"It is human emotion that created the gods... and created the demons. It created everything." — Oriko, Oriko Magica Chapter 1.
Oriko Mikuni (美国 織莉子,Mikuni Oriko) is the titular and main character of Puella Magi Oriko Magica.
After becoming a Magical Girl she has a vision of a Witch destroying the world.[3] She makes it her goal to prevent that from happening, no matter what she has to do.[3]
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Personality and Traits
Oriko's ability to foresee the future gained her the understanding that Magical Girls can become Witches, and because of that, a terrible future could await the city.[3] Due to that vision, as well as her upbringing as the daughter of a politician[4], Oriko feels responsible to prevent that possible future, at all costs.[3] Oriko smiles as she lies to Yuma, to manipulate the young girl into contracting with Kyubey.[5] She convinces her close friend Kirika to do the dirty work of killing other Magical Girls.[4] Oriko feels those means are justified by her end goal of protecting the peace she has achieved in her life with Kirika, as well as bringing peace to the world.[1] She seems to be highly influenced by her political family in her ability to exercise Machiavellian tactics with much personal charisma, all for the sake of a lofty goal.[4]
Underneath her cold presentation, however, Oriko is shown to be much more flawed. The death of her mother at a young age, coupled with her feelings about her larger family, left her emotionally stunted, bottling up her feelings and putting on the image of a paragon and intellectual.[6] This is only worsened after the death of Komaki Asako, which shows her taking increasingly reckless and selfish actions in the name of accomplishing her goals.[7] It is only around Kirika, whom she loves more than any other person, that she feels content to be herself, often behaving in a teasing and cheerful fashion, displaying physical affection and even goofing off.[4]
In timelines where she doesn't see Kriemhild Gretchen, and instead sees Walpurgisnacht, the pressure upon her is significantly reduced, and so she shifts to an attitude of genuine heroism.[8][9]
Powers and Abilities
Oriko's main power is precognition, allowing her to predict the future through internal visions.[3] However, these visions cost her magic to have, and she cannot always control when she receives them, often leaving her unable to properly fight without risking her soul gem becoming overly corrupted.[8] As such, Oriko commonly has Kirika hunt down Witches and obtain Grief Seeds for her, minimizing the amount of magic she needs to use.[8][10]
When Oriko does fight, she can summon multiple spheres, patterned with what appear to be vines.[11] She can send these at her enemies to attack with blunt force at high speed[11], or attack at range by shooting beams of magic from them.[6] In Symmetry Diamond, Oriko sends out beams of magic from many of her spheres at once, in an attack she calls 'Oracle Ray'.[6] These spheres are also noted to emit magic that Oriko can track, though she can only sense their general position.[12]
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In the Magia Record universe, when her Soul Gem turns black Oriko is able to summon her Doppel, Sotria.[13]
Before the story starts, Oriko was a child of the Mikuni family, an old family with a long history of producing highly cutthroat, ruthless politicians. However, her father Hisaomi generally lacked the will to power of his siblings, and was cut off from the family finances by Oriko's grandfather, instead becoming a lawyer. As a result, Oriko's upbringing was largely middle-class, despite living in a large manor and rubbing shoulders with major political figures (whom she found frightening). Oriko grew up in a happy home, with a loving mother and father, but showed signs of not being quite right, reading books well outside her age range and developing a fondness for Crime and Punishment.
When Oriko was very young, her mother Yurako was killed in a car accident. As a result of her distrust of the rest of the family, she declared that she would no longer cry from that point onward, and would work to replace her mother's role in the family. She was a hard worker and a genuine prodigy, and her father took notice. Believing that his daughter had far greater potential than him, he entered politics and ran for the city council before moving up to a run in the National Diet, while enrolling Oriko in the top school of Shirome, where she excelled. Shortly before the series, she had a chance meeting with Kirika Kure, who became attached to her.
Unfortunately, Hisaomi realized that Oriko was beginning to display traits much like her grandfather: coldness, treating others like pawns, extreme intellect and obsession, and a willingness to cut others off when they no longer became useful. When he was caught in a political scandal, involving his mentor Kenzaburo Yaegashi offloading many crimes onto him, he was disgraced--and, now horrified of what was to come, he killed himself. As a result, Oriko endured the brunt of the scandal; the rest of the family, including her uncle, was quick to denounce his side, and after a short, ill-attended funeral, Oriko became a social pariah, with her home falling to ruin. Horrified at her father's fate, she began to wonder if her life had any real purpose, due to having been forced to endure a miserable situation as a result of his actions. It was then that Kyubey came upon her--and, wrapped in her own ennui, she wished to know the meaning of her life, and became a Magical Girl.
When testing out her magic for the first time, Oriko sees the vision of Mitakihara City in ruins, destroyed by the Witch Kriemhild Gretchen. Oriko knows that the Witch has to be stopped, but it is impossible to destroy her once she's created. She is then struck by another vision of a young girl, Yuma, and proceeds to tell Kyubey about her potentials as Magical Girl candidate in order to distract him from attempting to make a contract with Madoka Kaname.
Oriko managing to win the fight with Kirika
At school, Oriko meets Komaki Asako, who initially attempts to bully her, but fails to make much of an impact. Shortly afterward, while musing on her current fate, she wanders into a Witch's barrier, and sees Komaki fighting it, learning her to be a magical girl as well--however, Komaki remains unaware of Oriko's status, simply warning her away from making a contract herself. Initially unwilling to hunt witches and expend further power, due to her power's constant low-level drain, she finds one in a chance encounter and defeats it, but is then accosted by Kirika Kure, who, angered at forgetting the nature of her own wish, has decided to blow off steam by fighting Oriko. Though Kirika initially dominates the fight, Oriko manages to defeat her through using her precognition to lure Kirika into a trap. Rather than finish her off, she recruits her, telling her the realities of magical girls and asking for her aid--telling her to keep up scuffles with other magical girls, and provide her with Grief Seeds.
Over the next few days, Oriko continues to grow closer to Komaki while supported by a rather irritated Kirika, and has a chance encounter with her uncle, Kimihide. She notices a Witch's Kiss on him, and briefly considers letting him die, due to recalling that he was the first to condemn her father. Her thoughts are arrested when Kirika appears suddenly and knocks him out cold, due to believing him to be a pervert. Oriko has a vision of herself attempting to kill Madoka Kaname, before she is shot in the head by a mysterious protector. She believes that she must find out more about the protector in question. Her plans are arrested, however, when Kirika and Komaki get into a scuffle, which ends in Komaki, as well as her close friend Akira Namekata, being killed by accident.
