Mabayu Aki

Mabayu Aki
Japanese Name	愛生まばゆ (Aki Mabayu)
Voiced by	Japanese: Saori Hayami
ID No:	2009
Release Date (JP):	October 3, 2023

Mabayu Aki is a character in the 2017 mobile game Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record and is the main character of Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Scene 0.

General Info

Physical Features
Age	15 (^[1])
Eye colour	Purple
Hair colour	Green
Magic
Soul Gem	Purple circle on left hip/side of pelvis (similar to a camera lens)
Weapon	Golden scissors
Witch Form	Unknown
Powers and Abilities	Optical Camouflage
Wish	Unknown
Other
Japanese pronoun	watashi (私)
Known relatives	Sakie Aki (aunt) Unknown Mother (deceased)
Origins	Mitakihara City
School	Mitakihara Middle School (9th Grade)

↑ In the Magia Day 2023, it was said that Mabayu is a year older than Madoka, who is 14.

Game Info

Stats, Connect, Magia Data

Rarity	Final Lv	Type	Attribute
3★→ 4★	80	Magia
STATS	HP	ATK	DEF
Initial	4044	1566	1250
Max at ★3	13943	5361	4220
Max at ★4	18121	6965	5482
Max SE	25160	9545	7941

Disks

	Connect: Leave the planning to me
★3	Attack UP [V] & Remove Debuffs
★4	Attack UP [VII] & Remove Debuffs
	Magia: The answer is déjà vu
★3	Damage to Single Enemy [IV] & Remove Granted Effects (Single) & MP Damage (Single) & Attack UP (All / 3T)
★4	Damage to Single Enemy [V] & Remove Granted Effects (Single) & MP Damage (Single) & Attack UP (All / 3T)

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%
SE	+6%	+7%	+5%	+12%	+12%	+9%


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

Summary

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.

Side Story

As of yet, Mabayu does not have a side story.

Appearances

Scene 0

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.

Mabayu has the ability to move while time is frozen.
- She also has the ability to remember previous time loops
- Mabayu also has the power to see the future of who ever she sees into their eyes.

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".

Trivia

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 is further theorized due to Itzlis barrier being a grand theatre, and her appearing in film reels.
She wears a golden hairpin that resembles the blades of scissors, like her weapon, or, appropriately, the hands of a clock.
She shares her voice actress with Oriko Mikuni.
She works in a café named Récompense, owned by her aunt and legal guardian Sakie Aki. Her aunt is trying to pet a black stray cat named Amy.^[1]
- Récompense means to repay or reward in French.
She is a cinephile (someone who is obsessed with movies).
Curiously, Mabayu's mother also had the ability to see the future.

Transformation video:
In her Transformation we see various clips from the key points of the Original Anime such as
- Madoka and Sayaka Walking to school
- Mami explains the life of Magical Girls in her apartment
- Sayaka in Kyosuke's Hospital Room
- Kyoko observing Mitakihara
- Homura walking to Walpurgis
- Kyuubey in Ultimate Madoka Transformation

Madoka Kaname (Scene 0 ver.)

This video is simultaneous with/continued in Madoka Kaname (Scene 0 ver.)'s video, and appears twice in Madoka's:

The window Mabayu is looking through connects to the room Madoka is swinging in. Mabayu is first seen briefly in Madoka's video through this window.
She is seen in the Holy Quintet group shot of them floating. While Madoka's background features colorful circles, Mabayu's is completely black.

Homura Akemi (Scene 0 ver.)

In Mabayu's transformation sequence, Homura can be seen stopping and starting time, coherently affecting time in Mabayu's Transformation
We also catch a glimpse of Homura's shadow running during these time stops

Kyoko Sakura (Scene 0 ver.)

In Kyoko's transformation sequence, we can catch a glimpse of Mabayu running down an alley as if spying on Kyoko.
She is absent from the floating scene with the other girls.