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User:MsDevin92

2012-11-19T19:54:40Z

MsDevin92:

[[File:Homuhair-flip.gif|right|thumb|300px|<center>I flip my hair back and forth.</center>]]

==Introduction==
* Mami fangirl.
** Charlote fangirl.
* Would be producing a ton of Umineko/Madoka crossover fanart if I could draw.
** Would finish my Madoka AMVs if I could get WMM to work.
*** Still mad that Youtube took down my "Charlotte as the L4D Witch" parody.
* Thinks Albertine needs more love.

==My Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Fairy Godmother.jpg|Kyuubey's old job.
File:Pacman.jpg|Part 2: Electric Boogaloo.
File:limes_guy.jpg
</galley>

Ayase Souju

2012-08-09T19:44:24Z

MsDevin92:

{{Infobox_character
|name=Ayase Souju
|image=<center>[[File:AyaseProfile.png|250px]]</center>
|jname=双樹あやせ (Souju Ayase)
|weapon=Sword and fireballs
}}

<blockquote>''"Now that we're acquainted, I'll show you something good. ♡"'' - Ayase Souju, [[Puella_Magi_Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_7:_.22Gem_Picking.22|Chapter 7]].</blockquote>
{{Nihongo|'''Ayase Souju'''|双樹あやせ|Souju Ayase}} is an antagonist appearing in [[Puella Magi Kazumi Magica]].

She is a traveling magical girl who collects Soul Gems from her opponents. Her targets are the [[Pleiades Saints]].
{{spoilers|media=kazumi}}
She carries two Soul Gems, the second one housing the personality and powers of a girl called {{Nihongo|'''Luca Souju'''|双樹ルカ|Souju Ruka}}.

==Personality==
<blockquote>''"Well done. Collecting your gem any other way wouldn't feel rewarding."'' - Luca Souju, [[Puella_Magi_Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_8:_.22Tempura_Ice-Cream.22|Chapter 8]].</blockquote>

Ayase acts cheerful and innocent, but only to drop her enemies' guard before letting loose her more vicious side. She is obsessed with collecting new Soul Gems, particularly the brighter ones of powerful magical girls.

Luca is more calm and reserved, though she is just a viscous as Ayase and seems to enjoy the challenge of collecting Soul Gems as well.

Both Ayase and Luca are very protective of each other's Soul Gems.

==History==
Ayase and Luca have so far only appeared in Kazumi Magica.

Instead of fighting over witch-hunting territory, Ayase wanders the countryside in search of new Soul Gems for her collection. She was en route to [[Mitakihara Town]], but decided to stop by [[Asunaro City]] after hearing about the [[Pleiades Saints]].

Ayase made her debut in Chapter 7. She followed [[Kaoru]], [[Saki]], [[Satomi]], and [[Mirai]] across the city and witnessed them taking a girl's Soul Gem for an as-of-yet unknown purpose. This, coupled with the brightness of their Soul Gems, made her determined to claim them for her collection. The next day, she follows [[Nico]], [[Kazumi]] and [[Jubey]] to Asunaro's amusement park, Lavie-Land. After introducing herself and showing off her gems, she taunts Nico for also having engaged in "gem picking". This leads to a battle between the two.

Eventually, Ayase is corned by Nico's clones and has her Soul Gem removed. Nico thinks she has defeated Ayase, but is caught by surprise when Luca awakens in her place and attacks. Luca reclaims Ayase's Soul Gem at the end of the chapter.

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

Nico tells Kazumi that Ayase/Luca's attack creates an explosion through their perfectly synchronized fire and ice magic. They are capable of this because they use the same body. Kazumi doesn't understand this, causing Nico to use tempura ice cream as a metaphor. Nico then claims that they have to do something similar with her own magic. This prompts Jubey to say that Kazumi's magic and Nico's reconstruction magic are like hot and cold. They encounter Ayase/Ruka again and all three of them fire. The Soujous' attack sends them flying, prompting Nico and Kazumi to try and combine their magic. Their magic hits Ayase/Luca's own attack, but it fails to negate it. Nico and Kazumi flee again through an underground 'Staff Only' tunnel, as Nico comments that the Soujous are better synchronized. When Ayase/Luca comes across them, Kazumi and Nico are holding hands. The Soujous fire "Pici Generati" again, but this time when Kazumi and Nico combine their magic Jubey bites their hands. This causes them to become synchronized, pushing their magic tight through Ayase/Luca's and causing an explosion that sends them to the surface.

Kazumi tells the Soujous that they've lost, but they respond by pulling out a box of Evil Nuts. They throw two of them at Nico and Kazumi, but Saki appears and catches them in mid-air. The other Pleiades jump down behind Kazumi, as Saki asks where the Soujous got the Evil Nuts. Ayase/Luca laughs instead of answering and tells the Pleiades to kill them, calling them "magical girl hunters" (similar to a phrase said by [[Yuuri]] some chapters before). Kaoru says they aren't murderers, but because they can't let the Soujous go they're taking they're Soul Gems. Kaoru says that Ayase and Ruka's Soul Gems are at their limit and pulls out both their gems.

In an attempt to keep magical girls from becoming witches, the Pleiades take Ayase and Luca's Soul Gems, along with their body, to [[the Freezer]], where they are to be kept in stasis until they can be purified. Nico kept them in with the Soul Gem and body of another magical girl. The bodies of the magical girls had been shrunken to the point where they can be picked up by one hand. Nico puts into the bodies into two new containers, saying they "will keep on waiting for the prince's kiss."

{{Spoiler|Later on, as Saki becomes a witch, Mirai uses her "La Bestia" attack to retrieve the Soujus' Gems from the Freezer. Their corrupted Soul Gems simultaneously hatch into two Grief Seeds, giving birth to a giant witch with two faces. The Souju's witch then fights against Kaoru and Umika, protecting Saki's witch in the process.}}

==Powers, Weapons and Abilities==

While she wields a katana (a Japanese sword), Ayase mainly fights by shooting fireballs at her enemies. Because of her second Soul Gem, she can fight even after being incapacitated by switching to Luca's personality.

Likewise, Luca has a similar sword and can use ice magic with a spell called ''Cazzo Freddo''. The pair can also combine and use a spell called ''Pici Generati'' (Twin Peaks), in which their attacks must be in sync or otherwise they would cancel each other out. However, since they share one body, they are able to synchronize their attacks perfectly. This spell uses their opposing magic types, fire and ice (contraction and expansion), and causes an explosion.

==Trivia==

* Ayase's debut draws several parallels to [[Kyoko Sakura]]. She spies on her future opponents with enchanted binoculars, wears similar casual clothing and has a similar hair-style.
* Ayase and Luca's outfits, Soul Gems and magic are all inversions of each other. While in egg form, their Gems share the same two emblems with the locations swapped. While transformed, their Gems on on opposite sides of their chests.
** Despite using fire magic, Ayase's color scheme is primarily white and blue. Likewise, Luca uses ice magic but has a primarily red outfit.

==Speculation==

* Ayase comments that the Pleiades have been taking Soul Gems that are dirtied. She has a fairly large Soul Gem collection, but apparently doesn't have to collect Grief Seeds and replenish them. From this, it can be assumed that Soul Gems stop accumulating darkness if they're separated from the owner, which may be why the Pleiades are taking Soul Gems from other magical girls (so they don't become witches). She may have Jubey clean them, although he doesn't seem to know her at first (but he may be hiding it as part of some larger scheme).
* Nico remarks that her surname means "twin trees". Souju may not be her last real name. It is unknown if she and Luca are related, or who their body originally belonged to.
* Presumably, there is some sort of method that lets Ayase and Luca, but not any of their other Soul Gems, control the body. See also [[Speculah:Homura Identity Swap Theory]].
**The pair says that this requires the use of other Soul Gems, though it's unclear how or why.
* Some have come to believe that Walpurgisnacht and Ayase have things in common, such as the fact that if Ayase eventually collects enough soul gems, they might merge with her and she could become the ultimate magical girl. Walpurgisnacht is said to be a compilation of many magical girls turned into witches.
* It's unknown if the Soujous are actually sisters or not.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:SoujuInColor.png|Ayase (left) and Luca (right) in color on the cover of volume 2. Note that the shape of each girl's soul gem appears on the costume of her partner.
File:Ayase_Souju_with_dubious_interest.png|Ayase spies on the Pleiades Saints.
File:ThePrecious.PNG|This doesn't [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheCollector look good].
File:RainingGems.PNG|Ayase seems to have collected a lot of gems.
File:CallItGeorge.PNG|Ayase shows off her collection.
File:Ayase_Souju_Puella_Magi.png|Ayase's magical girl outfit.
File:Ayase_Soul_Gem.png|Ayase's Soul Gem.
File:Luca_Souju_Puella_Magi.png|Talk about a serious case of split personality.
File:AyaseLucaCombinedTransformation.png|The pair's last resort, and most powerful technique.
File:Yuuri and Souju art.jpg|Extra artwork from volume 2, showing the twins in color. (Look out, Yuuri!)
File:Souju_twins_design_notes.jpg|Design notes for Ayase and Luca, included in Kazumi Magica volume 2.
File:Dat tongue action.jpg|Perhaps the only time we will ever see something sexually suggestive on Puella Magi Kazumi Magica.
File:Soul gems souju sisters.jpg
File:Souju grief seed.jpg
File:Souju witch form sisters.jpg
</gallery>

==Fanart==
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<gallery>
File:22495500 m.jpg
File:Pici_Generati.png
</gallery>

[[Category:Characters]]

Roberta

2012-02-11T02:24:28Z

MsDevin92:

__NOTOC__
'''Roberta''' ({{Runes|ROBERTA}}) is one of the [[Witch|witches]] that appeared in [[Episode 10]].

{{Card
|name = Roberta
|runes = ROBERTA
|image = File:Card_Roberta.png
|japanese_desc = 鳥かごの魔女。その性質は憤怒。カゴの中で足を踏み鳴らし叶わぬもの達に憤り続ける。この魔女はアルコールに目がなく、手下達もまた非常に燃え易い。
|english_desc = The birdcage witch. Her nature is rage. She continuously stamps her feet inside her cage, directing her rage at those who do not respond to her. This witch is extremely fond of alcohol, and her minions are also easy to burn.
|type = Birdcage witch
|nature = Rage
|episodes = [[Episode 10]]
}}

==Minions==
{{Card
|name = Gotz
|runes = GOTZ
|image = File:Card_Gotz.png
|japanese_desc = 鳥かごの魔女の手下。その役割は軽薄無思慮。群がる鳥は馬鹿な男達。何の役にも立たないくせに彼女の気を引こうと足元へ言い寄ってくる。魔女にとっては嫌悪する対象でしかない。
|english_desc = The birdcage witch's minion. His duty is to act with frivolous indiscretion. These birds that swarm together are idiotic men. Even though they are total good-for-nothings, they try to attract her attention by swarming around her feet and attempting to woo her. They are nothing more than objects of disgust to the witch.
|type = Birdcage witch's minions
|task = Acting with frivolous indiscretion
|episodes = [[Episode 10]]
}}

==Trivia and Speculation==
*Roberta's name may have been inspired by [[Wikipedia:Roberta_Knie|Roberta Knie]], an American soprano well-known for her role as Brunnhilde from Wagner's Ring des Nibelungen.
*The name Gotz may have been derived from [[Wikipedia:Götz_von_Berlichingen|Götz von Berlichingen]], a German Imperial Knight and mercenary. Goethe wrote a play based on his life.
*In german there is the word "Götze" which means as much as "fake god"
*[[Speculah:Prior Lives of Witches|Some fans think]] that this is the witch form of Mami Tomoe due to her headlessness, flower motif, and isolation (Roberta being trapped in a birdcage, Mami literally being alone). However, the witch's nature of "rage" combined with her association with frivolity, alcoholism, and disgust all suggest otherwise.
** It's also been speculated that she may be the witch form of [[Kazuko Saotome]], who is known to have a bad history with men and a love of alcohol. The birdcage and books in her barrier could represent the school. As Kazuko doesn't wear a ring, she probably doesn't contract in every timeline.
*In [[Puella_Magi_Production_Note#Roberta|Puella Magi Production Note]], there is a description about her: ''A witch who lived for a long time as a magical girl. She is weak, as she was no longer a girl when she became a witch (mid-20s to 30s?). The form she takes in her barrier is how she would've turned out in the future (around 40s). What she desires is life. Enjoys alcohol and books.''
* [[Puella_Magi_Madoka_Magica_Official_Guidebook_"You_Are_Not_Alone"#Labyrinth_design|The Guidebook]] states that Roberta's labyrinth design uses the concept of dolls. With the words, ''"I wish for friends. Friends who won't dislike me."'' （私の願いはお友達。私を嫌いにならないお友達）. It describes that when the Witch dies, the bird cage is getting shot down and spilling a circular rain of blood.
**Roberta may have used dolls as replacement for her lack of friends, perhaps like Mami, she was alone but was unable to relate to people (or had trust issues).
**Since ancient times, dolls have played a central role in magic and religious rituals, or used as representations of a deity. Dolls have also traditionally been toys for children and are also collected by adults, for their nostalgic value, beauty, historical importance or financial value.

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="left" position="center">
File:Roberta.png|Roberta
</gallery>

==External links==
*{{card_link|id=28}}
*{{card_link|id=29|name=Gotz}}

[[Category:Witches]]

Michiru Kazusa

2012-02-03T20:07:26Z

MsDevin92:

<blockquote>''"As long as people keep trying to live, they won't despair. There's hope! There's always hope!''" - Michiru Kazusa, [[Puella_Magi_Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_11:_.22Dead_or_Rice.22|Chapter 11]].</blockquote>

{{Infobox_character
|name=Michiru Kazusa
|image=<center>[[File:Michiru Kazusa.jpg]]</center>
|jname=和紗ミチル (Kazusa Michiru)
|weapon=Cross-shaped staff
}}

{{Nihongo|'''Michiru Kazusa'''|和紗ミチル}} nicknamed '''Kazumi''', was a the leader of the [[Pleiades Saints]]. She made the [[Pleiades Saints]] and [[Yuuri Asuka]] contract and became Puella Magi. She eventually turned into a witch and died, so the Pleiades are trying to revive her.

{{spoiler|The current Kazumi is actually the 13th clone of her.}}

Despite being deceased at the beginning of the series, she is important to Kazumi Magica's story, because her death set the events in motion.

==History==
{{spoilers|media=kazumi}}
[[File:PastKazumi01.png|thumb|200px|Notice that Michiru's ahoge has a much smaller and less emotive appearance, unlike the current Kazumi.]]
At some point between rescuing the other Pleiades Saints and the death of Yuuri Asuka, Kazusa transformed into a witch. Desperate to revive her, the Pleiades Saints utilized Nico's powers of regeneration and began cloning her from the witch's body. Thirteen of the clones were made; twelve are hidden inside the Freezer, while the thirteenth - the current Kazumi - is with the Pleiades Saints. After being exposed to an Evil Nut, Kazumi is beginning to turn back into a witch.

