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{{Nihongo|'''Mirai Wakaba'''|若葉 みらい}} is a  character in [[Kazumi Magica|Puella Magi Kazumi Magica: The Innocent Malice]].
{{Nihongo|'''Mirai Wakaba'''|若葉 みらい}} is a  character in [[Kazumi Magica|Puella Magi Kazumi Magica: The Innocent Malice]].


She is a member of the [[Pleiades Saints]] and a magical girl. She wished {{Spoiler|to build a museum to house the hundreds of teddy bears she made}}.
She is a member of the [[Pleiades Saints]] and a magical girl. Her wish was {{Spoiler|to build a museum to house the hundreds of teddy bears she made}}.


==Personality==
==Personality==
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An impulsive girl often depicted frowning. She is hotheaded and is not afraid to express her thoughts as loud as possible. Occasionally, she vents out her frustration on Kazumi by smacking her on the head (especially when Kazumi begins doubting herself). She also thinks of herself highly, sometimes even calling herself "Mirai-sama". Deep down, she is a caring girl.
An impulsive girl often depicted frowning. She is hotheaded and is not afraid to express her thoughts as loud as possible. Occasionally, she vents out her frustration on Kazumi by smacking her on the head (especially when Kazumi begins doubting herself). She also thinks of herself highly, sometimes even calling herself "Mirai-sama". Deep down, she is a caring girl.


Mirai can become enraged, but she also calms down quickly. She seems undisturbed by own rash actions during these times until she notices others' reactions.
Mirai can become enraged, but she also calms down quickly. She seems undisturbed by own rash actions during these times, until she notices others' reactions.
 
She also greatly admires [[Saki]], to the point where it sometimes interferes with the Pleiades' witch-hunting efforts. Harm befalling Saki is one of the few things that can consistently anger Mirai.


==History==
==History==
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After a witch traps [[Kaoru]] and [[Umika]] inside of itself and takes off, Mirai, [[Saki]], [[Nico]], and [[Satomi]] come to [[Kazumi]]'s aid. They introduce themselves as the [[Pleiades Saints]], a seven-girl witch-hunting team of which Kazumi and her abducted friends are also a part of. Together, they search for Kaoru and Umika across town, with Satomi using her powers to get information from a cat. While they search, the mysterious girl from previous chapters{{spoiler|, Yuuri,}}  disguises herself as [[Satomi]] and separates Kazumi from the rest of the team. Upon meeting with the real Satomi, Saki realized they had been tricked, and leads the girls to where the fake Satomi brought Kazumi. They proceed to rescue Kazumi just as she is on the verge of defeat. Kazumi is then held by her opponent at gunpoint, causing them all to hesitate. Kazumi screams out for them to attack anyway, and they fire a joint attack at the mysterious girl: Fili Del Toano. It causes a large explosion, but the magical girl gets away. Kazumi is only lightly wounded.
Mirai first appears in Chapter 3, alongside [[Saki]], [[Satomi]] and [[Nico]], after [[Umika]] and [[Kaoru]] are abducted by a witch. They introduce themselves to [[Kazumi]] and work to track down the witch. Mirai, along with the others, rescues Umika and Kaoru just as they're about to give up hope, and the witch is defeated.
 
They reunite at Umika's house for a strategy meeting, where they figure out the witch's likely location. After filling up on Kazumi's delicious food, they head out to intercept the witch. Upon arrival, Saki orders Kazumi to stay outside, explaining that their plan is to seal the witch and have Kazumi fire ''Limiti Esterni'' from the outside to finish it off. Satomi seems to protest herself, but Saki says "It doesn't matter. That was something the familiars did." The girls plunge into the witch's barrier, and rescue Kaoru and Umika just in time. Together, the six of them bind the witch with Episodio Incrocio. However, [[Nico]]'s GPS/com unit breaks, leaving them unable to give Kazumi the needed signal. Umika, thinking quickly, commands them to use candy flutes given to them by Kazumi. The sound reaches her, and the witch is destroyed by ''Limiti Esterni''.
 
While they reunite and celebrate their victory, they are approached by Jubey, the "fairy" (妖精) that turned them into magical girls. He cleans up their Soul Gems, and gladly accepts the last witch's Grief Seed. He then refuses a couple of weird looking seeds, obtained from the pseudo-witches of Chapters 1 and 2, saying they were not real Grief Seeds. Umika theorized they imitated the Grief Seed's power and were created by the mysterious girl from before. Before they could draw further conclusions, they are attacked by that very girl, [[Yuuri]]. She kidnaps Kazumi, and orders them to go to the Asunaro Dome at midnight if they want Kazumi back. While waiting for the deadline at Umika's house, they speculate on Yuuri's motivations.
 
At the right time, they arrive at the dome, but to a force barrier they can do nothing but watch as Yuuri enacts her plans. Yuuri states her objective is to seek revenge on the Pleiades. She interprets the Pleiades' failure to recognize her as having been "just that insignificant" to the girls. She then removes her hat, causing a shocked Umika to recognize her, and proceeds to shove an Evil Nut, one of the awkward Grief Seeds from before, into Kazumi's forehead, while the Pleiades scream in horror.


