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The War of Greedy Witches

The War of Greedy Witches is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand The War of Greedy Witches rather than just read about it. In short: The War of Greedy Witches (Japanese: 魔女大戦 32人の異才の魔女は殺し合う, Hepburn: Majo Taisen: 32-nin no Isai no Majo wa Koroshiau) is a Japanese manga series written by Homura Kawamoto and illustrated by Makoto Shiozuka. It has been serialized in Coamix's Monthly Comic Zenon since October 2020.

Key takeaways

The War of Greedy Witches belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect The War of Greedy Witches to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of The War of Greedy Witches from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The War of Greedy Witches (Japanese: 魔女大戦 32人の異才の魔女は殺し合う, Hepburn: Majo Taisen: 32-nin no Isai no Majo wa Koroshiau) is a Japanese manga series written by Homura Kawamoto and illustrated by Makoto Shiozuka. It has been serialized in Coamix's Monthly Comic Zenon since October 2020.

Plot Just as Jeanne d'Arc is tried for heresy and burned at the stake, she is rescued by the demons Lilith and Lilum and taken to the court of the demon queen Agrat bat Mahlat. 31 other famous women from across history were similarly rescued from the time of their deaths, restored to their physical prime if they were old or ill, and gathered. Agrat calls them Witches and explains that they can all manifest magical abilities by focusing on their greed, desires, and regrets. She commands them to enter a tournament called Walpurgis to take turns fighting to the death in an arena for her amusement and offers to grant a wish to the sole survivor, but warns that if they die, their soul will cease to exist. The audience of the arena is made of both demons and people from their lives, who gamble on the matches' outcomes for the merit to be reborn. Jeanne had blindly followed orders her whole life and never wanted anything before, so she struggles to understand what her desire is.

Characters

Witches A group of thirty two women that have been selected by Agrat Bat Mahlat to participate in Walpurgis and go against each other in order to fulfill their greatest desire. Since the spectators gamble on the outcomes, their odds of winning have been calculated.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with The War of Greedy Witches

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what The War of Greedy Witches claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to The War of Greedy Witches before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about The War of Greedy Witches ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of The War of Greedy Witches

In research: The War of Greedy Witches appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses The War of Greedy Witches in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: The War of Greedy Witches is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2020 manga, Action anime and manga, Cultural depictions of Agatha Christie, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for The War of Greedy Witches outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study The War of Greedy Witches in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what The War of Greedy Witches means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

What is The War of Greedy Witches in simple terms?

Why does The War of Greedy Witches matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study The War of Greedy Witches?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on The War of Greedy Witches.