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{{Infobox_character
|name=Manaka Kurumi
|image=[[File:manaka_profile.png|300px]]
|jname= 胡桃 まなか (Kurumi Manaka)
|surname=Kurumi
|magicalgirl=yes
|voices= Japanese: [[wikipedia:ja:%E6%B4%B2%E5%B4%8E%E7%B6%BE|Aya Suzaki]]
|id=3009
|release1=JP:August 22, 2017
|release2=NA:June 25, 2019
}}

{{nihongo|'''Manaka Kurumi'''|胡桃 まなか|Kurumi Manaka}} was a playable character in the 2017 mobile game [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record]].

==General Info==
{{Magical Girl Details
|age=14
|height=154cm
|eyes=Dark orange
|hair=Reddish orange
|origin=[[Hokuyo Ward]]
|soulgem=Orange carrot (rim of chef's hat)
|weapon=[[wikipedia:Frying_pan|Frying pan]]
|wish={{Q|Chance! I want a chance! Give me the chance to spread our restaurant’s flavors!}}
|powers=Propagation (Advertising ability. The aftermath damage of an attack is spread to its surroundings.)
|doppel=Carmela
|pronoun={{nihongo||まなか|Manaka}}
|relatives=Unnamed father
|school=[[Mizuna Girls' School]], Eighth Grade
|affiliation=[[Kamihama Magia Union]]
}}

==Game Info==
{{Magia Record Stats
|type=Heal|attribute=flame
|hp0=3303|atk0=953|def0=1240
|hp2=10569|atk2=3049|def2=3968
|hp3=13396|atk3=3865|def3=5032
|hp4=17625|atk4=5086|def4=6624
|hp5=21860|atk5=6316|def5=8212
|hpmax=24949|atkmax=7811|defmax=10014
|disk1=accele|disk3=blast!|disk4=charge
|connect=I'll Bring out the flavor!
|connecttype=support-restore-hp
|connect2=HP Restore [III] & Attack UP [III]
|connect3=HP Restore [V] & Attack UP [V]
|connect4=HP Restore [VII] & Attack UP [VII]
|connect5=HP Restore [IX] & Attack UP [IX] 
|magia=Complete Spices
|magiapat=vertical
|magia2=Damage in a Vertical Line [I] & HP Restore (All)
|magia3=Damage in a Vertical Line [II] & HP Restore (All)
|magia4=Damage in a Vertical Line [IV] & HP Restore (All) & Attack UP (All / 3 T)
|magia5=Damage in a Vertical Line [VI] & HP Restore (All) & Attack UP (All / 3 T) 
|doppel=Carmela
|doppelpat=vertical
|doppel5=Damage in a Vertical Line [VIII] & HP Restore (All) & Attack UP (All / 3 T) 
}}{{Magia Record Spirit Enhancement
|hp2=4|atk2=3|def2=5|accele2=4|blast2=2|charge2=4
|hp3=5|atk3=4|def3=6|accele3=5|blast3=3|charge3=5
|hp4=6|atk4=5|def4=7|accele4=6|blast4=4|charge4=6
|hp5=7|atk5=6|def5=8|accele5=7|blast5=5|charge5=7
|hpmax=7|atkmax=6|defmax=8|accelemax=13|blastmax=8|chargemax=17
|icons=buff-doppelmp, buff-doppel, buff-doppelmp, buff-doppel, buff-charge, buff-magia, buff-defense, effect-hpregen, buff-resistance, buff-accele, buff-accele, effect-negate-magia-seal
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Doppel Boost: Doppel Damage UP [II] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Doppel Boost: Doppel Damage UP [II] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|Technical Adept: Charge Disc Damage UP [II]
|Magia Adept: Magia Damage UP [II]
|Guard Adept: Defense UP [III]
|Regenerate Adept: Regenerate HP [III]
|Resist Adept: Status Ailment Resistance UP [II]
|Accele Adept: Accele MP Gain UP [II]
|Accele Adept: Accele MP Gain UP [II]
|Anti-Seal Magia: Guaranteed Anti-Magia Seal
|activename=Accele Attack Up
|activetype=buff-attack
|active=Attack UP [V] (Self / 1T) & Accele MP Gain UP [V] (Self / 1T)
|cooldown=6
}}

==Summary==
A Magical Girl who is a great chef just like her father. Manaka's family runs a cozy, old-school restaurant. Her cooking is second to none, and her irritating overconfidence is her only flaw. That said, she is just proud of her hard work and has no ill intentions.

