Koito Asako
| Koito Asako | |
|---|---|
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| Japanese Name | 浅古 小糸 Asako Koito |
| Character Designer Primary Artist |
Mura Kuroe |
Koito Asako (浅古 小糸 Asako Koito) is a minor supporting character appearing in Puella Magi Oriko Magica: Sadness Prayer. She is Komaki Asako's younger sister.
General Info
| Physical Features | |
|---|---|
| Age | 12-14 (estimated; [1]) |
| Eye colour | Possibly either purple or blue |
| Hair colour | Purple |
| Magic | |
| Soul Gem | Unknown, possibly the oval on her tie or the medium oval on her right glove |
| Weapon | Conductor Baton[2] |
| Witch Form | Unknown |
| Powers and Abilities | Lie Detection[3][4] |
| Wish | “I want to know everything” (referring to the death of her sister and the other girls in Mitakihara) |
| Other | |
| Japanese pronoun | Watashi (私) |
| Known relatives | Unnamed parents, Komaki Asako (older sister) |
| Origins | Possibly Mitakihara City |
| School | Shirome Middle School |
- ↑ Koito is the younger sister of Komaki, who is 15, and she attends the same school, so she can't be younger than 12.
- ↑ https://x.com/toyphel_mc/status/1813823007162597718?t=6M1hLcpnEhnQ6IH8H8Ucbg&s=19
- ↑ https://x.com/toyphel_mc/status/1813826211266851112?t=mHfACQrxuuHLIJh4lKylIQ&s=19
- ↑ https://x.com/toyphel_mc/status/1813826449302036493?t=Mluo8pw56VpikcQBEDeTzQ&s=19
Personality
Koito is calmer and more friendly than her sister Komaki. She is seen displaying a lot of concern for the welfare of others and her sister.
Story
Koito only appears in Sadness Prayer. After witnessing Komaki sneaking out various times at night, Koito begins to suspect she has a nightlife. Koito tried telling her parents, but Komaki dismissed it as stomach pains. Koito thus relays her suspicions to her friend Akira Namekata, who begins investigating into Komaki's supposed nightlife.
After her sister and Akira's deaths, Koito is overcome with guilt because she feels as though she should have stopped Komaki from going out. She also feels like Akira's death is her fault, as she is the one who asked Akira to watch Komaki. She talks with Oriko, who relieves some of her guilt.
At the very end of Sadness Prayer it's revealed that Koito made a contract with Kyubey and became a magical girl in order to help in the fight against Walpurgisnacht with Mami Tomoe, Kyoko Sakura and Yuma Chitose.
Observations
- Koito attends Shirome Middle School but she is not seen in the uniform until volume 3.
Powers and Abilities
Official sources have confirmed that Koito's power is lie detection, likely stemming from her wish to 'know everything'.
Etmology
- Koito "小糸" means "small thread". This would fit thematically with her sister's name if translated as "small roll of cloth".
- Koito's last name, "浅古", means "shallow and old" or "superficially old".
Trivia
- At the end of Sadness Prayer, it is implied that Koito would get a spin off of her own. However, this is yet to happen.
- Her outfit is based on a bard, as she is "a narrator that thinks about Oriko's bad actions after death".
- She was designed with feathers as bards used to use them.
- She was designed to be more gentle than other magical girls, since she only appears in the epilogue.
Gallery
Official Art
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Color page of Yuma and Koito from Volume 4
Art by the artist
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Koito's full magical girl outfit and weapon, a conductor baton.
Manga pages
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Koito's casual clothes. -
Koito in another casual outfit. -
Koito sees Komaki sneaking out of the house. -
Koito as a magical girl. -
Koito's weapon
