Magia Record Story SamaTore! The Summer Treasure that Disappeared into the Fire
Part One
Episode One
Kyoko Sakura struggles to wake up as she hears voices of concern around her. She eventually opens her eyes to find MItama Yakumo and Ui Tamaki standing over her looking relieved. Kyoko asks where she is and why they’re there. Mitama asks if she remembers anything that happened before she passed out. She remembers Mami Tomoe inviting them to the beach. Sayaka Miki had immediately raced into the ocean to go swimming with Madoka Kaname and Homura Akemi chasing after her. Kyoko was eager to get away from the crowds, so she had taken her float with her to the ocean. Mami was worried she’d go too far into the ocean, especially since Kyoko can’t swim, but Kyoko promised to be back by lunch and left.
As Kyoko had floated in the ocean, nearby Kanagi Izumi was swimming in the ocean with Mitama and Karin Misono. Kanagi had been pulling Mitama along as she sat on a float. Near them, Ui was floating in the ocean as well but had drifted out further than she’d anticipated. Her sister Iroha Tamaki called out anxiously for Ui to come back. Iroha then yelled for everyone to be careful as a huge wave overtook them.
Kyoko finishes recounting what happened, to the relief of Mitama who was glad that Kyoko wasn’t hurt. Ui tells Kyoko that the wave washed them up onto a deserted island. Kanagi and Karin return to the group. They had looked around but there didn’t seem to be anyone on the island.
Episode Two
Ui and Karin are excited at the prospect of being on a deserted island, but Kyoko isn’t too happy about the situation. Mitama tells her not to worry, since her phone managed to survive the wave and they were able to contact Yachiyo Nanami for rescue. Touka Satomi volunteered to send a helicopter to pick them up, but it wouldn’t be able to get there for two days. This means they’ll have to find water, food, and shelter for the time being but Mitama seemed pretty happy about it. If they work together, they should be able to survive and even make some wonderful memories together. Everyone but Kyoko seemed excited about this idea. Mitama tells Kyoko she’s part of the group too since they’ll need everyone’s help to work together, but Kyoko tells them she’s fine and she doesn’t need any of them to hold her back.
Kyoko turns to leave, but Mitama calls her back. She asks Kyoko to transform for her. Kyoko sighs and transforms into her Magical Girl swimsuit. She’s beyond surprised at what happened since she has never been able to transform like that. It turns out that Sayaka had told Mitama about Kyoko’s inability to swim during her call to Yachiyo for help. While Kyoko was passed out, Mitama had adjusted Kyoko’s Soul Gem so she would be able to swim. Kyoko gets pissed and asks if the transformation is reversible. Mitama promises it is, but then looks forlorn for a moment. If she doesn’t have fun on the island she might get depressed and forget how to undo the adjustment.
Episode Three
Kyoko asks if Mitama is threatening her. Mitama shakes her head and asks her to imagine fighting in that outfit in the dead of winter. For a moment Kyoko imagines Sayaka and Mami being embarrassed for her fighting in a swimsuit in the middle of the snow. Since she knows of no other adjustors, Kyoko reluctantly agrees to join the group as internally she thinks that Mitama is worse than a Witch. While they were talking, Kanagi had taken Karin and Ui to the side so they wouldn’t be exposed to any bad examples.
Episode Four
The group divides the responsibilities amongst themselves. Mitama is in charge of building the shelter while Karin is in charge of gathering bamboo for the shelter and to make dishes. Kanagi and Ui are in charge of collecting water and any edible plants they may find. Finally, Kyoko is in charge of finding fish or shellfish. Kyoko is content that she can at least work by herself and she reminds herself she only has to tolerate this for two days. As she stares at the water, she remembers that Mitama had told her she’d given her the ability to swim. With nothing else to lose, Kyoko steps into the shallow end of the ocean to try it out.
Kyoko awkwardly splashes around and to her delight she finds she can easily float in the ocean. As she kicks and splashes, she realizes that she really can swim now! Kyoko soon spots a fish nearby and dives down to catch it, sneaking up on it from behind. Overjoyed at her newfound ability, Kyoko swims around and catches as many fish as she can.
She pulls up onto the beach with her haul of fish and clams. Kyoko is irritated at being told what to do, but then again she doesn’t mind being able to swim now either. Kyoko remembers that Mitama had suggested that she gather wood for the fire if she had the time. With nothing better to do, Kyoko begins to pick up pieces of dry wood from the beach. She finds a piece of something with writing on it including the words “water” and “bottom”, but it’s barely legible so Kyoko shrugs and throws it into the pile with the rest.
