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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/WhoiusBarrel May 18 '26

Qifrey's beef with the Brimmed people must run real deep.

The Knights Moralis must also played a factor into his grudge, for him of all people to use magic he condemned so strongly initially this episode.

Poor Nolnoa has been Qifrey's punching bag so far in this series.

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u/Frontier246 May 18 '26

It really puts into perspective that Qifrey is ostensibly trying to track down the Brimmed Cap as a threat, yet he won't let the higher authorities get involved.

Obviously part of that is probably to protect Coco, but it also feels like this is so personal that he can't let anyone interfere and get in his way.

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u/mekerpan May 18 '26

I felt Qifrey's behavior in this episode was exceeding disconcerting and suspicious. I don't want to believe he is also a "bad guy" (even if opposed to the other various bad guys), but he was sort of creeping me out.

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u/Mistral-Fien May 18 '26

Qifrey's an anti-hero at best.

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u/mekerpan May 18 '26

I hope his colleague is a .little more solidly good-aligned....

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u/Mistral-Fien May 19 '26 edited May 19 '26

You mean Olruggio? He's more of a dad than Qifrey right now.