==Trivia==
{{spoiler|She is the magical girl who was saved by Mami, saved the other members of Pleiades Saints, and lead them.}}
*Her nickname, Kazumi comes from '''Kazu'''sa '''Mi'''chiru.
==Speculation==

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:KazumiRifleSummoning.png|Michiru summoning rifles from her hat in a flashback, which she probably learned from [[:File:MamiSavingKazumiGunSummons.png|seeing Mami Tomoe perform the same move]].
</gallery>

==Fanart==

==External Link==

[[Category:Characters]]

Michiru Kazusa

2012-02-03T20:07:04Z

MsDevin92: Changed her bio, which was redundant with Kazumi's already in place.

<blockquote>''"As long as people keep trying to live, they won't despair. There's hope! There's always hope!''" - Michiru Kazusa, [[Puella_Magi_Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_11:_.22Dead_or_Rice.22|Chapter 11]].</blockquote>

{{Infobox_character
|name=Michiru Kazusa
|image=<center>[[File:Michiru Kazusa.jpg]]</center>
|jname=和紗ミチル (Kazusa Michiru)
|weapon=Cross-shaped staff
}}

{{Nihongo|'''Michiru Kazusa'''|和紗ミチル}} nicknamed '''Kazumi''', was a the leader of the [[Pleiades Saints]]. She made the [[Pleiades Saints]] and [[Yuuri Asuka]] contract and became Puella Magi. She eventually turned into a witch and died, so the Pleiades are trying to revive her.

{{spoiler|The current Kazumi is actually the 13th clone of her.}}

Despite being deceased at the beginning of the series, she is important to Kazumi Magica's story, because her death set the events in motion.

==History==
{{spoilers|media=kazumi}}
[[File:PastKazumi01.png|thumb|200px|Notice that Michiru's ahoge is much smaller and less emotive appearance, unlike the current Kazumi.]]
At some point between rescuing the other Pleiades Saints and the death of Yuuri Asuka, Kazusa transformed into a witch. Desperate to revive her, the Pleiades Saints utilized Nico's powers of regeneration and began cloning her from the witch's body. Thirteen of the clones were made; twelve are hidden inside the Freezer, while the thirteenth - the current Kazumi - is with the Pleiades Saints. After being exposed to an Evil Nut, Kazumi is beginning to turn back into a witch.

==Trivia==
{{spoiler|She is the magical girl who was saved by Mami, saved the other members of Pleiades Saints, and lead them.}}
*Her nickname, Kazumi comes from '''Kazu'''sa '''Mi'''chiru.
==Speculation==

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:KazumiRifleSummoning.png|Michiru summoning rifles from her hat in a flashback, which she probably learned from [[:File:MamiSavingKazumiGunSummons.png|seeing Mami Tomoe perform the same move]].
</gallery>

==Fanart==

==External Link==

[[Category:Characters]]

Kazumi Magica

2012-02-03T20:00:58Z

MsDevin92:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[[Category:Manga]]

Satomi Usagi

2012-02-03T19:40:21Z

MsDevin92: Cleaned up the parts that were more a summary of the manga than referring to Satomi herself. Included updates from the newest chapter.

{{Infobox_character
|name=Satomi Usagi
|image=<center>[[File:SatomiSoulGem01.png]]</center>
|jname=宇佐木里美 (Usagi Satomi)
|weapon=A cat-shaped wand
}}

<blockquote>''"Meow~!!"'' - Satomi Usagi, [[Puella_Magi_Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_3:_.22Kazumix.22|Chapter 3]].</blockquote>
{{Nihongo|'''Satomi Usagi'''|宇佐木里美}} is a character in [[Kazumi Magica|Puella Magi Kazumi Magica: The Innocent Malice]].

A member of the [[Pleiades Saints]], she loves animals, and wants to become a veterinarian when she grows up. Her wish was to gain the ability to talk to animals so she could help them. She uses this power to gather information.

==Personality==
She is kind-hearted girl who loves animals. She is also seen hugging [[Jubey]], which annoys him. She is the most sensitive of the Pleiades, usually the first to start crying when someone is hurt or there's danger. Satomi appears to be more patient with people than the others. {{spoiler| However, she hides a calculating and heartless side, and is willing to go any lengths to resurrect the real Kazumi - including using the other Pleiades Saints as pawns.}}

[[File:K11.jpg|thumb|440px|[[wikipedia:Dr._Dolittle_(film)|She actually wanted to become just like in the movie.]] ]]

==History==
{{spoilers|media=kazumi|margin=330px}}
After a witch traps [[Kaoru]] and [[Umika]] inside of itself and takes off, Satomi, [[Saki]], [[Nico]], and [[Mirai]] come to [[Kazumi]]'s aid. They introduce themselves as the [[Pleiades Saints]], a seven-girl witch-hunting team of which Kazumi and her abducted friends are also a part of. Together, they search for Kaoru and Umika across town, with Satomi using her powers to get information from a cat. While they search, the mysterious girl from previous chapters, {{spoiler| Yuuri}}, disguises herself as [[Satomi]] and separates Kazumi from the rest of the team. Upon meeting with the real Satomi, Saki realized they had been tricked, and leads the girls to where the fake Satomi brought Kazumi. They proceed to rescue Kazumi just as she is on the verge of defeat.

During the battle with {{spoiler| Yuuri's witch form}}, Satomi is captured with the rest of the Pleiades Saints. When Kazumi gains new powers from an Evil Nut, Satomi is actually splattered with the witch's blood when Kazumi catches an attack with her mouth. However, Kazumi is unwilling to fight the witch and even attempts to change her back. Saki then shoots the witch, freeing Satomi and the other Saints. They then attack the witch as they explain to Kazumi that they have no choice but to kill her. Satomi is seen crying during this sequence. Finally Kazumi delivers the final blow, saying she wishes to share this burden with her friends.

Later, Satomi is seen with Kaoru, Saki, and Mirai confronting a magical girl named Sumire Akane (it's unclear if Umika or Nico are also present). Kaoru uses a spell called ''Tocco del Mare'' (English: ''Touch of the Sea''), causing Sumire to scream. We then see Satomi untransformed, holding out her Soul Gem.

Satomi and the other Pleiades Saints then appear to rescue Kauzmi and Nico from [[Ayase_Souju|Ayase and Luca Souju]]. Kaoru says they'll be taking the Soujus' gems. Saki tells Kaoru not to do it in front of Kazumi, but Nico says Kazumi already saw her doing it. Kaoru pulls out both Ayase and Luca's gems with the spell ''Tocco del Mare''. Kazumi angrily asks the others why they're taking the Soul Gems of other magical girls, saying that she said earlier she would bear the burden with her friends. Against Saki's objections, Umika says she'll tell Kazumi the truth about the Pleiades Saints, but as she's speaking Satomi watches as Nico's Soul Gem begins glowing and Nico herself falls to her knees. Backing into Kaoru in horror, Satomi says Nico's name as a witch appears with Nico's body floating in front of it.

After Mirai kills the witch, Satomi has a breakdown, screaming that she doesn't want to die or turn into a witch. It turns out that the witch was only made from Nico's "spare", however, and the real Nico rejoins them. Nico then says they should cut to the chase. Kaoru tells Saki Kazumi can handle it.

At the Freezer, Kazumi asks when everyone found out about the connection between magical girls and wishes. Umika touches her forehead to Kazumi's, telling her to remember everything.[[File:SatomiAndSare.png|thumb|200px|Satomi and her childhood pet, Sare.]]

The story flashes back into the past. Umika, Kaoru, Satomi, Mirai, Nico, and Saki are standing on a catwalk. They are all displaying a witch's kiss on their necks. Satomi's despair comes from the cat she was on her third birthday, which she named Sare. Years later, she goes out and leaves it alone in her house, despite it's protests. It's then seen in a veterinarian's office, dead. The vets says that if the cat was brought here earlier it might have survived, prompting Satomi to think that this wouldn't have happened if she had just listened. After they were rescued by Kazumi, she became a Puella Magi in exchange for the ability to talk to animals.

Once the other girls leave, Satomi approaches Saki in the Freezer and says that they should kill Kazumi before she succumbs to the Evil Nut. Saki refuses, prompting Satomi to brainwash her with ''Fantasma Bisbiglio'' (English: ''Ghost Whisperer''). Under Satomi's spell, Saki goes to the Misaki Residence. Umika and Kaoru realize that she's being controlled by Satomi, but Saki fights them off and approaches Kazumi's bedside with a knife (with a cat's skull on the hilt, presumably given to her by Satomi). Before she can finish Kazumi off, she has a brief moment of resistance and stabs herself in the leg instead. Satomi quickly regains control and tells Saki to bring Kazumi to her, before opening another door in the Freezer and revealing several shadowy figures.

Saki teleports Kazumi to a building outside and tells her to run before collapsing. Satomi appears and tells Kazumi the truth: that she's only a clone of the original Kazumi (''Kazu''sa ''Mi''chiru). The Pleiades Saints have been trying to revive Kazusa by cloning the remnants of her witch, but because Kazumi has been exposed to an Evil Nut, she's beginning to break down. Satomi wishes to be reunited with Kazusa, but refuses to see her turn into a witch again. She then summons the previous clones of Kazusa and sets them on Kazumi.

==Powers, Weapons & Abilities==
Due to her wish, she has the ability to talk to animals. It appears that she can also fire magic from her wand. {{spoiler| She can also brainwash and control people.}}

==Trivia==
* Satomi's surname is meaningful, given her love for animals. Usagi means rabbit.
* Twin cat-like fangs can be seen when Satomi fully opens her mouth. Together with her cat-like appearance when transformed, and her "Meow" shouts in battle, she was seen as the (mandatory) cat girl in the Madoka universe until [[Yuma Chitose]] came along.
* Satomi's magical girl outfit resembles her childhood cat, Sare.
* Like Mami, Satomi is kind and calm, and try to help the other girls. However, {{spoiler|they both seem to have a fragile mind and an unstable attitude, as shown by Satomi's suggestion at the end of Chapter 12. In Chapter 13, Satomi says that it's better for Kazumi to be killed than become a witch, paralleling Mami's breakdown in an alternate timeline.}}

==Gallery==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="left">
File:Fowoard_photo_t1111.jpg|Satomi in color with [[Mirai]] and [[Kazumi]].
File:SatomiHugsJuubey.png|Satomi showing her affection for animals with Juubey.
File:SatomiWeapon.png|Satomi's wand.
File:SatomiStaff2.png| A second view of Satomi's wand, this time with its mouth open.
File: Catskullknife.png| A knife created with Satomi's powers. Note the similarity to her wand.
File: FantasmaBisbiglio.png| Ghost Whisperer, a spell that gives Satomi mental and physical control over her target.
</gallery>

[[Category:Characters]]

File:FantasmaBisbiglio.png

2012-02-03T19:38:54Z

MsDevin92: Satomi's brainwashing spell in action.

Satomi's brainwashing spell in action.

File:Catskullknife.png

2012-02-03T19:17:30Z

MsDevin92: A dagger most likely given to Saki by Satomi, given its design.

A dagger most likely given to Saki by Satomi, given its design.

Suleika

2011-12-11T01:45:12Z

MsDevin92:

__NOTOC__
'''Suleika''' ({{Runes|SULEIKA}}) is a [[witch]] that has not so far made an appearance in an episode. Her [[familiar]] Ulla was swiftly defeated by [[Mami]] at the beginning of [[Episode 3]].

{{Card
|name = Suleika
|runes = SULEIKA
|image = File:Card Suleika.png
|japanese_desc = 暗闇の魔女（未登場）。その性質は妄想。闇が深ければ深いほどその力は増す。完全な暗闇の中においてはほぼ無敵だが灯りの多い現代においてはそれほど恐れる魔女ではない。
|english_desc = The dark witch (has not debuted), with a delusional nature. Her power grows as the darkness deepens. In total darkness she can scarcely be matched. She's almost unrivaled inside an absolute black; however, with lights as numerous as they are nowadays, she is not a witch to be feared.
|type = Dark witch
|nature = Delusional
|episodes = None
}}

== Minions ==

{{Card
|name = Ulla
|runes = ULLA
|image = File:Card Ulla.png
|japanese_desc = 暗闇の魔女の手下。その役割は夢。あらゆるものに姿を変化させ漆黒の闇の中に魔女の望みを描き出す。暗闇の中では強大な力を誇るが、街灯や月明かり程度のわずかな光があればその力を半減できる。
|english_desc = The dark witch's minion whose duty is to dream. She can shapeshift into anything to express her witch's desires in pitch-black darkness. She boasts incredible power in the dark, but something as small as a lamppost or moonbeam can halve her strength.
|type = Dark witch's minion
|task = Dreaming
|episodes = [[Episode 3]]
}}

== Trivia ==
* Suleika is a German form of the name Zuleika of arabian origin that means ''fair; brilliant and lovely''. It was made popular in Germany by the poem collection ''West-östlicher Divan'' by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
* Ulla is a nordic name that means ''will'', ''determination''. In German-speaking countries, Ulla is a variant of the name Ursula of Latin origin that means ''little she-bear''.

==Speculation==
*Before it was disproven, it was speculated that Suleika was the [[Witch from the dream in episode one]]. It is now known that that witch is Walpurgis.
* Sketches from the [[Puella Magi Production Note]] show her as a star with several arms.

==Gallery==
===Official Documents===
<gallery>
File:Image_Note_0014.jpg|Suleika (on the jungle gym) as seen in the production notes.
</gallery>

==External links==
*{{card_link|id=4}}
*{{card_link|id=5|name=Ulla}}

[[Category:Witches]]

User:MsDevin92

2011-08-03T21:56:10Z

MsDevin92:

[[File:Homuhair-flip.gif|right|thumb|300px|<center>I flip my hair back and forth.</center>]]

==Introduction==
* Mami fangirl.
** Charlote fangirl.
*** Mamilotte fangirl.
* Prone to copious amounts of [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Fannage Fannage].
* Building an army of Puella Magi OCs in secret.
* Hasn't overrun this wiki with her theories...yet.
** Then again, the spinoff mangas keep beating me to getting them published. Soul Gem collector, Puella Magi disguised as another Puella Magi, evil Puella Magi murder mastermind...
* Would be producing a ton of Umineko/Madoka crossover fanart if I could draw.
** Would finish my Madoka AMVs if I could get WMM to work.
*** Still mad that Youtube took down my "Charlotte as the L4D Witch" parody.
* Thinks Albertine needs more love.
** [http://wiki.puella-magi.net/Suleika Show me] [http://wiki.puella-magi.net/Albertine what they] [http://wiki.puella-magi.net/Uhrmann look like] already!

==My Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Fairy Godmother.jpg|Kyuubey's old job.
File:Pacman.jpg|Part 2: Electric Boogaloo.
File:limes_guy.jpg
</galley>

File:Limes guy.jpg

2011-08-03T21:55:36Z

MsDevin92:

Ayase Souju

2011-08-03T21:06:36Z

MsDevin92:

{{Infobox_character
|name=Ayase Souju
|image=<center>[[File:AyaseProfile.png|250px]]</center>
|jname=双樹あやせ (Souju Ayase)
|weapon=Sword and fireballs
}}
{{Nihongo|'''Ayase Souju'''|双樹あやせ)}} is an antagonist appearing in [[Puella Magi Kazumi Magica]].

