The Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches manga is written and illustrated by Miki Yoshikawa and serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine. The first chapter was published in 2012's 12th issue, released on February 12, 2012.[1] The series is also released in tankōbon volumes, the first of which was published on June 15, 2012.[2] On October 26, 2013, Crunchyroll announced a partnership with Kodansha where it would distribute chapters digitally to 170 countries.[3]
"Let's give it a shot." (してみましょう。, Shite Mimashou)
"Let me have a look, too!" (俺にも見せろよー。, Orenimo Misero yo-)
"I don't hate strong women." (強い女嫌いじゃねえよ。, Tuyoionnna Kirai ja Nee yo)
"She's an E-Cup!" (Eだ。, EDa)
"Whaddya say we do this together?!" (一緒にやろうぜ!, Isshoniyarouze!)
"I'm not a guinea pig, y'know?!" (オレは道具じゃねえんだぞ...?, Ore wa Dōgu Janē nda zo....?)
"It's now or never!!" (今のうちだ!, Imano Uchida!)
Ryu Yamada is an apathetic delinquent student at Suzaku High. One day, as he climbs the stairs, he passes by ace student Urara Shiraishi who glares at him, but he trips and they collide. He wakes up at the nurse's office and discovers he is in Shiraishi's body, and they have swapped bodies. Yamada learns that she led a lonely student life where she been bullied by her female schoolmates. They discover that the body swap is activated by a kiss. When they swap so that she can take Yamada's make-up exam, Yamada (in Shiraishi's body) beats up a peeper who took a picture of her changing, which ends up helping her get along with her female classmates. Student council vice-president Toranosuke Miyamura asks body-swapped Shiraishi out on a date and discovers their secret. He and Yamada (in Shiraishi's body) go to her house to investigate why Shiraishi does not want to go to college. He recruits Yamada and Shiraishi to the Supernatural Studies club. They learn that Yamada can swap bodies with anyone he kisses. Miyabi Itou, a big fan of the paranormal, wishes to join the club, but when she catches Yamada and Shiraishi kissing, she gets upset.
"I want you to grant me this kiss" (俺とキスしていただきたい!!, Oreto Kisu Shite Itadakitai!!)
"Shingi Ikkyu" (心技一休, Shingi Ikkyuu)
"Oh...my...god!!" (キャーキャーキャーッ!, Kya-Kya-Kyattu!)
"They're soo soft!" (超やわらか〜い♥, Chō Yawaraka-i ♥)
Itou posts that Yamada and Shiraishi are a couple, prompting Yamada to body swap with Itou in order to try to quell the rumors. But the students dismiss Itou for being an unreliable gossip. Yamada then rescues the body-swapped Itou from trying to fight the delinquents who have demanded payment for selling her fake paranormal artifacts. The club discovers that the body swap powers track with Yamada's mind. When the club requests student council president Haruma Yamazaki for funds to buy a microwave, Yamazaki easily sees through their body-swapping shenanigans, but agrees to fund them if they can convince a stubborn archery club leader Karen Kimishima to allow her old club room to be demolished. Yamada and Itou find the old Supernatural Studies club room where they discover the second student council vice-president Nene Odagiri is in romantic cahoots with Ushio Igarashi. At the school field trip, when Yamada and Shiraishi swap bodies so the latter can study, Yamada ends up having fun bonding with the girls that he has her switch back so she can share in the social activity.
Nene Odagiri has a picture of Yamada rummaging through Shiraishi's stuff in the girls' sleeping quarters, and threatens to reveal the secret unless Shiraishi skips the upcoming mock exam. Yamada kisses Odagiri, but instead of swapping bodies, he acquires her ability to make the target fall in love with him. After thinking about Yamada all day, Odagiri realizes she has been hit with her own power; she and Igarashi agree to delete the picture so she can be restored to normal. Yamada shares the back story of how he and Igarashi were buddies in middle school, but fell out during high school when a fight with some delinquents got Yamada suspended for a week. The club visits the old clubhouse facility by the beach for summer break but Yamada must take supplementary classes. The club discovers that the witch powers cannot affect those already under a witch power.
"Pay you with my body?" (体で払えって言うんだ?, Karadade Haraette Iunnda?)
A body-swapped Yamada attracts Meiko Otsuka, a student in Yamada's supplementary classes, who kisses him. Shiraishi deduces that Otsuka is actually a witch, but in order for the club to get access to an old clubroom, Yamada and his summer classmates must pass the exam, which means Yamada has to kiss Otsuka again and without scaring her. They learn that Otsuka's power is telepathy, and help them pass, although the club room turns out to be emptied. They later learn about a fourth witch, Maria Sarushima, who has the ability to see the future.