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'''Puella Magi Kazumi Magica: The Innocent Malice''' (魔法少女かずみ☆マギカ～The innocent malice～, ''Mahō Shōjo Kazumi Magika: The innocent malice'') is the second title in ''Puella Magi'' series, and is the first spin-off [[manga]] written by [[Masaki Hiramatsu]] and illustrated by [[Takashi Tensugi]]. It started serializing in ''[[wikipedia:Manga Time Kirara Forward|Manga Time Kirara Forward]]'' starting January 24, 2011. ''Kazumi Magica'' features a new set of characters from the anime in a town called Asunaro although they both shared the same settings. Hiramatsu has described the series as "''denying the ''Magica''<nowiki></nowiki>'s world, while affirming it from the opposite point of view''." The first collected volume, containing chapters 1–3, was released on May 12, 2011. The second volume, containing chapters 4–8, was released on October 12, 2011. The third volume, containing chapters 9–13, was released on March 12, 2012.

=== Plot ===
Kazumi is surrounded by the darkness, with a voice calling out to her from somewhere. After she escapes from the darkness that was the inside of a suitcase, what appears before her eyes are an unknown room and an unknown man. In that incident, what came across her mind were fragments of her memories.

== Series information ==
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Characters|Characters]]''' — List of all major and minor characters in the manga.
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Witches|Witches]]''' — List of all witches and its familiars in the manga.
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Locations|Locations]]''' — List of locations that appeared in the manga.

== Chapters ==
:''See also'': [[Manga Time Kirara Forward Kazumi Serialization]]
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 1: Bad - Guy - Reckon Off|Chapter 1: Bad - Guy - Reckon Off]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 2: AHA! Dogs|Chapter 2: AHA! Dogs]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 3: Kazumix|Chapter 3: Kazumix]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 4: Evil Nuts|Chapter 4: Evil Nuts]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 5: Magicallabbiata|Chapter 5: Magicallabbiata]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 6: Loss Parfait|Chapter 6: Loss Parfait]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 7: Gem Picking|Chapter 7: Gem Picking]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 8: Tempura Ice-Cream|Chapter 8: Tempura Ice-Cream]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 9: The Freezer|Chapter 9: The Freezer]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 10: Bibbity Bobbity Boo|Chapter 10: Bibbity Bobbity Boo]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 11: Dead or Rice|Chapter 11: Dead or Rice]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 12: Pleiades|Chapter 12: Pleiades]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 13: Malefica Farce|Chapter 13: Malefica Farce]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 14: Cannibalism|Chapter 14: Cannibalism]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 15: Ingredients for Satomi|Chapter 15: Ingredients for Satomi]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 16: Strawberry Risotto|Chapter 16: Strawberry Risotto]]'''
* '''Chapter 17: Secret Ingredient'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 18: Connect|Chapter 18: Connect]]'''

== Changes and Additions in the Collected Edition ==
[[File:KazumiSoulGemChange.png|right|thumb|300px|One of the many changes made between the magazine and volume versions of Kazumi Magica.]]
=== Volume 1===
* The dust jackets have a silly two page comic with Kazumi, Umika, and Kaoru.
* In the last page of Chapter 1, the {{Spoiler| Evil Nut}} next to the defeated detective is missing. After that there is an additional page with Kazumi and Souichirou Tachibana.
* Chapter 2 changes:
** In the second page, the {{Spoiler|Evil Nut}} is redrawn to be consistent with it's changed appearance in later chapters. The same thing happens in the forty-second page.
** In the third and fourth pages, Kazumi is holding her earring-bell instead of a blank white stone.
** In the thirteenth page, the white stone has been redrawn as a Soul Gem.
** In the fourteenth page, the white stone has been replaced with Kazumi's Soul Gem turning into her earring-bell - this reveals that the earring-bell ''is'' Kazumi's Soul Gem.
** In the eighteenth page, Umika and Kaoru's Soul Gems have been redrawn to be consistent with the appearance of Soul Gems in future chapters and the anime.
** In the nineteenth page, Kaoru's magical girl outfit has been slightly altered. This alteration is also present on the twenty-eighth page. In addition, Umika's Soul Gem is now visible on her forehead in magical girl form, making it consistent with future chapters. The forehead gem is present on the twenty-third, twenty-fifth through twenty-eighth, thirty-seventh, thirty-ninth, fortieth, and forty-second pages.
** In the twenty-seventh page, Kazumi is holding her earring bell instead of looking at her cross weapon. This changes the serialized version's implication that Kazumi's Soul Gem was on her cross.
** An extra page is added at the end of Chapter 2.
* The end of Chapter 3 adds a page with design notes for the witch from the chapter.
* The end of the manga has a silly three page Omake with Saki, Umika, and Kazumi. It features a single panel appearance of Kaoru, a single panel appearance of Nico, Satomi and Mirai together, and a single panel appearance of Madoka.
* There is also a one-page Q&A with the author.
=== Volume 2===
* The front dust jacket has a parody of the cover, with Tachibana in Kazumi's place and Slice Akiyama (the chef from Yuuri's flashback) in Yuuri's place. The back one has an image of the policewoman in Yuuri's outfit.
* On the ninth page in Chapter 5, a panel of Jubey has the circular mark on Jubey's head that previously did not.
* On the tenth page in Chapter 5, the runes flying around as Yuuri becomes a witch are more clearly visible.
* On the first page of Chapter 6, Kazumi is very slightly redrawn.
* A page with Kazumi and Nico is added after Chapter 7.
* Design sketches for all new characters introduced in the volume are included.
** Notes on Yuuri are added after Chapter 4.
** Notes on Yuuri Asuka's witch are added after Chapter 5.
** Notes on Airi's witch are added after Chapter 6.
** Notes on Ayase and Luca are added after Chapter 8.
* The end of the manga has a one-page Omake with Saki reading one of her romance novels.
* There is also a one-page Q&A with the author.
* Volumes purchased from Toranoana also included a two page short story about Yuuri and Airi, called, "Puella Magi Kazumi Magica Special Edition ~ A Dream-Filled Spoon".
=== Volume 3 ===
* The dust jackets have a two-page comic with Yuuri, Airi, Tachibana and Slice Akiyama.
* The first two pages of Chapter 9 are in black and white instead of color. The text surrounding Nico on the second page is now gone.
* A page for the witch from Chapter 9 is added after the chapter.
* Several lines of text were slightly edited in Chapter 10.
* A page with each of the Pleiades's mementos is added after Chapter 10.
* A page with Kazumi and Nico is added after Chapter 11, along with a page for that chapter's witch.
* A page with Kazumi's grandmother is added after Chapter 12.
* A page with Satomi in a dominatrix outfit and Saki in cat ears is added after Chapter 13.
* Volumes purchased from Toranoana include a four page short story about the Pleiades Saints titled, "Puella Magi Kazumi Magica Special Edition ~ Rosetta Meteora". Volumes purchased at Wondergoo, Melonbooks and Gamers also received special cards with different illustrations on them for each vendor.
* There is also a one-page Q&A with the author.

== Observations ==
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* Although initially ''Kazumi Magica'' appeared to have no connection to the anime, it developed a greater connection to the anime over time, culminating in nearly all of the inconsistencies being explained in Chapter 4.
* Kazumi is not set after the events of the anime.
* Food seems to play a major role in ''Kazumi Magica''. Nearly every chapter is titled after something food-related that is mentioned in that chapter (the exception, "Gem Picking", can still be thought of as food related a la "cherry picking"), three of the magical girls are good cooks, and almost all of the magical girls enjoy eating.
* The author's Q&A in volume one shows that the series subtitle "innocent malice" is translated in Japanese as "sinless spite". He also acknowledges his use of food as chapter titles, and says he'll run out of ideas and change them eventually.
* The author of ''Kazumi Magica'', as revealed in the [[Tiro_Finale_Book#Translations|Tiro Finale Book]], wrote the screenplays for the ''Madoka Magica'' Drama CDs ''[[Drama_CD_1|"Memories of you"]]'' and ''[[Drama_CD_3|"Farewell Story"]]''.
** Like [[Mami]], all of the magical girls in ''Kazumi Magica'' use Italian names for their attacks and spells. Interestingly, this seems to have carried over to the Drama CDs that the author wrote the screenplays for - ''"Farewell Story"'' has [[Kyoko]] use an Italian name for one attack, and the author has stated that in ''"Memories of you"'' there was a cut scene where [[Madoka]] used an Italian named attack.
* Each of the first three chapters of ''Kazumi Magica'' are forty-four pages long. Subsequent chapters are twenty-six pages.

== Front Covers ==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="left">
File:The innocent malice 1 001.jpg|Cover of the first volume
File:PMKM_vol2_cover.jpg|Cover of the second volume
File:PMKM vol3 cover.jpg|Cover of the third volume
</gallery>

==External links==
*[http://www.dokidokivisual.com/madokamagica/kazumi/ Official website for ''Puella Magi Kazumi Magica''] (Japanese)
*[http://www.madoka-magica.com/books/03.html Covers for ''Puella Magi Kazumi Magica'' on official website] (Japanese)
*[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Manga/PuellaMagiKazumiMagica ''Puella Magi Kazumi Magica'' at TVTropes.org] (English)

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Talk:Kazumi Magica Chapter 16: Strawberry Risotto

2012-06-23T22:58:22Z

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Kazumi Magica only gets more and more fascinating with each passing chapter! I have to wonder if the series will be drawing to a close soon; it sure seems like things are coming to a head. --[[User:Silvermoon424|Silvermoon424]] 21:52, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
:I think it's only confirmed to be 20 chapters, so it could definitely end on chapter 20. We'll just have to wait and see. --[[User:CrownClown|CrownClown]] 22:08, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
::Next chapter will be the confrontation and the revelation of the person behind the Evil Nuts.
:::Chapter 18 will show the Pleiades all turn into witches save for Kazumi.
::::Chapter 19 will be Kazumi's big battle against possibly Walpurgis Night or something akin to that, it will conclude with Kazumi finding her answear like Madoka did.
:::::Chapter 20 will be the conclusion, Kazumi will put a halt to the big bad's plan and the connection with the main series will be finally established. [[User:Derp101(2)|Derp101(2)]] 04:00, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
::::::May I ask, is this pure "speculation" or did you get this information from somewhere? --[[User:SayakaVonSeckendorff|SayakaVonSeckendorff]] 01:16, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
:::::::Imma time traveler fool! XD [[User:Derp101(2)|Derp101(2)]] 05:54, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

There are [http://anonscanlations.blogspot.com/2012/04/mtk-forward-2012-05-and-2012-06-raws.html raw scans for chapter 16] and [http://anonscanlations.blogspot.com/2012/05/magical-girl-kazumi-magica-ch-16-script.html a script], but it has yet to be put together! Does anybody have the editing skills to put everything together? --[[User:Silvermoon424|Silvermoon424]] 19:26, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
:I have just recently came back from the future of 2015 and retrieved the translated files of [http://minus.com/mbkxbRgd0a/ Chapter 16 'Strawberry Risotto']. I just barely got out of there because of REAL magic and REAL Witches. You people have 30 days, get it quick and reupload it elsewhere. Until the original editing group returns, this will have to do. By the way, I'm the same person who edited Chapter 15. I really should make an account here when I get the chance... but my fanfic really feels like it needs my attention.
:EDIT: WOW... What an epic fail. Had I had known about the clean RAWs that they have uploaded, I would've used that. A bit late for me now. Damn... [[Special:Contributions/188.221.222.125|188.221.222.125]] 22:48, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

Talk:Kazumi Magica Chapter 16: Strawberry Risotto

2012-06-23T22:57:55Z

188.221.222.125: Late

Kazumi Magica only gets more and more fascinating with each passing chapter! I have to wonder if the series will be drawing to a close soon; it sure seems like things are coming to a head. --[[User:Silvermoon424|Silvermoon424]] 21:52, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
:I think it's only confirmed to be 20 chapters, so it could definitely end on chapter 20. We'll just have to wait and see. --[[User:CrownClown|CrownClown]] 22:08, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
::Next chapter will be the confrontation and the revelation of the person behind the Evil Nuts.
:::Chapter 18 will show the Pleiades all turn into witches save for Kazumi.
::::Chapter 19 will be Kazumi's big battle against possibly Walpurgis Night or something akin to that, it will conclude with Kazumi finding her answear like Madoka did.
:::::Chapter 20 will be the conclusion, Kazumi will put a halt to the big bad's plan and the connection with the main series will be finally established. [[User:Derp101(2)|Derp101(2)]] 04:00, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
::::::May I ask, is this pure "speculation" or did you get this information from somewhere? --[[User:SayakaVonSeckendorff|SayakaVonSeckendorff]] 01:16, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
:::::::Imma time traveler fool! XD [[User:Derp101(2)|Derp101(2)]] 05:54, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

There are [http://anonscanlations.blogspot.com/2012/04/mtk-forward-2012-05-and-2012-06-raws.html raw scans for chapter 16] and [http://anonscanlations.blogspot.com/2012/05/magical-girl-kazumi-magica-ch-16-script.html a script], but it has yet to be put together! Does anybody have the editing skills to put everything together? --[[User:Silvermoon424|Silvermoon424]] 19:26, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
:I have just recently came back from the future of 2015 and retrieved the translated files of [http://minus.com/mbkxbRgd0a/ Chapter 16 'Strawberry Risotto']. I just barely got out of there because of REAL magic and REAL Witches. You people have 30 days, get it quick and reupload it elsewhere. Until the original editing group returns, this will have to do. By the way, I'm the same person who edited Chapter 15. I really should make an account here when I get the chance... but my fanfic really feels like it needs my attention.
EDIT: WOW... What an epic fail. Had I had known about the clean RAWs that they have uploaded, I would've used that. A bit late for me now. Damn... [[Special:Contributions/188.221.222.125|188.221.222.125]] 22:48, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

Talk:Kazumi Magica Chapter 16: Strawberry Risotto

2012-06-23T22:48:40Z

188.221.222.125: Translated Chapter 16 - By the Goddess, this was hard!

Kazumi Magica only gets more and more fascinating with each passing chapter! I have to wonder if the series will be drawing to a close soon; it sure seems like things are coming to a head. --[[User:Silvermoon424|Silvermoon424]] 21:52, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
:I think it's only confirmed to be 20 chapters, so it could definitely end on chapter 20. We'll just have to wait and see. --[[User:CrownClown|CrownClown]] 22:08, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
::Next chapter will be the confrontation and the revelation of the person behind the Evil Nuts.
:::Chapter 18 will show the Pleiades all turn into witches save for Kazumi.
::::Chapter 19 will be Kazumi's big battle against possibly Walpurgis Night or something akin to that, it will conclude with Kazumi finding her answear like Madoka did.
:::::Chapter 20 will be the conclusion, Kazumi will put a halt to the big bad's plan and the connection with the main series will be finally established. [[User:Derp101(2)|Derp101(2)]] 04:00, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
::::::May I ask, is this pure "speculation" or did you get this information from somewhere? --[[User:SayakaVonSeckendorff|SayakaVonSeckendorff]] 01:16, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
:::::::Imma time traveler fool! XD [[User:Derp101(2)|Derp101(2)]] 05:54, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

There are [http://anonscanlations.blogspot.com/2012/04/mtk-forward-2012-05-and-2012-06-raws.html raw scans for chapter 16] and [http://anonscanlations.blogspot.com/2012/05/magical-girl-kazumi-magica-ch-16-script.html a script], but it has yet to be put together! Does anybody have the editing skills to put everything together? --[[User:Silvermoon424|Silvermoon424]] 19:26, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
:I have just recently came back from the future of 2015 and retrieved the translated files of [http://minus.com/mbkxbRgd0a/ Chapter 16 'Strawberry Risotto']. I just barely got out of there because of REAL magic and REAL Witches. You people have 30 days, get it quick and reupload it elsewhere. Until the original editing group returns, this will have to do. By the way, I'm the same person who edited Chapter 15. I really should make an account here when I get the chance... but my fanfic really feels like it needs my attention. [[Special:Contributions/188.221.222.125|188.221.222.125]] 22:48, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

Talk:Kazumi Magica Chapter 15: Essence of Satomi

2012-06-05T07:42:03Z

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Does anybody have any news on this chapter? It's been a couple weeks since it was released and there's no translation yet (or even raw scans). --[[User:Silvermoon424|Silvermoon424]] 21:09, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
::UPDATE: [http://anonscanlations.blogspot.com/2012/04/magical-girl-kazumi-magica-ch-15-script.html The script has been posted, but still no raws. Hopefully they'll arrive soon!] --[[User:Silvermoon424|Silvermoon424]] 21:14, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
I just recently finished applying the translation to Chapter 15. Here is the link. [http://minus.com/mbgYOwRGSQ/ Puella Magi Kazumi Magica - Chapter 15] Unfortunately, this link will expire in 30 days. Get it quick, people! --[[Special:Contributions/188.221.222.125|188.221.222.125]] 22:27, 4 June 2012 (UTC)

Talk:Kazumi Magica Chapter 15: Essence of Satomi

2012-06-04T22:28:19Z

188.221.222.125:

Does anybody have any news on this chapter? It's been a couple weeks since it was released and there's no translation yet (or even raw scans). --[[User:Silvermoon424|Silvermoon424]] 21:09, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
::UPDATE: [http://anonscanlations.blogspot.com/2012/04/magical-girl-kazumi-magica-ch-15-script.html The script has been posted, but still no raws. Hopefully they'll arrive soon!] --[[User:Silvermoon424|Silvermoon424]] 21:14, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
I just recently finished applying the translation to Chapter 15. Here is the link. [http://minus.com/mbY02nwCa/ Puella Magi Kazumi Magica - Chapter 15] Unfortunately, this link will expire in 30 days. Get it quick, people! --[[Special:Contributions/188.221.222.125|188.221.222.125]] 22:27, 4 June 2012 (UTC)

Talk:Kazumi Magica Chapter 15: Essence of Satomi

2012-06-04T22:27:51Z

188.221.222.125:

Does anybody have any news on this chapter? It's been a couple weeks since it was released and there's no translation yet (or even raw scans). --[[User:Silvermoon424|Silvermoon424]] 21:09, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
::UPDATE: [http://anonscanlations.blogspot.com/2012/04/magical-girl-kazumi-magica-ch-15-script.html The script has been posted, but still no raws. Hopefully they'll arrive soon!] --[[User:Silvermoon424|Silvermoon424]] 21:14, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
I just recently finished applying the translation to Chapter 15. Here is the link. [http://minus.com/mbY02nwCa/ Puella Magi Kazumi Magica - Chapter 15] Unfortunately, this link will expire in 30 days. Get it quick, people![[Special:Contributions/188.221.222.125|188.221.222.125]] 22:27, 4 June 2012 (UTC)

Talk:Kazumi Magica Chapter 15: Essence of Satomi

2012-06-04T22:26:38Z

188.221.222.125: Translated chapter 15

Does anybody have any news on this chapter? It's been a couple weeks since it was released and there's no translation yet (or even raw scans). --[[User:Silvermoon424|Silvermoon424]] 21:09, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
::UPDATE: [http://anonscanlations.blogspot.com/2012/04/magical-girl-kazumi-magica-ch-15-script.html The script has been posted, but still no raws. Hopefully they'll arrive soon!] --[[User:Silvermoon424|Silvermoon424]] 21:14, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
I just recently finished applying the translation to Chapter 15. Here is the link. [http://minus.com/mbY02nwCa/ Puella Magi Kazumi Magica - Chapter 15] Unfortunately, this link will expire in 30 days. Get it quick, people!

Talk:Madoka Magica Portable

2012-04-18T06:47:41Z

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[[File:Happy madokami psp fanart.jpg|right|200px]]

"T - The reason why we chose PSP was not because it could only be done in PSP but because we thought what game console is used by the people who watched Madoka." <3 <3 <3 --[[User:BrickBreak|BrickBreak]] 18:31, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
* ...And here I am stuck with the 3DS. 

On another note, would anyone translate the Famitsu article? I've heard some people say it mentions the possibility other characters become witches, and I'd like additional confirmation.-- [[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 00:23, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

== Trailer==
Trailer's been released: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JJ1JLv3UCs&feature=player_embedded --[[User:CrownClown|CrownClown]] 03:25, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
:The second trailer is remade in the official web site. It contains more information than the previous C81 edition. [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 16:09, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
::I'm courious that why Kouko can use Rosso Fantasma? Did't she lost that ability before the time point Homura can get back? [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 00:39, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
:::It's possible you can help the girls change and recover to some degree, just like you can witchify them. Plus, this game also has Moemura, there's probably some sequences set in the past. --[[User:CrownClown|CrownClown]] 01:10, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

== Limited edition handkerchief ==
"The "HomuHomu Handkerchief" in the Limited Edition has the identical design as the one used in the anime scene where Homura folded out a handkerchief and sat on it. I really hope that people can share the feeling of Homura sitting on a handkerchief."

LOL Japan. Imagine what a creepy otaku could do with it. - [[User:Lord of the Kakapos|Lord of the Kakapos]] 10:09, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

== Website Updated ==
Just a heads up that the game's website updated. There doesn't seem to be anything important, but it might be worth keeping an eye on it anyway - I'm half-expecting witch cards. --[[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 13:38, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
*I'm expecting Witch cards soon as well. They did say there would be some new ones. [[User:SPDUDE48|SPDUDE48]] 10:39, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
* Okay, it's been updated again, and it ''looks'' like something's happening at the Tokyo Game Show next week. I'm not really sure. --[[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 18:44, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
:If there's anything worthwhile, I'll be posting it. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 18:47, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
::Nothing worth mentioning that I've seen at the Tokyo Game show. It is one of many games where a brief preview's shown on the screen, among a bunch of other previews for upcoming games. That's it. I can't even find a video of it, only some blurry pics not even worth posting. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 18:22, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

Welp, the site's been updated again, and it looks like a pretty big update. Not sure about everything, but under the section called "Application" there seems to be something about Mami blasting away at Charlotte.--[[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 14:22, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

I'm gonna guess that it's a mini-game that will be available on the site on a certain date. (in this case, 14 of October)--[[Special:Contributions/84.77.58.17|84.77.58.17]] 15:03, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

And the site is updated again. It looks like it's just a picture, and a picture of a keychain...but I can't tell who's on the keychain. It ''looks'' like Mami doing a Tiro Finale, but the colors are off. --[[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 13:00, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
:I can only see 2 newer special gift. One is a telephone card with Mami & Kyubey sleeping. The other is a keychain with an hourglass on it. Also it seem they provide a new version of game which supports iPad resolution now. But I cannot confirm it now. [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 15:09, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

==Music==
What do we know about the music that will be used in the game? --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 00:55, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
:Nothing in particular. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 01:12, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

== Mami's Heart Pounding Tiro Finale ==

*I feel Charlotte's attack style is really dumb. I won't get hurt by it. I'm always beaten by familiars... [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 17:50, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
**Besides the video on the website, are there any other videos of gameplay? --[[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 19:00, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
*** It's not easy to take video from an iPod touch. I also searched Nico video and found nothing but PV. But it might be too early for now. [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 03:37, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
**** There's one [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdZE3cjjwQQ here]. (No Charlotte, though.) [[User:Neuchadjinys|Neuchadjinys]] 04:37, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
*The game is commented badly as boring, monotonous, and dull. Some players commented it could be a paid game if it had been made funny. The pattern of enemy appearance is the same every time. [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 22:32, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
** The first update is provided today. Charlotte now can make her diving attack on Mami. Familiars also attack with Charlotte. Now it's not that boring. [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 14:24, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
*** Something also happens when 600 people think 140,000 points...I ''think''.
**** Yep. According to the website, it's... a cell phone background! Er, at least, I think that's what it means by "携帯待ち受けプレゼント". Something like that. [[User:Neuchadjinys|Neuchadjinys]] 22:56, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
[[File:Angry madokami psp fanart.jpg|right|200px|]]

*I have played both iPhone and Android versions. I played the iPhone version on an iPod touch (4th generation), and Android version on Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo. I feel the iPhone version more comfortable to play. Sometimes the enemy is moving and born too fast, and sometimes I feel it very show to shoot on Android version. [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 07:54, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

:Suddenly I have some ideas about the game, although I won't expect they will do it. It seems there is some capability to expand more stages. Here are some imaginary stages I feel wonderful:
:* Gertrud. Mami is still protecting Madoka and Sayaka. The enemies are different style in both shape and form of attack.
:* Izabel. Mami and Madoka are protecting Homura. Madoka is controlled by CPU, or even better, controlled by 2P if some network gaming is available. But if Homura is got hit, then mission is failed.
:* Patricia. She is immune to both Mami's and Madoka's attack. Only Homura(as NPC) can defeat her. But You have to protect Homura from familiars first. As a magical girl, Homura(in Moemura form) can bear some hits, but not many. The direction is changed to vertical, and Patricia is at the highest point. Mami must jump on lines to reach her, and both Madoka and Homura will follow her. After the witch appears, there is a timer start counting down. Homura must not be killed before the timer reaching zero. After time up, Homura will automatically set the bomb to kill Patricia.
:But most likely they will only be in my imagination. [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 17:00, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

* Oh no! I don't want to say 'I am such an idoit' when I get the PSP game. I have made a limited contract... [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 09:03, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

*OK, I have updated this game and played it. I feel it buggy. I don't know how to choose Homura. I also can't use magic anymore. The magic meter is increasing indeed, but no matter how much it accmulated, I can't use magic! I always lose because the barrier protecting Madoka and Sayaka broken! Besides, it get harder in Ophelia's stage. [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 01:59, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
:Finally I have found a way to use special attacks and defeated Ophelia. But I couldn't upload my result. I wonder it caused by blocking IP from outsides of Japan. Currently, when you have enough magic and want to use it, press the pause icon and choose the 2nd one. Then you returned to title. There is one additional button to continue. Choose continue and wait a little moment then you can use your special attack. I defeat Ophelia by repeating doing this way. [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 04:11, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

[[File:MamiTiro_Astonishing_Image_preview.jpg|right|200px|]]
* There are over 2000 players cleared Ophelia's stage. The image which is said to be astonishing is partially revealed. Mami as singer? It seems NBGI have some plans related with Idol Master, which is also made into game by NBGI. [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 02:15, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
: When you get the entire picture revealed, please post it! I'd love to see Mami as an idol! [[User:Silvermoon424|Silvermoon424]] 03:17, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
:: Yeah, I have uploaded it. They said details will be revealed in upcoming Dengeki PlayStation Vol.514.

== Gameplay Mechanics Note ==
You know, this is insane ridiculous speculation, but the way the gameplay mechanics are described makes me think we ''might'' see a new character. Or alternatively, magical girl Hitomi. --[[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 00:02, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
:I hope so, too. [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 00:10, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

== Madoka USA ==
This is just a thought, but I wonder since we have a following in America. If DVD and blu-ray sales show strong numbers, perhaps that could convince them to release the game in English, if they think there is a market for it? I am sure localizing a game is not easy but Madoka does has some recognition in the US, albeit not sure how strong it is, but surely the numbers must be good enough to justify to chance it... Of course the gameplay must be good enough too.--[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 00:20, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

== Kyouko's School Uniform ==
Ok, there is the artwork but now the character profile, seems to indicate she goes to the same school like the other characters. What are we going to do regarding this information?... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 08:30, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
:Nothing, because we don't know the story behind it. She's been in a school uniform in the official art for the game (the teaparty box cover) for a while now, but we don't know why. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 08:49, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
::Maybe she will transfer into Mitakihara Middle school if some condition met, just as Kyousuke being a guitarist. Who knows. BTW, there are something new on their official web site but I cannot view bigger images of something like Mami's witch form. Is there anyone having the same problem? [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 16:47, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
::I also have problems only with those images. I thought it's because I can run the latest version of Adobe Flash Player for technical reasons in my current set-up, but maybe it's a problem on their side afterall. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 19:50, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

== Translated script ==

A rather straightforward question: Think there'll be one? If this was for PC, no doubt a patch would be out fairly quick, but seeing as it's for PSP, that's not an option... --[[User:BrickBreak|BrickBreak]] 21:30, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
:It typically takes a long time (years) for a patch to come out. I expect because tri4 has committed to it, that Madoka will be faster than most. It's possible too they may be willing to let out a transcript before the game integration if asked nicely. Still, you're looking at months. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 21:56, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
::I used to be in the PSP homebrew scene, kinda lost my track though. Perhaps that's why I wasn't considering a patch an option. Uh. Well, doubt I'll manage to hold back on playing anyway, but thanks. --[[User:BrickBreak|BrickBreak]] 02:28, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
:::Yeah, it could be patched like with Idolm@ster. Best way to know is ask tri4 directly since they're the ones translating it. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 07:36, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
::::Know if anyone translated the menu/interface? As a veteran gamer and a biology student, I'll carry on suing a scientific approach which I'm sure you can guess (hey, worked for Initial D), but... --[[User:BrickBreak|BrickBreak]] 17:59, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::Visit [http://tri4.net/subs/articles/45/game-mahou-shoujo-madoka-magika-portable#comment tri4] for latest status. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 18:01, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
::::::...well balls, none of that was there last night. But again, I really shouldn't be surprised. --[[User:BrickBreak|BrickBreak]] 18:30, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

==Dobokeru==
"Dobokeru" can mean daze, but since this is Kyubey, wouldn't it make more sense to use the other definition, "deceive"? He does have a history of pretending to not know the truth now and then. It just seems a little more in character for him. [[User:Honeykiss|Honeykiss]] 16:33, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
:Again, I don't know many words in English. It is possible that I can't make clear the difference among those words. So please have them fixed if you find more proper words. [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 16:54, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

==Names==
One quick question, does anyone know if the game will reveal the name of Mami's parents or of Kyoko's? It is probably a long shot in the dark but if we are dealing with some of the girls routes one can never know, but what the hell may as well just ask... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 13:46, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

==New Trailer==
[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2012-02-24/madoka-magica-portable-psp-game-3rd-promo-streamed Right here.] Some stuff we knew, some stuff we didn't know but expect, and one surprise. --[[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 02:59, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

== Live broadcast ==

There will be a program in NBGI's network broadcast channel:

http://www.bandainamcogames.co.jp/cs/event/bnltv/

on Mar 14, 2012, at 21:00(Tokyo time). Both Kaori Mizuhashi and Ai Nonaka will be there, talking about various stuff about the game. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 02:33, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

==Screen Shots ==
[http://imgur.com/a/5Luxh/noscript Some 70+ PSP game screenshots!] --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 12:19, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

==Game Difficulty==
[[File:Is this a game or is this hell.jpg|right|300px|thumb|There is no evidence to suggest that Gen Urobuchi messed with the difficult settings, then again...]]
Some sources say that the game is difficult to beat, is there some reliable way to determine this, also what kind of difficult settings are there? --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 14:12, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
:I'm betting the source of OP information is the Not-Ayase blog. The blog contains too much misinformation to be a reliable source. I've watched a player playthrough of the first loop in UST (to about beginning of episode 6 of anime) and from few play impression in 2ch, the game doesn't seems ''that'' hard but you have to be very careful, for example:
:*Any actions can raise Emotion Points.
:*SG can become muddy easier if the point is high.
:*You can't use GS to cleanse a completely mudded SG.
:*You can't use any skill that uses MP if SG is completely mudded.
:*Recovery items are rare.
:*It's impossible to know when to press Q-button.
:*If you're surrounded by 4 familiars, turns will be "You -> Familiar -> Familiar -> Familiar -> Familiar".
:I never heard anything about half-witch mode, though. The producer said game is designed so you can get into Witch route easily but the game will become easier as you play it more since Karma Points directly reflects default statuses at the start of game. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 15:34, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
:I watch the video and think it is turn-based. You take one turn no matter move or attack, and all enemies also take one turn each. If many enemies are around you, you will get multiple hits. So you have to think some smart way to move to prevent such situation. That makes me remember about the original Ultima. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 15:38, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

I noticed that there is no [[:file:Homutree.png|Homura magic tree]] posted in the page as of yet --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 09:36, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:Look at the file links. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 09:55, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
::I would have thought Homura would have her own subsection... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 10:14, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

There is some mention that the saves should be more easier, specially if they have to go through long dialogues just to catch up from where they died... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 12:29, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

== Live gameplay ==
Go see it...it's running right now: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/mdoka-debu --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 16:51, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
:Some recordings:
*Part 1 (Beginning ~ Charlotte)http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/21096661
*Part 2 (Charlotte ~ Elly)http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/21098918
*Part 3 http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/21102551

== Just a heads up ==

To anyone playing from the Memory Stick, the game freezes after talking to Homura on the bridge and going to the city map. Gotta wait for a patch. --[[User:BrickBreak|BrickBreak]] 12:03, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:Please refer to [http://archive.foolz.us/a/thread/62778912/#62781688 this thread] for workarounds. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 13:02, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
::I did see that before, just... ugh, that'd be annoying, and knowing myself, veeeeery prone for forgetfulness. Then again, how could I expect not to suffer with this game? --[[User:BrickBreak|BrickBreak]] 13:21, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:::Make sure to convert to CSO first. That will save you from the tutorial freezes. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 17:26, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
::::Yeah, I did that, it's running smooth. Still freezes on video sequences though, gotta skip them - hopefully, they're nothing but clips from the anime. --[[User:BrickBreak|BrickBreak]] 15:05, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::Another method would be to set the PSP to sleep Mode before a specific part of the game freezes. I have yet to attempt this for the part where Mami first reveals to Sayaka and Madoka what a Grief Seed does. [[Special:Contributions/188.221.222.125|188.221.222.125]] 09:10, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

== About spoiler in PSP game ==
I heard many players got a lot of bad endings. It might not be proper to write them in the game page since there are too much information there. Is there any plan for these? --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 16:50, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:My suggestion, make a new page with a spoiler heading. This will be a subpage for PSP Game Endings. Then provide a short description of what it is and a link to it from the main PSP game page. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 17:25, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:Since PSP game is separated into chapters, better create new page with title something like [[Madoka Magica Portable Chapter 1: As If We Met in a Dream...]] (suggestion) and put information related to PSP game there. See [[Talk:Main Page]] for more info about reorganizing. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 18:18, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
::I'm not sure, routes might make more sense. That's how the Japanese wiki is separating them. So far I only really know about the Madoka Kaname route which is basically a tutorial one. Very straight-forward, closely follows anime, not many choices but apparently always ends with Madoka contracting to save Sayaka and Homura resets. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 19:16, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:::I think it still make sense to have a separate page for each route (chapters) though, we can always put information such as possible routes within chapter, Q-button timing, and such in it in an organized manner. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 19:21, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
::::Yes, separate pages is good, I'm suggesting routes rather than chapters, as that's how the game does it. Plus, you have to finish the Madoka Kaname route first, then I think some other routes (not sure on the exact parameters) before you can do the Homura route. Only then can you unlock the bonus route. The Japanese wiki also separates by days and morning/noon/evening for time period (it is 30 days to Walpurgis in all routes) since that's what you see at the top of the map screen. It's easier to track than chapters. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 19:32, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::Hmm, I still want to use the official "title" for each routes (that's why I'm calling it chapter). For example, "As If We Met Met in a Dream..." for Madoka route, "Only If You Are By My Side" for Mami's route, etc. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 19:39, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
::::::I see. I thought you were using them to refer to episodes rather than character routes...since the Madoka route goes to roughly ep. 8 and I think the rest of the routes go to ep. 12. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 19:45, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::::Yeah, seems like Madoka's route is the only one with a fixed ending. I've asked my friend to list <strike>first three</strike> all chapters in the game:
:::::::*{{Nihongo|夢の中で逢った、ような…|As If We Met in a Dream...}} —Madoka route
:::::::*{{Nihongo|あなたが側にいてくれるなら|Only If You Are By My Side}} —Mami route
:::::::*{{Nihongo|運命はきっと変えられる|The Destiny Could Be Changed}} —Homura route
:::::::*{{Nihongo|私が願った、奇跡|The Wish I Prayed For}} —Sayaka route
:::::::*{{Nihongo|残された最後の希望だったんだ|It Was The Last Path Left}} —Kyouko route
:::::::*{{Nihongo|想いは現実を越える|A Wish Can Surpass Reality}} —Bonus route
:::::::--[[User:0x99|0x99]] 20:00, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::::: Maybe something has to be unlocked before you can get a different ending to the Madoka route? --[[Special:Contributions/83.108.126.230|83.108.126.230]] 20:55, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
::::::::: I'm not sure about that as I've never seen any report of someone able to break the fixed ending of Madoka's route. It may be possible but nobody, so far, has found a way to. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 22:16, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
::::::In my opinion, it's better to use something like 'Someone's Route' as title because it is easier to understand and search. Also the title can be shorten. I suggest the "official title" to be subtitle in those pages. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 02:33, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::::The reason I want to put full title in the page name because of consistency (so game, manga, anime, etc. uses the same format). --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 15:43, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
::::::::I'm confused by this because that's not how the pages are named. Anime episode pages are just "Episode 1" not "Episode 1: As if We Met in A Dream", they don't have the full name. Ditto for manga subpages, they also have short names. It still seems confusing to me to name pages for the game after episodic titles, when the game is divided into routes. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 15:52, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::::::I'm referring to the reorganization plan in the [[Talk:Main Page]]. The game is divide into multiple routes with title for each routes (see above), you have to select the route you want to play right when the game starts. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 17:22, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
Since there isn't a translation yet, would you want something like summaries of story scenes? [[User:Ykm|Ykm]] 15:38, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
:I have finished Mami's route today, and is beginning Sayaka's route. If there is a place, I'd like to write something about it. But writing all is really complex. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 16:26, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
::I'm also working my way through the game, on Mami's route right now. I'm not crazy enough to try translating the whole thing word-for-word, but if someone creates pages for it, I'd be glad to help write descriptions of the scenes. [[User:Ykm|Ykm]] 17:21, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

== Homura's Majo ==

This is a spoiler so I'm going to hide this stuff inside a collapsable table. Please reply inside the spoilers table.

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This is mentioned in 2ch, but [[:File:Homulilly.jpg|"HOMULILLY"]] (click to see) seems to be Homura's Majo. Her Majo is represented with a disc on the top with infinite sign. Her witch type is {{Nihongo|此岸の魔女|Shigan no Majō}} which basically means "Witch of Mortal World" (i.e. the opposite of [[wikipedia:Higan|Higan]]). Witch runes below reads "Game Over". I'm not sure how reliable this is, can anyone who've played (or have access to special BD/DVD with unlock codes) confirm? --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 18:27, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:I saw this on 2ch and it seemed like people weren't taking it seriously...which makes me think along with the name which is clearly a joke, that it's probably a fan shop. Unfortunately, I'm pretty busy so I won't personally be getting to the Homu route for a couple days at least, to verify. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 20:01, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
::Possibly because they're trying to avoid spoilers. I've found someone mentions HOMULILLY do exists in the DVD/BD special (unlock required), but you can't fight with her (the game is Game Over instantly) so there's no witch card for her. Will probably have to wait few days for confirmation. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 20:09, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:::They could have at lead given us her nature and description --[[SPDUDE48|SPDUDE48]] 20:15, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
::::That's the problem—nature and description are in witch card (like the one for [[:File:ITZLI_info.jpg|Itzli]]) which appears after you defeat the witch but you can't defeat Homulilly in the game. (Also I found it pretty funny her witch name is literally {{Nihongo|"Homu Yuri"|ほむ百合}}, which make it even more confusing whether this is real or fake.) --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 20:20, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::Anyhow, if not real that must be the best fan made witch ever. IDK, Gekidan Inucurry might have put a weird name on purpose, after the Kyubey witch anything is possible. --[[User:Derp101|Derp101]] 20:27, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
::::::Homulilly might not be her name but actually "Homu Yuri" and she gets to be together with Kriemhild Gretchen. That is one sick ending bro! --[[User:Derp101|Derp101]] 21:33, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::::Doujins where?! --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 02:29, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
:OK, I was able to verify where it's from. It's from an unlocked (therefore not hidden) gallery of Inu-Curry. If you look [[:File:PSP Inu Curry Art Gallery.jpg|here]], the first two images show the menu screens. The remainder are examples of what's in the gallery. There's images that are work-in-progress designs and some that look surreal enough they may just be art designs, that are not actually in the game. The Production Note had that where some of Inu Curry real designs were right next to pages of designs that never made it into the anime. Unfortunately, it's impossible to know without seeing whether it's in the game then. Thinking about it more though, it's probably going to be in the game but well, I'm still not sure if it isn't more of a joke than anything else. But it's an official joke! --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 22:09, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:: Homu Yuri... I gotta give it to Inu-Curry, at this point they may as well just stop pretending this is subtext... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 01:41, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
:: I see a string of Witch's Kisses on the second screenshot: Gisela - Albertine - Ophelia? - ????? - ????? - Candeloro? - Brain Witch? - Needle Witch?. I hope we see everything in the Gallery soon. Hopefull we'll see Witch cards. --[[User:SPDUDE48|SPDUDE48]] 21:52, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
::: The middle two kisses look like Gretchen's and Homulilly's, I think. --[[User:Neuchadjinys|Neuchadjinys]] 01:48, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
:::: How are we going to deal with the witch information in the witch page? This is going to be a problem... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 01:43, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
::::: You mean the lack of witch card or the organization of the page? For organization I think we can have separate subsections for each titles (in the witch's page) if anything differs (similar to [http://dothack.wikia.com/wiki/Reki#History character page] in .hack//Wiki). For lack of witch card, maybe a bit of background e.g. where did this come from will do for the time being. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 12:16, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
:My body wasn't ready! 0_o --[[User:Derp101|Derp101]] 18:25, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:I hope one day we can ask someone or the creators if Inu Curry [[:file:Yurifan reaction to homulilly homuyuri spoiler.jpg|was being blunt or if it was an industry joke]] about it, fans would like to know... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 07:59, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

*Homulilly according with 4chan comments:

Homura’s witch, Homulilly:

>It’s a record player with the infinity symbol under it, inside an hourglass.

>It says “Unable to move foward, the witch continuously spins and spins like a broken record, repeating the same sound over and over again for all eternity.”

>Bad end - Homura becomes witch, the universe ends, game over. Can’t load your save, you have to start the route all over again.

::I hope we can verity this quickly so we can start working on the page... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 09:21, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
:::On which thread were this comments found. Does it say anything about a nature? --[[User:SPDUDE48|SPDUDE48]] 10:17, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
::::It [http://wiki.puella-magi.net/File:Screenshotofblog.jpg came from] this [http://not-ayase.tumblr.com blog]. Nothing about its nature as of yet. --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 10:58, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

"That sound is HOMUHOMUHOMUHOMUHOMU...." from 4chan.
::I am a bad person, I found that to be funny... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 09:21, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

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==Portable Spreed Sheet==
*[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0Amu6wOa0hazDdDA0LVVtRWFvRDhMOXJ6SjM2OVpBR0E&f=true&noheader=true&gid=0 a google spreed sheet regarding game options/info]

==Walpurgis Night's Name==
Did they actually reveal it or is it still "?????" --[[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 02:21, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
:Still ????? AFAIK. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 13:08, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
::Perhaps Walpurgis' Real name will be revealed in the movie, maybe something about the name is some sort of secret or it is too shocking to reveal... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 13:28, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
:::IMHO Walpurgis is a gimmick, a reverse Deus Ex Machina of the series. Revealing her real name would be killing the character. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 13:54, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

==Comments from 4chan==
'''Note: There are factual inaccuracies among these comments, some completely made up by an unreliable source.'''

More commentary from Japanese fans:
*I like how Madoka kind of tossed away Sayaka’s and Hitomi’s friendship for Homura.
*Kyubey also states that Madoka may want to protect others, but her true emotion and reason was because she’s able to protect and watch over helpless Homura and spend her daily life with her.

Ok, I can buy Madoka tossing Sayaka's friendship over Homura if certain conditions changed the nature of Madoka and Sayaka's friendship... but the second part? I swear, is like they wanted to make a yuri VN... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 12:56, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

[[File:What is this i dont even.jpg|right|300px|thumb|It came from the internet. I am sure it is reliable.]]
"I am going through the comments from 4chan and picking up what seems believable, I wish there was a way to quickly verify some of these:" --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 09:15, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

*The option of saving Mami from Charlotte is the one where you retreat and secretly follow her. In other words, Mami won't let you come along no matter what.
**Once Mami is saved, Mami tells Homura she’s sorry she doubted her all this time, and tells her inner feelings towards Madoka and Sayaka about being lonely. Mami and Homura form a friendship. Along the days you can watch scenes where Mami invites Homura over and gives her cake and talks about her family’s death.

*H.N. Elly - Homura finds Madoka and saves her from the witch, instead of Sayaka, since she hasn’t contracted. • Next, is now Sayaka. Homura wants to prevent Sayaka from contracting, watching Sayaka in the shadows and grieving over Kyousuke on how he cant play the violin. Homura greets Sayaka at the hospital who’s taking to Kamijou.
**Believe in Sayaka, and explain everything that’s going on about Sayaka to Madoka. — Sayaka doesn’t contract. She gets mad at kyuubey and rejects his contract. Next day, Hitomi says her father’s close friend is an American surgeon who figured out a way to heal Kamijou’s hands. Sayaka confesses to Kyousuke before Kyousuke goes to America for his surgery. Kyousuke accepts her feelings, and thanks her. Sayaka doesn’t become a Puella Magi, never meets Kyouko, and lives on a happy life.

*Homura now meets Kyouko. She invites Kyouko over to her house and forms a partnership to fight against Walpurgisnacht. Kyouko meets Mami, her old friend, but the two hate each over due to past disputes.
**Homura calms the two and persuades them to make up and become friends again. The two talk about right strategies against Walpurgis.

*Over the course of days, since Sayaka grows insanely distant from Madoka, since she spends almost all of her time with Kamijou, Madoka begins to feel extremely lonely.
**She invites Homura over, or goes out with Homura with all the chances she gets. Homura tries to decline because she beleives that if she becomes too close to Madoka, Madoka would want to protect her and contract with Kyuubey. But her emotions get in the way, and she can’t bear to see Madoka sad, and ultimately cannot reject.
***Later that night, Kyuubey, who had almost no role, sneaks into Madoka’s house, and explains everything about the Puella Magi cycle. Madoka, shocked, leaves her house in the middle of the night and goes to see Homura. Madoka and Homura have a talk, and repeat episode 11 where Homura hugs Madoka, etc.

[[File:Everyone hates kyousuke.jpg|right|thumb|Everyone hates Kyousuke... boy, if the story is true...]]

>Ending 1a - If Homura fights alone, or with Kyouko, or with Kyouko and Mami and not the full party, the game will take it as if she fought in the anime timeline-ish kind of. Madoka will contract with Kyuubey, become Ultimate Madoka, and rewrite the world with her powers and delete Witches from Existence.

>Though UNCONFIRMED, but on most of the 2ch players say that you can fight demons, in the wasteland. You fight them endlessly until you die. Ultimate Madoka comes and Saves Homura and revives her. Using the power of all the despair she consumed until now throughout the timelines. Madoka is able to hold only a tiny fragment of existence, and materializes by using the negative energy and Homura’s memories of her, and stays by Homura’s side forever, like a ghost-ish thing. She is only visible to Homura.

>Ending 1b - Everyone participates in Walpurgis, except Madoka. Just the beginning event scene is different than 1a, still the outcome is the same

>Ending 2 - Homura defeats Walpurgis all by herself. Horray, Madoka is saved, Good job. Now go make super homu love to her.

>Secret - {{spoiler|If everyone else dies first and Homura last, on the top floor. Homura turns into a witch, the universe ends, since all possibility and hope becomes absolutely and completely lost.}}

:I never heard of anyone getting this "secret" route. I'm assuming it's another Not-Ayase made-up story. All reports from 2ch I've seen so far only mentions you will always end up getting anime's ending (whether Homura fights alone, Mami & Kyouko alive or not, etc.) About the demons, you will only have to fight with it until the ending music (Connect) ends. There's nothing about her dying, etc. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 12:02, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
::This reminds me, do we have any info or screen shots regarding the demons? We still know almost nothing about them... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 12:08, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
:::Hmm, I'll try finding screenshots. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 12:12, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
:::: Seriously, there is only those 3 endings? How could it be possible for Homura to defeat Walpurgis alone and yet she failed when with the others? (*smack my face* stupid question, the game developer and Gen are screwing us). I am kind of dumbfound that the endings is as if trying to "ask" us to wait for the continuation of Puella Magi's 3rd movie where it will pick up from what's left of the anime. (*sorry for ranting*) Refering to the demons, perhaps it is still not possible to get that kind of ending, maybe it is a DLC or requires unlocking of special password. You never know what they had for everyone especially when the 3rd movie is not out and putting into the game might spoil the whole ending for the game. Well, just a speculah and not to be taken seriously. [[User:Demonicslayer|Demonicslayer]] 13:59, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
:::: OK, here is demons: [[:File:MadoPSP Demons.jpg]]. While you can fight with them, they won't fight you back, you're force to use only Magic Arrow skill, you can't die here, it ends right after Connect ends. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 15:44, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
: Someone is telling me the secret route is confirmed [[http://www4.atwiki.jp/madomagi_portable on this wiki]]. Can someone verify this? --[[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 14:17, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
::Probably this part in Homura's route page:
::<blockquote>「ワルプルギスの夜」本体と対峙する（HPゲージが表示される）最下層で「敗北」すると、ほむらが魔女化する。ただし、ゲームオーバーの前にイラストが1枚表示されるだけで、魔女図鑑への登録およびイラストを後で見ることはできない。特典ディスクのギャラリーに全く同じイラストが収録されているので、鑑賞はこちらで（「○○の魔女」の名前もこちらで明かされている）。</blockquote>
::It says if you lost to Walpurgis after the HP gauge is shown, the illustration of Homulilly will be shown before the Game Over message. However this illustration won't appear in Majo Zukan or CG Gallery but you can see it later in special DVD. Rough translations:
::<blockquote>When confronting with Walpurgis main body (HP gauge is shown), if you are "Defeated" in the lowest level, Homura will become a witch. However only one illustration will be shown right before Game Over; it won't gets registered to Majo Zukan and you can't watch it later. Gallery in the special DVD has exactly the same illustration, watch it here if you want (her "witch of x" name is revealed in [the illustration in the game].)</blockquote>
::--[[User:0x99|0x99]] 15:03, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

=== Bonus route ===

"Of course, there is also this:" --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 09:15, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

>Bonus route is basically full of jokes, drama, and wtfness

>just, key things are.

>Homu slaps Madoka for groping her

>Sayaka and hitomi fight over kyousuke physically and verbally

>Idol mumisan

>super sweet homura-chun

>Ending. Everyone beats walpurgis

>OUR FIGHT HAS JUST BEGUN

>homura facepalms and reverses time.

"Seriously, the part where Homura slaps Madoka because Madoka was groping her sounds highly unlikely and out of character, unless there is evidence of it I am highly skeptical. <s>I will buy the idea of Homura gropping Madoka, but</s> seriously... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 09:15, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

:In all seriousness, Homura slaps Madoka because Madoka calling herself ''clumsy and has no trait or whatsoever beside being a magical girl''. Homura slaps Madoka and try to comfort her for saying that by saying "even though you're clumsy and stupid, being a cute magical girl is enough", etc. etc. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 11:53, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
::This sounds more believable --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 11:55, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

=== Verification Filther ===
Fans are not going to wait for verification and there is bound to be misinformation. I wish there was a way to gather verifiable information from reliable sources to counter the misinformation before it starts spreading, the last thing we want is for this game to be presented to be silly, or bad! If anything it is doing a disservice to the creators of the series --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 12:48, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
:It's hard to do confirmation especially for the game because so far nobody has discovered all the possible endings and there's only a few of us who can read Japanese (although the game is full voice). 2ch/Futaba can give a rough overview of what's possible and what's not possible but that's so far those boards can provide. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 13:21, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

==Majo Zukan==
I wanted to post a list based on the current screen shots we have of the Witch Encyclopedia. How often do we get more screenshots?
<removed list to conserve space>

:I found screenshots of all the witches' encyclopedia entries on 2ch ([http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081166.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081167.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081168.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081169.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081170.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081171.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081172.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081173.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081174.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081175.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081176.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081177.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081178.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081179.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081180.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081175.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081176.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081177.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081178.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081179.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081180.jpg]), and the tail end of [http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm17275080 this video] shows the entries you unlock during the 'good' branch of Sayaka's route. With this information, the list is:

:1 Anthony
:2 Adelbert (tiny)
:3 Adelbert (large)
:4 Gertrud

:5 Pyotr (w/ hat)
:6 Pyotr
:7 Pyotr (nurse)
:8 Charlotte

:9 Daniyyel+Jennifer
:10 Daniyyel+Jennifer (TV head)
:11 H.N. Elly (Kirsten)

:12 Anja (plane)
:13 Anja (car)
:14 Anja (boat)
:15 Albertine

:16 Dora
:17 Gisela

:18 Sebastian's (serpent-type)
:19 Sebastian's (claw-type)
:20 Elsa Maria

:21 Oktavia's Violinist familiar (not sure if it's Holger, since he's the conductor)
:22 Klarissa
:23 Oktavia's wheel familiar
:24 Oktavia von Seckendorff

:25 Michaela (zombie)
:26 Michaela (ghost)
:27 Izabel

:28 Mathieu
:29 ? (Presumably teacher-like familiars)
:30 Patricia

:31 Walpurgis minion (top left on card)
:32 Walpurgis minion (bottom left on card)
:33 Walpurgis minion (top right on card)
:34 Red-and-black checkered familiar
:35 Pink poodle-like familiar
:36 Walpurgisnacht

:37 Candeloro's Madoka familiars
:38 Canedloro's Kyouko familiars
:39 Candeloro

:40 Ophelia's geisha familiars (flame throw attack)
:41 Ophelia's geisha familiars (melee attack)
:42 Ophelia

:43 Quitterie's familiars
:44 Quitterie

:45 Itzli

It seems that Suleika, Uhrmann and Roberta aren't in the game... --[[User:Neuchadjinys|Neuchadjinys]] 19:55, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
: Not even Kriemhild Gretchen? That sucks. We never even got to see the Witch of the Netherlands . . . There're always the galleries --[[User:SPDUDE48|SPDUDE48]] 20:531, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
::That's because if Madoka becomes a witch, it's an instant game end. They wouldn't make it a playable witch.--[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 22:06, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
::: oh right. Do you know when'll be updated on the Gekidan Gallery? --[[User:SPDUDE48|SPDUDE48]] 20:12, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

:From 2ch: [http://i.imgur.com/z9AT3.jpg 37, 38, 39]... and from Twitter: [http://twitpic.com/8ya1so 21], [http://twitpic.com/8ya1tt 22], [http://twitpic.com/8ya1vu 23], [http://twitpic.com/8ya1x7 29], [http://twitpic.com/8ya1yc 40], [http://twitpic.com/8ya22z 41]. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 02:00, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

===Gekidan Inu Curry Gallery===
Have there been any new pictures as to what's in the Gekidan Gallery? Hopefully there will be a zip with all the images eventually. --[[User:SPDUDE48|SPDUDE48]] 13:21, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

== Homuslap event transcript ==

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鹿目まどか：
マミさんも、CDだすし……
さやかちゃんも、恭介君といい感じだし
杏子ちゃんも、さやかちゃんと仲がいい。

鹿目まどか：
皆、いろいろ変わっていくんだね……
わたしは、何が変わったんだろう？

暁美ほむら：
何か、変わりたいの？

鹿目まどか：
ほむらちゃん……。
またいつの間に……。

暁美ほむら：
そこは気にしないで
で、まどかは変わりたいの？

鹿目まどか：
変わりたいというか、変わらなきゃいけないような気がしてるだけかも。

鹿目まどか：
だった、わたしには、何になりたいって気持ちがないんだよ。
マミさんやさやかちゃんや、杏子ちゃんみたいに。

鹿目まどか：
でも、それを見てるだけって
なんだかつらいなぁって。

鹿目まどか：
わたし……
『魔法少女になりたい』しか無くって
魔法少女になったから……。

鹿目まどか：
魔法少女しかできない女の子って駄目なのかなぁ。

鹿目まどか：
今、皆が楽しそうにやってることが羨ましいだけなのかなぁ。

鹿目まどか：
わたし、魔法少女以外のこと何もできないから。
ドジで、のろまで……駄目な女の子だし。

暁美ほむら：
そんなこと無い！

〈SLAP〉

鹿目まどか：
きゃっ。

暁美ほむら：
まどか、あなたは、ドジでのろまで……
とっても可愛い魔法少女よ
それ以外、なにを求めてるの！！

鹿目まどか：
それ……褒めてないよ……。

暁美ほむら：
私は、私は、あなたに
何度も何度も……だから
あなたは、あなたのままで……。

暁美ほむら：
何も変わらず、今のままで……
自信を持って！！

暁美ほむら：
あなたは……あなたはね……
私にとって大事な大切な人なの。
あなたは覚えてないかもしれないけど。

鹿目まどか：
あのね、ほむらちゃん。
よくわかんないけど
なんとなく、わかったような気がするよ。

暁美ほむら：
ありがとう……よくわかってないのに
いきなり叩いちゃってゴメンね。

鹿目まどか：
ううん、大丈夫。
ほむらちゃんはわたしに
いろいろ伝えようとしてるんだね。

鹿目まどか：
たぶん、わたしが悪いんだろうなってそう思う。
……でもね、１つだけ、いいかな？

暁美ほむら：
なに？

鹿目まどか：
……ドジでのろまはね
ちょっと否定して欲しかったかなって。

暁美ほむら：〈即答〉
ゴメン……。

鹿目まどか：
やっぱり、わたし
ほむらちゃんに、そう思われてたんだね。

暁美ほむら：
え、あ、うーん……。

〈まどかの感情値が２０増加した。〉

Madoka: Mami-san's going to release a CD... Everything's going great for Sayaka-chan with Kyousuke-kun, too, and Kyouko-chan is getting along with Sayaka-chan.

Madoka: Everyone is changing in lots of ways... but what's changed for me?

Homura: Do you want to change something?

Madoka: Homura-chan... When did you...?

Homura: Never mind that. So, do you want to change, Madoka?

Madoka: I think maybe it's less like I want to change than like I feel like I have to change.

Madoka: See, there's nothing that I really want to be. Not like Mami-san, Sayaka-chan, or Kyouko-chan.

Madoka: But it's kind of hard just watching that.

Madoka: Because I... became a magical girl with nothing but "I want to be a magical girl"...

Madoka: I guess a girl who can't do anything except being a magical girl is no good.

Madoka: I guess I'm jealous of everyone seeming like they're having so much fun right now.

Madoka: I can't do anything at all besides being a magical girl. I'm a clumsy, slow... useless girl.

Homura: That's not true!

(slap)

Madoka: Kya!

Homura: Madoka, you're a clumsy and slow... and absolutely adorable magical girl! What else do you want?!

Madoka: That... isn't a compliment...

Homura: I... I... you.... over and over... That's why you have to stay you...

Homura: Never change, the way you are now... Have confidence in yourself!!

Homura: You... You're... someone very important and precious to me. Even though you may not remember.

Madoka: Um, Homura-chan. I don't really understand, but I think I kind of get it anyway.

Homura: Thank you... I'm sorry for hitting you even though you don't really understand.

Madoka: No, it's okay. You're just trying to get things across to me.

Madoka: I think it's probably my fault... But can I say just one thing?

Homura: What?

Madoka: ... I did want you to deny that I'm clumsy and slow, a little.

Homura: (automatically) I'm sorry...

Madoka: I knew it, you really do think that about me.

Homura: Uh, um, well...

(Madoka's emotion value increased 20 points)
|}

Just for fun. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 18:07, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
:Does anybody know Japanese well enough to translate this? [[User:Silvermoon424|Silvermoon424]] 18:30, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
::I added a quick translation above. My apologies for any formatting gaffes. [[User:Ykm|Ykm]] 00:04, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
:::Much appreciated! --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 00:11, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
::::Thank you! This event sounds really interesting! --[[User:Silvermoon424|Silvermoon424]] 03:03, 19 March 2012‎ (UTC)

== Regarding Kyousuke Hate==
[[File:Sayaka so called friends monster psp.jpg|right|thumb|so these are Sayaka's friends...]]
I am hearing that there is some hate regarding the character. We need to verify how extensive it is, but also we need to know what is the general reaction and explain why so we can add it to the page explaining the cause, also there was a mention that the hate is huge in 2chan that it created several threads, we need a screen shot of one example (if possible) and a translation with it so it can be added to the Kyousuke page (perhaps fans will forget their hatred of Hitomi after this...) --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 23:34, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
:Hmm, is this related to Kyousuke calling Sayaka "monster" in Sayaka's routes? --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 23:37, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
::I heard that was one reason, something about how he called her a monster and all that, and the fans reacted negatively about it... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 23:41, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
How did you get Kyousuke to call Sayaka a monster? When I saved them, they did not remember anything as they fainted and Sayaka and Kyouko escaped. They do remember hearing Sayaka's voice saying that she was a hero of justice though but they dismissed it thinking they were just dreaming. Are there any specific conditions that should be met in order for Kyousuke to call her a monster? O.o
:I got the same result as you, but we've seen a [[http://images.puella-magi.net/9/93/Dengeki_PlayStation_2012-02_01.JPG screenshot]] in a magazine that shows he calls her that under some circumstance where he sees her as a magical girl with Kyouko. I am unable to find that scene though. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 09:06, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
::You get the better result when Sayaka's soul gem is not that tainted. Then she will escape from her fate to become Oktavia. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 10:54, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
:::Sayaka doesn't want to save Kyousuke and Hitomi at first, but Kyoko says she should do that. After she saved them, however, they call her monster rather than thank her. This is what happens in Sayaka's route if she become a witch. I personally link it to the third timeline.
--[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 23:58, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
::::Yes, but I am trying to get the fan reaction regarding that scene. Do fans now dislike Kyousuke even more after that? I am trying to gauge the fan reaction to it... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 05:22, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
::::There's also this Sayaka's body rotten (another Gem-throwing, thank you Madoka), Kyouko found her Gem then Kyousuke got to see Sayaka alive in her rotten body and call her "Monster". I guess the writer is reincarnation of satan or something. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 00:06, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::<big>UROBUCHI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</big>--[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 05:20, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::: I guess in the end, Urobuchi still has a lot of hate to throw into Sayaka. Pity Sayaka that she has to go through that many difficulties in life in such a short moment in every timeline. Even if Sayaka gets a happy end with Kyouske, she still has no happy ending in the end. Surprisingly, Madoka (again?) done that gem-throwing thing in another timeline... Though I do not really hate Kyousuke, but it definitely hurt to be called a 'monster' when being a 'zombie' is bad enough. But it is quite natural in some way that Human always despise others with great power, just like X-Men. From the looks, Sayaka would be better off with Madoka in the ethereal world or we might see "G-Uro"-"butcher" trying to make her suffer in the 3rd movie again... sigh... [[User:Demonicslayer|Demonicslayer]] 08:15, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::::Speaking of a "happy" end with Kyousuke... there is one in this game, isn't there? (Or is such an end only possible if Sayaka does not contract as a magical girl?) i.e., if she becomes a magical girl, Kyosuke's a lost cause for her no matter what?) This scene makes me think there's such a "good" end... http://wiki.puella-magi.net/File:Picture_12.png [[User:Animerican-Redeemed|Animerican-Redeemed]] 21:19, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
::::::::There is one in a bonus route. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 22:36, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::::::I am surprised Urobuchi gave her one... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 01:54, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
::::::::::I am not that surprised since it's Urobuchi's suggestion to make bonus route unrelated to the story in anime. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 16:17, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
In Sayaka's route, please do not blame Madoka for throwing Sayaka's soul gem. It is Sayaka herself throw out the soul gem. Mami Stopped the fighting between her and Kyoko, then all 3 of them are sucked into Charlotte's barrier. Mami called Sayaka and Kyoko to escape, but Sayaka, who did't want to leave Mami alone, insisted staying there, and then Mami got the same fate as in anime... Knowing she is too weak to protect others, Sayaka threw her soul gem to dismiss her magical girl duty after quiting the barrier with Kyoko. The gem got into the barrier and moved away so she lost it. Madoka and Homura then came and saw a soulless Sayaka. Kyubey told them to get her soul gem back in 2 days or Sayaka may die forever. Again, Kyoko use her magic to keep Sayaka's body. Madoka and Homura went out to find her gem. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 15:43, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
: My mistake. Thanks for clarifying the whole incident happening in that route. Well, I thought what 0x99 said about 'thank you Madoka' meant that Madoka was the one who thrown it. Perhaps I misinterpreted the whole thing said there. Honto Gomenasai, Madoka (and all the Madoka fans). Another thing that caught my attention, is from my guess, in fact that this scene happened only in Homura's route, perhaps meant that Sayaka was never really given a chance for 'happy ending'. Since the Homura's route was meant to give a happy ending, yet twisting the story into a Homura Magica (since Madoka never become a magical girl), I am wondering if the story was meant to appease Homura's fans. Lastly, I am wondering if the words 'my wish, my prayer' was actually the wish that Homura hoped for since it is from Homura's perspective... [[User:Demonicslayer|Demonicslayer]] 18:56, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

== Homura's route happy ending ==

I heard that if you defeat Walpurgis with Homura, Mami, Kyouko and Sayaka alive ''without'' anybody becoming a witch '''and''' without Madoka contracting, you will get the [[:File:PSP_Game_Scan_Nov_2011_Possibly_Megami.jpg|tea party]] ending instead of anime's ending one. There have been many reports in 2ch that this is true. Can anyone confirm it? --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 23:56, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
:I also heard someone written about this. This should be reliable. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 00:05, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
:Yes, confirmed. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 08:57, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

== Original Sound Track ==
[[File:Madoka Portable BD Soundtrack.png|right|300px|thumb|Soundtrack in BD.]]