She is a traveling Puella Magi who collects Soul Gems from her opponents. Her targets are the [[Pleiades Saints]].
{{spoilers|media=kazumi}}
She carries two Soul Gems, the second one housing the personality and powers of a girl called Luca.

==Personality==

Ayase acts cheerful and innocent, but only to drop her enemies' guard before letting loose her more vicious side. She is obsessed with collecting new Soul Gems, particularly the brighter ones of powerful Puella Magi.

==History==

Instead of fighting over witch-hunting territory, Ayase wanders the countryside in search of new Soul Gems for her collection. She was en route to [[Mitakihara Town]], but decided to stop by [[Asunaro City]] after hearing about the [[Pleiades Saints]].

Ayase made her debut in Chapter 7. She followed the Pleiades across the city and witnessed them taking a girl's Soul Gem for an as-of-yet unknown purpose. This, coupled with the brightness of their Soul Gems, made her determined to claim them for her collection. The next day, she follows Nico and Kazumi to Asunaro's amusement park, Lavie-Land. After introducing herself and showing off her gems, she taunts Nico for also having engaged in "gem picking". This leads to a battle between the two.

Eventually, Ayase is corned by Nico's clones and has her Soul Gem removed. Nico thinks she has defeated Ayase, but is caught by surprise when Luca awakens in her place and attacks. Luca reclaims Ayase's Soul Gem at the end of the chapter.

==Powers, Weapons and Abilities==

While she wields a sword, Ayase mainly fights by shooting fireballs at her enemies. Because of her second Soul Gem, she can fight even after being incapacitated by switching to Luca's personality.

==Trivia==

* Her debut draws several parallels to [[Kyouko Sakura]]. She spies on her future opponents with enchanted binoculars, wears similar casual clothing and has the same hair-style.

==Speculation==

* Ayase comments that the Pleiades have been taking Soul Gems that are dirtied. She has a fairly large Soul Gem collection, but apparently doesn't have to collect Grief Seeds and replenish them. From this, it can be assumed that Soul Gems stop accumulating darkness if they're separated from the owner, which may be why the Pleiades are taking Soul Gems from other Puella Magi (so they don't become witches). She may have Juubey clean them, although he doesn't seem to know her at first (but he may be hiding it as part of some larger scheme).
* Nico remarks that her surname means "twin trees". Souju may not be her last real name. It is unknown if she and Luca are related, or who their body originally belonged to.
* Presumably, there is some sort of method that lets Ayase and Luca, but not any of their other Soul Gems, control the body. See also [[Speculah:Homura Identity Swap Theory]].

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Ayase_Souju_with_dubious_interest.png|Ayase spies on the Pleiades Saints.
File:ThePrecious.PNG|[[wikipedia:The Collector|This doesn't]] [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheCollector look good].
File:RainingGems.PNG
File:CallItGeorge.PNG|Ayase shows off her collection.
File:Ayase_Souju_Puella_Magi.png|Ayase's Puella Magi outfit.
File:Ayase_Soul_Gem.png|Ayase's Soul Gem.
File:Luca_Souju_Puella_Magi.png|Talk about a serious case of split personality.
</gallery>

User:MsDevin92

2011-08-03T19:22:34Z

MsDevin92:

User:MsDevin92

2011-08-03T19:18:31Z

MsDevin92: Created page with "<center>I flip my hair back and forth.</center> ==Introduction== * Mami fangirl. ** Charlote fangirl. *** Mamilotte fangirl. * Prone..."

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2011-08-03T19:16:49Z

MsDevin92:

File:Fairy Godmother.jpg

2011-08-03T19:15:32Z

MsDevin92:

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2011-08-03T19:06:49Z

MsDevin92:

Ayase Souju

2011-08-03T03:22:33Z

MsDevin92:

{{Infobox_character
|name=Ayase Souju
|image=<center>[[File:RainingGems.PNG|300px]]</center>
|jname=双樹あやせ (Souju Ayase)
|weapon=Sword and fireballs
}}
{{Nihongo|'''Ayase Souju'''|双樹あやせ)}} is an antagonist appearing in [[Puella Magi Kazumi Magica]].

She is a traveling Puella Magi who collects Soul Gems from her opponents. Her targets are the [[Pleiades Saints]].
{{spoilers|media=kazumi}}
She carries two Soul Gems, the second one housing the personality and powers of a girl called Luca.

==Personality==

Ayase acts cheerful and innocent, but only to drop her enemies' guard before letting loose her more vicious side. She is obsessed with collecting new Soul Gems, particularly the brighter ones of powerful Puella Magi.

==History==

Instead of fighting over witch-hunting territory, Ayase wanders the countryside in search of new Soul Gems for her collection. She was en route to [[Mitakihara Town]], but decided to stop by [[Asunaro City]] after hearing about the [[Pleiades Saints]].

Ayase made her debut in Chapter 7. She followed the Pleiades across the city and witnessed them taking a girl's Soul Gem for an as-of-yet unknown purpose. This, coupled with the brightness of their Soul Gems, made her determined to claim them for her collection. The next day, she follows Nico and Kazumi to Asunaro's amusement park, Lavie-Land. After introducing herself and showing off her gems, she taunts Nico for also having engaged in "gem picking". This leads to a battle between the two.

Eventually, Ayase is corned by Nico's clones and has her Soul Gem removed. Nico thinks she has defeated Ayase, but is caught by surprise when Luca awakens in her place and attacks. Luca reclaims Ayase's Soul Gem at the end of the chapter.

==Powers, Weapons and Abilities==

While she wields a sword, Ayase mainly fights by shooting fireballs at her enemies. Because of her second Soul Gem, she can fight even after being incapacitated by switching to the Luca personality.

==Trivia==

* Her debut draws several parallels to [[Kyouko Sakura]]. She spies on her future opponents with enchanted binoculars, and even wears similar casual clothing.

==Speculation==

* Ayase comments that the Pleiades have been taking Soul Gems that are dirtied. She has a fairly large Soul Gem collection, but apparently doesn't have to collect Grief Seeds and replenish them. From this, it can be assumed that Soul Gems stop accumulating darkness if they're separated from the owner, which may be why the Pleiades are taking Soul Gems from other Puella Magi (so they don't become witches). She may have Juubey clean them, although he doesn't seem to know her at first (but he may be hiding it as part of some larger scheme).
* Nico remarks that her surname means "twin trees". Souju may not be her last real name. It is unknown if she and Luca are related, or who their body originally belonged to.
* Presumably, there is some sort of method that lets Ayase and Luca, but not any of their other Soul Gems, control the body. See also [[Speculah:Homura Identity Swap Theory]].

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Ayase_Souju_with_dubious_interest.png|Ayase spies on the Pleiades Saints.
File:ThePrecious.PNG|[[wikipedia:The Collector|This doesn't]] [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheCollector look good].
File:CallItGeorge.PNG|Ayase shows off her collection.
File:Ayase_Souju_Puella_Magi.png|Ayase's Puella Magi outfit.
File:Ayase_Soul_Gem.png|Ayase's Soul Gem.
File:Luca_Souju_Puella_Magi.png|Talk about a serious case of split personality.
</gallery>

Community:Homura Identity Swap Theory

2011-08-03T03:05:03Z

MsDevin92:

[[File:Bodyswapping.jpg|thumb|body-swapping]]
The following speculah was generated by students at a school in Germany:

The character currently known as Homura was actually a Puella Magi who was killed before the beginning of the story proper. Her Soul Gem was still intact following her death, and took control of the body of another girl -- either because the girl in question incidentally picked up the Gem, or had been recently killed by a witch. Kyubey was not aware of the body swap, and refers to Homura as an Irregular because he doesn't recognize her as one of his contractees. Through her own experiences, Homura came to realize that Soul Gems function as phylacteries, and understood that retrieving Sayaka's Gem from the truck would save her life.

"Akemi Homura" is probably the name of the host body -- by chance sharing a given name with the Puella Magi that currently inhabits it. Homura dislikes the name "Akemi" because it reminds her of the soul she displaced. (Compare with [[Speculah:Name]]s). It is possible that Homura's "original self" knew Madoka.
==Sayaka==
After Sayaka's transformation into a witch, her body was left abandoned but uninjured. Homura might be able to take control of it, allowing her to use both bodies at once while fighting Walpurgis Night. She could also take Sayaka's place in normal society to defuse the suspicion that would be aroused by Sayaka's death and to enjoy a happy school life with Madoka. Alternatively, Homura could use Sayaka's body to travel back through time and attempt to change fate again if she's defeated in the fight against Walpurgis Night.
==Ayase/Luca Souju==
{{spoilers|media=kazumi}}
In [[Puella Magi Kazumi Magica]], the Pleiades Saints encounter a Puella Magi known as Ayase Souju. Ayase, who collects Soul Gems, shares her body with another Puella Magi named Luca. As such, she can use two sets of magical abilities, and continue fighting even if one Soul Gem is stolen or broken.

[[Category:Articles]]
[[Category:Debunked theories]]

Talk:Ayase Souju

2011-08-03T02:58:10Z

MsDevin92:

...I thought we were waiting to make a page for the new antagonist after what happened with the Yuuri pages? --[[User:CrownClown|CrownClown]] 02:19, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

I am moving the pictures here, I am going to wait to see what happens next on the story so we dont mess it up... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 02:40, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

I've filled out Ayase's info. Presumably Luca will get more spotlight in the next chapter, and we can give her a page like Airi. [[User:MsDevin92|MsDevin92]] 02:58, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
==Pictures==
<gallery>
File:Ayase Souju Puella Magi.png
File:Ayase Soul Gem.png
File:Luca Souju Puella Magi.png
File:Luca soul gem form.jpg
File:Ayase Souju with dubious interest.png
</gallery>

Ayase Souju

2011-08-03T02:57:09Z

MsDevin92:

Ayase Souju

2011-08-03T02:39:53Z

MsDevin92:

Ayase Souju

2011-08-03T02:19:41Z

MsDevin92:

Ayase Souju

2011-08-03T02:18:52Z

MsDevin92:

Ayase Souju

2011-08-03T02:11:51Z

MsDevin92: Created page with "{{Infobox_character |name=Ayase Souju |image=<center>300px</center> |jname=双樹あやせ (Souju Ayase) |weapon=Sword and fireballs }} {{Nihongo|'''Aya..."

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2011-08-03T02:01:28Z

MsDevin92: Part the third.

Part the third.

File:RainingGems.PNG

2011-08-03T02:00:50Z

MsDevin92: Part two.

Part two.

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2011-08-03T02:00:19Z

MsDevin92: Ayase being creepy.

Ayase being creepy.

Walpurgis Night

2011-07-24T05:30:26Z

MsDevin92:

__NOTOC__ {{spoilers}}
'''Walpurgis Night''' (alternately referred to as "Walpurgisnacht" or "Walpurgis" both in the series and among fans) is supposedly the strongest witch current Magical Girls would have to fight. Her real name is unknown, while "Walpurgis Night" is a common moniker given to it by Puellae Magi. Her nature had been kept mysterious during most of the series, which led to a lot of speculation from fans during the original broadcast. This article's first purpose is, as with the other witches, to provide information about her.

For a compilation of historical, mythological, and literary information concerning {{nihongo|[[wikipedia:Walpurgis_Night|Walpurgisnacht]]|ワルプルギスの夜|Warupurugisu no Yoru|Night of Walpurgis}}, a term first mentioned by [[Homura Akemi|Homura]] in [[Episode 6]], see [[Speculah:Walpurgis Night]].
{{Card
|name=?????
|runes = ?????
|image = File:Card_Walpurgis.png
|japanese_desc = 舞台装置の魔女（通称・ワルプルギスの夜 / 本名不明）その性質は無力。回り続ける愚者の象徴。歴史の中で語り継がれる謎の魔女。通称・ワルプルギスの夜。この世の全てを戯曲へ変えてしまうまで無軌道に世界中を回り続ける。普段逆さ位置にある人形が上部へ来た時、暴風の如き速度で飛行し瞬く間に地表の文明をひっくり返してしまう。
|english_desc = The set-constructing witch (alias: Walpurgis Night / real name: unknown); her nature is helplessness. She symbolizes the fool who continuously spins in circles. The witch's mysteries have been handed down through the course of history; her appellation is "Walpurgis Night." She will continue to rotate aimlessly throughout the world until she completely changes the whole of this age into a drama. When the doll's usual upside-down position reaches the top part of the witch, she completely roils the civilization on the ground in a flash through her gale-like flight.
|type = Stage-constructing witch
|nature = Helplessness
|episodes = [[Episode 1]], [[Episode 10]], [[Episode 11]], [[Episode 12]]
}}

==Minions==
{{Card
|name=?????
|runes = ?????
|image = File:Card_Walpurgis_minions.png
|japanese_desc = 舞台装置の魔女の手下。その役割は道化役者。強大な魔力に引かれ集まった無数の魂。ワルプルギスの夜自身が元々一人の誰かであったのか、或いは多くの魂が集合することにより生まれた幻であるのか、今となっては分からない。
|english_desc = The set-constructing witch's minions. Their duty is to be clowns. Countless souls drawn to her vast magical power. Nobody knows whether Walpurgis Night was initially a single person, or if it was a phantom born from the gathering of many spirits.
|type = Minions of the set-constructing witch
|task = Being clowns
|episodes = [[Episode 11]], [[Episode 12]]
}}

==Trivia==
* Walpurgis Night is named for '''Walpurgisnacht''', a traditional spring festival celebrated on 30 April or 1 May in large parts of Central and Northern Europe. For more information on the festival's history, cultural and literary impacts, and connection to witchcraft, see [[Speculah: Walpurgis Night]].
* [[Kyouko Sakura]] confirmed that Walpurgis was the most powerful witch in [[Episode 9]]; in [[Episode 10]], however, [[Madoka Kaname]] eclipsed her in power in two of the timelines created by [[Homura Akemi]], becoming the god-like [[Kriemhild Gretchen]]. [[Episode 11]] showed that Walpurgis can withstand repeated attacks from heavy artillery, and her mere appearance can cause hundreds of deaths.
* While Walpurgis does not need to hide in a barrier, like other witches, her arrival in Mitakihara Town is preceded by a carnival-like procession of familiars. This is apparently a reflection of her theatrical theme, and possibly also evidence of her desire to transform the world into a giant "stage."
* The witch's most prominent familiars take the form of former magical girls, as evidenced by their resemblance to the [[:File:Puellamagis.png|puellae magi]] shown in the final scene of [[Episode 12]].
**They also bear similiarity to characters from [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa3o0yCwHto#t=207s the music video of Maaya Sakamoto's Universe]. This is unsurprising as both the MV and witch sequences are designed by animators [[Gekidan Inu Curry]].
* Walpurgis never drops a Grief Seed in any of the timelines. Whether this is because she doesn't have one or because the Grief Seed is always lost in the confusion of battle is unknown.
* The exterior view of [[Homura Residence|Homura's residence]] resembles a scene from [[wikipedia:Shadow_of_Memories|''Shadow of Memories'']] (Shadow of Destiny for North America). Interestingly, it went through several title changes before release, among them ''The Day and Night of Walpurgisnacht'', ''Days of Walpurgis'', and ''Time Adventure''.
* In the manga adaptation of Madoka Magica, Walpurgis Night's familiars are different: {{Spoiler|She attacks Homura with shadow copies of Mami, Sayaka, and Kyouko.}} The significance of this is unknown.
* [http://wiki.puella-magi.net/NewType_2011-07#InuCurry_.28bewitched_space_design.29_and_Yukihiro_Miyamoto_.28series_director.29 According to witch animator and designer InuCurry], Walpurgis Night's and Kriemhild Gretchen's silhouettes are supposed to make a pair. The significance of this is unknown.