However, Kazumi is able to free herself, and engages Yuuri. During the battle, Yuuri's Soul Gem begins to crack, prompting Saki to order Juubey to cleanse it. Yuuri shoots him first and becomes a witch. Along with the other Pleaides, Mirai is trapped on a cross in the witch's barrier, and is enveloped in thorny vines.
As they celebrate their victory, they are attacked by [[Yuuri]] and Kazumi is kidnapped. Having received an ultimatum from Yuuri, the Pleiades head to Asunaro Dome at midnight, and watch helplessly as Yuuri implants Kazumi with an [[Evil Nut]]. However, Kazumi is able to free herself, and engages Yuuri. Unfortunately for all involved, Yuuri runs out of magic during the fight and becomes a witch. Along with the other Pleaides, Mirai is trapped on a cross in the witch's barrier, and is enveloped in thorny vines.


The magical girls are then shown a vision of the witch's past as [[Airi]]. After that, Kazumi falls under the influence of the Evil Nut and breaks free. However, Kazumi is unwilling to fight the witch and even attempts to change her back. Saki then shoots the witch, freeing Mirai and the other Saints. They then attack the witch as they explain to Kazumi that they have no choice but to kill her. Mirai is seen crying during this sequence. Finally Kazumi delivers the final blow, saying she wishes to share this burden with her friends.
The magical girls are then shown a vision of the witch's past as [[Airi]]. After that, Kazumi falls under the influence of the Evil Nut and breaks free. However, Kazumi is unwilling to fight the witch and even attempts to change her back. The Pleiades then break free and attack the witch; Mirai, crying, explains to Kazumi that they have no choice but to kill her now. The witch is defeated, and the Pleiades let Kazumi be for the rest of the night.


Later, Mirai is seen with Kaoru, Satomi, and Saki confronting a magical girl named Sumire Akane (it's unclear if Umika or Nico are also present). Kaoru uses a spell called ''Tocco del Mare'' (English: ''Touch of the Sea''), causing Sumire to scream. We then see Mirai untransformed, holding out her Soul Gem.
Not long after, Mirai is seen with Kaoru, Satomi, and Saki (and possibly Umika and Nico as well), confronting a magical girl named Sumire Akane in a dark alley. They remove her Soul Gem.


Mirai and the other Pleiades Saints then appear to rescue Kazumi and Nico from [[Ayase_Souju|Ayase and Luca Souju]]. Kaoru says they'll be taking the Soujus' gems. Saki tells Kaoru not to do it in front of Kazumi, but Nico says Kazumi already saw her doing it. Kaoru pulls out both Ayase and Luca's gems with the spell ''Tocco del Mare''. Kazumi angrily asks the others why they're taking the Soul Gems of other magical girls, saying that she said earlier she would bear the burden with her friends. Against Saki's objections, Umika says she'll tell Kazumi the truth about the Pleiades Saints, but is interrupted by Nico's Soul Gem glowing. As she falls over, a witch appears.
Along with most of the other Saints, Mirai next appears to rescue Kazumi and Nico from [[Ayase_Souju|Ayase and Luca Souju]] at an amusement park. The Pleiades incapacitate the Soujus and remove their Soul Gems, but Nico's Gem abruptly breaks open and she becomes a witch. Saki tackles Mirai and pushes out of harm's way, but suffers a glancing injury in the process. At this, Mirai screams and attacks the witch with all her might, killing it in one blow.


As Nico's Soul Gem cracks, we see background text of her thinking that that she'll die without a trace, and she wants everyone to remember. She thinks she doesn't want to kill anyone anymore. The runes coming out of her Soul Gem read "We have no future as long as he's around." The next page has a cover image of a golden-eyed Nico holding a gun, asking to be killed. The Pleiades are shocked to discover Nico has become a witch. Repeatedly shouting "Cut", the witch turns her hands into a single pair of scissors. Kaoru transforms and blocks the attack using Capitano Potenza ("Captain Power"), which encases her arms in a black metallic substance. The witch fires projectiles from its body. Kaoru turns to the others and tells them not to stand there. Umika encases herself, Kazumi, and Satomi in a barrier. Saki pushes Mirai in, but is wounded. Mirai flips out and uses her attack La Bestia ("The Beasts") causing an army of teddy-bears to appear and chew on the witch. When the witch throws them off, Mirai uses La Bestia Refare ("Remake the Beast"). The bears start hugging each other and turn into a giant bear that Mirai jumps on. The bear pounces on the witch and pulls it into a bear hug. Mirai leaps into the air, turns her wand into a giant sword, and cuts both the bear and the witch in half. The witch dies, yelling "Cut" one last time. She drops a Grief Seed (which notably looks different than Nico's Soul Gem).
Though Nico seems to be dead, a duplicate of her appears, which [[Jubey]] identifies as a "spare" created by her contract. Satisfied that Nico is still alive, the Pleiades take Kazumi to Mirai's teddy bear museum, "Angelica Bears". Mirai comments that Kazumi was the one who named the building. Within Angelica Bears, the Pleiades show Kazumi a room known as the "Freezer", where they have been keeping corrupted Soul Gems in stasis. Umika explains things to Kazumi, and then restores her memories with magic.


