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Kazumi Magica Witches

2012-11-20T01:10:51Z

Neuchadjinys: whoopsie

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The witches of [[Kazumi Magica]]. They come in two varieties: witches that are the same as the ones that appear in the anime, and "pseudo-witches", which are imitation witches, as the name implies.

==Pseudo-Witches==
"Pseudo-witches" are a type of witch unique to the Kazumi Magica manga. They are actually human women that are implanted with an imitation [[Grief Seed]] called an "[[Evil Nut]]". When they are defeated, the Evil Nut separates from the woman, much like when a witch drops a Grief Seed. Unlike regular witches, the women return to normal after they are defeated. They appear to lose their memory of the events that occurred while they are under the Evil Nut's influence, similar to those affected by a [[Witch's Kiss]]. {{Spoiler|This is due to Umika Misaki tampering and erasing their memories of the events.}}

===Preying Mantis Witch===
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This is an unnamed witch appearing in [[Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_Titles_and_Summaries|chapter 1]] of Puella Magi Kazumi Magica.

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A pseudo-witch that Yuuri created from a policewoman named [[Misako Ishijima]]. It appears in Chapter 1.

=== Images ===
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File:MantisWitch1.jpg
</gallery>

===Cosmetics Witch===
This is an unnamed witch appearing in [[Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_Titles_and_Summaries|chapter 2]] of Puella Magi Kazumi Magica.

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A pseudo-witch that Yuuri created from a cosmetics saleswoman named Kyouka Shida, who protested the sale and use of cheap, unhealthy cosmetics. She attempted to attack a ganguro concert, but was defeated by Kazumi, Umika and Kaoru.

=== Images ===
<gallery captionalign="left" position="center">
File:KazumiCosmeticsWoman.png|The saleswoman in her human form.
File:CosmeticsWitch01.png
File:CosmeticsWitch02.png|The witch form separating from the woman.
</gallery>

==Anime-style Witches==
==="Prologue"===

"Prologue" is a witch appearing in [[Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_Titles_and_Summaries|chapter 3]] of Puella Magi Kazumi Magica.

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===Minions===
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A witch fought by the Pleiades Saints in chapter 3. It captured Umika and Kaoru. The other five Saints tracked it down after discovering that its barrier moved around on the same schedule as the Asunaro Library's bookmobile. Kazumi killed it with a precision strike from outside the barrier after the other Saints signaled her.

===Trivia and Speculation===

* This witch was designed as a drawing found in children's picture books, according to Takashi Tensugi.
* "Prologue" may not be the witch's real name - [[File_talk:Callsign_%27Prologue%27.jpg|the translation of the design notes]] refer to the Chapter 3 witch as "Callsign 'Prologue'", suggesting Prologue may be a design nickname.

=== Images ===
<gallery captionalign="left" position="center">
File:The innocent malice 1 141.jpg|Design notes on Prologue.
File:PrologueWitchUKK.png|Prologue's first encounter with Kazumi, Umika and Kaoru.
File:PrologueWitchMaw.JPG|Prologue ripping a hole in itself to attack Kaoru.
File:PrologueWitchHealing.png|Minions sewing up Prologue's wounds.
</gallery>

===Nie Blühen Herzen===

"Nie Blühen Herzen" is the witch form of "[[Yuuri]]" ([[Airi Anri]]), and appears in [[Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_Titles_and_Summaries|chapter 5 and 6]] of Puella Magi Kazumi Magica.

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===Minions===
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[[Yuuri]]/[[Airi]]'s witch form resembles a giant heart, which [[Yuri_undertones| may have certain implications]]. The rings on Yuuri's weaponry also appear on the witch.

When Kazumi attempts to turn Yuuri back to a human, it causes Yuuri's body to rise out from the witch, while still being connected to it. She appears to have almost no sense of self left, continuously repeating the last spell she used on Kazumi. Notably, her speech bubbles use the [[Deciphering_the_runes| runic language]]. It was defeated by the [[Pleiades Saints]].

===Trivia and Speculation===
* In volume 2's design notes, the witch is described thusly (by the illustrator, Takashi Tensugi): ''"A wounding heart and a wounded heart. Her defibrillators resemble twintails. Her image is based on sickly Airi, who lingered on and was revived. Her familiars are flower bulbs. Did she think of herself as being rooted to the hospital? Attribute: Self-denial. Weak point: Poison in medicine. Her cries of 'pchh pchh' are the angry pulsing of her blood vessels."''
* Her name was provided by Masaki Hiramatsu, the writer of Kazumi Magica. It means, "never blooming hearts," in German.
** Technically, the correct German name would be "Nie blühende Herzen." It may have been intended as grammatically wrong by Masaki Hiramatsu.
*The witch's thread-like torture of the trapped Pleiades somewhat resembles a description of the black rope hell of Buddhist Purgatory, a place for people who have killed and have stolen from another multiple times.

=== Images ===
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File:Nie_Bluhen_Herzen.jpg | Design notes on Airi's witch.
File:Airiyuuriwitchform.png
</gallery>

===Arzt Kochen===

"Arzt Kochen" is the witch form of [[Yuuri Asuka]], and appears in [[Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_Titles_and_Summaries|chapter 5]] of Puella Magi Kazumi Magica.

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===Minions===
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[[Yuuri Asuka]]'s witch form resembles a giant hypodermic needle, similar to her weapon as a magical girl. Giant forks come out of her body, which probably refers to either Yuuri's cooking talents or transforming into a witch during a cooking contest. The forks also contrast with the spoon amulet she carried, acting as a sort of evil counterpart; in fact, when the witch drops Yuuri's amulet, it possesses a dark fork in the handle in the opposite direction of the spoon (which then vanishes as the last part of Yuuri's witch form). It was defeated by the [[Pleiades Saints]].

===Trivia and Speculation===
* In volume 2's design notes, the witch is described thusly (by the illustrator, Takashi Tensugi): ''"After shoving anesthetic into the humans who enter her barrier, she cuts out their injured parts and completely cooks them. However, there are no humans who can endure this surgery. There is nothing that she can save. Her familiars are forks. Attribute: (Excessive) devotion. Weakness: Things that have no need for her. Her cries(?) of 'pssh pssh' are the sound of her syringes and forks."''
* Her name was provided by Masaki Hiramatsu, the writer of Kazumi Magica. It means, "cooking doctor," in German. Literally, it means "Doctor Cooking" in German.

=== Images ===
<gallery captionalign="left" position="center">
File:Arzt_Kochen.jpg | Design notes on Yuuri's witch.
File:Asukayuuriwitchform.png
File:Real Yuuri's barrier.png
File:Real yuuri pendant spoon fork shadow.jpg
File:Arzt_kochen_by_craz1-d50dkud.jpg|Fanart of Artz Kochen.
</gallery>

===Weiße Königin===

"Weiße Königin" is the witch form of [[Nico Kanna]], and appears in [[Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_Titles_and_Summaries|chapters 8 and 9]] of Puella Magi Kazumi Magica.

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The witch form of [[Nico Kanna]]. Its form is that of a shooting gallery dummy, with target circles spiraling outward from its forehead. The forehead has a large hole that extends to the back of the head, like a bullet hole. Its arms are giant blades that are used like scissors, and it has no lower body or legs. It was defeated by [[Mirai Wakaba]].

===Trivia and Speculation===
* In Chapter 7 Nico is reading an article about a Japanese kid shooting people in California. The appearance of the witch suggests some sort of connection.
**This theory was proven correct. {{Spoiler|In Chapter 10, it is revealed that when she was a kid she accidentally killed her friends with a gun and injured herself in the process}}.
* Notably, the Grief Seed for the witch does not have the same emblem as Nico's Soul Gem - Nico's Soul Gem is a hexagon, while the witch's Grief Seed is a diamond.
* Many small shooting-gallery targets, possibly her minions, float around in the witch's barrier.
* In Volume 3's design notes, the witch is described thusly: ''"The witch of bullets, with a guilty nature. Because she feels like she's always being blamed for something, when someone enters her barrier, she eliminates them immediately."''
* The witch is named in Volume 3's design notes. Its name means "White Queen" in German.

=== Images ===
<gallery captionalign="left" position="center">
File:Chapter 9 runes.jpg|The birth of the witch.
File:Kazumi9WitchBattle01.jpg|Its subsequent defeat.
File:WEISSE_KONIGIN.jpg|Volume 3's design notes.
</gallery>

===Hungrige Pumpe===

"Hungrige Pumpe" is a witch that attacked the Pleiades Saints, and appears in [[Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_Titles_and_Summaries|chapter 11]] of Puella Magi Kazumi Magica.

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A witch that attacked the Pleiades Saints before they became magical girls. Kazumi met them for the first time while rescuing them from it. It resembles a large eel-like creature with a bonnet-like jellyfish on its head.

===Trivia and Speculation===
* The witch initially appeared as a swarm of familiar-like creatures, which then fused together into a single being, much like [[Mirai Wakaba]]'s ''La Bestia'' attack.
* The eel-like part of the witch deflates and shrivels up when shot by the Pleiades.
** The jellyfish on top then reinflates it like a balloon, possibly as part of a symbiotic relationship.
* Her barrier resembles a beach, with several [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torii toriis] standing in the water and coral.
* It is vaguely reminiscent of the description of the second witch that appeared in [[Drama CD 3]].
* In Volume 3's design notes, the witch is described thusly: ''"The witch of the ancient sea. Attribute: Hates being lonely. A witch reminiscent of colony-type lifeforms such as coral and jellyfish. It's unclear whether a bunch of familiars join together to form the witch, or if the witch breaks apart into familiar-like things. Because her body is a colony, she cannot be fatally wounded even if parts of her are destroyed. She cannot be destroyed unless the entire colony is wiped out at once. Despite her appearance, she's pretty tenacious."''
* The witch is named in Volume 3's design notes. Its name roughly means "Hungry Pump" in German.

=== Images ===
<gallery captionalign="left" position="center">
File:chapter 11 witchlings.JPG | The smaller creatures that the witch initially appeared as.
File:chapter 11 witch inflation.JPG | The witch, before and after reinflating itself.
File:chapter 11 witch second form.JPG | Hungrige Pumpe's second form
File:Hungrige_Pumpe%27s_barrier.jpg|Hungrige Pumpe's barrier
File:Hungrige_Pumpe.jpg
File:Big_mouth.jpg
File:HUNGRIGE_PUMPE.jpg|Volume 3's design notes
File:Hungrige_pump_by_craz1-d4zwrf3.jpg
</gallery>

===Chapter 15 Witch===
An unnamed witch appearing in [[Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_Titles_and_Summaries|chapter 15]] of Puella Magi Kazumi Magica. It is the witch form of Satomi Usagi.

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The witch form of Satomi Usagi. It is vaguely humanoid, with a whistle for a head and a circular cage for a dress. The witch has a smaller, rabbit-like form that hides inside of the outer shell's dress.

===Trivia and Speculation===
* The witch appears to be an animal tamer. Her barrier is decorated with cages and she uses a whip to attack.
* Her familiars are small cats with mouths on their foreheads. They are somewhat reminiscent of [[Jubey]]. Kazumi turns them against the witch and uses them to blow up its outer shell.
* The witch's page in volume 4 says this: ''Witch Satomi. The outline from Hiramatsu-san was "the outer shell is a beastmaster, but the main body is a timid rabbit". Definitely Satomi-like.''

===Gallery===
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File:KazumiVol4 Witch 1 Notes.jpg|Notes from the creators.
File:Chapter 15 witch.png
File:Chapter 15 witch outer part.PNG
File:Chapter 15 witch inner part.PNG
File:Cat familiars.PNG|The familiars turning on the witch.
</gallery>

===Chapter 18 Witch===
An unnamed witch appearing in [[Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_Titles_and_Summaries|chapter 18]] of Puella Magi Kazumi Magica. It is the witch form of {{Spoiler|Saki Asami}}.

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The witch form of {{Spoiler|Saki Asami}}. {{Spoiler|After hatching, she quickly kills Mirai Wakaba and is incapacitated by Kanna Hijiri [[Kanna Hijiri|[link]]]. It is killed by the other witches in the Freezer while trying to protect Kazumi.}}

===Trivia and Speculation===
* Her barrier contains several raised platforms. {{Spoiler|They are reminiscent of those found in The Freezer [[The Freezer|[link]]], and may be the same platforms after being drawn into the barrier.}} The barrier also contains a meadow, filled with butterflies and flowers.
* The witch's body has a lily of the valley design winding around it, which is symbolic, {{Spoiler|considering she's Saki's witch form.}}
* The witch's page in volume 4 says this: ''Witch {{Spoiler|Saki}}. The outline was "she should look like the Nebra Sky Disk". Her attribute is revealed in the next volume.''

===Gallery===
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File:KazumiVol4 Witch 2 Notes.jpg|Notes from the creators.
File:Chapter 18 witch.png
File:Saki%27s_Grief_Seed.jpg
File:Saki grief seed lily-of-the-valley.jpg
</gallery>

===Chapter 19 Witch===
An unnamed witch appearing in [[Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_Titles_and_Summaries|chapter 18]] of Puella Magi Kazumi Magica. It is the witch form of {{Spoiler|Ayase and Luca Souju}}.

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The witch form of {{Spoiler|The Souju Sisters}}.

===Trivia and Speculation===
* Its barrier begins to overtake that of another nearby witch ({{Spoiler|Saki's}}) once the latter dies.
* Giant Soul Gems float around in its barrier, and several structures resemble buildings from {{Spoiler|the amusement park where the Soujus were captured by the Pleiades}}.

===Gallery===
<gallery captionalign="left" position="center">
File:KazumiChapter19Witch1.png
File:Souju_witch_barrier.PNG
</gallery>

==={{Spoiler|Dawn of Hyades}}===

{{Spoiler|"Dawn of Hyades" is a massive witch that appears in Chapter 22 of Puella Magi Kazumi Magica.}}

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{{Spoiler|A conglomerate witch on the level of Walpurgis Night, created by Kanna Hijiri. She used her connection magic to fuse the Soul Gems in the Freezer into this gigantic witch}}.

===Trivia and Speculation===
*{{Spoiler|Its form resembles Walpurgis Night, to the point where Kyuubey briefly mistakes it for that very witch. However, it is not Walpurgis Night herself.}}

=== Images ===
<gallery captionalign="left" position="center">
File:Chapter 22 dawn SPOILER.jpg|
</gallery>

==One-Shot Witches==
Various witches that make only brief appearances.

===Chapter 5 Witch===
[[File:chapter 5 poor thing.JPG|150px]]

A witch (possibly a familiar) that was very briefly seen being killed by Yuuri in [[Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_Titles_and_Summaries|Chapter 5]].

===Chapter 11 Witch 2===
[[File:chapter 11 witch number 2.JPG|150px]]

A witch (possibly a familiar) that attacked Kazumi before she became a magical girl. It was swiftly killed by [[Mami Tomoe]].

===Chapter 12 Witch===
[[File:Chapter 12 witch.PNG|150px]]

A witch (possibly a familiar) that the Pleiades Saints killed in Chapter 12. The witch and the structures in its barrier vaguely resemble cacti.

===Chapter 16 Witch===
[[File:Remi_Shiina.jpg|150px|Remi battling the witch (visible in the lower-left corner).]]

An unnamed witch that briefly appears in [[Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_Titles_and_Summaries|Chapter 16]], battling late magical girl Remi Shiina. It bears a passing resemblance to [[Rosasharn]], from Oriko Magica, as well as Hungrige Pumpe, and is surrounded by what appear to be slingshots and bags of cookies.

===Chapter 17 Witch===
[[File:Some kinda blobby witch thing.JPG|150px]]

A witch that Kazumi kills in a flashback in [[Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_Titles_and_Summaries|Chapter 17]].

===Chapter 19 Witches===
[[File:Kagamimochi_witch.PNG|150px]]
[[File:Pillars_witch.PNG|150px]]
[[File:Teapot_witch.PNG|150px]]
[[File:Feather_witch.PNG|150px]]
[[File:Dress_witch.PNG|150px]]

A group of witches that attack Kazumi, Umika and Kaoru in [[Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_Titles_and_Summaries|Chapter 19]]. They are killed by Kazumi in Chapter 20. They resemble a flying kagamimochi, several flying pillars, a teapot and teacups, a creature surrounded by bird feathers, and a dress with blood pouring from the neck.

===Chapter 20 Witch 1===
[[File:Chapter_20_hand_witch.PNG|150px]]

A witch that Umika extracts information from in a flashback in [[Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_Titles_and_Summaries|Chapter 20]]. The structures in its barrier somewhat resemble densely-set houses.

===Chapter 20 Witch 2===
[[File:Chapter_20_flatwoods_witch.PNG|150px]]

A witch that Michiru is briefly seen battling in a flashback in [[Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_Titles_and_Summaries|Chapter 20]]. It vaguely resembles the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatwoods_monster Flatwoods monster.]

==Witches and Grief Seeds, Chapter 21==
In Chapter 21, Kyubey reveals that Witches dont always drop Grief Seeds. He doesnt go into specifics as to why is that.

[[Category:Witches| Kazumi Magica]]

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'''Puella Magi Kazumi Magica: The Innocent Malice''' (魔法少女かずみ☆マギカ～The innocent malice～, ''Mahō Shōjo Kazumi Magika: The innocent malice'') is the second title in ''Puella Magi'' series, and is the first spin-off [[manga]] written by [[Masaki Hiramatsu]] and illustrated by [[Takashi Tensugi]]. It started serializing in ''[[wikipedia:Manga Time Kirara Forward|Manga Time Kirara Forward]]'' starting January 24, 2011. ''Kazumi Magica'' features a new set of characters from the anime in a town called Asunaro although they both shared the same settings. Hiramatsu has described the series as "''denying the ''Magica''<nowiki></nowiki>'s world, while affirming it from the opposite point of view''." The first collected volume, containing chapters 1–3, was released on May 12, 2011. The second volume, containing chapters 4–8, was released on October 12, 2011. The third volume, containing chapters 9–13, was released on March 12, 2012. The fourth volume, containing chapters 14-18, was released on September 12, 2012.

''Kazumi Magica'' has been licensed in America by Yen Press. The first volume will be released [http://www.yenpress.com/2009/01/may-2013/ May 2013].

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

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

== Chapters ==
:''See also'': [[Manga Time Kirara Forward Kazumi Serialization]]
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 1: Bad - Guy - Reckon Off|Chapter 1: Bad - Guy - Reckon Off]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 2: AHA! Dogs|Chapter 2: AHA! Dogs]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 3: Kazumix|Chapter 3: Kazumix]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 4: Evil Nuts|Chapter 4: Evil Nuts]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 5: Magicallabbiata|Chapter 5: Magicallabbiata]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 6: Loss Parfait|Chapter 6: Loss Parfait]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 7: Gem Picking|Chapter 7: Gem Picking]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 8: Tempura Ice-Cream|Chapter 8: Tempura Ice-Cream]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 9: The Freezer|Chapter 9: The Freezer]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 10: Bibbity Bobbity Boo|Chapter 10: Bibbity Bobbity Boo]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 11: Dead or Rice|Chapter 11: Dead or Rice]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 12: Pleiades|Chapter 12: Pleiades]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 13: Malefica Farce|Chapter 13: Malefica Farce]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 14: Cannibalism|Chapter 14: Cannibalism]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 15: Ingredients for Satomi|Chapter 15: Ingredients for Satomi]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 16: Strawberry Risotto|Chapter 16: Strawberry Risotto]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 17: Secret Ingredient|Chapter 17: Secret Ingredient]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 18: Connect|Chapter 18: Connect]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 19: Grief Seeds|Chapter 19: Grief Seeds]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 20: Incubator|Chapter 20: Incubators]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 21: Jubey|Chapter 21: Jubey]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 22: Kazumi Magica|Chapter 22: Kazumi Magica]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 23: Innocent Malice|Chapter 23: Innocent Malice]]'''

== Changes and Additions in the Collected Edition ==
[[File:KazumiSoulGemChange.png|right|thumb|300px|One of the many changes made between the magazine and volume versions of Kazumi Magica.]]
=== Volume 1===
* The dust jackets have a silly two page comic with Kazumi, Umika, and Kaoru.
* In the last page of Chapter 1, the {{Spoiler| Evil Nut}} next to the defeated detective is missing. After that there is an additional page with Kazumi and Souichirou Tachibana.
* Chapter 2 changes:
** In the second page, the {{Spoiler|Evil Nut}} is redrawn to be consistent with it's changed appearance in later chapters. The same thing happens in the forty-second page.
** In the third and fourth pages, Kazumi is holding her earring-bell instead of a blank white stone.
** In the thirteenth page, the white stone has been redrawn as a Soul Gem.
** In the fourteenth page, the white stone has been replaced with Kazumi's Soul Gem turning into her earring-bell - this reveals that the earring-bell ''is'' Kazumi's Soul Gem.
** In the eighteenth page, Umika and Kaoru's Soul Gems have been redrawn to be consistent with the appearance of Soul Gems in future chapters and the anime.
** In the nineteenth page, Kaoru's magical girl outfit has been slightly altered. This alteration is also present on the twenty-eighth page. In addition, Umika's Soul Gem is now visible on her forehead in magical girl form, making it consistent with future chapters. The forehead gem is present on the twenty-third, twenty-fifth through twenty-eighth, thirty-seventh, thirty-ninth, fortieth, and forty-second pages.
** In the twenty-seventh page, Kazumi is holding her earring bell instead of looking at her cross weapon. This changes the serialized version's implication that Kazumi's Soul Gem was on her cross.
** An extra page is added at the end of Chapter 2.
* The end of Chapter 3 adds a page with design notes for the witch from the chapter.
* The end of the manga has a silly three page Omake with Saki, Umika, and Kazumi. It features a single panel appearance of Kaoru, a single panel appearance of Nico, Satomi and Mirai together, and a single panel appearance of Madoka.
* There is also a one-page Q&A with the author.
=== Volume 2===
* The front dust jacket has a parody of the cover, with Tachibana in Kazumi's place and Slice Akiyama (the chef from Yuuri's flashback) in Yuuri's place. The back one has an image of the policewoman in Yuuri's outfit.
* On the ninth page in Chapter 5, a panel of Jubey has the circular mark on Jubey's head that previously did not.
* On the tenth page in Chapter 5, the runes flying around as Yuuri becomes a witch are more clearly visible.
* On the first page of Chapter 6, Kazumi is very slightly redrawn.
* A page with Kazumi and Nico is added after Chapter 7.
* Design sketches for all new characters introduced in the volume are included.
** Notes on Yuuri are added after Chapter 4.
** Notes on Yuuri Asuka's witch are added after Chapter 5.
** Notes on Airi's witch are added after Chapter 6.
** Notes on Ayase and Luca are added after Chapter 8.
* The end of the manga has a one-page Omake with Saki reading one of her romance novels.
* There is also a one-page Q&A with the author.
* Volumes purchased from Toranoana also included a two page short story about Yuuri and Airi, called, "Puella Magi Kazumi Magica Special Edition ~ A Dream-Filled Spoon".
=== Volume 3 ===
* The dust jackets have a two-page comic with Yuuri, Airi, Tachibana and Slice Akiyama.
* The first two pages of Chapter 9 are in black and white instead of color. The text surrounding Nico on the second page is now gone.
* A page for the witch from Chapter 9 is added after the chapter.
* Several lines of text were slightly edited in Chapter 10.
* A page with each of the Pleiades's mementos is added after Chapter 10.
* A page with Kazumi and Nico is added after Chapter 11, along with a page for that chapter's witch.
* A page with Kazumi's grandmother is added after Chapter 12.
* Volumes purchased from Toranoana include a four page short story about the Pleiades Saints titled, "Puella Magi Kazumi Magica Special Edition ~ Rosetta Meteora". Volumes purchased at Wondergoo, Melonbooks and Gamers also received special cards with different illustrations on them for each vendor.
* There is also a one-page Q&A with the author.
=== Volume 4 ===
* The dust jackets have a two-page comic with Umika, Nico, Mirai, Satomi and Saki.
* A color page with the same art from the April 2012 cover of Manga Time Kirara Forward sans text is added before chapter 14.
* The first four pages of Chapter 14 are in black and white instead of color. The text surrounding the Pleiades Saints on the second and third pages is now gone.
* A page for the enemy clones from Chapter 14 is added after the chapter.
* A page for the witch from Chapter 15 is added after the chapter.
* In Chapter 17, a silhouette of {{Spoiler|Kanna}} has been added behind the witch as Saki attacks, confirming that to be the moment when {{Spoiler|Kanna switches Kazumi with a duplicate}}.
* A page for the witch from Chapter 18 is added after the chapter.
* Two 4koma-style comics appearing between the chapters. One features Misako ishijima and Souichirou Tachibana and is placed after Chapter 16. The other features the Pleiades Saints and is placed after Chapter 17.
* A page with Saki and Kaoru speaking about Nico, Mirai and Satomi is added after Chapter 18.
* There is also a one-page Q&A with the author.
* Volumes purchased from Toranoana include a four page short story. Volumes purchased at Wondergoo, Melonbooks, COMIC ZIN, Animate and Gamers also received special cards with different illustrations on them for each vendor.

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

== Front Covers ==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="left">
File:The innocent malice 1 001.jpg|Cover of the first volume
File:PMKM_vol2_cover.jpg|Cover of the second volume
File:PMKM vol3 cover.jpg|Cover of the third volume
File:The innocent malice 4-000.jpg|Cover of the fourth volume
</gallery>

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

[[Category:Manga]]

Talk:Puella Magi Madoka Magica ～The different story～

2012-11-17T02:40:36Z

Neuchadjinys:

I just read the first volume (well, not reading so much as skimming because I can't read Japanese) and it seems like the first volume is basically the third drama CD. However, there are quite a few extra plot points and extra details included, such as Mami running into two other magical girls, seeing how Kyoko's father discovered she was a magical girl, what happened after Kyoko's father discovered said fact but before he slaughtered the family, and a bunch of Mami/Kyoko scenes. It's also interesting to note that this story ''is'' different after all; the volume ends with Sayaka and Kyoko's confrontation; however, {{spoiler|instead of Homura interfering, it's '''Mami''' who does so this time; she's still alive at this point in the story.}} --[[User:Silvermoon424|Silvermoon424]] 18:48, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
:It seems that in this timeline, someone escapes from her fate, but someone doesn't. {{spoiler|Sayaka still inevitably becomes a witch, although she doesn't say "I'm such a fool" this time. Mami: "Please be with me, not for your own or others' sake, but for my own sake." Sayaka: "I'm glad you think me (like this) necessary. Thank you, Mami-san." }} --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 17:47, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

===Witches===
Leaving these here until we get enough information to make proper article pages.
<gallery>
File:TDS Witch 1.png|Witch 1, seems to have an electronics/magnets theme.
File:TDS Witch 1 Familiars.png|Witch 1's familiars.
File:TDS Witch 2.png|Witch 2. Seems to be the one that Kyoko chased for a year in the drama cd that attack Madoka and Sayaka.
File:TDS Witch 2 Familiars.png|Witch 2's familiars.
File:TDS Witch 2 Barrier Symbol.png|Witch 2's barrier symbol.
File:Witch_attacks_Kyoko.jpg|This witch attacked the Sakura Church and fought Kyoko.
File:TDSWitchInChurch01.png|The witch in Sakura Church's familiars and barrier.
File:TDSWitchInSnow02.png|The witch that attacked Kyoko in the snow outside of Sakura Church.
File:TDSWitchInSnow01.png|The witch that attacked Kyoko in the snow's familiars.
File:TDSv01UnknownWitchFamiliars.png|An unknown witch's familiars. (Witch never shown.)
File:TDSv02StairAndDoorWitch.png|A witch and familiars fought by Mami and Sayaka. Barrier has many stairs leading to different doors the witch can use to move around the barrier. Resembles a mole.
File:TDSv02BeeWitch.png|A witch fought by Mami, Sayaka, Homura and Kyoko. Resembles a queen bee with the familiars as drones. Barrier resembles a hive, with giant honeycombs on the walls.
File:Tds_plant_witch.PNG|A witch that attacks Mami while fighting the bee witch. Resembles a large carnivorous plant. It and the bee witch somewhat resemble the two girls Mami once met, and may be their witch forms.
</gallery>

==Manga Section==
Someone add Different Story to the Manga Section of the navigation page. --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 03:56, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

== Vol 3 Preview ==

The preview for volume 3 is [http://www.dokidokivisual.com/comics/book/index.php?cid=690 out]. --[[User:Knon|Knon]] 12:33, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

==Translation==
*[http://www.mediafire.com/?4q4wggbr54st6r0 Vol 1]
*there were some misspelling errors so a new version was done [http://www.mediafire.com/?nzl9tjpqy3ov8va here] --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 02:47, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

File:Tds plant witch.PNG

2012-11-17T02:35:52Z

Neuchadjinys: From The Different Story volume 2.

From The Different Story volume 2.

Michiru Kazusa

2012-11-13T00:08:43Z

Neuchadjinys:

<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.jpg|200px]]</center>
|jname=和紗ミチル (Kazusa Michiru)
|weapon=Cross-shaped staff
}}

{{Nihongo|'''Michiru Kazusa'''|和紗ミチル}}, nicknamed '''[[Kazumi]]''', is a character appearing in [[Puella Magi Kazumi Magica]]. She is a magical girl and the leader of the [[Pleiades Saints]] who convinced them and [[Yuuri Asuka]] to contract and become magical girls.
{{spoilers|media=kazumi}}
She is a posthumous character who eventually turned into a witch and died. The Pleiades are currently trying to revive her, and the current Kazumi is actually the 13th clone of her.

==History==
[[File:PastKazumi01.png|thumb|200px|Notice that Michiru's ahoge has a much smaller and less emotive appearance compared to the current Kazumi.]]

Michiru became a magical girl the day her grandmother died. 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 [[Mami Tomoe]], who destroys the witch with "Tiro Finale". At Michiru'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. Michiru says that her grandmother would never want to go on life support. [[Jubey]] appears on the windowsill, saying that he can grant her wish if she makes a contract and becomes a magical girl. Michiru wishes for her grandmother to return to her normal self as long as she remains alive.

Michiru spends the day learning cooking skills and advice from her grandmother. She tells Michiru that people can't fall into dispair as she gives Michiru her earring-bell; the same earring-bell Kazumi has worn throughout the series. Her grandmother passed away the next day.

Some time later, she met six girls that were victims of Witch's Kisses and saved them. She convinces them to make a contract with Jubey. Later they became the [[Pleiades Saints]].

She saved [[Yuuri Asuka]] from a witch and convinced her to become a magical girl to cure [[Airi]]. By doing so, Yuuri became a witch some time later.

Michiru transformed into a witch while cooking strawberry risotto with the Pleiades. 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 failed clones were hidden inside the Freezer, while the thirteenth - the current Kazumi - has been with the Pleiades Saints. After being exposed to an Evil Nut, Kazumi is beginning to turn back into a witch like the previous attempts.

[[Saki]] later reveals that her previous twelves clones had lived with Michiru's real memories, but they would eventually become berserk and revert back to witches. The Pleiades' accepted the rejection as "Michiru's will" which led to the decision to give Kazumi fake memories.

==Powers, Weapons & Abilities==
Michiru had the same outfit and habilities of the current Kazumi. However, in Chapter 11, Michiru can summon rifles from her hat, likely learned from watching [[Mami Tomoe]] perform the same spell while saving her. She can extend the ribbons on her outfit to save people from falls, also in the same way as Mami. Michiru also has a spell that directly transports her to a witch's barrier using the incantation, "Open Sesame Oil".

==Trivia==
* Her nickname, Kazumi, comes from '''Kazu'''sa '''Mi'''chiru. It can be read as "one three", meaning 13.
* Kazumi learned to cook Strawberry Risotto from her Grandmother.
** [[wikipedia:Risotto|Risotto]] is a class of Italian dishes of rice cooked in broth to a creamy consistency. Risotto can be made using many kinds of vegetable, meat, fish, seafood and legumes, and different types of wine and cheese may be used. There is even, exceptionally, an Italian strawberry risotto. It is one of the most common ways of cooking rice in Italy.
** [[wikipedia:Carnaroli|Carnaroli rice]] is a medium-grained rice native to the Vercelli province of northern Italy. Carnaroli is traditionally used for making risotto due to its higher starch content and firmer texture, as well as having a longer grain. Carnaroli rice keeps its shape better than other forms of rice during the slow cooking required for making risotto due to higher quantities of amylose present within. It is often described as being a "superfino" rice or as "the king of rices".
* Michiru makes a cameo in [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Different Story]], briefly appearing in the scene where Mami rescued her.

==Speculation==
*Before she tranforms into a witch the Pleiades thank Michiru for changing their fate and turning them into magical girls. Michiru seemed shocked and started to cry, and the next moment she turned into a witch while trying to say "I'm sorry". It is implied that she, at some moment, discovered the truth about the magical girls and she saw that her friends became magical girls because of her and was either driven into immediate regret and despair, which caused her transformation.
** In [[Kazumi Magica Chapter 16: Strawberry Risotto|Chapter 16]], this has been confirmed as true.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Color_Michiru.jpg|A color image of Michiru.
File:U0026.jpg|Michiru becomes a magical girl.
File:Michiru Gem.jpg|Michiru's soul gem
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]].
File:MichiruClonesKazumi.jpg|Michiru's clones
File:Proto-kazumi.PNG|Possibly one of Michiru's clones in a fetal state.
File:U002.jpg
File:U013.jpg|Michiru's ''Limiti Esterni''.
File:Original_Michiru_Kazusa.jpg
File:Happy_times.jpg|Michiru was greatly loved by her friends.
File:Victory.jpg
File:Ciao.jpg
File:Vol3_kazumi_nico_bonus_page.jpg
File:Screen_shot_2012-03-10_at_3.19.13_PM.jpg|Michiru becoming a witch.
File:Vol3_kazumi's_grandma.jpg|Michiru's grandmother in her youth.
File:Near-witch_Kazumi.PNG|Kazumi beginning to turn back into a witch, in chapter 15.
File:Tds_michiru_cameo.jpg|Michiru's caneo appearance in [[The Different Story]].
</gallery>

==Fanart==
{{fanart}}
<gallery>
File:You're not alone by cresento-d4rubxp.png|Michiru with her idol, Mami.
</gallery>

==External Link==

[[Category:Characters]]

File:Tds michiru cameo.jpg

2012-11-13T00:04:31Z

Neuchadjinys: Panel from The Different Story volume 3. (No spoilers in the image.)

Panel from The Different Story volume 3. (No spoilers in the image.)

Grief Seeds

2012-10-28T05:43:57Z

Neuchadjinys:

[[File:Soul gem grief seed sketch.jpg|right|thumb]]
This page lists information and speculation about the grief seeds that appear in each episode of the anime and chapter of the different manga spinoffs.

==By episode==

===Episode 2===
[[File:Fanart Soul Gem.jpg|right|150px]]
[[File:Grief_seed.png|300px|Gertrud's Grief Seed.]]
'''[[Gertrud]]'s Grief Seed.'''

The Grief Seed that Mami obtained from Gertrud.
*'''Top emblem''': Butterfly
*'''Bottom emblem''':Rose
*'''Battles''': Mami
*'''Possession''': Kyubey ''(presumed)''
*'''Used by''': Mami

===Episode 3===
[[File:Charlotte_grief_large2.jpg|300px|Charlotte's grief seed on the hospital wall.]]
'''[[Charlotte]]'s Grief Seed.'''

The Grief Seed found embedded in a hospital wall.
*'''Top emblem''': Strawberry
*'''Bottom emblem''': Charlotte's head
*'''Battles''': Mami, Homura
*'''Possession''': Homura
*'''Used by''': Unknown
<gallery>
File:Charlotte seed.png|Charlotte's grief seed vector.
File:Charlotte_grief_large.jpg|The seed glows as it begins to activate
File:Charlotte_activating.jpg|A close-up of the seed's emblem just before Charlotte appears
File:Mami-gem-vs-charlotte-seed.png|Comparison of Charlotte's grief seed and Mami's soul gem
</gallery>

===Episode 4===
[[File:EllyGS.png|Elly's Grief Seed]]
'''[[Elly]]'s Grief Seed.'''

Elly's Grief Seed, not originally seen in the episode. It was added in the AT-X rebroadcast.

*'''Top emblem''': Wing
*'''Bottom emblem''': Monitor
*'''Battles''': Sayaka
*'''Possession''': Unknown
*'''Used by''': Sayaka

===Episode 6===
[[File:Speculah Elly's seed.jpg|150px|Elly's grief seed speculah]]
'''[[Elly]]'s Grief Seed.'''

Initially speculated to be [[Elly]]'s grief seed, which was proven true as it was added to the revised Episode 4.
*'''Top emblem''': Wing
*'''Bottom emblem''': Monitor
*'''Battles''': Sayaka
*'''Possession''': Kyubey
*'''Used by''': Sayaka

===Episode 8===
[[File:Elsa grief seed.jpg|300px]]
'''[[Elsa Maria]]'s Grief Seed.'''

After defeating Elsa Maria, Sayaka gives this Grief Seed to Kyoko as repayment for her assistance.
*'''Top emblem''': Crown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Blank
*'''Battles''': Sayaka, Kyoko
*'''Possession''': Kyoko
*'''Used by''': none ''(presumed)''

[[File:E8-grief-seed.PNG|300px|The grief seed Homura gives to Sayaka.]]
'''The witch of the Netherlands's Grief Seed.'''

The Grief Seed Homura gives to Sayaka, who refused it. According to [http://wiki.puella-magi.net/File:PN_60.jpg this] design document, it belongs to the "witch of the Netherlands (オランダの魔女)".
*'''Top emblem''': Tulip
*'''Bottom emblem''': Windmill
*'''Battles''': Homura ''(presumed)''
*'''Possession''': Homura
*'''Used by''': none ''(presumed)''

[[File:Sayaka-soul-gem-grief-seed-transition.JPG|300px|Sayaka's soul gem transforming into a grief seed.]]
'''[[Oktavia von Seckendorff]]'s Grief Seed.'''

Sayaka's Grief Seed, immediately after exploding.
*'''Top emblem''': Music note
*'''Bottom emblem''': Music note
*'''Battles''': Kyoko in [[Episode 9]]
*'''Possession''': Unknown
*'''Used by''': Unknown

===Episode 10===
[[File:Fan creation jewelry soul gem grief seed.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Fanmade jewelry of a Soul Gem and Grief Seed]]
[[File:Grief Seed from episode 10.PNG|300px|The Grief Seed may be Sayaka's]]
'''[[Oktavia]]'s Grief Seed.'''