Kirika spends the next day in complete shock, horrified at her own actions and hallucinating Komaki's body. Oriko takes care of Kirika, musing on the fact that she was not, in fact, capable of killing another person, and wonders if she should find another ally. Kyubey informs her about the death, and Kirika's shock only worsens when she learns that Komaki and Oriko knew each other, nearly falling into despair. However, Oriko refuses to judge Kirika for their deaths, and after attending the funeral, she returns to find that Kirika has radically changed, openly hugging Oriko and proclaiming that she has been reborn. She declares that she can do anything for Oriko now. Oriko considers having a meal of pancakes with her, but has a vision of Sasa Yuuki, and changes course, declaring that their plan is to exploit the new magical girl in town.
Together with Kirika, she forges an alliance with Sasa, who is on the run from Kazamino City with a team in hot pursuit due to her attacks on civilians. The three of them lead a surprise attack on the depleted survivors of the team, splitting them up and fighting individually. Though Kirika and Sasa are wounded, Oriko manages to convince her opponent that the fighting is pointless and they should retreat rather than take further losses, due to having endured deaths on the mission already. Unfortunately, these words strike a chord with the team's leader, who falls into despair; in the resulting chaos, the team is wiped out, and Oriko is badly wounded by an angered Sasa, who declares her intent to escape the town and replenish her Witches. Spying a young girl who had wandered into the barrier after receiving a phone call to come there, Sasa attacks... only to be blown apart by the mysterious protector of Madoka Kaname. This, as it turns out, was Oriko's plan; having seen Homura's powers in action, she realizes how they function.
Oriko and Kirika travel to Kazamino to pick up the Grief Seeds that Sasa had accumulated, and, by chance, encounter Yuma, in the process of stealing food for her guardian Kyouko. However, Oriko finds her mind dwelling on Yuma, which is only furthered when she begins having nigh-constant visions of Yuma's current actions, and even her own past. She realizes that she has begun mentally associating Yuma with herself, with Yuma's emotional outbursts being the sort of thing she swore off as a child. When Kyoko goes off to fight a witch, leaving Yuma behind at their hotel room, she speaks to Yuma and suggests that Kyoko may already be dead, playing on Yuma's fear of being alone. Yuma rushes off to find her friend, leading to a chain reaction of events that ends with her becoming contracted. Kyoko swears she's going to make Oriko pay for making Yuma into a magical girl. Meanwhile, Oriko declares that she will reject the weakness she saw in Yuma.
Though Kyubey escalates his attempts to investigate the mysterious deaths of a large number of magical girls, neither Kirika nor Oriko give him any useful information. In the meantime, Oriko has a meeting with Koito Asako, who blames herself for the death of her sister and her friend, due to having known about her nightly jaunts. However, Oriko rejects the idea that Komaki's death was her fault, telling her that it was nothing but bad luck and that even if people would blame her for her sister's death, it would not matter, which cheers Koito up. While watching the news, Oriko and Kirika see Yaegashi on the news, and Kirika asks Oriko if she wants him dead--an idea which Oriko rejects, as he is a personal enemy rather than a threat to the world as a whole. Oriko muses on the need to fasttrack her plans, realizing that Kirika's sanity is deteriorating. This is only furthered when she has a vision of herself in a school, watching people be devoured by familiars and doing nothing to aid them.
While in her father's rose garden, she and Kirika prepare to have tea. A witch attacks them, and as Kirika fights it, Oriko prepares the tea. Kirika ends up smashing their table and ruining it, so the two just sit together, Kirika resting in Oriko's lap. Oriko muses to herself that if Kirika wasn't there she would have broken down long ago, and then has another vision. This tells her that she's going to have to ask Kirika to fight again, to protect their world. When Kirika acts defensive of a nearby desk, Oriko finds a plush toy inside, and gives it to Kirika as a gift, which Kirika promises to cherish.
Kyubey tells her of a lead on the murder case (the suspect being Homura Akemi), at which Oriko realizes she has found her protector, and declares the battle as good as won. While waiting for Kirika to return, Oriko muses on making up her earlier harshness, and decides to make her a cake. However, while making the cake, she has a delusion of a younger version of herself, who tells her that she has killed many people in the name of her plan. Oriko attempts to rebuke the delusion, claiming that the deaths are irrelevant in the grand cause, and claims to have outgrown that younger self. However, the younger Oriko proclaims that Kirika has already been driven completely mad, and all the things Oriko has done to herself have hit Kirika far worse. The vision proclaims that Oriko is the reason her father died. Oriko attempts to contact Kirika, but has a vision of Kirika being mortally wounded and intervenes to rescue her. Mami recognizes Oriko from Kyoko's description, to which Oriko responds that they will meet again and Mami will "realize how foolish [she's] been". She leaves without a fight, but Mami is nonetheless stunned as she could sense very powerful magic emanating from Oriko.
Back at Oriko's house, she attempts to nurse Kirika, who refuses medical attention. Kirika also confesses that, afraid of being rejected by Oriko when they met, she wished to change her personality. Oriko tells her that she can never forgive the deception, but as both she and Kirika are smiling, it seems that they have no regrets. She then discovers that Kirika's Soul Gem has been cracked and begins crying, blaming herself for being too weak. Kirika is shocked at this, and asks if she found the thing Kirika hid, before her Soul Gem's decreased integrity causes her to pass out. Oriko, now a fugitive from the other magical girls, wanders outside and has a chance encounter with local girl Chiharu Masumi, who asks if they should go hunting for the killer. Oriko kills her in a fit of rage, and returns home to find the thing Kirika hid, which turns out to be her father's suicide note.
Outraged by the contents of the note, she has a confrontation with Yaegashi, blaming him for her father's death. However, Yaegashi tells her the truth: Hisaomi did not kill himself because of the scandal, but because he feared the idea of his own daughter being willing to reject him the way his father did. Oriko, as it turns out, is more like her cruel and cutthroat grandfather, who was also willing to sacrifice lives in the name of achieving his ideals. In shock, she leaves him and returns home, where she begins acting out, screaming and smashing nearby objects while Kirika struggles to calm her down. She declares that her vision served not to tell her to stop the Witch, but to tell her that her life had no purpose and she should hurry up and die, and that she no longer wishes to be herself. However, Kirika responds by proclaiming that she can still help Oriko achieve her dream: since her wish was to keep changing to support Oriko, her Witch form should inherit her willingness to follow Oriko's plan. Oriko tries to reject this, unwilling to harm Kirika further, but Kirika refuses, declaring her intent to see both their wishes fulfilled. Oriko breaks down sobbing, and hugs Kirika.
