Riko Chiaki

Riko Chiaki
Japanese Name	千秋 理子 (Chiaki Riko)
Voiced by	Japanese: Hikaru Akao
ID No:	3035

Riko Chiaki is one of the original characters in the 2017 mobile game Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record. She first appeared in June 2018 in Chapter 8 of the main story and was made playable in October 2018.

General Info

Physical features

• Age: 11
• Height: 144cm
• Eye colour: Blue
• Hair colour: Black
• Origins: Kosho Ward

Other

• Soul Gem: Blue circle (barrette holding triangular bandanna)
• Weapon: Bento Pick
• Wish: "I want big sister to get married." (Referring to a girl she knew to be able to marry a boy from a different ward)
• Ability: Calling Out
• Witch form: Yuerao
• Japanese pronoun: watashi (わたし)
• School: Kosho Academy, Fifth Grade

Game Info

Stats, Connect, Magia Data

Rarity Final Lv Type Attribute ★4 → ★5 100 Support STATS HP ATK DEF Initial 6374 1706 1677 Max at ★4 22614 6274 5906 Max at ★5 27725 8175 7429 Disks Connect: Do it like this! ★4: Attack UP [VII] & Charge Damage UP [VIII] & Chance to Skill Seal ★5: Attack UP [IX] & Charge Damage UP [X] & Guaranteed Skill Seal Magia: Yummy Hunter ★4: Damage All Enemies [V] & Charge Damage UP (All / 3 T) & Chance to Critical (All / 3 T) & MP Restore (All) ★5: Damage All Enemies [VII] & Charge Damage UP (All / 3 T) & Chance to Critical (All / 3 T) & MP Restore (All) Doppel: Yuerao Damage All Enemies [IX] & Charge Damage UP (All / 3 T) & Chance to Critical (All / 3 T) & MP Restore (All)

Summary

Riko is like a little sister to the other Magical Girls. She often can be found working at her parents' bento shop and is a warming presence for the customers. Though still quite young, she is considerate to her elders and has an admirable work ethic.

Doppel Description

The Doppel of thread-reeling. Its form is a moonlit matchmaker. The master of this emotion does not acknowledge that this Doppel lurks within her heart. It appears under a thick sheet of ice that it spreads under her feet. When attacking, it switches places with its master, trapping her beneath the ice, and reels in all interpersonal connections to steal them. It tries to collect all those she had formed in an attempt to restore things to their original state, but cut connections only sink to the bottom of the ice. The more the master uses this Doppel, the more feelings that she had given up on become dredged up and disperse.

Side Story

The following is a summary posted on 4chan's /pmmm/ general by Summary Anon.

Riko's family bento shop is always busy and while they love her, her parents had no choice but to have their neighbor's daughter babysit her. Riko's childhood memories are mostly spending time with this cheerful and kind elder sister who teaches her homework, gives her gifts when she performs well or during festivals, and taking her out to play. They are as close as sisters.

As Riko grows older, she begins helping out at her home shop, but since her parents often need to work overtime, 'Sis' still took care of her at night when she returned home first. One day, Riko noticed Sis has puffy red eyes, but she refused to share her troubles, but still took good care of her as usual. A few days later, as Riko is helping out at the shop, she heard Sis and her father arguing at their metal shops.

That night, she managed to pry from Sis the reason: she is about to marry far away from the district, and her dad who is worried for her refused to accept it, which is a sudden change of attitude since he was approving of the relationship this whole time. Sis is sad that her beloved father refuses to trust her judgement. Riko wants to help, but has no idea how to. Later that night, Kyubey visits Riko and manages to have her make a wish in which everybody will give their blessings to Sis's marriage. It works, and Sis is happily married and moves out of the district.

In the present, Riko realizes that she is very lonely without Sis and not even her pet dog nor Magic Kirin can ease the loneliness and fear she has when waiting at home for her parents to come home. Rationally, she can understand her parents are working hard for a living, but as a grade school kid, she can't accept this reality.