===Doppel Description===
[[File:Doppel 300900 l.png|thumb|right|150px|Carmela, Manaka's doppel]]
The doppel of customer-gathering. Its form is propane. The master of this emotion is displeased with this Doppel, which can only produce poisonous meals due to the toxins that seep from its body. This Doppel uses the burners on the ends of its jellyfish-like tentacles to cook absolutely any ingredients into delicious poison meals, and forces its customers to enjoy a long stay in the seats that furnish its spherical glass head. The meals cooked by this witch have minds of their own, and are proactive in making surprise visits to customers’ stomachs, which makes it possible to enjoy one’s meal just by sitting in place. Incidentally, the meals may be poisonous, but they taste very good. But despite their taste, they make abundant use of suspiciously-produced ingredients, including mystery meat from unknown sources, moaning vegetables, and fruit that walks around on its own.
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===Side Story===
{{Spoilerbox|
[[Kyubey]] watches as Manaka makes a meal. Manaka asks if he's having fun watching her. Kyubey says it's just because Manaka has the potential to become a magical girl. Manaka narrates that her home is a Western-style restaurant named Walnuts. Manaka grew up idolizing her father, the restaurant's chef, and wants to follow in his footsteps. After Manaka finishes cooking, she realizes she's made too much. Manaka then narrates that Walnuts used to be a glamorous high end restaurant, but now only "odd-balls" come. Kyubey asks Manaka where her father went. Manaka says he left to get ingredients, prompting Kyubey ask why if he has no customers.

Manaka scolds Kyubey, calling him a tanuki. Kyubey says he isn't one, and Manaka says she was just insulting him. Kyubey offers Manaka a contract, but Manaka says she won't put her faith in "the magic of some sketchy-looking white tanuki". Manaka says she's chasing after a fresh start with her father: The entrance exam for St. Lillianna Academy. Manaka explains to Kyubey that St. Lillianna is a school filled with all kinds of prominent young women. Manaka says if she enrolls she can learn to cook like a high class lady, and make her restaurant popular in high society. Kyubey says that Manaka has a low chance of passing her entrance exam, due to her low grades.

Manaka says she knows, but explains her father believes this was the last chance for their restaurant. In fact, Manaka's father asked her if she would do this. Manaka says she can't abandon her father and resolves to study. Manaka returns to her room, causing Kyubey to ask why she's wearing her chef's coat. Manaka says it keeps her motivated, and asks Kyubey to leave. After that, Manaka tries to study, but keeps thinking of cooking. 

Manaka takes the entrance exams for St. Lillianna and eagerly expects to pass. Unfortunately, she finds she only got accepted into Mizuna Girls' Academy. Kyubey offers to make her a contract. However, Manaka sees something which gives her an idea. Upon starting school at Mizuna Academy Manaka goes to the student council. She tells them she heard the student council is throwing an assembly for Mizuna and St. Lillian. She offers to make food for the party. The student council tells Manaka they already talked to a chef about it. When Manaka protests, they kick her out.

While walking home, Kyubey offers Manaka another contract. Fed up with his assistance, Manaka accepts but says she won't wish for the restaurant's success. Manaka believes the restaurant will succeed if people just had the chance to try its food, and so her wish is "Chance! I want a chance! Give me the chance to spread our restaurant’s flavors!" Time passes. A week before the inter-school assembly, the student council of Mizuna finds they chef they asked to cook for them was invited to a cooking competition. They reach out to Manaka for help, and she happily accepts. Manaka thanks Kyubey and says being a magical girl is amazing.

