Nemu Hiiragi
Nemu Hiiragi | |
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Japanese Name | (柊ねむ) Hiiragi Nemu |
Character Designer Primary Artist |
Ume Aoki Hitokuni |
Voiced by | Japanese: Sumire Morohoshi English: Mela Lee |
ID No: | 1014 |
Release Date (JP): | March 15, 2019 |
Release Date (NA): | June 19, 2020 |
Nemu Hiiragi (柊ねむ Hiiragi Nemu) was a playable character in the 2017 mobile game Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record, serving as one of the main antagonists for its first part.
General Info
Physical Features | |
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Age | 11 |
Eye colour | Violet |
Hair colour | Light Brown |
Height | 149cm |
Magic | |
Soul Gem | Red-orange circular soul gem (hat tassel) |
Weapon | Book |
Witch Form | Pennen Nenemu |
Powers and Abilities | Realization (Create Rumors) |
Wish | “I wish for the power to [manifest]! Allow us to take them from you, Kyubey!” |
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Japanese pronoun | boku (僕) |
Known relatives | Unnamed parents, unnamed younger brother |
Origins | Sankyo Ward |
School | Sankyoin Educational Academy, 5th grade |
Affiliation | Wings of the Magius (a Magius), Kamihama Magia Union |
Game Info
Stats, Connect, Magia Data |
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Spirit Enhancement Data |
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Summary
A magical girl who is working to create a world without Witches. Nemu started writing stories just trying to seek some approval. It wasn't until she posted those same stories online that she become known as a literary genius. Her dream is to wrap the world in her stories...literally.
Doppel Description

The Doppel of Dying Wishes. Its form is a deathwatch beetle. The master of this emotion will sacrifice everything she has. This terrifying Doppel uses both of its bug-headed hands to devour the stories of the world. It can then use its ridiculous power to materialize these stories into the real world. It is said its power comes from its weakening master, and that as she gets weaker, the Doppel get stronger. However since it uses all of its power to materialize the stories it eats it doesn't pack a physical punch, some even believe it wouldn't stand a chance against a direct hit from a Witch.
Side Story
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Costume Stories


When Nemu wore her hospital gown for the first time, she was not fond of it, due to its stiffness, and bright colors that she felt did not suit her. As she believes that someone more sociable should be wearing it, Ui comes over and notices the new gown she got the day before, calling it “kawaii”. What stemmed from a simple compliment, sprouted into a full on lecture from Nemu about how the word, “kawaii”, was originally an insult for something visibly unpleasant , pathetic, or even embarrassing. It was only centuries later that the word became the opposite of its original meaning, now used to call something cute or admirable.
Ui is bewildered as Nemu begins to regret her rambling, but Ui surprises her by praising her for being a living dictionary, while reassuring her that she only meant to compliment her outfit. Overhearing their conversation, Touka curiously walks over to see what’s going on. As Ui recounts everything to Touka, Nemu reflects on how she only became self conscious about her bitter demeanor while speaking with Ui, but when she received words of admiration, those dark clouds of doubts faded away. Smiling, Nemu hopes to one day be as honest as Ui.Appearances
- Main Story Part 1: Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 5, Chapter 7, Chapter 8, Chapter 9, Chapter 10
- The Last Magia
- Main Story Part 2: Chapter 1, Chapter 2
- Another Story Part 1: Chapter 8, Chapter 9
Event Appearances
- Cherry Blossom Dreams
- One Fleeting Summer Night
- Kamihama in a Circle
- A New Beginning
- The Rondo of Oblivion Sleeps for Eternity
- Welcome to Uwasa Aquarium! ~The Memories Entrusted in the Treasure Casket~
- Angels on the Road ~Reindeer Santa Prospering Season~
- Christmas String ~The Day the Fingers were Locked~
- Bittersweet AI Memory
- Where is Ashley Taylor's Japanese Horror!?
- Kamihama Armageddon
- The Witches' Paradox Extermination Battle (1)
- The Great Banquet that Transcends Time
- Miyuri Yukari on Practice!
Magical Girl Story Appearances
Other Appearances
- See also Touka・Nemu (Holy Night ver.)
In-game
Nemu initially only appeared in Iroha's flashbacks, where she, Ui Tamaki and Touka Satomi are seen staying in the hospital. She seems to be friends with both of them, however she fights with Touka a lot, making up shortly after. Nemu reappears in Chapter 7, confirming her status as one of the Magius. In Chapter 7.17, it's revealed that it is Nemu who has created the Rumors invading Kamihama City at the cost of part of her lifeforce.
