Mabayu Aki

Mabayu Aki (愛生まばゆ, Aki Mabayu)
Physical info
Type	Human, Magical Girl
Gender	Female ♀
Age	15
Eye color	Purple
Hair color	Green
Height	156cm
Magic info
Soul Gem	Purple camera lens (Left hip/side of pelvis)
Weapon	Golden scissors
Witch Form	Unknown
Powers and Abilities	Optical camouflage and memory erasure
Wish	"I want to erase the memory of my mother reading the future."
Social info
Japanese pronoun	watashi (私)
Known relatives	Sakie Aki (aunt); Unnamed mother (deceased); Unnamed father (deceased)
Residence	Mitakihara Town
School	Mitakihara Middle School, 9th grade
Job	Waitress at Café Récompense
Background info
Character designer Primary artist	Ume Aoki Sasagi Koushi Punyan
Voiced by	Japanese: Saori Hayami

"Right... A lot of things happened... But it turned out to be a wonderful film. I think that's a wrap, everyone... Goodbye."
— Mabayu, Scene 0 Film 13.

Mabayu Aki (愛生まばゆ, Aki Mabayu) is the main character of Puella Magi Madoka Magica: scene0.

A shy and introverted cinephile, she works at her aunt's cafe and rarely talks to her classmates. Out of nowhere, time starts to pause, but she is unaffected. When she runs into a monster and dies, she wakes back up in her room, realizing time has gone back, and something is very wrong.

Appearance

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Magical Girl

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Personality and Traits

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Powers and Abilities

Her innate ability is known as "optical camouflage" a light based magic, where she manipulates the light around her to hide herself or objects she desires hidden allowing her to basically be invisible. She is also capable of enhancing her eyesight, allowing her zoom in on far away locations, this is also a type of light magic. In addition to this, Mabayu can move while time is frozen and is able to remember previous time loops. Due to her wish, Mabayu has the power to see the future of whoever she sees into their eyes (which is, curiously, an ability shared by her mother previously).

Her other main ability is to erase memories which is a more direct result of her wish - by imagining the memory as a film being cut, she can remove memories of an event from someone, like erasing Nagisa Momoe's memory of her Witch eating Mami Tomoe and killing Kyoko Sakura.

Mabayu does share some Coordinator capabilities, being a Void type, having poor fighting skills and being able to see other magical girls memories similar to a coordinator could when going through a tune up.

History

In Magia Record

Mabayu Aki was a playable character in Magia Record. She had 1 Unit: Mabayu Aki, released on October 3rd 2023 (JP).

In Scene 0

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In Magia Exedra

Mabayu Aki is a playable character in Magia Exedra. She has 2 Kioku: Hollow Woman, released on May 30th 2025, and Groundhog Daze, released on November 18th 2025.

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Magia Record

A Magical Girl caught up in a mysterious phenomenon where time repeats itself. She's a third-year student at Mitakihara Middle School, and she lives with her aunt Sakie Aki at the cake shop Récompense. She prefers to watch movies alone and often goes to video rental stores and movie theaters.

General Info

Mabayu Aki (愛生 まばゆ)
Attribute	Rarity	Final Lv	Type
	★★★☆☆	100	Magia
	HP	ATK	DEF
Initial	4044	1566	1250
Max at 3★	13943	5361	4220
Max at 4★	18121	6965	5482
Max at 5★	22934	8817	6935
Max SE	29973	11397	9394
Disks
Skills Connect Magia Magia 2 Leave the Planning to Me (軍師役ならお任せを) The answer is déjà vu (解はデジャ・ブ) Brilliant Final Cut (ブリリアントファイナルカット) 3★ Attack UP [V] & Remove Debuffs Damage to Single Enemy [IV] & Remove Granted Effects (Single) & MP Damage (Single) & Attack UP (All / 3T) — 4★ Attack UP [VII] & Remove Debuffs Damage to Single Enemy [V] & Remove Granted Effects (Single) & MP Damage (Single) & Attack UP (All / 3T) — 5★ Attack UP [IX] & Accele MP Gain UP [V] & Remove Debuffs Damage to Single Enemy [VII] & Remove Granted Effects (Single) & MP Damage (Single) & Attack UP (All / 3T) Damage to Single Enemy [IX] & Remove Granted Effects (Single) & MP Damage (Single) & Attack UP (All / 5T) & Remove Debuffs (All)

