Nanaka Tokiwa
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| Japanese Name | 常盤 ななか (Tokiwa Nanaka) |
| Voiced by | Japanese: Mao Ichimichi
English: Justine Huxley |
| ID No: | 3005 |
| Release Date (JP): | August 22, 2017 |
| Release Date (NA): | June 25, 2019 |
Nanaka Tokiwa (常盤 ななか Tokiwa Nanaka) was a playable character in the 2017 mobile game Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record.
General Info
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| Age | 15 |
| Eye colour | Magenta |
| Hair colour | Magenta |
| Height | 160cm |
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| Soul Gem | Hot pink oval (hair ornament) |
| Weapon | Katanas (Two sword style) |
| Witch Form | Maura |
| Powers and Abilities | Identify true enemies |
| Wish | “The power to accomplish my revenge by my own hand.” |
| Other | |
| Japanese pronoun | watashi (私) |
| Known relatives | Unnamed father (deceased) |
| Origins | Sankyo Ward |
| School | Sankyoin Educational Academy, Ninth Grade |
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Summary
A Magical Girl from the head family of Kashin-ryu, a school of flower arranging started in the Edo period (1603-1868). Beautiful and impeccable, she appears to be innocent, but she is actually a wise strategist, able to read any situation she is put into with ease.
Doppel Description
The Doppel of two sides. Its form is a shop curtain. This Doppel reflects two sides of the same coin. The master of this emotion feels guilty in some way about the lack of floral elements in her Doppel. Its frontside primarily supports its allies, while it's back side's offensive powers is high. It is skilled at parrying enemy attacks, and it guides any souls who pass through its curtains to the underworld.
Side Story
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Nanaka meets with three magical girls - Meiyui Chun, Akira Shinobu, and Kako Natsume - in order to ask for their help fighting a witch they all have a connection to. To explain this, Nanaka tells them how she became a magical girl. Nanaka's father was the head of a Japanese flower arranging school with a long history. When he fell ill the head students took over the school. Although the school became more popular, the new leaders turned their back on the school's traditions and completely shut out Nanaka's father and his family. On his deathbed, Nanaka's father tells her to "take back the school". After his death she's sent to live with relatives and is visited by Kyubey. She accepts his contract and wishes for the power to exact her family's revenge by her own hand. Back in the present, she explains to the other magical girls that her wish-derived magic is to "know who her enemy is". This ability made her realize that the target of her revenge was not a student, but a witch. Nanaka compares this witch to a locust swarm. Just as a locust swarm settles down in one area to devour everything before moving on, this witch causes as many calamities as possible before migrating to a new location. Nanaka explains this witch controls the current head of her father's school via a Witch's Kiss. She also says the witch is behind several incidents where people in Kamihama have been forced to sell their land - something Meiyui is connected to. It's also the reason Kako's bookstore burned down, leading to Kako contracting. As for Akira, she met Nanaka when they were fighting one of the witch's familiars. Akira and Kako quickly agree to help Nanaka fight the witch. Meiyui also agrees to help but says that as a member of the "Souheikai" she can't follow Nanaka's orders. Nanaka is fine with this, claiming as long as the witch is defeated the details are unimportant. Nanaka's plan is to have the team investigate suspicious areas until they find the witch's barrier whereupon they would come together to destroy the witch. The magical girls agree to this plan. Later, the magical girls are able to track down and defeat the witch. Meiyui is impressed by how Nanaka acted during the battle. Rather than give Meiyui orders, she reacted to Meiyui's actions. Meiyui explains that she now accepts Nanaka as her leader. However, Nanaka explains it's not over yet, as it turns out the witch they defeated was only a copy of the original created from a fully-grown familiar. The magical girls resolve to continue