Witch Hat Atelier Deep Dive | Ep 6

Added: 2026-05-09

[00:00:00]Hello friends. For today's video, we're going to be doing a deep dive into episode 6 of Witch Hat Itilier. As always, there will be a section at the end dedicated to those of you who are caught up with the manga. But for those of you that are anime only or first-time enjoyers of the story, we'll go ahead and kick things off right with the beginning of this episode, which I'd actually like to contrast with what we got in episode 5. Of course, episode 5 was extremely explosive, fast-paced, action-packed. However, this is not just a story that excels at those magical explosive moments. It also is exceptional at the quieter moments. What I like about this particular section is that typically after we have a really intense arc, we expect for there to be a little bit of slowdown. That tends to be something that people enjoy. There's good pacing. It's not just go go go all the time and it's also not flat all the time. There's variety. I think that makes the story interesting. It helps things develop and build and ease. We have some moments that we take time and some moments where we don't have any time. And I think that a lot of stories, whether they be anime or manga or other kinds, whether it be novels, video games, etc., when we get to the end of something really massive like what we had in this episode 5 before this, a lot of times we'll see maybe there's a little bit of filler in between. Maybe we just have the occasional one-off silly episode or we're starting to build into something else. And what that something else is can sometimes feel very removed from whatever just happened. And what's great about this story is that you have many arcs, you could say. They continuously build. The mysteries continuously build, but we also have really wonderful quiet moments where we are getting great character work, great character relationship building, and wonderful world building details. And I think the very opening shot of episode 6 already is illuminating that. So you get a bird's eye view of Koko at her desk and a got at hers. And we see just the differences and how they're approaching things.

[00:02:01]Obviously Koko really really is trying, but she's also very new to this and she's feeling a little overwhelmed and tired, but she's putting everything in it. And we're also seeing that contrasted to Agot who is very tense and kind of high-rung which seems to be true of her character we got previously in episode 4 when the dragon first emerged.

[00:02:21]She was trying to get to business but as soon as she had a little bit of interruption that immediately derailed her and Ree is the one that kind of kept her cool. They kept going and then she did kind of collect herself again. But we know she is the most skilled at it.

[00:02:35]She just has a hard time learning to calm down. Koko maybe is having a hard time focusing. So we see the different kinds of students that they are, the different ways in which they study, but you also can analyze the environment and have that kind of be an indication of just them and also their current circumstances. So there is so much more on a god side of the room. We see so many more books, so many more it looks like even just pens for drawing. And there's also a lot of other things that tell us this is a little bit more of a lived in space for her. And then on Koko's side, there's of course a lot less. She's more prone to accidentally knock things over. Also, and I could be mistaken about this, but it looks like on a God's side that she even has a more personal cushion that she sits at.

[00:03:22]There's a rug and a cushion. and Koko's a little bit just looks like a cushion that was was somewhere else in the Itilier because you do see a similar style cushion in other places across their Atilier and I kind of wonder if she just hasn't had an opportunity to make her space her own on top of everything else. So, I like that even within one half of the room to the next, you are seeing that they're they're considering, okay, if this is this student who is new here, what would her space look like versus this student who is been here for a while and on top of that is a very studious person. From there, of course, Agot leaves because she is extremely highrung and she's like, I need to like get out and just try to have silence so I can concentrate. We see her working at trying to be able to do things without looking. That kind of gives us a hint as to possibly what the next trial that she's going to experience entails, but she's off doing that. Koko is still struggling to not fall asleep. And I just love how how Keifree tries to adjust his teaching style to each of his students. Where previously we saw him with a got being a little bit concerned about the fact that she's kind of always off on her own with Koko it's like okay how can I try to include other things day-to-day things so that you're not so focused on oh my gosh I have to get this and then start getting overwhelmed to a point of exhaustion but rather let's try to find a way to incorporate this so you almost don't even realize that you're studying and you're practicing but before we even get to the kitchen I really love the way that this animation team is capturing perspective shots. So, when he puts the book on her head and it kind of moves with her head as she's looking up at him, I thought that was absolutely adorable. It just creates too this sense of just a small child kind of looking up to this parental figure, this mentor figure, and also just this feeling of always being a little unsure, a little bit tentative. And you do see pretty often Koko kind of is very within herself. She's very kind of like this and she is looking open-mouthed and a little unsure a lot of times. And it's through reassurance, through usually Kifrey, but others as well that she will open up a little bit, relax a little bit, and then be excited to try something new. And I just feel like this little moment capturing how do we not only portray that in her body language, but then how do we find other ways for Kyrie to make her feel at ease and comfortable? And I just think that shot was a perfect example of that. Also, I just have to compliment the way that they absolutely embraced Koko's face when he says the stew is a couple of years old. It is straight out of the manga. The manga, of course, has some of the most beautiful art, but there is the occasional really funny moment in it as well. And I love that they were like, let's just put this basically exactly as it was, cuz it's super super funny. And then we get our first moment where it feels like perhaps we're alluding to something else. They make a certain decision and that is when Kifere is relaying to Koko that try to make magic a part of your everyday life to help you with the things that you don't like dealing with. I, for example, don't like being wet. I'm also not a very good swimmer. And when they're showing him talk about this, he doesn't just say it.

