Magia Record Event - Happy New Year! Dragon Rush!

Happy New Year! Dragon Rush! (明けまして竜突猛進！) is a New Year's Event in Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story. It was released on the JP server on January 1st 2024, alongside the release of Asuka Tatsuki (New Year Dragon God), and was available until January 12th.

Story

Asuka sees the kadomatsu and hopes for an auspicious first dream. She has a vivid dream about a ritual involving a dragon and tells her parents about it. They explain the legend of the Dragon God, the founder of their family, and a lost New Year's ritual. Asuka decides she will revive the ritual.

A few days later, Asuka goes shopping with Sasara. She explains her dream and her plan to revive the ritual, but Sasara is worried it's based on too little information and could be dangerous.

The two sense and fight a Witch, but Asuka is injured protecting Sasara, and the Witch escapes. Sasara is angry that Asuka doesn't value her own safety, and the arguments escalates until Sasara leaves.

Asuka confides in their friends about the fight, and she declares that she will perform the ritual to prove her righteousness, and by extension, prove that Sasara's justice is correct. With Emiri's help, they use a group chat to ask other Magical Girls for information about the ritual.

The group investigates and they find an old mallet in a box at Asuka's house, along with a note saying it will shine for a righteous person of the Tatsuki family. The mallet does not shine for Asuka, causing her to doubt if she is righteous.

She goes to Suitoku Temple and learns from the Tokime clan that the ritual was likely a Kagami Biraki (Mirror Opening ceremony).

Troubled by the mallet's judgment, Asuka tries to become more righteous by performing good deeds around town. Her attempts are clumsy and often backfire, causing more trouble until her friends find her and bring her home.

Asuka goes to apologize to Sasara, but the conversation fails because Asuka still doesn't understand why Sasara is angry. To help her, Livia performs a coordination on Asuka and tells her to have a real conversation with her friend.

Asuka meditates in her garden, trying to understand righteousness. Ryoko visits and advises her to stop overthinking and to figure out what she doesn't understand. Asuka realizes she doesn't understand why she made Sasara angry or what "righteousness" truly means.

The Tokime clan and Sasara discuss the situation separately. Sasara explains that she is angry because Asuka constantly risks herself and doesn't listen to her pleas to be more careful. She wants Asuka to realize on her own that she needs to value her own safety.

The day of the ritual arrives and Asuka still hasn't found a clear answer. The Witch from their previous fight reappears, but Asuka hesitates, once again doubting her own righteousness. Regardless, she decides to fight based on her current convictions and Sasara arrives to fight the Witch as well.

During the battle, Sasara mimics Asuka's reckless behavior to make her understand how it feels to watch someone you care about risk themselves. Asuka finally understands Sasara's feelings and they reconcile.

The mallet begins to shine, and Asuka transforms into a form resembling the Dragon God from her dream. Together with Sasara and the Tokime clan, they defeat the Witch.

Their friends arrive, having been worried and Ryoko reveals that the story about past ritual failures was a lie, concocted to motivate Asuka.

Asuka performs the Kagami Biraki ritual with the shining mallet, which causes the ceremonial mochi to multiply magically. They decide to share the mochi with all the Magical Girls to celebrate the New Year and their reconciliation.

Memoria Cards

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Card	Effect	Cooldown	EN Text	Original Text
When the Gavel Shines 小槌の輝くとき		Narrow Shield Normal Passive Attack UP When At Critical Health [VI] & Defense UP When At Critical Health [III] & Damage Cut [III] Max Limit Break Attack UP When At Critical Health [VII] & Defense UP When At Critical Health [IV] & Damage Cut [IV]	What is right? What should I do? I didn't know the correct answer for the longest time. However, if you look at your core, at what's important, a guidepost will appear. Even if it's not the only answer, if there's something you can believe in, then the gavel will surely respond to your wishes.	何が正しいのか、どうするべきか、正解はずっとわからないまま けれど自分の芯を、大事なものを見つめれば道標は現れる それが唯一の答えじゃなくとも、信じられるものがそこにあるのなら きっと小槌は、あなたの想いに応えてくれる
Try Your Luck With All Your Might 運試しだって全力で		Brandish Normal Blast Damage UP [V] & Damage UP [V] (Self / 1T) 6 turns Max Limit Break Blast Damage UP [VI] & Damage UP [VI] (Self / 1T) 5 turns	"Please take a look, Sasara-san! It's great luck against demons!" "Oh, that's amazing!... But it's like they keep saying 'don't rush'..." "The contents are bitter even though it is a great blessing in disguise.... but it's a good story if you can settle down!" "If I could do that, I wouldn't have any troubles..."	「ささらさん、見てください！破魔大吉です！」 「おお、すごいね！…でも“焦らずに”の言葉が連発されてるような…」 「破魔大吉なのに中身が辛辣…しかし落ち着けばいい話ですので！」 「それができれば苦労しないけどね…」
Correct Answer 正しさの答え		Counteract Normal ??? ? turns Max Limit Break Remove Debuffs (Self) 9 turns	To believe in righteousness and to go straight ahead, even if it is sometimes wrong, it is the only way for me, and if this is my righteousness, then I will keep going, following my heart, following the righteousness I believe in.	正しさを信じ、まっすぐに進むこと ときに誤りであったとしても私にはきっとそれしかない これが己の正しさだとするのなら、進み続けていこう 心のままに、自分が信じる正義のままに
The Scenery I look Upon With Eyes Closed 目を閉じ、見つめる先に		Repartee Normal Passive ??? Max Limit Break Attack UP [IV] & Guaranteed Anti-Bind	When I close my eyes and breathe deeply, my noisy emotions calm down, but even if I gain composure, behind my eyelids I see only the sight of your back receding into the distance. Eventually I'll open my eyes and stand up with a heart that feels like it's about to start running.	目を閉じ、深く呼吸をすると、騒がしい感情も凪いでいく けれど、落ち着きを得てもまぶたの裏には ただあなたの背が遠のいていく景色しか映らない やがて私は目を開き、走り出しそうな心を抱いて立ち上がるだろう
Card	Effect	Cooldown	EN Text	Original Text

See Also

• Terrible Luck is a Premonition of Melting Snow