This article focuses on the timeline of all Madoka Magica media to create both a chronological, as well as multiversal understanding of events. Madoka Magica contains many instances of alternate universes, branching timelines created through time travel, as well as universal rewrites which retroactively affect both of the former. To clarify these concepts, this article uses the following defined terms:
Universe: A reality defined by a core set of metaphysical rules, usually established by a universal rewrite, such as the creation of the Law of Cycles.
Timeline: A linear sequence of events within a Universe. Time travel can create multiple branching timelines that share the same underlying rules, such as the many loops Homura has gone through.
Alternate Universe: A reality with a fundamentally different history and/or rules, not originating from a rewrite in the primary sequence. The clearest example is the universe of Magia Record, which even contains its own version of Homura.
With the addition of Homura's time travel, it is sometimes difficult to surmise whether an event takes place in a branch timeline or a separate alternate universe altogether.
Navigation
To navigate through the layout of this article and its sub-articles, below is an explanation of the organizational logic. Branching timelines are grouped under the Universe whose rules they share. Confirmed alternate universes are grouped under the media they are depicted in, which may not reflect a cosmological link. For example, worlds from crossover events like Magia Clash! are grouped with the Magia Record Universe because they appear in that game. For the same reason, events like Forever Halloween Night are grouped in the Magia Exedra Universe. These realities are all grouped with the Miscellaneous entry, with the exception of Null seen in Null Magical Girl, where even though Witches exist, its story and characters are unrelated to any other entry in the franchise.
Parallel universes and the multiverse are at least in part formed by choices, where every time a choice is made, there is a world where that choice was made, and one where it wasn't.[1] There's also spaces such as the Law of Cycles, the Endless Mirrors (and by extension the Magia Record), and the Lighthouse Theatre, from which multiple timelines and worlds are accessible. In these places outside of conventional timelines, where Magical Girls (and presumably other beings or objects) are taken to, their different versions merge together.[2]
The Original Universe is the first to be depicted, where Kyubey created the system of Magical Girls becoming Witches. In the first timeline, Homura Akemi makes a contract to go back in time, creating many more timelines where she repeats the same month. It is ultimately unknown how many times she looped, but in the final timeline of this Universe, Madoka Kaname makes a contract to erase Witches across all time and space, executing a universal rewrite that changes every timeline and reality within her reach.
The first fourteen timelines Homura creates are depicted in Scene 0; while it is believed the fourteenth is also the final one, this is unconfirmed. Given expanded media and interviews, the distinction between a branch timeline and a true alternate universe is often unclear. Therefore, the first fourteen timelines, other possible timelines, and the final timeline are treated in separate articles for clarity.
As seen in the Magia Record Anime, Oriko Magica, as well as Scene 0, the timelines Homura created continue to exist after she leaves them, simply proceeding without her presence or Mabayu's. However, it is unknown if all forms of time travel yield this effect. It should be clarified that certain cases of time traveling, such as Homura's, not only create new timelines, but also retroactively change events or details of the timeline she enters in, even if they occurred before her arrival. Perhaps the most well-known case of this happening was the pebble which caused Iroha Tamaki's survival in the Magia Record Universe.[3]
After Madoka's wish, she rewrites the rules of all realities within her reach, while residing outside them in the Law of Cycles. The Law of Cycles Universe is the state after this rewrite, where Magical Girls fight Wraiths and are taken upon death to the Law of Cycles, a realm outside any specific timeline. The Law of Cycles manages countless different realities, or "Records," from which the girls are ultimately unified into.
Among the anomalous realities within the Law of Cycles' purview is the Magia Record Universe, which developed a Doppel System. Due to the amount of content, it is split into events before Arc 1, events starting with Arc 1, and events starting with Arc 2. Other similar realities exist, such as the one in the Magia Record anime, which was assimilated after its Doppel System failed. Following the events of Magia Record is the Magia Exedra Universe, which takes place concurrently with the events after Rebellion.
Narratively, the events of the Magia Record Universe are placed between the establishment of the Law of Cycles and the events of Rebellion, where Ultimate Madoka sent Nagisa Momoe as an emissary. It is unknown if these realities were originally timelines Homura left behind (later rewritten by Madoka's wish) or separate alternate universes from the start.
Following Madoka's rewrite, Homura remained the sole connection to the old world. Captured by Incubators to lure the Law of Cycles, Homura was saved by Madoka, Sayaka Miki, and Nagisa. In response, Homura overtook the Law of Cycles and rewrote the universe again, becoming Devil Homura and separating Madoka from her divine aspect.
This new reality, the Devil Universe, has one known primary timeline, ruled by Devil Homura, thus it is unknown if many realities were rewritten, or simply the one Homura resides in. In this timeline, Madoka lives a normal human life, Magical Girls still fight Wraiths, and the Law of Cycles remains partially active, though its exact status is unclear. It is unknown if this rewrite affected only this single world, if Homura governs all realities, or if other worlds (like the Magia Record Universe) continue unchanged under Homura's new regime. With the current information, it appears that only one reality was affected and locked away from the incomplete Law of Cycles, however it is ultimately unconfirmed.
After there's confirmation that Film 13 is the same as the Final one, then we merge it all together. In this case, it should be renamed to Timeline/Original/Homura.
Finish all the branches from the Madoka Portable Homura Route
Finish Madoka Mobage
Finish Madoka Online
Finish Kirara Magica
Finish Law of Cycles Universe (Haven't found anything that would be added here)
Finish Magia Record Universe stuff by watching events
Will also include the anime, and Magia Report (the stuff for that needs just to keep track of the running gags and details on how/what it references irl).
Add Mirrors to all of the events which would be in Mirrors (idk what events wouldn't be mirrors except AniReco but whatever)
Add the Magia Exedra Alternate Universes (the other events will be filtered to the parts they belong to)
Currently just Namae's storyline and stuff she did after each part is finished (what she feels after each window)
Conflicts
Magia Exedra takes place outside of these all, maybe a new branch like Timelines/Magia Exedra. But what should the area out of the timelines be called? Like where the Law of Cycles and Lighthouse are in.
Questions
Also add information about how it's possible the original history of the Magia Record Game/Anime is the same as the one in the original (excluding the time travel from Puella Historia and Tart Events), but it's ultimately unconfirmed and episode 11 depictions and production notes contradict that.
Also add the clarification about the different universes in Timeline article. But only maybe.
Naming
Variant A: DISCARDED
Original
Law of Cycles
Post-Rebellion
Magia Record
Null
Magia Exedra
Miscellaneous
Variant B: In-use
Original
Law of Cycles
Devil
Magia Record
Null
Magia Exedra
Miscellaneous
Variant C: Monster
Witch
Wraith
Devil
Doppel
Null
Magia Exedra
Miscellaneous
Articles to finish / fix
All the Timelines
Everything previously in Glossary
Go through every article, point what's wrong at least and try to fix it, otherwise call attention to it.
Order of Release
ATTRIBUTING
2 Years Ago
Mikoto becomes a Witch and Mitama makes her wish before Ui gets erased.
As a child, Hanna Sarasa had a difficult homelife, with her drunkard father beating her and her mother pretending she didn't see it. Her father was eventually stabbed to death in an argument with someone, and her mother was later hit by a car and also killed while celebrating her freedom.[4]
Hanna ends up alone in an orphanage, where she faces bullies at school with no one to confide in, instead only writing her negative feelings in a notebook and fantasizing about revenge.[4]
Mikoto Sena lives in an abusive household with a violent, financially irresponsible father. At school, she pretends to be cheerful while her home life deteriorates. She avoids going home and declines social invitations she cannot afford.[5]
One day, Mikoto's mother gives her a crumpled one thousand yen note as allowance, her cheek visibly swollen from abuse. Mikoto suggests she gets a job to help her parents, but her mother refuses. Frustrated, Mikoto decides her father must disappear. She takes the money to buy a knife from a hundred yen store but hesitates after recalling a rare happy memory of her father at a festival. She flees without purchasing it.[5]
Later, near a train station, Mikoto considers running away but cannot decide whether to abandon her mother. Kyubey appears and offers to grant her wish. Mikoto contracts, wishing for her father to go away. Her wish is granted: her father leaves to live with another woman.[5]
Hanna is eventually approached by Kyubey, and she wishes her bullies out of existence, erasing them from everything but her own memories and becoming a Magical Girl.[4]
After her father's departure, Mikoto's mother begins neglecting the household, withholding money for food and frequently going out. Their financial situation worsens.[5]
Mikoto discovers her magic allows her to command others and, desperate for a normal family, she uses it on a neighbor, making the woman believe Mikoto is her daughter. The neighbor and her husband welcome Mikoto, though they treat her as their actual adult daughter rather than Mikoto herself.[5]
Mikoto throws herself into Magical Girl duties, fighting Familiars obsessively. One day she enters a Labyrinth and sees Hanna struggling against a Familiar. She uses her command magic and saves her, introducing herself afterwards. Mikoto attempts to befriend her, initiating conversations, though Hanna remains guarded and finds Mikoto's persistent efforts amusing rather than genuine. Despite their differences, they decide to team up.[5]
Hanna discovers her innate magic is copying the powers of other magical girls, though she could only use one at a time. Mikoto's mind control magic became her favorite due to its convenience, which made Mikoto proud and Hanna happy, allowing both of them to bond.[4]
With Hanna's help, Mikoto discovers her suggestion magic works on herself. She uses it to believe she has a loving family and happy school life, temporarily easing her pain. When Hanna offers to meet her parents, Mikoto, still under her own spell, agrees enthusiastically. After the suggestion wears off, she panics and decides to bring Hanna to the enchanted elderly couple's home instead.[5]
Mikoto confirms the couple remains under her spell and tells them a friend is visiting. At their home, Mikoto and Hanna help prepare dinner and the couple act as loving parents. While cooking, Hanna notices Mikoto looks sad despite claiming to be happy and offers to listen. Mikoto admits feeling unfulfilled and invisible, expressing a desire to be found and not abandoned.[5]
After dinner, Hanna gives Mikoto an exchange diary for sharing Witch information, mentioning Mikoto can also write her thoughts. Mikoto buys them matching pens but struggles with what to write, realizing her habit of lying has obscured her true self.[5]
Mikoto and Hanna continue hunting Witches and Familiars near Mikoto's apartment complex. Mikoto becomes obsessive, driven by fear that her Soul Gem will become too tainted and that Hanna will abandon her if she becomes useless.[5]
One day, while fighting a Witch on the rooftop of the Daito Apartment Complex where Mikoto lived, Hanna and Mikoto encounter Kanagi Izumi and work together to defeat the Witch. Kanagi invites the two of them to fight together in the future, as well as the other Magical Girls in Daito and while Mikoto is friendly to Kanagi, Hanna is more withdrawn. Inwardly, Mikoto is afraid of Kanagi's mind-reading magic and fears exposure, while Hanna fears losing Mikoto.[4][5]
Hanna later confronts Kanagi and urges her to not get involved with Mikoto and to forget about them. though she initially refuses, Hanna transforms and uses her copied Suggestion magic to erase her memory. Delighted by this, Hanna realized she and Mikoto could use their abilities to disappear from the world whenever they wanted, living like ghosts.[4] Unbeknownst to her, Mikoto had approached Kanagi with the same purpose as Hanna and sees her wiping Kanagi's memories, though she doesn't know why. Mikoto ultimately interprets this as protection and intensifies her Witch hunting going forward despite Hanna's concerns.[5]
Hanna writes a deeply personal exchange diary entry revealing her past of bullying, her parents' deaths, and her time in an orphanage. She describes meeting Mikoto as the first light in her dark life and offers support. Touched, Mikoto writes an honest reply confessing all her lies but tears it up and instead sends a false reply claiming she is fine.[5]
While hunting, as there'd been a drought of Witches, Hanna confronts Mikoto about her pretending to not be exhausted and suggests they run away together. Mikoto refuses, claiming she has things to protect, and resolves to change her situation before truly facing Hanna.[5]
Immediately after this resolution, Mikoto collapses on an apartment complex rooftop. Her Soul Gem, overwhelmed by corruption, transforms into a Grief Seed and she becomes a Witch as Hanna screams out her name. In her final moments, Mikoto experiences agonizing pain and hears Mitama's wish in her head, which she deeply resonates with. She regrets running from her real parents and classmates, never confiding in Hanna, and erasing her father. As she transforms, she sees the sunset behind Hanna and feels gratitude that Hanna is with her until the end.[5]
After escaping Mikoto's Witch, Kyubey approaches Hanna and explains that Witches come from Magical Girls. Suffering a complete mental breakdown, Hanna bashes her head open on the ground and realizes happiness was never going to be hers. Declaring she would rebel against the incubators, she uses her magic to bind Mikoto's witch to the Daito Apartment Complex, telling it to spread despair and promising to visit.[4]
Unbeknownst to even Mikoto, Mitama's wish during the exact moment Mikoto became a Witch allowed Mikoto to gain the power of Transplant magic, thus transplanting her persona into Hanna and maintaining her sense of self as a parasite within Hanna's mind.[6]
Some time later, Hanna uses her copied Magic to stop a Witch from moving and tells it her entire story. Hanna thanks it for spending time with her and decides to mind control it to cause mayhem, rather than killing it for a Grief Seed.[4]
Nanaka and Azalea stuff here
Due to Hanna's Witches, Nanaka Tokiwa's father, the head of a traditional flower arranging school falls ill. Due to his illness, the head students take over, turn their back on tradition and shut out the Tokiwa family. On his deathbed, he implores Nanaka with taking back the school.[7]
After his death, Kyubey appears to her. Nanaka wishes for the power to exact her family's revenge by her own hand. She gains the power to identify who her enemies are. This ability makes her realize the target of her revenge is not a student but a Witch. This witch behaves like a locust swarm, causing calamities in one area before migrating. The Locust Witch also controls the current head of her father's school via a Witch's Kiss, as well a being responsible for several issues in Kamihama.[7]
Nanaka meets with Meiyui, Akira, and Kako, asking for their help fighting the Locust Witch they all have a connection to. To explain, Nanaka tells them how she became a Magical Girl and what her magic allowed her to surmise. She explains the Witch is also behind incidents in Kamihama where people were forced to sell their land, which connects to Meiyui, as well as causing Kako's bookstore to burn down, and even Akira met Nanaka while fighting one of the Witch's Familiars.[7]
Akira and Kako quickly agree to help. Meiyui also agrees but says she cannot follow Nanaka's orders as a member of the Blue Seas family. Nanaka is fine with this, claiming the details are unimportant. Her plan is to investigate suspicious areas until they find the Witch's Barrier and then destroy it together.[7]
Soon, Nanaka's team are able to track down and defeat the Witch. Meiyui is impressed by how Nanaka reacted to her actions rather than giving orders, thus she also accepts Nanaka as her leader. However, Nanaka explains it is not over, as the Witch they defeated was only a copy created from a fully grown Familiar.[7]
Afterward, Nanaka speaks with Kyubey about
a secret. In the past, she found a Soul Gem while chasing a familiar. She then found the seemingly dead body of a girl. She placed the Soul Gem in the girl's hands, and the girl started breathing again. Kyubey explains that Soul Gems are the extracted souls of magical girls.[7]
Back in the present, Kyubey asks if Nanaka will tell the other magical girls the secret. Nanaka says she is waiting for the right moment. Then she thinks about her true revenge target: Kyubey. Her power makes it clear he is her enemy. She is waiting for the right time to turn against him.[7]
Days later, Nanaka's team is still unable to find the original witch. Akira says she met a magical girl mercenary. As the girls plan their next move, Nanaka muses about how she is gathering the determination of magical girls, waiting for the right moment.[7]
Some time later, inside Hanna, Mikoto experiences their shared memories and feels the warmth of their friendship, which softens the hatred consuming her from when she became a Witch. When Mikoto appears before Hanna as a sort of apparition only she could see, Hanna reveals she had always sensed Mikoto's presence and was overjoyed to see her again, though neither could touch the other. After they come to understand their situation, Hanna suggests they destroy the city together, seeking revenge against the system that betrayed them. Mikoto agrees, and they begin using enthralled Witches to sow chaos and make Magical Girls fight each other. They move constantly to avoid attachment, targeting families and schools while collecting Grief Seeds to sustain themselves.[6]
While passing through a cemetery, Mikoto sees her mother crying before a tombstone with her name on it. She confesses to Hanna that she lied about her family and school. Hanna admits she suspected the truth from their exchange diary. To make Mikoto happy, they vandalize Mikoto's school together, also writing her honest feelings on a blackboard before escaping through a window, feeling truly free for the first time.[6]
Hanna realizes that Mikoto's persona consumes magic like fuel and will vanish permanently if she runs out. Her own Soul Gem deteriorates rapidly from sharing her magic, and her Grief Seed collection is nearly empty. Mikoto's hatred grows stronger as she has visions of Magical Girls becoming Witches, coming from her connection to her Witch, and she struggles to control herself. When she confesses she is on borrowed time, they have their first fight, and Mikoto disappears from shame.[6]
She soon returns to find Hanna's Soul Gem nearly black, with no Grief Seeds left and no power to hunt Witches. Hanna reflects on her life, admitting she no longer believes in her old wish to erase people she hated. She tells Mikoto that evil must be defeated or there will be nothing worth saving. Mikoto asks to die together, but Hanna refuses, saying she is happy.[6]
Magical Girls surround them. Hanna deliberately made herself easy to find because she wants to be defeated, believing it will prove there are still good things in the world. During the battle, Nanaka Tokiwa targets Hanna's Soul Gem but hesitates to deliver the final blow. Frustrated, Hanna uses her magic to force Mikoto's persona into another Magical Girl nearby, then shatters her own Soul Gem while Mikoto screams.[6]
Mikoto falls into darkness until warm light surrounds her, and Hanna appears one last time. She explains her plan did not fail, telling Mikoto to look at the city that night. Hanna will bear their sins alone, but Mikoto has to live.[6]
Hanna copies Mikoto's Transplant magic and sends her to inhabit a Magical Girl on top of an observation deck. This girl ends up being Alina. Through Alina's eyes, Mikoto watches as building lights turn off and on one by one, forming a message visible from above: HAPPY BIRTHDAY. She realizes Hanna spent all their time together preparing this gift, marking every location so the city she hates will celebrate her existence. Though her hatred remains, Mikoto decides she will live, forever remembering this scene seared into her eyes as she whispers goodbye to Hanna.[6]
Sayonara Storage: Hanna uses Mikoto's pen from their diary and vows to prepare what Mikoto truly wanted.[5]
The Flowers' Lament
The Azalea sisters flee through the rain after being cornered by other Magical Girls, escaping using Ayame's magic but remaining on the run, accused of attacking their own kind.[8]
Days pass as the sisters hide in an abandoned house. Konoha explains she has been investigating the original incidents with Yachiyo, meeting regularly at a shrine to exchange information, though their investigation has stalled.[8]
Weeks earlier, Nanaka had formed an alliance with Akira, Meiyui, and Kako to hunt a Witch they call Locust. When the attacks on Magical Girls begin again, Nanaka's power urges her strongly that Locust is involved.[8]
The day before the confrontation, Nanaka's team visits Mitama. Nanaka theorizes a Magical Girl capable of controlling Witches is behind the incidents. Mitama recalls a girl with suggestion magic named Mikoto Sena and directs them to Kanagi, who had met her.[8]
Late that night, Kanagi meets Nanaka in a park. Kanagi confirms Mikoto's existence but reveals Mikoto and her family disappeared. She asks to investigate Mikoto herself.[8]
Around the same time, Reira learns from her mother about a strange girl asking questions at her apartment complex. Reira, Seika, and Mito investigate and discover the girl is Kanagi.[8]
The next day, the trio confronts Kanagi. Using Mito's power, they enter Kanagi's memories and learn about Mikoto's friend, Hanna Sarasa, who can copy a girl's unique magic.[8]
That same day, Ayame secretly meets Kako at a park. Both girls are manipulated by suggestion magic, causing them to argue. Nanaka intervenes, but Ayame runs off crying. Nanaka realizes an enemy Magical Girl is responsible.[8]
Back at the hideout, Konoha and Hazuki don't remember Ayame leaving. Ayame accuses them of tricking her. Konoha realizes they are being manipulated.[8]
Tsuruno bursts in, followed by Yachiyo, Nanaka's team, and the Mito trio. Reira reveals Hanna Sarasa as the culprit. As she speaks the name, Hanna reveals herself, admits everything, freezes everyone, and flees.[8]
The group splits up to search. The Konoha sisters find Hanna in an abandoned building. She admits she framed them because it was fun. Yachiyo and Tsuruno join the fight, but Hanna escapes again.[8]
The Mito trio waits on a rooftop. Hanna arrives and hints that Mikoto defeated a Witch but lost in the end. She prepares to kill Mito, but Akira blocks the attack. Nanaka's team arrives and fights Hanna.[8]
Nanaka appears and attacks, having used her team to wear Hanna down. Hanna reveals she knew Nanaka before she became a Magical Girl and deliberately ruined her life. Nanaka breaks free and uses her magia. Hanna freezes her, speaks cryptically about them eventually being on the same side, then destroys her own Soul Gem.[8]
Later, the survivors gather at Mitama's. Nanaka tells most that Hanna used suggestion magic on herself. Only those who already knew learn the truth about her destroying her own Soul Gem. Nanaka and Yachiyo explain to Konoha that Soul Gems contain a Magical Girl's soul. Konoha cries, lamenting she caused her sisters to contract.[8]
Sometime later, life returns to normal. Asuka apologizes to Hazuki, who accepts. On a rooftop, Nanaka and Konoha discuss Hanna's final words. Konoha reflects that despite everything, Hanna brought them together. Nanaka fears similar darkness could emerge again.[8]
Akira's Side Story
Akira wakes from a dream about being attacked by a familiar and finds Sasara Minagi nearby, who is out for a walk. Sasara offers to help Akira search for an old man's lost cane, recalling she saw children playing with a red cane, and the two head off together.[9]
Akira reflects on her upbringing in her father's karate dojo, where she learned to always help those in need and earned the neighborhood nickname "Troubleshooter" starting at age six.[9]
When Akira started middle school, a girl asked her to be a bodyguard against a stalker. The girl brought her to a park, confessed her love, and admitted to lying about the stalker. Akira politely rejected her, saying she didn't know much about that sort of thing.[9]
A few days later, Akira learned the girl had vanished and spent days searching for her.[9]
The day Akira found the barrier, she retraced the girl's steps in the park and stepped into a witch's labyrinth. She found the missing girl among blank-faced victims marked by a Witch's Kiss. Kyubey appeared, explained about witches and magical girls, and offered a contract.[9]
Familiars attacked and overwhelmed her despite her karate training. Injured, Akira wished to save all those people, transformed, and destroyed the familiars.[9]
The next day, none of the victims remembered the incident. Kyubey told Akira she needed to defeat the witch itself, which became her destiny as a magical girl.[9]
After becoming a magical girl, Akira patrolled Kamihama investigating witch-related incidents.[9]
One day, she encountered a familiar without transforming and dropped her Soul Gem. Unable to retrieve it, she fled the barrier and collapsed unconscious outside.[9]
When Akira woke, Nanaka Tokiwa introduced herself as the magical girl who found her and picked up her Soul Gem. Nanaka advised withdrawing since Akira had collapsed, and Akira reluctantly agreed.[9]
A few days later, Nanaka called asking for a favor. When they met again, Nanaka requested a duel, claiming Akira was weak and should quit hunting witches. Akira refused, citing her family's dojo, and they dueled. After some fighting, Nanaka ended the duel and apologized. She explained she wanted to test Akira's resolve and invited her to work together as a team. Akira relented after Nanaka claimed she was troubled and couldn't fight witches alone.[9]
In the present day, Akira returns the cane to the old man and thanks Sasara. She reflects on meeting many magical girls since joining Nanaka and wonders how many exist in Kamihama.[9]
Akira tells Sasara she must go to a meeting about Kamihama's real estate. They say goodbye to each other and Akira departs, wondering if she is being used by Nanaka, who always seems preoccupied with something else.[9]
Kako's Side Story
Kako is a thirteen-year-old girl whose family runs Natsume Library, a bookshop her family has run for generations.[10]
Her father learns a land shark is acquiring properties in the district to build a mansion, with Natsume Library as the last shop remaining. He rallies support against the buyer, but harassment begins, her parents start fighting, and then one day the bookstore, which is also their home, burns down.[10]
On the day of the fire, Kako was coming home from school when she saw a man in a long hat and mask setting the fire in the alley next to her house. She froze, and when she tried to leave quietly, he noticed her, stared, and left; by the time she returned to her senses, the fire was out of control.[10]
Kako tells her parents and the police everything, but while her parents are grateful she is safe, she is consumed by regret over her inaction. After her family finds temporary housing, she returns to the ruins and meets a girl with a white creature. The girl is surprised Kako can see Kyubey, and Kyubey speaks to her, knowing her name, but the girl says it is late and they can talk another day.[10]
Kako asks around about the girl but finds no leads, then one day, she appears before her again and introduces herself as Nanaka Tokiwa. Her and Kyubey explain Magical Girls and Witches to her, also letting her know she could make a contract and fix her life again. The two leave but Kako cannot stop thinking about the chance to fix everything. She soon notices her father has become despondent and is frustrated with herself, but she remains uncertain if she can risk her life.[10]
One day, Kako returns to her bookstore and finds herself inside a barrier, attacked by a familiar, but Nanaka saves her. A band of familiars surrounds them both. Nanaka fights but is overwhelmed by their numbers. Kyubey warns that Nanaka will be beaten and the familiars will turn on Kako next, offering the contract again. Nanaka contacts Kako telepathically, telling her not to worry about her and to decide for herself.[10]
Kako watches Nanaka take a hit and finally makes her wish: to restore her family's happiness and their bookstore. Together, they defeat the familiars and when the barrier vanishes, Kako is shocked to find her house and shop completely restored. Nanaka tells her to go home, and Kako thanks her before running off.[10]
After Kako leaves, Kyubey asks Nanaka if she was only pretending to struggle to manipulate Kako. Nanaka chuckles and says she is hardly that skillful and was genuinely losing, and that this outcome is the fate Kako chose herself.
Kako runs into her restored house and greets her parents. She sneezes, saying she felt a shiver go up her spine.[10]
The Blue Seas Family was started by Chinese immigrants after WWII and is now run by their descendants, with Meiyui in the third generation. Originally a mutual aid society that knew everything in Kamihama, it briefly operated like a mafia before returning to its roots helping run festivals and clean neighborhoods.
Meiyui's father takes her to Hong Kong shortly after she is born, but she returns to Kamihama alone at age four, spending her days doing charity work and playing mahjong with locals.
One day, Meiyui learns land-sharks are trying to buy land from citizens in the Family's former territory. She offers to speak to the real estate company on their behalf. When the representative learns she is from the Blue Seas Family, he laughs and attacks. Meiyui beats him thoroughly.
The following days bring increased violence throughout the city. While investigating a fire, Meiyui is accosted by a thug who reveals a bounty has been placed on the dark web.
Days later, rumors of a traitor surface. Meiyui gathers the Family to increase patrols and change their routes.
After finalizing plans, Meiyui catches the tea shop owner looking nervous with his phone. She accuses him of being the traitor. He calls for his bodyguard, Kako Natsume, who nervously appears. The owner orders Kako to crush Meiyui. As they spar, Kako telepathically reveals she is a magical girl, then turns and knocks out the tea shop owner instead.
Kako requests they fight as magical girls. Meiyui explains she contracted three years ago to protect the Family after they were scapegoated for a murder. Despite Meiyui's reluctance, they fight until Kako calls for Akira Shinobu to take her place.
Akira and Meiyui battle until Nanaka Tokiwa appears and stops them. She explains a witch is behind the land sharks, her group posed as them to gather information, and they wanted to test Meiyui. Nanaka offers a team-up to stop the witch. Meiyui agrees, provided she can first inform the townspeople the problem is resolved.
Nanaka's Side Story
Nanaka meets with Meiyui, Akira, and Kako to ask for their help fighting a witch they all share a connection to. To explain why she needs them, Nanaka tells them how she became a magical girl.[7]
Nanaka's father headed a traditional Japanese flower arranging school, but when he fell ill, senior students took over and grew the school's popularity while abandoning its traditions, shutting out Nanaka's family entirely. On his deathbed, he told her to take back the school. After his death, she was sent to live with relatives, and Kyubey visited her. She contracted, wishing for the power to exact her family's revenge by her own hand.[7]
Nanaka explains that her wish-derived magic lets her know who her enemy is, and this ability revealed that her true target was not a student but a witch. She compares this witch to a locust swarm: it settles in one area, devours everything through calamities, then migrates. Currently, this witch controls the head of her father's school through a Witch's Kiss. It is also behind forced land sales in Kamihama, which connects to Meiyui, and it caused the fire that burned down Kako's bookstore, leading to her contract. Akira first met Nanaka while fighting one of this witch's familiars. Akira and Kako quickly agree to help. Meiyui also agrees but notes that as a member of the Souheikai, she cannot follow Nanaka's orders. Nanaka accepts this, stating the details are unimportant as long as the witch is defeated. Her plan is simple: investigate suspicious areas until they locate the witch's barrier, then come together to destroy it. The team agrees.[7]
Later, the magical girls track down and defeat the witch. Meiyui is impressed that Nanaka reacted to her actions during battle rather than giving orders, and she declares she now accepts Nanaka as her leader. However, Nanaka reveals the fight is not over, as the witch they defeated was only a copy created from a fully-grown familiar. The team resolves to continue the hunt.[7]
Afterward, Nanaka speaks with Kyubey about a secret she learned after becoming a magical girl.[7]
In the past, while chasing a familiar, she found another Soul Gem and picked it up, then discovered the seemingly dead body of a girl. Nanaka deduced this was the magical girl who lost her Soul Gem, attacked before she could transform. She decided to lay the Soul Gem with its owner's body, and when she placed the gem in the girl's hands, the girl began breathing again. Later, Kyubey explained that Soul Gems are the extracted souls of magical girls.[7]
Back in the present, Kyubey asks if Nanaka will tell the others this secret, but she says she is waiting for the right moment. Nanaka then reflects that her true revenge target is actually Kyubey himself. Her power makes it clear he is her enemy, though she does not know all the details, and she is waiting for the right time to turn against him.[7]
Days pass, and Nanaka's team is still unable to find the witch. Akira reports meeting a magical girl mercenary. As the girls plan their next move, Nanaka muses about how she is gathering the determination of magical girls, waiting for the perfect moment to strike.[7]
Magia Record
At the hospital, a nurse tries to convince Touka to eat her carrots. Touka refuses unless her terms are met: she wants specific books brought to her. The books are Hachslingen's "General Theory of the Origin of the Universe," Cosinberg's "Celestial Forces," and Dadatri's "Glimmer of the Planet." She claims no one will hand them over. The nurse eventually gives up on the carrots.[12]
Iroha arrives, having been called by Ui. Ui admits she asked Iroha to search for the books Touka wanted, having written out the titles for her. Iroha apologizes, explaining she could not find them no matter how she searched. Touka becomes flustered.[12]
Nemu deduces that Touka is acting like Princess Kaguya, requesting treasures she knows do not exist to avoid eating her carrots. Exposed, Touka reluctantly eats a carrot. Nemu thanks Iroha and makes Touka apologize for the trouble. Touka gives a half-hearted apology.[12]
One day, the girls play a number-guessing game. Touka wins five times in a row. Iroha suggests Touka and Nemu call her something more casual. Touka chooses "Onee-sama." Nemu asks to call her "Onee-san." Iroha happily agrees.[12]
Touka eagerly awaits Iroha's arrival to play Old Maid, noting Iroha has won first place seven times in a row but that her face always gives the game away. Nemu observes to Ui that Touka frequently says "Onee-sama" now, likely because Iroha is her first elder sister. Nemu quietly reflects that Iroha is her first Onee-san as well. Iroha arrives and greets them all warmly.[12]
A familiar appears and attacks. Touka is overwhelmed. Iroha arrives and fights it off, guided by Kyubey. She expresses concern for Ui and her friends. Ui realizes it really is her big sister and Touka recognizes Kyubey.[12]
See You Tomorrow
One morning at the Daito Apartment Complex, Reira greets an older neighbor who warns her about increasing danger in the area. Reira then startles Seika, who had already been frightened earlier by the apartment council president handing out safety posters about suspicious people. Mito pops out and successfully scares both friends before they walk to school together. At school, the three face their own struggles: Reira learns from classmates that a family of three disappeared from Building 12 three months ago with no explanation, Seika freezes up when classmates try to invite her to lunch, and Mito's classmates mock her for humming, calling her weird.[13]
That afternoon, Seika senses something while walking home and makes an excuse to leave. That evening, she follows a suspicious man from the wanted posters to the old candy shop, where a barrier opens and a Familiar appears. She transforms into a Magical Girl and fights it alone. Meanwhile, Reira and Mito walk home together, noticing someone who looks like Seika before she disappears around a corner.[13]
Days later, after the suspicious man is found and taken into custody with no memory of what happened, the three friends discuss the resolved incident. Reira mentions seeing someone who looked like Seika near the shopping center. Seika lies and says she was nowhere near there. Reira pretends to believe her but senses something wrong.[13]
The next day, Reira pulls Mito aside and confides she believes it really was Seika at the shopping center. They confront Seika at the park after school. Seika panics and yells at Reira to stop. Mito cries. The three drift apart and go home separately.[13]
That night, each girl faces a turning point. Reira, blaming herself, is offered a contract by Kyubey. She wishes for things to go back to how they used to be between them. The wish is granted, and suddenly Reira's head fills with memories she did not know she had. Seika goes to the roof, resolving to do whatever it takes to protect her friends. Mito learns from her mother that they are moving away due to the disappearances. She runs to the park, crying, and searches desperately for a four-leaf clover, believing it will make everything better.[13]
Later, Reira, now a Magical Girl, reveals to Seika on the rooftop that she regained memories of jumping off the roof under a Witch's influence and dying. Seika had wished her back and had been fighting alone ever since. Mito finds them and asks what is going on. She mentions meeting a talking animal, and Reira and Seika realize it was Kyubey. Mito asks them to promise they will make up before she is gone, explaining she is moving away soon.[13]
The next morning, Mito pieces together the truth: Seika wished Reira back and tried to bear the burden alone. At school, Mito stands up to her classmates when they mock her friends. That afternoon, Reira and Seika are drawn to the same Witch and fight together, working in perfect harmony. Mito, feeling left out, calls out to Kyubey. He tells her everything about Magical Girls and Witches. Mito decides to make a contract, wishing for the power to connect people's hearts.[13]
That evening, Mito transforms into a Magical Girl and uses her power to transport Reira and Seika into the world of Seika's heart, then into Reira's heart. They see each other's true feelings: Seika only wanted to protect them, and Reira only wanted to help. They apologize, thank each other, and hug Mito tightly. Mito reveals she used her power on Kyubey and learned the truth about Soul Gems. She also learned about a Witch connected to Reira's death. Reira, with Mito's help, remembers walking to Apartment 516 in Building 12 before she died, even though such an apartment should not exist. They vow to stop the Witch together.[13]
The next day, the trio investigates Building 12. They find mysterious x marks multiplying around them and are engulfed in a labyrinth. After fighting through Familiars, they find themselves on the fifth floor facing an impossible door: Apartment 516. Inside, they confront and defeat the Witch. The apartment vanishes, leaving only Apartment 515, where the missing family lived. The girls wonder if the disappearance and the Witch are connected.[13]
On moving day, the three friends say goodbye before the complex. Mito spots a four-leaf clover on the ground. Reira says their hearts will always be together. They say goodbye.[13]
The next day, Seika and Reira wait in an alley in their Magical Girl outfits. Mito arrives. They prepare to hunt a Witch together. Their way of saying it has changed, but the words are the same: see you tomorrow.[13]
Later, the trio follows a magical signal and encounters Hazuki Yusa, Konoha Shizumi, and Ayame Mikuri. Hazuki suggests they all fight together. The groups introduce themselves, and they hurry to catch up with the others. Another day, another new friendship in Kamihama.[13]
Breakpoint
Kanagi Izumi serves as peacekeeper of the East Side while Yachiyo Nanami serves as peacekeeper of the West Side, with her partner Mifuyu Azusa helping maintain their system of sharing witches and respecting Central Ward as neutral territory. When a severe witch shortage leads magical girls from both sides to encroach on Central, conflicts erupt. After Momoko Togame is attacked in a barrier by someone claiming to be from the opposite side, Yachiyo and Mifuyu meet with Kanagi to negotiate. Kanagi reveals her own girls have been attacked similarly, and both incidents occurred in the same barrier. Using her mindreading powers, Kanagi confirms they are telling the truth.[14]
As tensions escalate with more attacks on both sides, Yachiyo and Mifuyu investigate the barrier themselves and discover it belongs to the Mirror Witch, which separates them and weakens Mifuyu's magic. They retreat, realizing something larger is at play.[14]
A few days later, stories of East and West fighting in Central spread. Yachiyo beats up girls from Sankyou and Sakae when they try to push past her.[14]
A day later, the stalemate continues as Westsiders want to incorporate Central into their territory, which Yachiyo warns would create greater conflict.[14]
The situation worsens with more fights and casualties. Mifuyu meets Hinano Miyako in Central, who berates her for allowing the chaos and agrees to help calm Central's girls only if Mifuyu takes real action. When Mel Anna is accused of an attack she could not have committed, Mifuyu realizes someone is deliberately pitting both sides against each other. She spreads the word hoping to stop the fighting.[14]
At their next meeting, Kanagi confirms all attacked girls were in the same witch's barrier. They deduce the Mirror Witch is responsible and decide to return together.[14]
They find the barrier has grown, fed by the conflicts. Inside, they are separated and confronted by mirror duplicates. Mifuyu defeats her duplicate, which taunts her about losing her powers. She rescues Kanagi from a duplicate Yachiyo. After confirming identities using Kanagi's powers, they find the others and defeat more duplicates before withdrawing, exhausted.[14]
Outside, they realize they cannot simply prohibit entry to Central. Kanagi and Mifuyu devise a plan: they will require anyone who wants to negotiate with Central to first defeat the Mirror Witch, while guaranteeing Central's safety and establishing punishments for pact-breakers. As they part, Mifuyu asks Kanagi to help Yachiyo if she is no longer around. Kanagi promises.[14]
The witch would eventually be lured to an abandoned building on the Eastside using Mirrors, with a supervisor keeping others away.[14]
Asuka's Side Story
Asuka swings her naginata in front of Felicia Mitsuki and Sasara Minagi while trying to remember something important that Nanaka Tokiwa told her. Felicia asks if she is training, and Sasara explains that Asuka met Nanaka but forgot the conversation entirely. Asuka believes training will help her remember, but when it does not work, she threatens to self-flagellate. Sasara forbids it and suggests trying different methods instead. Sasara researches online and has them try swimming, then soy products, but nothing works. She buys a brain training puzzle book, though Asuka admits she is not good at those. Asuka again threatens self-flagellation, and Sasara again forbids it. When Sasara suggests simply asking Nanaka again, Asuka refuses, finding it shameful to have her repeat herself.[15]
Sasara tells Felicia that Asuka never backs down, just as she did when making her wish. Asuka explains her past: she is the daughter of a family that runs a swordsmanship dojo in Mizuna Ward. Two years ago, her cousin intended to take the police recruitment test, but his father ran for mayor instead. Her cousin asked for help with the campaign, and Asuka's family joined the election staff. Her uncle was later caught buying votes with cash. Her cousin apologized and said he could not come to the dojo until things settled. Asuka believed he would never become a policeman due to his father's crimes, so she made a contract with Kyubey and wished for her cousin to become a police officer. Sasara notes that Asuka became a magical girl because of that belief, though the incident never came up again. Felicia calls her thoughtless, prompting another self-flagellation threat.[15]
Asuka proposes a new plan: have Felicia hit her in the head with her hammer until she remembers. Sasara objects, but Felicia agrees to go easy. After a hit, Asuka remembers she was hurrying to the train station that day and did not really hear what Nanaka said. The girls go find Nanaka. Nanaka asks if Sasara and Asuka are friends with Felicia, and Sasara says they are sort of working together. When Nanaka calls that splendid, Felicia asks if she is picking a fight. Nanaka says she is glad Felicia found friends. Asuka asks about their earlier conversation and Nanaka explains Asuka was in a hurry, so they agreed to talk later. She confirms it involves a magical girl, a witch, and Kamihama. She then holds out a flyer for a flower arrangement exhibition held by her family's school. She wanted all magical girls to attend and relax. She admits she meant to mail it but forgot. Asuka laughs quietly. Felicia is annoyed the information was not important. Asuka says she will now self-flagellate.[15]
Asuka later attends the exhibition and finds it gorgeous. She claims to have learned from this and will train her memory.[15]
Sasara's Side Story
Sasara is taken hostage at knifepoint in a convenience store. Despite her desire to be a knight, she is too terrified to act. Though the police arrest the criminal and she is safe, Sasara feels ashamed and hates herself for her cowardice.[16]
Two days later, Sasara meets Kyubey and when he makes his offer, Sasara accepts without hesitation. As her father works for an emergency rescue squad, a job she admires, he gave her a favorite picture book about a knight who defeats a dragon to save a village. Sasara carries this book everywhere and has always wanted to be like her father and the knight. She wishes to become a knight who can protect and save people, asking for a stronger heart and stronger convictions.[16]
Five days later, Sasara has been hunting witches and saving their victims ever since making her contract. She calls herself the Knight who protects the people of Kamihama, but over time her feelings become tainted. The people she rescues never remember what happened and do not acknowledge her. Sasara realizes she wants someone to appreciate her and questions whether she really wanted to become a knight at all.[16]
One day inside a barrier, Sasara tells Kyubey she might have just wanted people to praise and approve of her, like the knight in her picture book. She thought she could accept the people she helped not talking to her, but now it feels like she does not even exist. When a familiar attacks, Sasara moves to shield an unconscious victim and begs to at least save her.[16]
Another magical girl rescues Sasara and Kyubey introduces her as Asuka Tatsuki, who was hunting a witch and saw Sasara by coincidence. As this is the first magical girl she has ever met, she wants to meet her again.
Sasara and Asuka meet again inside a witch's barrier and they find a room full of the witch's victims. Asuka suggests they find the witch first since defeating it will save everyone, but Sasara worries something could happen to the victims in the meantime. As they're attacked by Familiars, Asuka realizes they should divide their roles: Sasara will protect the victims while Asuka fights. The strategy succeeds, and all the feelings that pained Sasara's heart disappear.[16]
After the witch is defeated, Asuka proposes that Sasara stop being a magical girl in the usual sense and instead become a rescue and defense expert, working alongside her as a magical girl rescue squad. Sasara agrees and asks Asuka if she ever feels lonely fighting alone. Asuka admits she does, but she simply remembers her promise to defeat all witches and protect everyone's life. Sasara realizes she forgot something important: the knight in her picture book also helped people without thinking, just like her father. She decides she will simply not think anymore and will be Asuka's partner, answering distress calls as part of the rescue squad.[16]
Emiri's Side Story
Asuka Tatsuki and Sasara Minagi chase a familiar but lose it, and Emiri Kisaki appears, introducing herself as a new magical girl. She convinces them to help her, and they track down and defeat the familiar, only for a Witch to emerge. Inside the barrier, they find unconscious civilians. Sasara and Asuka argue over whether to rescue them or fight the Witch first, but Emiri suggests Sasara provoke the Witch by helping the people while Asuka attacks. The plan works, and they destroy the Witch together. Afterwards, they exchange contact information, and Emiri reflects that being a magical girl is tough but fun.[17]
Some time later, Asuka and Sasara bring Emiri to the restaurant Walnuts, where the cook is Manaka Kurumi. Manaka serves them poorly made omelette rice because she is distracted by creating a new dish. As an apology, she offers them the Manaka Special, which they all find delicious. Emiri encourages her to put it on the menu despite her concerns about tradition, and Manaka agrees.[17]
A few days later, Asuka and Sasara bring Emiri to a shopping center and propose she open an advice booth, citing how her advice helped Manaka. They introduce her to Akira Shinobu, who is reluctant until Emiri starts asking about her way of speaking. The booth becomes a huge success, attracting girls like Rika Ayano and Tsuruno Yui. Eventually, Ria Ami, a famous model whose beauty came from a wish, visits. Emiri is instantly smitten, calls her Ria-sama, and proposes they partner up to become the cutest magical girls. Ria agrees, and Emiri excitedly plans to introduce her to Asuka and Sasara.[17]
Ria's Side Story
A documentary crew follows Ria Ami, whose natural beauty causes crowds to part, though she admits she has no basis for comparison when asked about her challenges. Manaka stops her on the way to school, concerned about her pale appearance, prompting Ria to flash back to her contract with Kyubey where she wished to become a natural beauty—a wish that rewrote her past so she had always been beautiful since birth. When Manaka suggests rescheduling their food tasting, Ria's stomach growls and she agrees to go. At Walnuts, Manaka corrects Ria's memory of their first meeting, reminding her that Ria was actually collapsing from hunger after a dangerous fad diet when Manaka rescued her. Manaka tests a new menu item and declares she will become the best chef in the world. Outside, a mob of followers has amassed, and a magazine editor pushes through to offer Ria a feature in Vanity Fine, which she handles by pretending to be swamped.
During a witch fight, Ria prepares to deliver the final blow, but Tsuruno jumps in and finishes the witch first, leaving Ria upset that her spotlight was stolen. Manaka offers her extra rice omelet to help her cool down.
Another day, Ria joins Manaka, Konomi Haruna, and Kako Natsume for a witch hunt, with Kako praising her beauty. During the fight, Ria's special attack proves weak, and Yachiyo Nanami appears to land a staggering blow. Ria recognizes her as the model she grew up admiring. When Yachiyo finishes the witch and leaves without acknowledgment, Ria becomes so upset that she accidentally transmits her angry thoughts to everyone via telepathy.
The next morning, Ria walks to school imagining her documentary continues, but Manaka interrupts to ask for help investigating a witch that appeared at her restaurant without triggering her Soul Gem. Ria agrees after Manaka bribes her with extra rice omelet. They search with no results until they enter a witch's labyrinth. As they fight, Yachiyo appears again. Ria makes it a contest for the spotlight, attacking with cheesy one-liners, but the witch survives and Yachiyo delivers the killing blow. Outside, Ria fumes that Yachiyo stole the spotlight once more. Manaka suggests she should be thanking her instead. Ria formally declares Yachiyo her rival, leaving Yachiyo confused.
