It was surprising enough that Secrets of the Silent Witch, now streaming on Crunchyroll, was among the new anime in 2025 at all given the pretty quiet success of its flagship light novels, so I certainly didn't expect it to be among the best anime I've seen all year. But here we are. This anime is competing with giants like Kaiju No. 8 season 2, the excellent Gachiakuta adaptation, the ongoing Dan Da Dan, and fan-favorite My Dress-Up Darling season 2 for the best anime to watch this summer.
Secrets of the Silent Witch follows the titular silent witch Monica Everett, a high school-age girl and math genius who struggles with speaking in front of others so severely that she pioneered the only method of chant-less magic in the story's fantasy world in lieu of conquering her social anxiety. It's a bit like Komi Can't Communicate, but with magic school.
