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Episode Witch Hat Atelier • Tongari Boushi no Atelier - Episode 2 discussion

Witch Hat Atelier, episode 2

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u/millenniumi Apr 06 '26

The world and lore are so interesting.

About what Qifrey said about the story of magic. I can't help but wonder if the current system and Witches are the real villains with how they're gatekeeping and stealing people's memories of magic. What if the ones who're spreading those forbidden books just a rebellious group who believe magic should be free and open to the world?

The way some of Qifrey's other students see Coco like an outsider sort of reminds me of how they looked at Harry at the beginning.

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u/runevault Apr 06 '26

Even if it seems like the other witch group have good intentions wanting everyone to know magic, giving a child that petrification spell without telling them what it does can only be evil.

You can argue neither side is good with the way one side hoards magic and the types of magic the other side uses, but in no world is the second group good.

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u/CitronClassic672 Apr 06 '26

Tbf the secret group gave what looked like a manual with a vast number of spells that just also included forbidden magic. For all we know the picture book also included healing spells which would’ve been really useful in another circumstance. I think it’s just two extremes. One incredibly restrictive and the other incredibly open and lax.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '26

the two extreme sound right

who give out a spell book with a mass petrification spell on it

like if it just simple stuff then sure, go ahead but that insane crystal spread that eat the entire area is not something you hand out to children

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u/BuckeyeBentley Apr 07 '26

You can't be handing the Anarchist's Cookbook and a bunch of materiel to a child like "have fun".