Magia Record Episode 17: Are You Okay With That?

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Are You Okay With That? お前はそれでいいのかよ
First airing	August 22, 2021
Script	Katsuhiko Takayama
Storyboard	Yukihiro Miyamoto Hiroto Nagata
Episode director	Syuji Miyazaki
Animation Director	Katsuyuu Shimizu Syoto Asai Yoshikatsu Matsuzaki Akihisa Takano Syuji Miyazaki Kiichi Takaoka

Are You Okay With That is the fourth episode of Magia Record Anime Season 2.

Summary

Iroha turns back to herself. Eternal Sakura leaves a message to Iroha that she is waiting for all four of them together here and disappears. Getting back to Mikazuki villa, Iroha sees the room in disorder and asks where the other people went. Yachiyo replies that they haven't come back since going to the Memorial Museum. They may be captured by the Magius. Yachiyo also questions Kuroe about where the others are. Kuroe tells her that she didn't meet any of them. Iroha asks Kuroe how Nemu is now, and she has many questions to ask. Yachiyo suggests Kuroe to bring them to Hotel Fenthope.

Kuroe leads them into a farm and opens an entrance. At the same time, the Amane sisters are exiting. Yachiyo takes them on so that Iroha and Kuroe can enter Hotel Fenthope. The entrance closes. Iroha and Kuroe see a train and get a ride. Iroha asks Kuroe why she joined the Wings of the Magius. Kuroe tells her that she is too weak to defeat witches in Kamihama. In fact, she has already released her doppel several times. Iroha urges her not to depend on her doppel. There should be more magical girls from Takarazaki, so she suggests Kuroe find help. Kuroe replies it is not going so well. What to do if many magical girls, who are so weak that they might die tomorrow gather in Kamihama? Iroha says she will try to cooperate with them.

Getting off the train, Kuroe and Iroha see Rena coming. Rena states that she was a black feather until now. She is trying to escape with Kaede. Iroha informs her this way is blocked by the Amane sisters. Rena and Kaede turn back to search for another way out, with Iroha and Kuroe. Iroha suggests Rena visit Mitama, but Rena rejects her. Kuroe finds something strange about Kaede.

Meanwhile, Madoka investigates a poster with her soul gem in ring form. Sayaka and Homura are with her too. Sayaka complains there's no trail to find Mami. Homura notices the posters are to recruit magical girls into the Wings of the Magius. But they seem not to be their target.

Irohas passes a room with many spherical containers. Rena says that she heard the Magius breed witches here. Kuroe asks Iroha whether she is afraid of becoming a witch. Iroha answers she is sad rather than afraid. It's sorrowful to become a witch and be stuck in such a small space until becoming a grief seed. It is not right. An uwasa of the soldier bear approaches and attacks them. Kuroe is hit and falls. With her soul gem reaching its limit, she intends to summon her doppel to fight back. She is stopped by Iroha however. Iroha cleans up her soul gem with a grief seed, and suggests they connect. They defeat the uwasa, but Kaede seems to be strange. After saying sorry to Rena, Kaede turns into her doppel form and goes out of control. Iroha connects with Rena and fixates the doppel with Kuroe, but the doppel does not turn back. Mitama arrives with Momoko. She says it needs a coordinator's ability to deal with such a situation. Mitama then seals the doppel into a ball.

They enter a room with many spherical containers in it. A signboard says it is an isolation facility for doppel syndrome victims. Mitama puts the ball into an empty slot and explains it possible to be taken over by one's doppel if a magical girl depends on it too much. This place is a shelter for such victims. Momoko ask Mitama why she hid such information. Mitama replies that she already warned them not to use doppels too much. Momoko says that they weren't told how severe the result is, and doubts whether there's no way but to confine them here. Iroha asks Mitama when they will recover. Mitama says they are healing here, not confined. She doesn't know when the magical girls will be healed, either. Kuroe feels scared, and Iroha holds her hand to comfort her.

She then questions Mitama on whether she thinks what the Magius are doing is right. Mitama replies that why can't it be done if it is not right? These magical girls are at least lucky enough to be alive here. She refutes that is it any better to release them in such state. Rena disagrees, saying it is no difference from becoming a witch, and this is not what she expects. Iroha says that she knows the situation those magical girls are in since she has had the same experience. She had a nightmare in there about her friends being hurt and becoming witches. Then a happy but fake world was built by her doppel to conceal the bad dream. Iroha says that she must meet Nemu and Touka to help magical girls.

In the deep space of Hotel Fenthope, the Magius are sitting around a round table. Touka and Nemu says it about time to librate magical girls.

Translations

See Runes Page.

Observations

• In the anime, it seems that magical girls in Kamihama may be taken over by their Doppel form if they overuse that ability. It is not known whether they would recover. Rena says it is no different from becoming a witch.
• In the room where Magius raises witches to maturity, three previously killed witches Candy, Rebecca and Stacey make an appearance, suggesting that they were raised from familiars, along with three other unnamed witches.
• In the Doppel Isolation Ward of the Wings of the Magius, it is confirmed that Konomi Haruna, Natsuki Utsuho and Riko Chiaki have fused with their Doppel and are isolated there. There are also Dopppel forms that resemble Alexandra Kurusu and Yukika Nanase, but no details are available - the resemblance is likely unintended. Mitama Yakumo seems to be responsible for managing this room.

Trivia

• In OP this episode, Yachiyo is added. Also in the night train, Yachiyo and Kuroe are with Iroha.
• The 4 isolated magical girls appear to represent the 4 seasons.
  • Konomi Haruka's 'Haru' means spring.
  • Natsuki Utsusho's 'Natsu' means summer.
  • Riko Chiaki's 'aki' means autumn.
  • Kaede Akino is often unofficially called 'Fuyu' (ふゆぅ). In Japanese, winter is pronounced the same.
• In the scene where Madoka, Homura, and Sayaka appear, there are posters for the Alina Gray exhibition. The exhibition is held at "Asunaro Museum of Contemporary Art" which probably exists in Asunaro City.

Gallery

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