Spirit Enhancement Data

Max Stat Bonuses HP ATK DEF Accele Blast Charge 3★ +5% +6% +4% +5% +5% +3% 4★ +6% +7% +5% +6% +6% +4% 5★ +7% +8% +6% +7% +7% +5% SE +7% +8% +6% +13% +13% +10%

Spirit Enhancement MP Boost MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II] Doppel Adept Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I] Blast Adept Blast Damage UP [II] Doppel Adept Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I] MP Boost MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II] Magia Adept MAgia Damage UP [I] Doppel Adept Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I] Doppel Adept Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I] Endure Adept MP UP When Damaged [V] Fast Mana Up MP Gauge 20% Full on Battle Start Morale Adept MP Gain UP [II] Shield Aura Damage Cut [I] (All / 5T on Battle Start) Ignore Debuff Circle Negate Debuff [2x] (All / 1T) CD: 9 turns

Unique Memoria

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Card	Effect	Cooldown	EN Text	Original Text
Latte Art Challenge ラテアートチャレンジ		Remove Spell Normal Passive Remove Buffs (Single) Max Limit Break Remove Buffs (Single)	**Unique to Mabayu Aki** You can try as many times as you like in your spare time, so you'll definitely get better at your unique latte art someday! ...But my stomach is at its limit after too many failed drinks, so I'll leave it at that for now...	持て余した時間の中なら、何度だって挑戦できるから 独特なラテアートもいつかは上達するはず！ …でも、失敗作を飲み過ぎてお腹は限界 ひとまず今日はこんなところにしておこう…
Card	Effect	Cooldown	EN Text	Original Text

Side Story

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Costume Stories

Mabayu Aki's Costume Stories

2nd Casual Wear The fourth wall is non-existent as Mabayu greets the viewer, and welcomes them to "scene0 Magical Girl Story Special Edition", or more simply referred to as "The Backstage Butterfly Effect". In this collection of clips from the Holy Quintet's side stories, Mabayu hopes to find any key moments that silently act as a turning point in the various timelines shown throughout, which she compares to hidden footage on a DVD. Mabayu also says that she handpicked her lab coat for the occasion, whilst arguing against the idea of a detective suit being more fitting. The first story discussed is Madoka's, in which, she is shown being told by a saleswoman that the coffee beans she wanted were out of stock, but luckily was informed that she could come the following day when they got more. This prompts Madoka to call her mother, asking her to pick up the coffee beans when they were ready, saving her from working overtime again. The perspective changes to Homura and her story, where about two weeks after Madoka's event, she overhears Ms. Saotome on the phone with Junko, implying that they were able to meet and become friends thanks to Madoka's errand request. Looking back, Mabayu determines that the coffee beans incident is set to happen on "Day 2" of any film, before switching the focus to Kyoko's story. On "Day 3", Ms. Saotome is shown buying three CDs, but one of them is actually rare and out of print. It was a violin CD, one that included the track “Ave Maria”. A little later, Kyoko partially overhears another phone call between Saotome and Junko, where the former says that she bought the rare CD with Kyosuke in mind, before saying that she was glad to have met Junko the previous day, and hanging up. Mabayu considers that if Saotome didn’t meet Junko, she wouldn’t have bought that CD. Mabayu begins to become uneasy, and pretends to cut to a commercial break. After a breather, she is ready to move onto Sayaka's story. Also on "Day 3", Sayaka meets Madoka at a crosswalk, and complains about accidentally leaving her phone at the store when she tried to buy the rare violin CD, only for it to have already been sold. Luckily, she managed to get her phone back, but she had missed several phone calls from Kyosuke. The last film shown was Mami's, where it revealed why Kyosuke was trying to call Sayaka. He got permission to leave the hospital thanks to a violin concert happening that day, but since Sayaka was unable to receive the invitation, she missed out on a possible date with him. Back to Mabayu, she gets upset and recaps about the string of events that ultimately just winds up to Sayaka not being able catch a break. Mabayu digs through the past timelines, hoping to find an alternate scenario where the odds are in her friend's favor, but it was all in vain. Saddened, Mabayu begins to wish that she never knew the truth, and could do more than just helplessly watch from behind a screen. So, with "The Backstage Butterfly Effect" coming to an end, Mabayu decides to change the project's name to something more fitting, "Backstage Agony".

