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Magia Archive Volume 2

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[[File:Magia Archive Vol 2 cover.jpg|thumb|Book cover with dust jacket.]]
'''Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Magia Archive Volume 2''' is a guidebook featuring [[Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story|Magia Record]]. It contains the profiles of [[Magia Record Characters|select Magical Girls]], [[witch|Witches]], and [[Uwasa]] featured in the game as well as summary on the game's main storyline up to Chapter 10. The 304 page paperback book was published by Houbunsha.

==Content==
===Puella Magi===
[[File:Ui 01.jpg|thumb|Ui's profile.]]
This 253-page section features 52 magical girls. The following info is listed for each magical girl: school, origin, age and school level, height, weapon, magical ability, and soul gem's location. The name of the illustrator and seiyuu of each magical girl is credited as well. Sketches along with commentary is also available. Select magical girls also have their doppel featured.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"
|-
!Puella Magi
!Pages
!Doppel
|-
|[[Ui Tamaki]]||4-9||Yes
|-
|[[Touka Satomi]]||10-15||Yes
|-
|[[Nemu Hiiragi]]||16-21||Yes
|-
|[[Alina Gray]]||22-27||Yes
|-
|[[Mifuyu Azusa]]||28-33||Yes
|-
|[[Tsukuyo Amane]]||34-39||Yes
|-
|[[Tsukasa Amane]]||40-45||Yes
|-
|[[Ikumi Makino]]||46-51||Yes
|-
|[[Ryo Midori]]||52-55||No
|-
|[[Holy Mami]]||56-59||Yes
|-
|[[Holy Alina]]||60-63||Yes
|-
|[[Uwasa Tsuruno]]||64-67||Yes
|-
|[[Eternal Sakura]]||68-71||Yes
|-
|[[Mitama Yakumo]]||72-77||Yes
|-
|[[Kanagi Izumi]]||78-83||Yes
|-
|[[Kanae Yukino]]||84-89||Yes
|-
|[[Mel Anna]]||90-93||No
|-
|[[Homura Akemi]]||94-97||Yes
|-
|[[Nagisa Momoe]]||98-101||Yes
|-
|[[Ultimate Madoka]]||102-103||Yes
|-
|[[Magia Record Units/Iroha & Yachiyo (Final Battle)|Iroha & Yachiyo (Final Battle)]]||104-105||Yes
|-
|[[Reira Ibuki]]||106-109||No
|-
|[[Seika Kumi]]||110-113||No
|-
|[[Mito Aino]]||114-109||Yes
|-
|[[Sayuki Fumino]]||120-125||Yes
|-
|[[Hanna Sarasa]]||126-131||Yes
|-
|[[Yukika Nanase]]||132-137||Yes
|-
|[[Magia Record Units/Iroha Tamaki (Swimsuit)|Iroha Tamaki (Swimsuit)]]||138-141||Yes
|-
|[[Magia Record Units/Mitama Yakumo (Kimono)|Mitama Yakumo (Kimono)]]||146-149||Yes
|-
|[[Magia Record Units/Madoka Kaname (Kimono)|Madoka Kaname (Kimono)]]||150-153||Yes
|-
|[[Magia Record Units/Homura Akemi (Swimsuit)|Homura Akemi (Swimsuit)]]||154-157||Yes
|-
|[[Magia Record Units/Kyoko Sakura (Swimsuit)|Kyoko Sakura (Swimsuit)]]||158-161||Yes
|-
|[[Wings of Magius|Black feather・White feather]]||162-165||No
|-
|[[Madoka-senpai]]||166-168||Yes
|-
|[[Iroha-chan]]||170-173||Yes
|-
|[[Felicia-chan]]||174-177||No
|-
|[[Oriko Mikuni]]||178-183||Yes
|-
|[[Kirika Kure]]||184-189||Yes
|-
|[[Yuma Chitose]]||190-193||No
|-
|[[Kazumi Subaru|Kazumi]]||194-197||Yes
|-
|[[Umika Misaki]]||198-199||No
|-
|[[Kaoru Maki]]||200-203||No
|-
|[[Jeanne d'Arc|Darc]]||204-209||Yes
|-
|[[Riz Hawkwood|Liz Hawkwood]]||210-215||Yes
|-
|[[Melissa de Vignolles]]||216-221||Yes
|-
|[[Elisa Celjska]]||222-227||Yes
|-
|[[Suzune Amano]]||228-233||Yes
|-
|[[Arisa Narumi]]||234-239||Yes
|-
|[[Chisato Shion]]||240-243||No
|-
|[[Matsuri Hinata]]||244-249||Yes
|-
|[[Haruka Kanade]]||250-253||No
|}

===Witch/Uwasa===
Features the witches and [[uwasa]] which served as enemies in the game. It includes descriptions as well as commentary from the [[Gekidan Inu Curry]] duo.

;Witches and minions
*[[Shin]]
**Kotori
*[[Matasaburo]]
**Zakuro
*[[Durbar]]
**Patan
*[[Paola]]
**Bona
*[[Gertrud]]
**Anthony
*[[Lucy]]
**Coco
*[[Uhrmann]]
**Bartels
*[[Charlotte]]
**Pyotr
*[[Shitori Egumo]]
**Oscars
*[[Walpurgisnacht]]
**Bluenose

;Uwasa
*[[Uwasa of the Memory Curator]]
**Uwasa of the Memory Staff
*[[Uwasa of the Chelation Land Ferris Wheel]]
**Uwasa of the Chelation Land Mascot
*[[Uwasa of the Flower Speaker]]
*[[Uwasa of the Saint of Kamihama]]
*[[Uwasa of the Queen Bear]]
**Uwasa of the Soldier Bears
**Uwasa of the Worker Bears

===Story Line===
A summary of each episode of Magia Record's Main Story up to Chapter 10 is featured in this section. Up to five select screenshots is featured for each episode.

===Background===
Background art of select locations in Kamihama is featured. Contains a total of 35 background art. There is no commentary.

==Other==
There is a bonus serial code that comes with the book. You can obtain [[Iroha Tamaki]]'s pajama outfit from it.

==Content Errors==
Several content errors have been spotted within the book. Here is a list of the errors below.
*The name of [[Touka Satomi]]'s doppel is displayed as Totentanz (the name of [[Mitama Yakumo]]'s doppel).
*[[Mel Anna]]'s name is written as "Melu Anna".
*[[Mito Aino]]'s Doppel comes without any author notes, unlike the other Doppels that do have notes.
*Under the dust jacket of the front cover, the Chelation Ferris wheel uwasa's name is written as "Chelate big fellis wheel no uwawsa".
*Felicia-chan's Doppel page is missing.

== See Also ==
* [[Translated_Official_Documents_Miscellaneous#Official_Guides.2C_Books_and_Games|Other official books, guides and games]]

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Melissa de Vignolles

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{{Infobox_character
|name=Melissa de Vignolles
|image=[[File:Melissa pageBIO.png|230px]]
|jname={{lang|ja|メリッサ・ド・ヴィニョル}}
|designer=[[Golden Pe Done]]
|voices=Japanese: [[wikipedia:Ai_Kakuma|Ai Kakuma]]
}}
'''Melissa de Vignolles''' is one of the main characters in ''[[Puella Magi Tart Magica|Puella Magi Tart Magica: The Legend of "Jeanne d'Arc"]]''.

==General Info==
{{Magical Girl Details
|birth=1414(16-18 years old)
|height=147cm
|eyes=Blue
|hair=Blue
|origin=[[wikipedia:Prechacq-les-Bains|Prechacq-les-Bains, France]]
|soulgem=A blue shield with the image of a bunch of grapes inside (tie broach)
|weapon=Hammerhead Mace, maces (evolved form only; implied in [[:File:Memoria 1851 c.png|this memoria]])
|wish=To heal the wounds that threatened her father's and Tart's lives. The specific wording is unknown.
|powers=Annihilation
|witch=La Hire La Hire
|witchlink=Melissa de Vignolles in Magia Record#Doppel Description
|pronoun={{nihongo|''watashi''|私|}}
|relatives=[[Étienne de Vignolles]] (father), [[Milene de Xaintrailles]] (mother, deceased), Jean Poton de Xaintrailles (uncle), unnamed grandparents (deceased)
}}

==Story==
===Backstory===
Melissa was born in a small village named Prechacq-les-Bains in the Gascony region of southwest France. Her father, Etienne had taken up soldiering at an early age, and his nickname ‘’La Hire’’ came from how quickly he could be riled to anger. At the time he was dating a young woman named Milene. After arguing with Milene in regards to his dream, he left the village in approximately 1413 with Milene’s brother and his best friend Jean Poton de Xaintrailles to become mercenaries. They returned in 1418 only to discover that the village had been struck with plague in the previous year and that the majority of the villagers had fallen to the illness, including Milene and her parents. Despite this, Milene’s daughter Melissa was able to survive and had been taken in with the other orphans by the local priest. Etienne realizes that Milene’s daughter was also his own and that the reason Milene became upset with him was to drive him off and allow him to follow his dream without being burdened by her or their soon-to-be-born daughter. Etienne then takes in Melissa and brings her with him everywhere thereafter, usually having her act as a medic or perform other field work for the soldiers.
After Tart’s final capture and impending death by means of being burned at the stake,

===During ''Tart Magica''===
Melissa first appeared in Chapter 1, in a flashback scene where she attempts to fight her way near Jeanne d’Arc as she is being burned at the stake. The chapter then flashes forward to the present where Melissa, [[Tart]], [[Riz Hawkwood|Riz]], and [[Elisa Celjska|Elisa]] are attempting to stop [[Minou]] from escaping yet again. They are deterred by [[Lame]], who is easily defeated. However Minou uses her abilities to cause Lame to fall into deep despair and instantly become a witch, fighting off the girls as she makes her escape.

A short glimpse of Melissa is seen as she views a bright glow in the sky when Tart makes her wish and contracts with Kyubey. She isn’t seen again until chapter 6, where she is formerly introduced as Etienne’s daughter. She is wearing a maid’s outfit and pouring wine for the various lords and other members of the Dauphin Charles’ court. When Tart arrives for her audience with the Dauphin, Melissa is able to see Kyubey riding on her shoulder.

Afterwards, Tart and Riz accompany a contingency of soldiers on their journey to liberate the city of Orleans. Melissa introduces herself to "Mistress Jean and Mistress Riz" and informs them she has been ordered to serve her from here on. Due to their proximity in age and the friendliness of Tart, she insists that Melissa address her by her nickname with Riz also insisting on a lack of formal address. They stop to make camp during their journey at a small unnamed village, with Etienne and the three girls going ahead to ensure the safety of the area. They find that the village has been burned to the ground with no one to be found. Riz's soul gem glows, alerting them of a nearby witch as Etienne races back to their contingency to warn them of the upcoming danger. As Tart and Riz leap into the barrier, Kyubey introduces himself to Melissa and takes her into the barrier. Kyubey explains that she has the talent necessary to contract, but only she can determine if she is willing to do so. The witch turns its attentions to Melissa and attacks, however it is blocked by the sudden appearance of [[Pernelle]]. She introduces herself to Riz and Tart, and offers Tart a magically-imbued sword that will help to limit the amount of magical energy she expends. Tart makes short work of the witch. After explaining the origins of the sword, Pernelle disappears through one of her portals.

Soon after they arrive and make camp just outside of the Burgundy Gate of Orleans. Tart shows off her handmade banner to the others, with only Melissa appreciating the design. That night, Melissa and Tart drink wine alongside the other soldiers in camp. Melissa longs to be able to do more to help besides tending to the wounded and the supplies and is strongly considering becoming a magical girl as well. Tart pounces on her, pinning her down and telling her not to put herself in danger now that they’ve become friends. It seems Tart is clingy when drunk as Riz soon finds out.

The following day, Riz and Tart at the head of the French forces face down [[Corbeau]] at the fort of Orleans. Melissa watches from close by. Corbeau impales several French soldiers with a rain of black feathers before proceeding to grab Tart and throwing her roughly aside. Riz and Corbeau trade various blows with their weapons as Riz notes that Corbeau pushes her impurities onto other magical girls in the vicinity. As Tart struggles to make her way back, [[Flèche]] begins to pelt her with arrows. Corbeau walks over to Tart, ready to finish her off when suddenly Etienne slashes at her from behind in an attempt to defend Tart, but the attack does nothing. Corbeau throws Etienne face first into the ground, essentially knocking him unconscious. Melissa rushes to her father’s side as Flèche prepares to finish the two off. Tart throws herself in front of Melissa at the last second, taking the brunt of the charged magical arrow and losing a good deal of her shoulder in the process. Tart collapses to the ground, thankful that Melissa is alright. As Corbeau laughs, Kyubey walks over to Melissa and informing her of the impending death of Tart and her father. While he cannot force her to make a decision, at this moment she is the only thing standing between their lives and death. She contracts just as her father falters once more. Tart rises to her feet as Melissa stands angrily before Corbeau and begins her attack, swinging her polearm and causing her cone-like object to whiz through the air at their enemy. Riz is able to pin Corbeau down with several of her daggers as Melissa charges her cone-projectile and causes it to detonate at Corbeau’s feet. In its wake, only a large hole spanning the width of the bridge is left. Corbeau wonders what kind of magic it is as Melissa curses herself for having missed her. Corbeau is impressed with the new magical girl and tells Melissa that with her kind of power she may be able to take her down, assuming she can get close enough to hit her. Tart comes over, Kyubey having explained everything that just occurred to her and is somewhat dismayed that Melissa contracted. Before Corbeau can begin her attack once more, Riz pulls Tart and Melissa into her shadow realm, where she explains to the two girls the secret of soul gems and her plan for defeating Corbeau.

The girls reappear from Riz's shadow realm and attempt to sneak an attack on Corbeau but she is able to dodge it. Flèche resumes her attacks on Tart and the two battle against each other high on the fortress’ towers. Meanwhile, Riz and Melissa keep their attention focused on Corbeau, knocking her around with some of their attacks. Corbeau only laughs as she heals herself, reminding them that any impurities will be passed onto any magical girl within her range. However, Corbeau's soul gem is filled with impurities, much to her dismay. Tart continues to fight off Flèche, holding on tightly to Riz and Melissa's soul gems. As Flèche lays defeated shortly after, Minou appears from one of her portals and calls out to Corbeau to retreat for now as she brands Flèche and causes her to transform into a witch. The remaining French soldiers with Gille at the lead finally arrive at the fortress just as Flèche's witch form has spawned and stands ready and waiting in the courtyard. Tart is only able to redirect the witch’s attack away from the soldiers. Unbeknownst to them, Elisa is watching the fight from a distance and makes short work of the witch with her magic rifle.

After Elisa introduces herself to the group, she can’t resist challenging Tart to a duel, and ends up defeating her by means of her experience. Melissa is red to the ears when she hears Elisa gloating. After Elisa accepts a duel with Melissa, Elisa is promptly thrown out of the courtyard with a single toss by Melissa. Afterwards, as Melissa offers drinks to Elisa up in her bedchambers, she apologizes for having let her temper get the better of her. Elisa accepts her apology and says there was nothing to forgive since it ''was'' a duel after all. Melissa then informs the two that Tart was called to court and the two head down quickly.

Soon after the group heads out to the town of Reims in order to coronate the Dauphin Charles. They are met with a large group of English soldiers headed by John Talbot and accompanied by Minou, Corbeau, and [[Lapin]] at the city of Patay. The three English magical girls face off the four French magical girls at the head of their respective armies. Before they can give the word, Lapin begins her relentless attack but is quickly knocked into the air and brought back down forcefully. Initially, Elisa believes this will be an easy battle but Minou only laughs in response as Lapin’s soul gem darkens and she transforms into a witch. Lapin the witch uses her ability to disarm everyone within range of their weapons, including Riz and Melissa. Thanks to the magical properties imbued during their making, Elisa and Tart are able to retain theirs. As the girls attempt to fight Lapin, they soon realize that her gaze and the gaze of her floating discs cause them to revert back to normal and to temporarily lose their magical girl state. The girls attempt to continue fighting Lapin when Corbeau joins in the fray, focusing her attacks primarily on Riz. Melissa tries to assist Riz but neither of the girls have weapons. Despite this, Melissa throws a few well-aimed stones at Corbeau and is still willing to fight despite her handicap. Riz and Melissa focus their attacks on Corbeau as Elisa and Tart focus on Lapin. Soon, through their combined efforts, the two girls are able to defeat Lapin who unfortunately only reverts back to her magical girl state rather than cease to be. Corbeau hands the now unconscious Lapin to her sister Minou and tells them to retreat as she smiles and unleashes her magical attack "La Danse Macabre". Reaper skeletons swarm out of a portal in the sky as it begins to rain black feathers down onto the French and English alike. Anyone touched by a feather quickly begins to feel ill as they contract the deadly bubonic plague. Despite being affected, Tart is able to muster her strength and conjures a magic circle in the sky, who bathes everyone in purifying light and heals them of the disease. Tart then slashes at Corbeau with her sword, knocking far and away into a nearby grove of trees. The four magical girls race over to where Corbeau has landed {{spoiler|and are present when Minou appears to crush Corbeau’s soul gem.}}

Pernelle appears to the magical girls soon after and informs them of a prophesy being spread throughout the land concerning the appearance of Tart and the soon-to-be-freed France. Despite their doubts about the veracity of such rumors, the girls continue their journey to Reims unhindered. The Dauphin is soon crowned king at the sacred ceremony of coronation and the girls are welcomed to the celebration at the castle soon after. Despite the revelry, the lights go out suddenly and soon screams are heard as several woman are burning alive and Minou appears from one of her portals standing beside the Queen of France, [[Isabeau|Isabeau de Baviere]]. As the queen appears in the courtroom, the French magical girls transform and ready themselves to defend their newly crowned king. Despite Tart unleashing her La Lumiere attack on the queen, she stands there unfazed and undamaged. Minou whips at the girls with her cat ‘o’ nine tails but despite it all the girls are unable to defeat the queen and her daughter. Isabeau suddenly faints, but not before declaring the death of Tart in one year’s time. Minou and Isabeau leave through one of Minou's portals as Charles cries and the magical girls tend to their wounds. Afterwards, Charles broke down and could not make decisions for himself, relying heavily on the chamberlain to do his thinking for him. This resulted in the king withdrawing support from Tart and dispersing most of Tart’s greatest comrade in arms. For eight months Tart, Riz, Melissa, and Elisa went campaigning throughout France in search of Queen Isabeau's holdout.

At the town of Compiegne, the four girls found a barrier bearing the symbol of a cuckoo. As the girls enter the barrier, they are met by Minou. After greeting them, she summons several portals from which hundreds of magical girls stream through. Minou summons several branding irons and causes all of the girls to fall into despair and transform into witches, ready to be unleashed on Tart and her friends. The girls struggle but are just able to hold their own against the hoard of witches when Minou steps aside to allow Lapin to join into the fray. Lapin, {{spoiler|mistakenly believing they were the ones who killed her sister Corbeau,}} takes out her rage on the girls and challenges Riz one on one to combat. But Riz is unable to shatter Lapin’s soul gem before she underwent her witch transformation once more. Melissa coordinates a surprise attack on Lapin but despite using her anti-matter bomb on Lapin, she only reemerges in her magical girl form with her soul gem cleansed. The girls wonder if it's even possible to stop her since she is effectively immortal. As Minou laughs, she summons a portal beneath Melissa and Elisa and transports them to a different part of the barrier, effectively cutting the team in half. Once more Minou summons an army of magical girls only to have them transform into witches instantly and unleashes them on Melissa and Elisa. The two girls fight off the witches as best they can, Melissa firing her rifle wildly in all directions as Melissa swings her polearm about. Just as Melissa is about to be hit by a witch from behind, Elisa calls out to her and knocks her to one side, taking the brunt of the hit herself.

Melissa cradles Elisa in her arm and with the other, she swings her polearm and makes short work of the witch. As she holds Elisa up, she notices blood on her hands and realizes Elisa is bleeding badly. She asks why Elisa would do such a thing, and Elisa responds that if anything were to happen to Melissa it would make Tart cry her eyes out. Elisa sways a moment as Melissa insists that all of them would be grief-stricken if anything were to happen to Elisa since the four of them are partners and can't lose even a single one of them. Elisa smiles to herself and admits it's true. The two turn to face the oncoming horde of witches and agree to break through the throng so they can meet back up with Tart and Riz. The two continue to fight off the witches as Minou focuses her attention on Tart and the subsequent loss of her sister Lapin. As the barrier begins to shatter, Minou promises Melissa and Elisa they’ll be able to watch as Tart now finds herself outside of the church the barrier was located in, surrounded by enemy forces. Tart was captured and sold to the English.

Following Tart's trial in which she was convicted of heresy, she was kept in a prison cell in Isabeau's stronghold where Minou would torture her. She was kept in confinement for several months as Elisa and Melissa recovered from their wounds. Finally, the girls were able to mount a rescue by having the French forces attack the stronghold where Tart was kept and acting as a diversion for Minou while Elisa and Melissa fought their way to where Tart was kept. Finally reunited, the three girls embrace one another. Pernelle was also with Elisa and Melissa during their rescue operation. As she tends to Kyubey's wounds, Tart reaffirms her vow to bring light to France, Melissa vows to go forth to support Tart, and Elisa vows to go for the glory of herself and Tart. The trio head outside where Minou is making short work of the French forces. Elisa and Melissa fight off the magical girl army that Minou has brought with her as Tart races to where Isabeau is watching the battle. Isabeau transforms into her witch state and attacks everyone in her vicinity. Elisa and Melissa unleash their attacks on the witch queen but once more their attacks cause no harm to her. Elisa and Melissa can only watch as Tart battles with the witch {{spoiler|and ultimately defeats her. Melissa and Elisa race over to Tart, overjoyed that the battle is finally over and their greatest enemy defeated. But Tart faints, weak from the overexertion her soul gem has taken due to the battle. The grief seed Pernelle hands her does nothing as Tart’s soul gem has corrupted beyond repair. Melissa and Elisa prepare themselves to defend Tart as Minou threatens to kill them herself no matter what may happen when suddenly Minou's soul gem shatters and she becomes an ordinary girl. Tart offers herself as a prisoner on the condition that the soldiers are allowed to go free and Minou agrees, despite the pleas of Melissa.}}

It is May 30, 1431 and both Melissa and Elisa are hurrying to the public square, racing against the clock despite their wounds not fully recovered. Amidst the throng of people, Tart stands tied to a wooden stake, her hair cropped short as she wears a simple white tunic. She looks up at the sky and holds her hands clasped in front of her despite her rope bonds. Melissa and Elisa push their way to the front of the crowds as a soldier lights the pile of kindle at Tart's feet with his torch. Telepathically, Tart tells them not to save her as no one has any idea of the the kind of disaster she could bring to the world. She would rather ensure her death as a magical girl. Melissa cries out she would rather be with her in her final moments even if Tart were to turn into a witch. Tart tells them of a dream she had and thanks the girls for being there with her. Pernelle, Melissa and Elisa pray for their holy lady, La Pucelle as the flames begin to consume Tart.

Melissa sits on the back of Elisa's horse as the two girls quietly walk down a broad country field. Elisa asks if Tart left her life holding no grudges or regrets. Melissa knows they understood her last words and that there was no despair in her final prayer. Elisa agrees and comments that Tart was betrayed and lost hope at times, but kept fighting even when suffering near-mortal wounds. But those wounds were also proof of the battle she survived and the life she made it through. Even if both girls may become witches someday, they both agree to visit the village in which Tart grew up in.

===Melissa in [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record|Magia Record]]===
See [[Melissa de Vignolles in Magia Record]]

==Powers and Abilities==
While most magical girls who wish to heal others are often granted healing abilities of their own, Melissa was instead granted high-offensive abilities, most notably the power of anti-matter. She is able to wield her polearm such that she can send her cone-like attachment at her enemies, using it as a projectile and is able to change its direction in midflight just by swinging her polearm once more. She is also able to attach it to the top of her polearm for further damage and can even charge the cone from afar, effectively making it a bomb that she can detonate at will. Her strongest ability is her anger, and once her father or Tart are threatened nothing can stand in her way.

==Etymology==
* Vignoles is a complex hybrid wine grape variety. Vignoles is often prized for its ability to produce balanced and fruity late-harvest style sweet white wines, including ice wine, although Vignoles is also used to produce fruity dry and off-dry white wines as well. This may tie in to the fact that Melissa's soul gem has the appearance of a bunch of grapes on the front of a shield.
* Melissa means "bee" or "honey" and has Greek origins.

==Gallery==
See [[Gallery:Melissa de Vignolles]]

{{Character Categories|Vignolles|magicalgirl=yes}}

Jeanne d'Arc

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{{Infobox_character
|name=Tart/Jeanne d'Arc
|image=[[File:tartprofile.png|250px]]
|jname={{lang|ja|タルト}} or {{lang|ja|ジャンヌ・ダルク}}
|designer=[[Golden Pe Done]]
|voices= Japanese: [[wikipedia:ja:%E5%A0%80%E6%B1%9F%E7%94%B1%E8%A1%A3|Yui Horie]]
}}
'''Tart''', also known as '''Jeanne d'Arc''' and [[Wikipedia:Name of Joan of Arc|numerous other names]], is the protagonist of ''[[Puella Magi Tart Magica|Puella Magi Tart Magica: The Legend of "Jeanne d'Arc"]]''.

==General Info==
{{Magical Girl Details
|approxage=Unknown
|agenote=possibly 18
|birth=January 6, 1412
|height=150cm
|eyes=Green
|hair=Blondish Green
|origin=[[wikipedia:Domrémy|Domrémy, France]]
|soulgem=Cross-shaped gem (armored chest)
|weapon=Light Sword "Épée de Clovis" (A weapon that embodies light as a magical girl), spear, 4 transforming shadow daggers
|wish=To have the Power to Bring light to France.
|powers=Light
|witch=La Pucelle de Blancheur
|witchlink=Tart in Magia Record#Doppel Description
|pronoun={{nihongo||私|watashi}}
|relatives=Jacques d'Arc (father), Isabelle d'Arc (mother), Jacquemin, Jean and Pierre d'Arc (older brothers), [[Catherine d'Arc]] (younger sister), unnamed aunt, unnamed cousin.
}}

==Story==
===Backstory===
Tart is the eldest of a family of 7, living with her mother, father, sister (Catherine) and three brothers in the small village of Domrémy in France. Tart’s adventures began when she followed her sister Catherine into the woods, following a fairy she had seen. The fairy turns out to be the familiar of a nearby grief seed that hatches into a witch before the girls. Catherine faints as several witch-kissed soldiers appear and amble towards Tart. Riz suddenly appears and knocks out the soldiers with the use of her daggers and shadow abilities. As she quickly dispatches them, the witch turns her fury towards Riz, who captures it with shadowy chains and impales it with her blade causing the witch to explode. Tart is amazed at this display as Riz explains that she and Kyubey were looking for her. They ask for her name and Kyubey nicknames her “Tart”. After Tart’s family appears looking for her and her sister, Tart faints from the stress and Riz brings the girls back to their home. Once Tart awakens, Riz awaits as Kyubey asks if she would consider making a contract with him. Tart’s father enters and asks if Riz would be able to work as a village guard for a time. During the following three years, Riz remained as a village guard and trained both Tart and Catherine in the art of sword fighting. Catherine quickly grows adept at her new skill as Tart struggles slightly. Due to Tart not deciding on a wish, Kyubey declares that he and Riz will have to leave soon. Riz goes to escort a shipment of goods the village is sending out when several thieves and bandits take advantage of Riz’s absence to burn the village to the ground, pillaging homes and slaughtering the villagers indiscriminately. Catherine is able to kill and wound some of the soldiers before she is impaled before Tart’s eyes. The soldiers leave, satisfied with their spoils. A short time later, Riz returns as Tart laments the loss of her sister and asks if she and her village can be restored with her wish. Kyubey affirms it can, but warns her it’s possible she may still lose both or other members of her family due to the war ravaging France. Tart makes her wish for the power to bring light to France. Before they leave, Tart cuts off her braid and places it on Catherine’s grave.

===During ''Tart Magica''===
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Tart first appeared in a flash forward in Chapter 1, where Tart stands tied to a wooden stake, her hair cropped short as she awaits her execution by fire. [[Melissa de Vignolles|Melissa]] attempts to run towards Tart but is stopped by a pair of armed guards. The scene then cuts to the present day as [[Elisa Celjska|Elisa]], Tart, Riz and Melissa are attempting to stop [[Minou]] from escaping yet again. They are deterred by [[Lame]], who is easily defeated. However Minou uses her abilities to cause Lame to fall into deep despair and instantly become a witch, fighting off the girls as she makes her escape.
The story then begins in a flashback with Tart reminiscing about the time that she first met Riz at her home town and the subsequent death of her sister Catherine at the hands of bandits resulting in Tart making her contract with Kyubey. Tart and Riz journey onward, with Tart asking what they should do next. Kyubey responds that there is much turmoil in France due to the lack of a true king sitting on the throne and reminds Tart that it is her duty also to defeat the witches that ravage France. On their journey to Vaucoleurs, Riz and Tart find that the town has been beset by a witch, as several witch-kissed soldiers aim their arrows at the two girls. Despite not being able to summon a weapon naturally, Tart is able to conjure a sword of light magic and disposes of the witch instantly. However, she used up vast amounts of magic in doing so to Riz’s dismay. Riz and Kyubey then explain how all magical girls irrevocably turn into witches if they use up all of their magic. Having defeated the witch, the girls are welcomed into the village where Lord Baurdicourt offers the girls what help he can and is able to secure an audience with the Dauphin for Tart. The girls then head out for Chinon after hearing the news of the French army’s defeat at Orleans by “three mere girls”. During their journey, Tart and Riz defeat more witches, but Riz warns Tart to better learn to control her powers before she enters battle since she drains her magic needlessly every time.

The girls soon arrive at Chinon, where they make announcement of their arrival and prepare for their audience with the Dauphin Charles. Charles decides to play a trick on Tart in order to test her and instructs Lord Gilles to sit on his throne in his place. As Tart enters the courtroom, both her and Kyubey sense something off about Gilles and announce to all that he is not the Dauphin. Somehow, Tart is able to sense who Charles really is among the courtiers and kneels before him. Stunned, Charles orders Tart to speak with him privately in his bedchambers. After affirming to Charles that she was indeed sent by God to place him on his rightful throne, Charles and Tart exit the room where he announces to all that La Pucelle is truly a messenger from God. After extensive testing by various theologians, her status as a messenger from God is confirmed to all, causing her fame to spread and more soldiers to volunteer for the war. Charles then assigns Lord Gilles and [[Etienne de Vignolles]] in charge of the troops that are to journey to Orleans, as Etienne assigns his daughter [[Melissa de Vignolles|Melissa]] to act as a handmaiden to Tart and Riz. Melissa introduces herself to Tart and Riz, who both insist on dispensing with the formalities. The group soon encounter a small village that has seemingly been burned to the ground. Etienne returns to the main group of soldiers to warn them of the dangers ahead as Melissa remains in the village with Tart and Riz. Soon they encounter a witch’s barrier in from of the dilapidated church in the center of town. As Tart and Riz do battle with the witch inside, Kyubey takes Melissa with him into the barrier in order for her to watch the magical girls do battle and convince her to contract as well. As the witch is about to attack Melissa, she is saved by a barrier placed by [[Pernelle]]. Pernelle scolds Kyubey for bringing in outsiders as a magical girl is attempting to do battle and hands Tart a magically-imbued sword. Tart uses the sword to defeat the witch easily while conserving most of her magic power. As Pernelle introduces herself, she soon leaves through one of her portals.

The group slowly yet surely make their way to Orleans. Along the way they are able to recapture several forts that had been taken by the English forces and are soon able to camp not far from the outskirts of Orleans as they prepare to do battle the next day. Tart shows off her newly embroidered standard with a design of Kyubey on it to her friends. During the nightly revelry, Melissa reveals to Tart and Riz that she had been thinking about becoming a magical girl ever since Kyubey said she had the potential for it. Tart prefers that she stay as she is rather than risk herself in battle. The following day the soldiers and the girls began their assault on the fortress, the soldiers leaning ladders against the fortress’ walls but [[Corbeau]] is there to greet them and summons black feathers that rain down and impale the soldiers. She leaps down to where Riz and Tart stand. Corbeau knocks Tart away with a single blow before trading blows with Riz. Despite the injuries she’s taken, Corbeau heals herself with magic and Riz notices how incredibly dark her soul gem has become. Corbeau laughs as Riz realizes the truth: Corbeau is able to push her impurities onto other magical girls. By now Tart has managed to struggle her way back to where Riz and Corbeau are and offers to help. Riz tells her to stay back and Corbeau agrees, snapping her finger which causes her servant, [[Flèche]], to aim several arrows at Tart, a few of which find their mark. Riz looks up to see Flèche watching them from one of the fortress' towers. Corbeau charges at Riz once more and is able to pin her down using her black feathers. As Flèche continues to shoot arrows at Tart, Corbeau walks to where Tart lays. Etienne sneaks up and strikes at Corbeau from behind in an attempt to defend Tart, but Corbeau also throws Etienne into the ground face first, knocking him unconscious. Melissa rushes to her father's side and Riz calls out to her, telling her to get away from the front lines as soon as possible. Corbeau tells Flèche to make sure nothing is left of La Hire and Flèche conjures a large spear-like arrow and fits it to her bow. As she unleashes the arrow aimed at Melissa and her father, Tart suddenly stands before them and takes the full brunt of the attack, sparing the two humans. As the dust settles, Tart asks Melissa if she's alright, and thanks heaven she is as Tart stands there with a large hole the size of her fist in her right shoulder. Tart collapses face first as Melissa calls out her name. As Corbeau laughs, the dust settling, Melissa stands before her, now a magical girl as well.

Melissa battles Corbeau, attempting to defeat her with her matter disintegration magic but fails. Corbeau is surprised that Melissa is now a magical girl and doesn’t seem to recognize Kyubey. Riz pulls Melissa and Tart into her shadow realm and explains the significance of soul gems. She asks Tart to hold onto Riz and Melissa’s soul gems as she battles off Flèche and they battle Corbeau. Riz pops out of a shadow behind Corbeau, throwing her off as she realizes that Riz can jump from shadow to shadow. As she throws a feather dagger at her, Riz disappears into a shadow once more before reappearing at Corbeau's feet behind her. Riz fends off her attacks with her dagger as Corbeau taunts her, making fun of her for only defending herself and not attacking. Tart and Melissa materialize behind Flèche and Corbeau respectively. Both of them swing their weapons at their opponents but are unable to successfully connect their attacks. Corbeau calls out to Flèche to provide support as she fends off attacks from both Melissa and Riz. She then calls to Flèche to finish off La Pucelle with another attack like the one that nearly killed her earlier. Tart prepares another attack against Flèche, but Flèche has dropped down one side of the tower they were fighting on. As Flèche runs backwards down the side of the tower, she launches arrow after arrow right at Tart, each one finding their mark. She turns and using her momentum is able to run sideways across the walls of the fortress, launching more arrows up in her wake. As the dust settles, Tart remains unharmed. Corbeau is furious at all this and demands Flèche use her full magic, as if she intends to drain herself dry. Tart braces herself for the incoming attack and thinks back to when they were still on their journey over. As Tart remembers the words of Riz telling her that she too will trust in that hope, she powers herself up and conjures a standard and lance with her magic just as Flèche is finishing powering up her final arrow attack. Tart unleashes a large beam of pure magical energy as she uses her ultimate move: La Lumiere. The attack destroys the tower where Flèche was standing as well as leaving a sizeable hole in the fortress.

Corbeau returns her attention and attacks on Riz and Melissa, who are able to coordinate a few successful attacks of their own on Corbeau. Corbeau soon realizes something is wrong as her soul gem begins to darken from the exertion of battle. Back at the scene of battle, Flèche stirs slightly as Minou appears before her. She had planned to gather up what was left of her but instead she conjures a seal with her magic and presses it to Flèche, causing her to scream. Corbeau, meanwhile, laments the impurities of her soul gem as Riz asks her how it feels to be defeated by her own power. As she summons black feathers around her, Minou walks over and calls out to Corbeau. She tells her she knows better than to use *that* while there are still English troops in the vicinity. Corbeau warns Minou away since she will automatically absorb any impurities in Corbeau's soul gem. But Minou isn't worried and tells her [[Lapin]] had been asking for her. She tells Corbeau to leave everything to Flèche instead as the two disappear through one of Minou’s portals. The remaining French soldiers with Gille at the lead finally arrive at the fortress just as Flèche's witch form has spawned and stands ready and waiting in the courtyard. Tart leaps out from the tower and strikes at the witch's head with her sword. While the attack wasn't quite enough to stop the witch, it powers up its attack and Tart only barely manages to turn its head just as it fires off its attack. She grips her sword tightly and slashes the witch down the middle, parting it neatly in half. The witch explodes and is finished off.

Melissa congratulates Tart but Tart assures her it wasn't just her who finished off the witch. As the smoke clears from a gun muzzle, Elisa stands at the edge of a cliff side some considerable distance away. Two men stand behind her, her uncle and the constable who praises her shot. They wonder if this was enough to secure the fate of Orleans and can see that the tide is now beginning to turn in this war. Elisa tells them to leave it to her as she will offer her greetings to the Dauphin Charles in person as well as introduce herself to La Pucelle. The leader of the English forces, John Talbot, breaks ranks and asks if they can be allowed to leave since they clearly stand no chance against the French army. Both Batard and Tart agree and allow the remaining English forces to leave with their lives. Batard declares Orleans liberated from the English much to the gusto of the French forces.

At the town of Loches, the Dauphin personally welcomes the retinue and congratulates them on their victory. It seems Elisa and her uncle raced ahead to inform the Dauphin of the news. Elisa introduces herself to Tart, Riz, and Melissa and telepathically informs them she too is a magical girl. She was sent on orders of her mother the Holy Roman Empress to see for herself the powers of La Pucelle and to render assistance if she is truly a messenger from God. Having witness the battle at Orleans, they offer their services to the Dauphin Charles. Sometime later, Elisa challenges Tart to a friendly duel but due to her battle experience she is able to defeat Tart easily. Angered, Melissa herself challenges Elisa to a duel and throws her bodily into the air. That evening, Elisa pouts in her room as Melissa enters in her maid’s uniform, offering refreshments and an apology for losing her temper. Elisa dismisses her apology, since it was a duel after all and promises to not taunt Tart in the future. After asking for Tart, and being informed that she was called to court, Elisa and her uncle head off to find a certain person.

In the Great Hall of the Chateau de Loches, Tart argues for the Dauphin to be coronated at Reims as soon as possible. While Gilles and Batard agree, the chamberlain has his own opinion on how to proceed when the Dauphin’s son burst in and is overjoyed to meet Tart. Tart promises to have his father coronated as soon as possible, the Dauphin agreein to this plan due to the prompting of his son. While the chamberlain wonders what could have brought the child to the hall at this exact moment, he eyes Oswald and Elisa who are speaking familiarly with the Dauphin’s wife.

At the city of Patay, Minou, Corbeau and Lapin stand at the head of the English forces as Lapin jumps up and down in joy at the thought of finally being able to play after waiting for so long. At the head of the French forces stand Tart, Elisa, Melissa and Riz as they note the three magical girls facing them but not recognizing Lapin as they hadn't met her before now. Corbeau turns to John Talbot and tells him they'll be acting as they please. Before they can begin, Lapin races ahead of her sisters and commences her attack. However, Elisa and Melissa are able to strike her down immediately, causing her soul gem to darken and Lapin to turn into a witch. Suddenly, the soldiers' weapons from both armies as well as Riz and Melissa's weapons begin to float in the air. Tart looks around bewildered as the soldiers fall back, unable to proceed with their fight so long as they remain without weapons. Only Tart and Elisa are able to retain their weapons thanks to the magics Pernelle has imbued them with. Lapin, now in a rabbit-like witch form, floats beneath the weapons as she directs them at Melissa and Riz. The weapons, now under the command of the witch, fly straight at the girls damaging them as Tart attempts to knock as many as she can away with her sword. Elisa, meanwhile, continues to shoot down as many of the weapons as possible when Melissa suddenly notices a huge shadow looming on them and calls out to Riz. The witch has amassed the weapons and shields she stole into a giant sword-like shape which starts to fall towards them. Riz calls Melissa to get into her shadow where she can pull them to safety but the eyes on the witch's cape flash at them, causing Melissa and Riz to revert from their magical girl forms to their human forms.

The sword-shaped conglomeration of weapons bears down on them and would have crushed them had Tart not suddenly appeared in front of them and slashed at the weapons with her own sword. Melissa, Riz, Tart, and Elisa revert back into their normal forms every time Lapin or her rabbit disks flash their eyes at them. Just as they’re getting their bearings, Corbeau charges at Riz who is just barely able to block her attack with her bare arms. Corbeau and Riz trade blows as Melissa tries to assist as best she can without her weapon, imbuing rocks with her magic and throwing them at Corbeau. Elisa and Tart attempt to coordinate a surprise attack on Lapin, but the eyes on her cape have the same ability as her rabbit eyes and they both revert to normal girls temporarily. Despite this, the two girls are eventually able to distract Lapin and successfully defeat her with Elisa’s rifle-turned-canon. However, her defeat only causes her to revert back into a magical girl, owing to the nature of her wish and the abilities it granted her. Minou retreats with an unconscious Lapin into one of her portals as Corbeau unleashes her Danse Macabre. Reaper-like skeletons fly out of the magic circles Corbeau summoned, black feathers flying out from their eyeless sockets. Everyone begins to double over in pain, wondering what's happening to their bodies. Riz looks at the tumor-like boils on her hands and recognizes it as something she's seen before. Corbeau laughs and reminds Riz she told her this fight would be a massacre and tells them all to show her the dance of death. As both the French and English forces alike lay doubled in agony, Corbeau beats down the weakened magical girls. Tart struggles to her feet and attempts to fight Corbeau, but is too weakened to do more than swing her sword feebly. Corbeau picks her up by the neck and mocks Tart’s attempts to fight back. As Tart warns her that she’s hurting her English allies as well with her magic, Corbeau scoffs and responds that she doesn’t care since her magic will kill everyone who comes near. She demands to know what it matters since everyone must die eventually, just like Tart’s sister. At these words, Tart's soul gem shines brightly and Corbeau's fingers are bent backwards as the force of Tart's magic caused her to be released from her grip. Tart glows with the power of her magic and an immense magic circle of Tart's doing appears in the sky overhead, casting light down on the soldiers below.

As the light bathes the battlefield, all of the soldiers and magical girls both English and French alike begin to stand and realize they've been healed of plague as well as their wounds. Corbeau is enraged by this and as she demands to know who Tart really is, Tart leaps up and slashed down her sword with full force at Corbeau, ultimately defeating her as the force of it knocks her into some nearby woods. She lands against the trunk of a tree and falls to her knees, greatly weakened. Tart aims her blade at Corbeau, telling her this is the end as Corbeau tries to stand. But all Corbeau can think of is her two sisters, Lapin and Minou. Before she can deliver the finishing blow, a portal appears behind Corbeau and Minou steps through. {{spoiler|While Corbeau is overfilled with joy at the sight of her sister, Minou kneels down and takes Corbeau’s soul gem in her hands, informing her this is the end. Confused, Corbeau asks her why and if she doesn't see how much she loves her and Lapin. Minou confirms that this is what she suspected and says she stopped serving their benefactor a long time ago. As Corbeau yells out once more to Minou asking her why she can't understand how much she loves them, Minou shatters Corbeau's soul gem and tells her she doesn't love her any longer. Corbeau falls forward, calling out her sisters' names as she dies. Minou tells her that at the very least she will tell Lapin that Corbeau died honorably in battle. Tart angrily demands she explain herself as Riz calls her heartless. As Minou summons a portal, she giggles and says it'll be something to look forward to as she gathers Corbeau's body and takes it back with her, leaving the heroines alone in the woods.}}

The two turn to go, knowing the battle isn't over yet. Out in the nearby woods Tart, Melissa, Riz and Elisa are just able to hear the cries of the troops and wonder what may be happening. Pernelle appears from behind a tree and informs the girls that the French has won a victory. After asking how they’re doing, Pernelle informs them of a prophecy spreading throughout France that predicts that Tart will save France. While Charles had the right to inherit the throne, it was a woman that sold that right to the King of England and now Tart has appeared and reclaimed Orleans, opening a path for Charles to be coronated. Thus far the prophecy is fulfilling itself. Elisa and Tart both argue that it was due to their and the soldiers’ efforts that France is being liberated and not just some prophecy. Pernelle smiles and tells her to never hold back in saying what she feels from her heart. But she asks that Tart never forgets that, while a larger fate may be at work here, it is Tart who is at the center of that flow of fate. As she magically teleports away, she tells them to make their way to Reims where she may meet them again. Now that the road to Reims was secured, Dauphin Charles was coronated as the King of France. With this, the wishes of La Pucelle as well as the people of France were realized.

Charles and the other courtiers celebrate the coronation of Charles when suddenly the lights cut out, leaving the room plunged in total darkness. A scream is heard and as they turn towards the sound, a light can be seen. But this is no ordinary light, it is several women burning alive and screaming as between the flames, Minou and another woman can be seen walking towards Charles. Riz and Tart quickly transform and stand ready to defend the king. They demand he run towards safety, but Charles stammers and looks like he is about to scream as he recognizes the smiling woman who stands before Minou. As he collapses to the ground, he demands to know what she is doing here. It is his mother, the woman who sold out France to the English, [[Isabeau|Isabeau de Baviere]]. As Isabeau appears in the courtroom, Riz, Melissa and Tart stand ready to defend the newly crowned king, already transformed into their magical girl states. Charles begs Tart to save him from his mother, the queen, and demands she kill her. At his word Tart rushes forward and stabs her sword straight through the queen's heart as she stands there. Charles initially laughs at this display, but the queen smiles as a white miasma escapes from the queen's wound and she merely stands there smiling. Tart leaps back, certain she had injured the queen but thinking to herself that it didn't feel like she had stabbed her. Riz summons her shadowy tendrils and ties the queen up as Elisa and Melissa both swing their weapons directly at her. Isabeau merely smiles more broadly, completely unharmed from both their attacks. She raises her finger and shoots a beam of magical energy at the two girls, causing them to be knocked away hard. Tart draws her power to herself and summons her standard, unleashing her "La Lumiere" attack directly on Isabeau, the excess power blasting out the castle's windows. However, the dust clears and Isabeau remains where she stands, not a hair on her head harmed. Tart is amazed that she remained undamaged even after using that much magic power on her, but Minou sneaks up behind Tart and knocks her down with her whip. Isabeau staggers suddenly and whispers something to Minou as Minou stands and declares the words of her queen "In one year's time death shall befall La Pucelle!" Minou and Isabeau leave through Minou's portal as Charles cries and the magical girls tend to their wounds.

The following day, after the group gathers to discuss that night’s events. Tart's followers want to liberate Paris as quickly as possible. However, the chamberlain La Remoille advising the haggard King Charles, sending entreaties to the English forces asking for a ceasefire. The result of the endless delays was that the army had to wait until close to August before it could depart from Reims. Finally the order came for the army to advance toward Paris. From August 1429, Charles showed no signs of recovery. In fact, just when everyone thought he had finally given the order to liberate Paris on September 9, only two days later, the order was rescinded. Shortly thereafter, the order came to disband his army altogether. It seemed the king's confusion was worsening. All of the forces who supported La Pucelle were completely disbanded. But Tart went questing throughout France for some eight months, virtually alone, searching for Isabeau. Finally in Compiegne, a town in the north of France, they discovered a witch’s barrier with the symbol of a cuckoo at the center. As they enter the barrier, they are greeted by Minou who summons an army of magical girls through her many portals. As the girls arrive, Minou summons branding irons and brands the girls, causing them to fall into deep despair and transform into witches instantly. She commands the witch army forward as she declares this to be the appointed time at which death would befall La Pucelle.

Tart, Riz, Melissa and Elisa stand ready as they face down an army of witches that Minou has summoned to destroy them. The first witch, who appears like a gigantic woman in a dress with a tassel for a head, brings her arm down on our heroes who are just barely able to leap out of harm’s way. Tart blocks the witch's arm with her bare strength and slashes at it with her sword. The cleaved half of the arm falls heavily on the ground behind her but before she can react, the hand of another witch reaches for Tart. However Melissa is able to block the attack on Tart with her polearm just in time, warning Tart to not overdo it. Riz calls out to the others, advising them to stay together as there are a vast number of witches they must face. Tart summons her strength as she prepares to take out all of the witches at once but Riz warns her not to do so, knowing Minou's strategy is to deplete their magic as much as possible. As Elisa fires left and right with her rifle, she tells Tart she won't have to use her magic since she'll take out all the witches for her. Minou watches the battle rage on before her and decides that this small contingency of witches won't be enough to stop them and turns to where Lapin now stands and informs her of her chance to take revenge for the loss of their sister. Lapin is enraged and more than eager to tear them limb from limb. She begins by summoning her rabbit-shaped discs and impeding their magical girl transformations. Despite this, Riz is easily able to dodge her attacks and slashes at her rabbit-shaped discs as Lapin is not used to combat the way her sister Corbeau was. When Riz informs Lapin that it was in fact {{spoiler| Minou who killed her sister}}, this causes Lapin to snap with rage and abandon all thinking.

Riz aims to shatter Lapin’s soul gem in order to prevent her from transforming into her witch form, but the news she received and the subsequent despair it caused her has instead only accelerated the impurities of Lapin's soul gem. It is too late, as Lapin quickly becomes a witch continues her attacks on the girls. The magical girls coordinate their attacks and unleash Melissa’s ultimate destructive move on Lapin. But it is not enough and Lapin reemerges from the bottom of the crater formed by the explosion, now human and her soul gem cleansed. Minou then causes a portal to appear beneath Elisa and Melissa and transports them to a different part of the castle in which they are battling. Tart and Riz are left to fend for themselves against not only Lapin's witch form, but the army of witches that are left from earlier. Tart and Riz begin to grow weary from the fighting and the amount of magic they've spent, causing Riz to charge her soul gem’s power and throw a dagger at Lapin’s feet. Shadows emerge from the dagger and wrap themselves around Lapin, effectively immobilizing her. As Tart calls out to her, Riz summons her ultimate attack, ''Gates of Hell''. {{spoiler| A large marble doorway comes up from the ground, skeletons adorning its framework. As the Gates of Hell begin to crack open, shadowy hands reach out from inside each of them grabbing at a different part of Lapin. She cries out for them to let go of her but they continue to hold on relentlessly as more hands reach out from the gate and grab at the witches in the area and pull them into the dark void that lurks behind the doors. Lapin continues to strain at the shadowy hands, crying out that nothing Riz does will make a difference since she'll keep coming back over and over again, returning to normal only for her to kill Riz no matter how many times it takes her. Riz acknowledges this, and informs her that she will be joining Lapin inside the black void of the gates to prevent her from escaping as the doors can only be opened from the outside. As Riz walks into the gate, Lapin is pulled into the darkness with her and the doors snap shut behind them, effectively ending Lapin’s life.}}

Tart sinks to her knees in tears as the witch’s barrier dissipates and she finds herself surrounded by enemy soldiers, where she is then taken prisoner. Despite being the one who placed him on the throne, King Charles refused to pay the ransom for Tart and she was subsequently sold to the English and placed on trial for heresy. The trial was filled with French judges who favored the English and Tart was declared guilty. Tart was then hidden away by Isabeau and Minou and hidden in a prison cell no one knew where. One day, Tart lays on the barren floor of her cell, Kyubey talking to her and encouraging her to get up once more. Minou enters Tart’s cell with Queen Isabeau and begins to lash her with her whip, berating Tart and Kyubey. As Tart attempts to defend Kyubey, commotion is heard from outside. The French army has amassed and are attempting to liberate Tart now that they've discovered her location. Minou goes outside to deal with the soldiers personally as Isabeau follows behind her. The soldiers know they'll be unable to defeat Minou, but are prepared to lose their lives in order to buy the distraction that Elisa, Melissa, and Pernelle need to rescue Tart. The three magical girls are able to subdue the remaining soldiers they encounter on their way. They break into the prison cell where they embrace Tart and are finally able to encourage her to stand up and fight once more. Back out on the battlefield, Minou lashes her whip repeatedly, causing the soldiers to be thrown into the air by the force of her attacks.

Batard and Richmont worry they won't be able to do anything more than evade her attacks as La Hire rallies the troops once more with a battle-cry for La Pucelle. Isabeau makes her way outside, Minou humbling herself before her. Isabeau waves her hands before her which causes the troops to collapse to their knees, their strength being sucked out from them. As she aims her hand forward, a magic circle having formed around it, Tart stabs a standard into the ground before her and blocks her next move. Minou orders the magical girl slaves she brought with her to stop Tart, but Elisa and Melissa hold them off so Tart can race in towards Isabeau. Once more her sword attacks seem to have no effect on the queen. Isabeau raises her hands once more and fires a beam of magic directly at her. As the dust settles, Tart looks up from behind her shield to find that [[Pernelle]] has blocked the attack with her own magic circle, explaining to Tart that Isabeau is immune to attacks due to someone else's wish.

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Kyubey and Pernelle explain to Tart that Isabeau is now part magical girl, part witch, and part incubator thanks to her and Lapin’s wish. Minou declares to all that she wished for Isabeau to be undefeated by any magical girl. Isabeau transforms into her witch state as the empty shell of her human body sits cradled in an enormous hand jutting from the ground nearby. As Tart, Elisa and Melissa continues the struggle against the witch Crepuscule de la Reine (Twilight of the Queen), all of their attacks having no effect on the witch. Tart’s soul gem grows black with impurities as she reaches her limit, when she suddenly hears the voice of Riz reminding her of her sword training back in her home village. From before Tart, Riz's soul gem materializes from a shadow as Riz tells her that her final vow was for her soul to remain with her from that day forward. Even if Riz's body was lost, her soul remained behind like her shadow, always by Tart's side. Tart’s gauntlet turns black with Riz’s soul gem encased on the back. As Tart’s soul gem crackles with impurities, she slashes her sword down and successfully injures the witch. Due to Riz's wish, Tart’s soul gem has been prevented from transforming into a grief seed, making her more than just a magical girl. Before Tart can finish her off, Isabea's body begins to shake as a larger body emerges from underneath, a second larger witch form that causes the cathedral to crumble under the size and might of this new body as everyone gazes up in terror at the true form of Crepuscule de la Reine. However, Tart remains determined as ever as she faces down her foe. Isabeau begins to charge her cannon and aims it at Tart who immediately summons her standard and smashes through the center of it, causing the cannon to crumble. As Isabeau flies above the ruined cathedral, Tart summons a massive magic circle in the sky above her in an attack known as the Gate of Heaven. The center of the circle slides open like a gateway as crosses of light pierce Isabeau and hold her in place. Tart leaps up and swings her weapon down at the witch, slicing the massive body in half and then half again. As the pieces of the witch's corpse fall back to earth, the gate closes and disappears. Tart's shadowy gauntlet also begins to dissipate as Riz's soul gem crumbles. Tart thanks Riz for protecting her until the very end.
}}
Melissa and Elisa race over to Tart, overjoyed that the battle is finally over and their greatest enemy defeated. But Tart faints, weak from the overexertion her soul gem has taken due to the battle. Pernelle hands the girls a grief seed in order to purify her gem but before they can do so, they're interrupted by the lamentations of Minou who stands over her mother's human body. Though her soul was that of a witch, her original body still remains thanks to her wish, but it is now quite literally an empty shell. Melissa and Elisa prepare themselves to defend Tart as Minou threatens to kill them herself no matter what may happen. Suddenly, Minou's soul gem shatters. She demands answers and Pernelle provides them: having been created by an imperfect creator she lost her powers the moment Isabeau was destroyed. Minou is devastated by the news and orders her soldiers to capture and kill them all but Tart offers herself as a prisoner in exchange for the lives of the French soldiers. Minou accepts gleefully. In May 1431 Tart was burned at the stake in a public square. Melissa and Elisa are present as Tart offers her final words of gratitude to the friends that were with her throughout her journey. Pernelle also is in the crowd and asks Kyubey why he didn’t just allow Tart to become a witch, but Kyubey responds that Tart did what he asked of him and he is repaying the favor by allowing her to die on her own terms. Just before the flames consume Tart entirely, she says, "I want to say to everything in the world...merci vraiment! Thank you!" as her soul takes on the form of a white dove that flies out of the flames.
}}

===Tart in [[Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story|Magia Record]]===
''See [[Tart in Magia Record]] and [[Tart (Final ver.)]]'' 

''A Magical Girl from medieval France known today as Jeanne d'Arc. Upon the death of her dear sister, Catherine, she resolved to save France from the brink of ruin. Simple, innocent, and trusting of others, she fondly refers to Cube (Kyubey) as "Monsieur Angel".''

Tart appears in Magia Record as a playable unit, which shows her first voice acted and animated appearance. She is mostly the same, although she is renamed to "D'arc".

===Tart in [[Magia Exedra]]===
''See [[Tart in Magia Exedra]]''
==Powers and Abilities==
Because of {{spoiler|Riz Hawkwood's wish,}} Tart is an abnormally powerful magical girl who Kyubey calls an "anomaly." She often destroys her enemies with blasts of energy, usually channeled through a magically-composed weapon. While incredibly powerful, these blast drain a great deal of her magic, taking a heavy burden on her. She has high offensive and defensive abilities, able to take direct hits from other magical girls without harm, and these abilities were enhanced even further after her near-death experience at the hands of Corbeau and her subsequent revival as a result of Melissa's wish. After her revival, Tart demonstrated the ability to conjure a flag standard that she could use to fire her most powerful attack "La Lumiere." Upon meeting with another magical girl named Pernelle, Tart was gifted a sword known as the "Épée de Clovis," which was forged with metal that had magical properties and was housed at the church of St. Catherine. This allowed her to channel smaller amounts of her magic into the sword and made it easier for her to conserve her magical power in battle.

When Corbeau used her Danse Macabre to infect both the English and French armies with bubonic plague, including any magical girls, Tart was able to use her abilities to summon a magical circle in the sky (similar to Madoka's attack), which rained down on the populace below. Everyone who had been infected with the plague were subsequently healed. During her final battle with Isabeau, Tart summoned a magic circle in the sky once again, this time opening like a gate from which powerful beams of light shapes like crosses shoot down, piercing her enemy. This ultimate attack was named "The Gates of Heaven", in contrast to Riz's "Gates of Hell" attack.

Later, during her final fight with Isabeau {{spoiler|she gains Riz's soul gem as well as her powers. Now armed with the powers of Light and Shadow, she returns to using her original light sword and gains the ability to transform it into her pennon, a blade, Riz's scythe, and Riz's daggers. According to Magia Archive, she would have also been able to transform it into a whip but it was never shown in the manga}}.

==Observations==
* She is known as Jeanette by her friends and family, and referred to as 'La Pucelle' by the French soldiers and officials. The later is a shortened version of 'La Pucelle d'Orléans' (The Maid of Orléans), a common nickname for Joan of Arc. On it's own, 'La Pucelle' can be translated as "The Maiden".
* She is a lightweight when it comes to drinking, as even a single cup of wine can turn her head and cause her to glomp onto her friends Riz and Melissa.

==Etymology==
Kyubey asked Jeanne to spell her name out since it would be easier for him, however Jeanne was not very literate and was only taught to write her name by the village priest. After looking at her name, Kyubey decides her surname "Tart" sounded better and decides to refer to her as that.

See [[wikipedia:Name_of_Joan_of_Arc|wikipedia article on Joan of Arc's names]].

==Trivia==
*The poem appearing in the prologue, as Tart burns, is [[wikipedia:Satanism_and_Witchcraft_(book)|''La Sorcière'']] (''Satanism and Witchcraft'' in its English translation) by [[wikipedia:Jules_Michelet|Jules Michelet]]. The book details the supposed origins and lifestyle of witches, which fits with how Jeanne D'arc was burned in real life for "being a witch".

==Gallery==
See [[Gallery:Tart]]

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Riz Hawkwood

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|name=Riz Hawkwood
|image=[[File:Riz pageBIO.PNG|250px]]
|jname={{lang|ja|リズ・ホークウッド}} {{lang|ja|リズ・ヴィスコンティ}} (Riz Visconti)
|designer=[[Golden Pe Done]]
|voices=Japanese: [[wikipedia:Ami_Koshimizu|Ami Koshimizu]]
}}
'''Riz Hawkwood''' (also known as '''Liz Hawkwood''' and '''Riz Visconti'''), is one of the main characters in ''[[Puella Magi Tart Magica|Puella Magi Tart Magica: The Legend of "Jeanne d'Arc"]]''. She is one of [[Tart]]'s companions and close friends.

==General Info==
{{Magical Girl Details
|birth=1411(around 19)<ref>In the Magia Record event The Maiden of Hope / The Chiming Bell That Transcends Time, Yachiyo says that she and Riz are "around the same age".</ref>
|height=168cm
|eyes=Yellow
|hair=Black
|origin=[[wikipedia:Milan|Milan, Italy]]
|soulgem=Yellow rectangle (left cufflink)
|weapon=4 shadow daggers (Shape changes due to magic power, e.g. spears, machetes, whips, scythes), named [[Machete]], [[Frusta]] and [[Falce]]. Fourth name is unknown (but theorized to be "[[Lancia]]").
|wish=To be the one from whom a new, true hero would spring.
|powers=Shadows, "Gates of Hell".
|witch=Obscurite
|witchlink=Liz Hawkwood in Magia Record#Doppel Description
|pronoun={{nihongo||私|watashi}}
|relatives=[[wikipedia:John_Hawkwood|John Hawkwood]] (grandfather), Donnina Visconti (grandmother), [[wikipedia:Bernab%C3%B2_Visconti|Bernabó Visconti]] (great-grandfather)
|voices=
Japanese: [[wikipedia:Ami_Koshimizu|Ami Koshimizu]]
}}

==Story==
===Backstory===
Riz was the grandchild of an Italian hero who had turned traitor. Her grandfather was named John Hawkwood, and he was the leader of the White Company Mercenaries. He tended to work for various landowners and nobles and would work for the enemy of a former employer so long as the price was right. The Visconti family had arranged for their daughter to marry Hawkwood, and that's how the Viscontis gained control of the White Company. But later, Hawkwood betrayed the Viscontis and brought them to ruin. Riz was born into the Visconti family as the granddaughter of a traitor and thus endured a harsh childhood. As part of her agreement to become a magical girl, she wished to be the one from whom a new, true hero would spring. For her, this was a wish that could not be granted until that condition was fulfilled. But since this was the price of her contract, it should have actually come true. So Kyubey set out with Riz in search of her hero and while they met many girls with talent, in the end none of them turned out to be the hero that Riz was searching for. Many of these girls would die at the hands of witches, some transforming into witches themselves. Due to these journeys and experiences, Riz learned much about the magical girl system and would later impart some of this knowledge to her compatriots Tart, Melissa and Elisa. It was not until she encountered Tart that her wish would be granted.

===During ''Tart Magica''===
Riz first appeared in a flash forward in Chapter 1, where [[Tart]], Riz, [[Melissa de Vignolles|Melissa]], and [[Elisa Celjska|Elisa]] are attempting to stop [[Minou]] from escaping yet again. They are deterred by [[Lame]], who is easily defeated. However Minou uses her abilities to cause Lame to fall into deep despair and instantly become a witch, fighting off the girls as she makes her escape.

Tart then recalls of how she first met her companions. In a flashback, Tart is seen with her sister Catherine following a fairy into the woods. The fairy turns out to be the familiar of a nearby grief seed that hatches into a witch before the girls. Catherine faints as several witch-kissed soldiers appear and amble towards Tart. Riz suddenly appears and knocks out the soldiers with the use of her daggers and shadow abilities. As she quickly dispatches them, the witch turns her fury towards Riz, who captures it with shadowy chains and impales it with her blade causing the witch to explode. Tart is amazed at this display as Riz explains that she and Kyubey were looking for her. They ask for her name and Kyubey nicknames her "Tart". After Tart’s family appears looking for her and her sister, Tart faints from the stress and Riz brings the girls back to their home. Once Tart awakens, Riz awaits as Kyubey asks if she would consider making a contract with him. Tart’s father enters and asks if Riz would be able to work as a village guard for a time. During the following three years, Riz remains as a village guard and trains both Tart and Catherine in the art of sword fighting. Catherine quickly grows adept at her new skill as Tart struggles slightly. Due to Tart not deciding on a wish, Kyubey declares that him and Riz will have to leave soon. Riz goes to escort a shipment of goods the village is sending out when several thieves and bandits take advantage of Riz’s absence to burn the village to the ground, pillaging homes and slaughtering the villagers indiscriminately. Catherine is able to kill and wound some of the soldiers before she is impaled before Tart’s eyes. The soldiers leave, satisfied with their spoils. A short time later, Riz returns as Tart laments the loss of her sister and asks if she and her village can be restored with her wish. Kyubey affirms it can, but warns her it’s possible she may still lose both or other members of her family due to the war ravaging France. Tart makes her wish for the power to bring light to France. Before they leave, Tart cuts off her braid and places it on Catherine’s grave.

{{Spoilerbox|
As they journey on, Tart asks what they should do next. Kyubey responds that there is much turmoil in France due to the lack of a true king sitting on the throne and reminds Tart that it is her duty also to defeat the witches that ravage France. On their journey to Vaucoleurs, Riz and Tart find that the town has been beset by a witch, as several witch-kissed soldiers aim their arrows at the two girls. Despite not being able to summon a weapon naturally, Tart is able to conjure a sword of light magic and disposes of the witch instantly. However, she used up vast amounts of magic in doing so to Riz's dismay. Riz and Kyubey then explain how all magical girls irrevocably turn into witches if they use up all of their magic. Having defeated the witch, the girls are welcomed into the village where Lord Baurdicourt offers the girls what help he can and is able to secure an audience with the Dauphin for Tart. The girls then head out for Chinon after hearing the news of the French army’s defeat at Orleans by “three mere girls”. During their journey, Tart and Riz defeat more witches, but Riz warns Tart to better learn to control her powers before she enters battle since she drains her magic needlessly every time.

The girls soon arrive at Chinon, where they make announcement of their arrival and prepare for their audience with the Dauphin Charles. Charles decides to play a trick on Tart in order to test her and instructs Lord Gilles to sit on his throne in his place. As Tart enters the courtroom, both her and Kyubey sense something off about Gilles and announce to all that he is not the Dauphin. Somehow, Tart is able to sense who Charles really is among the courtiers and kneels before him. Stunned, Charles orders Tart to speak with him privately in his bedchambers. After affirming to Charles that she was indeed sent by God to place him on his rightful throne, Charles and Tart exit the room where he announces to all that La Pucelle is truly a messenger from God. After extensive testing by various theologians, her status as a messenger from God is confirmed to all, causing her fame to spread and more soldiers to volunteer for the war. Charles then assigns Lord Gilles and [[Etienne de Vignolles]] in charge of the troops that are to journey to Orleans, as Etienne assigns his daughter [[Melissa de Vignolles|Melissa]] to act as a handmaiden to Tart and Riz. Melissa introduces herself to Tart and Riz, who both insist on dispensing with the formalities. The group soon encounter a small village that has seemingly been burned to the ground. Etienne returns to the main group of soldiers to warn them of the dangers ahead as Melissa remains in the village with Tart and Riz. Soon they encounter a witch’s barrier in from of the dilapidated church in the center of town. As Tart and Riz do battle with the witch inside, Kyubey takes Melissa with him into the barrier in order for her to watch the magical girls do battle and convince her to contract as well. As the witch is about to attack Melissa, she is saved by a barrier placed by [[Pernelle]]. Pernelle scolds Kyubey for bringing in outsiders as a magical girl is attempting to do battle and hands Tart a magically-imbued sword. Tart uses the sword to defeat the witch easily while conserving most of her magic power. As Pernelle introduces herself, she soon leaves through one of her portals.

The group slowly yet surely make their way to Orleans. Along the way they are able to recapture several forts that had been taken by the English forces and are soon able to camp not far from the outskirts of Orleans as they prepare to do battle the next day. Tart shows off her newly embroidered standard with a design of Kyubey on it to her friends. During the nightly revelry, Melissa reveals to Tart and Riz that she had been thinking about becoming a magical girl ever since Kyubey said she had the potential for it. Tart prefers that she stay as she is rather than risk herself in battle. The following day the soldiers and the girls began their assault on the fortress, the soldiers leaning ladders against the fortress’ walls but [[Corbeau]] is there to greet them and summons black feathers that rain down and impale the soldiers. She leaps down to where Riz and Tart stand. Corbeau knocks Tart away with a single blow before trading blows with Riz. Despite the injuries she’s taken, Corbeau heals herself with magic and Riz notices how incredibly dark her soul gem has become. Corbeau laughs as Riz realizes the truth: Corbeau is able to push her impurities onto other magical girls. By now Tart has managed to struggle her way back to where Riz and Corbeau are and offers to help. Riz tells her to stay back and Corbeau agrees, snapping her finger which causes her servant, [[Flèche]], to aim several arrows at Tart, a few of which find their mark. Riz looks up to see Flèche watching them from one of the fortress' towers. Corbeau charges at Riz once more and is able to pin her down using her black feathers. As Flèche continues to shoot arrows at Tart, Corbeau walks to where Tart lays. Etienne sneaks up and strikes at Corbeau from behind in an attempt to defend Tart, but Corbeau also throws Etienne into the ground face first, knocking him unconscious. Melissa rushes to her father's side and Riz calls out to her, telling her to get away from the front lines as soon as possible. Corbeau tells Flèche to make sure nothing is left of La Hire and Flèche conjures a large spear-like arrow and fits it to her bow. As she unleashes the arrow aimed at Melissa and her father, Tart suddenly stands before them and takes the full brunt of the attack, sparing the two humans. As the dust settles, Tart asks Melissa if she's alright, and thanks heaven she is as Tart stands there with a large hole the size of her fist in her right shoulder. Tart collapses face first as Melissa calls out her name. As Corbeau laughs, the dust settling, Melissa stands before her, now a magical girl as well.

Melissa battles Corbeau, attempting to defeat her with her matter disintegration magic but fails. Corbeau is surprised that Melissa is now a magical girl and doesn’t seem to recognize Kyubey. Riz pulls Melissa and Tart into her shadow realm and explains the significance of soul gems. She asks Tart to hold onto Riz and Melissa’s soul gems as she battles off Flèche and they battle Corbeau. Riz pops out of a shadow behind Corbeau, throwing her off as she realizes that Riz can jump from shadow to shadow. As she throws a feather dagger at her, Riz disappears into a shadow once more before reappearing at Corbeau's feet behind her. Riz fends off her attacks with her dagger as Corbeau taunts her, making fun of her for only defending herself and not attacking. Tart and Melissa materialize behind Flèche and Corbeau respectively. Both of them swing their weapons at their opponents but are unable to successfully connect their attacks. Corbeau calls out to Flèche to provide support as she fends off attacks from both Melissa and Riz. She then calls to Flèche to finish off La Pucelle with another attack like the one that nearly killed her earlier. Tart prepares another attack against Flèche, but Flèche has dropped down one side of the tower they were fighting on. As Flèche runs backwards down the side of the tower, she launches arrow after arrow right at Tart, each one finding their mark. She turns and using her momentum is able to run sideways across the walls of the fortress, launching more arrows up in her wake. As the dust settles, Tart remains unharmed. Corbeau is furious at all this and demands Flèche use her full magic, as if she intends to drain herself dry. Tart braces herself for the incoming attack and thinks back to when they were still on their journey over.

As Tart remembers the words of Riz telling her that she too will trust in that hope, she powers herself up and conjures a standard and lance with her magic just as Flèche is finishing powering up her final arrow attack. Tart unleashes a large beam of pure magical energy as she uses her ultimate move: La Lumiere. The attack destroys the tower where Flèche was standing as well as leaving a sizeable hole in the fortress. Corbeau returns her attention and attacks on Riz and Melissa, who are able to coordinate a few successful attacks of their own on Corbeau. Corbeau soon realizes something is wrong as her soul gem begins to darken from the exertion of battle. Back at the scene of battle, Flèche stirs slightly as Minou appears before her. She had planned to gather up what was left of her but instead she conjures a seal with her magic and presses it to Flèche, causing her to scream. Corbeau, meanwhile, laments the impurities of her soul gem as Riz asks her how it feels to be defeated by her own power. As she summons black feathers around her, Minou walks over and calls out to Corbeau. She tells her she knows better than to use *that* while there are still English troops in the vicinity. Corbeau warns Minou away since she will automatically absorb any impurities in Corbeau's soul gem. But Minou isn't worried and tells her [[Lapin]] had been asking for her. She tells Corbeau to leave everything to Flèche instead as the two disappear through one of Minou's portals.

The remaining French soldiers with Gille at the lead finally arrive at the fortress just as Flèche's witch form has spawned and stands ready and waiting in the courtyard. Tart leaps out from the tower and strikes at the witch's head with her sword. While the attack wasn't quite enough to stop the witch, it powers up its attack and Tart only barely manages to turn its head just as it fires off its attack. She grips her sword tightly and slashes the witch down the middle, parting it neatly in half. The witch explodes and is finished off. Melissa congratulates Tart but Tart assures her it wasn't just her who finished off the witch. As the smoke clears from a gun muzzle, Elisa stands at the edge of a cliff side some considerable distance away. Two men stand behind her, her uncle and the constable who praises her shot. They wonder if this was enough to secure the fate of Orleans and can see that the tide is now beginning to turn in this war. Elisa tells them to leave it to her as she will offer her greetings to the Dauphin Charles in person as well as introduce herself to La Pucelle. The leader of the English forces, John Talbot, breaks ranks and asks if they can be allowed to leave since they clearly stand no chance against the French army. Both Batard and Tart agree and allow the remaining English forces to leave with their lives. Batard declares Orleans liberated from the English much to the gusto of the French forces.

At the town of Loches, the Dauphin personally welcomes the retinue and congratulates them on their victory. It seems Elisa and her uncle raced ahead to inform the Dauphin of the news. Elisa introduces herself to Tart, Riz, and Melissa and telepathically informs them she too is a magical girl. She was sent on orders of her mother the Holy Roman Empress to see for herself the powers of La Pucelle and to render assistance if she is truly a messenger from God. Having witness the battle at Orleans, they offer their services to the Dauphin Charles. Sometime later, Elisa challenges Tart to a friendly duel but due to her battle experience she is able to defeat Tart easily. Angered, Melissa herself challenges Elisa to a duel and throws her bodily into the air. That evening, Elisa pouts in her room as Melissa enters in her maid’s uniform, offering refreshments and an apology for losing her temper. Elisa dismisses her apology, since it was a duel after all and promises to not taunt Tart in the future. After asking for Tart, and being informed that she was called to court, Elisa and her uncle head off to find a certain person.

In the Great Hall of the Chateau de Loches, Tart argues for the Dauphin to be coronated at Reims as soon as possible. While Gilles and Batard agree, the chamberlain has his own opinion on how to proceed when the Dauphin’s son burst in and is overjoyed to meet Tart. Tart promises to have his father coronated as soon as possible, the Dauphin agreein to this plan due to the prompting of his son. While the chamberlain wonders what could have brought the child to the hall at this exact moment, he eyes Oswald and Elisa who are speaking familiarly with the Dauphin’s wife.

At the city of Patay, Minou, Corbeau and Lapin stand at the head of the English forces as Lapin jumps up and down in joy at the thought of finally being able to play after waiting for so long. At the head of the French forces stand Tart, Elisa, Melissa and Riz as they note the three magical girls facing them but not recognizing Lapin as they hadn't met her before now. Corbeau turns to John Talbot and tells him they'll be acting as they please. Before they can begin, Lapin races ahead of her sisters and commences her attack. However, Elisa and Melissa are able to strike her down immediately, causing her soul gem to darken and Lapin to turn into a witch. Suddenly, the soldiers' weapons from both armies as well as Riz and Melissa's weapons begin to float in the air. Tart looks around bewildered as the soldiers fall back, unable to proceed with their fight so long as they remain without weapons. Only Tart and Elisa are able to retain their weapons thanks to the magics Pernelle has imbued them with. Lapin, now in a rabbit-like witch form, floats beneath the weapons as she directs them at Melissa and Riz. The weapons, now under the command of the witch, fly straight at the girls damaging them as Tart attempts to knock as many as she can away with her sword. Elisa, meanwhile, continues to shoot down as many of the weapons as possible when Melissa suddenly notices a huge shadow looming on them and calls out to Riz. The witch has amassed the weapons and shields she stole into a giant sword-like shape which starts to fall towards them. Riz calls Melissa to get into her shadow where she can pull them to safety but the eyes on the witch's cape flash at them, causing Melissa and Riz to revert from their magical girl forms to their human forms. The sword-shaped conglomeration of weapons bears down on them and would have crushed them had Tart not suddenly appeared in front of them and slashed at the weapons with her own sword. Melissa, Riz, Tart, and Elisa revert back into their normal forms every time Lapin or her rabbit disks flash their eyes at them.

Just as they’re getting their bearings, Corbeau charges at Riz who is just barely able to block her attack with her bare arms. Corbeau and Riz trade blows as Melissa tries to assist as best she can without her weapon, imbuing rocks with her magic and throwing them at Corbeau. Elisa and Tart attempt to coordinate a surprise attack on Lapin, but the eyes on her cape have the same ability as her rabbit eyes and they both revert to normal girls temporarily. Despite this, the two girls are eventually able to distract Lapin and successfully defeat her with Elisa's rifle-turned-canon. However, her defeat only causes her to revert back into a magical girl, owing to the nature of her wish and the abilities it granted her. Minou retreats with an unconscious Lapin into one of her portals as Corbeau unleashes her Danse Macabre. Reaper-like skeletons fly out of the magic circles Corbeau summoned, black feathers flying out from their eyeless sockets. Everyone begins to double over in pain, wondering what's happening to their bodies. Riz looks at the tumor-like boils on her hands and recognizes it as something she's seen before. Corbeau laughs and reminds Riz she told her this fight would be a massacre and tells them all to show her the dance of death. As both the French and English forces alike lay doubled in agony, Corbeau beats down the weakened magical girls. Tart struggles to her feet and attempts to fight Corbeau, but is too weakened to do more than swing her sword feebly. Corbeau picks her up by the neck and mocks Tart's attempts to fight back.

As Tart warns her that she’s hurting her English allies as well with her magic, Corbeau scoffs and responds that she doesn’t care since her magic will kill everyone who comes near. She demands to know what it matters since everyone must die eventually, just like Tart’s sister. At these words, Tart's soul gem shines brightly and Corbeau's fingers are bent backwards as the force of Tart's magic caused her to be released from her grip. Tart glows with the power of her magic and an immense magic circle of Tart's doing appears in the sky overhead, casting light down on the soldiers below. As the light bathes the battlefield, all of the soldiers and magical girls both English and French alike begin to stand and realize they've been healed of plague as well as their wounds. Corbeau is enraged by this and as she demands to know who Tart really is, Tart leaps up and slashed down her sword with full force at Corbeau, ultimately defeating her as the force of it knocks her into some nearby woods. She lands against the trunk of a tree and falls to her knees, greatly weakened. Tart aims her blade at Corbeau, telling her this is the end as Corbeau tries to stand. But all Corbeau can think of is her two sisters, Lapin and Minou. Before she can deliver the finishing blow, a portal appears behind Corbeau and Minou steps through. {{spoiler|While Corbeau is overfilled with joy at the sight of her sister, Minou kneels down and takes Corbeau's soul gem in her hands, informing her this is the end. Confused, Corbeau asks her why and if she doesn't see how much she loves her and Lapin. Minou confirms that this is what she suspected and says she stopped serving their benefactor a long time ago. As Corbeau yells out once more to Minou asking her why she can't understand how much she loves them, Minou shatters Corbeau's soul gem and tells her she doesn't love her any longer. Corbeau falls forward, calling out her sisters' names as she dies. Minou tells her that at the very least she will tell Lapin that Corbeau died honorably in battle. Tart angrily demands she explain herself as Riz calls her heartless. As Minou summons a portal, she giggles and says it'll be something to look forward to as she gathers Corbeau's body and takes it back with her, leaving the heroines alone in the woods.}}

The two turn to go, knowing the battle isn't over yet. Out in the nearby woods Tart, Melissa, Riz and Elisa are just able to hear the cries of the troops and wonder what may be happening. Pernelle appears from behind a tree and informs the girls that the French has won a victory. After asking how they’re doing, Pernelle informs them of a prophecy spreading throughout France that predicts that Tart will save France. While Charles had the right to inherit the throne, it was a woman that sold that right to the King of England and now Tart has appeared and reclaimed Orleans, opening a path for Charles to be coronated. Thus far the prophecy is fulfilling itself. Elisa and Tart both argue that it was due to their and the soldiers’ efforts that France is being liberated and not just some prophecy. Pernelle smiles and tells her to never hold back in saying what she feels from her heart. But she asks that Tart never forgets that, while a larger fate may be at work here, it is Tart who is at the center of that flow of fate. As she magically teleports away, she tells them to make their way to Reims where she may meet them again. Now that the road to Reims was secured, Dauphin Charles was coronated as the King of France. With this, the wishes of La Pucelle as well as the people of France were realized.

Charles and the other courtiers celebrate the coronation of Charles when suddenly the lights cut out, leaving the room plunged in total darkness. A scream is heard and as they turn towards the sound, a light can be seen. But this is no ordinary light, it is several women burning alive and screaming as between the flames, Minou and another woman can be seen walking towards Charles. Riz and Tart quickly transform and stand ready to defend the king. They demand he run towards safety, but Charles stammers and looks like he is about to scream as he recognizes the smiling woman who stands before Minou. As he collapses to the ground, he demands to know what she is doing here. It is his mother, the woman who sold out France to the English, [[Isabeau|Isabeau de Baviere]]. As Isabeau appears in the courtroom, Riz, Melissa and Tart stand ready to defend the newly crowned king, already transformed into their magical girl states. Charles begs Tart to save him from his mother, the queen, and demands she kill her. At his word Tart rushes forward and stabs her sword straight through the queen's heart as she stands there. Charles initially laughs at this display, but the queen smiles as a white miasma escapes from the queen's wound and she merely stands there smiling. Tart leaps back, certain she had injured the queen but thinking to herself that it didn't feel like she had stabbed her. Riz summons her shadowy tendrils and ties the queen up as Elisa and Melissa both swing their weapons directly at her. Isabeau merely smiles more broadly, completely unharmed from both their attacks. She raises her finger and shoots a beam of magical energy at the two girls, causing them to be knocked away hard. Tart draws her power to herself and summons her standard, unleashing her "La Lumiere" attack directly on Isabeau, the excess power blasting out the castle's windows. However, the dust clears and Isabeau remains where she stands, not a hair on her head harmed. Tart is amazed that she remained undamaged even after using that much magic power on her, but Minou sneaks up behind Tart and knocks her down with her whip. Isabeau staggers suddenly and whispers something to Minou as Minou stands and declares the words of her queen "In one year's time death shall befall La Pucelle!" Minou and Isabeau leave through Minou's portal as Charles cries and the magical girls tend to their wounds.

The following day, after the group gathers to discuss that night’s events. Tart's followers want to liberate Paris as quickly as possible. However, the chamberlain La Remoille advising the haggard King Charles, sending entreaties to the English forces asking for a ceasefire. The result of the endless delays was that the army had to wait until close to August before it could depart from Reims. Finally the order came for the army to advance toward Paris. From August 1429, Charles showed no signs of recovery. In fact, just when everyone thought he had finally given the order to liberate Paris on September 9, only two days later, the order was rescinded. Shortly thereafter, the order came to disband his army altogether. It seemed the king's confusion was worsening. All of the forces who supported La Pucelle were completely disbanded. But Tart went questing throughout France for some eight months, virtually alone, searching for Isabeau. Finally in Compiegne, a town in the north of France, they discovered a witch’s barrier with the symbol of a cuckoo at the center. As they enter the barrier, they are greeted by Minou who summons an army of magical girls through her many portals. As the girls arrive, Minou summons branding irons and brands the girls, causing them to fall into deep despair and transform into witches instantly. She commands the witch army forward as she declares this to be the appointed time at which death would befall La Pucelle.

Tart, Riz, Melissa and Elisa stand ready as they face down an army of witches that Minou has summoned to destroy them. The first witch, who appears like a gigantic woman in a dress with a tassel for a head, brings her arm down on our heroes who are just barely able to leap out of harm’s way. Tart blocks the witch's arm with her bare strength and slashes at it with her sword. The cleaved half of the arm falls heavily on the ground behind her but before she can react, the hand of another witch reaches for Tart. However Melissa is able to block the attack on Tart with her polearm just in time, warning Tart to not overdo it. Riz calls out to the others, advising them to stay together as there are a vast number of witches they must face. Tart summons her strength as she prepares to take out all of the witches at once but Riz warns her not to do so, knowing Minou's strategy is to deplete their magic as much as possible. As Elisa fires left and right with her rifle, she tells Tart she won't have to use her magic since she'll take out all the witches for her. Minou watches the battle rage on before her and decides that this small contingency of witches won't be enough to stop them and turns to where Lapin now stands andinforms her of her chance to take revenge for the loss of their sister. Lapin is enraged and more than eager to tear them limb from limb. She begins by summoning her rabbit-shaped discs and impeding their magical girl transformations. Despite this, Riz is easily able to dodge her attacks and slashes at her rabbit-shaped discs as Lapin is not used to combat the way her sister Corbeau was.

When Riz informs Lapin that it was in fact {{spoiler| Minou who killed her sister}}, this causes Lapin to snap with rage and abandon all thinking. Riz aims to shatter Lapin’s soul gem in order to prevent her from transforming into her witch form, but the news she received and the subsequent despair it caused her has instead only accelerated the impurities of Lapin’s soul gem. It is too late, as Lapin quickly becomes a witch continues her attacks on the girls. The magical girls coordinate their attacks and unleash Melissa’s ultimate destructive move on Lapin. But it is not enough and Lapin reemerges from the bottom of the crater formed by the explosion, now human and her soul gem cleansed. Minou then causes a portal to appear beneath Elisa and Melissa and transports them to a different part of the castle in which they are battling. Tart and Riz are left to fend for themselves against not only Lapin’s witch form, but the army of witches that are left from earlier. Tart and Riz begin to grow weary from the fighting and the amount of magic they’ve spent, causing Riz to charge her soul gem’s power and throw a dagger at Lapin’s feet. Shadows emerge from the dagger and wrap themselves around Lapin, effectively immobilizing her. As Tart calls out to her, Riz summons her ultimate attack, ‘’Gates of Hell’’. {{spoiler| A large marble doorway comes up from the ground, skeletons adorning its framework. As the Gates of Hell begin to crack open, shadowy hands reach out from inside each of them grabbing at a different part of Lapin. She cries out for them to let go of her but they continue to hold on relentlessly as more hands reach out from the gate and grab at the witches in the area and pull them into the dark void that lurks behind the doors. Lapin continues to strain at the shadowy hands, crying out that nothing Riz does will make a difference since she'll keep coming back over and over again, returning to normal only for her to kill Riz no matter how many times it takes her. Riz acknowledges this, and informs her that she will be joining Lapin inside the black void of the gates to prevent her from escaping as the doors can only be opened from the outside. As Riz walks into the gate, Lapin is pulled into the darkness with her and the doors snap shut behind them, effectively ending Lapin’s life.}}

Riz would not reappear until Chapter 20.

Kyubey and Pernelle explain to Tart that Isabeau is now part magical girl, part witch, and part incubator thanks to her and Lapin’s wish. Minou declares to all that she wished for Isabeau to be undefeated by any magical girl. Isabeau transforms into her witch state as the empty shell of her human body sits cradled in an enormous hand jutting from the ground nearby. As Tart, Elisa and Melissa continues the struggle against the witch Crepuscule de la Reine (Twilight of the Queen), all of their attacks having no effect on the witch. Tart’s soul gem grows black with impurities as she reaches her limit, when she suddenly hears the voice of Riz reminding her of her sword training back in her home village. From before Tart, Riz's soul gem materializes from a shadow as Riz tells her that her final vow was for her soul to remain with her from that day forward. Even if Riz's body was lost, her soul remained behind like her shadow, always by Tart's side. Tart's gauntlet turns black with Riz's soul gem encased on the back. As Tart's soul gem crackles with impurities, she slashes her sword down and successfully injures the witch. Due to Riz'S wish, Tart's soul gem has been prevented from transforming into a grief seed, making her more than just a magical girl. Before Tart can finish her off, Isabea's body begins to shake as a larger body emerges from underneath, a second larger witch form that causes the cathedral to crumble under the size and might of this new body as everyone gazes up in terror at the true form of Crepuscule de la Reine. However, Tart remains determined as ever as she faces down her foe. Isabeau begins to charge her cannon and aims it at Tart who immediately summons her standard and smashes through the center of it, causing the cannon to crumble. As Isabeau flies above the ruined cathedral, Tart summons a massive magic circle in the sky above her in an attack known as the Gate of Heaven. The center of the circle slides open like a gateway as crosses of light pierce Isabeau and hold her in place. Tart leaps up and swings her weapon down at the witch, slicing the massive body in half and then half again. As the pieces of the witch's corpse fall back to earth, the gate closes and disappears. Tart's shadowy gauntlet also begins to dissipate as Riz's soul gem crumbles. Tart thanks Riz for protecting her until the very end.
}}

===Riz in [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record|Magia Record]]===
See [[Riz Hawkwood in Magia Record]]

==Powers and Abilities==
Riz has the ability to use shadows as portals. During combat, Riz uses this power to teleport herself and others around the battlefield, send attacks through shadows to hit targets at a distance, and transport nearby objects/people into a temporary pocket-reality.

Riz's weapons also have the ability to change form into many different types of blades as well, allowing her to have a varied armory which actually works out in her favour as she can deal with enemies in a variety of ways.

{{spoiler| Riz's ultimate ability is the "Gates of Hell". She summons two enormous doors, which open up and drag both her opponents and herself inside before vanishing.}}

==Observations==
* Riz briefly uses the name {{nihongo|"Riz Visconti"|リズ・ヴィスコンティ}} in volume 1, possibly to disguise her name or origin.
** The surname "''Visconti''" belonged to her maternal great-grandfather, Bernabò Visconti, Lord of Milan.
* Riz may actually be of English heritage, due to John Hawkwood also being English and an ancestor of hers.

==Etymology==
* Riz is named after [[wikipedia:John_Hawkwood|John Hawkwood]], a 14th century European mercenary and one of the leaders of the White Company Mercenaries.
* "Riz" can be alternatively read as "Liz". In fact, fans referred to her as Liz until the official English translation of the manga was released.
** The name "Liz" is currently used as Riz's official English name in the translated version of [[Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story|Magia Record]].
** Liz is a shortening of "Elizabeth".
*Visconti means "deputy of a count".

==Trivia==
* In her Magical Girl outfit, on her cape is a badge or clip bearing [[wikipedia:File:Blason_John_Hawkwood.svg|her family's coat of arms]].
**In its egg form, the bottom symbol of her Soul Gem is a scallop shell, also a reference to her family's coat of arms.
* Her four daggers shape into a machete, a whip, a scythe, and a spear.
**Curiously this were the weapons of her four former companions, meaning that each dagger represents each dead friend of Riz.
**To change the shape of her daggers, Riz calls upon the names of her [https://wiki.puella-magi.net/Minor_Characters_(Tart_Magica)#Riz.27s_former_companions| former companions] (Machete, Frusta and Falce).
**Although she is shown using a spear in some panels of the manga, is never shown Riz calling for the name of that former companion's name that used a spear (Falce's twin, she is likely named "Lancia").
*Her name has the same meaning as [[Isabeau]]'s and [[Elisa]]'s names.

==Gallery==
See [[Gallery:Riz Hawkwood]]

{{Character Categories|Hawkwood|magicalgirl=yes|deceased=yes}}

Asunaro City

2026-02-26T16:04:11Z

8ozpintail: /* Residents */

{{Nihongo|'''Asunaro City'''|あすなろ市|Asunaro-shi}} is the place where the story of ''"[[Puella Magi Kazumi Magica]]"'' takes place.

Based on the comment of a character in ''Kazumi Magica'', it is probably close to [[Mitakihara Town|Mitakihara]], and is speculated to be near [[Kazamino City]] as well.

==Locations==
* [[Angelica Bears]]
* [[Misaki Residence]]
* [[Asunaro City Southern Junior High School]]
* [[La Vie Land Amusement Park]]
* [[Asunaro Dome]]
* [[Kafe Lepa Mačka]]
* Asunaro Townhall
* The Buy-Lot Shopping Mall
* Geki Hotdog
* Happybuying Clothing Store
* Asunaro Museum of Contemporary Art

==Residents==
* [[The Pleiades Saints]]
** [[Michiru Kazusa]] (deceased)
** [[Saki Asami]] (deceased)
** [[Satomi Usagi]] (deceased)
** [[Mirai Wakaba]] (deceased)
** [[Nico Kanna]] (deceased)
** [[Umika Misaki]]
** [[Kaoru Maki]]
** [[Kazumi Subaru]]
* [[Kanna Hijiri]] (deceased)
* [[Yuuri Asuka]] (deceased)
* [[Airi Anri]] (deceased)
* [[Remi Shiina]] (deceased)
* [[Misako Ishijima]]
* [[Kyouka Shida]]
* [[Souichirou Tachibana]]

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Asunaro City.png|Asunaro City
File:Asurano Townhall.jpg|Asunaro Townhall
File:Buy-Lot Shopping Mall.jpg|The Buy-Lot Shopping Mall
File:Geki Hotdog.jpg|Geki Hotdog
File:Happybuying clothing store.jpg|Happybuying Clothing Store
File:Hari Salon Sea Fragrance.jpg|Hair Salon Sea Fragrance (magically created by Umika, whose name means "sea fragrance")
File:Asunaro Dome.png|Asunaro Dome
File:Amusement Park Lavieland.png|Lavieland Amusement Park
File:Kafe Lepa Macha.png|Kafe Lepa Mačka (Serbian for "Café Pretty Cat"): Famous for their discontinued "Bucket O' Parfait". The parfait was recently brought back by popular demand.
</gallery>

[[Category:Locations]] [[Category:Cities and towns]]

Magia Exedra Kioku/Glitterjoy Snow Globe

2026-01-29T18:29:38Z

8ozpintail:

{{Magia Exedra Stats

|character_name_en = Rika Ayano
|character_name_jp = 綾野梨花
|character_name_romaji =
|kioku_name_en = Glitterjoy Snow Globe
|kioku_name_jp = キラハピ！スノードーム
|kioku_name_romaji =
|character_wiki_link = Rika Ayano in Magia Exedra
|image = 10860201 original.png
|id = 10860201

|rarity = 5
|role = Healer
|element = Flame
|universe = Magia Record
|exclusive = true

|spd = 110

|hp1 = 370
|atk1 = 84
|def1 = 109

|hp_max = 10488
|atk_max = 2831
|def_max = 2831

|ascension_1 = <ul><li>Increases HP/ATK/DEF by 2%.</li><li>Increases MP recovery rate by 30%.</li></ul>
|ascension_2 = <ul><li>Increases HP/ATK/DEF by 2%.</li><li>Increases special attack HP recovery amount by 30%.</li><li>Increases ATK by 20% for all allies with Midwinter Mirage.</li></ul>
|ascension_3 = <ul><li>Increases HP/ATK/DEF by 2%.</li><li>Increases Special Attack Lvl. Cap by 3.</li></ul>
|ascension_4 = <ul><li>Increases HP/ATK/DEF by 2%.</li><li>Increases max HP by 10%, and on special attack, grants 1 SP.</li></ul>
|ascension_5 = <ul><li>Increases HP/ATK/DEF by 2%.</li><li>Increases Special Attack Lvl. Cap by 3.</li></ul>

|special_mp = 100
|special_icon = skill ultimate
|special_effect = Deals [1]% flame DMG to a single enemy. Restores all allies' HP by [2]% of the user's HP +[3], and removes all ailments. Increases all allies' SPD by [4]% (2 turns), and increases special attack DMG dealt by [5]% (2 turns).
|special_lvl_1_1 = 180
|special_lvl_2_1 = 185
|special_lvl_3_1 = 194
|special_lvl_4_1 = 205
|special_lvl_5_1 = 220
|special_lvl_6_1 = 234
|special_lvl_7_1 = 252
|special_lvl_8_1 = 279
|special_lvl_9_1 = 315
|special_lvl_10_1 = 360

|special_lvl_1_2 = 23
|special_lvl_2_2 = 23
|special_lvl_3_2 = 24
|special_lvl_4_2 = 25
|special_lvl_5_2 = 26
|special_lvl_6_2 = 26
|special_lvl_7_2 = 27
|special_lvl_8_2 = 28
|special_lvl_9_2 = 29
|special_lvl_10_2 = 30

|special_lvl_1_3 = 120
|special_lvl_2_3 = 196
|special_lvl_3_3 = 294
|special_lvl_4_3 = 403
|special_lvl_5_3 = 519
|special_lvl_6_3 = 642
|special_lvl_7_3 = 769
|special_lvl_8_3 = 901
|special_lvl_9_3 = 1037
|special_lvl_10_3 = 1200

|special_lvl_1_4 = 10
|special_lvl_2_4 = 10
|special_lvl_3_4 = 11
|special_lvl_4_4 = 11
|special_lvl_5_4 = 12
|special_lvl_6_4 = 12
|special_lvl_7_4 = 13
|special_lvl_8_4 = 14
|special_lvl_9_4 = 14
|special_lvl_10_4 = 15

|special_lvl_1_5 = 10
|special_lvl_2_5 = 10
|special_lvl_3_5 = 11
|special_lvl_4_5 = 11
|special_lvl_5_5 = 12
|special_lvl_6_5 = 12
|special_lvl_7_5 = 13
|special_lvl_8_5 = 14
|special_lvl_9_5 = 14
|special_lvl_10_5 = 15

|battle_skill_name_jp = ゆめかわ！スターショット
|battle_skill_name_romaji =
|battle_skill_name_en = Dreamy-Kawaii Starshot
|battle_skill_icon = skill single attack
|battle_skill_effect = Deal [1]% flame DMG to a single enemy. Restores all allies' HP by [2]% of user's HP +[3], and applies Midwinter Mirage (2 turns). [[File:Battle icon unique 011.png|30px|link=]] Midwinter Mirage: If HP 50% or higher, increases DMG dealt by 10%. If HP 80% or higher, also increases DMG dealt when targeting elemental weakness by 15%.
|battle_skill_lvl_1_1 = 100
|battle_skill_lvl_2_1 = 106
|battle_skill_lvl_3_1 = 113
|battle_skill_lvl_4_1 = 121
|battle_skill_lvl_5_1 = 130
|battle_skill_lvl_6_1 = 139
|battle_skill_lvl_7_1 = 148
|battle_skill_lvl_8_1 = 158
|battle_skill_lvl_9_1 = 168
|battle_skill_lvl_10_1 = 180

|battle_skill_lvl_1_2 = 9
|battle_skill_lvl_2_2 = 9
|battle_skill_lvl_3_2 = 10
|battle_skill_lvl_4_2 = 10
|battle_skill_lvl_5_2 = 11
|battle_skill_lvl_6_2 = 11
|battle_skill_lvl_7_2 = 11
|battle_skill_lvl_8_2 = 11
|battle_skill_lvl_9_2 = 12
|battle_skill_lvl_10_2 = 12

|battle_skill_lvl_1_3 = 32
|battle_skill_lvl_2_3 = 39
|battle_skill_lvl_3_3 = 60
|battle_skill_lvl_4_3 = 90
|battle_skill_lvl_5_3 = 117
|battle_skill_lvl_6_3 = 153
|battle_skill_lvl_7_3 = 199
|battle_skill_lvl_8_3 = 259
|battle_skill_lvl_9_3 = 337
|battle_skill_lvl_10_3 = 400

|basic_icon = normal single attack
|basic_effect = Deals [1]% flame DMG to a single enemy.
|basic_lvl_1_1 = 50
|basic_lvl_2_1 = 54
|basic_lvl_3_1 = 58
|basic_lvl_4_1 = 63
|basic_lvl_5_1 = 68
|basic_lvl_6_1 = 74
|basic_lvl_7_1 = 80
|basic_lvl_8_1 = 86
|basic_lvl_9_1 = 92
|basic_lvl_10_1 = 100

|ability_name_jp = ヒールアクセル
|ability_name_romaji =
|ability_name_en = Healing Accele
|ability_icon = passive buff
|ability_effect = Grants 60 MP at battle start. On taking DMG equal to 20% or higher of own HP, advances action order by [1]%. When self or ally takes at least 1 DMG from an enemy (Max 1 time per attack): Grants 3 MP to self. On enemy break: Restores all allies' HP by 10% of user's HP, and grants [2] MP.
|ability_lvl_1_1 = 5
|ability_lvl_2_1 = 5
|ability_lvl_3_1 = 6
|ability_lvl_4_1 = 6
|ability_lvl_5_1 = 7
|ability_lvl_6_1 = 7
|ability_lvl_7_1 = 8
|ability_lvl_8_1 = 8
|ability_lvl_9_1 = 9
|ability_lvl_10_1 = 10

|ability_lvl_1_2 = 2
|ability_lvl_2_2 = 3
|ability_lvl_3_2 = 3
|ability_lvl_4_2 = 4
|ability_lvl_5_2 = 4
|ability_lvl_6_2 = 5
|ability_lvl_7_2 = 5
|ability_lvl_8_2 = 6
|ability_lvl_9_2 = 6
|ability_lvl_10_2 = 6

|support_ability_name_jp = アクセルライズ
|support_ability_name_romaji =
|support_ability_name_en = Accele Rising
|support_ability_icon = supportpassive buff
|support_ability_effect = Equipped to Healer: Grants [1] MP at battle start. Increases MP recovery rate by 5% and SPD by [2].
|support_ability_lvl_1_1 = 5
|support_ability_lvl_2_1 = 5
|support_ability_lvl_3_1 = 6
|support_ability_lvl_4_1 = 6
|support_ability_lvl_5_1 = 7
|support_ability_lvl_6_1 = 7
|support_ability_lvl_7_1 = 8
|support_ability_lvl_8_1 = 8
|support_ability_lvl_9_1 = 9
|support_ability_lvl_10_1 = 10

|support_ability_lvl_1_2 = 5
|support_ability_lvl_2_2 = 6
|support_ability_lvl_3_2 = 6
|support_ability_lvl_4_2 = 7
|support_ability_lvl_5_2 = 7
|support_ability_lvl_6_2 = 8
|support_ability_lvl_7_2 = 8
|support_ability_lvl_8_2 = 9
|support_ability_lvl_9_2 = 9
|support_ability_lvl_10_2 = 10

|crystalis_ability_name_jp = 神浜中に魔法で雪を降らせちゃおう！
|crystalis_ability_name_romaji =
|crystalis_ability_name_en = Let's Make It Snow in Kamihama!
|crystalis_ability_effect = Decreases DMG taken by 15%. On special attack, grants 10 MP.

}}

Toyo

2026-01-29T18:27:55Z

8ozpintail: /* Trivia */

{{Infobox_character
|name=Toyo
|image=[[File:Card 10524 l.png|300px]]
|jname= トヨ (Toyo)
|designer=[[GAN]]
|voices=Japanese: [http://link-plan.net/talent_misakiyamada.html Misaki Yamada]
|id=1052
|release1=JP:June 26, 2023
}}
{{nihongo|Toyo|トヨ|Toyo}} was a playable character in the 2017 mobile game [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record]]. She was the focal character of [[Magia Record Story Puella Historia The Heiress of Yamatai Arc|Puella Historia The Heiress of Yamatai Arc]]. She was the successor to [[wikipedia:Himiko|Queen Himiko]] and was based off the real-life [[wikipedia:Toyo_(queen)|Queen Toyo]].

==General Info==
{{Magical Girl Details
|age=13
|agenote=Born in 235 CE
|agepage=Puella Historia
|eyes=Yellow/Green
|hair=Black (with red accents when transformed).
|height= 152 cm
|soulgem=Yellow [[wikipedia:Magatama|Magatama]] gem (head accessory)
|weapon= [[wikipedia:Magatama|Jade Magatamas]] (used on her necklace)
|wish="I want to become like Mama."
|powers= Ability to attract the people she will need
|doppel=Magatsumononushi
|pronoun={{nihongo|ware|吾|}}
|relatives=Unnamed adoptive grandparents (distant maternal relatives), Berobero (pet dog), [[wikipedia:Himiko|Queen Himiko]] (predecessor, mother), [[ wikipedia:Kukochihiko| Kukochihiko]] (father), [[wikipedia: Himikoko|King Himikoko]] (paternal grandfather), unnamed uncle (Himiko's brother), unnamed maternal grandmother (Himiko's mother/predecessor).
|job=Queen of [[wikipedia:Yamatai|Yamatai]]
|origin=[[wikipedia:Yamatai|Yamatai]], Japan in ancient [[wikipedia:Wa_(Japan)|Wa]]
}}

==Game Info==
{{Magia Record Game Info|character=Toyo}}

==Event Appearances==
*[[The Rakshasi of Tibet|Puella Historia The Rakshasi of Tibet]] (Minor appearance)
*[[Magia Record Story Puella Historia The Heiress of Yamatai Arc|Puella Historia The Heiress of Yamatai Arc]]

==Powers and Abilities==
Toyo's unique magic enables her to summon people she needs. This ability is not based on teleportation but rather a combination of luck manipulation and a mild compulsion. Those summoned often appear passively, seemingly traveling nearby and coincidentally matching her needs, seemingly without her prerogative. However, Toyo can also intentionally compel specific individuals or any kind of person she requires to move toward her location, including animals, like her dog, Berobero. In combat, she can turn her magatamas into light orbs as weapons.

Toyo's Doppel, Magatsumonoushi, has a heightened sense of smell that allows it to detect nearby individuals experiencing mental pressure. To alleviate this, it bites its victims and injects a highly corrosive venom, symbolically "freeing" them from their burdens. Additionally, the Doppel can create familiars resembling floating, flaming snake heads to aid in its attacks.

She is also adept in the Ancient Japanese Spirit Arts. She has specific knowledge of nature, with things such as predicting the weather, the behavior of animals, insects, the cultivation of plants, etc. She is also able to consistently find bamboo root out of season.

==Etymology==
* The game spells it ''トヨ'', written in katakana. As these simply represent syllables, they have no meaning.
* Toyo can be spelled two ways. The first way is 臺與, while the second way is 台与. These characters were chosen by the Chinese for their phonetic values, so their meaning is irrelevant. The true etymology is unknown.
* Toyo was also known as Iyo, which can also be spelled two ways. The first way is 壹與, while the second way is 壱与. These characters were chosen by the Chinese for their phonetic values, so their meaning is irrelevant. The true etymology is unknown.

==Trivia==
* She is the only main Puella Historia character to be based on a [[wikipedia:Toyo_(queen)|real person]].
* Historians disagree as to what Toyo's name actually was (See [[Toyo#Etymology|here]] or [https://ja-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/%E5%8F%B0%E4%B8%8E?_x_tr_sl=ja&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en here] in the Naming/Reading section).
* She is the tenth playable character [[:Category:Characters with a Single Name|not to have two names]].
** It's possible that her lack of a surname is because Toyo was interpreted as a member of the Japanese royal family, which does not use a surname.
* She was thirteen when she rose to power.
* [[wikipedia:Himiko|Queen Himiko]], the queen who Toyo is the successor to, was also seen in [[Episode 12]] of the main anime with a palace burning around her. It is implied [[Ultimate Madoka]] saved her.
** This contradicts historical records, however. She died at 78 years old in real life.
* In her introduction at the end of [[The Rakshasi of Tibet]], she says "I am Himiko-sama's... what!?"
* She has recurrent seizures and experiences temporary paralysis.
* Her artist, [[GAN]], is the illustrator of [[Puella Magi Suzune Magica]]. According to this [https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1672197718838775808 tweet], he was given more restrictive instructions by f4Samurai given the suggestive nature of most of his designs.
** He also illustrated the design for Queen Himiko despite [https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1673236024510812161 no one asking him to]. f4samurai used his design for Queen Himiko anyways, adding only the veil that covers her face.
* Omononushi is a deity associated with Mount Miwa. An episode recorded in the Shoki concerning Emperor Yūryaku relates that the emperor, wishing to see the physical form of the god of Mount Miwa with his own eyes, commanded a retainer named Chiisakobe no Sugaru to fetch the deity. Sugaru went up the mountain and captured a large snake, which he presented to the emperor. However, as Yūryaku neglected to ritually purify himself beforehand, the serpent made thunderous noise (or summoned thunder) and its eyeballs flashed. The emperor fled for fear of the snake and ordered it to be returned to Mount Miwa.
** 'Magatsu' simply means 'calamity'.
*Her Doppel could also be based in the [[wikipedia:Yamata_no_Orochi|Yamata no Orochi]] or Orochi, an eight headed snake killed by the japanese god [[wikipedia:Susanoo-no-Mikoto|Susanoo]].
**Despite being based on the Yamato no Orochi, Toyo's Doppel has thirteen snake heads instead of eight heads.
**In the light novel series [[Null Magical Girl]], there is a spaceship also named the ''[[Yamata no Orochi]]''.

==Gallery==
===Game Gallery===
<gallery>
File:Card 10524 c.png|Magia Record Four Star Art
File:Card 10525 c.png|Magia Record Five Star Art
File:Mini 105200 s.png|In-Battle Sprite
File:Doppel 105200 l.png|Doppel Sprite
File:Toyo doppel card.jpg
File:Toyo PM.png
File:Toyo casual.png
File:Delicious flat chest.png|Magical Girl Seal 2024
File:Memoria 1910.png|Toyo's dog "Berobero"
</gallery>

===Official Art===
<gallery>
File:Toyo 01.png
File:Toyo 02.png
File:63690 toyo silhouette.jpg
File:63690 toyo collar.jpg
File:80901 historia members.jpg|Toyo can be seen in the lower right in yellow.
File:Memoria 1911.jpg
File:Memoria 1912.jpg
File:Memoria 1913 1.jpg
File:Memoria 1913 2.jpg
File:Memoria 1914 2.jpg
File:Memoria 1914 1.jpg
File:Memoria 1933.jpg
File:Fz2sx3ragAAQg9s.jpeg|Toyo's mother, Queen Himiko ([https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1674685135483191297 Source])
</gallery>

==Memoria Cards==
{{Magia Record Memoria List|character=Toyo}}

==External links==
*[http://magireco.com Official Magia Record Website - Japanese]

===Gameplay Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV1PQBvKDtc Recording of Toyo's Transformation Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBx8IzYdNno Recording of Toyo's Magia Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVBN-1iKn7I Recording of Toyo's Doppel Video on Youtube (JP)]

===Side Story and Dialogue Lines===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIG3prxu5Ig Recording of Toyo's MSS on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScR_SRRZk6w&pp=ygUW44Oe44Ku44Os44KzIOODnOOCpOOCuQ%3D%3D Recording of Toyo's Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]

{{Character Categories|magicalgirl=yes|singlename=yes}}
[[Category:Magia Record Event-limited Characters]]

Toyo

2026-01-29T18:20:42Z

8ozpintail: /* Powers and Abilities */

{{Infobox_character
|name=Toyo
|image=[[File:Card 10524 l.png|300px]]
|jname= トヨ (Toyo)
|designer=[[GAN]]
|voices=Japanese: [http://link-plan.net/talent_misakiyamada.html Misaki Yamada]
|id=1052
|release1=JP:June 26, 2023
}}
{{nihongo|Toyo|トヨ|Toyo}} was a playable character in the 2017 mobile game [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record]]. She was the focal character of [[Magia Record Story Puella Historia The Heiress of Yamatai Arc|Puella Historia The Heiress of Yamatai Arc]]. She was the successor to [[wikipedia:Himiko|Queen Himiko]] and was based off the real-life [[wikipedia:Toyo_(queen)|Queen Toyo]].

==General Info==
{{Magical Girl Details
|age=13
|agenote=Born in 235 CE
|agepage=Puella Historia
|eyes=Yellow/Green
|hair=Black (with red accents when transformed).
|height= 152 cm
|soulgem=Yellow [[wikipedia:Magatama|Magatama]] gem (head accessory)
|weapon= [[wikipedia:Magatama|Jade Magatamas]] (used on her necklace)
|wish="I want to become like Mama."
|powers= Ability to attract the people she will need
|doppel=Magatsumononushi
|pronoun={{nihongo|ware|吾|}}
|relatives=Unnamed adoptive grandparents (distant maternal relatives), Berobero (pet dog), [[wikipedia:Himiko|Queen Himiko]] (predecessor, mother), [[ wikipedia:Kukochihiko| Kukochihiko]] (father), [[wikipedia: Himikoko|King Himikoko]] (paternal grandfather), unnamed uncle (Himiko's brother), unnamed maternal grandmother (Himiko's mother/predecessor).
|job=Queen of [[wikipedia:Yamatai|Yamatai]]
|origin=[[wikipedia:Yamatai|Yamatai]], Japan in ancient [[wikipedia:Wa_(Japan)|Wa]]
}}

==Game Info==
{{Magia Record Game Info|character=Toyo}}

==Event Appearances==
*[[The Rakshasi of Tibet|Puella Historia The Rakshasi of Tibet]] (Minor appearance)
*[[Magia Record Story Puella Historia The Heiress of Yamatai Arc|Puella Historia The Heiress of Yamatai Arc]]

==Powers and Abilities==
Toyo's unique magic enables her to summon people she needs. This ability is not based on teleportation but rather a combination of luck manipulation and a mild compulsion. Those summoned often appear passively, seemingly traveling nearby and coincidentally matching her needs, seemingly without her prerogative. However, Toyo can also intentionally compel specific individuals or any kind of person she requires to move toward her location, including animals, like her dog, Berobero. In combat, she can turn her magatamas into light orbs as weapons.

Toyo's Doppel, Magatsumonoushi, has a heightened sense of smell that allows it to detect nearby individuals experiencing mental pressure. To alleviate this, it bites its victims and injects a highly corrosive venom, symbolically "freeing" them from their burdens. Additionally, the Doppel can create familiars resembling floating, flaming snake heads to aid in its attacks.

She is also adept in the Ancient Japanese Spirit Arts. She has specific knowledge of nature, with things such as predicting the weather, the behavior of animals, insects, the cultivation of plants, etc. She is also able to consistently find bamboo root out of season.

==Etymology==
* The game spells it ''トヨ'', written in katakana. As these simply represent syllables, they have no meaning.
* Toyo can be spelled two ways. The first way is 臺與, while the second way is 台与. These characters were chosen by the Chinese for their phonetic values, so their meaning is irrelevant. The true etymology is unknown.
* Toyo was also known as Iyo, which can also be spelled two ways. The first way is 壹與, while the second way is 壱与. These characters were chosen by the Chinese for their phonetic values, so their meaning is irrelevant. The true etymology is unknown.