Powers and abilities
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Etymology
- The character of her last name means "holly" (柊)
- Her first name is homophonous with the word for 'to sleep'. This could tie in to the strain that goes with creating rumors, which causes sleep.
Trivia
- Nemu, Touka and Alina form a prison theme in their outfits. Nemu is the 'prisoner', as is shown through the ball-and-chain around her ankle. Befittingly, her power allows her to create Rumors, the prisoners who are meant to take the Witches' place in the Magius' plans. The ball-and-chain around her ankle is absent in the anime adaptation.
- Her Doppel bears a less striking, but still a certain resemblance to Iroha's Doppel Giovanna, much like Touka's.
- This has been revealed in the guidebook to be because Nemu, alongside Touka, being inspired by Iroha to become a magical girl and wishing to save Iroha from the fate of magical girls.
- The guidebook furthermore states: 'The motif is a scholar and "an insect-eater" (or a Warbler). The clock pendulum within its head ticks away.'
- Nemu is the fourth magical girl to have her name in her Witch name (Pennen Nenemu), followed by Tsuruno (Yuhong), Homura (Homulilly) and Ren (Renata).
- Her Doppel name is a reference to a work of Kenji Miyazawa, titled Biography of Pennen Nenemu. It can refer to Nemu being one of the Magius leaders.
- The story is about the titular character Nenem. He is a ghost who lives in the ghost's world. The world is a different dimension from the world where humans live, and although ghosts can "appear" in the human world, it is a crime to appear without permission. Nenem loses his parents by a famine and his sister by an kidnapper, and is employed as a proletarian. He quits his job after working for ten years and then rises to the position of "the Chief Justice of the world". He does a fine job that all citizens praise, and in the process reunites with his sister, but he later becomes bloated with authority, slips and appears into the human's world, from his conceit. He laments his failure and declares his resignation.
- For other references to his work, see Kenji Miyazawa and Magia Record.
- Her Doppel also slightly looks like an owl, which have been wisdom symbols ever since Pallas Athena.
- In Nemu's transformation scene, she writes "Devil's Advocate" in the air with her finger.
Gallery
Game Gallery
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Magia Record Four Star card
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Magia Record Five Star card
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In-battle Sprite
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Doppel Sprite
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Witch Sprite
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Queen of Rumors
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Magical Girl Seal 2019
CGs
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Nemu's Soul Gem
Animated Sequences
Concept Art
Other Art
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Nemu in the manga
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End Title Card by Masugitsune
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Image in commemoration of Magia Record's third anniversary. Source
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Season 2 promotional image
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Illustration from Megami's April 2022 issue.
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Art by Ume Aoki for Magia Records sixth anniversary.
Nemu Anime Screenshots
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Nemu in her hospital gown.
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Nemu's Magical Girl form.
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Nemu's book.
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Nemu's Doppel.
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Touka and Nemu's suicide attack.
Memoria Cards
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**Unique to Nemu Hiiragi** What was I hoping for? What did I want? A newly released novel? An out-of-print book that sounded interesting? New clothes for a change of image? No, no, no. Those are all wrong. I just want to be told I'm loved. It's so close and yet so far. That is all I want. | 求めていたものは何だろう。欲しがっていたものは何だろう 発売したばかりの小説?どうしても気になっていた絶版本? イメージチェンジするための新しい服?違う、違う違う、どれも違う 一番近くて一番遠い、私を愛する言葉だけ。それだけがたただ欲しい | ||
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Everyone's feelings, gathered together. What do you taste, when eating next to a cocoon of impurities?