There is an OST in the BD bundled with limited contract of this game. I don't know if the DVD coming with normal contract also contains this.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Track
| Song Name
| Comment
|-
| 1
| Spes - Materia Madocae -
| BGM of Game Shop
|-
| 2
| Justitia - Materia Sayakae -
| Choose a place to go
|-
| 3
| Fides - Materia Mami -
|
|-
| 4
| Prex - Materia Kyokoensis -
|
|-
| 5
| Tutela - Materia Homurae -
| Encyclopedia
|-
| 6
| Feliciter
|
|-
| 7
| Incipit in prece
| Game title screen
|-
| 8
| Vox maternae
|
|-
| 9
| Victoria
| Game Result
|-
| 10
| Ubi eam?
|
|-
| 11
| Quod id est?
|
|-
| 12
| Obstans
| A sad scene
|-
| 13
| Semen doloris
|
|-
| 14
| Inquietam
|
|-
| 15
| Solitudo mea
|
|-
| 16
| Non sola sum
|
|-
| 17
| Para, ite!
|
|-
| 18
| Non fieri possum
|
|
|-
| 19
| Numquam mitescam
|
|-
| 20
| Cum quoqumque modo
|
|-
| 21
| Forma tumultuosi somnii
| Emergent situation
|-
| 22
| Adhaesus deformis
|
|-
| 23
| Clientes saluant
| In Charlotte's barrier
|-
| 24
| Natalis puellae magicae
|
|-
| 25
| Exitus desperationis
|
|-
| 26
| Via ad scholam
| Scene as usual
|-
| 27
| Valetudinarium
|
|-
| 28
| Domus meus
|
|-
| 29
| Hora theae
|
|-
| 30
| Cubicutum coniecturae
|
|-
| 31
| Veni, ven
| In Gertrud's barrier
|-
| 32
| Diffidentia floret
| In Charlotte's barrier
|-
| 33
| Area infinita
| In witch's barrier
|-
| 34
| Dolus vel pedica
| In Gisela and Ophelia's barrier
|-
| 35
| Experimenta ultima
|
|-
| 36
| Area strigae
| BGM of Mami's heart pounding Tiro Finale
|-
| 37
| Delusio summa
| In Oktavia and Izabel's barrier
|-
| 38
| Terror infinitus
| In H.N Elly and Elsa Maria's barrier
|-
| 39
| Dolus vel lascivia
| In Gisela and Ophelia's barrier
|-
| 40
| Finit in maledicto
| Scene of W.N.
|-
| 41
| Finis malus
|
|-
| 42
| Felix vera
|
|-
|}
--[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 16:37, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Is there anything new about this OST? I think it should be mentioned or added on the [[Madoka Magica Soundtrack]] page. --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 14:09, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
:They are all new music, different from what anime plays. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 14:14, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
I took pictures of the disk cover. What do you want to know about this in advance? --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 04:44, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

<gallery>
File:PMMM_Portable_BD01.jpg|Cover
File:PMMM_Portable_BD02.jpg|Back cover (Printed in Taiwan)
File:Madoka Portable BD Title Screen.png|Contents menu
</gallery>

Do they list the name of the soundtrack composer anywhere? It's assumed that it's Kajiura Yuki, but the style's a bit different... --[[User:Ren|ren]] 00:02, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
:ZIZZ Studio did the music for the game apparently. --[[User:SayakaVonSeckendorff|SayakaVonSeckendorff]] 00:48, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
:The composer isn't listed in the BD so I don't know that. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 01:21, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

== Is this ending on the PSP game real or fake? ==

http://tieba.baidu.com/p/1465010085?pn=1 <--a link to a Chinese forum which said it is the good end of the game with a picture which five of them sitting together and having a party with a line "This is my prayer, my wish..." above and comments from the poster that "[In the ending,] homura, mami, kyouko, and sayaka cooperate to beaten w. night successfully and then they including madoka held party in mami's home, and even sayaka "force" kyoko to get on school, uniform, wht a 癒し ending" (*sorry for my poor English.)
Is the above material truely the good end of the game?[[User:C933103|C933103]] 16:44, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
:Yes. Requires Madoka to not making contract with Mami, Sayaka, Kyouko and Homura defeating Walpurgis together. In Japanese board they are callibg this お茶会エンド (tea party ending). -[[User:0x99|0x99]] 20:54, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
::But as according to that CHinese forum post, it said it is required to 1.in homura line 2.avoid mami dead and 3.let sayaka made contract and 4.prevent she from becoming witches and 5.successfully beaten w. night to get to the ending.......[[User:C933103|C933103]] 05:24, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

===Homu Sad End===
''Homura's end where she fights Walpurgis solo was like a depressing doujin ending. She dies in Madoka's arms, glad she could finally save her. Madoka doesn't contract and it's the end. Course the route is completely terrible with Sayaka going witch and dead, Mami suiciding, Kyouko gone home and presumably depressed over losing Mami and Sayaka. Now that I think about, I'm not sure I've read a Madoka doujin that was that depressing.'' -

I have never heard this ending before. So Homura defeats Walpurgis on her own, doesnt become a witch, and dies on Madoka's arm without her contracting with Kyubey? Can someone verify this? --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 06:54, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
:Never heard anything about it. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 08:23, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

::I have watched [http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/e8K9mnErTh8/?resourceId=28860455_06_02_99?fr=2 some video] playing this ending. But I'm not sure it is unmodified. I my self haven't gone that far yet. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 15:51, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
:::Thanks for the video. Ah, that explains the mysterious Homura's event CG (see below). Gotta try it, I wonder if there's any special condition beyond having Homura fight Walpurgis alone?
:::[[File:Madoka Portable Homura Goodnight.jpg|200px]]
:::''(Notice she's smiling... oh god this is depressing...)'' --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 18:25, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
::::Yes, this ending is described on the Japanese wiki. It has many preconditions that lead to that specific ending. It is the only one where Homura fights Walpurgis alone on the Homura route. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 01:34, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

'''Another Ending'''
You can go here for [http://www.mediafire.com/?49p5jwnpa62hs4d screenshots] of another Homura route ending where Mami is dead, Sayaka doesn't contract, Kyoko and Homura successfully defeat Walpurgis and Madoka doesn't contract. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 08:22, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

== Kyoko Route:speculah ==
Well, apparently Kyoko's route is very depressing. Apparently instead of paper cutouts they actually showed the graphic aftermath of Kyoko's father gone mad... I find it odd they went one way in the anime and another way in the game... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 02:15, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

It seems like in the Kyoko route, she made a grave for Mami... I feel like despair... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 02:15, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

<gallery>
File:Kyoko mother sister bloody scene psp.jpg
File:Psp kyoko father hang graphic.jpg
File:Psp mami grave teddy bear.jpg
File:Kyoko route teddy bear psp.jpg
</gallery>

:Sad but what sort of crap happens for Kyoko to become a witch? I mean, it would take some serious hammer to crack her hardened shell of badassery.
::I am not certain, but apparently it has to do with Oktavia. If Kyouko and Madoka try to save Sayaka/Oktavia but Homura gets there before them, she kills Oktavia. Kyouko in the good end calms down but in the bad end loses it and goes witch. --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 06:47, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
:::Or, with another possibility, she and Homura fight against Walpurgis Night, but unable to defeat it. Madoka contracts to defeat Walpurgis Night, and then becomes Kriemhild Gretchen, kills Kyoko. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 15:57, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

:What is the importance/symbolism of the teddy bear? [[User:Silvermoon424|Silvermoon424]] 04:37, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

===Kyoko's Background===
Do we have a lot of information regarding her background? I heard it was very sad, we need to add any new information to Kyoko's page in the PSP subsection to indicate it is new information. Also, since it is related to the Drama CD, Farewell Story, we need to add a subsection there to indicate the new information taht the drama cd didn't cover... Which reminds me, did the game gave any new info regarding Mami or her family? --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 03:59, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

===Screenshots===
Have there been any new images from the Gekidan Gallery recently? [[User:SPDUDE48|SPDUDE48]] 16:03, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

== Routes section ==

Shouldn't we separate each routes into its own page? --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 06:21, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
:Good idea. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 06:22, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
::Per discussion in [[Talk:Main Page]] (and above), I think we should go with:
::* [[Madoka Magica Portable Madoka Route]]
::* [[Madoka Magica Portable Mami Route]]
::* [[Madoka Magica Portable Sayaka Route]]
::* [[Madoka Magica Portable Kyouko Route]]
::* [[Madoka Magica Portable Homura Route]]
::* [[Madoka Magica Portable Bonus Route]]
::thoughts? --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 06:25, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
:::Sounds good to me. There's so much content, this page badly needs subpages and re-org. Even the talk page has so much text I don't even have the patience to wade through it all. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 14:54, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

==Gisela==
I thought Gisela was defeated by Kyoko in the flash back. Is this an oversight or does the game explains what happened? --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 06:02, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
:The same witches appear in different routes and are defeated by different magical girls. As to why, I have no idea. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 06:14, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
::It would be really odd, unless it slipped from their minds that Gisela had an encounter with Kyoko in the past (which happened during the events of the Drama CD, prior to Homura's hospital stay). Unless we are to assume somehow Kyoko failed to kill Gisela or Gisela escaped from Kyoko's attack... (I just re-watched ep 7 BD, while she does fight Gisela in a badass way and seems like she is winning, it is ambiguous enough to say with certainty if Kyoko killed her or not...) --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 09:11, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
:::Not really, there's several easy explanations I can think of off-hand. One, in different timelines, events play out differently so girls become witches at different times and get killed by different magical girls. We see that with Oktavia in the anime. Even past events before Homura timestop varies, like with Kyousuke being a violinist in one and a guitarist in another. The other explanation is with the game, they chose to re-use existing witches rather than make more witches, or they didn't care about continuity between game routes. Please note this is speculation on my part and don't think we can know the answer. The reason is not stated in the game, which is why my answer was: '''I don't know.''' --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 09:19, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
::::Considering fans would want an explanation, the only three possible options is speculah: Gisela didnt die at the hands of Kyoko, a parallel universe, and It's magic! --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 10:30, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::Another possibility is that Gisela was defeated, but her grief seed was overused and she hatched again at a later time. [[User:KM|KM]] 10:48, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
BEHOLD, THE BOLD TEXT OF OBVIOUSNESS: familiars become Witches. Kyoko does not destroy familiars because it's a waste until they feed. Therefore, even if Kyoko destroyed "the original" Gisela (if it was even the original) it is entirely plausible ones of its familiars got away, fed, and became a new Gisela. [[Special:Contributions/70.81.159.144|70.81.159.144]] 16:53, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
:FYI, This occurs in the past, when Kyoko did destroy familiars. She didn't stop doing that until after she left Mami. We also don't know if familiars turn into the same witch or they become their own witches. It's speculah to assume. I'll only point out there's a great deal of reuse of the same witches across different routes, which makes me thinks there was more pragmatic reasons behind it, e.g. development reasons. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 17:38, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

==Madokami==

When does she appear?
:In Homura's route when there is an anime ED ending. Madoka makes her wish, same as the anime. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 06:15, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
::She also appears in one of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtgLrIxPvNs Madoka's moves] 2:28 --[[Special:Contributions/84.77.58.17|84.77.58.17]] 22:31, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

==Dates==
What do we know about the dates of events in the game? [[:File:PSP_Screenshot1.jpg | this pre-release screenshot from August]] says 05/07 but May 7 and July 5 aren't compatible with the anime. [[:File:Madoa_PSP_World_Map.jpg | The map screenshot]] only seems to count the number of days elapsed. Is there any information in the release version to build a timeline out of? [[User:KM|KM]] 12:07, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
:There are no dates in the game. Only days, varying anywhere from 29 to 31 days in any given route. The dates do not start the same as the anime. For example, in the Homura route, Day 1 you decide whether to shoot Kyubey or not. If you do, it plays out the scene with Madoka finding an injured Kyubey. No exact dates are given for past events either. Only approximations like a "few years ago" or "a few months ago" etc. They break the day events down further into segments of time such as morning, noon, evening, night etc. That's all. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 12:30, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
::Oh well. 29 days happens to be the shortest possible time between that scene in episode 1 and walpurgis night's attack in the anime, so at least that fits in with our model. [[User:KM|KM]] 13:31, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
:::I should mention that the days don't really match up with the events of the anime. For example, Day 1 in both Madoka and Homura's route, you can have Madoka save an injured Kyubey. But then Mami fights Charlotte on day 7 in the Homura route and day 8 in Madoka's route. It's also impossible to replicate all the events exactly from the anime timeline in any of the routes. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 13:48, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

== The outcome of defeating Walpurgis on Mami's route. ==

You get this if you defeat Walpurgis:
Mami and Madoka defeat Walpurgis, however, Walpurgis is still alive and Mami takes the hit for her and dies (This is where the Mami taking a hit for Madoka CG came from) Madoka then fights Walpurgis alone and the rest we know.
Just figured I would share this little bit of information. [[Special:Contributions/84.77.58.17|84.77.58.17]] 10:53, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
::I wonder if this is what happened in the ep 10 original timeline, of course we dont know how Mami died, but it could be that way... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 11:31, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
:::If Mami and Madoka really defeated Walpurgis, then Homura didn't need to contract, and the story will not happen. This is not allowed, I think. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 14:51, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

== Sales ==

[[File:MadokaPortable_Sales_120329.png|right|300px|thumb|Sales number on Mar 29.]]

After 2 weeks, this title is only sold about 81K copies. It is said that there are many bugs result in no response. It's really a pity. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 17:05, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
:"Only" 81k sales for a PSP game that's not a known game title after two weeks is actually very good. The first week of sales placed it [http://www.famitsu.com/news/201203/29012263.html 3rd] with 72K sales. The concern was the follow-up sales the second week show it's not going to be the blockbuster people thought it might, dropping it to 18th. However, if you look at the [http://www.4gamer.net/games/117/G011794/20120328053/ 4Gamer list], it gives you a better understanding of what rankings are like. For instance, the list covers all software games and PSP sales do not look anything like 3DS sales where top sellers eventually break 1M. They're all merged together though so many on the top 20 are well-known titles like Pokemon, Monster Hunter, Mario etc. PSP titles aren't on the list long because the kind of sales they get are much lower, so you're mostly seeing first week sales which are much stronger typically than latter weeks. In fact, the only PSP title you see on that list that isn't a first week seller is SEGA's Shining Blade which did 19K in second week sales, for a two week total of 141K. Madoka's second week of 8K sales may not seem that great but it is the same as the debut sales for another PSP title that made the top 20, e.g. 8K for second week sales is not terrible.

:Regarding bugs, I've only encountered one known freeze which is also noted on the Japanese wiki. It has a simple workaround of making two different choices on days. There are also reports of people occasionally seeing problems with menu bugs (e.g. buttons become blank or things look strange etc.) that are fixed by resetting the game. Some of the freeze complaints may be due to people using a pirated ISO rip which does freeze up constantly, FYI. Aside from that, I have not heard of any other bugs. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 19:09, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
::Sometimes when a battle happens after dialogue the emotion value changes to that of another girl (eg: Mami to Madoka's) Now this isn't bothersome. I'm not fully sure whetever it is a graphical or game bug yet.--[[Special:Contributions/84.77.58.17|84.77.58.17]] 23:31, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
:::Yes, that's an example of what I meant by it "looking strange." It's only visual though, it doesn't effect game play. The soul gems go dark at the expected rate of the emotional value of the girl you're using for fighting. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 02:08, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
:Since the game is a VN hybrid, I decided to take a look at VN sales for comparison. I think it's closer to that than your average game, meaning I doubt your average gamer has much interest in buying something where the storyline dialogue is the main focus. Looking [http://visualnovelaer.wordpress.com/2011/08/25/rewrite-sold-24424-copies-what-on-earth/ here], big VN sellers like Kanon, Air, Fate/Stay Night ended up around 146K-168K. Top 20 for first half of 2011 were all under 30K. So that gives what is a reasonable ballpark, though I assume hybrids are suppose to have more cross-market appeal and thus should theoretically sell better than VNs. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 21:24, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

==Witch transformation==

Aren't there any videos or images showing Mami and Kyoko turning into witches?

Also, isn't the name of Ophelia and Candeloro familiar showing up somewhere?

:No, the transformation itself isn't shown. The names of all witches are shown in runes at the introduction of the scene. Screenshots of those are on the respective pages. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 08:35, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
::When Mami becomes a witch, it is shown as in the Promotion Video before. No special pictures available. Event CG then animation showing the witch and its name. I think it is also the same in Kyoko's case. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 09:58, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
:::So, could someone provide those event CGs?
::::For Mami, there is a picture showing her tainted soul gem. There is even no CG available when Kyoko becomes a witch. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 16:12, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

== Voice Actors ==

* It is confirmed that Kyoko's father is played by Banjou Ginga (銀河萬丈), and Kyoko's sister is played by Mami Shitara (設楽麻美). See ED on each route. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 15:46, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

== Bugs Confirmed ==

NBGI has announced there are some bugs in this title in the official website. They are:

*In Sayaka's route, there are conditions to stop game from running properly.
*Sometimes the game hangs during dungeon play (witch's barrier, Walpurgis, and some battle events)
*Karma value of Homura incorrectly displayed in results.
*Some times there are two same tips displayed consectively.

How to deal with those bugs will be announced later. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 13:48, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

== About each character's page in game? ==

Since each character has performances in every route, is there necessary to have each character's page to describe them in PSP game? Also their special attacks can be listed there. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 16:19, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

== Passwords for Gallery ==

Should we add a list of passwords here? I currently have a password from a card that came with the Limited Edition, but it doesn't appear to be working when I input it in one of the Blu-Ray's menu. [[Special:Contributions/188.221.222.125|188.221.222.125]] 06:40, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Talk:Madoka Magica Portable

2012-04-18T06:41:52Z

188.221.222.125: /* Passwords for Gallery */

[[File:Happy madokami psp fanart.jpg|right|200px]]

"T - The reason why we chose PSP was not because it could only be done in PSP but because we thought what game console is used by the people who watched Madoka." <3 <3 <3 --[[User:BrickBreak|BrickBreak]] 18:31, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
* ...And here I am stuck with the 3DS. 

On another note, would anyone translate the Famitsu article? I've heard some people say it mentions the possibility other characters become witches, and I'd like additional confirmation.-- [[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 00:23, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

== Trailer==
Trailer's been released: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JJ1JLv3UCs&feature=player_embedded --[[User:CrownClown|CrownClown]] 03:25, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
:The second trailer is remade in the official web site. It contains more information than the previous C81 edition. [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 16:09, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
::I'm courious that why Kouko can use Rosso Fantasma? Did't she lost that ability before the time point Homura can get back? [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 00:39, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
:::It's possible you can help the girls change and recover to some degree, just like you can witchify them. Plus, this game also has Moemura, there's probably some sequences set in the past. --[[User:CrownClown|CrownClown]] 01:10, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

== Limited edition handkerchief ==
"The "HomuHomu Handkerchief" in the Limited Edition has the identical design as the one used in the anime scene where Homura folded out a handkerchief and sat on it. I really hope that people can share the feeling of Homura sitting on a handkerchief."

LOL Japan. Imagine what a creepy otaku could do with it. - [[User:Lord of the Kakapos|Lord of the Kakapos]] 10:09, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

== Website Updated ==
Just a heads up that the game's website updated. There doesn't seem to be anything important, but it might be worth keeping an eye on it anyway - I'm half-expecting witch cards. --[[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 13:38, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
*I'm expecting Witch cards soon as well. They did say there would be some new ones. [[User:SPDUDE48|SPDUDE48]] 10:39, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
* Okay, it's been updated again, and it ''looks'' like something's happening at the Tokyo Game Show next week. I'm not really sure. --[[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 18:44, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
:If there's anything worthwhile, I'll be posting it. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 18:47, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
::Nothing worth mentioning that I've seen at the Tokyo Game show. It is one of many games where a brief preview's shown on the screen, among a bunch of other previews for upcoming games. That's it. I can't even find a video of it, only some blurry pics not even worth posting. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 18:22, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

Welp, the site's been updated again, and it looks like a pretty big update. Not sure about everything, but under the section called "Application" there seems to be something about Mami blasting away at Charlotte.--[[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 14:22, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

I'm gonna guess that it's a mini-game that will be available on the site on a certain date. (in this case, 14 of October)--[[Special:Contributions/84.77.58.17|84.77.58.17]] 15:03, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

And the site is updated again. It looks like it's just a picture, and a picture of a keychain...but I can't tell who's on the keychain. It ''looks'' like Mami doing a Tiro Finale, but the colors are off. --[[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 13:00, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
:I can only see 2 newer special gift. One is a telephone card with Mami & Kyubey sleeping. The other is a keychain with an hourglass on it. Also it seem they provide a new version of game which supports iPad resolution now. But I cannot confirm it now. [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 15:09, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

==Music==
What do we know about the music that will be used in the game? --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 00:55, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
:Nothing in particular. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 01:12, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

== Mami's Heart Pounding Tiro Finale ==

*I feel Charlotte's attack style is really dumb. I won't get hurt by it. I'm always beaten by familiars... [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 17:50, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
**Besides the video on the website, are there any other videos of gameplay? --[[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 19:00, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
*** It's not easy to take video from an iPod touch. I also searched Nico video and found nothing but PV. But it might be too early for now. [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 03:37, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
**** There's one [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdZE3cjjwQQ here]. (No Charlotte, though.) [[User:Neuchadjinys|Neuchadjinys]] 04:37, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
*The game is commented badly as boring, monotonous, and dull. Some players commented it could be a paid game if it had been made funny. The pattern of enemy appearance is the same every time. [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 22:32, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
** The first update is provided today. Charlotte now can make her diving attack on Mami. Familiars also attack with Charlotte. Now it's not that boring. [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 14:24, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
*** Something also happens when 600 people think 140,000 points...I ''think''.
**** Yep. According to the website, it's... a cell phone background! Er, at least, I think that's what it means by "携帯待ち受けプレゼント". Something like that. [[User:Neuchadjinys|Neuchadjinys]] 22:56, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
[[File:Angry madokami psp fanart.jpg|right|200px|]]

*I have played both iPhone and Android versions. I played the iPhone version on an iPod touch (4th generation), and Android version on Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo. I feel the iPhone version more comfortable to play. Sometimes the enemy is moving and born too fast, and sometimes I feel it very show to shoot on Android version. [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 07:54, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

:Suddenly I have some ideas about the game, although I won't expect they will do it. It seems there is some capability to expand more stages. Here are some imaginary stages I feel wonderful:
:* Gertrud. Mami is still protecting Madoka and Sayaka. The enemies are different style in both shape and form of attack.
:* Izabel. Mami and Madoka are protecting Homura. Madoka is controlled by CPU, or even better, controlled by 2P if some network gaming is available. But if Homura is got hit, then mission is failed.
:* Patricia. She is immune to both Mami's and Madoka's attack. Only Homura(as NPC) can defeat her. But You have to protect Homura from familiars first. As a magical girl, Homura(in Moemura form) can bear some hits, but not many. The direction is changed to vertical, and Patricia is at the highest point. Mami must jump on lines to reach her, and both Madoka and Homura will follow her. After the witch appears, there is a timer start counting down. Homura must not be killed before the timer reaching zero. After time up, Homura will automatically set the bomb to kill Patricia.
:But most likely they will only be in my imagination. [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 17:00, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

* Oh no! I don't want to say 'I am such an idoit' when I get the PSP game. I have made a limited contract... [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 09:03, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

*OK, I have updated this game and played it. I feel it buggy. I don't know how to choose Homura. I also can't use magic anymore. The magic meter is increasing indeed, but no matter how much it accmulated, I can't use magic! I always lose because the barrier protecting Madoka and Sayaka broken! Besides, it get harder in Ophelia's stage. [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 01:59, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
:Finally I have found a way to use special attacks and defeated Ophelia. But I couldn't upload my result. I wonder it caused by blocking IP from outsides of Japan. Currently, when you have enough magic and want to use it, press the pause icon and choose the 2nd one. Then you returned to title. There is one additional button to continue. Choose continue and wait a little moment then you can use your special attack. I defeat Ophelia by repeating doing this way. [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 04:11, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

[[File:MamiTiro_Astonishing_Image_preview.jpg|right|200px|]]
* There are over 2000 players cleared Ophelia's stage. The image which is said to be astonishing is partially revealed. Mami as singer? It seems NBGI have some plans related with Idol Master, which is also made into game by NBGI. [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 02:15, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
: When you get the entire picture revealed, please post it! I'd love to see Mami as an idol! [[User:Silvermoon424|Silvermoon424]] 03:17, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
:: Yeah, I have uploaded it. They said details will be revealed in upcoming Dengeki PlayStation Vol.514.

== Gameplay Mechanics Note ==
You know, this is insane ridiculous speculation, but the way the gameplay mechanics are described makes me think we ''might'' see a new character. Or alternatively, magical girl Hitomi. --[[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 00:02, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
:I hope so, too. [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 00:10, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

== Madoka USA ==
This is just a thought, but I wonder since we have a following in America. If DVD and blu-ray sales show strong numbers, perhaps that could convince them to release the game in English, if they think there is a market for it? I am sure localizing a game is not easy but Madoka does has some recognition in the US, albeit not sure how strong it is, but surely the numbers must be good enough to justify to chance it... Of course the gameplay must be good enough too.--[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 00:20, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

== Kyouko's School Uniform ==
Ok, there is the artwork but now the character profile, seems to indicate she goes to the same school like the other characters. What are we going to do regarding this information?... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 08:30, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
:Nothing, because we don't know the story behind it. She's been in a school uniform in the official art for the game (the teaparty box cover) for a while now, but we don't know why. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 08:49, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
::Maybe she will transfer into Mitakihara Middle school if some condition met, just as Kyousuke being a guitarist. Who knows. BTW, there are something new on their official web site but I cannot view bigger images of something like Mami's witch form. Is there anyone having the same problem? [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 16:47, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
::I also have problems only with those images. I thought it's because I can run the latest version of Adobe Flash Player for technical reasons in my current set-up, but maybe it's a problem on their side afterall. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 19:50, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

== Translated script ==

A rather straightforward question: Think there'll be one? If this was for PC, no doubt a patch would be out fairly quick, but seeing as it's for PSP, that's not an option... --[[User:BrickBreak|BrickBreak]] 21:30, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
:It typically takes a long time (years) for a patch to come out. I expect because tri4 has committed to it, that Madoka will be faster than most. It's possible too they may be willing to let out a transcript before the game integration if asked nicely. Still, you're looking at months. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 21:56, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
::I used to be in the PSP homebrew scene, kinda lost my track though. Perhaps that's why I wasn't considering a patch an option. Uh. Well, doubt I'll manage to hold back on playing anyway, but thanks. --[[User:BrickBreak|BrickBreak]] 02:28, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
:::Yeah, it could be patched like with Idolm@ster. Best way to know is ask tri4 directly since they're the ones translating it. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 07:36, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
::::Know if anyone translated the menu/interface? As a veteran gamer and a biology student, I'll carry on suing a scientific approach which I'm sure you can guess (hey, worked for Initial D), but... --[[User:BrickBreak|BrickBreak]] 17:59, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::Visit [http://tri4.net/subs/articles/45/game-mahou-shoujo-madoka-magika-portable#comment tri4] for latest status. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 18:01, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
::::::...well balls, none of that was there last night. But again, I really shouldn't be surprised. --[[User:BrickBreak|BrickBreak]] 18:30, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

==Dobokeru==
"Dobokeru" can mean daze, but since this is Kyubey, wouldn't it make more sense to use the other definition, "deceive"? He does have a history of pretending to not know the truth now and then. It just seems a little more in character for him. [[User:Honeykiss|Honeykiss]] 16:33, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
:Again, I don't know many words in English. It is possible that I can't make clear the difference among those words. So please have them fixed if you find more proper words. [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 16:54, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

==Names==
One quick question, does anyone know if the game will reveal the name of Mami's parents or of Kyoko's? It is probably a long shot in the dark but if we are dealing with some of the girls routes one can never know, but what the hell may as well just ask... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 13:46, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

==New Trailer==
[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2012-02-24/madoka-magica-portable-psp-game-3rd-promo-streamed Right here.] Some stuff we knew, some stuff we didn't know but expect, and one surprise. --[[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 02:59, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

== Live broadcast ==

There will be a program in NBGI's network broadcast channel:

http://www.bandainamcogames.co.jp/cs/event/bnltv/

on Mar 14, 2012, at 21:00(Tokyo time). Both Kaori Mizuhashi and Ai Nonaka will be there, talking about various stuff about the game. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 02:33, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

==Screen Shots ==
[http://imgur.com/a/5Luxh/noscript Some 70+ PSP game screenshots!] --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 12:19, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

==Game Difficulty==
[[File:Is this a game or is this hell.jpg|right|300px|thumb|There is no evidence to suggest that Gen Urobuchi messed with the difficult settings, then again...]]
Some sources say that the game is difficult to beat, is there some reliable way to determine this, also what kind of difficult settings are there? --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 14:12, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
:I'm betting the source of OP information is the Not-Ayase blog. The blog contains too much misinformation to be a reliable source. I've watched a player playthrough of the first loop in UST (to about beginning of episode 6 of anime) and from few play impression in 2ch, the game doesn't seems ''that'' hard but you have to be very careful, for example:
:*Any actions can raise Emotion Points.
:*SG can become muddy easier if the point is high.
:*You can't use GS to cleanse a completely mudded SG.
:*You can't use any skill that uses MP if SG is completely mudded.
:*Recovery items are rare.
:*It's impossible to know when to press Q-button.
:*If you're surrounded by 4 familiars, turns will be "You -> Familiar -> Familiar -> Familiar -> Familiar".
:I never heard anything about half-witch mode, though. The producer said game is designed so you can get into Witch route easily but the game will become easier as you play it more since Karma Points directly reflects default statuses at the start of game. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 15:34, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
:I watch the video and think it is turn-based. You take one turn no matter move or attack, and all enemies also take one turn each. If many enemies are around you, you will get multiple hits. So you have to think some smart way to move to prevent such situation. That makes me remember about the original Ultima. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 15:38, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

I noticed that there is no [[:file:Homutree.png|Homura magic tree]] posted in the page as of yet --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 09:36, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:Look at the file links. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 09:55, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
::I would have thought Homura would have her own subsection... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 10:14, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

There is some mention that the saves should be more easier, specially if they have to go through long dialogues just to catch up from where they died... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 12:29, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

== Live gameplay ==
Go see it...it's running right now: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/mdoka-debu --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 16:51, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
:Some recordings:
*Part 1 (Beginning ~ Charlotte)http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/21096661
*Part 2 (Charlotte ~ Elly)http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/21098918
*Part 3 http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/21102551

== Just a heads up ==

To anyone playing from the Memory Stick, the game freezes after talking to Homura on the bridge and going to the city map. Gotta wait for a patch. --[[User:BrickBreak|BrickBreak]] 12:03, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:Please refer to [http://archive.foolz.us/a/thread/62778912/#62781688 this thread] for workarounds. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 13:02, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
::I did see that before, just... ugh, that'd be annoying, and knowing myself, veeeeery prone for forgetfulness. Then again, how could I expect not to suffer with this game? --[[User:BrickBreak|BrickBreak]] 13:21, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:::Make sure to convert to CSO first. That will save you from the tutorial freezes. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 17:26, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
::::Yeah, I did that, it's running smooth. Still freezes on video sequences though, gotta skip them - hopefully, they're nothing but clips from the anime. --[[User:BrickBreak|BrickBreak]] 15:05, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::Another method would be to set the PSP to sleep Mode before a specific part of the game freezes. I have yet to attempt this for the part where Mami first reveals to Sayaka and Madoka what a Grief Seed does. [[Special:Contributions/188.221.222.125|188.221.222.125]] 09:10, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

== About spoiler in PSP game ==
I heard many players got a lot of bad endings. It might not be proper to write them in the game page since there are too much information there. Is there any plan for these? --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 16:50, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:My suggestion, make a new page with a spoiler heading. This will be a subpage for PSP Game Endings. Then provide a short description of what it is and a link to it from the main PSP game page. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 17:25, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:Since PSP game is separated into chapters, better create new page with title something like [[Madoka Magica Portable Chapter 1: As If We Met in a Dream...]] (suggestion) and put information related to PSP game there. See [[Talk:Main Page]] for more info about reorganizing. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 18:18, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
::I'm not sure, routes might make more sense. That's how the Japanese wiki is separating them. So far I only really know about the Madoka Kaname route which is basically a tutorial one. Very straight-forward, closely follows anime, not many choices but apparently always ends with Madoka contracting to save Sayaka and Homura resets. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 19:16, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:::I think it still make sense to have a separate page for each route (chapters) though, we can always put information such as possible routes within chapter, Q-button timing, and such in it in an organized manner. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 19:21, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
::::Yes, separate pages is good, I'm suggesting routes rather than chapters, as that's how the game does it. Plus, you have to finish the Madoka Kaname route first, then I think some other routes (not sure on the exact parameters) before you can do the Homura route. Only then can you unlock the bonus route. The Japanese wiki also separates by days and morning/noon/evening for time period (it is 30 days to Walpurgis in all routes) since that's what you see at the top of the map screen. It's easier to track than chapters. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 19:32, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::Hmm, I still want to use the official "title" for each routes (that's why I'm calling it chapter). For example, "As If We Met Met in a Dream..." for Madoka route, "Only If You Are By My Side" for Mami's route, etc. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 19:39, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
::::::I see. I thought you were using them to refer to episodes rather than character routes...since the Madoka route goes to roughly ep. 8 and I think the rest of the routes go to ep. 12. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 19:45, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::::Yeah, seems like Madoka's route is the only one with a fixed ending. I've asked my friend to list <strike>first three</strike> all chapters in the game:
:::::::*{{Nihongo|夢の中で逢った、ような…|As If We Met in a Dream...}} —Madoka route
:::::::*{{Nihongo|あなたが側にいてくれるなら|Only If You Are By My Side}} —Mami route
:::::::*{{Nihongo|運命はきっと変えられる|The Destiny Could Be Changed}} —Homura route
:::::::*{{Nihongo|私が願った、奇跡|The Wish I Prayed For}} —Sayaka route
:::::::*{{Nihongo|残された最後の希望だったんだ|It Was The Last Path Left}} —Kyouko route
:::::::*{{Nihongo|想いは現実を越える|A Wish Can Surpass Reality}} —Bonus route
:::::::--[[User:0x99|0x99]] 20:00, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::::: Maybe something has to be unlocked before you can get a different ending to the Madoka route? --[[Special:Contributions/83.108.126.230|83.108.126.230]] 20:55, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
::::::::: I'm not sure about that as I've never seen any report of someone able to break the fixed ending of Madoka's route. It may be possible but nobody, so far, has found a way to. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 22:16, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
::::::In my opinion, it's better to use something like 'Someone's Route' as title because it is easier to understand and search. Also the title can be shorten. I suggest the "official title" to be subtitle in those pages. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 02:33, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::::The reason I want to put full title in the page name because of consistency (so game, manga, anime, etc. uses the same format). --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 15:43, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
::::::::I'm confused by this because that's not how the pages are named. Anime episode pages are just "Episode 1" not "Episode 1: As if We Met in A Dream", they don't have the full name. Ditto for manga subpages, they also have short names. It still seems confusing to me to name pages for the game after episodic titles, when the game is divided into routes. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 15:52, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::::::I'm referring to the reorganization plan in the [[Talk:Main Page]]. The game is divide into multiple routes with title for each routes (see above), you have to select the route you want to play right when the game starts. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 17:22, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
Since there isn't a translation yet, would you want something like summaries of story scenes? [[User:Ykm|Ykm]] 15:38, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
:I have finished Mami's route today, and is beginning Sayaka's route. If there is a place, I'd like to write something about it. But writing all is really complex. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 16:26, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
::I'm also working my way through the game, on Mami's route right now. I'm not crazy enough to try translating the whole thing word-for-word, but if someone creates pages for it, I'd be glad to help write descriptions of the scenes. [[User:Ykm|Ykm]] 17:21, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

== Homura's Majo ==

This is a spoiler so I'm going to hide this stuff inside a collapsable table. Please reply inside the spoilers table.

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This is mentioned in 2ch, but [[:File:Homulilly.jpg|"HOMULILLY"]] (click to see) seems to be Homura's Majo. Her Majo is represented with a disc on the top with infinite sign. Her witch type is {{Nihongo|此岸の魔女|Shigan no Majō}} which basically means "Witch of Mortal World" (i.e. the opposite of [[wikipedia:Higan|Higan]]). Witch runes below reads "Game Over". I'm not sure how reliable this is, can anyone who've played (or have access to special BD/DVD with unlock codes) confirm? --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 18:27, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:I saw this on 2ch and it seemed like people weren't taking it seriously...which makes me think along with the name which is clearly a joke, that it's probably a fan shop. Unfortunately, I'm pretty busy so I won't personally be getting to the Homu route for a couple days at least, to verify. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 20:01, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
::Possibly because they're trying to avoid spoilers. I've found someone mentions HOMULILLY do exists in the DVD/BD special (unlock required), but you can't fight with her (the game is Game Over instantly) so there's no witch card for her. Will probably have to wait few days for confirmation. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 20:09, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:::They could have at lead given us her nature and description --[[SPDUDE48|SPDUDE48]] 20:15, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
::::That's the problem—nature and description are in witch card (like the one for [[:File:ITZLI_info.jpg|Itzli]]) which appears after you defeat the witch but you can't defeat Homulilly in the game. (Also I found it pretty funny her witch name is literally {{Nihongo|"Homu Yuri"|ほむ百合}}, which make it even more confusing whether this is real or fake.) --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 20:20, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::Anyhow, if not real that must be the best fan made witch ever. IDK, Gekidan Inucurry might have put a weird name on purpose, after the Kyubey witch anything is possible. --[[User:Derp101|Derp101]] 20:27, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
::::::Homulilly might not be her name but actually "Homu Yuri" and she gets to be together with Kriemhild Gretchen. That is one sick ending bro! --[[User:Derp101|Derp101]] 21:33, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::::Doujins where?! --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 02:29, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
:OK, I was able to verify where it's from. It's from an unlocked (therefore not hidden) gallery of Inu-Curry. If you look [[:File:PSP Inu Curry Art Gallery.jpg|here]], the first two images show the menu screens. The remainder are examples of what's in the gallery. There's images that are work-in-progress designs and some that look surreal enough they may just be art designs, that are not actually in the game. The Production Note had that where some of Inu Curry real designs were right next to pages of designs that never made it into the anime. Unfortunately, it's impossible to know without seeing whether it's in the game then. Thinking about it more though, it's probably going to be in the game but well, I'm still not sure if it isn't more of a joke than anything else. But it's an official joke! --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 22:09, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:: Homu Yuri... I gotta give it to Inu-Curry, at this point they may as well just stop pretending this is subtext... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 01:41, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
:: I see a string of Witch's Kisses on the second screenshot: Gisela - Albertine - Ophelia? - ????? - ????? - Candeloro? - Brain Witch? - Needle Witch?. I hope we see everything in the Gallery soon. Hopefull we'll see Witch cards. --[[User:SPDUDE48|SPDUDE48]] 21:52, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
::: The middle two kisses look like Gretchen's and Homulilly's, I think. --[[User:Neuchadjinys|Neuchadjinys]] 01:48, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
:::: How are we going to deal with the witch information in the witch page? This is going to be a problem... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 01:43, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
::::: You mean the lack of witch card or the organization of the page? For organization I think we can have separate subsections for each titles (in the witch's page) if anything differs (similar to [http://dothack.wikia.com/wiki/Reki#History character page] in .hack//Wiki). For lack of witch card, maybe a bit of background e.g. where did this come from will do for the time being. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 12:16, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
:My body wasn't ready! 0_o --[[User:Derp101|Derp101]] 18:25, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:I hope one day we can ask someone or the creators if Inu Curry [[:file:Yurifan reaction to homulilly homuyuri spoiler.jpg|was being blunt or if it was an industry joke]] about it, fans would like to know... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 07:59, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

*Homulilly according with 4chan comments:

Homura’s witch, Homulilly:

>It’s a record player with the infinity symbol under it, inside an hourglass.

>It says “Unable to move foward, the witch continuously spins and spins like a broken record, repeating the same sound over and over again for all eternity.”

>Bad end - Homura becomes witch, the universe ends, game over. Can’t load your save, you have to start the route all over again.

::I hope we can verity this quickly so we can start working on the page... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 09:21, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
:::On which thread were this comments found. Does it say anything about a nature? --[[User:SPDUDE48|SPDUDE48]] 10:17, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
::::It [http://wiki.puella-magi.net/File:Screenshotofblog.jpg came from] this [http://not-ayase.tumblr.com blog]. Nothing about its nature as of yet. --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 10:58, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

"That sound is HOMUHOMUHOMUHOMUHOMU...." from 4chan.
::I am a bad person, I found that to be funny... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 09:21, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

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==Portable Spreed Sheet==
*[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0Amu6wOa0hazDdDA0LVVtRWFvRDhMOXJ6SjM2OVpBR0E&f=true&noheader=true&gid=0 a google spreed sheet regarding game options/info]

==Walpurgis Night's Name==
Did they actually reveal it or is it still "?????" --[[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 02:21, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
:Still ????? AFAIK. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 13:08, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
::Perhaps Walpurgis' Real name will be revealed in the movie, maybe something about the name is some sort of secret or it is too shocking to reveal... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 13:28, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
:::IMHO Walpurgis is a gimmick, a reverse Deus Ex Machina of the series. Revealing her real name would be killing the character. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 13:54, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

==Comments from 4chan==
'''Note: There are factual inaccuracies among these comments, some completely made up by an unreliable source.'''

More commentary from Japanese fans:
*I like how Madoka kind of tossed away Sayaka’s and Hitomi’s friendship for Homura.
*Kyubey also states that Madoka may want to protect others, but her true emotion and reason was because she’s able to protect and watch over helpless Homura and spend her daily life with her.

Ok, I can buy Madoka tossing Sayaka's friendship over Homura if certain conditions changed the nature of Madoka and Sayaka's friendship... but the second part? I swear, is like they wanted to make a yuri VN... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 12:56, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

[[File:What is this i dont even.jpg|right|300px|thumb|It came from the internet. I am sure it is reliable.]]
"I am going through the comments from 4chan and picking up what seems believable, I wish there was a way to quickly verify some of these:" --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 09:15, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

*The option of saving Mami from Charlotte is the one where you retreat and secretly follow her. In other words, Mami won't let you come along no matter what.
**Once Mami is saved, Mami tells Homura she’s sorry she doubted her all this time, and tells her inner feelings towards Madoka and Sayaka about being lonely. Mami and Homura form a friendship. Along the days you can watch scenes where Mami invites Homura over and gives her cake and talks about her family’s death.

*H.N. Elly - Homura finds Madoka and saves her from the witch, instead of Sayaka, since she hasn’t contracted. • Next, is now Sayaka. Homura wants to prevent Sayaka from contracting, watching Sayaka in the shadows and grieving over Kyousuke on how he cant play the violin. Homura greets Sayaka at the hospital who’s taking to Kamijou.
**Believe in Sayaka, and explain everything that’s going on about Sayaka to Madoka. — Sayaka doesn’t contract. She gets mad at kyuubey and rejects his contract. Next day, Hitomi says her father’s close friend is an American surgeon who figured out a way to heal Kamijou’s hands. Sayaka confesses to Kyousuke before Kyousuke goes to America for his surgery. Kyousuke accepts her feelings, and thanks her. Sayaka doesn’t become a Puella Magi, never meets Kyouko, and lives on a happy life.

*Homura now meets Kyouko. She invites Kyouko over to her house and forms a partnership to fight against Walpurgisnacht. Kyouko meets Mami, her old friend, but the two hate each over due to past disputes.
**Homura calms the two and persuades them to make up and become friends again. The two talk about right strategies against Walpurgis.

*Over the course of days, since Sayaka grows insanely distant from Madoka, since she spends almost all of her time with Kamijou, Madoka begins to feel extremely lonely.
**She invites Homura over, or goes out with Homura with all the chances she gets. Homura tries to decline because she beleives that if she becomes too close to Madoka, Madoka would want to protect her and contract with Kyuubey. But her emotions get in the way, and she can’t bear to see Madoka sad, and ultimately cannot reject.
***Later that night, Kyuubey, who had almost no role, sneaks into Madoka’s house, and explains everything about the Puella Magi cycle. Madoka, shocked, leaves her house in the middle of the night and goes to see Homura. Madoka and Homura have a talk, and repeat episode 11 where Homura hugs Madoka, etc.

[[File:Everyone hates kyousuke.jpg|right|thumb|Everyone hates Kyousuke... boy, if the story is true...]]

>Ending 1a - If Homura fights alone, or with Kyouko, or with Kyouko and Mami and not the full party, the game will take it as if she fought in the anime timeline-ish kind of. Madoka will contract with Kyuubey, become Ultimate Madoka, and rewrite the world with her powers and delete Witches from Existence.

>Though UNCONFIRMED, but on most of the 2ch players say that you can fight demons, in the wasteland. You fight them endlessly until you die. Ultimate Madoka comes and Saves Homura and revives her. Using the power of all the despair she consumed until now throughout the timelines. Madoka is able to hold only a tiny fragment of existence, and materializes by using the negative energy and Homura’s memories of her, and stays by Homura’s side forever, like a ghost-ish thing. She is only visible to Homura.

>Ending 1b - Everyone participates in Walpurgis, except Madoka. Just the beginning event scene is different than 1a, still the outcome is the same

>Ending 2 - Homura defeats Walpurgis all by herself. Horray, Madoka is saved, Good job. Now go make super homu love to her.

>Secret - {{spoiler|If everyone else dies first and Homura last, on the top floor. Homura turns into a witch, the universe ends, since all possibility and hope becomes absolutely and completely lost.}}

:I never heard of anyone getting this "secret" route. I'm assuming it's another Not-Ayase made-up story. All reports from 2ch I've seen so far only mentions you will always end up getting anime's ending (whether Homura fights alone, Mami & Kyouko alive or not, etc.) About the demons, you will only have to fight with it until the ending music (Connect) ends. There's nothing about her dying, etc. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 12:02, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
::This reminds me, do we have any info or screen shots regarding the demons? We still know almost nothing about them... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 12:08, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
:::Hmm, I'll try finding screenshots. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 12:12, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
:::: Seriously, there is only those 3 endings? How could it be possible for Homura to defeat Walpurgis alone and yet she failed when with the others? (*smack my face* stupid question, the game developer and Gen are screwing us). I am kind of dumbfound that the endings is as if trying to "ask" us to wait for the continuation of Puella Magi's 3rd movie where it will pick up from what's left of the anime. (*sorry for ranting*) Refering to the demons, perhaps it is still not possible to get that kind of ending, maybe it is a DLC or requires unlocking of special password. You never know what they had for everyone especially when the 3rd movie is not out and putting into the game might spoil the whole ending for the game. Well, just a speculah and not to be taken seriously. [[User:Demonicslayer|Demonicslayer]] 13:59, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
:::: OK, here is demons: [[:File:MadoPSP Demons.jpg]]. While you can fight with them, they won't fight you back, you're force to use only Magic Arrow skill, you can't die here, it ends right after Connect ends. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 15:44, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
: Someone is telling me the secret route is confirmed [[http://www4.atwiki.jp/madomagi_portable on this wiki]]. Can someone verify this? --[[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 14:17, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
::Probably this part in Homura's route page:
::<blockquote>「ワルプルギスの夜」本体と対峙する（HPゲージが表示される）最下層で「敗北」すると、ほむらが魔女化する。ただし、ゲームオーバーの前にイラストが1枚表示されるだけで、魔女図鑑への登録およびイラストを後で見ることはできない。特典ディスクのギャラリーに全く同じイラストが収録されているので、鑑賞はこちらで（「○○の魔女」の名前もこちらで明かされている）。</blockquote>
::It says if you lost to Walpurgis after the HP gauge is shown, the illustration of Homulilly will be shown before the Game Over message. However this illustration won't appear in Majo Zukan or CG Gallery but you can see it later in special DVD. Rough translations:
::<blockquote>When confronting with Walpurgis main body (HP gauge is shown), if you are "Defeated" in the lowest level, Homura will become a witch. However only one illustration will be shown right before Game Over; it won't gets registered to Majo Zukan and you can't watch it later. Gallery in the special DVD has exactly the same illustration, watch it here if you want (her "witch of x" name is revealed in [the illustration in the game].)</blockquote>
::--[[User:0x99|0x99]] 15:03, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

=== Bonus route ===

"Of course, there is also this:" --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 09:15, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

>Bonus route is basically full of jokes, drama, and wtfness

>just, key things are.

>Homu slaps Madoka for groping her

>Sayaka and hitomi fight over kyousuke physically and verbally

>Idol mumisan

>super sweet homura-chun

>Ending. Everyone beats walpurgis

>OUR FIGHT HAS JUST BEGUN

>homura facepalms and reverses time.

"Seriously, the part where Homura slaps Madoka because Madoka was groping her sounds highly unlikely and out of character, unless there is evidence of it I am highly skeptical. <s>I will buy the idea of Homura gropping Madoka, but</s> seriously... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 09:15, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

:In all seriousness, Homura slaps Madoka because Madoka calling herself ''clumsy and has no trait or whatsoever beside being a magical girl''. Homura slaps Madoka and try to comfort her for saying that by saying "even though you're clumsy and stupid, being a cute magical girl is enough", etc. etc. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 11:53, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
::This sounds more believable --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 11:55, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

=== Verification Filther ===
Fans are not going to wait for verification and there is bound to be misinformation. I wish there was a way to gather verifiable information from reliable sources to counter the misinformation before it starts spreading, the last thing we want is for this game to be presented to be silly, or bad! If anything it is doing a disservice to the creators of the series --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 12:48, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
:It's hard to do confirmation especially for the game because so far nobody has discovered all the possible endings and there's only a few of us who can read Japanese (although the game is full voice). 2ch/Futaba can give a rough overview of what's possible and what's not possible but that's so far those boards can provide. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 13:21, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

==Majo Zukan==
I wanted to post a list based on the current screen shots we have of the Witch Encyclopedia. How often do we get more screenshots?
<removed list to conserve space>

:I found screenshots of all the witches' encyclopedia entries on 2ch ([http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081166.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081167.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081168.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081169.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081170.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081171.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081172.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081173.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081174.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081175.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081176.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081177.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081178.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081179.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081180.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081175.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081176.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081177.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081178.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081179.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081180.jpg]), and the tail end of [http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm17275080 this video] shows the entries you unlock during the 'good' branch of Sayaka's route. With this information, the list is:

:1 Anthony
:2 Adelbert (tiny)
:3 Adelbert (large)
:4 Gertrud

:5 Pyotr (w/ hat)
:6 Pyotr
:7 Pyotr (nurse)
:8 Charlotte

:9 Daniyyel+Jennifer
:10 Daniyyel+Jennifer (TV head)
:11 H.N. Elly (Kirsten)

:12 Anja (plane)
:13 Anja (car)
:14 Anja (boat)
:15 Albertine

:16 Dora
:17 Gisela

:18 Sebastian's (serpent-type)
:19 Sebastian's (claw-type)
:20 Elsa Maria

:21 Oktavia's Violinist familiar (not sure if it's Holger, since he's the conductor)
:22 Klarissa
:23 Oktavia's wheel familiar
:24 Oktavia von Seckendorff

:25 Michaela (zombie)
:26 Michaela (ghost)
:27 Izabel

:28 Mathieu
:29 ? (Presumably teacher-like familiars)
:30 Patricia

:31 Walpurgis minion (top left on card)
:32 Walpurgis minion (bottom left on card)
:33 Walpurgis minion (top right on card)
:34 Red-and-black checkered familiar
:35 Pink poodle-like familiar
:36 Walpurgisnacht

:37 Candeloro's Madoka familiars
:38 Canedloro's Kyouko familiars
:39 Candeloro

:40 Ophelia's geisha familiars (flame throw attack)
:41 Ophelia's geisha familiars (melee attack)
:42 Ophelia

:43 Quitterie's familiars
:44 Quitterie

:45 Itzli

It seems that Suleika, Uhrmann and Roberta aren't in the game... --[[User:Neuchadjinys|Neuchadjinys]] 19:55, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
: Not even Kriemhild Gretchen? That sucks. We never even got to see the Witch of the Netherlands . . . There're always the galleries --[[User:SPDUDE48|SPDUDE48]] 20:531, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
::That's because if Madoka becomes a witch, it's an instant game end. They wouldn't make it a playable witch.--[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 22:06, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
::: oh right. Do you know when'll be updated on the Gekidan Gallery? --[[User:SPDUDE48|SPDUDE48]] 20:12, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

:From 2ch: [http://i.imgur.com/z9AT3.jpg 37, 38, 39]... and from Twitter: [http://twitpic.com/8ya1so 21], [http://twitpic.com/8ya1tt 22], [http://twitpic.com/8ya1vu 23], [http://twitpic.com/8ya1x7 29], [http://twitpic.com/8ya1yc 40], [http://twitpic.com/8ya22z 41]. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 02:00, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

===Gekidan Inu Curry Gallery===
Have there been any new pictures as to what's in the Gekidan Gallery? Hopefully there will be a zip with all the images eventually. --[[User:SPDUDE48|SPDUDE48]] 13:21, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

== Homuslap event transcript ==

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!style="text-align:left; padding:10px;"|Full transcript of Homu's Madoslap event in the bonus route:
|-
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鹿目まどか：
マミさんも、CDだすし……
さやかちゃんも、恭介君といい感じだし
杏子ちゃんも、さやかちゃんと仲がいい。

鹿目まどか：
皆、いろいろ変わっていくんだね……
わたしは、何が変わったんだろう？

暁美ほむら：
何か、変わりたいの？

鹿目まどか：
ほむらちゃん……。
またいつの間に……。

暁美ほむら：
そこは気にしないで
で、まどかは変わりたいの？

鹿目まどか：
変わりたいというか、変わらなきゃいけないような気がしてるだけかも。

鹿目まどか：
だった、わたしには、何になりたいって気持ちがないんだよ。
マミさんやさやかちゃんや、杏子ちゃんみたいに。

鹿目まどか：
でも、それを見てるだけって
なんだかつらいなぁって。

鹿目まどか：
わたし……
『魔法少女になりたい』しか無くって
魔法少女になったから……。

鹿目まどか：
魔法少女しかできない女の子って駄目なのかなぁ。

鹿目まどか：
今、皆が楽しそうにやってることが羨ましいだけなのかなぁ。

鹿目まどか：
わたし、魔法少女以外のこと何もできないから。
ドジで、のろまで……駄目な女の子だし。

暁美ほむら：
そんなこと無い！

〈SLAP〉

鹿目まどか：
きゃっ。

暁美ほむら：
まどか、あなたは、ドジでのろまで……
とっても可愛い魔法少女よ
それ以外、なにを求めてるの！！

鹿目まどか：
それ……褒めてないよ……。

暁美ほむら：
私は、私は、あなたに
何度も何度も……だから
あなたは、あなたのままで……。

暁美ほむら：
何も変わらず、今のままで……
自信を持って！！

暁美ほむら：
あなたは……あなたはね……
私にとって大事な大切な人なの。
あなたは覚えてないかもしれないけど。

鹿目まどか：
あのね、ほむらちゃん。
よくわかんないけど
なんとなく、わかったような気がするよ。

暁美ほむら：
ありがとう……よくわかってないのに
いきなり叩いちゃってゴメンね。

鹿目まどか：
ううん、大丈夫。
ほむらちゃんはわたしに
いろいろ伝えようとしてるんだね。

鹿目まどか：
たぶん、わたしが悪いんだろうなってそう思う。
……でもね、１つだけ、いいかな？

暁美ほむら：
なに？

鹿目まどか：
……ドジでのろまはね
ちょっと否定して欲しかったかなって。

暁美ほむら：〈即答〉
ゴメン……。

鹿目まどか：
やっぱり、わたし
ほむらちゃんに、そう思われてたんだね。

暁美ほむら：
え、あ、うーん……。

〈まどかの感情値が２０増加した。〉

Madoka: Mami-san's going to release a CD... Everything's going great for Sayaka-chan with Kyousuke-kun, too, and Kyouko-chan is getting along with Sayaka-chan.

Madoka: Everyone is changing in lots of ways... but what's changed for me?

Homura: Do you want to change something?

Madoka: Homura-chan... When did you...?

Homura: Never mind that. So, do you want to change, Madoka?

Madoka: I think maybe it's less like I want to change than like I feel like I have to change.

Madoka: See, there's nothing that I really want to be. Not like Mami-san, Sayaka-chan, or Kyouko-chan.

Madoka: But it's kind of hard just watching that.

Madoka: Because I... became a magical girl with nothing but "I want to be a magical girl"...

Madoka: I guess a girl who can't do anything except being a magical girl is no good.

Madoka: I guess I'm jealous of everyone seeming like they're having so much fun right now.

Madoka: I can't do anything at all besides being a magical girl. I'm a clumsy, slow... useless girl.

Homura: That's not true!

(slap)

Madoka: Kya!

Homura: Madoka, you're a clumsy and slow... and absolutely adorable magical girl! What else do you want?!

Madoka: That... isn't a compliment...

Homura: I... I... you.... over and over... That's why you have to stay you...

Homura: Never change, the way you are now... Have confidence in yourself!!

Homura: You... You're... someone very important and precious to me. Even though you may not remember.

Madoka: Um, Homura-chan. I don't really understand, but I think I kind of get it anyway.

Homura: Thank you... I'm sorry for hitting you even though you don't really understand.

Madoka: No, it's okay. You're just trying to get things across to me.

Madoka: I think it's probably my fault... But can I say just one thing?

Homura: What?

Madoka: ... I did want you to deny that I'm clumsy and slow, a little.

Homura: (automatically) I'm sorry...

Madoka: I knew it, you really do think that about me.

Homura: Uh, um, well...

(Madoka's emotion value increased 20 points)
|}

Just for fun. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 18:07, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
:Does anybody know Japanese well enough to translate this? [[User:Silvermoon424|Silvermoon424]] 18:30, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
::I added a quick translation above. My apologies for any formatting gaffes. [[User:Ykm|Ykm]] 00:04, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
:::Much appreciated! --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 00:11, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
::::Thank you! This event sounds really interesting! --[[User:Silvermoon424|Silvermoon424]] 03:03, 19 March 2012‎ (UTC)

== Regarding Kyousuke Hate==
[[File:Sayaka so called friends monster psp.jpg|right|thumb|so these are Sayaka's friends...]]
I am hearing that there is some hate regarding the character. We need to verify how extensive it is, but also we need to know what is the general reaction and explain why so we can add it to the page explaining the cause, also there was a mention that the hate is huge in 2chan that it created several threads, we need a screen shot of one example (if possible) and a translation with it so it can be added to the Kyousuke page (perhaps fans will forget their hatred of Hitomi after this...) --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 23:34, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
:Hmm, is this related to Kyousuke calling Sayaka "monster" in Sayaka's routes? --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 23:37, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
::I heard that was one reason, something about how he called her a monster and all that, and the fans reacted negatively about it... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 23:41, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
How did you get Kyousuke to call Sayaka a monster? When I saved them, they did not remember anything as they fainted and Sayaka and Kyouko escaped. They do remember hearing Sayaka's voice saying that she was a hero of justice though but they dismissed it thinking they were just dreaming. Are there any specific conditions that should be met in order for Kyousuke to call her a monster? O.o
:I got the same result as you, but we've seen a [[http://images.puella-magi.net/9/93/Dengeki_PlayStation_2012-02_01.JPG screenshot]] in a magazine that shows he calls her that under some circumstance where he sees her as a magical girl with Kyouko. I am unable to find that scene though. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 09:06, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
::You get the better result when Sayaka's soul gem is not that tainted. Then she will escape from her fate to become Oktavia. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 10:54, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
:::Sayaka doesn't want to save Kyousuke and Hitomi at first, but Kyoko says she should do that. After she saved them, however, they call her monster rather than thank her. This is what happens in Sayaka's route if she become a witch. I personally link it to the third timeline.
--[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 23:58, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
::::Yes, but I am trying to get the fan reaction regarding that scene. Do fans now dislike Kyousuke even more after that? I am trying to gauge the fan reaction to it... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 05:22, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
::::There's also this Sayaka's body rotten (another Gem-throwing, thank you Madoka), Kyouko found her Gem then Kyousuke got to see Sayaka alive in her rotten body and call her "Monster". I guess the writer is reincarnation of satan or something. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 00:06, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::<big>UROBUCHI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</big>--[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 05:20, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::: I guess in the end, Urobuchi still has a lot of hate to throw into Sayaka. Pity Sayaka that she has to go through that many difficulties in life in such a short moment in every timeline. Even if Sayaka gets a happy end with Kyouske, she still has no happy ending in the end. Surprisingly, Madoka (again?) done that gem-throwing thing in another timeline... Though I do not really hate Kyousuke, but it definitely hurt to be called a 'monster' when being a 'zombie' is bad enough. But it is quite natural in some way that Human always despise others with great power, just like X-Men. From the looks, Sayaka would be better off with Madoka in the ethereal world or we might see "G-Uro"-"butcher" trying to make her suffer in the 3rd movie again... sigh... [[User:Demonicslayer|Demonicslayer]] 08:15, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::::Speaking of a "happy" end with Kyousuke... there is one in this game, isn't there? (Or is such an end only possible if Sayaka does not contract as a magical girl?) i.e., if she becomes a magical girl, Kyosuke's a lost cause for her no matter what?) This scene makes me think there's such a "good" end... http://wiki.puella-magi.net/File:Picture_12.png [[User:Animerican-Redeemed|Animerican-Redeemed]] 21:19, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
::::::::There is one in a bonus route. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 22:36, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::::::I am surprised Urobuchi gave her one... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 01:54, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
::::::::::I am not that surprised since it's Urobuchi's suggestion to make bonus route unrelated to the story in anime. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 16:17, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
In Sayaka's route, please do not blame Madoka for throwing Sayaka's soul gem. It is Sayaka herself throw out the soul gem. Mami Stopped the fighting between her and Kyoko, then all 3 of them are sucked into Charlotte's barrier. Mami called Sayaka and Kyoko to escape, but Sayaka, who did't want to leave Mami alone, insisted staying there, and then Mami got the same fate as in anime... Knowing she is too weak to protect others, Sayaka threw her soul gem to dismiss her magical girl duty after quiting the barrier with Kyoko. The gem got into the barrier and moved away so she lost it. Madoka and Homura then came and saw a soulless Sayaka. Kyubey told them to get her soul gem back in 2 days or Sayaka may die forever. Again, Kyoko use her magic to keep Sayaka's body. Madoka and Homura went out to find her gem. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 15:43, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
: My mistake. Thanks for clarifying the whole incident happening in that route. Well, I thought what 0x99 said about 'thank you Madoka' meant that Madoka was the one who thrown it. Perhaps I misinterpreted the whole thing said there. Honto Gomenasai, Madoka (and all the Madoka fans). Another thing that caught my attention, is from my guess, in fact that this scene happened only in Homura's route, perhaps meant that Sayaka was never really given a chance for 'happy ending'. Since the Homura's route was meant to give a happy ending, yet twisting the story into a Homura Magica (since Madoka never become a magical girl), I am wondering if the story was meant to appease Homura's fans. Lastly, I am wondering if the words 'my wish, my prayer' was actually the wish that Homura hoped for since it is from Homura's perspective... [[User:Demonicslayer|Demonicslayer]] 18:56, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

== Homura's route happy ending ==

I heard that if you defeat Walpurgis with Homura, Mami, Kyouko and Sayaka alive ''without'' anybody becoming a witch '''and''' without Madoka contracting, you will get the [[:File:PSP_Game_Scan_Nov_2011_Possibly_Megami.jpg|tea party]] ending instead of anime's ending one. There have been many reports in 2ch that this is true. Can anyone confirm it? --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 23:56, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
:I also heard someone written about this. This should be reliable. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 00:05, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
:Yes, confirmed. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 08:57, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

== Original Sound Track ==
[[File:Madoka Portable BD Soundtrack.png|right|300px|thumb|Soundtrack in BD.]]

There is an OST in the BD bundled with limited contract of this game. I don't know if the DVD coming with normal contract also contains this.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Track
| Song Name
| Comment
|-
| 1
| Spes - Materia Madocae -
| BGM of Game Shop
|-
| 2
| Justitia - Materia Sayakae -
| Choose a place to go
|-
| 3
| Fides - Materia Mami -
|
|-
| 4
| Prex - Materia Kyokoensis -
|
|-
| 5
| Tutela - Materia Homurae -
| Encyclopedia
|-
| 6
| Feliciter
|
|-
| 7
| Incipit in prece
| Game title screen
|-
| 8
| Vox maternae
|
|-
| 9
| Victoria
| Game Result
|-
| 10
| Ubi eam?
|
|-
| 11
| Quod id est?
|
|-
| 12
| Obstans
| A sad scene
|-
| 13
| Semen doloris
|
|-
| 14
| Inquietam
|
|-
| 15
| Solitudo mea
|
|-
| 16
| Non sola sum
|
|-
| 17
| Para, ite!
|
|-
| 18
| Non fieri possum
|
|
|-
| 19
| Numquam mitescam
|
|-
| 20
| Cum quoqumque modo
|
|-
| 21
| Forma tumultuosi somnii
| Emergent situation
|-
| 22
| Adhaesus deformis
|
|-
| 23
| Clientes saluant
| In Charlotte's barrier
|-
| 24
| Natalis puellae magicae
|
|-
| 25
| Exitus desperationis
|
|-
| 26
| Via ad scholam
| Scene as usual
|-
| 27
| Valetudinarium
|
|-
| 28
| Domus meus
|
|-
| 29
| Hora theae
|
|-
| 30
| Cubicutum coniecturae
|
|-
| 31
| Veni, ven
| In Gertrud's barrier
|-
| 32
| Diffidentia floret
| In Charlotte's barrier
|-
| 33
| Area infinita
| In witch's barrier
|-
| 34
| Dolus vel pedica
| In Gisela and Ophelia's barrier
|-
| 35
| Experimenta ultima
|
|-
| 36
| Area strigae
| BGM of Mami's heart pounding Tiro Finale
|-
| 37
| Delusio summa
| In Oktavia and Izabel's barrier
|-
| 38
| Terror infinitus
| In H.N Elly and Elsa Maria's barrier
|-
| 39
| Dolus vel lascivia
| In Gisela and Ophelia's barrier
|-
| 40
| Finit in maledicto
| Scene of W.N.
|-
| 41
| Finis malus
|
|-
| 42
| Felix vera
|
|-
|}
--[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 16:37, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Is there anything new about this OST? I think it should be mentioned or added on the [[Madoka Magica Soundtrack]] page. --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 14:09, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
:They are all new music, different from what anime plays. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 14:14, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
I took pictures of the disk cover. What do you want to know about this in advance? --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 04:44, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

<gallery>
File:PMMM_Portable_BD01.jpg|Cover
File:PMMM_Portable_BD02.jpg|Back cover (Printed in Taiwan)
File:Madoka Portable BD Title Screen.png|Contents menu
</gallery>

Do they list the name of the soundtrack composer anywhere? It's assumed that it's Kajiura Yuki, but the style's a bit different... --[[User:Ren|ren]] 00:02, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
:ZIZZ Studio did the music for the game apparently. --[[User:SayakaVonSeckendorff|SayakaVonSeckendorff]] 00:48, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
:The composer isn't listed in the BD so I don't know that. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 01:21, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

== Is this ending on the PSP game real or fake? ==

http://tieba.baidu.com/p/1465010085?pn=1 <--a link to a Chinese forum which said it is the good end of the game with a picture which five of them sitting together and having a party with a line "This is my prayer, my wish..." above and comments from the poster that "[In the ending,] homura, mami, kyouko, and sayaka cooperate to beaten w. night successfully and then they including madoka held party in mami's home, and even sayaka "force" kyoko to get on school, uniform, wht a 癒し ending" (*sorry for my poor English.)
Is the above material truely the good end of the game?[[User:C933103|C933103]] 16:44, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
:Yes. Requires Madoka to not making contract with Mami, Sayaka, Kyouko and Homura defeating Walpurgis together. In Japanese board they are callibg this お茶会エンド (tea party ending). -[[User:0x99|0x99]] 20:54, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
::But as according to that CHinese forum post, it said it is required to 1.in homura line 2.avoid mami dead and 3.let sayaka made contract and 4.prevent she from becoming witches and 5.successfully beaten w. night to get to the ending.......[[User:C933103|C933103]] 05:24, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

===Homu Sad End===
''Homura's end where she fights Walpurgis solo was like a depressing doujin ending. She dies in Madoka's arms, glad she could finally save her. Madoka doesn't contract and it's the end. Course the route is completely terrible with Sayaka going witch and dead, Mami suiciding, Kyouko gone home and presumably depressed over losing Mami and Sayaka. Now that I think about, I'm not sure I've read a Madoka doujin that was that depressing.'' -

I have never heard this ending before. So Homura defeats Walpurgis on her own, doesnt become a witch, and dies on Madoka's arm without her contracting with Kyubey? Can someone verify this? --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 06:54, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
:Never heard anything about it. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 08:23, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

::I have watched [http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/e8K9mnErTh8/?resourceId=28860455_06_02_99?fr=2 some video] playing this ending. But I'm not sure it is unmodified. I my self haven't gone that far yet. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 15:51, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
:::Thanks for the video. Ah, that explains the mysterious Homura's event CG (see below). Gotta try it, I wonder if there's any special condition beyond having Homura fight Walpurgis alone?
:::[[File:Madoka Portable Homura Goodnight.jpg|200px]]
:::''(Notice she's smiling... oh god this is depressing...)'' --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 18:25, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
::::Yes, this ending is described on the Japanese wiki. It has many preconditions that lead to that specific ending. It is the only one where Homura fights Walpurgis alone on the Homura route. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 01:34, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

'''Another Ending'''
You can go here for [http://www.mediafire.com/?49p5jwnpa62hs4d screenshots] of another Homura route ending where Mami is dead, Sayaka doesn't contract, Kyoko and Homura successfully defeat Walpurgis and Madoka doesn't contract. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 08:22, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

== Kyoko Route:speculah ==
Well, apparently Kyoko's route is very depressing. Apparently instead of paper cutouts they actually showed the graphic aftermath of Kyoko's father gone mad... I find it odd they went one way in the anime and another way in the game... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 02:15, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

It seems like in the Kyoko route, she made a grave for Mami... I feel like despair... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 02:15, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

<gallery>
File:Kyoko mother sister bloody scene psp.jpg
File:Psp kyoko father hang graphic.jpg
File:Psp mami grave teddy bear.jpg
File:Kyoko route teddy bear psp.jpg
</gallery>

:Sad but what sort of crap happens for Kyoko to become a witch? I mean, it would take some serious hammer to crack her hardened shell of badassery.
::I am not certain, but apparently it has to do with Oktavia. If Kyouko and Madoka try to save Sayaka/Oktavia but Homura gets there before them, she kills Oktavia. Kyouko in the good end calms down but in the bad end loses it and goes witch. --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 06:47, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
:::Or, with another possibility, she and Homura fight against Walpurgis Night, but unable to defeat it. Madoka contracts to defeat Walpurgis Night, and then becomes Kriemhild Gretchen, kills Kyoko. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 15:57, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

:What is the importance/symbolism of the teddy bear? [[User:Silvermoon424|Silvermoon424]] 04:37, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

===Kyoko's Background===
Do we have a lot of information regarding her background? I heard it was very sad, we need to add any new information to Kyoko's page in the PSP subsection to indicate it is new information. Also, since it is related to the Drama CD, Farewell Story, we need to add a subsection there to indicate the new information taht the drama cd didn't cover... Which reminds me, did the game gave any new info regarding Mami or her family? --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 03:59, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

===Screenshots===
Have there been any new images from the Gekidan Gallery recently? [[User:SPDUDE48|SPDUDE48]] 16:03, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

== Routes section ==

Shouldn't we separate each routes into its own page? --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 06:21, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
:Good idea. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 06:22, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
::Per discussion in [[Talk:Main Page]] (and above), I think we should go with:
::* [[Madoka Magica Portable Madoka Route]]
::* [[Madoka Magica Portable Mami Route]]
::* [[Madoka Magica Portable Sayaka Route]]
::* [[Madoka Magica Portable Kyouko Route]]
::* [[Madoka Magica Portable Homura Route]]
::* [[Madoka Magica Portable Bonus Route]]
::thoughts? --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 06:25, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
:::Sounds good to me. There's so much content, this page badly needs subpages and re-org. Even the talk page has so much text I don't even have the patience to wade through it all. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 14:54, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

==Gisela==
I thought Gisela was defeated by Kyoko in the flash back. Is this an oversight or does the game explains what happened? --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 06:02, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
:The same witches appear in different routes and are defeated by different magical girls. As to why, I have no idea. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 06:14, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
::It would be really odd, unless it slipped from their minds that Gisela had an encounter with Kyoko in the past (which happened during the events of the Drama CD, prior to Homura's hospital stay). Unless we are to assume somehow Kyoko failed to kill Gisela or Gisela escaped from Kyoko's attack... (I just re-watched ep 7 BD, while she does fight Gisela in a badass way and seems like she is winning, it is ambiguous enough to say with certainty if Kyoko killed her or not...) --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 09:11, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
:::Not really, there's several easy explanations I can think of off-hand. One, in different timelines, events play out differently so girls become witches at different times and get killed by different magical girls. We see that with Oktavia in the anime. Even past events before Homura timestop varies, like with Kyousuke being a violinist in one and a guitarist in another. The other explanation is with the game, they chose to re-use existing witches rather than make more witches, or they didn't care about continuity between game routes. Please note this is speculation on my part and don't think we can know the answer. The reason is not stated in the game, which is why my answer was: '''I don't know.''' --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 09:19, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
::::Considering fans would want an explanation, the only three possible options is speculah: Gisela didnt die at the hands of Kyoko, a parallel universe, and It's magic! --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 10:30, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::Another possibility is that Gisela was defeated, but her grief seed was overused and she hatched again at a later time. [[User:KM|KM]] 10:48, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
BEHOLD, THE BOLD TEXT OF OBVIOUSNESS: familiars become Witches. Kyoko does not destroy familiars because it's a waste until they feed. Therefore, even if Kyoko destroyed "the original" Gisela (if it was even the original) it is entirely plausible ones of its familiars got away, fed, and became a new Gisela. [[Special:Contributions/70.81.159.144|70.81.159.144]] 16:53, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
:FYI, This occurs in the past, when Kyoko did destroy familiars. She didn't stop doing that until after she left Mami. We also don't know if familiars turn into the same witch or they become their own witches. It's speculah to assume. I'll only point out there's a great deal of reuse of the same witches across different routes, which makes me thinks there was more pragmatic reasons behind it, e.g. development reasons. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 17:38, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

==Madokami==

When does she appear?
:In Homura's route when there is an anime ED ending. Madoka makes her wish, same as the anime. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 06:15, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
::She also appears in one of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtgLrIxPvNs Madoka's moves] 2:28 --[[Special:Contributions/84.77.58.17|84.77.58.17]] 22:31, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

==Dates==
What do we know about the dates of events in the game? [[:File:PSP_Screenshot1.jpg | this pre-release screenshot from August]] says 05/07 but May 7 and July 5 aren't compatible with the anime. [[:File:Madoa_PSP_World_Map.jpg | The map screenshot]] only seems to count the number of days elapsed. Is there any information in the release version to build a timeline out of? [[User:KM|KM]] 12:07, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
:There are no dates in the game. Only days, varying anywhere from 29 to 31 days in any given route. The dates do not start the same as the anime. For example, in the Homura route, Day 1 you decide whether to shoot Kyubey or not. If you do, it plays out the scene with Madoka finding an injured Kyubey. No exact dates are given for past events either. Only approximations like a "few years ago" or "a few months ago" etc. They break the day events down further into segments of time such as morning, noon, evening, night etc. That's all. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 12:30, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
::Oh well. 29 days happens to be the shortest possible time between that scene in episode 1 and walpurgis night's attack in the anime, so at least that fits in with our model. [[User:KM|KM]] 13:31, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
:::I should mention that the days don't really match up with the events of the anime. For example, Day 1 in both Madoka and Homura's route, you can have Madoka save an injured Kyubey. But then Mami fights Charlotte on day 7 in the Homura route and day 8 in Madoka's route. It's also impossible to replicate all the events exactly from the anime timeline in any of the routes. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 13:48, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

== The outcome of defeating Walpurgis on Mami's route. ==

You get this if you defeat Walpurgis:
Mami and Madoka defeat Walpurgis, however, Walpurgis is still alive and Mami takes the hit for her and dies (This is where the Mami taking a hit for Madoka CG came from) Madoka then fights Walpurgis alone and the rest we know.
Just figured I would share this little bit of information. [[Special:Contributions/84.77.58.17|84.77.58.17]] 10:53, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
::I wonder if this is what happened in the ep 10 original timeline, of course we dont know how Mami died, but it could be that way... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 11:31, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
:::If Mami and Madoka really defeated Walpurgis, then Homura didn't need to contract, and the story will not happen. This is not allowed, I think. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 14:51, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

== Sales ==

[[File:MadokaPortable_Sales_120329.png|right|300px|thumb|Sales number on Mar 29.]]

