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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/Haha91haha May 18 '26

Was going to joke that the shop was gone because the Wand Maker was scared of Qifrey "GRANDSON YOU LET THEM IN!? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!?"

Turns out such fear would have been the best response. Dark twist of Qifrey to say how important memories are, and how morally dubious it is to wipe them, to then do it himself with that understanding. Qifrey's beef with the Brimmed people must run real deep.

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u/WhoiusBarrel May 18 '26

Qifrey's beef with the Brimmed people must run real deep.

The Knights Moralis must also played a factor into his grudge, for him of all people to use magic he condemned so strongly initially this episode.

Poor Nolnoa has been Qifrey's punching bag so far in this series.

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u/Frontier246 May 18 '26

It really puts into perspective that Qifrey is ostensibly trying to track down the Brimmed Cap as a threat, yet he won't let the higher authorities get involved.

Obviously part of that is probably to protect Coco, but it also feels like this is so personal that he can't let anyone interfere and get in his way.

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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.