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;{{nihongo|[[Arisa Narumi]]|成見 亜里紗|Narumi Arisa}}
;{{nihongo|[[Arisa Narumi]]|成見 亜里紗|Narumi Arisa}}


;{{nihongo|Chisato Shion|詩音 千里|Shion Chisato}}
;{{nihongo|[[Chisato Shion]]|詩音 千里|Shion Chisato}}
:One of the Yunagi magical girls, and the one who invited Arisa to join them. She is a strict follower of the rules, often lecturing Arisa on her rebellious and lazy attitude. She appears to admire Haruka quite a lot for her talent, leadership, and rule-following. Chisato uses a pistol as part of her weaponry; though she has two on her belt, she is never seen using more than one at a time. Her powers are unknown. Her soul gem is a blue teardrop-shaped gem located over her heart.


:Chisato was killed by Suzune during a night patrol. It is revealed in a flashback that Chisato convinced Arisa to join the Yunagi girls, after finding out she was lonely after beating her in a fight; another flashback reveals that Chisato's father was a creator of children's picture books and that she made a wish for his sake after her mother died.
;{{nihongo|[[Haruka Kanade]]|奏 遥香|Kanade Haruka}}
 
;{{nihongo|Haruka Kanade|奏 遥香|Kanade Haruka}}
:The leader of the Yunagi magical girls, and a respectable, well-behaved student. She held a large animosity towards her older sister who was loved and praised by everyone while Haruka was overlooked. Haruka uses a separable blade as her weapon, and specializes in charm magic. Her soul gem is a yellow hexagonal jewel located in the center of her collar.
 
:After a witch brings up memories of Haruka's painful past, where she wished to erase Kanata from existence, she succumbs to her despair and becomes a witch herself.


;{{nihongo|[[Matsuri Hinata]]|日向 茉莉|Hinata Matsuri}}
;{{nihongo|[[Matsuri Hinata]]|日向 茉莉|Hinata Matsuri}}
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==Observations==
==Observations==
* The theme of "hating someone so much you wanted to kill them" appears quite a bit in ''Suzune''. Haruka wished for Kanata to be erased out of her jealousy, Arisa hated Suzune for killing Chisato and challenged her to a duel to the death, and the whole story happened because Kagari hated Suzune for killing Tsubaki and crafted a plot to make her life miserable, prior to killing her at the "climax".
* The theme of "hating someone so much you wanted to kill them" appears quite a bit in ''Suzune''. Haruka wished for Kanata to be erased out of her jealousy, Arisa hated Suzune for killing Chisato and challenged her to a duel to the death, and the whole story happened because Kagari hated Suzune for killing Tsubaki and crafted a plot to make her life miserable, prior to killing her at the "climax".
* Chisato's backstory is very similar to Kyoko's: both are told in a similar puppet show-like style; both heavily revolve around the girls' fathers, with their fathers being popular before slowly becoming rejected by others; both involve the death of their mothers; and both involve a parent turning alcoholic. Both girls also made their wishes for their fathers.
* Haruka shares several traits with [[Mami Tomoe|Mami]]: a yellow colour scheme; a leadership role, being a well-respected senior at school; a wish for herself that she heavily regrets; being a "princess"-like character; having styled hair of some sort (Mami has her drills, where Haruka has a small plait on the side); and a large chest size.
* Tsubaki's hairstyle is the same as the infamous "doomed anime mom" hairstyle, named because mothers with such a side-tie ponytail tended to die sometime in the story, usually early on or in the backstory.
* Tsubaki's hairstyle is the same as the infamous "doomed anime mom" hairstyle, named because mothers with such a side-tie ponytail tended to die sometime in the story, usually early on or in the backstory.
* ''Suzune''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s overall story is similar to the original request that became ''Madoka Magica'', with the request asking for a bloody story where the girls dropped off one by one.
* ''Suzune''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s overall story is similar to the original request that became ''Madoka Magica'', with the request asking for a bloody story where the girls dropped off one by one.
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* Matsuri, Kagari and Tsubaki are all named after flowers.
* Matsuri, Kagari and Tsubaki are all named after flowers.
* Chisato's first name is spelt with the kanji for "great distance" or "a thousand miles". The kanji of her last name, 詩音, mean "poetry" and "sound" respectively.
* Haruka's first name is spelt with the kanji for "distant fragrance". Her last name, Kanade, means "to play music".
* Tsubaki's first name is spelt with the kanji "camellia". Her last name, Mikoto, is spelt with the kanji for "beautiful harp". "Mikoto" could also mean noble, precious, or revered.
* Tsubaki's first name is spelt with the kanji "camellia". Her last name, Mikoto, is spelt with the kanji for "beautiful harp". "Mikoto" could also mean noble, precious, or revered.
* All the characters' first names are spelt with katakana in the story, with kanji only appearing in the profiles at the end of the collected volumes. The only exceptions are Tsubaki, whose kanji name appears in a speech bubble in volume 3, and Kagari, whose kanji name was revealed in a tweet by GAN.
* All the characters' first names are spelt with katakana in the story, with kanji only appearing in the profiles at the end of the collected volumes. The only exceptions are Tsubaki, whose kanji name appears in a speech bubble in volume 3, and Kagari, whose kanji name was revealed in a tweet by GAN.
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'''Note:''' Translations are rough and may not be 100% accurate.
'''Note:''' Translations are rough and may not be 100% accurate.