[00:06:39]They go out of their way to show him underwater. And they show him underwater as a child. So, it makes you wonder, is there something more? Is it just that like, "Oh, I hate the feeling of being wet." Kind of how some people will be like, "Oh, I hate being cold." Is it that or is it something more? Because usually if somebody's casually saying, "Oh, I hate being cold." You don't then get a shot of them freezing somewhere or something. So, it seems like they're trying to indicate that maybe there's something more to dislike of water than what would typically be seen as a casual dislike of being wet. And I do want to note, which I'm skipping ahead a tiny bit, but we do know that as we're introduced to Olly or Olio, but Olly is the nickname. And oh my gosh, let me tell you, it has been so hard to be talking about anything else in this episode. I just wanted to go straight to oh my gosh, Ollie is finally here. But anyway, I couldn't help it. I am skipping ahead right now. But obviously, Olly is the watchful eye, which means he typically is around. We just haven't been introduced to him yet. We see that he is called dear friend by Kefrey.

[00:07:46]We'll get to all of that in a moment, but we know that they have a friendship between one another. And there's something to not liking getting wet. And one of the first spells that we see from Olly is him using a contraption to dry Coco and the brush buddy. And it kind of makes you wonder if maybe that spell was a little bit inspired by something that his friend disliked. Anyway, as noted, I got a little bit ahead of myself. So, back to the wholesome cute moments.

[00:08:15]Kefrey and dad mode is precious. And you know what? I want to just bask in the cuteness of this episode. I don't want to skip over it and act like it's not worth something because sometimes the warm fuzzy feelings are important to get excited about, too. I was so ecstatic about that. awesome, awesome scene from episode 5 among the multiple awesome scenes we've already gotten within this anime and I know we will get moving forward. But there's something to the absolutely adorable where you just go, "Oh, it's so cute." And I even wrote in my notes, "Come on with the brush buddy cuz they're basking in it too." They know how precious this moment is. Carry and dad mode is cute. The girls all coming together to make food with each other is cute. little Coco when she's trying to melt the cheese. Reiche being like, "The scorch marks are cool." All of it is great. It's so so cute. And these moments are important as well.

[00:09:11]These kind of slower dayto-day quiet moments. They matter in stories. And I've been talking about since episode 1, the what I call Ghibli effect, which is the slice of life because it grounds you. It makes you relate to these characters. And something as simple as making food. How did they do that in this world where they have magic? And then seeing how they incorporate that into their lives, it does kind of, I find, for myself anyway, make you wish even more that you could be in their world, but it doesn't remove all of the labor that it takes to just exist as a person. They still have to wash their clothes. They still have to make their food. They still have to also practice at getting better at things. It's just it looks a little bit different for them. It makes you want to exist in their world, but it also makes you relate to them. It makes you feel like you're learning right alongside Coco.