==Trivia==
* She is the only main Puella Historia character to be based on a [[wikipedia:Toyo_(queen)|real person]].
* Historians disagree as to what Toyo's name actually was (See [[Toyo#Etymology|here]] or [https://ja-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/%E5%8F%B0%E4%B8%8E?_x_tr_sl=ja&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en here] in the Naming/Reading section).
* She is the tenth playable character [[:Category:Characters with a Single Name|not to have two names]].
** It's possible that her lack of a surname is because Toyo was interpreted as a member of the Japanese royal family, which does not use a surname.
* She was thirteen when she rose to power.
* [[wikipedia:Himiko|Queen Himiko]], the queen who Toyo is the successor to, was also seen in [[Episode 12]] of the main anime with a palace burning around her. It is implied [[Ultimate Madoka]] saved her.
** This contradicts historical records, however. She died at 78 years old in real life.
* In her introduction at the end of [[The Rakshasi of Tibet]], she says "I am Himiko-sama's... what!?"
* Her artist, [[GAN]], is the illustrator of [[Puella Magi Suzune Magica]]. According to this [https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1672197718838775808 tweet], he was given more restrictive instructions by f4Samurai given the suggestive nature of most of his designs.
** He also illustrated the design for Queen Himiko despite [https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1673236024510812161 no one asking him to]. f4samurai used his design for Queen Himiko anyways, adding only the veil that covers her face.
* Omononushi is a deity associated with Mount Miwa. An episode recorded in the Shoki concerning Emperor Yūryaku relates that the emperor, wishing to see the physical form of the god of Mount Miwa with his own eyes, commanded a retainer named Chiisakobe no Sugaru to fetch the deity. Sugaru went up the mountain and captured a large snake, which he presented to the emperor. However, as Yūryaku neglected to ritually purify himself beforehand, the serpent made thunderous noise (or summoned thunder) and its eyeballs flashed. The emperor fled for fear of the snake and ordered it to be returned to Mount Miwa.
** 'Magatsu' simply means 'calamity'.
*Her Doppel could also be based in the [[wikipedia:Yamata_no_Orochi|Yamata no Orochi]] or Orochi, an eight headed snake killed by the japanese god [[wikipedia:Susanoo-no-Mikoto|Susanoo]].
**Despite being based on the Yamato no Orochi, Toyo's Doppel has thirteen snake heads instead of eight heads.
**In the light novel series [[Null Magical Girl]], there is a spaceship also named the ''[[Yamata no Orochi]]''.

==Gallery==
===Game Gallery===
<gallery>
File:Card 10524 c.png|Magia Record Four Star Art
File:Card 10525 c.png|Magia Record Five Star Art
File:Mini 105200 s.png|In-Battle Sprite
File:Doppel 105200 l.png|Doppel Sprite
File:Toyo doppel card.jpg
File:Toyo PM.png
File:Toyo casual.png
File:Delicious flat chest.png|Magical Girl Seal 2024
File:Memoria 1910.png|Toyo's dog "Berobero"
</gallery>

===Official Art===
<gallery>
File:Toyo 01.png
File:Toyo 02.png
File:63690 toyo silhouette.jpg
File:63690 toyo collar.jpg
File:80901 historia members.jpg|Toyo can be seen in the lower right in yellow.
File:Memoria 1911.jpg
File:Memoria 1912.jpg
File:Memoria 1913 1.jpg
File:Memoria 1913 2.jpg
File:Memoria 1914 2.jpg
File:Memoria 1914 1.jpg
File:Memoria 1933.jpg
File:Fz2sx3ragAAQg9s.jpeg|Toyo's mother, Queen Himiko ([https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1674685135483191297 Source])
</gallery>

==Memoria Cards==
{{Magia Record Memoria List|character=Toyo}}

==External links==
*[http://magireco.com Official Magia Record Website - Japanese]

===Gameplay Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV1PQBvKDtc Recording of Toyo's Transformation Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBx8IzYdNno Recording of Toyo's Magia Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVBN-1iKn7I Recording of Toyo's Doppel Video on Youtube (JP)]

===Side Story and Dialogue Lines===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIG3prxu5Ig Recording of Toyo's MSS on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScR_SRRZk6w&pp=ygUW44Oe44Ku44Os44KzIOODnOOCpOOCuQ%3D%3D Recording of Toyo's Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]

{{Character Categories|magicalgirl=yes|singlename=yes}}
[[Category:Magia Record Event-limited Characters]]

Ria Ami

2025-12-11T15:28:23Z

8ozpintail: /* Powers and Abilities */

{{Infobox_character
|name=Ria Ami
|image=[[File:Ria Ami profile.png|300px]]
|jname= 阿見莉愛 (Ami Ria)
|designer=[https://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=341433 Nardack]
|voices= Japanese: [[wikipedia:ja:%E7%AB%8B%E8%8A%B1%E7%90%86%E9%A6%99|Rika Tachibana]]
|id=3010
|release1=JP:April 23, 2018
|release2=NA:October 11, 2019
}}

{{nihongo|'''Ria Ami'''|阿見莉愛|Ami Ria}} was a playable character in the 2017 mobile game [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record]]. She first appeared as a side character in [[Rika Ayano]] and [[Homura Akemi in Magia Record|Homura's]] side stories. She later became a playable character in late April 2018.

==General Info==
{{Magical Girl Details
|age=17
|height=170cm
|eyes=Blue
|hair=Blonde
|origin=[[Mizuna Ward]]
|soulgem=Dark pink four-pointed star with single wing on upper left (beneath the ribbon at her throat)
|weapon=Bow and arrow
|wish={{Q|Turn me... Into a naturally beautiful girl!!}}
|powers=Hiding (Make certain things invisible)
|doppel= Heide Jekyll
|pronoun={{nihongo|''watashi''|私|}}
|school=[[Mizuna Girls' School]], Eleventh Grade
|affiliation=[[Kamihama Magia Union]]
|relatives=Unnamed mother
}}

==Game Info==
{{Magia Record Stats
|type=Magia|attribute=dark
|hp0=3720|atk0=1574|def0=1172
|hp3=12826|atk3=5389|def3=3956
|hp4=16685|atk4=7012|def4=5142
|hp5=21136|atk5=8656|def5=6220
|hpmax=26570|atkmax=9827|defmax=7893
|disk1=accele|disk3=blast!|disk4=blast-|disk5=charge
|connect=Be Energized by My Beauty!
|connecttype=buff-damage
|connect3=Damage UP [V] & Guaranteed Dazzle
|connect4=Damage UP [VII] & Guaranteed Dazzle
|connect5=Damage UP [IX] & Guaranteed Dazzle
|magia=Bella Spina
|magiapat=one
|magia3=Attribute Strengthened Damage to Single Enemy [IV] & Chance to Charm (Single / 1T) & Defense DOWN (Single / 3T)
|magia4=Attribute Strengthened Damage to Single Enemy [VI] & Guaranteed Charm (Single / 1T) & Defense DOWN (Single / 3T) & Remove Buffs (Single)
|magia5=Attribute Strengthened Damage to Single Enemy [VII] & Guaranteed Charm (Single / 1T) & Defense DOWN (Single / 3T) & Remove Buffs (Single)
|doppel=Heide Jekyll
|doppelpat=one
|doppel5=Attribute Strengthened Damage to Single Enemy [IX] & Guaranteed Dazzle (Single / 3T) & Guaranteed Charm (Single / 1T) & Defense DOWN (Single / 5T) & Remove Buffs (Single)
}}{{Magia Record Spirit Enhancement
|hp3=5|atk3=6|def3=4|accele3=5|blast3=5|charge3=3
|hp4=6|atk4=7|def4=5|accele4=6|blast4=6|charge4=4
|hp5=7|atk5=8|def5=6|accele5=7|blast5=7|charge5=5
|hpmax=7|atkmax=8|defmax=6|accelemax=13|blastmax=15|chargemax=9
|icons=buff-doppelmp, buff-doppel, buff-doppelmp, buff-doppel, buff-magia, buff-blast, effect-evade, buff-doppel, buff-magia, buff-accele, effect-critical, effect-add-darkness
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|Magia Adept: Magia Damage UP [II]
|Blast Adept: Blast Damage UP [II]
|Parry Adept: Chance to Evade [II]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|Magia Adept: Magia Damage UP [II]
|Accele Adept: Accele MP Gain UP [II]
|Critical Adept: Chance to Critical Hit [II]
|Blinding Edge: Chance to Blinc on Attack [II]
|activename=Shade
|activetype=status-darkness
|active=Guaranteed Blind (Single / 1T)
|cooldown=8
}}

==Summary==
A Magical Girl who moonlights as a fashion model. Often dubbed one of Kamihama's foremost beauties, she can't stand the thought of not having the spotlight, so she always puts herself at the front of anything she's involved in. She acts confident, but from a bystander's perspective she's a little incompetent.

===Doppel Description===
[[File:Doppel.Ria.png|thumb|right|150px|Heide Jekyll, Ria's doppel]]
The Doppel of charisma. Its form is a starfish. This master of this emotion longs to shine like the sun and be the center of attention. Sympathizing with this desire for recognition, the doppel, seeking the highest beauty of the master’s longing, succeeds in creating a transparent body that encompasses a star-like molecular arrangement structure that replaces the master’s body. The luminous entity reaches out its tentacles in all directions to attract admirers of the new body, forcing it to gain devotees. If you try to escape, you will be skewered, but if you just say it’s cute, it will let you go.
{{-}}
===Side Story===
{{Spoilerbox|
The story begins with a documentary on Ria. The narrator asks if it's hard being such a natural beauty that the crowds literally part before her. Ria responds that it has always been that way for her since she was young, so she has no idea the level of her popularity. But it does have its challenges. Despite the constant attention she gets, this only encourages Ria to be more beautiful, not just physically but as a person. The narrator notes she is as humble as she is graceful and Ria turns to head to school. [[Manaka Kurumi]] calls her attention and tells her there's something about her face.

Ria becomes worried, and flashes back to when she first made a contract with Kyubey. Ria doesn't believe in what is happening and after much debate, she wishes to become a natural beauty. Back in the present, Manaka asks if Ria is okay since her face seems so pale. She asked if she wouldn't rather reschedule the food tasting for some other time, but Ria's stomach growls as she agrees to go to the food tasting after all. Manaka chuckles at the sound of her healthy appetite.

At Walnuts, Manaka thanks Ria for her time. Ria remembers when she first met Manaka, who was mesmerized by her natural beauty and became inspired to make an amazing meal for her. Manaka corrects Ria's trip down memory lane by reminding her that Ria had been ready to collapse from hunger after following a dangerous fad diet, prompting Manaka to come to her rescue. Manaka tries out the new menu item and finds it to be incredibly delicious. Manaka beams with pride as she brags about becoming the best chef in the world one day. Ria wonders if she could ever be the absolute best at something, the way Manaka is as she chows down on her favorite meal of rice omelet.

Unlike Manaka who worked hard at her talent, Ria had never stood a chance at being the absolute best. Even before her wish, although she wasn't ugly, she wasn't the most beautiful either. Ria asks Manaka to describe the rice omelet from the rival restaurant across the street. Manaka calls it just okay, and mediocre and mentally Ria agrees with the description as it applies to herself before she contracted. Manaka believes that hard work and perseverance can make a difference, but inside Ria knows that the head chef of the restaurant is trying his best. She remembers trying her best to be beautiful when she would style her hair, or change her make-up. But despite her best efforts, she would never be anywhere near the top. She believes that there are some things that can never be overcome no matter how hard you work at it.

Outside the restaurant, a small mob of Ria's followers begins to amass. Manaka pities Ria that she has to deal with so much attention, but then she's sure that Ria is used to the attention since she was a kid. Ria awkwardly agrees. Because she wished to be a "natural" beauty, her wish made it so that everything was as if though she had been beautiful since the day she was born. The wish had rewritten her past as well as her present.

The documentary continues once more as the narrator compares Ria's beauty to the sculpted works of Michelangelo. As the usual crowd of followers mob each other for Ria's attention, a man is able to push his way past the crowd to talk to Ria. He's the chief editor for Vanity Fine, the fashion magazine. Ria's is over thrilled to be making a huge debut, but pretends to be swamped with other offers. She arranges to call the editor back when she has more time as school is about to begin.

Of course, Ria also worked diligently to fulfill her contract as a magical girl. She took her responsibilities seriously, sometimes too seriously for the other girls who found her giving orders like a general in battle a bit much at times. Ria mentally praises herself for her graceful fighting style just as she readies herself to deliver the final blow. But [[Tsuruno Yui]] jumps in and finishes off the witch herself. [[Konomi Haruna]] and Manaka praise Tsuruno's fighting abilities, but Ria is upset that Tsuruno had stolen the spotlight from her final attack. Manaka doesn't see what the big deal is, as long as the witch is defeated. Ria tries to explain that the final blow is the big finale and she turns to Tsuruno to scold her for jumping in after Ria declared out loud that she was going to land the finishing blow. Ria continues to work herself up until Manaka offers her an extra-large serving of rice omelet to cool her down.

Another time, Ria bumps into Konomi once more. This time she's hunting witches with Manaka and [[Kako Natsume]]. Kako praises her beauty but both Konomi and Kako think that Ria is more than a little weird. Ria boasts that people can't help complimenting her and urges Kako to continue her praise. Manaka calls her out on her narcissism and reminds her they need to dispatch of the witch they found. Ria is pleased that she found a docile group that will follow her orders in battle. The girls fight off the witch, and Ria yells out a cheesy one-liner as she attempts to land the killing blow. But the witch survives the attack as Manaka asks Ria about her weak special attack. Ria scoffs and readies to fight the witch "for reals" this time as [[Yachiyo Nanami]] appears.

Ria recognizes her instantly as the model for Vanity Fine, having grown up admiring her. She tells the others that she recognizes Yachiyo as a model for the magazine that is doing a big article on her. The girls are amazed at Yachiyo's beauty, which causes Ria to become a bit jealous and remind them she's in charge of the attack on the witch. Ria attempts her special move once more but to no effect. Yachiyo then rushes in and lands a staggering blow on the witch, calling out to the others to follow up with an attack. Ria is taken aback at the sudden change in leadership as Yachiyo finishes the witch off for good. Yachiyo is thankful no one is injured as she leaves, but Ria is so upset with Yachiyo that she accidently transmits her angry thoughts to the others via telepathy.

The documentary that Ria imagines continues, as she continues to pretend they are filming a documentary about her on her way to school. She talks about how her favorite food is Japanese food, and how she'd often help her mother prepare the snow peas in her dishes. Manaka pipes in about how the easiest way to shell them is to pull from the end opposite the stem. Ria realizes she had been preparing them the wrong way this whole time as she turns to find Manaka standing beside her. Manaka had pulled Ria back into the real world when she saw her fantasizing and mumbling to herself. She asks for Ria's help in defeating a witch she found. It turns out this witch showed up to her restaurant yesterday but for some reason it didn't trigger her soul gem. Ria is reluctant to help, but Manaka tells her she won't be able to enjoy the secret menu item at her restaurant if she doesn't help which just so happens to be an extra large order of rice omelet. Ria calls it bribery, but Manaka soothes her by telling Ria she knows she would never turn down a person in need since she is so beautiful on the inside as well as the outside. Ria relents and agrees to help with the patrol.

After searching for some time, the girls find nothing. Manaka thanks her as they decide to head back to the restaurant. Ria asks for onion gratin soup to go with her rice omelet and Manaka can't believe her lack of manners. As the two bicker, they suddenly find themselves in a witch's labyrinth. The two girls quickly transform and take on the witch. AS they're fighting, Yachiyo appears once more and is surprised to find the two of them already there. Ria has a plan and decides to make the witch battle a contest to see who really holds the spotlight. Yachiyo doesn't know what she's going on about as Ria jumps in head first against the witch. Yachiyo and Manaka can only stand and watch from the sideline as Ria attacks while spouting cheesy one-liners and praising herself mentally. She unleashes her Bella Spina attack on the witch, believing it defeated. But the witch appears once more and attacks the girls. Yachiyo calls out for her to watch out as Yachiyo delivers the killing blow.

Back outside, Ria is upset that Yachiyo took the spotlight from her when she delivered the final hit. Manaka tells Ria she should be thinking Yachiyo for helping them from a tough situation instead of complaining. Ria turns and formally declares Yachiyo to be her official rival. Yachiyo still doesn't know what she's going on about as Manaka dies of embarrassment.

At the mall, Ria asks Manaka to tag along with her as a bodyguard while she goes to buy a magazine. She's even wearing sunglasses to disguise herself since she doesn't want to be seen buying the magazine that has her article in it. Manaka thinks she already does stuff that's more embarrassing than that. Inside the magazine, there's a single page with Ria's photos on it. As Manaka flips through the magazine, she finds that there's an 8 page article on Yachiyo wearing different outfits. Ria gets upset, believing that Yachiyo did it on purpose to show her up in her magazine debut. She becomes so upset, she tears the magazine in half, prompting the clerk to charge her for it.
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===Costume Stories===
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It is time for the annual Valentine’s Day Acorn/Walnut Wars, where two popular seasonal chocolates are put to the test to see which is best, both teams being led by passionate women from all over Kamihama city! The first team to get five major votes from the nine city districts will be declared the winner, and each team will be led by a representative. For Team Acorn, it is none other than Yachiyo herself. As for Team Walnut, they initially asked Sayuki to take the role, but she ended up declining due to preferring Team Acorn better. Luckily, the team found their true representative, Ria Ami, which has now turned this already intense competition, into a showdown between two of Bibi Fashion’s very own models!

At school, Mayu expresses her excitement for Ria’s involvement in the highly anticipated event. Ria is full of confidence that she will defeat her arch rival, but Manaka reminds her that she only got the role because Sayuki backed out. Annoyed, Ria claims that her and Sayuki are hardly comparable, and besides, the idea of two fashion models butting heads is truly something to behold. Despite Yachiyo’s popularity advantage, Ria is determined to use this opportunity to increase her own fame as well, especially with Mayu and Manaka becoming her assistants for the campaign.

Later at the coordinator’s shop, Mitama is informed about the event, and is asked if anyone she knows of will be coming to help Team Walnut, because although the trio already told their peers in school, they need to go further if they want a fighting chance. Mitama is also asked about what side she is on, but she stays true to her profession, and claims to not have a preference. Just then, there’s a knock at the door, and Yukika comes in. Even though she is from the same school, the trio take the opportunity to try recruiting her, only to find out she is an Acorn fan.
Luckily, the disappointment doesn’t last long, as Kanoko is soon to follow, but the trio’s hopes are dashed just as quickly. Unlike Yukika, Kanoko reveals that she isn’t into either team, instead leaning towards chocolate mushrooms, prompting a surprised Ria to ask if there is a secret faction she should know about.

Since promotion was going to be harder than expected, the girls move on to plan B. Ria slips on a new seasonal outfit, and decides to start off the team’s public promotions with a photoshoot. Their second stop, is handing out candy samples to children in a Shinsei mall. This course of action, thanks to a landslide of Acorn votes, causes Manaka to admit that this feels more like an election than a mere contest.
Fortunately, their first event had gone smoothly, with Ria even getting to meet a few fans of hers, but they were just getting started.

Once they had finished after a long day, the three find Yachiyo also getting a photoshoot. Manaka and Mayu were hoping to observe the event undetected, but Ria believed that all she had to do was put on some sunglasses. The latter tries to justify her approach by saying that her companions are also curious, with Manaka denying such claims. Mayu is initially quiet, but she soon points out that Ria tends to walk and pose a lot like Yachiyo does.

Overhearing this, Ria silently looks back on her own past before contracting. She always saw Yachiyo as the most beautiful woman in the world, and every day from her room, would practice copying all of her moves on TV. Even now, Ria was in awe realizing that she would soon directly face off against the person she thought so highly of.

Later, the TV program does a progress update, with just one day left before Valentine’s. Both teams have successfully earned four votes from the districts, with only the Chuo ward still needing to decide. Both teams are briefly interviewed about what they have done in order to steal the competition. Manaka and Mayu are feeling nervous about the final showdown, but Ria’s unwavering spirits keep them focused.

The next morning, Ria is up bright and early for the team’s last event before the deadline. While on her way, hyping herself up at the idea of defeating Yachiyo, Ria comes across a middle aged man that has received a witch’s kiss, and was nearing the labyrinth’s entrance. Despite the intensity of the event, Ria drops everything, and swiftly takes down the disruptive witch.

Once that’s over with, she checks up on the man, who was unconscious, but luckily unharmed. However, he did look awfully pale, so Ria decided to call and wait for an ambulance. By the time help arrives, the man wakes up disoriented, and is taken away by paramedics. Ria’s relief is short lived, as she gets an urgent message telling her that the event has already started.

Ria rushes over, and apologizes for being late. Everyone is relieved, worried that something bad had happened to her. Fortunately, there was a mascot show currently taking place, which allowed Ria enough time to get ready before her appearance.

After the event, with children cheering for Team Walnut, Ria and the others are whisked away to the next venue, as there were only two hours left to bring in more votes. When time was up, the girls are praised for their efforts, with the results expected to be announced in two and a half hours. The girls are treated for lunch, where Ria tells Manaka and Mayu about the witch, and worries that she had broken the team’s trust by being an hour late. Mayu assures her that everyone was just worried, and that she had never once been late up until that point. Manaka also adds on, stating that if it weren’t for her, Team Walnut would have no chance against Yachiyo alone. Ria is surprised to get a genuine compliment from Manaka, though she is quick to claim otherwise. So, if they were to ultimately lose, the witch was the one to blame.

When the finale of the competition arrives, people crowd around a stage, and with much excitement, the results are revealed. The winner of Chuo ward’s vote, and the overall campaign is…

Team Acorn!

But it’s not over yet, the crowd gasps as Team Walnut had gained the most popularity to make up for the lost vote. Therefore, it will be up to the fan representatives to decide the victor. Manaka proudly proclaims that she predicted this turn of events, as although rare, it has happened before. The fan representatives cast their votes in, but they end up tied. Now, the head judge is the only one left that can decide how this all ends, but it seems like he’s running late…

Until he comes in, after being released from the hospital. Ria realizes that the head judge was the man she saved earlier, who just believes he passed out due to not having breakfast.
Because of how Ria risked her chances of winning in order to help him, the head judge declares the true winner of this year’s competition to be Team Walnut!

Cheers erupt as Ria is momentarily in shock, even when Yachiyo humbly accepts her loss and congrats her opponent.

The show ends with the two team representatives exchanging chocolates in a peaceful act of sportsmanship. As Ria trades her chocolates and receives Yachiyo’s homemade ones, she has trouble fully grasping that she was able to come close to Yachiyo’s status, let alone rise above her. Believing that she is dreaming, Ria thanks her idol with tears in her eyes, and Yachiyo shares her hopes for them to continue being model rivals, and with it now being personal, Ria is more than happy to accept those terms!

Manaka smiles from the crowd, knowing that Ria had a heart of gold after all.

At the restaurant, the girls celebrate their victory while watching the results on TV. Mayu marvels over how the last segment was so popular, that people outside of Kamihama were likely to see it. Manaka comments that Ria went from Ms. Japan to Ms. Universe, as the latter relishes in her newfound stardom. The program wraps up by recapping the heated Acorn/Walnut Wars, with the winner being the one and only…

“Riko Ami”

Ria has a delayed reaction to the mistake, and loudly calls it out in agitation.}}
{{Tab Content|title=Swimsuit|[[File:Ria swimsuit.png|thumb|right|150px]]
Due to the [[Magia Record Story Seven-Coloured Summer Pattern ~Daily Lives Written in a Notebook~|previous day's events]], Ria unfortunately couldn't show off her new swimsuit, and she believes that people should associate swimsuits and summer in general with her.
Today is her big chance, as the most athletic student will be given the grand title of
"Summer Queen".
Manaka finds Ria boasting to herself, with Mayu and Sayuki giving her even more encouragement. Ria then confirms Tsumugi's question, revealing that she will be participating in all of the events that day.
When the time comes, Ria breezes through long-distance swimming, beach flag, and beach tennis. During the tennis match, Tsukuyo is relieved that she lost earlier and didn't have to face Ria, while Mayu points out that Manaka hasn't changed from her school uniform.
The final event had arrived, which just so happened to be, watermelon splitting. Ria watches Asuka in deep concentration in preparation, and knows that she will be have to give it her all, especially considering that she has a fresh grudge against watermelons, and vows to exact revenge with a hollering laugh.
The other girls cheer her on, with Kanoko being in her mascot-like costume.
Blindfolded and ready to go, Ria tries to follow the voices of her friends, but begins to wander away. Ria suddenly hears Asuka strike her watermelon, and decides that it's time to lock in. She has Mayu alone guide her straight to the waiting watermelon, where after a short internal monologue, Ria strikes down and cuts it in half like butter.
Despite losing the watermelon event, Ria still had enough points from the other events to be crowned "Summer Queen" by Yukika, representing the student council.
As the sun sets, Ria stands proudly on a rock and laughs in triumph over the sea, claiming that this was the most natural outcome.}}
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==Appearances==

* [[Magia Record Main Story#Part One|Main Story Part 1]]: [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 8|Chapter 8]], [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 10|Chapter 10]]
* [[Magia Record Story Last Magia|The Last Magia]]
* [[Magia Record Another Story#Part One|Another Story Part 1]]: [[Magia Record Another Story Chapter 9|Chapter 9]]
* [[Magia Record Mirrors Story|Mirrors Story]] 

===Event Appearances===
*[[Magia Record Story Another Daze|Another Daze]]
*[[Magia Record Story The howa-howa girl tries her best! ~Wait, this is a misunderstanding!~|Wait, You Got It Wrong!]]
*[[Magia Record Story Mitama's Special Training - Mitama Episode|Mitama's Special Training - Mitama Episode]]
*[[Magia Record Story "I'm always the star!"|"I'm always the star!"]]
*[[Magia Record Story The Crescent Moon Manor's Summer Vacation|Summer With Mikazuki Villa]]
*[[Magia Record Story Kamihama Cheese Panic!|Kamihama Cheese Panic!]]
*[[Magia Record Story A La Carte Valentine 2nd ~What If That Girl Took the Lead Role On This Day?~|A La Carte Valentine 2nd ~What If That Girl Took the Lead Role On This Day?~]]
*[[Magia Record Story Sayuki Steps Up! desuu~|Sayuki Steps Up!]]
*[[Magia Record Story SamaTore! The Summer Treasure that Disappeared into the Fire|Summer Treasure]] (Rerun only, bonus chapters)
*[[Magia Record Story Kamihama in a Circle|Kamihama in a Circle]]
*[[Magia Record Story A New Beginning|A New Beginning]]
*[[Magia Record Story Rondo of Oblivion Sleeps for Eternity|The Rondo of Oblivion Sleeps for Eternity]]
*[[Magia Record Story The Mirror That Reflects My True Self|The Mirror That Reflects My True Self]]
*[[Magia Record Story The Legendary Story of the Paper Mulberry Leaf ~The Swaying Feeling, Once Again Fascinating~|The Legendary Story of the Paper Mulberry Leaf ~The Swaying Feeling, Once Again Fascinating~]]
*[[Magia Record Story Seven-Coloured Summer Pattern ~Daily Lives Written in a Notebook~|Story Seven-Coloured Summer Pattern ~Daily Lives Written in a Notebook~]]
*[[Magia Record Story Magia Clash! ~Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Detonation~|Magia Clash!]]

===Magical Girl Story Appearances===
* [[Kanoko Yayoi]]
* [[Matsuri Hinata in Magia Record|Matsuri Hinata]]
* [[Mayu Kozue]]
* [[Mitama Yakumo]]
* [[Ren Isuzu]]
* [[Rika Ayano]]
* [[Emiri Kisaki]]
* [[Homura Akemi (Eyeglass ver.)|Homura Akemi (Eyeglass version)]]

==Powers and Abilities==
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Ria is able to conceal things. In Tokime Tribe Tale, Ria uses her ability on the sword, and Shizuka is able to hide the sword with the sigil from the villagers.

==Etymology==
* The characters in her last name mean "corner" (阿) and "look" (見) respectively.
* The characters of her first name mean "jasmine" (莉) and "love" (愛) respectively.
==Trivia==
* Her Doppel's name is a reference to [[wikipedia:Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde|Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde]], in which an upstanding scientist (Dr. Jekyll) creates a serum that transforms him into an ugly alter-ego (Mr. Hyde) that enacts all of Jekyll's suppressed evil desires and behaviors.
** This correlates with Ria's wish but in reverse, Ria was a normal girl who made a wish to become a beautiful girl.
*There are many noticable features regarding Ria's Doppel - including the fact that Ria disappears when it's summoned.
**Her Doppel's summmoning animation and design do not match with [https://imgur.com/a/P9KpGae the one datamined and leaked in 2018], in which Ria summoned a pair of intertwining ribbons.
**Ria's Doppel looks like a molecular shapes model, which are used in chemistry to show how compounds are visualized and create reactions.
** Ria's Doppel summons [[Yachiyo Nanami|Yachiyo Nanami's]] spears. This could relate to her and Yachiyo's one-sided rivalry.

==Gallery==
===Game Gallery===
<gallery>
File:ria_ami_magireci_3_star.png|Magia Record Three Star card
File:Magireco_ami_ria_4_star.png|Magia Record Four Star card
File:Card 30105 c.png|Magia Record Five Star card
File:Ria_Ami_sprite.png|In-battle Sprite
File:Mini 301001 s.png|In-battle Sprite (Five Star)
File:Doppel.Ria.png|Doppel Sprite
File:Ria doppel card.jpg|Doppel Card
File:Ria PM.png
File:Ria School.png
File:Ria Valentine.png
File:Ria swimsuit.png
File:Ria Papa Seal 2019.jpg|Magical Girl Seal 2019
</gallery>

===Official Art===
<gallery>
File:Ria 01.jpg
File:Ria 02.jpg
File:Ria 03.jpg
File:Ria 04.jpg
File:Ria Eiri Doppel.png
File:Ria_Memoria_1_full.jpeg
File:mayu_asuka_ami_pic.jpg
File:101802 manypuela.jpg
File:Memoria 1596 3.jpg
File:Memoria 1631.jpg
File:Episode 4 Tragic Lovers 12.png|Ria and Manaka in the anime
File:Episode 4 Tragic Lovers 13.png
File:Episode 4 Tragic Lovers 15.png
File:Episode 4 Ria Manaka.gif
File:Magical girl's ep25-4.png
File:Magical gial's ep25-9.png
File:Magical gial's ep25-10.png
File:Memoria 1792.jpg
</gallery>

==Memoria Cards==
{{Magia Record Memoria List|character=Ria Ami}}

==External links==
*[http://magireco.com Official Magia Record Website - Japanese]
*[https://magiarecord-en.com/ Official Magia Record Website - English]

===Gameplay Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c1rqinGLeY Recording of Ria's Transformation Video on Youtube (JP)]
* [https://youtu.be/b7DXu243Y1c?si=CCBrvZKgFlIZg2yT Recording of Ria's Magia Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD47VA0L0uE Recording of Ria's Doppel Video on Youtube (JP)]

===Side Story and Costume Story Videos===
*Recording of Ria's MSS on Youtube (JP): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRCqwhmqEzQ Episode 1/3], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuttxlnS94U Episode 2/3], [https://youtu.be/20BIPnfLEoQ Episode 3/3]
**[https://youtu.be/ltRl7vzWIC8 Recording of Ria's MSS on Youtube (NA)]
*[https://youtu.be/MSt3CNMJSzE?si=8DEmJHpCcVP1jNhj Recording of Ria's Valentine Outfit Story on Youtube]
*[https://youtu.be/Q8DXWS1UhX4?si=EBngu5siFE-Fp0pN Recording of Ria's Swimsuit Outfit Story on Youtube]

===Dialogue Lines===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2KYkYQujGw Recording of Ria's Dialogue lines on Youtube (NA)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsIh_qDWcmk Recording of Ria's Swimsuit Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]

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[[Category:Kamihama Magia Union members]]

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{{nihongo|[[wikipedia:Kenji Miyazawa|'''Kenji Miyazawa''']]|宮沢賢治 or 宮澤賢治|Miyazawa Kenji|extra=27 August 1896 – 21 September 1933}} was a Japanese novelist and poet of children's literature from Hanamaki, Iwate, in the late [[:wikipedia:Taishō|Taishō]] (1912-1926) and early [[:wikipedia:Shōwa (1926–1989)|Shōwa periods]] (1926–1989). Some of his major works include '''''Night on the Galactic Railroad'''''<ref name="Galactic" />, '''''The Life of Budori Gusuko'''''<ref name = "Budori"/>, '''''The Nighthawk Star'''''<ref name = "Nighthawk"/> and '''''Spring and Asura'''''<ref name = "Asura"/>. Some of his works have been adapted into animated films, and there are also a variety of fictional works that reference his work in various ways, such as ''[[:wikipedia:Galaxy Express 999|Galaxy Express 999]]'', ''[[:wikipedia:Pom Poko|Pom Poko]]'', ''[[:wikipedia:Penguindrum|Penguindrum]]'', and ''[[:wikipedia:Shin Godzilla|Shin Godzilla]].''

Many of his works have been referenced by the mobile game [[Magia Record]]. This page will attempt to compile references to his work in both the game and [[Magia Record Anime | the anime adaptation]]. You should note that some of the information given here is trivial and/or forcible.

== General ==
*Kenji Miyazawa was a utopian social activist. The [[Wings of Magius|Magius']] goal is to erase the {{spoiler|Witchification process}} from the Magical Girl system, and in doing so create a peaceful world for magical girls where they will not succumb to despair or fight over resources. The beginning stage of their plan, creating the Doppel field of [[Kamihama City]] where {{spoiler|Magical Girls cannot become Witches while inside of it}}, essentially makes it a kind of Magical Girl utopia.
* Kenji Miyazawa learned the constructed international language [[wikipedia:Esperanto|Esperanto]], which he [http://www.hh.e-mansion.com/~sibazyun/ali-trad/poe-miyazawa0.htm translated several of his poems into]. Kenji found the concept of a common international language interesting. [[Magia Record Soundtrack#Anime OST|Songs of the anime's soundtrack]] are titled in at least nine languages.
** Kenji's fascination with the international language may be connected to the idea of Magical Girls from many far-off places gathering together in Kamihama City.
* Kenji was a devout Buddhist, as were his parents of the Pure Land Sect. [[Ui Tamaki|Ui Tamaki's]] name, from the same poem from which her sister [[Iroha Tamaki|Iroha]] gets hers, comes from a Buddhist term that means "[[wikipedia:jp:有為|caused by karma]]". Additionally, [[Madoka Kaname]] and her story can be interpreted as [[Spa Weekly! 2011-07-19|that of a Buddhist savior]].
* A recurring theme of Kenji's that aligns with his personal philosophy and which appears in several of his works, including '''''Night on the Galactic Railroad'''''<ref name="Galactic" />, is that of self-sacrifice, of giving oneself for the sake of others. This aligns with the overall role of Magical Girls, those who sacrifice their happiness, humanity, and ultimately lives for the survival of the universe, as well as the mindset of altruistic Magical Girls who aim to fight Witches for the safety of humanity, rather than out of obligation or for their own self-interests. Further, this especially relates to the story of [[Madoka Kaname]], {{spoiler|who gave up her very existence for the sake of Magical Girls across the universe and throughout all of history}} in the timeline of the original series.

==''Night on the Galactic Railroad''<ref name="Galactic" />==

===Plot Summary of the Novel===
This novel's protagonist, Giovanni, is a boy who tends to isolate himself from his surroundings due to the rumors related to his absent father. On the night of the festival of the constellation Centaurus, he climbs the hill alone and watches the night sky, instead of joining the festival.

As he gazes up at the Milky Way, Giovanni suddenly finds himself with his best friend, Campanella, onboard a train. That train had been running on a railway laid on the shore of the Milky Way in the night sky. Shortly before they reach their first stop, they look out the window to see the [[wikipedia:Northern Cross (asterism) | Northern Cross]]. At their first stop, [[wikipedia:Cygnus (constellation)|Swan Station]], they get off and stop at Pliocene Beach. After they board the train again, they meet a bird-catcher who catches wild geese to turn them into candy. In a talk with the bird-catcher, Giovanni learns that the green ticket he has is a special one that can take him wherever he wishes. The bird-catcher disappears and a pair of young siblings and a young man appear in their place. They seem to have boarded the train after the ship they were on hit an iceberg and sank. They gaze at the [[wikipedia:Scorpius|Scorpio's fire]] from the window and have conversations about "true happiness" and "the only true God". At the [[wikipedia:Crux|Southern Cross]], called Heaven, all the other passengers get off and Giovanni and Campanella are left alone again. They vow to go together as far as they can, for the sake of "true happiness of all people". However, after they passed the [[wikipedia:Coalsack Nebula|Coalsack]], Campanella suddenly disappears after he tells Giovanni that there is true heaven outside the window and that his mother is there.

At the top of the hill, Giovanni wakes up. He goes down to the town and hears that Campanella has jumped into the river to help rescue the bully, Zanelli, and has gone missing. Giovanni tries to tell Campanella's father where he has gone, but he informs him that Giovanni's father will be returning soon. Giovanni is choked with various emotions and heads home.

===In-Game===
* Giovanni is a protagonist in the story. [[Iroha Tamaki#Doppel Descriptions|Iroha Tamaki]]'s Doppel's name, Giovanna is the feminine form of Giovanni.
** According to the design note in [[Magia Archive Volume 1]], her Doppel, Giovanna is the one, it wanders around from a sense of loss and loneliness and searching for "true happiness". The phrase "true happiness" is frequently used in the novel.
** The nature of Giovanni, "silence" may be a reference to the opening section of the novel. In first section, Campanella decides to answer a question in class instead of the shy Giovanni, only to stay ''silent'' so that Giovanni is less embarrassed.
** Ironically, in the animated adaptation of the novel, Campanella is depicted as pink, while Giovanni is blue.
** Because of his father's absence and his mother's illness, Giovanni works as a printing-type selector in a letterpress printing office. [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%96%87%E9%81%B8_(%E5%87%BA%E7%89%88) The selection for printing types] is a process specific to letterpress printing in Chinese character culture. The design of [[Uwasa of the Memory Curator]] seems to be based on a letterpress printing machine.
 
* Doppel of [[Yachiyo Nanami#Doppel Descriptions|Yachiyo Nanami]] is Campanella. Campanella is one of the main characters in the novel.
** The nature of Doppel Campanella, "ticket-taking" may also be an ironical reference to this novel. He is his best friend of Giovanni who owns the ticket to the galaxy.
** Yachiyo and her Doppel Campanella used water magic. Campanella jumped into the river and went missing in the story.
** The Doppel Campanella is designed to look like a scorpion, with a lantern strapped to the end of its tail. According to design notes in Magia Archive Volume 1, this is confirmed to be a reference to the same scorpion in the story. That scorpion ate other insects, but perished in a well after escaping another predator; regretting that it did not sacrifice itself for a good cause, it prayed to bring happiness to others, and its body became a bright flame that endlessly burned in the sky. Also, Campanella and Giovanni vow to sacrifice themselves for the sake of "true happiness of all people", like the scorpion,
*** In earlier editions of the novel, Professor Bulcaniro appears and encourages Giovanni soon after Campanella disappears. He is a pale-faced adult man with a large black hat and suggests that Giovanni experienced his journey on the Galactic Railroad through his experiments. Her Doppel is named after Campanella, but can be a reference to this mentor.
** Ironically, in the animated adaptation of the novel, Giovanni is depicted as blue, while Campanella is pink.
** The Doppel of [[Yachiyo Nanami (Tanabata ver.)|Yachiyo (Tanabata ver.)]] is described as "have received the role of a Tanabata magpie". The magpies are not very common birds in Japan, but are known as birds that appear in the myth of Tanabata festival, a [[:wikipedia:Qixi Festival|festival originating in China]]. The magpies also appear in the ''Night on the Galactic Railroad''.
 
* The description of [[Mifuyu Azusa#Doppel Description|Mifuyu Azusa]] likely refers to a character, simply referred to as "the birdcatcher" in the novel. His "vocation" is to catch birds such as cranes, wild geese, herons and swans and sell them for food. He hands Giovanni and Campanella a goose he caught, but it somehow turns into candy.
** He is a hunched-over and red-bearded man dressed in a raggedy brown overcoat, and he is carrying his things, wrapped in white cloth, into two pieces and slung over his shoulder. Also, after he catches birds outside the train, suddenly [https://www.google.com/search?q=%E3%83%90%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B6%E3%82%A4&tbm=isch&biw=1517&bih=694 throws his hands up in the air, shaped "like a soldier being hit by a shell and dying"] and moves instantly into the train. The design of Mifuyu's Doppel may reference these descriptions about the birdcatcher in the novel.
 
[[File:True Hapiness Madoka.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"Now everyone will have true happiness."]]
* In [[Magia Record Story A la Carte Valentine#Madoka|the event story in 2018]], [[Madoka Kaname]] becomes a [[Kriemhild Gretchen|Witch]] and says "Now everyone will have true happiness." in a dream. The phrase "true happiness" is frequently used in the novel.
** In the novel, Giovanni argues with the other passengers about " the only true God". Also, all passengers except Giovanni and Campanella are headed for "Heaven". [[Ultimate Madoka in Magia Record|Ultimate Madoka]] and the [[Law of Cycles]] are often likened to God and heaven and actually called so in the Puella Magi series.
** "the only true God" in the novel probably refers to the Christian God, but Giovanni seems unconvinced about the existence of the one. Also, he is taught by his teacher at school that they must "create a better place than heaven" and he probably agrees with that. In Magia Record, [[Wings of Magius]] tried to make the paradise for magical girls and [[Kamihama Magia Union]] are trying to achieve their ideal through more moderate methods. Also, The Law of Cycles can't currently interfere in the universe of Magia Record. This could also be a reference to the novel.
** In the novel, Campanella did not get off at the Southern Cross, but it is suggested that he heads for the "true heaven" after they passed the Coalsack. Just before he disappears, he says that he is not afraid of the darkness, such as the void of Coalsack. For [[Kyubey]], magical girls are fuel like coal for mankind. This could be an allusion to the magical girl system.
 
* In the [[Magia Record Story Night Fairytale ～You Were At the Water's Edge～ | event story of 2021 summer]] which features [[Sayaka Miki]], the song made by Kenji, '''''The Song of the Circling Stars'''''<ref name = "Star song"/>is featured. The song appears in ''Night on the Galactic Railroad'' as a whistling tune, and also [http://www.kenji-world.net/english/works/texts/twins.html appears in Kenji's other novel].
* At the end of Arc 2.5, [[Yachiyo Nanami (Historia ver.)]] was released. Her weapon resembles the rainbow train tracks on the cover art of some editions of Night on the Galactic Railroad as seen [[:File:Night on Galactic Railroad cover.jpeg|here]].
===Anime===

====ED====
*In the ED ''[[Aletheia]]'', Yachiyo's falling into water could be a reference to Campanella's falling into a river.

====Episode 1====
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| [[File:Episode 1 Boxwood 35.png|200px]]
| [[File:Cats Comparison.png|thumb|right|200px|comparison]] The cat that Iroha saves appears to be distinctively drawn to look similar face-wise to the characters in [[wikipedia:Night on the Galactic Railroad (film) | the 1985 film of the novel]]. That film is [http://rittorsha.jp/column/2018/01/post-2.html based on a manga by Hiroshi Masumura], who drew the main characters as cats.
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| [[File:Episode 1 Iroha's home 24.png|200px]]
| According to Director Miyamoto, Iroha's parents' green passports are an allusion to Giovanni's green ticket. In the novel, Giovanni's green ticket is a special one that can take him wherever he wants to go.
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| [[File:Episode 1 Takarazaki School 4.png|200px]]
| Takarazaki-Dai-sanji Station's glass ceiling features several constellations, in particular [[wikipedia:Lyra|Lyra]]. Lyra and its star Vega are the last stars seen by Giovanni before he falls asleep and finds himself aboard the Galactic Railroad. This is also confirmed to be an allusion by Director Miyamoto.
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| [[File:Episode 1 Takarazaki School 5.png|200px]]
| In the novel, a conductor asks Giovanni if his green ticket has been brought with him from "tertiary space". "Dai-sanji" literally means tertiary, so that station's name could also be a reference to the novel.
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| [[File:Episode 1 Takarazaki School 24.png|200px]]
| Iroha is asked a question in class pertaining to what the Milky Way is made of, similar to how the main character Giovanni is asked the same question but both are unable to answer.
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| [[File:Episode 1 Afterschool Cleaning 8.png|200px]]
| Similar to how Giovanni's father is out on a trip and he must take care of the house, giving him no time to study nor time with friends, Iroha is in a similar position where both of her parents are out on a trip and she is left by herself and appears to not hang out with any friends after school.
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| [[File:Episode 1 Zenobia 27.png|200px]]
| There is a direct quote from the novel on the [[Uwasa Kazoe Uta]] full version. It is a line in the song that "hontō no saiwai (True Happiness）". This phrase appears multiple times in the novel.
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| [[File:Episode 1 Zenobia 41.png|200px]]
| Iroha is shown to be with Ui in a hospital, possibly reflecting Giovanni's ill mother in the story.
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* There are many scenes with Iroha riding the train and several magical girls talking about taking a night train to Kamihama, which may be a reference to the train Giovanni rides through the galaxy.
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| [[File:Episode 1 Takarazaki Train 3.png|200px]]
| The railroads Iroha uses daily is a [[wikipedia:Single-track railway|single-track railway]], which is very uncommon in developed, transit-dependent areas. This could be a reference to the single-trip Galactic Railroad bound for heaven as well as a metaphor for magical girls' destinies with no recovery.
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| [[File:Episode 1 Kamihama 9.png|200px]]
| In the earlier edition of the novel, among the three people who have appeared after the Birdcatcher disappeared, a girl is wearing a "thin silver ring". In the Puella Magi series, the [[Soul Gems|silver ring]] is a symbolic item for magical girls.
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| [[File:Episode 1 Takarazaki Train 2.png|200px]]
| The train Iroha rides on presumably appears to be a [[wikipedia:Diesel multiple unit|diesel multiple unit]], neither a steam locomotive nor an electric train, as there's no smoke and no overhead wires. It can be a reference to the novel because it explains that the galactic train is not powered by steam or electricity in the earlier edition of the novel.
: Also, the diesel multiple unit, [[wikipedia:KiHa 141 series | KiHa 141]] are repurposed as coaches for [[wikipedia:SL Ginga | SL Ginga]], a Japanese excursion train named after this Kenji's novel. However, the appearance of the train in the anime [https://twitter.com/Rinkai70_000/status/1213483612357578752 seems to refer] to the different train series.
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====Episode 2====
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| The license plate number of the bus is supposed to be bound for Satomi Medical Center but deviated by the witch is NGC-7000. It is the designation of [[wikipedia:North America Nebula|North America Nebula]] near the [[wikipedia:Northern Cross (asterism)|Northern Cross]], where Campanella makes up his mind to go to "the end of earth" to make his mother happy, a wish later fulfilled at the "true heaven" past the Southern Cross.
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| [[File:Rebecca barrier entrance anime 1.png|200px]]
| The motorcycle license plates display "Caldwell 99". Caldwell 99 is the designation given to the [[wikipedia:Coalsack Nebula|Coalsack Nebula]] located between the [[wikipedia:Crux|Southern Cross]] and Scorpion constellations. In the story, Campanella ends his journey past the Coalsack.
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* In [[Rebecca|Rebekka]]'s barrier, there are several elements that may be an allusion to this novel. Some of these were already seen in the Game, but are depicted in more detail in the Anime.
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| [[File:Rebecca barrier 3.png|200px]]
| There is the huge ribbed skeleton of an animal in the barrier. In the novel, Giovanni and Campanella see the massive bones of an ancient animal on the "Pliocene Coast". See also [[#Episode 16|Episode 16]] section.
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| [[File:Rebecca barrier 6.png|200px]]
| There are many things like crosses in the barrier. They probably are broken or imperfect fences. But, they can be an implication to the Northern Cross, which is the island where the white shining cross stands, or the Southern Cross, where the shining crosses of various colors stand like trees from the Milky Way, described in the novel.
: Rebekka's victims are led by [[Rebecca#Joseph|Joseph, whose role is that of "shepherd"]]. Metaphorically, the term "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepherd#Religion shepherd]" is used for God or Jesus in Christianity. In the novel, at the Southern Cross, the disembarking passengers kneeling in a line in front of a divine white figure.
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| [[File:Episode 2 Rebecca 20.png|200px]]
| The sky of the barrier is a starry sky. There [https://twitter.com/Kutuluu_iaia/status/1216084647018295296 seems to be] a depiction of the Southern Cross, which is called "Heaven" in the novel.
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====Episode 3====
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| In the third chapter of the novel, Giovanni fondly remembers a time before his father went missing. At the time, he played with Campanella's [http://www.sidestreet.info/locos/loco50.html toy locomotive that ran on an alcohol lamp] at his house. Episode 3 begins with a scene in which Touka makes her miniature locomotive run. This may be a reference to this chapter of the novel.
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====Episode 8====
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| In the eighth chapter of the novel, Giovanni and Campanella see a man with a large key strapped to his waist, the reason being he is a lighthouse keeper which is explained in later chapters. In Episode 8, The [[Stacey|rooftop Witch]]'s familiars with bunches of keys, may be a reference to this chapter of the novel.
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====Episode 12====
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| The observation tower where Mifuyu first deployed her Doppel is probably a reference to [[wikipedia:The Tower (Tarot card)|The Tower]], Major Arcana card in [[Mel Anna|Tarot]]. Although, it can also be a reference to the "[[wikipedia:jp:天気輪|Pillar of the Weather Wheel]]," a mysterious architectural structure that appears in the novel.
: see also [[#Episode_12_2|below section]]
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====Episode 13====
* At the end of the episode, Iroha is captured by Holy Mami and taken from Yachiyo, after having promised that they would stay together. This parallels Giovanni and Campanella, who promised each other that they would travel to the end of the universe together until Campanella eventually gets off the train early because of his death. In the movie, Campanella (who mirrors Iroha in this instance) is pink, while Giovanni (Yachiyo) is blue.

====Episode 16====
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| In the novel, the area around Swan Station is covered with [[wikipedia:ja:ススキ|silver grass]] meadows.
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| [[File:Anime Magia Record EP.16-2 Galactic train2.png|200px]]
| On the "Pliocene Coast", a researcher and his assistants are excavating a huge skeleton and [[wikipedia:Fossil track|fossil tracks]]. He explains to Giovanni and Campanella about the skeleton: the bones of the "''[[wikipedia:Bos|Bos]]''," the ancient ancestor of the cattle. 
: See also [[#Episode 2|Episode 2]] section.
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====Episode 17====
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| Kuroe points to the garden arches and says that the entrance to Fent Hope is "around Karasu-uri". [[:wikipedia:ja:カラスウリ|Karasu-uri]] literally means "crow gourd", but its English name is "[[:wikipedia:Trichosanthes pilosa|snake groud]]". In the novel, the attendees of the Galactic festival [[:wikipedia:Water lantern|float lanterns]] made of the grouds down the river.
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| [[File:Anime Magireco EP.17 locomotive and crystal.png|200px]]
| The toy locomotive which appeared in [[#Episode 3]] reappears in a larger version. Also, the novel depicts landscapes such as trees like crystal work and a crystal palace.
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| At the end of episode 17, Nemu states that "the last battle to win true happiness for magical girls". The phrase "true happiness" also appears here.
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====Episode 19====
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| The license plate of Yachiyo's car reads "Antares IC 4606". [[:wikipedia:Antares|Antares]] is the brightest star in the constellation of Scorpius and is described in the novels as "the scorpion's fire". [https://www.sciencesource.com/archive/Image/Nebula-IC4606-SS2109702.html IC 4606] is one of the nebulae associated with Scorpius, and surrounds Antares.
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==== Episode 22 ====
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| [[File:Nemu ep22-4.png|200px]]
| The flowers planted on the rooftop of the Satomi Medical Center are probably the white-flowered variety of ''[[:wikipedia:Campanula|Campanula]]''. The scientific name of this flower comes from a [[:wiktionary:en:campanula#Latin|Latin word]] meaning "(little) bell" and shares the same etymology as the surname [[:wikipedia:Campanella|Campanella]].
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==== Episode 24 ====
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| In earlier editions of the novel, Giovanni speaks with "a pale-faced, skinny adult man with a big black hat" after the sudden disappearance of Campanella. He shows Giovanni a "dictionary of geography and history" and talks about the uncertainty of faith, right and wrong. He differs from Kyubey because he believes that "true happiness" is attainable, but Kyubey's insistence that rightness and belief are merely period fluctuations might be an ironical reference to this scene.
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==== Episode 25 ====
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| [[File:Anireco 25 - Galactic train.png|200px]]
| The galactic trains are depicted as steam locomotives in many media.
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| [[File:Anireco 25 - farewell.png|200px]]
| Toward the end of the novel, Campanella suddenly disappears from the train. Probably, in the real world, he has already died before or after that point (or at any point on the galactic train).
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| The tower-like silhouette behind Ui may be a pillar of the weather wheel. Its exact identity is not revealed in the novel, and there are various theories as to what exactly it is. Giovanni lies on a hilltop with this pillar and finds himself on a galactic train. The journey by galactic railroad then ends with Giovanni waking up on top of the hill.
: see also [[#Episode 12|above section]].
|-
| In earlier versions of the novel, the mentor mentioned above preaches to Giovanni that everyone is Campanella, so he must seek everyone's true happiness, and he can go with Campanella by doing so. Ui's remark that she is in all the happiness that Iroha feels could be a reference to this scene.
: However, see also [[#Episode_25_2|below]].
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| [[File:Episode 25 book cover.png|200px]]
| The "Magia Record", which exists as a book, could refer to the "dictionary of geography and history" in earlier editions of the novel. See [[#Episode 24|above]].
|}

==Other works by Kenji==
===In-Game===
* The description of [[Kanagi Izumi]]'s doppel is a reference to '''''The Cat Office'''''<ref name = "cat" />.
**The story is about a cat who works at an office with other cats (as if they were humans). Since the cat gets cold easily he sleeps in the fireplace. This causes him to be covered in soot, and so he is known in the story as the "soot cat". His co-worker cats look down on him for this, and ultimately bully the soot cat in the workplace. At the end of the story a lion, implied to be the boss of the cats, secretly observes the workers and reveals himself. He then declares that the office is shut down. The last line of the story is the narrator saying "I half-agree with the lion." (ぼくは半分獅子に同感です.)
 
[[File:Matasaburo poem.jpg |thumb|right|200px|the poem quoted from former novel]]
* Miyazawa's works '''''Kazeno Matasaburō'''''<ref name = "wind 1"/> and '''''Kaze no Matasaburō'''''<ref name = "wind 2"/> are about a mysterious child (Saburo Tanaka) who who is transferred to a rural elementary school. The other students believe he is connected to, or is, a wind spirit known as "Matasaburo". Over the course of ten days, the other children quickly form a bond with Saburo, but after this short time he is transferred away as quickly as he arrived.
** [[Kuro|Kuro's (game)]] Witch form, Matasaburo, takes its name from this.
** The former novel is a predecessor work of the latter one and they are [http://www5a.biglobe.ne.jp/~accent/kazeno/karahe.html different in content]. In the [[Magia Record Story A la Carte Valentine#Homura|event story in which she appears]], poems from both are quoted. In the former story's poem, ざくろ (pomegranates, zakuro) appears, but it is replaced by other fruits (walnuts and Chinese quinces) in the poem in the latter. Therefore, Zakuro, the familiars of the Witch, may be named after the poem in former novel.
** [[Karin Misono|Karin Misono's]] first name (りん) is a homonym with the Japanese word for quince (花梨). [[Manaka Kurumi|Manaka Kurumi's]] surname, and by extension that of her family's restaurant, is the Japanese word for walnut (胡桃). These are both references to the version of the song Saburo sings that is featured in the second iteration of the story.
 
* [[Nemu Hiiragi]] and [[Touka Satomi]]'s Doppel are references to two draft-like predecessor works about '''''The Life of Budori Gusuko'''''<ref name="Budori"/>. Also, this novel itself can refer to Magia Record.
** Nemu's Doppel name, Pennen Nenemu is a reference to '''''The Life of Pennen Nenemu'''''<ref name="Nenemu"/>.
*** The titular character, Nenem is a ghost who lives in the ghost's world. The world is a different dimension from the world where humans live, and although ghosts can "appear" in the human world, it is a crime to appear without permission. Nenem loses his parents by famine and his sister by an kidnapper, and is employed as a proletarian. He quits his job after working for ten years and then rises to the position of "the Chief Justice of the world". He does a fine job that all citizens praise, and in the process reunites with his sister, but he later becomes bloated with authority, slips and appears into the human's world, from his conceit. He laments his failure and declares his resignation. This story is a predecessor to ''The Life of Budori Gusuko'', but it can be regarded as almost the opposite in content.
** Touka's doppel name is also a reference to '''''Pennen Nolde is out for now'''''<ref name = "Nolde"/>.
*** It is difficult to grasp the synopsis of this very short text, but it can be interpreted as the story of Norde trying to cope with the agricultural damage caused by a disorder about the solar activity.
** '''''The Life of Budori Gusuko''''' focuses on the titular character, Budori whose family is struck by a famine caused by cold-weather damage that inevitably takes his family. Eventually, when he is left with only his sister, she too is kidnapped by an abductor. He then meets various people, decides to contribute to society with his studies, and reunite with his sister along the way. This can be seen as both a reference to Iroha and her sister Ui, and later to Iroha's capture in Episode 13.
*** Like ''Night on the Galactic Railroad'', the novel was given [[wikipedia:The Life of Budori Gusuko | a film adaptation]] where the characters were depicted as anthropomorphic cats. In this adaptation, Budori is blue cat, his sister is magenta cat and a mysterious kidnapper cat is [https://tower.jp/article/series/2013/03/21/gusko_budori given the name], "[[Shin#Minions|Kotori]]". This adaptation is also [https://mantan-web.jp/article/20120708dog00m200008000c.html refer to] ''The Life of Pennen Nenemu''and ''Night on the Galactic Railroad''.
** The character Budri encounters after his sister was kidnapped, is a man who runs the "Tegusu factory," a complex production facility of a silkworm farm and a silk mill. The worms raised in that factory is the [[wikipedia:Tussar silk | Tussar silkworm]], which is not exactly the same as the genus ''[[wikipedia:Bombyx|Bombyx]]'', the true silkworm, but [[Shitori Egumo]] which is taken the form of a silkworm moth can be a reference to this.
*** The design on the hood of the Wings of Magius is based on the antennae and eyes of a moth. It may be a reference to the silk worm moths that were farmed in the Tegusu factory. (At the same time, It could also be the comparison of the magical girls' desire for hope to phototaxis of moths.)
 
* [[Ui Tamaki]]'s Doppel name, Shitori Egumo, which means "I'm going alone," is taken from a poem titled '''''The Morning of Last Farewell''''' in '''''Spring and Asura'''''<ref name="Asura"/>. This poem was written as he mourned and lamented the passing away of his sister with illness.
* The oldest surviving text written by Kenji is a short composition titled [https://ihatov.cc/blog/archives/2017/11/post_894.htm "''Yōsan''"] written by him about [[wikt:養蠶#Japanese|the sericulture industry]] when he was in the elementary school. Also, from the Meiji era to the early Showa era, sericulture prospered as [http://www.silk.or.jp/kaiko/kaiko_yousan.html one of Japan's most important industries], and close to Kenji's life. It is [https://kenji.iwate-u.ac.jp/publication/589/ said that] he met his end in the room where he had kept the silkworms. The design of Ui's Doppel, by extension the robes and emblem of the Wings of the Magius, can be a reference to these, as it is based on the silkworm moth.
 
* A phrase, "water-attribute Clammbon" appear in Episode 15 of the event story, [[Magia Record Story KamiFest: Kamihama Idol Festival 2020 |KamiFest: Kamihama Idol Festival 2020]]. Clammbon is [http://yamanasi.yoimikan.com/kuramubon.html an unidentifiable word] that appears in '''''Yamanashi'''''<ref name="Yamanashi"/>.
 
* As a young man, Kenji began a small magazine with several friends named '''''Azalea'''''.
** [[Konoha Shizumi]], [[Hazuki Yusa]], and [[Ayame Mikuri]] were three orphans who lived in and made wishes for their orphanage, "[[Magia Record Story And So, The Azaleas Bloom|Tsuzuji's House]]" (translated as Azalea's House or the Azalea House).
 
* [[Kuroe]] was initially an anime-only character, but later appeared in the game. Kuroe's Doppel name "Ichizo" was first revealed in the game. This name comes from the novel '''''The Nighthawk Star'''''<ref name = "Nighthawk"/>. See also [[#Episode 18|below section]].
** The novel tells the story of a nighthawk (also called "[[:wikipedia:Nightjar|Nightjar]]" in English) who is despised by other birds as a very ugly bird. He decides to go somewhere far away by himself, flies to a much higher place in the sky, and finally becomes a star with a blue fiery light. In the first half of the story, the true hawk threatens to kill him if he doesn't change his name from "Nighthawk" to "Ichizo. The hawk, mighty and feared by the little birds, hates very much to share his name with the wretched him.

*In the event [[Stardust Mirage]], [[Iroha Tamaki| Iroha's]] teacher assigns Night on the Galactic Railroad as reading. Iroha also says that the phrase "But I wonder what true happiness really is?" struck a chord with her, referencing true happiness again.

===Anime===
====Episode 1====
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| The multi-irised eye-like design of [[Box Wood]] can be a reference to a drawing for a flower bed entitled [http://field.c.ooco.jp/subg30.htm "Tearful Eye"] from "MEMO FLORA", Kenji Miyazawa's gardening notebook.
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| [https://iwate-u.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=pages_view_main&active_action=repository_view_main_item_detail&item_id=14457&item_no=1&page_id=13&block_id=21 Rokurō Tsuge (柘植六郎)] taught at [http://www.bunka.pref.iwate.jp/en/archive/hist27 Morioka High School of Agriculture and Forestry], the higher education school where Kenji was enrolled. Kenji seems to have admired him personally, and he appears in '''''Etude''''', one of his poems in '''''Spring and Asura'''''<ref name="Asura" />as "Tsuge-san (Mr. Tsuge)." "[[:wikt:en:柘植|Tsuge]]" is the Japanese word for boxwood.
|-
| [[File:Episode 1 Takarazaki School 2.png|200px]]
| In '''''Proem''''' in '''''Spring and Asura'''''<ref name="Asura" />, the expression "the four-dimensional extension (第四次延長)" can be found. This expression has been [http://www.kenji-world.net/english/works/texts/jikuu16.html pointed out] that it is related to The Night of the Galactic Railroad and Kenji's worldview. The name of the station where Iroha used, "Takarazaki-Dai-sanji" may also refer to this poem.
|-
| [[File:Episode 1 Takarazaki School 3.png|200px]]
| When Iroha is waiting for the train at the station, the birds that take off from the perches are probably nighthawks. Kenji wrote '''''The Nighthawk Star'''''<ref name = "Nighthawk"/>.
|-
| [[File:Episode 1 Conversation with Kyubey 10.png|200px]]
| There is a fantastical scene in which Iroha and Kyubey converse in a circus. In Japan, until around the Showa period (1926-1989), urban legends sometimes have been told of human trafficking in the circus. Therefore, it may be difficult to identify the source of the homage, as many works depict the circuses as dark and strange fields (if you regard this scene as homage). For example, it might be a reference to [[:wikipedia:Shūji Terayama|Shuji Terayama]]'s ''[[:wikipedia:Pastoral: To Die in the Country|Pastoral: To Die in the Country]].'' However, Kenji also depicted a circus (or similar organization) in his '''''The Life of Pennen Nenemu'''''<ref name = "Nenemu"/>. In the novel, the protagonist, Nenemu discovers his missing sister in the circus, "The Great Troupe of Illusionists".
: see also [[Speculah:Kenji Miyazawa and Magia Record#Other Speculation about Reception and Influence of Kenji|below section]]
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====Episode 2====
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| Gauche Burger may be a reference to '''''Gauche the Cellist'''''<ref name="Gauche"/>.
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====Episode 4====
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| Gauche Burger appears again.
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| [[File:Episode 4 Snacks with Mitama 6.png|200px]]
| The crab used in the error screen of the SNS to represent Iroha's feelings may be a reference to '''''Yamanashi'''''<ref name="Yamanashi"/>
|-
| [[File:Episode 4 ten-point sale 1.png|200px]]
| Porano Market may be a reference to '''''The Polāno Plaza'''''<ref name="Polano"/>.
:In this poem, there is [https://ihatov.cc/song/polano.htm a song] called "Songs of the Polano Plaza".
|}

====Episode 6====
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| [[File:Episode 6 Symbol Witch 12.png|200px]]
| The birds, probably nighthawks that appeared in episode 1, reappear.
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| [[File:Episode 6 Lucky Day 1.png|200px]]
| The penny candy store Isado is probably a quote from '''''Yamanashi'''''<ref name="Yamanashi" />.
|}

====Episode 11====
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| [[File:Episode 11 Tsukuyo Interrogation 3.png|200px]]
| The name of the cafe that Iroha and Tsukuyo Amane visit, "Chalinell", is a musical instrument that appears in '''''The Life of Pennen Nenemu'''''<ref name="Nenemu" />.
|}

====Episode 12====
* The observation tower that appeared in Episode 12 can also be a reference to the [[wikipedia:Ryōunkaku|Ryōunkaku]]. This Japanese early skyscraper does not appears in Kenji's novel [https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/6738156/ but] the film adaptation in 2012.

====Episode 13====
* Iroha's capture by Holy Mami may, in addition to being a parallel to ''Night on the Galactic Railroad'', also be a reference to '''''The Life of Budori Gusuko'''''<ref name="Budori" /> and its own animated adaptation, where Budori (a blue cat) sets off to rescue his younger sister (a magenta cat) who had been kidnapped, and who meets various helpful characters on his journey while also figuring out a way to combat a widespread weather disaster to save many people from it.

====Episode 15====
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| [[File:Anime Magireco EP.15 Tower of Magius and prayer flags.png|200px]]
| There are player flags behind a huge structure symbolising the Magius. See [[#In Madoka Magica|below section]] for details.
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====Episode 18====
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| [[File:Anime Magireco EP.18 Witch Plant Train.png|200px]]
| The "Witch plants" transported by rails could be a reference to the "Tegusu factory" in '''''The Life of Budori Gusuko'''''<ref name="Budori"/>. Its internal view appears to be somewhat similar to a [[:wikipedia:Tomioka Silk Mill|real silk mill]]. Also, in the period when the sericultural industry was growing, railways were sometimes built [[:wikipedia:Canadian Pacific Railway#Silk trains|in order to transport raw silk]] and silkworm cocoons. See also [[#In-Game_2|the above section]].
|-
| [[File:S2E5 Kuroe Dopper 3.png|200px]]
| Kuroe's Doppel is shaped like a black bird. <del>There is a possibility that</del> it is a reference to the nighthawk. '''''The Nighthawk Star'''''<ref name = "Nighthawk"/> is generally accepted as a story with a strong sense of self-sacrifice. See also [[#In-Game_2|the above section]].
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==== Episode 24 ====
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| [[File:Anireco 24 - blue translucent Kyubey.png|200px]]
| The small Kyubey has a blue, translucent body. It could be an allusion to some phrases from several poems in '''''Spring and Asura'''''<ref name = "Asura"/>," e.g., "a blue illumination of the hypothesized, organic alternating current lamp" in '''''Proem''''' or "blue and transparent 'Gil-chan'" in '''''Aomori Elegy.''''' These poems reflect Kenji's philosophy, described below.
|-
| [[File:S3E3 Kuroe Witch1.jpg|200px]]
| Ichizo is a name that appears in '''''The Nighthawk Star'''''<ref name = "Nighthawk"/>. Nighthawk is threatened to change his name to it.
|-
| [[File:Ichizo 03.png|200px]]
| In '''''The Nighthawk Star'''''<ref name = "Nighthawk"/>, Nighthawk says to the stars, "Please take me to you. I don't care if I burn and die," but [[:wikipedia:Orion (constellation)|Orion]], [[:wikipedia:Canis Major|Canis Major]], [[:wikipedia:Ursa Major|Ursa Major]], and [[:wikipedia:Aquila (constellation)|Aquila]] refuse. Yodaka despairs and falls once, but jumps up on the way and becomes a beautiful blue star himself.
|}

==== Episode 25 ====
* Ui's statement, especially "a group of us smaller than air and uncountable," can be considered a reference to Kenji's [[:wikipedia:Monad (philosophy)|monadology]]. [https://bauddha.dhii.jp/INBUDS/search.php?m=trdd&usid=168671&a= His monadology], i.e. the idea that all matter and phenomena in the world are manifestations of monads, material/spiritual particles in their proper form, is [http://www.kenji-world.net/english/works/texts/jikuu13.html expressed in several poems] in '''''Spring and Asura'''''<ref name = "Asura"/>, e.g. '''''[http://www.kenji-world.net/english/works/texts/jikuu10.html Proem].'''''
* In addition, Kenji's view of life and death, especially his deep grief over the loss of his sister, [http://www.kenji-world.net/works/texts/jikuu2.html is expressed in some poem] in '''''Spring and Asura'''''<ref name = "Asura"/>, and interacts with his monadology. For example, in '''''Volcano Bay (Nocturne),''''' Kenji believes that his sister Toshiko has gone to another space different from the real space after her death, but he cannot help but think that Toshiko is "hidden" in the natural phenomena of the real space.
** See also [[#Episode 25|above]].

==In Madoka Magica==
[[File:Train witch PN. p.121.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Witch of Train]]
* In the [[Madoka Magica Episode 12: My Best Friend#Other Magical Girls | Episode 12 of Madoka Magica]], Madoka rescue a magical girl, probably Himalayan people. There are [[wikipedia:Prayer flag | prayer flags]] behind her. In '''''The Life of Pennen Nenemu'''''<ref name="Nenemu" /> , Nenemu slips and appears into the Tibetan mountain where the prayer flags fluttering.
 
* Witch of Train, the draft design appeared only in the [[Puella Magi Production Note#Compilation | Production Note (left side of p.121)]], may be a self-parody to [http://wiki.kumetan.net/index.php?%E6%87%BA%E3%83%BB%E7%AC%AC08%E8%A9%B1%E3%80%8E%E3%81%82%E3%81%82%E3%82%B5%E3%83%97%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%82%BA%E3%81%A0%E3%82%88%E3%80%81%E3%81%A8%E7%A7%81%E3%81%AF%E3%81%86%E3%81%A4%E3%82%8D%E3%81%AB%E5%91%9F%E3%81%8F%E3%81%AE%E3%81%A7%E3%81%82%E3%81%A3%E3%81%9F%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%83%882%2F%E3%81%BB%E3%81%8B%E3%80%8F Episode 8#C of ''Zan: Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei'']. Although, it can be also regarded a reference to '''''Night on the Galactic Railroad'''''<ref name="Galactic" />.
** It is possible that the large hat of the Witch is repurposed for the design of Campanella, Yachiyo's Doppel.
** One of the Witches devoured by [[Shitori Egumo]] in the anime is also a train.

==Other Speculation about Reception and Influence of Kenji==
* [[wikipedia:Chūya Nakahara | Chūya Nakahara]] is a poet and a contemporary of Kenji Miyazawa. Kenji was almost unknown during his lifetime, but Chūya promptly paid attention and was influenced by him.
** He wrote a poem titled [http://www.around-around.com/circus/ ''Circus'']. This poem can have influenced the design of [[Walpurgisnacht#Minions|Walpurgisnacht's familiars]] and the fantastic circus scene in the Episode 1 of the anime.

==References==
[https://www.aozora.gr.jp/index_pages/person81.html The works by Kenji Miyazawa] referenced on this page are listed here. The links lead to the Aozora Bunko, Japanese digital library of out-of-copyright books. Also, his works with articles on Wikipedia are linked.

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<ref name="Galactic">
'''''銀河鉄道の夜''''' (''Night on the Galactic Railroad, Ginga Tetsudō no Yoru'')
: There are several different editions of this novel. The final edition differs distinctly from the earlier editions, with the final edition removing the description of Professor Bulcaniro that caused Giovanni to ride the galactic train. There are four editions in Aozora Bunko, including the final edition, but here are two editions written in the modern kana usage.
: [https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/43737_19215.html Earlier Edition], [https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/456_15050.html Final Edition]
: [[wikipedia:jp:銀河鉄道の夜|Wikipedia JP]], [[Wikipedia:Night on the Galactic Railroad|Wikipedia EN]]
:: You can find this document useful when reading this novel in English. Be careful if you want to quote.
::: Holt, Jon P., "[http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/12873 Ticket to Salvation: Nichiren Buddhism in Miyazawa Kenji’s 'Night on the Galactic Railroad' (Ginga tetsudō no yoru)]" (2013). World Languages and Literatures Faculty Publications and Presentations. 45.
</ref>

<ref name = "cat">
[https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/464_19941.html '''''猫の事務所''''' (''The Cat Office, Neko no Jimusho'')]
: [[wikipedia:jp:猫の事務所|Wikipedia JP]]
</ref>

<ref name = "wind 1">
[https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/1943_30595.html '''''風野又三郎''''' (''Matasaburō Kazeno, Kazeno Matasaburō'')]
</ref>

<ref name = "wind 2">
[https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/462_15405.html '''''風の又三郎''''' (''Matasaburō the Wind, Kaze no Matasaburō'')]
:[[wikipedia:jp:風の又三郎|Wikipedia JP]]
</ref>

<ref name = "Budori">
[https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/1924_14254.html '''''グスコーブドリの伝記''''' (''The Life of Budori Gusukō, Gusukō Budori no Denki)]
:[[wikipedia:jp:グスコーブドリの伝記|Wikipedia JP]]
</ref>

<ref name = "Nenemu">
[https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/33195_38118.html '''''ペンネンネンネンネン・ネネムの伝記''''' (''The Life of Nenemu Pennennennennen, Pennennennennen・Nenemu no Denki)]
</ref>

<ref name = "Nolde">
[https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/45309_22348.html '''''ペンネンノルデはいまはいないよ　太陽にできた黒い棘をとりに行ったよ''''' (''Nolde Pennen is out for now. He has gone to remove the Black Thorns from the Sun., Pennen Norude wa Ima wa Inaiyo. Taiyo ni Dekita Kuroi Toge wo Tori ni Ittayo)]
</ref>

<ref name = "Asura">
[https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/1058_15403.html '''''春と修羅''''' (''Spring and Asura, Haru to Shura'')]
:[[wikipedia:jp:春と修羅|Wikipedia JP]]
: ''Spring and Asura'' are the poetry collections, and the poems mentioned in this section, '''''序'''''（''Proem, Jo''）, '''''習作'''''（''Etude, Shūsaku''）, '''''永訣の朝''''' (''The Morning of Last Farewell, Eiketsu no Asa''), '''''青森挽歌'''''（''Aomori Elegy, Aomori Banka''） and '''''噴火湾（ノクターン）'''''（''Volcano Bay :A Nocturne, Hunka-wan (Nocturne)''), are included in.
:: Some English translations can be found at [http://www.kenji-world.net/english/index.html kenji-world.net] and in [http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1ppjm0 Sato, H. (Ed.). (2007). ''Miyazawa Kenji: Selections'' (1st ed.)]
</ref>

<ref name = "Yamanashi">
[https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/46605_31178.html '''''やまなし''''' (''Wild Pear, Yamanashi'')]
:[[wikipedia:jp:やまなし|Wikipedia JP]]
</ref>

<ref name = "Nighthawk">
[https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/473_42318.html '''''よだかの星''''' (''The Nighthawk Star, Yodaka no Hoshi'')]
:[[wikipedia:JP:よだかの星|Wikipedia JP]], [[wikipedia:The Nighthawk Star|Wikipedia EN]]
</ref>

<ref name = "Gauche">
[https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/470_15407.html '''''セロ弾きのゴーシュ''''' (''Gauche the Cellist, Sero Hiki no Gōshu'')]
:[[wikipedia:jp:セロ弾きのゴーシュ|Wikipedia JP]], [[wikipedia:Gauche the Cellist|Wikipedia EN]]
</ref>

<ref name = "Polano">
[https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/1935_19925.html '''''ポラーノの広場''''' (''The Polāno Plaza, Porāno no Hiroba'')]
:[[wikipedia:jp:ポラーノの広場|Wikipedia JP]]
</ref>

<ref name = "Star song">
[https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/46268_23911.html '''''星めぐりの歌'''''（''The Song of the Circling Stars, Hoshi Meguri no Uta''）]
:[[wikipedia:jp:星めぐりの歌|Wikipedia JP]]
</ref>
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{{nihongo|[[wikipedia:Kenji Miyazawa|'''Kenji Miyazawa''']]|宮沢賢治 or 宮澤賢治|Miyazawa Kenji|extra=27 August 1896 – 21 September 1933}} was a Japanese novelist and poet of children's literature from Hanamaki, Iwate, in the late [[:wikipedia:Taishō|Taishō]] (1912-1926) and early [[:wikipedia:Shōwa (1926–1989)|Shōwa periods]] (1926–1989). Some of his major works include '''''Night on the Galactic Railroad'''''<ref name="Galactic" />, '''''The Life of Budori Gusuko'''''<ref name = "Budori"/>, '''''The Nighthawk Star'''''<ref name = "Nighthawk"/> and '''''Spring and Asura'''''<ref name = "Asura"/>. Some of his works have been adapted into animated films, and there are also a variety of fictional works that reference his work in various ways, such as ''[[:wikipedia:Galaxy Express 999|Galaxy Express 999]]'', ''[[:wikipedia:Pom Poko|Pom Poko]]'', ''[[:wikipedia:Penguindrum|Penguindrum]]'', and ''[[:wikipedia:Shin Godzilla|Shin Godzilla]].''

Many of his works have been referenced by the mobile game [[Magia Record]]. This page will attempt to compile references to his work in both the game and [[Magia Record Anime | the anime adaptation]]. You should note that some of the information given here is trivial and/or forcible.

== General ==
*Kenji Miyazawa was a utopian social activist. The [[Wings of Magius|Magius']] goal is to erase the {{spoiler|Witchification process}} from the Magical Girl system, and in doing so create a peaceful world for magical girls where they will not succumb to despair or fight over resources. The beginning stage of their plan, creating the Doppel field of [[Kamihama City]] where {{spoiler|Magical Girls cannot become Witches while inside of it}}, essentially makes it a kind of Magical Girl utopia.
* Kenji Miyazawa learned the constructed international language [[wikipedia:Esperanto|Esperanto]], which he [http://www.hh.e-mansion.com/~sibazyun/ali-trad/poe-miyazawa0.htm translated several of his poems into]. Kenji found the concept of a common international language interesting. [[Magia Record Soundtrack#Anime OST|Songs of the anime's soundtrack]] are titled in at least nine languages.
** Kenji's fascination with the international language may be connected to the idea of Magical Girls from many far-off places gathering together in Kamihama City.
* Kenji was a devout Buddhist, as were his parents of the Pure Land Sect. [[Ui Tamaki|Ui Tamaki's]] name, from the same poem from which her sister [[Iroha Tamaki|Iroha]] gets hers, comes from a Buddhist term that means "[[wikipedia:jp:有為|caused by karma]]". Additionally, [[Madoka Kaname]] and her story can be interpreted as [[Spa Weekly! 2011-07-19|that of a Buddhist savior]].
* A recurring theme of Kenji's that aligns with his personal philosophy and which appears in several of his works, including '''''Night on the Galactic Railroad'''''<ref name="Galactic" />, is that of self-sacrifice, of giving oneself for the sake of others. This aligns with the overall role of Magical Girls, those who sacrifice their happiness, humanity, and ultimately lives for the survival of the universe, as well as the mindset of altruistic Magical Girls who aim to fight Witches for the safety of humanity, rather than out of obligation or for their own self-interests. Further, this especially relates to the story of [[Madoka Kaname]], {{spoiler|who gave up her very existence for the sake of Magical Girls across the universe and throughout all of history}} in the timeline of the original series.

==''Night on the Galactic Railroad''<ref name="Galactic" />==

===Plot Summary of the Novel===
This novel's protagonist, Giovanni, is a boy who tends to isolate himself from his surroundings due to the rumors related to his absent father. On the night of the festival of the constellation Centaurus, he climbs the hill alone and watches the night sky, instead of joining the festival.

As he gazes up at the Milky Way, Giovanni suddenly finds himself with his best friend, Campanella, onboard a train. That train had been running on a railway laid on the shore of the Milky Way in the night sky. Shortly before they reach their first stop, they look out the window to see the [[wikipedia:Northern Cross (asterism) | Northern Cross]]. At their first stop, [[wikipedia:Cygnus (constellation)|Swan Station]], they get off and stop at Pliocene Beach. After they board the train again, they meet a bird-catcher who catches wild geese to turn them into candy. In a talk with the bird-catcher, Giovanni learns that the green ticket he has is a special one that can take him wherever he wishes. The bird-catcher disappears and a pair of young siblings and a young man appear in their place. They seem to have boarded the train after the ship they were on hit an iceberg and sank. They gaze at the [[wikipedia:Scorpius|Scorpio's fire]] from the window and have conversations about "true happiness" and "the only true God". At the [[wikipedia:Crux|Southern Cross]], called Heaven, all the other passengers get off and Giovanni and Campanella are left alone again. They vow to go together as far as they can, for the sake of "true happiness of all people". However, after they passed the [[wikipedia:Coalsack Nebula|Coalsack]], Campanella suddenly disappears after he tells Giovanni that there is true heaven outside the window and that his mother is there.

At the top of the hill, Giovanni wakes up. He goes down to the town and hears that Campanella has jumped into the river to help rescue the bully, Zanelli, and has gone missing. Giovanni tries to tell Campanella's father where he has gone, but he informs him that Giovanni's father will be returning soon. Giovanni is choked with various emotions and heads home.

===In-Game===
* Giovanni is a protagonist in the story. [[Iroha Tamaki#Doppel Descriptions|Iroha Tamaki]]'s Doppel's name, Giovanna is the feminine form of Giovanni.
** According to the design note in [[Magia Archive Volume 1]], her Doppel, Giovanna is the one, it wanders around from a sense of loss and loneliness and searching for "true happiness". The phrase "true happiness" is frequently used in the novel.
** The nature of Giovanni, "silence" may be a reference to the opening section of the novel. In first section, Campanella decides to answer a question in class instead of the shy Giovanni, only to stay ''silent'' so that Giovanni is less embarrassed.
** Ironically, in the animated adaptation of the novel, Campanella is depicted as pink, while Giovanni is blue.
** Because of his father's absence and his mother's illness, Giovanni works as a printing-type selector in a letterpress printing office. [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%96%87%E9%81%B8_(%E5%87%BA%E7%89%88) The selection for printing types] is a process specific to letterpress printing in Chinese character culture. The design of [[Uwasa of the Memory Curator]] seems to be based on a letterpress printing machine.
 
* Doppel of [[Yachiyo Nanami#Doppel Descriptions|Yachiyo Nanami]] is Campanella. Campanella is one of the main characters in the novel.
** The nature of Doppel Campanella, "ticket-taking" may also be an ironical reference to this novel. He is his best friend of Giovanni who owns the ticket to the galaxy.
** Yachiyo and her Doppel Campanella used water magic. Campanella jumped into the river and went missing in the story.
** The Doppel Campanella is designed to look like a scorpion, with a lantern strapped to the end of its tail. According to design notes in Magia Archive Volume 1, this is confirmed to be a reference to the same scorpion in the story. That scorpion ate other insects, but perished in a well after escaping another predator; regretting that it did not sacrifice itself for a good cause, it prayed to bring happiness to others, and its body became a bright flame that endlessly burned in the sky. Also, Campanella and Giovanni vow to sacrifice themselves for the sake of "true happiness of all people", like the scorpion,
*** In earlier editions of the novel, Professor Bulcaniro appears and encourages Giovanni soon after Campanella disappears. He is a pale-faced adult man with a large black hat and suggests that Giovanni experienced his journey on the Galactic Railroad through his experiments. Her Doppel is named after Campanella, but can be a reference to this mentor.
** Ironically, in the animated adaptation of the novel, Giovanni is depicted as blue, while Campanella is pink.
** The Doppel of [[Yachiyo Nanami (Tanabata ver.)|Yachiyo (Tanabata ver.)]] is described as "have received the role of a Tanabata magpie". The magpies are not very common birds in Japan, but are known as birds that appear in the myth of Tanabata festival, a [[:wikipedia:Qixi Festival|festival originating in China]]. The magpies also appear in the ''Night on the Galactic Railroad''.
 
* The description of [[Mifuyu Azusa#Doppel Description|Mifuyu Azusa]] likely refers to a character, simply referred to as "the birdcatcher" in the novel. His "vocation" is to catch birds such as cranes, wild geese, herons and swans and sell them for food. He hands Giovanni and Campanella a goose he caught, but it somehow turns into candy.
** He is a hunched-over and red-bearded man dressed in a raggedy brown overcoat, and he is carrying his things, wrapped in white cloth, into two pieces and slung over his shoulder. Also, after he catches birds outside the train, suddenly [https://www.google.com/search?q=%E3%83%90%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B6%E3%82%A4&tbm=isch&biw=1517&bih=694 throws his hands up in the air, shaped "like a soldier being hit by a shell and dying"] and moves instantly into the train. The design of Mifuyu's Doppel may reference these descriptions about the birdcatcher in the novel.
 
[[File:True Hapiness Madoka.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"Now everyone will have true happiness."]]
* In [[Magia Record Story A la Carte Valentine#Madoka|the event story in 2018]], [[Madoka Kaname]] becomes a [[Kriemhild Gretchen|Witch]] and says "Now everyone will have true happiness." in a dream. The phrase "true happiness" is frequently used in the novel.
** In the novel, Giovanni argues with the other passengers about " the only true God". Also, all passengers except Giovanni and Campanella are headed for "Heaven". [[Ultimate Madoka in Magia Record|Ultimate Madoka]] and the [[Law of Cycles]] are often likened to God and heaven and actually called so in the Puella Magi series.
** "the only true God" in the novel probably refers to the Christian God, but Giovanni seems unconvinced about the existence of the one. Also, he is taught by his teacher at school that they must "create a better place than heaven" and he probably agrees with that. In Magia Record, [[Wings of Magius]] tried to make the paradise for magical girls and [[Kamihama Magia Union]] are trying to achieve their ideal through more moderate methods. Also, The Law of Cycles can't currently interfere in the universe of Magia Record. This could also be a reference to the novel.
** In the novel, Campanella did not get off at the Southern Cross, but it is suggested that he heads for the "true heaven" after they passed the Coalsack. Just before he disappears, he says that he is not afraid of the darkness, such as the void of Coalsack. For [[Kyubey]], magical girls are fuel like coal for mankind. This could be an allusion to the magical girl system.
 
* In the [[Magia Record Story Night Fairytale ～You Were At the Water's Edge～ | event story of 2021 summer]] which features [[Sayaka Miki]], the song made by Kenji, '''''The Song of the Circling Stars'''''<ref name = "Star song"/>is featured. The song appears in ''Night on the Galactic Railroad'' as a whistling tune, and also [http://www.kenji-world.net/english/works/texts/twins.html appears in Kenji's other novel].
* At the end of Arc 2.5, [[Yachiyo Nanami (Historia ver.)]] was released. Her weapon resembles the rainbow train tracks on the cover art of some editions of Night on the Galactic Railroad as seen [[:File:Night on Galactic Railroad cover.jpeg|here]].
===Anime===

====ED====
*In the ED ''[[Aletheia]]'', Yachiyo's falling into water could be a reference to Campanella's falling into a river.

====Episode 1====
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| [[File:Episode 1 Boxwood 35.png|200px]]
| [[File:Cats Comparison.png|thumb|right|200px|comparison]] The cat that Iroha saves appears to be distinctively drawn to look similar face-wise to the characters in [[wikipedia:Night on the Galactic Railroad (film) | the 1985 film of the novel]]. That film is [http://rittorsha.jp/column/2018/01/post-2.html based on a manga by Hiroshi Masumura], who drew the main characters as cats.
|-
| [[File:Episode 1 Iroha's home 24.png|200px]]
| According to Director Miyamoto, Iroha's parents' green passports are an allusion to Giovanni's green ticket. In the novel, Giovanni's green ticket is a special one that can take him wherever he wants to go.
|-
| [[File:Episode 1 Takarazaki School 4.png|200px]]
| Takarazaki-Dai-sanji Station's glass ceiling features several constellations, in particular [[wikipedia:Lyra|Lyra]]. Lyra and its star Vega are the last stars seen by Giovanni before he falls asleep and finds himself aboard the Galactic Railroad. This is also confirmed to be an allusion by Director Miyamoto.
|-
| [[File:Episode 1 Takarazaki School 5.png|200px]]
| In the novel, a conductor asks Giovanni if his green ticket has been brought with him from "tertiary space". "Dai-sanji" literally means tertiary, so that station's name could also be a reference to the novel.
|-
| [[File:Episode 1 Takarazaki School 24.png|200px]]
| Iroha is asked a question in class pertaining to what the Milky Way is made of, similar to how the main character Giovanni is asked the same question but both are unable to answer.
|-
| [[File:Episode 1 Afterschool Cleaning 8.png|200px]]
| Similar to how Giovanni's father is out on a trip and he must take care of the house, giving him no time to study nor time with friends, Iroha is in a similar position where both of her parents are out on a trip and she is left by herself and appears to not hang out with any friends after school.
|-
| [[File:Episode 1 Zenobia 27.png|200px]]
| There is a direct quote from the novel on the [[Uwasa Kazoe Uta]] full version. It is a line in the song that "hontō no saiwai (True Happiness）". This phrase appears multiple times in the novel.
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| [[File:Episode 1 Zenobia 41.png|200px]]
| Iroha is shown to be with Ui in a hospital, possibly reflecting Giovanni's ill mother in the story.
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* There are many scenes with Iroha riding the train and several magical girls talking about taking a night train to Kamihama, which may be a reference to the train Giovanni rides through the galaxy.
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| [[File:Episode 1 Takarazaki Train 3.png|200px]]
| The railroads Iroha uses daily is a [[wikipedia:Single-track railway|single-track railway]], which is very uncommon in developed, transit-dependent areas. This could be a reference to the single-trip Galactic Railroad bound for heaven as well as a metaphor for magical girls' destinies with no recovery.
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| [[File:Episode 1 Kamihama 9.png|200px]]
| In the earlier edition of the novel, among the three people who have appeared after the Birdcatcher disappeared, a girl is wearing a "thin silver ring". In the Puella Magi series, the [[Soul Gems|silver ring]] is a symbolic item for magical girls.
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| [[File:Episode 1 Takarazaki Train 2.png|200px]]
| The train Iroha rides on presumably appears to be a [[wikipedia:Diesel multiple unit|diesel multiple unit]], neither a steam locomotive nor an electric train, as there's no smoke and no overhead wires. It can be a reference to the novel because it explains that the galactic train is not powered by steam or electricity in the earlier edition of the novel.
: Also, the diesel multiple unit, [[wikipedia:KiHa 141 series | KiHa 141]] are repurposed as coaches for [[wikipedia:SL Ginga | SL Ginga]], a Japanese excursion train named after this Kenji's novel. However, the appearance of the train in the anime [https://twitter.com/Rinkai70_000/status/1213483612357578752 seems to refer] to the different train series.
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====Episode 2====
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| [[File:Episode2 bus.png|200px]]
| The license plate number of the bus is supposed to be bound for Satomi Medical Center but deviated by the witch is NGC-7000. It is the designation of [[wikipedia:North America Nebula|North America Nebula]] near the [[wikipedia:Northern Cross (asterism)|Northern Cross]], where Campanella makes up his mind to go to "the end of earth" to make his mother happy, a wish later fulfilled at the "true heaven" past the Southern Cross.
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| [[File:Rebecca barrier entrance anime 1.png|200px]]
| The motorcycle license plates display "Caldwell 99". Caldwell 99 is the designation given to the [[wikipedia:Coalsack Nebula|Coalsack Nebula]] located between the [[wikipedia:Crux|Southern Cross]] and Scorpion constellations. In the story, Campanella ends his journey past the Coalsack.
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* In [[Rebecca|Rebekka]]'s barrier, there are several elements that may be an allusion to this novel. Some of these were already seen in the Game, but are depicted in more detail in the Anime.
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| [[File:Rebecca barrier 3.png|200px]]
| There is the huge ribbed skeleton of an animal in the barrier. In the novel, Giovanni and Campanella see the massive bones of an ancient animal on the "Pliocene Coast". See also [[#Episode 16|Episode 16]] section.
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| [[File:Rebecca barrier 6.png|200px]]
| There are many things like crosses in the barrier. They probably are broken or imperfect fences. But, they can be an implication to the Northern Cross, which is the island where the white shining cross stands, or the Southern Cross, where the shining crosses of various colors stand like trees from the Milky Way, described in the novel.
: Rebekka's victims are led by [[Rebecca#Joseph|Joseph, whose role is that of "shepherd"]]. Metaphorically, the term "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepherd#Religion shepherd]" is used for God or Jesus in Christianity. In the novel, at the Southern Cross, the disembarking passengers kneeling in a line in front of a divine white figure.
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| [[File:Episode 2 Rebecca 20.png|200px]]
| The sky of the barrier is a starry sky. There [https://twitter.com/Kutuluu_iaia/status/1216084647018295296 seems to be] a depiction of the Southern Cross, which is called "Heaven" in the novel.
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====Episode 3====
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| [[File:Episode 3 Hospital 19.png|200px]]
| In the third chapter of the novel, Giovanni fondly remembers a time before his father went missing. At the time, he played with Campanella's [http://www.sidestreet.info/locos/loco50.html toy locomotive that ran on an alcohol lamp] at his house. Episode 3 begins with a scene in which Touka makes her miniature locomotive run. This may be a reference to this chapter of the novel.
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====Episode 8====
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| [[File:Episode 8 Stacey 4.png|200px]]
| In the eighth chapter of the novel, Giovanni and Campanella see a man with a large key strapped to his waist, the reason being he is a lighthouse keeper which is explained in later chapters. In Episode 8, The [[Stacey|rooftop Witch]]'s familiars with bunches of keys, may be a reference to this chapter of the novel.
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====Episode 12====
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| [[File:Mifuyu Tower Ep.12.png|200px]]
| The observation tower where Mifuyu first deployed her Doppel is probably a reference to [[wikipedia:The Tower (Tarot card)|The Tower]], Major Arcana card in [[Mel Anna|Tarot]]. Although, it can also be a reference to the "[[wikipedia:jp:天気輪|Pillar of the Weather Wheel]]," a mysterious architectural structure that appears in the novel.
: see also [[#Episode_12_2|below section]]
|}

====Episode 13====
* At the end of the episode, Iroha is captured by Holy Mami and taken from Yachiyo, after having promised that they would stay together. This parallels Giovanni and Campanella, who promised each other that they would travel to the end of the universe together until Campanella eventually gets off the train early because of his death. In the movie, Campanella (who mirrors Iroha in this instance) is pink, while Giovanni (Yachiyo) is blue.

====Episode 16====
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| [[File:Anime Magia Record EP.16-1 Galactic train1.png|200px]]
| In the novel, the area around Swan Station is covered with [[wikipedia:ja:ススキ|silver grass]] meadows.
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| [[File:Anime Magia Record EP.16-2 Galactic train2.png|200px]]
| On the "Pliocene Coast", a researcher and his assistants are excavating a huge skeleton and [[wikipedia:Fossil track|fossil tracks]]. He explains to Giovanni and Campanella about the skeleton: the bones of the "''[[wikipedia:Bos|Bos]]''," the ancient ancestor of the cattle. 
: See also [[#Episode 2|Episode 2]] section.
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====Episode 17====
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| [[File:Anime Magireco EP.17 Entrance to Fent Hope.png|200px]]
| Kuroe points to the garden arches and says that the entrance to Fent Hope is "around Karasu-uri". [[:wikipedia:ja:カラスウリ|Karasu-uri]] literally means "crow gourd", but its English name is "[[:wikipedia:Trichosanthes pilosa|snake groud]]". In the novel, the attendees of the Galactic festival [[:wikipedia:Water lantern|float lanterns]] made of the grouds down the river.
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| [[File:Anime Magireco EP.17 locomotive and crystal.png|200px]]
| The toy locomotive which appeared in [[#Episode 3]] reappears in a larger version. Also, the novel depicts landscapes such as trees like crystal work and a crystal palace.
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| At the end of episode 17, Nemu states that "the last battle to win true happiness for magical girls". The phrase "true happiness" also appears here.
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====Episode 19====
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| [[File:Anime Magireco EP.19 Antares IC 4606.png|200px]]
| The license plate of Yachiyo's car reads "Antares IC 4606". [[:wikipedia:Antares|Antares]] is the brightest star in the constellation of Scorpius and is described in the novels as "the scorpion's fire". [https://www.sciencesource.com/archive/Image/Nebula-IC4606-SS2109702.html IC 4606] is one of the nebulae associated with Scorpius, and surrounds Antares.
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==== Episode 22 ====
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| [[File:Nemu ep22-4.png|200px]]
| The flowers planted on the rooftop of the Satomi Medical Center are probably the white-flowered variety of ''[[:wikipedia:Campanula|Campanula]]''. The scientific name of this flower comes from a [[:wiktionary:en:campanula#Latin|Latin word]] meaning "(little) bell" and shares the same etymology as the surname [[:wikipedia:Campanella|Campanella]].
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==== Episode 24 ====
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| [[File:Anireco 24 - History of meguca.png|200px]]
| In earlier editions of the novel, Giovanni speaks with "a pale-faced, skinny adult man with a big black hat" after the sudden disappearance of Campanella. He shows Giovanni a "dictionary of geography and history" and talks about the uncertainty of faith, right and wrong. He differs from Kyubey because he believes that "true happiness" is attainable, but Kyubey's insistence that rightness and belief are merely period fluctuations might be an ironical reference to this scene.
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==== Episode 25 ====
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| [[File:Anireco 25 - Galactic train.png|200px]]
| The galactic trains are depicted as steam locomotives in many media.
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| [[File:Anireco 25 - farewell.png|200px]]
| Toward the end of the novel, Campanella suddenly disappears from the train. Probably, in the real world, he has already died before or after that point (or at any point on the galactic train).
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| rowspan="2"| [[File:Anireco 25 - weather wheel pillar.png|240px]]
| The tower-like silhouette behind Ui may be a pillar of the weather wheel. Its exact identity is not revealed in the novel, and there are various theories as to what exactly it is. Giovanni lies on a hilltop with this pillar and finds himself on a galactic train. The journey by galactic railroad then ends with Giovanni waking up on top of the hill.
: see also [[#Episode 12|above section]].
|-
| In earlier versions of the novel, the mentor mentioned above preaches to Giovanni that everyone is Campanella, so he must seek everyone's true happiness, and he can go with Campanella by doing so. Ui's remark that she is in all the happiness that Iroha feels could be a reference to this scene.
: However, see also [[#Episode_25_2|below]].
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| [[File:Episode 25 book cover.png|200px]]
| The "Magia Record", which exists as a book, could refer to the "dictionary of geography and history" in earlier editions of the novel. See [[#Episode 24|above]].
|}

==Other works by Kenji==
===In-Game===
* The description of [[Kanagi Izumi]]'s doppel is a reference to '''''The Cat Office'''''<ref name = "cat" />.
**The story is about a cat who works at an office with other cats (as if they were humans). Since the cat gets cold easily he sleeps in the fireplace. This causes him to be covered in soot, and so he is known in the story as the "soot cat". His co-worker cats look down on him for this, and ultimately bully the soot cat in the workplace. At the end of the story a lion, implied to be the boss of the cats, secretly observes the workers and reveals himself. He then declares that the office is shut down. The last line of the story is the narrator saying "I half-agree with the lion." (ぼくは半分獅子に同感です.)
 
[[File:Matasaburo poem.jpg |thumb|right|200px|the poem quoted from former novel]]
* Miyazawa's works '''''Kazeno Matasaburō'''''<ref name = "wind 1"/> and '''''Kaze no Matasaburō'''''<ref name = "wind 2"/> are about a mysterious child (Saburo Tanaka) who who is transferred to a rural elementary school. The other students believe he is connected to, or is, a wind spirit known as "Matasaburo". Over the course of ten days, the other children quickly form a bond with Saburo, but after this short time he is transferred away as quickly as he arrived.
** [[Kuro|Kuro's (game)]] Witch form, Matasaburo, takes its name from this.
** The former novel is a predecessor work of the latter one and they are [http://www5a.biglobe.ne.jp/~accent/kazeno/karahe.html different in content]. In the [[Magia Record Story A la Carte Valentine#Homura|event story in which she appears]], poems from both are quoted. In the former story's poem, ざくろ (pomegranates, zakuro) appears, but it is replaced by other fruits (walnuts and Chinese quinces) in the poem in the latter. Therefore, Zakuro, the familiars of the Witch, may be named after the poem in former novel.
** [[Karin Misono|Karin Misono's]] first name (りん) is a homonym with the Japanese word for quince (花梨). [[Manaka Kurumi|Manaka Kurumi's]] surname, and by extension that of her family's restaurant, is the Japanese word for walnut (胡桃). These are both references to the version of the song Saburo sings that is featured in the second iteration of the story.
 
* [[Nemu Hiiragi]] and [[Touka Satomi]]'s Doppel are references to two draft-like predecessor works about '''''The Life of Budori Gusuko'''''<ref name="Budori"/>. Also, this novel itself can refer to Magia Record.
** Nemu's Doppel name, Pennen Nenemu is a reference to '''''The Life of Pennen Nenemu'''''<ref name="Nenemu"/>.
*** The titular character, Nenem is a ghost who lives in the ghost's world. The world is a different dimension from the world where humans live, and although ghosts can "appear" in the human world, it is a crime to appear without permission. Nenem loses his parents by famine and his sister by an kidnapper, and is employed as a proletarian. He quits his job after working for ten years and then rises to the position of "the Chief Justice of the world". He does a fine job that all citizens praise, and in the process reunites with his sister, but he later becomes bloated with authority, slips and appears into the human's world, from his conceit. He laments his failure and declares his resignation. This story is a predecessor to ''The Life of Budori Gusuko'', but it can be regarded as almost the opposite in content.
** Touka's doppel name is also a reference to '''''Pennen Nolde is out for now'''''<ref name = "Nolde"/>.
*** It is difficult to grasp the synopsis of this very short text, but it can be interpreted as the story of Norde trying to cope with the agricultural damage caused by a disorder about the solar activity.
** '''''The Life of Budori Gusuko''''' focuses on the titular character, Budori whose family is struck by a famine caused by cold-weather damage that inevitably takes his family. Eventually, when he is left with only his sister, she too is kidnapped by an abductor. He then meets various people, decides to contribute to society with his studies, and reunite with his sister along the way. This can be seen as both a reference to Iroha and her sister Ui, and later to Iroha's capture in Episode 13.
*** Like ''Night on the Galactic Railroad'', the novel was given [[wikipedia:The Life of Budori Gusuko | a film adaptation]] where the characters were depicted as anthropomorphic cats. In this adaptation, Budori is blue cat, his sister is magenta cat and a mysterious kidnapper cat is [https://tower.jp/article/series/2013/03/21/gusko_budori given the name], "[[Shin#Minions|Kotori]]". This adaptation is also [https://mantan-web.jp/article/20120708dog00m200008000c.html refer to] ''The Life of Pennen Nenemu''and ''Night on the Galactic Railroad''.
** The character Budri encounters after his sister was kidnapped, is a man who runs the "Tegusu factory," a complex production facility of a silkworm farm and a silk mill. The worms raised in that factory is the [[wikipedia:Tussar silk | Tussar silkworm]], which is not exactly the same as the genus ''[[wikipedia:Bombyx|Bombyx]]'', the true silkworm, but [[Shitori Egumo]] which is taken the form of a silkworm moth can be a reference to this.
*** The design on the hood of the Wings of Magius is based on the antennae and eyes of a moth. It may be a reference to the silk worm moths that were farmed in the Tegusu factory. (At the same time, It could also be the comparison of the magical girls' desire for hope to phototaxis of moths.)
 
* [[Ui Tamaki]]'s Doppel name, Shitori Egumo, which means "I'm going alone," is taken from a poem titled '''''The Morning of Last Farewell''''' in '''''Spring and Asura'''''<ref name="Asura"/>. This poem was written as he mourned and lamented the passing away of his sister with illness.
* The oldest surviving text written by Kenji is a short composition titled [https://ihatov.cc/blog/archives/2017/11/post_894.htm "''Yōsan''"] written by him about [[wikt:養蠶#Japanese|the sericulture industry]] when he was in the elementary school. Also, from the Meiji era to the early Showa era, sericulture prospered as [http://www.silk.or.jp/kaiko/kaiko_yousan.html one of Japan's most important industries], and close to Kenji's life. It is [https://kenji.iwate-u.ac.jp/publication/589/ said that] he met his end in the room where he had kept the silkworms. The design of Ui's Doppel, by extension the robes and emblem of the Wings of the Magius, can be a reference to these, as it is based on the silkworm moth.
 
* A phrase, "water-attribute Clammbon" appear in Episode 15 of the event story, [[Magia Record Story KamiFest: Kamihama Idol Festival 2020 |KamiFest: Kamihama Idol Festival 2020]]. Clammbon is [http://yamanasi.yoimikan.com/kuramubon.html an unidentifiable word] that appears in '''''Yamanashi'''''<ref name="Yamanashi"/>.
 
* As a young man, Kenji began a small magazine with several friends named '''''Azalea'''''.
** [[Konoha Shizumi]], [[Hazuki Yusa]], and [[Ayame Mikuri]] were three orphans who lived in and made wishes for their orphanage, "[[Magia Record Story And So, The Azaleas Bloom|Tsuzuji's House]]" (translated as Azalea's House or the Azalea House).
 
* [[Kuroe]] was initially an anime-only character, but later appeared in the game. Kuroe's Doppel name "Ichizo" was first revealed in the game. This name comes from the novel '''''The Nighthawk Star'''''<ref name = "Nighthawk"/>. See also [[#Episode 18|below section]].
** The novel tells the story of a nighthawk (also called "[[:wikipedia:Nightjar|Nightjar]]" in English) who is despised by other birds as a very ugly bird. He decides to go somewhere far away by himself, flies to a much higher place in the sky, and finally becomes a star with a blue fiery light. In the first half of the story, the true hawk threatens to kill him if he doesn't change his name from "Nighthawk" to "Ichizo. The hawk, mighty and feared by the little birds, hates very much to share his name with the wretched him.

*In the event [[Stardust Mirage]], [[Iroha Tamaki| Iroha's]] teacher assigns Night on the Galactic Railroad as reading.

===Anime===
====Episode 1====
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| rowspan = "2"| [[File:Boxwood multicolor.png|200px]]
| The multi-irised eye-like design of [[Box Wood]] can be a reference to a drawing for a flower bed entitled [http://field.c.ooco.jp/subg30.htm "Tearful Eye"] from "MEMO FLORA", Kenji Miyazawa's gardening notebook.
|-
| [https://iwate-u.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=pages_view_main&active_action=repository_view_main_item_detail&item_id=14457&item_no=1&page_id=13&block_id=21 Rokurō Tsuge (柘植六郎)] taught at [http://www.bunka.pref.iwate.jp/en/archive/hist27 Morioka High School of Agriculture and Forestry], the higher education school where Kenji was enrolled. Kenji seems to have admired him personally, and he appears in '''''Etude''''', one of his poems in '''''Spring and Asura'''''<ref name="Asura" />as "Tsuge-san (Mr. Tsuge)." "[[:wikt:en:柘植|Tsuge]]" is the Japanese word for boxwood.
|-
| [[File:Episode 1 Takarazaki School 2.png|200px]]
| In '''''Proem''''' in '''''Spring and Asura'''''<ref name="Asura" />, the expression "the four-dimensional extension (第四次延長)" can be found. This expression has been [http://www.kenji-world.net/english/works/texts/jikuu16.html pointed out] that it is related to The Night of the Galactic Railroad and Kenji's worldview. The name of the station where Iroha used, "Takarazaki-Dai-sanji" may also refer to this poem.
|-
| [[File:Episode 1 Takarazaki School 3.png|200px]]
| When Iroha is waiting for the train at the station, the birds that take off from the perches are probably nighthawks. Kenji wrote '''''The Nighthawk Star'''''<ref name = "Nighthawk"/>.
|-
| [[File:Episode 1 Conversation with Kyubey 10.png|200px]]
| There is a fantastical scene in which Iroha and Kyubey converse in a circus. In Japan, until around the Showa period (1926-1989), urban legends sometimes have been told of human trafficking in the circus. Therefore, it may be difficult to identify the source of the homage, as many works depict the circuses as dark and strange fields (if you regard this scene as homage). For example, it might be a reference to [[:wikipedia:Shūji Terayama|Shuji Terayama]]'s ''[[:wikipedia:Pastoral: To Die in the Country|Pastoral: To Die in the Country]].'' However, Kenji also depicted a circus (or similar organization) in his '''''The Life of Pennen Nenemu'''''<ref name = "Nenemu"/>. In the novel, the protagonist, Nenemu discovers his missing sister in the circus, "The Great Troupe of Illusionists".
: see also [[Speculah:Kenji Miyazawa and Magia Record#Other Speculation about Reception and Influence of Kenji|below section]]
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====Episode 2====
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| [[File:Episode 2 Gauche Burger 8.png|200px]]
| Gauche Burger may be a reference to '''''Gauche the Cellist'''''<ref name="Gauche"/>.
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====Episode 4====
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| [[File:Episode 4 Snacks with Mitama 1.png|200px]]
| Gauche Burger appears again.
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| [[File:Episode 4 Snacks with Mitama 6.png|200px]]
| The crab used in the error screen of the SNS to represent Iroha's feelings may be a reference to '''''Yamanashi'''''<ref name="Yamanashi"/>
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| [[File:Episode 4 ten-point sale 1.png|200px]]
| Porano Market may be a reference to '''''The Polāno Plaza'''''<ref name="Polano"/>.
:In this poem, there is [https://ihatov.cc/song/polano.htm a song] called "Songs of the Polano Plaza".
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====Episode 6====
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| [[File:Episode 6 Symbol Witch 12.png|200px]]
| The birds, probably nighthawks that appeared in episode 1, reappear.
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| [[File:Episode 6 Lucky Day 1.png|200px]]
| The penny candy store Isado is probably a quote from '''''Yamanashi'''''<ref name="Yamanashi" />.
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====Episode 11====
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| [[File:Episode 11 Tsukuyo Interrogation 3.png|200px]]
| The name of the cafe that Iroha and Tsukuyo Amane visit, "Chalinell", is a musical instrument that appears in '''''The Life of Pennen Nenemu'''''<ref name="Nenemu" />.
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====Episode 12====
* The observation tower that appeared in Episode 12 can also be a reference to the [[wikipedia:Ryōunkaku|Ryōunkaku]]. This Japanese early skyscraper does not appears in Kenji's novel [https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/6738156/ but] the film adaptation in 2012.

====Episode 13====
* Iroha's capture by Holy Mami may, in addition to being a parallel to ''Night on the Galactic Railroad'', also be a reference to '''''The Life of Budori Gusuko'''''<ref name="Budori" /> and its own animated adaptation, where Budori (a blue cat) sets off to rescue his younger sister (a magenta cat) who had been kidnapped, and who meets various helpful characters on his journey while also figuring out a way to combat a widespread weather disaster to save many people from it.

====Episode 15====
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| There are player flags behind a huge structure symbolising the Magius. See [[#In Madoka Magica|below section]] for details.
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====Episode 18====
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| [[File:Anime Magireco EP.18 Witch Plant Train.png|200px]]
| The "Witch plants" transported by rails could be a reference to the "Tegusu factory" in '''''The Life of Budori Gusuko'''''<ref name="Budori"/>. Its internal view appears to be somewhat similar to a [[:wikipedia:Tomioka Silk Mill|real silk mill]]. Also, in the period when the sericultural industry was growing, railways were sometimes built [[:wikipedia:Canadian Pacific Railway#Silk trains|in order to transport raw silk]] and silkworm cocoons. See also [[#In-Game_2|the above section]].
|-
| [[File:S2E5 Kuroe Dopper 3.png|200px]]
| Kuroe's Doppel is shaped like a black bird. <del>There is a possibility that</del> it is a reference to the nighthawk. '''''The Nighthawk Star'''''<ref name = "Nighthawk"/> is generally accepted as a story with a strong sense of self-sacrifice. See also [[#In-Game_2|the above section]].
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==== Episode 24 ====
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| [[File:Anireco 24 - blue translucent Kyubey.png|200px]]
| The small Kyubey has a blue, translucent body. It could be an allusion to some phrases from several poems in '''''Spring and Asura'''''<ref name = "Asura"/>," e.g., "a blue illumination of the hypothesized, organic alternating current lamp" in '''''Proem''''' or "blue and transparent 'Gil-chan'" in '''''Aomori Elegy.''''' These poems reflect Kenji's philosophy, described below.
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| [[File:S3E3 Kuroe Witch1.jpg|200px]]
| Ichizo is a name that appears in '''''The Nighthawk Star'''''<ref name = "Nighthawk"/>. Nighthawk is threatened to change his name to it.
|-
| [[File:Ichizo 03.png|200px]]
| In '''''The Nighthawk Star'''''<ref name = "Nighthawk"/>, Nighthawk says to the stars, "Please take me to you. I don't care if I burn and die," but [[:wikipedia:Orion (constellation)|Orion]], [[:wikipedia:Canis Major|Canis Major]], [[:wikipedia:Ursa Major|Ursa Major]], and [[:wikipedia:Aquila (constellation)|Aquila]] refuse. Yodaka despairs and falls once, but jumps up on the way and becomes a beautiful blue star himself.
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==== Episode 25 ====
* Ui's statement, especially "a group of us smaller than air and uncountable," can be considered a reference to Kenji's [[:wikipedia:Monad (philosophy)|monadology]]. [https://bauddha.dhii.jp/INBUDS/search.php?m=trdd&usid=168671&a= His monadology], i.e. the idea that all matter and phenomena in the world are manifestations of monads, material/spiritual particles in their proper form, is [http://www.kenji-world.net/english/works/texts/jikuu13.html expressed in several poems] in '''''Spring and Asura'''''<ref name = "Asura"/>, e.g. '''''[http://www.kenji-world.net/english/works/texts/jikuu10.html Proem].'''''
* In addition, Kenji's view of life and death, especially his deep grief over the loss of his sister, [http://www.kenji-world.net/works/texts/jikuu2.html is expressed in some poem] in '''''Spring and Asura'''''<ref name = "Asura"/>, and interacts with his monadology. For example, in '''''Volcano Bay (Nocturne),''''' Kenji believes that his sister Toshiko has gone to another space different from the real space after her death, but he cannot help but think that Toshiko is "hidden" in the natural phenomena of the real space.
** See also [[#Episode 25|above]].