==Speculation==
[[File:Walpurgis Night moving parts.gif|right]]
*Homura may have been tracking down several other magical girls to figure out which one of them became Walpurgis Night. She may also have been trying to figure out what the witch might look like; however, the visuals she has depict several magical girl appearances.
*Walpurgis Night could be the witch of a magic girl who defeated the previous most powerful witch. As QB mentioned in Episode 10, the only choice left for a magic girl after defeating the most powerful witch "is to become a (even more powerful) witch herself".
*Given the nature of Walpurgis Night and the presence of gears and the "falling" figure of the witch, Walpurgis Night could be the witch form of Homura. Although Homura's magic is very limited, her experience in multiple timelines makes the witch a formidable foe.
**Walpurgis Night could be Homura's witch form from the future, where she despairs with the fact that her involvement with Madoka only made her suffer some more. This would make sense if Timeline 1 was the best possible ending and the witch's goal is to kill Madoka alone (Timeline 1) or to kill Homura and end her fate.
**Evidence supporting this theory are the gears and cogwheels, as well as the fact how her arrival is always extremely vague (ie. time travel, Homura Akemi's power as a Puella Magi).
***Also by her theme of helplessness and her being 'the fool who continuously spins in circles' (referencing the time loop Homura has created)
[[File:Walpurgis minions comparison.png|thumb|right|200px|Walpurgis Night's minions were Puellae Magi]]
*It is possible that Walpurgis Night is a fusion of multiple witches into a single powerful entity. This is supported by Walpurgis Night in both real-world belief and Faust being a witch's gathering - in this case the witches are gathering into one entity. The magical girl silhouettes in Homura's room can be interpreted as Homura not tracking down one magical girl that becomes Walpurgis, but rather all of the magical girls that become Walpurgis. The Paul Klee painting "Walpurgisnacht," assuming it has relevance, does seem to depict several witches fused together.
**One of the pictures in Homura's room is of two lines of female silhouettes holding hands and dancing. In between the two lines is the word "Walpurgisnacht." Perhaps they're doing a fusion dance?
*** Walpurgis Night's familiars perform a similar dance both while the witch is attacking the town and while Madoka is cleansing the witches. They may be attacking Madoka, enhancing her power, or in some way trying to fuse with her (perhaps resulting in Kriemhild Gretchen's ultimate form).
**This theory is strangely sound, since the basis of Walpurgis Night is a gathering of witches. This could mean that Walpurgis Night could be a mash-up of many witches, thus creating a super-witch.
**Further support for this theory may be the gradual dissolution of Walpurgis Night as Madoka granted absolution to the various Magical Girls throughout time, in addition to the fact that the witch's familiars take the form of the various girls.
**Walpurgis Night's minions suspiciously resembles the silhouettes of speculated Puellae Magi like Gisela(?), Charlotte(?), Gertrud?, Izabel(?) and two unknowns.
**Let us say that "Walpurgisnacht" is the product of the amalgamation of several Witches. Considering that the festival goes back to ancient times, we can only assume that a New "Walpurgisnacht" emerges during the time of the Witches festival to replaced the old one if it gets defeated. It is unknown what happens to "Walpurgisnacht" after the witches festival ends. We can only assume that it either disassembles back to "normal" or perhaps it goes to slumber until the next festival. Considering there is little evidence, this speculation could be completely wrong.
** Perhaps Walpurgis Night appears to absorb new Puella Magi/witches into its power. That could be why she came to Mitakihara - to find Madoka.
*The exact time of Walpurgis Night's appearance may be midnight at the Brocken mountain in Germany, the site of real Walpurgisnacht festivities. This is approximately 8 AM in Japan. When Madoka defeats Walpurgis in Episode 12, a blue daytime sky is revealed. The sun is not shown, so is most likely close to the horizon, as it would be at 8 AM.
*The preview pages for Oriko Magica reveal that the title character, Oriko, is a magical girl able to the future; in this future, she sees Walpurgis Night, not upside down, wrecking Mitakihara Town. Then she sees the magical girl from the cover art, and believes that she might be the key to stopping Walpurgis Night, suggesting to Kyubey that he go recruit her. As such, speculah: either Oriko or the girl from the cover will become Walpurgis Night, as either one of them becoming that Witch would illustrate Oriko's helplessness at changing the future.
** {{Spoiler|Volume 2 of Oriko Magica reveals that Oriko had actually seen Kriemhild Gretchen.}}
* The witch's card refers to the humanoid part of Walpurgis Night as a doll, and the gear as the "top part" of the witch. Therefore, the lower half is probably only a decoy body, similar to Charlotte's first form. This is further enforced by the fact that while the doll body is destroyed by Madoka's attack, the gear is unaffected and continues to approach her. It's also interesting to note that in Goethe's Faust, the titular character is led to the witch's festival by a homunculus (an artificially-made humanoid created through alchemy).

==Gallery==
===Episode 1===
<gallery>
File:Ep1 Witch Floating.jpg| Walpurgis Night's first appearance in the series.
File:Ep1_Witch_Cog.jpg|The gear portion under the witch's skirt, moments before blowing Homura away.
File:Witch_from_episode_1.jpg| A clearer shot of the gears.
File:Ep1_Witch.jpg| Walpurgis's face can barely be discerned.
</gallery>
===Episode 8===
<gallery>
File:Display 01.jpg|One of the screens in Homura's residence displays an elaborate woodcut of the witch. She seems to be holding her "hands" to her mouth.
File:Display 03.jpg|On the right-hand side of the image, Walpurgis Night is shown right-side-up and surrounded by flames. This is in line with her informational card, which states that she causes destruction when her upper body is righted.
File:Display 05.jpg|The witch's familiars are shown more closely here.
File:Display 06.jpg|A silhouette of an upside-down Walpurgis Night is accompanied by the text "Ein Narr," which translates to "a fool" in German; the witch's informational card also refers to her as a "fool." However, the torn part of the image shows a part of what appears to be a letter K. "Kein narr" translates to "no fool"
File:Display 08.jpg|Note the green figure above the caption "Walpurgis Night" on the left-hand side. This may have been Walpurgis's magical girl form, as a girl wearing a similar tulip-shaped skirt and conical headdress appears in the magical girl "lineup" at the end of the series.
</gallery>

===Episode 10===
<gallery>
File:Walpurgis.PNG|Walpurgis from one of the previous timelines.
File:Walpurgis_Comparison.PNG|Her appearance seems to change every time Madoka and Homura encounter her.
File:Worlf_after_Walpurgis_Night.png|Madoka's victory over the witch is a Pyrrhic one: Mitakihara is still in ruins, and she herself has become Kriemhild Gretchen.
File:Madoka-mahou-shoujo.jpg|Walpurgis is not upside-down. Something may happen according to the card.
</gallery>

===Episode 11===
<gallery>
File:Walpurgisnacht_Procession.jpg|The procession of familiars heralding the arrival of Walpurgis Night.
File:Homura_Heavy_Weapons_Kata.jpg|In order to defeat the witch, Homura gathered enough weapons to rival a small dictatorship. Unfortunately, this was not enough.
File:Walpurgis-e11.jpg|Walpurgis Night beginning her attack on Mitakihara City.
File:Walpurgignite.PNG|Walpurgis breathes fire, fitting for her carnival theme.
File:Staredown.PNG|Unaffected by previous attacks, Walpurgis taunts Homura.
File:Drawlpurgis.PNG|Flying towards Homura before being hit by missiles.
File:Walpurgis_crash.PNG|Knocked down by Homura's attack.
File:Familiars_appear.PNG|A beam fired by Walpurgis breaks apart to reveal her familiars.
File:Walpurgis_flames.PNG|Given the holiday's association with bonfires, Walpurgis appears to be fireproof.
File:Dancing_flames.PNG|Walpurgis is surrounded by dancing figures that burst into flame.
File:Familiar_block.PNG|The familiars attempt to stop Homura from reaching Walpurgis.
File:Walpurgis_float.PNG|Walpurgis cuts a path of destruction through the city.
</gallery>

===Episode 12===
<gallery>
File:Dollpurgis.PNG|The doll half of Walpurgis appears to be a decoy.
File:Walpurgisbot.PNG|Walpurgis Night's doll body looks mechanical in origin.
File:Walpurgiscog.PNG|The gear positions itself before Madoka. It may be the true body of the witch.
File:Familiar_dance.PNG|The familiars dance around Madoka before Walpurgis is destroyed.
</gallery>

===Fanart and speculation===
{{fanart}}
<gallery>
File:Ep1_Witch_Approx.jpg|A fan's approximation of Walpurgis Night's appearance.
File:Ep1_Witch_Prolog.jpg|Speculation that the Soul Gem shown in "Prolog in Himmel" scene may be that of Walpurgis.
</gallery>

==External links==
*{{card_link|id=30}}

==See also==
* [[Glossary#Walpurgis Night]] - definition from the official website
* [[Witch from the dream in episode one]]
* [[Speculah:Walpurgis Night]] - speculations

[[Category:Witches]]

Walpurgis Night

2011-07-23T19:35:27Z

MsDevin92:

__NOTOC__ {{spoilers}}
'''Walpurgis Night''' (alternately referred to as "Walpurgisnacht" or "Walpurgis" both in the series and among fans) is supposedly the strongest witch current Magical Girls would have to fight. Her real name is unknown, while "Walpurgis Night" is a common moniker given to it by Puellae Magi. Her nature had been kept mysterious during most of the series, which led to a lot of speculation from fans during the original broadcast. This article's first purpose is, as with the other witches, to provide information about her.

For a compilation of historical, mythological, and literary information concerning {{nihongo|[[wikipedia:Walpurgis_Night|Walpurgisnacht]]|ワルプルギスの夜|Warupurugisu no Yoru|Night of Walpurgis}}, a term first mentioned by [[Homura Akemi|Homura]] in [[Episode 6]], see [[Speculah:Walpurgis Night]].
{{Card
|name=?????
|runes = ?????
|image = File:Card_Walpurgis.png
|japanese_desc = 舞台装置の魔女（通称・ワルプルギスの夜 / 本名不明）その性質は無力。回り続ける愚者の象徴。歴史の中で語り継がれる謎の魔女。通称・ワルプルギスの夜。この世の全てを戯曲へ変えてしまうまで無軌道に世界中を回り続ける。普段逆さ位置にある人形が上部へ来た時、暴風の如き速度で飛行し瞬く間に地表の文明をひっくり返してしまう。
|english_desc = The set-constructing witch (alias: Walpurgis Night / real name: unknown); her nature is helplessness. She symbolizes the fool who continuously spins in circles. The witch's mysteries have been handed down through the course of history; her appellation is "Walpurgis Night." She will continue to rotate aimlessly throughout the world until she completely changes the whole of this age into a drama. When the doll's usual upside-down position reaches the top part of the witch, she completely roils the civilization on the ground in a flash through her gale-like flight.
|type = Stage-constructing witch
|nature = Helplessness
|episodes = [[Episode 1]], [[Episode 10]], [[Episode 11]], [[Episode 12]]
}}

==Minions==
{{Card
|name=?????
|runes = ?????
|image = File:Card_Walpurgis_minions.png
|japanese_desc = 舞台装置の魔女の手下。その役割は道化役者。強大な魔力に引かれ集まった無数の魂。ワルプルギスの夜自身が元々一人の誰かであったのか、或いは多くの魂が集合することにより生まれた幻であるのか、今となっては分からない。
|english_desc = The set-constructing witch's minions. Their duty is to be clowns. Countless souls drawn to her vast magical power. Nobody knows whether Walpurgis Night was initially a single person, or if it was a phantom born from the gathering of many spirits.
|type = Minions of the set-constructing witch
|task = Being clowns
|episodes = [[Episode 11]], [[Episode 12]]
}}

==Trivia==
* Walpurgis Night is named for '''Walpurgisnacht''', a traditional spring festival celebrated on 30 April or 1 May in large parts of Central and Northern Europe. For more information on the festival's history, cultural and literary impacts, and connection to witchcraft, see [[Speculah: Walpurgis Night]].
* [[Kyouko Sakura]] confirmed that Walpurgis was the most powerful witch in [[Episode 9]]; in [[Episode 10]], however, [[Madoka Kaname]] eclipsed her in power in two of the timelines created by [[Homura Akemi]], becoming the god-like [[Kriemhild Gretchen]]. [[Episode 11]] showed that Walpurgis can withstand repeated attacks from heavy artillery, and her mere appearance can cause hundreds of deaths.
* While Walpurgis does not need to hide in a barrier, like other witches, her arrival in Mitakihara Town is preceded by a carnival-like procession of familiars. This is apparently a reflection of her theatrical theme, and possibly also evidence of her desire to transform the world into a giant "stage."
* The witch's most prominent familiars take the form of former magical girls, as evidenced by their resemblance to the [[:File:Puellamagis.png|puellae magi]] shown in the final scene of [[Episode 12]].
**They also bear similiarity to characters from [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa3o0yCwHto#t=207s the music video of Maaya Sakamoto's Universe]. This is unsurprising as both the MV and witch sequences are designed by animators [[Gekidan Inu Curry]].
* Walpurgis never drops a Grief Seed in any of the timelines. Whether this is because she doesn't have one or because the Grief Seed is always lost in the confusion of battle is unknown.
* The exterior view of [[Homura Residence|Homura's residence]] resembles a scene from [[wikipedia:Shadow_of_Memories|''Shadow of Memories'']] (Shadow of Destiny for North America). Interestingly, it went through several title changes before release, among them ''The Day and Night of Walpurgisnacht'', ''Days of Walpurgis'', and ''Time Adventure''.
* In the manga adaptation of Madoka Magica, Walpurgis Night's familiars are different: {{Spoiler|She attacks Homura with shadow copies of Mami, Sayaka, and Kyouko.}} The significance of this is unknown.

