Kanae Yukino

Kanae Yukino
Japanese Name	(雪野 かなえ) Yukino Kanae
Voiced by	Japanese: Nanako Mori

Kanae Yukino is one of the original characters in the 2017 mobile game Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record. Kanae first appeared only in a flashback, when Iroha and the others relive Mifuyu’s memories while inside the Memory Museum. She was later released as a playable character in May 2018.She is a magical girl with a love of playing guitar.

General Info

Physical features

• Eye colour: Purple
• Hair colour: Light blonde

Other

• Soul Gem: Red crucifix shaped gem with elaborate gold framing on her right shoulder
• Weapon: Metallic pipe that resembles a Japanese smoking pipe
• Wish: To crush the gang that was causing her trouble (exact wording unknown)
• Witch form: Gibdaughter
• Japanese pronoun: atashi (あたし)
• School: Sakae General School

Game Info

Game related data

Rarity Final Lv Type Attribute 4★ → 5★ 100 Balance STATS HP ATK DEF Initial 5907 1849 1885 Max at ★4 21572 6704 6736 Max at ★5 27181 8358 8483 Disks Connect:"Hm, I'll help..." ★4: Attack UP [VI] & Debuff Removal ★5: Attack UP [VIII] & Debuff Removal Magia: Limiter Cut ★4: Damage to Single Enemy [V] & Status Resistance UP (Self / 3 T) & Debuff Removal (Self) ★5: Damage to Single Enemy [VII] & Status Resistance UP (Self / 3 T) & Debuff Removal (Self) Doppel: Damage to Single Enemy [IX] & Status Resistance UP (All / 3 T) & Debuff Removal (All)

Summary

Originally having a gentle and submissive personality from since an early age, as she grew older she would repeatedly be picked on by bullies because of the mean look in her eyes, and coupled with the unyielding characteristic of her personality, before she knew it she was getting into nothing but fights every day. When she came across music, she began playing guitar.

Doppel Description

The Doppel of resonance. Its form is a hummingbird. The master of this emotion thinks the acoustics of her Doppel’s body aren’t half bad. This Doppel can use the reverberations from its singing to destroy any solid object, no matter what material it’s made of. Even against living creatures, its song could shake an enemy’s brain, and with its precise movement and supersonically-vibrating beak, it can pierce targets straight through the heart.

Side Story

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

She has the face of a thug thus she grew up being harassed by actual thugs and got into fights.

She became a Puella Magi because a thug from a local gang targeted her after losing a fight. He took her only friend Kohai as hostage and intended to ravage them as revenge. Kyubey gave the bait and Kanae took it since there was no other way. Her wish was she wanted the eradication of the thug's gang. He had just joined another one.

She distanced herself from Kohai and chased after the thug when she caught wind of him appearing again. She barged into Kanagi's territory and they got into a fight since Kanagi thought Kanae was a poacher.

Their fight led them to Yachiyo's territory and she and Mifuyu intervene. At this time, Kanagi and Yachiyo are not acquaintances. Both sides explained their reasons and accepted mediation from Yachiyo. Kanae passes out from her injuries.

She is nursed back to health at Yachiyo's. It seems Kanagi left a grief seed to heal Kanae as a form of apology. She was being overly aggressive since her territory has been plagued by poachers recently.

Yachiyo introduced Kanae as a friend who has ran away from home. Yachiyo 's grandma is a kind and loving elderly lady who warmed Kanae's heart.

After being nursed to health, Kanae wanted to go back to see the grandma again but cannot find a reason to. Yachiyo found her loitering around her place and knowingly invites her home. She also informs her that grandma is worried for her as well. Kanae took the offer after some considerations and this begin her life at Nanami's.

Kanae joined the team of Yachiyo and Mifuyu and bonded together with them. Grandma was always there with a listening ear and Kanae is comfortable spilling all her worries out. Grandma's advice is she should lose the frowning face since it attracts the same company and give more thought on what she wants than how people look at her. Slowly, Kanae changed for the better.

She took up music so she could express herself, joining the K-on club and taking rock. She gets along well with the members and has a good time.

Some time later, she is returning home with two of her band mates, excited about practicing at a studio and bid each other goodbye. Mifuyu arrives and informs Kanae about a witch nearby when they hear a scream. Mifuyu saw two girls with musical instruments being carried off in a black van, and Kanae chases after it.

