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#REDIRECT [[Airi Anri]]
|name=Airi / Yuuri
|image=<center>[[File:Yuuri 1.png|300px]]</center>
|jname=ユウリ (Yuuri)
|weapon=Pistols and SMGs, summoned bull
}}
 
'''Airi'' is a character appearing in [[Puella Magi Kazumi Magica: The Innocent Malice]]. For most of the series, she uses the appearance and identity of {Nihongo|'''[[Yuuri]]'''|ユウリ}} (See [[Yuuri Asuka]]).
 
A Puella Magi with a troubled past, she repeatedly clashes with members of the [[Pleiades Saints]]. [[Kazumi]] is her primary target. As part of her disruptive actions, she can also create pseudo-witches from common humans by embedding them with ''Evil Nuts'', "imitation" [[Grief Seed|Grief Seeds]].
 
==Personality==
 
Before becoming a magical girl, Airi was just a normal girl who had a debilitating illness. She simply wished to live and enjoy eating with her friend Yuuri. After Yuuri's death and becoming a magical girl, Airi became consumed by a single objective: revenge. Blaming the Pleiades for Yuuri's death, she now lives to exact vengeance for Yuuri's sake. Her sanity has been twisted by Yuuri's death, to the point where she actually wished to be Yuuri, taking her name, identity, and appearance. She is ruthless, not only fighting the Pleiades directly, but in also spawning pseudo-witches from innocent humans. They not only attack the Pleiades but also other humans, thus leaving a trail of blood in her path of retribution.<br>She has a particular interest in Kazumi, as she feels hurting Kazumi will hurt the Pleiades the most.
 
 
==History==
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Airi has so far only appeared in Kazumi Magica.
 
Before the events of Kazumi Magica, Airi was a hospital patient suffering from some unspecified illness. When visited by her friend Yuuri Asuka, Airi told her that she only had three months to live, and that she didn't want to die. Yuuri gives Airi a spoon, telling her it's a good luck charm. She then leaves to secretly contract with [[Kyubey]], wishing to cure Airi's illness. Airi, overjoyed at her miraculous recovery, believes the spoon helped cure her illness.
 
Later on, Yuuri participates in a cooking contest. Airi gives Yuuri back her spoon, telling it to protect Yuuri now. Yuuri makes it to the last round, but vanishes. While searching for Yuuri, Airi wanders into a witch's barrier and is saved by the Pleiades Saints (except Kazumi, who wasn't a member at the time). When the Pleaides leave, Airi finds that the witch had dropped Yuuri's spoon. Kyubey appears to Airi and reveals that Yuuri was actually the witch; he explains Yuuri's wish to cure Airi, and how she used too much of her magic to cure the diseases of other people, turning her into a witch right in front of the Pleiades Saints. Shocked, grief stricken, and losing her grasp on sanity, Airi blames the Pleaides for Yuuri's death. She wishes to take over Yuuri's life and become Yuuri, and she subsequently takes on Yuuri's appearance and name for the rest of ''Kazumi Magica''.
 
[[File:Corno Forte.png|right|thumb|300px|Cole, Airi's giant bull, summoned by ''Corno Forte''.]][[File:Kazumi at gunpoint.png|thumb|300px|Airi holding Kazumi at gunpoint.]]
 
As "Yuuri", Airi appears in Chapter 1, having kidnapped and locked Kazumi away in a briefcase. She accidentally exchanges the briefcase with a would-be-bomber carrying a similar one. Realizing her mistake, she called the bomber to arrange an exchange at a local mall, threatening to call the police on him. The bomber showed up and picked up the bomb (left behind a pillar), but the police appeared nonetheless: it is likely she planned to use the unexpected event to eliminate everyone. The bomb is activated, but eventually explodes harmlessly. This is to her own surprise, as she was sure it was a real bomb.
 
She is briefly seen twice in Chapter 2. The first time is after Kazumi collapses after defeating the first pseudo-witch and Umika picks up the Evil Nut left behind. It is implied that she was watching the whole battle, as she is looking very annoyed. She is later seen accompanying another pseudo-witch. When Kazumi, [[Kaoru]] and [[Umika]] arrive she wordlessly escapes before the battle ensues. The pseudo-witch is eventually defeated.
 
In Chapter 3, while the Pleiades Saints are searching for Kaoru and Umika, she disguises herself as Satomi, one of the Saints. She then is able to lure Kazumi away from her teammates, at which point she reveals herself and attacks her. Kazumi attempts to fight back, but is completely overwhelmed. At the last moment, the remaining Pleiades come to her rescue. Airi holds Kazumi at gunpoint, making them hesitate, but after Kazumi reassures them they fire a powerful attack at her, ''Fili Del Toano''. Airi is forced to flee.
 