==Speculation==
[[File:Walpurgis Night moving parts.gif|right]]
*Homura may have been tracking down several other magical girls to figure out which one of them became Walpurgis Night. She may also have been trying to figure out what the witch might look like; however, the visuals she has depict several magical girl appearances.
*Walpurgis Night could be the witch of a magic girl who defeated the previous most powerful witch. As QB mentioned in Episode 10, the only choice left for a magic girl after defeating the most powerful witch "is to become a (even more powerful) witch herself".
*Given the nature of Walpurgis Night and the presence of gears and the "falling" figure of the witch, Walpurgis Night could be the witch form of Homura. Although Homura's magic is very limited, her experience in multiple timelines makes the witch a formidable foe.
**Walpurgis Night could be Homura's witch form from the future, where she despairs with the fact that her involvement with Madoka only made her suffer some more. This would make sense if Timeline 1 was the best possible ending and the witch's goal is to kill Madoka alone (Timeline 1) or to kill Homura and end her fate.
**Evidence supporting this theory are the gears and cogwheels, as well as the fact how her arrival is always extremely vague (ie. time travel, Homura Akemi's power as a Puella Magi).
***Also by her theme of helplessness and her being 'the fool who continuously spins in circles' (referencing the time loop Homura has created)
[[File:Walpurgis minions comparison.png|thumb|right|200px|Walpurgis Night's minions were Puellae Magi]]
*It is possible that Walpurgis Night is a fusion of multiple witches into a single powerful entity. This is supported by Walpurgis Night in both real-world belief and Faust being a witch's gathering - in this case the witches are gathering into one entity. The magical girl silhouettes in Homura's room can be interpreted as Homura not tracking down one magical girl that becomes Walpurgis, but rather all of the magical girls that become Walpurgis. The Paul Klee painting "Walpurgisnacht," assuming it has relevance, does seem to depict several witches fused together.
**One of the pictures in Homura's room is of two lines of female silhouettes holding hands and dancing. In between the two lines is the word "Walpurgisnacht." Perhaps they're doing a fusion dance?
*** Walpurgis Night's familiars perform a similar dance both while the witch is attacking the town and while Madoka is cleansing the witches. They may be attacking Madoka, enhancing her power, or in some way trying to fuse with her (perhaps resulting in Kriemhild Gretchen's ultimate form).
**This theory is strangely sound, since the basis of Walpurgis Night is a gathering of witches. This could mean that Walpurgis Night could be a mash-up of many witches, thus creating a super-witch.
**Further support for this theory may be the gradual dissolution of Walpurgis Night as Madoka granted absolution to the various Magical Girls throughout time, in addition to the fact that the witch's familiars take the form of the various girls.
**Walpurgis Night's minions suspiciously resembles the silhouettes of speculated Puellae Magi like Gisela(?), Charlotte(?), Gertrud?, Izabel(?) and two unknowns.
**Let us say that "Walpurgisnacht" is the product of the amalgamation of several Witches. Considering that the festival goes back to ancient times, we can only assume that a New "Walpurgisnacht" emerges during the time of the Witches festival to replaced the old one if it gets defeated. It is unknown what happens to "Walpurgisnacht" after the witches festival ends. We can only assume that it either disassembles back to "normal" or perhaps it goes to slumber until the next festival. Considering there is little evidence, this speculation could be completely wrong.
*The exact time of Walpurgis Night's appearance may be midnight at the Brocken mountain in Germany, the site of real Walpurgisnacht festivities. This is approximately 8 AM in Japan. When Madoka defeats Walpurgis in Episode 12, a blue daytime sky is revealed. The sun is not shown, so is most likely close to the horizon, as it would be at 8 AM.
*The preview pages for Oriko Magica reveal that the title character, Oriko, is a magical girl able to the future; in this future, she sees Walpurgis Night, not upside down, wrecking Mitakihara Town. Then she sees the magical girl from the cover art, and believes that she might be the key to stopping Walpurgis Night, suggesting to Kyubey that he go recruit her. As such, speculah: either Oriko or the girl from the cover will become Walpurgis Night, as either one of them becoming that Witch would illustrate Oriko's helplessness at changing the future.
** {{Spoiler|Volume 2 of Oriko Magica reveals that Oriko had actually seen Kriemhild Gretchen.}}
* The witch's card refers to the humanoid part of Walpurgis Night as a doll, and the gear as the "top part" of the witch. Therefore, the lower half is probably only a decoy body, similar to Charlotte's first form. This is further enforced by the fact that while the doll body is destroyed by Madoka's attack, the gear is unaffected and continues to approach her. It's also interesting to note that in Goethe's Faust, the titular character is led to the witch's festival by a homunculus (an artificially-made humanoid created through alchemy).

==Gallery==
===Episode 1===
<gallery>
File:Ep1 Witch Floating.jpg| Walpurgis Night's first appearance in the series.
File:Ep1_Witch_Cog.jpg|The gear portion under the witch's skirt, moments before blowing Homura away.
File:Witch_from_episode_1.jpg| A clearer shot of the gears.
File:Ep1_Witch.jpg| Walpurgis's face can barely be discerned.
</gallery>
===Episode 8===
<gallery>
File:Display 01.jpg|One of the screens in Homura's residence displays an elaborate woodcut of the witch. She seems to be holding her "hands" to her mouth.
File:Display 03.jpg|On the right-hand side of the image, Walpurgis Night is shown right-side-up and surrounded by flames. This is in line with her informational card, which states that she causes destruction when her upper body is righted.
File:Display 05.jpg|The witch's familiars are shown more closely here.
File:Display 06.jpg|A silhouette of an upside-down Walpurgis Night is accompanied by the text "Ein Narr," which translates to "a fool" in German; the witch's informational card also refers to her as a "fool." However, the torn part of the image shows a part of what appears to be a letter K. "Kein narr" translates to "no fool"
File:Display 08.jpg|Note the green figure above the caption "Walpurgis Night" on the left-hand side. This may have been Walpurgis's magical girl form, as a girl wearing a similar tulip-shaped skirt and conical headdress appears in the magical girl "lineup" at the end of the series.
</gallery>

===Episode 10===
<gallery>
File:Walpurgis.PNG|Walpurgis from one of the previous timelines.
File:Walpurgis_Comparison.PNG|Her appearance seems to change every time Madoka and Homura encounter her.
File:Worlf_after_Walpurgis_Night.png|Madoka's victory over the witch is a Pyrrhic one: Mitakihara is still in ruins, and she herself has become Kriemhild Gretchen.
File:Madoka-mahou-shoujo.jpg|Walpurgis is not upside-down. Something may happen according to the card.
</gallery>

===Episode 11===
<gallery>
File:Walpurgisnacht_Procession.jpg|The procession of familiars heralding the arrival of Walpurgis Night.
File:Homura_Heavy_Weapons_Kata.jpg|In order to defeat the witch, Homura gathered enough weapons to rival a small dictatorship. Unfortunately, this was not enough.
File:Walpurgis-e11.jpg|Walpurgis Night beginning her attack on Mitakihara City.
File:Walpurgignite.PNG|Walpurgis breathes fire, fitting for her carnival theme.
File:Drawlpurgis.PNG|Walpurgis drawn in a very different style than its other appearances.
File:Staredown.PNG|Unaffected by previous attacks, Walpurgis taunts Homura.
File:Walpurgis_crash.PNG|Knocked down by Homura's attack.
File:Familiars_appear.PNG|A beam fired by Walpurgis breaks apart to reveal her familiars.
File:Walpurgis_flames.PNG|Given the holiday's association with bonfires, Walpurgis appears to be fireproof.
File:Dancing_flames.PNG|Walpurgis is surrounded by dancing figures that burst into flame.
File:Familiar_block.PNG|The familiars attempt to stop Homura from reaching Walpurgis.
File:Walpurgis_float.PNG|Walpurgis cuts a path of destruction through the city.
</gallery>

===Episode 12===
<gallery>
File:Dollpurgis.PNG|The doll half of Walpurgis appears to be a decoy.
File:Walpurgisbot.PNG|Walpurgis Night's doll body looks mechanical in origin.
File:Walpurgiscog.PNG|The gear positions itself before Madoka. It may be the true body of the witch.
File:Familiar_dance.PNG|The familiars dance around Madoka before Walpurgis is destroyed.
</gallery>

===Fanart and speculation===
{{fanart}}
<gallery>
File:Ep1_Witch_Approx.jpg|A fan's approximation of Walpurgis Night's appearance.
File:Ep1_Witch_Prolog.jpg|Speculation that the Soul Gem shown in "Prolog in Himmel" scene may be that of Walpurgis.
</gallery>

==External links==
*{{card_link|id=30}}

==See also==
* [[Glossary#Walpurgis Night]] - definition from the official website
* [[Witch from the dream in episode one]]
* [[Speculah:Walpurgis Night]] - speculations

[[Category:Witches]]

File:Walpurgiscog.PNG

2011-07-23T19:26:47Z

MsDevin92:

File:Walpurgisbot.PNG

2011-07-23T19:23:56Z

MsDevin92:

Walpurgis Night

2011-07-23T19:19:31Z

MsDevin92: /* Episode 11 */

__NOTOC__ {{spoilers}}
'''Walpurgis Night''' (alternately referred to as "Walpurgisnacht" or "Walpurgis" both in the series and among fans) is supposedly the strongest witch current Magical Girls would have to fight. Her real name is unknown, while "Walpurgis Night" is a common moniker given to it by Puellae Magi. Her nature had been kept mysterious during most of the series, which led to a lot of speculation from fans during the original broadcast. This article's first purpose is, as with the other witches, to provide information about her.

For a compilation of historical, mythological, and literary information concerning {{nihongo|[[wikipedia:Walpurgis_Night|Walpurgisnacht]]|ワルプルギスの夜|Warupurugisu no Yoru|Night of Walpurgis}}, a term first mentioned by [[Homura Akemi|Homura]] in [[Episode 6]], see [[Speculah:Walpurgis Night]].
{{Card
|name=?????
|runes = ?????
|image = File:Card_Walpurgis.png
|japanese_desc = 舞台装置の魔女（通称・ワルプルギスの夜 / 本名不明）その性質は無力。回り続ける愚者の象徴。歴史の中で語り継がれる謎の魔女。通称・ワルプルギスの夜。この世の全てを戯曲へ変えてしまうまで無軌道に世界中を回り続ける。普段逆さ位置にある人形が上部へ来た時、暴風の如き速度で飛行し瞬く間に地表の文明をひっくり返してしまう。
|english_desc = The set-constructing witch (alias: Walpurgis Night / real name: unknown); her nature is helplessness. She symbolizes the fool who continuously spins in circles. The witch's mysteries have been handed down through the course of history; her appellation is "Walpurgis Night." She will continue to rotate aimlessly throughout the world until she completely changes the whole of this age into a drama. When the doll's usual upside-down position reaches the top part of the witch, she completely roils the civilization on the ground in a flash through her gale-like flight.
|type = Stage-constructing witch
|nature = Helplessness
|episodes = [[Episode 1]], [[Episode 10]], [[Episode 11]], [[Episode 12]]
}}

==Minions==
{{Card
|name=?????
|runes = ?????
|image = File:Card_Walpurgis_minions.png
|japanese_desc = 舞台装置の魔女の手下。その役割は道化役者。強大な魔力に引かれ集まった無数の魂。ワルプルギスの夜自身が元々一人の誰かであったのか、或いは多くの魂が集合することにより生まれた幻であるのか、今となっては分からない。
|english_desc = The set-constructing witch's minions. Their duty is to be clowns. Countless souls drawn to her vast magical power. Nobody knows whether Walpurgis Night was initially a single person, or if it was a phantom born from the gathering of many spirits.
|type = Minions of the set-constructing witch
|task = Being clowns
|episodes = [[Episode 11]], [[Episode 12]]
}}

==Trivia==
* Walpurgis Night is named for '''Walpurgisnacht''', a traditional spring festival celebrated on 30 April or 1 May in large parts of Central and Northern Europe. For more information on the festival's history, cultural and literary impacts, and connection to witchcraft, see [[Speculah: Walpurgis Night]].
* [[Kyouko Sakura]] confirmed that Walpurgis was the most powerful witch in [[Episode 9]]; in [[Episode 10]], however, [[Madoka Kaname]] eclipsed her in power in two of the timelines created by [[Homura Akemi]], becoming the god-like [[Kriemhild Gretchen]]. [[Episode 11]] showed that Walpurgis can withstand repeated attacks from heavy artillery, and her mere appearance can cause hundreds of deaths.
* While Walpurgis does not need to hide in a barrier, like other witches, her arrival in Mitakihara Town is preceded by a carnival-like procession of familiars. This is apparently a reflection of her theatrical theme, and possibly also evidence of her desire to transform the world into a giant "stage."
* The witch's most prominent familiars take the form of former magical girls, as evidenced by their resemblance to the [[:File:Puellamagis.png|puellae magi]] shown in the final scene of [[Episode 12]].
**They also bear similiarity to characters from [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa3o0yCwHto#t=207s the music video of Maaya Sakamoto's Universe]. This is unsurprising as both the MV and witch sequences are designed by animators [[Gekidan Inu Curry]].
* Walpurgis never drops a Grief Seed in any of the timelines. Whether this is because she doesn't have one or because the Grief Seed is always lost in the confusion of battle is unknown.
* The exterior view of [[Homura Residence|Homura's residence]] resembles a scene from [[wikipedia:Shadow_of_Memories|''Shadow of Memories'']] (Shadow of Destiny for North America). Interestingly, it went through several title changes before release, among them ''The Day and Night of Walpurgisnacht'', ''Days of Walpurgis'', and ''Time Adventure''.
* In the manga adaptation of Madoka Magica, Walpurgis Night's familiars are different: {{Spoiler|She attacks Homura with shadow copies of Mami, Sayaka, and Kyouko.}} The significance of this is unknown.