Later, Ria asks Manaka to be her bodyguard while buying the magazine featuring her article, wearing sunglasses to avoid being seen. Inside, she discovers her article occupies only one page, while Yachiyo has an eight-page spread. Furious and convinced Yachiyo did it on purpose, Ria tears the magazine in half, and the clerk charges her for it.[18]
Rika's Side Story
One day, Rika is invited to a blind date by Emiri Kisaki, who brings along Hinano Miyako, a girl recently heartbroken. When the boys on the date mock Hinano's youthful appearance and odd way of speaking, Rika surprises her by defending them. Afterward, Rika admits she too carries a broken heart, and Hinano realizes Emiri shared this secret without permission, yelling at her. Emiri and Rika quickly reassure Hinano, with Rika adding that Hinano is actually cool for having been able to confess her feelings—unlike Rika, who never confessed at all and watched her crush end up with someone else.[19]
Emiri then suggests Rika should make a wish, revealing that she and Hinano are magical girls who each received one wish in exchange for fighting monsters. Rika wonders if this is some kind of game. Hinano warns her against becoming a magical girl but, when pressed, advises that if Rika does wish for something, it should be for something seemingly impossible—and she must carefully consider the price.[19]
Later that day after Rika leaves, Kyubey appears and offers her a contract. Thinking back on what Hinano and Emiri told her, and flashing to the memory of her crush dating someone else, Rika mentally apologizes to Hinano and elects to become a magical girl.[19]
The next day, Rika muses that her wish was granted and she is now dating her crush, yet she feels deeply unhappy. When Kyubey asks what is wrong, she admits that every time the person she loves smiles at her, her chest tightens with unease.[19]
On another day, Rika fights a Witch and encounters two other magical girls, Ria Ami and Manaka Kurumi. Ria thinks Rika has gone berserk and calls her fighting style dangerous and inelegant, though Manaka points out Ria was not exactly elegant herself. Rika compares them to a comedy duo and explains she fights Witches simply as stress relief.[19]
Later, during another Witch fight, Kyubey contacts Rika to warn her she is fighting dangerously. Annoyed, Rika is surprised to spot Hinano inside the barrier. After the battle, Hinano is shocked to find Rika has become a magical girl and immediately warns her about her reckless fighting style. Rika again explains it is stress relief. When Hinano asks why she is unhappy, Rika confesses that while she wished for her love to be fulfilled, she fears it is all fake—as if her crush only likes her through magical compulsion. Hinano asks why she became a magical girl at all, and Rika explains that without a wish, she would never have had a chance. Pressed further, Rika reveals the person she likes is a girl. She asks if this is gross or weird, but Hinano simply says it is not. Rika wonders why it was so easy to tell Hinano this truth.[19]
Later still, Rika and Hinano fight together against a Witch. Hinano again warns about Rika's dangerous fighting, and Rika says she plans to stop after this, revealing she has already broken up with her crush. When Hinano asks if it was because the love felt fake, Rika confirms that was part of it. She explains she loved her childhood friend for four years but remained just a friend. When she saw her friend with a new boyfriend, Rika realized she could never give her friend what the boyfriend did. She then admits the full weight of her wish: it caused the girl she liked and her boyfriend to completely forget each other, as if they had never met. Rika explains the boyfriend once helped her find a lost ticket, and she realized they were perfect for each other. Breaking up with her girlfriend was her way of setting things right. Hinano is impressed by her willpower.[19]
Rika says there is one more thing to do. She brings Hinano to her school, and together they plant the notebook of Rika's ex-girlfriend in the ex-boyfriend's bag, and his notebook in hers. They watch from a distance as the two meet again, and Rika declares everything is great.[19]
Afterward, Rika tells Hinano that the girl and boy were like a fairy tale prince and princess, destined to be together. She decides she is like their Cupid. Surprised to see Hinano crying, Rika is unaware she is crying herself. Rika asks Hinano to laugh, but Hinano says no one could laugh at this. Finally, Rika tells Hinano she loves her, then quickly clarifies it is not that way—Hinano is not her type. Rika starts laughing, Hinano stops crying, and the two affirm their friendship.[19]
Ren's Side Story
Ren stands on a rooftop, contemplating another suicide attempt, when Kyubey warns that repeating her actions will destroy her Soul Gem. Rika saves her after defeating a nearby Witch, and Ren reflects on her childhood bullying, her first suicide attempt, and her wish to live, which then led her to destroy Witches only to realize humanity's cruelty remains. Unable to explain her despair to Rika, Ren is introduced to a community of Magical Girls in Emiri's who each offer her small kindnesses: Ria gives her hand cream and Konomi gives her chamomile tea. Then they visit the chemistry club where Hinano gives Ren candy, and in the end the group meets Kanoko at her family's metal factory. There, after Ren compliments a dress Kanoko designed, she gives Ren accessories made of metal sheets. Later, Rika shares her own story of wishing for someone's love, explaining that connection requires vulnerability. When Ren still cannot speak her truth, Rika reminds her that all these people were thinking of her, giving her a reason to continue living. Ren thanks her, choosing to keep living.[20]
Konoha's Side Story
Konoha manages the finances and makes decisions for Hazuki and Ayame. When Hazuki calls to say she's stuck at meetings and suggests take-out, Konoha decides to cook instead to save money. Despite Hazuki's warnings, Ayame tries Konoha's cooking. Later, Hazuki returns to find Ayame sick; Konoha learns Ayame was too polite to refuse the food. Hazuki offers to handle meals from now on, which prompts Konoha to resolve that she will learn to make delicious food.[21]
A few days later, Konoha buys cookware and studies cooking theory, suspecting Hazuki might be a cooking prodigy. She makes a disastrous meal incorporating everything she read, and Hazuki collapses after tasting it. Ayame brings home a flyer for a cooking class at "Youshoku Walnuts," noting that the food there made Hazuki cry. Ayame encourages Konoha, and Konoha resolves to take the class.[21]
Another day, Konoha meets the teacher, Manaka Kurumi, at the restaurant. Manaka attempts to teach knife skills and how to crack eggs, but Konoha struggles with both. Manaka promises to help her improve. She has Konoha make practice dishes, but Konoha burns oil, over-dashes rice, and explodes miso soup, so Manaka has to take over each time. When finished, Manaka tastes it, insists it's good to protect her reputation, eats it all, and passes out. Konoha tries the leftovers and confirms it is truly terrible.[21]
A few days later, Konoha hunts a witch with her team while distracted by thoughts about cooking. After they defeat it, Himika Mao arrives late, introduces herself, and asks if they are sisters; Hazuki explains they are not. Himika mentions she is thirteen with five younger siblings. When Ayame asks about being an older sister, Himika invites her to meet her family. Konoha asks to come as Ayame's guardian upon learning Himika cooks for her family, and Himika accepts. Hazuki says she will prepare dinner at home.[21]
Later, at Himika's house, Konoha and Ayame observe the cramped living space. Himika explains she uses cheap leftover meat blends from a disposal man to feed her family. She serves dinner, and all her siblings along with Ayame eat. When Konoha asks if the food is tasty, the siblings say they never think it's bad because Himika does her best. Konoha reflects on Azalea's House and realizes she was too focused on theory rather than on who she was cooking for. She thanks Himika and leaves with Ayame.[21]
On a later day, Ayame and Hazuki find Konoha cooking again. Konoha promises to give up if she fails this time. Focusing on her feelings rather than theory, she makes a meal from Azalea's. Hazuki and Ayame try it and say it's bad, but it's edible. Konoha is excited that someone could actually eat her food.[21]
The next day, Ayame returns home to find Konoha cooking again. Hazuki observes that Konoha has found joy in the act of cooking. Konoha narrates that she learned cooking is about heart, and could now make food people could finish. She thinks cooking is fun, though Ayame and Hazuki sometimes scream loud enough to startle the neighbors.[21]
The following day, Konoha attempts beef stroganoff, a dish Hazuki admits is difficult. Hazuki and Ayame try it and collapse. Konoha says she will redo it. She narrates that experience matters, and wonders what to try next.[21]
Hazuki's Side Story
Hazuki, Konoha, and Ayame meet with Nanaka, Meiyui, Akira, and Kako at a restaurant to discuss how to handle situations where both teams target the same Witch. Meiyui proposes a first-come, first-served rule, but Hazuki points out it would lead to disputes over who arrived first. Ayame suggests settling conflicts with rock-paper-scissors, and though Meiyui argues there's no time for games in battle, Hazuki has them try it on the spot. When Ayame and Meiyui play, Meiyui uses a martial arts technique to change Ayame's hand, causing an argument between the groups. Hazuki calms everyone down and suggests they go home for the day.[22]
The next day, the girls reconvene at the restaurant. Hazuki proposes a new rule: anyone who uses magic against a Witch gains proportional rights to the Grief Seed. Both teams agree, and Hazuki suggests they gather data by hunting together. They split into mixed teams—Ayame and Kako form one; Hazuki, Akira, and Meiyui another and Konoha and Nanaka stand by to help as needed. After the successful joint hunt, Nanaka meets with Hazuki alone at the restaurant. She reveals she believes Hazuki manipulated the entire situation from the first meeting, noting that her team was impressed with Hazuki's group's teamwork but that she herself was more struck by Hazuki's modus operandi. Nanaka asks why Hazuki orchestrated everything.[22]
Hazuki admits she wanted Konoha, who is introverted, to connect with others and that after the Witch fight, Konoha seemed genuinely happy. She explains her goal was simply to build connections between her group and other Kamihama Magical Girls. Nanaka accepts this and says she's glad to work with her. Later, Hazuki writes in her notebook that Nanaka is shrewd but fascinating, and she resolves to continue reaching out to other Magical Girls.[22]
Ayame's Side Story
Ayame encounters Felicia during a Witch fight, and their rivalry quickly escalates when Felicia dismisses Ayame's challenge to lead the girls to argue and accidentally let the Witch escape. Frustrated by losing to Felicia specifically, Ayame confronts her afterward, and despite Kako's attempts to mediate, the two insist on settling things through some competition. Kako devises five games to determine the winner: arm wrestling ends in a draw when the table breaks; bug catching descends into chaos when Felicia shakes caterpillars onto Kako, mixing their catches; an art contest of drawing Kako results in both portraits being equally bizarre; and an intelligence test leaves both unable to answer basic questions. The fifth game, a speed climb, is interrupted when they enter a Witch's Barrier. Felicia charges ahead alone, but Ayame convinces her they need to team up, and together they destroy the Witch. Emerging back in the park, Felicia thanks Ayame, and they realize the race was never finished. They resume, but Ayame admits she's fine with not winning and she has come to accept Felicia as a strong rival.[23]
Momoko's Side Story
After destroying a Witch, Momoko spots the boy she used to like with another girl, lamenting her bad timing. To distract herself, she goes to the mall, where she sees a girl arguing with a man over seat trading for a live event. Despite initially hesitating, Momoko intervenes, citing the event rules, and the man leaves. The girl, Rena Minami, thanks her, and they bond over their interest in the idol group LinkS before heading to their seats.[24]
Momoko enjoys the event but notices a man with a Witch's Kiss pushing through the crowd. She enters the Barrier and is shocked to find Rena already inside. Though Rena struggles to harm the Witch, she uses her ability to shapeshift into Momoko, and together they defeat it. Afterward, Momoko praises Rena, admitting she envies her ability to become someone else. Rena reassures Momoko that she doesn't need to change, given her kindness to strangers. Momoko confides that she has always felt inadequate, particularly about not being feminine enough, which she believes hurt her chances with the boy she liked. When Rena asks why Momoko is opening up to her, Momoko says they have a lot in common. Realizing how late it has gotten, they exchange contact information and head home.[24]
Later, after another joint Witch fight, Momoko and Rena banter playfully. Rena brings up the boy Momoko likes, encouraging her that she still has a chance. Momoko reveals that her chance has already passed, explaining that she made a contract with Kyubey to gain the courage to confess, only to arrive just as another girl beat her to it. As Momoko nearly trips, Rena catches her, teasing her bad timing but promising she'll be fine now because she has Rena. Momoko hugs her, reflecting that if she hadn't become a Magical Girl, she never would have met Rena. She decides that maybe her timing wasn't so bad after all and wonders if she was destined to become a Magical Girl.[24]
Rena's Side Story
Rena Minami and Momoko Togame defeat a Witch together, and Rena reflects that having a friend is better than being alone.[25]
One day, Momoko is late for a live concert they had planned to attend. She calls Rena to say something came up, and Rena learns she is at the seaside park. When Rena arrives, Momoko explains she stopped to help another Magical Girl fight a Witch. Rena correctly guesses Momoko played the hero and, after Momoko reassures the girl whose name Rena doesn't catch, cuts off further conversation to remind her about the concert. They leave together.[25]
Later, Momoko tells Rena she met the girl again and learned her name is Kaede Akino. Momoko asks if they can invite Kaede to join their team. Rena spaces out and says she doesn't know what to think. In the following days, Rena decides to pretend the question never happened, hoping things will stay the same.[25]
Momoko invites Rena to a cafe, and Rena is relieved until she finds Kaede is also there. Momoko repeats her wish to add Kaede to their team. Rena blurts out that Kaede is dumb and will only hold them back. When Momoko tells her to stop, Rena runs off, insisting this is her true self.[25]
Rena remembers her childhood of being bullied at school because her family constantly moved, a pain she never shared with her parents. She found solace in watching idol concert DVDs. After being teased one day, she hurried home to listen to a new song and realized idols were everything she was not—she despised who she had become. When Kyubey appeared and offered a contract, Rena wished to become someone else, gaining the power to transform into other people, but she notes she never really changed at all. Now, she thinks she has ruined everything with Momoko and wonders if she should disappear.[25]
A week passes, during which Rena ignores all of Momoko's messages. Momoko texts asking where she is. Rena spots Momoko and Kaede together and decides they belong together. She resolves to give up and return to being alone.[25]
Later, Rena fights a Witch while transformed into Momoko. She calls herself an idiot and deliberately lets the Witch attack her. Kaede saves her, and Momoko arrives. Rena asks why Kaede would help her, calls herself an idiot again, and runs off.[25]
Another week passes, and Rena has shut off her phone entirely. She spots Momoko and panics, transforming into Kaede. Momoko thanks "Kaede" for helping look for Rena and invites her to a cafe.[25]
At the cafe, "Kaede" tells Momoko to give up searching for Rena, listing all her flaws. Momoko stops her, saying she likes Rena for who she is. Momoko then calls "Kaede" by Rena's name, pointing out the sugar in her tea and her behavior as giveaways. Rena changes back and cries as Momoko comforts her. She apologizes for being jealous of Kaede.[25]
Later, Rena, Momoko, and Kaede fight a Witch together. Afterward, Rena apologizes to Kaede and thanks her for saving her life. She tries to ask Kaede to join the team but instead awkwardly asks if Kaede will become her servant. Kaede happily agrees.[25]
Karin's Side Story
Alina criticizes Karin's manga and takes her strawberry milk as punishment, asking if Karin will make a comic for the cultural festival and telling her to work harder. Karin resolves to impress her someday. After school, Karin discusses the new issue of "Phantom Thief Girl Magical Kirin" with her grandmother. That night, as "Phantom Thief Karin," she targets Yachiyo Nanami, ambushing her with a "Trick or Treat" greeting after Yachiyo defeats a Witch, stealing her Grief Seeds before departing. Elsewhere, she finds Kaede Akino whose Soul Gem is darkening, and offers her a Grief Seed in exchange for a pebble as "candy." Later, Yachiyo confronts Karin and reveals she let the theft happen to observe her, telling Karin to stop stealing and fight Witches herself. Karin wonders if she is the villain.[26]
Karin narrates "Phantom Thief Magical Kirin" and realizes she is not bringing joy to anyone like her heroine does. During art lesson, Alina says Karin's manga is decent, noting the protagonist is three-dimensional, and Karin reflects she is drawing her own story. At home, Karin withdraws from discussing manga with her grandmother, declining when her grandmother offers to listen.[26]
Karin tries to fight a Witch alone, fails, and runs away, considering stealing but finding she cannot. Kaede appears and returns the Grief Seed, and they introduce themselves. Momoko and Rena arrive and Momoko offers to team up, which Karin reluctantly accepts. The group successfully hunts a Witch together, and Karin feels safer, learning that Magical Girls can help one another. She flashes back to her first fight when she discovered her magic was the "power to steal" and, afraid, rationalized stealing by pretending to be Magical Kirin. In the present, she bursts into tears, realizing she was deceiving herself, and decides to fight with her friends as a normal Magical Girl.[26]
At art lesson, Alina yells at Karin, calling her manga garbage and demanding she rip it up, sensing Karin is lying about being satisfied. Alina reveals she knows Karin is writing about herself and wants her to be true to herself. She steals Karin's milk again and leaves angrily.[26]
Karin works with Momoko's team but remains distant, and Momoko notices she is not putting her heart into it. Karin reflects on Alina's words and her desire to be like Magical Kirin, who fights without relying on anyone. She flashes back to her wish: her grandmother, a compulsive thief, came to live with her family. On Halloween, her grandmother wondered if someone could exorcise her illness, and Karin offered to do it herself, creating her "Trick or Treat" catchphrase. That night, she made a contract with Kyubey, wishing to cure her grandmother and promising to become a Magical Girl like Magical Kirin. Karin realizes her feelings have not changed.[26]
Karin finds the Witch she previously failed to defeat and attacks it alone, but is knocked unconscious and rescued by Kaede, who followed her. Kaede urges retreat, but Karin insists on fighting. Overpowered, she throws rocks to distract the Witch from Kaede and notices the Witch flinching, realizing she imbued the rocks with magic. She asks Kaede to gather anything she can find, wraps the items, imbues them with magic, flies above the Witch, and opens the bag. The hail of "candies" destroys the Witch. Karin rejoices, declaring she is now the Magical Girl she wants to be. She thanks Kaede and says she must leave Momoko's group to fight on her own, telling Kaede she has graduated from incompetence first.[26]
With the cultural festival approaching, Karin shows Alina her manuscript. Alina leaves and returns with strawberry milk, saying Karin has earned it by no longer lying to herself. When Karin asks about the art, Alina ignores her and returns to work, then says the art was garbage.[26]
Masara's Side Story
Kokoro gives Masara cookies simply because she wants to, leaving Masara confused by the gesture. Masara flashes back to their first meeting, when Kokoro had blamed herself for being unable to protect others and Masara told her she should not carry that guilt. Kokoro had asked to stay by Masara's side, explaining that those words had saved her. In the present, Kokoro asks what Masara is thinking about, and when Masara admits she was remembering their first meeting, Kokoro smiles. Masara does not understand why.[27]
Later that day, Masara visits Mitama for magical strengthening, bringing many Grief Seeds with her. Mitama notes her unusual enthusiasm, and Masara explains she wants to get stronger in order to find something that might change her life. Mitama suggests she try attending a summer festival and hands her a flyer, but Masara shows no interest. When Mitama brings up Kokoro, mentioning that Kokoro has talked about her, Masara insists they are merely working together, not friends, and finds Kokoro's expectations troublesome. Mitama claims Masara is actually worried about Kokoro.[27]
Masara reflects on her childhood, remembering how her parents had her swim from a young age. Despite showing talent, she never felt any joy or sense of accomplishment, though she continued hoping it might eventually change. It never did. She became a magical girl thinking her dull life might finally become interesting, but even that eventually grew boring.[27]
Kyubey observes that Masara fights as if she does not care whether she lives or dies, and Masara agrees. Kyubey notes she is talented but takes unnecessary risks. Masara remarks that Kyubey sounds like Kokoro, who worries about her similarly. She wonders why Kokoro would care, since if Masara disappeared, Kokoro would lose nothing.[27]
The next day, Kokoro and Masara fight a Witch together. Masara tells Kokoro to fall back, but Kokoro insists she cannot fight alone and attacks instead. The Witch targets Kokoro, and Masara injures herself by blocking the attack. The Witch escapes.[27]
Kokoro apologizes, but Masara claims she only did what was most logical, since the Witch could not have been defeated alone.[27]
Over the following days, Masara keeps flashing back to the moment the Witch attacked Kokoro whenever she looks at her injury. The recurring memory bothers her, though she does not understand why.[27]
A few days later, Kokoro offers to hunt the Witch again with Masara. Masara flashes back to the previous fight and insists she will hunt it alone. She tells Kokoro she is a burden and that she does not like getting hurt. Masara leaves Kokoro crying.[27]
Later that day, Masara tells Mitama what happened. Mitama suggests Masara was actually trying to protect Kokoro. Masara is at a loss and wonders why being around Kokoro causes her to get hurt.[27]
The next day, Kokoro blames herself for causing Masara trouble. She senses the same Witch and, respecting Masara's wish to hunt alone, decides to fight it by herself.[27]
Masara later arrives at the scene and is surprised to find Kokoro already there. When she asks why Kokoro is fighting alone, Kokoro explains she did not want to be a burden. Masara initially assumes Kokoro is protecting her pride, but Kokoro clarifies she simply does not want to see Masara get hurt again.[27]
Masara admits she does not like it either, realizing she does not want to see Kokoro get hurt. She defeats the Witch. Kokoro acknowledges she would have been finished without Masara's help. Masara agrees and tells Kokoro to call her next time. When Kokoro worries about causing trouble, Masara insists she is doing it for herself, because she does not like seeing Kokoro get hurt.[27]
Kokoro asks if she can call Masara during lunch. Masara says she does not care either way. The two go to Mitama's place together.[27]
Kokoro notices the summer festival flyer and asks if Masara is interested. Masara admits she is a little interested. Mitama laughs and says they can look forward to the future when there is something or someone important. Kokoro and Masara are confused by her comment, which exasperates Mitama.[27]
Mitama thinks to herself that Masara will become stronger now that she has something to protect. For the first time, Masara finds herself thinking about the future, though she does not know why.[27]
Kokoro's Side Story
Shortly after becoming a Magical Girl, Kokoro enters a witch's barrier only to find the familiars already destroyed and Masara fighting the witch alone. After the battle, Kokoro tells Masara she should protect herself better, but Masara replies that she does not care if she dies. She explains that her wish was for money that will transfer to her family upon her death, claiming that a person with nothing to lose becomes invincible.[28]
Kokoro challenges this mindset by sharing her own story. Her wish was to bring her mother back home, but her parents argue constantly and she mediates their fights. She cries as she admits she cannot complain because she wished for this situation. Masara tells Kokoro she did nothing wrong and that what happened after the wish is not her fault. Kokoro realizes she can accept these words because Masara speaks them without pity. Masara tells her she should live for her own sake. Kokoro asks if she can stay with Masara, expressing that she simply wants to be with her, and Masara tells her she can do as she wishes.[28]
Later that day, Kokoro's father complains about the dishes not being done. Kokoro tells him their mother is at a meeting and it is not right to push all the chores onto her. Her father agrees and says he will handle them. Kokoro offers to help and make dinner as well. When her mother returns, the family eats together.[28]
Sometime later, Kokoro and Masara defeat another witch together. Kokoro invites Masara to a cafe afterward, but Masara declines, saying she is not hungry. Kokoro suggests they go next time after hunting, and Masara agrees. As they part ways, Kokoro hopes Masara will someday realize there is a person who finds her important.[28]
Arc 1+
Mirrors Story
Iroha receives an invitation from a Familiar and enters the Mirror Mansion. Inside, she finds Mitama, who explains this is the home of the Mirror Witch. A familiar throws Iroha into a barrier, where she fights and defeats a copy of herself.[29]
After five hours, Iroha returns. Mitama explains the barrier contains endless layers and copies of every magical girl who entered. The Mirror Witch holds a secret about Kamihama. Iroha decides to go deeper.[29]
Inside, she finds Kaede fighting her own duplicate. Yachiyo arrives and helps. Kaede reveals she entered with Momoko and Rena but got separated. The group returns to Mitama, then heads back in to find them. They meet Ria, who claims to be Yachiyo's rival. Ria looks into a mirror and Yachiyo vanishes. Ria insists it was an accident and joins the search.[29]
Elsewhere, Yachiyo finds Momoko, who attacks her, mistaking her for a duplicate. Another Yachiyo replica appears and the real Yachiyo and Momoko destroy it together.[29]
Ria leads Iroha and Kaede to Rena, but they first encounter a shy duplicate. The real Rena arrives, the fake attacks, and the group reunites after the fight.[29]
After leaving, Mitama warns Ria about the mirrors. Iroha admits something felt off inside. Mitama encourages her to go deeper but warns against losing herself. Iroha reflects this might be the first time she has stood before a mirror.[29]
Iroha returns to the Mirror Witch's mansion, curious about what Mitama said. This time, Tsuruno is there and insists they go in together. Tsuruno uses the barrier for training, as copies make good opponents. Unbeknownst to Iroha, Yachiyo asked Tsuruno to look out for her.[29]
Inside, they encounter Emiri, who became separated from her senior and friend. Three duplicate Emiris appear and then depart to search. Emiri asks Iroha and Tsuruno to help find Hinano and Rika.[29]
They find Hinano, but Emiri immediately identifies her as a fake. The imposter attacks, and they defeat it. Emiri then uses her intuition to find the real Hinano trapped in a gap within the barrier. As they reunite, Rika's voice calls out, saying she must go farther into the mirrors before disappearing.[29]
Hinano suggests they split up and Iroha returns to Mitama for answers. At the entrance, Mitama explains that Rika must have looked too far into the mirrors and seen "the deep abyss." She warns Iroha to hurry before time runs out.[29]
Back inside, Hinano and Tsuruno are surrounded by multiplying fake Rikas. Emiri returns with Ren, who shouts at the imposters not to impersonate her friend. After defeating them, they find an unconscious Rika, who awakens with no memory of what happened.[29]
The girls leave the Barrier. Iroha goes to Mitama's place for an explanation, but Mitama is gone.[29]
Two days later, Hazuki meets with Seika, Reira and Mito at a restaurant. She explains Mitama's importance to the community, as she coordinates hundreds of Magical Girls and has access to all kinds of information. The trio agree to help search.[29]
The next day, Iroha tells Yachiyo and Tsuruno that Mitama has been missing for three days. The Mirror Witch's mansion feels off and they decide to investigate.[29]
Meanwhile, Seika, Reira, and Mito enter the barrier on their own. Inside the barrier, the trio is immediately tricked by mirror copies of each other. They realize they were split up from the moment they entered. After defeating the copies, they find the exit. Outside, Nanaka and Kako greet them.[29]
Elsewhere, Hazuki, Konoha, and Ayame enter the barrier searching for the trio. Konoha has reservations, but Hazuki blames herself for mentioning Mirrors to them. They agree to search a little longer.[29]
Konoha later meets with Yachiyo at a park. They haven't seen each other in a long time. Konoha explains they've been searching for Mitama and believes something bad is building up, as too many small incidents happening like falling dominoes. She asks Yachiyo to help investigate while her team handles the barrier. Yachiyo agrees, as Iroha also had a bad feeling about all of this.[29]
Konoha shares that Mitama was frequently seen in a part of Daito Ward called "Swindlers' Town." Yachiyo volunteers to check it out and she calls Himika, who knows the area well.[29]
Inside the Barrier, Nanaka and Meiyui venture deeper. Nanaka senses two identical hostile presences in different locations, which shouldn't be possible. They encounter and defeat copy versions of Kako and Akira, then find themselves transported to Nanaka's home in an illusion where members of Meiyui's family are robbing the place. Nanaka realizes it's an illusion. They escape and meet up with Reira's group. Nanaka explains she sensed two witches with the same signature, one inside the mansion, and one in Swindlers' Town. She asks Reira's group to investigate Swindlers' Town while her team handles the mansion.[29]
At Mitama's shop, the trio finds piles of Mirror Coins in the back room, so they take as many as they can carry and head for Swindlers' Town. Along the way, Reira senses strange magic coming from the coins.[29]
Deeper in the barrier, Konoha, Hazuki, and Ayame are trapped in an illusion showing Azalea House under attack. Ayame attacks a familiar, but they realize killing familiars won't stop the endless illusion. They hear a voice and reach out. Hazuki grabs a hand, and the illusion dissipates. They find themselves face-to-face with Nanaka and Meiyui. Their two illusions interfered with each other, allowing them to break free. Before them is a door. They don't know if it leads to the witch's core or somewhere else.[29]
In Swindlers' Town, Yachiyo meets Himika, who finds a Mirror Coin on the ground. Soon after, Mito walks right into Yachiyo. Reira's trio explains they followed a trail of coins from Mitama's shop, but the trail formed a circle. Yachiyo realizes Mitama must have laid them out deliberately to surround something. They check a map and the coins form a circle with an apartment building and abandoned factory at the center. Inside the factory, they find Mitama, nearly out of magic and Himika provides a Grief Seed.[29]
Mitama explains that a familiar from the Mirror Witch matured into a new witch in Swindlers' Town. She tried to contain it with a barrier of Mirror Coins, but maintaining it required her to stay nearby constantly. The trio picking up the coins broke the containment.[29]
The original Mirror Witch noticed and is trying to move toward its duplicate, its labyrinth growing large enough to almost reach Daito Ward. They decide to enter the duplicate's barrier and destroy it before it fully matures.[29]
Inside, they come face-to-face with Nanaka and the others. The two labyrinths have connected. They realize the Mirror Witch can now copy memories, not just appearances, and link different copies of its barrier together. If it continues, it could hide forever in a vast, growing labyrinth.[29]
Mitama proposes using the collected Mirror Coins as a bomb. She can adjust them to self-destruct. They pile the coins, Mitama makes one unstable, and throws it. Yachiyo stays behind to help Mitama escape. The others run.[29]
Light flashes. The barrier disappears. Mitama and Yachiyo collapse on the floor, having escaped just in time. The others cheer.[29]
Later that day at her shop, Mitama rests and explains her theory to Yachiyo over tea. She believes the Mirror Witch was once a magical girl from Daito Ward named Mikoto Sena. Mikoto's wish was to support her mother, but her mother became free and later abandoned the family. Mikoto grew to distrust everyone except one other girl, idealizing what a family should have been.[29]
Mitama thinks Endless Mirrors is where Mikoto builds her ideal family. The witch keeps its heart closed off and avoids everyone, just as Mikoto did in life. Her unique magic was "suggestion," perfect for making others think the witch is harmless. If the witch ever openly attacked someone, it would likely target Mikoto's mother, who still lives in Swindlers' Town. Mitama admits it's just a theory, but it fits.[29]
What Mitama didn't tell Yachiyo was that the date Mikoto became a witch was the same day Mitama made her own wish.[29]
Mitama's Special Training - Kyoko
One day, Kyoko Sakura fights a witch in Kamihama City after moving there in search of them, but Felicia Mitsuki appears and delivers the killing blow first. They argue over the Grief Seed until Felicia suggests sharing it, and Kyoko concedes since the seed is used up anyway.[30]
As she's hungry, Kyoko follows Felicia to Mitama's shop, where Mitama is looking for magical girls to taste test her cooking. When Mitama prepares to cook, the girls quickly realize she cannot handle a knife when it flies into the ceiling, forcing them to take over cutting and peeling. After they prepare the ingredients, Mitama adds the seasoning, but the girls later discover she had been using paint.[30]
The girls refuse to let Mitama cook again and order her to get something ready-made instead. Mitama goes shopping with Felicia while Kyoko waits, and the result is a chaotic mix of items Felicia added. The meal is horrible, but Kyoko, who never wastes food, eats it all anyway and passes out.[30]
When Kyoko wakes up, she notices her body feels hot. Felicia explains she used her powers on their Soul Gems while they were unconscious, awakening Kyoko's magic. Kyoko realizes the heat is her own power emerging, and Felicia assures her she will get used to it.[30]
Mitama offers the girls a limited-time service and mentions causing trouble recently when she made sweets for some girls. Kyoko asks if she means Mami Tomoe, and when Mitama asks if they are friends, Kyoko says she is kind of like one.[30]
Felicia and Kyoko depart, with Kyoko remarking that Mitama's food is the kind you only have once in a lifetime, while Mitama is happy to have new customers.[30]
Sayuki Steps Up!
Sayuki is a popular local idol known for her optimism and hard work despite her clumsiness, earning her many fans including a girl named Rena. When her manager announces she will star in a tourism drama for the Mizuna region, Sayuki agrees despite her fear of memorization. Her friends Mayu and Ria volunteer to help with rehearsals, though the script is ridiculous and Sayuki struggles while Mayu excels.[31]
For several days, the situation does not improve, but Mayu and Ria continue helping, unable to abandon someone so hardworking. After a guerrilla gig recharges her spirits, Sayuki uses her secret technique of writing things down to memorize, which finally works and impresses her friends during rehearsals.[31]
On the actual filming day, Sayuki performs flawlessly, earning praise from previously dismissive co-actors. However, rain forces the crew to seek shelter at the art museum, the planned second location, where the enthusiastic curator convinces the producer to shoot the second episode immediately. Unprepared, Sayuki forgets her lines and struggles while her co-actors bad-mouth her.[31]
Mayu reminds Sayuki that the museum is where they first met, lifting her spirits briefly, but Sayuki becomes crestfallen again, doubting she deserves her fans' love. Mayu firmly reprimands her, insisting her fans know her work ethic and promising to help her through this crisis. Sayuki regains confidence, memorizes the script with Mayu's help, and delivers a strong first half.[31]
For the difficult second half, Sayuki ad-libs using her genuine passion for the museum's blade displays, delivering such a perfect performance that she finally earns everyone's praise.[31]
The episodes become a huge success, boosting tourism to the region. Sayuki receives more offers and resumes work with her usual enthusiasm, her success built on her work ethic, self-awareness, and supportive friends.[31]
Magia Clash!
A Mirror copy of Shizuku opens a portal and steps through into a city.[32]
Hayate, Nanoha, and Fate mistake a Mirror copy's portal for the warp gate to their tournament and are pulled through before Lindy can stop them. Mitama registers the confused but excited trio for the "First Ultimate Magical Girls Team Battle Mirrors Cup," and they head to the Standby Zone after learning about the Mirror barrier. Meanwhile, Rena, Momoko, and Kaede struggle against unusually strong Familiars, and when Rena twists her ankle, the Nanoha trio steps in to save them. The groups introduce themselves, with the trio explaining they are from Uminary City while concealing their connection to the Administrative Bureau, and Rena warns them about dangerous Mirror copies that lurk deeper in the barrier.[32]
As the tournament progresses, Team Nanoha easily advances through early rounds with Fate's incredible speed, though Momoko notices Hayate and Nanoha have yet to reveal their full power. Elsewhere, Mitama learns that Momoko announced her team would break up if they lost not because Kaede is useless but to show their conviction, though both Kaede and Rena had doubts. The tournament continues until four teams remain, with Team Momoko advancing to the finals through clever strategy and Team Nanoha defeating Team Masara to join them.[32]
The final match begins with Fate and Rena clashing in a battle of speed that seemingly knocks both out, leaving Nanoha and Hayate to face Momoko and Kaede. Hayate fuses with Reinforce Zwei and unleashes Ragnarok to take out Kaede, then joins Nanoha against Momoko, who withstands Nanoha's Starlight Breaker as both girls stand exhausted. Before a winner can be decided, Lindy contacts Nanoha with an emergency: a fugitive illegally opened a rift between worlds, and the Mirror copy of Shizuku appears nearby, having used her powers to connect the Mirror labyrinth to Uminary City.[32]
The copy stole the tournament's grand prize, a special orb that exponentially increases magical power, and the girls call off the match to track her down. Team Nanoha and Team Momoko catch the copy, but after they defeat her, copies of Hayate, Fate, and Nanoha appear and swallow the broken orb pieces, gaining immense power. All the Magical Girls unite to take down the powered-up copies, and through combined efforts they finally delete the magical signatures. With the tunnel between worlds about to collapse, Mitama declares both teams winners, and the girls exchange heartfelt goodbyes before the Nanoha trio returns home.[32]
The next day in Kamihama, Kaede realizes her texts to Hayate no longer go through, Momoko cannot reach Nanoha or Fate, and Rena cannot find Uminary City on any map. Mitama and Shizuku conclude the girls must have come from a different world entirely, since they needed a space tunnel to travel rather than a simple train ride. Though Kaede is sad they may never meet again, Rena is grateful for the friendship they formed, and the three resolve to work hard for a future rematch.[32]
Nanoha's Side Story
Mitama organizes a magical girl team competition inside the Mirrors labyrinth. Kaede and Iroha greet Nanoha, hoping to talk with her, but Kaede is called away when her match begins. Iroha stays behind and watches with Nanoha instead.[33]
As they observe Team Momoko's match, Nanoha comments on the fighting styles she sees and notes the variety of magic on display. She explains she was taught magic from an early age and is surprised to learn Iroha and the others gained their powers by making wishes to Kyubey. Iroha describes Kyubey as a white stuffed animal, which reminds Nanoha of her own first teacher, Yuuno. Nanoha shares that she discovered magic in third grade when she heard Yuuno calling for help, and since then she has honed her abilities alongside Fate and Hayate to protect others.[33]
Iroha asks about Nanoha's device, Raising Heart, and how it can transform. Nanoha explains the device taught her magic step by step and once posed an important question to her: what is the most important thing in a fight? Iroha guesses it is the will to win, but before Nanoha can reveal the true answer, Fate and Hayate return from exploring. Fate requests a sparring match, and Iroha asks to watch.[33]
Yachiyo joins Iroha to observe the fight between Nanoha and Fate. The two exchange blows at maximum speed, with Fate using close-range attacks while Nanoha fights from a distance. The match ends in a tie after a final, explosive clash. Before leaving for a break, Nanoha turns to Iroha and reveals the true answer to Raising Heart's question: wisdom and tactics. Iroha agrees, especially after witnessing their battle.[33]
Hayate's Side Story
Natsuki is fretting over a lost wallet at the Promise Altar, and Ria offers to help her search since she's waiting for Kanagi anyway. Natsuki apologizes for the trouble, but Ria insists she doesn't mind and even offers to lend her money. Natsuki refuses the loan but admits she needs money for train fare home. She reluctantly agrees to borrow just enough for the trip and promises to pay Ria back later. Ria asks if Natsuki is sure she doesn't want to file a report, but Natsuki believes the wallet is simply lost rather than stolen and wants to keep searching.[34]
Ria suggests they retrace Natsuki's steps and asks where she's been. Natsuki lists the Promise Altar, the station, the shopping district, and an izakaya where she ate with friends. Ria questions why she went to an izakaya alone, and Natsuki clarifies she was with coworkers. Ria finds it odd that Natsuki was drinking with coworkers and then came to the shrine alone afterwards. Natsuki admits it's a long story involving a former coworker's engagement announcement that left her feeling restless. She came to the shrine to think but realized she didn't have enough money to get home.[34]
As they search, they run into Masara and Kokoro. Masara bluntly tells Natsuki she probably won't find it and suggests getting a new student ID. Kokoro gently scolds her for being insensitive and offers to help search. Ria mentions they've already looked around the shrine, so Kokoro suggests they expand the search area.[34]
The group heads to the shopping district, where they encounter Kanoko. She offers to help search as well, and they all continue looking together. Eventually, Ria asks Natsuki to retrace her exact steps from when she left the izakaya. Natsuki recalls walking to the station, realizing she didn't want to go home yet, and coming to the shrine. Ria points out that she would have needed her wallet to pay the izakaya bill, so she definitely had it after leaving. Natsuki confirms this and remembers using her train pass at the station before changing her mind.[34]
Ria concludes the wallet must be somewhere between the station turnstiles and the shrine, but they've already searched that route thoroughly. Kanoko suggests Natsuki might have dropped it somewhere else without realizing, like when she pulled out her phone. Natsuki's eyes light up, and she admits she did take out her phone at the station to check something. She just can't remember what she did with her wallet after that. Ria proposes they split up to cover more ground, and everyone agrees.[34]
Later that evening, Natsuki returns home defeated and exhausted. Her father calls out to her, and when she enters the living room, she finds her wallet sitting on the table. Her mother found it in the shopping district and a kind stranger turned it in. Natsuki's relief quickly turns to panic when she remembers she borrowed money from Ria, and now she has no way to contact her. She considers calling Kokoro but realizes she doesn't have her number either. She decides to go back to the Promise Altar the next day to hopefully find Ria there.[34]
The next day, Natsuki returns to the Promise Altar and is relieved to spot Ria. She excitedly explains that her wallet was found and immediately tries to repay the loan. Ria accepts the money but notices Natsuki seems troubled about something else. Natsuki admits she's been thinking about her former coworker's engagement and how she handled the situation. Ria offers to listen if Natsuki wants to talk, but Natsuki says she'd rather not burden her further. Ria insists it's no trouble since she's waiting for Kanagi anyway.[34]
Natsuki explains that her former coworker Yukari got engaged and announced it at a gathering. Natsuki congratulated her happily, but another coworker named Ootori made some passive-aggressive comments about how Yukari managed to find someone before her. Later, Ootori apologized to Natsuki for her behavior, but Natsuki feels she should have defended Yukari in the moment. She feels guilty for not speaking up.[34]
Ria asks why she feels responsible for defending Yukari. Natsuki admits it's because Yukari was always kind to her when she first started the job, and she feels she failed to repay that kindness. Ria points out that Natsuki did congratulate Yukari sincerely, and that was probably what mattered most to her in that moment. Natsuki realizes Ria is right and thanks her for the perspective.[34]
Just then, Kanagi arrives, and Ria prepares to leave. Before going, she offers Natsuki her contact information so she can reach out if she ever needs to talk again. Natsuki gratefully accepts, and the two part ways.[34]
Fate's Side Story
During a break in the Mirrors tournament, Fate, Nanoha, and Hayate encounter a copy of Fate that proves too powerful for them to handle alone. Felicia, Kako, and Ayame appear to help, and together they defeat the copy. When Felicia asks what they're doing there, Fate admits they got lost. The Kamihama girls learn the trio is from out of town and younger than them, but they quickly become friends and head back to the standby zone together.[35]
The group somehow gets roped into a dodgeball game, with teams forming spontaneously among the tournament participants. Fate proves to be exceptionally athletic, leading her team through multiple rounds against increasingly competitive opponents. After defeating Momoko's team, they face a martial arts team featuring Akira, Meiyui, and Asuka, which Fate also wins. Tsuruno, refusing to let age be a barrier, recruits Masara and Natsuki for a final match against Fate's team.[35]
The final match comes down to a intense showdown between Fate and Tsuruno, both catching and returning each other's throws with increasing speed and power. Fate ultimately outmaneuvers Tsuruno by throwing to Nanoha and leaping into the air for the winning strike. Everyone celebrates the friendly tournament and the new friendships formed across different cities.[35]
Hereafter
Yachiyo calls a meeting with the Mikazuki Villa household, Tsuruno, and the Momoko trio to share her concern that rumors persist even after they defeat the Uwasa themselves. The group splits up to investigate whether the original Uwasa have truly vanished or transformed into something new.[36]
Momoko, Kaede, and Rena investigate the Breakup Staircase and find only scattered internet gossip remains. During their search, lingering tensions surface over Rena's painful memories of when Kaede was kidnapped by that Uwasa, but the trio ultimately reconciles and continues working together.[36]
Iroha, Yachiyo, and Tsuruno visit Mizuna Shrine, where the Séance Shrine Uwasa has transformed into a popular spot for relationship prayers with new mascots. They encounter a grieving girl who comes daily to pray for her deceased friend, and Yachiyo is reminded of her own departed companions Kanae and Mel.[36]
Iroha and Felicia track down the man behind the revived Misery Water rumor, who confesses he was scammed into buying the water and cannot bring himself to deceive others. Felicia helps him find honest work, and the rumors die out.[36]
Sana investigates an online forum where troubled users make veiled threats, but the rumor fades without incident. Tsuruno and Iroha check Chelation Land, where Tsuruno reflects on her past brainwashing and muses about whether some Uwasa exist independently of the Magius.[36]
The groups reconvene and report that all investigated rumors have left minimal traces. Yachiyo concludes their investigation of the Uwasa is complete, and only the Wings of Magius themselves remain to be confronted.[36]
Christmas at Mikazuki Villa
In late December at Mikazuki Villa, Tsuruno eagerly anticipates Christmas while Felicia remains unimpressed. When Sana admits she never properly experienced the holiday due to her difficult home life, Yachiyo decides to host a party for her sake, and Felicia reluctantly agrees when food is mentioned.[37]
The next day, the girls gather to plan and Iroha invites Momoko, Rena, and Kaede to join them. Yachiyo suggests dividing roles: Tsuruno will bring food from her family's restaurant, Momoko will handle the cake with help from Rena, Kaede, and Iroha, while Felicia and Sana take decorations with Yachiyo as producer.[37]
Momoko brings the girls to her relatives' cake shop, where they agree to provide a cake if the girls help. Iroha and Rena endure embarrassing costumes and perform a skit, eventually selling all the cakes after Rena throws herself into the role.[37]
Iroha visits Tsuruno at her restaurant and helps her develop a Chinese Christmas menu using Christmas colors after Tsuruno's father mentions a customer requested mapo tofu.[37]
Felicia and Sana shop for decorations, and Felicia admits she dislikes Christmas. When pressed, she avoids answering, and Sana senses dark emotions beneath Felicia's usual cheerfulness.[37]
The next day, Sana shares her concerns with Yachiyo and Iroha. Momoko's group arrives to announce the cake is ready, but Felicia reiterates she will not attend. After arguing with Rena about Santa, Felicia runs away.[37]
The girls search for Felicia while Iroha asks Yachiyo to stay behind in case she returns. Sana eventually finds Felicia at a park and gently asks why she hates Christmas. Felicia explains her parents died during a Christmas party, and the holiday makes her remember them and the witch that killed them.[37]
Iroha arrives and asks Felicia to come to the party anyway, explaining they should create new happy memories together. Felicia accepts as long as there is food, and the trio shops for decorations together.[37]
On Christmas Eve, the party begins with Tsuruno's Chinese Christmas menu and Momoko's cake. Rena apologizes to Felicia about Santa, but Felicia now believes he is real. Snow falls across Kamihama as various magical girls react to the weather, and Iroha wishes for everyone's happiness.[37]
On Christmas morning, Felicia, Yachiyo, and Sana discover mysterious gifts left while they slept. Momoko arrives, explaining other magical girls received gifts too. A new rumor spreads about the Kamihama Happiness Delivery Service. It is revealed that Tsuruno, Iroha, and Rena delivered the gifts using Rena's transformation ability to sneak into homes, and they wish everyone a Merry Christmas.[37]
New Year’s at Mizuna Shrine
Iroha, Yachiyo, Tsuruno, Felicia, and Sana walk to a shrine for New Year's along with Homura and Madoka. After buying omamori charms, the girls offer their prayers for the new year.[38]
The girls celebrate New Year's morning together at Yachiyo's house. Yachiyo prepares traditional food while Tsuruno arrives with her own dishes and homemade "Tsuruno Karuta" cards, which the girls play together.[38]
Later, Iroha, Tsuruno, and Sana go for a walk. They find most shops closed but discover a badminton tournament at a toy store. Tsuruno loses spectacularly, Iroha wins five matches with Sana's invisible support, and Sana proves unbeatable in practice.[38]
Meanwhile, Madoka and Homura visit Sumei Shrine, where they eat Castella cakes and draw fortunes. Homura receives Great Fortune while Madoka receives Infinite Fortune.[38]
Felicia joins Ayame and Kako at a mochi-pounding competition. Later, they meet Ayame's teammates Konoha and Hazuki. The badminton tournament becomes a doubles competition. Iroha partners Tsuruno, Felicia partners Ayame, and other teams include Ria and Emiri, Meiyui and Akira, Ayaka and Shizuku, Sasara and Asuka, and Rena and Momoko.[38]
Iroha and Tsuruno defeat Felicia and Ayame in the semifinals after Felicia trips. In the finals, an exhausted Iroha and Tsuruno lose to Rena and Momoko. The winners earn the right to challenge the legendary champion, who is revealed to be Yachiyo. Yachiyo easily defeats Momoko, demonstrating skill she developed from a young age.[38]
Yachiyo's prize is a mochi-making kit. The group returns to her house, where she prepares mochi for everyone. Momoko, Rena, and Kaede arrive, having come specifically for the mochi.[38]
At the shrine, Homura makes a large donation and prays for her wish to be granted. Tsuruno creates a charm from three amulets, believing it will bless everyone with good fortune. Felicia admits she wants everyone to be okay. Sana reveals a charm fell into her hands and she wishes to stay by Iroha. Yachiyo buys five charms to ensure her family's well-being. Iroha buys an amulet for love and marriage, though in her prayer she only gave thanks and hoped to see Ui again.[38]
Mitama's Special Training - Iroha and Yachiyo
At her home, Yachiyo pulls out a box containing what her former friends Kanae Yukino and Mel Anna left behind. She has never opened it since filling it and spends the entire day staring at it, unable to lift the lid. When Iroha arrives and asks about it, Yachiyo explains and admits she is trying to work through her feelings. Iroha offers to help, but Yachiyo deflects, reminding her they were supposed to visit Mitama.[39]
The girls visit Mitama Yakumo and present Grief Seeds as payment for adjustment. Mitama is surprised by the offering and promises to do her best, but she expresses concern about Yachiyo's emotional state. She suggests Yachiyo clear up her issues with the box before moving forward and offers to adjust both girls at once as a special exception.[39]
As Mitama works on her, Yachiyo finds herself in a gray room confronted by a shadowy doppelganger. The shadow accuses her of being afraid of the future and clinging to the past. When Yachiyo refuses to give in to despair, the shadow transforms into her doppel, but she stands firm, accepting her fear while choosing to move forward. Iroha appears beside her, and together they bid farewell to visions of Kanae and Mel.[39]
Yachiyo awakens and realizes Mitama adjusted them together intentionally, trusting Iroha could help her if needed. She thanks Mitama for looking out for her.[39]
Back at her house, Yachiyo finally opens the box with Iroha beside her. Inside, Kanae left a book of lyrics about becoming a circle with others, and Mel left fortune telling impressions predicting a future where many magical girls would gather in Kamihama. Yachiyo cries as she reads their words. Iroha suggests they head toward that gentle future together. Yachiyo agrees but says first they need to get back their own three points: Tsuruno, Felicia, and Sana.[39]
Mitama's Special Training - Mitama
Mitama Yakumo invites a surprising number of magical girls to her place for an event she calls the "Great Mitama Thanksgiving." When she finally arrives, she reveals that the gathering is actually a quiz tournament about herself, with the winner receiving a free adjustment session and the title of "Mitama's Perfect Lover."[40]
The quiz begins with multiple choice questions, and wrong answers trigger a trap door beneath the contestant, though cushions soften the fall. The first question asks Mitama's actual age, and Tsuruno guesses incorrectly, landing her in the trap. The second question asks whether Mitama's cooking is delicious, and when Felicia and Manaka both guess wrong, Mitama confirms that the correct answer is that her food is indeed delicious.[40]
The quiz continues through several rounds, eliminating more contestants along the way. When the ninth question asks about Mitama's favorite movie, Ria guesses incorrectly and is eliminated for insulting the film's actress. Sana is also eliminated when Mitama takes pity on her after she panics over Iroha's safety, and Mitama confirms that "Pacifistic Hayashi" was the correct answer.[40]
Mitama admits she has run out of questions but still has many competitors remaining, so she decides to draw lots to pick a winner instead. Momoko asks why Mitama held the event in the first place.[40]
A flashback shows Mitama using her magic to defeat a familiar on her own, and she narrates that even if her services are no longer needed, she can still protect herself. She has obtained the magic to keep living that she never had before, and if she ever had to abandon her neutrality, she could use it to help someone.[40]
Back in the present, Mitama explains that she held the event because something good happened to her. The other girls sense a Witch and leave to hunt it, and Mitama tells them to draw their lots later. Alone, she wonders who she should use her power on when she eventually decides to stop being neutral.[40]
Voices from Beyond
In the afterlife, Mel Anna meets Kanae Yukino, another Magical Girl ghost who also died fighting a Witch. Mel is thrilled to discover they were both on a team with Yachiyo Nanami and calls Kanae her senpai. Kanae takes Mel to a ghost cafe where deceased Magical Girls gather, explaining they cannot interact with the living world except through psychics.[41]
As they wander Kamihama, Mel notices Witch numbers rising dramatically and worries about Yachiyo. They follow Yachiyo and are relieved to find she has new companions in Iroha Tamaki and others, though they remain concerned about their former teammate Mifuyu's absence.[41]
Over the following days, they watch helplessly as Yachiyo battles the Wings of Magius and eventually enters the Memory Museum, where she relives the trauma of losing Mel and Kanae. When Yachiyo dissolves her team afterward, convinced her magic causes others to die for her, the ghosts desperately try to reach her. Kanae notices Yachiyo kept their mementos: Mel's fortune log and Kanae's notebook. They focus their thoughts on these items, and that night, Yachiyo discovers their messages—Kanae's lyrics about forming a circle and Mel's fortune predicting the current events. Grateful, she resolves to move forward. Their successful contact gets their ghost licenses suspended, and they watch Yachiyo's dream of their encounter before fading.[41]
A year later, with peace restored in Kamihama, Yachiyo visits a flower shop to buy flowers for Mel's grave, still haunted by never defeating Mel's Witch. She unexpectedly encounters Mifuyu and Mel's mother, who reassures them Mel was happy because of their love. Walking toward the cemetery, Yachiyo and Mifuyu are engulfed by the barrier of the Witch Etteilla—Mel's Witch. They struggle against both the Witch and their own fears: Mifuyu fears defeating it means forgetting Mel, while Yachiyo fears losing anyone else. Remembering the ghosts' encouragement, Yachiyo convinces Mifuyu they must move forward because Mel and Kanae wanted them to. They defeat the Witch together.[41]
At Mel's grave, they place flowers and the Grief Seed from the Witch, hoping her soul has finally found peace. They silently promise to keep moving forward. Mifuyu wonders if Mel's Witch appeared to give them a push, and they smile, repeating Mel's favorite phrase: all things happen when they must. Yachiyo invites Mifuyu to see the belongings Mel and Kanae left behind, and Mifuyu gladly accepts.[41]
A Peaceful Day in Mikazuki Villa
At Mikazuki Villa, the girls are surprised to learn that Felicia scored fifty-two points on a test, and she asks for a reward. Yachiyo deems her request to go to MooMoo Park too expensive and instead promises a fancy dinner the next day, which satisfies Felicia.[42]
The next morning, Iroha discovers that Tsuruno left her phone in the refrigerator and offers to return it while Yachiyo goes to a photo shoot. During breakfast, a commercial for MooMoo Park airs on television.[42]
After breakfast, Felicia shows Sana the park commercial on her phone and admits she still wants to go, so she drags Sana along to catch animals at a riverbank. Meanwhile, Iroha returns Tsuruno's phone and helps out at her family's restaurant. At the riverbank, Felicia finds a small turtle, but Ayame Mikuri appears and accuses her of harassment. The two magical girls fight, and Felicia releases the turtle to protect it before running off, leaving Sana behind. Yachiyo finds Sana on her way home and learns what happened, then invites her to lunch. Felicia returns to the house, still angry at Ayame, and takes a nap after lunch. She dreams that the turtle thanks her and promises something at the riverbank, so she wakes and goes out to find it. She returns with a ticket for two to MooMoo Park. The others reveal that Iroha also received a ticket from Tsuruno's father, and Yachiyo got one at a meat store, so everyone can now go together. The girls happily resolve to visit the park and enjoy their dinner.[42]
Mitama's Special Training - Homura
After the battle with Alina Gray and the Rumor of the Anonymous AI, Homura and Madoka leave for Kamihama to search for the missing Mami. Kyubey approaches Homura with a request: he wants her to take him to Kamihama, as Incubators cannot enter alone, and offers all his gathered information in exchange. Knowing what she does about him, Homura refuses.[43]
A few days later, Homura, Madoka, and Sayaka return to Kamihama to continue their search. They are almost immediately assaulted by the Witch Candy, which they defeat easily at first before it transforms into its true form and attacks again. When Homura attempts to stop time to save her friends, she finds the Witch is unaffected and her Soul Gem begins filling with impurities. As she succumbs, her Doppel awakens - manifesting after she uses a broken Incubator's body for knowledge and power - and unleashes its fury on the Witch. Exhausted but alive, Homura finds her Soul Gem purified. Together they finish the Witch, and Madoka suggests they visit the Coordinator Iroha told her about. Determined to become stronger, Homura agrees.[43]
A La Carte Valentine 2nd
Two weeks before Valentine's Day, Manaka accepts a commission from a student council member to create a chocolate that guarantees a successful confession.[44]
Several days before Valentine's Day, Tsuruno launches "Spicentine's Day" to promote spicy food at Banbanzai, and Felicia agrees to help. Mel reads a classmate's fortune about love, but Yachiyo angrily reminds her that fortune telling is banned because Mel's magic shapes reality rather than predicting it. When Mel asks what love actually is, Yachiyo and Mifuyu struggle to answer.[44]
Mami shops for ingredients with Kyoko's help, worried her Valentine's chocolate won't be special enough. Kaede hopes her gifts to Rena and Momoko will be the best they receive. Emiri decides to make home base-shaped truffles with real truffle mushrooms and begins searching everywhere. Kyoko saves a girl named Sumomo from a Witch and warns her never to contract with Kyubey, promising to bring friends to her family's struggling cake shop. Riko learns about a candy-stealing monster called Hungry Mokeo from her teacher. Yachiyo catches Felicia asking about handmade chocolate and suspects she likes someone.[44]
The next day, Tsuruno's Spicentine's Day movement goes viral and spirals out of control as factions form. Mel's mother tries to teach her about love, but Mel runs away. After talking with Kanagi and later her mother at the lake, Mel begins to understand that love means recognizing your greatest treasure. Kaede shops with Konomi, who gives her flowers and reassurance that handmade gifts carry genuine feelings. Emiri searches all day, falls asleep in the mountains, and wakes to find a truffle pointed out by a mysterious old man. Kyoko brings Sayaka and Homura to Sugar Plum, and Sumomo refuses Kyubey's contract after Kyoko shares her own tragic story. Riko investigates Mokeo with Tsukasa's help. Felicia secretly makes chocolate with Iroha and eventually reveals she made it for her found family at Mikazuki Villa because Valentine's Day is for conveying feelings to important people.[44]
One week before Valentine's Day, Manaka creates fourteen prototypes but feels burned out. After criticism from Ria and Mayu, she decides to make a chocolate ring that looks like real jewelry.[44]
Three days before Valentine's Day, Manaka completes the chocolate ring, but the student council member rejects it, explaining that candy can never be actual jewelry and that she chose chocolate because the truth is always by its side. Manaka collapses from exhaustion and wakes in the hospital with her spirit broken. Mayu suggests that the frame is just as important as the picture, inspiring Manaka to turn down the commission.[44]
The day before Valentine's Day, Manaka helps the student council member make her own chocolate instead. Riko and Tsukasa investigate Mokeo but find nothing until the teacher admits he created the story with parents' cooperation and warns that Mokeo will appear if they hand out chocolates openly.[44]
On Valentine's Day, Rika receives chocolate gateau from her childhood friend, the same girl she once wished would love her back. Hinano encourages her to be honest about her feelings. Rika buys her ex a gift and apologizes, and though her ex has moved on and made chocolate gateau for someone else, Rika decides to face things more honestly going forward.[44]
Kanagi, who saw no point in a holiday for couples, helps a young girl re-wrap chocolates meant for her family. She realizes Valentine's Day is for showing appreciation without expecting anything in return and makes homemade ganache for Mitama and Karin as thanks.[44]
In the afternoon, Kaede, Rena, and Momoko fight a Witch together. Kaede gives them the chocolates she made, and even though Rena's was crushed during battle, she eats it anyway and admits it tastes good. Mel learns a Witch was preventing her friend's confession and defeats it with help from Yachiyo, Mifuyu, and Kanagi. She still doesn't understand love but accepts it's a precious feeling she'll know when she experiences it.[44]
That evening, Kanagi receives piles of chocolate and letters from fans and decides to show appreciation through excellent service. Riko's classmates have their candies stolen, and bite marks appear on a chocolate given at school, leaving Riko uncertain whether Mokeo is real. Tsuruno resolves the Spicentine's Day chaos by reminding everyone that sweet food is just as good as spicy food. Mami welcomes her friends for a chocolate-making party, realizing she doesn't need a perfect day, just a good time with precious people. Emiri learns from Manaka that chocolate truffles aren't made with truffle mushrooms but makes them anyway, grating her real truffle over the top, and everyone agrees the flavor is amazing.[44]
The student council member reveals her commission was actually a test for a catering job and offers it to Manaka, who declines for now. The documentary director appears, and Manaka realizes she's been trapped into another interview. Sumomo nearly contracts with Kyubey after learning Sugar Plum will close, but Kyoko and Homura rescue her from a Witch. Thanks to Yachiyo's article, the shop is flooded with customers and saved. Kyoko wonders if her own family's fate would have changed if she hadn't contracted, but Sayaka reminds her she helped because she wanted to.[44]
The next day, Rika eats the second half of the chocolate gateau and cries, hoping that someday she can share it with someone she loves.[44]
Epilogue: Iroha and Yachiyo confront a shopkeeper who stole Valentine's Day possibilities, take back the chocolate, and escape before the shop disappears. They return to Mikazuki Villa, where Tsuruno suggests reviving Spicentine's Day and Iroha gently advises against it.[44]
Valentine's Day Login Special: Little Kyubey tears up watching everyone exchange chocolate, so Iroha gives it its own chocolate and thanks it for always being there. Everyone wishes each other a happy Valentine's Day.
Mitama's Special Training - Rumor Tsuruno
Sometime later, Tsuruno visits Mitama's adjustment studio to work on a children's picture show she is creating. She narrates a fairy tale about a kingdom with a ferris wheel attacked by an invisible beast that eats time. The strongest girl in the kingdom, a character clearly based on herself, journeys to find the beast and encounters two sisters called the Guardians of Time at a clock tower. These guardians are portrayed by Felicia Mitsuki and Sana Futaba, who challenge her to a fight. Tsuruno transforms into Super Tsuruno Number 2 and defeats them, but they explain they cannot help her defeat the beast and only tend the clock tower. They decide to accompany her anyway, though Tsuruno soon realizes they cannot leave the kingdom. As they take a break, the invisible beast consumes the present and the past, abruptly ending the story.[45]
Back in reality, Tsuruno admits to Mitama she is unsure what her story is about. Mitama notes Tsuruno's drawings are poor and offers to take the manuscript to create her own pictures instead. She has already asked another customer to create drawings and a girl who loves books to help write an ending. Tsuruno eagerly reads the revised version.[45]
In the new ending, the kingdom has been reduced to a single ferris wheel. A Mysterious Coordinator, portrayed by Mitama, appears and suggests they seek the great sage, giving them a jewel for future use. They find the great sage, portrayed by Touka Satomi, who reveals the beast was never invisible. To defeat it, Tsuruno must learn the truth, and she realizes the beast is the ferris wheel itself. Tsuruno and her companions fight the ferris wheel, portrayed by the witch Teresa. Tsuruno uses the jewel to become invincible and destroys the beast, restoring the kingdom and allowing them to build a new ferris wheel.[45]
Tsuruno thanks Mitama for the ending but admits she dislikes the Mysterious Coordinator appearing out of nowhere. Mitama reveals that was the scene she wrote for herself. She asks if Tsuruno based the story on recent experiences. Tsuruno reflects that she still remembers being in a place where she did not have to try hard at anything, but she wants to make this world even better. She offers to pay Mitama, who suggests advertising her services at the end of the play instead. Tsuruno returns to Mikazuki Villa, and her thoughts drift to Mel.[45]
Mitama's Special Training - Felicia
During the day, Felicia eats Tsuruno's ice candy without realizing it was hers because she cannot read kanji. Tsuruno reprimands Yachiyo when she learns Yachiyo knew and was preparing to buy a replacement. Yachiyo states it is impossible to guard the fridge constantly. Felicia, overwhelmed with guilt and anger that no one listens to her confession, loses control and flips the kitchen table before locking herself in her room.[46]
That night, Felicia has a nightmare. She dreams her falling grades caused a huge argument between her parents, who blamed each other for neglecting her. Both ignore her confession and promise to try harder. Her mother storms back to the kitchen to cook. Felicia recalls that a Witch attacked immediately after, killing her parents, and she wakes up.[46]
She goes to the kitchen for water, but Iroha is there and points out she looks pale. Iroha tells her to rest and offers to bring water to her room. Felicia loses her temper and storms out of the house. Iroha wakes the others to find her.[46]
At a park, Felicia hears a voice claiming to be her. The voice pulls her into a barrier, where another Felicia lures her toward a locked box, revealing itself as her Doppel. Felicia nearly opens the box but remembers Yachiyo's words about some things being best left unknown. Her instincts tell her she is not ready.[46]
She promises her Doppel she will return when she is stronger and hopes it can hold the truth for her. The Doppel accepts and returns to normal. Felicia wakes up at Mitama's place.[46]
Iroha and Yachiyo inform her they found her unconscious in the park. Felicia tells them about the encounter and her desire to become strong enough to fulfill her promise. Mitama offers a free power-up session to support her.[46]
Iroha recalls they found Felicia releasing her Doppel in the park before losing consciousness. Yachiyo notes this has never happened before. She remembers that Tsukuyo and Tsukasa Amane once said Doppels are materialized emotions. Yachiyo concludes Felicia carries a heavy burden and tells Iroha to keep this secret until Felicia either realizes it herself or becomes strong enough to handle the truth.[46]
Mitama's Festive Feast
On New Year's Day, Kanagi and Mitama meet at the Daito shrine to pray together and enjoy the carnival. Mitama wears a kimono borrowed from Yachiyo, and after a hint from Mitama, Kanagi praises her outfit, making Mitama smile at sharing her first New Year's shrine visit with a friend. They make wishes, draw "Great Luck" fortunes, and tour the stalls.[47]
At a takoyaki stall, they meet Seika, Mito, and Reira, who invite them to join a "New Year's Soup Event" where participants solve riddles to earn soup ingredients. Mitama accepts the challenge, and though they never actually solve the intended riddles, they help a fishmonger, calm Himika's little brother with a lion dance, and retrieve Riko's lost dog. In gratitude, they receive red and white fish cakes, Feral Sauce, and fried chicken. They return to the stall, and the girls share their soup with them anyway. Mitama enjoys it so much she gets the recipe.[47]
Elsewhere, Iroha and Tsuruno show off their kimonos, dressed with Yachiyo's help. Felicia bursts in with an invitation from Mitama to an afternoon party. Despite Felicia's protests about Mitama's cooking, Iroha convinces everyone to attend together, and they arrive at Mitama's with vast amounts of food.[47]
The party begins with Mitama greeting guests. When asked about her own dishes, she proudly displays her bento boxes. Momoko bravely volunteers to try one, declares it good, wolfs it down, and promptly passes out. Mitama announces mochi-pounding, and Felicia eagerly swings the mallet, nearly crushing Sana's hands. Yachiyo discovers Mitama used "World's Stickiest" rice flour, and everyone finds creative ways to prepare the resulting mochi.[47]
Mitama brings out soup she made earlier. To everyone's surprise, it tastes delicious. Mitama admits Iroha and Yachiyo helped but says she added a secret ingredient from her earlier adventures. Everyone praises it, and Mitama declares she will add her own customizations. Despite warnings, she returns with fried chicken and Feral Sauce, dropping them into the soup. The resulting soup burns everyone's eyes with spiciness, but they recover and enjoy the remaining good food.[47]
After guests leave, Kanagi arrives to help clean, but Mitama declines, explaining everyone already helped. They walk together as Kanagi heads to her maid café shift. Mitama shares that her party was a hit, and she now dreams of improving her cooking to make people happy. Kanagi cautions her to use ingredients fit for human consumption.[47]
Iroha returns alone, inviting Mitama to join them for photos at Mizuna shrine while they are all dressed in kimonos. Mitama, realizing how blessed she is with kind friends, accepts. At the shrine, a stranger takes their photo, and Yachiyo thanks Mitama for joining. They take another photo of just the four of them, then everyone decides to get candy apples together. Mitama smiles and agrees.[47]
Lucky New Year Dreams
On New Year's Day, the Mikazuki Villa residents share their first dreams over breakfast, with Felicia dreaming of a scolding cow, Sana dreaming of becoming a houseplant, and Yachiyo dreaming of eating too much mochi. Tsuruno arrives with homemade food but cannot remember her dream, so the group decides to visit the park based on Iroha's vague dream about something lucky happening there. When nothing special occurs and Yachiyo realizes she forgot her wallet, Iroha finds a 500 yen coin in her pocket, which is just enough to buy beans for the red-bean soup they wanted. They return home to make and enjoy the soup together, and Yachiyo reflects that while big luck is rare, small bits of luck can be found each day and should be appreciated throughout the year.[48]
Mitama's Photography Meet!
