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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...
Characters
- Suzune Amano (天乃 鈴音 Amano Suzune)
- A girl who is a smiling, hard-working student at day, and a stoic magical girl hunter at night. She refuses to state her reasons for killing. She uses a large sword as her weapon and wears a long jacket as her uniform. Despite her statements that she's "doing the right thing", Suzune is still unconvinced she is right. After meeting Kagari, Suzune finds out that her memories were altered: instead of setting out to kill magical girls after killing Tsubaki, Suzune had merely ran away and hid herself in despair. Matsuri eventually met up with her and became her friend, but Kagari erased those memories as a part of her revenge plot. After Suzune remembers this and Kagari forces her to confront her anguish, she decides to end her life after killing Kagari's witch and saving Matsuri, but not before telling Matsuri to live on and never forget that they were friends.
- Arisa Narumi (成見 亜里紗 Narumi Arisa)
- One of the Yunagi magical girls, and probably the most hot-headed among them. Having been bullied a lot in school, she became a magical girl wishing to become stronger, possessing superhuman strength and speed, leading her to become more self-confident yet abrasive, though her attitude scared others off, leading to her being lonely, until Chisato asked her to join the Yunagi group after beating her in a fight. Despite Arisa's abrasiveness and haughty attitude, she can be caring at times. She becomes distraught after the death of Chisato, eventually vowing to kill Suzune in revenge. Unfortunately, Arisa never managed to fulfill her goal, as Kagari killed her in a surprise attack to get her out of the way. Arisa wields a scythe as her magical girl weapon, and her soul gem is in the shape of a heart on her back.
- 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 uses a pistol as part of her weaponry, while her powers are unknown. She 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; another flashback reveals that Chisato's father was a creator of children's picture books and made a wish for his sake.
- 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. After a witch brings up memories of her painful past, where she wished to erase her sister from existence, she succumbs to her despair and becomes a witch herself.
- Matsuri Hinata (日向 茉莉 Hinata Matsuri)
- One of the Yunagi magical girls, a positive-thinking girl who is classmates with Suzune. She wants to become friends with Suzune, even after finding out that she is a magical girl killer. Her magical weapons are robotic gloves that can shine or shoot bright lights at her opponents, and she also possesses the ability to search for others, though this ability is best used as support in battle. She has a plush charm of a rabbit head named "Usa-chan". Matsuri reveals to Arisa at one point that she was blind, and wished to have sight as a result. Kagari knocks her out upon arrival so she can deal with Suzune alone, but Matsuri wakes up in time to save Suzune and confront Kagari. She is eaten by Kagari's witch, but manages to survive after Suzune defeats the witch. On Suzune's deathbed, Matsuri promises to never forget her, the Yunagi girls, Kagari and Tsubaki, and that they'll stay friends forever. Afterwards, Matsuri inherits the bell-and-pouch pendant and wears it as a hair tie herself. She is the only survivor of the events of the story.
- Kagari Hinata (日向 カガリ Hinata Kagari)
- Matsuri's older sister, who is hunting down Suzune in revenge for killing Tsubaki. She has a playfully cruel nature and takes delight in teasing and torturing Suzune. She seems to have a soft spot for Matsuri, but isn't afraid to kill her if she gets in the way of her goals. She also shows no remorse in murdering Arisa. Her magic appears to be illusionary-themed, and she is seen wielding a sword and shuriken. She is also capable of altering people's memories: she used this ability to turn Suzune into a magical girl killer and erase Matsuri's memories of meeting Suzune. She ends up turning herself into a witch.
- Tsubaki Mikoto (美琴 椿 Mikoto Tsubaki)
- Suzune's former mentor, who became a witch. 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.
- Kyubey (キュゥべえ Kyūbē)
- A reappearing character from Madoka Magica.
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.
Gallery
Front covers
Volume 1 cover art
Volume 2 cover art
Volume 3 cover art
Official art
Yunagi magical girls
Arisa Narumi
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Arisa Narumi
Chisato Shion
- Haruka.png
Haruka Kanade
Matsuri Hinata
Kagari Hinata
Kagari Hinata
Young Kagari with her hair down
Kagari holding Matsuri after knocking her out with a spell
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Tsubaki Mikoto
Volume 1 bonus end page
Colour pages
Volume 1 bonus colour page
Chapter 10 colour page
Chapter 13 colour page 1
Chapter 13 colour page 2
Miscellaneous
Kirara Magica series announcement pages, with the initial character designs for some of the series' characters.
Page 2 of the announcement.
Suzune's profile
Yunagi girls' profile
