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The Mirror Witch (MIRRORS) is a witch whose barrier is a stage in the mobile game Magia Record. Her barrier and the copies her Familiars create are the stage for the PvP feature of the mobile game.

According to the Mirrors Story that plays as players delve deeper into the barrier and the event The Flowers’ Lament, the Mirror Witch was once a Magical Girl from Daito Ward named Mikoto Sena. Mikoto was friends with Hanna Sarasa and had the ability of suggestions, essentially hypnotizing others, including Witches and their Familiars, to do her bidding (although this ability had its own limitations). She later became a Witch and Hanna used the hypnosis ability she had copied from Mikoto to influence the Mirror Witch into staying in Kamihama and wreaking havoc on as many people as possible.

A year before the main events of Magia Record, this Witch was responsible for a string of attacks against Magical Girls through its disguised Familiars. Through its fascination with mirrors, the Witch was lured from wandering around Kamihama City to an abandoned house on the city's east side, where it now permanently resides. Mitama Yakumo was chosen as an overseer of the house and the labyrinth within, charged with the duty of keeping the public away and giving explanations and warnings to Magical Girls who wish to enter.

Its Familiars are capable of duplicating not only the physical appearance of a Magical Girl, but their abilities and memories as well. Some Familiars are copied so faithfully that even the copies are not always aware that they are not the original. The Witch, or its labyrinth, also has the ability to entrance Magical Girls who have entered its labyrinth, instilling within them a desire to continue venturing deeper into its endless expanse at the expense of their own safety. Such victims will act and speak strangely, and will exhibit this hypnosis even when outside of the labyrinth.

The Mirror Witch is capable of connecting its barrier with the barrier of its Familiars that have matured into more copies of their master Witch; effectively, a matured Familiar's barrier becomes an extension of a massive shared barrier spanning many different locations at the same time, and there can be multiple instances of the Mirror Witch within that barrier at once. This includes barriers of other Mirror Witches from other universes as seen in the Chocolatier in Mirror Country event. In Arc 2, the Promised Blood faction use this to their advantage: a copy of the Mirror Witch lives in Kamihama's abandoned prison, and Promised Blood can travel through its barrier into Kamihama without detection.

Witch

鏡の魔女　その性質は『隠遁』 その性質ゆえ、結界は幾重にも重なる階層から成る。 ひっそりと隠れていたいだけの臆病な魔女であるため、 人や魔法少女の殺害によって魔力を集めるようなことはせず、 結界内に入ってきた魔法少女たちの魔力を僅かに吸収することで、 自分の身を守る層を形成してゆく。 侵入者が増えれば増えるほど、結界の構造もまた、複雑に発展してゆく。

????? Runes MIRRORS Type Mirror Witch Nature Seclusion Episodes Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record The Mirror Witch is defined by her reclusiveness. As such, her Labyrinth is made up of many overlapping levels. She's a cowardly Witch whose only desire is to hide from the world, so she does not gather magic by killing people or Magical Girls; rather, she simply absorbs a little bit of magic from Magical Girls who enter her Labyrinth, which she then uses to form more layers in her Labyrinth to protect herself. The more intruders there are, the more complex her Labyrinth becomes.

Minions

鏡屋敷の防犯装罟だが、お屋敷は不審者不遜者大歓迎。危険物条約検疫ノー審査で通してくれるため、その機能は監視というよりもお客様の複製を作るための情報収集という形で生かされている。お客様を見つけるとキスのごあいさつでおもてなしする。

Kirico Keepers Runes KIRICO KEEPERS Type Mirror witch's minion I Duty Bellgirl Episodes Magia Record Minions of the witch of mirrors (I). Their role is to be Bellgirls. One of the house keepers at the Manor of Mirrors. Like its brethren, it loves to entertain guests. When it finds a guest, it rings a bell, and then gives them a big welcoming hug. Its body is made of canvas that can copy the vital information of the guest it embraces. This stolen information is used to make a copy of the guest.