Now set on a plan, Oriko and Kirika decide to spend their last night alive together, with them hiding out in Kirika's house. They play videogames (which Oriko proves incompetent at), eat snacks, and talk about their lives. Oriko reflects on the night and decides it was the happiest and freest she'd ever felt, overjoyed to simply be herself. After falling asleep, the vision of her younger self returns, and claims that Oriko has no reason to try to fulfill her father's ideals, now that it has become clear that his ideals were a lie and that Oriko has failed to help anyone. However, Oriko simply acknowledges this as true, and claims that what she had described as her father's ideals were ultimately only her own ideals, and she will do what she does to ensure her own happiness rather than someone else's. The vision fades away, unable to answer this.
The next morning, Oriko has an encounter with her uncle again, and tells him that while she feared him as a child, she has let go of her feelings. She throws her bag aside, and meets up with Kirika outside of Mitakihara Middle. She declares to Kirika that what they do next will be unforgivable, even if it ends in saving the world--something Kirika simply assents to. Alongside Kirika, Oriko hijacks the announcement system at Mitakihara Middle School and gives a speech. She cryptically warns the students about the presence of witches and how magical girls must defeat them for the greater good. The school is then enveloped by a witch's barrier, as familiars attack and devour the people inside. The public broadcast results in Koito learning the truth about Oriko.
Oriko protecting Kirika's body
Oriko and Kirika are confronted by Homura at the heart of the barrier world. Oriko reveals that she knows Homura from her vision, and has been trying to change the fate of Mitakihara Town ever since she received it. Her goal is to kill Madoka before she becomes a Magical Girl and then a Witch capable of destroying the world. This was followed by Kirika's Witch attacking Homura, who has been joined by Mami, Yuma, and Kyoko in order to protect Oriko from being potentially injured or possibly even killed. Upon learning the truth, the other three are shocked and fight much more poorly, causing Oriko to pity their inability to accept reality. She tells Homura that they are different, because Oriko wants to save many people as opposed to Homura, who is trying to protect only Madoka. She then fights Homura.
Kirika is defeated by the other three magical girls working together, driving Oriko into a rage. She only becomes more desperate when Kyubey appears, announcing that he's managed to see through Oriko's plan: using Yuma's contract and the murder of other magical girls to distract him from Madoka's potential. Oriko's Soul Gem is close to exhaustion, but she continues to attack Homura, aiming to make her use up enough magic so that she cannot defend Madoka. When Kyoko throws her spear at Kirika's body, Oriko jumps between them and is impaled, displaying her genuine care for Kirika. Homura, holding her at gunpoint, asks why Oriko was willing to do what she did - gazing at Kirika's corpse, she declares she did it to protect her world, before Homura executes her. With the last of her strength, she throws a shard of Kirika's witch body at Homura, which misses, before finally dying. However, it turns out that Homura was not her target. Instead, Oriko hit Madoka, who had been coming to help Homura in the fight. Madoka is struck in the heart and killed instantly, causing Homura to create a new timeline.
In the afterlife, Oriko and Kirika remain together, with Kirika declaring that they will share the burden of their sins as they hold hands. When Madoka appears before them, in her true goddess form, Oriko congratulates her on having managed to set the world right. She claims to be happy to have found what she believes is most special, but expresses deep regret for her actions in life, and thanks Madoka for her forgiveness.
The Extra Stories takes place in a timelines where Oriko, instead of seeing Kriemhild Gretchen, saw Walpurgisnacht, and declared that she would try to protect the city from the powerful Witch.
Noisy Citrine
Oriko does not feature much in Noisy Citrine. We are given a brief flashback showing how she met Kirika at the convenience store, and then nothing else until the ending, where Oriko notices Kirika reading a letter from Erika Mamiya in her garden. She teases Kirika about how the girl who wrote the letter must be very important to her, and when Kirika claims there's only one "very important person" in her life, Oriko claims her curiosity is piqued, and pushes Kirika to tell her who that person is.
Symmetry Diamond
It is revealed that Oriko wasn't always able to use her precognition to fight effectively. During her first few weeks, her precognition was active 24/7, and would severely burn through her magic reserves. She relied on Kirika to get Grief Seeds for her, not being able to provide much in battle besides advice.
During the first chapter, Oriko meets Yuma in the park at night, after Yuma was told by her mother to leave the house and never come back. The two talk about their parents, where Yuma laments always getting scolded, and Oriko laments never getting scolded. The two come to an agreement that there's no such thing as a perfect daughter. Oriko also talks about how, ever since discovering her father's corpse in the house, she's afraid of wandering about her own house at night. As Yuma leaves, Oriko's precognition flashes, and she sees Yuma's future death, wherein she goes into cardiac arrest and dies due to her mother's abuse.
The next day, Oriko is bullied by the girls in her class, including Komaki Asako. A classmate named Sasa Yuuki offers to have lunch with Oriko, and the two go to eat outside. During lunch, Oriko is worried that Kirika didn't send a text at lunchtime like she always does. After school, Oriko tries to call Kirika, but cannot get in touch her. Oriko laments not being able to foreseeing what happened to Kirika, and only receiving useless visions due to being unable to control her own precognition. She wonders then if Yuma also feels this useless, before receiving a vision of Yuma being hurt by her mother again. Deciding to wallow in self-pity later, Oriko moves to find both Yuma and Kirika, only for to Sasa to suddenly show up. She calls out to Oriko, asking her what she's doing here, but Oriko notes that she's in a hurry and runs off, with Sasa following after.
Oriko and Kirika walking past Yuma and her grandparents
Oriko and Sasa find Yuma at the same park where Oriko met her earlier. Oriko asks Sasa to see to her, and begins to leave to try and find Kirika. Once Oriko's back is turned, Sasa sees this as an opportunity to kill her, and forms a wand in her hand. Before she can actually attack however, Kirika appears and stops her, cutting Sasa's arm. Oriko runs over in concern for Sasa, but suddenly realizes she doesn't even know who Sasa is, as Sasa was using her brainwashing magic to make Oriko believe they were friends. Oriko and Kirika fight Sasa and her captured witches and win, with Oriko using the Grief Seeds dropped by Sasa's witches to recharge her magic. Sasa tries to take Yuma hostage, but Oriko reveals the truth about witches to Sasa. In response, Sasa destroys her own Soul Gem and dies.
