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If I had a Witch Hat Atelier BINGO card, Richeh being the focus of this episode would NOT have been on it! Agott readies for her Second Test, as Olruggio proves his caring qualities and Richeh wanting to preserve her identity despite growing up are such standouts in this...now...how about that Second Test?!

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Romania Black - Witch Hat Atelier: Episode 11 Reaction! THE TEST IN SERPENTBACK CAVE!?

LINK TO REACTION: https://pixeldrain.com/u/ioy1c7Wv **INSTINTUAL HEADPHONE WARNINGS** 00:00 INTRODUCTION - There are 13 Episodes! 00:58 Comments from Patreon! 07:52 Notes on the Dub 10:14 Check Reaction Link! 10:19 DISCUSSION START! 13:00 "Relationships Are Like Scalewolves" 16:06 We're All Kind Of The Same 20:11 Coco Improving & Richeh Frustrated 32:45 Olruggio's Advice 33:42 Richeh's "Secret Garden" 42:51 Richeh's Past 44:35 SNUGSTONES OMG 48:07 Similarities in Forbidden and Used Magic 49:47 Richeh's Dream 54:10 The Serpentback Cave 54:45 The Woooooooorst Pointed Cap Witch? 01:00:33 Alaira Arrives! 01:01:33 Rules of the Second Test 01:07:33 Richeh Has to Take the Test Too 01:10:52 Qifrey May Be Adopting Again... 01:12:28 OUTRO - Magic to Keep You From Getting Lost in the Dark If I had a Witch Hat Atelier BINGO card, Richeh being the focus of this episode would NOT have been on it! Agott readies for her Second Test, as Olruggio proves his caring qualities and Richeh wanting to preserve her identity despite growing up are such standouts in this...now...how about that Second Test?! Thank you for watching with me and for all the support! #romaniablack #witchhatatelier #WHA Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/RomaniaBlack My Anime: https://myanimelist.net/profile/RomaniaBlack Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/RomaniaBlack You can mail me a letter or anything (except food, please) at this address: Romania Black PO Box 768 Harrisburg, IL 62946 USA

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Rose Jennison

OMG I had the same joke go through my mind with Brushbuddy being like Lassie. I saw Brushbuddy rolling around and I was like ‘what is it Brushbuddy? Did Richeh fall down a well?’ And then it lead Coco into the tunnel and I laughed because of how similar that set up is to a well 😆 I have some mixed feelings about the set up for this test. On one hand I think it works well for testing one’s ability to use magic without someone else noticing, all without risking the secret getting out. On the other hand, I think using animals as a stand in for outsiders has some…unfortunate implications. Then there was that line Alaira had about ‘not revealing yourself as human’. Like witches are supposed to view themselves as something NOT human, or more than human. Maybe I’m overthinking the wording, but it seems like framing a test you take so early on like that can only worsen the divide between witches and outsiders. Thank you much for the video and discussion! It always increases my enjoyment of an episode

AshWin

Fun Fact : the SnugStone is the same color as Qifrey eyes, and also the way Richeh turns around in her “chair” is like a Bond villain lol