==Speculation==
[[File:Walpurgis Night moving parts.gif|right]]
*Homura may have been tracking down several other magical girls to figure out which one of them became Walpurgis Night. She may also have been trying to figure out what the witch might look like; however, the visuals she has depict several magical girl appearances.
*Walpurgis Night could be the witch of a magic girl who defeated the previous most powerful witch. As QB mentioned in Episode 10, the only choice left for a magic girl after defeating the most powerful witch "is to become a (even more powerful) witch herself".
*Given the nature of Walpurgis Night and the presence of gears and the "falling" figure of the witch, Walpurgis Night could be the witch form of Homura. Although Homura's magic is very limited, her experience in multiple timelines makes the witch a formidable foe.
**Walpurgis Night could be Homura's witch form from the future, where she despairs with the fact that her involvement with Madoka only made her suffer some more. This would make sense if Timeline 1 was the best possible ending and the witch's goal is to kill Madoka alone (Timeline 1) or to kill Homura and end her fate.
**Evidence supporting this theory are the gears and cogwheels, the purple colour scheme, (what purple color scheme?) as well as the fact how her arrival is always extremely vague (ie. time travel, Homura Akemi's power as a Puella Magi).
***Also by her theme of helplessness and her being 'the fool who continuously spins in circles' (referencing the time loop Homura has created)
[[File:Walpurgis minions comparison.png|thumb|right|200px|Walpurgis Night's minions were Puellae Magi]]
*It is possible that Walpurgis Night is a fusion of multiple witches into a single powerful entity. This is supported by Walpurgis Night in both real-world belief and Faust being a witch's gathering - in this case the witches are gathering into one entity. The magical girl silhouettes in Homura's room can be interpreted as Homura not tracking down one magical girl that becomes Walpurgis, but rather all of the magical girls that become Walpurgis. The Paul Klee painting "Walpurgisnacht," assuming it has relevance, does seem to depict several witches fused together.
**One of the pictures in Homura's room is of two lines of female silhouettes holding hands and dancing. In between the two lines is the word "Walpurgisnacht." Perhaps they're doing a fusion dance?
**This theory is strangely sound, since the basis of Walpurgis Night is a gathering of witches. This could mean that Walpurgis Night could be a mash-up of many witches, thus creating a super-witch.
**Further support for this theory may be the gradual dissolution of Walpurgis Night as Madoka granted absolution to the various Magical Girls throughout time, in addition to the fact that the witch's familiars take the form of the various girls.
**Walpurgis Night's minions suspiciously resembles the silhouettes of speculated Puellae Magi like Gisela(?), Charlotte(?), Gertrud?, Izabel(?) and two unknowns.
**Let us say that "Walpurgisnacht" is the product of the amalgamation of several Witches. Considering that the festival goes back to ancient times, we can only assume that a New "Walpurgisnacht" emerges during the time of the Witches festival to replaced the old one if it gets defeated. It is unknown what happens to "Walpurgisnacht" after the witches festival ends. We can only assume that it either disassembles back to "normal" or perhaps it goes to slumber until the next festival. Considering there is little evidence, this speculation could be completely wrong.
*The exact time of Walpurgis Night's appearance may be midnight at the Brocken mountain in Germany, the site of real Walpurgisnacht festivities. This is approximately 8 AM in Japan. When Madoka defeats Walpurgis in Episode 12, a blue daytime sky is revealed. The sun is not shown, so is most likely close to the horizon, as it would be at 8 AM.
*The preview pages for Oriko Magica reveal that the title character, Oriko, is a magical girl able to the future; in this future, she sees Walpurgis Night, not upside down, wrecking Mitakihara Town. Then she sees the magical girl from the cover art, and believes that she might be the key to stopping Walpurgis Night, suggesting to Kyubey that he go recruit her. As such, speculah: either Oriko or the girl from the cover will become Walpurgis Night, as either one of them becoming that Witch would illustrate Oriko's helplessness at changing the future.
** {{Spoiler|Volume 2 of Oriko Magica reveals that Oriko had actually seen Kriemhild Gretchen.}}

==Gallery==
===Episode 1===
<gallery>
File:Ep1 Witch Floating.jpg| Walpurgis Night's first appearance in the series.
File:Ep1_Witch_Cog.jpg|The gear portion under the witch's skirt, moments before blowing Homura away.
File:Witch_from_episode_1.jpg| A clearer shot of the gears.
File:Ep1_Witch.jpg| Walpurgis's face can barely be discerned.
</gallery>
===Episode 8===
<gallery>
File:Display 01.jpg|One of the screens in Homura's residence displays an elaborate woodcut of the witch. She seems to be holding her "hands" to her mouth.
File:Display 03.jpg|On the right-hand side of the image, Walpurgis Night is shown right-side-up and surrounded by flames. This is in line with her informational card, which states that she causes destruction when her upper body is righted.
File:Display 05.jpg|The witch's familiars are shown more closely here.
File:Display 06.jpg|A silhouette of an upside-down Walpurgis Night is accompanied by the text "Ein Narr," which translates to "a fool" in German; the witch's informational card also refers to her as a "fool." However, the torn part of the image shows a part of what appears to be a letter K. "Kein narr" translates to "no fool"
File:Display 08.jpg|Note the green figure above the caption "Walpurgis Night" on the left-hand side. This may have been Walpurgis's magical girl form, as a girl wearing a similar tulip-shaped skirt and conical headdress appears in the magical girl "lineup" at the end of the series.
</gallery>

===Episode 10===
<gallery>
File:Walpurgis.PNG|Walpurgis from one of the previous timelines.
File:Walpurgis_Comparison.PNG|Her appearance seems to change every time Madoka and Homura encounter her.
File:Worlf_after_Walpurgis_Night.png|Madoka's victory over the witch is a Pyrrhic one: Mitakihara is still in ruins, and she herself has become Kriemhild Gretchen.
File:Madoka-mahou-shoujo.jpg|Walpurgis is not upside-down. Something may happen according to the card.
</gallery>

===Episode 11===
<gallery>
File:Walpurgisnacht_Procession.jpg|The procession of familiars heralding the arrival of Walpurgis Night.
File:Homura_Heavy_Weapons_Kata.jpg|In order to defeat the witch, Homura gathered enough weapons to rival a small dictatorship. Unfortunately, this was not enough.
File:Walpurgis-e11.jpg|Walpurgis Night beginning her attack on Mitakihara City.
File:Walpurgignite.PNG|Walpurgis breathes fire, fitting for her carnival theme.
File:Drawlpurgis.PNG|Walpurgis drawn in a very different style than its other appearances.
File:Staredown.PNG|Unaffected by previous attacks, Walpurgis taunts Homura.
File:Walpurgis_crash.PNG|Knocked down by Homura's attack.
File:Familiars_appear.PNG|A beam fired by Walpurgis breaks apart to reveal her familiars.
File:Walpurgis_flames.PNG|Given the holiday's association with bonfires, Walpurgis appears to be fireproof.
File:Dancing_flames.PNG|Walpurgis is surrounded by dancing figures that burst into flame.
File:Familiar_block.PNG|The familiars attempt to stop Homura from reaching Walpurgis.
File:Walpurgis_float.PNG|Walpurgis cuts a path of destruction through the city.
</gallery>

===Fanart and speculation===
{{fanart}}
<gallery>
File:Ep1_Witch_Approx.jpg|A fan's approximation of Walpurgis Night's appearance.
File:Ep1_Witch_Prolog.jpg|Speculation that the Soul Gem shown in "Prolog in Himmel" scene may be that of Walpurgis.
</gallery>

==External links==
*{{card_link|id=30}}

==See also==
* [[Glossary#Walpurgis Night]] - definition from the official website
* [[Witch from the dream in episode one]]
* [[Speculah:Walpurgis Night]] - speculations

[[Category:Witches]]

File:Walpurgis float.PNG

2011-07-23T19:17:59Z

MsDevin92: Walpurgis floats through town.

Walpurgis floats through town.

File:Walpurgis flames.PNG

2011-07-23T19:16:10Z

MsDevin92:

File:Walpurgis crash.PNG

2011-07-23T19:14:40Z

MsDevin92:

File:Walpurgignite.PNG

2011-07-23T19:13:41Z

MsDevin92: Walpurgis breathing fire.

Walpurgis breathing fire.

File:Familiars appear.PNG

2011-07-23T19:11:02Z

MsDevin92: The familiars appear.

The familiars appear.

File:Familiar dance.PNG

2011-07-23T19:08:53Z

MsDevin92: Walpurgis familiars dancing.

Walpurgis familiars dancing.

File:Familiar block.PNG

2011-07-23T19:07:47Z

MsDevin92: Walpurgis Night's familiars.

Walpurgis Night's familiars.

File:Drawlpurgis.PNG

2011-07-23T19:06:30Z

MsDevin92: Walpurgis drawn in a very different style than she appears in the rest of the episode.

Walpurgis drawn in a very different style than she appears in the rest of the episode.

File:Dollpurgis.PNG

2011-07-23T19:03:00Z

MsDevin92: Walpurgis Night's "real" body may be the cog, not the laughing woman.

Walpurgis Night's "real" body may be the cog, not the laughing woman.

File:Dancing flames.PNG

2011-07-23T19:01:21Z

MsDevin92: Walpurgis surrounded by what appears to be shadows of her familiars, colored like the flames she attacks with.

Walpurgis surrounded by what appears to be shadows of her familiars, colored like the flames she attacks with.

Kirika Kure

2011-06-16T11:35:08Z

MsDevin92:

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{{Infobox_character
|name=Kirika Kure
|image=<center>[[File:KirikaProfileImage01.png]]</center>
|jname=呉キリカ (Kure Kirika)
|weapon=Large, curved claws.
}}
{{Nihongo|'''Kirika Kure'''|呉キリカ|Kure Kirika}} is a character from [[Oriko_Magica|Puella Magi Oriko Magica]]. She is a magical girl who has a close relationship with [[Oriko]].

==Personality==
Kirika is somewhat rash. Her top priority is her friend, [[Oriko]], and she seems to do anything Oriko asks of her, including killing other magical girls. Kirika appears to be mentally unstable, such as her insistence in having everyone know the difference between "affection" and "love", as she is willing to devote herself entirely to her love.

She can be moody, perhaps even bipolar, switching from declarations of love to showing disdain towards everyone but Oriko in the span of moments. She tends to be overly serious when it comes to talking about Oriko and/or love, but often shows childish behavior, such as commenting about how hungry she is during battle.

Her current personality is the result of her wish, which was to "change" herself. She used to be timid and quiet, but meeting Oriko made her want to be more worthy of the girl's attention by being a different kind of person.

==History==
She is a school friend of [[Oriko]]. Though they went to different schools, Oriko was one of the only people to ever be nice to Kirika, and this, in addition to Oriko's charisma, leads her to be very attached to her.

Kirika's first appearance is at the end of [[Oriko Magica]] chapter 2, where she is seen talking to Oriko on her cell phone. Oriko asks her to do something, and Kirika says that she would never turn down one of her requests. She asks that her friend give her a little time to do it, though, as she is covered in blood and wants to clean up.

While in [[Oriko]]'s father's rose garden, the two prepare to have tea. Kirika names all the different kinds of roses she sees in an attempt to impress Oriko, but is told that it was Oriko's father, [[Hisaomi Mikuni]], who liked roses. Kirika says there's no point knowing anything that doesn't pertain to her friend, causing Oriko to comment that such thinking would make Kirika an ignorant child.

A witch attacks them, and as Kirika fights it, Oriko prepares the tea. Kirika comments about the witch daring to try to come between herself and Oriko. Kirika ends up smashing their table and ruining it, so the two just sit together after the battle, Kirika resting in Oriko's lap.

Later, she loses something important: a stuffed toy she wears on her hip that was a gift from Oriko. Mami finds and returns the toy to Kirika, who claims that Mami is her "savior." As thanks, Kirika treats Mami to a crepe. When Mami asks about the present, and makes the mistake of asking if Kirika likes the person who gave it to her. Kirika's attitude changes swiftly. She says that Mami throws such words around too easily, and that real love is "infinitely finite." While saying this, Kirika is suddenly surrounded and attacked by a witch. Mami resolves to save Kirika, but Kirika is fine. She says that she devoted herself to "her," meaning Oriko, and is willing to even kill her savior for that cause. When she transforms and attacks her, Mami realizes that this is the black magical girl responsible for the recent murders of the other magical girls in the city. Kirika confirms this. Mami defends herself as best she can, but Kirika is too fast to shoot or restrain with her ribbons. Eventually, Kirika wears her down until Mami lies on the ground, exhausted.

==Powers, Weapons & Abilities==
[[File:KirikaWeapons01.png|thumb|150px| Kirika's weapons.]]
Kirika's weapons are long, curved claws worn on her wrists and hands. There are three blades on each hand usually, though she can manifest more and have 5 on each hand. With these, she is able to slice open her opponents with six separate cuts. She also exhibits the ability to slow her enemies down, giving the illusion of her having exceptional acrobatic agility and speed.

==Trivia==
*When images of Kirika first surfaced, many fans thought she was [[Sayaka]].
*Some fans have noted similarities between Kirika and Touhou Project character [http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Renko_Usami Renko Usami].
*Kirika and Oriko are exactly 121 days and 3 hours apart in age. Kirika is the younger of the two.
*Her stuffed toy bears a resemblance to [[Kyubey]].

==Speculation==
* It is a common speculation that Kirika {{Spoiler|is the magical girl form of one of the witches seen in the anime. Patricia has been suggested as a possibility, based off Kirika's uniform on the cover of volume 2 (Note also that Patricia uses threads; Oriko's name means "weaver girl"). This particular idea has been debunked. Others, pointing to the sleeves of her magical girl outfit, suggest that she may be involved in the creation of Walpurgis Night}}.
** However, {{Spoiler|Kirika becomes a witch in the second volume, and her witch form does not resemble any of the witches seen in the anime}}.

==Gallery==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="left">
File:KirikaAsPuellaMagi01.png|Kirika after her transformation into a magical girl.
File:Kirikabiggerclaws.png|Kirika's weapons, expanded to have 5 claws.
File:Kirikatimespell.png|Kirika using a spell that slows down her enemies.
File:Orikovol2index.png|Kirika and Oriko in their school uniforms, showing that Kirika is a Mitakihara Middle School student.
</gallery>

==Fanart==
{{fanart}}
<gallery position="center" captionalign="left">
File:Black mage Kirika Kure art.jpg
File:Kirika 2.jpg
File:Kirikafanartb&w.png
</gallery>

[[Category:Characters]]

Hisaomi Mikuni

2011-06-15T22:19:04Z

MsDevin92: Giving Oriko's father a small summary.

{{Infobox_character
|name=Hisaomi Mikuni
|image=<center>[[File:Hisaomi.PNG]]</center>
}}
{{Nihongo|'''Hisaomi Mikuni'''}} is a posthumous character from [[Oriko_Magica|Puella Magi Oriko Magica]]. He was a prominent politician in [[Mitakihara Town]], and the father of [[Oriko]].

==Personality==
In Oriko's flashbacks, Hisaomi was shown to be a very hardworking man who promised to work for the greater good of everyone. His intention was to reform corrupt governmental policies and eventually bring peace to the entire world. This heavily inspired Oriko's goal and methods as a Puella Magi. {{Spoiler|However, his death revealed that he was a secretly unscrupulous man who had been falsifying fund records. He never faced punishment or tried to protect his daughter from the consequences.}}

He also liked roses, and kept a large garden of them behind his estate.

==History==
Hisaomi Mikuni was forging a steady path to victory in Mitakihara's political climate. His position and affiliate party are not revealed, but he most likely had high aspirations as he sought to change the government outside of the city, as well. His wife apparently died some time before, and Oriko spent her childhood spreading the word about his campaign. He told Oriko that his work was vital to a peaceful future.
During Oriko's high school years, it was discovered that Hisaomi had died {{Spoiler|by hanging himself. He was embezzling money from the town and committed suicide to escape prosecution, leaving his daughter behind as a scapegoat. While she felt betrayed by this,}} Oriko refers to him respectfully as "her father in Heaven" and states that she never fully stopped wanting to love or protect him.

