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{{nihongo|'''Puella Magi Oriko Magica'''|魔法少女おりこ☆マギカ|Mahō Shōjo Oriko Magika}} is the second spin-off [[manga]] in the ''Puella Magi'' franchise. The story was written by Magica Quartet and illustrated by [[Mura Kuroe|Chloe Mura]], with the two collected volumes published by ''[[wikipedia:Houbunsha|Houbunsha]]''.
 
Although the first volume was initially intended to be released on April 12, 2011, the [[Wikipedia: 2011_Tōhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami| 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami]], as well as the subsequent postponement of the last two episodes of the anime caused ''Oriko Magica'' to be postponed to May 12, 2011. The second volume was released on June 13, 2011. ''Oriko Magica'' was then licensed in America by Yen Press, with the two volumes released in English on [http://www.yenpress.com/puella-magi-oriko-magica/ July 2013 and October 2013].
 
Continuations of the ''Oriko Magica'' series are being published in ''[[Manga Time Kirara Magica]]'', all illustrated by Kuroe Mura and with collected volumes published by Houbunsha.
 
* The first was titled '''''Puella Magi Oriko Magica: Noisy Citrine''''', which focuses on Kirika and the reason why she became the person she is now.
* The second was titled '''''Puella Magi Oriko Magica: Symmetry Diamond''''', which focuses on an alternate timeline where Oriko never crosses paths with the cast of ''Madoka Magica''.
* These two stories were republished together in '''''Puella Magi Oriko Magica: Extra Story''''', which was released in Japan on September 12, 2013 and will be released English in March, 2015. The collected edition contains a new short story titled '''''The Last Agate'''''.
* A third continuation, titled '''''New Contract: Puella Magi Oriko Magica: Sadness Prayer''''', began in ''Kirara Magica'''s November 2013 issue. A collected volume will be released in Japan on Feburary 12th, 2015.
 
==Plot==
;''Oriko Magica''
:''Oriko Magica'' is a seven-chapter story taking place in one of the alternate timelines, during the same time period (calendar-wise) as ''[[Madoka Magica]]''. It is one of the many timelines that occurs between timelines four and five of the anime.
 
:Upon her birth as a magical girl, [[Oriko Mikuni]] sees a terrifying vision of the future of [[Mitakihara Town|Mitakihara City]], where the ultra-powerful witch [[Kriemhild Gretchen]] threatens to destroy the world. Horrified, Oriko vows to stop it and protect her world at any cost. She teams up with another magical girl, [[Kirika Kure]], to do so; and upon seeing another vision of a young girl named [[Yuma Chitose]], directs Kyubey towards contracting with her as a distraction. Meanwhile, [[Kyoko Sakura]] encounters Yuma after killing the witch that murdered her family, and reluctantly takes Yuma under her wing; and [[Mami Tomoe]] investigates a mysterious case of magical girl killings that been recently occurring.
 
;''Extra Story''
:''Noisy Citrine'' is a two-chapter prequel explaining Kirika's backstory prior to joining Oriko, involving a new character called [[Erika Mamiya]], who also has a small cameo in ''The Last Agate''.
 
:''Symmetry Diamond'' is a three-chapter story dealing with an alternate timeline of ''Oriko Magica''. Here, instead of seeing [[Kriemhild Gretchen]] after becoming a magical girl, Oriko sees [[Walpurgis Night|Walpurgisnacht]], and teams up with Kirika to fight it. Oriko does not predict Yuma at all, and later meets the girl in a park instead. The story expands a little on Yuma's home life, introduces her mother [[Masako Chitose]] as a proper character, and later introduces a new magical girl named [[Sasa Yuuki]].
 
:''The Last Agate'' is a twelve-page short that takes place a little while after the events of ''Symmetry Diamond'', where Oriko and Kirika prepare to fight Walpurgisnacht.
 
:Supposedly, the timeline depicted in ''Symmetry Diamond'' and ''Sadness Prayer'' is the usual timeline that takes place for Oriko's cast, with the timeline depicted in ''Oriko Magica'' being the irregular one.
 