After 2 weeks, this title is only sold about 81K copies. It is said that there are many bugs result in no response. It's really a pity. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 17:05, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
:"Only" 81k sales for a PSP game that's not a known game title after two weeks is actually very good. The first week of sales placed it [http://www.famitsu.com/news/201203/29012263.html 3rd] with 72K sales. The concern was the follow-up sales the second week show it's not going to be the blockbuster people thought it might, dropping it to 18th. However, if you look at the [http://www.4gamer.net/games/117/G011794/20120328053/ 4Gamer list], it gives you a better understanding of what rankings are like. For instance, the list covers all software games and PSP sales do not look anything like 3DS sales where top sellers eventually break 1M. They're all merged together though so many on the top 20 are well-known titles like Pokemon, Monster Hunter, Mario etc. PSP titles aren't on the list long because the kind of sales they get are much lower, so you're mostly seeing first week sales which are much stronger typically than latter weeks. In fact, the only PSP title you see on that list that isn't a first week seller is SEGA's Shining Blade which did 19K in second week sales, for a two week total of 141K. Madoka's second week of 8K sales may not seem that great but it is the same as the debut sales for another PSP title that made the top 20, e.g. 8K for second week sales is not terrible.

:Regarding bugs, I've only encountered one known freeze which is also noted on the Japanese wiki. It has a simple workaround of making two different choices on days. There are also reports of people occasionally seeing problems with menu bugs (e.g. buttons become blank or things look strange etc.) that are fixed by resetting the game. Some of the freeze complaints may be due to people using a pirated ISO rip which does freeze up constantly, FYI. Aside from that, I have not heard of any other bugs. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 19:09, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
::Sometimes when a battle happens after dialogue the emotion value changes to that of another girl (eg: Mami to Madoka's) Now this isn't bothersome. I'm not fully sure whetever it is a graphical or game bug yet.--[[Special:Contributions/84.77.58.17|84.77.58.17]] 23:31, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
:::Yes, that's an example of what I meant by it "looking strange." It's only visual though, it doesn't effect game play. The soul gems go dark at the expected rate of the emotional value of the girl you're using for fighting. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 02:08, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
:Since the game is a VN hybrid, I decided to take a look at VN sales for comparison. I think it's closer to that than your average game, meaning I doubt your average gamer has much interest in buying something where the storyline dialogue is the main focus. Looking [http://visualnovelaer.wordpress.com/2011/08/25/rewrite-sold-24424-copies-what-on-earth/ here], big VN sellers like Kanon, Air, Fate/Stay Night ended up around 146K-168K. Top 20 for first half of 2011 were all under 30K. So that gives what is a reasonable ballpark, though I assume hybrids are suppose to have more cross-market appeal and thus should theoretically sell better than VNs. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 21:24, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

==Witch transformation==

Aren't there any videos or images showing Mami and Kyoko turning into witches?

Also, isn't the name of Ophelia and Candeloro familiar showing up somewhere?

:No, the transformation itself isn't shown. The names of all witches are shown in runes at the introduction of the scene. Screenshots of those are on the respective pages. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 08:35, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
::When Mami becomes a witch, it is shown as in the Promotion Video before. No special pictures available. Event CG then animation showing the witch and its name. I think it is also the same in Kyoko's case. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 09:58, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
:::So, could someone provide those event CGs?
::::For Mami, there is a picture showing her tainted soul gem. There is even no CG available when Kyoko becomes a witch. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 16:12, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

== Voice Actors ==

* It is confirmed that Kyoko's father is played by Banjou Ginga (銀河萬丈), and Kyoko's sister is played by Mami Shitara (設楽麻美). See ED on each route. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 15:46, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

== Bugs Confirmed ==

NBGI has announced there are some bugs in this title in the official website. They are:

*In Sayaka's route, there are conditions to stop game from running properly.
*Sometimes the game hangs during dungeon play (witch's barrier, Walpurgis, and some battle events)
*Karma value of Homura incorrectly displayed in results.
*Some times there are two same tips displayed consectively.

How to deal with those bugs will be announced later. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 13:48, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

== About each character's page in game? ==

Since each character has performances in every route, is there necessary to have each character's page to describe them in PSP game? Also their special attacks can be listed there. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 16:19, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

== Passwords for Gallery ==

Should we add a list of passwords here? [[Special:Contributions/188.221.222.125|188.221.222.125]] 06:40, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Talk:Madoka Magica Portable

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[[File:Happy madokami psp fanart.jpg|right|200px]]

"T - The reason why we chose PSP was not because it could only be done in PSP but because we thought what game console is used by the people who watched Madoka." <3 <3 <3 --[[User:BrickBreak|BrickBreak]] 18:31, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
* ...And here I am stuck with the 3DS. 

On another note, would anyone translate the Famitsu article? I've heard some people say it mentions the possibility other characters become witches, and I'd like additional confirmation.-- [[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 00:23, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

== Trailer==
Trailer's been released: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JJ1JLv3UCs&feature=player_embedded --[[User:CrownClown|CrownClown]] 03:25, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
:The second trailer is remade in the official web site. It contains more information than the previous C81 edition. [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 16:09, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
::I'm courious that why Kouko can use Rosso Fantasma? Did't she lost that ability before the time point Homura can get back? [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 00:39, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
:::It's possible you can help the girls change and recover to some degree, just like you can witchify them. Plus, this game also has Moemura, there's probably some sequences set in the past. --[[User:CrownClown|CrownClown]] 01:10, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

== Limited edition handkerchief ==
"The "HomuHomu Handkerchief" in the Limited Edition has the identical design as the one used in the anime scene where Homura folded out a handkerchief and sat on it. I really hope that people can share the feeling of Homura sitting on a handkerchief."

LOL Japan. Imagine what a creepy otaku could do with it. - [[User:Lord of the Kakapos|Lord of the Kakapos]] 10:09, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

== Website Updated ==
Just a heads up that the game's website updated. There doesn't seem to be anything important, but it might be worth keeping an eye on it anyway - I'm half-expecting witch cards. --[[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 13:38, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
*I'm expecting Witch cards soon as well. They did say there would be some new ones. [[User:SPDUDE48|SPDUDE48]] 10:39, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
* Okay, it's been updated again, and it ''looks'' like something's happening at the Tokyo Game Show next week. I'm not really sure. --[[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 18:44, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
:If there's anything worthwhile, I'll be posting it. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 18:47, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
::Nothing worth mentioning that I've seen at the Tokyo Game show. It is one of many games where a brief preview's shown on the screen, among a bunch of other previews for upcoming games. That's it. I can't even find a video of it, only some blurry pics not even worth posting. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 18:22, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

Welp, the site's been updated again, and it looks like a pretty big update. Not sure about everything, but under the section called "Application" there seems to be something about Mami blasting away at Charlotte.--[[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 14:22, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

I'm gonna guess that it's a mini-game that will be available on the site on a certain date. (in this case, 14 of October)--[[Special:Contributions/84.77.58.17|84.77.58.17]] 15:03, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

And the site is updated again. It looks like it's just a picture, and a picture of a keychain...but I can't tell who's on the keychain. It ''looks'' like Mami doing a Tiro Finale, but the colors are off. --[[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 13:00, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
:I can only see 2 newer special gift. One is a telephone card with Mami & Kyubey sleeping. The other is a keychain with an hourglass on it. Also it seem they provide a new version of game which supports iPad resolution now. But I cannot confirm it now. [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 15:09, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

==Music==
What do we know about the music that will be used in the game? --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 00:55, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
:Nothing in particular. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 01:12, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

== Mami's Heart Pounding Tiro Finale ==

*I feel Charlotte's attack style is really dumb. I won't get hurt by it. I'm always beaten by familiars... [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 17:50, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
**Besides the video on the website, are there any other videos of gameplay? --[[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 19:00, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
*** It's not easy to take video from an iPod touch. I also searched Nico video and found nothing but PV. But it might be too early for now. [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 03:37, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
**** There's one [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdZE3cjjwQQ here]. (No Charlotte, though.) [[User:Neuchadjinys|Neuchadjinys]] 04:37, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
*The game is commented badly as boring, monotonous, and dull. Some players commented it could be a paid game if it had been made funny. The pattern of enemy appearance is the same every time. [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 22:32, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
** The first update is provided today. Charlotte now can make her diving attack on Mami. Familiars also attack with Charlotte. Now it's not that boring. [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 14:24, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
*** Something also happens when 600 people think 140,000 points...I ''think''.
**** Yep. According to the website, it's... a cell phone background! Er, at least, I think that's what it means by "携帯待ち受けプレゼント". Something like that. [[User:Neuchadjinys|Neuchadjinys]] 22:56, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
[[File:Angry madokami psp fanart.jpg|right|200px|]]

*I have played both iPhone and Android versions. I played the iPhone version on an iPod touch (4th generation), and Android version on Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo. I feel the iPhone version more comfortable to play. Sometimes the enemy is moving and born too fast, and sometimes I feel it very show to shoot on Android version. [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 07:54, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

:Suddenly I have some ideas about the game, although I won't expect they will do it. It seems there is some capability to expand more stages. Here are some imaginary stages I feel wonderful:
:* Gertrud. Mami is still protecting Madoka and Sayaka. The enemies are different style in both shape and form of attack.
:* Izabel. Mami and Madoka are protecting Homura. Madoka is controlled by CPU, or even better, controlled by 2P if some network gaming is available. But if Homura is got hit, then mission is failed.
:* Patricia. She is immune to both Mami's and Madoka's attack. Only Homura(as NPC) can defeat her. But You have to protect Homura from familiars first. As a magical girl, Homura(in Moemura form) can bear some hits, but not many. The direction is changed to vertical, and Patricia is at the highest point. Mami must jump on lines to reach her, and both Madoka and Homura will follow her. After the witch appears, there is a timer start counting down. Homura must not be killed before the timer reaching zero. After time up, Homura will automatically set the bomb to kill Patricia.
:But most likely they will only be in my imagination. [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 17:00, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

* Oh no! I don't want to say 'I am such an idoit' when I get the PSP game. I have made a limited contract... [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 09:03, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

*OK, I have updated this game and played it. I feel it buggy. I don't know how to choose Homura. I also can't use magic anymore. The magic meter is increasing indeed, but no matter how much it accmulated, I can't use magic! I always lose because the barrier protecting Madoka and Sayaka broken! Besides, it get harder in Ophelia's stage. [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 01:59, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
:Finally I have found a way to use special attacks and defeated Ophelia. But I couldn't upload my result. I wonder it caused by blocking IP from outsides of Japan. Currently, when you have enough magic and want to use it, press the pause icon and choose the 2nd one. Then you returned to title. There is one additional button to continue. Choose continue and wait a little moment then you can use your special attack. I defeat Ophelia by repeating doing this way. [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 04:11, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

[[File:MamiTiro_Astonishing_Image_preview.jpg|right|200px|]]
* There are over 2000 players cleared Ophelia's stage. The image which is said to be astonishing is partially revealed. Mami as singer? It seems NBGI have some plans related with Idol Master, which is also made into game by NBGI. [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 02:15, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
: When you get the entire picture revealed, please post it! I'd love to see Mami as an idol! [[User:Silvermoon424|Silvermoon424]] 03:17, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
:: Yeah, I have uploaded it. They said details will be revealed in upcoming Dengeki PlayStation Vol.514.

== Gameplay Mechanics Note ==
You know, this is insane ridiculous speculation, but the way the gameplay mechanics are described makes me think we ''might'' see a new character. Or alternatively, magical girl Hitomi. --[[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 00:02, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
:I hope so, too. [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 00:10, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

== Madoka USA ==
This is just a thought, but I wonder since we have a following in America. If DVD and blu-ray sales show strong numbers, perhaps that could convince them to release the game in English, if they think there is a market for it? I am sure localizing a game is not easy but Madoka does has some recognition in the US, albeit not sure how strong it is, but surely the numbers must be good enough to justify to chance it... Of course the gameplay must be good enough too.--[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 00:20, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

== Kyouko's School Uniform ==
Ok, there is the artwork but now the character profile, seems to indicate she goes to the same school like the other characters. What are we going to do regarding this information?... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 08:30, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
:Nothing, because we don't know the story behind it. She's been in a school uniform in the official art for the game (the teaparty box cover) for a while now, but we don't know why. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 08:49, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
::Maybe she will transfer into Mitakihara Middle school if some condition met, just as Kyousuke being a guitarist. Who knows. BTW, there are something new on their official web site but I cannot view bigger images of something like Mami's witch form. Is there anyone having the same problem? [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 16:47, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
::I also have problems only with those images. I thought it's because I can run the latest version of Adobe Flash Player for technical reasons in my current set-up, but maybe it's a problem on their side afterall. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 19:50, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

== Translated script ==

A rather straightforward question: Think there'll be one? If this was for PC, no doubt a patch would be out fairly quick, but seeing as it's for PSP, that's not an option... --[[User:BrickBreak|BrickBreak]] 21:30, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
:It typically takes a long time (years) for a patch to come out. I expect because tri4 has committed to it, that Madoka will be faster than most. It's possible too they may be willing to let out a transcript before the game integration if asked nicely. Still, you're looking at months. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 21:56, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
::I used to be in the PSP homebrew scene, kinda lost my track though. Perhaps that's why I wasn't considering a patch an option. Uh. Well, doubt I'll manage to hold back on playing anyway, but thanks. --[[User:BrickBreak|BrickBreak]] 02:28, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
:::Yeah, it could be patched like with Idolm@ster. Best way to know is ask tri4 directly since they're the ones translating it. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 07:36, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
::::Know if anyone translated the menu/interface? As a veteran gamer and a biology student, I'll carry on suing a scientific approach which I'm sure you can guess (hey, worked for Initial D), but... --[[User:BrickBreak|BrickBreak]] 17:59, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::Visit [http://tri4.net/subs/articles/45/game-mahou-shoujo-madoka-magika-portable#comment tri4] for latest status. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 18:01, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
::::::...well balls, none of that was there last night. But again, I really shouldn't be surprised. --[[User:BrickBreak|BrickBreak]] 18:30, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

==Dobokeru==
"Dobokeru" can mean daze, but since this is Kyubey, wouldn't it make more sense to use the other definition, "deceive"? He does have a history of pretending to not know the truth now and then. It just seems a little more in character for him. [[User:Honeykiss|Honeykiss]] 16:33, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
:Again, I don't know many words in English. It is possible that I can't make clear the difference among those words. So please have them fixed if you find more proper words. [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 16:54, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

==Names==
One quick question, does anyone know if the game will reveal the name of Mami's parents or of Kyoko's? It is probably a long shot in the dark but if we are dealing with some of the girls routes one can never know, but what the hell may as well just ask... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 13:46, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

==New Trailer==
[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2012-02-24/madoka-magica-portable-psp-game-3rd-promo-streamed Right here.] Some stuff we knew, some stuff we didn't know but expect, and one surprise. --[[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 02:59, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

== Live broadcast ==

There will be a program in NBGI's network broadcast channel:

http://www.bandainamcogames.co.jp/cs/event/bnltv/

on Mar 14, 2012, at 21:00(Tokyo time). Both Kaori Mizuhashi and Ai Nonaka will be there, talking about various stuff about the game. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 02:33, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

==Screen Shots ==
[http://imgur.com/a/5Luxh/noscript Some 70+ PSP game screenshots!] --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 12:19, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

==Game Difficulty==
[[File:Is this a game or is this hell.jpg|right|300px|thumb|There is no evidence to suggest that Gen Urobuchi messed with the difficult settings, then again...]]
Some sources say that the game is difficult to beat, is there some reliable way to determine this, also what kind of difficult settings are there? --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 14:12, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
:I'm betting the source of OP information is the Not-Ayase blog. The blog contains too much misinformation to be a reliable source. I've watched a player playthrough of the first loop in UST (to about beginning of episode 6 of anime) and from few play impression in 2ch, the game doesn't seems ''that'' hard but you have to be very careful, for example:
:*Any actions can raise Emotion Points.
:*SG can become muddy easier if the point is high.
:*You can't use GS to cleanse a completely mudded SG.
:*You can't use any skill that uses MP if SG is completely mudded.
:*Recovery items are rare.
:*It's impossible to know when to press Q-button.
:*If you're surrounded by 4 familiars, turns will be "You -> Familiar -> Familiar -> Familiar -> Familiar".
:I never heard anything about half-witch mode, though. The producer said game is designed so you can get into Witch route easily but the game will become easier as you play it more since Karma Points directly reflects default statuses at the start of game. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 15:34, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
:I watch the video and think it is turn-based. You take one turn no matter move or attack, and all enemies also take one turn each. If many enemies are around you, you will get multiple hits. So you have to think some smart way to move to prevent such situation. That makes me remember about the original Ultima. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 15:38, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

I noticed that there is no [[:file:Homutree.png|Homura magic tree]] posted in the page as of yet --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 09:36, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:Look at the file links. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 09:55, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
::I would have thought Homura would have her own subsection... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 10:14, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

There is some mention that the saves should be more easier, specially if they have to go through long dialogues just to catch up from where they died... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 12:29, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

== Live gameplay ==
Go see it...it's running right now: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/mdoka-debu --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 16:51, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
:Some recordings:
*Part 1 (Beginning ~ Charlotte)http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/21096661
*Part 2 (Charlotte ~ Elly)http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/21098918
*Part 3 http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/21102551

== Just a heads up ==

To anyone playing from the Memory Stick, the game freezes after talking to Homura on the bridge and going to the city map. Gotta wait for a patch. --[[User:BrickBreak|BrickBreak]] 12:03, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:Please refer to [http://archive.foolz.us/a/thread/62778912/#62781688 this thread] for workarounds. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 13:02, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
::I did see that before, just... ugh, that'd be annoying, and knowing myself, veeeeery prone for forgetfulness. Then again, how could I expect not to suffer with this game? --[[User:BrickBreak|BrickBreak]] 13:21, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:::Make sure to convert to CSO first. That will save you from the tutorial freezes. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 17:26, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
::::Yeah, I did that, it's running smooth. Still freezes on video sequences though, gotta skip them - hopefully, they're nothing but clips from the anime. --[[User:BrickBreak|BrickBreak]] 15:05, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::Another method would be to set the PSP to sleep Mode before a specific part of the game freezes. I have yet to attempt this for the part where Mami first reveals to Sayaka and Madoka what a Grief Seed does. [[Special:Contributions/188.221.222.125|188.221.222.125]] 09:10, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

== About spoiler in PSP game ==
I heard many players got a lot of bad endings. It might not be proper to write them in the game page since there are too much information there. Is there any plan for these? --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 16:50, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:My suggestion, make a new page with a spoiler heading. This will be a subpage for PSP Game Endings. Then provide a short description of what it is and a link to it from the main PSP game page. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 17:25, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:Since PSP game is separated into chapters, better create new page with title something like [[Madoka Magica Portable Chapter 1: As If We Met in a Dream...]] (suggestion) and put information related to PSP game there. See [[Talk:Main Page]] for more info about reorganizing. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 18:18, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
::I'm not sure, routes might make more sense. That's how the Japanese wiki is separating them. So far I only really know about the Madoka Kaname route which is basically a tutorial one. Very straight-forward, closely follows anime, not many choices but apparently always ends with Madoka contracting to save Sayaka and Homura resets. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 19:16, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:::I think it still make sense to have a separate page for each route (chapters) though, we can always put information such as possible routes within chapter, Q-button timing, and such in it in an organized manner. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 19:21, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
::::Yes, separate pages is good, I'm suggesting routes rather than chapters, as that's how the game does it. Plus, you have to finish the Madoka Kaname route first, then I think some other routes (not sure on the exact parameters) before you can do the Homura route. Only then can you unlock the bonus route. The Japanese wiki also separates by days and morning/noon/evening for time period (it is 30 days to Walpurgis in all routes) since that's what you see at the top of the map screen. It's easier to track than chapters. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 19:32, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::Hmm, I still want to use the official "title" for each routes (that's why I'm calling it chapter). For example, "As If We Met Met in a Dream..." for Madoka route, "Only If You Are By My Side" for Mami's route, etc. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 19:39, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
::::::I see. I thought you were using them to refer to episodes rather than character routes...since the Madoka route goes to roughly ep. 8 and I think the rest of the routes go to ep. 12. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 19:45, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::::Yeah, seems like Madoka's route is the only one with a fixed ending. I've asked my friend to list <strike>first three</strike> all chapters in the game:
:::::::*{{Nihongo|夢の中で逢った、ような…|As If We Met in a Dream...}} —Madoka route
:::::::*{{Nihongo|あなたが側にいてくれるなら|Only If You Are By My Side}} —Mami route
:::::::*{{Nihongo|運命はきっと変えられる|The Destiny Could Be Changed}} —Homura route
:::::::*{{Nihongo|私が願った、奇跡|The Wish I Prayed For}} —Sayaka route
:::::::*{{Nihongo|残された最後の希望だったんだ|It Was The Last Path Left}} —Kyouko route
:::::::*{{Nihongo|想いは現実を越える|A Wish Can Surpass Reality}} —Bonus route
:::::::--[[User:0x99|0x99]] 20:00, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::::: Maybe something has to be unlocked before you can get a different ending to the Madoka route? --[[Special:Contributions/83.108.126.230|83.108.126.230]] 20:55, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
::::::::: I'm not sure about that as I've never seen any report of someone able to break the fixed ending of Madoka's route. It may be possible but nobody, so far, has found a way to. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 22:16, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
::::::In my opinion, it's better to use something like 'Someone's Route' as title because it is easier to understand and search. Also the title can be shorten. I suggest the "official title" to be subtitle in those pages. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 02:33, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::::The reason I want to put full title in the page name because of consistency (so game, manga, anime, etc. uses the same format). --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 15:43, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
::::::::I'm confused by this because that's not how the pages are named. Anime episode pages are just "Episode 1" not "Episode 1: As if We Met in A Dream", they don't have the full name. Ditto for manga subpages, they also have short names. It still seems confusing to me to name pages for the game after episodic titles, when the game is divided into routes. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 15:52, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::::::I'm referring to the reorganization plan in the [[Talk:Main Page]]. The game is divide into multiple routes with title for each routes (see above), you have to select the route you want to play right when the game starts. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 17:22, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
Since there isn't a translation yet, would you want something like summaries of story scenes? [[User:Ykm|Ykm]] 15:38, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
:I have finished Mami's route today, and is beginning Sayaka's route. If there is a place, I'd like to write something about it. But writing all is really complex. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 16:26, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
::I'm also working my way through the game, on Mami's route right now. I'm not crazy enough to try translating the whole thing word-for-word, but if someone creates pages for it, I'd be glad to help write descriptions of the scenes. [[User:Ykm|Ykm]] 17:21, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

== Homura's Majo ==

This is a spoiler so I'm going to hide this stuff inside a collapsable table. Please reply inside the spoilers table.

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This is mentioned in 2ch, but [[:File:Homulilly.jpg|"HOMULILLY"]] (click to see) seems to be Homura's Majo. Her Majo is represented with a disc on the top with infinite sign. Her witch type is {{Nihongo|此岸の魔女|Shigan no Majō}} which basically means "Witch of Mortal World" (i.e. the opposite of [[wikipedia:Higan|Higan]]). Witch runes below reads "Game Over". I'm not sure how reliable this is, can anyone who've played (or have access to special BD/DVD with unlock codes) confirm? --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 18:27, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:I saw this on 2ch and it seemed like people weren't taking it seriously...which makes me think along with the name which is clearly a joke, that it's probably a fan shop. Unfortunately, I'm pretty busy so I won't personally be getting to the Homu route for a couple days at least, to verify. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 20:01, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
::Possibly because they're trying to avoid spoilers. I've found someone mentions HOMULILLY do exists in the DVD/BD special (unlock required), but you can't fight with her (the game is Game Over instantly) so there's no witch card for her. Will probably have to wait few days for confirmation. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 20:09, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:::They could have at lead given us her nature and description --[[SPDUDE48|SPDUDE48]] 20:15, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
::::That's the problem—nature and description are in witch card (like the one for [[:File:ITZLI_info.jpg|Itzli]]) which appears after you defeat the witch but you can't defeat Homulilly in the game. (Also I found it pretty funny her witch name is literally {{Nihongo|"Homu Yuri"|ほむ百合}}, which make it even more confusing whether this is real or fake.) --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 20:20, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::Anyhow, if not real that must be the best fan made witch ever. IDK, Gekidan Inucurry might have put a weird name on purpose, after the Kyubey witch anything is possible. --[[User:Derp101|Derp101]] 20:27, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
::::::Homulilly might not be her name but actually "Homu Yuri" and she gets to be together with Kriemhild Gretchen. That is one sick ending bro! --[[User:Derp101|Derp101]] 21:33, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::::Doujins where?! --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 02:29, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
:OK, I was able to verify where it's from. It's from an unlocked (therefore not hidden) gallery of Inu-Curry. If you look [[:File:PSP Inu Curry Art Gallery.jpg|here]], the first two images show the menu screens. The remainder are examples of what's in the gallery. There's images that are work-in-progress designs and some that look surreal enough they may just be art designs, that are not actually in the game. The Production Note had that where some of Inu Curry real designs were right next to pages of designs that never made it into the anime. Unfortunately, it's impossible to know without seeing whether it's in the game then. Thinking about it more though, it's probably going to be in the game but well, I'm still not sure if it isn't more of a joke than anything else. But it's an official joke! --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 22:09, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:: Homu Yuri... I gotta give it to Inu-Curry, at this point they may as well just stop pretending this is subtext... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 01:41, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
:: I see a string of Witch's Kisses on the second screenshot: Gisela - Albertine - Ophelia? - ????? - ????? - Candeloro? - Brain Witch? - Needle Witch?. I hope we see everything in the Gallery soon. Hopefull we'll see Witch cards. --[[User:SPDUDE48|SPDUDE48]] 21:52, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
::: The middle two kisses look like Gretchen's and Homulilly's, I think. --[[User:Neuchadjinys|Neuchadjinys]] 01:48, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
:::: How are we going to deal with the witch information in the witch page? This is going to be a problem... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 01:43, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
::::: You mean the lack of witch card or the organization of the page? For organization I think we can have separate subsections for each titles (in the witch's page) if anything differs (similar to [http://dothack.wikia.com/wiki/Reki#History character page] in .hack//Wiki). For lack of witch card, maybe a bit of background e.g. where did this come from will do for the time being. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 12:16, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
:My body wasn't ready! 0_o --[[User:Derp101|Derp101]] 18:25, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:I hope one day we can ask someone or the creators if Inu Curry [[:file:Yurifan reaction to homulilly homuyuri spoiler.jpg|was being blunt or if it was an industry joke]] about it, fans would like to know... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 07:59, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

*Homulilly according with 4chan comments:

Homura’s witch, Homulilly:

>It’s a record player with the infinity symbol under it, inside an hourglass.

>It says “Unable to move foward, the witch continuously spins and spins like a broken record, repeating the same sound over and over again for all eternity.”

>Bad end - Homura becomes witch, the universe ends, game over. Can’t load your save, you have to start the route all over again.

::I hope we can verity this quickly so we can start working on the page... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 09:21, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
:::On which thread were this comments found. Does it say anything about a nature? --[[User:SPDUDE48|SPDUDE48]] 10:17, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
::::It [http://wiki.puella-magi.net/File:Screenshotofblog.jpg came from] this [http://not-ayase.tumblr.com blog]. Nothing about its nature as of yet. --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 10:58, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

"That sound is HOMUHOMUHOMUHOMUHOMU...." from 4chan.
::I am a bad person, I found that to be funny... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 09:21, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

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==Portable Spreed Sheet==
*[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0Amu6wOa0hazDdDA0LVVtRWFvRDhMOXJ6SjM2OVpBR0E&f=true&noheader=true&gid=0 a google spreed sheet regarding game options/info]

==Walpurgis Night's Name==
Did they actually reveal it or is it still "?????" --[[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 02:21, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
:Still ????? AFAIK. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 13:08, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
::Perhaps Walpurgis' Real name will be revealed in the movie, maybe something about the name is some sort of secret or it is too shocking to reveal... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 13:28, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
:::IMHO Walpurgis is a gimmick, a reverse Deus Ex Machina of the series. Revealing her real name would be killing the character. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 13:54, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

==Comments from 4chan==
'''Note: There are factual inaccuracies among these comments, some completely made up by an unreliable source.'''

More commentary from Japanese fans:
*I like how Madoka kind of tossed away Sayaka’s and Hitomi’s friendship for Homura.
*Kyubey also states that Madoka may want to protect others, but her true emotion and reason was because she’s able to protect and watch over helpless Homura and spend her daily life with her.

Ok, I can buy Madoka tossing Sayaka's friendship over Homura if certain conditions changed the nature of Madoka and Sayaka's friendship... but the second part? I swear, is like they wanted to make a yuri VN... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 12:56, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

[[File:What is this i dont even.jpg|right|300px|thumb|It came from the internet. I am sure it is reliable.]]
"I am going through the comments from 4chan and picking up what seems believable, I wish there was a way to quickly verify some of these:" --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 09:15, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

*The option of saving Mami from Charlotte is the one where you retreat and secretly follow her. In other words, Mami won't let you come along no matter what.
**Once Mami is saved, Mami tells Homura she’s sorry she doubted her all this time, and tells her inner feelings towards Madoka and Sayaka about being lonely. Mami and Homura form a friendship. Along the days you can watch scenes where Mami invites Homura over and gives her cake and talks about her family’s death.

*H.N. Elly - Homura finds Madoka and saves her from the witch, instead of Sayaka, since she hasn’t contracted. • Next, is now Sayaka. Homura wants to prevent Sayaka from contracting, watching Sayaka in the shadows and grieving over Kyousuke on how he cant play the violin. Homura greets Sayaka at the hospital who’s taking to Kamijou.
**Believe in Sayaka, and explain everything that’s going on about Sayaka to Madoka. — Sayaka doesn’t contract. She gets mad at kyuubey and rejects his contract. Next day, Hitomi says her father’s close friend is an American surgeon who figured out a way to heal Kamijou’s hands. Sayaka confesses to Kyousuke before Kyousuke goes to America for his surgery. Kyousuke accepts her feelings, and thanks her. Sayaka doesn’t become a Puella Magi, never meets Kyouko, and lives on a happy life.

*Homura now meets Kyouko. She invites Kyouko over to her house and forms a partnership to fight against Walpurgisnacht. Kyouko meets Mami, her old friend, but the two hate each over due to past disputes.
**Homura calms the two and persuades them to make up and become friends again. The two talk about right strategies against Walpurgis.

*Over the course of days, since Sayaka grows insanely distant from Madoka, since she spends almost all of her time with Kamijou, Madoka begins to feel extremely lonely.
**She invites Homura over, or goes out with Homura with all the chances she gets. Homura tries to decline because she beleives that if she becomes too close to Madoka, Madoka would want to protect her and contract with Kyuubey. But her emotions get in the way, and she can’t bear to see Madoka sad, and ultimately cannot reject.
***Later that night, Kyuubey, who had almost no role, sneaks into Madoka’s house, and explains everything about the Puella Magi cycle. Madoka, shocked, leaves her house in the middle of the night and goes to see Homura. Madoka and Homura have a talk, and repeat episode 11 where Homura hugs Madoka, etc.

[[File:Everyone hates kyousuke.jpg|right|thumb|Everyone hates Kyousuke... boy, if the story is true...]]

>Ending 1a - If Homura fights alone, or with Kyouko, or with Kyouko and Mami and not the full party, the game will take it as if she fought in the anime timeline-ish kind of. Madoka will contract with Kyuubey, become Ultimate Madoka, and rewrite the world with her powers and delete Witches from Existence.

>Though UNCONFIRMED, but on most of the 2ch players say that you can fight demons, in the wasteland. You fight them endlessly until you die. Ultimate Madoka comes and Saves Homura and revives her. Using the power of all the despair she consumed until now throughout the timelines. Madoka is able to hold only a tiny fragment of existence, and materializes by using the negative energy and Homura’s memories of her, and stays by Homura’s side forever, like a ghost-ish thing. She is only visible to Homura.

>Ending 1b - Everyone participates in Walpurgis, except Madoka. Just the beginning event scene is different than 1a, still the outcome is the same

>Ending 2 - Homura defeats Walpurgis all by herself. Horray, Madoka is saved, Good job. Now go make super homu love to her.

>Secret - {{spoiler|If everyone else dies first and Homura last, on the top floor. Homura turns into a witch, the universe ends, since all possibility and hope becomes absolutely and completely lost.}}

:I never heard of anyone getting this "secret" route. I'm assuming it's another Not-Ayase made-up story. All reports from 2ch I've seen so far only mentions you will always end up getting anime's ending (whether Homura fights alone, Mami & Kyouko alive or not, etc.) About the demons, you will only have to fight with it until the ending music (Connect) ends. There's nothing about her dying, etc. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 12:02, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
::This reminds me, do we have any info or screen shots regarding the demons? We still know almost nothing about them... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 12:08, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
:::Hmm, I'll try finding screenshots. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 12:12, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
:::: Seriously, there is only those 3 endings? How could it be possible for Homura to defeat Walpurgis alone and yet she failed when with the others? (*smack my face* stupid question, the game developer and Gen are screwing us). I am kind of dumbfound that the endings is as if trying to "ask" us to wait for the continuation of Puella Magi's 3rd movie where it will pick up from what's left of the anime. (*sorry for ranting*) Refering to the demons, perhaps it is still not possible to get that kind of ending, maybe it is a DLC or requires unlocking of special password. You never know what they had for everyone especially when the 3rd movie is not out and putting into the game might spoil the whole ending for the game. Well, just a speculah and not to be taken seriously. [[User:Demonicslayer|Demonicslayer]] 13:59, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
:::: OK, here is demons: [[:File:MadoPSP Demons.jpg]]. While you can fight with them, they won't fight you back, you're force to use only Magic Arrow skill, you can't die here, it ends right after Connect ends. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 15:44, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
: Someone is telling me the secret route is confirmed [[http://www4.atwiki.jp/madomagi_portable on this wiki]]. Can someone verify this? --[[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 14:17, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
::Probably this part in Homura's route page:
::<blockquote>「ワルプルギスの夜」本体と対峙する（HPゲージが表示される）最下層で「敗北」すると、ほむらが魔女化する。ただし、ゲームオーバーの前にイラストが1枚表示されるだけで、魔女図鑑への登録およびイラストを後で見ることはできない。特典ディスクのギャラリーに全く同じイラストが収録されているので、鑑賞はこちらで（「○○の魔女」の名前もこちらで明かされている）。</blockquote>
::It says if you lost to Walpurgis after the HP gauge is shown, the illustration of Homulilly will be shown before the Game Over message. However this illustration won't appear in Majo Zukan or CG Gallery but you can see it later in special DVD. Rough translations:
::<blockquote>When confronting with Walpurgis main body (HP gauge is shown), if you are "Defeated" in the lowest level, Homura will become a witch. However only one illustration will be shown right before Game Over; it won't gets registered to Majo Zukan and you can't watch it later. Gallery in the special DVD has exactly the same illustration, watch it here if you want (her "witch of x" name is revealed in [the illustration in the game].)</blockquote>
::--[[User:0x99|0x99]] 15:03, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

=== Bonus route ===

"Of course, there is also this:" --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 09:15, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

>Bonus route is basically full of jokes, drama, and wtfness

>just, key things are.

>Homu slaps Madoka for groping her

>Sayaka and hitomi fight over kyousuke physically and verbally

>Idol mumisan

>super sweet homura-chun

>Ending. Everyone beats walpurgis

>OUR FIGHT HAS JUST BEGUN

>homura facepalms and reverses time.

"Seriously, the part where Homura slaps Madoka because Madoka was groping her sounds highly unlikely and out of character, unless there is evidence of it I am highly skeptical. <s>I will buy the idea of Homura gropping Madoka, but</s> seriously... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 09:15, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

:In all seriousness, Homura slaps Madoka because Madoka calling herself ''clumsy and has no trait or whatsoever beside being a magical girl''. Homura slaps Madoka and try to comfort her for saying that by saying "even though you're clumsy and stupid, being a cute magical girl is enough", etc. etc. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 11:53, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
::This sounds more believable --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 11:55, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

=== Verification Filther ===
Fans are not going to wait for verification and there is bound to be misinformation. I wish there was a way to gather verifiable information from reliable sources to counter the misinformation before it starts spreading, the last thing we want is for this game to be presented to be silly, or bad! If anything it is doing a disservice to the creators of the series --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 12:48, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
:It's hard to do confirmation especially for the game because so far nobody has discovered all the possible endings and there's only a few of us who can read Japanese (although the game is full voice). 2ch/Futaba can give a rough overview of what's possible and what's not possible but that's so far those boards can provide. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 13:21, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

==Majo Zukan==
I wanted to post a list based on the current screen shots we have of the Witch Encyclopedia. How often do we get more screenshots?
<removed list to conserve space>

:I found screenshots of all the witches' encyclopedia entries on 2ch ([http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081166.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081167.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081168.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081169.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081170.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081171.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081172.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081173.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081174.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081175.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081176.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081177.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081178.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081179.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081180.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081175.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081176.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081177.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081178.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081179.jpg][http://fsm.vip2ch.com/-/hirame/hira081180.jpg]), and the tail end of [http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm17275080 this video] shows the entries you unlock during the 'good' branch of Sayaka's route. With this information, the list is:

:1 Anthony
:2 Adelbert (tiny)
:3 Adelbert (large)
:4 Gertrud

:5 Pyotr (w/ hat)
:6 Pyotr
:7 Pyotr (nurse)
:8 Charlotte

:9 Daniyyel+Jennifer
:10 Daniyyel+Jennifer (TV head)
:11 H.N. Elly (Kirsten)

:12 Anja (plane)
:13 Anja (car)
:14 Anja (boat)
:15 Albertine

:16 Dora
:17 Gisela

:18 Sebastian's (serpent-type)
:19 Sebastian's (claw-type)
:20 Elsa Maria

:21 Oktavia's Violinist familiar (not sure if it's Holger, since he's the conductor)
:22 Klarissa
:23 Oktavia's wheel familiar
:24 Oktavia von Seckendorff

:25 Michaela (zombie)
:26 Michaela (ghost)
:27 Izabel

:28 Mathieu
:29 ? (Presumably teacher-like familiars)
:30 Patricia

:31 Walpurgis minion (top left on card)
:32 Walpurgis minion (bottom left on card)
:33 Walpurgis minion (top right on card)
:34 Red-and-black checkered familiar
:35 Pink poodle-like familiar
:36 Walpurgisnacht

:37 Candeloro's Madoka familiars
:38 Canedloro's Kyouko familiars
:39 Candeloro

:40 Ophelia's geisha familiars (flame throw attack)
:41 Ophelia's geisha familiars (melee attack)
:42 Ophelia

:43 Quitterie's familiars
:44 Quitterie

:45 Itzli

It seems that Suleika, Uhrmann and Roberta aren't in the game... --[[User:Neuchadjinys|Neuchadjinys]] 19:55, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
: Not even Kriemhild Gretchen? That sucks. We never even got to see the Witch of the Netherlands . . . There're always the galleries --[[User:SPDUDE48|SPDUDE48]] 20:531, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
::That's because if Madoka becomes a witch, it's an instant game end. They wouldn't make it a playable witch.--[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 22:06, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
::: oh right. Do you know when'll be updated on the Gekidan Gallery? --[[User:SPDUDE48|SPDUDE48]] 20:12, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

:From 2ch: [http://i.imgur.com/z9AT3.jpg 37, 38, 39]... and from Twitter: [http://twitpic.com/8ya1so 21], [http://twitpic.com/8ya1tt 22], [http://twitpic.com/8ya1vu 23], [http://twitpic.com/8ya1x7 29], [http://twitpic.com/8ya1yc 40], [http://twitpic.com/8ya22z 41]. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 02:00, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

===Gekidan Inu Curry Gallery===
Have there been any new pictures as to what's in the Gekidan Gallery? Hopefully there will be a zip with all the images eventually. --[[User:SPDUDE48|SPDUDE48]] 13:21, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

== Homuslap event transcript ==

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鹿目まどか：
マミさんも、CDだすし……
さやかちゃんも、恭介君といい感じだし
杏子ちゃんも、さやかちゃんと仲がいい。

鹿目まどか：
皆、いろいろ変わっていくんだね……
わたしは、何が変わったんだろう？

暁美ほむら：
何か、変わりたいの？

鹿目まどか：
ほむらちゃん……。
またいつの間に……。

暁美ほむら：
そこは気にしないで
で、まどかは変わりたいの？

鹿目まどか：
変わりたいというか、変わらなきゃいけないような気がしてるだけかも。

鹿目まどか：
だった、わたしには、何になりたいって気持ちがないんだよ。
マミさんやさやかちゃんや、杏子ちゃんみたいに。

鹿目まどか：
でも、それを見てるだけって
なんだかつらいなぁって。

鹿目まどか：
わたし……
『魔法少女になりたい』しか無くって
魔法少女になったから……。

鹿目まどか：
魔法少女しかできない女の子って駄目なのかなぁ。

鹿目まどか：
今、皆が楽しそうにやってることが羨ましいだけなのかなぁ。

鹿目まどか：
わたし、魔法少女以外のこと何もできないから。
ドジで、のろまで……駄目な女の子だし。

暁美ほむら：
そんなこと無い！

〈SLAP〉

鹿目まどか：
きゃっ。

暁美ほむら：
まどか、あなたは、ドジでのろまで……
とっても可愛い魔法少女よ
それ以外、なにを求めてるの！！

鹿目まどか：
それ……褒めてないよ……。

暁美ほむら：
私は、私は、あなたに
何度も何度も……だから
あなたは、あなたのままで……。

暁美ほむら：
何も変わらず、今のままで……
自信を持って！！

暁美ほむら：
あなたは……あなたはね……
私にとって大事な大切な人なの。
あなたは覚えてないかもしれないけど。

鹿目まどか：
あのね、ほむらちゃん。
よくわかんないけど
なんとなく、わかったような気がするよ。

暁美ほむら：
ありがとう……よくわかってないのに
いきなり叩いちゃってゴメンね。

鹿目まどか：
ううん、大丈夫。
ほむらちゃんはわたしに
いろいろ伝えようとしてるんだね。

鹿目まどか：
たぶん、わたしが悪いんだろうなってそう思う。
……でもね、１つだけ、いいかな？

暁美ほむら：
なに？

鹿目まどか：
……ドジでのろまはね
ちょっと否定して欲しかったかなって。

暁美ほむら：〈即答〉
ゴメン……。

鹿目まどか：
やっぱり、わたし
ほむらちゃんに、そう思われてたんだね。

暁美ほむら：
え、あ、うーん……。

〈まどかの感情値が２０増加した。〉

Madoka: Mami-san's going to release a CD... Everything's going great for Sayaka-chan with Kyousuke-kun, too, and Kyouko-chan is getting along with Sayaka-chan.

Madoka: Everyone is changing in lots of ways... but what's changed for me?

Homura: Do you want to change something?

Madoka: Homura-chan... When did you...?

Homura: Never mind that. So, do you want to change, Madoka?

Madoka: I think maybe it's less like I want to change than like I feel like I have to change.

Madoka: See, there's nothing that I really want to be. Not like Mami-san, Sayaka-chan, or Kyouko-chan.

Madoka: But it's kind of hard just watching that.

Madoka: Because I... became a magical girl with nothing but "I want to be a magical girl"...

Madoka: I guess a girl who can't do anything except being a magical girl is no good.

Madoka: I guess I'm jealous of everyone seeming like they're having so much fun right now.

Madoka: I can't do anything at all besides being a magical girl. I'm a clumsy, slow... useless girl.

Homura: That's not true!

(slap)

Madoka: Kya!

Homura: Madoka, you're a clumsy and slow... and absolutely adorable magical girl! What else do you want?!

Madoka: That... isn't a compliment...

Homura: I... I... you.... over and over... That's why you have to stay you...

Homura: Never change, the way you are now... Have confidence in yourself!!

Homura: You... You're... someone very important and precious to me. Even though you may not remember.

Madoka: Um, Homura-chan. I don't really understand, but I think I kind of get it anyway.

Homura: Thank you... I'm sorry for hitting you even though you don't really understand.

Madoka: No, it's okay. You're just trying to get things across to me.

Madoka: I think it's probably my fault... But can I say just one thing?

Homura: What?

Madoka: ... I did want you to deny that I'm clumsy and slow, a little.

Homura: (automatically) I'm sorry...

Madoka: I knew it, you really do think that about me.

Homura: Uh, um, well...

(Madoka's emotion value increased 20 points)
|}

Just for fun. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 18:07, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
:Does anybody know Japanese well enough to translate this? [[User:Silvermoon424|Silvermoon424]] 18:30, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
::I added a quick translation above. My apologies for any formatting gaffes. [[User:Ykm|Ykm]] 00:04, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
:::Much appreciated! --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 00:11, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
::::Thank you! This event sounds really interesting! --[[User:Silvermoon424|Silvermoon424]] 03:03, 19 March 2012‎ (UTC)

== Regarding Kyousuke Hate==
[[File:Sayaka so called friends monster psp.jpg|right|thumb|so these are Sayaka's friends...]]
I am hearing that there is some hate regarding the character. We need to verify how extensive it is, but also we need to know what is the general reaction and explain why so we can add it to the page explaining the cause, also there was a mention that the hate is huge in 2chan that it created several threads, we need a screen shot of one example (if possible) and a translation with it so it can be added to the Kyousuke page (perhaps fans will forget their hatred of Hitomi after this...) --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 23:34, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
:Hmm, is this related to Kyousuke calling Sayaka "monster" in Sayaka's routes? --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 23:37, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
::I heard that was one reason, something about how he called her a monster and all that, and the fans reacted negatively about it... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 23:41, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
How did you get Kyousuke to call Sayaka a monster? When I saved them, they did not remember anything as they fainted and Sayaka and Kyouko escaped. They do remember hearing Sayaka's voice saying that she was a hero of justice though but they dismissed it thinking they were just dreaming. Are there any specific conditions that should be met in order for Kyousuke to call her a monster? O.o
:I got the same result as you, but we've seen a [[http://images.puella-magi.net/9/93/Dengeki_PlayStation_2012-02_01.JPG screenshot]] in a magazine that shows he calls her that under some circumstance where he sees her as a magical girl with Kyouko. I am unable to find that scene though. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 09:06, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
::You get the better result when Sayaka's soul gem is not that tainted. Then she will escape from her fate to become Oktavia. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 10:54, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
:::Sayaka doesn't want to save Kyousuke and Hitomi at first, but Kyoko says she should do that. After she saved them, however, they call her monster rather than thank her. This is what happens in Sayaka's route if she become a witch. I personally link it to the third timeline.
--[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 23:58, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
::::Yes, but I am trying to get the fan reaction regarding that scene. Do fans now dislike Kyousuke even more after that? I am trying to gauge the fan reaction to it... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 05:22, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
::::There's also this Sayaka's body rotten (another Gem-throwing, thank you Madoka), Kyouko found her Gem then Kyousuke got to see Sayaka alive in her rotten body and call her "Monster". I guess the writer is reincarnation of satan or something. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 00:06, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::<big>UROBUCHI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</big>--[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 05:20, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::: I guess in the end, Urobuchi still has a lot of hate to throw into Sayaka. Pity Sayaka that she has to go through that many difficulties in life in such a short moment in every timeline. Even if Sayaka gets a happy end with Kyouske, she still has no happy ending in the end. Surprisingly, Madoka (again?) done that gem-throwing thing in another timeline... Though I do not really hate Kyousuke, but it definitely hurt to be called a 'monster' when being a 'zombie' is bad enough. But it is quite natural in some way that Human always despise others with great power, just like X-Men. From the looks, Sayaka would be better off with Madoka in the ethereal world or we might see "G-Uro"-"butcher" trying to make her suffer in the 3rd movie again... sigh... [[User:Demonicslayer|Demonicslayer]] 08:15, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::::Speaking of a "happy" end with Kyousuke... there is one in this game, isn't there? (Or is such an end only possible if Sayaka does not contract as a magical girl?) i.e., if she becomes a magical girl, Kyosuke's a lost cause for her no matter what?) This scene makes me think there's such a "good" end... http://wiki.puella-magi.net/File:Picture_12.png [[User:Animerican-Redeemed|Animerican-Redeemed]] 21:19, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
::::::::There is one in a bonus route. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 22:36, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::::::I am surprised Urobuchi gave her one... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 01:54, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
::::::::::I am not that surprised since it's Urobuchi's suggestion to make bonus route unrelated to the story in anime. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 16:17, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
In Sayaka's route, please do not blame Madoka for throwing Sayaka's soul gem. It is Sayaka herself throw out the soul gem. Mami Stopped the fighting between her and Kyoko, then all 3 of them are sucked into Charlotte's barrier. Mami called Sayaka and Kyoko to escape, but Sayaka, who did't want to leave Mami alone, insisted staying there, and then Mami got the same fate as in anime... Knowing she is too weak to protect others, Sayaka threw her soul gem to dismiss her magical girl duty after quiting the barrier with Kyoko. The gem got into the barrier and moved away so she lost it. Madoka and Homura then came and saw a soulless Sayaka. Kyubey told them to get her soul gem back in 2 days or Sayaka may die forever. Again, Kyoko use her magic to keep Sayaka's body. Madoka and Homura went out to find her gem. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 15:43, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
: My mistake. Thanks for clarifying the whole incident happening in that route. Well, I thought what 0x99 said about 'thank you Madoka' meant that Madoka was the one who thrown it. Perhaps I misinterpreted the whole thing said there. Honto Gomenasai, Madoka (and all the Madoka fans). Another thing that caught my attention, is from my guess, in fact that this scene happened only in Homura's route, perhaps meant that Sayaka was never really given a chance for 'happy ending'. Since the Homura's route was meant to give a happy ending, yet twisting the story into a Homura Magica (since Madoka never become a magical girl), I am wondering if the story was meant to appease Homura's fans. Lastly, I am wondering if the words 'my wish, my prayer' was actually the wish that Homura hoped for since it is from Homura's perspective... [[User:Demonicslayer|Demonicslayer]] 18:56, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

== Homura's route happy ending ==

I heard that if you defeat Walpurgis with Homura, Mami, Kyouko and Sayaka alive ''without'' anybody becoming a witch '''and''' without Madoka contracting, you will get the [[:File:PSP_Game_Scan_Nov_2011_Possibly_Megami.jpg|tea party]] ending instead of anime's ending one. There have been many reports in 2ch that this is true. Can anyone confirm it? --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 23:56, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
:I also heard someone written about this. This should be reliable. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 00:05, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
:Yes, confirmed. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 08:57, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

== Original Sound Track ==
[[File:Madoka Portable BD Soundtrack.png|right|300px|thumb|Soundtrack in BD.]]

There is an OST in the BD bundled with limited contract of this game. I don't know if the DVD coming with normal contract also contains this.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Track
| Song Name
| Comment
|-
| 1
| Spes - Materia Madocae -
| BGM of Game Shop
|-
| 2
| Justitia - Materia Sayakae -
| Choose a place to go
|-
| 3
| Fides - Materia Mami -
|
|-
| 4
| Prex - Materia Kyokoensis -
|
|-
| 5
| Tutela - Materia Homurae -
| Encyclopedia
|-
| 6
| Feliciter
|
|-
| 7
| Incipit in prece
| Game title screen
|-
| 8
| Vox maternae
|
|-
| 9
| Victoria
| Game Result
|-
| 10
| Ubi eam?
|
|-
| 11
| Quod id est?
|
|-
| 12
| Obstans
| A sad scene
|-
| 13
| Semen doloris
|
|-
| 14
| Inquietam
|
|-
| 15
| Solitudo mea
|
|-
| 16
| Non sola sum
|
|-
| 17
| Para, ite!
|
|-
| 18
| Non fieri possum
|
|
|-
| 19
| Numquam mitescam
|
|-
| 20
| Cum quoqumque modo
|
|-
| 21
| Forma tumultuosi somnii
| Emergent situation
|-
| 22
| Adhaesus deformis
|
|-
| 23
| Clientes saluant
| In Charlotte's barrier
|-
| 24
| Natalis puellae magicae
|
|-
| 25
| Exitus desperationis
|
|-
| 26
| Via ad scholam
| Scene as usual
|-
| 27
| Valetudinarium
|
|-
| 28
| Domus meus
|
|-
| 29
| Hora theae
|
|-
| 30
| Cubicutum coniecturae
|
|-
| 31
| Veni, ven
| In Gertrud's barrier
|-
| 32
| Diffidentia floret
| In Charlotte's barrier
|-
| 33
| Area infinita
| In witch's barrier
|-
| 34
| Dolus vel pedica
| In Gisela and Ophelia's barrier
|-
| 35
| Experimenta ultima
|
|-
| 36
| Area strigae
| BGM of Mami's heart pounding Tiro Finale
|-
| 37
| Delusio summa
| In Oktavia and Izabel's barrier
|-
| 38
| Terror infinitus
| In H.N Elly and Elsa Maria's barrier
|-
| 39
| Dolus vel lascivia
| In Gisela and Ophelia's barrier
|-
| 40
| Finit in maledicto
| Scene of W.N.
|-
| 41
| Finis malus
|
|-
| 42
| Felix vera
|
|-
|}
--[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 16:37, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Is there anything new about this OST? I think it should be mentioned or added on the [[Madoka Magica Soundtrack]] page. --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 14:09, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
:They are all new music, different from what anime plays. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 14:14, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
I took pictures of the disk cover. What do you want to know about this in advance? --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 04:44, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

<gallery>
File:PMMM_Portable_BD01.jpg|Cover
File:PMMM_Portable_BD02.jpg|Back cover (Printed in Taiwan)
File:Madoka Portable BD Title Screen.png|Contents menu
</gallery>

Do they list the name of the soundtrack composer anywhere? It's assumed that it's Kajiura Yuki, but the style's a bit different... --[[User:Ren|ren]] 00:02, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
:ZIZZ Studio did the music for the game apparently. --[[User:SayakaVonSeckendorff|SayakaVonSeckendorff]] 00:48, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
:The composer isn't listed in the BD so I don't know that. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 01:21, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

== Is this ending on the PSP game real or fake? ==

http://tieba.baidu.com/p/1465010085?pn=1 <--a link to a Chinese forum which said it is the good end of the game with a picture which five of them sitting together and having a party with a line "This is my prayer, my wish..." above and comments from the poster that "[In the ending,] homura, mami, kyouko, and sayaka cooperate to beaten w. night successfully and then they including madoka held party in mami's home, and even sayaka "force" kyoko to get on school, uniform, wht a 癒し ending" (*sorry for my poor English.)
Is the above material truely the good end of the game?[[User:C933103|C933103]] 16:44, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
:Yes. Requires Madoka to not making contract with Mami, Sayaka, Kyouko and Homura defeating Walpurgis together. In Japanese board they are callibg this お茶会エンド (tea party ending). -[[User:0x99|0x99]] 20:54, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
::But as according to that CHinese forum post, it said it is required to 1.in homura line 2.avoid mami dead and 3.let sayaka made contract and 4.prevent she from becoming witches and 5.successfully beaten w. night to get to the ending.......[[User:C933103|C933103]] 05:24, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

===Homu Sad End===
''Homura's end where she fights Walpurgis solo was like a depressing doujin ending. She dies in Madoka's arms, glad she could finally save her. Madoka doesn't contract and it's the end. Course the route is completely terrible with Sayaka going witch and dead, Mami suiciding, Kyouko gone home and presumably depressed over losing Mami and Sayaka. Now that I think about, I'm not sure I've read a Madoka doujin that was that depressing.'' -

I have never heard this ending before. So Homura defeats Walpurgis on her own, doesnt become a witch, and dies on Madoka's arm without her contracting with Kyubey? Can someone verify this? --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 06:54, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
:Never heard anything about it. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 08:23, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

::I have watched [http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/e8K9mnErTh8/?resourceId=28860455_06_02_99?fr=2 some video] playing this ending. But I'm not sure it is unmodified. I my self haven't gone that far yet. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 15:51, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
:::Thanks for the video. Ah, that explains the mysterious Homura's event CG (see below). Gotta try it, I wonder if there's any special condition beyond having Homura fight Walpurgis alone?
:::[[File:Madoka Portable Homura Goodnight.jpg|200px]]
:::''(Notice she's smiling... oh god this is depressing...)'' --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 18:25, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
::::Yes, this ending is described on the Japanese wiki. It has many preconditions that lead to that specific ending. It is the only one where Homura fights Walpurgis alone on the Homura route. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 01:34, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

'''Another Ending'''
You can go here for [http://www.mediafire.com/?49p5jwnpa62hs4d screenshots] of another Homura route ending where Mami is dead, Sayaka doesn't contract, Kyoko and Homura successfully defeat Walpurgis and Madoka doesn't contract. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 08:22, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

== Kyoko Route:speculah ==
Well, apparently Kyoko's route is very depressing. Apparently instead of paper cutouts they actually showed the graphic aftermath of Kyoko's father gone mad... I find it odd they went one way in the anime and another way in the game... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 02:15, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

It seems like in the Kyoko route, she made a grave for Mami... I feel like despair... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 02:15, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

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:Sad but what sort of crap happens for Kyoko to become a witch? I mean, it would take some serious hammer to crack her hardened shell of badassery.
::I am not certain, but apparently it has to do with Oktavia. If Kyouko and Madoka try to save Sayaka/Oktavia but Homura gets there before them, she kills Oktavia. Kyouko in the good end calms down but in the bad end loses it and goes witch. --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 06:47, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
:::Or, with another possibility, she and Homura fight against Walpurgis Night, but unable to defeat it. Madoka contracts to defeat Walpurgis Night, and then becomes Kriemhild Gretchen, kills Kyoko. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 15:57, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

:What is the importance/symbolism of the teddy bear? [[User:Silvermoon424|Silvermoon424]] 04:37, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

===Kyoko's Background===
Do we have a lot of information regarding her background? I heard it was very sad, we need to add any new information to Kyoko's page in the PSP subsection to indicate it is new information. Also, since it is related to the Drama CD, Farewell Story, we need to add a subsection there to indicate the new information taht the drama cd didn't cover... Which reminds me, did the game gave any new info regarding Mami or her family? --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 03:59, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

===Screenshots===
Have there been any new images from the Gekidan Gallery recently? [[User:SPDUDE48|SPDUDE48]] 16:03, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

== Routes section ==

Shouldn't we separate each routes into its own page? --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 06:21, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
:Good idea. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 06:22, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
::Per discussion in [[Talk:Main Page]] (and above), I think we should go with:
::* [[Madoka Magica Portable Madoka Route]]
::* [[Madoka Magica Portable Mami Route]]
::* [[Madoka Magica Portable Sayaka Route]]
::* [[Madoka Magica Portable Kyouko Route]]
::* [[Madoka Magica Portable Homura Route]]
::* [[Madoka Magica Portable Bonus Route]]
::thoughts? --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 06:25, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
:::Sounds good to me. There's so much content, this page badly needs subpages and re-org. Even the talk page has so much text I don't even have the patience to wade through it all. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 14:54, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

==Gisela==
I thought Gisela was defeated by Kyoko in the flash back. Is this an oversight or does the game explains what happened? --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 06:02, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
:The same witches appear in different routes and are defeated by different magical girls. As to why, I have no idea. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 06:14, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
::It would be really odd, unless it slipped from their minds that Gisela had an encounter with Kyoko in the past (which happened during the events of the Drama CD, prior to Homura's hospital stay). Unless we are to assume somehow Kyoko failed to kill Gisela or Gisela escaped from Kyoko's attack... (I just re-watched ep 7 BD, while she does fight Gisela in a badass way and seems like she is winning, it is ambiguous enough to say with certainty if Kyoko killed her or not...) --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 09:11, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
:::Not really, there's several easy explanations I can think of off-hand. One, in different timelines, events play out differently so girls become witches at different times and get killed by different magical girls. We see that with Oktavia in the anime. Even past events before Homura timestop varies, like with Kyousuke being a violinist in one and a guitarist in another. The other explanation is with the game, they chose to re-use existing witches rather than make more witches, or they didn't care about continuity between game routes. Please note this is speculation on my part and don't think we can know the answer. The reason is not stated in the game, which is why my answer was: '''I don't know.''' --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 09:19, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
::::Considering fans would want an explanation, the only three possible options is speculah: Gisela didnt die at the hands of Kyoko, a parallel universe, and It's magic! --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 10:30, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::Another possibility is that Gisela was defeated, but her grief seed was overused and she hatched again at a later time. [[User:KM|KM]] 10:48, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
BEHOLD, THE BOLD TEXT OF OBVIOUSNESS: familiars become Witches. Kyoko does not destroy familiars because it's a waste until they feed. Therefore, even if Kyoko destroyed "the original" Gisela (if it was even the original) it is entirely plausible ones of its familiars got away, fed, and became a new Gisela. [[Special:Contributions/70.81.159.144|70.81.159.144]] 16:53, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
:FYI, This occurs in the past, when Kyoko did destroy familiars. She didn't stop doing that until after she left Mami. We also don't know if familiars turn into the same witch or they become their own witches. It's speculah to assume. I'll only point out there's a great deal of reuse of the same witches across different routes, which makes me thinks there was more pragmatic reasons behind it, e.g. development reasons. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 17:38, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

==Madokami==

When does she appear?
:In Homura's route when there is an anime ED ending. Madoka makes her wish, same as the anime. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 06:15, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
::She also appears in one of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtgLrIxPvNs Madoka's moves] 2:28 --[[Special:Contributions/84.77.58.17|84.77.58.17]] 22:31, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

==Dates==
What do we know about the dates of events in the game? [[:File:PSP_Screenshot1.jpg | this pre-release screenshot from August]] says 05/07 but May 7 and July 5 aren't compatible with the anime. [[:File:Madoa_PSP_World_Map.jpg | The map screenshot]] only seems to count the number of days elapsed. Is there any information in the release version to build a timeline out of? [[User:KM|KM]] 12:07, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
:There are no dates in the game. Only days, varying anywhere from 29 to 31 days in any given route. The dates do not start the same as the anime. For example, in the Homura route, Day 1 you decide whether to shoot Kyubey or not. If you do, it plays out the scene with Madoka finding an injured Kyubey. No exact dates are given for past events either. Only approximations like a "few years ago" or "a few months ago" etc. They break the day events down further into segments of time such as morning, noon, evening, night etc. That's all. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 12:30, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
::Oh well. 29 days happens to be the shortest possible time between that scene in episode 1 and walpurgis night's attack in the anime, so at least that fits in with our model. [[User:KM|KM]] 13:31, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
:::I should mention that the days don't really match up with the events of the anime. For example, Day 1 in both Madoka and Homura's route, you can have Madoka save an injured Kyubey. But then Mami fights Charlotte on day 7 in the Homura route and day 8 in Madoka's route. It's also impossible to replicate all the events exactly from the anime timeline in any of the routes. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 13:48, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

== The outcome of defeating Walpurgis on Mami's route. ==

You get this if you defeat Walpurgis:
Mami and Madoka defeat Walpurgis, however, Walpurgis is still alive and Mami takes the hit for her and dies (This is where the Mami taking a hit for Madoka CG came from) Madoka then fights Walpurgis alone and the rest we know.
Just figured I would share this little bit of information. [[Special:Contributions/84.77.58.17|84.77.58.17]] 10:53, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
::I wonder if this is what happened in the ep 10 original timeline, of course we dont know how Mami died, but it could be that way... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 11:31, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
:::If Mami and Madoka really defeated Walpurgis, then Homura didn't need to contract, and the story will not happen. This is not allowed, I think. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 14:51, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

== Sales ==

[[File:MadokaPortable_Sales_120329.png|right|300px|thumb|Sales number on Mar 29.]]

