Puella Magi Oriko Magica

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Cover of Extra Story, featuring several of Oriko's original characters.

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

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

― Various 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.

Oriko Magica has since received several more installments, which are published in Manga Time Kirara Magica. At least four installments have been released so far.

Several collected volumes for Oriko Magica have been released. Volume 1 of the first installment collects chapters 1 - 3, and volume 2 collects 4 - 7. Extra Story collects all of Noisy Citrine and Symmetry Diamond, and includes a new short titled The Last Agate. Volume 1 of Sadness Prayer collects chapters 1 - 7, and volume 2 collects chapters ? - ?.

Installments

Oriko Magica: 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.

Extra Story (魔法少女おりこ☆マギカ［別編］, Mahō Shōjo Oriko Magika [Beppen]): Extra Story collects three separate Oriko stories: one prequel and two involving an alternate timeline.

Noisy Citrine is a prequel further explaining Kirika's backstory prior to joining Oriko, involving a new character called Erika Mamiya.

Symmetry Diamond deals with an alternate timeline of Oriko Magica. Here, instead of seeing Kriemhild Gretchen after becoming a magical girl, Oriko sees Walpurgisnacht, and teams up with Kirika to fight it. Oriko does not predict Yuma at all, and later meets the girl in a park instead. The story expands a little on Yuma's home life, introduces her mother Mako Chitose as a proper character, and later introduces a new magical girl named Sasa Yuuki. Symmetry Diamond also explains what happens to Yuma in timelines where she doesn't contract: she either dies from Mako's abuse or lives a happy life with her grandparents.

The Last Agate is a short exclusive to Extra Story, as it was not serialized in Kirara Magica. The Last Agate is a continuation of Symmetry Diamond, where Oriko and Kirika prepare to fight Walpurgisnacht.

Sadness Prayer (［新約］魔法少女おりこ☆マギカ～sadness prayer～, [Shinyaku] Mahō Shōjo Oriko Magika ~sadness prayer~, lit. "New Contract: Puella Magi Oriko Magica: Sadness Prayer"): Sadness Prayer is a prequel to Oriko Magica's first installment. Sadness Prayer is set before the events of Oriko Magica, but after the prologue, where Oriko sees Kriemhild Gretchen and Yuma.

Sadness Prayer introduces several new characters, namely a new magical girl named Komaki, who previously had a cameo in Symmetry Diamond along with two of her friends. The story also explains how Oriko and Kirika teamed up and explores the duo's characters as well as Oriko's family further than previous installments, where the subjects were only touched upon; explores Oriko's feelings towards killing Madoka for the sake of the world, and involves the reappearance of Sasa Yuuki in later chapters.

Blurb

Oriko Magica 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...

Oriko Magica 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?!

Extra Story: Oriko's ability to see into the future led her to commit bloody acts in her efforts to forestall an even greater tragedy later on. But what if Oriko had met Yuma Chitose before she predicted the end of the world? Would she still have chosen to manipulate the young girl if Yuma had been no stranger, but a dear friend? Puella Magi Oriko Magica: Extra Story explores the might-have-been, and further explores Kirika's devotion to her beloved Oriko.

Chapters

Oriko Magica

Extra Story

Sadness Prayer

Characters

See: Oriko Magica Characters

Collected volume changes

Oriko Magica

Oriko Magica has no serialized magazine material vs. collected volume differences, as Oriko Magica was never serialized in a magazine beforehand.

Extra Story

There is a colour page of Sasa at the beginning of the volume.
All other colour pages are turned black and white and have their extra text removed, except for the chapter titles.
There are several cute little chibi silhouettes of the characters after every chapter, except for Symmetry Diamond chapter 3 and The Last Agate. In order, they are:
- Kirika calling Kyubey "White Ring".
- Magical girl Kirika using Vampire Fang.
- Magical girl Oriko dropping one of her metal spheres.
- Sasa with a demonic grin and tail.
There is an afterword by Kuroe Mura after The Last Agate. This afterword prominently features a chibi Yuma imagining herself as an older magical girl.

Sadness Prayer

Currently unknown.

Publishers

Language	Publisher	Country	Release date	Extra Story	Sadness Prayer 1	Sadness Prayer 2
Japanese	Houbunsha	Japan	May 12, 2011, June 13, 2011, September 12, 2013, February 12th, 2015, December 12th, 2015
English	Yen Press	United States	July 23, 2013, October 29, 2013, March 24, 2015, N/A N/A		N/A	N/A
Chinese	Tong-Li Publishing Co., Ltd	Taiwan, Hong Kong	2012	N/A	N/A	N/A
Korean	학산문화사	South Korea	2012	N/A	N/A	N/A
Italian	Panini Comics/Planet Manga	Italia	2012, 2013	N/A	N/A	N/A
German	Carlsen Verlag GmbH	Germany	2013, 2014	N/A	N/A	N/A
Brazilian, Portuguese	Editora NewPOP	Brazil	2014		N/A	N/A
Thai	Siam Inter Comics	Thailand	2015		N/A	N/A

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.
Extra Story Yuma cover that comes with certain purchases made through Toranoana.
Alternate Extra Story cover featuring Kirika.
Sadness Prayer art of Kirika.
Sadness Prayer art of Komaki.
Sadness Prayer volume 1 bonus page.
Alternate Sadness Prayer volume 1 cover.
Bonus Oriko image.

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.
Colour page of Oriko and Yuma from chapter 3 of Symmetry Diamond.
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Colour page of Sasa, from Extra Story.
Colour page of Sasa and Rina, from chapter 8 Sadness Prayer.

Manga pages

Chibi of Kirika and Kyubey, from Noisy Citrine chapter 1.
Chibi of Kirika using Vampire Fang, from Noisy Citrine chapter 2.
Chibi of Oriko dropping a metal sphere, from Symmetry Diamond chapter 1.
Chibi of Sasa with a demonic grin and tail, from Symmetry Diamond chapter 2.
Extra Story afterword featuring Yuma.
Unnamed magical girls from Sadness Prayer.
A recurring background character from Sadness Prayer.
Komaki's mother.
Rina and Mio.
Mio's death.

Fanart

This section contains fanart images

Everything in the following fan gallery is created, or the comments accompanying them are created, for entertainment value and should not be confused with actual canon events of the Puella Magi franchise.

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Volume 1 cover girls striking a pose.
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Yuma and Sayaka fighting over Kyoko.
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Kyoko and Oriko battling.

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)