;''Sadness Prayer''
:''Sadness Prayer'' is set before the events of ''Oriko Magica'', but after the prologue where Oriko sees Kriemhild Gretchen and Yuma. ''Sadness Prayer'' introduces several new characters, namely a new magical girl named Komaki, who previously had a cameo in ''Symmetry Diamond'' along with two of her friends; the story also explains how Oriko and Kirika teamed up and explores the duo's characters as well as Oriko's family further than previous installments, where the subjects were only touched upon; and involves the reappearance of Sasa Yuuki in later chapters.
 
==Characters==
:''See also:'' [[Oriko Magica Characters]]
 
'''Introduced in ''Oriko Magica'''''
* {{nihongo|[[Oriko Mikuni]]|美国 織莉子|Mikuni Oriko}}
* {{nihongo|[[Kirika Kure]]|呉 キリカ|Kure Kirika}}
* {{nihongo|[[Yuma Chitose]]|千歳 ゆま|Chitose Yuma}}
* {{nihongo|[[Hisaomi Mikuni]]|美国 久臣|Mikuni Hisaomi}}
 
'''Introduced in ''Extra Story'''''
* {{nihongo|[[Erika Mamiya]]|間宮 えりか|Mami Erika}}
* {{nihongo|[[Masako Chitose]]|千歳 眞子|Chitose Masako}}
* {{nihongo|[[Sasa Yuuki]]|優木 沙々|Yūki Sasa}}
 
'''Introduced in ''Sadness Prayer'''''
 
<span style="color:#ff0000">'''Important note regarding Sadness Prayer's characters:'''</span> The kanji of a few of these characters' names have various readings, and none have any furigana given, so several of the translations given may be incorrect. Any inaccuracies will be corrected when any official translations have come out. Until then, please only use the names on this list as a guide and do not treat them as final.
* "浅古" could be read as either "Asago" or "Asako".
* "行方" has [http://jisho.org/words?jap=%E8%A1%8C%E6%96%B9&eng=&dict=enamdic several different readings], such as "Yukue", "Namekata", or "Ikukata".
* "公秀" also has [http://jisho.org/words?jap=%E5%85%AC%E7%A7%80&eng=&dict=enamdic several different readings], such as "Tomohide", "Kimihide", and "Kinhide". "Tomohide" in particular is nearly identical to the name of Madoka's father, [[Tomohisa Kaname|Tomohisa]].
 
'''Note:''' As all chapters of ''Sadness Prayer'' are currently only available in Japanese, most of the info here comes from rough translation and interpretation of events. Thus, some of the information may be incorrect, so please do not treat anything as hard truth.
 
;{{nihongo|Komaki Asago|浅古 小巻|Asago Komaki}}
:A magical girl that attends the same school as Oriko. She is generally loud, upfront, and aggressive, but can also be at times calm and genial, mostly around her friends. She made a wish to protect her friends Akira and Miyuki during a fire at school, thus granting her shielding and barrier powers. Her weapon is an axe.
 
:During ''Sadness Prayer'', Komaki slowly becomes friends with Oriko. Komaki regularly sneaks out of home at night to hunt witches; this did not go unnoticed by her younger sister, Koito, who expressed her concerns to one of Komaki's friends, Akira. During a witch hunt, Komaki got into a fight with Kirika over a grief seed, with Kirika unaware that she was Oriko's friend. Akira, who had followed Komaki to find out what she was up to, ran out in the midst of the fight and got hit by one of Kirika's attacks meant for Komaki; this caused Komaki to fly into a rage. Kirika, already shocked by Akira's death and frightened by Komaki's rage, lashed out in a desperate attack and stabbed Komaki through the head, killing her. After learning she had killed Oriko's school friend, Kirika became fearful of her reaction, but recovered quickly after Oriko forgave her.
 