[00:10:01]Specifically, when I said come on with the brush buddy, I was talking about when they go for their little picnic and the brush buddy is eating and it's on Coco's shoulder initially. I don't probably have to describe it. I'm sure you all saw it, but then it zooms in on just its face and it looks like a chipmunk or a squirrel cuz its cheeks are so full and it's just I mean, come on. Come on. It's so cute. is so cute. I am so in love with the fact that they did not feel the need to rush this or cut this and they let us have these really tender, sweet moments within this story. And I love that they also really embraced the beauty of the simple. And I think that part of how they did this was of course the illustrations are continuing to be lovely, but the music also did not need to be that good for something so simple. I feel like a lot of other stories, a lot of other productions, they wouldn't feel the need to have beautiful music in the background because they would think that it's not really necessary. It's not this big moment because of course the big moment when the clouds dissipate and that amazing dragon water spell happens.

[00:11:10]Yeah, it's powerful and it's big, but you even see Koko talk about how there is magic to what the sky is showing them with a simple rainbow. And that's the thing, simplicity in nature is also really, really beautiful. Another tie-in to Jibli, I might add. But regardless, I'm not saying that this is only inspired by Jibli and is trying to be Jibli. I'm not saying that. I'm just pointing out that there are certain things that make other stories really meaningful to us that this story is also doing. Jibli just happens to be one that I think a lot of people can connect through and that there's a lot of overlap with. But regardless, I love that the music, it was really lush. It was really gorgeous and they didn't decide that this wasn't worthy of a beautiful composition. They put a beautiful composition within this too.

[00:11:56]And then finally, we have our introduction. Our formal introduction to Olugio, I hate to be that person that no one can stand who's like, well, as a manga reader, but as a manga reader, I have been waiting, and I know I'm not alone. So many of us have been waiting for Olly to finally be introduced. He is such an amazing character. This episode did a great job with not just his introduction, but conveying so much about him with so little words. And he actually wasn't even in the episode for that long. And already they're doing things that make you feel connected to this character or like you have a decent idea of who this character is. So, I'm definitely wanting to go through all of what I think the episode did to illustrate that. But before we do, I wanted to point out that this is now a couple of times in that we've heard mention of the Knights Morales. And we do have Koko finally get an explanation.

[00:12:54]And I think the way Krey approached it where he's like, "Huh, who are these Knights Morales people?" He's like, "That's probably what you're thinking, isn't it?" It's just a really precious way to allow her to feel comfortable asking the question cuz he can totally tell that she wants to ask, but she's also a little timid and scared. But we hear him orio say when he sees Koko, we have to take her to the Knights Morales.

[00:13:15]We don't want to be dealing with the brim caps. And then Kefrey uses his spell to stop them, block their path. He makes it very clear, you are not taking her away. When he says this, he that's when he finally calls him dear friend.

[00:13:29]But I want to point out that Kefrey has clearly shown he can be very intimidating. When we saw him at the end of episode 5 saying to NOA, "Do not speak of this to anyone." Nul Noah in that moment was far less of a threat than Olio is right now. Olio has his student. He is going to take her off to these people. It's not even, hey, I'm going to report this. It's I am going to take her to them. And you would think that Kefrey would have lost his mind over this because of the fact that something so simple as no don't speak to anyone was enough to make him look absolutely frightening. So it's interesting that he is able to keep his cool here because it kind of illuminates for us very quickly that this is a person that he has an immense level of trust with. He doesn't seem to have a tremendous amount of patience when his students are threatened or when it feels as though they're going to involve whoever these mysterious people are, the Knights Morales. Whenever those people get brought up, whenever his students are threatened, he does not hold back.

[00:14:32]He did not have to make that big of a dragon in the previous episode as an example. But he he's a lot calmer here.