鏡屋敷の防犯装置だが、お屋敷は不審者不遜指大歓迎。お客様に貴賎なし。より遠くにいるお客様の姿も精密に撮影するため望遠レンズを強化したらしい。そのおかげで遠くのお客様にもキスのごあいさつを投射できるようになった。

Kirico Keepers Runes KIRICO KEEPERS Type Mirror witch's minion II Duty Guard Episodes Magia Record Minions of the witch of mirrors (II). Their role is to guard. A security device in the Manor of Mirrors. In Mirrors, however, everyone is welcome, suspicious or not. It has had its telescopic lens enhanced so that it can film guests in the distance more clearly. Thanks to this enhancement, it can now project a greeting kiss to guests from afar.

鏡屋敷にいるハウスキーパー達のひとり。お客様をおもてなしするために白身の体の中でゼリー人間を製造できる他、クオリティの高いお客様の複製をつくることも可能。ただし、精巧な複製お客様を作るにはゼリー人間よりもかなり時間がかかってしまう。

Kirico Keepers Runes KIRICO KEEPERS Type Mirror witch's minion III Duty Copier Episodes Magia Record Minions of the witch of mirrors (III). Their role is to be copiers. One of the Manor of Mirrors' house keepers. It can create a jelly man inside its body to entertain guests. It can also make high-quality copies of guests, but that takes far more time than just crafting a jelly man.

結界の外でミラーズ・鏡屋敷への招待状を配って回る手下。魔法少女を見つけると殺傷能力のある招待状を投げつけてくるが、ご招待したい気持ちは本物。ただ、死んでいた方が運びやすくて便利くらいに思っている疑惑はある。

Kirico Keepers Runes KIRICO KEEPERS Type Mirror witch's minion IV Duty Solicitor Episodes Magia Record Minions of the witch of mirrors (IV). Their role is to solicit. A Familiar that waits outside the Manor of Mirrors handing out invitations. When it spots a Magical Girl, it throws a lethal invitation letter at her. That said, it genuinely wants to invite people to the Manor. Some suspect it just believes it is easier to carry the body than actually get a living Magical Girl to go inside.

In Magia Record

• The Mirror Witch plays a central part in the following events:
  • Breakpoint
  • Magia Record Story A New Beginning
  • Chocolatier in Mirror Country.
• An iteration of this Witch is also used by the Promised Blood faction to infiltrate Kamihama City without detection in Arc 2.

Trivia

• "Kirico" appears to be a modification of the Japanese word "kiriko" (切子), meaning "facet" or "face".
  • Satsuma kiriko is a Japanese craft of cut glass developed by the Satsuma clan during the Edo and Meiji periods of Japan.
• According to her witch's kiss it's theorized her name could be simply "Mirrors".
• The sign in her labyrinth reads "Welcome to Mirrors".
• The humanoid figure that appears in one of the Witch's labyrinth backgrounds is a scrapped Familiar. It's concept art shown at the Shaft Art Exhibit reveals that its purpose was to explain how Mirrors worked and that it could speak. This idea was eventually scrapped and the Familiar was replaced with Mitama Yakumo providing the information instead.

Gallery

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  Mirror witch's minion I

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  Mirror witch's minion II

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  Mirror witch's minion III

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  Mirror witch's minion IV

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  An unused Kirico Keeper

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  Concept art of Kirico Keeper I

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  Concept art of Kirico Keeper II

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  Concept art of Kirico Keeper IV

Barrier

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  The foyer of the abandoned house the Witch lives in.

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  Witch's Kiss

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  Part of the witch's barrier. Notice the Kyubey painting.

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  Part of the witch's barrier. The Runes read "Welcome to Mirrors".

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  Map of Mirrors used for Events

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  Mirror Barrier during New Year Events

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  Mirror Barrier during Chocolatier in Mirror Country Event

See Also

• Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record