It puts you in a city where the magic looks expensive and the people using it look damned. Guideau is the rare cursed protagonist who is genuinely unpleasant to be around, all beast eyes and bad temper and zero interest in being likable, and Ashaf hauling that coffin behind her with his pipe and his hair magic is the calmest man in any room he ruins. The chemistry is pure odd couple, one of them wants to punch the answer out of the problem, the other already solved it three moves ago and didn't mention it. The 17 Origins premise gives the Order of Magical Resonance real institutional weight, so the witch hunts land like case files instead of monster-of-the-week filler. Give it past the opening episodes, the setup is front-loaded and the payoff is not. Slept on hard by people who claim they wanted another Dorohedoro.

Guideau is a wild, violent girl with long fangs and a beast's gaze. A witch once cursed her, and she wants revenge on whoever did it. She travels with Ashaf, a quiet mage with delicate features who carries a coffin on his back and is followed by black crows. Guideau joins the Order of Magical Resonance, a group that handles anything involving magic, and helps with its cases around the world in return for its aid in her hunt. Behind the magic are the 17 Origins, whose powers have been handed down to people still alive today. The pair's journey brings them to a town ruled by a tattooed witch whom the locals believe is their hero. Action, adventure and drama drive this dark fantasy, adapted from a manga by Satake Kousuke.