Magia Record Story Newbie Maid Carefree Kanagi

Part One

Episode One

An old lady at a grocery store asks Kanagi Izumi for a recommendation from the deli. Kanagi suggests the potato soup and some meat skewers since she knows the customer’s daughter loves them. The customer thanks Kanagi for her help and asks if it’s true that it’s her last day working there. Kanagi says it’s true and is sorry she won’t see her anymore. The old lady is sad to see her go, but she knows Kanagi will do great in her new job. As the day wraps up, Kanagi thanks her old boss for all his help. Her old boss and her coworkers are all sad to see Kanagi go since she’s been so dependable there but she needs the money to help support her family and the grocery store isn’t able to match the pay of her new job. They all cheer her on one last time.

Kanagi makes it home a little later than usual since her coworkers threw her a going away party and even gave her a few small gifts. Her father is sorry he isn’t able to work as much to provide for the family, but Kanagi is happy to do her part. Her father is just worried about how she’ll do at her new job since it’s so radically different from the previous jobs she’s held. But Kanagi thinks the new job is well worth it since it pays her enough that she won’t have to work two jobs anymore and will give her more free time overall.

Episode Two

It’s Kanagi’s first day at her new job, a maid café. Kanagi has the parfait that was ordered already ready to go, but the café is short on greeters so she puts it in the fridge for now. She goes over the different orders and figures out what’s the best order to prepare them in when her coworker comes back. Kanagi had seen her returning and so she had already pulled the parfait back out to hand to her, impressing her coworker with her initiative and preparedness. Kanagi has already learned the pace in the kitchen, but even though she’ll have the drinks ready for the waitresses there aren’t enough staff in the hall to pass out all the food. She considers slowing down the orders so they can catch up, but the manager tells her he’ll help so she can keep doing what she’s doing. Kanagi replies with a “Yes, sir!” but the manager corrects her and says he prefers to be referred to as “madam”.

Things finally die down in the hall and the head maid wishes they had just one more maid to help out. The manager concurs and asks Kanagi to give the maid thing a try. Despite only working there for a week, Kanagi has already mastered the kitchen and has proven how capable and reliable she can be. Kanagi hesitates until the manager mentions that she would get a raise and writes down what her salary would be. Kanagi’s eyes widen at the figure and she tells the manager she’d be honored to take the position. The manager comes up with a new maid nickname for her “Maid Nagitan”. Kanagi says she’ll do her best.

The head maid goes over the basics with her and asks if she’ll be ok. Considering she used to do customer service at her old job, Kanagi feels confident she’ll be able to handle the new work. Kanagi sees this as a chance to earn more money for her family so she sees this as a life or death matter and is determined to do her absolute best. The head maid giggles and says she feels bad for the kitchen staff for stealing Kanagi away from them, but with another maid to help out on the floor she feels like the café will be able to run that much more smoothly. The door bells jingle as they open and Seika Kumi, Leila Ibuki, and Mito Aino walk into the cafe. Mito is excited to finally be here but Leila reminds her they’re there for Seika and tells her to calm down, while Seika is nervous just being there. The head maid tells Kanagi to go greet the new customers and Kanagi approaches them, a serious and determined look on her face. She gives them a curt “welcome” and shows them to their seats. Leila is surprised at Kanagi’s almost cold approach, as she had expected Kanagi to welcome them with open arms and call them “masters”. Kanagi asks why they’re still standing there and asks if there’s a problem. Leila shakes her head and Kanagi directs them to a table once more. Mito thinks she’s kind of out there while Leila thinks she’s more like a soldier than a maid.

Episode Three

Kanagi checks up on their table to take their order but Leila still needs a bit more time. Mito greets Kanagi and asks if she’s really a maid. Kanagi introduces herself as “Maid Nagitan” and shakes Mito’s hand firmly. Kanagi goes to check on the other tables. Mito bounces in her chair and tells Leila that Kanagi really is a maid, but Leila had a different notion of what a maid is. She turns to see what Seika thinks, but Seika is frozen stiff.

