Puella Magi Oriko Magica

Cover of the first volume.

"Which would be, an incident that would change her destiny..."

"Which would be, the beginning of a whole another magical girl tale..."

― Volume covers

Puella Magi Oriko Magica (魔法少女おりこ☆マギカ, Mahō Shōjo Oriko Magika) is the second spin-off manga in the Puella Magi franchise. The story was written by Magica Quartet and illustrated by Kuroe Mura, with the two collected volumes published by Houbunsha. Volume 1 collects chapters 1 - 3 and volume 2 collects 4 - 7.

Oriko Magica has since received several more installments, which are published in Manga Time Kirara Magica. See the following pages for more details:

Puella Magi Oriko Magica: Extra Story (Includes Noisy Citrine, Symmetry Diamond and The Last Agate)

Puella Magi Oriko Magica: Sadness Prayer

Blurb

Volume 1: Oriko, a magical girl with the gift of foresight, knows the fate that awaits all who accept Kyubey’s offer of supernatural powers. But when she is struck with a terrible vision of the future—of the devastation caused by a single, powerful witch—she decides to prevent the girl from becoming a magical girl in the first place. To draw Kyubey away from the girl’s potential, Oriko directs him instead to Yuma, an orphan who is all too eager to gain powers that will enable her to protect herself—powers that will ultimately lead to her own destruction...

Volume 2: Oriko is determined to use any means available to her in order to prevent the destruction she has glimpsed in the future. Her companion, Kirika, has been useful in creating a distraction by murdering other Magical Girls, but Oriko recognizes that the time for diversionary tactics has passed—she must target the source directly and eliminate the threat. Little does she realize that her quarry has a protector who is as passionate about keeping the girl alive as Oriko is about seeing her dead. What future ultimately awaits in the eye-opening conclusion of Oriko Magica?!

Plot

Oriko Magica is a story taking place in one of the many timelines that occurs between timelines four and five of the Madoka Magica anime.

Upon her birth as a magical girl, Oriko Mikuni sees a terrifying vision of the future of Mitakihara City, where the ultra-powerful witch Kriemhild Gretchen threatens to destroy the world. Horrified, Oriko vows to stop it and protect her world at any cost. She teams up with another magical girl, Kirika Kure, to do so; and upon seeing another vision of a young girl named Yuma Chitose, directs Kyubey towards contracting with her as a distraction. Meanwhile, Kyoko Sakura encounters Yuma after killing the witch that murdered her family, and reluctantly takes Yuma under her wing; and Mami Tomoe investigates a mysterious case of magical girl killings that been recently occurring.

Chapters

Characters

See: Oriko Magica Characters

See: Oriko Magica Witches

Publishers

Language	Publisher	Country	Release date
Japanese	Houbunsha	Japan	May 12, 2011, June 13, 2011
English	Yen Press	United States	July 23, 2013, October 29, 2013
Chinese	Tong-Li Publishing Co., Ltd	Taiwan, Hong Kong	2012
Korean	학산문화사	South Korea	2012
Italian	Panini Comics/Planet Manga	Italy	2012, 2013
German	Carlsen Verlag GmbH	Germany	2013, 2014
Brazilian, Portuguese	Editora NewPOP	Brazil	2014
Thai	Siam Inter Comics	Thailand	2015

Gallery

Official art

Free illustration of Kyoko and Mami that comes with certain purchases of Oriko Magica volume 1.
Illustration of Mami that comes with Oriko Magica volumes purchased from certain vendors.
This illustration of Mami as well.
Bonus illustration for the second volume.
Bonus illustration for the second volume.
Complete cover of the first volume.
Complete cover of the second volume.

Colour pages

Colour page of Kyoko and Yuma from Oriko Magica volume 1.
Colour page of Oriko and Kirika in their school uniforms from Oriko Magica volume 2.

Manga pages

Oriko
Kirika
Yuma
Madoka
Homura
Sayaka
Mami
Kyoko
Hitomi
Rosasharn
Cecil
Virginia
Stacy
Latria
Between chapter art
Oriko concept art
Kirika concept art
Yuma concept art
Witch art

Trivia

Although the first collected volume was initially intended to be released on April 12, 2011, the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, as well as the subsequent postponement of the last two episodes of the anime caused Oriko Magica to be postponed to May 12, 2011. The second volume was then released on June 13, 2011.

External links

Official website for Puella Magi Oriko Magica (Japanese)
Covers for Puella Magi Oriko Magica on official website. (Japanese)
Official website Puella Magi Oriko Magica from Yen Press.
Puella Magi Oriko Magica at TV Tropes.
The first eight pages are available for official preview here. Click on the orange button. (Japanese)