Magia Record Story Brethren Revived On Halloween

Part 1

Prologue

Yuna and her father are discussing an upcoming road expansion construction near a mostly deserted riverbank. He mentions the project is proceeding smoothly without the usual eviction issues, but says that there may be traffic restrictions.

Upon seeing the map location, Yuna becomes alarmed. She realizes the construction is happening near the location of their catacombs.

Yuna recalls the visions they'd seen during Winchester's attacks in Chapter 12. Ranka, Hikaru, Ao and Juri were terrified that the catacombs would be discovered, believing it would mean their doom at the hands of the law.

Ao lamented that her attempt to expose the suffering of Magical Girls backfired, leading to all of them being branded criminals. Juri was furious that others were targeting the girls, struggling to control her anger. Ranka vehemently argued they couldn't harm civilians without becoming enemies of humanity.

Yuna concludes that the "nightmare" her friends once feared is now on the verge of becoming a reality, coinciding with Halloween.

Episode 1

Juri, Ao, Ranka, Hikaru and Urara are gathered in Yuna's room playing a zombie co-op game during the day. Juri is frustrated after losing repeatedly, blaming the game mechanics while Ao criticizes her for not cooperating. Ranka teases Juri about her poor gaming skills.

Hikaru notes it's unusual to see Juri and Ao playing co-op and Juri explains she needs help clearing a high-difficulty Halloween event quest offering a jack-o'-lantern costume reward. This prompts Hikaru to ask about the origin of the term "jack-o'-lantern."

Ao shares the folktale: A cunning man named Jack tricked the Devil into promising never to take his soul. When Jack died, his lies barred him from Heaven, and the Devil upheld the promise, barring him from Hell. Pitying him, the Devil gave Jack an ember, which he placed in a carved turnip lantern to light his eternal wandering between realms. Ao notes turnips were later replaced by pumpkins and observes Jack's fate was ultimately his own fault for lying.

The group reacts with a mix of different opinions. Hikaru finds it fascinating, Ranka finds it spooky, while Urara feels sympathy for Jack's endless wandering.

Hikaru abruptly recognizes the sound of the front door opening as Yuna's return. Ao and Ranka find Yuna's frantic footsteps unusual and ominous, and when Yuna bursts in, she tells them the urgent news that construction is planned directly above their catacombs.

Episode 2

Yuna explains to the group that road expansion construction is planned for Futatsugi, and the detailed map confirms it will occur directly above their catacombs.

Ao and Ranka fear the catacombs being dug up would expose the buried bodies, while Juri worries their secrets will be exposed.

Hikaru panics about the nightmare's return, specifically Yuna being taken by police and their past crimes resurfacing, but Yuna clarifies the police incident was part of their past terrible dream visions. Yuna outlines that the catacombs are a Magical Girl graveyard and their discovery would trigger a police investigation.

Hikaru and Ao stress that revealing the connection between the bodies and Magical Girls would brand them as murderous demons, making them "enemies to the whole world".

Yuna tells them she lacks the power to stop the construction despite being the mayor's daughter. They cannot reveal the truth about the bodies and moving the remains is also undesirable as the catacombs are a crucial place for seeking closure for their fallen comrades.

Juri expresses her personal need to "make peace" with the dead before the site is lost, admitting she hasn't done so yet and rejecting her past suicidal ideation. She emphasizes she now has people to protect and to live for.

Later, at Folklore's base, Urara proposes the Folklore members a solution to use Asahi's personal magic to summon the spirits of the dead Magical Girls. Her goal is to allow Yuna, Juri, and the others to directly seek forgiveness and achieve closure.

Asahi, Lavi and Alexandra raise serious objections. Lavi and Alexandra question the plan's feasibility and simplicity, while Asahi strongly objects on ethical and practical grounds. She explains that summoning deceased Magical Girls is highly unpredictable, especially with unknown effects if they became Witches or had shattered Soul Gems. Asahi calls her power a "desecration of life," and that the summoned entities might not be true spirits, but illusions based on memories of the observers, or residual memories ingrained in the corpses. Additionally, the magic is difficult and taxing.

Urara passionately pleads, driven by a desire to "return the favor" to Yuna's group and prevent their lifelong regret. She denies having any "other motive" despite Asahi's suspicion.

