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Plot<\/b>: The girls are caught working at the magic shop when it\u2019s against school rules. Their teacher and the vice principal insist on visiting the shop when the girls lie and say they\u2019re helping out the elderly owner who is a relative of Aiko. They have to scramble to keep up their lie to ensure that they can continue working at the magic shop and stay as witches.<\/p>\n
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Name Changes<\/b>: Kaori Shimamura, the photographer, is changed to Penny.<\/p>\n The blonde villainness girl is originally Reika Tamaki. In the dub, she\u2019s Josie Huffingon.<\/p>\n The red-haired girl is originally Nanako Okado. In the dub, she\u2019s Autumn Harrison.<\/p>\n The girl in the pink shirt is originally Kanae Iida. In the dub, she\u2019s Haley.<\/p>\n Originally, Nanako and Kanae just praise Kaori\u2019s pictures. In the dub, Penny asks if there\u2019s anything they notice about the pictures she took. Haley says they\u2019re of a cute little store, Autumn asks where that shop is, and Haley adds that they were taken during the day and are shiny.<\/p>\n Reika and Kaori just point out that they\u2019ve caught Doremi, Aiko and Hazuki breaking rules while they were trying to get pictures of local shops. In the dub, they act as if the intention all along was to prove Dorie and the others were working somewhere when they\u2019re too young.<\/p>\n They insert a flipped shot of the photos after Reika talks.<\/p>\n Ya know, I know they\u2019re young, but\u2026..seriously, how did they think they wouldn\u2019t get caught working when they\u2019re not supposed to? It\u2019s not as if they hide in there. Honestly, if it\u2019s such a terrible rule to break, you\u2019d think some customer would have reported them by now.<\/p>\n The blackboard originally read \u201cStudy hall\u201d. In the dub, it says \u201cChapter 3 Pages 13-24\u201d.<\/p>\n Subbed:<\/p>\n Dubbed:<\/p>\n On that note, Seki-sensei says they\u2019re having study hall for an hour. In the dub, she tells them to do the reading assignment because it will be on the test.<\/p>\n Name Change<\/b>: I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve noted this yet, so \u2013 Seki-sensei (seemingly has no first name) is changed to Miss Cooper.<\/p>\n Seki originally said straight out that the girls were photographed working in a shop. In the dub, she just vaguely says they\u2019re were photographed doing something they\u2019re not supposed to do.<\/p>\n Also, they\u2019re third graders. Why are they being treated like they committed murder when, logically, the ones who would be most in the wrong would be their employers?<\/p>\n Name Change<\/b>: Kouchou-sensei, the principal, is changed to Principal Hamburg.<\/p>\n Doremi asks if it\u2019s true that Reika sold them out, and Seki says it doesn\u2019t matter who said what. In the dub, Dorie denies working at the shop and Miss Cooper says she never mentioned what the pictures were of, so there\u2019s no way she knew that unless they\u2019re guilty.<\/p>\n Doremi denies working there. Dorie says someone else told them about the pictures and that\u2019s how they know about them.<\/p>\n Hazuki says they\u2019re helping Aiko\u2019s aunt\u2019s niece\u2019s grandma. In the dub, Reanne says they\u2019re helping Mirabelle\u2019s grandmother\u2019s niece\u2019s third cousin\u2019s neighbor twice removed.<\/p>\n The sign for the principal\u2019s office is properly translated and painted to English.<\/p>\n Subbed:<\/p>\n Dubbed:<\/p>\n The exit sign is painted free of a bit of kanji. It\u2019s especially funny in this shot, because, look, in this same shot, they accidentally left in the kanji that they just translated on the principal office sign.<\/p>\n Subbed:<\/p>\n Dubbed:<\/p>\n Aiko says they\u2019re helping a relative. In the dub, she says they\u2019re helping the owner of a magic shop who has taken ill.<\/p>\n Whatever this sign is above the vice principal is painted free of text.<\/p>\n Subbed:<\/p>\n Dubbed:<\/p>\n The original doesn\u2019t specify the illness the owner has. In the dub, they say she has a skin disease.<\/p>\n Also\u2026..it\u2019s fine for them to be working in the store as long as they don\u2019t get paid? Does that seem backwards to anyone else?<\/p>\n Doremi says they don\u2019t get paid \u2013 they don\u2019t even get allowance. In the dub, Dorie says they need to help her make money at the shop to pay for the old lady\u2019s medical bills or else they might force her to close up shop and take her house away.<\/p>\n Getting a little too real there, 4Kids.<\/p>\n Kouchou just agrees outright. Hamburg says it\u2019s fine as long as they keep their grades up, which is very fair.<\/p>\n The original doesn\u2019t mention anything about Reika wanting a job because she doesn\u2019t get an allowance like the dub does. Josie is just being a jerk for the hell of it in the original.