Magia Record Story Dependence Blue

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

Chapter 1

• Himenana, Sasha, Shigure, and Hagumu go to Takarazaki to recruit 'professor' San and Miyuri
• Sasha has her own errand in Takarazaki and leaves the three
• While waiting for San and Miyuri, Hagumu has her bag snatched
• As they corner the snatcher, Jun and Mitsune appear to help them
• After Mitsune takes a picture with Hagumu ('no face, please') to post online, the two peace out
• The three finally meet San and Miyuri
• There's a festival about to happen in Takarazaki, but there's also strange things afoot
• San tells the three that if they want her and Miyuri to join, they have to solve this mystery (and defeat the witch behind it) in 10 days
• OMAKE: There's a very short recollection scene of Girls n da Hood (Jun and Mitsune's first meeting) before you can fight the boss.

Chapter 2

• After a bit of internet sleuthing and brainstorming, Himenana asks Shigure and Hagumu to look for witches while Himenana consults her 'boyfriend'
• Shigure and Hagumu split up. While out on the hunt, Shigure fumes about Himenana's leadership
• She detects what she thought was a witch, and she call Hagumu
• It turns out to be nothing more than a familiar
• Shigure laments that she's a useless Magical Girl who can't even distinguish between witches and familiars
• It's because she's so useless that they keep getting pushed around, first by Juri-sama, now by Himenana
• She's convinced that as soon as Himenana achieves her goal, she'll discard them
• She asks Hagumu if she feels the same way
• Hagumu feels that they're being swept away by events, but since they need to muster determination to achieve their goals, they should just keep moving rather than stop
• They receive a call from Himenana calling them back
• Himenana shows them a map of where and when the incidents have happened
• Certain incidents occur most frequently from around sunset to nighttime
• And the place where they waited for San was a focal point of incidents
• Therefore, it's most likely that a witch is there

• Once at the place, they investigate the back alley
• A voice warns them that a scary witch lives there and they should turn back
• 'なーんてねw'
• As you may have guessed, it's Mitsune with Jun
• The Neo Magius trio announce that they intend to fight, and it would be faster if there's five of them
• SIDENOTE: Mitsune's dialogue in area 3 goes: 'It's the first time I'm fighting as part of a group of five!'
• In the barrier, Mitsune uses something that makes the witch behave abnormally
• She's using some form of sensory alteration
• After the fight, Jun comments that the Neo Magius trio look stronger than the two of them
• Conversing by telepathy, Hagumu and Shigure decide to ask them about the state of the city
• Before they could say so out loud, and without consulting them, Himena asks them first
• They realize that they were working towards the same goal
• Hagumu and Shigure decide telepathically to offer cooperation with them
• Before they could say so out loud, and without consulting them (again), Himenana asks for exactly the same thing
• Jun and Mitsune say okay. Himenana asks Mitsune for the pictures of all the troublemakers she's caught so far
• After looking at all the picture, Himenana decides to nix the cooperation
• Jun and Mitsune seems to take this in stride. Mitsune tells them they can contact her through her account
• The three leave. Shigure asks Himenana why she didn't cooperate with them
• Their team doesn't need them, and there's something about them that doesn't sit right with her
• After a moment of silence, Shigure mutters to Hagumu that she hates Himenana
• OMAKE: Jun and Mitsune parting ways

Chapter 3

• Morning the next day, the background is the dagashi shop from Girlz n the Hood
• Shigure receives a call from San, asking her for updates
• Basically, they're progressing slowly but surely
• San apologizes for using them to solve what should be their city's problem (she seems to be part of the festival committee)
• The two don't mind, because San wouldn't have contacted them otherwise in the first place
• San asks the two about Himena
• Shigure immediately blurts out that she hates her
• She's using her brain to help, sure, but she's using the two as her lackeys without doing any heavy lifting herself
• San wonders if she should join an organization whose leader the two of them don't trust
• Anyway, San advises them to get to know more about that leader
• In case things don't go well between them and Himena, she'll cancel the test
• The call ends. They talk a bit, but then the owner of the shop tells them to stop loitering and buy something or get off her lawn
• Hagumu tells her that they stopped only because they had to answer a phone call
• The shop owner notices that Hagumu's wearing the same uniform as Jun, and asks if they know each other
• Hagumu remembers the name of one of the Magical Girle they met last night, but since she's from Takarazaki, she doesn't think it's the same Jun
• Shigure asks her about this Jun. The shop owner replies that she's a regular customer who's recently been spending less time at the shop
• As the shop owner leaves, they receive a message from (to quote Shigure) that person (Himena)