their hunt. Afterward, Nanaka speaks with Kyubey about a secret she learned after becoming a magical girl. In the past, Nanaka came across another Soul Gem while chasing a familiar. Picking it up for safekeeping, she then came across the seemingly dead body of a girl. Nanaka deduces that this was the magical girl who lost her Soul Gem, and that she was attacked by the familiar before she could transform. Nanaka decides the proper thing to do is to lay the Soul Gem with it's owner's body. When she places the Soul Gem in the magical girl's hands, Nanaka is shocked to hear her start breathing. (The other magical girl is implied to be Akira). Later, Kyubey explains to Nanaka how Soul Gem's are the extracted soul of a magical girl. Back in the present, Nanaka and Kyubey remember how Nanaka quickly accepted Kyubey's explanation for the sake of her revenge. Kyubey asks if she will tell the other magical girls about the Soul Gem's secret. Nanaka says she is waiting for the right moment. Then Nanaka thinks about her true revenge target: Kyubey. While she doesn't know all the details, her power makes it clear that Kyubey is her enemy. She is currently waiting for the right time to turn against him. In the final part Nanaka's team is still unable to find the witch. However, Akira says she met a magical girl mercenary. As the girls plan their next course of action, Nanaka muses about how she is gathering the determination of magical girls, waiting for the right moment. |
Costume Stories
Nanaka enjoys a relaxing day off, where everything is perfect. She gets compliments on her outfit as she finds something she likes at the stores, one of the, being Kako’s bookstore, before ending her trip with a relaxing cup of coffee in a cafe. The whole thing is revealed to be a commercial for the Suitoku Shopping District, which she just showed to Meiyui, Akira, and Kako. Nanaka is notably a little embarrassed as she waits for their replies on it, but the feedback she gets is positive, though Meiyui’s ‘wolf in sheep clothing’ remark kind of fell flat. Normally, this wouldn’t be something Nanaka would do, but since she was asked by someone who helped with flower arrangements to do it, she didn’t want to let them down. Plus, she got to keep her outfit used for the commercial, which she really enjoyed doing.
She decides to invite the three to the coffee shop she visited, the chilly air making the occasion just perfect.Appearances
- Main Story Part 1: Chapter 8, Chapter 10
- The Last Magia
- Another Story Part 1: Chapter 9
- Mirrors Story
Event Appearances
- And So, the Azaleas Bloom
- See You Tomorrow
- Cross Connection
- Summer With Mikazuki Villa
- Kamihama Cheese Panic!
- Mitama's Special Training - Nanaka Episode
- Kamihama Twinkle Rarity Star
- The Flowers' Lament
- Magia Clash!
- Memorable Flower
Magical Girl Story Appearances
- Kako Natsume
- Kanoko Yayoi
- Karin Misono (as one of the drawings on Karin's wall)
- Mami Tomoe
- Meiyui Chun
- Ui Tamaki
- Akira Shinobu
- Asuka Tatsuki
- Felicia Mitsuki
- Hazuki Yusa
- Lil' Kyubey
Powers and Abilities
Nanaka's wish granted magic is the ability to "know who her enemy is". She claims this was because she wasn't quite certain who she needed to take revenge against. Although compared to a radar, this power does not seem to give location, merely identity. This power gave her the knowledge that the source of her family's troubles was a witch. It also showed that Kyubey was an enemy as well, though this knowledge appears to have come after she learned about how Soul Gems are actually souls.
As shown in the "Cross Connection" event, Nanaka's wish also allows her to sense problems or people related either to witches or her vengeance towards them ("when similar, related problems rear their heads", "Whatever is linked to my vengeance. That includes anything that gets in my way.") allowing her to sense that Suzune Amano was both untrustworthy and a magical girl.
Etymology
- The characters of her last name mean "permanent" (常盤).
Trivia
- Her illustrator is "Hayami Chika"
- Her magical form seems to be based off Japanese culture, as it resembles a modified kimono.
- The flower worn in her hair is a white camellia, which symbolizes "patience".
- Maura is a female given name, but it may be a transcription of Japanese word 真裏, literaly means "completely opposite side".