Magia Exedra

Kioku

Hollow WomanGroundhog Daze

A Magical Girl who is caught up in a mysterious time loop phenomenon. Mabayu is a third-year student at Mitakihara Middle School and lives with her aunt Sakie above the pastry shop Récompense. She loves watching movies alone, and frequents video rental shops and movie theaters.

General info

[Hollow Woman] Mabayu Aki ([ホロウ・ウーマン] 愛生まばゆ)
Element	Role	Rarity	SPD
Light	Buffer	✦✦✦✦✦	119
	HP	ATK	DEF
Base	329	93	104
Max	10169	3199	3447
Critical Rate Magic Buff		Critical DMG Magic Buff
+5%		+10%
Ascension ✤✢✢✢✢ ✤✤✢✢✢ ✤✤✤✢✢ ✤✤✤✤✢ ✤✤✤✤✤ Increases HP/ATK/DEF by 2%. Adds 1 turn to the duration of buff effects applied. Increases HP/ATK/DEF by 2%. Increases DMG dealt when targeting elemental weakness by 30% for all allies with Cutaway. On battle skill use, advances all allies' action order by 10%. Increases HP/ATK/DEF by 2%. Increases Special Attack Lvl. Cap by 3. Increases HP/ATK/DEF by 2%. Increases buff effects applied by 50% (* excluding MP recovery and action order advance effects), and on special attack, grants 1 SP. Increases HP/ATK/DEF by 2%. Increases Special Attack Lvl. Cap by 3.
Skills Special Attack Battle Skill Basic Attack Ability Support Ability Hollow Woman (ホロウ・ウーマン) 75 MP Cut & Splice (カット＆スプライス) — Haste Enchantment (ヘイストエンチャント) Haste Quickness (ヘイストクイック) Deals 270-400% light DMG to a single enemy. Increases all allies' DMG dealt by 15-25% (2 turns) and DMG dealt when targeting elemental weakness by 20% (2 turns). Grants Cutaway to a single ally and increases ATK by 30-50% (2 turns). Cutaway: Increases action order by 100% and removes 1-2 debuffs at turn end for the Kioku with Cutaway (Cutaway effect not granted to user). On effect activation, Cutaway is removed. Deals 50-100% light DMG to a single enemy. At battle start, advances action order by 30%. On basic attack, advances action order by 20%. Increases all allies' DMG dealt when targeting elemental weakness by 10-20%. Equipped to Buffer: On basic attack, advances action order by 10%. Increases SPD by 10-20%. Skill scaling 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Ⅰ Ⅱ 270 15 274 16 280 17 288 18 299 19 309 20 322 21 342 22 368 23 400 25 Ⅰ Ⅱ 30 1 31 1 33 1 35 1 37 1 40 2 42 2 44 2 47 2 50 2 Ⅰ 50 54 58 63 68 74 80 86 92 100 Ⅰ 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 Ⅰ 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 Unique EX Crystalis Ability I Can Make Miracles Happen Too! (私だって、奇跡が起こせるッ！) On basic attack, increases SPD by 10% (1 turn). * Not affected by increases to buff effects or turn count. On special attack, grants 5 MP.

