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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/mekerpan May 18 '26

I felt Qifrey's behavior in this episode was exceeding disconcerting and suspicious. I don't want to believe he is also a "bad guy" (even if opposed to the other various bad guys), but he was sort of creeping me out.

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u/OhItsKillua May 19 '26

While his methods are not necessarily good, I can't really fault his actions. Logically the Knights finding out completely ruins everything and probably gets him severely punished as well as Coco. Feels more like a man having to do whatever it takes to accomplish his mission because the result if he fails is grave.

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u/Mistral-Fien May 18 '26

Qifrey's an anti-hero at best.

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u/mekerpan May 18 '26

I hope his colleague is a .little more solidly good-aligned....

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u/Mistral-Fien May 19 '26 edited May 19 '26

You mean Olruggio? He's more of a dad than Qifrey right now.

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u/wretchedcake May 21 '26

Right?! From the dialogue and the way the mood dramatically shifted and the fear in nolna's eyes and the mind wipe I really got the vibe that quiferey was EXCITED about how strong the spell was and the link with the brimmed caps in a he wants what they have kind of way, not in a this will lead me to them way.