Afterwards, Kyubey tries to convince Yuma to make a contract, but Oriko blasts him with magic to prevent this. She comforts Yuma, and advises her to speak up to change her life. Later, Oriko is walking with Kirika, and overhears Yuma talking with her grandparents. She now lives with them instead of her mother, showing that her future has been averted.
The Last Agate
On the eve of the battle with Walpurgisnacht, Oriko makes and shares a cake with Kirika. Afterward, the two stand together and prepare to fight.
Oriko Mikuni was a playable character in Magia Record. She had 2 Units: OrikoMikuni, released on August 22nd 2017 (JP) / June 25th 2019 (NA), and OrikoMikuni (Final), released on May 11th 2022 (JP).
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Oriko makes one minor cameo in Episode 24 of the Magia Record Anime. When Kyubey talks about the history of Magical Girls, a mural depicting multiple Magical Girls is shown, with Oriko being one of them.
Oriko Mikuni is a playable character in Magia Exedra. She has 1 Kioku: OracleRay, released on March 27th 2025.
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Magia Record
A blue-blooded Magical Girl whose father is an ex-parliament member. Oriko does whatever it takes to get the job done, but her strong sense of justice, inherited from her father, keeps her from overdoing it. She is refined and loves drinking tea at home.
Attack UP [IX] & Accele MP Gain UP [VIII] & Chance to Critical [VII]
Damage to All Enemies [VIII] & MP Restore (Self) & Guaranteed Evade (Self / 1T)
Damage to All Enemies [X] & MP Restore (Self) & Guaranteed Evade (Self / 1T)
Spirit Enhancement Data
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Accele
Blast
Charge
3★
+5%
+6%
+4%
+5%
+3%
+5%
4★
+6%
+7%
+5%
+6%
+4%
+6%
5★
+7%
+8%
+6%
+7%
+5%
+7%
SE
+7%
+8%
+6%
+13%
+9%
+15%
Spirit Enhancement
Doppel Adept
Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
MP Boost
MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
Doppel Adept
Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
MP Boost
MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
Doppel Adept
Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
MP Boost
MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
Technical Adept
Charge Disc Damage UP [II]
Parry Adept
Chance to Evade [II]
Magia Adept
Magia Damage UP [II]
Magia Adept
Magia Damage UP [II]
Jammer Edge
Chance to Skill Seal on Attack [II] (1T)
Estock Adept
Chance to Ignore Damage Cut [IV]
Parry
Guaranteed Evade (Self / 1T)
CD: 10 turns
Doppel Description
SOTRIA (Sotria)
The Doppel of Anguish. Its form is a Ballroom Dancer. The master of this emotion has been given the duty of changing the foretold future. A strong wind blows, scattering flowers, the petals of which drift into another world. When the mist at last accumulates, the time comes. It intermingles with the fluttering flower petals, and the festivities begin. The Doppel starts to dance, and at the dance's climax, the enemy shadows vanish like flowers in a storm as an offering to the festivities.
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Crime and Punishment 罪と罰
Monopolize Draw
Normal
Monopolize Draw
15 turns
Max Limit Break
Monopolize Draw
13 turns
**Unique to Oriko Mikuni** Since my childhood, I have read "Crime and Punishment" more times than I can recall. The protagonist bears a striking resemblance to that girl. However, only those who can bear the "weight of death" are fit to become her pawns.
小さな頃から何度も読み返してきた【罪と罰】
そこに描かれている主人公は、あの子とよく似ている
だが【死の重さ】に耐えられない様なら
彼女の駒にはなることはできない
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Side Story
Oriko Mikuni's Side Story
Oriko's side story begins as a partial adaptation of Puella Magi Oriko Magica. After Oriko contracts with Kyubey, she sees Madoka Kaname becoming Kriemhild Gretchen and ending the world. Oriko leads Kyubey to Yuma Chitose, using her as a distraction to keep him away from Madoka. She later entices Yuma to contract when she tells Yuma Kyoko Sakura is fighting a witch. Oriko then meets Kirika Kure and asks her to become her pawn. Later, Kyubey tells Oriko a magical girl was killed by another one. She confronts Kirika who apologizes for what happened. Oriko did not expect Kirika would kill, but decides to use the murders to further distract Kyubey.
Oriko sees another vision of Madoka. She thinks she has to find and kill her before Kyubey does. Then Oriko realizes that Madoka is not in Mitakihara but somewhere else. She sees a bizarre distortion in space that causes Mami Tomoe and Kyoko Sakura to appear. After her vision ends, Oriko believes that some sort of spatial distortion is connecting Mitakihara and the place she saw, Kamihama City. Oriko wonders if Kamiahama can change the future.
The next day Oriko tells Kirika about her vision. She has another vision of Mami and Kyoko entering Kamihama later that day. She decides to send Kirika to Kamihama, telling her about a "famous black tea shop" there. She also tells Kirika that Mami and other magical girls will be there and asks Kirika to be a distraction without taking their lives. She also wants Kirika to asks them about Kamihama. Kirika agrees and the story reveals this took place after Kirika fought Mami in Oriko Magica. Oriko then prepares to go to Kamihama separately. Believing that Kyubey will meddle in Kamihama, she decides to create another distraction for him.
Oriko appears before Yuma again and tells her Kyoko is in danger once more. Yuma said Kyoko went to Kamihama and asks if Oriko knows where it is. Oriko says she'll take Yuma there, and believes Kyubey will follow. Once at Kamihama Oriko overuses a Grief Seed and rehatches the witch. She leaves Yuma in the barrier, saying Kyoko will come to rescue her. When she leaves the barrier, Oriko is spotted by Shizuku Hozumi. Oriko recognizes Shizuku, having seen her in a vision with Kyoko. Oriko introduces herself and says she's from a different city. Shizuku notes that many magical girls are coming to Kamihama lately. Shizuku asks if she's there to hunt all the witches. Oriko says she's chasing after Yuma. With her future sight, she knows Shizuku will tell Kyoko about Yuma, leading to Yuma's rescue. Elsewhere, Kyoko worries she's been away from Yuma for too long. Back with Oriko, Shizuku recognizes Yuma's name as Kyoko told her about Yuma. Shizuku says she should tell Kyoko Yuma is in the city. Oriko departs, pretending to look for Yuma.