Reluctantly, Asahi agrees solely because it's Urara's request, acknowledging the urgency. Lavi stresses the need for thorough preparation to avoid repeating "past mistakes".

Episode 3

Yuna, Juri, and Urara meet with Asahi and Lavi at the catacombs. Urara explains Folklore's offer: Asahi will use her personal magic to summon the spirits of the dead Futatsugi Magical Girls, allowing Yuna and Juri to seek closure before the construction destroys the site.

Juri agrees to face the spirits, acknowledging they likely "hold grudges" against her. She accepts potential punishment but refuses to die, stating living to protect others is her true atonement. She also questions if spirits can cause physical harm to begin with.

Asahi confirms spirits cannot physically attack but warns that mental assaults are an unknown risk. She references the "tragedy" in Yukuni, caused by her magic before. Lavi tells them that Alexandra is outside guarding them and also keeping a stash of Grief Seeds as a precaution.

Asahi performs the ritual, calling the departed Magical Girls. Ghosts of various factions, the Torayamachi, Ryuugasaki, and the Janomiya appear.

Yuna and Juri apologize to their spirits and explain the war stemmed from Grief Seed scarcity and a "fight for survival," admitting their role in escalating violence.

The spirits express deep resentment and refuse to forgive them. They reject their explanations as excuses, emphasizing there must have been some other way and that their deaths were preventable and meaningless. They demand true understanding of their suffering ("You will learn how we truly feel").

The spirits' collective anger and refusal, with their overlapping "I CAN'T FORGIVE YOU!" statements, overwhelm the ritual. Asahi loses control of her magic despite Lavi dropping her own "Concept Enhancement." Asahi then collapses, her Soul Gem rapidly darkening, and Yuna, Juri, Urara and Lavi follow soot.

Alexandra, sensing the disturbance from outside, rushes in to find everyone unconscious and Asahi's Soul Gem in critical condition.

Episode 4

Yuna and Juri find themselves in a surreal, peaceful version of Futatsugi. They witness magical girls from rival factions, Torayamachi, Ryuugasaki, and Janomiya, calmly resolving a minor territorial dispute under their mediation, an unprecedented cooperation.

Yuna and Juri telepathically communicate with each other, recognizing this world as completely wrong. They note that the Bloody Tragedy never occurred, the factions coexist harmoniously despite their history, Witches appear normally, Kyubey is still present, and new Magical Girls contract daily – yet no conflict arises.

Ao, Hikaru, Sakuya, and Ranka are absent, while the other deceased girls from different points in time still coexist.

They deduce this is likely a "world of the dead" created by the summoned spirits, featuring a jumbled timeline of Futatsugi's history. They suspect Asahi's personal magic and the spirits' overwhelming anger triggered their entrapment here.

Aware of potential unseen listeners or controllers, they play along with the peaceful charade. Yuna stopped Juri's earlier outburst to avoid revealing their awareness.

Telepathically to Yuna, Juri defends their past actions as "inevitable" due to the dire circumstances in Futatsugi after the Witch numbers dwindled. She bluntly admits their personal guilt in escalating it but rejects any "what if" scenarios as dishonest, believing that no words lessen their crimes.

Yuna questions if Juri is "justifying" their actions and laments her bluntness, but ultimately agrees their guilt remains unchanged regardless of explanation.

Based on the unnatural peace and the spirits' final furious rejection, they conclude this constructed reality is almost certainly the spirits' form of revenge, with the intent of forcing them to witness the peaceful Futatsugi they destroyed and cannot have.

Episode 5

Yuna and Juri devise a risky plan: Recognizing the spirits cannot attack first, they decide to deliberately restart the faction wars, recreating the brutal environment where the spirits can enact vengeance. They believe that if they can stage things so the dead girls can fight, they'll be able to let their feelings out.

They will accept the spirits' violent retribution but refuse to die, believing that their survival is necessary for their future atonement.

They decide to use their historical roles to reignite old rivalries and provoke conflict among the factions, forcing the spirits into a violent confrontation they can "win" to find catharsis.

At the Monzenbashi site that night, Juri violently rejects cooperation, declaring a return to the "strong survive" rule enforced by her fist. She offers Ryuugasaki's "protection" only as subjugation, saying they'll be her lackeys for life.

