlessBackground, it's established that there is a clear reason why they don't have friends even though they are sympathetic people when you get to know them. In her case, there's no logical reason: She's friendly, outgoing, cheerful and humorous. She comes off as a person that most people would want to befriend...

** Shiraishi and Itou's friendship, being the series' only genuinely close friendship between two major female characters, have undertones of this. Itou is much sweeter and more touchy-feely towards Shiraishi than she is with basically anybody else, and even though Shiraishi otherwise makes it clear that she doesn't want to be kissed or held tightly by anyone else but Yamada, she has matter-of-factly put up with Itou kissing her to test her body swap power and later copping a feel of her breasts to check out the possible symptoms of a witch power (the others even point out that Itou just wanted to grope Shiraishi since witch powers are mental, not physical).

** Shiraishi and Itou's friendship, being the only genuinely close friendship between two major female characters, have undertones of this. Itou is much sweeter and more touchy-feely towards Shiraishi than she is with basically anybody else, and even though Shiraishi otherwise makes it clear that she doesn't want to be kissed or held tightly by anyone else but Yamada, she has matter-of-factly put up with Itou kissing her to test her body swap power and later copping a feel of her breasts to check out the possible symptoms of a witch power (the others even point out that Itou just wanted to grope Shiraishi since witch powers are mental, not physical).

** There are also a few moments between the girls, prominently Sarushima making out with Itou several times to activate her [[{{Seers}} power]] during her arc.

** In chapter 227, when Yamada says he hasn't thought about his future and doesn't have to a clue about what he'll study at university, Shiraishi starts a speech on how great it is that Yamada says he doesn't know. In many Western cultures, it can seem really weird that she showers him with praise for just giving a simple and neutral reply to a question. However, in Japanese culture it's seen (especially in formal contexts) as somewhat rude to straightforwardly say "I don't know", and people will often try to tiptoe around the question and give [[NonAnswer non-answers]] instead. Thus, Shiraishi praises Yamada because she thinks it's cool that he is so true to himself that he's willing to break some norms for his individuality.

* ValuesDissonance: Not an offensive example, but the scene where Yuri rides his bike to school to make a stylish and unusual entrance may not translate well to all readers. For example, countries like Denmark and the Netherlands have an incredibly widespread cycling culture, and it’s more the rule than the exception that high school students ride their bikes to school if they live nearby and don’t have a driver’s license/car. As such, Yuri’s BigEntrance may look like a completely banal entrance to these readers.

* HilariousInHindsight:
** When Yamada tells the other club members about Noa's ability and how he saw her past, Miyamura asks - as one of his standard perverted comments - if Yamada saw her take a shower. He didn't, but next time Yamada uses a witch power on Noa - much later, and another witch power - he actually ''does'' see her take a shower.
** In Season 3 Episode 6, Meiko holds a pen with [[Anime/SmilePrecure Cure Happy]] printed on it. In 2016, her voice actress Creator/SaoriHayami landed the role of [[Anime/MahoGirlsPrecure Cure Felice]].

* HilariousInHindsight: When Yamada tells the other club members about Noa's ability and how he saw her past, Miyamura asks - as one of his standard perverted comments - if Yamada saw her take a shower. He didn't, but next time Yamada uses a witch power on Noa - much later, and another witch power - he actually ''does'' see her take a shower.

* NarmCharm:
** When Shiraishi, Miyamura, Itou, Tsubaki, Noa, and Ushio promise to help Yamada [[spoiler: bring back everybody's memories]], they make a pact by having their ice cream spoons touch each other. It makes for a pretty odd picture, and it's not too believable that anybody over the age of 5 would earnestly seal a deal this way, but it's nonetheless a very cute and [[ThePowerOfFriendship friendship-enhancing]] scene.
* NightmareFuel:
** The scene in which Yamada tries to kiss Shiraishi to get her memories back, only for her to stare at him with a blank, evil look and challenge him to kiss her in a not very Shiraishi-like way - to reveal that it's actually Asuka in Shiraishi's body - is seen as somewhat creepy by many fans, especially because of the surprise factor.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment:
** Yamada acting all confident about meeting Rika, given how much her magic messes up his life afterwards.
** When Yamada asks Arisugawa why she wants to join the student council, she replies it'll get her qualifications for college - if she graduates from a good college, she can get a job in a good company, marry a rich employee and get an easy life. This makes her seem rather lazy and greedy in a comical way. However, as her younger self later reveals, she doesn't ''want'' to be lazy and greedy - she simply feels that this is the way her life was laid out before her, and is actually a bit frustrated from having a boring life.
** Yamada telling Himekawa that [[spoiler: they'd probably have become a couple if they hadn't suddenly lost their memories of each other]] is treated as a heartwarming moment in the chapter he says it. It becomes ''much'' less heartwarming later when it's revealed that [[spoiler: he never had any romantic feelings for her and even fell in love with another girl while he knew Himekawa. This broke her heart so much that she saw no other way out from the pain than having everybody's memories wiped. So no, they wouldn't have become a couple.]]

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: Characters in the series are constantly striking deals, often refusing to do something unless the other party does something useful in return. It tends to give off the message that you should rather be somewhat pragmatic and upholding ("if I help them, can I be sure they will help me?") than entirely unselfish, since in the latter case, people may just be using you.

** Hotaru is socially awkward, but his politeness and friendly optimism makes him very sympathetic nonetheless

** * In many of Yamada's interactions with Shiraishi, he's definitely as friendly as can be, but somewhat awkward. As the series goes on, this trait is also seen in some of his interactions with other characters as he becomes less likely to take the GoodIsNotNice approach.