Oriko takes the opportunity to look around Kamihama, trying to find answers. However, she finds herself caught in a witch barrier. The witch is so powerful that Oriko nearly loses. She realizes she'll need to come back with Kirika to find answers. Oriko returns home before Kirika does. This is as Oriko expecting, but she then finds Kirika is late. Oriko flashes back to when Kirika was injured by Mami. Kirika tells Oriko about how Oriko helped her when they first met, and that her wish was to become someone befitting of Oriko. Kirika says she wished for Oriko's sake, and that the Kirika she knows is a fake. Oriko says that Kirika must pay her back by protecting her forever. Back in the present, Oriko thinks Kirika promised so she must come back.
Kirika then finally returns, apologizing for not getting the tea. She says she got in a fight with Mami and Kyoko. Oriko is just happy Kirika came back. Kirika did get tea from a supermarket. She says that both Mami and Kyoko had no idea what was happening with Kamihama, and they were investigating themselves. Kirika also noticed the large amount of witches there. Oriko says Kirika's errand was successful. Oriko wonders if she should send Kirika to Kamihama again, worried she will get hurt. Oriko then flashes back to her father's suicide and subsequent bullying. She thinks that even after becoming a magical girl, she wanted someone to notice herself for who she was. The next day, Oriko wakes up to find Kirika bought more tea from Kamihama. Oriko notes that the girl she was looking for is right here.
A Magical Girl who finally found the "meaning of her life". By recognizing and accepting the one engraved upon her heart, she awakened to a new power, and found clarity of heart. She'd like to develop her skill at baking sponge cake.
Accele MP Gain UP [IV] (Self / 3T) & Guaranteed Evade (Self / 1T)
CD: 10 turns
Doppel Description
SOTRIA (Sotria)
The Doppel of Anguish. Its form is a Ballroom Dance. The master of this emotion has made it her mission to change the future that she foresaw. Its violet rose petals are portents that carve apart any enemy set to play a role in events yet to come. As the wind blows and begins to dance, this Doppel’s ball begins. The bats accompanying it are not servants, but rather partners that perform alongside the Doppel’s master. When the master and her Doppel generate countless giant needles with which to skewer their target, the bats likewise slice apart the target in concert with them. Their constant rhythm produces a frenzied harmony, and as the dance floor’s heat reaches its highest peak, they spur the Doppel on to dance until its roses have been scorched black.
Drizzle the syrup over the batter until it is soggy
and you'll have pancakes so sweet they'll make you smile.
But it still might not be enough for your love.
あなたのお気に入り食べ方に従って
生地がびしゃびしゃになるまでシロップをかければ
笑みがこぼれるほどに甘い特製パンケーキの完成
それでもあなたの愛には及ばないかもしれないわね
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Side Story
Oriko Mikuni's (Final) Side Story
The story starts between chapter 26 and chapter 27, right when Oriko's soul gem darkens in her fight against Yachiyo Nanami and Kanagi Izumi...
Oriko enters her dream space and thinks that she always knew how dependent she was but she never wanted to admit how weak she was, stating that she never wanted to see that her wish "came to her" and she never wanted to acknowledge it. Then Oriko finds herself in a world where her father is still alive and she lives a perfect life, where she is loved and appreciated by the other girls at her school, who adore and admire her like she used to be in the past. Oriko reaffirms that her purpose in her life is to help her father in the place of her dead mother. Oriko's classmates affirm that "the Mikuni family is perfect" like Oriko herself because she is from an elite family that do not despise others like the rest of the elite families, mentioning Oriko's uncle, aunt and grandfather as models to continue within politics. The other girls say that Oriko is so perfect both academically and athletically that she is almost scary, which bothers Oriko, but she doesn't think she should complain because she has a perfect life, but somehow she feels empty. At that moment, Oriko sees Yuma Chitose running through her school, but she is unable to recognize her and wonders who she is, but Oriko states that she cannot show concern and no other signs of weakness. Later in her class, one of Oriko teachers asked her about volunteer activities, resulting in Oriko participating in them. Oriko's teacher is grateful for her help. Then, Oriko proceeds to excel again, solving complicated math problems, but Oriko remains silent when she hears her classmates talk about how perfect she is. During classes, all of Oriko's classmates go out to lunch and leave her alone, to which Oriko thinks that if she were in the same school as "her", they could eat lunch together, but she wonders what he is talking about, since she doesn't have friends who go to other schools. Later, Oriko is invited by a classmate of hers to spend time with her and her friend, but the friend tells her that they cannot bother Oriko because of how busy she usually is and apologizes for bothering her, while the two affirm that "Oriko is special." .
Oriko is sad to see that everyone looks at her for her family before taking time to get to know her, and wonders since when she has had such a busy schedule and mentions that she really wants her life to be more exciting while having a vision about Kirika Kure and wondering why she feels that she doesn't have enough. Oriko claims that she cannot doubt and she must be perfect to carry the name of her family, since that is her purpose in life. Later, Oriko is invited again by her classmates to have tea, but since Oriko does not answer them, they assume that she must be very busy, but Oriko replies that she is not, but the girls tell her that she seems to be waiting for someone's call, at which Oriko says it's true because she hasn't stopped looking at her cell phone without realizing it, and she feels that at that time someone always contacts her, thinking that she really doesn't have friends who send her messages. Oriko asks the girls again about the invitation they gave her, but she sees Yuma again running through the hallways of her school and wonders who she is, so Oriko runs after her, apologizing to her classmates saying she remembered something important to do. In her search for Yuma, Oriko finds a dark silhouette of Kirika, which transforms into a dark book when Oriko approaches it. Oriko is not able to recognize the book and wonders what it is, asking for help, but at that moment the book disappears. Oriko wonders what's going on, and she decides that the best thing she can do is go to her house because her father is waiting for her. Back at her home, in her father's study, Oriko prepares tea for her father while he thanks her for always helping him with his work, but he tells her that he would prefer that she spend time with her friends at school and be a girl. normal, saying that she doesn't have to force herself to always come straight home from school, but Oriko states that she enjoys helping her father and spending time with him over tea. Oriko reveals that she used to have tea with her mother and it is something that she now enjoys doing with her father and she wants to do the same thing her mother did for her father before her death.