One day, Riko's parents have to work overtime again and send her home first. After finishing her homework, Riko goes out for witch hunting and is dismayed that her parents are still not back at 2230 after her easy victory. She decides to help set their futons so they can rest after a hard day's work. They call back and explain that they can only return after midnight due to the huge order placed by Tsukasa's dad since he wants to advertise their good food to his customers visiting the next day to expand their market. They promise to take Riko out after this huge order and have a family outing. Years spent being lonely and emotions that have stacked make Riko snap as she calls her parents liars since they have made many promises before and broken all of them. She said they were never there for her like Sis was and claims that she hates them, hanging the phone up at the same time.

Riko goes witch hunting to vent stress. While she manages to win, she almost died since the witch was stronger than expected. She realized that no one will be there to comfort her in the future and she will have to face her troubles and problems alone and gets crushed by despair and helplessness, even thinking she should have not made the wish so Sis would still be with her. Take, a disciple of Tsukasa's dad notices the crying Riko and tries to comfort her and bring her home. But his tactless methods frighten the poor girl since she thinks he is a creep and is trying to sexually assault her. Luckily, Tsukasa comes to the rescue and scolds Take since he is delaying their work.

Consumed with fear and loneliness, Riko confides in Tsukasa, a regular at her shop, about how she feels and the affair with Sis. Speaking from experience, Tsukasa thinks being separated is no excuse for breaking contact, since it is easy to do so if you have the heart. She recommends Riko to speak to Sis on the issue and escorts Riko home after seeing her accepting her advice. Riko messages Sis and falls asleep from exhaustion at home. Her father carried her back to bed when they came home after work.

The next day, Riko receives Sis's prompt reply. She explains that she wanted to contact Riko and visit her as well, but she left home after arguing with her father, and even though he eventually gave his blessings, she is not sure how to face him yet, and thinks it will be awkward if they meet when she visits Riko. Another reason she cannot visit is because she has been hospitalized and is only out today. She invites Riko over instead. Riko asks for permission to visit Sis, but she thinks they will not give it since they are too busy to bring her out (Sis is married and lives in another district and is too far for a grade schooler to make the trip). However, her parents gave the permission as they sincerely apologize to Riko for making her feel lonely and promise to make it up to her for real this time.

The next day, they visited Sis at her place, and she introduces her husband and her baby daughter to them. She was hospitalized since she needed to give birth, and she hopes Riko can get along with her daughter, just like how she got along with her. Riko fondly remembers how Sis was always there for her, and makes a promise to herself that she will be a good sister for this child, just like how Sis is for her. She looks forward to the day when she can eat her bento and her shop's bento, and aims to grow into such a fine lady.

Event Appearances

• It's Okay to Be Clumsy
• The Oblivion Ring Dance Will Sleep For a Long Time

Other Appearances

• Riko makes a major appearance in Ashley Taylor's Side Story.

Etymology

• The characters in her last name mean "thousand" (千) and "autumn" (秋) respectively.
• The characters in her first name mean "reason" (理) and "child" (子) respectively.

Trivia

• Her illustrator is Ragho no Erika
• Her Doppel's name "Yuerao" is derived from the god of marriage and love Yue Lao (月老) in Chinese, while her Doppel shape "月下氷人" (Gekka Hyoujin, lit. "ice man under the moon") is a Japanese variation of Yue Lao's full name "月下老人" (Yuè Xià Lǎorén, lit. "old man under the moon").
• Kinpira is a Japanese cooking style that can be summarized as a technique of "sauté and simmer". It is commonly used to cook root vegetables such as carrot, gobō and lotus root, seaweeds such as arame and hijiki and other foods including tofu and wheat gluten (namafu), and even meat. The dish features the use of soy sauce and mirin, as well as often slivered chili peppers.

Gallery

• 

  Magia Record 4 Star card

• 

  Magia Record 5 Star card

• 

  In-battle sprite

• 

  Doppel sprite

• 
• 
• 
• 

  Valentine's Outfit

• 
• 
• 

  Magical Girl Seal 2019

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

  Art by Ragho no Erika.

