When the episode opens, Qifrey meets with a fellow witch named Alaira. They have a bit of catching up as they descend into the watery depths where an entire city lives among the whales. Qifrey tells Alaira that Coco isn’t his official apprentice yet, because you gotta pass your tests first. Unfortunately, it’s a bad time for one of them. So bad, you could even die. Welp, it’s a good thing he entrusted Coco to Agott! Surely, nothing bad can happen while he’s gone! I mean, yeah, Agott looked a little surly the last time he was there, but, um, she’s always like that! She would never, ever endanger an apprentice-to-be!

A few days ago, I finally cracked open the first volume of Witch Hat Atelier, which I had bought a while back when it was on sale. It’s a decent read, but I haven’t fallen in love with the series yet. Nor do I can tell if I ever will. After all, despite it ending on a cliffhanger, the first volume didn’t exactly make me jump and buy the second volume. Why? Well, a couple things bother me.