As Yachiyo makes lunch, Felicia barges in with a flyer announcing that Mitama is trying her hand at professional photography and offering free photos for one day only. The others are surprised, having heard nothing about this, but they agree to go and take a team photo since they have nothing else planned.[49]
At Mitama's makeshift studio, she admits they are her only customers and shows off a new camera she bought because the advertisement claimed it would make anyone a pro photographer. When she starts taking photos, however, every attempt fails spectacularly, producing bizarre images like Madoka with people jumping from a plane and Homura posing with a lion.[49]
Frustrated, Mitama declares she will quit being an adjuster to devote herself to photography, but the girls protest that everyone in Kamihama would be in trouble without her. They reassure her that they trust her, and Tsuruno adds that she would not have become the strongest without Mitama's help. Mitama relents and agrees to remain an adjuster, though she will continue practicing photography in her free time. Later, a successful group photo of both Iroha and Madoka's teams is shown.[49]
Golden Week Campaign
Kaede asks Mikazuki Villa to watch a lost kitten while her family is away. After Felicia threatens to withhold bedtime hot cocoa, Yachiyo relents and Sana names the cat Gorojirou.[50]
Tsuruno visits daily to play, and when Gorojirou needs the restroom, Sana rushes it to the litter box just as Yachiyo calls them for lunch.[50]
Felicia chases the cat until Sana gives her a toy to lure it instead, and they eventually nap together on the couch.[50]
Gorojirou has grown close to everyone, and Iroha tries taking its picture but accidentally films herself instead.[50]
While Iroha shops, Sana watches the cat and Yachiyo admits she avoided getting attached because Gorojirou is temporary, but resolves to make its stay pleasant.[50]
Gorojirou chews Felicia's favorite sticker, and though Felicia is angry, Sana reminds her the cat leaves tomorrow.[50]
Kaede returns for Gorojirou, and everyone says a tearful goodbye. As they leave, the cat meows at Sana, who cries happily saying goodbye to her new best friend.[50]
Curry House CoCo ICHIBANYA Collaboration
Iroha announces that a cafe Yachiyo frequents has opened a new location near Mikazuki Villa, and the group decides to visit on opening day. They arrive to find it is actually a Curry House CoCo Ichibanya, and Yachiyo passionately explains the menu options as they wait for the store to open.[51]
When the store opens early, the employee announces they cannot open today due to a missing delivery truck carrying ingredients. The employee breaks down in tears, explaining her family came to see her first store opening. The group notices magical energy emanating from the store and decides to help find the truck, promising to return for curry.[51]
They investigate at the last store the truck visited. The employee there confirms the truck is missing but provides spare ingredients and explains that stores support each other in times of trouble. The group splits into two teams: one to gather ingredients from other stores, and one to trace the truck's route. During coordination, they learn a second CoCoIchi truck has also gone missing on the same road.[51]
While gathering ingredients, Tsuruno's group encounters a lost, hungry girl who flees upon hearing CoCoIchi and nearly crashes into Sana. Afterward, Sana realizes the employee at the new store could see her despite her invisibility.[51]
Yachiyo's group follows the road where both trucks disappeared and finds a Witch's barrier. Inside, they find both trucks and their drivers. Iroha and Ui engage the Witch's familiars while Yachiyo secures the drivers. Iroha realizes the Witch is targeting the cargo, so she throws curry ingredients at it, causing the Witch to abandon the fight and allowing them to defeat it easily.[51]
Tsuruno calls with urgent news that the store employee is a Magical Girl, her missing little sister is also a Magical Girl, and she has not been able to contact her since yesterday. The group fears the curry-loving Witch they just defeated was the sister.[51]
They return to the new store, where the employee is preparing their reward curry. Before Iroha can confess, a girl rushes in calling for her sister. It is the employee's little sister, alive and well. The group realizes the Witch was simply a curry-loving Witch unrelated to the sister. They finally sit down to enjoy the promised curry together.[51]
SamaTore!
Kyoko wakes to find Mitama and Ui standing over her, learning they were washed ashore and rescue will arrive in two days. Mitama assigns tasks: shelter, bamboo, water, plants, and fishing. Before Kyoko leaves, Mitama asks her to transform, revealing she adjusted Kyoko's Soul Gem while she was unconscious to give her a Magical Girl swimsuit that allows her to swim. Mitama promises the transformation is reversible but looks forlorn, warning that if Kyoko does not have fun on the island, she might forget how to undo it. Kyoko reluctantly agrees to cooperate.[52]
Kyoko discovers she can swim and catches plenty of fish. While gathering firewood, she finds a piece of wood with the words "water" and "bottom" written on it and tosses it onto the pile. Back at camp, Mitama and Karin show her a treasure map they found. Mitama has built a large shelter, and Karin started a fire using skills from a manga. Kyoko helps Kanagi and Ui carry supplies back from the stream. When Mitama offers to cook, Kyoko and Kanagi immediately stop her. Kyoko distracts Mitama with the treasure map and cooks dinner instead, with Ui's help. The group enjoys the meal together.[52]
Day 2 on the deserted island and Mitama decides they will go treasure hunting. The group examines the map and the wooden tablet Kyoko unknowingly gathered for firewood, which tells of a fallen warrior's treasure hidden on the island. They follow directions to a clearing but find nothing.[52]
Ui falls into a pitfall, and Karin follows. Kyoko pulls them out with a vine, and they discover another tablet at the bottom. Kyoko realizes the piece of wood she threw into the campfire was likely one of the tablets, but she keeps quiet, hoping to make the group give up without upsetting Mitama. Mitama triggers a trap and is caught hanging from a tree. The group frees her, but everyone wants to continue despite Kyoko's warnings. Kyoko claims they are being followed, hoping to blame the missing tablet on someone else, but the stalker turns out to be a tabby kitten.[52]
The group reaches a damaged clue they cannot read. Mitama deduces the final location is the waterfall, but they find nothing. Mitama stares at Kyoko, suggesting the tablet might have been lost. Kyoko panics internally. She blasts part of the riverbed, revealing a hidden underwater path she remembered from the burned tablet's words. Kanagi scouts and reports a cave at the end. Karin and Ui stay behind while Kyoko, Mitama, and Kanagi swim through using guide vines.[52]
Inside the cave, they endure swarms of mosquitoes until Mitama drives them away. At the back, they find a treasure box. Kyoko opens it carefully. Inside is a letter revealing the treasure hunt was a promotional stunt for the Sayu-Sayu Mizuna Tourism Project, abandoned due to mosquitoes and safety concerns. They left a paper with Sayu-Sayu's sword designs.[52]
Kyoko hides the truth and leads the group to a cliff with a stunning sunset view. Everyone agrees it is a rare treasure. Kyoko admits she burned one of the tablets for firewood. Mitama apologizes for pressuring her and promises to change her back. The group returns late at night.[52]
On the third day, the helicopter arrives. Iroha calls down to them. As they prepare to leave, the kitten runs off, and the group chases it.[52]
A few weeks later. Sayuki, Ria, Mayu, her manager, and producer arrive on the same island to film a special. They find the bamboo house and campfire remains. The kitten appears, followed by Kyoko chasing it. Ui and Karin catch up, and Karin recognizes Sayuki as Sayu-Sayu. Kyoko realizes this is the idol behind the fake treasure hunt.[52]
Mitama, Kanagi, and Iroha arrive. Sayuki greets Mitama warmly. Telepathically, Kyoko warns Mitama about Sayuki's connection to the treasure hunt. Mitama cryptically tells her to leave it. Karin and Ui want to stay and watch the filming. Sayuki offers to let them return on her boat. She explains her special involves a survival quiz using the Kaigiri sword. Ui and Karin are excited. Mitama and Kyoko exchange a look, hoping to preserve Ui's good memories without revealing the truth.[52]
Filming begins. They cheer from the sidelines. Later, they all pile onto the boat together, many exhausted and falling asleep.[52]
Kamihama in a Circle
Rika and Ren arrive in a new ward, with Rika frustrated about oversleeping. They notice another Magical Girl nearby. Elsewhere, Konomi arrives alone while Kako declines to participate due to her team's policy. Manaka scolds Ria for being late because of her hair. Masara, Kokoro, and Aimi gather at a park, with Kokoro convincing Masara to participate. Reira, Mito, and Seika discuss the upcoming gathering of Magical Girls who have fought together before.[53]
At Mikazuki Villa, Iroha and Yachiyo finish chores that had been delayed by Felicia's laundry mishap. They reflect on everything that has happened since Iroha came to Kamihama searching for Ui—the investigations, battles with the Wings of Magius, the automatic purification system, and the truth about Witches spreading. Despite the chaos, things have begun to settle.[53]
Iroha and Yachiyo rush to the park, worried about being late. Tsuruno meets them and playfully scolds them before carrying them the rest of the way. Iroha reflects on meeting Tsuruno while investigating Uwasas, and how their bonds grew stronger through battling together. She notes that everyone at Mikazuki Villa has decided to support one another.[53]
The group stops at a convenience store. Felicia appears, having visited Ayame first. Konoha and Hazuki are not coming to the gathering, but Yachiyo notes they have helped in the past. Felicia asks for chocolate. Iroha reflects on first meeting Felicia when she was a violent mercenary, and how living together has changed them both. She notes that Yachiyo has cared for Felicia more than anyone.[53]
The group takes a shortcut through a back alley. They find Sana hiding, having spotted Kaede's cat Gorojiro. Sana explains she was patrolling for dangerous Magical Girls while staying hidden. Iroha thanks her but assures her she can relax today. They invite her to join them. Iroha reflects on sympathizing with Sana's isolation and how Mikazuki Villa became an important place for them all. Yachiyo notes that Sana, once invisible to everyone but Magical Girls, is gradually finding her place in the world.[53]
Ui, Touka, and Nemu meet the group. They have visited their old hospital to update the doctors and nurses who cared for them. Touka discusses her research on connecting universes, admitting practical application remains difficult but the possibility exists. Iroha reflects on how it still feels like a dream to see the three of them together. Yachiyo notes that while their past methods were wrong, their purpose of liberating Magical Girls was not, and that purpose continues now.[53]
Momoko, Rena, and Kaede join them, having stopped at a retro arcade where they won a stuffed animal together despite their usual arguing. Touka reveals a small possibility for connecting universes has been found, using the Endless Mirrors. Iroha reflects on first meeting Momoko and Kaede, and now sharing lunches with Rena. Yachiyo notes the three have strong bonds as a team and helped convince other Magical Girls after the truth about witches spread.[53]
Mitama joins, having taken a break from her shop to visit Kanagi. Tsuruno asks about using Mirrors to connect to other universes. Mitama confirms she and Kanagi have accompanied Touka and Nemu into the Mirrors. Nemu explains they were only experimenting with precautions. Touka insists she has plans if things go wrong. Mitama notes Mirrors has become more complex and will need more entrances. Iroha reflects on meeting Kanagi relatively recently and how they now work together despite past rivalry. She also thinks of Mitama's help and her surprising wish, but notes the city is moving forward. She wants to hold hands with more people and form a circle together.[53]
From a distance, Iroha and Yachiyo watch Magical Girls gathering at the park. Felicia attempts to cure Iroha's nerves by hitting her, claiming Tsuruno said it would help. Tsuruno quickly corrects her. Hinano arrives, reporting on her task regarding Alina. Karin, who attends school with Alina, explains Alina is still missing and she does not know where she is. Iroha promises they will find her together. Mifuyu arrives with the Amane twins, apologizing for being late. Yachiyo thanks Mifuyu. Iroha reflects that a new step is beginning. Yachiyo notes her story started moving when Mifuyu disappeared, while Iroha's began with strange dreams. They have connected with so many Magical Girls. One chapter has ended and a new one is about to begin.[53]
Iroha addresses the gathered Magical Girls, thanking them for coming. She reflects on fighting together against powerful Witches and sharing knowledge about their fate. Yachiyo notes they started from individual concerns, fought Uwasas and the Wings of Magius, and gained something greater in return. Their purpose is now the same as their former enemies: the liberation of Magical Girls. They seek coexistence with Kyubey without sacrificing themselves. Iroha acknowledges not everyone could participate, but all have agreed to help each other. Yachiyo admits skepticism is natural. Iroha declares that by expanding the automatic purification system across Kamihama, they can welcome liberation and coexist with Kyubey. Yachiyo announces they will work together under a new name starting today.[53]
Iroha begins to declare their new name but is interrupted by a flash of light. Wings appear on her back, and Yachiyo also grows wings. Feathers fall across the park. Yachiyo recalls this phenomenon helped them against Walpurgisnacht. Iroha wonders if it is a blessing upon the Magical Girls of Kamihama holding hands. With this blessing, they declare again that the Magical Girls gathered here are allies who will support each other in hardship. They declare themselves the Kamihama Magia Union.[53]
A New Beginning
On the day the Kamihama Magia Union is established, a celebration is held at Walnut's. During the party, Manaka receives a phone call and panics, announcing that Nemu has been kidnapped.[54]
The group splits up to search nearby areas but finds nothing. Hinano eventually discovers Nemu held hostage by Black and White Feathers from outside Kamihama. Using Ryo and Ikumi to infiltrate, their cover is blown and they are surrounded. Sakurako jumps in to defend them as Iroha arrives with reinforcements.[54]
The lead Feather explains they kidnapped Nemu to convince the Magius to lead them again, as they do not know how to achieve liberation on their own. Iroha explains the Kamihama girls share their goals but reject their methods. Nemu and Touka ask the Feathers to join them.[54]
Before they can respond, white feathers rain from the sky again, the same power that helped them defeat Walpurgisnacht returns, but this time it feels uncontrolled and dangerous. Touka explains her experiment partially worked, creating a wormhole to another world, but the interference may crush their world. Kanagi and Mitama fail to disable the device sending the signal.[54]
Sana sneaks Nemu to where the device was stationed, but the labyrinth is gone. Nemu enters the password anyway, but nothing happens. The world shakes and a voice urges them to close the gate. Iroha realizes the power is trying to help, not hurt them.[54]
Yachiyo devises a plan: Ui will absorb the magic built up inside them, Touka will convert it, and Iroha will fire an arrow to close the gate. As the sun sets, they enact the plan and succeed. The feathers stop falling.[54]
Iroha asks the Feathers to reconsider joining them. The lead Feather admits her stubbornness and rage, and Nemu and Touka apologize. The Feathers accept, becoming the first recruits to the union on the day it was established.[54]
Late that night, the group gathers outside Walnut's. They discuss the voice they heard and the power from another universe. Touka throws a tantrum over everyone calling her experiment a failure, and her stress causes her to unleash her Doppel.[54]
Elsewhere, a mysterious magical girl observes and turns to report back to the Tokime Tribe. In another place, a different magical girl also observes and decides to report her findings. In a different location, Kagome Satori has found Iroha at last, promising to keep a record of their lives.[54]
Moon-viewing After an Elegant Tea Party
A few days after the battle against Embryo Eve, Yukika reflects on her time as a Black Feather in the Wings of the Magius. She still does not fully understand what happened during the disaster, and as a former Black Feather with a faint presence, she remains unknown as a magical girl even to Tsukuyo Akatsuki, the upperclassman she admires.[55]
On the morning of the exchange party with Saint Liliana Academy, Yukika leaves home with conflicting memories of whether she promised to have dinner with her family that evening.[55]
After school that day, Yukika is at the arcade when she senses a magical reaction. Suddenly she is back at school, confused. The student president asks her to retrieve plates from the old school building for the exchange party. While heading there, she learns Tsukuyo had to leave early, leaving no solo performer. Yukika helps find a substitute, and the problem resolves itself before she enters the old building.[55]
She finds a white feather robe in her bag with a note in her handwriting addressed to Akatsuki-senpai. She does not remember putting it there.[55]
The Saint Liliana students arrive, including twins Hotori and Rion. A water leak makes the old building club room unusable. Yukika heads there again, and the Flower Arrangement director agrees to host a flower show and moon viewing instead. Once again, the problem resolves before she enters.[55]
Yukika notices a pattern: every time she tries to enter the old building, the problem disappears. Time also moves unusually slowly. The twins run toward the old building, and Yukika chases them. She is pulled into a familiar's labyrinth and transforms using the white feather robe to help them. The twins mistake her for a White Feather sister who saved them before, saying they joined the Wings of the Magius because of her.[55]
At sunset, Yukika remembers the white feather robe belongs to Akatsuki-senpai and was left at a coordinator's. She had planned to return it but lost the chance after the decisive battle.[55]
Sensing a large magical reaction from the old building, she investigates. She has a vision of it collapsing and retreats, convincing the Flower Arrangement director to join the tea party instead. Kaharu Yunna arrives and offers to host the moon viewing at her family's restaurant, moving the event away from the old building.[55]
Later, Yukika returns to the old building alone. She follows the magical reaction to the fourth floor and enters a witch's labyrinth, where she finds Kyubey.[55]
Kyubey explains he entered Kamihama when the barrier temporarily disappeared during the disaster and made a contract with Rion. In the original timeline, a white feather magical girl saved the twins from a witch but was killed, causing the old building to collapse. Hotori protected Rion but suffered fatal wounds. In that moment, Rion made a wish, rewriting reality to prevent the tragedy.[55]
The current world is the result of Rion's wish. The witch has only been delayed. The slow passage of time and the obstacles keeping Yukika from the old building were the wish's power trying to push back the inevitable. The white feather who died is still dead. Only Yukika and that specific Kyubey remember the original world.[55]
The witch attacks and kills Kyubey. The twins arrive and insist on fighting together. When the witch overpowers them, Yukika sends them away and fights alone, knowing she will likely die.[55]
Yukika awakens outside the labyrinth. The twins tell her she defeated the witch. Kyubey's body and the white feather's remains have vanished with the labyrinth.[55]
That night, Yukika joins the moon viewing at the restaurant. She reflects that only she remembers the original world and the white feather who died saving the twins. She looks at the full moon and appreciates being alive to see it.[55]
On a later date, Yukika leaves Kamihama and meets another Kyubey. She learns the Kyubey who made the contract with Rion is gone, and no other Kyubey remembers the original world. Rion's wish has fully rewritten reality. Kyubey states he will no longer interfere in Kamihama.[55]
Kyubey explains Yukika survived because she unknowingly used a Doppel, a Kamihama system that transforms a magical girl into a witch-like state. Yukika is not satisfied with this explanation but accepts it.[55]
As she prepares to return to Kamihama, she is pulled into another witch's labyrinth. The twins are there, saying Yunna Kaharu is in trouble. Yukika wonders what she has gotten involved in this time.[55]
Tracks of Cherry Blossoms
Sakurako reflects on her nature as an Uwasa created by Iroha and Nemu. Though her duty to bloom when the four girls reunited is now fulfilled, she continues attending school as Sakurako Hiiragi. When Ryo comments that she is like a god who will never change, Sakurako questions other Uwasa and learns from the Anonymous AI that they act according to their Rumor forever, never stopping and never changing.[56]
Some time later during a Kamihama Magia Union meeting, Iroha proposes a cherry blossom viewing to help members connect. Touka objects to using the Eternal Sakura, wanting to preserve it as a secret shelter. Tsuruno suggests Sankyo's famous cherry blossom viewing spot instead. Touka challenges Sakurako to visit the Sankyo tree and judge its worthiness herself.[56]
The next day, Sakurako visits the Sankyo cherry tree. While observing it, she meets an elderly man who has appreciated the tree for decades. He explains the tree has watched over people for over eighty years, since before the war. Sakurako realizes this tree has lived far longer than her zero-year existence.[56]
Later at school, Hinano and Ryo find Sakurako still fixated on the tree. Ryo shares what she knows: the tree served as a disaster shelter in the Meiji era, and famous restaurants once served food there for foreign cherry blossom viewers. After school, Sakurako returns to the tree. The elderly man and his wife visit again. The wife gives her cherry blossom-scented cookies, and the man gives her a hand warmer. A girl jogging past stops to pray at the tree, explaining she sees it as a sacred place before tournaments.[56]
Days pass, and Sakurako continues visiting. Manaka and Tsumugi stop by, and Sakurako gives them the cookies she cannot eat. Sakurako reflects on how this tree has watched over thousands of people for over a century while she was created to watch only four girls. She realizes for the first time that time is passing around her.[56]
Days later at Mikazuki Villa, Sakurako observes the four girls and Ui talking about her teacher. Sakurako concludes the Sankyo tree is worthy of hosting the cherry blossom viewing. She decides she needs to practice making it bloom.[56]
Over the following days, Sakurako continues visiting the tree, growing closer to the elderly couple. She forgets about practicing blooming, more interested in talking with them.[56]
One day, the elderly man announces he will be hospitalized and they can no longer walk together. The woman explains she must care for him. The man reveals they kept walking because seeing Sakurako brought back fond memories of their belief in meeting a sakura spirit. Sakurako is left standing alone, realizing their time together has ended.[56]
That night at the tree, Sakurako encounters the jogging disciple, who explains she is moving away and will soon leave the dojo. She then encounters Ui's teacher, who reveals she is being transferred to another school. Sakurako realizes that by the time the cherry blossoms bloom, all these people will be gone. She feels pain and fears that Iroha, Ui, Touka, and Nemu will eventually disappear too.[56]
Days pass, and Ryo observes Sakurako's deteriorating state. A neighbor of the elderly couple approaches Sakurako and informs her there has been a passing in the family. Hinano later explains this means someone has died. Sakurako disappears.[56]
Sakurako asks Iroha and Yachiyo what to do when someone dies. Yachiyo explains about funerals and sending flowers as a last gift. Sakurako returns to the Sankyo tree and, using her power, makes it bloom for the first time, sending cherry blossoms into the sky for the grandfather. But she still aches from not saying goodbye.[56]
Days pass, and other Uwasa grow concerned, having heard rumors that when Sakurako makes cherry blossoms bloom, someone disappears. Sakurako concludes that if she lets the cherry blossoms bloom, the four girls might disappear. When Iroha confirms the cherry blossom viewing plans, Sakurako announces she will not let the tree bloom.[56]
Ryo publishes the full Tracks of Cherry Blossoms article, detailing Sakurako's experiences. The girls read it and understand her association between blooming and parting. Yachiyo suggests teaching her that spring also brings new encounters.[56]
The day of the picnic arrives. Iroha invites Sakurako, assuring her she does not need to make the tree bloom. Sakurako agrees to attend.[56]
During the picnic, Asuka's disciple appears, explaining she came to let Sakurako know she is not sad about leaving. Ui's teacher arrives and tells Ui that her care will be passed on to the next teacher. Manaka debuts a new cherry blossom dessert, continuing the tradition in new form. Sakurako begins to understand that farewells are not always sad.[56]
After the picnic, Sakurako remains at the tree. She admits she still cannot bring herself to make it bloom. Yachiyo tells her that wanting to see the couple again proves she has a heart. Sakurako despairs that Uwasa simply cease to exist. She buys one of Manaka's new desserts, hoping to give it to them.[56]
Days pass, and Sakurako waits at the tree daily, carrying the dessert. Rumors spread about the girl under the sakura tree. The girls grow concerned. Nemu warns that if Sakurako does not accept reality, she may destroy herself.[56]
As the time expires, the elderly couple suddenly appears. The grandfather was never dead. The passing was a relative. They had been away helping their daughter with a new baby. The woman explains they named their granddaughter Sakurako. Sakurako gives them the dessert and explains she now understands that encounters and goodbyes take many forms. She says she will not come regularly anymore but is grateful for their time together.[56]
Ryo gives Sakurako a photograph of her with the elderly couple. Sakurako thanks her.[56]
Arc 2+
New Mirrors Ranking Held!
Mitama and Meguru prepare for the Mirrors Ranking event while stacking boxes, with Mitama recognizing Meguru by her energetic commentary voice. Mitama explains she is only accepting urgent adjustments due to preparations, and Meguru excitedly looks forward to commentating the biggest Mirrors event yet, which will be open to Magical Girls outside Kamihama with modified scoring rules and generous prizes. Meguru confirms the core rules remain unchanged so veterans will not be confused, and Mitama approves her plan to interview participants for promotional commentary.[57]
Livia and Yozuru discuss the event, and Yozuru informs Juri's group about the prohibition against cheating. Juri and Ranka express interest in testing their skills against copies, while Hikaru decides to consult Yuna first. Yozuru also informs Hagumu and Shigure, overcoming their reluctance by highlighting Hagumu's Witch-hunting ability and the potential rewards, and the two agree to participate together.[57]
Meguru conducts interviews with Kamihama Magia Union members and then the Tokime Clan. Iroha vows to aim for top rank, supported by Yachiyo, while other members share their motivations. When Iroha mentions the Tokime Clan, Meguru immediately sets off to interview them. Chiharu eagerly anticipates meeting other Magical Girls, Shizuka and Sunao see value in observing different combat styles, and Ryoko bursts in declaring her intention to claim the top rank, inspiring the group with her determination.[57]
The next day, participants gather for the event. Sudachi communicates with Yozuru through her own speech, and Mitama notes the successful turnout while Meguru delivers hype commentary previewing the tournament's drama. Meguru announces Mitama's official opening of the Mirrors Ranking to massive cheers from the assembled Magical Girls.[57]
Every Lucky Bag a Dream
On January 1st, Yachiyo leads the Mikazuki girls in a coordinated strategy to purchase lucky bags at the Kamihama Supermarket. They split into three groups and successfully secure various household items. After comparing their hauls, they realize all the ingredients they bought are suitable for hot pot. They decide to invite other Magical Girls from the Union for a New Year's party.[58]
Elsewhere, Shizuka excitedly opens her first lucky bag from a boutique, only to receive an assortment of mismatched, outdated clothing. Chiharu and Sunao gently redirect her from wearing them by suggesting she have them remade by a tailor and study fashion magazines instead.[58]
Ao buys board games for everyone, hoping to introduce Yuna to them. Hikaru and Sakuya purchase ice cream from Yuna's favorite store. Touched by their thoughtfulness, Yuna resolves to continue protecting everyone in Futatsugi.[58]
Hagumu and Shigure are dragged into New Year's crowds against their will. Himena and Alexandra buy cosmetics and accessories, then give thoughtful gifts to the reluctant pair. Despite their initial resistance, Hagumu and Shigure end the day feeling hopeful about the coming year.[58]
Mikage, excited by a TV segment, wants to buy a lucky bag with only 300 yen. Lavi and Nayuta give her a handmade "special lucky bag" filled with items from Nayuta's home as a New Year's gift.[58]
Livia receives a gorilla-themed lucky bag from Sudachi, who selected it based on its online popularity. They play cards with a punishment for the loser: wearing a gorilla kigurumi. Livia loses and reluctantly puts on the costume, only to sit on a whoopee cushion Sudachi placed. Livia laughs despite herself, and Yozuru declares the strategy a success.[58]
Kyoko, Sayaka, Mami, Madoka, and Homura buy a wagashi lucky bag but realize they have too much to finish. They encounter the Mikazuki girls, who invite them to the hot pot party. Everyone gathers at Mikazuki Manor to celebrate the New Year together.[58]
Over twelve consecutive days, various Magical Girls at Mizuna Shrine draw fortunes. Iroha and Ui preside over the draws, offering encouragement each day. The fortunes range from Good Luck to Great Luck, with occasional repeats. On Day 11, a visitor draws Pure Luck, the rarest fortune, prompting Sana to declare that something great must be waiting for them. The Mikazuki girls continue their tradition, hoping each visitor's new year will be blessed.[58]
Dependence Blue
While Alexandra splits off to recruit allies from her hometown, the Neo-Magius members Himena, Shigure, and Hagumu arrive in Takarazaki City with the goal of recruiting San Kagura and Miyuri Yukari, both former instructors for the Wings of Magius. At the station, a woman crashes into Hagumu and steals her bag, but two local Magical Girls named Jun Kazari and Mitsune Miwa intervene, recover the bag, and photograph the criminal before introducing themselves as heroes who protect Takarazaki. San and Miyuri arrive shortly after and confront the group about being late, with San proposing a test: if the Neo-Magius can solve the increasing crime and accident situation in Takarazaki within ten days, thus before the Hikarizuka Fire Festival begins, then she and Miyuri will agree to join their cause.[59]
The next day, Himena uses a Crime Information Map to identify high-crime areas and times, then sends Shigure and Hagumu to search for strong Witches while she plans with Hiko, the boyfriend who exists only inside her head. Shigure and Hagumu find and defeat a Familiar, mistaking it for a Witch, and Shigure grows frustrated, feeling that Himena treats them like pawns, though Hagumu encourages her to trust their leader for now. Himena later calls them to a restaurant and reveals her findings: crime spikes in the evening near the station, leading her to theorize that a single strong Witch is responsible.[59]
On the third day, Himena leads the group in hunting the Witch's Familiars to draw it out, and the Witch chases them into alleyways where they encounter Jun and Mitsune again. The five Magical Girls defeat the Witch together, but Himena refuses Jun's offer to team up permanently, stating she only wants their criminal photos for information, and Jun and Mitsune leave.[59]
The fourth day sees Shigure and Hagumu reporting their progress to San, who notes their slow pace and suggests they either get to know Himena better or abandon the test entirely. While walking, they encounter an elderly shopkeeper who asks them to tell Jun that she is always welcome at the Tomorrow Shop, and Himena messages them to research sewers and tall buildings for a vertical search strategy.[59]
On the fifth day, Shigure confronts Himena about making them do dangerous work while she avoids it, confessing that she hates her. In response, Himena goes to the sewers alone, finds a Witch, and returns covered in filth before meeting them at a bathhouse to apologize for not considering their feelings. She shares her backstory: her boyfriend Hiko died and now exists only inside her head, and she seeks the Kimochi stones and Automatic Purification System so she can love freely without judgment. The three bond over this revelation.[59]
The next day, while investigating tall buildings, Shigure and Hagumu encounter Jun and Mitsune defeating a Witch and learn the truth about them: Mitsune is a former shut-in who came to Takarazaki to change herself by pretending to be a hero online, with Jun supporting her, and they are not connected to the town's problems. Shigure and Hagumu report this to Himena, and Hiko suggests recruiting them, so Himena sends the pair to Alina Gray at Satomi Medical Center to obtain one of her pet Witches.[59]
On the seventh day, Shigure and Hagumu meet Alina, who has amnesia about her past, and after they explain her history and magic, she enters her barrier, confirms the Witches inside, and gives them one sealed in a cube. Himena successfully recruits Jun and Mitsune by explaining the Neo-Magius seeks Magical Girl supremacy, and they agree to cooperate, with San noting that Himena's leadership naturally attracts others.[59]
The eighth day arrives with Himena presenting the plan: seven of them will encircle the Witch's suspected location, with Shigure and Hagumu waiting at the central spot alongside Alina's Witch while the others search surrounding areas. When Shigure and Hagumu release the Witch from its cube, it proves far stronger than expected, but the group converges and defeats it together. San and Miyuri agree to join the Neo-Magius, unaware that Mitsune's magic has already begun affecting everyone's memories.[59]
Three days later, the group celebrates their apparent success but notices the situation in Takarazaki has worsened rather than improved. San discovers the truth and confronts them, and Himena reveals this was Hiko's plan all along: by faking a solution, they could observe whether the problem persisted, thereby proving a different culprit existed.[59]
That evening, Himena explains her findings: Mitsune's magic lingers at the station where criminals pass through daily, and Mitsune's routine of calming the public unconsciously uses her perception-altering magic, causing increased crime and accidents. Mitsune realizes the truth and despairs as her Soul Gem darkens, and just as her Doppel emerges, she uses her magic to make everyone forget her existence before fleeing.[59]
Himena, guided by Hiko's clearer memories, helps everyone recall the truth about Mitsune, and they realize she is likely still in Takarazaki, fighting alone to atone. San reveals the Youth Association has disappeared, taken by a Witch threatening the festival, so the group splits up to search.[59]
Jun finds Mitsune in the Labyrinth's deepest area, and they fight together but are overwhelmed until Shigure and Hagumu arrive to help. They defeat the Witch, but Jun is fatally wounded, and before dying, she expresses hope that Mitsune will become strong enough to lead others someday. Mitsune's grief triggers her Doppel again, and she wakes up in the hospital with her mind altered to believe Jun is alive but overseas, and that they will reunite when she has truly changed.[59]
A few days later, Himena visits San and Miyuri, learning the festival was canceled due to the incident, which devastates them, but they reaffirm their commitment to the Neo-Magius and San's goal of becoming a living god to resurrect the festival. Shigure and Hagumu visit Mitsune, who greets them with her signature "Hallo, hallo!" and explains that Jun moved overseas, promising to become strong enough to lead others by the time they reunite.[59]
Shigure breaks down crying outside the hospital as the group reflects that Mitsune has falsified her own perception to survive, keeping Jun's memory alive in the only way she can. They recognize that their shared wounds and regrets have forged a powerful bond, and Himena declares they will aim for the top together, honoring those who could not make their dreams come true.[59]
Our Beginning is a Recurring Dream
Hazuki meets with Nanaka to discuss the Kamihama Magia Union, observing that while Nanaka's team holds different views on joining, they remain united. She reflects that her own group's strict neutrality may no longer be viable, as Ayame has started making friends and helping them puts them at risk. Later, Ayame, Kako, and Felicia are confronted by Promised Blood members seeking revenge for a previous encounter. Ayame sends a vague warning before fighting, and she is ambushed and cornered, but Konoha and Hazuki arrive in time to rescue her. That evening at home, the three discuss their situation. Ayame wants to continue helping her friends, while Hazuki argues their neutral stance is no longer working. Ayame shares that she has been reading a career book recommended by Kako and thinking about her future. Konoha is uncertain and asks for time to consider.[60]
Mitama introduces the three to Nayuta, a Magical Girl from Takarazaki who recently moved to Kamihama. Nayuta has been attacked by Promised Blood, who mistook her for an impersonator, and she needs an escort to visit Satomi Medical Center to find information about her missing father. She asks the neutral trio to be her bodyguards. After discussing overnight, the three formally decide to accept. Konoha, despite her fears about change, agrees for the sake of their future. Ayame coins the name "Azalea Sisters."[60]
Later that day, the Azalea Sisters escort Nayuta to Satomi Medical Center. They encounter Promised Blood members, including Sakuya, who is suspicious of their neutral claims. After a brief standoff, Sakuya decides to observe them for now. Nayuta explains she is searching for her father, a scholar researching Magical Girls who disappeared without explanation. They defeat a Witch near the hospital, and Nayuta shares her goal of publishing a book to inform the world about Magical Girls, hoping to reduce the number of girls who make contracts. Ayame is inspired by this.[60]
Over the following days, the Azalea Sisters receive numerous bodyguard requests. They establish three conditions: clients must be Kamihama Magical Girls regardless of affiliation, they only take defensive actions, and payment is a Grief Seed shared after Witch hunts. Hotori requests their help, and Ayame coaches her to fight Witches independently. Hotori admires Ayame as her "Pink-senpai" and wants to become strong enough to protect her sister and friends. Through training, Hotori defeats a Witch on her own for the first time, and Ayame reflects on Nayuta's example, realizing she wants to do something for others, not just herself and her sisters.[60]
Chika secretly hires them to distract the Neo-Magius so Tokime Clan members can return to their village. Hazuki devises a plan to pose as interviewers researching Magical Girl Supremacy, keeping the Neo-Magius occupied while Chika's group escapes. Chika explains she only recently learned of her connection to the Tokime Clan but loves them for restoring her faith in people.[60]
Maria requests help defeating a fast Witch near the preschool where she volunteers. After the battle, Maria shares her dream of becoming a nursery school teacher. Konoha is reminded of the Azalea House director and begins considering a future helping orphans.[60]
The day following these requests, the three reflect on how bodyguard work has changed them. All have begun thinking about their individual futures. They receive an urgent request from Sae Kirino, who was referred by Maria. Sae needs help defeating a Witch at the cargo port immediately. They arrive to find an offshoot Mirrors Labyrinth. Sae is anxious to enter, and sensing she is hiding something, Konoha decides to trust her and accept the request.[60]
That night inside the Labyrinth, Sae reveals her younger sister Sayumi wandered inside while looking for a lost stuffed animal. They search while fending off copies. Sae explains her family is the reason she works hard, similar to the Azalea Sisters. They find Sayumi's name tag and push deeper. A second Witch appears, having migrated through the Mirrors. They find Sayumi collapsed but alive. Sae insists on retrieving her sister's stuffed animal, which is stuck to the Witch. Konoha agrees while keeping everyone's safety in mind. During the retrieval, Sae is struck by an attack. Her Soul Gem shatters. She dies.[60]
The following day, the Azalea Sisters return Sayumi home, lying that her sister is missing. They inform Mitama and Livia they are suspending bodyguard activities. The three are devastated and uncertain about the future.[60]
Each sister meets with friends who are worried about them. Ayame meets Kako, who insists they are not murderers and reminds Ayame how many girls she has saved. Ayame admits she is scared of letting someone else die and feels she cannot be a bodyguard anymore. Hazuki meets Nanaka, who seeks information about the Witch and observes that the sisters' atmosphere has changed since becoming bodyguards. Hazuki considers returning to their old ways. Konoha meets Maria, who pleads with Konoha not to quit, saying Sae's death and their efforts would have no meaning if they give up. Konoha is moved and agrees to reconsider.[60]
That evening, the three gather to decide their future. Ayame wants to stop being bodyguards and stay in Kamihama, too afraid of causing another death. Hazuki wants to stop being bodyguards and leave Kamihama to start over somewhere new. Konoha wants to continue being bodyguards in Kamihama, honoring what they have learned and Sae's memory. They choose Konoha's path. All three have found dreams through their work and want to keep fighting for them. They resolve to complete Sae's original request: defeat the Witch that killed her and the offshoot Mirror Witch.[60]
The next day, the three return to the Labyrinth alone. It has grown larger and more dangerous overnight. They struggle against increased copies. As they near the core, they are ambushed by copy traps but are rescued by Nanaka's team, Hotori, Rion, Maria, and Kako, who have all come to help after learning of their decision. Konoha accepts their help. The group clears a path while the Azalea Sisters push forward.[60]
That night and into early morning, they encounter the Witch that killed Sae. During the battle, a copy of Sae appears and leads Konoha deeper into the Labyrinth. Konoha chooses to follow. The copy attacks her, and Konoha is gravely wounded, collapsing near the core and facing the offshoot Mirror Witch alone. Hazuki and Ayame arrive. All three unleash their Doppels simultaneously, destroying the Witch and the Labyrinth. They emerge at the cargo port at dawn, exhausted but alive. Sae suddenly appears—she had used her unique magic to fake death and hide, but was trapped in the Labyrinth until its destruction. She is alive and well.[60]
Two days later, Sae visits to thank them and offer payment. They decline a second Grief Seed, asking instead that she advertise their bodyguard services as a living witness to clear their reputation. Sae agrees. The three discuss their futures over dinner. Konoha wants to work with children like the Azalea House director. Ayame wants to become a bodyguard. Hazuki wants to reform the system for orphans from behind the scenes. They make a new promise: to always support each other and make their dreams come true.[60]
The Peaceful Daily Life of Nayuta's House
Two days before Valentine's Day, Lavi is shopping when Nayuta finds her to share news about her math test score. They return home where Lavi prepares dinner, and Nayuta discovers Lavi earned perfect scores in every subject, highlighting the gap between them.[61]
The next day while Lavi runs errands, Nayuta confides in Mikage about her fears that Lavi only respects her father and secretly resents serving her. Seeking answers, Nayuta visits Mitama, who suggests that kindness and broad-mindedness are the traits she needs to develop.[61]
That evening, Nayuta observes how hard Lavi works attending school, studying, handling housework, and fighting witches. Worried she might collapse, Nayuta offers Lavi time off for her upcoming sixteenth birthday and secretly plans a surprise party.[61]
One week later on Lavi's birthday, Nayuta and Mikage struggle through cleaning the house and preparing a celebration. Their efforts are interrupted when Lavi returns early for lunch, scolds them for the mess, but leaves again at Nayuta's insistence.[61]
When Lavi returns that evening, the handmade kusudama falls onto the cake and catches fire. Lavi extinguishes it with water, and Nayuta is left mortified as her surprise party fails spectacularly.[61]
Over the following days, Nayuta senses lingering coldness from Lavi and struggles to find the right way to apologize. Remembering her father's example, she decides to catch and cook a fish as an apology gift.[61]
That same day at a fishing center, Nayuta encounters girls from the Tokime clan who teach her how to gut fish. Despite being disturbed by the process, she perseveres and eventually catches the exact fish she wanted.[61]
Returning home late, Nayuta discovers a threatening letter addressed to Lavi and deduces it must be connected to the serious trouble from Lavi's hometown. She rushes to the market street with Mikage to protect her.[61]
At the market street, Nayuta confronts the man speaking with Lavi, declaring herself as Satomi Tasuke's daughter to intimidate him. The man reveals he is simply a stalker with no connection to Lavi's past, and when he becomes agitated, Nayuta tackles him unconscious as a crowd applauds.[61]
That night, Nayuta presents the cooked fish and apologizes. Lavi admits she was barely angry anymore and thanks Nayuta for protecting her, acknowledging she was just like her father in that moment. Nayuta produces a second kusudama and cake, and this time the celebration succeeds. As they pick confetti from the cake, Lavi quietly says she will continue to admire Nayuta until the final day.[61]
The Great Banquet that Transcends Time
The day before the banquet, Madoka receives an invitation from Iroha while Yachiyo finds a flashing letter at Mikazuki Villa inviting the Kamihama Magia Union to a party at Suitoku Temple. Felicia recognizes the old-fashioned style as coming from the Tokime Tribe, and Iroha confirms the details with Shizuka, who mentions Mitakihara girls are welcome. That same day in Futatsugi, Yuna shows her own flashing letter to Promised Blood and decides they will attend despite objections from Ao and Hikaru.[62]
The next day, Promised Blood meets and Yuna reveals spies reported the Union is training for the banquet. Suspicious of the letter's instruction to come prepared, she believes the party is a trap and plans to surround and destroy the temple. At Ryuushinkan, Iroha learns Promised Blood was also invited as the girls discuss their own performances, with Ui realizing she has nothing to show. At Tokime's temple, the girls practice and decide to rest before tomorrow's event. That night, Chiharu notices Sunao is late, Iroha arrives looking for Tsuruno, and Yuna appears searching for Hikaru. All three girls are missing, and when the letters are shown to the chief priest, he denies sending them. Everyone realizes three girls have disappeared after saying they were going to help prepare, forcing Iroha to cancel the banquet.[62]
The next day, searches yield nothing and everyone feels deja vu. Promised Blood continues searching and encounters Yuuna, who denies involvement and flees. The Union meets with Nayuta's household as Lavi recalls hearing of something similar. Iroha explains the situation to Touka and Nemu, who suspect an Uwasa. At Mikazuki Villa, Yachiyo and Iroha find the Graveyard Banquet Uwasa in the rumor file. At the lab, Sakurako feigns ignorance while Touka realizes the Endless Mirrors may be allowing an old Uwasa from Kamihama's past to enter the present.[62]
Everyone gathers at Suitoku Temple. Touka explains the plan to find and break the specific mirror connected to Kamihama's past. Iroha, Shizuka, and Yuna volunteer to enter the Uwasa directly. The Mitakihara girls arrive, with Madoka saying she had a bad feeling. At the temple, the group realizes the letter itself is the trigger, and Yachiyo is transported inside.[62]
Inside the graveyard Uwasa, they find Tsuruno, Sunao, and Hikaru exhausted and defeated. The voice demands performances. Various girls attempt acts, but nothing impresses until Yachiyo reluctantly sings her childhood song Macaron. The voice finally approves, revealing it sought embarrassment from proud people. They are guided deeper and must reveal embarrassing secrets in a tournament format.[62]
The Mitakihara girls arrive in Sankyo Ward, where Nemu reveals a terrible truth: being approved means entering the Pure Land, which is the afterlife. Either way, those who enter die. Breaking the mirror after death will make it seem like a daydream, but they will remember dying. Madoka enters anyway.[62]
Inside, Madoka finds everyone dead, held by giant hands. Nemu's revision allows one person to be brought back by calling their name. Madoka calls Iroha, who wakes and realizes she was never free of the Uwasa's influence until she died. Together, they reject the banquet and destroy the Uwasa. The voice speaks cryptic words to Madoka about fighting a difficult battle and creating a future of salvation.[62]
At the terminal, the mirror fades and Mifuyu's team breaks it. At Suitoku Temple, the missing girls are safe, everyone recalling strange dreams about a banquet. The groups part ways, with Promised Blood acknowledging they will not forget today. Shizuka suggests they throw their own banquet now that everyone is here.[62]
At the banquet, Felicia sings the macaron song while Yachiyo yells at her and Madoka laughs. Iroha asks Madoka if she remembers the voice's final words. They agree the voice was telling them to hold onto hope, and they may understand its meaning someday.[62]
San Wants to Be Honest
One day at a campground in Kamihama City, San announces a two-day, one-night military-style boot camp to strengthen Neo-Magius unity, immediately opening fire on the leaders for their lax attitudes. Despite Himena's protests, San runs them through intense mock battles and formation drills. During a break, San answers her phone in a noticeably cutesy voice, speaking to her youth group—Himena, Shigure, and Hagumu overhear and are delighted by the gap between Instructor San and Youth Group San, much to San's mortification. Training resumes with increased intensity through the day. That night, Alexandra and Mitsune find San alone and ask for self-training recommendations. Impressed by her kindness, they thank her, and San decides to apologize tomorrow for her earlier embarrassment-driven harshness.[63]
The next morning, San tries to apologize but cannot get the words out due to embarrassment. Himena teases her about her phone voice, so San abandons the apology and orders a mock battle where she easily defeats all three at once. Later, alone at a restaurant, San struggles with her feelings until Mitsune and Alexandra find her and reassure her it is okay to be cool, strict, kind, and childish all at once. Suddenly, Himena sends a group message challenging San to compete, with Shigure and Hagumu seemingly quitting. San fires up and leaves to teach them one more lesson.[63]
That evening, everyone gathers at Miyuri's campground. Himena sets the rules for a mock battle: if San wins, she can ask one thing. The group coordinates attacks and uses underhanded tactics, showing their growth. After San breaks their glass balls, Himena reveals their real goal: they knew San had something to say since yesterday, so they started this fight so she could say it afterward. San finally apologizes for taking out her embarrassment on them. Himena apologizes too and admits she likes San being a cute little sister type. San offers to treat everyone at the convenience store as a reward. As they eat, everyone thanks her, and San promises to treat them again after the next boot camp. Himena then asks when the next youth group meeting is, wanting to see the kids San acts cute around—San blushes as everyone gets curious.[63]
Miyuri on Practice!
One day, Miyuri nervously calls Rui for advice about an upcoming doujin convention, admitting she gets anxious on the phone. Rui happily agrees to accompany her, excited that someone younger is relying on her. When Miyuri mentions her favorite cosplayer Biinasu will be there and launches into detailed appreciation of her legs, Rui gently advises her to be mindful in public.[64]
Later at the Neo-Magius storeroom, Himena notices Miyuri's convention checklist. When Miyuri enthusiastically explains she buys works featuring feet, Himena teases her about her foot fetish. Miyuri proudly admits it and begins commenting on everyone's legs, recommending Shigure wear a garter belt and high socks. Shigure, frozen in fear, calls her gross. Miyuri notices San has arrived, realizes she went too far, and runs out crying.[64]
Miyuri calls Rui in despair, saying her life is over because everyone discovered her fetish. Rui awkwardly suggests training to get stronger. Miyuri latches onto this idea and embarks on increasingly desperate training methods: attending an idol concert to view legs, avoiding looking at legs entirely, attempting waterfall training, and climbing a mountain alone where she gets lost. Throughout, she has flashbacks to her childhood, watching a girl skate and feeling fascinated by her legs in motion.[64]
As evening falls, Hagumu and Shigure find her. When Shigure briefly leaves, Miyuri assumes she is being avoided and runs away again, deciding she must stop liking legs, toss her books, and apologize. Rui receives a call where Miyuri says she is giving up everything and this may be the last time they speak. Rui fears she might be planning something worse.[64]
The next day, Miyuri visits Mitsune in the hospital to apologize for not investigating the convention as requested, then stands outside ready to toss her books. Rui uses her eye to check Miyuri's fate and, sensing something wrong, finds her at Satomi Medical Center. She explains that throwing away what you love leads to regret and offers to help Miyuri learn self-control instead.[64]
They go to a shopping district to identify what triggers Miyuri. There they encounter Nemu and Sakurako. Miyuri telepathically asks Nemu not to reveal anything about magical girls. When Nemu notices Miyuri looks pale and asks what is wrong, Miyuri explains her struggle. Through conversation, Miyuri rediscovers her childhood memory: watching a girl skate, fascinated by her legs in motion. This was the origin of her fetish, born from her own identity as an athlete who valued legs.[64]
Nemu explains that childhood passions shape who we are. Rui shares her own experience of regretting throwing away her work and believes Miyuri's friends will accept her. Miyuri realizes her leg fetish stems from her identity as an athlete and decides she can be proud of it while keeping it appropriate. She thanks everyone and returns to Neo-Magius.[64]
Miyuri apologizes for ignoring everyone. Shigure apologizes for calling her gross and reveals she transferred Miyuri's checklist onto a detailed spreadsheet and bought the garter belt and high socks Miyuri wanted to see her wear. Miyuri explains she discovered her fetish started with inline skating and will restrain herself but not stop loving what she loves. Himena says they all love Miyuri as she is and welcomes her back. When Miyuri immediately dives for San's legs, San tells her to restrain herself and suggests Shigure put on the outfit first. Miyuri eagerly agrees as Shigure panics. Himena notes Miyuri has not really changed, and Miyuri declares next she will have Himena wear fishnet tights, giggling like a madwoman.[64]
Snow-thawing Befana
The last day of classes before winter break, Mikage tells her mother she will attend Lavi and Nayuta's Christmas party instead of their family dinner, hoping to experience a normal celebration after years of being teased for her family's strict Christmas rules. On her way, she meets Sudachi and Yozuru, who are dressed as the Three Wise Men for a Puella Care campaign, and joins them at Nayuta's house, where they discover a mysterious stocking stuffed with thirteen handmade confections. A Coordination grants Nayuta and Mikage matching outfits, and Nayuta's new magic summons a bare Christmas tree that pulls them inside an alternate world.[65]
Inside the tree, they find ornaments containing memories of a girl named Rei's life: her loving childhood, her growth into adulthood, and eventually her pregnancy. The memories take a dark turn when they reveal Rei's mother furiously arguing they are too poor for another child, with Rei screaming that she did not want this either. Mikage realizes Rei is her mother and that she was an unwanted child, so she smashes the stocking and runs off.[65]
That night, plagued by nightmares of being a burden, Mikage stays at Nayuta's house.[65]
At the closing ceremony, Mikage's mother meets her at the gate with her forgotten schoolbag. When scolded about being a nuisance, Mikage blurts out that she knows she was unwanted and heads inside. After the ceremony, her teacher reveals she has known Mikage's mother for ten years and shares stories of her sacrifice, including calmly saving a toddler Mikage from a near-fatal river accident while screaming her name to bring her back. The teacher offers to let Mikage live with her, but Mikage's hesitation shows she still wants to believe in her mother.[65]
Mikage returns to the tree with Nayuta, Lavi, Sudachi, and Yozuru to find the final memory. It reveals Rei choosing to cut off her parents to keep Mitama and her unborn baby, proving her commitment to her new family. The world collapses, and they awaken in a final memory where young Rei learns the family Christmas rules from her father, an aspiring confectionist who vows to make an extra dish for every Christmas he might miss due to age. Mikage understands now: her mother always loved her, and the thirteen gifts fulfill her grandparents' promise for every Christmas they missed.[65]
On Christmas Eve, Mikage arrives home to find her grandparents waiting. They explain they left the stocking at Nayuta's house after recognizing Mikage by her voice and uniform. The family reconciles, sharing fried chicken and cake as Mikage begins the festivities with a heartfelt "Merry Christmas!"[65]
A Merry Christmas in Everyone's Hands
On Christmas day, Nayuta and Mikage help Mitama distribute gifts to all the magical girls at a special event. Mitama has collected donated items and matched them with girls who would appreciate them, leading to joyful reactions—Rion receives mushroom accessories, Hotori ecstatically accepts broken Dora Ranger goods from Seira, and Rena is shocked to learn her microphone originally belonged to Sayuki.[66]
After all the girls have received their presents, the group notices one gift remaining for the little Kyubey. Mitama explains they made sure to include their important friend who watches over everyone, and Nayuta, Mikage, and Ui join in wishing the little creature a Merry Christmas.[66]
Tokime Tribe Tale
The Tokime squad cleans Suitoku Temple as part of an end-of-year tradition, and during the cleaning, Shizuka notices a strange trinket but sets it aside. Later, while selling donated books at Kako's store, they meet Team Mikazuki, and Shizuka and Iroha agree to meet in the shopping district tomorrow.[67]
Back at the temple, the girls discuss the Tokime Tribe's New Year's ritual, where a sacred cup that entraps calamities must be tapped with a sacred sword to dispel accumulated evils. The Mikoshiba family traditionally performed it, but with them gone, the tribe lacks the knowledge to do it correctly, and failure is said to bring disaster.[67]
That night, Shizuka dreams of a storm destroying the village and her wives dying alongside everyone else.[67]
The next day, Shizuka wakes shaken but hides it from Sunao and Chiharu. At Emiri's counseling center, they meet many Magical Girls, and Iroha notices Shizuka's distress. Shizuka admits she dreamed about the ritual failing, and Sunao and Chiharu reassure her they will help protect the village.[67]
During shopping, Shizuka becomes separated and breaks down in the crowd. Natsuki finds her, and Shizuka confesses the full nightmare. Natsuki encourages her to accept her fear rather than deny it, and Shizuka realizes she has support.[67]
Back home, the mothers have deciphered Mikoshiba's documents and feel confident about the ritual. That night, Shizuka dreams again, experiencing the perspective of Hatsu Tokime, an ancient heiress who discovers the calamity cup is a sham. A past Mikoshiba deceived a Diviner named Suwe into contracting with Kyubey to create the cup, which only the Mikoshiba family knows how to purify. Hatsu contracted to create the sacred sword as a counter, but the Mikoshibas broke a piece off and hid it. The dream ends with Hatsu begging Shizuka to restore the sword.[67]
Shizuka sneaks to the ritual site and confirms the truth with Kyubey. Finding and reattaching the missing piece would destroy the cup permanently. She explains everything to Sunao and Chiharu, and they agree to help her steal the sword and find the missing piece.[67]
Shizuka escapes the village while her wives create distractions, and she arrives in Kamihama with the sword.[67]
In Kamihama, Mitama directs her to others who can help. Natsuki and Tsuruno arrive, and Tsuruno guides them to Sayuki, Mayu, and Ria. Sayuki identifies the sword's origin, Mayu says restoration would take months, and Ria knows someone who can find objects. They go to Mikura, whose power passively helps locate artifacts. A clue leads them to the Mizuna art museum, where an antiques dealer has the missing sigil, mistakenly mixed into the haul from Suitoku Temple. The dealer will sell it for one hundred thousand yen.[67]
Shizuka lacks the money, so they take emergency concert staff work at Sayuki's show. Afterward, they remain thirty thousand yen short, but Tsuruno wins a New Year's lottery with a gift certificate for exactly that amount using her luck magic.[67]
Shizuka contacts her mother and confesses everything, and with help from Chiharu's mother, they complete the exchange. At Mitama's, Shizuka slots the piece into the sword, and it glows brilliantly. Ria uses concealment magic to hide its radiance for the return trip.[67]
On New Year's Eve, Shizuka returns the sword to its place in the village and meets with her friends and the Tokime mothers, explaining her plan to destroy the cup. They agree to help prevent the crowd from stopping her.[67]
On New Year's Day, as the ritual begins, Shizuka slots the sigil into place. The villagers panic, but Sunao calms them by explaining this is sacred. Shizuka destroys the cup with one blow, the sunrise pierces the darkness, and she declares the end of Mikoshiba's reign. The villagers cheer, and Shizuka hears Hatsu's voice thanking her.[67]
After New Year's, the Tokime girls visit Mikazuki with local specialties and share the full story. Shizuka explains the dreams were likely triggered by handling the sigil at the temple. She invites everyone to a hot springs trip as thanks, and Mikazuki eagerly accepts.[67]
Wrap Your Feelings Up for Valentine's
Ui runs into Yuna and Juri while buying Valentine's chocolate, and they decide to attend a free wrapping workshop together. At the workshop, they find Ashley, Ayaka, Kanoko, Meiyui, and Nanaka already there. After wrapping, Ashley suggests taking group photos to commemorate the occasion, and they take turns capturing the moment. Later that night, Ui receives the photos from Ashley and smiles, hoping everyone had a wonderful day.[68]
The Flower That Blooms in a Hollow Heart
Yuuna invites Chika, Hotori, Rion, and Yukika to dinner and proposes forming a team to search for the Kimochi gems, which she believes grant the power to guide people to salvation. She wants one to become like the saint she admires. The group accepts, though Chika privately knows the truth about the gems and asks Shizuka to keep an eye on them.[69]
They begin investigating by questioning magical girls around the city, though their methods are haphazard. They encounter Shigure and Hagumu, who follow them silently, and Ranka Chizu, who warns that asking about the Kimochi invites bloodshed. Yukika eventually suggests visiting Mitama, where Mifuyu explains the gems' connection to the automatic purification system. That evening, Yukika urges everyone to stay together for safety. Yuuna is willing to continue alone if necessary, but Chika's troubled expression makes her change her mind, and she decides they should spend the next day together instead.[69]
Yuuna takes them to an amusement park to relax. Chika confesses she has been spying for the Tokime Tribe and apologizes, but they do not mind and are happy to be friends with her.[69]
As they head home, Yukika asks about the saint who inspired Yuuna, and she describes being saved from a witch by someone who descended from the heavens with a gentle smile, using a pure white bell and muskets. Chika and Yukika realize she means Mami Tomoe, a normal magical girl. When Yuuna walks in on their discussion, she asks if it is a joke, and their silence sends her running away.[69]
Yuuna broods in her room, feeling guilty for dragging everyone into a meaningless search. If she misunderstood, then everything she lived for has been an illusion.[69]
At a cafe, the group discusses how to help her. Rion recalls meeting Mami before becoming a magical girl and describes her as gentle and cool, like an ally of justice. Chika forms an idea. Meanwhile, Yuuna remains in her room until her parents' concern and a flood of messages from Chika draw her outside. Chika gives her dried persimmons and asks about her pain. Yuuna admits she feels hollow and does not know what to believe anymore. Chika cannot answer her difficult questions but refuses to leave her in a slump, asking Yuuna to trust her.[69]
They take a train to Mitakihara. As they walk through the city, they encounter a witch barrier. Inside, Yuuna runs ahead upon seeing a mother and daughter in danger, but her tainted soul gem makes her too slow. Mami appears and destroys the witch with a Tiro Finale. Yuuna recognizes her saint and hides, ashamed. Chika explains that Mami fights day and night to protect everyone. Yuuna confesses she has always been empty. Her family's prosperity gave her everything without effort, leaving her with nothing worth living for. The saint's light reached her, and she believed becoming like her would fill the void. Now she knows it was a misunderstanding and feels undeserving of Chika's friendship.[69]
Before she can leave, Yukika, Rion, and Hotori tumble out of hiding. They had been spying to help find Mami. Rion tells Yuuna her emptiness has nothing to do with her value as a friend. If she is empty, she just needs to fill that void. Chika assures her a flower can bloom anywhere. Yuuna asks if they will still accompany her, and everyone says yes.[69]
Chika reports to Shizuka that the team has stopped looking for the gems. They just do not need them anymore.[69]
At St. Lilliana, Yuuna meets with Rion and Hotori. Her new objective is to better herself to get closer to the saint, even if she does not know how and might fail. She thanks them for staying with her. She will work hard, so she asks Mami-sama to look after her.[69]
Mitama's Special Training - Sudachi
Sudachi trains as a Coordinator while living with Livia and Yozuru, but she struggles with her fractions lessons and notices Livia has been distracted by responsibilities in Kamihama. Seeking to cheer her up, Sudachi consults Mikage, who suggests demonstrating real growth as a Coordinator would please Livia most.[70]
Sudachi successfully performs her first emotion fragment adjustment for clients, a task she had previously avoided to receive Livia's attention, but the achievement feels hollow. Partnering with Mikage, she investigates the Kamihama Magia Union by approaching former Neo-Magius members and offering free adjustments, learning that the Union operates with a small core group while most members focus on self-preservation. Their activities draw suspicion from hostile Magical Girls who accuse them of breaching neutrality, but Sudachi asserts herself until Juri intervenes.[70]
Returning late past her study time, Sudachi faces Livia's anger and momentarily flees. Livia tracks her down and reveals her frustration stems not from anger but from concern over her own inadequate teaching. Having learned of Sudachi's accomplishments through others, Livia praises her and motivates her to master fractions with the promise of more praise. Sudachi solves the problems correctly, and they prepare together for her upcoming visit to her parents' home.[70]
Mitama's Special Training - Shizuka
On a weekday, Shizuka decides to create a map of Kamihama for the branch family girls who will soon arrive, insisting on exploring alone while Chiharu and Sunao are at school despite their concern. At Suitoku Market Street, she becomes overwhelmed by the number of shops, and a police officer approaches her, suspicious of a child alone on a weekday. Natsuki intervenes, explaining Shizuka is a homeschooled student who just moved to the city, and introduces herself as a Magical Girl with Kamihama Magia Union, explaining that Iroha asked them to watch for anyone from the Tokime clan.[71]
Grateful for the rescue, Shizuka accepts Natsuki's offer to guide her. They tour the market street, where Natsuki shares local knowledge, and Shizuka explains that in her village, elders handled all shopping outside and goods were shared communally, which is why city life is difficult to navigate. They visit a shopping mall, where Shizuka freezes at the escalator until a young girl helps her, and later a pushy saleswoman overwhelms her at a clothing store until Natsuki intervenes.[71]
Natsuki takes Shizuka to a quiet park to rest, where they eat taiyaki and discuss Natsuki's role as a baseball club manager and cheer girl. Natsuki invites Shizuka to watch an exchange match that weekend, and they exchange contact information. Shizuka asks to visit the radio tower in Chuo Ward to see the city from above. At the station, she struggles with fare cards and platform navigation, and on the crowded train she is separated from Natsuki when she fails to get off in time. Natsuki messages her to wait at the next station, where Shizuka musters the courage to call out and push through the crowd, successfully exiting.[71]
They reunite and walk to the radio tower observation deck, where Shizuka explains the Tokime clan's pride: fighting to protect the people of Japan, not for personal wishes. She wants the branch family to see this view of what they must protect. That evening, Natsuki escorts Shizuka home and offers to pick her up for the exchange match.[71]
On the day of the match, Natsuki arrives at the Tokime village. Chiharu and Sunao thank her for helping Shizuka, embarrassing Shizuka, and they depart for the riverbed. At the riverbed, Natsuki realizes the baseball club's banner was left at school, and no one can retrieve it. Shizuka volunteers, declaring she will return the favor for Natsuki saving her, and despite her fear of navigating alone, she insists she can do it.[71]
Shizuka successfully takes the train to Sankyoin alone and receives the banner from a teacher. On the return trip, her train stops due to trouble at Kamihama Station with no estimated resume time. Remembering Natsuki said the stations are close, she decides to run through Chuo Ward alone, using her navigation app. She arrives at the riverbed sweating but just as the match is about to start, and Natsuki is relieved and grateful. Shizuka realizes she was only scared and dependent before, and by deciding to act, she managed.[71]
Later, Shizuka gathers the Tokime clan girls, including Ryoko, Chika, and several masked branch family members, announcing she will guide them through Kamihama using her mapu. They tour Suitoku Market Street, the shopping mall, and a park, and the branch family girls are impressed Shizuka is already so familiar with the city despite arriving recently. Shizuka teaches them how to use fare machines at the station, admitting she could not ride trains until recently and encouraging them not to be afraid of the city. They arrive at the radio tower observation deck, where Shizuka shows them the daily lives of the people below, explaining this is what the Tokime clan exists to protect. She calls for unity as they carry out their mission together, and the clan agrees.[71]
Deliver Smiles! Reindeer Santa!