<\/p>\n Nanako says she feels bad for them, and Reika says there\u2019s no need to feel sympathy for rule-breakers. In the dub, Autumn says it sounds like Josie is jealous, and Josie asserts that rules need to be followed or else there would be anarchy.<\/p>\n Originally, Reika just calls Tetsuya by his name. In the dub, she insults him by calling Todd \u201cToad.\u201d<\/p>\n Reika taunts Tetsuya by asking why he\u2019s taking the side of the girls. He gets flustered and says he\u2019s not taking their side. Reika catches on, points out that he\u2019s blushing, and then she suggests he has a crush on one of the girls, which makes the whole class crowd behind him and go \u201cOooooooooohhhhhh!\u201d In the dub, the first part is changed entirely to Josie saying he better knock it off or else she\u2019ll run a story about his doll collection. Todd blushes and says, what I think I hear as \u201cLyra\u201d isn\u2019t a doll \u2013 she\u2019s an elven warrior princess who kicks butt. Then Josie suggests Todd has a crush on Dorie specifically, and everyone goes \u201cOoooooooooooohhhhhhhh\u201d behind him.<\/p>\n The original has Doremi saying they\u2019re at the shop on Saturdays and Sundays. The dub doesn\u2019t include this.<\/p>\n Name Change<\/b>: Kyoutou-Sensei is changed to\u2026.well, the Wiki just says he\u2019s called the vice principal, but Miss Cooper calls him Vice Principal Shoople?<\/p>\n Seki is scolding Reika for going to the vice principal with the pictures instead of her. Cooper is scolding her for running stories in the paper with information that\u2019s not verified and not getting the full story behind photos before starting rumors. I much prefer the dub\u2019s version.<\/p>\n Kaori actually pushes back against Reika\u2019s ranting and blaming her for getting scolded. In the dub, she\u2019s scared to death of Josie and apologizes profusely.<\/p>\n \u201cPost\u201d is removed from the mailbox.<\/p>\n Subbed:<\/p>\n Dubbed:<\/p>\n Pop says, because Doremi did something as uncharacteristic as leaving without eating her snack, they might get a rogue snowstorm today. In the dub, she sighs and says \u201cThey grow up so fast.\u201d<\/p>\n They basically got the note right, but;<\/p>\n \u2013 Majo Rika won a lottery not a \u2018Gojingo\u2019 game.<\/p>\n \u2013 The hot spring is not named in the original. It\u2019s called the Holleryot Hot Springs in the dub.<\/p>\n \u2013 Majo Rika didn\u2019t tell them not to break stuff like Patina does.<\/p>\n Subbed:<\/p>\n Dubbed:<\/p>\n Why is Majo Rika not being there such a problem? Just\u2026.close the shop for the day. It\u2019s not like it really has to be open, and if the risk is their identities as witches being revealed then Majo Rika should understand.<\/p>\n They change a hexagram on the table to a triangle because something something occult?<\/p>\n Subbed:<\/p>\n Dubbed:<\/p>\n Like always, Dela\u2019s song is completely changed for the dub.<\/p>\n The quick flip-screen transition is removed.<\/p>\n Dela asks why she has to dress up like this, and Aiko explains that she has no choice, otherwise she\u2019ll lose them as customers. In the dub, Conya says she doesn\u2019t have time for this because she has to visit 15 more customers, and Mirabelle gets offended saying those 15 other customers must be more important than they are.<\/p>\n A shot of the fairies, Hazuki telling them they have to go in their crystal balls, a shot of the weather vane, and Seki saying \u201cMaho-dou\u201d are all removed for some reason.<\/p>\n The dub adds a vocal song as they show shots of the shop.<\/p>\n Seki jokingly gets mad and says it\u2019s not right to lie to adults. Cooper jokingly gets mad and offended at the implication that she needs magic to find a man.<\/p>\n The girls say the old lady has a cold. In the dub, they repeat what they told Cooper earlier and say the reason she isn\u2019t talking is because she has a rare skin disorder and it will spread if she opens her mouth.<\/p>\n Kyoutou asks if the girls are working here part time and if she pays them. In the dub, he gets annoyed because Conya\u2019s nodding \u2018yes\u2019 when he hasn\u2019t asked any questions yet.<\/p>\n Seki just acts as if Dela\u2019s nodding is confirmation that the girls aren\u2019t working or being paid. Cooper asks Conya if the girls are being paid.<\/p>\n Despite the fact that they kept in a very similar image earlier, they cut out the shot of the sweatdrop imposed on screen during this scene.<\/p>\n Dela gets up because she hears the clock chime and realizes she\u2019s late to visit other customers. In the dub, there\u2019s no chime, and she leaves because, I think, she says Winda the Blue Warlight just paged her. Can people please enunciate in this show?<\/p>\n Dela says she\u2019ll bill them at the end of the month and add it to what they already owe. In the dub, Conya says to tell Patina she\u2019ll be back in a week to collect payment.<\/p>\n Doremi points out that Dela took the old lady clothes with her. In the dub, she says their future as witchlings has gone down the drain with Conya.