After 2 weeks, this title is only sold about 81K copies. It is said that there are many bugs result in no response. It's really a pity. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 17:05, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
:"Only" 81k sales for a PSP game that's not a known game title after two weeks is actually very good. The first week of sales placed it [http://www.famitsu.com/news/201203/29012263.html 3rd] with 72K sales. The concern was the follow-up sales the second week show it's not going to be the blockbuster people thought it might, dropping it to 18th. However, if you look at the [http://www.4gamer.net/games/117/G011794/20120328053/ 4Gamer list], it gives you a better understanding of what rankings are like. For instance, the list covers all software games and PSP sales do not look anything like 3DS sales where top sellers eventually break 1M. They're all merged together though so many on the top 20 are well-known titles like Pokemon, Monster Hunter, Mario etc. PSP titles aren't on the list long because the kind of sales they get are much lower, so you're mostly seeing first week sales which are much stronger typically than latter weeks. In fact, the only PSP title you see on that list that isn't a first week seller is SEGA's Shining Blade which did 19K in second week sales, for a two week total of 141K. Madoka's second week of 8K sales may not seem that great but it is the same as the debut sales for another PSP title that made the top 20, e.g. 8K for second week sales is not terrible.

:Regarding bugs, I've only encountered one known freeze which is also noted on the Japanese wiki. It has a simple workaround of making two different choices on days. There are also reports of people occasionally seeing problems with menu bugs (e.g. buttons become blank or things look strange etc.) that are fixed by resetting the game. Some of the freeze complaints may be due to people using a pirated ISO rip which does freeze up constantly, FYI. Aside from that, I have not heard of any other bugs. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 19:09, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
::Sometimes when a battle happens after dialogue the emotion value changes to that of another girl (eg: Mami to Madoka's) Now this isn't bothersome. I'm not fully sure whetever it is a graphical or game bug yet.--[[Special:Contributions/84.77.58.17|84.77.58.17]] 23:31, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
:::Yes, that's an example of what I meant by it "looking strange." It's only visual though, it doesn't effect game play. The soul gems go dark at the expected rate of the emotional value of the girl you're using for fighting. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 02:08, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
:Since the game is a VN hybrid, I decided to take a look at VN sales for comparison. I think it's closer to that than your average game, meaning I doubt your average gamer has much interest in buying something where the storyline dialogue is the main focus. Looking [http://visualnovelaer.wordpress.com/2011/08/25/rewrite-sold-24424-copies-what-on-earth/ here], big VN sellers like Kanon, Air, Fate/Stay Night ended up around 146K-168K. Top 20 for first half of 2011 were all under 30K. So that gives what is a reasonable ballpark, though I assume hybrids are suppose to have more cross-market appeal and thus should theoretically sell better than VNs. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 21:24, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

==Witch transformation==

Aren't there any videos or images showing Mami and Kyoko turning into witches?

Also, isn't the name of Ophelia and Candeloro familiar showing up somewhere?

:No, the transformation itself isn't shown. The names of all witches are shown in runes at the introduction of the scene. Screenshots of those are on the respective pages. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 08:35, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
::When Mami becomes a witch, it is shown as in the Promotion Video before. No special pictures available. Event CG then animation showing the witch and its name. I think it is also the same in Kyoko's case. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 09:58, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
:::So, could someone provide those event CGs?
::::For Mami, there is a picture showing her tainted soul gem. There is even no CG available when Kyoko becomes a witch. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 16:12, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

== Voice Actors ==

* It is confirmed that Kyoko's father is played by Banjou Ginga (銀河萬丈), and Kyoko's sister is played by Mami Shitara (設楽麻美). See ED on each route. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 15:46, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

== Bugs Confirmed ==

NBGI has announced there are some bugs in this title in the official website. They are:

*In Sayaka's route, there are conditions to stop game from running properly.
*Sometimes the game hangs during dungeon play (witch's barrier, Walpurgis, and some battle events)
*Karma value of Homura incorrectly displayed in results.
*Some times there are two same tips displayed consectively.

How to deal with those bugs will be announced later. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 13:48, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

== About each character's page in game? ==

Since each character has performances in every route, is there necessary to have each character's page to describe them in PSP game? Also their special attacks can be listed there. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 16:19, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

== Passwords for Gallery ==

Should we add a list of passwords here?[[Special:Contributions/188.221.222.125|188.221.222.125]] 06:40, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Talk:Madoka Magica Portable

2012-03-19T09:10:42Z

188.221.222.125: /* Just a heads up */ PSP Sleep Mode

Kazumi Magica

2012-03-11T00:05:53Z

188.221.222.125: /* Chapter 14*/ Changing, removing and adding a few more words.

{{spoilers|media=kazumi}}
[[File:PMKM_chapter1_cover.png|thumb|Cover of Kazumi Magica Chapter 1]]
'''Puella Magi Kazumi Magica: The Innocent Malice''' (魔法少女かずみ☆マギカ～The innocent malice～, ''Mahō Shōjo Kazumi Magica: The innocent malice'') is the first spin-off [[manga]] written by Masaki Hiramatsu and illustrated by Takashi Tensugi. It started serializing in ''[[wikipedia:Manga Time Kirara Forward|Manga Time Kirara Forward]]'' starting January 24, 2011 and features a new set of characters in a different stage from the anime. The first collected volume, containing chapters 1-3, was released on May 12, 2011. The second volume, containing chapters 4-8, was released on October 12, 2011. The third volume, containing chapters 9-13, will be released on March 12, 2012.

==Plot==
Kazumi is surrounded by the darkness, with voice calling her out from somewhere. After she escapes from the darkness that is inside a suitcase, what appears before her eyes are unknown room and unknown man. In that incident, what came across her mind were fragments of memories.

{{Note|As you might guess, the chapter summaries may contain spoilers for the chapter it summarizes, as well as previous ones.}}

=== Chapter 1: "Bad - Guy - Reckon Off" ===
;Released January 24th, 2011.
:A girl awakens inside a suitcase, having forgotten everything except her name, Kazumi. When she opens the suitcase, she finds herself in the home of a man named Souichirou Tachibana. Souichirou explains that he had bought a bomb in an identical suitcase, intending to blow up a shopping mall as an act of revenge against the mall's owner, who tricked him into selling his store. However, he switched his suitcase with another one when he bumped into a mysterious girl. Souichirou gets a phone call offering to trade Kazumi for the bomb at the mall. Kazumi goes along with it to find the identity of her kidnapper. While being taken to the mall in her suitcase, Kazumi asks Souchirou not to set off the bomb, saying that he's a good person. When he finds the other suitcase, Souichirou is stopped by two high school girls (though the next chapter calls them middle-school girls), named Umika and Kaoru. They open the suitcase containing the bomb, starting the timer. At this point, a squad of police officers led by a female detective appear, telling Souchirou he's under arrest. Kazumi breaks out from her suitcase and announces that Souichirou is not a bad person. Souichirou is unable to stop the bomb, which is close to exploding. Kazumi closes her eyes and thinks "Stop the bomb. Bibbity Bobbity Boo", causing her earring bells to glow. At this point, Umika passes the bomb to Kaoru, who kicks it into the air. It then harmlessly explodes into smoke, shocking nearly everyone. The mysterious girl from before, who was watching, mutters that the bomb was supposed to be real.

:At this point, Umika and Kaoru reveal they know Kazumi and take her to Umika's house, where they all live together while their parents are working overseas. Apparently, Kazumi had been missing since the day before. Kazumi is taken to her room and falls asleep. When she wakes up, she finds a note from Umika and Kaoru saying they're out dating and that the detective from before will visit. Kazumi cooks a large meal for herself that she shares with the detective when she arrives. Kazumi then announces that the detective had set up the entire incident with the bomb to make herself look good, and she arrived at Kazumi's house to kill her. The detective agrees, saying that she followed a lead given to her by someone else, and that someone also gave her the power to kill people without leaving decisive evidence. She then transforms into a monster. Kazumi begins getting strange flashbacks as the monster attacks her. When the monster grabs her earring-bell, she suddenly yells at her not to touch it, breaks the monsters wrist, and then transforms into a magical girl. Kazumi defeats the monster with her new powers, which turns her back into a human. The chapter ends with Umika and Kaoru running in to save Kazumi, and Kazumi telling them she can use magic.

=== Chapter 2: "AHA! Dogs" ===
;Released February 24th, 2011.
:Picking up where the last chapter ended, Kazumi falls unconscious, exhausted and hungry. Looking at the detective's unconscious body, Umika and Kaoru find an object that resembles a [[Grief Seed]]. The mysterious girl from before watches, clearly annoyed. Kazumi wakes up, finds a black cat (which might be a reference to the black cat from the anime's opening animation) and comes downstairs to find Umika cooking. Kaoru explains that Umika has writer's block, which causes her to grow horns on her head and act oddly. After eating, Umika takes the girls shopping. While at the mall, Kazumi gets an odd feeling and runs away to find another monster attacking people. Kazumi transforms, causing the monster to recognize her as a magical girl. Kazumi has trouble fighting the monster, which prompts Umika and Kaoru to transform into magical girls themselves. Kazumi remembers that Kaoru would immobilize the monster, while Umika would use her book to read it's mind. However, Kazumi preforms the next step - attacking - too early, which nearly causes the attack to hit Umika. The monster gets away as Kazumi runs to her friends. Kazumi apologizes to them, but they don't seem to mind. When she insists on being punished, they take her to a hair salon where they cut her hair.

:At the salon, Umika explains that there are fairies who scout out magical girls and make contracts that grant them wishes (a silhouette of [[Madoka]] and [[Kyubey]] are seen during this scene). Kaoru says she wished for a healthy body that could always play soccer, while Umika wished for an editor that could appreciate her novels. When Kazumi asks why they didn't wish for success or fame, they reply that they want to achieve those things with their own abilities. Kazumi then asks what her own wish was, but she had never told her friends. The monsters in the current and previous chapter are confirmed to be a new type of [[witch]] that Kaoru and Umika haven't encountered before. At this point, Kazumi's haircut is finished, and is rather messily done. Kazumi says she likes it, saying that it's fine for the "new Kazumi", having distanced herself from the "old Kazumi". When Umika wants to fix the lock of Kazumi's hair that sticks out, Kazumi claims that it's a witch sensor. It seems to have some use, helping Umika learn that the witch is a cosmetic saleswoman, who is attacking girls who have bad skin. When they find and confront the witch, the mysterious girl from before appears and is identified as a magical girl. She quickly leaves, leaving Kazumi, Umika and Kaoru to fight the witch on their own. They defeat her, returning her to normal and making her drop another unusual Grief Seed. Afterward, Kazumi muses that those who become witches aren't always bad people. Umika replies that anyone can become a witch. {{Spoiler|It's implied that she and Kaoru know that, like in the anime, magical girls become witches.}}

=== Chapter 3: "Kazumix" ===
;Released March 24th, 2011.
:The name of the city is revealed to be Asunaro, as Kazumi, Umika, and Kaoru are engaged in battle against an anime-style witch, complete with a barrier and familiars. During the battle, Kazumi hesitates, remembering when she accidentally hit her friends. Because of this, the witch devours Umika and Kaoru and escapes, leaving Kazumi by herself with a mark on her hand. At this point, four other magical girls arrive: Satomi, Mirai, Saki and Nico. It is revealed that the four of them, plus Kazumi, Umika, and Kaoru, make up a seven-member team of magical girls named the Pleiades Saints. They took their name after the [[Wikipedia:Pleiades_(star_cluster)|Pleiades Star Cluster]] (this is a pun in Japanese; "Pleiades Saints" and "Pleiades Star Cluster" are pronounced the same way in Japanese and when written, differ by only one character). Kazumi gets a call from Umika and Kaoru, who are being protected by a barrier created by Umika. However, she can only maintain it for five hours. Umika tells Kazumi to team-up with the other Saints to find the witch. When Kazumi feels bad about what happened to Umika and Kaoru, Mirai hits her on the head, saying that they're the only ones who can help them. (This is a running gag that re-occurs through the chapter). The five of them use their Soul Gems to find the witch, while Kazumi remarks that her witch detector hair doesn't seem to be working.

:Satomi speaks to a cat, revealing that her wish was to be able to talk to animals so she could become a veterinarian. The cat reveals that the mark on Kazumi's hand has been planted around the city (it seems distinct from the witch's symbol, however). Nico reveals that they designed a smartphone application that picks up the wavelengths from witches and transfers them into Soul Gems, making the witches easier to track down. The girls split up, but they are tricked by the mysterious girl from before who disguises herself as Satomi. She then leads Kazumi away from the others. When she reveals herself, Kazumi recognizes her as the one who put her in the suitcase. The girl announces she will kill Kazumi and summons a giant bull. She then creates a number of pistols and sub-machine guns, [[Mami]]-style, and fires them, pinning Kazumi to a wall. Realizing they've been tricked, the other four magical girls arrive in time to help Kazumi. The mysterious magical girl escapes. Back at Umika's house, Saki finds that the mark left behind by the witch is the mark of a bookmobile, and that the appearance of the marks matches the bookmobile's schedule. They rush off to find the witch (after Kazumi cooks a large meal for them). Kazumi brings a bag of candy with her for Umika and Kaoru. Kazumi is told to wait outside the barrier, while the other magical girls incapacitate the witch. Once giving the signal from an electronic communicator, Kazumi will then fire into the barrier, destroying the witch. The plan hits a snag when Nico's communicator is broken, prompting Umika to use flute candy from Kazumi's bag to contact her. Kazumi successfully destroys the witch and reunites with Umika and Kaoru. Saki finds that the witch used an abandoned car to make it's barrier, while Nico collects the witch's Grief Seed which looks like the ones in the anime. {{Spoiler|Their expressions in this scene carry the subtle implication that they also know magical girls become witches.}} As they celebrate their victory, they are watched by something that resembles a black cat mixed with Kyubey.

=== Chapter 4: "Evil Nuts" ===
;Released April 23rd, 2011.
:As Kazumi and the others celebrate their victory from the previous chapter, the Kyubey look-alike continues to watch, right next to Kyubey himself. Kyubey asks "Do you think things will go well this time, Pleiades?" while the look-alike grins. The look-alike then jumps down to meet Kazumi and he is introduced as Jubey, the fairy who made the Pleiades Saints magical girls. Jubey purifies the Pleaides Soul Gems, apparently consuming the darkness they expelled. He then devours the Grief Seed from the witch fought in the previous chapter. However, when the Pleiades give him the Grief Seeds from the witches in the first two chapters, he rejects them, revealing that they aren't Grief Seeds at all. The witches fought in the first two chapters were in fact pseudo-witches, created by imitation Grief Seeds known as an "Evil Nuts". The Pleiades quickly deduce that the mysterious magical girl created the Evil Nuts. The mysterious girl then promptly appears and incapacitates the magical girls. She introduces herself as Yuuri and appears to bear a grudge against the Pleiades. She takes off with Kazumi, leaving behind a letter telling the others that if they want Kazumi back, they have to come to Asunaro Dome at midnight.

:While being held hostage by Yuuri, Kazumi asks why she's attacking everyone. Yuuri refuses to answer, but during the conflict she flashes back to an unknown girl, which provokes an emotional reaction in her. Back at the Misaki residence, the Pleiades try to understand Yuuri's motivations. Nico then claims that Yuuri is "at her limit", and that something will happen if she uses too much magic {{Spoiler|- it is not stated but heavily implied that she means Yuuri is in danger of becoming a witch.}} At the dome, Yuuri welcomes the Pleaides Saints, showing that Kazumi is trapped in a chair. When they try to rescue her, they're blocked by a force-field. Yuuri then announces that she will plant one of her Evil Nuts into Kazumi. When Kazumi begs her to stop, Yuuri laughs and tells Kazumi that she knows nothing about the Pleaides Saints. She then takes off her hat, which causes Umika to recognize her. Yuuri announces she wants vengeance and the chapter ends with her shoving the Evil Nut into Kazumi's forehead.

=== Chapter 5: "Magicallabbiata" ===
;Released May 24th, 2011.
:The chapter picks up where the previous one left off. The Evil Nut enters into Kazumi's forehead, causing her to let out a burst of power that lets her break out of the chair while reforming her hat and growing a long cloak in the process. Kazumi fights with Yuuri again, but is still overpowered. Yuuri claims that the other Pleiades had killed her, and says that they're a group that kills magical girls. She then reveals that the Pleiades took away the most important thing to her, so she's going to take away the most important thing to them - Kazumi. At this point, Yuuri's blackened Soul Gem begins to crack. Saki tells Juubey to clean Yuuri's gem. Juubey begins spinning but is shot by Yuuri, stopping him. Nico quietly says Yuuri's Soul Gem has hatched as it turns into a Grief Seed, falling into Kazumi's hand. Kyubey watches from afar as Yuuri transforms into a heart-shaped witch. The Pleiades Saints are trapped on crosses in her barrier. In shock, Kazumi wonders why witches come out of Soul Gems. Vines begin surrounding the Pleiades causing them to scream out in pain. As they're being tortured, we suddenly see the girl from Yuuri's flashback in the previous chapter.

:The story then flashes back to the past. The girl from Yuuri's flashback is seen lying in a hospital bed, with Yuuri watching. We learn her name is Airi, and she only has three months left to live. Yuuri asks Airi if she wants to keep living. Airi says yes, saying she wishes to live longer and wanting to eat lots of delicious things with Yuuri. Yuuri hands her a spoon, saying it's charm filled with dreams. She tells Airi to wait until she comes back. We then find that Airi has been miraculously cured of her illness. As she tearfully hugs Yuuri, Airi says that the spoon must have been magic. The truth seems to be something different as Kyubey's silhouette is seen in the window. Later at school, Yuuri and Airi talk about an upcoming cooking contest. Airi says she'll treat Yuuri to a restaurant (which turns out to belong to Souichirou Tachibana) if she wins the contest before handing her back the spoon, asking it to help Yuuri. The contest appears to be a cooking contest, which has the same symbol from Yuuri's letter in the previous chapter. However, Yuuri is missing when the final round starts (At this point we also learn her last name is Asuka). As Airi looks for her, she finds herself in the barrier of a giant witch that resembles a hypodermic needle. The Pleiades Saints arrive and quickly destroy the witch with giant arrows (that look like the arrow that sent Yuuri's letter in the previous chapter). Kazumi is not among them. As Airi thanks the Saints for saving her, they tell her to forget what she saw, and to watch out for dark alleys and Witch's Kisses. When the Saints leave, Airi finds that the witch dropped Yuuri's spoon when it was destroyed. Kyubey appears and tells Airi that the witch was Yuuri, causing her to scream.

:That night, Kyubey explains what happened in detail. Yuuri's wish was to cure Airi's illness. We see her in magical girl form, holding a giant hypodermic needle. In addition to fighting witches, she also used her magic to cure incurable diseases. This ultimately caused her to use too much magic and turn into a witch. In fact, she transformed right in front of the Pleiades Saints. Crying, Airi asks why the Pleiades didn't try to help Yuuri, cursing herself for thanking the people who killed her. Kyubey says he'll grant Airi's wish and turn her into a magical girl. Airi says she won't forgive the Pleiades Saints and wishes to take over Yuuri's life; to turn into Yuuri. Kyuubey says her wish has surpassed entropy as Airi changes to look like Yuuri - the Yuuri seen in previous chapters,. Airi/Yuuri then is seen on a skyscraper, crushing the head of what appears to be a familiar while laughing madly. She asks Kyubey for the names of the people that killed the real Yuuri. Kyubey says that they're the Pleaides Saints. Airi/Yuuri mocks their name and announces she'll kill all of them, making them pay for the real Yuuri.

=== Chapter 6: "Loss Parfait" ===
;Released June 24th, 2011.
:As we see Yuuri laughing from the end of the previous chapter, the story suddenly returns to the present. Apparently, the flashback in the previous chapter was a vision shown to the Pleiades by the witch. Kazumi begs Airi that she doesn't want to fight, but the witch attacks her, seemingly cutting off her head. Kazumi is then seen catching what would have been the fatal blow in her teeth, biting that part of the witch off. The influence of the Evil Nut causes Kazumi's body to change, and she attacks the witch with elongated hands, eventually breaking free from her cross. Kazumi's bell then rings, causing her to collapse and return to normal. Kazumi then tries to use her magic to turn Airi back to normal. Shockingly, even though the witch continues to attack Kazumi, Airi's (or more precisely, Yuuri's) body comes out of the witch. Still attached to the witch, she speaks entirely in runes, repeating the final spell she attempted to use on Kazumi. At that point, Saki shoots her, freeing the other Pleiades.

:As the magical girls gear up to attack, Kazumi protests, saying that Airi wasn't a bad person because she dedicated her life for a friend. Mirai tells Kazumi that they know, and that's why they have to kill her. Juubey then appears, telling Kazumi that Airi is no longer a magical girl, but a witch. He further states "We don't understand how, but sometimes one of these appear. Their gems go out of control." Finally, he says that it's impossible to turn witches back to normal, and the only choice is to kill them. Kazumi says there's no way she can do it. Saki says she knows, and tells Kazumi she doesn't have to dirty her hands. One by one, the Pleiades attack the witch as Kazumi begs them to stop. Finally, Satomi apologizes, saying all they can do is prevent the witch from hurting anyone. Kaoru then says only they have to carry that burden, and they'll finish this by themselves. The Pleiades are shown to clearly be as pained by this as Kazumi is. Kazumi then uses Limit Estern, aiming straight for the witch. Just before the blow hits, she says Yuuri's name. The witch is then destroyed, the spoon drops to the ground, and the barrier collapses. As Kazumi picks up the spoon, she says she'll share the burden with the Pleiades, and then cries into Umika's arms.

:Kazumi is then seen walking back home with Umika and Kaoru. She tells them to go home ahead of her, saying she wants to be alone. Kazumi then notices none other than Souichirou Tachibana, closing his shop. Her serves her a bucket of parfait, much to her delight, and reveals that he was the made the manager of a new store. Kazumi then has a vision of Airi and Yuuri enjoying the parfait, prompting her to suggest that Souichirou should put the desert on the menu. Souchirou declines, saying it's not profitable. As Kazumi continues to eat, she suddenly begins crying, saying that Yuuri and Airi couldn't have eaten this. Eventually she falls alseep. Souchirou pulls a blanket over her and puts the parfait on the menu. The chapter ends with the sleeping Kazumi holding Yuuri and Airi's spoon.

=== Chapter 7: "Gem Picking" ===
;Released July 23, 2011.
:The chapter begins with the Kaoru, Saki, Mirai, and Satomi. confronting a magical girl named Sumire Akane. Sumire recognizes Kaoru from training together at the training center (revealing to the reader Kaoru's last name, Maki). Kaoru apologizes and uses a spell called "Tocco del Mare" (Touch of the Sea) as Akane screams. The scene cuts to another girl watching the Pleiades from afar who mentions that she's glad she stopped in Asunaro before going to Mitakihara. She watches as all the magical girls detransform, and the Pleiades hold out their Soul Gems. As she pulls out her own Soul Gem, she says that she wants the Pleiades. The next morning, Kazumi thanks Souchirou for the food, and becomes overjoyed when he puts the bucket of parfait on the menu. She leaves when she spies Nico and Juubey walking.

:Kazumi asks Nico what she's doing, and she evasively answers that she's witch hunting. Kazumi elects to go with her, and they enter Asunaro's amusement park. Kazumi mentions that the Pleaides were trying to be kind to her by hiding the truth about witches. Nico then says that Kazumi doesn't have her memories back. Kazumi acknowledges this, and wonders if she hit her head in the trunk; if Airi had erased her memories they would be coming back. She then asks if there's anything that can bring back her memories. Nico says they aren't all happy memories and Kazumi might have had plenty of regrets. She says this while looking at an American news article about a Japanese kid shooting other people. Kazumi says that she's fine with it, and doesn't want to run away from that part of herself. Nico says that they should talk about this with everyone else later, before turning around to confront the girl that was watching the Pleaides from earlier in the chapter. Introducing herself as Ayase Souju, she reveals that she collects Soul Gems "because they shine with the light of life". Nico calls her hobby disgusting. Ayase counters by saying the Pleiades are gem picking too. She refers offhandedly to Sumire, saying she was only slightly dirty, and didn't bother anyone. Nico is silent (it's possible that she wasn't present during the incident), while Kazumi is confused. Ayase then reveals her intention to add the Pleaides to her collection. Nico and Ayase proceed to transform.

:Ayase's weapon is a sword, and she throws fireballs. Nico dodges, turns her fingers into bullets, and fires them. Ayase deflects the bullets only to find herself being surrounded by a horde of Nicos. Juubey tells Kazumi that Nico wished for "regeneration", which gave her the power to deconstruct materials and reconstruct it as other objects - the other Nicos were literally made from bricks. Nico reveals that finger missiles and clones are her specialties. Ayase throws another flurry of fireballs, burning the Nico clones to bits. At that point, the real Nico appears, grabs Ayase's Soul Gem, and uses "Tocco del Mare". Ayase abruptly detransforms, while Nico continues to hold Ayase's Soul Gem. When asked, she tells Kazumi she only stunned Ayase. Ayase then begins speaking and attacks Nico point-blank with an ice spell, reclaiming her Soul Gem. She then transforms again, but has a different outfit. Kazumi asks Juubey if magical girls can transform twice, but Juubey claims there are two of her. The girl reveals that she is Luca Souju, and that both her and Ayase share the same body as two souls. As Kazumi wonders if Ayase/Luca is a magical girl with a split personality, a wounded Nico says Souju (meaning "twin trees") must represent their body. Luca just smiles.

=== Chapter 8: "Tempura Ice-Cream" ===
;Released August 24th, 2011.
:Luca asks for Kazumi's name, threatening to take her Soul Gem. She claims that she has to collect Soul Gems or else she won't be able to coexist with Ayase. Juubey then claims that girls who lose their Soul Gems lose their magic and can even die (which is true, in a sense). Kazumi attacks Luca, but Luca uses "Cazzo Freddo" to freeze her. She notices the rarity of Kazumi's Soul Gem (her earring bell) not being located on her body, and tries to get ahold of it. Kazumi tells her not to touch it, suddenly unfreezing herself and hitting Luca in her Soul Gem. Luca then uses both her Soul Gems to be Ayase and Luca at the same time. Kazumi fires at her with Limiti Esterni while Ayase/Luca uses a new attack named "Pici Generati". The Soujus' attack makes it through and hits Kazumi, sending her flying. Watching the battle from afar, Nico receives a telepathic message from Saki, checking if Nico has taken Ayase/Luca's Soul Gem. Nico responds in the negative before asking Juubey what "Pici Generati" means. He believes it means "Twin Peaks". Kazumi then receives a telepathic message from Nico asking her to get hit more with "Pici Generati". After watching Ayase/Luca's power, she picks up Kazumi and flees with her and Juubey inside a roller coaster.

:Nico tells Kazumi that Ayase/Luca's attack creates an explosion through their perfectly synchronized fire and ice magic. They are capable of this because they use the same body. Kazumi doesn't understand this, causing Nico to use tempura ice cream as a metaphor. Nico then claims that they have to do something similar with her own magic. This prompts Jubey to say that Kazumi's powers are "sacrilege" but he quickly corrects himself and says it's "destruction" (they are alternate character readings of the same word). He continues saying that Kazumi's magic and Nico's reconstruction magic are like hot and cold. They encounter Ayase/Luca again and all three of them fire. The Soujus' attack sends them flying, prompting Nico and Kazumi to try and combine their magic. Their magic hits Ayase/Luca own attack, but it fails to negate it. Nico and Kazumi flee again through an underground 'Staff Only' tunnel, as Nico comments that the Soujus are better synchronized. Suddenly, Nico, Kazumi and Juubey trip with a broom and fall, prompting them to shout in pain simultaneously. This gives them an idea. When Ayase/Luca comes across them, Kazumi and Nico are holding hands. The Soujus fire "Pici Generati" again, but this time when Kazumi and Nico combine their magic Juubey bites their hands. This causes them to become synchronized, pushing their magic tight through Ayase/Luca's and causing an explosion that sends them to the surface.

:Kazumi tells the Soujus that they've lost, but they respond by pulling out a box of Evil Nuts. They throw two of them at Nico and Kazumi, but Saki appears and catches them in mid-air. The other Pleiades jump down behind Kazumi, as Saki asks where the Soujus got the Evil Nuts. Ayase/Luca laughs instead of answering and tells the Pleiades to kill them, calling them "magical girl hunters". Shocked, Kazumi asks what she means. Kaoru says they aren't murderers, but because they can't let the Soujus go they're taking they're Soul Gems. Saki tells Kaoru not to use "Tocco del Mare" in front of Kazumi, but Nico says that Kazumi already saw her use it. Kaoru says that Ayase and Luca's Soul Gems are at their limit and pulls out both their gems. Kazumi, near tears, asks what's going on, reminding the Pleiades that she agreed to carry their burdens with them. Although Saki objects, Umika agrees to tell Kazumi about the truth of the Pleiades Saints. Suddenly Satomi notices that Nico has fallen to her knees, and her Soul Gem is glowing. Satomi backs into Kaoru, prompting her to turn around. Satomi calls Nico's name as a witch appears, creating a barrier filled with skyscrapers and familiars that resemble shooting targets in firing ranges. Nico's body is floating in the air in front of the witch.

=== Chapter 9: "The Freezer" ===
;Released September 24th, 2011
:As Nico's Soul Gem cracks, we see background text of her thinking that that she'll die without a trace, and she wants everyone to remember. She thinks she doesn't want to kill anyone anymore. The runes coming out of her Soul Gem read "We have no future as long as he's around." The next page has a cover image of a golden-eyed Nico holding a gun, asking to be killed. The Pleiades are shocked to discover Nico has become a witch. Repeatedly shouting "Cut", the witch turns her hands into a single pair of scissors. Kaoru transforms and blocks the attack using ''Capitano Potenza'' ("Captain Power"), which encases her arms in a black metallic substance. The witch fires projectiles from its body. Kaoru turns to the others and tells them not to stand there. Umika encases herself, Kazumi, and Satomi in a barrier. Saki pushes Mirai in, but is wounded. Mirai flips out and uses her attack ''La Bestia'' ("The Beasts") causing an army of teddy-bears to appear and chew on the witch. When the witch throws them off, Mirai uses ''La Bestia Refare'' ("Remake the Beast"). The bears start hugging each other and turn into a giant bear that Mirai jumps on. The bear pounces on the witch and pulls it into a bear hug. Mirai leaps into the air, turns her wand into a giant sword, and cuts both the bear and the witch in half. The witch dies, yelling "Cut" one last time. She drops a Grief Seed (which notably looks different than Nico's Soul Gem)

:Mirai asks Saki if she's alright, but she's still processing Nico's death. Mirai tells her she had to do it, but is interrupted by Satomi screaming that she doesn't want to die or turn into a witch. Jubey and Umika look at the Grief Seed, as Umika wonders how did things turn out like this. Kazumi takes the hand of Nico's body and finds it's cold. As she shouts Nico's name, a voice says "You called?" Everyone is shocked to see another Nico standing behind them. As Kazumi asks what's going on, the other Nico walks up to the first Nico's body, puts her arm around her neck, and with a disturbing expression says "Switch". She then touches the hair of the body, and it's face suddenly vanishes. Jubey, a disturbing grin on his face, says that the body was Nico's "spare" and "compensation for Nico's contract". Kaoru asks why Nico didn't tell them. Nico says that to deceive an enemy, you have to deceive your allies. Kaoru punches her, then gives her a hug. Nico then says they should cut to the chase. Kaoru tells Saki Kazumi can handle it.

:The scene switches to Mirai's teddy bear museum, "Angelica Bears". Mirai says that in Japanese it's called "Ashitaba" (literally "tomorrow's leaf") and says that Kazumi came up with the name. As they walk inside, they step onto a magic circle. Umika holds out her ring, suddenly transporting them all somewhere else. Umika tells Kazumi that the museum was born from them meeting with her. The walk up to a giant door, which opens into a giant room filled with girls floating in tanks. The middle of the room contains a pile of Soul Gems. Umika explains that after they take Soul Gems, they put the empty shells of the magical girls into "the Freezer". We see one of the girls has a nametag, reading Kaede Hinata in English. Kazumi says that Ayase was right, and asks why they're doing this. Jubey says that it's their response to the magical girl system, which is full of contradictions: Rejection.

=== Chapter 10: "Bibbity Bobbity Boo" ===
;Released October 24, 2011

''(Note: The original Japanese title is "Chichinpurin", which is a pun on “Chichinpui", a stock magical incantation in Japanese. "Chichinpurin" has been translated throughout the series as “Bibbity Bobbity Boo”. In keeping with the food puns in the chapter titles, “purin” means “pudding”.)''
:Picking up from the end of the last chapter, Umika explains that witches are the end state of magical girls. (While she's speaking Oktavia is briefly seen, as is Sayaka in silhouette). Umika tells Kazumi that they lied to her when they said that sometimes the Soul Gems of magical girls go out of control. Jubey, grinning, explains that Soul Gems are the extracted souls of magical girls. Kaoru admits that they're like zombies, but it's preferable to dying to a witch in one shot. Jubey then says that the Pleiades refuse to fight without feeling pain. Kaoru responds by saying that if they do that they'll cease being human. Umika explains that the magical girls they capture are placed in a barrier that separates them from their Soul Gems and puts them in suspended animation, preventing them from becoming witches. Kaoru says they hope to find a way to completely clean the gems and turn them back into humans. Until then, they'll keep fighting. This is their "rejection" of the magical girl system. Nico then takes out a container that has the Soujus, their Soul Gems, and the Soul Gem and body of another magical girl. The bodies of the magical girls have been shrunken to the point where they can be picked up by one hand. Nico puts into two new containers, saying they "will keep on waiting for the prince's kiss." Kazumi asks when everyone found out about the connection between magical girls and wishes. Umika touches her forehead to Kazumi's, telling her to remember everything.

:The story flashes back into the past. Umika, Kaoru, Satomi, Mirai, Nico, and Saki are standing on a catwalk. They are all displaying a witch's kiss on their necks. It then shows the "despair" of each Pleiade:
::Umika wrote a draft for a novel that was taken by her editor and released under the authorship of a top idol to rave reviews. When the editor calls her to ask if they can look forward to her next work, Umika drops the phone in shock.
::Kaoru was injured in a soccer game that left her on crutches. The girl who injured her is then rushed to the hospital Kaoru was recovering in. It turns out that girl was bullied for ruining Kaoru's career and tried to kill herself. Kaoru screams when she overhears this.
::Satomi is given a cat on her third birthday, which she names Sare. Years later, she goes out and leaves it alone in her house, despite it's protests. It's then seen in a veterinarian's office, dead. The vets says that if the cat was brought here earlier it might have survived, prompting Satomi to think that this wouldn't have happened if she had just listened.
::Mirai is shown at school wearing glasses. The other students want nothing to do with her. As she walks home, Mirai clutches her teddy-bear saying, she's not lonely because she has all of them. We then find that her room is filled with teddy-bears. As she begins sewing one of them, admits she wants friends and starts crying.
::Nico is shown as a little kid, playing with her neighbors and a loaded gun. She is promptly revealed to be the Japanese kid from the news article in Chapter 7. The gun goes off, the bullet bouncing off a vase and killing her neighbors. Nico cries.
::Saki is shown as a child. A girl Miyuki shows off her lily of the valley flower. Miyuki says her dream was to grow lots of flowers and use them as a bouquet in her wedding. Saki says that dream won't come true, because she thinks no man is good enough for Miyuki. Miyuki hugs Saki and says that she'll marry her. Years later, Miyuki and Saki are caught in a horrible car crash. Miyuki is killed by a piece of glass lodged in her throat. Saki can only say Miyuki's name.

:The story then returns to the girls standing on the catwalk. They jump off, as a voice says, "Everyone should just die." The voice is cut-off by a familiar spell with ribbons wrapping around the girls, stopping their fall. Their savior is none other than Kazumi, who says, "Ciao! You suicidal girls!"

=== Chapter 11: "Dead or Rice" ===
;Released on November 24th, 2011.
:Continuing the previous chapter's flashback, Kazumi opens up a witch's barrier around herself and the girls. Familiars appear and start attacking the normal girls while Kazumi watches. Kaoru tries to use her crutch to fight them off, but falls down. Umika shields her with her body. Mirai does something similar for Saki. Satomi asks why Kazumi isn't helping. Kazumi responds by asking why they don't want to be eaten if they want to die. She then pulls six firearms from her hat and drops them on the ground. The familiars combine, revealing that they were actually a witch. The girls pick up the weapons, Satomi saying she doesn't want to die and Nico musing she can't run away from guns. They fire at the witch, deflating it like a balloon. It re-inflates itself and charges. Kazumi stops the witch with her cross, saying that "As long as you keep trying to live, you won't fall into despair" and that there's always hope. She then fires "Limit Esterni", destroying the witch.

:As the barrier disappears, Saki asks "What was that?" A silhouette appears behind her, looking similar to Kyubey. It turns out to be Jubey, who says that was Magical Girl Kazumi, who hunts witches. A loud growling noise is heard, which turns out to be Kazumi being hungry. It's revealed that her ahoge was absent in the past (though the symbol is still on her hat and earring-bell). The scene changes to Kazumi's house, where she eats with the Pleiades. She talks about how her grandmother said that people eat plants and animals to live, and so they have a duty to them to keep living. She asks the girls about her strawberry risotto, which was passed down from her grandmother. When they respond positively, Kazumi says that her grandmother would be happy to hear that. Saki asks where her grandmother is now, prompting Kazumi to reveal that she had passed away. She tells them not to worry.

:Kazumi point to a book with Umika, asking her if that's the book that plagiarized her story. After reading the book Kazumi says it's bad because the main character wastes food like "The Girl who Trod on the Loaf" (a fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen). Umika suddenly becomes animated and agrees, saying the scene wasn't in her draft. She then explains that the rule of villains is that the one who wastes food is a villain and can't be left alive - revealing the source of the brief flashback Kazumi had in Chapter 1. Kazumi says she never heard of that, but agrees. She tells Umika to keep writing, because other than the main character the story was good. As Kazumi goes to get desert, Saki asks her how she became a magical girl.

:Kazumi explains she became a magical girl the day her grandmother died. The story flashes back again to Kazumi's past. She narrates that she was studying abroad when she learned that her grandmother's condition became critical. While hurrying home, she ran straight into a witch's barrier. Fortunately, she's saved by a surprise appearance from Mami Tomoe, who muses that she can't take it easy even on a trip. Mami destroys the witch with "Tiro Finale". When Kazumi thanks her, Mami tells her to get going and be careful. As Kazumi leaves Jubey is strangely seen by Mami's feet. At Kazumi's home, a doctor explains that her grandmother only has a few days left unless she's hooked up to a respiratory machine and it's unlikely that she'll wake up. Kazumi says that her grandmother would never want to go on life support. Later and alone with her grandmother, Kazumi starts crying and says that she wants her grandmother to open her eyes, just once more. Jubey appears on the windowsill, saying that he can grant her wish if she makes a contract and becomes a magical girl.

=== Chapter 12: "Pleiades" ===
;Released on December 24th, 2011.
:Jubey tells Kazumi being a magical girl is difficult. Kazumi is fine with that and wishes for her grandmother to return to her normal self as long as she remains alive. Jubey asks if she's fine with not curing her grandmother's illness. Kazumi says she wants to, but it wouldn't be respecting her way of life. The contract is established. Kazumi's grandmother wakes up, asking if it's a dream. Kazumi says it's her last dream, and asks her grandmother if she can teach her how to make strawberry risotto. Kazumi spends the day learning cooking skills and advice from her grandmother. She tells Kazumi that people can't fall into dispair as she gives Kazumi her earring-bell; the same earring-bell Kazumi has worn throughout the series. The flashback in a flashback ends as Kazumi says her grandmother went to heaven the next day. (She incidentally reveals the name of her cat, Toto.)

:Saki asks why Kazumi didn't just wish her grandmother to be healthy, saying Kazumi is now all alone. Kazumi says her grandmother will always be in her heart, just like Miyuki will be in Saki's heart (Miyuki here is revealed to be Saki's sister). Mriai asks if she can be a magical girl. Jubey tells her she can if she accepts her fate of fighting witches. Mirai says she can accept anything. Umika, Kaoru, Satomi, Nico and Saki quickly chime in agreement. Kazumi cheers over having new friends. Mirai questions the fact that she's a friend, prompting Saki to thank Mirai for protecting her. Jubey tells the girls to give him their wishes. Mirai says her wish was already granted by having friends. Saki suggests wishing for the friends that have always protected her - Mirai's teddy bears. She points to a number on it, asking Mirai if it's her 666th friends. When Mirai asks how Saki knew, Saki explains that her sister did the same thing. Mirai decides to wish for a museum for all her teddy bears. Kazumi suggests calling it "Angelica Bears" which is a pun on Mirai's name and the Ashitaba plant (Mirai's name means "Future Young Leaf", Ashitaba means "Tomorrow's Leaf" and is in the Angelica genus).

:Satomi then wishes to talk to animals. Nico whispers her wish to Jubey, embarrassed to say it aloud. Saki wishes for her sister's flower to bloom forever. Umika wishes for an editor to recognize and handle her works preciously. Kaoru wants to help the people that were hurt in the match where she had her injury. Kazumi asks her about her injuries, but Kaoru says she'll just return to the field with her current legs. The contracts are completed, and Kazumi names their team the Pleiades Saints. The scene cuts to the girls fighting a witch. Kaoru destroys it with her spiked shoes. Jubey asks about her strengthened magical girl body. Kaoru is very happy about it. Kazumi calls Kaoru's attack ''Capitano Potenza'' ("Captain Power"), and reveals she wants everyone to call their attacks, even recording them in a book. Kazumi reveals that she's following the lead of Mami Tomoe and says she won't cook for the girls if they don't do it. Saki then notices Kazumi's earrings are missing. Kazumi guesses she lost them in the battle, but admits it's okay because her grandmother won't disappear from her heart. Later on Kazumi receives a new pair of the earrings. Kaoru explains that Saki asked her dad to get them while he was on a business trip. Kazumi thanks Saki, while Mirai has a sad or angry expression on her face.

:Later, Kaoru and the other Pleiades (except Kazumi) wonder why Kazumi is late, having been told Kazumi was bringing a new friend. Jubey appears, saying a witch's barrier is nearby. They run to Asunaro Dome, where they see Yuuri Asuka transform into a witch. After the battle the girls are stunned. Satomi asks if magical girls turn into witches. Jubey explains how witches are created, and says his job is to gather the energy form the conversion of hope to despair. Kaoru grabs Jubey while he explains that immature witches should be called magical girls. Suddenly Umika grabs Jubey and slams her head against him. A laser fires from her eye into his. Jubey falls down and asks why Umika is looking scary. Umika explains to Kaoru that she rewrote Jubey's memories, preventing him from making contracts. The story then returns to the present. Kazumi says she remembers hunting magical girls after Yuuri, but then suddenly falls over. The symbol for the Evil Nuts appears in her eyes. Satomi looks on in shock, as Kaoru says everyone's tired. Umika leads Kazumi out as Kaoru says they should rest for the day. Saki remains in the Freezer, looking at the pile of Soul Gems. They include two Evil Nuts. We then find Satomi is walking up behind her. Saki asks why Satomi is there. Satomi pulls her hand to her mouth and says: "Saki, let's kill Kazumi." The last panel has Satomi giving a sinister grin.

=== Chapter 13: "Malefica Farce" ===
;Released on January 24th, 2012.
: Satomi tells Saki that they can't afford to let Kazumi live as long as she's infected by the Evil Nut. Saki refuses, as she loves Kazumi too much to hurt her. Satomi then grabs Saki and brainwashes her with ''Fantasma Bisbiglio'' ("Ghost Whisperer") and sends her to the Misaki residence. Inside, Kazumi is asleep, while Kaoru and Umika discuss her well-being. Kaoru admits that she had Umika lie about her wish in the separate flashbacks Kazumi was given. Saki arrives, asking them if they know how the Evil Nut will affect Kazumi. They don't know, but Umika suspects that someone else created the Evil Nuts for Yuuri and the Souju twins, so tracking them down should reveal everything. Umika and Kaoru tell her that things are going well "this time", but Saki panics at the idea of another "repeat", and points out that Nico's clone became a witch even though its Soul Gem was clear. She thinks that they are all close to becoming witches themselves.

:Umika reveals that she knows something is amiss with Saki, as she referred to Kazumi as Kazumi-''chan'' (an honorific that Satomi, not Saki, uses). Saki kicks Umika across the room. As Kaoru goes to help her, Umika explains that Saki is under Satomi's control. Saki exclaims that they can't keep Kazumi alive in this state, and that it will be easier if Saki kills her. Kaoru attempts to restrain Saki, but she's incapacitated when Saki drops a chandelier on her. She then goes to murder Kazumi, but manages to break free of Satomi's brainwashing and stabs herself in the leg instead. The blood splashes on Kazumi's face, waking her up. Satomi regains control and has Saki grab Kazumi, teleporting the two of them to a building outside.

:Saki collapses from heavy blood loss, telling Kazumi to run while she still can. Satomi reveals to Kazumi that her memories from Umika were lies. The Pleiades Saints already knew about the origins of witches before meeting Yuuri, because Kazumi herself had become one and died. Her real name is Michiru Kazusa. Satomi and the others have been trying to revive Kazusa by cloning the remnants of her witch and stuffing them into clone bodies, and Kazumi is the thirteenth of those clones. She refers to it as ''Malefica Farce'' ("Witch Stuffing"). Being exposed to Evil Nuts is causing Kazumi to revert to her witch form, and Satomi plans to kill her before that happens. She summons the previous twelve clones of Kazusa from beneath the Freezer and tells them to destroy Kazumi.

=== Chapter 14: "Cannibalism" ===
;Released on February 24, 2012.
:{{Spoiler|Kazumi continues to watch on in disbelief as Satomi says she will tell her what happened to the real Kazumi. The scene flashes back to the past, showing Michiru Kazusa cooking strawberry risotto for a special occasion. In this case, it was for Umika's novel debut titled, ''The Sky of the Seven Stars''. Saki begins to think back to the past and says how a special day reminds her of the day all six formed a contract with Jubey. Umika thanks Michiru for changing her fate and is really glad to have met her. Michiru began shaking and Kaoru assumed she was crying, but then the former's Soul Gem fell to the floor - it had become black and tainted. Michiru's eyes changed to black, the irises changing to spirals. Her gem explodes and Michiru becomes a witch, tearing up Umika's novel and punching a hole in the roof. The girls collapse onto the ground in shock of this revelation, with Satomi saying, "Magical girls... turn into witches?"}}

:{{Spoiler|In the present, Satomi reveals that Yuuri becoming a witch was a lie implanted by Umika. It was Michiru's death that led them to find out the secret of magical girls. She then goes on to explain the Pleiades Saints tried to use their magic in an attempt to revive Michiru, but this resulted in creating clones with witch-like features. Satomi had hoped and thought that Kazumi, the current 13th clone, would do well, but it seems like it failed because she isn't human. Nico and Jubey can be seen watching from outside as Satomi speak, and Nico simply says, "...She told her, huh?" }}

:{{Spoiler|Satomi asks Kazumi if she likes Saki, because even though Saki said she would destroy the failed clones, she couldn't do it because Saki was in love with Michiru. It was too hard for her to kill the clones that shared Michiru's face. Mirai can then be seen eavesdropping from behind a wall. Kyubey can also be seen, observing from further behind Mirai.}}

:{{Spoiler|Saying that they will release Saki from this burden, Satomi possesses Kazumi using ''Fantasma Bisbiglio'' and forces her to attack the clones. Kazumi begs her to stop, but Satomi refuses. Kazumi then begins to use each of the Pleiades' unique magic, such as Umika's barrier, Kaoru's ''Capitano Potenza'' and Saki's thunderbolts. This convinces Kazumi that she is truly made of their magic. She is even able to use Nico's regeneration abilities to absorb the remains of the defeated clones and repair her damaged body, which is slowly becoming witch-like. Satomi responds to this saying that she is "eating" them and declares Kazumi a monster.}}

:{{Spoiler|Eventually, the only clones remaining are Kazumi and a clone with the roman numerals for the number four on her cheek. As the two clash, the fourth clone asks Kazumi to kill her. Kazumi doesn't want to however, but before she can make a decision, Satomi stabs Kazumi through the back and into the other clone's chest with her staff. She apologizes, and then says to herself that she has finally finished off all of the "Kazumis". She giggles with delight the next as the rain continues.}}

=== Chapter 15 ===
'''To be released on March 24, 2012.'''

==Characters==
{{:Kazumi Magica/Characters}}

;[[Pleiades Saints]]
;:[[Kazumi]] (かずみ)
:A girl with amnesia who can't remember anything except her name. Her innocent, cheerful and friendly personalities are in proportion of her lost memories. She is a glutton for delicious foods and was found by Kaoru and Umika who take her in. Her wish was to bring her grandmother out of her coma, but not to cure her illness. {{spoiler|It is eventually revealed that she is actually the 13th clone of the original Kazumi, who turned into a witch and died.}}
;:[[Kaoru Maki]] (牧カオル)
:An athletic soccer player living with Umika. A bright older sister figure who takes good care of things. She wished for a strong, healthy body that would let her play soccer.
;:[[Umika Misaki]] (御崎海香)
:A popular novelist who bought the trio's house with her earnings. Her reliable, mature aura changes completely when there's a deadline looming. She is close to Kaoru and thinks of Kazumi as a little sister. She wished for the chance to meet an editor who would publish her stories.
;:[[Mirai Wakaba]] (若葉みらい)
:She's impulsive and occasionally gives Kazumi a beating, but deep down a caring girl.
;:[[Satomi Usagi]] (宇佐木里美)
:A polite girl who used her wish to gain the ability to talk to animals as she wants to become a vet when she grows up.
;:[[Saki Asami]] (浅海サキ)
:A mature girl that uses thunders to attack. The effective leader of the Pleiades Saints.
;:[[Nico Kanna]] (神流ニコ)
:Her smartphone uses an app created by the Pleiades Saints that can pick up the residual power of witches. She rarely shows emotions.
;:{{Spoiler|'''Michiru Kazusa''' (和紗ミチル)}}
:{{Spoiler|The original Kazumi who saved the Pleiades and made them contract. She eventually turned into a witch and died}}

;Others
;:[[Jubey]] (ジュゥべぇ)
:A fairy (妖精) who contracted the Pleiades Saints, turning them into magical girls. His name is a pun: "ju" is Japanese for ten. Compare with Kyubey, where "kyu" is Japanese for nine. Appears to know Kyubey, as they are seen together at the start of chapter 4.

;:"[[Yuuri]]" (ユウリ)/ Airi Anri 杏里あいり
:A mysterious magical girl that acts antagonistically towards the others, and shares a connection with the mysterious new witches. She is the one who kidnapped Kazumi, created the pseudo-witches of the first two chapters, and has a grudge against the Pleiades Saints. Uses pistols and submachine guns as her weapons (which, contrary to [[Homura]]'s, appear to actually be magical) and can summon a giant bull. She also appears capable of setting up impenetrable force barriers and disguising herself as other people. Chapter 5 reveals that she is actually a girl named [[Airi]] (seen briefly in Chapter 4), and her wish was to become the real Yuuri. She wants revenge against the Pleiades Saints for killing the real Yuuri when she became a witch.

;:[[Yuuri Asuka]] (飛鳥ユウリ)
:The real Yuuri. Before the start of the series, she wished to cure her friend Airi's life-threatening illness. She used her powers to cure the incurable diseases of other people, which caused her to run out of magic and become a witch. She was subsequently destroyed by the Pleiades Saints. Her weapon was a giant hypodermic needle, with multiple needles.

;:[[Kyubey]] (キュゥべえ)
:The same character from the anime, he contracted with Yuuri and Airi. He ultimately manipulated Airi into going after the Pleaides Saints.

;:[[Souichirou Tachibana]] (立花宗一郎)
:The man who found Kazumi in a suitcase after she lost her memory. He is a chef who tried to bomb a mall in revenge after he was tricked and lost his restaurant.

;:[[Ayase Souju]] (双樹あやせ)
:A wandering magical girl. She collects soul gems, and shares a body with Luca Souju. She has powers over fire.

;:[[Luca Souju]] (双樹ルカ)}}
:A magical girl who shares a body with Ayase Souju. She has powers over ice.

;:[[Miyuki Asami]] (浅海美幸)
:Saki's childhood friend, who promised to marry her one day. Before the start of the series, she died when the car she was riding with Saki in crashed into another vehicle. In Chapter 12, it was revealed that she was Saki's younger sister.

;:[[Mami Tomoe]] (巴マミ)
:The same character from the anime, she saved Kazumi from a witch before Kazumi made a contract. By doing so, she helped Jubey meet Kazumi.

;Witches
:The various witches featured in ''Kazumi Magica'' can be found [[Witches in Kazumi Magica|here]].

== Changes and Additions in the Collected Edition ==
[[File:KazumiSoulGemChange.png|right|thumb|300px|One of the many changes made between the magazine and volume versions of Kazumi Magica.]]
=== Volume 1===
* The dust jackets have a silly two page comic with Kazumi, Umika, and Kaoru.
* In the last page of Chapter 1, the {{Spoiler| Evil Nut}} next to the defeated detective is missing. After that there is an additional page with Kazumi and Souichirou Tachibana.
* Chapter 2 changes:
** In the second page, the {{Spoiler|Evil Nut}} is redrawn to be consistent with it's changed appearance in later chapters. The same thing happens in the forty-second page.
** In the third and fourth pages, Kazumi is holding her earring-bell instead of a blank white stone.
** In the thirteenth page, the white stone has been redrawn as a Soul Gem.
** In the fourteenth page, the white stone has been replaced with Kazumi's Soul Gem turning into her earring-bell - this reveals that the earring-bell ''is'' Kazumi's Soul Gem.
** In the eighteenth page, Umika and Kaoru's Soul Gems have been redrawn to be consistent with the appearance of Soul Gems in future chapters and the anime.
** In the nineteenth page, Kaoru's magical girl outfit has been slightly altered. This alteration is also present on the twenty-eighth page. In addition, Umika's Soul Gem is now visible on her forehead in magical girl form, making it consistent with future chapters. The forehead gem is present on the twenty-third, twenty-fifth through twenty-eighth, thirty-seventh, thirty-ninth, fortieth, and forty-second pages.
** In the twenty-seventh page, Kazumi is holding her earring bell instead of looking at her cross weapon. This changes the serialized version's implication that Kazumi's Soul Gem was on her cross.
** An extra page is added at the end of Chapter 2.
* The end of chapter 3 adds a page with design notes for the witch from Chapter 3.
* The end of the manga has a silly three page Omake with Saki, Umika, and Kazumi. It features a single panel appearance of Kaoru, a single panel appearance of Nico, Satomi and Mirai together, and a single panel appearance of Madoka.
* There is also a one-page Q&A with the author.
=== Volume 2===
* The front dust jacket has a parody of the cover, with Tachibana in Kazumi's place and the chef from Yuuri's flashback in Yuuri's place. The back one has an image of the policewoman in Yuuri's outfit.
* On the ninth page in chapter 5, a panel of Jubey has the circular mark on Jubey's head that previously did not.
* On the tenth page in chapter 5, the runes flying around as Yuuri becomes a witch are more clearly visible.
* On the first page of Chapter 6, Kazumi is very slightly redrawn.
* A page with Kazumi and Nico is added after Chapter 7.
* Design sketches for all new characters introduced in the volume are included.
** Notes on Yuuri are added after Chapter 4.
** Notes on Yuuri Asuka's witch are added after Chapter 5.
** Notes on Airi's witch are added after Chapter 6.
** Notes on Ayase and Luca are added after Chapter 8.
* The end of the manga has a one-page Omake with Saki reading one of her romance novels.
* There is also a one-page Q&A with the author.
* Volumes purchased from Toranoana also included a two page short story about Yuuri and Airi, called, "Puella Magi Kazumi Magica Special Edition ~ A Dream-Filled Spoon".
=== Volume 3 ===
* Volumes purchased from Toranoana include a four page short story about the Pleiades Saints titled, "Puella Magi Kazumi Magica Special Edition ~ Rosetta Meteora". Volumes purchased at Wondergoo, Melonbooks and Gamers also received special cards with different illustrations on them for each vendor.

== Observations ==
{{spoilers|media=anime|episode=12}}
* Although initially ''Kazumi Magica'' appeared to have no connection to the anime, it developed a greater connection to the anime over time, culminating in nearly all of the inconsistencies being explained in Chapter 4.
* Kazumi is not set after the events of the anime.
* Food seems to play a major role in ''Kazumi Magica''. Nearly every chapter is titled after something food-related that is mentioned in that chapter (the exception, "Gem Picking", can still be thought of as food related a la "cherry picking"), three of the magical girls are good cooks, and almost all of the magical girls enjoy eating.
* The author's Q&A in volume one shows that the series subtitle "innocent malice" is translated in Japanese as "sinless spite". He also acknowledges his use of food as chapter titles, and says he'll run out of ideas and change them eventually.
* The author of ''Kazumi Magica'', as revealed in the [[Tiro_Finale_Book#Translations|Tiro Finale Book]], wrote the screenplays for the ''Madoka Magica'' Drama CDs ''[[Drama_CD_1|"Memories of you"]]'' and ''[[Drama_CD_3|"Farewell Story"]]''.
** Like [[Mami]], all of the magical girls in ''Kazumi Magica'' use Italian names for their attacks and spells. Interestingly, this seems to have carried over to the Drama CDs that the author wrote the screenplays for - ''"Farewell Story"'' has [[Kyoko]] use an Italian name for one attack, and the author has stated that in ''"Memories of you"'' there was a cut scene where [[Madoka]] used an Italian named attack.
* Each of the first three chapters of ''Kazumi Magica'' are forty-four pages long. Subsequent chapters are twenty-six pages.

== Front Covers ==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="left">
File:The innocent malice 1 001.jpg|Cover of the first volume
File:PMKM_vol2_cover.jpg|Cover of the second volume
File:PMKM vol3 cover.jpg|Cover of the third volume
</gallery>

== See Also ==
* Kazumi's ongoing serialization in the [[Manga_Time_Kirara_Forward_Kazumi_Serialization|Manga Time Kirara Forward]].

==External links==
*[http://www.dokidokivisual.com/madokamagica/kazumi/ Official website for ''Puella Magi Kazumi Magica''] (Japanese)
*[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Manga/PuellaMagiKazumiMagica ''Puella Magi Kazumi Magica'' at TVTropes.org] (English)

[[Category:Manga]]

Kazumi Magica

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[[File:PMKM_chapter1_cover.png|thumb|Cover of Kazumi Magica Chapter 1]]
'''Puella Magi Kazumi Magica: The Innocent Malice''' (魔法少女かずみ☆マギカ～The innocent malice～, ''Mahō Shōjo Kazumi Magica: The innocent malice'') is the first spin-off [[manga]] written by Masaki Hiramatsu and illustrated by Takashi Tensugi. It started serializing in ''[[wikipedia:Manga Time Kirara Forward|Manga Time Kirara Forward]]'' starting January 24, 2011 and features a new set of characters in a different stage from the anime. The first collected volume, containing chapters 1-3, was released on May 12, 2011. The second volume, containing chapters 4-8, was released on October 12, 2011. The third volume, containing chapters 9-13, will be released on March 12, 2012.

==Plot==
Kazumi is surrounded by the darkness, with voice calling her out from somewhere. After she escapes from the darkness that is inside a suitcase, what appears before her eyes are unknown room and unknown man. In that incident, what came across her mind were fragments of memories.

{{Note|As you might guess, the chapter summaries may contain spoilers for the chapter it summarizes, as well as previous ones.}}

=== Chapter 1: "Bad - Guy - Reckon Off" ===
;Released January 24th, 2011.
:A girl awakens inside a suitcase, having forgotten everything except her name, Kazumi. When she opens the suitcase, she finds herself in the home of a man named Souichirou Tachibana. Souichirou explains that he had bought a bomb in an identical suitcase, intending to blow up a shopping mall as an act of revenge against the mall's owner, who tricked him into selling his store. However, he switched his suitcase with another one when he bumped into a mysterious girl. Souichirou gets a phone call offering to trade Kazumi for the bomb at the mall. Kazumi goes along with it to find the identity of her kidnapper. While being taken to the mall in her suitcase, Kazumi asks Souchirou not to set off the bomb, saying that he's a good person. When he finds the other suitcase, Souichirou is stopped by two high school girls (though the next chapter calls them middle-school girls), named Umika and Kaoru. They open the suitcase containing the bomb, starting the timer. At this point, a squad of police officers led by a female detective appear, telling Souchirou he's under arrest. Kazumi breaks out from her suitcase and announces that Souichirou is not a bad person. Souichirou is unable to stop the bomb, which is close to exploding. Kazumi closes her eyes and thinks "Stop the bomb. Bibbity Bobbity Boo", causing her earring bells to glow. At this point, Umika passes the bomb to Kaoru, who kicks it into the air. It then harmlessly explodes into smoke, shocking nearly everyone. The mysterious girl from before, who was watching, mutters that the bomb was supposed to be real.

:At this point, Umika and Kaoru reveal they know Kazumi and take her to Umika's house, where they all live together while their parents are working overseas. Apparently, Kazumi had been missing since the day before. Kazumi is taken to her room and falls asleep. When she wakes up, she finds a note from Umika and Kaoru saying they're out dating and that the detective from before will visit. Kazumi cooks a large meal for herself that she shares with the detective when she arrives. Kazumi then announces that the detective had set up the entire incident with the bomb to make herself look good, and she arrived at Kazumi's house to kill her. The detective agrees, saying that she followed a lead given to her by someone else, and that someone also gave her the power to kill people without leaving decisive evidence. She then transforms into a monster. Kazumi begins getting strange flashbacks as the monster attacks her. When the monster grabs her earring-bell, she suddenly yells at her not to touch it, breaks the monsters wrist, and then transforms into a magical girl. Kazumi defeats the monster with her new powers, which turns her back into a human. The chapter ends with Umika and Kaoru running in to save Kazumi, and Kazumi telling them she can use magic.

=== Chapter 2: "AHA! Dogs" ===
;Released February 24th, 2011.
:Picking up where the last chapter ended, Kazumi falls unconscious, exhausted and hungry. Looking at the detective's unconscious body, Umika and Kaoru find an object that resembles a [[Grief Seed]]. The mysterious girl from before watches, clearly annoyed. Kazumi wakes up, finds a black cat (which might be a reference to the black cat from the anime's opening animation) and comes downstairs to find Umika cooking. Kaoru explains that Umika has writer's block, which causes her to grow horns on her head and act oddly. After eating, Umika takes the girls shopping. While at the mall, Kazumi gets an odd feeling and runs away to find another monster attacking people. Kazumi transforms, causing the monster to recognize her as a magical girl. Kazumi has trouble fighting the monster, which prompts Umika and Kaoru to transform into magical girls themselves. Kazumi remembers that Kaoru would immobilize the monster, while Umika would use her book to read it's mind. However, Kazumi preforms the next step - attacking - too early, which nearly causes the attack to hit Umika. The monster gets away as Kazumi runs to her friends. Kazumi apologizes to them, but they don't seem to mind. When she insists on being punished, they take her to a hair salon where they cut her hair.

:At the salon, Umika explains that there are fairies who scout out magical girls and make contracts that grant them wishes (a silhouette of [[Madoka]] and [[Kyubey]] are seen during this scene). Kaoru says she wished for a healthy body that could always play soccer, while Umika wished for an editor that could appreciate her novels. When Kazumi asks why they didn't wish for success or fame, they reply that they want to achieve those things with their own abilities. Kazumi then asks what her own wish was, but she had never told her friends. The monsters in the current and previous chapter are confirmed to be a new type of [[witch]] that Kaoru and Umika haven't encountered before. At this point, Kazumi's haircut is finished, and is rather messily done. Kazumi says she likes it, saying that it's fine for the "new Kazumi", having distanced herself from the "old Kazumi". When Umika wants to fix the lock of Kazumi's hair that sticks out, Kazumi claims that it's a witch sensor. It seems to have some use, helping Umika learn that the witch is a cosmetic saleswoman, who is attacking girls who have bad skin. When they find and confront the witch, the mysterious girl from before appears and is identified as a magical girl. She quickly leaves, leaving Kazumi, Umika and Kaoru to fight the witch on their own. They defeat her, returning her to normal and making her drop another unusual Grief Seed. Afterward, Kazumi muses that those who become witches aren't always bad people. Umika replies that anyone can become a witch. {{Spoiler|It's implied that she and Kaoru know that, like in the anime, magical girls become witches.}}

=== Chapter 3: "Kazumix" ===
;Released March 24th, 2011.
:The name of the city is revealed to be Asunaro, as Kazumi, Umika, and Kaoru are engaged in battle against an anime-style witch, complete with a barrier and familiars. During the battle, Kazumi hesitates, remembering when she accidentally hit her friends. Because of this, the witch devours Umika and Kaoru and escapes, leaving Kazumi by herself with a mark on her hand. At this point, four other magical girls arrive: Satomi, Mirai, Saki and Nico. It is revealed that the four of them, plus Kazumi, Umika, and Kaoru, make up a seven-member team of magical girls named the Pleiades Saints. They took their name after the [[Wikipedia:Pleiades_(star_cluster)|Pleiades Star Cluster]] (this is a pun in Japanese; "Pleiades Saints" and "Pleiades Star Cluster" are pronounced the same way in Japanese and when written, differ by only one character). Kazumi gets a call from Umika and Kaoru, who are being protected by a barrier created by Umika. However, she can only maintain it for five hours. Umika tells Kazumi to team-up with the other Saints to find the witch. When Kazumi feels bad about what happened to Umika and Kaoru, Mirai hits her on the head, saying that they're the only ones who can help them. (This is a running gag that re-occurs through the chapter). The five of them use their Soul Gems to find the witch, while Kazumi remarks that her witch detector hair doesn't seem to be working.

:Satomi speaks to a cat, revealing that her wish was to be able to talk to animals so she could become a veterinarian. The cat reveals that the mark on Kazumi's hand has been planted around the city (it seems distinct from the witch's symbol, however). Nico reveals that they designed a smartphone application that picks up the wavelengths from witches and transfers them into Soul Gems, making the witches easier to track down. The girls split up, but they are tricked by the mysterious girl from before who disguises herself as Satomi. She then leads Kazumi away from the others. When she reveals herself, Kazumi recognizes her as the one who put her in the suitcase. The girl announces she will kill Kazumi and summons a giant bull. She then creates a number of pistols and sub-machine guns, [[Mami]]-style, and fires them, pinning Kazumi to a wall. Realizing they've been tricked, the other four magical girls arrive in time to help Kazumi. The mysterious magical girl escapes. Back at Umika's house, Saki finds that the mark left behind by the witch is the mark of a bookmobile, and that the appearance of the marks matches the bookmobile's schedule. They rush off to find the witch (after Kazumi cooks a large meal for them). Kazumi brings a bag of candy with her for Umika and Kaoru. Kazumi is told to wait outside the barrier, while the other magical girls incapacitate the witch. Once giving the signal from an electronic communicator, Kazumi will then fire into the barrier, destroying the witch. The plan hits a snag when Nico's communicator is broken, prompting Umika to use flute candy from Kazumi's bag to contact her. Kazumi successfully destroys the witch and reunites with Umika and Kaoru. Saki finds that the witch used an abandoned car to make it's barrier, while Nico collects the witch's Grief Seed which looks like the ones in the anime. {{Spoiler|Their expressions in this scene carry the subtle implication that they also know magical girls become witches.}} As they celebrate their victory, they are watched by something that resembles a black cat mixed with Kyubey.

=== Chapter 4: "Evil Nuts" ===
;Released April 23rd, 2011.
:As Kazumi and the others celebrate their victory from the previous chapter, the Kyubey look-alike continues to watch, right next to Kyubey himself. Kyubey asks "Do you think things will go well this time, Pleiades?" while the look-alike grins. The look-alike then jumps down to meet Kazumi and he is introduced as Jubey, the fairy who made the Pleiades Saints magical girls. Jubey purifies the Pleaides Soul Gems, apparently consuming the darkness they expelled. He then devours the Grief Seed from the witch fought in the previous chapter. However, when the Pleiades give him the Grief Seeds from the witches in the first two chapters, he rejects them, revealing that they aren't Grief Seeds at all. The witches fought in the first two chapters were in fact pseudo-witches, created by imitation Grief Seeds known as an "Evil Nuts". The Pleiades quickly deduce that the mysterious magical girl created the Evil Nuts. The mysterious girl then promptly appears and incapacitates the magical girls. She introduces herself as Yuuri and appears to bear a grudge against the Pleiades. She takes off with Kazumi, leaving behind a letter telling the others that if they want Kazumi back, they have to come to Asunaro Dome at midnight.