Sayaka's Grief Seed from the third timeline.
*'''Top emblem''': Music note
*'''Bottom emblem''': Music note
*'''Battles''': Homura, Madoka, Mami, Kyoko
*'''Possession''': Madoka
*'''Used by''': Homura

[[File:Madoka-grief-seed.png|300px]]
'''[[Kriemhild Gretchen]]'s Grief Seed.'''

Madoka's Grief Seed, the cutest Grief Seed ever.
*'''Top emblem''': Teardrop with ribbons
*'''Bottom emblem''': Comet
*'''Battles''': none
*'''Possession''': Madoka
*'''Used by''': none

===Episode 11===
[[File:Homura grief seed.png|300px]]
'''[[Homura]]'s Grief Seed.'''

Shown in [[Kyubey]]'s speech about how Homura would drown in despair, if she ever lost hope.
*'''Top emblem''': Diamond
*'''Bottom emblem''': Diamond
*'''Battles''': none
*'''Possession''': none
*'''Used by''': none

===Episode 12===
[[File:Soul Gem and Grief Seed Cubic Form.png|250px]]
'''"Grief Seeds" in cubic form taken from "[[:File:Demons.png|Demons]]."'''

The Grief Seeds take a cubic form in [[Episode 12]]. It is not known if they are still called Grief Seeds or if they have a different name (Grief Cubes?).
*'''Emblems''': none
*'''Battles''': Homura, Kyoko, Mami, Sayaka
*'''Possession''': Homura
*'''Used by''': Homura

===Mami's Heart-Pounding Tiro Finale===
[[File:Ophelia_grief_seed.jpg]]
[[Ophelia]]'s Grief Seed, from Mami's Heart-Pounding Tiro Finale

*'''Top emblem''': Eye
*'''Bottom emblem''': Eye
*'''Battles''': Homura
*'''Possession''': Homura (presumed)
*'''Used by''': none

===Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable===
[[File:Albertine_grief_seed.png]]
[[Albertine]]'s Grief Seed, from [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable]]

*'''Top emblem''': Star
*'''Bottom emblem''': Flower
*'''Battles''': Varies
*'''Possession''': Varies
*'''Used by''': Varies

[[File:Gisela_grief_seed.png]]
[[Gisela]]'s Grief Seed, from [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable]]

*'''Top emblem''': Handlebars
*'''Bottom emblem''': Grille
*'''Battles''': Mami or Kyouko
*'''Possession''': Mami or Kyouko
*'''Used by''': Varies

[[File:Izabel_grief_seed.png]]
[[Izabel]]'s Grief Seed, from [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable]]

*'''Top emblem''': Trophy
*'''Bottom emblem''': Archway
*'''Battles''': Mami and Madoka or Kyouko and Sayaka
*'''Possession''': Mami and Madoka or Kyouko and Sayaka
*'''Used by''': Varies

[[File:Patricia_grief_seed.PNG]]
[[Patricia]]'s Grief Seed, from [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable]]

*'''Top emblem''': Cherry blossom
*'''Bottom emblem''': Spider eyes
*'''Battles''': Mami, Madoka and Homura
*'''Possession''': Mami, Madoka and Homura
*'''Used by''': Varies

[[File:Candeloro grief seed.png]]
[[Candeloro]]'s Grief Seed, from [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable]]

*'''Top emblem''': Flower
*'''Bottom emblem''': Flower
*'''Battles''': Madoka and Homura
*'''Possession''': Madoka and Homura
*'''Used by''': Varies

[[File:Ophelia grief seed PSP.png]]
[[Ophelia]]'s Grief Seed, from [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable]]

*'''Top emblem''': Eye
*'''Bottom emblem''': Eye
*'''Battles''': Homura
*'''Possession''': Homura
*'''Used by''': Varies

[[File:Walpurgisnacht_grief_seed.PNG]]
[[Walpurgis Night]]'s Grief Seed, from [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable]]

*'''Top emblem''': Gear
*'''Bottom emblem''': Gear
*'''Battles''': Varies
*'''Possession''': Varies
*'''Used by''': Varies

===Oriko Magica, chapter 1===
[[File:Flower_witch_grief_seed.JPG|250px]]
'''The witch of flowers' Grief Seed.'''

Presumably the Grief Seed of the flower witch that attacked [[Yuma]].
*'''Top emblem''': Unknown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Battles''': Kyoko
*'''Possession''': Kyoko
*'''Used by''': none ''(presumed)''

===Oriko Magica, chapter 2===
[[File:Cecil_grief_seed.JPG|250px]]
'''[[Cecil]]'s Grief Seed.'''

The Grief Seed of the Taste Witch that [[Kyoko]] battled.
*'''Top emblem''': Rosary
*'''Bottom emblem''': Cherry petals
*'''Battles''': Kyoko
*'''Possession''': Kyoko
*'''Used by''': Kyoko ''(presumed)''

===Oriko Magica, chapter 5===
[[File:Kirika_grief_seed.JPG|200px]]
'''[[Margot]]'s Grief Seed.'''

The outline of [[Kirika]]'s Grief Seed, visible within her Soul Gem prior to becoming a witch.
*'''Top emblem''': Unknown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Battles''': Kyoko, Mami, Yuma, Homura
*'''Possession''': none
*'''Used by''': none ''(presumed)''

===Kazumi Magica, Chapter 4===
[[File:PrologueGriefSeed.png|150px]]
'''[[Prologue]]'s Grief Seed.'''

The bookmobile witch's Grief Seed, given to [[Jubey]] by the [[Pleiades]].
*'''Top emblem''': Oval
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown (compass points?)
*'''Battles''': The Pleiades Saints
*'''Possession''': Jubey
*'''Used by''': none

===Kazumi Magica, chapter 5===
[[File:AiriGriefSeed.png|200px]]
'''[[Nie Blühen Herzen]]'s Grief Seed.'''

"[[Yuuri]]", aka [[Airi]]'s, Grief Seed.
*'''Top emblem''': Flower (?)
*'''Bottom emblem''': Flower (?)
*'''Battles''': The Pleiades Saints
*'''Possession''': The Pleiades Saints, Jubey ''(presumed)''
*'''Used by''': none ''(presumed)''

===Kazumi Magica, chapter 9===
[[File:KazumiChapter9GriefSeed.png|150px]]
'''[[Nico Kanna]]'s Grief Seed.'''

*'''Top emblem''': Diamond/Square
*'''Bottom emblem''': Diamond/Square
*'''Battles''': The Pleiades Saints
*'''Possession''': The Pleiades Saints, Jubey ''(presumed)''
*'''Used by''': none ''(presumed)''

===Kazumi Magica, chapter 15===
[[File:Satomi_grief_seed.PNG|150px]]
'''[[Satomi Usagi]]'s Grief Seed.'''

*'''Top emblem''': Bat wing
*'''Bottom emblem''': Bat wing
*'''Battles''': Kazumi
*'''Possession''': The Pleiades Saints, Jubey ''(presumed)''
*'''Used by''': none ''(presumed)''

===Kazumi Magica, chapter 18===
[[File:Chapter_18_grief_seed.png|200px]][[File:KazumiChapter19GriefSeed.png|200px]]
'''[[Saki Asami]]'s Grief Seed.'''

*'''Top emblem''': Lily-of-the-valley
*'''Bottom emblem''': Lily-of-the-valley
*'''Battles''': Kanna Hijiri and other witches
*'''Possession''': Umika, Saki and Kazumi
*'''Used by''': Kazumi

===Kazumi Magica, chapter 19===
[[File:KazumiChapter19GriefSeedPart2.png]]
'''The [[Souju]]'s Grief Seeds'''

*'''Top emblem''': Unknown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Battles''': Umika and Kaoru
*'''Possession''': No one (presumed)
*'''Used by''': No one (presumed)

==Soul Gems==
This is a compilation of every magical girl's soul gems' emblems and their locations. Soul gems come in three forms: the [http://wiki.puella-magi.net/File:Soul_gem.png| gem form], the [http://wiki.puella-magi.net/File:Ep10-09-00.jpg| ring form] (though it is sometimes not a ring, but a hairpin, earring, or other piece of jewelery), and the transformation form, the shape of which is unique to each individual girl and gem.

Note that soul gem and grief seed are not English translations of Japanese words, but the actual English words spoken in the anime. Therefore, it's possible that it was intentionally chosen, and not merely coincidental, for the initials of grief seed (GS) to be the reverse of soul gem (SG). If so, it would appropriately reflect the role reversal that occurs when magical girls turn into witches.

===Mami Tomoe===
[[File:MamiGem.png|250px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Flower
*'''Bottom emblem''': Flower
*'''Shape when transformed''': Flower
*'''Location''': Hairpin on right side of head

===Sayaka Miki===
[[File:SayakaGem.png|250px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Musical note
*'''Bottom emblem''': Musical note
*'''Shape when transformed''': Musical note
*'''Location''': Navel

===Homura Akemi===
[[File:Homura soul gem.png|200px]][[File:HomuraSoulGemTransformed.png|200px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Diamond
*'''Bottom emblem''': Diamond
*'''Shape when transformed''': Diamond
*'''Location''': Left hand

===Kyoko Sakura===
[[File:KyoukoSoulGemVarious.png|300px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Oval
*'''Bottom emblem''': Oval
*'''Shape when transformed''': Oval
*'''Location''': Upper chest

===Madoka Kaname===
[[File:MadokaSoulGem.png|300px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Teardrop
*'''Bottom emblem''': Teardrop
*'''Shape when transformed''': Teardrop
*'''Location''': Upper chest

===Yuma Chitose===
[[File:YumaSoulGemNeck.png|250px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Unknown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Shape when transformed''': Sphere with cat ears
*'''Location''': Nape of neck

===Oriko Mikuni===
[[File:OrikoSoulGem.png|200px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Unknown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Shape when transformed''': Oval
*'''Location''': Upper chest

===Kirika Kure===
[[File:Oriko_gem.JPG|250px]][[File:Kirika_gem_cropped.JPG|150px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Ring
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown (shield?)
*'''Shape when transformed''': Diamond
*'''Location''': Lower back

===Kazumi===
[[File:J13 23.jpg|200px]]
[[File:Kazumi_soul_gem.JPG]]
*'''Top emblem''': Spiral
*'''Bottom emblem''': Spiral
*'''Shape when transformed''': Bell-like earring with spiral patterns
*'''Location''': Ear

===Kaoru Maki===
[[File:KaoruSoulGem.png]][[File:KaoruTransformedGem.png|100px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Unknown (trophy?)
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown (trophy?)
*'''Shape when transformed''': Pentagon
*'''Location''': Right thigh

===Umika Misaki===
[[File:UmikaSoulGem.png]][[File:UmikaTransformedGem.png|200px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Pen nib
*'''Bottom emblem''': Pen nib
*'''Shape when transformed''': Pen nib
*'''Location''': Forehead

===Satomi Usagi===
[[File:SatomiSoulGem.png]][[File:MJ13 20.jpg]]
*'''Top emblem''': Unknown (paw?)
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown (paw?)
*'''Shape when transformed''': Cat head
*'''Location''': Left side of the chest

===Mirai Wakaba===
[[File:MiraiWakabaSoulGem.png]]
*'''Top emblem''': Heart
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Shape when transformed''': Heart
*'''Location''': Neck

===Nico Kanna===
[[File:Nico_gem.JPG]]
[[File:Nico_gem_neck.JPG|150px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Hexagon
*'''Bottom emblem''': Hexagon
*'''Shape when transformed''': Hexagon
*'''Location''': Nape of neck

===Saki Asami===
[[File:Saki_soul_gem.JPG]]
*'''Top emblem''': Lily of the valley
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Shape when transformed''': Lily of the valley
*'''Location''': Left hand

===Yuuri Asuka===
[[File:YuuriAsukaSoulGem.png]]
*'''Top emblem''': Unknown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Shape when transformed''': Oval
*'''Location''': Left shoulder

==="Yuuri"===
[[File:Airi_soul_gem.JPG]]
*'''Top emblem''': Flower (?)
*'''Bottom emblem''': Flower (?)
*'''Shape when transformed''': Oval
*'''Location''': Upper abdomen, below her chest

===Akane Sumire===
[[File:Akane_soul_gem.JPG]]
*'''Top emblem''': Tassel/Tiara (?)
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Shape when transformed''': Tassel/Tiara (?)
*'''Location''': Navel

===Ayase Souju===
[[File:Ayase_soul_gem.JPG]]
*'''Top emblem''': Crescent moon with circle in it
*'''Bottom emblem''': Circle with crescent moon in it
*'''Shape when transformed''': Inverted shield (?)
*'''Location''': Left side of chest

===Luca Souju===
[[File:Luca_gem.JPG]]
*'''Top emblem''': Circle with crescent moon in it
*'''Bottom emblem''': Crescent moon with circle in it
*'''Shape when transformed''': Shield (?)
*'''Location''': Right side of chest

===Michiru Kazusa===
[[File:Michiru Gem.jpg|150px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Spiral
*'''Bottom emblem''': Spiral
*'''Shape when transformed''': Bell-like earring with spiral patterns
*'''Location''': Ear

===Kanna Hijiri===
[[File:Kanna_soul_gem.PNG]]
*'''Top emblem''': Twin hexagons
*'''Bottom emblem''': Twin hexagons
*'''Shape when transformed''': Twin hexagons
*'''Location''': Chest, under circular panel on outfit (decoy on back of her neck)

===Kazumi (after second wish)===
[[File:Chapter_22_spoiler.PNG]]

*'''Top emblem''': Unknown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Shape when transformed''': Twin spirals
*'''Location''': Chest

===Unnamed Tibetan girl===
[[File:Vlcsnap-2011-12-08-16h52m48s14.jpg|250px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Heart
*'''Bottom emblem''': Heart / inverted spade
*'''Shape when transformed''': Teardrop (?)
*'''Location''': Below neck, collar

===Unnamed girl from the Savannah===
[[File:SavannahGirlGem.png|200px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Unknown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Shape when transformed''': Shield (?)
*'''Location''': Right arm, above elbow

===Unnamed girl with bear===
[[File:BearGirlGem.png|150px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Unknown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Shape when transformed''': Bear head
*'''Location''': Hairpin on upper left side of head

===Unnamed girl in purple===
[[File:Vlcsnap-2011-12-08-16h52m05s99.jpg|250px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Unknown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Shape when transformed''': Heart
*'''Location''': Center of chest, between the breasts

===Unnamed Viking girl===
[[File:Vlcsnap-2012-02-15-16h48m52s245.jpg|250px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Unknown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Shape when transformed''': Crescent / Horn?
*'''Location''': Forehead

===Unnamed girl in sailor uniform===
[[File:Schoolgirloutfitgem.png|250px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Unknown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Shape when transformed''': Unknown
*'''Location''': Unknown

===Unnamed Afghan girl===
[[File:Screen_shot_2012-02-16_at_8.08.33_PM.jpg|200px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Diamond
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Shape when transformed''': Unknown
*'''Location''': Unknown

===Unnamed girl on train===
[[File:Screen_shot_2012-02-16_at_8.08.45_PM.jpg|200px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Unknown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Shape when transformed''': Unknown
*'''Location''': Unknown

===Queen Himiko===
[[File:Screen_shot_2012-02-16_at_8.08.55_PM.jpg|200px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Unknown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Seashell (?)
*'''Shape when transformed''': Unknown
*'''Location''': Unknown

==Production Notes==
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==PSP Game==
<gallery>
File:All Star Grief Seed.png
</gallery>

==Candy Straps==
Strap versions of several Soul Gems and Grief Seeds were released for cell phones in Japan. A promo picture can be found at http://www.superhappycashcow.com/pic/2009%20New%20Figure/Puella%20Magi%20Madoka%20Magica/Soul%20Gem%20Strap%202/01.jpg. The above Soul Gems (from left to right) are tied to the Magical Girls underneath them. The Grief Seeds are [[Oktavia]]'s, [[Charlotte]]'s, [[Elly]]'s and [[Elsa Maria]]'s. The corrupted Soul Gems are Madoka's and Homura's, as evidenced by their placement, shape and the gem colours.

Grief Seeds

2012-10-28T05:43:08Z

Neuchadjinys:

[[File:Soul gem grief seed sketch.jpg|right|thumb]]
This page lists information and speculation about the grief seeds that appear in each episode of the anime and chapter of the different manga spinoffs.

==By episode==

===Episode 2===
[[File:Fanart Soul Gem.jpg|right|150px]]
[[File:Grief_seed.png|300px|Gertrud's Grief Seed.]]
'''[[Gertrud]]'s Grief Seed.'''

The Grief Seed that Mami obtained from Gertrud.
*'''Top emblem''': Butterfly
*'''Bottom emblem''':Rose
*'''Battles''': Mami
*'''Possession''': Kyubey ''(presumed)''
*'''Used by''': Mami

===Episode 3===
[[File:Charlotte_grief_large2.jpg|300px|Charlotte's grief seed on the hospital wall.]]
'''[[Charlotte]]'s Grief Seed.'''

The Grief Seed found embedded in a hospital wall.
*'''Top emblem''': Strawberry
*'''Bottom emblem''': Charlotte's head
*'''Battles''': Mami, Homura
*'''Possession''': Homura
*'''Used by''': Unknown
<gallery>
File:Charlotte seed.png|Charlotte's grief seed vector.
File:Charlotte_grief_large.jpg|The seed glows as it begins to activate
File:Charlotte_activating.jpg|A close-up of the seed's emblem just before Charlotte appears
File:Mami-gem-vs-charlotte-seed.png|Comparison of Charlotte's grief seed and Mami's soul gem
</gallery>

===Episode 4===
[[File:EllyGS.png|Elly's Grief Seed]]
'''[[Elly]]'s Grief Seed.'''

Elly's Grief Seed, not originally seen in the episode. It was added in the AT-X rebroadcast.

*'''Top emblem''': Wing
*'''Bottom emblem''': Monitor
*'''Battles''': Sayaka
*'''Possession''': Unknown
*'''Used by''': Sayaka

===Episode 6===
[[File:Speculah Elly's seed.jpg|150px|Elly's grief seed speculah]]
'''[[Elly]]'s Grief Seed.'''

Initially speculated to be [[Elly]]'s grief seed, which was proven true as it was added to the revised Episode 4.
*'''Top emblem''': Wing
*'''Bottom emblem''': Monitor
*'''Battles''': Sayaka
*'''Possession''': Kyubey
*'''Used by''': Sayaka

===Episode 8===
[[File:Elsa grief seed.jpg|300px]]
'''[[Elsa Maria]]'s Grief Seed.'''

After defeating Elsa Maria, Sayaka gives this Grief Seed to Kyoko as repayment for her assistance.
*'''Top emblem''': Crown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Blank
*'''Battles''': Sayaka, Kyoko
*'''Possession''': Kyoko
*'''Used by''': none ''(presumed)''

[[File:E8-grief-seed.PNG|300px|The grief seed Homura gives to Sayaka.]]
'''The witch of the Netherlands's Grief Seed.'''

The Grief Seed Homura gives to Sayaka, who refused it. According to [http://wiki.puella-magi.net/File:PN_60.jpg this] design document, it belongs to the "witch of the Netherlands (オランダの魔女)".
*'''Top emblem''': Tulip
*'''Bottom emblem''': Windmill
*'''Battles''': Homura ''(presumed)''
*'''Possession''': Homura
*'''Used by''': none ''(presumed)''

[[File:Sayaka-soul-gem-grief-seed-transition.JPG|300px|Sayaka's soul gem transforming into a grief seed.]]
'''[[Oktavia von Seckendorff]]'s Grief Seed.'''

Sayaka's Grief Seed, immediately after exploding.
*'''Top emblem''': Music note
*'''Bottom emblem''': Music note
*'''Battles''': Kyoko in [[Episode 9]]
*'''Possession''': Unknown
*'''Used by''': Unknown

===Episode 10===
[[File:Fan creation jewelry soul gem grief seed.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Fanmade jewelry of a Soul Gem and Grief Seed]]
[[File:Grief Seed from episode 10.PNG|300px|The Grief Seed may be Sayaka's]]
'''[[Oktavia]]'s Grief Seed.'''

Sayaka's Grief Seed from the third timeline.
*'''Top emblem''': Music note
*'''Bottom emblem''': Music note
*'''Battles''': Homura, Madoka, Mami, Kyoko
*'''Possession''': Madoka
*'''Used by''': Homura

[[File:Madoka-grief-seed.png|300px]]
'''[[Kriemhild Gretchen]]'s Grief Seed.'''

Madoka's Grief Seed, the cutest Grief Seed ever.
*'''Top emblem''': Teardrop with ribbons
*'''Bottom emblem''': Comet
*'''Battles''': none
*'''Possession''': Madoka
*'''Used by''': none

===Episode 11===
[[File:Homura grief seed.png|300px]]
'''[[Homura]]'s Grief Seed.'''

Shown in [[Kyubey]]'s speech about how Homura would drown in despair, if she ever lost hope.
*'''Top emblem''': Diamond
*'''Bottom emblem''': Diamond
*'''Battles''': none
*'''Possession''': none
*'''Used by''': none

===Episode 12===
[[File:Soul Gem and Grief Seed Cubic Form.png|250px]]
'''"Grief Seeds" in cubic form taken from "[[:File:Demons.png|Demons]]."'''

The Grief Seeds take a cubic form in [[Episode 12]]. It is not known if they are still called Grief Seeds or if they have a different name (Grief Cubes?).
*'''Emblems''': none
*'''Battles''': Homura, Kyoko, Mami, Sayaka
*'''Possession''': Homura
*'''Used by''': Homura

===Mami's Heart-Pounding Tiro Finale===
[[File:Ophelia_grief_seed.jpg]]
[[Ophelia]]'s Grief Seed, from Mami's Heart-Pounding Tiro Finale

*'''Top emblem''': Eye
*'''Bottom emblem''': Eye
*'''Battles''': Homura
*'''Possession''': Homura (presumed)
*'''Used by''': none

===Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable===
[[File:Albertine_grief_seed.png]]
[[Albertine]]'s Grief Seed, from [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable]]

*'''Top emblem''': Star
*'''Bottom emblem''': Flower
*'''Battles''': Varies
*'''Possession''': Varies
*'''Used by''': Varies

[[File:Gisela_grief_seed.png]]
[[Gisela]]'s Grief Seed, from [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable]]

*'''Top emblem''': Handlebars
*'''Bottom emblem''': Grille
*'''Battles''': Mami or Kyouko
*'''Possession''': Mami or Kyouko
*'''Used by''': Varies

[[File:Izabel_grief_seed.png]]
[[Izabel]]'s Grief Seed, from [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable]]

*'''Top emblem''': Trophy
*'''Bottom emblem''': Archway
*'''Battles''': Mami and Madoka or Kyouko and Sayaka
*'''Possession''': Mami and Madoka or Kyouko and Sayaka
*'''Used by''': Varies

[[File:Patricia_grief_seed.PNG]]
[[Patricia]]'s Grief Seed, from [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable]]

*'''Top emblem''': Cherry blossom
*'''Bottom emblem''': Spider eyes
*'''Battles''': Mami, Madoka and Homura
*'''Possession''': Mami, Madoka and Homura
*'''Used by''': Varies

[[File:Candeloro grief seed.png]]
[[Candeloro]]'s Grief Seed, from [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable]]

*'''Top emblem''': Flower
*'''Bottom emblem''': Flower
*'''Battles''': Madoka and Homura
*'''Possession''': Madoka and Homura
*'''Used by''': Varies

[[File:Ophelia grief seed PSP.png]]
[[Ophelia]]'s Grief Seed, from [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable]]

*'''Top emblem''': Eye
*'''Bottom emblem''': Eye
*'''Battles''': Homura
*'''Possession''': Homura
*'''Used by''': Varies

[[File:Walpurgisnacht_grief_seed.PNG]]
[[Walpurgis Night]]'s Grief Seed, from [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable]]

*'''Top emblem''': Gear
*'''Bottom emblem''': Gear
*'''Battles''': Varies
*'''Possession''': Varies
*'''Used by''': Varies

===Oriko Magica, chapter 1===
[[File:Flower_witch_grief_seed.JPG|250px]]
'''The witch of flowers' Grief Seed.'''

Presumably the Grief Seed of the flower witch that attacked [[Yuma]].
*'''Top emblem''': Unknown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Battles''': Kyoko
*'''Possession''': Kyoko
*'''Used by''': none ''(presumed)''

===Oriko Magica, chapter 2===
[[File:Cecil_grief_seed.JPG|250px]]
'''[[Cecil]]'s Grief Seed.'''

The Grief Seed of the Taste Witch that [[Kyoko]] battled.
*'''Top emblem''': Rosary
*'''Bottom emblem''': Cherry petals
*'''Battles''': Kyoko
*'''Possession''': Kyoko
*'''Used by''': Kyoko ''(presumed)''

===Oriko Magica, chapter 5===
[[File:Kirika_grief_seed.JPG|200px]]
'''[[Margot]]'s Grief Seed.'''

The outline of [[Kirika]]'s Grief Seed, visible within her Soul Gem prior to becoming a witch.
*'''Top emblem''': Unknown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Battles''': Kyoko, Mami, Yuma, Homura
*'''Possession''': none
*'''Used by''': none ''(presumed)''

===Kazumi Magica, Chapter 4===
[[File:PrologueGriefSeed.png|150px]]
'''[[Prologue]]'s Grief Seed.'''

The bookmobile witch's Grief Seed, given to [[Jubey]] by the [[Pleiades]].
*'''Top emblem''': Oval
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown (compass points?)
*'''Battles''': The Pleiades Saints
*'''Possession''': Jubey
*'''Used by''': none

===Kazumi Magica, chapter 5===
[[File:AiriGriefSeed.png|200px]]
'''[[Nie Blühen Herzen]]'s Grief Seed.'''

"[[Yuuri]]", aka [[Airi]]'s, Grief Seed.
*'''Top emblem''': Flower (?)
*'''Bottom emblem''': Flower (?)
*'''Battles''': The Pleiades Saints
*'''Possession''': The Pleiades Saints, Jubey ''(presumed)''
*'''Used by''': none ''(presumed)''

===Kazumi Magica, chapter 9===
[[File:KazumiChapter9GriefSeed.png|150px]]
'''[[Nico Kanna]]'s Grief Seed.'''

*'''Top emblem''': Diamond/Square
*'''Bottom emblem''': Diamond/Square
*'''Battles''': The Pleiades Saints
*'''Possession''': The Pleiades Saints, Jubey ''(presumed)''
*'''Used by''': none ''(presumed)''

===Kazumi Magica, chapter 15===
[[File:Satomi_grief_seed.PNG|150px]]
'''[[Satomi Usagi]]'s Grief Seed.'''

*'''Top emblem''': Bat wing
*'''Bottom emblem''': Bat wing
*'''Battles''': Kazumi
*'''Possession''': The Pleiades Saints, Jubey ''(presumed)''
*'''Used by''': none ''(presumed)''

===Kazumi Magica, chapter 18===
[[File:Chapter_18_grief_seed.png|200px]][[File:KazumiChapter19GriefSeed.png|200px]]
'''[[Saki Asami]]'s Grief Seed.'''

*'''Top emblem''': Lily-of-the-valley
*'''Bottom emblem''': Lily-of-the-valley
*'''Battles''': Kanna Hijiri and other witches
*'''Possession''': Umika, Saki and Kazumi
*'''Used by''': Kazumi

===Kazumi Magica, chapter 19===
[[File:KazumiChapter19GriefSeedPart2.png]]
'''The [[Souju]]'s Grief Seeds'''

*'''Top emblem''': Unknown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Battles''': Umika and Kaoru
*'''Possession''': No one (presumed)
*'''Used by''': No one (presumed)

==Soul Gems==
This is a compilation of every magical girl's soul gems' emblems and their locations. Soul gems come in three forms: the [http://wiki.puella-magi.net/File:Soul_gem.png| gem form], the [http://wiki.puella-magi.net/File:Ep10-09-00.jpg| ring form] (though it is sometimes not a ring, but a hairpin, earring, or other piece of jewelery), and the transformation form, the shape of which is unique to each individual girl and gem.

Note that soul gem and grief seed are not English translations of Japanese words, but the actual English words spoken in the anime. Therefore, it's possible that it was intentionally chosen, and not merely coincidental, for the initials of grief seed (GS) to be the reverse of soul gem (SG). If so, it would appropriately reflect the role reversal that occurs when magical girls turn into witches.

===Mami Tomoe===
[[File:MamiGem.png|250px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Flower
*'''Bottom emblem''': Flower
*'''Shape when transformed''': Flower
*'''Location''': Hairpin on right side of head

===Sayaka Miki===
[[File:SayakaGem.png|250px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Musical note
*'''Bottom emblem''': Musical note
*'''Shape when transformed''': Musical note
*'''Location''': Navel

===Homura Akemi===
[[File:Homura soul gem.png|200px]][[File:HomuraSoulGemTransformed.png|200px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Diamond
*'''Bottom emblem''': Diamond
*'''Shape when transformed''': Diamond
*'''Location''': Left hand

===Kyoko Sakura===
[[File:KyoukoSoulGemVarious.png|300px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Oval
*'''Bottom emblem''': Oval
*'''Shape when transformed''': Oval
*'''Location''': Upper chest

===Madoka Kaname===
[[File:MadokaSoulGem.png|300px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Teardrop
*'''Bottom emblem''': Teardrop
*'''Shape when transformed''': Teardrop
*'''Location''': Upper chest

===Yuma Chitose===
[[File:YumaSoulGemNeck.png|250px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Unknown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Shape when transformed''': Sphere with cat ears
*'''Location''': Nape of neck

===Oriko Mikuni===
[[File:OrikoSoulGem.png|200px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Unknown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Shape when transformed''': Oval
*'''Location''': Upper chest

===Kirika Kure===
[[File:Oriko_gem.JPG|250px]][[File:Kirika_gem_cropped.JPG|150px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Ring
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown (shield?)
*'''Shape when transformed''': Diamond
*'''Location''': Lower back

===Kazumi===
[[File:J13 23.jpg|200px]]
[[File:Kazumi_soul_gem.JPG]]
*'''Top emblem''': Spiral
*'''Bottom emblem''': Spiral
*'''Shape when transformed''': Bell-like earring with spiral patterns
*'''Location''': Ear

===Kaoru Maki===
[[File:KaoruSoulGem.png]][[File:KaoruTransformedGem.png|100px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Unknown (trophy?)
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown (trophy?)
*'''Shape when transformed''': Pentagon
*'''Location''': Right thigh

===Umika Misaki===
[[File:UmikaSoulGem.png]][[File:UmikaTransformedGem.png|200px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Pen nib
*'''Bottom emblem''': Pen nib
*'''Shape when transformed''': Pen nib
*'''Location''': Forehead

===Satomi Usagi===
[[File:SatomiSoulGem.png]][[File:MJ13 20.jpg]]
*'''Top emblem''': Unknown (paw?)
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown (paw?)
*'''Shape when transformed''': Cat head
*'''Location''': Left side of the chest

===Mirai Wakaba===
[[File:MiraiWakabaSoulGem.png]]
*'''Top emblem''': Heart
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Shape when transformed''': Heart
*'''Location''': Neck

===Nico Kanna===
[[File:Nico_gem.JPG]]
[[File:Nico_gem_neck.JPG|150px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Hexagon
*'''Bottom emblem''': Hexagon
*'''Shape when transformed''': Hexagon
*'''Location''': Nape of neck

===Saki Asami===
[[File:Saki_soul_gem.JPG]]
*'''Top emblem''': Lily of the valley
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Shape when transformed''': Lily of the valley
*'''Location''': Left hand

===Yuuri Asuka===
[[File:YuuriAsukaSoulGem.png]]
*'''Top emblem''': Unknown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Shape when transformed''': Oval
*'''Location''': Left shoulder

==="Yuuri"===
[[File:Airi_soul_gem.JPG]]
*'''Top emblem''': Flower (?)
*'''Bottom emblem''': Flower (?)
*'''Shape when transformed''': Oval
*'''Location''': Upper abdomen, below her chest

===Akane Sumire===
[[File:Akane_soul_gem.JPG]]
*'''Top emblem''': Tassel/Tiara (?)
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Shape when transformed''': Tassel/Tiara (?)
*'''Location''': Navel

===Ayase Souju===
[[File:Ayase_soul_gem.JPG]]
*'''Top emblem''': Crescent moon with circle in it
*'''Bottom emblem''': Circle with crescent moon in it
*'''Shape when transformed''': Inverted shield (?)
*'''Location''': Left side of chest

===Luca Souju===
[[File:Luca_gem.JPG]]
*'''Top emblem''': Circle with crescent moon in it
*'''Bottom emblem''': Crescent moon with circle in it
*'''Shape when transformed''': Shield (?)
*'''Location''': Right side of chest

===Michiru Kazusa===
[[File:Michiru Gem.jpg|150px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Spiral
*'''Bottom emblem''': Spiral
*'''Shape when transformed''': Bell-like earring with spiral patterns
*'''Location''': Ear

===Kanna Hijiri===
[[File:Kanna_soul_gem.PNG]]
*'''Top emblem''': Twin hexagons
*'''Bottom emblem''': Twin hexagons
*'''Shape when transformed''': Twin hexagons
*'''Location''': Chest, under circular panel on outfit (decoy on back of her neck)

===Kazumi (after second wish)===
[[File:Chapter_22_spoiler.PNG]]

*'''Top emblem''': Unknown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Shape when transformed''': Twin question marks
*'''Location''': Chest

===Unnamed Tibetan girl===
[[File:Vlcsnap-2011-12-08-16h52m48s14.jpg|250px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Heart
*'''Bottom emblem''': Heart / inverted spade
*'''Shape when transformed''': Teardrop (?)
*'''Location''': Below neck, collar

===Unnamed girl from the Savannah===
[[File:SavannahGirlGem.png|200px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Unknown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Shape when transformed''': Shield (?)
*'''Location''': Right arm, above elbow

===Unnamed girl with bear===
[[File:BearGirlGem.png|150px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Unknown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Shape when transformed''': Bear head
*'''Location''': Hairpin on upper left side of head

===Unnamed girl in purple===
[[File:Vlcsnap-2011-12-08-16h52m05s99.jpg|250px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Unknown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Shape when transformed''': Heart
*'''Location''': Center of chest, between the breasts

===Unnamed Viking girl===
[[File:Vlcsnap-2012-02-15-16h48m52s245.jpg|250px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Unknown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Shape when transformed''': Crescent / Horn?
*'''Location''': Forehead

===Unnamed girl in sailor uniform===
[[File:Schoolgirloutfitgem.png|250px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Unknown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Shape when transformed''': Unknown
*'''Location''': Unknown

===Unnamed Afghan girl===
[[File:Screen_shot_2012-02-16_at_8.08.33_PM.jpg|200px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Diamond
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Shape when transformed''': Unknown
*'''Location''': Unknown

===Unnamed girl on train===
[[File:Screen_shot_2012-02-16_at_8.08.45_PM.jpg|200px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Unknown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Shape when transformed''': Unknown
*'''Location''': Unknown

===Queen Himiko===
[[File:Screen_shot_2012-02-16_at_8.08.55_PM.jpg|200px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Unknown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Seashell (?)
*'''Shape when transformed''': Unknown
*'''Location''': Unknown

==Production Notes==
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[[Category:Articles]]
[[Category:Unconfirmed theories]]

==PSP Game==
<gallery>
File:All Star Grief Seed.png
</gallery>

==Candy Straps==
Strap versions of several Soul Gems and Grief Seeds were released for cell phones in Japan. A promo picture can be found at http://www.superhappycashcow.com/pic/2009%20New%20Figure/Puella%20Magi%20Madoka%20Magica/Soul%20Gem%20Strap%202/01.jpg. The above Soul Gems (from left to right) are tied to the Magical Girls underneath them. The Grief Seeds are [[Oktavia]]'s, [[Charlotte]]'s, [[Elly]]'s and [[Elsa Maria]]'s. The corrupted Soul Gems are Madoka's and Homura's, as evidenced by their placement, shape and the gem colours.

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Grief Seeds

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[[File:Soul gem grief seed sketch.jpg|right|thumb]]
This page lists information and speculation about the grief seeds that appear in each episode of the anime and chapter of the different manga spinoffs.

==By episode==

===Episode 2===
[[File:Fanart Soul Gem.jpg|right|150px]]
[[File:Grief_seed.png|300px|Gertrud's Grief Seed.]]
'''[[Gertrud]]'s Grief Seed.'''

The Grief Seed that Mami obtained from Gertrud.
*'''Top emblem''': Butterfly
*'''Bottom emblem''':Rose
*'''Battles''': Mami
*'''Possession''': Kyubey ''(presumed)''
*'''Used by''': Mami

===Episode 3===
[[File:Charlotte_grief_large2.jpg|300px|Charlotte's grief seed on the hospital wall.]]
'''[[Charlotte]]'s Grief Seed.'''

The Grief Seed found embedded in a hospital wall.
*'''Top emblem''': Strawberry
*'''Bottom emblem''': Charlotte's head
*'''Battles''': Mami, Homura
*'''Possession''': Homura
*'''Used by''': Unknown
<gallery>
File:Charlotte seed.png|Charlotte's grief seed vector.
File:Charlotte_grief_large.jpg|The seed glows as it begins to activate
File:Charlotte_activating.jpg|A close-up of the seed's emblem just before Charlotte appears
File:Mami-gem-vs-charlotte-seed.png|Comparison of Charlotte's grief seed and Mami's soul gem
</gallery>

===Episode 4===
[[File:EllyGS.png|Elly's Grief Seed]]
'''[[Elly]]'s Grief Seed.'''

Elly's Grief Seed, not originally seen in the episode. It was added in the AT-X rebroadcast.

*'''Top emblem''': Wing
*'''Bottom emblem''': Monitor
*'''Battles''': Sayaka
*'''Possession''': Unknown
*'''Used by''': Sayaka

===Episode 6===
[[File:Speculah Elly's seed.jpg|150px|Elly's grief seed speculah]]
'''[[Elly]]'s Grief Seed.'''

