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{{Infobox_character
|name=Sae Kirino
|image=[[File:Card 30554 l.png|300px]]
|jname= 桐野 紗枝 (Kirino Sae)
|surname=Kirino
|magicalgirl=yes
|voices=
Japanese: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atsumi_Tanezaki Atsumi Tanezaki]
|id=3055
}}

'''Sae Kirino''' is the one of the original characters of the 2017 mobile game [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record]].

==General Info==
===Physical features===
* '''Eye colour:''' Blue
* '''Hair colour:''' Black
===Other===
* '''Soul Gem:''' Light blue kite-shaped earring
* '''Weapon:''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_of_Venice Venetian Mask]
* '''Wish:''' "I want everyone at school to know I'm a good girl from a good family!"
* '''Witch form:''' Rukh
* '''Japanese pronoun:''' In daily life: {{nihongo|watashi|わたし|}}<br>As a Magical Girl: {{nihongo|watashi|私|}}
* '''Known relatives:''' mother (unnamed), father (unnamed), [[Sayumi Kirino]] (sister), two younger brothers (unnamed)
* '''School:''' [[Minaminagi Liberty Academy]]

==Game Info==
{{Magia Record Stats
|type=Support|attribute=flame
|hp0=6510|atk0=2003|def0=2021
|hp4=24113|atk4=7054|def4=7170
|hp5=30508|atk5=8703|def5=8608
|hpmax=37155|atkmax=11011|defmax=11131
|disk1=accele|disk2=blast!|disk3=charge
|connect=I'll Just Help Myself
|connect4=Damage UP [VII] & Charge Conservation
|connect5=Damage UP [IX] & Charge Conservation
|magia=Quick Death Penalty
|magia4=Damage to All Enemies [V] & Charged Attack Damage Received UP [V] (All / 3T) & Damage UP (All / 3T)
|magia5=Damage to All Enemies [VII] & Charged Attack Damage Received UP [V] (All / 3T) & Damage UP (All / 3T)
|doppel=Rukh
|doppel5=Damage to All Enemies [IX] & Charged Attack Damage Received UP [V] (All / 3T) & Damage UP (All / 3T) & Charged Attack Damage UP (All / 3T)
}}{{Magia Record Spirit Enhancement
|hp4=8|atk4=5|def4=5|accele4=4|blast4=4|charge4=8
|hp5=9|atk5=6|def5=6|accele5=5|blast5=5|charge5=9
|Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|Accele MP Gain UP [II]
|Chance to Skill Quicken [II]
|MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|MP Gauge 10% Full on Battle Start
|MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I]
|Charge Combo Charge Count UP (+3)
|MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II]
|Charge Disc Damage UP [II]
|Charge Disc Damage UP [II] & Charged Attack Damage UP [IV]
|Damage Cut [II]
|Charged Attack Damage UP [II]
|Charged Disc Damage UP [II]
|active=Charge Draw
|cooldown=5
}}

==Summary==
A Magical Girl who wears a mask of lies to protect her family. Admired by her classmates as an honor student in both studies and sports, and sociable as well. Despite appearances, she comes from a poor home and is hustling to find her way to riches. 

===Doppel Description===
[[File:Doppel 305500 l.png|thumb|right|150px|Rukh, Sae's doppel]]
The Doppel of social climbing. Its form is a pawn. The master of this emotion watches her Doppel break through its shell to reinvent itself, and sees her own future within it. Her Doppel is proud of itself for obtaining power without relying on anyone else, and perhaps as a result of this self-confidence, it utterly refuses to accept advice or counsel from any other. This applies to its master as well: it may be cooperative towards her when their opinions happen to align, but it will staunchly refuse to nod its head after even a single irritation. It also behaves mercilessly towards everyone other than its master– even if they may be weak, helpless beings like its former self– and will use its blazing-hot staves to skewer all who disagree with it. As its master watches this, she views it as a show of false bravado, borne out of its fear at the memory of how weak it was in the past.