[00:14:40]He just kind of makes his spell. He says, "I'm not letting you take her." He doesn't look as scary. He just says it and Oluio's like fine. They go inside, they talk. So I think it's worth noting that for him to have this level of patience, he must have a certain level of trust for Oluio. I also want to compliment the framing of Ali's introduction because while we're not literally necessarily in Koko's head, the entirety of the episode and the story, there is of course sometimes a feeling of attachment to her. And I think what I was mentioning before about her perspective looking up from the book, those sorts of things can kind of orient you to how you're supposed to feel about certain moments. And I do think that this introduction to Olly, you don't know a whole lot about him. I just went through all the reasons why it seems like there is trust between him and Koko obviously runs to Key and kind of hides under his cloak. And also it would be very frightening and terrifying for her as this little girl who has lost her mother and she's been whisked away to the satellier. She fortunately feels comfortable around this nice mentor Kefrey. He seems very very sweet and he seems to be doing everything he can to protect her. But things are really scary. There's a lot of intense stuff that's been happening. And then now this new man shows up and he's going to take her away. And it's very easy for us to feel what Koko is feeling because when he's first introduced, you think, "What the heck, man? What are you doing? Leave her alone." But once you learn a little bit more about him just a few minutes later and you're getting a introduction into what the watchful eyes are which as they know but just a reminder whenever you have these types of itilier that are away from the grade hall there is a chance of things going wrong and it not being reported on. So essentially alli's entire job is to protect children. they have people in place to ensure that children are safe and that basically abuse isn't happening. So the fact that Olly, even being Key's friend, is willing to cross that line that he knows that Kefrey probably doesn't want cross to try and ensure this child's safety.

[00:16:49]It's very easy to not realize that that's what he's doing because again, we're oriented into more so Koko's perspective because it is scary for her.

[00:16:58]she doesn't know what's going on. But when you take a step back and you kind of look at it as a a fellow adult, if you will, you're like, "Oh, he's actually he's actually trying to keep her safe." Which I think is very very admirable. It's just also interesting the tonal difference between how Koko is feeling versus perhaps what is actually the objective reality of the moment. But we pretty quickly are getting some indications that Ali's character maybe isn't quite as scary as he seems. So, first off, when Kifrey mentions that if they wipe Koko's memory, they'd have to wipe his memory, too. That is our first kind of big reaction out of Olly, the idea of that is awful to him. He does not want his friend's memories to be wiped. And then he's like, "Ah, fine."

[00:17:45]You know, he's kind of already giving us hints that maybe he's actually a big softy. And he just presents grumpiness.

[00:17:53]And this could not be more true based off of the fact that he has this ridiculous sign on his door that says that anybody who knocks will be cursed.

[00:18:02]And Koko again is like, "Oh my gosh."

[00:18:05]All frightened. But then she goes in and he seems grumpy. But he comes down. He dries her off, which is cute. He gives her the brush buddy back. And he seems like he is a type that when other people are telling him something that gives him a feeling of warmth internally or something that makes him feel a little bit bashful and sheepish. He doesn't know how to handle those emotions. So he's just like a get out of here. But it's actually a really wonderful contrast to a character like Tetia. So, to backtrack a little bit, when Koko is thanking him for making this spell, because this spell is what allowed her to fall in love with magic, and he sees how enamored she is with it, and then she thanks him. We know that if it were Tetia, Tetia would be like, "You're welcome. Thank you for thanking me." And it would just be a silly back and forth.

[00:18:57]But he clearly is very moved by it. And he's like, "I'm not your master. Get out of here. Go, go." H because he just kind of seems like he can't really handle. He is granting other people through his contraptions, through the work that he does, through his job of literally trying to protect children. He is providing a sense of safety and comfort.

[00:19:18]And then he doesn't quite know how to handle that when other people make him feel those warm fuzzies. And I love characters like this. I am such a sucker for them. And I want to point out that when he was reflecting on, okay, so they would wipe her memories, too. And you can tell he thinks that would be awful.

[00:19:36]This little girl clearly has such a passion and a love for that. And the idea that that would be taken away is too terrible to contemplate. Like he clearly thinks that that seems awful.