Episode Five
Kyoko finishes up and heads back to where Mitama and Karin were waiting. Karin says they found something and show her a piece of paper. Mitama excitedly exclaims that it’s a treasure map. Kyoko isn’t impressed since it’s not her idea of fun, but she isn’t’ going to bother putting a stop to it either. She asks Mitama if she at least finished building their shelter, but Mitama says it’s more of a house. Kyoko looks at the huge building now on the beach. Karin giggles since they got a little carried away with the construction. She points out the fire that she had built and Kyoko is surprised at how capable Karin is. Karin says she learned how to start a fire from a manga she read.
Unfortunately Kanagi and Ui aren’t back yet, so Mitama asks Kyoko to go check on them. Since there’s fresh water on the island, Mitama suggests Kyoko rinse off the sea salt while she goes. Kyoko agrees to go. Before she does, she notices that the campfire is getting smaller so she tosses one of the smaller pieces of wood she gathered into the fire. Kyoko thinks to herself that things aren’t so bad and admits to herself that it could be exciting for the next two days.
Kyoko soon finds Kanagi and Ui near a freshwater stream. Ui apologizes since they’re not doing with their task but Kyoko tells them not to rush since she’s just going to rinse off in the meantime. Ui hurries to gather the rest of the supplies so they can all head back together.
Kyoko jumps into the stream but the water is freezing. As she splashes around she notices some fish at the bottom of the stream and decides that some riverfish would go well with their meal. She lunges at the fish but it manages to escape her grasp. Kanagi notices what Kyoko is doing and suggests she go further upstream. It’s a tip she learned from Himika Mao. Kyoko tries it out and finds she’s able to catch plenty of fish. She can tell there are multiple currents feeding into the stream besides the waterfall so she swims over to where the stream is flowing. She waits for a moment before pouncing on more riverfish.
Kyoko eventually gets out of the stream with her large haul of riverfish. Thanks to Kanagi’s tip she was able to catch plenty very easily. Whiel she was doing that, Ui had gathered a ton of vegetables while Kanagi had managed to gather plenty of fresh water for them all thanks to some barrels she found near the shore. Kanagi admits she’ll need some help carrying the four barrels of water back while Ui also needs some help with all the veggies she found. Kyoko decides to play nice for now so Mitama can turn her back and assists with carrying the supplies.
Episode Six
Mitama marvels at all the fish that Kyoko was able to catch, as well as the water, vegetables, dishes, and house that their group now has thanks to their teamwork.
Kyoko is glad to see Mitama so happy since it means she’ll be able to change her back. Mitama happily declares she’s going to prepare a delicious feast for everyone with this bounty. Hearing this puts both Kyoko and Kanagi on high alert and both of them yell at Mitama to stop immediately. Mitama asks what’s wrong as both Kyoko and Kanagi look away uncomfortably. Kyoko tells Mitama she must be tired from all that building but Mitama says she’s fine since Karin did most of the hard work of cutting up tons of trees for the house and carrying them over. Mitama tells Karin to rest after all that hard work while she does the cooking. Karin happily accepts while Kyoko looks at her like she’s crazy. Kanagi figures Karin doesn’t know the truth about Mitama’s cooking skills. Ui also doesn’t know what’s going on.
Kyoko decides they need to come up with a distraction and fast, so she smiles broadly and brings out the treasure map from earlier. Since Mitama and Karin must be so tired after all that building, Kyoko suggests they try to relax by figuring out what’s written on the map. Kanagi thinks that’s a great idea since they won’t have any light later in the evening except for the moon and their campfire. Kyoko offers to do the cooking while they look at the map. Ui suddenly remembers something and tells Mitama that she too thinks that’s a great idea since she can help Kyoko with the cooking. Mitama and Karin accept the suggestion and they go off into their house to look it over.
Kyoko and Kanagi breathe a sigh of relief at the bullet they just dodged. Ui asks if Mitama’s cooking is that bad since she remembered her sister’s warning “You should stay away from anything Mitama cooks.” Kanagi admits it’s worse than that. Kyoko says that that’s the kind of thing you want to know about, especially in a situation like theirs. If they were rendered immobile for days that would be bad for everyone. The three of them get to work on dinner for everyone and finish as the sun begins to set. Kyoko looks at their dinner and begins to drool at how delicious it looks. Ui goes to fetch Mitama and Karin. As she goes, Kanagi thinks she hears something as a cat runs past them.
With the sun gone and the moon already rising, the group sits down to eat. Everything they made tastes delicious and the group eagerly eats their dinner. Kyoko is just thankful they were able to make it through their first day.
Episode Seven
It’s early the next morning and Mitama decides to do a head count to make sure they’re all there. Kyoko thinks it’s unnecessary, but since they’re on a deserted island Mitama feels you can’t be too careful which makes Karin nervous. For today, Mitama has decided the group will go treasure hunting but both Kyoko and Kanagi are more worried about getting food and water. Mitama says they dried some of the fish from yesterday and they still have plenty of water. If that’s the case, then Kanagi has no qualms about going on the venture. Ui is excited to go since she’s never been treasure hunting before. Kyoko asks “What about me?” but Mitama interpreted yesterday as Kyoko being excited about the treasure hunting since she had them look over the map while she cooked dinner. Kyoko doesn’t want to upset Mitama so she decides to play along for now and pretends to be interested. The group collectively looks at the map they found.
