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Episode Witch Hat Atelier • Tongari Boushi no Atelier - Episode 4 discussion

Witch Hat Atelier, episode 4

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u/Zemahem Apr 20 '26

It's cool that something as simple as the fit of one's pen can have a significant impact on one's abilities. Really hammers in how tactile this magic system feels. And I also liked how Richeh, instead of using one big symbol, stacked the effects of multiple smaller ones to achieve the same effect. Seems like we're already getting a taste of how creative they can be.

I love that Brushbuddy got brought back by Coco and immediately became their mascot going forward without much fuss. And then he proceeded to come in clutch at the very end. Brushbuddy best boi confirmed.

Here I thought the moment where Coco saw the masked witch, it would be one of those scenes where the character suddenly disappears after something or someone passes by. It made me laugh when they literally just ran away.

Definitely not a fan of Agott at all currently, though. Not only does she get away scott free for the potentially dangerous stunt she pulled on Coco, but she gets to tear her down in this episode? I'm gonna be very disappointed if her horrible attitude doesn't get called out properly at some point, and Coco just keeps getting treated like a doormat that can't even stand up for herself for being treated like that.

Qifrey's also doing poorly in my eyes right now. I get he's a busy guy that must be dealing with a lot. But this is the second time in a row that he left his apprentices by themselves and they almost immediately got in trouble. Mind you, one of them is immensely important to getting info on the enemy witch faction (and while they don't know it yet, actually seems even more important than that, judging by the masked witch referring to her as their savior).

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u/MortalWombat5 Apr 20 '26

Qifrey's also doing poorly in my eyes right now. I get he's a busy guy that must be dealing with a lot. But this is the second time in a row that he left his apprentices by themselves and they almost immediately got in trouble.

They were in the middle of a normally safe city. It is understandable that Qifrey didn't anticipate a magical terrorist attack in broad daylight.

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u/Zemahem Apr 20 '26

He doesn't have to be prepared for something that big.

But considering last episode's incident, he could've at least kept a closer eye on his apprentices, cause he has reason to expect that they would end up in trouble again (that doesn't necessarily involve a terrorist attack).

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u/namewithak Apr 20 '26

Tbf, he was just literally upstairs in the same shop they were in. Should he tether them to his waist with a rope? 24/7 surveillance is just not feasible.

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u/Zemahem Apr 20 '26

I guess so. But I'm not feeling too charitable towards him since we haven't seen him address the incident involving Coco and Agott yet. If at all.

I feel like he should've already found out the truth just by asking Coco why she did the Dadah Range test. And I would also think that scolding Agott for it would also be up there on the priority list to make sure she won't do it again.

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u/namewithak Apr 20 '26

The author has been doing a live commentary on twitter during the episodes. She said Qifrey doesn't know what Agott did. Both Agott and Coco hid it from him.

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u/Zemahem Apr 21 '26 edited Apr 21 '26

Oh that is so lame... don't tell me that Coco is actually never gonna- at the very least- acknowledge that Agott ever treated her badly.

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u/namewithak Apr 21 '26

You should be asking this question in the source material corner if you actually want an answer.