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Magia Record - Witch & Doppel encyclopedia (Puella Historia etc.)

This should be the last time I have to split the posts up, right? …Right?

(Links to other posts: -Enemy creatures (Arc 1) -Enemy creatures (Arc 2) -Doppels (Arc 1 main cast) -Doppels (Arc 2 cast) -Doppels (majority of supporting cast) -Doppels (OG Madoka and spinoffs)

(*Full spoilers for post-Arc 2 content. Warning for buggly-looking things + macabre imagery, as per usual.)

In the post-Arc 2 “Puella Historia” event series, the cast visits various time periods where Iroha and co. have been recording the lives of historical Puella Magi. The following witches and familiars are encountered there, as well as Puella Magi who would've used the following Doppels if they made their way to the present:

ECHO (II~IV)

Minions of the witch of symbols. Their role is to proliferate. The witch of symbols has many minions, said to grow and change shape in accordance with the life force they steal from humans. This type is known as the Hominid Dweller. They grow and evolve through many different stages, using only a fraction of the life force that other witches' minions would use. Their goal is simply to proliferate. Those that grow to a certain stage can give birth to their own minions in turn, even without becoming a full-fledged witch. If you find 1, there's bound to be 30 more where it came from, so you'd better exterminate them before they multiply even further.

ECHO (II)

Minions of the witch of symbols. Their role is to proliferate. The witch of symbols has many minions, said to grow and change shape in accordance with the life force they steal from humans. This type is known as the Bird Dweller. They grow and evolve through many different stages, using only a fraction of the life force that other witches' minions would use. Their goal is simply to proliferate. Those that grow to a certain stage can give birth to their own minions in turn, even without becoming a full-fledged witch. They assume the shape of a bird, and poke around at just about everything while vibrating their brains-- a unique world of development that humanity could hardly hope to reach.

KOMATSU (Master: Tsuyu Mizuna)

The Doppel of divine punishment. Its form is a straw warrior. While the master of this emotion wishes for a bountiful harvest to provide salvation to her people, her heart also secretly hosts a self-serving desire to restore her family's authority. As if to express its master's hidden wish, this Doppel uses straw burning with the flame of desire to smoke out its enemies, and uses its rigid limbs to trap and prey upon them. Even its master's attempts to stop it won't halt its brutal onslaught, as it continues to seek out and hunt the prey it requires to increase its own value. Once all the straw burns away and the Doppel vanishes, only a ghastly landscape is left behind, but a scant few beautiful wildflowers also seem to remain.

KOGETSU (Master: Chizuru)

The Doppel of avengeance. Its form is a vacant monk. As she gazed at the hands with which she cut down her beloved friend, the master of this emotion closed her eyes, in order to continue viewing the memories that had become impossible to realize forevermore. This Doppel is a round jewel of fantasy that sprang forth from her obscured field of view. It is filled with clouds of memory that spill forth from its skin, and sweet, fragrant flowers of joy. Its core is a fruit that none must ever touch; those who approach it are viewed as mortal enemies by the dragon, which devours them and reduces them to filthy ink. If one were to lock eyes with the being that peers out from within the jewel, the Doppel's hatred would strike through their brain, leaving them vexed by an unstable mind for some time.

10^-1

The witch of symbols. Her nature is revelation. A witch who simply continues to proliferate herself, as if charged with an inexorable duty. Because she has no consciousness, her place of origin and age are unknown, and she has never thought about what she wants to do. She simply obeys the hollow behavioural instinct to proliferate, working together with all of her previous offshoots to replicate herself ever further. But because she has no intent beyond proliferation, she's easily stamped out when discovered, no matter how many of her there are. Thus, prosperity for this witch is still a long ways off.

APEBIS (Master: Ebony)

The Doppel of skepticism. Its form is a vulture. From the moment that the master of this emotion was born, she has been forced into a life of servitude to the Pharaohs. But upon realizing that other ways of life exist, she was wracked with conflict. This Doppel continually emits fluctuations in response to that conflict, and creates doubt in the hearts of those around it as it propagates the fluctuations with its wingbeats. These doubts quickly balloon into various opposing poles-- joy and sorrow, hope and resignation, veneration and contempt-- thus calling forth further chaos. As this chaos reaches its breaking point and overflows, it drags everything down with it into transience and uncertainty.

DREKKA MINNI (Master: Olga)

The Doppel of loss. Its form is an empty ship. The master of this emotion bears a hollow heart due to the loss of her younger sister, who was raised together with her like two joined trees. She wanders aimlessly in search of her missing other half. Her Doppel thus carries its master on an endless journey, with a destination that both does and does not exist. Only the master can board the ship. Should any others approach it, the surrounding waves will swiftly swallow their hearts, dooming them to merely follow in the Doppel's wake like ghosts.

BLOT (Master: Gunhild)

The Doppel of estrangement. Its form is a shipwreck. The master of this emotion is suffering from significant mental imbalance, as the heart of her elder sister-- raised together with her like two joined trees-- has begun to drift away. In response to the destructive impulses produced from this imbalance, her Doppel will brutally thrash and destroy anything and everything that approaches it. Whenever it manifests, it ceaselessly rushes across the dark ocean in search of prey, until the deep, murky emotions comprising it are put at ease. However, no peaceful rest awaits it after doing so.

BLOT

The witch of shipwrecks. Her nature is a dream gone astray. Her field of view extends in all directions, and she spends her time merely attempting to swallow any targets she perceives. Those who are swallowed are sent to her vast, hollow back, where a seemingly-endless nothingness awaits them. This witch's actions are driven by a deep, dry thirst, which she attempts to soothe by absorbing the dreams, hopes, and other feelings of "anticipation towards life" from those she devours. But her hunger never ends no matter how much she absorbs, so she simply continues to aimlessly wander, like a fallen leaf atop the ocean.

10^-3

The witch of symbols. Her nature is revelation. A more mature form of a witch who simply continues to proliferate herself, as if charged with an inexorable duty. She has grown rigid wings and become able to dance through the sky, as well as gained the ability to watch over 3 eras. But much like her immature state, her only behavioural instinct is to proliferate herself. She now unconsciously attempts to eliminate risks, and sometimes behaves as if to warn her other selves of danger, but the immature versions of the witch can't grasp her intent, so there's no point to it at all.

VIMALA UPADANA (Master: Heruka)

The Doppel of zealotry. Its form is a sutra. The master of this emotion has lost sight of herself during her efforts to save people, and heavily depends on the zealous faith she receives from those around her. As if to embody its master's obsession, her Doppel races across the land to bestow divine providence on those who seek salvation, thinking itself to be garbed in all the karmic fires of this world. But far from being saved, those who witness its form have their eyes burned by its intense light, and are enveloped in flame. The Doppel believes this immolation to be true salvation, and its master's obsession prevents her from looking back, so she carries yet more new karma upon coming to her senses.

MAGATSUMONONUSHI (Master: Toyo)

The Doppel of corrosion. Its form is a giant snake. The master of this emotion is tied down by the ideal image that she desperately attempts to reach, in order to become closer to the mother that she admires, and sees a reflection of this in her Doppel's form. The Doppel grows from its master's limbs and is entwined with her nervous system, thus robbing her of the ability to move. When it senses someone experiencing mental pressure with its keen sense of smell, it bites them and begins to corrode them with its venom. None can escape from the venom, but they will forever be free from the pressure that was upon them. Having thus witnessed the very destruction and slaughter that she abhors, its master becomes even more tightly bound by the curse that surrounds her, but the Doppel will never realize this.