While preparing food for the assembly, the other cooks are surprised to find the replacement for the chef is Manaka. (The name of the replaced chef is also revealed to be Hayashi). Manaka oversees the cooking of the food, and the other cooks realize Manaka is a magnificent chef. The meal is a success, with fancy girls saying the food is even better than that of "The Heninsula". Manaka thinks that she expected this sort of success.

After the assembly, the student council allows Manaka to sell her special bentos at lunctime. They prove to be extremely popular among the students. In addition, every Thursday Manaka works as a visiting chef on St. Lillianna, where she is quite popular. Unfortunately, none of this translates to having more customers visit the restaurant. On the other hand, Manaka's father is now recieving invitations to tour as a chef. Manaka notices her father seems really happy when he goes out to tour, and wonders if he still worries about the restaurant. Manaka wonders why she even bothered trying.

Some time later, Manaka finishes selling her bentos at school. Manaka leaves one bento for herself to eat, but suddenly [[Sana Futaba]] rushes in, worn out. As Sana bemoans at how she was too late, Manaka offers her own bento. Sana is surprised Manaka can see her and asks if Manaka is a magical girl. Sana tries to explain she can only be seen by magical girls, but Manaka says that "a first-class chef never loses sight of their customers". Manaka offers her bento again, and Sana accepts. Sana says she'll come earlier tomorrow, but Manaka thinks this might be the last day she'll sell them.

When Sana asks why, Manaka explains her situation to Sana, and says she thinks she made her restaurant even more obscure. Manaka says if she isn't helping the restaurant there's no point in cooking. Sana starts to cry, and though Manaka tells her it's no big deal, Sana says it is. Sana explains that she always hated lunch break because it reminds her of how alone she is. However, this changed when she had one of Manaka's bentos. Sana says the bentos are the only thing she looks forward to at lunch and starts to cry again. Manaka asks Sana why she doesn't use her magical girl powers to buy bentos before anyone else. Sana says she doesn't think it's fair. Manaka laughs and says Sana is honest.

Sana tells Manaka she shouldn't quit what she's doing, because even if she's not helping the restaurant she's still making people happy. Sana then apologizes for eating Manaka's bento, but Manaka says she bought more food, and invites Sana to share it. Seeing Sana smile gives Manaka new motivation. The next, Manaka is back to selling bentos, and Sana is once again too late to buy one. Manaka thanks Sana for her help. Manaka notices that she forgot to sell a bento and gives it to Sana. Manaka narrates that Sana is a precious customer.
}}
===Costume Stories===
<div class="tabs" style="min-height:300px">
{{Tab Content|title=Chef's Uniform|[[File:Manaka Civilian.png|thumb|right|150px]]
Manaka is working on a new recipe when [[Sana Futaba]] stops by Walnuts for lunch. She asks if it's okay if she sits at the restaurant since it'll look like Manaka is serving an empty table to anyone who isn't a Magical Girl, but Manaka tells her not to worry.  Since Sana is a friend of Manaka there's no problem in her having some lunch today. The owner is rarely at the restaurant, so they've only been opening it once a week which leaves Manaka kind of lonely. Sana assures her that the place will be filled with customers in no time so long as she keeps at it. She then notices Manaka's new chef uniform. Manaka is pleased that Sana noticed and tells her it was a gift from her father. Every time she gets a new set of chef's clothes, Manaka takes it upon herself to learn a new recipe and she wants Sana to try this particular recipe out since it was thanks to Sana that she learned to relax more and not take things so seriously. Sana cries tears of joy at hearing this and gets ready to try out Manaka's rare braised hamburger stew. But Sana notices that Manaka's new clothes have already been stained. Manaka laughs it off and tells her that stains are a sign of a chef's hard work and are to be shown proudly.
}}
</div>