Initially speculated to be [[Elly]]'s grief seed, which was proven true as it was added to the revised Episode 4.
*'''Top emblem''': Wing
*'''Bottom emblem''': Monitor
*'''Battles''': Sayaka
*'''Possession''': Kyubey
*'''Used by''': Sayaka

===Episode 8===
[[File:Elsa grief seed.jpg|300px]]
'''[[Elsa Maria]]'s Grief Seed.'''

After defeating Elsa Maria, Sayaka gives this Grief Seed to Kyoko as repayment for her assistance.
*'''Top emblem''': Crown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Blank
*'''Battles''': Sayaka, Kyoko
*'''Possession''': Kyoko
*'''Used by''': none ''(presumed)''

[[File:E8-grief-seed.PNG|300px|The grief seed Homura gives to Sayaka.]]
'''The witch of the Netherlands's Grief Seed.'''

The Grief Seed Homura gives to Sayaka, who refused it. According to [http://wiki.puella-magi.net/File:PN_60.jpg this] design document, it belongs to the "witch of the Netherlands (オランダの魔女)".
*'''Top emblem''': Tulip
*'''Bottom emblem''': Windmill
*'''Battles''': Homura ''(presumed)''
*'''Possession''': Homura
*'''Used by''': none ''(presumed)''

[[File:Sayaka-soul-gem-grief-seed-transition.JPG|300px|Sayaka's soul gem transforming into a grief seed.]]
'''[[Oktavia von Seckendorff]]'s Grief Seed.'''

Sayaka's Grief Seed, immediately after exploding.
*'''Top emblem''': Music note
*'''Bottom emblem''': Music note
*'''Battles''': Kyoko in [[Episode 9]]
*'''Possession''': Unknown
*'''Used by''': Unknown

===Episode 10===
[[File:Fan creation jewelry soul gem grief seed.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Fanmade jewelry of a Soul Gem and Grief Seed]]
[[File:Grief Seed from episode 10.PNG|300px|The Grief Seed may be Sayaka's]]
'''[[Oktavia]]'s Grief Seed.'''

Sayaka's Grief Seed from the third timeline.
*'''Top emblem''': Music note
*'''Bottom emblem''': Music note
*'''Battles''': Homura, Madoka, Mami, Kyoko
*'''Possession''': Madoka
*'''Used by''': Homura

[[File:Madoka-grief-seed.png|300px]]
'''[[Kriemhild Gretchen]]'s Grief Seed.'''

Madoka's Grief Seed, the cutest Grief Seed ever.
*'''Top emblem''': Teardrop with ribbons
*'''Bottom emblem''': Comet
*'''Battles''': none
*'''Possession''': Madoka
*'''Used by''': none

===Episode 11===
[[File:Homura grief seed.png|300px]]
'''[[Homura]]'s Grief Seed.'''

Shown in [[Kyubey]]'s speech about how Homura would drown in despair, if she ever lost hope.
*'''Top emblem''': Diamond
*'''Bottom emblem''': Diamond
*'''Battles''': none
*'''Possession''': none
*'''Used by''': none

===Episode 12===
[[File:Soul Gem and Grief Seed Cubic Form.png|250px]]
'''"Grief Seeds" in cubic form taken from "[[:File:Demons.png|Demons]]."'''

The Grief Seeds take a cubic form in [[Episode 12]]. It is not known if they are still called Grief Seeds or if they have a different name (Grief Cubes?).
*'''Emblems''': none
*'''Battles''': Homura, Kyoko, Mami, Sayaka
*'''Possession''': Homura
*'''Used by''': Homura

===Mami's Heart-Pounding Tiro Finale===
[[File:Ophelia_grief_seed.jpg]]
[[Ophelia]]'s Grief Seed, from Mami's Heart-Pounding Tiro Finale

*'''Top emblem''': Eye
*'''Bottom emblem''': Eye
*'''Battles''': Homura
*'''Possession''': Homura (presumed)
*'''Used by''': none

===Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable===
[[File:Albertine_grief_seed.png]]
[[Albertine]]'s Grief Seed, from [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable]]

*'''Top emblem''': Star
*'''Bottom emblem''': Flower
*'''Battles''': Varies
*'''Possession''': Varies
*'''Used by''': Varies

[[File:Gisela_grief_seed.png]]
[[Gisela]]'s Grief Seed, from [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable]]

*'''Top emblem''': Handlebars
*'''Bottom emblem''': Grille
*'''Battles''': Mami or Kyouko
*'''Possession''': Mami or Kyouko
*'''Used by''': Varies

[[File:Izabel_grief_seed.png]]
[[Izabel]]'s Grief Seed, from [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable]]

*'''Top emblem''': Trophy
*'''Bottom emblem''': Archway
*'''Battles''': Mami and Madoka or Kyouko and Sayaka
*'''Possession''': Mami and Madoka or Kyouko and Sayaka
*'''Used by''': Varies

[[File:Patricia_grief_seed.PNG]]
[[Patricia]]'s Grief Seed, from [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable]]

*'''Top emblem''': Cherry blossom
*'''Bottom emblem''': Spider eyes
*'''Battles''': Mami, Madoka and Homura
*'''Possession''': Mami, Madoka and Homura
*'''Used by''': Varies

[[File:Candeloro grief seed.png]]
[[Candeloro]]'s Grief Seed, from [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable]]

*'''Top emblem''': Flower
*'''Bottom emblem''': Flower
*'''Battles''': Madoka and Homura
*'''Possession''': Madoka and Homura
*'''Used by''': Varies

[[File:Ophelia grief seed PSP.png]]
[[Ophelia]]'s Grief Seed, from [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable]]

*'''Top emblem''': Eye
*'''Bottom emblem''': Eye
*'''Battles''': Homura
*'''Possession''': Homura
*'''Used by''': Varies

[[File:Walpurgisnacht_grief_seed.PNG]]
[[Walpurgis Night]]'s Grief Seed, from [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable]]

*'''Top emblem''': Gear
*'''Bottom emblem''': Gear
*'''Battles''': Varies
*'''Possession''': Varies
*'''Used by''': Varies

===Oriko Magica, chapter 1===
[[File:Flower_witch_grief_seed.JPG|250px]]
'''The witch of flowers' Grief Seed.'''

Presumably the Grief Seed of the flower witch that attacked [[Yuma]].
*'''Top emblem''': Unknown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Battles''': Kyoko
*'''Possession''': Kyoko
*'''Used by''': none ''(presumed)''

===Oriko Magica, chapter 2===
[[File:Cecil_grief_seed.JPG|250px]]
'''[[Cecil]]'s Grief Seed.'''

The Grief Seed of the Taste Witch that [[Kyoko]] battled.
*'''Top emblem''': Rosary
*'''Bottom emblem''': Cherry petals
*'''Battles''': Kyoko
*'''Possession''': Kyoko
*'''Used by''': Kyoko ''(presumed)''

===Oriko Magica, chapter 5===
[[File:Kirika_grief_seed.JPG|200px]]
'''[[Margot]]'s Grief Seed.'''

The outline of [[Kirika]]'s Grief Seed, visible within her Soul Gem prior to becoming a witch.
*'''Top emblem''': Unknown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Battles''': Kyoko, Mami, Yuma, Homura
*'''Possession''': none
*'''Used by''': none ''(presumed)''

===Kazumi Magica, Chapter 4===
[[File:PrologueGriefSeed.png|150px]]
'''[[Prologue]]'s Grief Seed.'''

The bookmobile witch's Grief Seed, given to [[Jubey]] by the [[Pleiades]].
*'''Top emblem''': Oval
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown (compass points?)
*'''Battles''': The Pleiades Saints
*'''Possession''': Jubey
*'''Used by''': none

===Kazumi Magica, chapter 5===
[[File:AiriGriefSeed.png|200px]]
'''[[Nie Blühen Herzen]]'s Grief Seed.'''

"[[Yuuri]]", aka [[Airi]]'s, Grief Seed.
*'''Top emblem''': Flower (?)
*'''Bottom emblem''': Flower (?)
*'''Battles''': The Pleiades Saints
*'''Possession''': The Pleiades Saints, Jubey ''(presumed)''
*'''Used by''': none ''(presumed)''

===Kazumi Magica, chapter 9===
[[File:KazumiChapter9GriefSeed.png|150px]]
'''[[Nico Kanna]]'s Grief Seed.'''

*'''Top emblem''': Diamond/Square
*'''Bottom emblem''': Diamond/Square
*'''Battles''': The Pleiades Saints
*'''Possession''': The Pleiades Saints, Jubey ''(presumed)''
*'''Used by''': none ''(presumed)''

===Kazumi Magica, chapter 15===
[[File:Satomi_grief_seed.PNG|150px]]
'''[[Satomi Usagi]]'s Grief Seed.'''

*'''Top emblem''': Bat wing
*'''Bottom emblem''': Bat wing
*'''Battles''': Kazumi
*'''Possession''': The Pleiades Saints, Jubey ''(presumed)''
*'''Used by''': none ''(presumed)''

===Kazumi Magica, chapter 18===
[[File:Chapter_18_grief_seed.png|200px]][[File:KazumiChapter19GriefSeed.png|200px]]
'''[[Saki Asami]]'s Grief Seed.'''

*'''Top emblem''': Lily-of-the-valley
*'''Bottom emblem''': Lily-of-the-valley
*'''Battles''': Kanna Hijiri and other witches
*'''Possession''': Umika, Saki and Kazumi
*'''Used by''': Kazumi

===Kazumi Magica, chapter 19===
[[File:KazumiChapter19GriefSeedPart2.png]]
'''The [[Souju]]'s Grief Seeds'''

*'''Top emblem''': Unknown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Battles''': Umika and Kaoru
*'''Possession''': No one (presumed)
*'''Used by''': No one (presumed)

==Soul Gems==
This is a compilation of every magical girl's soul gems' emblems and their locations. Soul gems come in three forms: the [http://wiki.puella-magi.net/File:Soul_gem.png| gem form], the [http://wiki.puella-magi.net/File:Ep10-09-00.jpg| ring form] (though it is sometimes not a ring, but a hairpin, earring, or other piece of jewelery), and the transformation form, the shape of which is unique to each individual girl and gem.

Note that soul gem and grief seed are not English translations of Japanese words, but the actual English words spoken in the anime. Therefore, it's possible that it was intentionally chosen, and not merely coincidental, for the initials of grief seed (GS) to be the reverse of soul gem (SG). If so, it would appropriately reflect the role reversal that occurs when magical girls turn into witches.

===Mami Tomoe===
[[File:MamiGem.png|250px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Flower
*'''Bottom emblem''': Flower
*'''Shape when transformed''': Flower
*'''Location''': Hairpin on right side of head

===Sayaka Miki===
[[File:SayakaGem.png|250px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Musical note
*'''Bottom emblem''': Musical note
*'''Shape when transformed''': Musical note
*'''Location''': Navel

===Homura Akemi===
[[File:Homura soul gem.png|200px]][[File:HomuraSoulGemTransformed.png|200px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Diamond
*'''Bottom emblem''': Diamond
*'''Shape when transformed''': Diamond
*'''Location''': Left hand

===Kyoko Sakura===
[[File:KyoukoSoulGemVarious.png|300px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Oval
*'''Bottom emblem''': Oval
*'''Shape when transformed''': Oval
*'''Location''': Upper chest

===Madoka Kaname===
[[File:MadokaSoulGem.png|300px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Teardrop
*'''Bottom emblem''': Teardrop
*'''Shape when transformed''': Teardrop
*'''Location''': Upper chest

===Yuma Chitose===
[[File:YumaSoulGemNeck.png|250px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Unknown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Shape when transformed''': Sphere with cat ears
*'''Location''': Nape of neck

===Oriko Mikuni===
[[File:OrikoSoulGem.png|200px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Unknown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Shape when transformed''': Oval
*'''Location''': Upper chest

===Kirika Kure===
[[File:Oriko_gem.JPG|250px]][[File:Kirika_gem_cropped.JPG|150px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Ring
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown (shield?)
*'''Shape when transformed''': Diamond
*'''Location''': Lower back

===Kazumi===
[[File:J13 23.jpg|200px]]
[[File:Kazumi_soul_gem.JPG]]
*'''Top emblem''': Spiral
*'''Bottom emblem''': Spiral
*'''Shape when transformed''': Bell-like earring with spiral patterns
*'''Location''': Ear

===Kaoru Maki===
[[File:KaoruSoulGem.png]][[File:KaoruTransformedGem.png|100px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Unknown (trophy?)
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown (trophy?)
*'''Shape when transformed''': Pentagon
*'''Location''': Right thigh

===Umika Misaki===
[[File:UmikaSoulGem.png]][[File:UmikaTransformedGem.png|200px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Pen nib
*'''Bottom emblem''': Pen nib
*'''Shape when transformed''': Pen nib
*'''Location''': Forehead

===Satomi Usagi===
[[File:SatomiSoulGem.png]][[File:MJ13 20.jpg]]
*'''Top emblem''': Unknown (paw?)
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown (paw?)
*'''Shape when transformed''': Cat head
*'''Location''': Left side of the chest

===Mirai Wakaba===
[[File:MiraiWakabaSoulGem.png]]
*'''Top emblem''': Heart
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Shape when transformed''': Heart
*'''Location''': Neck

===Nico Kanna===
[[File:Nico_gem.JPG]]
[[File:Nico_gem_neck.JPG|150px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Hexagon
*'''Bottom emblem''': Hexagon
*'''Shape when transformed''': Hexagon
*'''Location''': Nape of neck

===Saki Asami===
[[File:Saki_soul_gem.JPG]]
*'''Top emblem''': Lily of the valley
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Shape when transformed''': Lily of the valley
*'''Location''': Left hand

===Yuuri Asuka===
[[File:YuuriAsukaSoulGem.png]]
*'''Top emblem''': Unknown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Shape when transformed''': Oval
*'''Location''': Left shoulder

==="Yuuri"===
[[File:Airi_soul_gem.JPG]]
*'''Top emblem''': Flower (?)
*'''Bottom emblem''': Flower (?)
*'''Shape when transformed''': Oval
*'''Location''': Upper abdomen, below her chest

===Akane Sumire===
[[File:Akane_soul_gem.JPG]]
*'''Top emblem''': Tassel/Tiara (?)
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Shape when transformed''': Tassel/Tiara (?)
*'''Location''': Navel

===Ayase Souju===
[[File:Ayase_soul_gem.JPG]]
*'''Top emblem''': Crescent moon with circle in it
*'''Bottom emblem''': Circle with crescent moon in it
*'''Shape when transformed''': Inverted shield (?)
*'''Location''': Left side of chest

===Luca Souju===
[[File:Luca_gem.JPG]]
*'''Top emblem''': Circle with crescent moon in it
*'''Bottom emblem''': Crescent moon with circle in it
*'''Shape when transformed''': Shield (?)
*'''Location''': Right side of chest

===Michiru Kazusa===
[[File:Michiru Gem.jpg|150px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Spiral
*'''Bottom emblem''': Spiral
*'''Shape when transformed''': Bell-like earring with spiral patterns
*'''Location''': Ear

===Kanna Hijiri===
[[File:Kanna_soul_gem.PNG]]
*'''Top emblem''': Twin hexagons
*'''Bottom emblem''': Twin hexagons
*'''Shape when transformed''': Twin hexagons
*'''Location''': Chest (decoy on back of her neck)

===Kazumi (after second second wish)===
[[File:Chapter_22_spoiler.png]]

*'''Top emblem''': Unknown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Shape when transformed''': Twin question marks
*'''Location''': Chest

===Unnamed Tibetan girl===
[[File:Vlcsnap-2011-12-08-16h52m48s14.jpg|250px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Heart
*'''Bottom emblem''': Heart / inverted spade
*'''Shape when transformed''': Teardrop (?)
*'''Location''': Below neck, collar

===Unnamed girl from the Savannah===
[[File:SavannahGirlGem.png|200px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Unknown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Shape when transformed''': Shield (?)
*'''Location''': Right arm, above elbow

===Unnamed girl with bear===
[[File:BearGirlGem.png|150px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Unknown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Shape when transformed''': Bear head
*'''Location''': Hairpin on upper left side of head

===Unnamed girl in purple===
[[File:Vlcsnap-2011-12-08-16h52m05s99.jpg|250px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Unknown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Shape when transformed''': Heart
*'''Location''': Center of chest, between the breasts

===Unnamed Viking girl===
[[File:Vlcsnap-2012-02-15-16h48m52s245.jpg|250px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Unknown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Shape when transformed''': Crescent / Horn?
*'''Location''': Forehead

===Unnamed girl in sailor uniform===
[[File:Schoolgirloutfitgem.png|250px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Unknown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Shape when transformed''': Unknown
*'''Location''': Unknown

===Unnamed Afghan girl===
[[File:Screen_shot_2012-02-16_at_8.08.33_PM.jpg|200px]]
*'''Top emblem''': Diamond
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Shape when transformed''': Unknown
*'''Location''': Unknown

===Unnamed girl on train===
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*'''Top emblem''': Unknown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Unknown
*'''Shape when transformed''': Unknown
*'''Location''': Unknown

===Queen Himiko===
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*'''Top emblem''': Unknown
*'''Bottom emblem''': Seashell (?)
*'''Shape when transformed''': Unknown
*'''Location''': Unknown

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==PSP Game==
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==Candy Straps==
Strap versions of several Soul Gems and Grief Seeds were released for cell phones in Japan. A promo picture can be found at http://www.superhappycashcow.com/pic/2009%20New%20Figure/Puella%20Magi%20Madoka%20Magica/Soul%20Gem%20Strap%202/01.jpg. The above Soul Gems (from left to right) are tied to the Magical Girls underneath them. The Grief Seeds are [[Oktavia]]'s, [[Charlotte]]'s, [[Elly]]'s and [[Elsa Maria]]'s. The corrupted Soul Gems are Madoka's and Homura's, as evidenced by their placement, shape and the gem colours.

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Translation:
:Kazumi: "Make me into a real human."
:Kyuubey: "Even if you become human, you'll become a magical girl immediately after that and be disconnected from that body, right?" "A thoroughly meaningless wish."
:Kazumi: "It's not meaningless. I'm borrowing power from everyone's magic and the witches." "If I want to step towards tomorrow on my own feet, my body must be mine alone!"
---[[User:Neuchadjinys|Neuchadjinys]] 05:37, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

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== Names ==

Is it "Niko" or "Nico"? The scanlations use the latter. -[[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 14:23, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

== Wait. Independent chapters? ==

I'm seeing Chapters One through Three of Kazumi on Mangafox. Yet the first volume is only coming out in May 12th?
I am kinda nob when it comes to manga... so, does "serialization" means that these chapters are coming out in Kirara Forward each month, before they're packed together and released as a volume? [[User:BrickBreak|BrickBreak]] 20:26, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

: Yes. Most manga series are published chapter-by-chapter each week or month in a magazine, with volumes being released whenever a set number of chapters is reached. [[Special:Contributions/64.89.144.100|64.89.144.100]] 20:51, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

::In that case, should we add each chapter's release date? [[User:BrickBreak|BrickBreak]] 22:04, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

:::I believe a release date along with a summary of the chapters would be in order, with proper spoiler tags of course.

== Runes? ==
I think there is some runic text in Kazumi chapter 1. Anyone have a translation? - [[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 13:23, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
:Do you have a scan or something? Might as well try and translate them, I'm pretty bored anyway. Also, we should probably make a page for them then, [[Runes:Kazumi Magica]] or something. --[[User:Homerun-chan|Homerun-chan]] 14:26, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
:: [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahoushoujo_kazumi_magica_the_innocent_malice/v01/c001/4.html I see them here, but suddenly I'm not sure if they were added there by the scanlators or not.] There ''might'' be some [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahoushoujo_kazumi_magica_the_innocent_malice/v01/c003/5.html here] as well, I'm not sure. - [[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 15:08, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
:::Yeah, the first one is obviously added by the scanlator. It reads "scanlated by /a/non for /a/non, raws from [something I couldn't read due to quality]". --[[User:Homerun-chan|Homerun-chan]] 15:24, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
::::The mysterious characters on the second one don't look like any recognized runes to me. --[[User:KFYatek|KFYatek]] 16:51, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
:::::In case you're talking about　"入口は？？", that's japanese. I can't make it quite out, but it should say something like "Entrance this way". --[[User:TATZL|TATZL]] 16:57, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
::::::Oh my. I know enough Japanese to know what 入口 is, but it's such an obfuscated font I'd never tell it's kanji. Thanks for pointing it out! --[[User:KFYatek|KFYatek]] 18:28, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
::::The last scanlator runeword matches the raw provider name in the watermark in the next page, and it's mixing archaic and modern.
::::: Thank you all very much, sorry for the inconvenience. - [[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 17:44, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

== Juubey? ==

Where'd you get this from? O.o [[User:BrickBreak|BrickBreak]] 13:37, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
:[[File:Juubey.jpg|200px]]
:It seems that scans leaked on 2ch. [[User:TATZL|TATZL]] 13:48, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
:: Now notice the shadow next to Juubey in the first panel. Juubey may not be an Incubator after all... -- [[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 14:02, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
:::Jubey's definitely an Incubator. The girl on the second page (I forget her name) calls him/her/it "the fairy that made us into puella magi". It seems that Kyubey is present on the first page, though...--[[User:Urutapu|urutapu]] 16:30, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
::::Exactly. Kyubey is a hive mind. Why would he need to talk to himself like that? I think the fact that it's a "fairy" is going to be a major point. -- [[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 16:34, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
:::::Even if there's a hive mind, that doesn't mean they can simply telepathically talk or instantly know what another Incubator is up to. Like the Human Interfaces in Haruhi.--[[User:Urutapu|urutapu]] 16:36, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

== Volume 1 ==
Dumb question: I would imagine that since it's being released the same time as ''Oriko'' it might get lost in the shuffle, but is there anyone who's planning to look through it and see if there are any differences/additions to the original serialized chapters? -- [[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 20:09, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
:If someone will upload the scans (raws are fine) of the tankobon somewhere (preferably as some DDL, but torrent is OK, too), then I can do that. But seeing how Kazumi is rather unpopular, I'm not so sure of the scan availability. I don't plan on buying Kazumi myself. Not in the slightest. --[[User:KFYatek|KFYatek]] 20:40, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
:: Yeah, that's what concerns me. I'd do it myself, if I could get the scans, but...--[[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 21:33, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
::It is? Uh... it's got half a million views in MangaFox, but then again, I guess that doesn't translate in the "Madoka is sold out EVERYWHERE" thing we had with the original manga. --[[User:BrickBreak|BrickBreak]] 22:02, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
::: It's more that I'm worried Kazumi will be ignored when Oriko comes out. -- [[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 22:07, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
:::: Well obviously. Slapping the main characters on it = automatic profit. And Kazumi was just getting intresting :/ (well, to most people. I've liked it since the start. Though it might just be because I love Kazumi and real tech mixed with magic (the GPS, Yuuri's SMGs are ''almost'' [[wikipedia:Walther MPL|Walther MPL]]'s, etc.)) --[[User:BrickBreak|BrickBreak]] 22:16, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

:So, now that it's actually out, has there been any mention of changes/additions? --[[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 01:31, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
::At least the Soul Gems were redrawn. The Grief Seed probably too, but there's no scan of that page. --[[User:TATZL|TATZL]] 03:05, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
::[[File:kazumicomparison.jpg|200px]]

== Expansion ==

This is a question that also applies to Oriko. Right now, we have a single page to cover everything in each manga release. Granted, they're nearly not the same scale as Madoka, and one of them is just a medium conversion with few changes. But still, there's more to it than just this.
The most obvious example being a page for Kazumi herself, Umika and Kaoru, and another for the Pleiades Saints. And maybe then think about other stuff. I volunteer to work on it, but I won't be able to until the weekend, university and fencing are keeping me locked up. But that's not really my main question. That would be: should it be done? Okay, this is "Puella Magi wiki", not "Madoka wiki". But given the obviously huge focus on Madoka, and the apparent lack of interest in the spin-offs (so far), is it justifiable? I certainly think so, but I want to hear from you. --[[User:BrickBreak|BrickBreak]] 00:13, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
:I myself am not interested in the spinoffs, but definitely think that ''Kazumi'' at least should get its own set of character pages and the like. My only problem is with ''Oriko'': the current translation of the second volume's synopsis calls it the "concluding" volume, meaning that the series most likely isn't going to have enough content to justify taking up more than one page -- especially considering that any new insight into the anime characters can just be entered onto ''their'' preexisting pages. [[User:Momoism|Momoism]] 03:39, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
::I support Kazumi pages. Oriko at the very least should get her own page. It's approximately 8 chapters, which is relatively significant. [[User:Aster Selene|Aster Selene]] 05:07, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
:I think it's best to separate manga characterizations from the anime ones. Oriko is described as a spin-off, so events and characterizations may not be considered canon to the anime. We know even the direct adaptation manga has significant differences from the anime. For example, the manga shows Sayaka killing the men on the train whereas Shinbo in the anime chose not to go that route. Either interpretation was acceptable to Urobuchi who left the scenario open to both so neither are technically wrong but it would be confusing and a bit misleading to not clearly state what was in the anime and what was in the manga. This would also apply to the background information on Madoka's characters from Oriko. I'm all for having it included but the source should be clearly stated and preferably categorized so it avoids any confusion. As for Kazumi, as long as the pages stay under the manga section, it sounds fine, just don't want it under the characters page where people might get confused with them and the Madoka anime characters. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 05:39, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

SUGGESTION: Since the character pages all need to be cleaned up a little big in general (speculah about characters should be moved to a new speculah page for characters, for example, and be tagged right/wrong/uncomfirmed), redundant discussions need to be trimmed, etc etc, just add a "in the manga" section to each character page that will, as necessary, detail their involvement in the mangas. Furthermore, I believe that each major manga character (so Kazumi and Oriko, at least) should get their own page on the characters page. Just add a section for manga-only characters.
:The character pages do need clean-up however I don't think Kazumi or any other manga-only characters (like in Oriko) should be included with the Madoka ones. The website is dedicated to Puella Magi (or Mahou Shoujo) Madoka Magica. That means the character pages should really only be dedicated to those characters in the anime. The manga only characters belong in the manga section as something in addition that might interest people, but isn't the main focus or draw to this site. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 07:41, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
::I agree with the sentiment, but why have a wiki for the anime and a wiki for the manga when we could have a single unified wiki that properly identifies what comes from the manga and what comes from the anime? This just seems like it'll split the fanbase between working on a manga wiki and working on an anime wiki... and guess which one will get more attention and which one will be incomplete and barely worked on if that happens? I'm not seeing the harm in adding manga material, as long as it is clearly identified and marked which is what. Not only that, but knowing that the mangas are being produced by the same company, they may reveal things that will fill in the blanks for the anime. If a decision can't be reached by single individuals, though... why not hold a poll?

::Actually, the wiki is called "puella-magi.net" (as opposed to the previous one who was madoka-centered), and the homepage states "(...) as well as any subsequent works.", so like the guy above me (who didn't sign his comment by the way), I think manga characters do have their place here. Why not just add a new row "Manga characters" in the [[Characters]]'s table? (just like Madoka's family and classmates) --[[User:Homerun-chan|Homerun-chan]] 10:25, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
:::Let me see if I can explain my thinking in clearer, more straight-forward fashion. The most logical way I see to fix the issues discussed is for: the manga to have its own subsection (equivalent to setting, products, media etc.) and in that section, each manga would have a separate listing under it. Then, you can break out the manga into a chapters and character page. This is a simple way to solve the issues of growth and also clearly separates what happens in the anime from what happens in the manga. You can also then provide a link from the anime characters pointing to the manga character page(s) to give additional information/discrepancies between what occurred in the anime and manga, but having separate pages makes it easy to see what characteristic was derived from which source.
:::On the other hand, if you'd did it the other way people are suggesting, adding manga-only characters to the character section, it could easily become confusing to someone who is not familiar with both the anime and manga. It's also inconsistent with the format of the section under settings where location, glossary and (of course) episodes are all anime-specific. Then you may open up the can of worms where people start adding manga-only items to location, glossary, etc. If you say well why does any of this matter? It's because there are always discrepancies between "canon anime," "canon manga," and "spin-off manga," that are viewed as different level of authority by fans and it's important to them to know the distinction. Anytime those lines start getting blurred, you'll get a host of questions and arguments that could have been avoided by knowing that X came from this source and Y came from this other source, and OK the first source is canon and the second one isn't. Speaking from the painful experience of seeing this happen many times before with other franchises--well, it's always good to keep source material as clear as possible.
:::One final comment: It only takes one or two dedicated fans to update the wiki on a manga volume and it seems Kazumi has those fans. I don't see why people are concerned it'll get neglected. Even if Kazumi updates are delayed because of Oriko's premiere, that would only be reflecting the fanbase interests and the wiki doing what it's suppose to: providing the info that's most interesting and timely to the fanbase. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 15:02, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
::::Okay, I get your point better now, and it makes sense indeed. We just have to be careful to link the pages properly to give the "Manga" part of the wiki the attention it desserves, and to carefully state what should go where. The easiest way to do so would probably be to use a new namespace, "Manga:", for all those pages, right? Also, another advantage I see in your way of separating things is that character pages (as well as others) won't grow any bigger that way. If we merge both the anime and manga info into one page, then it'd grow into a wall of text even bigger than it is now. --[[User:Homerun-chan|Homerun-chan]] 15:29, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
:::::In all seriousness, have you ever seen any wiki related to some fictional work to have many pages about the same character for different media he/she appears in? The only example I am aware of is Asuka from Evangelion on the [http://wiki.evageeks.org EvaGeeks wiki]. Since her name and biography is quite different in the Rebuild movies, they chose to just mention her Rebuild version briefly in the main article ([http://wiki.evageeks.org/Asuka_Langley_Soryu Asuka Langley Soryu]) and make a separate article for the Rebuild character ([http://wiki.evageeks.org/Asuka_Shikinami_Langley Asuka Shikinami Langley]).
:::::But look at [http://wiki.evageeks.org/Shinji_Ikari the page about Shinji]. There are several paragraphs about him in the original series and The End of Eva (treated jointly), and then subsections "in the manga", "in other Eva-base manga", "in Rebuild of Eva". They have no speculah section, but a trivia section titled "Notes", so it kind of evens out ;)
:::::Anyway, the Madoka manga does not really differ ''that'' much from the anime. Even though I kind of outdid myself [[Manga differences|spotting almost every single difference]], most of them are fairly insignificant in terms of character development. Knowing the exact wording of Mami's wish or not? Sayaka killing the men on the train or not? Charlotte looking different in her caterpillar form? Kyubey having facial expression or not? Do they really justify making separate pages for anime and manga versions of every single character? I don't think so.
:::::The only appearance of Madoka character in Kazumi is Kyubey's cameo and Madoka's silhouette as an illustration of a Puella Magi, which are totally insignificant for anything other than noting it. I don't think we'll ever see other anime characters in Kazumi, since it takes place in a different city. And Kazumi isn't in conflict with anime canon in terms of "the laws of the universe".
:::::Oriko will be a different beast, because many of Madoka's main characters are also Oriko's main characters. But even if it will be in direct conflict with the anime canon, I vote for just having an "In other media" section, and then subsections "In ''Madoka'' manga", "In ''Oriko'' manga" etc. We don't have two separate Madokas (or Mamis, Homuras, Kyoukos, Kyubeys), it's the same character. And having many timelines doesn't change it (can you seriously imagine having separate page for eg. Keiichi from Higurashi for every arc?). --[[User:KFYatek|KFYatek]] 16:07, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
::::::So in the end it all comes down to how much difference there is between sources. If existing characters start changing a lot in one of the series, then they may need a separate page, but not if it's just minor changes/no changes at all, where a single section would be enough ... (note that there isn't much difference between both solution if the pages are linked proprely) Anyway, I have to admit I don't follow any of the manga series, so I'll leave the debate to you guys. Just one last suggestion: why don't we do as usual, i.e. solving problems when they're here? We could just add stuff to the existing pages for now, and start thinking of another organization if it gets too messy in the future right? None of the pages look like they'd need a refactoring in the near future to me, and we still barely know anything about Kazumi/Oriko Magica so it's a bit hard to anticipate at this rate ... --[[User:Homerun-chan|Homerun-chan]] 16:36, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
:::::::Yeah, sorry, I saw this discussion as a future direction, e.g. after Oriko and Kazumi's new volumes are out. Right now even the manga pages aren't even half as long as say, Homura's character page. So they're fine as one-pagers at the moment.
::::::Hm, I think you're misunderstanding in thinking there'd be a "Manga Homura" page versus "Anime Homura" page. What I'm proposing is a "Manga Character page" for each manga so for instance, Kazumi would have a page listing all its characters. Madoka and Oriko's manga would provide for anime characters: a blurb description, a link to the anime-specific characters page, then list things unique to that manga. Then for Oriko it would list all the manga-specific characters like the three new girls, witches, etc. This to me is far clearer and easier for users than adding all the manga-only characters in Oriko and Kazumi to the already long list of characters, and then add more sections to the already lengthy anime character pages. I hear you about the wikis with the Eva examples and that makes sense when you normally have brief, general summaries that you can put together where there's consensus, and easily see where there's major differences from different sources. I personally prefer that format for character pages and I'd be for it if things were rolled up in summary format. But I see Madoka's wiki is different with very detailed levels of information for well, everything (like the summary paragraphs of all the manga vs. anime differences...that's not something you normally see on a wiki), and people seemed inclined in only adding and not trimming things back. When things are that detailed, it makes sense to separate out pages to reduce length and confusion. Madoka's manga doesn't have much but if people show as much interest in detailing things for Oriko, those character pages can really get out-of-hand. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 16:56, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
:::::::OK, I think I see your point now, and it seems we don't really differ much, if at all ;) --[[User:KFYatek|KFYatek]] 18:13, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
::::::::<s>Full-blown discussion engaged. Just as keikaku.</s> Don't mind me addressing initial ponderings, I was away all day. First, of course a proper separation is needed. I never in any way doubted that. The issue was "how", not "if", and you handled better than I would have. So, two main lines of thought, so far: a strong separation between anime and manga stuff, or a higher level of interaction, while asserting their differences. I must go with the last one. Character pages for ''at least'' the major manga characters (well... it's not like Madoka follows that rule), "In other media" sections for anime ones, and a "manga characters" section at the Characters page. But I do absolutely agree that the differences in canon must be properly stated. Maybe some sort of header on both saying: (NOTE: It is unclear how canonical the events of the manga editions are towards the anime. Use caution.) Or something of the kind (shorter, of course). As for things getting out of hand... that's what were here for, no? Although I do not believe things will go down that road. If they didn't with the anime (or rather: they did, but we rode through the storm), I find it hard to believe it will happen with Oriko, no matter the popularity. --[[User:BrickBreak|BrickBreak]] 23:02, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Here's a suggestion. Stop me if I'm wrong. Character pages, IMO, should be divided like this:
*Brief Summary, First Appearance
*Personality (Brief Overview)
*History (backstory+role in the anime; this section would clearly point out that a character is NOT from the anime in the case of manga characters)
*In the Manga (information may not be canon; use section to give an overview of what they do in each manga series, if applicable; for example, this would be a good place to note things like 'in the manga, <so and so forth>'s weapon is slightly different' or 'in the manga, <so and so forth> actually kills <unimportant characters on a train>')
*Powers, Weapons & Abilities
*Trivia
*Gallery
*Link to Speculah Page

As it is right now, I won't lie, character pages look like shit. They're full of weird speculah, people have a tendency to use the various fields as mini-forums for discussion (instead of the talk pages), the official info sections are basically heaps of stuff, and the pages are NOT easy to read. Compare this to any other established wiki with dedicated character pages and... yeah, this is definitely a weird way to do it. More to the point: people need to stop using the character pages as discussion forums. They need to use the talk pages for that. If I'm wrong, then I guess it's no use hanging around and offering contributions now and again; I must have some odd, incompatible way of thinking for the people on this wiki.

:Well I agree to the rest we should make a character page. However we don't had much official images of the characters from Kazumi. Like separating the character tablet of Madoka and Kazumi. -[[User:Dandan550|Dandan550]] 07:20, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

::I agree that the character pages need a cleanup, and actually, [[Wishlist|it's in the wishlist]]. I also agree that the speculah section should be a little more formal, and not "I think this ... I disagree with him ...". I don't see a problem with people adding sub-points to a point of speculah, [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Tsundere/Anime tvtropes-like], but we should just be careful not to turn it into a talkpage (i.e. we should avoid personal opinion and prefer neutral speech for instance). As for the speculah section, if they're written correctly (and maybe cleaned up, like Homura's page), I don't see a reason to move them to another page. Since you're talking about other established wiki, just look at [http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Yukari_Yakumo the Touhou wiki] for instance: there is also a part of speculah on the characters pages, even though it's far smaller than here (I don't think that delirium about Yukari's name is canon, but I may be mistaken). So yeah in conclusion I agree with you, except that I'd leave the speculah on the page if I were you. Also, I'm nitpicking here but I'm not sure "weapons and abilities" need a section on its own. What is there to write, except "Madoka uses a bow and has the ability to throw random stuff when things go downhill"? There's also [[Weapons|a page]] detailing what the weapons are, and so on. tl;dr I agree with your way of doing things, with some minor changes. --[[User:Homerun-chan|Homerun-chan]] 08:59, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
:::'Powers, abilities, etc' could link to the magic/magic speculah/weapon pages for more indepth outlooks. But for example, such a section on Homura's page would list out her shield, how it works (hourglass/one month), the timestopping, etc. The alternative would be to start including manga characters' stuff on those pages, which... risks making them swell and swell.
:Thinking about this again, I'm starting to think we may want to make character pages for ''all'' of the characters, not just the major ones. Whether or not they are "significant", they are still part of the franchise, and the wiki should keep organization even if it means making an article for a character nobody cares about. At least, even a supporting character in, say, ''Kazumi'' would be more important than, say, the Hospital Staff in ''Madoka''. [[User:Aster Selene|Only dead fish]] [[User talk:Aster Selene|go with the flow.]] 06:43, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
::I agree. I wasn't sure what the reaction would be, so I just put everything about them in the [[Pleiades Saints]] page. There is just one problem: with the small amount of info we have so far, it'll be impossible to use the new character page setup. --[[User:BrickBreak|BrickBreak]] 13:42, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
:::It might be a good idea to just keep them to the [[Pleiades Saints]] page until we get more information, and then give them personal character pages. [[User:CrownClown|CrownClown]] 19:48, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

Just wanted to verify if I'm understanding the new proposed structure correctly, regarding the structure of the character breakdown.