:Komaki previously made a small cameo in ''Symmetry Diamond'', where Oriko warned her not to keep going out at night, lest she run into trouble. Presumably Komaki and Kirika never fought or crossed paths in this timeline. Komaki and Oriko never seem to become friends in this timeline, however.
 
;{{nihongo|Koito Asago|浅古 小糸|Asago Koito}}
:Komaki's younger sister, who is more calmer and friendly than her older sister.
 
:She begins suspecting Komaki of having a nightlife after witnessing her sneaking out at night, and relays her suspicions to Akira, who begins investigating into Komaki's supposed nightlife. It is currently unknown how Koito has taken Komaki's and Akira's deaths.
 
;{{nihongo|Akira Yukue|行方 晶|Yukue Akira}}
:One of Komaki's friends, who attends the same school as Oriko and Komaki. She and Komaki's other friend, Miyuki, often have to interrupt Komaki's fighting with other students. She is also friends with Koito, and nicknames her {{nihongo|"Koitotchi"|小糸っち|Koitocchi}}.
 
:During the story, Akira begins investigating Komaki's supposed nightlife after being informed by Koito. Her parents are overseas at the time, giving her free reign to investigate Komaki. She tracks Komaki with her phone and finds her fighting with Kirika one night. After accidentally calling Koito instead of the police, Akira ditches the phone and runs out to Komaki after one of Kirika's attacks wounds her. Akira, however, gets in the way of another of Kirika's attacks and is cut in half, with her top half landing in Komaki's arms. Her death causes Komaki to fly into a rage.
 
:Akira has a small cameo alongside Komaki and Miyuki in ''Symmetry Diamond''.
 
;{{nihongo|Miyuki Nagatsuki|長月 美幸|Nagatsuki Miyuki}}
:Another of Komaki's friends, who attends school with Oriko, Komaki and Akira. Not much has been seen of Miyuki, but she appears to be a kind and friendly person who occasionally lectures Komaki on her behavior. She was not informed by Akira or Koito about Komaki's nightlife, and appears to have taken Komaki's death badly. She ended up delivering a print-out informing of Komaki's and Akira's deaths to Kirika, which was how Oriko and Kirika found out of their deaths.
 
:Miyuki has a small cameo alongside Akira and Komaki in ''Symmetry Diamond''.
 
;{{nihongo|Tomohide Mikuni|美国 公秀|Mikuni Tomohide}}
:Oriko's uncle. The two seem to have a strained relationship. During his appearance in ''Sadness Prayer'', he is under the influence of a witch's kiss.
 
;{{nihongo|Yurako Mikuni|美国 由良子|Mikuni Yurako}}
:Oriko's mother, who she had a good relationship with. It is currently unknown what has become of her in later installments, though a line in ''Oriko Magica'' ("''And I'll bet mommy is looking down from heaven and is so proud!''") suggested that she, too, died at some point.
 
;{{nihongo|Rina|リナ|Rina}}
:A new magical girl who appears in ''Sadness Prayer'' post-Komaki's death. She seems to be associated with [[Sasa Yuuki|Sasa]] in some way.
 
;{{nihongo|Mio|美緒|Mio}}
:A new magical girl who appears in ''Sadness Prayer'' post-Komaki's death. She also seems to be associated with Sasa in some way. She is killed by Kirika in a surprise attack.
 
<gallery>
File:Komaki3.png|Komaki Asago in ''Symmetry Diamond''
File:Komaki2.jpg|Komaki Asago in ''Sadness Prayer''
File:Koito.png|Koito Asago
File:Akira.png|Akira Yukue
File:Miyuki2.png|Miyuki Nagatsuki
File:Rinafacecloseup.jpg|Rina
File:Mioprayer.png|Mio
File:Othermg.jpg|Unnamed magical girls
</gallery>
 
