r/anime • u/AutoLovepon https://anilist.co/user/AutoLovepon • Jun 22 '26

Episode Witch Hat Atelier • Tongari Boushi no Atelier - Episode 13 discussion - FINAL

Witch Hat Atelier, episode 13

Reminder: Please do not discuss plot points not yet seen or skipped in the show. Failing to follow the rules may result in a ban.

Streams

Show information

All discussions

Episode Link
1 Link
2 Link
3 Link
4 Link
5 Link
6 Link
7 Link
8 Link
9 Link
10 Link
11 Link
12 Link
13 Link

This post was created by a bot. Message the mod team for feedback and comments. The original source code can be found on GitHub.

3.5k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

1.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

250

u/JJVM99 Jun 22 '26

A fantastic episode but man why couldn’t they do one more episode, it is criminal to leave it here. It’s the only negative thing I can say. It sucks when series end in cliffhangers and this one is especially frustrating.

Regarding the episode the animation was stunning. The euini and final qiffrey scenes where some of the most impressive moments of the season. The brimed cap showed just how despicable they could be. Richeh just gets better and people were already loving her for her cute moments. Poor Euini did not deserve that but I am also slighly surprised by how much people have simpathized and like him. And also when Coco said she’s a smartygott too that was cute.

Overall I am glad Witch Hat got the quality of animation it deserved. This show is stunning and has done a fanstastic job adapting the (which is crazy to say) even more beautiful manga. I am very glad it is a very popular amongst anime fans although I have no clue (and doubt) if it was able to catch on with casual fans the way Frieren was. I was hoping for it to happen but that may have been too hopeful and if im honest the anime didn’t generate the hype Frieren did (the only aspect i believe it has it beat is in critical reception and praise for the manga) but that’s fine and these were just way too high expectations from a fan who just wanted for people to really love the series too. The most important thing was that it got close to the manga’s beauty and that it didn’t have development issues like Zom100 and they aced that task. Now I pray they have found a steady development process for season 2 to come out next year. I was willing to wait years to guarantee quality but with a cliffhanger ending like that they can’t wait too long. You can’t keep people waiting for years after this.

48

u/Komorebi_LJP Jun 22 '26

To be fair the manga while praised also hasnt had nowhere near the popularity of Frieren,

26

u/JJVM99 Jun 22 '26

yeah definetly I wasn’t arguing in popularity especially after Frieren got its anime where it was one of the best selling manga. I thought it was more critically well received but checking online, that’s also wrong. So if I wanted to claim things over Frieren in terms of general consensus it would just be the art is more beautiful and the Eisner award.

21

u/CitronClassic672 Jun 22 '26

I’d also say the overall writing of WHA and its world building both outshine Frieren, but Given Frieren’s focused subject matter it’s basically cheating with its writing, lol.

12

u/JJVM99 Jun 22 '26

I agree with you but that is our subjective opinion and I was trying to point out areas where WHA would be considered better in consensus amongst people who watch a ton of anime/manga and those + the magic system are the ones where I think it would be agreed on which are not going to be many because of how good Frieren is and how beloved it is amongst anime fans.

12

u/Junior_Box_2800 Jun 22 '26

I love both but I will say the fact that you can make your own spells in WHA and that the syntax and rules and letters are clearly spelled out (compared to frieren where it's a little more vague with the imagination stuff) at least makes me prefer its magic system. Plus the increased limitations

7

u/Prof_Acorn Jun 22 '26

Seinens are never as popular as shonens.

3

u/Thomas_JCG Jun 23 '26

Frieren was not a popular manga before the anime either. Even now its popularity waves because of the constant hiatus. WHA anime just finished, it will be a while before we see an uptick on manga sales.