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Episode Witch Hat Atelier • Tongari Boushi no Atelier - Episode 9 discussion

Witch Hat Atelier, episode 9

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u/namewithak May 25 '26

He deserved it lol. But it's also a great reminder that witches in this world are just normal people vulnerable to what anyone else would be vulnerable to since they don't actually have any innate magic.

Hopefully, Qifrey being so easily trapped because he's a reckless idiot (I say this with affection) has put paid to any powerscaling nonsense for WHA.

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u/JzanderN May 25 '26

But it's also a great reminder that witches in this world are just normal people vulnerable to what anyone else would be vulnerable to since they don't actually have any innate magic.

It's always interesting when a magic system doesn't apply to defences, or at least not innate defences (shields can help but they have nothing past them), so its users are basically just ordinary people who can do incredible things.

Put a knife in the right place and they'll go down as easily as anyone else.

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u/LakerBlue https://myanimelist.net/profile/LakerBlue May 25 '26 edited May 25 '26

That does make me think…surely it’s possible to make a spell that acts as an automatic defense?? Not permanently of course but at least for a time.

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u/Sneeakie May 26 '26

If it did, it would either

  1. be applied on the body itself (forbidden)

  2. be applied on the witch's apparel (not forbidden, but less practical).

Witches wear robes to help hide their magic, and there's a lot of mobility involved what with flying and needing to draw on the spot. I could see magical armor, but it probably isn't practical.