CASSANDRA (Master: Amaryllis / Junia)

The Doppel of prophecy. Its form is a scale. By viewing her scale-shaped Doppel, the master of this emotion is able to see people's futures. In order to guarantee that its prophecies are objective, this Doppel is mainly composed of inorganic materials. One of its plates is engraved with a symbol meaning "hope," and the other with a symbol meaning "despair". The plates hold the respective weights of the lives that can be saved versus the lives that cannot, but since nobody other than its master can see them, few people listen to its master's prophecies. Such is the curse bestowed upon the one who prayed to "save everyone," but killed her own maidenly heart in exchange.

10^-5

The witch of symbols. Her nature is revelation. A more mature form of a witch who simply continues to proliferate herself, as if charged with an inexorable duty. Once she realized that it was pointless to announce danger to the versions of herself in other eras, the witch finally comprehended her situation, and became able to watch over 5 eras with her foot planted firmly on the ground. She has now learned how to properly guide others. When she sees a potential moment of growth for one of her other selves in one of those 5 eras, instead of alerting them to danger, she steals control of their body for just a moment and urges them in the direction she wants them to go.

(Meanwhile, the present-day Witch of Symbols takes advantage of the cast’s efforts to recombine Iroha’s lost essence, growing into an even larger form as it recombines itself alongside her:)

10^-7

The witch of symbols. Her nature is revelation. A more mature form of a witch who simply continues to proliferate herself, as if charged with an inexorable duty. In order to raise her parent witch to supremacy for the sake of proliferation, this witch has decided to feed herself to her parent. In order to make herself into the supreme meal, she has manipulated and consumed many other witches herself. The now-mature witch floats upon golden wings, can watch over 7 eras, and has even balanced out her essences of yin and yang to become a perfect dish with no peculiar or outstanding flavors. The lofty sound of her trumpet is directed towards the parent witch who gave her the gift of life.

10^-43

The witch of symbols. Her nature is revelation. A witch who attempts to bring herself to the pinnacle of prosperity, while interfering with every era in the dizzyingly-long line of history leading to the present day. By interfering with the system that overturns the fate of Puella Magi and absorbing its world-covering membrane, the witch's body has become a single massive city that spreads across the land, and her Labyrinth is vast enough to engulf the whole Earth. She is now only one step away from suffusing herself through the past and future, making herself into the only individual that exists in any era. The last step is to absorb the power of infinity into herself, but because she can no longer move around on her own, she's forced to rely on her own offshoots.

CAMPANELLA (Master: Yachiyo Nanami (Historia ver.))

The Doppel of ticket-taking. Its form is a weatherwheel. The master of this emotion has inherited tiny hopes from the past, and has practically become a legendary being. Her Doppel has grown larger in proportion to its master's inherited hope, and has matured into a heavy stone building as if to represent the weight she carries. The Doppel is impatient to be released from this weight, so it's waiting for an opportunity to make hope a reality by unleashing its maximum power in one huge, instantaneous burst. Its disproportionate power is strong enough to control even the weather, so if this were to occur, the ensuing storms and volcanic eruptions would surely change the landscape into that of a newborn planet. Its master, who can sense its endless power, is thus constantly keeping watch to prevent it from stealing control.

Creatures from miscellaneous events after Puella Historia:

“VILLAIN OF CHAOS” RUMOR 　A Rumor duplicate of Hanna Sarasa, created by Mikoto Sena shortly before breaking away from the Magia Record and going on the run. Since she's based on Hanna's behaviour after Mikoto died, she can use hypnosis magic by default. Due to an oversight in the wording of her Rumor, she literally "feeds on" negative emotions.

“ENDLESS MIRROR” RUMOR 　A Rumor meant to serve as a vessel for Mikoto Sena, created by her shortly before breaking away from the Magia Record and going on the run. Traps people in a mirror dimension if they try to search for Mikoto.

　After Hanna and Mikoto run out of energy and pass away for good, Nemu removes their respective Rumors from her book, as a show of respect for how they chose to go out.

WINCHESTER (Master: Rumor Mikoto)

The Doppel of seclusion. Its form is a mirror. The master of this emotion refuses to accept the loss of the person who she must convey her feelings to. This Doppel only houses beautiful memories, and is constructed from prisms that shoot light in every possible direction. The form of her loved one is hidden in the light, but the Doppel itself is unable to find it. After much trial and error, she reflected herself into the mirror in an attempt to peek inside, but all that was left was her own symmetrical form. The Doppel grows heavy with impurity as its master's depressed feelings collect inside. When its emotions overflow, light bursts from its illuminated prisms, and those who witness it will have their hearts instantly stained with darkness.

PEEPING CASTLE TOWN RUMOR

"My, have you heard? Who'd you hear it from? The Peeping Castle Town, and the Rumor thereof! Take one quick leftward spin around Mizuna's old castle town, trot up the stairs, clap your hands in prayer… Then peek back through your legs at the town, and say "hello" to the houses of ye olden days! If you spend too long staring, you'll get dragged right over to the other side! It's a rumor that ALL of Mizuna's history nerds are talking about. Come one, come all!"

(*Makes a surprise appearance in one of Rumor Mikoto's character-story battles.)

New Year's Emas up to 2024!!

HOMULILLY

The witch of nutcrackers. Her nature is self-completion. Her teeth have spilled out, her skull has melted, and her eyeballs too have fallen. Only a promise lies planted in her pitiful head, no longer able to crack nuts, but because she awakened while still inside of her shell, she still bears strong traces of her form as a Puella Magi. Her minions call her a misshapen failure for this, and are quite ashamed of her.

LITTLE GOAT'S DREAM (*“Yagi no ko no yume”)

"A poor, sad dream that a gentle-hearted girl saw in a corner of this night. Fill your big head with the stuffing of your pillow, wet with self-loathing, and cry and wail as much as you like tonight. The dancers alone will take your hand."

LITTLE BEAR'S DREAM (*“Kuma no ko no yume”)

"A poor, tearful dream that a lonely girl saw in a corner of this night. Fill your empty belly with soft cotton stuffing, and dance around selfishly as much as you like tonight. The dancers alone know who you are."

Creatures that show up in Madoka Magia Scene 0:

ADELBERT

Minions of the witch of rose gardens. Their role is to surveil. When they find a human, they emit a bell-like warning noise and headbutt them mercilessly. They have 20/20 vision. They came to Kamihama from a place called Mitakihara, in order to guard the landscaping minions who likewise serve the Witch of Rose Gardens. They almost got wiped out by a fanged, red-haired Puella Magi along the way, but since their group only consisted of minions with no witch, they were lucky enough to escape her wrath.

GISELA

The witch of silver. Her nature is freedom. She lurks in a Labyrinth that moves at high speed, but the witch herself is extremely sluggish. She's unfortunately unable to use any sort of scientific power. Her whole body once gleamed with dazzling silver, but she became terribly rusty while gazing at the shoreline at sunset.

