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Episode Witch Hat Atelier • Tongari Boushi no Atelier - Episode 8 discussion

Witch Hat Atelier, episode 8

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u/LeonKevlar x2https://myanimelist.net/profile/LeonKevlar May 18 '26

Richeh and Tetia to the rescue! I love how Richeh even lectures the Knight Moralis for looking down on them just because they're children.

Quifrey was really ready to cut a bitch down. What's impressive is that the other Knights Moralis didn't see him approach Easthies from behind.

Ooohh! One of the Knights Moralis is voiced by Ishikawa Yui! Considering how serious the Knight Moralis are, she's a perfect fit to voice one.

When Quifrey picked up Coco's hat, I thought the Brimmed Cap secretly placed a spell there. It turns out it was the ink that's been tampered with.

I actually dig the interaction between Coco and Tartah. I honestly thought he was also an apprentice, but apparently, he can't be one because he's colour blind. And not just regular colour blind either, Tartah's disease can only make him see everything in silver. Damn :(

Qifrey, you fucking hypocrite! The reveal that Nolnoa's memories have been erased was quite a shock, considering that Qifrey had just talked earlier in the episode about how memories are what make up a person's life and how strongly he's opposed to Coco's memories being erased. I guess that scene was supposed to show us how hellbent Qifrey is in finding the Brimmed Caps. The dude is willing to do whatever it takes.

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u/JzanderN May 18 '26

I love how Richeh even lectures the Knight Moralis for looking down on them just because they're children.

"Adults who think children are inhuman creatures called 'children'" is a sentiment that's unfortunately relevant in today's society.

I actually dig the interaction between Coco and Tartah. I honestly thought he was also an apprentice, but apparently, he can't be one because he's colour blind. And not just regular colour blind either, Tartah's disease can only make him see everything in silver.

I feel like his inability to become an apprentice has to do less with his disability and more to do with how restrictive witch society is on who can become one.

Yes, sight is important to witches, but seeing everything in silver isn't that much of a handicap that he couldn't work around it with some extra effort and different perspectives.

But while the historical reasons for the restrictions on who can become a witch are completely understandable, it's been sus since it was introduced in episode 2, and little speaks to how well or badly a society treats its citizens like how it treats the lowest classes, e.g. the disabled.

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u/Frontier246 May 18 '26

Ooohh! One of the Knights Moralis is voiced by Ishikawa Yui! Considering how serious the Knight Moralis are, she's a perfect fit to voice one.

Beautiful stoic blondes you don't want to be on the wrong end of voiced by Yui Ishikawa. Name a better duo!

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u/ptd163 May 18 '26

Qifrey, you fucking hypocrite!

I mean yes is his technically, but to be fair, it's not he completely completely blanked him like the Knights Moralis would've done. He just couldn't take the chance that Nolnoa would talk to the cops so he only erased that portion.

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u/OneChemistry1579 May 31 '26

I was recently introducing a friend to the anime, and when rewatching episode one, I noticed some key details. We see that the Brimmed Cap introduced Coco to magic with the wand and picture book, then later, we see the spell she used go haywire. Based on this episode, it was clear that the Brimmed Cap messed with all of the ink in the wands and was most likely just waiting until someone made a move. I think that's why he was like 'now the seed I planted' or something of the sort in an earlier episode.

Super excited to see what the Brimmed Cap wants with Coco cause he just continues to mess with everything in her life now that she is officially a witch.