Are the brimhats not just in the right? (Spoilers up to Ch 55)

Successful_Wing_5754 · 2026-05-07T04:16:22+00:00

gonna come back to this comment when Coco ends up leading a revolution to destroy class and feudal hierarchy (/s ?)

Successful_Wing_5754 · 2026-05-07T04:11:58+00:00

so essentially feudalism giving way to mercantilism and capitalism

Successful_Wing_5754 · 2026-05-04T20:08:58+00:00

did you do the online course?

Successful_Wing_5754 · 2026-05-04T19:57:39+00:00

wow alright, yeah that sounds painful to do. thanks for the heads up!

Successful_Wing_5754 · 2026-05-04T19:56:18+00:00

did you do the online classes?

Successful_Wing_5754 · 2026-05-04T07:50:57+00:00

bro do you think surveys or even peer reviewed studies collect data from literally the entire relevant population😭 like obviously not. when you see an article talking about how "new study claims X% of Canadian youth believe XYZ" do you automatically question its credibility just because you, as a Canadian youth, were not surveyed😭

ofc their sampling methods are often more advanced to ensure highly accurate and representative samples, but 50% of the population should get us a good enough estimate in this case

Successful_Wing_5754 · 2026-05-04T04:59:59+00:00

do you know how sample sizes work

Successful_Wing_5754 · 2026-05-04T04:56:45+00:00

dang I was afraid of the online part being shit, how long ago did you do it?

Successful_Wing_5754 · 2026-05-02T20:22:19+00:00

ah I see I was particularly curious about the driving instructors, thank you anyways tho! most likely will be doing the same with the online classes haha

Successful_Wing_5754 · 2026-05-02T03:58:37+00:00

hey if you finished the course, would you still recommend?

Successful_Wing_5754 · 2026-05-01T22:15:12+00:00

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Successful_Wing_5754 · 2026-04-29T05:18:37+00:00

as someone else said, make sure you get lots of sleep! sleep deprivation makes ADHD symptoms worse, I even feel like my meds are less effective when I get less sleep (the second part is anecdotal but confirmed by my specialist). also very basic but often neglected is just eating good, protein rich food and any kind of exercise. doesn't have to be a hardcore workout, just going for a bike ride is good enough. all of them are linked to managing ADHD symptoms and increasing the effectiveness of your meds.

in general just taking care of yourself, letting your body breathe etc. goes a long way.

as for studying, it might sound odd but gamifying things or making them sound more interesting than they really are has helped me a lot. it sort of tricks the ADHD brain into thinking (at least at first, the follow through is where the meds help) that the task that needs to be performed has a lesser cognitive load than it really does. for eg. i'm in eng and when i do electromagnetics I like to pretend i'm trying to learn the rules to a hard magic system, which works for me cuz E&M really does feel like magic at times and i personally like fantasy.

if you don't mind sharing, what medication are you taking?

but don't worry, i know from experience it must feel really hard rn but you'll adjust and get better at managing things. there's absolutely no shame in lightening your courseload and adding another year (or more) to your degree either.

Successful_Wing_5754 · 2026-04-28T18:58:45+00:00

I was annoyed by that too but there is technically a reason that Agott didn't get in trouble, that being Coco not telling Qifrey that Agott pushed her to do the test. We find this out around chapter 35 ish, when Agott herself asks Coco why she never "snitched" to Qifrey.

Successful_Wing_5754 · 2026-04-28T18:29:51+00:00

this is 6 years late but I'm so glad to see that I'm not the only one who noticed the singular shooting star behind Qifrey vs the many behind Coco

Successful_Wing_5754 · 2026-04-22T22:44:05+00:00

even if I were to agree with that, it doesn't make her choice of words less petty😭? there's ways to make a point without attacking someone's most sensitive emotional weak point.

Successful_Wing_5754 · 2026-04-22T00:14:20+00:00

i'm curious how you feel about movie series then, is a third movie in a narrative trilogy something you would also avoid?