==In Madoka Magica==
[[File:Train witch PN. p.121.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Witch of Train]]
* In the [[Madoka Magica Episode 12: My Best Friend#Other Magical Girls | Episode 12 of Madoka Magica]], Madoka rescue a magical girl, probably Himalayan people. There are [[wikipedia:Prayer flag | prayer flags]] behind her. In '''''The Life of Pennen Nenemu'''''<ref name="Nenemu" /> , Nenemu slips and appears into the Tibetan mountain where the prayer flags fluttering.
 
* Witch of Train, the draft design appeared only in the [[Puella Magi Production Note#Compilation | Production Note (left side of p.121)]], may be a self-parody to [http://wiki.kumetan.net/index.php?%E6%87%BA%E3%83%BB%E7%AC%AC08%E8%A9%B1%E3%80%8E%E3%81%82%E3%81%82%E3%82%B5%E3%83%97%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%82%BA%E3%81%A0%E3%82%88%E3%80%81%E3%81%A8%E7%A7%81%E3%81%AF%E3%81%86%E3%81%A4%E3%82%8D%E3%81%AB%E5%91%9F%E3%81%8F%E3%81%AE%E3%81%A7%E3%81%82%E3%81%A3%E3%81%9F%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%83%882%2F%E3%81%BB%E3%81%8B%E3%80%8F Episode 8#C of ''Zan: Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei'']. Although, it can be also regarded a reference to '''''Night on the Galactic Railroad'''''<ref name="Galactic" />.
** It is possible that the large hat of the Witch is repurposed for the design of Campanella, Yachiyo's Doppel.
** One of the Witches devoured by [[Shitori Egumo]] in the anime is also a train.

==Other Speculation about Reception and Influence of Kenji==
* [[wikipedia:Chūya Nakahara | Chūya Nakahara]] is a poet and a contemporary of Kenji Miyazawa. Kenji was almost unknown during his lifetime, but Chūya promptly paid attention and was influenced by him.
** He wrote a poem titled [http://www.around-around.com/circus/ ''Circus'']. This poem can have influenced the design of [[Walpurgisnacht#Minions|Walpurgisnacht's familiars]] and the fantastic circus scene in the Episode 1 of the anime.

==References==
[https://www.aozora.gr.jp/index_pages/person81.html The works by Kenji Miyazawa] referenced on this page are listed here. The links lead to the Aozora Bunko, Japanese digital library of out-of-copyright books. Also, his works with articles on Wikipedia are linked.

{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="Galactic">
'''''銀河鉄道の夜''''' (''Night on the Galactic Railroad, Ginga Tetsudō no Yoru'')
: There are several different editions of this novel. The final edition differs distinctly from the earlier editions, with the final edition removing the description of Professor Bulcaniro that caused Giovanni to ride the galactic train. There are four editions in Aozora Bunko, including the final edition, but here are two editions written in the modern kana usage.
: [https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/43737_19215.html Earlier Edition], [https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/456_15050.html Final Edition]
: [[wikipedia:jp:銀河鉄道の夜|Wikipedia JP]], [[Wikipedia:Night on the Galactic Railroad|Wikipedia EN]]
:: You can find this document useful when reading this novel in English. Be careful if you want to quote.
::: Holt, Jon P., "[http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/12873 Ticket to Salvation: Nichiren Buddhism in Miyazawa Kenji’s 'Night on the Galactic Railroad' (Ginga tetsudō no yoru)]" (2013). World Languages and Literatures Faculty Publications and Presentations. 45.
</ref>

<ref name = "cat">
[https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/464_19941.html '''''猫の事務所''''' (''The Cat Office, Neko no Jimusho'')]
: [[wikipedia:jp:猫の事務所|Wikipedia JP]]
</ref>

<ref name = "wind 1">
[https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/1943_30595.html '''''風野又三郎''''' (''Matasaburō Kazeno, Kazeno Matasaburō'')]
</ref>

<ref name = "wind 2">
[https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/462_15405.html '''''風の又三郎''''' (''Matasaburō the Wind, Kaze no Matasaburō'')]
:[[wikipedia:jp:風の又三郎|Wikipedia JP]]
</ref>

<ref name = "Budori">
[https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/1924_14254.html '''''グスコーブドリの伝記''''' (''The Life of Budori Gusukō, Gusukō Budori no Denki)]
:[[wikipedia:jp:グスコーブドリの伝記|Wikipedia JP]]
</ref>

<ref name = "Nenemu">
[https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/33195_38118.html '''''ペンネンネンネンネン・ネネムの伝記''''' (''The Life of Nenemu Pennennennennen, Pennennennennen・Nenemu no Denki)]
</ref>

<ref name = "Nolde">
[https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/45309_22348.html '''''ペンネンノルデはいまはいないよ　太陽にできた黒い棘をとりに行ったよ''''' (''Nolde Pennen is out for now. He has gone to remove the Black Thorns from the Sun., Pennen Norude wa Ima wa Inaiyo. Taiyo ni Dekita Kuroi Toge wo Tori ni Ittayo)]
</ref>

<ref name = "Asura">
[https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/1058_15403.html '''''春と修羅''''' (''Spring and Asura, Haru to Shura'')]
:[[wikipedia:jp:春と修羅|Wikipedia JP]]
: ''Spring and Asura'' are the poetry collections, and the poems mentioned in this section, '''''序'''''（''Proem, Jo''）, '''''習作'''''（''Etude, Shūsaku''）, '''''永訣の朝''''' (''The Morning of Last Farewell, Eiketsu no Asa''), '''''青森挽歌'''''（''Aomori Elegy, Aomori Banka''） and '''''噴火湾（ノクターン）'''''（''Volcano Bay :A Nocturne, Hunka-wan (Nocturne)''), are included in.
:: Some English translations can be found at [http://www.kenji-world.net/english/index.html kenji-world.net] and in [http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1ppjm0 Sato, H. (Ed.). (2007). ''Miyazawa Kenji: Selections'' (1st ed.)]
</ref>

<ref name = "Yamanashi">
[https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/46605_31178.html '''''やまなし''''' (''Wild Pear, Yamanashi'')]
:[[wikipedia:jp:やまなし|Wikipedia JP]]
</ref>

<ref name = "Nighthawk">
[https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/473_42318.html '''''よだかの星''''' (''The Nighthawk Star, Yodaka no Hoshi'')]
:[[wikipedia:JP:よだかの星|Wikipedia JP]], [[wikipedia:The Nighthawk Star|Wikipedia EN]]
</ref>

<ref name = "Gauche">
[https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/470_15407.html '''''セロ弾きのゴーシュ''''' (''Gauche the Cellist, Sero Hiki no Gōshu'')]
:[[wikipedia:jp:セロ弾きのゴーシュ|Wikipedia JP]], [[wikipedia:Gauche the Cellist|Wikipedia EN]]
</ref>

<ref name = "Polano">
[https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/1935_19925.html '''''ポラーノの広場''''' (''The Polāno Plaza, Porāno no Hiroba'')]
:[[wikipedia:jp:ポラーノの広場|Wikipedia JP]]
</ref>

<ref name = "Star song">
[https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/46268_23911.html '''''星めぐりの歌'''''（''The Song of the Circling Stars, Hoshi Meguri no Uta''）]
:[[wikipedia:jp:星めぐりの歌|Wikipedia JP]]
</ref>
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{{nihongo|[[wikipedia:Kenji Miyazawa|'''Kenji Miyazawa''']]|宮沢賢治 or 宮澤賢治|Miyazawa Kenji|extra=27 August 1896 – 21 September 1933}} was a Japanese novelist and poet of children's literature from Hanamaki, Iwate, in the late [[:wikipedia:Taishō|Taishō]] (1912-1926) and early [[:wikipedia:Shōwa (1926–1989)|Shōwa periods]] (1926–1989). Some of his major works include '''''Night on the Galactic Railroad'''''<ref name="Galactic" />, '''''The Life of Budori Gusuko'''''<ref name = "Budori"/>, '''''The Nighthawk Star'''''<ref name = "Nighthawk"/> and '''''Spring and Asura'''''<ref name = "Asura"/>. Some of his works have been adapted into animated films, and there are also a variety of fictional works that reference his work in various ways, such as ''[[:wikipedia:Galaxy Express 999|Galaxy Express 999]]'', ''[[:wikipedia:Pom Poko|Pom Poko]]'', ''[[:wikipedia:Penguindrum|Penguindrum]]'', and ''[[:wikipedia:Shin Godzilla|Shin Godzilla]].''

Many of his works have been referenced by the mobile game [[Magia Record]]. This page will attempt to compile references to his work in both the game and [[Magia Record Anime | the anime adaptation]]. You should note that some of the information given here is trivial and/or forcible.

== General ==
*Kenji Miyazawa was a utopian social activist. The [[Wings of Magius|Magius']] goal is to erase the {{spoiler|Witchification process}} from the Magical Girl system, and in doing so create a peaceful world for magical girls where they will not succumb to despair or fight over resources. The beginning stage of their plan, creating the Doppel field of [[Kamihama City]] where {{spoiler|Magical Girls cannot become Witches while inside of it}}, essentially makes it a kind of Magical Girl utopia.
* Kenji Miyazawa learned the constructed international language [[wikipedia:Esperanto|Esperanto]], which he [http://www.hh.e-mansion.com/~sibazyun/ali-trad/poe-miyazawa0.htm translated several of his poems into]. Kenji found the concept of a common international language interesting. [[Magia Record Soundtrack#Anime OST|Songs of the anime's soundtrack]] are titled in at least nine languages.
** Kenji's fascination with the international language may be connected to the idea of Magical Girls from many far-off places gathering together in Kamihama City.
* Kenji was a devout Buddhist, as were his parents of the Pure Land Sect. [[Ui Tamaki|Ui Tamaki's]] name, from the same poem from which her sister [[Iroha Tamaki|Iroha]] gets hers, comes from a Buddhist term that means "[[wikipedia:jp:有為|caused by karma]]". Additionally, [[Madoka Kaname]] and her story can be interpreted as [[Spa Weekly! 2011-07-19|that of a Buddhist savior]].
* A recurring theme of Kenji's that aligns with his personal philosophy and which appears in several of his works, including '''''Night on the Galactic Railroad'''''<ref name="Galactic" />, is that of self-sacrifice, of giving oneself for the sake of others. This aligns with the overall role of Magical Girls, those who sacrifice their happiness, humanity, and ultimately lives for the survival of the universe, as well as the mindset of altruistic Magical Girls who aim to fight Witches for the safety of humanity, rather than out of obligation or for their own self-interests. Further, this especially relates to the story of [[Madoka Kaname]], {{spoiler|who gave up her very existence for the sake of Magical Girls across the universe and throughout all of history}} in the timeline of the original series.

==''Night on the Galactic Railroad''<ref name="Galactic" />==

===Plot Summary of the Novel===
This novel's protagonist, Giovanni, is a boy who tends to isolate himself from his surroundings due to the rumors related to his absent father. On the night of the festival of the constellation Centaurus, he climbs the hill alone and watches the night sky, instead of joining the festival.

As he gazes up at the Milky Way, Giovanni suddenly finds himself with his best friend, Campanella, onboard a train. That train had been running on a railway laid on the shore of the Milky Way in the night sky. Shortly before they reach their first stop, they look out the window to see the [[wikipedia:Northern Cross (asterism) | Northern Cross]]. At their first stop, [[wikipedia:Cygnus (constellation)|Swan Station]], they get off and stop at Pliocene Beach. After they board the train again, they meet a bird-catcher who catches wild geese to turn them into candy. In a talk with the bird-catcher, Giovanni learns that the green ticket he has is a special one that can take him wherever he wishes. The bird-catcher disappears and a pair of young siblings and a young man appear in their place. They seem to have boarded the train after the ship they were on hit an iceberg and sank. They gaze at the [[wikipedia:Scorpius|Scorpio's fire]] from the window and have conversations about "true happiness" and "the only true God". At the [[wikipedia:Crux|Southern Cross]], called Heaven, all the other passengers get off and Giovanni and Campanella are left alone again. They vow to go together as far as they can, for the sake of "true happiness of all people". However, after they passed the [[wikipedia:Coalsack Nebula|Coalsack]], Campanella suddenly disappears after he tells Giovanni that there is true heaven outside the window and that his mother is there.

At the top of the hill, Giovanni wakes up. He goes down to the town and hears that Campanella has jumped into the river to help rescue the bully, Zanelli, and has gone missing. Giovanni tries to tell Campanella's father where he has gone, but he informs him that Giovanni's father will be returning soon. Giovanni is choked with various emotions and heads home.

===In-Game===
* Giovanni is a protagonist in the story. [[Iroha Tamaki#Doppel Descriptions|Iroha Tamaki]]'s Doppel's name, Giovanna is the feminine form of Giovanni.
** According to the design note in [[Magia Archive Volume 1]], her Doppel, Giovanna is the one, it wanders around from a sense of loss and loneliness and searching for "true happiness". The phrase "true happiness" is frequently used in the novel.
** The nature of Giovanni, "silence" may be a reference to the opening section of the novel. In first section, Campanella decides to answer a question in class instead of the shy Giovanni, only to stay ''silent'' so that Giovanni is less embarrassed.
** Ironically, in the animated adaptation of the novel, Campanella is depicted as pink, while Giovanni is blue.
** Because of his father's absence and his mother's illness, Giovanni works as a printing-type selector in a letterpress printing office. [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%96%87%E9%81%B8_(%E5%87%BA%E7%89%88) The selection for printing types] is a process specific to letterpress printing in Chinese character culture. The design of [[Uwasa of the Memory Curator]] seems to be based on a letterpress printing machine.
 
* Doppel of [[Yachiyo Nanami#Doppel Descriptions|Yachiyo Nanami]] is Campanella. Campanella is one of the main characters in the novel.
** The nature of Doppel Campanella, "ticket-taking" may also be an ironical reference to this novel. He is his best friend of Giovanni who owns the ticket to the galaxy.
** Yachiyo and her Doppel Campanella used water magic. Campanella jumped into the river and went missing in the story.
** The Doppel Campanella is designed to look like a scorpion, with a lantern strapped to the end of its tail. According to design notes in Magia Archive Volume 1, this is confirmed to be a reference to the same scorpion in the story. That scorpion ate other insects, but perished in a well after escaping another predator; regretting that it did not sacrifice itself for a good cause, it prayed to bring happiness to others, and its body became a bright flame that endlessly burned in the sky. Also, Campanella and Giovanni vow to sacrifice themselves for the sake of "true happiness of all people", like the scorpion,
*** In earlier editions of the novel, Professor Bulcaniro appears and encourages Giovanni soon after Campanella disappears. He is a pale-faced adult man with a large black hat and suggests that Giovanni experienced his journey on the Galactic Railroad through his experiments. Her Doppel is named after Campanella, but can be a reference to this mentor.
** Ironically, in the animated adaptation of the novel, Giovanni is depicted as blue, while Campanella is pink.
** The Doppel of [[Yachiyo Nanami (Tanabata ver.)|Yachiyo (Tanabata ver.)]] is described as "have received the role of a Tanabata magpie". The magpies are not very common birds in Japan, but are known as birds that appear in the myth of Tanabata festival, a [[:wikipedia:Qixi Festival|festival originating in China]]. The magpies also appear in the ''Night on the Galactic Railroad''.
 
* The description of [[Mifuyu Azusa#Doppel Description|Mifuyu Azusa]] likely refers to a character, simply referred to as "the birdcatcher" in the novel. His "vocation" is to catch birds such as cranes, wild geese, herons and swans and sell them for food. He hands Giovanni and Campanella a goose he caught, but it somehow turns into candy.
** He is a hunched-over and red-bearded man dressed in a raggedy brown overcoat, and he is carrying his things, wrapped in white cloth, into two pieces and slung over his shoulder. Also, after he catches birds outside the train, suddenly [https://www.google.com/search?q=%E3%83%90%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B6%E3%82%A4&tbm=isch&biw=1517&bih=694 throws his hands up in the air, shaped "like a soldier being hit by a shell and dying"] and moves instantly into the train. The design of Mifuyu's Doppel may reference these descriptions about the birdcatcher in the novel.
 
[[File:True Hapiness Madoka.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"Now everyone will have true happiness."]]
* In [[Magia Record Story A la Carte Valentine#Madoka|the event story in 2018]], [[Madoka Kaname]] becomes a [[Kriemhild Gretchen|Witch]] and says "Now everyone will have true happiness." in a dream. The phrase "true happiness" is frequently used in the novel.
** In the novel, Giovanni argues with the other passengers about " the only true God". Also, all passengers except Giovanni and Campanella are headed for "Heaven". [[Ultimate Madoka in Magia Record|Ultimate Madoka]] and the [[Law of Cycles]] are often likened to God and heaven and actually called so in the Puella Magi series.
** "the only true God" in the novel probably refers to the Christian God, but Giovanni seems unconvinced about the existence of the one. Also, he is taught by his teacher at school that they must "create a better place than heaven" and he probably agrees with that. In Magia Record, [[Wings of Magius]] tried to make the paradise for magical girls and [[Kamihama Magia Union]] are trying to achieve their ideal through more moderate methods. Also, The Law of Cycles can't currently interfere in the universe of Magia Record. This could also be a reference to the novel.
** In the novel, Campanella did not get off at the Southern Cross, but it is suggested that he heads for the "true heaven" after they passed the Coalsack. Just before he disappears, he says that he is not afraid of the darkness, such as the void of Coalsack. For [[Kyubey]], magical girls are fuel like coal for mankind. This could be an allusion to the magical girl system.
 
* In the [[Magia Record Story Night Fairytale ～You Were At the Water's Edge～ | event story of 2021 summer]] which features [[Sayaka Miki]], the song made by Kenji, '''''The Song of the Circling Stars'''''<ref name = "Star song"/>is featured. The song appears in ''Night on the Galactic Railroad'' as a whistling tune, and also [http://www.kenji-world.net/english/works/texts/twins.html appears in Kenji's other novel].
* At the end of Arc 2.5, [[Yachiyo Nanami (Historia ver.)]] was released. Her weapon resembles the rainbow train tracks on the cover art of some editions of Night on the Galactic Railroad as seen [[:File:Night on Galactic Railroad cover.jpeg|here]].
===Anime===

====ED====
*In the ED ''[[Aletheia]]'', Yachiyo's falling into water could be a reference to Campanella's falling into a river.

====Episode 1====
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| [[File:Episode 1 Boxwood 35.png|200px]]
| [[File:Cats Comparison.png|thumb|right|200px|comparison]] The cat that Iroha saves appears to be distinctively drawn to look similar face-wise to the characters in [[wikipedia:Night on the Galactic Railroad (film) | the 1985 film of the novel]]. That film is [http://rittorsha.jp/column/2018/01/post-2.html based on a manga by Hiroshi Masumura], who drew the main characters as cats.
|-
| [[File:Episode 1 Iroha's home 24.png|200px]]
| According to Director Miyamoto, Iroha's parents' green passports are an allusion to Giovanni's green ticket. In the novel, Giovanni's green ticket is a special one that can take him wherever he wants to go.
|-
| [[File:Episode 1 Takarazaki School 4.png|200px]]
| Takarazaki-Dai-sanji Station's glass ceiling features several constellations, in particular [[wikipedia:Lyra|Lyra]]. Lyra and its star Vega are the last stars seen by Giovanni before he falls asleep and finds himself aboard the Galactic Railroad. This is also confirmed to be an allusion by Director Miyamoto.
|-
| [[File:Episode 1 Takarazaki School 5.png|200px]]
| In the novel, a conductor asks Giovanni if his green ticket has been brought with him from "tertiary space". "Dai-sanji" literally means tertiary, so that station's name could also be a reference to the novel.
|-
| [[File:Episode 1 Takarazaki School 24.png|200px]]
| Iroha is asked a question in class pertaining to what the Milky Way is made of, similar to how the main character Giovanni is asked the same question but both are unable to answer.
|-
| [[File:Episode 1 Afterschool Cleaning 8.png|200px]]
| Similar to how Giovanni's father is out on a trip and he must take care of the house, giving him no time to study nor time with friends, Iroha is in a similar position where both of her parents are out on a trip and she is left by herself and appears to not hang out with any friends after school.
|-
| [[File:Episode 1 Zenobia 27.png|200px]]
| There is a direct quote from the novel on the [[Uwasa Kazoe Uta]] full version. It is a line in the song that "hontō no saiwai (True Happiness）". This phrase appears multiple times in the novel.
|-
| [[File:Episode 1 Zenobia 41.png|200px]]
| Iroha is shown to be with Ui in a hospital, possibly reflecting Giovanni's ill mother in the story.
|-
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* There are many scenes with Iroha riding the train and several magical girls talking about taking a night train to Kamihama, which may be a reference to the train Giovanni rides through the galaxy.
|-
| [[File:Episode 1 Takarazaki Train 3.png|200px]]
| The railroads Iroha uses daily is a [[wikipedia:Single-track railway|single-track railway]], which is very uncommon in developed, transit-dependent areas. This could be a reference to the single-trip Galactic Railroad bound for heaven as well as a metaphor for magical girls' destinies with no recovery.
|-
| [[File:Episode 1 Kamihama 9.png|200px]]
| In the earlier edition of the novel, among the three people who have appeared after the Birdcatcher disappeared, a girl is wearing a "thin silver ring". In the Puella Magi series, the [[Soul Gems|silver ring]] is a symbolic item for magical girls.
|-
| [[File:Episode 1 Takarazaki Train 2.png|200px]]
| The train Iroha rides on presumably appears to be a [[wikipedia:Diesel multiple unit|diesel multiple unit]], neither a steam locomotive nor an electric train, as there's no smoke and no overhead wires. It can be a reference to the novel because it explains that the galactic train is not powered by steam or electricity in the earlier edition of the novel.
: Also, the diesel multiple unit, [[wikipedia:KiHa 141 series | KiHa 141]] are repurposed as coaches for [[wikipedia:SL Ginga | SL Ginga]], a Japanese excursion train named after this Kenji's novel. However, the appearance of the train in the anime [https://twitter.com/Rinkai70_000/status/1213483612357578752 seems to refer] to the different train series.
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====Episode 2====
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| [[File:Episode2 bus.png|200px]]
| The license plate number of the bus is supposed to be bound for Satomi Medical Center but deviated by the witch is NGC-7000. It is the designation of [[wikipedia:North America Nebula|North America Nebula]] near the [[wikipedia:Northern Cross (asterism)|Northern Cross]], where Campanella makes up his mind to go to "the end of earth" to make his mother happy, a wish later fulfilled at the "true heaven" past the Southern Cross.
|-
| [[File:Rebecca barrier entrance anime 1.png|200px]]
| The motorcycle license plates display "Caldwell 99". Caldwell 99 is the designation given to the [[wikipedia:Coalsack Nebula|Coalsack Nebula]] located between the [[wikipedia:Crux|Southern Cross]] and Scorpion constellations. In the story, Campanella ends his journey past the Coalsack.
|-
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* In [[Rebecca|Rebekka]]'s barrier, there are several elements that may be an allusion to this novel. Some of these were already seen in the Game, but are depicted in more detail in the Anime.
|-
| [[File:Rebecca barrier 3.png|200px]]
| There is the huge ribbed skeleton of an animal in the barrier. In the novel, Giovanni and Campanella see the massive bones of an ancient animal on the "Pliocene Coast". See also [[#Episode 16|Episode 16]] section.
|-
| [[File:Rebecca barrier 6.png|200px]]
| There are many things like crosses in the barrier. They probably are broken or imperfect fences. But, they can be an implication to the Northern Cross, which is the island where the white shining cross stands, or the Southern Cross, where the shining crosses of various colors stand like trees from the Milky Way, described in the novel.
: Rebekka's victims are led by [[Rebecca#Joseph|Joseph, whose role is that of "shepherd"]]. Metaphorically, the term "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepherd#Religion shepherd]" is used for God or Jesus in Christianity. In the novel, at the Southern Cross, the disembarking passengers kneeling in a line in front of a divine white figure.
|-
| [[File:Episode 2 Rebecca 20.png|200px]]
| The sky of the barrier is a starry sky. There [https://twitter.com/Kutuluu_iaia/status/1216084647018295296 seems to be] a depiction of the Southern Cross, which is called "Heaven" in the novel.
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====Episode 3====
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| [[File:Episode 3 Hospital 19.png|200px]]
| In the third chapter of the novel, Giovanni fondly remembers a time before his father went missing. At the time, he played with Campanella's [http://www.sidestreet.info/locos/loco50.html toy locomotive that ran on an alcohol lamp] at his house. Episode 3 begins with a scene in which Touka makes her miniature locomotive run. This may be a reference to this chapter of the novel.
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====Episode 8====
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| [[File:Episode 8 Stacey 4.png|200px]]
| In the eighth chapter of the novel, Giovanni and Campanella see a man with a large key strapped to his waist, the reason being he is a lighthouse keeper which is explained in later chapters. In Episode 8, The [[Stacey|rooftop Witch]]'s familiars with bunches of keys, may be a reference to this chapter of the novel.
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====Episode 12====
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| [[File:Mifuyu Tower Ep.12.png|200px]]
| The observation tower where Mifuyu first deployed her Doppel is probably a reference to [[wikipedia:The Tower (Tarot card)|The Tower]], Major Arcana card in [[Mel Anna|Tarot]]. Although, it can also be a reference to the "[[wikipedia:jp:天気輪|Pillar of the Weather Wheel]]," a mysterious architectural structure that appears in the novel.
: see also [[#Episode_12_2|below section]]
|}

====Episode 13====
* At the end of the episode, Iroha is captured by Holy Mami and taken from Yachiyo, after having promised that they would stay together. This parallels Giovanni and Campanella, who promised each other that they would travel to the end of the universe together until Campanella eventually gets off the train early because of his death. In the movie, Campanella (who mirrors Iroha in this instance) is pink, while Giovanni (Yachiyo) is blue.

====Episode 16====
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| [[File:Anime Magia Record EP.16-1 Galactic train1.png|200px]]
| In the novel, the area around Swan Station is covered with [[wikipedia:ja:ススキ|silver grass]] meadows.
|-
| [[File:Anime Magia Record EP.16-2 Galactic train2.png|200px]]
| On the "Pliocene Coast", a researcher and his assistants are excavating a huge skeleton and [[wikipedia:Fossil track|fossil tracks]]. He explains to Giovanni and Campanella about the skeleton: the bones of the "''[[wikipedia:Bos|Bos]]''," the ancient ancestor of the cattle. 
: See also [[#Episode 2|Episode 2]] section.
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====Episode 17====
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| [[File:Anime Magireco EP.17 Entrance to Fent Hope.png|200px]]
| Kuroe points to the garden arches and says that the entrance to Fent Hope is "around Karasu-uri". [[:wikipedia:ja:カラスウリ|Karasu-uri]] literally means "crow gourd", but its English name is "[[:wikipedia:Trichosanthes pilosa|snake groud]]". In the novel, the attendees of the Galactic festival [[:wikipedia:Water lantern|float lanterns]] made of the grouds down the river.
|-
| [[File:Anime Magireco EP.17 locomotive and crystal.png|200px]]
| The toy locomotive which appeared in [[#Episode 3]] reappears in a larger version. Also, the novel depicts landscapes such as trees like crystal work and a crystal palace.
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|
| At the end of episode 17, Nemu states that "the last battle to win true happiness for magical girls". The phrase "true happiness" also appears here.
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====Episode 19====
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| The license plate of Yachiyo's car reads "Antares IC 4606". [[:wikipedia:Antares|Antares]] is the brightest star in the constellation of Scorpius and is described in the novels as "the scorpion's fire". [https://www.sciencesource.com/archive/Image/Nebula-IC4606-SS2109702.html IC 4606] is one of the nebulae associated with Scorpius, and surrounds Antares.
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==== Episode 22 ====
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| [[File:Nemu ep22-4.png|200px]]
| The flowers planted on the rooftop of the Satomi Medical Center are probably the white-flowered variety of ''[[:wikipedia:Campanula|Campanula]]''. The scientific name of this flower comes from a [[:wiktionary:en:campanula#Latin|Latin word]] meaning "(little) bell" and shares the same etymology as the surname [[:wikipedia:Campanella|Campanella]].
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==== Episode 24 ====
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| In earlier editions of the novel, Giovanni speaks with "a pale-faced, skinny adult man with a big black hat" after the sudden disappearance of Campanella. He shows Giovanni a "dictionary of geography and history" and talks about the uncertainty of faith, right and wrong. He differs from Kyubey because he believes that "true happiness" is attainable, but Kyubey's insistence that rightness and belief are merely period fluctuations might be an ironical reference to this scene.
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==== Episode 25 ====
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| [[File:Anireco 25 - Galactic train.png|200px]]
| The galactic trains are depicted as steam locomotives in many media.
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| [[File:Anireco 25 - farewell.png|200px]]
| Toward the end of the novel, Campanella suddenly disappears from the train. Probably, in the real world, he has already died before or after that point (or at any point on the galactic train).
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Anireco 25 - weather wheel pillar.png|240px]]
| The tower-like silhouette behind Ui may be a pillar of the weather wheel. Its exact identity is not revealed in the novel, and there are various theories as to what exactly it is. Giovanni lies on a hilltop with this pillar and finds himself on a galactic train. The journey by galactic railroad then ends with Giovanni waking up on top of the hill.
: see also [[#Episode 12|above section]].
|-
| In earlier versions of the novel, the mentor mentioned above preaches to Giovanni that everyone is Campanella, so he must seek everyone's true happiness, and he can go with Campanella by doing so. Ui's remark that she is in all the happiness that Iroha feels could be a reference to this scene.
: However, see also [[#Episode_25_2|below]].
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| [[File:Episode 25 book cover.png|200px]]
| The "Magia Record", which exists as a book, could refer to the "dictionary of geography and history" in earlier editions of the novel. See [[#Episode 24|above]].
|}

==Other works by Kenji==
===In-Game===
* The description of [[Kanagi Izumi]]'s doppel is a reference to '''''The Cat Office'''''<ref name = "cat" />.
**The story is about a cat who works at an office with other cats (as if they were humans). Since the cat gets cold easily he sleeps in the fireplace. This causes him to be covered in soot, and so he is known in the story as the "soot cat". His co-worker cats look down on him for this, and ultimately bully the soot cat in the workplace. At the end of the story a lion, implied to be the boss of the cats, secretly observes the workers and reveals himself. He then declares that the office is shut down. The last line of the story is the narrator saying "I half-agree with the lion." (ぼくは半分獅子に同感です.)
 
[[File:Matasaburo poem.jpg |thumb|right|200px|the poem quoted from former novel]]
* Miyazawa's works '''''Kazeno Matasaburō'''''<ref name = "wind 1"/> and '''''Kaze no Matasaburō'''''<ref name = "wind 2"/> are about a mysterious child (Saburo Tanaka) who who is transferred to a rural elementary school. The other students believe he is connected to, or is, a wind spirit known as "Matasaburo". Over the course of ten days, the other children quickly form a bond with Saburo, but after this short time he is transferred away as quickly as he arrived.
** [[Kuro|Kuro's (game)]] Witch form, Matasaburo, takes its name from this.
** The former novel is a predecessor work of the latter one and they are [http://www5a.biglobe.ne.jp/~accent/kazeno/karahe.html different in content]. In the [[Magia Record Story A la Carte Valentine#Homura|event story in which she appears]], poems from both are quoted. In the former story's poem, ざくろ (pomegranates, zakuro) appears, but it is replaced by other fruits (walnuts and Chinese quinces) in the poem in the latter. Therefore, Zakuro, the familiars of the Witch, may be named after the poem in former novel.
** [[Karin Misono|Karin Misono's]] first name (りん) is a homonym with the Japanese word for quince (花梨). [[Manaka Kurumi|Manaka Kurumi's]] surname, and by extension that of her family's restaurant, is the Japanese word for walnut (胡桃). These are both references to the version of the song Saburo sings that is featured in the second iteration of the story.
 
* [[Nemu Hiiragi]] and [[Touka Satomi]]'s Doppel are references to two draft-like predecessor works about '''''The Life of Budori Gusuko'''''<ref name="Budori"/>. Also, this novel itself can refer to Magia Record.
** Nemu's Doppel name, Pennen Nenemu is a reference to '''''The Life of Pennen Nenemu'''''<ref name="Nenemu"/>.
*** The titular character, Nenem is a ghost who lives in the ghost's world. The world is a different dimension from the world where humans live, and although ghosts can "appear" in the human world, it is a crime to appear without permission. Nenem loses his parents by famine and his sister by an kidnapper, and is employed as a proletarian. He quits his job after working for ten years and then rises to the position of "the Chief Justice of the world". He does a fine job that all citizens praise, and in the process reunites with his sister, but he later becomes bloated with authority, slips and appears into the human's world, from his conceit. He laments his failure and declares his resignation. This story is a predecessor to ''The Life of Budori Gusuko'', but it can be regarded as almost the opposite in content.
** Touka's doppel name is also a reference to '''''Pennen Nolde is out for now'''''<ref name = "Nolde"/>.
*** It is difficult to grasp the synopsis of this very short text, but it can be interpreted as the story of Norde trying to cope with the agricultural damage caused by a disorder about the solar activity.
** '''''The Life of Budori Gusuko''''' focuses on the titular character, Budori whose family is struck by a famine caused by cold-weather damage that inevitably takes his family. Eventually, when he is left with only his sister, she too is kidnapped by an abductor. He then meets various people, decides to contribute to society with his studies, and reunite with his sister along the way. This can be seen as both a reference to Iroha and her sister Ui, and later to Iroha's capture in Episode 13.
*** Like ''Night on the Galactic Railroad'', the novel was given [[wikipedia:The Life of Budori Gusuko | a film adaptation]] where the characters were depicted as anthropomorphic cats. In this adaptation, Budori is blue cat, his sister is magenta cat and a mysterious kidnapper cat is [https://tower.jp/article/series/2013/03/21/gusko_budori given the name], "[[Shin#Minions|Kotori]]". This adaptation is also [https://mantan-web.jp/article/20120708dog00m200008000c.html refer to] ''The Life of Pennen Nenemu''and ''Night on the Galactic Railroad''.
** The character Budri encounters after his sister was kidnapped, is a man who runs the "Tegusu factory," a complex production facility of a silkworm farm and a silk mill. The worms raised in that factory is the [[wikipedia:Tussar silk | Tussar silkworm]], which is not exactly the same as the genus ''[[wikipedia:Bombyx|Bombyx]]'', the true silkworm, but [[Shitori Egumo]] which is taken the form of a silkworm moth can be a reference to this.
*** The design on the hood of the Wings of Magius is based on the antennae and eyes of a moth. It may be a reference to the silk worm moths that were farmed in the Tegusu factory. (At the same time, It could also be the comparison of the magical girls' desire for hope to phototaxis of moths.)
 
* [[Ui Tamaki]]'s Doppel name, Shitori Egumo, which means "I'm going alone," is taken from a poem titled '''''The Morning of Last Farewell''''' in '''''Spring and Asura'''''<ref name="Asura"/>. This poem was written as he mourned and lamented the passing away of his sister with illness.
* The oldest surviving text written by Kenji is a short composition titled [https://ihatov.cc/blog/archives/2017/11/post_894.htm "''Yōsan''"] written by him about [[wikt:養蠶#Japanese|the sericulture industry]] when he was in the elementary school. Also, from the Meiji era to the early Showa era, sericulture prospered as [http://www.silk.or.jp/kaiko/kaiko_yousan.html one of Japan's most important industries], and close to Kenji's life. It is [https://kenji.iwate-u.ac.jp/publication/589/ said that] he met his end in the room where he had kept the silkworms. The design of Ui's Doppel, by extension the robes and emblem of the Wings of the Magius, can be a reference to these, as it is based on the silkworm moth.
 
* A phrase, "water-attribute Clammbon" appear in Episode 15 of the event story, [[Magia Record Story KamiFest: Kamihama Idol Festival 2020 |KamiFest: Kamihama Idol Festival 2020]]. Clammbon is [http://yamanasi.yoimikan.com/kuramubon.html an unidentifiable word] that appears in '''''Yamanashi'''''<ref name="Yamanashi"/>.
 
* As a young man, Kenji began a small magazine with several friends named '''''Azalea'''''.
** [[Konoha Shizumi]], [[Hazuki Yusa]], and [[Ayame Mikuri]] were three orphans who lived in and made wishes for their orphanage, "[[Magia Record Story And So, The Azaleas Bloom|Tsuzuji's House]]" (translated as Azalea's House or the Azalea House).
 
* [[Kuroe]] was initially an anime-only character, but later appeared in the game. Kuroe's Doppel name "Ichizo" was first revealed in the game. This name comes from the novel '''''The Nighthawk Star'''''<ref name = "Nighthawk"/>. See also [[#Episode 18|below section]].
** The novel tells the story of a nighthawk (also called "[[:wikipedia:Nightjar|Nightjar]]" in English) who is despised by other birds as a very ugly bird. He decides to go somewhere far away by himself, flies to a much higher place in the sky, and finally becomes a star with a blue fiery light. In the first half of the story, the true hawk threatens to kill him if he doesn't change his name from "Nighthawk" to "Ichizo. The hawk, mighty and feared by the little birds, hates very much to share his name with the wretched him.

*In the event [[Stardust Mirage]], Night on the Galactic Railroad was assigned reading by [[Iroha Tamaki]| Iroha's]] teacher.

===Anime===
====Episode 1====
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| The multi-irised eye-like design of [[Box Wood]] can be a reference to a drawing for a flower bed entitled [http://field.c.ooco.jp/subg30.htm "Tearful Eye"] from "MEMO FLORA", Kenji Miyazawa's gardening notebook.
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| [https://iwate-u.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=pages_view_main&active_action=repository_view_main_item_detail&item_id=14457&item_no=1&page_id=13&block_id=21 Rokurō Tsuge (柘植六郎)] taught at [http://www.bunka.pref.iwate.jp/en/archive/hist27 Morioka High School of Agriculture and Forestry], the higher education school where Kenji was enrolled. Kenji seems to have admired him personally, and he appears in '''''Etude''''', one of his poems in '''''Spring and Asura'''''<ref name="Asura" />as "Tsuge-san (Mr. Tsuge)." "[[:wikt:en:柘植|Tsuge]]" is the Japanese word for boxwood.
|-
| [[File:Episode 1 Takarazaki School 2.png|200px]]
| In '''''Proem''''' in '''''Spring and Asura'''''<ref name="Asura" />, the expression "the four-dimensional extension (第四次延長)" can be found. This expression has been [http://www.kenji-world.net/english/works/texts/jikuu16.html pointed out] that it is related to The Night of the Galactic Railroad and Kenji's worldview. The name of the station where Iroha used, "Takarazaki-Dai-sanji" may also refer to this poem.
|-
| [[File:Episode 1 Takarazaki School 3.png|200px]]
| When Iroha is waiting for the train at the station, the birds that take off from the perches are probably nighthawks. Kenji wrote '''''The Nighthawk Star'''''<ref name = "Nighthawk"/>.
|-
| [[File:Episode 1 Conversation with Kyubey 10.png|200px]]
| There is a fantastical scene in which Iroha and Kyubey converse in a circus. In Japan, until around the Showa period (1926-1989), urban legends sometimes have been told of human trafficking in the circus. Therefore, it may be difficult to identify the source of the homage, as many works depict the circuses as dark and strange fields (if you regard this scene as homage). For example, it might be a reference to [[:wikipedia:Shūji Terayama|Shuji Terayama]]'s ''[[:wikipedia:Pastoral: To Die in the Country|Pastoral: To Die in the Country]].'' However, Kenji also depicted a circus (or similar organization) in his '''''The Life of Pennen Nenemu'''''<ref name = "Nenemu"/>. In the novel, the protagonist, Nenemu discovers his missing sister in the circus, "The Great Troupe of Illusionists".
: see also [[Speculah:Kenji Miyazawa and Magia Record#Other Speculation about Reception and Influence of Kenji|below section]]
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====Episode 2====
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| [[File:Episode 2 Gauche Burger 8.png|200px]]
| Gauche Burger may be a reference to '''''Gauche the Cellist'''''<ref name="Gauche"/>.
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====Episode 4====
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| [[File:Episode 4 Snacks with Mitama 1.png|200px]]
| Gauche Burger appears again.
|-
| [[File:Episode 4 Snacks with Mitama 6.png|200px]]
| The crab used in the error screen of the SNS to represent Iroha's feelings may be a reference to '''''Yamanashi'''''<ref name="Yamanashi"/>
|-
| [[File:Episode 4 ten-point sale 1.png|200px]]
| Porano Market may be a reference to '''''The Polāno Plaza'''''<ref name="Polano"/>.
:In this poem, there is [https://ihatov.cc/song/polano.htm a song] called "Songs of the Polano Plaza".
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====Episode 6====
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| [[File:Episode 6 Symbol Witch 12.png|200px]]
| The birds, probably nighthawks that appeared in episode 1, reappear.
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| [[File:Episode 6 Lucky Day 1.png|200px]]
| The penny candy store Isado is probably a quote from '''''Yamanashi'''''<ref name="Yamanashi" />.
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====Episode 11====
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| [[File:Episode 11 Tsukuyo Interrogation 3.png|200px]]
| The name of the cafe that Iroha and Tsukuyo Amane visit, "Chalinell", is a musical instrument that appears in '''''The Life of Pennen Nenemu'''''<ref name="Nenemu" />.
|}

====Episode 12====
* The observation tower that appeared in Episode 12 can also be a reference to the [[wikipedia:Ryōunkaku|Ryōunkaku]]. This Japanese early skyscraper does not appears in Kenji's novel [https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/6738156/ but] the film adaptation in 2012.

====Episode 13====
* Iroha's capture by Holy Mami may, in addition to being a parallel to ''Night on the Galactic Railroad'', also be a reference to '''''The Life of Budori Gusuko'''''<ref name="Budori" /> and its own animated adaptation, where Budori (a blue cat) sets off to rescue his younger sister (a magenta cat) who had been kidnapped, and who meets various helpful characters on his journey while also figuring out a way to combat a widespread weather disaster to save many people from it.

====Episode 15====
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| [[File:Anime Magireco EP.15 Tower of Magius and prayer flags.png|200px]]
| There are player flags behind a huge structure symbolising the Magius. See [[#In Madoka Magica|below section]] for details.
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====Episode 18====
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| [[File:Anime Magireco EP.18 Witch Plant Train.png|200px]]
| The "Witch plants" transported by rails could be a reference to the "Tegusu factory" in '''''The Life of Budori Gusuko'''''<ref name="Budori"/>. Its internal view appears to be somewhat similar to a [[:wikipedia:Tomioka Silk Mill|real silk mill]]. Also, in the period when the sericultural industry was growing, railways were sometimes built [[:wikipedia:Canadian Pacific Railway#Silk trains|in order to transport raw silk]] and silkworm cocoons. See also [[#In-Game_2|the above section]].
|-
| [[File:S2E5 Kuroe Dopper 3.png|200px]]
| Kuroe's Doppel is shaped like a black bird. <del>There is a possibility that</del> it is a reference to the nighthawk. '''''The Nighthawk Star'''''<ref name = "Nighthawk"/> is generally accepted as a story with a strong sense of self-sacrifice. See also [[#In-Game_2|the above section]].
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==== Episode 24 ====
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| [[File:Anireco 24 - blue translucent Kyubey.png|200px]]
| The small Kyubey has a blue, translucent body. It could be an allusion to some phrases from several poems in '''''Spring and Asura'''''<ref name = "Asura"/>," e.g., "a blue illumination of the hypothesized, organic alternating current lamp" in '''''Proem''''' or "blue and transparent 'Gil-chan'" in '''''Aomori Elegy.''''' These poems reflect Kenji's philosophy, described below.
|-
| [[File:S3E3 Kuroe Witch1.jpg|200px]]
| Ichizo is a name that appears in '''''The Nighthawk Star'''''<ref name = "Nighthawk"/>. Nighthawk is threatened to change his name to it.
|-
| [[File:Ichizo 03.png|200px]]
| In '''''The Nighthawk Star'''''<ref name = "Nighthawk"/>, Nighthawk says to the stars, "Please take me to you. I don't care if I burn and die," but [[:wikipedia:Orion (constellation)|Orion]], [[:wikipedia:Canis Major|Canis Major]], [[:wikipedia:Ursa Major|Ursa Major]], and [[:wikipedia:Aquila (constellation)|Aquila]] refuse. Yodaka despairs and falls once, but jumps up on the way and becomes a beautiful blue star himself.
|}

==== Episode 25 ====
* Ui's statement, especially "a group of us smaller than air and uncountable," can be considered a reference to Kenji's [[:wikipedia:Monad (philosophy)|monadology]]. [https://bauddha.dhii.jp/INBUDS/search.php?m=trdd&usid=168671&a= His monadology], i.e. the idea that all matter and phenomena in the world are manifestations of monads, material/spiritual particles in their proper form, is [http://www.kenji-world.net/english/works/texts/jikuu13.html expressed in several poems] in '''''Spring and Asura'''''<ref name = "Asura"/>, e.g. '''''[http://www.kenji-world.net/english/works/texts/jikuu10.html Proem].'''''
* In addition, Kenji's view of life and death, especially his deep grief over the loss of his sister, [http://www.kenji-world.net/works/texts/jikuu2.html is expressed in some poem] in '''''Spring and Asura'''''<ref name = "Asura"/>, and interacts with his monadology. For example, in '''''Volcano Bay (Nocturne),''''' Kenji believes that his sister Toshiko has gone to another space different from the real space after her death, but he cannot help but think that Toshiko is "hidden" in the natural phenomena of the real space.
** See also [[#Episode 25|above]].

==In Madoka Magica==
[[File:Train witch PN. p.121.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Witch of Train]]
* In the [[Madoka Magica Episode 12: My Best Friend#Other Magical Girls | Episode 12 of Madoka Magica]], Madoka rescue a magical girl, probably Himalayan people. There are [[wikipedia:Prayer flag | prayer flags]] behind her. In '''''The Life of Pennen Nenemu'''''<ref name="Nenemu" /> , Nenemu slips and appears into the Tibetan mountain where the prayer flags fluttering.
 
* Witch of Train, the draft design appeared only in the [[Puella Magi Production Note#Compilation | Production Note (left side of p.121)]], may be a self-parody to [http://wiki.kumetan.net/index.php?%E6%87%BA%E3%83%BB%E7%AC%AC08%E8%A9%B1%E3%80%8E%E3%81%82%E3%81%82%E3%82%B5%E3%83%97%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%82%BA%E3%81%A0%E3%82%88%E3%80%81%E3%81%A8%E7%A7%81%E3%81%AF%E3%81%86%E3%81%A4%E3%82%8D%E3%81%AB%E5%91%9F%E3%81%8F%E3%81%AE%E3%81%A7%E3%81%82%E3%81%A3%E3%81%9F%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%83%882%2F%E3%81%BB%E3%81%8B%E3%80%8F Episode 8#C of ''Zan: Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei'']. Although, it can be also regarded a reference to '''''Night on the Galactic Railroad'''''<ref name="Galactic" />.
** It is possible that the large hat of the Witch is repurposed for the design of Campanella, Yachiyo's Doppel.
** One of the Witches devoured by [[Shitori Egumo]] in the anime is also a train.

==Other Speculation about Reception and Influence of Kenji==
* [[wikipedia:Chūya Nakahara | Chūya Nakahara]] is a poet and a contemporary of Kenji Miyazawa. Kenji was almost unknown during his lifetime, but Chūya promptly paid attention and was influenced by him.
** He wrote a poem titled [http://www.around-around.com/circus/ ''Circus'']. This poem can have influenced the design of [[Walpurgisnacht#Minions|Walpurgisnacht's familiars]] and the fantastic circus scene in the Episode 1 of the anime.

==References==
[https://www.aozora.gr.jp/index_pages/person81.html The works by Kenji Miyazawa] referenced on this page are listed here. The links lead to the Aozora Bunko, Japanese digital library of out-of-copyright books. Also, his works with articles on Wikipedia are linked.

{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="Galactic">
'''''銀河鉄道の夜''''' (''Night on the Galactic Railroad, Ginga Tetsudō no Yoru'')
: There are several different editions of this novel. The final edition differs distinctly from the earlier editions, with the final edition removing the description of Professor Bulcaniro that caused Giovanni to ride the galactic train. There are four editions in Aozora Bunko, including the final edition, but here are two editions written in the modern kana usage.
: [https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/43737_19215.html Earlier Edition], [https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/456_15050.html Final Edition]
: [[wikipedia:jp:銀河鉄道の夜|Wikipedia JP]], [[Wikipedia:Night on the Galactic Railroad|Wikipedia EN]]
:: You can find this document useful when reading this novel in English. Be careful if you want to quote.
::: Holt, Jon P., "[http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/12873 Ticket to Salvation: Nichiren Buddhism in Miyazawa Kenji’s 'Night on the Galactic Railroad' (Ginga tetsudō no yoru)]" (2013). World Languages and Literatures Faculty Publications and Presentations. 45.
</ref>

<ref name = "cat">
[https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/464_19941.html '''''猫の事務所''''' (''The Cat Office, Neko no Jimusho'')]
: [[wikipedia:jp:猫の事務所|Wikipedia JP]]
</ref>

<ref name = "wind 1">
[https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/1943_30595.html '''''風野又三郎''''' (''Matasaburō Kazeno, Kazeno Matasaburō'')]
</ref>

<ref name = "wind 2">
[https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/462_15405.html '''''風の又三郎''''' (''Matasaburō the Wind, Kaze no Matasaburō'')]
:[[wikipedia:jp:風の又三郎|Wikipedia JP]]
</ref>

<ref name = "Budori">
[https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/1924_14254.html '''''グスコーブドリの伝記''''' (''The Life of Budori Gusukō, Gusukō Budori no Denki)]
:[[wikipedia:jp:グスコーブドリの伝記|Wikipedia JP]]
</ref>

<ref name = "Nenemu">
[https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/33195_38118.html '''''ペンネンネンネンネン・ネネムの伝記''''' (''The Life of Nenemu Pennennennennen, Pennennennennen・Nenemu no Denki)]
</ref>

<ref name = "Nolde">
[https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/45309_22348.html '''''ペンネンノルデはいまはいないよ　太陽にできた黒い棘をとりに行ったよ''''' (''Nolde Pennen is out for now. He has gone to remove the Black Thorns from the Sun., Pennen Norude wa Ima wa Inaiyo. Taiyo ni Dekita Kuroi Toge wo Tori ni Ittayo)]
</ref>

<ref name = "Asura">
[https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/1058_15403.html '''''春と修羅''''' (''Spring and Asura, Haru to Shura'')]
:[[wikipedia:jp:春と修羅|Wikipedia JP]]
: ''Spring and Asura'' are the poetry collections, and the poems mentioned in this section, '''''序'''''（''Proem, Jo''）, '''''習作'''''（''Etude, Shūsaku''）, '''''永訣の朝''''' (''The Morning of Last Farewell, Eiketsu no Asa''), '''''青森挽歌'''''（''Aomori Elegy, Aomori Banka''） and '''''噴火湾（ノクターン）'''''（''Volcano Bay :A Nocturne, Hunka-wan (Nocturne)''), are included in.
:: Some English translations can be found at [http://www.kenji-world.net/english/index.html kenji-world.net] and in [http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1ppjm0 Sato, H. (Ed.). (2007). ''Miyazawa Kenji: Selections'' (1st ed.)]
</ref>

<ref name = "Yamanashi">
[https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/46605_31178.html '''''やまなし''''' (''Wild Pear, Yamanashi'')]
:[[wikipedia:jp:やまなし|Wikipedia JP]]
</ref>

<ref name = "Nighthawk">
[https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/473_42318.html '''''よだかの星''''' (''The Nighthawk Star, Yodaka no Hoshi'')]
:[[wikipedia:JP:よだかの星|Wikipedia JP]], [[wikipedia:The Nighthawk Star|Wikipedia EN]]
</ref>

<ref name = "Gauche">
[https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/470_15407.html '''''セロ弾きのゴーシュ''''' (''Gauche the Cellist, Sero Hiki no Gōshu'')]
:[[wikipedia:jp:セロ弾きのゴーシュ|Wikipedia JP]], [[wikipedia:Gauche the Cellist|Wikipedia EN]]
</ref>

<ref name = "Polano">
[https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/1935_19925.html '''''ポラーノの広場''''' (''The Polāno Plaza, Porāno no Hiroba'')]
:[[wikipedia:jp:ポラーノの広場|Wikipedia JP]]
</ref>

<ref name = "Star song">
[https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/46268_23911.html '''''星めぐりの歌'''''（''The Song of the Circling Stars, Hoshi Meguri no Uta''）]
:[[wikipedia:jp:星めぐりの歌|Wikipedia JP]]
</ref>
}}

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[[Category:Fanmade analysis]]
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Himena Aika

2025-10-17T14:05:36Z

8ozpintail: /* Powers and Abilities */

{{Infobox_character
|name=Himena Aika
|image=[[File:HimenaA2Website.jpg|x325px]]
|jname= (藍家ひめな) Aika Himena
|designer=[[Ume Aoki]] Imoan
|voices=Japanese: [https://twitter.com/shutoyuki_1219 Yukina Shuto]
|id=1028
|release1=JP:May 23, 2022
}}

{{nihongo|'''Himena Aika'''|藍家ひめな|Aika Himena}} was a playable character in the 2017 mobile game [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record]]. She was the leader of the [[Neo-Magius]] whose members included [[Hagumu Azumi]] and [[Shigure Miyabi]].

==General Info==
{{Magical Girl Details
|age=14
|eyes=Light purple
|hair=Light purple
|height=157cm
|origin=Unnamed town near Kamihama (formerly); moved to [[Shinsei Ward]] in [[Kamihama City]]
|soulgem=Light purple flower at her waist
|weapon=[[wikipedia:Tennin|Hagoromo (heavenly raiment)]]
|wish={{Q|Make it so that inside of me, I can be together with Hiko-kun.}}
|powers=Synthesis (Taking and Fusing another Magical girl's unique/personal magic either to someone or something else, for a limited period of time)
|doppel=Scylla
|witchnote=[[wikipedia:Scylla|named after a mythical creature]]
|pronoun={{nihongo|''Watashi-chan''|私チャン|}}
|relatives= Unnamed mother, unnamed father, Hiko (boyfriend, deceased)
|school=[[Kamihama Future Academy]], Middle School 2nd Year
|affiliation=[[Neo-Magius]]
|Height=157 cm}}

==Game Info==
{{Magia Record Stats
|hp0=6793|hp4=24631|hp5=30789|hpmax=37785
|atk0=1835|atk4=6558|atk5=8194|atkmax=10197
|def0=1809|def4=6606|def5=8258|defmax=10726
|attribute=aqua|type=Support
|disk1=accele|disk4=blast-|disk5=charge
|connect=I'll give it to ya~ ★
|connecttype=buff-attack
|connect4=Attack UP [VII] & Water Attribute Attack UP [VII]
|connect5=Attack UP [IX] & Water Attribute Attack UP [IX]
|magia=Emo Love★AquaBomb
|magiapat=all
|magia4=Damage to All Enemies [V] & Attack UP (All / 3T) & Aqua Attribute Attack UP (All / 3T)
|magia5=Damage to All Enemies [VII] & Attack UP (All / 3T) & Aqua Attribute Attack UP (All / 3T)
|doppel=Scylla
|doppelpat=all
|doppel5=Damage to All Enemies [IX] & Attack UP (All / 5T) & Aqua Attribute Attack UP (All / 5T) & Defense UP (All / 5T)
}}{{Magia Record Spirit Enhancement
|hp4=8|atk4=5|def4=5|accele4=8|blast4=4|charge4=6
|hp5=9|atk5=6|def5=6|accele5=9|blast5=5|charge5=7
|hpmax=9|atkmax=6|defmax=6|accelemax=15|blastmax=13|chargemax=11
|icons=buff-doppelmp, buff-doppel, buff-accele, buff-doppel, buff-doppelmp, buff-magia, effect-cut, effect-surge, effect-cut-fire, effect-negate-charm, effect-mpregen, buff-water
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|Accele Adept: Accele MP Gain UP [II]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Magia Adept: Magia Damage UP [II]
|Shield Adept: Damage Cut [II]
|Skill Quicken: Chance to Skill Quicken [III]
|Flame Shield Adept: Flame Attribute Damage Cut [III]
|Anti-Charm: Guaranteed Anti-Charm
|Mana Spring Aura: Regenerate MP [V] (Self / 3T on Battle Start)
|Aqua Aura: Aqua Attribute Attack UP [V] (All / 5T on Battle Start)
|activename=Magia Slash Circle
|activetype=buff-magia
|active=Magia Damage UP [II] (All / 1T) & Damage UP [II] (All / 1T)
|cooldown=12
}}

==Summary==
A naturally charismatic Magical Girl who rose to the top of Neo-Magius. She's aiming for the very heavens in order to allow those around her to appreciate the freedom of love. She has a bright and easy-going personality, but when it comes to romance she is always thinking of her pure love for her childhood sweetheart.

===Doppel Description===
[[File:Doppel 102800 l.png|thumb|right|150px|Scylla, Himena's doppel]]
The Doppel of perpetuity. Its form is a portrait. The master of this emotion holds mixed feelings towards her Doppel: though she feels a mysterious sense of kinship with it, she’s also frightened by the sense that her heart could be laid bare by looking directly at it. The Doppel responds by putting its master to sleep within the sphere connected to its body, in order to free her from the emotions that so vex her. While she sleeps, it attempts to fulfill her desires by stamping out each and every foe that refuses to understand her. Incidentally, the Doppel’s body is also a mere makeshift form projected from its master’s heart, and changes shape based on her own thoughts. It currently takes the form of a lovelorn wolf seeking its mate. The makeshift form will repeatedly regenerate as long as the sphere and ring remain intact, so caution is a must.
{{-}}



===Costume Stories===
<tabber>
|-| Swimsuit =
[[File:Himena swimsuit 2023.png|thumb|right|x250px]]
Inspired by Nagisa and the [[Magia Record Story Summer Pop Festival! ～Nagisa's HOT Summer Break～|recent events surrounding her]], Himena encourages Shigure and Hagumu to let themselves free and relax more, though her cutesy way of words has trouble getting the message across. While Alexandra and Hagamu agree with following Nagisa’s carefree nature, Shigure rejects the idea, prompting Himena to announce negativity as banned. She further elaborates on her idea, by suggesting that everyone gets into their swimsuits and go somewhere new. Though initially caught off guard, the two end up agreeing.
At the pool, the normally skittish duo has become more lively, and although they were surprised by the invite, they are glad that their leader suggested such an idea. They then plan about inviting San and Miyuri over. However, Himena soon proves that she still needs to work on considering her words before actually speaking, apparently not realizing how sensitive some of her comments can be.
</tabber>

==Appearances==
* [[Magia Record Main Story#Part Two|Main Story Part 2]]: [[Magia Record Main Story Part 2 Chapter 2|Chapter 2]]

===Event Appearances===
*[[Magia Record Story Every Lucky Bag a Dream|Every Lucky Bag a Dream (2021 New year's Login story)]]
*[[Magia Record Story Dependence Blue|Dependence Blue]]
*[[Magia_Record_Story_Kagura_San_Wants_to_Be_Honest|Kagura San Wants to Be Honest]]
*[[Magia_Record_Story_Miyuri_Yukari_on_Practice!|Miyuri Yukari on Practice!]]
*[[Magia Record Story Rainbow Colored Summer ~Everyday Life Record in a Notebook~| Rainbow Colored Summer ~Everyday Life Record in a Notebook~]]
*[[Magia_Record_Story_Stardust_Mirage|Stardust Mirage]]
*[[Magia Record Story Feeling the Winds of a New Year| Feeling the Winds of a New Year (2023 New Year's Login story)]]
*[[Magia_Record_Story_Summer_Pop_Festival!_～Nagisa's_HOT_Summer_Break～| Summer Pop Festival! ~Nagisa's HOT Summer Break~]]
*[[Magia_Record_Story_Puella_Historia_The_Lovers_in_the_Pax_Romana_Arc| Pax Romana's Sweetheart]]
*[[Magia Record Story Terrible Luck is a Premonition of Melting Snow| Terrible Luck is a Premonition of Melting Snow (2024 New Year's Login story)]]

===Magical Girl Story Appearances===
*[[Alexandra Kurusu]]
*[[Amaryllis]]
*[[Infinite Iroha]]
*[[Kagome Satori]]
*[[Kagome Satori (Night Parade of One Hundred Demons ver.)]]
*[[Kanagi Izumi (Everlasting Darkness ver.)]]
*[[Lavi Himuro (Kimochi ver.)]]
*[[Miyuri Yukari]]
*[[San Kagura]]
*[[Yachiyo Nanami (Historia ver.)]]
*[[Iroha・Kuroe]]

==Powers and Abilities==
As a result of her wish, the consciousness or soul of her boyfriend now resides in her mind after he committed suicide, allowing them to mentally communicate. In [[Magia_Record_Another_Story_Part_2_Chapter_8|Arc 2 Another Story Chapter 8]], [[Kanagi]] confirms his presence, indicating that he is not an illusion or delusion on Himena's part.

Himena's unique magic allows her to "synthesize" or "fuse" the unique magic of other Magical Girls for a limited time (approximately one hour) by making physical contact with each one involved. She can use this ability to transfer one Magical Girl's unique magic to another, such as when she transferred [[Hagumu Azumi|Hagumu Azumi's]] increased strength against Witches to [[Shigure Miyabi]]. In [[Magia_Record_Another_Story_Part_2_Chapter_7|Arc 2 Another Story Chapter 7]], she also gains the ability to synthesize magic with inanimate objects, such as [[Meiyui_Chun|Meiyui Chun's]] illusion magic to a broom. It is shown that she can borrow at least up to six different powers, though it takes a lot of magic to do so.

==Etymology==
* The characters of her last name mean "indigo" (藍) and "house" (家) respectively.

==Trivia==
*She is the only character to use a pronoun followed by a suffix that is not her own name. In this case, it means something among the lines of "the cute me", "this cutie" or "my cute self."
*Before she was formally introduced, she was only known through her silhouette in the Arc 2 logo. Fans referred to her as "Orihime" or just "Hime" due to this silhouette before knowing her name.
**In addition, her design has some resemblance to [[wikipedia:Orihime|the Legend of Orihime (織姫)]], specifically her hairstyle and traditional Japanese clothing.
**Furthermore, Hiko, the boyfriend who lives in her head, is speculated by fans to be based on Hoshihiko(星彦) or Hikoboshi(彦星) from that same Japanese fairy tale.
* Her doppel is named after the Greek monster "Scylla", a legendary monster who lives on one side of a narrow channel of water opposite her counterpart Charybdis. According to a version of the story, Scylla was once a nymph, but as Glaucus loved her, she was transformed into an unsightly monster. In some variants, it was Circe who transformed her as the enchantress loved Glaucus as well.
* Her weapon is a "heavenly raiment" or "feathered kimono" associated with [[wikipedia:Tennin|Tennin]], which are beings in Japanese Buddhism that are similar to angels.
*When she speaks, she sometimes uses a star in her script (★).

==Gallery==
===Game Gallery===
<gallery>
File:Card 10284 c.png|Magia Record Four Star Art
File:Card 10285 c.png|Magia Record Five Star Art
File:Card 10284 l.png
File:Mini 102800 s.png|In-Battle Sprite
File:Doppel 102800 l.png|Doppel Sprite
File:Himena doppel card.jpg
File:Himena PM.png
File:Himena School.png
File:Himena swimsuit 2023.png|Swimsuit
File:Himena Papa Seal 2023.png|Magical Girl Seal 2023
File:Hiko-kun.png|Himena's boyfriend, Hiko-kun
</gallery>

===Official Art===
<gallery>
File:Himena 01.png
File:Himena 02.png
File:Himena transform Hiko shadow.png|Hiko's shadow in Himena's eye
File:MagiReco OP 2 - 42.png
File:MagiReco OP 2 - 43.png
File:MagiReco OP 2 different factions.gif
File:MagiReco OP 2 - 59.png
File:MagiReco OP 2 - 69.png
File:Announce event 11292.png
File:Memoria 1611.jpg
File:102601 hime alex meet.jpg
File:102602 tokime traitor.jpg
File:102604 address himena.jpg
File:102601 comment neomags.jpg
File:Logo himena.png
File:102909 neomagus1.jpg
File:102909 neomagus2.jpg
File:102909 neomagus3.jpg
File:102909 neomagus4.jpg
File:Memoria 1694.jpg
File:Hiko-kun place to die.PNG|Hiko's death site.
File:103105 himena witch.jpg
File:103105 neo magus.jpg
File:Memoria 1765.jpg
File:Memoria 1766.jpg
File:Memoria 1767.jpg
File:103202 neomagus.jpg
File:103302 leader field in.jpg
File:Adv eve 11711.png
File:Memoria 1802.jpg
File:103303 run leaders1.jpg
File:103303 run leaders2.jpg
File:103303 run leaders3.jpg
File:103303 run leaders4.jpg
File:103303 run leaders5.jpg
File:103305 neomagus.jpg
File:Memoria 1919.jpg
File:Memoria 1928.jpg
</gallery>

==Memoria Cards==
{{Magia Record Memoria List|character=Himena Aika}}

==External links==
*[http://magireco.com Official Magia Record Website - Japanese]

===Gameplay Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj4RWjiKx0Q Recording of Himena's Transformation Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKvUXkU57T0 Recording of Himena's Magia Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsJAJ2MWuu8 Recording of Himena's Doppel Video on Youtube (JP)]

===Side Story and Costume Story Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EariEw9Une0 Recording of Himena's MSS on Youtube (JP)]

===Dialogue Lines===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f0ikpT697A Recording of Himena's Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWpsJQl_RWo Recording of Himena's Swimsuit Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]

{{Character Categories|Aika|magicalgirl=yes}}
[[Category:Neo-Magius members]]

Himena Aika

2025-10-17T14:05:13Z

8ozpintail: /* Powers and Abilities */

{{Infobox_character
|name=Himena Aika
|image=[[File:HimenaA2Website.jpg|x325px]]
|jname= (藍家ひめな) Aika Himena
|designer=[[Ume Aoki]] Imoan
|voices=Japanese: [https://twitter.com/shutoyuki_1219 Yukina Shuto]
|id=1028
|release1=JP:May 23, 2022
}}

{{nihongo|'''Himena Aika'''|藍家ひめな|Aika Himena}} was a playable character in the 2017 mobile game [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record]]. She was the leader of the [[Neo-Magius]] whose members included [[Hagumu Azumi]] and [[Shigure Miyabi]].

==General Info==
{{Magical Girl Details
|age=14
|eyes=Light purple
|hair=Light purple
|height=157cm
|origin=Unnamed town near Kamihama (formerly); moved to [[Shinsei Ward]] in [[Kamihama City]]
|soulgem=Light purple flower at her waist
|weapon=[[wikipedia:Tennin|Hagoromo (heavenly raiment)]]
|wish={{Q|Make it so that inside of me, I can be together with Hiko-kun.}}
|powers=Synthesis (Taking and Fusing another Magical girl's unique/personal magic either to someone or something else, for a limited period of time)
|doppel=Scylla
|witchnote=[[wikipedia:Scylla|named after a mythical creature]]
|pronoun={{nihongo|''Watashi-chan''|私チャン|}}
|relatives= Unnamed mother, unnamed father, Hiko (boyfriend, deceased)
|school=[[Kamihama Future Academy]], Middle School 2nd Year
|affiliation=[[Neo-Magius]]
|Height=157 cm}}

==Game Info==
{{Magia Record Stats
|hp0=6793|hp4=24631|hp5=30789|hpmax=37785
|atk0=1835|atk4=6558|atk5=8194|atkmax=10197
|def0=1809|def4=6606|def5=8258|defmax=10726
|attribute=aqua|type=Support
|disk1=accele|disk4=blast-|disk5=charge
|connect=I'll give it to ya~ ★
|connecttype=buff-attack
|connect4=Attack UP [VII] & Water Attribute Attack UP [VII]
|connect5=Attack UP [IX] & Water Attribute Attack UP [IX]
|magia=Emo Love★AquaBomb
|magiapat=all
|magia4=Damage to All Enemies [V] & Attack UP (All / 3T) & Aqua Attribute Attack UP (All / 3T)
|magia5=Damage to All Enemies [VII] & Attack UP (All / 3T) & Aqua Attribute Attack UP (All / 3T)
|doppel=Scylla
|doppelpat=all
|doppel5=Damage to All Enemies [IX] & Attack UP (All / 5T) & Aqua Attribute Attack UP (All / 5T) & Defense UP (All / 5T)
}}{{Magia Record Spirit Enhancement
|hp4=8|atk4=5|def4=5|accele4=8|blast4=4|charge4=6
|hp5=9|atk5=6|def5=6|accele5=9|blast5=5|charge5=7
|hpmax=9|atkmax=6|defmax=6|accelemax=15|blastmax=13|chargemax=11
|icons=buff-doppelmp, buff-doppel, buff-accele, buff-doppel, buff-doppelmp, buff-magia, effect-cut, effect-surge, effect-cut-fire, effect-negate-charm, effect-mpregen, buff-water
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|Accele Adept: Accele MP Gain UP [II]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Magia Adept: Magia Damage UP [II]
|Shield Adept: Damage Cut [II]
|Skill Quicken: Chance to Skill Quicken [III]
|Flame Shield Adept: Flame Attribute Damage Cut [III]
|Anti-Charm: Guaranteed Anti-Charm
|Mana Spring Aura: Regenerate MP [V] (Self / 3T on Battle Start)
|Aqua Aura: Aqua Attribute Attack UP [V] (All / 5T on Battle Start)
|activename=Magia Slash Circle
|activetype=buff-magia
|active=Magia Damage UP [II] (All / 1T) & Damage UP [II] (All / 1T)
|cooldown=12
}}

==Summary==
A naturally charismatic Magical Girl who rose to the top of Neo-Magius. She's aiming for the very heavens in order to allow those around her to appreciate the freedom of love. She has a bright and easy-going personality, but when it comes to romance she is always thinking of her pure love for her childhood sweetheart.

===Doppel Description===
[[File:Doppel 102800 l.png|thumb|right|150px|Scylla, Himena's doppel]]
The Doppel of perpetuity. Its form is a portrait. The master of this emotion holds mixed feelings towards her Doppel: though she feels a mysterious sense of kinship with it, she’s also frightened by the sense that her heart could be laid bare by looking directly at it. The Doppel responds by putting its master to sleep within the sphere connected to its body, in order to free her from the emotions that so vex her. While she sleeps, it attempts to fulfill her desires by stamping out each and every foe that refuses to understand her. Incidentally, the Doppel’s body is also a mere makeshift form projected from its master’s heart, and changes shape based on her own thoughts. It currently takes the form of a lovelorn wolf seeking its mate. The makeshift form will repeatedly regenerate as long as the sphere and ring remain intact, so caution is a must.
{{-}}



===Costume Stories===
<tabber>
|-| Swimsuit =
[[File:Himena swimsuit 2023.png|thumb|right|x250px]]
Inspired by Nagisa and the [[Magia Record Story Summer Pop Festival! ～Nagisa's HOT Summer Break～|recent events surrounding her]], Himena encourages Shigure and Hagumu to let themselves free and relax more, though her cutesy way of words has trouble getting the message across. While Alexandra and Hagamu agree with following Nagisa’s carefree nature, Shigure rejects the idea, prompting Himena to announce negativity as banned. She further elaborates on her idea, by suggesting that everyone gets into their swimsuits and go somewhere new. Though initially caught off guard, the two end up agreeing.
At the pool, the normally skittish duo has become more lively, and although they were surprised by the invite, they are glad that their leader suggested such an idea. They then plan about inviting San and Miyuri over. However, Himena soon proves that she still needs to work on considering her words before actually speaking, apparently not realizing how sensitive some of her comments can be.
</tabber>

==Appearances==
* [[Magia Record Main Story#Part Two|Main Story Part 2]]: [[Magia Record Main Story Part 2 Chapter 2|Chapter 2]]

===Event Appearances===
*[[Magia Record Story Every Lucky Bag a Dream|Every Lucky Bag a Dream (2021 New year's Login story)]]
*[[Magia Record Story Dependence Blue|Dependence Blue]]
*[[Magia_Record_Story_Kagura_San_Wants_to_Be_Honest|Kagura San Wants to Be Honest]]
*[[Magia_Record_Story_Miyuri_Yukari_on_Practice!|Miyuri Yukari on Practice!]]
*[[Magia Record Story Rainbow Colored Summer ~Everyday Life Record in a Notebook~| Rainbow Colored Summer ~Everyday Life Record in a Notebook~]]
*[[Magia_Record_Story_Stardust_Mirage|Stardust Mirage]]
*[[Magia Record Story Feeling the Winds of a New Year| Feeling the Winds of a New Year (2023 New Year's Login story)]]
*[[Magia_Record_Story_Summer_Pop_Festival!_～Nagisa's_HOT_Summer_Break～| Summer Pop Festival! ~Nagisa's HOT Summer Break~]]
*[[Magia_Record_Story_Puella_Historia_The_Lovers_in_the_Pax_Romana_Arc| Pax Romana's Sweetheart]]
*[[Magia Record Story Terrible Luck is a Premonition of Melting Snow| Terrible Luck is a Premonition of Melting Snow (2024 New Year's Login story)]]

===Magical Girl Story Appearances===
*[[Alexandra Kurusu]]
*[[Amaryllis]]
*[[Infinite Iroha]]
*[[Kagome Satori]]
*[[Kagome Satori (Night Parade of One Hundred Demons ver.)]]
*[[Kanagi Izumi (Everlasting Darkness ver.)]]
*[[Lavi Himuro (Kimochi ver.)]]
*[[Miyuri Yukari]]
*[[San Kagura]]
*[[Yachiyo Nanami (Historia ver.)]]
*[[Iroha・Kuroe]]

==Powers and Abilities==
As a result of her wish, the consciousness or soul of her boyfriend now resides in her mind after he committed suicide, allowing them to mentally communicate. In [[Magia_Record_Another_Story_Part_2_Chapter_8|Arc 2 Another Story Chapter 8]], [[Kanagi]] confirms his presence, indicating that he is not an illusion or delusion on Himena's part.

Himena's unique magic allows her to "synthesize" or "fuse" the unique magic of other Magical Girls for a limited time (approximately one hour) by making physical contact with each one involved. She can use this ability to transfer one Magical Girl's unique magic to another, such as when she transferred [[Hagumu Azumi|Hagumu Azumi's]] increased strength against Witches to [[Shigure Miyabi]]. In [[Magia_Record_Another_Story_Part_2_Chapter_7|Arc 2 Another Story Chapter 7]], she also gains the ability to synthesize magic with inanimate objects, such as [[Meiyui_Chun|Meiyui Chun's]] illusion magic to a broom. It is shown that she can borrow at least up to six different powers, though it takes a lot of magic to do so.

It can thus be theorized that her wish allows her to access people's souls, not dissimilar from what [[Magic#Adjustment|Coordinators]] do. Similarly, Coordination gives Magical Girls access to the [[Magic#Connect|Connect]] ability, allowing them to share various aspects of their magic through physical contact.

==Etymology==
* The characters of her last name mean "indigo" (藍) and "house" (家) respectively.

==Trivia==
*She is the only character to use a pronoun followed by a suffix that is not her own name. In this case, it means something among the lines of "the cute me", "this cutie" or "my cute self."
*Before she was formally introduced, she was only known through her silhouette in the Arc 2 logo. Fans referred to her as "Orihime" or just "Hime" due to this silhouette before knowing her name.
**In addition, her design has some resemblance to [[wikipedia:Orihime|the Legend of Orihime (織姫)]], specifically her hairstyle and traditional Japanese clothing.
**Furthermore, Hiko, the boyfriend who lives in her head, is speculated by fans to be based on Hoshihiko(星彦) or Hikoboshi(彦星) from that same Japanese fairy tale.
* Her doppel is named after the Greek monster "Scylla", a legendary monster who lives on one side of a narrow channel of water opposite her counterpart Charybdis. According to a version of the story, Scylla was once a nymph, but as Glaucus loved her, she was transformed into an unsightly monster. In some variants, it was Circe who transformed her as the enchantress loved Glaucus as well.
* Her weapon is a "heavenly raiment" or "feathered kimono" associated with [[wikipedia:Tennin|Tennin]], which are beings in Japanese Buddhism that are similar to angels.
*When she speaks, she sometimes uses a star in her script (★).

==Gallery==
===Game Gallery===
<gallery>
File:Card 10284 c.png|Magia Record Four Star Art
File:Card 10285 c.png|Magia Record Five Star Art
File:Card 10284 l.png
File:Mini 102800 s.png|In-Battle Sprite
File:Doppel 102800 l.png|Doppel Sprite
File:Himena doppel card.jpg
File:Himena PM.png
File:Himena School.png
File:Himena swimsuit 2023.png|Swimsuit
File:Himena Papa Seal 2023.png|Magical Girl Seal 2023
File:Hiko-kun.png|Himena's boyfriend, Hiko-kun
</gallery>

===Official Art===
<gallery>
File:Himena 01.png
File:Himena 02.png
File:Himena transform Hiko shadow.png|Hiko's shadow in Himena's eye
File:MagiReco OP 2 - 42.png
File:MagiReco OP 2 - 43.png
File:MagiReco OP 2 different factions.gif
File:MagiReco OP 2 - 59.png
File:MagiReco OP 2 - 69.png
File:Announce event 11292.png
File:Memoria 1611.jpg
File:102601 hime alex meet.jpg
File:102602 tokime traitor.jpg
File:102604 address himena.jpg
File:102601 comment neomags.jpg
File:Logo himena.png
File:102909 neomagus1.jpg
File:102909 neomagus2.jpg
File:102909 neomagus3.jpg
File:102909 neomagus4.jpg
File:Memoria 1694.jpg
File:Hiko-kun place to die.PNG|Hiko's death site.
File:103105 himena witch.jpg
File:103105 neo magus.jpg
File:Memoria 1765.jpg
File:Memoria 1766.jpg
File:Memoria 1767.jpg
File:103202 neomagus.jpg
File:103302 leader field in.jpg
File:Adv eve 11711.png
File:Memoria 1802.jpg
File:103303 run leaders1.jpg
File:103303 run leaders2.jpg
File:103303 run leaders3.jpg
File:103303 run leaders4.jpg
File:103303 run leaders5.jpg
File:103305 neomagus.jpg
File:Memoria 1919.jpg
File:Memoria 1928.jpg
</gallery>

==Memoria Cards==
{{Magia Record Memoria List|character=Himena Aika}}

==External links==
*[http://magireco.com Official Magia Record Website - Japanese]

===Gameplay Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj4RWjiKx0Q Recording of Himena's Transformation Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKvUXkU57T0 Recording of Himena's Magia Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsJAJ2MWuu8 Recording of Himena's Doppel Video on Youtube (JP)]

===Side Story and Costume Story Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EariEw9Une0 Recording of Himena's MSS on Youtube (JP)]

===Dialogue Lines===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f0ikpT697A Recording of Himena's Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWpsJQl_RWo Recording of Himena's Swimsuit Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]

{{Character Categories|Aika|magicalgirl=yes}}
[[Category:Neo-Magius members]]

Himena Aika

2025-10-17T14:02:59Z

8ozpintail: /* Trivia */

{{Infobox_character
|name=Himena Aika
|image=[[File:HimenaA2Website.jpg|x325px]]
|jname= (藍家ひめな) Aika Himena
|designer=[[Ume Aoki]] Imoan
|voices=Japanese: [https://twitter.com/shutoyuki_1219 Yukina Shuto]
|id=1028
|release1=JP:May 23, 2022
}}

{{nihongo|'''Himena Aika'''|藍家ひめな|Aika Himena}} was a playable character in the 2017 mobile game [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record]]. She was the leader of the [[Neo-Magius]] whose members included [[Hagumu Azumi]] and [[Shigure Miyabi]].

==General Info==
{{Magical Girl Details
|age=14
|eyes=Light purple
|hair=Light purple
|height=157cm
|origin=Unnamed town near Kamihama (formerly); moved to [[Shinsei Ward]] in [[Kamihama City]]
|soulgem=Light purple flower at her waist
|weapon=[[wikipedia:Tennin|Hagoromo (heavenly raiment)]]
|wish={{Q|Make it so that inside of me, I can be together with Hiko-kun.}}
|powers=Synthesis (Taking and Fusing another Magical girl's unique/personal magic either to someone or something else, for a limited period of time)
|doppel=Scylla
|witchnote=[[wikipedia:Scylla|named after a mythical creature]]
|pronoun={{nihongo|''Watashi-chan''|私チャン|}}
|relatives= Unnamed mother, unnamed father, Hiko (boyfriend, deceased)
|school=[[Kamihama Future Academy]], Middle School 2nd Year
|affiliation=[[Neo-Magius]]
|Height=157 cm}}

==Game Info==
{{Magia Record Stats
|hp0=6793|hp4=24631|hp5=30789|hpmax=37785
|atk0=1835|atk4=6558|atk5=8194|atkmax=10197
|def0=1809|def4=6606|def5=8258|defmax=10726
|attribute=aqua|type=Support
|disk1=accele|disk4=blast-|disk5=charge
|connect=I'll give it to ya~ ★
|connecttype=buff-attack
|connect4=Attack UP [VII] & Water Attribute Attack UP [VII]
|connect5=Attack UP [IX] & Water Attribute Attack UP [IX]
|magia=Emo Love★AquaBomb
|magiapat=all
|magia4=Damage to All Enemies [V] & Attack UP (All / 3T) & Aqua Attribute Attack UP (All / 3T)
|magia5=Damage to All Enemies [VII] & Attack UP (All / 3T) & Aqua Attribute Attack UP (All / 3T)
|doppel=Scylla
|doppelpat=all
|doppel5=Damage to All Enemies [IX] & Attack UP (All / 5T) & Aqua Attribute Attack UP (All / 5T) & Defense UP (All / 5T)
}}{{Magia Record Spirit Enhancement
|hp4=8|atk4=5|def4=5|accele4=8|blast4=4|charge4=6
|hp5=9|atk5=6|def5=6|accele5=9|blast5=5|charge5=7
|hpmax=9|atkmax=6|defmax=6|accelemax=15|blastmax=13|chargemax=11
|icons=buff-doppelmp, buff-doppel, buff-accele, buff-doppel, buff-doppelmp, buff-magia, effect-cut, effect-surge, effect-cut-fire, effect-negate-charm, effect-mpregen, buff-water
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|Accele Adept: Accele MP Gain UP [II]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Magia Adept: Magia Damage UP [II]
|Shield Adept: Damage Cut [II]
|Skill Quicken: Chance to Skill Quicken [III]
|Flame Shield Adept: Flame Attribute Damage Cut [III]
|Anti-Charm: Guaranteed Anti-Charm
|Mana Spring Aura: Regenerate MP [V] (Self / 3T on Battle Start)
|Aqua Aura: Aqua Attribute Attack UP [V] (All / 5T on Battle Start)
|activename=Magia Slash Circle
|activetype=buff-magia
|active=Magia Damage UP [II] (All / 1T) & Damage UP [II] (All / 1T)
|cooldown=12
}}

==Summary==
A naturally charismatic Magical Girl who rose to the top of Neo-Magius. She's aiming for the very heavens in order to allow those around her to appreciate the freedom of love. She has a bright and easy-going personality, but when it comes to romance she is always thinking of her pure love for her childhood sweetheart.

===Doppel Description===
[[File:Doppel 102800 l.png|thumb|right|150px|Scylla, Himena's doppel]]
The Doppel of perpetuity. Its form is a portrait. The master of this emotion holds mixed feelings towards her Doppel: though she feels a mysterious sense of kinship with it, she’s also frightened by the sense that her heart could be laid bare by looking directly at it. The Doppel responds by putting its master to sleep within the sphere connected to its body, in order to free her from the emotions that so vex her. While she sleeps, it attempts to fulfill her desires by stamping out each and every foe that refuses to understand her. Incidentally, the Doppel’s body is also a mere makeshift form projected from its master’s heart, and changes shape based on her own thoughts. It currently takes the form of a lovelorn wolf seeking its mate. The makeshift form will repeatedly regenerate as long as the sphere and ring remain intact, so caution is a must.
{{-}}



===Costume Stories===
<tabber>
|-| Swimsuit =
[[File:Himena swimsuit 2023.png|thumb|right|x250px]]
Inspired by Nagisa and the [[Magia Record Story Summer Pop Festival! ～Nagisa's HOT Summer Break～|recent events surrounding her]], Himena encourages Shigure and Hagumu to let themselves free and relax more, though her cutesy way of words has trouble getting the message across. While Alexandra and Hagamu agree with following Nagisa’s carefree nature, Shigure rejects the idea, prompting Himena to announce negativity as banned. She further elaborates on her idea, by suggesting that everyone gets into their swimsuits and go somewhere new. Though initially caught off guard, the two end up agreeing.
At the pool, the normally skittish duo has become more lively, and although they were surprised by the invite, they are glad that their leader suggested such an idea. They then plan about inviting San and Miyuri over. However, Himena soon proves that she still needs to work on considering her words before actually speaking, apparently not realizing how sensitive some of her comments can be.
</tabber>

==Appearances==
* [[Magia Record Main Story#Part Two|Main Story Part 2]]: [[Magia Record Main Story Part 2 Chapter 2|Chapter 2]]

===Event Appearances===
*[[Magia Record Story Every Lucky Bag a Dream|Every Lucky Bag a Dream (2021 New year's Login story)]]
*[[Magia Record Story Dependence Blue|Dependence Blue]]
*[[Magia_Record_Story_Kagura_San_Wants_to_Be_Honest|Kagura San Wants to Be Honest]]
*[[Magia_Record_Story_Miyuri_Yukari_on_Practice!|Miyuri Yukari on Practice!]]
*[[Magia Record Story Rainbow Colored Summer ~Everyday Life Record in a Notebook~| Rainbow Colored Summer ~Everyday Life Record in a Notebook~]]
*[[Magia_Record_Story_Stardust_Mirage|Stardust Mirage]]
*[[Magia Record Story Feeling the Winds of a New Year| Feeling the Winds of a New Year (2023 New Year's Login story)]]
*[[Magia_Record_Story_Summer_Pop_Festival!_～Nagisa's_HOT_Summer_Break～| Summer Pop Festival! ~Nagisa's HOT Summer Break~]]
*[[Magia_Record_Story_Puella_Historia_The_Lovers_in_the_Pax_Romana_Arc| Pax Romana's Sweetheart]]
*[[Magia Record Story Terrible Luck is a Premonition of Melting Snow| Terrible Luck is a Premonition of Melting Snow (2024 New Year's Login story)]]

===Magical Girl Story Appearances===
*[[Alexandra Kurusu]]
*[[Amaryllis]]
*[[Infinite Iroha]]
*[[Kagome Satori]]
*[[Kagome Satori (Night Parade of One Hundred Demons ver.)]]
*[[Kanagi Izumi (Everlasting Darkness ver.)]]
*[[Lavi Himuro (Kimochi ver.)]]
*[[Miyuri Yukari]]
*[[San Kagura]]
*[[Yachiyo Nanami (Historia ver.)]]
*[[Iroha・Kuroe]]

==Powers and Abilities==
As a result of her wish, the consciousness or soul of her boyfriend now resides in her mind after he committed suicide, allowing them to mentally communicate. In [[Magia_Record_Another_Story_Part_2_Chapter_8|Arc 2 Another Story Chapter 8]], [[Kanagi]] confirms his presence, indicating that he is not an illusion or delusion on Himena's part.

Himena's unique magic allows her to "synthesize" or "fuse" the unique magic of other Magical Girls for a limited time (approximately one hour) by making physical contact with each one involved. She can use this ability to transfer one Magical Girl's unique magic to another, such as when she transferred [[Hagumu Azumi|Hagumu Azumi's]] increased strength against Witches to [[Shigure Miyabi]]. In [[Magia_Record_Another_Story_Part_2_Chapter_7|Arc 2 Another Story Chapter 7]], she also gains the ability to synthesize magic with inanimate objects, such as [[Meiyui_Chun|Meiyui Chun's]] illusion magic to a broom. It is shown that she can borrow at least up to six different powers, even though she also remarks that doing so takes a strain on her magic.

It can thus be theorized that her wish allows her to access people's souls, not dissimilar from what [[Magic#Adjustment|Coordinators]] do. Similarly, Coordination gives Magical Girls access to the [[Magic#Connect|Connect]] ability, allowing them to share various aspects of their magic through physical contact.

==Etymology==
* The characters of her last name mean "indigo" (藍) and "house" (家) respectively.

==Trivia==
*She is the only character to use a pronoun followed by a suffix that is not her own name. In this case, it means something among the lines of "the cute me", "this cutie" or "my cute self."
*Before she was formally introduced, she was only known through her silhouette in the Arc 2 logo. Fans referred to her as "Orihime" or just "Hime" due to this silhouette before knowing her name.
**In addition, her design has some resemblance to [[wikipedia:Orihime|the Legend of Orihime (織姫)]], specifically her hairstyle and traditional Japanese clothing.
**Furthermore, Hiko, the boyfriend who lives in her head, is speculated by fans to be based on Hoshihiko(星彦) or Hikoboshi(彦星) from that same Japanese fairy tale.
* Her doppel is named after the Greek monster "Scylla", a legendary monster who lives on one side of a narrow channel of water opposite her counterpart Charybdis. According to a version of the story, Scylla was once a nymph, but as Glaucus loved her, she was transformed into an unsightly monster. In some variants, it was Circe who transformed her as the enchantress loved Glaucus as well.
* Her weapon is a "heavenly raiment" or "feathered kimono" associated with [[wikipedia:Tennin|Tennin]], which are beings in Japanese Buddhism that are similar to angels.
*When she speaks, she sometimes uses a star in her script (★).

==Gallery==
===Game Gallery===
<gallery>
File:Card 10284 c.png|Magia Record Four Star Art
File:Card 10285 c.png|Magia Record Five Star Art
File:Card 10284 l.png
File:Mini 102800 s.png|In-Battle Sprite
File:Doppel 102800 l.png|Doppel Sprite
File:Himena doppel card.jpg
File:Himena PM.png
File:Himena School.png
File:Himena swimsuit 2023.png|Swimsuit
File:Himena Papa Seal 2023.png|Magical Girl Seal 2023
File:Hiko-kun.png|Himena's boyfriend, Hiko-kun
</gallery>

===Official Art===
<gallery>
File:Himena 01.png
File:Himena 02.png
File:Himena transform Hiko shadow.png|Hiko's shadow in Himena's eye
File:MagiReco OP 2 - 42.png
File:MagiReco OP 2 - 43.png
File:MagiReco OP 2 different factions.gif
File:MagiReco OP 2 - 59.png
File:MagiReco OP 2 - 69.png
File:Announce event 11292.png
File:Memoria 1611.jpg
File:102601 hime alex meet.jpg
File:102602 tokime traitor.jpg
File:102604 address himena.jpg
File:102601 comment neomags.jpg
File:Logo himena.png
File:102909 neomagus1.jpg
File:102909 neomagus2.jpg
File:102909 neomagus3.jpg
File:102909 neomagus4.jpg
File:Memoria 1694.jpg
File:Hiko-kun place to die.PNG|Hiko's death site.
File:103105 himena witch.jpg
File:103105 neo magus.jpg
File:Memoria 1765.jpg
File:Memoria 1766.jpg
File:Memoria 1767.jpg
File:103202 neomagus.jpg
File:103302 leader field in.jpg
File:Adv eve 11711.png
File:Memoria 1802.jpg
File:103303 run leaders1.jpg
File:103303 run leaders2.jpg
File:103303 run leaders3.jpg
File:103303 run leaders4.jpg
File:103303 run leaders5.jpg
File:103305 neomagus.jpg
File:Memoria 1919.jpg
File:Memoria 1928.jpg
</gallery>

==Memoria Cards==
{{Magia Record Memoria List|character=Himena Aika}}

==External links==
*[http://magireco.com Official Magia Record Website - Japanese]

===Gameplay Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj4RWjiKx0Q Recording of Himena's Transformation Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKvUXkU57T0 Recording of Himena's Magia Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsJAJ2MWuu8 Recording of Himena's Doppel Video on Youtube (JP)]

===Side Story and Costume Story Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EariEw9Une0 Recording of Himena's MSS on Youtube (JP)]

===Dialogue Lines===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f0ikpT697A Recording of Himena's Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWpsJQl_RWo Recording of Himena's Swimsuit Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]

{{Character Categories|Aika|magicalgirl=yes}}
[[Category:Neo-Magius members]]

Shizuka Tokime

2025-10-15T18:13:43Z

8ozpintail: /* Powers and Abilities */

{{Infobox_character
|name=Shizuka Tokime
|image=[[File:02-character image-01-pc.png|x300px]]
|jname= {{nihongo||時女静香}} Tokime Shizuka
|designer=[[Ume Aoki]] Hitokuni
|voices=Japanese: [https://twitter.com/uchida_shu0524/status/1306182904096067584 Shuu Uchida]
|id=1025
|release1=JP:September 18, 2020
}}

{{nihongo|'''Shizuka Tokime'''|時女静香|Tokime Shizuka}} was a playable character in the 2017 mobile game [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record]]. She first appeared in August 2019 in the event [[Magia Record Story The Green Jasper Diviner|The Green Jasper Diviner]] and became playable on September 18, 2020.

==General Info==
{{Magical Girl Details
|age= 15
|agenote=<ref> There's a contradiction with Shizuka's age. In the Magia Day of 2022 she was stated to be a year younger than Sunao, thus meaning she is the same age as Chiharu who's also a year younger than Sunao. This, however, was corrected in the Magia Archive vol 3, where Shizuka is confirmed to be a year older than Sunao, not a year younger.</ref>
|eyes=Purple
|hair=Light Gray
|height=160cm
|origin=Tokime village, [[Kirimine County]]
|soulgem=3 dark orange circles embedded in a flower bow (Obi)
|weapon=[[wikipedia:Seven-Branched Sword|Seven-Branched Sword]]
|wish={{Q|To prevent the release of a joint statement at the Trilateral Economic Summit}} (a wish designated by Mikoshiba as part of a deal between her and the Japanese elites)
|powers=Armistice/Prevention (阻止)
|doppel=Tara
|pronoun={{nihongo|''watashi''|私|}}
|school=None, currently homeschooled
|relatives=Unnamed mother
|affiliation=[[Tokime Tribe]]
}}
{{reflist}}

==Game Info==
{{Magia Record Stats
|type=Balance|attribute=flame
|hp0=6118|atk0=1977|def0=2082
|hp4=21706|atk4=7271|def4=7332
|hp5=27662|atk5=9014|def5=9219
|hpmax=34647|atkmax=11561|defmax=13129
|disk1=accele|disk3=blast!|disk4=blast-|disk5=charge
|connect=Together, for the Land of the Rising Sun!
|connecttype=buff-attack
|connect4=Attack UP [VII] & Chance to Critical [VII]
|connect5=Attack UP [IX] & Chance to Critical [IX]
|magia=Heaven's Ray
|magiapat=all
|magia4=Damage to All Enemies [V] & Attack UP & Defense UP (All / 3T) & Remove Buffs (All)
|magia5=Damage to All Enemies [VII] & Attack UP & Defense UP (All / 3T) & Remove Buffs (All)
|doppel=Tara
|doppelpat=all
|doppel5=Attribute Strengthened Damage to All Enemies [IX] & Attack UP & Defense UP (All / 3T) & Remove Buffs (All)
}}{{Magia Record Spirit Enhancement
|hp4=6|atk4=6|def4=6|accele4=6|blast4=6|charge4=4
|hp5=7|atk5=7|def5=7|accele5=7|blast5=7|charge5=5
|hpmax=7|atkmax=7|defmax=7|accelemax=13|blastmax=15|chargemax=9
|icons=buff-doppelmp, buff-blast, buff-doppelmp, buff-doppel, buff-doppel, buff-magia, effect-cut, buff-mpgain, effect-cut-forest, buff-charged, effect-mpregen-dmg, buff-attack
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP[II]
|Blast Adept: Blast Damage UP [II]
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP[II]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|Magia Adept: Magia Damage UP [II]
|Shield Adept: Damage Cut [II]
|Morale Adept: MP Gain UP [II]
|Forest Shield Adept: Forest Attribute Damage Cut [III]
|Charge Adept: Charged Damage Up [II]
|Endure Adept: MP UP When Damaged [VI]
|Bloom Aura: Attack UP [III] & Defense UP [II] (All / 5T on Battle Start)
|activename=Bloom Up
|activetype=buff-attack
|active=Attack UP [V] (Self / 1T) & Defense UP [VI] (Self / 1T)
|cooldown=5
}}

==Summary==
A Magical Girl from the main family of the [[Tokime Tribe]] who is their current leader. Born and raised in an isolated rural village, it was decided that she would become a "Diviner" (Puella Magi) for the sake of Japan. Its her first time living in the city, so everyone is helping her out. She's been good at fishing since she was young.

===Doppel Description===
[[File:Doppel 102500 l.png|thumb|right|150px|Tara, Shizuka's doppel]]
The Doppel of Peace. Its form is a Thousand Hands. The master of this emotion devotes her life to others to a self-sacrificing degree, and because her Doppel shares a similar mindset, the two are deeply linked with each other. This Doppel reacts sensitively to those who its master views as enemies, and if necessary, it will wield violence against said enemies to instill in them an understanding of the wonders of altruism. Those who receive its teachings will suffer hideous injuries, but due to this Doppel’s brilliant gold shine and the artistic nature of the violence it inflicts, its victims become so fascinated as to forget the pain entirely, and are said to become its captives before they even know it.
{{-}}

===Side Story===
{{Spoilerbox|''The following is a summary by muzass96.''

The Tokime trio is going shopping while also visiting [[Emiri Kisaki|Emiri]]'s office to hang out. There they bump into [[Hinano]] and [[Kanoko]]. After some awkward introductions to Kanoko by Emiri, Shizuka stumbles as she has no idea what a factory is. [[Kanoko]] thoroughly explains. Emiri wonders (while not being very polite about it) what it's like living in a countryside. Their responses about this differ, because [[Chiharu]] was originally from the city and [[Sunao]] is from a different village and more educated about modern life compared to Shizuka. They also mention that they first met not so long ago. Emiri is again surprised how did they bond so quickly, to which Shizuka proudly answers that they are bound by their desire to protect the country and explains the whole shtick behind the Tokime purpose and thinks that people from outside may not understand that. The girls are surprisingly alright with her choices, and Emiri says "As long as you have no regrets, it's okay!"

This causes Shizuka to again stumble because she never even thought about it. She was just eager to become a protector of Japan. She didn't even understand what she was asked to wish for, which was break up some economic agreement. But it didn't matter to her, because she was told it was for the good of Japan. After some thought, she decided to look it up, with the help of everyone, including [[Ryoko]] and [[Chika]]. Although the initial search gave no results, it was later decided to look for some info in the village, also to no avail. Until Shizuka and Chiharu were finally able to talk to their mothers. Chiharu's mom mentions that there was talk about that economic break up on the news, but she doesn't remember much. But if anything did came off that, it was the industrial status quo in the country. But Shizuka is still not convinced that her wish actually was good, so the next day she announces to her team and their mothers that she wants to look at the files from the elder's computer. Shizuka's mom wasn't able to erase them and asked Chiraru's mom to save them on hers.

After some objections from Sunao, the recording was played and it turns out her wish was bought by someone who wanted to save the factories, otherwise he would have been out of work if the agreement stood. But this actually devastated Shizuka because her wish was used by someone. But she immediately put on a brave face, saying that everything is fine and convincing herself that her wish doesn't matter as long as she is a good head of the tribe. And to stay true to this, she intensively started to drill and train her Magical Girl tribe members. But her fellow Tokime actually decided to keep looking for clues, because it hurts them to see her like this. Sunao and Chiharu remember Kanoko talking them about her family's metal factory and decide to go to Emiri to find out how to contact her to see if she knows something.

After explaining the situation to Hinano and Emiri, the latter again has her burst of random brilliant ideas and tells them instead of looking for those who suffered from this, to look for people who were saved. Chiharu remembers her mom's words about industrial status quo and Hinano elaborates that due to the agreement breaking off, many local manufacturers were saved by staying in work, thus Japanese economy didn't go down. And because essentially nothing changed for the country, there were little to no news about it, which is why Sunao and Chiharu couldn't find anything. Chiharu and Sunao arrange a meeting with Kanoko at the factory and dragged Shizuka there, where Kanoko's father tells her that if that agreement came through, his factory would have been dead because goods from overseas would have actually come cheaper and his production would have been defeated by it. Unlike now, when his factory is actually selling goods to a big company, as Kanoko mentioned during the first meeting.

Shizuka, moved by this, decides to accept the fact that she was used, but to feel pride about what her wish brought. Overflowing with resolve, she decides to go shopping alone, while her fellow Tokime are at school.
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===Costume Stories===
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|-| Winter Outfit=
[[File:Shizuka Valentine.png|thumb|right|x250px]]

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|-| Swimsuit =
[[File:Shizuka Swimsuit.png|thumb|right|x250px]]
At the story's start, Shizuka has just discovered swimsuits, and is shocked that people would wear such revealing clothes. At Chiharu's questioning, Shizuka reveals that the traditional Tokime swimming garment is quite conservative, much like a diver's suit. Chiharu and Sunao propose that Shizuka takes this an opporunity to buy her own swimsuit, explaining to her that these outfits are completely normal to wear at the beach or swimming pool. While she's still a bit intimidated, she eventually goes along with it.

In the store, Shizuka comes out of the dressing room in her new outfit; Sunao and Chiharu love it, but Shizuka remains hesitant about the idea of wearing it in public. At this, Sunao proposes that Shizuka shows it to the others in the tribe so she can get used to wearing clothes like this. Shizuka then asks Chiharu and Sunao if they ever feel self-conscious in their swimsuits - Sunao admits she does, but Chiharu reassures Shizuka that everyone else will be dressed the same way. Shizuka finally agrees to buy it, saying she wants to visit the beach and pool someday, too.

The girls return to Suitoku Temple and get dressed in their swimsuits to show them off to their tribemates (Sunao and Chiharu joining Shizuka to provide soul support for her). Ryouko immediately asks why they're dressed up in swimsuits in a ''temple,'' and the girls explain the situation, saying they're doing this to help Shizuka get used to being seen by people in this outfit. Ryouko says the swimsuit itself looks good - it's just deeply inappropriate to wear in such sacred ground! Asahi and Chika concur, saying Shizuka looks adorable and should have confidence in herself.

Finally, Chika takes a photo of Shizuka in her swimsuit, and Shizuka sends it to her mom. To her delight, her mom loves the swimsuit, too! ...But her mom also says she mustn't wear it at the temple. Chiharu smiles, saying they'll take a photo from the beach or pool next time.

|-| Tiger =
[[File:Shizuka tiger.png|thumb|right|x250px]]
Shizuka and Sunao find Chiharu deeply concentrated in the storybook that Sana created for them. Shizuka acknowledges that the story is important, but it hurts to remember. The three read about the bird’s plans on leaving town until the spring, while the tiger and turtle make up for their past. Shizuka then begins to imagine how the story continues from the tiger’s perspective.

The tiger ended up moving into the village, but had some trouble getting along with the residents, so she decided that she wanted to do something for everyone as an atonement to her past misdeeds. She does something thinking, and eventually decides to cook up a hot meal for everyone, as it will not only warm the heart, but also remind her of the bird’s kindness to her. However, she didn’t know what the residents liked to eat, so she turned to the bird for advice. The bird suggests making hot pot, and the tiger agrees to make it. Unfortunately, the tiger was not used to cooking a portion for more than three people, and was beginning to get discouraged.
Just then, the turtle appears upon smelling the cooking pot, and after hearing the tiger’s struggles, asks to taste test the soup. Turns out, the recipe was just fine, there simply were not enough ingredients being used, which led to the stew having a rather bland taste. The turtle then rather sternly, asks if she could help and teach her. The tiger is reluctant, believing that she needs to do everything herself to make it count as atonement, but the turtle reminds her that she’s already a resident, and that the ingredients simply cannot be wasted. She then sends off the tiger to go fetch ingredients from all of the houses, including a snake and raccoon’s homes.
The tiger wasn’t sure if the villagers would be willing to share their food with her, but they all did after catching a whiff of the distant pot.
After a while, the hot pot was finished, and although thankful for the help, the tiger worries that her efforts of atonement had failed. As the turtle ponders on how to respond, the bird suddenly appears with all the townspeople, which leads the tiger to further feel guilty for supposedly burdening them. The turtle interjects, saying that they also owed the tiger an apology for refusing to help her when she was freezing until the bird stepped in.
The tiger realized that their assistance was their own way of atonement, and everyone began to eat together in harmony. It would be a heart warming meal that none of them would soon forget.

Back in the present, Shizuka suggests that they should have hot pot for dinner. Sunao agrees, and tells Shizuka that a nearby shopping district is hosting a game competition, where hot pot ingredients could be won. With Chiharu joining in, the three set off for the event.

''(Continued in [[Chiharu Hiroe#tabber-Bird|Chiharu’s Bird costume story]].)''
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==Appearances==

* [[Magia Record Main Story#Part Two|Main Story Part 2]]: [[Magia Record Main Story Part 2 Chapter 1|Chapter 1]], [[Magia Record Main Story Part 2 Chapter 2|Chapter 2]]

===Event Appearances===
*[[Magia Record Story The Green Jasper Diviners|The Green Jasper Diviners]]
*[[Magia Record Story Angels on the Road ~Reindeer Santa Prospering Season~|Angels on the Road ~Reindeer Santa Prospering Season~]]
*[[Magia Record Story The Call of the Open Sea|The Call of the Open Sea]]
*[[Magia Record Story The Great Banquet that Transcends Time|The Great Banquet that Transcends Time]]

===Other Appearances===
*See also [[Shizuka Tokime (First Sunrise ver.)]]

==Powers and Abilities==
She can prevent enemies from moving, but at the cost of being unable to move herself. She uses this power in the Green Jasper Diviners to stop the witch Mikoshiba raised.

==Etymology==
* The characters of her last name mean "time" (時) and "woman" (女) respectively.
** It likely comes from the words [[wiktionary:%E3%81%A8%E3%81%8D%E3%82%81%E3%81%8F|''tokimeku'' (ときめく)]] and [[wiktionary:%E3%81%A8%E3%81%8D%E3%82%81%E3%81%8D|''tokimeki'' (ときめき)]], which both have a similar meaning of being highly emotional, [[wikipedia:Tokimeki|excitement, or heartbeat]]. If so, this likely references [[Kimochi]].
* The characters of her first name mean "quiet" (静) and "incense" (香) respectively.

==Trivia==
* Shizuka has been living in the secluded Tokime Village all her life and has a lot of trouble adjusting when they go to Kamihama. It is shown that she had only seen trains in photos, seldom traveled by car, and also does not know what a smartphone or IC card is. At one point she even gets stuck on the subway turnstile and has trouble using a vending machine. In the comic [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record#Magia☆Report|Magia Report]], she calls chocolate "tasty black sugary treats".
* In [[Magia Record Story Mitama's Special Training - Shizuka Episode|Mitama's Special Training - Shizuka Episode]], it is confirmed that Shizuka has been homeschooled.
* It is said in Chapter 2 of Arc 2 that, she may have contracted at most three years before the main story takes place.
* Shizuka knows little to no English, but very skilled in handling complicated kanji. Ironically, [https://myanimelist.net/people/44461/Shuu_Uchida| her VA] speaks English very fluently, as she has been living most of her life in Australia.
* Her Doppel is named after a [[wikipedia:Tara (Devi)|Hindu goddess of the same name]] (whose name can mean either "to cross" or "star"), a form of Shakti (a primordial cosmic entity who represents the dynamic forces that move throughout the entire universe).
** A version of a Hindu creation myth claims that when the Earth was first created, it only had water and land, and lacked the ability for life to spring forth without the sun. The two creation deities changed forms, one of them becoming Tara: Tara has the capability to produce light, energy and heat. When the power met with that of the other deity, their combined power became the source of the sun. When their combined powers got integrated in the sea, many pulsating energy orbs were created, in which it led to the expansion of energy. This most likely references the Tokime Tribe's goals to replicate and help expand Kamihama's Doppel field.
** Tara is also the name of a [[wikipedia:Tara (Buddhism)|Buddhist diety]] known as the "mother of liberation". She is said to have be created from the tears of the entity [[wikipedia:Avalokiteśvara|Avalokiteśvara]] when he beheld the suffering of the world. Tara is known to manifest as a teenage girl and according to one legend, swore to always manifest in a female form to show that anyone can be saved regardless of gender.
*** Its Doppel description bears similarities to that of [[Kriemhild Gretchen]].
** Outside of its Hindu/Buddhist themes, Tara has long hair, a black beak, and three scaled tails that resemble fish fins. It's appearance is likely inspired by the [[wikipedia:Amabie|Amabie]], a Japanese supernatural mermaid monster known for predicting good harvests and disease outbreaks. The Amabie's image is a source of healing.
* During her Doppel Sequence, there is an animation error where Shizuka has three hands.
* During Shizuka's transformation scene, there are countless remains of Magical Girls in the water. It is presumed that these are the remains of Tokime Tribe's Magical Girls who were sacrificed for various wish agreements and disposed of by successive Mikoshibas.
* The Papa New Year's Memoria refers to a "yakuman". This is a particularly high-value hand in mahjong that is extremely difficult to achieve, akin to a royal flush.

==Gallery==
===Game Gallery===
<gallery>
File:Gtm487fe9hn51.png|Magia Record Four Star Art
File:card_10255_c.png|Magia Record Five Star Art
File:Mini 102500 s.png|In-Battle Sprite
doppel_102500_l.png|Doppel Sprite
File:Shizuka doppel card.png
File:Shizuka PM.PNG
File:Shizuka school.PNG
File:Shizuka Valentine.png
File:Shizuka Swimsuit.png
File:Shizuka sunrise.png|[[Shizuka Tokime (First Sunrise ver.)|First Sunrise]] of the New Year version
File:Shizuka tiger.png|Cosplaying as a tiger from Sana's picture book ([[Magia Record Main Story Part 2 Chapter 9|Chapter 9]])
File:Shizuka (neo magius).png
File:Shizuka Papa Seal 2021.jpg|Magical Girl Seal 2021
</gallery>

===Official Art===
<gallery>
File:Shizuka 01.png
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File:Shizuku faces.jpg
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File:MagiReco OP 2 different factions.gif
File:MagiReco OP 2 - 55.png
File:MagiReco OP 2 - 68.png
File:02-character image-01-pc.png|Shizuka's art from the main website
File:Memoria 1541.jpg
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File:Memoria 1873.jpg
File:Memoria 2000.jpg
File:GCrzVL9bQAAmooz.jpg|Art by Papa. ([https://twitter.com/magireco/status/1741474530282074232 Source])
</gallery>

==Memoria Cards==
{{Magia Record Memoria List|character=Shizuka Tokime}}

==External links==
*[http://magireco.com Official Magia Record Website - Japanese]
*[https://magiarecord-en.com/ Official Magia Record Website - English]

===Gameplay Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3DTwO_QKKY Recording of Shizuka's Transformation Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://youtu.be/HwyQJZkdwKw?si=q_Iv3PmAPQgmWKNe Recording of Shizuka's Magia Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://youtu.be/kWZRLLHW94Q?si=ZJ0QaunATJk0ph94 Recording of Shizuka's Doppel Video on Youtube (JP)]

===Side Story and Costume Story Videos===
*Recording of Shizuka's MSS on Youtube (JP): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynuRTJfc4Jg Episode 1/3], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAFsm4Osahw Episode 2/3], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2HACF84TfU Episode 3/3]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xen5HIVq9TA Recording of Shizuka's MSS on Youtube (EN)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9NFvFTbbAI Recording of Shizuka's Winter Outfit Story on Youtube (JP)]
**[https://youtu.be/4DBWtKvpeTE Recording of Shizuka's Winter Outfit Story on Youtube (JP) '''(Translated)''']
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z-CuNaXFBQ Recording of Shizuka's swimsuit costume story on Youtube (EN)]

===Dialogue Lines===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5UBEtPs3dg Recording of Shizuka's Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C-hTTd-gtk Recording of Shizuka's Swimsuit Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]

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[[Category:Tokime Tribe members]]
[[Category:Neo-Magius members]]

Witch

2025-10-15T17:14:04Z

8ozpintail: /* Magia Record Witches */

{{Spoilers}}
[[File:Gertrud_ep2.jpg|thumb|[[Gertrud]], a witch.]]
A '''Witch''' is a monstrous creature that appears across the ''Puella Magi'' franchise. A Witch spreads malice and hatred through the world while, according to [[Mami Tomoe]], it is the duty of Magical Girls to spread hope. When defeated, a Witch usually drops a [[Grief Seed]] that is used to purify the darkness in [[Soul Gems]].

[[Episode 8]] reveals that Witches are the final form of Magical Girls. When a girl's Soul Gem becomes too full of impurities and turns completely black, it transforms into a Grief Seed, and its Magical Girl becomes a Witch. Witches from [[Puella_Magi_Tart_Magica|the past]] seem to have nouns and nicknames for people as their names rather than traditionally feminine names.

As revealed in [[Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story|Magia Record]], witches are capable of, and can be made stronger by, consuming Grief Seeds and other witches.

Also in ''Magia Record'', Magical Girls can harness the power of their Witch as [[Doppel|Doppels]].

==[[Witch's Kiss]]==
[[File:Witch's kiss.png|thumb|[[Gertrud|Gertrud's]] Witch's Kiss on a victim's body.]]
A Witch's Kiss is a marking, the personal symbol of the Witch, used by a Witch and its Familiars to control the minds of humans. They can be used to exacerbate pre-existing negative emotions and thoughts, change personalities, make people commit crimes or suicide, or lure them into a Labyrinth to be consumed by the Witch inside. While some of these actions may not necessarily lead humans to being consumed, some Witches may also desire merely to spread evil and misfortune regardless of if they get sustenance. Further, a Kissed human may not always die from it. Familiars can Kiss humans well outside of the Labyrinth they hail from in order to bring them to their Witch.

In the original series, Witch's Kisses were only depicted as appearing on people's necks. In Magia Record, they are now shown to appear on any part of the body, including the face and limbs.

In the original series, Kazumi Magica and Magia Record, it is shown that humans with magical potential (future Magical Girls) can still become Kissed. It is unconfirmed, though implied in [[Rebellion]], that even contracted Magical Girls can also be Kissed under special situations.

The symbol that makes up a Witch's Kiss also appears at the entrance of its owner's Labyrinth.

==Familiars==
Lesser monsters divided out of the essence of a Witch. After gathering enough energy, usually through eating enough people, a Familiar can turn into a Witch.

''For more information, see [[Glossary#Familiar|Familiar]].''

==Grief Seed==
[[File:Grief seed.png|thumb|[[Gertrud]]'s Grief Seed.]]
A witch's egg, which usually appears after a witch is defeated.

