Himika Mao

Himika Mao
Japanese Name	(眞尾ひみか) Mao Himika
Voiced by	Japanese: Naomi Ōzora
ID No:	3020

Himika Mao is a playable character in the 2017 mobile game Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record. She first appeared as a cameo in the accompanying manga Magia☆Report. In-game, she did not appear until the release of Konoha Shizumi's sidestory in October 2017 and was not made playable until April 2018.

General Info

Physical features

• Age: 13
• Height: 154cm
• Eye colour: Red
• Hair colour: Brown
• Origins: Daito Ward

Other

• Soul Gem: Red orb (belt)
• Weapon: Long spear with a fist as the end / Gun that shoots 1 yen coins
• Wish: To cure her father's illness (exact wording unknown)
• Ability: Coin bullets (Redirect the opponent's attention to the shot)
• Witch form: Bond Bomb
• Japanese pronoun: watashi (私)
• Known relatives: 6 younger siblings
• School: Daito Academy, Seventh grade

Game Info

Stats, Connect, Magia Data

Rarity Final Lv Type Attribute ★4 → ★5 100 Defense STATS HP ATK DEF Initial 6898 1658 2154 Max at ★4 24474 6098 7586 Max at ★5 30227 7685 9305 Disks Connect: It's give and take ★4: Endure (3 / T) & Blast Damage UP [VII] ★5: Endure (3 / T) & Blast Damage UP [IX] Magia: Meteor Punch ★4: Damage All Enemies [V] & Survive & HP Regeneration (Self / 2 T) ★5: Damage All Enemies [VII] & Survive & HP Regeneration (Self / 2 T) Doppel: Bond Bomb Damage All Enemies [IX] & Survive & Regenerate HP (Self / 2 T)

Summary

A Magical Girl who drives a hard bargain. The oldest daughter in a family of 8, she helps run the household with her father since her mother passed away. Being with her family makes her as happy as can be, but to make ends meet, she's always scrimping and saving spare change.

Doppel Description

The Doppel of dissolution. Its form is bonds. The master of this emotion finds a sense of security by entrusting the dormant desires in her heart to her Doppel, which keeps them held in check. It transmutes her ego into a sphere, while her ties and obligations to her family become snakes binding it tightly together in place. The sphere yearns for freedom, but the snakes confining it are the only things maintaining its form. Were it to wrest itself free, the sphere would burst and fly away...but the master would never allow that to happen.

Side Story

The following is a summary posted on 4chan's /pmmm/ general by Summary Anon.

Himika MSS summary arranged in chronological order:

Himika, 13 years old, is the eldest child in the family of 8, consisting of her father, 4 daughters and 3 sons. Although they live in a small house and barely manage to get by, the family is very close.

Unfortunately, her father went down with a disease and needed time to heal before getting back to work. Himika's younger siblings read about a blue flower that cures all diseases and wanted to get one for their father. However, this flower is from a fairy tale, but Himika did not want to put the enthusiasm of the younger ones down, so she made a white lie and bought a blue flower which they gave to the father.

At first, everyone is happy. The father is touched by the children's consideration and love and the children's belief their dad will get better. But as we all know, time is needed to cure disease, and her father began to wallop in despair as he is not recovering and felt that he is disappointing his children, even secretly shedding tears while the younger ones began to argue between themselves, some believing that they lack the right amount, some believing that they do not have the right one and some thinking everything is a hoax. One of the younger brothers berates Himika for giving everyone false hope and causing the family to collapse. The already guilty and heavily pressured Himika broke down and fled from home.

As she ran, she bumped into Kokoro and began to suffer an emotional breakdown as she apologizes, Kokoro gently advises Himika to release all her pent up emotions and she cries her heart out. As she needs a listening ear, the sobbing Himika tells Kokoro of her story and her guilt for tearing the family apart. After listening, Kokoro shares her own family story, and tells Himika how she also pent and locked up her emotions for her family and almost broke. It was then a friend told her there is no need to carry everything by herself and she should let loose now and then.

Kokoro took that advice by heart and realized she can see more when she takes a step back, effectively making choices that actually help the family improve their relationship with each other. While she thinks Himika is a good sister, carrying all the burden and penning up emotions is not healthy and she should share them. Himika took Kokoro's advice by heart and manages to not only mend relations, but the bonds of the family become even stronger. It should be noted that Kyubey has eavesdropped on the whole conversation.

Alas, the family once again meet up with troubles. The long stay in the hospital led to a financial crisis which threatens to tear the family apart. Kyubey approaches Himika and she contracts: Her dad recovers and gets a stable job while clearing all debts. It is back to scratch for them.

