Magia Record Episode 2: It's Proof of the End of a Friendship

It's Proof of the End of a Friendship; それが絶交証明書
First airing	11 January 2020
Script	Gekidan Inu Curry (Doroinu)
Storyboard	name
Episode director	name
Animation Director	name

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Summary

Translations

Screencap	Notes
	Do not run in the corridors
	To Rebekka
	CALDWELL 99
	Rebekka
	Connect
	Rumor of the Breakup Staircase
	Dear Mifuyu I found someone I like when I became 14 I don't know what to do Since we aren't normal girls Even if our feelings are the same it doesn't mean we can be together Still, I ended up writing a letter to that person No matter what, I just don't want to erase this feeling... But if the time comes Should I have it delivered (text hidden) From a dead person (text hidden) Probably won't make them happy Mifuyu, at that time If it was you what would you do? From 14-year-old Yachiyo

Observations

The outro is based entirely on Yachiyo's life from when she first contracted to when she was 18. This can be derived from the birthday cake with 18 candles, the letter she writes to Mifuyu (based on Mifuyu's personal memoria), and other imagery.
The numbers on the elevator indicate how many days it's been since she first contracted at 12 years old.
- 126 days is about 4 months. Presumably she is now 13 years old.
- 1343 days is about 3.8 years. Presumably she is now 16 years old.
- 1649 days is about 4.5 years. Presumably she is now 17 years old.
- 2120 days is about 5.8 years. Bringing Yachiyo closer to the present at about eighteen. At this age, the shape of the chair she is sitting in also changes.

Changes

Much like Zenobia in the previous episode, Rebecca was also redesigned significantly, in particular her face and cape were altered, along with her colors being dulled. Her name was also spelled as "Rebekka".
The Rumor of the Friendship Ending Staircase was altered significantly in its lore and prerequisites for triggering.
Kaede and Rena's argument is different, as they argue over helping Iroha rather than food in the game.
Ren Isuzu makes a cameo appearance as a transformation of Rena's.

Speculations

Trivia

There is a map of Kamihama under glass with a crystal dangling above it in the Coordinator's place. This map only appears in a close-up. In every other shot of the domed glass table, the map is not visible.
Each pair of names written on the Breakup Staircase appear to be somehow "conflict" with each other:
- 高里希乃子 - 中山竹乎
  - 高里希乃子 (Possibly Takasato Kinoko): 高 (taka) = high; 里 (sato) = village; 希乃子 (kinoko) = キノコ = mushroom.
  - 中山竹乎 (Possibly Nakayama Takenoko): 中 (naka) = middle; 山 (yama) = mountain; 竹乎 (takenoko) = タケノコ = bamboo shoot.
- 絢水紅音 - 油江藍凛
  - 絢水紅音 (Possibly Ayami Akane): 絢 (aya) = thread; 水 (mi, usually mizu) = water; 紅 ('aka) = red;音 = voice.
  - 油江藍凛 (Possibly Yugō Airin): 油 (yu) = oil; 江 (gō, usually kō) = inlet; 藍 (ai) = indigo; 凛 = cold.
- 蟹山木陰 - 申谷陽光
  - 蟹山木陰 (Possibly Kaniyama Kokage): 蟹 (kani) = crab; 山 (yama) = mountain; 木陰 (kokage) = tree shade.
  - 申谷陽光 (Possibly Sarutani Yōkō): 申 (saru) = monkey; 谷 (ya) = valley; 陽光 (yōkō) = sunshine.
- 水波レナ - 秋野かえで
  - 水波レナ (Minami Rena): 水 = water.
  - 秋野かえで (Akino Kaede): 秋 (aki = autumn) is made up of 禾 (grain) and 火 (fire).
There are further references to Night on the Galactic Railroad in this episode:
- The license plate number of the bus supposed to be bound for Satomi Medical Center but deviated by the witch is NGC-7000. It is the designation of North America Nebula near the Northern Cross, where Campanella makes up his mind to go to "the end of earth" to make his mother happy, a wish later fulfilled at the Southern Cross.
- Caldwell 99 is the designation given to the Coalsack Nebula located between the Southern Cross and Scorpion constellations. In the story, the character Campanella ends his journey by going to the Coalsack.
- In the ED Aletheia, Yachiyo's falling into water could be a reference to Campanella's falling into a river, despite Yachiyo doesn't actually die in the scene.