Mirai asks Saki if she's alright, but she's still processing Nico's death. Mirai tells her she had to do it, but is interrupted by Satomi screaming that she doesn't want to die or turn into a witch. Jubey and Umika look at the Grief Seed, as Umika wonders how did things turn out like this. Kazumi takes the hand of Nico's body and finds it's cold. As she shouts Nico's name, a voice says "You called?" Everyone is shocked to see another Nico standing behind them. Jubey, a disturbing grin on his face, says that the body was Nico's "spare" and "compensation for Nico's contract". Kaoru asks why Nico didn't tell them. Nico says that to deceive an enemy, you have to deceive your allies.
In her memory, Kazumi sees Umika, Kaoru, Satomi, Mirai, Nico, and Saki, standing on a catwalk with a witch's kiss on their necks. The story flashes back to each girl's "despair" in turn. Mirai's despair is that she had no friends and was bullied in school, and only found companionship in her hundreds of handmade teddy bears.


The scene switches to Mirai's teddy bear museum, "Angelica Bears". Mirai says that in Japanese it's called "Ashitaba" (literally "tomorrow's leaf") and says that Kazumi came up with the name. As they walk inside, they step onto a magic circle. Umika holds out her ring, suddenly transporting them all somewhere else. Umika tells Kazumi that the museum was born from them meeting with her. The walk up to a giant door, which opens into a giant room filled with girls floating in tanks. The middle of the room contains a pile of Soul Gems. Umika explains that after they take Soul Gems, they put the empty shells of the magical girls into "the Freezer". Kazumi says that Ayase was right, and asks why they're doing this. Jubey says that it's their response to the magical girl system, which is full of contradictions: Rejection.
The girls standing on the catwalk all jump off together at the witch's command. They are suddenly rescued by Kazumi, who snags them in midair with ribbons and greets them cheerily. She then opens up the witch's barrier and orders the six of them to fight off the familiars. During the battle, Mirai shields Saki from the familiars. Kazumi saves them from the witch at the last second, and later takes them all back to her house.


Umika explains that witches are the end state of magical girls. (While she's speaking Oktavia is briefly seen, as is Sayaka in silhouette). Umika tells Kazumi that they lied to her when they said that sometimes the Soul Gems of magical girls go out of control. Jubey, grinning, explains that Soul Gems are the extracted souls of magical girls. Kaoru admits that they're like zombies, but it's preferable to dying to a witch in one shot. Jubey then says that the Pleiades refuse to fight without feeling pain. Kaoru responds by saying that if they do that they'll cease being human. Umika explains that the magical girls they capture are placed in a barrier that separates them from their Soul Gems and puts them in suspended animation, preventing them from becoming witches. Kaoru says they hope to find a way to completely clean the gems and turn them back into humans. Until then, they'll keep fighting. This is their "rejection" of the magical girl system. Nico then takes out a container that has the Soujus, their Soul Gems, and the Soul Gem and body of another magical girl. The bodies of the magical girls have been shrunken to the point where they can be picked up by one hand. Nico puts into two new containers, saying they "will keep on waiting for the prince's kiss." Kazumi asks when everyone found out about the connection between magical girls and wishes. Umika touches her forehead to Kazumi's, telling her to remember everything.
The seven new friends eat together at Kazumi's house. Kazumi then tells the Pleiades how she became a magical girl. After listening to her story, Jubey mentions that the Pleiades can become magical girls as well, to which they all agree. Kazumi cheers over having new friends. Jubey tells the girls to give him their wishes, but Mirai says that hers has already been granted, as she has six new friends already. At Saki's suggestion, she uses her wish to construct a museum to house the teddy bears that she had made up until then. [[File:Moe_Mirai.JPG|right|thumb|300px|Mirai before making her wish.]]


The story flashes back into the past. Umika, Kaoru, Satomi, Mirai, Nico, and Saki are standing on a catwalk. They are all displaying a witch's kiss on their necks, and Mirai is shown wearing glasses with her hair pulled back in pigtails. Mirai's despair comes from when she was at school, and the other students want nothing to do with her. As she walks home, Mirai clutches her teddy-bear, saying she's not lonely because she has all of them. We then find that her room is filled with teddy-bears. As she begins sewing one of them, she admits she wants friends and starts crying.
Their contracts completed, Kazumi dubs the team the Pleiades Saints, and they happily fight witches together for some time. One day, Kazumi loses her grandmother's earrings while fighting a witch. Saki later gives her a pair of duplicate earrings, as Mirai can be seen glowering in the background.


