I think you should approach _Burn The Witch_ the same way you approach _Bubblegum Crisis_: watch it for the aesthetics and just enjoy the ride.
Another unusual choice: witches with smartphones.
So many Urban Fantasy settings force wizards to work like it' still the 1300s. Glad to see some modern witches.
Basic research shows that this is an adaptation of a manga that only came out in 2018. I wonder if this is literally all there is?
Letting it ripen a few more yours could have gotten us a longer series, but is that what we actually want?
I appreciated the fact that once the big dragon appeared, everyone was immediately willing to drop their existing concerns and work together for the greater good.
(Usually they have to have a battle first, then join forces.)
There's a lot of arbitrary stuff like that.
None of it distracts from the fun though, just... don't go in expecting to get invested in the worldbuilding.
It's definitely a fun hour and change.
If the boss can snipe a legendary dragon without incident, why is he a mid-level bureaucrat and not on the Major Case anti-dragon SWAT team?
Bruno want to prove himself, but he's already on the high council or whatever. So why hasn't he proven himself already?
I don't know if the worldbuilding sticks though.
Contact with a dragon, even accidental contact, is punishable by 100 years in jail or execution... except for any named character, who can have a pet dragon or trained riding dragon without incident.
The witch uniform is a plaid cape. They fly on mini-dragons, not brooms. They cast with things that are half horn, half gun.
It's a very unusual design schema.
That's the show.
So what's my takeaway?
Well, it's a lot better than many shows with a three episode run.
There's a lot of fun in the designs, which seem like they were made by saying <make it look nothing like any other magical setting.>
The end, with a side implication of the possibility of a sequel and a zany last minute implying shenanigans every after.
Just when it looks impossible, the problem is solved by deus ex machina.
(The boss kills the Märchen by magic sniper shot.)
Bruno gets the credit. The kill order is taken off of Balgo. Marcy is registered as dragonclad and taken under protective custody by our girls.
The hope is that it will destroy itself when the power reflects back on it.
This does not work. It's immune to its own explosions.
Perhaps Marcy can talk it down? She did raise it, after all.
Bad news: wild animals are never really tamed.
No, that's cool, but you know what's not cool? This variety of dragon sheds explosive dandruff. A dozen nearby buildings catch on fire and everyone suddenly has a new priority.
Bruno, Ninny, and Noel put aside their differences and work to seal it inside a magic jail.
But things do not go as Bruno planned.
Marcy's Dragon, Elly, has been following them. And she arrives, planning to defend Marcy. But what happens is, when exposed to the moonlight, she molts, and takes on a new form.
Elly is one of the Märchen, ancient dragons from folktales.
He didn't give Marcy the dragon though. She found it in Front London. She's just one of those rare, naturally gifted people with a lot of man's: a Watcher.
The girls grab Marcy and Balgo and hightail it out of there.
It doesn't take long before Bruno tracks them down.
What is she even doing in Reverse London anyway?
Bruno Bagnyfe, is some kind of wetworks operator. He brought Marcy to Reverse London and is going to use the havoc wrought by her dragon as a screen to capture Balgo. Then kill him once the reward money is offered.
Now, Ninny's cover job in Front London is some kind of idol. Macy Baljure just left her group, and the tabloids have written some kind of garbage article trying to drive them apart.
When our girls track down an illegal dragon breeder, Ninny is shocked to discover that it's Macy.
Meanwhile, the Powers That Be are quite upset. It's been almost a century since there's been a dark dragon in London.
Balgo has caused several incidents in the last month since he became a dragonclad. He's too much trouble.
The set him up to be eliminated.