This is an entertaining show for the most part, especially if you're into period dramas and fantasy. It has an interesting concept with a lot of potential, which I sadly thought was wasted.
First of all, the magic stuff. It is sort of established that each of them has her unique set of powers, but they also don't show what is the extent of their power. It's not explained what they can and cannot do. When it's fitting for the story they're powerful and when it's not, they suddenly seem to have no power. Persepolis is shown to have the power to move things around and break mirrors, but she only ever seems to use these powers at the witch house. One of the witches introduced later, Petra, was inprisoned by being buried in rocks, but later it's shown she has the power to transform rocks (and even her name means rock in Greek) which makes you wonder, why didn't she just will those rocks into releasing her?
Then, the romance between Pietro and Ade seems forced. They've only interacted twice, known each other for like 2 days and they're madly in love with each other. Now, that is something that kinda happens in courtly love stories, but still. I wasn't sold in their romance. Also, Pietro is kinda a dick. I don't remember which episode it was where he discovers the Perfect Way to put a stop to Ade being chased: them getting married. He gets all petty when she doesn't immediately say yes, telling her other women are lining up to marry him etc.
Another thing which didn't make much sense was how Pietro's father, the leader of the witch hunters, who is so adamantly against magic, suddenly has no issue with Marzio bewitching their weapons and telling him he can bring his wife from the death. It just didn't make any sense for me. When you establish a character to be a devout Christian who wants to chase down all witchcraft, you can't have him so easily trust someone who quite literally performs magic in front of him. If anything, that sword that Cesaria used to break the ground seemed more evil and satanic than any of the magic performed by the women in front of him.
The final episode was the silliest.
Valente, the little brother, turns out to be a girl and the Chosen One. I found it super corny and silly how the witches managed to do a complete dress up with themed outfits and gather around the lake by the time Ade and Leptis reach them. Ade's sudden turn to the dark side also didn't make any sense. It would be understandable for her to be all "wtf" about her brother actually being a sister and the Chosen One, but showing her being jealous and running away didn't. Ade didn't seem to be interested in being the chosen one up until this point and she loved her brother dearly, so it just didn't make sense. It would have made more sense for someone like Cesaria to be jealous.
Pietro turning evil also didn't make any sense. I would understand him hating Ade for killing his father, but she did it because he was choking her brother/sister to death. For the entirety of the show Pietro didn't agree with his father and especially him wanting to kill people for witchcraft. So it'd make sense for him to be sad about him dying, but not so quick to become a witch Hunter himself. It would have been better if his turn to the dark side was explored in the second season, but I suppose they thought it'd be more suspenseful this way.
Also, Spirto suddenly becoming loyal to the Benendanti didn't make any sense either. He seemed pretty Done with them when they beat him up and tied him at the town square, so it didn't make sense that he suddenly renounced Persepolis and joined them.
First of all, the magic stuff. It is sort of established that each of them has her unique set of powers, but they also don't show what is the extent of their power. It's not explained what they can and cannot do. When it's fitting for the story they're powerful and when it's not, they suddenly seem to have no power. Persepolis is shown to have the power to move things around and break mirrors, but she only ever seems to use these powers at the witch house. One of the witches introduced later, Petra, was inprisoned by being buried in rocks, but later it's shown she has the power to transform rocks (and even her name means rock in Greek) which makes you wonder, why didn't she just will those rocks into releasing her?
Then, the romance between Pietro and Ade seems forced. They've only interacted twice, known each other for like 2 days and they're madly in love with each other. Now, that is something that kinda happens in courtly love stories, but still. I wasn't sold in their romance. Also, Pietro is kinda a dick. I don't remember which episode it was where he discovers the Perfect Way to put a stop to Ade being chased: them getting married. He gets all petty when she doesn't immediately say yes, telling her other women are lining up to marry him etc.
Another thing which didn't make much sense was how Pietro's father, the leader of the witch hunters, who is so adamantly against magic, suddenly has no issue with Marzio bewitching their weapons and telling him he can bring his wife from the death. It just didn't make any sense for me. When you establish a character to be a devout Christian who wants to chase down all witchcraft, you can't have him so easily trust someone who quite literally performs magic in front of him. If anything, that sword that Cesaria used to break the ground seemed more evil and satanic than any of the magic performed by the women in front of him.
The final episode was the silliest.
Valente, the little brother, turns out to be a girl and the Chosen One. I found it super corny and silly how the witches managed to do a complete dress up with themed outfits and gather around the lake by the time Ade and Leptis reach them. Ade's sudden turn to the dark side also didn't make any sense. It would be understandable for her to be all "wtf" about her brother actually being a sister and the Chosen One, but showing her being jealous and running away didn't. Ade didn't seem to be interested in being the chosen one up until this point and she loved her brother dearly, so it just didn't make sense. It would have made more sense for someone like Cesaria to be jealous.
Pietro turning evil also didn't make any sense. I would understand him hating Ade for killing his father, but she did it because he was choking her brother/sister to death. For the entirety of the show Pietro didn't agree with his father and especially him wanting to kill people for witchcraft. So it'd make sense for him to be sad about him dying, but not so quick to become a witch Hunter himself. It would have been better if his turn to the dark side was explored in the second season, but I suppose they thought it'd be more suspenseful this way.
Also, Spirto suddenly becoming loyal to the Benendanti didn't make any sense either. He seemed pretty Done with them when they beat him up and tied him at the town square, so it didn't make sense that he suddenly renounced Persepolis and joined them.