Madoka Magica Drama CD 3: Farewell Story

"It’s not as if I wished for us to become rich or anything like that, but rather, I wished for people to start to listening to my father. I mean, it’s just so frustrating! They would just ignore him and look down on him." ~ Kyoko Sakura.

The Drama CD came with the "Puella Magi Madoka Magica DVD volume 5. The official title for this Drama CD is "Farewell Story".

Summary

The story takes place before the events in the anime. This is the story of how Kyoko met Mami for the first time, how she became a proficient fighter, and what lead to Kyoko's disillusionment with her naive ideals. We are also introduced to Kyoko's happy family before their tragic demise.

Observation

• Madoka and Sayaka have a brief conversation with Kyoko for the first time, but their dialogue is never face to face so they are strangers to each other until their formal meeting in Episode 5.
• Kyoko saves Madoka and Sayaka from a Witch's labyrinth. This is from a period of time when she still had a family and hadn't become selfish and cynical.
  • The events take place before the beginning of Episode 1, and seem to be taking place in the main timeline of the events from the anime, with a distracted Kyoko reminiscing her past while Homura chatters her plan to defeat Walpurgis Night.
    • The Drama CD indicates that Madoka and Sayaka are in Class 1A, perhaps indicating they're first years (a possible indicator that the events are taking place approximately one year before the anime events, give or take).
    • The timelines diverge on the day when Homura wakes up in the hospital, so events prior to that are unaffected by her resets.
      • We do not know the exact date when Kyoko and Mami met for the first time (but it is suggest it was the year before). The day when Homura wakes up from the hospital is March 16, if the events are taking place prior to that date then they wouldn't be affected by the resets. The likelihood that the events in the Drama CD are taking place after March 16 is small and unlikely.
    • If the events in the Drama CD are taking place prior to the anime series, then this could be considered to be a "short prequel".
      • "Puella Magi Kyoko/Mami Magica" would make an awesome OVA.
• Kyoko narrates that she had been a Puella Magi for a year before she met Mami.
  • This is Kyoko's first time to Mitakihara Town.
  • Mami saved Kyoko's life from a witch whom could also split itself into decoy images/illusions.
    • That Witch was also Kyoko's first target since she became a Puella Magi, apparently she fought it and it got away.
      • Considering a year has passed since then, she was probably a lousy Puella Magi.
• Mami takes Kyoko under her wing as her 'Senpai' to teach her how to become a proficient fighter.
  • Mami "convinces" Kyoko to name her final attack, "Rosso Fantasma," (Red Illusion/Phantom). This matches Kyoko's color scheme as well as Mami's choice of Italian attack names. Kyoko finds Mami's naming to be amusing.
    • This isn't the only time Kyoko laughs at Mami's attacks naming habit. Kyoko ridicules Mami's "Tiro Finale" in the Drama CD "Sunny Day Life"
• Mami was Kyoko's first friend she ever brought home.
• After the death of Kyoko's family, Kyoko no longer has her illusory powers. Kyoko becomes disillusioned and loses her ideals, resulting in an argument with Mami over familiars. She wants to leave because they no longer share the same values, but Mami tries to stop her and they end up in a battle. Kyoko wins leaving the defeated Mami in tears, crying over being all alone once more.
  • Kyoko's secondary power is only heard in this drama CD, it was originally described in a Megami interview as something that didn't make it into the anime: Because she got her wish of "getting people to listen" while in fact it was something like charming or hallucination, she got the magic power related to those things. However, because she lost her family, she totally negated those power with her subconscious mind. As a result, she fought only with the magic power she learnt later.
• Kyoko is forever alone, again. Dammit, Urobuchi.
• In the final scene, Homura asks for Kyoko's help in defeating Walpurgisnact, similar to the anime.
  • It is difficult to tell if this scene is taking place during Timeline 5 but it is likely that it is.
• The shrieking of Witches in this Drama CD is disturbing once you know the truth about Witches.

Trivia

• Kyoko's younger sister gets an official name: Momo. This implies that her actual name may be Momoko Sakura (佐倉 桃子).
  • Momo likes fried shrimp. hhhnnnnng
• We finally get to hear the voices of Kyoko's family; her father, her mother, and her little sister.
  • Kyoko's father is voiced by [insert name]; Kyoko's mother is voiced by Kikuko Inoue(?); and Kyoko's little sister, Momo, is voiced by [insert name].
• Kyoko's younger sister refers to herself in the third person, much like Yuma Chitose.
• Kyoko is from Kasamino, a neighboring city of Mitakihara.
• Mami was Kyoko's senpai to train her into a better Puella Magi, apparently Kyoko idolized her as the perfect Mahou Shoujo.

Speculation

• The first witch to appear in the story may be a reference to the "Minotaur" in ancient Greek mythology. Some fans speculate that the girl who turned into this witch is an illegitimate daughter.
  • The Minotaur is also located within a labyrinth, it was constructed by Daedalus to hold the creature inside.

Gallery

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  Official Art: Meet the Sakura family (minus mom).

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  Kyoko's mother from Episode 7, a visual approximation.

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  Probably the only time that fans are happy that this drama CD lacks the graphic/visual presentations of what happened to Kyoko's family.

Fanart

This section contains fanart images

Everything in the following fan gallery is created, or the comments accompanying them are created, for entertainment value and should not be confused with actual canon events of the Puella Magi franchise.

• Kyouko little sis.jpg

  With a sis like this...

• Kyouko lil sis flying.jpg

  Kyoko being an awesome sister.

• Mami kyoko happy fanart.jpg

  Will their meeting blossom into an everlasting friendship?

• Edde91a95d7ac1a4cce3b73d464e798b.jpeg

  Kyoko testing out her new magical ability on Mami.

• Kyomami fanart.jpg

  As soon as the Drama CD was out, it was only a matter of time before fans could validate their fanart.

• Hilarious purn or hidden message.jpg

  Hilarious pun or hidden message? You decide.

See Also

• Drama CD 1, "Memories of you"
• Drama CD 2, "Sunny Day Life"
• Kyoko and Sayaka's duet character song "And I'm Home"
• Blu-Ray Volume 5 Booklet

External Links

• Translation of Drama CD (Complete)