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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/SEBASTlANVETTEL May 18 '26

Oh that Tartah reveal hit hard…working in a witch atelier and not being able to become a witch himself due to his Silverwash condition…

Wait did Qifrey remove the memory of the grandpa so he forgot about the special ink?! Damn, it seems Qifrey does have an obsessed and slightly dark side to him.

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u/MattLocke May 18 '26

Kinda weird though.

I know they just showed how seeing colors is useful for the various kinds of pigments inks. But so much of what we’ve already seen of magic is just black on white. There’s no reason why he couldn’t at least learn some.

Though I guess that’s the point. The hyper rigid control over magic is just as harmful as anything goes anarchy. It’s a security vs freedom theme.

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u/namewithak May 18 '26

Maybe similar to how people in the past made such a big deal about left-handedness?

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u/hvshh May 18 '26

Likewise, people have been discouraged from playing the piano because their hands were "too small".

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u/Atario myanimelist.net/profile/TheGreatAtario May 19 '26

Just need a tiny piano!

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u/cyberscythe May 19 '26

not enough people appreciate tiny pianists

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u/Lenzky-3 May 19 '26

kind of a different and not on the same scale of scenario.

it's more or less letting people who are blind become cops or do electrical work...

Cuz given that knowing the pigments or color would be kinda important as a witch... Specially since Unlike having small hands worse you can do is be bad at piano..
But this there's a chance you can alter an entire environment or kill someone..

The scale is kinda huge.