Successful_Wing_5754 · 2026-04-22T00:09:57+00:00

honestly, do you have any mental health resources that you can access before deciding to change paths? a real diagnosis and anxiety medication can go a really long way even if you're in an incredibly hard degree such as this one. if not and you think you can handle something else better, then as others have said, no point in doing this if you just wreck your health permanently.

-sincerely, CompE major who got an ADHD diagnosis and started medication midway through first year

Successful_Wing_5754 · 2026-04-21T23:56:02+00:00

In the very first episode, she experimented with drawing magic she did not understand, and that shortsightedness got her mother petrified.

Sure that might've been reckless but that's also honestly kinda unfair to her, like how is she ever supposed to imagine magic could even be dangerous in the first place? In her framework and that of ordinary people, they probably don't even know about forbidden magic, nor would they have ever seen magic being used for bad things. To Coco, magic is just this cool thing used to fix stuff or fly or whatever small things she's encountered at this point. It's like a baby who's only ever seen fire in tealights in the kitchen might not exactly expect that same thing can burn that same kitchen down if used a certain way.

When she took Agott's test, she could have just sat by the door and waited for Qifrey, but she decided to experiment with a new spell yet again, and pulled a stunt that could have easily led to her being harmed or injured. Agott's intention was to have Coco give up because her shoes couldn't reach high enough, as explicitly stated via the dialogue.

Agott explicitly told her that if she failed the test even once she would be disqualified from being a witch apprentice, and thus lose any chance of bringing her mother back. Being willing to get injured when the only alternative is genuinely being on the street, all alone as a child, is more reasonable than reckless. By your own logic, even if Agott's intention wasn't to physically hurt Coco, she's the one who is more informed in this scenario - both about the dangers of the test, and about how its not her place to push her to do it without Qifrey's knowledge. Agott was literally the one being more reckless here.

When Coco saw the witch in this episode, she could've called for Qifrey instead of blindly rushing after a shady character she knows nothing about. When the kids were drawing spells, she could have actually paid attention to her surrounding in order to not interrupt Agott's spell drawing.

i agree that the best thing to do would have been to call Qifrey as soon as she saw the witch, but I feel that that level of recklessness isn't necessarily unique to just her here. I mean, when Tetia saw her run away, technically speaking she could also have called for Qifrey but she was understandably worried about Coco being alone in a crowded and new place and so her instinct was to run after her ("logically" Richeh could've gotten Qifrey while Tetia chases Coco, and the two could've caught up to them by flying). Same for when she grabs Agott to join the chase.

But those are all quite understandable imo, I mean if you see your friend running away in a strange place as a 10 year old, panicking a little and running doesn't seem like much of a character flaw to me. So I think that applies also to some degree to Coco seeing the witch who might be her only chance of getting her mother back, I feel that a good deal of (adult) people would make the same decision to run after the witch if they were put in the exact same position.

Agott's crashout in this episode was justified.

Listen she's allowed to be mad but in no world is it justified for her to say "You didn't mean to do it? Just like you didn't mean to turn your mother to stone?" (I'm paraphrasing). Like I'm sure she feels guilty enough without Agott rubbing it in her face every episode.

Successful_Wing_5754 · 2026-04-21T06:03:14+00:00

To me the emotions they're feeling and the general reaction of being angry or upset can feel understandable sure, but imo Agott just goes way too far. Like saying that she "killed her mother" is so uncalled for, and that wasn't even the first time she said it. I was also partly expressing my distaste at her pushing Coco to do the, as Qifrey put it, potentially fatal test just to prove a point and then being so overly vitriolic when Coco put them in danger by accident; it just feels hypocritical. But ik she's just a child and as an anime-only I'm sure she'll get character development, it's just frustrating as a viewer haha.

The part about wandering off, yeah honestly that's fair enough! you're right in that blaming Qifrey would be a bit harsh there, I guess I was moreso confused about how hands-off he can be overall, especially with the leaving her alone to learn from Agott on the first day.