* Haruka was designed because GAN wanted to draw a "blonde princess"-like character. Her costume became more revealing over time as it was designed.<ref>https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/563658427344236544</ref>
* Tsubaki tweets: [https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/563989729813614592 1], [https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/563990060198944770 2], [https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/563990907276382209 3], [https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/564041303386648576 4.] Tsubaki is apparently around 20 years old in the flashbacks.<ref>https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/563990907276382209</ref> (Rest of the tweets need translation.)
* Tsubaki tweets: [https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/563989729813614592 1], [https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/563990060198944770 2], [https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/563990907276382209 3], [https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/564041303386648576 4.] Tsubaki is apparently around 20 years old in the flashbacks.<ref>https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/563990907276382209</ref> (Rest of the tweets need translation.)
* Kanami is described as friendly and easily trusts in people, but also rather gullible. Her favourite food is sweet potato.<ref>https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/564492743037046785</ref> (Rest of the tweet needs translation.) She is also kind to the elderly.<ref>https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/564493173032886273</ref>
* Kanami is described as friendly and easily trusts in people, but also rather gullible. Her favourite food is sweet potato.<ref>https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/564492743037046785</ref> (Rest of the tweet needs translation.) She is also kind to the elderly.<ref>https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/564493173032886273</ref>

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Cover of the first volume.

Puella Magi Suzune Magica (魔法少女すずね☆マギカ Mahō Shōjo Suzune Magika) is the fourth spin-off manga in the Puella Magi franchise, written and illustrated by GAN. It is one of three spin-offs that have been released after Rebellion, with the other two being Puella Magi Oriko Magica: Sadness Prayer and Puella Magi Tart Magica: The Legend of "Jeanne d'Arc".

Unusually for a manga series, Suzune Magica was initially released as a single volume, with all other chapters being serialized in Kirara Forward. The first volume containing chapters 1 - 4 was released on November 12, 2013, and it began serialization with chapter 5 in Manga Time Kirara Forward on November 22, 2013, with serialization finishing a year later on November 22, 2014. The second volume containing chapters 5 - 10 was released on June 25, 2014. The third volume containing chapters 11 - 16 was released on December 12, 2014.

Synopsis

Note: These are all fan translations.

Volume 1
The admirable junior high school student who works as a live-in employee, Suzune. The girl who lives her everyday life always smiling has a hidden side. That is, she's a magical girl assassin. What's the fate of the four girls she ambushes? And the existence of magical girls, is it good or bad? This is the spin-off's first volume!
Volume 2
The admirable junior high school student who works as a live-in employee, Suzune. The girl who lives her everyday life always smiling has a hidden side. That is, she's a magical girl assassin. As the magical girls of the city are wiped out one by one, what's the way that's left to go amidst the despair and frustration...?
Volume 3
The admirable junior high school student who works as a live-in employee, Suzune. The girl who lives her everyday life always smiling has a hidden side. That is, she's a magical girl assassin. Confronted with the appearance of a new magical girl, Suzune is exposed to the anguish she kept hidden until now. Now she will invite in the final outcome...

Plot

Characters

Note: As all chapters post-volume 1 are currently only available in Japanese, most of the post-volume 1 info below comes from rough translation and interpretation of events. Thus, some of the information may be incorrect, so please do not treat anything as 100% accurate.

Main characters

Suzune Amano (天乃 鈴音 Amano Suzune)
Arisa Narumi (成見 亜里紗 Narumi Arisa)
Chisato Shion (詩音 千里 Shion Chisato)
Haruka Kanade (奏 遥香 Kanade Haruka)
Matsuri Hinata (日向 茉莉 Hinata Matsuri)
Kagari Hinata (日向 華々莉 Hinata Kagari)

