とんがり帽子のアトリエ

The fact that Coco has done more for Tartah in 5 minutes than witch society has done for him his whole life is quite something… 🤦🏽‍♀️ This poor kid Great episode, though. I loved seeing the world through Tartah’s eyes, and mannn, this kid is smart! I have a whole new appreciation for him after seeing this play out. He’s so perceptive, has great deduction and reasoning skills, and he’s the closest to realizing that something is off about Qifrey. He’s definitely someone who shouldn’t be underestimated at all, and I think he’ll be a formidable witch despite what others have told him throughout his life.

It is. but there's a bit more. Spoilers: Kind of as part of the pact, witches are not allowed to learn medicine or any kind of healing techniques beyond maybe basic painkillers, even though they are physically capable of doing so. It is kept separate basically so the non-witches still have something that is exclusive to them. Like, Coco had a fever. Anyone with even basic medical knowledge can fix that. But Quifrey doesn't know, because he is not allowed to know.

I adored seeing Tartah’s perspective on the world, absolutely incredible adaptation on Bug Films’s part. The flair they add to the critical parts of the series and the minor details in every frame between make the minor cuts well worth it. Knowing that they’re gonna end the season in the middle of the next arc is driving me nuts though. I want them to have all the time they need to ensure that season 2 matches or exceeds this season’s quality, but the wait is gonna be killer

Today's episode adapted chapters 16 and 17—not much in the way of major changes, but a LOT of additions. [Chapter Changes + Differences] The moment where Coco calls out to her mother in her nightmare when Tartah returns was cut, as was her line describing magic like a blank slate, which is disappointing as it's such a great small moment. Tartah calling her amazing at the end was partially cut, but nothing major there. In return though, we got a TON of additional new content from Tartah's perspective showing us how he sees the world and the challenges it has presented for him, which was great to see. These two chapters are some of my personal favorites, and this was excellently adapted, even if I was disappointed that they truncated Coco's description of how she views magic. The added Tartah moments were incredible and I like the shift to really making this mini arc his rather than Coco's. The music this episode was also some of the best of the entire series, punctuating the relative quiet of these two chapters nicely and driving the emotions home. I had incredibly high expectations going in, but they were soundly met, if even exceeded. Another great episode, and excited for this final stretch (if a bit sad too).

It doesn't really surprise me that they haven't shifted that much around. The series is already tightly written and plotted, trying to move different plot elements around just wasn't going to feasible without messing up the flow of the story substantially. Adding and fleshing things out for the better is feasible though, and I've really appreciated the slight touches that Bug Films has put on it all.

I did not expect a episode like this to be so enchanting, but fellas this was just lovely. Coco's mentality and ingenuity giving hope to a character was just so beautiful, and better yet because it was a solution that doesn't "fix" the issue, as it often is in magical worlds, since Tartah isn't "broken", he just has a condition that makes his life slightly harder. Also she herself got hope, I don't expect simply reversing the key runes will be enough, but definitely that is a earned first step to save her mother and many other victims of forbidden magic. Also, no wonder they call the brimmed caps "drip hats", that guy's fit was the only thing left of him, that is peerless dedication.

Maybe it's because I've been thinking more about him in recent days, but seeing this arc animated and really experiencing Tartah's frustration through his eyes made me tear up. I love the way the anime has used color (and the lack of) to convey the silverwash, I find it very effective. Less effective: that healer putting a heavy blanket on a patient with a fever. How shocking that Coco got worse once Qifrey wasn't there to cool down the room. Who ever would have expected it. I have to admit it was very funny seeing everyone's dire predictions last week and then getting "aggressively bubbly mode" Qifrey instead. ETA: apparently my bias as a former ED employee is showing. It was standard to not give febrile patients extra blankets (or blankets at all)! due to risks of complications. Looking at some of the research since then, this is now getting pushback as a practise, but there doesn't seem to be completely conclusive evidence either way. Blankets are confirmed harmful in certain situations, confirmed unharmful in others, and unconfirmed helpful (I did see one theory on this, but they didn't provide any evidence for it, only speculation). In any case, while it would be unsurprising to see someone with a low-grade fever bundled up, it was surprising to see someone with a fever high enough to be an emergency (with accompanying persistant loss of consciousness) treated the same way, which is what prompted the comment. But hey, I learned something new today too, so I guess it comes out to a solid opportunity to check my biases.

You feel cold because your body is so much warmer than the air around you, but the blanket is apparently quite controversial these days haha. When I was in hospital, the protocol was no blankets for patients with fever! It seems in recent years people have started publishing research that complicates this, but they're mostly just saying "unless the fever is x or the patient is y a blanket won't hurt" rather than pointing to any active benefit to providing one, and you can't always know "x or y" right off the bat, so I think it's probably still standard in many places. Fever may be beneficial within certain ranges, but there's a huge caveat to that since it can also cause seizures, neurological issues, and even permanent disability like hearing loss if it gets too high and stays there. Since Coco lost (and did not regain for a significant period of time) consciousness with her fever, it was wild to me seeing them put an extra-heavy blanket on her instead of leaving her with a standard one.

