Ikumi Makino

Ikumi Makino
Japanese Name	牧野 郁美 (Makino Ikumi)
Voiced by	Japanese: Hina Kino
ID No:	3053

Ikumi Makino, is one of the original characters of the 2017 mobile game Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record.

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

General Info

Physical features

• Age: 19
• Height: 150cm
• Eye colour: Pink
• Hair colour: Pink
• Origins: Kosho ward

Other

• Soul Gem: Dark Pink Heart with wings (chest accessory)
• Weapon: Mop
• Wish: "I want to keep the cafe open... I want it to stay open without any property or ownership problems. Please, don't let it close down!"
• Ability: Freeze (Makes enemies wither, and makes them unable to act)
• Witch form: Sylvie
• Japanese pronoun: watashi (私),'Kumi (くみ)
• School: Not currently enrolled (Formerly Sakae Magnet School for the arts)

Game Info

Stats, Connect, Magia Data

Rarity Final Lv Type Attribute ★4 → ★5 100 Heal STATS HP ATK DEF Initial 5298 1752 1777 Max at ★4 18797 6443 6258 Max at ★5 23632 8118 8015 Disks Connect: Let's cast this spell together~? ★4: HP Restore [VII] & Attack UP [V] & Chance to Magia Seal ★5: HP Restore [IX] & Attack UP [VII] & Chance to Magia Seal Magia: Lovely Butterfly on Stage ★4: Damage to One Enemy [IV] & Defense UP (All / 3 T) & Remove Status Ailments (All) & HP Restore (All) ★5: Damage to One Enemy [VI] & Defense UP (All / 3 T) & Remove Status Ailments (All) & HP Restore (All) Doppel: Sylvie Damage to One Enemy [VIII] & Defense UP (All / 3 T) & Remove Status Ailments (All) & HP Restore (All)

Summary

A Magical Girl who wants to look adorable in any situation. She works as a maid at her maid cafe, shooting beams of cuteness with all her might. However, she has unintentionally become a comical personality, due to her old-fashioned style of acting.

Doppel Description

The Doppel of attention-gathering. Its form is a wind-up doll. The master of this emotion views wanting other people to smile and being desired as the same thing in some small way. Her Doppel frantically smashes its cymbals together, and anchors shoot toward the eyes of those whose attention the cymbals gather. Those cursed by the sound are then chased down by the anchors until their eyeballs are taken from them. If this Doppel is used often, the user will feel anxious unless someone is watching them at all times.

Side Story

Ikumi is sad that the robes she wears for the Magius won't let her show off her cuteness. She wonders where Ryo is since she has time for tea before she heads off to work. She finds her in a common room and decides to sneak up on her since Ryo hasn't noticed her presence. Ryo seems upset, but after a bit she laughs it off as revenge for teasing her. Ryo asks Ikumi if she can interview her for the paper she's writing for the Magius. Ikumi hopes they can get her good side for the picture, but Ryo reminds her that everyone in the organization is supposed to be anonymous much to Ikumi's dismay. Ryo tells her the interview is about why she became a magical girl, but she assures Ikumi her name won't be used. Ikumi doesn't mind as she has nothing to hide, and is eager to tell her story to Ryo since they're good friends somehow tied by fate. In exchange, Ikumi asks to hear Ryo's story of why she became a magical girl. Ryo agrees and Ikumi begins her story.

Ikumi explains how in her first year of middle school, her dream was to become a volleyball player. Even so, she wasn't very athletic and no matter how much she practiced, she never improved. Her friend Yumi-chan would cheer her up by dressing her in cute outfits. Around that time, her friend Yumi had a growth spurt and was often mistaken for Ikumi's older sister. Ikumi encouraged her to try volleyball with an old teammate of hers that she bumped into and found Yumi had a talent for it. As they finished playing, her old teammate commented on how well Ikumi sang at karaoke. Yumi had practiced singing with Ikumi since Yumi wanted to be an idol, but despite her singing lessons she never improved. Her friend mused on the idea and both Yumi and Ikumi realized while they didn't have the talent needed to fulfill their own dreams, they could fulfill the dream of the other so both their dreams could come true.

When Yumi entered middle school the next year, she became the ace of the volleyball team and was admired by her teammates. Ikumi, on the other hand, was doing well in her dancing, singing, and acting classes but was being told by her teachers that her cutesy character act wasn't cutting it, since her real personality kept slipping through. She failed at her last audition due to it and her teacher told her that the type of idol that Ikumi was aiming for was too outdated. Ikumi didn't want to change it though, since that was the kind of idol that her and Yumi had wanted to be. Unlike Yumi, by the time Ikumi graduated middle school, she still hadn't made a name for herself. But Ikumi wouldn't compromise and that's when Kyubey appeared to offer a contract. Ikumi didn't want to wish to become an idol, since it would mean she never achieved it through her own hard work.