In Chapter 4, after the Pleiades rescue Kaoru and Umika, she takes advantage of their celebration and incapacitates them with a large explosion and several arrow strikes. At this point she introduces herself as "Yuuri". She escapes with Kazumi and leaves a message embedded in one of the arrows ordering the Pleiades to appear at Asunaro Dome at midnight. The arrow resembled the arrows used to kill the witch-form of the real Yuuri, while the symbol on the letter appeared at the cooking contest Yuuri and Airi were at. While fleeing, Kazumi wakes up and pins her down. This triggers a flashback of her past as Airi, at which point she ties up Kazumi completely, visibly disturbed.
 
The Pleiades meet at Umika's house, agreeing to go to Kazumi's rescue despite their wounds. Umika wondered why "Yuuri" left a message instead of telling them her intentions directly, while Nico states that the mysterious girl is near her limit.<br>At the dome, Airi reveals her diabolical plan: to embed Kazumi with an Evil Nut, an "imitation" [[Grief Seed]] which can turn an individual into a pseudo-witch. She admits to have done the same to the policewoman and the cosmetics salesman, the two previous pseudo-witches.
<br>She sadistically enjoys the Pleiades' screams of pain and anger. In desperation, Kazumi asks why Airi's is doing all these, saying that Puella Magi are supposed to be "comrades". This causes Airi to explode in rage, screaming at Kazumi and insinuating that the Pleiades have a dark secret. When asked Satomi asks why she has such a grudge, Airi removes her hat, showing Yuuri's face. Stating that they did not recognize her by her name or message, Airi says she was "insignificant to you girls". Seeing her face, a shocked Umika recognizes her, but before any of them can say anything, Airi screams that she "came back in order to seek vengeance" against the Pleiades, and shoves an Evil Nut into Kazumi's forehead.
 
However, the Evil Nut actually empowers Kazumi, and she fights Airi again. The villainous magical girl still has the upper hand, pinning Kazumi on the floor. She then claims that she was killed by the Pleiades, and that they were a gang that kills magical girls. She targeted Kazumi because she believed Kazumi was the most important thing to the Pleaides, and she wanted to take Kazumi away just as they took away her most important thing. As she attacks, her Soul Gem begins to crack. [[Saki Asami|Saki]] sends [[Jubey]] to try and clean Airi's Soul Gen, but she shoots him first. Her Soul Gem then becomes a Grief Seed and she transforms into a witch.
 
As a witch, Airi sticks the Pleiades Saints on crosses. Vines then crawl over the Saints, causing them enormous pain.
 
==Witch Form==
Airi's witch form resembles a giant heart. 
 
==Powers, Weapons & Abilities==
[[File:Yuuri hat off.png|300px|thumb|Airi revealing Yuuri's face.]]
Airi has demonstrated a wide array of abilities, perhaps more than any character in the ''Puella Magi'' franchise.
 
Her primary means of attack is ''Corno Forte'' (English: ''Strong Horn''), which summons a giant bull, named "Cole". It possesses two wing-shaped horns and a nose ring, and is capable of powerful, fast charges. Cole is quite agile: it can jump around town at Yuuri's side and even stand atop power cables.
 
However, that is not her only ability. She is also able to summon various close-range firearms, such as submachine guns and pistols. In contrast with [[Homura]] from the main series, her weapons are of a magical nature. In particular, the SMG's bullets have binding properties (similar to [[Mami]]'s muskets), summoning shackles on impact and making the target a sitting duck for Cole's charge.
She is also able to fire large arrows from her pistols. The fletchings of the arrows can be used by her to store messages, that appear as ghastly holograms when the arrow is removed from where it struck. These arrows were smaller versions of the ones that killed the witch form of Yuuri Asuka.
 
In chapter 4, she caused a large explosion which disabled most of the Pleiades. How this was done is unknown, but a "beep" sound was audible beforehand.
 
Force barriers are also part of her abilities. She was able to isolate Kazumi inside one at Asunaro Dome, and despite their desperate attempts, none of the Pleiades were able to break it. These barriers damage anyone who touches them.
 
Outside of battle, she is also able to disguise herself as other people, having used this power to isolate Kazumi from the group by disguising herself as Satomi. The disguises are perfectly accurate, and she was even able to emulate Satomi's typical speech patterns (overuse of the -chan honorific). However, she does not appear able to use her other powers while disguised as she broke it to engage in battle. This power is likely derived from her wish, which was to become another person.
 
