is a Japanese manga series written by Homura Kawamoto and illustrated by Makoto Shiozuka. It has been serialized in Coamix's Monthly Comic Zenon since October 2020.
Plot Just as Jeanne d'Arc is tried for heresy and burned at the stake, she is rescued by the demons Lilith and Lilum and taken to the court of the demon queen Agrat bat Mahlat. 31 other famous women from across history were similarly rescued from the time of their deaths, restored to their physical prime if they were old or ill, and gathered. Agrat calls them Witches and explains that they can all manifest magical abilities by focusing on their greed, desires, and regrets. She commands them to enter a tournament called Walpurgis to take turns fighting to the death in an arena for her amusement and offers to grant a wish to the sole survivor, but warns that if they die, their soul will cease to exist. The audience of the arena is made of both demons and people from their lives, who gamble on the matches' outcomes for the merit to be reborn. Jeanne had blindly followed orders her whole life and never wanted anything before, so she struggles to understand what her desire is.
Characters Witches A group of thirty two women that have been selected by Agrat Bat Mahlat to participate in Walpurgis and go against each other in order to fulfill their greatest desire. Since the spectators gamble on the outcomes, their odds of winning have been calculated.
A female knight from France and one of the Witches invited to participate in the Walpurgis. Her title is "Nothing/Naught Witch" and her desire is "Abnegation". Her odds of winning were calculated to be 1065:1. Originally wielding an ordinary sword which broke in her fight with Wu Zetian, her weapons are two cross-shaped bladed shields that can be ignited. Her magic increases her power by resonating with her opponent's desire and she can detect presences by reading people's desire. She kills Wu Zetian in the second match. She eventually forms an alliance with Himiko where they will somehow help each other survive. Agatha Christie suspects she is the key to Walpurgis.
A Witch invited to the Walpurgis. Her title is "Mighty/Power Witch" and her desire is "Justice". Her odds of winning were calculated to be 22.7:1. She was an onna-musha from the late Heian period of Japanese history, serving under Minamoto no Yoshinaka during the Genpei War and was a part of the conflict that led to the first shogunate. Her weapons are a massive naginata and bow. Her magic lets her increase the destructive power of her attacks and reshape her weapons to make them stronger. She kills Elizabeth Báthory in the first match.
One of the Witches invited to participate in the Walpurgis. Her title is "Blood Witch" and her desire is to "Torment". Her odds of winning were calculated to be 66.1:1. Elizabeth is a noblewoman and serial killer, sometimes being referred to as a "real-life vampire", due to the belief that she drank and bathed in the blood of her victims. Her weapon is a polearm with a spiked collar on the end. Her magic allows her to conjure up and telekinetically control torture devices. She is killed by Tomoe Gozen in the first match.
A Witch invited to the Walpurgis and the first female emperor of China. Her title is "Supremacy/Dominion Witch" and her desire is the "Heavens". Her odds of winning were calculated to be 5.2:1. Her weapon is a spear with a stone bludgeon attached to the other end. Her magic allows her to control wind. When her match started, she arrogantly told Jeanne to kill herself and save her the trouble, and though Jeanne briefly considered obeying, she refused. She is killed by Jeanne d'Arc in the second match.
Queen of Egypt and one of the Witches invited to participate in the Walpurgis. Her title is "Love Witch" and her desire was for "True Love". Her odds of winning were calculated to be 1.8:1. Her weapon is a khopesh. Her magic allows her wishes to come true, but it only works on herself or people or objects she is in physical contact with and she must verbally state her wish. She is killed by Himiko in the third match.
One of the Witches invited to participate in the Walpurgis. Her title is "Demon Witch" and her desire is "Attention". Her odds of winning were calculated to be 6:1. Her former name was Yogi and she took the title of "Himiko" after murdering the original priestess out of revenge for the death of her parents. Her weapons are daggers, clawed gauntlets, clawed boots, and a horn on her head that can be launched. Her magic allows her to manifest her lies into reality, but it doesn't work if her victim sees through the lie. She kills Cleopatra in the third match. She eventually forms an alliance with Jeanne where they will somehow help each other survive.
One of the Witches invited to the Walpurgis. Her title is "Secret Witch" and her desire is currently unknown. Her odds of winning were calculated to be 51.4:1. She is the leader of a group called The Witch's Hammer which plans to somehow usurp the Walpurgis and Agrat. Her weapon is a rope dart which she was able to kill Mary Read with in the fourth match without revealing what her magic was. After the fifth match, she invited Himiko to join The Witch's Hammer, but was refused.
A British pirate and one of the Witches invited to participate in the Walpurgis. Her title is "Sea Witch" and her desire is the "Oceans". Her odds of winning were calculated to be 135.2:1. After being betrayed by Anne Bonny, she constantly hallucinates that Anne is still by her side. Her weapons are two anchors attached to chains. Her magic allows her to convert the battlefield to an ocean, summon her ship, and control its loaded cannons. She is killed by Mata Hari in the fourth match.