Alexandra Q

A Riche focused episode? That is something I was not expecting, but I loved it so much. Up till this point, I thought Riche was the chillest of the four girls, but seeing the deeper conflict with her character is so very satisfying. And it's so complicated as well. I can see and understand Riche coming from a controling environment and not wanting that anymore in her life, wanting to have control over her magic and having all these different ideas that she seems very capable of implementing. But there's also the other side of the coin, where she needs to learn to grow and truly be able to reach her full potential; to truly have the freedom to do whatever she likes because she knows all the things she can do, and that's the thing she needs to realize and understand now. Yeah, I agree that Qifrey could have handled that whole situation better. I think pushing Riche is important to help her grow, but I also think that it needs to be something that she chooses to do for it to really click with her. And, who knows, maybe Qifrey would have allowed Riche to not do the test if she really put her foot down that she didn't want to go thtough with it, so let's be grateful that Qifrey's unconventional methods work. Gosh Kukrow is the absolute worst. I hate that dude so much. He is the epitome of witch superiority that we have been discussing about for the last 10 episodes xD It was nice to see Qifrey put him in his place a bit, and Aleara to not agree with his methods either. I didn't think that the problem with the twine ink bottles was the twining seal, but the contents of the bottle linked to Coco's. I think the twining seal is just something that was lost when the memories of the healer witches was erased, but that it wasn't something bad. I mean, it's not breaking anything that was forbidden, as it's not casting magic on anything alive or changing it too much; it works a lot like a windowway. It also makes me think of all the other equally useful and innocuous spells that were lost when the memories of so many withces were erased, and what other things had already been devised to be done. On the other hand, seeing the way the Serpent's Cave looks makes me understand a little bit better why the witches decided that some magic needed to be forbidden, because seeing how powerful it is - both in the Serpent's Cave and in the Dadan Range, it is a bit terrifying to think how much it can do when badly employed. That being said, I think that the only thing that they really needed was to put some hard rules on magic, as they clearly did, to prevent the abuse of it from been made, but there wasn't a true need to take magic from everyone and make it exclussive. Have your rules, have your organizations that police them, but you can also let magic be there for everyone that wants to learn it. Olruggio making those snuggle stones for his girls and Qifrey to be able to rest after Coco got sick from her inability to rest is super cute. He really can't beat the allegations.

romaniablack

I love Richeh's chair so much; someone noted that the Snugstones are both Qifrey's eye color AND Olly's which...the shipping is REAL! Thank you for the comment!

Lynniel

Getting to this late because of a busy week but WHEWWWW. Kukrow as a character makes me so mad that whenever I try to write about him, I end up writing way too much. So I'll just leave it at this: he's a wimp! The very second that he figures out that Qifrey doesn't share his opinion, he flees! I wouldn't be shocked if his intention always was to leave since he doesn't seem to care, but I definitely think Qifrey replying to him that coldly made him go "okay, I need to leave NOW". But come on man, if you can't even stand by your own (bad) commentary, you shouldn't be saying it so confidently around people you don't know LOL

romaniablack

Kukrow definitely is the worst -- a wimp indeed!! And yeah, Qifrey was NOT having any of Kukrow's terribleness. Yeah, I'm glad he left, but that sucks for poor Euini! Thank you for the comment!

romaniablack

Yesss, glad someone else sees the Brushbuddy as Lassie model running! Haha!! But yes, the set up is RIGHT. THERE. Yeahhh, that is a good point about the test – is this akin to “animal testing” in a way and then YES! That line about “not revealing yourself as human.” Oooh, I have things I can say about that…but it will be after WHA Kitchen Chapter 1, so your words are going to stick with me on this! Thank you for the comment and kind words! I’m SO excited to get into these last two episodes.

romaniablack

Richeh focus was NOT on my BINGO card for this season, but SO here for it! And nooo, our assumption of her chillness was very mistaken, but like you said, in a satisfying way to realize there’s more to her! I agree with your perspective on her and that she wants her freedom but wants to not grow up - the contrast to Agott is so interesting to me! I get that Qifrey had his reasons but yeah, the situation wasn’t handled…the *best* in my opinion. And yeah, maybe he would have let her not do it if she pushed it. Kukrow IS THE WORST. I cannot take him at all. Yeah, he’s the epitome of everything that is wrong with the Pointed Hat’s society. Yeesh. But I’m glad that Qifrey and Alaira were NOT on board with him at all. That’s a fair point about the seals – it would be interesting to talk about in a future episode intro (for WHA Kitchen of course). Yeah, both the Serpent’s Cave and Dadah Range shows how this forbidden magic can be very scary if not handled appropriately. Yeah, hard rules and regulations, not completely wiping the slate clean…*pulls at shirt collar* In any case, Olruggio’s snugstones are PRECIOUS. And stop, sir, no allegations are getting beaten from this scene! *twirls hair* Thank you so much for the comment and kind words!