ROBERTA

The witch of birdcages. Her nature is rage. She loudly stamps her feet inside her cage, raging at all the things that never came true for her. This witch is extremely fond of alcohol, and her familiars are likewise extremely flammable.

????? (Witch of bulls)

(*From the Different Story manga. Only appears in story scenes; identified as "witch of bulls" in Live2D parameters.)

(Ulla, Elsamaria, Michaela and Gotz also have encyclopedia entries, but they have the same descriptions and artwork as the OG show. ...Annnnnd there's a 30-image limit on Tumblr posts now. Oops. Oh well.)

ICHIZO

The witch of nighthawks. Her nature is to escape. This witch fled from a terrifying darkness. This witch fled from a blindingly-bright hope. This witch fled from those who she couldn't save. This witch fled from the future where she was meant to be saved. Up to her very last moments, this witch was unable to accept the part of herself that fled. She continually flies throughout her Labyrinth, her sights set on the mirage of a red star. But her wings and self-conception have melted like mud, blotting out both past and present, with all objective and meaning now lost. This witch is both there and not there. This witch does not connect with anyone else. She drowns all others in mud, and eliminates all individuals besides herself. Nobody is able to bestow anything upon this witch.

(*Kuroe's witch form from the anime, who appears as a boss fight when Kuroe breaks free from her Doppel during her, Yuu, and Shii's event. Her description in the anime booklet was simply: "an ugly hawk with wings of mud.")

#puella magi madoka magica #magia record #misc translation #madoka witches

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Behold! The thing I've been spending most of my time on for the past few months years!!

In the time since my last post, I've finished building the main game (stages 1~6) of Treasure Castle Labyrinth, one of my long-time favorite Touhou fangame concepts. It's fully playable! Start to finish! Right now! (On most Windows operating systems!)

TCL creator's official game page: https://irodorian.com/houten Bulletforge DL page: https://www.bulletforge.org/u/naudiz/p/dong-fang-bao-tian-jing-treasure-castle-labyrinth

The EX Stage and other extra content will be added over the following months. I'm really proud to have gotten this game out the door, and I hope a lot of people enjoy playing it! :D

#touhou #touhou fangame #treasure castle labyrinth #game translation #game dev

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Magia Record - Doppel encyclopedia translations (Arc 2 et.al)

Splitting ‘em off into a separate post once again!

(Links to other posts: -Enemy creatures (Arc 1) -Enemy creatures (Arc 2) -Doppels (Arc 1 main cast) -Creatures & Doppels (Post-Arc 2) -Doppels (majority of supporting cast) -Doppels (OG Madoka and spinoffs)

(*Full spoilers for Arc 2, plus some post-Arc 2 content. Warning for insects + macabre imagery, as per usual for these posts.)

TIRACCHANA (Master: Yuna Kureha)

The Doppel of chastisement. Its form is a Hell tormentor. The master of this emotion is unable to control the emotions that are pent up within her; these swollen emotions conversely take control of her, as if to replace her entirely. As a result, the Doppel that would ordinarily be born is overtaken by an infant-like flesh growth, which continually absorbs energy as if to help it mature. The flesh growth is a mass of pure instinct, lacking even the slightest trace of logical thought. It simply crushes anything that displeases it as its emotions dictate, and freely devours energy. There are rare occasions when it attempts to explain itself with words, but it can only speak in a voice like air escaping from a hollow cavern, unable to convey anything. Having a full stomach puts it in a good mood, but it apparently tends to spew energy from its mouth if it eats slightly too much.

MERKAVA (Master: Hikaru Kirari)

The Doppel of sluggishness. Its form is a chariot. The master of this emotion feels utmost joy in working for the sake of others, but is terribly lazy when it comes to her own self. As such, she has nothing but mixed feelings about dragging around a being that represents herself. Because this Doppel is powered by its master's own strength, it cannot take action by itself, but upon being thrown by its master, it will instantly crush its enemies with its massive, sturdy body. The Doppel itself loves being of use to people, so it only intends to hug its enemies as it's flying toward them, but since being thrown causes a large blade to jut out of its body, it always thinks that it's failed.

HALIFAX (Master: Ao Kasane)

The Doppel of unfavorable consequence. Its form is a mass of clouds. The master of this emotion projects an unfeeling veneer, but in fact feels very much. She is unable to relieve herself of the blame she feels over being pushed to harm others, and to escape from this predicament, she harms others again in turn, perpetuating a negative cycle. Upon capturing its master, this Doppel attempts to release her from that suffering by decapitating her, granting her a feeling of relief as she takes responsibility for just one brief moment. But since its master's head contains a keen mind, she recognizes that this is merely a self-satisfying illusion. This internal conflict causes the unrelieved blame to coalesce into a single giant, which attempts to release its directionless emotions by taking them out on whatever's nearby. Its master's guilt will likely continue to amass itself, neither being condemned nor dissolving in the wind.

LAKEHURST (Master: Juri Ooba)

The Doppel of endorsement. Its form is an airship. At the sight of her Doppel trying to immediately release the massive energy that's built up within her body and mind, the master of this emotion sends it a glorious cheer of her own, and works to vent her frustrations along with said Doppel. This Doppel encourages one to immediately act on every thought that comes into their head, to the point of considering self-control an outright evil, and it likewise never holds back for a single moment. This extends not just to things like eating and sleeping, but even to sudden destructive impulses, and the Doppel thus lays waste to its surroundings while dragging its master along. If one dared to try and stop it by applying external pressure, its discontent would spike beyond its limit, and the resulting explosion would blast away everything in its vicinity.

TARA (Master: Shizuka Tokime)

The Doppel of peace and security. Its form is a thousand arms. The master of this emotion devotes her life to others to a self-sacrificing degree, and because her Doppel shares a similar mindset, the two are deeply linked with each other. This Doppel reacts sensitively to those who its master views as enemies, and if necessary, it will wield violence against said enemies to instill in them an understanding of the wonders of altruism. Those who receive its teachings will suffer hideous injuries, but due to this Doppel's brilliant gold shine and the artistic nature of the violence it inflicts, its victims become so fascinated as to forget the pain entirely, and are said to become its captives before they even know it.

TARA (Master: Shizuka Tokime (New Year's sunrise ver.))

The Doppel of peace and security. Its form is a thousand arms. The master of this emotion intends to enjoy the beginning of the new year to its absolute fullest– enough to forget about about all the ills of the world– and because her Doppel shares a similar mindset, the two are deeply linked with each other. Since her Doppel is working to have as much fun as possible from the very first day of their break, it reacts sensitively to things that its master is interested by, and continually works to entertain her. It will easily resort to cheating in order to assist its master: it not only deems her quiz answers correct no matter how many mistaken answers she gives, but it even tries to grant her victory in the New Year broadcasts' channel viewership wars. On top of that, this Doppel blesses its master with dreams of auspicious beginnings when she sleeps at its kotatsu, so she seems to have become utterly inseparable from it.

OAJI (Master: Chiharu Hiroe)

The Doppel of selection. Its form is a sodegarami. The master of this emotion proudly believes that its ability exists to reveal and capture evil, but in truth, it is a Doppel that seeks 6 human sacrifices to plunge into the depths in its master's place. No matter how well an adversary hides, its lantern head will expose all beneath the light of day, and its three-pronged claws will drag them down to the bottom of the swamp. The more targets it drags into the swamp, the more powerful this Doppel becomes, but that power is sure to descend upon its master as a calamity one day. Nevertheless, this Doppel continues to desperately store up power for the sake of eliminating those who would do harm to its master.