Setting - All Anime specific
*Characters - 1) Character Summary Table[http://wiki.puella-magi.net/Characters] -> 1.5) Individual Characters pages, now added manga sections ex: [http://wiki.puella-magi.net/Homura_Akemi]
*Locations
*Glossary
*Episodes

Manga - Manga specific
*Madoka - 1) Chapters subpage
*Kazumi - 1) Chapters subpage, 2) Manga-specific Characters Summary table -> 2.5) Individual Characters pages
*Oriko - 1) Chapters subpage, 2) Manga-specific Characters Summary table -> 2.5) Individual Characters pages

Is this correct? --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 08:34, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
:A lot of wikis (like the Haruhi Wiki, which I'm currently managing) have two character formats, one for major characters with a format with lots of detailed information, and one for characters we don't know much about and thus have a much more condensed format. Compare [http://haruhi.wikia.com/wiki/Kyon this] (major character) and [http://haruhi.wikia.com/wiki/Sasaki this] (minor character). Obviously this wiki would have a more organized format, but you get what I mean. [[User:Aster Selene|Only dead fish]] [[User talk:Aster Selene|go with the flow.]] 19:02, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

:Hmmm We should also update this page http://wiki.puella-magi.net/Characters you know? As I said earlier, we should make another branch of it. Well I hadn't trying it so... -[[User:Dandan550|Dandan550]] 09:30, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

== Spoiler tags ==

I'm posting this in the Kazumi Magica talkpage, but it is not limited to Kazumi, but rather to the whole wiki. Kazumi Magica page can act as an example, and also helps me bring attention, since much of the wiki work now revolves around it ;)

Anyway - I feel the {{spoiler|inline spoiler tag}} is quite overused. I am using ir myself, following the common practice, but I somehow feel this is wrong. I even have a feeling that the inline spoiler tag is not well suited for the structure and character of this wiki. It works quite well on TVtropes, which has a more constant structure of pages, but... have you ever seen something like that on any other wiki? (what's more, our inline spoiler tag being black makes it less visually neat than TVtropes' white tag)

The idea is noble, but it leads to some weird situations. Here on Kazumi Magica page, having "Pleiades Saints" header spoilered, or even entire Chapter 4 summary doesn't look like it is what we've wanted...

I was talking about other established wikis above. The [http://wiki.evageeks.org/ EvaGeeks wiki] has only a spoiler warning box, and even more - uses it just for "recent media" (eg. the Rebuild movies). [http://starwars.wikia.com/ Wookiepedia] doesn't seem to have a spoiler tag ''at all'' (likely due to a line of thought that a wiki of some fictional work is primarily for people familiar with said work - it actually makes sense to me). [http://soranowoto.wikia.com/ So Ra No Wo To wiki], which may have been some kind of inspiration for ours (SRNWT being the original ''speculah'' anime) also only has a spoiler box... and doesn't use it anywhere. Spoiler boxes are also only kind of spoiler tags found on [http://en.touhouwiki.net/ Touhou Wiki] mentioned above and. Wikipedia actually got rid of ''all'' spoiler tags they once had.

tl;dr - I propose on cleaning the wiki of most (or even all) usage of {{spoiler|inline spoiler tag}} and strongly discouraging its use in new content (or even deleting it altogether). --[[User:KFYatek|KFYatek]] 09:13, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
: As the one who used Spoiler tags on this page, I'm personally following a "Avoid spoiling major events of the previous two chapters" rule for Kazumi just in case no-one has seen it yet. Once Chapter 5 comes out I'd remove the Pleiades Saint spoilers, for example. --[[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 10:17, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

::Actually, it's possible to put a reference in the spoiler box. It only works with the anime episodes right now, but I'll edit it so that it accepts manga chapters too. Anyway, nothing refrains you of adding a spoiler box at the top of the section/page, which explains what is spoilered. See [[Template:Spoilers]] (subject to change in the following minutes/hours). --[[User:Homerun-chan|Homerun-chan]] 10:23, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

:Yeah, I started a discussion going in the same direction on [[Talk:Episode_12#Spoilers|the ep12 talkpage]], which is basically a black page at the moment. I agree with you in that spoilerish paragraphs should be tagged with a box, not with the inline tag. As its name states, the inline tag was at first meant for ... inline spoilers, i.e. words or parts of a sentence that could be spoilerish, and difficult to tag otherwise. Using them for a whole paragraph, or for headers, is just wrong usage. I wouldn't go as far as completely removing this tag, but we sure need clear guidelines regarding its usage. On the aesthetic part, I can try making it white if you find it less visually aggressive (the [[Episode 12]] page isn't really visually pleasant at the moment, I agree). Problem with the white spoiler tag is the opposite as the black one: you miss one more easily. --[[User:Homerun-chan|Homerun-chan]] 10:21, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

::Changed the spoiler tags to something TVtropes-like, i.e. white with gray bottom border. Tell me what you think about it. (I didn't find how to hide the links though, "a" and "a:visited" don't seem to work for some reason ...) --[[User:Homerun-chan|Homerun-chan]] 11:27, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
:::Links weren't hidden in the black version, either (though they were barely visible as dark blue on black). For the links, it works when you'll use <code>.inline-spoilers, .inline-spoilers a { color: white !important; } .inline-spoilers:hover { color: black !important; }</code>. However, then the tags won't get un-spoilered on hover, so you'll have to add something like <code>.inline-spoilers:hover a { color: #0645ad !important; }</code> and so on for other link classes (<code>a.stub</code>, <code>a.new</code> and also the visited and active versions, if you care), which is kind of ugly as per design robustness, but... works ;) As for the aesthetics of the white version, it looks great, at least for my tastes :) --[[User:KFYatek|KFYatek]] 21:02, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

==Should We Add Kyubey?==
It seems like he is starting to appear more and more in the manga, specially during that critical moment. I suspect Kyubey is plotting something nasty. --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 21:59, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
:I am adding Kyubey. --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 22:11, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

==Witches Page==
Have we thought anything regarding the Witches pages? Should those pages be disambiguating or should it contain some spoilers just so is still informative?... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 19:00, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
: We should make pages for the Kazumi Witches, but it should be split into two sections, for pseudo-witches and regular Witches. -- [[User: SPDUDE48|SPDUDE48]] 17:10, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

==Kazumi Vol.1 Changes and Additions!==
Tvtroper Ace Of Scarabs [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=12943821940A52797100&page=599#14953 has uploaded a few changed and added pages from Kazumi vol.1]. Thanks Ace Of Scarabs! --[[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 17:35, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

==Kazumi Vol.2==
Might as well ask: Anyone hear anything about this? --[[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 20:24, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
:[http://blog.min.chu.jp/?eid=1243531#sequel Source 1], [http://blog.livedoor.jp/geek/archives/51296797.html Source 2], [http://i.imgur.com/cup43.jpg Pic 1], [http://i.imgur.com/KMEvF.jpg Pic 2], [http://i.imgur.com/hoCQX.jpg Pic 3] --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 21:07, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
:: You are awesome, thank you. -- [[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 21:30, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
::: Pic 1 give me lols. Also has anyone has the sketches in the update Volume 2? -[[User:Dandan550|Dandan550]] 02:38, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

==Vol 2 Short Story?==
So, looking at Hiramatsu's blog, google translate is telling me there was a special edition that had an extra short story sold with volume 2. Anyones have details? [http://www.toranoana.jp/mailorder/article/20/0011/07/97/200011079784.html Source 1] and [http://hirama1002.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-214.html source 2]. --[[User:CrownClown|CrownClown]] 06:09, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
:"Puella Magi Kazumi Magica Special Edition ~ A Dream-Filled Spoon". A 2-page short story on the reverse side of [http://wiki.puella-magi.net/File:Kazumi_bonus.jpg this] extra art, included with volume 2 when purchased from Toranoana. The story is about Yuuri and Airi's life two years prior to Yuuri's contract. [[User:Neuchadjinys|Neuchadjinys]] 00:04, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
::Oh, that sounds really interesting (and sad, too). Thank you! I hope somebody has either a summary or a scan of it somewhere online. --[[User:CrownClown|CrownClown]] 00:39, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

:::I found a short summary of it. It's from a [http://logsoku.com/thread/yuzuru.2ch.net/comic/1319456549/869 series] [http://logsoku.com/thread/yuzuru.2ch.net/comic/1319456549/870 of] [http://logsoku.com/thread/yuzuru.2ch.net/comic/1319456549/871 2ch] [http://logsoku.com/thread/yuzuru.2ch.net/comic/1319456549/872 posts], so they (and my translation of them) might not be entirely reliable or accurate.

:::*The first part of the story is how Yuuri and Airi met. Yuuri cooked a big meal for her whole class, but one of the students complained of food poisoning afterward. Yuuri started staying home from school in shock, until Airi visited her and helped prove that the student was trying to frame Yuuri.

:::*The second part is two years later, after Airi fell ill. Yuuri is attacked by a witch and saved by [[Kazumi|a magical girl with a black hat and cape]]. She asks the girl to cure Airi, but she advises Yuuri to make a contract herself. And then she does, of course.

:::*Also, Yuuri's titular spoon is a souvenir from her appearance on a cooking show hosted by [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahoushoujo_kazumi_magica_the_innocent_malice/v01/c005/17.html Slice Akiyama]. I think.

:::*...also, according to [http://logsoku.com/thread/yuzuru.2ch.net/comic/1321589325/397 this post], the Incubator accompanying the black magical girl is Kyuubey. You'd think it would be Juubey, but for some reason it's not?

:::[[User:Neuchadjinys|Neuchadjinys]] 01:36, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
:::: Oh, wow, that is really really interesting. Thank you very much for the summary translations! I'll start adding this information to the relevant pages. --[[User:CrownClown|CrownClown]] 01:41, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
::::Chapter 11 of Kazumi implies that the Juubey we see in flashbacks is actually Kyuubey. That's probably why Kyubey is there. --[[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 01:45, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

==Post-Chapter 13 revisions==
So, [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=12943821940A52797100&page=864#21591 spoilers are out], and it looks like Kazumi's page in going to have to be revamped quite a bit with this new information, as well as adding a lot to Saki and Satomi's character pages, as well as updating and changing things on the Pleiades Saints page (and the other Pleiades members' pages, though less so). We're going to be busy when the full translation comes out.

Also, congrats to those fans who guessed that major reveal back in the early stages of the series. It's like predicting Homura being a time traveler by episode one all over again. --[[User:CrownClown|CrownClown]] 08:29, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

So they revealed she is the 13th clone in the 13th chapter, I dont think that was coincidental. --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 10:30, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
:/a/non scans even wrote in their script that "Kazumi" can be read as 13, though I personally don't see how. --[[User:KFYatek|kFYatek]] 11:03, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
::When I try to input 'kazumi' with Japanese IM, I found one of the candidates is '一三'(13). That might be why there is such a suspect. [[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 11:57, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
:::Aaah, I get it now, so "kazu" is a popular nanori for 一. It's rather "one-three" than "thirteen", but still, very clever. --[[User:KFYatek|kFYatek]] 14:56, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

==Chapter 15 title==
According to [http://hirama1002.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-237.html Hiramatsu's blog], the tentative title of Chapter 15 is "ポチョムサン" (pochomusan). Does anybody know what that could mean? The only thing I found from a Google search is that it's one character away from "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potemkin Potemkin]". --[[User:Neuchadjinys|Neuchadjinys]] 00:38, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

== Implied end coming soon? ==

I have the idea that this series is coming to an end soon. It is parallelling lots of things from the end of Madoka Magica. For example, Kazumi now knows the truth and has the maturity to understand it, Her friends are trying to protect her at the cost of making things worst for Kazumi (especially Saki, who reminds me somehow of Homura. Even [http://wiki.puella-magi.net/File:Production_note_Homura_design.jpg one of Homura´s pre design clothes resembles Saki´s Puella Magi outfit]), Kazumi has an emotional goodbye with the adult she was attached to and now she is going to face the problem, much in the same fashion Madoka did. What do you think? [[User:Sayaka-Miki|Sayaka-Miki]] 19:02, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
:As I was reading the summary, this is EXACTLY what came to my mind. I feel like the standoff between Kazumi and the Pleiades will be the big finisher. There will probably be several more revelations tied into the story, too. --[[User:Silvermoon424|Silvermoon424]] 22:04, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

==SPECULAH: Relation between Kazumi Magica and the Zodiac==

I noticed something major, besides the apparent proximity of Taurus and Gemini to the Pleiades cluster there is a major patter you get from putting every magical girl/witch in chronological order of contribution to the story.

===Mami Tomoe/Candeloro - Capricorn===
Positive Traits

:• Practical and prudent (Get's the job done)
:• Ambitious and disciplined (Kick ass senpai)
:• Patient and careful (We all know what happens when she loses it)
:• Humorous and reserved (She is so cute yet she can't connect)

Negative Traits

:• Pessimistic and fatalistic (Depressive much?)
:• Miserly and grudging (No seriously?)

Capricorn Likes: hot, simple food, antiques, history, duties and responsibilities (Magica girl and mentor to the point of insanity), not being pressured by others, having plenty of unconditional love (Invitation with no exit), lots of personal privacy (Awesome appartment), new books, and expensive gemstones (Flashy as an angel Mami-san).

Capricorn Dislikes: untidiness and disorder of all kinds, being teased (Damn, Tiro Finale it's not funny Kyoko!), surprises (Sup Charlotte?), new ideas (Magical girl are witches my ass!), loneliness (OH YEAH!), being made to feel useless or incompetent (Relying to much on Kaname-san makes me witch out), and being embarrassed in public.

===Kyoko Sakura/Ophelia - Aquarius===
Positive Traits

:• Friendly and humanitarian (True self)
:• Honest and loyal (Same as above)
:• Original and inventive (Cool and funny)
:• Independent and intellectual (Independent is an understatement)

Negative Traits

:• Intractable and contrary (Sour armor to boot)
:• Perverse and unpredictable (Kyoko is plain crazy)
:• Unemotional and detached (Abandonment)

Aquarius Likes: fame and recognition (I am awesome biatch!), personal privacy (Nothing I do is of your business), rainbows, dreams, magic, change for its own sake, eccentricity, surprises, and living within their means despite the many temptations which constantly surround them every waking moment (Oh, come on! Those last are her true self with a nail in the head).

Aquarius Dislikes: emotion and intimacy (Everyone I love dies), people who show off (Especially Sayaka), being taken for granted (Fought Sayaka and Homura), being pinned down, violence and fighting (Inverted for sour armor but straight for true self), and senseless or purposeless extravagance of any sort (SAYAKA!!!). (Also, let's not forget she drowned in death)

===Hungrige Pumpe - Pisces===
Positive Traits

:• Imaginative and sensitive
:• Compassionate and kind
:• Selfless and unworldly (Is there a self on a colony of jellyfish?)
:• Intuitive and sympathetic

Negative Traits

:• Escapist and idealistic (Breaks into familiars and regenerates like a balloon)
:• Secretive and vague (Ancient sea)
:• Weak-willed and easily led (I am a bunch of people)

Pisces Likes: foods of all kinds, romantic places, sunsets over the sea, waterfalls, ponds, poetry, people, mystical settings, candles, incense, freedom to drift along from moment to moment, and their own uninterrupted personal privacy (Her freaking entire barrier was basically that).

Pisces Dislikes: bright, noisy, crowded, popular places and dirty, ugly, garish objects, and the wrong people (Meddling Pleiades and the Incubator blasted everything).

===Yuuri Asuka/Arzt Kochen - Aries===
Positive Traits

:• Adventurous and energetic (I will save you Airi)
:• Pioneering and courageous (Hit the contract button)
:• Enthusiastic and confident (Tried to save sick people with magic until death)
:• Dynamic and quick-witted (Cooking genius)

Negative Traits

:• Selfish and Quick-tempered (Come at me Kyoko!)
:• Foolhardy and daredevil (Blew her Soul Gem due to overuse)
:• Impulsive and impatient (^^Bring it on red-haired bitch!)

Aries Likes: action, challenge, spontaneity, championing causes (Save people to death) and coming in first.

Aries Dislikes: waiting, tyranny, failure (Nobody can survive her surgery), lack of opposition and the advice of others .

===Airi Anri/Nie Blühen Herzen - Taurus===
Positive Traits

:• Patient and reliable
:• Warmhearted and loving
:• Persistent and determined (Never gonna give you up Asuka)
:• Placid and security loving (Gay for Asuka to the core)

Negative Traits

:• Jealous and possessive (Psycho lesbian much?)
:• Resentful and inflexible (No shit Sherlock)
:• Self-indulgent and greedy (Loved sweets, Asuka and would plow down everything to get her pleasure)

Taurus Likes: permanency, stability, luxury, comfort, pleasure and good food (A lot!).

Taurus Dislikes: disruption, being rushed, being indoors, being pushed too hard and any break in routine.

===Ayase/Ruka Souju - Gemini===
Positive Traits

:• Adaptable and versatile (Ice/Fire magic)
:• Communicative and witty (Talks like crazy)
:• Intellectual and eloquent
:• Youthful and lively (Soul Gem addict)

Negative Traits

:• Nervous and tense
:• Superficial and inconsistent (Ax crazy with bipolar disorder/two people on the same body)
:• Cunning and inquisitive (Wants to steal more Soul Gems)

Gemini Likes: talking, novelty, variety, anything unusual and working on multiple projects (fought two enemies at once) at the same time.

Gemini Dislikes: being alone, being in a rut, mental inaction, conventional learning and feeling tied down.

===Nico Kanna/Weiße Königin - Cancer===
Positive Traits

:• Emotional and loving
:• Intuitive and imaginative (She made magitek gadjets)
:• Shrewd and cautious (Never told her wish)
:• Protective and sympathetic (Fought and protected Kazumi)

Negative Traits

:• Changeable and moody
:• Overemotional and touchy
:• Clinging and unable to let go (Guilty as a curse)

Cancer Likes: hobbies, romance, children, parties, home and country (Shoot people in USA).

Cancer Dislikes: failure, opposition (Can't stand being judged and destroy's everyone on sight), aggravating situations, being told what to do and being given advice...whether good or bad.

===Satomi Usagi/????? - Leo===
Positive Traits
:• Generous and warmhearted (Wants to take care of all poor animals)
:• Creative and enthusiastic (Miss sunshine)
:• Broad-minded and expansive
:• Faithful and loving (Sickening sweet when on a good mood)

Negative Traits
:• Pompous and patronizing (Glomps things on a marshmallow hell)
:• Bossy and interfering (Mind control magic and off rails much?)
:• Dogmatic and intolerant (Kazumi is a dirty witch who must die!)

Leo Likes: speculative ventures, lavish living, rich food, children, drama, pageantry and grandeur.

Leo Dislikes:doing anything safely, day-to-day living, small-minded people, penny-pinching and mean spiritedness.

===Mirai Wakaba - Virgo===
Positive Traits

:• Modest and shy (Before entering the Pleiades)
:• Meticulous and reliable (Made hundreds of handcrafted teddy bears)
:• Practical and diligent
:• Intelligent and analytical

Negative Traits

:• Fussy and a worrier (It's all over her corner of the platonic love triangle)
:• Overcritical and harsh (YOU HURT MY SAKI!!!)
:• Perfectionist and conservative

Virgo Likes: lists, hygiene, order, detail, precision, wholesomeness, health foods and perfection (even in minutiae).

Virgo Dislikes: squalor, uncertainty, health hazards, sloppy workers and anything deemed to be sordid (Thinks of Kazumi as a witch in human clothing). (Also, she got chomped before turning into a witch and died pure)

===Saki Asami/????? - Libra===
Positive Traits

:• Diplomatic and urbane (Leadership traits)
:• Romantic and charming (Marriage proposals and lilys of the valley much?)
:• Easygoing and sociable (Leadership traits)
:• Idealistic and peaceable (Leadership traits)

Negative Traits

:• Indecisive and changeable (Can't kill the clones of my beloved)
:• Gullible and easily influenced (Got mind controlled)
:• Flirtatious and self-indulgent (I love my Michiru, Kazumi's suffering nonwithstanding)

Libra Likes: gentleness, sharing, conviviality and the "finer" things of life.

Libra Dislikes: injustice, violence, brutishness, disharmony (Team leader hugs!), quarrels (Get away from Kazumi) and bad manners.

===Kanna Hijiri - Scorpio===
Positive Traits

:• Determined and forceful (And how!)
:• Emotional and intuitive (I am not real? F*CK REAL PEOPLE!)
:• Powerful and passionate (Lot's of haxor abilities)
:• Exciting and magnetic (Prone to epicness)

Negative Traits

:• Jealous and resentful (I am not a real person and will kill humanity to be one!)
:• Compulsive and obsessive (That is also an understatement)
:• Secretive and obstinate (Trolled everyone behind the shadows)

Scorpio Likes: strenuous activity, the unraveling of mysteries, winning at any cost (Destruction of humanity much?), being acknowledged the undisputed champion of anything (Will be real when all else dies), and the comfort of their own homes (Her good life was a lie).

Scorpio Dislikes:being analyzed, being asked personal questions, new acquaintance, and having to trust a stranger with anything that they consider important enough to keep secure.

===Conclusion===
This leaves us with two signs left, Ophiuchus and Sagittarius.

I think that those will be respectively Kazumi and Madoka meaning that this series will be revealed as a prequel of sorts.

==Kazumi Ending==
According to [http://www.dokidokivisual.com/magazine/forward/ the official magazine website], Kazumi will be ending with this issue. (I think. It might be the next issue, because I'm using Google Transalte to figure out what it means.) --[[User:CrownClown|CrownClown]] 18:04, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
:I think it's the next issue. The box at the bottom seems to mention what to expect in the issue appearing in November. --[[User:Knon|Knon]] 18:30, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

What is {{Spoiler|White Kazumi}}? I saw it on a 4chan mentioned and apparently is something similar to Ultimate Madoka.
--[[User:Sayaka-Miki|Sayaka-Miki]] 04:33, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
:In chapter 22, {{Spoiler|Kazumi makes a second wish (to become a real human), as herself and not as Michiru, owing to the fact that they're different people from each other. Her outfit after the new wish is a white gown.}} A Pixiv user drew it [http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=31036455 here], also. --[[User:Neuchadjinys|Neuchadjinys]] 05:11, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

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'''Puella Magi Kazumi Magica: The Innocent Malice''' (魔法少女かずみ☆マギカ～The innocent malice～, ''Mahō Shōjo Kazumi Magika: The innocent malice'') is the second title in ''Puella Magi'' series, and is the first spin-off [[manga]] written by [[Masaki Hiramatsu]] and illustrated by [[Takashi Tensugi]]. It started serializing in ''[[wikipedia:Manga Time Kirara Forward|Manga Time Kirara Forward]]'' starting January 24, 2011. ''Kazumi Magica'' features a new set of characters from the anime in a town called Asunaro although they both shared the same settings. Hiramatsu has described the series as "''denying the ''Magica''<nowiki></nowiki>'s world, while affirming it from the opposite point of view''." The first collected volume, containing chapters 1–3, was released on May 12, 2011. The second volume, containing chapters 4–8, was released on October 12, 2011. The third volume, containing chapters 9–13, was released on March 12, 2012. The fourth volume, containing chapters 14-18, was released on September 12, 2012.

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

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

== Chapters ==
:''See also'': [[Manga Time Kirara Forward Kazumi Serialization]]
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 1: Bad - Guy - Reckon Off|Chapter 1: Bad - Guy - Reckon Off]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 2: AHA! Dogs|Chapter 2: AHA! Dogs]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 3: Kazumix|Chapter 3: Kazumix]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 4: Evil Nuts|Chapter 4: Evil Nuts]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 5: Magicallabbiata|Chapter 5: Magicallabbiata]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 6: Loss Parfait|Chapter 6: Loss Parfait]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 7: Gem Picking|Chapter 7: Gem Picking]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 8: Tempura Ice-Cream|Chapter 8: Tempura Ice-Cream]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 9: The Freezer|Chapter 9: The Freezer]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 10: Bibbity Bobbity Boo|Chapter 10: Bibbity Bobbity Boo]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 11: Dead or Rice|Chapter 11: Dead or Rice]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 12: Pleiades|Chapter 12: Pleiades]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 13: Malefica Farce|Chapter 13: Malefica Farce]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 14: Cannibalism|Chapter 14: Cannibalism]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 15: Ingredients for Satomi|Chapter 15: Ingredients for Satomi]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 16: Strawberry Risotto|Chapter 16: Strawberry Risotto]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 17: Secret Ingredient|Chapter 17: Secret Ingredient]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 18: Connect|Chapter 18: Connect]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 19: Grief Seeds|Chapter 19: Grief Seeds]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 20: Incubator|Chapter 20: Incubators]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 21: Jubey|Chapter 21: Jubey]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 22: Kazumi Magica|Chapter 22: Kazumi Magica]]'''

== Changes and Additions in the Collected Edition ==
[[File:KazumiSoulGemChange.png|right|thumb|300px|One of the many changes made between the magazine and volume versions of Kazumi Magica.]]
=== Volume 1===
* The dust jackets have a silly two page comic with Kazumi, Umika, and Kaoru.
* In the last page of Chapter 1, the {{Spoiler| Evil Nut}} next to the defeated detective is missing. After that there is an additional page with Kazumi and Souichirou Tachibana.
* Chapter 2 changes:
** In the second page, the {{Spoiler|Evil Nut}} is redrawn to be consistent with it's changed appearance in later chapters. The same thing happens in the forty-second page.
** In the third and fourth pages, Kazumi is holding her earring-bell instead of a blank white stone.
** In the thirteenth page, the white stone has been redrawn as a Soul Gem.
** In the fourteenth page, the white stone has been replaced with Kazumi's Soul Gem turning into her earring-bell - this reveals that the earring-bell ''is'' Kazumi's Soul Gem.
** In the eighteenth page, Umika and Kaoru's Soul Gems have been redrawn to be consistent with the appearance of Soul Gems in future chapters and the anime.
** In the nineteenth page, Kaoru's magical girl outfit has been slightly altered. This alteration is also present on the twenty-eighth page. In addition, Umika's Soul Gem is now visible on her forehead in magical girl form, making it consistent with future chapters. The forehead gem is present on the twenty-third, twenty-fifth through twenty-eighth, thirty-seventh, thirty-ninth, fortieth, and forty-second pages.
** In the twenty-seventh page, Kazumi is holding her earring bell instead of looking at her cross weapon. This changes the serialized version's implication that Kazumi's Soul Gem was on her cross.
** An extra page is added at the end of Chapter 2.
* The end of Chapter 3 adds a page with design notes for the witch from the chapter.
* The end of the manga has a silly three page Omake with Saki, Umika, and Kazumi. It features a single panel appearance of Kaoru, a single panel appearance of Nico, Satomi and Mirai together, and a single panel appearance of Madoka.
* There is also a one-page Q&A with the author.
=== Volume 2===
* The front dust jacket has a parody of the cover, with Tachibana in Kazumi's place and Slice Akiyama (the chef from Yuuri's flashback) in Yuuri's place. The back one has an image of the policewoman in Yuuri's outfit.
* On the ninth page in Chapter 5, a panel of Jubey has the circular mark on Jubey's head that previously did not.
* On the tenth page in Chapter 5, the runes flying around as Yuuri becomes a witch are more clearly visible.
* On the first page of Chapter 6, Kazumi is very slightly redrawn.
* A page with Kazumi and Nico is added after Chapter 7.
* Design sketches for all new characters introduced in the volume are included.
** Notes on Yuuri are added after Chapter 4.
** Notes on Yuuri Asuka's witch are added after Chapter 5.
** Notes on Airi's witch are added after Chapter 6.
** Notes on Ayase and Luca are added after Chapter 8.
* The end of the manga has a one-page Omake with Saki reading one of her romance novels.
* There is also a one-page Q&A with the author.
* Volumes purchased from Toranoana also included a two page short story about Yuuri and Airi, called, "Puella Magi Kazumi Magica Special Edition ~ A Dream-Filled Spoon".
=== Volume 3 ===
* The dust jackets have a two-page comic with Yuuri, Airi, Tachibana and Slice Akiyama.
* The first two pages of Chapter 9 are in black and white instead of color. The text surrounding Nico on the second page is now gone.
* A page for the witch from Chapter 9 is added after the chapter.
* Several lines of text were slightly edited in Chapter 10.
* A page with each of the Pleiades's mementos is added after Chapter 10.
* A page with Kazumi and Nico is added after Chapter 11, along with a page for that chapter's witch.
* A page with Kazumi's grandmother is added after Chapter 12.
* Volumes purchased from Toranoana include a four page short story about the Pleiades Saints titled, "Puella Magi Kazumi Magica Special Edition ~ Rosetta Meteora". Volumes purchased at Wondergoo, Melonbooks and Gamers also received special cards with different illustrations on them for each vendor.
* There is also a one-page Q&A with the author.
=== Volume 4 ===
* The dust jackets have a two-page comic with Umika, Nico, Mirai, Satomi and Saki.
* A color page with the same art from the April 2012 cover of Manga Time Kirara Forward sans text is added before chapter 14.
* The first four pages of Chapter 14 are in black and white instead of color. The text surrounding the Pleiades Saints on the second and third pages is now gone.
* A page for the enemy clones from Chapter 14 is added after the chapter.
* A page for the witch from Chapter 15 is added after the chapter.
* In Chapter 17, a silhouette of {{Spoiler|Kanna}} has been added behind the witch as Saki attacks, confirming that to be the moment when {{Spoiler|Kanna switches Kazumi with a duplicate}}.
* A page for the witch from Chapter 18 is added after the chapter.
* Two 4koma-style comics appearing between the chapters. One features Misako ishijima and Souichirou Tachibana and is placed after Chapter 16. The other features the Pleiades Saints and is placed after Chapter 17.
* A page with Saki and Kaoru speaking about Nico, Mirai and Satomi is added after Chapter 18.
* There is also a one-page Q&A with the author.
* Volumes purchased from Toranoana include a four page short story. Volumes purchased at Wondergoo, Melonbooks, COMIC ZIN, Animate and Gamers also received special cards with different illustrations on them for each vendor.

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

== Front Covers ==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="left">
File:The innocent malice 1 001.jpg|Cover of the first volume
File:PMKM_vol2_cover.jpg|Cover of the second volume
File:PMKM vol3 cover.jpg|Cover of the third volume
File:The innocent malice 4-000.jpg|Cover of the fourth volume
</gallery>

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

[[Category:Manga]]

Jubey

2012-10-12T00:04:06Z

Neuchadjinys:

Umika Misaki

2012-10-11T23:58:52Z

Neuchadjinys: ah crap time to fix something i messed up again

{{Infobox_character
|name=Umika Misaki
|image=<center>[[File:Umika page image.PNG]]</center>
|jname=御崎海香 (Misaki Umika)
|weapon=Magic book
}}
<blockquote>''"What I wanted was not talent, but only to be famous."'' - Umika Misaki, [[Puella_Magi_Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_2:_.22AHA.21_Dogs.22.22|Chapter 2]].</blockquote>

{{Nihongo|'''Umika Misaki'''|御崎海香|Misaki Umika}} is a major character in [[Kazumi Magica|Puella Magi Kazumi Magica: The Innocent Malice]].

An accomplished novelist, she lives in [[Misaki Residence |her family's house]] with her two friends [[Kazumi]] and [[Kaoru]], while their parents are working overseas. She provides for them financially with the money earned from her books. She is a magical girl, and a member of the [[Pleiades Saints]]. She wished for the chance to meet an editor that would recognize her works.

==Personality==
Umika is the brains of the Pleiades. Although a rather cheery person and far from cold, she keeps her cool most of the time and analyzes situations with care.

As a writer, she often has episodes of [[wikipedia:Writer's block|writer's block]]. When this happens, her personality changes dramatically: she becomes extremely frustrated and grows visible horns, going on a cooking frenzy. Her cooking is rather good, and eating it generally solves her block. When this does not work, she goes on a shopping spree with her friends: given her wealth, money is not an issue. Still, she can be quite stingy: it is said she will go anywhere to save one Yen in groceries.

She wished for an editor who would recognize her works and treat them with care, as once she 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 asked why she didn't simply wish to be a best-selling author, she states she did not want talent, but fame. This may mean she either believes in her own talent, or simply wants to be famous. Either way, she uses the money she earns to give herself and her friends a comfortable life.

==History==
{{spoilers|media=kazumi}}
[[File:Umika writers block.png|thumb|340px|Umika with an episode of writer's block.]]
Umika has so far only appeared in Kazumi Magica.

Her first appearance was at the mall where Kazumi was being traded for a bomb. After getting reacquainted with Kazumi, she and Kaoru led her to their house.
While she was out, Kazumi met and fought the police detective from earlier. Umika and Kaoru arrived just after the end of the battle, picking up what a Grief Seed like object (later revealed to be an Evil Nut) that appeared when the detective was defeated.

The next day, she suffers from writer's block, acting awkwardly towards the other girls, growing horns and cooking maniacally. This was almost effective, were it not for an untimely comment by Kazumi. She then used her second trick to overcome her block: shopping. This apparently worked. While leaving the mall, Kazumi's "witch-detecting" hair sensed something in a nearby alley, leading her to a pseudo-witch. In the resulting battle, the monster gets the upper hand, prompting Umika and Kaoru to show their own powers to Kazumi and awakening some of her lost memories. However, Kazumi's attempt to follow those memories causes her to nearly hit Umika and allows the pseudo-witch get away. Umika and Kaoru "punish" Kazumi by giving her a new (and rather messy) haircut while telling her about magic and their own wishes. Afterwards, they meet and defeat the same pseudo-witch, who is briefly seen with a mysterious magical girl.

[[File:Umika reading.png|thumb|440px|Umika reading her opponent's mind with ''Ex Fille'']]
Sometime later, the three fight a "real" witch. Kazumi hesitates at a critical moment, causing Kaoru to nearly be devoured by it. Umika jumped inside the witch just in time to summon a protective barrier around the two of them, but the witch flees with both of them trapped inside. Kazumi meets the remaining Pleiades, and they engage in a mad rush to save the two before Umika's barrier collapses. They arrive just in time to save them both and defeat the witch.

While they celebrate their victory, they are attacked by the mysterious magical girl from earlier, [[Yuuri]]. She kidnaps Kazumi, and orders them to go to the Asunaro Dome if they want Kazumi back. They head there, but due to a force barrier, they can do nothing but watch. However, Kazumi is able to free herself, and engages Yuuri. Unfortunately for all involved, Yuuri becomes a witch over the course of the battle. Along with the other Pleaides, Umika is trapped on a cross in the witch's barrier, and is enveloped in thorny vines.

The magical girls are then shown a vision of the witch's past as [[Airi]]. After that, Kazumi falls under the influence of the Evil Nut and breaks free. However, she is unwilling to fight the witch and even attempts to change her back. [[Saki]] then shoots the witch, freeing Umika and the other Saints. They then attack the witch as they explain to Kazumi that they have no choice but to kill her. Umika is seen crying during this sequence. Finally Kazumi delivers the final blow, saying she wishes to share this burden with her friends. She then collapses crying into Umika's arms.

Later, Kaoru and Umika walk home with Kazumi. Kazumi then tells them to go on ahead, as she wishes to be alone. That night, the Pleiades are seen stealing the Soul Gem of a magical girl named Akane Sumire in a back alley. Umika is not visible, but it's not unlikely that she was present at the time.

The next day, Umika and the other Pleiades Saints appear to rescue Kauzmi and Nico from [[Ayase_Souju|Ayase and Luca Souju]] at an amusement park. 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 is interrupted by Nico's Soul Gem glowing. As she falls over, a witch emerges from her Gem.

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. The Pleiades are shocked to discover Nico has become a witch. The witch attacks the Pleiades; Kaoru and Umika defend against its attacks while Mirai kills it. As the other Pleiades recover from their shock, Jubey and Umika stare at Nico's Grief Seed and wonder how this disaster happened. Another Nico subsequently shows up, and Jubey informs the Pleiades that her wish was to produce the "spare" they now see before them.

The Pleiades take Kazumi to Mirai's teddy bear museum, "Angelica Bears", where Umika opens a path to the building's eerie lower levels. They walk up to a giant door, which opens into a giant room filled with Soul Gems and the lifeless bodies of Magical Girls. Umika tells Kazumi that after they take Soul Gems, they put the empty shells of the magical girls into this "Freezer" that they created, as their "rejection" of the magical girl system. She explains that witches are the end state of magical girls, and admits that they lied to Kazumi when they claimed to not know why Soul Gems go out of control. Jubey, grinning, further explains that Soul Gems are the extracted souls of magical girls. Umika explains that the girls they capture are placed in a barrier that separates their bodies from their Gems, putting them in suspended animation and preventing them from becoming witches. The Pleiades hope to find a way to completely clean the gems and turn them back into humans. Kazumi asks when everyone found out about the connection between magical girls and witches. Umika touches her forehead to Kazumi's, telling her to remember everything.

In her memory, Kazumi sees Umika, Kaoru, Satomi, Mirai, Nico, and Saki, standing on a catwalk with a witch's kiss on their necks. The story flashes back to each girl's "despair" in turn. Umika's despair comes from when she 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.

The girls standing on the catwalk all jump off together at the witch's command. They are suddenly rescued by Kazumi, who snags them in midair with ribbons and greets them cheerily. She then opens up the witch's barrier and orders the six of them to fight off the familiars, saving them from the witch at the last second. She later takes them all back to her house.

The seven new friends eat together at Kazumi's house. She points out a book that Umika is holding, asking her if it's the book that was plagiarized from her draft. 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 then tells the Pleiades how she became a magical girl. After listening to her story, Jubey mentions that the Pleiades can become magical girls as well, to which they all agree. Kazumi cheers over having new friends. Jubey tells the girls to give him their wishes; Umika's is to meet an editor who will recognize her works and treat them with care. Their contracts completed, Kazumi dubs the team the Pleiades Saints, and they happily fight witches together for some time.