When a Soul Gem contains too many impurities and becomes completely black, it will transform into a Grief Seed, and its Magical Girl will become a Witch. All Grief Seeds drain impurities when used on a dim Soul Gem, replenishing a girl's magic and staving off their transformation into a Witch. In episode 6, Kyubey warns that absorbing too many impurities can revive the Witch. A Grief Seed that has been used before and already contains impurities will be unable to fully cleanse a Soul Gem. Due to unknown reasons, a Witch is not always guaranteed to leave behind a Grief Seed when defeated. This has been theorized to be at random, due to the attack also destroying the Grief Seed inside the Witch, or due to the Witch choosing not to leave one behind, but the reason is ultimately unknown.

Because of how valuable they are, Magical Girls may also use Grief Seeds to test if they can cooperate with another Magical Girl; rejecting an offered Grief Seed from another Magical Girl means refusing to work with them and hostility. Both Mami and Homura performed such kinds of tests.

As shown in Magia Record:
*Grief Seeds can be consumed by Witches and make them stronger.
*They are also confirmed to exist within the bodies of the Witches that own them.
*Grief Seeds are originally Soul Gems that have been influenced by emotions. Inside Grief Seeds is an energy similar to [[wikipedia:Induced_pluripotent_stem_cell|an iPS cell]], a type of stem cell within living organisms, which can "become any emotion".
**Grief Seeds can be reached and stimulated by the [[wikipedia:Hydrogen_line|hydrogen line]], a specific radio wave used to send and receive signals during searches for extraterrestrial intelligence; it can penetrate through any obstacle, including the bodies of Witches, and resonate with their Grief Seeds within, allowing whoever is sending the signal to stimulate and manipulate their emotions.
*** Touka Satomi further explains that, somehow, the hydrogen line can be emitted "with brain waves", such as brain waves used in hypnotism and waves that are emitted when one is excited, meaning that Witches can also feel others' emotions.

''See [[Grief Seeds|this page]] for list of Grief Seeds in the franchise.''

==Witch's Heart==
[[File:Cuore-1.png|thumb|Umika holding Michiru's Witch Heart.]]
The Witch's heart, also called "cuore maleficus", is a physical manifestation, or flesh of the Witch's life. When retrieved in a specific way through magic, it does not disappear like the rest of the Witch. The flesh of the Witches has been referred to with many names, such as "evil stuffing", "stuffed Witch" or "malefica farce" and it was used by the [[Pleiades Saints]] in combination with a human body to create Witch Hybrids. It is unknown if all Witches have an actual "heart" component, or if the flesh of a Witch is enough for the process.

==Witch Hybrids==
A sapient being created by a Witch's Heart and a human body. A hybrid sometimes has the abilities of the Magical Girls that were used to create them, as well as the abilities of the original girl who turned into its parent Witch. They progressively become more Witch-like with time and use of their abilities, similar to normal Magical Girls.

Hybrids can sometimes have their own version of a Soul Gem, in which case they're able to transform into their magical form, otherwise they will seemingly be permanently stuck in that form without the need for transformation. Hybrids of the same Witch have cannibalistic and amalgamate properties, as they can consume their siblings to gain their power, as well as willingly give their own to them. A Hybrid making a contract with Kyubey is not unheard of.

==Pseudo-Witches==
A creature that appears when an adult woman is imbued with an [[Evil Nut]]. They have around equal power to a Witch.

''For more information, see [[Pseudo-witches]].''

==Terminology through time and culture==
Witches seem to be collectively named with different terms, depending on the time period and area.

In modern Japan<ref>Based on [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica|the original anime]]</ref> and USA<ref>Based on stories focusing on [[Ashley Taylor]]</ref>, as well as 15th century France<ref>Based on [[Puella Magi Tart Magica]]</ref>, 13th century Tibet<ref>Based on [[Magia Record Story Puella Historia The Rakshasi of Tibet|Puella Historia: Rahkshasi of Tibet]]</ref>, and 11th century Norway, Denmark, and England<ref>Based on [[Magia Record Story Puella Historia Valkyrie of Vik Arc|Puella Historia: Valkyries of Vik]]</ref> (specifically by Vikings stationing there), the term is generally simply {{nihongo|Witch|魔女|Majo}} for the main monster and {{Nihongo|Familiar|使い魔|Tsukaima}} for the smaller ones, which are the terms used through most of the series.

The traditional term used by the [[Tokime Clan]] is {{nihongo|Devil|悪鬼|Akki}} for Witch and {{nihongo|Devil's Underling|悪鬼の子分|Akki no Kobun}} or simply {{nihongo|Underling|子分|Kobun}} for Familiar, though eventually most characters belonging to that faction updated their terminology to the more common "Witch" and "Familiar".

Based on [[Magia Record Story Puella Historia The Ikusamiko of Kamihama Arc|Puella Historia: War Shamanesses of Kamihama]], the term for Witch commonly used in Sengoku period [[Kamihama]] was {{nihongo|Demon|妖魔|Youma}}. No term for Familiar seems to be known.

Based on [[Magia Record Story Puella Historia The Heiress of Yamatai Arc|Puella Historia: The Heiress of Yamatai]], the term for Witch commonly used in Yamatai in 3rd century CE was {{nihongo|Cursed God|祟り神|Tatarigami}}. No term for Familiar seems to be known.

Based on [[Magia Record Story Puella Historia The Lovers in the Pax Romana Arc|Puella Historia: Pax Romana's Sweetheart]], the term for Witch commonly used in Pompeii in the 1st century CE was {{nihongo|monster of myth|神話の怪物|shinwa no kaibutsu}} or simply {{nihongo|monster|怪物|kaibutsu}}. This would translate to Latin as ''{{lang|la|monstrum fabulae}}''. No term for Familiar seems to be known.

Based on [[Magia Record Story Puella Historia The Mirage of Alexandria Arc|Puella Historia: The Mirage of Alexandria]], the term for Witch commonly used in Alexandria in the 1st century BCE was {{nihongo|Evil God|魔の神|Ma no Kami}}. The dominant language spoken in Egypt at the time would have been Koine Greek, and this term would translate as {{lang|grc|κακή θεᾱ́}} (''kake thea''). However, [[Ebony]] also remarks that Kyubey has been simply using the term "Witch", and quickly switches to it upon talking to the [[Tokime Clan]] who use that term. Familiars are known as Messengers of Evil Gods.

==Witch Names==
[[File:Gertrud_encounter.png|thumb|{{Runes|GERTRUD}} (Gertrud).]]

Witches will have a different name than their Magical Girl self, and they will always be written in [[Runes]]. A majority of these names will be human names, feminine, different than those of their former Magical Girl selves, and in a language other than Japanese (compared to most known Magical Girls being Japanese), but exceptions to all of these exist throughout the franchise. Most naming conventions established in each entry in the franchise were broken by [[Magia Record]].

Nearly all Witch names match up with [[Witch/Name Sources|a name of a minor planet or asteroid]].

===[[Madoka Magica Characters#Witches|Madoka Magica Witches]]===
In ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'', the names of all Witches and their Familiars were thematically related to the series and its inspirations. Most Witches were named after women known to have some kind of relationship, direct or indirect, with Johann von Goethe, Richard Wagner, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, or their works. For example:

* [[Charlotte|Charlotte's]] name is shared by [[Wikipedia:Charlotte%20Buff|Charlotte Buff]], a woman for whom Goethe had an unrequited love, on which he based his work ''The Sorrows of Young Werther'' and also happens to be a dessert, fitting with her food motif.
** Her Familiars, Pyotr and Polina, are respectively named after Pyotr Tchaikovsky (composer for ''The Nutcracker'') and both [[Wikipedia:Polina%20Semionova|Polina Semionova]] (a ballerina in ''The Nutcracker'') and, possibly, [[Wikipedia:Pauiline%20von%20Metternich|Pauiline von Metternich]], a woman important in the promotion of Richard Wagner's work.
* [[Gertrud]], instead, is likely named after horticulturalist and garden designer [[Wikipedia:Gertrude%20Jekyll|Gertrude Jekyll]], after whom Dr. Jekyll (from the novel [[Wikipedia:Strange%20Case%20of%20Dr%20Jekyll%20and%20Mr%20Hyde|Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde]] was named. The novel dealt with a man splitting his mind into two personalities, one embodying his psychological shadow and repressed evil inclinations (similar to Witches).
** One of her Familiars, Adelbert, is named after botanist and author [[Wikipedia:Adalbert%20von%20Chamisso|Adalbert von Chamisso]], who wrote a story about a man selling his shadow to the devil (similar to Goethe's ''Faust'').
* [[Elsa Maria]], more indirectly, was named after [[Wikipedia:Elsa%20Asenijeff|Elsa Maria Asenijeff]]{{Citation needed|title=Unless it was explicitly stated somewhere, this sounds like a slight stretch}}, who suffered many tragedies in her love life, including her husband leaving her for another woman (similar to [[Sayaka Miki]] and [[Kyosuke Kamijo]]).

The names of the Holy Quintet (sans [[Oktavia von Seckendorff]] and [[Kriemhild Gretchen]]), as revealed in ''[[Madoka Magica Portable]]'' and ''[[Rebellion]]'', are taken from other sources and are more individual to the character.

* [[Ophelia]] is named after the character from William Shakespeare's ''Hamlet'', who drowned herself after suffering from depression and madness caused by her lover (connecting her to Oktavia, the mermaid Witch).
* [[Homulilly|Homulilly's]] name is the first to incorporate an element of her human self's name ([[Homura Akemi]]), and both her design and her Familiars are also based on ''The Nutcracker''.

===[[Oriko Magica Witches]]===
Like the original series, all Witches in ''[[Puella Magi Oriko Magica]]'' are given feminine human names, though the reasoning behind each is unknown.

In [[Magia Record]], the Witch forms of some characters are given names with individual significance and which are written with Greek or Latin origins.

* [[Yuma Chitose in Magia Record|Pistis]] is named after the Greek personification of good faith and trust.
* [[Latria]], whose name was given in Magia Record, is named after the Latin word for "adoration".
* [[Oriko Mikuni in Magia Record|Sotria]] sounds similar to Latria, and is likely a Latinized modification of the Indian [[Wikipedia:Sattriya|Sattriya]] dance (corresponding to her being the ballroom dancer Witch).

===[[Kazumi Magica Witches|Kazumi Magica]]===
In ''[[Puella Magi Kazumi Magica]]'', instead of human names, most Witches' names are descriptive phrases or titles written in German (corresponding to Goethe's language). The exception is [[Hyades Daybreak]], named after the mythological Greek sisters and star cluster, which is in contrast to the protagonist Magical Girl group the [[Pleiades Saints]].

In [[Magia Record]], the Witches of some characters are given names that also break the manga's naming conventions and are all Italian, referencing the frequent use of Italian in the manga. [[Kazumi in Magia Record|Carola]] is named after an Italian variant of ''Sleeping Beauty'', [[Umika Misaki in Magia Record|Caterina]] may be named after the Italian fairy tale ''Catherine and her Destiny'', and [[Kaoru Maki in Magia Record|Antonio]] (a masculine name) may be named after the city of [[Wikipedia:San%20Antonio,%20Texas|San Antonio, Texas]].

===[[Suzune Magica Witches]]===
In contrast to all other entries, few Witches in ''[[Puella Magi Suzune Magica]]'' are given names, but none are named in Suzune Magica. They appear to a lesser degree than in any other series and tend to have human characteristics.

In [[Magia Record]], the Witches of some characters are given names with individual significance.

* [[Carmen]] is potentially named after a Latin term referring to a poem, song, or prayer (referencing [[Suzune Amano|Suzune Amano's]] name meaning "heavenly bell sound"), or the titular character of Prosper Mérimée's [[wikipedia:Carmen|novel]] who was headstrong and independent but stayed with an abusive man who ultimately killed her despite her knowing it would happen.
* [[Odette]] is named for the main character of Tchaikovsky's ballet ''Swan Lake'', a woman who fell in love with a prince who vows only to love her, which will eventually break a curse placed on her. Ultimately, the prince instead decides to marry the black swan Odile (sometimes interpreted as being identical to Odette) instead of Odette, who (along with the prince) decides to commit suicide rather than remain cursed forever.
* [[Renard]] references the French word for "fox," derived from the Dutch trickster figure Reinaerde—a name so iconic it replaced the Old French word goupil. It may also allude to Jules Renard’s story Poil de carotte, about a redheaded boy using cunning to endure humiliation, mirroring Arisa’s wish for strength.
* [[Spica]] derives from the Japanese pronunciation of "speaker" (スピーカー, supīkā), reflecting its megaphone form and Chisato’s self-imposed justice, which deafens others with its noise. The name also evokes shion (紫苑), a blue aster flower symbolizing remembrance, tying into her guilt over her father’s lost dreams, as well as Chisato's own last name.
* [[Matsuri Hinata in Magia Record#Doppel Description|Elise]] likely references the German dancer in Mori Ōgai’s The Dancing Girl, whom the protagonist abandons—paralleling Matsuri’s own abandonment by her loved ones.
* [[Clothette]] echoes Tinker Bell’s French name, Clochette ("little bell"), alluding to both its bell-adorned form and the mayfly’s (kagerou) fleeting lifespan.

===[[Tart Magica Witches]]===
Similar to ''Kazumi Magica'', while most Witches in ''[[Puella Magi Tart Magica]]'' are unnamed, those that are have descriptive titles (this time in French) instead of human names. The only Witch named in the original manga is [[Isabeau|Crépuscule de La Reine]] (Twilight of the Queen).

In [[Magia Record]], the Witches of some characters follow the manga's naming convention of descriptive French terms and phrases with one mild exception. [[Tart|La Pucelle de Blancheur]] (The White/Pure Maiden), [[Riz Hawkwood|Obscurite]] (Darkness), [[Enfant Terrible]] (Unruly Child, which is also a French term for a candid child who says embarrassing things). The exceptions to this rule are, Crépuscule de La Reine, which Magia Record establishes as a false name for Isabeau's Witch form, which actually shares her human name, and Pernelle's Witch, named after Hermes.

===Magia Record Witches===
The Witches of both the Magia Record game and [[Magia Record Anime|anime adaptation]] mostly adhere to human feminine names, but also frequently use names and terms in the Japanese language, that refer to non-human subjects (places, objects, animals, etc.), or are masculine. All names have individual significance to each character.

Many Witch names reference the works of and people related to [[Speculah:Kenji Miyazawa and Magia Record|Kenji Miyazawa]] and Oscar Wilde, both of whose work inspired and are frequently referenced throughout the story. For example:

* [[Iroha Tamaki|Giovanna]] and [[Yachiyo Nanami|Campanella]] are named after the two main characters of Miyazawa's ''Night on the Galactic Railroad''.
* [[Box Wood]] is named for a plant, which is the translation of the Japanese name Tsuge, taken from an author who Miyazawa admired and who taught at his school.
* [[Shitori Egumo]] is a Japanese phrase meaning "I'm going alone", taken from one of Miyazawa's poems; Shitori Egumo's Familiar, Oscar, is named for Oscar Wilde, the author of ''The Happy Prince'', which Egumo is inspired by.
* Wilde also write ''The Portrait of Dorian Gray'', after which [[Alina Gray|Old Dorothy]] is partially named (along with a woman who was identified as an alleged leader of a Wiccan cult).
* Giovanna, [[Touka Satomi|Pennen Nolde]], and [[Nemu Hiiragi|Pennen Nenemu]] are simultaneously named after Miyazawa's works and inspired by Wilde's ''The Happy Prince''.

Witches whose names have individual significance and break the original anime's conventions make up a majority of Magia Record's Witches.

* [[Tsukasa Amane|Dee]] and [[Tsukuyo Akatsuki|Dum]] are references to Tweedledee and Tweedledum, twin ''brothers'' from ''Through the Looking-Glass'' that alternately get along and fight each other.
* [[Juri Oba|Lakehurst]] is named for Naval Air Station Lakehurst, the site of the Hindenburg disaster.
* [[Sudachi Sawa|Breadman]] is named for the fairy tale ''The Gingerbread Man'', about a living gingerbread man who cannot be caught.
* [[Hinano Miyako|Cyan]] is likely intended to be short for cyanide, a poisonous chemical.
* [[Hanna Sarasa|Hund Balou]] is a combination of German and Portuguese that translates to "sheep dog".
* [[Alexandra Kurusu|Halomonas Titanicae]] is the name of a protobacteria that feeds on the rust of sunken ships and is projected to cause the complete deterioration of the ''RMS Titanic''.
* [[Ashley Taylor|Zipzap]] is taken from the game Zip (also known as Zip Zap Zop) used as a theatre practice exercise.
* [[Slave of Anima]] is likely short for "Slave of Animation", referring to poor working conditions in the Japanese animation industry.

Magia Record is the first instance of numbers and Cyrillic letters being included in Witch names, as with [[Witch of Symbols|10^-43]], [[San Kagura|9daime Nue]], [[Made in 168]], and [[Маруся]].


==References==


[[Category:In-universe topics]]
[[Category:Monsters]]
[[Category:Witches| ]]

Ao Kasane

2025-10-14T17:41:06Z

8ozpintail: /* Side Story */

{{Infobox_character
|name=Ao Kasane
|image=[[File:Card 10234 l.png|300px]]
|jname= 笠音アオ (Kasane Ao)
|voices=
Japanese: [https://myanimelist.net/people/49776/Satomi_Amano Satomi Amano]
|id=1023
|release1=JP:April 13, 2020
}}

{{nihongo|'''Ao Kasane'''|笠音アオ|Kasane Ao}} is one of the original characters of the 2017 mobile game [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record]]. She first appeared in October 2019 in the event [[Magia Record Story Crimson Resolve|Crimson Resolve]]. She is the leader of the Janomiya faction - also known as "{{nihongo|The Venom of Janomiya|蛇の宮の毒}}" and one of the "three sisters" that lead [[Promised Blood]].

==General Info==
{{Magical Girl Details
|age=14
|eyes=Purple
|hair=Light Blue
|height=158cm
|origin=[[Futatsugi City]]
|soulgem=Blue triangle earring hanging on her left ear
|weapon=Battle Axe
|wish=To have friends to play board games with her.
|powers={{nihongo|Player swap|プレイヤー交代|}} (Manipulation of another person's body (can feel the senses of those who she controls))
|doppel=Halifax
|pronoun={{nihongo|''watashi''|わたし|}}
|relatives=Unnamed parents
|school=[[Janomiya Junior and High School]], 8th Grade
|affiliation=Ryuugasaki, Janomiya, [[Promised Blood]]
}}

{{reflist}}

==Game Info==
{{Magia Record Stats
|type=Support|attribute=aqua
|hp0=6279|atk0=1782|def0=1763
|hp4=22441|atk4=6507|def4=6392
|hp5=28294|atk5=8213|def5=8068
|hpmax=34011|atkmax=10233|defmax=11047
|disk1=accele|disk4=blast!|disk5=charge
|connect=Player 2 Participation!
|connecttype=buff-attack
|connect4=Attack UP [VII] & MP Restore [IV] & Debuff Release
|connect5=Attack UP [IX] & MP Restore [VI] & Debuff Release
|magia=Super Special Move・Sonic Edge No. VI
|magiapat=one
|magia4=Attribute Strengthened Damage to Single Enemy [VI] & Remove Buffs (Single) & Remove Granted Effects (Single) & Damage UP (All / 3T)
|magia5=Attribute Strengthened Damage to Single Enemy [VIII] & Remove Buffs (Single) & Remove Granted Effects (Single) & Damage UP (All / 3T)
|doppel=Halifax
|doppelpat=one
|doppel5=Attribute Strengthened Damage to Single Enemy [X] & Remove Buffs (Single) & Remove Granted Effects (Single) & Damage UP (All / 3T)
}}{{Magia Record Spirit Enhancement
|hp4=8|atk4=5|def4=5|accele4=8|blast4=4|charge4=4
|hp5=9|atk5=6|def5=6|accele5=9|blast5=5|charge5=5
|hpmax=9|atkmax=6|defmax=6|accelemax=15|blastmax=8|chargemax=10
|icons=buff-doppel, buff-doppelmp, buff-charged, buff-doppel, buff-blast, effect-critical, buff-doppel, buff-doppelmp, buff-magia, effect-cut, buff-magia, effect-negate-magia-seal, effect-surge
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [III] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Charge Adept: Charged Attack Damage UP [II]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [III] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|Blast Adept: Blast Damage UP [II]
|Critical Adept: Chance to Critical Hit [II]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [III] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Magia Adept: Magia Damage UP [II]
|Shield Adept: Damage Cut [II]
|Magia Adept: Magia Damage UP [II]
|Anti-Seal Magia: Guaranteed Anti-Magi Seal
|Skill Quicken: Chance to Skill Quicken [III]
|activename=Aqua Fall
|activetype=debuff-defense
|active=Defense DOWN [III] & Aqua Attribute Resistance DOWN [III] (Single / 3T)
|cooldown=10
}}

==Summary==
A magical girl who is good at tactics and is one of the three sisters who leads Promised Blood. She provokes others with her arrogant attitude, but inside she’s a cautious person who calmly analyzes her surroundings. For this reason, she can often get fed-up with her sisters’ impulsive behavior. She likes to play games and read books by herself.

===Doppel Description===
[[File:Doppel 102300 l.png|thumb|right|150px|Halifax, Ao's doppel]]
The doppel of undesirable results. Its form is a gathering cloud. The master of this emotion is a compassionate being who feigns being cold-hearted. As she cannot get rid of her self-reproach when she cannot avoid hurting others, she tries to escape the situation by hurting others once more, which repeats the chains of negativity. This Doppel captures such a master, who is beheaded to be released from her distress, as she feels freedom from the sense of taking responsibility only for that single moment. But the intelligent master knows, as everything is just a deception of self-satisfaction as she anguishes, the self-reproach that can never be released solidifies into a single giant entity, and it vents its anger as it tries to release these emotions that has no place to go. As this sin never reaches its conclusion nor does it die out, it will continue to grow.
{{-}}

===Side Story===
Ao is reflecting about how the three Sisters of Promised Blood came together while on the way to Yuna's house to discuss the information [[Sakuya Suzuka | Sakuya]] and [[Ranka Chizu | Ranka ]] have gained from their spying operations. She sees an arcade and decides to go for a little while since there's still time to kill before the meeting. The arcade seems very similar to others, and the only game she hasn't played is a roulette. A shop assistant approaches her, saying that the roulette is very hard to win and tells her to play something else. She decides to play it and wins the jackpot, a board game. On the way there, she stumbles upon Ranka. Ao asks if she enjoys Kamihama, and Ranka says that she doesn't due to the fact that she's in enemy territory and the amount of paperwork she has to do.
{{stub}}

===Costume Stories===
<tabber>
|-| Swimsuit =
[[File:Ao Swimsuit.png|thumb|right|x250px]]
Ao is playing video games with [[Ranka Chizu]]. Ao has been practicing lately and is actually able to beat Ranka this time. Ranka is impressed with Ao’s skills and asks if she wants to play a fighting game next. She shows her the game and says they updated it recently with a swimsuit editing mode. They can design their own swimsuits and make their characters wear them in game. Swimsuits aren’t really Ao’s thing but she’s willing to check it out. They boot up the game and head to the swimsuit edit menu. The two of them play around with the editor, adding ribbons, crazy patterns and other design elements to the swimsuit on screen. As the girls are wrapping up the design, Ranka says that Ao ended up designing the kind of swimsuit she would wear in real life. She asks Ao if she wants to go to the beach with her next but Ao shakes her head and insists that an indoor girl like her would never want to go outside to the beach. Ranka admits it’s a little hard to imagine but before she can elaborate further Ao deletes the swimsuit they designed and turns off the game and asks if they can’t play a different game. Ranka asks if she’s sure she’d rather play something else but Ao insists.

A few days later, Ao is playing video games with [[Hikaru Kirari]] online. Thanks to video-chatting,t hey were able to coordinate their attacks and beat the game easily. Hikaru wraps up the call just as Ao’s package arrives at the door. Ao goes and opens the package: she ordered a swimsuit that looks remarkably like the one she created in the game editor. She tries it on and checks herself out in the mirror, commenting on how much better it looks than she expected. Hikaru asks her why she’s wearing a swimsuit much to Ao’s shock. Ao asks Hikaru why she’s still on call but Hikaru doesn’t know either. All she knows is she suddenly heard Ao’s voice, turned around and saw Ao on screen wearing the swimsuit. Hikaru asks her why she’s wearing it but all Ao can say is what’s wrong with wearing one indoors. Hikaru is just surprised that such an indoor type of girl would be interested in beachwear. Ao claims she’s usually not interested in this kind of thing, then asks if it would be weird if she wanted to go to the beach. Hikaru says it’s summer so there’s nothing wrong with that so Ao suggests they all go together the next time the weather is nice.

|-| Child Casual Wear =
[[File:Ao (child).png|thumb|right|x250px]]
One day, seemingly out of the blue, Ao eagerly invites everyone to play Old Maid with her. Initially confused, the girls suspect that she may have learned a strategy on how to win, and soon agree to the game, mainly out of worry that Ao would sulk if they said otherwise. Soon after the game starts, Ao’s suspected strategy reveals itself, as she has one particular card sticking up higher than the rest in her hand. Though they see right through this trick, the three adults quietly acknowledge how much she has grown, before Juri, who’s currently the one picking, draws out one of the other cards. It turns out to be a match, disappointing Ao. The other three exchange cards and get matches, except for Ao, and it is soon her turn once again, where she repeats her little trick. This time, Juri decides to take the odd one out for Ao’s sake, but that card is also a match. The next few rounds went in a similar pattern, before Ao eventually lost. However, she was not quick to despair, and demanded a rematch.
Ao then proceeded to lose an astonishing ten games in a row. Afterword, she developed a deep-rooted aversion to Old Maid for a while...
</tabber>

==Appearances==

* [[Magia Record Main Story#Part Two|Main Story Part 2]]: [[Magia Record Main Story Part 2 Chapter 1|Chapter 1]], [[Magia Record Main Story Part 2 Chapter 2|Chapter 2]]

===Event Appearances===
* [[Magia Record Story Crimson Resolve|Crimson Resolve]]
*[[Magia Record Story Mixed Summer! ~ The Phantom Best Shot ~|Mixed Summer! ~ The Phantom Best Shot ~]]
*[[Magia Record Story Please, Yuna-san ~ Leave All Your Worries To Your Eldest Daughter!|Please, Yuna-san ~ Leave All Your Worries To Your Eldest Daughter!]]
*[[Magia Record Story The Great Banquet that Transcends Time|The Great Banquet that Transcends Time]]
*[[Magia Record Story Mitsuru Inami Wants to Be "Normal"|Mitsuru Inami Wants to Be "Normal"]]

==Powers and Abilities==
Ao can puppet multiple people at the same time, though she needs the permission of her target first. Its limit is also unknown.

==Etymology==
* The characters of her last name mean "shade" (笠) and "noise" (音) respectively.
* Her first name means "blue" when written in kanji (青).
* Halifax is likely a reference to [[wikipedia:Halifax,_West_Yorkshire|the town of Halifax]] in West Yorkshire, England, known for its [[wikipedia:Halifax Gibbet|early predecessor to the guillotine]].

==Trivia==
*Ao is an avid gamer, and her speech is peppered with gamer language.
*Ao's Magical Girl outfit has references from a serpent, with her frills of her top and skirt resemble snake scales, her hair accessory resembles a snake's fin of some breeds, her habit of sticking her tongue out also resembles that of a snake. It matches with her leading ''Ja''nomiya.

==Gallery==
===Game Gallery===
<gallery>
File:card_10234_c.png|Magia Record Four Star Art
File:Card 10235 c.jpg|Magia Record Five Star Art
File:Mini 102300 s.png|In-Battle Sprite
File:doppel_102300_l.png|400px|Doppel Sprite
File:Screenshot_20200413-094938.png
File:Ao PM.png
File:Ao School.png
File:Ao_Kimochi.png
File:Ao Swimsuit.png
File:Ao (child).png|Ao as a child
File:Ao Uwasa.png
File:Ao Papa Seal 2021.jpg|Magical Girl Seal 2021
</gallery>

===Official Art===
<gallery>
File:Ao 01.png
File:Ao 02.png
File:Memoria 1411.jpg
File:Memoria 1412.jpg
File:102301 asahisnipe.jpg
File:102302_pb_sisters.jpg
File:Ao boardgame.png
File:Memoria 1521.jpg
File:Memoria 1522.jpg
File:102503 fall ryo ao1.jpg
File:102503 fall ryo ao2.jpg
File:102601 comment promise.jpg
File:Memoria 1656.jpg
File:102804 yuna history.jpg
File:102802 pb triumph.jpg
File:102909 neomagus3.jpg
File:103001 groupstone1.jpg
File:103104 baby ao.jpg
File:103202 promisedblood.jpg
File:103202 promisedblood leader out.jpg
File:103305 promisedblood.jpg
File:Memoria 1947.jpg
</gallery>

==Memoria Cards==
{{Magia Record Memoria List|character=Ao Kasane}}

==External links==
*[http://magireco.com Official Magia Record Website - Japanese]
*[https://magiarecord-en.com/ Official Magia Record Website - English]

===Gameplay Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNiheCE5lkw Recording of Ao's Transformation Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk9CeF4tM2M Recording of Ao's Magia Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://youtu.be/4lw-vPBYca8?si=qbCMVjy20ghU8NEw Recording of Ao's Doppel Video on Youtube (JP)]

===Side Story and Costume Story Videos===
*Recording of Ao's MSS on Youtube (JP): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeQ_V_XhSXI Episode 1/3], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i32UYCtsPQc Episode 2/3], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js56o8ZtSV0 Episode 3/3]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPDPfcxU0l0 Recording of Ao's Swimsuit Story on Youtube (JP)]
**[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=392VcDzXCp0 Recording of Ao's Swimsuit Story on Youtube (JP) '''(Translated)''']

===Dialogue Lines===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bqnLZuFblE Recording of Ao's Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj5grF7_jRg Recording of Ao's Coordinator Shop Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cstATyoU0JE Recording of Ao's Swimsuit Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]

{{Character Categories|Kasane|magicalgirl=yes}}
[[Category:Promised Blood members]]
[[Category:Neo-Magius members]]

Alexandra Kurusu

2025-10-13T17:14:33Z

8ozpintail: /* Powers and Abilities */

{{Infobox_character
|name=Alexandra Kurusu
|image=[[File:Card 10354 l.png|200px]]
|jname= 栗栖アレクサンドラ (Kurusu Alexandra)
|designer=[[Ume Aoki]] Imoan
|voices=Japanese: [https://withline.jp/talent/marika_hayase Marika Hayase]
|id=1035
|release1=JP:April 14, 2021
}}

'''Alexandra Kurusu''', nicknamed '''Sasha''' was a playable character in the 2017 mobile game [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record]]. She was a member of [[Folklore of Zero]], infiltrated in [[Neo-Magius]].

==General Info==
{{Magical Girl Details
|age=16
|eyes=Deep pink
|hair=Cream
|height=158cm
|origin=[[Yukuni City]]
|soulgem=Golden Nabla-shaped gem on necklace
|weapon=Harp
|wish={{Q|This love for Teacher that torments me... Please... erase it!}}
|powers=Heat dissipation (eliminates the possibility of aggression and hostility)
|doppel=Halomonas Titanicae
|pronoun={{nihongo|watashi|私|}}
|relatives=Unnamed parents, unnamed uncle
|school=[[Yunohana International Junior and High School]], 11th Grade
|affiliation=[[Folklore of Zero]], [[Neo-Magius]]
}}

==Game Info==
{{Magia Record Stats
|type=Support|attribute=forest
|hp0=6723|atk0=1799|def0=1806
|hp4=24377|atk4=6429|def4=6595
|hp5=30289|atk5=8031|def5=8371
|hpmax=37013|atkmax=10105|defmax=10803
|disk1=accele|disk3=blast-|disk4=charge
|connect=Let's play in unison ♪
|connecttype=buff-attack
|connect4=Attack UP [VII] & MP Gain UP [VII] & Guaranteed Charm
|connect5=Attack UP [IX] & MP Gain UP [IX] & Guaranteed Charm
|magia=Fragile Serenade
|magiapat=all
|magia4=Damage to All Enemies [V] & Attack Down (All / 3T) & Defense Down (All / 3T) & Remove Buffs (All)
|magia5=Damage to All Enemies [VII] & Attack Down (All / 3T) & Defense Down (All / 3T) & Remove Buffs (All)
|doppel=Halomonas Titanicae
|doppelpat=all
|doppel5=Damage to All Enemies [IX] & Attack Down (All / 3T) & Defense Down (All / 3T) & MP Gain DOWN (All / 3T) & Remove Buffs (All)
}}{{Magia Record Spirit Enhancement
|hp4=8|atk4=5|def4=5|accele4=6|blast4=4|charge4=6
|hp5=9|atk5=6|def5=6|accele5=7|blast5=5|charge5=7
|hpmax=9|atkmax=6|defmax=6|accelemax=10|blastmax=11|chargemax=17
|icons=buff-doppelmp, effect-negate-magia-seal, buff-doppel, buff-charge, effect-surge, buff-magia, buff-doppelmp, buff-doppel, buff-accele, effect-cut, effect-negate-debuffs, buff-resistance
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Anti-Seal Magia: Guaranteed Anti-Magia Seal
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|Technical Adept: Charge Disc Damage UP [II]
|Skill Quicken: Chance to Skill Quicken [II]
|Magia Adept: Magia Damage UP [II]
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|Accele Adept: Accele MP Gain UP [II]
|Shield Adept: Damage Cut [II]
|Anti-Debuff: Anti-Debuff [1x] (Self / ∞T)
|Gram Immunity Aura: Accele MP Gain UP [I] (All / 5T on Battle Start) & Status Ailment Resistance UP [II] (All / 5T on Battle Start)
|activename=Timberfall
|activetype=debuff-defense
|active=Defense DOWN [III] & Forest Attribute Resistance DOWN [III] (Single / 3T)
|cooldown=10
}}

==Summary==
A Magical Girl who has lost her place in the world and is currently hiding out in Neo-Magius. She has been a member of the choir since she was a child, and used to love singing so much that she even sang in club activities. She has a calm and friendly demeanor, but her fearlessness is one of the reasons why people trust her.

===Doppel Description===
[[File:Doppel 103500 l.png|thumb|right|150px|Halomonas Titanicae, Alexandra's doppel]]
The Doppel of longing. Its form is a ship's figurehead. The master of this emotion locked away her own love, and continues sleeping without ever putting it into words. Her Doppel is an avatar of unsinkability that emerges from the water’s depths, and refuses to allow anyone to give up on any kind of love. Upon seeing someone who it or its master is fond of, it puts their feelings towards that person into song while waving its wings and mast as part of the ultimate concert. If you don’t give any response after observing the performance, you’ll be sliced to ribbons by its lattice-shaped mast, so applauding is the safe option. But either way, listening to its song will cause the iron in your body to become oxidized and make you sick, so people say it’s best to just avoid listening in the first place.
{{-}}


===Costume Stories===
<tabber>
|-| Swimsuit =
[[File:Alexandra Swimsuit 2023.png|thumb|right|x250px]]
After agreeing to go to the pool with Himena, Alexandra spams the doorbell of the Satomi household, where an annoyed Lavi lets her in, and hands over the swimsuit that she had left behind. She also had her bag set up aside with everything in it, but when Alexandra looks through it, her sunglasses are absent. As she begins to panic, Lavi quickly returns them and apologizes, initially assuming that they were a pair of toy sunglasses that belonged to Mikage. Happy about having her sunglasses back, she puts them on and shows off to Lavi, who imagines her at the pool with and without her hat and sunglasses, compliments on how the sunglasses, combined with the rest of her outfit, make her look mature.
Alexandra wonders if she could invite Asahi and Urara to the beach some other time, though she and Lavi realize that Asahi most likely wouldn’t be wearing a swimsuit or try going in the water, so a beach barbecue felt like the better option. With that, Alexandra rushes off to the pool.}}
</tabber>

==Appearances==
===Event Appearances===
* [[Magia Record Story Dependence Blue|Dependence Blue]] (prologue and epilogue only)
* [[Magia Record Story The Ash Grey Revolution|The Ash Grey Revolution]]

==Powers and Abilities==
Alexandra's ability is described as "demotivation". Alexandra's music pacifies her targets and calms them down.

==Etymology==

Her first name may come from the ''[[wikipedia:HMY_Alexandra|HMY Alexandra]]'', a British royal yacht steamship first used as a luxury cruise. After being claimed by the Norwegian government in the 1940s following the German invasion of Norway, it was repurposed to transport Norwegian troops for the war effort. Now renamed as the ''Prins Olav'', it was eventually sunk by German bombs while attempting to escape to the United Kingdom as the Norwegian Campaign was coming to an end.

The meaning of her surname however is unclear.

* The first kanji (栗 ''kuru'') means chestnut or trembling. The second kanji (栖 ''su'') means nest. Both are jinmeiyo kanji using a nanori reading.
* The syllables of her surname are the same ones that would be used to render the Hispanic surname "Cruz" (meaning "cross").
* They are also the same syllables that would be used to render the English word 'cruise', which could be significant given the naval theme of her doppel.
* It is possible that the kanji were chosen solely for phonetic values, and her surname was intended to be either Cruz or Cruise. However, at least one other character with a clearly non-Japanese name ([[Alina Gray]]) did not have the surname rendered in kanji. It's unclear whether using kanji is supposed to have some significance.
* She may be named after [[wikipedia:Sabur%C5%8D_Kurusu|Saburō Kurusu]], a Japanese diplomat who acted as an envoy trying to negotiate peace and understanding with the United States while his own government, under the leadership of Hideki Tojo, were secretly preparing an attack on Pearl Harbor. However, the first kanji used is different from his name.

==Trivia==
* Her Soulgem could reference a [[wikipedia:Nabla_symbol|Nabla Symbol]], a an ancient stringed instrument probably like a Hebrew harp of 10 or 12 strings, Which also was seen as the inverted Greek delta,
** This is supported with her music aesthetic and her weapon being a harp
* Her witch form is named after a [[wikipedia:Halomonas_titanicae|proteobacteria]] that feeds itself with the rust of sunken ships, first found on samples taken from [[wikipedia:Wreck_of_the_Titanic|the wreck of the ''RMS Titanic'']]. This bacteria is notable because it is both projected to bring about the Titanic's total deterioration within a decade, and yet also having beneficial potential in the field of bioremediation by accelerating the decomposition of shipwrecks littering the ocean floor.
** Alexandra was released on April 14, 2021 which coincides with the sinking of the Titanic on April 14 and 15, 1912.
* Her Doppel is designed after the hull of a ship, with Alexandra herself taking the form of a figurehead.
** Because of the chains that hang from it, it also resembles her harp.
* Alexandra first introduced [[Neo-Magius]] to Himena when Neo-Magius was facing disbanding. Even though Himena is aware of Alexandra’s [[Folklore of Zero|true affiliation]], Alexandra remains Himena's most trusted aide with Himena calling her "My Man(マイメン)".
** Judging by [[Lavi Himuro]]'s laissez faire attitude toward her colleagues, it is presumed that Alexandra's job was done with the approval or connivance of Lavi at least.
* With her father being a sailor and the possible references in her name and her doppel, Alexandra is seemingly very associated with boats.

==Gallery==
===Game Gallery===
<gallery>
File:Card 10354 c.png|Magia Record 4 star card
File:Card 10355 c.png|Magia Record 5 star card
File:Mini 103500 s.png|In-battle sprite
File:Doppel 103500 l.png|Doppel Sprite
File:Alexandra doppel card.png
File:alexandra.png
File:alexandracasual.png
File:Alexandra Swimsuit 2023.png
File:Alexandra Uwasa.png
File:204 teacher f er.png|Magical Girl Seal 2022
</gallery>

===Official Art===
<gallery>
File:Alexandra 01.png
File:Alexandra 02.png
File:Alexandra transform.jpg
File:Memoria 1615.jpg
File:102601 hime alex meet.jpg
File:102601 comment neomags.jpg
File:Memoria 1722 3.jpg
File:Memoria 1756.jpg
File:103202 folklore.jpg
File:103202 folklore leader out.jpg
File:103305 neomagus.jpg
File:Memoria 1919.jpg
File:Memoria 1928.jpg
</gallery>

==Memoria Cards==
{{Magia Record Memoria List|character=Alexandra Kurusu}}

==External links==
*[http://magireco.com Official Magia Record Website - Japanese]

===Gameplay Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBgEp0DZlRg Recording of Alexandra's Transformation Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmsCOzOuTKI Recording of Alexandra's Magia Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNozH97rt4Y Recording of Alexandra's Doppel Video on Youtube (JP)]

===Side Story and Costume Story Videos===
*Recording of Alexandra's MSS on Youtube (JP): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpYKS3_V3q4 Episode 1/3], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39DinZup2JQ Episode 2/3], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7-K7k6JObc Episode 3/3]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TSQi5zICO4 Recording of Alexandra's Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur--7abswcQ Recording of Alexandra's Swimsuit Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]

{{Character Categories|Kurusu|magicalgirl=yes}}
[[Category:Folkore of Zero members]]
[[Category:Neo-Magius members]]

Ranka Chizu

2025-10-13T15:41:05Z

8ozpintail: /* Powers and Abilities */

{{Infobox_character
|name=Ranka Chizu
|image=[[File:Card 30443 l.png|300px]]
|jname= (智珠らんか) Chizu Ranka
|voices=
Japanese: [[wikipedia:Eri_Yukimura|Eri Yukimura]]
|id=3044
|release1=JP:January 17, 2020
}}

'''Ranka Chizu''' is a original character in the 2017 mobile game [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record]]. She first appeared in October 2019 in the event [[Magia Record Story Crimson Resolve|Crimson Resolve]] and is a member of [[Promised Blood]].

==General Info==
{{Magical Girl Details
|age=15
|eyes=Fuchsia
|hair=Black with indigo shadows
|height=155cm
|origin=[[Futatsugi City]]
|soulgem=Fuchsia irregularly shaped gem (Under her chest)
|weapon={{nihongo|[[wikipedia:Electro-mechanical_game|Electro-mechanical]] [[wikipedia:Claw_machine|crane]]|エレメカのクレーン|}}
|powers={{nihongo|Strategy detection|攻略方法の発見|}} (can detect if someone is using a strategy and finds its weak points)
|wish={{Q|I want that arcade to become a sacred land so that it never goes out of business.}}
|pronoun={{nihongo|''atashi''|アタシ|}}
|relatives= Unnamed mother, unnamed father
|school=[[Sakae General School]] (transferred), 9th Grade
|affiliation=Ryuugasaki, [[Promised Blood]]
}}
{{reflist}}

==Game Info==
{{Magia Record Stats
|type=Attack|attribute=flame
|hp0=3942|atk0=1616|def0=1270
|hp3=13497|atk3=5455|def3=4378
|hp4=17549|atk4=7094|def4=5697
|hpmax=23037|atkmax=8244|defmax=7861
|disk1=accele|disk2=blast!|disk4=blast-|disk5=charge
|connect=Hunt in One Go!
|connecttype=buff-attack
|connect3=Attack UP[V] & Charged Damage UP [V]
|connect4=Attack UP[VII] & Charged Damage UP [VII]
|magia=Rankanical Beam
|magiapat=one
|magia3=Damage to Single Enemy [III] & Burn (Single / 3T) & Blast Damage UP (Self / 3T)
|magia4=Damage to Single Enemy [V] & Burn (Single / 3T) & Blast Damage UP (Self / 3T)
}}{{Magia Record Spirit Enhancement
|hp3=4|atk3=7|def3=3|accele3=3|blast3=7|charge3=3
|hp4=5|atk4=8|def4=4|accele4=4|blast4=8|charge4=4
|hpmax=5|atkmax=8|defmax=4|accelemax=8|blastmax=14|chargemax=12
|icons=buff-doppelmp, buff-accele, buff-doppelmp, buff-doppel, buff-charge, buff-doppel, effect-negate-evade, buff-blast, effect-critical, buff-mpgain, effect-evade, buff-charge
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Accele Adept: Accele MP Gain UP [V]
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [III]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [III] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|Charge Adept: Charged Attack Damage UP [II]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [IV] & Magia Damage UP [II]
|Aiming Adept: Chance to Anti-Evade [III]
|Blast Adept: Blast Damage UP [II]
|Critical Adept: Chance to Critical Hit [II]
|Morale Adept: MP Gain UP [III]
|Parry Adept: Chance to Evade [II]
|Charge Adept: Charged Attack Damage UP [II]
|activename=Hawkeye
|activetype=effect-negate-evade
|active=Guaranteed Anti-Evade (Self / 1T) & Guaranteed Anti-Provoke (Self / 1T)
|cooldown=10
}}

==Summary==
A magical girl who absolutely loves games and arcades, and belongs to Promised Blood.
She came to Kamihama to investigate the automatic purification system and the magical girls there, but trouble often occurs because she's a sore loser and badmouthed, often causing her to pick fights with others.

===Side Story===
{{Spoilerbox|
''The following is a summary posted on 4chan's /pmmm/ general.''

Ranka infiltrated Kamihama to learn about the leaders of Magia Union so she can remove them, and if possible to dissolve the team and make it easy for Promised Blood to smash Kamihama, or at least gather intel.

She gets to meet Rena, then Momoko and Kaede by proxy, but she really hits it off with Rena, becoming friends really quick. Though there are gaps that cannot be mended, like how Ranka thinks the generosity and kindness Momoko trio displayed as they hunt witches (including giving and sharing grief seeds) is built upon her city's suffering.

Despite this, she really got close to Rena and even forget all about Promised Blood until Juri called her directly since Ranka had not made her regular report. After much struggle, Ranka decides to stay loyal to Promised Blood.

She managed to learn that Yachiyo and Iroha are part of the Union's leadership as the two are confronted by disgruntled black feathers who think they lack the spunk and will to further the system and want Touka and Nemu back as the bosses.

Ranka recklessly tried sniping Iroha and Yachiyo from afar, but the attempt failed since Momoko trio managed to warn them in time. Ranka is actually upset that Momoko trio, especially Rena is close to the leadership.

Rena's presence and Ranka slowly calming down made her decide to retreat, though after a long pause assured herself that she will not go soft next time. She looks sadly at the message Rena sent her earlier which she ignored: Rena asking her out to play as she realized the friendship is not meant to be.
}}

===Costume Stories===
<tabber>
|-| Winter Outfit =
[[File:Ranka Valentine.png|thumb|right|x250px]]
At the arcade, Juri is defeated once again by Ranka. After cursing out her loss, she demands a rematch, but despite winning over and over, Ranka isn’t in high spirits.
Ranka claims to have this weird fuzzy feeling, and was hoping that blowing off some steam would help, but it didn’t. Agitated by having been dragged into her plan, Juri riles her up with threats and remarks, while stating that listening to other people’s problems isn’t her strong suit, but she wants to try anyway.
Ranka says that she’s been feeling conflicted, as even though she sees all Magical Girls from Kamihama as her enemies, she can’t help but want to get along with her peers at [[Sakae General School|school]].
Juri tries giving her own advice, but admits that Yuna would be the better one to talk to.
Feeling defeated, Ranka leaves the arcade, but sees a crane game nearby. Since there’s a handheld game console as a prize that she wants, she decides to gamble with fate, stating that if she wins, she will try to be friendly with her fellow schoolmates.
However, it didn’t quite go as expected. Instead of winning the prize that she wanted, she dropped it, which caused a completely different one to fall down into the chute.
Disappointed, she takes out her prize, which turns out to be a baked sweet potato maker. She sighs, and wonders if fate had a different method of making friends in mind, whatever happens, happens.
</tabber>

==Appearances==

* [[Magia Record Main Story#Part Two|Main Story Part 2]]: [[Magia Record Main Story Part 2 Chapter 2|Chapter 2]]

===Event Appearances===
*[[Magia Record Story A New Beginning|A New Beginning]]
* [[Magia Record Story Crimson Resolve|Crimson Resolve]]
* [[Magia Record Story Please, Yuna-san ~ Leave All Your Worries To Your Eldest Daughter!|Please, Yuna-san ~ Leave All Your Worries To Your Eldest Daughter!]]
*[[Magia Record Story A Secret Farewell Party to Urara|A Secret Farewell Party to Urara]]

==Powers and Abilities==
Ranka's ability is being able to find the weak points in an enemy and the strategy to defeat it. In Arc 2 Chapter 3, she's able to find where to attack a Kimochi to defeat it.

==Etymology==
* Her first name can be read as "Rank A", implying she's a very good gamer and further emphasizing the gaming theme.
** [[wikipedia:Ranka_(legend)|''Lanka'']], or ''Ranka'' in Japanese, is a Chinese legend about a woodcutter who encounters two immortals playing a board game (interpreted as Go in later times) in the mountains. The woodcutter stayed to watch them play, and was given a date fruit to eat so that he would feel neither hungry nor thirsty. As he watched, he fell into a trance, and when he awoke and left the mountains, he discovered that much time had passed, to the point that his axe had crumbled to dust, his family disappeared, and no one remembered his name; the story has thus been compared to that of Rip Van Winkle. ''Ranka'' has since become a literary term for Go in Japan.
*** This may relate to [[Chiharu Hiroe]]'s possible connection to Go, and the game's possible parallels to the territorial battle of Arc 2.
* The characters of her last name mean "wisdom" (智) and "pearl" (珠) respectively.
** "Pearl of wisdom" is a Western idiom referring to a wise saying or piece of advice.

==Trivia==
* Her illustrator is 'Gaou'.
*Her design and weapon have a gaming theme. This may be related to her wish to save an arcade and the fact that she's a gamer.

==Gallery==
===Game Gallery===
<gallery>
File:card_30443_c.png|400px|Magia Record Three Star Art
File:Card 30444 c.png|Magia Record Four Star Art
File:Mini 304400 s.png|In-Battle Sprite
File:Ranka PM.png
File:Ranka School.png
File:Ranka Valentine.png|Valentine Outfit
File:Ranka Uwasa.png
File:Ranka Papa Seal 2021.jpg|Magical Girl Seal 2021
</gallery>

===Official Art===
<gallery>
File:Ranka 01.png
File:Ranka 02.png
File:Announce 1909096.png|Announcement picture with her first appearance
File:102601 comment promise.jpg
File:Memoria 1656.jpg
File:102802 pb triumph.jpg
File:Memoria 1758.jpg
File:103202 promisedblood.jpg
File:103202 promisedblood leader out.jpg
File:103305 promisedblood.jpg
File:Memoria 1862.jpg
File:Memoria 1971.jpg
</gallery>

==Memoria Cards==
{{Magia Record Memoria List|character=Ranka Chizu}}

==External links==
*[http://magireco.com Official Magia Record Website - Japanese]
*[https://magiarecord-en.com/ Official Magia Record Website - English]

===Gameplay Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E_jjI4t9QQ Recording of Ranka's Transformation Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK9vjG0LfdU Recording of Ranka's Magia Video on Youtube (JP)]

===Side Story and Costume Story Videos===
*Recording of Ranka's MSS on Youtube (JP): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eihIziWIGzY Episode 1/3], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy5KOd3PUvo Episode 2/3], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPS3gBYZ7OI Episode 3/3]

===Dialogue Lines===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DturKKEt5DM Recording of Ranka's Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]

{{Character Categories|Chizu|magicalgirl=yes}}
[[Category:Promised Blood members]]

Hikaru Kirari

2025-10-13T15:36:35Z

8ozpintail: /* Powers and Abilities */

{{Infobox_character
|name=Hikaru Kirari
|image= [[File:Card 10224 l.png|300px]]
|jname= 煌里ひかる (Kirari Hikaru)
|designer=[[Ume Aoki]] Kuronyan
|voices= Japanese: [https://anidb.net/creator/59120 Fuuka Izumi]
|id=1022
|release1=JP:October 15, 2019
}}

{{nihongo|'''Hikaru Kirari'''|煌里ひかる|Kirari Hikaru}} was a playable character in the 2017 mobile game [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record]].

==General Info==
{{Magical Girl Details
|age=13
|eyes=Peachy orange
|hair=Peachy orange
|height=150cm
|origin=[[Futatsugi City]]
|soulgem=Pink Banner-Shaped Gem (waist)
|weapon=[[wikipedia:Sabre|Golden Saber]]
|wish={{Q|Give me [[Yuna Kureha|something to devote myself]] to!}}
|powers={{nihongo|Devotion|熱中||}}
|doppel=Merkava
|pronoun={{nihongo|''Hikaru''|ひかる||}}
|relatives= Unnamed father and unnamed mother
|school=[[Torayamachi Academy]], 8th Grade
|affiliation=Torayamachi, Janomiya, [[Promised Blood]]
}}

==Game Info==
{{Magia Record Stats
|type=Support|attribute=light
|hp0=6337|atk0=1774|def0=1728
|hp4=23142|atk4=6432|def4=6175
|hp5=29199|atk5=8116|def5=7785
|hpmax=34225|atkmax=10439|defmax=9994
|disk1=accele|disk3=blast!|disk5=charge
|connect=We'll Stand It Together!
|connecttype=buff-blast
|connect4=Blast Damage UP [VIII] & Charged Damage UP [IV] & Accele MP Gain UP [V]
|connect5=Blast Damage UP [IX] & Charged Damage UP [VI] & Accele MP Gain UP [VII]
|magia=Go! Hikaru Soldiers!
|magiapat=all
|magia4=Damage All Enemies [V] & Chance to Critical (All / 3T) & Status Ailment Resistance UP (All / 3T)
|magia5=Damage All Enemies [VII] & Chance to Critical (All / 3T) & Status Ailment Resistance UP (All / 3T)
|doppel=Merkava
|doppelpat=all
|doppel5=Damage to all enemies [IX] & Chance to Critical (All / 3T) & Status Ailment Resistance UP (All / 3T)
}}{{Magia Record Spirit Enhancement
|hp4=8|atk4=5|def4=5|accele4=6|blast4=6|charge4=4
|hp5=9|atk5=6|def5=6|accele5=7|blast5=7|charge5=5
|hpmax=9|atkmax=6|defmax=6|accelemax=13|blastmax=13|chargemax=10
|icons=buff-doppel, buff-doppelmp, buff-doppel, buff-doppelmp, buff-doppelmp, buff-magia, buff-blast, buff-blast, buff-blast, effect-cut, effect-surge, effect-add-blind
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [III]
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Magia Adept: Magia Damage UP [II]
|Blast Adept: Blast Damage UP [II]
|Full Burst Adept: Blast Damage UP [II] & Accele MP Gain UP [II]
|Blast Adept: Blast Damage UP [II]
|Shield Adept: Damage Cut [II]
|Skill Quicken: Chance to Skill Quicken [III]
|Blinding Edge: Chance to Blind [II] (1T)
|activename=Concentrate
|activetype=buff-damage
|active=Damage UP [VI] (Self / 1T) & Evade [VI] (Self / 1T)
|cooldown=10
}}

==Summary==
A magical girl who is like a servant who belongs to Promised Blood. If it's for the good of the people she trusts, she can fight without danger and she never fails in her day-to-day support. However, when she's alone she has trouble taking care of herself, neglecting herself, and lacking the energy to get into anything.

===Doppel Description===
[[File:Doppel 102200 l.png|thumb|right|150px|Merkava, Hikaru's doppel]]
The Doppel of sluggishness. Its form is a chariot. The master of this emotion feels utmost joy in working for the sake of others, but is terribly lazy when it comes to her own self. As such, she has nothing but mixed feelings about dragging around a being that represents herself. Because this Doppel is powered by its master’s own strength, it cannot take action by itself, but upon being thrown by its master, it will instantly crush its enemies with its massive, sturdy body. The Doppel itself loves being of use to people, so it only intends to hug its enemies as it’s flying toward them, but since being thrown causes a large blade to jut out of its body, it always thinks that it’s failed.
{{-}}


===Costume Stories===
<tabber>
|-| Swimsuit =
[[File:Hikaru Swimsuit.png|thumb|right|x250px]]
Hikaru and [[Yuna]] are hanging out at Yuna’s place and watching TV. On the screen, the TV reporter is talking about the water-rescue dogs that are being trained at the beach. Yuna things it’s amazing that simple dogs can be trained to rescue people. Hikaru notices Yuna praising the dogs and mentions that she knows how to swim too. Yuna nods and says she had heard that Hikaru was a good swimmer then turns her attention back to the screen. She comments on how cute the dogs are as Hikaru realizes that a bunch of lame dogs are getting more praise from Yuna than Hikaru usually does. When Hikaru arrives home, she looks around for her swimsuit. She soon finds it and says now all she has to do is wait for an opportunity.

Over the next few days, Hikaru sticks close to Yuna’s side whenever she happens to venture near the beach. When Yuna goes to check out a shop that [[Juri]] mentioned, Hikaru points to the sea and mentions how beautiful it is. When their people have a small scuffle near the ports, Hikaru suggests they go to the seaside to see if there’s anyone that’s injured there. Several days later and both Hikaru and Yuna are searching for traces of a Witch they sensed near the beach. Yuna asks Hikaru what’s wrong and mentions how fidgety and restless she’s been lately. Hikaru says it’s nothing but even Yuna has noticed that Hikaru has been following her around more everytime she goes near the sea. Hikaru assures her once more that it’s nothing and even tries to laugh it off. Inwardly Hikaru begins to chide herself for thinking that such a convenient opportunity would ever come up. Just then they hear a woman’s voice crying out for help. A woman is frantically crying out for help since her child has fallen into the ocean and could drown. Hikaru turns to Yuna and asks her if she should go help, but Yuna tells her to calm down and says she could drown as well if she jumps in with her clothes on. But Hikaru figured something like this might happen and came prepared. Hikaru tosses off her regular clothes to reveal she’s been wearing her swimsuit underneath her clothes this entire time. Hikaru once more asks Yuna for her orders, and Yuna, completely thrown off by this, asks her to go help the woman. Hikaru nods and immediately jumps into the water to rescue the drowning girl.

The woman and her child thank Hikaru for everything but Hikaru is just happy to help. Yuna tells her great job as Hikaru asks if Yuna didn’t see her easily rescue those people and casually mentions how much more useful she is than a water-rescue dog. Yuna nods, finally understanding why Hikaru had been wearing her swimsuit underneath her clothes. Hikaru is ready to prove her usefulness at any moment. Yuna asks Hikaru why she’s trying to compete with dogs like some kind of elementary school kid. She tells Hikaru to not wear her swimsuit under her clothes anymore. When Hikaru asks if that’s an order, Yuna tells her it’s just common sense since emergency situations that deal with swimming don’t happen often. Hikaru hangs her head after being scolded for being silly. Still, Yuna thinks they still learned something that day: if ever there came a time when their team is drowning in the ocean she knows they’ll be alright as long as Hikaru is around. Hikaru perks up at these words of praise as Yuna tells her she’s her trusted confidant and to be more confident in herself. Hikaru smiles and says she understands.

|-| Adult Casual Wear =
[[File:Hikaru (adult).png|thumb|right|x250px]]
Hikaru admires Yuna from a distance as she helps Ao out with her homework, and begins to reminisce on times where she would run errands for her, or be rewarded for looking after Ao, while getting all peppy about how smart and trivial Yuna was. Juri walks in, and snaps her out of her daydreaming, as her face was getting mushy. Curious, Yuna comes over to see what’s going on, causing Hikaru to become flustered and deny any suspicions, though the blushing on her face was more than enough evidence. Just as Yuna asks if she has something on her mind, Ao pops up and shows that she’s finished her homework, prompting everyone to sit down for dinner, much to Hikaru’s relief.
</tabber>

==Appearances==

* [[Magia Record Main Story#Part Two|Main Story Part 2]]: [[Magia Record Main Story Part 2 Chapter 1|Chapter 1]], [[Magia Record Main Story Part 2 Chapter 2|Chapter 2]]

===Event Appearances===
*[[Magia Record Story Crimson Resolve|Crimson Resolve]]
*[[Magia Record Story Mixed Summer! ~ The Phantom Best Shot ~|Mixed Summer! ~ The Phantom Best Shot ~]]
*[[Magia Record Story Please, Yuna-san ~ Leave All Your Worries To Your Eldest Daughter!|Please, Yuna-san ~ Leave All Your Worries To Your Eldest Daughter!]]
*[[Magia Record Story The Great Banquet that Transcends Time|The Great Banquet that Transcends Time]]
*[[Magia Record Story A Secret Farewell Party to Urara|A Secret Farewell Party to Urara]]
*[[Magia Record Story Mitsuru Inami Wants to Be "Normal"|Mitsuru Inami Wants to Be "Normal"]]

===Other Appearances===

==Powers and Abilities==
Hikaru's ability is devotion. Hikaru is shown to do anything for Yuna. In Arc 2 Chapter 11, Himena synthesizes her ability to strengthen herself to fight the offshoot Mirrors and Familiars.


==Etymology==
* The characters in her last name mean "gleam/twinkle" (煌) and "village" (里), respectively.
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%91%D7%94 Merkava] is a Hebrew word meaning "chariot" or "carriage."

==Trivia==
* Her Doppel is the first to be time-locked, only being revealed on October 28, 2019.
* Her VA, [https://anidb.net/creator/59120| Fuuka Izumi], shared that her most favorite character in the game is [[Tsuruno Yui|Tsuruno]].
* Hikaru cannot distinguish a [[wikipedia:Pancake|pancake]] and an [[wikipedia:Okonomiyaki|okonomiyaki]].
* During the Crimson Resolve event, Hikaru was referred to as "The Horse of the Torayamachi gang". There is a Japanese race horse named [https://www.jbis.or.jp/horse/0000295682/ "Hikaru Kirari"].
* There is some uncertainty regarding Hikaru’s age. In Crimson Resolve, she tells Ao she is 13 when she is infiltrating Janomiya, which only permits members under 15. However, during her side story she is mentioned as being a first-year in middle school, meaning she is likely 13-14 when she becomes a Magical Girl. As Hikaru is said to have contracted before Yuna, who has been a Magical Girl for around 2 years when Crimson Resolve begins, it can be assumed Hikaru’s side story occurs roughly 2 years prior to the events of Crimson Resolve, meaning Hikaru would actually be 15-16. If Hikaru is 15, her lying to Ao was an unnecessary risk, while if she is 16 it seems unlikely that Ao, who is shown to be unusually perceptive and vigilant, would mistake her for a 13 year old.
** It was stated in the Magia Day 2022 show that she's 14 years old, however Magia Archive lists her age as 13 officially.

==Gallery==
===Game Gallery===
<gallery>
File:Card 10224 c.png|Magia Record Four Star Card
File:Card 10225 c.png|Magia Record Five Star Card
File:Mini 102200 s.png|In-battle sprite
File:Doppel 102200 l.png|Doppel Sprite
File:Merkava doppel card.png
File:Hikaru_PM.png
File:Hikaru_School.png
File:Hikaru Swimsuit.png
File:Hikaru (adult).png|Hikaru as an adult
File:Hikaru pm adult.png|Hikaru as an adult magical girl
File:Hikaru Uwasa.png
File:Hikaru Papa Seal 2021.png|Magical Girl Seal 2021
</gallery>

===Official Art===
<gallery>
File:Hikaru 01.png
File:Hikaru 02.png
File:51074 hikaru1.jpg
File:Memoria 1408.jpg
File:Memoria 1409.jpg
File:Memoria 1411.jpg
File:Memoria 1412.jpg
File:103101 pb encount.jpg
File:Hikaru drawn by Papa.jpg|Hikaru drawn by Papa [https://twitter.com/papa0123/status/1231898927063953408 Source]
File:102301 asahisnipe.jpg
File:Memoria 1521.jpg
File:Memoria 1522.jpg
File:102402 fall hikaru.jpg
File:102501 negotiations.jpg
File:102601 comment promise.jpg
File:Memoria 1655.jpg
File:Memoria 1656.jpg
File:102804 iroha history.jpg
File:102804 yuna history.jpg
File:102802 pb triumph.jpg
File:Memoria 1661.jpg
File:102909 stone gather.jpg
File:Bg map 102901.png
File:Memoria 1758.jpg
File:103202 promisedblood.jpg
File:103202 promisedblood leader out.jpg
File:103305 promisedblood.jpg
File:Memoria 1971.jpg
</gallery>

==Memoria Cards==
{{Magia Record Memoria List|character=Hikaru Kirari}}

==External links==
*[http://magireco.com Official Magia Record Website - Japanese]
*[https://magiarecord-en.com/ Official Magia Record Website - English]

===Gameplay Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDYkL7DOzy8 Recording of Hikaru's Transformation Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDwysdPDpnw Recording of Hikaru's Magia Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://youtu.be/ukcp4SeRC80?si=pg0NWc3aVqpbVaTL Recording of Hikaru's Doppel Video on Youtube (JP)]

===Side Story and Costume Story Videos===
*Recording of Hikaru's MSS on Youtube (JP): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUFhC_kNFvM Episode 1/3], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke3Iob1gNPQ Episode 2/3], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iXHEzBNx5Q Episode 3/3]
**[https://youtu.be/Ep9ha1KPpZI Recording of Hikaru's MSS on Youtube (JP) '''(Translated)''']
*[https://youtu.be/4PcLB-3GaPo Recording of Hikaru's Swimsuit Story on Youtube (JP) '''(Subtitled)''']

===Dialogue Lines===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8sgGnY8U08 Recording of Hikaru's Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5eAp23TzXU Recording of Hikaru's Coordinator Shop Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri3f1yH0pB0 Recording of Hikaru's Swimsuit Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]

{{Character Categories|Kirari|magicalgirl=yes}}
[[Category:Promised Blood members]]

Ao Kasane

2025-10-13T15:29:39Z

8ozpintail: /* Side Story */

{{Infobox_character
|name=Ao Kasane
|image=[[File:Card 10234 l.png|300px]]
|jname= 笠音アオ (Kasane Ao)
|voices=
Japanese: [https://myanimelist.net/people/49776/Satomi_Amano Satomi Amano]
|id=1023
|release1=JP:April 13, 2020
}}

{{nihongo|'''Ao Kasane'''|笠音アオ|Kasane Ao}} is one of the original characters of the 2017 mobile game [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record]]. She first appeared in October 2019 in the event [[Magia Record Story Crimson Resolve|Crimson Resolve]]. She is the leader of the Janomiya faction - also known as "{{nihongo|The Venom of Janomiya|蛇の宮の毒}}" and one of the "three sisters" that lead [[Promised Blood]].

==General Info==
{{Magical Girl Details
|age=14
|eyes=Purple
|hair=Light Blue
|height=158cm
|origin=[[Futatsugi City]]
|soulgem=Blue triangle earring hanging on her left ear
|weapon=Battle Axe
|wish=To have friends to play board games with her.
|powers={{nihongo|Player swap|プレイヤー交代|}} (Manipulation of another person's body (can feel the senses of those who she controls))
|doppel=Halifax
|pronoun={{nihongo|''watashi''|わたし|}}
|relatives=Unnamed parents
|school=[[Janomiya Junior and High School]], 8th Grade
|affiliation=Ryuugasaki, Janomiya, [[Promised Blood]]
}}

{{reflist}}

==Game Info==
{{Magia Record Stats
|type=Support|attribute=aqua
|hp0=6279|atk0=1782|def0=1763
|hp4=22441|atk4=6507|def4=6392
|hp5=28294|atk5=8213|def5=8068
|hpmax=34011|atkmax=10233|defmax=11047
|disk1=accele|disk4=blast!|disk5=charge
|connect=Player 2 Participation!
|connecttype=buff-attack
|connect4=Attack UP [VII] & MP Restore [IV] & Debuff Release
|connect5=Attack UP [IX] & MP Restore [VI] & Debuff Release
|magia=Super Special Move・Sonic Edge No. VI
|magiapat=one
|magia4=Attribute Strengthened Damage to Single Enemy [VI] & Remove Buffs (Single) & Remove Granted Effects (Single) & Damage UP (All / 3T)
|magia5=Attribute Strengthened Damage to Single Enemy [VIII] & Remove Buffs (Single) & Remove Granted Effects (Single) & Damage UP (All / 3T)
|doppel=Halifax
|doppelpat=one
|doppel5=Attribute Strengthened Damage to Single Enemy [X] & Remove Buffs (Single) & Remove Granted Effects (Single) & Damage UP (All / 3T)
}}{{Magia Record Spirit Enhancement
|hp4=8|atk4=5|def4=5|accele4=8|blast4=4|charge4=4
|hp5=9|atk5=6|def5=6|accele5=9|blast5=5|charge5=5
|hpmax=9|atkmax=6|defmax=6|accelemax=15|blastmax=8|chargemax=10
|icons=buff-doppel, buff-doppelmp, buff-charged, buff-doppel, buff-blast, effect-critical, buff-doppel, buff-doppelmp, buff-magia, effect-cut, buff-magia, effect-negate-magia-seal, effect-surge
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [III] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Charge Adept: Charged Attack Damage UP [II]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [III] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|Blast Adept: Blast Damage UP [II]
|Critical Adept: Chance to Critical Hit [II]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [III] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Magia Adept: Magia Damage UP [II]
|Shield Adept: Damage Cut [II]
|Magia Adept: Magia Damage UP [II]
|Anti-Seal Magia: Guaranteed Anti-Magi Seal
|Skill Quicken: Chance to Skill Quicken [III]
|activename=Aqua Fall
|activetype=debuff-defense
|active=Defense DOWN [III] & Aqua Attribute Resistance DOWN [III] (Single / 3T)
|cooldown=10
}}

==Summary==
A magical girl who is good at tactics and is one of the three sisters who leads Promised Blood. She provokes others with her arrogant attitude, but inside she’s a cautious person who calmly analyzes her surroundings. For this reason, she can often get fed-up with her sisters’ impulsive behavior. She likes to play games and read books by herself.

===Doppel Description===
[[File:Doppel 102300 l.png|thumb|right|150px|Halifax, Ao's doppel]]
The doppel of undesirable results. Its form is a gathering cloud. The master of this emotion is a compassionate being who feigns being cold-hearted. As she cannot get rid of her self-reproach when she cannot avoid hurting others, she tries to escape the situation by hurting others once more, which repeats the chains of negativity. This Doppel captures such a master, who is beheaded to be released from her distress, as she feels freedom from the sense of taking responsibility only for that single moment. But the intelligent master knows, as everything is just a deception of self-satisfaction as she anguishes, the self-reproach that can never be released solidifies into a single giant entity, and it vents its anger as it tries to release these emotions that has no place to go. As this sin never reaches its conclusion nor does it die out, it will continue to grow.
{{-}}

===Side Story===
Ao is reflecting about how the three Sisters of Promised Blood came together while on the way to Yuna's house to discuss the information [[Sakuya Suzuka | Sakuya] and [[Ranka Chizu | Ranka ]] have gained from their spying operations. She sees an arcade and decides to go for a little while since there's still time to kill before the meeting. The arcade seems very similar to others, and the only game she hasn't played is a roulette. A shop assistant approaches her, saying that the roulette is very hard to win and tells her to play something else. She decides to play it and wins the jackpot, a board game. On the way there, she stumbles upon Ranka. Ao asks if she enjoys Kamihama, and Ranka says that she doesn't due to the fact that she's in enemy territory and the amount of paperwork she has to do.
{{stub}}

===Costume Stories===
<tabber>
|-| Swimsuit =
[[File:Ao Swimsuit.png|thumb|right|x250px]]
Ao is playing video games with [[Ranka Chizu]]. Ao has been practicing lately and is actually able to beat Ranka this time. Ranka is impressed with Ao’s skills and asks if she wants to play a fighting game next. She shows her the game and says they updated it recently with a swimsuit editing mode. They can design their own swimsuits and make their characters wear them in game. Swimsuits aren’t really Ao’s thing but she’s willing to check it out. They boot up the game and head to the swimsuit edit menu. The two of them play around with the editor, adding ribbons, crazy patterns and other design elements to the swimsuit on screen. As the girls are wrapping up the design, Ranka says that Ao ended up designing the kind of swimsuit she would wear in real life. She asks Ao if she wants to go to the beach with her next but Ao shakes her head and insists that an indoor girl like her would never want to go outside to the beach. Ranka admits it’s a little hard to imagine but before she can elaborate further Ao deletes the swimsuit they designed and turns off the game and asks if they can’t play a different game. Ranka asks if she’s sure she’d rather play something else but Ao insists.

A few days later, Ao is playing video games with [[Hikaru Kirari]] online. Thanks to video-chatting,t hey were able to coordinate their attacks and beat the game easily. Hikaru wraps up the call just as Ao’s package arrives at the door. Ao goes and opens the package: she ordered a swimsuit that looks remarkably like the one she created in the game editor. She tries it on and checks herself out in the mirror, commenting on how much better it looks than she expected. Hikaru asks her why she’s wearing a swimsuit much to Ao’s shock. Ao asks Hikaru why she’s still on call but Hikaru doesn’t know either. All she knows is she suddenly heard Ao’s voice, turned around and saw Ao on screen wearing the swimsuit. Hikaru asks her why she’s wearing it but all Ao can say is what’s wrong with wearing one indoors. Hikaru is just surprised that such an indoor type of girl would be interested in beachwear. Ao claims she’s usually not interested in this kind of thing, then asks if it would be weird if she wanted to go to the beach. Hikaru says it’s summer so there’s nothing wrong with that so Ao suggests they all go together the next time the weather is nice.

|-| Child Casual Wear =
[[File:Ao (child).png|thumb|right|x250px]]
One day, seemingly out of the blue, Ao eagerly invites everyone to play Old Maid with her. Initially confused, the girls suspect that she may have learned a strategy on how to win, and soon agree to the game, mainly out of worry that Ao would sulk if they said otherwise. Soon after the game starts, Ao’s suspected strategy reveals itself, as she has one particular card sticking up higher than the rest in her hand. Though they see right through this trick, the three adults quietly acknowledge how much she has grown, before Juri, who’s currently the one picking, draws out one of the other cards. It turns out to be a match, disappointing Ao. The other three exchange cards and get matches, except for Ao, and it is soon her turn once again, where she repeats her little trick. This time, Juri decides to take the odd one out for Ao’s sake, but that card is also a match. The next few rounds went in a similar pattern, before Ao eventually lost. However, she was not quick to despair, and demanded a rematch.
Ao then proceeded to lose an astonishing ten games in a row. Afterword, she developed a deep-rooted aversion to Old Maid for a while...
</tabber>

==Appearances==

* [[Magia Record Main Story#Part Two|Main Story Part 2]]: [[Magia Record Main Story Part 2 Chapter 1|Chapter 1]], [[Magia Record Main Story Part 2 Chapter 2|Chapter 2]]

===Event Appearances===
* [[Magia Record Story Crimson Resolve|Crimson Resolve]]
*[[Magia Record Story Mixed Summer! ~ The Phantom Best Shot ~|Mixed Summer! ~ The Phantom Best Shot ~]]
*[[Magia Record Story Please, Yuna-san ~ Leave All Your Worries To Your Eldest Daughter!|Please, Yuna-san ~ Leave All Your Worries To Your Eldest Daughter!]]
*[[Magia Record Story The Great Banquet that Transcends Time|The Great Banquet that Transcends Time]]
*[[Magia Record Story Mitsuru Inami Wants to Be "Normal"|Mitsuru Inami Wants to Be "Normal"]]

==Powers and Abilities==
Ao can puppet multiple people at the same time, though she needs the permission of her target first. Its limit is also unknown.

==Etymology==
* The characters of her last name mean "shade" (笠) and "noise" (音) respectively.
* Her first name means "blue" when written in kanji (青).
* Halifax is likely a reference to [[wikipedia:Halifax,_West_Yorkshire|the town of Halifax]] in West Yorkshire, England, known for its [[wikipedia:Halifax Gibbet|early predecessor to the guillotine]].

==Trivia==
*Ao is an avid gamer, and her speech is peppered with gamer language.
*Ao's Magical Girl outfit has references from a serpent, with her frills of her top and skirt resemble snake scales, her hair accessory resembles a snake's fin of some breeds, her habit of sticking her tongue out also resembles that of a snake. It matches with her leading ''Ja''nomiya.

==Gallery==
===Game Gallery===
<gallery>
File:card_10234_c.png|Magia Record Four Star Art
File:Card 10235 c.jpg|Magia Record Five Star Art
File:Mini 102300 s.png|In-Battle Sprite
File:doppel_102300_l.png|400px|Doppel Sprite
File:Screenshot_20200413-094938.png
File:Ao PM.png
File:Ao School.png
File:Ao_Kimochi.png
File:Ao Swimsuit.png
File:Ao (child).png|Ao as a child
File:Ao Uwasa.png
File:Ao Papa Seal 2021.jpg|Magical Girl Seal 2021
</gallery>

===Official Art===
<gallery>
File:Ao 01.png
File:Ao 02.png
File:Memoria 1411.jpg
File:Memoria 1412.jpg
File:102301 asahisnipe.jpg
File:102302_pb_sisters.jpg
File:Ao boardgame.png
File:Memoria 1521.jpg
File:Memoria 1522.jpg
File:102503 fall ryo ao1.jpg
File:102503 fall ryo ao2.jpg
File:102601 comment promise.jpg
File:Memoria 1656.jpg
File:102804 yuna history.jpg
File:102802 pb triumph.jpg
File:102909 neomagus3.jpg
File:103001 groupstone1.jpg
File:103104 baby ao.jpg
File:103202 promisedblood.jpg
File:103202 promisedblood leader out.jpg
File:103305 promisedblood.jpg
File:Memoria 1947.jpg
</gallery>

==Memoria Cards==
{{Magia Record Memoria List|character=Ao Kasane}}

==External links==
*[http://magireco.com Official Magia Record Website - Japanese]
*[https://magiarecord-en.com/ Official Magia Record Website - English]

===Gameplay Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNiheCE5lkw Recording of Ao's Transformation Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk9CeF4tM2M Recording of Ao's Magia Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://youtu.be/4lw-vPBYca8?si=qbCMVjy20ghU8NEw Recording of Ao's Doppel Video on Youtube (JP)]

===Side Story and Costume Story Videos===
*Recording of Ao's MSS on Youtube (JP): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeQ_V_XhSXI Episode 1/3], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i32UYCtsPQc Episode 2/3], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js56o8ZtSV0 Episode 3/3]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPDPfcxU0l0 Recording of Ao's Swimsuit Story on Youtube (JP)]
**[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=392VcDzXCp0 Recording of Ao's Swimsuit Story on Youtube (JP) '''(Translated)''']

===Dialogue Lines===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bqnLZuFblE Recording of Ao's Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj5grF7_jRg Recording of Ao's Coordinator Shop Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cstATyoU0JE Recording of Ao's Swimsuit Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]

{{Character Categories|Kasane|magicalgirl=yes}}
[[Category:Promised Blood members]]
[[Category:Neo-Magius members]]

Yuna Kureha

2025-10-09T14:05:06Z

8ozpintail: /* Costume Stories */

{{Infobox_character
|name=Yuna Kureha
|image=[[File:Sp-hero_chara-03.png|x350px]]
|jname= 紅晴結菜 (Kureha Yuna)
|designer=[[Ume Aoki]] Futene
|voices=Japanese: [https://www.vims.co.jp/talent_profile_detail.php?id=113 Akiho Suzumoto]
|id=1021
|release1=JP:August 10, 2021
}}
{{Distinguish|[[Yuuna Kaharu]]}}

{{nihongo|'''Yuna Kureha'''|紅晴結菜|Kureha Yuna}} was a playable character in the 2017 mobile game [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record]]. She first appeared in October 2019 in the event [[Magia Record Story Crimson Resolve|Crimson Resolve]]. She is the leader of the Torayamachi faction - also known as "{{nihongo|The Fang of Torayamachi|虎屋町の牙}}" and one of the "three sisters" that lead [[Promised Blood]].

==General Info==
{{Magical Girl Details
|age=17
|eyes=Gold
|hair=Gray
|height=156cm
|origin=[[Futatsugi City]]
|soulgem=Red diamond-shaped gem on her necklace (hangs from her neck pre-awakened, hangs from her horn post-awakened)
|weapon=[[wikipedia:Kanab%C5%8D|Kanabo]]
|powers=Target Redirection (target will receive damage a linked object receives)
|wish={{Q|Change the minds of those who are against my amendment of the student council election so they will allow it to happen.}}
|doppel=Tiracchana
|pronoun={{nihongo|''watashi''|私|}}
|relatives= Unnamed father, unnamed mother
|school=[[Torayamachi Academy]], 11th grade
|affiliation=Torayamachi, [[Promised Blood]]
}}

==Game Info==
{{Magia Record Stats
|type=Attack|attribute=light
|hp0=5658|atk0=2196|def0=1852
|hp4=20074|atk4=8076|def4=6522
|hp5=25019|atk5=10253|def5=8027
|hpmax=32067|atkmax=12355|defmax=10227
|disk1=accele|disk3=blast-|disk4=blast!|disk5=charge
|connect=Let's Clear This Umbrage Together
|connecttype=buff-attack
|connect4=Attack UP [VII] & Guaranteed Ignore Defense & Guaranteed Anti-Evade
|connect5=Attack UP [IX] & Guaranteed Ignore Defense & Guaranteed Anti-Evade
|magia=Thunderbolt Burial
|magiapat=one
|magia4=Attribute Strengthened Damage to Single Enemy [V] & Attack UP (Self / 3T) & Magia Damage UP (Self / 3T) & Barrier [7,000 HP] (Self / 3T)
|magia5=Attribute Strengthened Damage to Single Enemy [VII] & Attack UP (Self / 3T) & Magia Damage UP (Self / 3T) & Barrier [10,000 HP] (Self / 3T)
|doppel=Tiracchana
|doppelpat=one
|doppel5=Attribute Strengthened Damage to Single Enemy [IX] & Attack UP (Self / 5T) & Magia Damage UP (Self / 5T) & Light Attribute Attack UP (Self / 5T) & Barrier [15,000 HP] (Self / 5T)
}}{{Magia Record Spirit Enhancement
|hp4=5|atk4=8|def4=4|accele4=6|blast4=6|charge4=4
|hp5=6|atk5=9|def5=5|accele5=7|blast5=7|charge5=5
|hpmax=6|atkmax=9|defmax=5|accelemax=10|blastmax=15|chargemax=9
|icons=buff-doppelmp, buff-doppel, buff-doppel, effect-critical, buff-charged, buff-doppelmp, buff-defense-crit, effect-negate-counter, buff-attack, effect-negate-evade, buff-accele, buff-blast
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|Critical Adept: Chance to Critical Hit [II]
|Charge Adept: Charged Damage UP [II]
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Crisis Guard: Defense UP When At Critical Health [II]
|Ignore Counter: Guaranteed Anti-Counter
|Fury Adept: Attack UP When Ally Dies [II] & Defense UP When Ally Dies [II]
|Aiming Adept: Chance to Anti-Evade [III]
|Accele Adept: Accele MP Gain UP [II]
|Weapon Blast Aura: Blast Damage UP [II] & Damage Increase [I] (All / 5T on Battle Start)
|activename=Intentional Crisis
|activetype=buff-attack-crit
|active=Attack UP When At Critical Health [XI] (Self / 3T) & Defense UP When at Critical Health [IX] (Self / 3T) & Barrier [10,000 HP] (Self / 3T) & Receive Damage (Self)
|cooldown=8
}}

==Summary==
A Magical Girl who is the eldest Sister of Promised Blood, specializing in strategic fighting. After accepting her resentment, she no longer hides her bitterness, and is fueled by her emotions. She is extremely sweet to her friends. She's fond of ice cream to cool her head.

===Doppel Description===
[[File:Doppel 102100 l.png|thumb|right|150px|Tiracchana, Yuna's doppel]]
The doppel of chastisement. Its form is a prison guard. This master of this emotion could not control the emotions stored within, and was controlled to be replaced by the swelling emotions. As a result, the doppel that was supposed to be created is now controlled by the flesh bud of an emotional baby, which is constantly being sucked for energy to help it grow. The doppel is a lump of instinct without a shred of reason, a being that crushes what it doesn't like with its emotions and eats energy at will. On the rare occasions when it tries to explain itself with words, it only sounds like air leaking out of a cave, never conveying anything. It is in a good mood when its full, but if it eats a little too much, it seems to vomit energy out of its mouth.
{{-}}


===Costume Stories===
<tabber>
|-| Winter Outfit =
[[File:Yuna valentine.png|thumb|right|x250px]]
While struggling to find something suitable to wear for going out to dinner with her father, Yuna and Iroha cross paths. After hearing about Yuna’s predicament, Iroha offers to help her find something suitable, much to her surprise.
Thanks to Yachiyo’s assistance, it doesn’t take very long to find the right outfit.
As a token of thanks, Yuna offers to take Iroha out for ice cream, even though it’s currently winter. As they sit and enjoy their frozen treat, Iroha suggests that they do this more often in the summer. Yuna frowns, believing that Iroha is taking their current peace for granted, but she smiles at the idea of enjoying ice cream with everyone.

|-| Adult Casual Wear =
[[File:Yuna (adult).png|thumb|right|x250px]]
Yuna comes home from her job as the secretary for the mayor. Ao comes running to her "Mom", saying she is tired. When she asks why, Yuna says that the mayor said "not so nice things that could hurt someone's feelings." Ao asks if the mayor apologized, and Yuna says no. Ao eventually convinces Yuna to talk to the mayor to get him to apologize so that "everyone will like him again". While Yuna doesn't believe everyone will like him again, she agrees to no longer sit idly by and promises Ao that, tomorrow, she will talk to the mayor.

</tabber>

==Appearances==

* [[Magia Record Main Story#Part Two|Main Story Part 2]]: [[Magia Record Main Story Part 2 Chapter 1|Chapter 1]], [[Magia Record Main Story Part 2 Chapter 2|Chapter 2]]

===Event Appearances===
* [[Magia Record Story Crimson Resolve|Crimson Resolve]]
* [[Magia Record Story Please, Yuna-san ~ Leave All Your Worries To Your Eldest Daughter!|Please, Yuna-san ~ Leave All Your Worries To Your Eldest Daughter!]]
*[[Magia Record Story The Great Banquet that Transcends Time|The Great Banquet that Transcends Time]]
*[[Magia Record Story A Secret Farewell Party to Urara|A Secret Farewell Party to Urara]]
*[[Magia Record Story Mitsuru Inami Wants to Be "Normal"|Mitsuru Inami Wants to Be "Normal"]]
*[[Magia Record Story Brethren Revived On Halloween|Magia Record Story Brethren Revived On Halloween]]

===Other Appearances===
*See [[Yuna・Juri (Vampire ver.)]]

==Powers and Abilities==
Yuna has the ability of 'target redirection', allowing her to link someone to another person or object; when one takes damage, the other feels the pain inflicted. She has used this to link [[Juri Oba]] to a tire in a playground and inflicted damage on it to hurt Juri. This can be visually seen in the movements when she fights in-game; even though she visually hits one tile in her Blast disks, the damage is reflected on everything in the row. This can also be applied to redirect another magical girl's unique magic, for instance, she reversed [[Felicia]]'s Oblivion magic and forcing her to remember her true wish.

In-game battles depict Yuna as imbuing some of her attacks with lightning.

When Yuna’s Doppel, Tiracchana, absorbs excess energy, it attacks its enemies by vomiting on them.

==Etymology==
* The characters of her last name mean "crimson" (紅) and "clear" (晴) respectively.
* The characters of her first name mean "bind" (結) and "vegetable" (菜) respectively.
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tiracch%C4%81na Tiracchana] (तिरच्छान) is a Pali word meaning "animal" or "beast."

==Trivia==
* Yuna's character is heavily inspired by the Japanese [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AC%BC%E5%A5%B3 kijo]-- scorned women whose strong grudges and desire for revenge transformed them into [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AC%BC oni.]
** Kijo are often portrayed using the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannya hannya mask] within Noh theater, which Yuna is depicted wearing in her transformation sequence.
* Yuna is Torayamachi Academy's student council president.
* Yuna's father is the current mayor of Futatsugi.

==Gallery==
===Game Gallery===
<gallery>
File:Card 10214 c.png|Magia Record Four Star Art
File:Card 10215 c.png|Magia Record Five Star Art
File:Card 10214 l.png|Profile image
File:Mini 102100 s.png|In-Battle Sprite
File:Doppel 102100 l.png|Doppel Sprite
File:Yuna doppel card.png
File:Chara 1021 00 b.png
File:Yuna PM (before awakening).png|(Before Awakening)
File:Yuna School (Before Awakening).png|(Before Awakening)
File:Yuna PM.png
File:Yuna School.png
File:Yuna kimochi stones.png
File:Yuna valentine.png|Valentine 2022
File:Yuna (adult).png|Yuna as an adult
File:Yuna pm adult.png|Yuna as an adult magical girl
File:Yuna Vampire.png|[[Yuna・Juri (Vampire ver.)|Vampire ver.]]
File:Yuna Papa Seal 2021.jpg|Magical Girl Seal 2021
File:Sucking blood with vacuum cleaner.png|Magical Girl Seal 2024 (Vampire ver.)
</gallery>

===Official Art===
<gallery>
File:Yuna 01.png
File:Yuna 02.png
File:Memoria 1409.jpg
File:Memoria 1410.jpg
File:Memoria 1441.jpg
File:Memoria 1411.jpg
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File:103101 pb encount.jpg
File:102301 asahisnipe.jpg
File:102302_pb_sisters.jpg
File:MagiReco OP 2 - 15.png
File:1610928557554.gif
File:MagiReco OP 2 - 39.png
File:MagiReco OP 2 - 40.png
File:MagiReco OP 2 - 41.png
File:MagiReco OP 2 different factions.gif
File:MagiReco OP 2 - 56.png
File:MagiReco OP 2 - 57.png
File:MagiReco OP 2 - 70.png
File:118615484_3174578802669102_7505209583267031400_n.jpg|Leak of Yuna's four star art
File:Screenshot 2023-01-31 125513.png|Yuna's Fingernail, which seems reminiscent to two diamonds merging
File:207303 end.jpg
File:102601 comment promise.jpg
File:Logo yuna.png
File:Sp-hero chara-03.png
File:Memoria 1654.jpg
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File:Memoria 1656.jpg
File:Memoria 1657.jpg
File:102801 yuna pray1.jpg
File:102801 yuna pray2.jpg
File:102802 pb triumph.jpg
File:102804 yuna history.jpg
File:102804 yuna iroha2.jpg
File:102804 yuna iroha3.jpg
File:Memoria 1661.jpg
File:102902 suicide juri.jpg
File:102909 stone gather.jpg
File:Memoria 1732.jpg
File:103001 groupstone1.jpg
File:103104 baby ao.jpg
File:Memoria 1758.jpg
File:103202 promisedblood.jpg
File:103302 leader field in.jpg
File:Adv eve 11711.png
File:Memoria 1802.jpg
File:103303 run leaders1.jpg
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File:103303 run leaders3.jpg
File:103303 run leaders4.jpg
File:103303 run leaders5.jpg
File:103305 promisedblood.jpg
File:bg_adv_21461.jpg|Her living room
File:bg_adv_21471.jpg|Her bedroom
File:Memoria 1969.jpg
File:Memoria 1970.jpg
File:Memoria 1971.jpg
File:Memoria 1972.jpg
File:Memoria 1973.jpg
</gallery>

==Memoria Cards==
{{Magia Record Memoria List|character=Yuna Kureha}}

==External links==
*[http://magireco.com Official Magia Record Website - Japanese]
*[https://magiarecord-en.com/ Official Magia Record Website - English]

===Gameplay Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVeu7Chbojw Recording of Yuna's Transformation Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://youtu.be/WcunDDZtIao?si=9156JngXgaRfNSLN Recording of Yuna's Magia Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZsV4P3mCV8 Recording of Yuna's Doppel Video on Youtube (JP)]

===Side Story and Costume Story Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddMMCtH13JU Recording of Yuna's MSS on Youtube (JP)]

===Dialogue Lines===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhaKuQBXWO8 Recording of Yuna's Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AkDlhmwUfc Recording of Yuna's Coordinator Shop Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]

{{Character Categories|Kureha|magicalgirl=yes}}
[[Category:Promised Blood members]]

Ryo Midori

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{{Infobox_character
|name=Ryo Midori
|image=[[File:Midori Ryou Profile.png|300px]]
|jname=観鳥令 (Midori Ryo)
|designer=[https://vndb.org/s5549 Ryou Nagi]
|voices=Japanese: [[wikipedia:Maki Kawase|Maki Kawase]] 
English: Erica Lindbeck 
Mexican Spanish: [https://doblaje.fandom.com/es/wiki/Leyla_Rangel Leyla Rangel]
|id=3046
|release1=JP:November 12, 2018
|release2=NA:April 22, 2020
}}

{{nihongo|'''Ryo Midori'''|観鳥令|Midori Ryo}} was a playable character in the 2017 mobile game [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record]].

Initially a nameless White Feather in Chapter 9 of Magia Record, her face and name were revealed when she became a playable character in November 2018.

==General Info==
{{Magical Girl Details
|age=15
|height=166cm
|eyes=Red
|hair=Blonde
|origin=[[Daito Ward]]
|soulgem=Teal oval (necktie)
|weapon=Bazooka
|wish={{Q|I never want to miss the perfect picture.}}
|powers=Reliable photography (infallible)
|doppel=Paparazzo
|pronoun={{nihongo|Midori-san|観鳥さん|}}
|relatives=Unnamed parents
|school=[[Minaminagi Liberty Academy]], 9th grade
|affiliation=[[Wings of the Magius]] (white feather), [[Kamihama Magia Union]]
}}

==Game Info==
{{Magia Record Stats
|type=Attack|attribute=flame
|hp0=3916|atk0=1670|def0=1257
|hp3=13408|atk3=5637|def3=4334
|hp4=17415|atk4=7366|def4=5631
|hp5=20520|atk5=9051|def5=6731
|hpmax=27621|atkmax=10739|defmax=10068
|disk1=accele|disk2=blast-|disk3=blast!|disk4=charge
|connect=The Perfect Photo Subject!
|connecttype=buff-attack
|connect3=Attack UP [IV] & Chance to Anti-Evade
|connect4=Attack UP [VI] & Chance to Anti-Evade
|connect5=Attack UP [VIII] & Guaranteed Anti-Evade
|magia=Definitely Flaming Midori Bazooka!!! <ref>In the NA her magia attack is called ''Controversial Midori Cannon!!!''</ref>
|magiapat=one
|magia3=Damage to Single Enemy [V] & Magia Damage UP (Self / 3T)
|magia4=Damage to Single Enemy [VII] & Magia Damage UP (Self / 3T) & MP Restore (Self)
|magia5=Damage to Single Enemy [VIII] & Magia Damage UP (Self / 5T) & MP Restore (Self) & Guaranteed Burn (Single / 3T)
|doppel=Paparazzo
|doppelpat=one
|doppel5=Damage to Single Enemy [XI] & Magia Damage UP (Self / 5T) & MP Restore (Self) & Guaranteed Burn (Single / 3T)
}}{{Magia Record Spirit Enhancement
|hp3=4|atk3=7|def3=3|accele3=3|blast3=5|charge3=5
|hp4=5|atk4=8|def4=4|accele4=4|blast4=6|charge4=6
|hp5=6|atk5=9|def5=5|accele5=5|blast5=7|charge5=7
|hpmax=6|atkmax=9|defmax=5|accelemax=9|blastmax=13|chargemax=12
|icons=buff-doppel, effect-evade, buff-doppelmp, buff-mpgain, buff-doppelmp, buff-charge, buff-blast, buff-charge, buff-magia, effect-critical, buff-doppel, effect-add-mp, effect-negate-evade
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [III] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|Parry Adept: Chance to Evade [II]
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Morale Adept: MP Gain UP [III]
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Technical Adept: Charge Disc Damage UP [II]
|Blast Adept: Blast Damage UP [II]
|Technical Adept: Charge Disc Damage UP [II]
|Magia Adept: Magia Damage UP [V]
|Critical Adept: Chance to Critical Hit [II]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [IV] & Magia Damage UP [II]
|Fast Mana Up: MP Gauge 15% Full on Battle Start
|Aiming Adept: Chance to Anti-Evade [III]
|activename=Flash
|activetype=status-darkness
|active=Chance to Blind [VI] (All / 1T)
|cooldown=8
}}

==Summary==
A gossip-generation magical girl, she takes photos of everything and reports it regardless if it’s good or bad. She collects material on school problems among the students, and because of this everyone is both afraid of her and entertained by her. In fact, her photo hobby “Today’s kitty cat” seems to be the most popular among students.
===Doppel Description===
[[File:Doppel 304600 l.png|thumb|right|150px|Paparazzo, Ryo's doppel]]
The Doppel of Gossip. Its form is a TLR camera. The master of this emotion continually sought the truth in accordance with her desires. Her Doppel likewise responds to those desires in extreme excess, able to expose an opponent’s truth simply by photographing them in full. Any truth that this Doppel unveils can never be forgotten. This applies to both the subject and the photographer that are fixed within the gaze of the Doppel’s twin lenses, with the unveiled truth being burned into both of their memories: an equal amount of anger if it finds anger, or an equal amount of sorrow if it finds sorrow. Should this Doppel’s master continue to use it, she will become unable to open her heart to anyone without first using the Doppel’s ability to expose everything about them.
{{-}}
===Side Story===
{{Spoilerbox|
At the Wings of Magius headquarters, Ryo is writing an article for Magius which some of the other Feathers help her out by reporting things to her for her articles. Ikumi, dressed in her black feather robes, interrupts Ryo who is caught off-guard as she didn't think anyone would show up at that time and as she doesn't have her own robes on and the Wings of Magius aren't supposed to show their faces, even to each other. Quickly throwing on her white feather robes, she asks the black feather what the matter is only for Ikumi to take off her robes laughing. Ikumi asks if she startled Ryo, who takes her white robe back off and stands frowning. Ikumi worries she might have upset Ryo as Ryo continues to stand angrily until she suddenly breaks out in laughter. She says the stern looks were revenging for teasing her. Ikumi is a little thrown off since Ryo isn't the kind to tease others as well. Ikumi had come over to invite Ryo for some tea, seeing as she has a bit of time before her shift at the maid cafe. Ryo has just finished working on her brochure for the Wings of Magius thanks to the help of some of the other Feathers. Ryo asks if she can interview Ikumi for the brochure as well and Ikumi is happy to oblige, turning so Ryo can photograph her from her cutest angle. Ryo reminds her they wear robes to hide their faces and her picture won't be in the brochure. She asks what the interview is for and Ryo says she wants to know what happened between the time Ikumi contracted and her becoming a Feather. Ryo assures her her name won't be used in order to assure her anonymity. Ikumi muses that her and Ryo are tied by fate and thinks it would be nice to talk about why she became a magical girl. She's less concerned about her story being published and is more concerned with Ryo hearing it. In exchange, Ikumi asks to hear Ryo's wish and story, as long as Ryo isn't against telling her. Ryo agrees, since it's only fair.

The story goes into a flashback in the Daito Ward. Ryo's mother is talking about the neighbor girl's marital problems with her husband. Ryo listens disheartedly as her parents gossip about the girl's marriage. It seems that, while her parents approved of her marriage, her grandfather who is from Mizuna ward did not. They explain to Ryo that in the past, Daito and Mizuna had a lot of conflict. Previously, Mizuna had pushed Daito to renovate the old-fashioned school that Ryo currently attends. But children today don't know about the conflict since it happened a long time ago. Her parents say that as long as that generation still lives, the conflict is still remembered. Ryo makes a mental note to investigate what went on between the East and the West. She thinks about how even though she loves hearing the gossip that goes on between her parents, it holds no real connection to the problems of Kamihama. Ryo suddenly realizes she's late for school and runs off.
On her way to school, she hears splashing and sees a white whale in the ocean by the harbor. As she chuckles to herself and plans on telling everyone in school about it, she remembers all of the other incredible things she'd seen and how no one in her class ever believed her. All her life Ryo has run into unbelievable things fairly often and no one would believe it.

It was the middle of a normal day. Ryo is describing the white whale she saw to her classmate, who tells her her wild story is only worth 60 points at best. The girl tells Ryo she'll need proof in order for anyone to believe her. As Ryo considers asking her parents for a camera, she and her classmate hear a voice crying out from the music room. The two girls head towards the music room to investigate. Inside, a girl and a boy are bullying another boy for his monthly allowance. The boy threatens to tell the teacher on them, but the bullies laugh since no one would believe a failure like him over honor students like themselves. Ryo and her classmate recognizes the bullies from the class next door and note that their leader happens to also be the class president. They manage to hide as the bullies leave the music room, and both of them decide to tell the teacher what happened.

In the classroom, the boy bully denies the whole story claiming it to be a misunderstanding. The girl bully claims the boy was nervous and they were helping him practice for his song rehearsal. The boy is brow-beaten by the bullies and reluctantly agree to their side of the story. Ryo and her classmate insist they know what they saw and the boy bully tells the teacher that Ryo can't be trusted since she has a reputation for making things up. Ryo's classmate insists she saw it as well but without proof the teacher isn't convinced. Afterwards, Ryo overhears some of her classmates saying she's spreading rumors and lies again which proves to Ryo how important "proof" can be as people won't believe anything they can't see for themselves.

The following day, Ryo is elated to have a new camera that her parents brought her and that she's able to take it with her to school. As she's walking, a car zooms past her at high speed narrowly missing Ryo and colliding with an innocent woman who was passing by. Ryo is at a loss as to what to do when the car takes off from the scene. Even though Ryo knew that proof was important, she was so frazzled that all she could do was watch as the car sped away. She didn't think to use the camera she had just bought nor was she able to memorize the license plate. Kyubey appears to have been watching all along.

At the hospital, Ryo is unable to answer questions about the car involved in the hit-and-run. The staff assures her she did more than enough just by calling the ambulance and staying by the woman's side but Ryo can't shake the guilt she feels since she was unable to obtain proof of the car. Kyubey continues to watch from afar. The people investigating the accident are disheartened since Ryo can't remember much and she was the only witness. Back at home, Ryo worries since they said they would contact her if they found the culprit but no word has reached her yet. She berates herself for not memorizing the license plate or getting proof with her camera. Ryo's mother leaves for grocery shopping as Ryo shuts herself in her room. At this point, Kyubey appears and introduces himself. Even though now that Ryo knows more about magical girls and realizes she was the perfect prey for him, she still couldn't shake the feelings of guilt she had at that time. Ryo asks Kyubey if she can have any wish granted and wonders if it's possible to wish for the culprit of the hit-and-run to be apprehended. Kyubey responds that hit-and-runs happen all the time all over the planet and asks which culprits she would want to be apprehended. Ryo rethinks her wish, not wanting to be caught in the same situation and decides to wish to never miss a photo opportunity.

Ryo worries a bit since her life is still largely the same after contracting, other than the fact that she has to fight witches now. She takes a moment to snap a picture of the sunset as well as the repair shop nearby. Ryo shows the photos she took to her mother who marvels at the sunset and the reflection of the car repair shop. She notes that their business must not be doing so great since they have only one car in their shop. It's then that Ryo notices that the car in the repair shop is the same car from the hit-and-run. It was there to get the dent caused by the accident fixed. Ryo quickly calls the number from the investigators with her photo acting as proof. The culprit is soon arrested and the woman in the hospital thanks Ryo for all that she's done. Ryo is initially pleased that her wish really was granted.

At school, Hinano laments something came out the wrong color when she hears the shutter click of a camera and yells at Ryo for going around taking pictures of other people's failures. Ryo claims it wasn't on purpose before running off. She hides in a classroom, telling herself she did it again when she notices the teacher in a classroom across the hall. She snaps a picture of the teacher and someone else. Outside in the hallway, two girls are talking about how Ryo has been taking photos of others when they're down. Ryo overhears them calling her a creep and how she's probably taking revenge on everyone who called her a liar.

At the subway, Ryo sees the neighbor lady that her parents were gossiping about. She sees them with several luggage bags and deduces that they decided to move out together despite her grandfather's opposition. She takes a photo of the occasion and thinks this may be a secret from their families. She decides to delete the photo as soon as possible. Back at home, Ryo is going through her photographs when she comes across the photo of the young couple. She thinks about how she didn't want to take these kinds of photos since it makes her seem like she's purposefully trying to start trouble. It was both a combination of her wish and her tendency to witness rare things.

Ryo continued taking photographs, and one day as her Mom was scrolling through the pictures, she came across the photo of the young couple. Ryo realized she had forgotten to delete the photo and demanded her camera back. Her mother was eager to gossip to her father about it when she realized she had proof that the rumors that the couple next door really were running away together were true. Ryo storms out of the house. Ryo runs off to the park and wonders why her parents were obsessed with gossip and whether it had passed on to her since she kept taking those kinds of photos. After some time, she began to resent her parents.

One day, Ryo wondered if she shouldn't leave her camera behind but couldn't in case something like the hit-and-run were to happen again. As she goes through her photos on her camera, she sees one of her classmate back when the incident with the bullies happened. She wonders why her classmate was there since she too was upset that the bullies were getting away with it when they told the teacher. Ryo decides to talk with her in private the next day at school since she didn't want to jump to any conclusions. Ryo then gathers several photos of her classmate and realizes they all lead to her being one of the bullies as well.

The next day, Ryo meets with her classmate and shows her the photographic evidence. She tells her friend that she needs to cut out the bullying, as these photos are the only proof of her bullying others. Her friend tries to defend herself, saying the class president will pick on her otherwise. She claims the teacher is on their side as well since they are all from the Mizuna ward and wouldn't have believed them even with proof since Ryo is from the Daito ward. It seems her classmate has picked up the prejudices of the adults around her. Ryo runs off in tears as her friend cries out that she doesn't think that way. Ryo had never considered the "West vs. East" problem of Kamihama as part of her life until then. The sting of the person whom she thought of as a friend was too much.

Ryo cries and runs into the chemistry lab where Hinano finds her. Determined to not mess up a result, she asks Ryo what's wrong and offers to listen since she too is a magical girl. Ryo cries out everything about her life from the accident and her contract and everything that had happened recently. She asks Hinano if she was glad she became a magical girl. Hinano says she is, but she also regrets it. All things come with both good and bad and she tells Ryo about the time when there was a scarcity of witches in the city. The East and West magical girls fought for territory daily. She wished she had been stronger in order to stop some of the oppression that went on in those days, where magical girls robbed others of their grief seeds. Hinano explains how you can't always do the right thing in the face of some injustices, so she should decide on what to do and act on it. She needs to decide on what to do with her power on her own. Hinano suggests she talk to Kanagi after going home and resting. Ryo calls Hinano a mini-mom after hearing her advice and heads out.

After meeting with Kanagi, Ryo decides to use her power for both good and bad. She is determined to use her power only to show the truth to others even if the truth can be both beautiful and ugly. So she renames the newspaper club into the gossip club.

Hinano sees a copy of the gossip club's paper "The Midori Report" hanging up in the school hall. In it is an article about her successes in the lab. Everything from small everyday things to big terrible things such as the bullying being covered up by the teacher was in it. Soon the bullies she previously encounter began to worry and even the teachers were talking about it since the proof was in the photos that accompanied the articles. Although the teacher involved became angry, he backed down lest she expose the truth further and issues of the Midori report just kept coming, soon becoming a staple of the school. Ryo received fan mail both admonishing her and thanking her.

Ryo remained troubled however, and one day as she narrowly defeats a witch, she realized that no one knew about how difficult it was to be a magical girl risking her life fighting. She resolves to make the next issue of her report about witches and magical girls. Ryo tracks down a witch and enters her barrier, pleased to note two other magical girls had beaten her to it. Ryo intends to photograph the other magical girls fighting the witch and be ready to jump in should they need the help. Instead, she showed up just in time to photograph the moment one of the magical girls unleashed her doppel. She watches dumbfounded as the doppel and witch fight until the barrier begins to collapse. She urges the magical girl she was watching, Ikumi, to escape while she can as she carries her friend who has collapsed from exhaustion.

Safely outside of the barrier, Ikumi tries to wake her friend Yuuki who is badly injured. Ryo asks her about what she just saw, but Ikumi doesn't know and wonders if it's a bad thing. Ryo urges her to take her friend to Mitama's place and ask if she knows anything about it. There, Mitama explains to the two girls about doppels. Ryo thinks the doppels look a lot like witches and decides to postpone her article until she can gather more evidence, but she's hesitant to do so. Mitama then leaks the information about Ryo and Ikumi knowing about doppels to the Wings of Magius.

Later, Tsukasa and Mifuyu find Ryo and introduce themselves. They explain to Ryo the truth about magical girls and witches and Ryo is shocked to discover she was betrayed by Kyubey. Mifuyu and Tsukasa leave Ryo to decide for herself if she wants to join their group that is dedicated to liberating magical girls from this fate. Ryo ponders this decision all night, knowing from experience that the girls weren't lying to her, but they weren't exactly trustworthy either. The next day, she joins the Wings of Magius and started staying at their headquarters. After being given a white robe, Mifuyu introduces her to the Black Feathers that will be under her command. Ryo and one of the black feathers (Ikumi) quickly recognize each other.

Ryo finishes telling her story to Ikumi, who is saddened to hear about all the things that Ryo had to go through. Ryo cheers her up, saying it doesn't bother her anymore and teases her about keeping up her pop idol persona. Ikumi asks to see the article Ryo will be writing about her once she's done, but Ryo won't publicly publish something that was told to her in confidence. The girls realize the time and Ikumi rushes off to her shift at the maid cafe. Back outside, Ryo notices a cat and snaps its picture for the next issue of her Midori Report.
}}
===Costume Stories===
<tabber>
|-| Swimsuit =
[[File:Ryo Swimsuit.png|thumb|right|x250px]]
Ryo has gone to the beach with Ikumi for a big scoop for her Midori Report. There have been rumors circulating at her school about a popular couple and how both of them may have different lovers. The rumors have even speculated that one of the lovers is a teacher so if she can get to the truth it’ll be sure to make the Midori Report even more popular. In order to not stick out, Ikumi is trying not to stay close to Ryo. Ryo soon spies the couple and starts observing them intently. The couple are chatting normally and eating yakisoba. Ryo is starting to get bored and wonders if maybe they’re just a normal couple after all when suddenly the guy seems to be upset and both him and the girl enter a tent to change into their swimsuits. After the guy leaves, a different guy enters the tent. Ryo starts to get excited as the first guy re-enters the tent. Ryo gets ready to watch a bloodbath go down when suddenly a different girl enters the tent as well. Before she knows it all four of them exit the tent dressed in swimsuits and prepare for a beach volleyball match. Ryo begins laughing to herself as she realizes that it was just four good friends having fun at the beach and nothing more.

Ryo heads to the food stands, somewhat disappointed with the day’s turnout. She had been hoping to make this the big article for the next issue of the Midori Report but it seems there’s nothing to report. She then hears Ikumi’s voice and sees her standing with some guys. She can tell that Ikumi is starting to get mad so she heads over to interrupt. Ikumi is glad to see Ryo but instead of stopping them Ryo takes Ikumi’s picture instead. Ryo says this will have to be her main scoop and titles it “Makino Ikumi, age 19 and picking up fans with flirting”. Ikumi says it was all a misunderstanding as she laments the damage to her reputation that this will cause. Ryo laughs and says she’s just messing around as Ikumi sobs.

|-| Halloween Costume =
[[File:Ryo Halloween.png|thumb|right|x250px]]
[[Eternal Sakura]] is daydreaming about the big Halloween party she and the others are going to. In her daydream, Mitama gathers everyone together as Karin leads a toast for Halloween. Ryo then approaches Sakurako and tells her “Trick or Treat” before asking which one Sakurako will be giving her. Sakurako says she has some treats she was told to prepare but Ryo looks disappointed. Ryo had been hoping to see all kinds of mischievous tricks this year so Sakurako asks her Trick or Treat. However, Ryo has already given away all the treats she had so Sakurako asks if she doesn’t have a trick for her instead. Ryo says the whole setup feels like a trick already so she offers Sakurako some of the treats that the other girls had given to her earlier. Ryo then looks at Sakurako and asks her what kind of trick she has to offer.

Outside the Coordinator’s shop, [[Hinano Miyako]] tries to get Sakurako’s attention by calling her name. Eventually she’s broken out of her daydream and tells Hinano that she was deep in her fantasies trying to come up with a way to trick Ryo but she couldn’t think of anything. She’s sad that Ryo won’t be able to make it to the party, but she can at least pull a trick on Hinano when they get there. As Hinano gathers the candy they brought with them for the party, Sakurako thinks about how nice it is to be able to create new memories and wishes that Ryo could have made it too.
</tabber>

==Appearances==

* [[Magia Record Main Story#Part One|Main Story Part 1]]: [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 9|Chapter 9]]
* [[Magia Record Main Story#Part Two|Main Story Part 2]]: [[Magia Record Main Story Part 2 Chapter 1|Chapter 1]], [[Magia Record Main Story Part 2 Chapter 2|Chapter 2]]

===Event Appearances===
*[[Magia Record Story Wings in the Wind|Wings in the Wind]]
*[[Magia Record Story A New Beginning|A New Beginning]]
*[[Magia Record Story Welcome to Uwasa Aquarium! ~ Entrust Your Memories to the Tamatebako|Welcome to Uwasa Aquarium! ~ Entrust Your Memories to the Tamatebako]]
*[[Magia Record Story Halloween Castle of Prayers and Funeral ~The Living are Bewildered, The Dead are Silent|Halloween Castle of Prayers and Funeral ~The Living are Bewildered, The Dead are Silent]]
*[[Magia Record Story Sentimental Gaze|Sentimental Gaze]]
===Magical Girl Story Appearances===
* [[Eternal Sakura]]
* [[Ikumi Makino]]
* [[Lil' Kyubey]]

==Powers and Abilities==
Ryo's ability makes her unconsciously take photos of anything that is important with her camera, but the criteria on what is the "perfect pciture" is unclear. In her Magical Girl Story, after she witnesses the hit-and-run and makes a wish, one of her photos that she assumed was just a sunset actually contained the exact car that was used to hit the person. She also takes photos of [[Hinano Miyako | Hinano's]] failed experiments. In Arc 2 Chapter 5, {{spoiler | her ability allows the Kamihama Magia Union to find the entrance to the offshoot Mirrors shortcut.}}

==Etymology==
* The characters of her last name mean "観" (appearance) and "鳥" (bird) respectively.
* The character of her first name means "令" (command).

==Trivia==
* She likes her camera so much that it appears in her winning animation.
* {{spoiler| Her death was foreshadowed in the [[Magia Record Story Halloween Castle of Prayers and Funeral ~The Living are Bewildered, The Dead are Silent|Halloween Castle]] event, where she received a costume with Kanae and Mel, two characters deceased in Magia Record.}}
** {{spoiler| In addition, certain lines implied her death. For example, when Momoko was thinking about 'all of the dead girls' she met so far, she noted that they seemed off, but she wasn't close to any of them to be certain. Ryo acted strangely during her appearance in the event and rarely interacted with Momoko before her death.}}<ref>https://youtu.be/nPVcjPj6m8A?t=2664</ref> <ref>https://irohasesun-fm-foot.hatenablog.com/entry/2020/11/06/180000</ref>
* Her Doppel's name is "Paparazzo" derives from paparazzi, but is the singular version of the word. 'Paparazzo' was the name of a character from the movie ''La Dolce Vita'', whose name became a concept to denote agressively determined gossip press photographers.
* The word on her doppel reads {{Runes|GOSSIPDOLL}} (GOSSIPDOLL).
** When her doppel attacks by taking a photograph, the side of the film reads {{Runes|51 SCANDAL FILM 800}} (51 SCANDAL FILM 800).