She found her friends at the same place where her Kohai was once held hostage. It was the same thug, and she knocks her out easy this time round. Mifuyu arrives and notes that the thug was kissed by the witch, and Kanae decides to call the cops to send the girls home and arrest the thug. Nice to note that the girls were not afraid of Kanae after this at all.

Mifuyu informed Kanae that grandma is hospitalized and Yachiyo is there with her. After some thought, Kanae decides to hunt the witch to prevent it from hurting others instead, leaving grandma under Yachiyo's care. Mifuyu joins her and they are able to nail down the witch's location.

However, the witch is strong against Kanae's style and they are having trouble defeating it. Yachiyo arrives just in time, informing the two that grandma is alright and affirmed by the doctor. They make short work of the witch and rush back to the hospital.

Grandma is happy that she is surrounded by the kind girls and hopes that they will be there when it is time for her funeral.

Then we are brought back to Kanae's ghost where she apologizes to grandma for going first.

However, Kanae has no regrets since she choose to give her life willingly, and thanked the Nanamis and Mifuyu for giving her the chance to change into a better person.

It ends with Kanae's voiced line of:

"Nice to see that you are well, Yachiyo"

Event Appearances

• A Voice From Beyond That Strokes the Ears

Other Appearances

In Mifuyu’s memories, Kanae urges Yachiyo to visit her grandmother in the hospital while she still can. Kanae also purchased a guitar and gave her first concert on that night. Thereafter, her and the other girls try to fight off a witch, but are quickly overcome. Kanae sacrifices herself so that Yachiyo can deliver the finishing blow to the witch. In doing so, her soul gem was shattered, and Yachiyo and Mifuyu discover the secret of soul gems after attempting to use a grief seed on it.

Etymology

• The characters in her last name mean "snow" (雪) and "field" (野) respectively.

Trivia

• Her illustrator is NOCO.
• The name of her Doppel is a pun on guitar marker Gibson.

Gallery

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  Magia Record Four Star card

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  Magia Record Five Star card

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  In-game sprite.

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  Doppel

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  Magical Girl Seal 2019

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Memoria Cards

Card	Effect	Cooldown	Eng Text	Jap Text
A Gentle Breeze	Normal: Status Resistance UP [VI] (Self / 3 T) Max Limit Break: Status Resistance UP [VII] (Self / 3 T)	Normal: Max Limit Break:	The wind that jumps into the quiet classroom, gently strokes my hair It seems that the twilight is no longer a bustle of the night or an invitation to a thorny fight with a witch Proof ... Because this gentle heart proves ... So let's shake it off, no matter how long the past follows us ...	静かになった教室に飛びこんでくる風が、心地良く髪を撫でる 黄昏は夜の喧騒や、魔女と争う茨への誘いではなくなったらしい 証明している…この穏やかな心が証明しているから… だから振り払ってみせよう、どれだけ過去が追いかけてきても…
Now the Two of Us Watch Over	Normal: Defense UP at Critical health [II] & Defense UP [I] Max Limit Break: Defense UP at Critical health [III] & Defense UP [II]	Passive	(The two I saw in my dreams. They can't stay together, I wonder why they seemed to be side by side...I don't know why but, I feel like I'm kind of happy. I don't persist on Kanae, and Meru draws me in, they seem to be before my eyes.)	（私が夢で見たふたり。一緒に居るはずがないのに、 どうして並んで見えたのかしら…。分からないけど、なんだか しっくりと来るような気がする。かなえって余り主張しないから、 メルに引っ張り回されるのが、目に浮かぶみたいだわ)
A Thing That Talks in Place of Me	Normal: Remove Debuffs and Remove Status Ailments (Self) Max Limit Break: Remove Debuffs and Remove Status Ailments (Self)	Normal: 4 turns Max Limit Break: 2 turns	**Unique to Kanae Yukino** "…………" When you're quietly looking forward, 1 sound is proof that you have changed, 1 sound, when you play with your finger and slide the sound into the air, the tightened strings of the heart are loosened, I feel like making good sounds	「…………」 静かに見据える先にあるものは、自分が変わった証１音、１音、指で弾いて音を空気に滑らせていくと、張り詰めていた心の弦も緩んで、気持ち良く音を立てている気がする

External links

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