The Queen of France and a Witch invited to the Walpurgis. Her title is "Pure Witch" and her desire is to "Control". Her odds of winning were calculated to be 35.9:1. She was a fan of Jeanne d'Arc. Her weapon is a massive scythe. Her magic lets her control her shadow and conjure from it copies of things she had feared like guillotines, hammers, and dogs. She is killed by Catherine the Great in the fifth match.
An empress from Russia and one of the Witches invited to participate in the Walpurgis. Her title is "Will Witch" and her desire is to "Subjugate". Her odds of winning were calculated to be 11.7:1. Her magic allows her to switch between different modes to adapt to the situation. One mode is armed with a sword and enhances her speed, one mode is armed with a shotgun and enhances her vision, and one mode wears horseshoe-shaped gauntlets and boots and enhances her strength. She kills Marie Antoinette in the fifth match. While waiting for her next match, she befriends her opponent, Huang Yueying, and spends most of her time chatting and eating.
One of the Witches invited to participate in the Walpurgis. Her title is "Reason Witch" and her desire is to seek the "Truth". Her odds of winning were calculated to be 57.7:1. Before her match, she befriended her opponent, Huang Yueying, for being a fellow intellectual. Her weapons are two pistols with bayonets. Her magic allows her to predict the future by analyzing different possibilities. She is killed by Huang Yueying in the sixth match.
The wife of Zhuge Liang from the Three Kingdoms, and one of the Witches invited to participate in the Walpurgis. Her title is "Knowledge Witch" and her desire is to gain more "Knowledge". Her odds of winning were calculated to be 210.7:1. Before her match, she befriended her opponent, Marie Curie, for being a fellow intellectual. Her weapons are two swords and a suit of high tech armor. Her magic allows her to disassemble the armor and telekinetically control each piece and weapon. She kills Marie Curie in the sixth match. While waiting for her next match, she befriends her opponent, Catherine the Great, and spends most of her time chatting and eating.
One of the Witches invited to participate in the Walpurgis. Her title is "Flame Witch" and her desire is "Passion". Her odds of winning were calculated to be 601.5:1. She is a member of The Witch's Hammer. Her weapon is a Matoi. Her magic allows her to control flames. She kills Orihime in the seventh match.
One of the Witches invited to participate in the Walpurgis. Her title is "Star Witch" and her desire is "Love". Her odds of winning were calculated to be 401.1:1. She is not the legendary Orihime from the folk tale Tanabata, but instead a regular modern-day idol singer who's using the name and tale as a gimmick, with her true name unrevealed. She is psychotic and kidnapped 104 men, intending to make it 365 in a grim parody of Tanabata before being arrested. Her weapon is a massive chakram. Her magic allows her to surround the battlefield with a starry sky, with floating rocks as the stars, and to manipulate gravity for herself and whatever she touches. She is killed by Yaoya Oshichi in the seventh match.
One of the Witches invited to participate in the Walpurgis. Her title is "Robbery Witch" and her desire is to "Usurp". Her odds of winning were calculated to be 91.5:1. In the 20th century, she and her husband Clyde Barrow were known for being one of the greatest thieves, fugitives and robbers in the United States. She turned to crime after her friend Talissa was murdered by a corrupt official. Her weapons are pistols, Tommy guns, and a crate full of weapons. Her magic conjures a phantasmal hand that can steal items from locked rooms and call them to her hands, enhancing them in the process, which she can use to retrieve the weapons in the crate. She kills Mona Lisa in the eighth match.
One of the Witches invited to participate in the Walpurgis. Her title is "Painting Witch" and her desire is "Immortalization". Her odds of winning were calculated to be 303.5:1. She is the woman depicted in Leonardo da Vinci's painting of the same name, and has the peculiarity of having different faces depending on the person who sees her; Bonnie sees her as ugly. She claims da Vinci's painting depicts her true appearance. Her weapon is a kitchen knife. Her magic lets her conjure illusions that are more effective and feel solid the more the victim believes they are real, but only her target can see these illusions. She is killed by Bonnie Parker in the eighth match. Before she dies, she whispers her true name into Bonnie's ear, who commented it was a beautiful name.
One of the Witches invited to participate in the Walpurgis. Her title is "Mystery Witch" and her desire is "To Solve Mysteries". Her odds of winning were calculated to be 30.5:1. Seemingly murdered before the ninth match, it is revealed that she faked her own death in order to investigate the motivations behind the Walpurgis, enlisting the demon servant assigned to guard her, Lilia, to help in her investigations. Her weapon is a cane. Her magic allows her to create doors that lead to different locations and to manipulate the environment inside a locked room.
One of the Witches invited to participate in the Walpurgis. Her title is "Evil Witch" and her desire is currently unknown. Her odds of winning were calculated to be 252.1:1. Her powers and abilities have yet to be revealed as she did not fight against Agatha Christie in the ninth match, but won by default after her opponent seemed to have been murdered. She is revealed to be a , claiming that her ordinary eyepatch and bandages seal her powers and obsessed with looking cool.