Later, in their dining room, Oriko's father asks Oriko how her day went, but remembering seeing Yuma and Kirika, she remains silent. Oriko's father asks her what's wrong and she says that it's nothing and she's just tired, thinking that she shouldn't bother her father with nonsense, so she insists that her father eat the pancakes because they're going to get cold. Oriko has a vision of how she used to eat pancakes soaked in syrup, so she proceeds to eat her pancakes like that while her father ask her about that, as he didn't know she liked sweet things so much. Oriko wonders why she acted like that, because she didn't eat her pancakes like that, but at that moment the dark book appears again in front of her. Oriko notices that there is something inside that dark book, but she doesn't want to look at it despite the curiosity she has about the book, stating that that is "the Caligula Effect". At that moment Oriko's father returns and asks her if she was waiting for him, but Oriko realizes that the dark book has disappeared. Oriko tells her father that she didn't think he would find more syrup, so they both proceed to eat. Oriko thinks that was another peaceful day, but she can't help but feel uncertainty...
Oriko knows that she is being harassed by a shadow that she is trying to reject, which is why she is not able to sleep at night, so she decides to investigate more about the book, but again she fears that she is making a mistake and is happy to know that her father appeared before she touched the dark book. Oriko thinks that she has her father and she must help him because it is her purpose in life, but she begins to doubt and wonders if that is really the purpose of her life and why she has a feeling of emptiness in her chest. Oriko thinks that there is something wrong with her and doesn't understand the reason why she feels exhausted, having visions again of Yuma, Kirika and the dark book. Oriko doesn't understand what those visions mean and says she feels very weak, insisting that she must become strong to take care of her father. Oriko remembers the day her mother died. Her mother was hit by a car in a car accident, and some doctors tried to save her at the hospital but there was nothing they could do, so she passed away right there. Oriko remembers how she and her father cried that day, but from that moment on she stopped crying because she swore never to cry again for the sake of her father, because for her the rest of the Mikuni family were adults with cold and arrogant looks. Oriko thought that anyone who isn't like her gentle father cannot be trusted by her, so she started to support her father's job in her mother's place.
Oriko decides she must rest and decides to go back to sleep. However, she hears her mother's voice calling her, then seeing another vision of "a mysterious girl". Then she wakes up she finds the dark book next to her bed. At that moment, Oriko realizes that the book says "H. Mikini", so it is actually her father's diary, Hisaomi Mikuni. Oriko remembers what it's inside the diary, and she says that she didn't want to see her father's diary ever again because it took away all the meaning of her life, but Oriko confesses that, what she really doesn't want to admit are her mistakes. In that moment, "Yuma" appears behind Oriko's back and tells her that Oriko knows what she is doing but she is not able to accept the evil that is in her heart and all the sins that she has committed. Oriko claims that everything she did was because of her father, but Yuma mocks her and tells her to continue fooling herself, trapped in a fantasy world forgetting reality, claiming that is "good too". Oriko says that she could never be wrong, but at that moment "Kirika" appears in front of her, which makes her remember many things just by being next to her, but Oriko is no longer able to remember who Kirika was to her. "Yuma" proceeds to take Oriko's father's diary and asks her how her father is, while "Kirika" calls her name. Yuma asks Oriko if she plans to abandon her father and she denies it, but "Yuma" tells her that no matter what she chooses no answer is suitable for her. Oriko says that she must choose between her father and a girl she doesn't remember, but at that moment Oriko remembers the wish she made to Kyubey. Oriko wonders if it was a dream, and at that moment her father appears behind her with a rope, asking Oriko that the two of them die together, so that they can be reunited with Oriko's mother. At that moment, Oriko remembers that her father hanged himself after a series of corruption accusations, finding his body in his study at night...
"Oriko's father" says that's why he chose to end his life, but he "failed" because he wasn't the problem, Oriko was the problem. Oriko doesn't want to listen to him, but his father says that he didn't run away from life, but from her. "Oriko's father" makes Oriko appear in a chair with the rope around her, and tells her that he will not leave her again, and now he will be in charge of "saving the world" from Oriko, who begins to cry saying that as long as she is with her father, she will be happy. "Oriko's father" then asks her if she also wants to be hanged to join him and her mother, and Oriko says yes because her life no longer made sense without her father. "Oriko's father" tells her that if so, he will grant her wish and will "finally save the world", from a person like Oriko. But at that moment she hears her mom's voice calling her, while she thinks that her father decided to go with her mother and wonders why she would not agree to meet them. Oriko rejects "her father" and remembers Kirika, and all the time they spent together. Oriko asks her father to let her go and he stops choking her. "Oriko's father" asks her what is happening and if she does not want to meet with them. Oriko says no, to which her father responds that she is a bad person for all the damage she has done and tells her that "it is her duty to die", revealing his true form, Sotria, the Doppel of Oriko.
Oriko, surprised, asks who is she, to which her Doppel tells her that she is her: the sinner who has committed the greatest sins. Oriko doesn't understand what she's talking about, but her Doppel tells her that they will never be forgiven for everything they have done. Sotria reminds Oriko of her sins of the past by taking the forms of her father and Yuma. Her Doppel, as her father, first tells Oriko that by becoming a cold and cruel person, she tormented his father until he went crazy and lost his will to live. The she takes the form of Yuma and says that Oriko then tricked Yuma into making a contract with Kyubey even though she knew the fate of the magical girls, but Oriko insists that everything she did it in the name of salvation and preventing the existence of the worst witch of all, but her Doppel asks her if she really wanted to save the world or just wanted to be a savior, and asks if she was the one who really saved the world or if she has ever saved someone.