Magic Level Buffs

1-15			16-30			31-45			46-60			61-75			76-90			91-105			106-120
1	HP	+100	16	HP	+100	31	DEF	+36	46	HP	+100	61	Critical Rate	+2.5%	76	Critical DMG	+2%	91	HP	+100	106	HP	+100
2	ATK	+36	17	ATK	+36	32	HP	+100	47	ATK	+36	62	HP	+100	77	HP	+100	92	ATK	+36	107	ATK	+36
3	DEF	+36	18	DEF	+36	33	Battle Skill	Lvl.4	48	Ability	Lvl.5	63	Battle Skill	Lvl.7	78	Support Ability	Lvl.5	93	Ability	Lvl.8	108	Ability	Lvl.9
4	HP	+100	19	HP	+100	34	ATK	+36	49	DEF	+36	64	ATK	+36	79	ATK	+36	94	DEF	+36	109	DEF	+36
5	Battle Skill	Lvl.2	20	Battle Skill	Lvl.3	35	DEF	+36	50	Critical DMG	+2%	65	DEF	+36	80	DEF	+36	95	HP	+100	110	HP	+100
6	ATK	+36	21	ATK	+36	36	Basic Attack	Lvl.4	51	Battle Skill	Lvl.6	66	Support Ability	Lvl.3	81	Battle Skill	Lvl.8	96	Support Ability	Lvl.8	111	Battle Skill	Lvl.10
7	DEF	+36	22	DEF	+36	37	HP	+100	52	HP	+100	67	HP	+100	82	HP	+100	97	ATK	+36	112	ATK	+36
8	HP	+100	23	HP	+100	38	ATK	+36	53	ATK	+36	68	ATK	+36	83	ATK	+36	98	DEF	+36	113	DEF	+36
9	ATK	+36	24	ATK	+36	39	Ability	Lvl.4	54	Basic Attack	Lvl.6	69	Basic Attack	Lvl.7	84	Support Ability	Lvl.6	99	Battle Skill	Lvl.9	114	Support Ability	Lvl.10
10	Basic Attack	Lvl.2	25	Basic Attack	Lvl.3	40	DEF	+36	55	DEF	+36	70	DEF	+36	85	DEF	+36	100	Critical DMG	+2%	115	HP	+100
11	DEF	+36	26	Critical DMG	+2%	41	HP	+100	56	HP	+100	71	HP	+100	86	HP	+100	101	HP	+100	116	Critical DMG	+2%
12	HP	+100	27	DEF	+36	42	Battle Skill	Lvl.5	57	Ability	Lvl.6	72	Support Ability	Lvl.4	87	Basic Attack	Lvl.8	102	Support Ability	Lvl.9	117	Basic Attack	Lvl.10
13	ATK	+36	28	HP	+100	43	ATK	+36	58	ATK	+36	73	ATK	+36	88	ATK	+36	103	ATK	+36	118	HP	+100
14	DEF	+36	29	ATK	+36	44	DEF	+36	59	DEF	+36	74	DEF	+36	89	DEF	+36	104	DEF	+36	119	Critical Rate	+2.5%
15	Ability	Lvl.2	30	Ability	Lvl.3	45	Basic Attack	Lvl.5	60	Support Ability	Lvl.2	75	Ability	Lvl.7	90	Support Ability	Lvl.7	105	Basic Attack	Lvl.9	120	Ability	Lvl.10

A Magical Girl who races alongside Homura to save Madoka. She can glimpse into the future and "cut film" to erase memories. After so many takes, she's perfected latte art between scenes.

General info

[Groundhog Daze] Mabayu Aki ([解はデジャ・ブ] 愛生まばゆ)
Element	Role	Rarity	SPD
Void	Breaker	✦✦✦✦✦	117
	HP	ATK	DEF
Base	324	100	103
Max	10060	3364	3430
Critical Rate Magic Buff		Critical DMG Magic Buff
+5%		+10%
Ascension ✤✢✢✢✢ ✤✤✢✢✢ ✤✤✤✢✢ ✤✤✤✤✢ ✤✤✤✤✤ Increases HP/ATK/DEF by 2%. Increases break gauge depletion, and on enemy break, increases SPD by 20% (2 turns). Increases HP/ATK/DEF by 2%. Adds 1 turn to the duration of Invisible effects. On battle skill use, grants 5 MP. Increases follow-up attack break gauge depletion. Increases HP/ATK/DEF by 2%. Increases Special Attack Lvl. Cap by 3. Increases HP/ATK/DEF by 2%. On enemy break, advances all allies' action order by 20%. Increases HP/ATK/DEF by 2%. Increases Special Attack Lvl. Cap by 3.
Skills Special Attack Battle Skill Basic Attack Ability Support Ability Groundhog Daze (解はデジャ・ブ) 75 MP Refraction Fade (リフラクション・フェード) — Haste Chase (ヘイストチェイス) Haste Technique (ヘイストテクニカル) Deals 230-360% void DMG to a single enemy. Increases own break gauge depletion (2 turns), and increases all allies' follow-up attack and counterattack DMG dealt by 50% (2 turns). While Invisible is applied to self: Increases all allies' DMG dealt when targeting elemental weakness by 20% (2 turns). Triggers a follow-up attack (Does not consume Magic). Deals 130-195% void DMG to a single enemy. Applies Invisible to self (2 turns). Grants 2 Magic. Invisible: Increases own break gauge depletion, increases break bonus by 30%, and decreases DMG taken by 15%. Deals 50-100% void DMG to a single enemy. Grants 1 Magic. 3 Magic at battle start. Max 5 Magic. When allies other than self use basic attack, battle skill, or special attack while Invisible is applied: Grants 1 Magic. At 5 Magic, triggers a follow-up attack. Follow-Up Attack: Deals 40-60% void DMG to a single enemy. Increases own SPD by 5% (2 turns; max 4 stacks). Equipped to Breaker: Increases SPD by 10-20%. On own special attack, increases break gauge depletion (2 turns). Skill scaling 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Ⅰ 230 234 240 248 259 269 282 302 328 360 Ⅰ 130 135 140 147 154 161 169 177 185 195 Ⅰ 50 54 58 63 68 74 80 86 92 100 Ⅰ 40 41 43 45 47 50 52 54 57 60 Ⅰ 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 Unique EX Crystalis Ability Turned Out to Be a Wonderful Film (とっても、ステキなフィルムになりましたね) On basic attack, grants 2 MP. While Invisible is applied to self: On taking at least 1 DMG from an enemy attack, advances action order by 5%.