:While being held hostage by Yuuri, Kazumi asks why she's attacking everyone. Yuuri refuses to answer, but during the conflict she flashes back to an unknown girl, which provokes an emotional reaction in her. Back at the Misaki residence, the Pleiades try to understand Yuuri's motivations. Nico then claims that Yuuri is "at her limit", and that something will happen if she uses too much magic {{Spoiler|- it is not stated but heavily implied that she means Yuuri is in danger of becoming a witch.}} At the dome, Yuuri welcomes the Pleaides Saints, showing that Kazumi is trapped in a chair. When they try to rescue her, they're blocked by a force-field. Yuuri then announces that she will plant one of her Evil Nuts into Kazumi. When Kazumi begs her to stop, Yuuri laughs and tells Kazumi that she knows nothing about the Pleaides Saints. She then takes off her hat, which causes Umika to recognize her. Yuuri announces she wants vengeance and the chapter ends with her shoving the Evil Nut into Kazumi's forehead.

=== Chapter 5: "Magicallabbiata" ===
;Released May 24th, 2011.
:The chapter picks up where the previous one left off. The Evil Nut enters into Kazumi's forehead, causing her to let out a burst of power that lets her break out of the chair while reforming her hat and growing a long cloak in the process. Kazumi fights with Yuuri again, but is still overpowered. Yuuri claims that the other Pleiades had killed her, and says that they're a group that kills magical girls. She then reveals that the Pleiades took away the most important thing to her, so she's going to take away the most important thing to them - Kazumi. At this point, Yuuri's blackened Soul Gem begins to crack. Saki tells Juubey to clean Yuuri's gem. Juubey begins spinning but is shot by Yuuri, stopping him. Nico quietly says Yuuri's Soul Gem has hatched as it turns into a Grief Seed, falling into Kazumi's hand. Kyubey watches from afar as Yuuri transforms into a heart-shaped witch. The Pleiades Saints are trapped on crosses in her barrier. In shock, Kazumi wonders why witches come out of Soul Gems. Vines begin surrounding the Pleiades causing them to scream out in pain. As they're being tortured, we suddenly see the girl from Yuuri's flashback in the previous chapter.

:The story then flashes back to the past. The girl from Yuuri's flashback is seen lying in a hospital bed, with Yuuri watching. We learn her name is Airi, and she only has three months left to live. Yuuri asks Airi if she wants to keep living. Airi says yes, saying she wishes to live longer and wanting to eat lots of delicious things with Yuuri. Yuuri hands her a spoon, saying it's charm filled with dreams. She tells Airi to wait until she comes back. We then find that Airi has been miraculously cured of her illness. As she tearfully hugs Yuuri, Airi says that the spoon must have been magic. The truth seems to be something different as Kyubey's silhouette is seen in the window. Later at school, Yuuri and Airi talk about an upcoming cooking contest. Airi says she'll treat Yuuri to a restaurant (which turns out to belong to Souichirou Tachibana) if she wins the contest before handing her back the spoon, asking it to help Yuuri. The contest appears to be a cooking contest, which has the same symbol from Yuuri's letter in the previous chapter. However, Yuuri is missing when the final round starts (At this point we also learn her last name is Asuka). As Airi looks for her, she finds herself in the barrier of a giant witch that resembles a hypodermic needle. The Pleiades Saints arrive and quickly destroy the witch with giant arrows (that look like the arrow that sent Yuuri's letter in the previous chapter). Kazumi is not among them. As Airi thanks the Saints for saving her, they tell her to forget what she saw, and to watch out for dark alleys and Witch's Kisses. When the Saints leave, Airi finds that the witch dropped Yuuri's spoon when it was destroyed. Kyubey appears and tells Airi that the witch was Yuuri, causing her to scream.

:That night, Kyubey explains what happened in detail. Yuuri's wish was to cure Airi's illness. We see her in magical girl form, holding a giant hypodermic needle. In addition to fighting witches, she also used her magic to cure incurable diseases. This ultimately caused her to use too much magic and turn into a witch. In fact, she transformed right in front of the Pleiades Saints. Crying, Airi asks why the Pleiades didn't try to help Yuuri, cursing herself for thanking the people who killed her. Kyubey says he'll grant Airi's wish and turn her into a magical girl. Airi says she won't forgive the Pleiades Saints and wishes to take over Yuuri's life; to turn into Yuuri. Kyuubey says her wish has surpassed entropy as Airi changes to look like Yuuri - the Yuuri seen in previous chapters,. Airi/Yuuri then is seen on a skyscraper, crushing the head of what appears to be a familiar while laughing madly. She asks Kyubey for the names of the people that killed the real Yuuri. Kyubey says that they're the Pleaides Saints. Airi/Yuuri mocks their name and announces she'll kill all of them, making them pay for the real Yuuri.

=== Chapter 6: "Loss Parfait" ===
;Released June 24th, 2011.
:As we see Yuuri laughing from the end of the previous chapter, the story suddenly returns to the present. Apparently, the flashback in the previous chapter was a vision shown to the Pleiades by the witch. Kazumi begs Airi that she doesn't want to fight, but the witch attacks her, seemingly cutting off her head. Kazumi is then seen catching what would have been the fatal blow in her teeth, biting that part of the witch off. The influence of the Evil Nut causes Kazumi's body to change, and she attacks the witch with elongated hands, eventually breaking free from her cross. Kazumi's bell then rings, causing her to collapse and return to normal. Kazumi then tries to use her magic to turn Airi back to normal. Shockingly, even though the witch continues to attack Kazumi, Airi's (or more precisely, Yuuri's) body comes out of the witch. Still attached to the witch, she speaks entirely in runes, repeating the final spell she attempted to use on Kazumi. At that point, Saki shoots her, freeing the other Pleiades.

:As the magical girls gear up to attack, Kazumi protests, saying that Airi wasn't a bad person because she dedicated her life for a friend. Mirai tells Kazumi that they know, and that's why they have to kill her. Juubey then appears, telling Kazumi that Airi is no longer a magical girl, but a witch. He further states "We don't understand how, but sometimes one of these appear. Their gems go out of control." Finally, he says that it's impossible to turn witches back to normal, and the only choice is to kill them. Kazumi says there's no way she can do it. Saki says she knows, and tells Kazumi she doesn't have to dirty her hands. One by one, the Pleiades attack the witch as Kazumi begs them to stop. Finally, Satomi apologizes, saying all they can do is prevent the witch from hurting anyone. Kaoru then says only they have to carry that burden, and they'll finish this by themselves. The Pleiades are shown to clearly be as pained by this as Kazumi is. Kazumi then uses Limit Estern, aiming straight for the witch. Just before the blow hits, she says Yuuri's name. The witch is then destroyed, the spoon drops to the ground, and the barrier collapses. As Kazumi picks up the spoon, she says she'll share the burden with the Pleiades, and then cries into Umika's arms.

:Kazumi is then seen walking back home with Umika and Kaoru. She tells them to go home ahead of her, saying she wants to be alone. Kazumi then notices none other than Souichirou Tachibana, closing his shop. Her serves her a bucket of parfait, much to her delight, and reveals that he was the made the manager of a new store. Kazumi then has a vision of Airi and Yuuri enjoying the parfait, prompting her to suggest that Souichirou should put the desert on the menu. Souchirou declines, saying it's not profitable. As Kazumi continues to eat, she suddenly begins crying, saying that Yuuri and Airi couldn't have eaten this. Eventually she falls alseep. Souchirou pulls a blanket over her and puts the parfait on the menu. The chapter ends with the sleeping Kazumi holding Yuuri and Airi's spoon.

=== Chapter 7: "Gem Picking" ===
;Released July 23, 2011.
:The chapter begins with the Kaoru, Saki, Mirai, and Satomi. confronting a magical girl named Sumire Akane. Sumire recognizes Kaoru from training together at the training center (revealing to the reader Kaoru's last name, Maki). Kaoru apologizes and uses a spell called "Tocco del Mare" (Touch of the Sea) as Akane screams. The scene cuts to another girl watching the Pleiades from afar who mentions that she's glad she stopped in Asunaro before going to Mitakihara. She watches as all the magical girls detransform, and the Pleiades hold out their Soul Gems. As she pulls out her own Soul Gem, she says that she wants the Pleiades. The next morning, Kazumi thanks Souchirou for the food, and becomes overjoyed when he puts the bucket of parfait on the menu. She leaves when she spies Nico and Juubey walking.

:Kazumi asks Nico what she's doing, and she evasively answers that she's witch hunting. Kazumi elects to go with her, and they enter Asunaro's amusement park. Kazumi mentions that the Pleaides were trying to be kind to her by hiding the truth about witches. Nico then says that Kazumi doesn't have her memories back. Kazumi acknowledges this, and wonders if she hit her head in the trunk; if Airi had erased her memories they would be coming back. She then asks if there's anything that can bring back her memories. Nico says they aren't all happy memories and Kazumi might have had plenty of regrets. She says this while looking at an American news article about a Japanese kid shooting other people. Kazumi says that she's fine with it, and doesn't want to run away from that part of herself. Nico says that they should talk about this with everyone else later, before turning around to confront the girl that was watching the Pleaides from earlier in the chapter. Introducing herself as Ayase Souju, she reveals that she collects Soul Gems "because they shine with the light of life". Nico calls her hobby disgusting. Ayase counters by saying the Pleiades are gem picking too. She refers offhandedly to Sumire, saying she was only slightly dirty, and didn't bother anyone. Nico is silent (it's possible that she wasn't present during the incident), while Kazumi is confused. Ayase then reveals her intention to add the Pleaides to her collection. Nico and Ayase proceed to transform.

:Ayase's weapon is a sword, and she throws fireballs. Nico dodges, turns her fingers into bullets, and fires them. Ayase deflects the bullets only to find herself being surrounded by a horde of Nicos. Juubey tells Kazumi that Nico wished for "regeneration", which gave her the power to deconstruct materials and reconstruct it as other objects - the other Nicos were literally made from bricks. Nico reveals that finger missiles and clones are her specialties. Ayase throws another flurry of fireballs, burning the Nico clones to bits. At that point, the real Nico appears, grabs Ayase's Soul Gem, and uses "Tocco del Mare". Ayase abruptly detransforms, while Nico continues to hold Ayase's Soul Gem. When asked, she tells Kazumi she only stunned Ayase. Ayase then begins speaking and attacks Nico point-blank with an ice spell, reclaiming her Soul Gem. She then transforms again, but has a different outfit. Kazumi asks Juubey if magical girls can transform twice, but Juubey claims there are two of her. The girl reveals that she is Luca Souju, and that both her and Ayase share the same body as two souls. As Kazumi wonders if Ayase/Luca is a magical girl with a split personality, a wounded Nico says Souju (meaning "twin trees") must represent their body. Luca just smiles.

=== Chapter 8: "Tempura Ice-Cream" ===
;Released August 24th, 2011.
:Luca asks for Kazumi's name, threatening to take her Soul Gem. She claims that she has to collect Soul Gems or else she won't be able to coexist with Ayase. Juubey then claims that girls who lose their Soul Gems lose their magic and can even die (which is true, in a sense). Kazumi attacks Luca, but Luca uses "Cazzo Freddo" to freeze her. She notices the rarity of Kazumi's Soul Gem (her earring bell) not being located on her body, and tries to get ahold of it. Kazumi tells her not to touch it, suddenly unfreezing herself and hitting Luca in her Soul Gem. Luca then uses both her Soul Gems to be Ayase and Luca at the same time. Kazumi fires at her with Limiti Esterni while Ayase/Luca uses a new attack named "Pici Generati". The Soujus' attack makes it through and hits Kazumi, sending her flying. Watching the battle from afar, Nico receives a telepathic message from Saki, checking if Nico has taken Ayase/Luca's Soul Gem. Nico responds in the negative before asking Juubey what "Pici Generati" means. He believes it means "Twin Peaks". Kazumi then receives a telepathic message from Nico asking her to get hit more with "Pici Generati". After watching Ayase/Luca's power, she picks up Kazumi and flees with her and Juubey inside a roller coaster.

:Nico tells Kazumi that Ayase/Luca's attack creates an explosion through their perfectly synchronized fire and ice magic. They are capable of this because they use the same body. Kazumi doesn't understand this, causing Nico to use tempura ice cream as a metaphor. Nico then claims that they have to do something similar with her own magic. This prompts Jubey to say that Kazumi's powers are "sacrilege" but he quickly corrects himself and says it's "destruction" (they are alternate character readings of the same word). He continues saying that Kazumi's magic and Nico's reconstruction magic are like hot and cold. They encounter Ayase/Luca again and all three of them fire. The Soujus' attack sends them flying, prompting Nico and Kazumi to try and combine their magic. Their magic hits Ayase/Luca own attack, but it fails to negate it. Nico and Kazumi flee again through an underground 'Staff Only' tunnel, as Nico comments that the Soujus are better synchronized. Suddenly, Nico, Kazumi and Juubey trip with a broom and fall, prompting them to shout in pain simultaneously. This gives them an idea. When Ayase/Luca comes across them, Kazumi and Nico are holding hands. The Soujus fire "Pici Generati" again, but this time when Kazumi and Nico combine their magic Juubey bites their hands. This causes them to become synchronized, pushing their magic tight through Ayase/Luca's and causing an explosion that sends them to the surface.

:Kazumi tells the Soujus that they've lost, but they respond by pulling out a box of Evil Nuts. They throw two of them at Nico and Kazumi, but Saki appears and catches them in mid-air. The other Pleiades jump down behind Kazumi, as Saki asks where the Soujus got the Evil Nuts. Ayase/Luca laughs instead of answering and tells the Pleiades to kill them, calling them "magical girl hunters". Shocked, Kazumi asks what she means. Kaoru says they aren't murderers, but because they can't let the Soujus go they're taking they're Soul Gems. Saki tells Kaoru not to use "Tocco del Mare" in front of Kazumi, but Nico says that Kazumi already saw her use it. Kaoru says that Ayase and Luca's Soul Gems are at their limit and pulls out both their gems. Kazumi, near tears, asks what's going on, reminding the Pleiades that she agreed to carry their burdens with them. Although Saki objects, Umika agrees to tell Kazumi about the truth of the Pleiades Saints. Suddenly Satomi notices that Nico has fallen to her knees, and her Soul Gem is glowing. Satomi backs into Kaoru, prompting her to turn around. Satomi calls Nico's name as a witch appears, creating a barrier filled with skyscrapers and familiars that resemble shooting targets in firing ranges. Nico's body is floating in the air in front of the witch.

=== Chapter 9: "The Freezer" ===
;Released September 24th, 2011
:As Nico's Soul Gem cracks, we see background text of her thinking that that she'll die without a trace, and she wants everyone to remember. She thinks she doesn't want to kill anyone anymore. The runes coming out of her Soul Gem read "We have no future as long as he's around." The next page has a cover image of a golden-eyed Nico holding a gun, asking to be killed. The Pleiades are shocked to discover Nico has become a witch. Repeatedly shouting "Cut", the witch turns her hands into a single pair of scissors. Kaoru transforms and blocks the attack using ''Capitano Potenza'' ("Captain Power"), which encases her arms in a black metallic substance. The witch fires projectiles from its body. Kaoru turns to the others and tells them not to stand there. Umika encases herself, Kazumi, and Satomi in a barrier. Saki pushes Mirai in, but is wounded. Mirai flips out and uses her attack ''La Bestia'' ("The Beasts") causing an army of teddy-bears to appear and chew on the witch. When the witch throws them off, Mirai uses ''La Bestia Refare'' ("Remake the Beast"). The bears start hugging each other and turn into a giant bear that Mirai jumps on. The bear pounces on the witch and pulls it into a bear hug. Mirai leaps into the air, turns her wand into a giant sword, and cuts both the bear and the witch in half. The witch dies, yelling "Cut" one last time. She drops a Grief Seed (which notably looks different than Nico's Soul Gem)

:Mirai asks Saki if she's alright, but she's still processing Nico's death. Mirai tells her she had to do it, but is interrupted by Satomi screaming that she doesn't want to die or turn into a witch. Jubey and Umika look at the Grief Seed, as Umika wonders how did things turn out like this. Kazumi takes the hand of Nico's body and finds it's cold. As she shouts Nico's name, a voice says "You called?" Everyone is shocked to see another Nico standing behind them. As Kazumi asks what's going on, the other Nico walks up to the first Nico's body, puts her arm around her neck, and with a disturbing expression says "Switch". She then touches the hair of the body, and it's face suddenly vanishes. Jubey, a disturbing grin on his face, says that the body was Nico's "spare" and "compensation for Nico's contract". Kaoru asks why Nico didn't tell them. Nico says that to deceive an enemy, you have to deceive your allies. Kaoru punches her, then gives her a hug. Nico then says they should cut to the chase. Kaoru tells Saki Kazumi can handle it.

:The scene switches to Mirai's teddy bear museum, "Angelica Bears". Mirai says that in Japanese it's called "Ashitaba" (literally "tomorrow's leaf") and says that Kazumi came up with the name. As they walk inside, they step onto a magic circle. Umika holds out her ring, suddenly transporting them all somewhere else. Umika tells Kazumi that the museum was born from them meeting with her. The walk up to a giant door, which opens into a giant room filled with girls floating in tanks. The middle of the room contains a pile of Soul Gems. Umika explains that after they take Soul Gems, they put the empty shells of the magical girls into "the Freezer". We see one of the girls has a nametag, reading Kaede Hinata in English. Kazumi says that Ayase was right, and asks why they're doing this. Jubey says that it's their response to the magical girl system, which is full of contradictions: Rejection.

=== Chapter 10: "Bibbity Bobbity Boo" ===
;Released October 24, 2011

''(Note: The original Japanese title is "Chichinpurin", which is a pun on “Chichinpui", a stock magical incantation in Japanese. "Chichinpurin" has been translated throughout the series as “Bibbity Bobbity Boo”. In keeping with the food puns in the chapter titles, “purin” means “pudding”.)''
:Picking up from the end of the last chapter, Umika explains that witches are the end state of magical girls. (While she's speaking Oktavia is briefly seen, as is Sayaka in silhouette). Umika tells Kazumi that they lied to her when they said that sometimes the Soul Gems of magical girls go out of control. Jubey, grinning, explains that Soul Gems are the extracted souls of magical girls. Kaoru admits that they're like zombies, but it's preferable to dying to a witch in one shot. Jubey then says that the Pleiades refuse to fight without feeling pain. Kaoru responds by saying that if they do that they'll cease being human. Umika explains that the magical girls they capture are placed in a barrier that separates them from their Soul Gems and puts them in suspended animation, preventing them from becoming witches. Kaoru says they hope to find a way to completely clean the gems and turn them back into humans. Until then, they'll keep fighting. This is their "rejection" of the magical girl system. Nico then takes out a container that has the Soujus, their Soul Gems, and the Soul Gem and body of another magical girl. The bodies of the magical girls have been shrunken to the point where they can be picked up by one hand. Nico puts into two new containers, saying they "will keep on waiting for the prince's kiss." Kazumi asks when everyone found out about the connection between magical girls and wishes. Umika touches her forehead to Kazumi's, telling her to remember everything.

:The story flashes back into the past. Umika, Kaoru, Satomi, Mirai, Nico, and Saki are standing on a catwalk. They are all displaying a witch's kiss on their necks. It then shows the "despair" of each Pleiade:
::Umika wrote a draft for a novel that was taken by her editor and released under the authorship of a top idol to rave reviews. When the editor calls her to ask if they can look forward to her next work, Umika drops the phone in shock.
::Kaoru was injured in a soccer game that left her on crutches. The girl who injured her is then rushed to the hospital Kaoru was recovering in. It turns out that girl was bullied for ruining Kaoru's career and tried to kill herself. Kaoru screams when she overhears this.
::Satomi is given a cat on her third birthday, which she names Sare. Years later, she goes out and leaves it alone in her house, despite it's protests. It's then seen in a veterinarian's office, dead. The vets says that if the cat was brought here earlier it might have survived, prompting Satomi to think that this wouldn't have happened if she had just listened.
::Mirai is shown at school wearing glasses. The other students want nothing to do with her. As she walks home, Mirai clutches her teddy-bear saying, she's not lonely because she has all of them. We then find that her room is filled with teddy-bears. As she begins sewing one of them, admits she wants friends and starts crying.
::Nico is shown as a little kid, playing with her neighbors and a loaded gun. She is promptly revealed to be the Japanese kid from the news article in Chapter 7. The gun goes off, the bullet bouncing off a vase and killing her neighbors. Nico cries.
::Saki is shown as a child. A girl Miyuki shows off her lily of the valley flower. Miyuki says her dream was to grow lots of flowers and use them as a bouquet in her wedding. Saki says that dream won't come true, because she thinks no man is good enough for Miyuki. Miyuki hugs Saki and says that she'll marry her. Years later, Miyuki and Saki are caught in a horrible car crash. Miyuki is killed by a piece of glass lodged in her throat. Saki can only say Miyuki's name.

:The story then returns to the girls standing on the catwalk. They jump off, as a voice says, "Everyone should just die." The voice is cut-off by a familiar spell with ribbons wrapping around the girls, stopping their fall. Their savior is none other than Kazumi, who says, "Ciao! You suicidal girls!"

=== Chapter 11: "Dead or Rice" ===
;Released on November 24th, 2011.
:Continuing the previous chapter's flashback, Kazumi opens up a witch's barrier around herself and the girls. Familiars appear and start attacking the normal girls while Kazumi watches. Kaoru tries to use her crutch to fight them off, but falls down. Umika shields her with her body. Mirai does something similar for Saki. Satomi asks why Kazumi isn't helping. Kazumi responds by asking why they don't want to be eaten if they want to die. She then pulls six firearms from her hat and drops them on the ground. The familiars combine, revealing that they were actually a witch. The girls pick up the weapons, Satomi saying she doesn't want to die and Nico musing she can't run away from guns. They fire at the witch, deflating it like a balloon. It re-inflates itself and charges. Kazumi stops the witch with her cross, saying that "As long as you keep trying to live, you won't fall into despair" and that there's always hope. She then fires "Limit Esterni", destroying the witch.

:As the barrier disappears, Saki asks "What was that?" A silhouette appears behind her, looking similar to Kyubey. It turns out to be Jubey, who says that was Magical Girl Kazumi, who hunts witches. A loud growling noise is heard, which turns out to be Kazumi being hungry. It's revealed that her ahoge was absent in the past (though the symbol is still on her hat and earring-bell). The scene changes to Kazumi's house, where she eats with the Pleiades. She talks about how her grandmother said that people eat plants and animals to live, and so they have a duty to them to keep living. She asks the girls about her strawberry risotto, which was passed down from her grandmother. When they respond positively, Kazumi says that her grandmother would be happy to hear that. Saki asks where her grandmother is now, prompting Kazumi to reveal that she had passed away. She tells them not to worry.

:Kazumi point to a book with Umika, asking her if that's the book that plagiarized her story. After reading the book Kazumi says it's bad because the main character wastes food like "The Girl who Trod on the Loaf" (a fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen). Umika suddenly becomes animated and agrees, saying the scene wasn't in her draft. She then explains that the rule of villains is that the one who wastes food is a villain and can't be left alive - revealing the source of the brief flashback Kazumi had in Chapter 1. Kazumi says she never heard of that, but agrees. She tells Umika to keep writing, because other than the main character the story was good. As Kazumi goes to get desert, Saki asks her how she became a magical girl.

:Kazumi explains she became a magical girl the day her grandmother died. The story flashes back again to Kazumi's past. She narrates that she was studying abroad when she learned that her grandmother's condition became critical. While hurrying home, she ran straight into a witch's barrier. Fortunately, she's saved by a surprise appearance from Mami Tomoe, who muses that she can't take it easy even on a trip. Mami destroys the witch with "Tiro Finale". When Kazumi thanks her, Mami tells her to get going and be careful. As Kazumi leaves Jubey is strangely seen by Mami's feet. At Kazumi's home, a doctor explains that her grandmother only has a few days left unless she's hooked up to a respiratory machine and it's unlikely that she'll wake up. Kazumi says that her grandmother would never want to go on life support. Later and alone with her grandmother, Kazumi starts crying and says that she wants her grandmother to open her eyes, just once more. Jubey appears on the windowsill, saying that he can grant her wish if she makes a contract and becomes a magical girl.

=== Chapter 12: "Pleiades" ===
;Released on December 24th, 2011.
:Jubey tells Kazumi being a magical girl is difficult. Kazumi is fine with that and wishes for her grandmother to return to her normal self as long as she remains alive. Jubey asks if she's fine with not curing her grandmother's illness. Kazumi says she wants to, but it wouldn't be respecting her way of life. The contract is established. Kazumi's grandmother wakes up, asking if it's a dream. Kazumi says it's her last dream, and asks her grandmother if she can teach her how to make strawberry risotto. Kazumi spends the day learning cooking skills and advice from her grandmother. She tells Kazumi that people can't fall into dispair as she gives Kazumi her earring-bell; the same earring-bell Kazumi has worn throughout the series. The flashback in a flashback ends as Kazumi says her grandmother went to heaven the next day. (She incidentally reveals the name of her cat, Toto.)

:Saki asks why Kazumi didn't just wish her grandmother to be healthy, saying Kazumi is now all alone. Kazumi says her grandmother will always be in her heart, just like Miyuki will be in Saki's heart (Miyuki here is revealed to be Saki's sister). Mriai asks if she can be a magical girl. Jubey tells her she can if she accepts her fate of fighting witches. Mirai says she can accept anything. Umika, Kaoru, Satomi, Nico and Saki quickly chime in agreement. Kazumi cheers over having new friends. Mirai questions the fact that she's a friend, prompting Saki to thank Mirai for protecting her. Jubey tells the girls to give him their wishes. Mirai says her wish was already granted by having friends. Saki suggests wishing for the friends that have always protected her - Mirai's teddy bears. She points to a number on it, asking Mirai if it's her 666th friends. When Mirai asks how Saki knew, Saki explains that her sister did the same thing. Mirai decides to wish for a museum for all her teddy bears. Kazumi suggests calling it "Angelica Bears" which is a pun on Mirai's name and the Ashitaba plant (Mirai's name means "Future Young Leaf", Ashitaba means "Tomorrow's Leaf" and is in the Angelica genus).

:Satomi then wishes to talk to animals. Nico whispers her wish to Jubey, embarrassed to say it aloud. Saki wishes for her sister's flower to bloom forever. Umika wishes for an editor to recognize and handle her works preciously. Kaoru wants to help the people that were hurt in the match where she had her injury. Kazumi asks her about her injuries, but Kaoru says she'll just return to the field with her current legs. The contracts are completed, and Kazumi names their team the Pleiades Saints. The scene cuts to the girls fighting a witch. Kaoru destroys it with her spiked shoes. Jubey asks about her strengthened magical girl body. Kaoru is very happy about it. Kazumi calls Kaoru's attack ''Capitano Potenza'' ("Captain Power"), and reveals she wants everyone to call their attacks, even recording them in a book. Kazumi reveals that she's following the lead of Mami Tomoe and says she won't cook for the girls if they don't do it. Saki then notices Kazumi's earrings are missing. Kazumi guesses she lost them in the battle, but admits it's okay because her grandmother won't disappear from her heart. Later on Kazumi receives a new pair of the earrings. Kaoru explains that Saki asked her dad to get them while he was on a business trip. Kazumi thanks Saki, while Mirai has a sad or angry expression on her face.

:Later, Kaoru and the other Pleiades (except Kazumi) wonder why Kazumi is late, having been told Kazumi was bringing a new friend. Jubey appears, saying a witch's barrier is nearby. They run to Asunaro Dome, where they see Yuuri Asuka transform into a witch. After the battle the girls are stunned. Satomi asks if magical girls turn into witches. Jubey explains how witches are created, and says his job is to gather the energy form the conversion of hope to despair. Kaoru grabs Jubey while he explains that immature witches should be called magical girls. Suddenly Umika grabs Jubey and slams her head against him. A laser fires from her eye into his. Jubey falls down and asks why Umika is looking scary. Umika explains to Kaoru that she rewrote Jubey's memories, preventing him from making contracts. The story then returns to the present. Kazumi says she remembers hunting magical girls after Yuuri, but then suddenly falls over. The symbol for the Evil Nuts appears in her eyes. Satomi looks on in shock, as Kaoru says everyone's tired. Umika leads Kazumi out as Kaoru says they should rest for the day. Saki remains in the Freezer, looking at the pile of Soul Gems. They include two Evil Nuts. We then find Satomi is walking up behind her. Saki asks why Satomi is there. Satomi pulls her hand to her mouth and says: "Saki, let's kill Kazumi." The last panel has Satomi giving a sinister grin.

=== Chapter 13: "Malefica Farce" ===
;Released on January 24th, 2012.
: Satomi tells Saki that they can't afford to let Kazumi live as long as she's infected by the Evil Nut. Saki refuses, as she loves Kazumi too much to hurt her. Satomi then grabs Saki and brainwashes her with ''Fantasma Bisbiglio'' ("Ghost Whisperer") and sends her to the Misaki residence. Inside, Kazumi is asleep, while Kaoru and Umika discuss her well-being. Kaoru admits that she had Umika lie about her wish in the separate flashbacks Kazumi was given. Saki arrives, asking them if they know how the Evil Nut will affect Kazumi. They don't know, but Umika suspects that someone else created the Evil Nuts for Yuuri and the Souju twins, so tracking them down should reveal everything. Umika and Kaoru tell her that things are going well "this time", but Saki panics at the idea of another "repeat", and points out that Nico's clone became a witch even though its Soul Gem was clear. She thinks that they are all close to becoming witches themselves.

:Umika reveals that she knows something is amiss with Saki, as she referred to Kazumi as Kazumi-''chan'' (an honorific that Satomi, not Saki, uses). Saki kicks Umika across the room. As Kaoru goes to help her, Umika explains that Saki is under Satomi's control. Saki exclaims that they can't keep Kazumi alive in this state, and that it will be easier if Saki kills her. Kaoru attempts to restrain Saki, but she's incapacitated when Saki drops a chandelier on her. She then goes to murder Kazumi, but manages to break free of Satomi's brainwashing and stabs herself in the leg instead. The blood splashes on Kazumi's face, waking her up. Satomi regains control and has Saki grab Kazumi, teleporting the two of them to a building outside.

:Saki collapses from heavy blood loss, telling Kazumi to run while she still can. Satomi reveals to Kazumi that her memories from Umika were lies. The Pleiades Saints already knew about the origins of witches before meeting Yuuri, because Kazumi herself had become one and died. Her real name is Michiru Kazusa. Satomi and the others have been trying to revive Kazusa by cloning the remnants of her witch and stuffing them into clone bodies, and Kazumi is the thirteenth of those clones. She refers to it as ''Malefica Farce'' ("Witch Stuffing"). Being exposed to Evil Nuts is causing Kazumi to revert to her witch form, and Satomi plans to kill her before that happens. She summons the previous twelve clones of Kazusa from beneath the Freezer and tells them to destroy Kazumi.

=== Chapter 14: "Cannibalism" ===
;Released on February 24, 2012.
:{{Spoiler|Kazumi continues to watch on in disbelief as Satomi says she will tell her what happened to the real Kazumi. The scene flashes back to the past, showing Michiru Kazusa cooking strawberry risotto for a special occasion. In this case, it was for Umika's novel debut with a book called, ''The Sky of the Seven Stars''. Saki begins to think back to the past and says how a special day reminds her of the day all six formed a contract with Jubey. Umika thanks Michiru for changing her fate and is really glad to have met her. Michiru began shaking and Kaoru assumed she was crying, but then the former's Soul Gem fell to the floor - it had become black and tainted. Michiru's eyes changed to black, the irises changing to spirals. Her gem explodes and Michiru becomes a witch, tearing up Umika's novel and punching a hole in the roof. The girls sit on the ground in shock, while Satomi says, "Magical girls turn into witches?"}}

:{{Spoiler|In the present, Satomi reveals that Yuuri becoming a witch was a lie implanted by Umika. It was Michiru's death that led them to find out the secret of magical girls. She then explains the Pleiades Saints tried to use their magic in an attempt to revive Michiru, but this resulted in creating the clones with witch-like features. Satomi had hoped and thought that Kazumi, the current clone, would do well, but it seems like it failed because she isn't human. Nico and Jubey can be seen watching from outside as Satomi speak, and Nico says, "...She told her, huh." }}

:{{Spoiler|Satomi asks Kazumi if she likes Saki, because even though Saki said she would destroy the failed clones, she couldn't do it because Saki was in love with Michiru. It was too hard for her to kill the clones that shared Michiru's face. Mirai can then be seen watching from behind a wall. Kyubey can also be seen, observing from further behind Mirai.}}

:{{Spoiler|Saying that they will release Saki from this burden, Satomi possesses Kazumi using Fantasma Bisbiglio and forces her to attack the clones. Kazumi begs her to stop, but Satomi refuses. Kazumi then begins to use each of the Pleiades' unique magic, such as Umika's barrier. This convinces Kazumi that she is truly made of their magic. She is even able to use Nico's regeneration abilities to absorb the remains of the defeated clones and repair her body, which is slowly becoming witch-like. Satomi responds to this saying that she is "eating" them and calls Kazumi a monster.}}

:{{Spoiler|Eventually, the only clones remaining are Kazumi and a clone with the roman numerals for the number four on her cheek. As the two clash, the fourth clone asks Kazumi to kill her. Kazumi doesn't want to, but before she can make a decision, Satomi stabs Kazumi through the back and into the other clone's chest with her staff. She apologizes, and then says to herself that she's finally finished off all of the "Kazumis", which she giggles at.}}

=== Chapter 15 ===
'''To be released on March 24, 2012.'''

==Characters==
{{:Kazumi Magica/Characters}}

;[[Pleiades Saints]]
;:[[Kazumi]] (かずみ)
:A girl with amnesia who can't remember anything except her name. Her innocent, cheerful and friendly personalities are in proportion of her lost memories. She is a glutton for delicious foods and was found by Kaoru and Umika who take her in. Her wish was to bring her grandmother out of her coma, but not to cure her illness. {{spoiler|It is eventually revealed that she is actually the 13th clone of the original Kazumi, who turned into a witch and died.}}
;:[[Kaoru Maki]] (牧カオル)
:An athletic soccer player living with Umika. A bright older sister figure who takes good care of things. She wished for a strong, healthy body that would let her play soccer.
;:[[Umika Misaki]] (御崎海香)
:A popular novelist who bought the trio's house with her earnings. Her reliable, mature aura changes completely when there's a deadline looming. She is close to Kaoru and thinks of Kazumi as a little sister. She wished for the chance to meet an editor who would publish her stories.
;:[[Mirai Wakaba]] (若葉みらい)
:She's impulsive and occasionally gives Kazumi a beating, but deep down a caring girl.
;:[[Satomi Usagi]] (宇佐木里美)
:A polite girl who used her wish to gain the ability to talk to animals as she wants to become a vet when she grows up.
;:[[Saki Asami]] (浅海サキ)
:A mature girl that uses thunders to attack. The effective leader of the Pleiades Saints.
;:[[Nico Kanna]] (神流ニコ)
:Her smartphone uses an app created by the Pleiades Saints that can pick up the residual power of witches. She rarely shows emotions.
;:{{Spoiler|'''Michiru Kazusa''' (和紗ミチル)}}
:{{Spoiler|The original Kazumi who saved the Pleiades and made them contract. She eventually turned into a witch and died}}

;Others
;:[[Jubey]] (ジュゥべぇ)
:A fairy (妖精) who contracted the Pleiades Saints, turning them into magical girls. His name is a pun: "ju" is Japanese for ten. Compare with Kyubey, where "kyu" is Japanese for nine. Appears to know Kyubey, as they are seen together at the start of chapter 4.

;:"[[Yuuri]]" (ユウリ)/ Airi Anri 杏里あいり
:A mysterious magical girl that acts antagonistically towards the others, and shares a connection with the mysterious new witches. She is the one who kidnapped Kazumi, created the pseudo-witches of the first two chapters, and has a grudge against the Pleiades Saints. Uses pistols and submachine guns as her weapons (which, contrary to [[Homura]]'s, appear to actually be magical) and can summon a giant bull. She also appears capable of setting up impenetrable force barriers and disguising herself as other people. Chapter 5 reveals that she is actually a girl named [[Airi]] (seen briefly in Chapter 4), and her wish was to become the real Yuuri. She wants revenge against the Pleiades Saints for killing the real Yuuri when she became a witch.

;:[[Yuuri Asuka]] (飛鳥ユウリ)
:The real Yuuri. Before the start of the series, she wished to cure her friend Airi's life-threatening illness. She used her powers to cure the incurable diseases of other people, which caused her to run out of magic and become a witch. She was subsequently destroyed by the Pleiades Saints. Her weapon was a giant hypodermic needle, with multiple needles.

;:[[Kyubey]] (キュゥべえ)
:The same character from the anime, he contracted with Yuuri and Airi. He ultimately manipulated Airi into going after the Pleaides Saints.

;:[[Souichirou Tachibana]] (立花宗一郎)
:The man who found Kazumi in a suitcase after she lost her memory. He is a chef who tried to bomb a mall in revenge after he was tricked and lost his restaurant.

;:[[Ayase Souju]] (双樹あやせ)
:A wandering magical girl. She collects soul gems, and shares a body with Luca Souju. She has powers over fire.

;:[[Luca Souju]] (双樹ルカ)}}
:A magical girl who shares a body with Ayase Souju. She has powers over ice.

;:[[Miyuki Asami]] (浅海美幸)
:Saki's childhood friend, who promised to marry her one day. Before the start of the series, she died when the car she was riding with Saki in crashed into another vehicle. In Chapter 12, it was revealed that she was Saki's younger sister.

;:[[Mami Tomoe]] (巴マミ)
:The same character from the anime, she saved Kazumi from a witch before Kazumi made a contract. By doing so, she helped Jubey meet Kazumi.

;Witches
:The various witches featured in ''Kazumi Magica'' can be found [[Witches in Kazumi Magica|here]].

== Changes and Additions in the Collected Edition ==
[[File:KazumiSoulGemChange.png|right|thumb|300px|One of the many changes made between the magazine and volume versions of Kazumi Magica.]]
=== Volume 1===
* The dust jackets have a silly two page comic with Kazumi, Umika, and Kaoru.
* In the last page of Chapter 1, the {{Spoiler| Evil Nut}} next to the defeated detective is missing. After that there is an additional page with Kazumi and Souichirou Tachibana.
* Chapter 2 changes:
** In the second page, the {{Spoiler|Evil Nut}} is redrawn to be consistent with it's changed appearance in later chapters. The same thing happens in the forty-second page.
** In the third and fourth pages, Kazumi is holding her earring-bell instead of a blank white stone.
** In the thirteenth page, the white stone has been redrawn as a Soul Gem.
** In the fourteenth page, the white stone has been replaced with Kazumi's Soul Gem turning into her earring-bell - this reveals that the earring-bell ''is'' Kazumi's Soul Gem.
** In the eighteenth page, Umika and Kaoru's Soul Gems have been redrawn to be consistent with the appearance of Soul Gems in future chapters and the anime.
** In the nineteenth page, Kaoru's magical girl outfit has been slightly altered. This alteration is also present on the twenty-eighth page. In addition, Umika's Soul Gem is now visible on her forehead in magical girl form, making it consistent with future chapters. The forehead gem is present on the twenty-third, twenty-fifth through twenty-eighth, thirty-seventh, thirty-ninth, fortieth, and forty-second pages.
** In the twenty-seventh page, Kazumi is holding her earring bell instead of looking at her cross weapon. This changes the serialized version's implication that Kazumi's Soul Gem was on her cross.
** An extra page is added at the end of Chapter 2.
* The end of chapter 3 adds a page with design notes for the witch from Chapter 3.
* The end of the manga has a silly three page Omake with Saki, Umika, and Kazumi. It features a single panel appearance of Kaoru, a single panel appearance of Nico, Satomi and Mirai together, and a single panel appearance of Madoka.
* There is also a one-page Q&A with the author.
=== Volume 2===
* The front dust jacket has a parody of the cover, with Tachibana in Kazumi's place and the chef from Yuuri's flashback in Yuuri's place. The back one has an image of the policewoman in Yuuri's outfit.
* On the ninth page in chapter 5, a panel of Jubey has the circular mark on Jubey's head that previously did not.
* On the tenth page in chapter 5, the runes flying around as Yuuri becomes a witch are more clearly visible.
* On the first page of Chapter 6, Kazumi is very slightly redrawn.
* A page with Kazumi and Nico is added after Chapter 7.
* Design sketches for all new characters introduced in the volume are included.
** Notes on Yuuri are added after Chapter 4.
** Notes on Yuuri Asuka's witch are added after Chapter 5.
** Notes on Airi's witch are added after Chapter 6.
** Notes on Ayase and Luca are added after Chapter 8.
* The end of the manga has a one-page Omake with Saki reading one of her romance novels.
* There is also a one-page Q&A with the author.
* Volumes purchased from Toranoana also included a two page short story about Yuuri and Airi, called, "Puella Magi Kazumi Magica Special Edition ~ A Dream-Filled Spoon".
=== Volume 3 ===
* Volumes purchased from Toranoana include a four page short story about the Pleiades Saints titled, "Puella Magi Kazumi Magica Special Edition ~ Rosetta Meteora". Volumes purchased at Wondergoo, Melonbooks and Gamers also received special cards with different illustrations on them for each vendor.

== Observations ==
{{spoilers|media=anime|episode=12}}
* Although initially ''Kazumi Magica'' appeared to have no connection to the anime, it developed a greater connection to the anime over time, culminating in nearly all of the inconsistencies being explained in Chapter 4.
* Kazumi is not set after the events of the anime.
* Food seems to play a major role in ''Kazumi Magica''. Nearly every chapter is titled after something food-related that is mentioned in that chapter (the exception, "Gem Picking", can still be thought of as food related a la "cherry picking"), three of the magical girls are good cooks, and almost all of the magical girls enjoy eating.
* The author's Q&A in volume one shows that the series subtitle "innocent malice" is translated in Japanese as "sinless spite". He also acknowledges his use of food as chapter titles, and says he'll run out of ideas and change them eventually.
* The author of ''Kazumi Magica'', as revealed in the [[Tiro_Finale_Book#Translations|Tiro Finale Book]], wrote the screenplays for the ''Madoka Magica'' Drama CDs ''[[Drama_CD_1|"Memories of you"]]'' and ''[[Drama_CD_3|"Farewell Story"]]''.
** Like [[Mami]], all of the magical girls in ''Kazumi Magica'' use Italian names for their attacks and spells. Interestingly, this seems to have carried over to the Drama CDs that the author wrote the screenplays for - ''"Farewell Story"'' has [[Kyoko]] use an Italian name for one attack, and the author has stated that in ''"Memories of you"'' there was a cut scene where [[Madoka]] used an Italian named attack.
* Each of the first three chapters of ''Kazumi Magica'' are forty-four pages long. Subsequent chapters are twenty-six pages.

== Front Covers ==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="left">
File:The innocent malice 1 001.jpg|Cover of the first volume
File:PMKM_vol2_cover.jpg|Cover of the second volume
File:PMKM vol3 cover.jpg|Cover of the third volume
</gallery>

== See Also ==
* Kazumi's ongoing serialization in the [[Manga_Time_Kirara_Forward_Kazumi_Serialization|Manga Time Kirara Forward]].

==External links==
*[http://www.dokidokivisual.com/madokamagica/kazumi/ Official website for ''Puella Magi Kazumi Magica''] (Japanese)
*[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Manga/PuellaMagiKazumiMagica ''Puella Magi Kazumi Magica'' at TVTropes.org] (English)

[[Category:Manga]]

Kazumi Magica

2012-03-09T23:25:14Z

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[[File:PMKM_chapter1_cover.png|thumb|Cover of Kazumi Magica Chapter 1]]
'''Puella Magi Kazumi Magica: The Innocent Malice''' (魔法少女かずみ☆マギカ～The innocent malice～, ''Mahō Shōjo Kazumi Magica: The innocent malice'') is the first spin-off [[manga]] written by Masaki Hiramatsu and illustrated by Takashi Tensugi. It started serializing in ''[[wikipedia:Manga Time Kirara Forward|Manga Time Kirara Forward]]'' starting January 24, 2011 and features a new set of characters in a different stage from the anime. The first collected volume, containing chapters 1-3, was released on May 12, 2011. The second volume, containing chapters 4-8, was released on October 12, 2011. The third volume, containing chapters 9-13, will be released on March 12, 2012.

==Plot==
Kazumi is surrounded by the darkness, with voice calling her out from somewhere. After she escapes from the darkness that is inside a suitcase, what appears before her eyes are unknown room and unknown man. In that incident, what came across her mind were fragments of memories.

{{Note|As you might guess, the chapter summaries may contain spoilers for the chapter it summarizes, as well as previous ones.}}

=== Chapter 1: "Bad - Guy - Reckon Off" ===
;Released January 24th, 2011.
:A girl awakens inside a suitcase, having forgotten everything except her name, Kazumi. When she opens the suitcase, she finds herself in the home of a man named Souichirou Tachibana. Souichirou explains that he had bought a bomb in an identical suitcase, intending to blow up a shopping mall as an act of revenge against the mall's owner, who tricked him into selling his store. However, he switched his suitcase with another one when he bumped into a mysterious girl. Souichirou gets a phone call offering to trade Kazumi for the bomb at the mall. Kazumi goes along with it to find the identity of her kidnapper. While being taken to the mall in her suitcase, Kazumi asks Souchirou not to set off the bomb, saying that he's a good person. When he finds the other suitcase, Souichirou is stopped by two high school girls (though the next chapter calls them middle-school girls), named Umika and Kaoru. They open the suitcase containing the bomb, starting the timer. At this point, a squad of police officers led by a female detective appear, telling Souchirou he's under arrest. Kazumi breaks out from her suitcase and announces that Souichirou is not a bad person. Souichirou is unable to stop the bomb, which is close to exploding. Kazumi closes her eyes and thinks "Stop the bomb. Bibbity Bobbity Boo", causing her earring bells to glow. At this point, Umika passes the bomb to Kaoru, who kicks it into the air. It then harmlessly explodes into smoke, shocking nearly everyone. The mysterious girl from before, who was watching, mutters that the bomb was supposed to be real.

:At this point, Umika and Kaoru reveal they know Kazumi and take her to Umika's house, where they all live together while their parents are working overseas. Apparently, Kazumi had been missing since the day before. Kazumi is taken to her room and falls asleep. When she wakes up, she finds a note from Umika and Kaoru saying they're out dating and that the detective from before will visit. Kazumi cooks a large meal for herself that she shares with the detective when she arrives. Kazumi then announces that the detective had set up the entire incident with the bomb to make herself look good, and she arrived at Kazumi's house to kill her. The detective agrees, saying that she followed a lead given to her by someone else, and that someone also gave her the power to kill people without leaving decisive evidence. She then transforms into a monster. Kazumi begins getting strange flashbacks as the monster attacks her. When the monster grabs her earring-bell, she suddenly yells at her not to touch it, breaks the monsters wrist, and then transforms into a magical girl. Kazumi defeats the monster with her new powers, which turns her back into a human. The chapter ends with Umika and Kaoru running in to save Kazumi, and Kazumi telling them she can use magic.

=== Chapter 2: "AHA! Dogs" ===
;Released February 24th, 2011.
:Picking up where the last chapter ended, Kazumi falls unconscious, exhausted and hungry. Looking at the detective's unconscious body, Umika and Kaoru find an object that resembles a [[Grief Seed]]. The mysterious girl from before watches, clearly annoyed. Kazumi wakes up, finds a black cat (which might be a reference to the black cat from the anime's opening animation) and comes downstairs to find Umika cooking. Kaoru explains that Umika has writer's block, which causes her to grow horns on her head and act oddly. After eating, Umika takes the girls shopping. While at the mall, Kazumi gets an odd feeling and runs away to find another monster attacking people. Kazumi transforms, causing the monster to recognize her as a magical girl. Kazumi has trouble fighting the monster, which prompts Umika and Kaoru to transform into magical girls themselves. Kazumi remembers that Kaoru would immobilize the monster, while Umika would use her book to read it's mind. However, Kazumi preforms the next step - attacking - too early, which nearly causes the attack to hit Umika. The monster gets away as Kazumi runs to her friends. Kazumi apologizes to them, but they don't seem to mind. When she insists on being punished, they take her to a hair salon where they cut her hair.

:At the salon, Umika explains that there are fairies who scout out magical girls and make contracts that grant them wishes (a silhouette of [[Madoka]] and [[Kyubey]] are seen during this scene). Kaoru says she wished for a healthy body that could always play soccer, while Umika wished for an editor that could appreciate her novels. When Kazumi asks why they didn't wish for success or fame, they reply that they want to achieve those things with their own abilities. Kazumi then asks what her own wish was, but she had never told her friends. The monsters in the current and previous chapter are confirmed to be a new type of [[witch]] that Kaoru and Umika haven't encountered before. At this point, Kazumi's haircut is finished, and is rather messily done. Kazumi says she likes it, saying that it's fine for the "new Kazumi", having distanced herself from the "old Kazumi". When Umika wants to fix the lock of Kazumi's hair that sticks out, Kazumi claims that it's a witch sensor. It seems to have some use, helping Umika learn that the witch is a cosmetic saleswoman, who is attacking girls who have bad skin. When they find and confront the witch, the mysterious girl from before appears and is identified as a magical girl. She quickly leaves, leaving Kazumi, Umika and Kaoru to fight the witch on their own. They defeat her, returning her to normal and making her drop another unusual Grief Seed. Afterward, Kazumi muses that those who become witches aren't always bad people. Umika replies that anyone can become a witch. {{Spoiler|It's implied that she and Kaoru know that, like in the anime, magical girls become witches.}}

=== Chapter 3: "Kazumix" ===
;Released March 24th, 2011.
:The name of the city is revealed to be Asunaro, as Kazumi, Umika, and Kaoru are engaged in battle against an anime-style witch, complete with a barrier and familiars. During the battle, Kazumi hesitates, remembering when she accidentally hit her friends. Because of this, the witch devours Umika and Kaoru and escapes, leaving Kazumi by herself with a mark on her hand. At this point, four other magical girls arrive: Satomi, Mirai, Saki and Nico. It is revealed that the four of them, plus Kazumi, Umika, and Kaoru, make up a seven-member team of magical girls named the Pleiades Saints. They took their name after the [[Wikipedia:Pleiades_(star_cluster)|Pleiades Star Cluster]] (this is a pun in Japanese; "Pleiades Saints" and "Pleiades Star Cluster" are pronounced the same way in Japanese and when written, differ by only one character). Kazumi gets a call from Umika and Kaoru, who are being protected by a barrier created by Umika. However, she can only maintain it for five hours. Umika tells Kazumi to team-up with the other Saints to find the witch. When Kazumi feels bad about what happened to Umika and Kaoru, Mirai hits her on the head, saying that they're the only ones who can help them. (This is a running gag that re-occurs through the chapter). The five of them use their Soul Gems to find the witch, while Kazumi remarks that her witch detector hair doesn't seem to be working.

:Satomi speaks to a cat, revealing that her wish was to be able to talk to animals so she could become a veterinarian. The cat reveals that the mark on Kazumi's hand has been planted around the city (it seems distinct from the witch's symbol, however). Nico reveals that they designed a smartphone application that picks up the wavelengths from witches and transfers them into Soul Gems, making the witches easier to track down. The girls split up, but they are tricked by the mysterious girl from before who disguises herself as Satomi. She then leads Kazumi away from the others. When she reveals herself, Kazumi recognizes her as the one who put her in the suitcase. The girl announces she will kill Kazumi and summons a giant bull. She then creates a number of pistols and sub-machine guns, [[Mami]]-style, and fires them, pinning Kazumi to a wall. Realizing they've been tricked, the other four magical girls arrive in time to help Kazumi. The mysterious magical girl escapes. Back at Umika's house, Saki finds that the mark left behind by the witch is the mark of a bookmobile, and that the appearance of the marks matches the bookmobile's schedule. They rush off to find the witch (after Kazumi cooks a large meal for them). Kazumi brings a bag of candy with her for Umika and Kaoru. Kazumi is told to wait outside the barrier, while the other magical girls incapacitate the witch. Once giving the signal from an electronic communicator, Kazumi will then fire into the barrier, destroying the witch. The plan hits a snag when Nico's communicator is broken, prompting Umika to use flute candy from Kazumi's bag to contact her. Kazumi successfully destroys the witch and reunites with Umika and Kaoru. Saki finds that the witch used an abandoned car to make it's barrier, while Nico collects the witch's Grief Seed which looks like the ones in the anime. {{Spoiler|Their expressions in this scene carry the subtle implication that they also know magical girls become witches.}} As they celebrate their victory, they are watched by something that resembles a black cat mixed with Kyubey.

=== Chapter 4: "Evil Nuts" ===
;Released April 23rd, 2011.
:As Kazumi and the others celebrate their victory from the previous chapter, the Kyubey look-alike continues to watch, right next to Kyubey himself. Kyubey asks "Do you think things will go well this time, Pleiades?" while the look-alike grins. The look-alike then jumps down to meet Kazumi and he is introduced as Jubey, the fairy who made the Pleiades Saints magical girls. Jubey purifies the Pleaides Soul Gems, apparently consuming the darkness they expelled. He then devours the Grief Seed from the witch fought in the previous chapter. However, when the Pleiades give him the Grief Seeds from the witches in the first two chapters, he rejects them, revealing that they aren't Grief Seeds at all. The witches fought in the first two chapters were in fact pseudo-witches, created by imitation Grief Seeds known as an "Evil Nuts". The Pleiades quickly deduce that the mysterious magical girl created the Evil Nuts. The mysterious girl then promptly appears and incapacitates the magical girls. She introduces herself as Yuuri and appears to bear a grudge against the Pleiades. She takes off with Kazumi, leaving behind a letter telling the others that if they want Kazumi back, they have to come to Asunaro Dome at midnight.

:While being held hostage by Yuuri, Kazumi asks why she's attacking everyone. Yuuri refuses to answer, but during the conflict she flashes back to an unknown girl, which provokes an emotional reaction in her. Back at the Misaki residence, the Pleiades try to understand Yuuri's motivations. Nico then claims that Yuuri is "at her limit", and that something will happen if she uses too much magic {{Spoiler|- it is not stated but heavily implied that she means Yuuri is in danger of becoming a witch.}} At the dome, Yuuri welcomes the Pleaides Saints, showing that Kazumi is trapped in a chair. When they try to rescue her, they're blocked by a force-field. Yuuri then announces that she will plant one of her Evil Nuts into Kazumi. When Kazumi begs her to stop, Yuuri laughs and tells Kazumi that she knows nothing about the Pleaides Saints. She then takes off her hat, which causes Umika to recognize her. Yuuri announces she wants vengeance and the chapter ends with her shoving the Evil Nut into Kazumi's forehead.

=== Chapter 5: "Magicallabbiata" ===
;Released May 24th, 2011.
:The chapter picks up where the previous one left off. The Evil Nut enters into Kazumi's forehead, causing her to let out a burst of power that lets her break out of the chair while reforming her hat and growing a long cloak in the process. Kazumi fights with Yuuri again, but is still overpowered. Yuuri claims that the other Pleiades had killed her, and says that they're a group that kills magical girls. She then reveals that the Pleiades took away the most important thing to her, so she's going to take away the most important thing to them - Kazumi. At this point, Yuuri's blackened Soul Gem begins to crack. Saki tells Juubey to clean Yuuri's gem. Juubey begins spinning but is shot by Yuuri, stopping him. Nico quietly says Yuuri's Soul Gem has hatched as it turns into a Grief Seed, falling into Kazumi's hand. Kyubey watches from afar as Yuuri transforms into a heart-shaped witch. The Pleiades Saints are trapped on crosses in her barrier. In shock, Kazumi wonders why witches come out of Soul Gems. Vines begin surrounding the Pleiades causing them to scream out in pain. As they're being tortured, we suddenly see the girl from Yuuri's flashback in the previous chapter.

:The story then flashes back to the past. The girl from Yuuri's flashback is seen lying in a hospital bed, with Yuuri watching. We learn her name is Airi, and she only has three months left to live. Yuuri asks Airi if she wants to keep living. Airi says yes, saying she wishes to live longer and wanting to eat lots of delicious things with Yuuri. Yuuri hands her a spoon, saying it's charm filled with dreams. She tells Airi to wait until she comes back. We then find that Airi has been miraculously cured of her illness. As she tearfully hugs Yuuri, Airi says that the spoon must have been magic. The truth seems to be something different as Kyubey's silhouette is seen in the window. Later at school, Yuuri and Airi talk about an upcoming cooking contest. Airi says she'll treat Yuuri to a restaurant (which turns out to belong to Souichirou Tachibana) if she wins the contest before handing her back the spoon, asking it to help Yuuri. The contest appears to be a cooking contest, which has the same symbol from Yuuri's letter in the previous chapter. However, Yuuri is missing when the final round starts (At this point we also learn her last name is Asuka). As Airi looks for her, she finds herself in the barrier of a giant witch that resembles a hypodermic needle. The Pleiades Saints arrive and quickly destroy the witch with giant arrows (that look like the arrow that sent Yuuri's letter in the previous chapter). Kazumi is not among them. As Airi thanks the Saints for saving her, they tell her to forget what she saw, and to watch out for dark alleys and Witch's Kisses. When the Saints leave, Airi finds that the witch dropped Yuuri's spoon when it was destroyed. Kyubey appears and tells Airi that the witch was Yuuri, causing her to scream.

:That night, Kyubey explains what happened in detail. Yuuri's wish was to cure Airi's illness. We see her in magical girl form, holding a giant hypodermic needle. In addition to fighting witches, she also used her magic to cure incurable diseases. This ultimately caused her to use too much magic and turn into a witch. In fact, she transformed right in front of the Pleiades Saints. Crying, Airi asks why the Pleiades didn't try to help Yuuri, cursing herself for thanking the people who killed her. Kyubey says he'll grant Airi's wish and turn her into a magical girl. Airi says she won't forgive the Pleiades Saints and wishes to take over Yuuri's life; to turn into Yuuri. Kyuubey says her wish has surpassed entropy as Airi changes to look like Yuuri - the Yuuri seen in previous chapters,. Airi/Yuuri then is seen on a skyscraper, crushing the head of what appears to be a familiar while laughing madly. She asks Kyubey for the names of the people that killed the real Yuuri. Kyubey says that they're the Pleaides Saints. Airi/Yuuri mocks their name and announces she'll kill all of them, making them pay for the real Yuuri.

=== Chapter 6: "Loss Parfait" ===
;Released June 24th, 2011.
:As we see Yuuri laughing from the end of the previous chapter, the story suddenly returns to the present. Apparently, the flashback in the previous chapter was a vision shown to the Pleiades by the witch. Kazumi begs Airi that she doesn't want to fight, but the witch attacks her, seemingly cutting off her head. Kazumi is then seen catching what would have been the fatal blow in her teeth, biting that part of the witch off. The influence of the Evil Nut causes Kazumi's body to change, and she attacks the witch with elongated hands, eventually breaking free from her cross. Kazumi's bell then rings, causing her to collapse and return to normal. Kazumi then tries to use her magic to turn Airi back to normal. Shockingly, even though the witch continues to attack Kazumi, Airi's (or more precisely, Yuuri's) body comes out of the witch. Still attached to the witch, she speaks entirely in runes, repeating the final spell she attempted to use on Kazumi. At that point, Saki shoots her, freeing the other Pleiades.

:As the magical girls gear up to attack, Kazumi protests, saying that Airi wasn't a bad person because she dedicated her life for a friend. Mirai tells Kazumi that they know, and that's why they have to kill her. Juubey then appears, telling Kazumi that Airi is no longer a magical girl, but a witch. He further states "We don't understand how, but sometimes one of these appear. Their gems go out of control." Finally, he says that it's impossible to turn witches back to normal, and the only choice is to kill them. Kazumi says there's no way she can do it. Saki says she knows, and tells Kazumi she doesn't have to dirty her hands. One by one, the Pleiades attack the witch as Kazumi begs them to stop. Finally, Satomi apologizes, saying all they can do is prevent the witch from hurting anyone. Kaoru then says only they have to carry that burden, and they'll finish this by themselves. The Pleiades are shown to clearly be as pained by this as Kazumi is. Kazumi then uses Limit Estern, aiming straight for the witch. Just before the blow hits, she says Yuuri's name. The witch is then destroyed, the spoon drops to the ground, and the barrier collapses. As Kazumi picks up the spoon, she says she'll share the burden with the Pleiades, and then cries into Umika's arms.

:Kazumi is then seen walking back home with Umika and Kaoru. She tells them to go home ahead of her, saying she wants to be alone. Kazumi then notices none other than Souichirou Tachibana, closing his shop. Her serves her a bucket of parfait, much to her delight, and reveals that he was the made the manager of a new store. Kazumi then has a vision of Airi and Yuuri enjoying the parfait, prompting her to suggest that Souichirou should put the desert on the menu. Souchirou declines, saying it's not profitable. As Kazumi continues to eat, she suddenly begins crying, saying that Yuuri and Airi couldn't have eaten this. Eventually she falls alseep. Souchirou pulls a blanket over her and puts the parfait on the menu. The chapter ends with the sleeping Kazumi holding Yuuri and Airi's spoon.

=== Chapter 7: "Gem Picking" ===
;Released July 23, 2011.
:The chapter begins with the Kaoru, Saki, Mirai, and Satomi. confronting a magical girl named Sumire Akane. Sumire recognizes Kaoru from training together at the training center (revealing to the reader Kaoru's last name, Maki). Kaoru apologizes and uses a spell called "Tocco del Mare" (Touch of the Sea) as Akane screams. The scene cuts to another girl watching the Pleiades from afar who mentions that she's glad she stopped in Asunaro before going to Mitakihara. She watches as all the magical girls detransform, and the Pleiades hold out their Soul Gems. As she pulls out her own Soul Gem, she says that she wants the Pleiades. The next morning, Kazumi thanks Souchirou for the food, and becomes overjoyed when he puts the bucket of parfait on the menu. She leaves when she spies Nico and Juubey walking.

:Kazumi asks Nico what she's doing, and she evasively answers that she's witch hunting. Kazumi elects to go with her, and they enter Asunaro's amusement park. Kazumi mentions that the Pleaides were trying to be kind to her by hiding the truth about witches. Nico then says that Kazumi doesn't have her memories back. Kazumi acknowledges this, and wonders if she hit her head in the trunk; if Airi had erased her memories they would be coming back. She then asks if there's anything that can bring back her memories. Nico says they aren't all happy memories and Kazumi might have had plenty of regrets. She says this while looking at an American news article about a Japanese kid shooting other people. Kazumi says that she's fine with it, and doesn't want to run away from that part of herself. Nico says that they should talk about this with everyone else later, before turning around to confront the girl that was watching the Pleaides from earlier in the chapter. Introducing herself as Ayase Souju, she reveals that she collects Soul Gems "because they shine with the light of life". Nico calls her hobby disgusting. Ayase counters by saying the Pleiades are gem picking too. She refers offhandedly to Sumire, saying she was only slightly dirty, and didn't bother anyone. Nico is silent (it's possible that she wasn't present during the incident), while Kazumi is confused. Ayase then reveals her intention to add the Pleaides to her collection. Nico and Ayase proceed to transform.

:Ayase's weapon is a sword, and she throws fireballs. Nico dodges, turns her fingers into bullets, and fires them. Ayase deflects the bullets only to find herself being surrounded by a horde of Nicos. Juubey tells Kazumi that Nico wished for "regeneration", which gave her the power to deconstruct materials and reconstruct it as other objects - the other Nicos were literally made from bricks. Nico reveals that finger missiles and clones are her specialties. Ayase throws another flurry of fireballs, burning the Nico clones to bits. At that point, the real Nico appears, grabs Ayase's Soul Gem, and uses "Tocco del Mare". Ayase abruptly detransforms, while Nico continues to hold Ayase's Soul Gem. When asked, she tells Kazumi she only stunned Ayase. Ayase then begins speaking and attacks Nico point-blank with an ice spell, reclaiming her Soul Gem. She then transforms again, but has a different outfit. Kazumi asks Juubey if magical girls can transform twice, but Juubey claims there are two of her. The girl reveals that she is Luca Souju, and that both her and Ayase share the same body as two souls. As Kazumi wonders if Ayase/Luca is a magical girl with a split personality, a wounded Nico says Souju (meaning "twin trees") must represent their body. Luca just smiles.

=== Chapter 8: "Tempura Ice-Cream" ===
;Released August 24th, 2011.
:Luca asks for Kazumi's name, threatening to take her Soul Gem. She claims that she has to collect Soul Gems or else she won't be able to coexist with Ayase. Juubey then claims that girls who lose their Soul Gems lose their magic and can even die (which is true, in a sense). Kazumi attacks Luca, but Luca uses "Cazzo Freddo" to freeze her. She notices the rarity of Kazumi's Soul Gem (her earring bell) not being located on her body, and tries to get ahold of it. Kazumi tells her not to touch it, suddenly unfreezing herself and hitting Luca in her Soul Gem. Luca then uses both her Soul Gems to be Ayase and Luca at the same time. Kazumi fires at her with Limiti Esterni while Ayase/Luca uses a new attack named "Pici Generati". The Soujus' attack makes it through and hits Kazumi, sending her flying. Watching the battle from afar, Nico receives a telepathic message from Saki, checking if Nico has taken Ayase/Luca's Soul Gem. Nico responds in the negative before asking Juubey what "Pici Generati" means. He believes it means "Twin Peaks". Kazumi then receives a telepathic message from Nico asking her to get hit more with "Pici Generati". After watching Ayase/Luca's power, she picks up Kazumi and flees with her and Juubey inside a roller coaster.

:Nico tells Kazumi that Ayase/Luca's attack creates an explosion through their perfectly synchronized fire and ice magic. They are capable of this because they use the same body. Kazumi doesn't understand this, causing Nico to use tempura ice cream as a metaphor. Nico then claims that they have to do something similar with her own magic. This prompts Jubey to say that Kazumi's powers are "sacrilege" but he quickly corrects himself and says it's "destruction" (they are alternate character readings of the same word). He continues saying that Kazumi's magic and Nico's reconstruction magic are like hot and cold. They encounter Ayase/Luca again and all three of them fire. The Soujus' attack sends them flying, prompting Nico and Kazumi to try and combine their magic. Their magic hits Ayase/Luca own attack, but it fails to negate it. Nico and Kazumi flee again through an underground 'Staff Only' tunnel, as Nico comments that the Soujus are better synchronized. Suddenly, Nico, Kazumi and Juubey trip with a broom and fall, prompting them to shout in pain simultaneously. This gives them an idea. When Ayase/Luca comes across them, Kazumi and Nico are holding hands. The Soujus fire "Pici Generati" again, but this time when Kazumi and Nico combine their magic Juubey bites their hands. This causes them to become synchronized, pushing their magic tight through Ayase/Luca's and causing an explosion that sends them to the surface.

:Kazumi tells the Soujus that they've lost, but they respond by pulling out a box of Evil Nuts. They throw two of them at Nico and Kazumi, but Saki appears and catches them in mid-air. The other Pleiades jump down behind Kazumi, as Saki asks where the Soujus got the Evil Nuts. Ayase/Luca laughs instead of answering and tells the Pleiades to kill them, calling them "magical girl hunters". Shocked, Kazumi asks what she means. Kaoru says they aren't murderers, but because they can't let the Soujus go they're taking they're Soul Gems. Saki tells Kaoru not to use "Tocco del Mare" in front of Kazumi, but Nico says that Kazumi already saw her use it. Kaoru says that Ayase and Luca's Soul Gems are at their limit and pulls out both their gems. Kazumi, near tears, asks what's going on, reminding the Pleiades that she agreed to carry their burdens with them. Although Saki objects, Umika agrees to tell Kazumi about the truth of the Pleiades Saints. Suddenly Satomi notices that Nico has fallen to her knees, and her Soul Gem is glowing. Satomi backs into Kaoru, prompting her to turn around. Satomi calls Nico's name as a witch appears, creating a barrier filled with skyscrapers and familiars that resemble shooting targets in firing ranges. Nico's body is floating in the air in front of the witch.