==Gallery==
===Game Gallery===
<gallery>
File:1541849328061.png|Magia Record Three Star card
File:Ryou Midori Four Star.png|Magia Record Four Star card
File:Card 30465 c.png|Magia Record Five Star card
File:Ryou Midori Sprite.png|In-battle Sprite
File:Mini 304601 s.png|In-battle Sprite (Five Star)
File:Doppel 304600 l.png|Doppel Sprite
File:Ryo doppel card.png
File:Ryo's doppel attack.png
File:Midori PM 2.png
File:Midori school.png
File:Ryo Swimsuit.png
File:Ryo Halloween.png|Halloween Costume
File:Midori White Feather.png|Ryo dressed as a White Feather
File:Ryou Papa Seal 2019 01.jpg|Magical Girl Seal #1
File:Ryou Papa Seal 2019 02.jpg|Magical Girl Seal #2
</gallery>

===Official Art===
<gallery>
File:Ryo 01.jpg
File:Ryo 02.jpg
File:Ryo 03.jpg
File:Ryo 04.jpg
File:Ayame Ryo Doppel.png
File:memoria_1276.jpg
File:memoria_1279.jpg
File:memoria_1280_2.jpg
File:Memoria 1391.jpg
File:Episode 4 End Title Card.png|End Title Card by Masugitsune
File:Memoria 1532.jpg
File:MagiReco OP 2 - 35.png
File:102503 fall ryo ao1.jpg
File:102503 fall ryo ao2.jpg
File:102504 midorinewspaper.jpg
File:103103 kanagi mitama settle.jpg
</gallery>

===Anime Screenshots===
<gallery>
File:S2E5 Infinite Hospital Bed 5.png|Ryo and Sana from Episode 18
File:S2EP5 WhiteFeather1.jpg
File:Magical gial's ep25-14.png
File:Epirogue ep25-11.png
</gallery>

==Memoria Cards==
{{Magia Record Memoria List|character=Ryo Midori}}

==External links==
*[http://magireco.com Official Magia Record Website - Japanese]
*[https://magiarecord-en.com/ Official Magia Record Website - English]

===Gameplay Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXx7JWSigy4 Recording of Ryo's Transformation Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://youtu.be/b9IdfrIFL3k?si=u56bvnJkF8MrnrZD Recording of Ryo's Magia Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://youtu.be/XI0i2RzgRaA?si=cDJ6HGu3iulSmMZj Recording of Ryo's Doppel Video on Youtube (JP)]

===Side Story and Costume Story Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_z-TM8orT4 Recording of Ryo's MSS on Youtube (JP)]
**[https://youtu.be/7yVCj_paqSY Recording of Ryo's MSS on Youtube (NA)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jDun5P8FDA Recording of Ryo's Swimsuit Story on Youtube (JP) '''(Subtitled)''']
*[https://youtu.be/LC_pHcv43jo Recording of Ryo's Halloween Costume Story on Youtube (JP) '''(Subtitled)''']

===Dialogue Lines===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAcYB4tXWdg Recording of Ryo's Dialogue lines on Youtube (NA)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvCRYGv5hrs Recording of Ryo's Swimsuit Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRF_32oR8Qs Recording of Ryo's Halloween Costume Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]

{{Character Categories|Midori|magicalgirl=yes|deceased=yes}}
[[Category:Wings of the Magius members]]
[[Category:White feathers]]
[[Category:Kamihama Magia Union members]]

Ryo Midori

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{{Infobox_character
|name=Ryo Midori
|image=[[File:Midori Ryou Profile.png|300px]]
|jname=観鳥令 (Midori Ryo)
|designer=[https://vndb.org/s5549 Ryou Nagi]
|voices=Japanese: [[wikipedia:Maki Kawase|Maki Kawase]] 
English: Erica Lindbeck 
Mexican Spanish: [https://doblaje.fandom.com/es/wiki/Leyla_Rangel Leyla Rangel]
|id=3046
|release1=JP:November 12, 2018
|release2=NA:April 22, 2020
}}

{{nihongo|'''Ryo Midori'''|観鳥令|Midori Ryo}} was a playable character in the 2017 mobile game [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record]].

Initially a nameless White Feather in Chapter 9 of Magia Record, her face and name were revealed when she became a playable character in November 2018.

==General Info==
{{Magical Girl Details
|age=15
|height=166cm
|eyes=Red
|hair=Blonde
|origin=[[Daito Ward]]
|soulgem=Teal oval (necktie)
|weapon=Bazooka
|wish={{Q|I never want to miss the perfect picture.}}
|powers=Reliable photography (infallible)
|doppel=Paparazzo
|pronoun={{nihongo|Midori-san|観鳥さん|}}
|relatives=Unnamed parents
|school=[[Minaminagi Liberty Academy]], 9th grade
|affiliation=[[Wings of the Magius]] (white feather), [[Kamihama Magia Union]]
}}

==Game Info==
{{Magia Record Stats
|type=Attack|attribute=flame
|hp0=3916|atk0=1670|def0=1257
|hp3=13408|atk3=5637|def3=4334
|hp4=17415|atk4=7366|def4=5631
|hp5=20520|atk5=9051|def5=6731
|hpmax=27621|atkmax=10739|defmax=10068
|disk1=accele|disk2=blast-|disk3=blast!|disk4=charge
|connect=The Perfect Photo Subject!
|connecttype=buff-attack
|connect3=Attack UP [IV] & Chance to Anti-Evade
|connect4=Attack UP [VI] & Chance to Anti-Evade
|connect5=Attack UP [VIII] & Guaranteed Anti-Evade
|magia=Definitely Flaming Midori Bazooka!!! <ref>In the NA her magia attack is called ''Controversial Midori Cannon!!!''</ref>
|magiapat=one
|magia3=Damage to Single Enemy [V] & Magia Damage UP (Self / 3T)
|magia4=Damage to Single Enemy [VII] & Magia Damage UP (Self / 3T) & MP Restore (Self)
|magia5=Damage to Single Enemy [VIII] & Magia Damage UP (Self / 5T) & MP Restore (Self) & Guaranteed Burn (Single / 3T)
|doppel=Paparazzo
|doppelpat=one
|doppel5=Damage to Single Enemy [XI] & Magia Damage UP (Self / 5T) & MP Restore (Self) & Guaranteed Burn (Single / 3T)
}}{{Magia Record Spirit Enhancement
|hp3=4|atk3=7|def3=3|accele3=3|blast3=5|charge3=5
|hp4=5|atk4=8|def4=4|accele4=4|blast4=6|charge4=6
|hp5=6|atk5=9|def5=5|accele5=5|blast5=7|charge5=7
|hpmax=6|atkmax=9|defmax=5|accelemax=9|blastmax=13|chargemax=12
|icons=buff-doppel, effect-evade, buff-doppelmp, buff-mpgain, buff-doppelmp, buff-charge, buff-blast, buff-charge, buff-magia, effect-critical, buff-doppel, effect-add-mp, effect-negate-evade
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [III] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|Parry Adept: Chance to Evade [II]
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Morale Adept: MP Gain UP [III]
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Technical Adept: Charge Disc Damage UP [II]
|Blast Adept: Blast Damage UP [II]
|Technical Adept: Charge Disc Damage UP [II]
|Magia Adept: Magia Damage UP [V]
|Critical Adept: Chance to Critical Hit [II]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [IV] & Magia Damage UP [II]
|Fast Mana Up: MP Gauge 15% Full on Battle Start
|Aiming Adept: Chance to Anti-Evade [III]
|activename=Flash
|activetype=status-darkness
|active=Chance to Blind [VI] (All / 1T)
|cooldown=8
}}

==Summary==
A gossip-generation magical girl, she takes photos of everything and reports it regardless if it’s good or bad. She collects material on school problems among the students, and because of this everyone is both afraid of her and entertained by her. In fact, her photo hobby “Today’s kitty cat” seems to be the most popular among students.
===Doppel Description===
[[File:Doppel 304600 l.png|thumb|right|150px|Paparazzo, Ryo's doppel]]
The Doppel of Gossip. Its form is a TLR camera. The master of this emotion continually sought the truth in accordance with her desires. Her Doppel likewise responds to those desires in extreme excess, able to expose an opponent’s truth simply by photographing them in full. Any truth that this Doppel unveils can never be forgotten. This applies to both the subject and the photographer that are fixed within the gaze of the Doppel’s twin lenses, with the unveiled truth being burned into both of their memories: an equal amount of anger if it finds anger, or an equal amount of sorrow if it finds sorrow. Should this Doppel’s master continue to use it, she will become unable to open her heart to anyone without first using the Doppel’s ability to expose everything about them.
{{-}}
===Side Story===
{{Spoilerbox|
At the Wings of Magius headquarters, Ryo is writing an article for Magius which some of the other Feathers help her out by reporting things to her for her articles. Ikumi, dressed in her black feather robes, interrupts Ryo who is caught off-guard as she didn't think anyone would show up at that time and as she doesn't have her own robes on and the Wings of Magius aren't supposed to show their faces, even to each other. Quickly throwing on her white feather robes, she asks the black feather what the matter is only for Ikumi to take off her robes laughing. Ikumi asks if she startled Ryo, who takes her white robe back off and stands frowning. Ikumi worries she might have upset Ryo as Ryo continues to stand angrily until she suddenly breaks out in laughter. She says the stern looks were revenging for teasing her. Ikumi is a little thrown off since Ryo isn't the kind to tease others as well. Ikumi had come over to invite Ryo for some tea, seeing as she has a bit of time before her shift at the maid cafe. Ryo has just finished working on her brochure for the Wings of Magius thanks to the help of some of the other Feathers. Ryo asks if she can interview Ikumi for the brochure as well and Ikumi is happy to oblige, turning so Ryo can photograph her from her cutest angle. Ryo reminds her they wear robes to hide their faces and her picture won't be in the brochure. She asks what the interview is for and Ryo says she wants to know what happened between the time Ikumi contracted and her becoming a Feather. Ryo assures her her name won't be used in order to assure her anonymity. Ikumi muses that her and Ryo are tied by fate and thinks it would be nice to talk about why she became a magical girl. She's less concerned about her story being published and is more concerned with Ryo hearing it. In exchange, Ikumi asks to hear Ryo's wish and story, as long as Ryo isn't against telling her. Ryo agrees, since it's only fair.

The story goes into a flashback in the Daito Ward. Ryo's mother is talking about the neighbor girl's marital problems with her husband. Ryo listens disheartedly as her parents gossip about the girl's marriage. It seems that, while her parents approved of her marriage, her grandfather who is from Mizuna ward did not. They explain to Ryo that in the past, Daito and Mizuna had a lot of conflict. Previously, Mizuna had pushed Daito to renovate the old-fashioned school that Ryo currently attends. But children today don't know about the conflict since it happened a long time ago. Her parents say that as long as that generation still lives, the conflict is still remembered. Ryo makes a mental note to investigate what went on between the East and the West. She thinks about how even though she loves hearing the gossip that goes on between her parents, it holds no real connection to the problems of Kamihama. Ryo suddenly realizes she's late for school and runs off.
On her way to school, she hears splashing and sees a white whale in the ocean by the harbor. As she chuckles to herself and plans on telling everyone in school about it, she remembers all of the other incredible things she'd seen and how no one in her class ever believed her. All her life Ryo has run into unbelievable things fairly often and no one would believe it.

It was the middle of a normal day. Ryo is describing the white whale she saw to her classmate, who tells her her wild story is only worth 60 points at best. The girl tells Ryo she'll need proof in order for anyone to believe her. As Ryo considers asking her parents for a camera, she and her classmate hear a voice crying out from the music room. The two girls head towards the music room to investigate. Inside, a girl and a boy are bullying another boy for his monthly allowance. The boy threatens to tell the teacher on them, but the bullies laugh since no one would believe a failure like him over honor students like themselves. Ryo and her classmate recognizes the bullies from the class next door and note that their leader happens to also be the class president. They manage to hide as the bullies leave the music room, and both of them decide to tell the teacher what happened.

In the classroom, the boy bully denies the whole story claiming it to be a misunderstanding. The girl bully claims the boy was nervous and they were helping him practice for his song rehearsal. The boy is brow-beaten by the bullies and reluctantly agree to their side of the story. Ryo and her classmate insist they know what they saw and the boy bully tells the teacher that Ryo can't be trusted since she has a reputation for making things up. Ryo's classmate insists she saw it as well but without proof the teacher isn't convinced. Afterwards, Ryo overhears some of her classmates saying she's spreading rumors and lies again which proves to Ryo how important "proof" can be as people won't believe anything they can't see for themselves.

The following day, Ryo is elated to have a new camera that her parents brought her and that she's able to take it with her to school. As she's walking, a car zooms past her at high speed narrowly missing Ryo and colliding with an innocent woman who was passing by. Ryo is at a loss as to what to do when the car takes off from the scene. Even though Ryo knew that proof was important, she was so frazzled that all she could do was watch as the car sped away. She didn't think to use the camera she had just bought nor was she able to memorize the license plate. Kyubey appears to have been watching all along.

At the hospital, Ryo is unable to answer questions about the car involved in the hit-and-run. The staff assures her she did more than enough just by calling the ambulance and staying by the woman's side but Ryo can't shake the guilt she feels since she was unable to obtain proof of the car. Kyubey continues to watch from afar. The people investigating the accident are disheartened since Ryo can't remember much and she was the only witness. Back at home, Ryo worries since they said they would contact her if they found the culprit but no word has reached her yet. She berates herself for not memorizing the license plate or getting proof with her camera. Ryo's mother leaves for grocery shopping as Ryo shuts herself in her room. At this point, Kyubey appears and introduces himself. Even though now that Ryo knows more about magical girls and realizes she was the perfect prey for him, she still couldn't shake the feelings of guilt she had at that time. Ryo asks Kyubey if she can have any wish granted and wonders if it's possible to wish for the culprit of the hit-and-run to be apprehended. Kyubey responds that hit-and-runs happen all the time all over the planet and asks which culprits she would want to be apprehended. Ryo rethinks her wish, not wanting to be caught in the same situation and decides to wish to never miss a photo opportunity.

Ryo worries a bit since her life is still largely the same after contracting, other than the fact that she has to fight witches now. She takes a moment to snap a picture of the sunset as well as the repair shop nearby. Ryo shows the photos she took to her mother who marvels at the sunset and the reflection of the car repair shop. She notes that their business must not be doing so great since they have only one car in their shop. It's then that Ryo notices that the car in the repair shop is the same car from the hit-and-run. It was there to get the dent caused by the accident fixed. Ryo quickly calls the number from the investigators with her photo acting as proof. The culprit is soon arrested and the woman in the hospital thanks Ryo for all that she's done. Ryo is initially pleased that her wish really was granted.

At school, Hinano laments something came out the wrong color when she hears the shutter click of a camera and yells at Ryo for going around taking pictures of other people's failures. Ryo claims it wasn't on purpose before running off. She hides in a classroom, telling herself she did it again when she notices the teacher in a classroom across the hall. She snaps a picture of the teacher and someone else. Outside in the hallway, two girls are talking about how Ryo has been taking photos of others when they're down. Ryo overhears them calling her a creep and how she's probably taking revenge on everyone who called her a liar.

At the subway, Ryo sees the neighbor lady that her parents were gossiping about. She sees them with several luggage bags and deduces that they decided to move out together despite her grandfather's opposition. She takes a photo of the occasion and thinks this may be a secret from their families. She decides to delete the photo as soon as possible. Back at home, Ryo is going through her photographs when she comes across the photo of the young couple. She thinks about how she didn't want to take these kinds of photos since it makes her seem like she's purposefully trying to start trouble. It was both a combination of her wish and her tendency to witness rare things.

Ryo continued taking photographs, and one day as her Mom was scrolling through the pictures, she came across the photo of the young couple. Ryo realized she had forgotten to delete the photo and demanded her camera back. Her mother was eager to gossip to her father about it when she realized she had proof that the rumors that the couple next door really were running away together were true. Ryo storms out of the house. Ryo runs off to the park and wonders why her parents were obsessed with gossip and whether it had passed on to her since she kept taking those kinds of photos. After some time, she began to resent her parents.

One day, Ryo wondered if she shouldn't leave her camera behind but couldn't in case something like the hit-and-run were to happen again. As she goes through her photos on her camera, she sees one of her classmate back when the incident with the bullies happened. She wonders why her classmate was there since she too was upset that the bullies were getting away with it when they told the teacher. Ryo decides to talk with her in private the next day at school since she didn't want to jump to any conclusions. Ryo then gathers several photos of her classmate and realizes they all lead to her being one of the bullies as well.

The next day, Ryo meets with her classmate and shows her the photographic evidence. She tells her friend that she needs to cut out the bullying, as these photos are the only proof of her bullying others. Her friend tries to defend herself, saying the class president will pick on her otherwise. She claims the teacher is on their side as well since they are all from the Mizuna ward and wouldn't have believed them even with proof since Ryo is from the Daito ward. It seems her classmate has picked up the prejudices of the adults around her. Ryo runs off in tears as her friend cries out that she doesn't think that way. Ryo had never considered the "West vs. East" problem of Kamihama as part of her life until then. The sting of the person whom she thought of as a friend was too much.

Ryo cries and runs into the chemistry lab where Hinano finds her. Determined to not mess up a result, she asks Ryo what's wrong and offers to listen since she too is a magical girl. Ryo cries out everything about her life from the accident and her contract and everything that had happened recently. She asks Hinano if she was glad she became a magical girl. Hinano says she is, but she also regrets it. All things come with both good and bad and she tells Ryo about the time when there was a scarcity of witches in the city. The East and West magical girls fought for territory daily. She wished she had been stronger in order to stop some of the oppression that went on in those days, where magical girls robbed others of their grief seeds. Hinano explains how you can't always do the right thing in the face of some injustices, so she should decide on what to do and act on it. She needs to decide on what to do with her power on her own. Hinano suggests she talk to Kanagi after going home and resting. Ryo calls Hinano a mini-mom after hearing her advice and heads out.

After meeting with Kanagi, Ryo decides to use her power for both good and bad. She is determined to use her power only to show the truth to others even if the truth can be both beautiful and ugly. So she renames the newspaper club into the gossip club.

Hinano sees a copy of the gossip club's paper "The Midori Report" hanging up in the school hall. In it is an article about her successes in the lab. Everything from small everyday things to big terrible things such as the bullying being covered up by the teacher was in it. Soon the bullies she previously encounter began to worry and even the teachers were talking about it since the proof was in the photos that accompanied the articles. Although the teacher involved became angry, he backed down lest she expose the truth further and issues of the Midori report just kept coming, soon becoming a staple of the school. Ryo received fan mail both admonishing her and thanking her.

Ryo remained troubled however, and one day as she narrowly defeats a witch, she realized that no one knew about how difficult it was to be a magical girl risking her life fighting. She resolves to make the next issue of her report about witches and magical girls. Ryo tracks down a witch and enters her barrier, pleased to note two other magical girls had beaten her to it. Ryo intends to photograph the other magical girls fighting the witch and be ready to jump in should they need the help. Instead, she showed up just in time to photograph the moment one of the magical girls unleashed her doppel. She watches dumbfounded as the doppel and witch fight until the barrier begins to collapse. She urges the magical girl she was watching, Ikumi, to escape while she can as she carries her friend who has collapsed from exhaustion.

Safely outside of the barrier, Ikumi tries to wake her friend Yuuki who is badly injured. Ryo asks her about what she just saw, but Ikumi doesn't know and wonders if it's a bad thing. Ryo urges her to take her friend to Mitama's place and ask if she knows anything about it. There, Mitama explains to the two girls about doppels. Ryo thinks the doppels look a lot like witches and decides to postpone her article until she can gather more evidence, but she's hesitant to do so. Mitama then leaks the information about Ryo and Ikumi knowing about doppels to the Wings of Magius.

Later, Tsukasa and Mifuyu find Ryo and introduce themselves. They explain to Ryo the truth about magical girls and witches and Ryo is shocked to discover she was betrayed by Kyubey. Mifuyu and Tsukasa leave Ryo to decide for herself if she wants to join their group that is dedicated to liberating magical girls from this fate. Ryo ponders this decision all night, knowing from experience that the girls weren't lying to her, but they weren't exactly trustworthy either. The next day, she joins the Wings of Magius and started staying at their headquarters. After being given a white robe, Mifuyu introduces her to the Black Feathers that will be under her command. Ryo and one of the black feathers (Ikumi) quickly recognize each other.

Ryo finishes telling her story to Ikumi, who is saddened to hear about all the things that Ryo had to go through. Ryo cheers her up, saying it doesn't bother her anymore and teases her about keeping up her pop idol persona. Ikumi asks to see the article Ryo will be writing about her once she's done, but Ryo won't publicly publish something that was told to her in confidence. The girls realize the time and Ikumi rushes off to her shift at the maid cafe. Back outside, Ryo notices a cat and snaps its picture for the next issue of her Midori Report.
}}
===Costume Stories===
<tabber>
|-| Swimsuit =
[[File:Ryo Swimsuit.png|thumb|right|x250px]]
Ryo has gone to the beach with Ikumi for a big scoop for her Midori Report. There have been rumors circulating at her school about a popular couple and how both of them may have different lovers. The rumors have even speculated that one of the lovers is a teacher so if she can get to the truth it’ll be sure to make the Midori Report even more popular. In order to not stick out, Ikumi is trying not to stay close to Ryo. Ryo soon spies the couple and starts observing them intently. The couple are chatting normally and eating yakisoba. Ryo is starting to get bored and wonders if maybe they’re just a normal couple after all when suddenly the guy seems to be upset and both him and the girl enter a tent to change into their swimsuits. After the guy leaves, a different guy enters the tent. Ryo starts to get excited as the first guy re-enters the tent. Ryo gets ready to watch a bloodbath go down when suddenly a different girl enters the tent as well. Before she knows it all four of them exit the tent dressed in swimsuits and prepare for a beach volleyball match. Ryo begins laughing to herself as she realizes that it was just four good friends having fun at the beach and nothing more.

Ryo heads to the food stands, somewhat disappointed with the day’s turnout. She had been hoping to make this the big article for the next issue of the Midori Report but it seems there’s nothing to report. She then hears Ikumi’s voice and sees her standing with some guys. She can tell that Ikumi is starting to get mad so she heads over to interrupt. Ikumi is glad to see Ryo but instead of stopping them Ryo takes Ikumi’s picture instead. Ryo says this will have to be her main scoop and titles it “Makino Ikumi, age 19 and picking up fans with flirting”. Ikumi says it was all a misunderstanding as she laments the damage to her reputation that this will cause. Ryo laughs and says she’s just messing around as Ikumi sobs.

|-| Halloween Costume =
[[File:Ryo Halloween.png|thumb|right|x250px]]
[[Eternal Sakura]] is daydreaming about the big Halloween party she and the others are going to. In her daydream, Mitama gathers everyone together as Karin leads a toast for Halloween. Ryo then approaches Sakurako and tells her “Trick or Treat” before asking which one Sakurako will be giving her. Sakurako says she has some treats she was told to prepare but Ryo looks disappointed. Ryo had been hoping to see all kinds of mischievous tricks this year so Sakurako asks her Trick or Treat. However, Ryo has already given away all the treats she had so Sakurako asks if she doesn’t have a trick for her instead. Ryo says the whole setup feels like a trick already so she offers Sakurako some of the treats that the other girls had given to her earlier. Ryo then looks at Sakurako and asks her what kind of trick she has to offer.

Outside the Coordinator’s shop, [[Hinano Miyako]] tries to get Sakurako’s attention by calling her name. Eventually she’s broken out of her daydream and tells Hinano that she was deep in her fantasies trying to come up with a way to trick Ryo but she couldn’t think of anything. She’s sad that Ryo won’t be able to make it to the party, but she can at least pull a trick on Hinano when they get there. As Hinano gathers the candy they brought with them for the party, Sakurako thinks about how nice it is to be able to create new memories and wishes that Ryo could have made it too.
</tabber>

==Appearances==

* [[Magia Record Main Story#Part One|Main Story Part 1]]: [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 9|Chapter 9]]
* [[Magia Record Main Story#Part Two|Main Story Part 2]]: [[Magia Record Main Story Part 2 Chapter 1|Chapter 1]], [[Magia Record Main Story Part 2 Chapter 2|Chapter 2]]

===Event Appearances===
*[[Magia Record Story Wings in the Wind|Wings in the Wind]]
*[[Magia Record Story A New Beginning|A New Beginning]]
*[[Magia Record Story Welcome to Uwasa Aquarium! ~ Entrust Your Memories to the Tamatebako|Welcome to Uwasa Aquarium! ~ Entrust Your Memories to the Tamatebako]]
*[[Magia Record Story Halloween Castle of Prayers and Funeral ~The Living are Bewildered, The Dead are Silent|Halloween Castle of Prayers and Funeral ~The Living are Bewildered, The Dead are Silent]]
*[[Magia Record Story Sentimental Gaze|Sentimental Gaze]]
===Magical Girl Story Appearances===
* [[Eternal Sakura]]
* [[Ikumi Makino]]
* [[Lil' Kyubey]]

==Powers and Abilities==
Ryo's ability makes her unconsciously take photos of anything that is important, but the criteria is unclear. She often takes photos of [[Hinano Miyako | Hinano's]] failed experiments due to her ability. In her Magical Girl Story, after she witnesses the hit-and-run and makes a wish, one of her photos that she assumed was just a sunset actually contained the exact car that was used to hit the person.

==Etymology==
* The characters of her last name mean "観" (appearance) and "鳥" (bird) respectively.
* The character of her first name means "令" (command).

==Trivia==
* She likes her camera so much that it appears in her winning animation.
* {{spoiler| Her death was foreshadowed in the [[Magia Record Story Halloween Castle of Prayers and Funeral ~The Living are Bewildered, The Dead are Silent|Halloween Castle]] event, where she received a costume with Kanae and Mel, two characters deceased in Magia Record.}}
** {{spoiler| In addition, certain lines implied her death. For example, when Momoko was thinking about 'all of the dead girls' she met so far, she noted that they seemed off, but she wasn't close to any of them to be certain. Ryo acted strangely during her appearance in the event and rarely interacted with Momoko before her death.}}<ref>https://youtu.be/nPVcjPj6m8A?t=2664</ref> <ref>https://irohasesun-fm-foot.hatenablog.com/entry/2020/11/06/180000</ref>
* Her Doppel's name is "Paparazzo" derives from paparazzi, but is the singular version of the word. 'Paparazzo' was the name of a character from the movie ''La Dolce Vita'', whose name became a concept to denote agressively determined gossip press photographers.
* The word on her doppel reads {{Runes|GOSSIPDOLL}} (GOSSIPDOLL).
** When her doppel attacks by taking a photograph, the side of the film reads {{Runes|51 SCANDAL FILM 800}} (51 SCANDAL FILM 800).

==Gallery==
===Game Gallery===
<gallery>
File:1541849328061.png|Magia Record Three Star card
File:Ryou Midori Four Star.png|Magia Record Four Star card
File:Card 30465 c.png|Magia Record Five Star card
File:Ryou Midori Sprite.png|In-battle Sprite
File:Mini 304601 s.png|In-battle Sprite (Five Star)
File:Doppel 304600 l.png|Doppel Sprite
File:Ryo doppel card.png
File:Ryo's doppel attack.png
File:Midori PM 2.png
File:Midori school.png
File:Ryo Swimsuit.png
File:Ryo Halloween.png|Halloween Costume
File:Midori White Feather.png|Ryo dressed as a White Feather
File:Ryou Papa Seal 2019 01.jpg|Magical Girl Seal #1
File:Ryou Papa Seal 2019 02.jpg|Magical Girl Seal #2
</gallery>

===Official Art===
<gallery>
File:Ryo 01.jpg
File:Ryo 02.jpg
File:Ryo 03.jpg
File:Ryo 04.jpg
File:Ayame Ryo Doppel.png
File:memoria_1276.jpg
File:memoria_1279.jpg
File:memoria_1280_2.jpg
File:Memoria 1391.jpg
File:Episode 4 End Title Card.png|End Title Card by Masugitsune
File:Memoria 1532.jpg
File:MagiReco OP 2 - 35.png
File:102503 fall ryo ao1.jpg
File:102503 fall ryo ao2.jpg
File:102504 midorinewspaper.jpg
File:103103 kanagi mitama settle.jpg
</gallery>

===Anime Screenshots===
<gallery>
File:S2E5 Infinite Hospital Bed 5.png|Ryo and Sana from Episode 18
File:S2EP5 WhiteFeather1.jpg
File:Magical gial's ep25-14.png
File:Epirogue ep25-11.png
</gallery>

==Memoria Cards==
{{Magia Record Memoria List|character=Ryo Midori}}

==External links==
*[http://magireco.com Official Magia Record Website - Japanese]
*[https://magiarecord-en.com/ Official Magia Record Website - English]

===Gameplay Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXx7JWSigy4 Recording of Ryo's Transformation Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://youtu.be/b9IdfrIFL3k?si=u56bvnJkF8MrnrZD Recording of Ryo's Magia Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://youtu.be/XI0i2RzgRaA?si=cDJ6HGu3iulSmMZj Recording of Ryo's Doppel Video on Youtube (JP)]

===Side Story and Costume Story Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_z-TM8orT4 Recording of Ryo's MSS on Youtube (JP)]
**[https://youtu.be/7yVCj_paqSY Recording of Ryo's MSS on Youtube (NA)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jDun5P8FDA Recording of Ryo's Swimsuit Story on Youtube (JP) '''(Subtitled)''']
*[https://youtu.be/LC_pHcv43jo Recording of Ryo's Halloween Costume Story on Youtube (JP) '''(Subtitled)''']

===Dialogue Lines===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAcYB4tXWdg Recording of Ryo's Dialogue lines on Youtube (NA)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvCRYGv5hrs Recording of Ryo's Swimsuit Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRF_32oR8Qs Recording of Ryo's Halloween Costume Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]

{{Character Categories|Midori|magicalgirl=yes|deceased=yes}}
[[Category:Wings of the Magius members]]
[[Category:White feathers]]
[[Category:Kamihama Magia Union members]]

Mifuyu Azusa

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{{Infobox_character
|name=Mifuyu Azusa
|image=[[File:Mifuyu_Magireco_Profile.png|300px]]
|jname= 梓みふゆ (Azusa Mifuyu)
|designer=[[Ume Aoki]] [https://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=creator&creatorid=46267 Sasagi Koushi]
|voices= Japanese: [[wikipedia:Mai Nakahara|Mai Nakahara]] 
English: [https://twitter.com/SimplyAllegra/status/1236496088753823745 Allegra Clark] 
Russian: Polina Rtishcheva 
Mexican Spanish: [https://doblaje.fandom.com/es/wiki/Jessica_Ángeles Jessica Ángeles] 
Brazilian Portuguese: Mari Guedes
|portray=[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E8%83%A1%E6%84%9B%E6%81%B5 Manae Ogo] (in the [[Magia Record Stage Play|stage play]])
|id=1006
|release1=JP:June 08, 2018
|release2=NA:January 30, 2020
}}

{{nihongo|'''Mifuyu Azusa'''|梓みふゆ|Azusa Mifuyu}} was a playable character in the 2017 mobile game [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record]].

==General Info==
{{Magical Girl Details
|age=19
|agenote=contracted at 12
|height=165cm
|eyes=Teal
|hair=Silver
|origin=[[Mizuna ward]]
|soulgem=Silver-colored orb adorned with eight points (choker on her throat)
|weapon= [[wikipedia:Chakram|Big Chakram/Engetsurin (Moonring Blade)]]
|wish={{Q|I wish that I could at least be free in my dreams.}}
|powers=Hallucination (creates lifelike illusions)
|doppel=Hevelius
|pronoun={{nihongo||ワタシ|watashi}}
|relatives= Unnamed parents, Unnamed fiancé (broken engagement)
|school=Not currently enrolled (Formerly [[Mizuna Girls' School]])
|affiliation=[[Wings of the Magius]] (second-in-command, possibly a white feather), [[Kamihama Magia Union]]
}}

==Game Info==
{{Magia Record Stats
|type=Support|attribute=dark
|hp0=6102|atk0=1724|def0=1705
|hp4=21808|atk4=6296|def4=6182
|hp5=27452|atk5=7933|def5=7785
|hpmax=34793|atkmax=10209|defmax=11549
|disk1=accele|disk4=blast!|disk5=charge
|connect=You Just Can't Live Without Me
|connecttype=buff-accele
|connect4=Accele MP Gain UP [VII] & Guaranteed Dazzle
|connect5=Accele MP Gain UP [IX] & Guaranteed Dazzle
|magia=Assault Paranoia
|magiapat=all
|magia4=Damage to All Enemies [V] & Chance to Dazzle (All / 1T) & Remove Buffs (All)
|magia5=Damage to All Enemies [VII] & Chance to Dazzle (All / 1T) & Remove Buffs (All)
|doppel=Hevelius
|doppelpat=all
|doppel5=Damage to All Enemies [IX] & Guaranteed Dazzle (All / 2T) & Remove Buffs (All)
}}{{Magia Record Spirit Enhancement
|hp4=8|atk4=5|def4=5|accele4=8|blast4=4|charge4=4
|hp5=9|atk5=6|def5=6|accele5=9|blast5=5|charge5=5
|hpmax=9|atkmax=6|defmax=6|accelemax=15|blastmax=8|chargemax=10
|icons=
effect-add-bewitch, buff-magia, effect-critical, effect-add-magia-seal, buff-doppel, buff-doppel,
buff-doppelmp, buff-accele, buff-magia, effect-cut, buff-doppelmp, effect-add-mp,
effect-surge
|Mesmerize Edge: Chance to Dazzle on Attack [III] (1T)
|Magia Adept: Magia Damage UP [II]
|Critical Adept: Chance to Critical Hit [II]
|Anti-Magia Seal: Guaranteed Anti-Magia Seal
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Accele Adept: Accele MP Gain UP [II]
|Magia Adept: Magia Damage UP [II]
|Shield Adept: Damage Cut [II]
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Fast Mana Up: MP Gauge 15% Full on Battle Start
|Skill Quicken: Chance to Skill Quicken [III]
|active=Accele MP Gain UP [V] (Self / 1T) & Chance to Dazzle [V] (Single / 1T)
|activetype=status-bewitch
|activename=Mesmerize Accele
|cooldown=5
}}

==Summary==
A veteran magical girl who fought witches as [[Yachiyo Nanami|Yachiyo]]'s partner for seven years. After noticing that her magic was weakening, she joined the Wings of the Magius as one of their leaders, hoping to secure happiness for herself. Though kind and gentle, her spirit is weak, which leads her to make bad decisions from time to time.

===Doppel Description===
[[File:Mifuyu doppel.png|thumb|right|150px|Hevelius, Mifuyu's doppel]]
The Doppel of livelihood. Its form is a bird-catcher.<ref>In the NA, it is the Doppel of Vocation, with the form of an aviary.</ref>
The master of this emotion will use all powers at her disposal to stay alive in this reality, including this all-in-one Doppel. Countless bird-shaped minions known as "Sugar Geese" emerge from her shadows on the ground, attacking her foes on command. The mere touch of a Sugar Goose will cause its target to taste such sweetness that it will inspire a maddening addiction. This makes it easy to make targets accept most lies, even with just a few geese. The Doppel sprouts from the tongue and arms, so she cannot speak while using it.
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{{-}}

===Side Story===
{{Spoilerbox|
[[Tsukuyo Amane]] and [[Tsukasa Amane]] apologize Mifuyu for letting [[Yachiyo Nanami]] erase the [[Rumor]] they were guarding. Mifuyu thinks that her duty is to act as a go between for the leaders of the [[Wings of Magius]] and the Feathers. She also has to raise witches, protect Rumors, and gather energy to release magical girls. However, Mifuyu notes that many magical girls joined her organization, and she wonders if she was mistaken to involve so many.

Tsukuyo asks if Mifuyu is mad at her, waking Mifuyu from her reverie. Mifuyu says if the Amane's learn from their mistake she won't be angry any further. Mifuyu says she will report to Magius and says she's going to leave. Before she does, Tsukuyo asks if they will really achieve their goal. Mifuyu tells them not to worry. As the Amanes leave, Mifuyu admits she has doubts and has deceived someone. Mifuyu then narrates that ever since becoming a magical girl, she knew they lived dangerous lives. So, ever since she teamed up with Yachiyo, they exchanged letters to each other every year, acting as a sort of will. Mifuyu claims to remember the contents of each letter.

In one of these letters, a fourteen year old Yachiyo writes she has someone she likes. However, she thinks they can't be together because she's a a magical girl. Despite this, Yachiyo wrote a letter to that person, but isn't sure if she wants Mifuyu to deliver that letter in case Yachiyo dies. She finishes the letter by asking Mifuyu what to do. In another time, Mifuyu recalls the letter and thinks that she has similar problems, namely that her powers are weakening and that she found someone she likes. Mifuyu felt shaken and decided to seek the salvation of magical girls, but wonders if it's fine to believe in Magius.

[[Touka Satomi]] suddenly interrupts Mifuyu's thoughts by asking her to solve a math problem. Mifuyu says she doesn't know the answer. Touka says that Mifuyu needs to concentrate on studying, especially when she helped Mifuyu leave her home, get a scholarship from her father's foundation, and even a place for her to live. Mifuyu says she'll do her best, and asks Touka what Magius will do next. Touka says she'll expand the staff, make more Rumors, and capture witches to accelerate "the Eve's" growth. Mifuyu asks if they need to rush, but Touka says that waiting creates more risk, especially when girls become witches all the time. Touka says they will have regular meetings to tell the Feathers what to do, and leaves these meetings to Mifuyu.

Sometime later, Mifuyu calls [[Alina Gray]] and says she can't come to the meeting because she's not feeling well. Alina tells her to take care. Mifuyu thinks that Alina knew she was faking. It turns out Mifuyu just didn't want to go to the meeting because she doesn't know if she's doing the right thing. Mifuyu thinks she should just leave and tell Yachiyo everything. Suddenly she gets a call from Tsukuyo, saying there's trouble. Mifuyu heads to the meeting place, where it turns out Touka and [[Nemu Hiiragi]] are having an argument with Alina.

When Mifuyu arrives, she learns that Touka and Nemu want to have the Feathers guard the Rumors and secure emotional energy. However, Alina wants to tell magical girls the truth about witches and get energy from doppels, while raising powerful witches to use for defense. Mifuyu says that the argument is making the Feathers anxious. She says that Alina is being greedy, while Touka and Nemu are getting too heated. Mifuyu claims Touka and Nemu get emotional when Rumors are involved.

Mifuyu suggests they keep spreading new Rumors, since most magical girls don't know about them. While she acknowledges "the Eve" requires Grief Seeds, Mifuyu thinks spreading the truth about witches will lead to greater despair. She says they already only take in those who know the truth about witches. Alina says she would like to see new doppels born from despair, but concedes the point. Touka and Nemu also agree. Mifuyu then explains to the Feathers what they will do. Later, Mifuyu thinks the three Magius are selfish and if she wasn't there they would collapse.

Tsukuyo thanks Mifuyu for her help and offers her a Grief Seed, saying Mifuyu's Soul Gem is clouded. Mifuyu think it was because she was wondering whether to go back to Yachiyo and purifies herself. Tsukuyo tells Mifuyu to take the day off and leaves. Mifuyu reveals she's the one who brought Tsukuyo into the Wings of Magius. In addition, most of the other Feathers joined trusting Mifuyu, since she was a veteran magical girl. She thinks that if she left, the other Feathers would fall into despair. Mifuyu muses she can't go back to Yachiyo, because she has too much responsibility.

Sometime later, Yachiyo destroys the Rumor of the Breakup Staircase. Touka and Nemu are annoyed by this development. Touka asks Mifuyu if Yachiyo is searching for her, and Mifuyu answers yes. Nemu says Yachiyo is taking with her a new girl named [[Iroha Tamaki]], and says she doesn't have the faintest memory of her. Mifuyu then notes that [[Momoko Togame]] and her group were also caught up in the Rumor. Mifuyu tells Nemu that the more Rumors stand out, the more people investigate. Nemu says she understands, but claims her power of creation grows weaker if she's bound "by the word 'risk'". Mifuyu thinks Nemu and Touka are still immature.

Nemu says they can't let Yachiyo interfere, as if she keeps erasing Rumors Nemu will use up her life. She asks Mifuyu if they can bring Yachiyo into Magius. Mifuyu asks Nemu to let her think about it the next day. Sometime later, the Amanes visit Mifuyu and offer to make her dinner. Mifuyu admits she's no good at housework. After the meal, Tsukasa asks what Mifuyu wished for. Mifuyu explains she came from an old family in [[Kamihama]]'s Mizuna Ward. However, she never had any freedom. One day, [[Kyubey]] appeared before her and offered her a contract. Mifuyu thought she wanted to live freely, but found herself unable to wish for it.

Mifuyu says that at the time, she couldn't even comprehend what she would do with freedom, especially when she spent her whole life merely obeying her parents. Mifuyu's wish was "I wish that I could at least be free in my dreams". She says that this gave her the power to “dream freely”, or cast illusions on herself. Mifuyu says she was shocked to find she was less normal as a magical girl. Tsukasa and Tsukuyo console her and say Mifuyu will be normal after magical girls are "released". They also suggests that if Yachiyo knows the truth she'll join them. However, Mifuyu isn't so sure, thinking that Yachiyo wouldn't forgive her.

Another letter from Yachiyo is shown, written when she was 16. Yachiyo says she continues to be a model, which is her origins as a magical girl. Yachiyo writes she'll be able to get by doing modeling for as long as she lives. Yachiyo also writes that she let someone die while fighting a witch, and it's not the first time this happened. Yachiyo declares that this will not happen again, and that she will save people. Yachiyo finishes the letter by asking Mifuyu to stop her if she strays "from human logic", and promises to do the same for Mifuyu.

Mifuyu thinks that Yachiyo hasn't changed, and won't ever go to Magius. Mifuyu thinks she doesn't mind, as it was her decision. In addition she believes she would be no match for Yachiyo, but she has to protect the dreams of the Feathers. Mifuyu resolves to meet with Nemu. Later, Mifuyu tells Nemu that Yachiyo will definitely be their enemy, and asks her to make a Rumor to stop Yachiyo. Nemu says making a Rumor is like using up her life, and says she'd prefer to spin her own story. Mifuyu says she just wants to give Nemu an idea, which is for something that would keep Yachiyo occupied until Magius's goals are complete. Nemu says that might be interesting and that she will try it.

Sometime later, Mifuyu tells Alina she will stop Yachiyo if she gets in their way. Alina says it's the best, and that the tragedy of friends fighting each other gives her shivers. Mifuyu asks how the witch raising is going. Alina says they're raising [[Teresa|a cute one]], to see how useful it is for defense. Alina says it will be a waste if it gets defeated and is angry she won't be able to raise it more. Mifuyu asks if Alina's resents her. Alina asks if she's joking and says if it wasn't for Mifuyu, Magius would have collapsed. She then says if Mifuyu still feels bad about it she can model for her.

Suddenly Nemu arrives, saying she's looking for a shrine. She says it's to make the Rumor Mifuyu wanted. Mifuyu goes to the Amanes and asks what shrine would be good. They suggest the Mizune Shrine, saying they used to secretly meet there. That night, Mifuyu investigates the place, and decides it's the right one. She apologizes to Yachiyo, since she plans on trapping her there.

One last letter from Yachiyo is shown. It was written at the age of 18, after she learned where witches came from. Yachiyo writes she hates Kyubey, and is worried that her wish is killing everyone. She blames [[Mel Anna]]'s witch transformation on herself. Yachiyo claims she shouldn't get involved with anyone, but still wants to Mifuyu until the end. She asks Mifuyu to forgive her for this wish, born of weakness. At Mizuna Shrine, Mifuyu mutters to an absent Yachiyo that she won't have to suffer anymore. Mifuyu thinks Yachiyo won't forgive her, so she'll have Yachiyo sleep inside a Rumor until it's all over.

Nemu arrives, takes out her book, and creates the Rumor. The Rumor spreader announces the Rumor of the Kuchiyose Shrine, where you can meet someone from your past, but if you're not careful, you'll never return. Nemu suddenly faints. Mifuyu mentally asks Yachiyo to dream a happy dream with her fake counterpart, and when the time comes for Yachiyo to awaken she'll be free of her wish's suffering. The story ends with Yachiyo confronting the fake Mifuyu, as seen in Main Story Chapter 3. The real Mifuyu says that when everything is over, they will both be saved
}}

===Costume Stories===
<tabber>
|-| High School Uniform =
[[File:Mifuyu School.png|thumb|right|x250px]]
Alina forces Mifuyu to model for her drawings in her old school uniform, while in Alina's barrier. Mifuyu thinks about her time with Yachiyo, [[Kanae Yukino]], [[Momoko Togame]], [[Mel Anna]], and [[Tsuruno Yui]]. Mifuyu thinks she was happiest back then. Alina then says that Mifuyu's expression as she was thinking was the inspiration she was looking for. Alina says that swinging between adolescence and adulthood is like struggling between life and death. Mifuyu thinks that as she becomes more of an adult she loses her freedom. Alina tells Mifuyu not to change her face. Mifuyu says that's impossible.

|-| Swimsuit (2019) =
[[File:Mifuyu_Swimsuit_1.png|thumb|right|x250px]]
Touka and Nemu finish relaying the details of the latest mission to the Black Feathers. Mifuyu interrupts them before then can finish and asks if she can take part in this mission. Touka doesn't see why top brass like Mifuyu should go work on the frontlines with the others and the Black Feathers feel the same way. While Touka doesn't believe Mifuyu is suited for a mission like this, Nemu thinks they could use a few extra hands in that location so she doesn't mind. She points out that Mifuyu is the first one to request to be assigned there, however, and also wonders why Mifuyu would volunteer for a mission she's unsuited for. Not only that, Nemu doesn't want her to wear herself out, especially after modeling for Alina's swimsuit drawing practice. Mifuyu stutters until Alina appears and says it's gone anyways.

The story shifts to a flashback. Mifuyu was surprised to be asked to model a swimsuit and had gone home to find the one she bought three years ago. After returning to Fendt Hope and putting it on, she congratulates herself on the fact that it still fits perfectly despite having grown some in the past few years. Alina enters the room after Mifuyu finishes changing. Mifuyu asks her to make sure the drawing is beautiful since she went to all this trouble and asks Alina if there's any poses she wants her to make (just nothing too crazy!). Alina stares for a moment before saying she isn't feeling it at all, much to Mifuyu's surprise. Mifuyu asks if it was something she said but Alina only responds that the perfect body is dead and then leaves. Mifuyu wonders what she meant by such puzzling words and then pinches her belly. Her eyes open in shock as she pinches a different part of her soft body. She knew the swimsuit felt a little tighter than before but she hadn't realized by how much tighter. She figures it can't be helped since she did buy it three years ago and tries to convince herself it's because her body is much more mature than it was then. She pinches another roll from her belly before shaking her head and once more trying to convince herself her body simply matured... a lot. Mifuyu can deny it no longer, she'd gained weight. It wasn't that she hadn't noticed, it's just that she didn't want to admit it to herself. Even though she'd been leading the same lifestyle now as she did then, she had assumed that her body shape should therefore have stayed the same. She knew now she was wrong to think that and could no longer stuff herself with sweets before going to bed like she used to especially now that she's older.

The flashback ends as Mifuyu begs Nemu to let her go so she can exercise. Nemu shakes her head sadly, telling Mifuyu she knows how she feels but doesn't think she should use Magius' missions as a diet/exercise routing. Mifuyu says it's wrong for her to be ordering others around while she sits around chewing on [[wikipedia:Manj%C5%AB|manjuu]]. Her body isn't the same as it was when she was young so she has to keep moving around in order to lose weight by summer. She begs Nemu once more to let her go on the mission until finally Nemu relents. Touka says she's scaring her while Alina urges her to try her hardest and expects to see some nice results.

|-| Christmas Outfit (2020) =
[[File:Mifuyu Christmas.png|thumb|right|x250px]]
Mifuyu thanks [[Yachiyo Nanami]] for joining her at the mall. It seems that Alina had asked Mifuyu to model for her artwork while wearing a Christmas outfit, despite the fact that it was nowhere near Christmas. Yachiyo asks Mifuyu why it has to be a Santa outfit, but Mifuyu thinks she insisted on it because of the colors. Lately, Alina had been fixated on the colors green and red. Thankfully Mifuyu was lucky enough to find a costume rental shop that could accommodate them, and since Yachiyo was a model she’d be the perfect person to help her choose.

It turns out the costume shop had a great number of Christmas outfits to offer them. There were tons of dresses to choose from and neither of them knew where to start. Alina had only told Mifuyu that it had to be a Christmas outfit. Mifuyu decides to go for something safe and picks out a dress, but when she put it on they both agreed that she went a little too safe and bland. Yachiyo decides they should aim for something that only Mifuyu could pull off, so she tries on a long skirt next. The skirt looks good, but Yachiyo is pretty sure that Alina would get upset that Mifuyu is covering up so much of her body. Mifuyu tries on a Santa-themed bunny outfit next and instantly becomes embarrassed at how much of her breasts and legs are showing off. She thinks it’s too shameless! Yachiyo innocently says she just assumed that Mifuyu had worn that kind of thing before, causing Mifuyu to loudly ask her what kind of woman she took her for. Yachiyo doesn’t answer and instead suggests they move on to the next outfit.

The next outfit is a frilly Lolita-style Santa costume complete with miniskirt. Mifuyu doesn’t really think it suits her, although Yachiyo tells her she thinks it looks lovely. However, Yachiyo can’t help but betray herself with a giggle. Mifuyu narrows her eyes at Yachiyo and asks her if she’s just been treating this like some kind of game. With the way Yachiyo keeps a perfectly serious face the whole time she can’t tell if she’s being serious or not. Yachiyo keeps a straight face when she tells her she’s being serious and prepares to hand her the next outfit. Mifuyu warns her she better not be playing around this time when Yachiyo’s eyes light up. She realizes that Mifuyu had said earlier makes sense and hands Mifuyu a beautiful outfit. Yachiyo agrees that the dress looks beautiful on Mifuyu, even though she still thinks the Lolita-style and bunny outfits were cute. Mifuyu tells her not to tease but Yachiyo tells her once more she’s being serious. If she were to wear something to conservative, than she wouldn’t be able to make the most of her figure. On top of that, she also looked more fashionable in a miniskirt rather than a long one. The headband from the bunny figure complemented her short hair whereas the elegant style suited her more than the Lolita style. Mifuyu is surprised that Yachiyo had put that much thought into the choices. Yachiyo, for her part, keeps secret the fact that she ''was'' teasing her a bit.

Mifuyu decides to go with that particular dress. However, just as she’s finally settled on a dress, the two of them hear a snapping sound. Mifuyu jumps up in surprise. Yachiyo was sure she heard the sound come from behind Mifuyu and looks around. Sure enough the clasp on the back of her dress had popped open. Mifuyu hangs her head in shame and wonders if she gained weight again. Alina is sure to scold her once more. Yachiyo takes a look at Mifuyu and shakes her head. It’s not that she gained weight so much as she has the ''perfect body''. Mifuyu asks her if she’s being sarcastic, but Yachiyo tells her she was the one being sarcastic. Mifuyu realizes what she means and decides to buy the dress instead. Although she’ll have to alter it slightly to fit her body, she thinks this will be a worthy purchase. Yachiyo agrees and tells her she looks great in that dress. Mifuyu smiles and thanks her for the compliment, and asks Yachiyo to let her pick out some dresses for her next time. Yachiyo smiles back and tells her “Maybe, someday”.
</tabber>

==Appearances==

* [[Magia Record Main Story#Part One|Main Story Part 1]]: [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 3|Chapter 3]], [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 4|Chapter 4]], [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 5|Chapter 5]], [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 6|Chapter 6]], [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 7|Chapter 7]], [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 8|Chapter 8]], [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 9|Chapter 9]], [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 10|Chapter 10]]
* [[Magia Record Story Last Magia|The Last Magia]]
* [[Magia Record Main Story#Part Two|Main Story Part 2]]: [[Magia Record Main Story Part 2 Chapter 1|Chapter 1]], [[Magia Record Main Story Part 2 Chapter 2|Chapter 2]]
* [[Magia Record Another Story#Part One|Another Story Part 1]]: [[Magia Record Another Story Chapter 4|Chapter 4]], [[Magia Record Another Story Chapter 8|Chapter 8]], [[Magia Record Another Story Chapter 9|Chapter 9]]

===Event Appearances===
*[[Magia Record Story A Voice From Beyond That Strokes the Ears|Voices From Beyond]]
*[[Magia Record Story Breakpoint|Breakpoint]]
*[[Magia Record Story Wings in the Wind|Wings in the Wind]]
*[[Magia Record Story Alina Is Coming to Town ~White Christmas Rhapsody~|Alina Is Comin’ to Town]]
*[[Magia Record Story A La Carte Valentine 2nd ~What If That Girl Took the Lead Role On This Day?~|A La Carte Valentine 2nd ~What If That Girl Took the Lead Role On This Day?~]]
*[[Magia Record Story Dreaming Cherry Blossom|Cherry Blossom Dreams]]
*[[Magia Record Story One Fleeting Summer Night|One Fleeting Summer Night]]
*[[Magia Record Story Kamihama in a Circle|Kamihama in a Circle]]
*[[Magia Record Story A New Beginning|A New Beginning]]
*[[Magia Record Story Let's go to Zen Shin Sai! ~ Our Small Break Time ~|Let's go to Zen Shin Sai! ~ Our Small Break Time ~]]
*[[Magia Record Story Girls in the Hood|Girls in the Hood]]
*[[Magia Record Story Deliver to the Beyond, A Piece of Hope|Deliver to the Beyond, A Piece of Hope]]
*[[Magia Record Story Mitama's Special Training - Mikage Episode|Mitama's Special Training - Mikage Episode]]
*[[Magia Record Story The Great Banquet that Transcends Time|The Great Banquet that Transcends Time]]
===Magical Girl Story Appearances===
* [[Ikumi Makino]]
* [[Kanae Yukino]]
* [[Kanagi Izumi]]
* [[Mel Anna]]
* [[Yozuru Sasame]]
* [[Nemu Hiiragi]]
* [[Ryo Midori]]
* [[Suzune Amano in Magia Record|Suzune Amano]]
* [[Touka Satomi]]
* [[Tsukasa Amane]]
* [[Tsukuyo Amane]]
* [[Eternal Sakura]]
* [[Ikumi Makino]]
===Other Appearances===
*See [[Yachiyo・Mifuyu (Beginning ver.)]]
*See [[Mifuyu Azusa (Fairy Tale ver.)]]
*See [[Mifuyu Azusa in Magia Exedra]]

==Powers and Abilities==
Because of her wish, Mifuyu has the ability to cast illusions and mirages, creating images of things that are not really there. This could extend to potential hallucinatory effects as Mifuyu seems very proficient in creating illusions after years of experience, primarily due to practicing on herself. In the anime, she frequently uses this to obscure herself and others as they escape as her illusory magic can trick enemies into thinking she and her allies are in one place when in reality they are going to opposite direction.

This ability also allows her to manipulate the perception or thoughts and memories of those she affects, as she used her power on herself to make her ignore her magical limits so that she could use more magic all at once than she normally would be able to. Unfortunatly, due to this she is also quite susceptible to turning into her doppel, Hevelius more often than she usually would as she expends her magical reserves too quickly under this delusion.

As evidenced by Yachiyo's memory of her that appeared in [[Magia Record Episode 5: There's No Place For You Here|Episode 5]], she possesses great acrobatic skill in battle, easily dodging Iroha's attacks with graceful jumps and flips. This acrobatic skill is also demonstrated in the second season of the anime as she is able to avoid a whole volley of Yachiyo's spears when they come flying at her. She also has the ability to remotely recall, if not finely control, her chakram as she can make her chakram move suddenly towards enemies despite not being anywhere near it.

However, for unclear reasons (possibly due to her aging), her strength in battle began to weaken over time. In Arc 2, this change seems to have been reverted, as she is able to fight [[San Kagura | San Kagura]] quite well. San remarks that the weak Mifuyu from the Wings of the Magius is gone.

When her soul gem turns black, she turns into her doppel, Hevelius. Hevelius has the ability to summon 'Sugar Geese' which are able to induce addiction within enemies to taste more of the 'sweetness' of the 'Sugar Geese' yet this causes more birds to come and inevitably attack them by pecking and poking. Since this renders enemies quite literally paralysed, it's easy for Hevelius to attack them further.

==Etymology==
* The character in her last name means "cherry birch" (梓).
** An "[[wikipedia:Azusa_Yumi|Azusa Yumi]]" (梓弓) is a sacred (and sometimes musical) bow used by shrine maidens in Shinto rituals to ward off evil spirits.

==Trivia==
*Her doppel/witch is likely named after [[wikipedia:Johannes_Hevelius|Johannes Hevelius]], an astronomer best known for studying the moon. Mifuyu and [[Yachiyo_Nanami|Yachiyo]] are both associated with moon symbolism (Mifuyu's weapon, for example).
** Also, Hevelius is a version of the name "Hawke". The doppel summons birds.
** Its shape vaguely resembles an owl head.
** In the Anime, we get [[:File:Episode 15 Hevelius 21.png|close ups]] of the "Sugar Geese" Which look very similar to a [[wikipedia:American_White_Ibis|White Ibis]].
***The ibis predominantly symbolizes the human soul. Which could be a reference to soul gems.
* The doppel's description likely refers to a character from the famous Japanese novel ''[https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/43737_19215.html Night on The Galactic Railroad]''. The character, simply referred to as the birdcatcher, catches "cranes an' wild geese. An' herons an' swans, too" which somehow become cake or candy. Note that the witches of [[Iroha_Tamaki|Iroha]] and Yachiyo share names with the main characters of ''Night on the Galactic Railroad''.
**For other references to his work, see [[Kenji Miyazawa and Magia Record]].
* According to her side story, she has the ability to cast illusions on herself.
*Despite Mifuyu's Doppel emerging from her tongue, preventing her from speaking (according to her Doppel description), she was shown able to do so in [[Magia Record Episode 15: You're Nothing Like Her|the anime adaptation]], although she may have been using her telepathy to communicate.
*Once during elementary school, Yachiyo had short hair and Mifuyu had long hair. During the game/series' events, Yachiyo has long hair and Mifuyu has short hair.

==Gallery==
See [[Gallery:Mifuyu Azusa]]

==Memoria Cards==
{{Magia Record Memoria List|character=Mifuyu Azusa}}

==External links==
*[http://magireco.com Official Magia Record Website - Japanese]
*[https://magiarecord-en.com/ Official Magia Record Website - English]

===Gameplay Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8HU-2p6TiE Recording of Mifuyu's Transformation Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAF5sfg2Gfs Recording of Mifuyu's Magia Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8QYVX-jqLI Recording of Mifuyu's Doppel Video on Youtube (JP)]

===Side Story and Costume Story Videos===
*Recording of Mifuyu's MSS on Youtube (JP): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPHzzTRYGz0 Episode 1/3], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D84YTwGOGBw Episode 2/3], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZp1c0ccAtA Episode 3/3]
**[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQgR2ISMY2Y Recording of Mifuyu's MSS on Youtube (NA)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L33s_yOCvQg Recording of Mifuyu's High School Uniform Story on Youtube (JP) '''(Subtitled)''']
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OREEQD-usdw Recording of Mifuyu's Swimsuit Story on Youtube (JP) '''(Subtitled)''']
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWowxtVg4H8 Recording of Mifuyu's Christmas Outfit Story on Youtube (JP)]
**[https://youtu.be/5TMoTrgx-wc Recording of Mifuyu's Christmas Outfit Story on Youtube (JP) '''(Translated)''']

===Dialogue Lines===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu8aPKXSjqg Recording of Mifuyu's Dialogue lines on Youtube (NA)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mu2OCY8ick Recording of Mifuyu's Swimsuit Dialogue lines on Youtube (NA)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ0ms1fa-vY Recording of Mifuyu's Christmas Outfit Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]

{{Character Categories|Azusa|magicalgirl=yes}}
[[Category:Wings of the Magius members]]
[[Category:White feathers]]
[[Category:Kamihama Magia Union members]]
[[Category:Magical girls with Witches]]

Mifuyu Azusa

2025-10-07T16:43:21Z

8ozpintail: her weakening reverts in arc 2

{{Infobox_character
|name=Mifuyu Azusa
|image=[[File:Mifuyu_Magireco_Profile.png|300px]]
|jname= 梓みふゆ (Azusa Mifuyu)
|designer=[[Ume Aoki]] [https://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=creator&creatorid=46267 Sasagi Koushi]
|voices= Japanese: [[wikipedia:Mai Nakahara|Mai Nakahara]] 
English: [https://twitter.com/SimplyAllegra/status/1236496088753823745 Allegra Clark] 
Russian: Polina Rtishcheva 
Mexican Spanish: [https://doblaje.fandom.com/es/wiki/Jessica_Ángeles Jessica Ángeles] 
Brazilian Portuguese: Mari Guedes
|portray=[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E8%83%A1%E6%84%9B%E6%81%B5 Manae Ogo] (in the [[Magia Record Stage Play|stage play]])
|id=1006
|release1=JP:June 08, 2018
|release2=NA:January 30, 2020
}}

{{nihongo|'''Mifuyu Azusa'''|梓みふゆ|Azusa Mifuyu}} was a playable character in the 2017 mobile game [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record]].

==General Info==
{{Magical Girl Details
|age=19
|agenote=contracted at 12
|height=165cm
|eyes=Teal
|hair=Silver
|origin=[[Mizuna ward]]
|soulgem=Silver-colored orb adorned with eight points (choker on her throat)
|weapon= [[wikipedia:Chakram|Big Chakram/Engetsurin (Moonring Blade)]]
|wish={{Q|I wish that I could at least be free in my dreams.}}
|powers=Hallucination (creates lifelike illusions)
|doppel=Hevelius
|pronoun={{nihongo||ワタシ|watashi}}
|relatives= Unnamed parents, Unnamed fiancé (broken engagement)
|school=Not currently enrolled (Formerly [[Mizuna Girls' School]])
|affiliation=[[Wings of the Magius]] (second-in-command, possibly a white feather), [[Kamihama Magia Union]]
}}

==Game Info==
{{Magia Record Stats
|type=Support|attribute=dark
|hp0=6102|atk0=1724|def0=1705
|hp4=21808|atk4=6296|def4=6182
|hp5=27452|atk5=7933|def5=7785
|hpmax=34793|atkmax=10209|defmax=11549
|disk1=accele|disk4=blast!|disk5=charge
|connect=You Just Can't Live Without Me
|connecttype=buff-accele
|connect4=Accele MP Gain UP [VII] & Guaranteed Dazzle
|connect5=Accele MP Gain UP [IX] & Guaranteed Dazzle
|magia=Assault Paranoia
|magiapat=all
|magia4=Damage to All Enemies [V] & Chance to Dazzle (All / 1T) & Remove Buffs (All)
|magia5=Damage to All Enemies [VII] & Chance to Dazzle (All / 1T) & Remove Buffs (All)
|doppel=Hevelius
|doppelpat=all
|doppel5=Damage to All Enemies [IX] & Guaranteed Dazzle (All / 2T) & Remove Buffs (All)
}}{{Magia Record Spirit Enhancement
|hp4=8|atk4=5|def4=5|accele4=8|blast4=4|charge4=4
|hp5=9|atk5=6|def5=6|accele5=9|blast5=5|charge5=5
|hpmax=9|atkmax=6|defmax=6|accelemax=15|blastmax=8|chargemax=10
|icons=
effect-add-bewitch, buff-magia, effect-critical, effect-add-magia-seal, buff-doppel, buff-doppel,
buff-doppelmp, buff-accele, buff-magia, effect-cut, buff-doppelmp, effect-add-mp,
effect-surge
|Mesmerize Edge: Chance to Dazzle on Attack [III] (1T)
|Magia Adept: Magia Damage UP [II]
|Critical Adept: Chance to Critical Hit [II]
|Anti-Magia Seal: Guaranteed Anti-Magia Seal
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Accele Adept: Accele MP Gain UP [II]
|Magia Adept: Magia Damage UP [II]
|Shield Adept: Damage Cut [II]
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Fast Mana Up: MP Gauge 15% Full on Battle Start
|Skill Quicken: Chance to Skill Quicken [III]
|active=Accele MP Gain UP [V] (Self / 1T) & Chance to Dazzle [V] (Single / 1T)
|activetype=status-bewitch
|activename=Mesmerize Accele
|cooldown=5
}}

==Summary==
A veteran magical girl who fought witches as [[Yachiyo Nanami|Yachiyo]]'s partner for seven years. After noticing that her magic was weakening, she joined the Wings of the Magius as one of their leaders, hoping to secure happiness for herself. Though kind and gentle, her spirit is weak, which leads her to make bad decisions from time to time.

===Doppel Description===
[[File:Mifuyu doppel.png|thumb|right|150px|Hevelius, Mifuyu's doppel]]
The Doppel of livelihood. Its form is a bird-catcher.<ref>In the NA, it is the Doppel of Vocation, with the form of an aviary.</ref>
The master of this emotion will use all powers at her disposal to stay alive in this reality, including this all-in-one Doppel. Countless bird-shaped minions known as "Sugar Geese" emerge from her shadows on the ground, attacking her foes on command. The mere touch of a Sugar Goose will cause its target to taste such sweetness that it will inspire a maddening addiction. This makes it easy to make targets accept most lies, even with just a few geese. The Doppel sprouts from the tongue and arms, so she cannot speak while using it.
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===Side Story===
{{Spoilerbox|
[[Tsukuyo Amane]] and [[Tsukasa Amane]] apologize Mifuyu for letting [[Yachiyo Nanami]] erase the [[Rumor]] they were guarding. Mifuyu thinks that her duty is to act as a go between for the leaders of the [[Wings of Magius]] and the Feathers. She also has to raise witches, protect Rumors, and gather energy to release magical girls. However, Mifuyu notes that many magical girls joined her organization, and she wonders if she was mistaken to involve so many.

Tsukuyo asks if Mifuyu is mad at her, waking Mifuyu from her reverie. Mifuyu says if the Amane's learn from their mistake she won't be angry any further. Mifuyu says she will report to Magius and says she's going to leave. Before she does, Tsukuyo asks if they will really achieve their goal. Mifuyu tells them not to worry. As the Amanes leave, Mifuyu admits she has doubts and has deceived someone. Mifuyu then narrates that ever since becoming a magical girl, she knew they lived dangerous lives. So, ever since she teamed up with Yachiyo, they exchanged letters to each other every year, acting as a sort of will. Mifuyu claims to remember the contents of each letter.

In one of these letters, a fourteen year old Yachiyo writes she has someone she likes. However, she thinks they can't be together because she's a a magical girl. Despite this, Yachiyo wrote a letter to that person, but isn't sure if she wants Mifuyu to deliver that letter in case Yachiyo dies. She finishes the letter by asking Mifuyu what to do. In another time, Mifuyu recalls the letter and thinks that she has similar problems, namely that her powers are weakening and that she found someone she likes. Mifuyu felt shaken and decided to seek the salvation of magical girls, but wonders if it's fine to believe in Magius.

[[Touka Satomi]] suddenly interrupts Mifuyu's thoughts by asking her to solve a math problem. Mifuyu says she doesn't know the answer. Touka says that Mifuyu needs to concentrate on studying, especially when she helped Mifuyu leave her home, get a scholarship from her father's foundation, and even a place for her to live. Mifuyu says she'll do her best, and asks Touka what Magius will do next. Touka says she'll expand the staff, make more Rumors, and capture witches to accelerate "the Eve's" growth. Mifuyu asks if they need to rush, but Touka says that waiting creates more risk, especially when girls become witches all the time. Touka says they will have regular meetings to tell the Feathers what to do, and leaves these meetings to Mifuyu.

Sometime later, Mifuyu calls [[Alina Gray]] and says she can't come to the meeting because she's not feeling well. Alina tells her to take care. Mifuyu thinks that Alina knew she was faking. It turns out Mifuyu just didn't want to go to the meeting because she doesn't know if she's doing the right thing. Mifuyu thinks she should just leave and tell Yachiyo everything. Suddenly she gets a call from Tsukuyo, saying there's trouble. Mifuyu heads to the meeting place, where it turns out Touka and [[Nemu Hiiragi]] are having an argument with Alina.

When Mifuyu arrives, she learns that Touka and Nemu want to have the Feathers guard the Rumors and secure emotional energy. However, Alina wants to tell magical girls the truth about witches and get energy from doppels, while raising powerful witches to use for defense. Mifuyu says that the argument is making the Feathers anxious. She says that Alina is being greedy, while Touka and Nemu are getting too heated. Mifuyu claims Touka and Nemu get emotional when Rumors are involved.

Mifuyu suggests they keep spreading new Rumors, since most magical girls don't know about them. While she acknowledges "the Eve" requires Grief Seeds, Mifuyu thinks spreading the truth about witches will lead to greater despair. She says they already only take in those who know the truth about witches. Alina says she would like to see new doppels born from despair, but concedes the point. Touka and Nemu also agree. Mifuyu then explains to the Feathers what they will do. Later, Mifuyu thinks the three Magius are selfish and if she wasn't there they would collapse.

Tsukuyo thanks Mifuyu for her help and offers her a Grief Seed, saying Mifuyu's Soul Gem is clouded. Mifuyu think it was because she was wondering whether to go back to Yachiyo and purifies herself. Tsukuyo tells Mifuyu to take the day off and leaves. Mifuyu reveals she's the one who brought Tsukuyo into the Wings of Magius. In addition, most of the other Feathers joined trusting Mifuyu, since she was a veteran magical girl. She thinks that if she left, the other Feathers would fall into despair. Mifuyu muses she can't go back to Yachiyo, because she has too much responsibility.

Sometime later, Yachiyo destroys the Rumor of the Breakup Staircase. Touka and Nemu are annoyed by this development. Touka asks Mifuyu if Yachiyo is searching for her, and Mifuyu answers yes. Nemu says Yachiyo is taking with her a new girl named [[Iroha Tamaki]], and says she doesn't have the faintest memory of her. Mifuyu then notes that [[Momoko Togame]] and her group were also caught up in the Rumor. Mifuyu tells Nemu that the more Rumors stand out, the more people investigate. Nemu says she understands, but claims her power of creation grows weaker if she's bound "by the word 'risk'". Mifuyu thinks Nemu and Touka are still immature.

Nemu says they can't let Yachiyo interfere, as if she keeps erasing Rumors Nemu will use up her life. She asks Mifuyu if they can bring Yachiyo into Magius. Mifuyu asks Nemu to let her think about it the next day. Sometime later, the Amanes visit Mifuyu and offer to make her dinner. Mifuyu admits she's no good at housework. After the meal, Tsukasa asks what Mifuyu wished for. Mifuyu explains she came from an old family in [[Kamihama]]'s Mizuna Ward. However, she never had any freedom. One day, [[Kyubey]] appeared before her and offered her a contract. Mifuyu thought she wanted to live freely, but found herself unable to wish for it.

Mifuyu says that at the time, she couldn't even comprehend what she would do with freedom, especially when she spent her whole life merely obeying her parents. Mifuyu's wish was "I wish that I could at least be free in my dreams". She says that this gave her the power to “dream freely”, or cast illusions on herself. Mifuyu says she was shocked to find she was less normal as a magical girl. Tsukasa and Tsukuyo console her and say Mifuyu will be normal after magical girls are "released". They also suggests that if Yachiyo knows the truth she'll join them. However, Mifuyu isn't so sure, thinking that Yachiyo wouldn't forgive her.

Another letter from Yachiyo is shown, written when she was 16. Yachiyo says she continues to be a model, which is her origins as a magical girl. Yachiyo writes she'll be able to get by doing modeling for as long as she lives. Yachiyo also writes that she let someone die while fighting a witch, and it's not the first time this happened. Yachiyo declares that this will not happen again, and that she will save people. Yachiyo finishes the letter by asking Mifuyu to stop her if she strays "from human logic", and promises to do the same for Mifuyu.

Mifuyu thinks that Yachiyo hasn't changed, and won't ever go to Magius. Mifuyu thinks she doesn't mind, as it was her decision. In addition she believes she would be no match for Yachiyo, but she has to protect the dreams of the Feathers. Mifuyu resolves to meet with Nemu. Later, Mifuyu tells Nemu that Yachiyo will definitely be their enemy, and asks her to make a Rumor to stop Yachiyo. Nemu says making a Rumor is like using up her life, and says she'd prefer to spin her own story. Mifuyu says she just wants to give Nemu an idea, which is for something that would keep Yachiyo occupied until Magius's goals are complete. Nemu says that might be interesting and that she will try it.

Sometime later, Mifuyu tells Alina she will stop Yachiyo if she gets in their way. Alina says it's the best, and that the tragedy of friends fighting each other gives her shivers. Mifuyu asks how the witch raising is going. Alina says they're raising [[Teresa|a cute one]], to see how useful it is for defense. Alina says it will be a waste if it gets defeated and is angry she won't be able to raise it more. Mifuyu asks if Alina's resents her. Alina asks if she's joking and says if it wasn't for Mifuyu, Magius would have collapsed. She then says if Mifuyu still feels bad about it she can model for her.

Suddenly Nemu arrives, saying she's looking for a shrine. She says it's to make the Rumor Mifuyu wanted. Mifuyu goes to the Amanes and asks what shrine would be good. They suggest the Mizune Shrine, saying they used to secretly meet there. That night, Mifuyu investigates the place, and decides it's the right one. She apologizes to Yachiyo, since she plans on trapping her there.

One last letter from Yachiyo is shown. It was written at the age of 18, after she learned where witches came from. Yachiyo writes she hates Kyubey, and is worried that her wish is killing everyone. She blames [[Mel Anna]]'s witch transformation on herself. Yachiyo claims she shouldn't get involved with anyone, but still wants to Mifuyu until the end. She asks Mifuyu to forgive her for this wish, born of weakness. At Mizuna Shrine, Mifuyu mutters to an absent Yachiyo that she won't have to suffer anymore. Mifuyu thinks Yachiyo won't forgive her, so she'll have Yachiyo sleep inside a Rumor until it's all over.

Nemu arrives, takes out her book, and creates the Rumor. The Rumor spreader announces the Rumor of the Kuchiyose Shrine, where you can meet someone from your past, but if you're not careful, you'll never return. Nemu suddenly faints. Mifuyu mentally asks Yachiyo to dream a happy dream with her fake counterpart, and when the time comes for Yachiyo to awaken she'll be free of her wish's suffering. The story ends with Yachiyo confronting the fake Mifuyu, as seen in Main Story Chapter 3. The real Mifuyu says that when everything is over, they will both be saved
}}

===Costume Stories===
<tabber>
|-| High School Uniform =
[[File:Mifuyu School.png|thumb|right|x250px]]
Alina forces Mifuyu to model for her drawings in her old school uniform, while in Alina's barrier. Mifuyu thinks about her time with Yachiyo, [[Kanae Yukino]], [[Momoko Togame]], [[Mel Anna]], and [[Tsuruno Yui]]. Mifuyu thinks she was happiest back then. Alina then says that Mifuyu's expression as she was thinking was the inspiration she was looking for. Alina says that swinging between adolescence and adulthood is like struggling between life and death. Mifuyu thinks that as she becomes more of an adult she loses her freedom. Alina tells Mifuyu not to change her face. Mifuyu says that's impossible.

|-| Swimsuit (2019) =
[[File:Mifuyu_Swimsuit_1.png|thumb|right|x250px]]
Touka and Nemu finish relaying the details of the latest mission to the Black Feathers. Mifuyu interrupts them before then can finish and asks if she can take part in this mission. Touka doesn't see why top brass like Mifuyu should go work on the frontlines with the others and the Black Feathers feel the same way. While Touka doesn't believe Mifuyu is suited for a mission like this, Nemu thinks they could use a few extra hands in that location so she doesn't mind. She points out that Mifuyu is the first one to request to be assigned there, however, and also wonders why Mifuyu would volunteer for a mission she's unsuited for. Not only that, Nemu doesn't want her to wear herself out, especially after modeling for Alina's swimsuit drawing practice. Mifuyu stutters until Alina appears and says it's gone anyways.

The story shifts to a flashback. Mifuyu was surprised to be asked to model a swimsuit and had gone home to find the one she bought three years ago. After returning to Fendt Hope and putting it on, she congratulates herself on the fact that it still fits perfectly despite having grown some in the past few years. Alina enters the room after Mifuyu finishes changing. Mifuyu asks her to make sure the drawing is beautiful since she went to all this trouble and asks Alina if there's any poses she wants her to make (just nothing too crazy!). Alina stares for a moment before saying she isn't feeling it at all, much to Mifuyu's surprise. Mifuyu asks if it was something she said but Alina only responds that the perfect body is dead and then leaves. Mifuyu wonders what she meant by such puzzling words and then pinches her belly. Her eyes open in shock as she pinches a different part of her soft body. She knew the swimsuit felt a little tighter than before but she hadn't realized by how much tighter. She figures it can't be helped since she did buy it three years ago and tries to convince herself it's because her body is much more mature than it was then. She pinches another roll from her belly before shaking her head and once more trying to convince herself her body simply matured... a lot. Mifuyu can deny it no longer, she'd gained weight. It wasn't that she hadn't noticed, it's just that she didn't want to admit it to herself. Even though she'd been leading the same lifestyle now as she did then, she had assumed that her body shape should therefore have stayed the same. She knew now she was wrong to think that and could no longer stuff herself with sweets before going to bed like she used to especially now that she's older.

The flashback ends as Mifuyu begs Nemu to let her go so she can exercise. Nemu shakes her head sadly, telling Mifuyu she knows how she feels but doesn't think she should use Magius' missions as a diet/exercise routing. Mifuyu says it's wrong for her to be ordering others around while she sits around chewing on [[wikipedia:Manj%C5%AB|manjuu]]. Her body isn't the same as it was when she was young so she has to keep moving around in order to lose weight by summer. She begs Nemu once more to let her go on the mission until finally Nemu relents. Touka says she's scaring her while Alina urges her to try her hardest and expects to see some nice results.

|-| Christmas Outfit (2020) =
[[File:Mifuyu Christmas.png|thumb|right|x250px]]
Mifuyu thanks [[Yachiyo Nanami]] for joining her at the mall. It seems that Alina had asked Mifuyu to model for her artwork while wearing a Christmas outfit, despite the fact that it was nowhere near Christmas. Yachiyo asks Mifuyu why it has to be a Santa outfit, but Mifuyu thinks she insisted on it because of the colors. Lately, Alina had been fixated on the colors green and red. Thankfully Mifuyu was lucky enough to find a costume rental shop that could accommodate them, and since Yachiyo was a model she’d be the perfect person to help her choose.

It turns out the costume shop had a great number of Christmas outfits to offer them. There were tons of dresses to choose from and neither of them knew where to start. Alina had only told Mifuyu that it had to be a Christmas outfit. Mifuyu decides to go for something safe and picks out a dress, but when she put it on they both agreed that she went a little too safe and bland. Yachiyo decides they should aim for something that only Mifuyu could pull off, so she tries on a long skirt next. The skirt looks good, but Yachiyo is pretty sure that Alina would get upset that Mifuyu is covering up so much of her body. Mifuyu tries on a Santa-themed bunny outfit next and instantly becomes embarrassed at how much of her breasts and legs are showing off. She thinks it’s too shameless! Yachiyo innocently says she just assumed that Mifuyu had worn that kind of thing before, causing Mifuyu to loudly ask her what kind of woman she took her for. Yachiyo doesn’t answer and instead suggests they move on to the next outfit.

The next outfit is a frilly Lolita-style Santa costume complete with miniskirt. Mifuyu doesn’t really think it suits her, although Yachiyo tells her she thinks it looks lovely. However, Yachiyo can’t help but betray herself with a giggle. Mifuyu narrows her eyes at Yachiyo and asks her if she’s just been treating this like some kind of game. With the way Yachiyo keeps a perfectly serious face the whole time she can’t tell if she’s being serious or not. Yachiyo keeps a straight face when she tells her she’s being serious and prepares to hand her the next outfit. Mifuyu warns her she better not be playing around this time when Yachiyo’s eyes light up. She realizes that Mifuyu had said earlier makes sense and hands Mifuyu a beautiful outfit. Yachiyo agrees that the dress looks beautiful on Mifuyu, even though she still thinks the Lolita-style and bunny outfits were cute. Mifuyu tells her not to tease but Yachiyo tells her once more she’s being serious. If she were to wear something to conservative, than she wouldn’t be able to make the most of her figure. On top of that, she also looked more fashionable in a miniskirt rather than a long one. The headband from the bunny figure complemented her short hair whereas the elegant style suited her more than the Lolita style. Mifuyu is surprised that Yachiyo had put that much thought into the choices. Yachiyo, for her part, keeps secret the fact that she ''was'' teasing her a bit.

Mifuyu decides to go with that particular dress. However, just as she’s finally settled on a dress, the two of them hear a snapping sound. Mifuyu jumps up in surprise. Yachiyo was sure she heard the sound come from behind Mifuyu and looks around. Sure enough the clasp on the back of her dress had popped open. Mifuyu hangs her head in shame and wonders if she gained weight again. Alina is sure to scold her once more. Yachiyo takes a look at Mifuyu and shakes her head. It’s not that she gained weight so much as she has the ''perfect body''. Mifuyu asks her if she’s being sarcastic, but Yachiyo tells her she was the one being sarcastic. Mifuyu realizes what she means and decides to buy the dress instead. Although she’ll have to alter it slightly to fit her body, she thinks this will be a worthy purchase. Yachiyo agrees and tells her she looks great in that dress. Mifuyu smiles and thanks her for the compliment, and asks Yachiyo to let her pick out some dresses for her next time. Yachiyo smiles back and tells her “Maybe, someday”.
</tabber>

==Appearances==

* [[Magia Record Main Story#Part One|Main Story Part 1]]: [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 3|Chapter 3]], [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 4|Chapter 4]], [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 5|Chapter 5]], [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 6|Chapter 6]], [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 7|Chapter 7]], [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 8|Chapter 8]], [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 9|Chapter 9]], [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 10|Chapter 10]]
* [[Magia Record Story Last Magia|The Last Magia]]
* [[Magia Record Main Story#Part Two|Main Story Part 2]]: [[Magia Record Main Story Part 2 Chapter 1|Chapter 1]], [[Magia Record Main Story Part 2 Chapter 2|Chapter 2]]
* [[Magia Record Another Story#Part One|Another Story Part 1]]: [[Magia Record Another Story Chapter 4|Chapter 4]], [[Magia Record Another Story Chapter 8|Chapter 8]], [[Magia Record Another Story Chapter 9|Chapter 9]]

===Event Appearances===
*[[Magia Record Story A Voice From Beyond That Strokes the Ears|Voices From Beyond]]
*[[Magia Record Story Breakpoint|Breakpoint]]
*[[Magia Record Story Wings in the Wind|Wings in the Wind]]
*[[Magia Record Story Alina Is Coming to Town ~White Christmas Rhapsody~|Alina Is Comin’ to Town]]
*[[Magia Record Story A La Carte Valentine 2nd ~What If That Girl Took the Lead Role On This Day?~|A La Carte Valentine 2nd ~What If That Girl Took the Lead Role On This Day?~]]
*[[Magia Record Story Dreaming Cherry Blossom|Cherry Blossom Dreams]]
*[[Magia Record Story One Fleeting Summer Night|One Fleeting Summer Night]]
*[[Magia Record Story Kamihama in a Circle|Kamihama in a Circle]]
*[[Magia Record Story A New Beginning|A New Beginning]]
*[[Magia Record Story Let's go to Zen Shin Sai! ~ Our Small Break Time ~|Let's go to Zen Shin Sai! ~ Our Small Break Time ~]]
*[[Magia Record Story Girls in the Hood|Girls in the Hood]]
*[[Magia Record Story Deliver to the Beyond, A Piece of Hope|Deliver to the Beyond, A Piece of Hope]]
*[[Magia Record Story Mitama's Special Training - Mikage Episode|Mitama's Special Training - Mikage Episode]]
*[[Magia Record Story The Great Banquet that Transcends Time|The Great Banquet that Transcends Time]]
===Magical Girl Story Appearances===
* [[Ikumi Makino]]
* [[Kanae Yukino]]
* [[Kanagi Izumi]]
* [[Mel Anna]]
* [[Yozuru Sasame]]
* [[Nemu Hiiragi]]
* [[Ryo Midori]]
* [[Suzune Amano in Magia Record|Suzune Amano]]
* [[Touka Satomi]]
* [[Tsukasa Amane]]
* [[Tsukuyo Amane]]
* [[Eternal Sakura]]
* [[Ikumi Makino]]
===Other Appearances===
*See [[Yachiyo・Mifuyu (Beginning ver.)]]
*See [[Mifuyu Azusa (Fairy Tale ver.)]]
*See [[Mifuyu Azusa in Magia Exedra]]

==Powers and Abilities==
Because of her wish, Mifuyu has the ability to cast illusions and mirages, creating images of things that are not really there. This could extend to potential hallucinatory effects as Mifuyu seems very proficient in creating illusions after years of experience, primarily due to practicing on herself. In the anime, she frequently uses this to obscure herself and others as they escape as her illusory magic can trick enemies into thinking she and her allies are in one place when in reality they are going to opposite direction.

This ability also allows her to manipulate the perception or thoughts and memories of those she affects, as she used her power on herself to make her ignore her magical limits so that she could use more magic all at once than she normally would be able to. Unfortunatly, due to this she is also quite susceptible to turning into her doppel, Hevelius more often than she usually would as she expends her magical reserves too quickly under this delusion.

As evidenced by Yachiyo's memory of her that appeared in [[Magia Record Episode 5: There's No Place For You Here|Episode 5]], she possesses great acrobatic skill in battle, easily dodging Iroha's attacks with graceful jumps and flips. This acrobatic skill is also demonstrated in the second season of the anime as she is able to avoid a whole volley of Yachiyo's spears when they come flying at her. She also has the ability to remotely recall, if not finely control, her chakram as she can make her chakram move suddenly towards enemies despite not being anywhere near it.

However, for unclear reasons (possibly due to her aging), her strength in battle began to weaken over time. In Arc 2, this change seems to have disappeared as she is able to fight [[San Kagura | San Kagura]] quite well, and San even remarks that the weak Mifuyu from the Wings of the Magius has disappeared.

When her soul gem turns black, she turns into her doppel, Hevelius. Hevelius has the ability to summon 'Sugar Geese' which are able to induce addiction within enemies to taste more of the 'sweetness' of the 'Sugar Geese' yet this causes more birds to come and inevitably attack them by pecking and poking. Since this renders enemies quite literally paralysed, it's easy for Hevelius to attack them further.

==Etymology==
* The character in her last name means "cherry birch" (梓).
** An "[[wikipedia:Azusa_Yumi|Azusa Yumi]]" (梓弓) is a sacred (and sometimes musical) bow used by shrine maidens in Shinto rituals to ward off evil spirits.

==Trivia==
*Her doppel/witch is likely named after [[wikipedia:Johannes_Hevelius|Johannes Hevelius]], an astronomer best known for studying the moon. Mifuyu and [[Yachiyo_Nanami|Yachiyo]] are both associated with moon symbolism (Mifuyu's weapon, for example).
** Also, Hevelius is a version of the name "Hawke". The doppel summons birds.
** Its shape vaguely resembles an owl head.
** In the Anime, we get [[:File:Episode 15 Hevelius 21.png|close ups]] of the "Sugar Geese" Which look very similar to a [[wikipedia:American_White_Ibis|White Ibis]].
***The ibis predominantly symbolizes the human soul. Which could be a reference to soul gems.
* The doppel's description likely refers to a character from the famous Japanese novel ''[https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/43737_19215.html Night on The Galactic Railroad]''. The character, simply referred to as the birdcatcher, catches "cranes an' wild geese. An' herons an' swans, too" which somehow become cake or candy. Note that the witches of [[Iroha_Tamaki|Iroha]] and Yachiyo share names with the main characters of ''Night on the Galactic Railroad''.
**For other references to his work, see [[Kenji Miyazawa and Magia Record]].
* According to her side story, she has the ability to cast illusions on herself.
*Despite Mifuyu's Doppel emerging from her tongue, preventing her from speaking (according to her Doppel description), she was shown able to do so in [[Magia Record Episode 15: You're Nothing Like Her|the anime adaptation]], although she may have been using her telepathy to communicate.
*Once during elementary school, Yachiyo had short hair and Mifuyu had long hair. During the game/series' events, Yachiyo has long hair and Mifuyu has short hair.

==Gallery==
See [[Gallery:Mifuyu Azusa]]

==Memoria Cards==
{{Magia Record Memoria List|character=Mifuyu Azusa}}

==External links==
*[http://magireco.com Official Magia Record Website - Japanese]
*[https://magiarecord-en.com/ Official Magia Record Website - English]

===Gameplay Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8HU-2p6TiE Recording of Mifuyu's Transformation Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAF5sfg2Gfs Recording of Mifuyu's Magia Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8QYVX-jqLI Recording of Mifuyu's Doppel Video on Youtube (JP)]

===Side Story and Costume Story Videos===
*Recording of Mifuyu's MSS on Youtube (JP): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPHzzTRYGz0 Episode 1/3], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D84YTwGOGBw Episode 2/3], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZp1c0ccAtA Episode 3/3]
**[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQgR2ISMY2Y Recording of Mifuyu's MSS on Youtube (NA)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L33s_yOCvQg Recording of Mifuyu's High School Uniform Story on Youtube (JP) '''(Subtitled)''']
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OREEQD-usdw Recording of Mifuyu's Swimsuit Story on Youtube (JP) '''(Subtitled)''']
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWowxtVg4H8 Recording of Mifuyu's Christmas Outfit Story on Youtube (JP)]
**[https://youtu.be/5TMoTrgx-wc Recording of Mifuyu's Christmas Outfit Story on Youtube (JP) '''(Translated)''']

===Dialogue Lines===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu8aPKXSjqg Recording of Mifuyu's Dialogue lines on Youtube (NA)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mu2OCY8ick Recording of Mifuyu's Swimsuit Dialogue lines on Youtube (NA)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ0ms1fa-vY Recording of Mifuyu's Christmas Outfit Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]

{{Character Categories|Azusa|magicalgirl=yes}}
[[Category:Wings of the Magius members]]
[[Category:White feathers]]
[[Category:Kamihama Magia Union members]]
[[Category:Magical girls with Witches]]

Koito Asako

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8ozpintail: /* Trivia */

{{Infobox_character
|name=Koito Asako
|image=[[File:20240718 060428.jpg|250px]]
|jname={{lang|ja|浅古小糸}} Asako Koito
|designer=[[Mura Kuroe]]
}}
{{nihongo|'''Koito Asako'''|浅古小糸|Asako Koito}} is a minor supporting character appearing in ''[[Puella Magi Oriko Magica: Sadness Prayer]]''. She is [[Komaki Asako]]'s younger sister.

==General Info==
{{Magical Girl Details
|approxage=12-14
|agenote=<ref>Koito is the younger sister of Komaki, who is 15, and she attends the same school, so she can't be younger than 12.</ref>
|eyes=Blue
|hair=Black Blue (Magia Exedra) Purple (Sadness Prayer)
|origin= Possibly [[Mitakihara City]]
|soulgem=Five pink circles on the silver diamond in her right chest (new design) Unknown, possibly the oval on her tie or the medium oval on her right glove (previous design)
|weapon= Conductor Baton<ref>https://x.com/toyphel_mc/status/1813823007162597718?t=6M1hLcpnEhnQ6IH8H8Ucbg&s=19</ref>
|powers= Lie Detection,<ref>https://x.com/toyphel_mc/status/1813826211266851112?t=mHfACQrxuuHLIJh4lKylIQ&s=19</ref><ref>https://x.com/toyphel_mc/status/1813826449302036493?t=Mluo8pw56VpikcQBEDeTzQ&s=19</ref> Environment Manipulation<ref>https://x.com/toyphel_mc/status/1930870589583249872?s=46</ref>
|wish={{Q|I want to know everything}} (referring to the death of her sister and the other girls in Mitakihara)
|pronoun={{nihongo|''Watashi''|私|}}
|relatives=Unnamed parents, [[Komaki Asako]] (older sister)
|school=[[Shirome Middle School]]
}}
{{reflist}}

==Personality==
Koito is calmer and more friendly than her sister Komaki. She is seen displaying a lot of concern for the welfare of others and her sister.

==Story==
Koito only appears in ''Sadness Prayer''. After witnessing Komaki sneaking out various times at night, Koito begins to suspect she has a nightlife. Koito tried telling her parents, but Komaki dismissed it as stomach pains. Koito thus relays her suspicions to her friend [[Akira Namekata]], who begins investigating into Komaki's supposed nightlife.

After her sister and Akira's deaths, Koito is overcome with guilt because she feels as though she should have stopped Komaki from going out. She also feels like Akira's death is her fault, as she is the one who asked Akira to watch Komaki. She talks with [[Oriko_Mikuni|Oriko]], who relieves some of her guilt.

At the very end of ''Sadness Prayer'' it's revealed that Koito made a contract with Kyubey and became a magical girl in order to help in the fight against [[Walpurgisnacht]] with [[Mami Tomoe]], [[Kyoko Sakura]] and [[Yuma Chitose]].

==Powers and Abilities==
Official sources have confirmed that Koito's power is lie detection, likely stemming from her wish to 'know everything'.

Mura Kuroe has also confirmed that she uses the environment in battle, and her baton is likely used to direct the environment. She is able to use the environment as a weapon, and Kuroe gives the example of being able to use destroyed pieces of the city to attack [[Walpurgisnacht]].

==Etmology==
* Koito "小糸" means "small thread". This would fit thematically with her sister's name if translated as "small roll of cloth".
* Koito's last name, "浅古", means "shallow and old" or "superficially old".

==Trivia==
* At the end of Sadness Prayer, it is implied that Koito would get a spin off of her own. However, this is yet to happen.
* Her outfit is based on a bard, as she is "a narrator that thinks about Oriko's bad actions after death".
**She was designed with feathers as bards used to use them.
** She was designed to be more gentle than other magical girls, since she only appears in the epilogue.
* Koito's magical girl bard outfit was fully redesigned in its entirety for Magia Exedra.
**The reasons for her re-design, alongside other changes in the story of Sadness Prayer and Oriko Magica in Magia Exedra, are currently unknown.

==Gallery==
===Official Art===
<gallery>
File:Oriko sadness prayer 4 art.jpg|Color page of Yuma and Koito from Volume 4
</gallery>
===Art by the artist===
<gallery>
File:20240718 060428.jpg| Koito's full magical girl outfit and weapon, a conductor baton.
</gallery>

===Manga pages===
<gallery>
File:Koito2.png|Koito's casual clothes.
File:Koito3.png|Koito in another casual outfit.
File:Koitowitness.png|Koito sees Komaki sneaking out of the house.
File:Koito_magical_girl.jpeg|Koito as a magical girl.
File:Koito weapon.png|Koito's weapon
</gallery>

===[[Koito Asako in Magia Exedra|Magia Exedra]]===
<gallery>
File:Exedra Live2D 836530.png|Koito's new magical girl form in Exedra
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Komaki Asako]]

{{Character Categories|Asako|magicalgirl=yes}}

Schools

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8ozpintail: /* Sankyoin Educational Academy */

{{spoilers}}

== [[Mitakihara Town]] ==

=== [[Mitakihara Middle School]] ===
[[File:Bg adv 00 90166 01.png|x400px]]
[[File:Img sayaka.png|thumb|x200px|Mitakihara Middle School girls' uniform]]
[[File:Mitakihara boys uniform.png|thumb|x200px|Mitakihara Middle School boys' uniform]]
[[File:Bp_madoka_costume_pe.jpg|thumb|x200px|Mitakihara Middle School gym clothes]]

{{nihongo|'''[[Mitakihara Middle School]]'''|見滝原中学校|Mitakihara Chūgakkō}} is a school in [[Mitakihara Town]] that first appeared in ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]''.

* [[Madoka Kaname]]
* [[Homura Akemi]]
* [[Sayaka Miki]]
* [[Mami Tomoe]]
* [[Kirika Kure]]
* [[Hitomi Shizuki]]
* [[Kyosuke Kamijo]]
* [[Nakazawa]]
* [[Kazuko Saotome]] (Teacher)
* [[Kyoko Sakura]] (Wraith Arc; infiltrated)
* [[Mabayu Aki]]
* [[Player (Madoka Magica Online)]]
* [[Pia Undo]] (In a crossover event)
* [[Misato]]

{{clear}}

== Unspecified City in [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie|the ''Madoka Magica'' movies]] ==

Although the city is never named, it is heavily implied to be [[Mitakihara Town]] in ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record|Magia Record]]''.

=== Unnamed Elementary School ===
[[File:Nagisa civilian.png|thumb|x200px|float|Nagisa's unnamed school uniform]]

The unnamed elementary school in an unspecified city. While it first apperared in ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record|Magia Record]]'', the uniform first appeared in [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie|the ''Madoka Magica'' movies]]. Whereas Mitakihara Municipal Elementary School exists within Mitakihara City, it is not confirmed if it is Nagisa's school.
* [[Nagisa Momoe]]

{{clear}}

== Unspecified City in [[The Different Story]] ==
[[File:TDSSchool.jpeg|thumb|200px|The school uniform of two Magical girls at the beginning of ''The Different Story'']]

This school only appears in ''The Different Story''. It seems to be a generic sailor uniform. The school is likely to be near or around [[Mitakihara Town]].

{{clear}}

== Unspecified City in ''[[Puella Magi Oriko Magica|Oriko Magica]]'' ==

Although the city is never named, it is likely to be either [[Mitakihara Town]] or the likely-neighboring [[Kazamino City]]. In the [[Episode 1|first episode]] of the [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica|original anime]], Mitakihara is explicitly said to have multiple schools.

=== Shirome Middle School ===
[[File:Oriko School.png|thumb|x200px|float|Shirome Middle School uniform]]
[[File:Oriko uniform.png|thumb|x200px|float|Shirome Middle School uniform (full)]]

'''Shirome Middle School''', also referred to as {{nihongo|'''Shiraha Private (Women's) Academy'''|私立白羽女学院|Shiritsu Shiraha Jogakuin}} ([[Magia Record]] and [[Magia Exedra]]) is a school in an unspecified city that first appeared in ''[[Puella Magi Oriko Magica]]''.

* [[Oriko Mikuni]]
* [[Komaki Asako]]
* [[Koito Asako]]
* [[Akira Namekata]]
* [[Miyuki Nagatsuki]]
* [[Sasa Yuuki]] (in [[Puella Magi Oriko Magica: Extra Story|Symmetry Diamond]]; infiltrated)

{{clear}}

== [[Kazamino City]] ==
=== Unnamed School ===
[[File:Yuma School.png|thumb|x200px|float|Yuma's unnamed school uniform]]
The unnamed school is a school in Kazamino City that is mentioned in ''[[Puella Magi Oriko Magica]]''.
* [[Yuma Chitose]]

{{clear}}

===Unnamed School===
[[File:Sasauniform.jpg|thumb|x300px|float|The school's uniform]]
An unnamed School that is implied to be in Kazamino City. It only appears in ''[[Puella Magi Oriko Magica]]''.
*[[Sasa Yuuki]]

{{clear}}

== [[Asunaro City]] ==

=== Asunaro City Southern Junior High School ===
[[File:Umika School.png|thumb|x200px|float|Asunaro City Southern Junior High School uniform]]
[[File:Asunaro school uniform full.png|thumb|x200px|float|Asunaro City Southern Junior High School uniform (full)]]

{{nihongo|'''Asunaro City Southern Junior High School'''|あすなろ市立南部中学校|Asunaro Shiritsu Nanbu Chūgakkō}} is a school in [[Asunaro City]] that first appeared in ''[[Puella Magi Kazumi Magica]]''.

* [[Kazumi Subaru]]
* [[Kaoru Maki]]
* [[Umika Misaki]]
* [[Sumire Akane]]
* [[Remi Shiina]] (deceased)
* [[Misako Ishijima]] (former)

{{clear}}

=== Unnamed School ===
[[File:Melon books extra 3.jpg|thumb|x200px|float|Saki's uniform on the right]]

An unnamed high school in [[Asunaro City]].

* [[Saki Asami]]

{{clear}}

=== Unnamed School ===
[[File:Melon books extra 3.jpg|thumb|x200px|float|Mirai's uniform on the left]]

An unnamed middle school in [[Asunaro City]].

* [[Mirai Wakaba]]

{{clear}}

=== Unnamed School ===
[[File:Kanna with friends & family.PNG|thumb|x200px|Kanna's uniform]]

An unnamed school in [[Asunaro City]]. It is unknown whether it covers high school, middle school, or both.

* [[Hijiri Kanna]]
* Unnamed friend of Hijiri Kanna

{{clear}}

=== Unnamed School ===
[[File:Kazumi bonus.jpg|thumb|x200px|Yuuri's uniform]]

An unnamed school in [[Asunaro City]]. It is unknown whether it covers high school, middle school, or both.

* [[Yuuri Asuka]]
* [[Airi Anri]]

{{clear}}

== [[Hohzuki City]] ==

=== Akanegasaki Middle School ===
[[File:Arisa School.png|thumb|x200px|float|Akanegasaki Middle School uniform]]

{{nihongo|'''Akanegasaki Middle School'''|茜ヶ咲中学校|Akanegasaki Chūgakkō}} is a school in [[Hohzuki City]] that first appeared in ''[[Puella Magi Suzune Magica]]''.

* [[Suzune Amano]]
* [[Matsuri Hinata]]
* [[Arisa Narumi]]
* [[Chisato Shion]]
* [[Haruka Kanade]]
* [[Mika]]
* [[Mika|Eri]]
* [[Mika|Rei]]

{{clear}}

=== Yuunagi Middle School===

{{Nihongo|'''Yuunagi Middle School'''|夕凪中学校|Yūnagi Chūgakkō}} is a school in [[Hohzuki City]]. The school's uniform and the school itself have not been shown, but little information is given about them by GAN.

* [[Kanami Honoka]]

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== Yorugao City ==

=== Seishin School Junior High School ===
[[File:EJFLjq8UwAAvbrw.jpg|thumb|x200px|Seishin School Junior High School shown in a drawing of GAN]]
{{Nihongo|'''Seishin School Junior High School'''|清心学園中等部|Seishin Gakuen Chūtō-bu}} is a school in Yorugao City, Tsubaki Mikoto's native city. The school itself has not been shown, but little information is given about them by GAN in a drawing of Tsubaki as an adolescent. Its existence and name were revealed in the Magia Archive Volume 4.

* [[Tsubaki Mikoto]] (graduated)

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== [[Kamihama City]] ==

=== Kamihama City University Affiliated School ===
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[[File:Momoko School.png|thumb|x200px|float|Kamihama City University Affiliated School uniform]]

{{nihongo|'''Kamihama City University Affiliated School'''|神浜市立大附属学校|Kamihama-shiritsu-dai-fuzoku Gakkō}} is a school in Shinsei ward in [[Kamihama City]] that first appeared in ''[[Magia Record]]''. It serves all levels of education from elementary to high school.

* [[Iroha Tamaki]]
* [[Yachiyo Nanami]] (graduated)
* [[Tsuruno Yui]]
* [[Momoko Togame]]
* [[Rena Minami]]
* [[Kaede Akino]]
* [[Sasara Minagi]]
* [[Emiri Kisaki]]
* [[Kako Natsume]]
* [[Konomi Haruna]]
* [[Ren Isuzu]]
* [[Mito Aino]] (transferred)
* [[Leila Ibuki]]
* [[Seika Kumi]]
* [[Ui Tamaki]]
* [[Sakuya Suzuka]] (transferred, {{spoiler|deceased}})

{{clear}}

=== Kamihama City University ===

{{nihongo|'''Kamihama City University'''|神浜市立大学|Kamihama-shiritsu Daigaku}} is a university in Shinsei ward in [[Kamihama City]] that first appeared in ''[[Magia Record]]''.

* [[Yachiyo Nanami]]

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=== Mizuna Girls' School ===
[[File:Bg adv 01 90019 01.png|x400px]]
[[File:Tsukuyo School.png|thumb|x200px|float|Mizuna Girls' School uniform]]

{{nihongo|'''Mizuna Girls' School'''|水名女学園|Mizuna Jogakuen}} is a school in Mizuna ward in [[Kamihama City]] first appeared in ''[[Magia Record]]''. It serves all levels of education from elementary to high school.

* [[Sana Futaba]]
* [[Asuka Tatsuki]]
* [[Kanoko Yayoi]]
* [[Manaka Kurumi]]
* [[Tsukuyo Amane]]
* [[Ria Ami]]
* [[Mayu Kozue]]
* [[Sayuki Fumino]]
* [[Mifuyu Azusa]] (graduated)
* [[Yukika Nanase]]
* [[Hanna Sarasa]] ({{spoiler|deceased}})
* [[Tsumugi Wakana]]
* [[Mitama Yakumo]] (expelled; transferred to Daito Academy)
* [[Harumi Shioya]]

{{clear}}

=== Sankyoin Educational Academy ===
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[[File:Nanaka School.png|thumb|x200px|float|Sankyoin Educational Academy uniform]]

{{nihongo|'''Sankyoin Educational Academy'''|参京院教育学園|Sankyōin Kyōiku Gakuen}} is a school in Sankyo ward in [[Kamihama City]] that first appeared in ''[[Magia Record]]''. It serves all levels of education from elementary to high school.

* [[Natsuki Utsuho]]
* [[Nanaka Tokiwa]]
* [[Shizuku Hozumi]]
* [[Akira Shinobu]]
* [[Konoha Shizumi]]
* [[Hazuki Yusa]] (student council president; stated in Arc 2 Chapter 12)
* [[Ayame Mikuri]]
* [[Nemu Hiiragi]]

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=== Chuo Academy ===
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[[File:Rika School.png|thumb|x200px|float|Chuo Academy uniform]]

{{nihongo|'''Chuo Academy'''|中央学園|Chuō Gakuen|''lit. Central Academy''}} is a school in Chuo ward in [[Kamihama City]] that first appeared in ''[[Magia Record]]''. It serves as both a middle school and a high school.

* [[Felicia Mitsuki]]
* [[Meiyui Chun]]
* [[Ayaka Mariko]]
* [[Masara Kagami]]
* [[Aimi Eri]]
* [[Rika Ayano]]
* [[Kokoro Awane]]
* [[Hayato Isesaki]]
* [[Konoka]]
* [[Mitsune Miwa]] (refusal)

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=== Sakae General School ===
[[File:Bg adv 01 90060 01.png|x400px]]
[[File:Karin School.png|thumb|x200px|float|Sakae General School uniform]]

{{nihongo|'''Sakae General School'''|栄総合学園|Sakae Sōgō Gakuen}} is a school in Sakae ward in [[Kamihama City]] that first appeared in ''[[Magia Record]]''. It serves all levels of education from elementary to high school.

* [[Alina Gray]]
* [[Karin Misono]]
* [[Kanae Yukino]] ({{spoiler|deceased}})
* [[Ranka Chizu]] (transferred)
* [[Moka Megumi]]
* [[Ikumi Makino]] ({{spoiler|deceased}}; affiliated magnet school)
* [[Hotaru Yura]]
* [[Akari Mai]]
* Haruto Nikaido

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=== Kamihama Future Academy ===
[[File:Himena School.png|thumb|x200px|float|Kamihama Future Academy uniform]]

{{nihongo|'''Kamihama Future Academy'''|神浜未来アカデミー|Kamihama Mirai Akademi-}} is a school in Sakae ward in [[Kamihama City]] that first appeared in ''[[Magia Record]]''. Currently, it is unknown whether it is a high school, a middle school, or both.

* [[Himena Aika]] (transferred)

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=== Minaminagi Liberty Academy ===
[[File:Bg adv 01 90103 01.png|x400px]]
[[File:Midori school.png|thumb|x200px|float|Minaminagi Liberty Academy uniform]]

{{nihongo|'''Minaminagi Liberty Academy'''|南凪自由学園|Minaminagi Jiyū Gakuen}} is a school in Minaminagi ward in [[Kamihama City]] that first appeared in ''[[Magia Record]]''. It serves as both a middle school and a high school.

* [[Hinano Miyako]]
* [[Ryo Midori]] ({{spoiler|deceased}})
* [[Eternal Sakura]]
* [[Maria Yuki]]
* [[Meguru Hibiki]]
* [[Ryoko Natsu]]
* [[Sae Kirino]]

{{clear}}
=== Kosho Academy ===
[[File:Bg adv 01 90069 01.png|x400px]]
[[File:Tsukasa School.png|thumb|x200px|float|Kosho Academy uniform]]

{{nihongo|'''Kosho Academy'''|工匠学舎|Kōshō Gakusha}} is a school in Kosho ward in [[Kamihama City]] that first appeared in ''[[Magia Record]]''. It serves all levels of education from elementary to high school.

* [[Tsukasa Amane]]
* [[Riko Chiaki]]
* [[Mikura Komachi]]
* [[Seira Mihono]]
* [[Temari Kira]]
* [[Ashley Taylor]]
* [[Rui Mizuki]]
* [[Shigure Miyabi]]

{{clear}}

=== Daito Academy ===
[[File:Bg adv 01 90091 01.png|x400px]]
[[File:Kanagi School.png|thumb|x200px|float|Daito Academy girl's uniform]][[File:Kanagi brother.png|thumb|x200px|float|Daito Academy boy's uniform]]

{{nihongo|'''Daito Academy'''|大東学院|Daitō Gakuin}} is a school in Daito ward in [[Kamihama City]] that first appeared in ''[[Magia Record]]''. It serves all levels of education from elementary to high school.

* [[Himika Mao]]
* [[Kanagi Izumi]]
* [[Mel Anna]] ({{spoiler|deceased}})
* [[Mitama Yakumo]]
* [[Mikage Yakumo]]
* [[Hagumu Azumi]]
* [[Jun Kazari]] ({{spoiler|deceased}})
* [[Mikoto Sena]] ({{spoiler|deceased}})
* [[Sougetsu Izumi]]
[[Category:Locations]]

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=== St. Lilliana Academy ===
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[[File:Touka School uniform.png|thumb|x200px|float|St. Lilliana Academy uniform]]
{{nihongo|'''St. Lilliana Academy'''|聖リリアンナ学園|Seinto Ririana Gakuen}} is a girls' school in Hokuyo Ward in [[Kamihama City]] that first appeared in ''[[Magia Record]]''. It serves all levels of education from elementary to high school.
* [[Yuuna Kaharu]] (student council president)
* [[Touka Satomi]]
* [[Hotori Yuzuki]]
* [[Rion Yuzuki]]
* [[Chika Aoba]]
* [[Kush Irina]]

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===East Konohana School===
[[File:Kagome_school.png|thumb|x200px|float|Shunsou Konohana School uniform]]

{{nihongo|'''East Konohana School'''|春方此花学園|Shunhou Konohana Gakuen}} is a school in [[Kamihama City]] attended by [[Kagome Satori]], as she was recently transferred to this school when she moved to Kamihama. It's unknown in which district is located, but due to it's name it might be in one of the East districts.
* [[Kagome Satori]] (transferred)

Please verify translation and romanization. Jisho suggests 春方's reading to be "harukata", but provides no real translation. 春方 does exist in Chinese, where it means either aphrodisiac or east, and seems to have a somewhat similar Mandarin pronunciation to Japanese on'yomi one (chūnfāng vs shunhou). Konohana on the other hand seems to be a real-life Osaka ward.

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== [[Takarazaki City]] ==

=== Takarazaki Municipal First Middle School ===
[[File:Episode 1 Takarazaki School 13.png|x400px]]
[[File:Iroha School 1.png|thumb|x200px|float|Takarazaki Municipal First Middle School girls' uniform]]
[[File:Episode_1_Takarazaki_School_27.png|thumb|x200px|float|Takarazaki Municipal First Middle School boys' uniform]]
{{nihongo|'''Takarazaki Municipal First Middle School'''|宝崎市立第一中学校|Takarazaki Shiritsu Daiichi Chuugakkou}} is a school in Takarazaki City that first appeared in ''[[Magia Record]]''.
* [[Iroha Tamaki]] ''(Formerly)''
* [[Kuro (くろ)]]
* [[Ui Tamaki]] (''Note: Shown only in the manga adaptation'')

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=== Takarazaki Junshin School ===
[[File:Nayuta school.png|thumb|x200px|float|Takarazaki Junshin School uniform]]
{{nihongo|'''Takarazaki Junshin School'''|宝崎順心学園|Takarazaki Junshin Gakuen}} is a school in Takarazaki City that first appeared in ''[[Magia Record]]''.
* [[Nayuta Satomi]]

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=== Takarazaki Municipal Hikarizuka Middle Educational School ===
[[File:San School.png|thumb|x200px|float|Takarazaki Municipal Hikarazuka Middle Educational School uniform]]
{{nihongo|'''Takarazaki Municipal Hikarizuka Middle Educational School'''|宝崎市立光塚中等教育学校|Takarazakishiritsu Hikarizuka Cyuutou Kyōiku Gakkou}} is a school in Takarazaki City that first appeared in ''[[Magia Record]]''.
* [[San Kagura]]
* [[Miyuri Yukari]]

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=== Takarazaki Third Junior High School ===
{{nihongo|'''Takarazaki Third Junior High School'''|宝崎第三中学校|Takarazaki dai san chūgakkō}} is a school that first appeared in the [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record Anime]], located in [[Takarazaki City]].
[[File:Kuroe School.png|thumb|x200px|float|Takarazaki Third Junior High School uniform]]
* [[Kuroe]]

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== [[Matsumiya City]] ==

=== Matsumiya Municipal First Middle School ===
[[File:Chiharu school.PNG|thumb|x200px|float|Matsumiya Municipal First Middle School uniform]]
{{nihongo|'''Matsumiya Municipal First Middle School'''|松宮市立第一中学校|Matsumiyashiritsu Daiichi Cyuugakkou}} is a school in Matsumiya City that first appeared in ''[[Magia Record]]''.
*[[Chiharu Hiroe]]

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== [[Kirimine County]] ==

=== Kirimine County Provincial Kirimine Middle School ===
[[File:Sunao school.PNG|thumb|x200px|float|Kirimine County Provincial Kirimine Middle School uniform]]
{{nihongo|'''Kirimine County Provincial Kirimine Middle School'''|霧峰村立霧峰中学校|Kiriminemuraritsu Kirimine Cyuugakkou}} is a school in Kirimine County in first appeared in ''[[Magia Record]]''.
*[[Sunao Toki]]

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== [[Futatsugi City]] ==

=== Torayamachi Academy ===
[[File:Yuna School.png|thumb|x200px|float|Torayamachi Academy uniform]]
{{nihongo|'''Torayamachi Academy'''|虎屋町学園|Torayamachi Gakuen}} is a school in Futatsugi City in Torayamachi that first appeared in ''[[Magia Record]]''.
*[[Yuna Kureha]] (student council president)
*[[Hikaru Kirari]]

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=== Ryugasaki Academy ===
[[File:Oba School.png|thumb|x200px|float|Ryuugasaki Academy uniform]]
{{nihongo|'''Ryugasaki Academy'''|竜ケ崎学院|Ryugasaki Gakuin}} is a school in Futatsugi City in Ryuugasaki that first appeared in ''[[Magia Record]]''.
*[[Juri Oba]]

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=== Janomiya Junior and High School ===
[[File:Ao School.png|thumb|x200px|float|Janomiya Junior and High School uniform]]
{{nihongo|'''Janomiya Junior and High School'''|蛇の宮中学・高等学校|Janomiya Cyuugaku Koutou Gakkou}} is a school in Futatsugi City in Janomiya that first appeared in ''[[Magia Record]]''.
*[[Ao Kasane]]

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== [[Yukuni City]] ==

=== Yunohana International Junior and High School ===
[[File:Alexandracasual.png|thumb|x200px|float|Yunohana International Junior and High School uniform]]
{{nihongo|'''Yunohana International Junior and High School'''|湯の花国際中学・高等学校|Yunohana Kokusai Chuugaku Koutou Gakkou}} is a school in Yukuni City in first appeared in ''[[Magia Record]]''.
*[[Alexandra Kurusu]]

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=== Yukuni Municipal Yukuni Academy ===
[[File:Asashi School.png|thumb|x200px|float|Yukuni Municipal Yukuni Academy uniform]]
{{nihongo|'''Yukuni Municipal Yukuni Academy'''|湯国市立湯国学園|Yukunishiritsu Yukuni Gakuen}} is a school in Yukuni City that first appeared in ''[[Magia Record]]''.
*[[Asahi Miura]]

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=== Yukuni Aonami School ===
[[File:Urara School.png|thumb|x200px|float|Yukuni Aonami School uniform]]
{{nihongo|'''Yukuni Aonami School'''|湯国青波学園|Yukuni Aonami Gakuen}} is a school in Yukuni City in first appeared in ''[[Magia Record]]''.
* [[Urara Yume]] (Formerly; transferred to unknown school in Futatsugi City)
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=== Yukuni Municipal Iwakiriyama High School ===
[[File:Lavi_School.png|thumb|x200px|float|Yukuni Municipal Iwakiriyama High School uniform]]

{{nihongo|'''Yukuni Municipal Iwakiriyama High School'''|湯国市立岩切山高等学校|Yukunishiritsu Iwakiriyama Koutou Gakkou}} is a school in Yukuni City in first appeared in ''[[Magia Record]]''.
* [[Lavi Himuro]]
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==Unspecified City in Magia Record==
===The Holy Maiden Academy===
[[File:Tart_School.png|thumb|x200px|Holy Maiden Academy girls' uniform]]
[[File:FNQs99tVgAMDeTW.jpg|thumb|x200px|Other minor uniform variations]]
'''Holy Maiden Academy''' is a non-canon school in the Magia Record event ''[[Magia Record Story The Masked Student Council Strikes Back (Holy Maiden Academy Edition)|The Masked Student Council Strikes Back (Holy Maiden Academy Edition)]]''. It is a French school with medieval architecture.