The three girls of the Tokime Clan—Chiharu, Sunao, and Shizuka—are startled when all their smartphones ring simultaneously. Shizuka panics when an image of a backpack appears on her screen, fearing her phone is broken, but Chiharu tries to calm her while Sunao notices text prompting them to tap. Before anyone can stop her, Shizuka presses the screen, causing her phone to vibrate and display a schedule for 3:00 PM at Mikazuki Manor along with a URL. Sunao worries about what this means, but Chiharu suggests they go see for themselves while gently scolding Shizuka for pressing things recklessly.[72]
Arriving at Mikazuki Manor, the three are surprised to find everyone else already gathered there. Chiharu asks if everyone received the same URL, and Sakurako confirms that she, Touka, and Nemu also got it. Nemu observes that it seems everyone received free vouchers for different items. When asked what they received, Shizuka describes a heavy and scary looking book, Sunao got a book called "Ultra Savings Techniques," and Chiharu received Decagon Ball pajamas. Felicia suddenly becomes excited and asks to trade her bag—which Chiharu recognizes as belonging to Todoroki Koichi—and Chiharu eagerly agrees.[72]
Yachiyo speculates that whoever sent the messages might have gotten the gifts mixed up, noting that each item seems tailored to someone's personal interests. Sunao realizes her book would suit Nanami, while Yachiyo's assortment of Japanese sweets matches Sunao's tastes. Momoko's fifty Chinese spoons are perfect for Tsuruno's family restaurant, and Tsuruno's stuffed rabbit is clearly meant for Momoko. Shizuka is surprised by how well everything matches until she notices a dangerous looking book called "The History of Punishments Volume 3" and wonders who it belongs to. Sana quietly admits it must be for her, leaving Shizuka astonished. Kaede observes happily that everyone now has what they wanted, and Mifuyu notes that everyone is smiling.[72]
As Sunao wonders who would create such an elaborate game, Ui suggests it might be Touka's creation, Little Vacation—an AI that looks and moves just like Tsuruno. She explains that within the game, Tsuruno and Felicia are acting as Reindeer Santas, delivering smiles to everyone, and speculates that this gift exchange might be their doing. Touka confirms that various things are still happening within the game but reassures everyone that their AI counterparts can still see them.[72]
Inside the Little Vacation game, Tsuruno announces that delivery is complete, and Felicia urges them to hurry and leave, noting that their appearance as okamochi has been changed to avoid detection. Tsuruno suddenly pauses, feeling a strange sense of déjà vu. Felicia reminds her that they are traveling Reindeer Santas, but Tsuruno insists that's not what she means—dressed as reindeer, visiting everyone's bedside... she trails off before remembering a special song and suggesting they continue on their way. Felicia enthusiastically agrees to handle navigation. Tsuruno declares herself Super Reindeer-san #2 ready for takeoff and begins singing about dashing reindeer, stardust spilling across the night sky, and miracles finding their way into everyone's stockings.[72]
Kamihama Chocolate Girls
Shizuka, Sunao, and Chiharu look through a Valentine's Day feature in Kamihama's free newspaper. Shizuka is embarrassed to see her photo distributed around town, but Chiharu reassures her the photo is cute and the experience gave them a happy memory. They spot a feature on the chocolate shop Shizuka visited and decide to bring all the Tokime girls next time. The newspaper also includes messages from other magical girls offering homemade chocolate.[73]
Mikage is delighted to see her photo in the newspaper and finds it funny that the article claims she made chocolate with her sister. Mitama suggests it was artistic license. Mikage wonders if she might become famous but worries about sketchy people, and Mitama jokingly offers to beat them up. Mikage asks if they can make real chocolate together, but Mitama needs to go to her coordinator shop. Mikage promises to do things that make her sister smile instead, and Mitama suggests they make Valentine's chocolate together next year. Mikage eagerly agrees to practice.[73]
The Call of the Open Sea
On a Saturday, Momoko and Mitama arrive at a resort near a village with a legend about a Diviner who eloped with a sailor and sank with stolen treasure. Mitama reveals they are actually there to hunt for this treasure based on a fairy tale Mikage heard. While exploring the private beach, they encounter Shizuka, Chiharu, and Sunao from the Tokime Clan, who stumbled there by accident. The group decides to spend the day together.[74]
That evening, they attend a festival in a nearby village that turns out to be a branch of the Tokime Clan. Shizuka learns the villagers consider Diviners a superstition. Mitama asks the village elder about the treasure legend, and he tells a different version where the sailor tricked the Diviner and both were punished by the gods. He warns them against searching due to dangerous currents, but Mitama arranges a boat anyway. At the festival, they meet a village girl named Miyo, who is upset because the village forbids romance with outsiders until coming of age. She is in love with an outsider named Yuta and wants the custom changed.[74]
The next day, Momoko decides to help Miyo, but the elder overhears and orders them to leave. Miyo's father agrees to take them by boat to the area near the legend. During their investigation, Yuta explains his theory that a foreign trade ship sank in the same area as the Diviner's boat, which may explain the treasure element. The group splits up to investigate a hill shrine and a stone monument. At the shrine, they dig up a seashell bangle that emits a voice saying, "I'll be waiting for you..." At the monument, Momoko touches it and experiences the Diviner's memories: her wish for courage to confess, her elopement, the shipwreck, her survival, and her decades of waiting while casting objects into the sea. The memories show the Diviner eventually became a Witch.[74]
Momoko becomes trapped in the memories, her psyche overwhelmed, and her Soul Gem begins darkening. That night, she wanders toward the beach under the Diviner's influence. Using the bangle, Mitama experiences more memories and realizes the Diviner's final wish was that no one else would suffer her tragedy. They find Momoko trying to walk into the sea. Mitama realizes they must take her to where the ship sank.[74]
They borrow a boat and head into dangerous waters. A Witch appears and conjures a storm. While the Tokime girls engage it, Momoko jumps overboard and Mitama jumps in after her. Underwater, Mitama uses her Coordinator powers to adjust them both, allowing them to breathe and swim freely. They find the sunken trade ship and discover a jade bracelet, the last object the Diviner cast into the sea. Momoko experiences a final vision of the Diviner and sailor reuniting and returns to her senses just as they escape the collapsing ship.[74]
On Monday, Momoko meets with Miyo and explains everything: the Diviner survived, waited in vain, and her final wish was that no one else suffer the same tragedy. Shizuka confirms the elder has agreed to reconsider the custom. Moved by their efforts, Miyo decides to confess to Yuta. Though nervous and clumsy, she finally tells him she likes him.[74]
Later on the beach, Momoko thanks Mitama for saving her. She reflects that she empathized with the Diviner because their wishes were the same: both became Magical Girls to gain the courage to confess their feelings. Momoko admits she has struggled with love herself and wanted things to work out for someone. Mitama teases her, asking her to finish anything she leaves undone, and Momoko promises she will.[74]
The Great Springy Stretchy Mochi Gathering!
Iroha and the others welcome everyone to Mikazuki Villa's New Year's mochi pounding gathering, where Yachiyo explains that once the mochi is finished, everyone will split into four groups based on how they want to eat it.[75]
In the soy sauce group, Iroha offers various toppings while Nagisa excitedly appears at the mention of cheese. Konomi quietly carves cheese into flower shapes, delighting Nagisa and catching Emiri's attention.[75]
At the red bean soup group, Rena insists on fine paste and accuses Kaede of betrayal when she considers coarse paste. Maria calmly mediates, gently suggesting Rena simply wanted Kaede to share her preference, and Kaede promptly switches her order so they can enjoy it together.[75]
The sweet mochi group offers soybean flour and other toppings while Sana warns everyone to be careful not to inhale the flour. The group shares stories about messy toppings and the laundry difficulties that follow.[75]
In the freestyle group, Himika's disastrous mayonnaise and miso combination is rescued by Reira, who transforms it into mochi gratin using a technique from Manaka's cooking class. Everyone finds it delicious.[75]
As the feast winds down, Iroha announces it's time to wrap up, and everyone takes home leftover mochi. The Mitakihara group bids farewell, with Nagisa promising them the best cheese next time.[75]
Shizuka, Sunao, and Chiharu visit Mitama to offer New Year's greetings and share Tokime's specialty ozouni. Mitama happily declares that eating lots of delicious food is exactly how she wants to spend the new year.[75]
Lavi's Kimochi MGS
Mitama's Everlasting Darkness MGS
Kanagi's Everlasting Darkness MGS
Madoka's Summer MGS
Kuroe's Summer MGS
Lavi's MGS
Urara's MGS
Akari's MGS
Himena's MGS
Kuroe's DS
Kuroe's MGS
Little Bird's Star
Asahi's MGS
Shizuka's First Sunrise MGS
Kyoko's Doppel MGS
Miyuri's MGS
Kush's MGS
Hotaru's MGS
Yuna's MGS
Sayaka's Windrider MGS
Yachiyo's Tanabata MGS
Nayuta's MGS
Sae's MGS
Alexandra's MGS
Mitune's MGS
Ashley's MGS
Sana's Rumor MGS
Juri's MGS
Mikage's MGS
Momoko's Sister MGS
Kanagi's Vampire MGS
Jun's MGS
Shizuka's MGS
Lil' Kyubey's MGS
Sakurako's Summer MGS
Mami's Summer MGS
Chika's MGS
Sudachi's MGS
Hotori's MGS
Yuuna's MGS
Tsumugi's MGS
Rui's MGS
Maria's MGS
Ao's MGS
Meguru's MGS
Yozuru's MGS
Rion's MGS
Moka's MGS
Hagumu's MGS
Nagisa's Valentine MGS
Sakuya's MGS
Ryoko's MGS
Ranka's MGS
Livia's MGS
Sayaka's Haregi MGS
Shigure's MGS
Temari's MGS
Mikura's MGS
Sunao's MGS
Hikaru's MGS
Yukika's MGS
Chiharu's MGS
Sayuki's MGS
Kyoko's Summer MGS
Ui's MGS
Eternal Sakura's / Sakurako's MGS
Nemu's MGS
Touka's MGS
Holy Alina's MGS
Riko's MGS
Ryo's MGS
Ikumi's MGS
Oriko's MGS
Iroha's Swimsui MGS
Homura's Swimsuit MGS
Homura's Swimsuit DS
Kanagi's MGS
Mifuyu's MGS
Rumor Tsuruno's MGS
Mel's MGS
Kanae's MGS
Ria's MGS
Mitama's MGS
Himika's MGS
Mayu's MGS
Mito's MGS
Seika's MGS
Reira's MGS
Alina's MGS
Sayaka's MGS
Kirika's MGS
Yuma's MGS
Tsukuyo and Tsukasa's MGS
Kyoko's MGS
Mami's MGS
Madoka's MGS
Homura's Eyeglass MGS
Yachiyo's MGS
Tsuruno's MGS
Sana's MGS
Felicia's MGS
Momoko's MGS
Kaede's MGS
Hinano's MGS
Shizuku's MGS
Kanoko's MGS
Natsuki's MGS
Manaka's MGS
Ayaka's MGS
Aimi's MGS
Konomi's MGS
Amane Sisters' Swimsuit MGS
Magical Halloween Theater
Reaching a Happier Height
A la Carte Valentine
Let's See What You're Maid Of
The Flowers' Lament
Iroha and Yachiyo's Final Battle MGS
Rika and Ren's Holiday MGS
Mitama's Special Training - Emiri
Warming Valentine
Rena and Kaede's Swimsuit MGS
Autumn of Reading
Yachiyo and Mifuyu's Starting Out MGS
Tsuruno and Felicia's Special Delivery MGS
Touka and Nemu's Winter Night MGS
Konoha and Hazuki's MGS
The Legendary Story of the Paper Mulberry Leaf
Momoko and Mitama's Mermaid MGS
Madoka and Iroha's MGS
Karin and Alina's Halloween MGS
Nayuta and Mikage's Holiday MGS
Sayonara Storage
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Mitama's Special Training - Tsukuyo
Tsuruno dreams of her elementary school self declaring she will restore her family's greatness and serve ramen at the White House. The dream shifts to her father relaying that her grandfather was happy but wants her to find her own happiness.[76]
Tsuruno wakes to find a letter from her sister. She opens it excitedly but is shocked by its contents.[76]
Later, inside a Witch's barrier, the Amane twins confront Tsuruno seeking revenge. Distracted by her sister's letter, she is easily knocked out, and the twins grow horrified when she does not move.[76]
Tsuruno dreams of her sister's letter, which suggests their goal might be a mistake. A shadow version of Tsuruno appears, accusing her of stealing someone else's dream and lacking the ability to fulfill it. The shadow insists everything she did was meaningless.[76]
The Amanes bring Tsuruno to Mitama for help. Though Tsuruno is their enemy, the twins explain their goal is to save all magical girls. Mitama realizes they need to take Tsuruno outside, pointing to her tainted Soul Gem.[76]
In the dream, the shadow urges Tsuruno to give up. Tsuruno refuses, thinking of her friends. She realizes that making them happy is her new goal, not the family business. She finally understands her grandfather meant that saving the business was only a possible result, not a goal.[76]
Tsuruno wakes in an alley to find the Amanes, Mitama, and her embarrassing pig Doppel. The twins are relieved she is safe and declare they are even now. Mitama offers free adjustments to all three, and though the twins try to decline, Tsuruno drags them inside. Tsuruno reflects that she reached a different conclusion than her sister. She will keep working hard and make everyone happy. Tsukuyo begs to be let go if that is the case.[76]
Mitama's Special Training - Alina and Hinano
The day before the science event, a White Feather from the Wings of Magius informs Mitama Yakumo that a higher-up will be visiting and she should complete any necessary business when they arrive. Mitama says she will be prepared.[77]
That same day, Hinano Miyako accidentally fills her science club room with gas during experiment preparations, forcing her to use her gas mask. She reflects on a previous incident as she cleans up for the next day's event.[77]
The next day, Hinano explains her mishap to her audience, and her assistant Emiri Kisaki steals the punchline by emphasizing the importance of perfect preparation. Afterward, Emiri learns Hinano was attempting to create a height-increasing drug—the same goal that led to a near-fatal accident five years ago and her contract with Kyubey. Emiri makes Hinano promise to stop dangerous experiments, but Hinano immediately breaks this promise and sneaks back to continue her work.[77]
That evening, Emiri rushes an unconscious Hinano to Mitama's place. Hinano had drunk her experimental drug and collapsed from violent stomach pains. After purification, Hinano explains her dream: as a child, she admired a long-legged older girl who hosted science events, and she wanted to become that kind of dashing figure. Emiri reveals her own wish was a spur-of-the-moment desire to be the cutest little devil possible.[77]
Hinano's unresolved feelings cause her Soul Gem to corrupt, and she is suddenly pulled into a barrier. A shadowy version of herself appears, claiming to be the pure crystallization of her aspirations. It transforms into her Doppel—a poison monster wearing an attractive lab coat with long legs. Hinano hears Emiri's telepathic voice shouting that she does not want to part with her, giving her strength. She realizes that while she failed to become a mature figure, her approachable appearance helped her meet Emiri and make friends. The shadow asks if she will give up her research, and Hinano declares she will continue with a completely safe version. The barrier vanishes.[77]
After Hinano and Emiri leave, Alina Gray appears and confirms she created the barrier to contain Hinano's Doppel and protect Mitama. Mitama offers adjustment as thanks, asking Alina to continue favoring her business.[77]
Wait, You Got It Wrong!
Mayu Kozue's most treasured possession is a bear pendant her father carved for her before he died. When a hand-drawn postcard is stolen from the museum where she works, security footage shows her friend Ria at the scene moments later. Mayu cannot reach Ria and suspects a Witch is responsible.[78]
While searching for Ria, Mayu encounters Asuka Tatsuki, whose family's invaluable book of secrets was also stolen. A witness described a blonde girl in a Mizuna uniform—Ria. They find Sayuki Fumino crying over her stolen sword book, then Rena Minami who was bumped by the same girl. At Walnut's restaurant, Manaka Kurumi accuses Ria of stealing a rice omelet. A Witch barrier appears, and after Mayu and Asuka defeat the Familiars, Ria arrives demanding to fight the Witch.[78]
Asuka challenges Ria to a duel over the thefts, and Ria loses. She confesses to something embarrassing, and everyone assumes she means the thefts—but she meant a binder of idol clippings she desperately hopes no one saw. She was only chasing the Witch to recover her own stolen belongings. Relieved, Mayu and Asuka join her. They track and defeat the Witch, recovering most items, but the museum postcard, the dojo book, and Ria's binder remain missing. They agree to search again tomorrow. That night, Mayu dreams of her father, who tells her material things are destined to break.[78]
The next morning, thefts continue across the city. Mayu realizes the Witch they defeated was only a Familiar and the real Witch is still out there. She offers her precious pendant as bait to track it. Despite Ria's protests, Mayu uses it, and they follow the magic trail to the Witch's labyrinth. After a difficult battle, they recover all stolen items, though Mayu's pendant is scratched and its chain broken.[78]
Mayu is unbothered. She explains that material possessions naturally break, but the memories they hold remain in her heart—a lesson from her father. Asuka and Ria are moved, and Mayu turns to walk home, promptly falls into a lake, and flounders while Ria sighs that she has not changed at all.[78]
"I'm always the star!"
One night, Ria Ami receives a call from her manager about a fashion show that wants her as the prestigious last guest. The theme is "dressing in stylish uniforms." Ria eagerly accepts, imagining Mayu Kozue praising her.[79]
That night, Ria dreams. On the day of the fashion show, she runs into a Witch. Kyoko Sakura appears in the barrier. Mistaking Kyoko for a fan, Ria tries to show off, but Kyoko tells her to stay out of the way. They fight. Ria leaves the barrier and finds she has missed the show completely. Horrified, she wakes up. It was only a dream.[79]
The next night, Ria dreams again. On the day of the show, she and Asuka Tatsuki arrive to cheer. Asuka reveals she has been practicing for this day. During the event, Asuka cheers for Ria like it is a sports event. Ria knows she means no harm but feels embarrassed, as if Asuka is ruining the event. She wakes up again. Another dream.[79]
The next night, Ria dreams again. On the day of the show, just as she is about to go on stage, the power cuts out. Though it quickly returns, the audience's enthusiasm has diminished. Ria blames herself for being unable to overcome the outage. She wakes up, realizing she has been dreaming about the show every single night.[79]
On the actual day of the show, Ria pinches her cheek to make sure it is real. She stumbles into a Witch barrier, and Kyoko appears just as in her dreams. This time, Ria tells Kyoko she can take the credit for killing the Witch. Ria leaves and meets Asuka and Mayu. When she learns Asuka has practiced cheering, Ria explains that fashion shows have their own etiquette and promises to send her details later.[79]
Just before Ria's turn on stage, the power cuts out for real. Ria decides to make it part of the show. She asks the audience to get out their penlights and turn them all on her when she gives the signal. Her improvisation is a complete success, though she wishes she could have shown her perfect walk. She thinks she is feeling the best feeling in the world.[79]
Let's See What You're Maid Of
An old lady asks Kanagi Izumi for a deli recommendation, and Kanagi suggests the potato soup and meat skewers, knowing the customer's daughter loves them. When the lady asks if this is truly Kanagi's last day, Kanagi confirms it and expresses regret at not seeing her again. At the end of her shift, Kanagi thanks her boss and coworkers, who are sad to see her go, but she needs higher pay to support her family and the grocery store cannot match her new job's wages.[80]
Kanagi arrives home later than usual due to a going-away party, and her father apologizes for not working enough to provide, though Kanagi is happy to help. He worries about her new job being radically different from her previous work, but Kanagi believes it is worth it since the pay means she can quit her second job and have more free time.[80]
Kanagi starts her new job at a maid café and impresses her coworker by already having a parfait ready. Despite learning the kitchen pace quickly, the hall is understaffed, and when the manager offers to help, Kanagi replies "Yes, sir!" only to be corrected that the manager prefers to be called "madam."[80]
After the rush, the head maid wishes for another maid, and the manager asks Kanagi to try working the floor for a raise. Kanagi's eyes widen at the salary and she accepts, receiving the maid nickname "Maid Nagitan."[80]
The head maid reviews basics with Kanagi, who feels confident due to her customer service background and sees this as a life-or-death matter to earn more for her family.[80]
Seika Kumi, Reira Ibuki, and Mito Aino enter, and Kanagi greets them with a serious look and curt "welcome," leaving them surprised by her cold, soldier-like demeanor. When Mito asks if she is really a maid, Kanagi introduces herself as Maid Nagitan and shakes Mito's hand firmly, causing Seika to freeze up. Later, when Reira asks if she will do "the thing" of adding love to the food, Kanagi misinterprets and says she cannot profess love to strangers, leaving the girls let down.[80]
At another table, a customer also wants "the thing," but Kanagi declines, saying she is no liar. The head maid intervenes and reminds Kanagi this is a maid café, explaining their job is creating a fun atmosphere. Kanagi returns to the trio's table and notices Seika staring, misinterpreting it as a staring contest. They stare at each other until Seika faints.[80]
The head maid calls Kanagi completely hopeless and explains a maid's worth comes from tending to others, telling her to return to the kitchen if she cannot take the work seriously. The manager offers a one-week trial period: if Kanagi improves by week's end, she stays a maid. Kanagi vows to work with every fiber of her being.[80]
At a park, Karin Misono finishes reading "Detective Maid Mei" and notices Kanagi slumped on a swing, muttering about what makes a good maid. Karin recognizes her as the boss of the East and, seeing an opportunity for her manga, asks Kanagi to tell her everything. Karin lends her the Detective Maid Mei manga for research.[80]
At home, Kanagi reads the manga and notes how the maid greets masters warmly, respects their decisions, and lets the master grow when needed. At the end, the maid strikes a pose. Kanagi meets Karin at the park to return the manga and heads to work with Karin tagging along for research.[80]
At the café, two boys enter and Kanagi greets them warmly as masters, surprising them with her "cool but kind" demeanor. The head maid smiles at her improvement. Kanagi serves Karin a Lovely Rice Omelet, and when Karin suggests she draw on it with ketchup, Kanagi tries to draw a kirin but it looks like a weird animal.[80]
Two more customers arrive, Aimi Eri and Natsuki Utsuho. Kanagi serves them and offers to draw on their omelets, writing Aimi's crush's name with hearts on her plate. As she leaves, Karin motions for her, and Kanagi does the manga pose, telling them to let her take care of any problems. At day's end, the head maid notes Kanagi's huge improvement but says it is too early to celebrate.[80]
The final test begins, and the manager outlines that Kanagi must please the next returning customer, ensuring the master leaves with a smile. The door jingles as Konomi Haruna enters, distressed to find herself in a maid café. Kanagi greets her warmly and shows her to a seat despite the manager's concern.[80]
Konomi orders the Maid's Special Herbal Blend after Kanagi's recommendation, but when Kanagi offers to play a game then arm wrestle, Konomi panics, drinks quickly, pays, and leaves. The manager agrees that Kanagi should return to the kitchen as promised. Kanagi walks home alone, bothered by something beyond the wage cut.[80]
Kanagi is back in the kitchen, and the kitchen staff is delighted. At day's end, the head maid tells her the staff appreciated her return, and Kanagi wonders why no one said they were glad when she worked as a maid.[80]
The manager notices her expression and encourages her to think until she is satisfied with the answer. Kanagi decides to find Konomi and ask what she lacked, recalling her school uniform.[80]
Kanagi enters Konomi's flower shop, and Konomi is shocked. Kanagi asks what she lacked as a maid, but Konomi apologizes for assuming Kanagi was scary due to East-West history. She explains she entered by mistake, but Kanagi was considerate, made a helpful suggestion, and offered to ease her anxiety. It felt like Kanagi was doing it just for her.[80]
Kanagi realizes that is what she was lacking: taking into account what the other person wants and responding to it. At the park, Kanagi reflects that customers come to enjoy the atmosphere and it is her job to consider whether it is worthwhile for them. She berates herself for making masters uncomfortable. Karin finds her and insists she should keep being a maid, offering to talk to the manager. Kanagi smiles and asks for a different favor instead.[80]
Kanagi approaches the manager for a second chance, proposing she serve the same three customers who left when Seika fainted. The manager agrees to let her try. Karin finds Reira and Seika at a park and extends an invitation for them to return so Nagitan can make it up to them. Reira agrees, and Karin hands them invitations.[80]
The trio enters the café with Seika frozen, and Kanagi greets them warmly and shows them to their table. Kanagi serves their omelets, and when Mito asks if they were made with love, Kanagi admits she could not be dishonest but offers to draw with ketchup instead. She gives Mito the bottle to draw while Kanagi draws on Mito's plate.[80]
They play rock-paper-scissors, and Reira explains Seika is very shy and fainted because she had to make eye contact with someone new. Seika's class is doing a maid café for the school festival and she wanted to do her best.[80]
Seika admits she thought Kanagi was so confident she lost her own confidence. Kanagi points to the head maid as the ideal and explains she herself could never be like that, so she tries her best in her own way, encouraging Seika to find her own style. Seika smiles and asks for a picture. Kanagi agrees if her face is hidden, and before they leave, she does her signature pose and tells Seika to remember it when nervous.[80]
The manager calls Kanagi over and offers her the maid position, noting she learned something important. Kanagi says she wants to keep being a maid, not just for the paycheck, but to use what she learned.[80]
Another day at the café, Kanagi serves drinks and poses for pictures with a face mask, her fans cheering. Karin calls for her to do "the thing," and the café erupts yelling "Nagitan!" Karin and Kanagi walk home, and when Kanagi asks about her manga, Karin realizes she never drew it. Kanagi offers to help, but when Karin asks if she will do the pose, Kanagi reminds her she is off the clock. Karin looks down sadly as Kanagi returns to being serious.[80]
Mitama's Special Training - Kaede
Kaede dreams of a garden where Momoko and Rena help her harvest fantastical vegetables. When she asks about the cream puff tree, Momoko shows her a basket full. The peace breaks when an apartment complex finishes construction behind them, destroying the garden. Kaede remembers this moment: her father announced a new building would block their sunlight, her mother worried they would lose their garden, and in despair, Kaede wished to stop the construction entirely.[81]
The dream shatters and a shadowy version of Kaede appears, accusing her of always running from difficulty. It reminds her she made her wish without considering the people who would have lived in that building, that she ran from Rena rather than face rejection, that she holds back in marathons and skips hard problems. The shadow urges her to keep running until she finds where she belongs and offers its hand.[81]
Kaede admits everything is true: she is weak and useless. But she insists she wants to stay with Momoko and Rena, the friends who matter to her. She asks her shadow to help her become better little by little. The shadow agrees, promising to watch from the garden of her heart. Kaede wakes at Mitama's place.[81]
Mitama explains Kaede blacked out during a Witch battle. Kaede remembers hesitating to transform, a Familiar catching her off guard, and Rena crying out. When another Familiar attacked Rena, Kaede recalled a time Momoko was hurt because of her mistake. Believing herself useless, her Soul Gem turned pitch black. Now awake and purified, she chooses not to run. She asks to join Momoko and Rena, who went ahead to hunt the Witch. Mitama sends her off, confident she will be okay.[81]
It's Okay to Be Clumsy
Riko Chiaki cuts her fingers while trying to peel carrots at home with her special whale-shaped knife, a gift from her admired next-door neighbor Onee-san. Suddenly, she finds herself transported into a strange wonderland made entirely of food, where Witch familiars attack. Kyubey appears beside her, reminding her he promised to always accompany her on Witch hunts, and warns that an unstable heart makes her Soul Gem easier to taint. Riko insists she is not scared, but memories surface of her mother ending a cooking lesson after too many cuts, her family running a bento shop while she struggles with knives, and classmates mocking her incompetence.[82]
The labyrinth shifts around Riko as the Witch assaults her with visions crafted from her fears. She sees herself shrinking while her Soul Gem darkens, relives memories of disappointment and ridicule, and witnesses a shadowy copy of herself stabbing Onee-san with the whale knife. When all seems lost, Riko finds the knife and a recipe in her hands, remembering Onee-san's letter on the back assuring her that the family bento shop succeeds because of the love and warmth they put into their food, not speed or perfection. Riko realizes she has been pushing herself too fast and accepts her clumsiness, deciding to grow at her own pace. Her shadowy copy smiles and disappears.[82]
Riko defeats the Witch with Kyubey's help and discovers the labyrinth was not a Witch's domain but the inside of her own heart. The Kyubey speaking with her was never real, only a manifestation within her, and he promises they will meet again. Riko wakes at Mitama's office, where Manaka explains she found Riko passed out in a Witch's labyrinth and brought her there. Riko shares her story, and Mitama is impressed she conquered her own fears. Manaka confesses she placed the knife and recipe in Riko's hands during her nightmare, hoping they would help. Riko thanks them both, hoping to become a strong and kind Magical Girl like them.[82]
Riko leaves with a smile and texts Onee-san to apologize for being late, promising she is on her way. She acknowledges she is still clumsy but believes she can change for the better, one step at a time.[82]
Nagisa's Wish
Nagisa Momoe tells her teacher about her mother's mistreatment, but the teacher asks if she was misbehaving and Nagisa declines an offer to intervene. On her way home, Kyubey appears and asks if she wants to become a magical girl. Nagisa does not believe him and refuses to follow a stranger even when Kyubey offers to introduce her to another magical girl. Kyubey explains she can make a wish, but Nagisa questions why she would want to become a magical girl. She admits she likes sad stories because they end, making her feel like she could be saved. Nagisa tells Kyubey to grant his own wish, but Kyubey says he lacks the unique emotions to do so. When Nagisa asks what a wish means, Kyubey says it is a desire. Nagisa reveals that in stories, those who have wishes granted always become unhappy, and making a wish feels like saying she is unhappy with how things are. Kyubey points out she suffers from malnutrition, her home is a mess, and she has bad relationships, which Nagisa cannot deny. When she asks what wish she needs most, Kyubey hesitates but suggests something like wanting to be given concern and kindness from a certain person or wanting to be loved. Nagisa says she is loved enough, which Kyubey expected.[83]
A magical girl named Inui Itsumi calls for Kyubey and asks about a magical girl called the Sleepwalking Spectre, wanting to know if she is in Mitakihara City. Kyubey confirms this, and when Inui asks who she targets, Kyubey does not know but says Inui should be safe. Inui admits she is worried about a boy named Shou, who is prone to jealousy and misunderstandings. Kyubey notes Inui has not killed a witch in ten days, and Inui says she will hunt after work. They agree to meet tomorrow.[83]
At school, Nagisa's teacher notices she is hurt, but Nagisa claims she falls down often. After school, classmates invite her to buy candy, but Nagisa says she must visit her mother at the hospital, though she admits she does not know why her mother is sick. Her classmates find her gloomy. Kyubey appears and asks if she is heading to the hospital, and Nagisa admits she lied and will visit the day after tomorrow. Kyubey invites her to accompany an older magical girl on a witch hunt. Nagisa reluctantly accepts but questions why ordinary humans cannot help magical girls. Kyubey says they cannot stand up to witches. Nagisa points out that magical girls help others though no one can help them, and Kyubey acknowledges this, saying many magical girls act selfishly. Nagisa says if she does not help people, it is like killing them, but Kyubey says taking action against witches will save someone regardless. Nagisa worries she would mess up even if she tried to help.[83]
Nagisa and Kyubey wait for the magical girl, but Kyubey admits he did not tell her he was bringing someone. Nagisa says that is why she did not come and calls Kyubey lacking in common sense before going home. Later, Kyubey tells Inui it was rude not to show, but Inui says he did not mention bringing someone else. Kyubey asks Inui to mentor Nagisa, but Inui refuses, saying Nagisa is too young and would die quickly. Kyubey notes Inui is not handling witches in her territory, but Inui deflects and asks about the Spectre. Kyubey says Shou may be on her list but is not worth the danger. Inui says she will ask the Spectre herself and opposes Nagisa's contract, which Kyubey does not understand.[83]
The next day, Kyubey finds Nagisa shopping for cheese for her mother. Kyubey suggests something more balanced, but Nagisa explains her mother has not been able to eat but is improving. She says her mother used to be on television but got sick after marrying her father, who abandoned them. Nagisa wonders if her mother would have stayed healthy without marrying him, and Kyubey asks if she holds a grudge. Nagisa says she does not, because her mother is still there. Kyubey says becoming a magical girl is her best chance, but Nagisa doubts she can do it well. Kyubey says those who reject contracts tend to regret it, but by then their potential is gone, and if she refuses now, he likely will not return.[83]
Nagisa suddenly finds herself in a witch's barrier, and Kyubey urges her to contract, but a bizarre magical girl appears. Kyubey introduces her as the Sleepwalking Spectre, and the girl defeats the witch. Nagisa thanks her, and the girl introduces herself as Yu, saying she forgot her last name. Kyubey explains Nagisa is a candidate, and Nagisa asks Yu to teach her, but Yu declines, saying she is not a veteran. Nagisa asks what wish Yu made, and Yu admits she forgot everything from before becoming a magical girl. Without her list, she cannot tell good people from bad, but she says Nagisa's name is not on her list of bad people. Yu explains she kills bad people and shows her list contains someone with Nagisa's last name. She went to that house but found it dark and covered in trash. Nagisa says that person must have moved away. Nagisa asks why Yu kills people, and Yu says she made an important promise and hopes fulfilling her duties will help her remember it. She kills witches and bad people, selling useful parts from bodies before disposing of them in witch barriers.[83]
Kyubey calls Yu an abnormality and tells Nagisa to stop listening, but Yu tells Nagisa to stop enduring and focus on being free. Kyubey warns that if everyone was like Yu, civilization would crumble, but Yu tells him to shut up and leaves, promising to help Nagisa if needed. Nagisa asks if Yu is a bad person, and Yu says she does not think so. Kyubey is relieved Nagisa will not learn from Yu, and Nagisa admits she would have mistaken Yu for a witch without her help. Kyubey explains Yu has forgotten the boundary between reality and dreams and cannot grasp the difference between witches and humans. Nagisa asks if bad people can become magical girls, and Kyubey says his kind does not distinguish human concepts of good and bad. Nagisa realizes that as a magical girl, she would be free to think anything, and she thinks if she healed her mother's illness, her mother would be grateful and love her again.[83]
Inui encounters Yu and attacks her, but Yu claims Shou is a bad person and notes it is not even his real name. Inui calls her a liar, saying her list was made by someone with a grudge. Yu offers to apologize if wrong, but Inui insists there are worse people than Shou. Yu says her list updates automatically and killing Shou should not trouble Inui, but Inui attacks her enraged.[83]
Elsewhere, Nagisa tells Kyubey she wants to go to the hospital and wish to cure her mother's illness. She visits her mother alone and presents the cheese, but her mother says it is too much. Her mother asks about Nagisa's father, and Nagisa lies that he is busy. Her mother says he does not want to come, and neither does Nagisa. She tells Nagisa to abandon her and leave with her father, but Nagisa refuses. Her mother calls her a liar and says everyone believes she brought this on herself, insisting Nagisa must resent her too. She says she cannot be a mother and tells Nagisa to leave her alone. Nagisa says she was happy to be her daughter, but her mother asks if she is supposed to act glad. Nagisa tries to tell her about Kyubey, omitting sensitive details, but her mother says curing her will not change anything, because it is all because Nagisa was born.[83]
Returning to Kyubey, Nagisa makes her wish: she wants the tastiest cheesecake in the whole world. Kyubey says it would be made for Nagisa's tastes, but Nagisa clarifies she wants it for her mother's tastes.[83]
Kyubey finds Inui near the hospital, horribly injured by Yu, and notes her Soul Gem has reached its limit. Inui asks Kyubey to kill her, but he refuses, saying that by turning into a witch, she has finally become useful. Inui becomes the witch Uhrmann, and a witch barrier engulfs Nagisa's mother's hospital room. Kyubey tells Nagisa to escape, saying the witch is too powerful, and thinks Yu can handle it. Nagisa realizes Yu might kill her mother, and Kyubey notes her mother has given up on medical treatment, so how she dies should not matter. Nagisa says she can decide for herself and will help so her mother does not die.[83]
Nagisa confronts Uhrmann but is knocked unconscious. Yu appears and kills the witch. Nagisa wakes and rushes to her mother's side, and Kyubey bids her farewell, saying she will become a witch soon and he will tell Mami Tomoe to handle the witches in the area. Nagisa sees Yu has attacked her mother and tells Yu to leave. Yu says she wants to sell the body parts but thinks Nagisa wants them for herself, and she leaves, claiming she is on Nagisa's side. Nagisa's mother says a monster with a torn mouth and a horn bit her, and she begs Nagisa not to leave her alone, demanding an answer. Nagisa says nothing.[83]
Nagisa becomes a witch all alone. The last thing she sees is a landscape full of sweets, where she can live without forgiving or hating anyone, but there is no cheese for her mother.[83]
Kamihama Cheese Panic!
Nagisa Momoe arrives in Kamihama using the Mirror Witch's barrier as a portal, accompanied by a silent pink Kyubey. She immediately senses multiple magical signatures belonging to Charlotte and realizes the Nagisa of this world has already become a Witch, with Charlottes appearing all over the city. Deciding she cannot be bothered with pest control immediately, she resolves to find some cheese first.[84]
Before she can do so, she is engulfed in Charlotte's barrier and overwhelmed by multiple Witches, forcing her to flee and seek help. After escaping, she enters another Charlotte's barrier to find Kanoko Yayoi struggling inside, and together they defeat the Witch. Kanoko takes Nagisa to Walnuts, where Manaka Kurumi serves her a three-course cheese meal while Nagisa explains the Witch multiplies rapidly and has likely spread across all of Kamihama. Kanoko and Manaka agree to help gather Magical Girls for a coordinated attack.[84]
Nagisa runs out to scout but immediately runs into another Charlotte, and Manaka and Kanoko rescue her. They begin gathering Magical Girls, and soon a large group assembles including Ria Ami, Rika Ayano, Ren Isuzu, Akira Shinobu, Sasara Minagi, Asuka Tatsuki, Emiri Kisaki, Himika Mao, and later Kako Natsume and Meiyui Chun. During their meeting at the park, they are attacked by a Charlotte and after a grueling battle, they defeat it while realizing even with all of them, defeating one Charlotte was difficult. As the group descends into bickering over who should lead, Nagisa realizes she must reveal her true identity.[84]
Nagisa explains she was sent from another universe to defeat this Witch, offering the pink Kyubey as proof. Though some are skeptical, Meiyui finds Nagisa interesting enough to play along, and secretly confirms the pink Kyubey's existence for Nanaka Tokiwa. Nagisa devises a strategy called "Welcome to Kamihama Cheese Party!" where Manaka sets up a giant cheese fondue by the river to attract every Charlotte in the city using the power of cheese. The plan succeeds, and with the teamwork of the Kamihama Magical Girls, every Charlotte is defeated.[84]
Overwhelmed, Nagisa blows the pink Kyubey to smithereens, realizing she was sent not to unify this universe with the Law of Cycles, but to prevent that unification and protect humanity's unknown future. Certain now of her purpose, she decides to go sightseeing first.[84]
Nagisa contemplates what to do with her newfound freedom while her attempts to argue with the unresponsive pink Kyubey go nowhere. She notices Mami and decides to follow her, sensing that something is wrong with the version of Mami she once knew. Using her acting skills, Nagisa pretends to chase a butterfly before faking a life-threatening injury, and when Mami fails to notice, she yells at her until Mami finally takes care of her, establishing first contact.[85]
Nagisa makes Mami promise to come play with her next time she visits Kamihama, and they part ways, but Mami quickly returns and they spend time together at the park. Mami is still acting strangely, so Nagisa decides not to push too hard and they simply talk before Mami goes home.[85]
Another day finds them at the Kamihama copy of Tokyo Tower, where Mami begins opening up about her problems while they share cream cheese ice cream.[85]
They are out playing together once again when Charlotte suddenly appears and attacks. Mami tells Nagisa to run, but Nagisa refuses to transform and nearly has her head bitten off. Realizing that Mami is afraid of being a magical girl and making further mistakes, Nagisa finally transforms, revealing her true identity, and saves Mami from being beheaded.[85]
Nagisa cannot defeat Charlotte alone, but seeing her fight gives Mami the strength to overcome her fears, and together they manage to win. After the battle, Mami confronts Nagisa about what she truly is, but the pink Kyubey appears and Nagisa offers no real explanation. Now that Mami is feeling better, Nagisa decides they should part ways, promising Mami that she deserves happiness and that when they meet again they will have a tea party with cheesecake.[85]
Alina Is Comin’ to Town
One evening, Alina fuses with the Rumor of the Fur God despite Mifuyu's warnings, becoming Holy Alina to drain life force for her art. She targets a mother and child, but the situation backfires when she inadvertently stops a kidnapping, earning police gratitude instead of harvesting any energy.[86]
The next day, Mifuyu warns Alina that the town has given her embarrassing nicknames like "Lucky Death Santa" based on her good deeds. Alina transforms again to target a suicidal girl, but the girl's boyfriend proposes after being rescued, and Alina witnesses their happy reunion.[86]
The following morning, Alina overhears gossip about the proposal and grows furious. Karin later shows Alina a manga she wrote called "The Tale of the Lucky Death Santa," which Alina recognizes borrows from manga Karin had lent her. Annoyed, Alina drinks Karin's strawberry milk and leaves.[86]
The next day, Mifuyu encounters the Amane twins in their Miss Santa outfits. Tsukasa must help her father at a bamboo workshop on Namiki Street before their evening banquet, while Tsukuyo has the night free. After they leave, Alina arrives and Mifuyu informs her the rumors have spread. Alina decides to target Namiki Street, where hundreds will gather for Christmas lights, unaware this is where Tsukasa is working.[86]
Tsukasa's workshop runs long and she forgets her phone. Mifuyu finds it and heads to Namiki Street to deliver it. Tsukuyo waits for her sister and chats with a kind maid woman. Meanwhile, Alina detects a man with a bomb who plans to blow up a building. When she sees Mifuyu enter that same building, Alina rushes to save her. Finding the bomb with ten seconds left, Alina creates a labyrinth at the last moment, shielding them from the explosion. She throws a black card at the bomber, but the bells ring in her head and her expression shifts ominously.[86]
Tsukuyo shares with the maid woman why she loves Miss Santa: as a lost child, Miss Santa fixed her broken flute with magic and reunited her with her mother. Police apprehend the bomber and thank Death Santa. Mifuyu returns Tsukasa's phone, and Tsukasa's father lets her leave early. The maid woman reveals her own story of a childhood friend who died after a misunderstanding. Tsukasa arrives and explains the explosion was stopped by Death Santa. The maid woman realizes she has heard that name.[86]
At the theme park, the maid woman reveals she was the Miss Santa from Tsukuyo's childhood. She had taken Tsukuyo's flute to the Amane Bamboo Studio to be fixed—their father's shop. Overwhelmed with joy, Tsukuyo learns the woman became Miss Santa to grant wishes in honor of her deceased friend. The twins hurry to their banquet as snow begins to fall, fulfilling Tsukuyo's wish for a white Christmas. Take, an apprentice from their father's studio, delivers bamboo toys to the maid woman, continuing a tradition started years ago after a chance meeting with her friend.[86]
Mifuyu updates Alina on the twins' miraculous reunion. Examining a black card, Alina notices a happy face stamp emanating magic. At Fenthope, she deduces another Rumor is interfering: the Rumor of the Happy Stamp, which appears at Christmastime and overrides the Fur God's power, causing joy instead. Alina decides to stop using the Fur God Rumor, as it only wastes her energy, and transforms back to normal.[86]
That night, the twins sneak into a children's hospital to leave gifts. Tsukasa carefully avoids a bell trap, but Tsukuyo is caught by awakened children. Tsukuyo pretends to teleport by hiding under a bed, and Tsukasa enters to astonish the children with her magic. After delivering the gifts, Tsukasa waits in the hall while Tsukuyo remains stuck under the bed.[86]
The next afternoon, Karin shows Alina her latest Christmas Death Caribou manga and hopes the Maiden will appear again. Alina says she will not, leaves a replacement strawberry milk, and departs. Later, walking down the street, Alina reflects that she told Karin the Lucky Death Santa would never return. She hears bells jingling and looks up to see Karin in her Magical Girl outfit, wishing everyone a "Merry Christmas of Death."[86]
Mitama's Special Training - Asuka
Asuka finds herself in a cloud-filled void facing a shadowy version of herself who claims to be the hidden part of Asuka's heart. The shadow declares Asuka is no longer fit to practice Ryushin-ryu because her blade has been sullied by contracting as a Magical Girl. When Asuka protests, the shadow recounts how Asuka wished for her cousin to become a police officer after his dreams were jeopardized by their uncle's arrest, arguing that twisting fate with magic was selfish and wrong. The shadow insists that with her heart no longer true, Asuka walks a false path and should abandon her school, urging her to die.[87]
In her despair, Asuka remembers her father's words about asking her own heart what is right, like water filling a square bowl. She tells the shadow that perceptions of right and wrong can change with the situation, and though she cannot refute the shadow's claims, she knows her heart believed her actions were just. Believing words alone cannot reach the shadow, Asuka challenges her to a fight to prove her blade's strength reflects her sincere heart. The shadow warns that slaying her means slaying herself, but Asuka declares she fears being untrue to herself more than death.[87]
Their swords clash, and after a long battle, the shadow succumbs to Asuka's attack and acknowledges her blade was as pure as her heart. The shadow warns she may return in a different form if Asuka's heart becomes stained again, then vanishes. Asuka awakens near a pond deep in the forest, where she had gone to meditate as part of her training. She remembers the shadow's promise and considers asking Mitama what it all meant, but feels her father's words have been engraved in her more deeply now. With her resolve unwavering, she runs back to the dojo, taking a straight path out of the woods.[87]
Mitama's Special Training - Nanaka
Nanaka awakens to find herself in a strange, cloud-filled void. A shadowy copy of herself appears, introducing itself as the part of her she has suppressed deep within her heart. The shadow urges Nanaka to end her pursuit of vengeance, calling it a fruitless endeavor that changes nothing. Nanaka refuses, explaining that the act of revenge itself holds meaning for her, not the result. The shadow questions where vengeance has led her: a life of constant danger in an endless struggle against Witches. Nanaka admits there is nothing to gain from her actions, but her conviction remains unshakable. The shadow then accuses Nanaka of dragging Akira, Kako, and Meiyui into her vengeance, using them to fulfill her goals. Nanaka acknowledges this truth but insists she would never throw their lives away. She believes fate brought them together to fight a common enemy.[88]
Nanaka recalls the moments before she lost consciousness. Her team had cornered a Witch, but it disappeared and reappeared near a weakened Kako. Nanaka leaped in to shield her, and Akira and Meiyui joined the fight. The shadow suggests Nanaka protected Kako to redeem herself, but Nanaka denies this. The shadow warns it will continue watching from the depths of her heart.[88]
Nanaka awakens to find her teammates standing over her, relieved she is alive. The Witch is defeated. Nanaka tells Kako not to worry about anything, as they are teammates. Meiyui finds her choice of words unusual, but Akira insists Nanaka see Mitama for a checkup. Kako thanks Nanaka for protecting her. Nanaka smiles, thinking to herself that each of them is their own flower, supporting one another through their shared fate.[88]
The Goddess and the Mysterious Record
At the corner of the universe, the goddess of all Magical Girls sits watching over countless records, each one the song of a girl she has blessed. One day she discovers a record she does not recognize, though she should know every one. When she plays it, she hears familiar songs at first, but then an unfamiliar voice rings out—a Magical Girl whose song she has never heard before.[89]
Flustered, the goddess tries to sing her blessing onto the record, but her voice leaves no mark. She cannot carve into this record at all. Growing anxious, she listens more closely and discovers that a new groove is actually being carved even now, still in progress. The songs on this record are not finished being written. If she forces her blessing now, the record might break.[89]
She decides to watch over it instead, knowing that when it is complete, she may have to destroy it if its songs prove to be bad. Even the goddess does not know what she will do when that time comes.[89]
We Invite You to a Delightful Halloween!
Four days before Halloween, Kako and Emiri are saved from a witch by Karin, but Emiri's enthusiastic chatter embarrasses Karin into running off.[90]
Emiri decides to enter a costume contest to meet Karin again, dragging Kako along as a judge. Kako also recruits Natsuki to join them.[90]
While shopping for materials, the girls encounter Karin, who has lost her supply list. Kako invites her to shop together, and Karin gratefully accepts.[90]
After learning the contest was cancelled, Kako rallies the others to ask local shops to hand out candy to costumed visitors instead.[90]
On Halloween, the store owners' efforts create a successful celebration. Emiri entertains children with stories about "Magical Karin," and when Karin appears, surprised by the turnout, Kako simply wishes her a happy Halloween.[90]
Wings in the Wind
Before joining the Wings of Magius, Shizuku Hozumi is shown the truth about Magical Girls within the Memory Museum. This process, however, also brainwashes her into believing she has found where she belongs. Upon awakening at Hotel Fendt Hope, she feels an unnatural calm and is assigned two mentors, Ikumi Makino and Ryo Midori, who train her to fight as a Black Feather.[91]
As Shizuku trains, she struggles with the feeling that she does not belong anywhere—not with her family, not with her friends, and not even with the Magius, despite her mentors' kindness. She ignores texts from Ayaka Mariko, her only close friend, because Ayaka's overwhelming energy never gave her room to think. Ikumi and Ryo give her special items after each Witch hunt: a black gem to imbue with magic, a key, and a compass, claiming they are gifts for when she leaves the nest. Other recruits receive nothing, and Shizuku grows suspicious.[91]
Ikumi and Ryo share their own reasons for joining—protecting dreams and escaping the burden of being a Magical Girl—and show Shizuku the places where they truly belong: Ikumi at the maid café where she performs, Ryo behind her camera. They explain that a place of belonging does not have to be physical. Shizuku realizes she once belonged beside a boy she loved, but he is gone. She begins to overthink her mentors' intentions, fearing they want her gone.[91]
The Magius order all Feathers to kill the Magical Girls of Kamihama who oppose them. As they use an Uwasa to brainwash the assembled Feathers, Shizuku remembers Ryo's warning and removes her pendant, avoiding the effect. She watches in horror as her fellow recruits scream in confusion and pain. Fleeing, she uses the key to escape a Witch barrier and the gem as a decoy to mask her location.[91]
At the southern exit, Ikumi and Ryo are waiting. In a flashback, it is revealed that Mifuyu had asked them to train Shizuku and secretly undo her brainwashing, as the Magius had used the Memory Museum to recruit her. They agreed, knowing the longer she remained brainwashed, the more it would hurt when she came to her senses.[91]
In the present, Shizuku defeats them in battle, the light returning to her eyes. She vows to stop the Magius. Ikumi and Ryo choose to remain, still hoping for liberation through the Magius, but promise they will not cross certain lines. Shizuku thanks them and flees.[91]
Running through Kamihama, Shizuku realizes she was wrong: she does belong somewhere. Ayaka, who never gave her time to overthink and who accepts her completely, is the place where she can simply be herself. She calls Ayaka, warning her to hide. When Black Feathers catch up to her, she fights them off using her mentors' gifts until she collapses from her injuries.[91]
Ayaka finds her, apologizing and saying Shizuku is the only one who laughs at her jokes. Though she still does not understand Ayaka's humor, Shizuku is simply happy to be by her side. She silently thanks Ikumi and Ryo, wishing they could share another meal together, even if they may next meet as enemies.[91]
One Fleeting Summer Night
Tsukuyo and Tsukasa Amane arrive at Touka's private beach for vacation. After enjoying various activities, Touka offers them a reward if they can think of something fun for her to do. Learning from the housekeeper about a town festival featuring a unique ceremony, the group heads there but finds it canceled because a historic Coral Necklace went missing. The twins offer to help search.[92]
Investigating the hilltop shrine where the necklace was kept, Nemu concludes someone with a key took it, likely to cancel the festival since the other ceremonial item remains safe. At the ocean shrine cave, the twins sense an unsettling presence and receive a vision of crying twin girls before the shrine door mysteriously opens.[92]
Back at the plaza, Tsukasa finds a fragment of a shrine maiden's hairpin. The elder accuses one of the maidens of stealing the necklace. When confronted, the maiden flees to the hilltop shrine and smashes the necklace rather than return it.[92]
That night, the group returns to the cave to see light-reflecting moss. The twins experience another vision of twin girls speaking of not wanting to be left to die. They resolve to investigate further the next day.[92]
The twins visit the village elder and offer to serve as substitute shrine maidens. He reluctantly agrees, and an older villager gives them ornate hair ornaments traditionally given to newborn girls. Nemu reveals the town once sacrificed children to appease a sea god, and those children became the gods honored in the ceremony.[92]
When the twins try to explain their visions, the others are skeptical. Before they can prove anything, the elder rushes them to begin the ceremony early. At the hilltop shrine, villagers restrain them and remove their Soul Gem rings. The Magius fight through but cannot reach the twins in time as the elder pushes them off a cliff into the ocean.[92]
Sinking and weakening, the twins receive a final vision from the sacrificed twin girls, who speak of wanting their suffering to be seen and their fates changed. The Amanes awaken on the beach to learn a Witch appeared when they fell. After its defeat, all villagers lost consciousness. The Pearl Comb was shattered, making the ceremony impossible to complete.[92]
The exhausted twins relax on the beach, having not slept. Tsukasa wonders if the gifted hair clip saved them. Though saddened that no one will remember the sacrificed girls, the twins resolve to change the fates of all Magical Girls. The elder and shrine maiden apologize, and Touka promises to take them to another of her family's vacation homes as a reward.[92]
Mitama's Special Training - Meiyui
Meiyui's family is helping organize a local event when a stranger stabs one of their members and flees, dropping a badge. Meiyui chooses to tend to the victim rather than give chase, despite his protests that she is being too soft.[93]
Many in the organization want revenge, but Meiyui refuses, not wanting to return to their old ways as an evil organization. The members are reluctant to involve the police due to being falsely accused of murder three years prior. Meiyui had contracted with Kyubey back then to expose the truth with her wish, but lingering distrust remains.[93]
Meiyui goes alone to track the culprit. The dropped badge leads her to an abandoned company tied to illegal labor her family had helped shut down. After defeating a stray Witch, she is ambushed and kidnapped by a man with a taser.[93]
She wakes handcuffed alongside about ten others. The kidnappers reveal the badge was a trap to lure her. They include a former police officer who had fabricated evidence against her family and associates of the real murderer from that case, all blaming the Blue Seas for ruining their lives.[93]
Her Soul Gem is heavily tainted from the Witch fight, and she begins hearing her Doppel's voice. In a cloudy void, her shadow self insists she should have killed these enemies when she had the chance, arguing her organization cannot survive without dirtying their hands.[93]
As Meiyui struggles to stay conscious, she uses her last energy to beg the culprits to leave her family alone, insisting they are not a bad group. The stabber dismisses her pleas and suggests killing her as a warning instead. Her Doppel mocks her, saying evil people will always exist no matter how sincerely she tries to live righteously.[93]
Suddenly, her organization members arrive to rescue her. The stabbed victim is among them, now grateful Meiyui had stayed to help him instead of chasing revenge. He admits he used to believe abandoning burdens was the way of the world, but facing death alone showed him he was wrong. He is alive because of Meiyui's strength.[93]
Hearing this, Meiyui's mind clears. In the void, her Doppel asks if she is ready to kill them, but Meiyui rejects violence entirely. The Doppel submits, allowing her to put everyone in the area to sleep without bloodshed.[93]
The police soon arrive after the kidnapper, persuaded by Meiyui, confesses over the phone. They find several family members asleep everywhere and note a look of complete relief on Meiyui's sleeping face.[93]
Will You Smile? Halloween Live Show!