One night, some time later, the Pleiades notice that Kazumi is running late, having been told that she was bringing a new friend along. Jubey hurriedly calls them out to Asunaro Dome, where they see Yuuri Asuka becoming a witch. After the battle, Jubey explains the witch conversion process and his nature as an Incubator to the stunned girls. Umika suddenly grabs Jubey and slams her forehead against his, firing a laser between their eyes. He falls down, speaking in a different tone of voice and bewildered as to why she's upset. Umika explains that she has rewritten Jubey's memories and prevented him from making any further contracts.

The story then returns to the present. Kazumi feels faint from the stress of having her memories restored, and Umika leads her back to the house. Kazumi falls fast asleep as Umika and Kaoru watch over her, feeling somewhat guilty that they lied to her about their wishes when they first met. They worry that things will "go better this time", and Umika remembers how Kazumi was affected by the Evil Nut. Saki enters, drenched in rain. She asks how Kazumi is doing, specifically with regards to the Evil Nut. Umika has no idea what they are, saying that they'll have to find out from the person who gave them to Yuuri and the Soujus. Saki worries that they've had "another failure", but Umika insists that nothing is wrong. Saki becomes increasingly panicked that they're going to run out of magic and turn into witches like Nico, at which point Umika notices that she's suddenly referring to Kazumi as "Kazumi''-chan''". Saki kicks Umika into the far wall. Umika, wounded, warns Kaoru that Saki is being controlled by Satomi. Satomi (through Saki) exclaims that she has to kill Kazumi, and by the time Umika and Kaoru make it to Kazumi's room, Saki has already kidnapped her.

Umika and the other Pleiades locate Kazumi and Satomi, but by then it's too late-- Kazumi has learned from Satomi that she is a clone of her original self, Michiru, and that her memories are fake, and Satomi has become a witch. Kazumi flees in a panic after she realizes that she has killed Satomi. The remaining Pleiades reconvene at Umika's house, unable to locate Kazumi. Umika (along with Saki, Mirai and Nico) affirms her determination to revive Michiru; Kaoru objects, as this means killing the current Kazumi.

Some time later, the Pleiades receive a signal from Kazumi, who demands that they confront her at the Freezer lest she unseal all the Soul Gems there. There, Kazumi speaks with them, ordering them to kill her and try their hardest to revive Michiru. She then transforms into a monster and engulfs the room in a barrier. Kaoru is quickly struck down by the witch; Umika tends to her, realizes that she is merely immobilized, not injured, and breaks the spell Kazumi put on her. Kaoru holds Saki back, having realized that Kazumi is simply creating an illusion so that they'd have no choice but to kill her. As the other Pleiades stand before Kazumi in shock, Mirai cleaves her in two. Kazumi's corpse turns into a balloon-like doll of Nico, as does the Nico that she incapacitated beforehand. The real Nico steps into view, with the real Kazumi safely stowed in her collection tube. Before the Pleiades can overcome their shock, she shoves an Evil Nut into Saki and causes her to become a witch.

{{Spoiler|The witch swiftly kills Mirai and is immobilized by Nico, who reveals herself to be Kanna Hijiri ([[Kanna Hijiri|link]]). She prepares to attack Umika and Kaoru with the witch when Kazumi breaks out of her prison. Umika and Kaoru run to Kazumi's side, ferverently apologizing to Kanna and begging her to help Kazumi, as she is on the verge of turning into a witch. Kanna screams back that they have no idea what she went through when she discovered that she was "made up". Umika quietly responds that Kanna isn't made up, angering her further. Umika shouts at Kanna, saying that they'll never hand Kazumi over to her as long as she insists that the two of them are "made up", as Kazumi's strength of will is something they couldn't possibly have made on their own.}}

{{Spoiler|Kanna, enraged, attacks them with a group of witches (including Saki's). Umika sends Kaoru to attack the witches while she removes Kanna's Gem, but they are both struck down. Kazumi tries to get up and help them (asking them one last time to kill her if she becomes a witch) but her Gem is corrupted to the point where she can't transform. Kaoru and Umika's Gems are also reaching their limit, and Juubey breaks into pieces while trying to purify them.}}

{{Spoiler|Meanwhile, a giant magic circle of Umika's is seen floating above the city, beginning to break down. Umika and Kaoru suddenly remember that Grief Seeds can be used to purify Soul Gems, having apparently forgotten up until this point. Saki's witch is freed from Kanna's control by Kazumi at the last second, and destroys itself. Umika and Kaoru grab its Grief Seed and clean Kazumi's Gem. As the rejuvenated Kazumi fights Kanna, Umika and Kaoru reminisce on how they planned to revive her to begin with.}}

{{Spoiler|Umika was the one to first present the plan to revive Michiru, having extracted information from a witch and retrieved the "heart" that fueled it. She herself referred to it as part of their battle against the magical girl system and ''"them"''. The Pleiades were eagerly looking forward to seeing her again, without a trace of the unhappiness that followed. Umika herself planned to give her the first copy of her new book.}}

{{Spoiler|With her Gem on the verge of breaking, Umika apologizes to Kazumi for leaving her alone again, and looks up at Saki's Grief Seed that they don't know how to dispose of. Suddenly, she and Kaoru remember that they can just feed it to [[Kyubey]], as the magic circle above the city shatters entirely. Having thus realized something, they scream for Kyubey to reveal himself, and he does as if on cue.}}

==Powers, Weapons & Abilities==

Having made a wish related to writing, her weapon is a magical book. Its main function is to read the opponent's mind with the spell "Ix File", their thoughts being written on its pages. Umika can then use that information to identify the enemy's weakness, and come up with a plan. It can take the information it learns (such as spells) and apply it to other magical girls, like when Umika casts "Rosso Fantasma", a technique that belongs to [[Kyoko Sakura]], on Kaoru. She can also summon objects from the book, most often a ball for Kaoru's attacks. For close range attacks, she can transform the book into a double-edged pole, with the covers acting as blades. This pole has the ability to sever the link between humans and pseudo-witches spawned by them.

She can summon a protective barrier around her, but she can only maintain it for a limited period of time. She can also study and use other people's magic, such as [[Kyouko Sakura|Kyouko's]] Rosso Fantasma, and release people who have been immobilized by using the spell "Carcere Pausa" (Jailbreak).

Umika can also manipulate people's memories by headbutting them and firing lasers into their eyes. She has used this to brainwash Jubey, restore Kazumi's memories, and remove Tachibana's and Ishijima's memories of the bomb threat they were involved in.

{{Spoiler|In Chapter 21, it is revealed that she cast a massive spell over all of Asunaro City as part of the Pleiades' plan to reject the magical girl system. This spell made regular Incubators imperceptible to everyone there, edited their existing memories to include Jubey rather than Kyubey, and removed the knowledge of how to purify Soul Gems without Jubey from all magical girls in the area.}}

==Trivia==
* Her last name means "honorable peninsula".
* Her last name can also be used as a first name.
* Her first name means "sea scent".
* While she has normal eyesight, she wears glasses when transformed possibly due to the nature of her wish and even acquiring common gestures such as adjusting them regularly.
** It's revealed in chapter 20 that she uses glasses for reading, which explains her habits.

==Speculation==

* The note that Kaoru and Umika leave to Kazumi states that they're out dating, but there are no boys around them. Some believe this to be evidence of a romantic relationship between Umika and Kaoru.
* Umika was the only girl who so far was seen recognizing Yuuri. Though her name and outfit were mysteries to her, she recognized her face, once she took off her hat.
*It's speculated that Umika will {{Spoiler|become Izabel}}. This is because of her wish and artist blocks. However it isn't known whether ''Kazumi Magica'' takes place before or during the anime.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:UmikaMisakiColorProfile.png|Umika in color, from the first volume cover of Kazumi Magica.
File:Umika yandere.png|Run. Run now.
File:Umika recognizing.png|Umika recognized Yuuri when she saw her face uncovered.
File:Umika pole.png|Umika transforming her book into a double-edged pole.
File:Umika link severed.png|Her pole has the ability to cut the link between a human and the pseudo-witch spawned by it.
File:UmikaPowers.png
File:UmikaProfilePleiades.png
File:Mahou shoujo kazumi magica fanart.jpg|Art by Takashi Tensugi of Kazumi, Umika and Kaoru.
File:KazumiVol1Covers.png
File:Umika headbutt.png|THWACK!
File:Screen_shot_2012-02-20_at_12.50.23_AM.jpg|Umika in color, from the third volume cover.
File:KazumiRossoFantasma.png|Umika using her magic to cast ''Rosso Fantasma'' on Kaoru, a spell she copied from [[Kyoko Sakura]].
File:Umika 3.png
</gallery>

==Fanart==
{{fanart}}
<gallery>
File:Umika_misaki_by_cresento-d4s6x10.jpg
File:Umika spear fanart.png
</gallery>
[[Category:Characters]]

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2012-10-08T20:23:14Z

Neuchadjinys:

Here are the three tweets in question, by the way. [https://twitter.com/Butch_Gen/status/254593675324170240] [https://twitter.com/Butch_Gen/status/254594181081726976] [https://twitter.com/Butch_Gen/status/254594479279968256] --[[User:Neuchadjinys|Neuchadjinys]] 20:22, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

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2012-10-08T20:22:35Z

Neuchadjinys: Created page with "Here are the three tweets in question, by the way. https://twitter.com/Butch_Gen/status/254593675324170240 https://twitter.com/Butch_Gen/status/254594181081726976 [[ht..."

Here are the three tweets in question, by the way. [[https://twitter.com/Butch_Gen/status/254593675324170240]] [[https://twitter.com/Butch_Gen/status/254594181081726976]] [[https://twitter.com/Butch_Gen/status/254594479279968256]] --[[User:Neuchadjinys|Neuchadjinys]] 20:22, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

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2012-10-08T20:18:51Z

Neuchadjinys: annnnd Homura's.

annnnd Homura's.

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2012-10-08T20:18:27Z

Neuchadjinys: Kyouko's. For example, in the original script the fight in episode 5 was completely one-sided, but once they actually drew it all out they had Sayaka put up a better fight. That sort of thing is what's not reflected here.

Kyouko's. For example, in the original script the fight in episode 5 was completely one-sided, but once they actually drew it all out they had Sayaka put up a better fight. That sort of thing is what's not reflected here.

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2012-10-08T20:16:58Z

Neuchadjinys: Mami's.

Mami's.

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2012-10-08T20:16:38Z

Neuchadjinys: Sayaka's stats. Going clockwise from the top-left, the chart reads "speed", "initial-attribute magic", "defensive strength", "stamina", "additional acquired magic", and "offensive strength".

Sayaka's stats. Going clockwise from the top-left, the chart reads "speed", "initial-attribute magic", "defensive strength", "stamina", "additional acquired magic", and "offensive strength".

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2012-10-08T20:14:57Z

Neuchadjinys: Madoka's stats from a pamphlet distributed with the release of the movie. According to a couple of tweets from Urobuchi, these were written between when the script was finished and when the storyboarding was being done, so the information is slightly outd

Madoka's stats from a pamphlet distributed with the release of the movie. According to a couple of tweets from Urobuchi, these were written between when the script was finished and when the storyboarding was being done, so the information is slightly outdated.

Homulilly

2012-10-03T04:34:23Z

Neuchadjinys: well I'M not a "nobody" and i still think this part is pretty unnecessary

'''Homulilly''' is [[Homura Akemi]]'s witch form in the Madoka Magica Portable game. She is a {{Nihongo|'''Witch of Mortal World'''|此岸の魔女|Shigan no Majō}}<ref>{{Nihongo|此岸|Shigan}} is an opposite of {{Nihongo|彼岸|Higan}} or the other shore of [[wikipedia:Sanzu River|Sanzu river]].</ref> with a disc on top of her and infinite sign. Homulilly was first appeared in the bonus material of ''[[Madoka Magica Portable]]''. Unlike all other witches in the game, with the exception of [[Kriemhild Gretchen]], Homulilly is not playable in the game or bonus dungeons, nor is any other information provided in the game or bonus materials. She only appears in a Game Over screen in the game if a player loses to [[Walpurgis Night]] in Homura's route, under specific conditions.

Her [[Witch's Kiss]] from Special PlayStation Portable theme bundled with limited edition of Madoka Magica Portable looks like an hourglass on top of {{Nihongo|[[wikipedia:Lycoris radiata|red spider lily]]|彼岸花|Higanbana}} although it is Homura's character color purple, instead of the usual red color.

== Cards ==
{{Card
|name = Homulilly
|runes = HOMULILLY
|image = File:Homulilly Card.jpg
|japanese_desc =
|english_desc =
|type = Mortal world witch
|episodes = Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable
|jatext_extra_styles = extra styling for japanese text
|header_extra_styles = extra styling for header label
}}

== Appearances ==
=== Madoka Magica Portable ===
In Madoka Magica Portable, if player dies fighting [[Walpurgis Night]] in Homura's route under specific conditions, there is a dialogue of Homura losing hope and an illustration of Homulilly before the ''Game Over'' screen appears. The dialogue is as follows:

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
!colspan="2"|Japanese
!colspan="2"|English
!Image
|-
!style="vertical-align: top; width: 100px;"|暁美ほむら
|style="vertical-align: top;"|これだけ準備して
それでも勝てない……。
!style="vertical-align: top; width: 100px;"|Akemi Homura
|style="vertical-align: top;"|I have prepared so much but how can't I win?
|style="width:100px;"|[[File:Homulilly Event 1.jpg|100px]]
|-
!style="vertical-align: top; width: 100px;"|暁美ほむら
|style="vertical-align: top;"|そうだ……。
また時間を……。
!style="vertical-align: top; width: 100px;"|Akemi Homura
|style="vertical-align: top;"|Yes, I can (reverse) time...
|style="width:100px;"|[[File:Homulilly Event 2.jpg|100px]]
|-
!style="vertical-align: top; width: 100px;"|暁美ほむら
|style="vertical-align: top;"|！！
砂が……。
!style="vertical-align: top; width: 100px;"|Akemi Homura
|style="vertical-align: top;"|!! The sand...
|style="width:100px;"|[[File:Homulilly Event 3.jpg|100px]]
|-
!style="vertical-align: top;"|暁美ほむら
|style="vertical-align: top;"|そうか。
魔法を……。
!style="vertical-align: top; width: 100px;"|Akemi Homura
|style="vertical-align: top;"|So my magic...
|style="width:100px;"|[[File:Homulilly Event 4.jpg|100px]]
|-
!style="vertical-align: top;"|暁美ほむら
|style="vertical-align: top;"|ああ。
ここで終わりなんだ……。
!style="vertical-align: top; width: 100px;"|Akemi Homura
|style="vertical-align: top;"|Ah! It is all over.
|style="width:100px;"|[[File:Homulilly Event 5.jpg|100px]]
|-
!style="vertical-align: top;"|暁美ほむら
|style="vertical-align: top;"|まどか。
あなたを救えなかった……。
!style="vertical-align: top; width: 100px;"|Akemi Homura
|style="vertical-align: top;"|Madoka, I can't save you
|style="width:100px;"|[[File:Homulilly Event 6.jpg|100px]]
|-
!style="vertical-align: top;"|暁美ほむら
|style="vertical-align: top;"|ごめんなさい……。
!style="vertical-align: top; width: 100px;"|Akemi Homura
|style="vertical-align: top;"|I'm sorry.
|style="width:100px;"|[[File:Homulilly Event 7.jpg|100px]]
|-
|colspan="4" style="font-weight:bold;text-align:center;"|HOMULILLY

GAME OVER
|style="width:100px;"|[[File:Homulilly Event 8.jpg|100px]]
|-
|colspan="4" style="font-weight:bold;text-align:center;"|STANDARD GAME OVER
|style="width:100px;"|[[File:Homulilly Event 9.jpg|100px]]
|-
|}

==Observation and Speculation==
:''This section is fan observation and speculation, please do not take it as facts.''
[[File:Homu kiss close-up.jpg|thumb|Homulilly's witch kiss in the PSP game custom theme]]
[[File:Spider Lily Lycoris Radiata.jpg|thumb|Red Spider Lily]]
=== About her name ===
*[[:file:PSP Photo Icon.jpg|Homulilly's witch kiss]] seems to show a Spider Lily.
*"Shigan" is the opposite of "Higan" (nirvana). Higanbana (literally "higan flowers") is the Japanese name for [[wikipedia:Lycoris_radiata|red spider lillies]]. So shiganbana, or Homu lilly, could be a pun.
**Lycoris radiata ([[wikipedia:Lycoris_radiata#Uses|red spider lily]]) are very poisonous. These are mostly used in Japan, and they are used to surround their paddies and houses to keep the pest and mice away. That is why most of them grow close to rivers now.
**In Japan the Red Spider Lily signals the arrival of fall. Many Buddhist will use it to celebrate the arrival of fall with a ceremony at the tomb of one of their ancestors. They plant them on graves because it shows a tribute to the dead. People believe that since the Red Spider Lily is mostly associated with death that one should never give a bouquet of these flowers.
*HOMU is a known nickname for Homura used by Inu Curry, revealed in [[:File:Episode_3_runes.jpg|runes]] in [[Episode 3]] Charlotte's barrier.
*The LILLY part of her name could also be a reference to [[Yuri undertones|yuri]] (百合), which is [[:File:Megami_Lily.jpg|commonly associated with lily]] in Japan.

=== About how Homura turned into a witch ===
* It is speculated that the reason Homura didn't use her time-stopping magic in this timeline, is because most of the sand is still in the upper side of the hourglass. If she turned her shield upside down, there would be little sand to use when using her reset sand as there would be too little sand in the lower side of the hourglass. If Homura doesn't have enough sand to do a full reset then she cannot travel to a new timeline.
** Alternatively, the hourglass in her shield was broken and the sand spilled out, making ''any'' further time loops impossible.

=== Witch Design ===
*If you notice, the sides have a curb shape like an hourglass and the grey/white dots could be sand.
*The top part looks like an old vinyl record, the stylus has an odd shape. If you think about it, it almost makes it look like a stereotypical witches' hat.
**"Broken record"? Her timeline resets certainly qualify this as a theme.
*Under the vinyl record, what looks like hair or pig tails, could be Moemura's pigtails.
**Plus, there appears to be what looks like a chin right under the record, making her look like a classic Witch.
*The section where the braided parts meet, there is something like red sticks.
**These sticks could be knitting needles, held by hands formed by the ends of her pigtails.
*Under the red stick, the hair forms the shape of what that looks like the number eight or the [[wikipedia:Infinity|infinite symbol.]]
**If you think about it, it almost looks like an hourglass shape too..
**Ironically, the number eight is considered to be [[wikipedia:Numbers_in_Chinese_culture#Eight|a lucky number in Chinese]] and [[wikipedia:8_(number)#In_superstition_and_divination|other Asian cultures.]]
*The bottom part of the witch's cape stretches down and connects to the pink orb in the hourglass-like shape in the background. It's unclear whether it's extending out of the hourglass or getting pulled in, as if by a black hole.
**If you notice, Homura's hand is in the bottom pink orb, with the witch coming out of (presumably) her hand's soul gem.
**A matching pink orb is in the top half of the hourglass. Like the bottom part of her cape, Homulilly's hat extends upward toward it; however, it then bends back down and doesn't reach the orb. This may represent Homura repeatedly resetting time and being unable to move on from the "mortal world".
***The halves of the hourglass may represent separate universes, and the points of light inside of them representing stars.
*Two shapes resembling bat wings can be seen behind the "HOMULILLY" runes. These may either extend out of Homulilly's cape or be part of the hourglass's top half.

=== [[wikipedia:Lycoris_radiata#Legends|Stories and Legends Regarding the Red Spider Lily]] ===
:Since these scarlet flowers usually bloom near cemeteries around the autumnal equinox, they are described in Chinese and Japanese translations of the [[wikipedia:Lotus_Sutra|Lotus Sutra]] as ominous flowers that grow in [[wikipedia:Diyu|Diyu]] (also known as Hell), or Huángquán (Simplified Chinese: 黄泉; Traditional Chinese: 黃泉), and guide the dead into the next reincarnation. 
:When the flowers of ''lycoris'' bloom, their leaves would have fallen; when their leaves grow, the flowers would have wilted. This habit gave rise to various legends. A famous one is the legend of two elves: Mañju (Simplified Chinese: 曼珠; Traditional Chinese: 曼珠), who guarded the flower, and Saka (Simplified Chinese: 沙华; Traditional Chinese: 沙華), who guarded the leaves. Out of curiosity, they defied their fate of guarding the herb alone, and managed to meet each other. At first sight, they fell in love with each other. [[wikipedia:Amaterasu|Amaterasu]], exasperated by their waywardness, separated the miserable couple, and laid a curse on them as a punishment: the flowers of Mañju shall never meet the leaves of Saka again. It was said that when the couple met after death in Diyu, they vowed to meet each other after reincarnation. However, neither of them could keep their words. In commemoration of the couple, some call the herbs 'Mañjusaka' (Simplified Chinese:曼珠沙华; Traditional Chinese: 曼珠沙華), a mixture of 'Mañju' and 'Saka', instead of their scientific name. The same name is used in Japanese, in which it is pronounced ''manjushage''. 
:Some other legends have it that when you see someone that you may never meet again, these flowers, also called red spider lilies, would bloom along the path. Perhaps because of these sorrowful legends, Japanese people often used these flowers in funerals. The popular Japanese name {{nihongo|''Higanbana''|彼岸花|Higan bana}} for lycoris radiata literally means [[wikipedia:higan|higan]] (the other or that shore of [[wikipedia:Sanzu_River|Sanzu River]]) flower, decorate and enjoyable, flower of afterlife in {{nihongo|''gokuraku jyōdo''|極楽浄土|gokuraku jyōdo}}. 

=== Speculation Regarding the Infinite Symbol ===
While it could be a reference to Homura's time reset, it could have some connection to the [[wikipedia:Steady_State_theory|Steady State Theory]] (aka Infinite Universe).

The Theory is a model developed as an [[wikipedia:History_of_the_Big_Bang_theory#Big_Bang_theory_vs._Steady_State_theory|alternative]] to the [[wikipedia:Big_Bang|Big Bang Theory]]<ref>Fred Hoyle, a staunch supporter of the Steady State Theory, coined the term Big Bang in a radio broadcast to ridicule and contrast the difference between the two theories.[http://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/library/special_collections/hoyle/exhibition/radio/]</ref>, the idea is that the universe is not only infinite, but [[wikipedia:Perfect_cosmological_principle|it has always existed]] (so it doesn't have a beginning); the issue regarding entropy is of little consequence as new matter is created to solve the problem. While the Big Bang Theory suggests that not only does the universe [[wikipedia:Ex_nihilo|has a beginning]], but as it expands it will reach to an end (among many theories, [[wikipedia:Ultimate_fate_of_the_universe#Big_Freeze_or_heat_death|entropy plays a role in it]]): 

:"In 1948, some [[wikipedia:Hermann_Bondi|cosmologists]] [[wikipedia:Thomas_Gold|who were]] [[wikipedia:Fred_Hoyle|unhappy]] with the big bang proposed a radical new model of the universe, based on the idea that the universe was not only homogenous in space (a fundamental concept in most models of the universe) but in time. This means, as the universe expands and galaxies separate, new galaxies form to fill the gaps created. 

:This theory appealed to many, as it had none of the problems associated with the big bang - what preceded it, what caused it, and so forth. Furthermore, it explained most of the effects that the big bang did - the red-shift is explained by the expansion, the background radiation is the light from former stars red-shifted. Furthermore, the theory requires only a minor modification in the laws of relativity, and the rate of matter creation is too low to be observable in any case. 

:Observational evidence proved to be the undoing of the steady state theory. The number of quasars increases when looking back into the past, violating the perfect cosmological principle. Furthermore, as time is infinite, another intelligent species should already have colonized the observable universe, which is obviously not the case. 

:In terms of thermodynamics, the steady state theory resolves some problems and generates others. It allows the universe to have existed for an infinite time, because as entropy increases, more matter appears which increases the order again - the new matter is an inexhaustible supply of negative entropy. In the same way, this balancing of entropy with new matter could be the very reason for space's expansion. 

:However, the steady state theory breaks both [[wikipedia:First_law_of_thermodynamics|the first]] and [[wikipedia:Second_law_of_thermodynamics|second law of thermodynamics]] with the matter increases, although novel ways around the problem have been suggested - for example, the universe could be like a massive black hole, which absorbs extra matter when it expands. Even so, though, the matter increase is, to my mind, too small to balance the entropy increases caused by, for example, the stars burning. 

:The steady state theory flourished in the sixties, but today, few people believe it."[http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sbleas/creative/entropy/#11]

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Homulilly.png|From the bonus Inu Curry gallery
File:PSP WitchKissAndGriefSeed Homulilly.jpg|Homulilly's witch kiss and grief seed in PSP theme.
File:Witch's Kiss Homulilly.png|Closer look
File:Bandai SoulGem GriefSeeds v3.jpg|Merchandises made by Bandai. The design picture of her grief seed is in lower right corner.
</gallery>

==Fanart==
<gallery>
File:Homulilly Scary.jpg
File:Homulillyfanart.jpg
File:Homulilywitchform fanart.jpg
File:27171738.jpg
File:Human Homulilly.jpg
File:ED Alternative.jpg
File:Homulilly Regrets.jpg|I couldn't save her, if only some miracle happened... but it's all over.
</gallery>

== Notes and references ==
<references />

=External Links=
[http://www.pixiv.net/tags.php?tag=Homulilly Homulilly pixiv fanart]
[[Category:Witches]]

Mirai Wakaba

2012-09-27T05:07:31Z

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{{Infobox_character
|name=Mirai Wakaba
|image=<center>[[File:MiraiProfile.png]]</center>
|jname=若葉みらい (Wakaba Mirai)
|weapon=A heart-shaped wand that becomes a sword, as well as teddy bears
}}

<blockquote>''"Don't just randomly turn Umika and Kaoru into constellations!"'' - Mirai Wakaba, [[Puella_Magi_Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_3:_.22Kazumix.22|Chapter 3]]. </blockquote>
{{Nihongo|'''Mirai Wakaba'''|若葉みらい}} is a character in [[Kazumi Magica|Puella Magi Kazumi Magica: The Innocent Malice]].

She is a member of the [[Pleiades Saints]] and a magical girl. Her wish was {{Spoiler|to build a museum to house the hundreds of teddy bears she made}}.

==Personality==

An impulsive girl often depicted frowning. She is hotheaded and is not afraid to express her thoughts as loud as possible. Occasionally, she vents out her frustration on Kazumi by smacking her on the head (especially when Kazumi begins doubting herself). She also thinks of herself highly, sometimes even calling herself "Mirai-sama". Deep down, she is a caring girl.

Mirai can become enraged, but she also calms down quickly. She seems undisturbed by own rash actions during these times, until she notices others' reactions.

She also greatly admires [[Saki]], to the point where it sometimes interferes with the Pleiades' witch-hunting efforts. Harm befalling Saki is one of the few things that can consistently anger Mirai.

==History==
{{spoilers|media=kazumi|margin=330px}}
Mirai first appears in Chapter 3, alongside [[Saki]], [[Satomi]] and [[Nico]], after [[Umika]] and [[Kaoru]] are abducted by a witch. They introduce themselves to [[Kazumi]] and work to track down the witch. Mirai, along with the others, rescues Umika and Kaoru just as they're about to give up hope, and the witch is defeated.

As they celebrate their victory, they are attacked by [[Yuuri]] and Kazumi is kidnapped. Having received an ultimatum from Yuuri, the Pleiades head to Asunaro Dome at midnight, and watch helplessly as Yuuri implants Kazumi with an [[Evil Nut]]. However, Kazumi is able to free herself, and engages Yuuri. Unfortunately for all involved, Yuuri runs out of magic during the fight and becomes a witch. Along with the other Pleaides, Mirai is trapped on a cross in the witch's barrier, and is enveloped in thorny vines.

The magical girls are then shown a vision of the witch's past as [[Airi]]. After that, Kazumi falls under the influence of the Evil Nut and breaks free. However, Kazumi is unwilling to fight the witch and even attempts to change her back. The Pleiades then break free and attack the witch; Mirai, crying, explains to Kazumi that they have no choice but to kill her now. The witch is defeated, and the Pleiades let Kazumi be for the rest of the night.

Not long after, Mirai is seen with Kaoru, Satomi, and Saki (and possibly Umika and Nico as well), confronting a magical girl named Sumire Akane in a dark alley. They remove her Soul Gem.

Along with most of the other Saints, Mirai next appears to rescue Kazumi and Nico from [[Ayase_Souju|Ayase and Luca Souju]] at an amusement park. The Pleiades incapacitate the Soujus and remove their Soul Gems, but Nico's Gem abruptly breaks open and she becomes a witch. Saki tackles Mirai and pushes out of harm's way, but suffers a glancing injury in the process. At this, Mirai screams and attacks the witch with all her might, killing it in one blow.

Though Nico seems to be dead, a duplicate of her appears, which [[Jubey]] identifies as a "spare" created by her contract. Satisfied that Nico is still alive, the Pleiades take Kazumi to Mirai's teddy bear museum, "Angelica Bears". Mirai comments that Kazumi was the one who named the building. Within Angelica Bears, the Pleiades show Kazumi a room known as the "Freezer", where they have been keeping corrupted Soul Gems in stasis. Umika explains things to Kazumi, and then restores her memories with magic.

In her memory, Kazumi sees Umika, Kaoru, Satomi, Mirai, Nico, and Saki, standing on a catwalk with a witch's kiss on their necks. The story flashes back to each girl's "despair" in turn. Mirai's despair is that she had no friends and was bullied in school, and only found companionship in her hundreds of handmade teddy bears.

The girls standing on the catwalk all jump off together at the witch's command. They are suddenly rescued by Kazumi, who snags them in midair with ribbons and greets them cheerily. She then opens up the witch's barrier and orders the six of them to fight off the familiars. During the battle, Mirai shields Saki from the familiars. Kazumi saves them from the witch at the last second, and later takes them all back to her house.

The seven new friends eat together at Kazumi's house. Kazumi then tells the Pleiades how she became a magical girl. After listening to her story, Jubey mentions that the Pleiades can become magical girls as well, to which they all agree. Kazumi cheers over having new friends. Jubey tells the girls to give him their wishes, but Mirai says that hers has already been granted, as she has six new friends already. At Saki's suggestion, she uses her wish to construct a museum to house the teddy bears that she had made up until then. [[File:Moe_Mirai.JPG|right|thumb|300px|Mirai before making her wish.]]

Their contracts completed, Kazumi dubs the team the Pleiades Saints, and they happily fight witches together for some time. One day, Kazumi loses her grandmother's earrings while fighting a witch. Saki later gives her a pair of duplicate earrings, as Mirai can be seen glowering in the background.

As the story returns to the present, Kazumi faints, and the Pleiades return to Umika's house. Satomi, becoming increasingly worried about the prospect of Kazumi "failing", takes control of Saki via magic and kidnaps Kazumi. Satomi explains to Kazumi that she is a clone of [[Michiru Kazusa]] and that her memories from Umika are fake. Mirai crouches nearby, listening intently as Satomi says that Saki couldn't bring herself to kill the other clones because she loved Michiru so much. Satomi becomes a witch and is killed by Kazumi. As Mirai is tending to Saki, the other Pleiades run up. Kazumi is horrified at what has happened, and despite Saki's attempts to calm her, she flees.

The Pleiades return to the house, unable to locate Kazumi. Mirai insists to Saki that her failure to dispose of the clones wasn't her fault, and backs her up when she announces her intention to revive Michiru at all costs. Later, as they walk home, Mirai says to Saki that while she understands how she must have felt about Kazumi, she's more monster than human.

Some time later, the Pleiades receive a signal from Kazumi, who demands that they confront her at the Freezer lest she unseal all the Soul Gems there. There, Kazumi speaks with them, ordering them to kill her and try their hardest to revive Michiru. She then transforms into a monster and engulfs the room in a barrier. Midway through the battle, Kaoru holds Saki back, having realized that Kazumi is simply creating an illusion so that they'd have no choice but to kill her. As the others stand before Kazumi in shock, Mirai charges up and cleaves her in two. Kazumi's corpse turns into a balloon-like doll of Nico, as does the Nico that she incapacitated beforehand.

The real Nico steps into view, with the real Kazumi safely in tow. Before the Pleiades can overcome their shock, {{Spoiler|she shoves an Evil Nut into Saki and causes her to become a witch. Mirai runs up and hugs Saki, despite the huge surge of electricity produced by her attempt to resist the Evil Nut's effects. She begs Jubey to purify Saki's Gem, but he shouts back that it's already too late.}}

{{Spoiler|The story briefly flashes back to a scene of Mirai and Saki at the beach. Mirai mentions to Saki that nobody liked her because she spoke in a tomboyish way (using "boku" as a first-person pronoun). Saki replies that she actually used to speak like that herself, and that Mirai reminds her of herself as a child.}}

{{Spoiler|Back in the present, Saki's strength gives out and she becomes a witch. Mirai makes no attempt to fight back, and is decapitated by it.}}

{{Spoiler|Right before she dies, Mirai also casts her ''La Bestia'' spell, sending several teddy bears to retrieve Soul Gems from the Freezer and use the witches that hatch from them to defend Saki's witch.}}

==Powers, Weapons & Abilities==
Mirai wields a staff with an elaborate heart-shaped design on the end, with which she can fire magic. This staff can be transformed into a gigantic sword, and she can summon a platoon of teddy bears with an attack called ''La Bestia'' (''The Beasts''). The bears can also fuse into a single massive bear with ''La Bestia Rifare'' (''Remake the Beast''). It can be used to control existing animals and familiars as well, {{Spoiler|as demonstrated by Kazumi}}.

{{Spoiler|The effects of ''La Bestia'' can remain even after her death, as demonstrated in chapter 19.}}

==Trivia==
* Her last name means "new leaf".
* Her last name can also be used as a first name.
* Her first name is written in hiragana which has no particular meaning. However, when written in kanji, it can mean "future" (未来).
* Mirai has heart decorations on her headband, collar, shoes, and on the back of her dress when transformed, matching her staff. Her bears also have heart decorations on their ears, and the largest bear has them on its ears, tail and collar, as well. This symbol can also been seen on the collar of her school uniform. Her costume originally featured a witch's hat, but it no longer appears for unknown reasons.
* Her outfit while transformed somewhat resembles pajamas.
* Mirai owns a teddy-bear museum called ''[[Angelica Bears]]'', first seen in chapter 9. The Pleiades Saints' 'Freezer' facility is concealed below the building.
** The museum was {{Spoiler|created as a result of Mirai's wish, and was}} also named by Kazumi.
* In Chapter 12, Mirai can be seen glowering while Saki gives Kazumi replacement earrings as a gift.
* A single panel in Chapter 12 shows Mirai unexpectedly wearing a witch hat while transformed. This hat matches one of the Pleiades' silhouettes from Chapter 1, though Mirai has never been seen wearing it at any other time.
* The panels of the manga show that Mirai's magical girl costume has polka dots on it. However, in all of the official colored images of Mirai, her costume is solid pink with no traces of polka dots.

==Speculation==
===Current Speculation===
* It is speculated that Mirai may have [[:file:Mirai jelly slut 4chan u.jpg|a deep-seated jealousy of Kazumi]], due to her closeness to Saki. It is possible she may have acted upon it in the past, or may in the future.
** {{Spoiler|In chapter 20, it was shown that though she was somewhat jealous, she was determined to win Saki over with her own charm, and planned to make Kazumi into her "apprentice".}}

===Past Speculation===
* Some speculated that Mirai wish was similar to [[Kirika]]'s wish in [[Oriko Magica]], and that {{Spoiler|she wished to change her personality}}.
** She may also have wished {{Spoiler|for friends}}.

==Gallery==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="left">
File:MiraiPAWNCH.png|Mirai losing her temper with Kazumi.
File:MiraiWeapon.png|A closer look at Mirai's staff.
File:MiraiPowers.png
File:Fowoard_photo_t1111.jpg|Mirai in color with [[Satomi]] and [[Kazumi]].
File:La_Bestia.PNG|La Bestia
File:La_Bestia_Rifare.jpg|La Bestia Rifare
File:Mirai_sword.jpg
File:MiraiPastSelf.png|Mirai, as she looked in the past, wearing a much longer skirt, glasses and with a different hairstyle. Note the similar appearance to [[Homura]] in episode 10.
File:Miraihat.png
File:Mirai saki new friends.jpg|For the first time in her life, Mirai has friends.
File:Cute_Mirai.jpg
File:Screen_shot_2012-02-20_at_12.50.08_AM.jpg|Mirai in color.
File:Kazumi_vol3_melonbooks_bonus.jpg|Mirai and Saki on a paper file included with Kazumi Magica volume 3.
File:Vol3_ZETSUBOU.jpg|One of Mirai's teddy bears, along with several of the other Pleiades' belongings.
</gallery>

==Fanart==
{{fanart}}
<gallery>
File:Angelica_Bears.png
File:Mirai La Bestia Rifare fanart.png
File:23536396 m.jpg
File:Mirai_wakaba_by_sandertheyugiohking-d4ev50h.png
File:22447019_m-1.png
File:25796152.jpg
</gallery>

[[Category:Characters]]

Nico Kanna

2012-09-27T01:31:10Z

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{{Infobox_character
|name=Nico Kanna
|image=<center>[[File:Nico 1.png]]</center>
|jname=神流ニコ (Kanna Niko)
|weapon=Walking cane magic wand
}}
<blockquote>"''The thing that needs a name will be your gravestone.''" - Nico Kanna, [[Puella_Magi_Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_7:_.22Gem_Picking.22|Chapter 7]].</blockquote>

{{Nihongo|'''Nico Kanna'''|神流ニコ|Kanna Niko}} is a character in [[Kazumi Magica|Puella Magi Kazumi Magica: The Innocent Malice]].

She is a magical girl and a member of the Pleiades Saints. Her wish was {{Spoiler|to create another version of herself, with a happy life and no memory of a traumatic incident in her past}}.

{{Spoiler|Her name was previously {{Nihongo|'''Kanna Hijiri'''|聖　カンナ|Hijiri Kanna}}. She gave this name to her duplicate [[Kanna Hijiri|[link]]] upon making her wish.}}

==Personality==

Nico is a mostly quiet girl, being constantly seen with the same uninterested look on her face (which barely changes even when pierced with an arrow). However, she possesses high intelligence; arguably the highest in the bunch. She is a tech expert, and uses several pieces of high tech equipment, such as smartphones, to assist the girls with information. She is also able to quickly analyze situations, and notice subtle details that the others do not.