The girls standing on the catwalk jump off, as a voice says, "Everyone should just die." The voice is cut-off by a familiar spell with ribbons wrapping around the girls, stopping their fall. Their savior is none other than Kazumi, who says, "Ciao! You suicidal girls!"
As the story returns to the present, Kazumi faints, and the Pleiades return to Umika's house. Satomi, becoming increasingly worried about the prospect of Kazumi "failing", takes control of Saki via magic and kidnaps Kazumi. Satomi explains to Kazumi that she is a clone of [[Michiru Kazusa]] and that her memories from Umika are fake. Mirai crouches nearby, listening intently as Satomi says that Saki couldn't bring herself to kill the other clones because she loved Michiru so much. Satomi becomes a witch and is killed by Kazumi. As Mirai is tending to Saki, the other Pleiades run up. Kazumi is horrified at what has happened, and despite Saki's attempts to calm her, she flees.


Kazumi then opens up a witch's barrier around herself and the girls. Familiars appear and start attacking the normal girls while Kazumi watches. Kaoru tries to use her crutch to fight them off, but falls down. Umika shields her with her body. Mirai does something similar for Saki. Satomi asks why Kazumi isn't helping. Kazumi responds by asking why they don't want to be eaten if they want to die. She then pulls six firearms from her hat and drops them on the ground. The familiars combine, revealing that they were actually a witch. The girls pick up the weapons and fire at the witch, deflating it like a balloon. It re-inflates itself and charges. Kazumi stops the witch with her cross, saying that "As long as you keep trying to live, you won't fall into despair" and that there's always hope. She then fires "Limit Esterni", destroying the witch.
The Pleiades return to the house, unable to locate Kazumi. Mirai insists to Saki that her failure to dispose of the clones wasn't her fault, and backs her up when she announces her intention to revive Michiru at all costs. Later, as they walk home, Mirai says to Saki that while she understands how she must have felt about Kazumi, she's more monster than human.


As the barrier disappears, Saki asks "What was that?" A silhouette appears behind her, looking similar to Kyubey. It turns out to be Jubey, who says that was Magical Girl Kazumi, who hunts witches. A loud growling noise is heard, which turns out to be Kazumi being hungry. It's revealed that her ahoge was absent in the past (though the symbol is still on her hat and earring-bell). The scene changes to Kazumi's house, where she eats with the Pleiades. She talks about how her grandmother said that people eat plants and animals to live, and so they have a duty to them to keep living. She asks the girls about her strawberry risotto, which was passed down from her grandmother. When they respond positively, Kazumi says that her grandmother would be happy to hear that. Saki asks where her grandmother is now, prompting Kazumi to reveal that she had passed away. She tells them not worry. As Kazumi goes to get desert, Saki asks her how she became a magical girl.
Some time later, the Pleiades receive a signal from Kazumi, who demands that they confront her at the Freezer lest she unseal all the Soul Gems there. There, Kazumi speaks with them, ordering them to kill her and try their hardest to revive Michiru. She then transforms into a monster and engulfs the room in a barrier. Midway through the battle, Kaoru holds Saki back, having realized that Kazumi is simply creating an illusion so that they'd have no choice but to kill her. As the others stand before Kazumi in shock, Mirai charges up and cleaves her in two. Kazumi's corpse turns into a balloon-like doll of Nico, as does the Nico that she incapacitated beforehand.


Kazumi explains she became a magical girl the day her grandmother died. The story flashes back again to Kazumi's past. She narrates that she was studying abroad when she learned that her grandmother's condition became critical. While hurrying home, she ran straight into a witch's barrier. Fortunately, she's saved by [[Mami Tomoe]], who destroys the witch with "Tiro Finale". When Kazumi thanks her, Mami tells her to get going and be careful. At Kazumi's home, a doctor explains that her grandmother only has a few days left unless she's hooked up to a respiratory machine and it's unlikely that she'll wake up. Kazumi says that her grandmother would never want to go on life support. Later and alone with her grandmother, Kazumi starts crying and says that she wants her grandmother to open her eyes, just once more. Jubey appears on the windowsill, saying that he can grant her wish if she makes a contract and becomes a magical girl.
The real Nico steps into view, with the real Kazumi safely in tow. Before the Pleiades can overcome their shock, {{Spoiler|she shoves an Evil Nut into Saki and causes her to become a witch. Mirai runs up and hugs Saki, despite the huge surge of electricity produced by her attempt to resist the Evil Nut's effects. She begs Jubey to purify Saki's Gem, but he shouts back that it's already too late.}}


Jubey tells Kazumi being a magical girl is difficult. Kazumi is fine with that and wishes for her grandmother to return to her normal self as long as she remains alive. Jubey asks if she's fine with not curing her grandmother's illness. Kazumi says she wants to, but it wouldn't be respecting her way of life. The contract is established. Kazumi's grandmother wakes up, asking if it's a dream. Kazumi says it's her last dream, and asks her grandmother if she can teach her how to make strawberry risotto. Kazumi spends the day learning cooking skills and advice from her grandmother. She tells Kazumi that people can't fall into despair as she gives Kazumi her earring-bell; the same earring-bell Kazumi has worn throughout the series. The flashback in a flashback ends as Kazumi says her grandmother went to heaven the next day.
{{Spoiler|The story briefly flashes back to a scene of Mirai and Saki at the beach. Mirai mentions to Saki that nobody liked her because she spoke in a tomboyish way (using "boku" as a first-person pronoun). Saki replies that she actually used to speak like that herself, and that Mirai reminds her of herself as a child.}}
[[File:Moe_Mirai.JPG|right|thumb|300px|It's another megane moe girl!]]


