The Classroom of a Black Cat and a Witch (黒猫と魔女の教室)

Back in middle school...

Spica's going to show off her magic!

Ooh, wow!

Chaos, I call upon thee!

O blaze-winged wyrm... Dragon Flame!

Huh?

Nothing happened.

I had high hopes since she said she was trying to get into Diana.

What a letdown.

Aquarius Magic: Aqua Draco!

Aria!

Whoa! Aria can use magic!

Wow!

I just learned it, but this much is a piece of cake.

Show us more!

What the heck? Is she trying to rub it in?

She's always copied everything I do.

But magic is the one thing I won't let her best me in!

I'm going to surpass her someday!

THE PRESENT DAY

The present day...

Talisman, talisman...

Speak to me.

Guide me!

It's a flame!

The talisman is a magic tool that analyzes and visualizes your potential.

The size of the flame represents five categories of strength.

In your case, you've got high Inspiration, and you're average on everything else.

Uh-huh...

Spica Virgo.

I shall appraise you.

It talked!

Surprisingly average.

Wha?!

SURPRISINGLY AVERAGE

This is my first time evaluating you.

I sense that you are lacking in technical skill and have yet to master Virgo Magic.

You probably wanna work on your Knowledge and keep growing your Inspiration.

I have a thing for the two-side-up hairstyle, so three stars.

What?!

"A thing"?! What kind of trash review is this?!

It can be crude, but it knows its stuff.

Well, let's keep going.

You have high Knowledge, Hana!

I need to work on my Inspiration.

Ewe's got super high Magic!

Your Physical is so low!

Derp...

DERP

Chiron's only got high Technique.

You could have skipped the "only"!

Leo has so much Physical!

Of course I do.

Looking at it like this, we each have our strengths, huh?

Aria's up next.

Huge flame!

Wow, Aria!

She's high on every stat.

Well, I am a genius, after all.

First-class potential.

Bearer of innate talents.

Be it arts or sports, you will be successful in any endeavor.

You have plenty of knowledge with which to use magic. Impeccable.

And your striped knee-highs are very cute. A perfect five stars.

So high!

You might make first-class, Aria!

I'm not even interested in being first-class.

And we started studying to become magicians at the same time!

How did she get so far ahead of me?

That's all of us.

Next week is the final exams.

Use the Talisman's evaluations to devise prep plans.

Those of you who failed the midterms will be unable

to take the exam to move on to the next year if you fail again.

You'll effectively have flunked the year, so get your head in it.

He's bringing the pressure.

Claude Dorm.

Okay.

I gotta prep until the exams!

I have to work on my Knowledge and Inspiration!

Here we go!

Whatcha reading?

The field guide.

I'm studying the different kinds of flowers and their properties.

Why are you here?!

There's no class before exams.

Wanna go hang out?

Do your exam prep!

I don't need to prepare.

Unlike you.

She's so infuriating!

Though...

I'm so sorry I bully you all the time, Spica.

Your reactions are so cute that I can't help it.

I don't mean it, okay?

Please don't hate me!

You're so endearing.

I forgive you.

Wha?

Why are you being so chill?

I feel like you've been looking at me more gently lately.

Y-You're imagining it!

Thank goodness she doesn't remember.

It's not funny!

Point is, I'm busy studying.

Kindly go away.

Hey!

Give it back!

Well, it would be boring if you didn't get into the next grade.

Just for you, I'll provide some tutoring.

Jeez!

Okay, quiz time!

Which flower roars in the morning?

Is there any flower that does that?

Morning... Morning...

Wait a second!

You aren't talking about the morning groary, are you?!

That's a riddle!

The correct answer is...

It's morning!

Uncle Rose from the flower shop nearby.

Who?!

Unro thinks he's a flower.

He roars facing the sun every morning to photosynthesize.

What the hell?!

Give it back if you're just going to mess around!

Jeez.

What a waste of time.

Seriously, why are you here?

You're so studious.

Why do you take things so seriously, anyway?

Huh?

I mean, isn't it miserable when all that work you do doesn't amount to anything?

Are you a masochist?

Well, sure, it's miserable, but what should I do?

My dream is to become a first-class magician.

Huh?!

Spica, you were serious about becoming a first-class magician?!

Dang, you're going big!

What's so funny?

I don't want anyone laughing at my dream. Not even you.

Are you mad?

I'm kidding. Sorry.

But why are you so intent on becoming first-class?

Well, part of it is to break the curse, but...

The curse?

I want to become stronger as a magician so I can protect people.

Do you really need to become first-class to accomplish that?

There are lots of strong people who are second-class or lower.

You might be right, but first-class is a symbol of strength to me.

Once I become first-class,

I can proudly say I became what I wanted to become.

Ah. Claude.

Sure, sure. That's a grand dream.

You're definitely making fun of me!

Do you have any dreams?

Not really.

At least I have a dream, then!

Huh?

So having a dream makes you better than me?

I've never seen Aria make that face.

Just kidding!

Did I scare you?

You're so fun!

That's enough mocking me!

Ooh, she's angry.

Hey.

Keep it down.

I see.

You snapped because she mocked your dream.

Yes.

She looks down on me.

She always copies what I'm doing and outpaces me instantly.

She's so talented that she doesn't understand how I feel.

But someday, I'm gonna win against her and make her apologize!

What do you mean, "someday"?

There's a part of you that thinks you're supposed to lose to Aria.

The Talisman's appraisal of you may not have been that great,

but you overcame the winter camp and survived the fight against the cultists.

I think you're capable of more than what the numbers say.

Professor...

You need to do more than pass the finals.

Best Aria.

Not someday.

Win now.

Right!

Though, as a teacher, I shouldn't play favorites, so I'll tell Aria to beat you.

Wha?!

FINALS DAY

The day of final exams.

It's huge!

Dude, we're getting on a boat now?

I'd love to explore the boat!

Such a lovely boat!

Almost as cute as my ship, The Princess!

You have a ship, Merrow?!

Yep. My daddy's a fisherman.

Didn't expect that!

Now, everyone, get on board!