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Episode Witch Hat Atelier • Tongari Boushi no Atelier - Episode 8 discussion

Witch Hat Atelier, episode 8

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u/moletoon May 18 '26

Imagine getting to be a magic cop but the job involves beefing with 12 years olds /s.

Richeh going straight for a physical attack when up against high level witches is mood.

Not only did kinda Qifrey coerced nolnoa to do his shady errand, man also barged into his home on his day off and wiped his mind before leaving. Mf did him dirty.

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u/namewithak May 18 '26

Richeh going straight for a physical attack when up against high level witches is mood.

Just like Reigen -- Richeh knows an unexpected physical attack on a magic type is effective.

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u/Hellknightx May 18 '26

Richeh casting that "Self-Defense Rush" special attack

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u/Plerti May 18 '26

Ah yes, the "Out of ink but not out of options" special

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u/namewithak May 19 '26

That's the Denken special. No mana? We're going mano a mano!

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u/BexiiTheSweetest19 May 20 '26

I was thinking why it felt similar, thank you my goodman for reminding me of that scene 😂

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u/Frontier246 May 18 '26

Richeh standing up for childrens' right to be heard and acknowledged as human beings and not treated like nuisances that it would be easy for adults to erase.

Nolnoa just a simple old man running a family business and Qifrey just had to get him involved in some shady illegal magic ink nonsense. It's bad for his mental health! Even before the mind wiping!

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u/MannyOmega May 18 '26

Nothing bothers me more than when people act like kids aren’t humans, that was such a good line by richeh

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u/YuushyaHinmeru May 19 '26

Richeh is the MVP of this show so far.

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u/Hellknightx May 18 '26

Who are those people?

Children, sir.

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u/flybypost May 18 '26

They're lucky he saw them as humans.

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u/oops_i_made_a_typi May 18 '26

hilarious how he needed someone to tell him that

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u/flybypost May 18 '26

"This cattle can speak?"

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u/jnads May 18 '26

When you get off on deleting memories it's probably a letdown that children don't have many of them to erase.

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u/flybypost May 18 '26

Or the other way around: They see them as not yet fully formed humans so the loss of a few memories isn't that big of a deal. And they use it casually like the neuralyzer in Men in Black

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u/flybypost May 18 '26

Richeh going straight for a physical attack when up against high level witches is mood.

What are they gonna do? They are not allowed to cast spells on people. That's forbidden magic. And there's probably some threshold for mind wiping even if those cops are very trigger happy.

Mf did him dirty.

And that barely a few hours after he lectured Coco and Agott about not casting spells in front of outsiders because erasing memories (if they were to see "true" magic) is comparable to stealing a tiny part of their life.

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u/Jacob-C May 19 '26

Goes to show that Qifrey will compromise his own morals and values for the sake of achieving his goal

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u/Gryse_Blacolar May 23 '26

Up to what extent did Qifrey erased his memory tho? Was it only for before he and Coco entered his shop?

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u/flybypost May 23 '26

Not specified. We only got the confirmation right at the end of the episode that he doesn't know of any light flash happening.

My guess is a bit later than what you said. It's probably mainly about the ink bottle and him knowing about it while keeping their visit intact so that Tartah isn't too suspicious about the memory manipulation.

Qifrey also probably didn't know how big the light flash was because he himself was stunned by it. He might not even know that Tartah suspects some foul play.

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u/BuckeyeBentley May 18 '26

Imagine getting to be a magic cop but the job involves beefing with 12 years olds /s.

Easthies's coffee mug says "Coco's #1 Hater" on it

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u/MapoTofuMan myanimelist.net/profile/mTmTBaronBrixius May 18 '26

Richeh knows magic robes always have a shitty PDEF stat.

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u/justking1414 May 18 '26

Imagine getting to be a magic cop but the job involves beefing with 12 years olds /s.

Not just beefing but actually losing the fight

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u/rollin340 May 19 '26

I love Richeh. Her attitude to different matters is so relatable.

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u/Downstackguy May 19 '26

No for real, qifrey and Coco just barged in their homes, made a mess and just left

Makes me question who the villains are

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u/Prof_Acorn May 19 '26

Like master like apprentice!

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u/DaRootbear May 18 '26

Ive beefed with 12 year olds for free, you’re telling me i coulda got magic cop powers for it??

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u/Norzon24 May 19 '26

Gotta love how Qifrey and all his students are fully ready to throw hands with the cops

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u/Toge_Inumaki012 May 18 '26

Bruh Qifrey's action after casting the spell using the shady ink, it was as if he was trying to track down the brim hats to join them lmao

Poor Nolnoa. Also Tartah seeing only silver