Umika Misaki

Umika Misaki
Japanese Name	御崎 海香 (Umika Misaki)
Weapon	Magic book

Umika Misaki (御崎 海香) is a major character in Puella Magi Kazumi Magica: The Innocent Malice.

An accomplished novelist, she lives with Kazumi and Kaoru while their parents are working overseas. She provides for them, paying their house and goods with the money earned from her books. She is a Puella Magi, and is a member of the Pleiades Saints. She wished for the chance to meet an editor that would recognize her works.

Personality

Kaoru is the brains of the three, though it's unknown how she acts within the Pleiades. Although a rather cheery person and far from cold, she keeps her cool most of the time, analyzing situations carefully.

As a writer, she often has episodes of writer's block. When this happens, her personality changes dramatically. She becomes extremely frustrated and grows visible horns, and goes on a cooking frenzy. Her cooking is rather good, and eating it generally solves her block. When this does not work, she goes on a shopping spree with her friends: given her wealth, money is not an issue. Still, she can be quite stingy: it is said she will go anywhere to save one Yen in groceries.

She wished for an editor who would recognize her works. When asked why not wish to best a bast-selling author, she states she did not want talent, but fame. This may mean she either believes in her own talent, or simply wants to be famous. Either way, she uses the money she earns to give herself and her friends a comfortable life.

History

This section may contain major spoilers for the Kazumi Magica manga!

Please refrain from reading if you haven't read the latest chapter yet.

Umika with an episode of writer's block.

Umika has so far only appeared in Kazumi Magica.

Her first appearance was at the mall where Kazumi was being traded for a bomb. After getting reacquainted with Kazumi, she and Kaoru led her to their house. While she was out, Kazumi met and fought the police detective from earlier, arriving just after the end of the battle.

The next day, she has writer's block, acting awkwardly towards the other girls, growing horns and cooking maniacally. This almost worked, had it not been for an untimely comment by Kazumi. Due to this, she used her second trick to overcome the block: shopping. This apparently worked. While leaving the mall, Kazumi's "witch detector" sensed something in a nearby alley. She fought the pseudo-witch, but was in trouble, leading her and Kaoru to show their own powers to Kazumi. However, due to a mistake by Kazumi, the pseudo-witch runs away: they "punish" her by giving her a new (and rather messy) haircut, telling her about magic and their own wishes in the meanwhile. Afterwards, they meet and defeat the same pseudo-witch, which is briefly seen with a mysterious Puella Magi.

Umika reading her opponent's mind with Ex Fille

Later they fight a "real" witch, but due to a mistake by Kazumi, Kaoru is nearly devoured by the witch. Umika jumped inside it just in time to summon a protective barrier around the two, but the witch ends up fleeing with both of them inside. Kazumi meets the remaining Pleiades, and they engage in a mad rush to save the two before Umika's barrier collapses. They arrive just in time to save them both.

While they celebrate their victory, they are attacked by the mysterious Puella Magi from earlier, Yuuri. She kidnaps Kazumi, and orders them to go to the Asunaro Dome if they want Kazumi back. They head there, but due to a force barrier, they can do nothing but watch.

Powers, Weapons & Abilities

Having made a wish related to writing, her weapon is an magical book. It's main function is to read the opponent's mind, with their thoughts being written on it. Umika can then use that information to identify the enemy's weakness, and come up with a plan. She can also summon objects from the book, most often a ball, used for Kaoru's attacks.
For close range attacks, she can transform the book into a double-edged pole, with the covers acting as blades. This pole has the ability to sever the link between humans and pseudo-witches spawned by them.

She can also summon a protective barrier around her. The amount of time she can keep it up is limited, though.

Speculation

• The note that Kaoru and Umika leave to Kazumi states that they're out dating, but there are no boys around them. Some believe this to be evidence of a romantic relationship between Umika and Kaoru.
• Umika was the only girl so far who recognized Yuuri. Though her name and outfit were mysteries to her, she recognized her face.

Gallery

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  Run. Run now.

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  Umika recognized Yuuri when she saw her face uncovered.

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  Umika transforming her book into a double-edged pole.

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  Her pole has the ability to cut the link between a human and the pseudo-witch spawned by it.