Kanagi later returns with their orders and sets the food down. Leila asks if she isn’t going to do “the thing” but Kanagi doesn’t know what they’re talking about. Mito explains “the thing” is when the maids say things like “here’s a dash of love to finish it off” when they serve food, but Kanagi misinterprets this and says she can’t profess her love to someone she just met. Leila looks a bit let down while Mito agrees that’s fair. Another order is ready so Kanagi excuses herself to go serve more food. Mito just laughs at how different Kanagi is.

At the other table, Kanagi serves a man the burger and fries he ordered. This customer also wants Kanagi to do “the thing” but Kanagi declines as she’s no liar. The head maid steps in and takes over, telling Kanagi she needs to talk to her and asks her to wait over there. Once she’s finished, the head maid pulls Kanagi to one side and reminds her they’re a maid café so she expects Kanagi to act more maid like. Kanagi isn’t sure what this means, so when a customer calls one of the maids over, the head maid takes this as a perfect opportunity to show Kanagi. The customer dares the head maid to go against him in a drawing contest on a rice omelet. The head maid giggles and says she won’t let him win just because he’s the master. She turns to Kangi and explains their job is more than just serving food, but making a fun atmosphere for their customers. Kanagi thinks she gets it and tells her she can handle it since she’s very good at games. As Leila calls for a maid, Kanagi goes to attend them. The head maid hopes Kanagi will be ok.

Kanagi goes to their table and asks what they need. Leila is a bit let down to see Kanagi back but Mito asks her to play a game with them. Kanagi asks what they would like to play, causing Leila to be surprised that Kanagi would be willing to play games but not do the thing. Mito wants to do some drawings but then changes her mind and opts for rock-paper-scissors instead. Kanagi notices Seika staring at her and misinterprets it as Seika wanting to do a staring contest. The two just stare at each other intently while it takes Leila and Mito a minute to figure out what they’re doing. After a minute or so, Seika suddenly faints.

Episode Four

The head maid pulls Kanagi aside once more and sternly asks her why she caused a customer to faint. Kanagi doesn’t believe her face was scary enough to cause someone to faint, but the head maid explains that’s not the point as one of the customers was already nervous coming here. Either way, Kanagi is not like a maid in the slightest and calls Kanagi completely hopeless as a maid. Kanagi is surprised to hear this as she thought she was used to serving customers, but the head maid tells her just customer service won’t cut it in a maid café. She tries to explain to Kanagi that a maid’s worth comes from how well she tends to others, but Kanagi doesn’t seem to understand. If she can’t cut it out as a maid and take her work seriously, then Kanagi should go back to working in the kitchen.

Kanagi doesn’t want to since she desperately needs the raise in salary, and her current position gives her enough time to study for school and hunt for Witches. Kanagi tells her she wants to keep working as a maid, but both the head maid and the manager say that won’t be possible unless Kanagi makes some big changes. The manager decides to compromise and offers Kanagi a one week trial period. If she can improve by the end of the week they’ll let her stay on as a maid, otherwise she’ll have to go back to the kitchen. Kanagi thinks that’s more than fair and vows to work with every fiber of her being to become a worthy maid. The head maid has no problems with this so long as Kanagi is able to satisfy their customers. Since the day is about over, the manager tells Kanagi to head home and think hard about what she’s lacking as a maid.

Episode Five

Down by the local park, Karin Misono finishes reading “Detective Maid Mei” which is by the same author as Phantom Magical Girl Kirin. Although the story was short, it really inspired Karin to want to draw her own maid manga. However, she can’t come up with a good story, one that would really knock Alina’s socks off. As she tries to think of what makes a good maid, she notices someone slumped on the swing set nearby so she goes to check on her. Kanagi is dragging her feet as she sits on the swings, trying to think of what makes a good maid. She knows all humans are equal and should be treated as such, so she questions the master-servant dynamic at first before dismissing the thought and tries to think of what makes for a good maid again. Karin overhears her muttering and thinks this is a perfect opportunity to ask her opinon.