Saki asks why Kazumi didn't just wish her grandmother to be healthy, saying Kazumi is now all alone. Kazumi says her grandmother will always be in her heart, just like Miyuki will be in Saki's heart (Miyuki here is revealed to be Saki's sister). Mirai asks if she can be a magical girl. Jubey tells her she can if she accepts her fate of fighting witches. Mirai says she can accept anything. Umika, Kaoru, Satomi, Nico and Saki quickly chime in agreement. Kazumi cheers over having new friends. Mirai questions the fact that she's a friend, prompting Saki to thank Mirai for protecting her. Jubey tells the girls to give him their wishes. Mirai says her wish was already granted by having friends. Saki suggests wishing for the friends that have always protected her - Mirai's teddy bears. She points to a number on it, asking Mirai if it's her 666th friends. When Mirai asks how Saki knew, Saki explains that her sister did the same thing. Mirai decides to wish for a museum for all her teddy bears. Kazumi suggests calling it "Angelica Bears" which is a pun on Mirai's name and the Ashitaba plant (Mirai's name means "Future Young Leaf", Ashitaba means "Tomorrow's Leaf" and is in the Angelica genus).
{{Spoiler|Back in the present, Saki's strength gives out and she becomes a witch. Mirai makes no attempt to fight back, and is decapitated by it.}}


Satomi then wishes to talk to animals. Nico whispers her wish to Jubey, embarrassed to say it aloud. Saki wishes for her sister's flower to bloom forever. Umika wishes for an editor to recognize and handle her works preciously. Kaoru wants to help the people that were hurt in the match where she had her injury. Kazumi asks her about her injuries, but Kaoru says she'll just return to the field with her current legs. The contracts are completed, and Kazumi names their team the Pleiades Saints. The scene cuts to the girls fighting a witch. Kaoru destroys it with her spiked shoes. Jubey asks about her strengthened magical girl body. Kaoru is very happy about it. Kazumi calls Kaoru's attack Capitano Potenza ("Captain Power"), and reveals she wants everyone to call their attacks, even recording them in a book. Kazumi reveals that she's following the lead of Mami Tomoe and says she won't cook for the girls if they don't do it. Saki then notices Kazumi's earrings are missing. Kazumi guesses she lost them in the battle, but admits it's okay because her grandmother won't disappear from her heart. Later on Kazumi receives a new pair of the earrings. Kaoru explains that Saki asked her dad to get them while he was on a business trip. Kazumi thanks Saki, while Mirai has a sad or angry expression on her face.
{{Spoiler|Right before she dies, Mirai also casts her ''La Bestia'' spell, sending several teddy bears to retrieve Soul Gems from the Freezer and use the witches that hatch from them to defend Saki's witch.}}
 
Later, Kaoru and the other Pleiades (except Kazumi) wonder why Kazumi is late, having been told Kazumi was bringing a new friend. Jubey appears, saying a witch's barrier is nearby. They run to Asunaro Dome, where they see Yuuri Asuka transform into a witch. After the battle the girls are stunned. Satomi asks if magical girls turn into witches. Jubey explains how witches are created, and says his job is to gather the energy form the conversion of hope to despair. Kaoru grabs Jubey while he explains that immature witches should be called magical girls. Suddenly, Umika grabs Jubey and slams her head against him. A laser fires from her eye into his. Jubey falls down and asks why Umika is looking scary. Umika explains to Kaoru that she rewrote Jubey's memories, preventing him from making contracts. The story then returns to the present. Kazumi says she remembers hunting magical girls after Yuuri, but then suddenly falls over. The symbol for the Evil Nuts appears in her eyes. Umika leads Kazumi out as Kaoru says they should rest for the day.


==Powers, Weapons & Abilities==
==Powers, Weapons & Abilities==
She wields a staff with an elaborate heart-shaped design on the end with which she can fire magic. During chapter 9, {{Spoiler|Mirai, enraged, reveals a number of abilities. She is able to transform her staff into a gigantic sword, and she can summon a platoon of teddy bears with an attack called ''La Bestia'' (''The Beasts''). The bears can also fuse into a single massive bear with ''La Bestia Rifare'' (''Remake the Beast''). As demonstrated by Kazumi, it can be used to control existing animals and familiars, as well.}}
Mirai wields a staff with an elaborate heart-shaped design on the end, with which she can fire magic. This staff can be transformed into a gigantic sword, and she can summon a platoon of teddy bears with an attack called ''La Bestia'' (''The Beasts''). The bears can also fuse into a single massive bear with ''La Bestia Rifare'' (''Remake the Beast''). It can be used to control existing animals and familiars as well, {{Spoiler|as demonstrated by Kazumi}}.