Then, her Doppel takes the form of Kirika and tells her that she murdered many magical girls and broke Kirika's mind, who because of her wish, would uselessly do anything to please Oriko's twisted mind, later taking the form of the murdered girls by the hand of Kirika, to torment Oriko with their screams while calling Oriko a killer. Sotria again asks Oriko who she has saved, assuring that she has done nothing but ruin the lives of others. Oriko insists that she wants to continue with her plan to save the world, but Sotria then takes the form of Madoka Kaname and asks her idea of save the world is about, since her Doppel insists that Madoka had already become a magical girl and her visions are were wrong, since Madoka never became a witch. Oriko's doppel takes her true form, reassuring that "they" are unable to see the important things that happen in front of them and it takes them a long time to realize their mistakes. Sotria insists that Oriko hurts innocent people for selfish reasons without being fully aware of everything happening around her, such as Kamihama's self-purification system that prevents magical girls from becoming witches, and asks Oriko if they have really saved something and have not done the opposite, condemning others. Sotria tells Oriko that the best thing they can do is go with parents to stop hurting others. Sotria makes Oriko appear in that room full of doors again, and tells her that sinners like them must be punished and sinners must not flee from their punishments. Oriko again begins to be choked by her Doppel, but she says that she does not want to die yet because she has already found her purpose: Kirika.
At that moment, Oriko's father's dark diary appears, taking the shape of a crystal sphere with sickles, similar to the wings of a bat, that cut the rope, freeing Oriko and giving her a new magical girl form. Oriko says that that dark diary was "the sickle" of her inner being, "returning" to her what she had lost. Oriko realizes that it is her wish, finally been granted. Oriko realized that meeting Kirika was what her wish had granted her, a purpose to live, someone she could have in her dark and broken heart. Oriko's Doppel asks Oriko why she refuses to die, saying that what she always wanted was to be with her father, but Oriko denies it while attacking her Doppel while calling her "father", but Sotria tells her that they are both the same and says that she knows what that is inside Oriko's black heart.
Sotria tells Oriko that she and that place are a manifestation of Oriko's darkness and deep desires. Sotria tells Oriko that she can no longer bear all the evil she has caused and only wants to die like her father did, she wants to escape from all the sins she has committed, ensuring that in this way, her desire to be with his parents would become true and she is going to finally be happy. Sotria insists that they must die, as punishment for being a horrible person and as salvation for their sins. Oriko assumes that Sotria is right because that place in her mind was created from the ideal of her dreams from the past, but she claims that she no longer wants to reunite with her father. Since Oriko met Kirika thanks to her wish, everything has changed, stating that even though they were both broken, Kirika protected her from all the evil she caused, ensuring that Kirika became the chains of love that tied her back to the real world.
Oriko says that, now that she has realized that her wish was granted in a different way than she expected, she wants to protect her world, she wants to protect Kirika the same way she protected her. Then, Oriko tells her Doppel that her main mistake was not realizing this and not admitting her weakness and dependence on Kirika, which is why she fooled herself into believing that Kirika didn't matter to her and was just "her pawn". Sotria says that in the end, her father didn't love them, to which Oriko agrees. Sotria asks her if she wants to take that risk again with Kirika, saying that she might stop loving them in the future and she would abandon them. Oriko asks her Doppel if she really believes that, but she doesn't answer. Oriko says that the two already know the truth, Kirika's love is not superficial. Sotria warns Oriko that they will meet again when Oriko falls into despair again, not being able to bear her actions, but Oriko assures that Kirika will make her return from that pit, for so Oriko decides to say goodbye to "her old self" and her father once and for all, ensuring that she was able to withstand the test of her mind. Back in the real world, Oriko gets her new form and is ready to continue in her mission to kill Mitama Yakumo...
The last part of the story takes place at the end of My Only Salvation, after Oriko decides not to kill Mitama, being forgiven by her and Iroha Tamaki. A few days after, Oriko is in her house yet again, waiting for Kirika. Oriko says that the tea is ready while Kirika appears saying that she bought everything Oriko asked for, but she doesn't understand why she asked for two bottles of syrup, stating that even she doesn't eat that much syrup, but Oriko assures that it is because she wants to try eating pancakes soaked in syrup in the same way as Kirika, who replays sais that she loves Oriko and that her words are not enough to describe her love for her, while Oriko laughs saying that she feels the same. Kirika proceeds to ask Oriko how she feels, since they "both" summoned their Doppels, and Iroha and the others informed them that they could have side effects on the body and psyche of magical girls, but Oriko tells her not to worry because in her case she interrupted the summoning of her Doppel, and she is the one who should ask Kirika how she feels.
Oriko mentions how, before returning to Mitakihara, the Kamihama magical girls told her all about the Doppel phenomenon of the Auto Purification System, in which they invoked a part of their witch form instead of completely becoming witches, and how they were working to stop this effect on the system from manifesting Doppels, as the plan to expand it around the world. Oriko remembers how she was told that when a Doppel is summoned for the first time, the Doppel makes the magical girl face their heart, so she suspects that her Doppel really showed her everything that was in her heart. However, thanks to that Oriko was able to realize how her wish was granted and she was able to awaken her true power. Kirika asks Oriko if she's not feeling well, but she just says that she was just thinking about Kirika and starts seeing her exactly like Kirika usually does with Oriko, which makes her nervous. Oriko thinks that everything she did cannot be forgiven and wonders if one day she will be punished for all the harm she committed, but she says that since she has Kirika right by her side she will be able to endure it, no matter how her punishment comes, she will accept it. Kirika says that it is the same for her, and she will always be by Oriko's side, who laughs saying that they should already drink their tea and enjoy their pancakes dipped in syrup. Oriko thinks that her place in the world is next to Kirika, and she is so happy to finally realize about this.
Magia Exedra
Kioku
A blue-blooded Magical Girl whose father is an ex-parliament member. Oriko does whatever it takes to get the job done, but her strong sense of justice, inherited from her father, keeps her from overdoing it. She is refined and loves drinking tea at home.
On enemy break, increases MP by 10%, and increases ATK by 20% (2 turns).
Increases HP/ATK/DEF by 2%.
Increases MP recovery rate by 10% and special attack DMG dealt by 50%.
Increases HP/ATK/DEF by 2%.
Increases Special Attack Lvl. Cap by 3.
Increases HP/ATK/DEF by 2%.
On maxed enemy break bonus, gain an additional turn.
Increases HP/ATK/DEF by 2%.
Increases Special Attack Lvl. Cap by 3.
Skills
Special Attack
Battle Skill
Basic Attack
Ability
Support Ability
Oracle Ray (オラクルレイ)
100 MP
Judgement Ray (ジャッジメントレイ)
—
Blast (ブラスト)
Blast Enchantment (ブラストエンチャント)
Deals 160-320% light DMG to all enemies, and when fewer than 5 enemies are present, deals 10% of special attack DMG as light DMG (count increases with fewer enemies; max 4 times).