Oriko Mikuni

2011-06-15T21:52:34Z

MsDevin92: Updating after the release of volume 2

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{{Infobox_character
|name=Oriko Mikuni
|image=<center>[[File:OrikoCharacterPage01.png]]</center>
|jname=美国織莉子 (Mikuni Oriko)
|weapon=Large, vine-patterned spheres.
}}
{{Nihongo|'''Oriko Mikuni'''|美国織莉子|Mikuni Oriko}} is the titular character from [[Oriko_Magica|Puella Magi Oriko Magica]]. She is a magical girl with the ability to forsee the future.

==Personality==
Oriko's ability to forsee the future gained her the understanding that magical girls can become witches, and because of that, a terrible future could await the city. Due to that vision, as well as her upbringing as the daughter of a politician, Oriko feels responsible to prevent that possible future, at all costs. Oriko smiles as she lies to Yuma, to manipulate the young girl into contracting with Kyubey. She convinces her close friend Kirika to do the dirty work of killing other magical girls. Oriko feels those means are justified by her end goal of protecting the peace she has achieved in her life with [[Kirika]], as well as bringing peace to the world. She seems to be highly influenced by her political family in her ability to exercise Machiavellian tactics with much personal charisma, all for the sake of a lofty goal.

Oriko shows a gentler side in her personal nature with her close friend Kirika. She enjoys teasing Kirika, but deep down, Oriko cares greatly for her. She'll even let Kirika sleep in her lap after a battle. Oriko also shows devotion to her family, from when she was a little child helping out her father in his campaigns to now doing what she can to help make her father's dream of a peaceful world come true.

==History==
Oriko contracted with [[Kyubey]] for a currently unknown wish. When testing out her magic for the first time, we cannot see Oriko's exact vision, but it's strongly implied that she sees [[Mitakihara_Town|Mitakihara Town]] in ruins equivalent to the destruction caused by [[Walpurgis_Night|Walpurgisnacht]] (as seen in Madoka's dream in [[Episode 1]] of the anime). Oriko knows that the witch has to be stopped, but it's much too strong for her to face. She is then struck by another vision and it is implied that she sees a vision of a girl, perhaps [[Yuma]], who can stop the witch. She tells Kyubey that this girl is a great [[Puella_Magi|Puella Magi]] candidate.

She appears again when [[Kyouko]] has gone to fight a witch, leaving Yuma behind at their hotel room. She speaks to Yuma and suggests that Kyouko may already be dead, playing on Yuma's fear of being alone. Yuma rushes off to find her friend, leading to a chain reaction of events that ends with her becoming contracted. Kyouko swears she's going to make Oriko pay for making Yuma into a magical girl.

In a flashback, it's revealed that Oriko is the daughter of a politician, Hisaomi Mikuni. As a young child, she helped him in his campaign. Now she wants to make his dream of bringing peace to the city, and then to the world, come true.

While in her father's rose garden, she and [[Kirika]] prepare to have tea. A witch attacks them, and as Kirika fights it, Oriko prepares the tea. Kirika ends up smashing their table and ruining it, so the two just sit together, Kirika resting in Oriko's lap. Oriko comments, "If you weren't here, I would be really broken," to the sleeping Kirika, and then seems to have another vision. This tells her that she's going to have to ask Kirika to fight again, to "protect [their] world."

During [[Kirika]]'s fight with [[Mami]], Oriko has a vision that Kirika will be mortally wounded and intervenes to rescue her. Mami recognizes Oriko from [[Kyouko]]'s description, to which Oriko responds that they will meet again and Mami will realize her "foolishness". She leaves without a fight, but Mami is nonetheless stunned as she could sense very powerful magic emanating from Oriko.

Back at Oriko's house, she is attempting to nurse Kirika, who refuses medical attention. Kirika also confesses that, afraid of being rejected by Oriko when they met, she wished to change her personality. Oriko tells her that she can never forgive the deception, but as both she and Kirika are smiling, it seems that they have no regrets. She then discovers that Kirika's Soul Gem has been cracked and begins crying.

As the fifth chapter begins, another flashback of Oriko's past is shown. She was a highly-respected young woman who excelled at almost anything. However, her world was turned inside-out and her reputation sullied when it was revealed that her father had been embezzling money, and he committed suicide to escape prosecution. Alongside Kirika, Oriko hijacks the announcement system at [[Mitakihara Middle School]] and gives a speech suggesting that she didn't stop respecting her father in spite of that. She cryptically warns the students about the presence of witches and how Puella Magi must defeat them for the greater good. The school is then enveloped by a witch's barrier, as familiars attack and devour the people inside.

Oriko and Kirika are confronted by [[Homura]] at the heart of the barrier world. Oriko reveals that she knows Homura from her vision, and has been trying to change the fate of Mitakihara Town ever since she received it. Her goal is to kill [[Madoka]] before she becomes a Puella Magi {{Spoiler|and then a witch capable of destroying the world}}. She then sends Kirika{{Spoiler|'s witch}} to attack Homura, who has been joined by [[Mami]], [[Yuma]], and [[Kyouko]]. Upon learning the truth, the other three are shocked and fight much more poorly, causing Oriko to pity their inability to accept reality.

The nature of Oriko's wish is revealed. After her father's suicide, people turned their scorn to her, sending her death threats and barring her from the school presidential elections. Oriko became a social shut-in, convinced everyone had betrayed her, and wondering what purpose she served in life if everything had depended on her father's political standing. At this point, [[Kyubey]] had appeared and offered her a contract that would define her existence from then on. Oriko wished to know the meaning of her life, which resulted in her precognitive abilities. She tells Homura that they are different, because Oriko wants to save many people as opposed to Homura, who is trying to protect only Madoka. She then fights Homura.

Kirika is defeated by the other three Puella Magi working together, driving Oriko into a rage. She only becomes more desperate when Kyubey appears, announcing that he's managed to see through Oriko's plan: using Yuma's contract and the murder of other magical girls to distract him from Madoka's potential. Oriko's Soul Gem is close to exhaustion, but she continues to attack Homura, aiming to make her use up enough magic so that she cannot defend Madoka. When Kyouko throws her spear at Kirika's body, Oriko jumps between them and is impaled. With the last of her strength, she throws {{Spoiler|a shard of Kirika's witch body}}, hitting Kyubey, and dies.

However, it turns out that Kyubey was not her target. Instead, Oriko hit Madoka, who had been coming to help Homura in the fight. {{Spoiler|Madoka is struck in the heart and killed instantly, causing Homura to create a new timeline.}} The last shot of the manga is Oriko and Kiria, holding hands in what is implied to be the afterlife.

==Powers, Weapons & Abilities==
[[File:Orikoweapons.png|thumb|100px|Oriko's weapons.]]
Oriko's powers manifest as the ability to see into the future. She is, however, physically weak, and thus asks Kirika to do her work as she would not be able to withstand a direct attack. She can summon multiple spheres, patterned with what appear to be vines. She can send these at her enemies to attack with blunt force at high speeds.

==Trivia==
*Despite being the titular character, Oriko is not featured on the first volume cover of [[Oriko_Magica|Oriko Magica]].
*Oriko means "weaver girl", and sounds similar to Oracle. The first character for Mikuni (美) means "beauty", while the second one (国) means "country". Using an alternate reading, Mikuni can refer to 未来に (miku ni), meaning "to the future".
*A number of fans have noted similarities between Oriko and Touhou Project characters [http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Maribel_Han Marbiel Han] and [http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Yukari_Yakumo Yukari Yakumo].
*Kirika and Oriko are exactly 121 days and 3 hours apart in age. Oriko is the older of the two.

==Speculation==
*It is likely that Hisaomi is not her birth father, as she mentions her "mother and father in heaven".
** However, it was later revealed that {{Spoiler|her father committed suicide after it was discovered that he'd been embezzling taxpayer money}}.
*It is suspected that with her power to see the future she has learned the truth behind the Puella Magi system; maybe she saw her own fate where she becomes a witch.
*It is speculated that Oriko {{Spoiler|will become one of the witches seen in the anime. Initially her appearance suggested she was Elsa Maria or Walpurgis Night. The latter speculation was strengthened when she sees a vision of what appears to be Walpurgis Night in her future, which some take to mean she will become Walpurgis. Then Chapter 3 revealed that her father had a rose garden, which prompted speculation that she was Gertrud; note that Oriko's name meaning "weaver girl" would complement Gertrud's association with scissors. Gertrud also has an insincere nature}}.

==Gallery==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="left">
File:Oriko_Magica_Sample_Fantranslated.jpg|Oriko using her magic for the first time.
File:OrikoCasulaDress.png|Oriko in her normal clothes.
File:ChildOriko01.png|Oriko as a child.
File:Orikovol2index.png|Kirika and Oriko in their school uniforms.
</gallery>

==Fanart==
{{fanart}}
<gallery position="center" captionalign="left">
File:Orikofanartwhite&grey.png
File:Orikomikuni-fanart01.jpg
File:Oriko and kyubey01.jpg
</gallery>

[[Category:Characters]]

Kyouko Sakura

2011-05-30T05:29:58Z

MsDevin92:

{{Infobox_character
|name=Kyouko Sakura
|image=[[File:RedHairedGirl.jpg|300px]]
|jname=佐倉杏子 (Sakura Kyouko)
|seiyuu=[http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=creator&creatorid=347 Ai Nonaka]
|age=14
|weapon=Spear
}}

As of [[Episode 3]], Kyouko Sakura only appears in a shot in the opening and as a silhouette in the ending. She appears first at the end of [[Episode 4]].

==Official Info==
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*A Puella Magi who came from another town, going after Mami's turf.
*She's always eating something.
*An egoist who doesn't take heed of damage to her surroundings.
*A girl with a foul mouth who appeared after [[Mami_Tomoe|Mami]]'s death. She is a callous Puella Magi who doesn't even mind sacrifices, no matter how much, if it's to gain a Grief Seed.
*A Puella Magi who simply has supernatural powers and abandoned the premise of justice and benevolence. In short, she doesn't hesitate in any sense in using her magic powers for her own selfish benefit and desires. Kyouko debuts as an ultra selfish character
*Her regular clothes are the active type and leave a delinquent impression somewhere. She seems to be the type who doesn't mind her navel peeking out.
*She seems to have a rather sadistic side. This is shown in episode 6 when she approaches Sayaka when Sayaka is about to visit her friend Kyousuke. Kyouko scoffs at Sayaka's wish, then says that if she wanted him that badly, she should just go in and break his hand and legs, leaving him crippled and they could be together.
*Kyouko was the daughter of a preacher. Her father started to deviate from regular doctrine and was excommunicated for it - Kyouko used her wish to get her father more followers; however, upon finding this out, her father went insane and killed the entire family but Kyouko, then commiting suicide. From there on, Kyouko only uses her magical powers for herself.
*Kyouko values food and chastises those who waste it. After her father lost supporters, Kyouko and her family (parents, Kyouko herself, an unnamed little sister) nearly starved.
*While Kyouko was initially cold toward Sayaka, she grows to like her. This is because Kyouko sees Sayaka making the same mistakes as her. During the end of episode 7, Kyouko even monitors Sayaka's witch hunt. While it is unknown if Sayaka needed her help, Kyouko does protect Sayaka against one of the witch's attacks.
*Kyouko, as revealed in episode 9, liked Sayaka because Sayaka reminded her why she became a magical girl: Kyouko loved stories where love and courage prevail.
*Kyouko tries to help return Sayaka to normal by using Madoka to reach her. However, after sustaining many blows in the battle with the Witch Sayaka and seeing Madoka's failure to reach her humanity, Kyouko sacrifices herself to not only kill Sayaka, but make sure Sayaka didn't die alone. Also allowing Homura and Madoka to leave safely.
*In a previous timeline, Kyouko is killed by a mentally broken Mami after the fight with Octavia. Having gone mad after learning what happens to Puella Magi with time, Mami shot and destroyed Kyouko's Soul Gem, killing her in what she saw as a mercy kill that would save Kyouko from becoming a witch.
*She is brought back to life by Madoka's wish in Episode 12

==Trivia==
*Before her name was officially revealed, she was nicknamed Condom-chan by Western fans because of the suggestive-looking ice lolly she had flapping in her mouth in the Opening animation. She is nicknamed Anko by Japanese fans due to an initial misreading of her name when she was first revealed in a magazine.
*Her last name can also be used as a first name.
*Her first name Kyouko (杏子) can also be read as Anzu (あんず)–apricot. Apricot+ is [[wikipedia:Ume_Aoki|Ume]]'s circle name [http://ap.sakuraweb.com/].
*The first character of her name (杏) is the implied real first name (An) of Kafuka Fuura from [[wikipedia:Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei|Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei]]. Both characters are voiced by [[Wikipedia:Ai Nonaka|Ai Nonaka]]
*According to some fans, her somewhat tomboyish nature, reddish hair tied in a pony-tail and sporty style of clothing (when not transformed) which includes shorts and exposes her navel make her look rather like Yoko Littner from Tengan Toppa Gurren Lagann (a mecha anime from Gainax)

