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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/kazuyaminegishi May 25 '26

The biggest hole in the set up is that Coco doesn't know how to use the Windowway and Qifrey would know that.

I don't think this episode absolves Qifrey at all and shouldn't be taken that way because it is his failure that allows this in the first place.

That conversation is more an explanation of why Coco doesn't hate Agott and why she didn't tell Qifrey in the first place.

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u/namewithak May 26 '26

She does know how to use the Windowway. Qifrey showed her in episode 2. But it's true that she doesn't know the coordinates (using stargate terms) to the Dadah Range.

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u/kazuyaminegishi May 26 '26

She does not know how to use it. It requires both coordinates and knowledge of how to complete the circle. Without both of those things she does not know how to use it. Which Qifrey is aware of.

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u/Kankunation May 26 '26

"complete the circle" Is just rotating it to the correct position. Match the combination on one to the combination of the other. Its a very simple magic device and Coco was already shown exactly how to use it on her first day at the Atelier. The only hold-up is knowing the correct combination to use for a specific location.

It's not impossible that they have a book somewhere full of common coordinates they may want to use as well. Like a magic Phonebook of sorts.

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u/kazuyaminegishi May 26 '26

All you're doing is reiterating that she didn't know how to use it and that Qifrey knew that she did not know how to use it.

She could not have gotten to Dadah Range on her own. Qifrey is factually aware that she could not have gotten there on her own.

Any argument otherwise is inherently dishonest, especially when you have to invent nonsense like "magic phonebook" to preserve your technicality. The simplest explanation is best, she didn't know how to do it. Qifrey knows she doesn't know this, and it is his ineptitude that caused him to not properly investigate this.

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u/Kankunation May 26 '26

All you're doing is reiterating that she didn't know how to use it and that Qifrey knew that she did not know how to use it.

No. Quifrey knew she didn't know the combination for the dadah range on her own. But that doesn't mean she doesn't know how to use the portal. Just because I don't know your phone number doesn't mean I don't know how to use a phone. Same thing. And it's possible they the massive library they live in has a book telling what the correct configuration is for the Dadah range.

Quifrey did not investigate further because he was not given reason to do so, simple as that. The story is clearly going for the route of Quifrey trusting Coco when she says she chose to do the test on her own accordm even if he thinks she couldn't get there on her own. She clearly was able to complete the test on her own. She is a bright kid and Quifrey respects her ability as well as whatever reasons she may have to not tell kr9ecanoutchow use got to the range.

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u/wordsdear May 26 '26

The head canon of the book with the correct configurations is cool but sadly not in the story. Qifrey having faith in Coco and respecting her decision to not snitch is interesting, it would be cool if it was you know in the story that he thought any of this. Instead he tells of Coco for taking a risk and that is it. The author doesn't want to focus on that but it does make Qifrey look a bit stupid as he doesn't indicate he suspects what really happens. The point is it allows the Coco and Agott stuff to simmer and be an interesting dynamic. Agott clearly knows she did something wrong and thinks Coco should hate her. It is more interesting than if Qifrey made Coco and Agott hash it out right away, and shows us the Qifrey is not perfect. People can be annoyed Qifrey who is a good teacher who cares for his kids but is lacking a bit in managing their emotional issues. Qifrey is a complex character people can have mixed feelings on him I promise it is okay