Yuna feigns that negotiations failed and publicly declares war on Juri. She challenges any objecting faction to fight them.

Episode 6

Yuna and Juri proceed to provoke the spirits by deliberately restarting the faction wars. However, despite escalating their aggression, with Juri launching a brutal solo raid on Torayamachi at the Monzenbashi site, and Yuna reluctantly participating, the spirits remain unresponsive. No vengeful attacks materialize, and the living Magical Girls refuse to retaliate, merely enduring the violence in stunned silence.

Frustrated by the lack of reaction, Juri pushes further, intentionally inflicting near-lethal injuries on faction members. Yuna braces for the expected counterattack, but instead, the severely injured Torayamachi girl regenerates instantly, standing unharmed.

All factions calmly reject violence, still pleading for peace. Yuna and Juri realize their plan has catastrophically failed, and that the world itself enforces peace. Overwhelmed, the two flee, boarding a train towards Kamihama City in a desperate, directionless escape from the nightmarish reset of Futatsugi.

Episode 7

Yuna and Juri quickly encounter an inescapable loop: The train announcements distort the destination name before relentlessly declaring "Next stop: Futatsugi City" no matter how far they travel or how long they sleep. The train also remains eerily empty of other passengers.

Forced to disembark at Futatsugi station, they are met by the unnaturally regenerated faction members chanting "Welcome back!" in unison. Juri grimly compares their situation to their earlier zombie co-op game, while Yuna draws a chilling parallel to Ao's jack-o'-lantern folktale. Like the cursed Jack, they risk being condemned to eternal, mind-destroying wandering – a fate worse than Hell or the revenge they anticipated.

A purple jack-o'-lantern now floats ominously nearby – unseen before, or previously unnoticed due to some kind of mental distortion. Additionally, the faction members' masked appearances, which they inexplicably never questioned before, now seem sinister.

Despite the psychological decay and loss of trust in their own senses, Juri grounds Yuna in their shared reality. In a moment of irony, they acknowledge that their former mortal enemy is now their only source of trust in this hellscape.

Episode 8

At Futatsugi station, Yuna and Juri face endless waves of regenerating faction members. Faced with the stark reality of their dwindling power and the creeping psychological exhaustion, Yuna reaches the conclusion that their plan to accept retribution while refusing to die is impossible here. To protect Ao, Hikaru, Ranka, and the future of Futatsugi's Magical Girls, they must embrace a monstrous choice.

Yuna declares they must become "demons" once more. To escape this "eternal hell" and reach their future, they must shed all restraint and fully embrace the bloodshed they once perpetrated.

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They resolve to fight while "carrying the blood of all the deceased," and Juri agrees that they must "suck up all their blood, all their grudges" to break the cycle.

They will provoke retribution to utterly destroy the spirits and deny them the chance to rise again, as a "war for the sake of mourning."

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Recognizing this path likely bars them from Hell itself, Yuna and Juri commit fully to their demonic transformation. With a final cry, they unleash their full, unrestrained power upon the relentless regenerating Futatsugi girls. The purple jack-o'-lantern glows ominously over the scene.

Episode 9

The perspective shifts to Urara, Lavi, and Asahi, who awaken in a grey, nebulous observation space after losing consciousness during the ritual's collapse. They watch Yuna and Juri's violent assault on the regenerating faction members through a monitor-like view, horrified by their senseless, "demonic brutality" against the dead.

The three are disturbed and confused by Yuna and Juri's actions. Lavi notes it's unlike their current selves, while Urara insists there must be a hidden reason and Asahi suggests they're being manipulated.

Urara can't identify any of the masked ghosts but notes Sakuya's absence.

They debate their location, wondering if this is the afterlife. Lavi morbidly wonders if they died and Asahi proposes the worst-case scenario that this could be her own Witch's Labyrinth, formed if her Soul Gem fully corrupted.

A nervous, unnamed girl interrupts their panic and she clarifies that they are neither dead, or Witches. She tells them that their magic was drained, not depleted to corruption, and that Alexandra is outside, actively purifying their Soul Gems. This space was created using Asahi's personal magic during the ritual.