*[[Tart in Magia Record|Tart]]
*[[Riz Hawkwood in Magia Record|Riz Hawkwood]]
*[[Elisa Celjska in Magia Record|Elisa Celjska]]
*[[Melissa de Vignolles in Magia Record|Melissa de Vignolles]]
*[[Minou in Magia Record|Minou]]
*[[Corbeau in Magia Record|Corbeau]]
*[[Lapin in Magia Record|Lapin]]
*[[Flèche|Flèche Samegai]]
*[[Lame|Lame Yōniku]]
*[[Fauchard|Fauchard Yarizawa]]
*[[Isabeau de Bavière in Magia Record|Isabeau de Bavière]] (Student Council Supervisor)
*[[Gilles de Rais]] (Teacher)
*[[Etienne de Vignolles]] (Teacher)
*[[Charles de Valois]] (School Head)
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==Unspecified City in ''[[Null Magical Girl]]''==
===Unnamed University===
A University appearing in ''Null Magical Girl''. Not much is known about the school other than that it appears to offer a master's degree in Anthropology.

*[[Kosane Kiriha]] (Senior)
*[[Minor Characters (Null Magical Girl)#Professor|Unnamed Professor]]

== See also ==
* [[Gallery:Schools in Magia Record]]

Kamihama City

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{{nihongo|'''Kamihama City'''|神浜市|Kamihama-shi}} is a city where the story of ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record]]'' takes place. The city consists of 9 wards and has recently undergone a rapid development. Part of the city comprises traditional landmarks such as old town, castle, and shrines. Skyscrapers can also be seen in the city center.

[[File:Kamihama Map with captions (translated).png|500px|thumb|right|Map of Kamihama]]

== History ==

As explained in [[Magia Record Episode 4: This Isn't the Past|episode 4]]: According to a legend regarding Mizuna Ward, in the days when a daimyo held power, a local commoner man and a noblewoman living in Mizuna Castle fell in love despite their unequal status. The woman's jealous fiance murdered the man. The woman mourned him greatly and visited a local shrine every night to pray to meet her dead lover once again. After 1,500 nights, and after sacrificing the lives of everyone else who lived in the castle town, her prayers were answered and she was reunited with her lover.

Although many of the details differ, it is possible that this legend originates as a corrupted retelling of the tragic romance of [[Tsuyu]] and [[Chizuru]], with the latter playing the role of the man.

===Warring States Period===
In the [[wikipedia:Sengoku period|Warring States Period]], the area now known as Kamihama was called '''Souma Province'''. The people of Souma Province revered an ancient [[Mizuna's Sacred Tree|Sacred Tree]], where human sacrifice had once been observed. Souma consisted of at least 8 domains that roughly correspond to the modern ward structure of Kamihama:

* Hokuyo Domain (北養), controlled by the Mizuna clan. They had been exiled their from their original Mizuna Domain because [[Tsuyu Mizuna]]'s refusal to marry into the Sumiya clan was supported by [[Masatsuna Mizuna|her father]].
* Sango Domain (三郷), controlled by the Sango clan.
* Sakae Domain (栄), controlled by the Sakae clan.
* Mizuna Domain (水名), controlled by the Kumai clan on behalf of the Sumiya clan, the Kyoto family who owns the land.
* Kosho Domain (巧生), controlled by the Kosho clan.
* Taito Domain (泰党), controlled by outlaws known as the Taito Gang.
* Nagitsu Domain (凪津), controlled by the Nagitsu clan.
* The 8th domain is unlabelled on the map, so it's unknown what it was called or who controlled it.
<gallery>
51183_souma_map.jpg|Map of Souma
51183_souma_map_translated.jpg|Map of Souma, fan-translated
Map_of_Souma_And_Kamihama_Superimposed.png|Map of Souma and modern-day Kamihama superimposed over each other, with ward/domain borders highlighted and names noted (fanmade)
</gallery>

===Taisho Era===

As revealed in [[Rondo of Oblivion Sleeps for Eternity]], there was a well-recorded tragedy in Kamihama that unfolded near the end of the Taisho Era. A girl of noble upbringing, [[Ruri Mizuna]], become engaged to a successful businessman from Kosho Ward, [[Tsukihiko]]. According to the official story, Ruri wasn't very happy with the arrangement at first, but then she fell in love with him at first sight at a party. {{spoiler|The truth however is that the engagement came about because of her wish when she became a magical girl.}} Ruri's great uncle was opposed to the marriage, and rumors arose that Tsukihiko's family was responsible for the historical disgrace of the Mizuna clan a generation or two earlier. However, Ruri managed to convince him to allow it. But after Tsukihiko's childhood friend appeared, he was assaulted by thugs and suddenly lost his memory. After that the relationship grew sour, ultimately ending in tragedy – Ruri killed Tsukihiko and then herself.

== Geography ==

''Kamihama City'' consists of 9 wards.

=== Shinsei ward ===

{{nihongo|'''Shinsei ward'''|新西区|Shinsei-ku}} is a ward located in the western part of the city.

* Abandoned Construction Site
* [[Flower Shop Blossom]]
* [[Kamihama City University Affiliated School]]
* [[Kamihama City University]]
* [[Mikazuki Villa]]
* Mitama's Shop
* [[Satomi Medical Center]]

=== Mizuna ward ===

{{nihongo|'''Mizuna ward'''|水名区|Mizuna-ku}} is a ward located in the western part of the city, comprising traditional landmarks such as old town, castle and shrines.

* Art Museum
* [[Mizuna Girls' School]]
* [[Mizuna Castle]]
* [[Mizuna Shrine]] (Summoning Shrine)
* [[PoranoMarket]] (grocery store)

=== Sankyō ward ===

{{nihongo|'''Sankyō ward'''|参京区|Sankyō-ku}} is one of 9 wards in ''Kamihama City''.

* [[Banbanzai]]
* Clock Tower
* [[Emiri's Consultation Office]]
* [[Kamihama Athletics Field]]
* [[Natsume Books]]
* [[Sankyō Shopping Center]]
* [[Sankyōin Educational Academy]]
* [[Suitoku Temple]]
* [[Tomorrow Shop]]

=== Chūō ward ===

{{nihongo|'''Chūō ward'''|中央区|Chūō-ku}} is a ward located in the central part of the city.

* [[Chūō Academy]]
* [[Chūō Library]]
* History Museum
* [[Kamihama Radio Tower]]
* Kamihama TV
* Skyscrapers
* Trainstation

=== Sakae ward ===

{{nihongo|'''Sakae ward'''|栄区|Sakae-ku}} is a shopping district ward.

* Abandoned Museum
* [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 6|Game Center]]
* [[Kamihama Cinema]]
* Organic Restaurant
* [[River Cafe]]
* [[Sakae General School]]
* [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 6|Sakae Street]]
* Theater & Auditorium
* Thrift Shops
* [[Kamihama Record Museum]] (Memory Museum)

=== Kōshō ward ===

{{nihongo|'''Kōshō ward'''|工匠区|Kōshō-ku}} is a ward located in the eastern part of the city.

* [[Amane Bamboo Workshop]]
* [[Chiaki Bento Shop]]
* Electric Town
* [[Kamihama Horse Track]]
* [[Kamihama Raceway]]
* [[Kōshō Academy]]
* Old Railyard

=== Daitō ward ===

{{nihongo|'''Daitō ward'''|大東区|Daitō-ku}} is a ward located in the eastern part of the city.

* Abandoned prison / Peace Park
* Civic Center - Base for Neo-Magius during Arc 2.
* [[Daitō Academy]]
* Daitō Gate
* [[Daito Municipal Graveyard]]
* East Lake
* [[Ferris Wheel Park]] - intended to be an amusement park, but was abandoned early in construction
* [[Kamihama Daito Residential Complex]]
* Music Hall
* Musical Instrument Factory
* Nishimachi Town

=== Minaminagi ward ===

{{nihongo|'''Minaminagi ward'''|南凪区|Minaminagi-ku}} is a ward located in the southern part of the city.

* [[Mirror Mansion]] - aka Endless Mirrors. The Mirror Witch was lured to an abandoned house where it now permanently resides.
* Ferry Port
* [[Hotel Minaminagi Sea]]
* [[Kaihin Park]] - aka Seaside Park. The location where [[Walpurgisnacht]] is defeated in [[Last Magia]]
* [[Kamihama Airport]]
* [[Folklore of Zero|Kamihama Aquarium]]
* Kamihama Docks
* Kamihama Institute of Marine Biology
* Kamihama Landfill
* Marine Observatory
* [[Minaminagi Liberty Academy]]
* Minaminagi Shopping Mall
* World Trade Tower

=== Hokuyō ward ===

{{nihongo|'''Hokuyō ward'''|北養区|Hokuyō-ku}} is a ward located in the northern part of the city. This ward is home to the city's upper class and wealthier residents. It is shown that [[Touka Satomi]]'s family lives here, and this is also where {{Spoiler|the main headquarters of the Magius is located.}}

* Astronomical Observatory
* [[Hotel Fenthope]] (NA: Fendt Hope)
* [[St. Lilliana Academy]]
* [[Satomi Pharmaceuticals]]
* [[Walnut's]]

=== Unknown Locations ===

=== Outside Kamihama City ===
* According to the map exhibited on the Anime Japan 2019, [[Takarazaki City | Takarazaki City]] is located west of this city and [[Mitakihara City]] is located northwest of this city, but it is unknown if the three cities are contiguous.
* Outside the city is a location named the "[[Yadokita Service Area]]", a building atop a bridge above a highway leading into the city, with a Ferris wheel directly next to it. It is directly on the border into Kamihama City, beyond which [[Kyubey]] cannot enter due to [[Alina Gray|Alina Gray's]] barrier.

==Gallery==
See [[Gallery:Kamihama City]].

==Etymology==
* The name Kamihama ''(神浜)'' likely originates from combining the Kanji names of two major Japanese cities: [[wikipedia:Kobe|Kobe]] ''('''''神'''''戸)'' and [[wikipedia:Yokohama|Yokohama]] ''(横'''''浜''''')''.
** It may also be a combination of the terms "[[wikipedia:Kami|kami]]" (神), a spirit in Japanese Shintoism, and "hama" (破魔), meaning "exorcism", the expulsion or defeat of evil spirits.
*** This would be an obvious reference to needing to defeat [[Rumor|Rumors]], the ability of magical girls to summon their [[Witch]] forms as Doppels, and the city's status as the beginning of the efforts to erase Witches and Witchification from the Magical Girl system.
*** "Hama" (破魔) can also refer to a decorative bow or arrow (the weapon of both Madoka Kaname and Iroha Tamaki) that acts as a ward against evil.
*Shinsei (新西) = 新 (New), 西 (West)
*Mizuna (水名) = 水 (Water), 名 (Name, Distinguished)
*Sankyō (参京) = 参 (Three), 京 (Capital)
*Chūō (中央) = 中 (Inside), 央 (Center)
*Sakae (栄) = 栄 (Ornament)
*Kōshō (工匠) = 工 (Craft), 匠 (Artisan)
*Daitō (大東) = 大 (Large), 東 (East)
*Minaminagi (南凪) = 南 (South), 凪 (Calm)
*Hokuyō (北養) = 北 (North), 養 (Develop)

==Trivia==
* Some of the cityscapes of Kamihama City seem to [http://blog.livedoor.jp/itase_rbmld2/archives/5154877.html reference the real one of the cities] of Kobe and Yokohama.
*The metro system of Kamihama is similar to that of [[wikipedia:Robert Moses|Robert Moses]], and how he strategically isolated parts of New York from public transport, parks, museums, etc. Kamihama's design is a more simplistic version, but it reflects real efforts in urban planning to discriminate against poor communities in the American 1930-60s. Infrastructure was literally built so as to isolate poor communities from public utilities and such. Everything from highway construction to dump locations to inconsistent bridge heights has been used historically.
* The Yadokita Service Area that sits on the city's border is directly based on the [[wikipedia:ja:%E5%88%88%E8%B0%B7%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2|Kariya Highway Oasis]] of Kariya City in Aichi Prefecture. It is considered the third most popular theme park in Japan.
**Like Kamihama, Kariya originated as a castle town in an area contested by multiple clans, including the Mizuno and Matsudaira clans.
**Kariya City was the birthplace of artist [[Wikipedia:On Kawara|On Kawara]], who belonged to "a broadly international generation of Conceptual artists that began to emerge in the mid-1960s, stripping art of personal emotion, reducing it to nearly pure information or idea and greatly playing down the art object." This may be intended to be similar to Kyubey's view of humanity and the Magical Girl system, represented by Kyubey appearing on the Yadokita Service Area multiple times. Kawara's works tended to focus on the concept of time: the ''Today'' series pf paintings, which were simple images of the date that the painting was created on written in the language and grammatical conventions of the country it was created in; for languages like Japanese that do not use the Roman alphabet, Esperanto ([[Speculah:Kenji Miyazawa and Magia Record|a language favored by Kenji Miyazawa]]) was used instead. ''One Million Years'' lists each year in a one million-year period leading up to, and then following, the conception of the piece itself.

[[Category:Locations]]

Kamihama City

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{{nihongo|'''Kamihama City'''|神浜市|Kamihama-shi}} is a city where the story of ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record]]'' takes place. The city consists of 9 wards and has recently undergone a rapid development. Part of the city comprises traditional landmarks such as old town, castle, and shrines. Skyscrapers can also be seen in the city center.

[[File:Kamihama Map with captions (translated).png|500px|thumb|right|Map of Kamihama]]

== History ==

As explained in [[Magia Record Episode 4: This Isn't the Past|episode 4]]: According to a legend regarding Mizuna Ward, in the days when a daimyo held power, a local commoner man and a noblewoman living in Mizuna Castle fell in love despite their unequal status. The woman's jealous fiance murdered the man. The woman mourned him greatly and visited a local shrine every night to pray to meet her dead lover once again. After 1,500 nights, and after sacrificing the lives of everyone else who lived in the castle town, her prayers were answered and she was reunited with her lover.

Although many of the details differ, it is possible that this legend originates as a corrupted retelling of the tragic romance of [[Tsuyu]] and [[Chizuru]], with the latter playing the role of the man.

===Warring States Period===
In the [[wikipedia:Sengoku period|Warring States Period]], the area now known as Kamihama was called '''Souma Province'''. The people of Souma Province revered an ancient [[Mizuna's Sacred Tree|Sacred Tree]], where human sacrifice had once been observed. Souma consisted of at least 8 domains that roughly correspond to the modern ward structure of Kamihama:

* Hokuyo Domain (北養), controlled by the Mizuna clan. They had been exiled their from their original Mizuna Domain because [[Tsuyu Mizuna]]'s refusal to marry into the Sumiya clan was supported by [[Masatsuna Mizuna|her father]].
* Sango Domain (三郷), controlled by the Sango clan.
* Sakae Domain (栄), controlled by the Sakae clan.
* Mizuna Domain (水名), controlled by the Kumai clan on behalf of the Sumiya clan, the Kyoto family who owns the land.
* Kosho Domain (巧生), controlled by the Kosho clan.
* Taito Domain (泰党), controlled by outlaws known as the Taito Gang.
* Nagitsu Domain (凪津), controlled by the Nagitsu clan.
* The 8th domain is unlabelled on the map, so it's unknown what it was called or who controlled it.
<gallery>
51183_souma_map.jpg|Map of Souma
51183_souma_map_translated.jpg|Map of Souma, fan-translated
Map_of_Souma_And_Kamihama_Superimposed.png|Map of Souma and modern-day Kamihama superimposed over each other, with ward/domain borders highlighted and names noted (fanmade)
</gallery>

===Taisho Era===

As revealed in [[Rondo of Oblivion Sleeps for Eternity]], there was a well-recorded tragedy in Kamihama that unfolded near the end of the Taisho Era. A girl of noble upbringing, [[Ruri Mizuna]], become engaged to a successful businessman from Kosho Ward, [[Tsukihiko]]. According to the official story, Ruri wasn't very happy with the arrangement at first, but then she fell in love with him at first sight at a party. {{spoiler|The truth however is that the engagement came about because of her wish when she became a magical girl.}} Ruri's great uncle was opposed to the marriage, and rumors arose that Tsukihiko's family was responsible for the historical disgrace of the Mizuna clan a generation or two earlier. However, Ruri managed to convince him to allow it. But after Tsukihiko's childhood friend appeared, he was assaulted by thugs and suddenly lost his memory. After that the relationship grew sour, ultimately ending in tragedy – Ruri killed Tsukihiko and then herself.

== Geography ==

''Kamihama City'' consists of 9 wards.

=== Shinsei ward ===

{{nihongo|'''Shinsei ward'''|新西区|Shinsei-ku}} is a ward located in the western part of the city.

* Abandoned Construction Site
* [[Flower Shop Blossom]]
* [[Kamihama City University Affiliated School]]
* [[Kamihama City University]]
* [[Mikazuki Villa]]
* Mitama's Shop
* [[Satomi Medical Center]]

=== Mizuna ward ===

{{nihongo|'''Mizuna ward'''|水名区|Mizuna-ku}} is a ward located in the western part of the city, comprising traditional landmarks such as old town, castle and shrines.

* Art Museum
* [[Mizuna Girls' School]]
* [[Mizuna Castle]]
* [[Mizuna Shrine]] (Summoning Shrine)
* [[PoranoMarket]] (grocery store)

=== Sankyō ward ===

{{nihongo|'''Sankyō ward'''|参京区|Sankyō-ku}} is one of 9 wards in ''Kamihama City''.

* [[Banbanzai]]
* Clock Tower
* [[Emiri's Consultation Office]]
* [[Kamihama Athletics Field]]
* [[Natsume Books]]
* [[Sankyō Shopping Center]]
* [[Sankyōin Educational Academy]]
* [[Suitoku Temple]]
* [[Tomorrow Shop]]

=== Chūō ward ===

{{nihongo|'''Chūō ward'''|中央区|Chūō-ku}} is a ward located in the central part of the city.

* [[Chūō Academy]]
* [[Chūō Library]]
* History Museum
* [[Kamihama Radio Tower]]
* Kamihama TV
* Skyscrapers
* Trainstation

=== Sakae ward ===

{{nihongo|'''Sakae ward'''|栄区|Sakae-ku}} is a shopping district ward.

* Abandoned Museum
* [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 6|Game Center]]
* [[Kamihama Cinema]]
* Organic Restaurant
* [[River Cafe]]
* [[Sakae General School]]
* [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 6|Sakae Street]]
* Theater & Auditorium
* Thrift Shops
* [[Kamihama Record Museum]] (Memory Museum)

=== Kōshō ward ===

{{nihongo|'''Kōshō ward'''|工匠区|Kōshō-ku}} is a ward located in the eastern part of the city.

* [[Amane Bamboo Workshop]]
* [[Chiaki Bento Shop]]
* Electric Town
* [[Kamihama Horse Track]]
* [[Kamihama Raceway]]
* [[Kōshō Academy]]
* Old Railyard

=== Daitō ward ===

{{nihongo|'''Daitō ward'''|大東区|Daitō-ku}} is a ward located in the eastern part of the city.

* Abandoned prison / Peace Park
* Civic Center - Base for Neo-Magius during Arc 2.
* [[Daitō Academy]]
* Daitō Gate
* [[Daito Municipal Graveyard]]
* East Lake
* [[Ferris Wheel Park]] - intended to be an amusement park, but was abandoned early in construction
* [[Kamihama Daito Residential Complex]]
* Music Hall
* Musical Instrument Factory
* Nishimachi Town

=== Minaminagi ward ===

{{nihongo|'''Minaminagi ward'''|南凪区|Minaminagi-ku}} is a ward located in the southern part of the city.

* [[Mirror Mansion]] - aka Endless Mirrors. The Mirror Witch was lured to an abandoned house where it now permanently resides.
* Ferry Port
* [[Hotel Minaminagi Sea]]
* [[Kaihin Park]] - aka Seaside Park. The location where [[Walpurgisnacht]] is defeated in [[Last Magia]]
* [[Kamihama Airport]]
* [[Folklore of Zero|Kamihama Aquarium]]
* Kamihama Docks
* Kamihama Institute of Marine Biology
* Kamihama Landfill
* Marine Observatory
* [[Minaminagi Liberty Academy]]
* Minaminagi Shopping Mall
* World Trade Tower

=== Hokuyō ward ===

{{nihongo|'''Hokuyō ward'''|北養区|Hokuyō-ku}} is a ward located in the northern part of the city. This ward is home to the city's upper class and wealthier residents. It is shown that [[Touka Satomi]]'s family lives here, and this is also where {{Spoiler|the main headquarters of the Magius is located.}}

* Astronomical Observatory
* [[Hotel Fenthope]] (NA: Fendt Hope)
* [[St. Lilliana Academy]]
* [[Satomi Pharmaceuticals]]
* [[Walnut's]]

=== Unknown Locations ===

=== Outside Kamihama City ===
* According to the map exhibited on the Anime Japan 2019, [[Takarazaki City | Takarazaki City]] is located west of this city and [[Mitakihara City]] is located northwest of this city, but it is unknown if the three cities are contiguous.
* Outside the city is a location named the "[[Yadokita Service Area]]", a building atop a bridge above a highway leading into the city, with a Ferris wheel directly next to it. It is directly on the border into Kamihama City, beyond which [[Kyubey]] cannot enter due to [[Alina Gray|Alina Gray's]] quarantine barrier.

==Gallery==
See [[Gallery:Kamihama City]].

==Etymology==
* The name Kamihama ''(神浜)'' likely originates from combining the Kanji names of two major Japanese cities: [[wikipedia:Kobe|Kobe]] ''('''''神'''''戸)'' and [[wikipedia:Yokohama|Yokohama]] ''(横'''''浜''''')''.
** It may also be a combination of the terms "[[wikipedia:Kami|kami]]" (神), a spirit in Japanese Shintoism, and "hama" (破魔), meaning "exorcism", the expulsion or defeat of evil spirits.
*** This would be an obvious reference to needing to defeat [[Rumor|Rumors]], the ability of magical girls to summon their [[Witch]] forms as Doppels, and the city's status as the beginning of the efforts to erase Witches and Witchification from the Magical Girl system.
*** "Hama" (破魔) can also refer to a decorative bow or arrow (the weapon of both Madoka Kaname and Iroha Tamaki) that acts as a ward against evil.
*Shinsei (新西) = 新 (New), 西 (West)
*Mizuna (水名) = 水 (Water), 名 (Name, Distinguished)
*Sankyō (参京) = 参 (Three), 京 (Capital)
*Chūō (中央) = 中 (Inside), 央 (Center)
*Sakae (栄) = 栄 (Ornament)
*Kōshō (工匠) = 工 (Craft), 匠 (Artisan)
*Daitō (大東) = 大 (Large), 東 (East)
*Minaminagi (南凪) = 南 (South), 凪 (Calm)
*Hokuyō (北養) = 北 (North), 養 (Develop)

==Trivia==
* Some of the cityscapes of Kamihama City seem to [http://blog.livedoor.jp/itase_rbmld2/archives/5154877.html reference the real one of the cities] of Kobe and Yokohama.
*The metro system of Kamihama is similar to that of [[wikipedia:Robert Moses|Robert Moses]], and how he strategically isolated parts of New York from public transport, parks, museums, etc. Kamihama's design is a more simplistic version, but it reflects real efforts in urban planning to discriminate against poor communities in the American 1930-60s. Infrastructure was literally built so as to isolate poor communities from public utilities and such. Everything from highway construction to dump locations to inconsistent bridge heights has been used historically.
* The Yadokita Service Area that sits on the city's border is directly based on the [[wikipedia:ja:%E5%88%88%E8%B0%B7%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2|Kariya Highway Oasis]] of Kariya City in Aichi Prefecture. It is considered the third most popular theme park in Japan.
**Like Kamihama, Kariya originated as a castle town in an area contested by multiple clans, including the Mizuno and Matsudaira clans.
**Kariya City was the birthplace of artist [[Wikipedia:On Kawara|On Kawara]], who belonged to "a broadly international generation of Conceptual artists that began to emerge in the mid-1960s, stripping art of personal emotion, reducing it to nearly pure information or idea and greatly playing down the art object." This may be intended to be similar to Kyubey's view of humanity and the Magical Girl system, represented by Kyubey appearing on the Yadokita Service Area multiple times. Kawara's works tended to focus on the concept of time: the ''Today'' series pf paintings, which were simple images of the date that the painting was created on written in the language and grammatical conventions of the country it was created in; for languages like Japanese that do not use the Roman alphabet, Esperanto ([[Speculah:Kenji Miyazawa and Magia Record|a language favored by Kenji Miyazawa]]) was used instead. ''One Million Years'' lists each year in a one million-year period leading up to, and then following, the conception of the piece itself.

[[Category:Locations]]

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Meiyui Chun

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{{Infobox_character
|name=Meiyui Chun
|image=[[File:Meiyui_profile.png|300px]]
|jname= 純美雨 (Chun Meiyui)
|designer=Hitokuni
|voices= Japanese: [[wikipedia:ja:%E8%A5%BF%E6%98%8E%E6%97%A5%E9%A6%99|Asuka Nishi]]
English: [https://twitter.com/CorinaBoettger/status/1239011555548762112 Corina Boettger] 
Russian: Polina Rtishcheva 
Mexican Spanish: Erika Ugalde 
Brazilian Portuguese: Ana Paula Schneider
|id=3012
|release1=JP:August 22, 2017
|release2=NA:June 25, 2019
}}

{{nihongo|'''Meiyui Chun'''|純美雨|Chun Meiyui}} was a playable character in the 2017 mobile game [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record]].

==General Info==
{{Magical Girl Details
|age=17
|height=163cm
|eyes=Blue
|hair=Blue
|origin=[[Minaminagi Ward]] (Originally from [[wikipedia:Hong Kong|Hong Kong]])
|soulgem=Blue oval (beneath neck)
|weapon=Tekkō kagi (Ninja claws)
|wish={{Q|I want to protect the Blue Seas Family.}} (in Magia Record) {{Q|I wish to clear the charges against the Blue Seas Family......and protect them.}} (in Magia Exedra)
|powers=Falsification of the truth (change target's perception)
|doppel=Delanna
|pronoun={{nihongo|''watashi''|ワタシ|}}
|school=[[Chuo Academy]], Eleventh Grade
|affiliation=[[Kamihama Magia Union]]
|relatives=Unnamed parents
}}

==Game Info==
{{Magia Record Stats
|type=Defense|attribute=aqua
|hp0=5013|atk0=1256|def0=1660
|hp3=16683|atk3=4210|def3=5843
|hp4=21677|atk4=5471|def4=7605
|hp5=26662|atk5=6733|def5=9379
|hpmax=30373|atkmax=8421|defmax=12935
|disk1=accele|disk2=blast-|disk3=charge
|connect=Cooperation Is Our Motto
|connecttype=effect-evade
|connect3=Guaranteed Evade & Chance to Critical [V]
|connect4=Guaranteed Evade & Chance to Critical [VII]
|connect5=Guaranteed Evade & Chance to Critical [IX]
|magia=Hawk Shadow Slash
|magiapat=random4
|magia3=Damage to Single Enemy [III] & Guaranteed Evade (Self / 1T)
|magia4=Damage to 3 Random Enemies [V] & Guaranteed Evade (Self / 1T)
|magia5=Damage to 4 Random Enemies [VII] & Guaranteed Evade (Self / 1T) & Charged Damage UP (All / 3T)
|doppel=Delanna
|doppelpat=random5
|doppel5=Damage to 5 Random Enemies [IX] & Guaranteed Evade (Self / 2T) & Charged Damage UP (All / 3 T)
}}{{Magia Record Spirit Enhancement
|hp3=5|atk3=3|def3=7|accele3=3|blast3=3|charge3=7
|hp4=6|atk4=4|def4=8|accele4=4|blast4=4|charge4=8
|hp5=7|atk5=5|def5=9|accele5=5|blast5=5|charge5=9
|hpmax=7|atkmax=5|defmax=9|accelemax=8|blastmax=8|chargemax=13
|icons=buff-doppel, buff-doppelmp, effect-endure, buff-doppel, effect-taunt, buff-doppelmp, effect-pierce, buff-mpgain, buff-accele, buff-charge, effect-cut, effect-evade, buff-charge, effect-charge
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Fortitude Adept: Endure (Quests only)
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|Provoke Adept: Chance to Provoke [II]
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Penetrate Adept: Chance to Ignore Defense [I]
|Morale Adept: MP Gain UP [III]
|Accele Adept: Accele MP Gain UP [III]
|Technical Adept: Charge Disc Damage UP [II]
|Shield Adept: Damage Cut [II]
|Parry Adept: Chance to Evade [II]
|Technical Adept: Charge Disc Damage UP [II]
|Charge Combo Plus: Charge Combo Charge Count UP (+1)
|activename=Brave Counter
|activetype=effect-counter
|active=Attack UP [II] & Chance to Counter [XIII] (Self / 1T)
|cooldown=6
}}

==Summary==
A kung fu master, Meiyui belongs to the Soukai (Blue Seas) Family. She left her parents in China and came to Japan alone. She is well-composed, but she lets that all go when it's time to protect her family and townspeople. She is an excellent Mahjong player.

She joins the [[Kamihama Magia Union]] during the events of [[Magia Record Another Story Part 2 Chapter 1|Another Story Part 2 Chapter 1]].

===Doppel Description===
[[File:Meiyui doppel.png|thumb|right|150px|Delanna, Meiyui's doppel]]
The Doppel of Comfortable Sleep. Its form is a Towel. The Master of this emotion notes nonchalantly that this doppel is somewhat childish. A doppel quite opposite its master's sharpness in its infantile manners, it only wishes to nap. When this desire is impeded, it flails about in tantrum, and cries and wails in a voice that destroys the eardrums of those who oppose it. When this doppel yawns, all around it, whether friend or foe, are hit by an sudden and irresistible urge to sleep. Those who rest against its soft body are guaranteed to doze blissfully in a nap like no other.
{{-}}
===Side Story===
{{Spoilerbox|
The Blue Seas Family was originally started in the black market by Chinese immigrants after WWII and is currently made up of the sons and daughters of the original founders, with Meiyui being in the third generation. This Family knows everything that goes on in Kamihama, good or bad, and would sometimes exert their influence by threatening others, much like the mafia. Recently though, the Family has gone back to its original purpose as a mutual aid society by helping run festivals, clean neighborhoods, and other activities.

Meiyui's father took her and her family to Hong Kong to help out a relative shortly after she was born. Meiyui ended up returning to Kamihama on her own when she was four years old, where she would spend day after day engaged in simple charity work or playing mahjong with the locals.

One day, Meiyui heard of some land-sharks attempting to forcefully buy up land from citizen's within the Blue Seas Family's former territory. Meiyui then offered to speak to the real estate company on behalf of the citizens in order to find a solution. However, the real estate representative didn't back down from Meiyui's refusal to sell the land and wanted to hold Meiyui hostage. After learning she was from the Blue Seas Family, he only laughed and went after her anyways only for Meiyui to beat him thoroughly. He promised that other people would never stop going after the land before Meiyui knocked him out with a karate chop.

After Meiyui's fight with the real estate brokers, harassment and violence increased throughout the city. As Meiyui talks to the tea shop owner and drinks tea, a member of the Blue Seas Family arrives to inform her of a fire that broke out behind a diner. Despite the increased patrols throughout the city from the family, the number of attacks on the family only increased. As Meiyui investigates the fire, she's accosted by a thug. She beats him up and demands to know the name of the person he works for, but the thug can only tell her that a bounty for her family was placed on the dark web. He gives her an address before being knocked out cold.

As Meiyui sips tea once again, a member of the Blue Seas Family shows up to speak with her. Even though Meiyui had continued to fight back, it wasn't enough and nervousness had spread among the various members of the Family. He spoke of rumors of a traitor to Meiyui, but she knew that their family's ties were too strong for it to be something like that. Later, Meiyui gathered the main members of the Blue Seas Family and they eventually decided to increase the patrols in the Minagi Ward as well as change up the patrol routes.

After finalizing their new patrol route, Meiyui and the rest of her patrol left the tea house where they had been resting for a moment. The tea shop owner chuckles to himself as he watches them leave, but Meiyui appears once more and asks why he looks so nervous. The owner insists he was just talking to himself like always before he sets about to clean, but Meiyui points out the phone in his hand. Meiyui accuses the owner of being the traitor, as she firmly believed that no member of the family would ever betray them.

Meiyui gathers her fists but the owner calls out for his bodyguard. [[Kako Natsume|Kako Natsume]] nervously appears. Meiyui can't believe this little girl could be a bodyguard, but the owner assures her the girl is tougher than she looks since she was recommended by an agent working for the land sharks. The owner admits he did it for the money and the new shop and orders Kako to crush Meiyui. As they begin to spar, Kako telepathically speaks to Meiyui and informs her she's a magical girl as well. The girls continue to seemingly grapple as Kako says she's done for now as she's gathered all the information she needs. Kako then turns and knocks out the tea shop owner instead. Meiyui asks what Kako is after, but Kako instead asks to fight as magical girls instead.

As they're about to fight, Meiyui explains to Kako how three years ago, criminal groups had fought over contraband, resulting in a murder and a police investigation. However, the Blue Seas Family was chosen as a scapegoat by the real culprits and members of the Blue Seas and their Hong Kong connections were arrested, including Meiyui's father. The Family fell into ruin and despair when Kyubey appeared and Meiyui had contracted without hesitation in order to protect the Blue Seas Family. Kako understands, but still insists on fighting Meiyui despite Meiyui's reluctance to do so. The girls fight, but the fight is one-sided as Meiyui lands blow after blow. Kako then calls out to her friend to take her place just as [[Akira Shinobu|Akira Shinobu]] suddenly appears.

Akira and Meiyui fight, karate versus kung fu. The girls fight for awhile before a voice rings out telling them to stop. [[Nanaka Tokiwa|Nanaka Tokiwa]] appears and introduces herself. She explains to Meiyui that it was a witch that was involved with the land sharks. Nanaka and her group had posed as some of the land sharks in order to gather information, which is how they learned of Meiyui and had decided to test her first. Nanaka offers a team up with Meiyui in order to track down and stop the witch. Meiyui agrees, provided she go to inform the town people that the problem is resolved first.

(Meiyui's story is continued in [[Nanaka_Tokiwa#Side_Story|Nanaka's Side Story]].)
}}

===Costume Stories===
<div class="tabs" style="min-height:300px">
{{Tab Content|title=Winter Outfit|[[File:Meiyui valentine.png|thumb|right|150px]]
Nanaka and Akira find Meiyui in the park acting aloof, and wonder if something is going on in the Blue Seas Family, but Kako clears up their suspicions by explaining the chain of events that lead them here.
Earlier in her bookstore, Kako was given a task by a Blue Seas Family, which was to give Meiyui some 'martial arts' clothing. Delighted, Meiyui takes the outfit and goes to change.
Back at the park, Meiyui asks if this outfit really was related to martial arts, and Akira realizes that it was actually 'marital' arts wear, which was meant for romantic outings. Figuring out her mistake, Kako becomes embarrassed, fearing that Meiyui is angry with her. After an awkward silence, Nanaka suggests that they all go on a date together, which prompts Meiyui to try describing her emotions regarding the mistake.
Turns out, she wasn't used to this kind of attire, and was merely being shy earlier.
Thanks to Nanaka's encouragement, Meiyui overcomes the initial embarrassment, and embraces her new appearance, with Kako giving her compliments.}}
</div>

==Appearances==

* [[Magia Record Main Story#Part One|Main Story Part 1]]: [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 8|Chapter 8]], [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 10|Chapter 10]]
* [[Magia Record Story Last Magia|The Last Magia]]
* [[Magia Record Another Story#Part One|Another Story Part 1]]: [[Magia Record Another Story Chapter 9|Chapter 9]]
* Magia Record Arc 2 Chapter 9
* [[Magia Record Mirrors Story|Mirrors Story]] 

===Event Appearances===
*[[Magia Record Story And So, The Azaleas Bloom|And So, the Azaleas Bloom]]
*[[Magia Record Story A la Carte Valentine|A la Carte Valentine]]
*[[Magia Record Story Bye Bye, See You Tomorrow ~Memories of the Kamihama Large Residential Complex~|See You Tomorrow]]
*[[Magia Record Story Cross Connection|Cross Connection]]
*[[Magia Record Story Kamihama Cheese Panic!|Kamihama Cheese Panic!]]
*[[Magia Record Story Mitama's Special Training - Nanaka Episode|Mitama's Special Training - Nanaka Episode]]
*[[Magia Record Story Scattered Flowers Melancholy Chapter|The Flowers' Lament]]
*[[Magia Record Story Magia Clash! ~Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Detonation~|Magia Clash!]]
*[[Magia Record Story Mitama's Special Training - Meiyui Episode|Mitama's Special Training - Meiyui Episode]]

===Magical Girl Story Appearances===
* [[Nanaka Tokiwa]]
* [[Tsuruno Yui]]
* [[Felicia Mitsuki]]
* [[Hazuki Yusa]]
* [[Homura Akemi (Eyeglass ver.)|Homura Akemi (Eyeglass version)]]
* [[Fate T. Harlaown]]
* [[Meguru Hibiki]]
* [[Lil' Kyubey]]

===Other Appearances===
*See [[Meiyui Chun in Magia Exedra]]

==Powers and Abilities==
Meiyui possesses the ability to "alter the truth", allowing her to distort the perception of reality, but only of things or people close to her. She describes it as "not an illusion, more like altering what is considered 'truth'."

==Observations==
* Meiyui's Magical Girl outfit is a modified [[wikipedia:Cheongsam|qipao]], or Shanghai dress, paying homage to her Chinese heritage. The design of such dresses was historically inspired by depictions of mermaids, with the leg slit resembling a tail fin. In mythology, mermaids are often seen as benevolent figures who provide insight and aid only to those with a good heart, while being dangerous to those with malicious intent. Coupled with her Soul Gem decoration being an anchor, it adds to the symbolism that she intends to keep the Blue Seas family in check and safe.
* Meiyui's known to be quite skilled at Mahjong. This is thematically significant to her character and power, as the game involves strategy, deception (through bluffs like claiming a "False Mahjong"), and penalizing those caught lying.
* Her Doppel, Delanna, is a symbol of Meiyui's repressed desire for comfort and a peaceful life in contrast to her sharp, mature exterior.

==Etymology==
* The character in her last name means "pure" (純).
* The characters of her first name mean "beauty" (美) and "rain"(雨), respectively.

==Trivia==
* The etymology of Meiyui's name is almost identical in Chinese and Japanese.
* When read in Chinese, her first name is Meiyu, not Meiyui.

==Gallery==
===Magia Exedra===
<gallery>
File:Meiyui 3 star.png|Magia Record Three Star card
File:Meiyui 4 star.png|Magia Record Four Star card
File:Card 30125 c.png|Magia Record Five Star card
File:Mini 301200 s.png|In-battle Sprite
File:Mini 301201 s.png|In-battle Sprite (Five Star)
File:meiyui doppel.png|Doppel Sprite
File:Evt image majo 2035.png|Witch Sprite
File:51073 meiyui doppel.jpg
File:1570607959821.png
File:Meiyui PM.png
File:Meiyui School.png
File:Meiyui valentine.png|Valentine 2022
File:Meiyui Papa Seal 2019.jpg|Magical Girl Seal 2019
</gallery>

====Memoria/Chapter Art====
<gallery>
File:101802 manypuela.jpg
File:Memoria-1348-1349.jpg
File:Memoria 1732.jpg
</gallery>

====Anime Screenshots====
<gallery>
File:Episode 6 Team Nanaka 1.png|In [[Magia Record Episode 6|episode 6]]
File:Episode 6 Team Nanaka 12.png
File:Episode 6 Kyoko confrontation 2.png
File:Episode 6 Kyoko confrontation 3.png
File:S2E6 VS Shin 6.PNG|In [[Magia Record Episode 19|episode 19]]
File:Magical Girl's ep24-1.png|In [[Magia Record Episode 24|episode 24]]
File:Ep25 KamihamaAttacks 24.png|In [[Magia Record Episode 25|episode 25]]
File:Magical gial's ep25-10.png
File:Magical gial's ep25-13.png
File:Epirogue ep25-1.png
</gallery>

====Magia Exedra====
''See [[Meiyui Chun in Magia Exedra#Gallery]]''
<gallery>
File:Exedra Meiyui Art.jpg|Meiyui's Kioku
File:Meiyui Exedra Infobox.png
File:Exedra Live2D 301230.png|Character talk sprite
</gallery>

===Official Art===
<gallery>
File:Meiyui 01.jpg
File:Meiyui 02.jpg
File:Meiyui 03.jpg
File:Meiyui 04.jpg
File:Meiyui Kako Doppel.png
File:Meiyui Kako Witch.png
</gallery>

==Memoria Cards==
{{Magia Record Memoria List|character=Meiyui Chun}}

==External links==
*[http://magireco.com Official Magia Record Website - Japanese]
*[https://magiarecord-en.com/ Official Magia Record Website - English]

===Gameplay Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2firWxHw00 Recording of Meiyui's Transformation Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://youtu.be/pBxBn7aFlOM?si=r1ft-VQA7r2Zgf2t Recording of Meiyui's Magia Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://youtu.be/sKJzPvld5U0?si=1lfpVm7OMaNOGehw Recording of Meiyui's Doppel Video on Youtube (JP)]

===Side Story and Costume Story Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9-L97UbKyI Recording of Meiyui's MSS on Youtube (JP)]
**[https://youtu.be/q6QPt0da1qA Recording of Meiyui's MSS on Youtube (NA)]

===Dialogue Lines===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDLBzDjYjdE Recording of Meiyui's Dialogue lines on Youtube (NA)]

{{Character Categories|Chun|magicalgirl=yes}}
[[Category:Kamihama Magia Union members]]

Meiyui Chun

2025-10-07T13:44:03Z

8ozpintail: /* Appearances */

{{Infobox_character
|name=Meiyui Chun
|image=[[File:Meiyui_profile.png|300px]]
|jname= 純美雨 (Chun Meiyui)
|designer=Hitokuni
|voices= Japanese: [[wikipedia:ja:%E8%A5%BF%E6%98%8E%E6%97%A5%E9%A6%99|Asuka Nishi]]
English: [https://twitter.com/CorinaBoettger/status/1239011555548762112 Corina Boettger] 
Russian: Polina Rtishcheva 
Mexican Spanish: Erika Ugalde 
Brazilian Portuguese: Ana Paula Schneider
|id=3012
|release1=JP:August 22, 2017
|release2=NA:June 25, 2019
}}

{{nihongo|'''Meiyui Chun'''|純美雨|Chun Meiyui}} was a playable character in the 2017 mobile game [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record]].

==General Info==
{{Magical Girl Details
|age=17
|height=163cm
|eyes=Blue
|hair=Blue
|origin=[[Minaminagi Ward]] (Originally from [[wikipedia:Hong Kong|Hong Kong]])
|soulgem=Blue oval (beneath neck)
|weapon=Tekkō kagi (Ninja claws)
|wish={{Q|I want to protect the Blue Seas Family.}} (in Magia Record) {{Q|I wish to clear the charges against the Blue Seas Family......and protect them.}} (in Magia Exedra)
|powers=Falsification of the truth (change target's perception)
|doppel=Delanna
|pronoun={{nihongo|''watashi''|ワタシ|}}
|school=[[Chuo Academy]], Eleventh Grade
|affiliation=[[Kamihama Magia Union]]
|relatives=Unnamed parents
}}

==Game Info==
{{Magia Record Stats
|type=Defense|attribute=aqua
|hp0=5013|atk0=1256|def0=1660
|hp3=16683|atk3=4210|def3=5843
|hp4=21677|atk4=5471|def4=7605
|hp5=26662|atk5=6733|def5=9379
|hpmax=30373|atkmax=8421|defmax=12935
|disk1=accele|disk2=blast-|disk3=charge
|connect=Cooperation Is Our Motto
|connecttype=effect-evade
|connect3=Guaranteed Evade & Chance to Critical [V]
|connect4=Guaranteed Evade & Chance to Critical [VII]
|connect5=Guaranteed Evade & Chance to Critical [IX]
|magia=Hawk Shadow Slash
|magiapat=random4
|magia3=Damage to Single Enemy [III] & Guaranteed Evade (Self / 1T)
|magia4=Damage to 3 Random Enemies [V] & Guaranteed Evade (Self / 1T)
|magia5=Damage to 4 Random Enemies [VII] & Guaranteed Evade (Self / 1T) & Charged Damage UP (All / 3T)
|doppel=Delanna
|doppelpat=random5
|doppel5=Damage to 5 Random Enemies [IX] & Guaranteed Evade (Self / 2T) & Charged Damage UP (All / 3 T)
}}{{Magia Record Spirit Enhancement
|hp3=5|atk3=3|def3=7|accele3=3|blast3=3|charge3=7
|hp4=6|atk4=4|def4=8|accele4=4|blast4=4|charge4=8
|hp5=7|atk5=5|def5=9|accele5=5|blast5=5|charge5=9
|hpmax=7|atkmax=5|defmax=9|accelemax=8|blastmax=8|chargemax=13
|icons=buff-doppel, buff-doppelmp, effect-endure, buff-doppel, effect-taunt, buff-doppelmp, effect-pierce, buff-mpgain, buff-accele, buff-charge, effect-cut, effect-evade, buff-charge, effect-charge
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Fortitude Adept: Endure (Quests only)
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|Provoke Adept: Chance to Provoke [II]
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Penetrate Adept: Chance to Ignore Defense [I]
|Morale Adept: MP Gain UP [III]
|Accele Adept: Accele MP Gain UP [III]
|Technical Adept: Charge Disc Damage UP [II]
|Shield Adept: Damage Cut [II]
|Parry Adept: Chance to Evade [II]
|Technical Adept: Charge Disc Damage UP [II]
|Charge Combo Plus: Charge Combo Charge Count UP (+1)
|activename=Brave Counter
|activetype=effect-counter
|active=Attack UP [II] & Chance to Counter [XIII] (Self / 1T)
|cooldown=6
}}

==Summary==
A kung fu master, Meiyui belongs to the Soukai (Blue Seas) Family. She left her parents in China and came to Japan alone. She is well-composed, but she lets that all go when it's time to protect her family and townspeople. She is an excellent Mahjong player.

She joins the [[Kamihama Magia Union]] during the events of [[Magia Record Another Story Part 2 Chapter 1|Another Story Part 2 Chapter 1]].

===Doppel Description===
[[File:Meiyui doppel.png|thumb|right|150px|Delanna, Meiyui's doppel]]
The Doppel of Comfortable Sleep. Its form is a Towel. The Master of this emotion notes nonchalantly that this doppel is somewhat childish. A doppel quite opposite its master's sharpness in its infantile manners, it only wishes to nap. When this desire is impeded, it flails about in tantrum, and cries and wails in a voice that destroys the eardrums of those who oppose it. When this doppel yawns, all around it, whether friend or foe, are hit by an sudden and irresistible urge to sleep. Those who rest against its soft body are guaranteed to doze blissfully in a nap like no other.
{{-}}
===Side Story===
{{Spoilerbox|
The Blue Seas Family was originally started in the black market by Chinese immigrants after WWII and is currently made up of the sons and daughters of the original founders, with Meiyui being in the third generation. This Family knows everything that goes on in Kamihama, good or bad, and would sometimes exert their influence by threatening others, much like the mafia. Recently though, the Family has gone back to its original purpose as a mutual aid society by helping run festivals, clean neighborhoods, and other activities.

Meiyui's father took her and her family to Hong Kong to help out a relative shortly after she was born. Meiyui ended up returning to Kamihama on her own when she was four years old, where she would spend day after day engaged in simple charity work or playing mahjong with the locals.

One day, Meiyui heard of some land-sharks attempting to forcefully buy up land from citizen's within the Blue Seas Family's former territory. Meiyui then offered to speak to the real estate company on behalf of the citizens in order to find a solution. However, the real estate representative didn't back down from Meiyui's refusal to sell the land and wanted to hold Meiyui hostage. After learning she was from the Blue Seas Family, he only laughed and went after her anyways only for Meiyui to beat him thoroughly. He promised that other people would never stop going after the land before Meiyui knocked him out with a karate chop.

After Meiyui's fight with the real estate brokers, harassment and violence increased throughout the city. As Meiyui talks to the tea shop owner and drinks tea, a member of the Blue Seas Family arrives to inform her of a fire that broke out behind a diner. Despite the increased patrols throughout the city from the family, the number of attacks on the family only increased. As Meiyui investigates the fire, she's accosted by a thug. She beats him up and demands to know the name of the person he works for, but the thug can only tell her that a bounty for her family was placed on the dark web. He gives her an address before being knocked out cold.

As Meiyui sips tea once again, a member of the Blue Seas Family shows up to speak with her. Even though Meiyui had continued to fight back, it wasn't enough and nervousness had spread among the various members of the Family. He spoke of rumors of a traitor to Meiyui, but she knew that their family's ties were too strong for it to be something like that. Later, Meiyui gathered the main members of the Blue Seas Family and they eventually decided to increase the patrols in the Minagi Ward as well as change up the patrol routes.

After finalizing their new patrol route, Meiyui and the rest of her patrol left the tea house where they had been resting for a moment. The tea shop owner chuckles to himself as he watches them leave, but Meiyui appears once more and asks why he looks so nervous. The owner insists he was just talking to himself like always before he sets about to clean, but Meiyui points out the phone in his hand. Meiyui accuses the owner of being the traitor, as she firmly believed that no member of the family would ever betray them.

Meiyui gathers her fists but the owner calls out for his bodyguard. [[Kako Natsume|Kako Natsume]] nervously appears. Meiyui can't believe this little girl could be a bodyguard, but the owner assures her the girl is tougher than she looks since she was recommended by an agent working for the land sharks. The owner admits he did it for the money and the new shop and orders Kako to crush Meiyui. As they begin to spar, Kako telepathically speaks to Meiyui and informs her she's a magical girl as well. The girls continue to seemingly grapple as Kako says she's done for now as she's gathered all the information she needs. Kako then turns and knocks out the tea shop owner instead. Meiyui asks what Kako is after, but Kako instead asks to fight as magical girls instead.

As they're about to fight, Meiyui explains to Kako how three years ago, criminal groups had fought over contraband, resulting in a murder and a police investigation. However, the Blue Seas Family was chosen as a scapegoat by the real culprits and members of the Blue Seas and their Hong Kong connections were arrested, including Meiyui's father. The Family fell into ruin and despair when Kyubey appeared and Meiyui had contracted without hesitation in order to protect the Blue Seas Family. Kako understands, but still insists on fighting Meiyui despite Meiyui's reluctance to do so. The girls fight, but the fight is one-sided as Meiyui lands blow after blow. Kako then calls out to her friend to take her place just as [[Akira Shinobu|Akira Shinobu]] suddenly appears.

Akira and Meiyui fight, karate versus kung fu. The girls fight for awhile before a voice rings out telling them to stop. [[Nanaka Tokiwa|Nanaka Tokiwa]] appears and introduces herself. She explains to Meiyui that it was a witch that was involved with the land sharks. Nanaka and her group had posed as some of the land sharks in order to gather information, which is how they learned of Meiyui and had decided to test her first. Nanaka offers a team up with Meiyui in order to track down and stop the witch. Meiyui agrees, provided she go to inform the town people that the problem is resolved first.

(Meiyui's story is continued in [[Nanaka_Tokiwa#Side_Story|Nanaka's Side Story]].)
}}

===Costume Stories===
<div class="tabs" style="min-height:300px">
{{Tab Content|title=Winter Outfit|[[File:Meiyui valentine.png|thumb|right|150px]]
Nanaka and Akira find Meiyui in the park acting aloof, and wonder if something is going on in the Blue Seas Family, but Kako clears up their suspicions by explaining the chain of events that lead them here.
Earlier in her bookstore, Kako was given a task by a Blue Seas Family, which was to give Meiyui some 'martial arts' clothing. Delighted, Meiyui takes the outfit and goes to change.
Back at the park, Meiyui asks if this outfit really was related to martial arts, and Akira realizes that it was actually 'marital' arts wear, which was meant for romantic outings. Figuring out her mistake, Kako becomes embarrassed, fearing that Meiyui is angry with her. After an awkward silence, Nanaka suggests that they all go on a date together, which prompts Meiyui to try describing her emotions regarding the mistake.
Turns out, she wasn't used to this kind of attire, and was merely being shy earlier.
Thanks to Nanaka's encouragement, Meiyui overcomes the initial embarrassment, and embraces her new appearance, with Kako giving her compliments.}}
</div>

==Appearances==

* [[Magia Record Main Story#Part One|Main Story Part 1]]: [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 8|Chapter 8]], [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 10|Chapter 10]]
* [[Magia Record Story Last Magia|The Last Magia]]
* [[Magia Record Another Story#Part One|Another Story Part 1]]: [[Magia Record Another Story Chapter 9|Chapter 9]]
* [[Magia Record Arc 2 Chapter 9]] Magia Record Arc 2 Chapter 9
* [[Magia Record Mirrors Story|Mirrors Story]] 

===Event Appearances===
*[[Magia Record Story And So, The Azaleas Bloom|And So, the Azaleas Bloom]]
*[[Magia Record Story A la Carte Valentine|A la Carte Valentine]]
*[[Magia Record Story Bye Bye, See You Tomorrow ~Memories of the Kamihama Large Residential Complex~|See You Tomorrow]]
*[[Magia Record Story Cross Connection|Cross Connection]]
*[[Magia Record Story Kamihama Cheese Panic!|Kamihama Cheese Panic!]]
*[[Magia Record Story Mitama's Special Training - Nanaka Episode|Mitama's Special Training - Nanaka Episode]]
*[[Magia Record Story Scattered Flowers Melancholy Chapter|The Flowers' Lament]]
*[[Magia Record Story Magia Clash! ~Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Detonation~|Magia Clash!]]
*[[Magia Record Story Mitama's Special Training - Meiyui Episode|Mitama's Special Training - Meiyui Episode]]

===Magical Girl Story Appearances===
* [[Nanaka Tokiwa]]
* [[Tsuruno Yui]]
* [[Felicia Mitsuki]]
* [[Hazuki Yusa]]
* [[Homura Akemi (Eyeglass ver.)|Homura Akemi (Eyeglass version)]]
* [[Fate T. Harlaown]]
* [[Meguru Hibiki]]
* [[Lil' Kyubey]]

===Other Appearances===
*See [[Meiyui Chun in Magia Exedra]]

==Powers and Abilities==
Meiyui possesses the ability to "alter the truth", allowing her to distort the perception of reality, but only of things or people close to her. She describes it as "not an illusion, more like altering what is considered 'truth'."

==Observations==
* Meiyui's Magical Girl outfit is a modified [[wikipedia:Cheongsam|qipao]], or Shanghai dress, paying homage to her Chinese heritage. The design of such dresses was historically inspired by depictions of mermaids, with the leg slit resembling a tail fin. In mythology, mermaids are often seen as benevolent figures who provide insight and aid only to those with a good heart, while being dangerous to those with malicious intent. Coupled with her Soul Gem decoration being an anchor, it adds to the symbolism that she intends to keep the Blue Seas family in check and safe.
* Meiyui's known to be quite skilled at Mahjong. This is thematically significant to her character and power, as the game involves strategy, deception (through bluffs like claiming a "False Mahjong"), and penalizing those caught lying.
* Her Doppel, Delanna, is a symbol of Meiyui's repressed desire for comfort and a peaceful life in contrast to her sharp, mature exterior.

==Etymology==
* The character in her last name means "pure" (純).
* The characters of her first name mean "beauty" (美) and "rain"(雨), respectively.

==Trivia==
* The etymology of Meiyui's name is almost identical in Chinese and Japanese.
* When read in Chinese, her first name is Meiyu, not Meiyui.

==Gallery==
===Magia Exedra===
<gallery>
File:Meiyui 3 star.png|Magia Record Three Star card
File:Meiyui 4 star.png|Magia Record Four Star card
File:Card 30125 c.png|Magia Record Five Star card
File:Mini 301200 s.png|In-battle Sprite
File:Mini 301201 s.png|In-battle Sprite (Five Star)
File:meiyui doppel.png|Doppel Sprite
File:Evt image majo 2035.png|Witch Sprite
File:51073 meiyui doppel.jpg
File:1570607959821.png
File:Meiyui PM.png
File:Meiyui School.png
File:Meiyui valentine.png|Valentine 2022
File:Meiyui Papa Seal 2019.jpg|Magical Girl Seal 2019
</gallery>

====Memoria/Chapter Art====
<gallery>
File:101802 manypuela.jpg
File:Memoria-1348-1349.jpg
File:Memoria 1732.jpg
</gallery>

====Anime Screenshots====
<gallery>
File:Episode 6 Team Nanaka 1.png|In [[Magia Record Episode 6|episode 6]]
File:Episode 6 Team Nanaka 12.png
File:Episode 6 Kyoko confrontation 2.png
File:Episode 6 Kyoko confrontation 3.png
File:S2E6 VS Shin 6.PNG|In [[Magia Record Episode 19|episode 19]]
File:Magical Girl's ep24-1.png|In [[Magia Record Episode 24|episode 24]]
File:Ep25 KamihamaAttacks 24.png|In [[Magia Record Episode 25|episode 25]]
File:Magical gial's ep25-10.png
File:Magical gial's ep25-13.png
File:Epirogue ep25-1.png
</gallery>

====Magia Exedra====
''See [[Meiyui Chun in Magia Exedra#Gallery]]''
<gallery>
File:Exedra Meiyui Art.jpg|Meiyui's Kioku
File:Meiyui Exedra Infobox.png
File:Exedra Live2D 301230.png|Character talk sprite
</gallery>

===Official Art===
<gallery>
File:Meiyui 01.jpg
File:Meiyui 02.jpg
File:Meiyui 03.jpg
File:Meiyui 04.jpg
File:Meiyui Kako Doppel.png
File:Meiyui Kako Witch.png
</gallery>

==Memoria Cards==
{{Magia Record Memoria List|character=Meiyui Chun}}

==External links==
*[http://magireco.com Official Magia Record Website - Japanese]
*[https://magiarecord-en.com/ Official Magia Record Website - English]

===Gameplay Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2firWxHw00 Recording of Meiyui's Transformation Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://youtu.be/pBxBn7aFlOM?si=r1ft-VQA7r2Zgf2t Recording of Meiyui's Magia Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://youtu.be/sKJzPvld5U0?si=1lfpVm7OMaNOGehw Recording of Meiyui's Doppel Video on Youtube (JP)]

===Side Story and Costume Story Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9-L97UbKyI Recording of Meiyui's MSS on Youtube (JP)]
**[https://youtu.be/q6QPt0da1qA Recording of Meiyui's MSS on Youtube (NA)]

===Dialogue Lines===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDLBzDjYjdE Recording of Meiyui's Dialogue lines on Youtube (NA)]

{{Character Categories|Chun|magicalgirl=yes}}
[[Category:Kamihama Magia Union members]]

Meiyui Chun

2025-10-07T13:43:26Z

8ozpintail: /* Appearances */

{{Infobox_character
|name=Meiyui Chun
|image=[[File:Meiyui_profile.png|300px]]
|jname= 純美雨 (Chun Meiyui)
|designer=Hitokuni
|voices= Japanese: [[wikipedia:ja:%E8%A5%BF%E6%98%8E%E6%97%A5%E9%A6%99|Asuka Nishi]]
English: [https://twitter.com/CorinaBoettger/status/1239011555548762112 Corina Boettger] 
Russian: Polina Rtishcheva 
Mexican Spanish: Erika Ugalde 
Brazilian Portuguese: Ana Paula Schneider
|id=3012
|release1=JP:August 22, 2017
|release2=NA:June 25, 2019
}}

{{nihongo|'''Meiyui Chun'''|純美雨|Chun Meiyui}} was a playable character in the 2017 mobile game [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record]].

==General Info==
{{Magical Girl Details
|age=17
|height=163cm
|eyes=Blue
|hair=Blue
|origin=[[Minaminagi Ward]] (Originally from [[wikipedia:Hong Kong|Hong Kong]])
|soulgem=Blue oval (beneath neck)
|weapon=Tekkō kagi (Ninja claws)
|wish={{Q|I want to protect the Blue Seas Family.}} (in Magia Record) {{Q|I wish to clear the charges against the Blue Seas Family......and protect them.}} (in Magia Exedra)
|powers=Falsification of the truth (change target's perception)
|doppel=Delanna
|pronoun={{nihongo|''watashi''|ワタシ|}}
|school=[[Chuo Academy]], Eleventh Grade
|affiliation=[[Kamihama Magia Union]]
|relatives=Unnamed parents
}}

==Game Info==
{{Magia Record Stats
|type=Defense|attribute=aqua
|hp0=5013|atk0=1256|def0=1660
|hp3=16683|atk3=4210|def3=5843
|hp4=21677|atk4=5471|def4=7605
|hp5=26662|atk5=6733|def5=9379
|hpmax=30373|atkmax=8421|defmax=12935
|disk1=accele|disk2=blast-|disk3=charge
|connect=Cooperation Is Our Motto
|connecttype=effect-evade
|connect3=Guaranteed Evade & Chance to Critical [V]
|connect4=Guaranteed Evade & Chance to Critical [VII]
|connect5=Guaranteed Evade & Chance to Critical [IX]
|magia=Hawk Shadow Slash
|magiapat=random4
|magia3=Damage to Single Enemy [III] & Guaranteed Evade (Self / 1T)
|magia4=Damage to 3 Random Enemies [V] & Guaranteed Evade (Self / 1T)
|magia5=Damage to 4 Random Enemies [VII] & Guaranteed Evade (Self / 1T) & Charged Damage UP (All / 3T)
|doppel=Delanna
|doppelpat=random5
|doppel5=Damage to 5 Random Enemies [IX] & Guaranteed Evade (Self / 2T) & Charged Damage UP (All / 3 T)
}}{{Magia Record Spirit Enhancement
|hp3=5|atk3=3|def3=7|accele3=3|blast3=3|charge3=7
|hp4=6|atk4=4|def4=8|accele4=4|blast4=4|charge4=8
|hp5=7|atk5=5|def5=9|accele5=5|blast5=5|charge5=9
|hpmax=7|atkmax=5|defmax=9|accelemax=8|blastmax=8|chargemax=13
|icons=buff-doppel, buff-doppelmp, effect-endure, buff-doppel, effect-taunt, buff-doppelmp, effect-pierce, buff-mpgain, buff-accele, buff-charge, effect-cut, effect-evade, buff-charge, effect-charge
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Fortitude Adept: Endure (Quests only)
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|Provoke Adept: Chance to Provoke [II]
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Penetrate Adept: Chance to Ignore Defense [I]
|Morale Adept: MP Gain UP [III]
|Accele Adept: Accele MP Gain UP [III]
|Technical Adept: Charge Disc Damage UP [II]
|Shield Adept: Damage Cut [II]
|Parry Adept: Chance to Evade [II]
|Technical Adept: Charge Disc Damage UP [II]
|Charge Combo Plus: Charge Combo Charge Count UP (+1)
|activename=Brave Counter
|activetype=effect-counter
|active=Attack UP [II] & Chance to Counter [XIII] (Self / 1T)
|cooldown=6
}}

==Summary==
A kung fu master, Meiyui belongs to the Soukai (Blue Seas) Family. She left her parents in China and came to Japan alone. She is well-composed, but she lets that all go when it's time to protect her family and townspeople. She is an excellent Mahjong player.

She joins the [[Kamihama Magia Union]] during the events of [[Magia Record Another Story Part 2 Chapter 1|Another Story Part 2 Chapter 1]].

===Doppel Description===
[[File:Meiyui doppel.png|thumb|right|150px|Delanna, Meiyui's doppel]]
The Doppel of Comfortable Sleep. Its form is a Towel. The Master of this emotion notes nonchalantly that this doppel is somewhat childish. A doppel quite opposite its master's sharpness in its infantile manners, it only wishes to nap. When this desire is impeded, it flails about in tantrum, and cries and wails in a voice that destroys the eardrums of those who oppose it. When this doppel yawns, all around it, whether friend or foe, are hit by an sudden and irresistible urge to sleep. Those who rest against its soft body are guaranteed to doze blissfully in a nap like no other.
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===Side Story===
{{Spoilerbox|
The Blue Seas Family was originally started in the black market by Chinese immigrants after WWII and is currently made up of the sons and daughters of the original founders, with Meiyui being in the third generation. This Family knows everything that goes on in Kamihama, good or bad, and would sometimes exert their influence by threatening others, much like the mafia. Recently though, the Family has gone back to its original purpose as a mutual aid society by helping run festivals, clean neighborhoods, and other activities.

Meiyui's father took her and her family to Hong Kong to help out a relative shortly after she was born. Meiyui ended up returning to Kamihama on her own when she was four years old, where she would spend day after day engaged in simple charity work or playing mahjong with the locals.

One day, Meiyui heard of some land-sharks attempting to forcefully buy up land from citizen's within the Blue Seas Family's former territory. Meiyui then offered to speak to the real estate company on behalf of the citizens in order to find a solution. However, the real estate representative didn't back down from Meiyui's refusal to sell the land and wanted to hold Meiyui hostage. After learning she was from the Blue Seas Family, he only laughed and went after her anyways only for Meiyui to beat him thoroughly. He promised that other people would never stop going after the land before Meiyui knocked him out with a karate chop.

After Meiyui's fight with the real estate brokers, harassment and violence increased throughout the city. As Meiyui talks to the tea shop owner and drinks tea, a member of the Blue Seas Family arrives to inform her of a fire that broke out behind a diner. Despite the increased patrols throughout the city from the family, the number of attacks on the family only increased. As Meiyui investigates the fire, she's accosted by a thug. She beats him up and demands to know the name of the person he works for, but the thug can only tell her that a bounty for her family was placed on the dark web. He gives her an address before being knocked out cold.

As Meiyui sips tea once again, a member of the Blue Seas Family shows up to speak with her. Even though Meiyui had continued to fight back, it wasn't enough and nervousness had spread among the various members of the Family. He spoke of rumors of a traitor to Meiyui, but she knew that their family's ties were too strong for it to be something like that. Later, Meiyui gathered the main members of the Blue Seas Family and they eventually decided to increase the patrols in the Minagi Ward as well as change up the patrol routes.

After finalizing their new patrol route, Meiyui and the rest of her patrol left the tea house where they had been resting for a moment. The tea shop owner chuckles to himself as he watches them leave, but Meiyui appears once more and asks why he looks so nervous. The owner insists he was just talking to himself like always before he sets about to clean, but Meiyui points out the phone in his hand. Meiyui accuses the owner of being the traitor, as she firmly believed that no member of the family would ever betray them.

Meiyui gathers her fists but the owner calls out for his bodyguard. [[Kako Natsume|Kako Natsume]] nervously appears. Meiyui can't believe this little girl could be a bodyguard, but the owner assures her the girl is tougher than she looks since she was recommended by an agent working for the land sharks. The owner admits he did it for the money and the new shop and orders Kako to crush Meiyui. As they begin to spar, Kako telepathically speaks to Meiyui and informs her she's a magical girl as well. The girls continue to seemingly grapple as Kako says she's done for now as she's gathered all the information she needs. Kako then turns and knocks out the tea shop owner instead. Meiyui asks what Kako is after, but Kako instead asks to fight as magical girls instead.

As they're about to fight, Meiyui explains to Kako how three years ago, criminal groups had fought over contraband, resulting in a murder and a police investigation. However, the Blue Seas Family was chosen as a scapegoat by the real culprits and members of the Blue Seas and their Hong Kong connections were arrested, including Meiyui's father. The Family fell into ruin and despair when Kyubey appeared and Meiyui had contracted without hesitation in order to protect the Blue Seas Family. Kako understands, but still insists on fighting Meiyui despite Meiyui's reluctance to do so. The girls fight, but the fight is one-sided as Meiyui lands blow after blow. Kako then calls out to her friend to take her place just as [[Akira Shinobu|Akira Shinobu]] suddenly appears.

Akira and Meiyui fight, karate versus kung fu. The girls fight for awhile before a voice rings out telling them to stop. [[Nanaka Tokiwa|Nanaka Tokiwa]] appears and introduces herself. She explains to Meiyui that it was a witch that was involved with the land sharks. Nanaka and her group had posed as some of the land sharks in order to gather information, which is how they learned of Meiyui and had decided to test her first. Nanaka offers a team up with Meiyui in order to track down and stop the witch. Meiyui agrees, provided she go to inform the town people that the problem is resolved first.

(Meiyui's story is continued in [[Nanaka_Tokiwa#Side_Story|Nanaka's Side Story]].)
}}

===Costume Stories===
<div class="tabs" style="min-height:300px">
{{Tab Content|title=Winter Outfit|[[File:Meiyui valentine.png|thumb|right|150px]]
Nanaka and Akira find Meiyui in the park acting aloof, and wonder if something is going on in the Blue Seas Family, but Kako clears up their suspicions by explaining the chain of events that lead them here.
Earlier in her bookstore, Kako was given a task by a Blue Seas Family, which was to give Meiyui some 'martial arts' clothing. Delighted, Meiyui takes the outfit and goes to change.
Back at the park, Meiyui asks if this outfit really was related to martial arts, and Akira realizes that it was actually 'marital' arts wear, which was meant for romantic outings. Figuring out her mistake, Kako becomes embarrassed, fearing that Meiyui is angry with her. After an awkward silence, Nanaka suggests that they all go on a date together, which prompts Meiyui to try describing her emotions regarding the mistake.
Turns out, she wasn't used to this kind of attire, and was merely being shy earlier.
Thanks to Nanaka's encouragement, Meiyui overcomes the initial embarrassment, and embraces her new appearance, with Kako giving her compliments.}}
</div>

==Appearances==

* [[Magia Record Main Story#Part One|Main Story Part 1]]: [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 8|Chapter 8]], [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 10|Chapter 10]]
* [[Magia Record Story Last Magia|The Last Magia]]
* [[Magia Record Another Story#Part One|Another Story Part 1]]: [[Magia Record Another Story Chapter 9|Chapter 9]]
Magia Record Arc 2 Chapter 9
* [[Magia Record Mirrors Story|Mirrors Story]] 

===Event Appearances===
*[[Magia Record Story And So, The Azaleas Bloom|And So, the Azaleas Bloom]]
*[[Magia Record Story A la Carte Valentine|A la Carte Valentine]]
*[[Magia Record Story Bye Bye, See You Tomorrow ~Memories of the Kamihama Large Residential Complex~|See You Tomorrow]]
*[[Magia Record Story Cross Connection|Cross Connection]]
*[[Magia Record Story Kamihama Cheese Panic!|Kamihama Cheese Panic!]]
*[[Magia Record Story Mitama's Special Training - Nanaka Episode|Mitama's Special Training - Nanaka Episode]]
*[[Magia Record Story Scattered Flowers Melancholy Chapter|The Flowers' Lament]]
*[[Magia Record Story Magia Clash! ~Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Detonation~|Magia Clash!]]
*[[Magia Record Story Mitama's Special Training - Meiyui Episode|Mitama's Special Training - Meiyui Episode]]

===Magical Girl Story Appearances===
* [[Nanaka Tokiwa]]
* [[Tsuruno Yui]]
* [[Felicia Mitsuki]]
* [[Hazuki Yusa]]
* [[Homura Akemi (Eyeglass ver.)|Homura Akemi (Eyeglass version)]]
* [[Fate T. Harlaown]]
* [[Meguru Hibiki]]
* [[Lil' Kyubey]]

===Other Appearances===
*See [[Meiyui Chun in Magia Exedra]]

==Powers and Abilities==
Meiyui possesses the ability to "alter the truth", allowing her to distort the perception of reality, but only of things or people close to her. She describes it as "not an illusion, more like altering what is considered 'truth'."

==Observations==
* Meiyui's Magical Girl outfit is a modified [[wikipedia:Cheongsam|qipao]], or Shanghai dress, paying homage to her Chinese heritage. The design of such dresses was historically inspired by depictions of mermaids, with the leg slit resembling a tail fin. In mythology, mermaids are often seen as benevolent figures who provide insight and aid only to those with a good heart, while being dangerous to those with malicious intent. Coupled with her Soul Gem decoration being an anchor, it adds to the symbolism that she intends to keep the Blue Seas family in check and safe.
* Meiyui's known to be quite skilled at Mahjong. This is thematically significant to her character and power, as the game involves strategy, deception (through bluffs like claiming a "False Mahjong"), and penalizing those caught lying.
* Her Doppel, Delanna, is a symbol of Meiyui's repressed desire for comfort and a peaceful life in contrast to her sharp, mature exterior.

==Etymology==
* The character in her last name means "pure" (純).
* The characters of her first name mean "beauty" (美) and "rain"(雨), respectively.

==Trivia==
* The etymology of Meiyui's name is almost identical in Chinese and Japanese.
* When read in Chinese, her first name is Meiyu, not Meiyui.

==Gallery==
===Magia Exedra===
<gallery>
File:Meiyui 3 star.png|Magia Record Three Star card
File:Meiyui 4 star.png|Magia Record Four Star card
File:Card 30125 c.png|Magia Record Five Star card
File:Mini 301200 s.png|In-battle Sprite
File:Mini 301201 s.png|In-battle Sprite (Five Star)
File:meiyui doppel.png|Doppel Sprite
File:Evt image majo 2035.png|Witch Sprite
File:51073 meiyui doppel.jpg
File:1570607959821.png
File:Meiyui PM.png
File:Meiyui School.png
File:Meiyui valentine.png|Valentine 2022
File:Meiyui Papa Seal 2019.jpg|Magical Girl Seal 2019
</gallery>

====Memoria/Chapter Art====
<gallery>
File:101802 manypuela.jpg
File:Memoria-1348-1349.jpg
File:Memoria 1732.jpg
</gallery>

====Anime Screenshots====
<gallery>
File:Episode 6 Team Nanaka 1.png|In [[Magia Record Episode 6|episode 6]]
File:Episode 6 Team Nanaka 12.png
File:Episode 6 Kyoko confrontation 2.png
File:Episode 6 Kyoko confrontation 3.png
File:S2E6 VS Shin 6.PNG|In [[Magia Record Episode 19|episode 19]]
File:Magical Girl's ep24-1.png|In [[Magia Record Episode 24|episode 24]]
File:Ep25 KamihamaAttacks 24.png|In [[Magia Record Episode 25|episode 25]]
File:Magical gial's ep25-10.png
File:Magical gial's ep25-13.png
File:Epirogue ep25-1.png
</gallery>

====Magia Exedra====
''See [[Meiyui Chun in Magia Exedra#Gallery]]''
<gallery>
File:Exedra Meiyui Art.jpg|Meiyui's Kioku
File:Meiyui Exedra Infobox.png
File:Exedra Live2D 301230.png|Character talk sprite
</gallery>

===Official Art===
<gallery>
File:Meiyui 01.jpg
File:Meiyui 02.jpg
File:Meiyui 03.jpg
File:Meiyui 04.jpg
File:Meiyui Kako Doppel.png
File:Meiyui Kako Witch.png
</gallery>

==Memoria Cards==
{{Magia Record Memoria List|character=Meiyui Chun}}

==External links==
*[http://magireco.com Official Magia Record Website - Japanese]
*[https://magiarecord-en.com/ Official Magia Record Website - English]

===Gameplay Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2firWxHw00 Recording of Meiyui's Transformation Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://youtu.be/pBxBn7aFlOM?si=r1ft-VQA7r2Zgf2t Recording of Meiyui's Magia Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://youtu.be/sKJzPvld5U0?si=1lfpVm7OMaNOGehw Recording of Meiyui's Doppel Video on Youtube (JP)]

===Side Story and Costume Story Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9-L97UbKyI Recording of Meiyui's MSS on Youtube (JP)]
**[https://youtu.be/q6QPt0da1qA Recording of Meiyui's MSS on Youtube (NA)]

===Dialogue Lines===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDLBzDjYjdE Recording of Meiyui's Dialogue lines on Youtube (NA)]

{{Character Categories|Chun|magicalgirl=yes}}
[[Category:Kamihama Magia Union members]]

Nayuta Satomi

2025-10-07T13:41:36Z

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{{Infobox_character
|name=Nayuta Satomi
|image=[[File:Card 10374 l.png|300px]]
|jname= (里見那由他) Satomi Nayuta
|designer=[[Ume Aoki]] Futene
|voices=Japanese: [https://www.artsvision.co.jp/talent/4890/ Ran Haruka]
|id=1037
|release1=JP:June 11, 2021
}}

{{nihongo|'''Nayuta Satomi'''|里見那由他|Satomi Nayuta}} was a playable character in the 2017 mobile game [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record]].

==General Info==
{{Magical Girl Details
|age=15
|eyes=Gray
|hair=Gray
|height=162cm
|origin=[[Takarazaki City]]
|soulgem=Purple Circle (neck)
|weapon=[[wikipedia:Hand_fan#China|Bajiao Shan]] (Palm-Leaf Hand Fan)
|wish={{Q|I want my mom to be as gentle as my dad is.}}
|powers=Making opponents lose their will to fight
|doppel=Jing
|pronoun={{nihongo|''watashi''|私|}}
|relatives=[[Tasuke Satomi]] (father), unnamed mother, [[Dr Satomi|unnamed uncle]], unnamed aunt (Touka's mother), [[Touka Satomi]] (cousin)
|school=[[Takarazaki Junshin School]], 9th Grade
}}

==Game Info==
{{Magia Record Stats
|type=Support|attribute=dark
|hp0=6389|atk0=1998|def0=2007
|hp4=23664|atk4=7036|def4=7120
|hp5=30714|atk5=8214|def5=8285
|hpmax=37625|atkmax=10215|defmax=10756
|disk1=accele|disk3=blast-|disk4=charge
|connect=The Joint Investigation Has Opened!
|connecttype=buff-damage
|connect4=Damage UP [VII] & Accele MP Gain UP [VII] & HP Restore [III]
|connect5=Damage UP [IX] & Accele MP Gain UP [IX] & HP Restore [V]
|magia=Uprised Breakthrough
|magiapat=all
|magia4=Damage to All Enemies [V] & Defense DOWN (All / 3T) & Chance to Skill Seal (All / 3T) & Remove Granted Effects (All)
|magia5=Damage to All Enemies [VII] & Defense DOWN (All / 3T) & Chance to Skill Seal (All / 3T) & Remove Granted Effects (All)
|doppel=Jing
|doppelpat=all
|doppel5=Damage to All Enemies [IX] & Defense DOWN (All / 5T) & Chance to Skill Seal (All / 3T) & Remove Granted Effects (All)
}}{{Magia Record Spirit Enhancement
|hp4=8|atk4=5|def4=5|accele4=6|blast4=4|charge4=6
|hp5=9|atk5=6|def5=6|accele5=7|blast5=5|charge5=7
|hpmax=9|atkmax=6|defmax=6|accelemax=10|blastmax=11|chargemax=17
|icons=buff-doppelmp, buff-doppelmp, buff-doppel, buff-magia, effect-cut, buff-doppel, buff-charge, effect-negate-bind, effect-cut-light, effect-surge, buff-accele, buff-magia
|MP Boost: MP Gain Up When Over 100 MP [II]
|MP Boost: MP Gain Up When Over 100 MP [II]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage Up [I] & Magia Damage Up [I]
|Magia Adept: Magia Damage Up [II]
|Shield Adept: Damage Cut [II]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage Up [I] & Magia Damage Up [I]
|Technical Adept: Charge Disc Damage UP [II]
|Anti-Bind: Guaranteed Anti-Bind
|Light Shield Aura: Light Attribute Damage Cut [III]
|Skill Quicken: Chance to Skill Quicken [II]
|Accele Adept: Accele MP Gain UP [II]
|Resist Secure Aura: Status Ailment Resistance Up [II] (All / 5T on Battle Start)
|activename=Dark Erosion
|activetype=debuff-resist-darkness
|active=Dark Attribute Resistance DOWN [III] (All / 5T)
|cooldown=9
}}

==Summary==
A Magical Girl who is searching for her father, a folklorist, in Kamihama City. She has been supporting her father in order to make the world aware of the existence of Magical Girls. She has a stubborn streak, but it is masked by her good nature and hard work. Although she is a cousin of [[Touka Satomi|Touka]], who also shares the Satomi surname, she keeps her distance from her.

===Doppel Description===
[[File:Doppel 103700 l.png|thumb|right|150px|Jing, Nayuta's doppel]]
The Doppel of absurdity. Its form is a jiàzi huāliǎn<ref>“arrogant painted-face”</ref>. The master of this emotion is both surprised by the brutality within herself, and slightly exasperated by her Doppel’s shallow way of thinking. This Doppel doesn’t pay attention to its surroundings, and has a habit of jumping to hasty conclusions about the things that enter its field of view. It may prance about with joy when it ought to be doing battle, and may seethe with anger when it ought to be enjoying itself.
Despite being stubborn and reluctant to change its mind, it displays amazing practical strength when its behavior aligns with the situation. None can dodge its shapeshifting blade, and any attack will be deflected by its lotus flower’s lotus effect. Those who’ve seen it in combat have praised the sight as beautiful, as if it were dancing the entire time. Incidentally, it seems to think of its master as a kindred spirit who resembles its own absurd self.
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{{-}}

===Side Story===
{{Spoilerbox|Part 1 opens with Nayuta fast asleep, dreaming of taking Touka down a notch by proving folkloric studies to be the strongest discipline...until Lavi gives her a rude awakening by humming obnoxiously like a mosquito. Lavi says she had no other choice; Nayuta is a very deep sleeper, and if she doesn't hurry, she'll be late for school. And given how they both go to school outside of Kamihama, Lavi orders Nayuta to wolf down her breakfast ASAP. After doing so, Nayuta requests Lavi to be nicer - they're both so close in age, but Lavi acts more like a stern stepmother than a gentle, kind maid. Lavi dismisses the request, saying she'll be less harsh on Nayuta when Nayuta cleans up her act.

Once at school in Takarazaki City, Nayuta's homeroom class begins with an exercise on "self-assessment." The teacher explains that future opportunities, such as job interviews or school applications, will require people to understand their strengths, weaknesses, and characteristics, and now is a good time for the student to learn how to evaluate themselves. For this assignment, the students are to form groups, write their understanding of each other and of themselves, and discuss the results they get. Nayuta evaluates herself as a quiet but diligent student who puts full effort into every task she's given...whereas her group members consider her someone who "hates losing," "speaks her mind," and is "super stubborn."

Nayuta is mortified. She protests she can’t really be like that, though her classmates elaborate with examples. For one, the students arranging the school festival's dance performance had originally voted for a joke song, but Nayuta turned against the crowd and fought back. Nayuta says she only did so because she herself didn't want the song, not caring what other people thought. Still, she does admit that, considering her persistent search for her father, despite all odds, "stubborn" may be an apt word to describe her.

After the exercise, the teacher discusses the [[wikipedia:Johari_window|Johari Window]], a tool for evaluating one's personality and relationships. To summarize, the Johari Window posits there are four categories to how we perceive ourselves and others:

# Traits that self and peers perceive
# Traits that peers perceive but the self does not
# Traits that peers do not perceive but the self does
# The unconscious, or the traits neither self nor peers perceive

Through this, most people will, at the very most, acquire only a 50% understanding of themselves, and a mere 25% understanding of other people, unless we go out of our way to communicate with and understand each other. These statements begin to gnaw at Nayuta's mind.

After school, Nayuta bumps into Iroha on her way to the train station - both are pleasantly surprised that the other remembers them, and strike up a conversation. When asked why she's in Takarazaki, Nayuta explains that before moving to Kamihama, she lived here, and continues to attend school in town. Iroha remarks that she originally hailed from Takarazaki as well, and recognized Nayuta’s uniform. To even more surprise, they soon find that they both also just so happen to be in the same grade - their third year of junior high - which means Iroha can treat her as an equal than a senior (she had assumed Nayuta was a high schooler). Nayuta thinks to herself that while Iroha seems very quiet and shy at first blush, she’s actually quite good at socializing.

Their conversation turns to Nayuta’s father, and Nayuta soon requests to meet Yachiyo, what with their original meeting in Arc 2 Chapter 2 having been cut short - though the request is blurted out as demand instead. Nayuta immediately apologizes, saying she’s aware that she comes across as very rude and obnoxious, but Iroha thinks nothing of it - that wasn’t her impression at all. Besides, she completely understands where Nayuta is coming from, too; after all, they’ve both been in the exact same position, with Iroha’s quest to find Ui, much like how Nayuta is searching for her father. So that means they’re both two stubborn junior-high girls from Takarazaki who traveled to Kamihama in search of their loved one...they both realize that they truly have far more in common than they originally thought.

Nayuta goes with Iroha to Mikazuki. There, Yachiyo explains that unfortunately, she has no further info on Nayuta’s father. Tsuruno, though, asks if Nayuta can describe her dad’s appearance - perhaps one of them has crossed paths with him without realizing it. Nayuta shares a photo she has on her phone, and they proceed to get sidetracked this way and that - over her dad’s long hair (and Nayuta and Sana commiserating over the challenges of haircare), her dad’s schlubby, nerdy appearance, etc - but ultimately, no, none of them have seen them, not even Ui, who spent so many years at the Satomi Medical Center.

Felicia wonders out loud why Nayuta doesn't ask Touka. Yachiyo remarks she has a point - despite their enmity, surely they can find some common ground. Nayuta refuses, saying she cannot trust the information she gets from Touka, and apologizes for her stubbornness.

In part 2, we open with Lavi waking Nayuta once more. This time, Nayuta’s had a bad sleep - over breakfast, at Lavi’s prompting, she admits she’s been ruminating over Touka again, which inevitably stresses her out. And of course, if she tells herself to quit thinking about Touka, it makes her think of Touka even more.

Their conversation is interrupted by Mikage - who, in a shocking twist, actually rings the doorbell for once instead of barging in! It turns out she's very upset, explaining she got in a fight with Sudachi. In short, she and Sudachi were hanging out together, but Mikage kept zoning out. Sudachi noticed, and Mikage explained school was exhausting her, saying life would be so much easier if there wasn't any school. Sudachi took offense, saying she was jealous that Mikage got to go to school while Sudachi can’t ever go back. Mikage took offense to this in turn - Mikage has no friends at school, so it's boring, so if anything, she's the one jealous of how Sudachi can skip school without any problems. From there, they got into a row, and are still furious over it.

Nayuta remarks that even though Sudachi and Mikage fought, they're both at least far more kind than Touka, which prompts her to start venting about one of her memories that’s been eating at her - an incident where Touka mocked and bullied her over a complicated science problem. Mikage, though, whines that ''she’s'' the one who’s supposed to be complaining right now, not Nayuta; but Nayuta doesn’t just want to sit and listen to Mikage complain all day, and they start bickering and squabbling about it. Lavi, though, soon defuses the tension by serving them pudding.

After finishing her snack, Mikage realizes she lost the cute handkerchief she bought the other day - she must’ve lost it at the Tomorrow Shop. Since Nayuta and Lavi were planning on doing some shopping in the area, they all head out together - only to bump into Sudachi, who has the handkerchief with her. Mikage implies Sudachi must have stolen it, and they immediately start fighting again. Then, out of nowhere, Nayuta orders them both to calm down, saying they're both trying to make the other look bad, which confuses Mikage. Fortunately, Lavi quickly backs her up, explaining that since Mikage and Sudachi recently had a fight and are still high on their emotions, they're both trying to validate their feelings by making the other out to be wrong. Neither of them are necessarily bad or wrong here, but negative feelings about the other person are bound to warp their perception of each other. Nayuta relates this back to her school assignment - if you only look at the surface-level actions of another person, you can't see their true side.

Once things calm down and the girls calmly communicate their side of the story, it turns out Mikage had accidentally tucked her handkerchief in Sudachi's bag when they were hanging out together the other day. Sudachi, then, was at the Tomorrow Shop to hand it over to the owner to return to Mikage, but bumped into Mikage first. There’s no question why Mikage got their bags mixed up - they both match perfectly. That fact makes it obvious how close they both really are...and so the apologies begin.

Sudachi explains that back when she went to school, there were days she, too, dreaded going. She took Mikage's complaints as bragging in a way, even though she knows that wasn't Mikage's intention. Mikage explains that while she doesn't know the whole story of why Sudachi stopped going to school, she should have known how Sudachi would feel by dissing it, and should have kept her complaints to herself. They both apologize and immediately become best friends again, which is Nayuta and Lavi's cue to slip away.

Nayuta thanks Lavi for the assist - Nayuta’s attempts at mediation had floundered back there, but Lavi realized what Nayuta was trying to do and got things back on track. Lavi remarks that she was impressed by Nayuta in turn - in the short time they've lived together, her impression of Nayuta was that she was childish and whiny, but this incident demonstrates she's actually quite strong in her own right.

These words hit home for Nayuta. Once she gets home, she gets choked up and throws herself onto the couch. She explains to Lavi that she wants to "start over," even though it's impossible to do so now. She talks about how the Johari Window exercise in class has prompted her to look back at her stubbornness and all the missteps and mistakes she’s made because of it - such as how once she makes a judgment of someone’s character, she never changes her stance, and has lost many valuable relationships as a result. She intervened in Mikage and Sudachi’s fight not for any noble cause or personal code, but simply because she freaked out that they would lose their relationship the way Nayuta has lost hers...and seeing them make up so easily has made Nayuta feel even more terrible. Lavi asks what exactly Nayuta wants to "start over" with. For Nayuta, it’s her relationship with her parents.

Part 3 begins with an extended flashback, where Nayuta explains how her mother was incredibly strict (think of the "tiger mother" stereotype), and Nayuta resented her for that. We see an example of their dynamic in a memory from when Nayuta was little, where she came home with a score of 95 on her test. The class average was 75, and Nayuta was the fifth best in class, but her mom is angry that she didn’t get number one. Since Nayuta’s dad is a scholar, her mother says people expect Nayuta to follow in his footsteps. Since none of the other students have scholarly parents, Nayuta, therefore, should be the best in class. The fact she isn’t will make other people think Nayuta isn’t smart or doesn’t try hard enough, which then reflects poorly on the rest of the family. Nayuta's mom keeps snapping at her until Nayuta is crushed, then whisks her off to painting class. Nayuta doesn't want to go because she has a piano competition that weekend and wants a break, but her mother insists it's a poor excuse for slacking off.

Meanwhile, Nayuta's father is very gentle, laid-back, and kind. In that same memory, he comes home from a work trip to an exotic locale, bringing home a jar of seasoning as a souvenir. Nayuta's mom starts fussing and stressing about the ingredients, what meals it should be used for, the lack of an expiration date, and so on; Nayuta's father doesn't have a good answer to any of her questions. She complains that his whims make her life even harder, and his demeanor encourages Nayuta to slack off in her studies, and from there they start fighting. Basically, every day in Nayuta's home had screaming and fighting filling the walls, whether they came from her and her mom or her mom and her dad...until the day came that Nayuta "destroyed it."

In the build-up to Nayuta’s wish, we see how things became worse and worse - Nayuta loses a contest because with her packed schedule, given all the obligations her mom forces upon her, she had no time to practice for it. Her mom, however, only cares about the fact Nayuta lost...and notes to Nayuta how she's becoming the spitting image of her father - a girl with no will of her own.

Aside from that, the fights between her mom and dad reach a fever pitch, too, to the point Nayuta can’t stand another day living in that house - which prompts Kyubey to come knocking.

Nayuta (who seems fairly young when she made her wish, given she has the little kid sprite here instead of her current self) - considered several wishes before deciding on one. For example, she could have wished to be her mother’s ideal daughter...which would save Nayuta, but wouldn't stop the fights between her parents. She could wish for her dad to be as strong-willed as her mom, which would have him finally stand up for himself in their fights...but she doesn’t want her dad’s personality to change one bit. That gives her an idea, and she wishes to change her mom: She wishes for her mom to be as calm and gentle as her dad. She expects this to lead to a peaceful household...but instead, it gets her parents divorced.

You see, after the wish, her mom’s personality completely changed. Nayuta realized she only saw her parents' relationship on a shallow level, judging her mother as "bad" and her father as "good" without understanding the full picture. With a new personality, her mom realizes how shallow and obsessed with how others perceived her and her family...but also realizes that despite their arguments, she and her husband were actually in tune with each other, with their opposite temperaments having balanced each other out. Now, their connection and love has been lost. Nayuta's dad, however, is very calm about this abrupt change in personality, for he knows the exact cause - he explains that this could only be the result of a magical girl's wish (which Nayuta’s mom dismisses immediately).

We don't get to see the aftermath, however. We return to the present day, with Nayuta lamenting her actions and the fact she continues to make shallow assumptions, despite how they impacted her home life. Lavi, though, thinks nothing of it. She explains Nayuta, at least, is self-aware enough to realize she's making the same mistakes as before - and now that she’s woken up, she can change. She relays the fable of a man dropping a treasured sword into a lake, but in a rush decision, instead of marking the point he dropped it on the map, he marked the ship itself instead - so when the boat came to port, he, of course, couldn't find his sword. In short, the fable is saying that the world is constantly changing, and cautions against getting so caught up in habit and tradition that you lose sight of what's happening now. People grow and change, even if Nayuta hasn’t seen it for her stubbornness - and while she can’t go back and repair every relationship she’s lost, in some cases, she still has a chance to go back and fix things.

And of course, the first step is for Nayuta to reconcile with Touka. Nayuta apologizes for slapping Touka at the Coordinator's Shop in Arc 2 Chapter 2, and for her failure to see Touka for who she is now - she's grown beyond the petulant brat she was in Nayuta's childhood. Touka admits she was pretty awful in the past, and that her opinions have changed a lot. She respects Nayuta's dad now for pursuing his research despite all the opposition he’s faced - and since Nayuta's opinion on Touka has changed, Touka can do likewise. All is well...for about five seconds. Touka brings up Nayuta’s dad’s schlubby appearance, and wonders if his research isn't accepted because he looks like a total slob, prompting Nayuta to slap her again and storm home. Lavi, however, approves of Nayuta's course of action - and Nayuta realizes she and Lavi much more alike than she had assumed.
}}

==Appearances==

* [[Magia Record Main Story#Part Two|Main Story Part 2]]: [[Magia Record Main Story Part 2 Chapter 2|Chapter 2]]

===Event Appearances===
*[[Magia Record Story Angels on the Road ~Reindeer Santa Prospering Season~|Angels on the Road ~Reindeer Santa Prospering Season~]]
*[[Magia Record Story The Peaceful Daily Life of Nayuta's House|The Peaceful Daily Life of Nayuta's House]]
*[[Magia Record Story Snow Thawing Befana|Snow Thawing Befana]]

===Other Appearances===
*See [[Nayuta・Mikage (Christmas ver.)]]

==Powers and Abilities==
In Chapter 11 of Arc 2 is revealed, by [[Himena Aika]], that Nayuta's power is "Loss of Will of Fight". Himena takes Nayuta's power (along side Mikage and Alexandra's powers) with her ability to fight [[Lavi Himuro]] when she fused with all the Kimochi Stones. With this power, Nayuta can make her opponents lose their will to fight against her or other people.

==Etymology==
* The characters of her last name mean "village" (里) and "to see" (見) respectively.
* The characters of her first name mean "what" (那), "wherefore/a reason" (由), and "others" (他) respectively.
**Collectively, Nayuta (那由他) means "decillion", an extremely large number, which is one nonillion times bigger than 1 million.

==Trivia==
* Her Doppel's name "Jing" may refer to the male/mighty role played in Xiqu or Chinese Opera, its appearance ties with Chinese opera costumes as well.
* Her design appears to be based on [[wikipedia:Princess_Iron_Fan|Princess Iron Fan]] (鐵扇公主) from [[wikipedia:Journey_to_the_West|Journey to the West]].
* Her personal memoria features a box of [[wikipedia:Calisson|calissons]], a type of French candy.
* Nayuta and Iroha's ages are mentioned in Nayuta's side story.

==Gallery==
===Game Gallery===
<gallery>
File:Card 10374 c.png|Magia Record Four Star Art
File:Card 10375 c.png|Magia Record Five Star Art
File:Mini 103700 s.png|In-Battle Sprite
File:Doppel 103700 l.png|Doppel Sprite
File:Nayuta doppel card.jpg
File:Nayuta PM.png
File:Nayuta school.png
File:Nayuta Uwasa.png
File:206 touka s antithesis.png|Magical Girl Seal 2022
</gallery>

===Official Art===
<gallery>
File:Nayuta 01.png
File:Nayuta 02.png
File:Memoria 1634.jpg
File:Memoria 1635.jpg
File:Memoria 1636.jpg
File:Memoria 1706.jpg
File:Professor Tasuke.png|Professor Tasuke Satomi, Nayuta's father
File:Nayuta's father.png|His original live2D model
File:102805 tasuke find.jpg
File:103201 searchmember badge.png
File:Adv eve 11711.png
File:Memoria 1802.jpg
File:103305 nayutafamily.jpg
File:Memoria 1929.jpg
</gallery>

==Memoria Cards==
{{Magia Record Memoria List|character=Nayuta Satomi}}

==External links==
*[http://magireco.com Official Magia Record Website - Japanese]

===Gameplay Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT8kmcuQyRg Recording of Nayuta's Transformation Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://youtu.be/KbA1cIbxMFw?si=4Am1tmJUpWvxftoe Recording of Nayuta's Magia Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6INtUM7_cc Recording of Nayuta's Doppel Video on Youtube (JP)]

===Side Story and Costume Story Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0NJnWENYqo Recording of Nayuta's MSS on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFy-o8BllfI Recording of Nayuta's Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]

{{Character Categories|Satomi|magicalgirl=yes}}

Kokoro Awane

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{{Infobox_character
|name=Kokoro Awane
|image=[[File:Awane Kokoro 4 star card.png|300px]]
|jname= 粟根こころ (Awane Kokoro)
|designer=[[GAN]]
|voices= Japanese: [[wikipedia:ja:%E8%BF%91%E8%97%A4%E7%8E%B2%E5%A5%88|Reina Kondou]]
|id=3016
|release1=JP:November 10, 2017
|release2=NA:August 06, 2019
}}

{{nihongo|'''Kokoro Awane'''|粟根こころ|Awane Kokoro}} was a playable character in the 2017 mobile game [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record]].
==General Info==
{{Magical Girl Details
|age=15
|height=155cm
|eyes=Green
|hair=Brown
|origin=[[Chuo Ward]]
|soulgem=Green gem (beneath neck)
|weapon=[[wikipedia:Tonfa|Pile driver tonfas]]
|wish={{Q|I wish for my mom to come home.}}
|doppel=Pamela
|pronoun={{nihongo|''watashi''|私|}}
|school=[[Chuo Academy]], Tenth Grade
|relatives=Unnamed parents (divorced)
|affiliation=[[Kamihama Magia Union]]
}}

==Game Info==
{{Magia Record Stats
|type=Defense|attribute=light
|hp0=6392|atk0=1602|def0=2117
|hp4=22512|atk4=5683|def4=7896
|hp5=28327|atk5=7308|def5=10001
|hpmax=35636|atkmax=8597|defmax=14708
|disk1=accele|disk3=blast-|disk4=charge
|connect=I Won't Hide My Feelings Anymore
|connecttype=effect-counter
|connect4=Guaranteed Counter & Damage Cut [VII]
|connect5=Guaranteed Counter & Damage Cut [IX]
|magia=Discrete Bullet <ref>In the NA her magia attack is called ''Surging Release''.</ref>
|magiapat=one
|magia4=Damage to Single Enemy [V] & Chance to Counter (All / 3T)
|magia5=Damage to Single Enemy [VII] & Chance to Counter (All / 3T) & Damage Cut (All / 3T)
|doppel=Pamela
|doppelpat=one
|doppel5=Damage to Single Enemy [IX] & Chance to Counter (All / 3T) & Damage Cut (All / 3T)
}}{{Magia Record Spirit Enhancement
|hp4=6|atk4=4|def4=8|accele4=6|blast4=4|charge4=6
|hp5=7|atk5=5|def5=9|accele5=7|blast5=5|charge5=7
|hpmax=7|atkmax=5|defmax=9|accelemax=13|blastmax=9|chargemax=15
|icons=buff-doppelmp, buff-doppel, effect-taunt, buff-doppelmp, buff-doppel, effect-cut, effect-endure, effect-cut-blast, effect-add-stun, effect-counter, buff-magia, buff-charge
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [IV] & Magia Damage UP [II]
|Provoke Adept: Chance to Provoke [II]
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [IV] & Magia Damage UP [II]
|Shield Adept: Damage Cut [II]
|Fortitude Adept: Endure (Quests only)
|Blast Shield: Blast Damage Cut [III]
|Stun Edge: Chance to Stun on ATtack [II] (1T)
|Cross Counter Adept: Chance to Counter [III]
|Magia Adept: Magia Damage UP [III]
|Technical Adept: Charge Disc Damage UP [III]
|activename=Shield Secure
|activetype=effect-cut
|active=Damage Cut [V] (All / 1T)
|cooldown=10
}}

==Summary==
A Magical Girl who always tries to put on a happy face. Her parents divorced when she was young, and she's lived with her father ever since. Their relationship has become strained, leading her to become emotionally shutoff.

===Doppel Description===
[[File:Kokoro doppel.png|thumb|right|150px|Pamela, Kokoro's doppel]]
The Doppel of restraint. Its form is a shell. The master of this emotion knows it's simply a way for her to release her pent-up frustration. She views it with mixed feelings, as she understands there are drawbacks. This Doppel sprouts thorns to resist those who would harm it and attacks ferociously when it senses danger. On rare occasions, the agitated emotional state of its master may cause it to explode, and its shell – though stronger than metal – will break and release a surge of powerful magic.
{{-}}
===Side Story===
{{Spoilerbox|
Kokoro fights familiars with [[Masara Kagami]]. Afterwards they move on to the witch and defeat it. When the girls reappear in reality, Masara says they have to leave before the place closes. Kokoro says there's still time and says they should enjoy the view. She offers to buy Masara drinks, and when Masara says she doesn't need one, says she'll choose for her. Kokoro narrates that her and Masara became partners after they met, it's more like a one sided relationship. Kokoro is still surprised to find they're fighting witches together, and admits she didn't have the best impression of Masara at first. She thinks back to when they first met.

The flashback begins shortly after Kokoro became a magical girl. In it, Kokoro enters a witch's barrier and finds the familiars have all been destroyed. She then sees Masara fighting a witch, and deduces she was the one who beat the familiars. She thinks Masara is strong, but as she fights the witch, Kokoro thinks that Masara acts like she's not afraid of dying. Masara then notices Kokoro, who says she didn't realize another magical girl had arrived. Kokoro says she will support her.

After the battle, Kokoro says that while she's nowhere near Masara's level, she still thinks Masara should protect herself more. Masara says she doesn't really care if she dies, which shocks Kokoro. Masara says that if Kokoro think she's strong, she should agree that Masara is correct. Masara claims that a human can become invincible if they have nothing to lose. She says her strength comes from being indifferent to death. As Kokoro splutters, she narrates that the person who leaves doesn't understand the feelings of those they leave behind.

Kokoro says that Masara's family would care if she dies. Masara says it's fine, explaining that she wished for money, and arranged things so that if she dies it will be transferred to her family. Masara also says it's easier if she dies inside a witch barrier, since to everyone else she'll just have gone missing. Kokoro says that's not what she's talking about and asks how her family would feel if she died. Masara thinks they'll be fine, claiming humans are strong creatures. Kokoro flashes back to her mother, who told Kokoro she's strong and will be fine even after she leaves. Kokoro thought she wasn't fine at all.

Kokoro explains to Masara that she wished for her broken family to be made whole again, and for her mother to come back home. Kokoro narrates that she thought fighting witches was just compensation for repairing her family, but her mother didn't feel the way she did. Kokoro thinks back to her past when her parents were together and narrates that when she was little she went hiking in the mountains with her family. She believes it to be the most fun memory she has with them. Afterward, they stopped going hiking.

In another flashback, Kokoro's father yells at her for not washing the dishes. Kokoro explains she has to do homework, prompting him to say that's too late. Kokoro replies she'll do the dishes if that's the case, but her father tells her to just be quiet and focus on her schoolwork. Kokoro narrates that her father kept getting upset after her mom left. She believed he didn't know what he was supposed to do, and was taking it out on her. Kokoro blames her mom for leaving. Later, Kokoro finishes ironing clothes, and her father apologizes for yelling earlier. Kokoro narrates that hiking became her hobby, but after her mom left she went hiking alone. Comparing her feelings to hiking, she thinks she won't complain about anything, and tells her father not to worry about it. She says she's completely fine.

Back with Masara, Kokoro says that it might not have been much to her, but for most people being a magical girl is a huge decision. She says she would go that far to protect her family, and admonishes Masara to not let her break so easily. Masara says Kokoro is talking about her family, not Masara's, and that Masara's family are the only ones who have the right to criticize her. Kokoro apologizes and admits she selfishly got mad. She says it's her problem. Masara asks why she's blaming herself for protecting her family. Kokoro says she couldn't.

Kokoro's wish was "I want my mom to come back", and that's precisely what happened. Kokoro narrates that she thought that would make everything go back to the way things were, but that's not the case. Her mother and father would argue at home over chores. Kokoro thought that if she knew that her happy family would disappear someday, she would wish she never have known it in the first place. However, since she knows what a happy family is like, she'll desire it always. Kokoro compares her desire to hiking up a mountain, and thinks hiking alone is painful. Because of this, Kokoro would mediate her family's arguments, telling them to leave it to her.

With Masara, Kokoro starts crying after explaining what happened. Masara asks why she blames herself. Kokoro says she wished for it to happen. Masara says that Kokoro did nothing wrong - she wished to put her family back together, and got exactly that. Masara claims what happens afterward is something Kokoro shouldn't feel responsible for. Kokoro thinks back to all her friends and relatives who told her it wasn't her fault, but she wasn't able to accept those words until Masara spoke them without any sort of pity. Masara then asks if Kokoro's ideal is to kill her feelings to protect her family. Kokoro says that's not it at all, and says she doesn't want her parents to have painful memories either. Masara then asks why she thinks it's okay to hold back.

Masara explains that if Kokoro's ideal family isn't built on someone's pain, then she shouldn't put that burden on herself. Masara tells Kokoro that she should live for her own sake, not another's. Masara says she's going to leave, but Kokoro asks if she can stay with her. Kokoro narrates that she was [[yuri undertones|attracted]] to the girl who explained things to her, for reasons she couldn't put into words. Masara says there's no benefit to Kokoro, but Kokoro says she just wants to be with Masara. Masara says she can do what she wishes.

Later, Kokoro's father complains the dishes aren't done. Kokoro says that her mother's at the neighborhood association meeting, and that it's not right to push all the chores on mom. Kokoro's father agrees and says he'll do the dishes. Kokoro says she'll help him out and make dinner. Kokoro thinks there's still quite a distance to the summit of her desires, but she won't ignore the pain anymore. Kokoro then welcomes her mother back with dinner. Kokoro's mother apologizes, but her father says he needs to do the cooking every so often.

Sometime later, Kokoro and Masara defeat another witch. Kokoro invites Masara to a cafe she heard about, but Masara says she's not hungry or thirsty. Kokoro says she doesn't need to be and they can just take a look. When Masara asks what they would do, Kokoro says they can talk. Masara says if Kokoro wants to talk they can just do it here. Kokoro thinks that's how Masara is, but even so she can't help but be interested. Kokoro thinks she might be selfish, but she is worried about Masara's safety.

Kokoro says they can go to the cafe the next time they finish hunting and if Masara is hungry or thirsty. Masara says she wouldn't mind. Kokoro thinks she can't just says she wants Masara to change because she's with her, but hopes Masara realizes it someday. As the girls say they'll see each other tomorrow, Kokoro hopes that Masara will see that there is a person who finds her important. Kokoro narrates that she won't ignore her heart, and that she's at "your" side for her own sake.
}}
===Costume Stories===
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{{Tab Content|title=Outdoor Wear|[[File:Kokoro Civilian.png|thumb|right|150px]]
Kokoro has stopped by [[Himika Mao]]’s house to say hi. Himika invites her inside where her siblings swarm around Kokoro and ask if she’s brought them any cake. Himika scolds them as Kokoro smiles and says she brought them something else this time. Since she recently went on a themed hike about all the wild plants you can harvest from the mountain, she has a bunch of food left over. It’s too much for her 3-person family so she wanted to give it to Himika’s family if that’s okay with her. Himika appreciates the gesture and accepts the goods. She looks inside the bag to find more than enough food for several side dishes for their meals. Himika thanks her profusely before noting that Kokoro has been hiking a lot more than usual. Kokoro replies that, while she enjoyed hiking, she enjoys it much more now that she has a friend to go climbing with her. Mentally Kokoro thanks Masara for that.
}}
{{Tab Content|title=Swimsuit|[[File:Awane Kokoro Swimsuit.png|thumb|right|150px]]
Kokoro doesn’t want to miss out on her summer vacation and is keen on making lots of memories with Masara. That’s when she got the idea of going to the beach since they’ve never been there together before, but she didn’t have a swimsuit to wear to the beach. So she asked Masara to go with her to pick one out. The two are at a shop at the mall where Kokoro finds all sorts of cute swimsuits to wear. However, she can’t choose one so she shows them to Masara and asks her which one she likes. Masara just stares at the swimsuit and says it doesn’t matter as long as it does what it needs to. Kokoro says that’s fine and all but she wants to know which one Masara likes more design wise. But Masara doesn’t really see the difference and says either one is fine as long as Kokoro likes it. Kokoro shrugs and decides to go for the yellow one. Masara points at all the straps on the swimsuit and asks what they purpose of them is. This causes Kokoro to break into laughter much to Masara’s confusion. She asks if it’s something she said but Kokoro apologizes for suddenly laughing. She explains that the straps are entirely decorative and serve no purpose other than to make the swimsuit seem like something out of the ordinary. Kokoro asks Masara to help her try on the swimsuit. Masara asks if that’s okay but Kokoro insists it’s fine.

After changing clothes, Kokoro models the swimsuit for Masara and asks what she thinks. Masara says it looks good and not just because it’s the one Kokoro chose. That’s part of it, but Masara understands now what Kokoro meant earlier: the swimsuit gives Kokoro a different atmosphere than usual. Kokoro smiles and decides to go with that swimsuit. Since Masara only has a plain swimsuit, Kokoro asks if she can’t pick one out for her. But no matter which one she chose Masara didn’t like it. Masara asks if there’s anything wrong with the swimsuit she already has but Kokoro is a little let down. Instead she tells Masara it’s fine so long as she’s happy with it. Kokoro is willing to give up on getting her a new swimsuit, but instead she insists that they get matching beach towels at least. When Masara looks at her questioningly, Kokoro explains that the beach can get very crowded so if they get separated it’ll be easier to find each other if their towels match. Masara stares at her for a moment before agreeing to go buy some matching towels with Masara. Kokoro inwardly jumps with joy as the two head to the towel section to choose.
}}
{{Tab Content|title=Winter Outfit|[[File:Kokoro valentine 2020.png|thumb|right|150px]]
Masara is waiting for Kokoro in downtown Kamihama. She doesn’t have to wait much longer before Kokoro finally arrives. Masara says it’s very unusual for Kokoro to be late to an appointment. Kokoro explains that she dropped her gloves on the way over and couldn’t find them no matter how much she looked. Masara offers to help her look but Kokoro says it’s okay since she can always knit another pair if they don’t turn up on the way back. Kokoro then begins to blow on her hands and mentions how cold it is today. [[Yuri undertones|Masara offers Kokoro her hand to hold]] so Kokoro accepts for a little. She moves closer to Masara and takes hold of her hand, surprised to find how warm she is. Warm enough that Kokoro asks if she isn’t running a fever. Masara shakes her head and says it’s because of the heating pack she has in her pocket. Masara offers it to Kokoro but she doesn’t want Masara to get cold because of her. Masara says it’s fine since she brought two of them with her. Kokoro takes her up on her offer and warms right up. Still, Kokoro kind of prefers gloves to hand warmers. Masara asks if gloves are really that great. Kokoro asks her if she didn’t wear gloves when she went skiing that time, but Masara replies that it was only because they were on a snowy mountain. Hand warmers are good enough for her, especially since she doesn’t own any gloves. Kokoro thinks for a moment then says it’s decided. She tells Masara they’re headed to a craft shop to buy yarn that’ll suit her so Kokoro can knit her some gloves of her own. Masara says she doesn’t have to go to the trouble, but Kokoro insists it’s something she wants to do for her. Masara smiles and says okay.
}}
</div>

==Appearances==

* [[Magia Record Main Story#Part One|Main Story Part 1]]: [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 8|Chapter 8]], [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 10|Chapter 10]]
* [[Magia Record Story Last Magia|The Last Magia]]

===Event Appearances===
*[[Magia Record Story Reaching a Happier Height|Reaching a Happier Height]]
*[[Magia Record Story A la Carte Valentine|A la Carte Valentine]]
*[[Magia Record Story Cross Connection|Cross Connection]]
*[[Magia Record Story The Crescent Moon Manor's Summer Vacation|Summer With Mikazuki Villa]]
*[[Magia Record Story Scattered Flowers Melancholy Chapter|The Flowers' Lament]] ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Magia Record Story Kamihama in a Circle|Kamihama in a Circle]]
*[[Magia Record Story Warming Valentine ~Until your thoughts reach you~|Warming Valentine ~Until your thoughts reach you~]]
*[[Magia Record Story Kamihama Kawaii Collection|Kamihama Kawaii Collection]]
*[[Magia Record Story Memorable Flower|Memorable Flower]]
* [[Magia Record Story Where is Ashley Taylor's Japanese Horror!?|Where is Ashley Taylor's Japanese Horror!?]]
*[[Magia Record Story Magia Clash! ~Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Detonation~|Magia Clash!]]

