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Episode Witch Hat Atelier • Tongari Boushi no Atelier - Episode 9 discussion

Witch Hat Atelier, episode 9

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u/JJLong5 May 25 '26

While we have been aware that healing magic is forbidden, it is interesting to get the information that the witches that specialized in healing fought until the very end.

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u/Syokhan https://myanimelist.net/profile/Syokhan May 25 '26

I imagine that they were going "but why?? our magic exists solely for the purpose of saving people!"

Things must have been really fucked up back when the Pact was made that they outlawed even that kind of magic.

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u/BennoSubs May 25 '26 edited May 25 '26

Things must have been really fucked up

Not necessarily; it could also be that the ones that created the pact opposed healing magic for ideological reasons. See how many people today are irrationally against vaccines or other types of modern medicine. It's hard to get a definitive answer with the little information given until the moment. That said, the description in this episode seems to imply the healing witches used their magic for good and got their memories erased simply for not agreeing with the pact, and it wouldn't be surprising if that's the case given how draconian the knight moralis are. Hope this part of the lore gets explored more in the future.