The Guide is awkward and evasive about her identity, calling herself as just an "acquaintance" or "guide." She struggles with Alexandra's name and seems to possess unexplained knowledge of their situation, which makes Lavi suspicious. Despite this, they acknowledge that Guide's their only source of information.

The purple jack-o'-lantern visible in the monitor view pulses faintly.

Episode 10

The Guide explains that the space they're in was created using Asahi's personal magic, channeled through her connection to the summoned spirits. It functions more like a collective dream/hallucination than a Witch's Labyrinth.

The gray "gallery space" they're in was created by the deceased girls who have already forgiven Yuna and Juri. Its purpose is to protect bystanders from the dangerous "trial dimension" below. On the other hand, Yuna and Juri are trapped in a separate, unstable space created by spirits still struggling with forgiveness.

If the trial dimension collapses due to Yuna and Juri's actions, or the dead girls' spiritual rejection, the gallery space will also be destroyed, killing everyone inside ("that'd be the end of it").

The Guide transports them to the replica of the Futatsugi catacombs within this world. It contains unlit jack-o'-lanterns acting as metaphysical "gravestones" for the dead spirits.

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Crucially, the unlit lanterns reveal the spirits' emotional states when lit with fire and a "Crystal of Emotion."

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The orange jack-o'-lanterns signify the dead person's forgiveness has been granted, like the Guide and her unseen allies.

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Purple lanterns mean the spirit is conflicted about forgiving Yuna and Juri.

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And a red jack-o'-lantern means the spirit hasn't forgiven then, and is seeking revenge.

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The Guide reveals that her true purpose is to convince Folklore to intervene and save Juri, Yuna, and all of our friends (the spirits of the dead as well as the living girls trapped in the realm) before the trial dimension collapses and dooms them all.

Part 2

Episode 11

The Guide reveals that the Crystals of Emotion are the flowers offered to the dead during Asahi's ritual, which transformed into "Crystals of Emotion" within this space.

When the person who offered flowers burns a crystal in a spirit's lantern, they see fragments of that spirit's memories and feelings. Additionally, stronger connections would yield clearer visions.

To demonstrate, Asahi burns a Crystal of Emotion in the Guide's lantern, which lights up in orange and allows Asahi to witness the Guide's memories of Juri as a "lifesaver."

The Guide however clarifies that spirits cannot burn crystals themselves, and that only living flower-givers can.

Forgiving spirits with orange lanterns cannot enter red or purple zones where the spirits' resentment lingers. So the Guide proposes turning all lanterns orange to allow Yuna and Juri to escape the trial dimension, stabilize the gallery space, freeing Folklore of Zero, and grant peace to the conflicted dead.

Urara passionately agrees, emphasizing their duty as Magical Girls, Asahi accepts responsibility for the spirits she summoned, and Lavi pragmatically notes they're trapped regardless.

Episode 12

The Guide provides them with spirit disguises to blend in with the dead and avoid detection.

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Due to the world's hazy perception rules, Yuna and Juri likely won't recognize them in their disguises, mistaking them for hostile spirits. To overcome this, Folklore must first establish a spiritual connection with the trial dimension by placing Yuna and Juri's Crystals of Emotion into the spirits' lanterns.

Their objective is to infiltrate the trial dimension undetected, place Crystals of Emotion into the spirits' lanterns, determine the status of the spirits' lanterns, establish connection via the crystal placement, then guide Yuna and Juri to touch their own lanterns, allowing them to see the spirits' memories and feelings directly to fulfill any unresolved wishes.

The Guide opens a path for them but delivers a critical rule: "Do not look back." Proceeding straight guarantees their arrival, while deviation risks them getting lost.

Urara believes Yuna and Juri are "playing the villain," but Asahi and Lavi recognize the depth of their sins. Regardless, they suppress their doubts to avoid crushing Urara's hope.

As they depart, Urara senses a familiar magic signature - Sakuya's. However, she doesn't voice this aloud due to the "no look back" rule.

Episode 13

Urara, Lavi and Asahi successfully infiltrate the trial dimension's Futatsugi using their spirit disguises. They navigate an eerie, unsettling atmosphere – encountering unnervingly smiling spirit girls – and reach the catacombs replica housing their lanterns.