===Magical Girl Story Appearances===
* [[Masara Kagami]]
* [[Sayaka Miki in Magia Record|Sayaka Miki]]
* [[Tsubaki Mikoto in Magia Record|Tsubaki Mikoto]]
* [[Himika Mao]]

===Other Appearances===
* See [[Masara・Kokoro (Bride ver.)]]
* See [[Kokoro Awane in Magia Exedra]]

==Powers and Abilities==
In Magia Record, Kokoro is shown to have some sort of defense ability. In Arc 1 Chapter 10, Kokoro utilizes this ability, being able to tank a hit from Walpurgisnacht along with Ayame's ability

==Etymology==
* The characters in her last name mean "millet" (粟) and "root" (根) respectively.

==Trivia==
* Her doppel may be a reference to the song of the same name by popular American band Toto. In the song, it talks about togetherness and being side by side with a loved one. This could link to the relationship Kokoro holds with her family and her friend Masara Kagami.
** Instead, it may be a reference to ''[[wikipedia:Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded|Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded]]'', the widely read 18th century novel, or its protagonist Pamela Andrews. As the title suggests, this novel is a story of a woman's patience and virtue over man's despotism and hedonism, and a given name [https://www.behindthename.com/names/view.php?name=pamela Pamela] became widely known by this novel. Pamela is a beautiful and chaste girl with low social status. She responds to her employer's various forms of ravishment with her chastity, and then, eventually wins the reward as joining the upper class by formally marrying her employer.

==Gallery==
===Magia Record===
<gallery>
File:kokoro_4_star_card.png|Magia Record Four Star Card
File:kokoro_5_star_card.png|Magia Record Five Star Card
File:Awane Kokoro battle Sprite.png|In-Battle Sprite
File:Mini 301601 s.png|In-battle Sprite (Five Star)
File:kokoro_doppel.png|Doppel
File:Kokoro doppel card.png
File:Pamela_English_description.png
File:Kokoro PM.png
File:Kokoro School.png
File:Kokoro Civilian.png|"Reaching a Happier Height" Event costume
File:Awane_Kokoro_Swimsuit.png|Swimsuit outfit
File:Kokoro valentine 2020.png|Valentine's outfit
File:Kokoro Bride.png|[[Masara・Kokoro (Bride ver.)|Bride ver]]
File:Kokoro Shadow.png
File:Kokoro Papa Seal 2019.jpg|Magical Girl Seal 2019
File:And they lived happily ever after.png|Magical Girl Seal 2024
</gallery>

====Memoria/Chapter Art====
<gallery>
File:masara_kokoro_memoria_full.png
File:Memoria 1137.png
File:Memoria 1458.jpg
File:Memoria 1607.jpg
File:103201 puella pattern dark.jpg
File:103201 puella pattern light.jpg
File:Memoria 1905.jpg
File:Memoria 1906.jpg
File:Memoria 1907.jpg
File:Memoria 1908 1.jpg
</gallery>

====Anime Screenshots====
<gallery>
File:Magical Girl's ep24-2.png|In [[Magia Record Episode 24|episode 24]]
File:Magical girl's ep25-3.png|In [[Magia Record Episode 25|episode 25]]
</gallery>

===Magia Exedra===
''See [[Kokoro Awane in Magia Exedra#Gallery]]''
<gallery>
File:Exedra Kokoro Art.jpg|Surging Laser Kioku
File:Exedra Kokoro Art 2.jpg|Kokoro's 3✦ Kioku
File:Kokoro Exedra Infobox.png
File:Exedra Live2D 301630.png|Character talk sprite
</gallery>

===Official Art===
<gallery>
File:Kokoro 01.jpg
File:Kokoro 02.jpg
File:Kokoro 03.jpg
File:Kokoro 04.jpg
File:Kokoro 05.jpg
File:Kokoro 06.jpg
File:Magireco Anth Illus 3.jpeg|Art from the [[Magia Record Comic Anthology]].
</gallery>

====Art by the Designer====
<gallery>
File:EFTjCqnU8AACzla.jpg|[https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1176815042638962688 Source]
File:D VMzyrVUAI95N0.jpg|[https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1149909811128983552 Source]
File:EDNCYquVUAE8M k.jpg|[https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1167349725814640640 Source]
File:1576938883404.jpg|[https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1208392011826397184 Source]
File:EWdMei UcAAISxU.jpg|[https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1254055201566154752 Source]
File:EeUlGPIUwAEORb5.png|[https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1289477663959035905 Source]
File:Ey 96HTVkAQ-fUc.jpg|[https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1382603082232569856 Source]
File:E YXPY1UcAkQakv.png|[https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1438362819192242176 Source]
File:FKayy1hVIAA3PL4.jpg|[https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1488073478620147712 Source]
File:FKepZpLVcAQq3fC.jpg|[https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1488344905839562752 Source]
File:FqhqXslagAEceWo.jpeg|Kokoro as a kunoichi. [https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1632672072509054977 Source]
File:FyJWybpaIAAnMaf.jpg|Kokoro in her Bridal version outfit. [https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1666990456864129024 Source]
File:EtMoAR3VoAItv -.jpg|[https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1356472086307328003 Source]
File:FYklq3gaMAEysJA.jpg|[https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1551813057604878336 Source]
</gallery>

==Memoria Cards==
{{Magia Record Memoria List|character=Kokoro Awane}}

==External links==
*[http://magireco.com Official Magia Record Website - Japanese]
*[https://magiarecord-en.com/ Official Magia Record Website - English]

===Gameplay Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU1g-jkMHtM Recording of Kokoro's Transformation Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://youtu.be/V7CCmhzYKLM?si=GybOfVFIjD7J9_Ck Recording of Kokoro's Magia Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYrktqIhJKE Recording of Kokoro's Doppel Video on Youtube (JP)]

===Side Story and Costume Story Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHxwStrSmcM Recording of Kokoro's MSS on Youtube (JP)]
**[https://youtu.be/cNcQpB-RORs Recording of Kokoro's MSS on Youtube (NA)]
*[https://youtu.be/01XRZBZhyQs Recording of Kokoro's Outdoor Wear Story on Youtube (JP) '''(Subtitled)''']
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rljlTNupYU Recording of Kokoro's Swimsuit Story on Youtube (JP) '''(Subtitled)''']
*[https://youtu.be/ZrQvP5P5EJA Recording of Kokoro's Winter Outfit Story on Youtube (JP) '''(Subtitled)''']

===Dialogue Lines===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJXlHXEClec Recording of Kokoro's Dialogue lines on Youtube (NA)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB8SvlnB0Gk Recording of Kokoro's Swimsuit Dialogue lines on Youtube (NA)]

{{Character Categories|Awane|magicalgirl=yes}}
[[Category:Kamihama Magia Union members]]

Kako Natsume

2025-10-07T13:38:35Z

8ozpintail: added powers and grammar edits to mgs

{{Infobox_character
|name=Kako Natsume
|image=[[File:Kako_profile.png|300px]]
|jname= 夏目かこ (Natsume Kako)
|designer=[https://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=67388 Shino]
|voices= Japanese: [[wikipedia:ja:%E9%88%B4%E6%9C%A8%E7%B5%B5%E7%90%86|Eri Suzuki]]
English: [https://twitter.com/DeneenMelody/status/1238944276865667072 Deneen Melody] 
Russian: Yekaterina Popova 
Mexican Spanish: [https://www.bodalgo.com/es/locutores/elena-chami Elena Chami] 
Brazilian Portuguese: Wallquiria Santos
|id=3011
|release1=JP:August 22, 2017
|release2=NA:June 25, 2019
}}

{{nihongo|'''Kako Natsume'''|夏目かこ|Natsume Kako}} was a playable character in the 2017 mobile game [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record]].

==General Info==
{{Magical Girl Details
|age=13
|height=150cm
|eyes=Green
|hair=Green
|origin=[[Shinsei Ward]]
|soulgem=Green open book (ribbon at her throat)
|weapon=[[wikipedia:Spear|Spear]] (Tip resembles a closed book)
|wish={{Q|I want to bring back my family's happiness! I want things like they were before... I want Natsume Bookstore back!}} (in Magia Record) {{Q|I want to see my family smiling again! Like we did before...I want Natsume Books back again! I... I'll make the contract! I'll become a Magical Girl! So please...grant my wish! I won't...run away again!}} (in Magia Exedra)
|powers=Reproduction (Repeat what happened in front of you within the limits of your magic)
|doppel=Andreana
|pronoun={{nihongo|''watashi''|私|}}
|school=[[Kamihama City University Affiliated School]], Seventh Grade
|relatives=Unnamed parents
}}

==Game Info==
{{Magia Record Stats
|type=Heal|attribute=forest
|hp0=3267|atk0=977|def0=11229
|hp2=10310|atk2=3190|def2=3851
|hp3=13059|atk3=4044|def3=4875
|hp4=17179|atk4=5325|def4=6413
|hp5=21291|atk5=6609|def5=7949
|hpmax=25771|atkmax=7889|defmax=9726
|disk1=accele|disk3=blast!|disk4=blast-|disk5=charge
|connect=On to the Next Page!
|connecttype=support-restore-hp
|connect2=HP Restore [III] & Remove Status Ailments
|connect3=HP Restore [V] & Remove Status Ailments
|connect4=HP Restore [VII] & Remove Status Ailments
|connect5=HP Restore [VIII] & Remove Status Ailments
|magia=Page of Twinkle Road
|magiapat=one
|magia2=Damage to Single Enemy [I] & Regenerate HP (All / 3T)
|magia3=Damage to Single Enemy [II] & Regenerate HP (All / 3T)
|magia4=Damage to Single Enemy [IV] & Regenerate HP (All / 3T) & Remove Status Ailments
|magia5=Damage to Single Enemy [VI] & Regenerate HP (All / 3T) & Remove Status Ailments
|doppel=Andreana
|doppelpat=one
|doppel5=Damage to Single Enemy [VIII] & Remove Buffs (Target) & Regenerate HP (All / 3 T) & Remove Status Ailments (All)
}}{{Magia Record Spirit Enhancement
|hp2=4|atk2=3|def2=5|accele2=4|blast2=4|charge2=2
|hp3=5|atk3=4|def3=6|accele3=5|blast3=5|charge3=3
|hp4=6|atk4=5|def4=7|accele4=6|blast4=6|charge4=4
|hp5=7|atk5=6|def5=8|accele5=7|blast5=7|charge5=5
|hpmax=7|atkmax=6|defmax=8|accelemax=13|blastmax=13|chargemax=10
|icons=buff-doppelmp, buff-defense, buff-doppel, buff-doppelmp, effect-hpregen, buff-defense, buff-doppel, buff-magia, buff-resistance, buff-blast, effect-add-mp, buff-charged
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Guard Adept: Defense UP [I]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [III] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Regenerate Adept: Regenerate HP [IV]
|Crisis Guard: Defense UP When At Critical Health [II] & Defense UP [II]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [IV] & Magia Damage UP [II]
|Magia Adept: Magia Damage UP [III]
|Resist Adept: Status Ailment Resistance UP [II]
|Blast Adept: Blast Damage UP [II]
|Fast Mana Up: MP Gauge 15% Full on Battle Start
|Charge Adept: Charged Attack Damage UP [II]
|activename=Regenerate Circle
|activetype=effect-hpregen
|active=Regenerate HP [III] (All / 3T)
|cooldown=9
}}

==Summary==
Kako is a bookworm and the only daughter of the family that runs Natsume Books, a used book store in Kamihama. Her mother is a Japanese teacher. Kako's a softy, never acting selfishly, but that doesn't mean she doesn't make herself completely clear when she has to.

===Doppel Description===
[[File:Doppel 301100 l.png|thumb|right|150px|Andreana, Kako's doppel]]
The Doppel of mistaken steps<ref>The term used for her Doppel's nature is "Isamiashi". It is a sumo term for when a sumo wrestler attacks too aggressively and steps out of the ring, or a Japanese idiom derived from that term, meaning to act out of impatience and recklessness despite that it probably lead to failure.</ref>. Its form is cutting. The master of this emotion fears her Doppel, as it unreservedly swings its blade to chop up everything in sight– even her precious books. Inwardly, though, she also feels a sense of release that she can’t quite describe. Unlike its ever-fearful master, the manifested Doppel chops with its guillotine without ever stopping to think. In addition to its target’s physical body, it shreds any and all magical connections they have. This Doppel can only attack physically from very close range, and sometimes slashes at its allies by mistake, so it tends to leave itself open to attack. But the master of this emotion cannot control it, and so can only remain frozen in fear.
<references/>
{{-}}
===Side Story===
{{Spoilerbox|
Kako introduces herself as a thirteen year old girl whose family runs a bookshop called "Natsume Library." Her father runs the bookshop, and her mother teaches middle school Japanese classes. Kako says she is an ardent booklover. She tells her father the novel he recommended, Furuyashiki Daihachirou's "The Melancholy of a Sugar Glider", was so good she read it in one sitting. Her father recommends another book by the same author called "The Trembling of a Flying Squirrel". Kako enjoyed her life of books until one day, everything changed. She sees her father talking on the phone, talking about the bookstore he inherited from his father.

It turns out that a land shark was looking to take Natsume Library, which was the last shop left in the district, and build a mansion over the area. Kako's father had no intention of selling and tells Kako it will be alright. Her father then went around, getting support against the buyer. He initially meets some success, but then he met with harassment. One day Kako finds one of her father's flyers, made to oppose the construction, torn up in front of her shop. She also finds her parent's are fighting, though her father said not to worry. Then one day, the bookstore, which was also their house, burned down. Kako had to restrain her father as he tried to run to the house.

On the day of the fire, she was coming home from school and picked up the pieces of a poster that was torn up. She saw a figure in the alleyway next to the house, setting fire to the place. It was a man wearing a long hat and a mask. Kako could only watch in stunned silence. When she decided to leave quietly and get her parents, she was stopped by the man. Barely able to speak, all she could think was that the man was not normal. The man stares at Kako for a while and then leaves. When Kako returns to her senses, she saw the fire went out of control.

Kako tells everything to her parents and the police. Her parents are just happy she's alright. However, Kako regrets her lack of action. After her family found a temporary home to live in, she returns to the bookstore's ruins thinking she could have done something. Then she sees a girl with a [[Kyubey|certain white creature]]. The girl is surprised to find Kako can see Kyubey, and Kako is surprised to find Kyubey talks and knows her name. The girl says it's late, so they can talk another day.

Kako asks around the neighborhood about the girl, but she doesn't get any leads. Then, one day, the girl appears in front of her. She introduces herself as [[Nanaka Tokiwa]]. Kyubey introduces himself as well. Nanaka asks if the burnt bookshop was Kako's. When Kako says yes, Nanaka says she heard it was arson and asks if they found the culprit. Kako says they haven't, and Nanaka asks if Kako wants to catch him. Kako, thinking Nanaka means the police, says yes. Kyubey then offers her a contract. Nanaka explains about magical girls. Nanaka believes, based on research from herself and her allies, that the fire at Kako's home was started by a witch. Kako asks if she can catch the culprit if she becomes a magical girl. Kyubey says she can even wish to go back to her old way of life, if she wanted. Nanaka then asks Kako if she has the resolve to risk her life, explaining that fighting witches are dangerous. She tells Kako she has to decide for herself whether to become a magical girl or not.

Kako asks Nanaka what she would do in her position. Nanaka says if it helps achieve her goals she would not hesitate. Nanaka and Kyubey then leave. Kyubey's parting words are that Kako has potential. Kako narrates that ever since she met Nanaka, she couldn't stop thinking she has the chance to fix everything. She wonders if she should do nothing, just like when she did nothing on the day of the fire. She also notices her father has been despondent lately. Kako realizes she's frustrated with herself, but isn't sure she can risk her life. One day, she returns to her bookstore and finds herself in a barrier.

Kako is attacked by a familiar but is saved by Nanaka. Nanaka tells Kako to take deep breaths before explaining the situation. A band of familiars surround the girls. Nanaka says she will fight them, regardless of how many there are. She says that one must carve their destiny with their own hands. Telling Kako to stay back as she attacks. Kako notes that as Nanaka fought she became overwhelmed by her enemies' numbers. Kyubey says Nanaka will be beaten at this rate, and the familiars will turn on Kako next. He offers Kako the chance to become a magical girl and help Nanaka. Nanaka contacts Kako telepathically and says she doesn't need to worry about her. Nanaka says Kako must decide what to do for herself, not for Nanaka's well being. Nanaka is then hit by a familiar, but Kyubey says she's still holding on. Finally, Kako makes her wish: To restore her family's happiness and bookstore. As Kyubey creates her Soul Gem, Kako says she won't run away anymore and that she'll fight back.

Together, Nanaka and Kako defeat the familiars. The barrier disappears and Nanaka thinks the witch let them out. Kako is shocked to find that her house and shop are fixed. Nanaka tells Kako that she can go ahead and reacquaint herself with what she lost. Kako apologizes for leaving so soon, and thanks Nanaka. Nanaka says that this was Kako's own decision. After Kako leaves, Kyubey asks if Nanaka was only pretending to struggle, to manipulate Kako into becoming a Magical Girl. Nanaka chuckles and says she's hardly that skillful, and indeed she was losing. She says this outcome is the fate Kako chose herself. Kako runs into her restored house and greets her parents. Kako then sneezes, saying she felt a shiver go up her spine.

(Kako's story is continued in [[Nanaka_Tokiwa#Side_Story|Nanaka's Side Story]].)
}}
===Costume Stories===
<div class="tabs" style="min-height:300px">
{{Tab Content|title=Halloween Costume|[[File:Kako halloween 2018.png|thumb|right|150px]]
Kako had promised to meet up with [[Madoka Kaname in Magia Record|Madoka Kaname]] one day at a restaurant to try out their special Halloween menu. Madoka loves the seasonal decorations and limited menus, and she was especially looking forward to the costume event coming up. Being reminded of the costume event at the Shopping District's Halloween Event dampened Kako's spirits. Even though she had signed up to participate, she still hadn't been able to come up with a costume idea. Seeing Kako's disheartened expression, Madoka asks if Kako perhaps dislikes Halloween because of ghosts and other spooky things. Kako admits she loves Halloween even if she dislikes ghosts, and explains to Madoka her predicament. She had signed up for the event because she had wanted to raise the popularity of the Shopping District in order to attract more customers, but she can't decide on a costume idea that would help liven up the event. Madoka believes that Kako's idea isn't silly at all but suggests Kako wear something that she wants to wear and would think is fun. She tells Kako that the first step to having fun is to "Find what you enjoy!", so she should wear the costume she herself likes the most. Madoka then breaks into a smile and admits that she shouldn't be giving advice since she's in the same boat: she can't come up with a Halloween costume idea either. Kako thinks they should work together to figure out a costume they can both enjoy. Madoka happily agrees and the two get to work.

At the shopping district's Halloween event, Kako and Natsuki get their picture taken in their cute homemade Halloween costumes. Kako made sure to e-mail a copy of the photo to Madoka along with a thank you note. Elsewhere, Madoka is hanging out with Homura when she looks at the photo. At the same time, the two of them realize that Kako and Natsuki match their own Halloween costumes. Homura explains she and Natsuki had worked on them together while Madoka responds that she and Kako had done the same thing. Both girls smile and compliment their two friends.
}}
{{Tab Content|title=Swimsuit|[[File:Kako swimsuit.png|thumb|right|150px]]
Kako tells her team about her beach plans with Felicia and Ayame, but she needs help picking out a swimsuit, since she has never swam outside of school activities. Initially surprised, Nanaka, Meiyui, and Akira agree to help her out. Kako had previously tried asking Emiri and Rika, but their recommendations were too flashy.
At the store, the three split up, and one by one, begin offering their suggestions to Kako.
Akira’s choice had a lot of frills, but Kako turns it down, as it would make her stand out. Nanaka offers her suggestion next, which is a one-pieced swimsuit with a checkered pattern, but it is also a child’s swimsuit, hinted at by the bear printed on the front. Meiyui presents her option next, which had a giant sunflower on it.
A little disappointed, Kako believes that she is being seen as a child, and the three begin to bicker. While trying to calm them down, Kako finds a particular swimsuit that she likes and tries it on.
When she comes out of the fitting room, the other three notice that the one piece swimsuit has all of their recommendations on it, that being a sunflower motif with frills and a checkered pattern.
Realizing that they did help out after all, the three are happy, and agree with Kako that shopping as group is fun.}}
</div>

==Appearances==

* [[Magia Record Main Story#Part One|Main Story Part 1]]: [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 8|Chapter 8]], [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 10|Chapter 10]]
* [[Magia Record Story Last Magia|The Last Magia]]
* [[Magia Record Another Story#Part One|Another Story Part 1]]: [[Magia Record Another Story Chapter 9|Chapter 9]]
* [[Magia Record Mirrors Story|Mirrors Story]] 

===Event Appearances===
*[[Magia Record Story And So, The Azaleas Bloom|And So, the Azaleas Bloom]]
*[[Magia Record Story Happy New Year at the Mizuna Shrine!|New Year’s at Mizuna Shrine]]
*[[Magia Record Story A la Carte Valentine|A la Carte Valentine]]
*[[Magia Record Story Bye Bye, See You Tomorrow ~Memories of the Kamihama Large Residential Complex~|See You Tomorrow]]
*[[Magia Record Story Mitama's Special Training - Mitama Episode|Mitama's Special Training - Mitama Episode]]
*[[Magia Record Story Cross Connection|Cross Connection]]
*[[Magia Record Story The Crescent Moon Manor's Summer Vacation|Summer With Mikazuki Villa]]
*[[Magia Record Story We Invite You to a Delightful Halloween!|We Invite You to a Delightful Halloween!]]
*[[Magia Record Story Kamihama Cheese Panic!|Kamihama Cheese Panic!]]
*[[Magia Record Story Mitama and the Delicious New Year's Party|Mitama's Festive Feast]]
*[[Magia Record Story Mitama's Special Training - Nanaka Episode|Mitama's Special Training - Nanaka Episode]]
*[[Magia Record Story A La Carte Valentine 2nd ~What If That Girl Took the Lead Role On This Day?~|A La Carte Valentine 2nd ~What If That Girl Took the Lead Role On This Day?~]]
*[[Magia Record Story Scattered Flowers Melancholy Chapter|The Flowers' Lament]]
*[[Magia Record Story Magia Clash! ~Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Detonation~|Magia Clash!]]
*[[Magia Record Story Kamihama in a Circle|Kamihama in a Circle]]
*[[Magia Record Story Angels on the Road ~Reindeer Santa Prospering Season~|Angels on the Road ~Reindeer Santa Prospering Season~]]
*[[Magia Record Story Night Fairytale ～You Were At the Water's Edge～|Night Fairytale ～You Were At the Water's Edge～]]

===Magical Girl Story Appearances===
* [[Kanoko Yayoi]]
* [[Konomi Haruna]]
* [[Madoka Kaname in Magia Record|Madoka Kaname]]
* [[Meiyui Chun]]
* [[Mito Aino]]
* [[Nanaka Tokiwa]]
* [[Natsuki Utsuho]]
* [[Ria Ami]]
* [[Ui Tamaki]]
* [[Ayame Mikuri]]
* [[Felicia Mitsuki]]
* [[Hazuki Yusa]]
* [[Fate T. Harlaown]]

===Other Appearances===
*See [[Kako Natsume in Magia Exedra]]

==Powers and Abilities==
Kako's ability is Reproduction, allowing her to recreate an attack she sees with the same amount of power. In Arc 2 Chapter 9, she reproduces Akira's attack. Instead of Kako attacking, Akira is the one who attacks with the same amount of force.

==Etymology==
* The characters of her last name mean "summer" (夏) and "eye" (目), respectively. This spelling is the same as in [https://www.aozora.gr.jp/index_pages/person148.html the name] of [[wikipedia:Natsume_S%C5%8Dseki|Natsume Souseki]], a famous Japanese writer. Considering Kako likes to read books and wished for the recovery of her parents' bookstore, this could be a deliberate naming choice.

==Trivia==
* Her illustrator, [https://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=67388 Shino], is known as the illustrator and character designer of the ''Clockwork Planet'' light novel series.
**She shares an illustrator with [[Kush Irina]] and [[Heruka]].
* The large flower she wears in her hair is a daffodil, while the smaller one is a daisy. Both represent a new beginning for her bookstore.
* [https://twitter.com/sino_eefy/status/1037660294124789761 According to a tweet by Shino], as well as comments in the MagiReco Archive, Vol. 1, her weapon is a bookmark.
* Kako's halloween outfit is the same as the one Madoka wears in [[:File:Holy_quintet_halloween_3.png|this promotional image]].
* Her Doppel was hinted at in Madoka's chapter of the [[Magia Record Story A la Carte Valentine|A la Carte Valentine]] event.
* The Doppel's name, Andreana is a word that a given name Andre with a suffix [[wikipedia:-ana|"-ana"]]. This suffix changes the one's name into a mass noun or adjective, and is used in titles of literary works to indicate "the story about one", or as patronym, scientific name honoring one.
**Andre comes from the Greek word [[wikt:ἀνδρεῖος|ἀνδρεῖος]], which means "manly, brave, stubborn". Thus the name of this Doppel might means "the story of the courageous person".
**It may instead be named after ''Tillandsia andreana'', a species of [[wikipedia:Tillandsia|Tillandsia]] plants, identifiable by the wild appearance of their leaves that loosely resemble Kako's hair and their natural propensity to cling wherever they can viably grow (including telephone wires, tree branches, and bare rocks).
* During Arc 1, only she and Kyubey knew the true nature of [[Felicia Mitsuki|Felicia Mitsuki's]] wish.

==Gallery==
===Magia Record===
<gallery>
File:Kako 2 star.png|Magia Record Two Star card
File:Kako 3 star.png|Magia Record Three Star card
File:Kako 4 star.png|Magia Record Four Star card
File:Card 30115 c.png|Magia Record Five Star card
File:Mini 301100 s.png|In-battle Sprite
File:Mini 301101 s.png|In-battle sprite (five stars)
File:Doppel 301100 l.png|Doppel sprite
File:Evt image majo 2034.png|Witch sprite
File:Kako doppel card.jpg
File:Kako PM.png
File:Kako School.png
File:Kako halloween 2018.png|Halloween 2018
File:Kako swimsuit.png|Swimsuit 2021
File:Kako Papa Seal 2019.jpg|Magical Girl Seal 2019
</gallery>

====Memoria/Chapter Art====
<gallery>
File:I_made_a_friend_full_art.jpg
File:101802 manypuela.jpg
File:Memoria-1348-1349.jpg
</gallery>

====Animated Sequences====
<gallery>
File:MagiReco OP 2 - 28.png|Kako in the Arc 2 Opening
File:MagiReco OP 2 - 30.png
</gallery>

====Anime Screenshots====
<gallery>
File:Episode 6 Team Nanaka 1.png|In [[Magia Record Episode 6|episode 6]]
File:Episode 6 Team Nanaka 2.png
File:Episode 6 Team Nanaka 4.png
File:Episode 6 Team Nanaka 5.png
File:Episode 6 Team Nanaka 6.png
File:Episode 6 Team Nanaka 7.png
File:Episode 6 Team Nanaka 8.png
File:Episode 6 Team Nanaka 12.png
File:Episode 6 Kyoko confrontation 2.png
File:Episode 6 Kyoko confrontation 3.png
File:Magireco episode 14 titlecard.jpg|[[Magia Record Episode 14|Episode 14]] Titlecard
File:S2E6 VS Shin 9.PNG|In [[Magia Record Episode 19|episode 19]]
File:Magical Girl's ep24-1.png|In [[Magia Record Episode 24|episode 24]]
File:Ep25 KamihamaAttacks 24.png|In [[Magia Record Episode 25|episode 25]]
File:Magical gial's ep25-10.png
File:Magical gial's ep25-13.png
File:Epirogue ep25-1.png
</gallery>

===Magia Exedra===
''See [[Kako Natsume in Magia Exedra#Gallery]]''
<gallery>
File:Exedra Kako Art.jpg|Kako's Kioku
File:Kako Exedra Infobox.png|
File:Exedra Live2D 301130.png|Character talk sprite
</gallery>

===Official Art===
<gallery>
File:Kako 01.jpg
File:Kako 02.jpg
File:Kako 03.jpg
File:Kako 04.jpg
File:Meiyui Kako Doppel.png
File:Meiyui Kako Witch.png
File:Kako_by_Shino.jpg|[https://twitter.com/sino_eefy/status/911555311084888065 Official art by Shino]
File:kako_by_shino_2.jpg|[https://twitter.com/sino_eefy/status/922064698945576961 Art by Shino].
File:magorecopapachart.jpg|[https://twitter.com/papa0123/status/1025352983301636096 Source]
File:Magireco Anth Illus 2.jpeg|Art from [[Magia Record Comic Anthology]]
File:AprilFoolsDay-Developers-Studios-Games-2020-35.png|Kako as part of the [[Kamiha☆Magica]] Idol group.
</gallery>

==Memoria Cards==
{{Magia Record Memoria List|character=Kako Natsume}}

==External links==
*[http://magireco.com Official Magia Record Website - Japanese]
*[https://magiarecord-en.com/ Official Magia Record Website - English]

===Gameplay Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-MQtE_wV14 Recording of Kako's Transformation Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://youtu.be/SDbpFKqUug4?si=C0Z9v-jWCLyYZ2O5 Recording of Kako's Magia Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://youtu.be/sjsV0ZqHQ70?si=Bg_mvXRqInLHW5QW Recording of Kako's Doppel Video on Youtube (JP)]

===Side Story and Costume Story Videos===
*Recording of Kako's MSS on Youtube (JP): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkOOERKT0nQ Episode 1/3], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVbq6Y79j6U Episode 2/3], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1zkJQJpqz8 Episode 3/3]
**[https://youtu.be/xMv7qU1OQzk Recording of Kako's MSS on Youtube (NA)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXZKLtMc3HE Recording of Kako's Halloween Costume Story on Youtube (JP) '''(Subtitled)''']

===Dialogue Lines===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j1yvEbqPvc Recording of Kako's Dialogue lines on Youtube (NA)]
*[https://youtu.be/XTJGwOHlvp4 Recording of Kako's Halloween Costume Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]

{{Character Categories|Natsume|magicalgirl=yes}}
[[Category:Magical girls with Witches]]

San Kagura

2025-09-27T23:28:25Z

8ozpintail: /* Powers and Abilities */

{{Infobox_character
|name=San Kagura
|image=[[File:Card 10314 l.png|300px]]
|jname= 神楽燦 (Kagura San)
|designer=[[Ume Aoki]] Kuronyan
|voices=Japanese: [[wikipedia:Fairouz Ai|Ai Fairouz]]
|id=1031
|release1=JP:November 12, 2021
}}

{{nihongo|'''San Kagura'''|神楽燦|Kagura San}} was a playable character in the 2017 mobile game [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record]]. She was a member of the [[Wings of the Magius]] until its disbanding, later joining [[Neo-Magius]].

==General Info==
{{Magical Girl Details
|age=17
|eyes=Green
|hair=Gray
|height=165cm
|soulgem=Red gem in circular, six-spoked pendant (neck)
|weapon=[[wikipedia:Gatling Gun|Gatling gun]] worn as a backpack
|wish=For the Hikarizuka Fire Festival to remain.
|powers=Survival (makes her body hard as steel)
|doppel=9Daime Nue
|pronoun={{nihongo|watashi|私|}}
|relatives= Unnamed parents
|origin=[[Takarazaki City]]
|school=[[Takarazaki Municipal Hikarizuka Middle Educational School]], 11th grade
|affiliation=[[Wings of the Magius]] (white feather / instructor), [[Neo-Magius]]
}}

==Game Info==
{{Magia Record Stats
|type=Heal|attribute=forest
|hp0=6068|atk0=1847|def0=1780
|hp4=22002|atk4=6601|def4=6500
|hp5=26001|atk5=8352|def5=8501
|hpmax=32502|atkmax=10602|defmax=11960
|disk1=accele|disk3=blast-|disk4=charge
|connect=You Will Meet My Expectations
|connecttype=buff-attack
|connect4=Attack UP [VII] & Remove Status Ailments & HP Restore [VII]
|connect5=Attack UP [IX] & Remove Status Ailments & HP Restore [IX]
|magia=Ruthless Barrage
|magiapat=all
|magia4=Damage to All Enemies [V] & Accele MP Gain UP (All / 3T) & Status Ailment Resistance UP (All / 3T) & Remove Status Ailments (All) & HP Restore (All)
|magia5=Damage to All Enemies [VII] & Accele MP Gain UP (All / 3T) & Status Ailment Resistance UP (All / 3T) & Remove Status Ailments (All) & HP Restore (All)
|doppel=9daime Nue
|doppelpat=all
|doppel5=Damage to All Enemies [IX] & Accele MP Gain UP (All / 5T) & Status Ailment Resistance UP (All / 5T) & Remove Status Ailments (All) & HP Restore (All)
}}{{Magia Record Spirit Enhancement
|hp4=6|atk4=5|def4=7|accele4=6|blast4=4|charge4=6
|hp5=7|atk5=6|def5=8|accele5=7|blast5=5|charge5=7
|hpmax=7|atkmax=6|defmax=8|accelemax=13|blastmax=8|chargemax=17
|icons=buff-doppel, effect-add-mp, effect-cut, buff-doppel, buff-resistance, buff-doppelmp, effect-hpregen, effect-negate-bind, buff-doppelmp, buff-defense, buff-defense-crit, buff-magia
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|Fast Mana Up: MP Gauge 15% Full on Battle Start
|Aqua Shield Adept: Aqua Attribute Damage Cut [III] & Damage Cut [II]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|Resist Adept: Status Ailment Resistance UP [II]
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Regeneration Adept: Regenerate HP [IV]
|Anti-Bind: Guaranteed Anti-Bind
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Guard Adept: Defense UP [III]
|Crisis Guard: Defense UP When At Critical Health [II]
|Magia Adept: Magia Damage UP [II]
|activename=Survive Resist
|activetype=support-survive
|active=Survive [I] (Self / 1T) & Status Ailment Resistance UP [VII] (Self / 1T)
|cooldown=10
}}

==Summary==
A Magical Girl who serves as the No.2 of the Neo-Magius and is drawn to both the sacred and the strong. Within the Neo-Magius, she is feared as a demon instructor, but at the youth association she works at she's a beloved younger-sister figure.

===Doppel Description===
[[File:Doppel 103100 l.png|thumb|right|150px|9daime nue, San's doppel]]
The Doppel of stagnation. Its form is a security system. The master of this emotion absolutely cannot accept any change in the things that brought her to where she is today.
In response to this feeling of its master’s, this Doppel displays the ability to notice even the slightest movement of a pebble by the side of a road, the sound of a pin dropping, and so on, in order to catch every little detail of the changes occuring in its vicinity. If a change occurs as a result of a natural phenomenon, it will quietly tend to it and return it to normal. But if somebody intentionally caused it, the Doppel will never forgive them; it will launch the masks attached to it in order to give pursuit, and is absolutely guaranteed to capture and punish its target.
It’s bad at defending itself from weapons such as arrows– which its master has mixed feelings about, given that she uses projectiles herself.
{{-}}


===Costume Stories===
<tabber>
|-| Swimsuit =
[[File:San swimsuit.png|thumb|right|x250px]]
Himena fantasizes about all the guys in San’s Youth Association group fighting to win her over with their undying love, only to immediately make peace once San starts crying for them to stop.
In reality, San calls that scenario out as wildly inaccurate. Himena’s beliefs that are stemming from all the romance movies she’s watched, remain unchanged, and she can’t possibly comprehend that San and her group have no romantic interest in each other whatsoever. Flustered, San leaves to carry out some errands.
In a flashback at the beach, San actually was approached by one guy in her group, and she verbally pushed him away when he gave her a flattering comment. She considers the emotions from that experience the other day, though she swears to never utter anything about it to Himena.
</tabber>

==Appearances==
===Event Appearances===
*[[Magia Record Story Dependence Blue|Dependence Blue]]
*[[Magia Record Story Kagura San Wants to Be Honest|Kagura San Wants to Be Honest]]
*[[Magia Record Story Miyuri Yukari on Practice!|Miyuri Yukari on Practice!]]

==Powers and Abilities==
San's innate magical ability is absolute defense, which makes her body strong and hard as steel, making her immune to physical attacks. Her ability is not activated automatically but can be activated in advance. This makes her susceptible to surprise attacks and chemical attacks. In Arc 2 Chapter 9, Iroha is able to attack her by surprise because her ability is activated by command.

==Etymology==
* The characters of her last name mean "gods" (神) and "music" (楽) respectively.
** Collectively 神楽 means ancient Shinto music and dancing.
* The character in her first name means "illuminating / bright" (燦).
** The name of her witch/doppel form can be also read as 'Kyudaime Nue' as the word for 'nine' in Japanese is 'Kyu'. ‘Daime’ means ‘generation’, so the translation would be ‘ninth generation nue’ or ‘generation nine nue’.

==Trivia==
*San has the ability to manipulate [[Miyuri Yukari]] like a marionette. According to Miyuri's MSS, when Miyuri blacks out the only thing that is able to reach her is San's voice. San commands Miyuri in battle this way.
*She may have Shinto Shrine as in [[Magia Record Story Dependence Blue|Dependence Blue]] she mentions [[wikipedia:Arahitogami|arahitogami (or living god)]], a Shinto term. She also wants to preserve the Hikarizuka Fire Festival, a local Shinto festival in Takarazaki, claiming this festival is more important than her life and she will do anything (including becoming a living god) to preserve it.
*Her nickname while in the Wings of Magius was "Instructor", most likely due to her role teaching to the other Feathers. She was the third-highest ranking Magical Girl in the Wings of Magius, after [[Mifuyu Azusa]] and the Magius themselves.
* A [[wikipedia:Nue|nue]] is a yokai whose body consists of different animal parts, such as the head of a monkey, the body of a tiger and the tail of a snake. They are said to be nocturnal and make eerie cries at night that some consider ill omens; nobles who heard its cry would make prayers that nothing disastrous would happen. In its derived form, "nue" refers to entities whose true form is unknown.
**In a tale from the [[wikipedia:The Tale of the Heike|''Heike Monogatari'']] (an account of two rival clans fighting for control of Japan), the nue's cry accompanying a strange cloud of black smoke caused an emperor to fall ill, and no cure could be found. A close associate remembered a samurai using an arrow to put an end to the mysterious cries in the past, and so ordered a master of arrows (the poet Minamoto no Yorimasa) to slay the creature. Yorimasa, with an arrow with an arrowhead that belonged to an ancestor of his and the tailfeathers of a mountain bird, slew the beast with the aid of his servant. In the skies over the sick emperor's court, the cries of the common cuckoo were heard: peace was thus said to have returned, the emperor returned to full health, and Yorimasa was gifted a sword.
*** Both [[Madoka Kaname]] and [[Iroha Tamaki]] use bows and arrows, and Iroha's Doppel takes the form of a cuckoo bird.
** After the nue was slain, the people of the land it terrorized were fearful of further curses, and thus sent the nue's corpse down a river where it eventually washed up in another county. The people of this county, either fearful of curses themselves or purely out of courtesy, gave the nue a proper burial. Several accounts exist of its burial being disturbed and its vengeful spirit unleashing curses as revenge:
***A mound was created over its grave that was later torn down, so its vengeful spirit unleashed curses across the land until it was rebuilt.
***The spirit of the dead nue became a horse, which was raised by Yorimasa (the one who killed it) and given a new name. As it was a good horse, it was stolen by someone of another clan, so Yorimasa raised an army against this family. As this fight resulted in Yorimasa's ruin, it is said the nue got its revenge this way.
* San's Doppel/Witch is the first to have a number in its name.
**9Daime Nue is named after the [http://karakuri-tamaya.jp/en/kyudai.html Ninth-Generation Tamaya Shobei] and his automaton depicting the slaying of the Nue.
*She somewhat resembles one of [[Walpurgisnacht]]'s "clown" familiars.

==Gallery==
===Game Gallery===
<gallery>
File:Card 10314 c.png|Magia Record Four Star Art
File:Card 10315 c.png|Magia Record Five Star Art
File:Mini 103100 s.png|In-Battle Sprite
File:Doppel 103100 l.png|Doppel Sprite
File:San kagura doppel card.png
File:San PM.png
File:San School.png
File:Kagura (Neo Magius Executive Soldier).png|As a Neo-Magius White Feather
File:Kagura Tokime.png|Undercover in Tokime
File:San swimsuit.png|Swimsuit 2023
File:San Uwasa.png
File:201 i heal you with my gun.png|Magical Girl Seal 2022
</gallery>

===Official Art===
<gallery>
File:San 01.png
File:San 02.png
File:Announce event 11292.png
File:102601 comment neomags.jpg
File:102909 neomagus1.jpg
File:102909 neomagus2.jpg
File:102909 neomagus3.jpg
File:102909 neomagus4.jpg
File:Memoria 1691.jpg
File:Memoria 1692.jpg
File:Memoria 1693.jpg
File:Memoria 1694.jpg
File:Memoria 1698.jpg
File:Memoria 1699.jpg
File:103002 san hinano.jpg
File:103105 neo magus.jpg
File:103202 neomagus.jpg
File:103202 neomagus leader out.jpg
File:103305 neomagus.jpg
File:Memoria 1928.jpg
</gallery>

==Memoria Cards==
{{Magia Record Memoria List|character=San Kagura}}

==External links==
*[http://magireco.com Official Magia Record Website - Japanese]

===Gameplay Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPigBwTfgOA Recording of San's Transformation Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0kXhBDffeE Recording of San's Magia Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohNU4203hUw Recording of San's Doppel Video on Youtube (JP)]

===Side Story and Costume Story Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0RkO1zsBNQ Recording of San's MSS on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7pOVydf3tg Recording of San's Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y7WC-zZQDU Recording of San's Swimsuit Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]

{{Character Categories|Kagura|magicalgirl=yes}}
[[Category:Wings of the Magius members]]
[[Category:White feathers]]
[[Category:Neo-Magius members]]

Kokoro Awane

2025-09-27T23:19:42Z

8ozpintail: /* Powers and Abilities */

{{Infobox_character
|name=Kokoro Awane
|image=[[File:Awane Kokoro 4 star card.png|300px]]
|jname= 粟根こころ (Awane Kokoro)
|designer=[[GAN]]
|voices= Japanese: [[wikipedia:ja:%E8%BF%91%E8%97%A4%E7%8E%B2%E5%A5%88|Reina Kondou]]
|id=3016
|release1=JP:November 10, 2017
|release2=NA:August 06, 2019
}}

{{nihongo|'''Kokoro Awane'''|粟根こころ|Awane Kokoro}} was a playable character in the 2017 mobile game [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record]].
==General Info==
{{Magical Girl Details
|age=15
|height=155cm
|eyes=Green
|hair=Brown
|origin=[[Chuo Ward]]
|soulgem=Green gem (beneath neck)
|weapon=[[wikipedia:Tonfa|Pile driver tonfas]]
|wish={{Q|I wish for my mom to come home.}}
|doppel=Pamela
|pronoun={{nihongo|''watashi''|私|}}
|school=[[Chuo Academy]], Tenth Grade
|relatives=Unnamed parents (divorced)
|affiliation=[[Kamihama Magia Union]]
}}

==Game Info==
{{Magia Record Stats
|type=Defense|attribute=light
|hp0=6392|atk0=1602|def0=2117
|hp4=22512|atk4=5683|def4=7896
|hp5=28327|atk5=7308|def5=10001
|hpmax=35636|atkmax=8597|defmax=14708
|disk1=accele|disk3=blast-|disk4=charge
|connect=I Won't Hide My Feelings Anymore
|connecttype=effect-counter
|connect4=Guaranteed Counter & Damage Cut [VII]
|connect5=Guaranteed Counter & Damage Cut [IX]
|magia=Discrete Bullet <ref>In the NA her magia attack is called ''Surging Release''.</ref>
|magiapat=one
|magia4=Damage to Single Enemy [V] & Chance to Counter (All / 3T)
|magia5=Damage to Single Enemy [VII] & Chance to Counter (All / 3T) & Damage Cut (All / 3T)
|doppel=Pamela
|doppelpat=one
|doppel5=Damage to Single Enemy [IX] & Chance to Counter (All / 3T) & Damage Cut (All / 3T)
}}{{Magia Record Spirit Enhancement
|hp4=6|atk4=4|def4=8|accele4=6|blast4=4|charge4=6
|hp5=7|atk5=5|def5=9|accele5=7|blast5=5|charge5=7
|hpmax=7|atkmax=5|defmax=9|accelemax=13|blastmax=9|chargemax=15
|icons=buff-doppelmp, buff-doppel, effect-taunt, buff-doppelmp, buff-doppel, effect-cut, effect-endure, effect-cut-blast, effect-add-stun, effect-counter, buff-magia, buff-charge
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [IV] & Magia Damage UP [II]
|Provoke Adept: Chance to Provoke [II]
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [IV] & Magia Damage UP [II]
|Shield Adept: Damage Cut [II]
|Fortitude Adept: Endure (Quests only)
|Blast Shield: Blast Damage Cut [III]
|Stun Edge: Chance to Stun on ATtack [II] (1T)
|Cross Counter Adept: Chance to Counter [III]
|Magia Adept: Magia Damage UP [III]
|Technical Adept: Charge Disc Damage UP [III]
|activename=Shield Secure
|activetype=effect-cut
|active=Damage Cut [V] (All / 1T)
|cooldown=10
}}

==Summary==
A Magical Girl who always tries to put on a happy face. Her parents divorced when she was young, and she's lived with her father ever since. Their relationship has become strained, leading her to become emotionally shutoff.

===Doppel Description===
[[File:Kokoro doppel.png|thumb|right|150px|Pamela, Kokoro's doppel]]
The Doppel of restraint. Its form is a shell. The master of this emotion knows it's simply a way for her to release her pent-up frustration. She views it with mixed feelings, as she understands there are drawbacks. This Doppel sprouts thorns to resist those who would harm it and attacks ferociously when it senses danger. On rare occasions, the agitated emotional state of its master may cause it to explode, and its shell – though stronger than metal – will break and release a surge of powerful magic.
{{-}}
===Side Story===
{{Spoilerbox|
Kokoro fights familiars with [[Masara Kagami]]. Afterwards they move on to the witch and defeat it. When the girls reappear in reality, Masara says they have to leave before the place closes. Kokoro says there's still time and says they should enjoy the view. She offers to buy Masara drinks, and when Masara says she doesn't need one, says she'll choose for her. Kokoro narrates that her and Masara became partners after they met, it's more like a one sided relationship. Kokoro is still surprised to find they're fighting witches together, and admits she didn't have the best impression of Masara at first. She thinks back to when they first met.

The flashback begins shortly after Kokoro became a magical girl. In it, Kokoro enters a witch's barrier and finds the familiars have all been destroyed. She then sees Masara fighting a witch, and deduces she was the one who beat the familiars. She thinks Masara is strong, but as she fights the witch, Kokoro thinks that Masara acts like she's not afraid of dying. Masara then notices Kokoro, who says she didn't realize another magical girl had arrived. Kokoro says she will support her.

After the battle, Kokoro says that while she's nowhere near Masara's level, she still thinks Masara should protect herself more. Masara says she doesn't really care if she dies, which shocks Kokoro. Masara says that if Kokoro think she's strong, she should agree that Masara is correct. Masara claims that a human can become invincible if they have nothing to lose. She says her strength comes from being indifferent to death. As Kokoro splutters, she narrates that the person who leaves doesn't understand the feelings of those they leave behind.

Kokoro says that Masara's family would care if she dies. Masara says it's fine, explaining that she wished for money, and arranged things so that if she dies it will be transferred to her family. Masara also says it's easier if she dies inside a witch barrier, since to everyone else she'll just have gone missing. Kokoro says that's not what she's talking about and asks how her family would feel if she died. Masara thinks they'll be fine, claiming humans are strong creatures. Kokoro flashes back to her mother, who told Kokoro she's strong and will be fine even after she leaves. Kokoro thought she wasn't fine at all.

Kokoro explains to Masara that she wished for her broken family to be made whole again, and for her mother to come back home. Kokoro narrates that she thought fighting witches was just compensation for repairing her family, but her mother didn't feel the way she did. Kokoro thinks back to her past when her parents were together and narrates that when she was little she went hiking in the mountains with her family. She believes it to be the most fun memory she has with them. Afterward, they stopped going hiking.

In another flashback, Kokoro's father yells at her for not washing the dishes. Kokoro explains she has to do homework, prompting him to say that's too late. Kokoro replies she'll do the dishes if that's the case, but her father tells her to just be quiet and focus on her schoolwork. Kokoro narrates that her father kept getting upset after her mom left. She believed he didn't know what he was supposed to do, and was taking it out on her. Kokoro blames her mom for leaving. Later, Kokoro finishes ironing clothes, and her father apologizes for yelling earlier. Kokoro narrates that hiking became her hobby, but after her mom left she went hiking alone. Comparing her feelings to hiking, she thinks she won't complain about anything, and tells her father not to worry about it. She says she's completely fine.

Back with Masara, Kokoro says that it might not have been much to her, but for most people being a magical girl is a huge decision. She says she would go that far to protect her family, and admonishes Masara to not let her break so easily. Masara says Kokoro is talking about her family, not Masara's, and that Masara's family are the only ones who have the right to criticize her. Kokoro apologizes and admits she selfishly got mad. She says it's her problem. Masara asks why she's blaming herself for protecting her family. Kokoro says she couldn't.

Kokoro's wish was "I want my mom to come back", and that's precisely what happened. Kokoro narrates that she thought that would make everything go back to the way things were, but that's not the case. Her mother and father would argue at home over chores. Kokoro thought that if she knew that her happy family would disappear someday, she would wish she never have known it in the first place. However, since she knows what a happy family is like, she'll desire it always. Kokoro compares her desire to hiking up a mountain, and thinks hiking alone is painful. Because of this, Kokoro would mediate her family's arguments, telling them to leave it to her.

With Masara, Kokoro starts crying after explaining what happened. Masara asks why she blames herself. Kokoro says she wished for it to happen. Masara says that Kokoro did nothing wrong - she wished to put her family back together, and got exactly that. Masara claims what happens afterward is something Kokoro shouldn't feel responsible for. Kokoro thinks back to all her friends and relatives who told her it wasn't her fault, but she wasn't able to accept those words until Masara spoke them without any sort of pity. Masara then asks if Kokoro's ideal is to kill her feelings to protect her family. Kokoro says that's not it at all, and says she doesn't want her parents to have painful memories either. Masara then asks why she thinks it's okay to hold back.

Masara explains that if Kokoro's ideal family isn't built on someone's pain, then she shouldn't put that burden on herself. Masara tells Kokoro that she should live for her own sake, not another's. Masara says she's going to leave, but Kokoro asks if she can stay with her. Kokoro narrates that she was [[yuri undertones|attracted]] to the girl who explained things to her, for reasons she couldn't put into words. Masara says there's no benefit to Kokoro, but Kokoro says she just wants to be with Masara. Masara says she can do what she wishes.

Later, Kokoro's father complains the dishes aren't done. Kokoro says that her mother's at the neighborhood association meeting, and that it's not right to push all the chores on mom. Kokoro's father agrees and says he'll do the dishes. Kokoro says she'll help him out and make dinner. Kokoro thinks there's still quite a distance to the summit of her desires, but she won't ignore the pain anymore. Kokoro then welcomes her mother back with dinner. Kokoro's mother apologizes, but her father says he needs to do the cooking every so often.

Sometime later, Kokoro and Masara defeat another witch. Kokoro invites Masara to a cafe she heard about, but Masara says she's not hungry or thirsty. Kokoro says she doesn't need to be and they can just take a look. When Masara asks what they would do, Kokoro says they can talk. Masara says if Kokoro wants to talk they can just do it here. Kokoro thinks that's how Masara is, but even so she can't help but be interested. Kokoro thinks she might be selfish, but she is worried about Masara's safety.

Kokoro says they can go to the cafe the next time they finish hunting and if Masara is hungry or thirsty. Masara says she wouldn't mind. Kokoro thinks she can't just says she wants Masara to change because she's with her, but hopes Masara realizes it someday. As the girls say they'll see each other tomorrow, Kokoro hopes that Masara will see that there is a person who finds her important. Kokoro narrates that she won't ignore her heart, and that she's at "your" side for her own sake.
}}
===Costume Stories===
<div class="tabs" style="min-height:300px">
{{Tab Content|title=Outdoor Wear|[[File:Kokoro Civilian.png|thumb|right|150px]]
Kokoro has stopped by [[Himika Mao]]’s house to say hi. Himika invites her inside where her siblings swarm around Kokoro and ask if she’s brought them any cake. Himika scolds them as Kokoro smiles and says she brought them something else this time. Since she recently went on a themed hike about all the wild plants you can harvest from the mountain, she has a bunch of food left over. It’s too much for her 3-person family so she wanted to give it to Himika’s family if that’s okay with her. Himika appreciates the gesture and accepts the goods. She looks inside the bag to find more than enough food for several side dishes for their meals. Himika thanks her profusely before noting that Kokoro has been hiking a lot more than usual. Kokoro replies that, while she enjoyed hiking, she enjoys it much more now that she has a friend to go climbing with her. Mentally Kokoro thanks Masara for that.
}}
{{Tab Content|title=Swimsuit|[[File:Awane Kokoro Swimsuit.png|thumb|right|150px]]
Kokoro doesn’t want to miss out on her summer vacation and is keen on making lots of memories with Masara. That’s when she got the idea of going to the beach since they’ve never been there together before, but she didn’t have a swimsuit to wear to the beach. So she asked Masara to go with her to pick one out. The two are at a shop at the mall where Kokoro finds all sorts of cute swimsuits to wear. However, she can’t choose one so she shows them to Masara and asks her which one she likes. Masara just stares at the swimsuit and says it doesn’t matter as long as it does what it needs to. Kokoro says that’s fine and all but she wants to know which one Masara likes more design wise. But Masara doesn’t really see the difference and says either one is fine as long as Kokoro likes it. Kokoro shrugs and decides to go for the yellow one. Masara points at all the straps on the swimsuit and asks what they purpose of them is. This causes Kokoro to break into laughter much to Masara’s confusion. She asks if it’s something she said but Kokoro apologizes for suddenly laughing. She explains that the straps are entirely decorative and serve no purpose other than to make the swimsuit seem like something out of the ordinary. Kokoro asks Masara to help her try on the swimsuit. Masara asks if that’s okay but Kokoro insists it’s fine.

After changing clothes, Kokoro models the swimsuit for Masara and asks what she thinks. Masara says it looks good and not just because it’s the one Kokoro chose. That’s part of it, but Masara understands now what Kokoro meant earlier: the swimsuit gives Kokoro a different atmosphere than usual. Kokoro smiles and decides to go with that swimsuit. Since Masara only has a plain swimsuit, Kokoro asks if she can’t pick one out for her. But no matter which one she chose Masara didn’t like it. Masara asks if there’s anything wrong with the swimsuit she already has but Kokoro is a little let down. Instead she tells Masara it’s fine so long as she’s happy with it. Kokoro is willing to give up on getting her a new swimsuit, but instead she insists that they get matching beach towels at least. When Masara looks at her questioningly, Kokoro explains that the beach can get very crowded so if they get separated it’ll be easier to find each other if their towels match. Masara stares at her for a moment before agreeing to go buy some matching towels with Masara. Kokoro inwardly jumps with joy as the two head to the towel section to choose.
}}
{{Tab Content|title=Winter Outfit|[[File:Kokoro valentine 2020.png|thumb|right|150px]]
Masara is waiting for Kokoro in downtown Kamihama. She doesn’t have to wait much longer before Kokoro finally arrives. Masara says it’s very unusual for Kokoro to be late to an appointment. Kokoro explains that she dropped her gloves on the way over and couldn’t find them no matter how much she looked. Masara offers to help her look but Kokoro says it’s okay since she can always knit another pair if they don’t turn up on the way back. Kokoro then begins to blow on her hands and mentions how cold it is today. [[Yuri undertones|Masara offers Kokoro her hand to hold]] so Kokoro accepts for a little. She moves closer to Masara and takes hold of her hand, surprised to find how warm she is. Warm enough that Kokoro asks if she isn’t running a fever. Masara shakes her head and says it’s because of the heating pack she has in her pocket. Masara offers it to Kokoro but she doesn’t want Masara to get cold because of her. Masara says it’s fine since she brought two of them with her. Kokoro takes her up on her offer and warms right up. Still, Kokoro kind of prefers gloves to hand warmers. Masara asks if gloves are really that great. Kokoro asks her if she didn’t wear gloves when she went skiing that time, but Masara replies that it was only because they were on a snowy mountain. Hand warmers are good enough for her, especially since she doesn’t own any gloves. Kokoro thinks for a moment then says it’s decided. She tells Masara they’re headed to a craft shop to buy yarn that’ll suit her so Kokoro can knit her some gloves of her own. Masara says she doesn’t have to go to the trouble, but Kokoro insists it’s something she wants to do for her. Masara smiles and says okay.
}}
</div>

==Appearances==

* [[Magia Record Main Story#Part One|Main Story Part 1]]: [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 8|Chapter 8]], [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 10|Chapter 10]]
* [[Magia Record Story Last Magia|The Last Magia]]

===Event Appearances===
*[[Magia Record Story Reaching a Happier Height|Reaching a Happier Height]]
*[[Magia Record Story A la Carte Valentine|A la Carte Valentine]]
*[[Magia Record Story Cross Connection|Cross Connection]]
*[[Magia Record Story The Crescent Moon Manor's Summer Vacation|Summer With Mikazuki Villa]]
*[[Magia Record Story Scattered Flowers Melancholy Chapter|The Flowers' Lament]] ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Magia Record Story Kamihama in a Circle|Kamihama in a Circle]]
*[[Magia Record Story Warming Valentine ~Until your thoughts reach you~|Warming Valentine ~Until your thoughts reach you~]]
*[[Magia Record Story Kamihama Kawaii Collection|Kamihama Kawaii Collection]]
*[[Magia Record Story Memorable Flower|Memorable Flower]]
* [[Magia Record Story Where is Ashley Taylor's Japanese Horror!?|Where is Ashley Taylor's Japanese Horror!?]]
*[[Magia Record Story Magia Clash! ~Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Detonation~|Magia Clash!]]

===Magical Girl Story Appearances===
* [[Masara Kagami]]
* [[Sayaka Miki in Magia Record|Sayaka Miki]]
* [[Tsubaki Mikoto in Magia Record|Tsubaki Mikoto]]
* [[Himika Mao]]

===Other Appearances===
* See [[Masara・Kokoro (Bride ver.)]]
* See [[Kokoro Awane in Magia Exedra]]

==Powers and Abilities==
In Magia Record, Kokoro is shown to have some sort of defense ability. In Arc 1 Chapter 10, Kokoro utilizes this ability, being able to tank a hit from Walpurgisnacht along with Ayame.

==Etymology==
* The characters in her last name mean "millet" (粟) and "root" (根) respectively.

==Trivia==
* Her doppel may be a reference to the song of the same name by popular American band Toto. In the song, it talks about togetherness and being side by side with a loved one. This could link to the relationship Kokoro holds with her family and her friend Masara Kagami.
** Instead, it may be a reference to ''[[wikipedia:Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded|Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded]]'', the widely read 18th century novel, or its protagonist Pamela Andrews. As the title suggests, this novel is a story of a woman's patience and virtue over man's despotism and hedonism, and a given name [https://www.behindthename.com/names/view.php?name=pamela Pamela] became widely known by this novel. Pamela is a beautiful and chaste girl with low social status. She responds to her employer's various forms of ravishment with her chastity, and then, eventually wins the reward as joining the upper class by formally marrying her employer.

==Gallery==
===Magia Record===
<gallery>
File:kokoro_4_star_card.png|Magia Record Four Star Card
File:kokoro_5_star_card.png|Magia Record Five Star Card
File:Awane Kokoro battle Sprite.png|In-Battle Sprite
File:Mini 301601 s.png|In-battle Sprite (Five Star)
File:kokoro_doppel.png|Doppel
File:Kokoro doppel card.png
File:Pamela_English_description.png
File:Kokoro PM.png
File:Kokoro School.png
File:Kokoro Civilian.png|"Reaching a Happier Height" Event costume
File:Awane_Kokoro_Swimsuit.png|Swimsuit outfit
File:Kokoro valentine 2020.png|Valentine's outfit
File:Kokoro Bride.png|[[Masara・Kokoro (Bride ver.)|Bride ver]]
File:Kokoro Shadow.png
File:Kokoro Papa Seal 2019.jpg|Magical Girl Seal 2019
File:And they lived happily ever after.png|Magical Girl Seal 2024
</gallery>

====Memoria/Chapter Art====
<gallery>
File:masara_kokoro_memoria_full.png
File:Memoria 1137.png
File:Memoria 1458.jpg
File:Memoria 1607.jpg
File:103201 puella pattern dark.jpg
File:103201 puella pattern light.jpg
File:Memoria 1905.jpg
File:Memoria 1906.jpg
File:Memoria 1907.jpg
File:Memoria 1908 1.jpg
</gallery>

====Anime Screenshots====
<gallery>
File:Magical Girl's ep24-2.png|In [[Magia Record Episode 24|episode 24]]
File:Magical girl's ep25-3.png|In [[Magia Record Episode 25|episode 25]]
</gallery>

===Magia Exedra===
''See [[Kokoro Awane in Magia Exedra#Gallery]]''
<gallery>
File:Exedra Kokoro Art.jpg|Surging Laser Kioku
File:Exedra Kokoro Art 2.jpg|Kokoro's 3✦ Kioku
File:Kokoro Exedra Infobox.png
File:Exedra Live2D 301630.png|Character talk sprite
</gallery>

===Official Art===
<gallery>
File:Kokoro 01.jpg
File:Kokoro 02.jpg
File:Kokoro 03.jpg
File:Kokoro 04.jpg
File:Kokoro 05.jpg
File:Kokoro 06.jpg
File:Magireco Anth Illus 3.jpeg|Art from the [[Magia Record Comic Anthology]].
</gallery>

====Art by the Designer====
<gallery>
File:EFTjCqnU8AACzla.jpg|[https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1176815042638962688 Source]
File:D VMzyrVUAI95N0.jpg|[https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1149909811128983552 Source]
File:EDNCYquVUAE8M k.jpg|[https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1167349725814640640 Source]
File:1576938883404.jpg|[https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1208392011826397184 Source]
File:EWdMei UcAAISxU.jpg|[https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1254055201566154752 Source]
File:EeUlGPIUwAEORb5.png|[https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1289477663959035905 Source]
File:Ey 96HTVkAQ-fUc.jpg|[https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1382603082232569856 Source]
File:E YXPY1UcAkQakv.png|[https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1438362819192242176 Source]
File:FKayy1hVIAA3PL4.jpg|[https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1488073478620147712 Source]
File:FKepZpLVcAQq3fC.jpg|[https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1488344905839562752 Source]
File:FqhqXslagAEceWo.jpeg|Kokoro as a kunoichi. [https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1632672072509054977 Source]
File:FyJWybpaIAAnMaf.jpg|Kokoro in her Bridal version outfit. [https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1666990456864129024 Source]
File:EtMoAR3VoAItv -.jpg|[https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1356472086307328003 Source]
File:FYklq3gaMAEysJA.jpg|[https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1551813057604878336 Source]
</gallery>

==Memoria Cards==
{{Magia Record Memoria List|character=Kokoro Awane}}

==External links==
*[http://magireco.com Official Magia Record Website - Japanese]
*[https://magiarecord-en.com/ Official Magia Record Website - English]

===Gameplay Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU1g-jkMHtM Recording of Kokoro's Transformation Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://youtu.be/V7CCmhzYKLM?si=GybOfVFIjD7J9_Ck Recording of Kokoro's Magia Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYrktqIhJKE Recording of Kokoro's Doppel Video on Youtube (JP)]

===Side Story and Costume Story Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHxwStrSmcM Recording of Kokoro's MSS on Youtube (JP)]
**[https://youtu.be/cNcQpB-RORs Recording of Kokoro's MSS on Youtube (NA)]
*[https://youtu.be/01XRZBZhyQs Recording of Kokoro's Outdoor Wear Story on Youtube (JP) '''(Subtitled)''']
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rljlTNupYU Recording of Kokoro's Swimsuit Story on Youtube (JP) '''(Subtitled)''']
*[https://youtu.be/ZrQvP5P5EJA Recording of Kokoro's Winter Outfit Story on Youtube (JP) '''(Subtitled)''']

===Dialogue Lines===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJXlHXEClec Recording of Kokoro's Dialogue lines on Youtube (NA)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB8SvlnB0Gk Recording of Kokoro's Swimsuit Dialogue lines on Youtube (NA)]

{{Character Categories|Awane|magicalgirl=yes}}
[[Category:Kamihama Magia Union members]]

San Kagura

2025-09-26T13:42:36Z

8ozpintail: /* Trivia */

{{Infobox_character
|name=San Kagura
|image=[[File:Card 10314 l.png|300px]]
|jname= 神楽燦 (Kagura San)
|designer=[[Ume Aoki]] Kuronyan
|voices=Japanese: [[wikipedia:Fairouz Ai|Ai Fairouz]]
|id=1031
|release1=JP:November 12, 2021
}}

{{nihongo|'''San Kagura'''|神楽燦|Kagura San}} was a playable character in the 2017 mobile game [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record]]. She was a member of the [[Wings of the Magius]] until its disbanding, later joining [[Neo-Magius]].

==General Info==
{{Magical Girl Details
|age=17
|eyes=Green
|hair=Gray
|height=165cm
|soulgem=Red gem in circular, six-spoked pendant (neck)
|weapon=[[wikipedia:Gatling Gun|Gatling gun]] worn as a backpack
|wish=For the Hikarizuka Fire Festival to remain.
|powers=Survival (makes her body hard as steel)
|doppel=9Daime Nue
|pronoun={{nihongo|watashi|私|}}
|relatives= Unnamed parents
|origin=[[Takarazaki City]]
|school=[[Takarazaki Municipal Hikarizuka Middle Educational School]], 11th grade
|affiliation=[[Wings of the Magius]] (white feather / instructor), [[Neo-Magius]]
}}

==Game Info==
{{Magia Record Stats
|type=Heal|attribute=forest
|hp0=6068|atk0=1847|def0=1780
|hp4=22002|atk4=6601|def4=6500
|hp5=26001|atk5=8352|def5=8501
|hpmax=32502|atkmax=10602|defmax=11960
|disk1=accele|disk3=blast-|disk4=charge
|connect=You Will Meet My Expectations
|connecttype=buff-attack
|connect4=Attack UP [VII] & Remove Status Ailments & HP Restore [VII]
|connect5=Attack UP [IX] & Remove Status Ailments & HP Restore [IX]
|magia=Ruthless Barrage
|magiapat=all
|magia4=Damage to All Enemies [V] & Accele MP Gain UP (All / 3T) & Status Ailment Resistance UP (All / 3T) & Remove Status Ailments (All) & HP Restore (All)
|magia5=Damage to All Enemies [VII] & Accele MP Gain UP (All / 3T) & Status Ailment Resistance UP (All / 3T) & Remove Status Ailments (All) & HP Restore (All)
|doppel=9daime Nue
|doppelpat=all
|doppel5=Damage to All Enemies [IX] & Accele MP Gain UP (All / 5T) & Status Ailment Resistance UP (All / 5T) & Remove Status Ailments (All) & HP Restore (All)
}}{{Magia Record Spirit Enhancement
|hp4=6|atk4=5|def4=7|accele4=6|blast4=4|charge4=6
|hp5=7|atk5=6|def5=8|accele5=7|blast5=5|charge5=7
|hpmax=7|atkmax=6|defmax=8|accelemax=13|blastmax=8|chargemax=17
|icons=buff-doppel, effect-add-mp, effect-cut, buff-doppel, buff-resistance, buff-doppelmp, effect-hpregen, effect-negate-bind, buff-doppelmp, buff-defense, buff-defense-crit, buff-magia
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|Fast Mana Up: MP Gauge 15% Full on Battle Start
|Aqua Shield Adept: Aqua Attribute Damage Cut [III] & Damage Cut [II]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|Resist Adept: Status Ailment Resistance UP [II]
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Regeneration Adept: Regenerate HP [IV]
|Anti-Bind: Guaranteed Anti-Bind
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Guard Adept: Defense UP [III]
|Crisis Guard: Defense UP When At Critical Health [II]
|Magia Adept: Magia Damage UP [II]
|activename=Survive Resist
|activetype=support-survive
|active=Survive [I] (Self / 1T) & Status Ailment Resistance UP [VII] (Self / 1T)
|cooldown=10
}}

==Summary==
A Magical Girl who serves as the No.2 of the Neo-Magius and is drawn to both the sacred and the strong. Within the Neo-Magius, she is feared as a demon instructor, but at the youth association she works at she's a beloved younger-sister figure.

===Doppel Description===
[[File:Doppel 103100 l.png|thumb|right|150px|9daime nue, San's doppel]]
The Doppel of stagnation. Its form is a security system. The master of this emotion absolutely cannot accept any change in the things that brought her to where she is today.
In response to this feeling of its master’s, this Doppel displays the ability to notice even the slightest movement of a pebble by the side of a road, the sound of a pin dropping, and so on, in order to catch every little detail of the changes occuring in its vicinity. If a change occurs as a result of a natural phenomenon, it will quietly tend to it and return it to normal. But if somebody intentionally caused it, the Doppel will never forgive them; it will launch the masks attached to it in order to give pursuit, and is absolutely guaranteed to capture and punish its target.
It’s bad at defending itself from weapons such as arrows– which its master has mixed feelings about, given that she uses projectiles herself.
{{-}}


===Costume Stories===
<tabber>
|-| Swimsuit =
[[File:San swimsuit.png|thumb|right|x250px]]
Himena fantasizes about all the guys in San’s Youth Association group fighting to win her over with their undying love, only to immediately make peace once San starts crying for them to stop.
In reality, San calls that scenario out as wildly inaccurate. Himena’s beliefs that are stemming from all the romance movies she’s watched, remain unchanged, and she can’t possibly comprehend that San and her group have no romantic interest in each other whatsoever. Flustered, San leaves to carry out some errands.
In a flashback at the beach, San actually was approached by one guy in her group, and she verbally pushed him away when he gave her a flattering comment. She considers the emotions from that experience the other day, though she swears to never utter anything about it to Himena.
</tabber>

==Appearances==
===Event Appearances===
*[[Magia Record Story Dependence Blue|Dependence Blue]]
*[[Magia Record Story Kagura San Wants to Be Honest|Kagura San Wants to Be Honest]]
*[[Magia Record Story Miyuri Yukari on Practice!|Miyuri Yukari on Practice!]]

==Powers and Abilities==
San's innate magical ability is absolute defense, which makes her body strong and hard as steel, making her inmune to physical attacks. Her ability is not activated automatically but can be activated in advance. This makes her susceptible to surpise attacks.

==Etymology==
* The characters of her last name mean "gods" (神) and "music" (楽) respectively.
** Collectively 神楽 means ancient Shinto music and dancing.
* The character in her first name means "illuminating / bright" (燦).
** The name of her witch/doppel form can be also read as 'Kyudaime Nue' as the word for 'nine' in Japanese is 'Kyu'. ‘Daime’ means ‘generation’, so the translation would be ‘ninth generation nue’ or ‘generation nine nue’.

==Trivia==
*San has the ability to manipulate [[Miyuri Yukari]] like a marionette. According to Miyuri's MSS, when Miyuri blacks out the only thing that is able to reach her is San's voice. San commands Miyuri in battle this way.
*She may have Shinto Shrine as in [[Magia Record Story Dependence Blue|Dependence Blue]] she mentions [[wikipedia:Arahitogami|arahitogami (or living god)]], a Shinto term. She also wants to preserve the Hikarizuka Fire Festival, a local Shinto festival in Takarazaki, claiming this festival is more important than her life and she will do anything (including becoming a living god) to preserve it.
*Her nickname while in the Wings of Magius was "Instructor", most likely due to her role teaching to the other Feathers. She was the third-highest ranking Magical Girl in the Wings of Magius, after [[Mifuyu Azusa]] and the Magius themselves.
* A [[wikipedia:Nue|nue]] is a yokai whose body consists of different animal parts, such as the head of a monkey, the body of a tiger and the tail of a snake. They are said to be nocturnal and make eerie cries at night that some consider ill omens; nobles who heard its cry would make prayers that nothing disastrous would happen. In its derived form, "nue" refers to entities whose true form is unknown.
**In a tale from the [[wikipedia:The Tale of the Heike|''Heike Monogatari'']] (an account of two rival clans fighting for control of Japan), the nue's cry accompanying a strange cloud of black smoke caused an emperor to fall ill, and no cure could be found. A close associate remembered a samurai using an arrow to put an end to the mysterious cries in the past, and so ordered a master of arrows (the poet Minamoto no Yorimasa) to slay the creature. Yorimasa, with an arrow with an arrowhead that belonged to an ancestor of his and the tailfeathers of a mountain bird, slew the beast with the aid of his servant. In the skies over the sick emperor's court, the cries of the common cuckoo were heard: peace was thus said to have returned, the emperor returned to full health, and Yorimasa was gifted a sword.
*** Both [[Madoka Kaname]] and [[Iroha Tamaki]] use bows and arrows, and Iroha's Doppel takes the form of a cuckoo bird.
** After the nue was slain, the people of the land it terrorized were fearful of further curses, and thus sent the nue's corpse down a river where it eventually washed up in another county. The people of this county, either fearful of curses themselves or purely out of courtesy, gave the nue a proper burial. Several accounts exist of its burial being disturbed and its vengeful spirit unleashing curses as revenge:
***A mound was created over its grave that was later torn down, so its vengeful spirit unleashed curses across the land until it was rebuilt.
***The spirit of the dead nue became a horse, which was raised by Yorimasa (the one who killed it) and given a new name. As it was a good horse, it was stolen by someone of another clan, so Yorimasa raised an army against this family. As this fight resulted in Yorimasa's ruin, it is said the nue got its revenge this way.
* San's Doppel/Witch is the first to have a number in its name.
**9Daime Nue is named after the [http://karakuri-tamaya.jp/en/kyudai.html Ninth-Generation Tamaya Shobei] and his automaton depicting the slaying of the Nue.
*She somewhat resembles one of [[Walpurgisnacht]]'s "clown" familiars.

==Gallery==
===Game Gallery===
<gallery>
File:Card 10314 c.png|Magia Record Four Star Art
File:Card 10315 c.png|Magia Record Five Star Art
File:Mini 103100 s.png|In-Battle Sprite
File:Doppel 103100 l.png|Doppel Sprite
File:San kagura doppel card.png
File:San PM.png
File:San School.png
File:Kagura (Neo Magius Executive Soldier).png|As a Neo-Magius White Feather
File:Kagura Tokime.png|Undercover in Tokime
File:San swimsuit.png|Swimsuit 2023
File:San Uwasa.png
File:201 i heal you with my gun.png|Magical Girl Seal 2022
</gallery>

===Official Art===
<gallery>
File:San 01.png
File:San 02.png
File:Announce event 11292.png
File:102601 comment neomags.jpg
File:102909 neomagus1.jpg
File:102909 neomagus2.jpg
File:102909 neomagus3.jpg
File:102909 neomagus4.jpg
File:Memoria 1691.jpg
File:Memoria 1692.jpg
File:Memoria 1693.jpg
File:Memoria 1694.jpg
File:Memoria 1698.jpg
File:Memoria 1699.jpg
File:103002 san hinano.jpg
File:103105 neo magus.jpg
File:103202 neomagus.jpg
File:103202 neomagus leader out.jpg
File:103305 neomagus.jpg
File:Memoria 1928.jpg
</gallery>

==Memoria Cards==
{{Magia Record Memoria List|character=San Kagura}}

==External links==
*[http://magireco.com Official Magia Record Website - Japanese]

===Gameplay Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPigBwTfgOA Recording of San's Transformation Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0kXhBDffeE Recording of San's Magia Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohNU4203hUw Recording of San's Doppel Video on Youtube (JP)]

===Side Story and Costume Story Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0RkO1zsBNQ Recording of San's MSS on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7pOVydf3tg Recording of San's Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y7WC-zZQDU Recording of San's Swimsuit Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]

{{Character Categories|Kagura|magicalgirl=yes}}
[[Category:Wings of the Magius members]]
[[Category:White feathers]]
[[Category:Neo-Magius members]]

San Kagura

2025-09-24T16:31:45Z

8ozpintail: /* Powers and Abilities */

{{Infobox_character
|name=San Kagura
|image=[[File:Card 10314 l.png|300px]]
|jname= 神楽燦 (Kagura San)
|designer=[[Ume Aoki]] Kuronyan
|voices=Japanese: [[wikipedia:Fairouz Ai|Ai Fairouz]]
|id=1031
|release1=JP:November 12, 2021
}}

{{nihongo|'''San Kagura'''|神楽燦|Kagura San}} was a playable character in the 2017 mobile game [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record]]. She was a member of the [[Wings of the Magius]] until its disbanding, later joining [[Neo-Magius]].

==General Info==
{{Magical Girl Details
|age=17
|eyes=Green
|hair=Gray
|height=165cm
|soulgem=Red gem in circular, six-spoked pendant (neck)
|weapon=[[wikipedia:Gatling Gun|Gatling gun]] worn as a backpack
|wish=For the Hikarizuka Fire Festival to remain.
|powers=Survival (makes her body hard as steel)
|doppel=9Daime Nue
|pronoun={{nihongo|watashi|私|}}
|relatives= Unnamed parents
|origin=[[Takarazaki City]]
|school=[[Takarazaki Municipal Hikarizuka Middle Educational School]], 11th grade
|affiliation=[[Wings of the Magius]] (white feather / instructor), [[Neo-Magius]]
}}

==Game Info==
{{Magia Record Stats
|type=Heal|attribute=forest
|hp0=6068|atk0=1847|def0=1780
|hp4=22002|atk4=6601|def4=6500
|hp5=26001|atk5=8352|def5=8501
|hpmax=32502|atkmax=10602|defmax=11960
|disk1=accele|disk3=blast-|disk4=charge
|connect=You Will Meet My Expectations
|connecttype=buff-attack
|connect4=Attack UP [VII] & Remove Status Ailments & HP Restore [VII]
|connect5=Attack UP [IX] & Remove Status Ailments & HP Restore [IX]
|magia=Ruthless Barrage
|magiapat=all
|magia4=Damage to All Enemies [V] & Accele MP Gain UP (All / 3T) & Status Ailment Resistance UP (All / 3T) & Remove Status Ailments (All) & HP Restore (All)
|magia5=Damage to All Enemies [VII] & Accele MP Gain UP (All / 3T) & Status Ailment Resistance UP (All / 3T) & Remove Status Ailments (All) & HP Restore (All)
|doppel=9daime Nue
|doppelpat=all
|doppel5=Damage to All Enemies [IX] & Accele MP Gain UP (All / 5T) & Status Ailment Resistance UP (All / 5T) & Remove Status Ailments (All) & HP Restore (All)
}}{{Magia Record Spirit Enhancement
|hp4=6|atk4=5|def4=7|accele4=6|blast4=4|charge4=6
|hp5=7|atk5=6|def5=8|accele5=7|blast5=5|charge5=7
|hpmax=7|atkmax=6|defmax=8|accelemax=13|blastmax=8|chargemax=17
|icons=buff-doppel, effect-add-mp, effect-cut, buff-doppel, buff-resistance, buff-doppelmp, effect-hpregen, effect-negate-bind, buff-doppelmp, buff-defense, buff-defense-crit, buff-magia
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|Fast Mana Up: MP Gauge 15% Full on Battle Start
|Aqua Shield Adept: Aqua Attribute Damage Cut [III] & Damage Cut [II]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|Resist Adept: Status Ailment Resistance UP [II]
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Regeneration Adept: Regenerate HP [IV]
|Anti-Bind: Guaranteed Anti-Bind
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Guard Adept: Defense UP [III]
|Crisis Guard: Defense UP When At Critical Health [II]
|Magia Adept: Magia Damage UP [II]
|activename=Survive Resist
|activetype=support-survive
|active=Survive [I] (Self / 1T) & Status Ailment Resistance UP [VII] (Self / 1T)
|cooldown=10
}}

==Summary==
A Magical Girl who serves as the No.2 of the Neo-Magius and is drawn to both the sacred and the strong. Within the Neo-Magius, she is feared as a demon instructor, but at the youth association she works at she's a beloved younger-sister figure.

===Doppel Description===
[[File:Doppel 103100 l.png|thumb|right|150px|9daime nue, San's doppel]]
The Doppel of stagnation. Its form is a security system. The master of this emotion absolutely cannot accept any change in the things that brought her to where she is today.
In response to this feeling of its master’s, this Doppel displays the ability to notice even the slightest movement of a pebble by the side of a road, the sound of a pin dropping, and so on, in order to catch every little detail of the changes occuring in its vicinity. If a change occurs as a result of a natural phenomenon, it will quietly tend to it and return it to normal. But if somebody intentionally caused it, the Doppel will never forgive them; it will launch the masks attached to it in order to give pursuit, and is absolutely guaranteed to capture and punish its target.
It’s bad at defending itself from weapons such as arrows– which its master has mixed feelings about, given that she uses projectiles herself.
{{-}}


===Costume Stories===
<tabber>
|-| Swimsuit =
[[File:San swimsuit.png|thumb|right|x250px]]
Himena fantasizes about all the guys in San’s Youth Association group fighting to win her over with their undying love, only to immediately make peace once San starts crying for them to stop.
In reality, San calls that scenario out as wildly inaccurate. Himena’s beliefs that are stemming from all the romance movies she’s watched, remain unchanged, and she can’t possibly comprehend that San and her group have no romantic interest in each other whatsoever. Flustered, San leaves to carry out some errands.
In a flashback at the beach, San actually was approached by one guy in her group, and she verbally pushed him away when he gave her a flattering comment. She considers the emotions from that experience the other day, though she swears to never utter anything about it to Himena.
</tabber>

==Appearances==
===Event Appearances===
*[[Magia Record Story Dependence Blue|Dependence Blue]]
*[[Magia Record Story Kagura San Wants to Be Honest|Kagura San Wants to Be Honest]]
*[[Magia Record Story Miyuri Yukari on Practice!|Miyuri Yukari on Practice!]]

==Powers and Abilities==
San's innate magical ability is absolute defense, which makes her body strong and hard as steel, making her inmune to physical attacks. Her ability is not activated automatically but can be activated in advance. This makes her susceptible to surpise attacks.

==Etymology==
* The characters of her last name mean "gods" (神) and "music" (楽) respectively.
** Collectively 神楽 means ancient Shinto music and dancing.
* The character in her first name means "illuminating / bright" (燦).
** The name of her witch/doppel form can be also read as 'Kyudaime Nue' as the word for 'nine' in Japanese is 'Kyu'. ‘Daime’ means ‘generation’, so the translation would be ‘ninth generation nue’ or ‘generation nine nue’.

==Trivia==
*San has the ability to manipulate [[Miyuri Yukari]] like a marionette. According to Miyuri's MSS, when Miyuri blacks out the only thing that is able to reach her is San's voice. So San commands Miyuri in battle.
*She may have Shinto Shrine as in [[Magia Record Story Dependence Blue|Dependence Blue]] she mentions [[wikipedia:Arahitogami|arahitogami (or living god)]], a Shinto term. She also wants to preserve the Hikarizuka Fire Festival, a local Shinto festival in Takarazaki, claiming this festival is more important than her life and she will do anything (including becoming a living god) to preserve it.
*Her nickname while in the Wings of Magius was "Instructor", most likely due to her role teaching to the other Feathers. She was the third-highest ranking Magical Girl in the Wings of Magius, after [[Mifuyu Azusa]] and the Magius themselves.
* A [[wikipedia:Nue|nue]] is a yokai whose body consists of different animal parts, such as the head of a monkey, the body of a tiger and the tail of a snake. They are said to be nocturnal and make eerie cries at night that some consider ill omens; nobles who heard its cry would make prayers that nothing disastrous would happen. In its derived form, "nue" refers to entities whose true form is unknown.
**In a tale from the [[wikipedia:The Tale of the Heike|''Heike Monogatari'']] (an account of two rival clans fighting for control of Japan), the nue's cry accompanying a strange cloud of black smoke caused an emperor to fall ill, and no cure could be found. A close associate remembered a samurai using an arrow to put an end to the mysterious cries in the past, and so ordered a master of arrows (the poet Minamoto no Yorimasa) to slay the creature. Yorimasa, with an arrow with an arrowhead that belonged to an ancestor of his and the tailfeathers of a mountain bird, slew the beast with the aid of his servant. In the skies over the sick emperor's court, the cries of the common cuckoo were heard: peace was thus said to have returned, the emperor returned to full health, and Yorimasa was gifted a sword.
*** Both [[Madoka Kaname]] and [[Iroha Tamaki]] use bows and arrows, and Iroha's Doppel takes the form of a cuckoo bird.
** After the nue was slain, the people of the land it terrorized were fearful of further curses, and thus sent the nue's corpse down a river where it eventually washed up in another county. The people of this county, either fearful of curses themselves or purely out of courtesy, gave the nue a proper burial. Several accounts exist of its burial being disturbed and its vengeful spirit unleashing curses as revenge:
***A mound was created over its grave that was later torn down, so its vengeful spirit unleashed curses across the land until it was rebuilt.
***The spirit of the dead nue became a horse, which was raised by Yorimasa (the one who killed it) and given a new name. As it was a good horse, it was stolen by someone of another clan, so Yorimasa raised an army against this family. As this fight resulted in Yorimasa's ruin, it is said the nue got its revenge this way.
* San's Doppel/Witch is the first to have a number in its name.
**9Daime Nue is named after the [http://karakuri-tamaya.jp/en/kyudai.html Ninth-Generation Tamaya Shobei] and his automaton depicting the slaying of the Nue.
*She somewhat resembles one of [[Walpurgisnacht]]'s "clown" familiars.

==Gallery==
===Game Gallery===
<gallery>
File:Card 10314 c.png|Magia Record Four Star Art
File:Card 10315 c.png|Magia Record Five Star Art
File:Mini 103100 s.png|In-Battle Sprite
File:Doppel 103100 l.png|Doppel Sprite
File:San kagura doppel card.png
File:San PM.png
File:San School.png
File:Kagura (Neo Magius Executive Soldier).png|As a Neo-Magius White Feather
File:Kagura Tokime.png|Undercover in Tokime
File:San swimsuit.png|Swimsuit 2023
File:San Uwasa.png
File:201 i heal you with my gun.png|Magical Girl Seal 2022
</gallery>

===Official Art===
<gallery>
File:San 01.png
File:San 02.png
File:Announce event 11292.png
File:102601 comment neomags.jpg
File:102909 neomagus1.jpg
File:102909 neomagus2.jpg
File:102909 neomagus3.jpg
File:102909 neomagus4.jpg
File:Memoria 1691.jpg
File:Memoria 1692.jpg
File:Memoria 1693.jpg
File:Memoria 1694.jpg
File:Memoria 1698.jpg
File:Memoria 1699.jpg
File:103002 san hinano.jpg
File:103105 neo magus.jpg
File:103202 neomagus.jpg
File:103202 neomagus leader out.jpg
File:103305 neomagus.jpg
File:Memoria 1928.jpg
</gallery>

==Memoria Cards==
{{Magia Record Memoria List|character=San Kagura}}

==External links==
*[http://magireco.com Official Magia Record Website - Japanese]

===Gameplay Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPigBwTfgOA Recording of San's Transformation Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0kXhBDffeE Recording of San's Magia Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohNU4203hUw Recording of San's Doppel Video on Youtube (JP)]

===Side Story and Costume Story Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0RkO1zsBNQ Recording of San's MSS on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7pOVydf3tg Recording of San's Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y7WC-zZQDU Recording of San's Swimsuit Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]

{{Character Categories|Kagura|magicalgirl=yes}}
[[Category:Wings of the Magius members]]
[[Category:White feathers]]
[[Category:Neo-Magius members]]

San Kagura

2025-09-24T01:31:11Z

8ozpintail: /* Powers and Abilities */

{{Infobox_character
|name=San Kagura
|image=[[File:Card 10314 l.png|300px]]
|jname= 神楽燦 (Kagura San)
|designer=[[Ume Aoki]] Kuronyan
|voices=Japanese: [[wikipedia:Fairouz Ai|Ai Fairouz]]
|id=1031
|release1=JP:November 12, 2021
}}

{{nihongo|'''San Kagura'''|神楽燦|Kagura San}} was a playable character in the 2017 mobile game [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record]]. She was a member of the [[Wings of the Magius]] until its disbanding, later joining [[Neo-Magius]].

==General Info==
{{Magical Girl Details
|age=17
|eyes=Green
|hair=Gray
|height=165cm
|soulgem=Red gem in circular, six-spoked pendant (neck)
|weapon=[[wikipedia:Gatling Gun|Gatling gun]] worn as a backpack
|wish=For the Hikarizuka Fire Festival to remain.
|powers=Survival (makes her body hard as steel)
|doppel=9Daime Nue
|pronoun={{nihongo|watashi|私|}}
|relatives= Unnamed parents
|origin=[[Takarazaki City]]
|school=[[Takarazaki Municipal Hikarizuka Middle Educational School]], 11th grade
|affiliation=[[Wings of the Magius]] (white feather / instructor), [[Neo-Magius]]
}}

==Game Info==
{{Magia Record Stats
|type=Heal|attribute=forest
|hp0=6068|atk0=1847|def0=1780
|hp4=22002|atk4=6601|def4=6500
|hp5=26001|atk5=8352|def5=8501
|hpmax=32502|atkmax=10602|defmax=11960
|disk1=accele|disk3=blast-|disk4=charge
|connect=You Will Meet My Expectations
|connecttype=buff-attack
|connect4=Attack UP [VII] & Remove Status Ailments & HP Restore [VII]
|connect5=Attack UP [IX] & Remove Status Ailments & HP Restore [IX]
|magia=Ruthless Barrage
|magiapat=all
|magia4=Damage to All Enemies [V] & Accele MP Gain UP (All / 3T) & Status Ailment Resistance UP (All / 3T) & Remove Status Ailments (All) & HP Restore (All)
|magia5=Damage to All Enemies [VII] & Accele MP Gain UP (All / 3T) & Status Ailment Resistance UP (All / 3T) & Remove Status Ailments (All) & HP Restore (All)
|doppel=9daime Nue
|doppelpat=all
|doppel5=Damage to All Enemies [IX] & Accele MP Gain UP (All / 5T) & Status Ailment Resistance UP (All / 5T) & Remove Status Ailments (All) & HP Restore (All)
}}{{Magia Record Spirit Enhancement
|hp4=6|atk4=5|def4=7|accele4=6|blast4=4|charge4=6
|hp5=7|atk5=6|def5=8|accele5=7|blast5=5|charge5=7
|hpmax=7|atkmax=6|defmax=8|accelemax=13|blastmax=8|chargemax=17
|icons=buff-doppel, effect-add-mp, effect-cut, buff-doppel, buff-resistance, buff-doppelmp, effect-hpregen, effect-negate-bind, buff-doppelmp, buff-defense, buff-defense-crit, buff-magia
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|Fast Mana Up: MP Gauge 15% Full on Battle Start
|Aqua Shield Adept: Aqua Attribute Damage Cut [III] & Damage Cut [II]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|Resist Adept: Status Ailment Resistance UP [II]
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Regeneration Adept: Regenerate HP [IV]
|Anti-Bind: Guaranteed Anti-Bind
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Guard Adept: Defense UP [III]
|Crisis Guard: Defense UP When At Critical Health [II]
|Magia Adept: Magia Damage UP [II]
|activename=Survive Resist
|activetype=support-survive
|active=Survive [I] (Self / 1T) & Status Ailment Resistance UP [VII] (Self / 1T)
|cooldown=10
}}

==Summary==
A Magical Girl who serves as the No.2 of the Neo-Magius and is drawn to both the sacred and the strong. Within the Neo-Magius, she is feared as a demon instructor, but at the youth association she works at she's a beloved younger-sister figure.

===Doppel Description===
[[File:Doppel 103100 l.png|thumb|right|150px|9daime nue, San's doppel]]
The Doppel of stagnation. Its form is a security system. The master of this emotion absolutely cannot accept any change in the things that brought her to where she is today.
In response to this feeling of its master’s, this Doppel displays the ability to notice even the slightest movement of a pebble by the side of a road, the sound of a pin dropping, and so on, in order to catch every little detail of the changes occuring in its vicinity. If a change occurs as a result of a natural phenomenon, it will quietly tend to it and return it to normal. But if somebody intentionally caused it, the Doppel will never forgive them; it will launch the masks attached to it in order to give pursuit, and is absolutely guaranteed to capture and punish its target.
It’s bad at defending itself from weapons such as arrows– which its master has mixed feelings about, given that she uses projectiles herself.
{{-}}


===Costume Stories===
<tabber>
|-| Swimsuit =
[[File:San swimsuit.png|thumb|right|x250px]]
Himena fantasizes about all the guys in San’s Youth Association group fighting to win her over with their undying love, only to immediately make peace once San starts crying for them to stop.
In reality, San calls that scenario out as wildly inaccurate. Himena’s beliefs that are stemming from all the romance movies she’s watched, remain unchanged, and she can’t possibly comprehend that San and her group have no romantic interest in each other whatsoever. Flustered, San leaves to carry out some errands.
In a flashback at the beach, San actually was approached by one guy in her group, and she verbally pushed him away when he gave her a flattering comment. She considers the emotions from that experience the other day, though she swears to never utter anything about it to Himena.
</tabber>

==Appearances==
===Event Appearances===
*[[Magia Record Story Dependence Blue|Dependence Blue]]
*[[Magia Record Story Kagura San Wants to Be Honest|Kagura San Wants to Be Honest]]
*[[Magia Record Story Miyuri Yukari on Practice!|Miyuri Yukari on Practice!]]

==Powers and Abilities==
San's innate magical ability is absolute defense, which makes her body strong and hard as steel, making her inmune to physical attacks. Her ability is not activated automatically but can be activated in advance.

==Etymology==
* The characters of her last name mean "gods" (神) and "music" (楽) respectively.
** Collectively 神楽 means ancient Shinto music and dancing.
* The character in her first name means "illuminating / bright" (燦).
** The name of her witch/doppel form can be also read as 'Kyudaime Nue' as the word for 'nine' in Japanese is 'Kyu'. ‘Daime’ means ‘generation’, so the translation would be ‘ninth generation nue’ or ‘generation nine nue’.

==Trivia==
*San has the ability to manipulate [[Miyuri Yukari]] like a marionette. According to Miyuri's MSS, when Miyuri blacks out the only thing that is able to reach her is San's voice. So San commands Miyuri in battle.
*She may have Shinto Shrine as in [[Magia Record Story Dependence Blue|Dependence Blue]] she mentions [[wikipedia:Arahitogami|arahitogami (or living god)]], a Shinto term. She also wants to preserve the Hikarizuka Fire Festival, a local Shinto festival in Takarazaki, claiming this festival is more important than her life and she will do anything (including becoming a living god) to preserve it.
*Her nickname while in the Wings of Magius was "Instructor", most likely due to her role teaching to the other Feathers. She was the third-highest ranking Magical Girl in the Wings of Magius, after [[Mifuyu Azusa]] and the Magius themselves.
* A [[wikipedia:Nue|nue]] is a yokai whose body consists of different animal parts, such as the head of a monkey, the body of a tiger and the tail of a snake. They are said to be nocturnal and make eerie cries at night that some consider ill omens; nobles who heard its cry would make prayers that nothing disastrous would happen. In its derived form, "nue" refers to entities whose true form is unknown.
**In a tale from the [[wikipedia:The Tale of the Heike|''Heike Monogatari'']] (an account of two rival clans fighting for control of Japan), the nue's cry accompanying a strange cloud of black smoke caused an emperor to fall ill, and no cure could be found. A close associate remembered a samurai using an arrow to put an end to the mysterious cries in the past, and so ordered a master of arrows (the poet Minamoto no Yorimasa) to slay the creature. Yorimasa, with an arrow with an arrowhead that belonged to an ancestor of his and the tailfeathers of a mountain bird, slew the beast with the aid of his servant. In the skies over the sick emperor's court, the cries of the common cuckoo were heard: peace was thus said to have returned, the emperor returned to full health, and Yorimasa was gifted a sword.
*** Both [[Madoka Kaname]] and [[Iroha Tamaki]] use bows and arrows, and Iroha's Doppel takes the form of a cuckoo bird.
** After the nue was slain, the people of the land it terrorized were fearful of further curses, and thus sent the nue's corpse down a river where it eventually washed up in another county. The people of this county, either fearful of curses themselves or purely out of courtesy, gave the nue a proper burial. Several accounts exist of its burial being disturbed and its vengeful spirit unleashing curses as revenge:
***A mound was created over its grave that was later torn down, so its vengeful spirit unleashed curses across the land until it was rebuilt.
***The spirit of the dead nue became a horse, which was raised by Yorimasa (the one who killed it) and given a new name. As it was a good horse, it was stolen by someone of another clan, so Yorimasa raised an army against this family. As this fight resulted in Yorimasa's ruin, it is said the nue got its revenge this way.
* San's Doppel/Witch is the first to have a number in its name.
**9Daime Nue is named after the [http://karakuri-tamaya.jp/en/kyudai.html Ninth-Generation Tamaya Shobei] and his automaton depicting the slaying of the Nue.
*She somewhat resembles one of [[Walpurgisnacht]]'s "clown" familiars.

==Gallery==
===Game Gallery===
<gallery>
File:Card 10314 c.png|Magia Record Four Star Art
File:Card 10315 c.png|Magia Record Five Star Art
File:Mini 103100 s.png|In-Battle Sprite
File:Doppel 103100 l.png|Doppel Sprite
File:San kagura doppel card.png
File:San PM.png
File:San School.png
File:Kagura (Neo Magius Executive Soldier).png|As a Neo-Magius White Feather
File:Kagura Tokime.png|Undercover in Tokime
File:San swimsuit.png|Swimsuit 2023
File:San Uwasa.png
File:201 i heal you with my gun.png|Magical Girl Seal 2022
</gallery>

===Official Art===
<gallery>
File:San 01.png
File:San 02.png
File:Announce event 11292.png
File:102601 comment neomags.jpg
File:102909 neomagus1.jpg
File:102909 neomagus2.jpg
File:102909 neomagus3.jpg
File:102909 neomagus4.jpg
File:Memoria 1691.jpg
File:Memoria 1692.jpg
File:Memoria 1693.jpg
File:Memoria 1694.jpg
File:Memoria 1698.jpg
File:Memoria 1699.jpg
File:103002 san hinano.jpg
File:103105 neo magus.jpg
File:103202 neomagus.jpg
File:103202 neomagus leader out.jpg
File:103305 neomagus.jpg
File:Memoria 1928.jpg
</gallery>

==Memoria Cards==
{{Magia Record Memoria List|character=San Kagura}}

==External links==
*[http://magireco.com Official Magia Record Website - Japanese]

===Gameplay Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPigBwTfgOA Recording of San's Transformation Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0kXhBDffeE Recording of San's Magia Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohNU4203hUw Recording of San's Doppel Video on Youtube (JP)]

===Side Story and Costume Story Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0RkO1zsBNQ Recording of San's MSS on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7pOVydf3tg Recording of San's Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y7WC-zZQDU Recording of San's Swimsuit Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]

{{Character Categories|Kagura|magicalgirl=yes}}
[[Category:Wings of the Magius members]]
[[Category:White feathers]]
[[Category:Neo-Magius members]]

Kokoro Awane

2025-09-17T17:30:21Z

8ozpintail: /* Powers and Abilities */

{{Infobox_character
|name=Kokoro Awane
|image=[[File:Awane Kokoro 4 star card.png|300px]]
|jname= 粟根こころ (Awane Kokoro)
|designer=[[GAN]]
|voices= Japanese: [[wikipedia:ja:%E8%BF%91%E8%97%A4%E7%8E%B2%E5%A5%88|Reina Kondou]]
|id=3016
|release1=JP:November 10, 2017
|release2=NA:August 06, 2019
}}

{{nihongo|'''Kokoro Awane'''|粟根こころ|Awane Kokoro}} was a playable character in the 2017 mobile game [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record]].
==General Info==
{{Magical Girl Details
|age=15
|height=155cm
|eyes=Green
|hair=Brown
|origin=[[Chuo Ward]]
|soulgem=Green gem (beneath neck)
|weapon=[[wikipedia:Tonfa|Pile driver tonfas]]
|wish={{Q|I wish for my mom to come home.}}
|doppel=Pamela
|pronoun={{nihongo|''watashi''|私|}}
|school=[[Chuo Academy]], Tenth Grade
|relatives=Unnamed parents (divorced)
|affiliation=[[Kamihama Magia Union]]
}}

==Game Info==
{{Magia Record Stats
|type=Defense|attribute=light
|hp0=6392|atk0=1602|def0=2117
|hp4=22512|atk4=5683|def4=7896
|hp5=28327|atk5=7308|def5=10001
|hpmax=35636|atkmax=8597|defmax=14708
|disk1=accele|disk3=blast-|disk4=charge
|connect=I Won't Hide My Feelings Anymore
|connecttype=effect-counter
|connect4=Guaranteed Counter & Damage Cut [VII]
|connect5=Guaranteed Counter & Damage Cut [IX]
|magia=Discrete Bullet <ref>In the NA her magia attack is called ''Surging Release''.</ref>
|magiapat=one
|magia4=Damage to Single Enemy [V] & Chance to Counter (All / 3T)
|magia5=Damage to Single Enemy [VII] & Chance to Counter (All / 3T) & Damage Cut (All / 3T)
|doppel=Pamela
|doppelpat=one
|doppel5=Damage to Single Enemy [IX] & Chance to Counter (All / 3T) & Damage Cut (All / 3T)
}}{{Magia Record Spirit Enhancement
|hp4=6|atk4=4|def4=8|accele4=6|blast4=4|charge4=6
|hp5=7|atk5=5|def5=9|accele5=7|blast5=5|charge5=7
|hpmax=7|atkmax=5|defmax=9|accelemax=13|blastmax=9|chargemax=15
|icons=buff-doppelmp, buff-doppel, effect-taunt, buff-doppelmp, buff-doppel, effect-cut, effect-endure, effect-cut-blast, effect-add-stun, effect-counter, buff-magia, buff-charge
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [IV] & Magia Damage UP [II]
|Provoke Adept: Chance to Provoke [II]
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [IV] & Magia Damage UP [II]
|Shield Adept: Damage Cut [II]
|Fortitude Adept: Endure (Quests only)
|Blast Shield: Blast Damage Cut [III]
|Stun Edge: Chance to Stun on ATtack [II] (1T)
|Cross Counter Adept: Chance to Counter [III]
|Magia Adept: Magia Damage UP [III]
|Technical Adept: Charge Disc Damage UP [III]
|activename=Shield Secure
|activetype=effect-cut
|active=Damage Cut [V] (All / 1T)
|cooldown=10
}}

==Summary==
A Magical Girl who always tries to put on a happy face. Her parents divorced when she was young, and she's lived with her father ever since. Their relationship has become strained, leading her to become emotionally shutoff.

===Doppel Description===
[[File:Kokoro doppel.png|thumb|right|150px|Pamela, Kokoro's doppel]]
The Doppel of restraint. Its form is a shell. The master of this emotion knows it's simply a way for her to release her pent-up frustration. She views it with mixed feelings, as she understands there are drawbacks. This Doppel sprouts thorns to resist those who would harm it and attacks ferociously when it senses danger. On rare occasions, the agitated emotional state of its master may cause it to explode, and its shell – though stronger than metal – will break and release a surge of powerful magic.
{{-}}
===Side Story===
{{Spoilerbox|
Kokoro fights familiars with [[Masara Kagami]]. Afterwards they move on to the witch and defeat it. When the girls reappear in reality, Masara says they have to leave before the place closes. Kokoro says there's still time and says they should enjoy the view. She offers to buy Masara drinks, and when Masara says she doesn't need one, says she'll choose for her. Kokoro narrates that her and Masara became partners after they met, it's more like a one sided relationship. Kokoro is still surprised to find they're fighting witches together, and admits she didn't have the best impression of Masara at first. She thinks back to when they first met.

The flashback begins shortly after Kokoro became a magical girl. In it, Kokoro enters a witch's barrier and finds the familiars have all been destroyed. She then sees Masara fighting a witch, and deduces she was the one who beat the familiars. She thinks Masara is strong, but as she fights the witch, Kokoro thinks that Masara acts like she's not afraid of dying. Masara then notices Kokoro, who says she didn't realize another magical girl had arrived. Kokoro says she will support her.

After the battle, Kokoro says that while she's nowhere near Masara's level, she still thinks Masara should protect herself more. Masara says she doesn't really care if she dies, which shocks Kokoro. Masara says that if Kokoro think she's strong, she should agree that Masara is correct. Masara claims that a human can become invincible if they have nothing to lose. She says her strength comes from being indifferent to death. As Kokoro splutters, she narrates that the person who leaves doesn't understand the feelings of those they leave behind.

Kokoro says that Masara's family would care if she dies. Masara says it's fine, explaining that she wished for money, and arranged things so that if she dies it will be transferred to her family. Masara also says it's easier if she dies inside a witch barrier, since to everyone else she'll just have gone missing. Kokoro says that's not what she's talking about and asks how her family would feel if she died. Masara thinks they'll be fine, claiming humans are strong creatures. Kokoro flashes back to her mother, who told Kokoro she's strong and will be fine even after she leaves. Kokoro thought she wasn't fine at all.

Kokoro explains to Masara that she wished for her broken family to be made whole again, and for her mother to come back home. Kokoro narrates that she thought fighting witches was just compensation for repairing her family, but her mother didn't feel the way she did. Kokoro thinks back to her past when her parents were together and narrates that when she was little she went hiking in the mountains with her family. She believes it to be the most fun memory she has with them. Afterward, they stopped going hiking.

In another flashback, Kokoro's father yells at her for not washing the dishes. Kokoro explains she has to do homework, prompting him to say that's too late. Kokoro replies she'll do the dishes if that's the case, but her father tells her to just be quiet and focus on her schoolwork. Kokoro narrates that her father kept getting upset after her mom left. She believed he didn't know what he was supposed to do, and was taking it out on her. Kokoro blames her mom for leaving. Later, Kokoro finishes ironing clothes, and her father apologizes for yelling earlier. Kokoro narrates that hiking became her hobby, but after her mom left she went hiking alone. Comparing her feelings to hiking, she thinks she won't complain about anything, and tells her father not to worry about it. She says she's completely fine.

Back with Masara, Kokoro says that it might not have been much to her, but for most people being a magical girl is a huge decision. She says she would go that far to protect her family, and admonishes Masara to not let her break so easily. Masara says Kokoro is talking about her family, not Masara's, and that Masara's family are the only ones who have the right to criticize her. Kokoro apologizes and admits she selfishly got mad. She says it's her problem. Masara asks why she's blaming herself for protecting her family. Kokoro says she couldn't.

Kokoro's wish was "I want my mom to come back", and that's precisely what happened. Kokoro narrates that she thought that would make everything go back to the way things were, but that's not the case. Her mother and father would argue at home over chores. Kokoro thought that if she knew that her happy family would disappear someday, she would wish she never have known it in the first place. However, since she knows what a happy family is like, she'll desire it always. Kokoro compares her desire to hiking up a mountain, and thinks hiking alone is painful. Because of this, Kokoro would mediate her family's arguments, telling them to leave it to her.

With Masara, Kokoro starts crying after explaining what happened. Masara asks why she blames herself. Kokoro says she wished for it to happen. Masara says that Kokoro did nothing wrong - she wished to put her family back together, and got exactly that. Masara claims what happens afterward is something Kokoro shouldn't feel responsible for. Kokoro thinks back to all her friends and relatives who told her it wasn't her fault, but she wasn't able to accept those words until Masara spoke them without any sort of pity. Masara then asks if Kokoro's ideal is to kill her feelings to protect her family. Kokoro says that's not it at all, and says she doesn't want her parents to have painful memories either. Masara then asks why she thinks it's okay to hold back.

Masara explains that if Kokoro's ideal family isn't built on someone's pain, then she shouldn't put that burden on herself. Masara tells Kokoro that she should live for her own sake, not another's. Masara says she's going to leave, but Kokoro asks if she can stay with her. Kokoro narrates that she was [[yuri undertones|attracted]] to the girl who explained things to her, for reasons she couldn't put into words. Masara says there's no benefit to Kokoro, but Kokoro says she just wants to be with Masara. Masara says she can do what she wishes.

Later, Kokoro's father complains the dishes aren't done. Kokoro says that her mother's at the neighborhood association meeting, and that it's not right to push all the chores on mom. Kokoro's father agrees and says he'll do the dishes. Kokoro says she'll help him out and make dinner. Kokoro thinks there's still quite a distance to the summit of her desires, but she won't ignore the pain anymore. Kokoro then welcomes her mother back with dinner. Kokoro's mother apologizes, but her father says he needs to do the cooking every so often.

Sometime later, Kokoro and Masara defeat another witch. Kokoro invites Masara to a cafe she heard about, but Masara says she's not hungry or thirsty. Kokoro says she doesn't need to be and they can just take a look. When Masara asks what they would do, Kokoro says they can talk. Masara says if Kokoro wants to talk they can just do it here. Kokoro thinks that's how Masara is, but even so she can't help but be interested. Kokoro thinks she might be selfish, but she is worried about Masara's safety.

Kokoro says they can go to the cafe the next time they finish hunting and if Masara is hungry or thirsty. Masara says she wouldn't mind. Kokoro thinks she can't just says she wants Masara to change because she's with her, but hopes Masara realizes it someday. As the girls say they'll see each other tomorrow, Kokoro hopes that Masara will see that there is a person who finds her important. Kokoro narrates that she won't ignore her heart, and that she's at "your" side for her own sake.
}}
===Costume Stories===
<div class="tabs" style="min-height:300px">
{{Tab Content|title=Outdoor Wear|[[File:Kokoro Civilian.png|thumb|right|150px]]
Kokoro has stopped by [[Himika Mao]]’s house to say hi. Himika invites her inside where her siblings swarm around Kokoro and ask if she’s brought them any cake. Himika scolds them as Kokoro smiles and says she brought them something else this time. Since she recently went on a themed hike about all the wild plants you can harvest from the mountain, she has a bunch of food left over. It’s too much for her 3-person family so she wanted to give it to Himika’s family if that’s okay with her. Himika appreciates the gesture and accepts the goods. She looks inside the bag to find more than enough food for several side dishes for their meals. Himika thanks her profusely before noting that Kokoro has been hiking a lot more than usual. Kokoro replies that, while she enjoyed hiking, she enjoys it much more now that she has a friend to go climbing with her. Mentally Kokoro thanks Masara for that.
}}
{{Tab Content|title=Swimsuit|[[File:Awane Kokoro Swimsuit.png|thumb|right|150px]]
Kokoro doesn’t want to miss out on her summer vacation and is keen on making lots of memories with Masara. That’s when she got the idea of going to the beach since they’ve never been there together before, but she didn’t have a swimsuit to wear to the beach. So she asked Masara to go with her to pick one out. The two are at a shop at the mall where Kokoro finds all sorts of cute swimsuits to wear. However, she can’t choose one so she shows them to Masara and asks her which one she likes. Masara just stares at the swimsuit and says it doesn’t matter as long as it does what it needs to. Kokoro says that’s fine and all but she wants to know which one Masara likes more design wise. But Masara doesn’t really see the difference and says either one is fine as long as Kokoro likes it. Kokoro shrugs and decides to go for the yellow one. Masara points at all the straps on the swimsuit and asks what they purpose of them is. This causes Kokoro to break into laughter much to Masara’s confusion. She asks if it’s something she said but Kokoro apologizes for suddenly laughing. She explains that the straps are entirely decorative and serve no purpose other than to make the swimsuit seem like something out of the ordinary. Kokoro asks Masara to help her try on the swimsuit. Masara asks if that’s okay but Kokoro insists it’s fine.