Deals 90-135% light DMG to all enemies, and when fewer than 5 enemies are present, deals 10% of battle skill as light DMG (count increases with fewer enemies; max 4 times). With 2 or more enemies present, grants 5 MP to self, plus an additional 5 MP for each enemy above 2.
Deals 50-100% light DMG to a single enemy.
When at least 2 enemies are present, increases DMG dealt by 10-15%, plus an additional 10-15% for each enemy above 2. Also increases DMG dealt to enemies with a break bonus of 200% or higher by 20-30%.
Equipped toAttacker: Increases DMG dealt when targeting elemental weakness by 10-25%. With 2 or more enemies present, increases DMG dealt by 5%, plus an additional 5% for each enemy above 2.
Skill scaling
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Ⅰ
160
165
173
182
195
208
224
248
280
320
Ⅰ
90
93
97
102
107
112
117
123
128
135
Ⅰ
50
54
58
63
68
74
80
86
92
100
Ⅰ
Ⅱ
Ⅲ
10
10
20
10
10
21
11
11
22
11
11
23
12
12
24
12
12
25
13
13
26
14
14
27
14
14
28
15
15
30
Ⅰ
10
11.7
13.3
15
16.7
18.3
20
21.7
23.3
25
Unique EX Crystalis Ability
I Did It to Protect My World (わたしの世界を守るためよ)
Increases DMG dealt by 3% (Effect scales based on how many enemies there are; max 15%). On special attack, increases ATK by 3% (Stacks 5 times).
Magic Level Buffs
1-15
16-30
31-45
46-60
61-75
76-90
91-105
106-120
1
HP
+100
16
HP
+100
31
DEF
+36
46
HP
+100
61
Critical Rate
+2.5%
76
Critical DMG
+2%
91
HP
+100
106
HP
+100
2
ATK
+36
17
ATK
+36
32
HP
+100
47
ATK
+36
62
HP
+100
77
HP
+100
92
ATK
+36
107
ATK
+36
3
DEF
+36
18
DEF
+36
33
Battle Skill
Lvl.4
48
Ability
Lvl.5
63
Battle Skill
Lvl.7
78
Support Ability
Lvl.5
93
Ability
Lvl.8
108
Ability
Lvl.9
4
HP
+100
19
HP
+100
34
ATK
+36
49
DEF
+36
64
ATK
+36
79
ATK
+36
94
DEF
+36
109
DEF
+36
5
Battle Skill
Lvl.2
20
Battle Skill
Lvl.3
35
DEF
+36
50
Critical DMG
+2%
65
DEF
+36
80
DEF
+36
95
HP
+100
110
HP
+100
6
ATK
+36
21
ATK
+36
36
Basic Attack
Lvl.4
51
Battle Skill
Lvl.6
66
Support Ability
Lvl.3
81
Battle Skill
Lvl.8
96
Support Ability
Lvl.8
111
Battle Skill
Lvl.10
7
DEF
+36
22
DEF
+36
37
HP
+100
52
HP
+100
67
HP
+100
82
HP
+100
97
ATK
+36
112
ATK
+36
8
HP
+100
23
HP
+100
38
ATK
+36
53
ATK
+36
68
ATK
+36
83
ATK
+36
98
DEF
+36
113
DEF
+36
9
ATK
+36
24
ATK
+36
39
Ability
Lvl.4
54
Basic Attack
Lvl.6
69
Basic Attack
Lvl.7
84
Support Ability
Lvl.6
99
Battle Skill
Lvl.9
114
Support Ability
Lvl.10
10
Basic Attack
Lvl.2
25
Basic Attack
Lvl.3
40
DEF
+36
55
DEF
+36
70
DEF
+36
85
DEF
+36
100
Critical DMG
+2%
115
HP
+100
11
DEF
+36
26
Critical DMG
+2%
41
HP
+100
56
HP
+100
71
HP
+100
86
HP
+100
101
HP
+100
116
Critical DMG
+2%
12
HP
+100
27
DEF
+36
42
Battle Skill
Lvl.5
57
Ability
Lvl.6
72
Support Ability
Lvl.4
87
Basic Attack
Lvl.8
102
Support Ability
Lvl.9
117
Basic Attack
Lvl.10
13
ATK
+36
28
HP
+100
43
ATK
+36
58
ATK
+36
73
ATK
+36
88
ATK
+36
103
ATK
+36
118
HP
+100
14
DEF
+36
29
ATK
+36
44
DEF
+36
59
DEF
+36
74
DEF
+36
89
DEF
+36
104
DEF
+36
119
Critical Rate
+2.5%
15
Ability
Lvl.2
30
Ability
Lvl.3
45
Basic Attack
Lvl.5
60
Support Ability
Lvl.2
75
Ability
Lvl.7
90
Support Ability
Lvl.7
105
Basic Attack
Lvl.9
120
Ability
Lvl.10
Unique Portrait
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Portrait
HP
ATK
DEF
Ability
Obtained
✦✦✦✦
Once Your Average Preppy Girl わたしが普通のお嬢様だった頃
Initial: +86 Max: +350
Initial: +29 Max: +118
Initial: +38 Max: +153
Increases ATK by 2.5-5%. Equipped to OrikoMikuni: Also increases MP recovery rate by 0.5-2.5%.
In Magia Record Oriko was the first 3★ Magical Girl to gain a 5★ uncap after her initial release.
Observations
Sadness Prayer implies that Oriko considers herself similar to Rodion Raskolnikov of the Russian novel, Crime and Punishment. Both are well-educated, youthful, and arrogant, despite their state of poverty, both see themselves as entitled to do terrible things for the sake of the greater good, but ultimately are selfish and seek to validate themselves, both spend much of the story agonizing over their guilt, and both conclude the story suffering the consequences of their actions alongside the only person who ever truly loved them.
This is reaffirmed in her personal memoria in Magia Record.
Oriko's Witch, Sotria, might be based on Sattriya, a classical Indian dance-drama performance art typically centered around the supreme deity of Hinduism, Krishna.
Its modified spelling is similar to the Italian word "storia", meaning "history".
The name is also similar to that of the Greek goddess of salvation, Soteria.
Notably, her Witch name sounds similar to Latria, Kirika's Witch name.
Etymology
Her first name, Oriko (織莉子), means "weaver girl", and sounds similar to "oracle".
Her last name, Mikuni (美国), literally means "beautiful country".