The sour taste of heartlessness constricts my feelings, as well as my taste buds. It wakes me up early, before the dawn comes and announces the end. | 集め集まる色んな気持ち。穢れの卵のすぐ傍で口にするのはどんな味? 広がってくのは無情の酸味 ほっぺの裏がキュッと締って、気持ちも一緒に引き締まる 暁が終わりを迎える前に、一足早めの朝かもね | ||
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"Through written sentences, an interwoven world, or filled-in spaces, heartfelt stories flow quietly, gently, peacefully, and sometimes wild and frenetic, into the cracked earth of the wasteland, gradually filling up in a transient pool, to then become unique. If even one thread has a color, my heart will be at peace. | 「文章を綴ろう、世界を紡ごう、隙間が埋まれば話が流れる
静かに緩やかに穏やかに、時に激しく狂おしく、気持ちを乗せた物語は 枯れ地のヒビを流れゆき、徐々に満たして仮初めの潤いを与える 後は個性を貰うだけ。一糸だけでも色をくれたら僕の心は凪になる」 |
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A girl seeking the ultimate beauty, a girl seeking a universe where a Witch could have such beauty, and a girl who dreams of writing about a world where mechanisms were built in the pursuit of knowledge... Everything began with these three, who are connected by fates from newly birthed stories that twisted together into an unusual friendship. | 最高の美を求める少女は、その美しさを魔女に求めた 宇宙の全てを求める少女は、知を得るために機構に手を掛けた 世界を原稿にすることを夢みる少女は、物語を産み落とし続けた 捻れた因果の先で繋がった、稀有な関係、始まりは全てこの3人 | ||
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Touka may be selfish, but she's a good girl, always thinking of those around her. Nemu is stubborn and sarcastic, and wants approval badly, but she's also a good girl who looks out for others. Ui is serious and a little dense sometimes, but she too is a good girl, kind to all. The stories they made know this from peeking out from their book. | 灯花は自分が一番のワガママだけど、実は周りを想う良い子ねむは認められたくて頑固な皮肉屋だけど、実は気遣いができる良い子ういは真面目で少し鈍感なところがあるけど、みんなに優しい良い子生まれた物語は知ってるよ。本の中からみんなを覗いて | ||
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"*Giggle* Who ever would've imagined we'd get to make memories like this? Indulging in summertime customs like jumping into the ocean, hands held!" "Neither Touka or I could swim, but we still leaped right into the water... To be honest I freaked out a little back then." | 「…くふふっ!手を繋いで海にジャンプするなんて、
夏の海恒例の体験が出来て、良い思い出になったでしょー?」 「僕も灯花も泳げないのに、突然海に飛び込むんだから… 正直、あの時は焦ったよ…」 |
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They completely understand each other's movements, their teamwork second to none. This is only made possible by the bond they have created. But their teamwork doesn't work all that well when they're trying to decide what to have for dinner. | 何を考えているのかを理解するのは簡単で、
息を合わせた絶妙な連携だってできてしまう。 だって、ひとつ屋根の下で強く結束した仲間だから。 それでも食事の献立だけは、息を合わせるのが難しい。 |
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Our first impressions were awful, and we still don't get along at all.
The day we tied our fingers together to protect her smile. | 第一印象は最悪で、今でもちっとも仲良くない
なのにこうして一緒にいるのは、ふたりを結ぶ存在があったから 星空色の電飾に照らされながら、いつかの誓いを思い出す あの子の笑顔を守りたくて、指を結んだ日のことを |
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Because it was a wish that saved my life, I'm not afraid to offer it to someone else.
In her dreams, in her mind, from her slumber, she awaits for the time of her "awakening". Spun by several girls, the price of a wish passed down from generation to generation, is it hope or despair... (TV Anime 2nd Season Key Visual) | 願いに救われた命だから、誰かに捧げるのは怖くない
夢に、うつつに、まどろみながら、彼女は「覚醒」の時を待つ 少女たちに紡がれ、受け継がれた願いの代償、それは希望か絶望か… (TVアニメ 2nd SEASON キービジュアル) |
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"These things are rather analog and handmade...
"It's no use, we didn't have the budget to go that far. "Hey, Touka. With this design, I don't think she'll be able to take it off by herself. "Oh, come on, we can't recreate it, we're under budget. | 「こういうのって割とアナログな手作りなんだな…」
「仕方ないよーそこまで回す予算が無かったんだからー」 「あれ、灯花。この設計だと自力で脱げないんじゃないかな」 「もうっ、そんなこと言っても予算不足なんだから作り直せないよー」 |
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There came a sense of déjà vu among the lights of the Christmas tree. There was a Christmas carol that I heard from the speakers on the ceiling some time before.
"Are you trying to say we've gone back in time?" | クリスマスツリーの電飾に覚える既視感
天井のスピーカーから流れる、いつか聞いたクリスマス・キャロル 「この曲、覚えてる…去年のクリスマスも流れてた」 「…タイムスリップしたって言いたいのかにゃ?」 |
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Christmas is a while away, but it's about time we start preparing cards.
| クリスマスはまだ先だけど、クリスマスカードを買ってくる
“普通のクリスマス”を知らないふたりには、練習が必要だから 机に向かって、想像力を解き放つ 星降る聖夜に雪が舞う、ホワイト・クリスマスを想いながら |
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**Unique to Touka・Nemu (Holy Night ver.)** It all started with a single diary. The two girls travel through time, uniting their frayed bonds. As they record the traces and miracles of the guardian spirits of Christmas... And so, this year, too, the holy night will end. | それは、1冊の日記から始まった
ほつれかけた絆を結びながら、ふたりの少女は時を馳せる クリスマスの守護霊たちの、軌跡と奇跡を記しながら… かくて今年も、聖夜は暮れゆく |
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"Here you go! Merry Christmas, Touka, Nemu!"
