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''Witch Hat Atelier beta development page. This should not be published on the main wiki until deemed appropriate.'' When published, the title should be Witch Hat Atelier (manga) "Is an athlete always an athlete, even from birth? With about astronauts, or pop stars? You never know what you're going to be until you grow up, right? So... What about witches? Is it the same for them? — Page 1, Volume 1"

Witch Hat Atelier (Japanese とんがり帽子のアトリエ, Hepburn Tongari Bōshi no Atorie) is a manga written and illustrated by Kamome Shirahama, first published in Japanese in 2016, and in English in 2019. An anime adaption is in development.

Coco is a young girl with a deep and profound interest in magic. Her pursuit to become a witch, however, is stopped by the fact that she knows witches are born, not trained nor taught. That view is shattered when the witch Qifrey arrives at her village in a flying Pegasus carriage. Coco watches Qifrey cast magic, and discovers how magic really works. A person doesn't have to be born with innate abilities to cast magic! Instead, they draw runes and symbols on paper, topped off with a ring to make the spell work.

Knowing this, traces over a basic rune, and casts a light spell. She casts a fire spell, figures out the basics of spellcasting... and casts forbidden Black Magic that turns her mum into stone and destroys her house. Well, Coco now has no choices but to become a witch's apprentice. Thus, she and Qifrey travels to his atelier and becomes his apprentice. The manga focuses on the (mis)adventures of Coco, her mentors, and the other apprentice girls at the atelier: the quiet and reclusive Richeh, the enthusiastic and outgoing Tetia, and the academic and focused Agott.


 * Black Magic: Coco accidentally casts one of these spells in the first chapter. Black Magic is outlawed, and no respectable witch use it, but it is used frequently by the Brimmed Caps, who gave Coco the book containing the black magic.
 * Body Horror: This is a part where the manga lays off its shonen appearance and starts being seinen.
 * Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are: A member of the Brimmed Caps does this during the second magic trial. Richeh, Agott, and Euini are hiding from the member who has interrupted their second magical trial.
 * Cute Witch: Almost everyone in Qifrey's atelier.
 * Escort Mission: The second magical trial, whose objective is to escort a group of migrating Myphons through the dangerous remains of Romonon.
 * Geometric Magic: How all spells are cast. Spells are cast via drawing sigils and signs inside a ring, on paper, using special magic ink. When the ring is completed, the spell is cast. The larger the ring, the more powerful and stronger the spell. Witches may occasionally choose to almost finish drawing their spell, leaving only a small uncompleted section of the ring, so they can cast the spell at a more convinent time.
 * Ghibli Hills: The area surrounding Qifrey's atelier.
 * Knights Templar: The Knights Moralis, whose members are to find and track down people using magic improperly or using Black Magic. They are very cold and methodical in their duty, carrying out work without any passion so emotions will not get in the way. A large part of the book's conflict is whether the Knights Moralis are justified in their methods, or whether they should loosen control on magic, creating more opportunities for residents to have better lives at the expensive of war and famine.
 * Plucky Girl: Coco, who has to face almost getting a memory wipe from the Knights Moralis, accidentally turning her mum into stone, and attempting a magic trial when she's barely qualified to do so. Despite this, she's still enthusiastic and willing to learn more about magic.
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: Tetia's more outgoing and vibrant personality balances out Richeh's more subdued and introverted attitude. This is literally represented via their hair colours, where Tetia is vibrant pink-red and Richeh blue.
 * Rose-Haired Girl: Tetia.
 * Taken for Granite: The Cavern Nation of Romonon, who turns those with no merit or nothing to contribute into gold.
 * Wild Magic: The magic system before the Knights Moralis and the The Witches' Assembly was like this, where everyone had access to magic, although this lead to the abuse of magic, involving acts such as the forced transformation of another person, and war crimes.
 * World in the Sky: The first magic trial takes place in the Dadah range, where the objective is to pick the Diadem herb. The range is made up of many spherical slices of earth floating in the air, suspended seemingly by nothing.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Richeh's blue hair stands out the most, although Tetia's pink and Qifrey's silver are also notable.