==Appearances==

* [[Magia Record Main Story#Part One|Main Story Part 1]]: [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 8|Chapter 8]], [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 10|Chapter 10]]
* [[Magia Record Story Last Magia|The Last Magia]]
* [[Magia Record Another Story#Part One|Another Story Part 1]]: [[Magia Record Another Story Chapter 9|Chapter 9]]

===Event Appearances===
*[[Magia Record Story The howa-howa girl tries her best! ~Wait, this is a misunderstanding!~|Wait, You Got It Wrong!]]
*[[Magia Record Story Mitama's Special Training - Mitama Episode|Mitama's Special Training - Mitama Episode]]
*[[Magia Record Story The Crescent Moon Manor's Summer Vacation|Summer With Mikazuki Villa]]
*[[Magia Record Story It's Okay to Be Clumsy|It's Okay to Be Clumsy]]
*[[Magia Record Story Kamihama Cheese Panic!|Kamihama Cheese Panic!]]
*[[Magia Record Story A La Carte Valentine 2nd ~What If That Girl Took the Lead Role On This Day?~|A La Carte Valentine 2nd ~What If That Girl Took the Lead Role On This Day?~]]
*[[Magia Record Story Kamihama Twinkle Rarity Star|Kamihama Twinkle Rarity Star]]
*[[Magia Record Story Kamihama in a Circle|Kamihama in a Circle]]
*[[Magia Record Story A New Beginning|A New Beginning]]
*[[Magia Record Story Trick ☆ Trouble ☆ School Festival ~ Quick Resolution! Leave it to Tsumugi! ~|Trick ☆ Trouble ☆ School Festival ~ Quick Resolution! Leave it to Tsumugi! ~]]
*[[Magia_Record_Story_The_Legendary_Story_of_the_Paper_Mulberry_Leaf_~The_Swaying_Feeling,_Once_Again_Fascinating~|The Legendary Story of the Paper Mulberry Leaf ~The Swaying Feeling, Once Again Fascinating~]]
*[[Magia Record Story Homecoming ~ Three Days of Kyoko Sakura|Homecoming ~ Three Days of Kyoko Sakura]]
*[[Magia Record Story Magia Clash! ~Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Detonation~|Magia Clash!]]

===Magical Girl Story Appearances===
* [[Konoha Shizumi]]: She hosts a cooking class at Walnut's that Konoha attends.
* [[Kyoko Sakura in Magia Record|Kyoko Sakura]]: She chides Kyoko for eating junk food all the time, and then befriends her by cooking her omelette rice.
* [[Leila Ibuki]]
* [[Matsuri Hinata in Magia Record|Matsuri Hinata]]
* [[Mayu Kozue]]
* [[Mitama Yakumo]]
* [[Ria Ami]]
* [[Rika Ayano]]
* [[Emiri Kisaki]]
* [[Hayate Yagami]]
* [[Lil' Kyubey]]

===Costume Story Appearances=== 
*[[Ria Ami|Ria Ami's]] winter costume side story: She assists Ria in a Valentine's voting campaign.

==Powers and Abilities==
{{stub}}

==Etymology==
* Manaka's given name (まなか) is a homonym with the Japanese word for "middle" or "center" (真中). Like many names used in the franchise, it is commonly used as a surname in real life.
** It is also a homonym with one of the six types of incense categorized in ''[[Wikipedia:Kōdō|kōdō]]'', the Japanese art of appreciating fragrance. Here, ''manaka'' (真那伽) is a wood incense that originates from Malaysia, and is the only one of the collection classified as having no scent.
* The characters of her last name mean "walnut" (胡桃), and is also the name of her family's restaurant. This is a reference to the fruits mentioned in a poem contained within Kenji Miyazawa's ''Kaze no Matasaburo''. For other references to his work, see [[Kenji Miyazawa and Magia Record]].