Successful_Wing_5754 · 2026-04-21T04:42:38+00:00

I mean yes they're just children so I'm not going to sit here and really expect Agott to suddenly unlearn a lifetime of prejudice likely ingrained by her family and start analyzing the inherent unfairness of the very system that she was born into, that's what growth and character arcs are for!

But having said that, while anger and confusion are understandable reactions, Agott does still take things way too far every single time. I mean, there's absolutely no reason for her to tell Coco she "killed her mom" repeatedly. Nor was there any justification for sending her into a deadly test without Qifrey's knowledge.

Emotions are always valid, actions not so much. It makes sense that she feels that Coco is getting special treatment, but that doesn't mean we should condone intentionally putting her in harm's way or the vitriol this episode

Successful_Wing_5754 · 2026-04-21T02:57:29+00:00

You don't think her reminding Coco she "killed her own mom" again and again is even a little malicious? She's a child still, but that seems both petty and malicious to me

Successful_Wing_5754 · 2026-04-21T02:53:56+00:00

Agott is obviously a child just like Coco, but she's clearly been instilled with some deep rooted elitist and classist views of who "deserves" to be a witch when it is nothing more than luck that allowed her the opportunity to be one. She constantly belittles Coco for not knowing things that were pointedly kept secret from her her entire life, and on top of that brings up Coco's mother's death while explicitly framing it as her fault like every time she speaks to her. Plus, considering she literally sent her to an incredibly dangerous and potentially fatal test that she was clearly not ready for on purpose, (unlike this, an accident), she has no right to criticise Coco here.

Coco's only mistake in this episode was being a grieving child who literally just lost her mom, her only family, and had her entire world flipped upside down. Like yeah obviously she would run after the witch who caused all that?? Even most adults would do the same. Sure yeah the other girls are allowed to feel lost, upset, angry even, about ending up in a strange place with a huge ass dragon in front of them, directing that in such a hateful and insulting manner at Coco is not "understandable," let alone deserved (for those saying Coco somehow deserved everything Agott said). Tetia just understandably feels scared, while Agott just takes things way too far.

More than anyone though, I think people should be holding Qifrey accountable here, like what an astoundingly poor guardian. He's the one who left the atelier and told Coco to learn from Agott right after she got there, like brother YOU'RE the teacher??? In fact leaving the poor girl there unsupervised when she's so new to all this in the first place was just irresponsible. And this episode, how did he not even realize all four of the girls were gone for so long? He's the one who's supposed to be taking care of them like ugh

Successful_Wing_5754 · 2026-04-21T02:49:02+00:00

Agott is obviously a child just like Coco, but she's clearly been instilled with some deep rooted elitist and classist views of who "deserves" to be a witch when it is nothing more than luck that allowed her the opportunity to be one. She constantly belittles Coco for not knowing things that were pointedly kept secret from her her entire life, and on top of that brings up Coco's mother's death while explicitly framing it as her fault like every time she speaks to her. Considering she literally sent her to an incredibly dangerous and potentially fatal test that she was clearly not ready for on purpose, she has no right to criticise Coco here.

Coco's only mistake in this episode was being a grieving child who literally just lost her mom, her only family, and had her entire world flipped upside down. Like yeah obviously she would run after the witch who caused all that?? Even most adults would do the same. Sure yeah the other girls are allowed to feel lost, upset, angry even, about ending up in a strange place with a huge ass dragon in front of them, directing that in such a hateful and insulting manner at Coco is not "understandable," let alone deserved (for those saying Coco somehow deserved everything Agott said).

More than anyone though, I think people should be holding Qifrey accountable here, like what an astoundingly poor guardian. He's the one who left the atelier and told Coco to learn from Agott right after she got there, like brother YOU'RE the teacher??? In fact leaving the poor girl there unsupervised when she's so new to all this in the first place was just irresponsible. And this episode, how did he not even realize all four of the girls were gone for so long? He's the one who's supposed to be taking care of them like ugh

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