MARITA (Master: Sunao Toki)

The Doppel of resignation. Its form is an assassin bug. The master of this emotion inwardly projects her past self upon the sharp and ferocious being that emerges from her, and looks upon it with regret. This shrewdly, silently-moving Doppel approaches its targets without alerting them to its presence, then bends its needle mouth like a whip to skewer them and suck out their life force. Even against tough opponents, it approaches stealthily and uses its four limbs to whittle them down before feeding. Its master simply watches as its crystal is stained red, powerless to stop the Doppel as it drags her to and fro.

SCYLLA (Master: Himena Aika)

The Doppel of perpetuity. Its form is a portrait. The master of this emotion holds mixed feelings towards her Doppel: though she feels a mysterious sense of kinship with it, she's also frightened by the sense that her heart could be laid bare by looking directly at it. The Doppel responds by putting its master to sleep within the sphere connected to its body, in order to free her from the emotions that so vex her. While she sleeps, it attempts to fulfill her desires by stamping out each and every foe that refuses to understand her. Incidentally, the Doppel's body is also a mere makeshift form projected from its master's heart, and changes shape based on her own thoughts. It currently takes the form of a lovelorn wolf seeking its mate. The makeshift form will repeatedly regenerate as long as the sphere and ring remain intact, so caution is a must.

AZTEKIUM (Master: Shigure Miyabi)

The Doppel of alienation. Its form is areoles. Despite being excessively cautious of those around her, the master of this emotion has no means by which to deal with the problem herself, and thus is perfectly comfortable being protected by the being that emerges from her. This Doppel wields sharp thorns and a thick epidermis, and much like its master, it's desperate to protect itself. While not actively aggressive, one of its switches flips each time it receives stress, and its restraints come further undone. Should all the switches turn on, it'll mercilessly blast away any obstacle before it with its electromagnetic railgun. When the subject its master wishes to avoid is the same as the cause of this Doppel's stress, its accuracy rate skyrockets.

ABIGAIL (Master: Hagumu Azumi)

The Doppel of false bravado. Its form is a reversible garment. Despite knowing about the beings called Doppels, the master of this emotion is still paralyzed with fear upon seeing this representation of herself that appeared from within her heart. In contrast to its master, who displays her full power against witches, her Doppel's inner lining boasts lethal capabilities against other Puella Magi. But since its personality is similar to its master's, if it's summoned in the heat of battle, it immediately panics and assumes a defensive posture. Incidentally, its master closes her eyes out of fear whenever her Doppel manifests, so she's never gotten a good look at it. Any enemies will have vanished by the time she opens her eyes, so she admires the Doppel considerably.

9DAIME NUE (Master: San Kagura) (*Japanese for "Ninth-generation Nue"; named after the Ninth-Generation Tamaya Shobei and his automaton depicting the slaying of the Nue.)

The Doppel of stagnation. Its form is a security system. The master of this emotion absolutely cannot accept any change in the things that brought her to where she is today. In response to this feeling of its master's, this Doppel displays the ability to notice even the slightest movement of a pebble by the side of a road, the sound of a pin dropping, and so on, in order to catch every little detail of the changes occuring in its vicinity. If a change occurred as a result of a natural phenomenon, it will quietly tend to it and return it to normal. But if somebody intentionally caused it, the Doppel will never forgive them; it will launch the masks attached to it in order to give pursuit, and is absolutely guaranteed to capture and punish its target. It's bad at defending itself from weapons such as arrows– which its master has mixed feelings about, given that she uses projectiles herself.

OXFORD (Master: Miyuri Yukari)

The Doppel of stark candor. Its form is a shoe. The master of this emotion is dumbfounded by the countless legs sprouting out from her vicinity and pressing in on her. However, she doesn't actually seem bothered by them, and is in fact staring blankly into space from a sheer overload of joy. Meanwhile, her Doppel has had no luck whatsoever in its search for a foot that will fit it, and has filled itself to the brim with nothing but dud legs to dispose of. But it still hasn't given up on meeting its soulmate (sole-mate) one day, and thus tends to throw tantrums out of frustration. It vents its stress by leaping high into the heavens, then falling back to earth in a plummeting stomp. Apparently, it can relieve more stress the higher it flies.

CUAUHTITLAN (Master: Lavi Himuro)

The Doppel of maganimity. Its form is an altar. The master of this emotion continually offers up prayers as she commiserates in sadness alongside her Doppel, which attempts to send its brethren to a world of nonexistence that has no sorrow or suffering. When this highly-sensitive Doppel perceives sorrow or suffering, it reflexively takes action to save the subject of those feelings. These actions are borne out of a combination of the Doppel's dislike of bloodshed, and its merciful desire to return the subject to nature– a world that has no need for emotions. Those who are bathed in the light of fertility and abundance that it releases from its mouth are instantly reduced to ash, becoming fertilizer for the land that they stood on. Incidentally, this Doppel looks the same no matter what angle it's viewed from, and even its master has never seen it from the back.

MARGUERITE (Master: Asahi Miura)

The Doppel of safeguarding. Its form is a fortress. The master of this emotion resists others' attempts to trespass in private matters such as her hobbies and interests. Her Doppel is covered by a sturdy outer shell, and serves as a private space for its master that shuts out surrounding information and forcibly creates distance with the outside. Should any external nuisances appear, its master can snipe and eliminate them via the mechanism affixed to its top. The Doppel itself, however, is equally resistant to outside meddling. Should anyone attempt to speak with it or touch it, it will try to calm itself down by thrashing around in a panic until its target has been reduced to smithereens. When this happens, the master inside apparently gets shaken to the point of utter exhaustion.

HALOMONAS TITANICAE (Master: Aleksandra Kurusu)

The Doppel of longing. Its form is a ship's figurehead. The master of this emotion locked away her own love, and continues sleeping without ever putting it into words. Her Doppel is an avatar of unsinkability that emerges from the water's depths, and refuses to allow anyone to give up on any kind of love. Upon seeing someone who it or its master is fond of, it puts their feelings towards that person into song while waving its wings and mast as part of the ultimate concert. If you don't give any response after observing the performance, you'll be sliced to ribbons by its lattice-shaped mast, so applauding is the safe option. But either way, listening to its song will cause the iron in your body to become oxidized and make you sick, so people say it's best to just avoid listening in the first place.

VLASTENSKE (Master: Urara Yume)

The Doppel of camaraderie. Its form is a wooden doll. The master of this emotion is delighted at how her Doppel performs together with her, but also suspects that she herself may be being manipulated. This Doppel's excellent communication skills allow it to not only interact with various people besides its master, but to captivate and befriend absolutely anyone with its comical movements. However, that friendship is proof that they've been bewitched by the Doppel and made easy to manipulate. Harm has apparently befallen those who befriended the Doppel in practice– being crushed by a cigar box while juggling together, for instance.