{{Spoiler|''La Bestia'' can remain even after her death, as demonstrated in chapter 19.}}
{{Spoiler|The effects of ''La Bestia'' can remain even after her death, as demonstrated in chapter 19.}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
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* Her last name can also be used as a first name.
* Her last name can also be used as a first name.
* Her first name is written in hiragana which has no particular meaning. However, when written in kanji, it can mean "future" (未来).
* Her first name is written in hiragana which has no particular meaning. However, when written in kanji, it can mean "future" (未来).
* Mirai has heart decorations on her headband, collar, shoes, and on the back of her dress when transformed, matching her staff. {{Spoiler|Her bears also have heart decorations on their ears, and the largest bear has them on its ears, tail and collar, as well. This symbol can also been seen on the collar of her school uniform.}} Her costume originally featured a witch's hat, but it no longer appears for unknown reasons.
* Mirai has heart decorations on her headband, collar, shoes, and on the back of her dress when transformed, matching her staff. Her bears also have heart decorations on their ears, and the largest bear has them on its ears, tail and collar, as well. This symbol can also been seen on the collar of her school uniform. Her costume originally featured a witch's hat, but it no longer appears for unknown reasons.
* Mirai apparently owns a teddy-bear museum called ''[[Angelica Bears]]'', first seen in chapter 9. {{Spoiler|The Pleiades Saints' 'Freezer' facility is concealed below the building.}}
* Her outfit while transformed somewhat resembles pajamas.
** The museum was {{Spoiler|created as a result of Mirai's wish, and was}} named by Kazumi.
* Mirai owns a teddy-bear museum called ''[[Angelica Bears]]'', first seen in chapter 9. The Pleiades Saints' 'Freezer' facility is concealed below the building.
* Mirai {{Spoiler|appears to be very attached to Saki. When she is injured by a witch in chapter 9, Mirai screams "''YOU HURT MY SAKI''", flies into a rage and kills the witch in one shot.}}
** The museum was {{Spoiler|created as a result of Mirai's wish, and was}} also named by Kazumi.
** In Chapter 12, {{Spoiler|Mirai can be seen glowering while Saki gives Kazumi replacement earrings as a gift.}}
* In Chapter 12, Mirai can be seen glowering while Saki gives Kazumi replacement earrings as a gift.
* A single panel in Chapter 12 shows Mirai unexpectedly wearing a witch hat while transformed. This hat matches one of the Pleiades' silhouettes from Chapter 1, though Mirai has never been seen wearing it at any other time.
* A single panel in Chapter 12 shows Mirai unexpectedly wearing a witch hat while transformed. This hat matches one of the Pleiades' silhouettes from Chapter 1, though Mirai has never been seen wearing it at any other time.
* The panels of the manga show that Mirai's magical girl costume has polka dots on it. However, in all of the official colored images of Mirai, her costume is solid pink with no traces of polka dots.
* The panels of the manga show that Mirai's magical girl costume has polka dots on it. However, in all of the official colored images of Mirai, her costume is solid pink with no traces of polka dots.
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==Speculation==
==Speculation==
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File:Kazumi_vol3_melonbooks_bonus.jpg|Mirai and Saki on a paper file included with Kazumi Magica volume 3.
File:Kazumi_vol3_melonbooks_bonus.jpg|Mirai and Saki on a paper file included with Kazumi Magica volume 3.
File:Vol3_ZETSUBOU.jpg|One of Mirai's teddy bears, along with several of the other Pleiades' belongings.
File:Vol3_ZETSUBOU.jpg|One of Mirai's teddy bears, along with several of the other Pleiades' belongings.
File:Kazumi Magica 18 Spoiler mogu mogu.jpg| WARNING: {{Spoiler|[[Mami Tomoe|I've seen that before...]]}}
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Revision as of 05:07, 27 September 2012

Mirai Wakaba
File:MiraiProfile.png
Japanese Name 若葉 みらい (Wakaba Mirai)
Weapon A heart-shaped wand that becomes a sword, as well as teddy bears


"Don't just randomly turn Umika and Kaoru into constellations!" - Mirai Wakaba, Chapter 3.

Mirai Wakaba (若葉 みらい) is a character in Puella Magi Kazumi Magica: The Innocent Malice.

She is a member of the Pleiades Saints and a magical girl. Her wish was to build a museum to house the hundreds of teddy bears she made.

Personality

An impulsive girl often depicted frowning. She is hotheaded and is not afraid to express her thoughts as loud as possible. Occasionally, she vents out her frustration on Kazumi by smacking her on the head (especially when Kazumi begins doubting herself). She also thinks of herself highly, sometimes even calling herself "Mirai-sama". Deep down, she is a caring girl.