===Side Story===

==Appearances==
===Event Appearances===
*[[Magia Record Story Our Beginning is a Recurring Dream|Our Beginning is a Recurring Dream]]
*[[Magia Record Story The Mirror That Reflects My True Self|The Mirror That Reflects My True Self]]

==Etymology==
* The characters of her last name mean "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulownia paulownia tree]" (桐) and "field" (野) respectively. 
** The first character, 桐, is commonly used to refer specifically to ''Paulownia tomentosa''. The Paulownia tree is the ''mon'' (emblem) of the Japanese prime minister, and is used as the Government Seal of Japan used by Japan's cabinet and goverment. The character can also mean money, referring to the markings of paulownia on coins.
** ''P. tomentosa'', and the genus as a whole, are sometimes considered invasive species in and outside of Japan.
** The genus was named after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Pavlovna_of_Russia Anna Pavlovna] (for which it is also called the "princess tree"), a queen consort of The Netherlands who upheld strict royal etiquette there, but never felt at home there, and identified more as a grand duchess than a queen.
** An old aristocratic Chinese custom, which migrated to Japan and Korea, was to plant several paulownia trees at the birth of a daughter in a noble family. The tree would mature as she does, and by the time she was to be wed it would be cut down and carved into gifts for her.
** Legends also claim that the Chinese phoenix, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenghuang ''Fenghuang''] (a symbol of the union of yin and yang), will only perch on the paulownia, and only when a good ruler is in power. This is why, in the Japanese card game ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanafuda hanafuda]'', the paulownia suit is directly associated with the Fenghuang card.
* The characters of her first name mean "gossamer" (紗) and "branch" (枝) respectively.
** It is a homonym with ''Sae'' (冴える), a verb steam meaning "be accomplished, have mastered".

==Trivia==
* Her illustrator is [https://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=101500 Ragho no Erika], who also did the illustration for [[Riko Chiaki]].
* Her hairstyle and her greed towards money are similar to that of Nabiki Tendo from the anime ''Ranma 1/2''.
* Her Doppel's name, "Rukh", is an Arabic and Persian word for the rook chess piece, meaning "chariot".
** The rook piece resembles a castle, suggesting the idea of wealth, being above others, and solitude. This theme is further represented by paper money being incorporated into the outer side of the Doppel's top and the veil covering its helmet.
** Ironically, the chess piece shell that the main body of her Doppel emerges from is a pawn, not a rook. The Doppel's body itself appears to be a combination of different chess pieces, including wielding lances (knight), the upside-down head's chin resembling a knight helmet that may also resemble a mitre (knight and/or bishop), and the head, its crown, and the collar, ruff, supportasse, or throne back around its neck and behind it (queen).
*** In chess there exists the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promotion_(chess) promotion rule], whereby when a pawn reaches the opposing player's end of the board (the eighth rank), the pawn's owner must replace it with a bishop, knight, rook, or queen.

==Gallery==
===Game Gallery===
<gallery>
File:Card 30554 c.png|Magia Record Four Star Art
File:Card 30555 c.png|Magia Record Five Star Art
File:Mini 305500 s.png|In-Battle Sprite
File:Doppel 305500 l.png|Doppel Sprite
File:Kirino PM.png
File:Kirino school.png
File:226 mask-uerade.png|Magical Girl Seal 2022
</gallery>

===Official Art===
<gallery>
File:Memoria 1620.jpg
File:Memoria 1628.jpg
File:Memoria 1629.jpg
File:Memoria 1630.jpg
File:Memoria 1631.jpg
File:Memoria 1632.jpg
</gallery>

==Memoria Cards==
{{Magia Record Memoria Header}}
{{File:Memoria 1620 c.png}}
{{File:Memoria 1629 c.png}}
{{File:Memoria 1632 c.png}}
{{File:Memoria 1628 c.png}}
{{File:Memoria 1630 c.png}}
{{File:Memoria 1631 c.png}}
{{Magia Record Memoria Footer}}

==External links==
*[http://magireco.com Official Magia Record Website - Japanese]

===Gameplay Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TUxg9lLNfA Recording of Sae's Transformation Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TuPa3ql6Dc Recording of Sae's Magia Video on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3lvFJQdwF0 Recording of Sae's Doppel Video on Youtube (JP)]

===Side Story and Costume Story Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEmrh7-VWec Recording of Sae's MSS on Youtube (JP)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYkaVNo23SU Recording of Sae's Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)]

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[[Category:Magical girls]]