Kyubey continued to offer her a contract as Ikumi kept declining. One day Ikumi failed another audition when she ran into Yumi. Ikumi said a brief hello before going home for the day. She began to wonder what she was doing with her life since she hadn't made any progress in the past two years whereas Yumi was making lots of progress. As she began to feel down, she realized it was always Yumi that would come and cheer her up and keep her from over thinking things. Yumi then appeared and insisted on taking Ikumi on a shopping spree, taking note that Ikumi had gotten much better at color coordinating her clothes. Ikumi's old teammate and Yumi's new friend showed up and complimented Ikumi on her looks. She noted that Ikumi had gotten much cuter since last they met and she could tell she had been working hard on her dream. Yumi agreed, and Ikumi thought of how much Yumi took notice of her and was always there for her. She assured herself she wouldn't contract to become an idol as it would betray Yumi's dreams. Kyubey soon stopped pestering Ikumi to contract.

As Ikumi entered high school, she was offered a job at a maid cafe that the school was organizing. It would give a chance to students to really shine when they weren't able to at auditions in the past, and since it was paid part time work, it was technically professional work. Entertainment producers would also come, so the chance to be scouted was still real. Ikumi was soon hired at the cafe.

After Ikumi had been working there for some time, the other girls had been picked up for idol gigs one by one except Ikumi, who continues to slip out of her idol persona. The other girls call her granny for how old fashioned her persona is, and after two years there even some of the customers were calling her that too. But she managed to secure a small fanbase and was able to shine on the cafe's stage. Despite all her happiness, the maid cafe was destined to close. It was an old building and the cafe was being forced to evict. However, the owner still hadn't found a new location yet.

Even though Ikumi had tried to find a loophole in the laws to prevent them from being evicted, but it was no use. All Ikumi could do was urge the other idol maids to smile on the last day the cafe was open. As the last customers left, Ikumi stayed behind alone to grieve for her cafe. Once more, Kyubey appeared before her and urged her to remember what he had told her before, about her wish not necessarily having to have to be used towards her dream. Ikumi thought about the feeling in her heart when she had stood on the stage and how her juniors had also loved this maid cafe that had allowed their dreams to come true. It was then Ikumi contracted and wished for the cafe to continue to run.

Her wish came true immediately. The rightful landowner had been so moved by their final performance that he sold the cafe to the school, who immediately remodeled and reopened the cafe. Ikumi went right back to work, and right back to being teased by her juniors for her outdated act. However, her juniors also thanked Ikumi for urging them to try their best, even on the last day of the cafe, which in turned ended up saving it.

One day, Ikumi entered a witch's barrier to uphold her responsibilities as a magical girl. As nervous as she was, she was able to dispatch the familiars with ease but had trouble dealing with the witch itself. Suddenly, a voice rang out and another magical girl appeared to assist Ikumi. The other girl turned out to be her childhood friend, Yumi, who had also contracted. After they defeated the witch, Ikumi and Yumi caught up with each other since they hadn't seen each other in a long time. Ikumi grew suspicious, and asked Yumi if she didn't contract back when she was floundering and doing poorly for her auditions. Yumi replied she was upset no one was taking notice of Ikumi's talents and wished "for Kumi-chan to meet someone who can understand how lovely she is. Someone to give her the chance to become an idol." Ikumi admitted that she had considered simply wishing to become an idol, but she had wanted to do it by her own hard work. She was grateful to Yumi, because now she had a place where she could shine and how she had used her own wish to protect that special place. Both of the girls had used their wishes towards Yumi's dream.

The two girls had teamed up and spent a happy year together studying at school and hunting witches. Normally the two were in sync and had no difficulties, but one day they encountered a particularly powerful witch and had gotten to the point of exhaustion. Caught off guard, the witch attacked Yumi and greatly injured her leg. As Ikumi tended to her, Yumi began to worry since her sport scholarship for college was coming up and she wouldn't be able to play volleyball with such an injury. The despair of their dreams not coming true pushed Yumi over the final edge and she unleashed her doppel in front of Ikumi. Ikumi stood in shock and confusion when suddenly Ryo appeared and urged her to escape before the barrier could collapse. Ryo picked up the now unconscious Yumi and the girls escaped.

In a safe part of time, Ryo assured Ikumi that Yumi was safe, just unconscious for now. Ikumi worried about her friend and asked Ryo what she knew of the creature they just saw. Ryo didn't know and suggested asking Mitama about it. Mitama explained doppels to the girls and by then Ryo had to leave. Afterwards, Mifuyu approached Ikumi with a White Feather in tow. After introducing herself, Mifuyu had the White Feather use her magic to heal Yumi of her wounds and then leave. Thanks to the healing, Yumi would be able to pass her test and receive her sports scholarship. Both girls thanked Mifuyu profusely, which only made Mifuyu uneasy. Mifuyu said she would explain about doppels, but warned the girls that the truth would be painful. Since it would affect their dreams and girls, the two opted to hear her out and so they all headed out and went down by the river.