[00:19:46]And he also leaves the door open. The thing is, leaving the door open is a pretty clear sign to us that he is trying to ensure there is actually a level of, okay, if any of these little girls, if any of these kids need to come in here for any reason, I don't want to seem quite so big and bad. I don't mind talking about magic and contraptions with them, all that stuff. However, if you go back and you look at when she first approached the door and she saw this silly sign once again talking about reorienting, the door was already a little bit open, which I think says a lot because I I really want to emphasize that you can feel what it's like to be that small child and there's this man with this deep voice and who is this guy and he seems scary and he has this sign and you're like, "Oh my gosh, he's going to do something if I walk in there, but I got to get the brush. buddy. So, it really places you in Koko's perspective through all this to a point where you don't even notice that the door is already open. But once it now reshapes everything through his perspective and you see him leave the door open, it feels like it's a conscious effort and reaction to Koko when in actuality that's what he's been doing this whole time. So, he really is a character that comes across initially one way and then deep down, as cliche as it sounds, it's like the hard outside and the squishy melted inside. That's just him to a tea.

[00:21:15]There's one more piece of their interaction that I wanted to highlight before we move on. And that has to do with when Koko is reflecting on this spell that made her so filled with wonder. and you see a reflection of her younger self. And I really loved just in general the beauty of this. I feel like it says a lot. It's certainly up for interpretation, but there were two things about this that I think actually tie us back to both Olly and Ke, which is that they didn't have to have a ripple effect as if it was water. But I feel like that water is representing Kefrey and the glow itself and that sense of wonder and kind of like that light, that guiding light. In fact, the name of the episode is a light on a rainy day or something like that. That light feels as though it's speaking to Olio. And so you have this light and then you have the water and it feels like what it's actually saying is the first person responsible for leading Koko to magic was actually Olly.

[00:22:13]Inadvertently, but it was kind of Olly.

[00:22:15]And the next layer from there was Kefrey. So like the water is associated with Kefrey. The warmth and the fire and the light is associated with Olly. And maybe that's reaching a little bit, but I feel like there is so much symbolism in this story. And they do have often use of reflection as both a means of understanding past versus present or the different outcomes that could be the possibilities. We see a lot of this pretty often. and how they choose to not just show those reflections but that separation point between them. I really feel like they're saying something even just within that and it's really really beautiful. Obviously also Koko mentions that this is both a good and sad memory for her. A good memory because that's what made her love magic but also one that makes her a little bit sad because in the past she thought that when she no longer had the steps glowing beneath her that it meant she really wasn't a witch.

[00:23:13]And so there was kind of this hopelessness. And I think the concept of hope versus hopelessness is a recurring theme. But also it kind of makes you wonder what was the headsp space that little Koko was in at that time where she would of course you could say she just was excited about magic. But sometimes we are looking to find something enriching in other things as a means of filling something else. So we can kind of wonder that time in Koko's life. Was there something that made her crave there to be a kind of light in her life? Maybe if it was around the time that her father died, cuz we still don't really know that much about her father.

[00:23:53]But I think it maybe was more than just, oh, I guess I'm not a witch, but perhaps it felt like it was an additional loss because if maybe that was around when her father, again, we don't actually know if he's dead. I still don't know if he's officially actually dead or if there's more to her father, but if we take it at face value, at the very least her father was no longer in her life. We don't know exactly when, but if it was around that point, then she already lost her father, then she sees something exciting and invigorating and that maybe she can find a path in. I mean, it was the first thing she said to her mother when she saw that magic was, well, I want to grow up to be a witch. And her mother said, well, you can't. You have to be born with it. And so when she kept walking and her feet no longer had that glow beneath them, it's almost like I lost something again. It's really really tragic to think about how beautiful that moment was for her and how painful. But she does she does kind of make note and we see her tearary expression several times over the course of just these first six episodes when she reflects back on that moment that it it wasn't just happy, it was painful, too. And I think it's a very easy thing to be like, "Oh, because she thought she couldn't do magic." But it seems like maybe there's a little bit more there. It's also interesting that the very spell that made her fall in love with magic is also in some ways associated with what seemed to be our antagonist, this mysterious figure. They're the ones that were pointing out the steps and how they were glowing and telling her, "Hey, it's magic." So, it's kind of interesting that the spell that made her fall in love with magic also has some ties back to this mysterious brim cap. A few last things before we segue into the spoiler section for the manga. Why do we think that Agot is so desperate to prove herself? Because at the very end of this episode, it seems there's an accident.