JING (Master: Nayuta Satomi)

The Doppel of absurdity. Its form is a jiàzi huāliǎn (*"arrogant painted-face"). The master of this emotion is both surprised by the brutality within herself, and slightly exasperated by her Doppel's shallow way of thinking. This Doppel doesn't pay attention to its surroundings, and has a habit of jumping to hasty conclusions about the things that enter its field of view. It may prance about with joy when it ought to be doing battle, and may seethe with anger when it ought to be enjoying itself. Despite being stubborn and reluctant to change its mind, it displays amazing practical strength when its behavior aligns with the situation. None can dodge its shapeshifting blade, and any attack will be deflected by its lotus flower's lotus effect. Those who've seen it in combat have praised the sight as beautiful, as if it were dancing the entire time. Incidentally, it seems to think of its master as a kindred spirit who resembles its own absurd self.

CASUARIUS (Master: Mikage Yakumo)

The Doppel of tantrums. Its form is a chick. The master of this emotion has a strong heart that is not easily shaken, but the one thing that frustrates her is her own youth. Since she and her Doppel are similar in this regard, she cannot bring herself to like it. This young Doppel likewise hates itself, as it hasn't yet matured enough to freely control its limbs, and is incapable of doing anything besides beg for food. As such, it's irritated by its master's own youth as well. It builds up stress from the moment it's born, and relieves said stress via loud, constant chirping. But when its stress reaches its peak and explodes, the Doppel breaks free from its shell, leaping around wildly and leaving hideous scratch marks on everything in sight. When its master's stress is added on top of that, the carnage is said to become even worse.

BREADMAN (Master: Sudachi Sawa)

The Doppel of nomadicism. Its form is a cookie. The master of this emotion is anguished by the sight of her Doppel innocently playing without a mote of hesitation, as she feels that it is both a symbol of freedom and of guilt to her. This Doppel acts out of pure instinct as it freely floats and drifts around. Everything it does– yelling loudly, eating food, wrapping itself in lively colors– it does simply for its own enjoyment. No matter who it causes sorrow or pain to, it remains unaffected by this world's concept of sin. Perhaps because it seems like an unblemished child at first glance, it gives off the impression of a pitiful being that can't grow up, so the older its victims are, the more likely it is for sadness to take precedent over their terror.

BREADMAN (Master: Sudachi Sawa (Valentine's ver.))

The Doppel of nomadicism. Its form is a cookie. The master of this emotion loathes how her Doppel attempts to win the love of others with only its cries, as it feels like a symbol of her own naïveté. The Doppel acts out of pure instinct: only ever considering how it can make things easier for itself, never putting in any hard work, and always getting someone else to help it. Expecting it to return any favors is pointless, for no matter how much one may help the Doppel or show it love, it simply floats and drifts around. Meanwhile, its master puts in effort to bring people together, and the sight of her Doppel attracting people simply by dressing itself up and making cute cries results in even more mixed feelings for her.

GOTHEL (Master: Yozuru Sasame)

The Doppel of courtship. Its form is a tower. The master of this emotion once had love engraved within her, albeit tied to chains of grief. But after having carved part of herself away, she cannot directly feel it, and lives on with hollow freedom in a wide-open world. This Doppel is likewise unable to sense the love that it holds within. It devotedly seeks out those who will treat it with care, and upon finding someone whose magic or environment resembles its own, it captures them with its opened ribs and mercilessly attempts to squeeze them into itself. But no matter how hard this Doppel tries to incorporate its target, it can never fill itself with that which it seeks.

LUCA (Master: Livia Medeiros)

The Doppel of duḥkha-dhātu. Its form is a tree diagram. Due to the presence of this being that represents the origin of life, the master of this emotion is painfully aware of the inescapable yoke that forces her closer to becoming one who does harm. This Doppel speaks of nothing and indicates nothing, simply growing its tree of life ever larger with the impurity it absorbs from its master. Though its form is wrapped in swaddling cloth, it is every bit as unblessed as its master, and it harms those who oppose it by maliciously scattering the impurity it gained from its birth. If another being were to become trapped within the tree diagram, they would surely fall into a crucible of agony. Only the master can become an actual part of the tree.

(This space reserved for Sakuya Suzuka.)

FREDERICA (Master: Mitsuru Inami)

The Doppel of the public eye. Its form is compound eyes. The master of this emotion is particularly bothered by other people's attention, and thus fears her own Doppel. This many-eyed Doppel is the very embodiment of public scrutiny. When nobody else is around, it takes the form of a vividly-colored flowerbed. But if someone is lured in by this appearance and sets foot inside, they'll instantly be skewered by countless lines of sight, rendering them unable to move. The longer they're watched, the more their head will be filled with long-forgotten past shames, eventually leaving them incapable of any action other than self-denial. However, its countless eyeballs don't actually get along very well with each other, and often leave ample room to escape when they break out into an argument. Combined with how the master herself often stops the Doppel out of fright, there's surprisingly many targets who've escaped unscathed.

(This space reserved for Ranka Chizu and Chika Aoba.)

VICTORIA (Master: Yuuna Kaharu)

The Doppel of dissatisfaction. Its form is compote. The master of this emotion views her Doppel coldly, as it puts on air of elegance, yet becomes ugly in order to fulfill its desires. This Doppel is not only well aware of its luxurious beauty, but seems to think of its own status as a free pass to indulge itself. It lacks self-control as a result, and exhausts every possible means available to grasp that which interests it. Its attachment to things it has never seen before is particularly tenacious. However, it has a habit of fulfilling its desires via its appetite, and shoves everything that interests it right into its stomach. As such, it seems that this Doppel has only ever learned the taste of those targets of interest.

TROLLEY (Master: Jun Kazari)

The Doppel of nostalgia. Its form is a lingering image. While the master of this emotion is captivated by her Doppel and the retro-style scenery and items it displays, she takes care to draw a line between it and herself in order to avoid being engulfed by its charm. This Doppel rejects the passage of time, continuing to remain inside a nostalgic landscape. It thus repeats the same span of time over and over, and is always seeking family-like beings with whom it can share that time. The master understands her Doppel's intent, and thus never looks back at the Doppel as it perpetually follows behind her. But according to those engulfed by it, time within can be spent in a meltingly relaxing state as one returns to a child's view of the world.

CLAUDIA (Master: Mitsune Miwa)

The Doppel of futile struggle. Its form is a curtain rail. The master of this emotion is fond of her Doppel, as it makes for a convenient hiding spot. When her mind and body are exhausted from continually putting up a false front, she can hide within it to soothe herself. The Doppel is likewise vehement in hiding its true self, so it both understands its master's feelings, and believes that the two of them share a common destiny as partners who have seen each other's true nature. If anyone were to attempt to unveil what hides within, it would desperately fight back with both its sharp body and the curtains adorning it, and if anyone were to glimpse inside, it would not permit their survival under any circumstances. It's said to sometimes dance about by itself when it's in a good mood, but its master is the only known witness of this.

GOSIRSA (Master: Ryouko Natsu)

The Doppel of stalwart honesty. Its form is an ox cart. The master of this emotion has faith in her honest, straightforward nature, but is also aware of how her own inflexibility may drive her into a corner in the future. Though this Doppel plows ahead with singular purpose, its sense of urgency overtakes its body and constantly puts it on the verge of tumbling forward. But thanks to the support it receives from its many wheeled arms, it will push onward until it physically cannot continue. Even if it meets with an obstacle, its buzzsaw arms will likely carve straight through. As such, this single-minded Doppel serves to reaffirm its master's way of being.