She can be sarcastic at times, but with no malice.

{{Spoiler|While she appears taciturn, she also harbors a great deal of guilt beneath the surface, as she was responsible for the accidental death of her friends when she was very young.}}

==History==
{{spoilers|media=kazumi}}
[[File:Nico app.png|thumb|400px|Nico using her smartphone app.]]

After a witch traps [[Kaoru]] and [[Umika]] inside of itself and takes off, [[Saki]], Nico, [[Satomi]], 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 the help of Nico's tracking app. While they search, the mysterious girl from previous chapters, Yuuri, disguises herself as Satomi and separates Kazumi from the rest of the team. She attacks Kazumi, but just as she is on the verge of defeat, the other Pleiades show up. Kazumi is then held by her opponent at gunpoint, causing them all to hesitate. Kazumi screams out for them to attack anyway, and they fire a joint attack at the mysterious girl: Fili Del Toano. It causes a large explosion, but the magical girl gets away. Kazumi is only lightly wounded.

They reunite at Umika's house for a strategy meeting. Having traced the witch to a bookmobile, and after filling up on Kazumi's delicious food, they head out to the last stop on the bookmobile schedule to intercept it. They go inside, save for Kazumi, who is told to stay outside and to fire her ''Limiti Esterni'' from the outside to finish it off. Nico hands her a GPS/communicator, so she can receive their signal, while tracking their location allowing her to fire accurately. The girls plunge into the witch's barrier, and rescue Kaoru and Umika just in time. Together, the six of them bind the witch with Episodio Incrocio. However, Nico dropped her GPS/com unit in an earlier attack by the witch, causing it to break (or, in her words, "killed in action"). This leaves them unable to give Kazumi the needed signal. Umika, thinking quickly, commands them to use candy flutes given to them by Kazumi. The sound reaches her, and the witch is destroyed by ''Limiti Esterni''.

While they reunite and celebrate their victory, they are approached by Jubey, the "fairy" (妖精) that turned them into magical girls. He cleans up their Soul Gems, and gladly accepts the last witch's Grief Seed. He then refuses a couple of weird looking seeds, obtained from the pseudo-witches of Chapters 1 and 2, saying they were not real Grief Seeds. Umika theorized they imitated the Grief Seed's power and were created by the mysterious girl from before. Before they could draw further conclusions, they are attacked by that very girl, [[Yuuri]]. She pins the girls downs with quick, devastating attacks. Nico attempts to retaliate, but is pierced by an arrow, incapacitating her. Yuuri kidnaps Kazumi, and, with a message left in the arrow that struck Nico, orders them to go to the Asunaro Dome at midnight if they want Kazumi back. While waiting for the deadline at Umika's house, they speculate on Yuuri's motivations. Nico alerts them to the fact that the mysterious girl's Soul Gem was at her limit, and makes an omnious prediction as to what might happen if she keeps using magic. At the right time, they arrive at the dome, but a force barrier prevents them from doing anything but watch as Yuuri enacts her plans. Yuuri states her objective is to seek revenge on the Pleiades. She interprets the Pleiades' failure to recognize her as having been "just that insignificant" to the girls. She then removes her hat, causing a shocked Umika to recognize her, and proceeds to shove an Evil Nut, one of the awkward Grief Seeds from before, into Kazumi's forehead, while the Pleiades scream in horror.

However, Kazumi is able to free herself, and engages Yuuri. However, over the course of the battle, Yuuri's Soul Gem cracks. Nico pronounces that Yuuri's Soul Gem has hatched as she becomes a witch. Along with the other Pleaides, Nico is trapped on a cross in the witch's barrier, and is enveloped in thorny vines.

The magical girls are then shown a vision of the witch's past as [[Airi]]. After that, Kazumi falls under the influence of the Evil Nut and breaks free. However, she is unwilling to fight the witch and even attempts to change her back. Saki then shoots the witch, freeing Nico and the other Saints. They then attack the witch as they explain to Kazumi that they have no choice but to kill her. As usual, Nico is almost expressionless. Finally Kazumi delivers the final blow, saying she wishes to share this burden with her friends.

The next day, Kazumi spots Nico walking along with Juubey. When Kazumi asks what Nico's doing, she evasively replies she's witch hunting. As the walk to an amusement park, Kazumi says she understands why the Pleiades kept the truth about witches from her. Nico comments that Kazumi still dosen't have her memories back. When Kazumi asks if there's a way they can be restored, Nico says she might have regrets. She says this as she looks at her smartphone, which is displaying an English news article about a Japanese kid shooting people in California. When Kazumi says she's okay with that, Nico says they'll have to talk to the others about it later as she suddenly confronts the other girl that's been following them.

Introducing herself as [[Ayase Souju]], she reveals she collects Soul Gems as a hobby. Nico finds it disgusting. Ayase claims the Pleiades are "gem picking" too, alluding to an incident (where Nico may or may not have been present) involving a magical girl being attacked by at least four of the Pleiades. Nico is utterly silent until Ayase asks for their names - as she wants to add Nico and Kazumi to their collection. Nico says the only thing that will be named is Ayase's gravestone as they both transform.

During the battle, Nico turns her fingers into bullets, then fires them. She then surrounds Ayase with an army of clones. When Kazumi asks what's going on, Juubey explains Nico's wish and powers. Ayase quickly burns the clones to a crisp with her fireballs, but then the real Nico appears, grabs Ayase's Soul Gem, and uses a spell called ''Tocco del Mare'' (English: ''Touch of the Sea''). Ayase abruptly detransforms. When Kazumi asks what happened, Nico says Ayase was just stunned. Suddenly, Ayase's body begins talking and attacks Nico at point-blank range, reclaiming her Soul Gem. Nico is sent flying and is heavily wounded. It is revealed that Ayase is actually sharing her body with another girl, Luca Souju. Nico comments that their last name (which means "twin trees") must refer to their body. Luca smiles.

As Kazumi battles Luca, and later both Soujous, Nico recieves a telepathic message from Saki, asking if she "acquired it yet" - presumably Ayase's Soul Gem. Nico responds by saying they're still fighting, and then asks Kazumi if she can get hit by the Soujous ultimate attack. (Interestingly, she says they're talking through their Soul Gems.) Nico watches as Kazumi is swatted around a few more times, then rescues Kazumi when she finally deduces the nature of Ayase/Luca's power - a synchronized simultaneous blast of hot and cold that creates an explosion. She then develops a plan to combine Kazumi's and her own magic to create a similar effect that can counter the Soujous' attack. After a few fits and starts, and with Jubey's help, they are successful.

Suddenly, the Soujous pull out a surprise weapon - a box of Evil Nuts. She throws them at Nico and Kazumi, but they are saved by Saki and the other Pleiades Saints. Kaoru says they'll be taking the Soujous 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 ''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. While she's saying this, Satomi see Nico's Soul Gem starting glow as Nico falls to her knees. Suddenly a witch appears, with Nico's body floating in front of it.

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 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. Umika encases herself, Kazumi, and Satomi in a barrier. Saki pushes Mirai in, but is minorly 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).

The story flashes back into the past in Chapters 10-12. Umika, Kaoru, Satomi, Mirai, Nico, and Saki are standing on a catwalk. They are all displaying a witch's kiss on their necks. Nico's despair is from her childhood. As a little kid, Nico played with her neighbors and a loaded gun. The gun goes off, the bullet bouncing off a vase and killing her neighbors and injuring her arm, revealing her to be the Japanese kid from the news article in Chapter 7. Nico cries.

The girls standing on the catwalk 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!"

Kazumi opens up a witch's barrier around herself and the girls. Familiars appear and start attacking the normal girls while Kazumi watches. 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 with 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, Jubey introduces Kazumi as Magical Girl Kazumi, who hunts witches. A loud growling noise is heard, which turns out to be Kazumi being hungry.

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. The girls share their pasts with one another as they eat Kazumi's strawberry risotto, with Kazumi saying her story about how she became magical girl last.

When Mirai asks if she can become 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. After Mirai and Saki say their wishes to Jubey, Nico whispers her wish as she is too embarrassed to say it aloud. When 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. Nico questions the notion, but 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.

== Witch Form ==
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Nico's witch form resembles a giant shooting dummy. Its form is that of a shooting gallery dummy, with target circles spiraling outward from its forehead. The forehead has a large hole that extends to the back of the head, like a bullet hole. Its arms are giant blades that are used like scissors, and it has no lower body or legs. Her witch form's name is "Weiße Königin", which is German for "White Queen".

In volume 3's design notes, the witch is described by the illustrator, Takashi Tensugi with, "The witch of bullets, with a guilty nature. Because she feels like she's always being blamed for something, when someone enters her barrier, she eliminates them immediately". Her familiars are small shooting-gallery targets.

==Powers, Weapons & Abilities==
[[File:Nico CD.png|thumb|400px|Nico summoning a CD. However, luck wasn't on her side.]]
Nico's individual abilities in battle were not fully known prior to Chapter 7. She was seen summoning CD-like disks, which are likely throwable weapons with cutting properties, but did not have the chance to use them.

Her tech expertise also comes in handy for the Pleiades both inside and outside the battle. She developed a smartphone app that can read a witch's residual power wavelength, and use it to calibrate the girls' Soul Gems, to track that particular witch more accurately. She also uses (and apparently, carries extra) GPS/com units, used to coordinate the girl's actions when away from each other.

In Chapter 7, it was revealed that her wish was "regeneration" or "reconstruction". This gives her the ability to deconstruct any material and then reconstruct it as any object that she wants, including clones of herself. She can even turn her fingers into missiles and shoot her enemies. This presumably also gives her enhanced healing abilities - she is seen recovering from her wounds very quickly.

She can shoot a wave of magic with a spell called ''Rendere O Rompere'' (Make or Break).

Her weapon is a magic wand that is shaped like a walking cane. On one occasion, she used it to power up a stopped roller coaster car.

Nico also sometimes carries a cylindrical container on her back. Objects placed in the container will shrink, and can easily be carried around. She mostly uses it to contain hazardous items such as Evil Nuts {{Spoiler|and the bodies and Soul Gems of magical girls who the Pleiades are taking to the Freezer}}.

==Trivia==

* When transformed, she dons a classical paratrooper suit, complete with aviator goggles and leather helmet, several utility pockets, a harness and a parachute backpack.
* According to Chapter 10, she used to live in California as a child.
* One of the meanings of her name could be the Japanese onomatopoeia for "smile". {{spoiler|As of Chapter 18, it is revealed that it means ニ (Two) 子 (Child), translating into something along the lines of "Two Childs" or "Second Child"}}
* {{spoiler|Nico's original name was Kanna Hijiri, which she gave to the duplicate created by her wish.}}

==Speculation==

* Given Nico's use of high tech and the ability to summon CD-like disks, it is speculated she made a wish concerning technology, for example to become a great programmer.
** This speculation was disproved in Chapter 7.
* Her weapon and her wish suggest she may have been paralyzed.
** This speculation was disproved in Chapter 10. {{Spoiler|Her wish, witch form and the fact she appears holding a gun in the Cover page of Chapter 9, was most likely the result of accidentally killing her friends with a gun and injuring herself in the process}}.
* In Chapter 9 {{Spoiler|the Nico that turns into a witch is said to be a "backup" of the real Nico.}} What is left unclear is where she comes from, especially since if {{Spoiler|Nico is actually creating a copy of herself that can turn into a witch, then she's basically making herself into a perpetual motion machine.}} This is incredibly unlikely to be happening, especially since {{Spoiler|the Incubators would have exploited this}} so something else might be going on. {{Spoiler|For example, Nico's backup may have originally been another girl, transmuted to look like and think she's Nico. It's interesting to note the Grief Seed for copy-Nico's witch actually has a diamond top, while Nico's Soul Gem has a hexagonal top, implying the witch may not have come from the real Nico's Soul Gem.}}
** This speculation was disproved in Chapter 18. {{Spoiler|The Nico that became a witch was the genuine Nico, and did die at that point in time. The Nico that appears afterward is Kanna Hijiri, who was created as a result of Nico's wish and started off as a regular girl who then made a contract with Jubey in order to take revenge on Nico and the Pleiades upon finding out everything.}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Nico GPS.png|Nico handing Kazumi a GPS/communicator unit.
File:Nico killed in action.png|[[wikipedia:Saving Private Ryan|So, I guess we have to go rescue the last GPS brother?]]
File:Nico grief seed get.png|[[:File:Madoka Get.jpg|Wait, what?]]
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File:Nico power.png|These manga pages show Nico's ability.
File:C06.jpg|Nico in her casual dress.
File:NicoIsSoStoic.png|Nico may be the most stoic and rational of the Pleiades.
File:PMKM Chapter9 Cover.JPG|Cover page of Chapter 9, with Nico in color. Note that Nico's eyes are yellow, while on the previous page they were blue.
File:The innocent malice vol 2 115.jpg| A rare moment of Nico smiling.
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==Fanart==
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[[Category:Characters]]

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Neuchadjinys:

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woah there gurl

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also not really a spoiler

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Neuchadjinys: this one's not a spoiler

this one's not a spoiler

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Jubey

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Jubey

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Neuchadjinys: major spoilers for chapter 21 yo

Jubey

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Neuchadjinys: who put this part in here

{{Infobox_character
|name=Jubey
|image=<center>[[File:Jubey square.png]]</center>
|jname=ジュゥべぇ (Jubey) 
}}
<blockquote>''"Playtime is over."'' - Jubey, [[Puella_Magi_Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_4:_.22Evil_Nuts.22|Chapter 4]].</blockquote>
{{Nihongo|'''Jubey'''|ジュゥべぇ|Juubee}} is a character in [[Kazumi_Magica|Puella Magi Kazumi Magica: The Innocent Malice]].

Described as a {{nihongo|fairy|妖精|yōsei}}, but very likely an Incubator, he was the [[Pleiades Saints]]'s contractor. He is particularly notable for being able to clean their [[Soul Gem|Soul Gems]] on his own, relieving the girls of the need to compete for [[Grief Seed|Grief Seeds]].

{{Spoiler|Chapter 19 reveals that the Jubey in the story is not a real Incubator, as he mysteriously breaks up and leaves a pair of Grief Seeds behind.}}

==Personality==

While he is an Incubator, and should therefore be emotionless, he has displayed more emotional behavior in a few panels than [[Kyubey|his colleague]] has in the entire anime.
He displays annoyance/embarrassment when violently hugged by Satomi against her breasts, and disgust when he is fed Evil Nuts instead of Grief Seeds.
Furthermore, he dislikes being called Bey-chan.

Most importantly, he appears to be able to understand the concept of deception: he says he 'doesn't know' why Soul Gems turn into Grief Seeds, and claims it only happens 'sometimes.' He also appears to look ''sad'' when he tells Kazumi that restoring a Grief Seed to Soul Gem is impossible. Also, when describing the difference between Nico and Kazumi's magic, he starts to call Kazumi's power is 'sacrilege' but then corrects himself saying instead 'destruction.' He has also been shown outright lying to Kazumi, something Kyubey never does.

Another thing that strangely separates him from his business partner is that while Kyubey stays completely neutral when magical girls turn on each other, Jubey openly speaks with Kazumi and Nico on the best strategy to neutralize the Soujous, and appears worried when Kazumi is clearly outmatched by them alone. This grows even more bizarre when if he had done nothing or given them bad advice leading their deaths or simply refused to purify their Soul Gems, which would have eliminated them and their 'cheating' of the magical girl system with The Freezer. His actions seem contradictory to his function of harvesting emotions. This was explained in Chapter 12, {{Spoiler|that Jubey is actually brainwashed. When the Pleiades found out the truth of witches and magical girls, they confronted him and Umika wipes his memories, removes his ability to make any more contracts and to work for them}}.

While he behaves normally around the Pleiades, he is shown looking down on them with an evil grin in the company of Kyubey, as well as when describing the details about [[The Freezer]] (which he'd have no reason to do so if he was simply play acting emotions). However, it is implied that since Jubey is capable of cleansing Soul Gems without a Grief Seed, he may have more use for the girls alive than dead in any circumstance.

It should be noted, however, that while Incubators may be emotionless (apart from mentally ill ones), the [[Madoka Magica (manga)|Manga version of Madoka Magica]] has given Kyubey a lot more facial expressions.

==History==
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[[File:Jubey Cleanup.png|300px|thumb|Jubey cleaning house, literally.]]
Jubey has so far only appeared in Kazumi Magica.

He appeared after the Pleiades rescued [[Umika]] and [[Kaoru]] from an escaped witch. He stood on a rooftop watching their celebration, alongside [[Kyubey]].

Jumping down, he came to the attention of [[Kazumi]], who was shocked at what seemed to be a talking cat. [[Satomi]] introduced him as Jubey, the fairy who had turned them into magical girls. He proceeded to absorb the darkness inside the girls' Soul Gems by gracefully spinning in the air, and then he quite literally ate a Grief Seed given to him by [[Nico]]. When he asked for more, he was fed Evil Nuts, the awkward looking Grief Seeds dropped by the pseudo-witches they faced before. He spat them out with apparent disgust, saying they weren't Grief Seeds. Umika theorized they imitated the Grief Seed's power and were created by [[Yuuri|the mysterious girl from before]], but before they could draw further conclusions, a huge blast hit the group. Jubey was next seen sleeping with Kazumi's black cat while the rest of the Pleiades discuss Yuuri's attack and their plan of action at Umika, Kaoru and Kazumi's home.

He accompanies the Pleiades to the Asunaro Dome. At the behest of [[Saki]], he attempts to purify Yuuri's soul gem. However, Yuuri shoots him in mid-spin, and becomes a witch.

Jubey then appears in the next chapter, apparently still bleeding from being shot. He explains to Kazumi that Yuuri had become a witch, and that she has to be killed because nothing can change her back. Interestingly, he claims that he doesn't know why the transformation from a magical girl into a witch happens, and that it only happens "sometimes".

Jubey accompanies Nico on a "witch hunt" soon after, along with Kazumi, to Lavieland Amusement Park. He remains with them during Nico's fight with [[Ayase Souju]], and explains that Nico's wish for "regeneration" allows her to transform already-existing objects into clones of herself.

When Nico asks him if a magical girl can have multiple transformations, he denies it and says that there are two magical girls inside of Ayase's body.

As she confronts the other magical girl in Ayase's body, Luca Soujou, Kazumi asks Juubey what happens when a Soul Gem is taken away. Jubey says that the magical girl loses her magic and may even die "depending on the situation".

He later helps Nico translate the name of the Soujous combined attack, and is seen covering his eyes while Kazumi is getting hit by hit. He also identifies Kazumi's magic as "sacrilege", but then seems to correct himself and says it's "destruction". He then helps Kazumi and Nico use their own counterattack by biting their hands at the correct moment, allowing them to use a synchronized attack that defeats the Soujous.

While speaking with the Pleiades, 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." 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". 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.

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 all display a witch's kiss on their necks. It then shows the "despair" of each Pleiade, which references each girl's wish and contract made with Jubey. The girls standing on the catwalk 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!"

After Kazumi forces the girls to fight a witch's familiars in order to make them realize they want to live, Kazumi destroys the witch. As 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, proving that Kazumi is the first girl who made a contract with Jubey out of the seven Pleiades. When Kazumi's stomach growls, they all go to her house, where Kazumi makes her grandmother's strawberry risotto. When they all respond positively to the taste, Kazumi says that her grandmother would be happy to hear that. She reveals that her grandmother has passed away, and that she became a magical girl the same day.[[File:JubeyandMami.png|thumb|300px|Jubey with [[Mami Tomoe]], when he first spots Kazumi.]]

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, and 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 (wording it {{nihongo|''"Make a contract with me and become a magical girl!"''|ボクと契約して、魔法少女になってよ！|boku to keiyaku shite, mahou shoujo ni natte yo!}}, which is exactly the same famous phrase used by Kyubey) that he can grant her wish if she makes a contract and becomes a magical girl.

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.

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.

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, {{Spoiler| "Saki, let's kill Kazumi." The last panel has Satomi giving a sinister grin.}}

==Powers, Weapons & Abilities==
{{spoilers|media=anime|episode=8|margin=330px}}
As an Incubator, he wields the power to grant wishes through contracts and, by removing one's soul and giving it a physical form as a Soul Gem, give a magical girl their powers. He also disposes of Grief Seeds by eating them. It is assumed he possesses other powers displayed by his "cousin", Kyubey, such as possessing multiple bodies and being able to show memories inside other's minds.

He has, however, shown an ability of his own, unseen before: the power to clean a magical girl's Soul Gem on his own, without requiring the use of a Grief Seed. This could have franchise-wide implications.

{{Spoiler| Chapter 12 shows that Jubey's ability to make new contracts has been removed by the Saints. Effectively making him 'worthless' as an Incubator.}}. {{Spoiler|But, in Chapter 18, he is able to make a contract with Kanna Hijiri, after his supposed brainwashing.}}.

==Trivia==

* Unlike Kyubey, who merely drops Grief Seeds onto a hatch in his back, Jubey literally ''eats'' them: the circle in his forehead can be seen clenching just as one's mouth does while eating, and munching sounds can be heard.
* Jubey's name is a pun on Kyubey's name ("kyuu" in Japanese is "nine", while "juu" is "ten"). It likely has nothing to do with the word "Incubator".
* [[Puella_Magi_Madoka_Magica_Official_Guidebook_"You_Are_Not_Alone"#Series_Proposal_.28left.29|The original series proposal]] for ''Madoka Magica'' referred to the contract-making creature as a fairy. Jubey being called a fairy may be a reference to that.
* As another contrast to Kyubey, he speaks in a colloquial and overtly masculine tone with the Pleiades {{Spoiler| , which is a trait he adopted after his brainwashing.}}. {{Spoiler| However, he is still capable of talking in the same manner as Kyubey when explaining Kanna's past to her.}}.

==Speculation==
[[File:Jubey munch 2.png|thumb|Munch munch.]]
* It appears that he absorbs the grief from the Soul Gems onto his skin, which is appropriately pitch black. On the other hand, he is seen making a gulping noise and licking his lips afterwards, suggesting some sort of consumption.
* In the anime, magical girls worked alone or in small groups because the Grief Seeds they needed to clean their Soul Gems were a limited resource. Magical girls could easily clash over territory and were just as likely to compete than cooperate. When the Pleiades Saints were revealed to be a seven-member magical girl team, a number of readers wondered how that could be possible in this context. It was considered unlikely that there were enough witches in Asunaro City to support seven magical girls. Chapter 4 explained that Jubey, the fairy they contracted with, can clean their Soul Gems, meaning they don't need to compete for Grief Seeds.
** What was left unexplained was why this was done. Kyubey has never demonstrated the ability to clean Soul Gems in the anime. In fact, he actively sought to have the girls corrupt their Soul Gems and turn into witches. One probable explanation is that from what we've seen, the Pleiades had fairly minor wishes and were therefore weaker magical girls. Being weak magical girls, they wouldn't become powerful witches, and thus they wouldn't produce a lot of energy when they transformed. It is then more efficient for Jubey to let them hunt Grief Seeds for him than to try and convert them into witches. In purely mathematical terms, a team of weak magical girls capturing a more powerful witch than themselves, using team tactics to level the field, is extremely efficient when it comes to energy output.
** Considering [[Chapter 8]] and [[Chapter 15]], where {{spoiler|Nico's spare and Satomi became Witches, respectively,}} one could compare Jubey's method of purifying Soul Gems to recharging an electronic device. For instance, charging a device constantly may reduce it's battery lifetime, to the point where it may display its battery as fully charged at one moment and the next moment show it as "low battery" and turn off. When one considers that they both had no signs of corruption in their Soul Gems until the moment before they turned into Witches, it's not an implausible train of thought.
*** But that wouldn't explain how [[Michiru]], who supposedly purified her Soul Gem via Jubey and had her Soul Gem pitch-black as she turned into a Witch, as shown in [[Chapter 14]]
****{{spoiler|After his identity as a fake is revealed, fans are wondering if his cleaning act was a mere optical trick to fool the Saints, or if he simply ran out of power to purify their Soul Gems as time passed.}}
* It was mentioned in the anime that it was possible for an Incubator to have emotions, but they would be considered mentally ill. Juubey might be one of those Incubators.
** Jubey claims that he doesn't know the reason why a magical girl would transform into a Witch and that it only happens "sometimes". It is unknown if he honestly doesn't know or if he is lying.
*** Chapter 10 reveals that he actually knew the reason why a magical girl transforms into a Witch. However, it is still not clear the nature or the reasoning behind hiding this fact from Kazumi. The [[Pleiades Saints]], on the other hand, knew the truth all along.
**{{spoiler|It was revealed in chapter 12 that he was brainwashed. It may be possible that the process may have changed his personality and altered or affected the area of the brain that causes emotions. It apparently also made him able to outright lie and feel pain.}}
*{{spoiler|In chapter 19, Jubey disintegrates and fails to cleanse some Soul Gems, according with Kyubey, this was because Jubey was "incomplete". }}
**{{spoiler|One possible interpretation is that because Jubey's memories were altered, as well as its function, its magic or form was becoming and growing unstable each time it cleansed the Pleiades Saints' Soul Gems.}}

==Gallery==
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File:Ju and Kyu.png|Jubey standing alongside Kyubey. Together known as The Legion Of Doom.
File:Jubey evil grin.png|Maybe not such a good fairy.
File:Jubey munch 1.png|Just a snack.
File:Imitation Grief Seed (Evil Nut).png|An "imitation" Grief Seed, a.k.a an Evil Nut. Do not feed them to your Incubator, especially after midnight.
File:Hands.jpg|One of the ear-like appendages around Jubey's neck resembles a hand in this panel.
</gallery>

==Fanart==
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File:Kyubey and Jubey Fanart.png|Jubey with his partner in "crime", Kyubey.
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[[Category:Characters]]

Umika Misaki

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|jname=御崎海香 (Misaki Umika)
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<blockquote>''"What I wanted was not talent, but only to be famous."'' - Umika Misaki, [[Puella_Magi_Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_2:_.22AHA.21_Dogs.22.22|Chapter 2]].</blockquote>

{{Nihongo|'''Umika Misaki'''|御崎海香|Misaki Umika}} is a major character in [[Kazumi Magica|Puella Magi Kazumi Magica: The Innocent Malice]].

An accomplished novelist, she lives in [[Misaki Residence |her family's house]] with her two friends [[Kazumi]] and [[Kaoru]], while their parents are working overseas. She provides for them financially with the money earned from her books. She is a magical girl, and a member of the [[Pleiades Saints]]. She wished for the chance to meet an editor that would recognize her works.

==Personality==
Umika is the brains of the Pleiades. Although a rather cheery person and far from cold, she keeps her cool most of the time and analyzes situations with care.

As a writer, she often has episodes of [[wikipedia:Writer's block|writer's block]]. When this happens, her personality changes dramatically: she becomes extremely frustrated and grows visible horns, going on a cooking frenzy. Her cooking is rather good, and eating it generally solves her block. When this does not work, she goes on a shopping spree with her friends: given her wealth, money is not an issue. Still, she can be quite stingy: it is said she will go anywhere to save one Yen in groceries.

She wished for an editor who would recognize her works and treat them with care, as once she 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 asked why she didn't simply wish to be a best-selling author, she states she did not want talent, but fame. This may mean she either believes in her own talent, or simply wants to be famous. Either way, she uses the money she earns to give herself and her friends a comfortable life.

==History==
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[[File:Umika writers block.png|thumb|340px|Umika with an episode of writer's block.]]
Umika has so far only appeared in Kazumi Magica.

Her first appearance was at the mall where Kazumi was being traded for a bomb. After getting reacquainted with Kazumi, she and Kaoru led her to their house.
While she was out, Kazumi met and fought the police detective from earlier. Umika and Kaoru arrived just after the end of the battle, picking up what a Grief Seed like object (later revealed to be an Evil Nut) that appeared when the detective was defeated.

The next day, she suffers from writer's block, acting awkwardly towards the other girls, growing horns and cooking maniacally. This was almost effective, were it not for an untimely comment by Kazumi. She then used her second trick to overcome her block: shopping. This apparently worked. While leaving the mall, Kazumi's "witch-detecting" hair sensed something in a nearby alley, leading her to a pseudo-witch. In the resulting battle, the monster gets the upper hand, prompting Umika and Kaoru to show their own powers to Kazumi and awakening some of her lost memories. However, Kazumi's attempt to follow those memories causes her to nearly hit Umika and allows the pseudo-witch get away. Umika and Kaoru "punish" Kazumi by giving her a new (and rather messy) haircut while telling her about magic and their own wishes. Afterwards, they meet and defeat the same pseudo-witch, who is briefly seen with a mysterious magical girl.

[[File:Umika reading.png|thumb|440px|Umika reading her opponent's mind with ''Ex Fille'']]
Sometime later, the three fight a "real" witch. Kazumi hesitates at a critical moment, causing Kaoru to nearly be devoured by it. Umika jumped inside the witch just in time to summon a protective barrier around the two of them, but the witch flees with both of them trapped inside. Kazumi meets the remaining Pleiades, and they engage in a mad rush to save the two before Umika's barrier collapses. They arrive just in time to save them both and defeat the witch.

While they celebrate their victory, they are attacked by the mysterious magical girl from earlier, [[Yuuri]]. She kidnaps Kazumi, and orders them to go to the Asunaro Dome if they want Kazumi back. They head there, but due to a force barrier, they can do nothing but watch. However, Kazumi is able to free herself, and engages Yuuri. Unfortunately for all involved, Yuuri becomes a witch over the course of the battle. Along with the other Pleaides, Umika is trapped on a cross in the witch's barrier, and is enveloped in thorny vines.

The magical girls are then shown a vision of the witch's past as [[Airi]]. After that, Kazumi falls under the influence of the Evil Nut and breaks free. However, she is unwilling to fight the witch and even attempts to change her back. [[Saki]] then shoots the witch, freeing Umika and the other Saints. They then attack the witch as they explain to Kazumi that they have no choice but to kill her. Umika is seen crying during this sequence. Finally Kazumi delivers the final blow, saying she wishes to share this burden with her friends. She then collapses crying into Umika's arms.

Later, Kaoru and Umika walk home with Kazumi. Kazumi then tells them to go on ahead, as she wishes to be alone. That night, the Pleiades are seen stealing the Soul Gem of a magical girl named Akane Sumire in a back alley. Umika is not visible, but it's not unlikely that she was present at the time.

The next day, Umika and the other Pleiades Saints appear to rescue Kauzmi and Nico from [[Ayase_Souju|Ayase and Luca Souju]] at an amusement park. 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 is interrupted by Nico's Soul Gem glowing. As she falls over, a witch emerges from her Gem.

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. The Pleiades are shocked to discover Nico has become a witch. The witch attacks the Pleiades; Kaoru and Umika defend against its attacks while Mirai kills it. As the other Pleiades recover from their shock, Jubey and Umika stare at Nico's Grief Seed and wonder how this disaster happened. Another Nico subsequently shows up, and Jubey informs the Pleiades that her wish was to produce the "spare" they now see before them.

The Pleiades take Kazumi to Mirai's teddy bear museum, "Angelica Bears", where Umika opens a path to the building's eerie lower levels. They walk up to a giant door, which opens into a giant room filled with Soul Gems and the lifeless bodies of Magical Girls. Umika tells Kazumi that after they take Soul Gems, they put the empty shells of the magical girls into this "Freezer" that they created, as their "rejection" of the magical girl system. She explains that witches are the end state of magical girls, and admits that they lied to Kazumi when they claimed to not know why Soul Gems go out of control. Jubey, grinning, further explains that Soul Gems are the extracted souls of magical girls. Umika explains that the girls they capture are placed in a barrier that separates their bodies from their Gems, putting them in suspended animation and preventing them from becoming witches. The Pleiades hope to find a way to completely clean the gems and turn them back into humans. Kazumi asks when everyone found out about the connection between magical girls and witches. Umika touches her forehead to Kazumi's, telling her to remember everything.

In her memory, Kazumi sees Umika, Kaoru, Satomi, Mirai, Nico, and Saki, standing on a catwalk with a witch's kiss on their necks. The story flashes back to each girl's "despair" in turn. Umika's despair comes from when she 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.

The girls standing on the catwalk all jump off together at the witch's command. They are suddenly rescued by Kazumi, who snags them in midair with ribbons and greets them cheerily. She then opens up the witch's barrier and orders the six of them to fight off the familiars, saving them from the witch at the last second. She later takes them all back to her house.

The seven new friends eat together at Kazumi's house. She points out a book that Umika is holding, asking her if it's the book that was plagiarized from her draft. 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 then tells the Pleiades how she became a magical girl. After listening to her story, Jubey mentions that the Pleiades can become magical girls as well, to which they all agree. Kazumi cheers over having new friends. Jubey tells the girls to give him their wishes; Umika's is to meet an editor who will recognize her works and treat them with care. Their contracts completed, Kazumi dubs the team the Pleiades Saints, and they happily fight witches together for some time.

One night, some time later, the Pleiades notice that Kazumi is running late, having been told that she was bringing a new friend along. Jubey hurriedly calls them out to Asunaro Dome, where they see Yuuri Asuka becoming a witch. After the battle, Jubey explains the witch conversion process and his nature as an Incubator to the stunned girls. Umika suddenly grabs Jubey and slams her forehead against his, firing a laser between their eyes. He falls down, speaking in a different tone of voice and bewildered as to why she's upset. Umika explains that she has rewritten Jubey's memories and prevented him from making any further contracts.

The story then returns to the present. Kazumi feels faint from the stress of having her memories restored, and Umika leads her back to the house. Kazumi falls fast asleep as Umika and Kaoru watch over her, feeling somewhat guilty that they lied to her about their wishes when they first met. They worry that things will "go better this time", and Umika remembers how Kazumi was affected by the Evil Nut. Saki enters, drenched in rain. She asks how Kazumi is doing, specifically with regards to the Evil Nut. Umika has no idea what they are, saying that they'll have to find out from the person who gave them to Yuuri and the Soujus. Saki worries that they've had "another failure", but Umika insists that nothing is wrong. Saki becomes increasingly panicked that they're going to run out of magic and turn into witches like Nico, at which point Umika notices that she's suddenly referring to Kazumi as "Kazumi''-chan''". Saki kicks Umika into the far wall. Umika, wounded, warns Kaoru that Saki is being controlled by Satomi. Satomi (through Saki) exclaims that she has to kill Kazumi, and by the time Umika and Kaoru make it to Kazumi's room, Saki has already kidnapped her.

Umika and the other Pleiades locate Kazumi and Satomi, but by then it's too late-- Kazumi has learned from Satomi that she is a clone of her original self, Michiru, and that her memories are fake, and Satomi has become a witch. Kazumi flees in a panic after she realizes that she has killed Satomi. The remaining Pleiades reconvene at Umika's house, unable to locate Kazumi. Umika (along with Saki, Mirai and Nico) affirms her determination to revive Michiru; Kaoru objects, as this means killing the current Kazumi.

Some time later, the Pleiades receive a signal from Kazumi, who demands that they confront her at the Freezer lest she unseal all the Soul Gems there. There, Kazumi speaks with them, ordering them to kill her and try their hardest to revive Michiru. She then transforms into a monster and engulfs the room in a barrier. Kaoru is quickly struck down by the witch; Umika tends to her, realizes that she is merely immobilized, not injured, and breaks the spell Kazumi put on her. Kaoru holds Saki back, having realized that Kazumi is simply creating an illusion so that they'd have no choice but to kill her. As the other Pleiades stand before Kazumi in shock, Mirai cleaves her in two. Kazumi's corpse turns into a balloon-like doll of Nico, as does the Nico that she incapacitated beforehand. The real Nico steps into view, with the real Kazumi safely stowed in her collection tube. Before the Pleiades can overcome their shock, she shoves an Evil Nut into Saki and causes her to become a witch.

{{Spoiler|The witch swiftly kills Mirai and is immobilized by Nico, who reveals herself to be Kanna Hijiri ([[Kanna Hijiri|link]]). She prepares to attack Umika and Kaoru with the witch when Kazumi breaks out of her prison. Umika and Kaoru run to Kazumi's side, ferverently apologizing to Kanna and begging her to help Kazumi, as she is on the verge of turning into a witch. Kanna screams back that they have no idea what she went through when she discovered that she was "made up". Umika quietly responds that Kanna isn't made up, angering her further. Umika shouts at Kanna, saying that they'll never hand Kazumi over to her as long as she insists that the two of them are "made up", as Kazumi's strength of will is something they couldn't possibly have made on their own.}}

{{Spoiler|Kanna, enraged, attacks them with a group of witches (including Saki's). Umika sends Kaoru to attack the witches while she removes Kanna's Gem, but they are both struck down. Kazumi tries to get up and help them (asking them one last time to kill her if she becomes a witch) but her Gem is corrupted to the point where she can't transform. Kaoru and Umika's Gems are also reaching their limit, and Juubey breaks into pieces while trying to purify them.}}

{{Spoiler|Meanwhile, a giant magic circle of Umika's is seen floating above the city, beginning to break down. Umika and Kaoru suddenly remember that Grief Seeds can be used to purify Soul Gems, having apparently forgotten up until this point. Saki's witch is freed from Kanna's control by Kazumi at the last second, and destroys itself. Umika and Kaoru grab its Grief Seed and clean Kazumi's Gem. As the rejuvenated Kazumi fights Kanna, Umika and Kaoru reminisce on how they planned to revive her to begin with.}}

{{Spoiler|Umika was the one to first present the plan to revive Michiru, having extracted information from a witch and retrieved the "heart" that fueled it. She herself referred to it as part of their battle against the magical girl system and ''"them"''. The Pleiades were eagerly looking forward to seeing her again, without a trace of the unhappiness that followed. Umika herself planned to give her the first copy of her new book.}}

{{Spoiler|With her Gem on the verge of breaking, Umika apologizes to Kazumi for leaving her alone again, and looks up at Saki's Grief Seed that they don't know how to dispose of. Suddenly, she and Kaoru remember that they can just feed it to [[Kyubey]], as the magic circle above the city shatters entirely. Having thus realized something, they scream for Kyubey to reveal himself, and he does as if on cue.}}

==Powers, Weapons & Abilities==

Having made a wish related to writing, her weapon is a magical book. Its main function is to read the opponent's mind with the spell "Ix File", their thoughts being written on its pages. Umika can then use that information to identify the enemy's weakness, and come up with a plan. It can take the information it learns (such as spells) and apply it to other magical girls, like when Umika casts "Rosso Fantasma", a technique that belongs to [[Kyoko Sakura]], on Kaoru. She can also summon objects from the book, most often a ball for Kaoru's attacks. For close range attacks, she can transform the book into a double-edged pole, with the covers acting as blades. This pole has the ability to sever the link between humans and pseudo-witches spawned by them.