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

Memoria Cards

Card	Effect	Cooldown	Eng Text	Jap Text
Garnish Everyone Cutely!	Normal: Redraw Discs Max Limit Break: Redraw Discs	Normal: 10 turns Max Limit Break: 8 turns	“I’m not very good with kitchen knives, and the food comes out awkwardly. I still have a way to go when it comes to cooking, seasoning and packing the bento, but I’m steadily growing. Therefore, I’ll make it appetizing with lots of cute colors to prevent witches and familiars from spreading their curses.”	「包丁が苦手で、まだまだお料理はへたっぴだけど、 味付けとお弁当の詰め方は、どんどん成長してるんです！ だから、わたしが美味しそうに、可愛く彩ってあげます 魔女にも使い魔にも、呪いを散らしたりさせないですから！」
Inherited Bonds	Normal: MP Gain UP [II] (Self / 3 T) Max Limit Break: MP Gain UP [III] (Self / 3 T)	Normal: 8 turns Max Limit Break: 7 turns	I’m so delighted to be with you where I can be wishing you all the best, or living together when I’m lonely. For this child also, I will do my best to become an older sister. Because when I do, I will be a proud older sister. I’ll be glad if you think so…	がんばれた時に一緒に喜んだり、寂しい時に一緒に居たり わたしがお姉さんにしてもらったことを、この子にもしてあげたい いつかわたしを、自慢のお姉さんだって 思ってくれたら嬉しいな…
Kyubey Knight Breaking Through	Normal: Attack UP [II] & Charge Damage UP [II] Max Limit Break: Attack UP [V] & Charge Damage UP [V]	Passive	All the anxieties in my heart were blown away. The important thing which shouldn't be forgotten came to my mind. I am not in a hurry, anxious, or fearful anymore. I'll accomplish the long journey step by step, too. To become an "Ideal Elder Sister"!	心に芽吹いていた不安はもう消えた 忘れちゃいけない大切なことも思いだした 焦らないし、不安にもならないし、怖がったりだってもうしない 遠くても一歩ずつ近付いてみせる。“理想のお姉さん”に！
The Lead to the Ideal	Normal: Draw Owner's Discs Max Limit Break: Draw Owner's Discs	Normal: turns Max Limit Break: turns	**Unique to Riko Chiaki** I’m clumsy but, if I have this kitchen knife that was given by my “ideal older sister” I will be able to make any kind of dish! Plain boiled, meat and potato stew, Kinpira burdock…which one would you like to make?	ぶきっちょなわたしでも “理想のお姉さん”にもらったこの包丁があれば どんな料理だって作れる気がしてくる！ お煮しめ、肉じゃが、きんぴらごぼう…どれから作ろうかな？
A Place of Ease	Normal: Attack DOWN [IV] (All / 1 T) Max Limit Break: Attack DOWN [VI] (All / 1 T)	Normal: 7 turns Max Limit Break: 6 turns	Painful memories, imitations of me, minions, witches... After waking up from the horrible dream, now everything faded to the faraway opposite side. Here live the powerful and gentle elder sisters. I became a magical girl and knew it, an important place of ease.	辛い記憶、自分の偽者、使い魔、そして魔女… 怖い夢から目が覚めた今は、すべてが遠く彼方 ここにいるのは強くて優しいお姉さんたち 魔法少女になって知った、心安らげる大切な居場所
Popular in the Artisan Ward	Normal: Anti-Magia Seal [VII] (Self) Max Limit Break: Guaranteed Anti-Magia Seal (Self)	Passive	Always beaming with a smile, and promptly helping out in the shop. The reputation of a lively child who is the mascot of the artisan ward’s bento shop. “Thank you for waiting! This is our shop’s deep-fried bento!”	いつもニコニコ笑顔で、お店をテキパキお手伝いして 会うと元気がもらえるって評判の子は 工匠区のお弁当屋さんにいる看板娘 「お待たせしました！当店自慢の唐揚げ弁当ですっ！」
File:Wonderful time.jpg Wonderful Time	Normal: MP Regeneration [I] (Self / 3 T) Max Limit Break: MP Regeneration [] (Self / 3 T)	Normal: 8 turns Max Limit Break: 6 turns	"Fyu!? It tickles...!" "Playing with older sister, Mameji is so happy." "That's good~! I am happy to play with Mameji-kun too." "WOOF!"	「ふゅっ!?くすぐったいよぅ…！」「お姉さんが遊んでくれたから、マメジ、すごく喜んでますっ」「それなら良かった～！私もね、マメジ君と一緒に遊べて嬉しいよ」「ワフッ」

External links

• Official Magia Record Website - Japanese
• Official Magia Record Website - English
• Gamepress' character page
• Promotional website.