(Arc 2 endgame spoilers past this point ↓)

CATACOMBE (Master: Kanagi Izumi (Eternal Darkness ver.))

The Doppel of dismantlement. Its form is a soot lion. The master of this motion patiently waits for her sorrow to be relieved by the destruction that her Doppel bestows. In order to build a fair and equitable paradise in accordance with its master's will, the Doppel attempts to destroy everything, while simultaneously playing a requiem not unlike an anguished wail. However, its actions only amount to mere dismantlement. Though it can reduce everything around it to smithereens, only hollow cadavers are left behind. And because the Doppel itself doesn't realize this, it will continue reducing its surroundings to smithereens for as long as equality fails to manifest-- thus, it simply rampages until its strength gives out.

TOTENTANZ (Master: Mitama Yakumo (Eternal Darkness ver.))

The Doppel of memento mori. Its form is flower petals. The master of this emotion resents the environment in which she lives, and works to accept its approaching ruin. Though this Doppel previously lacked any method of granting death directly, its master's transformation has helped it discover how to pluck lives by itself. The flame dwelling within its scythe burns with the light of the lives it has absorbed, and further absorbs the lives of those who become entranced by its shine. Even if one were to envelop the Doppel and its master with every form of kindness in order to stop them, its flower petals have withered away, and it has torn off every bit of grace that it once possessed. Such kind sentiment would only be smothered in grief and fail to reach them.

CUAUHTITLAN (Master: Lavi Himuro (Kimochi ver.))

The Doppel of maganimity. Its form is an altar. The master of this emotion has lost her last ray of hope, sunk deep into resignation, and believes that annihilation itself is her only means of salvation. The Doppel, having sympathized with her resignation, attempts to erase their beloved brethren before any of them experience sorrow or despair. Its actions are filled with a merciful desire to close the curtain on their lives via peaceful sleep. Those who are bathed in the light of maganimity that it releases from its mouth are utterly annihilated, with no traces or remnants left behind, and are thus released from their suffering. Yet its master still hides one tiny bit of hope in the very back of her mind, and is wracked with conflict as she and the Doppel envision the end that they'll bring.

SUKHAVATI SMRITI (Master: Kagome Satori)

The Doppel of dissemination. Its form is a heavenly flower. Though the master of this emotion dreams of a paradisiacal world, the roots of her being are stolen away by her Doppel. This Doppel lacks any consciousness; it merely extends its roots into the ground to sap away energy, with which it causes a single, massive flower to bloom. The flower envelops the sky, grows far enough to blanket absolutely everything, and moves the complicated patterns on its petals like a kaleidoscope. Those who see the patterns cease thinking, and are enticed into a land of bliss by the scale-like pollen that it makes them breathe in. People spread stories to one another of this path to Paradise, but whether this really is true happiness or not is unknown. The Doppel will not stop for anything, but if you pull out its roots, it'll immediately wither away and vanish.

GIOVANNA (Master: Infinite Iroha)

The Doppel of vocalization. Its form is emotion. The master of each and every one of these emotions works to collect the thoughts and feelings that overflow, while circulating them between herself and her Doppel. This Doppel can summon forth all emotions, but even if it were to mix all of those emotions together, they would not combine into a chaotic black. They form brilliant, white rays of hope, filled with the elements of light. Those who are bathed in the strongest of these rays will not only become unable to control their own emotions, but will even be dissolved at the atomic level, transforming them into raw energy with which to create a future… though they do appear to feel ultimate joy as well. However, because this Doppel maintains its body via a miraculous balance of conflicting emotions, it will vanish if its master's emotions veer too heavily in a particular direction, and will leave behind nothing but a guidepost pointing to tomorrow.

WINCHESTER (Master: Sena Mikoto)

The Doppel of seclusion. Its form is a mirror. The master of this emotion is angered by how her Doppel disdains reality yet refuses to move, and attempts to take control of it herself. This Doppel drew out a precise and intricate ideal world for itself, but placing a mess of complicated emotions onto that world has rendered it unable to move. There was a time when it tried to project its imagination onto mirrors to weave its ideal world, but the products of its own imagination felt not only bland, but outright shallow. In the end, after continually agonizing and chipping away at its own heart, its form changed into a flat, symmetrical shadow. Sick of the sight of her own Doppel hiding and worrying, its master proposed that they simply tack on the parts that were missing-- to find living sacrifices with which to supplant its imagination. The Doppel agrees with its master's suggestion.

ECKERT (Master: ???)

The Doppel of scrutinization. (No encyclopedia entry. Appears as a post-Arc 2 event challenge enemy.)

MARTINA (Master: ???)

The Doppel of buffoonery. (No encyclopedia entry. Appears as a post-Arc 2 event challenge enemy.)

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Magia Record - Doppel encyclopedia translations (OG series & spinoffs)

Since my original witch encyclopedia post has become very long, I’ve decided to split up the Doppels into their own dedicated posts. This is the post for the OG series cast, as well as the casts of spinoffs and franchise crossovers.

-Doppels for Arc 1 main cast -Doppels for the majority of the supporting cast -Doppels for characters related to Arc 2 -Enemy encyclopedia for Arc 2

KRIEMHILD GRETCHEN (Master: Madoka Kaname)

The Doppel of mercy. Its form is salvation. The master of this emotion attempts to save all things in creation. This Doppel resembles a giant, floating Soul Gem. When it appears, everything around it is pulled into the interior of the substance it produces, and is thereby rendered helpless. Thereafter, the Doppel surfaces dramatically, shines, and embraces all of its surroundings in arrows of light. Throughout all this, the emotion's master sleeps continuously within the giant Soul Gem.

KRIEMHILD GRETCHEN (Master: Madoka Kaname (formal wear ver.))

The Doppel of mercy. Its form is a New Year's congratulation. Within the Doppel's interior, the master of this emotion turns her thoughts toward the new year that's about to begin. This Doppel concentrates all the wishes made over the past year into this one moment, and bestows them upon its target as a merciful blessing. The sheer scale of the wishes dreamed of by this Doppel, a being alive for just a fraction of a moment, are sure to equally crush every creature on Earth, a planet that has prospered over many billions of years.

KRIEMHILD GRETCHEN (Master: Madoka-senpai)

The Doppel of mercy. Its form is expulsion. The master of this emotion is identified as a foreign substance by her Doppel, and is mercilessly ejected from it. Having been separated from the representation of her emotions, only memories linger in its former master's mind. But as she relishes those memories, they exude a new wave of emotion-- and its charmingly quirky voice will surely mow down every enemy that she can see down below.

KRIEMHILD GRETCHEN (Master: Madoka Kaname (swimsuit ver.))

The Doppel of mercy. Its form is salvation. The master of this emotion is en route to a summer resort, her heart aflutter at the thought of all the rare experiences that one can only enjoy during this brief window. This has affected her Doppel's appearance as well, but because its master struggles to visualize what the resort will actually be like, the Doppel's body has transformed into a serving of special fruit ice cream. Everything in the vicinity that this Doppel absorbs will be bathed fairly and evenly in cold syrup and fruit. Though they experience freezing cold as a result, it's said that enduring the cold will lead to both salvation, and the ability to exalt the glories of any summer one could have. Throughout this, the emotion's master dreams of eating delicious fruit ice cream as she sleeps.