• In Himena's message, she asks them to look something up
• After poring through some information and conferring again with her 'boyfriend', they realise that the sewers and tall buildings of Takarazaki need to be investigated. She asks them to check the library and the internet for maps of those places
• Later, the three meet at the same place they met San. Himena thanks the two for their investigation
• Himena tells them those are possible spots for witches
• Shigure tells them that the two of them already went around the city looking for witches yesterday, but they couldn't find strong ones
• Himena tells them that's two-dimensional thinking (literally 平面的 'planar')
• This time, they should look at high and low places
• Hagumu hadn't thought of magical energy being blocked by physical obstructions
• Then she wonders if they have to go down into the sewers
• That's exactly what Himena wants them to do
• While they're doing that, she'll continue brainstorming with her 'boyfriend'
• Shigure confronts her about not wanting to do the dirty work, and that's why she sending the two of them instead
• Himena is taken aback by this display of anger, but she tells her that it's for the sake of San's test
• It doesn't matter to Shigure, she really hates Himena's guts
• Shigure turns around and leave. A flustered Hagumu apologises to Himena, and then chases after her
• Himena sighs, realising that it's the first time she's been told 'I hate you' to her face (from this point on, she seems to be talking to someone)
• Even though she considers them the same as her (or partners, 同類) and that she doesn't hate them
• At worst, she expected them to tell her to go to the sewers herself. Even she's shocked by Shigure's outburst
• The boyfriend is finally given a name: Hiko-kun. She feels the same thing that happened between them is happening again.

(3/?)

• A breathless Hagumu finally catches up to Shigure
• Shigure apologises to Hagumu for her actions, even though she told her yesterday that they can't afford to stop
• But Hagumu replies that she understand how Shigure feels
• What do they do now? Shigure asks. This was their chance to expand their group
• Hagumu asks Shigure if she remembers the first time they met in Fendthope (scenes here were taken from Shigure's MSS)
• Shigure was hyper autistic even by the standards of the series and almost never talked to anyone, but Hagumu persevered until finally, Shigure opened up to Hagumu
• Hagumu realises that they should expend the same effort she took to befriend Shigure to get closer to Himena
• Shigure feels that Hagumu is the one who understands her best, and is even like an older sister to her
• Even though at first Shigure was annoyed by Hagumu's small talk, she never gave up and tried to close the gap between them
• '大好き' As HaguMaria's number 1 fan, I raise the white flag. This whole scene sank my ship.
• Shigure resolves not to run away from Himena anymore
• At that time, a message from Himena appears
• They meet at some playground. Himena is visibly tired--and stinky
• As they guessed, she went to investigate the sewers
• She didn't find the witch they were looking for, though
• Himena tells Shigure to let it all out on her
• Shigure tells her that she hasn't accepted her as their leader. She refuses to be her chess piece
• Then she tells Himena her fear that they'll be discarded once she achieves her goal
• It doesn't seem like Magical Girl supremacy is part of Himena's main agenda anyway
• She also confronts her about not allying with Jun and Mitsune

• Himena replies that she was just using the right person at the right place, and that if it needs be, even she would get her hands dirty
• Besides, Himena was doing all the thinking. She had never heard of any suggestion of a plan from Shigure
• Also, she didn't want to team up with the two because it's supposed to be San's test for the three of them
• Finally, isn't Shigure just being too paranoid?
• Himena is really letting her have it. Shigure could do nothing but hang her head and tear up
• Hagumu throws in the towel to stop the one-sided boxing match. Himena realises she's said too much
• Hagumu says no, it's good that's she's finally explaining the reasons behind her actions
• Himena apologises for not taking ShiguHagu's feelings into consideration
• Himena asks them to believe in this: 'I won't say a bad thing about your personality
• 'Because if I did, I'd be betraying him.'
• Anyway, Himena hates being stinky, so why don't they go to a nearby bathhouse? They can discuss things there
• In the bathhouse, Himena listens to Shigure and Hagumu's reason for wanting to establish Magical Girl supremacy
• Basically, they're still a bunch of losers even after becoming Magical Girle, and their classmates won't praise them even when they save them from witches
• They want to establish Magical Girl supremacy to prove their worth
• Himena feels a tinge of sympathy for the two. Hagumu tells her that it's her turn

• According to Himena, She and her boyfriend were childhood friends
• Himena was popular but dumb; boyfriend was lonely but smart, which she loved
• Himena confesses and they start dating in secret
• The school finds out and they start pushing the boyfriend away. Like, genuinely scared about Himena hanging out with him
• Himena doesn't notice the boyfriend's deteriorating mental state and keeps dating as if nothing happened until he commits suicide
• Cries about this to the point even Hagumu and Shigure take pity on her despite their dislike of her in the event until this point (for example, she wanted them to go swim in the sewers for info about a Witch while she kept arguing with her schizo self above about what to do) have her rest on San's place

• Himena wants to reach the summit (whatever 天辺 means) so that she could talk to Hiko-kun without being made fun of
• For the sake of that goal, she would do anything
• Later, at San's place (a Takarazaki community centre), they deal with Himena's stinky clothes
• Shigure asks San to let her rest here (from this point on, Shigure calls Himena 姫, princess)
• Meanwhile, the two of them will investigate the tall places
• San comments on Shigure's name for her
• Himena says its because of their heart-to-heart talk
• She asks if she can go to sleep, because her heart is tired