However, her most terrifying asset is the ability to use Evil Nuts, objects that imitate the power of Grief Seeds, and turn common humans into pseudo-witches. The humans embedded with them appear to maintain some level of control, as they are able to stay in human form and transform into witches at will. It is likely Airi has some way of controlling them, however.
 
==Trivia==
 
* Her pistol and submachine gun's magazines possess a ring on the outer end, similar to Cole's nose ring. The pistol she holds Kazumi at gunpoint with has two smaller rings inside the larger ring.
* Airi's backstory bears a notable similarity to {{Speculah:Prior_Lives_of_Witches|a very common speculation about the prior life of}} [[Charlotte]]. The main difference is that someone else wished Airi back to health.
* Airi has a number of similarities to [[Homura]]. Like Homura, she was a former hospital patient, she was motivated to contract by the death of her best friend, she had significant changes in personality and appearance, and she uses firearms.
 
 
==Speculation==
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=== Current Speculation ====
* While she uses them, it is unknown if Airi actually creates Evil Nuts. Given their huge power, it is possible she is obtaining them from a third party.
* The fact that Kazumi's ahoge can track pseudo-witches, but not normal witches, hints at some sort of close relationship between her and Airi, or at least the pseudo-witches.
** Additionally, both girls' Puella Magi outfits are revealing and sport a large witch hat, which strengthens the theory.
 
=== Past Speculation ===
* Yuuri holds a grudge against the Pleiades from their shared past, though the girls appear to have no recollection of her until Umika recognizes her face. This past is apparently a very troubled one, and Yuuri believed she was being thought of as "insignificant". Note that Yuuri indicated that her name and the mysterious ghastly letter she sent was somehow related to her identity.
** The arrow that Yuuri used could also be a clue.
*** A possible explanation was that she was abandoned or left for dead by the Pleiades in some situation. However, she survived, and now seeks revenge.
** This speculation has been semi-confirmed to be true.
* Despite being named after the Seven Sisters of Greek mythology, Sterope, Merope, Electra, Maia, Taygeta, Celaeno, and Alcyone are only part of the nine brightest stars in the cluster. The other two stars are named after their parents, Atlas and Pleione. Given that the current roster of the Saints is composed of seven members, it is speculated that two of them are missing. Since Nico states they are named after the seven sisters, it leaves those two members as the "parents", or the most important (or senior) members of the team.<br>It is likely those two are Yuuri, who has a past connection to the group, and the mysterious girl in Yuuri's flashbacks, who seemed to be a friend of hers.
** This speculation has been proven false.
* Nico mentions that Yuuri is "at her limit" and implies that something bad will happen to Yuuri if she uses any more magic. Based off the way she is acting, it's very likely Yuuri's Soul Gem is almost fully corrupted, and that she will soon become a witch.
** This speculation became true.
* The fact that Yuuri holds a gun to Kazumi's head might imply that Yuuri doesn't know that Soul Gems are actually magical girls' souls. It's also possible that she's unaware witches come from magical girls.
** It's possible that Airi/Yuuri doesn't know about Soul Gems. However, she does know that magical girls become witches, but her poor sanity prevents her from fully understanding it.
* Despite her constant attacks on Kazumi, [[Saki Asami|Saki]] seems to be the Pleiad Yuuri hates the most. Both of their short conversations ended in one of them yelling. First, Saki accuses Yuuri of being a coward for using Kazumi as a human shield, to which Yuuri responds "Look who's talking!" Later, Saki violently tells her to shut up when asked if Kazumi was "the person you don't want to show your filthy hands to", the meaning of which is still a mystery.
** It seems that Airi merely believed that Saki was the leader of the Pleiades.
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Yuuri SMG.png|Airi firing her summoned SMGs.
File:Evil nuts.png|Airi explaining how Evil Nuts function.
File:Outfit composite.png|A comparison between Kazumi and Airi as Yuuri's outfit. Notice the similarities.
File:Pleiades memory.png|One of Kazumi's flashbacks features the Pleiades. Notice how the girl in the witch hat resembles Airi as Yuuri: she wears stripped stockings and her witch hat isn't curved.
File:Umika recognizing.png|Umika recognized "Yuuri" when she saw her face uncovered.
File:Yuuri explosion.png|A large explosion, caused by one of Airi's attacks.
File:Yuuri message.png|The message left by Airi to the Pleiades. The emblem appeared in Yuuri's cooking contest.
File:Yuuri force barrier.png|The force barrier summoned by Airi.
File:Yuuri flashback.png|A flashback from Airi's past before she became Yuuri.
</gallery>
 
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