'''Reappearing characters'''
* [[Kyubey]]
* [[Madoka Kaname]] (''Oriko Magica''; indirectly in ''Sadness Prayer'')
* [[Kyoko Sakura]] (''Oriko Magica'' only)
* [[Mami Tomoe]] (''Oriko Magica'' only)
* [[Nagisa Momoe]] as [[Charlotte]] (''Oriko Magica'' only)
* [[Homura Akemi]] (''Oriko Magica'' only)
* [[Sayaka Miki]] (''Oriko Magica'' only)
* [[Hitomi Shizuki]] (''Oriko Magica'' only)
* [[Kazuko Saotome]] (''Oriko Magica'' only)
 
==Chapters==
'''''Oriko Magica'''''
 
* [[Oriko Magica Chapter 1: Don't even think about becoming a Magical Girl|Chapter 1: Don't Even Think About Becoming a Magical Girl]]'''
* [[Oriko Magica Chapter 2: I'm Not Crying At All|Chapter 2: I'm Not Even Close to Crying]]
* [[Oriko Magica Chapter 3: Love is Infinitely Finite|Chapter 3: Love is an Infinity of Limitations]]
* [[Oriko Magica Chapter 4: I'll Never Forgive You|Chapter 4: I Do Not Forgive You]]
* [[Oriko Magica Chapter 5: That's What I'm Here For|Chapter 5: That Is Why I Am Here]]
* [[Oriko Magica Chapter 6: Someday isn't Today|Chapter 6: Someday Is Not Now]]
* [[Oriko Magica Chapter 7: To Protect My World|Chapter 7: To Protect My World]]
 
'''''Noisy Citrine'''''
 
* [[Oriko Magica Noisy Citrine: Chapter 1|Chapter 1]]
* [[Oriko Magica Noisy Citrine: Chapter 2|Chapter 2]]
 
'''''Symmetry Diamond'''''
 
* [[Oriko Magica Symmetry Diamond: Chapter 1|Chapter 1]]
* [[Oriko Magica Symmetry Diamond: Chapter 2|Chapter 2]]
* [[Oriko Magica Symmetry Diamond: Chapter 3|Chapter 3]]
 
'''''The Last Agate'''''
 
* [[Oriko Magica The Last Agate: Chapter 1|Chapter 1]]
 
'''''Sadness Prayer'''''
 
* [[Oriko Magica Sadness Prayer: Chapter 1|Chapter 1]]
* [[Oriko Magica Sadness Prayer: Chapter 2|Chapter 2]]
* [[Oriko Magica Sadness Prayer: Chapter 2|Chapter 3]]
* [[Oriko Magica Sadness Prayer: Chapter 2|Chapter 4]]
* [[Oriko Magica Sadness Prayer: Chapter 2|Chapter 5]]
* [[Oriko Magica Sadness Prayer: Chapter 2|Chapter 6]]
* [[Oriko Magica Sadness Prayer: Chapter 2|Chapter 7]]
* [[Oriko Magica Sadness Prayer: Chapter 2|Chapter 8]]
 
==Synopsis==
;''Oriko Magica'' volume 1
:Oriko, a magical girl with the gift of foresight, knows the fate that awaits all who accept Kyubey’s offer of supernatural powers. But when she is struck with a terrible vision of the future—of the devastation caused by a single, powerful witch—she decides to prevent the girl from becoming a magical girl in the first place. To draw Kyubey away from the girl’s potential, Oriko directs him instead to Yuma, an orphan who is all too eager to gain powers that will enable her to protect herself—powers that will ultimately lead to her own destruction...
 
;''Oriko Magica'' volume 2
:Oriko is determined to use any means available to her in order to prevent the destruction she has glimpsed in the future. Her companion, Kirika, has been useful in creating a distraction by murdering other Magical Girls, but Oriko recognizes that the time for diversionary tactics has passed—she must target the source directly and eliminate the threat. Little does she realize that her quarry has a protector who is as passionate about keeping the girl alive as Oriko is about seeing her dead. What future ultimately awaits in the eye-opening conclusion of Oriko Magica?!
 