The map is old and dirty, leading Karin and Mitama to believe it must be real. The pore over the unique handwriting but the few words they’re able to make out are “treasure”, “mark”, “hidden”, and “starting point”. Mitama flips the map over and points out to more writing on the back, but the handwriting is different from the front.
Karin points out a wooden board she brought. Kyoko recognizes it as one of the pieces of wood she gathered for the fire yesterday. Mitama claims it’s actually a wooden tablet and she reads out what’s written. The board tells the tale of a fallen warrior who escaped after losing a battle. This person hid his lord’s treasure on the island and placed both clues and traps around the island to protect the treasure. If they head 100 steps north then 250 steps west then they’ll find the treasure at the bottom of the earth.
Ui and Karin aren’t sure what “bottom of the earth” could mean, but Mitama points out the map drawn on the tablet is accurate. If they all work together, they should be able to figure it out. Kanagi can’t figure it out and Kyoko doesn’t have a clue so she suggests they just go there and see for themselves. Mitama thinks that’s a great idea and the group sets off. Kyoko doesn’t think the map is real but she’s willing to play along with the others for now.
Episode Eight
The group arrives at the location the directions indicated but they find nothing there but a small creek. Mitama was hoping there would be a path underground or something but the clearing is like any other. Ui figures her steps must have been too short, especially compared to a tall warrior. Kanagi and Mitama decides to head back and recount their steps but with Kanagi in the lead this time. Ui and Karin decide to stay where they are to look for clues, so Kanagi asks Kyoko to keep an eye on them. Kyoko is a little annoyed she has to play babysitter now. She can understand Ui needing a sitter, but why Karin.
Suddenly Ui screams and disappears from view. Kyoko and Karin run over to where they last saw Ui and find there’s a pitfall there. Karin tells her she’s coming but before Kyoko can stop her so they can get some rope Karin falls into the pitfall as well. Down in the darkness of the pit, Karin picks herself up. Ui is there and although they were a bit shaken from the fall the two girls are alright. Kyoko calls down to them and tells them to stay where they are while she goes to find something they can use to climb out.
Episode Nine
Kyoko looks for something she can use as a rope and returns to the pit. She calls down to the girls but neither answers her. She can hear them talking down there so she yells louder to get their attention. She lowers a vine and pulls the girls out of the pit one at a time. The girls dust themselves off and Ui thanks Kyoko for her help. She asks what the two were talking about and Karin shows her a wooden tablet they found at the bottom of the pit. Kyoko thinks the tablet looks familiar but she says nothing. Instead she asks what it was doing at the bottom of that pit. Karin explains the clue they read earlier was pointing to them finding the tablet at the “bottom of the earth”, referring to the pit.
Kanagi and Mitama appear and are thankful to find the group since they weren’t there earlier. Despite recounting their steps, Kanagi and Mitama ended up at the same clearing regardless. Ui shows her the tablet they found at the bottom of a pit. Hearing the word “pit” made MItama worried so she asked if the girls didn’t fall in or get hurt. The two admit they did fall in, but they were saved thanks to Kyoko. Kanagi remembers the map mentioning traps and wonders if the expedition might not be too dangerous for them but Ui promises they’ll be more careful.
Episode Ten
The group reads the tablet they found. Karin begins to sob at the thought of how loyal the poor warrior was to his master until the bitter end. Kanagi thinks such loyalty is admirable while Ui agrees that it’s a sad story. Kyoko thinks this has been a little too easy, even with the traps, since they’ve managed to find four of the tablets already. Mitama happily points to another tablet near the clearing. Kyoko sees how happy Mitama is and thinks that’s good for her since her main concern is keeping her happy so she can change her back. She’ll be lucky if the treasure they find is something that really makes her happy but she won’t’ take the blame if the treasure ends up being something disappointing.
Mitama hands Kyoko the new tablet since she noticed that Kyoko hasn’t participated much. She asks Kyoko to read it and tell them what she thinks. Kyoko takes one look at the tablet and thinks that all it’s good for is firewood. She remembers the firewood she picked up the other day and how she threw a piece into their campfire. It’s only now that it dawns on her that the piece of wood she gathered that had writing on it and she later threw into the fire was possibly one of the wooden tablets.
Kyoko begins to sweat as Mitama asks her what’s wrong. Kyoko pretends that the clue she’s reading is tricky as she tries to think of what to do. If Mitama finds out she burned one of the clues they were looking for, she’ll surely get sad and refuse to change Kyoko’s outfit back to normal.