[00:25:39]Kefrey and Olly are likely going to go help and Agot is like, I have to go, too. So much so that she almost looks gleeful at the fact that she has a chance to prove herself over the fact that there are people in danger. That is how much and how desperate she is to prove herself where you're like, why do you feel the need to do this so much?

[00:26:02]What is going on with you? Because it seems like Keifree is nice and seems like Ollie actually, as much as he has this front of grumpiness, he seems like he's actually pretty nice. So why are you putting so much pressure on yourself that doesn't come out of nowhere? So why do we think a guy feels such a need to prove herself? Also, I'm curious if you have any theories at this point. Was there anything that you noticed within this episode that you wanted to point out? And then third, we are about midway through the season because I believe there will be 13 episodes. So, I just kind of wanted to do a general midseries check-in or mid-season check-in, I should say. How is everybody feeling?

[00:26:40]What are their thoughts on the characters? Who's your favorite character so far? What things do you feel like we're going to get a lot more of? Just in general, what are your mid-season thoughts? But all that said, I am going to now be getting into spoilers. This will be going up through chapter officially 96 cuz there was a recent chapter that just came out. So if you do not want anything from the manga spoiled for you, feel free to hop off now. Jumping straight into it though. I was just talking about the fact that this spell that Olly, it turns out to have been the creator of also has some ties to Iguin. I have a lot of Olly points that I want to run by all of you.

[00:27:21]If this is the first deep dive that you have watched, I do go into theories at the end of every single episode and I try to have them be at least somewhat relevant to what transpired within the episode. So last week I was talking about how even though I don't think this would make any sense and I don't literally think Iwin Iguin Iguene, however you want to say it, I'm going to say Iwin. Even though I don't literally think that Iwin is Olly because I just don't think that that would make very much sense. I do think there are parallels to Olly and there are a few things within this episode that I wanted to point out. There were already a few things in the previous episode and now there are additional things here. And then I want to tie this to an additional theory that has to do with who this character could be. And what I actually think is still the strongest case here.

[00:28:08]But let's go ahead and start with the fact that once again to reiterate, we do see that the first spell that Koko was exposed to was one of Ali's. And I think that's interesting. I think there are a lot of ties that it's hard to ignore because she puts in the smallest bits of foreshadowing, but when you start to collect them, you're like, I feel like there's something here. And we all know now the way that that's true of Kyrie with the silverwood, something as simple as, oh, they can go wherever they want.

[00:28:42]They just want to feel at home and then they'll sprout. And then you see Ke like out in his Itilier shortly after Belgar said that and you're like okay so I guess that's evidence that maybe Keifree is a tree you know you just like things that you feel like are off the walls and bizarre it turn out to possibly be bits of evidence. So I don't want to neglect talking about some of these things. So I'm going to go through various different things. So there is the spell and I think that that's notable. One of you pointed out that the design on Oie's belt looks very much like the eye within Iguin's cap, which I was looking at it cuz at first you're like, "Oh, yeah. It seems like a kind of simple just circles within circles." But then looking at it again, you're like, "It is actually really similar." And I think it's interesting that Olly as an adult has two, but when he was a child, he just had one, which who knows if there's any meaning to that. But if you look at Oie's design from when he was a little boy, it was just the one. And then later now it's two. And I don't really know why there would be that difference. And it could just be there's slight differences in their designs as they get older. But, oh, by the way, can I just say it is absolute cruelty the covers that are going to be for volumes 15 and 16.

[00:30:00]Dagda, first off, why? After the pain that was some of those chapters with him toward the most recent ones and then little Kry and little Arugio are on the they're on the covers of chapter six or chapter not chapter 16, volume 16.