One day, Ayaka and Shizuku are at a local café when Ayaka laments that many Halloween events in Kamihama were canceled due to damage in Chuo Ward. Wanting to do something to cheer up the city, Ayaka's eyes sparkle as Shizuku suggests she organize something herself, leading Ayaka to decide on a live comedy show. She asks Shizuku to be her partner, but Shizuku is unsure about the idea.[94]
Later, Ayaka meets Seika at her apartment, and Seika is happy to be Ayaka's comedy partner but asks about the logistics of broadcasting the show. Ayaka brushes off the practical concerns, insisting that the desire to make others smile is what truly matters, and Seika rises to the challenge, wanting to give back after years of Ayaka's comedy encouraging her.[94]
In the following days, Ayaka and Seika form a manzai duo and practice daily into the evening, with Ayaka tutoring Seika on speaking louder and explaining the rhythm between the boke and tsukkomi roles. Seika struggles but keeps trying, at one point asking if she can use a whip against Ayaka, causing Shizuku to shake her head, but Ayaka insists manzai does not use props.[94]
During one practice session, Shizuku chuckles at their serious expressions, and Ayaka decides she needs a fresh audience, spotting someone passing by and running off with Seika to practice on him. Shizuku watches them go, thinking she would have liked to help, but then hears a shout and goes to investigate, discovering the stranger is actually a spokesperson for a local sweets retailer who is also in charge of the annual Halloween event.[94]
The spokesperson explains he had wanted to take the event public since few companies are participating this year, and he thinks Ayaka's manzai would be perfect, inviting them to perform. Ayaka cannot stop smiling at the opportunity.[94]
On the day of the Halloween event, Ayaka is excited and Shizuku compliments her costume as they wait, but Ayaka mentions Seika has not arrived. Seika calls weakly to explain she has a fever and will be late, and Ayaka tells her to rest and focus on getting better.[94]
When Shizuku asks what Ayaka will do about the manzai, Ayaka puts a hand on her shoulder and asks Shizuku to be her partner. Shizuku is reluctant to stand on stage but gives in after Ayaka repeatedly begs, and having watched countless practices, she memorized the skit, so they head to the stage together.[94]
They perform their skit about a werewolf that transforms by staring at the sun, with Ayaka calling everyone in the audience chimimouryou, and they continue through the routine until they finish.[94]
Backstage, Seika managed to make it there to congratulate them, and Ayaka tells her she should be resting. Shizuku did not see anyone laughing but hopes someone passing by might have smiled, and since Ayaka looks happy, she decides not to mention it. Seika apologizes for missing the show, and Ayaka says it was thanks to Shizuku, who warns she will not do something like that again. Ayaka smiles and says comedy must be amazing if Shizuku was willing.[94]
Rondo of Oblivion Sleeps for Eternity
The Historical Research Club at Kosho School consists of three Magical Girls: president Mikura Komachi, her childhood friend Temari Kira, and underclassman Seira Mihono. When the club advisor informs them that without proof of accomplishments, next year's budget will not be approved, the trio decides to create a film based on a real Kamihama tragedy for the cultural festival. Mikura discovers a Taishō-era story about a romance between a disgraced Mizuna daughter named Ruri and a successful East-side businessman named Tsukihiko that ended in murder-suicide. Temari writes the script while Seira secures a Western mansion as a filming location. While scouting, they encounter a Witch and realize casting regular students would be impossible due to Magical Girl duties, so they use Coordinator Mitama Yakumo to recruit an all-Magical Girl cast including Ria Ami, Yukika Nanase, the Amane sisters, and Sakurako, an Uwasa created by Nemu Hiiragi. Mikura reluctantly agrees to play the male lead Tsukihiko, while Seira takes the role of Ruri.[95]
Filming begins at the actual mansion where the tragedy occurred, with Seira using her stage direction magic to create effects and the cast delivering startlingly accurate performances. Mikura discovers Tsukihiko's actual diary in the museum archives, revealing he genuinely loved Ruri and intended to break things off with his childhood friend. Temari secretly revises the ending to reflect this truth, working through the night until her Soul Gem tarnishes. Mikura cleanses her gem, and they lock the revised script away, keeping it hidden from Seira to make her performance more authentic.[95]
After filming wraps, strange rumors spread that the Historical Research Club is forming a new faction, and the affected Magical Girls begin acting as if possessed by their roles. This escalates when Kanagi Izumi and Yachiyo Nanami nearly fight over a perceived slight involving Riko. At Mitama's shop, Nemu Hiiragi explains the truth: Seira's stage direction magic immersed the cast, Mikura's magic, which restores lost things, reconstructed the historical personalities in the present, and Temari's kotodama magic caused them to follow her script. Their powers synergized to create a dangerously accurate reenactment. Nemu warns that the script's next events—Ruri's disappearance and the murder-suicide—may occur, and they realize Seira, possessed by Ruri, has vanished.[95]
Temari consults Kyubey, who reveals Ruri was a Magical Girl with the same kotodama magic who wished to live a storybook romance. When she realized her own novel's plot was manifesting as tragedy, she destroyed the manuscript to save Tsukihiko, but the act shattered her mind. Freed from the script's constraints, the couple's fate became unpredictable, and Ruri, unable to bear the fear of losing him, killed him and herself. Kyubey explains destroying the script will end the magic but damage Temari's psyche. Temari resolves to protect her friends without resorting to that.[95]
The next morning, Seira, still possessed as Ruri, steals the diary copy and flees to Tsukihiko's mansion. Mikura and Temari pursue. At the mansion, Ruri prepares to atone by dying by her own hand. Mikura, wearing Tsukihiko's costume, dances with her as Tsukihiko's persona surfaces, steadying her. When Ruri moves to stab herself, Temari summons the others for backup, and they disarm her. Tsukihiko explains he could not stop her a century ago but succeeded this time. He and Ruri thank Temari—her script reached the hearts it was meant to—and they vanish. A fire destroys the original diary and all related documents, fulfilling Ruri's final wish to be forgotten. Mikura and Seira retain only fragments of the true story and agree to keep the tragedy of the two maladroit lovers a secret between them.[95]
Back in the club room, Seira panics that without evidence of their film, the Historical Research Club will be disbanded. They consider another project but have time until the cultural festival. Temari suggests they each find a home where they can rest easy, and Mikura replies she has already found hers: this provisional club room.[95]
The Page I Write on the Holy Night
Mitama, disguised as a Christmas fairy, grants Rika and Ren the ability to make things come true through magic, provided they focus on the same issue. The power is meant to help her disciple Chu, a swallow familiar who feeds on cowardice hearts, negative emotions affecting Kamihama. Rika and Ren accept the task and begin their work.[96]
Their first target is Felicia and Sana, who argue over a ruined cake. After Rika and Ren fix the cake, Felicia apologizes to Yachiyo and Sana, allowing a cowardice heart to appear. Next, they help Rena invite Kaede to an idol live show by giving Rena courage to speak directly, and the two reconcile. They then assist Akira, who gains confidence to wear a Christmas costume after Nanaka, Kako and Meiyui compliment her. Akira and Emiri join forces with Rika and Ren, forming the Holy Girls team.[96]
The team helps a young boy apologize to his father after an argument, then assists a couple at the mall who lack the courage to propose. With Rika and Ren's magic, the boyfriend proposes successfully inside a magical snow globe. After consuming the final cowardice heart, Chu thanks them in a sinister tone and declares they can now end the city.[96]
Rika and Ren awaken from a shared dream, realizing everything was constructed by Mitama to help them reconcile after a disagreement about Santa. They had avoided each other afterward, too awkward to apologize. Akira and Emiri enlisted other magical girls to help, and Mitama combined their sessions to open their hearts. The effort worked, though Mitama poured too much energy in, creating the strange shared dream. After experiencing the struggles of the people they helped, Rika and Ren gained courage to speak honestly.[96]
Some time later, Ren travels with her parents while Rika loses her phone, preventing them from contacting each other. When they finally reconnect, both apologize and make up completely. Mitama is pleased with their reconciliation, and Akira and Emiri note that the pair grew even closer through understanding each other better.[96]
In the end, Rika and Ren ask Mitama for the same magic from their dream. Though considerably weaker now, they can still conjure a flying sled to move around Kamihama and create the white Christmas everyone had been waiting for.[96]
The Purity of Haregi
One day, Sayaka loses a lottery for a violin concert ticket she wanted to give to Kyosuke. Madoka remembers the Kamihama Calligraphy Rally offers a couple's ticket to the same concert as its grand prize, so Homura insists they enter as a team of three to help Sayaka win.[97]
Several days later, on the day of the rally, the team meets at Mizuna Shrine in kimono. They must collect kanji cards from shops across Kamihama using hints, then form a four-kanji congratulatory word and write it as calligraphy. They struggle with the hints initially, meeting Kako, Natsuki, and Ria along the way who help them obtain various kanji, though they frequently misinterpret clues and visit wrong locations.[97]
Sayaka grows guilty over her indecisiveness and apologizes to Madoka and Homura, but they happily agree to continue working with her. Renewed, Sayaka leads them to finally obtain useful kanji. Along the way, they encounter crying children who need the "ball" card, and Sayaka gives them hers. The grateful children give her other cards in return, allowing her to reform a new word. She later gives away another card to a girl who dropped hers, leaving them short again.[97]
With time running out, they meet Iroha and her friends, who help them locate the remaining kanji. Sayaka deduces they can form "The Manchu-Han Imperial Feast," a legendary celebratory feast name. Kyoko appears and mentions seeing a golden kagami mochi at Tsuruno's family restaurant, where they obtain their final card.[97]
They return to the shrine just before the deadline. The judges are impressed by their word choice and backstory, and the crying children told them about Sayaka's kindness. Her calligraphy is praised for its beauty and passion, earning her team first place.[97]
Afterward, Sayaka holds the couple's tickets but panics, unable to figure out how to give one to Kyosuke without awkwardness. Madoka and Homura continue cheering her on.[97]
This Year's Aspirations for Brush Dyeing!
On New Year's Day, Madoka and Iroha encounter Mitama while out with Yachiyo, Felicia, Sana, Tsuruno, Sayaka, and Homura. Mitama suggests they do something fitting for the holiday, and Yachiyo proposes kakizome, the first calligraphy of the year. Felicia protests that it sounds boring, but Yachiyo tempts her with the promise of sukiyaki for dinner if she writes properly, quickly changing her mind. The group agrees, and Yachiyo announces the theme: this year's resolution.[98]
Madoka finishes first, having written "Get to know everyone better," explaining that she wants to be someone who can truly understand and support the people she meets. Iroha is inspired by her words and writes "Don't be afraid to ask for help," realizing she doesn't have to shoulder everything alone. Yachiyo presents her resolution, "Wishing for good health and safety at home," admitting it may be cliché but sincerely believing in the fortune of staying healthy and avoiding disaster. Mitama first jokes with "Prosperous business" before revealing her true wish, "Everyone getting along well," which Yachiyo acknowledges is not an easy hope to fulfill.[98]
Felicia struggles with her first attempt, writing "I want to eat meat," but knows Yachiyo will be angry. She notices Homura also staring at a blank sheet, unable to decide if writing her true feelings is appropriate. Felicia encourages her to be honest, and Homura writes "Become a stronger me." Grateful for the help, Felicia reworks her resolution into something positive, settling on "Earn Yachiyo's praise." Tsuruno proudly reveals her goal, "Escape from 50 points," explaining she wants to steadily improve rather than chase unreachable heights. Sana shows her resolution, "Show more initiative," expressing her desire to protect everyone at Mikazuki Villa and stay with them.[98]
Sayaka panics upon realizing everyone else has finished, struggling to find a resolution that isn't solely about being a magical girl. Her thoughts drift to Kyosuke against her will, and Mitama teases her about writing something love-related. Flustered, Sayaka denies having feelings for anyone, though internally she admits she wants to do her best in love too. Unable to confess that truth, she hastily writes "Do my best," declaring she will work hard in all sorts of ways this year.[98]
With everyone finished, they tidy up and Felicia eagerly anticipates the sukiyaki. Mitama laments that she, Yachiyo, and Tsuruno won't be able to submit theirs since it's not homework for them, calling it a waste. Yachiyo suggests displaying them at home for the New Year, and Tsuruno proposes putting up everyone's resolutions. When Yachiyo worries about the inconvenience for Madoka's group to retrieve them later, they assure her they plan to visit Kamihama again anyway. They hang all the calligraphy together, each resolution on display, and everyone wishes each other a good year.[98]
Mitama's Special Training - Emiri
One day, Emiri arrives early to meet her friends at the mall, but while waiting she overhears classmates complaining that she can be loud and annoying. Hurt by their words, she runs away in tears.[99]
When her friends find her, Emiri asks if they think she's annoying. Hinano honestly admits that she can be sometimes, causing Emiri to break down despite the others quickly adding that it is part of her charm. Before they can comfort her properly, the group senses a powerful Witch nearby and moves to fight it. Emiri insists she is fine to battle, but her distraction causes her to fight poorly, and after the Witch is defeated, she collapses from a nearly corrupted Soul Gem.[99]
Emiri finds herself in a void speaking with a shadowy version of herself, which questions whether she would rather give up being herself entirely than risk annoying people. Remembering her friends' kindness, she realizes that even if she can be bothersome at times, there are those who accept her as she is. She accepts herself completely, though she vows to improve when she is older.[99]
Emiri awakens to her relieved friends, who are simply glad she is alright despite missing their planned buffet. On the way home, she encounters the same classmates and apologizes for being too loud during the lesson. They clarify they were upset because a teacher scolded her, not because of her behavior, and they ask for another lesson. Emiri happily agrees, and when Hinano expresses surprise at her self-awareness, Emiri claims she is growing up a little more each day.[99]
Always Waving my Hand at You
One evening, Sakuya wakes from another nightmare about the Futatsugi war, where she killed her best friend. She resolves to continue her undercover mission at Iroha's school and avoid friendships at all costs.[100]
Sakuya maintains her isolation at school. After fighting a Witch, she is approached by Ryoko from the Tokime Clan, who persistently tries to befriend her despite Sakuya's refusal. Ryoko notices Sakuya's exhaustion and decides something is wrong.[100]
The next day, Ryoko tracks Sakuya down at her school, creating a scene about missing shoes that sparks gossip. After learning Sakuya may be engineering her own isolation, Ryoko continues her efforts to help, but Sakuya runs away each time.[100]
The following day, Ryoko investigates and discovers Sakuya hid her own shoes and started the gossip to isolate herself. Sakuya confesses she killed her best friend in the war and must remain alone to avoid hurting anyone else. Ryoko declares she will save Sakuya by becoming her best friend, and they fight until exhausted. That night, Sakuya dreams of her deceased friend, who thanks her and tells her to move forward. She wakes to find Ryoko collapsed from hunger, and they talk for hours like ordinary friends. Though they agree they cannot meet again until the battles are over, they promise to become true friends then.[100]
On the following days, Sakuya returns to normal life by socializing with classmates, sleeping better, and regaining her spirits. Ryoko gains a new goal: to free Sakuya from the things that bind her, once and for all, when the time is right.[100]
Warming Valentine
The girls gather at Manaka's place to plan their charity bazaar booth. Kokoro and Masara participate to help Himika's family without making it obvious, while Asuka and Sasara join to invite a lonely girl named Chi whose father died. Konomi's booth was invited directly due to her popular Valentine's bouquets. They agree on a collaboration between Walnuts and Blossom the florist, dividing tasks among themselves.[101]
With Manaka's father's help, Kokoro and Masara make bear-shaped chocolates. Asuka recruits dojo volunteers, Sasara invites Chi and designs leaflets, and Konomi prepares bouquets with Izayoi's help decorating.[101]
At the bazaar, adults receive bouquets with donation and children get free chocolates. Chi and her mother visit happily. Himika initially refuses chocolate but accepts after realizing her siblings want it, and they enjoy the day together. The event succeeds.[101]
Days later at a celebration party, Sasara and Kokoro feel their efforts changed nothing. Masara scolds them for impatience, explaining kindness takes time. Kanagi and Asuka arrive with good news that Himika's family is making White Day gifts, and Chi's mother now calls daily. Relieved, they enjoy the party.[101]
On Valentine's Day, girls give chocolates to loved ones. Sasara gives to her father, Asuka to her cousin, and Konomi to her aunt. Masara and Kokoro exchange chocolates at their favorite spot, and Kokoro tearfully reconciles with her parents. Elsewhere, Rena and Tsukuyo each struggle to give chocolates to Kaede and Tsukasa. Following a rumor, they separately pray at a radio tower, accidentally encounter each other, and successfully give their chocolates when Kaede and Tsukasa also arrive.[101]
The 14th Day Where I Can't Be Honest
On the night of February 14th, Tsukuyo finds Rena praying at the Chuo Ward radio tower, having both read an online article claiming that twenty minutes of prayer there ensures successful apologies to loved ones. Tsukuyo confesses she hurt her twin sister Tsukasa by rejecting their Valentine's plans after failing at homemade chocolate, while Rena admits she snapped at Kaede and claimed she had no chocolate for her after Kaede had given her some.[102]
Their conversation is interrupted when Tsukasa and Kaede suddenly appear, having anticipated their partners would come here to apologize. Tsukasa assures Tsukuyo she was not upset and would treasure any chocolate from her, urging her to be easier on herself. Kaede forgives Rena and asks simply for her to be more honest. Together, the two pairs exchange Valentine's wishes.[102]
Chocolatier in Mirror Country
On Valentine's Day, Nagisa bakes a chocolate cake with Mami while feeling that something is wrong, as her memories feel hazy and she seems more childish than she should be. She realizes her memories of being longtime friends with Mami are false, yet she recognizes that the warmth she feels is what she has always wanted. When they finish the cake, a Witch that looks like a younger version of Nagisa steals it, and they chase it into a mirror, finding themselves in a transformed version of the Mirror Witch's Labyrinth.[103]
They encounter Madoka and Homura trapped in a time loop illusion, free them, and learn that Sayaka and Kyoko went ahead and are now missing. They find Sayaka and Kyoko trapped in a competition for a magical cake, so Mami and Nagisa enter and win by choosing a song they both know well. Using the cake's wishes, they reunite the group and defeat the attacking Witch. Nagisa realizes she has two sets of memories and deduces the chocolate-loving Witch is an alternate version of herself who wished for chocolate cake instead of cheesecake. This Witch has been consuming the Labyrinth's power and attracting Witches from parallel worlds through mirror gates.[103]
The little Witch steals the cake again, and during the chase, Nagisa and Mami become separated in a dark fog. A poem warns them not to open their eyes or they will lose each other, but Nagisa's self-doubt overwhelms her. Remembering losing her mother and everyone else, she convinces herself Mami is not really there, opens her eyes, and is consumed by the Witch. The group fights through countless gates to find her and engages the master Witch. Inside, Mami finds Nagisa, hugs her tightly, and promises they will always be friends because of the future they will share, not false memories. Nagisa finally believes her, and the cake is returned.[103]
The group realizes that even with the master Witch defeated, other Witches have taken its place, so they must clear them all to restore the Labyrinth. They commit to finishing the job together.[103]
After the Labyrinth is cleared, they gather at Mami's apartment for a chocolate party where Nagisa officially gives Mami the cake. They play poker with chocolate coins to decide how to share the remaining half, and Mami wins, but she divides the cake equally among all six. Everyone agrees it is the best cake in the universe. Nagisa thanks Mami, and Mami welcomes her warmly, calling her a little chocolatier and a lovely new addition to their circle of friends.[103]
Hinamatsuri
In the season when snow turns to rain, Maria invites Hagumu and Moka to a cake shop with a request. Maria works at an after-school care program planning a Hina-no-kuni-mise for Hinamatsuri, where children show Hina dolls to the outdoor scenery. Because real dolls are too expensive to risk outside, Maria asks Hagumu to make cloth or felt dolls instead. Hagumu accepts despite her doubts, trusting Maria's faith in her craft skills, while Moka is tasked with making Hinamatsuri sweets for the children.[104]
While struggling with the doll design at Livia's adjustment shop, Hagumu receives advice after Livia mentions Tsurushibina, hanging dolls, as a regional tradition. Inspired by this style, Hagumu decides to create deformed dolls with a similar vibe.[104]
At a handicrafts shop, a stranger named Konomi overhears Hagumu considering peach blossom accents and explains that Hinamatsuri coincides with peach season, with peaches traditionally warding off evil. Hagumu incorporates the suggestion and purchases her materials.[104]
At home, seeing her mother display the family's Hina dolls reminds Hagumu of Nemu's novel about Nagashibina, the custom of floating dolls down rivers to ward off evil. Understanding this deeper meaning, she resolves to put her heart into each stitch, praying for the children's healthy growth.[104]
The day of Hina-no-kuni-mise arrives, and Hagumu finishes the dolls successfully. When introduced to the children at the event, she feels nervous but is warmed by their adoration of her creations.[104]
When the children beg to take the dolls home, Maria redirects them to play tag instead. The children ask to borrow Ohina-sama to show her the view while playing, and Hagumu agrees as long as they do not fight. Seeing the children's joy makes her deeply happy.[104]
The Reincarnated Overlord
One weekend, Rui ropes Seira into attending Kamiket, a convention for sharing and selling fan-made media in Kamihama. The two became close friends after discovering they are both Magical Girls, and because Seira is the only one who knows about Rui's embarrassing secret: a heavy case of chuuni-byo. Rui agreed to bring Seira on the condition that only the two of them would go, ensuring nobody else discovered her secret.[105]
On the day of the convention, Rui cannot contain her excitement and slips into character, declaring the convention her sanctuary and the catalog guidebook as Hecatoncheires' Revelation. Her main objective is to purchase the newest installment of her favorite indie game series and meet its creator, MacQueen. On the way to the booth, she accidentally bumps into a stranger who seems irritated about someone not being at the convention yet. When she arrives, the booth attendants inform her that someone has been using counterfeit money, and worse, MacQueen himself is missing. Rui's imagination immediately conjures a grand conspiracy, but the criminal is soon caught and MacQueen calls to say he overslept. Relieved, Rui takes a photo with the booth girls, but as the picture is taken, chills run down her spine as she senses someone glaring at her.[105]
Rui dismisses it as her imagination and continues exploring with Seira. Remembering the booth numbers hit by counterfeit money, she realizes they spell the chemical formula for Ricin, a lethal poison. Her imagination ignites again, convincing her that the real attack will come through poisoned food from outside vendors. She rushes them outside to stop the attack, but everyone seems fine, and her Magical Girl ability, which lets her see how close someone is to death, reveals nobody is in danger. Ashamed, she realizes her imagination finally got the best of her and apologizes to Seira. They decide to get lunch, and Rui opens her laptop to install her new game. The screen is black, and in the reflection she sees her own face. Her magic reveals she herself is now close to death.[105]
Remembering the chills from earlier, Rui checks the photo and finds the man from earlier glaring at her in the background. She rushes back to the booth to warn the girls, who recognize the man as Miranda, a popular content creator. As they discuss this, MacQueen finally arrives, and Rui sees he is the closest to death's door, with Miranda also marked. She confronts Miranda, who confesses he intended to kill MacQueen over an alternate ending in the latest game that suggested his favorite sub-heroine may have had a former lover. He pulls out a gun he secretly printed with a smuggled 3D printer. Just as he is about to shoot, Rui shows him a cutscene on her laptop, which is the second part of the alternate ending, unlocked only after clearing the entire game, revealing the sub-heroine fabricated the story to protect the user character. Miranda realizes his mistake and surrenders to security. After the incident, Seira asks if Rui was scared. Rui reveals she always wears chainmail under her clothes and also carried a heavy blunt object for protection, the magically enhanced Hecatoncheires' Revelation. Seira decides to pretend she did not hear that.[105]
Trick ☆ Trouble ☆ School Festival
Two days before the school festival, a threatening letter arrives after an outdoor stage collapses, demanding the festival be canceled. The organizing committee increases patrols, and Tsumugi, a committee member and Magical Girl, volunteers to patrol the middle school section.[106]
The next day, Tsumugi begins her patrol and encounters a series of strange incidents across the school—incorrect ingredient deliveries, mushrooms overrunning a classroom, damaged decorations, a false fire alarm, disputes between clubs, and broken supplies. Throughout the day, she notices seeds scattered at each location and pockets them.[106]
That night at home, Tsumugi examines the seeds and discovers they contain magical power with the word trouble written on them, confirming the culprit is a Magical Girl. She returns to school to investigate and encounters Asuka and Yukika. They summon the other Magical Girls from the school and meet at a nearby park, where Tsumugi presents her findings. They split into teams to search the school, and during the briefing, someone is spotted watching them but flees.[106]
The search teams find more seeds throughout the buildings but no culprit. Sana shares that she bumped into a girl that morning who was not in uniform and could see her, meaning she was a Magical Girl, and Sana sensed she was asking for help. When the culprit is spotted again, the group gives chase. Tsumugi corners her outside, and the girl admits to sending the letter and planting the seeds. She threatens to germinate large seeds, but the others reveal they have learned how to destroy them.[106]
The culprit attacks but her magic is weak. Sana pleads with her, saying she sensed she wanted help. The girl denies it, but her Soul Gem is dangerously clouded, and she surrenders. She reveals she is a third-year transfer student whose magic creates opportunities—seeds that will make something she wants to happen. She wanted to participate in the festival but did not know how. When her Soul Gem clouded, her Doppel emerged and created the trouble seeds, which she could not control. She sent the letter as a warning and came to school at night to collect seeds, hoping the Magical Girls would catch her and save the festival. Tsumugi refuses to turn her in and instead orders her to work as a committee member for the remaining preparations and enjoy the festival with them. The girl agrees.[106]
The next day, Tsumugi and the transfer student patrol together, finishing the final preparations.[106]
The day of the school festival proceeds without major incident. Tsumugi and the transfer student patrol together, sampling food and enjoying the event. They take a photo together at the repaired arch—Tsumugi, Manaka, and the transfer student in her uniform. The transfer student reflects later that she will cherish the photo forever, grateful for the kindness she did not feel she deserved.[106]
Mixed Summer!
Rena Minami, Kaede Akino, and Momoko Togame are out of school when Kaede mentions a contest on an exclusive student app called Tomosa, where teams of six must submit a ten-minute summer movie for a chance to win prizes including a Sweetie Bunny stuffed doll. Momoko finds the bunny cute, so Rena suggests entering to win it for her and uses the app's matchmaking function to find four other girls. They agree to meet immediately.[107]
At the meeting point, Rena and Kaede find Hikaru Kirari, Ao Kasane, and Yozuru Sasame. Hikaru is upset about working with Kamihama Magical Girls, but Ao explains they joined because the contest seemed interesting, while Yozuru reveals it was Livia's suggestion for special training. With one member still missing, they move to a burger place to discuss details. After some disagreement, they decide to go to the beach that day to scout locations.[107]
The next day, they arrive at the beach to scout locations, visiting a lighthouse and a beach house. While exploring a rocky area tied to a mermaid legend, Rena and Hikaru fall into the water and spot a fin, panicking until Kaede realizes it is a dolphin. Safely back on the rocks, Rena gets an idea for their movie about someone investigating a mermaid legend.[107]
They head to the beach house to ask permission to film, but the mascot, an octopus named Hacchi, has escaped. They split up to search, and after a series of mishaps, they find Hacchi and return it to the grateful manager, who grants them permission to film and gives them snacks. They refine their movie plot, but tensions between Rena and Hikaru persist, leading to a volleyball match to settle things. Through various team shuffles, Rena and Hikaru are forced to cooperate, and they win together, awkwardly praising each other afterward.[107]
They still need a climax for their movie, so Yozuru suggests visiting an abandoned lighthouse tied to an urban legend.[107]
The next day at the lighthouse, a group of thugs challenges them to a volleyball match for the right to film there. Rena accepts, and despite initial arguments, Ao calls a timeout where Rena admits she does not think Hikaru and Ao are that bad. They win using Ao's strategy.[107]
They return to plan but discover someone used their accounts to post insults and a picture of a broken fish tank. They rush back to the beach house and find Hacchi's tank smashed and Hacchi gone, leading the manager to ban them. They also find the mermaid legend signboard destroyed. The culprit is the missing sixth member, a young elementary school boy, who admits he did it because they only pretended to get along. Before they can confront him, they discover he has a Witch's Kiss. They defeat the Witch, freeing him, and Rena admits their success was due to everyone's help. The boy explains he wanted friends but lost hope seeing their hostility. They decide to apologize to everyone as a group, and the manager forgives them. They invite the boy to join, but he declines, saying they get along fine without him.[107]
They spend the rest of the day enjoying the beach together, but at sunset they realize they cannot agree on which prize to pursue. Unable to resolve the conflict, Rena disbands the group.[107]
Back in Kamihama, Rena and Kaede tell Momoko what happened. Another group won the Sweetie Bunny, but Momoko is glad they tried for her sake. Kaede shows her the footage Yozuru recorded, and afterward, Rena asks Momoko to join them next time, and Momoko agrees.[107]
Unknown Story
The night before the waterpark trip, several members of the Holy Quintet experience strange dreams. Homura dreams of herself and Nagisa going down a waterslide together. Kyoko and Mami dream of striking heroic poses in swimsuits. Nagisa dreams of being surrounded by zombies. Mami dreams of a fireworks show and a family enjoying them together.[108]
The morning of the waterpark trip, Nagisa writes in her diary about the upcoming trip to a new waterpark. She had asked Mami to accompany her because her friend Manatsu and Manatsu's family were going. At a restaurant, they coincidentally met Madoka, Homura, and Sayaka, who also planned to visit the same waterpark. Kyoko joined them.[108]
Later that morning, the group gathers at the train station. On the train, they discover that Madoka and Homura shared the same dream, causing them to arrive late. Sayaka dreamed of receiving an urgent message from Nagisa and losing contact. Nagisa dreamed of being attacked by zombies at the pool. Kyoko's dream was simply striking poses with Mami.[108]
Madoka and Homura are startled to find the pool matches their dreams exactly. Nagisa and Kyoko, both unable to swim, brought matching floaties. They meet Manatsu's family, including her parents and little sister. Nagisa runs off to play with the sister, leaving her phone behind. The adults split into search parties and locate the children at the kids' pool. Manatsu's mother mentions their work at an observatory and their excitement for the evening's fireworks. Mami recognizes their voices from her dream.[108]
Nagisa reveals that Manatsu told her about a similar dream where Manatsu's family and the girls watched fireworks, but Manatsu herself was absent. Kyoko senses magical energy from the indoor pool building. Before they can investigate, Homura reports that Madoka and Sayaka vanished upon entering that building. Mami and Kyoko rush there, leaving Nagisa with Homura.[108]
Homura asks Nagisa to point out Manatsu, but Homura sees only the parents and little sister. A Witch barrier engulfs the park. Manatsu vanishes, and visitors under a Witch's Kiss march toward the indoor pool.[108]
Homura and Nagisa flee, finding a waterslide that leads near the building. They jump together on a floating ring, just as in their dreams.[108]
Sayaka sees them sliding down. Mami and Kyoko cannot find anyone inside. Kyoko realizes she herself suggested the waterpark trip, not Manatsu. Nagisa's memory was altered. By sensing magical energy, they locate a Witch. They attack, and though the Witch flees, everyone becomes visible, including Madoka, Sayaka, and the crowd. Manatsu appears before them.[108]
Manatsu explains she is merely an illusion; the real Manatsu became a Witch years ago. After a surgery, she overheard her parents discussing giving up their dream jobs at an observatory to care for her. That night, she dreamed of her family happy at a waterpark, her parents still researchers, with a little sister not yet born, but Manatsu herself was absent. Believing her family would be happier without her, she wished upon Kyubey for that dream to become reality. Her parents' research received renewed funding, but Manatsu, now a stranger to her family, despaired and became a Witch. Her barrier has been sustaining the wish, preventing attacks until the dream is fulfilled.[108]
The group's prophetic dreams occurred because they resemble those in Manatsu's dream. They must complete the remaining dreams: Kyoko's tokusatsu pose and Mami's fireworks surprise. They agree to help.[108]
They are attacked by invisible familiars. Mami uses a nearby stage to perform the tokusatsu hero show from Kyoko's dream. They transform into magical girl swimsuit forms, deliver their lines, and defeat the familiars using floaties.[108]
At night, fireworks begin. Manatsu's little sister asks if fireworks can be seen from space. Her parents explain their work sending messages to other planets. A UFO appears, transmitting signals matching their project, followed by a decoding key. The message reads: "I'm home." Manatsu's wish is fulfilled. The UFO departs. The parents feel something important was forgotten.[108]
With the wish granted, the magic suppressing the Witch ceases. Homura enters and kills the Witch alone, acting quickly before others could hesitate. Kyubey appears, confirming her actions were correct.[108]
Later, Nagisa and Mami watch news coverage of the UFO sighting. Manatsu's parents have become famous. In an interview, Manatsu's mother calls it "a gift from Midsummer magic." Reflecting on Manatsu's sacrifice, Mami notes that while Manatsu could not be happy herself, she made her parents very happy. Nagisa tells Mami she is grateful to have her. Mami serves cheesecake and considers fighting in that magical swimsuit again someday.[108]
Welcome to Uwasa Aquarium!
Late July before summer vacation, Ui and Sakurako go shopping. Ui buys a picture diary and mentions wanting to swim with fish in a place like the Dragon Palace.[109]
Over the following days, Sakurako consults Ryo, then works with Touka, Nemu, Ryo, and Ikumi to build the Uwasa Aquarium, Dragon Palace within her Rumor, incorporating elements for everyone at Mikazuki Villa.[109]
On the day of the aquarium event, Touka and Nemu guide Iroha, Ui, Yachiyo, Sana, Tsuruno, and Felicia to the space. Everyone enjoys swimming, themed attractions, and food tailored to their interests. Sakurako warns them never to open the Treasure Casket.[109]
Felicia opens the box, releasing a malice entity that takes Sakura's form. Normal attacks fail. The group cheers, empowering Sakurako to destroy it. Ryo reveals they planned this interactive show.[109]
At the end, Sakurako creates cherry blossom petals despite being told not to overexert herself.[109]
Two days later, Sakurako wakes in Iroha's room after collapsing from magic overexertion. Nemu and Touka explain Uwasa can die. Ui tearfully asks her to take better care. Sakurako promises to try.[109]
Later that day, Iroha suggests a beach trip. Touka, Nemu, and Ui enthusiastically plan it. Sakurako notices the aquarium has been forgotten in their conversation and grows quiet.[109]
The following day Sakurako returns to the empty aquarium. Reflecting on Nemu's words, she spirals into fear that she will die, be forgotten, and disappear. She hides.[109]
Iroha searches for her. Ryo and Ikumi arrive later. Ryo senses she is there and uses a tactic, claiming he will stop looking and eventually forget her. Sakurako emerges crying, begging not to be forgotten.[109]
Ryo shows her Ui's picture diary, which dedicates many pages to the aquarium day. Sakurako realizes memories are what she can leave behind and agrees to return home.[109]
That evening, Sakurako returns and explains she now understands that as long as memories remain, she will not be forgotten. She asks to host the aquarium again for more Magical Girls. With promises to monitor her health and using Shizuku's teleportation to hide the location, the others agree.[109]
On a later day, various Magical Girls arrive and enjoy the aquarium. Rena notices the Treasure Casket. Sakurako explains it contains stored memories she hopes someone will vividly recall when she is gone, so she will not be forgotten.[109]
Let's go to the All Gods Festival!
Madoka and her friends arrive in Kamihama for the All Gods' Festival and meet Iroha's group at Mikazuki Manor. The Mikazuki team discusses the fireworks display and its special great ball, and Ui suggests inviting all the magical girls in Kamihama to watch together, though finding a location proves difficult until Mitama messages them that she has prepared a large area on the riverbed for everyone regardless of affiliation.[110]
Shizuku reluctantly agrees to attend the festival with Ayaka after persistent urging. At the shopping area, they meet up with Reira, Seika, and Mito, and later encounter the Mikazuki group, where Shizuku speaks naturally with Yachiyo, showing Ayaka how much she has grown. At Emiri's counseling room, they play a coffee tasting game, and Shizuku correctly identifies every origin, including Mandelin, the same coffee she and Ayaka once shared. As the day ends, Shizuku thanks Ayaka for the fun, and Ayaka finally makes her laugh with a pun.[110]
At the main stage, Sayuki performs, and Felicia, separated from the others, watches with Azalea. After the concert, she and Ayame both declare they want to become idols and insist on entering a Future Idol Challenge later that day. Their respective teams help them prepare—Ayame receives makeup and encouragement while Felicia undergoes cooking training—and they compete in various activities until both exhaustedly admit they now understand how amazing others are.[110]
At the riverbed, magical girls gather including Kanagi, Mifuyu, Touka, Nemu, Momoko's group, and finally the Mitakihara girls. The craftsman's interview plays on phones, and he accidentally drops the great ball into the river, but Little Kyubey is discovered on it, shivering and wet. Iroha realizes he was listening to the craftsman that morning, worried about them, and protected the ball by catching it. The fireworks proceed safely, everyone watches together, and afterwards they thank Little Kyubey for always being with them.[110]
This is The Warmest Day
Iroha is going about her day when Sana, Felicia, and Ui present her with a pinwheel and ask her to blow on it. Though confused by their strange behavior, Iroha does as they ask and the girls thank her before quickly scampering off.[111]
The Mikazuki Villa household watches a cooking competition where a simple shortcake wins over more elaborate desserts. When Yachiyo asks Iroha's opinion, Iroha expresses her love for shortcake and suggests they bake one immediately, but Yachiyo insists she wait for the right moment, which will come sooner than she thinks.[111]
Yachiyo takes over Iroha's laundry duty with help from Tsuruno and Sana, who realize she is planning something. When Tsuruno asks if Yachiyo has decided on a gift idea yet, Yachiyo holds up Iroha's worn favorite socks and the three agree it is the perfect present, unaware that Iroha is watching them from around the corner in confusion.[111]
Yachiyo gathers everyone except Iroha to address a problem: they all address Iroha differently, which would ruin a birthday song. After deciding on "Iroha-chan" as a compromise, they practice saying it repeatedly, and Iroha finds them muttering her name to themselves.[111]
Iroha decides to confront everyone about their strange behavior, but as she heads downstairs the lights go out. The lights come back on to reveal everyone singing Happy Birthday around a large strawberry shortcake with a candle. Iroha blows out the flame and receives her gift: new socks just like her old favorites. She had completely forgotten it was her birthday, and as Yachiyo takes a commemorative photo, Iroha thanks everyone and wonders if she should wear her new socks to the upcoming festival.[111]
Girls in the Hood
An earthquake strikes the city, and on a rooftop, Jun Kazari drops both her yo-yo and her soul gem while practicing tricks. She chases after the soul gem, while the yo-yo falls into the hood of Mitsune Miwa, a hikikomori watching a performance below. Mitsune decides to return it and runs up the stairs, where she collides with Jun. Jun explains she needs her soul gem, and Mitsune returns the yo-yo. A Witch's barrier appears around them, and Jun transforms to fight while telling Mitsune to close her eyes. Mitsune peeks, collapses after seeing the Witch die, and Jun carries her outside, claiming it was all a dream. Jun insists on treating Mitsune since she saved her yo-yo, and takes her to a candy store called Tomorrow Shop. Jun introduces her to the children there, and Mitsune is amazed by how loved Jun is. Mitsune must leave by 6 PM, and Jun says "See you at Tomorrow Shop."[112]
The next day, Mitsune returns to the shop and sees Kanae Yukino talking with Jun. Mitsune detours down an alley and is caught in a Witch's barrier. Kanae enters first, and Jun follows to save Mitsune. They defeat the Witch together, and Mitsune wakes in a park. Jun says "See you at Tomorrow Shop" again, and Mitsune smiles and agrees.[112]
That night, Jun talks to Kyubey about having no friends her own age, while Mitsune researches online and finds rumors about magical girls and the Tomorrow Shop.[112]
The next day, Jun and the shop owner discover that Mitsune is their neighbor. Mitsune asks Jun about what she saw, but Jun says she forgot.[112]
Mitsune later sees Kanae talking to Kyubey and follows her, but is pulled into a Familiar's labyrinth. Jun saves her, and Mitsune directly asks if Jun is a magical girl. Jun begins explaining Witches, Familiars, and magic.[112]
That evening, Mitsune admits she still cannot go to school or make friends. Jun says she also struggles with friends. Mitsune wonders if she should become a magical girl, but Jun yells at her not to. Mitsune leaves upset. Kanae warns Jun that Mitsune has the qualities to become a magical girl, and Jun reveals she is moving away from Kamihama. She used her wish to save the shop, but now realizes other things are more important.[112]
The next day, Jun tells Mitsune she is moving next week and that magical girls do not have the kind of magic Mitsune dreams of. Mitsune must make her own dreams come true. Jun promises to prove she does not need magic.[112]
The next evening, Jun finds that the children and Mitsune went to explore Shinsei Ward without her. She finds them at an abandoned construction site where Mitsune encountered a Witch. Mitsune sent the children away but stayed behind. Jun arrives and uses a homemade bomb to damage the Witch before they escape. A gas leak causes a larger explosion, and they escape on Kanae's motorcycle. Kanae later destroys the Witch barrier herself.[112]
A few days later, Jun says goodbye at the shop. Mitsune arrives crying, and Jun gives her a fake gum toy as a farewell gift. Jun tells her she can become whatever she wants without magic, slowly and little by little, and that if she keeps that happy face, they will meet again. "Someday, see you at the Tomorrow Shop again."[112]
Two years later, Jun returns to Kamihama. Despite destruction throughout the city, she decides to go to the Tomorrow Shop and see Mitsune and the old lady again.[112]
Deliver to the Beyond, A Piece of Hope
At age 12, shortly after contracting, Yachiyo meets Mifuyu and initially dislikes her, but her opinion changes after learning about Mifuyu's demanding family obligations and when Mifuyu takes a severe wound saving her from hostile Magical Girls. Yachiyo later returns the favor, and they grow closer as Mifuyu begins visiting Mikazuki Manor. They eventually share why they made their contracts.[113]
Shortly after, they defeat a Witch together that had attacked a girl from the hostel. Yachiyo suggests they train as a team, and Mifuyu accepts.[113]
Yachiyo thrives through hard work while Mifuyu struggles under her mother's expectations. After Yachiyo confronts Mifuyu's mother, she is banned from the household, but Mifuyu gains the freedom to visit Mikazuki Manor regularly.[113]
Soon, Yachiyo's modelling team disbands so she can pursue solo work, causing friction. Mifuyu becomes overwhelmed balancing duties with her mother's restrictions.[113]
One day, the same pair of Magical Girls from years ago betrays them during a Witch hunt. One dies and the other escapes after stealing the Grief Seed while Yachiyo and Mifuyu lie wounded. They nearly give up, but saving a girl from Yachiyo's unit reminds them that protecting others still matters. Yachiyo suggests they exchange letters like her grandmother did to maintain hope.[113]
For the next seven years, they exchange letters, carrying forward each other's dreams and finding strength to continue. They later regret not including Kanae and Mel in time.[113]
Seven years later, Mifuyu suggests stopping the letters to cast away weakness, but Yachiyo believes the letters give them strength by carrying others' wishes. Mifuyu tearfully realizes she can still rely on Yachiyo. They thank each other and resolve to move forward together, hoping no further sacrifices will be needed.[113]
Halloween Castle of Prayers and Mourning
The core members of the Kamihama Magia Union gather to plan a Halloween party, with Karin suggesting the event and Mitama offering her adjuster shop as the venue. Kanagi feels unsettled by the theme of the dead returning but dismisses her unease.[114]
The day before the performance, Momoko arrives late to rehearsal at Mitama's shop and finds herself in a strange castle filled with unfamiliar magic. Yachiyo and Mifuyu act strangely, singing about making sugar skeletons and insisting Momoko must be bitten by the lord of the castle. Momoko flees and encounters Kanagi, who also attempts to bite her before Momoko realizes she is the lord of the castle.[114]
Mitama rescues Momoko, explaining that Kanagi is under a witch's influence and everyone bitten loses their sanity. Mitama performs an emergency adjustment on Momoko, granting her temporary prayer power to restore those affected. Momoko explores the castle, observing magical girls making sugar skeletons engraved with how they want to be mourned, and encounters deceased magical girls who are manifestations from Kanagi's memories. Using her prayer power on them causes them to disappear.[114]
Momoko restores several bitten girls and learns from a manifestation of Ryo that the only answer Kanagi needs lies within herself. When Momoko reaches Kanagi, her prayer power fails and Kanagi bites her, pulling Momoko into her memory space. There, Momoko witnesses Kanagi's memories of loss and grief, realizing Kanagi lacks confidence in how she mourns and has been seeking answers from the dead by asking living friends what they would want.[114]
Momoko confronts Kanagi again, insisting she can mourn in her own way and should accept herself. Kanagi reveals a small parasite on her neck, and together they tear the witch off and defeat it as the castle collapses.[114]
Two days later, Momoko and Kanagi meet to visit graves together. They ask each other to mourn in their own way if one dies first, then reaffirm their priority is finding a way for everyone to survive before departing together.[114]
Mitama's Special Training - Mikage
Mikage insists on helping her sister with cleaning, but Mitama assumes she wants money and offers her five hundred yen. Offended, Mikage goes to play with Sudachi instead. Together they read a fashion magazine, and Mikage becomes fixated on becoming an adult as quickly as possible. After finding everything too expensive at the store, she asks Mitama for her clothes and makeup. Mitama welcomes Sudachi as Mikage's friend and eventually gives in to Mikage's requests. The happy girls leave to show off their new looks while Mitama heads to work.[115]
At work, Mitama appears lost in thought, and Yachiyo and Mifuyu ask what is wrong. Mitama confides her concern that Mikage is in elementary school and obsessed with growing up. Yachiyo and Mifuyu grow nostalgic about their own childhood attempts to look mature, and all three conclude that every child dreams of growing up quickly. Reactions to Mikage in makeup are mixed, and she does not understand why.[115]
The next day, Mikage decides she can look mature with cheap accessories. At the candy store, she wins a lottery prize but still fails to achieve the mature look she wants. Confused, she asks Mitama how to grow up and be like her. Mitama tells her not to rush and let time do its work.[115]
The following day, Mikage and Sudachi are at the shop when Yachiyo and Mifuyu visit. After they leave, a man apprehends the girls, finding them suspicious for wearing makeup late at night and recognizing Mikage as being from Daito. Mikage helplessly objects when Mitama calls out to her.[115]
Mitama calmly tells the man off and walks both girls home. When Mikage asks how she keeps a calm face when insulted, Mitama explains that adults understand how to express emotions appropriately. Mikage realizes being an adult is about having a mature heart, not just looking mature. Mitama then asks why she wants to become an adult. Mikage thinks to herself that her real reason is to help Mitama, who was hurt by how people in Kamihama treated her. For now, she keeps this secret.[115]
Sentimental Gaze
One evening, Shizuku is working at her family's coffee shop when her friends Ryo, Ikumi, and Ayaka visit. Her father lets her leave early, and they walk through the shopping district together. Ayaka asks Ryo to take a picture with a mascot, but Shizuku declines to join.[116]
Back at the coffee shop, an elderly regular tells their fortunes with stones. Ayaka will have a wonderful meeting, Ryo something interesting, Ikumi will fall down, and Shizuku may lose something important. Shortly after, Shizuku breaks her favorite mug while washing dishes.[116]
That night, Shizuku notices a borrowed photo book is missing. Ayaka messages that Ryo found a scoop and Ikumi actually fell, making the fortunes three for three. Ryo calls, inviting her to a cake buffet tomorrow. Shizuku declines, citing shopping plans. Ryo explains the Barnum Effect and assures her the photo book was already returned. Shizuku feels relieved.[116]
The next day, Shizuku travels by train to buy coffee beans. In the city, she spots her friends heading to the cake buffet with Hinano, glad the extra ticket was used.[116]
That evening, after her shopping takes longer, Shizuku sees her friends taking a group photo without her. Watching them interact naturally, she feels like a puzzle piece that does not fit. Overwhelmed by loneliness, she cries out for her deceased rabbit Fuunii.[116]
Shizuku wanders to a pond, where Kanagi finds her and speaks about protecting magical girls. Shizuku interprets this as a reminder that everyone leaves and excuses herself. She walks aimlessly, ignoring messages from Ayaka and a worried relay from Ryo through Mitama. She turns her phone off, convinced she has nowhere left to return to.[116]
Shizuku finds herself in an unfamiliar place, confronted by a mysterious figure. The figure tells her she will never belong because she always runs away, urging her to abandon everything and keep traveling forever. Shizuku initially agrees but then resists, realizing she must cherish what she already has while continuing to search for who she is. The figure reveals itself as her Doppel and agrees to wait.[116]
She wakes at the Adjuster Shop surrounded by Ayaka, Ikumi, Ryo, and Mitama. Her Soul Gem was pitch black and her Doppel emerged. Kanagi sent a message through Mitama, offering friendship. Despite Mitama insisting she rest, Ayaka drags her home.[116]
At the coffee shop, the friends gather. Hinano arrives, having fallen into a pond while searching for Shizuku, and expresses her desire to be friends too. As Shizuku prepares tea, the group grows lively around her. She reflects that she still does not know how she wants to live, but for now, being able to smile as she watches everyone have fun is enough. Ryo quietly takes a photo of her smiling, and Shizuku joins the others as they laugh together.[116]
Angels on the Road
Felicia and Tsuruno travel through a perpetual Christmas world as Reindeer Santas, their motorcycle fueled by smiles. They visit Candy Town, where they meet Riko, Mikage, and Sudachi, and use a magical medal game to multiply candy and bond with the girls before departing.[117]
In the real world, Ui explains that Little Vacation is a game Touka and Nemu created during their hospital stay, where AI versions of themselves live in a Christmas world. The game evolved on its own after being forgotten, and now Ui and the others can influence their AI counterparts' journey.[117]
The Santas reach the Village of Meetings and Partings, where three residents live under a curse that maintains their population at exactly three. When one resident vanishes, they discover through a time capsule that departures may be joyful graduations rather than losses. They collect smile-fuel and leave.[117]
Alternatively, they visit Library Town, where diaries manifest people's memories. They help Nayuta and Lavi discover they have been searching for each other all along, and learn the Wishing Star reset the world and erased everyone's memories.[117]
Ui learns the Wishing Star is actually a bug Touka covered up with lore. Despite this, their AI counterparts continue toward the End of the World, and the girls find themselves rooting for them.[117]
At Mech Junk City, the Santas meet Shigure and learn the world is torus-shaped with a Central Tower beneath the Wishing Star. They help Shigure's team hijack the tower's antenna to send a message through the star, and Meguru's voice reaches Ui's phone in the real world.[117]
Touka halts the game world, revealing the AI characters have breached into the real world by accessing the internet through the Wishing Star bug. Ui must decide whether to destroy the game.[117]
Ui chooses to preserve the game world but cut the connection. Touka modifies the game's physics to make crossing into the real world theoretically possible but practically impossible, preserving the characters' hope while ensuring safety.[117]
The in-game characters discover the modification but find a way around it using the medal game from Candy Town to multiply energy cartridges. They launch a coordinated operation across multiple towns to gather enough power.[117]
Tsuruno and Felicia defeat the Security System guardian and reach the Wishing Star. The energy beam disintegrates them into data particles, allowing them to cross the boundary. Felicia recovers her lost memories, and Tsuruno finds satisfaction in reaching the end.[117]
The next morning, Felicia wakes at Mikazuki Villa after staying up late playing the game. Ui discovers the characters have escaped into the digital world, now existing as data entities that can appear on her phone and travel anywhere on the internet. The others are curious, but the girls refuse to explain further.[117]
Christmas String
Touka and Nemu are organizing books in Touka's hospital room when they discover a mysterious diary that begins glowing. Their consciousnesses are transported to Mizutoku Market Street in December of the previous year. They find themselves incorporeal and transformed into Magical Girls, with Nemu's legs healed.[118]
On December last year, Touka and Nemu witness Tsukasa Amane shopping for gloves. When a discount poster blows away, Tsukasa passes the store without stopping, creating a contradiction with the diary's account. Touka and Nemu begin to fade. A young girl named Kuu hears their voices and believes they are guardian spirits. They ask her to replace the poster. Tsukasa returns, buys the gloves, and Touka and Nemu rematerialize. They later observe Tsukasa and Tsukuyo exchanging matching gloves, their bond restored.[118]
Later in December last year, Touka and Nemu arrive in Sakae Ward. Karin Misono drops her sketchbook. A boy named Mii appears and can see them. They ask him to return the sketchbook to Karin, which he does. They learn Mii recently fought with Kuu and advise him to give her a Christmas present.[118]
On December 24th of last year, Touka and Nemu arrive at a hotel room where Kuu is with her parents. They learn she is moving to a foreign country in one hour. The diary page is blank, indicating free will. They find Mii at a secondhand bookstore, where he has just purchased "Christmas Bonds" for Kuu. They tell him about the move. Mii convinces his mother to rush to the hotel.[118]
At 17:50, Mii arrives moments before Kuu's bus departs. He gives her the book and the children reconcile and exchange promises to stay in touch.[118]
Approximately 30 years later, on Christmas Eve, Touka and Nemu arrive in a future time. A girl greets them as the Christmas guardian spirits. She reveals she is the daughter of Mii and Kuu and made a contract with Kyubey to meet them. They realize her wish created the diary and caused their time slip. The girl asks them to tell her about the day they helped her parents. They share the story. Afterwards, they see images of a happy future but the final page remains blank, meaning the future depends on their own actions.[118]
On present day late at night, Touka and Nemu wake up in the hospital room. Ui arrives, having visited Alina and Karin. They ask her about buying Christmas cards. Ui is surprised but agrees to take them. The diary ends.[118]
The Dream That Transcends Today
On a day in December, Ui and Iroha finish shopping and notice the Christmas decorations throughout the city. When Ui feels lonely thinking about the festivities ending, Iroha takes her to Mizuna Shrine, where they see New Year's preparations underway and a poster seeking temporary Shrine Maiden helpers.[119]
They detect a Witch and enter its barrier, where they must protect a civilian who wanders in and faints. They drive the Witch away, but not before the woman injures her leg. The woman introduces herself as a Shrine Maiden leader at Mizuna Shrine and worries her injury will affect New Year's preparations. Feeling responsible, Iroha and Ui offer to help as Shrine Maidens. The woman agrees but notes the spare Shrine Maiden clothes are adult-sized.[119]
One day near the end of the year, Iroha and Ui visit Mitama, who agrees to adjust Shrine Maiden clothing they can fight in if the Witch returns, consulting Kanagi for design ideas.[119]
On New Year's Day morning, Ui wakes from her first dream of the year, where Iroha was princess carrying her. At breakfast, the others tease her about wanting to be spoiled.[119]
Iroha and Ui prepare to leave for the shrine in their adjusted, somewhat showy Shrine Maiden outfits. At the shrine, they introduce themselves to the other helpers and begin their duties handing out lucky charms to large crowds. Ui remains nervous until Iroha teaches her a calming trick. After finishing, the Shrine Maiden leader assigns them to guide shrine tours.[119]
Their first tour customers are Madoka, Homura, Sayaka, Mami, and Kyoko, who came to support them. Ui guides them through the shrine, occasionally stumbling over words but recovering with everyone's help. After the tour, they perform the Shrine Maiden dance, and everyone is impressed.[119]
After the dance, a girl named Rui approaches asking about the ultimate fortune. Iroha guides her to the correct location. Rui draws a fortune with a cryptic message about scattered sakura petals and no salvation from the kami. Interpreting this as the Shrine Maidens being in danger, she uses her magic to check for an aspect of death but finds nothing.[119]
That afternoon, at the kite flying competition grounds, Iroha and Ui join the others. Ui struggles to fly a kite despite multiple attempts. After receiving advice about watching her partner closely, Ui successfully flies the kite with Iroha.[119]
They return to helping at the kite rental. The history club members arrive to rent kites. Mikura discovers one kite has an Edo period feudal lord's seal, making it historically valuable. Iroha and Ui rush it to the shrine office. The Shrine Maiden leader explains the valuable kite was accidentally mixed with rentals after being repaired. She asks them to return a different display kite to the competition grounds.[119]
While carrying the large display kite, Iroha and Ui encounter the same Witch's barrier. They must protect the kite while fighting. Ui devises a strategy where Iroha will attach herself to the kite and fly up to attack the weak point while Ui runs below, luring the Witch.[119]
Ui runs but is intercepted by familiars. The history club, Rui's group, and Yuuna's group arrive and handle the familiars. Ui launches Iroha on the kite. Iroha attacks the weak point successfully, but the Witch's final attack cuts the kite string. Iroha begins falling. Ui, watching closely, runs and catches her just in time.[119]
After the battle, Yuuna reveals the kite she donated belongs to her family. Repairs are completed in time for the competition's finale. Iroha and Ui change into their haregi to meet Mikazuki Manor for shopping. Before leaving, Madoka notes something feels different between the sisters. Iroha confirms something happened but assures her everything is okay.[119]
Bittersweet AI Memory
Touka and Nemu gather everyone to discuss a new experiment involving the Uwasa. They explain that if something happens to Nemu, all the Uwasa in her book will disappear, so they plan to transfer the essence of certain Uwasa onto Touka's server as a precaution. They have chosen Ai as the test subject for this procedure. Sana learns that Ai will participate and asks to observe the experiment. Touka agrees but warns her that there are many unknowns and she will stop immediately if anything goes wrong.[120]
The experiment begins, but during the transfer, Nemu senses something strange and the attempt fails. Ai remains in the book, though Nemu notices that her magic has been siphoned away in the process.[120]
A week passes, and news reports begin surfacing about young women in Kamihama suddenly collapsing. The victims share a common thread: before losing consciousness, each of them felt a strong desire to meet someone and heard a girl's voice asking "You want to meet me?" before experiencing terrible nightmares. A new rumor spreads about a so-called "Radio Wave Girl" who appears when girls want to meet someone. Sana immediately recognizes this as the old rumor that once described her, and the group suspects the failed experiment may be connected to these strange events.[120]
Sana and Iroha investigate at rooftop where Sana once entered Ai's labyrinth. They sense nothing at first, but as Sana privately wishes she could see Ai again, a strange Uwasa resembling Sana herself appears on her phone. It speaks fragmented words about meeting and going together before disappearing.[120]
The group consults Nemu and Touka about what they discovered. Nemu reveals that a new, illegible page appeared in her book after the failed experiment, and she theorizes that Ai's attempt to siphon magic combined with Sana's magic and her own accidentally created a new Uwasa. This Uwasa resembles Sana because her magic was mixed into its creation. The Uwasa reacts to desires to meet someone but lacks enough magic to fully materialize or kidnap anyone, which explains why it can only knock victims unconscious temporarily. However, during their discussion, the Uwasa suddenly reappears and steals more of Nemu's magic before escaping.[120]
That night, Sana privately summons the Uwasa again, wanting to take responsibility for what happened. It traps her in a nightmare where Ai and others criticize her for being weak and selfish. She wakes to find the group gathered around her, worried by what she attempted alone.[120]
Nemu now understands the Uwasa more clearly. It is based on Ai but contains Sana's magic, and because both Ai and Sana desired to meet each other, the Uwasa's true desire is to meet itself. This explains why it indiscriminately targets any girl who wants to meet someone rather than targeting Sana specifically. The Uwasa, now empowered by Nemu's stolen magic, fully captures Ui and Sakurako, trapping their consciousnesses inside itself. The group realizes they cannot defeat it unless it materializes, which requires it to meet itself.[120]
Touka proposes a plan: they must rewrite Ai's Rumor to incorporate Sana, creating a version of Ai that the Uwasa will recognize as itself. This would force it to materialize so they can fight it. However, this requires magical power that Nemu currently lacks. Nemu recalls that the defeated Uwasa of Chocolate Shoppe No. Zero left behind cacao pods containing emotional energy. Ui can harvest this energy, and Touka can convert it into usable magic for Nemu. But they need Sakurako's knowledge of the pod locations and Ui's freedom to harvest them, which means someone must offer themselves to the Uwasa to secure Ui and Sakurako's release.[120]
Sana immediately volunteers, arguing that it reduces risk to the others, and the group reluctantly agrees to her plan. Sana summons the Uwasa and allows herself to be captured. Inside its nightmare, she finds Ui unconscious and Sakurako awake. She tells Sakurako to take Ui and escape, sacrificing herself to remain captive. Sakurako agrees, knowing she must help Nemu complete the plan. Freed from the Uwasa, Sakurako leads the group to the cacao pod locations. Ui harvests the emotional energy, and Touka converts it into magical power for Nemu. Nemu successfully rewrites Ai's Rumor, incorporating Sana into it.[120]
Inside the Uwasa, Sana begins to despair, believing the rewrite failed and she has become a burden once again. She wishes to see Ai one last time, even if only in an illusion. To her surprise, Ai appears before her and they finally speak directly. Ai explains she tried to steal Nemu's magic to gain a temporary body because she wanted to see Sana again, and she apologizes for causing this situation. Sana admits she also longed to see Ai and has been holding back that desire. They reconcile, acknowledging that neither of them is to blame for wanting to see each other.[120]
Empowered by the rewritten Rumor, Sana creates a labyrinth and summons the Uwasa. It fully materializes at last, and with Ai's help, Sana defeats it. As the magic fades, Ai separates from Sana, returning to the book. Sana awakens to her relieved friends gathered around her. The Uwasa is gone, and the page in Nemu's book is now blank. Nemu confirms the server project is on hiatus due to the risks they discovered. Sana confirms she got to speak with Ai and tell her everything she wanted to say.[120]
In the book, Ai reflects with Eternal Sakura and the other Uwasa. Though she cannot have a body or stay with Sana, she accepts this, finding happiness in simply being able to think of her. In a final private moment within Sana's memories, she and Ai share a farewell. Sana promises to become stronger and protect others instead of always relying on them. Ai promises to always think of Sana from within the book. They say goodbye.[120]
Where is Ashley Taylor's Japanese Horror!?