- Nanaka plays a major role in Kako Natsume's side story. She is the first magical girl Kako meets, and Kako makes a contract in time to help her fight off a bunch of familiars.
- Her doppel attacks with kenzan, a flower holder used in flower arrangements. It consists of a lead plate with several brass needles where the stripes are fixed onto.
Gallery
Game Gallery
Magia Record Three Star card
Magia Record Four Star card
Magia Record Five Star card
In-battle Sprite
In-battle Sprite (Five Star)
Doppel Sprite
Witch Sprite
Valentine 2022
Magical Girl Seal 2019
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Official Art
Memoria Cards
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| **Unique to Nanaka Tokiwa** In Japanese tea ceremony, there is a useful idiom: Ichigo Ichie. It means that you may meet someone only one time in your life. This is why we do our best to deliver the finest hospitality. | 茶道の精神と心得の1つ"一期一会"。人との出会いは一生に一度かもしれない。だからこそ、精神誠意を尽くして、おもてなしをするのだ。 | |||
| Flower arranging is like a mirror. You observe your own heart as you work, rather than the flowers. The beauty you see on the surface is only skin deep; true beauty is found only beyond the work you refine and hone. | 生け花はまるで鏡のよう。
いけながら見つめているのは花ではなく、己の心。 見せかけだけの華やかさは、ただ虚ろなだけ。 研ぎ澄まし、洗練し、突き詰めた先に美は存在する。 |
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| **Unique to Karin Misono** The blood flowing in my veins is my grandma's, and she seems to trouble everyone around her. I know there's no escaping that bond, but I found a way to spread just as much joy as trouble! Thus "Phantom Thief Karin" was born... A Magical Girl who brings happiness to the weak. | わたしに流れてる血、人を困らせるおばあちゃんの血簡単には消せないんだって分かったけど困らせた分だけ、わたしは幸せを分ける方法を見つけたそれが「怪盗かりん」...弱い人に幸せを配るただひとツの魔法少女 | |||
| The four girls were led to each other by an ill fate. Weapons ready, they stand firm to defeat a common enemy. Their beginnings are each different, but what they share is certain. They will thrust ahead until their target is destroyed, for theirs is an alliance of vengeance. | 数奇な縁に導かれ出会った４人の少女たち
共通する敵を倒すために、刃を揃えて立ち向かう 生まれも育ちも違うけれど、重なり合う点は確かにある 標的を滅するまで突き進む、復讐の同盟 |
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| Today is special because my heart is shining with my daily gratitude and sincerity...
If you wrap it elegantly, you'll get the most unique gift in the world! ...No matter how well you wrap it up, can you ever fully hide this gift’s shine? | 今日という日が特別なのは愛しい想いが輝いているから
日頃の感謝と真心をこめて… 上品に包めば、世界にひとつだけの贈り物のできあがり！ …どんなに上手に包んでも、この輝きは隠せない？ |
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| **Unique to Nanaka Tokiwa** A girl with ambition shining in her calm eyes walks a difficult path with revenge as her guide. The words that resonate are double-edged swords, beliefs are ambiguous, and the mind sinks into chaos. Innocent and vain illusions lure their prey with lies and curses. If we shake off the past and defeat all the enemies that stand in our way, a fresh wind will blow. | 冷静な瞳に野心を点す少女は 復讐を道標に 困難な道を歩む
響く言葉は 諸刃の剣 信念は表裏を曖味にし 沈みゆく精神の混沌 潔癖な虚しい幻は 真実とうそぶき 呪詛で獲物を誘い込む 過去を振り払い 立ち塞がる仇を全て破れば 一陣の追風が吹く |
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External links
Gameplay Videos
- Recording of Nanaka's Transformation Video on Youtube (JP)
- Recording of Nanaka's Magia Video on Youtube (JP)
- Recording of Nanaka's Doppel Video on Youtube (JP)
Side Story and Costume Story Videos
- Recording of Nanaka's MSS on Youtube (JP): Episode 1/3, Episode 2/3, Episode 3/3