[00:30:15]They're on the covers and they're cute little hats and the fact that there's a tassel on Kef and the ribbon on Ollie's and you're like, "Hey." So point is it's painful and mean, but also again I think it's worth noting one of you brought it up and I I think it is worth noting that sometimes there's hints in the designs of things and so maybe there's something to the fact that the belt has a similar design to what I has in their cap. Also, speaking of things that feel like too much looking at the design of things, when you are in Ali's space in the Itilier, I noticed this in the manga and I thought I'm going to be interested to see how it looks in the anime. If you look at what I guess is Ollie's bed, you would think Ollie's bed would actually be in that space underneath where he's up working, but it looks like he has a little like hammock almost pull out bed from the wall. Regardless though, the ropel like things that are holding this in place look very similar to Iwin's the thing off of Iguin's cap. So I that could be nothing. But again, I feel like there's like sneaky things in the background all the time. But that's it's probably it's probably nothing. I will get to who the thing that makes the most sense and also something else that goes with it that ties back to episode 5. So, we'll get that in a moment. But I also thought it was very interesting. We see a lot of Kefrey feeling like he wants to possibly bend certain rules, especially when it comes to reporting things to the Knights Morales. But we also know that Kefrey says to Koko later in the series when they're getting ready for Silver Eve that every witch has thought about the implications of not being able to use magic to heal people. And it's a good moment because of course Koko absolutely is having those thoughts about using forbidden magic to help her mom. So it's kind of actually nice that the adult is like absolutely I've thought about it and so has basically everyone. There is a moment that I think is very easy to kind of think of as just filler, which is before that devastating moment back in chapter 40ish before Olly confronts Kefrey and we see that first time or it was the first time to us that he wipes Oie's memory. You get that little part where he has to go do the bidding of some noble and once again it's another thing with the tiles on the floor and whatever. But you find out that big softy teddy bear Olly also will go for free help people that just live out and about in town. And this woman approaches him with a child who has an extreme sensitivity to noise. And Olly looks at this boy and he starts to reach out to him. And then there's this man that has an apprentice of their own, but yet they always want Olly to be their mentor. They're like, "What are you doing? You're you're going to Are you going to break the rules? You can't do that." and he's like, I'm just going to fashion a scarf for him. It's fine. But there's a very interesting expression on his face. And it could just be a similar thing to what Kefrey described to Koko, which is, yeah, every one of us thinks about this at some point. It could be as simple as that. Or it could be, has he been going around helping people when he's not supposed to and he just forgot for half a second that there was another witch around? I don't know. I feel like that part, we're not going to get that part anytime soon. It probably won't even be until season 2, which means years from now, which is painful to think about, but it seems like maybe he's open to certain things. And even when he's like, "Oh, well, I don't want them to wipe his memory, so I guess I won't do my job and tell the Knights Morales that we need to have them come out and investigate all this." So, he's willing to at least kind of bend the rules. However, what I actually still think is the strongest theory for who I is would be something to do with some form of a clone of Kefrey. There's just too much evidence, I think, for this and really strong evidence that doesn't feel quite as random or flimsy or sporadic.

[00:34:20]First off, there's the very very probably most clear indication, which is when Cecarin, if that's how you say this other brim cap's name, when we get this, which we'll actually see in the season, or at least I imagine we will if it's on track to have the serpent cave arc within this season. When that brim cap is finally confronted by Kry and he's like, "Oh, I've got you now." And then he says, "Have you seen another with a visage like mine?" And Cecarian's like, "What?" and they don't have any idea what Kefrey is talking about. So, Kefrey seems to be under the impression that there is a brim cap who looks like him.

[00:34:57]So, the clone replica sibling relative theory, I think that's a pretty good piece of evidence for possibly this is similar to something to do with the linked contraptions or the linked spells that we will also see coming up soon.