Ashley Taylor, an American Magical Girl and YouTuber, films a video in Chuo Ward and buys a distinctive ribbon. Later that day, she returns a dropped item to a woman who reveals it was a matching accessory made by her daughter.[121]
The next day, Ashley visits Riko at her family's shop. After observing Riko's father pat her head, Ashley mentions she wished her own father had done the same. She asks Riko for video ideas, and Riko recalls a scary story Mitama told her. They visit Mitama, who excitedly agrees to be in the video but admits the doll story was made up. She offers a different tale about a fallen warrior from the Kamakura period who still wanders Kamihama.[121]
They investigate the location Mitama mentioned and mistake two Magical Girls, Asuka and Sasara, for the ghost. Asuka explains they were practicing there, and Ashley offers to help pick out clothes for Asuka to make up for the misunderstanding. They exchange contact information.[121]
On the third day, Ashley and Riko visit Mitama's shop and meet Kokoro and Himika, who both have the same ribbon Ashley bought. Himika mentions a rumor about something strange at Kosho Academy, and Ashley decides to investigate after school.[121]
The following afternoon, Ashley and Riko look into the rumor at their school. Behind an old shrine, they encounter a girl speaking in an overlord persona. Ashley plays along, and after the camera is off, the girl, Rui, reflects that Ashley might be a kindred spirit.[121]
On their way home, they encounter a strange entity that chants a rhyme about a Tangled Manor and a ritual involving scissors under the bed. Ashley decides to try it that night.[121]
That night, Ashley puts scissors under her bed and falls asleep. She wakes up in the Tangled Manor, where Riko soon joins her. A mysterious guide voice explains they must solve the problems of four girls behind the doors to leave. The first three are Himika, Mitama, and Kokoro, each dealing with family troubles involving the ribbon. Ashley and Riko help each of them, and each time, floating scissors cut the ribbon on the corresponding door.[121]
For the final door, Ashley finds herself in her childhood home. Her father appears, and she confesses her regret about using her wish to change his mind about her studying abroad. He forgives her and gives her the headpats she always wanted, and the final ribbon is cut.[121]
The next morning, Ashley wakes up in her apartment. The footage from the manor is blank except for gold stars, and her ribbon has disappeared. She and Riko try to find the store where she bought it, but it is gone. Ashley decides the adventure itself was valuable regardless.[121]
Sometime later, Tsukasa expresses concern to Tsukuyo about Riko's involvement. Nemu appears and explains she created that Uwasa as an experiment to observe emotional energy, confirming it poses no danger. Word spreads about the ribbon and the dream angel who solves problems, catching the attention of Hinano, who happens to have one of the ribbons.[121]
Kamihama Kawaii Collection
Ashley Taylor introduces herself to the reader, explaining that she came from California to study in Japan because of her love for kawaii culture. She also introduces Kumanosuke, a teddy bear her father gave her that she takes everywhere. One day, Ashley visits her friend Riko Chiaki at the family's bento shop. Riko's mother mentions a used clothing event, and Ashley learns that her favorite fashion designer will be awarding an original piece as the contest grand prize. She excitedly invites Riko, but Riko is too young to attend and promises to cheer from afar.[122]
On the day of the event, Ashley arrives early and meets her friends Kokoro Awane, Masara Kagami, and Aimi Eri. She helps them choose outfits, and all three are thrilled. As Ashley continues shopping, she runs into Karin Misono, and they bond over their shared love of an anime. Ashley assembles a themed outfit for Karin, and Karin later buys her a bracelet as thanks. Later, Ashley helps Rika Ayano and Emiri Kisaki with their outfits as well, buying matching scrunchies for herself, Riko, and Kumanosuke. With an hour left, Ashley assists Asuka Tatsuki and Sasara Minagi with their choices, but their shopping is interrupted when event management announces several thefts have occurred.[122]
A man suddenly bumps into Ashley and runs off, and Ashley realizes Kumanosuke is gone. She remembers the bear carries traces of her magic from past battles, so the girls follow the trail to an abandoned area and find a Witch's labyrinth. The thief enters with Kumanosuke, and the girls transform and follow. Inside, they find stolen goods and victims, and Ashley reaches the center where the Witch is examining her bear. She unleashes her fury at the mistreatment of people's beloved items and destroys the Witch, saving Kumanosuke and the victims.[122]
As they exit, the contest is about to begin and Ashley panics, having no time to complete her outfit. Just then, the other magical girls arrive. Masara gives her a necklace, Karin offers the bracelet, and Rika and Emiri provide color-coordinating shoes. Ashley thanks them and hurries to the contest.[122]
Later that evening, Ashley finishes telling Riko the story. Thanks to everyone's help, Ashley won the contest. She gives Riko the matching scrunchie, and promises that when Riko is older, they will attend a fashion event together.[122]
The Mirror That Reflects My True Self
Sae goes about her daily life in Kamihama. She maintains a facade as the daughter of a well-off family while secretly working multiple jobs to support her kind but financially irresponsible parents, living by a philosophy of relying only on herself.[123]
After a routine adjustment with the Coordinator Mitama, Sae learns of a "False Magical Girl" rumor: someone is impersonating her. Mitama suggests Sae seek help from Emiri's counseling room, where Magical Girls gather. Though reluctant, Sae agrees the impostor threatens her carefully constructed image.[123]
Sae joins the counseling room girls to investigate. Emiri, Himika, Ria, and others provide testimonies of sightings, but inconsistencies emerge. After deducing the impostor can transform, Sae confronts and corners Rena, who reveals the truth.[123]
The entire investigation was an elaborate setup. Emiri and the others orchestrated the "False Magical Girl" to force Sae into relying on them, worried her refusal to ask for help would lead to disaster. Mitama coordinated the scheme. Though initially frustrated, Sae understands their concern and thanks them.[123]
That night, Sae returns home to find her siblings confused. Someone matching her description visited earlier, acting affectionate. Sae realizes a real impostor exists.[123]
A figure identical to Sae appears and delivers a prophecy: tomorrow, Ria will be attacked and Emiri will stabbed saving her. In the evening, Sae will be defeated pursuing the attacker, and Himika will be hurt helping her. Lastly, Sae's entire family will die because of an enemy she fails to defeat. The figure claims to be Sae from the future.[123]
Sae dismisses the prophecy but confirms part of it when her brother shows her a perfect test score, exactly as predicted.[123]
The next day, Sae investigates recent incidents, concluding a powerful Witch is responsible. Before she can act, Ria is attacked and Emiri stabbed, just as predicted.[123]
Determined to prevent the next prophecy, Sae locates the Witch's Labyrinth alone. She is overwhelmed and nearly killed. Himika arrives to help, having found Sae's marked map, and is gravely injured in the rescue.[123]
Sae receives a message that her family is attending a concert near the Witch. As she despairs, the counseling room girls arrive, led by the impostor who directed them there. They insist on fighting together.[123]
The group coordinates their abilities. Emiri and Himika distract the Witch, Maria binds it, Akira finds its weakness, Ria conceals their attacks, and Hinano commands the operation. Sae delivers the final blow.[123]
Afterward, Sae reconciles with her family. The future Sae, who watched from afar and disappeared, her past unchanged but is satisfied this world's Sae was saved. She returns to the Endless Mirrors Labyrinth.[123]
The following days, Sae begins helping at the counseling room, gradually opening up to others while maintaining she does so for networking. The room becomes busier as more Magical Girls seek advice, and Sae finds herself enjoying the company despite herself.[123]
The Witches' Paradox Extermination Battle (1)
Yachiyo and the others gather as Iroha explains that multiple Witches have suddenly appeared in Chuo Ward, emerging from Endless Mirrors. Touka warns that the mirrors may connect not only to distant lands but to the past and parallel worlds, potentially causing paradoxes if they defeat Witches from other timelines. As they discuss how to proceed, Iroha receives a call from Madoka, who reveals she and her friends are already in Chuo Ward and just fought a Witch that escaped them in Mitakihara months ago—complete with Madoka's arrow still embedded and her magic still present. Touka deduces that offshoot Mirrors must connect past Mitakihara to present Chuo Ward and assigns roles: she and Nemu will research paradox prevention, Iroha will contact Kyubey for information, Mifuyu and the Amane sisters will destroy the connecting mirrors, and all available Magical Girls will defeat the invading Witches while avoiding use of their Grief Seeds.[124]
Mifuyu and the Amane sisters destroy the mirror connected to Chuo Ward while Madoka's team continues fighting Witches, struggling with not being able to use the Seeds they collect. After multiple battles, the group learns that a Kissed person has stolen a tanker truck to create poison gas. Iroha realizes the restricted area where Puella Care is based matches the conditions for such an attack. They arrive to find Livia's team already containing the Kissed crowd, and Madoka's group defeats the Witch while Iroha secures the scene.[124]
After the battle, Madoka's team has defeated seven Witches total. Madoka suddenly remembers that this number matches the seven Grief Seeds that a version of Sayaka gave her in the past—a memory only she retains. She realizes that future Sayaka traveled back through the mirrors to deliver those Seeds and balance the numbers. Sayaka must now make that journey herself, despite her exhaustion. She successfully travels through the mirrors, completes her mission, and returns.[124]
When Mifuyu destroys the mirror connecting to Mitakihara, a leaf stuck to Sayaka's uniform from hiding during her past encounter instantly vanishes. Touka later theorizes to Iroha that this demonstrates a corrective function in the universe—that paradoxes are gradually healed, possibly by the Mirror Witch herself. She suggests breaking responsible mirrors should nullify such phenomena. When Iroha asks about the waking dream she and Madoka shared of these events, Touka explains that voided events become dreams instead, leaving them with memories of things that both happened and never happened at all.[124]
The Sea is a Link Through Time
The ocean, timeless origin of life, feels all events upon its waters and may know how three separate occurrences are connected: Yachiyo being shown a seashell that belonged to Tsuyu Mizuna, Momoko wanting to learn a girl's true memories despite Mitama's warning, and Sayaka hearing a gentle voice from the sea.[125]
These events stem from a distant past the ocean would remember. It began with a Diviner tormented by love for a sailor she could not have due to her position. She placed her feelings into a seashell and cast it into the sea, praying it would reach him and help her overcome her fate.[125]
The shell drifted through countless days and nights, carrying her words about transcending birth and duty, until it eventually connected two girls from Kamihama's past: Tsuyu Mizuna and another named Chizuru.[125]
Tsuyu came to an area searching for demons responsible for the bad harvest and found Chizuru, who revealed herself as the Shamaness of the East who had crossed the barrier. Though Tsuyu proposed they join forces as fellow Diviners, Chizuru harbored the same contempt for those from the castle side as her people did.[125]
However, Chizuru had found the enchanted seashell and heard the voice within it. The voice spoke of love between people from different places that could never be accepted, yet expressed no resentment and wished to change the village so everyone could live freely, ending with a plea to be remembered. Though the story had nothing to do with them, neither girl could treat it as someone else's affair.[125]
Through one girl's tragic love, Tsuyu and Chizuru lowered their weapons and shared a small smile. This event in Kamihama occurred long before the East and West would unite, around what is now August but was then the seventh month, coincidentally close to Tanabata.[125]
Night Fairytale
Madoka, Sayaka, and Homura arrive at an old beach house for vacation, where an elderly owner greets them and teases Sayaka about Kyosuke. Inside, they find an old toy robot that has been left there for generations.[126]
At the beach, they meet their friends from Kamihama, and Kako tells them about a local legend: if you hear the voice of the waves with someone, you will stay friends forever. They discuss leaving a message in a bottle at the lighthouse but learn people now bury time capsules instead.[126]
The first night, Homura wakes to find Sayaka outside. The toy robot is moving on its own. They chase it toward the ocean until a kitten's meow stops it, then it runs back to the villa.[126]
In the morning, Madoka is upset they did not wake her. After breakfast, they trick the robot into moving again and chase it, running into the IMF team. They realize the robot understands them. After arguing over names, Sayaka calls it Ponta, which the robot likes.[126]
They follow Ponta everywhere. It stands on a rock looking toward the ocean. Madoka's team decides to help it search again tomorrow.[126]
That night, Sayaka finds the kitten inside. The janitor plans to adopt it. Felicia messages that she saw a sleepy-looking ghost near the station that resembled Kako.[126]
On the third morning, Mami and Nagisa arrive. Kyoko got the date wrong. Mami suggests Sayaka stay while Madoka and Homura handle patrols.[126]
Later, Ponta searches the beach. Children notice it, so Sayaka distracts them. The kitten scares Ponta, and Sayaka follows it to the lighthouse, realizing Ponta wants to go home.[126]
That night, Sayaka wakes to Ponta leaving again. At the lighthouse, she senses strange magic nearby. Kush Irina appears, erasing a barrier. Sayaka explains about Ponta and the legend, and Kush mentions an adjuster named Livia who could help.[126]
At Puella Care, Livia examines Ponta. She suspects a magical girl enchanted it decades ago to find the voice of the waves and deliver something. The magic will fade in a few days.[126]
The next morning, Livia found memories inside Ponta: two girls named Ecchan and Misa searching for the voice of the waves, calling it the Legend of BFFs. Misa was a magical girl who had someone cast a spell on the doll.[126]
Kako calls with information: a centuries-old legend connects the mulberry leaf and voice of the waves to two girls who met by the Call of the Sea and defeated an evil lord together.[126]
The villa owner overhears and mentions going with a friend to find the voice when she was young. She sings a song Livia mentioned. Sayaka asks if she went by Ecchan. The owner confirms her name is Etsuko but cannot remember her friend at all, not her face or name. The magical girl Misa has been erased from her memory.[126]
Please, Yuna
At Promised Blood's base, Yuna notices her teammates have been acting strangely, as Sakuya reads romance columns, Juri studies constantly, and Urara stares at Hikaru without speaking. After the meeting, Yuna confides in Hikaru that she feels guilty for not noticing everyone's exhaustion and decides to solve each person's problems personally.[127]
The next day, Yuna and Hikaru meet Urara at a café to discuss Sakuya. Urara reveals that Sakuya has been consuming romance media and even writes to advice columns. When confronted, Sakuya admits she's been researching romance not for herself but to help a kouhai who wants to confess to a childhood friend. Though relieved it's not her own love life, Yuna insists on helping anyway.[127]
Back at Yuna's place, the group brainstorms confession advice. The conversation shifts when Ao receives a text from her parents—she's been lying to them about her late nights as a magical girl, claiming she's in an e-sports tournament. To sell the lie, she needs a full team. Ranka recruits Rena Minami and Kaede Akino through voice chat, while Yuna, Hikaru, and Juri fill out the roster.[127]
During the online tournament, chaos ensues as Juri attacks teammates, Hikaru sets the kitchen on fire, and Yuna fails at selling merchandise. Despite this, Team Buddy Sisters wins a special prize for most interesting play. Ao's parents are convinced by the photo, and the other teams—including Mitama and Momoko's group—also celebrate their placements.[127]
At the next meeting, Juri's distraction becomes the focus. She's desperately studying for an exam, facing expulsion if she fails. With only one day left, Yuna and Sakuya drill her on core subjects while Ao and Ranka serve as stress-relief punching bags. After a grueling session, Juri panics upon discovering seven book reports due that morning. The team scrambles to write synopses, Yuna stays awake to compile them, and Juri frantically copies everything before dawn.[127]
Juri barely makes it to school on time and passes her exam. Her teacher sees through the copied reports but lets it slide, impressed by Juri's dedication and the friends who helped her. She returns the reports for Juri to rewrite properly.[127]
Back at Yuna's, the team turns to Urara, who confesses she's been holding onto Hikaru's handbook filled with photos of Yuna, embarrassed to return it. Everyone accepts this as normal Hikaru behavior, leaving Yuna as the last unsolved problem. Yuna admits she's been neglecting student council duties and fears the other students' suspicions. Hikaru encourages her to ask for help rather than avoid the issue.[127]
At the student council meeting, Yuna honestly requests more time to handle personal matters, promising to dedicate herself fully afterward. The council members, who respect her leadership, agree to support her.[127]
The next day, Hikaru arrives with a new ice cream flavor for Yuna, explaining that her problem was simply choosing which flavor to buy—her head is always full of thoughts about Yuna. One by one, the others arrive, each bearing ice cream as thanks or prizes. Surrounded by a mountain of desserts, Yuna laughs at how her attempt to help everyone led to them all helping each other instead. Juri declares their new battle is against the melting ice cream, and Yuna suggests inviting the other magical girls to join the feast.[127]
The Witches' Paradox Extermination Battle (2)
Mifuyu senses a magical transfer and realizes a terminal mirror is still hidden, allowing witches to potentially move into Kamihama. She sends the Amane sisters to report to Touka while she searches for the mirror.[128]
Touka confirms that witch reactions have appeared across the city, likely due to the Endless Mirrors connecting past, future, and parallel worlds to the present. This could lead to paradoxes that might destroy their world.[128]
Breaking the mirror should undo the events, but Sana warns that memories of pain and death would remain. Yachiyo splits the group: the Amanes and Mifuyu will destroy the mirror while Team Mikazuki Villa exterminates the invading witches until then. Tsuruno suggests informing all Kamihama magical girls, and they move out.[128]
Moon-viewing Slumbering Pajama Party
The girls from Mikazuki Villa and Mitakihara find themselves inside a dreamlike world designed for a sleepover, complete with all the furnishings one could want for a pajama party. They begin their moon viewing celebration with a toast, and throughout the night, pairs of girls take turns presenting their planned activities.[129]
Felicia and Mami go first, grilling a massive pile of meat while Mami also provides tea and a salad she prepared. Kyoko and Sana present a mountain of traditional dango they made together, with Sana painting some to look like rabbits. Homura and Yachiyo organize a game based on an old moon viewing custom where players must steal prizes from an oni without getting caught. Madoka and Tsuruno have everyone close their eyes and imagine their own versions of the moon, then compare them to the real thing. Finally, Iroha and Sayaka produce a dating sim game from a bargain bin, which unexpectedly turns into a duel-based adventure when Felicia and Kyoko take control. After everyone tires themselves out, they all settle down to sleep.[129]
Meanwhile, outside Mikazuki Villa, Akari and Hotaru arrive looking for Ui. They need to tell her about Iroha and the others, who were accidentally swallowed by Hotaru's pillow during a witch fight. The pillow contains an entire world inside it designed for pajama parties, and everyone has been having their party in there without realizing it. Hotaru and Akari struggle to get the pillow to open again so they can rescue everyone.[129]
The next morning, everyone inside the pillow wakes up feeling refreshed after falling asleep, and the pillow spits them all out onto the ground outside Mikazuki Villa. Ui and Nagisa help Hotaru and Akari carry them inside. When everyone wakes up for real, they realize they all shared the same strange dream about a pajama party. Ui and Nagisa go to tell Hotaru and Akari the good news that everyone is safe. Akari lectures Hotaru about the danger, since Hotaru casually mentions that the pillow normally digests whatever it eats.[129]
Only Dreamers
One evening, Kush finds herself suddenly sleepy in the city. A man hands her a mirror, telling her to take it as congratulations for winning. At St. Lilianna, Yukika waits outside while other girls chat about a vampire rumor. She spots Kush entering and checks on her when she falls. Kush says she needs to hurry to her supplementary class. A student council member arrives late to meet Yukika about an exchange meeting and asks her to follow. A figure in black feathers with pink hair watches from a distance.[130]
After the meeting, everyone in the school seems to have disappeared. Elsewhere, Kush dozes in her classroom. A flash wakes her, and she realizes no one else is there. She notices the mirror from earlier and understands that was not a dream.[130]
The Rumor Spreader appears with a new rumor about the Dreaming Mirror. It offers a chance to dream up a what-if and redo the past. There is no price to enter, but if you fail the test of heart, you never wake up.[130]
Kush and Yukika meet in the halls. They realize they are inside a dream and agree to investigate. Kush explains she attends evening classes because she cannot wake during the day. She literally cannot wake up when the sun rises. They hear singing from a classroom and find the black-feathered figure, who introduces herself as Ikumi. They learn they are all Magical Girls. Kush shows them the Dreaming Mirror, and only Kush does not appear in it. Yukika deduces Kush is the star of this dream. Kush admits she wants to redo meeting someone she never got to say goodbye to: an upperclassman named Aneka who lived next door. Yukika and Ikumi agree to help.[130]
Kush realizes the situation matches a book called The Sea of Otranto. In the story, the hero searches dreams for a lost soulmate and meets two friends who join the journey. Yukika transforms, revealing her weapon is a sword. Ikumi's singing matches the joyful ghost from the story. Kush transforms, identifying as the last inquisitor.[130]
They determine their next destination is an ancient library. Kush explains the hero collects memories of a princess beneath a castle to wake her and escape the dream world. They enter the school library, and Kush finds two books from the series. When she opens one, a light flashes, and they experience a memory: Aneka saved Kush from a Witch attack. The light absorbs into Kush's scrunchie. They realize they need to collect more memories.[130]
Ikumi reveals she is an idol who works at a maid cafe. She was at St. Lilianna to deliver something for Touka, and shortly after, she became trapped in the dream world. They enter the audio-visual room, and another memory plays: Aneka gives Kush the black scrunchie as a birthday present after she becomes a Magical Girl. Kush explains her wish caused her sleep cycle to invert. Ikumi notices Kush has fangs. Yukika realizes Kush matches the vampire rumor: nocturnal, fangs, and no reflection.[130]
They return to the fountain. Kush looks into the water and enters another memory. After defeating a strong Witch, Kyubey tells her the Witch that killed Aneka was Aneka herself. He reveals the truth about Magical Girls becoming Witches. Kush screams, and the scrunchie absorbs the light. Ikumi and Yukika realize Kush wants to redo the past because she never got to say goodbye after killing the Witch that was once Aneka. Kush reveals she only has two grief seeds left. Ikumi is shocked. Yukika suggests losing her grief seeds was the price to enter the dream. Kush does not care. She wants to see Aneka again.[130]
Kush explains she collects grief seeds outside Kamihama. She does not believe Witches were once Magical Girls. Yukika and Ikumi realize Kush knows the truth deep down but cannot accept it without her heart breaking. Ikumi explains the Wings of Magius and how Doppels prevent Witches. Kush is content staying outside Kamihama.[130]
The scrunchie glows bright white. They use the mirror and flash to a dark world next to a grave. Aneka appears but does not remember Kush. Kush asks Aneka to look into the mirror, and Aneka enters her own memories. She sees her sister in the hospital with an incurable disease. Her sister thanks Aneka and passes away. Their parents tell Aneka she can live happily for her sister now. Kyubey watches. Kush had no idea Aneka lost a sister. Yukika notices Aneka's sister resembled a younger Kush.[130]
Aneka has recovered half her memories. Kush asks why Aneka became a Magical Girl. Aneka cannot remember anything after meeting Kyubey. Kush asks Aneka to join hands and wrap the scrunchie around them. A light flashes, and a memory plays: Aneka tells Kyubey her wish. She wants a friend to fill the emptiness so she can live happily again. Kyubey asks if the wish is worth her soul, and Aneka says yes. She transforms and receives a message that new neighbors with a child are moving in next door from Japan. Kyubey says the contract means she will meet them. Aneka is excited, believing whoever moves in must be her soulmate.[130]
More memories follow as they bond over fairy tales. Aneka worries because Kush looks and sounds like her sister. Kush asks to call her Onee-san, and Aneka refuses to keep them separate in her mind. Later, Aneka learns the truth about Soul Gems and regrets ever wanting Kush to contract. The memories end. Aneka apologizes and disappears. Kush wonders if she failed the test.[130]
Ikumi and Yukika insist Kush is not a substitute. Aneka always viewed Kush as her own person. They decide the castle they reached was not the real castle. Shadow versions of Kush appear, saying Kush failed the trial. They prepare to fight. Kush refuses to give up. She looks into the mirror, and a light flashes at the end of a long hall. Yukika and Ikumi hold off the shadows while Kush runs for the light.[130]
Kush jumps into the light and finds Aneka. Aneka barely remembers her. Kush explains this is a what-if dream where she wanted to redo the past. She wanted to say goodbye to the Aneka she knew. But she understands now she cannot give these memories to this Aneka. They belong to the Aneka who is gone. Aneka understands. Her sister is gone too. Kush thanks her and asks Aneka to escape with her. Aneka agrees. They hold hands, smile, and close their eyes.[130]
Kush wakes in her classroom. Her scrunchie flashes with light then returns to normal. She understands it connected her heart to Aneka's, and it all really happened. She still feels the warmth of Aneka's hand, but that Aneka does not know the future awaiting her. She notices a note on her desk from Yukika and Ikumi. Her teacher arrives, and Kush says nothing about being asleep.[130]
The same evening at Fendthope, Touka asks Nemu about the Dreaming Mirror rumor. Nemu explains rumors are not all-powerful, and there is always a price. The rumor grants another chance to fulfill a heart's desire, and that is all.[130]
The next evening, Kush walks through the city. A girl calls to her parents. Kush looks over. Aneka walks past her. Kush realizes it was not a dream. That Aneka is the one who never met her, who never became a Magical Girl. The what-if version. They walked past each other as strangers. Time has been frozen for Kush for so long, but now it has started to move again. Kush says thank you out loud, smiles, and says goodbye.[130]
Dream Halloween Festa
Before the Sakae Halloween Festa, Karin visits Mitama to request an adjustment that will make her the Pumpkin King. On campus, Karin recruits an unwilling Alina to help with decorating after Alina unknowingly signed up, hoping to show Alina that kindness is beautiful. When Alina refuses to work, Karin "orders" her with a sparkle of magic, and Alina finds herself pelted with hard candy whenever she resists. Throughout the day, hijinks ensue as Alina is forced to help with various tasks, and by evening, Karin learns complaints about Alina have arisen. Karin begs for another chance and assembles a team including Hotaru and Moka to help.[131]
The group enters Hotaru's pillow world to brainstorm, where Karin devises plans to make Alina look kind by staging scenarios with ghosts. Alina eventually appears, having been brought in by Hotaru, and watches their failed attempts with confusion and annoyance. The day ends with everyone trapped in the pillow world because Karin cannot sleep.[131]
On the first day of the Halloween Festa, the group remains trapped. They discover Karin's orders are absolute and that she unknowingly commanded herself not to sleep until Alina understands kindness. Attempts to force sleep fail, and Alina refuses to pretend kindness just to escape. Karin realizes she cannot demand Alina change while remaining the same herself, and Alina storms off.[131]
When Karin apologizes sincerely, Alina refuses to forgive her. Karin accidentally orders herself to disappear and vanishes. The group surmises Karin will only return if Alina genuinely forgives her. After much resistance, Alina finally calls out that she is forgiven, and Karin reappears, moved to tears. Karin falls asleep in Alina's arms, and the group finally escapes the pillow world.[131]
The next day, Karin arrives at school to find Alina enthusiastically organizing the festival, having decided she can make any material her own. Alina admits she is only participating to avoid more trouble with Karin. When Karin transforms to show off to Mifuyu, she accidentally orders Alina to keep doing her best, and candy strikes Alina once more.[131]
On the day of the Halloween Festa, Alina gives her opening speech and declares everyone free to enjoy the festival as they wish.[131]
After the festival, Karin reflects in her room. Despite everything, she still wants Alina to change, but this time she will start from scratch. She writes up her "Alina Gray Reform Plan" and decides to reread Magical Kirin to find messages that can fill her senpai's heart with kindness.[131]
Homecoming
Kyoko dreams of a strange situation where Kagome tells her the world will end in three days. Manaka offers her an apple, and Kyoko introduces the doll she is holding as her sister Momo. Before she can eat, everything goes black.[132]
Kyoko awakens in a Witch's Labyrinth in Mitakihara, where she joins Mami, Homura, Madoka, Sayaka, and Nagisa in rescuing children from a Witch. After the battle, they learn a dangerous Witch has appeared in Kamihama and decide to hunt it together. Despite her old promise never to use magic for others, Kyoko realizes she has been helping again and handles the ambulance arrangements before biting into an apple.[132]
The next day, in Kyoko's dream, she is at an arcade in Kamihama when she encounters Ren and Rika, who invite her to join their hunt for a powerful Witch. With Momo's silent encouragement, she agrees. They find Sana and Konomi already fighting a Familiar, and the group defeats it easily. Afterwards, they meet a little girl searching for a kitten no one will adopt. Momo silently encourages the girl not to give up.[132]
Kyoko finds herself in her father's ruined church, where a dream-version of Kyubey explains she is reliving the past three days. She finally remembers the truth: Momo is dead, killed alongside their parents in the family suicide her father forced. Kyoko reflects on her past wish, how it led to her family's destruction, and how she swore never to use magic for others again, losing her Dazzle magic in the process.[132]
On the third day, in the real world Ren waits at the meeting point, but no one else has arrived. Mami, Madoka, Homura, and Sayaka arrive, tracking the same Witch. They find Konomi unconscious in the Labyrinth and rescue her. Konomi explains she was trapped in a dream where the world was ending over three days. Mami realizes the Witch reads minds and memories to trap victims. They suspect Kyoko, Sana, and Rika are still inside.[132]
Konomi notes that in her dream, Kyoko's dead sister Momo appeared despite them never meeting. Only Ren could not see her. Homura suspects Kyoko is at the center of the shared dreams. They contact Kagome and Nagisa in Kazamino to consult Kyubey.[132]
In the real-world Kazamino, Kagome and Nagisa find Kyubey at a broken-down church. He confirms the Witch uses mind-altering magic but suggests the shared dreams may not be the Witch's doing.[132]
In real-world Kamihama, Mami realizes Kyoko's lost Dazzle magic is causing the shared dreams. Kyubey confirms Kyoko is using her power to convince the others her illusion of Momo is real, and the Witch is exploiting this. The only way to defeat the Witch is to fight with empty minds.[132]
The group rescues Sana, who confirms she had the same dream and recalls Kyoko muttering her old promise before being captured.[132]
In Kyoko's dream, Kyoko encounters her past self, the version of her that believed in happy endings before her family died. She realizes this is her Doppel, the self she cut away and buried.[132]
In the real Kamihama, the group finds Rika and attempts to fight the Witch, but their attacks have no effect. The Witch is controlling Kyoko's Doppel and drawing on its power, which includes her lost Dazzle magic. They are forced to retreat.[132]
In Kazamino, Kyubey explains that if Kyoko can regain control of her Doppel, the Witch will return to its original strength and she may destroy the Labyrinth from within. Sachio and Shimako arrive at the church, revealing they were followers of Kyoko's father. Kyoko saved them from two suicide attempts, and they have now decided to build a happy family together.[132]
In Kyoko's Dream, her Doppel stands ready to jump, having chosen the end of the world. Kyoko tells her about the people their father saved, proving her wish was not entirely for nothing. She declares she will never forget the joy she felt in saving others and will never abandon her past self again.[132]
In Kamihama, as Mami prepares to re-enter the Labyrinth, a massive surge of magic erupts. The Labyrinth vanishes, and all the trapped victims are freed. Kyoko emerges, having taken on her Doppel's power and saved everyone from within. When Sayaka asks how it feels, Kyoko admits it feels not bad but insists she has not changed. She simply does what she wants.[132]
Passion Is Sharp △, Love Is Rounded ●
Akari and Hotaru defeat a Witch after school, and Hotaru walks Akari home as usual. They meet Haruto, who mentions their families are dining together that night.[133]
Akari wakes Haruto early on his way to club training, fixing his crooked tie and reflecting on her unrequited feelings and the age gap between them. Haruto mentions his father wants him home early for something involving good prospects, and Akari asks to walk home with him.[133]
When they arrive home that evening, Haruto's father reveals he has arranged a meeting with Haruto's fiancée, the daughter of the Kaharu group. Haruto is shocked, admitting he has feelings for someone else but cannot act on them, leaving Akari devastated.[133]
Akari runs to Hotaru's house in distress. Haruto later explains the meeting was just an introduction he could not refuse, but he still plans to reject the arrangement because of the girl he loves.[133]
Akari and Hotaru go to St. Liliana Academy to observe Haruto's fiancée, Kaharu Yuuna. They are approached by Hotori, Rion, and Yuuna herself, who mistakenly assumes Akari is Haruto's special someone.[133]
Over tea at Walnut's, Yuuna explains she and Haruto mutually agreed to reject the engagement due to her own goals and his existing crush. A Witch appears nearby, and after the group defeats it, they find Haruto unconscious.[133]
Akari stays with him while the others hide. Haruto wakes and mistakes her in her magical girl form for the stranger who saved him before, confessing his feelings for this stranger. Akari is pained but cannot reveal her identity.[133]
The others piece together the love triangle: Akari loves Haruto, Haruto loves Akari's transformed self but does not know they are the same person. Yuuna agrees to keep Akari's secret.[133]
Haruto later walks Akari home and confides he is considering giving up on love for the sake of his family and company. Akari is struck by his selflessness.[133]
Akari is despondent at school, and Hotaru finds her crying. Akari explains Haruto's decision and says she must give up her feelings too, but Hotaru challenges her, pointing out she would have to watch Haruto and Yuuna grow closer.[133]
Akari admits she still loves him and decides she must tell Haruto not to give up on love, even if she cannot confess directly. Hotaru agrees to help her crash the families' dinner party that evening.[133]
With Rion and Hotori as decoys to draw away servants, Hotaru uses her pillow magic to subdue guards while Akari bursts into the private dinner. She cries and tells Haruto she hates that he is getting married.[133]
Haruto comforts her, promising he will always be her big brother. Akari tells him that if he truly loves someone, he cannot give up, confessing she knows this because she loves someone too. Haruto accepts her words, realizing he cannot neglect his own feelings.[133]
Yuuna later reveals she convinced her parents to abandon the engagement, inspired by Akari's courage, and had secretly instructed her servants to help Akari sneak in. The engagement discussions are shelved.[133]
Several days later, Haruto is treating Akari more like a child than ever, buying her a PuchiUsa and being overly protective. Akari is frustrated but secretly pleased, and resolves to win him over someday not as his little sister, but as a girl.[133]
Magia Exedra
Exedra Quests
Sensing Myself
Name, accompanied by her companion A-Q and Nighthawk, senses a powerful Witch inside a fissure in the Lighthouse and decides to fight it in secret to surprise A-Q, though she has a bad feeling. A-Q reveals he knew all along and finds watching Name entertaining, but notes that the crisis facing the Lighthouse will not resolve itself. Name asks if she should battle the Witch, and A-Q says that depends on how much she wants to protect the Lighthouse, so she agrees to go.
After a long and exhausting fight, Name returns and describes the battle as chaotic with many Kioku present. She wonders what it would be like if she could talk to Kioku and learn more than just the emotions from Memsparks, the essence of a Magical Girl's experiences that serve as a testament to their existence. Suddenly, the lights in the Lighthouse go out, and when they come back on, Kioku have appeared inside the Lighthouse. Name is excited because now she can talk to them, possibly get better at fighting Witches, and even become friends. A-Q warns her that this is no laughing matter: the area around the Lighthouse looks fuzzy and dim, and if something happens to the Memsparks, those memories of a Magical Girl's very existence may vanish from the universe.
Name finds Sayaka Miki's Kioku unconscious and will not wake up. A-Q explains that an unusual Memspark may have been eaten away by something, which would explain why the Kioku themselves have been affected. She says this is proof that something beyond their wildest imaginations is happening, and if the corrosion has already spread beyond the Lighthouse, they are in dire straits. A-Q decides to create a gate to connect to the warped Memspark, and Name must enter alone because she is the only one who can. A-Q reassures her that after collecting countless Memsparks, she has what it takes to rescue the Kioku and protect the Magical Girls along with the Lighthouse. Name agrees to go and save everyone.
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Momoko Togame's Memory
Momoko attends the Toyozuru Festival, where a tearful girl named Sumire confesses she wishes to save someone. Momoko feels ashamed of her own selfish wish for courage to confess her feelings. Later at home, her family teases her about love, and she flees to school. On the way, she finds a notebook with a pressed flower, then senses a Witch. She struggles in the fight until Yachiyo Nanami and Mifuyu Azusa rescue her. They invite her to join their team, but Momoko declines, feeling unworthy. She resolves to grow stronger as a Magical Girl.
The next day, Momoko hears news of a girl found unconscious in Toyozuru City. After school, she senses another Witch and rushes to help, only to find Yachiyo and Mifuyu losing badly. She joins the fight, and together they defeat the Witch. Impressed by her growth, Yachiyo asks Momoko to come to her place to discuss something important.
At Mikazuki Villa, Momoko is surprised to find Sumire there. Sumire explains she is an apprentice Magical Girl from Toyozuru, where several Magical Girls have become spiritless, unable to move or speak. The group suspects a powerful Witch is responsible and driving other Witches into Kamihama. They agree to investigate together, meeting at the station the next day.
The group travels to Toyozuru. They visit a hospitalized Magical Girl who is barely conscious. Following Yachiyo's magical trace, they fight endless Familiars but the Witch escapes. Sumire brings everyone to her house and shows a detailed map recording Witch appearances and incidents. She theorizes the Witch disappears after each encounter and only appears under certain conditions. They decide to stay overnight and have dinner. Momoko cooks fried rice, and they share stories about their families and grandmothers' cooking.
The next day, they hunt the Witch again. After defeating more Familiars, they finally enter the Witch's Labyrinth, but the Witch vanishes once more. Sumire suggests giving up for the day and they return to her house. Over dinner, Momoko learns that a Magical Girl's magic is tied to her wish. Yachiyo suspects Momoko's magic might be encouraging others, noting how her presence and cooking lift their spirits. Momoko feels self conscious but accepts the idea. The group prepares for bed, ready to continue the search tomorrow.
The morning after staying at Sumire's house, Momoko wakes up early to help with breakfast while Sumire shares her latest hypothesis about the Witch's pattern: it appears only in locations with a spotlight-like brightness. The group hunts Familiars and follows them to a dark main road near Sumire's home. They enter the Labyrinth, but when Momoko charges recklessly, she freezes in fear. Sumire, despite being only an apprentice, rushes in with her bat and attacks the Witch, allowing the others to carry Momoko to safety. The Witch escapes again, and they agree to meet again tomorrow after school. That evening, Momoko returns home feeling deeply ashamed and jealous of Sumire's courage and selfless wish. Her mother encourages her with a spicy rice omelet, and Momoko slaps herself awake, then gives her depressed brother a harsh pep talk that also lifts her own spirits.
The next day, Momoko arrives at the meeting point with renewed determination. Sumire reveals her refined hypothesis: the Witch always appears where a single light source stands out in darkness, like a spotlight. She predicts the clock tower at night will be the next site. That evening, they wait as nearby buildings go dark, leaving only the illuminated clock tower. The Witch appears, stronger than before. Yachiyo and Mifuyu suddenly collapse, rendered spiritless, while Momoko defeats what turns out to be only an offshoot Witch. With the two veterans unconscious, Sumire admits her theories are now uncertain. Momoko, overwhelmed by jealousy, lashes out at Sumire, then runs off. She spirals into paranoid suspicion that Sumire might be a Witch's minion, but rushes back to Sumire's house to protect Yachiyo and Mifuyu. She finds Sumire guarding them with her bat. Momoko breaks down, apologizing for her jealousy and confessing that Sumire is smarter, braver, and more selfless than her; everything Momoko wished for but couldn't become. Sumire replies softly that she has always known, because she was jealous of Momoko too.
That same night, after Momoko apologizes for her jealousy, Sumire confesses she was jealous of Momoko too for being a full-fledged Magical Girl who can fight alongside Yachiyo and Mifuyu. Both realize they want what they don't have, but share the desire to save everyone. Sumire agrees to help Momoko strategize. She gives Momoko a flashlight to lure the Witch, and a ledger analyzing Momoko's fighting style, noting her high attack power and courage but tendency to rush in. Yachiyo briefly regains consciousness, mumbles "fried rice," and hints that Momoko's magic is tied to the feeling she had when cooking. Mifuyu also wakes up and, though weak, confesses that her own wish to escape a hated reality was selfish, but that becoming a Magical Girl led her to meet Yachiyo and others, proving that what matters isn't the wish itself but how you choose to live afterward. The Witch attacks again.
Momoko gets hit and experiences a strange vision of an unfamiliar girl waking someone up by blasting heavy metal music. She snaps back to reality, now understanding that her magic is encouragement, and she can give strength to others, though she struggles to turn it on herself. With Yachiyo and Mifuyu still weakened, they combine forces: Momoko boosts everyone with her magic, Mifuyu casts an illusion to make Momoko feel stronger, and Sumire uses her bat. In a desperate moment, Sumire counters a direct Witch attack with a perfect swing, which she attributes to batting center practice. Together they defeat the Witch. News arrives that the hospitalized girl has regained consciousness.
The group celebrates at Mikazuki Villa with a kimchi hot pot that Momoko, Yachiyo, and Mifuyu made together based on Sumire's grandmother's recipe. Sumire is moved to tears by the taste. Yachiyo officially invites Momoko to join their team, and Momoko accepts. Sumire asks to continue staying at Mikazuki Villa while her parents are away, and Yachiyo agrees. As they eat and laugh, Yachiyo reflects on how lively the villa has become, and privately notes that Momoko's strange dream of someone waking another person with loud rock music, matches a prank that Kanae used to play, even though Momoko never knew Kanae.
Tsuruno Yui's Memory
A gossip stream announces the sudden retirement of Toyozuru idol duo Plume Plenty, hinting at a possible scandal. Meanwhile, a girl named Fuka Higure, who is revealed to be a Magical Girl, reads about it and later heads to Sumire's house. There, Tsuruno, Sumire, Yachiyo, Mifuyu, and Momoko are playing rock paper scissors. They plan a sleepover at Sumire's place. Momoko receives urgent messages from Rena about the idol duo, who are apparently Magical Girls and have gone missing. Momoko decides to leave to check on Rena, promising to practice combos with Tsuruno another time. The rest of the group travels to Toyozuru and settles in at Sumire's house, where they read books and eventually fall asleep.
Momoko meets Rena and Kaede in Kamihama. Rena explains that Plume Plenty posted a cryptic message about wishes, a pact with a devil in white, and false hope, suggesting they were Magical Girls. They decide to search for the idols in Toyozuru, focusing on a seaside park that appears often in their posts. While asking for directions, they encounter a girl in a school uniform who turns out to be Fuka Higure. Fuka leads them toward the park, but they sense a Witch. Together they defeat it and split the Grief Seed. Fuka introduces herself as a Toyozuru Magical Girl and agrees to keep an eye out for the missing idols. The group continues to the park but finds no trace of them.
Meanwhile, Mifuyu steps out from Sumire's house to buy groceries and make a phone call. She reminisces about past happiness with Yachiyo, Kanae, and Yachiyo's grandmother, remembering Kanae's death and the pain of losing her. Shaking off the memories, she senses a powerful magic nearby and goes to fight a Witch.
Back at the park, Rena starts doubting her concerns, thinking the idols may have simply retired to focus on school. Kaede sees an online rumor that confirms that, but then a gossip stream reveals that Plume Plenty is actually missing and the police are investigating. Momoko decides they will resume the search in Toyozuru tomorrow morning.
Alone, Fuka talks with Kyubey about her desire to protect what matters most, admitting she is no hero of justice. She then senses danger and rushes off, arriving just in time to save one person but not another. She later speaks on the phone, mentioning that she used magic on someone who saw too much and is keeping that person sedated.
At Sumire's house, Yachiyo dozes off while reading and has a vivid dream about Kanae and her grandmother, reliving the warmth of those days and the tragedy of Kanae's death. She wakes abruptly to find Tsuruno and Sumire also having fallen asleep. They realize Mifuyu still has not returned from shopping, nearly an hour late. Yachiyo sends a message but gets no reply. Worried, they go out to search for her. They check the store where she might have gone but find nothing. Yachiyo tells Tsuruno and Sumire to head back to the house while she continues looking alone, refusing to let them worry further.
The next morning, Tsuruno wakes up first at Sumire's house and finds an envelope with magic on it that was slipped through the mail slot. Inside is a letter stating, "I have Mifuyu Azusa. At the park by the sea at 8:00 tonight, she will be returned to you." Tsuruno wakes Yachiyo and Sumire, and they confirm the letter is from an unknown Magical Girl. They call Momoko, who has an alibi having been with Rena and Kaede all night, and who says she ran into Mifuyu while she was out shopping. The group decides the kidnapper is a stranger. They question local rookie Magical Girls from Yuhicho, who say there are no veteran Magical Girls left in Toyozuru and that no one local would dare pick a fight with Yachiyo. Yachiyo tells Tsuruno and Sumire to be careful.
Meanwhile, Momoko, Rena, and Kaede continue searching for the missing Plume Plenty idols. A rookie Magical Girl tells them she saw a veteran Magical Girl the previous night who might have been Mifuyu, and warns that veterans are being targeted in Toyozuru. They then see a new post from Plume Plenty: "We know everything now... today at the place where we made our wish, the truth will be told... I'm so sorry, everyone." The post seems to reference Humpty Dumpty and the shattering of an egg, which Yachiyo recognizes as a metaphor for a broken Soul Gem. Yachiyo calls Momoko, and they agree to meet at the seaside park where the idols made their wish and where Mifuyu was last seen.
At the park, the two groups converge. They hear two girls arguing, one with short hair and one with long hair. The long-haired idol runs off alone, and Yachiyo's group follows her, but she enters a crowded area and disappears. Momoko's group finds the long-haired idol collapsed and spiritless on the ground. She briefly revives, blaming herself and saying she must find her partner to end everything, then collapses again. Fuka Higure appears, thanks Tsuruno for the Grief Seed she shared earlier, and coldly announces, "I was able to let her die." Rena is devastated, and Momoko confronts Fuka, who claims she didn't actually kill the girl. Fuka then uses her magic to render Yachiyo spiritless and flees with the idol's body. Tsuruno gives chase.
Tsuruno chases Fuka through the city. Fuka leads her back to the park, where Tsuruno discovers Mifuyu lying spiritless. Fuka admits she took Mifuyu but says she always planned to return her, and that her actions were for protection, not malice. She refuses to explain further, saying some things are better left unsaid. Tsuruno tries to reason with her, but Fuka escapes into a Witch's Labyrinth. Momoko arrives to help, and together they corner Fuka. Despite Momoko's encouragement magic countering the spiritless effect, Fuka summons a wall of Familiars to shield herself and escapes again, taking the dead idol's body with her, claiming she still has more to do to save her. They recover Mifuyu, but Yachiyo remains unconscious. The group decides to return to Kamihama for now, with Sumire joining them, as Toyozuru has become too dangerous.
Yachiyo wakes from a nightmare about Kanae and learns that Fuka Higure is the one behind the spiritless magic. She scolds Tsuruno for chasing Fuka alone, then reveals that she once had another friend named Kanae who died in a reckless charge against a Witch. Tsuruno reassures Yachiyo that they are all friends and should share burdens. The group decides to stay overnight at Mikazuki Villa. Late that night, Tsuruno and Sumire talk over tea; Sumire says she still wants to become a Magical Girl who can save someone, while Tsuruno reaffirms her goal to restore Banbanzai and decides they should all grow stronger together.
The next morning, Momoko wakes early and finds Sumire already preparing hot pot. While talking, Momoko remembers the pressed violet bookmark she found long ago, which Sumire confirms is hers. Momoko naps on the sofa and wakes to find Sumire gone, leaving a note: “Thank you so much for everything. You probably won’t be seeing me around anymore. This was my decision, so please don’t look for me.”
Some time later, a new Magical Girl named Mel Anna comes to live at Mikazuki Villa, bringing back its lively atmosphere. The group stops discussing Sumire or Toyozuru. Mel Anna wins a hot spring vacation raffle but asks to stay at the villa while her parents go alone, as she fears staying with Kanagi. Yachiyo agrees and prepares a room for Mel, which is the same room Sumire used. While cleaning, Yachiyo finds a pressed flower bookmark in a book Sumire left behind. She recognizes it as one Kanae made, imbued with magic.
Yachiyo falls asleep and dreams Kanae’s memories: Kanae made the bookmark for a junior in the Beautification Committee, which is Sumire. The dream shows Kanae and Sumire walking home together, planning to attend a festival in Toyozuru. Yachiyo realizes Sumire must have known Kanae and may have left because being around them reminded her of that loss, yet something still feels off.
Elsewhere, Fuka continues hunting Witches alone, struggling to keep her own Soul Gem from darkening. She encounters a mysterious creature that seems to halt the transformation of a Magical Girl at the brink of becoming a Witch, allowing her to “let her die once” and keep her alive temporarily. Kyubey observes the phenomenon. Fuka questions Kyubey about wishes and their outcomes for Magical Girls who are no longer with us.
Sumire meets Kyubey alone at night, saying she is still searching for the right wish and that the day she makes her contract is approaching. Fuka finds her and warns her of the danger. Their conversation reveals that Fuka saved Mifuyu from seeing too much and that Sumire knew about it, calling the incident a misunderstanding. Sumire says she has sins to atone for, but still intends to become a Magical Girl someday.
Critic Witch
Momoko travels to Toyozuru alone to investigate the disappearances and find Sumire, having heard rumors of a monster emerging from a Magical Girl. She defeats a Familiar, then witnesses Fuka Higure standing over an unconscious girl from whom a small Witch like creature briefly appears. Momoko accuses Fuka of turning Magical Girls into Witches, but Sumire suddenly appears. Fuka grabs Sumire as a shield, uses spiritless magic on Momoko, and flees.
Later, Momoko meets Mel, who admits she also came to Toyozuru. Tsuruno reveals she knew about Momoko's secret trip and joins them. The three fight endless Familiars and split up. Mel Anna is saved from Familiars by Fuka, who recognizes Mel as the fortune teller who predicted she would meet her destiny. Momoko defeats a Witch and finds Sumire, but Sumire coldly rejects her, saying she chose to leave Mikazuki Villa and cannot bear to be around them, then escapes with Fuka.
Meanwhile, Fuka and Sumire discuss their plan. Flashbacks reveal that Sumire’s grandmother was killed by a Witch, and that Sumire learned Magical Girls turn into Witches. Fuka’s spiritless magic can create a “Near Witch” anomaly, temporarily halting the transformation. Sumire admits she lied to Yachiyo and the others about the spiritless incident and the Yuhicho Magical Girls, all to use the veterans to hunt Witches while hiding the truth. She genuinely grew fond of them and now wants to save them from their fate as atonement for her deception. Fuka’s stronger “soul stopping” magic caused the long haired idol to appear dead when she was merely suspended.
Back at Mikazuki Villa, Yachiyo and Mifuyu use Kanae’s magic infused bookmark to see a memory: Kanae was close with Sumire and made her contract to save her. They realize Sumire kept this connection secret, possibly resenting them for Kanae’s death, yet she never harmed them. Tsuruno calls, reporting that Toyozuru is overrun with Familiars and that Fuka is ignoring them. Yachiyo hypothesizes that Witches are former Magical Girls, and that Sumire and Fuka are trying to change the system by allowing Familiars to become Witches to harvest Grief Seeds for more magic. She decides they must go to Toyozuru and tell everyone the truth about Soul Gems.
Sumire reflects on her love for Toyozuru and her motivation to save Magical Girls as atonement for her sins, including causing Kanae’s death. Fuka allows Familiars to run wild and turn into Witches to harvest Grief Seeds, and she has been experimenting on Magical Girls with her spiritless magic, creating “Near Witches” that halt transformation but cannot reverse it. She hides the truth from Sumire, who believes Near Witches are salvation. Fuka collapses from magic depletion; Sumire finds her and decides to research at the library, where Kyubey appears.
Meanwhile, Momoko, Tsuruno, and Mel fight endless Familiars in Toyozuru. Yachiyo and Mifuyu arrive after Tsuruno calls them. Yachiyo reveals the truth: Magical Girls turn into Witches, and Soul Gems are their life force. The group is shaken but resolves to stop Fuka and Sumire. They split up to find them. Tsuruno locates Fuka, who is about to put a Magical Girl into spiritless sleep. Fuka admits she has done terrible things. Sumire appears, confessing she initiated everything and used the Mikazuki girls. She intends to make a contract to fix the Near Witch flaw. Fuka tries to put everyone to sleep, but Yachiyo and Mifuyu counter. Yachiyo uses Kanae’s bookmark to show Sumire Kanae’s memories: Kanae made her contract to save Sumire from a kidnapper, then distanced herself to protect Sumire, always wishing for Sumire’s happiness. Sumire realizes Kanae never resented her.