Mirai can become enraged, but she also calms down quickly. She seems undisturbed by own rash actions during these times, until she notices others' reactions.

She also greatly admires Saki, to the point where it sometimes interferes with the Pleiades' witch-hunting efforts. Harm befalling Saki is one of the few things that can consistently anger Mirai.

History

This section may contain major spoilers for the Kazumi Magica manga!

Please refrain from reading if you haven't read the latest chapter yet.

Mirai first appears in Chapter 3, alongside Saki, Satomi and Nico, after Umika and Kaoru are abducted by a witch. They introduce themselves to Kazumi and work to track down the witch. Mirai, along with the others, rescues Umika and Kaoru just as they're about to give up hope, and the witch is defeated.

As they celebrate their victory, they are attacked by Yuuri and Kazumi is kidnapped. Having received an ultimatum from Yuuri, the Pleiades head to Asunaro Dome at midnight, and watch helplessly as Yuuri implants Kazumi with an Evil Nut. However, Kazumi is able to free herself, and engages Yuuri. Unfortunately for all involved, Yuuri runs out of magic during the fight and becomes a witch. Along with the other Pleaides, Mirai is trapped on a cross in the witch's barrier, and is enveloped in thorny vines.

The magical girls are then shown a vision of the witch's past as Airi. After that, Kazumi falls under the influence of the Evil Nut and breaks free. However, Kazumi is unwilling to fight the witch and even attempts to change her back. The Pleiades then break free and attack the witch; Mirai, crying, explains to Kazumi that they have no choice but to kill her now. The witch is defeated, and the Pleiades let Kazumi be for the rest of the night.

Not long after, Mirai is seen with Kaoru, Satomi, and Saki (and possibly Umika and Nico as well), confronting a magical girl named Sumire Akane in a dark alley. They remove her Soul Gem.

Along with most of the other Saints, Mirai next appears to rescue Kazumi and Nico from Ayase and Luca Souju at an amusement park. The Pleiades incapacitate the Soujus and remove their Soul Gems, but Nico's Gem abruptly breaks open and she becomes a witch. Saki tackles Mirai and pushes out of harm's way, but suffers a glancing injury in the process. At this, Mirai screams and attacks the witch with all her might, killing it in one blow.

Though Nico seems to be dead, a duplicate of her appears, which Jubey identifies as a "spare" created by her contract. Satisfied that Nico is still alive, the Pleiades take Kazumi to Mirai's teddy bear museum, "Angelica Bears". Mirai comments that Kazumi was the one who named the building. Within Angelica Bears, the Pleiades show Kazumi a room known as the "Freezer", where they have been keeping corrupted Soul Gems in stasis. Umika explains things to Kazumi, and then restores her memories with magic.

In her memory, Kazumi sees Umika, Kaoru, Satomi, Mirai, Nico, and Saki, standing on a catwalk with a witch's kiss on their necks. The story flashes back to each girl's "despair" in turn. Mirai's despair is that she had no friends and was bullied in school, and only found companionship in her hundreds of handmade teddy bears.

The girls standing on the catwalk all jump off together at the witch's command. They are suddenly rescued by Kazumi, who snags them in midair with ribbons and greets them cheerily. She then opens up the witch's barrier and orders the six of them to fight off the familiars. During the battle, Mirai shields Saki from the familiars. Kazumi saves them from the witch at the last second, and later takes them all back to her house.

The seven new friends eat together at Kazumi's house. Kazumi then tells the Pleiades how she became a magical girl. After listening to her story, Jubey mentions that the Pleiades can become magical girls as well, to which they all agree. Kazumi cheers over having new friends. Jubey tells the girls to give him their wishes, but Mirai says that hers has already been granted, as she has six new friends already. At Saki's suggestion, she uses her wish to construct a museum to house the teddy bears that she had made up until then.

Mirai before making her wish.

Their contracts completed, Kazumi dubs the team the Pleiades Saints, and they happily fight witches together for some time. One day, Kazumi loses her grandmother's earrings while fighting a witch. Saki later gives her a pair of duplicate earrings, as Mirai can be seen glowering in the background.

As the story returns to the present, Kazumi faints, and the Pleiades return to Umika's house. Satomi, becoming increasingly worried about the prospect of Kazumi "failing", takes control of Saki via magic and kidnaps Kazumi. Satomi explains to Kazumi that she is a clone of Michiru Kazusa and that her memories from Umika are fake. Mirai crouches nearby, listening intently as Satomi says that Saki couldn't bring herself to kill the other clones because she loved Michiru so much. Satomi becomes a witch and is killed by Kazumi. As Mirai is tending to Saki, the other Pleiades run up. Kazumi is horrified at what has happened, and despite Saki's attempts to calm her, she flees.

The Pleiades return to the house, unable to locate Kazumi. Mirai insists to Saki that her failure to dispose of the clones wasn't her fault, and backs her up when she announces her intention to revive Michiru at all costs. Later, as they walk home, Mirai says to Saki that while she understands how she must have felt about Kazumi, she's more monster than human.

