(L) Witch Hat Atelier [Manga]

[DragonOsman]

And Beldarut is on to her. That's why he told her that story I think. He wants her to go to the Brimhats. I just hope she doesn't use forbidden magic and then get caught. If she does that and yet fails to save her mother, and also gets caught and gets her memory erased or worse, that'd just suck.

[Twi]

Manga is updated. Qifrey is good teacher.

[James Rye]

He is a great prof, telling Coco neither of her decisions will be wrong but leaving it to her to decide what path she will take, knowing he gonna support her either way.

[Twi]

The Manga updated. Once more they tease me with an image of Brim Hat Coco, but I do like her reasoning.

[James Rye]

I liked Coco's answer for the third path to just then be told off after the rescue was done why she shouldn't have done it. xD
She's a good girl, I never wanna see Coco in despair becoming a Brim hat and with Quiffrey at her side as her professor I don't think she will.

[DragonOsman]

I really hope she doesn't turn into a Brimhat. Or if she does, that she doesn't stay on that side.

Riche's brother looks like a girl. I was fooled at first. Dammit, author.

@James Rye: Agreed on all points. I wouldn't want her to be in despair either.

[Akira Theia]

I caught up on this manga recently. It has very amazing art and story with great pacing. I always love series with magic as the main theme and this one has a very creative take on it, along with some very amazing worldbuilding you don't see that often in manga. And of course, all the characters are lovable. I was so happy to find two updated chapters.

I can't help but think the Brimhats are so obsessed with making Coco join them because of something related to her father or his side from the family. When there's a protagonist who is a type of the chosen one and one of their parents is missing, it almost always connects there.

I love Qifrey like most characters, but I sometimes question how much they should trust him as he's very obsessed with getting his revenge on the Brimhats and won't let anyone get on his way or help him. He can't even let his best friend Olruggio get involved. I don't doubt Qifrey is a good person and teacher, but sometimes the best of people can forget themselves and cast those they care about aside while pursuing their goals.

[Twi]

Oh right, this updated with an Olruggio chapter recently didn't it?

[Proto]

Qifrey really feels like a good guy at heart who is trying to be the baddest he can be... and looking at the story direction he may actually succeed and become the very thing he loathes. That makes his character all the more tragic I guess.

[DragonOsman]

Yeah, it does seem really likely for him to become the very thing he loathes like you said. I feel bad for his students if that's really what ends up happening.

[Twi]

Witch Hat Atelier updated. I forgot that Witches learning medicine was forbidden as well. Tartar is walking a dangerous path...

[Twi]

Three chapters have updated...

Spoiler:

It starts wholesome enough. Tartar and Coco decide to help Cousta fly with what's essentially a flying cape/walking staff because they tell him they can't heal people. But then when they head off they get attacked and are left for dead by bandits when a witch shows up with Time Reversal magic and offers to heal them, revealing her pointed hat to be a brim one. Then she offers to teach him magic when Tartar wanted to but decided against it.

The other chapters just go into more about the festival as it starts and what the girls intend to bring to the table. They've got some pragmatic stuff.

[Kazu-kun]

Originally Posted by Twi

Three chapters have updated...

Spoiler:

It starts wholesome enough. Tartar and Coco decide to help Cousta fly with what's essentially a flying cape/walking staff because they tell him they can't heal people. But then when they head off they get attacked and are left for dead by bandits when a witch shows up with Time Reversal magic and offers to heal them, revealing her pointed hat to be a brim one. Then she offers to teach him magic when Tartar wanted to but decided against it.

The other chapters just go into more about the festival as it starts and what the girls intend to bring to the table. They've got some pragmatic stuff.

The brimhat loli was pretty cool. But it seems she wasn't alone. The loli was called Ininia while she referred to her staff as Lord Restis. And she said Lord Restis was her master. So, maybe this Lord Restis was messing around with some dangerous magic and ended up becoming a staff.

It goes to show being a brimhat witch involves some serious risks.

[James Rye]

I get what Tartar is talking about but if you were to hand out magic knowledge freely among the people, how long would it take for criminals to start using fire magic for burning down crops and homes? Keeping the Brimhats and their experiments in check is already difficult enough considering how much trouble the witches got to find them, an entire world where everyone can use magic at their leisure would be a disaster for the Witches Order.

Cool that the castle is anti-magic which makes sense since magic could also kill or curse or charm the king and his family so they need to be extra safe.

The kids made some cool and useful items, I can see them selling really well.

[Twi]

Mass update happened.

Spoiler:

I loved seeing all the characters in Chapter 48. including the teacher who ran away with the student. Then Chapter 49 got rather dark when we see a sexual predator at work in this world. Then Chapter 50 hits you with the guild Coco feels because she knows for every child like her who dreamed of becoming a Witch but were told they can't because they weren't born with the talent, she was exactly like them. That's the perfect example of what its like to be someone who has straddled the line between two worlds. Then Cousta shows back up in Chapter 51, furious they lied when its not their fault and they understand because they feel repressed by the laws as well and they can't help the people they want to but they understand. But at this point he's gone full brimhat and he's forcing them to help as well.



On the one hand, I hate he's forcing them to do it, but I love how we saw it got to this point and the fact that I might be getting Brimhat Coco that they always tease on cover images.

[Twi]

Anime announcement has been made on the Twitter!

[Proto]

Oh wow. This is a beautiful series that very much deserves it.

[Twi]

Witch Hat Atelier updated to Chapter 57.

Spoiler:

The guy who got his memories wiped of Magic won't be able to function well, so once he gets treated they're going to send him to a place known as the Island of Lost Memories. It's basically where they ship the Witches who get their memories erased so they can learn to survive without magic and live in the outside world. Basically, they've become so reliant on magic and so tied to the memories of them that once its gone they are straight up screwed. And while there is memory returning magic, its forbidden magic, so no dice. So you got the magic cops pisssed while Coco is getting anxiety due to everything and its gotten to the point where she can't draw anything anymore.

[James Rye]

Chapter 59 was real nice. I liked how the Sage refused so adamantly to be healed in exchange for more magic information. I really liked the double page where we see all the characters and their thoughts about magic (safe for two of them) and all the panel lines going into Coco's head who is also thinking hard about magic and how she wants to use it.
I wonder if the King will become a Demon king after all, especially if the Brimhats offer him some on a sliver plate.

[Twi]

The manga has updated to Chapter 63, and we're back to the violence and death as we see what happens when forbidden magic mixes with a blood leech. Thankfully, Coco is smart enough to contribute.