Back in present, Himika is helping out in the flowershop Konomi is working at and is returning home when she met Kokoro by chance. They have become close friends since then and Himika's younger siblings have taken a liking to Kokoro as well. She invites her to her place since she needs tips on knitting which Kokoro taught her, and the latter accepts the invitation.

Back home, the pair are greeted by all the younger siblings and Ayame. It seems the Azalea sisters also have become close friends. Ayame is here since she heard that Himika is familiar with mountains and she wanted to look for the blue flower which heals all diseases for Konoha and Hazuki since they were hospitalized after eating Konoha's cooking. Remembering her past mistakes, Himika manages to convince Ayame that the flower is just a fairy tale, but they can pluck flowers from mountains as gifts for Ayame's sisters. Ayame happily accepts, and Kokoro tags along since she is the actual one familiar with the mountains.

Ayame is having a great time with the kids and Himika smiles happily at how her siblings have matured and are having a great time. She then tells Kokoro about the circumstances under which she contracted, and thanks her for being there when she messed up with the flower. She secretly thinks that Kokoro is like an elder sister to her, but this is too embarrassing to say out loud. In the end, they couldn't find any blue flowers, but Himika tells the dejected Ayame that she has a solution.

Using the dyeing techniques she learned from Konomi, the 9 of them dyed the whites flowers blue. Konoha and Hazuki are overjoyed with the gifts and are happy to see Ayame's growth while Himika manages to earn extra bucks since the home made dyed flowers are popular with customers of the flower shop. Her siblings even manage to find a way to dye the flowers rainbow. The story ends with her thinking what is most important is for the family to be together for each other no matter in good or bad times.

Event Appearances

• The Crescent Moon Manor's Merry Christmas.
• April Fool's 2018

Etymology

• The characters of her last name mean "truth" (眞) and "tail" (尾) respectively.

Trivia

• Her illustrator is PAPA, artist of The Veranda of Madoka and Magia Report
• It took her about nine months to be playable since her first appearance in Magia Report

Gallery

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  Magia Record 4 star card

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  Magia Record 5 star card

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  In-battle Sprite

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  Doppel

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  Magical Girl Seal 2019

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  Art by PAPA

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Memoria Cards

Card	Effect	Cooldown	Eng Text	Jap Text
The Mao Family Is As Rowdy As Ever	Normal: Defense UP [III] & Negative Status Effect Resistance UP [II] Max Limit Break: Defense UP [IV] & Negative Status Effect Resistance UP [III]	Passive	"Woo! I’m fiiirst! It’s all mine!" "Hey! No fair! I’m starving too!" "Okay guys, no fighting! I’ll cook up a new one so just wait your turn." (I can't let them know I just ate one...)	「わぁい！いっちばーん!!いっただきまーす！」 「あー！ずるい!!あたしだってお腹すいてるのに！」 「はいはい、ケンカしない！すぐ焼けるから順番にねー」 （先に食ったとか言えねぇ…）
New Product! Sakura Sweets!!	Max Limit Break: Chance to Anti-Magia Seal [X] & Defense UP [IV]	Passive	"It's beautiful! This isn't a dessert anymore; it's a work of art!" "Still, the taste is exceptional. It's truly amazing that a Western restaurant in town could produce such quality." "Yep, right! That's the power of Walnut's!"	「なんて美しさ！もはやデザートじゃなくてアートの領域ですね！」 「それでいて味も絶品。はぁ～…喜びのあまりほっぺが落ちる… 町の洋食屋がこのクオリティを出すなんて、さすがまなかです…」 「そうでしょうそうでしょう！これがウォールナッツの実力です！」
The Sound of Happiness	Normal: CC Gain UP [I] (Not applicable as Support equipment) Max Limit Break: CC Gain Up [II] (Not applicable as Support equipment)	Passive	**Unique to Himika Mao** *Clink*... That’s the sound of a 1 yen coin. *Clink*... That one’s a 10 yen coin. *Clink*... This one’s 5 yen. *Clink*... Another 1 yen. *Clunk*... Th-this one! It’s the sound of a big 500 yen! Himika can tell the subtle differences between them all.	チャリン…これは１円の音… チャリン…これは５０円の音… チャリン…これは１０円の音… チャリン…これは５円の音… チャリン…これは１円の音… チャリン…こ、これは…ご、５００円の音！！ ひみかには分かる。その些細な違いが

External links

• Official Magia Record Website - Japanese
• Official Magia Record Website - English
• Gamepress' character page

• Recording of Himika's MSS on Youtube (NA)