Urara begins placing Yuna and Juri's Crystals of Emotion into the lanterns, but there aren't any orange jack-o'-lanterns. The catacombs are dominated by only red and purple lights.

Despite Asahi and Lavi's pessimism, Urara points out that if forgiveness was impossible, all lanterns would be red. The presence of purple lanterns signifies spirits are still struggling internally.

Urara insists they must find Yuna and Juri to potentially fulfill the spirits' unresolved wishes and tip the scales towards forgiveness.

The three leave the catacombs, venturing deeper into the dangerous trial dimension to locate Yuna and Juri.

Episode 14

Folklore locates Yuna and Juri amidst their brutal fights in the trial dimension, who recognize them in their spirit disguises that the lanterns have now been lit. They explain the spirit world's mechanics, the forgiveness lantern system, and their mission.

Urara emphasizes the presence of purple lanterns proves some spirits are struggling with forgiveness, not universally rejecting them. By touching their lanterns, they can witness the spirits' experiences directly.

Yuna and Juri return to the catacombs replica and touch the lanterns. They then experience heart-wrenching visions of the dead girls' stolen futures. They see unfulfilled dreams of love and careers, as well as profound grief over lives cut short.

Juri acknowledges that their deaths were "inevitable" in the war, but takes full responsibility for robbing their futures. She refuses empty justifications while accepting any punishment – yet vows to fight to protect the living.

Yuna echoes the apology and admits no apology can ever be enough.

Both declare they accept the spirits' hatred and potential retribution, but will resist death to protect their friends and future. They recognize that true atonement requires living with their guilt, not dying to escape it.

Despite the heartfelt confessions, the lantern colors remain unchanged. However, as Yuna speaks, all lanterns suddenly begin to glow with an intense light.

Episode 15

Yuna, Juri, and Folklore are transported to a shared vision space where they witness profound scenes unfolding in the trial dimension's Futatsugi.

They observe a peaceful, cooperative Futatsugi they destroyed – factions resolving disputes calmly, young magical girls, including visions of Ao, Ranka, Hikaru discussing support systems and rules.

The vision shifts forward, showing Yuna and Juri integrated into this future as adults – working, bantering with former rivals, and reuniting with their surviving friends at a casual gathering. This confirms the spirits' true desire is that they want Yuna and Juri to live and build this peace.

Yuna's understands them as a charge to fulfill the stolen future and Juri's recognizes the vision as an impossible-seeming quest, yet she acknowledges its weight as a "curse," a burden uniquely fitting their sins.

The two vow to "carry the stolen lives and futures" and "link them to peace," accepting the monumental task of building the world shown to them.

The spirits finally communicate directly: "You finally got the message." The vision concludes with a symbolic transition of the realm to the Yomotsuhirasaka (the slope to the underworld).

Episode 16

At Yomotsuhirasaka, the spirits confront Yuna and Juri with conflicting verdicts. Some spirits, moved by their remorse and vow to build a peaceful future, express their forgiveness tentatively. Others are consumed by resentment over their deaths and Yuna and Juri's violence in the spirit world, reject it vehemently.

As tensions escalate, unforgiving spirits possess Folklore, forcing Urara, Lavi, and Asahi's bodies to attack Yuna and Juri.

Sakuya appears and intervenes, alongside floating jack-o'-lanterns to block the assault. She reveals her spirit form cannot harm the living but can manipulate objects like lanterns.

The Guide also arrives with reinforcements of spirits bearing orange lanterns who restrain the hostile girls.

The Guide addresses Juri familiarly and Folklore subdues the rampaging spirits.

Sakuya and the Guide then focus on freeing Yuna and Juri, who have now become exhausted.

Episode 17

Urara tearfully apologizes for failing to save her, but Sakuya reassures her that she's grateful for Urara’s survival.

Sakuya explains she couldn’t enter the trial dimension earlier due to spirit-world rules – the forgiving spirits could only cross if hatred or forgiveness dominated. She chose the latter but hesitated due to feeling awkward.

Sakuya had directed the Guide via telepathy, explaining her "scripted" behavior and Urara sensing Sakuya’s magic.

The spirits had wanted to peacefully convey their hope for a harmonious future, but Yuna and Juri’s violent resistance caused misalignment.