Magic Level Buffs

1-15			16-30			31-45			46-60			61-75			76-90			91-105			106-120
1	HP	+100	16	HP	+100	31	DEF	+36	46	HP	+100	61	Critical Rate	+2.5%	76	Critical DMG	+2%	91	HP	+100	106	HP	+100
2	ATK	+36	17	ATK	+36	32	HP	+100	47	ATK	+36	62	HP	+100	77	HP	+100	92	ATK	+36	107	ATK	+36
3	DEF	+36	18	DEF	+36	33	Battle Skill	Lvl.4	48	Ability	Lvl.5	63	Battle Skill	Lvl.7	78	Support Ability	Lvl.5	93	Ability	Lvl.8	108	Ability	Lvl.9
4	HP	+100	19	HP	+100	34	ATK	+36	49	DEF	+36	64	ATK	+36	79	ATK	+36	94	DEF	+36	109	DEF	+36
5	Battle Skill	Lvl.2	20	Battle Skill	Lvl.3	35	DEF	+36	50	Critical DMG	+2%	65	DEF	+36	80	DEF	+36	95	HP	+100	110	HP	+100
6	ATK	+36	21	ATK	+36	36	Basic Attack	Lvl.4	51	Battle Skill	Lvl.6	66	Support Ability	Lvl.3	81	Battle Skill	Lvl.8	96	Support Ability	Lvl.8	111	Battle Skill	Lvl.10
7	DEF	+36	22	DEF	+36	37	HP	+100	52	HP	+100	67	HP	+100	82	HP	+100	97	ATK	+36	112	ATK	+36
8	HP	+100	23	HP	+100	38	ATK	+36	53	ATK	+36	68	ATK	+36	83	ATK	+36	98	DEF	+36	113	DEF	+36
9	ATK	+36	24	ATK	+36	39	Ability	Lvl.4	54	Basic Attack	Lvl.6	69	Basic Attack	Lvl.7	84	Support Ability	Lvl.6	99	Battle Skill	Lvl.9	114	Support Ability	Lvl.10
10	Basic Attack	Lvl.2	25	Basic Attack	Lvl.3	40	DEF	+36	55	DEF	+36	70	DEF	+36	85	DEF	+36	100	Critical DMG	+2%	115	HP	+100
11	DEF	+36	26	Critical DMG	+2%	41	HP	+100	56	HP	+100	71	HP	+100	86	HP	+100	101	HP	+100	116	Critical DMG	+2%
12	HP	+100	27	DEF	+36	42	Battle Skill	Lvl.5	57	Ability	Lvl.6	72	Support Ability	Lvl.4	87	Basic Attack	Lvl.8	102	Support Ability	Lvl.9	117	Basic Attack	Lvl.10
13	ATK	+36	28	HP	+100	43	ATK	+36	58	ATK	+36	73	ATK	+36	88	ATK	+36	103	ATK	+36	118	HP	+100
14	DEF	+36	29	ATK	+36	44	DEF	+36	59	DEF	+36	74	DEF	+36	89	DEF	+36	104	DEF	+36	119	Critical Rate	+2.5%
15	Ability	Lvl.2	30	Ability	Lvl.3	45	Basic Attack	Lvl.5	60	Support Ability	Lvl.2	75	Ability	Lvl.7	90	Support Ability	Lvl.7	105	Basic Attack	Lvl.9	120	Ability	Lvl.10

Heartphial Story

For Mabayu Aki's Heartphial Story see Days on Repeat.

