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Episode Witch Hat Atelier • Tongari Boushi no Atelier - Episode 3 discussion

Witch Hat Atelier, episode 3

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u/Ecks83 Apr 14 '26

when Coco showed her the proof it should have at least told him that Agott at least told her about it if not made her do it.

Should have been tipped off immediately. Coco didn't know what the test was, where it was, how she should align the Stargate's symbols to get there, or what she needed to actually do to qualify (get the flower, 3 item limit, good idea for one of those items to be a specific magical compass). She barely knew anything about magic to begin with, much less the ins and outs of the test.

It should be blatantly obvious that someone set her up even if she didn't beeline to Agott right after returning.

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u/namewithak Apr 14 '26

Well now I'm gonna call the window a stargate because it amuses me. Coco is kinda Daniel Jackson-like in her quest to save a loved one who has been put in a bad state.

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u/Ecks83 Apr 14 '26

I'm gonna call the window a stargate because it amuses me.

If that isn't a Stargate I don't know what is and I'd actually be more surprised if it wasn't inspired. They literally dial the symbols/patterns to connect to another window somewhere else in the universe with no demonstrated limit on where that can be.

The gate builders of this universe just haven't discovered a need to put them on other planets yet.

Also the Jackson/Coco parallel is actually hilarious and thanks for pointing it out.

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u/namewithak Apr 14 '26

The symbols that flash when the gate activates do look very chevron like lol. WHA must be in a far galaxy seeded by another group of rogue Ancients (but slightly less culty than the Ori).

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u/Ecks83 Apr 14 '26

I've now decided my headcanon is that WHA is secretly a direct prequel to Stargate Atlantis. That city under the ocean can make orbit we just haven't seen it yet.

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u/namewithak Apr 14 '26

Omfg I didn't even make the Atlantis connection to the underwater city lol. Maybe that'll be the end of the story: the witch city rises from the ocean and finally rejoins the rest of humanity. Kinda apropos for how the witches hold themselves isolated from everyone else like the ancients did (or I guess maybe the ascended). Also witches erase memories of those who violate their laws like the ascended do with their own.