Now, Yuna and Juri must personally place their Crystals of Emotion, formed from flowers Juri secretly offered at the catacombs for years), into the lanterns. This enables direct, unfiltered communication with the spirits from them.

Sakuya reveals Juri’s consistent flower offerings all this time, exposing her guilt, which maked Juri embarrassed.

Lastly, Yuna and Juri walk straight ahead through seemingly empty space, believing in the catacombs’ presence to reach it. Meanwhile, Sakuya, Urara, Asahi and Lavi subdue the remaining hostile spirits.

Yuna and Juri depart for the spirit-world catacombs, carrying the crystals that hold both their remorse with the mission to confront each spirit individually to bridge the divide that their words alone failed to close.

Episode 18

Yuna and Juri complete their journey through the spirit catacombs, confronting each ghost individually with their Crystals of Emotion. They face their raw grief, anger, and then hesitant forgiveness.

Yuna absorbs blame for the Kyubey hunts and war escalation, vowing to carry all hatred into building the spirits' idealized peaceful future. Juri admits her past actions were "the only choice" but refuses to die, promising to evolve beyond her old self.

Yuna breaks down apologizing for failing to save Sakuya, but Sakuya reassures her, lamenting they can't share the future.

Guide reveals she was Juri's unnamed stress-relief companion from the past who was killed inadvertently during the wars. Juri vows to show her their future.

Finally, all the jack-o'-lanterns turn orange now that each spirit has found peace through forgiveness, entrusting their future, or acceptance.

Juri makes an offhand remark about "final bosses in manga" which warps reality, summoning a giant jack-o'-lantern monster. Sakuya reveals that this world manifests their thoughts, so Juri accidentally created the boss herself.

Yuna and Juri fuse accumulated blood, hatred, and hope into a massive attack and Yuna declares them all "sworn sisters connected by blood," living and dead bound together.

Sakuya makes another plea for them to take them to the future as they unleash their power.

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Sakuya and the Guide smile as their spirits fade, entrusting their dreams to their living friends, and Urara, Asahi and Lavi bear witness to their resolution.

Episode 19

At Yomotsuhirasaka, Yuna, Juri, and Folklore share final moments with the spirits before returning to the living world.

Some spirits express their gratitude for Yuna and Juri's promise to build their envisioned future, while others refuse forgiveness but entrust their hopes regardless.

The Guide and Sakuya say their goodbyes, telling them they will meet again in the future someday. Sakuya designates the protective lantern as Yuna's future resting place, humorously warning her not to "arrive early."

Urara tearfully clings to Sakuya, who comforts her and requests she continue her regular flower offerings. Asahi and Lavi realize Urara's true motive was always reuniting with Sakuya, who entrusts Folklore with protecting Futatsugi's Magical Girls too.

The group follows the Guide's advice, which is to "believe to return" and awakens in the real catacombs. Alexandra confirms she guarded their bodies during the ordeal. Their experience remains unknown to them on whether it was just an ambiguous, magic-induced hallucination or a genuine encounter with spirits.

Ao, Ranka, and Hikaru arrive and mistake the group's disheveled state as Halloween party preparations. As a cover-up Yuna and Juri lean into the misunderstanding, transforming the catacombs into an impromptu "Happy Halloween" celebration with offerings to appease the dead, and the group enjoys games in their spirit costumes.

Episode 20

At some future point in time, in her room, Yuna announces that construction on the catacombs has been postponed. The reason is traced back to an online occult rumor, spread via a Kamihama site by "Rapunzel", claiming two vampires were partying loudly in Futatsugi City on Halloween night. A commenter, "Dark Wizard X", even suggests a mysterious ritual was the cause.

Lavi confronts Alexandra, who admits to slightly exaggerating their Halloween party and feeding the occult story to a friend, intentionally creating the rumor.

The others acknowledge this manufactured urban legend successfully halted the construction, so Urara declares the case closed.

Yuna reflects on her missing Magical Girl mentor and vows to continue striving for a peaceful future in her honor. Juri internally affirms her promise for a peaceful future with her friends but quickly shifts focus when she challenges Yuna to a fighting video game rematch to avenge her losses. Despite Yuna's tiredness, Juri insists, ordering Hikaru to set it up, and Yuna finally agrees to take the match seriously.

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