==Speculations & Observations==
[[File:The savior of a new world.jpg|right|100px|thumb|his heresy]]
*Certain comments from [[Mami]] in Episode 2 and 3 seem to be referring to Kyouko, indicating that they had encountered each other in the past. She mentions Mami by name in Episode 4. In Episode 5, when Sayaka says that she blames Mami's death on people like Kyouko, Kyouko tells her to "Shut up. Just shut up", further implying some connection between the two. The prequel manga ''[[Oriko Magica]]'', which will star Kyouko and Mami, is likely to explain this in detail.
*Her behavior and character hint to next possible past of hers. In episode seven, it is revealed that she too made a selfless wish for her father, and ended up losing her entire family due to her wish's repercussions. Thus, she eats gratuitously because her family never had enough to eat before she made her wish. Kyouko states that she has learned from this experience that using magic to help others is a mistake, and that magic should only be used to make one's own wishes come true.
**It is possible that Kyouko is suffering from an eating disorder brought by the traumatic death of her family. Kyouko uses food as a way to comfort her loneliness or any sorrowful events.
***It may be possible that Kyouko eats excessively to erase the memories of hunger, as those emotions are tied to her traumatic past.
*Kyouko's father was a priest who was responsible for the overseeing of a large cathedral. As a result of preaching new ideas and deviating from church doctrine he was excommunicated from the order, he was also alienated from his congregation as a result of preaching heresy (?).
**Kyouko's father could be an [[wikipedia:Nippon_Sei_Ko_Kai|Anglican priest]] since he is married with children, also his clergy outfit is similar to their style. Another evidence is that his cathedral shares some architectural similarities to the [[wikipedia:Canterbury_Cathedral|Canterbury Cathedral]].
** According to Kyouko, her father was an extremely kind and sensitive man. So sensitive that he was in constant worry due to the state of the world's affairs. In her own words: ''"He was too honest. Too kind. Every morning reading the paper, the worries of the world brought him to tears"''. As a result of this he started preaching new ideas born more from his convoluted (idealistic) emotions rather than continue to preach the acceptable doctrine, which got him and his family to become destitute and hungry. Driven by hunger and pity, Kyouko made her wish to help his father find new followers by making anyone who listened to him to believe his words. But Kyouko's father soon learned the truth behind the miracle that he experienced, that his preaching was only accepted as a result of magic and not by real devotion to his radical ideas. The fact that his followers' hearts and minds were manipulated by magic shattered his mind and worldview. Once Kyouko's father is confronted with the awful truth, probably driven by madness, he decides to kill his wife and Kyouko's little sister, after murdering his family in cold blood he commits suicide. It is unknown how or why Kyouko survived or if her father tried to take her life. It is assumed that she most likely survived as a result of her being a Puella Magi who cannot die unless her Soul Gem is destroyed.
***It is possible to say that Kyouko's father would have never been able to trust anyone as a result of the spell that was cast upon him. Not only did he saw his daughter as a sort of monster (witch) but he probably saw himself to be an abomination, which is why he decided death was the only viable option.
*It's speculated by some fans that her unnamed younger sister may have secretly been turned into a Magical Girl, only to become the witch [[Elsa Maria]] in the end.
*In Episode 9, she stores Sayaka's soulless body in an expensively decorated room. Some viewers believe that this is her true home, but there has been speculation that it is merely a hotel room that she managed to somehow commandeer using her magic.
**Episode 11 reveals that Sayaka's body was found in a hotel room with no leads to what happened. It is unlikely that was Kyouko's residency.
**The [[Oriko Magica|Oriko manga]] reinforces the idea that Kyouko lacks a permanent residency, instead she takes shelter at a fancy hotel (it is never stated how is she able to afford it or what trick she used to obtain a room).
***Rumor has it that there is a magazine article that states that Kyouko has mind trick powers that she gained when she made her wish (similar to her Father's ability to make people believe him) but she lost those powers due to the trauma caused by seeing her father killing her family and hanging himself. The same article indicates that Kyouko gets her monetary income by breaking and busting ATM machines, she uses the stolen money to buy food and pay rent on expensive hotel rooms.
****[[Talk:Translated_Official_Documents#June_2011|This magazine article]] confirms the suspicion in regards to Kyouko's income, it also supports the idea that Kyouko has the ability from her wish to charm others "mind trick" but doesn't use them as she suppresses them subconsciously because of the trauma with her family. Her powers had been described as persuasion/hallucination.
*****Same article illustrates that Kyouko's bad behavior and mischief is due to her attempt to cope with reality to survive her ordeal. It is thanks to this survival mechanism that she was able to avoid despair. Same article indicates that while Kyouko is no stranger to robbery, she would never harm anyone who was innocent in the process. Instead, she would commit her crimes without harming anyone physically by committing them at night.
*Her spear could be a reference to the scorpions spear.
**The spear appears as linked pieces during combat , like the scorpions tail .
**She uses a warding spell in battle . Scorpions often associated with protection/warding spells ,in Egypt and Tibet the Scorpion is made into an amulet - signifying protection and warding off evil.
**The scorpion character who appears in Goethe's Faust is caught between the extremes of heaven or hell. Kyouko commits sins like letting people die and (likely) steals food , but in the same time she's seen as praying and she never allows wasting food.
***Kyouko offers an apple to Sayaka while she advises her to live a life of selfishness but Sayaka refuses both of them. Sayaka believes that Kyouko's self-centered philosophy is just wrong and also rejects the fruit because she apparently believes it was stolen. Her attempt to tempt Sayaka with an apple and her suggestion to follow a path of selfish survivalism could be interpreted as Kyouko acting as the snake advising Sayaka to abandon the path of justice.
***Kyouko refuses to abandon Sayaka's soulless body in Episode 9 even after Homura told her it was hopeless, she even sacrifices some of her Soul Gem's purity to keep Sayaka's body warm at her own expense. Kyouko even admits to Madoka that one time she used to be an idealist just like Sayaka, that she used to believe in stories where love and courage could overcome anything.
*Her spear could be a reference to a Snake in it's elongated form or the Lance of Longinus.

===Platonic or Yuri Love?===
It is common to find yuri subtext on the Mahou Shoujo genre, sometimes it develops into shippings or pairings created by fans, even if it was not part of the creators original intention. The creators of the show may have been aware of this phenomenon so they decided to exploit the same yuri subtext phenomenon when it came to the relationship between Kyouko and Sayaka. However, the yuri subtext mostly comes from Kyouko making it one-sided; while it is officially recognized that Kyouko has feelings for Sayaka, it is uncertain what types of feelings they are. Fans would argue that Sayaka just never had the chance to return these feelings, and Kyouko was never really good in articulating them.

You can find more details [[Yuri_undertones#Sayaka_and_Kyouko|here]].

== Gallery ==

=== Official art ===
<gallery>
File:Kyouko character art.png|Official character art (from the official website).
File:Kyouko spear.png|
File:Kyouko family.png|Official art of Kyouko's family (depiction of her father and younger sister)
File:Apricot +7.jpg|[[Ume Aoki]] doujin "RKGKMDK" from COMIC1☆5, under Apricot+ alias
File:10.jpg|Ume shipping Kyouko and Sayaka in her doujin
File:Apricot +9.jpg|Fan translation of Kyouko x Sayaka page 1
File:Ume sensei doujin kyosaya 1.jpg|Fan translation of Kyouko x Sayaka page 2
</gallery>

== Screenshots ==

=== Kyouko as a Puella Magi===
<gallery>
File:Kyouko soul gem.jpg|Kyouko's soul gem.
File:Kyouko transformation 2.gif|Kyouko's transformation sequence
File:Kyouko transformation.gif|Another transformation sequence
File:Prayer and kiss.png|Kyouko prays and then kisses her soul gem (It is customary for Catholics to kiss their rosary beads as a part of their prayer).
File:Oktavia Spear snake scorpion tail.png|Kyouko's ultimate attack looks snake-like, could also be interpreted as a scorpion's tail
File:Kyouko last stand.png|Kyouko's final battle with [[Oktavia von Seckendorff|Oktavia]]
File:Kyopraying.gif|Kyouko in prayer
</gallery>

=== Location ===
<gallery>
File:Kyouko church.jpg|Sakura Cathedral: Kyouko's father was a priest, and his cathedral could house a large congregation.
</gallery>

== Observations ==
<gallery>
File:Kyouko_print.jpg|Comparison of Kyouko's chain barrier emblem and a print of the Gojū-no-tō at [[wikipedia:Kōfuku-ji|Kōfuku-ji]].
File:Kyouko_high_eight.jpg|Kyouko's binoculars seem to be based on the High Eight Chocolate by Furuta Confectionary Co.
File:Shaft ramen.jpg|Transcription of the package label on the instant ramen Kyouko eats at Homura's home, according to 2ch. Accuracy unconfirmed, but the label says that the manufacturer is SHAFT.
</gallery>

==Fanart==
{{fanart}}
<gallery>
File:Kyouko little sis.jpg|Fan depiction of Kyouko and her little sister
File:Badass Kyouko movie.jpg|How popular is Kyouko with fans? You tell me.
File:Kyouko just wants friends.jpg|
File:Aoki_Ume_Kyoko_highrez.png|Fan coloring of Ume's work
File:Kyouko nun.jpg|Kyouko Sakura as an Anglican nun.
File:The Sakura Sisters.jpg|The Sakura Sisters.
File:Fan creation kyouko gem jewelry.jpg|Fan creation of Kyouko's jewelry.
File:Fan creation Kyouko Soul Gem Jewelry.jpg|Fan jewelry creation of Kyouko's Soul Gem with a crucifix.
File:Kyouko wants friends.png|She is not bad, she just wanted friends.
File:Xenu.jpg|Mr. Sakura's new doctrine wasn't too popular...
</gallery>

==External links==
*{{pixiv_tag|佐倉杏子}}
*{{booru_tag|danbooru|sakura_kyouko}}
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW7JFBLMH9I&feature=related Fan fabricates Kyouko's ring with silver clay]

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File talk:Madoka the Ultimate Witch.jpg

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== Elsa Maria praying to Kriemhild Gretchen? ==

* I think it's interesting to note that Madoka's witch form has a sun-shaped face. Elsa Maria's torch/monstrance looks like a sun. And since they're both witches made of shadows who absorb life to 'save' it... [[User:MsDevin92|MsDevin92]] 02:10, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

Talk:Madoka Magica Episode 12: My Very Best Friend

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MsDevin92:

== Spoilers ==

Do we keep spoilering everything that isn't broadcast information, or do we just put a big spoiler alert at the top of the page and un-spoiler everything? 'cause I think it's gonna end up pretty much as a black page soon seeing how it goes ... --[[User:Homerun-chan|Homerun-chan]] 09:07, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
:Part of me wants to say 'if you're browsing wiki articles on a series you haven't finished watching, you're asking for trouble unless you know exactly what you're looking for and don't accidentally end up on spoiler filled pages'. The other part wants to say that tagging spoilers is the only polite way to do it.

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Someone needs to add the mahou shoujo from all over the world to the page, because the world needs more moeviking.
* And moebear. [[User:MsDevin92|MsDevin92]] 00:31, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

== Witches ==

"Cleopatra (Roberta) and Joan d'arc (Elsa Maria) were magical girls. ...perhaps Anne Frank too?"

Well, I think it's possible that Roberta was Cleopatra and Joan d'Arc was Elsa Maria ... but is this official information? Sounds like speculah to me. [[User:Keksus|Keksus]] 15:46, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
* One of the Puella Magi that is retroactively purified by Madoka is a girl sitting on a crowded train and crying. Fans think it's Anne Frank on her way to the work camps. [[User:MsDevin92|MsDevin92]] 00:31, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
:They aren't destined to become witches, more like destined to die. Like history says...
** Well, since the body 'dies' when they become a witch, some fans think they may have left the bodies but become witches. [[User:MsDevin92|MsDevin92]] 02:07, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

== Something's going on with this page ==

[http://wiki.puella-magi.net/index.php?title=Episode_12&curid=1498&diff=9630&oldid=9628| In this edit], I merely added a picture, but it ended up deleting a bunch of unrelated stuff as well, for some reason. [[User:BrickBreak|BrickBreak]] 23:52, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

== Homura's 'New Weapon/Wish' ==

Her shield ran out of sand, which as you know, means that it can't stop time anymore until she resets the timeline. Furthermore, her shield outright disappeared when Madoka did that... thing with the breaking of reality, but her magical girl clothes did not. Therefore:
1) Maybe she chooses not to use the shield anymore, since without sand, it's nothing but a hunk of steel attached to her arm; this would also imply it's either impossible to reset the timeline and get more sand, or that doing so would really not fix anything so she's not bothering.
2) Maybe she chooses not to use the shield anymore out of respect for Madoka and upholds her memory with the bow/arrow combo, an ability granted to her when Madoka fixed her Soul Gem and gave her her ribbon.
3) Maybe she did in fact make a new wish in this timeline.

One thing to keep in mind is that Homura likely would NOT have a new wish to make (or probably would not have WANTED to make a new wish, knowing it's still a mess), so it's more likely that her wish is still the same and she exists 'beyond spacetime' like she did in all of the timelines but the first. In this case theories 1 and 2 are more likely.
It's also very obvious that Homura remembers the events of the past and Madoka, and therefore couldn't have been reset into making a new wish.

== Interesting (funny?) thing about a picture ==

About http://wiki.puella-magi.net/File:Homura_and_Madoka_God.jpg picture, I recall there was a moment during either episode 11 or 12 where a part of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Creation_of_Adam was seen in the background. Trying to find it now... If anyone else also found it, please upload and link! [[User:Aquamarine39|Aquamarine39]] 03:10, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
:check gallery in ep 11 and 12 --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 05:17, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
::Great! Thank you! [[User:Aquamarine39|Aquamarine39]] 12:04, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

== Evangelion ==

More than just the ultimate upshot, there are visual allusions and borrowings to Eva. See http://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/gv86f/so_now_that_reddit_works_lets_talk_about_the/c1qkt98 or fanart like http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/903116/bow-earth-end_of_evangelion-hair_bow-hair_ornament --[[Special:Contributions/69.113.107.89|69.113.107.89]] 02:30, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

==Afghan Girl==
I am having a difficult time accepting she is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_Girl National Geographic's "Afghan Girl"] considering she is still alive and in her thirties. --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 20:29, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

I think rather she's supposed to represent the idea of history, much like the Tibetan girl, rather than any one exact historical figure. If had to place her anywhere it would be the Iranian Revolution of the late 70's. [[User:0xfoo|0xfoo]] 14:21, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
:Maybe a bit later than that. I noticed this a while ago, but I forgot to mention it: the tank/artillery piece in the background likely posseses [[wikipedia:Explosive reactive armor|explosive reactive armor]]. If that is true, anything before the 80's is excluded, so my guess would be that she's a victim of either of the Gulf Wars or the most recent war in Afghanistan.<br>Than again, that might be only battle damage on the hull, or I'm going blind. (Brick @ University)

==Viking Girl==
I'd like to offer the idea that this girl might not just be someone dressed in Viking garb, but rather a Valkyrie based on the wings and the battle equipment. This would also make her a less random historical character to display. [[User:0xfoo|0xfoo]] 15:31, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

A Puella Magi's costume probably just reflects her character and personal tastes. The montage where she appeared in was supposed to show various settings in various points in history (or the future). Like how Bear-tan appeared in a semi-futuristic city and Purple Girl appeared in what we many assume to be the tragedy in Pompeii.

I think Viking Girl was probably just an unfortunate girl who made a wish during one of the many Scandinavian conflicts in history. [[User:MochaCoffee|MochaCoffee]] 16:06, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

The Pompeii theory doesn't make sense. Her garb isn't Grecian, especially not from 79 A.D. If anything, it's a later volcano, given her dress, most likely in Western or Central Europe. The fly-in from a few seconds before the Purple Girl also shows three separate volcanoes active at the same time, not just the one shown in the scene. As far as Viking Girl goes, I'm not saying she was a Valkyrie, rather that would be what she would be perceived as, since I believe it's trying to follow the logic that a god might just be a magical girl, much like the way they show Joan D'Arc, who was by many believed to have god's will as her ally. [[User:0xfoo|0xfoo]] 17:18, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

==Changes on the New World==
<i>In the world after the change it becomes a seemingly different development, the four fight the alternate demons and stop them by the means of Sayaka’s sacrifice. I also talked with director Akiyuki Shinbo a fair bit about that nicety. In the end one’s own self doesn’t fade away despairing, but because it fades away using up this power--the converting into a witch is also a different thing. I think, to save the city and helping someone pervaded Sayaka’s wish. If you think so even though Sayaka ceased to exist it might have been blissful, right? Mami, Kyouko and Homura will have the same fate. So Madoka comes for them and takes them along to a different universe.</i>[http://wiki.puella-magi.net/Category:Translation_request][http://wiki.puella-magi.net/File:409.jpg]

This confirms what we have suspected all along, dying Puellae Magi will fade and blissfully pass on without regrets, there are no more witches nor will anyone become one, and maybe all Puellae Magi go to an afterlife (different universe?) --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 23:55, 12 May 2011 (UTC)