I will preface by saying that I don't really ship anyone from the younger cast (the apprentices) but it was super cute seeing how much Tartah began developing a crush on Coco and how much emphasis Bugfilms put on Tartah being all blushy around Coco. Coco is an amazing girl, it's hard to not fall in love with her. Although I appreciate all these scenes, It makes me extra sad knowing that Tartah and Coco's friendship will be marred when Tartah forces Coco to divulge Qiffrey's secret and forces her to speak even when she doesn't want to using the burning bracelet device in the Silvereve arc

Didn’t expect them to make Sasaran Cockney in the dub ahah. It’s actually a very tricky accent to pull off well, it feels a little panto-y here but still, fun to try! Onto the rest of the ep, I loved how they showed Tartah’s disability and how shaping a world that works equally well for disabled people is so important. I really enjoyed the visual metaphor of Tartah’s hat going from being in darkness to slowly going into the light as he discovers more knowledge about magic and how he can make it work for him. Even if it’s a littttle bit taboo but well we know what’s in store don’t we.. . I think my favourite frame was when the tranquileaf grew out of the bottle, it reminded me of that infamous scene in Mononoke where the leaves grow out of the forest spirit’s footsteps. Just stunning . Also more Dark Qifrey™️ this episode! The classic anime lens glare is always fun. He’s kinda terrifying no? “‘Things are easy for Witches.’ Hardly. If they were, we wouldn’t have to worry or suffer as we do..” 😢( sometimes being a manga reader is like getting the brick thrown at you every ep.. Anyway glorious as always! See you all next Monday for one of my favourite bits in the manga!! 🩵

The more I see, the more I am wondering, how the heck are they keeping the secret that magic is drawing? They have it in plain sight, like in this ep it was on the boat! And they even had people closing the "circuit". Everyone could see it! And in first episode, main component of the flying carriage could be seen by everyone and they could see the spell! And they are going around frying people's brains if they see it being drawn, but it's fine to see the spells? Sure they kept ink a secret, it seems like keeping eye on ink supply is the reason why they managed magic under control, but drawing part seems like secret only to kids and people who wouldn't figure it out even if they were apprentice...

True but then it seems that overall circles and circle patterns are part of the human society there. Like similar patterns are on Cocos mother clothes, are used for common art etc. So my guess is - witches can to some degree hide it in the plain sight just because you would never know what is actually a magic circle and what isn't. If you dont know what to look for. Right? Then there is the case of what was mentioned few episodes before - there are ink ingredients that make it invisible. And then there is one more part that keeps the status quo - Magic Police - if anyone connects the dots they can react and erase the memory? But overall yeah, the boat one is definitely more sloppy than carriage one. With carriage at least they kind of make it hidden and then I bet they explain it that the pegasus is magical not the carriage itself or something.

True, but also if they can make ink invisible, why it is not a law that all artifacts sold or given to non magicians has to use the invisible ink? I feel like a lot of smart people could figure out that drawing is probably a part of using magic. They have inquisition to wipe people's memories if the see drawing, but can't be bothered to use invible ink or hiding ink under normal paint? Feels weird.

dont forget episode 1, they state that the Outsiders are often given magical items by witches. they dont understand how it works, they just know, "this magic rock with symbols on it makes my boat go fast" or "makes my carriage fly and you broke it!" they just dont understand that anyone can create magical items also.. what do you think would happen if they see the circle? lol, they cant recreate spells without magic ink even if they try!

There's nothing to indicate to Outsiders that it's just drawing. They might be able to recognize there are sometimes magic symbols involved (remember, they try to draw beneath their robes so sometimes even that's not visible), but Outsiders wouldn't know that there aren't incantations or special hand movements or "magic powers" or whatever also involved. They also might not know that the symbols are simply drawn on - it could be that you do some magic whatnot and the symbol appears there as part of your spell casting.

Very nice episode overall! Love the shots done in Tartah's perspective with the silverwash, was so hoping they'd do that. I'm not 100% on how I feel that they still felt the need to add a small tint of color a lot of the time; I'm sure they tried going full monochrome too and judged that ​it was prudent for clarity or such. but still haha. I am glad for the small change from manga where Qifrey only leaves after the fire is out because I was like LOL wtf Qifrey how can you not be capable of wiping this fire with your water magic. It literally is that easy for you hahaha. But then being asked to help clean up and rebuild etc. afterward because outsiders think everything can be done with a snap of the fingers, that makes more sense to me. I really like how they brought Coco's sick state to life so you really feel that she's suffering and in pain from her cold. Whenever she lets out more rough wet coughs, you can feel how Tartah must feel desperate to want to help somehow. The overlap transition of Tartah looking at the paper and then the pen from when he was whittling was very nice too.