HOMULILLY (Master: Homura Akemi (glasses ver.))

The Doppel of closed circuits. Its form is the near shore. The master of this emotion leaps through time, cycling through countless bouts of trial and error. As she continually accumulates karma, she and her Doppel have almost entirely fused together. Her skin becomes glass, her expression is frozen like a doll's, and she stoically continues attacking until her target falls silent. Even compared to other Puella Magi, it's far too witch-like of a sight. In addition to manipulating time sand, this Doppel can extract information of low importance from the alien creature sitting on its hat, and solidify time sand into a replica of any weapon that exists on Earth.

HOMULILLY (Master: Homura Akemi (swimsuit ver.))

The Doppel of closed circuits. Its form is the near shore. In the midst of her trial-and-error journey through time, the master of this emotion made her way to this beach. Perhaps because she's hopped up on the warm summer sun, her Doppel's form is far more vacation-esque. With the mysterious techniques accessed from the alien creature secured on her sunhat, she can generate a palm tree that fires volleys of coconuts. Being struck with supersonic coconuts would devastate any witch to begin with, but since the game mechanics mean her Doppel's attacks are guaranteed to hit, anyone who finds themself in her crosshairs should pretty much just give up. For some reason, the palm tree also boasts a very high accuracy rate, and to be frank, it allows her to target a single enemy much more carefully and stubbornly than usual. Please think of this as a positive change.

HOMULILLY (Master: Homura Akemi)

The Doppel of karma. Its form is the near shore. The master of this emotion traverses many worlds in search of an exit, weaving together vast threads of fate in the process. Almost her entire body has turned to glass, and serving behind her are 14 incomplete bodies born from her emotions. These 14 bodies eliminate obstacles in a businesslike manner to help their master achieve her goals. They diligently knit together more and more threads of fate regardless of their master's will, and this intricately-tangled fate will likely drive their master into a labyrinth that is even more difficult to escape. These emotions do not yet have names to describe them.

HOMULILLY (Master: Homura Akemi (formal wear ver.))

The Doppel of karma. Its form is a treasure ship. The master of this emotion turns her thoughts towards the lost, shining light that she left behind in the previous year. The 7 bodies carried by the treasure ship are residue born from the emotions that their master attempted to sever upon departing for the new year. Their expressions, however, have been painted over by their master's regret, rendering the original emotions impossible to discern. This Doppel struggles to bear the weight of its master's regret, and crushes its enemies by flinging it away, ship and all. The brighter she perceives the new year's sunrise to be, the heavier her regret becomes, so the 7 bodies wear glasses to avoid being blinded by the morning glow.

OKTAVIA VON SECKENDORFF (Master: Sayaka Miki)

The Doppel of romantic yearning. Its form is a mermaid. The master of this emotion was anguished by love, as many her age are, and chose a fate too cruel to fully bear on one's own. Her Doppel, too, dreams of love as it swims freely through the air, producing sound from its hollow body for its master's sake. It can even attack by using its sound waves to fling and manipulate countless swords, but as long as its master continues to use this Doppel, she may well be unable to escape the discontent that she feels deep in her chest.

OKTAVIA VON SECKENDORFF (Master: Sayaka Miki (formal wear ver.))

The Doppel of romantic yearning. Its form is a mermaid. Though the master of this emotion has been anguished by love all the way to the year's end, she's positively delighted by this opportunity to don her favorite formal wear. Even so, the unease borne out of her unchanging love still lurks within her heart, quietly tormenting its master. Her Doppel has been just as lovesick, but when clad in these auspicious symbols, its confidence soars. Its glow practically seems to bestow good fortune and ward off disaster, and it fearlessly charges forward no matter what obstacles may lay in its path. Those crushed by its sheer force will witness the sun and Mount Fuji in their final moments, and will surely be able to put the sight into a masterful piece of brushwork.

OKTAVIA VON SECKENDORFF (Master: Sayaka Miki (surfing ver.))

The Doppel of romantic yearning. Its form is a mermaid. The master of this emotion averts her eyes from the fundamental truth that "unannounced feelings cannot reach their recipient," and continues to wait for a coincidental opportunity-- her "big wave of summer"-- to arrive. As such, this Doppel has an overabundance of free time, and begins swimming around exuberantly as soon as it's set free. Its offensive techniques are a pure combination of kinetic and potential energy, utilizing the accelerating passion of summer and the overwhelming mass of a lovesick heart to crush its enemies into dust. After the relief that accompanies this momentary expulsion of emotion, the Doppel's master will most likely continue trying to convince herself that "her ideal opportunity still hasn't arrived".

CANDELORO (Master: Mami Tomoe)

The Doppel of invitation. Its form is fancy dress. The master of this emotion does not trust her Doppel, and continues fighting as per usual. This Doppel is extremely small compared to others. Combined with the fact that it's situated on its master's head, this means its master hardly ever takes notice of its presence. It's even doubtful as to whether they can communicate with each other, and so the master simply fights as normal. Nevertheless, her Doppel cheers her on. This Doppel usually seems small and unreliable, but its vines wield more than enough destructive force to pierce its enemies.

CANDELORO (Master: Holy Mami)

The Doppel of worship. Its form is a halo. The master of this emotion clung to the salvation that was offered to her after her darkest night of despair, and obtained a new miracle with which to overcome the fear and anxiety she would have otherwise found unbearable. Thanks to this change in its master's mentality, this frail Doppel's form has been altered from what it once was, and it wishes to save its master as she saves others in kind. Its "Tiro Saint-Doppelion" is a cannon salute that announces new hope to heartbroken girls. *(Also, she named it Florence.)

CANDELORO (Master: Mami Tomoe (swimsuit ver.))

The Doppel of everlasting summer. Its form is sunny cheer. The master of this emotion is in joyously high spirits after gaining allies who she can fight alongside with. She's trying to maintain her usual degree of composure out of the desire to be a model mentor, but perhaps as an inverse reaction to this, her Doppel is unable to hide its passionate and tropical appearance. By maintaining a dangerous balance between the Doppel's unrestrained explosive power and the master's calm control over its aim, they wield unparalleled combat capabilities as a result.

OPHELIA (Master: Kyouko Sakura)

The Doppel of self-abandonment. Its form is a warrior actress. The master of this emotion doesn't trust her Doppel's enigmatic power, and borrows its weapon in order to bear arms by herself. Judging by this Doppel's abilities-- manipulating mist, producing illusions, using suspicious hypnosis magic-- one may imagine that its master only sees it as a loathsome reminder of her past. Nevertheless, her Doppel holds the past regrets that she stowed away in the depths of her emotions, and despite being suspicious of it, she allows it to assist her somewhat in attacking once it's been summoned. Also, the candle holder that runs around while carrying the master appears to be a separate individual from the fluttering robe; the latter is the Doppel's main body.