Karin approaches Kanagi and asks what she’s doing. Shaken from her reverie, Kanagi looks up. Karin is startled to find it was Kanagi all along and Kanagi is surprised to find that Karin knows who she is. Karin says everyone knows who the boss of the East is and any Magical Girl who’s been around for a year would recognize her. Karin asks her what’s wrong and Kanagi tells her she’s hopeless as a maid. If she had a nickname it would be “Hopeless Maid Nagitan”. Karin thinks that’s pretty long for a nickname, which only causes Kanagi to despair further as she can’t even do nicknames right. Internally Karin thinks that Kanagi is nothing like what the rumors say of her, and she seems more like a sad kitten than bold or fearless. Karin thinks of her as a usually fearless hero, pushed to despair after a fateful event which all culminates in a comeback. Karin has the plot for her manga now! She introduces herself to Kanagi and asks Kanagi to tell her everything. Karin believes she can help and she considers Kanagi the perfect inspiration for the manga she’s drawing. Since Kanagi knows she’ll never figure it out on her own she accepts her help, and since it would be helping out Karin too she doesn’t mind the company.

Kanagi relays to Karin everything that’s happened up to that point. The whole time Karin is taking notes and making quick doodles so she doesn’t forget any parts of the story. Kanagi believes those with the skill to draw are amazing, but Karin doesn’t think she’s anything special since her friend is always saying her drawings are total garbage, but she smiles at the compliment nonetheless. Kanagi points to a doodle and asks what the little sad pig-thing is supposed to be. Karin gets flustered and says it was supposed to be a depressed little cat version of Nagitan until she realizes her mistake. Kanagi just smiles and says it’s ok if she calls her Nagitan. Karin decides to make that the mascot for her manga and summarizes Kanagi’s story to see if she’s got it right. Even though Kanagi is doing it for the money, Karin decides to spin it so her real motive is her family for the manga.

Kanagi just doesn’t know what to do so Karin tells her to leave it to her since she knows lots about maids. She urges Kanagi to get out there and learn and lends her her Detective Maid Mei manga.

Episode Six

Kanagi starts reading the manga at home. The characters in the manga greet their masters warmly so Kanagi takes note and opts to imitate the greeting. She continues to read and thinks to herself they should turn left to avoid a trap, but the maid follows her master’s orders to go to the right. The maid in the story recognizes there may be a trap and boldly goes to defend her master’s honor and will. Kanagi notes that the maid respected her master’s decisions even if she knew she would be walking into a trap. She reads further and comes to a part where the maid lets the master go alone so he can grow and learn for himself. At the end of the manga, the maid strikes a pose and tells them to leave it to her. Her father passes by and asks what she’s reading. Kanagi calls it a reference book she got from an artist and tells him she learned a lot.

Episode Seven

The next day Kanagi meets Karin at the park to return the manga to her. Kanagi found it to be a fascinating read, but she’s not sure that’s all she’ll need to be successful. Karin is sure, and tells Kanagi there’s no way they’ll send her back to the kitchen as long as she does everything like in the manga. Kanagi heads off to work with Karin tagging along for research purposes. She offers to go as a customer so that Kanagi can ask her for tips if she ever needs it.

Kanagi braces herself for another day as two customers walk through the door. Kanagi walks up to them and greets them like in the manga, calling them masters and saying she’s glad to see them home safely. She shows them to their tables with a warm smile. The two boys are surprised by her demeanor and one of them calls her a “cool, but kind” maid. The other boy wonders if she’s one of those hot-and-cold type maid, or maybe even a dom type which excites the two of them further. When Kanagi returns to see what the problem is, she promises them she’ll handle any matter with utmost efficiency. The boys call her a soldier type and really perk up. They respond with military like candor and head to their table. Kanagi wonders how she did and notices the head maid smiling at her, so she figures she must not have been half bad.

She serves a Lovely Rice Omelet to Karin, who thinks the food looks cute. Kanagi asks how she did and Karin thinks she did great, though she had hoped that Kanagi would model her speech and stuff more after the hero of the manga rather than the apprentice. Kanagi felt like the apprentice was closest to her so that’s why she went with him. Karin thinks that could work too and explains to her that cool but kind maids are usually reserved but can sometimes get all warm and soft. Kanagi asks what else she should do to improve and considers Karin her teacher on these kinds of things. Karin gives a big smile at hearing this compliment and tells Kanagi to draw on the rice omelet with ketchup. Kanagi says Karin should do it since she’s the artist, but Karin informs her that’s a thing that all maids should be able to do. Karin says her omelet will be perfect to practice on and asks Kanagi to draw “Kirin”. Kanagi tries her best and doodles something with the ketchup. Karin looks at it sadly and gives her an A for effort but she thinks the drawing looks like some kind of weird animal. Kanagi says she drew a kirin, a mythical beast, but Karin wanted her to draw Phantom Thief Magical Kirin and offers to lend her all her copies to read for next time. Kanagi wonders how necessary that will be for her training but the enthusiastic Karin insists it’s very necessary.