Some time later, the Pleiades receive a signal from Kazumi, who demands that they confront her at the Freezer lest she unseal all the Soul Gems there. There, Kazumi speaks with them, ordering them to kill her and try their hardest to revive Michiru. She then transforms into a monster and engulfs the room in a barrier. Midway through the battle, Kaoru holds Saki back, having realized that Kazumi is simply creating an illusion so that they'd have no choice but to kill her. As the others stand before Kazumi in shock, Mirai charges up and cleaves her in two. Kazumi's corpse turns into a balloon-like doll of Nico, as does the Nico that she incapacitated beforehand.

The real Nico steps into view, with the real Kazumi safely in tow. Before the Pleiades can overcome their shock, she shoves an Evil Nut into Saki and causes her to become a witch. Mirai runs up and hugs Saki, despite the huge surge of electricity produced by her attempt to resist the Evil Nut's effects. She begs Jubey to purify Saki's Gem, but he shouts back that it's already too late.

The story briefly flashes back to a scene of Mirai and Saki at the beach. Mirai mentions to Saki that nobody liked her because she spoke in a tomboyish way (using "boku" as a first-person pronoun). Saki replies that she actually used to speak like that herself, and that Mirai reminds her of herself as a child.

Back in the present, Saki's strength gives out and she becomes a witch. Mirai makes no attempt to fight back, and is decapitated by it.

Right before she dies, Mirai also casts her La Bestia spell, sending several teddy bears to retrieve Soul Gems from the Freezer and use the witches that hatch from them to defend Saki's witch.

Powers, Weapons & Abilities

Mirai wields a staff with an elaborate heart-shaped design on the end, with which she can fire magic. This staff can be transformed into a gigantic sword, and she can summon a platoon of teddy bears with an attack called La Bestia (The Beasts). The bears can also fuse into a single massive bear with La Bestia Rifare (Remake the Beast). It can be used to control existing animals and familiars as well, as demonstrated by Kazumi.

The effects of La Bestia can remain even after her death, as demonstrated in chapter 19.

Trivia

  • Her last name means "new leaf".
  • Her last name can also be used as a first name.
  • Her first name is written in hiragana which has no particular meaning. However, when written in kanji, it can mean "future" (未来).
  • Mirai has heart decorations on her headband, collar, shoes, and on the back of her dress when transformed, matching her staff. Her bears also have heart decorations on their ears, and the largest bear has them on its ears, tail and collar, as well. This symbol can also been seen on the collar of her school uniform. Her costume originally featured a witch's hat, but it no longer appears for unknown reasons.
  • Her outfit while transformed somewhat resembles pajamas.
  • Mirai owns a teddy-bear museum called Angelica Bears, first seen in chapter 9. The Pleiades Saints' 'Freezer' facility is concealed below the building.
    • The museum was created as a result of Mirai's wish, and was also named by Kazumi.
  • In Chapter 12, Mirai can be seen glowering while Saki gives Kazumi replacement earrings as a gift.
  • A single panel in Chapter 12 shows Mirai unexpectedly wearing a witch hat while transformed. This hat matches one of the Pleiades' silhouettes from Chapter 1, though Mirai has never been seen wearing it at any other time.
  • The panels of the manga show that Mirai's magical girl costume has polka dots on it. However, in all of the official colored images of Mirai, her costume is solid pink with no traces of polka dots.

Speculation

Current Speculation

  • It is speculated that Mirai may have a deep-seated jealousy of Kazumi, due to her closeness to Saki. It is possible she may have acted upon it in the past, or may in the future.
    • In chapter 20, it was shown that though she was somewhat jealous, she was determined to win Saki over with her own charm, and planned to make Kazumi into her "apprentice".

Past Speculation

  • Some speculated that Mirai wish was similar to Kirika's wish in Oriko Magica, and that she wished to change her personality.
    • She may also have wished for friends.

Gallery

  • Mirai losing her temper with Kazumi.

    Mirai losing her temper with Kazumi.

  • A closer look at Mirai's staff.

    A closer look at Mirai's staff.

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  • Mirai in color with Satomi and Kazumi.

    Mirai in color with Satomi and Kazumi.

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    La Bestia

  • La Bestia Rifare

    La Bestia Rifare

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  • Mirai, as she looked in the past, wearing a much longer skirt, glasses and with a different hairstyle. Note the similar appearance to Homura in episode 10.

    Mirai, as she looked in the past, wearing a much longer skirt, glasses and with a different hairstyle. Note the similar appearance to Homura in episode 10.

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  • For the first time in her life, Mirai has friends.

    For the first time in her life, Mirai has friends.

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    Mirai in color.

  • Mirai and Saki on a paper file included with Kazumi Magica volume 3.

    Mirai and Saki on a paper file included with Kazumi Magica volume 3.

  • One of Mirai's teddy bears, along with several of the other Pleiades' belongings.

    One of Mirai's teddy bears, along with several of the other Pleiades' belongings.

Fanart

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