Talk:Magia Record Story It's Okay to Be Clumsy

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

Riko is the daughter of a Take Out Place (Bento Shop) and is liked as a local mascot by the public. However, she is pretty clumsy and had a hard time learning how to cook not matter how hard she tries. She has a onee-san who is a regular at her place, a kind, gentle lady who is also a good cook. She is the aspiration of Riko who has just became an elder sister. They are very close and both looked forward to one day where Riko can cook with her.

One day, Riko was inside a place that looks like the inside of a bento. There she met QB who has been missing from Kamihama for a long time. QB informs her that she is trapped inside a witch barrier and will have to find and beat the witch to escape. QB joins Riko and acts as an adviser, telling her not to fall into despair nor be afraid as it will taint her SG and will affect her ability to fight and might even cause her death. QB tells her to inform him if she has any problems, but the hard working and stubborn Riko claims she is all right despite the fact she is not.

The witch attacked Riko both physically and mentally, making watch memories of her clumsiness which is her weakness. Her mother tries teaching her how to cook, lesson 1 at cutting food. Riko cuts herself too many times that her mother kindly tell her not to be too impatient: they have enough time and she can learn when she grow older. But that hurts Riko since she sees herself as a failure.

As she progress, the witch shows another memory: Riko cut herself during cooking class in school and is ridiculed by her classmates since they cannot believe the daughter of a bento shop cannot even use a knife properly. One even mock her that she will cook everyone and should stay away from her.

The witch even began to create rhymes to mock Riko of her clumsiness and failures, causing the poor girl to break and not even QB can convince her to calm down. Riko shrink as a result of her SG being tainted.

QB chases after Riko, but before he can catch up, Riko saw a shadow of herself holding the cooking knife for children that onee-san gave to her as a present. She tries desperately to stop her shadow from killing onee-san to no avail, and she is assaulted by illusions of her family and friends for being clumsy and a failure. The witch even tell her that she will use her memories to make good food.

Just as she is about to break, she remembers how she received the present: onee-san knows about Riko's resolve and her clumsiness, so she send a recipe and a letter to encourage her to take it slow and learn at her own pace. She tells her people love her parents' cooking for the heart and patient they put in, and she should remember that heart is as important as the speed to learn.

This gave Riko the resolve to stand up, and QB arrive just in time and tell her to get on his back. Riko fight as a QB rider and fight off the familiars. Once she reaches her shadow, she agree with her that she is slow and clumsy, but that is not an excuse to run away from her problems. She exclaims that she will take it step by step and learn, eventually reaching her goal as a good sister. Her shadow smiles contently and tell Riko that she will be watching over her and she disappears after the battle.

Riko returns to her normal size and also crush QB. However, she is grateful for his help, though QB thinks it is wonderful that she can rise above her fears.

They finally found the witch and is able to defeat it with some advice from QB. She tells the witch that her memories, good or bad is not her food and she will not let it use it to spread curse and misfortune.

After defeating the witch, Riko is still stuck, and she acknowledges that she is inside her mind. QB affirms her observation. Despite this, QB praises Riko for rising above her fears and defeating the witch, but Riko thinks she would not be able to do so without QB.

QB informs Riko that he is her image of what she believe he is, and Riko is sad that he will disappear as she leave this place. However, QB comforts her and say he will always be with her. Riko asks if she will see him again, and he replies again with he is always with her, and they bid a fond farewell.

Riko woke up in Mitama's shop with Manaka watching over her. She finally broke down in tears and cries hard in Mitama's arms, and she gently comforts the girl with a gentle hug. After cooling down, they introduce herself to each other, and Riko tell them her tale.

Mitama first smiles gently and says the QB inside her is truly a kind knight in shining armor, and then praise Riko for being a tough kid since she is able to rise up against her fears and defeat her witch in the center of her mind. However, she also informs Riko she is lucky since Manaka also defeated the witch's physical form as well.

Manaka apologizes to Riko for opening her bag so that she can give her her precious cooking knife to hold onto, but Riko thank Manaka instead since it gave her the resolve to fight.

After making sure she is all right, Riko left to continue her trip to onee-san's place (she is attacked on the way). Mitama wonders if Manaka can help Riko, but the latter thinks Riko will be able to excel even without her help, saying that it is a chef's hunch.

The story ends with Riko determined to progress at her pace to become the good sister in her dream.