==Trivia==
* Her illustrator is "Kuraha", who also illustrated [[Tsumugi Wakana]].
* Her weapon can grow in size to almost comical proportions.
* Manaka's weapon and Magia attack could be a reference to a scene in [[Puella Magi Homura Tamura]], [[:File:Homura_tamura_frying_pan_weapon.jpg|where Homura receives a frying pan as a weapon]].
* There was a glitch to her Doppel when it came out, as the effects were lacking. However, this ended up being fixed not long after.
** Her Doppel's name currently still mistakenly lacks the first letter in its animation, making it read as "Armela". However, the name is properly spelled in the Doppel archive.
* Her Doppel may be a reference to Carmelo, a spanish play in which the main character and other characters are suspicious of the old woman who gives them shelter in her home, believing that she plans to feed them to a lion.
** It might also refer to the process of caramelization, where sugars (natural or regular sugar) are cooked long enough they take on the characteristics of caramel, usually the colour and nutty flavour.

==Gallery==
===Game Gallery===
<gallery>
File:Manaka 2 star.png|Magia Record Two Star card
File:Manaka 3 star.png|Magia Record Three Star card
File:Manaka 4 star.png|Magia Record Four Star card
File:card_30095_c.png|Magia Record Five Star card
File:Mini 300900 s.png|In-battle Sprite
File:Mini 300901 s.png|In-battle Sprite (Five Star)
File:doppel_300900_l.png|Doppel Sprite
File:Evt image majo 2050.png|Witch Sprite
File:Manaka PM.png
File:Manaka School.png
File:Manaka Civilian.png|Manaka in civilian clothing
File:Manaka Doppel.png|Manaka's Doppel
File:Manaka Papa Seal 2019.jpg|Magical Girl Seal 2019
</gallery>

===Official Art===
<gallery>
File:Manaka 01.jpg
File:Manaka 02.jpg
File:Manaka 03.jpg
File:Manaka 04.jpg
File:101802 manypuela.jpg
File:Memoria_1268.jpg
File:Memoria 1478.jpg
File:Memoria 1496.jpg
File:Episode 4 Tragic Lovers 12.png|Ria and Manaka in the anime
File:Episode 4 Tragic Lovers 13.png
File:Episode 4 Tragic Lovers 15.png
File:Episode 4 Ria Manaka.gif
File:Mr s2 episode 3 end card.jpg|Episode 16 End Card by Kuraha
File:Magical girl's ep25-4.png
File:Magical gial's ep25-9.png
File:Magical gial's ep25-10.png
File:Magical gial's ep25-12.png
File:103201 puella pattern dark.jpg
File:103201 puella pattern light.jpg
</gallery>

===Other===
<gallery>
File:Manaka Bunny.jpg|Manaka holding [[Enfant Terrible]]. Art done by [https://twitter.com/masugitune/status/1261439647546294272 Masugitune], one of ''[[Puella Magi Tart Magica]]'' illustrators.
</gallery>

==Memoria Cards==
{{Magia Record Memoria Header}}
{{File:Memoria 1091 c.png}}
{{File:Manaka memoria 1.png}}
{{File:Memoria 1268 c.png}}
{{File:Memoria 1496 c.png}}
{{File:Memoria 1478 c.png}}
{{File:Memoria 2050 c.png}}
{{Magia Record Memoria Footer}}

==External links==
*[http://magireco.com Official Magia Record Website - Japanese]
*[https://magiarecord-en.com/ Official Magia Record Website - English]

===Gameplay Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tZNVKxEuLo Recording of Manaka's Transformation Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybn13ZRLDqM Recording of Manaka's Magia Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxJvR5Pg688 Recording of Manaka's Doppel Video on Youtube (JP)]

===Side Story and Costume Story Videos===
*Recording of Manaka's MSS on Youtube (JP): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coEn0-pcfN8 Episode 1/3], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-HJHOyAIOk Episode 2/3], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Bjn60x7yXk Episode 3/3]
**[https://youtu.be/9A4qkjFmLSI	Recording of Manaka's MSS on Youtube (NA)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1Rn5nwI4B0 Recording of Manaka's Chef Uniform Story on Youtube (JP)]

===Dialogue Lines===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LttbB84tE9U Recording of Manaka's Dialogue lines on Youtube (NA)]

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