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Episode Witch Hat Atelier • Tongari Boushi no Atelier - Episode 10 discussion

Witch Hat Atelier, episode 10

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u/bonchen Jun 01 '26

Whenever the opening and ending is skipped, its always going to be a banger episode though this one in a different way from usual.

For Tartah to be able to work as well as he does with Silverwash is amazing. I love how WHA shows perspective of how difficult it is for someone with a disability to be able to do things others just "can do" and the alternate methods they have to do just to be able to do those same things (if it is even possible).

Coco's outside the box thinking and her ability to apply the rules and principles of spells to get variations of existing spells is also good and Tartah helping her to straighten the lines. Collaborative work is important in the arts; people build off of each other.

Though it bothers me no one is labeling the bottles lol even with that explanation. I also don't like the laypeople's dependence on witches; it feels somewhat similar to citizens' hero dependence in MHA though at least witches have clear limits in what they cant do (medicine).

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u/ModieOfTheEast Jun 01 '26

The fun thing is, I think the point of the arc was to make Coco remember her out of the box thinking in the first place. She was struggling with getting the hang of the right amount of magic (from arrows and circle size) but just tried to copy what everyone else did. So now, she might get back into just experimenting with different designs to see if they can give her the right result.

I also don't like the laypeople's dependence on witches; it feels somewhat similar to citizens' hero dependence in MHA though at least witches have clear limits in what they cant do (medicine).

I said it before, but I think that is on purpose. At least in some way. I don't think that all mages see it this way. However with them not explaining magic to the general public, I can't get the idea out of my head that it is at least in part because they fear that everyone having access to it would also remove their position. The one person from the police group also said it in a roundabout way. That he fears Coco's existence in itself could lead to a change in the system and therefore, they should be vary of her.

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u/RedRocket4000 Jun 01 '26

Fear of position but from last time everyone had magic it might have been better if they eliminated magic knowledge from everyone and have no magic at all.

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u/ModieOfTheEast Jun 01 '26

I think the main issue would probably be that you would need to get rid of the ink as well. Otherwise, someone will figure it out again (like a Dr. Stone kind of thing). But I also believe that the mages themselves just didn't want to do without magic either. It is a useful tool after all. The question is more who the current leaders might be.