=== Chapter 9: "The Freezer" ===
;Released September 24th, 2011
:As Nico's Soul Gem cracks, we see background text of her thinking that that she'll die without a trace, and she wants everyone to remember. She thinks she doesn't want to kill anyone anymore. The runes coming out of her Soul Gem read "We have no future as long as he's around." The next page has a cover image of a golden-eyed Nico holding a gun, asking to be killed. The Pleiades are shocked to discover Nico has become a witch. Repeatedly shouting "Cut", the witch turns her hands into a single pair of scissors. Kaoru transforms and blocks the attack using ''Capitano Potenza'' ("Captain Power"), which encases her arms in a black metallic substance. The witch fires projectiles from its body. Kaoru turns to the others and tells them not to stand there. Umika encases herself, Kazumi, and Satomi in a barrier. Saki pushes Mirai in, but is wounded. Mirai flips out and uses her attack ''La Bestia'' ("The Beasts") causing an army of teddy-bears to appear and chew on the witch. When the witch throws them off, Mirai uses ''La Bestia Refare'' ("Remake the Beast"). The bears start hugging each other and turn into a giant bear that Mirai jumps on. The bear pounces on the witch and pulls it into a bear hug. Mirai leaps into the air, turns her wand into a giant sword, and cuts both the bear and the witch in half. The witch dies, yelling "Cut" one last time. She drops a Grief Seed (which notably looks different than Nico's Soul Gem)

:Mirai asks Saki if she's alright, but she's still processing Nico's death. Mirai tells her she had to do it, but is interrupted by Satomi screaming that she doesn't want to die or turn into a witch. Jubey and Umika look at the Grief Seed, as Umika wonders how did things turn out like this. Kazumi takes the hand of Nico's body and finds it's cold. As she shouts Nico's name, a voice says "You called?" Everyone is shocked to see another Nico standing behind them. As Kazumi asks what's going on, the other Nico walks up to the first Nico's body, puts her arm around her neck, and with a disturbing expression says "Switch". She then touches the hair of the body, and it's face suddenly vanishes. Jubey, a disturbing grin on his face, says that the body was Nico's "spare" and "compensation for Nico's contract". Kaoru asks why Nico didn't tell them. Nico says that to deceive an enemy, you have to deceive your allies. Kaoru punches her, then gives her a hug. Nico then says they should cut to the chase. Kaoru tells Saki Kazumi can handle it.

:The scene switches to Mirai's teddy bear museum, "Angelica Bears". Mirai says that in Japanese it's called "Ashitaba" (literally "tomorrow's leaf") and says that Kazumi came up with the name. As they walk inside, they step onto a magic circle. Umika holds out her ring, suddenly transporting them all somewhere else. Umika tells Kazumi that the museum was born from them meeting with her. The walk up to a giant door, which opens into a giant room filled with girls floating in tanks. The middle of the room contains a pile of Soul Gems. Umika explains that after they take Soul Gems, they put the empty shells of the magical girls into "the Freezer". We see one of the girls has a nametag, reading Kaede Hinata in English. Kazumi says that Ayase was right, and asks why they're doing this. Jubey says that it's their response to the magical girl system, which is full of contradictions: Rejection.

=== Chapter 10: "Bibbity Bobbity Boo" ===
;Released October 24, 2011

''(Note: The original Japanese title is "Chichinpurin", which is a pun on “Chichinpui", a stock magical incantation in Japanese. "Chichinpurin" has been translated throughout the series as “Bibbity Bobbity Boo”. In keeping with the food puns in the chapter titles, “purin” means “pudding”.)''
:Picking up from the end of the last chapter, Umika explains that witches are the end state of magical girls. (While she's speaking Oktavia is briefly seen, as is Sayaka in silhouette). Umika tells Kazumi that they lied to her when they said that sometimes the Soul Gems of magical girls go out of control. Jubey, grinning, explains that Soul Gems are the extracted souls of magical girls. Kaoru admits that they're like zombies, but it's preferable to dying to a witch in one shot. Jubey then says that the Pleiades refuse to fight without feeling pain. Kaoru responds by saying that if they do that they'll cease being human. Umika explains that the magical girls they capture are placed in a barrier that separates them from their Soul Gems and puts them in suspended animation, preventing them from becoming witches. Kaoru says they hope to find a way to completely clean the gems and turn them back into humans. Until then, they'll keep fighting. This is their "rejection" of the magical girl system. Nico then takes out a container that has the Soujus, their Soul Gems, and the Soul Gem and body of another magical girl. The bodies of the magical girls have been shrunken to the point where they can be picked up by one hand. Nico puts into two new containers, saying they "will keep on waiting for the prince's kiss." Kazumi asks when everyone found out about the connection between magical girls and wishes. Umika touches her forehead to Kazumi's, telling her to remember everything.

:The story flashes back into the past. Umika, Kaoru, Satomi, Mirai, Nico, and Saki are standing on a catwalk. They are all displaying a witch's kiss on their necks. It then shows the "despair" of each Pleiade:
::Umika wrote a draft for a novel that was taken by her editor and released under the authorship of a top idol to rave reviews. When the editor calls her to ask if they can look forward to her next work, Umika drops the phone in shock.
::Kaoru was injured in a soccer game that left her on crutches. The girl who injured her is then rushed to the hospital Kaoru was recovering in. It turns out that girl was bullied for ruining Kaoru's career and tried to kill herself. Kaoru screams when she overhears this.
::Satomi is given a cat on her third birthday, which she names Sare. Years later, she goes out and leaves it alone in her house, despite it's protests. It's then seen in a veterinarian's office, dead. The vets says that if the cat was brought here earlier it might have survived, prompting Satomi to think that this wouldn't have happened if she had just listened.
::Mirai is shown at school wearing glasses. The other students want nothing to do with her. As she walks home, Mirai clutches her teddy-bear saying, she's not lonely because she has all of them. We then find that her room is filled with teddy-bears. As she begins sewing one of them, admits she wants friends and starts crying.
::Nico is shown as a little kid, playing with her neighbors and a loaded gun. She is promptly revealed to be the Japanese kid from the news article in Chapter 7. The gun goes off, the bullet bouncing off a vase and killing her neighbors. Nico cries.
::Saki is shown as a child. A girl Miyuki shows off her lily of the valley flower. Miyuki says her dream was to grow lots of flowers and use them as a bouquet in her wedding. Saki says that dream won't come true, because she thinks no man is good enough for Miyuki. Miyuki hugs Saki and says that she'll marry her. Years later, Miyuki and Saki are caught in a horrible car crash. Miyuki is killed by a piece of glass lodged in her throat. Saki can only say Miyuki's name.

:The story then returns to the girls standing on the catwalk. They jump off, as a voice says, "Everyone should just die." The voice is cut-off by a familiar spell with ribbons wrapping around the girls, stopping their fall. Their savior is none other than Kazumi, who says, "Ciao! You suicidal girls!"

=== Chapter 11: "Dead or Rice" ===
;Released on November 24th, 2011.
:Continuing the previous chapter's flashback, Kazumi opens up a witch's barrier around herself and the girls. Familiars appear and start attacking the normal girls while Kazumi watches. Kaoru tries to use her crutch to fight them off, but falls down. Umika shields her with her body. Mirai does something similar for Saki. Satomi asks why Kazumi isn't helping. Kazumi responds by asking why they don't want to be eaten if they want to die. She then pulls six firearms from her hat and drops them on the ground. The familiars combine, revealing that they were actually a witch. The girls pick up the weapons, Satomi saying she doesn't want to die and Nico musing she can't run away from guns. They fire at the witch, deflating it like a balloon. It re-inflates itself and charges. Kazumi stops the witch with her cross, saying that "As long as you keep trying to live, you won't fall into despair" and that there's always hope. She then fires "Limit Esterni", destroying the witch.

:As the barrier disappears, Saki asks "What was that?" A silhouette appears behind her, looking similar to Kyubey. It turns out to be Jubey, who says that was Magical Girl Kazumi, who hunts witches. A loud growling noise is heard, which turns out to be Kazumi being hungry. It's revealed that her ahoge was absent in the past (though the symbol is still on her hat and earring-bell). The scene changes to Kazumi's house, where she eats with the Pleiades. She talks about how her grandmother said that people eat plants and animals to live, and so they have a duty to them to keep living. She asks the girls about her strawberry risotto, which was passed down from her grandmother. When they respond positively, Kazumi says that her grandmother would be happy to hear that. Saki asks where her grandmother is now, prompting Kazumi to reveal that she had passed away. She tells them not to worry.

:Kazumi point to a book with Umika, asking her if that's the book that plagiarized her story. After reading the book Kazumi says it's bad because the main character wastes food like "The Girl who Trod on the Loaf" (a fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen). Umika suddenly becomes animated and agrees, saying the scene wasn't in her draft. She then explains that the rule of villains is that the one who wastes food is a villain and can't be left alive - revealing the source of the brief flashback Kazumi had in Chapter 1. Kazumi says she never heard of that, but agrees. She tells Umika to keep writing, because other than the main character the story was good. As Kazumi goes to get desert, Saki asks her how she became a magical girl.

:Kazumi explains she became a magical girl the day her grandmother died. The story flashes back again to Kazumi's past. She narrates that she was studying abroad when she learned that her grandmother's condition became critical. While hurrying home, she ran straight into a witch's barrier. Fortunately, she's saved by a surprise appearance from Mami Tomoe, who muses that she can't take it easy even on a trip. Mami destroys the witch with "Tiro Finale". When Kazumi thanks her, Mami tells her to get going and be careful. As Kazumi leaves Jubey is strangely seen by Mami's feet. At Kazumi's home, a doctor explains that her grandmother only has a few days left unless she's hooked up to a respiratory machine and it's unlikely that she'll wake up. Kazumi says that her grandmother would never want to go on life support. Later and alone with her grandmother, Kazumi starts crying and says that she wants her grandmother to open her eyes, just once more. Jubey appears on the windowsill, saying that he can grant her wish if she makes a contract and becomes a magical girl.

=== Chapter 12: "Pleiades" ===
;Released on December 24th, 2011.
:Jubey tells Kazumi being a magical girl is difficult. Kazumi is fine with that and wishes for her grandmother to return to her normal self as long as she remains alive. Jubey asks if she's fine with not curing her grandmother's illness. Kazumi says she wants to, but it wouldn't be respecting her way of life. The contract is established. Kazumi's grandmother wakes up, asking if it's a dream. Kazumi says it's her last dream, and asks her grandmother if she can teach her how to make strawberry risotto. Kazumi spends the day learning cooking skills and advice from her grandmother. She tells Kazumi that people can't fall into dispair as she gives Kazumi her earring-bell; the same earring-bell Kazumi has worn throughout the series. The flashback in a flashback ends as Kazumi says her grandmother went to heaven the next day. (She incidentally reveals the name of her cat, Toto.)

:Saki asks why Kazumi didn't just wish her grandmother to be healthy, saying Kazumi is now all alone. Kazumi says her grandmother will always be in her heart, just like Miyuki will be in Saki's heart (Miyuki here is revealed to be Saki's sister). Mriai asks if she can be a magical girl. Jubey tells her she can if she accepts her fate of fighting witches. Mirai says she can accept anything. Umika, Kaoru, Satomi, Nico and Saki quickly chime in agreement. Kazumi cheers over having new friends. Mirai questions the fact that she's a friend, prompting Saki to thank Mirai for protecting her. Jubey tells the girls to give him their wishes. Mirai says her wish was already granted by having friends. Saki suggests wishing for the friends that have always protected her - Mirai's teddy bears. She points to a number on it, asking Mirai if it's her 666th friends. When Mirai asks how Saki knew, Saki explains that her sister did the same thing. Mirai decides to wish for a museum for all her teddy bears. Kazumi suggests calling it "Angelica Bears" which is a pun on Mirai's name and the Ashitaba plant (Mirai's name means "Future Young Leaf", Ashitaba means "Tomorrow's Leaf" and is in the Angelica genus).

:Satomi then wishes to talk to animals. Nico whispers her wish to Jubey, embarrassed to say it aloud. Saki wishes for her sister's flower to bloom forever. Umika wishes for an editor to recognize and handle her works preciously. Kaoru wants to help the people that were hurt in the match where she had her injury. Kazumi asks her about her injuries, but Kaoru says she'll just return to the field with her current legs. The contracts are completed, and Kazumi names their team the Pleiades Saints. The scene cuts to the girls fighting a witch. Kaoru destroys it with her spiked shoes. Jubey asks about her strengthened magical girl body. Kaoru is very happy about it. Kazumi calls Kaoru's attack ''Capitano Potenza'' ("Captain Power"), and reveals she wants everyone to call their attacks, even recording them in a book. Kazumi reveals that she's following the lead of Mami Tomoe and says she won't cook for the girls if they don't do it. Saki then notices Kazumi's earrings are missing. Kazumi guesses she lost them in the battle, but admits it's okay because her grandmother won't disappear from her heart. Later on Kazumi receives a new pair of the earrings. Kaoru explains that Saki asked her dad to get them while he was on a business trip. Kazumi thanks Saki, while Mirai has a sad or angry expression on her face.

:Later, Kaoru and the other Pleiades (except Kazumi) wonder why Kazumi is late, having been told Kazumi was bringing a new friend. Jubey appears, saying a witch's barrier is nearby. They run to Asunaro Dome, where they see Yuuri Asuka transform into a witch. After the battle the girls are stunned. Satomi asks if magical girls turn into witches. Jubey explains how witches are created, and says his job is to gather the energy form the conversion of hope to despair. Kaoru grabs Jubey while he explains that immature witches should be called magical girls. Suddenly Umika grabs Jubey and slams her head against him. A laser fires from her eye into his. Jubey falls down and asks why Umika is looking scary. Umika explains to Kaoru that she rewrote Jubey's memories, preventing him from making contracts. The story then returns to the present. Kazumi says she remembers hunting magical girls after Yuuri, but then suddenly falls over. The symbol for the Evil Nuts appears in her eyes. Satomi looks on in shock, as Kaoru says everyone's tired. Umika leads Kazumi out as Kaoru says they should rest for the day. Saki remains in the Freezer, looking at the pile of Soul Gems. They include two Evil Nuts. We then find Satomi is walking up behind her. Saki asks why Satomi is there. Satomi pulls her hand to her mouth and says: "Saki, let's kill Kazumi." The last panel has Satomi giving a sinister grin.

=== Chapter 13: "Malefica Farce" ===
;Released on January 24th, 2012.
: Satomi tells Saki that they can't afford to let Kazumi live as long as she's infected by the Evil Nut. Saki refuses, as she loves Kazumi too much to hurt her. Satomi then grabs Saki and brainwashes her with ''Fantasma Bisbiglio'' ("Ghost Whisperer") and sends her to the Misaki residence. Inside, Kazumi is asleep, while Kaoru and Umika discuss her well-being. Kaoru admits that she had Umika lie about her wish in the separate flashbacks Kazumi was given. Saki arrives, asking them if they know how the Evil Nut will affect Kazumi. They don't know, but Umika suspects that someone else created the Evil Nuts for Yuuri and the Souju twins, so tracking them down should reveal everything. Umika and Kaoru tell her that things are going well "this time", but Saki panics at the idea of another "repeat", and points out that Nico's clone became a witch even though its Soul Gem was clear. She thinks that they are all close to becoming witches themselves.

:Umika reveals that she knows something is amiss with Saki, as she referred to Kazumi as Kazumi-''chan'' (an honorific that Satomi, not Saki, uses). Saki kicks Umika across the room. As Kaoru goes to help her, Umika explains that Saki is under Satomi's control. Saki exclaims that they can't keep Kazumi alive in this state, and that it will be easier if Saki kills her. Kaoru attempts to restrain Saki, but she's incapacitated when Saki drops a chandelier on her. She then goes to murder Kazumi, but manages to break free of Satomi's brainwashing and stabs herself in the leg instead. The blood splashes on Kazumi's face, waking her up. Satomi regains control and has Saki grab Kazumi, teleporting the two of them to a building outside.

:Saki collapses from heavy blood loss, telling Kazumi to run while she still can. Satomi reveals to Kazumi that her memories from Umika were lies. The Pleiades Saints already knew about the origins of witches before meeting Yuuri, because Kazumi herself had become one and died. Her real name is Michiru Kazusa. Satomi and the others have been trying to revive Kazusa by cloning the remnants of her witch and stuffing them into clone bodies, and Kazumi is the thirteenth of those clones. She refers to it as ''Malefica Farce'' ("Witch Stuffing"). Being exposed to Evil Nuts is causing Kazumi to revert to her witch form, and Satomi plans to kill her before that happens. She summons the previous twelve clones of Kazusa from beneath the Freezer and tells them to destroy Kazumi.

=== Chapter 14: "Cannibalism" ===
;Released on February 24, 2012.
:{{Spoiler|Kazumi continues to watch on in disbelief as Satomi says she will tell her what happened to the real Kazumi. The scene flashes back to the past, showing Michiru Kazusa cooking strawberry risotto for a special occasion. In this case, it was for Umika's novel debut with a book called, ''The Sky of the Seven Stars''. Saki begins to think back to the past and says how a special day reminds her of the day all six formed a contract with Jubey. Umika thanks Michiru for changing her fate and is really glad to have met her. Michiru began shaking and Kaoru assumed she was crying, but then the former's Soul Gem fell to the floor - it had become black and tainted. Michiru's eyes changed to black, the irises changing to spirals. Her gem explodes and Michiru becomes a witch, tearing up Umika's novel and punching a hole in the roof. The girls sit on the ground in shock, while Satomi says, "Magical girls turn into witches?"}}

:{{Spoiler|In the present, Satomi reveals that Yuuri becoming a witch was a lie implanted by Umika. It was Michiru's death that led them to find out the secret of magical girls. She then explains the Pleiades Saints tried to use their magic in an attempt to revive Michiru, but this resulted in creating the clones with witch-like features. Satomi had hoped and thought that Kazumi, the current clone, would do well, but it seems like it failed because she isn't human. Nico and Jubey can be seen watching from outside as Satomi speak, and Nico says, "...She told her, huh." }}

:{{Spoiler|Satomi asks Kazumi if she likes Saki, because even though Saki said she would destroy the failed clones, she couldn't do it because Saki was in love with Michiru. It was too hard for her to kill the clones that shared Michiru's face. Mirai can then be seen watching from behind a wall. Kyubey can also be seen, observing from further behind Mirai.}}

:{{Spoiler|Saying that they will release Saki from this burden, Satomi possesses Kazumi using Fantasma Bisbiglio and forces her to attack the clones. Kazumi begs her to stop, but Satomi refuses. Kazumi then begins to use each of the Pleiades' unique magic, such as Umika's barrier. This convinces Kazumi that she is truly made of their magic. She is even able to use Nico's regeneration abilities to absorb the remains of the defeated clones and repair her body, which is slowly becoming witch-like. Satomi responds to this that saying she is "eating" them and calls Kazumi a monster.}}

:{{Spoiler|Eventually, the only clones remaining are Kazumi and a clone with the roman numerals for the number four on her cheek. As the two clash, the fourth clone asks Kazumi to kill her. Kazumi doesn't want to, but before she can make a decision, Satomi stabs Kazumi through the back and into the other clone's chest with her staff. She apologizes, and then says to herself that she's finally finished off all of the "Kazumis", which she giggles at.}}

=== Chapter 15 ===
'''To be released on March 24, 2012.'''

==Characters==
{{:Kazumi Magica/Characters}}

;[[Pleiades Saints]]
;:[[Kazumi]] (かずみ)
:A girl with amnesia who can't remember anything except her name. Her innocent, cheerful and friendly personalities are in proportion of her lost memories. She is a glutton for delicious foods and was found by Kaoru and Umika who take her in. Her wish was to bring her grandmother out of her coma, but not to cure her illness. {{spoiler|It is eventually revealed that she is actually the 13th clone of the original Kazumi, who turned into a witch and died.}}
;:[[Kaoru Maki]] (牧カオル)
:An athletic soccer player living with Umika. A bright older sister figure who takes good care of things. She wished for a strong, healthy body that would let her play soccer.
;:[[Umika Misaki]] (御崎海香)
:A popular novelist who bought the trio's house with her earnings. Her reliable, mature aura changes completely when there's a deadline looming. She is close to Kaoru and thinks of Kazumi as a little sister. She wished for the chance to meet an editor who would publish her stories.
;:[[Mirai Wakaba]] (若葉みらい)
:She's impulsive and occasionally gives Kazumi a beating, but deep down a caring girl.
;:[[Satomi Usagi]] (宇佐木里美)
:A polite girl who used her wish to gain the ability to talk to animals as she wants to become a vet when she grows up.
;:[[Saki Asami]] (浅海サキ)
:A mature girl that uses thunders to attack. The effective leader of the Pleiades Saints.
;:[[Nico Kanna]] (神流ニコ)
:Her smartphone uses an app created by the Pleiades Saints that can pick up the residual power of witches. She rarely shows emotions.
;:{{Spoiler|'''Michiru Kazusa''' (和紗ミチル)}}
:{{Spoiler|The original Kazumi who saved the Pleiades and made them contract. She eventually turned into a witch and died}}

;Others
;:[[Jubey]] (ジュゥべぇ)
:A fairy (妖精) who contracted the Pleiades Saints, turning them into magical girls. His name is a pun: "ju" is Japanese for ten. Compare with Kyubey, where "kyu" is Japanese for nine. Appears to know Kyubey, as they are seen together at the start of chapter 4.

;:"[[Yuuri]]" (ユウリ)/ Airi Anri 杏里あいり
:A mysterious magical girl that acts antagonistically towards the others, and shares a connection with the mysterious new witches. She is the one who kidnapped Kazumi, created the pseudo-witches of the first two chapters, and has a grudge against the Pleiades Saints. Uses pistols and submachine guns as her weapons (which, contrary to [[Homura]]'s, appear to actually be magical) and can summon a giant bull. She also appears capable of setting up impenetrable force barriers and disguising herself as other people. Chapter 5 reveals that she is actually a girl named [[Airi]] (seen briefly in Chapter 4), and her wish was to become the real Yuuri. She wants revenge against the Pleiades Saints for killing the real Yuuri when she became a witch.

;:[[Yuuri Asuka]] (飛鳥ユウリ)
:The real Yuuri. Before the start of the series, she wished to cure her friend Airi's life-threatening illness. She used her powers to cure the incurable diseases of other people, which caused her to run out of magic and become a witch. She was subsequently destroyed by the Pleiades Saints. Her weapon was a giant hypodermic needle, with multiple needles.

;:[[Kyubey]] (キュゥべえ)
:The same character from the anime, he contracted with Yuuri and Airi. He ultimately manipulated Airi into going after the Pleaides Saints.

;:[[Souichirou Tachibana]] (立花宗一郎)
:The man who found Kazumi in a suitcase after she lost her memory. He is a chef who tried to bomb a mall in revenge after he was tricked and lost his restaurant.

;:[[Ayase Souju]] (双樹あやせ)
:A wandering magical girl. She collects soul gems, and shares a body with Luca Souju. She has powers over fire.

;:[[Luca Souju]] (双樹ルカ)}}
:A magical girl who shares a body with Ayase Souju. She has powers over ice.

;:[[Miyuki Asami]] (浅海美幸)
:Saki's childhood friend, who promised to marry her one day. Before the start of the series, she died when the car she was riding with Saki in crashed into another vehicle. In Chapter 12, it was revealed that she was Saki's younger sister.

;:[[Mami Tomoe]] (巴マミ)
:The same character from the anime, she saved Kazumi from a witch before Kazumi made a contract. By doing so, she helped Jubey meet Kazumi.

;Witches
:The various witches featured in ''Kazumi Magica'' can be found [[Witches in Kazumi Magica|here]].

== Changes and Additions in the Collected Edition ==
[[File:KazumiSoulGemChange.png|right|thumb|300px|One of the many changes made between the magazine and volume versions of Kazumi Magica.]]
=== Volume 1===
* The dust jackets have a silly two page comic with Kazumi, Umika, and Kaoru.
* In the last page of Chapter 1, the {{Spoiler| Evil Nut}} next to the defeated detective is missing. After that there is an additional page with Kazumi and Souichirou Tachibana.
* Chapter 2 changes:
** In the second page, the {{Spoiler|Evil Nut}} is redrawn to be consistent with it's changed appearance in later chapters. The same thing happens in the forty-second page.
** In the third and fourth pages, Kazumi is holding her earring-bell instead of a blank white stone.
** In the thirteenth page, the white stone has been redrawn as a Soul Gem.
** In the fourteenth page, the white stone has been replaced with Kazumi's Soul Gem turning into her earring-bell - this reveals that the earring-bell ''is'' Kazumi's Soul Gem.
** In the eighteenth page, Umika and Kaoru's Soul Gems have been redrawn to be consistent with the appearance of Soul Gems in future chapters and the anime.
** In the nineteenth page, Kaoru's magical girl outfit has been slightly altered. This alteration is also present on the twenty-eighth page. In addition, Umika's Soul Gem is now visible on her forehead in magical girl form, making it consistent with future chapters. The forehead gem is present on the twenty-third, twenty-fifth through twenty-eighth, thirty-seventh, thirty-ninth, fortieth, and forty-second pages.
** In the twenty-seventh page, Kazumi is holding her earring bell instead of looking at her cross weapon. This changes the serialized version's implication that Kazumi's Soul Gem was on her cross.
** An extra page is added at the end of Chapter 2.
* The end of chapter 3 adds a page with design notes for the witch from Chapter 3.
* The end of the manga has a silly three page Omake with Saki, Umika, and Kazumi. It features a single panel appearance of Kaoru, a single panel appearance of Nico, Satomi and Mirai together, and a single panel appearance of Madoka.
* There is also a one-page Q&A with the author.
=== Volume 2===
* The front dust jacket has a parody of the cover, with Tachibana in Kazumi's place and the chef from Yuuri's flashback in Yuuri's place. The back one has an image of the policewoman in Yuuri's outfit.
* On the ninth page in chapter 5, a panel of Jubey has the circular mark on Jubey's head that previously did not.
* On the tenth page in chapter 5, the runes flying around as Yuuri becomes a witch are more clearly visible.
* On the first page of Chapter 6, Kazumi is very slightly redrawn.
* A page with Kazumi and Nico is added after Chapter 7.
* Design sketches for all new characters introduced in the volume are included.
** Notes on Yuuri are added after Chapter 4.
** Notes on Yuuri Asuka's witch are added after Chapter 5.
** Notes on Airi's witch are added after Chapter 6.
** Notes on Ayase and Luca are added after Chapter 8.
* The end of the manga has a one-page Omake with Saki reading one of her romance novels.
* There is also a one-page Q&A with the author.
* Volumes purchased from Toranoana also included a two page short story about Yuuri and Airi, called, "Puella Magi Kazumi Magica Special Edition ~ A Dream-Filled Spoon".
=== Volume 3 ===
* Volumes purchased from Toranoana include a four page short story about the Pleiades Saints titled, "Puella Magi Kazumi Magica Special Edition ~ Rosetta Meteora". Volumes purchased at Wondergoo, Melonbooks and Gamers also received special cards with different illustrations on them for each vendor.

== Observations ==
{{spoilers|media=anime|episode=12}}
* Although initially ''Kazumi Magica'' appeared to have no connection to the anime, it developed a greater connection to the anime over time, culminating in nearly all of the inconsistencies being explained in Chapter 4.
* Kazumi is not set after the events of the anime.
* Food seems to play a major role in ''Kazumi Magica''. Nearly every chapter is titled after something food-related that is mentioned in that chapter (the exception, "Gem Picking", can still be thought of as food related a la "cherry picking"), three of the magical girls are good cooks, and almost all of the magical girls enjoy eating.
* The author's Q&A in volume one shows that the series subtitle "innocent malice" is translated in Japanese as "sinless spite". He also acknowledges his use of food as chapter titles, and says he'll run out of ideas and change them eventually.
* The author of ''Kazumi Magica'', as revealed in the [[Tiro_Finale_Book#Translations|Tiro Finale Book]], wrote the screenplays for the ''Madoka Magica'' Drama CDs ''[[Drama_CD_1|"Memories of you"]]'' and ''[[Drama_CD_3|"Farewell Story"]]''.
** Like [[Mami]], all of the magical girls in ''Kazumi Magica'' use Italian names for their attacks and spells. Interestingly, this seems to have carried over to the Drama CDs that the author wrote the screenplays for - ''"Farewell Story"'' has [[Kyoko]] use an Italian name for one attack, and the author has stated that in ''"Memories of you"'' there was a cut scene where [[Madoka]] used an Italian named attack.
* Each of the first three chapters of ''Kazumi Magica'' are forty-four pages long. Subsequent chapters are twenty-six pages.

== Front Covers ==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="left">
File:The innocent malice 1 001.jpg|Cover of the first volume
File:PMKM_vol2_cover.jpg|Cover of the second volume
File:PMKM vol3 cover.jpg|Cover of the third volume
</gallery>

== See Also ==
* Kazumi's ongoing serialization in the [[Manga_Time_Kirara_Forward_Kazumi_Serialization|Manga Time Kirara Forward]].

==External links==
*[http://www.dokidokivisual.com/madokamagica/kazumi/ Official website for ''Puella Magi Kazumi Magica''] (Japanese)
*[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Manga/PuellaMagiKazumiMagica ''Puella Magi Kazumi Magica'' at TVTropes.org] (English)

[[Category:Manga]]

Kazumi Magica

2012-03-09T08:07:49Z

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[[File:PMKM_chapter1_cover.png|thumb|Cover of Kazumi Magica Chapter 1]]
'''Puella Magi Kazumi Magica: The Innocent Malice''' (魔法少女かずみ☆マギカ～The innocent malice～, ''Mahō Shōjo Kazumi Magica: The innocent malice'') is the first spin-off [[manga]] written by Masaki Hiramatsu and illustrated by Takashi Tensugi. It started serializing in ''[[wikipedia:Manga Time Kirara Forward|Manga Time Kirara Forward]]'' starting January 24, 2011 and features a new set of characters in a different stage from the anime. The first collected volume, containing chapters 1-3, was released on May 12, 2011. The second volume, containing chapters 4-8, was released on October 12, 2011. The third volume, containing chapters 9-13, will be released on March 12, 2012.

==Plot==
Kazumi is surrounded by the darkness, with voice calling her out from somewhere. After she escapes from the darkness that is inside a suitcase, what appears before her eyes are unknown room and unknown man. In that incident, what came across her mind were fragments of memories.

{{Note|As you might guess, the chapter summaries may contain spoilers for the chapter it summarizes, as well as previous ones.}}

=== Chapter 1: "Bad - Guy - Reckon Off" ===
;Released January 24th, 2011.
:A girl awakens inside a suitcase, having forgotten everything except her name, Kazumi. When she opens the suitcase, she finds herself in the home of a man named Souichirou Tachibana. Souichirou explains that he had bought a bomb in an identical suitcase, intending to blow up a shopping mall as an act of revenge against the mall's owner, who tricked him into selling his store. However, he switched his suitcase with another one when he bumped into a mysterious girl. Souichirou gets a phone call offering to trade Kazumi for the bomb at the mall. Kazumi goes along with it to find the identity of her kidnapper. While being taken to the mall in her suitcase, Kazumi asks Souchirou not to set off the bomb, saying that he's a good person. When he finds the other suitcase, Souichirou is stopped by two high school girls (though the next chapter calls them middle-school girls), named Umika and Kaoru. They open the suitcase containing the bomb, starting the timer. At this point, a squad of police officers led by a female detective appear, telling Souchirou he's under arrest. Kazumi breaks out from her suitcase and announces that Souichirou is not a bad person. Souichirou is unable to stop the bomb, which is close to exploding. Kazumi closes her eyes and thinks "Stop the bomb. Bibbity Bobbity Boo", causing her earring bells to glow. At this point, Umika passes the bomb to Kaoru, who kicks it into the air. It then harmlessly explodes into smoke, shocking nearly everyone. The mysterious girl from before, who was watching, mutters that the bomb was supposed to be real.

:At this point, Umika and Kaoru reveal they know Kazumi and take her to Umika's house, where they all live together while their parents are working overseas. Apparently, Kazumi had been missing since the day before. Kazumi is taken to her room and falls asleep. When she wakes up, she finds a note from Umika and Kaoru saying they're out dating and that the detective from before will visit. Kazumi cooks a large meal for herself that she shares with the detective when she arrives. Kazumi then announces that the detective had set up the entire incident with the bomb to make herself look good, and she arrived at Kazumi's house to kill her. The detective agrees, saying that she followed a lead given to her by someone else, and that someone also gave her the power to kill people without leaving decisive evidence. She then transforms into a monster. Kazumi begins getting strange flashbacks as the monster attacks her. When the monster grabs her earring-bell, she suddenly yells at her not to touch it, breaks the monsters wrist, and then transforms into a magical girl. Kazumi defeats the monster with her new powers, which turns her back into a human. The chapter ends with Umika and Kaoru running in to save Kazumi, and Kazumi telling them she can use magic.

=== Chapter 2: "AHA! Dogs" ===
;Released February 24th, 2011.
:Picking up where the last chapter ended, Kazumi falls unconscious, exhausted and hungry. Looking at the detective's unconscious body, Umika and Kaoru find an object that resembles a [[Grief Seed]]. The mysterious girl from before watches, clearly annoyed. Kazumi wakes up, finds a black cat (which might be a reference to the black cat from the anime's opening animation) and comes downstairs to find Umika cooking. Kaoru explains that Umika has writer's block, which causes her to grow horns on her head and act oddly. After eating, Umika takes the girls shopping. While at the mall, Kazumi gets an odd feeling and runs away to find another monster attacking people. Kazumi transforms, causing the monster to recognize her as a magical girl. Kazumi has trouble fighting the monster, which prompts Umika and Kaoru to transform into magical girls themselves. Kazumi remembers that Kaoru would immobilize the monster, while Umika would use her book to read it's mind. However, Kazumi preforms the next step - attacking - too early, which nearly causes the attack to hit Umika. The monster gets away as Kazumi runs to her friends. Kazumi apologizes to them, but they don't seem to mind. When she insists on being punished, they take her to a hair salon where they cut her hair.

:At the salon, Umika explains that there are fairies who scout out magical girls and make contracts that grant them wishes (a silhouette of [[Madoka]] and [[Kyubey]] are seen during this scene). Kaoru says she wished for a healthy body that could always play soccer, while Umika wished for an editor that could appreciate her novels. When Kazumi asks why they didn't wish for success or fame, they reply that they want to achieve those things with their own abilities. Kazumi then asks what her own wish was, but she had never told her friends. The monsters in the current and previous chapter are confirmed to be a new type of [[witch]] that Kaoru and Umika haven't encountered before. At this point, Kazumi's haircut is finished, and is rather messily done. Kazumi says she likes it, saying that it's fine for the "new Kazumi", having distanced herself from the "old Kazumi". When Umika wants to fix the lock of Kazumi's hair that sticks out, Kazumi claims that it's a witch sensor. It seems to have some use, helping Umika learn that the witch is a cosmetic saleswoman, who is attacking girls who have bad skin. When they find and confront the witch, the mysterious girl from before appears and is identified as a magical girl. She quickly leaves, leaving Kazumi, Umika and Kaoru to fight the witch on their own. They defeat her, returning her to normal and making her drop another unusual Grief Seed. Afterward, Kazumi muses that those who become witches aren't always bad people. Umika replies that anyone can become a witch. {{Spoiler|It's implied that she and Kaoru know that, like in the anime, magical girls become witches.}}

=== Chapter 3: "Kazumix" ===
;Released March 24th, 2011.
:The name of the city is revealed to be Asunaro, as Kazumi, Umika, and Kaoru are engaged in battle against an anime-style witch, complete with a barrier and familiars. During the battle, Kazumi hesitates, remembering when she accidentally hit her friends. Because of this, the witch devours Umika and Kaoru and escapes, leaving Kazumi by herself with a mark on her hand. At this point, four other magical girls arrive: Satomi, Mirai, Saki and Nico. It is revealed that the four of them, plus Kazumi, Umika, and Kaoru, make up a seven-member team of magical girls named the Pleiades Saints. They took their name after the [[Wikipedia:Pleiades_(star_cluster)|Pleiades Star Cluster]] (this is a pun in Japanese; "Pleiades Saints" and "Pleiades Star Cluster" are pronounced the same way in Japanese and when written, differ by only one character). Kazumi gets a call from Umika and Kaoru, who are being protected by a barrier created by Umika. However, she can only maintain it for five hours. Umika tells Kazumi to team-up with the other Saints to find the witch. When Kazumi feels bad about what happened to Umika and Kaoru, Mirai hits her on the head, saying that they're the only ones who can help them. (This is a running gag that re-occurs through the chapter). The five of them use their Soul Gems to find the witch, while Kazumi remarks that her witch detector hair doesn't seem to be working.

:Satomi speaks to a cat, revealing that her wish was to be able to talk to animals so she could become a veterinarian. The cat reveals that the mark on Kazumi's hand has been planted around the city (it seems distinct from the witch's symbol, however). Nico reveals that they designed a smartphone application that picks up the wavelengths from witches and transfers them into Soul Gems, making the witches easier to track down. The girls split up, but they are tricked by the mysterious girl from before who disguises herself as Satomi. She then leads Kazumi away from the others. When she reveals herself, Kazumi recognizes her as the one who put her in the suitcase. The girl announces she will kill Kazumi and summons a giant bull. She then creates a number of pistols and sub-machine guns, [[Mami]]-style, and fires them, pinning Kazumi to a wall. Realizing they've been tricked, the other four magical girls arrive in time to help Kazumi. The mysterious magical girl escapes. Back at Umika's house, Saki finds that the mark left behind by the witch is the mark of a bookmobile, and that the appearance of the marks matches the bookmobile's schedule. They rush off to find the witch (after Kazumi cooks a large meal for them). Kazumi brings a bag of candy with her for Umika and Kaoru. Kazumi is told to wait outside the barrier, while the other magical girls incapacitate the witch. Once giving the signal from an electronic communicator, Kazumi will then fire into the barrier, destroying the witch. The plan hits a snag when Nico's communicator is broken, prompting Umika to use flute candy from Kazumi's bag to contact her. Kazumi successfully destroys the witch and reunites with Umika and Kaoru. Saki finds that the witch used an abandoned car to make it's barrier, while Nico collects the witch's Grief Seed which looks like the ones in the anime. {{Spoiler|Their expressions in this scene carry the subtle implication that they also know magical girls become witches.}} As they celebrate their victory, they are watched by something that resembles a black cat mixed with Kyubey.

=== Chapter 4: "Evil Nuts" ===
;Released April 23rd, 2011.
:As Kazumi and the others celebrate their victory from the previous chapter, the Kyubey look-alike continues to watch, right next to Kyubey himself. Kyubey asks "Do you think things will go well this time, Pleiades?" while the look-alike grins. The look-alike then jumps down to meet Kazumi and he is introduced as Jubey, the fairy who made the Pleiades Saints magical girls. Jubey purifies the Pleaides Soul Gems, apparently consuming the darkness they expelled. He then devours the Grief Seed from the witch fought in the previous chapter. However, when the Pleiades give him the Grief Seeds from the witches in the first two chapters, he rejects them, revealing that they aren't Grief Seeds at all. The witches fought in the first two chapters were in fact pseudo-witches, created by imitation Grief Seeds known as an "Evil Nuts". The Pleiades quickly deduce that the mysterious magical girl created the Evil Nuts. The mysterious girl then promptly appears and incapacitates the magical girls. She introduces herself as Yuuri and appears to bear a grudge against the Pleiades. She takes off with Kazumi, leaving behind a letter telling the others that if they want Kazumi back, they have to come to Asunaro Dome at midnight.

:While being held hostage by Yuuri, Kazumi asks why she's attacking everyone. Yuuri refuses to answer, but during the conflict she flashes back to an unknown girl, which provokes an emotional reaction in her. Back at the Misaki residence, the Pleiades try to understand Yuuri's motivations. Nico then claims that Yuuri is "at her limit", and that something will happen if she uses too much magic {{Spoiler|- it is not stated but heavily implied that she means Yuuri is in danger of becoming a witch.}} At the dome, Yuuri welcomes the Pleaides Saints, showing that Kazumi is trapped in a chair. When they try to rescue her, they're blocked by a force-field. Yuuri then announces that she will plant one of her Evil Nuts into Kazumi. When Kazumi begs her to stop, Yuuri laughs and tells Kazumi that she knows nothing about the Pleaides Saints. She then takes off her hat, which causes Umika to recognize her. Yuuri announces she wants vengeance and the chapter ends with her shoving the Evil Nut into Kazumi's forehead.

=== Chapter 5: "Magicallabbiata" ===
;Released May 24th, 2011.
:The chapter picks up where the previous one left off. The Evil Nut enters into Kazumi's forehead, causing her to let out a burst of power that lets her break out of the chair while reforming her hat and growing a long cloak in the process. Kazumi fights with Yuuri again, but is still overpowered. Yuuri claims that the other Pleiades had killed her, and says that they're a group that kills magical girls. She then reveals that the Pleiades took away the most important thing to her, so she's going to take away the most important thing to them - Kazumi. At this point, Yuuri's blackened Soul Gem begins to crack. Saki tells Juubey to clean Yuuri's gem. Juubey begins spinning but is shot by Yuuri, stopping him. Nico quietly says Yuuri's Soul Gem has hatched as it turns into a Grief Seed, falling into Kazumi's hand. Kyubey watches from afar as Yuuri transforms into a heart-shaped witch. The Pleiades Saints are trapped on crosses in her barrier. In shock, Kazumi wonders why witches come out of Soul Gems. Vines begin surrounding the Pleiades causing them to scream out in pain. As they're being tortured, we suddenly see the girl from Yuuri's flashback in the previous chapter.

:The story then flashes back to the past. The girl from Yuuri's flashback is seen lying in a hospital bed, with Yuuri watching. We learn her name is Airi, and she only has three months left to live. Yuuri asks Airi if she wants to keep living. Airi says yes, saying she wishes to live longer and wanting to eat lots of delicious things with Yuuri. Yuuri hands her a spoon, saying it's charm filled with dreams. She tells Airi to wait until she comes back. We then find that Airi has been miraculously cured of her illness. As she tearfully hugs Yuuri, Airi says that the spoon must have been magic. The truth seems to be something different as Kyubey's silhouette is seen in the window. Later at school, Yuuri and Airi talk about an upcoming cooking contest. Airi says she'll treat Yuuri to a restaurant (which turns out to belong to Souichirou Tachibana) if she wins the contest before handing her back the spoon, asking it to help Yuuri. The contest appears to be a cooking contest, which has the same symbol from Yuuri's letter in the previous chapter. However, Yuuri is missing when the final round starts (At this point we also learn her last name is Asuka). As Airi looks for her, she finds herself in the barrier of a giant witch that resembles a hypodermic needle. The Pleiades Saints arrive and quickly destroy the witch with giant arrows (that look like the arrow that sent Yuuri's letter in the previous chapter). Kazumi is not among them. As Airi thanks the Saints for saving her, they tell her to forget what she saw, and to watch out for dark alleys and Witch's Kisses. When the Saints leave, Airi finds that the witch dropped Yuuri's spoon when it was destroyed. Kyubey appears and tells Airi that the witch was Yuuri, causing her to scream.

:That night, Kyubey explains what happened in detail. Yuuri's wish was to cure Airi's illness. We see her in magical girl form, holding a giant hypodermic needle. In addition to fighting witches, she also used her magic to cure incurable diseases. This ultimately caused her to use too much magic and turn into a witch. In fact, she transformed right in front of the Pleiades Saints. Crying, Airi asks why the Pleiades didn't try to help Yuuri, cursing herself for thanking the people who killed her. Kyubey says he'll grant Airi's wish and turn her into a magical girl. Airi says she won't forgive the Pleiades Saints and wishes to take over Yuuri's life; to turn into Yuuri. Kyuubey says her wish has surpassed entropy as Airi changes to look like Yuuri - the Yuuri seen in previous chapters,. Airi/Yuuri then is seen on a skyscraper, crushing the head of what appears to be a familiar while laughing madly. She asks Kyubey for the names of the people that killed the real Yuuri. Kyubey says that they're the Pleaides Saints. Airi/Yuuri mocks their name and announces she'll kill all of them, making them pay for the real Yuuri.

=== Chapter 6: "Loss Parfait" ===
;Released June 24th, 2011.
:As we see Yuuri laughing from the end of the previous chapter, the story suddenly returns to the present. Apparently, the flashback in the previous chapter was a vision shown to the Pleiades by the witch. Kazumi begs Airi that she doesn't want to fight, but the witch attacks her, seemingly cutting off her head. Kazumi is then seen catching what would have been the fatal blow in her teeth, biting that part of the witch off. The influence of the Evil Nut causes Kazumi's body to change, and she attacks the witch with elongated hands, eventually breaking free from her cross. Kazumi's bell then rings, causing her to collapse and return to normal. Kazumi then tries to use her magic to turn Airi back to normal. Shockingly, even though the witch continues to attack Kazumi, Airi's (or more precisely, Yuuri's) body comes out of the witch. Still attached to the witch, she speaks entirely in runes, repeating the final spell she attempted to use on Kazumi. At that point, Saki shoots her, freeing the other Pleiades.

:As the magical girls gear up to attack, Kazumi protests, saying that Airi wasn't a bad person because she dedicated her life for a friend. Mirai tells Kazumi that they know, and that's why they have to kill her. Juubey then appears, telling Kazumi that Airi is no longer a magical girl, but a witch. He further states "We don't understand how, but sometimes one of these appear. Their gems go out of control." Finally, he says that it's impossible to turn witches back to normal, and the only choice is to kill them. Kazumi says there's no way she can do it. Saki says she knows, and tells Kazumi she doesn't have to dirty her hands. One by one, the Pleiades attack the witch as Kazumi begs them to stop. Finally, Satomi apologizes, saying all they can do is prevent the witch from hurting anyone. Kaoru then says only they have to carry that burden, and they'll finish this by themselves. The Pleiades are shown to clearly be as pained by this as Kazumi is. Kazumi then uses Limit Estern, aiming straight for the witch. Just before the blow hits, she says Yuuri's name. The witch is then destroyed, the spoon drops to the ground, and the barrier collapses. As Kazumi picks up the spoon, she says she'll share the burden with the Pleiades, and then cries into Umika's arms.

:Kazumi is then seen walking back home with Umika and Kaoru. She tells them to go home ahead of her, saying she wants to be alone. Kazumi then notices none other than Souichirou Tachibana, closing his shop. Her serves her a bucket of parfait, much to her delight, and reveals that he was the made the manager of a new store. Kazumi then has a vision of Airi and Yuuri enjoying the parfait, prompting her to suggest that Souichirou should put the desert on the menu. Souchirou declines, saying it's not profitable. As Kazumi continues to eat, she suddenly begins crying, saying that Yuuri and Airi couldn't have eaten this. Eventually she falls alseep. Souchirou pulls a blanket over her and puts the parfait on the menu. The chapter ends with the sleeping Kazumi holding Yuuri and Airi's spoon.

=== Chapter 7: "Gem Picking" ===
;Released July 23, 2011.
:The chapter begins with the Kaoru, Saki, Mirai, and Satomi. confronting a magical girl named Sumire Akane. Sumire recognizes Kaoru from training together at the training center (revealing to the reader Kaoru's last name, Maki). Kaoru apologizes and uses a spell called "Tocco del Mare" (Touch of the Sea) as Akane screams. The scene cuts to another girl watching the Pleiades from afar who mentions that she's glad she stopped in Asunaro before going to Mitakihara. She watches as all the magical girls detransform, and the Pleiades hold out their Soul Gems. As she pulls out her own Soul Gem, she says that she wants the Pleiades. The next morning, Kazumi thanks Souchirou for the food, and becomes overjoyed when he puts the bucket of parfait on the menu. She leaves when she spies Nico and Juubey walking.

:Kazumi asks Nico what she's doing, and she evasively answers that she's witch hunting. Kazumi elects to go with her, and they enter Asunaro's amusement park. Kazumi mentions that the Pleaides were trying to be kind to her by hiding the truth about witches. Nico then says that Kazumi doesn't have her memories back. Kazumi acknowledges this, and wonders if she hit her head in the trunk; if Airi had erased her memories they would be coming back. She then asks if there's anything that can bring back her memories. Nico says they aren't all happy memories and Kazumi might have had plenty of regrets. She says this while looking at an American news article about a Japanese kid shooting other people. Kazumi says that she's fine with it, and doesn't want to run away from that part of herself. Nico says that they should talk about this with everyone else later, before turning around to confront the girl that was watching the Pleaides from earlier in the chapter. Introducing herself as Ayase Souju, she reveals that she collects Soul Gems "because they shine with the light of life". Nico calls her hobby disgusting. Ayase counters by saying the Pleiades are gem picking too. She refers offhandedly to Sumire, saying she was only slightly dirty, and didn't bother anyone. Nico is silent (it's possible that she wasn't present during the incident), while Kazumi is confused. Ayase then reveals her intention to add the Pleaides to her collection. Nico and Ayase proceed to transform.

:Ayase's weapon is a sword, and she throws fireballs. Nico dodges, turns her fingers into bullets, and fires them. Ayase deflects the bullets only to find herself being surrounded by a horde of Nicos. Juubey tells Kazumi that Nico wished for "regeneration", which gave her the power to deconstruct materials and reconstruct it as other objects - the other Nicos were literally made from bricks. Nico reveals that finger missiles and clones are her specialties. Ayase throws another flurry of fireballs, burning the Nico clones to bits. At that point, the real Nico appears, grabs Ayase's Soul Gem, and uses "Tocco del Mare". Ayase abruptly detransforms, while Nico continues to hold Ayase's Soul Gem. When asked, she tells Kazumi she only stunned Ayase. Ayase then begins speaking and attacks Nico point-blank with an ice spell, reclaiming her Soul Gem. She then transforms again, but has a different outfit. Kazumi asks Juubey if magical girls can transform twice, but Juubey claims there are two of her. The girl reveals that she is Luca Souju, and that both her and Ayase share the same body as two souls. As Kazumi wonders if Ayase/Luca is a magical girl with a split personality, a wounded Nico says Souju (meaning "twin trees") must represent their body. Luca just smiles.

=== Chapter 8: "Tempura Ice-Cream" ===
;Released August 24th, 2011.
:Luca asks for Kazumi's name, threatening to take her Soul Gem. She claims that she has to collect Soul Gems or else she won't be able to coexist with Ayase. Juubey then claims that girls who lose their Soul Gems lose their magic and can even die (which is true, in a sense). Kazumi attacks Luca, but Luca uses "Cazzo Freddo" to freeze her. She notices the rarity of Kazumi's Soul Gem (her earring bell) not being located on her body, and tries to get ahold of it. Kazumi tells her not to touch it, suddenly unfreezing herself and hitting Luca in her Soul Gem. Luca then uses both her Soul Gems to be Ayase and Luca at the same time. Kazumi fires at her with Limiti Esterni while Ayase/Luca uses a new attack named "Pici Generati". The Soujus' attack makes it through and hits Kazumi, sending her flying. Watching the battle from afar, Nico receives a telepathic message from Saki, checking if Nico has taken Ayase/Luca's Soul Gem. Nico responds in the negative before asking Juubey what "Pici Generati" means. He believes it means "Twin Peaks". Kazumi then receives a telepathic message from Nico asking her to get hit more with "Pici Generati". After watching Ayase/Luca's power, she picks up Kazumi and flees with her and Juubey inside a roller coaster.

:Nico tells Kazumi that Ayase/Luca's attack creates an explosion through their perfectly synchronized fire and ice magic. They are capable of this because they use the same body. Kazumi doesn't understand this, causing Nico to use tempura ice cream as a metaphor. Nico then claims that they have to do something similar with her own magic. This prompts Jubey to say that Kazumi's powers are "sacrilege" but he quickly corrects himself and says it's "destruction" (they are alternate character readings of the same word). He continues saying that Kazumi's magic and Nico's reconstruction magic are like hot and cold. They encounter Ayase/Luca again and all three of them fire. The Soujus' attack sends them flying, prompting Nico and Kazumi to try and combine their magic. Their magic hits Ayase/Luca own attack, but it fails to negate it. Nico and Kazumi flee again through an underground 'Staff Only' tunnel, as Nico comments that the Soujus are better synchronized. Suddenly, Nico, Kazumi and Juubey trip with a broom and fall, prompting them to shout in pain simultaneously. This gives them an idea. When Ayase/Luca comes across them, Kazumi and Nico are holding hands. The Soujus fire "Pici Generati" again, but this time when Kazumi and Nico combine their magic Juubey bites their hands. This causes them to become synchronized, pushing their magic tight through Ayase/Luca's and causing an explosion that sends them to the surface.

:Kazumi tells the Soujus that they've lost, but they respond by pulling out a box of Evil Nuts. They throw two of them at Nico and Kazumi, but Saki appears and catches them in mid-air. The other Pleiades jump down behind Kazumi, as Saki asks where the Soujus got the Evil Nuts. Ayase/Luca laughs instead of answering and tells the Pleiades to kill them, calling them "magical girl hunters". Shocked, Kazumi asks what she means. Kaoru says they aren't murderers, but because they can't let the Soujus go they're taking they're Soul Gems. Saki tells Kaoru not to use "Tocco del Mare" in front of Kazumi, but Nico says that Kazumi already saw her use it. Kaoru says that Ayase and Luca's Soul Gems are at their limit and pulls out both their gems. Kazumi, near tears, asks what's going on, reminding the Pleiades that she agreed to carry their burdens with them. Although Saki objects, Umika agrees to tell Kazumi about the truth of the Pleiades Saints. Suddenly Satomi notices that Nico has fallen to her knees, and her Soul Gem is glowing. Satomi backs into Kaoru, prompting her to turn around. Satomi calls Nico's name as a witch appears, creating a barrier filled with skyscrapers and familiars that resemble shooting targets in firing ranges. Nico's body is floating in the air in front of the witch.

=== Chapter 9: "The Freezer" ===
;Released September 24th, 2011
:As Nico's Soul Gem cracks, we see background text of her thinking that that she'll die without a trace, and she wants everyone to remember. She thinks she doesn't want to kill anyone anymore. The runes coming out of her Soul Gem read "We have no future as long as he's around." The next page has a cover image of a golden-eyed Nico holding a gun, asking to be killed. The Pleiades are shocked to discover Nico has become a witch. Repeatedly shouting "Cut", the witch turns her hands into a single pair of scissors. Kaoru transforms and blocks the attack using ''Capitano Potenza'' ("Captain Power"), which encases her arms in a black metallic substance. The witch fires projectiles from its body. Kaoru turns to the others and tells them not to stand there. Umika encases herself, Kazumi, and Satomi in a barrier. Saki pushes Mirai in, but is wounded. Mirai flips out and uses her attack ''La Bestia'' ("The Beasts") causing an army of teddy-bears to appear and chew on the witch. When the witch throws them off, Mirai uses ''La Bestia Refare'' ("Remake the Beast"). The bears start hugging each other and turn into a giant bear that Mirai jumps on. The bear pounces on the witch and pulls it into a bear hug. Mirai leaps into the air, turns her wand into a giant sword, and cuts both the bear and the witch in half. The witch dies, yelling "Cut" one last time. She drops a Grief Seed (which notably looks different than Nico's Soul Gem)

:Mirai asks Saki if she's alright, but she's still processing Nico's death. Mirai tells her she had to do it, but is interrupted by Satomi screaming that she doesn't want to die or turn into a witch. Jubey and Umika look at the Grief Seed, as Umika wonders how did things turn out like this. Kazumi takes the hand of Nico's body and finds it's cold. As she shouts Nico's name, a voice says "You called?" Everyone is shocked to see another Nico standing behind them. As Kazumi asks what's going on, the other Nico walks up to the first Nico's body, puts her arm around her neck, and with a disturbing expression says "Switch". She then touches the hair of the body, and it's face suddenly vanishes. Jubey, a disturbing grin on his face, says that the body was Nico's "spare" and "compensation for Nico's contract". Kaoru asks why Nico didn't tell them. Nico says that to deceive an enemy, you have to deceive your allies. Kaoru punches her, then gives her a hug. Nico then says they should cut to the chase. Kaoru tells Saki Kazumi can handle it.

:The scene switches to Mirai's teddy bear museum, "Angelica Bears". Mirai says that in Japanese it's called "Ashitaba" (literally "tomorrow's leaf") and says that Kazumi came up with the name. As they walk inside, they step onto a magic circle. Umika holds out her ring, suddenly transporting them all somewhere else. Umika tells Kazumi that the museum was born from them meeting with her. The walk up to a giant door, which opens into a giant room filled with girls floating in tanks. The middle of the room contains a pile of Soul Gems. Umika explains that after they take Soul Gems, they put the empty shells of the magical girls into "the Freezer". We see one of the girls has a nametag, reading Kaede Hinata in English. Kazumi says that Ayase was right, and asks why they're doing this. Jubey says that it's their response to the magical girl system, which is full of contradictions: Rejection.

=== Chapter 10: "Bibbity Bobbity Boo" ===
;Released October 24, 2011

''(Note: The original Japanese title is "Chichinpurin", which is a pun on “Chichinpui", a stock magical incantation in Japanese. "Chichinpurin" has been translated throughout the series as “Bibbity Bobbity Boo”. In keeping with the food puns in the chapter titles, “purin” means “pudding”.)''
:Picking up from the end of the last chapter, Umika explains that witches are the end state of magical girls. (While she's speaking Oktavia is briefly seen, as is Sayaka in silhouette). Umika tells Kazumi that they lied to her when they said that sometimes the Soul Gems of magical girls go out of control. Jubey, grinning, explains that Soul Gems are the extracted souls of magical girls. Kaoru admits that they're like zombies, but it's preferable to dying to a witch in one shot. Jubey then says that the Pleiades refuse to fight without feeling pain. Kaoru responds by saying that if they do that they'll cease being human. Umika explains that the magical girls they capture are placed in a barrier that separates them from their Soul Gems and puts them in suspended animation, preventing them from becoming witches. Kaoru says they hope to find a way to completely clean the gems and turn them back into humans. Until then, they'll keep fighting. This is their "rejection" of the magical girl system. Nico then takes out a container that has the Soujus, their Soul Gems, and the Soul Gem and body of another magical girl. The bodies of the magical girls have been shrunken to the point where they can be picked up by one hand. Nico puts into two new containers, saying they "will keep on waiting for the prince's kiss." Kazumi asks when everyone found out about the connection between magical girls and wishes. Umika touches her forehead to Kazumi's, telling her to remember everything.

:The story flashes back into the past. Umika, Kaoru, Satomi, Mirai, Nico, and Saki are standing on a catwalk. They are all displaying a witch's kiss on their necks. It then shows the "despair" of each Pleiade:
::Umika wrote a draft for a novel that was taken by her editor and released under the authorship of a top idol to rave reviews. When the editor calls her to ask if they can look forward to her next work, Umika drops the phone in shock.
::Kaoru was injured in a soccer game that left her on crutches. The girl who injured her is then rushed to the hospital Kaoru was recovering in. It turns out that girl was bullied for ruining Kaoru's career and tried to kill herself. Kaoru screams when she overhears this.
::Satomi is given a cat on her third birthday, which she names Sare. Years later, she goes out and leaves it alone in her house, despite it's protests. It's then seen in a veterinarian's office, dead. The vets says that if the cat was brought here earlier it might have survived, prompting Satomi to think that this wouldn't have happened if she had just listened.
::Mirai is shown at school wearing glasses. The other students want nothing to do with her. As she walks home, Mirai clutches her teddy-bear saying, she's not lonely because she has all of them. We then find that her room is filled with teddy-bears. As she begins sewing one of them, admits she wants friends and starts crying.
::Nico is shown as a little kid, playing with her neighbors and a loaded gun. She is promptly revealed to be the Japanese kid from the news article in Chapter 7. The gun goes off, the bullet bouncing off a vase and killing her neighbors. Nico cries.
::Saki is shown as a child. A girl Miyuki shows off her lily of the valley flower. Miyuki says her dream was to grow lots of flowers and use them as a bouquet in her wedding. Saki says that dream won't come true, because she thinks no man is good enough for Miyuki. Miyuki hugs Saki and says that she'll marry her. Years later, Miyuki and Saki are caught in a horrible car crash. Miyuki is killed by a piece of glass lodged in her throat. Saki can only say Miyuki's name.

:The story then returns to the girls standing on the catwalk. They jump off, as a voice says, "Everyone should just die." The voice is cut-off by a familiar spell with ribbons wrapping around the girls, stopping their fall. Their savior is none other than Kazumi, who says, "Ciao! You suicidal girls!"

=== Chapter 11: "Dead or Rice" ===
;Released on November 24th, 2011.
:Continuing the previous chapter's flashback, Kazumi opens up a witch's barrier around herself and the girls. Familiars appear and start attacking the normal girls while Kazumi watches. Kaoru tries to use her crutch to fight them off, but falls down. Umika shields her with her body. Mirai does something similar for Saki. Satomi asks why Kazumi isn't helping. Kazumi responds by asking why they don't want to be eaten if they want to die. She then pulls six firearms from her hat and drops them on the ground. The familiars combine, revealing that they were actually a witch. The girls pick up the weapons, Satomi saying she doesn't want to die and Nico musing she can't run away from guns. They fire at the witch, deflating it like a balloon. It re-inflates itself and charges. Kazumi stops the witch with her cross, saying that "As long as you keep trying to live, you won't fall into despair" and that there's always hope. She then fires "Limit Esterni", destroying the witch.

:As the barrier disappears, Saki asks "What was that?" A silhouette appears behind her, looking similar to Kyubey. It turns out to be Jubey, who says that was Magical Girl Kazumi, who hunts witches. A loud growling noise is heard, which turns out to be Kazumi being hungry. It's revealed that her ahoge was absent in the past (though the symbol is still on her hat and earring-bell). The scene changes to Kazumi's house, where she eats with the Pleiades. She talks about how her grandmother said that people eat plants and animals to live, and so they have a duty to them to keep living. She asks the girls about her strawberry risotto, which was passed down from her grandmother. When they respond positively, Kazumi says that her grandmother would be happy to hear that. Saki asks where her grandmother is now, prompting Kazumi to reveal that she had passed away. She tells them not to worry.

:Kazumi point to a book with Umika, asking her if that's the book that plagiarized her story. After reading the book Kazumi says it's bad because the main character wastes food like "The Girl who Trod on the Loaf" (a fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen). Umika suddenly becomes animated and agrees, saying the scene wasn't in her draft. She then explains that the rule of villains is that the one who wastes food is a villain and can't be left alive - revealing the source of the brief flashback Kazumi had in Chapter 1. Kazumi says she never heard of that, but agrees. She tells Umika to keep writing, because other than the main character the story was good. As Kazumi goes to get desert, Saki asks her how she became a magical girl.

:Kazumi explains she became a magical girl the day her grandmother died. The story flashes back again to Kazumi's past. She narrates that she was studying abroad when she learned that her grandmother's condition became critical. While hurrying home, she ran straight into a witch's barrier. Fortunately, she's saved by a surprise appearance from Mami Tomoe, who muses that she can't take it easy even on a trip. Mami destroys the witch with "Tiro Finale". When Kazumi thanks her, Mami tells her to get going and be careful. As Kazumi leaves Jubey is strangely seen by Mami's feet. At Kazumi's home, a doctor explains that her grandmother only has a few days left unless she's hooked up to a respiratory machine and it's unlikely that she'll wake up. Kazumi says that her grandmother would never want to go on life support. Later and alone with her grandmother, Kazumi starts crying and says that she wants her grandmother to open her eyes, just once more. Jubey appears on the windowsill, saying that he can grant her wish if she makes a contract and becomes a magical girl.

=== Chapter 12: "Pleiades" ===
;Released on December 24th, 2011.
:Jubey tells Kazumi being a magical girl is difficult. Kazumi is fine with that and wishes for her grandmother to return to her normal self as long as she remains alive. Jubey asks if she's fine with not curing her grandmother's illness. Kazumi says she wants to, but it wouldn't be respecting her way of life. The contract is established. Kazumi's grandmother wakes up, asking if it's a dream. Kazumi says it's her last dream, and asks her grandmother if she can teach her how to make strawberry risotto. Kazumi spends the day learning cooking skills and advice from her grandmother. She tells Kazumi that people can't fall into dispair as she gives Kazumi her earring-bell; the same earring-bell Kazumi has worn throughout the series. The flashback in a flashback ends as Kazumi says her grandmother went to heaven the next day. (She incidentally reveals the name of her cat, Toto.)

:Saki asks why Kazumi didn't just wish her grandmother to be healthy, saying Kazumi is now all alone. Kazumi says her grandmother will always be in her heart, just like Miyuki will be in Saki's heart (Miyuki here is revealed to be Saki's sister). Mriai asks if she can be a magical girl. Jubey tells her she can if she accepts her fate of fighting witches. Mirai says she can accept anything. Umika, Kaoru, Satomi, Nico and Saki quickly chime in agreement. Kazumi cheers over having new friends. Mirai questions the fact that she's a friend, prompting Saki to thank Mirai for protecting her. Jubey tells the girls to give him their wishes. Mirai says her wish was already granted by having friends. Saki suggests wishing for the friends that have always protected her - Mirai's teddy bears. She points to a number on it, asking Mirai if it's her 666th friends. When Mirai asks how Saki knew, Saki explains that her sister did the same thing. Mirai decides to wish for a museum for all her teddy bears. Kazumi suggests calling it "Angelica Bears" which is a pun on Mirai's name and the Ashitaba plant (Mirai's name means "Future Young Leaf", Ashitaba means "Tomorrow's Leaf" and is in the Angelica genus).

:Satomi then wishes to talk to animals. Nico whispers her wish to Jubey, embarrassed to say it aloud. Saki wishes for her sister's flower to bloom forever. Umika wishes for an editor to recognize and handle her works preciously. Kaoru wants to help the people that were hurt in the match where she had her injury. Kazumi asks her about her injuries, but Kaoru says she'll just return to the field with her current legs. The contracts are completed, and Kazumi names their team the Pleiades Saints. The scene cuts to the girls fighting a witch. Kaoru destroys it with her spiked shoes. Jubey asks about her strengthened magical girl body. Kaoru is very happy about it. Kazumi calls Kaoru's attack ''Capitano Potenza'' ("Captain Power"), and reveals she wants everyone to call their attacks, even recording them in a book. Kazumi reveals that she's following the lead of Mami Tomoe and says she won't cook for the girls if they don't do it. Saki then notices Kazumi's earrings are missing. Kazumi guesses she lost them in the battle, but admits it's okay because her grandmother won't disappear from her heart. Later on Kazumi receives a new pair of the earrings. Kaoru explains that Saki asked her dad to get them while he was on a business trip. Kazumi thanks Saki, while Mirai has a sad or angry expression on her face.

:Later, Kaoru and the other Pleiades (except Kazumi) wonder why Kazumi is late, having been told Kazumi was bringing a new friend. Jubey appears, saying a witch's barrier is nearby. They run to Asunaro Dome, where they see Yuuri Asuka transform into a witch. After the battle the girls are stunned. Satomi asks if magical girls turn into witches. Jubey explains how witches are created, and says his job is to gather the energy form the conversion of hope to despair. Kaoru grabs Jubey while he explains that immature witches should be called magical girls. Suddenly Umika grabs Jubey and slams her head against him. A laser fires from her eye into his. Jubey falls down and asks why Umika is looking scary. Umika explains to Kaoru that she rewrote Jubey's memories, preventing him from making contracts. The story then returns to the present. Kazumi says she remembers hunting magical girls after Yuuri, but then suddenly falls over. The symbol for the Evil Nuts appears in her eyes. Satomi looks on in shock, as Kaoru says everyone's tired. Umika leads Kazumi out as Kaoru says they should rest for the day. Saki remains in the Freezer, looking at the pile of Soul Gems. They include two Evil Nuts. We then find Satomi is walking up behind her. Saki asks why Satomi is there. Satomi pulls her hand to her mouth and says: "Saki, let's kill Kazumi." The last panel has Satomi giving a sinister grin.

=== Chapter 13: "Malefica Farce" ===
;Released on January 24th, 2012.
: Satomi tells Saki that they can't afford to let Kazumi live as long as she's infected by the Evil Nut. Saki refuses, as she loves Kazumi too much to hurt her. Satomi then grabs Saki and brainwashes her with ''Fantasma Bisbiglio'' ("Ghost Whisperer") and sends her to the Misaki residence. Inside, Kazumi is asleep, while Kaoru and Umika discuss her well-being. Kaoru admits that she had Umika lie about her wish in the separate flashbacks Kazumi was given. Saki arrives, asking them if they know how the Evil Nut will affect Kazumi. They don't know, but Umika suspects that someone else created the Evil Nuts for Yuuri and the Souju twins, so tracking them down should reveal everything. Umika and Kaoru tell her that things are going well "this time", but Saki panics at the idea of another "repeat", and points out that Nico's clone became a witch even though its Soul Gem was clear. She thinks that they are all close to becoming witches themselves.

:Umika reveals that she knows something is amiss with Saki, as she referred to Kazumi as Kazumi-''chan'' (an honorific that Satomi, not Saki, uses). Saki kicks Umika across the room. As Kaoru goes to help her, Umika explains that Saki is under Satomi's control. Saki exclaims that they can't keep Kazumi alive in this state, and that it will be easier if Saki kills her. Kaoru attempts to restrain Saki, but she's incapacitated when Saki drops a chandelier on her. She then goes to murder Kazumi, but manages to break free of Satomi's brainwashing and stabs herself in the leg instead. The blood splashes on Kazumi's face, waking her up. Satomi regains control and has Saki grab Kazumi, teleporting the two of them to a building outside.