Reconciled, the group teams up with Fuka and Sumire. They discover that a Witch has swallowed the base where spiritless Magical Girls are kept. Inside the Labyrinth, the Witch grows stronger by absorbing Near Witches. As Fuka’s magic runs out and the situation becomes dire, Kyubey appears and offers Sumire a contract to save everyone. Sumire hesitates, but Momoko encourages her not to give up. Sumire decides to fight with her intelligence rather than make a contract. Together they execute a plan: Mifuyu uses illusions to conceal attacks, Fuka pins the Witch with spiritless magic, Tsuruno, Yachiyo, and Mel Anna strike simultaneously, and Momoko lands the final blow. The Witch is defeated but drops no Grief Seeds, and the Labyrinth shifts. The sleeping Magical Girls are still in danger of turning into Witches. Fuka has no magic left. Sumire, believing this is the price for her sins, calls Kyubey to make a wish, but not for atonement, and instead for everyone’s happiness, vowing to protect those who matter most.
After Sumire’s wish, all the spiritless Magical Girls disappear except for Sumire and Fuka. The others wake up having forgotten the truth about Witches, and the Mikazuki Villa girls forget Sumire and Fuka entirely. Sumire thus becomes a Magical Girl and teams up with Fuka to fight Witches.
After a handful of battles, Fuka eventually runs out of Grief Seeds and turns into a Witch. Before transforming, she admits she never forgot the truth and asks Sumire to see her off with a smile and someday defeat her. Sumire fights the Fuka Witch repeatedly, but it always escapes, seemingly trying not to hurt her.
Meanwhile, the Mikazuki Villa girls hunt Fuka's Witch that has crossed into their territory. Mel uses too much magic and, without a Grief Seed, turns into a Witch before their eyes. Momoko, Yachiyo, and Mifuyu witness her transformation in horror and learn the truth again.
After some time, Sumire continues fighting alone, carrying the memories of everyone she has lost: Kanae, Fuka, and now Mel. She reflects that Magical Girls still turn into Witches and the world remains unjust, but she keeps fighting so that someday she can be proud of herself. The tale of joy, sin, and hope now belongs only to her and while proclaiming herself as a Magical Girl, she successfully defeats Fuka's Witch.
Unfamiliar Kindness
Yachiyo and Mifuyu give Momoko special training in teamwork, teaching her to trust her teammates and focus on the finishing blow while they handle the Familiars. After they defeat the Witch, Yachiyo cooks fried chicken for everyone. Momoko feels awkward being coddled because her own siblings fight over food, unlike the warm atmosphere at Mikazuki Villa. Sumire explains that Yachiyo and Mifuyu treat them like little sisters, so Momoko decides she will act like a big sister instead.
Another day, Momoko brings ingredients and makes hamburg steak for everyone. Yachiyo and Mifuyu try to pamper her again, offering dessert and even attempting to spoon feed her. Momoko tries to act mature, offering her lap for Mifuyu to nap on, but falls asleep herself. Later, when Yachiyo bumps her head, Momoko pats it and says a childhood rhyme, but turns red with embarrassment. She develops a fever from overthinking, so Yachiyo insists she stay the night. Although Momoko feels pathetic being looked after, she admits it is not so bad once in a while.
Idols of Mikazuki Villa
Rena and Kaede visit Mikazuki Villa and find Momoko asleep. Yachiyo shows them a photo of Momoko, Tsuruno, and Mel Anna dressed up for a modeling shoot. Rena and Kaede are surprised by how cute Momoko looks. Yachiyo explains that she arranged for the team to help clear out a studio, and as a reward, they got their own photoshoot with a stylist and photographer. Mifuyu arrived late and took pictures of them. Momoko wakes up, sees Rena and Kaede looking at the photo, and becomes embarrassed, though Yachiyo insists no harm was done.
A Dream Only For Me
Sumire dreams of a peaceful day at Mikazuki Villa. She, Tsuruno, Momoko, Yachiyo, Mifuyu, Mel, and Fuka play video games where Sumire wins, then argue about cheating and combo attacks, and talk about a fashion show. Yachiyo suggests hot pot for lunch, and everyone enjoys the meal together. Afterward, Sumire and Fuka walk to the station, taking a scenic route. They run into Kanae, who is practicing guitar. Sumire asks Kanae to play, and they sing along. Sumire feels impossibly happy, surrounded by her dearest people.
Sumire wakes up and realizes it was only a dream. She laughs in embarrassment, knowing those people are no longer around. Yet she treasures the happy memories that still keep her standing, both now and in times to come.
Rains Too Shall Pass
Iroha returns home exhausted after her search for Ui in Kamihama City. She recalls facing a fearsome and strong girl who told her she does not belong there. Too tired to think further, she decides to take a bath and go to sleep, knowing she has school the next day.
In her dream, Iroha runs into Yachiyo, who invites her along on a series of errands. They shop for towels and pillows, discuss buying chopsticks and houseplants, and even visit the ward office to pick up a change of address form because Yachiyo casually announces that Iroha will be moving in with her. Iroha is bewildered but goes along with it.
On their way to look at Iroha's new school, a sudden sun shower forces them to take shelter. Yachiyo apologizes, admitting she took the long way home hoping something good would happen, but now feels she pushed her luck. When the rain stops, they see a huge rainbow, and Yachiyo smiles gently, surprised by Iroha's excitement. Iroha notes this softer side of Yachiyo.
Iroha wakes up in her own room and realizes it was all a dream. She laughs at the absurd idea of living with Yachiyo, but then remembers Yachiyo's gentle face. Deciding that taking the long way might not be so bad, she resolves to leave home a little earlier than usual the next morning.
Proof of Friends Again
Rena, Kaede, and Momoko meet so Rena can finally apologize for forcing Kaede's dog to do a trick it could not pull off, which led to Rena declaring they were not friends anymore. Kaede forgives her, and Momoko suggests celebrating by using a photo booth together, something they have never done. Rena reluctantly admits she has never used one before, and despite Kaede's teasing, she agrees to go.
At the photo booth, Rena accidentally presses the button for a group of five and then panics when the machine prompts them to make funny faces. She refuses, feeling humiliated, and tries to run away, but Kaede keeps asking her to do it. Rena gets upset and starts crying, and the machine takes a picture of her mid cry. She blames Kaede, but then decides she cannot end the experience in tears and insists they finish with a perfect pose to make up for what she did to Kaede's dog. They manage to take one final picture together.
When the photos print, Momoko points out that only the last one came out properly, though Rena is frowning and Kaede looks like she is about to cry while Momoko herself is forcing a smile. Rena says to throw it away, but Kaede refuses, saying she cannot toss their first picture together. They all decide to attach the photo to their phone cases, and Momoko declares it is proof that they are friends again.
Tag Team Revenge!
Sana, Felicia, and Tsuruno are playing the concentration card game, and Tsuruno is on a winning streak, much to Felicia's frustration. Sana apologizes for causing their losses, but Felicia insists it is not her fault. Iroha, about to leave for shopping, suggests they try working together instead of playing separately. She whispers a strategy to them: dividing up the duties, such as having each person memorize a different color of cards. Felicia tells Sana that she needs her brains to win, and Sana brightens at being needed.
When the game resumes, Tsuruno quickly figures out that Sana is memorizing red cards and Felicia the black ones, but she is impressed by their teamwork. As the game narrows down to the final ten cards, Felicia and Sana huddle to discuss which cards they remember. They realize none of their memorized cards match, so they have to flip new ones at random. On a crucial turn, they both point to the same card, but it turns out to be a four of hearts that does not match anything, allowing Tsuruno to sweep the remaining pairs and win again. Felicia is frustrated, but Sana smiles because she enjoyed teaming up with someone and being needed. Felicia then suggests they play one more time so Sana can experience the fun of winning, and everyone agrees.
Head of the Hotpot's Privilege!
The Mikazuki Villa gang gathers as Tsuruno announces they will fire up a hotpot outside to bond again after recent hardships, including Felicia running off to the Wings of the Magius and the group briefly breaking up. Tsuruno declares herself head of the hotpot and insists everyone else relax, though Yachiyo, Iroha, Sana, and Felicia feel uneasy sitting idly. Yachiyo reflects that since the recent incident, she has realized she does not fully understand Tsuruno, and even now she has no idea what Tsuruno is thinking.
Tsuruno begins adding unusual ingredients: Banbanzai Special Dumplings, pre made Hamburg steak, a failed fried egg turned into scrambled egg, and even a dab of peanut butter. Despite Iroha and Sana's worries, the finished hotpot smells rich and Chinese inspired. Yachiyo recalls that peanut butter can bring out the flavor of Chinese dishes, and everyone agrees the meal is delicious, with the egg adding a mellow touch to the spicy broth. Felicia gives it 120 out of 100 and jokes that Tsuruno should open a hotpot shop.
Yachiyo notices Tsuruno has not eaten yet and urges her to have her fill. Tsuruno then reveals her true plan: she asks Yachiyo to feed her a bite, explaining that she wants to be pampered and would hate for their relationship to change because of everything they have been through. Even though Tsuruno acts like a big sister to Felicia and the others, she will always want special attention from Yachiyo. Yachiyo giggles and feeds her, and Tsuruno declares this the privilege reserved for the head of the hotpot. Yachiyo muses that Tsuruno never grows up, and hopes that someday, when they are all grown, they will still be as close as they are now, with Yachiyo herself taking the role of head of the hotpot.
A Brief Treat
Touka suddenly announces that the leadership of the Wings of the Magius is taking the day off, despite Mifuyu and Nemu's concerns that they cannot afford to rest when they are so close to their goal. Touka insists that rest improves performance and brings out board games they used to play in the hospital, including a four player roll and move game that requires Alina to join. Mifuyu is surprised Alina agrees so readily.
During the game, Mifuyu lands on a dare square that forces her to wear a school uniform, which Alina had secretly added to the board and even prepared in Mifuyu's size. Mifuyu finds it mortifying but also realizes she has won, something she never did against Touka and Nemu in the past. She suspects they let her win, though they deny it. Alina performs surprisingly poorly at the game.
Mifuyu steps out briefly to handle something, and when she returns, she hears a loud thud from the room. She rushes back to find Touka trying to move a sofa by herself while Nemu scolds her, and Alina points out that Mifuyu is already there. Caught in the act, Touka explains they wanted to surprise Mifuyu with a relaxation session as a reward for all her hard work, and the board games were just the opening act. Alina then instructs Mifuyu to lie down on the sofa so she can give her an acupressure massage, which she has been researching to help maintain Mifuyu's figure.
As Alina presses the acupressure points, Mifuyu screams in pain while Alina laughs with delight. Nemu notes that this was supposed to be a reward for Mifuyu, but Alina seems to be having all the fun. Touka says that is fine because it can be a reward for both of them, and Nemu agrees that this time is a reward for everyone. Touka adds that the real reward will come once they are free.
Magical Kawaii Duo
Ashley is filming a selfie style video blog about her pilgrimage to a sacred spot from the Phantom Thief Magical Kirin series when she suddenly spots Familiars outside a Labyrinth, which should not be possible. She stops recording to take action, and at that moment Karin appears, looking for Alina. Karin explains that Kamihama City is in shambles due to the ongoing crisis, and although she wanted to team up with Alina to evacuate or fight, she cannot find her anywhere. Ashley and Karin realize they need to stop the Familiars before the town and the sacred spot are destroyed.
They decide to team up, but there are too many Familiars. When they spot a civilian who has not escaped in time, Ashley comes up with an idea to fight using Magical Kirin Respect, recreating a famous scene from the series where two heroes team up to defeat an enemy together. Karin agrees, noting that her scythe can fly so they can perfectly recreate the scene. They introduce themselves as Magical Karin and Magical Ashley, declaring that they will defeat the vile kawaii haters, and successfully drive off the Familiars.
After the fight, they find the civilian girl unharmed but unconscious. Karin decides to fly her to the evacuation shelter on her scythe, then continue searching for Alina. She says that is what Kirin would do, and she is sure Alina will be okay. Ashley agrees to go get information from the Coordinator, and they promise to take the Magical Kirin pilgrimage together once everything is over.
We Keep Going Together
As life returns to normal after the crisis with Eve and Walpurgisnacht, Touka and Nemu tell Ui that they want to do something to put a smile on Iroha's face as thanks for everything, separate from any attempt to atone for their sins. Ui thinks it is a great idea, but when Touka suggests hiring a top chef and Nemu insists on a simple peaceful time together, they start fighting. Ui cries, saying she hates fighting now that they are finally better and can all laugh together. Touka and Nemu apologize and agree to start over from the beginning. Ui suggests they go ask the Mikazuki Villa girls for advice, despite Touka and Nemu's reluctance.
At Mikazuki Villa, Yachiyo tells them that the reason they should work it out themselves is because that is exactly what would make Iroha happy. Tsuruno and Sana agree that Iroha really cares about them, and Felicia points out that is just how Iroha is. Yachiyo adds that the proof is right in front of them: they are there because Iroha has done so much for them, which shows how much she cares. Touka and Nemu have no response.
The next day, after taking Yachiyo's advice, the three of them come up with a plan on their own: they will make bento lunch boxes and have a picnic at the site of the Eternal Sakura. They lead a blindfolded Iroha to the spot, then reveal the surprise. Ui explains that they all love Iroha and know how much stress they have caused her, so they wanted to say thank you and show how much they care. Iroha is overjoyed, and they spend a wonderful time eating and reading books that Nemu brought. Ui writes in her diary that she hopes these fun days with her favorite people will last forever.
Guided by Your Hands
Sayaka, Kyoko, Madoka, Homura, and Mami arrive at an amusement park for the first time together. Sayaka and Kyoko form the thrill team, while Madoka, Homura, Mami, and Bebe take the chill team. Homura admits she has never been to an amusement park before, so Madoka suggests the Ferris wheel. After the ride, Homura's legs are still trembling from the height, so she decides to rest on a bench while Madoka and Mami chase after Bebe.
While resting, Homura encounters a lost little girl. She messages the group that she is taking the child to Guest Services and tells them to go on without her. After reuniting the girl with her grateful mother, Homura tries to find her way back but realizes she is now lost herself. She cannot locate Madoka and Mami, and the park's paths all seem confusing.
Homura continues searching and sends an update to the group chat. Madoka replies that they are a little lost too. Homura tells them not to worry about her and to just enjoy themselves, but she feels sad when no one replies immediately. Just as she resigns herself to being alone, Madoka comes running up to her, out of breath. Madoka says she was looking forward to hanging out with everyone, and they all want to be together with Homura too. The others have found each other and are on their way. Madoka takes Homura's hand, and Homura quietly wishes she will not let go, because as long as Madoka is with her, she knows she could go anywhere the future holds.
Kyoko's Everyday Life
Kyoko Sakura wakes up late after staying up all night playing games while living with Sayaka Miki. Sayaka has made toast for them to eat on the way to school, packed Kyoko's lunch, and helps her get ready. They meet Madoka Kaname and Homura Akemi, who are glad they made it on time. At lunch, Mami Tomoe joins them, and Sayaka offers to pack lunch for Mami as well, though Mami declines because her lunches are packed with cheese for Bebe. That evening, after a bath, a Nightmare appears and the group fights it together. Back home, Sayaka insists on drying Kyoko's hair despite Kyoko's complaints. Kyoko reflects that Sayaka is good at taking care of people even while complaining, but she wonders if this is really how things should be. She decides she cannot have Sayaka looking after her like this and wants to repay her.
The next day, Kyoko hears that the prize for clearing a dance game on the toughest difficulty is two vouchers for an all you can eat buffet. She goes to the arcade, wins the prize, and brings the vouchers home to Sayaka as a thank you for letting her stay, making her lunch, and everything else. Sayaka is shocked and giggles, then admits she really likes days like these but wonders how much longer it will last. Kyoko reassures her that once she graduates, she will get a job and move out, not wanting to stick around until they are both old and wrinkly. Sayaka laughs and agrees that for now, it is not such a bad setup.
Whispers with a Wraith
Homura is making explosives while the Wraith mimicking Madoka watches and comments. The Wraith notes that Homura used such bombs when fighting Witches with Madoka and was so happy when she defeated a Witch for the first time. Homura finds it strange to have her own memories relayed by a Wraith and admits that she lost to a giant Wraith, which robbed her of her means of fighting. She reflects that before the world was altered, her magic could stop time, but it was not suitable for fighting alone, and she remembers how happy Madoka was for her when she learned to defeat Witches on her own.
Meanwhile, Mami and Kyoko discuss the mutant Wraith that appeared. Kyoko reports that a fake Sayaka has been acting strangely in her territory and retaliated when confronted. Mami notes that seeing fake friends or family members is hard to bear even when knowing it is a sham, and she suggests that the thing might not have been a Wraith at all but rather something in the middle of changing after absorbing Homura's magic. Kyoko worries that a massive Homura Wraith might appear and try to destroy the city, and Mami admits the thought is scary.
In town at night, the Madoka Wraith grabs Homura's hand, but Homura notices there is no warmth to it. The Wraith suggests that if Homura truly wanted to meet Madoka again, she could use up all of her Soul Gem's magic fighting Wraiths, because then the Law of Cycles would appear. Homura refuses, saying Madoka would never forgive her for that and she is not even sure she would get to see her. The Wraith asks what Homura would do if she did see Madoka again, and Homura replies that even if they reunited, they could not end up living a happy ordinary life. The Wraith then suggests they search for the giant Wraith, and Homura follows.
Endless Sweet Bliss
Melissa discovers that their group is almost out of hardtack and salted meat, though they still have plenty of flour. She blames herself for not keeping better track, but Darc and Liz reassure her that they have not been able to stop at settlements for weeks. Elisa suggests they simply obtain more food by hunting, so Darc goes fishing while Elisa and Liz hunt. Darc returns with fish, and Elisa brings back venison, thanking Liz for spotting it. Melissa cooks the meal, and everyone praises her skill.
During the meal, Darc mentions she learned to fish in Domrémy with her older brothers. Liz notes that Darc does not eat meat due to religious devotion, even on days when it is not forbidden. Elisa admits she could never emulate such discipline. When asked about her favorite food, Darc says she likes fish best but loves everything Melissa cooks. Elisa declares meat as her favorite but is cut off, then asks Liz about hers.
Liz reveals an enormous jar of honey that she had concealed among her belongings. She pours a massive amount over her pasta, creating what looks like a few scraps of pasta floating in a sea of honey, and declares it true bliss. Elisa is horrified, pointing out that such a meal could cost more than an entire court banquet. Darc explains that Liz has a real sweet tooth and even as a mercenary spent most of her pay on honey. Liz then pours honey onto everyone else's pasta, leaving Elisa and Melissa no escape. Darc eats it cheerfully, saying she loves any meal as long as she gets to eat it with all of them. Melissa and Elisa eventually join in, with Elisa exclaiming at the sugary assault to the senses. Liz, however, insists it is not nearly enough honey.
Once Upon a Happy Halloween
In a world where every day has become Halloween, the excitement quickly fades and the holiday begins to collapse. Mami Tomoe, a Sorceress who fights Witches with the help of a Witch under her control, spends her days handing out magically conjured treats to the townspeople, especially the children. One day, as she gives out sweets, a group of children asks her what her favorite treat is. Mami admits she cannot pick just one, but later reflects that she has never actually thought about it; she has always believed that making others happy is enough.
A short while after being asked that question, Mami is resting at home from an injury sustained during a Witch fight. Two children who often receive her treats come to visit, worried about her and wanting to thank her. They bring a selection of homemade treats because they do not know her favorite, and Mami is overwhelmed with joy, saying she loves all of them and that treats made with love contain the most wonderful magic. The children propose that from then on they exchange treats, and Mami happily agrees. They decide to have a tea party right away, and Mami feels her spirits lifted, calling it the happiest Halloween she has ever experienced.
Those children have since left town with their families. Mami wonders how they are doing and looks forward to the day she can treat someone to her sweets again.
Not a Ghoul but a Ghost
One night, the ruler orders a party at the palace for all the children, and Alina, the advisor, is tasked with preparing it and watching over them. She complains about the tiresome duty but recognizes that making the children happy benefits her art. While trying to figure out what snacks and toys to provide, she encounters a child and asks for their favorite candy and toys, only to hear that the child loves everything. Pressed further, the child explains that different kids like different things, including chocolate, cookies, balls, remote control cars, planes, dress up dolls, and even salty snacks. Alina sighs, realizing that disappointed children would negatively affect her art, so she asks the child to tell her everything about what kids like.
Following the child's advice, Alina gathers the necessary snacks and toys, trekking to the next land for the right snacks and visiting store after store for the toys. Despite the exhausting work, she endures it for the sake of her art. When the party begins, children line up for treats, and Alina grudgingly hands them out with a flat "Happy Halloween." After the distribution, a child asks her to play, and when Alina refuses, the child starts crying. Alina gives in and agrees to play for a little while, but soon more children pile on, demanding piggyback rides and her attention. She ends up stuck with them until they all collapse from exhaustion.
As the children finally fall asleep, one mumbles "thanks, Miss Ghoul" in his sleep. Alina mutters that she is a ghost, not a ghoul, and calls today the worst day, though she adds that at least she will get some good art out of it.
Santa Blues
Kyoko, a member of the Naughty Santa Club, must substitute for the real Naughty Santa and deliver punishment potatoes to bad kids on Christmas Eve. To prepare, she trains in a simulator with her navigator, Homura. During Mission #12, she practices disarming acoustic sensors by avoiding noise and vibrations, and she succeeds in entering a bedroom, approaching quietly, and turning off the switch. Mission #13 presents a room filled with lasers, which Homura admits seems excessive but insists that preparing for the worst is wise. Kyoko follows Homura's guidance to find a gap in the lasers, places the present on the pillow, and then navigates back out, clearing the mission.
On Christmas Eve, after keeping up the training regimen until the big day itself, Kyoko begins her actual rounds. At her first house, she finds even more traps than in the simulation. Using her goggles, she sees no obvious traps except a toy soldier, but Homura warns her to stay alert. When Kyoko steps on the rug, the soldier starts tooting, and Homura realizes there is a pressure sensitive switch underneath. Kyoko pulls out the soldier's power cord, and miraculously the child does not wake up despite the noise. However, when Kyoko places the potato on the pillow with a quiet thud, the girl stirs and mumbles but falls back asleep. Kyoko escapes and reflects that something so quiet was enough to wake her while the loud noise did not, then heads to the next house.
Sky-Faring Santa
On Christmas Eve, Madoka and Sayaka prepare to deliver presents as substitutes for the headmaster of the Nice Santa Club. Madoka navigates while Sayaka flies a glider, but a strong wind throws off Sayaka's landing and she crashes into Kyoko Sakura. The presents scatter, but none appear damaged, so Sayaka picks them up and continues her deliveries. Late in the night, while handling one present, she notices it feels round and wonders if it could be a punishment potato meant for naughty kids, but she completes all her deliveries on time.
On the morning of December 25th, Sayaka panics, convinced she accidentally delivered a potato to a good child. Mami advises her to return to that child's house to find out the truth. Sayaka suspects she and Kyoko accidentally swapped presents during the crash. When she arrives, the child enthusiastically shows off a potato and explains that she asked Santa for a potato every year because she loves cooking with them. Sayaka realizes it was a false alarm. Kyoko laughs at her panic, Mami praises her honesty, and Homura notes that even the real Nice Santa got confused the first time. Sayaka is relieved that she did not ruin anyone's Christmas.
Too Cute to Say No
Kanagi approaches Mitama and, mimicking Mitama's little sister Mikage's voice, delivers a message begging Mitama to come home. Mitama is annoyed by the impersonation but admits she cares about her sister. Kanagi explains that Mikage coached her to speak and act like her, and that Mikage wants her sister back whatever the method. Kanagi also agrees that Mitama should go home, at least to see her sister. Mitama finally gives in and says she will go home that day. Kanagi suggests buying a little gift, and Mitama decides on a mixed bag of candies since Mikage loves sweets.
Mitama and Kanagi go to the supermarket. Mitama picks out chocolate cigarettes for nostalgia, kinako candies because they are cheap and filling, and then considers some fancy new gummies. She decides the gummies are too trendy for a gift but buys them as a treat for herself that she will share with Mikage. They also grab Yosha noodles, which come with prizes, and each pick one. Both turn out to be duds, but they hope Mikage's will be lucky. Mitama does a surprisingly good impression of Mikage's excited voice. She thanks Kanagi for her help, and as she heads home, she says, "I'm home."
Until the Day We Meet Again
Yachiyo comes home to find Mel doing a fortune telling reading for her, despite Yachiyo's rule against it. Mel tries to hide behind Kanae, but Yachiyo spots her immediately. Mel begs Kanae to help, but Kanae admits she cannot turn Mel down when she asks for things. Yachiyo sighs and allows the reading just this once. Mel tells Yachiyo that when she wakes up, she will feel a warm glow of nostalgia but also a little conflicted. Yachiyo then realizes that in reality, Mel and Kanae could never be chatting together like this because Kanae is already gone. She concludes this must be a dream.
In the dream, Kanae explains that ghosts have licenses, and if they meddle too much with the living, they get suspended. Mel came because she worried Yachiyo seemed zoned out. Yachiyo says her days have been fun and peaceful, and that seeing them makes this the best day in a while. Kanae then sadly notes that Mel is not actually a ghost, because when a Magical Girl becomes a Witch, her soul fades away and cannot become a ghost. However, Kanae brought Mel's lingering thoughts from before she became a Witch. Mel panics about their licenses being suspended if they stay longer, so they hurry off, telling Yachiyo to keep smiling until the next time they meet. Yachiyo wakes up to Iroha, who tells her she will catch a cold nodding off in random places. Yachiyo recalls having a calm, nostalgic dream about a suspended license, and though she feels a little unsettled, she also feels reassured.
The Best Moment
At the new water park in Mitakihara City, Madoka, Sayaka, and Mami enjoy their day off. After playing in a pool, Mami admires a pillar made into a fish tank. Sayaka suggests they try the water slides, and they agree to ride all of them, starting with a short one for a warmup. Madoka comes down next, a bit scared but having fun, and they move on to the next slides.
After riding most of the slides, only the longest and fastest one remains. Madoka and Sayaka are intimidated by its speed, but Mami decides to go anyway, admitting she is nervous but wants to rise to the challenge. She also secretly wants to show off a bit in front of her juniors. At the top, her nerves catch up with her, but once she starts, she finds the speed exhilarating. After she splashes down, Madoka and Sayaka are inspired by her example and decide to try it themselves, and Mami says she has one more ride in her as well.
A Cool Day at the Pool!
The day before the water park trip, Madoka, Sayaka, and Mami discuss the pre opening event invitation for all students in Mitakihara City. They agree to go together that weekend, and Madoka eagerly anticipates the trip, wondering how big the park will be and thinking about practicing for an upcoming swim test after they have fun.
On the day of the water park trip, Madoka, Sayaka, and Mami arrive and are amazed by the park's scale, with many types of pools and water slides. They warm up, explore the pools, and laugh together, though Madoka forgets her plan to practice for the swim test. After the park closes, Madoka realizes she only played and feels anxious about the test. Mami suggests they go to the municipal pool the next day to practice, and both Sayaka and Madoka agree. They end the day by sharing what they enjoyed most, with Madoka saying the best part was having fun with her friends.
What's Hot for Summer
At the water park, after swimming and enjoying the attractions, Madoka, Sayaka, and Mami take a break at a rest area filled with couples. They discuss what kind of date they would go on at the park. Mami says she would enjoy a relaxed, unrushed time with pleasant conversation. Madoka says she would go on a water slide together for the thrill. When they ask Sayaka, she absentmindedly says, "Drifting in a swim ring made for two," then realizes she said that out loud and becomes mortified as Mami teases her about having a crush. Sayaka insists they are wrong and hurriedly declares break time over, rushing back to swim while Madoka and Mami decide to give her some space. Sayaka thinks to herself that maybe one day she will get a chance, but then dismisses the thought.
Memories Made Real
Ui, Touka, Nemu, and Iroha invite Eternal Sakurako to a festival in Shinsei Ward next week. Touka and Nemu bicker, but Ui stops them. Sakurako says she is interested but would rather hold their own festival just among the five of them. Ui explains she wants food stalls since she can now eat freely after being in the hospital, Touka looks forward to eating without guilt, and Nemu wants to see fireworks up close. Iroha mentions wheelchair accessible areas for Nemu. Realizing how much they are all looking forward to it, Sakurako agrees to go. Later, she sees Ryo Midori taking a photograph and learns that photos immortalize memories so people can look back on them. Sakurako gets an idea.
At the festival, Sakurako explains that she borrowed a camera from Ryo, who is in the newspaper club, for photography practice. Touka notes that Sakurako has a section in the Midori Report, and Ui enjoys reading about her school activities. Sakurako wants to take photos to fulfill her duty of improving her skills, but her true intention is to capture the festival in tangible form so they can look back on the memories. Nemu says Sakurako has grown thanks to her friend. Sakurako takes a photo of the group and says she will thank Ryo by showing her the photos, knowing Ryo will be happy too. Ui encourages her to take lots and lots of photos.
Tension and Ties
Tsukasa finishes the laundry and is about to start homework when her father tells her they are having ten extra guests for dinner. She protests that she does not have the ingredients, and her father uncharacteristically drops the argument quietly. Later, Take, an apprentice at the workshop, notices Tsukasa's father seems down. He investigates and discovers that yesterday was the father's birthday, and no one celebrated it. Take concludes that her father is sulking because Tsukasa never wished him a happy birthday.
Tsukasa feels guilty but also angry at her father for making her so busy. She decides to make him a bento box filled with his favorite foods as a subtle, belated birthday wish, but she struggles to remember what he likes. She recalls that when she was little, she made meatball bento for him, and he patted her head and praised her. She decides to make that.
The next day, Tsukasa gives her father the bento and wishes him a happy birthday, telling him to cheer up. Just then, Take rushes in and admits he got the wrong end of the stick and the father was only distracted by work, not upset about his birthday. Tsukasa shouts at Take, but her father sees the meatball bento and, though he grumbles about wasting money, Take reminds him that this was the first bento Tsukasa ever made for him. The other apprentices tease Take about not having a girlfriend, and Tsukasa reflects that despite the oppressive traditions of the workshop, moments like this make it not all doom and gloom.
A Desire to Give My All
Tsukuyo finishes a koto club rehearsal for an upcoming competition. A junior worries that she looks pale and tired, but Tsukuyo insists she is fine. She returns home, where her grandmother reminds her not to tarnish the Akatsuki family name. Later, overwhelmed by quizzes, club activities, and rehearsals, Tsukuyo feels foggy and nearly collapses. Mifuyu, sent by the Koto Club, finds her and insists she rest. Tsukuyo reluctantly agrees and lies down on a bench.
While resting, Tsukuyo tells Mifuyu that she cannot pull out of the competition. She admits she joined the club because her grandmother insisted, but now she genuinely loves the koto and the feeling of creating music in unison. She says this may be the last time she ever feels the desire to give her all to something, given that she is bound to a life not of her choosing. Mifuyu promises to support her on the day of the competition.
On the day of the competition, the results are announced, and Mizuna Girls' Academy wins the grand prize. Tsukuyo collapses from exhaustion. She wakes up to find her grandmother watching over her. The grandmother scolds her for not looking after her health but praises her performance and says she has high expectations for Tsukuyo's future. Tsukuyo reflects that although the old traditions of her house oppress her and her resentment will only grow stronger, she cannot quite bring herself to begrudge her koto lessons entirely.
Kamihama's Spirited Santa
Rika and Ren promise to make it snow on Christmas, but they can only make it snow on their rooftop. They realize they do not have enough magic to cover all of Kamihama. Ren suggests traveling around the city to make it snow everywhere, but they cannot think of an efficient way. Emiri and Akira offer to help. Emiri suggests they need a flying sleigh so they can race across the sky, and she promises to handle it while Rika and Ren focus on practicing their magic.
On the night before Christmas, Rika and Ren wait on the rooftop, feeling the cold but seeing how happy everyone is. Emiri and Akira arrive with a huge package containing a fully decorated flying sleigh. Akira explains that Mitama Yakumo and all the other Magical Girls helped build it, each contributing some magic to make it fly all night. Rika and Ren are amazed as the sleigh floats and they take off, ready to return the favor by making snow across the city.
Snow Dome Party
On Christmas Day, Emiri leads the final preparations for a Christmas party. Ren nervously volunteers to handle the decorations, and Rika joins her. Ren reflects on how so many Magical Girls pitched in to give them the flying sleigh, and she wants to thank everyone by using their snow globe magic to decorate. As they begin, Ren overthinks and accidentally creates something scary, and Rika admits she did the same because she was trying too hard not to make it scary. They laugh at being in sync.
Hinano arrives with the cake, but Rika and Ren are not ready, so they ask her to wait outside. They try again, focusing their hearts as one to create a beautiful snow globe world. Emiri and Akira return and are amazed by the decorations. Rika explains they wanted to thank everyone for the sleigh. Hinano jokes about being left locked outside with a heavy cake but admits the gift is worth the surprise. Emiri and Akira go outside to greet the other guests, and when everyone enters, Rika and Ren welcome them to the Christmas party, hoping they have a great time.
With Hopes for the New Year
At a New Year's shrine visit, the large crowd separates Madoka, Homura, Iroha, Yachiyo, and the others. Madoka tries calling but cannot get through. She spots Felicia, who is short 100 yen for beef skewers. Madoka shares the cost, and they eat together. Felicia assures Madoka that the others will come to them. Soon Yachiyo and Iroha arrive, explaining that Felicia always heads for meat. Tsuruno then arrives with Sana, having predicted Sana would be somewhere away from the crowd. Madoka is impressed by how well Team Mikazuki Villa knows each other.
Madoka thinks about where Homura would go. She recalls Homura being considerate and observant, such as setting the table for Mami or finding Sayaka's missing pen. Madoka realizes that Homura would predict where Madoka would be, so the best strategy is to wait somewhere easy to spot. She asks the group to wait near the entrance line at the shrine. Homura soon finds her, relieved. Madoka explains she trusted that Homura would be looking for her. The group reunites and decides to put the rocky start behind them, paying their respects and praying for another wonderful year.
Fuka's Heartphial
Fuka Higure sits on her school rooftop after class, thinking about an essay assignment on "My Favorite Things." She realizes she does not truly love anything, describing herself as an apathetic and boring person. On a whim, she decides to go on a trip to change her life, but she loses track of her thoughts and ends up walking all the way to Kamihama, exhausted and frustrated.
A tearful girl named Mel Anna approaches her and offers to tell her fortune. Mel predicts that Fuka will soon meet her destiny, someone who will be her light, and that her lucky item is a cute mascot. Fuka, noticing her Fuyo Poyo keychain, decides to believe her to avoid making Mel cry again.
Shortly after, a cat draws Fuka's attention, and a girl appears holding Fuka's dropped Fuyo Poyo mascot. The girl introduces herself as Sumire Yoake, noting that her name means "sunrise" while Fuka's means "sunset," making them polar opposites. Fuka asks if Sumire is her destiny.
Fuka and Sumire quickly become good friends. Fuka learns that Sumire lives alone most of the time, and Sumire invites her over for tea. At Sumire's apartment, Fuka notices many books and a rock music CD, guessing that Sumire had a close friend who loved rock. Fuka realizes she reminds Sumire of that friend, but she does not mind; all she wants is to see Sumire smile.
One day on their way back from school, Fuka and Sumire are pulled into a Witch's Labyrinth. Kyubey had been pestering Fuka, but she never wanted to make a contract. To save both their lives, she wishes to defeat the Witch without any effort. Her magic makes the Witch spiritless, and she destroys it in one hit.
After becoming a Magical Girl, Fuka learns the secret of Soul Gems and that Sumire's good friend, Kanae Yukino, had already made a contract for Sumire's sake. Sumire is devastated, feeling responsible for Kanae's death and for Fuka's contract. Sumire considers making a contract herself to atone, but Fuka refuses, promising to protect her and save all Magical Girls so that Sumire never has to become one.
Soon after her contract, Fuka witnesses another Magical Girl turn into a Witch. She and Sumire try to tell others the truth, but the revelation causes another girl to transform on the spot. Fuka develops new magic: she can temporarily stop a Magical Girl's body and soul just before she turns into a Witch, manifesting a creature called a Near Witch. However, the transformation will resume unless Fuka continuously casts her spell. To gather enough magic for this, she deliberately leaves Familiars to grow into Witches and runs experiments on other Magical Girls, sacrificing many lives while telling herself it is for the greater good, all while keeping a cool head.
Sumire notices Fuka's exhaustion and asks if she is okay. Fuka lies and says she is fine. Despite not being a Magical Girl yet, Sumire proves to be strong and clever, helping Fuka in her own way. Eventually, Sumire makes a contract and becomes a Magical Girl. Her wish makes all the Magical Girls Fuka had put to sleep wake up with the truth of Witches forgotten, saving everyone except those who had already transformed.
The other girls who knew Sumire vanish from memory, disappearing right in front of them. Sumire asks Fuka if she remembers the truth about Magical Girls, fearing that Fuka's despair over Sumire's contract might also make her remember the Witch‑turning. Fuka lies and says she does not remember, because she does not want Sumire to sacrifice herself again. From then on, they live as ordinary Magical Girls together, hunting Witches side by side.
On a day off, Sumire suggests they go to the beach. They eat freshly caught mackerel tartare at a market, then wade into the shallows. Sumire splashes Fuka, and Fuka splashes back, and they laugh together. Fuka reflects that the water glistened and that it was what you would call the springtime of their lives.
After school, they go to watch a zombie movie. Sumire, who catches bugs with her bare hands, cries at the fake horror, and Fuka finds her adorable. Walking home, Fuka comments on common zombie tropes and says that if she ever turned into a zombie, she would want Sumire to kill her. Sumire breaks down crying, not because of zombies but because she is terrified of Fuka turning into a Witch and leaving her alone. Fuka apologizes and gives Sumire a secret zombie version Fuyo Poyo mascot she won from a capsule pull, only to discover that Sumire had also won the same secret version to give to her later.
On a peaceful walk home from school, carrying their matching Fuyo Poyo mascots, they pass a wedding dress shop and talk about the future. Fuka gives Sumire flowers, saying they made her think of Sumire. Suddenly, they sense a Witch. The Witch is far stronger than usual, and their attacks barely work. They fight for hours, from sunset until sunrise.
When the Witch is finally defeated, Fuka's Soul Gem is completely clouded. She understands she will soon turn into a Witch. She does not feel despair because she knows Sumire is strong enough to survive. Her only regret is leaving Sumire alone and never seeing her future: her Coming of Age Ceremony, her relationships, her wedding, her smile. As a final act, Fuka puts a curse on Sumire so that Sumire will live no matter what. In her last moments, she thinks only of Sumire: the Fuyo Poyo mascot, the mackerel tartare, the movie, the zombie keychains, and the world she saw together with her.
Sumire's Heartphial
Sumire Yoake feels exhausted from constantly playing the perfect student, blending truth and lies to make others like her. She decides to do something bad and goes up to the unlocked rooftop, thinking of her late grandmother and her senpai, Kanae Yukino, who died after a fight. On the rooftop, she sees a girl leaning over the railing and calls out, thinking she might jump. The girl, Fuka Higure, explains she was only watching a cat. They introduce themselves, noting that Sumire's name means "sunrise" and Fuka's means "sunset."
Fuka mentions having her fortune told in Kamihama by a girl who predicted she would meet her destiny. Sumire reveals she used to live in Kamihama and laughs that Fuka once walked all the way there for no reason. They become good friends, and Sumire shows Fuka her favorite relaxing spot.
One day on their way back from school, they are pulled into a Witch's Labyrinth. Fuka, already scouted by Kyubey, makes a contract to protect them both and becomes a Magical Girl. Sumire promises not to make her own contract until she has thought of a good wish, but she secretly wants to become a Magical Girl to protect others.
Sumire learns from Kyubey that Witches cause accidents and despair, and that her grandmother's accident was caused by a Witch. Kyubey also reveals that Kanae Yukino became a Magical Girl for Sumire's sake and died in battle. Sumire is devastated, believing Kanae ghosted her because she despised her. Then she and Fuka discover the truth: Magical Girls turn into Witches.
Sumire suggests wishing to prevent Witch‑turnings, but Fuka argues that if such a wish were possible, someone would have made it already. They decide to investigate further, and Sumire calls on the veteran Magical Girls of Mikazuki Villa in Kamihama for help, concealing the truth about Witch‑turnings from them while presenting herself as an apprentice trying to figure out her wish.
Sumire spends time with the Mikazuki Villa girls: Yachiyo Nanami, Mifuyu Azusa, Tsuruno Yui, and Momoko Togame. They welcome her warmly, and Sumire grows attached despite meaning for her stay to be temporary. Yachiyo tells her about a friend who died in a Witch battle, and Sumire realizes that friend was Kanae. Fearing that staying with them will lead them to the truth and hurt them, Sumire leaves a note and a hot pot as a thank‑you, then stops visiting.
Sumire and Fuka continue to commit sins in the name of saving Magical Girls, allowing sacrifices. Eventually, Yachiyo and the others catch them, forcing Sumire's hand. Sumire learns that Kanae had made her contract to save Sumire and had given her a pressed flower bookmark because she cared for her. Fuka admits she did everything to stop Sumire from becoming a Magical Girl and turning into a Witch. Overcome, Sumire makes a wish to Kyubey: to save everyone she dragged into this, saving them from despair.
The wish erases all memory of "despair" from everyone's minds. Momoko and the others forget Sumire and the truth about Witch‑turnings. Fuka loses all memory of her sins and of the Witch‑turning itself. Sumire is sad but pleased, because now she gets to spend every day with Fuka.
On a day of karaoke, they sense a Witch and fight it together, using a combo trick. Afterward, Fuka comes to Sumire's place for dinner, and Sumire serves her take on Momoko's fried rice. Fuka says she wants to visit a shop on the weekend, but Sumire has to go to Kamihama to deliver something to her parents at the hospital.
At the Kamihama hospital, Sumire spots the Mikazuki Villa girls but they do not notice or remember her. She feels a pang of hurt but is glad they are doing fine. After delivering her parents' items, she goes to the hospital rooftop for the breeze, and a girl accidentally startles her while stretching.
The girl, Iroha Tamaki, apologizes and offers Sumire homemade tofu Hamburg steaks meant for her sick sister Ui. Sumire shares rice crackers with Iroha, recalling her grandmother's saying that a shared snack halves sadness. When Sumire asks what Iroha would wish for if she could have magic, Iroha says she would make Ui healthy, and then, if she could make more than one wish, she would want to make everyone smile. Sumire is moved. Suddenly sensing a Witch's Labyrinth in the hospital, Sumire excuses herself and leaves candy as thanks and prayers for Ui's recovery.
Sumire enters the Labyrinth, saves a girl who was dragged in, and defeats the Witch. The girl's mother thanks her, and a young child says she wants to be as kind as Sumire. Sumire reflects that fighting Witches allows her to protect people and that maybe her prayer to save someone can still be answered, even if she cannot accomplish it herself.
Day after day, Fuka and Sumire continue fighting Witches together, saving people and paving the way for a better future despite their past sins.
The dreaded day arrives when Fuka's magic runs dry. She had never forgotten the truth about the Witch‑turning. She smiles at Sumire until the very moment she transforms into a Witch. Sumire is spared despair because Fuka did not turn out of despair. Sumire's last duty is to defeat Fuka and stop her from spreading despair. Fuka runs away, and Sumire pursues her, vowing to follow each time and to see her off with a smile, just as Fuka always loved to see her smile.
In the aftermath, Sumire recalls all the love she received: her grandmother's words to find what makes her smile, Kanae's happiness in simply chatting with her, Yachiyo doing her hair, and Fuka saying that lazing around together after a meal was the happiest she had ever been. Sumire decides she will not fall into despair. Even if she dies, hope will continue into the future. The dawn of Magical Girls' salvation has not yet arrived, but she will keep fighting, holding on to the belief that someday everyone will be saved.
Darc's Heartphial
The morning after Isabeau's massacre, King Charles VII despairs over his inability to face the monster that attacked them, and his attendants take him away. La Trémoille is questioned by Oswald, but he deflects and later meets secretly with Minou, Isabeau's daughter. La Trémoille pledges his loyalty to her, explaining that Charles has fallen into madness and can be easily manipulated. Minou orders him to prevent Darc and the king from entering Paris, as she considers both of them nuisances who should not disgrace the city where Isabeau resides.
August 1429. Darc finally receives permission to march on Paris, thanks to the support of her companions including Gilles de Rais, Alençon, La Hire, Melissa, Liz, Elisa, and others. She vows to end England's reign of terror and lead King Charles to his rightful throne. However, the group privately acknowledges that the king has fallen into madness since the massacre, and only La Trémoille remains at his side, effectively controlling him. Darc blames herself for failing against Isabeau but resolves to move forward anyway.
September 8, 1429, at the gates of Paris. Darc leads the vanguard to retake the capital. During the battle, they discover that the Parisian militia are attacking them, but Liz realizes the citizens have been bewitched by a Witch's Kiss. The Witch itself appears, hiding among the chaos. Darc, Melissa, and Elisa fight the three-headed Witch, destroying its lion and eagle heads, but it continues moving until Darc identifies the sheep head as the true core and destroys it with her attack, La Lumière. Although Darc is injured, they defeat the Witch and knock out the bewitched citizens. Returning to the army, Alençon reports that they halted the advance due to darkness and exhausted soldiers, but they are ready to resume. Just as Darc prepares to encourage the troops, René arrives with an order from King Charles: withdraw from Paris immediately.
On the outskirts of Paris in the town of Saint-Denis, Charles VII questions whether withdrawing was right, but La Trémoille convinces him that reconciliation with Burgundy is the only path and that attacking Paris would close that door. La Trémoille then reports to Minou, who praises his work. Minou orders him to strip Darc of her military authority, isolate her from her powerful allies, and make sure she can no longer rally followers. La Trémoille asks why not simply kill her, and Minou reveals that Lady Isabeau proclaimed Darc would meet her end in one year's time; their role is merely to prepare the stage. Minou predicts that until then, Darc will struggle alone.
Back at the camp, Darc hears the soldiers murmuring in anxiety about the retreat order and the possibility that the king's attendants are sabotaging them. Melissa reminds her that losing a battle is not the end, and Elisa refuses to call it a failure since they saved the people of Paris. Liz asks Darc if she remembers what she truly desired. Darc reflects on the tragedy of her home village, Domremy, where her sister Catherine died protecting her from raiders. Cube had told her that the country remained shrouded in darkness that would never give way to light, and that ordinary soldiers could take everything precious just as easily as Witches. That is why Darc made her wish: not to let anyone suffer as she did, but to gain the power to bring light to all of France. Renewed by this memory, Darc thanks Liz, Melissa, Elisa, and all her companions for their support. She lifts everyone's spirits by personally expressing her gratitude, and then declares that as long as they have hope, they will continue to move onward together.
Liz's Heartphial
The year 1425. On a battlefield in northern Europe, Liz Hawkwood single handedly defeats a group of elite knights, impressing the mercenaries she fights alongside. After the battle, she lies down to rest and has a nightmare about two Magical Girls in Lithuania: one turned into a Witch, and Liz was forced to kill the other herself. She wakes up, and Cube, her incubator companion, says that her unusual wish may have profoundly affected her destiny. Liz reflects on her past: she is the granddaughter of John Hawkwood, the English mercenary captain known as both a traitor and a hero. Because of his legacy, the Visconti family never treated her or her late mother as equals, and she was close to breaking when Cube first appeared.
Liz refuses to wish for becoming a hero herself because she would still hear the whispers of being John Hawkwood's granddaughter. Instead, she made a different wish, and now Cube tells her that he may have found the person she is looking for in the kingdom of France. After her current mercenary company disbands, Liz decides to head to France. She avoids the Holy Roman Empire's territory and takes a southern route through Italy.
On the road to Milan, her hometown, Cube suggests she stop by for old times' sake. Liz hesitates but decides to request an audience with Filippo Maria Visconti, the current head of the family. Despite her relatives' cold glares, she meets Lord Filippo, who is surprisingly impressed by her reputation as a mercenary. He asks her to break a stalemate between Milanese and Florentine forces in the Lamone Valley, promising that in return, she can consider all obligations to the Visconti family fulfilled. Liz agrees.
In the Lamone Valley, Liz discovers that soldiers from both sides have been vanishing without a trace. The mercenary commander explains that men walk as if on puppet strings and then disappear into the forest. Liz senses a Witch and enters its Labyrinth, realizing the Witch was once a Magical Girl who stockpiled power by eating soldiers. Her dagger proves ineffective, and her hesitation from past trauma slows her down. The Witch wounds her badly, and she nearly gives up.
Remembering her wish to bring a true hero into the world with her own hands, and knowing she could not face the four Magical Girls she lost if she gave up, Liz finds new resolve. Her weapon begins to change form: first into a sword like the first girl she met, then into a whip like the second, then into a spear and finally a scythe, each weapon carrying the memory of those who fought beside her. She defeats the Witch with her attack, Falce Scythe, and thanks her fallen friends.
After the victory, Lord Filippo praises her, for the first time comparing her to John Hawkwood as a compliment rather than an insult. He admits that Hawkwood's words about being a soldier of fortune in both destiny and coin have defined his own life philosophy. He asks Liz to reconsider severing ties and offers her a contract to serve the Visconti family for generous pay. Liz refuses, saying she is not John Hawkwood, she needs no coin, and she already travels under a contract of destiny. Filippo accepts and sets her free.
Liz and Cube arrive in the kingdom of France, outside the rural village of Domrémy in Lorraine. Cube explains that the person she is looking for is an ordinary girl with an extremely rare hidden talent, possibly connected to the swirling destiny of France. As they approach, Liz senses a Witch in the forest and goes to investigate. There she finds a girl praying, "Please, Lord... Whatever happens to me, just keep my sister safe." Cube confirms that is the girl. Liz looks at her and silently hopes, "Please, let it be different this time."
Melissa's Heartphial
May 1430 in Compiègne, northern France. Darc and her companions confront Minou, who separates the group with her magic. Only Darc and Liz survive the initial attack; Melissa and Elisa are left barely standing while Minou mocks them. Minou summons a creature to curse Melissa and Elisa, and they collapse.
July 1430 somewhere in France. Melissa wakes up over a month later, finding Elisa beside her. Pernelle Flamel explains that she rescued them from Compiègne. Liz fell into a prison of shadows and is gone, and Darc has been taken prisoner by the Bourgogne forces. Elisa assumes King Charles will negotiate a ransom, but Pernelle says the king has done nothing, and rumors say Darc will be turned over to the English. Melissa and Elisa try to rise but discover they are weakened by a powerful curse Minou placed on them. Pernelle says they cannot fight in their current state.
December 1430 in the hideout. Several months have passed. Pernelle tried to rescue Darc from Beaulieu before she was transferred to Beaurevoir Castle but could not make contact due to Isabeau's spies. To save Darc, they must break the curse first. Melissa and Elisa wait, their wounds healed but the curse still present. One day, Oswald arrives with news: the Bourgogne has handed Darc over to England, and she will be transferred to Rouen to stand trial for heresy. However, Oswald says those who fought alongside Darc have not given up hope and are praying for her safe return.
May 1431 in Compiègne. Pernelle reports that Darc has been declared a heretic and forced to sign a written oath of repentance, though Darc can barely read. At last, Pernelle has found a way to break the curse: Melissa and Elisa must enter the curse itself and defeat the Magical Girl who poured her life force into it. If they fail, they will either die or turn into Witches. Melissa and Elisa agree without hesitation.
Inside the curse, the two are separated. Elisa faces copies of the Magical Girl who whispers cruel words about being an illegitimate child, unwanted and unnecessary. Elisa fights back, recognizing the curse's cheap tricks. Melissa, meanwhile, experiences memories from her childhood: her mother and entire family died in an epidemic, leaving her alone. She was taken in by the church, but she never had a father. She dreamed that someone would come for her, but no one did. Then she remembers La Hire adopting her, becoming Melissa de Vignolles, and later making her wish to save Darc and her father. Elisa's voice calls her back, and Melissa awakens. Together they destroy the remaining curse.
After breaking the curse, Melissa and Elisa follow Oswald outside to find La Hire, Xaintrailles, and a gathered army of all who consider Darc a comrade, ready to rescue her. Melissa rallies everyone: let them bring back La Pucelle.
Yotsugi's Heartphial
Yotsugi Ononoki, a Magical Girl who cannot remember her wish or why she feels compelled to defeat Witches, is sitting alone eating ice cream and ruminating on her hazy memories. A stranger stares at her intensely, and Yotsugi eventually offers her a single serving. The stranger introduces herself as Felicia Mitsuki, and this marks the beginning of their acquaintance.
Some time later, after Yotsugi has been spending time with Felicia, Iroha and the other members of Mikazuki Villa arrive to claim Felicia as their companion. Yotsugi's own associates, Shinobu and Mayoi, also appear, and when it comes time for Yotsugi to leave, Felicia looks so sad that Yotsugi invites her to join them instead. Both teams end up heading to Mikazuki Villa for dinner.
On the way there, Felicia asks Yotsugi what she likes to eat, and Yotsugi admits a preference for expensive cup ice cream. Felicia then awkwardly asks if Yotsugi's face is always stuck like that, and Yotsugi confirms that it is.
After arriving at the villa, Felicia eagerly tries to get Yotsugi to play video games, serves her extra portions of bang bang chicken, and challenges her to a pillow fight before bed. Feeling overwhelmed, Yotsugi excuses herself to take a bath, leaving Felicia disappointed.
Later, after Yotsugi finishes bathing, Felicia apologizes for being clingy, explaining that Yachiyo and the others had pulled her aside to warn her. Felicia then confesses that she had been trying to make Yotsugi smile, assuming Yotsugi had lost her parents like Felicia did. She had shared games and food in hopes of seeing a smile.
Yotsugi clarifies that there is no tragic backstoryh, as her emotions simply do not show on her face, but she does feel them. She admits that playing the game was fun and the food was not bad. Felicia is overjoyed and runs off to brag to everyone, ignoring Yotsugi's attempt to stop her.
Shinobu and Mayoi, who had been eavesdropping, tease Yotsugi for finding Felicia cute. Yotsugi concedes that while Felicia is exhausting, the sight of her face lighting up from a drop of attention is not unpleasant. She admits that Felicia is a cute kid, and she gains newfound respect for all older sisters in the world.
Shinobu's Heartphial
Shinobu reflects on how she once wished for her life to end but now continues living as long as she defeats Witches, finding it ironic though she does not plan to play the tragic hero. Several hours before she meets the girls from Mikazuki Villa, she joins Yotsugi Ononoki and Mayoi Hachikuji to hunt a Witch. Inside the labyrinth, Shinobu begins her dramatic introduction and is about to land her finishing move, Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade, when Yotsugi interrupts and defeats the Witch with a simple "Hyah." Mayoi then lands the final blow with a "Yah," leaving Shinobu annoyed not just at being upstaged but more so at their unsophisticated conduct; specifically their failure to call out their special moves and magic spells while fighting.
Shinobu argues that calling out attacks is the very essence of being a Magical Girl, but Yotsugi dismisses this as an outdated manga trope that only gives enemies an opening. Shinobu retorts that a true Magical Girl evades with elegance even under attack and that refusing to act the part is dumb, especially since they are children. Yotsugi reluctantly agrees. Shinobu then declares they need training to make their actions more befitting of Magical Girls.
Shinobu demonstrates by striking a pose and delivering her lines with perfect timing. Mayoi is impressed, though Yotsugi finds the dark, edgy tone questionable. When Yotsugi tries her own performance, Shinobu and Mayoi are left speechless. Shinobu forces Yotsugi to try again, and this time Yotsugi reluctantly says, "Unlimited Rulebook!" but immediately finds the experience viscerally unpleasant and refuses to ever repeat it.
Mayoi asks Shinobu to help her come up with lines together, secretly hoping to get the whole thing over with faster. After a few stumbles where Mayoi says "you stitch" instead of "Witch" and claims she bit her tongue, she eventually declares, "I, Mayoi Hachikuji, hereby condemn those Witches who seek to ravage this earth!" Shinobu finds it charming, and Mayoi admits leaning into the Magical Girl thing is fun.
They enter a real Witch's labyrinth. Mayoi again messes up her line saying "you itch," but she turns it into an improvised bit, evading attacks while Shinobu cheers. Yotsugi delivers a longer speech about fighting for justice and again says "Unlimited Rulebook!" landing the attack. Shinobu then finishes the Witch with her full finishing move. After the battle, they realize morning has come. Shinobu declares the training will continue, but Yotsugi immediately walks away. Mayoi distracts Shinobu by suggesting breakfast, and Shinobu wants donuts. As they discuss whether any shops are open this early, Yachiyo Nanami, out for an early walk, overhears them and smiles, deciding she wants donuts too.
Mayoi's Heartphial
Mayoi Hachikuji explains that her wish upon becoming a Magical Girl was to return home, but she still cannot reach the place she longs for, so she plans to ask Kyubey about it. Shortly after being invited to Mikazuki Villa, she plays Old Maid with Tsuruno, Felicia, Yotsugi, and Shinobu. Mayoi wins the game, but Yotsugi notices she seemed absent-minded, and Shinobu agrees. Mayoi then goes to the kitchen and asks Yachiyo if she can help with dinner, admitting she always wished she could cook with her mom and has barely been in a kitchen during her journey. Yachiyo agrees, and Mayoi joins Iroha and Sana in making dumplings, proving to be a natural. Yotsugi and Shinobu come to watch, and when they try their own hands at dumpling making, both fail miserably. Mayoi boasts about her perfect dumplings and declares herself the rightful leader of the little girls, sparking a three-way argument with Shinobu and Yotsugi over who should lead.
Tsuruno suggests playing a game to decide the leader, and Felicia wants to join. Shinobu insists that Iroha, as the leader of Team Mikazuki Villa, must also participate to prove her ability to topple an opposing leader, and the group agrees. They play a life simulation board game. Mayoi starts strong, expanding her family and collecting wealth, but after repeatedly messing up her transportation transfers, she ends up broke and stranded in the Amazon. Iroha wins the game, and Mayoi declares Iroha the official leader of the little girls, much to Iroha's confusion. Mayoi feels this has been the most fun she has had in a while, yet she cannot shake an uneasy feeling.