Does silverwash get rid of all color, or just severely mute them, like a silver filter overlaying the person's eyesight? Most colorblind people in real life see colors, they just can't distinguish specific hues, which is why there are so many different kinds of colorblindness. Some see in grayscale if they have achromatopsia, but that's incredibly rare. Perhaps this is what silverwash is supposed to be? Though achromatopsia also creates other problems (light sensitivity, reduced sharpness, involuntary eye movements) and Tartah doesn't show signs of those, so... It doesn't seem like he has a type of dichromacy, either, though any of those would make it incredibly challenging for him to distinguish essential colors to identify components. Which leads be to suspect silverwash is akin to achromatopsia, but far less severe (given the lack of other symptoms), perhaps being reduced but not absent function of all three of his cones. Thus showing as a silver filter over his vision, muting color and making them harder/impossible to distinguish, without making his vision competent grayscale. Perhaps one of his cones is especially faulty, adding an element of dichromacy on top of that silver filter. This is a lot of words to say that I thought his vision not being grayscale felt like a more natural and realistic depiction of his condition than if it had been grayscale, based on what I know about colorblindness.

From the manga 's verbiage, it's basically full grayscale. I'd guess they wanted to keep things a bit simple for a manga without explaining all the different types of color blindness or vision science or choosing a color blindness that can be difficult for able-visioned people to intuitively conceptualize, so they made up a slightly fantasy 'silverwash' color blind condition. The anime likely added a tiny of color to some of his scenes for aesthetic/readability reasons, especially since for some scenes like when he looks at the medicine bottles where color is most important for Tartah, those look full grayscale.

That was a solid episode. I like how the anime's exploration of Tartah's silverwash questions how witch society refuses to make things better on two fronts: by using magic, and by truly caring for people with disabilities. This is not just a failure of meritocracy; it is also a failure of people to make meritocracy truly fair. Coco's penchant for accidentally breaking the rules of the Pact ends up helping Tartah on the former front as she combines magic with medicinal knowledge this episode. However, the story seems to suggest that it is the latter – approaching solving any problem with a human-first approach – that actually improves society. This is what Coco does, independent of the machinations and systems of the brimhats and the pointed caps.

In a world without antibiotics an illness could easily go south quickly and kill you. Heck, sometimes it happens with us today with all our modern medicine. Look and Kyle Busch, just died from a sinus cold that turned into sepsis. We’re not sure how advanced medicine is in this world, but it’s clearly running a little behind. Especially if science is less advanced since magic is there to solve so many of life’s problems.

Finally caught up to this... It's nice watching a well written and pleasing to look at fantasy series Might start buying the manga since I like the line work and compositions I feel like Qifrey has some relationship with the Brimmies in the past, like possibly his parents turned into them or something Wonder why the Brims are targeting coco specifically... is there something special about her? I also think the new spell Tarta makes will be the key to the witches finding out the Brimmies infuse their ink with blood. So far it feels like the story really wants people to acknowledge their personality and stuff like disabilities, setbacks etc and find ways to succeed despite them or because of them? And maybe they're also going to do this with Richeh who... probably has to pass the exams sooner or later.

To me, this looks on par with ep 1 and 5. There was plenty of extra care on the level of detail (the hands esp are the best in the series so far in terms of consistency, the eyes, the bottles, the water effects for when he squeezes the cloth, the hair wow). I noticed that there are extra frames of settling when they move from pose to pose (which is as much extra work as doing action scenes btw) but i guess it just a pet peeve of mine when people claim that when something moves fast on the screen or distract you with lots of effects it must mean it's more quality. And saying that more quality must mean more budget hah-

It's a nitpick, to be sure. If you look at the manga, Chapter 17 specifically, Qifrey and the other witches are actively fighting the fire with water magic, and he even pulls a baby out of the building. Compare this to the anime where they're just standing around after the fire is already out, and it's not hard to conclude that they decided to cut costs by not animating the smoke, fire, flying around, and extra bodies onscreen. Such things would take more time, and thus, cost more. That is how it works. I can't lie and say I didn't want to see it animated. There's nothing wrong with the direction on a technical level, and its not like the art was poor or off model. I just had that knowledge going in, and had different expectations.

I just think that leading with 'feeling' that this episode 'has the slimmest budget of the season' because there's 'one shot of a building on fire and one water magic scene' around is a bit disingenuous, in addition to the follow up reply. You probably did not mean it that way, but my first impression of the reply felt dismissive of the extra work they've dedicated on the rest of the scenes, which took up a vast majority of the runtime. Sorry. We both know that budgeting for an anime is more complex than 'more money/time must equal more quality'. So maybe you are right, and maybe I am wrong. But to me they seem to have dedicated their best team into this episode, and put a lot of extra care into it especially in the post production side.