She can summon a protective barrier around her, but she can only maintain it for a limited period of time. She can also study and use other people's magic, such as [[Kyouko Sakura|Kyouko's]] Rosso Fantasma, and release people who have been immobilized by using the spell "Carcere Pausa" (Jailbreak).

Umika can also manipulate people's memories by headbutting them and firing lasers into their eyes. She has used this to brainwash Jubey, restore Kazumi's memories, and remove Tachibana's and Ishijima's memories of the bomb threat they were involved in.

{{Spoiler|In Chapter 21, it is revealed that she cast a massive spell over all of Asunaro City as part of the Pleiades' plan to reject the magical girl system. This spell made regular Incubators imperceptible to everyone there, edited their existing memories to include Jubey rather than Kyubey, and removed the knowledge of how to purify Soul Gems without Jubey from all magical girls in the area. It also had the unfortunate side effect of rendering all magical girls unable to tell how corrupted their Soul Gems were until it was too late to purify them.}}

==Trivia==
* Her last name means "honorable peninsula".
* Her last name can also be used as a first name.
* Her first name means "sea scent".
* While she has normal eyesight, she wears glasses when transformed possibly due to the nature of her wish and even acquiring common gestures such as adjusting them regularly.
** It's revealed in chapter 20 that she uses glasses for reading, which explains her habits.

==Speculation==

* The note that Kaoru and Umika leave to Kazumi states that they're out dating, but there are no boys around them. Some believe this to be evidence of a romantic relationship between Umika and Kaoru.
* Umika was the only girl who so far was seen recognizing Yuuri. Though her name and outfit were mysteries to her, she recognized her face, once she took off her hat.
*It's speculated that Umika will {{Spoiler|become Izabel}}. This is because of her wish and artist blocks. However it isn't known whether ''Kazumi Magica'' takes place before or during the anime.

==Gallery==
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File:UmikaMisakiColorProfile.png|Umika in color, from the first volume cover of Kazumi Magica.
File:Umika yandere.png|Run. Run now.
File:Umika recognizing.png|Umika recognized Yuuri when she saw her face uncovered.
File:Umika pole.png|Umika transforming her book into a double-edged pole.
File:Umika link severed.png|Her pole has the ability to cut the link between a human and the pseudo-witch spawned by it.
File:UmikaPowers.png
File:UmikaProfilePleiades.png
File:Mahou shoujo kazumi magica fanart.jpg|Art by Takashi Tensugi of Kazumi, Umika and Kaoru.
File:KazumiVol1Covers.png
File:Umika headbutt.png|THWACK!
File:Screen_shot_2012-02-20_at_12.50.23_AM.jpg|Umika in color, from the third volume cover.
File:KazumiRossoFantasma.png|Umika using her magic to cast ''Rosso Fantasma'' on Kaoru, a spell she copied from [[Kyoko Sakura]].
File:Umika 3.png
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==Fanart==
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[[Category:Characters]]

Umika Misaki

2012-09-26T02:27:28Z

Neuchadjinys:

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|name=Umika Misaki
|image=<center>[[File:Umika page image.PNG]]</center>
|jname=御崎海香 (Misaki Umika)
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<blockquote>''"Please, Kazumi. Remember everything."'' - Umika Misaki, [[Kazumi_Magica_Chapter_10:_Bibbity_Bobbity_Boo|Chapter 10]].</blockquote>

{{Nihongo|'''Umika Misaki'''|御崎海香|Misaki Umika}} is a major character in [[Kazumi Magica|Puella Magi Kazumi Magica: The Innocent Malice]].

An accomplished novelist, she lives in [[Misaki Residence |her family's house]] with her two friends [[Kazumi]] and [[Kaoru]], while their parents are working overseas. She provides for them financially with the money earned from her books. She is a magical girl, and a member of the [[Pleiades Saints]]. She wished for the chance to meet an editor that would recognize her works.

==Personality==
Umika is the brains of the Pleiades. Although a rather cheery person and far from cold, she keeps her cool most of the time and analyzes situations with care.

As a writer, she often has episodes of [[wikipedia:Writer's block|writer's block]]. When this happens, her personality changes dramatically: she becomes extremely frustrated and grows visible horns, going on a cooking frenzy. Her cooking is rather good, and eating it generally solves her block. When this does not work, she goes on a shopping spree with her friends: given her wealth, money is not an issue. Still, she can be quite stingy: it is said she will go anywhere to save one Yen in groceries.

She wished for an editor who would recognize her works and treat them with care, as once she 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 asked why she didn't simply wish to be a best-selling author, she states she did not want talent, but fame. This may mean she either believes in her own talent, or simply wants to be famous. Either way, she uses the money she earns to give herself and her friends a comfortable life.

==History==
{{spoilers|media=kazumi}}
[[File:Umika writers block.png|thumb|340px|Umika with an episode of writer's block.]]
Umika has so far only appeared in Kazumi Magica.

Her first appearance was at the mall where Kazumi was being traded for a bomb. After getting reacquainted with Kazumi, she and Kaoru led her to their house.
While she was out, Kazumi met and fought the police detective from earlier. Umika and Kaoru arrived just after the end of the battle, picking up what a Grief Seed like object (later revealed to be an Evil Nut) that appeared when the detective was defeated.

The next day, she suffers from writer's block, acting awkwardly towards the other girls, growing horns and cooking maniacally. This was almost effective, were it not for an untimely comment by Kazumi. She then used her second trick to overcome her block: shopping. This apparently worked. While leaving the mall, Kazumi's "witch-detecting" hair sensed something in a nearby alley, leading her to a pseudo-witch. In the resulting battle, the monster gets the upper hand, prompting Umika and Kaoru to show their own powers to Kazumi and awakening some of her lost memories. However, Kazumi's attempt to follow those memories causes her to nearly hit Umika and allows the pseudo-witch get away. Umika and Kaoru "punish" Kazumi by giving her a new (and rather messy) haircut while telling her about magic and their own wishes. Afterwards, they meet and defeat the same pseudo-witch, who is briefly seen with a mysterious magical girl.

[[File:Umika reading.png|thumb|440px|Umika reading her opponent's mind with ''Ex Fille'']]
Sometime later, the three fight a "real" witch. Kazumi hesitates at a critical moment, causing Kaoru to nearly be devoured by it. Umika jumped inside the witch just in time to summon a protective barrier around the two of them, but the witch flees with both of them trapped inside. Kazumi meets the remaining Pleiades, and they engage in a mad rush to save the two before Umika's barrier collapses. They arrive just in time to save them both and defeat the witch.

While they celebrate their victory, they are attacked by the mysterious magical girl from earlier, [[Yuuri]]. She kidnaps Kazumi, and orders them to go to the Asunaro Dome if they want Kazumi back. They head there, but due to a force barrier, they can do nothing but watch. However, Kazumi is able to free herself, and engages Yuuri. Unfortunately for all involved, Yuuri becomes a witch over the course of the battle. Along with the other Pleaides, Umika is trapped on a cross in the witch's barrier, and is enveloped in thorny vines.

The magical girls are then shown a vision of the witch's past as [[Airi]]. After that, Kazumi falls under the influence of the Evil Nut and breaks free. However, she is unwilling to fight the witch and even attempts to change her back. [[Saki]] then shoots the witch, freeing Umika and the other Saints. They then attack the witch as they explain to Kazumi that they have no choice but to kill her. Umika is seen crying during this sequence. Finally Kazumi delivers the final blow, saying she wishes to share this burden with her friends. She then collapses crying into Umika's arms.

Later, Kaoru and Umika walk home with Kazumi. Kazumi then tells them to go on ahead, as she wishes to be alone. That night, the Pleiades are seen stealing the Soul Gem of a magical girl named Akane Sumire in a back alley. Umika is not visible, but it's not unlikely that she was present at the time.

The next day, Umika and the other Pleiades Saints appear to rescue Kauzmi and Nico from [[Ayase_Souju|Ayase and Luca Souju]] at an amusement park. 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 is interrupted by Nico's Soul Gem glowing. As she falls over, a witch emerges from her Gem.

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. The Pleiades are shocked to discover Nico has become a witch. The witch attacks the Pleiades; Kaoru and Umika defend against its attacks while Mirai kills it. As the other Pleiades recover from their shock, Jubey and Umika stare at Nico's Grief Seed and wonder how this disaster happened. Another Nico subsequently shows up, and Jubey informs the Pleiades that her wish was to produce the "spare" they now see before them.

The Pleiades take Kazumi to Mirai's teddy bear museum, "Angelica Bears", where Umika opens a path to the building's eerie lower levels. They walk up to a giant door, which opens into a giant room filled with Soul Gems and the lifeless bodies of Magical Girls. Umika tells Kazumi that after they take Soul Gems, they put the empty shells of the magical girls into this "Freezer" that they created, as their "rejection" of the magical girl system. She explains that witches are the end state of magical girls, and admits that they lied to Kazumi when they claimed to not know why Soul Gems go out of control. Jubey, grinning, further explains that Soul Gems are the extracted souls of magical girls. Umika explains that the girls they capture are placed in a barrier that separates their bodies from their Gems, putting them in suspended animation and preventing them from becoming witches. The Pleiades hope to find a way to completely clean the gems and turn them back into humans. Kazumi asks when everyone found out about the connection between magical girls and witches. Umika touches her forehead to Kazumi's, telling her to remember everything.

In her memory, Kazumi sees Umika, Kaoru, Satomi, Mirai, Nico, and Saki, standing on a catwalk with a witch's kiss on their necks. The story flashes back to each girl's "despair" in turn. Umika's despair comes from when she 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.

The girls standing on the catwalk all jump off together at the witch's command. They are suddenly rescued by Kazumi, who snags them in midair with ribbons and greets them cheerily. She then opens up the witch's barrier and orders the six of them to fight off the familiars, saving them from the witch at the last second. She later takes them all back to her house.

The seven new friends eat together at Kazumi's house. She points out a book that Umika is holding, asking her if it's the book that was plagiarized from her draft. 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 then tells the Pleiades how she became a magical girl. After listening to her story, Jubey mentions that the Pleiades can become magical girls as well, to which they all agree. Kazumi cheers over having new friends. Jubey tells the girls to give him their wishes; Umika's is to meet an editor who will recognize her works and treat them with care. Their contracts completed, Kazumi dubs the team the Pleiades Saints, and they happily fight witches together for some time.

One night, some time later, the Pleiades notice that Kazumi is running late, having been told that she was bringing a new friend along. Jubey hurriedly calls them out to Asunaro Dome, where they see Yuuri Asuka becoming a witch. After the battle, Jubey explains the witch conversion process and his nature as an Incubator to the stunned girls. Umika suddenly grabs Jubey and slams her forehead against his, firing a laser between their eyes. He falls down, speaking in a different tone of voice and bewildered as to why she's upset. Umika explains that she has rewritten Jubey's memories and prevented him from making any further contracts.

The story then returns to the present. Kazumi feels faint from the stress of having her memories restored, and Umika leads her back to the house. Kazumi falls fast asleep as Umika and Kaoru watch over her, feeling somewhat guilty that they lied to her about their wishes when they first met. They worry that things will "go better this time", and Umika remembers how Kazumi was affected by the Evil Nut. Saki enters, drenched in rain. She asks how Kazumi is doing, specifically with regards to the Evil Nut. Umika has no idea what they are, saying that they'll have to find out from the person who gave them to Yuuri and the Soujus. Saki worries that they've had "another failure", but Umika insists that nothing is wrong. Saki becomes increasingly panicked that they're going to run out of magic and turn into witches like Nico, at which point Umika notices that she's suddenly referring to Kazumi as "Kazumi''-chan''". Saki kicks Umika into the far wall. Umika, wounded, warns Kaoru that Saki is being controlled by Satomi. Satomi (through Saki) exclaims that she has to kill Kazumi, and by the time Umika and Kaoru make it to Kazumi's room, Saki has already kidnapped her.

Umika and the other Pleiades locate Kazumi and Satomi, but by then it's too late-- Kazumi has learned from Satomi that she is a clone of her original self, Michiru, and that her memories are fake, and Satomi has become a witch. Kazumi flees in a panic after she realizes that she has killed Satomi. The remaining Pleiades reconvene at Umika's house, unable to locate Kazumi. Umika (along with Saki, Mirai and Nico) affirms her determination to revive Michiru; Kaoru objects, as this means killing the current Kazumi.

Some time later, the Pleiades receive a signal from Kazumi, who demands that they confront her at the Freezer lest she unseal all the Soul Gems there. There, Kazumi speaks with them, ordering them to kill her and try their hardest to revive Michiru. She then transforms into a monster and engulfs the room in a barrier. Kaoru is quickly struck down by the witch; Umika tends to her, realizes that she is merely immobilized, not injured, and breaks the spell Kazumi put on her. Kaoru holds Saki back, having realized that Kazumi is simply creating an illusion so that they'd have no choice but to kill her. As the other Pleiades stand before Kazumi in shock, Mirai cleaves her in two. Kazumi's corpse turns into a balloon-like doll of Nico, as does the Nico that she incapacitated beforehand. The real Nico steps into view, with the real Kazumi safely stowed in her collection tube. Before the Pleiades can overcome their shock, she shoves an Evil Nut into Saki and causes her to become a witch.

{{Spoiler|The witch swiftly kills Mirai and is immobilized by Nico, who reveals herself to be Kanna Hijiri ([[Kanna Hijiri|link]]). She prepares to attack Umika and Kaoru with the witch when Kazumi breaks out of her prison. Umika and Kaoru run to Kazumi's side, ferverently apologizing to Kanna and begging her to help Kazumi, as she is on the verge of turning into a witch. Kanna screams back that they have no idea what she went through when she discovered that she was "made up". Umika quietly responds that Kanna isn't made up, angering her further. Umika shouts at Kanna, saying that they'll never hand Kazumi over to her as long as she insists that the two of them are "made up", as Kazumi's strength of will is something they couldn't possibly have made on their own.}}

{{Spoiler|Kanna, enraged, attacks them with a group of witches (including Saki's). Umika sends Kaoru to attack the witches while she removes Kanna's Gem, but they are both struck down. Kazumi tries to get up and help them (asking them one last time to kill her if she becomes a witch) but her Gem is corrupted to the point where she can't transform. Kaoru and Umika's Gems are also reaching their limit, and Juubey breaks into pieces while trying to purify them.}}

{{Spoiler|Meanwhile, a giant magic circle of Umika's is seen floating above the city, beginning to break down. Umika and Kaoru suddenly remember that Grief Seeds can be used to purify Soul Gems, having apparently forgotten up until this point. Saki's witch is freed from Kanna's control by Kazumi at the last second, and destroys itself. Umika and Kaoru grab its Grief Seed and clean Kazumi's Gem. As the rejuvenated Kazumi fights Kanna, Umika and Kaoru reminisce on how they planned to revive her to begin with.}}

{{Spoiler|Umika was the one to first present the plan to revive Michiru, having extracted information from a witch and retrieved the "heart" that fueled it. She herself referred to it as part of their battle against the magical girl system and ''"them"''. The Pleiades were eagerly looking forward to seeing her again, without a trace of the unhappiness that followed. Umika herself planned to give her the first copy of her new book.}}

{{Spoiler|With her Gem on the verge of breaking, Umika apologizes to Kazumi for leaving her alone again, and looks up at Saki's Grief Seed that they don't know how to dispose of. Suddenly, she and Kaoru remember that they can just feed it to [[Kyubey]], as the magic circle above the city shatters entirely. Having thus realized something, they scream for Kyubey to reveal himself, and he does as if on cue.}}

==Powers, Weapons & Abilities==

Having made a wish related to writing, her weapon is a magical book. Its main function is to read the opponent's mind with the spell "Ix File", their thoughts being written on its pages. Umika can then use that information to identify the enemy's weakness, and come up with a plan. It can take the information it learns (such as spells) and apply it to other magical girls, like when Umika casts "Rosso Fantasma", a technique that belongs to [[Kyoko Sakura]], on Kaoru. She can also summon objects from the book, most often a ball for Kaoru's attacks. For close range attacks, she can transform the book into a double-edged pole, with the covers acting as blades. This pole has the ability to sever the link between humans and pseudo-witches spawned by them.

She can summon a protective barrier around her, but she can only maintain it for a limited period of time. She can also study and use other people's magic, such as [[Kyouko Sakura|Kyouko's]] Rosso Fantasma, and release people who have been immobilized by using the spell "Carcere Pausa" (Jailbreak).

Umika can also manipulate people's memories by headbutting them and firing lasers into their eyes. She has used this to brainwash Jubey, restore Kazumi's memories, and remove Tachibana's and Ishijima's memories of the bomb threat they were involved in.

{{Spoiler|In Chapter 21, it is revealed that she cast a massive spell over all of Asunaro City as part of the Pleiades' plan to reject the magical girl system. This spell made regular Incubators imperceptible to everyone there, edited their existing memories to include Jubey rather than Kyubey, and removed the knowledge of how to purify Soul Gems without Jubey from all magical girls in the area. It also had the unfortunate side effect of rendering all magical girls unable to tell how corrupted their Soul Gems were until it was too late to purify them.}}

==Trivia==
* Her last name means "honorable peninsula".
* Her last name can also be used as a first name.
* Her first name means "sea scent".
* While she has normal eyesight, she wears glasses when transformed possibly due to the nature of her wish and even acquiring common gestures such as adjusting them regularly.
** It's revealed in chapter 20 that she uses glasses for reading, which explains her habits.

==Speculation==

* The note that Kaoru and Umika leave to Kazumi states that they're out dating, but there are no boys around them. Some believe this to be evidence of a romantic relationship between Umika and Kaoru.
* Umika was the only girl who so far was seen recognizing Yuuri. Though her name and outfit were mysteries to her, she recognized her face, once she took off her hat.
*It's speculated that Umika will {{Spoiler|become Izabel}}. This is because of her wish and artist blocks. However it isn't known whether ''Kazumi Magica'' takes place before or during the anime.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:UmikaMisakiColorProfile.png|Umika in color, from the first volume cover of Kazumi Magica.
File:Umika yandere.png|Run. Run now.
File:Umika recognizing.png|Umika recognized Yuuri when she saw her face uncovered.
File:Umika pole.png|Umika transforming her book into a double-edged pole.
File:Umika link severed.png|Her pole has the ability to cut the link between a human and the pseudo-witch spawned by it.
File:UmikaPowers.png
File:UmikaProfilePleiades.png
File:Umika 3.png
File:Mahou shoujo kazumi magica fanart.jpg|Art by Takashi Tensugi of Kazumi, Umika and Kaoru.
File:KazumiVol1Covers.png
File:Umika headbutt.png|THWACK!
File:Screen_shot_2012-02-20_at_12.50.23_AM.jpg|Umika in color, from the third volume cover.
File:KazumiRossoFantasma.png|Umika using her magic to cast ''Rosso Fantasma'' on Kaoru, a spell she copied from [[Kyoko Sakura]].
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==Fanart==
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[[Category:Characters]]

Umika Misaki

2012-09-26T02:26:33Z

Neuchadjinys: spoilers for ch.21

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<blockquote>''"Please, Kazumi. Remember everything."'' - Umika Misaki, [[Kazumi_Magica_Chapter_10:_Bibbity_Bobbity_Boo|Chapter 10]].</blockquote>

{{Nihongo|'''Umika Misaki'''|御崎海香|Misaki Umika}} is a major character in [[Kazumi Magica|Puella Magi Kazumi Magica: The Innocent Malice]].

An accomplished novelist, she lives in [[Misaki Residence |her family's house]] with her two friends [[Kazumi]] and [[Kaoru]], while their parents are working overseas. She provides for them financially with the money earned from her books. She is a magical girl, and a member of the [[Pleiades Saints]]. She wished for the chance to meet an editor that would recognize her works.

==Personality==
Umika is the brains of the Pleiades. Although a rather cheery person and far from cold, she keeps her cool most of the time and analyzes situations with care.

As a writer, she often has episodes of [[wikipedia:Writer's block|writer's block]]. When this happens, her personality changes dramatically: she becomes extremely frustrated and grows visible horns, going on a cooking frenzy. Her cooking is rather good, and eating it generally solves her block. When this does not work, she goes on a shopping spree with her friends: given her wealth, money is not an issue. Still, she can be quite stingy: it is said she will go anywhere to save one Yen in groceries.

She wished for an editor who would recognize her works and treat them with care, as once she 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 asked why she didn't simply wish to be a best-selling author, she states she did not want talent, but fame. This may mean she either believes in her own talent, or simply wants to be famous. Either way, she uses the money she earns to give herself and her friends a comfortable life.

==History==
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[[File:Umika writers block.png|thumb|340px|Umika with an episode of writer's block.]]
Umika has so far only appeared in Kazumi Magica.

Her first appearance was at the mall where Kazumi was being traded for a bomb. After getting reacquainted with Kazumi, she and Kaoru led her to their house.
While she was out, Kazumi met and fought the police detective from earlier. Umika and Kaoru arrived just after the end of the battle, picking up what a Grief Seed like object (later revealed to be an Evil Nut) that appeared when the detective was defeated.

The next day, she suffers from writer's block, acting awkwardly towards the other girls, growing horns and cooking maniacally. This was almost effective, were it not for an untimely comment by Kazumi. She then used her second trick to overcome her block: shopping. This apparently worked. While leaving the mall, Kazumi's "witch-detecting" hair sensed something in a nearby alley, leading her to a pseudo-witch. In the resulting battle, the monster gets the upper hand, prompting Umika and Kaoru to show their own powers to Kazumi and awakening some of her lost memories. However, Kazumi's attempt to follow those memories causes her to nearly hit Umika and allows the pseudo-witch get away. Umika and Kaoru "punish" Kazumi by giving her a new (and rather messy) haircut while telling her about magic and their own wishes. Afterwards, they meet and defeat the same pseudo-witch, who is briefly seen with a mysterious magical girl.

[[File:Umika reading.png|thumb|440px|Umika reading her opponent's mind with ''Ex Fille'']]
Sometime later, the three fight a "real" witch. Kazumi hesitates at a critical moment, causing Kaoru to nearly be devoured by it. Umika jumped inside the witch just in time to summon a protective barrier around the two of them, but the witch flees with both of them trapped inside. Kazumi meets the remaining Pleiades, and they engage in a mad rush to save the two before Umika's barrier collapses. They arrive just in time to save them both and defeat the witch.

While they celebrate their victory, they are attacked by the mysterious magical girl from earlier, [[Yuuri]]. She kidnaps Kazumi, and orders them to go to the Asunaro Dome if they want Kazumi back. They head there, but due to a force barrier, they can do nothing but watch. However, Kazumi is able to free herself, and engages Yuuri. Unfortunately for all involved, Yuuri becomes a witch over the course of the battle. Along with the other Pleaides, Umika is trapped on a cross in the witch's barrier, and is enveloped in thorny vines.

The magical girls are then shown a vision of the witch's past as [[Airi]]. After that, Kazumi falls under the influence of the Evil Nut and breaks free. However, she is unwilling to fight the witch and even attempts to change her back. [[Saki]] then shoots the witch, freeing Umika and the other Saints. They then attack the witch as they explain to Kazumi that they have no choice but to kill her. Umika is seen crying during this sequence. Finally Kazumi delivers the final blow, saying she wishes to share this burden with her friends. She then collapses crying into Umika's arms.

Later, Kaoru and Umika walk home with Kazumi. Kazumi then tells them to go on ahead, as she wishes to be alone. That night, the Pleiades are seen stealing the Soul Gem of a magical girl named Akane Sumire in a back alley. Umika is not visible, but it's not unlikely that she was present at the time.

The next day, Umika and the other Pleiades Saints appear to rescue Kauzmi and Nico from [[Ayase_Souju|Ayase and Luca Souju]] at an amusement park. 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 is interrupted by Nico's Soul Gem glowing. As she falls over, a witch emerges from her Gem.

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. The Pleiades are shocked to discover Nico has become a witch. The witch attacks the Pleiades; Kaoru and Umika defend against its attacks while Mirai kills it. As the other Pleiades recover from their shock, Jubey and Umika stare at Nico's Grief Seed and wonder how this disaster happened. Another Nico subsequently shows up, and Jubey informs the Pleiades that her wish was to produce the "spare" they now see before them.

The Pleiades take Kazumi to Mirai's teddy bear museum, "Angelica Bears", where Umika opens a path to the building's eerie lower levels. They walk up to a giant door, which opens into a giant room filled with Soul Gems and the lifeless bodies of Magical Girls. Umika tells Kazumi that after they take Soul Gems, they put the empty shells of the magical girls into this "Freezer" that they created, as their "rejection" of the magical girl system. She explains that witches are the end state of magical girls, and admits that they lied to Kazumi when they claimed to not know why Soul Gems go out of control. Jubey, grinning, further explains that Soul Gems are the extracted souls of magical girls. Umika explains that the girls they capture are placed in a barrier that separates their bodies from their Gems, putting them in suspended animation and preventing them from becoming witches. The Pleiades hope to find a way to completely clean the gems and turn them back into humans. Kazumi asks when everyone found out about the connection between magical girls and witches. Umika touches her forehead to Kazumi's, telling her to remember everything.

In her memory, Kazumi sees Umika, Kaoru, Satomi, Mirai, Nico, and Saki, standing on a catwalk with a witch's kiss on their necks. The story flashes back to each girl's "despair" in turn. Umika's despair comes from when she 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.

The girls standing on the catwalk all jump off together at the witch's command. They are suddenly rescued by Kazumi, who snags them in midair with ribbons and greets them cheerily. She then opens up the witch's barrier and orders the six of them to fight off the familiars, saving them from the witch at the last second. She later takes them all back to her house.

The seven new friends eat together at Kazumi's house. She points out a book that Umika is holding, asking her if it's the book that was plagiarized from her draft. 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 then tells the Pleiades how she became a magical girl. After listening to her story, Jubey mentions that the Pleiades can become magical girls as well, to which they all agree. Kazumi cheers over having new friends. Jubey tells the girls to give him their wishes; Umika's is to meet an editor who will recognize her works and treat them with care. Their contracts completed, Kazumi dubs the team the Pleiades Saints, and they happily fight witches together for some time.

One night, some time later, the Pleiades notice that Kazumi is running late, having been told that she was bringing a new friend along. Jubey hurriedly calls them out to Asunaro Dome, where they see Yuuri Asuka becoming a witch. After the battle, Jubey explains the witch conversion process and his nature as an Incubator to the stunned girls. Umika suddenly grabs Jubey and slams her forehead against his, firing a laser between their eyes. He falls down, speaking in a different tone of voice and bewildered as to why she's upset. Umika explains that she has rewritten Jubey's memories and prevented him from making any further contracts.

The story then returns to the present. Kazumi feels faint from the stress of having her memories restored, and Umika leads her back to the house. Kazumi falls fast asleep as Umika and Kaoru watch over her, feeling somewhat guilty that they lied to her about their wishes when they first met. They worry that things will "go better this time", and Umika remembers how Kazumi was affected by the Evil Nut. Saki enters, drenched in rain. She asks how Kazumi is doing, specifically with regards to the Evil Nut. Umika has no idea what they are, saying that they'll have to find out from the person who gave them to Yuuri and the Soujus. Saki worries that they've had "another failure", but Umika insists that nothing is wrong. Saki becomes increasingly panicked that they're going to run out of magic and turn into witches like Nico, at which point Umika notices that she's suddenly referring to Kazumi as "Kazumi''-chan''". Saki kicks Umika into the far wall. Umika, wounded, warns Kaoru that Saki is being controlled by Satomi. Satomi (through Saki) exclaims that she has to kill Kazumi, and by the time Umika and Kaoru make it to Kazumi's room, Saki has already kidnapped her.

Umika and the other Pleiades locate Kazumi and Satomi, but by then it's too late-- Kazumi has learned from Satomi that she is a clone of her original self, Michiru, and that her memories are fake, and Satomi has become a witch. Kazumi flees in a panic after she realizes that she has killed Satomi. The remaining Pleiades reconvene at Umika's house, unable to locate Kazumi. Umika (along with Saki, Mirai and Nico) affirms her determination to revive Michiru; Kaoru objects, as this means killing the current Kazumi.

Some time later, the Pleiades receive a signal from Kazumi, who demands that they confront her at the Freezer lest she unseal all the Soul Gems there. There, Kazumi speaks with them, ordering them to kill her and try their hardest to revive Michiru. She then transforms into a monster and engulfs the room in a barrier. Kaoru is quickly struck down by the witch; Umika tends to her, realizes that she is merely immobilized, not injured, and breaks the spell Kazumi put on her. Kaoru holds Saki back, having realized that Kazumi is simply creating an illusion so that they'd have no choice but to kill her. As the other Pleiades stand before Kazumi in shock, Mirai cleaves her in two. Kazumi's corpse turns into a balloon-like doll of Nico, as does the Nico that she incapacitated beforehand. The real Nico steps into view, with the real Kazumi safely stowed in her collection tube. Before the Pleiades can overcome their shock, she shoves an Evil Nut into Saki and causes her to become a witch.

{{Spoiler|The witch swiftly kills Mirai and is immobilized by Nico, who reveals herself to be Kanna Hijiri ([[Kanna Hijiri|link]]). She prepares to attack Umika and Kaoru with the witch when Kazumi breaks out of her prison. Umika and Kaoru run to Kazumi's side, ferverently apologizing to Kanna and begging her to help Kazumi, as she is on the verge of turning into a witch. Kanna screams back that they have no idea what she went through when she discovered that she was "made up". Umika quietly responds that Kanna isn't made up, angering her further. Umika shouts at Kanna, saying that they'll never hand Kazumi over to her as long as she insists that the two of them are "made up", as Kazumi's strength of will is something they couldn't possibly have made on their own.}}

{{Spoiler|Kanna, enraged, attacks them with a group of witches (including Saki's). Umika sends Kaoru to attack the witches while she removes Kanna's Gem, but they are both struck down. Kazumi tries to get up and help them (asking them one last time to kill her if she becomes a witch) but her Gem is corrupted to the point where she can't transform. Kaoru and Umika's Gems are also reaching their limit, and Juubey breaks into pieces while trying to purify them.}}

{{Spoiler|Meanwhile, a giant magic circle of Umika's is seen floating above the city, beginning to break down. Umika and Kaoru suddenly remember that Grief Seeds can be used to purify Soul Gems, having apparently forgotten up until this point. Saki's witch is freed from Kanna's control by Kazumi at the last second, and destroys itself. Umika and Kaoru grab its Grief Seed and clean Kazumi's Gem. As the rejuvenated Kazumi fights Kanna, Umika and Kaoru reminisce on how they planned to revive her to begin with.}}

{{Spoiler|Umika was the one to first present the plan to revive Michiru, having extracted information from a witch and retrieved the "heart" that fueled it. She herself referred to it as part of their battle against the magical girl system and ''"them"''. The Pleiades were eagerly looking forward to seeing her again, without a trace of the unhappiness that followed. Umika herself planned to give her the first copy of her new book.}}

{{Spoiler|With her Gem on the verge of breaking, Umika apologizes to Kazumi for leaving her alone again, and looks up at Saki's Grief Seed that they don't know how to dispose of. Suddenly, she and Kaoru remember that they can just feed it to [[Kyubey]], as the magic circle above the city shatters entirely. Having thus realized something, they scream for Kyubey to reveal himself, and he does as if on cue.}}

==Powers, Weapons & Abilities==

Having made a wish related to writing, her weapon is a magical book. Its main function is to read the opponent's mind with the spell "Ix File", their thoughts being written on its pages. Umika can then use that information to identify the enemy's weakness, and come up with a plan. It can take the information it learns (such as spells) and apply it to other magical girls, like when Umika casts "Rosso Fantasma", a technique that belongs to [[Kyoko Sakura]], on Kaoru. She can also summon objects from the book, most often a ball for Kaoru's attacks. For close range attacks, she can transform the book into a double-edged pole, with the covers acting as blades. This pole has the ability to sever the link between humans and pseudo-witches spawned by them.

She can summon a protective barrier around her, but she can only maintain it for a limited period of time. She can also study and use other people's magic, such as [[Kyouko Sakura|Kyouko's]] Rosso Fantasma, and release people who have been immobilized by using the spell "Carcere Pausa" (Jailbreak).

Umika can also manipulate people's memories by headbutting them and firing lasers into their eyes. She has used this to brainwash Jubey, restore Kazumi's memories, and remove Tachibana's and Ishijima's memories of the bomb threat they were involved in.

{{Spoiler|In Chapter 21, it is revealed that she cast a massive spell over all of Asunaro City as part of the Pleiades' plan to reject the magical girl system. This spell made regular Incubators imperceptible to everyone there, edited their existing memories to include Jubey rather than Kyuubey, and removed the knowledge of how to purify Soul Gems without Jubey from all magical girls in the area. It also had the unfortunate side effect of rendering all magical girls unable to tell how corrupted their Soul Gems were until it was too late.}}

==Trivia==
* Her last name means "honorable peninsula".
* Her last name can also be used as a first name.
* Her first name means "sea scent".
* While she has normal eyesight, she wears glasses when transformed possibly due to the nature of her wish and even acquiring common gestures such as adjusting them regularly.
** It's revealed in chapter 20 that she uses glasses for reading, which explains her habits.

==Speculation==

* The note that Kaoru and Umika leave to Kazumi states that they're out dating, but there are no boys around them. Some believe this to be evidence of a romantic relationship between Umika and Kaoru.
* Umika was the only girl who so far was seen recognizing Yuuri. Though her name and outfit were mysteries to her, she recognized her face, once she took off her hat.
*It's speculated that Umika will {{Spoiler|become Izabel}}. This is because of her wish and artist blocks. However it isn't known whether ''Kazumi Magica'' takes place before or during the anime.

==Gallery==
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File:UmikaMisakiColorProfile.png|Umika in color, from the first volume cover of Kazumi Magica.
File:Umika yandere.png|Run. Run now.
File:Umika recognizing.png|Umika recognized Yuuri when she saw her face uncovered.
File:Umika pole.png|Umika transforming her book into a double-edged pole.
File:Umika link severed.png|Her pole has the ability to cut the link between a human and the pseudo-witch spawned by it.
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File:Mahou shoujo kazumi magica fanart.jpg|Art by Takashi Tensugi of Kazumi, Umika and Kaoru.
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File:Umika headbutt.png|THWACK!
File:Screen_shot_2012-02-20_at_12.50.23_AM.jpg|Umika in color, from the third volume cover.
File:KazumiRossoFantasma.png|Umika using her magic to cast ''Rosso Fantasma'' on Kaoru, a spell she copied from [[Kyoko Sakura]].
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Umika Misaki

2012-09-26T02:01:30Z

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|jname=御崎海香 (Misaki Umika)
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<blockquote>''"Please, Kazumi. Remember everything."'' - Umika Misaki, [[Kazumi_Magica_Chapter_10:_Bibbity_Bobbity_Boo|Chapter 10]].</blockquote>

{{Nihongo|'''Umika Misaki'''|御崎海香|Misaki Umika}} is a major character in [[Kazumi Magica|Puella Magi Kazumi Magica: The Innocent Malice]].

An accomplished novelist, she lives [[Misaki Residence |lives with her two friends]], [[Kazumi]] and [[Kaoru]] while their parents are working overseas. She provides for them financially with the money earned from her books. She is a magical girl, and a member of the [[Pleiades Saints]]. She wished for the chance to meet an editor that would recognize her works.
An accomplished novelist, she lives in [[Misaki Residence |her family's house]] with her two friends [[Kazumi]] and [[Kaoru]], while their parents are working overseas. She provides for them financially with the money earned from her books. She is a magical girl, and a member of the [[Pleiades Saints]]. She wished for the chance to meet an editor that would recognize her works.

==Personality==
Umika is the brains of the Pleiades. Although a rather cheery person and far from cold, she keeps her cool most of the time and analyzes situations with care.

As a writer, she often has episodes of [[wikipedia:Writer's block|writer's block]]. When this happens, her personality changes dramatically: she becomes extremely frustrated and grows visible horns, going on a cooking frenzy. Her cooking is rather good, and eating it generally solves her block. When this does not work, she goes on a shopping spree with her friends: given her wealth, money is not an issue. Still, she can be quite stingy: it is said she will go anywhere to save one Yen in groceries.

She wished for an editor who would recognize her works and treat them with care, as once she 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 asked why she didn't simply wish to be a best-selling author, she states she did not want talent, but fame. This may mean she either believes in her own talent, or simply wants to be famous. Either way, she uses the money she earns to give herself and her friends a comfortable life.

==History==
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[[File:Umika writers block.png|thumb|340px|Umika with an episode of writer's block.]]
Umika has so far only appeared in Kazumi Magica.

Her first appearance was at the mall where Kazumi was being traded for a bomb. After getting reacquainted with Kazumi, she and Kaoru led her to their house.
While she was out, Kazumi met and fought the police detective from earlier. Umika and Kaoru arrived just after the end of the battle, picking up what a Grief Seed like object (later revealed to be an Evil Nut) that appeared when the detective was defeated.

The next day, she suffers from writer's block, acting awkwardly towards the other girls, growing horns and cooking maniacally. This was almost effective, were it not for an untimely comment by Kazumi. She then used her second trick to overcome her block: shopping. This apparently worked. While leaving the mall, Kazumi's "witch-detecting" hair sensed something in a nearby alley, leading her to a pseudo-witch. In the resulting battle, the monster gets the upper hand, prompting Umika and Kaoru to show their own powers to Kazumi and awakening some of her lost memories. However, Kazumi's attempt to follow those memories causes her to nearly hit Umika and allows the pseudo-witch get away. Umika and Kaoru "punish" Kazumi by giving her a new (and rather messy) haircut while telling her about magic and their own wishes. Afterwards, they meet and defeat the same pseudo-witch, who is briefly seen with a mysterious magical girl.