After changing clothes, Kokoro models the swimsuit for Masara and asks what she thinks. Masara says it looks good and not just because it’s the one Kokoro chose. That’s part of it, but Masara understands now what Kokoro meant earlier: the swimsuit gives Kokoro a different atmosphere than usual. Kokoro smiles and decides to go with that swimsuit. Since Masara only has a plain swimsuit, Kokoro asks if she can’t pick one out for her. But no matter which one she chose Masara didn’t like it. Masara asks if there’s anything wrong with the swimsuit she already has but Kokoro is a little let down. Instead she tells Masara it’s fine so long as she’s happy with it. Kokoro is willing to give up on getting her a new swimsuit, but instead she insists that they get matching beach towels at least. When Masara looks at her questioningly, Kokoro explains that the beach can get very crowded so if they get separated it’ll be easier to find each other if their towels match. Masara stares at her for a moment before agreeing to go buy some matching towels with Masara. Kokoro inwardly jumps with joy as the two head to the towel section to choose.
}}
{{Tab Content|title=Winter Outfit|[[File:Kokoro valentine 2020.png|thumb|right|150px]]
Masara is waiting for Kokoro in downtown Kamihama. She doesn’t have to wait much longer before Kokoro finally arrives. Masara says it’s very unusual for Kokoro to be late to an appointment. Kokoro explains that she dropped her gloves on the way over and couldn’t find them no matter how much she looked. Masara offers to help her look but Kokoro says it’s okay since she can always knit another pair if they don’t turn up on the way back. Kokoro then begins to blow on her hands and mentions how cold it is today. [[Yuri undertones|Masara offers Kokoro her hand to hold]] so Kokoro accepts for a little. She moves closer to Masara and takes hold of her hand, surprised to find how warm she is. Warm enough that Kokoro asks if she isn’t running a fever. Masara shakes her head and says it’s because of the heating pack she has in her pocket. Masara offers it to Kokoro but she doesn’t want Masara to get cold because of her. Masara says it’s fine since she brought two of them with her. Kokoro takes her up on her offer and warms right up. Still, Kokoro kind of prefers gloves to hand warmers. Masara asks if gloves are really that great. Kokoro asks her if she didn’t wear gloves when she went skiing that time, but Masara replies that it was only because they were on a snowy mountain. Hand warmers are good enough for her, especially since she doesn’t own any gloves. Kokoro thinks for a moment then says it’s decided. She tells Masara they’re headed to a craft shop to buy yarn that’ll suit her so Kokoro can knit her some gloves of her own. Masara says she doesn’t have to go to the trouble, but Kokoro insists it’s something she wants to do for her. Masara smiles and says okay.
}}
</div>

==Appearances==

* [[Magia Record Main Story#Part One|Main Story Part 1]]: [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 8|Chapter 8]], [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 10|Chapter 10]]
* [[Magia Record Story Last Magia|The Last Magia]]

===Event Appearances===
*[[Magia Record Story Reaching a Happier Height|Reaching a Happier Height]]
*[[Magia Record Story A la Carte Valentine|A la Carte Valentine]]
*[[Magia Record Story Cross Connection|Cross Connection]]
*[[Magia Record Story The Crescent Moon Manor's Summer Vacation|Summer With Mikazuki Villa]]
*[[Magia Record Story Scattered Flowers Melancholy Chapter|The Flowers' Lament]] ''(Mentioned)''
*[[Magia Record Story Kamihama in a Circle|Kamihama in a Circle]]
*[[Magia Record Story Warming Valentine ~Until your thoughts reach you~|Warming Valentine ~Until your thoughts reach you~]]
*[[Magia Record Story Kamihama Kawaii Collection|Kamihama Kawaii Collection]]
*[[Magia Record Story Memorable Flower|Memorable Flower]]
* [[Magia Record Story Where is Ashley Taylor's Japanese Horror!?|Where is Ashley Taylor's Japanese Horror!?]]
*[[Magia Record Story Magia Clash! ~Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Detonation~|Magia Clash!]]

===Magical Girl Story Appearances===
* [[Masara Kagami]]
* [[Sayaka Miki in Magia Record|Sayaka Miki]]
* [[Tsubaki Mikoto in Magia Record|Tsubaki Mikoto]]
* [[Himika Mao]]

===Other Appearances===
* See [[Masara・Kokoro (Bride ver.)]]
* See [[Kokoro Awane in Magia Exedra]]

==Powers and Abilities==
In Magia Exedra, Kokoro is shown to have some sort of defense ability. Kokoro utilizes her ability during the final fight against Walpurgisnacht to protect other Magical Girls from Walpurgisnacht's attacks during the story in the Witch of Good Fortune's window. {{stub}}

==Etymology==
* The characters in her last name mean "millet" (粟) and "root" (根) respectively.

==Trivia==
* Her doppel may be a reference to the song of the same name by popular American band Toto. In the song, it talks about togetherness and being side by side with a loved one. This could link to the relationship Kokoro holds with her family and her friend Masara Kagami.
** Instead, it may be a reference to ''[[wikipedia:Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded|Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded]]'', the widely read 18th century novel, or its protagonist Pamela Andrews. As the title suggests, this novel is a story of a woman's patience and virtue over man's despotism and hedonism, and a given name [https://www.behindthename.com/names/view.php?name=pamela Pamela] became widely known by this novel. Pamela is a beautiful and chaste girl with low social status. She responds to her employer's various forms of ravishment with her chastity, and then, eventually wins the reward as joining the upper class by formally marrying her employer.

==Gallery==
===Magia Record===
<gallery>
File:kokoro_4_star_card.png|Magia Record Four Star Card
File:kokoro_5_star_card.png|Magia Record Five Star Card
File:Awane Kokoro battle Sprite.png|In-Battle Sprite
File:Mini 301601 s.png|In-battle Sprite (Five Star)
File:kokoro_doppel.png|Doppel
File:Kokoro doppel card.png
File:Pamela_English_description.png
File:Kokoro PM.png
File:Kokoro School.png
File:Kokoro Civilian.png|"Reaching a Happier Height" Event costume
File:Awane_Kokoro_Swimsuit.png|Swimsuit outfit
File:Kokoro valentine 2020.png|Valentine's outfit
File:Kokoro Bride.png|[[Masara・Kokoro (Bride ver.)|Bride ver]]
File:Kokoro Shadow.png
File:Kokoro Papa Seal 2019.jpg|Magical Girl Seal 2019
File:And they lived happily ever after.png|Magical Girl Seal 2024
</gallery>

====Memoria/Chapter Art====
<gallery>
File:masara_kokoro_memoria_full.png
File:Memoria 1137.png
File:Memoria 1458.jpg
File:Memoria 1607.jpg
File:103201 puella pattern dark.jpg
File:103201 puella pattern light.jpg
File:Memoria 1905.jpg
File:Memoria 1906.jpg
File:Memoria 1907.jpg
File:Memoria 1908 1.jpg
</gallery>

====Anime Screenshots====
<gallery>
File:Magical Girl's ep24-2.png|In [[Magia Record Episode 24|episode 24]]
File:Magical girl's ep25-3.png|In [[Magia Record Episode 25|episode 25]]
</gallery>

===Magia Exedra===
''See [[Kokoro Awane in Magia Exedra#Gallery]]''
<gallery>
File:Exedra Kokoro Art.jpg|Surging Laser Kioku
File:Exedra Kokoro Art 2.jpg|Kokoro's 3✦ Kioku
File:Kokoro Exedra Infobox.png
File:Exedra Live2D 301630.png|Character talk sprite
</gallery>

===Official Art===
<gallery>
File:Kokoro 01.jpg
File:Kokoro 02.jpg
File:Kokoro 03.jpg
File:Kokoro 04.jpg
File:Kokoro 05.jpg
File:Kokoro 06.jpg
File:Magireco Anth Illus 3.jpeg|Art from the [[Magia Record Comic Anthology]].
</gallery>

====Art by the Designer====
<gallery>
File:EFTjCqnU8AACzla.jpg|[https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1176815042638962688 Source]
File:D VMzyrVUAI95N0.jpg|[https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1149909811128983552 Source]
File:EDNCYquVUAE8M k.jpg|[https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1167349725814640640 Source]
File:1576938883404.jpg|[https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1208392011826397184 Source]
File:EWdMei UcAAISxU.jpg|[https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1254055201566154752 Source]
File:EeUlGPIUwAEORb5.png|[https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1289477663959035905 Source]
File:Ey 96HTVkAQ-fUc.jpg|[https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1382603082232569856 Source]
File:E YXPY1UcAkQakv.png|[https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1438362819192242176 Source]
File:FKayy1hVIAA3PL4.jpg|[https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1488073478620147712 Source]
File:FKepZpLVcAQq3fC.jpg|[https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1488344905839562752 Source]
File:FqhqXslagAEceWo.jpeg|Kokoro as a kunoichi. [https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1632672072509054977 Source]
File:FyJWybpaIAAnMaf.jpg|Kokoro in her Bridal version outfit. [https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1666990456864129024 Source]
File:EtMoAR3VoAItv -.jpg|[https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1356472086307328003 Source]
File:FYklq3gaMAEysJA.jpg|[https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/1551813057604878336 Source]
</gallery>

==Memoria Cards==
{{Magia Record Memoria List|character=Kokoro Awane}}

==External links==
*[http://magireco.com Official Magia Record Website - Japanese]
*[https://magiarecord-en.com/ Official Magia Record Website - English]

===Gameplay Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU1g-jkMHtM Recording of Kokoro's Transformation Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://youtu.be/V7CCmhzYKLM?si=GybOfVFIjD7J9_Ck Recording of Kokoro's Magia Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYrktqIhJKE Recording of Kokoro's Doppel Video on Youtube (JP)]

===Side Story and Costume Story Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHxwStrSmcM Recording of Kokoro's MSS on Youtube (JP)]
**[https://youtu.be/cNcQpB-RORs Recording of Kokoro's MSS on Youtube (NA)]
*[https://youtu.be/01XRZBZhyQs Recording of Kokoro's Outdoor Wear Story on Youtube (JP) '''(Subtitled)''']
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rljlTNupYU Recording of Kokoro's Swimsuit Story on Youtube (JP) '''(Subtitled)''']
*[https://youtu.be/ZrQvP5P5EJA Recording of Kokoro's Winter Outfit Story on Youtube (JP) '''(Subtitled)''']

===Dialogue Lines===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJXlHXEClec Recording of Kokoro's Dialogue lines on Youtube (NA)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB8SvlnB0Gk Recording of Kokoro's Swimsuit Dialogue lines on Youtube (NA)]

{{Character Categories|Awane|magicalgirl=yes}}
[[Category:Kamihama Magia Union members]]

Livia Medeiros

2025-09-15T01:53:32Z

8ozpintail: wish was revealed in chapter 10 but it was further added upon with backstory in 11

{{Infobox_character
|name=Livia Medeiros
|image=[[File:Card 10414 l.png|300px]]
|jname= リヴィア・メディロス
|designer=[https://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=creator&creatorid=46267 Sasagi Koushi]
|voices=Japanese: [[wikipedia:ja:黒木ほの香|Honoka Kuroki]]
|id=1041
|release1=JP:January 17, 2020
}}

'''Livia Medeiros''' was a playable character in the 2017 mobile game [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record]]. She made her first appearance in January 2020.

==General Info==
{{Magical Girl Details
|age=20
|eyes=Purple
|hair=Purple
|origin=Unknown
|height=168cm
|soulgem=Purple oval (forehead)
|weapon=Top hat, playing cards (summoned from hat)
|wish={{spoiler|To become evil itself}}
|powers=Magic Adjustment, Harm (something tragic befalls those she helps or tries to make happy)
|doppel=Luca
|pronoun={{nihongo|watashi|私|}}
|relatives= Unnamed father (deceased), unnamed mother (absent), unnamed sensei/surrogate mother (deceased)
|affiliation=[[Puella Care]]
|job=Coordinator
}}

==Game Info==
{{Magia Record Stats
|type=Support|attribute=void
|hp0=6280|atk0=1809|def0=1737
|hp4=22281|atk4=6653|def4=6117
|hp5=28088|atk5=8400|def5=7710
|hpmax=34083|atkmax=10776|defmax=9833
|disk1=accele|disk3=blast-|disk4=blast!|disk5=charge
|connect=This is Just a One Time Thing
|connecttype=buff-attack
|connect4=Attack UP [VII] & Damage Up Versus Enemies Affected With Status Ailments[IV] & Guaranteed Curse
|connect5=Attack UP [IX] & Damage Up Versus Enemies Affected With Status Ailments[VI] & Guaranteed Curse
|magia=Epicurean's Game
|magiapat=all
|magia4=Damage to All Enemies [V] & Status Ailment Resistance DOWN (All / 3T) & Defense DOWN (All / 3T)
|magia5=Damage to All Enemies [VII] & Status Ailment Resistance DOWN (All / 3T) & Defense DOWN (All / 3T)
|doppel=Luca
|doppelpat=all
|doppel5=Damage to All Enemies [IX] & Status Ailment Resistance DOWN (All / 3T) & Defense DOWN (All / 3T)
}}{{Magia Record Spirit Enhancement
|hp4=8|atk4=5|def4=5|accele4=6|blast4=6|charge4=4
|hp5=9|atk5=6|def5=6|accele5=7|blast5=7|charge5=5
|hpmax=9|atkmax=6|defmax=6|accelemax=13|blastmax=13|chargemax=10
|icons=buff-doppelmp, buff-doppelmp, buff-doppel, buff-doppel, effect-negate-curse, effect-cut, buff-blast, buff-magia, effect-damage-status, effect-cut-accele, effect-add-curse, effect-surge
|MP Burst: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|MP Burst: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|Anti-Curse: Guaranteed Anti-Curse
|Shield Adept: Damage Cut [II]
|Blast Adept: Blast Damage UP [II]
|Magia Adept: Magia Damage UP [II]
|Addict Killer: Damage UP Versus Enemies Affected With Status Ailments [II]
|Astral Shield: Accele Damage Cut [II] & Magia Damage Cut [II]
|Curse Edge: Chance to Curse [II]
|Skill Quicken: Chance to Skill Quicken [II]
|activename=Curse Scream
|activetype=status-curse
|active=Chance to Curse [IV] (All / 1T) & Defense DOWN [IV] (All / 1T)
|cooldown=8
}}

==Summary==
A Magical Girl who has arrived in Kamihama as a [[Puella Care]] (Traveling Coordinator); she's referred to as Mitama's teacher. She has traveled around the country making adjustments and conveying her adjustment techniques to talented girls who can't fight witches on their own. She has a mysterious nature and no one knows her past.

===Doppel Description===
[[File:Doppel 104100 l.png|thumb|right|150px|Luca, Livia's doppel]]
The Doppel of duḥkha-dhātu<ref>The word used is 苦界 (''kugai''), which is commonly read as as 'a life of prostitution' but can also be read as 'suffering world'. See [[wiktionary:दुःख#Sanskrit|दुःख]] and [[wiktionary:धातु#Sanskrit|धातु]].</ref>. Its form is a dendogram.
Due to the presence of this being that represents the origin of life, the master of this emotion is painfully aware of the inescapable yoke that forces her closer to becoming one who does harm.
This Doppel speaks of nothing and indicates nothing, simply growing its tree of life ever larger with the impurity it absorbs from its master. Though its form is wrapped in swaddling cloth, it is every bit as unblessed as its master, and it harms those who oppose it by maliciously scattering the impurity it gained from its birth. If another being trapped within the tree diagram were to appear, they would surely fall into a crucible of agony. Only the master can become an actual part of the tree.
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==Appearances==

* [[Magia Record Main Story#Part Two|Main Story Part 2]]: [[Magia Record Main Story Part 2 Chapter 1|Chapter 1]], [[Magia Record Main Story Part 2 Chapter 2|Chapter 2]]

===Event Appearances===
*[[Magia Record Story Night Fairytale ～You Were At the Water's Edge～|Night Fairytale ~ You were at the water's edge]]
*[[Magia_Record_Story_The_Witches'_Paradox_Extermination_Battle|The Witches' Paradox Extermination Battle]]
*[[Magia_Record_Story_Battle_Museum|Battle Museum]]

==Powers and Abilities==
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==Observations==
* Livia's Magia, "Epicurean's Game," directly references the philosophy of Epicurus. This school of thought pursues a life free of pain and anxiety, advocating against pursuits like romantic love and marriage that can lead to despair.
* Her Doppel's name is a reference to the [[wikipedia:Last_universal_common_ancestor|Last Universal Common Ancestor]] and the fetuses represent, from left to right: mammals, reptiles, humankind, fish and birds.
** They also represent the four elements, with the mammal as earth, reptile as fire (lizards and salamanders are commonly associated with fire), fish as water and birds as air.
** It vaguely resembles a uterus without Fallopian tubes in shape, or a bridal bouquet. This could go along with the alternate reading of the kanji used for its nature and the wedding that caused her misfortune in the past.
* Livia, along with the other Coordinators, have a magician aesthetic, Livia specifically being a magician with a top hat, and her Magia using cards.

==Etymology==
* "Livia" as a name may either be derived from the Latin word ''liveo'' ("to be livid" or "to be envious"), or a variation of the name "Olivia" ("olive").
* The name Medeiros is derived from the Portuguese word, ''medeiro'', meaning "a place where stacks of maize are gathered", or simply "a haystack".
** The surname may come from Celestino Medeiros, a criminal who confessed to having committed a double-murder in ''Braintree'', Massachusetts for which [[wikipedia:Sacco_and_Vanzetti|two anarchist brothers]] were executed; Celestino's confession was ignored in favor of punishing the anarchists because there were strong political pressures at the time to execute them instead.

==Trivia==
* She is the first and only playable dark-skinned character in Magia Record.
* Her Doppel shares a name with [[Luca Souju|one of the Souju twins]] from [[Puella Magi Kazumi Magica: The innocent malice]].
* Her wish is revealed in Arc 2 Chapter 10. Due to her wish, whenever she does something for someone else's sake or happiness, something bad will happen to that person.
* The ring featured in her personal Memoria belonged to a teacher Livia cared about, who died in a freak accident on her own wedding day while Livia could only watch helplessly.

==Gallery==
===Game Gallery===
<gallery>
File:card_10414_c.png|400px|Magia Record Four Star Art
File:tumblr_b6ef8c084ee828c1c67fd53c2dbe8731_eb8a9fea_1280.png|400px|Magia Record Five Star Art
File:Mini 104100 s.png|In-Battle Sprite
File:doppel_104100_l.png|Doppel Sprite
File:Livia doppel card.jpg
File:Livia PM.png
File:Livia casual.png
File:Livia middle school.png|Livia in middle school
File:Livia Papa Seal 2021.jpg|Magical Girl Seal 2021
</gallery>

===Official Art===
<gallery>
File:Livia 01.png
File:Livia 02.png
File:EOfhbHSUcAA-5Cq.jpg|400px|Damaged
File:Bg adv 14111.jpg
File:Bg adv 14121.jpg
File:Mitama shadow memoria full.jpg
File:Memoria 1447.jpg
File:Memoria 1449.jpg
File:Memoria 1450.jpg
File:102302 shizuka sleep.jpg
File:MagiReco OP 2 - 17.png
File:MagiReco OP 2 - 60.png
File:103301 livia dying1.jpg
File:103301 livia dying2.jpg
File:103303 run leaders1.jpg
File:103303 run leaders2.jpg
File:103303 run leaders3.jpg
File:103303 run leaders4.jpg
File:103303 run leaders5.jpg
File:103305 puellacare.jpg
File:Memoria 1863.jpg
File:FujinoMRTribute.jpg|Art by Fujino made as a goodbye to Magia Record.
</gallery>

==Memoria Cards==
{{Magia Record Memoria List|character=Livia Medeiros}}

==External links==
*[http://magireco.com Official Magia Record Website - Japanese]
*[https://magiarecord-en.com/ Official Magia Record Website - English]

===Gameplay Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0WUuq40-Mo Recording of Livia's Transformation Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6PZ7bcvCF0 Recording of Livia's Magia Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://youtu.be/fuVoHmCN95U?si=NDqPnlHPtUCJ3kTz Recording of Livia's Doppel Video on Youtube (JP)]

===Side Story and Costume Story Videos===
*Recording of Livia's MSS on Youtube (JP): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3Zqu4y-yFk Episode 1/3], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGt8X3dLWT4 Episode 2/3], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpLmOHTaiBo Episode 3/3]
**[https://youtu.be/_pbHsGHVwVs Recording of Livia's MSS on Youtube (JP) '''(Translated)''']

===Dialogue Lines===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BvAc7NaJvY Recording of Livia's Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]
**[https://pastebin.com/Jp5KeLp5 Pastebin with Livia's translated MSS and translated dialogue lines]

{{Character Categories|Medeiros|magicalgirl=yes}}
[[Category:Puella Care members]]

Nayuta Satomi

2025-09-11T23:39:53Z

8ozpintail: soul gem is NOT magenta

{{Infobox_character
|name=Nayuta Satomi
|image=[[File:Card 10374 l.png|300px]]
|jname= (里見那由他) Satomi Nayuta
|designer=[[Ume Aoki]] Futene
|voices=Japanese: [https://www.artsvision.co.jp/talent/4890/ Ran Haruka]
|id=1037
|release1=JP:June 11, 2021
}}

{{nihongo|'''Nayuta Satomi'''|里見那由他|Satomi Nayuta}} was a playable character in the 2017 mobile game [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record]].

==General Info==
{{Magical Girl Details
|age=15
|eyes=Gray
|hair=Gray
|height=162cm
|origin=[[Takarazaki City]]
|soulgem=Purple Circle (neck)
|weapon=[[wikipedia:Hand_fan#China|Bajiao Shan]] (Palm-Leaf Hand Fan)
|wish={{Q|I want my mom to be as gentle as my dad is.}}
|powers=Making opponents lose their will to fight
|doppel=Jing
|pronoun={{nihongo|''watashi''|私|}}
|relatives=[[Tasuke Satomi]] (father), unnamed mother, [[Dr Satomi|unnamed uncle]], unnamed aunt (Touka's mother), [[Touka Satomi]] (cousin)
|school=[[Takarazaki Junshin School]], 9th Grade
}}

==Game Info==
{{Magia Record Stats
|type=Support|attribute=dark
|hp0=6389|atk0=1998|def0=2007
|hp4=23664|atk4=7036|def4=7120
|hp5=30714|atk5=8214|def5=8285
|hpmax=37625|atkmax=10215|defmax=10756
|disk1=accele|disk3=blast-|disk4=charge
|connect=The Joint Investigation Has Opened!
|connecttype=buff-damage
|connect4=Damage UP [VII] & Accele MP Gain UP [VII] & HP Restore [III]
|connect5=Damage UP [IX] & Accele MP Gain UP [IX] & HP Restore [V]
|magia=Uprised Breakthrough
|magiapat=all
|magia4=Damage to All Enemies [V] & Defense DOWN (All / 3T) & Chance to Skill Seal (All / 3T) & Remove Granted Effects (All)
|magia5=Damage to All Enemies [VII] & Defense DOWN (All / 3T) & Chance to Skill Seal (All / 3T) & Remove Granted Effects (All)
|doppel=Jing
|doppelpat=all
|doppel5=Damage to All Enemies [IX] & Defense DOWN (All / 5T) & Chance to Skill Seal (All / 3T) & Remove Granted Effects (All)
}}{{Magia Record Spirit Enhancement
|hp4=8|atk4=5|def4=5|accele4=6|blast4=4|charge4=6
|hp5=9|atk5=6|def5=6|accele5=7|blast5=5|charge5=7
|hpmax=9|atkmax=6|defmax=6|accelemax=10|blastmax=11|chargemax=17
|icons=buff-doppelmp, buff-doppelmp, buff-doppel, buff-magia, effect-cut, buff-doppel, buff-charge, effect-negate-bind, effect-cut-light, effect-surge, buff-accele, buff-magia
|MP Boost: MP Gain Up When Over 100 MP [II]
|MP Boost: MP Gain Up When Over 100 MP [II]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage Up [I] & Magia Damage Up [I]
|Magia Adept: Magia Damage Up [II]
|Shield Adept: Damage Cut [II]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage Up [I] & Magia Damage Up [I]
|Technical Adept: Charge Disc Damage UP [II]
|Anti-Bind: Guaranteed Anti-Bind
|Light Shield Aura: Light Attribute Damage Cut [III]
|Skill Quicken: Chance to Skill Quicken [II]
|Accele Adept: Accele MP Gain UP [II]
|Resist Secure Aura: Status Ailment Resistance Up [II] (All / 5T on Battle Start)
|activename=Dark Erosion
|activetype=debuff-resist-darkness
|active=Dark Attribute Resistance DOWN [III] (All / 5T)
|cooldown=9
}}

==Summary==
A Magical Girl who is searching for her father, a folklorist, in Kamihama City. She has been supporting her father in order to make the world aware of the existence of Magical Girls. She has a stubborn streak, but it is masked by her good nature and hard work. Although she is a cousin of [[Touka Satomi|Touka]], who also shares the Satomi surname, she keeps her distance from her.

===Doppel Description===
[[File:Doppel 103700 l.png|thumb|right|150px|Jing, Nayuta's doppel]]
The Doppel of absurdity. Its form is a jiàzi huāliǎn<ref>“arrogant painted-face”</ref>. The master of this emotion is both surprised by the brutality within herself, and slightly exasperated by her Doppel’s shallow way of thinking. This Doppel doesn’t pay attention to its surroundings, and has a habit of jumping to hasty conclusions about the things that enter its field of view. It may prance about with joy when it ought to be doing battle, and may seethe with anger when it ought to be enjoying itself.
Despite being stubborn and reluctant to change its mind, it displays amazing practical strength when its behavior aligns with the situation. None can dodge its shapeshifting blade, and any attack will be deflected by its lotus flower’s lotus effect. Those who’ve seen it in combat have praised the sight as beautiful, as if it were dancing the entire time. Incidentally, it seems to think of its master as a kindred spirit who resembles its own absurd self.
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===Side Story===
{{Spoilerbox|Part 1 opens with Nayuta fast asleep, dreaming of taking Touka down a notch by proving folkloric studies to be the strongest discipline...until Lavi gives her a rude awakening by humming obnoxiously like a mosquito. Lavi says she had no other choice; Nayuta is a very deep sleeper, and if she doesn't hurry, she'll be late for school. And given how they both go to school outside of Kamihama, Lavi orders Nayuta to wolf down her breakfast ASAP. After doing so, Nayuta requests Lavi to be nicer - they're both so close in age, but Lavi acts more like a stern stepmother than a gentle, kind maid. Lavi dismisses the request, saying she'll be less harsh on Nayuta when Nayuta cleans up her act.

Once at school in Takarazaki City, Nayuta's homeroom class begins with an exercise on "self-assessment." The teacher explains that future opportunities, such as job interviews or school applications, will require people to understand their strengths, weaknesses, and characteristics, and now is a good time for the student to learn how to evaluate themselves. For this assignment, the students are to form groups, write their understanding of each other and of themselves, and discuss the results they get. Nayuta evaluates herself as a quiet but diligent student who puts full effort into every task she's given...whereas her group members consider her someone who "hates losing," "speaks her mind," and is "super stubborn."

Nayuta is mortified. She protests she can’t really be like that, though her classmates elaborate with examples. For one, the students arranging the school festival's dance performance had originally voted for a joke song, but Nayuta turned against the crowd and fought back. Nayuta says she only did so because she herself didn't want the song, not caring what other people thought. Still, she does admit that, considering her persistent search for her father, despite all odds, "stubborn" may be an apt word to describe her.

After the exercise, the teacher discusses the [[wikipedia:Johari_window|Johari Window]], a tool for evaluating one's personality and relationships. To summarize, the Johari Window posits there are four categories to how we perceive ourselves and others:

# Traits that self and peers perceive
# Traits that peers perceive but the self does not
# Traits that peers do not perceive but the self does
# The unconscious, or the traits neither self nor peers perceive

Through this, most people will, at the very most, acquire only a 50% understanding of themselves, and a mere 25% understanding of other people, unless we go out of our way to communicate with and understand each other. These statements begin to gnaw at Nayuta's mind.

After school, Nayuta bumps into Iroha on her way to the train station - both are pleasantly surprised that the other remembers them, and strike up a conversation. When asked why she's in Takarazaki, Nayuta explains that before moving to Kamihama, she lived here, and continues to attend school in town. Iroha remarks that she originally hailed from Takarazaki as well, and recognized Nayuta’s uniform. To even more surprise, they soon find that they both also just so happen to be in the same grade - their third year of junior high - which means Iroha can treat her as an equal than a senior (she had assumed Nayuta was a high schooler). Nayuta thinks to herself that while Iroha seems very quiet and shy at first blush, she’s actually quite good at socializing.

Their conversation turns to Nayuta’s father, and Nayuta soon requests to meet Yachiyo, what with their original meeting in Arc 2 Chapter 2 having been cut short - though the request is blurted out as demand instead. Nayuta immediately apologizes, saying she’s aware that she comes across as very rude and obnoxious, but Iroha thinks nothing of it - that wasn’t her impression at all. Besides, she completely understands where Nayuta is coming from, too; after all, they’ve both been in the exact same position, with Iroha’s quest to find Ui, much like how Nayuta is searching for her father. So that means they’re both two stubborn junior-high girls from Takarazaki who traveled to Kamihama in search of their loved one...they both realize that they truly have far more in common than they originally thought.

Nayuta goes with Iroha to Mikazuki. There, Yachiyo explains that unfortunately, she has no further info on Nayuta’s father. Tsuruno, though, asks if Nayuta can describe her dad’s appearance - perhaps one of them has crossed paths with him without realizing it. Nayuta shares a photo she has on her phone, and they proceed to get sidetracked this way and that - over her dad’s long hair (and Nayuta and Sana commiserating over the challenges of haircare), her dad’s schlubby, nerdy appearance, etc - but ultimately, no, none of them have seen them, not even Ui, who spent so many years at the Satomi Medical Center.

Felicia wonders out loud why Nayuta doesn't ask Touka. Yachiyo remarks she has a point - despite their enmity, surely they can find some common ground. Nayuta refuses, saying she cannot trust the information she gets from Touka, and apologizes for her stubbornness.

In part 2, we open with Lavi waking Nayuta once more. This time, Nayuta’s had a bad sleep - over breakfast, at Lavi’s prompting, she admits she’s been ruminating over Touka again, which inevitably stresses her out. And of course, if she tells herself to quit thinking about Touka, it makes her think of Touka even more.

Their conversation is interrupted by Mikage - who, in a shocking twist, actually rings the doorbell for once instead of barging in! It turns out she's very upset, explaining she got in a fight with Sudachi. In short, she and Sudachi were hanging out together, but Mikage kept zoning out. Sudachi noticed, and Mikage explained school was exhausting her, saying life would be so much easier if there wasn't any school. Sudachi took offense, saying she was jealous that Mikage got to go to school while Sudachi can’t ever go back. Mikage took offense to this in turn - Mikage has no friends at school, so it's boring, so if anything, she's the one jealous of how Sudachi can skip school without any problems. From there, they got into a row, and are still furious over it.

Nayuta remarks that even though Sudachi and Mikage fought, they're both at least far more kind than Touka, which prompts her to start venting about one of her memories that’s been eating at her - an incident where Touka mocked and bullied her over a complicated science problem. Mikage, though, whines that ''she’s'' the one who’s supposed to be complaining right now, not Nayuta; but Nayuta doesn’t just want to sit and listen to Mikage complain all day, and they start bickering and squabbling about it. Lavi, though, soon defuses the tension by serving them pudding.

After finishing her snack, Mikage realizes she lost the cute handkerchief she bought the other day - she must’ve lost it at the Tomorrow Shop. Since Nayuta and Lavi were planning on doing some shopping in the area, they all head out together - only to bump into Sudachi, who has the handkerchief with her. Mikage implies Sudachi must have stolen it, and they immediately start fighting again. Then, out of nowhere, Nayuta orders them both to calm down, saying they're both trying to make the other look bad, which confuses Mikage. Fortunately, Lavi quickly backs her up, explaining that since Mikage and Sudachi recently had a fight and are still high on their emotions, they're both trying to validate their feelings by making the other out to be wrong. Neither of them are necessarily bad or wrong here, but negative feelings about the other person are bound to warp their perception of each other. Nayuta relates this back to her school assignment - if you only look at the surface-level actions of another person, you can't see their true side.

Once things calm down and the girls calmly communicate their side of the story, it turns out Mikage had accidentally tucked her handkerchief in Sudachi's bag when they were hanging out together the other day. Sudachi, then, was at the Tomorrow Shop to hand it over to the owner to return to Mikage, but bumped into Mikage first. There’s no question why Mikage got their bags mixed up - they both match perfectly. That fact makes it obvious how close they both really are...and so the apologies begin.

Sudachi explains that back when she went to school, there were days she, too, dreaded going. She took Mikage's complaints as bragging in a way, even though she knows that wasn't Mikage's intention. Mikage explains that while she doesn't know the whole story of why Sudachi stopped going to school, she should have known how Sudachi would feel by dissing it, and should have kept her complaints to herself. They both apologize and immediately become best friends again, which is Nayuta and Lavi's cue to slip away.

Nayuta thanks Lavi for the assist - Nayuta’s attempts at mediation had floundered back there, but Lavi realized what Nayuta was trying to do and got things back on track. Lavi remarks that she was impressed by Nayuta in turn - in the short time they've lived together, her impression of Nayuta was that she was childish and whiny, but this incident demonstrates she's actually quite strong in her own right.

These words hit home for Nayuta. Once she gets home, she gets choked up and throws herself onto the couch. She explains to Lavi that she wants to "start over," even though it's impossible to do so now. She talks about how the Johari Window exercise in class has prompted her to look back at her stubbornness and all the missteps and mistakes she’s made because of it - such as how once she makes a judgment of someone’s character, she never changes her stance, and has lost many valuable relationships as a result. She intervened in Mikage and Sudachi’s fight not for any noble cause or personal code, but simply because she freaked out that they would lose their relationship the way Nayuta has lost hers...and seeing them make up so easily has made Nayuta feel even more terrible. Lavi asks what exactly Nayuta wants to "start over" with. For Nayuta, it’s her relationship with her parents.

Part 3 begins with an extended flashback, where Nayuta explains how her mother was incredibly strict (think of the "tiger mother" stereotype), and Nayuta resented her for that. We see an example of their dynamic in a memory from when Nayuta was little, where she came home with a score of 95 on her test. The class average was 75, and Nayuta was the fifth best in class, but her mom is angry that she didn’t get number one. Since Nayuta’s dad is a scholar, her mother says people expect Nayuta to follow in his footsteps. Since none of the other students have scholarly parents, Nayuta, therefore, should be the best in class. The fact she isn’t will make other people think Nayuta isn’t smart or doesn’t try hard enough, which then reflects poorly on the rest of the family. Nayuta's mom keeps snapping at her until Nayuta is crushed, then whisks her off to painting class. Nayuta doesn't want to go because she has a piano competition that weekend and wants a break, but her mother insists it's a poor excuse for slacking off.

Meanwhile, Nayuta's father is very gentle, laid-back, and kind. In that same memory, he comes home from a work trip to an exotic locale, bringing home a jar of seasoning as a souvenir. Nayuta's mom starts fussing and stressing about the ingredients, what meals it should be used for, the lack of an expiration date, and so on; Nayuta's father doesn't have a good answer to any of her questions. She complains that his whims make her life even harder, and his demeanor encourages Nayuta to slack off in her studies, and from there they start fighting. Basically, every day in Nayuta's home had screaming and fighting filling the walls, whether they came from her and her mom or her mom and her dad...until the day came that Nayuta "destroyed it."

In the build-up to Nayuta’s wish, we see how things became worse and worse - Nayuta loses a contest because with her packed schedule, given all the obligations her mom forces upon her, she had no time to practice for it. Her mom, however, only cares about the fact Nayuta lost...and notes to Nayuta how she's becoming the spitting image of her father - a girl with no will of her own.

Aside from that, the fights between her mom and dad reach a fever pitch, too, to the point Nayuta can’t stand another day living in that house - which prompts Kyubey to come knocking.

Nayuta (who seems fairly young when she made her wish, given she has the little kid sprite here instead of her current self) - considered several wishes before deciding on one. For example, she could have wished to be her mother’s ideal daughter...which would save Nayuta, but wouldn't stop the fights between her parents. She could wish for her dad to be as strong-willed as her mom, which would have him finally stand up for himself in their fights...but she doesn’t want her dad’s personality to change one bit. That gives her an idea, and she wishes to change her mom: She wishes for her mom to be as calm and gentle as her dad. She expects this to lead to a peaceful household...but instead, it gets her parents divorced.

You see, after the wish, her mom’s personality completely changed. Nayuta realized she only saw her parents' relationship on a shallow level, judging her mother as "bad" and her father as "good" without understanding the full picture. With a new personality, her mom realizes how shallow and obsessed with how others perceived her and her family...but also realizes that despite their arguments, she and her husband were actually in tune with each other, with their opposite temperaments having balanced each other out. Now, their connection and love has been lost. Nayuta's dad, however, is very calm about this abrupt change in personality, for he knows the exact cause - he explains that this could only be the result of a magical girl's wish (which Nayuta’s mom dismisses immediately).

We don't get to see the aftermath, however. We return to the present day, with Nayuta lamenting her actions and the fact she continues to make shallow assumptions, despite how they impacted her home life. Lavi, though, thinks nothing of it. She explains Nayuta, at least, is self-aware enough to realize she's making the same mistakes as before - and now that she’s woken up, she can change. She relays the fable of a man dropping a treasured sword into a lake, but in a rush decision, instead of marking the point he dropped it on the map, he marked the ship itself instead - so when the boat came to port, he, of course, couldn't find his sword. In short, the fable is saying that the world is constantly changing, and cautions against getting so caught up in habit and tradition that you lose sight of what's happening now. People grow and change, even if Nayuta hasn’t seen it for her stubbornness - and while she can’t go back and repair every relationship she’s lost, in some cases, she still has a chance to go back and fix things.

And of course, the first step is for Nayuta to reconcile with Touka. Nayuta apologizes for slapping Touka at the Coordinator's Shop in Arc 2 Chapter 2, and for her failure to see Touka for who she is now - she's grown beyond the petulant brat she was in Nayuta's childhood. Touka admits she was pretty awful in the past, and that her opinions have changed a lot. She respects Nayuta's dad now for pursuing his research despite all the opposition he’s faced - and since Nayuta's opinion on Touka has changed, Touka can do likewise. All is well...for about five seconds. Touka brings up Nayuta’s dad’s schlubby appearance, and wonders if his research isn't accepted because he looks like a total slob, prompting Nayuta to slap her again and storm home. Lavi, however, approves of Nayuta's course of action - and Nayuta realizes she and Lavi much more alike than she had assumed.
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==Appearances==

* [[Magia Record Main Story#Part Two|Main Story Part 2]]: [[Magia Record Main Story Part 2 Chapter 2|Chapter 2]]

===Event Appearances===
*[[Magia Record Story Angels on the Road ~Reindeer Santa Prospering Season~|Angels on the Road ~Reindeer Santa Prospering Season~]]
*[[Magia Record Story The Peaceful Daily Life of Nayuta's House|The Peaceful Daily Life of Nayuta's House]]
*[[Magia Record Story Snow Thawing Befana|Snow Thawing Befana]]

===Other Appearances===
*See [[Nayuta・Mikage (Christmas ver.)]]

==Powers and Abilities==
In Chapter 11 of Arc 2 is revealed, by [[Himena Aika]], that Nayuta's power is "Lose of Will of Fight". Himena takes Nayuta's power (along side Mikage and Alexandra's powers) with her Synthesis unique ability to fight [[Lavi Himuro]] when she fused with all the Kimochi Stones. With this power Nayuta can make her opponents lose their will to fight against her or other people.

==Etymology==
* The characters of her last name mean "village" (里) and "to see" (見) respectively.
* The characters of her first name mean "what" (那), "wherefore/a reason" (由), and "others" (他) respectively.
**Collectively, Nayuta (那由他) means "decillion", an extremely large number, which is one nonillion times bigger than 1 million.

==Trivia==
* Her Doppel's name "Jing" may refer to the male/mighty role played in Xiqu or Chinese Opera, its appearance ties with Chinese opera costumes as well.
* Her design appears to be based on [[wikipedia:Princess_Iron_Fan|Princess Iron Fan]] (鐵扇公主) from [[wikipedia:Journey_to_the_West|Journey to the West]].
* Her personal memoria features a box of [[wikipedia:Calisson|calissons]], a type of French candy.
* Nayuta and Iroha's ages are mentioned in Nayuta's side story.

==Gallery==
===Game Gallery===
<gallery>
File:Card 10374 c.png|Magia Record Four Star Art
File:Card 10375 c.png|Magia Record Five Star Art
File:Mini 103700 s.png|In-Battle Sprite
File:Doppel 103700 l.png|Doppel Sprite
File:Nayuta doppel card.jpg
File:Nayuta PM.png
File:Nayuta school.png
File:Nayuta Uwasa.png
File:206 touka s antithesis.png|Magical Girl Seal 2022
</gallery>

===Official Art===
<gallery>
File:Nayuta 01.png
File:Nayuta 02.png
File:Memoria 1634.jpg
File:Memoria 1635.jpg
File:Memoria 1636.jpg
File:Memoria 1706.jpg
File:Professor Tasuke.png|Professor Tasuke Satomi, Nayuta's father
File:Nayuta's father.png|His original live2D model
File:102805 tasuke find.jpg
File:103201 searchmember badge.png
File:Adv eve 11711.png
File:Memoria 1802.jpg
File:103305 nayutafamily.jpg
File:Memoria 1929.jpg
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==Memoria Cards==
{{Magia Record Memoria List|character=Nayuta Satomi}}

==External links==
*[http://magireco.com Official Magia Record Website - Japanese]

===Gameplay Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT8kmcuQyRg Recording of Nayuta's Transformation Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://youtu.be/KbA1cIbxMFw?si=4Am1tmJUpWvxftoe Recording of Nayuta's Magia Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6INtUM7_cc Recording of Nayuta's Doppel Video on Youtube (JP)]

===Side Story and Costume Story Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0NJnWENYqo Recording of Nayuta's MSS on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFy-o8BllfI Recording of Nayuta's Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]

{{Character Categories|Satomi|magicalgirl=yes}}

Tsukuyo Amane

2025-09-10T17:33:45Z

8ozpintail: grammar fixes

{{Infobox_character
|name=Tsukuyo Amane
|image=[[File:tsukuyo_amane_profile.png|300px]]
|jname= 天音月夜 (Amane Tsukuyo) 明槻月夜 (Akatsuki Tsukuyo)
|designer=[https://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=2395076 Hayami Chika]
|voices= Japanese: [[wikipedia:ja:%E5%86%85%E7%94%B0%E7%9C%9F%E7%A4%BC|Maaya Uchida]] 
English: Jennie Kwan 
Russian: Yekaterina Popova 
Mexican Spanish: [https://doblaje.fandom.com/es/wiki/Iarel_Verduzco Iarel Verduzco] 
Brazilian Portuguese: Mari Haruno
|portray=[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%80%89%E6%8C%81%E8%81%96%E8%8F%9C Sena Kuramochi] (in the [[Magia Record Stage Play|stage play]])
|id=1018
|release1=JP:November 30, 2017
|release2=NA:August 22, 2019
}}

{{nihongo|'''Tsukuyo Amane'''|天音月夜|Amane Tsukuyo}}, also known as {{nihongo|'''Tsukuyo Akatsuki'''|明槻月夜|Akatsuki Tsukuyo}}, was a playable character in the 2017 mobile game [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record]]. Her twin sister is [[Tsukasa Amane]]. She and her sister first appeared as antagonists in the game until they were released as playable characters on November 30, 2017.

==General Info==
{{Magical Girl Details
|age=17
|height=158cm
|eyes=Dark Red
|hair=Brown
|origin=[[Mizuna Ward]]
|soulgem=Red Yin-Yang (necklace)
|weapon=[[wikipedia:Shinobue|Shinobue (Japanese Bamboo Flute)]]
|wish={{Q|We don't want to hate [[Tsukasa Amane|each other]].}}
|powers=Sound Wave Manipulation
|doppel=Dum
|pronoun={{nihongo|watashi|私|}}
|relatives=[[Tsukasa Amane]] (twin sister), unnamed parents (presumed divorced), unnamed grandmother
|school=[[Mizuna Girls' School]], 11th grade
|affiliation=[[Wings of the Magius]] (White feather; formerly), [[Kamihama Magia Union]]
}}

==Game Info==
{{Magia Record Stats
|type=Balance|attribute=dark
|hp0=5811|atk0=1892|def0=1911
|hp4=20768|atk4=6909|def4=6929
|hp5=26146|atk5=8708|def5=8728
|hpmax=32835|atkmax=11115|defmax=12786
|disk1=accele|disk2=blast-|disk3=charge
|connect=We Will Play This Part Together<ref>In the NA her connect is ''Our Sound Resonates as One''</ref>
|connecttype=buff-charged
|connect4=Charged Damage UP [IX] & Chance to Critical [VII] & Attack UP to [[Tsukasa Amane|Tsukasa]]
|connect5=Charged Damage UP [XI] & Chance to Critical [IX] & Attack UP to [[Tsukasa Amane|Tsukasa]]
|magia=Cherry Blizzard<ref>In the NA her magia is ''Blizzard of Cherry Blossoms''</ref>
|magiapat=all
|magia4=Attribute Strengthened Damage to All Enemies [V] & Charged Damage UP (All / 3T)
|magia5=Attribute Strengthened Damage to All Enemies [VII] & Charged Damage UP (All / 5T)
|doppel=Dum
|doppelpat=all
|doppel5=Attribute Strengthened Damage to All Enemies [IX] & Charged Damage UP (All / 5T)
}}{{Magia Record Spirit Enhancement
|hp4=6|atk4=6|def4=6|accele4=4|blast4=4|charge4=8
|hp5=7|atk5=7|def5=7|accele5=5|blast5=5|charge5=9
|hpmax=7|atkmax=7|defmax=7|accelemax=8|blastmax=8|chargemax=13
|icons=
buff-doppelmp, buff-doppel, buff-doppelmp, buff-doppel, buff-charged, buff-blast,
buff-doppelmp, buff-charge, buff-accele, effect-charge, buff-mpgain, buff-charge,
effect-add-mp, effect-cut
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|Charge Adept: Charged Attack Damage Up [II]
|Blast Adept: Blast Damage UP [III]
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Technical Adept: Charge Disc Damage UP [II]
|Accele Adept: Accele MP Gain UP [III]
|Charge Combo Plus: Charge Combo Charge Count UP (+3)
|Morale Adept: MP Gain UP [II]
|Technical Adept: Charge Disc Damage UP [II]
|Fast Mana Up: MP Gauge 15% Full on Battle Start
|Shield Adept: Damage Cut [II]
|active=Chance to Skill Seal [IX] (Single / 1T) & Chance to Magia Seal [V] (Single / 1T)
|activetype=status-skill-seal
|activename=Mute
|cooldown=10
}}

==Summary==
Tsukasa's twin sister, Tsukuyo hopes to liberate Magical Girls. Constant training in music, calligraphy, and dance has granted her considerable skills. Though she is admired by her peers, she doesn't have any friends she feels she can open up to. She can only be at peace when she is with her sister Tsukasa.

===Doppel Description===
[[File:Tsukuyo doppel.png|thumb|right|150px|Dum, Tsukuyo's doppel]]
The Doppel of isolation. Its form is a terrarium. The master of this Doppel isn't swayed by mood or emotion. She does, however, rely on her other half, the only person who truly understands her. Through this, the two of them are capable of completely isolating themselves from the outside. Together in their miniature world, they need only the company of the other to survive. This Doppel shuts out all physical and magical phenomena, allowing its master to perfectly protect herself and her twin. Though doing so causes their memories of anyone but each other to fade away.
{{-}}

===Side Story===
{{Spoilerbox|
[''See also [[Tsukasa Amane#Side Story|Tsukasa]]'s story for the other perspective.'']

In an abandoned museum, [[Mifuyu Azusa]] tells Tsukuyo and Tsukasa that the AI [[Rumor]] has disappeared and they need to be more careful. The Amanes apologize, claiming their actions were worthless. Mifuyu says they did a good job on the website and won't blame them. Tsukuyo wonders why their opponents are so fixated on Rumors. Tsukasa says if they just left them alone, the victims will eventually be freed. Mifuyu says that Iroha is looking for her younger sister and found a lead in the Rumors.

The Amanes are reminded of themselves, when they didn't know each other. [[Alina Gray]] appears and asks what they're talking about. She says she's curious about their past and wishes, and says she'll let them off easy if they tell her. She says their flutes might become her favorite pigment if they don't say anything. The girls understand, and begin their story.

A long time ago, Tsukuyo was far busier than she was, being forced into clubs and practice. Tsukuyo tells her [[wikipedia:Koto_(instrument)|koto]] club they need to prepare for the cultural festival and strive to earn the gold medal. She says doing so otherwise would shame Mifuyu's achievements. Afterward, Tsukuyo thinks she still has brushwork practice and dance lessons. However, she thinks that Tsukuyo ''Akatsuki'' will not succumb. Suddenly Mifuyu arrives. Tsukuyo says Mifuyu should be off from school until graduation and she should be finished with the koto club. Mifuyu says she's here for the handicraft club, whose president is in the hospital.

Mifuyu asks Tsukuyo if she was concentrating on practice. Tsukuyo says she was, and also she was asked by the calligraphy club to help. Then the Japanese dance association called her. Mifuyu wonders why she can't turn them down and take a break. Tsukuyo says she appreciates the fact that they ask her. Mifuyu says Tsukuyo shouldn't overwork herself, especially with her strict grandmother. Tsukuyo admits her grandmother would be angry even if she collapsed. Mifuyu says it must be tough to be born in Mizuna Ward. When Tsukuyo says it should be the same for her, Mifuyu says compared to Tsukuyo's family she has it easy. Tsukuyo narrates that Mizuna Ward girls undergo the appropriate education so as to not shame their ancestor's history. In her own family, they honor traditions considered outdated.

Tsukuyo says that she was forced to attend all sorts of practice, which tired her mentally and physically. When she returns home, her grandmother asks if she made progress. Tsukuyo says she can look forward to their next recital. Her grandmother then says she is going to test Tsukuyo on the dish she taught her yesterday. Tsukuyo asks for a short break, but her grandmother tells her no to be so weak. She says at her age, she'd never even think of asking that and claims she's trying to go easy on Tsukuyo.

That night, Tsukuyo's grandmother passes her meal and says that they'll have it for dinner. Before she can give Tsukuyo her next task, she's interrupted by Tsukuyo's mother. Tsukuyo's mother says that Tsukuyo's at her limit. Tsukuyo's grandmother tell her daughter not to butt in when she gave up halfway. She says she won't let Tsukuyo be taken by some strange man like her mother was. Tsukuyo tells her mother not to worry, because she can handle it.

Tsukuyo narrates that due to her constant practice and errands for other people, she would start to lose sight of herself. The thing that saved her was a bamboo flute her father gave her when she was young. Her grandmother would always get angry when she saw it, so Tsukuyo kept it hidden. Occasionally, she would take it out and play, which was her greatest source of comfort. Tsukuyo would play the flute at a shrine some distance from her house. One day, after she finishes playing, she sees a glimpse of a girl who looks like her. Tsukuyo narrates this was her first meeting with Tsukasa, and the first event leading to their wishes.

For some time afterward, Tsukuyo would be disturbed by the person she saw at the shrine, to the point where it affected her club practice. Her fellow members notice her discomfort and offer her a short break. Tsukuyo is reluctant to accept, but acquiesces. When she goes outside, Mifuyu sees Tsukuyo crying. Mifuyu asks her what's wrong, but Tsukuyo thinks Mifuyu wouldn't believe her. She tells Mifuyu that practice is tough. Mifuyu asks if she can put a word in for Tsukuyo, even though they're not from the same family. Tsukuyo says they'll just get angry at Mifuyu and insists she has it handled.

Mifuyu asks what Tsukuyo is really worried about. She says that she knows Tsukuyo well from being the koto club president and so knew she was hiding something. Tsukuyo relents and tells her about the girl she saw. Mifuyu asks if it's really that scary. Tsukuyo claims that if you meet your doppelgänger you die. She says her grandmother told her it happened on TV a while back. Tsukuyo tells Mifuyu this might be her last goodbye. Mifuyu bursts out laughing and says it's just superstition. When Tsukuyo protests, Mifuyu tells her to go to the shrine and take another look. Mifuyu says she's sure it will turn out to be nothing.

At the shrine, Tsukuyo closes her eyes due to her fear. She then bumps into someone which turns out to be the girl who looks like herself. The two of them start talking at the same time, asking the other not to kill them. Suddenly the girl asks if Tsukuyo's name is also Tsukasa Amane. Tsukuyo explains her own name is different. The girls are shocked by the amount of coincidences. Tsukuyo asks Tsukasa why she comes to the shrine, and Tsukasa answers she goes there when she's tired. Tsukuyo says the same is true for her. When she reveals she was named at the shrine, Tsukasa says the same is also true for her.

Tsukuyo begins to wonder if Tsukasa really is her doppelganger. She asks Tsukasa what she came here to do, and the two decide to answer on the count of three. They both say they're there to play flute. Convinced that the other is a doppelganger, the two girls try to distract each other, then run away. However, they bump into each other and drop their flutes. The girls see that both flutes are the same except for one difference: Each flute has a half moon shape inscribed in the opposite direction from the other. Both of them were the flutes of Tsukuyo's father. Both Tsukuyo and Tsukasa realize that their names contain the characters for moon, and deduce that they're twin sisters.

Tsukasa explained that their father is a craftsman who runs the "Amane Bamboo Workshop", and that Tsukuyo's last name was originally Amane as well. The girls then started to talk about themselves. Tsukuyo complains that her grandmother enrolled her in practice on the weekends without telling her. Tsukasa understands her grandmother wants her to be a proper Mizuna lady, but doesn't think she should sacrifice her individuality. Tsukuyo says she has no time of her own, and even though everyone respects her no-one wants to be friends with her. Tsukasa understands and says they're even similar in that way.

To Tsukuyo, Tsukasa was the first person she could speak her true thoughts to without hesitation. The girls plan to meet again in the future. Recognizing their parents tried to hide their relationship, the two recorded their contact information under pseudonyms. For Tsukuyo, she recorded Tsukasa under "○", the symbol of the full moon. Tsukuyo narrates that there was meaning in the flute from her father.

While Tsukasa and Tsukuyo were happy to talk to each other at first, they began to see different sides to themselves. When the girls eat at a restaurant, Tsukuyo admits she's never eaten a hamburger, or french fries. When Tsukasa shows her how, Tsukuyo is shocked she's using her bare hands to eat. Tsukuyo couldn't help but think that it was improper for Tsukasa to cross her legs and eat food with her bare hands. Tsukasa then takes Tsukuyo to a used clothing shop, explaining the clothes are cleaned thoroughly. Tsukuyo thinks wearing used clothes meant Tsukasa didn't care about appearance.

Suddenly one of Tsukasa's friends calls out to her. She asks if Tsukuyo is her twin, but Tsukasa denies this and playfully hits the friend. Tsukuyo tells Tsukasa they shouldn't hit people, but Tsukasa says their close enough to do that. Tsukuyo starts to believe that Tsukasa was a coarse person. Tsukuyo narrates that the more they met, the less Tsukasa and her views aligned. In hindsight, Tsukuyo admits she was ignorant of society, but at the time, her friendship with Tsukasa deteriorated.

One day, Tsukuyo asked her mother why she split with her father. Her mother said it was because they couldn't bury their differences. She says that love overcoming difference in status and upbringing was just a fantasy. Tsukuyo's mother suggests she pick friends and lovers that are well-matched with her. Tsukuyo's mother says that once her feelings are hurt, she won't be able to mend them. Tsukuyo narrates that her mother's answer sharply pierced her and lingered like a curse.

One day, as the twins walked through the city, Tsukuyo felt the people were giving her strange looks. The twins tell each other there's something they need to ask. Then they start talking about their mutual dissatisfaction. Tsukasa says that Tsukuyo is giving her a strange look, while Tsukuyo says Tsukasa is being mean. Tsukuyo narrates how Tsukasa was fed up with how polite she was. Tsukasa believed that Tsukuyo was too concerned with appearances, and was using Tsukasa to make herself look better. The girls criticized each other, then argued. Tsukasa yells about how Tsukuyo is always so concerned with formality. She says she should take a chill pill and relax, as Tsukasa finds it stifling to be around her.

Tsukuyo says that Tsukasa's idea of relaxation is vulgarity. She never asked her to pay for any of this, so at least Tsukasa could reform her manners. Tsukasa says Tsukuyo's lifestyle and behavior is far from normal and says she'll never have friends if she's so formal all the time. Tsukuyo says that Tsukasa's friends are only friends on the surface since she doesn't tell them her true feelings. Tsukasa says they can't understand what she's going through. Tsukuyo says Tsukasa should understand she feels the same way with her grandmother to deal with. Tsukasa says she has to deal with her father and his apprentices. The girls decide they don't want to see each other anymore, and probably aren't twins. Tsukuyo thinks her mother was right.

For awhile, the girls stopped seeing each other. One day, Mifuyu meets up with Tsukuyo at school. She says the club president she was filling in for recovered. Tsukuyo apologizes, since they only got the silver medal at the cultural art festival. Mifuyu says it's fine, and asks Tsukuyo if she's alright. She says Tsukuyo was looking better for awhile, but now is back to her serious face. Tsukuyo tells her not to worry, and is glad Mifuyu is concerned for her. Tsukuyo and thinks she'll skip practice, play the flute and go home. She think she can't take it anymore unless she does it. However, worried she'll run into Tsukasa, she decides to play at the riverbank. However, even though she plays the flute, she still feels sad.

Tsukuyo admits that she still wants to talk to Tsukasa. However, they were only happy when voicing their gripes to each other, and once they found aspects of each other they didn't like, those became too noticeable. Suddenly, Tsukuyo gets a message from her grandmother. In it, her grandmother scolds her for taking a break without permission and says she was a fool to think Tsukuyo wouldn't soil the Akatsuki family name. She says she's asked Tsukuyo's instructors for twice as much practice as the break she's taken, and tells her not to move until her grandmother can pick her up.

Tsukuyo suddenly lashes out at her grandmother. She insists she's an Amane, not her grandmother's doll or a sacrifice for the Akatsuki family. Suddenly Tsukuyo loses consciousness. The last thing she remembers is Mifuyu calling out her name. At the hospital, Mifuyu is there to see her. She tells Tsukuyo that the doctors believe she collapsed from stress. Mifuyu is surprised to find Tsukuyo's younger twin sister collapsed at the same time. Tsukuyo says it's just a misunderstanding, but Mifuyu said the pediatrician remembered them. Apparently they were the first childbirth he was in charge of. When they were born, the girls were holding hands.

Tsukuyo thinks she accepted Tsukasa the moment she was born and regrets getting angry at trivial things. Mifuyu says she has a call to make and leaves. Tsukasa arrives to talk to her sister. She suggests they throw everything from their pasts away and start with a blank slate. Tsukasa thinks if they don't they'll be crushed by adults. Tsukuyo says she was thinking the same thing, and they should start over from when they received their names from the shrine. The girls agree to become each others sisters again. Tsukuyo says they might end up hating each other again, and the girls think their hearts might not be able to take it. When Tsukuyo thinks of her mother's words from earlier, [[Kyubey]] appears and says their pledge can be granted as a wish. The girls both wish for the same thing: "I want us to never hate each other"

Back in the present, the girls finish their story. Mifuyu says she was quite surprised when she came back to Tsukuyo's room. Alina grunts to herself and leaves. Tsukuyo asks if she didn't like it, and Tsukasa begs for forgiveness. Alina says she won't do anything to them. Their story simply inspired her to make some artwork. The Amanes are relieved. Mifuyu figures they should go themselves. Tsukuyo suggests to Tsukasa that they should play at the shrine on the way back, since it's been awhile. Tsukasa agrees. Tsukuyo thinks the flute's song is haunting and lovely, which it has been ever since she found it. When she plays her heart grows warm. "Oh sound, where are you headed? To my unseen younger sister". Tsukuyo narrates that their only allies are each other, and they're always together.
}}

===Costume Stories===
<tabber>
|-| Christmas Outfit (2018) =
[[File:Tsukuyo christmas.PNG|thumb|right|x250px]]
Today is the day of the big Christmas party were Tsukuyo and Tsukasa will be wearing their matching Santa outfits. Tsukuyo can’t wait for it to be time for the party and as soon as Tsukasa arrives at Fendt Hope they’ll be heading down to the venue. Tsukuyo notices an envelope on the floor and picks it up. It’s addressed to “Satobon” but there’s no sender marked on it. Tsukuyo recognizes the name as someone who became a black feather recently. Tsukuyo finds the girl and delivers the letter to her. Satobon is grateful to her and she opens the envelope. Inside is a letter from Suzucchi. Her and Suzucchi had joined the Wings of Magius as black feathers together and were childhood friends, however the two of them had had a fight recently. In the letter, Suzucchi had asked that they make up and become friends again. Tsukuyo then told Satobon about how she and Tsukasa had had a fight before but because they were open and honest with each other they were able to resolve it quickly so she hopes the same goes for them.

Suzucchi enters the room and is surprised to find Tsukuyo and her friend Satobon there. She had been looking for the letter she had dropped, but it had already been delivered to its recipient. Satobon apologized to Suzucchi for the way she’d been acting and tells her she’s the one that owes her an apology. After learning the truth about Magical Girls and Witches she felt like she ended up venting out all of her feelings on Suzucchi. Suzucchi is shocked to learn that Satobon had already read the letter. Although Suzucchi had written it with the intent to give it to her, she had lost the courage to do so. Tsukuyo then apologized to the two since she didn’t realize she wasn’t supposed to deliver it. She thought she was doing a good deed, but both of the girls assured Tsukuyo that she did the right thing. After all, it’s thanks to her that the two friends were able to make up. Tsukuyo is glad things worked out in the end and reminds the feathers that they’re supposed to be keeping their identities secret, so they need to be more careful next time with leaving letters with their names on it lying around. The two promise Tsukuyo they’ll be more careful and thank the Santa onee-san for the wonderful gift she delivered to them. Tsukuyo is happy to hear she is doing her job as a Santa and also reminds them that magic isn’t just for fighting Witches but also for saving people since they already paid the price for their magic. The two complement Tsukuyo on her Christmas outfit before heading out. Several hours later, Tsukuyo and her sister Tsukasa celebrated a happy Christmas together.

|-| Winter Outfit =
[[File:Tsukuyo Winter Outfit.png|thumb|right|x250px]]
Tsukuyo and Tsukasa have gotten together to go shopping on one of the biggest shopping days of the New Year. While Tsukasa is a little worried since some of the shops are pricier than she’s used to, both of the girls are determined to splurge a bit and buy whatever they see fit. Soon the girls are loaded down with various purchases and Tsukasa points out how her hands have begun to tremble. She had originally planned to purchase a nice coat from somewhere because of the cold but now she’s wondering if it wouldn’t be better to purchase a scarf. While Tsukuyo believes a coat would be better suited, she does acknowledge that a scarf has its uses. Tsukasa decides to simply knit one by hand instead since she’s used to detailed handicraft work. Hearing this, Tsukuyo decides to try her hand at making one as well. Tsukasa is surprised to hear that Tsukuyo has taken some lessons, but since Tsukuyo can afford it she thinks Tsukuyo should just buy one for herself instead. Tsukuyo shakes her head and promises to have one made by the time they meet up again for their next date.

Several days pass and the two sisters have met up once again. Tsukasa waits for her sister in front of the train station and it isn’t long before she hears Tsukuyo calling out her name. She notices that Tsukuyo is wearing a bright yellow scarf. Tsukuyo shows it off to her as she proudly tells her how she made it by hand herself. Tsukasa looks over the stitch work and compliments her on her craft but Tsukuyo is blown away by the stitch work of Tsukasa’s scarf. The stitches have a machine-like regularity that makes it look store bought. When Tsukuyo asks her how long it took her to finish it, Tsukasa shrugs and says it took her less than an hour. Tsukuyo can’t believe it took her so little time when her own scarf took her several days. Tsukasa nods and says she can tell because of the bumps on Tsukuyo’s fingers and the dark circles under her eyes. She can tell that Tsukuyo stayed up late for several nights in order to finish the scarf on time. Tsukasa thinks Tsukuyo is teasing her but instead Tsukuyo asks if they can’t practice knitting together the next time they have enough time for that. When Tsukasa agrees, Tsukuyo begins to smile broadly. Now Tsukasa is sure that Tsukuyo is smirking at her but Tsukuyo says she was just happy because now they have something else they share in common. Tsukasa then realizes she’d been misunderstanding Tsukuyo this whole time. She didn’t pity or look down on Tsukasa for hand making things, but rather she admired the talent and hard work it took to do so. Tsukuyo is surprised that Tsukasa would believe she’s pitying her when by her own admission she’s not that great at handicrafts. Tsukasa calls her a dummy but Tsukuyo misunderstands her and thinks she’s referring to her skill at knitting.
</tabber>

==Appearances==

* [[Magia Record Main Story#Part One|Main Story Part 1]]: [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 4|Chapter 4]], [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 5|Chapter 5]], [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 7|Chapter 7]], [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 8|Chapter 8]], [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 9|Chapter 9]], [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 10|Chapter 10]]
* [[Magia Record Story Last Magia|The Last Magia]]
* [[Magia Record Main Story#Part Two|Main Story Part 2]]: [[Magia Record Main Story Part 2 Chapter 1|Chapter 1]], [[Magia Record Main Story Part 2 Chapter 2|Chapter 2]]
* [[Magia Record Another Story#Part One|Another Story Part 1]]: [[Magia Record Another Story Chapter 4|Chapter 4]], [[Magia Record Another Story Chapter 5|Chapter 5]]

===Event Appearances===
* [[Magia Record Story Mitama's Special Training - Amane Sisters and Tsuruno Episode|Mitama's Special Training - Amane Sisters and Tsuruno Episode]]
*[[Magia Record Story A la Carte Valentine|A la Carte Valentine]]
*[[Magia Record Story Alina Is Coming to Town ~White Christmas Rhapsody~|Alina Is Comin’ to Town]]
*[[Magia Record Story Dreaming Cherry Blossom|Cherry Blossom Dreams]]
*[[Magia Record Story Kamihama Twinkle Rarity Star|Kamihama Twinkle Rarity Star]]
*[[Magia Record Story Magia Clash! ~Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Detonation~|Magia Clash!]]
*[[Magia Record Story One Fleeting Summer Night|One Fleeting Summer Night]]
*[[Magia Record Story Kamihama in a Circle|Kamihama in a Circle]]
*[[Magia Record Story A New Beginning|A New Beginning]]
*[[Magia Record Story Rondo of Oblivion Sleeps for Eternity|Rondo of Oblivion Sleeps for Eternity]]
*[[Magia Record Story Let's go to Zen Shin Sai! ~ Our Small Break Time ~|Let's go to Zen Shin Sai! ~ Our Small Break Time ~]]
* [[Magia Record Story Where is Ashley Taylor's Japanese Horror!?|Where is Ashley Taylor's Japanese Horror!?]]
*[[Magia Record Story Kamihama Armageddon|Kamihama Armageddon]]

===Magical Girl Story Appearances===
* [[Tsukasa Amane]]
* [[Kanagi Izumi]]
* [[Mifuyu Azusa]]
* [[Mitama Yakumo]]
* [[Nemu Hiiragi]]

===Other Appearances===
*See [[Amane Sisters (Swimsuit ver.)]]
*See [[Tsukuyo Amane in Magia Exedra]]

==Powers and Abilities==
Although seemingly unrelated to their wish, Tsukuyo and Tsukasa have the shared ability of sound wave manipulation, allowing them to greatly enhance the volume and strength of sound and sound-based attacks, most commonly those of their flute weapons. Tsukuyo and Tsukasa have been shown to be able to form defensive barriers to shield themselves using their sound manipulation at one point, they also can play certain tunes to bring forth a variety of musical tones that seemingly damage enemies or magical effects. In the case of Tsukuyo, she can create a blizzard of cherry blossom petals during her Magia attack in the game.

This ability also allows them to amplify the range of a magical girl's telepathy, their own or that of another, allowing them to contact other magical girls well outside their usual range. This is likely possible because Magia Record establishes that messages, even non-telepathic ones, can be broadcast to magical girls via radio waves.

When her soul gem turns black, Tsukasa can call forth her doppel, Dum. Dum seems to possess the ability to levitate in the air, allowing Tsukuyo greater abilities to move around and evade attacks. The doppel also appears to be able to charge into enemies from above much like a small meteor. The primary ability of the doppel however is being able to fire certain darts that contain fauna in them. This fauna can prevent enemies from moving after the doppel charges into them, though it can be assumed that the fauna can cause effects on enemies if they were to make contact with the skin. Tsukuyo's doppel, Dum, can combine with Tsukasa's doppel, Dee to become a fused doppel. Though it seems Dum and Dee are one of the few pairs of doppels that can actually do this.

==Etymology==
* The characters in her last name mean "heaven" (天) and "sound" (音) respectively.
* The characters of her first name mean "moon" (月) and "night" (夜) respectively.
* In the game, she is sometimes referred to as Tsukuyo Akatsuki. Akatsuki is her mother's surname.
** The characters mean "bright" (明) and "Japanese zelkova" (槻) respectively.

==Trivia==
* The doppel names of Tsukuyo and Tsukasa match up - they are references to Tweedle''dum'' and Tweedle''dee'' from ''Alice in Wonderland''.

==Gallery==
===Magia Record===
<gallery>
File:tsukuyo_4star_card.png|Magia Record Four Star card
File:tsukuyo_5star_card.png|Magia Record Five Star card
File:Tsukuyo battle Sprite.png|In-battle Sprite
File:tsukuyo_doppel.png|Doppel sprite
File:Tsukuyo doppel card.jpg|Doppel card
File:Tsukuyo PM.png|Character talk sprite
File:Tsukuyo School.png|School uniform
File:Tsukuyo christmas.PNG|Christmas 2018 outfit
File:Amane Tsukuyo (White Feather).png|White feather robes outfit
File:Tsukuyo(Mizugi ver.).png|[[Amane Sisters (Swimsuit ver.)|Swimsuit ver.]]
File:Tsukuyo Winter Outfit.png|Valentine's outfit 2020
File:Tsukuyo Uwasa.png
File:Tsukuyo Papa Seal 2019.jpg|Magical Girl Seal 2019
File:Amanese Sisters Papa Seal 2021.jpg|Magical Girl Seal 2021 ([[Amane Sisters (Swimsuit ver.)|Swimsuit ver.]])
File:Amane Sisters.png|Tsukuyo and Tsukasa
File:Screenshot 2017-09-25-12-17-18.png
File:Screenshot 2017-09-25-15-00-27.png
File:Screenshot 2017-09-25-15-43-48.png
File:Amane tsukuyo.jpg
</gallery>

====Memoria/Chapter Art====
<gallery>
File:Memoria 1151.jpg
File:Memoria 1149.jpg
File:Kanagi_Mifuyu_Amane_Memoria_Full.jpg
File:memoria_1288.jpg
File:memoria_1289.jpg
File:Christmas Night Magic.png|This memoria had its artwork changed; this is the original version.
File:Memoria 1371 1.jpg
File:Memoria 1371 2.jpg
File:Amane sisters crisis.jpg
File:Summer_magiusu.jpg
File:51108 hanabi1.jpg
File:Memoria 1536.jpg
File:Memoria 1744.jpg
</gallery>

====Animated Sequences====
<gallery>
File:MagiReco OP 2 - 32.png|Tsukuyo in the Arc 2 Opening
</gallery>

====Anime Screenshots====
''See [[Gallery:Tsukuyo Amane Anime Screenshots]]''
<gallery>
File:Episode_7_Meet_the_Amanes_5.png|Tsukuyo and Tsukasa in their White feather cloaks.
File:Episode_7_Amanes_Attack_5.png|Tsukuyo and Tsukasa's Soul Gems.
File:Episode_7_Amanes_Attack_10.png|Tsukuyo and Tsukasa releasing their Doppels.
File:Episode_7_Amanes_Attack_11.png|Tsukuyo and Tsukasa's Doppels.
File:Episode_8_Stacey_8.png|Tsukuyo's Magical Girl form.
File:Episode_8_Radio_Tower_5.png|Tsukuyo's school uniform.
File:Amane_sisters_Doppel_ep23.png|Tsukuyo and Tsukasa's combined Doppel, DumDee.
</gallery>

===Magia Exedra===
''See [[Tsukuyo Amane in Magia Exedra#Gallery]]''
<gallery>
File:Exedra Tsukuyo Art.png|Cherry Blizzard Kioku
File:Tsukuyo Exedra Infobox.png
</gallery>

===Official Art===
<gallery>
File:Tsukuyo 01.jpg|Art from the [[Magia Archive Volume 2]]
File:Tsukuyo 02.jpg
File:Tsukuyo 03.jpg
File:Tsukuyo 04.jpg
File:Tsukuyo 05.jpg
File:Tsukuyo 06.jpg
File:Dum_concept_art.jpeg|Dum concept art
File:tsukuyo_lineart.jpg|[https://twitter.com/shaft_official/status/936185951323226112/photo/1 Source]
File:Episode 4 End Title Card.png|Episode 4 End Title Card by Masugitsune
File:Episode 6 End Title Card.png|Episode 6 End Title Card by Chika Hayami
</gallery>

===Merchandise===
<gallery>
File:CafeKeychains.png|Cafe chibi acrylic charm
</gallery>

==Memoria Cards==
{{Magia Record Memoria List|character=Tsukuyo Amane}}

==External links==
*[http://magireco.com Official Magia Record Website - Japanese]
*[https://magiarecord-en.com/ Official Magia Record Website - English]

===Gameplay Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jnej_hTw3gY Recording of Tsukuyo's Transformation Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://youtu.be/Z5L8MWaofn4?si=yY8kR7bUG9fWnTSn Recording of Tsukuyo's Magia Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://youtu.be/ctAUZW69IO4?si=t7YJwbDbANTujz2i Recording of Tsukuyo's Doppel Video on Youtube (JP)]

===Side Story and Costume Story Videos===
*Recording of Tsukuyo's MSS on Youtube (JP): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8toCnutS2xs Episode 1/3], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHutfphxuNA Episode 2/3], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHi0pjbcw8w Episode 3/3]
**[https://youtu.be/auPCf8J54Dw Recording of Tsukuyo's MSS on Youtube (NA)]
*[https://youtu.be/14bLlkrFRps Recording of Tsukuyo's Christmas Outfit Story on Youtube (JP) '''(Subtitled)''']
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLgO8W4jj8c Recording of Tsukuyo's Winter Outfit Story on Youtube (JP)]

===Dialogue Lines===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlQVrgX11r4 Recording of Tsukuyo's Dialogue lines on Youtube (NA)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ip0a3jU8yM Recording of Tsukuyo's Christmas Outfit Dialogue lines on Youtube (NA)]

{{Character Categories|Amane|magicalgirl=yes}}
[[Category:Wings of the Magius members]]
[[Category:White feathers]]
[[Category:Kamihama Magia Union members]]

Yukika Nanase

2025-09-01T02:46:21Z

8ozpintail: added dangerous to ability section since her situations are often dangerous

{{Infobox_character
|name=Yukika Nanase
|image=[[File:Card 30174 l.png|300px]]
|jname= (七瀬ゆきか) Nanase Yukika
|designer=[[Golden Pe Done]]
|voices= Japanese: [[wikipedia:ja:%E9%B7%B2%E8%A6%8B%E5%8F%8B%E7%BE%8E%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%8A|Tomomi Jiena Sumi]]
|id=3017
|release1=JP:September 17, 2019
}}

{{nihongo|'''Yukika Nanase'''|七瀬ゆきか|Nanase Yukika}} was a playable character in the 2017 mobile game [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record]].

==General Info==
{{Magical Girl Details
|age=16
|height=163cm
|eyes=Red
|hair=Blonde
|origin=[[Mizuna Ward]]
|soulgem=Red heart hanging from a chain (collar decoration)
|weapon=[[wikipedia:Rapier|Rapier]]
|wish={{Q|I don't want to live a happy but boring life... What I want is ‘the feeling of being alive!}}
|powers= Passion (Becomes stronger at the brink of death)
|doppel=Poker Alice
|pronoun={{nihongo|''watashi''|わたし|}}
|relatives= Unnamed parents
|school=[[Mizuna Girls' School]], 10th grade
|affiliation=[[Wings of the Magius]] (black feather)
}}

==Game Info==
{{Magia Record Stats
|type=Balance|attribute=light
|hp0=5981|atk0=1927|def0=1904
|hp4=21842|atk4=6987|def4=6804
|hp5=27502|atk5=8801|def5=8563
|hpmax=35231|atkmax=11132|defmax=12270
|disk1=accele|disk3=blast-|disk4=charge
|connect=This is Double Down
|connecttype=effect-critical
|connect4=Chance to Critical [VII] & Chance to Ignore Defense
|connect5=Chance to Critical [IX] & Guaranteed Ignore Defense
|magia=Desperate Inferno
|magiapat=all-lowhp
|magia4=Strengthened Damage to All Enemies as HP Lower [V] & Guaranteed Critical (Self / 2T) & HP Restore (Self)
|magia5=Strengthened Damage to All Enemies as HP Lower [VII] & Guaranteed Critical (Self / 2T) & HP Restore (Self)
|doppel=Poker Alice
|doppelpat=all-lowhp
|doppel5=Strengthened Damage to All Enemies as HP Lower [IX] & Guaranteed Critical (Self / 2T) & HP Recovery (Self)
}}{{Magia Record Spirit Enhancement
|hp4=6|atk4=6|def4=6|accele4=6|blast4=4|charge4=6
|hp5=7|atk5=7|def5=7|accele5=7|blast5=5|charge5=7
|hpmax=7|atkmax=7|defmax=7|accelemax=13|blastmax=9|chargemax=15
|icons=buff-doppelmp, buff-attack, buff-doppel, effect-cut, buff-defense, buff-doppel, buff-charge, buff-accele, buff-attack, buff-magia, buff-doppelmp, buff-attack
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Crisis Bloom: Attack UP When at Critical Health [I] & Defense UP When At Critical health [I]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|Shield Adept: Damage Cut [II]
|Guard Adept: Defense UP [II]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|Technical Adept: Charge Disc Damage Up [III]
|Accele Adept: Accele MP Gain UP [III]
|Crisis Bloom: Attack UP When at Critical Health [I] & Defense UP When At Critical health [I]
|Magia Adept: Magia Damage UP [III]
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [III]
|Crisis Attack: Attack UP [II] & Attack UP When At Critical Health [I]
|activename=Whirlwind
|activetype=effect-critical
|active=Chance to Critical Hit [X] (Self / 1T) & Chance to Evade [X]
|cooldown=7
}}

==Summary==
A Magical Girl who's never stepped off the straight and narrow path. She was raised to be an upper class lady, so she can perfectly handle most tasks, but since the people around her are so talented, she lacks self-confidence. She was tired of her boring daily life, but since becoming a Magical Girl, she's always getting into trouble.

===Doppel Description===
[[File:Doppel 301700 l.png|thumb|right|150px|Poker Alice, Yukika's doppel]]
The Doppel of boredom. Its form is a daredevil. The master of this emotion feels a great and terrible boredom towards her peaceful life, spent sitting atop an easy chair. This Doppel imitates the form of an imaginary monster known as a “Dare-Devil,” and constantly covers its master’s eyes to prevent her from becoming aware of the danger in front of her. The Doppel currently boasts an undefeated record in battle, and is beginning to feel the same dangerous boredom as its master at the fact that no enemy powerful enough to overwhelm it has yet appeared. As a result, it’s been fighting more and more perilous battles by the day… but since her vision is obscured, its master still peacefully allows it to guard her back even as we speak.
{{-}}

===Side Story===

==Appearances==
===Event Appearances===
* [[Magia Record Story Otsukimi is After an Elegant Tea Party|Otsukimi is After an Elegant Tea Party]]
* [[Magia Record Story The Flower That Blooms in a Hollow Heart|The Flower That Blooms in a Hollow Heart]]
* [[Magia Record Story Angels on the Road ~Reindeer Santa Prospering Season~|Angels on the Road ~Reindeer Santa Prospering Season~]]
* [[Magia Record Story Only Dreamers ~ The Fable Watches the Dream of the Girl|Only Dreamers ~ The Fable Watches the Dream of the Girl]]

==Other Appearances==
She appears in the side stories of [[Hotori Yuzuki]], [[Rion Yuzuki]] and [[Yuuna Kaharu]].

==Powers and Abilities==
Yukika's "Passion" magic allows her to grow stronger when she's close to death, as it's linked with her wish of having an exciting life. According to Kyubey, the slimmer and less-self perception Yukika thinks of herself in a death-life situation, the stronger her "Passion" magic turns.

Due to the effects of her wish, Yukika often finds herself thrown into difficult and dangerous situations, as a way to keep her life exciting.

==Etymology==
* The characters in her last name mean "seven" (七) and "rapids/currents" (瀬) respectively.

==Trivia==
* According to Masugitsune/Kawazu-ku in MagiReco Archive Vol. 2, her soul gem hanging by a chain is meant to represent how she is betting her life.
* Her Magia and Doppel's damage being strengthened when her HP is lower reflects her thrill-seeking attitude.
* [[wikipedia:Poker Alice|Poker Alice]] is the popular name of a real famous poker player in the 19th and 20th centuries American West. There is [https://lionsprings.net/images/alice-cigar.jpg a photo] of her in her later years, sitting in a rocking chair with a cigarette in her mouth.
* She is a member of Mizuna's Girl School Student Council, having the "lowliest" role as the Chore Officer.
* She was originally intended to have both a rapier and a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pata_(sword) pata] as her weapon.

==Gallery==
===Game Gallery===
<gallery>
File:Card 30174 c.png|Magia Record Four Star Card
File:Card 30175 c.png|Magia Record Five Star Card
File:Mini 301700 s.png|In-Battle Sprite
File:Doppel 301700 l.png|Doppel
File:Poker alice doppel card.jpg
File:Yukika PM.png
File:Yukika School.png
File:Yukika White Feather.png|Wearing White Feather robes borrowed from [[Tsukuyo Amane]]
File:Yukika Papa Seal 2021.jpg|Magical Girl Seal 2021
</gallery>

===Official Art===
See [[Gallery:Yukika]] for additional images

==Memoria Cards==
{{Magia Record Memoria List|character=Yukika Nanase}}

==External links==
*[http://magireco.com Official Magia Record Website - Japanese]
*[https://magiarecord-en.com/ Official Magia Record Website - English]

===Gameplay Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XA_rXmS5Gc Recording of Yukika's Transformation Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SobF5cn4WY Recording of Yukika's Magia Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBy00DL42Bc Recording of Yukika's Doppel Video on Youtube (JP)]

===Side Story and Costume Story Videos===
*Recording of Yukika's MSS on Youtube (JP): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qfttrdDPcw Episode 1/3], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wOCQ9oa448 Episode 2/3], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO0ri982irA Episode 3/3]

===Dialogue Lines===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL0aVu0DroY Recording of Yukika's Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]

{{Character Categories|Nanase|magicalgirl=yes}}
[[Category:Wings of the Magius members]]
[[Category:Black feathers]]

Tsukasa Amane

2025-09-01T02:44:33Z

8ozpintail: fixed wording and confusion between tsukuyo and tsukasa in ability section

{{Infobox_character
|name=Tsukasa Amane
|image=[[File:tsukasa_profile.png|300px]]
|jname= 天音月咲 (Amane Tsukasa)
|designer=[https://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=2395076 Hayami Chika]
|voices= Japanese: [[wikipedia:ja:%E5%86%85%E7%94%B0%E5%BD%A9|Aya Uchida]] 
English: [https://twitter.com/KayliMills/status/1241457491361189888 Kayli Mills] 
Russian: Yekaterina Popova 
Mexican Spanish: [https://doblaje.fandom.com/es/wiki/Montserrat_Aguilar Montserrat Aguilar] 
Brazilian Portuguese: Stephany Custodi
|portray=[https://x.com/jun_dosvidanya Jun Kurosaki] (in the [[Magia Record Stage Play|stage play]])
|id=1019
|release1=JP:November 30, 2017
|release2=NA:August 22, 2019
}}

{{nihongo|'''Tsukasa Amane'''|天音月咲|Amane Tsukasa}} was a playable character in the 2017 mobile game [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record]]. Her twin sister is [[Tsukuyo Amane]]. She and her sister first appeared as antagonists in the game until they were released as playable characters on November 30, 2017.

==General Info==
{{Magical Girl Details
|age=17
|height=158cm
|eyes=Dark Red
|hair=Brown
|origin=[[Kosho Ward]]
|soulgem=Red Yin-Yang (necklace)
|weapon=[[wikipedia:Shinobue|Shinobue (Japanese Bamboo Flute)]]
|wish={{Q|We don't want to hate [[Tsukuyo Amane|each other]].}}
|powers=Sound Wave Manipulation
|doppel=Dee
|pronoun={{nihongo|''uchi''|ウチ|}}
|relatives=[[Tsukuyo Amane]] (twin sister), unnamed parents (presumed divorced), unnamed grandmother
|school=[[Kosho Academy]], 11th grade
|affiliation=[[Wings of the Magius]] (White feather; formerly), [[Kamihama Magia Union]]
}}

==Game Info==
{{Magia Record Stats
|type=Magia|attribute=light
|hp0=3714|atk0=1543|def0=1197
|hp3=12716|atk3=5209|def3=4127
|hp4=16534|atk4=6769|def4=5368
|hp5=21161|atk5=8071|def5=6613
|hpmax=22818|atkmax=8953|defmax=8422
|disk1=accele|disk3=blast!|disk4=charge
|connect=This is Our Harmony
|connecttype=support-restore-mp
|connect3=MP Restore [IV] & MP Restore to [[Tsukuyo Amane|Tsukuyo]]
|connect4=MP Restore [VI] & MP Restore to [[Tsukuyo Amane|Tsukuyo]]
|connect5=MP Restore [VIII] & MP Restore to [[Tsukuyo Amane|Tsukuyo]]
|magia=Cherry Ballad<ref>In the NA her magia is ''Cherry Blossom Ballad''</ref>
|magiapat=all
|magia3=Damage to All Enemies [II] & Accele MP Gain UP (All / 3T)
|magia4=Damage to All Enemies [IV] & Accele MP Gain UP (All / 3T)
|magia5=Damage to All Enemies [VI] & Accele MP Gain UP (All / 3T)
|doppel=Dee
|doppelpat=all
|doppel5=Damage to All Enemies [VIII] & Accele MP Gain UP (All / 3T)
}}{{Magia Record Spirit Enhancement
|hp3=5|atk3=6|def3=4|accele3=7|blast3=3|charge3=3
|hp4=6|atk4=7|def4=5|accele4=8|blast4=4|charge4=4
|hp5=6|atk5=7|def5=5|accele5=8|blast5=4|charge5=4
|hpmax=6|atkmax=7|defmax=5|accelemax=14|blastmax=8|chargemax=12
|icons=
buff-doppelmp, buff-doppel, buff-doppelmp, buff-doppel, buff-doppel, buff-magia,
buff-doppelmp, buff-charge, buff-magia, effect-charge, effect-add-mp, effect-evade
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|Doppel Adept: Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|Magia Adept: Magia Damage UP [II]
|MP Boost: MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Technical Adept: Charge Disc Damage UP [III]
|Magia Adept: Magia Damage UP [II]
|Charge Combo Plus: Charge Combo Charge Count UP (+1)
|Fast Mana Up: MP Gauge 15% Full on Battle Start
|Parry Adept: Chance to Evade [II]
|active=Magia Damage UP [IV] (Self / 1T) & Attack UP [II] (Self / 1T)
|activetype=buff-magia
|activename=Reinforce
|cooldown=10
}}

==Summary==
Tsukuyo's twin sister, Tsukasa hopes to liberate Magical Girls. Born into a family of traditional bamboo craftsmen, she runs the household to support her father and his apprentice. Though she is cheerful and has many friends, Tsukuyo is the only one she can open up to.
===Doppel Description===
[[File:Dee.png|thumb|right|150px|Dee, Tsukasa's doppel]]
The Doppel of disassociation. Its form is an aquarium. The master of this emotion will not bend or break to any situation or circumstance, but she will lose herself utterly in her other half, the only person who truly understands her. Through this, the two are capable of severing their connection to the world outside. No matter the opinion or attitude taken, together in their miniature world they can only trust each other's presence. No one else can understand them. This Doppel shuts out any unknown values in order to keep its master's spirit stable, though doing so causes her sense of ethics to weaken.
{{-}}

===Side Story===
{{Spoilerbox|
[''See also [[Tsukuyo Amane#Side Story|Tsukuyo]]'s story for the other perspective.'']

In an abandoned museum, [[Mifuyu Azusa]] tells Tsukasa and Tsukuyo that the AI [[Rumor]] has disappeared and they need to be more careful. The Amanes apologize, claiming their actions were worthless. Mifuyu says they did a good job on the website and won't blame them. Tsukuyo wonders why their opponents are so fixated on Rumors. Tsukasa says if they just left them alone, the victims will eventually be freed. Mifuyu says that Iroha is looking for her younger sister and found a lead in the Rumors.

The Amanes are reminded of themselves, when they didn't know each other. [[Alina Gray]] appears and asks what they're talking about. She says she's curious about their past and wishes, and says she'll let them off easy if they tell her. She says their flutes might become her favorite pigment if they don't say anything. The girls understand, and begin their story.

A long time ago, Tsukasa was far busier than she was, doing errands and chores for her father's workshop. At school, after supplementary lessons ended, Tsukasa would go to leave. It turns out she handles the family finances and grocery shopping. As Tsukasa begins to depart, a girl says she was waiting for Tsukasa's lesson to end so they can hang out. Tsukasa apologizes but says she has to go for errands. The girl says she's boring, but Tsukasa says she has to care for her father's live-in apprentices. The girl asks if that's something a kid should be doing, but Tsukasa says if she doesn't do it, no-one will and she won't have a place for herself. The girl says Tsukasa should run away, but Tsukasa says she can overcome anything with a smile.

Tsukasa claims that in the workshops of the Artisan Ward, the men did the work while the women keep house. This was the outdated tradition her family's Amane Bamboo Workshop went by. As Tsukasa leaves to get groceries, she admits she wanted to hang out too. After returning home she prepares dinner, and does laundry. She finds the apprentices have left laundry in their pockets again. She admits it makes her annoyed, but she smiles anyway. With laundry done Tsukasa prepares to do her homework when her father and his apprentices arrive. Tsukasa says they came early. Her father says the apprentices were cutting so well he decided to give them an early meal. When Tsukasa says that dinner isn't ready, her father says she should have foreseen that.

Tsukasa thinks that no-one told her anything, and she can't meet all their whims. She still respects her father, but she asks him why he doesn't help around the house a little. When he insists it's a woman's job, Tsukasa asks if that's why her mother left him. Her father says not to bring up "that woman". One of the apprentices offers to help Tsukasa, but she says it has nothing to do with him. Tsukasa narrates that with all the chores she does, she sometimes loses sense of herself. When that happens, she plays the bamboo flute she received when she was little. The flute was her greatest source of relief, since she didn't have time for friends.

Tsukasa would go to a shrine to play her flute. One night, on the way to that shrine, she met a [[Kanagi Izumi|person]] she credits for saving her and reuniting her with Tsukuyo. The person told her she should be careful. She claims that when the sky grows dark and you get too depressed, you'll be eaten by a witch. When Tsukasa expresses confusion, the girl tells her to cheer up. At the shrine, Tsukasa wonders about the meeting, but decides not to worry. Suddenly she saw a person at the shrine who looked like herself. Tsukasa says this was probably the first time she met Tsukuyo, and the start of what led to their wishes.

The next day, Tsukasa still thinks of the girl she saw at the shrine. The girl who invited Tsukasa to hang out asks her if there's something on her mind. She says Tsukasa usually leaves right after school, and is surprised to see her there. Tsukasa tells her about what she saw at the shrine, and wonders if it was a ghost. The girl says it might be a doppelganger, and then says if you see a copy of yourself, you'll die. The girl insists it was a joke, but Tsukasa seems to believe it. Tsukasa decides to go home, skipping supplementary lessons.

As she walks home, Tsukasa seriously considers her possible death, and notes that she has to tell her father and the others where the emergency food is. Suddenly she meets the girl that was on the way to the shrine. The girl says Tsukasa is looking just as down as she was before. She says she's concerned about her and says Tsukasa might be eaten by a witch if she worries too much. Tsukasa asks if she's being recruited for a cult. The girl says if that's what it sounds like then there are no witches and Tsukasa should forget it. In any case, the girl says Tsukasa shouldn't worry too much, since it could effect her body as well. Tsukasa says if she could easily solve her problems she wouldn't be worrying.

The girl invites Tsukasa for tea, saying they could come up with an answer together. Tsukasa says she doesn't know who the girl is. The girl introduces herself as [[Kanagi Izumi]]. Tsukasa then says she doesn't have any money. Kanagi admits she only has enough money for juice in the vending machine. Tsukasa tells Kanagi about the girl she saw at the shrine, which Kanagi finds fascinating. She suggests Tsukasa go meet the girl at the shrine again, quoting an old adage where there are three people in the world who look like you. Kanagi says if Tsukasa is going to die, she should go out fighting. She points out that with all the housework she's done, Tsukasa is probably stronger than the average girl. Tsukasa says that's a strange way of encouraging her, but decides to go to the shrine. Kanagi says that's good and claims it's best for people not to worry.

At the shrine, Tsukasa looks at her feet out of fear. She then bumps into someone which turns out to be the girl who looks like herself. The two of them start talking at the same time, asking the other not to kill them. Tsukasa decides to pull herself together and asks if the other girl's name is also Tsukasa Amane. The girl introduces herself as Tsukuyo Akatsuki. The girls are shocked by the amount of coincidences. Tsukuyo asks Tsukasa why she comes to the shrine, and Tsukasa answers she goes there when she's tired. Tsukuyo says the same is true for her. When she reveals she was named at the shrine, Tsukasa says the same is also true for her.

Tsukuasa begins to wonder if Tsukuyo really is her doppelganger. Tsukuyo asks her what she came here to do, and the two decide to answer on the count of three. They both say they're there to play flute. Convinced that the other is a doppelganger, the two girls try to distract each other, then run away. However, they bump into each other and drop their flutes. The girls see that both flutes are the same except for one difference: Each flute has a half moon shape inscribed in the opposite direction from the other. Tsukasa notes she never understood the meaning of the shape until that moment. Both Tsukuyo and Tsukasa realize that their names contain the characters for moon, and deduce that they're twin sisters.

Tsukuyo explained that their mother is from the Mizuna ward and her grandmother forbade her from entering the Artisan Ward. Tsukasa guesses they were being hidden from each other. The girls then started to talk about themselves. Tsukasa complains about how she has to clean, cook, do laundry and manage money for her family. She says it's so old fashioned, and no-one ever wants to help out. She respects her father, and understands he has difficult work and has to support the apprentices, but she doesn't see what that has to do with her. She says her father always says "That's a woman's job" and thinks there's a limit to how backwards someone can be.

Tsukasa also says even if she's invited to hang out she can't go, and even if she discusses her problems, no-one understands. Tsukasa says she understands and says they're even similar in that way. To Tsukasa, Tsukuyo was the first person she felt could understand her. The girls plan to meet again in the future. Recognizing their parents tried to hide their relationship, the two recorded their contact information under pseudonyms. For Tsukasa, she recorded Tsukuyo under "●", the symbol of the full moon. Tsukasa narrates that her father should have told her.

While Tsukasa and Tsukuyo were happy to talk to each other at first, they began to see different sides to themselves. In a restaurant, Tsukasa asks Tsukuyo about the tea she's drinking, but Tsukuyo says her voice is too loud. Tsukasa apologizes and asks how much the tea costs. Tsukasa says it's a thousand yen per cup, which shocks Tsukasa. Tsukasa thinks she started to grow tired of Tsukuyo's perfect manners and lack of flaws. Tsukuyo then brings Tsukasa to an expensive shop. Tsukasa says that for students like them it's pearls before swine. Tsukasa starts to feel that Tsukuyo's attention to her appearance was like boasting.

Suddenly one of Tsukuyo's classmates calls out to her. She asks if Tsukasa is her sibling, but Tsukasa says she's just a relative. The girl says Tsukasa has a different feel than Tsukuyo, which Tsukuyo agrees with. Tsukasa says that when she saw Tsukuyo talk with her acquaintances she felt like she was being used as a foil. Tsukasa narrates that the more they met, the more noticeable her differences with Tsukuyo were. In hindsight, Tsukasa admits she was just jealous, but at the time, her friendship with Tsukuyo deteriorated.

One day, Tsukasa returns home and her father comments she's lately been coming home late. Tsukasa says she's made a friend who lives far away. Her father says it's nice she has a friend, and also that she should still finish the chores. He then asks if the girl is from Mizuna Ward. When a shocked Tsukasa answers yes, he suggests she should give up on the friendship because otherwise she'll be on the same road he was. Tsukasa says this shouldn't have anything to do with him and her mom, but her father says it does. He says Tsukasa's mother and himself couldn't bury the differences between their upbringings with just affection. He says if she wants to make friends from outside she should think it over carefully, claiming that if their relationship warps, it will break and won't ever be fixed again. Tsukasa narrates her father's words hit too close to home.

One day, as the twins walked through the city, Tsukuyo showed Tsukasa fancy places that increased her feeling of persecution. The twins tell each other there's something they need to ask. Then they start talking about their mutual dissatisfaction. Tsukasa says that Tsukuyo is giving her a strange look, while Tsukuyo says Tsukasa is being mean. Tsukasa narrates how Tsukuyo was fed up with how impolite she was. Tsukuyo believed that Tsukasa didn't pay enough attention to her appearance and was a rough and violent person. The girls criticized each other, then argued. Tsukasa yells about Tsukuyo is always so concerned with formality. She says she should take a chill pill and relax, as Tsukasa finds it stifling to be around her.

Tsukuyo says that Tsukasa's idea of relaxation is vulgarity. She never asked her to pay for any of this, so at least Tsukasa could reform her manners. Tsukasa says Tsukuyo's lifestyle and behavior is far from normal and says she'll never have friends if she's so formal all the time. Tsukuyo says that Tsukasa's friends are only friends on the surface since she doesn't tell them her true feelings. Tsukasa says they can't understand what she's going through. Tsukuyo says Tsukasa should understand she feels the same way with her grandmother to deal with. Tsukasa says she has to deal with her father and his apprentices. The girls decide they don't want to see each other anymore, and probably aren't twins. Tsukasa thinks her father was right.

For awhile, the girls stopped seeing each other. However, Tsukasa still had problems with her family. One day Tsukasa's father yells at her for the month's expenses being over budget. One of the apprentices points out that vegetables have been expensive, but Tsukasa's father says she should have said something beforehand. The apprentice points out the budget log is balanced properly, but Tsukasa's father tells him to butt out. Tsukasa says they can do whatever they want and leaves. Tsukasa needs to play her flute again, but is worried that she'll meet Tsukuyo if she goes to the shrine. She then decides to play near a lake.

However, the flute fails to comfort her. Tsukasa admits that she wants to talk to Tsukuyo again. She thinks her father was right about not being able to bury their differences, but feels she's going to die if it continues. She still wishes Tsukasa was there to help act as an outlet for her frustrations. Suddenly Tsukasa hears a voice in her head, telling her that she might as well die instead of being a slave. Tsukasa says that in the present, she now knows this was the voice of a witch.

The next thing Tsukasa remembers is waking up in a collapsing witch barrier. Kanagi is there in a magical girl outfit. Kanagi asks if Tsukasa is alright, and says a witch tried to make her throw herself into the lake. Tsukasa doesn't remember any of it. Kanagi (presumably remembering Tsukasa's cult comment) says that witches were from some religion and says it was a monster instead. Tsukasa falls unconscious; the last thing she heard was Kanagi saying "I give up".

Tsukasa then dreams of how she always had to do things for her father and his apprentices, how they gave her unreasonable demands and made her life harder. In her dream she tells her father to shut up and begs for someone to save her. She then sees Tsukuyo, who says to take her hand. Tsukuyo says Tsukasa is fine now and can let go. Tsukasa thinks it's nostalgic. When Tsukasa wakes up, she hears a voice (revealed to be Mifuyu in Tsukuyo's story). The voice says that when Tsukasa and Tsukuyo were born, they were holding each other's hands. Tsukasa then hears Tsukuyo's voice and thinks of her dream. She mentally apologizes to Tsukuyo and thinks if they don't accept each other the way they did before, they can't survive.

Tsukasa arrives at Tsukuyo's room to talk to her. She suggests they throw everything from their pasts away and start with a blank slate. Tsukasa thinks if they don't they'll be crushed by adults. Tsukuyo says she was thinking the same thing, and they should start over from when they received their names from the shrine. The girls agree to become each other's sisters again. Tsukuyo says they might end up hating each other again, and the girls think their hearts might not be able to take it. When Tsukasa thinks of her father's words from earlier, [[Kyubey]] appears and says their pledge can be granted as a wish. The girls both wish for the same thing: "I want us to never hate each other".

Back in the present, the girls finish their story. Mifuyu says she was quite surprised when she came back to Tsukuyo's room. Alina grunts to herself and leaves. Tsukuyo asks if she didn't like it, and Tsukasa begs for forgiveness. Alina says she won't do anything to them. Their story simply inspired her to make some artwork. The Amanes are relieved. Mifuyu figures they should go themselves. Tsukuyo suggests to Tsukasa that they should play at the shrine on the way back, since it's been awhile. Tsukasa agrees. Tsukasa says she becomes sad whenever she's away from her flute, so it's always by her side. No matter how long she stares at the scenery, it's still a flute. "Oh flute, what are you? A bridge connecting me to my distant sister." Tsukasa narrates that their only allies are each other, and they will always be together.
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===Costume Stories===
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|-| Winter Outfit =
[[File:Amane_Tsukasa_Valentines_%2718.png|thumb|right|x250px]]
One day in February, Tsukasa prepares herself for her big plans. She wants to go to the handicraft store later that day to buy some materials so she can make her own outfit for her next meeting with Tsukuyo. Although she can’t afford to buy a cute scarf and a thick leather belt, she can buy the materials and make her own using a how-to book as well as one of Yachiyo’s fashion spreads for reference (even if Yachiyo is one of her hated Magical Girl rivals). The day at school passes and it is now 4:20 pm, which leaves her 2 hours and 10 minutes to get everything she needs to done. Tsukasa quickly dashes from her classroom before her classmates can stop her. She hops onto the electric bike she acquired recently and makes it to the supermarket in Sankyo Ward for their limited-time meat sale. As much as she wants to get to the handicraft store right away, she’s still in charge of making dinner for all the students at her father’s studio so she can’t be home any later than 6:30. She spies [[Yachiyo Nanami]] at the supermarket as well and is surprised to find how quickly and focused she moves to get all the best deals. She tells herself to snap out of it and hurries to get the groceries she’ll need for dinner.

However, while shopping she accidentally bumped into one of the studio’s students, Take. Take is surprised to find Tsukasa there since he was just making a delivery for her father. Tsukasa explains she’s buying meat for their sukiyaki dinner. Take says he can’t wait and says he’ll be home by 6:00. Tsukasa smiles as she waves goodbye to Take, but inside she’s exploding. Now that Take has seen her at the store, she knows she only has until 6:00 to get everything she needs or else her father will find out she took a detour to “goof around” instead of focusing on her chores. She hurries to finish her shopping and check out before hopping onto her electric bike and racing to the handicraft store. She’s just able to make it in time to buy the wool and leather she’ll need and still have 10 minutes to make it back home in time. Tsukasa leaves the store and hops onto her bike only to notice that Yachiyo was also at the store and had bought essentially the same materials as Tsukasa. Tsukasa then realized that the outfit she had modeled wasn’t bought but handmade. That gave Tsukasa this weird sense of affinity for Yachiyo but she quickly put it out of her mind as she hurried home. With dinner out of the way, Tsukasa was able to knit the long winding scarf and make a beautiful leather belt with the tools from her father’s studio. Soon it was Valentine’s Day and she was able to enjoy the day together with her twin sister in her beautiful new outfit.

|-| Christmas Outfit (2018) =
[[File:Tsukasa christmas 2018.png|thumb|right|x250px]]
It was Christmas of last year when Tsukasa and her sister Tsukuyo exchanged gifts at Hotel Fendt Hope. Tsukasa had been waiting with Mifuyu for Tsukuyo to arrive so they could do their gift exchange. As they waited, Tsukasa was telling Mifuyu that she had bought a pair of gloves for her sister. Mifuyu asks if they’re hand-knit as usual but this year Tsukasa did something a little different. She had been out shopping around for gifts when she saw the most beautiful fluffy gloves in a shop window. They were perfect for Tsukuyo, but too expensive. As Tsukasa kept walking around and shopping, she passed by a different store that had the exact same gloves for sale, but this store was having a mega-discount sale that day for the holidays and Tsukasa had just enough money to buy the gloves for her sister. Tsukasa had wanted to buy another pair for herself, but just seeing the look on Tsukuyo’s face when she sees them was more than worth it.

They hear a knock on the door and Tsukuyo enters the room, apologizing for being late. Tsukasa tells her not to worry and makes tea for all of them. With that out of the way, the two of them exchange their gifts. Mifuyu thinks the wrapping on the gifts is so pretty that she can’t wait for them to open their gifts. The two decided to open their gifts at the same time and are both shocked to find they’ve both both the same pair of gloves. Not just the same pair, but the same brand and color and everything! Tsukuyo had seen how popular the gloves were with everyone and thought that Tsukasa would love to have a pair of her own, and Tsukasa had thought the same. Mifuyu figures that since they’re twins it’s only natural that they both thought the same thing. The whole situation reminds her of “The Gift of the Magi”. Both of the sisters had liked the gloves so much and had wanted to buy a pair of the gloves for their own, but instead they had bought it for the other. Tsukasa asks if it’s really okay for her to have these but Tsukuyo tells her that’s her line. Mifuyu tells them they should both be happy since it was what they both had wanted and they were matching with each other. The two of them happily nod and both of them agree to wear their matching gloves along with their matching Christmas outfits for the big Christmas party they’ll be attending. A few days later, Tsukasa and her sister Tsukuyo celebrated a happy Christmas together.
</tabber>

==Appearances==

* [[Magia Record Main Story#Part One|Main Story Part 1]]: [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 4|Chapter 4]], [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 5|Chapter 5]], [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 7|Chapter 7]], [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 8|Chapter 8]], [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 9|Chapter 9]], [[Magia Record Main Story Chapter 10|Chapter 10]]
* [[Magia Record Story Last Magia|The Last Magia]]
* [[Magia Record Main Story#Part Two|Main Story Part 2]]: [[Magia Record Main Story Part 2 Chapter 1|Chapter 1]], [[Magia Record Main Story Part 2 Chapter 2|Chapter 2]]
* [[Magia Record Another Story#Part One|Another Story Part 1]]: [[Magia Record Another Story Chapter 4|Chapter 4]]

===Event Appearances===
*[[Magia Record Story Mitama's Special Training - Amane Sisters and Tsuruno Episode|Mitama's Special Training - Amane Sisters and Tsuruno Episode]]
*[[Magia Record Story A la Carte Valentine|A la Carte Valentine]]
*[[Magia Record Story Alina Is Coming to Town ~White Christmas Rhapsody~|Alina Is Comin’ to Town]]
*[[Magia Record Story A La Carte Valentine 2nd ~What If That Girl Took the Lead Role On This Day?~|A La Carte Valentine 2nd ~What If That Girl Took the Lead Role On This Day?~]]
*[[Magia Record Story Dreaming Cherry Blossom|Cherry Blossom Dreams]]
*[[Magia Record Story Kamihama Twinkle Rarity Star|Kamihama Twinkle Rarity Star]]
*[[Magia Record Story Magia Clash! ~Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Detonation~|Magia Clash!]]
*[[Magia Record Story One Fleeting Summer Night|One Fleeting Summer Night]]
*[[Magia Record Story Kamihama in a Circle|Kamihama in a Circle]]
*[[Magia Record Story A New Beginning|A New Beginning]]
*[[Magia Record Story Let's go to Zen Shin Sai! ~ Our Small Break Time ~|Let's go to Zen Shin Sai! ~ Our Small Break Time ~]]
* [[Magia Record Story Where is Ashley Taylor's Japanese Horror!?|Where is Ashley Taylor's Japanese Horror!?]]
*[[Magia Record Story Kamihama Armageddon|Kamihama Armageddon]]

===Magical Girl Story Appearances===
* [[Tsukuyo Amane]]
* [[Kanagi Izumi]]
* [[Mifuyu Azusa]]
* [[Mitama Yakumo]]
* [[Nemu Hiiragi]]
* [[Riko Chiaki]]
* [[Ryo Midori]]
* [[Ui Tamaki]]

===Other Appearances===
*See [[Amane Sisters (Swimsuit ver.)]]
*See [[Tsukasa Amane in Magia Exedra]]

==Powers And Abilities==
Although seemingly unrelated to their wish, Tsukasa and Tsukuyo have the shared ability of sound wave manipulation, allowing them to greatly enhance the volume and strength of sound and sound-based attacks, most commonly those of their flute weapons. Tsukuyo and Tsukasa have been shown to be able to form defensive barriers to shield themselves using their sound manipulation at one point, they also can play certain tunes to bring forth a variety of musical tones that seemingly damage enemies or magical effects. In the case of Tsukasa, she can create a group of seemingly animate cherry blossom branches that attack enemies by clawing at them during her Magia attack in the game.

This ability also allows them to amplify the range of a magical girl's telepathy, their own or that of another, allowing them to contact other magical girls well outside their usual range. This is likely possible because Magia Record establishes that messages, even non-telepathic ones, can be broadcast to magical girls via radio waves.

Tsukasa's doppel, Dee, seems to possess the ability to levitate in the air, allowing a greater ability to move around and evade attacks. The doppel also appears to be able to charge into enemies from above, similar to a small meteor. The primary ability of the doppel is being able to create a frost that increases in intensity as it continues to build up creating a blizzard that freezes enemies solid. This frost appears to be able to be utilised both defensively and offensively. Tsukasa's doppel can combine with Tsukuyo's doppel, Dum, to become a fused doppel. Dum and Dee are one of the few pairs of doppels that can actually do this.

==Etymology==
* The characters in her last name mean "heaven" (天) and "sound" (音) respectively.
* The characters of her first name mean "moon" (月) and "laughter" (咲) respectively.

==Trivia==
* Tsukasa is event-limited.
* The doppel names of Tsukasa and Tsukuyo match up - they are references to Tweedle''dum'' and Tweedle''dee'' from ''Alice in Wonderland''.

==Gallery==
===Magia Record===
<gallery>
File:tsukasa_3star_card.png|Magia Record Three Star card
File:tsukasa_4star_card.png|Magia Record Four Star card
File:Tsukasa_5star_card.png|Magia Record Five Star card
File:Tsukasa battle Sprite.png|In-battle Sprite
File:Mini 101901 s.png|In-Battle Sprite (Five Star)
File:Dee.png|Doppel sprite
File:Tsukasa_doppel.jpg|Doppel bio
File:Dee_English_description.png
File:Tsukasa PM.png|Character talk sprite
File:Tsukasa School.png|School uniform
File:Amane_Tsukasa_Valentines_%2718.png|Valentine Event outfit
File:Tsukasa christmas 2018.png|Christmas 2018 outfit
File:Tsukasa(Mizugi ver.).png|[[Amane Sisters (Swimsuit ver.)|Swimsuit ver.]]
File:Amane Tsukasa (White Feather).png|White feather robes outfit
File:Tsukasa Uwasa.png
File:Tsukasa Papa Seal 2019.jpg|Magical Girl Seal 2019
File:Amanese Sisters Papa Seal 2021.jpg|Magical Girl Seal 2021 ([[Amane Sisters (Swimsuit ver.)|Swimsuit ver.]])
File:Amane Sisters.png
File:Screenshot 2017-09-25-12-17-18.png|Tsukuyo and Tsukasa
</gallery>

====Memoria/Chapter Art====
<gallery>
File:Memoria 1150.jpg
File:Memoria 1157.jpg
File:Kanagi_Mifuyu_Amane_Memoria_Full.jpg
File:memoria_1288.jpg
File:Christmas Night Magic.png|This memoria had it's artwork changed; this is the original version.
File:Memoria 1371 1.jpg
File:Memoria 1371 2.jpg
File:Amane sisters crisis.jpg
File:Summer_magiusu.jpg
File:Bg adv 16111.jpg|Tsukasa's Father's Bamboo shop
File:51108 hanabi1.jpg
File:Memoria 1536.jpg
File:103001 tsukasa cooking.jpg
File:Memoria 1744.jpg
</gallery>

====Animated Sequences====
<gallery>
File:MagiReco OP 2 - 32.png|Tsukasa from the Arc 2 opening
</gallery>

====Anime Screenshots====
''See [[Gallery:Tsukasa Amane Anime Screenshots]]''
<gallery>
File:Episode_7_Meet_the_Amanes_5.png|Tsukasa and Tsukuyo in their White feather cloaks.
File:Episode_7_Alina's_Barrier_10.png|Tsukasa's Magical Girl form.
File:Episode_7_Amanes_Attack_5.png|Tsukasa and Tsukuyo's Soul Gems
File:Episode_7_Amanes_Attack_10.png|Tsukasa and Tsukuyo releasing their Doppels
File:Episode_7_Amanes_Attack_11.png|Tsukasa and Tsukuyo's Doppels
File:Amane_sisters_Doppel_ep23.png|Tsukasa and Tsukuyo's combined Doppel, DumDee.
</gallery>

===Magia Exedra===
''See [[Tsukasa Amane in Magia Exedra#Gallery]]''
<gallery>
File:Exedra Tsukasa Art.png|Cherry Ballad Kioku
File:Tsukasa Exedra Infobox.png
</gallery>

===Official Art===
<gallery>
File:Tsukasa 01.jpg|Art from the [[Magia Archive Volume 2]]
File:Tsukasa 02.jpg
File:Tsukasa 03.jpg
File:Tsukasa 04.jpg
File:Tsukasa 05.jpg
File:Tsukasa 06.jpg
File:tsukasa_lineart.jpg|[https://twitter.com/shaft_official/status/936185951323226112/photo/1 Source]
File:Episode 4 End Title Card.png|Episode 4 End Title Card by Masugitsune
File:Episode 6 End Title Card.png|Episode 6 End Title Card by Chika Hayami
</gallery>

===Merchandise===
<gallery>
File:CafeKeychains.png|Cafe chibi acrylic charm
</gallery>

==Memoria Cards==
{{Magia Record Memoria List|character=Tsukasa Amane}}

==External links==
*[http://magireco.com Official Magia Record Website - Japanese]
*[https://magiarecord-en.com/ Official Magia Record Website - English]

===Gameplay Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4vz6vwuKsQ Recording of Tsukasa's Transformation Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://youtu.be/G76AZooL5Hg?si=M8plIemn-XU79sf8 Recording of Tsukasa's Magia Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLf8cRxTbr4 Recording of Tsukasa's Doppel Video on Youtube (JP)]

===Side Story and Costume Story Videos===
*Recording of Tsukasa's MSS on Youtube (JP): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkwJSu-_buM Episode 1/3], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ7hD7On0fE Episode 2/3], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2XlaUBK4RY Episode 3/3]
**[https://youtu.be/P7uQhxo7WpU Recording of Tsukasa's MSS on Youtube (NA)]
*[https://youtu.be/V0BkEGSvY2I Recording of Tsukasa's Winter Outfit Story on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwtFCzxRd8w Recording of Tsukasa's Christmas Outfit Story on Youtube (JP) '''(Subtitled)''']

===Dialogue Lines===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXu3RAUqANE Recording of Tsukasa's Dialogue lines on Youtube (NA)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tnxxiz-QefA Recording of Tsukasa's Christmas Outfit Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]

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