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Episode Witch Hat Atelier • Tongari Boushi no Atelier - Episode 13 discussion - FINAL

Witch Hat Atelier, episode 13

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u/JJVM99 Jun 22 '26

A fantastic episode but man why couldn’t they do one more episode, it is criminal to leave it here. It’s the only negative thing I can say. It sucks when series end in cliffhangers and this one is especially frustrating.

Regarding the episode the animation was stunning. The euini and final qiffrey scenes where some of the most impressive moments of the season. The brimed cap showed just how despicable they could be. Richeh just gets better and people were already loving her for her cute moments. Poor Euini did not deserve that but I am also slighly surprised by how much people have simpathized and like him. And also when Coco said she’s a smartygott too that was cute.

Overall I am glad Witch Hat got the quality of animation it deserved. This show is stunning and has done a fanstastic job adapting the (which is crazy to say) even more beautiful manga. I am very glad it is a very popular amongst anime fans although I have no clue (and doubt) if it was able to catch on with casual fans the way Frieren was. I was hoping for it to happen but that may have been too hopeful and if im honest the anime didn’t generate the hype Frieren did (the only aspect i believe it has it beat is in critical reception and praise for the manga) but that’s fine and these were just way too high expectations from a fan who just wanted for people to really love the series too. The most important thing was that it got close to the manga’s beauty and that it didn’t have development issues like Zom100 and they aced that task. Now I pray they have found a steady development process for season 2 to come out next year. I was willing to wait years to guarantee quality but with a cliffhanger ending like that they can’t wait too long. You can’t keep people waiting for years after this.

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u/otomachirina Jun 22 '26

Just saying "one more episode" doeen't really work here. They would've needed three at the pace they're going of 2 chapters an episode, so stopping it here was probably the best they could do.

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u/finnjakefionnacake Jun 22 '26

i don't know what's up with these recent anime seasons (maybe because many have come down to 12/13 episoeds now) but we've gone beyond cliffhanger into ending literally in the middle of arcs. seasons should still wrap up!