[00:35:12]So, if you need a little reminder, there was the end of episode 5, Iwin says the creepy thing about gifting something to Koko and then later it's that ink. You imagine that maybe the ink itself was enhanced, but also there was something within it that they used to use in healing magic or healing contraptions that then they no longer used. And these links are what allows Iwin to show up and appear before Key when tries to take it out. So, it's also possible that there's some kind of spell, some kind of linking spell between Ke and Iguwin. So, perhaps not exactly a clone or relative, but just there's something going on that connects them. Of course, there's a theory that somehow they used Kefri's eye to grow this individual or connect this individual to Ke in some way. That of course seems possible. Seems like there's definitely a reason why they took Keifri's eye, which leads to the next interesting thing. So, I did kind of examine last week the possibility that the reason that they were showing things in black with outlines of white was to indicate silverwash. Somebody had brought up that it seemed like maybe it's silver wash, which would that mean they have a connection to Tara perhaps or is that a motivation for why they're doing what they're doing? I think possibly a stronger thing is that Ke and Iwin are connected in some way and there's a one panel where right before Ke wipes Oie's memory there's this moment where Olly is talking to him about his glasses and how okay well I always knew the one was because you don't have an eye on that side but your other eye you didn't used to have this sign on it with invisible ink that the reason it seems like you have That is because this is usually for people that have an extreme sensitivity to light and when you have an extreme sensitivity to light you have to block it so you can maintain your eyesight and you don't go blind. Kefrey talks about how the light is really intense for him to a point where he at times experiences extreme pain like a searing pain in his eye which is interesting to juxtapose that to Iwin who it would seem sees things mostly in darkness with very very little light. Whereas Grey, it seems like, is experiencing too much light and has to block some of it out. Seems like maybe it's a if they're connected, it's not balanced and one of them is getting an extreme version of the eyesight and the other is getting far less in in the way of actually being able to see. I feel like maybe that's more so what it's showing because I think if we were talking about silver wash, I would think it would be more silver. I would think it would be more gray. Just wanted to point out though that I feel like these pieces are representing that that theory in my mind anyway is still the strongest. I just still feel like there are tie-ins with with Olly and and maybe the tie-ins have something to do with the fact that if there is some kind of connection between Grey and Iwin beyond just like an eyesight thing. Is it possible that sometimes some of the feelings for other people might also be present too? So, for example, if he has obviously a lot of care for for Olly, would Iwin also feel a level of care for Olly? Iwin seems to have a strange level of care almost, even though it seems cruel, but it seems like they have some kind of mentor feelings towards Koko. So maybe some of that is like a feedback loop.

[00:38:47]The more that Kefrey feels for Koko as a parental figure and a mentor figure, the more Iwin does. Iwin has seemed as though they've been involved with Koko for a while. Did that create this sense of protectiveness in Kefrey early on? I don't know. Maybe there's something to do with that. We're not going to get any answers for any of these things. I've been continuously returning to, which is how often do I see evidence that stars might be the root of all magic? Not just single stars, but constellations. And perhaps that's where they get the patterns to draw and create magic in the first place. So, there's some reasons why it would seem like they wouldn't want people to know this. Obviously, if anybody just looked up and the answers to spells were right above them, then the secrets to magic would be a lot more accessible. They would need the ink, of course, but they could at the very least figure out some of these patterns. And they could also figure out that turns out you don't need to be a special person. You just need to look up at the sky. But it also seems like something they wouldn't want all the witches to know either because they need to keep this secret even from all of them. And who are a group that might be protecting this secret? The Knights Morales. And so I think that kind of storybook animation when we are introduced to the Knights Morales, specifically when Koko is being introduced to the idea of them, they have this storybook look and you see what looks to be a star in the sky and then you have these rings around it that are basically clouds and then you see the Knights Morales and they even say, "Oh, the Knights Morales protect the secrets of magic from before the pack."

[00:40:21]But we'll find out. I am stressed out.

[00:40:25]I'm so stressed out for these next few episodes, but I'm really excited. I I am very curious, of course, as always, for those of you who are caught up with the manga, what are some predictions that you have?

[00:40:37]What are some theories that you have?

[00:40:39]Was there anything I said that sparked an idea for you? As always, if you want to talk about any of these things, just make sure to write spoilers. Thanks so much, as always, for watching. I hope you have a great rest of your day, and I'll see you later. Bye.