Supporting characters

Tsubaki Mikoto (美琴 椿 Mikoto Tsubaki)
Suzune's former mentor, who became a witch. Nothing is currently known about her past or wish. Suzune killed her and inherited her bell-and-pouch pendant, which she wears as a hair tie. She formerly took care of Matsuri and Kagari as some form of caretaker, and told them stories; at one point she encouraged Matsuri to be a kind person and listen to her father and Kagari. She took care of Suzune after her parents' death at the hands of a witch, and treated her like her own daughter. She had fire-elemental powers and wielded a katana as her weapon. She apparently became a witch because she put Suzune's health before hers, always giving grief seeds to her first, and became a witch when she couldn't handle the state of her own corruption anymore.
Kanami (カナミ Kanami)
A minor character from the first chapter, Kanami is a lone magical girl with a cheerful and friendly personality who dual wields knives with hand guards; her powers and wish are unknown. Her attack power seems to be rather weak. She was saved from a witch by Suzune, but was promptly killed after telling Suzune her name. She was wowed by Suzune's fire-elemental magic.
Mika Nishinaka (西中 ミカ Nishinaka Mika)
The leader of a group of bullies that targeted Arisa in the past, until Arisa made her wish and scared them off with a display of strength. She then proceeded to put them in the hospital as revenge; it can be assumed that they left her alone after that.
Kanata Kanade (奏 カナタ Kanade Kanata)
Haruka's older sister. She was a kindly person who was good at everything she did, leading to her being constantly praised by others and called a genius; however, her little sister Haruka was jealous and envious of her, as she thought no one expected anything of her due to Kanata. Kanata tried to be friendly with Haruka, telling her that she "could tell her big sister anything", but Haruka kept rejecting her and claiming that Kanata didn't understand her feelings. Haruka's immense jealousy eventually led to her wishing to erase Kanata from existence; Kanata appears to have been wiped from others' memories as well.
Kyubey (キュゥべえ Kyūbē)
A reappearing character from Madoka Magica.
  • Suzune3.png

    Suzune Amano

  • Arisa2.png

    Arisa Narumi

  • Chisato Shion

    Chisato Shion

  • Haruka.png

    Haruka Kanade

  • Matsuri Hinata

    Matsuri Hinata

  • Kagari Hinata

    Kagari Hinata

  • Tsubaki.png

    Tsubaki Mikoto

  • Kanami

    Kanami

  • Mika Nishinaka

    Mika Nishinaka

  • Kanata Kanade

    Kanata Kanade

Observations

  • The theme of "hating someone so much you wanted to kill them" appears quite a bit in Suzune. Haruka wished for Kanata to be erased out of her jealousy, Arisa hated Suzune for killing Chisato and challenged her to a duel to the death, and the whole story happened because Kagari hated Suzune for killing Tsubaki and crafted a plot to make her life miserable, prior to killing her at the "climax".
  • Tsubaki's hairstyle is the same as the infamous "doomed anime mom" hairstyle, named because mothers with such a side-tie ponytail tended to die sometime in the story, usually early on or in the backstory.
  • Suzune's overall story is similar to the original request that became Madoka Magica, with the request asking for a bloody story where the girls dropped off one by one.
  • Tsubaki's appearance may have been reused from one of GAN's original characters, Sanae.
  • Kyubey says at one point in volume 1, regarding Suzune hunting other magical girls, that from one point on, she suddenly started targeting magical girls and that he didn't know why. This seems inconsistent with a flashback in volume 2 where Suzune inherits Tsubaki's pendant and vows to kill all magical girls, a scene in which Kyubey is present for... until it's revealed in volume 3 that Suzune's memories were altered by Kagari, which Kyubey was not present for; so to Kyubey, it would seem that Suzune's hunting of magical girls was sudden.

Speculation

  • It is speculated that Suzune Magica had such an odd release life due to poor sales. After volume 1 sold poorly, it was given a chance to get more attention via serialization alongside volume releases. Due to volume 2's poor sales, however, Suzune is speculated to have been cancelled, resulting in the rushed final third where everything is wrapped up and concluded at a fast pace. However, since there has been no word by GAN on this, it is all merely speculation.

Trivia

  • Matsuri, Kagari and Tsubaki are all named after flowers.
  • Tsubaki's first name is spelt with the kanji "camellia". Her last name, Mikoto, is spelt with the kanji for "beautiful harp". "Mikoto" could also mean noble, precious, or revered.
  • All the characters' first names are spelt with katakana in the story, with kanji only appearing in the profiles at the end of the collected volumes. The only exceptions are Tsubaki, whose kanji name appears in a speech bubble in volume 3, and Kagari, whose kanji name was revealed in a tweet by GAN.

Trivia tweets

Note: Translations are rough and may not be 100% accurate.

  • Tsubaki tweets: 1, 2, 3, 4. Tsubaki is apparently around 20 years old in the flashbacks.[1] (Rest of the tweets need translation.)
  • Kanami is described as friendly and easily trusts in people, but also rather gullible. Her favourite food is sweet potato.[2] (Rest of the tweet needs translation.) She is also kind to the elderly.[3]

Gallery

Front covers

  • Volume 1 cover art

    Volume 1 cover art

  • Volume 2 cover art

    Volume 2 cover art

  • Volume 3 cover art

    Volume 3 cover art

Official art

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    Special Arisa image drawn by GAN, and a stripped version of volume 2's cover.

