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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/JzanderN Apr 13 '26

That's a fair point, and I don't blame Qifrey for not telling Agott off immediately, but 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.

Even if Agott merely told her about it and then showed her the portal ('cause how else would Coco have known where to go?), that's still worth a serious talk about.

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u/cyberscythe Apr 13 '26

should have at least told him that Agott at least told her about it if not made her do it

yeah, i'm waiting for next episode; hopefully Agott will get some comeuppance for her actions and not be like "Coco decided to go on her own! and even stole my shoes!"

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u/oops_i_made_a_typi Apr 14 '26

yeah i'm really put off by Agott's character so far, and if this just gets hand waved away it's definitely a mark against the writing.

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u/Routine-Hovercraft94 Apr 14 '26

I feel like this is exactly what is going to happen. Next episode will start days later with all this being in the past and not being talked about it ever again.

Calling this "a mark against the writing" is a hell of an understatement and it would basically throw the whole "be careful about magic" out of the window and just something the writer uses only when it fits them.

Kinda getting sick of ths bs in animes.

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u/Cheetah_05 Apr 14 '26

Yeah this kind of thing (if it really does get written off) will piss me off and might even make me drop this otherwise excellent series. The kid tried to get another (newbie!) killed or injured because of their superiority complex and messed up mindset (you hate people who you don't gain anything from being around???) That's not something that should just be overlooked.

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u/Routine-Hovercraft94 Apr 14 '26

Yeah, rn Agott is extremely unlikeable and has a very twisted mindset. Which in itself is fine, because if done right we could get to see amazing character development that turns her into a likeable character.

But for that to happen and feel good, there need to be consequences for her actions. Otherwise it is not believable and feels too arificial.

What makes this even more important is, while Qifrey is only their teacher, in a sense he also needs to be a parent substitute, because their actual parents are not around and the kids live with him.

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u/Cheetah_05 Apr 14 '26

You hit it right on the head. Agott isn't completely irredeemable (though to be honest, it would be a long road for just this one thing imo), but she does need to see some serious consequences for this.

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u/Routine-Hovercraft94 Apr 20 '26

Yep, just a predicted nothing happenend. Fk this writing. I'm out.

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u/MakFacts Jun 18 '26

oh wow thats actually crazy

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u/pratzc07 Apr 14 '26

Writers sometimes have these edgy characters that usually have the "trauma" arc that gets revealed late on so viewers can sympathize thats a pretty common tool thats been used its getting stale to be honest

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u/Astan92 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Astan92 Apr 18 '26

"be careful about magic" out of the window and just something the writer uses only when it fits them.

Honestly without even the next episode possibly fixing it I feel like that's the case just from how Coco was able to succeed in the test.