Unique Portrait

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Portrait	HP	ATK	DEF	Ability	Obtained
✦✦✦✦ Warmth Found Again 取り戻したぬくもり	Initial: +126 Max: +513	Initial: +22 Max: +92	Initial: +30 Max: +124	Increases SPD by 5-10%. Equipped to Mabayu Aki: Also increases MP recovery rate by 1-5%.	Mabayu Aki's Heartphial
Portrait	HP	ATK	DEF	Ability	Obtained

Gallery

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Trivia

• Mabayu's artwork often contains inconsistencies in her hat, which is commonly depicted as a camera dial (fitting for her film motif).
  • In Magia Exedra, it is depicted as a camera dial cap.
• She shares her voice actress with Oriko Mikuni.
• She and Mami Tomoe are the only scene0 characters where the film in their 4 Star card arts do not mirror any other characters.
• In Magia Exedra:
  • Her 5✦ Kioku, Hollow Woman, has a unique skill icon, a single section of a film reel, and a unique visual effect, a loop of green film rotating around the buffed character.
  • She is the first character whose Heartphial voicelines, Portrait, and Side Story are unobtainable on her release, excluding Name. They were made obtainable after scene0 part three was released and added to the main story.
  • Her 5✦ Kioku, Hollow Woman, is a reference to the 2000 movie Hollow Man, in which the protagonist, a scientist, turns invisible due to his own serum. This is likely a double reference to Mabayu's ability of bending light to turn herself invisible and her nature as a cinephile.
  • Her 5✦ Kioku, Groundhog Daze, is a reference to the 1993 movie Groundhog Day.
    • This also applies to its Japanese name - Kai wa Deja Bu (解はデジャ・ブ, lit. The Solution is Deja Vu) - as Groundhog Day's Japanese title is Koi wa Deja Bu (恋はデジャ・ブ, lit. Love is Deja Vu).
  • When the player obtains her 5✦ Kioku Hollow Woman, a special animation plays when the "crystal door" is opened. She is the second Kioku to have this, after Madoka Kaname's 5✦ Kioku Nothing to Despair, Ever. There are two different special animation by random, one being similar pop screen like most other Kiokus, and the other one similar but with extra films falling from the top.
  • Mabayu's artwork in Magia Record contained inconsistencies in her hat, which commonly is depicted as a camera dial cap. In Magia Exedra, it is depicted as a camera dial cap.
  • According to a developer stream, Groundhog Daze Mabayu is set to have different animations and voice clip to symbolize Mabayu's growth throughout the events of scene0, other than differentiating Hollow Woman Mabayu.

Observations

• Her design bears similarities to the design and motifs of Walpurgisnacht, leading some to believe she may be the Magical Girl whose Witch ultimately became the catalyst for Walpurgisnacht’s existence.
  • Her green hair, film strip motif used in her teaser trailer, and apparent ability to recall information across Homura Akemi's rewindings of time have also given rise to speculation that she may instead be Itzli, originally implied to be the Witch of an alien Magical Girl not from Earth, or that Itzli's Magical Girl backstory has been repurposed for Mabayu and/or Walpurgisnacht.
    • The theory of her being Itzli was further theorized due to Itzlis barrier being a grand theatre, and her appearing in film reels.
  • Mabayu also shares elements with the Witch Kirsten H.N Elly, due to the concept of boxing memories (With Mabayu's ability to cut memories), Screens (referencing mabayu's love for movies), and both their "wishes" relating to removing a Memory.

Etymology

• Her given name (まばゆ) is contained in the phrase 'mabayui' (まばゆい), meaning "dazzling", "glaring", or "beautiful".
• Her surname is comprised of the kanji (愛), meaning "love", and (生), meaning "raw", "unrefined", "pure", or "undefiled", as well as "life" or "living".

Speculation

The theories below have not been proven yet.

Please keep in mind that they are fanmade theories, and not official material.

• She may also have the power to summon past Magical Girls (as shown in the opening to Magia Exedra), but how she would do this is unknown.
• It is speculated that she is the identity of Itzli due to her cinephile theme and similar abilities.