  • Art of Suzune.

    Art of Suzune.

  • Art of Arisa. Note that Arisa has blue eyes here, even though the manga covers give her pink eyes.

    Art of Arisa. Note that Arisa has blue eyes here, even though the manga covers give her pink eyes.

  • Art of Chisato.

    Art of Chisato.

  • Art of Haruka.

    Art of Haruka.

  • Art of Matsuri.

    Art of Matsuri.

  • Art of Kagari.

    Art of Kagari.

  • Art of Tsubaki in a maid outfit.

    Art of Tsubaki in a maid outfit.

  • Art of Kanami.

    Art of Kanami.

  • Power ranking and elements of all characters for a hypothetical game situation. From this tweet.

    Power ranking and elements of all characters for a hypothetical game situation. From this tweet.

Manga pages

  • Suzune's profile.

    Suzune's profile.

  • Yunagi girls' profiles.

    Yunagi girls' profiles.

  • Volume 1 bonus colour page.

    Volume 1 bonus colour page.

  • Chapter 10 colour page.

    Chapter 10 colour page.

  • Chapter 13 colour page 1.

    Chapter 13 colour page 1.

  • Chapter 13 colour page 2.

    Chapter 13 colour page 2.

  • Yunagi magical girls.

    Yunagi magical girls.

  • Arisa challenging Suzune.

    Arisa challenging Suzune.

  • Volume 1 bonus end page.

    Volume 1 bonus end page.

  • Haruka's witch.

    Haruka's witch.

  • Tsubaki's witch.

    Tsubaki's witch.

  • Tsubaki versus a witch. Note the katana.

    Tsubaki versus a witch. Note the katana.

  • Tsubaki attacking.

    Tsubaki attacking.

  • Tsubaki in casual clothing.

    Tsubaki in casual clothing.

  • Tsubaki retrospects on the fate of Suzune's family.

    Tsubaki retrospects on the fate of Suzune's family.

  • Young Haruka.

    Young Haruka.

  • Young Suzune with Tsubaki.

    Young Suzune with Tsubaki.

  • The storybook Tsubaki reads to the Hinata twins.

    The storybook Tsubaki reads to the Hinata twins.

  • The twins begging Tsubaki to read more stories.

    The twins begging Tsubaki to read more stories.

  • Kanami's weapons.

    Kanami's weapons.

  • A vision of Kanata.

    A vision of Kanata.

  • Chisato in her school uniform.

    Chisato in her school uniform.

  • Haruka in her school uniform.

    Haruka in her school uniform.

  • The two women who work at Yunagi Newspaper with Suzune.

    The two women who work at Yunagi Newspaper with Suzune.

  • Matsuri and Chisato clinging to one another.

    Matsuri and Chisato clinging to one another.

  • The Yunagi quartet transforming.

    The Yunagi quartet transforming.

  • Haruka's charm magic. The spells seem to involve voice commands (used both times) and hand gestures (used once).

    Haruka's charm magic. The spells seem to involve voice commands (used both times) and hand gestures (used once).

  • Haruka's outfit at Chisato's funeral.

    Haruka's outfit at Chisato's funeral.

  • Chisato's death at Suzune's hands.

    Chisato's death at Suzune's hands.

  • Suzune killing Kanami.

    Suzune killing Kanami.

  • Haruka transforms into a witch.

    Haruka transforms into a witch.

  • Tsubaki's magical girl costume as seen from the back.

    Tsubaki's magical girl costume as seen from the back.

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    The Hinata twins' father. He's a minor character, only appearing in about three pages.

  • Mika's friends and fellow bullies.

    Mika's friends and fellow bullies.

  • Chisato's father.

    Chisato's father.

  • Arisa's mother.

    Arisa's mother.

  • Silhouettes of magical girls Suzune has killed.

    Silhouettes of magical girls Suzune has killed.

  • Yunagi girls whose deaths Suzune was responsible for; Kanami; and a few other silhouettes.

    Yunagi girls whose deaths Suzune was responsible for; Kanami; and a few other silhouettes.

Miscellaneous

  • Kirara Magica series announcement pages, with the initial character designs for some of the series' characters.

    Kirara Magica series announcement pages, with the initial character designs for some of the series' characters.

  • Page two of the announcement.

    Page two of the announcement.

  • Suzunebonusmaterial.jpg

    Volume 3 bonus material.

See also

External links

References

  1. ↑ https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/563990907276382209
  2. ↑ https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/564492743037046785
  3. ↑ https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/564493173032886273
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