<\/p>\n \u201cWC\u201d is removed from the door.<\/p>\n Subbed:<\/p>\n Dubbed:<\/p>\n Hazuki\u2019s spell is changed to:<\/p>\n \u201cIf they knock, we can\u2019t take em in,<\/p>\n unless we turn Dorie into an old woman!\u201d<\/p>\n Hazuki says Doremi is in the bathroom. In the dub, Reanne says Dorie went to buy some medicine.<\/p>\n Minor, but Kyoutou only asks the old lady to sign a paper stating that the girls are volunteering and not working for a wage. In the dub, he asks her to write a full statement explaining such and then to sign it.<\/p>\n Why did that spell only last like 30 seconds?<\/p>\n Aiko says grandma had to go to the bathroom again. In the dub, she tries to make small talk by asking about the price of candy these days.<\/p>\n Doremi\u2019s spell is changed to:<\/p>\n \u201cShe\u2019s just a girl, but she needs to be 80,<\/p>\n so turn Reanne into an old lady!\u201d<\/p>\n Doremi yells that she has to try again. In the dub, she says she turned Reanne into her grandpa.<\/p>\n Doremi\u2019s second spell is changed to:<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I ask for a lemon, I don\u2019t want a lime,<\/p>\n so turn her into an old WOMAN this time!\u201d<\/p>\n Kyoutou just says they\u2019re being impolite after he, the vice principal, bothered to visit. In the dub, he suspects something is up.<\/p>\n Aiko\u2019s spell is changed to:<\/p>\n \u201cPlease let this work so I can save my fanny,<\/p>\n turn my friend into a granny!\u201d<\/p>\n This time, the original has a vocal song and the dub doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n Kyoutou says he has one more thing to ask. In the dub, he both says she didn\u2019t sign the statement yet and that she signed it \u201cOld Lady.\u201d<\/p>\n Seki says Kyoutou probably has many more things to do back at school. In the dub, she acts as if he\u2019s falling ill.<\/p>\n Seki says the old lady is not their relative. In the dub, she flat out says there is no old lady because one of them was playing the role\u2026.however\u2026earlier, Conya was playing the old lady and all three of the girls were in the room at the same time, so her logic doesn\u2019t make any sense.<\/p>\n Cooper goes a bit overboard saying she\u2019s the cool teacher that everyone can talk to so it doesn\u2019t make sense that they didn\u2019t come clean. Originally, she just asks why they didn\u2019t trust their own teacher.<\/p>\n They change a flash transition to a flip screen transition seemingly because they cut out several following shots.<\/p>\n Aiko\u2019s dad just asks why she didn\u2019t say what she was doing because he\u2019d never stop her from helping out at the shop. In the dub, he says this excuse makes more sense than the one she was using, which was that she was part of a hip hop music group.<\/p>\n Doremi\u2019s mom says this is why she\u2019s been getting up early on Sundays and says she can also keep helping out. She then adds that her father will be very surprised. In the dub, Dorie\u2019s mom says as long as Dorie keeps her grades up, she can keep helping out too. She\u2019s just floored that Dorie has actually volunteered to work. Now if only she can be as motivated to clean her room.<\/p>\n Oh I wasn\u2019t even going to note the sign in the background being painted because I figured I had before, but\u2026.they kept in the \u201cWelcome\u201d sign behind the adults. Strange.<\/p>\n \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n This episode felt way too long. This plot on paper seems like it could fill a whole episode, but everything just feels so stretched. The second half in particular felt stretched. They just keep doing the same things and the same gags over and over. And it really felt like the part with the parents was something they threw in at the last minute because they came out of nowhere and were just waiting outside the shop after Seki found out for some reason.<\/p>\n And what makes this even weirder is that Reika doesn\u2019t show back up again in the second half with some new plan. They act like she\u2019s going to do something and then never shows back up. And as snotty as she is, I would welcome Reika to come back if she would actually do something more interesting in the second half.<\/p>\n Seki doesn\u2019t even REALLY find out. She knows the girls are helping out there and can\u2019t say why. That\u2019s it. It\u2019s very cool of her to keep their secret even if she doesn\u2019t even know the secret, but that\u2019s all that happens.<\/p>\n Dub-wise, it\u2019s just very much more of the same. No cuts or changes that are too bad \u2013 some are even a little better. For instance, I still like that the dub emphasized the girls keeping their grades up as a condition for working there.<\/p>\n Next time, Hazuki and the others help a little girl.<\/b><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/fiddletwix.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/screenshot-2025-05-22-213246.png\")
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