Mifuyu explained about witches and about the Wings of Magius, who were dedicated to liberating magical girls from this fate. Although Mifuyu had urged them to go home and think it over, Ikumi decided then and there to join the organization, not only because they had healed Yumi, but because she hated the thought of losing her dream due to becoming a magical girl. Nor did she want to spread curses and malice once she herself became a witch. Yumi decided to think it over, but she too eventually joined. Ikumi trusted Mifuyu, but not necessarily the rest of the organization. Soon after, Mifuyu introduced the two new Black Feathers to Ryo, who recognized Ikumi right away.

In the present day, Ryo thanked Ikumi for her story, and told her she would do better to keep to her natural self rather than force the idol personality all the time since she kept forgetting to keep it up and would slip back into her original self. Ikumi cried about being bullied again before noticing she was late to work and ran off, promising to see Ryo tomorrow.

Event Appearances

• Whereabouts of the Feather (NA: Wings in the Wind)

• Welcome to Uwasa Aquarium! ~ Entrust Your Memories to the Tamatebako

Other Appearances

• Ikumi makes a brief cameo in Ashley Taylor's Side Story.

Etymology

• The characters in her last name mean "牧" (pasture) and "野" (field) respectively.
• The characters in her first name mean "郁" (perfume) and "美" (beauty) respectively.

Trivia

• She was the first unnamed character to display her doppel ability. However, the doppel of her playable version is different from the one she used as an enemy character.
• Her illustrator is Ryo Ueda.

Gallery

Game Gallery

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  Magia Record Four Star card

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  Magia Record Five Star card

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  Sprite

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  Doppel Sprite

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  Maid Cafe Outfit

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  Dressed in borrowed White Feather robes

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  Magical Girl Seal 2019

Official Art

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  Dressed in borrowed robes, summoning her doppel

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  Previous doppel Sprite

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  End Title Card by Masugitsune

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Memoria Cards

Card	Effect	Cooldown	Eng Text	Jap Text
Love Kyun-ly Maid-san	Normal: Attack UP at critical health [III] & Defense UP at critical health [III] Max Limit Break: Attack UP at critical health [IV] & Defense UP at critical health [IV]	Passive	Wrap yourself up as a heart-wrenchingly sweet French maid to sing a song Idol Maid Ikumi! Dance! A first-class smile! But that character is a bit old-fashioned, “HWEEEEE! Don’t say I’m BBA~…!”	甘々キュンキュンなメイド服に身を包むのはアイドルメイドいくみん 歌ってよし！踊ってよし！笑顔も一級品！でもそのキャラはちょっと古臭い 「ふえぇええん！くみのことBBAって言わないでよ〜…！」
Their Connected Destination	Normal: Guaranteed Curse (One / 1 T) Max Limit Break: Guaranteed Curse (One / 1 T)	Normal: 5 turns Max Limit Break: 4 turns	The fate of a magical girl, it can swallow them at any time, pressing down on them and drowning them, dragged into the crowded depths of darkness where you cannot see…the scene which floats clearly before them is difficult to get away from as they cling to a place not from here, she awaits impatiently.	魔法少女の宿命は、いつでも彼女たちを呑み込むことができる押さえ付けて溺れさせて、見えない闇の淵に引きずり混んで...鮮明に浮かぶ光景は、激しく離れがたく縋り付きたい場所それがないから、彼女はひとり焦り続ける
Parting Ways	Normal: Chance to Anti-Counter [V] & Attack UP [II] Max Limit Break: Guaranteed Anti-Counter & Attack UP [II]	Passive	We wished for hope, and that hope was used against us. We won’t let this go quietly. This is unforgivable and now we’re baring our fangs. We very well may regret this deeply soon, but we won’t ever regret this moment.	希望を願ったから、その希望を利用されたから、目を瞑れなかった。 許せなかったから、静かに牙を剥くことにした きっと近いうちに、悔しさで胸が詰まるかもしれない その時は恨むけど、今日のこの一瞬は決して後悔しないだろう
Something to Remember	Max Limit Break: Attack UP [III] & Accele MP UP [IV]	Passive	When embarrassed by unknown emotions There were people who could think together and reach out. Someday the day will come to an end... so that the days I've been with will not disappear I want to walk carefully in the days ahead.|-	|知らない感情に戸惑い、初めての恐怖に身がすくんだ時 共に考え、手を差し伸べてくれる人たちができていた いつか終わる日が来るとして…共にあった日々が消えてしまわないよう 私はこの先の日々を大切に歩いていきたい|
Two People, Two Dreams	Normal: Remove Status Ailments (Self) Max Limit Break: Remove Status Ailments (Self)	Normal: 8 turns Max Limit Break: 6 turns	I wanted to be a volleyball player. That child wanted to be an idol. We didn’t have the talent to fulfill our dreams so we exchanged each other’s dreams. We two people swore to seize our two dreams.	バレーの選手になりたかった私 アイドルになりたかったあの子 自分の夢を叶える才を持たない私たちは互いの夢を交換した ふたりでふたつの夢をつかむと誓い合って

External links

• Official Magia Record Website - Japanese
• Official Magia Record Website - English
• Recording of Ikumi's MSS on Youtube (NA