:Saki collapses from heavy blood loss, telling Kazumi to run while she still can. Satomi reveals to Kazumi that her memories from Umika were lies. The Pleiades Saints already knew about the origins of witches before meeting Yuuri, because Kazumi herself had become one and died. Her real name is Michiru Kazusa. Satomi and the others have been trying to revive Kazusa by cloning the remnants of her witch and stuffing them into clone bodies, and Kazumi is the thirteenth of those clones. She refers to it as ''Malefica Farce'' ("Witch Stuffing"). Being exposed to Evil Nuts is causing Kazumi to revert to her witch form, and Satomi plans to kill her before that happens. She summons the previous twelve clones of Kazusa from beneath the Freezer and tells them to destroy Kazumi.

=== Chapter 14: "Cannibalism" ===
;Released on February 24, 2012.
:{{Spoiler| Kazumi continues to watch on in disbelief as Satomi says she will tell her what happened to the real Kazumi. The scene flashes back to the past, showing Michiru Kazusa cooking strawberry risotto for a special occasion. In this case, it was for Umika's novel debut with a book called, ''The Sky of the Seven Stars''. Saki begins to think back to the past and says how a special day reminds her of the day all six formed a contract with Jubey. Umika thanks Michiru for changing her fate and is really glad to have met her. Michiru began shaking and Kaoru assumed she was crying, but then the former's Soul Gem fell to the floor - it had become black and tainted. Michiru's eyes changed to black, the irises changing to spirals. Her gem explodes and Michiru becomes a witch, tearing up Umika's novel and punching a hole in the roof. The girls sit on the ground in shock, while Satomi says, "Magical girls turn into witches?"

:{{Spoiler|In the present, Satomi reveals that Yuuri becoming a witch was a lie implanted by Umika. It was Michiru's death that led them to find out the secret of magical girls. She then explains the Pleiades Saints tried to use their magic in an attempt to revive Michiru, but this resulted in creating the clones with Witch-like features.}}

=== Chapter 15 ===
'''To be released on March 24, 2012.'''

==Characters==
{{:Kazumi Magica/Characters}}

;[[Pleiades Saints]]
;:[[Kazumi]] (かずみ)
:A girl with amnesia who can't remember anything except her name. Her innocent, cheerful and friendly personalities are in proportion of her lost memories. She is a glutton for delicious foods and was found by Kaoru and Umika who take her in. Her wish was to bring her grandmother out of her coma, but not to cure her illness. {{spoiler|It is eventually revealed that she is actually the 13th clone of the original Kazumi, who turned into a witch and died.}}
;:[[Kaoru Maki]] (牧カオル)
:An athletic soccer player living with Umika. A bright older sister figure who takes good care of things. She wished for a strong, healthy body that would let her play soccer.
;:[[Umika Misaki]] (御崎海香)
:A popular novelist who bought the trio's house with her earnings. Her reliable, mature aura changes completely when there's a deadline looming. She is close to Kaoru and thinks of Kazumi as a little sister. She wished for the chance to meet an editor who would publish her stories.
;:[[Mirai Wakaba]] (若葉みらい)
:She's impulsive and occasionally gives Kazumi a beating, but deep down a caring girl.
;:[[Satomi Usagi]] (宇佐木里美)
:A polite girl who used her wish to gain the ability to talk to animals as she wants to become a vet when she grows up.
;:[[Saki Asami]] (浅海サキ)
:A mature girl that uses thunders to attack. The effective leader of the Pleiades Saints.
;:[[Nico Kanna]] (神流ニコ)
:Her smartphone uses an app created by the Pleiades Saints that can pick up the residual power of witches. She rarely shows emotions.
;:{{Spoiler|'''Michiru Kazusa''' (和紗ミチル)}}
:{{Spoiler|The original Kazumi who saved the Pleiades and made them contract. She eventually turned into a witch and died}}

;Others
;:[[Jubey]] (ジュゥべぇ)
:A fairy (妖精) who contracted the Pleiades Saints, turning them into magical girls. His name is a pun: "ju" is Japanese for ten. Compare with Kyubey, where "kyu" is Japanese for nine. Appears to know Kyubey, as they are seen together at the start of chapter 4.

;:"[[Yuuri]]" (ユウリ)/ Airi Anri 杏里あいり
:A mysterious magical girl that acts antagonistically towards the others, and shares a connection with the mysterious new witches. She is the one who kidnapped Kazumi, created the pseudo-witches of the first two chapters, and has a grudge against the Pleiades Saints. Uses pistols and submachine guns as her weapons (which, contrary to [[Homura]]'s, appear to actually be magical) and can summon a giant bull. She also appears capable of setting up impenetrable force barriers and disguising herself as other people. Chapter 5 reveals that she is actually a girl named [[Airi]] (seen briefly in Chapter 4), and her wish was to become the real Yuuri. She wants revenge against the Pleiades Saints for killing the real Yuuri when she became a witch.

;:[[Yuuri Asuka]] (飛鳥ユウリ)
:The real Yuuri. Before the start of the series, she wished to cure her friend Airi's life-threatening illness. She used her powers to cure the incurable diseases of other people, which caused her to run out of magic and become a witch. She was subsequently destroyed by the Pleiades Saints. Her weapon was a giant hypodermic needle, with multiple needles.

;:[[Kyubey]] (キュゥべえ)
:The same character from the anime, he contracted with Yuuri and Airi. He ultimately manipulated Airi into going after the Pleaides Saints.

;:[[Souichirou Tachibana]] (立花宗一郎)
:The man who found Kazumi in a suitcase after she lost her memory. He is a chef who tried to bomb a mall in revenge after he was tricked and lost his restaurant.

;:[[Ayase Souju]] (双樹あやせ)
:A wandering magical girl. She collects soul gems, and shares a body with Luca Souju. She has powers over fire.

;:[[Luca Souju]] (双樹ルカ)}}
:A magical girl who shares a body with Ayase Souju. She has powers over ice.

;:[[Miyuki Asami]] (浅海美幸)
:Saki's childhood friend, who promised to marry her one day. Before the start of the series, she died when the car she was riding with Saki in crashed into another vehicle. In Chapter 12, it was revealed that she was Saki's younger sister.

;:[[Mami Tomoe]] (巴マミ)
:The same character from the anime, she saved Kazumi from a witch before Kazumi made a contract. By doing so, she helped Jubey meet Kazumi.

;Witches
:The various witches featured in ''Kazumi Magica'' can be found [[Witches in Kazumi Magica|here]].

== Changes and Additions in the Collected Edition ==
[[File:KazumiSoulGemChange.png|right|thumb|300px|One of the many changes made between the magazine and volume versions of Kazumi Magica.]]
=== Volume 1===
* The dust jackets have a silly two page comic with Kazumi, Umika, and Kaoru.
* In the last page of Chapter 1, the {{Spoiler| Evil Nut}} next to the defeated detective is missing. After that there is an additional page with Kazumi and Souichirou Tachibana.
* Chapter 2 changes:
** In the second page, the {{Spoiler|Evil Nut}} is redrawn to be consistent with it's changed appearance in later chapters. The same thing happens in the forty-second page.
** In the third and fourth pages, Kazumi is holding her earring-bell instead of a blank white stone.
** In the thirteenth page, the white stone has been redrawn as a Soul Gem.
** In the fourteenth page, the white stone has been replaced with Kazumi's Soul Gem turning into her earring-bell - this reveals that the earring-bell ''is'' Kazumi's Soul Gem.
** In the eighteenth page, Umika and Kaoru's Soul Gems have been redrawn to be consistent with the appearance of Soul Gems in future chapters and the anime.
** In the nineteenth page, Kaoru's magical girl outfit has been slightly altered. This alteration is also present on the twenty-eighth page. In addition, Umika's Soul Gem is now visible on her forehead in magical girl form, making it consistent with future chapters. The forehead gem is present on the twenty-third, twenty-fifth through twenty-eighth, thirty-seventh, thirty-ninth, fortieth, and forty-second pages.
** In the twenty-seventh page, Kazumi is holding her earring bell instead of looking at her cross weapon. This changes the serialized version's implication that Kazumi's Soul Gem was on her cross.
** An extra page is added at the end of Chapter 2.
* The end of chapter 3 adds a page with design notes for the witch from Chapter 3.
* The end of the manga has a silly three page Omake with Saki, Umika, and Kazumi. It features a single panel appearance of Kaoru, a single panel appearance of Nico, Satomi and Mirai together, and a single panel appearance of Madoka.
* There is also a one-page Q&A with the author.
=== Volume 2===
* The front dust jacket has a parody of the cover, with Tachibana in Kazumi's place and the chef from Yuuri's flashback in Yuuri's place. The back one has an image of the policewoman in Yuuri's outfit.
* On the ninth page in chapter 5, a panel of Jubey has the circular mark on Jubey's head that previously did not.
* On the tenth page in chapter 5, the runes flying around as Yuuri becomes a witch are more clearly visible.
* On the first page of Chapter 6, Kazumi is very slightly redrawn.
* A page with Kazumi and Nico is added after Chapter 7.
* Design sketches for all new characters introduced in the volume are included.
** Notes on Yuuri are added after Chapter 4.
** Notes on Yuuri Asuka's witch are added after Chapter 5.
** Notes on Airi's witch are added after Chapter 6.
** Notes on Ayase and Luca are added after Chapter 8.
* The end of the manga has a one-page Omake with Saki reading one of her romance novels.
* There is also a one-page Q&A with the author.
* Volumes purchased from Toranoana also included a two page short story about Yuuri and Airi, called, "Puella Magi Kazumi Magica Special Edition ~ A Dream-Filled Spoon".
=== Volume 3 ===
* Volumes purchased from Toranoana include a four page short story about the Pleiades Saints titled, "Puella Magi Kazumi Magica Special Edition ~ Rosetta Meteora". Volumes purchased at Wondergoo, Melonbooks and Gamers also received special cards with different illustrations on them for each vendor.

== Observations ==
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* Although initially ''Kazumi Magica'' appeared to have no connection to the anime, it developed a greater connection to the anime over time, culminating in nearly all of the inconsistencies being explained in Chapter 4.
* Kazumi is not set after the events of the anime.
* Food seems to play a major role in ''Kazumi Magica''. Nearly every chapter is titled after something food-related that is mentioned in that chapter (the exception, "Gem Picking", can still be thought of as food related a la "cherry picking"), three of the magical girls are good cooks, and almost all of the magical girls enjoy eating.
* The author's Q&A in volume one shows that the series subtitle "innocent malice" is translated in Japanese as "sinless spite". He also acknowledges his use of food as chapter titles, and says he'll run out of ideas and change them eventually.
* The author of ''Kazumi Magica'', as revealed in the [[Tiro_Finale_Book#Translations|Tiro Finale Book]], wrote the screenplays for the ''Madoka Magica'' Drama CDs ''[[Drama_CD_1|"Memories of you"]]'' and ''[[Drama_CD_3|"Farewell Story"]]''.
** Like [[Mami]], all of the magical girls in ''Kazumi Magica'' use Italian names for their attacks and spells. Interestingly, this seems to have carried over to the Drama CDs that the author wrote the screenplays for - ''"Farewell Story"'' has [[Kyoko]] use an Italian name for one attack, and the author has stated that in ''"Memories of you"'' there was a cut scene where [[Madoka]] used an Italian named attack.
* Each of the first three chapters of ''Kazumi Magica'' are forty-four pages long. Subsequent chapters are twenty-six pages.

== Front Covers ==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="left">
File:The innocent malice 1 001.jpg|Cover of the first volume
File:PMKM_vol2_cover.jpg|Cover of the second volume
File:PMKM vol3 cover.jpg|Cover of the third volume
</gallery>

== See Also ==
* Kazumi's ongoing serialization in the [[Manga_Time_Kirara_Forward_Kazumi_Serialization|Manga Time Kirara Forward]].

==External links==
*[http://www.dokidokivisual.com/madokamagica/kazumi/ Official website for ''Puella Magi Kazumi Magica''] (Japanese)
*[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Manga/PuellaMagiKazumiMagica ''Puella Magi Kazumi Magica'' at TVTropes.org] (English)

[[Category:Manga]]

Kazumi Magica

2012-03-09T00:35:16Z

188.221.222.125: /* Chapter 14: "Cannibalism" */ This is where I stop for now. Someone carry it on.

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[[File:PMKM_chapter1_cover.png|thumb|Cover of Kazumi Magica Chapter 1]]
'''Puella Magi Kazumi Magica: The Innocent Malice''' (魔法少女かずみ☆マギカ～The innocent malice～, ''Mahō Shōjo Kazumi Magica: The innocent malice'') is the first spin-off [[manga]] written by Masaki Hiramatsu and illustrated by Takashi Tensugi. It started serializing in ''[[wikipedia:Manga Time Kirara Forward|Manga Time Kirara Forward]]'' starting January 24, 2011 and features a new set of characters in a different stage from the anime. The first collected volume, containing chapters 1-3, was released on May 12, 2011. The second volume, containing chapters 4-8, was released on October 12, 2011. The third volume, containing chapters 9-13, will be released on March 12, 2012.

==Plot==
Kazumi is surrounded by the darkness, with voice calling her out from somewhere. After she escapes from the darkness that is inside a suitcase, what appears before her eyes are unknown room and unknown man. In that incident, what came across her mind were fragments of memories.

{{Note|As you might guess, the chapter summaries may contain spoilers for the chapter it summarizes, as well as previous ones.}}

=== Chapter 1: "Bad - Guy - Reckon Off" ===
;Released January 24th, 2011.
:A girl awakens inside a suitcase, having forgotten everything except her name, Kazumi. When she opens the suitcase, she finds herself in the home of a man named Souichirou Tachibana. Souichirou explains that he had bought a bomb in an identical suitcase, intending to blow up a shopping mall as an act of revenge against the mall's owner, who tricked him into selling his store. However, he switched his suitcase with another one when he bumped into a mysterious girl. Souichirou gets a phone call offering to trade Kazumi for the bomb at the mall. Kazumi goes along with it to find the identity of her kidnapper. While being taken to the mall in her suitcase, Kazumi asks Souchirou not to set off the bomb, saying that he's a good person. When he finds the other suitcase, Souichirou is stopped by two high school girls (though the next chapter calls them middle-school girls), named Umika and Kaoru. They open the suitcase containing the bomb, starting the timer. At this point, a squad of police officers led by a female detective appear, telling Souchirou he's under arrest. Kazumi breaks out from her suitcase and announces that Souichirou is not a bad person. Souichirou is unable to stop the bomb, which is close to exploding. Kazumi closes her eyes and thinks "Stop the bomb. Bibbity Bobbity Boo", causing her earring bells to glow. At this point, Umika passes the bomb to Kaoru, who kicks it into the air. It then harmlessly explodes into smoke, shocking nearly everyone. The mysterious girl from before, who was watching, mutters that the bomb was supposed to be real.

:At this point, Umika and Kaoru reveal they know Kazumi and take her to Umika's house, where they all live together while their parents are working overseas. Apparently, Kazumi had been missing since the day before. Kazumi is taken to her room and falls asleep. When she wakes up, she finds a note from Umika and Kaoru saying they're out dating and that the detective from before will visit. Kazumi cooks a large meal for herself that she shares with the detective when she arrives. Kazumi then announces that the detective had set up the entire incident with the bomb to make herself look good, and she arrived at Kazumi's house to kill her. The detective agrees, saying that she followed a lead given to her by someone else, and that someone also gave her the power to kill people without leaving decisive evidence. She then transforms into a monster. Kazumi begins getting strange flashbacks as the monster attacks her. When the monster grabs her earring-bell, she suddenly yells at her not to touch it, breaks the monsters wrist, and then transforms into a magical girl. Kazumi defeats the monster with her new powers, which turns her back into a human. The chapter ends with Umika and Kaoru running in to save Kazumi, and Kazumi telling them she can use magic.

=== Chapter 2: "AHA! Dogs" ===
;Released February 24th, 2011.
:Picking up where the last chapter ended, Kazumi falls unconscious, exhausted and hungry. Looking at the detective's unconscious body, Umika and Kaoru find an object that resembles a [[Grief Seed]]. The mysterious girl from before watches, clearly annoyed. Kazumi wakes up, finds a black cat (which might be a reference to the black cat from the anime's opening animation) and comes downstairs to find Umika cooking. Kaoru explains that Umika has writer's block, which causes her to grow horns on her head and act oddly. After eating, Umika takes the girls shopping. While at the mall, Kazumi gets an odd feeling and runs away to find another monster attacking people. Kazumi transforms, causing the monster to recognize her as a magical girl. Kazumi has trouble fighting the monster, which prompts Umika and Kaoru to transform into magical girls themselves. Kazumi remembers that Kaoru would immobilize the monster, while Umika would use her book to read it's mind. However, Kazumi preforms the next step - attacking - too early, which nearly causes the attack to hit Umika. The monster gets away as Kazumi runs to her friends. Kazumi apologizes to them, but they don't seem to mind. When she insists on being punished, they take her to a hair salon where they cut her hair.

:At the salon, Umika explains that there are fairies who scout out magical girls and make contracts that grant them wishes (a silhouette of [[Madoka]] and [[Kyubey]] are seen during this scene). Kaoru says she wished for a healthy body that could always play soccer, while Umika wished for an editor that could appreciate her novels. When Kazumi asks why they didn't wish for success or fame, they reply that they want to achieve those things with their own abilities. Kazumi then asks what her own wish was, but she had never told her friends. The monsters in the current and previous chapter are confirmed to be a new type of [[witch]] that Kaoru and Umika haven't encountered before. At this point, Kazumi's haircut is finished, and is rather messily done. Kazumi says she likes it, saying that it's fine for the "new Kazumi", having distanced herself from the "old Kazumi". When Umika wants to fix the lock of Kazumi's hair that sticks out, Kazumi claims that it's a witch sensor. It seems to have some use, helping Umika learn that the witch is a cosmetic saleswoman, who is attacking girls who have bad skin. When they find and confront the witch, the mysterious girl from before appears and is identified as a magical girl. She quickly leaves, leaving Kazumi, Umika and Kaoru to fight the witch on their own. They defeat her, returning her to normal and making her drop another unusual Grief Seed. Afterward, Kazumi muses that those who become witches aren't always bad people. Umika replies that anyone can become a witch. {{Spoiler|It's implied that she and Kaoru know that, like in the anime, magical girls become witches.}}

=== Chapter 3: "Kazumix" ===
;Released March 24th, 2011.
:The name of the city is revealed to be Asunaro, as Kazumi, Umika, and Kaoru are engaged in battle against an anime-style witch, complete with a barrier and familiars. During the battle, Kazumi hesitates, remembering when she accidentally hit her friends. Because of this, the witch devours Umika and Kaoru and escapes, leaving Kazumi by herself with a mark on her hand. At this point, four other magical girls arrive: Satomi, Mirai, Saki and Nico. It is revealed that the four of them, plus Kazumi, Umika, and Kaoru, make up a seven-member team of magical girls named the Pleiades Saints. They took their name after the [[Wikipedia:Pleiades_(star_cluster)|Pleiades Star Cluster]] (this is a pun in Japanese; "Pleiades Saints" and "Pleiades Star Cluster" are pronounced the same way in Japanese and when written, differ by only one character). Kazumi gets a call from Umika and Kaoru, who are being protected by a barrier created by Umika. However, she can only maintain it for five hours. Umika tells Kazumi to team-up with the other Saints to find the witch. When Kazumi feels bad about what happened to Umika and Kaoru, Mirai hits her on the head, saying that they're the only ones who can help them. (This is a running gag that re-occurs through the chapter). The five of them use their Soul Gems to find the witch, while Kazumi remarks that her witch detector hair doesn't seem to be working.

:Satomi speaks to a cat, revealing that her wish was to be able to talk to animals so she could become a veterinarian. The cat reveals that the mark on Kazumi's hand has been planted around the city (it seems distinct from the witch's symbol, however). Nico reveals that they designed a smartphone application that picks up the wavelengths from witches and transfers them into Soul Gems, making the witches easier to track down. The girls split up, but they are tricked by the mysterious girl from before who disguises herself as Satomi. She then leads Kazumi away from the others. When she reveals herself, Kazumi recognizes her as the one who put her in the suitcase. The girl announces she will kill Kazumi and summons a giant bull. She then creates a number of pistols and sub-machine guns, [[Mami]]-style, and fires them, pinning Kazumi to a wall. Realizing they've been tricked, the other four magical girls arrive in time to help Kazumi. The mysterious magical girl escapes. Back at Umika's house, Saki finds that the mark left behind by the witch is the mark of a bookmobile, and that the appearance of the marks matches the bookmobile's schedule. They rush off to find the witch (after Kazumi cooks a large meal for them). Kazumi brings a bag of candy with her for Umika and Kaoru. Kazumi is told to wait outside the barrier, while the other magical girls incapacitate the witch. Once giving the signal from an electronic communicator, Kazumi will then fire into the barrier, destroying the witch. The plan hits a snag when Nico's communicator is broken, prompting Umika to use flute candy from Kazumi's bag to contact her. Kazumi successfully destroys the witch and reunites with Umika and Kaoru. Saki finds that the witch used an abandoned car to make it's barrier, while Nico collects the witch's Grief Seed which looks like the ones in the anime. {{Spoiler|Their expressions in this scene carry the subtle implication that they also know magical girls become witches.}} As they celebrate their victory, they are watched by something that resembles a black cat mixed with Kyubey.

=== Chapter 4: "Evil Nuts" ===
;Released April 23rd, 2011.
:As Kazumi and the others celebrate their victory from the previous chapter, the Kyubey look-alike continues to watch, right next to Kyubey himself. Kyubey asks "Do you think things will go well this time, Pleiades?" while the look-alike grins. The look-alike then jumps down to meet Kazumi and he is introduced as Jubey, the fairy who made the Pleiades Saints magical girls. Jubey purifies the Pleaides Soul Gems, apparently consuming the darkness they expelled. He then devours the Grief Seed from the witch fought in the previous chapter. However, when the Pleiades give him the Grief Seeds from the witches in the first two chapters, he rejects them, revealing that they aren't Grief Seeds at all. The witches fought in the first two chapters were in fact pseudo-witches, created by imitation Grief Seeds known as an "Evil Nuts". The Pleiades quickly deduce that the mysterious magical girl created the Evil Nuts. The mysterious girl then promptly appears and incapacitates the magical girls. She introduces herself as Yuuri and appears to bear a grudge against the Pleiades. She takes off with Kazumi, leaving behind a letter telling the others that if they want Kazumi back, they have to come to Asunaro Dome at midnight.

:While being held hostage by Yuuri, Kazumi asks why she's attacking everyone. Yuuri refuses to answer, but during the conflict she flashes back to an unknown girl, which provokes an emotional reaction in her. Back at the Misaki residence, the Pleiades try to understand Yuuri's motivations. Nico then claims that Yuuri is "at her limit", and that something will happen if she uses too much magic {{Spoiler|- it is not stated but heavily implied that she means Yuuri is in danger of becoming a witch.}} At the dome, Yuuri welcomes the Pleaides Saints, showing that Kazumi is trapped in a chair. When they try to rescue her, they're blocked by a force-field. Yuuri then announces that she will plant one of her Evil Nuts into Kazumi. When Kazumi begs her to stop, Yuuri laughs and tells Kazumi that she knows nothing about the Pleaides Saints. She then takes off her hat, which causes Umika to recognize her. Yuuri announces she wants vengeance and the chapter ends with her shoving the Evil Nut into Kazumi's forehead.

=== Chapter 5: "Magicallabbiata" ===
;Released May 24th, 2011.
:The chapter picks up where the previous one left off. The Evil Nut enters into Kazumi's forehead, causing her to let out a burst of power that lets her break out of the chair while reforming her hat and growing a long cloak in the process. Kazumi fights with Yuuri again, but is still overpowered. Yuuri claims that the other Pleiades had killed her, and says that they're a group that kills magical girls. She then reveals that the Pleiades took away the most important thing to her, so she's going to take away the most important thing to them - Kazumi. At this point, Yuuri's blackened Soul Gem begins to crack. Saki tells Juubey to clean Yuuri's gem. Juubey begins spinning but is shot by Yuuri, stopping him. Nico quietly says Yuuri's Soul Gem has hatched as it turns into a Grief Seed, falling into Kazumi's hand. Kyubey watches from afar as Yuuri transforms into a heart-shaped witch. The Pleiades Saints are trapped on crosses in her barrier. In shock, Kazumi wonders why witches come out of Soul Gems. Vines begin surrounding the Pleiades causing them to scream out in pain. As they're being tortured, we suddenly see the girl from Yuuri's flashback in the previous chapter.

:The story then flashes back to the past. The girl from Yuuri's flashback is seen lying in a hospital bed, with Yuuri watching. We learn her name is Airi, and she only has three months left to live. Yuuri asks Airi if she wants to keep living. Airi says yes, saying she wishes to live longer and wanting to eat lots of delicious things with Yuuri. Yuuri hands her a spoon, saying it's charm filled with dreams. She tells Airi to wait until she comes back. We then find that Airi has been miraculously cured of her illness. As she tearfully hugs Yuuri, Airi says that the spoon must have been magic. The truth seems to be something different as Kyubey's silhouette is seen in the window. Later at school, Yuuri and Airi talk about an upcoming cooking contest. Airi says she'll treat Yuuri to a restaurant (which turns out to belong to Souichirou Tachibana) if she wins the contest before handing her back the spoon, asking it to help Yuuri. The contest appears to be a cooking contest, which has the same symbol from Yuuri's letter in the previous chapter. However, Yuuri is missing when the final round starts (At this point we also learn her last name is Asuka). As Airi looks for her, she finds herself in the barrier of a giant witch that resembles a hypodermic needle. The Pleiades Saints arrive and quickly destroy the witch with giant arrows (that look like the arrow that sent Yuuri's letter in the previous chapter). Kazumi is not among them. As Airi thanks the Saints for saving her, they tell her to forget what she saw, and to watch out for dark alleys and Witch's Kisses. When the Saints leave, Airi finds that the witch dropped Yuuri's spoon when it was destroyed. Kyubey appears and tells Airi that the witch was Yuuri, causing her to scream.

:That night, Kyubey explains what happened in detail. Yuuri's wish was to cure Airi's illness. We see her in magical girl form, holding a giant hypodermic needle. In addition to fighting witches, she also used her magic to cure incurable diseases. This ultimately caused her to use too much magic and turn into a witch. In fact, she transformed right in front of the Pleiades Saints. Crying, Airi asks why the Pleiades didn't try to help Yuuri, cursing herself for thanking the people who killed her. Kyubey says he'll grant Airi's wish and turn her into a magical girl. Airi says she won't forgive the Pleiades Saints and wishes to take over Yuuri's life; to turn into Yuuri. Kyuubey says her wish has surpassed entropy as Airi changes to look like Yuuri - the Yuuri seen in previous chapters,. Airi/Yuuri then is seen on a skyscraper, crushing the head of what appears to be a familiar while laughing madly. She asks Kyubey for the names of the people that killed the real Yuuri. Kyubey says that they're the Pleaides Saints. Airi/Yuuri mocks their name and announces she'll kill all of them, making them pay for the real Yuuri.

=== Chapter 6: "Loss Parfait" ===
;Released June 24th, 2011.
:As we see Yuuri laughing from the end of the previous chapter, the story suddenly returns to the present. Apparently, the flashback in the previous chapter was a vision shown to the Pleiades by the witch. Kazumi begs Airi that she doesn't want to fight, but the witch attacks her, seemingly cutting off her head. Kazumi is then seen catching what would have been the fatal blow in her teeth, biting that part of the witch off. The influence of the Evil Nut causes Kazumi's body to change, and she attacks the witch with elongated hands, eventually breaking free from her cross. Kazumi's bell then rings, causing her to collapse and return to normal. Kazumi then tries to use her magic to turn Airi back to normal. Shockingly, even though the witch continues to attack Kazumi, Airi's (or more precisely, Yuuri's) body comes out of the witch. Still attached to the witch, she speaks entirely in runes, repeating the final spell she attempted to use on Kazumi. At that point, Saki shoots her, freeing the other Pleiades.

:As the magical girls gear up to attack, Kazumi protests, saying that Airi wasn't a bad person because she dedicated her life for a friend. Mirai tells Kazumi that they know, and that's why they have to kill her. Juubey then appears, telling Kazumi that Airi is no longer a magical girl, but a witch. He further states "We don't understand how, but sometimes one of these appear. Their gems go out of control." Finally, he says that it's impossible to turn witches back to normal, and the only choice is to kill them. Kazumi says there's no way she can do it. Saki says she knows, and tells Kazumi she doesn't have to dirty her hands. One by one, the Pleiades attack the witch as Kazumi begs them to stop. Finally, Satomi apologizes, saying all they can do is prevent the witch from hurting anyone. Kaoru then says only they have to carry that burden, and they'll finish this by themselves. The Pleiades are shown to clearly be as pained by this as Kazumi is. Kazumi then uses Limit Estern, aiming straight for the witch. Just before the blow hits, she says Yuuri's name. The witch is then destroyed, the spoon drops to the ground, and the barrier collapses. As Kazumi picks up the spoon, she says she'll share the burden with the Pleiades, and then cries into Umika's arms.

:Kazumi is then seen walking back home with Umika and Kaoru. She tells them to go home ahead of her, saying she wants to be alone. Kazumi then notices none other than Souichirou Tachibana, closing his shop. Her serves her a bucket of parfait, much to her delight, and reveals that he was the made the manager of a new store. Kazumi then has a vision of Airi and Yuuri enjoying the parfait, prompting her to suggest that Souichirou should put the desert on the menu. Souchirou declines, saying it's not profitable. As Kazumi continues to eat, she suddenly begins crying, saying that Yuuri and Airi couldn't have eaten this. Eventually she falls alseep. Souchirou pulls a blanket over her and puts the parfait on the menu. The chapter ends with the sleeping Kazumi holding Yuuri and Airi's spoon.

=== Chapter 7: "Gem Picking" ===
;Released July 23, 2011.
:The chapter begins with the Kaoru, Saki, Mirai, and Satomi. confronting a magical girl named Sumire Akane. Sumire recognizes Kaoru from training together at the training center (revealing to the reader Kaoru's last name, Maki). Kaoru apologizes and uses a spell called "Tocco del Mare" (Touch of the Sea) as Akane screams. The scene cuts to another girl watching the Pleiades from afar who mentions that she's glad she stopped in Asunaro before going to Mitakihara. She watches as all the magical girls detransform, and the Pleiades hold out their Soul Gems. As she pulls out her own Soul Gem, she says that she wants the Pleiades. The next morning, Kazumi thanks Souchirou for the food, and becomes overjoyed when he puts the bucket of parfait on the menu. She leaves when she spies Nico and Juubey walking.

:Kazumi asks Nico what she's doing, and she evasively answers that she's witch hunting. Kazumi elects to go with her, and they enter Asunaro's amusement park. Kazumi mentions that the Pleaides were trying to be kind to her by hiding the truth about witches. Nico then says that Kazumi doesn't have her memories back. Kazumi acknowledges this, and wonders if she hit her head in the trunk; if Airi had erased her memories they would be coming back. She then asks if there's anything that can bring back her memories. Nico says they aren't all happy memories and Kazumi might have had plenty of regrets. She says this while looking at an American news article about a Japanese kid shooting other people. Kazumi says that she's fine with it, and doesn't want to run away from that part of herself. Nico says that they should talk about this with everyone else later, before turning around to confront the girl that was watching the Pleaides from earlier in the chapter. Introducing herself as Ayase Souju, she reveals that she collects Soul Gems "because they shine with the light of life". Nico calls her hobby disgusting. Ayase counters by saying the Pleiades are gem picking too. She refers offhandedly to Sumire, saying she was only slightly dirty, and didn't bother anyone. Nico is silent (it's possible that she wasn't present during the incident), while Kazumi is confused. Ayase then reveals her intention to add the Pleaides to her collection. Nico and Ayase proceed to transform.

:Ayase's weapon is a sword, and she throws fireballs. Nico dodges, turns her fingers into bullets, and fires them. Ayase deflects the bullets only to find herself being surrounded by a horde of Nicos. Juubey tells Kazumi that Nico wished for "regeneration", which gave her the power to deconstruct materials and reconstruct it as other objects - the other Nicos were literally made from bricks. Nico reveals that finger missiles and clones are her specialties. Ayase throws another flurry of fireballs, burning the Nico clones to bits. At that point, the real Nico appears, grabs Ayase's Soul Gem, and uses "Tocco del Mare". Ayase abruptly detransforms, while Nico continues to hold Ayase's Soul Gem. When asked, she tells Kazumi she only stunned Ayase. Ayase then begins speaking and attacks Nico point-blank with an ice spell, reclaiming her Soul Gem. She then transforms again, but has a different outfit. Kazumi asks Juubey if magical girls can transform twice, but Juubey claims there are two of her. The girl reveals that she is Luca Souju, and that both her and Ayase share the same body as two souls. As Kazumi wonders if Ayase/Luca is a magical girl with a split personality, a wounded Nico says Souju (meaning "twin trees") must represent their body. Luca just smiles.

=== Chapter 8: "Tempura Ice-Cream" ===
;Released August 24th, 2011.
:Luca asks for Kazumi's name, threatening to take her Soul Gem. She claims that she has to collect Soul Gems or else she won't be able to coexist with Ayase. Juubey then claims that girls who lose their Soul Gems lose their magic and can even die (which is true, in a sense). Kazumi attacks Luca, but Luca uses "Cazzo Freddo" to freeze her. She notices the rarity of Kazumi's Soul Gem (her earring bell) not being located on her body, and tries to get ahold of it. Kazumi tells her not to touch it, suddenly unfreezing herself and hitting Luca in her Soul Gem. Luca then uses both her Soul Gems to be Ayase and Luca at the same time. Kazumi fires at her with Limiti Esterni while Ayase/Luca uses a new attack named "Pici Generati". The Soujus' attack makes it through and hits Kazumi, sending her flying. Watching the battle from afar, Nico receives a telepathic message from Saki, checking if Nico has taken Ayase/Luca's Soul Gem. Nico responds in the negative before asking Juubey what "Pici Generati" means. He believes it means "Twin Peaks". Kazumi then receives a telepathic message from Nico asking her to get hit more with "Pici Generati". After watching Ayase/Luca's power, she picks up Kazumi and flees with her and Juubey inside a roller coaster.

:Nico tells Kazumi that Ayase/Luca's attack creates an explosion through their perfectly synchronized fire and ice magic. They are capable of this because they use the same body. Kazumi doesn't understand this, causing Nico to use tempura ice cream as a metaphor. Nico then claims that they have to do something similar with her own magic. This prompts Jubey to say that Kazumi's powers are "sacrilege" but he quickly corrects himself and says it's "destruction" (they are alternate character readings of the same word). He continues saying that Kazumi's magic and Nico's reconstruction magic are like hot and cold. They encounter Ayase/Luca again and all three of them fire. The Soujus' attack sends them flying, prompting Nico and Kazumi to try and combine their magic. Their magic hits Ayase/Luca own attack, but it fails to negate it. Nico and Kazumi flee again through an underground 'Staff Only' tunnel, as Nico comments that the Soujus are better synchronized. Suddenly, Nico, Kazumi and Juubey trip with a broom and fall, prompting them to shout in pain simultaneously. This gives them an idea. When Ayase/Luca comes across them, Kazumi and Nico are holding hands. The Soujus fire "Pici Generati" again, but this time when Kazumi and Nico combine their magic Juubey bites their hands. This causes them to become synchronized, pushing their magic tight through Ayase/Luca's and causing an explosion that sends them to the surface.

:Kazumi tells the Soujus that they've lost, but they respond by pulling out a box of Evil Nuts. They throw two of them at Nico and Kazumi, but Saki appears and catches them in mid-air. The other Pleiades jump down behind Kazumi, as Saki asks where the Soujus got the Evil Nuts. Ayase/Luca laughs instead of answering and tells the Pleiades to kill them, calling them "magical girl hunters". Shocked, Kazumi asks what she means. Kaoru says they aren't murderers, but because they can't let the Soujus go they're taking they're Soul Gems. Saki tells Kaoru not to use "Tocco del Mare" in front of Kazumi, but Nico says that Kazumi already saw her use it. Kaoru says that Ayase and Luca's Soul Gems are at their limit and pulls out both their gems. Kazumi, near tears, asks what's going on, reminding the Pleiades that she agreed to carry their burdens with them. Although Saki objects, Umika agrees to tell Kazumi about the truth of the Pleiades Saints. Suddenly Satomi notices that Nico has fallen to her knees, and her Soul Gem is glowing. Satomi backs into Kaoru, prompting her to turn around. Satomi calls Nico's name as a witch appears, creating a barrier filled with skyscrapers and familiars that resemble shooting targets in firing ranges. Nico's body is floating in the air in front of the witch.

=== Chapter 9: "The Freezer" ===
;Released September 24th, 2011
:As Nico's Soul Gem cracks, we see background text of her thinking that that she'll die without a trace, and she wants everyone to remember. She thinks she doesn't want to kill anyone anymore. The runes coming out of her Soul Gem read "We have no future as long as he's around." The next page has a cover image of a golden-eyed Nico holding a gun, asking to be killed. The Pleiades are shocked to discover Nico has become a witch. Repeatedly shouting "Cut", the witch turns her hands into a single pair of scissors. Kaoru transforms and blocks the attack using ''Capitano Potenza'' ("Captain Power"), which encases her arms in a black metallic substance. The witch fires projectiles from its body. Kaoru turns to the others and tells them not to stand there. Umika encases herself, Kazumi, and Satomi in a barrier. Saki pushes Mirai in, but is wounded. Mirai flips out and uses her attack ''La Bestia'' ("The Beasts") causing an army of teddy-bears to appear and chew on the witch. When the witch throws them off, Mirai uses ''La Bestia Refare'' ("Remake the Beast"). The bears start hugging each other and turn into a giant bear that Mirai jumps on. The bear pounces on the witch and pulls it into a bear hug. Mirai leaps into the air, turns her wand into a giant sword, and cuts both the bear and the witch in half. The witch dies, yelling "Cut" one last time. She drops a Grief Seed (which notably looks different than Nico's Soul Gem)

:Mirai asks Saki if she's alright, but she's still processing Nico's death. Mirai tells her she had to do it, but is interrupted by Satomi screaming that she doesn't want to die or turn into a witch. Jubey and Umika look at the Grief Seed, as Umika wonders how did things turn out like this. Kazumi takes the hand of Nico's body and finds it's cold. As she shouts Nico's name, a voice says "You called?" Everyone is shocked to see another Nico standing behind them. As Kazumi asks what's going on, the other Nico walks up to the first Nico's body, puts her arm around her neck, and with a disturbing expression says "Switch". She then touches the hair of the body, and it's face suddenly vanishes. Jubey, a disturbing grin on his face, says that the body was Nico's "spare" and "compensation for Nico's contract". Kaoru asks why Nico didn't tell them. Nico says that to deceive an enemy, you have to deceive your allies. Kaoru punches her, then gives her a hug. Nico then says they should cut to the chase. Kaoru tells Saki Kazumi can handle it.

:The scene switches to Mirai's teddy bear museum, "Angelica Bears". Mirai says that in Japanese it's called "Ashitaba" (literally "tomorrow's leaf") and says that Kazumi came up with the name. As they walk inside, they step onto a magic circle. Umika holds out her ring, suddenly transporting them all somewhere else. Umika tells Kazumi that the museum was born from them meeting with her. The walk up to a giant door, which opens into a giant room filled with girls floating in tanks. The middle of the room contains a pile of Soul Gems. Umika explains that after they take Soul Gems, they put the empty shells of the magical girls into "the Freezer". We see one of the girls has a nametag, reading Kaede Hinata in English. Kazumi says that Ayase was right, and asks why they're doing this. Jubey says that it's their response to the magical girl system, which is full of contradictions: Rejection.

=== Chapter 10: "Bibbity Bobbity Boo" ===
;Released October 24, 2011

''(Note: The original Japanese title is "Chichinpurin", which is a pun on “Chichinpui", a stock magical incantation in Japanese. "Chichinpurin" has been translated throughout the series as “Bibbity Bobbity Boo”. In keeping with the food puns in the chapter titles, “purin” means “pudding”.)''
:Picking up from the end of the last chapter, Umika explains that witches are the end state of magical girls. (While she's speaking Oktavia is briefly seen, as is Sayaka in silhouette). Umika tells Kazumi that they lied to her when they said that sometimes the Soul Gems of magical girls go out of control. Jubey, grinning, explains that Soul Gems are the extracted souls of magical girls. Kaoru admits that they're like zombies, but it's preferable to dying to a witch in one shot. Jubey then says that the Pleiades refuse to fight without feeling pain. Kaoru responds by saying that if they do that they'll cease being human. Umika explains that the magical girls they capture are placed in a barrier that separates them from their Soul Gems and puts them in suspended animation, preventing them from becoming witches. Kaoru says they hope to find a way to completely clean the gems and turn them back into humans. Until then, they'll keep fighting. This is their "rejection" of the magical girl system. Nico then takes out a container that has the Soujus, their Soul Gems, and the Soul Gem and body of another magical girl. The bodies of the magical girls have been shrunken to the point where they can be picked up by one hand. Nico puts into two new containers, saying they "will keep on waiting for the prince's kiss." Kazumi asks when everyone found out about the connection between magical girls and wishes. Umika touches her forehead to Kazumi's, telling her to remember everything.

:The story flashes back into the past. Umika, Kaoru, Satomi, Mirai, Nico, and Saki are standing on a catwalk. They are all displaying a witch's kiss on their necks. It then shows the "despair" of each Pleiade:
::Umika wrote a draft for a novel that was taken by her editor and released under the authorship of a top idol to rave reviews. When the editor calls her to ask if they can look forward to her next work, Umika drops the phone in shock.
::Kaoru was injured in a soccer game that left her on crutches. The girl who injured her is then rushed to the hospital Kaoru was recovering in. It turns out that girl was bullied for ruining Kaoru's career and tried to kill herself. Kaoru screams when she overhears this.
::Satomi is given a cat on her third birthday, which she names Sare. Years later, she goes out and leaves it alone in her house, despite it's protests. It's then seen in a veterinarian's office, dead. The vets says that if the cat was brought here earlier it might have survived, prompting Satomi to think that this wouldn't have happened if she had just listened.
::Mirai is shown at school wearing glasses. The other students want nothing to do with her. As she walks home, Mirai clutches her teddy-bear saying, she's not lonely because she has all of them. We then find that her room is filled with teddy-bears. As she begins sewing one of them, admits she wants friends and starts crying.
::Nico is shown as a little kid, playing with her neighbors and a loaded gun. She is promptly revealed to be the Japanese kid from the news article in Chapter 7. The gun goes off, the bullet bouncing off a vase and killing her neighbors. Nico cries.
::Saki is shown as a child. A girl Miyuki shows off her lily of the valley flower. Miyuki says her dream was to grow lots of flowers and use them as a bouquet in her wedding. Saki says that dream won't come true, because she thinks no man is good enough for Miyuki. Miyuki hugs Saki and says that she'll marry her. Years later, Miyuki and Saki are caught in a horrible car crash. Miyuki is killed by a piece of glass lodged in her throat. Saki can only say Miyuki's name.

:The story then returns to the girls standing on the catwalk. They jump off, as a voice says, "Everyone should just die." The voice is cut-off by a familiar spell with ribbons wrapping around the girls, stopping their fall. Their savior is none other than Kazumi, who says, "Ciao! You suicidal girls!"

=== Chapter 11: "Dead or Rice" ===
;Released on November 24th, 2011.
:Continuing the previous chapter's flashback, Kazumi opens up a witch's barrier around herself and the girls. Familiars appear and start attacking the normal girls while Kazumi watches. Kaoru tries to use her crutch to fight them off, but falls down. Umika shields her with her body. Mirai does something similar for Saki. Satomi asks why Kazumi isn't helping. Kazumi responds by asking why they don't want to be eaten if they want to die. She then pulls six firearms from her hat and drops them on the ground. The familiars combine, revealing that they were actually a witch. The girls pick up the weapons, Satomi saying she doesn't want to die and Nico musing she can't run away from guns. They fire at the witch, deflating it like a balloon. It re-inflates itself and charges. Kazumi stops the witch with her cross, saying that "As long as you keep trying to live, you won't fall into despair" and that there's always hope. She then fires "Limit Esterni", destroying the witch.

:As the barrier disappears, Saki asks "What was that?" A silhouette appears behind her, looking similar to Kyubey. It turns out to be Jubey, who says that was Magical Girl Kazumi, who hunts witches. A loud growling noise is heard, which turns out to be Kazumi being hungry. It's revealed that her ahoge was absent in the past (though the symbol is still on her hat and earring-bell). The scene changes to Kazumi's house, where she eats with the Pleiades. She talks about how her grandmother said that people eat plants and animals to live, and so they have a duty to them to keep living. She asks the girls about her strawberry risotto, which was passed down from her grandmother. When they respond positively, Kazumi says that her grandmother would be happy to hear that. Saki asks where her grandmother is now, prompting Kazumi to reveal that she had passed away. She tells them not to worry.

:Kazumi point to a book with Umika, asking her if that's the book that plagiarized her story. After reading the book Kazumi says it's bad because the main character wastes food like "The Girl who Trod on the Loaf" (a fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen). Umika suddenly becomes animated and agrees, saying the scene wasn't in her draft. She then explains that the rule of villains is that the one who wastes food is a villain and can't be left alive - revealing the source of the brief flashback Kazumi had in Chapter 1. Kazumi says she never heard of that, but agrees. She tells Umika to keep writing, because other than the main character the story was good. As Kazumi goes to get desert, Saki asks her how she became a magical girl.

:Kazumi explains she became a magical girl the day her grandmother died. The story flashes back again to Kazumi's past. She narrates that she was studying abroad when she learned that her grandmother's condition became critical. While hurrying home, she ran straight into a witch's barrier. Fortunately, she's saved by a surprise appearance from Mami Tomoe, who muses that she can't take it easy even on a trip. Mami destroys the witch with "Tiro Finale". When Kazumi thanks her, Mami tells her to get going and be careful. As Kazumi leaves Jubey is strangely seen by Mami's feet. At Kazumi's home, a doctor explains that her grandmother only has a few days left unless she's hooked up to a respiratory machine and it's unlikely that she'll wake up. Kazumi says that her grandmother would never want to go on life support. Later and alone with her grandmother, Kazumi starts crying and says that she wants her grandmother to open her eyes, just once more. Jubey appears on the windowsill, saying that he can grant her wish if she makes a contract and becomes a magical girl.

=== Chapter 12: "Pleiades" ===
;Released on December 24th, 2011.
:Jubey tells Kazumi being a magical girl is difficult. Kazumi is fine with that and wishes for her grandmother to return to her normal self as long as she remains alive. Jubey asks if she's fine with not curing her grandmother's illness. Kazumi says she wants to, but it wouldn't be respecting her way of life. The contract is established. Kazumi's grandmother wakes up, asking if it's a dream. Kazumi says it's her last dream, and asks her grandmother if she can teach her how to make strawberry risotto. Kazumi spends the day learning cooking skills and advice from her grandmother. She tells Kazumi that people can't fall into dispair as she gives Kazumi her earring-bell; the same earring-bell Kazumi has worn throughout the series. The flashback in a flashback ends as Kazumi says her grandmother went to heaven the next day. (She incidentally reveals the name of her cat, Toto.)

:Saki asks why Kazumi didn't just wish her grandmother to be healthy, saying Kazumi is now all alone. Kazumi says her grandmother will always be in her heart, just like Miyuki will be in Saki's heart (Miyuki here is revealed to be Saki's sister). Mriai asks if she can be a magical girl. Jubey tells her she can if she accepts her fate of fighting witches. Mirai says she can accept anything. Umika, Kaoru, Satomi, Nico and Saki quickly chime in agreement. Kazumi cheers over having new friends. Mirai questions the fact that she's a friend, prompting Saki to thank Mirai for protecting her. Jubey tells the girls to give him their wishes. Mirai says her wish was already granted by having friends. Saki suggests wishing for the friends that have always protected her - Mirai's teddy bears. She points to a number on it, asking Mirai if it's her 666th friends. When Mirai asks how Saki knew, Saki explains that her sister did the same thing. Mirai decides to wish for a museum for all her teddy bears. Kazumi suggests calling it "Angelica Bears" which is a pun on Mirai's name and the Ashitaba plant (Mirai's name means "Future Young Leaf", Ashitaba means "Tomorrow's Leaf" and is in the Angelica genus).

:Satomi then wishes to talk to animals. Nico whispers her wish to Jubey, embarrassed to say it aloud. Saki wishes for her sister's flower to bloom forever. Umika wishes for an editor to recognize and handle her works preciously. Kaoru wants to help the people that were hurt in the match where she had her injury. Kazumi asks her about her injuries, but Kaoru says she'll just return to the field with her current legs. The contracts are completed, and Kazumi names their team the Pleiades Saints. The scene cuts to the girls fighting a witch. Kaoru destroys it with her spiked shoes. Jubey asks about her strengthened magical girl body. Kaoru is very happy about it. Kazumi calls Kaoru's attack ''Capitano Potenza'' ("Captain Power"), and reveals she wants everyone to call their attacks, even recording them in a book. Kazumi reveals that she's following the lead of Mami Tomoe and says she won't cook for the girls if they don't do it. Saki then notices Kazumi's earrings are missing. Kazumi guesses she lost them in the battle, but admits it's okay because her grandmother won't disappear from her heart. Later on Kazumi receives a new pair of the earrings. Kaoru explains that Saki asked her dad to get them while he was on a business trip. Kazumi thanks Saki, while Mirai has a sad or angry expression on her face.

:Later, Kaoru and the other Pleiades (except Kazumi) wonder why Kazumi is late, having been told Kazumi was bringing a new friend. Jubey appears, saying a witch's barrier is nearby. They run to Asunaro Dome, where they see Yuuri Asuka transform into a witch. After the battle the girls are stunned. Satomi asks if magical girls turn into witches. Jubey explains how witches are created, and says his job is to gather the energy form the conversion of hope to despair. Kaoru grabs Jubey while he explains that immature witches should be called magical girls. Suddenly Umika grabs Jubey and slams her head against him. A laser fires from her eye into his. Jubey falls down and asks why Umika is looking scary. Umika explains to Kaoru that she rewrote Jubey's memories, preventing him from making contracts. The story then returns to the present. Kazumi says she remembers hunting magical girls after Yuuri, but then suddenly falls over. The symbol for the Evil Nuts appears in her eyes. Satomi looks on in shock, as Kaoru says everyone's tired. Umika leads Kazumi out as Kaoru says they should rest for the day. Saki remains in the Freezer, looking at the pile of Soul Gems. They include two Evil Nuts. We then find Satomi is walking up behind her. Saki asks why Satomi is there. Satomi pulls her hand to her mouth and says: "Saki, let's kill Kazumi." The last panel has Satomi giving a sinister grin.

=== Chapter 13: "Malefica Farce" ===
;Released on January 24th, 2012.
: Satomi tells Saki that they can't afford to let Kazumi live as long as she's infected by the Evil Nut. Saki refuses, as she loves Kazumi too much to hurt her. Satomi then grabs Saki and brainwashes her with ''Fantasma Bisbiglio'' ("Ghost Whisperer") and sends her to the Misaki residence. Inside, Kazumi is asleep, while Kaoru and Umika discuss her well-being. Kaoru admits that she had Umika lie about her wish in the separate flashbacks Kazumi was given. Saki arrives, asking them if they know how the Evil Nut will affect Kazumi. They don't know, but Umika suspects that someone else created the Evil Nuts for Yuuri and the Souju twins, so tracking them down should reveal everything. Umika and Kaoru tell her that things are going well "this time", but Saki panics at the idea of another "repeat", and points out that Nico's clone became a witch even though its Soul Gem was clear. She thinks that they are all close to becoming witches themselves.

:Umika reveals that she knows something is amiss with Saki, as she referred to Kazumi as Kazumi-''chan'' (an honorific that Satomi, not Saki, uses). Saki kicks Umika across the room. As Kaoru goes to help her, Umika explains that Saki is under Satomi's control. Saki exclaims that they can't keep Kazumi alive in this state, and that it will be easier if Saki kills her. Kaoru attempts to restrain Saki, but she's incapacitated when Saki drops a chandelier on her. She then goes to murder Kazumi, but manages to break free of Satomi's brainwashing and stabs herself in the leg instead. The blood splashes on Kazumi's face, waking her up. Satomi regains control and has Saki grab Kazumi, teleporting the two of them to a building outside.

:Saki collapses from heavy blood loss, telling Kazumi to run while she still can. Satomi reveals to Kazumi that her memories from Umika were lies. The Pleiades Saints already knew about the origins of witches before meeting Yuuri, because Kazumi herself had become one and died. Her real name is Michiru Kazusa. Satomi and the others have been trying to revive Kazusa by cloning the remnants of her witch and stuffing them into clone bodies, and Kazumi is the thirteenth of those clones. She refers to it as ''Malefica Farce'' ("Witch Stuffing"). Being exposed to Evil Nuts is causing Kazumi to revert to her witch form, and Satomi plans to kill her before that happens. She summons the previous twelve clones of Kazusa from beneath the Freezer and tells them to destroy Kazumi.

=== Chapter 14: "Cannibalism" ===
;Released on February 24, 2012.
:{{Spoiler| Kazumi continues to watch on in disbelief as Satomi whispers into the girl's ear, saying she will tell her what happened to the real Kazumi while also saying "You will see the truth, but whether or not you despair depends on you." The scene then returns to the past depicting Michiru Kazusa cooking strawberry risotto, saying she always make them on special days. In this case, it was for Umika who had published a book called ''The Sky of the Seven Stars''. Saki begins to think back to the past and says how a special day reminds her of the day all six formed a contract with Juubey. Umika then proceeds to thank Kazumi for changing her fate and also being really glad to have met her. Kazumi was shaking and Kaoru assumed she was crying, but then the former's Soul Gem fell to the floor - it was black and tainted.}}

==Characters==
{{:Kazumi Magica/Characters}}

;[[Pleiades Saints]]
;:[[Kazumi]] (かずみ)
:A girl with amnesia who can't remember anything except her name. Her innocent, cheerful and friendly personalities are in proportion of her lost memories. She is a glutton for delicious foods and was found by Kaoru and Umika who take her in. Her wish was to bring her grandmother out of her coma, but not to cure her illness. {{spoiler|It is eventually revealed that she is actually the 13th clone of the original Kazumi, who turned into a witch and died.}}
;:[[Kaoru Maki]] (牧カオル)
:An athletic soccer player living with Umika. A bright older sister figure who takes good care of things. She wished for a strong, healthy body that would let her play soccer.
;:[[Umika Misaki]] (御崎海香)
:A popular novelist who bought the trio's house with her earnings. Her reliable, mature aura changes completely when there's a deadline looming. She is close to Kaoru and thinks of Kazumi as a little sister. She wished for the chance to meet an editor who would publish her stories.
;:[[Mirai Wakaba]] (若葉みらい)
:She's impulsive and occasionally gives Kazumi a beating, but deep down a caring girl.
;:[[Satomi Usagi]] (宇佐木里美)
:A polite girl who used her wish to gain the ability to talk to animals as she wants to become a vet when she grows up.
;:[[Saki Asami]] (浅海サキ)
:A mature girl that uses thunders to attack. The effective leader of the Pleiades Saints.
;:[[Nico Kanna]] (神流ニコ)
:Her smartphone uses an app created by the Pleiades Saints that can pick up the residual power of witches. She rarely shows emotions.
;:{{Spoiler|'''Michiru Kazusa''' (和紗ミチル)}}
:{{Spoiler|The original Kazumi who saved the Pleiades and made them contract. She eventually turned into a witch and died}}

;Others
;:[[Jubey]] (ジュゥべぇ)
:A fairy (妖精) who contracted the Pleiades Saints, turning them into magical girls. His name is a pun: "ju" is Japanese for ten. Compare with Kyubey, where "kyu" is Japanese for nine. Appears to know Kyubey, as they are seen together at the start of chapter 4.

;:"[[Yuuri]]" (ユウリ)/ Airi Anri 杏里あいり
:A mysterious magical girl that acts antagonistically towards the others, and shares a connection with the mysterious new witches. She is the one who kidnapped Kazumi, created the pseudo-witches of the first two chapters, and has a grudge against the Pleiades Saints. Uses pistols and submachine guns as her weapons (which, contrary to [[Homura]]'s, appear to actually be magical) and can summon a giant bull. She also appears capable of setting up impenetrable force barriers and disguising herself as other people. Chapter 5 reveals that she is actually a girl named [[Airi]] (seen briefly in Chapter 4), and her wish was to become the real Yuuri. She wants revenge against the Pleiades Saints for killing the real Yuuri when she became a witch.

;:[[Yuuri Asuka]] (飛鳥ユウリ)
:The real Yuuri. Before the start of the series, she wished to cure her friend Airi's life-threatening illness. She used her powers to cure the incurable diseases of other people, which caused her to run out of magic and become a witch. She was subsequently destroyed by the Pleiades Saints. Her weapon was a giant hypodermic needle, with multiple needles.

;:[[Kyubey]] (キュゥべえ)
:The same character from the anime, he contracted with Yuuri and Airi. He ultimately manipulated Airi into going after the Pleaides Saints.

;:[[Souichirou Tachibana]] (立花宗一郎)
:The man who found Kazumi in a suitcase after she lost her memory. He is a chef who tried to bomb a mall in revenge after he was tricked and lost his restaurant.

;:[[Ayase Souju]] (双樹あやせ)
:A wandering magical girl. She collects soul gems, and shares a body with Luca Souju. She has powers over fire.

;:[[Luca Souju]] (双樹ルカ)}}
:A magical girl who shares a body with Ayase Souju. She has powers over ice.

;:[[Miyuki Asami]] (浅海美幸)
:Saki's childhood friend, who promised to marry her one day. Before the start of the series, she died when the car she was riding with Saki in crashed into another vehicle. In Chapter 12, it was revealed that she was Saki's younger sister.

;:[[Mami Tomoe]] (巴マミ)
:The same character from the anime, she saved Kazumi from a witch before Kazumi made a contract. By doing so, she helped Jubey meet Kazumi.

;Witches
:The various witches featured in ''Kazumi Magica'' can be found [[Witches in Kazumi Magica|here]].

== Changes and Additions in the Collected Edition ==
[[File:KazumiSoulGemChange.png|right|thumb|300px|One of the many changes made between the magazine and volume versions of Kazumi Magica.]]
=== Volume 1===
* The dust jackets have a silly two page comic with Kazumi, Umika, and Kaoru.
* In the last page of Chapter 1, the {{Spoiler| Evil Nut}} next to the defeated detective is missing. After that there is an additional page with Kazumi and Souichirou Tachibana.
* Chapter 2 changes:
** In the second page, the {{Spoiler|Evil Nut}} is redrawn to be consistent with it's changed appearance in later chapters. The same thing happens in the forty-second page.
** In the third and fourth pages, Kazumi is holding her earring-bell instead of a blank white stone.
** In the thirteenth page, the white stone has been redrawn as a Soul Gem.
** In the fourteenth page, the white stone has been replaced with Kazumi's Soul Gem turning into her earring-bell - this reveals that the earring-bell ''is'' Kazumi's Soul Gem.
** In the eighteenth page, Umika and Kaoru's Soul Gems have been redrawn to be consistent with the appearance of Soul Gems in future chapters and the anime.
** In the nineteenth page, Kaoru's magical girl outfit has been slightly altered. This alteration is also present on the twenty-eighth page. In addition, Umika's Soul Gem is now visible on her forehead in magical girl form, making it consistent with future chapters. The forehead gem is present on the twenty-third, twenty-fifth through twenty-eighth, thirty-seventh, thirty-ninth, fortieth, and forty-second pages.
** In the twenty-seventh page, Kazumi is holding her earring bell instead of looking at her cross weapon. This changes the serialized version's implication that Kazumi's Soul Gem was on her cross.
** An extra page is added at the end of Chapter 2.
* The end of chapter 3 adds a page with design notes for the witch from Chapter 3.
* The end of the manga has a silly three page Omake with Saki, Umika, and Kazumi. It features a single panel appearance of Kaoru, a single panel appearance of Nico, Satomi and Mirai together, and a single panel appearance of Madoka.
* There is also a one-page Q&A with the author.
=== Volume 2===
* The front dust jacket has a parody of the cover, with Tachibana in Kazumi's place and the chef from Yuuri's flashback in Yuuri's place. The back one has an image of the policewoman in Yuuri's outfit.
* On the ninth page in chapter 5, a panel of Jubey has the circular mark on Jubey's head that previously did not.
* On the tenth page in chapter 5, the runes flying around as Yuuri becomes a witch are more clearly visible.
* On the first page of Chapter 6, Kazumi is very slightly redrawn.
* A page with Kazumi and Nico is added after Chapter 7.
* Design sketches for all new characters introduced in the volume are included.
** Notes on Yuuri are added after Chapter 4.
** Notes on Yuuri Asuka's witch are added after Chapter 5.
** Notes on Airi's witch are added after Chapter 6.
** Notes on Ayase and Luca are added after Chapter 8.
* The end of the manga has a one-page Omake with Saki reading one of her romance novels.
* There is also a one-page Q&A with the author.
* Volumes purchased from Toranoana also included a two page short story about Yuuri and Airi, called, "Puella Magi Kazumi Magica Special Edition ~ A Dream-Filled Spoon".
=== Volume 3 ===
* Volumes purchased from Toranoana include a four page short story about the Pleiades Saints titled, "Puella Magi Kazumi Magica Special Edition ~ Rosetta Meteora". Volumes purchased at Wondergoo, Melonbooks and Gamers also received special cards with different illustrations on them for each vendor.

== Observations ==
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* Although initially ''Kazumi Magica'' appeared to have no connection to the anime, it developed a greater connection to the anime over time, culminating in nearly all of the inconsistencies being explained in Chapter 4.
* Kazumi is not set after the events of the anime.
* Food seems to play a major role in ''Kazumi Magica''. Nearly every chapter is titled after something food-related that is mentioned in that chapter (the exception, "Gem Picking", can still be thought of as food related a la "cherry picking"), three of the magical girls are good cooks, and almost all of the magical girls enjoy eating.
* The author's Q&A in volume one shows that the series subtitle "innocent malice" is translated in Japanese as "sinless spite". He also acknowledges his use of food as chapter titles, and says he'll run out of ideas and change them eventually.
* The author of ''Kazumi Magica'', as revealed in the [[Tiro_Finale_Book#Translations|Tiro Finale Book]], wrote the screenplays for the ''Madoka Magica'' Drama CDs ''[[Drama_CD_1|"Memories of you"]]'' and ''[[Drama_CD_3|"Farewell Story"]]''.
** Like [[Mami]], all of the magical girls in ''Kazumi Magica'' use Italian names for their attacks and spells. Interestingly, this seems to have carried over to the Drama CDs that the author wrote the screenplays for - ''"Farewell Story"'' has [[Kyoko]] use an Italian name for one attack, and the author has stated that in ''"Memories of you"'' there was a cut scene where [[Madoka]] used an Italian named attack.
* Each of the first three chapters of ''Kazumi Magica'' are forty-four pages long. Subsequent chapters are twenty-six pages.

== Front Covers ==
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File:The innocent malice 1 001.jpg|Cover of the first volume
File:PMKM_vol2_cover.jpg|Cover of the second volume
File:PMKM vol3 cover.jpg|Cover of the third volume
</gallery>

== See Also ==
* Kazumi's ongoing serialization in the [[Manga_Time_Kirara_Forward_Kazumi_Serialization|Manga Time Kirara Forward]].

==External links==
*[http://www.dokidokivisual.com/madokamagica/kazumi/ Official website for ''Puella Magi Kazumi Magica''] (Japanese)
*[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Manga/PuellaMagiKazumiMagica ''Puella Magi Kazumi Magica'' at TVTropes.org] (English)

[[Category:Manga]]

Kazumi Magica

2012-03-09T00:22:45Z

188.221.222.125: /* Chapter 14: "Cannibalism" */ Someone please continue where I, a fan, had left off.

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[[File:PMKM_chapter1_cover.png|thumb|Cover of Kazumi Magica Chapter 1]]
'''Puella Magi Kazumi Magica: The Innocent Malice''' (魔法少女かずみ☆マギカ～The innocent malice～, ''Mahō Shōjo Kazumi Magica: The innocent malice'') is the first spin-off [[manga]] written by Masaki Hiramatsu and illustrated by Takashi Tensugi. It started serializing in ''[[wikipedia:Manga Time Kirara Forward|Manga Time Kirara Forward]]'' starting January 24, 2011 and features a new set of characters in a different stage from the anime. The first collected volume, containing chapters 1-3, was released on May 12, 2011. The second volume, containing chapters 4-8, was released on October 12, 2011. The third volume, containing chapters 9-13, will be released on March 12, 2012.

==Plot==
Kazumi is surrounded by the darkness, with voice calling her out from somewhere. After she escapes from the darkness that is inside a suitcase, what appears before her eyes are unknown room and unknown man. In that incident, what came across her mind were fragments of memories.

{{Note|As you might guess, the chapter summaries may contain spoilers for the chapter it summarizes, as well as previous ones.}}

=== Chapter 1: "Bad - Guy - Reckon Off" ===
;Released January 24th, 2011.
:A girl awakens inside a suitcase, having forgotten everything except her name, Kazumi. When she opens the suitcase, she finds herself in the home of a man named Souichirou Tachibana. Souichirou explains that he had bought a bomb in an identical suitcase, intending to blow up a shopping mall as an act of revenge against the mall's owner, who tricked him into selling his store. However, he switched his suitcase with another one when he bumped into a mysterious girl. Souichirou gets a phone call offering to trade Kazumi for the bomb at the mall. Kazumi goes along with it to find the identity of her kidnapper. While being taken to the mall in her suitcase, Kazumi asks Souchirou not to set off the bomb, saying that he's a good person. When he finds the other suitcase, Souichirou is stopped by two high school girls (though the next chapter calls them middle-school girls), named Umika and Kaoru. They open the suitcase containing the bomb, starting the timer. At this point, a squad of police officers led by a female detective appear, telling Souchirou he's under arrest. Kazumi breaks out from her suitcase and announces that Souichirou is not a bad person. Souichirou is unable to stop the bomb, which is close to exploding. Kazumi closes her eyes and thinks "Stop the bomb. Bibbity Bobbity Boo", causing her earring bells to glow. At this point, Umika passes the bomb to Kaoru, who kicks it into the air. It then harmlessly explodes into smoke, shocking nearly everyone. The mysterious girl from before, who was watching, mutters that the bomb was supposed to be real.

:At this point, Umika and Kaoru reveal they know Kazumi and take her to Umika's house, where they all live together while their parents are working overseas. Apparently, Kazumi had been missing since the day before. Kazumi is taken to her room and falls asleep. When she wakes up, she finds a note from Umika and Kaoru saying they're out dating and that the detective from before will visit. Kazumi cooks a large meal for herself that she shares with the detective when she arrives. Kazumi then announces that the detective had set up the entire incident with the bomb to make herself look good, and she arrived at Kazumi's house to kill her. The detective agrees, saying that she followed a lead given to her by someone else, and that someone also gave her the power to kill people without leaving decisive evidence. She then transforms into a monster. Kazumi begins getting strange flashbacks as the monster attacks her. When the monster grabs her earring-bell, she suddenly yells at her not to touch it, breaks the monsters wrist, and then transforms into a magical girl. Kazumi defeats the monster with her new powers, which turns her back into a human. The chapter ends with Umika and Kaoru running in to save Kazumi, and Kazumi telling them she can use magic.

=== Chapter 2: "AHA! Dogs" ===
;Released February 24th, 2011.
:Picking up where the last chapter ended, Kazumi falls unconscious, exhausted and hungry. Looking at the detective's unconscious body, Umika and Kaoru find an object that resembles a [[Grief Seed]]. The mysterious girl from before watches, clearly annoyed. Kazumi wakes up, finds a black cat (which might be a reference to the black cat from the anime's opening animation) and comes downstairs to find Umika cooking. Kaoru explains that Umika has writer's block, which causes her to grow horns on her head and act oddly. After eating, Umika takes the girls shopping. While at the mall, Kazumi gets an odd feeling and runs away to find another monster attacking people. Kazumi transforms, causing the monster to recognize her as a magical girl. Kazumi has trouble fighting the monster, which prompts Umika and Kaoru to transform into magical girls themselves. Kazumi remembers that Kaoru would immobilize the monster, while Umika would use her book to read it's mind. However, Kazumi preforms the next step - attacking - too early, which nearly causes the attack to hit Umika. The monster gets away as Kazumi runs to her friends. Kazumi apologizes to them, but they don't seem to mind. When she insists on being punished, they take her to a hair salon where they cut her hair.

