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Season 1
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Network: Tokyo MX
Season aired: 2017-07-07
Overview
Haruto Tsukishiro wakes up in a dream world dominated by strange and powerful entities called Witches. To survive, he gets the assistance of research professor Katsumi Kanzaki and a mysterious white-haired girl called Lily. With their help, Haruto must outsmart the witches and find a way to return to the real world.
About This Season
Anime series produced by Gonzo. It is part of media franchise The Art of 18, which also includes a smartphone game by Mobcast title "18: Kimi to Tsunagaru Puzzle" for Android and IOS.
Episodes · 13
The Witch of Thunder
Haruto finds himself in a dream world with a talking cat and a witch whose games turn violent.
Time Stopped at Age 12
One of the killers from a ten-year-old murder case is found dead, and now the witch that killed him is after the other perpetrators.
The Witch of First Love
Haruto ends up in the dreams of an ailing high school girl, whom he befriends, and takes her beyond the confines of the park near her home.
The Witch of Gluttony
After Airi is dumped by her boyfriend for a younger, thinner girl, Haruto finds himself in her dreams, where she is the queen of the Land of Donuts.
The Witch of Ordinariness
World class figure skater Mirei Saegusa is stressed by her current lifestyle and long for a normal life.
Curses Return Upon the Casters
Natsuki Kamikawa attempts to commit suicide after being bullied, but instead of dying, she enters the world of her favorite anime, Onmyo Ukio Akayashi-Barai.
And Now There Are None...
Haruto woke up as a scarecrow in the dream world. Then a robot knocks on the door and shows him some picture. Kanzaki then appears as lion and tells Haruto that they are now in the dream world. The robot asks for their help, but couldn't.
Threshold
Haruto struggles because he can't communicate effectively with a witch. When Kanzaki asks Mari for advice about this, he comes across someone who seems to be her real-world counterpart.
Idols Don't Go to the Bathroom!
Misaki, the center girl in the idol group Shark Lady, deals with being bullied, sexually harassed by producers, and the paparazzi. In the midst of that, she is attacked by a stalker and comes down with the Sleeping Beauty Syndrome.
Dream Dimension Alpha
Haruto meed Jane Does, a witch doing whatever she wants in the dream world.
The Thorn Cross Association
Kanzaki hears that those with Sleeping Beauty Syndrome have been "blessed by Eve," and goes to tell Haruto that he found a clue about Yurina, but Haruto's irritated about being unable to leave the dream world and won't listen.
The Witch Wars
The former witches who have returned to the real world look for Haruto. As the Thorn Cross Association spreads word of Eve's awakening to the world, Kanzaki's younger sister, Yurina, appears as a witch in the dream world.
Eve's Sigh
As Eve awakens and the real world and dream world mingle together, Yuko tells Haruto a shocking truth that shakes him to the core. All the answers lie with Eve, and Haruto and the others finally open the door to meet her.
