【とんがり帽子のアトリエ 第5話】海外2400up「絶対的シネマ」キーフリーの水竜召喚に震撼、ED急停止演出＆「FMA以来の円の緊張感」絶賛の嵐

Holy shit seeing the ending scene with Qifrey's water dragon spell brought to life in animation was glorious.

Seeing Qifrey cast that spell gave me chills. Such an amazing moment

They cooked with the sequence of the girls demolishing the buildings and the sequence where Qifrey rescues them and defeating the dragon. The visuals of him arriving and casting fire magic was some domain-expansion level stuff. Qifrey: "also, don't tell anyone what happened here." Nolnoa: "But if we see forbidden magic, we have to report--" Qifrey: "well then I didn't say I saw forbidden magic, did I?" The plot thickens.

this is one of the most visually stunning episodes of anime I have ever seen

Qifrey has such quick reflexes damn 😭. I love the art in the manga so much but holy shit, the anime staff really went above and beyond to animate the scene where he conjured his water dragon - absolutely beautiful stuff. He would do anything to protect his girls 🥺

Holy shit, that entire sequence with Qifrey making the clouds disappear and summoning the dragon, paired with the music... pure art, I'm blown away.

This is approaching a realm saved for films

ABSOLUTE CINEMA when Qifrey completed the circle. It's just him drawing a curve, but why is it so fucking epic???

this episode had the most intense scene featuring people drawing circles i've ever seen

I haven't felt this much circular tension since Full Metal Alchemist.

I loved that close-up of Richeh pulling her hair back to start drawing.

Even as simple and natural as Coco stumbling on the stairs in her enthusiasm is depicted amazingly.

jesus christ the way the ED abruptly cut off at the end scared the fuck out of me

Qifrey's death glare so intense it even scared the ED into silence. I love it when shows mess with the music like that.

That silence and the tension it instantly gave got me goosebumps too.

The music abruptly cutting out and white noise showing up when Qifrey told Nolnoa not to report this to the Knights are causing his Sus Levels to spike hard.

Brilliant use of a tinnitus sound effect also, even if it was just barely loud enough to overpower my own.

Holy Yuka Kitamura striking again, blessing our mortal ears with a divine score.

Girls spent half of episode thinking about how to not hurt the dragon and then Qifrey came and one shot dragon with magic lmao.

Not just magic but a dragon-shaped one too, Qifrey ain't playing games.

Even the dragon was like "I recognize your game and realize now I'm screwed."

It's like trying to pick a lock and somebody comes in and smashes it with a hammer.

The girls (especially Coco) genuinely believe in magic as a means of making people happy and not as a means of bringing harm. Qifrey is older and has probably seen some shit and knows sometimes the best way to solve a conflict is with a bigger magical version of said conflict.

What a cute and ingenious way to resolve the dragon problem! The Secret Blanket Cloud Society saving themselves using the power of fluff!! Qifrey just aura farming the rescue operation is just peak WHA! That was great animation! Sasuga!

so basically you can build a factorio just by drawing in witch hat atelier? also, episode 5 is peak. I love the creativity of magic.

Repitition spell = while true loops lmao

WHA magic system is just programming in Python, lmao

Yeah there's people in the fanbase who've made an air fryer spell. The magic system in WHA really is creative

Yeah this is one of those actual few anime's where if a modern person who has basic scientific knowledge get transferred to this world you'd be actually very busted even without resorting to Forbidden spells. The drawings are like coding.

"Sand is soft and fluffy and feels nice" Tetia is the anti-Anakin. Also I didn't miss Tetia saying "Sasuga Agotto! Sasugatto!" in the most adorable fashion

You can see Agott struggling more to be a hater in real time

That moment when she finally really saw Coco for who Coco is for the first time, someone who truly loves and cherishes magic, to finally understand her...like, she's still cynical and razor-focused, but you can tell her entire POV and attitude towards Coco changed in that moment. And that even she has her moments of whimsy: "The Serpent's Bed of Sand."

Coco gets her W this episode with the fireball! Amazing music and scenery in the labyrinth at the 13 minute mark when they go create the "Dragon Disabler Cushion"/"Serpent's Bed of Sand". Coco cries while apologizing, but Qifrey cheers her up!

In Agotts defense this is the first time that Coco has been truly genuine with them. Until now Coco has been hiding behind a facade. Coco admitting her weakness, fear, and guilt helps take her from "Remorseless murderer" to "Pained and struggling newcomer". Its a great way to transition both their characters by letting them be more open with each other and breaking down their walls

Animation is incredible. Feels like I'm watching a movie. Super intrigued at the end. Is Qifrey hiding something?

Never in a hundred years would I have guessed that's how they'd distract the dragon. I am honestly impressed. Also, I wonder why Qifrey wants to keep this incident under wraps. They were only victims after all.