:At the salon, Umika explains that there are fairies who scout out magical girls and make contracts that grant them wishes (a silhouette of [[Madoka]] and [[Kyubey]] are seen during this scene). Kaoru says she wished for a healthy body that could always play soccer, while Umika wished for an editor that could appreciate her novels. When Kazumi asks why they didn't wish for success or fame, they reply that they want to achieve those things with their own abilities. Kazumi then asks what her own wish was, but she had never told her friends. The monsters in the current and previous chapter are confirmed to be a new type of [[witch]] that Kaoru and Umika haven't encountered before. At this point, Kazumi's haircut is finished, and is rather messily done. Kazumi says she likes it, saying that it's fine for the "new Kazumi", having distanced herself from the "old Kazumi". When Umika wants to fix the lock of Kazumi's hair that sticks out, Kazumi claims that it's a witch sensor. It seems to have some use, helping Umika learn that the witch is a cosmetic saleswoman, who is attacking girls who have bad skin. When they find and confront the witch, the mysterious girl from before appears and is identified as a magical girl. She quickly leaves, leaving Kazumi, Umika and Kaoru to fight the witch on their own. They defeat her, returning her to normal and making her drop another unusual Grief Seed. Afterward, Kazumi muses that those who become witches aren't always bad people. Umika replies that anyone can become a witch. {{Spoiler|It's implied that she and Kaoru know that, like in the anime, magical girls become witches.}}

=== Chapter 3: "Kazumix" ===
;Released March 24th, 2011.
:The name of the city is revealed to be Asunaro, as Kazumi, Umika, and Kaoru are engaged in battle against an anime-style witch, complete with a barrier and familiars. During the battle, Kazumi hesitates, remembering when she accidentally hit her friends. Because of this, the witch devours Umika and Kaoru and escapes, leaving Kazumi by herself with a mark on her hand. At this point, four other magical girls arrive: Satomi, Mirai, Saki and Nico. It is revealed that the four of them, plus Kazumi, Umika, and Kaoru, make up a seven-member team of magical girls named the Pleiades Saints. They took their name after the [[Wikipedia:Pleiades_(star_cluster)|Pleiades Star Cluster]] (this is a pun in Japanese; "Pleiades Saints" and "Pleiades Star Cluster" are pronounced the same way in Japanese and when written, differ by only one character). Kazumi gets a call from Umika and Kaoru, who are being protected by a barrier created by Umika. However, she can only maintain it for five hours. Umika tells Kazumi to team-up with the other Saints to find the witch. When Kazumi feels bad about what happened to Umika and Kaoru, Mirai hits her on the head, saying that they're the only ones who can help them. (This is a running gag that re-occurs through the chapter). The five of them use their Soul Gems to find the witch, while Kazumi remarks that her witch detector hair doesn't seem to be working.

:Satomi speaks to a cat, revealing that her wish was to be able to talk to animals so she could become a veterinarian. The cat reveals that the mark on Kazumi's hand has been planted around the city (it seems distinct from the witch's symbol, however). Nico reveals that they designed a smartphone application that picks up the wavelengths from witches and transfers them into Soul Gems, making the witches easier to track down. The girls split up, but they are tricked by the mysterious girl from before who disguises herself as Satomi. She then leads Kazumi away from the others. When she reveals herself, Kazumi recognizes her as the one who put her in the suitcase. The girl announces she will kill Kazumi and summons a giant bull. She then creates a number of pistols and sub-machine guns, [[Mami]]-style, and fires them, pinning Kazumi to a wall. Realizing they've been tricked, the other four magical girls arrive in time to help Kazumi. The mysterious magical girl escapes. Back at Umika's house, Saki finds that the mark left behind by the witch is the mark of a bookmobile, and that the appearance of the marks matches the bookmobile's schedule. They rush off to find the witch (after Kazumi cooks a large meal for them). Kazumi brings a bag of candy with her for Umika and Kaoru. Kazumi is told to wait outside the barrier, while the other magical girls incapacitate the witch. Once giving the signal from an electronic communicator, Kazumi will then fire into the barrier, destroying the witch. The plan hits a snag when Nico's communicator is broken, prompting Umika to use flute candy from Kazumi's bag to contact her. Kazumi successfully destroys the witch and reunites with Umika and Kaoru. Saki finds that the witch used an abandoned car to make it's barrier, while Nico collects the witch's Grief Seed which looks like the ones in the anime. {{Spoiler|Their expressions in this scene carry the subtle implication that they also know magical girls become witches.}} As they celebrate their victory, they are watched by something that resembles a black cat mixed with Kyubey.

=== Chapter 4: "Evil Nuts" ===
;Released April 23rd, 2011.
:As Kazumi and the others celebrate their victory from the previous chapter, the Kyubey look-alike continues to watch, right next to Kyubey himself. Kyubey asks "Do you think things will go well this time, Pleiades?" while the look-alike grins. The look-alike then jumps down to meet Kazumi and he is introduced as Jubey, the fairy who made the Pleiades Saints magical girls. Jubey purifies the Pleaides Soul Gems, apparently consuming the darkness they expelled. He then devours the Grief Seed from the witch fought in the previous chapter. However, when the Pleiades give him the Grief Seeds from the witches in the first two chapters, he rejects them, revealing that they aren't Grief Seeds at all. The witches fought in the first two chapters were in fact pseudo-witches, created by imitation Grief Seeds known as an "Evil Nuts". The Pleiades quickly deduce that the mysterious magical girl created the Evil Nuts. The mysterious girl then promptly appears and incapacitates the magical girls. She introduces herself as Yuuri and appears to bear a grudge against the Pleiades. She takes off with Kazumi, leaving behind a letter telling the others that if they want Kazumi back, they have to come to Asunaro Dome at midnight.

:While being held hostage by Yuuri, Kazumi asks why she's attacking everyone. Yuuri refuses to answer, but during the conflict she flashes back to an unknown girl, which provokes an emotional reaction in her. Back at the Misaki residence, the Pleiades try to understand Yuuri's motivations. Nico then claims that Yuuri is "at her limit", and that something will happen if she uses too much magic {{Spoiler|- it is not stated but heavily implied that she means Yuuri is in danger of becoming a witch.}} At the dome, Yuuri welcomes the Pleaides Saints, showing that Kazumi is trapped in a chair. When they try to rescue her, they're blocked by a force-field. Yuuri then announces that she will plant one of her Evil Nuts into Kazumi. When Kazumi begs her to stop, Yuuri laughs and tells Kazumi that she knows nothing about the Pleaides Saints. She then takes off her hat, which causes Umika to recognize her. Yuuri announces she wants vengeance and the chapter ends with her shoving the Evil Nut into Kazumi's forehead.

=== Chapter 5: "Magicallabbiata" ===
;Released May 24th, 2011.
:The chapter picks up where the previous one left off. The Evil Nut enters into Kazumi's forehead, causing her to let out a burst of power that lets her break out of the chair while reforming her hat and growing a long cloak in the process. Kazumi fights with Yuuri again, but is still overpowered. Yuuri claims that the other Pleiades had killed her, and says that they're a group that kills magical girls. She then reveals that the Pleiades took away the most important thing to her, so she's going to take away the most important thing to them - Kazumi. At this point, Yuuri's blackened Soul Gem begins to crack. Saki tells Juubey to clean Yuuri's gem. Juubey begins spinning but is shot by Yuuri, stopping him. Nico quietly says Yuuri's Soul Gem has hatched as it turns into a Grief Seed, falling into Kazumi's hand. Kyubey watches from afar as Yuuri transforms into a heart-shaped witch. The Pleiades Saints are trapped on crosses in her barrier. In shock, Kazumi wonders why witches come out of Soul Gems. Vines begin surrounding the Pleiades causing them to scream out in pain. As they're being tortured, we suddenly see the girl from Yuuri's flashback in the previous chapter.

:The story then flashes back to the past. The girl from Yuuri's flashback is seen lying in a hospital bed, with Yuuri watching. We learn her name is Airi, and she only has three months left to live. Yuuri asks Airi if she wants to keep living. Airi says yes, saying she wishes to live longer and wanting to eat lots of delicious things with Yuuri. Yuuri hands her a spoon, saying it's charm filled with dreams. She tells Airi to wait until she comes back. We then find that Airi has been miraculously cured of her illness. As she tearfully hugs Yuuri, Airi says that the spoon must have been magic. The truth seems to be something different as Kyubey's silhouette is seen in the window. Later at school, Yuuri and Airi talk about an upcoming cooking contest. Airi says she'll treat Yuuri to a restaurant (which turns out to belong to Souichirou Tachibana) if she wins the contest before handing her back the spoon, asking it to help Yuuri. The contest appears to be a cooking contest, which has the same symbol from Yuuri's letter in the previous chapter. However, Yuuri is missing when the final round starts (At this point we also learn her last name is Asuka). As Airi looks for her, she finds herself in the barrier of a giant witch that resembles a hypodermic needle. The Pleiades Saints arrive and quickly destroy the witch with giant arrows (that look like the arrow that sent Yuuri's letter in the previous chapter). Kazumi is not among them. As Airi thanks the Saints for saving her, they tell her to forget what she saw, and to watch out for dark alleys and Witch's Kisses. When the Saints leave, Airi finds that the witch dropped Yuuri's spoon when it was destroyed. Kyubey appears and tells Airi that the witch was Yuuri, causing her to scream.

:That night, Kyubey explains what happened in detail. Yuuri's wish was to cure Airi's illness. We see her in magical girl form, holding a giant hypodermic needle. In addition to fighting witches, she also used her magic to cure incurable diseases. This ultimately caused her to use too much magic and turn into a witch. In fact, she transformed right in front of the Pleiades Saints. Crying, Airi asks why the Pleiades didn't try to help Yuuri, cursing herself for thanking the people who killed her. Kyubey says he'll grant Airi's wish and turn her into a magical girl. Airi says she won't forgive the Pleiades Saints and wishes to take over Yuuri's life; to turn into Yuuri. Kyuubey says her wish has surpassed entropy as Airi changes to look like Yuuri - the Yuuri seen in previous chapters,. Airi/Yuuri then is seen on a skyscraper, crushing the head of what appears to be a familiar while laughing madly. She asks Kyubey for the names of the people that killed the real Yuuri. Kyubey says that they're the Pleaides Saints. Airi/Yuuri mocks their name and announces she'll kill all of them, making them pay for the real Yuuri.

=== Chapter 6: "Loss Parfait" ===
;Released June 24th, 2011.
:As we see Yuuri laughing from the end of the previous chapter, the story suddenly returns to the present. Apparently, the flashback in the previous chapter was a vision shown to the Pleiades by the witch. Kazumi begs Airi that she doesn't want to fight, but the witch attacks her, seemingly cutting off her head. Kazumi is then seen catching what would have been the fatal blow in her teeth, biting that part of the witch off. The influence of the Evil Nut causes Kazumi's body to change, and she attacks the witch with elongated hands, eventually breaking free from her cross. Kazumi's bell then rings, causing her to collapse and return to normal. Kazumi then tries to use her magic to turn Airi back to normal. Shockingly, even though the witch continues to attack Kazumi, Airi's (or more precisely, Yuuri's) body comes out of the witch. Still attached to the witch, she speaks entirely in runes, repeating the final spell she attempted to use on Kazumi. At that point, Saki shoots her, freeing the other Pleiades.

:As the magical girls gear up to attack, Kazumi protests, saying that Airi wasn't a bad person because she dedicated her life for a friend. Mirai tells Kazumi that they know, and that's why they have to kill her. Juubey then appears, telling Kazumi that Airi is no longer a magical girl, but a witch. He further states "We don't understand how, but sometimes one of these appear. Their gems go out of control." Finally, he says that it's impossible to turn witches back to normal, and the only choice is to kill them. Kazumi says there's no way she can do it. Saki says she knows, and tells Kazumi she doesn't have to dirty her hands. One by one, the Pleiades attack the witch as Kazumi begs them to stop. Finally, Satomi apologizes, saying all they can do is prevent the witch from hurting anyone. Kaoru then says only they have to carry that burden, and they'll finish this by themselves. The Pleiades are shown to clearly be as pained by this as Kazumi is. Kazumi then uses Limit Estern, aiming straight for the witch. Just before the blow hits, she says Yuuri's name. The witch is then destroyed, the spoon drops to the ground, and the barrier collapses. As Kazumi picks up the spoon, she says she'll share the burden with the Pleiades, and then cries into Umika's arms.

:Kazumi is then seen walking back home with Umika and Kaoru. She tells them to go home ahead of her, saying she wants to be alone. Kazumi then notices none other than Souichirou Tachibana, closing his shop. Her serves her a bucket of parfait, much to her delight, and reveals that he was the made the manager of a new store. Kazumi then has a vision of Airi and Yuuri enjoying the parfait, prompting her to suggest that Souichirou should put the desert on the menu. Souchirou declines, saying it's not profitable. As Kazumi continues to eat, she suddenly begins crying, saying that Yuuri and Airi couldn't have eaten this. Eventually she falls alseep. Souchirou pulls a blanket over her and puts the parfait on the menu. The chapter ends with the sleeping Kazumi holding Yuuri and Airi's spoon.

=== Chapter 7: "Gem Picking" ===
;Released July 23, 2011.
:The chapter begins with the Kaoru, Saki, Mirai, and Satomi. confronting a magical girl named Sumire Akane. Sumire recognizes Kaoru from training together at the training center (revealing to the reader Kaoru's last name, Maki). Kaoru apologizes and uses a spell called "Tocco del Mare" (Touch of the Sea) as Akane screams. The scene cuts to another girl watching the Pleiades from afar who mentions that she's glad she stopped in Asunaro before going to Mitakihara. She watches as all the magical girls detransform, and the Pleiades hold out their Soul Gems. As she pulls out her own Soul Gem, she says that she wants the Pleiades. The next morning, Kazumi thanks Souchirou for the food, and becomes overjoyed when he puts the bucket of parfait on the menu. She leaves when she spies Nico and Juubey walking.

:Kazumi asks Nico what she's doing, and she evasively answers that she's witch hunting. Kazumi elects to go with her, and they enter Asunaro's amusement park. Kazumi mentions that the Pleaides were trying to be kind to her by hiding the truth about witches. Nico then says that Kazumi doesn't have her memories back. Kazumi acknowledges this, and wonders if she hit her head in the trunk; if Airi had erased her memories they would be coming back. She then asks if there's anything that can bring back her memories. Nico says they aren't all happy memories and Kazumi might have had plenty of regrets. She says this while looking at an American news article about a Japanese kid shooting other people. Kazumi says that she's fine with it, and doesn't want to run away from that part of herself. Nico says that they should talk about this with everyone else later, before turning around to confront the girl that was watching the Pleaides from earlier in the chapter. Introducing herself as Ayase Souju, she reveals that she collects Soul Gems "because they shine with the light of life". Nico calls her hobby disgusting. Ayase counters by saying the Pleiades are gem picking too. She refers offhandedly to Sumire, saying she was only slightly dirty, and didn't bother anyone. Nico is silent (it's possible that she wasn't present during the incident), while Kazumi is confused. Ayase then reveals her intention to add the Pleaides to her collection. Nico and Ayase proceed to transform.

:Ayase's weapon is a sword, and she throws fireballs. Nico dodges, turns her fingers into bullets, and fires them. Ayase deflects the bullets only to find herself being surrounded by a horde of Nicos. Juubey tells Kazumi that Nico wished for "regeneration", which gave her the power to deconstruct materials and reconstruct it as other objects - the other Nicos were literally made from bricks. Nico reveals that finger missiles and clones are her specialties. Ayase throws another flurry of fireballs, burning the Nico clones to bits. At that point, the real Nico appears, grabs Ayase's Soul Gem, and uses "Tocco del Mare". Ayase abruptly detransforms, while Nico continues to hold Ayase's Soul Gem. When asked, she tells Kazumi she only stunned Ayase. Ayase then begins speaking and attacks Nico point-blank with an ice spell, reclaiming her Soul Gem. She then transforms again, but has a different outfit. Kazumi asks Juubey if magical girls can transform twice, but Juubey claims there are two of her. The girl reveals that she is Luca Souju, and that both her and Ayase share the same body as two souls. As Kazumi wonders if Ayase/Luca is a magical girl with a split personality, a wounded Nico says Souju (meaning "twin trees") must represent their body. Luca just smiles.

=== Chapter 8: "Tempura Ice-Cream" ===
;Released August 24th, 2011.
:Luca asks for Kazumi's name, threatening to take her Soul Gem. She claims that she has to collect Soul Gems or else she won't be able to coexist with Ayase. Juubey then claims that girls who lose their Soul Gems lose their magic and can even die (which is true, in a sense). Kazumi attacks Luca, but Luca uses "Cazzo Freddo" to freeze her. She notices the rarity of Kazumi's Soul Gem (her earring bell) not being located on her body, and tries to get ahold of it. Kazumi tells her not to touch it, suddenly unfreezing herself and hitting Luca in her Soul Gem. Luca then uses both her Soul Gems to be Ayase and Luca at the same time. Kazumi fires at her with Limiti Esterni while Ayase/Luca uses a new attack named "Pici Generati". The Soujus' attack makes it through and hits Kazumi, sending her flying. Watching the battle from afar, Nico receives a telepathic message from Saki, checking if Nico has taken Ayase/Luca's Soul Gem. Nico responds in the negative before asking Juubey what "Pici Generati" means. He believes it means "Twin Peaks". Kazumi then receives a telepathic message from Nico asking her to get hit more with "Pici Generati". After watching Ayase/Luca's power, she picks up Kazumi and flees with her and Juubey inside a roller coaster.

:Nico tells Kazumi that Ayase/Luca's attack creates an explosion through their perfectly synchronized fire and ice magic. They are capable of this because they use the same body. Kazumi doesn't understand this, causing Nico to use tempura ice cream as a metaphor. Nico then claims that they have to do something similar with her own magic. This prompts Jubey to say that Kazumi's powers are "sacrilege" but he quickly corrects himself and says it's "destruction" (they are alternate character readings of the same word). He continues saying that Kazumi's magic and Nico's reconstruction magic are like hot and cold. They encounter Ayase/Luca again and all three of them fire. The Soujus' attack sends them flying, prompting Nico and Kazumi to try and combine their magic. Their magic hits Ayase/Luca own attack, but it fails to negate it. Nico and Kazumi flee again through an underground 'Staff Only' tunnel, as Nico comments that the Soujus are better synchronized. Suddenly, Nico, Kazumi and Juubey trip with a broom and fall, prompting them to shout in pain simultaneously. This gives them an idea. When Ayase/Luca comes across them, Kazumi and Nico are holding hands. The Soujus fire "Pici Generati" again, but this time when Kazumi and Nico combine their magic Juubey bites their hands. This causes them to become synchronized, pushing their magic tight through Ayase/Luca's and causing an explosion that sends them to the surface.

:Kazumi tells the Soujus that they've lost, but they respond by pulling out a box of Evil Nuts. They throw two of them at Nico and Kazumi, but Saki appears and catches them in mid-air. The other Pleiades jump down behind Kazumi, as Saki asks where the Soujus got the Evil Nuts. Ayase/Luca laughs instead of answering and tells the Pleiades to kill them, calling them "magical girl hunters". Shocked, Kazumi asks what she means. Kaoru says they aren't murderers, but because they can't let the Soujus go they're taking they're Soul Gems. Saki tells Kaoru not to use "Tocco del Mare" in front of Kazumi, but Nico says that Kazumi already saw her use it. Kaoru says that Ayase and Luca's Soul Gems are at their limit and pulls out both their gems. Kazumi, near tears, asks what's going on, reminding the Pleiades that she agreed to carry their burdens with them. Although Saki objects, Umika agrees to tell Kazumi about the truth of the Pleiades Saints. Suddenly Satomi notices that Nico has fallen to her knees, and her Soul Gem is glowing. Satomi backs into Kaoru, prompting her to turn around. Satomi calls Nico's name as a witch appears, creating a barrier filled with skyscrapers and familiars that resemble shooting targets in firing ranges. Nico's body is floating in the air in front of the witch.

=== Chapter 9: "The Freezer" ===
;Released September 24th, 2011
:As Nico's Soul Gem cracks, we see background text of her thinking that that she'll die without a trace, and she wants everyone to remember. She thinks she doesn't want to kill anyone anymore. The runes coming out of her Soul Gem read "We have no future as long as he's around." The next page has a cover image of a golden-eyed Nico holding a gun, asking to be killed. The Pleiades are shocked to discover Nico has become a witch. Repeatedly shouting "Cut", the witch turns her hands into a single pair of scissors. Kaoru transforms and blocks the attack using ''Capitano Potenza'' ("Captain Power"), which encases her arms in a black metallic substance. The witch fires projectiles from its body. Kaoru turns to the others and tells them not to stand there. Umika encases herself, Kazumi, and Satomi in a barrier. Saki pushes Mirai in, but is wounded. Mirai flips out and uses her attack ''La Bestia'' ("The Beasts") causing an army of teddy-bears to appear and chew on the witch. When the witch throws them off, Mirai uses ''La Bestia Refare'' ("Remake the Beast"). The bears start hugging each other and turn into a giant bear that Mirai jumps on. The bear pounces on the witch and pulls it into a bear hug. Mirai leaps into the air, turns her wand into a giant sword, and cuts both the bear and the witch in half. The witch dies, yelling "Cut" one last time. She drops a Grief Seed (which notably looks different than Nico's Soul Gem)

:Mirai asks Saki if she's alright, but she's still processing Nico's death. Mirai tells her she had to do it, but is interrupted by Satomi screaming that she doesn't want to die or turn into a witch. Jubey and Umika look at the Grief Seed, as Umika wonders how did things turn out like this. Kazumi takes the hand of Nico's body and finds it's cold. As she shouts Nico's name, a voice says "You called?" Everyone is shocked to see another Nico standing behind them. As Kazumi asks what's going on, the other Nico walks up to the first Nico's body, puts her arm around her neck, and with a disturbing expression says "Switch". She then touches the hair of the body, and it's face suddenly vanishes. Jubey, a disturbing grin on his face, says that the body was Nico's "spare" and "compensation for Nico's contract". Kaoru asks why Nico didn't tell them. Nico says that to deceive an enemy, you have to deceive your allies. Kaoru punches her, then gives her a hug. Nico then says they should cut to the chase. Kaoru tells Saki Kazumi can handle it.

:The scene switches to Mirai's teddy bear museum, "Angelica Bears". Mirai says that in Japanese it's called "Ashitaba" (literally "tomorrow's leaf") and says that Kazumi came up with the name. As they walk inside, they step onto a magic circle. Umika holds out her ring, suddenly transporting them all somewhere else. Umika tells Kazumi that the museum was born from them meeting with her. The walk up to a giant door, which opens into a giant room filled with girls floating in tanks. The middle of the room contains a pile of Soul Gems. Umika explains that after they take Soul Gems, they put the empty shells of the magical girls into "the Freezer". We see one of the girls has a nametag, reading Kaede Hinata in English. Kazumi says that Ayase was right, and asks why they're doing this. Jubey says that it's their response to the magical girl system, which is full of contradictions: Rejection.

=== Chapter 10: "Bibbity Bobbity Boo" ===
;Released October 24, 2011

''(Note: The original Japanese title is "Chichinpurin", which is a pun on “Chichinpui", a stock magical incantation in Japanese. "Chichinpurin" has been translated throughout the series as “Bibbity Bobbity Boo”. In keeping with the food puns in the chapter titles, “purin” means “pudding”.)''
:Picking up from the end of the last chapter, Umika explains that witches are the end state of magical girls. (While she's speaking Oktavia is briefly seen, as is Sayaka in silhouette). Umika tells Kazumi that they lied to her when they said that sometimes the Soul Gems of magical girls go out of control. Jubey, grinning, explains that Soul Gems are the extracted souls of magical girls. Kaoru admits that they're like zombies, but it's preferable to dying to a witch in one shot. Jubey then says that the Pleiades refuse to fight without feeling pain. Kaoru responds by saying that if they do that they'll cease being human. Umika explains that the magical girls they capture are placed in a barrier that separates them from their Soul Gems and puts them in suspended animation, preventing them from becoming witches. Kaoru says they hope to find a way to completely clean the gems and turn them back into humans. Until then, they'll keep fighting. This is their "rejection" of the magical girl system. Nico then takes out a container that has the Soujus, their Soul Gems, and the Soul Gem and body of another magical girl. The bodies of the magical girls have been shrunken to the point where they can be picked up by one hand. Nico puts into two new containers, saying they "will keep on waiting for the prince's kiss." Kazumi asks when everyone found out about the connection between magical girls and wishes. Umika touches her forehead to Kazumi's, telling her to remember everything.

:The story flashes back into the past. Umika, Kaoru, Satomi, Mirai, Nico, and Saki are standing on a catwalk. They are all displaying a witch's kiss on their necks. It then shows the "despair" of each Pleiade:
::Umika wrote a draft for a novel that was taken by her editor and released under the authorship of a top idol to rave reviews. When the editor calls her to ask if they can look forward to her next work, Umika drops the phone in shock.
::Kaoru was injured in a soccer game that left her on crutches. The girl who injured her is then rushed to the hospital Kaoru was recovering in. It turns out that girl was bullied for ruining Kaoru's career and tried to kill herself. Kaoru screams when she overhears this.
::Satomi is given a cat on her third birthday, which she names Sare. Years later, she goes out and leaves it alone in her house, despite it's protests. It's then seen in a veterinarian's office, dead. The vets says that if the cat was brought here earlier it might have survived, prompting Satomi to think that this wouldn't have happened if she had just listened.
::Mirai is shown at school wearing glasses. The other students want nothing to do with her. As she walks home, Mirai clutches her teddy-bear saying, she's not lonely because she has all of them. We then find that her room is filled with teddy-bears. As she begins sewing one of them, admits she wants friends and starts crying.
::Nico is shown as a little kid, playing with her neighbors and a loaded gun. She is promptly revealed to be the Japanese kid from the news article in Chapter 7. The gun goes off, the bullet bouncing off a vase and killing her neighbors. Nico cries.
::Saki is shown as a child. A girl Miyuki shows off her lily of the valley flower. Miyuki says her dream was to grow lots of flowers and use them as a bouquet in her wedding. Saki says that dream won't come true, because she thinks no man is good enough for Miyuki. Miyuki hugs Saki and says that she'll marry her. Years later, Miyuki and Saki are caught in a horrible car crash. Miyuki is killed by a piece of glass lodged in her throat. Saki can only say Miyuki's name.

:The story then returns to the girls standing on the catwalk. They jump off, as a voice says, "Everyone should just die." The voice is cut-off by a familiar spell with ribbons wrapping around the girls, stopping their fall. Their savior is none other than Kazumi, who says, "Ciao! You suicidal girls!"

=== Chapter 11: "Dead or Rice" ===
;Released on November 24th, 2011.
:Continuing the previous chapter's flashback, Kazumi opens up a witch's barrier around herself and the girls. Familiars appear and start attacking the normal girls while Kazumi watches. Kaoru tries to use her crutch to fight them off, but falls down. Umika shields her with her body. Mirai does something similar for Saki. Satomi asks why Kazumi isn't helping. Kazumi responds by asking why they don't want to be eaten if they want to die. She then pulls six firearms from her hat and drops them on the ground. The familiars combine, revealing that they were actually a witch. The girls pick up the weapons, Satomi saying she doesn't want to die and Nico musing she can't run away from guns. They fire at the witch, deflating it like a balloon. It re-inflates itself and charges. Kazumi stops the witch with her cross, saying that "As long as you keep trying to live, you won't fall into despair" and that there's always hope. She then fires "Limit Esterni", destroying the witch.

:As the barrier disappears, Saki asks "What was that?" A silhouette appears behind her, looking similar to Kyubey. It turns out to be Jubey, who says that was Magical Girl Kazumi, who hunts witches. A loud growling noise is heard, which turns out to be Kazumi being hungry. It's revealed that her ahoge was absent in the past (though the symbol is still on her hat and earring-bell). The scene changes to Kazumi's house, where she eats with the Pleiades. She talks about how her grandmother said that people eat plants and animals to live, and so they have a duty to them to keep living. She asks the girls about her strawberry risotto, which was passed down from her grandmother. When they respond positively, Kazumi says that her grandmother would be happy to hear that. Saki asks where her grandmother is now, prompting Kazumi to reveal that she had passed away. She tells them not to worry.

:Kazumi point to a book with Umika, asking her if that's the book that plagiarized her story. After reading the book Kazumi says it's bad because the main character wastes food like "The Girl who Trod on the Loaf" (a fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen). Umika suddenly becomes animated and agrees, saying the scene wasn't in her draft. She then explains that the rule of villains is that the one who wastes food is a villain and can't be left alive - revealing the source of the brief flashback Kazumi had in Chapter 1. Kazumi says she never heard of that, but agrees. She tells Umika to keep writing, because other than the main character the story was good. As Kazumi goes to get desert, Saki asks her how she became a magical girl.

:Kazumi explains she became a magical girl the day her grandmother died. The story flashes back again to Kazumi's past. She narrates that she was studying abroad when she learned that her grandmother's condition became critical. While hurrying home, she ran straight into a witch's barrier. Fortunately, she's saved by a surprise appearance from Mami Tomoe, who muses that she can't take it easy even on a trip. Mami destroys the witch with "Tiro Finale". When Kazumi thanks her, Mami tells her to get going and be careful. As Kazumi leaves Jubey is strangely seen by Mami's feet. At Kazumi's home, a doctor explains that her grandmother only has a few days left unless she's hooked up to a respiratory machine and it's unlikely that she'll wake up. Kazumi says that her grandmother would never want to go on life support. Later and alone with her grandmother, Kazumi starts crying and says that she wants her grandmother to open her eyes, just once more. Jubey appears on the windowsill, saying that he can grant her wish if she makes a contract and becomes a magical girl.

=== Chapter 12: "Pleiades" ===
;Released on December 24th, 2011.
:Jubey tells Kazumi being a magical girl is difficult. Kazumi is fine with that and wishes for her grandmother to return to her normal self as long as she remains alive. Jubey asks if she's fine with not curing her grandmother's illness. Kazumi says she wants to, but it wouldn't be respecting her way of life. The contract is established. Kazumi's grandmother wakes up, asking if it's a dream. Kazumi says it's her last dream, and asks her grandmother if she can teach her how to make strawberry risotto. Kazumi spends the day learning cooking skills and advice from her grandmother. She tells Kazumi that people can't fall into dispair as she gives Kazumi her earring-bell; the same earring-bell Kazumi has worn throughout the series. The flashback in a flashback ends as Kazumi says her grandmother went to heaven the next day. (She incidentally reveals the name of her cat, Toto.)

:Saki asks why Kazumi didn't just wish her grandmother to be healthy, saying Kazumi is now all alone. Kazumi says her grandmother will always be in her heart, just like Miyuki will be in Saki's heart (Miyuki here is revealed to be Saki's sister). Mriai asks if she can be a magical girl. Jubey tells her she can if she accepts her fate of fighting witches. Mirai says she can accept anything. Umika, Kaoru, Satomi, Nico and Saki quickly chime in agreement. Kazumi cheers over having new friends. Mirai questions the fact that she's a friend, prompting Saki to thank Mirai for protecting her. Jubey tells the girls to give him their wishes. Mirai says her wish was already granted by having friends. Saki suggests wishing for the friends that have always protected her - Mirai's teddy bears. She points to a number on it, asking Mirai if it's her 666th friends. When Mirai asks how Saki knew, Saki explains that her sister did the same thing. Mirai decides to wish for a museum for all her teddy bears. Kazumi suggests calling it "Angelica Bears" which is a pun on Mirai's name and the Ashitaba plant (Mirai's name means "Future Young Leaf", Ashitaba means "Tomorrow's Leaf" and is in the Angelica genus).

:Satomi then wishes to talk to animals. Nico whispers her wish to Jubey, embarrassed to say it aloud. Saki wishes for her sister's flower to bloom forever. Umika wishes for an editor to recognize and handle her works preciously. Kaoru wants to help the people that were hurt in the match where she had her injury. Kazumi asks her about her injuries, but Kaoru says she'll just return to the field with her current legs. The contracts are completed, and Kazumi names their team the Pleiades Saints. The scene cuts to the girls fighting a witch. Kaoru destroys it with her spiked shoes. Jubey asks about her strengthened magical girl body. Kaoru is very happy about it. Kazumi calls Kaoru's attack ''Capitano Potenza'' ("Captain Power"), and reveals she wants everyone to call their attacks, even recording them in a book. Kazumi reveals that she's following the lead of Mami Tomoe and says she won't cook for the girls if they don't do it. Saki then notices Kazumi's earrings are missing. Kazumi guesses she lost them in the battle, but admits it's okay because her grandmother won't disappear from her heart. Later on Kazumi receives a new pair of the earrings. Kaoru explains that Saki asked her dad to get them while he was on a business trip. Kazumi thanks Saki, while Mirai has a sad or angry expression on her face.

:Later, Kaoru and the other Pleiades (except Kazumi) wonder why Kazumi is late, having been told Kazumi was bringing a new friend. Jubey appears, saying a witch's barrier is nearby. They run to Asunaro Dome, where they see Yuuri Asuka transform into a witch. After the battle the girls are stunned. Satomi asks if magical girls turn into witches. Jubey explains how witches are created, and says his job is to gather the energy form the conversion of hope to despair. Kaoru grabs Jubey while he explains that immature witches should be called magical girls. Suddenly Umika grabs Jubey and slams her head against him. A laser fires from her eye into his. Jubey falls down and asks why Umika is looking scary. Umika explains to Kaoru that she rewrote Jubey's memories, preventing him from making contracts. The story then returns to the present. Kazumi says she remembers hunting magical girls after Yuuri, but then suddenly falls over. The symbol for the Evil Nuts appears in her eyes. Satomi looks on in shock, as Kaoru says everyone's tired. Umika leads Kazumi out as Kaoru says they should rest for the day. Saki remains in the Freezer, looking at the pile of Soul Gems. They include two Evil Nuts. We then find Satomi is walking up behind her. Saki asks why Satomi is there. Satomi pulls her hand to her mouth and says: "Saki, let's kill Kazumi." The last panel has Satomi giving a sinister grin.

=== Chapter 13: "Malefica Farce" ===
;Released on January 24th, 2012.
: Satomi tells Saki that they can't afford to let Kazumi live as long as she's infected by the Evil Nut. Saki refuses, as she loves Kazumi too much to hurt her. Satomi then grabs Saki and brainwashes her with ''Fantasma Bisbiglio'' ("Ghost Whisperer") and sends her to the Misaki residence. Inside, Kazumi is asleep, while Kaoru and Umika discuss her well-being. Kaoru admits that she had Umika lie about her wish in the separate flashbacks Kazumi was given. Saki arrives, asking them if they know how the Evil Nut will affect Kazumi. They don't know, but Umika suspects that someone else created the Evil Nuts for Yuuri and the Souju twins, so tracking them down should reveal everything. Umika and Kaoru tell her that things are going well "this time", but Saki panics at the idea of another "repeat", and points out that Nico's clone became a witch even though its Soul Gem was clear. She thinks that they are all close to becoming witches themselves.

:Umika reveals that she knows something is amiss with Saki, as she referred to Kazumi as Kazumi-''chan'' (an honorific that Satomi, not Saki, uses). Saki kicks Umika across the room. As Kaoru goes to help her, Umika explains that Saki is under Satomi's control. Saki exclaims that they can't keep Kazumi alive in this state, and that it will be easier if Saki kills her. Kaoru attempts to restrain Saki, but she's incapacitated when Saki drops a chandelier on her. She then goes to murder Kazumi, but manages to break free of Satomi's brainwashing and stabs herself in the leg instead. The blood splashes on Kazumi's face, waking her up. Satomi regains control and has Saki grab Kazumi, teleporting the two of them to a building outside.

:Saki collapses from heavy blood loss, telling Kazumi to run while she still can. Satomi reveals to Kazumi that her memories from Umika were lies. The Pleiades Saints already knew about the origins of witches before meeting Yuuri, because Kazumi herself had become one and died. Her real name is Michiru Kazusa. Satomi and the others have been trying to revive Kazusa by cloning the remnants of her witch and stuffing them into clone bodies, and Kazumi is the thirteenth of those clones. She refers to it as ''Malefica Farce'' ("Witch Stuffing"). Being exposed to Evil Nuts is causing Kazumi to revert to her witch form, and Satomi plans to kill her before that happens. She summons the previous twelve clones of Kazusa from beneath the Freezer and tells them to destroy Kazumi.

=== Chapter 14: "Cannibalism" ===
;Released on February 24, 2012.
:{{Spoiler| Kazumi continues to watch on in disbelief as Satomi whispers into the girl's ear, saying she will tell her what happened to the real Kazumi while also saying "You will see the truth, but whether or not you despair depends on you." The scene then returns to the past depicting Michiru Kazusa cooking strawberry risotto, saying she always make them on special days. In this case, it was for Umika who had published a book called 'The Skys of the Seven Stars'.}}

==Characters==
{{:Kazumi Magica/Characters}}

;[[Pleiades Saints]]
;:[[Kazumi]] (かずみ)
:A girl with amnesia who can't remember anything except her name. Her innocent, cheerful and friendly personalities are in proportion of her lost memories. She is a glutton for delicious foods and was found by Kaoru and Umika who take her in. Her wish was to bring her grandmother out of her coma, but not to cure her illness. {{spoiler|It is eventually revealed that she is actually the 13th clone of the original Kazumi, who turned into a witch and died.}}
;:[[Kaoru Maki]] (牧カオル)
:An athletic soccer player living with Umika. A bright older sister figure who takes good care of things. She wished for a strong, healthy body that would let her play soccer.
;:[[Umika Misaki]] (御崎海香)
:A popular novelist who bought the trio's house with her earnings. Her reliable, mature aura changes completely when there's a deadline looming. She is close to Kaoru and thinks of Kazumi as a little sister. She wished for the chance to meet an editor who would publish her stories.
;:[[Mirai Wakaba]] (若葉みらい)
:She's impulsive and occasionally gives Kazumi a beating, but deep down a caring girl.
;:[[Satomi Usagi]] (宇佐木里美)
:A polite girl who used her wish to gain the ability to talk to animals as she wants to become a vet when she grows up.
;:[[Saki Asami]] (浅海サキ)
:A mature girl that uses thunders to attack. The effective leader of the Pleiades Saints.
;:[[Nico Kanna]] (神流ニコ)
:Her smartphone uses an app created by the Pleiades Saints that can pick up the residual power of witches. She rarely shows emotions.
;:{{Spoiler|'''Michiru Kazusa''' (和紗ミチル)}}
:{{Spoiler|The original Kazumi who saved the Pleiades and made them contract. She eventually turned into a witch and died}}

;Others
;:[[Jubey]] (ジュゥべぇ)
:A fairy (妖精) who contracted the Pleiades Saints, turning them into magical girls. His name is a pun: "ju" is Japanese for ten. Compare with Kyubey, where "kyu" is Japanese for nine. Appears to know Kyubey, as they are seen together at the start of chapter 4.

;:"[[Yuuri]]" (ユウリ)/ Airi Anri 杏里あいり
:A mysterious magical girl that acts antagonistically towards the others, and shares a connection with the mysterious new witches. She is the one who kidnapped Kazumi, created the pseudo-witches of the first two chapters, and has a grudge against the Pleiades Saints. Uses pistols and submachine guns as her weapons (which, contrary to [[Homura]]'s, appear to actually be magical) and can summon a giant bull. She also appears capable of setting up impenetrable force barriers and disguising herself as other people. Chapter 5 reveals that she is actually a girl named [[Airi]] (seen briefly in Chapter 4), and her wish was to become the real Yuuri. She wants revenge against the Pleiades Saints for killing the real Yuuri when she became a witch.

;:[[Yuuri Asuka]] (飛鳥ユウリ)
:The real Yuuri. Before the start of the series, she wished to cure her friend Airi's life-threatening illness. She used her powers to cure the incurable diseases of other people, which caused her to run out of magic and become a witch. She was subsequently destroyed by the Pleiades Saints. Her weapon was a giant hypodermic needle, with multiple needles.

;:[[Kyubey]] (キュゥべえ)
:The same character from the anime, he contracted with Yuuri and Airi. He ultimately manipulated Airi into going after the Pleaides Saints.

;:[[Souichirou Tachibana]] (立花宗一郎)
:The man who found Kazumi in a suitcase after she lost her memory. He is a chef who tried to bomb a mall in revenge after he was tricked and lost his restaurant.

;:[[Ayase Souju]] (双樹あやせ)
:A wandering magical girl. She collects soul gems, and shares a body with Luca Souju. She has powers over fire.

;:[[Luca Souju]] (双樹ルカ)}}
:A magical girl who shares a body with Ayase Souju. She has powers over ice.

;:[[Miyuki Asami]] (浅海美幸)
:Saki's childhood friend, who promised to marry her one day. Before the start of the series, she died when the car she was riding with Saki in crashed into another vehicle. In Chapter 12, it was revealed that she was Saki's younger sister.

;:[[Mami Tomoe]] (巴マミ)
:The same character from the anime, she saved Kazumi from a witch before Kazumi made a contract. By doing so, she helped Jubey meet Kazumi.

;Witches
:The various witches featured in ''Kazumi Magica'' can be found [[Witches in Kazumi Magica|here]].

== Changes and Additions in the Collected Edition ==
[[File:KazumiSoulGemChange.png|right|thumb|300px|One of the many changes made between the magazine and volume versions of Kazumi Magica.]]
=== Volume 1===
* The dust jackets have a silly two page comic with Kazumi, Umika, and Kaoru.
* In the last page of Chapter 1, the {{Spoiler| Evil Nut}} next to the defeated detective is missing. After that there is an additional page with Kazumi and Souichirou Tachibana.
* Chapter 2 changes:
** In the second page, the {{Spoiler|Evil Nut}} is redrawn to be consistent with it's changed appearance in later chapters. The same thing happens in the forty-second page.
** In the third and fourth pages, Kazumi is holding her earring-bell instead of a blank white stone.
** In the thirteenth page, the white stone has been redrawn as a Soul Gem.
** In the fourteenth page, the white stone has been replaced with Kazumi's Soul Gem turning into her earring-bell - this reveals that the earring-bell ''is'' Kazumi's Soul Gem.
** In the eighteenth page, Umika and Kaoru's Soul Gems have been redrawn to be consistent with the appearance of Soul Gems in future chapters and the anime.
** In the nineteenth page, Kaoru's magical girl outfit has been slightly altered. This alteration is also present on the twenty-eighth page. In addition, Umika's Soul Gem is now visible on her forehead in magical girl form, making it consistent with future chapters. The forehead gem is present on the twenty-third, twenty-fifth through twenty-eighth, thirty-seventh, thirty-ninth, fortieth, and forty-second pages.
** In the twenty-seventh page, Kazumi is holding her earring bell instead of looking at her cross weapon. This changes the serialized version's implication that Kazumi's Soul Gem was on her cross.
** An extra page is added at the end of Chapter 2.
* The end of chapter 3 adds a page with design notes for the witch from Chapter 3.
* The end of the manga has a silly three page Omake with Saki, Umika, and Kazumi. It features a single panel appearance of Kaoru, a single panel appearance of Nico, Satomi and Mirai together, and a single panel appearance of Madoka.
* There is also a one-page Q&A with the author.
=== Volume 2===
* The front dust jacket has a parody of the cover, with Tachibana in Kazumi's place and the chef from Yuuri's flashback in Yuuri's place. The back one has an image of the policewoman in Yuuri's outfit.
* On the ninth page in chapter 5, a panel of Jubey has the circular mark on Jubey's head that previously did not.
* On the tenth page in chapter 5, the runes flying around as Yuuri becomes a witch are more clearly visible.
* On the first page of Chapter 6, Kazumi is very slightly redrawn.
* A page with Kazumi and Nico is added after Chapter 7.
* Design sketches for all new characters introduced in the volume are included.
** Notes on Yuuri are added after Chapter 4.
** Notes on Yuuri Asuka's witch are added after Chapter 5.
** Notes on Airi's witch are added after Chapter 6.
** Notes on Ayase and Luca are added after Chapter 8.
* The end of the manga has a one-page Omake with Saki reading one of her romance novels.
* There is also a one-page Q&A with the author.
* Volumes purchased from Toranoana also included a two page short story about Yuuri and Airi, called, "Puella Magi Kazumi Magica Special Edition ~ A Dream-Filled Spoon".
=== Volume 3 ===
* Volumes purchased from Toranoana include a four page short story about the Pleiades Saints titled, "Puella Magi Kazumi Magica Special Edition ~ Rosetta Meteora". Volumes purchased at Wondergoo, Melonbooks and Gamers also received special cards with different illustrations on them for each vendor.

== Observations ==
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* Although initially ''Kazumi Magica'' appeared to have no connection to the anime, it developed a greater connection to the anime over time, culminating in nearly all of the inconsistencies being explained in Chapter 4.
* Kazumi is not set after the events of the anime.
* Food seems to play a major role in ''Kazumi Magica''. Nearly every chapter is titled after something food-related that is mentioned in that chapter (the exception, "Gem Picking", can still be thought of as food related a la "cherry picking"), three of the magical girls are good cooks, and almost all of the magical girls enjoy eating.
* The author's Q&A in volume one shows that the series subtitle "innocent malice" is translated in Japanese as "sinless spite". He also acknowledges his use of food as chapter titles, and says he'll run out of ideas and change them eventually.
* The author of ''Kazumi Magica'', as revealed in the [[Tiro_Finale_Book#Translations|Tiro Finale Book]], wrote the screenplays for the ''Madoka Magica'' Drama CDs ''[[Drama_CD_1|"Memories of you"]]'' and ''[[Drama_CD_3|"Farewell Story"]]''.
** Like [[Mami]], all of the magical girls in ''Kazumi Magica'' use Italian names for their attacks and spells. Interestingly, this seems to have carried over to the Drama CDs that the author wrote the screenplays for - ''"Farewell Story"'' has [[Kyoko]] use an Italian name for one attack, and the author has stated that in ''"Memories of you"'' there was a cut scene where [[Madoka]] used an Italian named attack.
* Each of the first three chapters of ''Kazumi Magica'' are forty-four pages long. Subsequent chapters are twenty-six pages.

== Front Covers ==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="left">
File:The innocent malice 1 001.jpg|Cover of the first volume
File:PMKM_vol2_cover.jpg|Cover of the second volume
File:PMKM vol3 cover.jpg|Cover of the third volume
</gallery>

== See Also ==
* Kazumi's ongoing serialization in the [[Manga_Time_Kirara_Forward_Kazumi_Serialization|Manga Time Kirara Forward]].

==External links==
*[http://www.dokidokivisual.com/madokamagica/kazumi/ Official website for ''Puella Magi Kazumi Magica''] (Japanese)
*[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Manga/PuellaMagiKazumiMagica ''Puella Magi Kazumi Magica'' at TVTropes.org] (English)

[[Category:Manga]]

Misaki Residence

2012-01-07T23:34:47Z

188.221.222.125: Name for Toto the Cat

[[File:MisakiResidenceFront.png|right|thumb|350px|The front of the two-story, Western-style house.]]

The home of [[Kazumi]], [[Umika Misaki]] and [[Kaoru Maki]], as well as their pet black cat named Toto. It is located in [[Asunaro City]]. The three girls live there together as their parents work overseas. The house is owned by Umika, and paid for with the money earned from her book sales.

It is visited at times by the [[Pleiades Saints]], and sometimes used as their base of operations.

=== Manga Pictures of the Residence ===
<gallery>
File:MisakiResidenceCat.png|Th fourth resident of the home, a black cat named [[:File:TotoFullView.png|Toto]]. As the cat is seen in chapter 11 at Kazumi's home with her grandmother, it can be assumed to cat belongs to Kazumi.
File:MisakiResidenceFrontWindow.png|Kazumi's room is to the above-left of the kitchen. The house appears to be kept up using magic.
File:MisakiResidenceParlor.png|The parlor. It is decorated with two long couches and a table in the center. The walls are covered with trophies and medals won by Kaoru and books written by Umika.
File:MisakiResidenceSkylightView.png|The building appears to have a skylight right above the parlor.
File:MisakiResidenceSecondFloor.png|The second floor hallway. Kazumi's room is at the end in the center.
File:KazumiRoom.png|Kazumi's room.
File:MisakiResidenceSecurity.png|The house's security system.
File:MisakiResidencePhone.png|The house landline. An old-fashioned model that contrasts with their modern security system.
File:MisakiResidencePleaidesBase.png|The Pleiades Saints planning an attack on a witch in yet another room at the house.
File:MisakiResidenceDiningRoom1.png|A small dining room, off the side of the kitchen.
File:MisakiResidenceDiningRoom2.png|A second, larger dining room.
</gallery>

[[Category:Locations]]

Madoka Magica Episode 12: My Very Best Friend

2011-05-22T23:02:55Z

188.221.222.125: /* Production errors */

{{spoilers|media=anime}}
{{Infobox_episode
|name = My Best Friend
|jname = わたしの、最高の友達
|script = [[Gen Urobuchi]]
|storyboard = Shinsaku Sasaki
|director = Yukihiro Miyamoto
|adirector = Jun'ichirō Taniguchi Mika Takahashi
}}
== Summary ==
The episode starts with Madoka comforting an injured Homura, telling her that she finally understands what Homura had gone through and promising to take care of everything, despite Homura's anguish at the prospect of seeing Madoka become a witch. Madoka then stands up and, at Incubator's urging, finally [[Wish_theories#Madoka.27s_Wish|makes her wish]]: {{spoiler|"I wish to erase all witches from existence before they're even born. Every witch in the universe, from the past and the future, with my own hands"}}. As promised by Kyubey<ref>Normally such a wish would be impossible to fulfill as stated by Kyubey, ''"Your wish is near impossible! Though it might just be possible because of all the world lines converging on you."'' The system as it is set up would normally reject granting such a wish as it has to be proportional to a girl's cosmic karma or power (actually, it is possible that the wish would be granted as Kyubey is still contractually obligated to grant any wish, but it would instead go unfulfilled as it would fail to meet the required energy input to attain the desired output). Normally a girl like Madoka with an ordinary life would only be allowed to attain an ordinary but still powerful wish, but in Madoka's case it is an exception because she is an anomaly. Usually people with large karmic burden are historical figures that posses a destiny that could change history, but even at that level it would still be quite literally impossible for such a wish to be fulfilled as it would fail to meet the energy requirement to have such a powerful wish granted. It is thanks to Homura's countless time travels that Madoka has accumulated such a large reservoir of cosmic karma, the amount was unprecedented enough to grant her a wish that was powerful enough to rewrite the current laws of the universe that concluded with a paradox. This is an event that literally goes against all odds of ever repeating again. No other girl in history could have such a wish granted, not unless their power/karma was proportional to it, and that doesnt happen naturally.</ref> her wish is granted and she becomes a goddess, breaking the Incubators' system at the same time. The next half of the episode is an in-depth animation of said transformation.

The first sequence is a short discussion with [[Kyouko]] and [[Mami]]: Mami warns Madoka of the consequences of her wish, while Kyouko encourages her in her usual forceful way. Madoka is then seen travelling through space and time, healing defeated magical girls (among which we can see historical figures such as [[:File:Ep12 Anne Franck.jpg|Anne Frank]], [[:File:Ep12 Cleopatra.jpg|Cleopatra]], and [[:File:Ep12 joan of arc.jpg|Joan of Arc]]).

The consequence of her becoming a Magical Girl quickly follows the "rescue" of the other magical girls: due to her wish, the laws of nature have been altered, and the old world will be put to an end in order for a new one to take its place. Homura witnesses the Earth being swallowed in despair from the moon, where she also sees Madoka's soul gem, now the size of an asteroid, traveling through space.

The gigantic soul gem collapses into a Grief Seed and Madoka's new planet-sized Witch form is unleashed: However, true to her word, she erases her own Witch self from existence. The resulting paradox removes Madoka from the universe.

The cosmic sequence continues with Madoka losing her physical humanity to become a force of nature, detached from mankind; however, she is now suspended in interdimensional space, in contact with everyone and everything. After a sequence highly open to interpretation, she finally parts with a tearful Homura, giving her her ribbons as a souvenir with the promise that they may meet again.

The scene cuts to an audition where Kyousuke is playing Charles Gounod's ''[[:wikipedia:Ave_Maria_%28Gounod%29|Ave Maria]]''. In two of the seats in the audience are the spirits of Madoka and Sayaka. Madoka apologizes for causing Sayaka trouble, and says that she believes her sacrifices were not in vain. Sayaka responds that she only wanted to hear Kyousuke play one last time, as many more would come to see him in many years to come; she states that she has no regrets and that she believes Hitomi (who is hiding behind the curtain watching the performance) and Kyousuke will be a happy couple, and that while it still hurts a little to see them together, she cannot hold it against them anymore. The two get up and depart, and the scene cuts to Kyousuke as a famous violinist; as the audience applauds for him, he is struck by a memory of the hospital and says Sayaka's name.

Mami and Kyouko, now alive, fight a creature together (revealed later to be a "demon"), and find that Sayaka had used the last of her magic to help Kyousuke and thus disappeared from existence. Mami reflects on how the fate of a magical girl is to disappear before they can cause grief; Homura, wearing the ribbon and thinking of Madoka, says her name and starts crying, and it is revealed that nobody in this world remembers Madoka but her. Homura later sees Tatsuya drawing a picture of Madoka in the sand; she talks to Madoka's parents and find that they also have no memory of their daughter, though she seems to manifest as Tatsuya's imaginary friend. Junko comments that the name Madoka feels nostalgic.

Homura then discusses her story with Kyubey, who says that it's possible everything Homura went through could be her imagination, and there would be no way to prove otherwise. However, he remarks that the concept of harvesting witches for energy would be more efficient than the new method: because there is still grief in the world, it manifests in the form of demons that the magical girls must fight, who upon defeat drop cube-shaped pieces much like Grief Seeds. Homura reflects on the new universe, thinking that this corrupted, grief-filled world is what Madoka seeked to protect -- but she will never forget Madoka's wish. She then leaps upon the demons, extending wings of light from her back and carrying a bow and arrow.

After the credits, Homura walks through what looks like either a wasteland or a barrier towards a bunch of demons. Black wings sprout from her back, containing distorted images that resemble those of a witch's barrier; Madoka's voice encourages her, and Homura springs upon them to fight.

And with [[:File:Madoka Christ.jpg|some hopeful words]], Puella Magi Madoka Magica [[Runes:Episode_12|comes to an end]].

== Runes ==

See [[Runes:Episode 12|Runes of episode 12]]

== Observations ==

* Once again, this episode used [[Connect]] as an ending song. However, there was no animation sequence, as instead the credits rolled in black on a white background.
** This episode doesn't have a proper opening either.

*This episode ends with a sequence showing first the backs of Madoka, Kyouko, Sayaka, Homura, and Mami followed by the silhouettes of all Puellae Magi which appeared in the anime -- even those which were only shown in their witch forms. After that, Madoka´s ribbon falls, and her soul gem is shown for a second.

* According with some fans the end of Episode 12 is considered a "[[:wikipedia:Serial_Experiments_Lain|Lain]]" ending. Madoka is the Jesus figure, Homura is her prophet, and Kyubey is the Devil (analogous to the Temptation of Christ). Others have dubbed the ending a "Reverse Evangelion" ending. In ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'', all of humanity becomes a higher being except the protagonist(s), while in ''Madoka'''s ending, the protagonist becomes a higher being while everyone else maintains a regular existence.

* Even if there are no witches in the world, the Puellae Magi have to fight against demons now. Therefore Kyubey can still gain energy to fight against entropy.

* The Incubators have been on the earth since the stone ages. According to Kyubey, humans would still live in caves if his species had not granted girls' wishes over time.

* Madoka has changed the laws of the universe, thus changing the Puella Magi system and humanity's relationship with Incubators: Witches do not exist on that world as spent Soul Gems disappear mysteriously before they can curse the world. However, curses continue to haunt humanity in the form of Magical Beasts or Demons of unknown origin; it is the role of Puellae Magi to defeat these monsters, gather their curses in the forms of small cubic fragments (Grief Cubes?), and have them harvested to slow the effects of entropy. Puellae Magi who overexert their magical powers will die (or disappear), so they must use the dark cubes to purify their Soul Gems before that happens. Apparently, Homura and Kyubey now have a better relationship in this new reality because of the new nature of the universe. Since Incubators cannot harvest Grief Seeds from Witches (as they do not exist), they cannot harvest despair from Puellae Magi for it has no effect on fixing entropy; Kyubey admits that if it was the opposite, the nature of Incubators would be totally different.

=== Other Puellae Magi ===
{|class="wikitable" style="width: 100%"
!style="width: 0"|Screencap
!Notes
|-
|[[File:Battlefield girl.png|275px]]
|A girl with her head covered, praying with her Soul Gem in her hands in the middle of a modern battlefield. Identity unknown, but speculated to be Muslim as she is wearing a hijab. She could perhaps be [[wikipedia:Afghan_Girl|National Geographic's "Afghan Girl"]], Sharbat Gula
|-
|[[File:Anne Frank.png|275px]]
|A girl wearing a yellow star on her clothes and holding a Soul Gem while riding a cargo train with other people. Fans believe she could be the Jewish-German writer [[wikipedia:Anne_Frank|Anneliese Marie "Anne" Frank]], riding a train towards a concentration camp, [[wikipedia:Betrayal_of_Anne_Frank|most likely either Westerbork or Auschwitz]].
|-
|[[File:Himiko.png|275px]]
|[[wikipedia:Himiko|Queen Himiko]] A girl with long black hair and robes similar to those used by Shinto priestesses in modern Japan. Himiko was the head shaman and queen of Yamataikoku, one of the first realms in what would later become Japan, and a controversial figure in Japanese history ever since the Tokugawa period.
|-
|[[File:Cleopatra.png|275px]]
|Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt. Possibly getting ready to face the [[wikipedia:Battle_of_Actium|Battle of Actium]].
|-
|[[File:Joan of Arc.png|275px]]
|Joan of Arc, before she is burned alive on May 30, 1431.
|-
|[[File:Green haired girl.png|275px]]
|Madoka's first rescue. This girl is from a far away village in Tibet.
|-
|[[File:Girl on savanna.png|275px]]
|This girl is located on a savanna.
|-
|[[File:Bear girl 2.png|275px]]
|A girl wearing a bear costume located in a futuristic city or theme park.
|-
|[[File:Viking girl.png|275px]]
|A girl in a viking costume on some island.
|-
|[[File:Purple girl.png|275px]]
|A girl in a purple dress located in a volcanic region. It's speculated said volcano may be either [[wikipedia:|Mount Vesuvius]] (of Pompeii fame) or [[wikipedia:Mount_Etna|Mount Etna]].
|}

=== Production errors ===
Even though Shaft had an extra month to check the quality of the episodes, the TV broadcast had at least one production error.
<gallery>
File:Six-fingered Homura.jpg|Don't you see anything wrong here? NOTE from a user: someone please point out what is wrong with this image. Not everyone can see it.
</gallery>

== Speculations ==

{{Theory/Header|status=unknown}}
*Cleopatra and Joan d'arc were magical girls. ...perhaps Anne Frank too?
**There is one sequence where a girl inside a train cargo is wearing a yellow star, fans assume she could be Anne Frank as she shares some similarities.([[Episode_12#Other_Puella_Magis|See Above]])

*Though Madoka purifies every curse before it bears a witch, still there must be a causal kickback of each wished miracle. Curses accumulate in Madoka's gem but she can interrupt even her own corruption. One possible origin of demons is those wandering despair, and it should lead as followed; as Puellae Magi increase (whether in number or power), so do demons.
**Kyubey informs Homura that the demons have been agitated as of late, causing more frequent attacks on humans. He doesnt explain the reasons for it as he probably doesnt know the cause...

*Mami discribes the process in which Puella Magi vanishes as "円環の理 (Enkan no Kotowari: Law of Cycles)", roughly corresponding with the name of 鹿目まどか (Kaname Madoka: Vital Circle).

*There are many speculations regarding the ending. One camp says that Homura is living in an apocalyptic future after a thousand years has passed (the actual year is unknown), whereas another says Homura is actually inside a barrier. Another theory maintains that Homura is about to die, as she can feel Madoka's presence and hear her voice; this would mean that Madoka has come for Homura's Soul Gem before it can cause harm on the world. (However, as Homura was with Madoka during the destruction and recreation of the new world, Madoka may simply be using their special bond to encourage Homura to do her best.) There is also speculation that Homura is carrying Madoka's spirit with her, as indicated by the strange wings she possesses and her new magical bow (similar to Madoka's magical weapon). Some suggest that the epilogue was left open ended for the possibility for a second season or maybe an entirely new series.[http://animapple.blogspot.com/2011/03/madoka-shinbo-akiyuki-i-want-to-make.html]

**Conversely, Homura may have taken on the concept of Madoka as an 'imaginary friend' figure, and could simply be imagining her voice for support.

*According with fans Madoka has become a [[wikipedia:Bodhisattva|Bodhisattva]]. Instead of a deity, she is a person who abstains from potential Buddhahood and perfect enlightenment in order to help others attain Nirvana. Another way to see it is that Madoka has become a type of Valkyrie for the Puellae Magi, collecting their Soul Gems to be purified so she can lead them to their final rest in Valhalla. Because of Madoka's white wings she looks like an archangel; it is possible she fits the role of the angel of Death. In the Roman Catholic tradition [[wikipedia:Michael_%28archangel%29#Christian_tradition|St. Michael]] is both an archangel and the angel of death, whose role is to carry the souls of all the deceased to heaven.

*On the previous world there was competition among Puellae Magi for Grief Seeds, because Witches drop only one Grief Seed with limited repeated uses. The Grief Seeds became a precious commodity for those seeking to purify their Soul Gems to avoid running out of power or becoming Witches themselves, so Puellae Magi rarely team up with each other as there were conflict of interests (and ideological clashes). There seems to be less conflict among Puellae Magi on the new world with the new system in place. It seems that the Demons drop plenty of energy cubes (Grief Cubes?), allowing plenty of bounty among Puella Magi to share (of course, this is at the expense of energy efficiency pointed out by Kyubey). This encourages girls to team up and fight the Demons together, leading to possibly lower casualty rates among Puella Magi and maybe lower attrition rates.
{{Theory/Footer}}

== About the ending==
===The New World===
The new world is the same as the old but with few changes: there are no more witches, Puella Magi don't become witches when they die, and despair won't transform them into witches. The whole Puella Magi system used to collect energy to stop entropy has been altered. Now Puellae Magi really are "girls of justice" fighting demons to stop spreading curses; conveniently, those curses become dark energy cubes (Grief Cubes?), which recharge Soul Gems and slow down entropy. Madoka has become a deity whose role is to collect and purify spent Soul Gems before they become Grief Seeds, thus allowing magical girls to die without cursing the world. However, while she now shoulders the burdens of Puellae Magi, she does not shoulder those of the world, which is why curses are still rampant: human nature has not been altered, and to do otherwise would have required the eradication of all human emotion to erase all evil. The issue of entropy has not been fixed, either, but the new system solves it without sacrificing the souls of the girls or forcing them into a contract that will cause them despair and regret. Because of these new changes the relationship between humans and Incubators has been radically altered: for one, they are more friendly and respectful toward each other.

===Platonic Love or Yuri End?===
[[File:Yuri evidence madoka.jpg|right|200px|thumb|The Yuri subtext is strong on this one]]
Just like the ending with Kyouko and Sayaka, there is speculation with fans regarding Homura's relationship with Madoka and her willingness to sacrifice it all for her. On this new world Sayaka dies but she has no regrets, and Kyouko laments her death just when they have become friends (fans have interpreted this in many ways).

To read more details, [[Yuri_undertones#Episode_12:_Yuri_End|see here.]]

{{-}}
== Initial broadcast and delays ==

This episode was scheduled to air on 24 March 2011 but has been pulled due to the [[Wikipedia:2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami|2011 Sendai earthquake and tsunami]]. On April 10, 2011 it was announced that Madoka was scheduled to resume its broadcasting [http://www.animenewsnetwork.co.uk/news/2011-04-10/madoka-magica-anime-to-resume-on-april-21 on the 21 of April 2011] and it would air the last two episodes back-to-back.

*MBS (Kansai area): 11th & 12th episodes on Thursday, April 21 at 26:40 (effectively Friday, April 22 at 2:40 a.m.)
*TBS (Tokyo's Kanto area): 10th, 11th, and 12th episodes on Thursday, April 21 at 27:00 (Friday, April 22 at 3:00 a.m.) TBS had preempted its airing of the 10th episode due to its news coverage of the earthquake.
*CBC (central Japan): 10th, 11th, and 12th episodes on Sunday, April 24 at 26:45 (Monday, April 25 at 2:45 a.m.).

* The fact that this episode aired during Good Friday, and the similarity between both events, led to jokes and far-fetched speculation from the fanbase.

{{-}}

== Images ==

=== Screenshots ===
==== Madoka as a witch ====
<gallery position="center" captionalign="left">
File:Soul Gem size asteroid.png|Madoka's corrupted Soul Gem
File:The end of the world.jpg|Are those arms or just dark wings?
File:Madoka the Ultimate Witch.jpg|Madoka's Ultimate Witch form wearing a mask
</gallery>

==== Madoka as a Puella Magi ====
<gallery position="center" captionalign="left">
File:Madoka the Ultimate Puella Magi.png|Madoka's Ultimate Puella Magi form
File:Ultimate Madoka 2.png|close up
File:Ultimate Madoka 3.png|Madoka with wings
File:Madoka 12 goddess.jpg|
File:MadoKami fight.gif|
File:Madokamercy.jpg
</gallery>

==== End sequence ====
<gallery position="center" captionalign="left">
File:Madoka Christ.jpg|Accept Madoka into your heart, for she has died for our sins.
File:Thank you for watching the end.jpg|Thank you for watching
File:Group pic last scene.jpg|All the main characters of the series
File:Puellamagis.png|All the Puellae Magi of the show, including the girls that only were shown as witches.
</gallery>

==== Homura's new power ====
<gallery position="center" captionalign="left">
File:Homura archer ep 12.jpg|Homura's new (?) magical weapon.
File:Homura Angel Wings.png|Homura with angel-like wings.
File:Homura wings 1.jpg| Homura with witch-like wings.
File:Homura wings 2.jpg|
</gallery>

==== Other ====
<gallery position="center" captionalign="left">
File:Madoka magiccircle.jpg|The magic sigil that Madoka uses to destroy witches.
File:Pet antony.gif|Madoka petting an Anthony
File:Demons Moirae.png|{{Nihongo|Demons|魔獣|Majū}}, the manifestation of grief in the new world recreated by Madoka, as seen in the final post-credits scene. Some fans speculate them to resemble [[wikipedia:Moirae|Moirae]] from Greek mythology.
File:Madokamadokamadoka.jpg|Kyubey stated that Madoka the human being has ceased to exist physically and in memory. He was only partially right.
File:Soul Gem and Grief Seed Cubic Form.png|Grief Seeds from Witches have been replaced with Grief Cubes(?) from Demons.
</gallery>

=== Fanart ===
{{fanart}}
<gallery position="center" captionalign="left">
File:Demons.png|A concept drawing of the {{Nihongo|Demons|魔獣|Majū}}.
File:Homura and Madoka God.jpg| A fan's interpretation of Episode 12.[http://wiki.puella-magi.net/File:Creation_of_Adam_reflection.jpg]
File:Kaname Madoka Time Magazine Fan Art.jpg|Fans' reaction to Madoka's ascension to Godhood. They even started a [https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Church-of-Madoka/196941927007695 facebook page] and a [http://twitter.com/ChurchofMadoka twitter account] to praise Her name. (Even [http://q.weibo.com/407386/public/ China!])
File:Someday well meet again.jpg|
File:Madoka Piercing the Heavens.jpg|
File:Godoka Demon.png|Mystery solved.
File:Five extra puellae magi fan art.jpg|The five Puellae Magi that Madoka rescued illustrated by a fan artist.
File:(Toritori) Somewhere in yuri heaven.jpg|According with sources Madoka takes all Puellae Magi to her Valhalla to meet famous people over tea and cakes.
File:Madokami SEL.jpg|
</gallery>

=== Misceallaneous ===
{{fanartSmall}}
<gallery position="center" captionalign="left">
File:HiymV.jpg|from 4chan
File:No matter how impossible.jpg| I'll show everyone that you should never give up hope in your dreams.
</gallery>

==Annotations==
<references/>

==External links==
* [http://www.madoka-magica.com/story/index.html ''Episode 12'' summary at official website] (Japanese)
* [http://imperialx.wordpress.com/2011/04/22/madoka-doesnt-need-a-sequel-to-explain-itself/ An unofficial FAQ about the ending]
* [http://anime.biglobe.ne.jp/userranking/title/6242/ Puella Magi Madoka Magica voted #1 Shaft Anime by Shaft fans]

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