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<blockquote>"''Which would be, an incident that would change her destiny...''" | <blockquote>"''Which would be, an incident that would change her destiny...''" | ||
<br>"''Which would be, the beginning of a whole another magical girl tale...''" | <br>"''Which would be, the beginning of a whole another magical girl tale...''" | ||
<br>― | <br>― Volume covers</blockquote> | ||
{{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 [[Kuroe Mura]], with the two collected volumes published by ''[[wikipedia:Houbunsha|Houbunsha]]''. | {{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 [[Kuroe Mura]], with the two collected volumes published by ''[[wikipedia:Houbunsha|Houbunsha]]''. Volume 1 collects chapters 1 - 3 and volume 2 collects 4 - 7. | ||
Oriko Magica has since received several more installments, which are published in ''[[Manga Time Kirara Magica]]''. See the following pages for more details: | |||
*''[[Puella Magi Oriko Magica: Extra Story]]'' (Includes ''Noisy Citrine'', ''Symmetry Diamond'' and ''The Last Agate'') | |||
*''[[Puella Magi Oriko Magica: Sadness Prayer]]'' | |||
==Blurb== | ==Blurb== | ||
; | ;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, 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... | ||
; | ;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''?! | :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''?! | ||
==Plot== | |||
''Oriko Magica'' is a story taking place in one of the many timelines that occurs between timelines four and five of the ''Madoka Magica'' anime. | |||
Upon her birth as a magical girl, [[Oriko Mikuni]] sees a terrifying vision of the future of [[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. | |||
==Chapters== | ==Chapters== | ||
* [[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 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 2: I'm Not Crying At All|Chapter 2: I'm Not Even Close to Crying]] | ||
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* [[Oriko Magica Chapter 6: Someday isn't Today|Chapter 6: Someday Is Not Now]] | * [[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]] | * [[Oriko Magica Chapter 7: To Protect My World|Chapter 7: To Protect My World]] | ||
==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
:''See:'' [[Oriko Magica Characters]] | :''See:'' [[Oriko Magica Characters]] | ||
:''See:'' [[Oriko Magica Witches]] | |||
==Publishers== | ==Publishers== | ||
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! Publisher | ! Publisher | ||
! Country | ! Country | ||
! | ! Release date | ||
! | ! Volume 1 | ||
! | ! Volume 2 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Japanese | | Japanese | ||
| Houbunsha | | Houbunsha | ||
| Japan | | Japan | ||
| 2011 | | May 12, 2011,<br>June 13, 2011 | ||
| [[File:Oriko_Art.jpg|100px]] | | [[File:Oriko_Art.jpg|100px]] | ||
| [[File:Oriko 2 cover small.jpg|100px]] | | [[File:Oriko 2 cover small.jpg|100px]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| English | | English | ||
| Yen Press | | Yen Press | ||
| United States | | United States | ||
| 2013, | | July 23, 2013,<br>October 29, 2013 | ||
| [[File:Vol1english.jpg|100px]] | | [[File:Vol1english.jpg|100px]] | ||
| [[File:Vol2english.jpg|100px]] | | [[File:Vol2english.jpg|100px]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Chinese | | Chinese | ||
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| [[File:Oriko Chinese Vol.1 Cover.jpg|100px]] | | [[File:Oriko Chinese Vol.1 Cover.jpg|100px]] | ||
| [[File:Oriko Chinese Vol.2 Cover.jpg|100px]] | | [[File:Oriko Chinese Vol.2 Cover.jpg|100px]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Korean | | Korean | ||
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| [[File:Oriko Korean Vol.1 Cover.jpg|100px]] | | [[File:Oriko Korean Vol.1 Cover.jpg|100px]] | ||
| [[File:Oriko Korean Vol.2 Cover.jpg|100px]] | | [[File:Oriko Korean Vol.2 Cover.jpg|100px]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Italian | | Italian | ||
| Panini Comics/Planet Manga | | Panini Comics/Planet Manga | ||
| | | Italy | ||
| 2012, 2013 | | 2012, 2013 | ||
| [[File:Oriko Italian Vol.1 Cover.jpg|100px]] | | [[File:Oriko Italian Vol.1 Cover.jpg|100px]] | ||
| [[File:Oriko Italian Vol.2 Cover.jpg|100px]] | | [[File:Oriko Italian Vol.2 Cover.jpg|100px]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| German | | German | ||
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| [[File:Oriko German Vol.1 Cover.jpg|100px]] | | [[File:Oriko German Vol.1 Cover.jpg|100px]] | ||
| [[File:Oriko German Vol.2 Cover.jpg|100px]] | | [[File:Oriko German Vol.2 Cover.jpg|100px]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Brazilian, Portuguese | | Brazilian, Portuguese | ||
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| [[File:NewPOP_Oriko01.jpg|100px]] | | [[File:NewPOP_Oriko01.jpg|100px]] | ||
| [[File:NewPOP_Oriko02.jpg|100px]] | | [[File:NewPOP_Oriko02.jpg|100px]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Thai | | Thai | ||