Two more customers arrive, Aimi Eri and Natsuki Utsuho.

Episode Eight

Aimi tells Natuski about how all the guys in her class are obessed with maids so she decided to come to a maid café and check them out since maybe the guy she’s crushing on, Hayato, might like them too. Kanagi serves them the Lovely Rice Omelet they ordered and asks them to await their drinks. Aimi is a little taken back with her choice of words as it makes Kanagi sound stuffy. Natsuki figures not all maids are alike and Kanagi offers to draw something on their omelet with ketchup. Natsuki wants her to draw some pom-poms like they use in cheerleading so Kanagi doodles some on the omelet. Natsuki thinks the drawing came out great and asks Aimi what she wants Kanagi to draw for her. But all Aimi can think about is her crush Hayato, so Kanagi writes his name with ketchup on her omelet. Natsuki asks her if she doesn’t want a heart to go with it so Kanagi draws two hearts on the omelet as well. Kanagi goes to get the drinks while Aimi spirals off on another one of her love-filled fantasies.

Kanagi brings them their drinks but Aimi is still loudly fantasizing about how much Hayato would love it if she were to play maid for him. Kanagi likes her enthusiasm, but asks her to please keep it down a little for the other guests. Still, Kanagi thinks it’s wonderful that Aimi has something she’s so passionate about as well as having a good friend to help take some of the blame. Aimi thanks Natsuki for always having her back and Natsuki replies she’s glad to be there for her since she thinks her little fantasies are kind of fun. Kanagi is about to go, leaving Aimi and Natsuki admiring her and calling her cool. Karin motions at Kanagi, so Kanagi stops and does the pose from the manga while telling them to let her take care of any problems.

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Aimi and Natsuki just stare at her as Kanagi takes her leave and goes to attend to the other customers. Aimi wonders if she did that just so she wouldn’t feel as embarrassed. Kanagi asks Karin how she did and Karin thinks she did everything perfectly. Karin feels like the catchphrase and pose really made the difference and Kanagi supposes she’s right.

Aimi and Natsuki are ready to leave so Kanagi sees them out the door, hoping they’ll return. Both of them had so much fun they can’t wait to come back again.

Episode Nine

It’s the end of the day so the head maid is ready to review Kanagi’s work. But first she wants to know who Karin is. Kanagi says she’s an artist while Karin tells her she’s Kanagi’s teacher so don’t mind her. The head maid goes on to tell Kanagi that her performance today was a huge improvement over yesterday. It’s still too early for them to celebrate just yet, but Kanagi is on the right track. The head maid even compliments Kanagi on how she handled the two customers that were making a scene. She was impressed with how Kanagi made a funny pose to make them feel less embarrassed (even if that wasn’t Kanagi’s original intentions). Regardless, Kanagi is relieved to hear it went well and promises to keep working at it.

Kanagi and Karin walk home together, with Karin happy about all the praise Kanagi received. Kanagi says it’s thanks to her since she’d still be stuck figuring things out if it weren’t for Karin’s help. Kanagi offers to do something for her as a way of expressing her gratitude, so Karin tells her to read every volume of Magical Kirin. Kanagi is surprised that’s all she wants but Karin insists it’s very important to her so Kanagi agrees to read it, especially since a talented artist like Karin is recommending it to her. Karin is just happy she’ll have someone else to talk about the manga with. Kanagi smiles as she thinks that Karin is just as happy as the two customers were.

Elsewhere the head maid tells the manager she thinks Kanagi did a great job today. The manager agrees she did great but thinks that Kanagi still hasn’t figured out the number one most important part of being a maid. But she still has the rest of the trial week so he crosses his fingers.

