Jun 23
Seeing anime onlies watch this moment and immediately think that Qifrey did it on purpose to scare coco or that he is hiding something evil that he can't let people see
Meanwhile, we manga readers now know it's a reflex to keep himself safe because of the abuse he went through before getting to the Great Hall, abuse that he doesn't even REMEMBER clearly but it is still there 20 something years later.
It is such good misdirection, makes Qifrey look insanely scary to both the audience and Coco herself, his secrets and motives still hidden and giving way to theorizing something darker or evil from him.
When in reality, the truth is much more complicated than just good/evil or light/darkness, a reocurring theme in the story.
#mine#i cant help but also notice how the audience#oblivious to the truth is put in the place of judgement or demonizing qifrey#not much different from all the witches that judge him by his past or rumors#not much different from how society normalized judging victims of abuse#and are conditioned to look for a so called “perfect victim”#when victims will never be perfect#my analysis#character analysis#analysis#ch-an:qifrey#anime#s1e13#ch90#manga spoilers#manga#witch hat atelier spoilers#wha spoilers#wha manga spoilers#qifrey#witch hat atelier#tongari boushi no atelier spoilers#tongari boushi no atelier#wha