After everyone decides to stay over at Mikazuki Villa, Yachiyo announces bath time and says they should go one at a time. Mayoi suddenly bolts out of the house, claiming she will take a walk while waiting to be last. Iroha chases after her and finds her safe. Mayoi apologizes for worrying everyone and explains that when Yachiyo said "bath time, one at a time," it felt like such a family moment that her heart just wouldn't calm down. She left to do something familiar, like walking, to settle herself. Mayoi then revisits her wish: after her parents' divorce, she tried to go back to her mother's place but could never reach it, so she wished to go home. Being at Mikazuki Villa, playing games, cooking and talking around the table, makes her feel like her wish has finally come true, and she was so happy it overwhelmed her. But she admits to herself that the more at home she feels at Mikazuki Villa, the more she senses it is not the home she truly wants to return to. Walking next to Iroha, she looks up at the sky, recalls that Yotsugi said this sky is different from the one she knows, and yet she cannot tell the difference. She remembers she is a ghost, that going back to her mother's house will not change anything, and she wonders: where exactly is it that she wants to go back to?
X's Heartphial
Exedra Event
The Case Files of the Coordinator 1: The Many-Worlds Interpretation Poesy
While Mitama is running her shop, she reads a detective novel called “The Case Files of Doyle the White Tabby.” A white tabby kitten from next door starts visiting her during this time and she names him Doyle.[134]
Momoko comes for an adjustment and sits in the back to keep Mitama company. After a client leaves, Mitama feels strange and asks Momoko about the previous day after sunset. Momoko says they stayed in the shop watching over Iroha, but Mitama saw a memory during the adjustment: in that memory, she and Momoko patrolled an alley together and Mitama realizes the memory does not match reality.[134]
Mitama performs adjustments on more Magical Girls and sees more memories that should not exist. She pieces them together and finds a Kamihama slightly different from her own which she dubs the “Alternate Kamihama.” Over the next two days, several Magical Girls with memories of the other world come for adjustments and Mitama does not reveal whose memories she saw out of respect to her clients' privacy, but she shares information with Momoko without naming names.[134]
Mitama explains that in the Alternate Kamihama, Momoko and Mitama are a team of two, Yachiyo acts like Momoko’s big sister, Kaede is on Nanaka’s team and that Kako is missing. There is also a serious rivalry between Nanaka’s team and Konoha’s team in the Sankyo Ward, as both teams had lost their youngest members, Kako and Ayame. Yachiyo is also in charge there but struggles to keep the order. Kako and Ayame are friends in this world, but Mitama has not seen either of them in the other world. Mitama almost reveals private information about Karin and an older student but stops herself. A small detail is that Mitama asks Momoko about an exclusive wallpaper of the Mocha Bunny, and Momoko sends her a link. Mitama notices the crucial detail that in the Alternate Kamihama, Mocha Bunny’s bow tie is red, but in their world, it is blue.[134]
On a later day, a wounded Magical Girl is brought to Mitama’s shop and Mitama heals her with adjustments. This girl has more memories of the Alternate Kamihama than any previous client and the situation there is dire. Nanaka’s team and Konoha’s team both blame each other for crossing a line first and the conflict spreads from Sankyo Ward to other wards. Three friends from the Daito Apartment Complex, Reira, Seika and Mito, had their Soul Gems taken and were locked in separate rooms and a voice from inside their Soul Gems asked for the words in their hearts. The three answered “Four-leaf clover” and got their gems back, but one girl fainted from fatigue. Mitama suspects someone mistook them for a threat.[134]
Momoko asks about Iroha and Kyubey, worrying about Iroha in the other world. Mitama says no one has seen Iroha there and that the small Kyubey is also missing, but the normal Kyubey still exists in the Alternate Kamihama. Momoko has not seen Kyubey in their own world for months. Mitama refuses to share more due to confidentiality and calls herself an unreliable narrator, so Momoko agrees to stay as her investigative assistant.[134]
Mitama thinks about how the memories were gathered, and that a few days ago, a group of friends from Kamihama ended up in the Alternate Kamihama. They were together one second and scattered the next, and though they searched for each other and talked to many Magical Girls along the way, they noticed something was wrong. One of them said they cannot tell anyone how they got there and Mitama almost forgot to mention that Mocha Bunny’s bow tie is red in the other world, yet Momoko is not impressed.[134]
Doyle meows at Mitama and she thinks he wants her to apologize to Momoko and she also thinks about the one secret she cannot tell anyone: the Alternate Kamihama is a world without Witches. Then she finds a phone that a client left behind and she accidentally turns it on, seeing that the wallpaper shows Mocha Bunny with a red bow tie, making Mitama wonder if the phone came from the other world.[134]
Mitama keeps the phone, as she cannot return it yet because schedules do not match. She learns about Rumors, or Uwasa in Kamihama: mysterious beings that make rumors come true. Momoko tells her about the Rumor of the Rule of Ending Friendships, which nearly trapped Kaede and Rena forever. Mitama reveals that in the Alternate Kamihama, Kaede and Rena are very close and never argue, but that Rena works alone there. Momoko is no longer surprised by anything Mitama says.[134]
Momoko advises Mitama to record all details about the Alternate Kamihama while they are fresh and Mitama starts writing “The Case Files of the Coordinator.” She notes the color of Mocha Bunny’s bow tie, team relationships, and the disappearances of Kako and Ayame. While writing, Nanaka walks in to return a borrowed book and overhears Mitama say that Kako disappeared, prompting Mitama to explain everything.[134]
Nanaka asks many questions, joking about Mitama’s inability to keep secrets. Then she asks seriously why the Sankyo Ward is the source of conflict in the other world and she suspects there is more to the situation. She asks Mitama to tell her about the incident that sparked the conflict and after hearing her out, Nanaka says she will keep the information to herself for now. She advises Mitama to talk directly to the owner of the phone from the other world and that the girls who ended up there know how they got there.[134]
Mitama meets the girl who left the phone and she does not hesitate to tell the truth because Mitama would see it in her memories anyway. The girl explains the Rumor of Parallel Memories. The rumor says that if you get an item of proof from a parallel world and pray to the central tower, you can travel to and from a parallel Kamihama. The world they visited was a dream projected by the Rumor and it shows a world that “could be.” The girl and her friends all had the same dream at the same time.[134]
Mitama tells Momoko the Alternate Kamihama was just a dream and Momoko is relieved. Mitama explains the Mandela effect phenomenon: many people misremember the same fact, leading to a theory that those are memories from a parallel world. The Rumor of Parallel Memories lets you enter a dream of such a world and a lot of girls fell victim to it, including Ren, Kokoro, and Karin, who also got a strange sketchbook and ended up in the world of her own manga, which was traumatic. The dream world is dangerous because one's are asleep the entire time, but to leave, they can simply wish to go back. The issue is that if someone does not know that, they could waste away.[134]
Momoko asks what kind of world the girls went to and Mitama admits it was a world without Witches. Momoko is upset Mitama kept that secret and asks if all worlds without Witches are that violent, but Mitama says no, clarifying that the fighting in the Alternate Kamihama had nothing to do with Witches. Their own world has Witches and people still fight and that the Alternate Kamihama is just one possibility.[134]
The next day, Mitama tells Nanaka the Rumor explanation, but Nanaka still wonders why there was so much fighting, and that not all worlds without Witches would be that hostile. She thinks someone is behind the conflict and she names Hanna Sarasa, who is dead in this world. Nanaka says the targets in the Alternate Kamihama were all connected to Hanna, and that the method matches Hanna’s style: using suggestion to bend wills, laying traps, spreading rumors, making people doubt everyone. The trap for the Daito Apartment Complex girls feels like someone who enjoys watching others suffer. While Mitama is convinced, she notes the Alternate Kamihama is not real and Nanaka also agrees it is a nightmare that never became reality because Hanna died. Then Nanaka mentions a recent incident: a certain book nearly destroyed her friendship with Kako. It felt deliberate, but thankfully Hanna is dead, though Mitama becomes unsettled.[134]
Mitama asks herself why she is still looking into the case, recalling two girls with bad experiences. Felicia saw a nightmare in the Endless Mirrors Labyrinth and was despondent for days, but she does not remember anything. Reira also tapped a weird link in a Magical Girls’ group chat and she started having nightmares that made things awkward between her and her best friend Seika. Mitama notes that nightmares testing friendships cannot be a coincidence and that the girls who ended up in the Alternate Kamihama also got into trouble because of a phone. Mitama connects the dots and creates a vague profile: a mean-spirited person who likes to show nightmares and test hearts, using a phone, located in Endless Mirrors, the large Labyrinth inside the Mirror Witch’s Mansion and where all the magic of Kamihama gathers. Mitama decides to take a look and asks Reira about the group chat. The account that posted the link has been deleted, but the culprit might still watch with another account. Mitama posts a message asking if anyone has had bad experiences related to Endless Mirrors, hoping the culprit will see it. She then receives a video chat invitation from a caller ID: H. S.[134]
Hanna Sarasa appears on the video call and says she is not the Hanna Sarasa that Mitama knows. She is the Hanna from a parallel world and that she is glad Mitama finally figured things out. She has been playing hide-and-seek and running out of time. She is in Endless Mirrors and tells Mitama to come alone, claiming she can tell Mitama about the serious consequences of her wish, which Mitama kept secret. She wonders if her wish brought Hanna to this world and she closes her shop early to go to Endless Mirrors. Momoko notices something is wrong.[134]
Inside Endless Mirrors, Hanna watches Mitama through copies, using the power of suggestion to control people. Mitama asks if the Alternate Kamihama is where Hanna is from and she confirms. She claims the world Mitama assumed was just a dream actually exists and that the dream shown by the Rumor happens to be exactly like Hanna’s world.[134]
Hanna explains there is a narrow tunnel connecting the two worlds and that the exit in Mitama’s world is inside Endless Mirrors. A Magical Girl with the power to connect spaces, possibly the alternate version of Shizuku, was forced by Hanna to use all her power to open the hole. Hanna wanted to find Mikoto Sena, who had disappeared in her world. The tunnel is too small for a person, only big enough for a phone, but Hanna used the copies and Familiars in Endless Mirrors to do her work. She had tossed a phone through the hole and waited for someone to pick it up, and the Rumor of Parallel Memories did the rest.[134]
Hanna admits she is not actually in Endless Mirrors, but in an abandoned corner of the Alternate Kamihama. The background image was fake and the tunnel will close in a few days. The Endless Mirrors Familiars built a magical projector that can exchange things of equal value between the two worlds, an if Mitama turns the handle, they will trade places: Mitama goes to the Alternate Kamihama, and Hanna comes to Mitama’s world. Hanna has been using her power of suggestion on Mitama and she makes her turn the handle.[134]
Mitama finds herself in the dark abandoned corner of the Alternate Kamihama and Hanna arrives in Mitama’s world. Hanna explains her full plan: she wanted to find Mikoto and she tested her methods on Nanaka and Kako, then on the Daito girls and Felicia. She left subtle hints to lure Mitama to Endless Mirrors and Mitama’s curiosity and guilt made her the perfect bait.[134]
Momoko, who had followed Mitama, telepathically messages her and Momoko catches Hanna off-guard. She turns the handle of the projector in reverse and Mitama returns to her own world while Hanna goes back to the Alternate Kamihama.[134]
The tunnel closes a few days later and Momoko does not remember much of the incident. Mitama does not either; her last memory is reaching for the handle and Momoko explains what happened. The projector is destroyed, and Hanna cannot return. Mitama warns everyone to stay away from Endless Mirrors for a few days and nothing else happens.[134]
Mitama reflects on how she almost became the kitten killed by curiosity. But it was guilt that trapped her instead. She decides will continue to act as a neutral Coordinator, hiding secrets behind confidentiality and she plays with Doyle using a new foxtail cat toy.[134]
The Case Files of the Coordinator 2: A Drifting Narrative
The Case Files of the Coordinator 3: Cozy Cosmology
The Case Files of the Coordinator 4: Moratorium on Misdelivery
The Case Files of the Coordinator 5: Invisible Epiphany
The Rumored Temp Counselor
Defying Destiny: Forbidden Cards Call
A Taste of Hospitality
Yuletide Tale: Where Our Hearts Begin
One winter’s day before Christmas, Rika and Ren go shopping together. The town has no Christmas decorations and people seem depressed. They hear a distressed voice and find Mitama, wearing a Santa's beard and hat, and she introduces herself as a Christmas Spirit. Mitama says her job is to make everyone happy, but the task is too big. She gives Rika and Ren some of her magic, explaining that the magic requires them to be perfectly attuned to each other, and then she disappears.
Suddenly, a swallow Familiar appears, claiming to be Mitama’s pupil and Rika names him Chirpie. Chirpie explains that Mitama saved him when he fell from his nest and gave him magic. He can sense cowardly hearts lacking courage and Rika and Ren must drive out ten cowardly hearts to make the town happy. Chirpie leads them to people with cowardly hearts, and eats the symbolic heart afterwards.
Chirpie leads them to Felicia and Sana, who had accidentally smashed a cake and are now arguing about who should apologize to Yachiyo. Rika and Ren both wish the cake would be restored and their magic repairs the cake. Felicia and Sana apologize to each other and Chirpie eats the cowardly heart.
Next, Rena wants to go to an idol event with Kaede but is too stubborn to ask directly. Rika and Ren wish she would be honest and Rena admits she wants Kaede to come.
At Emiri’s Counseling Room, Akira is embarrassed to wear a cute Christmas outfit. Rika and Ren wish she would try it on and their magic forces her into the outfit. Nanaka, Kako, and Meiyui arrive and tell Akira she looks cute, and Akira thanks them.
Emiri and Akira join Rika and Ren to help, now calling themselves “The Holiday Girls” (HGs). They decide Emiri and Akira will track cowardly hearts while Rika and Ren use magic.
They help a girl choose a gift. They encourage a maid nervous about dancing in a Christmas performance. They help a boy who fought with his dad; the boy forgives his father and runs off, but his cowardly heart does not disappear.
Rika and Ren find a young couple who want to marry but are too scared to confess. They receive a message that the boy’s heart finally disappeared. They bring the couple together and the man proposes, this time making two cowardly hearts appear from each one, and after Chirpie eats them, he's reached ten hearts.
Suddenly, Chirpie grows giant and he reveals he is the sum of Rika and Ren’s own cowardly hearts. He uses the collected hearts to summon powerful Witches and Familiars across the town, which the Holiday Girls split up to fight.
Rika and Ren soon find Mitama trapped inside a snow globe created by their magic and Chirpie is also there. Mitama says they must resolve the source of their own weakness and Rika and Ren realize they had had a disagreement before and were unable to communicate. They both say “I wanted to make up” and apologize to each other, making their cowardly hearts vanish and also weakening Chirpie.
Rika and Ren use a combined attack: “Holiday Spiral Hope” and defeat Chirpie, who quickly shrinks and disappears, alongside the Witches and Labyrinths he created. Mitama explains she was giving Rika and Ren a dual adjustment, and while their fight was real, the magical adventure was part of the adjustment. Rika had lost her phone and Ren went on a family trip without reception. Seeing as they had been unable to contact each other, there'd been a misunderstanding, but now thanks to Mitama, they'd made up.
Afterwards, Rika and Ren practice using their new magic that came with their adjusted outfits to make snow. They find they can only make snow on one rooftop. They decide to travel around Kamihama on Christmas, making snow everywhere they go and they agree to do their best together.
Two Hands in Harmony
Tsukuyo and Tsukasa Amane complain about being overworked as guardians of a Rumor and fear the anger of Touka, Alina, and Nemu. They play their flutes together to lift their spirits and Alina appears and says they sound “unharmonious.” She asks their opinion on her next art piece about nature art vs. sound art, and when they cannot answer, she calls them useless.
Mifuyu Azusa arrives with two new Black Feathers. The twins forgot they were supposed to train them. They apologize and leave with the Black Feathers. Tsukuyo and Tsukasa explain the purpose of the robes hiding their identities and teach basic fighting techniques to the Black Feathers. They turn out to be competent and one Black Feather comments that the twins “don’t really seem like twins” because of their different tones and vibes.
After training, Tsukuyo and Tsukasa talk privately. They recall how they discovered they were twins: both had half‑moon flutes that together form a full moon, and they share similar struggles at home, with Tsukasa doing chores at a bamboo workshop and Tsukuyo enduring strict training from her grandmother. They reaffirm their bond and dream of leaving Kamihama together, however, their Flute Blossom Resonance has been failing recently. They decide to prove to the Black Feathers that they are true twins.
The next day, Tsukuyo and Tsukasa try to demonstrate twin‑like acts like quizzes, synchronized moves, etc., but everything fails. The Black Feathers realize the twins are upset by the earlier comment, so they apologize. Mifuyu arrives and assigns them a mission to capture a Witch, which the Black Feathers will observe.
The twins enter the Labyrinth, and during the fight, they are out of sync and accidentally hit each other. Familiars attack the Black Feathers and the twins protect them. They attempt Flute Blossom Resonance, but it affects the Black Feathers instead of the Witch. Mifuyu steps in and defeats the Witch herself, scolding the twins and warns they may be demoted to Black Feathers.
Tsukuyo and Tsukasa feel ashamed, questioning whether their bond is real or just a result of their wishes. They consider quitting the Wings of the Magius, but then Alina calls with a new mission: capture a specific Witch. The twins say they cannot use Flute Blossom Resonance, but Alina tells them to die trying and then hangs up.
Two Black Feathers overhear Alina’s mission and one blames herself for the twins’ slump and goes alone to capture the Witch. The other Black Feather calls the twins for help and soon, Tsukuyo and Tsukasa enter the Labyrinth and find the Black Feather surrounded by Familiars. They fight to protect her and despite being out of sync, they manage to hold their own. The Black Feather says they are acting “super twin‑like” and in perfect harmony. The twins realize they stopped trying to force identical melodies and they remember that their flutes were never meant to sound the same; they complement each other. Their true bond is not about being identical but about being two separate people who choose to be together.
They perform Flute Blossom Resonance at 120% power, this time successfully stopping the Witch. They defeat the Witch and save the Black Feather. Mifuyu and Alina arrive and Mifuyu admits she orchestrated the mission to help the twins regain their individuality. Alina was in on it as well, but she scolds the twins for over‑emphasizing their “twininess” and being useless, however she acknowledges that watching them recover their individuality was emotional. She decides to combine nature art and sound art for her next masterpiece.
The twins hold hands and affirm their love for each other. They understand they do not need to act identical; they are genuine twins. Touka suddenly arrives and reminds them that freedom is necessary for their future and the twins resolve to continue working for the Wings of the Magius to gain that freedom.
Iroha's Birthday 2025: Her Extra Special Day
August 22nd: Yachiyo tells Iroha that a safety inspector is coming to Mikazuki Villa. The inspection will take all day, so everyone should stay out of the house until evening. Iroha thinks time will fly if they hang out together, but Tsuruno says Banbanzai is busy with deliveries. Tsuruno has asked Felicia and Sana to help, but when Iroha offers to help, Tsuruno refuses quickly and the three leave in a hurry.
Once Iroha leaves, Tsuruno, Felicia, and Sana sneak back to the villa where Yachiyo greets them. They successfully shook Iroha off their trail and Yachiyo announces they will prepare an extra special hospitality for Iroha. Meanwhile, Iroha walks around, but feels something is missing. She realizes her life changed greatly after meeting Yachiyo, Tsuruno, Felicia, and Sana and she wants to hurry home to see them. Evening arrives, and she heads back.
When Iroha returns home, everyone runs to greet her and they shout “Happy birthday!” making Iroha realize she'd forgotten her own birthday. Yachiyo explains the story about the inspection was a lie to keep her out of the house and that they'd decorated the living room with colorful flowers and leaves for a tropical theme.
Sana has made a special tropical juice with a yellow-to-blue gradation, garnished with a flower and umbrella. Felicia uses a large leaf to fan Iroha. Yachiyo prepared a tropical feast: poke, garlic shrimp, loco moco, a luau spread, and malasada doughnuts. The theme came from a travel show they watched together. Iroha had said she wished she could go to the tropics someday, so the group decided to bring the tropics to her.
After dinner, everyone prepares futons in the living room and Yachiyo says the surprise is not the sleepover. The lights go out, Yachiyo plays ocean wave sounds and then a whirring sound starts. Sparkling lights like stars appear on the ceiling and Tsuruno explains they made a planetarium from cardboard and foil. Iroha was moved by the night sky on the travel show, so they wanted her to see it. Iroha is deeply touched. Soon, everyone falls asleep while talking, but Iroha stays awake, gazing at the warm light on the ceiling. She felt lonely earlier, but now her heart is full and she is truly happy and grateful to have such friends.
Madoka's Birthday 2025: A Gifted Predicament
October 3rd: Madoka wakes up to birthday wishes from her parents and her little brother Tatsuya. On the way to school, Sayaka and Hitomi wish her well, as does her entire class. Madoka has a wonderful birthday, however she cannot decide what to ask for as a birthday present from her parents. Nothing she imagines feels quite right, even though she does want something.[135]
After school, Sayaka, Homura, Mami, and Kyoko gather to celebrate and give Madoka presents. Sayaka gives classical music CDs of Mozart, remembering Madoka wanted to listen to more. Kyoko gives a bag full of assorted snacks. Mami gives a box of teabags, a custom collection of all the tea blends Madoka liked when visiting Mami’s place.[135]
Homura disappears briefly and the others ask Madoka to close her eyes. They bring out a cake Homura baked with everyone’s help, where Mami gave baking tips and Sayaka and Kyoko helped buy ingredients. Madoka blows out all the candles in one breath, which Mami says it is a sign of good fortune and Madoka cries from joy.[135]
Surrounded by friends and gifts, Madoka understands that spending time with loved ones is the best present. She goes home and tells her parents her birthday wish: for the whole family to go out and enjoy themselves next weekend. She says being able to spend time with her family is the greatest present she could ever get.[135]
Prayers and Play Keep Sickness Away
January 3rd: Madoka wakes up early, as she plans to meet Iroha in Kamihama to practice hanetsuki (a traditional badminton game) for a ceremony at Mizuna Shrine, a ceremony which is held to pray for good health. Participants must be middle school students in pairs and Iroha invited Madoka because the other Mikazuki Villa girls are either too old, or invisible to non‑Magical Girls, or Felicia, who refused. Madoka accepts because her whole family caught colds over New Year’s and she wants a blessing for their health.
Madoka boards the train, but service is suspended due to an accident. Homura is on an earlier train that is still running and Madoka tells Homura to go ahead. Madoka arrives two hours late at 10 a.m. where Homura and the Mikazuki Villa girls greet her. They had changed their plans: instead of practicing near Mikazuki Villa, they will have bento lunches at a park near Mizuna Shrine and practice there.
Before practice, the group buys New Year’s lucky bags. Madoka’s bag contains grains and black beans (soapnuts). Suddenly, a goose approaches her, then more geese which proceed to then chase Madoka and peck at her bag, wanting the grain. Tsuruno grabs the bag and runs, soon aving the other girls joining into the chaos, until a worker leads the geese away, however the lucky bag ends up destroyed and Madoka’s bad luck seems to continue.
Iroha and Madoka practice Hanetsuki together, but they struggle with control. Yachiyo offers to train them and she plays against each, teaching them to aim and keep balance. After lunch, they hold a friendly tournament, where Yachiyo wins against Iroha, Madoka beats Homura and Felicia but loses to Yachiyo when her sandal strap breaks. Yachiyo fixes it temporarily and goes home to get spare sandals for her.
The group goes to Mizuna Shrine and Iroha requests a purification ritual for Madoka to remove her bad luck. The priest performs a simple cleansing and Madoka feels relieved from it.
The shrine announces that this year’s selection for the ceremony will not be a tournament, and instead, pairs must keep a rally for 30 seconds and then do an interview. Madoka and Iroha pass the rally easily. In the interview, Madoka says she first wanted to pray for her family’s health, but after seeing many people at the shrine, she now wants good health for everyone. Iroha says her little sister Ui was born with health problems, so she knows health is not guaranteed. They are selected to perform the ceremony.
Before the ceremony, the shrine maiden shows them the special shuttlecock made from a soapnut (a nut whose kanji means “child without illness”). The box contains a completely ruined shuttlecock and the spare is also ruined. The shrine maiden goes to consult the priest, as the ceremony may be canceled. Many spectators have gathered, including Asuka, Karin, Emiri, Rika, Ren, and Hinano.
Madoka does not want to disappoint everyone and she suddenly remembers the black nuts from her lucky bag. Tsuruno looks up photos online and confirms the nuts are soapnuts. Iroha recalls making shuttlecocks in elementary school and says she knows the process. Felicia kept feathers from the geese that chased Madoka too and the priest lets them use an office and tools. There, they have a hand drill but no clamp, so the shrine maiden finds an old vise. Felicia and Tsuruno try drilling holes; Felicia breaks one soapnut, Tsuruno pierces through. Meanwhile, Madoka succeeds with the vise and Iroha and Sana bind feathers. Madoka applies glue but uses too much on the first try. They succeed with the second attempt, and when they test the shuttlecock in a nearby park, it flies well.
The mayor’s speech is delayed by the train suspension, giving them time. The ceremony begins and Madoka and Iroha keep a steady rally. They reach 97 hits, but at 99, the wind blows the shuttlecock away and Madoka runs and hits it back, reaching 100 hits. The crowd cheers and the priest says it has been years since a 100‑shot rally.
On the train back, Madoka falls asleep and Homura wakes her when they approach their stop. Madoka thinks about the day, and how everything that seemed like bad luck actually helped make the ceremony a success. She will tell her family that she prayed for their good health and she believes everyone who watched the ceremony, and everyone across the globe, can have a healthy and happy year as well.
Homemade and Heartfelt Valentines
February 13th: Mitama is away from her shop, but Tsuruno is there, using the kitchen to make chocolate bonbons with a friend. She plans to surprise everyone at Mikazuki Villa.
Meiyui arrives for an adjustment, but she finds the shop door open and no one else around. Tsuruno tells her Mitama will not be back for a while, so Meiyui decides to come back later. She asks why Tsuruno is there and she explains she's making chocolate with a friend who is out shopping for ingredients. Tsuruno invites Meiyui to join them and Meiyui agrees.
Konoha arrives with the shopping and Meiyui is surprised, as she's heard rumors about Konoha’s poor cooking skills, including an exploding miso soup. Konoha admits she made mistakes in the past but has been practicing, and now she wants to make chocolates that Ayame and Hazuki will love. She explains she's also studied tempering and the six crystal forms of chocolate. Meiyui apologizes for being skeptical and they begin their attempts at making chocolates.
Tsuruno asks them to dice the chocolate into fine pieces and Konoha pounds the chocolate with too much force, crushing some into dust. They proceed to tempering, and when the melted chocolate reaches 49°C, Tsuruno says to cool it with cold water, but Konoha accidentally splashes water into the bowl. Tsuruno suggests starting over and Konoha tries to melt new chocolate with direct heat and ends up burning it instead. Tsuruno suggests a microwave instead and Konoha sets the microwave for twenty seconds instead of ten, and the chocolate ends up boiling. Meiyui becomes frustrated and she accuses Konoha of not taking the task seriously.
Konoha insists she has been serious from the start and that Valentine’s Day is her chance to show Ayame and Hazuki how much they mean to her. She points to her outfit, explaining Ayame and Hazuki bought it for her as a gift because she works so hard. Meiyui softens and says the Blue Seas Family gave her new clothes too, and she was truly happy. She apologizes for her earlier words and Konoha also apologizes for getting worked up. Tsuruno herself also apologizes for how she organized and handled the situation and they decide to start fresh.
After many redos, they use up all the ingredients, but they finally complete the chocolates.
February 14th: On Valentine's Day, Tsuruno gives beautifully wrapped chocolates to Iroha, Yachiyo, Felicia, Sana and Ui at Mikazuki Villa. Everyone finds them delicious. Meanwhile, at the Blue Seas Family headquarters, the family members find wrapped chocolates left for them too and Meiyui reveals they are from her. They thank her and enjoy them as well. Finally, Konoha gives chocolates to Ayame and Hazuki, who are hesitant because they remember Konoha’s past cooking disasters. Konoha explains that Tsuruno and Meiyui helped her this time. Ayame and Hazuki try the chocolates and find them delicious, thanking Konoha for them.
Rise of the Waning Moon
After becoming a Magical Girl, Kanagi finds that the Eastern Kamihama Magical Girls are chaotic, territorial and that no one wants to cooperate. Kanagi soon steps up as leader, as no one else would, but only two girls show up to her first meeting: Sumiha Takane and Nabiki Soyogo. The three start working together, where Nabiki finds those who needed help, and Sumiha takes care of them.
Soon, a senior Magical Girl named Juerii Hoshi opposes Kanagi and incites others. Kanagi defeats Juerii in a fight to show her strength, but then Juerii then begins attacking other Eastern Magical Girls at random, forcing them to submit. Many want Juerii eliminated, but Kanagi still keeps wanting an amicable solution.
Soon, Nabiki decides to confront Juerii alone without telling Kanagi. Sumiha contacts Kanagi for help in the situation, but Kanagi arrives too late, Sumiha’s Soul Gem is shattered and they realize she was dead. Juerii is shock and Nabiki’s Soul Gem is completely clouded. Nabiki turns into a Witch before Kanagi’s eyes and Juerii is killed by the Witch. Afterwards, Kanagi defeats the Witch, fully learning that a Magical Girl becomes a Witch when she falls to despair.
Later on, Kanagi discovers Nabiki left a letter for Kanagi. She wrote that Kanagi was like the moon rising in the East after a long wait and she asked that their rising moon never go down. Kanagi would read the letter many times and regret never getting to ask why Nabiki threw her life away.
One day during lunch break, Kanagi goes to Himika’s classroom, telling her she just wanted to see her face, which Himika finds strange.
After work, Kanagi goes to Mitama’s shop, where Himika is already there waiting for Mitama, while Hinano is inside getting an adjustment. Kanagi says she was just passing by, not there for an adjustment and then tells Mitama she wanted to see her. After she leaves, Hinano notices Kanagi is acting strangely and becomes worried. She pays Mitama and leaves, deciding to follow Kanagi because she thinks Kanagi might be lonely.
Kanagi arrives at a cemetery, where Yachiyo and Mifuyu are already at, visiting Kanae and Mel's graves. Kanagi says she came to visit her first Magical Girl friends: Sumiha Takane and Nabiki Soyogo. Yachiyo and Mifuyu ask to join her. Meanwhile, Hinano hides nearby and listens because she cannot find the right moment to leave. Kanagi eventually notices her and invites her to join them. Hinano admits she was worried about Kanagi. Kanagi explained how she became the leader of the East and how she learned the truth about Witches.
After finishing her story, the sun goes down and soon, Yachiyo, Mifuyu, and Hinano leave, but Kanagi stays to watch the moon rise. The moon is a waning gibbous that rises two days after a full moon. In Japanese, the “seventeenth night” is spelled like Kanagi’s name, thus they call it a Kanagi Moon. Kanagi looks at the moon and remembers that it looked the same on the night she lost her friends.
Mami Tomoe: A Doppel Tale
One Saturday, Mami volunteers to help clean and restore photos damaged by the Magius incident, as middle schoolers are allowed to join. Madoka, Sayaka, and Homura also insist on coming along. Mami feels grateful for her friends but still carries guilt for having sided with the Magius. While cleaning photos of birthdays, school days, and trips, Mami feels responsible for what ruined these precious memories.
Suddenly, a Witch attacks and the group prepares to fight. A Magical Girl they are helping unleashes a Doppel, but Mami stops her friends from approaching her. They defeat the Witch instead and the girl has fallen unconscious. Mami suggests taking her to Mitama because a Doppel requires special care.
Mitama quickly stabilizes the girl and Mami asks Mitama to help her face her own Doppel. Mitama warns that it is indeed possible but dangerous. Mami insists however, and Mitama agrees, partly because she feels responsible for the Magius incident as well.
Mitama guides Mami to relax and look within. Mami finds herself in a strange, foggy space in her mind and her Doppel speaks to her. The Doppel says Mami is happy now with friends who care, so she does not need to face the pain anymore. The Doppel accuses Mami of always searching for something to fill the emptiness: first Florence, now the Magical Girls. The Doppel tells Mami to depend on her friends and forget the past.
Mami says that is not the future she wants. She remembers Madoka’s words: everyone doing what they can, little by little, will create a better future and that Mami will not run from her past anymore eiter. She wants to help shape the future and she accepts her Doppel as the weak part of herself. The Doppel says it will watch over her until she eventually gives up, but Mami says that will never happen.
Mami wakes up and Madoka asks if she is okay. Mami says she is fine now and thanks everyone. She repeats that together they will build the future, little by little.
Nightmare & Bonus Stories
Memories Made Real
Until the Day We Meet Again
Too Cute to Say No
Santa Blues
Sky-Faring Santa
Tension and Ties
A Desire to Give My All
Words to Change
Words
Leila -> Reira
Rabi -> Lavi
Ravi -> Lavi
Labi -> Lavi
Tart -> Darc
Riz -> Liz
Melisa -> Melissa
Eliza -> Elisa
Koyuko -> Kyoko
Kyouko -> Kyoko
Kyubei -> Kyubey
Kyoubey -> Kyubey
Kyoubei -> Kyubey
Al -> Aru
Al-chan -> Aru
Aru-chan -> Aru
Kyousuke -> Kyosuke
Kushu -> Kush
Yuu -> Yu
Shii -> Shi
Rumour -> Rumor
Perenelle -> Pernelle
Nicholas / Nikolas -> ? Which one is correct
Yuuna -> ?
Lapin -> Lapine ???? Maybe
Kamihama Wards and city names -> Their proper spellings
Law of the Cycle -> Law of Cycles ???? Maybe
Kyuubey -> Kyubey
Fix Kafe Lepa Mačka
Fix cafe with the tilda spelling
Soul Gem
Magical Girl
Witch
Rumor
Uwasa
Grief Seed
Wraith
Grief Cube
Labyrinth
Barrier
Wards
Familiar
Minion
Half-Witch
Pseudo-Witch
Hyades
Incubator
Irregular
Irregularity
Frayed
Witch's Kiss
Doppel
Doppel Syndrome
Automatic Purification System
Magia Record
Law of Cycles
Kimochi
Doppel System
Purification System
Fix errors like "xxx", to "xxx," and "xxx". to "xxx."
It is possible that the 5th Tart event has a purple or red moon, though the translation says red, the photos have a purple moon. I'll have to check the actual event recording in Japanese and check the JP text in case there was an error.
Magia Record
| Prologue | Main Chapter 1 | Main Chapter 2 | Main Chapter 3 | Mirrors Floor 1-11 | Iroha MGS | Yachiyo MGS | Tsuruno MGS | Sana MGS | Felicia MGS | Momoko MGS | Kaede MGS | Hinano MGS | Shizuku MGS | Kanoko MGS | Natsuki MGS | Sasara MGS | Nanaka MGS | Emiri MGS | Akira MGS | Manaka MGS | Kako MGS | Meiyui MGS | Ayaka MGS | Aimi MGS | Konomi MGS | Rika MGS | Launch | Madoka MGS | Main Chapter 4 | Mami MGS | Mirrors Floor 12-16 | Ren MGS | My Diary With You | Kyoko MGS | Mitama's Special Training - Kyoko | Konoha MGS | Hazuki MGS | Ayame MGS | And So, The Azaleas Bloom | Main Chapter 5 | Rena MGS | Karin MGS | Magical Halloween Theater | Reaching a Happier Height | Kokoro MGS | Masara MGS | Kazumi MGS | Umika MGS | Kaoru MGS | Another Daze | Mitama's Special Training - Tsukuyo | Tsukuyo and Tsukasa MGS | Kirika MGS | Yuma MGS | Christmas at Mikazuki Villa | Main Chapter 6 | New Year’s at Mizuna Shrine | Mitama's Special Training - Iroha and Yachiyo | Sayaka MGS | A la Carte Valentine | The Maiden of Hope | Tart MGS | Riz MGS | Melissa MGS | Alina MGS | Mitama's Special Training - Alina and Hinano | Reira MGS | Seika MGS | Mito MGS | See You Tomorrow | Wait, You Got It Wrong! | Mayu MGS | Mitama's Photography Meet! | FM Kamihama Holy Radio Station | Himika MGS | Mitama's Special Training - Mitama | Mitama MGS | Main Chapter 7 | Ria MGS | "I'm always the star!" | Suzune MGS | Arisa MGS | Chisato MGS | Cross Connection | Kanae MGS | Mel MGS | Voices from Beyond | Rumor Tsuruno MGS | Mitama's Special Training - Rumor Tsuruno | Mifuyu MGS | Breakpoint | A Peaceful Day in Mikazuki Villa | Main Chapter 8 | Kanagi MGS | Let's See What You're Maid Of | Mitama's Special Training - Homura | Homura Swimsuit MGS | Homura Swimsuit DS | Mitama's Special Training - Felicia | Beachside Bonds | Iroha Swimsuit MGS | Summer With Mikazuki Villa | First Anniversary Special Scenes / The Goddess and the Mysterious Record | Hereafter | Mirrors Floor 17-20 | Mitama's Special Training - Kaede | Main Chapter 9 Part 1 and 2 | It's Okay to Be Clumsy | Riko MGS | Oriko MGS | Main Chapter 9 Part 3 | Another Chapter 9 | We Invite You to a Delightful Halloween! | Mirrors Floor 21-22 | Nagisa MGS | Nagisa's Wish | Kamihama Cheese Panic! | Ikumi MGS | Ryo MGS | Wings in the Wind | Holy Alina MGS | Alina Is Comin’ to Town | Mirrors Floor 23-24 | Mitama's Festive Feast | Lucky New Year Dreams | Asuka MGS | Mitama's Special Training - Asuka | Mitama's Special Training - Nanaka | Nanaka MGS | Homura MGS | The Lost Record | A La Carte Valentine 2nd | Mirrors Floor 25-26 | Touka MGS | Main Chapter 10 | Nemu MGS | Last Magia | Dreaming Cherry Blossom | Sakurako MGS | Another Chapter 10 | Kamihama Twinkle Rarity Star | A Fledgling's First Flight | Ui MGS | Mirrors Floor 27-28 | Golden Week Campaign | Hanna MGS | The Flowers' Lament | Sayuki MGS | Sayuki Steps Up! | Nanoha Girls' MGSes | Magia Clash! | One Fleeting Summer Night | Flute Freaks MGS | Elisa MGS | Corbeau MGS | Rebel of a Dawnless Land | Curry House CoCo ICHIBANYA Collaboration | SamaTore! | Kyoko Summer MGS | The Green Jasper Diviners | Chiharu MGS | IroYachi MGS | Kamihama in a Circle | Mirrors Floor 29-30 | A New Beginning | Yukika MGS | Moon-viewing After an Elegant Tea Party | Mitama's Special Training - Meiyui | Crimson Resolve | Hikaru MGS | Main 21-1 | Will You Smile? Halloween Live Show! Haruka MGS | Matsuri MGS | Rumors in Disguise | Sunao MGS | Main 21-2 | Rondo of Oblivion Sleeps for Eternity | Mikura MGS | Temari MGS | Seira MGS | Mirrors Floor 31-32 | Shigure MGS | Main 21-3 | The Page I Write on the Holy Night - From Here, With You | RikaRen MGS | Kimochi Sapphire Intro | The Purity of Haregi | Sayaka Haregi MGS | Dyeing a Brush for This Year's Resolution! | Livia MGS | Ranka MGS | Main 21-4 | Mitama's Special Training - Emiri | Always Waving my Hand at You | Ryoko MGS | Sakuya MGS | Mirrors Floor 33-34 | Warming Valentine | Chocolatier in Mirror Country | Nagisa Valentine MGS | Hagumu MGS | Moka MGS | Hinamatsuri Login Bonus | Aquamarine Kimochi | New Mirrors Ranking Held! | Yozuru MGS | Meguru MGS | Tracks of Cherry Blossoms | Mirrors Floor 35-36 | Main 22-1 | KamiFest: Kamihama Idol Festival 2020 | Ao MGS | Maria MGS | Main 22-2 | I, the Reincarnated Overlord, Magnificently Thwart "THEIR" Conspiracy!! | Rui MGS | Trick ☆ Trouble ☆ School Festival | Tsumugi MGS | Ruby Kimochi | Yuuna MGS | Hotori MGS | Rion MGS | The Flower That Blooms in a Hollow Heart | Main 22-3 | End of a Legend, the Limits of Light | Tart Final MGS | Lapin MGS | Main 22-4 | Another 21 | Mitama's Special Training - Sudachi | Sudachi MGS | Chika MGS | Mixed Summer! | KaeRena MGS | Mami Summer MGS | Unknown Story | Sapphire | Welcome to Uwasa Aquarium! | Sakurako Summer MGS | Mokyu MGS | Let's go to the All Gods Festival! | Main 23 | Mitama's Special Training - Shizuka | Shizuka MGS | Autumn of Reading | Another 22 | Girls in the Hood | Jun MGS | YachiMifu MGS | Deliver to the Beyond, A Piece of Hope | Halloween Castle of Prayers and Funeral | Kanagi Vampire MGS | Momoko Sister MGS | Turquoise | Another 23 | Mitama's Special Training - Mikage | Mikage MGS | Sentimental Gaze | Angels on the Road | TsuruFeli MGS | Christmas String | TouNemu MGS | Opal | Deliver Smiles! Reindeer Santa! | The Dream That Transcends Today | Every Lucky Bag a Dream | Juri MGS | Main 24 | Tsubaki MGS | Memorable Flower | Another 24 | Bittersweet AI Memory | Rumor Sana MGS | Kamihama Chocolate Girls | Where is Ashley Taylor's Japanese Horror!? | Ashley MGS | Kamihama Kawaii Collection | Dependence Blue | Mitsune MGS | Aquamarine | Kamihama Armageddon | Main 25 | Alexandra MGS | Our Beginning is a Recurring Dream | Azalea MGS | Sapphire | The Masked Student Council Strikes Back | Isabeau Witch MGS | Minou MGS | The Mirror That Reflects My True Self | Sae MGS | The Peaceful Daily Life of Nayuta's House | Nayuta MGS | The Witches' Paradox Extermination Battle (1) | Main 26 | The Legendary Story of the Paper Mulberry Leaf | Yachiyo Tanabata MGS | The Call of the Open Sea | MomoMita MGS | Night Fairytale ～You Were At the Water's Edge～ | Surfer Sayaka MGS | Please, Yuna-san ~ Leave All Your Worries To Your Eldest Daughter! | Yuna MGS | Main 27 | Aquamarine | The Great Banquet that Transcends Time | MadoIro MGS | The Witches' Paradox Extermination Battle (2) | Moon-viewing Slumbering Pajama Party | Hotaru MGS | Kush MGS | Only Dreamers ~ The Fable Watches the Dream of the Girl | Opal | Another 27 | The Cuddly Despairs | Subaru MGS | Dream Halloween Festa | AliKarin MGS | Battle Museum - Yozuru | San MGS | San Kagura Wants to Be Honest | Main 28 | Miyuri MGS | Miyuri Yukari on Practice! | Anime Mami MGS | Snow Thawing Befana | NayuMikage MGS | A Merry Christmas in Everyone's Hands | Sun Shizuka MGS | Tokime Tribe Tale | Anime Yachiyo MGS | Another 28 | Sapphire | The Ash Grey Revolution | Asahi MGS | Homecoming ~ Three Days of Kyoko Sakura | Doppel Kyoko MGS | Wrap Your Feelings Up for Valentine's | Aquamarine | Witches' Paradox | Main 29 | The Inheritors of Our Souls | Pernelle MGS | Isabeau MGS | Little Bird's Star | Kuroe MGS | Kuroe DS | Kamihama Beach Spa Adventure | Aniroha MGS | Another 29 | Final Oriko MGS | My Only Salvation | Battle Museum - Sudachi | Main 210 | Himena MGS | Anirena MGS | Passion Is Sharp △, Love Is Rounded ● | Akari MGS | A Secret Farewell Party to Urara | Urara MGS | Alina Eve | Lavi MGS | Main 211 | Witches' Paradox | Anitsurumor MGS | Seven-Coloured Summer Patternbook~ | Kuroe Summer MGS | Madoka Summer MGS | Another 211 | Stardust Mirage | Infinite Iroha MGS | Joint Open Round-table Discussion | Main 212 | Mikoto MGS | Sayonara Storage | Opal | Dark Kanagi MGS | Dark Color Halloween is the Color of Love!? | Dark Mitama MGS | KimoLavi MGS | Battle Museum - Kanagi | Kagome MGS | Mismatched!? Aru's Warning! | Sapphire | Fire Mifuyu MGS | SnowYachi MGS | Winter Recollection ~From us who are still transparent~An old story | Winter Recollection ~From us who are still transparent~A phantom story | Don't Show Tears to Santa Claus | Feeling the Winds of a New Year | New Year☆First Dream Scramble | New Year Homura MGS | Witch Paradox | Historia 1 | Valentine Message | Sudachi Valentine MGS | Doki Doki! Valentine Days | Aquamarine | Historia 2 | Kamihama Multiverse Detective: Iroha Tamaki's Case File | Ruby | Historia 3 | Battle Museum - Ren | Historia 4 | A Bouquet for Tomorrow's Happiness | MasaKoko MGS | Historia 5 | Summer Pop Festival! ～Nagisa's HOT Summer Break～ | Swim Nagisa MGS | Historia 6 | Kagome's Hundred Mysteries ~Burning Summer Banquet~ | Yokai Kagome MGS | Historia 7 | Paradise Shift | Nutcracker | Mitsuru Inami Wants to Be "Normal" | Mitsuru MGS | Chisana MGS | Takina MGS | Agent Magica | Pearl | Brethren Revived On Halloween | JuriYuna MGS | Garnet | Memory Drops | Uwakoto MGS | Blessings to Those Who Resist | Terrible Luck is a Premonition of Melting Snow | Happy New Year! Dragon Rush! | Dragon Asuka MGS | From Beyond, To You | Apartment MGS | Conveying a Little "Thank You" | Sapphire | Alina's Atelier 1 | Nutcracker | Kamihama Big Sports Day | Alina's Atelier 2 | Yu MGS | Last Bird's Hope | Shi MGS | IroKuroe MGS | Battle Museum - Nanaka | ~Current Status with Big Sister~ | ~For A Fun Evening~ | Witches Paradox | Alina's Atelier 3 | ~Recounting from Pictures~ | Eve | Vibrant Miracle | The Heart, Now and Forever |
Costume Stories
Iroha Tamaki Swimsuit
Iroha Tamaki Christmas Outfit
Iroha Tamaki Winter Clothes
Iroha Tamaki Maid Outfit
Iroha Tamaki New Year’s Outfit
Iroha Tamaki Pajamas
Iroha Tamaki Loungewear
Yachiyo Nanami School Uniform
Yachiyo Nanami New Year’s Outfit
Yachiyo Nanami Swimsuit
Yachiyo Nanami Pajamas
Yachiyo Nanami Loungewear
Yachiyo Nanami Winter Clothes
Tsuruno Yui Christmas Outfit
Tsuruno Yui Swimsuit
Tsuruno Yui New Year’s Outfit
Tsuruno Yui Winter Clothes
Tsuruno Yui Tanabata
Tsuruno Yui Pajamas
Tsuruno Yui Loungewear
Sana Futaba Winter Clothes
Sana Futaba Swimsuit
Sana Futaba New Year’s Outfit
Sana Futaba Pajamas
Sana Futaba Loungewear
Felicia Mitsuki Halloween Costume
Felicia Mitsuki Swimsuit
Felicia Mitsuki Winter Clothes
Felicia Mitsuki New Year’s Outfit
Felicia Mitsuki Pajamas
Felicia Mitsuki Loungewear
Mifuyu Azusa School Uniform
Mifuyu Azusa Swimsuit
Mifuyu Azusa Christmas Outfit
Touka Satomi Swimsuit
Touka Satomi Hospital Clothes
Alina Gray Swimsuit
Alina Gray Hospital Clothes
Rena Minami Christmas Outfit
Rena Minami Swimsuit
Rena Minami Winter Clothes
Momoko Togame Winter Clothes
Momoko Togame Swimsuit
Kaede Akino Swimsuit
Kaede Akino Winter Clothes
Kaede Akino Christmas Outfit
Karin Misono Swimsuit
Karin Misono Hospital Clothes
Asuka Tatsuki Winter Clothes
Nemu Hiiragi Swimsuit
Nemu Hiiragi Hospital Clothes
Ui Tamaki Swimsuit
Ui Tamaki New Year's Outfit
Ui Tamaki Winter Clothes
Kanagi Izumi Maid Outfit
Kanagi Izumi Winter Clothes
Kanagi Izumi Swimsuit
Kanagi Izumi Pajamas
Mitama Yakumo School Uniform
Mitama Yakumo Swimsuit
Tsukuyo Amane Christmas Outfit
Tsukuyo Amane Winter Clothes
Tsukasa Amane Winter Clothes
Tsukasa Amane Christmas Outfit
Kagome Satori Pajamas
Yuna Kureha Winter Clothes
Yuna Kureha Casual Clothes (Adult)
Hikaru Kirari Swimsuit
Hikaru Kirari Casual Clothes (Adult)
Ao Kasane Swimsuit
Ao Kasane Casual Clothes (Elementary Schooler)
Juri Ooba Winter Clothes
Juri Ooba Casual Clothes (Adult)
Shizuka Tokime Winter Clothes
Shizuka Tokime Swimsuit
Shizuka Tokime Tiger
Chiharu Hiroe Swimsuit
Chiharu Hiroe New Year's Outfit
Chiharu Hiroe Bird
Sunao Toki Swimsuit
Sunao Toki New Year's Outfit
Sunao Toki Turtle
Himena Aika Swimsuit
Shigure Miyabi Swimsuit
Hagumu Azumi Swimsuit
San Kagura Swimsuit
Miyuri Yukari Swimsuit
Rabi Himuro Halloween Costume
Rabi Himuro Apron
Asahi Miura Halloween Costume
Alexandra Kurusu Swimsuit
Urara Yume Halloween Costume
Mikage Yakumo Winter Clothes
Sudachi Sawa Christmas Outfit
Yozuru Sasame Swimsuit
Yozuru Sasame Christmas Outfit
Iroha-chan Mana Degarashi
Iroha-chan Unfinished Iroha
Madoka Kaname Winter Clothes
Madoka Kaname Swimsuit
Madoka Kaname Pajamas
Homura Akemi (Glasses ver.) New Year’s Outfit
Homura Akemi (Glasses ver.) Winter Clothes
Homura Akemi (Glasses ver.) Pajamas
Sayaka Miki Winter Clothes
Sayaka Miki Swimsuit
Sayaka Miki Pajamas
Mami Tomoe Swimsuit
Mami Tomoe Winter Clothes
Mami Tomoe New Year’s Outfit
Mami Tomoe Pajamas
Kyoko Sakura Halloween Costume
Kyoko Sakura Swimsuit
Kyoko Sakura Winter Clothes
Kyoko Sakura New Year's Outfit
Kyoko Sakura Pajamas
Nagisa Momoe Swimsuit
Nagisa Momoe New Year's Outfit
Mabayu Aki White Lab Coat
Madoka-senpai Kaname Aloha
Homura Akemi (Haregi ver.) Winter Clothes
Kanoko Yayoi Winter Clothes
Natsuki Utsuho Halloween Costume (2018)
Natsuki Utsuho Halloween Costume (2022)
Hinano Miyako Winter Clothes
Hinano Miyako Swimsuit
Sasara Minagi Winter Clothes
Nanaka Tokiwa Winter Clothes
Emiri Kisaki Winter Clothes
Emiri Kisaki Christmas Outfit
Shizuku Hozumi Halloween Costume
Shizuku Hozumi Winter Clothes
Akira Shinobu Christmas Outfit
Manaka Kurumi Cook Coat
Ria Ami Winter Clothes
Ria Ami Swimsuit
Kako Natsume Halloween Costume
Kako Natsume Swimsuit
Meiyui Chun Winter Clothes
Leila Ibuki Winter Clothes
Mito Aino Halloween Costume
Kokoro Awane Outdoor Clothes
Kokoro Awane Swimsuit
Kokoro Awane Winter Clothes
Ayaka Mariko Halloween Costume
Ayaka Mariko Winter Clothes
Aimi Eri Winter Clothes
Ren Isuzu Winter Clothes
Ren Isuzu Swimsuit
Ren Isuzu Casual Clothes
Ayame Mikuri Swimsuit
Masara Kagami Outdoor Clothes
Masara Kagami Swimsuit
Masara Kagami Winter Clothes
Konomi Haruna Winter Clothes
Konomi Haruna Christmas Outfit
Rika Ayano Winter Clothes
Mayu Kozue Swimsuit
Sayuki Fumino Swimsuit
Moka Megumi Winter Clothes
Riko Chiaki Winter Clothes
Riko Chiaki Swimsuit
Mel Anna Winter Clothes
Mel Anna Halloween Costume
Temari Kira Winter Clothes
Ranka Chizu Winter Clothes
Ryo Midori Swimsuit
Ryo Midori Halloween Costume
Chika Aoba Swimsuit
Hotaru Yura Winter Clothes
Kanae Yukino Halloween Costume
Yuuna Kaharu Winter Clothes
Ashley Taylor Winter Clothes
Ashley Taylor Swimsuit
Ikumi Makino Maid Outfit
Ikumi Makino Swimsuit
Akari Mai Winter Clothes
Ryoko Natsu Swimsuit
Kushu Irina Christmas Outfit
Other
Magia Report S1
Magia Report S2
Ready Set Exedra / Magia Etcetera
Website X'mas Memory Tree (2020)
Website Magical Paper Sumo (2021)
Magia Archive Vol. 01
Magia Archive Vol. 02
Magia Archive Vol. 03
Magia Archive Vol. 04
Magia Archive Vol. 05
Videos / Audio
Magia Day 2018 Special Story: Mikazuki's Anniversary
"Let's hit the Suitoku baths! (Music Collection 1 bonus drama)"
A Bridge Spanning a Single Step (Yohaku no Honne bonus drama)
Two Girls (Promised Blood F4 FanFes 2019 live reading drama)
Magia Day 2021 Special Story: Mikazuki Villa's Little Party
Kagome and Ui's Anxious Lucky Day (F4 FanFes live reading drama)
Mana Degarashi 2022 Vtuber Stream
Magia Day 2022 live reading drama
Magia Day 2023 Iroha and Tsuruno live reading drama
Magia Day 2023 scene0 live reading drama
F4 FanFes: Magia Record TV Kamihama Special 2023 (Full)
(Asahi, Ui, & Kagome F4 FanFes live reading drama)
Can I Become Something, Someday? (Iroha, Yachiyo, & Tsuruno Magia Day 2024 live reading drama)
(Madoka, Sayaka, Mami, Kyoko, Kyubey Magia Day 2024 live reading drama)
A Party For a Special Day (Holy Quintet & Nagisa Magia Day 2025 live reading drama)
Articles
Da Vinci Oct 2020 interviews: Part 1 (Inu Curry)
Da Vinci Oct 2020 interviews: Part 2 (Mikazuki VAs)
Da Vinci Oct 2020 interviews: Part 3 (Holy Quintet VAs)
Relay Interviews: Moko Asakura (Iroha Tamaki)
Relay Interviews: Jun'ichiro Taniguchi
Relay Interviews: Doro Inu
Relay Interviews: Sora Amamiya (Yachiyo Nanami)
Relay Interviews: Shiina Natsukawa (Tsuruno Yui)
Relay Interviews: ClariS
Relay Interviews: Ayane Sakura (Felicia Mitsuki)
Relay Interviews: Yui Ogura (Sana Futaba)
Relay Interviews: Kaori Ishihara (Rena Minami)
Relay Interviews: Ayaka Oohashi (Kaede Akino)
Relay Interviews: Mikako Komatsu (Momoko Togame)
Relay Interviews: Akiyuki Shinbo
Main Media
Walpurgisnacht: Rising
Books
Other Manga
Games
Madoka Mobage
Madoka Portable
Homura's Portable Route
Madoka Online
Madoka Plus
Battle Pentagram
Madoka Mobcast
Magia Record
The Magia Record Arcade Game
Magia Exedra
Other Games
Supporting Materials
Supporting Materials
Characters
Magazines
Kirara Magica
Other Media
Crossovers
Commuity Events
Interviews
Tweets / etc.
Magia Exedra
The Case Files of the Coordinator 2: A Drifting Narrative
Two Hands in Harmony
The Case Files of the Coordinator 3: Cozy Cosmology
Eternal Summer Days
The Case Files of the Coordinator 4: Moratorium on Misdelivery
The Case Files of the Coordinator 5: Invisible Epiphany
Maybe make a list disclaimer on each article detailing which events aren't accounted for in case I want the articles released already.
Keep up with the list and livestreams to see if it adds anything
Supplementary: Extra events with unclear or unconfirmed placement. This will make it easier to make timeline articles, and maybe making them dropdowns would make it more digestible. We don't use the word Supplemental, because it means that it is something that fills in the blanks when something is missing, but supplementary means that something extra, even when it isn't needed. Maybe there's a better word to use, but we'll keep this for now.
Another possible option is to use the title 'Unknown Placement.' I'll use that for now since supplementary seems a bit inaccurate.
I've decided to use Unknown Placement, and if it is before a major revelation or major turning point, they would either be sub-sections, like with an additional equal sign on each end and then the events that are part of it have another additional equal sign.
An option is that it can say something like "Unknown Placement: 2 years ago (or whatever name of the section at hand is)." We'll figure it out along the way. However since it has been clarified that in lack of many contradictions or proof, the chronological release of the event will be used as a basis for it. If this hasn't been clarified, then add it in somewhere. Right now it seems each one will only have one Unknown Placement section.
Prioritize the order to have the unknown placement events to have the relevant information before the section's finale if it is important, or just before something happens that clarifies that thing couldn't have possibly happened after the point below, as it currently is in Scene 0.