;''Extra Story''
:Oriko's ability to see into the future led her to commit bloody acts in her efforts to forestall an even greater tragedy later on. But what if Oriko had met Yuma Chitose before she predicted the end of the world? Would she still have chosen to manipulate the young girl if Yuma had been no stranger, but a dear friend? Puella Magi Oriko Magica: Extra Story explores the might-have-been, and further explores Kirika's devotion to her beloved Oriko.
 
==Gallery==
===Front covers===
<gallery position="center" captionalign="left">
File:Oriko Art.jpg|Volume 1
File:Oriko 2 cover small.jpg|Volume 2
File:Oriko Another Story cover.jpg|Extra Story
</gallery>
 
===Official art===
<gallery position="center" captionalign="left">
File:Yuma_and_kyouko_official_art.jpeg|Official art of Kyoko and Yuma from Oriko vol. 1.
File:Close-up.jpg|Free illustration that comes with purchases of Oriko vol. 1.
File:Oriko Mami Illustrations 2.jpg|Another illustration that comes with Oriko purchased from certain vendors.
File:Oriko Mami Illustrations 1.jpg|This illustration as well.
File:Orikovol2index.png|Official art of Oriko and Kirika in their school uniforms from volume 2.
File:Oriko SD Color Page 2.jpg|Chapter cover illustration from chapter 3 of Symmetry Diamond, featuring Oriko and Yuma.
File:Komaki.jpg|Komaki in her magical girl form, from one of the colour pages of chapter 2 of ''Sadness Prayer''.
File:Ch8colour.jpg|One of the colour pages for chapter 8 of ''Sadness Prayer'', featuring Sasa and Rina.
</gallery>
 
===Fanart===
{{fanart}}
<gallery position="center" captionalign="left">
File:Mami, Kyoko and Yuma pose.png|Fan art of the volume 1 cover girls striking a pose.
File:Black mage Kirika Kure art.jpg|Fan art of Kirika Kure.
File:Mami yuma kyouko fanart.jpg
File:ChitoseandKyouko.jpg|Fan art of Kyoko and Yuma.
File:Kyouko and Yuma together.jpg|Fan art of Kyoko and Yuma, happy together.
File:Yuma, sayaka, kyouko fanart.jpg|Fan art of Yuma and Sayaka fighting over Kyoko.
File:Yuma, sayaka, kyouko fanart with text.jpg|continuation of fight.
File:Yuma_and_kyouko_headpat.jpg|Fan art of Kyoko showing Yuma some sisterly affection.
File:KyokoVSOriko.jpeg|Fan art of Kyoko and Oriko battling.
File:Oriko disfuntional family.png|Manga sample: The Despair is strong on this one.
File:Oriko fancy hotel bath house.png|Manga sample: Yuma, hasn't anyone taught you not to go to fancy hotels with strangers?
File:Madoka Reads Oriko V1.JPG|Madoka's expression probably resembles other readers of the lighter moments of volume 1.
File:Madoka Reads Oriko V2.JPG|Madoka's expression probably resembles other readers of the darker moments of volume 2. [http://danbooru.donmai.us/wiki/show?nordirect=1&title=gomadoka Sealdoka/Gomadoka] [http://dic.pixiv.net/a/ごまどか (ごまどか)] on the right, is a popular artist rendering of Madoka animalization.
<gallery position="center" captionalign="left">
</gallery>
 
==External links==
*[http://www.dokidokivisual.com/madokamagica/oriko/ Official website for ''Puella Magi Oriko Magica''] (Japanese)
*[http://www.madoka-magica.com/books/02.html Covers for ''Puella Magi Oriko Magica'' on official website.] (Japanese)
*[http://www.yenpress.com/puella-magi-oriko-magica/ Official website ''Puella Magi Oriko Magica'' from Yen Press] (English)
*[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Manga/PuellaMagiOrikoMagica ''Puella Magi Oriko Magica'' at TV Tropes] (English)
*[http://www.dokidokivisual.com/comics/book/index.php?cid=494 The first eight pages are available for official preview here].  Click on the orange button. (Japanese)
 
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