Episode Ten

It’s the next day at the café and a customer wants to take a picture with Kanagi. She agrees to let him take the picture, but only if he doesn’t photograph his face. He asks if the reason is because she’s being tracked by a secret organization, but Kanagi says that’s not it and can’t tell him why. He figures that must be secret too and agrees to the compromise but only if she strikes her signature pose. Kanagi smiles and poses for the photo with the same silly pose as before. The customer takes the picture and thanks her as Karin enters the café. It’s almost the end of the week and Kanagi’s trial period ends tomorrow. There’s been no problems so far and the head maid tells them that Kanagi has gotten a lot of good customer reviews lately, even if she’s a bit unorthodox. Karin calls the head maid “Maid-senpai” since she’s Kanagi’s senior but the head maid tells her not to call her hat. Kanagi shows her “artistic master” Karin to her table.

This time when Kanagi draws on her omelet, she draws Karin a proper Magical Kirin on it. Karin compliments Kanagi on her drawing skills and the manager pops up to compliment her as well, startling Karin. The manager apologizes for the intrusion and then comments on how cute Karin looks. The manager warns Kanagi that tomorrow will be her final test to determine if she stays a maid or goes back to the kitchen.

Part 2

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

On the day of the test, while Kanagi is able to make Konomi who entered the restaurant by mistake feel comfortable by taking note of her interest in herbal tea, she scares the poor girl who ran for the exit when she offered to play arm wrestling to make her relax more. Naturally, she failed the test. While the kitchen crew and the floor crew loved the fact that she is back in the kitchen, Kanagi felt that she has caught where she went wrong. The master is happy that she is still reflecting on her mistakes, and tells her to do so until she is satisfied. Kanagi understood that the Master is telling her not to run from her mistakes, so she decides to seek out Konomi to ask her where she went wrong.

She found Konomi working at the flower shop. After stating her business, Konomi apologizes to Kanagi for judging her by rumors of being the boss of the East. She explained that she entered the shop by mistake and was frightened by Kanagi's presence, but now she can understand her careful serving since she tried to calm her down by talking about her favorite herb tea and playing games. Though she thinks she does not fit in with the atmosphere and will not visit again, she thinks Kanagi is natural as a waitress and should work on improving herself.

At the park, Kanagi realized she was not being professional enough and underestimated her job. She should take note of her customer's feelings and work to make them feel comfortable. However, she thinks it is too late for everything. This is where Karin enters the picture and tells Kanagi that her senpai once taught her growth comes if one learns from their mistakes, and that there is nothing known as too late. Convinced by Karin, Kanagi decides to ask for another chance and requests Karin for aid. Kanagi asks for one more chance after analyzing her mistakes in front of the master. Being satisfied with her reflection, the master gives her one last chance. Kanagi takes it as a challenge to serve the Danchi trio to make up for her mistake. The master accepts.

After giving a call to Karin, she approaches Seika and Leila and invites them to visit again. Seeing how Seika has turned into a nervous wreck, Seika answers they will decide in two days. She also tells Karin that Seika is just nervous and not angry, and that Mito has already moved away.

On the actual day, Leila and Mito are surprised by Kanagi's improvement and are having fun, although Seika is still nervous and stiff as usual. They explained to Kanagi that Seika visited for field work since her class is going to start a Maid Cafe for cultural festival. They admit that they were disappointed during the first visit, but Kanagi took it in stride since she admits she failed that time. Seika speaks up slowly with kind encouragement from Kanagi and says she looked up to her confidence and straight-forward style, but that also made her lose self-confidence. Kanagi gently points to her senior who did the love trick perfectly and says while she respect her senior, there is no way she can replicate that and tells Seika she should find a style that mostly suits her instead.

The three have a great time and Seika expresses that they would love to visit again. They then take a picture together without showing their faces (Kanagi is worried it will attract unwanted attention since she is well-known) and she passes the test with flying colors. Since then, she has worked there and became very popular with both male and female customers, while continuing her policy of not taking photos that show her face. The story ends with her thanking Karin and in turn helping her who has forgotten her own manga as she spends her time helping Kanagi.