The smile she gave me was the real gift. | 「はいっ!メリークリスマスっ。灯花ちゃん、ねむちゃん!」
もらって心から嬉しいと感じた、初めてのクリスマスプレゼント 何度も何度も考えて、その訳にようやく気づく あの子がくれた笑顔こそ、本当の贈りものだったんだ |
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"Mokyu, Mokyumokyu, Kyupei, Mokyu! Mokyu, Mokyu!"
"Fufu...Is that so, the tea is really good, isn't it...yes, you can have a cookie too" "I can understand what you're saying." "Big sister is amazing!" "Not in the slightest to us..." "I don't know how. Maybe it's because we've been together for a long time." "Mokyu!" | 「モッキュ、モキュモキュ、キュップイ、モキュゥ!キュキュ、モキュ」
「ふふ…そうだね、お茶おいしいね…はい、クッキーもどうぞ」 「言ってることわかるの?」「お姉さますごい!」「僕達には全然…」 「なんとなくだけどね…ずっと一緒にいるからかな」「モキュッ!」 |
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**Unique to Touka Satomi & Nemu Hiiragi** Blue-ray & DVD Volume 2 jacket illustration 1 (TV Anime Final Season) | Blu-ray&DVD 第2巻 描き下ろしジャケットイラスト1 (TVアニメ Final SEASON) | ||
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I can't believe that a single wish led me to where I am today.
I bet if I asked you back then, you wouldn't believe me. ...to me who couldn't even express my opinion yet and only put on a good face... I know there will be hard times, but there will be more happiness waiting for me. | たったひとつの願い事が今の私に導いたなんて
あの頃の私が聞いても、信じてくれないんだろうな …まだ自分の意見も言えなくて、いい顔ばかりしていた私へ つらいこともあるけど、それ以上の幸福が待っているからね |
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Girls who didn't even know what a familiar town looked like and could only imagine
They have come to look at the world from the sky and offer their help together. On their days off, they spend time with family and friends on the ground, and when they return, the four of them are together again The everyday life that we can take for granted may be what we wanted back then. | 身近な町の姿すら知らず、想像を膨らませるだけだった少女たちは
空の上から世界を眺め、一緒に救いの手を差し伸べるようになっている お休みの日は地上で家族や友人と過ごし、戻ればまた4人で一緒 当たり前のことができる日常は、あの頃に欲していたものかもしれない |
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I want to chase after your back, which keeps getting further away, but my feet won't move a single step.
The shadows are closing in from behind, telling me I can't do it because I'm empty. It's horrible, it's not what I want, I only want your light. I want to be closer to you. If I reach out my hand, will you grab it...? | 遠くなる背中を追いかけたいのに、足が一歩も動かない
空っぽなお前には無理だと、影は背後から迫ってくる 嫌だ、嫌だ、光が欲しい。あなたのそばに、近づきたい この手を伸ばせば、掴んでくれる…? |
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**Unique to Nemu Hiiragi** A girl who spins stories without hesitation swims alone in a sea of creation, disguising her true feelings as a child. She thinks of the future, but her immature wish would cut off her loved ones and end with cruel consequences. The insect that shows you the illusions you desire and extinguishes the fire of life, takes every soul into its own story. She doesn't wish for much, but protecting her allies is her lifelong creed. | 淡々と物語を紡ぐ少女は 幼き本音を偽り 創造の海を ひとり泳ぐ
未来を想うも 未熟な願い 愛する者を切り離した 残酷な結末 望む幻を見せ 命の火を消す虫は あらゆる魂を 己の物語に取り込む 多くは願わない 同士を守ることのみが 一生涯の信条 |
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External links
Gameplay Videos
- Recording of Nemu's Transformation Video on Youtube (JP)
- Recording of Nemu's Magia Video on Youtube (JP)
- Recording of Nemu's Doppel Video on Youtube (JP)
Side Story and Costume Story Videos
- Recording of Nemu's MSS on Youtube (JP): Episode 1/3, Episode 2/3, Episode 3/3
- Recording of Nemu's Swimsuit Story on Youtube (JP)
- Recording of Nemu's Hospital Gown Story on Youtube (JP) (Translated)