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| [[File:Oriko Thai Vol.1 Cover.jpg|100px]] | | [[File:Oriko Thai Vol.1 Cover.jpg|100px]] | ||
| [[File:Oriko Thai Vol.2 Cover.jpg|100px]] | | [[File:Oriko Thai Vol.2 Cover.jpg|100px]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
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File:Oriko Mami Illustrations 2.jpg|Illustration of Mami that comes with ''Oriko Magica'' volumes purchased from certain vendors. | File:Oriko Mami Illustrations 2.jpg|Illustration of Mami that comes with ''Oriko Magica'' volumes purchased from certain vendors. | ||
File:Oriko Mami Illustrations 1.jpg|This illustration of Mami as well. | File:Oriko Mami Illustrations 1.jpg|This illustration of Mami as well. | ||
File: | File:orikvol2.jpg|Bonus illustration for the second volume. | ||
File: | File:vol2extra+.jpg|Bonus illustration for the second volume. | ||
File: | File:orikocover1.jpg|Complete cover of the first volume. | ||
File: | File:orikocover2.jpg|Complete cover of the second volume. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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File:Yuma_and_kyouko_official_art.jpeg|Colour page of Kyoko and Yuma from ''Oriko Magica'' volume 1. | File:Yuma_and_kyouko_official_art.jpeg|Colour page of Kyoko and Yuma from ''Oriko Magica'' volume 1. | ||
File:Orikovol2index.png|Colour page of Oriko and Kirika in their school uniforms from ''Oriko Magica'' volume 2. | File:Orikovol2index.png|Colour page of Oriko and Kirika in their school uniforms from ''Oriko Magica'' volume 2. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
===Manga pages=== | ===Manga pages=== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File: | File:Orikocasual.jpg|Oriko | ||
File: | File:KirikaWeapons01.png|Kirika | ||
File: | File:YumaPuellaMagiCostume.png|Yuma | ||
File: | File:MadokainOriko.png|Madoka | ||
File: | File:HomuraPuellaMagiOrikoVersion.png|Homura | ||
File: | File:SayakaInOrikoMagica.png|Sayaka | ||
File: | File:MamiPuellaMagiOrikoVersion.png|Mami | ||
File: | File:KyokoCasualOrikoVersion.png|Kyoko | ||
File: | File:Oriko hitomi.png|Hitomi | ||
File: | |||
File: | File:Rosasharn 2.png|Rosasharn | ||
File:Cecil 2.jpeg|Cecil | |||
File:Virginia 2.png|Virginia | |||
File:Stacy 2.png|Stacy | |||
File:Latria 1.jpeg|Latria | |||
File:Oriko mami art.jpeg|Between chapter art | |||
File:oriko concepts.jpeg|Oriko concept art | |||
File:oriko kirika concepts.jpeg|Kirika concept art | |||
File:oriko yuma concepts.jpeg|Yuma concept art | |||
File:oriko witches 1.jpeg|Witch art | |||
File:oriko witches 2.jpeg | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== | ==Trivia== | ||
* Although the first collected 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 then released on June 13, 2011. | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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[[Category:Manga]] | [[Category:Manga]] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:51, 1 November 2021
"Which would be, an incident that would change her destiny..."
"Which would be, the beginning of a whole another magical girl tale..."
― Volume covers
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 Kuroe Mura, with the two collected volumes published by Houbunsha. Volume 1 collects chapters 1 - 3 and volume 2 collects 4 - 7.
Oriko Magica has since received several more installments, which are published in Manga Time Kirara Magica. See the following pages for more details:
- Puella Magi Oriko Magica: Extra Story (Includes Noisy Citrine, Symmetry Diamond and The Last Agate)
Blurb
- 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...
- 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?!
Plot
Oriko Magica is a story taking place in one of the many timelines that occurs between timelines four and five of the Madoka Magica anime.
Upon her birth as a magical girl, Oriko Mikuni sees a terrifying vision of the future of 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.
Chapters
- Chapter 1: Don't Even Think About Becoming a Magical Girl
- Chapter 2: I'm Not Even Close to Crying
- Chapter 3: Love is an Infinity of Limitations
- Chapter 4: I Do Not Forgive You
- Chapter 5: That Is Why I Am Here
- Chapter 6: Someday Is Not Now
- Chapter 7: To Protect My World
Characters
- See: Oriko Magica Characters
- See: Oriko Magica Witches
Publishers
Gallery
Official art
Colour pages
Manga pages
Trivia
- Although the first collected volume was initially intended to be released on April 12, 2011, the 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 then released on June 13, 2011.
External links
- Official website for Puella Magi Oriko Magica (Japanese)
- Covers for Puella Magi Oriko Magica on official website. (Japanese)
- Official website Puella Magi Oriko Magica from Yen Press.
- Puella Magi Oriko Magica at TV Tropes.
- The first eight pages are available for official preview here. Click on the orange button. (Japanese)