At first I thought it started a little slow and boring but I soon realized that it was just my bias. It quickly won me over with it's personality, or should I say, Monica won me over with HER personality. I love a good anime where the protagonists are full of character and merit, and Monica is no short of either. She is cute, witty, most of all shy and precious, but her supporting cast does an incredible job of keeping her grounded and supporting her the way supporting cast are meant to!!!!!
In a catalogue of overused mage tropes she definitely shines brighter than dull and boring comparables like frieren who are one dimensional and down right a drag to watch. Monica is a sweet and charming girl with no lack of faults of her own but that's just what makes her so likeable and relatable! She may be shy but she doesn't stray from her values and that makes her a truly loveable main character, she is willing to LEARN and make mistakes along the way, she is willing to GROW and listen to others. The supporting cast is Lovely and some of them will shock you the same way they shocked me, along with Monica some of them will make you feel, sometimes good and sometimes bad and that's what makes them GREAT. That's what a true supporting cast is supposed to do, unlike the non-existent supporting cast in one dimensional anime like solo leveling for example, where there IS NO memorable cast. Secrets of a Silent witch does so many things right, that's why I can confidently say it has Great level writing. It's one of the main reasons why I ended up loving this anime even though it was far to short. I sincerely hope we get a season 2 because this is a lovely masterpiece.
