The War of Greedy Witches

The War of Greedy Witches (魔女大戦 32人の異才の魔女は殺し合う) 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.

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.


 * Joan of Arc (ジャンヌ・ダルク)
 * A female knight from France and one of the Witches invited to participate in the Walpurgis. Her title is "Nothing Witch", and her desire is "Abnegation".


 * Elizabeth Bathory (エリザベート・バートリー)
 * One of the Witches invited to participate in the Walpurgis, holding the title of "Blood Witch", and her desire being "Torment". Elizabeth is a noblewoman and serial killer, sometimes being referred to as a "real-life vampire", due to the belief that she drank and bathed in the blood of her victims.


 * Tomoe Gozen (巴御前)
 * A witch invited to the Walpurgis with the titled of "Mighty Witch", her desire is "Justice". She was an onna-musha from the late Heian period of Japanese history, serving under Minamoto no Yoshinaka during the Genpei War and was a part of the conflict that led to the first shogunate.


 * Wu Zetian (武則天)
 * A witch invited to the Walpurgis. Titled the "Supremacy Witch", her desire is the "Heavens".


 * Cleopatra (クレオパトラ)
 * Queen of Egypt and one of the Witches invited to participate in the Walpurgis. She held the title of "Love Witch", and her desire was for "True Love".


 * Himiko (卑弥呼)
 * One of the Witches invited to participate in the Walpurgis. She holds the title of "Demon Witch", and her desire is "Attention". Her former name was Yogi.


 * Mata Hari (マタ・ハリ)
 * One of the Witches invited to the Walpurgis, holding the title of "Secret Witch", Her desire is currently unknown.


 * Mary Read (メアリ・リード)
 * A British pirate and one of the Witches invited to participate in the Walpurgis, she holds the title of "Sea Witch", and her desire is the "Oceans".


 * Marie Antoinette (マリー・アントワネット)
 * The Queen of France and a witch invited to the Walpurgis. Titled "Pure Witch", her desire is to "Control".


 * Catherine the Great (エカチェリーナII世)
 * An empress from Russia and one of the Witches invited to participate in the Walpurgis. Her title is "Will Witch", and her desire is "Subjugate".


 * Marie Curie (マリ ･ キュリー)
 * One of the Witches invited to participate in the Walpurgis. She holds the title of "Reason Witch", Her desire is to seek the "Truth".


 * Huang Yueying (黄月英)
 * The wife of Zhu Ge Liang from the Three Kingdoms, who was invited to participate in the Walpurgis. She holds the title of "Knowledge Witch", Her desire is to gain more "Knowledge".


 * Yaoya Oshichi (八百屋お七,)
 * One of the Witches invited to participate in the Walpurgis. She holds the title of "Flame Witch".


 * Orihime (織姫)
 * One of the Witches invited to participate in the Walpurgis. She holds the title of "Star Witch". She is not the legendary Orihime from the folk tale Tanabata, but instead a regular modern-day idol singer who's using the name to impersonate the real one.


 * Yim Wing-Chun (嚴詠春)
 * One of the Witches invited to participate in the Walpurgis. She holds the title of the "Martial Arts Witch" and her desire is currently unknown. She is also a member of the group The Hammer, led by Mata Hari.


 * Zenobia (ゼノビア)
 * A witch invited to the Walpurgis, titled the "War Witch", her desire is currently unknown.


 * Bonnie Parker (ボニー・パーカー)
 * One of the Witches invited to participate in the Walpurgis. In the 20th century, she and her husband Clyde Barrow were known for being one of the greatest thieves, fugitives and robbers in the United States.


 * Mona Lisa (モナ・リザ)
 * One of the Witches invited to participate in the Walpurgis. She is the woman depicted in Leonardo da Vinci's painting of the same name, and has the peculiarity of having different faces depending on the person who sees her.

Demons

 * Agrat Bat Mahlat (アグラット・バット・マハラト)
 * The queen of the demons and the host of the Walpurgis tournament.


 * Lilith (リリス)
 * A demon serving the Queen of Demons Agrat Bat Mahlat. She and Lilim were responsible in handing the invites to the Witches and transporting them to Agrat.


 * Lilim (リリム)
 * A demon serving the Queen of Demons Agrat Bat Mahlat. She and Lilith were responsible in handing the invites to the Witches and transporting them to Agrat.


 * Lilitu (リリートゥ)
 * The commenter of Walpurgis.


 * Bubel (ブベル)
 * The Demon of Healing and works in the infirmary of the Walpurgis tournament.

Other characters

 * Marsh (マーシュ)
 * A maid in the service of Elizabeth Bathory's family.


 * Qin Shi Huang (秦始皇)
 * The first emperor of China.


 * Li Tian (李天)
 * A close friend to Wu Zetian, after she moved into his village.


 * Former Himiko (卑弥呼)
 * The previous priestess and founder of the village where Yogi and her family lived.


 * Anne Bonny (アン・ボニー)
 * The best friend of Mary Read, before she betrayed her.


 * Maria Theresa (マリア・テレジア)
 * The ruler of the Habsburg dominions, she was the sovereign of Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Transylvania, and more. She is the mother of the witch Marie Antoinette.

Publication
Written by Homura Kawamoto and illustrated by Makoto Shiozuka, The War of Greedy Witches started in Coamix's Monthly Comic Zenon on October 24, 2020. Coamix has collected its chapters into individual volumes. The first volume was released on June 18, 2021. As of July 20, 2024, ten volumes have been released.

The manga has been published digitally in English by Coamix and Imagineer's MangaHot app since December 2022. In June 2024, Yen Press announced that they licensed the series for English publication beginning in November the same year.

The manga has also been licensed in France by Pika Édition.

Reception
By July 2023, the manga had over 1 million copies in circulation.