[[File:Umika reading.png|thumb|440px|Umika reading her opponent's mind with ''Ex Fille'']]
Sometime later, the three fight a "real" witch. Kazumi hesitates at a critical moment, causing Kaoru to nearly be devoured by it. Umika jumped inside the witch just in time to summon a protective barrier around the two of them, but the witch flees with both of them trapped inside. Kazumi meets the remaining Pleiades, and they engage in a mad rush to save the two before Umika's barrier collapses. They arrive just in time to save them both and defeat the witch.

While they celebrate their victory, they are attacked by the mysterious magical girl from earlier, [[Yuuri]]. She kidnaps Kazumi, and orders them to go to the Asunaro Dome if they want Kazumi back. They head there, but due to a force barrier, they can do nothing but watch. However, Kazumi is able to free herself, and engages Yuuri. Unfortunately for all involved, Yuuri becomes a witch over the course of the battle. Along with the other Pleaides, Umika is trapped on a cross in the witch's barrier, and is enveloped in thorny vines.

The magical girls are then shown a vision of the witch's past as [[Airi]]. After that, Kazumi falls under the influence of the Evil Nut and breaks free. However, she is unwilling to fight the witch and even attempts to change her back. [[Saki]] then shoots the witch, freeing Umika and the other Saints. They then attack the witch as they explain to Kazumi that they have no choice but to kill her. Umika is seen crying during this sequence. Finally Kazumi delivers the final blow, saying she wishes to share this burden with her friends. She then collapses crying into Umika's arms.

Later, Kaoru and Umika walk home with Kazumi. Kazumi then tells them to go on ahead, as she wishes to be alone. That night, the Pleiades are seen stealing the Soul Gem of a magical girl named Akane Sumire in a back alley. Umika is not visible, but it's not unlikely that she was present at the time.

The next day, Umika and the other Pleiades Saints appear to rescue Kauzmi and Nico from [[Ayase_Souju|Ayase and Luca Souju]] at an amusement park. 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 is interrupted by Nico's Soul Gem glowing. As she falls over, a witch emerges from her Gem.

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. The Pleiades are shocked to discover Nico has become a witch. The witch attacks the Pleiades; Kaoru and Umika defend against its attacks while Mirai kills it. As the other Pleiades recover from their shock, Jubey and Umika stare at Nico's Grief Seed and wonder how this disaster happened. Another Nico subsequently shows up, and Jubey informs the Pleiades that her wish was to produce the "spare" they now see before them.

The Pleiades take Kazumi to Mirai's teddy bear museum, "Angelica Bears", where Umika opens a path to the building's eerie lower levels. They walk up to a giant door, which opens into a giant room filled with Soul Gems and the lifeless bodies of Magical Girls. Umika tells Kazumi that after they take Soul Gems, they put the empty shells of the magical girls into this "Freezer" that they created, as their "rejection" of the magical girl system. She explains that witches are the end state of magical girls, and admits that they lied to Kazumi when they claimed to not know why Soul Gems go out of control. Jubey, grinning, further explains that Soul Gems are the extracted souls of magical girls. Umika explains that the girls they capture are placed in a barrier that separates their bodies from their Gems, putting them in suspended animation and preventing them from becoming witches. The Pleiades hope to find a way to completely clean the gems and turn them back into humans. Kazumi asks when everyone found out about the connection between magical girls and witches. Umika touches her forehead to Kazumi's, telling her to remember everything.

In her memory, Kazumi sees Umika, Kaoru, Satomi, Mirai, Nico, and Saki, standing on a catwalk with a witch's kiss on their necks. The story flashes back to each girl's "despair" in turn. Umika's despair comes from when she 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.

The girls standing on the catwalk all jump off together at the witch's command. They are suddenly rescued by Kazumi, who snags them in midair with ribbons and greets them cheerily. She then opens up the witch's barrier and orders the six of them to fight off the familiars, saving them from the witch at the last second. She later takes them all back to her house.

The seven new friends eat together at Kazumi's house. She points out a book that Umika is holding, asking her if it's the book that was plagiarized from her draft. 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 then tells the Pleiades how she became a magical girl. After listening to her story, Jubey mentions that the Pleiades can become magical girls as well, to which they all agree. Kazumi cheers over having new friends. Jubey tells the girls to give him their wishes; Umika's is to meet an editor who will recognize her works and treat them with care. Their contracts completed, Kazumi dubs the team the Pleiades Saints, and they happily fight witches together for some time.

One night, some time later, the Pleiades notice that Kazumi is running late, having been told that she was bringing a new friend along. Jubey hurriedly calls them out to Asunaro Dome, where they see Yuuri Asuka becoming a witch. After the battle, Jubey explains the witch conversion process and his nature as an Incubator to the stunned girls. Umika suddenly grabs Jubey and slams her forehead against his, firing a laser between their eyes. He falls down, speaking in a different tone of voice and bewildered as to why she's upset. Umika explains that she has rewritten Jubey's memories and prevented him from making any further contracts.

The story then returns to the present. Kazumi feels faint from the stress of having her memories restored, and Umika leads her back to the house. Kazumi falls fast asleep as Umika and Kaoru watch over her, feeling somewhat guilty that they lied to her about their wishes when they first met. They worry that things will "go better this time", and Umika remembers how Kazumi was affected by the Evil Nut. Saki enters, drenched in rain. She asks how Kazumi is doing, specifically with regards to the Evil Nut. Umika has no idea what they are, saying that they'll have to find out from the person who gave them to Yuuri and the Soujus. Saki worries that they've had "another failure", but Umika insists that nothing is wrong. Saki becomes increasingly panicked that they're going to run out of magic and turn into witches like Nico, at which point Umika notices that she's suddenly referring to Kazumi as "Kazumi''-chan''". Saki kicks Umika into the far wall. Umika, wounded, warns Kaoru that Saki is being controlled by Satomi. Satomi (through Saki) exclaims that she has to kill Kazumi, and by the time Umika and Kaoru make it to Kazumi's room, Saki has already kidnapped her.

Umika and the other Pleiades locate Kazumi and Satomi, but by then it's too late-- Kazumi has learned from Satomi that she is a clone of her original self, Michiru, and that her memories are fake, and Satomi has become a witch. Kazumi flees in a panic after she realizes that she has killed Satomi. The remaining Pleiades reconvene at Umika's house, unable to locate Kazumi. Umika (along with Saki, Mirai and Nico) affirms her determination to revive Michiru; Kaoru objects, as this means killing the current Kazumi.

Some time later, the Pleiades receive a signal from Kazumi, who demands that they confront her at the Freezer lest she unseal all the Soul Gems there. There, Kazumi speaks with them, ordering them to kill her and try their hardest to revive Michiru. She then transforms into a monster and engulfs the room in a barrier. Kaoru is quickly struck down by the witch; Umika tends to her, realizes that she is merely immobilized, not injured, and breaks the spell Kazumi put on her. Kaoru holds Saki back, having realized that Kazumi is simply creating an illusion so that they'd have no choice but to kill her. As the other Pleiades stand before Kazumi in shock, Mirai cleaves her in two. Kazumi's corpse turns into a balloon-like doll of Nico, as does the Nico that she incapacitated beforehand. The real Nico steps into view, with the real Kazumi safely stowed in her collection tube. Before the Pleiades can overcome their shock, she shoves an Evil Nut into Saki and causes her to become a witch.

{{Spoiler|The witch swiftly kills Mirai and is immobilized by Nico, who reveals herself to be Kanna Hijiri ([[Kanna Hijiri|link]]). She prepares to attack Umika and Kaoru with the witch when Kazumi breaks out of her prison. Umika and Kaoru run to Kazumi's side, ferverently apologizing to Kanna and begging her to help Kazumi, as she is on the verge of turning into a witch. Kanna screams back that they have no idea what she went through when she discovered that she was "made up". Umika quietly responds that Kanna isn't made up, angering her further. Umika shouts at Kanna, saying that they'll never hand Kazumi over to her as long as she insists that the two of them are "made up", as Kazumi's strength of will is something they couldn't possibly have made on their own.}}

{{Spoiler|Kanna, enraged, attacks them with a group of witches (including Saki's). Umika sends Kaoru to attack the witches while she removes Kanna's Gem, but they are both struck down. Kazumi tries to get up and help them (asking them one last time to kill her if she becomes a witch) but her Gem is corrupted to the point where she can't transform. Kaoru and Umika's Gems are also reaching their limit, and Juubey breaks into pieces while trying to purify them.}}

{{Spoiler|Meanwhile, a giant magic circle of Umika's is seen floating above the city, beginning to break down. Umika and Kaoru suddenly remember that Grief Seeds can be used to purify Soul Gems, having apparently forgotten up until this point. Saki's witch is freed from Kanna's control by Kazumi at the last second, and destroys itself. Umika and Kaoru grab its Grief Seed and clean Kazumi's Gem. As the rejuvenated Kazumi fights Kanna, Umika and Kaoru reminisce on how they planned to revive her to begin with.}}

{{Spoiler|Umika was the one to first present the plan to revive Michiru, having extracted information from a witch and retrieved the "heart" that fueled it. She herself referred to it as part of their battle against the magical girl system and ''"them"''. The Pleiades were eagerly looking forward to seeing her again, without a trace of the unhappiness that followed. Umika herself planned to give her the first copy of her new book.}}

{{Spoiler|With her Gem on the verge of breaking, Umika apologizes to Kazumi for leaving her alone again, and looks up at Saki's Grief Seed that they don't know how to dispose of. Suddenly, she and Kaoru remember that they can just feed it to [[Kyuubey]], as the magic circle above the city shatters entirely. Having thus realized something, they scream for Kyuubey to reveal himself, and he does as if on cue.}}

==Powers, Weapons & Abilities==

Having made a wish related to writing, her weapon is a magical book. Its main function is to read the opponent's mind with the spell "Ix File", their thoughts being written on its pages. Umika can then use that information to identify the enemy's weakness, and come up with a plan. It can take the information it learns (such as spells) and apply it to other magical girls, like when Umika casts "Rosso Fantasma", a technique that belongs to [[Kyoko Sakura]], on Kaoru. She can also summon objects from the book, most often a ball for Kaoru's attacks. For close range attacks, she can transform the book into a double-edged pole, with the covers acting as blades. This pole has the ability to sever the link between humans and pseudo-witches spawned by them.

She can also summon a protective barrier around her, but she can only maintain it for a limited period of time.

{{Spoiler|Umika can also manipulate people's memories by headbutting them and firing lasers into their eyes. She has used this to brainwash Jubey, restore Kazumi's memories, and remove Tachibana's and Ishijima's memories of the bomb threat they were involved in. She can also study and use other people's magic, as she is able to perform Kyoko's Rosso Fantasma.}}

She can also release people who have been immobilized, by using the spell "Carcere Pausa" (Jailbreak).

==Trivia==
* Her last name means "honorable peninsula".
* Her last name can also be used as a first name.
* Her first name means "sea scent".
* While she has normal eyesight, she wears glasses when transformed possibly due to the nature of her wish and even acquiring common gestures such as adjusting them regularly.
** It's revealed in chapter 20 that she uses glasses for reading, which explains her habits.

==Speculation==

* The note that Kaoru and Umika leave to Kazumi states that they're out dating, but there are no boys around them. Some believe this to be evidence of a romantic relationship between Umika and Kaoru.
* Umika was the only girl who so far was seen recognizing Yuuri. Though her name and outfit were mysteries to her, she recognized her face, once she took off her hat.
*It's speculated that Umika will {{Spoiler|become Izabel}}. This is because of her wish and artist blocks. However it isn't known whether ''Kazumi Magica'' takes place before or during the anime.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:UmikaMisakiColorProfile.png|Umika in color, from the first volume cover of Kazumi Magica.
File:Umika yandere.png|Run. Run now.
File:Umika recognizing.png|Umika recognized Yuuri when she saw her face uncovered.
File:Umika pole.png|Umika transforming her book into a double-edged pole.
File:Umika link severed.png|Her pole has the ability to cut the link between a human and the pseudo-witch spawned by it.
File:UmikaPowers.png
File:UmikaProfilePleiades.png
File:Umika 3.png
File:Mahou shoujo kazumi magica fanart.jpg|Art by Takashi Tensugi of Kazumi, Umika and Kaoru.
File:KazumiVol1Covers.png
File:Umika headbutt.png|THWACK!
File:Screen_shot_2012-02-20_at_12.50.23_AM.jpg|Umika in color, from the third volume cover.
File:KazumiRossoFantasma.png|Umika using her magic to cast ''Rosso Fantasma'' on Kaoru, a spell she copied from [[Kyoko Sakura]].
</gallery>

==Fanart==
{{fanart}}
<gallery>
File:Umika_misaki_by_cresento-d4s6x10.jpg
File:Umika spear fanart.png
</gallery>
[[Category:Characters]]

File:Umika page image.PNG

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Kazumi Magica

2012-09-18T00:46:26Z

Neuchadjinys:

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'''Puella Magi Kazumi Magica: The Innocent Malice''' (魔法少女かずみ☆マギカ～The innocent malice～, ''Mahō Shōjo Kazumi Magika: The innocent malice'') is the second title in ''Puella Magi'' series, and is the first spin-off [[manga]] written by [[Masaki Hiramatsu]] and illustrated by [[Takashi Tensugi]]. It started serializing in ''[[wikipedia:Manga Time Kirara Forward|Manga Time Kirara Forward]]'' starting January 24, 2011. ''Kazumi Magica'' features a new set of characters from the anime in a town called Asunaro although they both shared the same settings. Hiramatsu has described the series as "''denying the ''Magica''<nowiki></nowiki>'s world, while affirming it from the opposite point of view''." The first collected volume, containing chapters 1–3, was released on May 12, 2011. The second volume, containing chapters 4–8, was released on October 12, 2011. The third volume, containing chapters 9–13, was released on March 12, 2012. The fourth volume, containing chapters 14-18, was released on September 12, 2012.

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

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

== Chapters ==
:''See also'': [[Manga Time Kirara Forward Kazumi Serialization]]
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 1: Bad - Guy - Reckon Off|Chapter 1: Bad - Guy - Reckon Off]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 2: AHA! Dogs|Chapter 2: AHA! Dogs]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 3: Kazumix|Chapter 3: Kazumix]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 4: Evil Nuts|Chapter 4: Evil Nuts]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 5: Magicallabbiata|Chapter 5: Magicallabbiata]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 6: Loss Parfait|Chapter 6: Loss Parfait]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 7: Gem Picking|Chapter 7: Gem Picking]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 8: Tempura Ice-Cream|Chapter 8: Tempura Ice-Cream]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 9: The Freezer|Chapter 9: The Freezer]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 10: Bibbity Bobbity Boo|Chapter 10: Bibbity Bobbity Boo]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 11: Dead or Rice|Chapter 11: Dead or Rice]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 12: Pleiades|Chapter 12: Pleiades]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 13: Malefica Farce|Chapter 13: Malefica Farce]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 14: Cannibalism|Chapter 14: Cannibalism]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 15: Ingredients for Satomi|Chapter 15: Ingredients for Satomi]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 16: Strawberry Risotto|Chapter 16: Strawberry Risotto]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 17: Secret Ingredient|Chapter 17: Secret Ingredient]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 18: Connect|Chapter 18: Connect]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 19: Grief Seeds|Chapter 19: Grief Seeds]]'''
* '''[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 20: Incubator|Chapter 20: Incubators]]'''

== Changes and Additions in the Collected Edition ==
[[File:KazumiSoulGemChange.png|right|thumb|300px|One of the many changes made between the magazine and volume versions of Kazumi Magica.]]
=== Volume 1===
* The dust jackets have a silly two page comic with Kazumi, Umika, and Kaoru.
* In the last page of Chapter 1, the {{Spoiler| Evil Nut}} next to the defeated detective is missing. After that there is an additional page with Kazumi and Souichirou Tachibana.
* Chapter 2 changes:
** In the second page, the {{Spoiler|Evil Nut}} is redrawn to be consistent with it's changed appearance in later chapters. The same thing happens in the forty-second page.
** In the third and fourth pages, Kazumi is holding her earring-bell instead of a blank white stone.
** In the thirteenth page, the white stone has been redrawn as a Soul Gem.
** In the fourteenth page, the white stone has been replaced with Kazumi's Soul Gem turning into her earring-bell - this reveals that the earring-bell ''is'' Kazumi's Soul Gem.
** In the eighteenth page, Umika and Kaoru's Soul Gems have been redrawn to be consistent with the appearance of Soul Gems in future chapters and the anime.
** In the nineteenth page, Kaoru's magical girl outfit has been slightly altered. This alteration is also present on the twenty-eighth page. In addition, Umika's Soul Gem is now visible on her forehead in magical girl form, making it consistent with future chapters. The forehead gem is present on the twenty-third, twenty-fifth through twenty-eighth, thirty-seventh, thirty-ninth, fortieth, and forty-second pages.
** In the twenty-seventh page, Kazumi is holding her earring bell instead of looking at her cross weapon. This changes the serialized version's implication that Kazumi's Soul Gem was on her cross.
** An extra page is added at the end of Chapter 2.
* The end of Chapter 3 adds a page with design notes for the witch from the chapter.
* The end of the manga has a silly three page Omake with Saki, Umika, and Kazumi. It features a single panel appearance of Kaoru, a single panel appearance of Nico, Satomi and Mirai together, and a single panel appearance of Madoka.
* There is also a one-page Q&A with the author.
=== Volume 2===
* The front dust jacket has a parody of the cover, with Tachibana in Kazumi's place and Slice Akiyama (the chef from Yuuri's flashback) in Yuuri's place. The back one has an image of the policewoman in Yuuri's outfit.
* On the ninth page in Chapter 5, a panel of Jubey has the circular mark on Jubey's head that previously did not.
* On the tenth page in Chapter 5, the runes flying around as Yuuri becomes a witch are more clearly visible.
* On the first page of Chapter 6, Kazumi is very slightly redrawn.
* A page with Kazumi and Nico is added after Chapter 7.
* Design sketches for all new characters introduced in the volume are included.
** Notes on Yuuri are added after Chapter 4.
** Notes on Yuuri Asuka's witch are added after Chapter 5.
** Notes on Airi's witch are added after Chapter 6.
** Notes on Ayase and Luca are added after Chapter 8.
* The end of the manga has a one-page Omake with Saki reading one of her romance novels.
* There is also a one-page Q&A with the author.
* Volumes purchased from Toranoana also included a two page short story about Yuuri and Airi, called, "Puella Magi Kazumi Magica Special Edition ~ A Dream-Filled Spoon".
=== Volume 3 ===
* The dust jackets have a two-page comic with Yuuri, Airi, Tachibana and Slice Akiyama.
* The first two pages of Chapter 9 are in black and white instead of color. The text surrounding Nico on the second page is now gone.
* A page for the witch from Chapter 9 is added after the chapter.
* Several lines of text were slightly edited in Chapter 10.
* A page with each of the Pleiades's mementos is added after Chapter 10.
* A page with Kazumi and Nico is added after Chapter 11, along with a page for that chapter's witch.
* A page with Kazumi's grandmother is added after Chapter 12.
* Volumes purchased from Toranoana include a four page short story about the Pleiades Saints titled, "Puella Magi Kazumi Magica Special Edition ~ Rosetta Meteora". Volumes purchased at Wondergoo, Melonbooks and Gamers also received special cards with different illustrations on them for each vendor.
* There is also a one-page Q&A with the author.
=== Volume 4 ===
* The dust jackets have a two-page comic with Umika, Nico, Mirai, Satomi and Saki.
* A color page with the same art from the April 2012 cover of Manga Time Kirara Forward sans text is added before chapter 14.
* The first four pages of Chapter 14 are in black and white instead of color. The text surrounding the Pleiades Saints on the second and third pages is now gone.
* A page for the enemy clones from Chapter 14 is added after the chapter.
* A page for the witch from Chapter 15 is added after the chapter.
* In Chapter 17, a silhouette of {{Spoiler|Kanna}} has been added behind the witch as Saki attacks, confirming that to be the moment when {{Spoiler|Kanna switches Kazumi with a duplicate}}.
* A page for the witch from Chapter 18 is added after the chapter.
* Two 4koma-style comics appearing between the chapters. One features Misako ishijima and Souichirou Tachibana and is placed after Chapter 16. The other features the Pleiades Saints and is placed after Chapter 17.
* A page with Saki and Kaoru speaking about Nico, Mirai and Satomi is added after Chapter 18.
* There is also a one-page Q&A with the author.
* Volumes purchased from Toranoana include a four page short story. Volumes purchased at Wondergoo, Melonbooks, COMIC ZIN, Animate and Gamers also received special cards with different illustrations on them for each vendor.

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

== Front Covers ==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="left">
File:The innocent malice 1 001.jpg|Cover of the first volume
File:PMKM_vol2_cover.jpg|Cover of the second volume
File:PMKM vol3 cover.jpg|Cover of the third volume
File:The innocent malice 4-000.jpg|Cover of the fourth volume
</gallery>

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

[[Category:Manga]]

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2012-09-16T04:36:37Z

Neuchadjinys:

I'm wondering if this witch is [[Michiru]]'s witch form, since it has the same bows as the [http://wiki.puella-magi.net/File:KazumiVol4_Clone_Notes.jpg clones] and has something like the brim of a witch hat, like hers. Anyone else see it? --[[User:CrownClown|CrownClown]] 16:12, 15 September 2012 (UTC)
:Woah, now I see it. From the brief glimpse of Michiru's witch we got, it was pretty tall like this one, too... --[[User:Neuchadjinys|Neuchadjinys]] 04:36, 16 September 2012 (UTC)

Kazumi Magica Witches

2012-09-15T05:23:23Z

Neuchadjinys:

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The witches of [[Kazumi Magica]]. They come in two varieties: witches that are the same as the ones that appear in the anime, and "pseudo-witches", which are imitation witches, as the name implies.

==Pseudo-Witches==
"Pseudo-witches" are a type of witch unique to the Kazumi Magica manga. They are actually human women that are implanted with an imitation [[Grief Seed]] called an "[[Evil Nut]]". When they are defeated, the Evil Nut separates from the woman, much like when a witch drops a Grief Seed. Unlike regular witches, the women return to normal after they are defeated. They appear to lose their memory of the events that occurred while they are under the Evil Nut's influence, similar to those affected by a [[Witch's Kiss]].

===Preying Mantis Witch===
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This is an unnamed witch appearing in [[Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_Titles_and_Summaries|chapter 1]] of Puella Magi Kazumi Magica.

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A pseudo-witch that Yuuri created from a policewoman named [[Misako Ishijima]]. It appears in Chapter 1.

=== Images ===
<gallery captionalign="left" position="center">
File:MantisWitch1.jpg
</gallery>

===Cosmetics Witch===
This is an unnamed witch appearing in [[Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_Titles_and_Summaries|chapter 2]] of Puella Magi Kazumi Magica.

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A pseudo-witch that Yuuri created from a cosmetics saleswoman named Kyouka Shida, who protested the sale and use of cheap, unhealthy cosmetics. She attempted to attack a ganguro concert, but was defeated by Kazumi, Umika and Kaoru.

=== Images ===
<gallery captionalign="left" position="center">
File:KazumiCosmeticsWoman.png|The saleswoman in her human form.
File:CosmeticsWitch01.png
File:CosmeticsWitch02.png|The witch form separating from the woman.
</gallery>

==Anime-style Witches==
==="Prologue"===

"Prologue" is a witch appearing in [[Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_Titles_and_Summaries|chapter 3]] of Puella Magi Kazumi Magica.

{{Card
|name = "Prologue"(?)
|runes = PROLOGUE
|japanese_desc =
|english_desc =
|image = File:Card Kazumi Witch 3.png
|type = Unknown (Bookmobile witch?)
|nature = Unknown
|episodes = [[Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_Titles_and_Summaries|Kazumi chapter 3]]
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===Minions===
{{Card
|name = Unknown
|runes =
|image =
|japanese_desc = 魔女の手下。しおり人間。
|english_desc = The witch's minion. Bookmark humans.
|type = Unknown (bookmobile?) witch's minion
|task = Unknown
|episodes = [[Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_Titles_and_Summaries|Kazumi chapter 3]]
}}

A witch fought by the Pleiades Saints in chapter 3. It captured Umika and Kaoru. The other five Saints tracked it down after discovering that its barrier moved around on the same schedule as the Asunaro Library's bookmobile. Kazumi killed it with a precision strike from outside the barrier after the other Saints signaled her.

===Trivia and Speculation===

* This witch was designed as a drawing found in children's picture books, according to Takashi Tensugi.
* "Prologue" may not be the witch's real name - [[File_talk:Callsign_%27Prologue%27.jpg|the translation of the design notes]] refer to the Chapter 3 witch as "Callsign 'Prologue'", suggesting Prologue may be a design nickname.

=== Images ===
<gallery captionalign="left" position="center">
File:The innocent malice 1 141.jpg|Design notes on Prologue.
File:PrologueWitchUKK.png|Prologue's first encounter with Kazumi, Umika and Kaoru.
File:PrologueWitchMaw.JPG|Prologue ripping a hole in itself to attack Kaoru.
File:PrologueWitchHealing.png|Minions sewing up Prologue's wounds.
</gallery>

===Nie Blühen Herzen===

"Nie Blühen Herzen" is the witch form of "[[Yuuri]]" ([[Airi Anri]]), and appears in [[Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_Titles_and_Summaries|chapter 5 and 6]] of Puella Magi Kazumi Magica.

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|runes = NIE BLUHEN HERZEN
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|english_desc =
|image = File:Card Kazumi Witch 4.png
|type = Unknown
|nature = Self-denying(?)
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===Minions===
{{Card
|name = Unknown
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|image =
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[[Yuuri]]/[[Airi]]'s witch form resembles a giant heart, which [[Yuri_undertones| may have certain implications]]. The rings on Yuuri's weaponry also appear on the witch.

When Kazumi attempts to turn Yuuri back to a human, it causes Yuuri's body to rise out from the witch, while still being connected to it. She appears to have almost no sense of self left, continuously repeating the last spell she used on Kazumi. Notably, her speech bubbles use the [[Deciphering_the_runes| runic language]]. It was defeated by the [[Pleiades Saints]].

===Trivia and Speculation===
* In volume 2's design notes, the witch is described thusly (by the illustrator, Takashi Tensugi): ''"A wounding heart and a wounded heart. Her defibrillators resemble twintails. Her image is based on sickly Airi, who lingered on and was revived. Her familiars are flower bulbs. Did she think of herself as being rooted to the hospital? Attribute: Self-denial. Weak point: Poison in medicine. Her cries of 'pchh pchh' are the angry pulsing of her blood vessels."''
* Her name was provided by Masaki Hiramatsu, the writer of Kazumi Magica. It means, "never blooming hearts," in German.
** Technically, the correct German name would be "Nie blühende Herzen." It may have been intended as grammatically wrong by Masaki Hiramatsu.
*The witch's thread-like torture of the trapped Pleiades somewhat resembles a description of the black rope hell of Buddhist Purgatory, a place for people who have killed and have stolen from another multiple times.

=== Images ===
<gallery captionalign="left" position="center">
File:Nie_Bluhen_Herzen.jpg | Design notes on Airi's witch.
File:Airiyuuriwitchform.png
</gallery>

===Arzt Kochen===

"Arzt Kochen" is the witch form of [[Yuuri Asuka]], and appears in [[Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_Titles_and_Summaries|chapter 5]] of Puella Magi Kazumi Magica.

{{Card
|name = Arzt Kochen
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|english_desc =
|image = File:Card Kazumi Witch 5.png
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|nature = Excessively devoted(?)
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===Minions===
{{Card
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|image =
|japanese_desc =
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|type = Unknown witch's minion
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}}

[[Yuuri Asuka]]'s witch form resembles a giant hypodermic needle, similar to her weapon as a magical girl. Giant forks come out of her body, which probably refers to either Yuuri's cooking talents or transforming into a witch during a cooking contest. The forks also contrast with the spoon amulet she carried, acting as a sort of evil counterpart; in fact, when the witch drops Yuuri's amulet, it possesses a dark fork in the handle in the opposite direction of the spoon (which then vanishes as the last part of Yuuri's witch form). It was defeated by the [[Pleiades Saints]].

===Trivia and Speculation===
* In volume 2's design notes, the witch is described thusly (by the illustrator, Takashi Tensugi): ''"After shoving anesthetic into the humans who enter her barrier, she cuts out their injured parts and completely cooks them. However, there are no humans who can endure this surgery. There is nothing that she can save. Her familiars are forks. Attribute: (Excessive) devotion. Weakness: Things that have no need for her. Her cries(?) of 'pssh pssh' are the sound of her syringes and forks."''
* Her name was provided by Masaki Hiramatsu, the writer of Kazumi Magica. It means, "cooking doctor," in German. Literally, it means "Doctor Cooking" in German.

=== Images ===
<gallery captionalign="left" position="center">
File:Arzt_Kochen.jpg | Design notes on Yuuri's witch.
File:Asukayuuriwitchform.png
File:Real Yuuri's barrier.png
File:Real yuuri pendant spoon fork shadow.jpg
File:Arzt_kochen_by_craz1-d50dkud.jpg|Fanart of Artz Kochen.
</gallery>

===Weiße Königin===

"Weiße Königin" is the witch form of [[Nico Kanna]], and appears in [[Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_Titles_and_Summaries|chapters 8 and 9]] of Puella Magi Kazumi Magica.

{{Card
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|english_desc = The witch of bullets.
|image = File:Kazumi Witch Card 6.png
|type = Bullet witch
|nature = Guilty
|episodes = [[Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_Titles_and_Summaries|Kazumi chapters 8 and 9]]
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The witch form of [[Nico Kanna]]. Its form is that of a shooting gallery dummy, with target circles spiraling outward from its forehead. The forehead has a large hole that extends to the back of the head, like a bullet hole. Its arms are giant blades that are used like scissors, and it has no lower body or legs. It was defeated by [[Mirai Wakaba]].

===Trivia and Speculation===
* In Chapter 7 Nico is reading an article about a Japanese kid shooting people in California. The appearance of the witch suggests some sort of connection.
**This theory was proven correct. {{Spoiler|In Chapter 10, it is revealed that when she was a kid she accidentally killed her friends with a gun and injured herself in the process}}.
* Notably, the Grief Seed for the witch does not have the same emblem as Nico's Soul Gem - Nico's Soul Gem is a hexagon, while the witch's Grief Seed is a diamond.
* Many small shooting-gallery targets, possibly her minions, float around in the witch's barrier.
* In Volume 3's design notes, the witch is described thusly: ''"The witch of bullets, with a guilty nature. Because she feels like she's always being blamed for something, when someone enters her barrier, she eliminates them immediately."''
* The witch is named in Volume 3's design notes. Its name means "White Queen" in German.

=== Images ===
<gallery captionalign="left" position="center">
File:Chapter 9 runes.jpg|The birth of the witch.
File:Kazumi9WitchBattle01.jpg|Its subsequent defeat.
File:WEISSE_KONIGIN.jpg|Volume 3's design notes.
</gallery>

===Hungrige Pumpe===

"Hungrige Pumpe" is a witch that attacked the Pleiades Saints, and appears in [[Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_Titles_and_Summaries|chapter 11]] of Puella Magi Kazumi Magica.

{{Card
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|english_desc = The witch of the ancient sea.
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|type = Ancient sea witch
|nature = Hates being lonely
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A witch that attacked the Pleiades Saints before they became magical girls. Kazumi met them for the first time while rescuing them from it. It resembles a large eel-like creature with a bonnet-like jellyfish on its head.

===Trivia and Speculation===
* The witch initially appeared as a swarm of familiar-like creatures, which then fused together into a single being, much like [[Mirai Wakaba]]'s ''La Bestia'' attack.
* The eel-like part of the witch deflates and shrivels up when shot by the Pleiades.
** The jellyfish on top then reinflates it like a balloon, possibly as part of a symbiotic relationship.
* Her barrier resembles a beach, with several [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torii toriis] standing in the water and coral.
* It is vaguely reminiscent of the description of the second witch that appeared in [[Drama CD 3]].
* In Volume 3's design notes, the witch is described thusly: ''"The witch of the ancient sea. Attribute: Hates being lonely. A witch reminiscent of colony-type lifeforms such as coral and jellyfish. It's unclear whether a bunch of familiars join together to form the witch, or if the witch breaks apart into familiar-like things. Because her body is a colony, she cannot be fatally wounded even if parts of her are destroyed. She cannot be destroyed unless the entire colony is wiped out at once. Despite her appearance, she's pretty tenacious."''
* The witch is named in Volume 3's design notes. Its name roughly means "Hungry Pump" in German.

=== Images ===
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File:chapter 11 witchlings.JPG | The smaller creatures that the witch initially appeared as.
File:chapter 11 witch inflation.JPG | The witch, before and after reinflating itself.
File:chapter 11 witch second form.JPG | Hungrige Pumpe's second form
File:Hungrige_Pumpe%27s_barrier.jpg|Hungrige Pumpe's barrier
File:Hungrige_Pumpe.jpg
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File:HUNGRIGE_PUMPE.jpg|Volume 3's design notes
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===Chapter 15 Witch===
An unnamed witch appearing in [[Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_Titles_and_Summaries|chapter 15]] of Puella Magi Kazumi Magica. It is the witch form of Satomi Usagi.

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The witch form of Satomi Usagi. It is vaguely humanoid, with a whistle for a head and a circular cage for a dress. The witch has a smaller, rabbit-like form that hides inside of the outer shell's dress.

===Trivia and Speculation===
* The witch appears to be an animal tamer. Her barrier is decorated with cages and she uses a whip to attack.
* Her familiars are small cats with mouths on their foreheads. They are somewhat reminiscent of [[Jubey]]. Kazumi turns them against the witch and uses them to blow up its outer shell.
* The witch's page in volume 4 says this: ''Witch Satomi. The outline from Hiramatsu-san was "the outer shell is a beastmaster, but the main body is a timid rabbit". Definitely Satomi-like.''

===Gallery===
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File:KazumiVol4 Witch 1 Notes.jpg|Notes from the creators.
File:Chapter 15 witch.png
File:Chapter 15 witch outer part.PNG
File:Chapter 15 witch inner part.PNG
File:Cat familiars.PNG|The familiars turning on the witch.
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===Chapter 18 Witch===
An unnamed witch appearing in [[Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_Titles_and_Summaries|chapter 18]] of Puella Magi Kazumi Magica. It is the witch form of {{Spoiler|Saki Asami}}.

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The witch form of {{Spoiler|Saki Asami}}. {{Spoiler|After hatching, she quickly kills Mirai Wakaba and is incapacitated by Kanna Hijiri [[Kanna Hijiri|[link]]]. It is killed by the other witches in the Freezer while trying to protect Kazumi.}}

===Trivia and Speculation===
* Her barrier contains several raised platforms. {{Spoiler|They are reminiscent of those found in The Freezer [[The Freezer|[link]]], and may be the same platforms after being drawn into the barrier.}} The barrier also contains a meadow, filled with butterflies and flowers.
* The witch's body has a lily of the valley design winding around it, which is symbolic, {{Spoiler|considering she's Saki's witch form.}}
* The witch's page in volume 4 says this: ''Witch {{Spoiler|Saki}}. The outline was "she should look like the Nebra Sky Disk". Her attribute is revealed in the next volume.''

===Gallery===
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File:KazumiVol4 Witch 2 Notes.jpg|Notes from the creators.
File:Chapter 18 witch.png
File:Saki%27s_Grief_Seed.jpg
File:Saki grief seed lily-of-the-valley.jpg
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===Chapter 19 Witch===
An unnamed witch appearing in [[Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_Titles_and_Summaries|chapter 18]] of Puella Magi Kazumi Magica. It is the witch form of {{Spoiler|Ayase and Luca Souju}}.

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The witch form of {{Spoiler|The Souju Sisters}}.

===Trivia and Speculation===
* Its barrier begins to overtake that of antother nearby witch ({{Spoiler|Saki's}}) once the latter dies.
* Giant Soul Gems float around in its barrier, and several structures resemble buildings from {{Spoiler|the amusement park where the Soujus were captured by the Pleiades}}.

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==One-Shot Witches==
Various witches that make only brief appearances.

===Chapter 5 Witch===
[[File:chapter 5 poor thing.JPG|150px]]

A witch (possibly a familiar) that was very briefly seen being killed by Yuuri in [[Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_Titles_and_Summaries|Chapter 5]].

===Chapter 11 Witch 2===
[[File:chapter 11 witch number 2.JPG|150px]]

A witch (possibly a familiar) that attacked Kazumi before she became a magical girl. It was swiftly killed by [[Mami Tomoe]].

===Chapter 12 Witch===
[[File:Chapter 12 witch.PNG|150px]]

A witch (possibly a familiar) that the Pleiades Saints killed in Chapter 12. The witch and the structures in its barrier vaguely resemble cacti.

===Chapter 16 Witch===
[[File:Remi_Shiina.jpg|150px|Remi battling the witch (visible in the lower-left corner).]]

An unnamed witch that briefly appears in [[Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_Titles_and_Summaries|Chapter 16]], battling late magical girl Remi Shiina. It bears a passing resemblance to [[Rosasharn]], from Oriko Magica, as well as Hungrige Pumpe, and is surrounded by what appear to be slingshots and bags of cookies.

===Chapter 17 Witch===
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A witch that Kazumi kills in a flashback in [[Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_Titles_and_Summaries|Chapter 17]].

===Chapter 19 Witches===
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[[File:Teapot_witch.PNG|150px]]
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[[File:Dress_witch.PNG|150px]]

A group of witches that attack Kazumi, Umika and Kaoru in [[Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_Titles_and_Summaries|Chapter 19]]. They are killed by Kazumi in Chapter 20. They resemble a flying kagamimochi, several flying pillars, a teapot and teacups, a creature surrounded by bird feathers, and a dress with blood pouring from the neck.

===Chapter 20 Witch 1===
[[File:Chapter_20_hand_witch.PNG|150px]]

A witch that Umika extracts information from in a flashback in [[Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_Titles_and_Summaries|Chapter 20]]. The structures in its barrier somewhat resemble densely-set houses.

===Chapter 20 Witch 2===
[[File:Chapter_20_flatwoods_witch.PNG|150px]]

A witch that Michiru is briefly seen battling in a flashback in [[Kazumi_Magica#Chapter_Titles_and_Summaries|Chapter 20]]. It vaguely resembles the Flatwoods monster.

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