(*This Doppel's JP description was initially different. According to Inu Curry, it was an in-progress draft version. "The master of this emotion doesn't trust her Doppel's suspicious power, and borrows its weapon to attack instead. Even without its weapon, however, this Doppel is adorned with a variety of craftwork, which it uses to support its master by projecting mist from its sleeves, hypnotizing enemies with the pattern on its inner lining, and so forth. The candle holder upon which its master stands is adorned with not just horse legs, but also the head of the master's younger sister. Though listless, it stands ever upright and protects its master. Should the master ever decide to exhaust everything she has, both she and her Doppel will become the flame atop the candle holder, and her sister will likely vanish along with them.")

OPHELIA (Master: Kyouko Sakura (swimsuit ver.))

The Doppel of self-abandonment. Its form is a warrior actress. The master of this emotion doesn't trust her Doppel's enigmatic power, but since she's temporarily become able to swim, she's actually on cloud nine. And though she normally views her Doppel as nothing but loathsome, it can use its hypnosis magic to project a vision of swimming freely through the sea, which transforms it into a source of elation for its master. This is also reflected in its method of attack: the Doppel has fused with a large mirror, with which its master can collect the sunlight beaming down behind her and concentrate it into a ferocious heat ray. If there is nothing left to attack, they ride away on the candle holder (now a sea turtle) and swim along with the fish.

CHARLOTTE (Master: Nagisa Momoe)

The Doppel of tenacity. Its form is sweets. The master of this emotion becomes thoroughly attached to any person or thing that tugs at her heartstrings even once. Her actions may seem wretched at times, but a deep love runs through their foundation. This Doppel isn't a fusion type, but it does take the form of a mask that emerges from its host's nose and wraps around her entire face. While using this Doppel, its master sits in place without moving a muscle, as if staring fixedly at the target of her tenacious attachment.

CHARLOTTE (Master: Nagisa Momoe (Valentine’s ver.))

The Doppel of tenacity. Its form is melted chocolate. The master of this emotion always misidentifies the target of her tenacious attachment. Upon seeing a chocolate cake, she'll surrender to its luscious brown temptation and try to swallow it whole, but will find her stomach filled with milk-white no-bake cheesecake instead. This Doppel sometimes responds to its master's desire by deliberately going for the cheesecake in the first place, but on these occasions alone, it finds its stomach filled with actual baked cheesecake.

CHARLOTTE (Master: Nagisa Momoe (swimsuit ver.))

The Doppel of tenacity. Its form is soda. The master of this emotion doesn't want to go back home, and is trying to create one last, great summer memory. Her Doppel resonates with its master, and wants to soak everything around it in a young, verdant summer hue. It sucks the carbonated juice that surrounds it into its mouth, then sprays it and lets it pop absolutely everywhere. Everything the juice touches practically bursts with fun: people bursting into motion, personalities bursting with joy, hairstyles bursting with individuality, et cetera. No matter what scene results from the Doppel's influence, everyone gets high on the carbonated scent, and there's nary a scream of terror or pain to be heard. Incidentally, the Doppel seems to dislike sparkler fireworks, as they seem to declare the end of summer.

SOTRIA (Master: Oriko Mikuni)

The Doppel of anguish. Its form is a ballroom dance. The master of this emotion has made it her mission to change the future that she foresaw. Wind blows, flowers scatter away, and their petals wander astray into another world. As heavy mist envelops all of one's surroundings, the time comes at last. The mist blends together with the wafting petals, the curtain rises on the banquet, and this Doppel begins its dance. When the steps of its dance have reached their highest peak, all enemies vanish like a flower in a storm, and a sacrifice is offered on the ballroom floor.

SOTRIA (Master: Oriko Mikuni (ver. Final))

The Doppel of anguish. Its form is a ballroom dance. The master of this emotion has made it her mission to change the future that she foresaw. Its violet rose petals are portents that carve apart any enemy set to play a role in events yet to come. As the wind blows and begins to dance, this Doppel's ball begins. The bats accompanying it are not servants, but rather partners that perform alongside the Doppel's master. When the master and her Doppel generate countless giant needles with which to skewer their target, the bats likewise slice apart the target in concert with them. Their constant rhythm produces a frenzied harmony, and as the dance floor's heat reaches its highest peak, they spur the Doppel on to dance until its roses have been scorched black.

LATRIA (Master: Kirika Kure)

The Doppel of enticement. Its form is needles. The master of this emotion swears absolute loyalty to the benefactor who saved her. This Doppel's needles are hardly limited to piercing through the enemies that it confronts. They even pierce through its master's fate, sewing it into place. This represents its master's all-sacrificing loyalty to her benefactor, to whom she entrusts even her life, as well as symbolizing the peril of how its master can only maintain herself by depending on others. The sharper the needles are, the more stitches they create, and the more difficult it becomes to remove them. However, this represents nothing less than the master's dearest desire.

PISTIS (Master: Yuma Chitose)

The Doppel of guidance. Its form is droplets. In opposition to her own feelings, the master of this emotion has been evaluated as "not useful." A dilemma: despite wanting to guide events in a good direction, nobody expects any such thing of her. This Doppel was born from that very dilemma. This Doppel's form is built from and maintained by intricately-intertwined emotions that she holds despite her young age... or rather, emotions that fermented because of her young age. There's a gulf between the place where her imagined, ideal self stands, and the place where she stands right now. But there's no doubt about the fact that both those places have her feet firmly planted on them.

CAROLA (Master: Kazumi)

The Doppel of hunger. Its form is a black chef. The master of this emotion is very particular about food, many times moreso than other people. It doesn't matter whether its targets are Puella Magi, witches, or whatever else. It will cook anything it can get its hands on, and stuff it into its body. It's a chef born of pure appetite; a Doppel of gluttony that devours everything in its path and returns it all to nothingness. Its table is always set with countless plates. If you're seated next to it in battle, you'd better hope you don't end up on the menu yourself...

CAROLA (Master: Kazumi Subaru)

The Doppel of hunger. Its form is a gourmet. The master of this emotion has become more relaxed and forward-looking, thanks to her existence being affirmed. This Doppel has become more relaxed along with her: no longer driven by pure greed towards food, it can sit back, chew that which it puts in its mouth, and enjoy the flavors fostered by the food's ingredients. That being said, it'll still cook anything it can get its hands on-- Puella Magi, witches, or whatever else-- and stuff the result into its body. But it's become more refined than it was before, and no longer sprays bits of food in the vicinity. Its table is only set with one single plate for itself.

CATERINA (Master: Umika Misaki)

The Doppel of last writing. Its form is a bookworm. The master of this emotion harbors a strong desire toward linguistic self-expression and the completion of stories. Fictional tales aren't the only stories to exist. Everything in this world, across the entire expanse of creation, contains a story. And as long as those things continue to exist, their stories continue to be written. But by erasing the very existence of whatever being wove a particular tale, this Doppel brings that being's story to an end. The pen is brought to a forcible halt, and none will appear to write a continuation.

ANTONIO (Master: Kaoru Maki)

The Doppel of hot-bloodedness. Its form is a minotaur. The master of this emotion bears a strong sense of responsibility, putting care of others before care for herself. Her Doppel sees defeating an opponent in battle as its own personal "goal", and until it crosses that goal line, it'll relentlessly charge forth like a fighting bull. It focuses purely and completely on its goal, without giving anything else a single glance. No matter how many blows it receives along the way, it'll never show its back to its enemy, and the blood that gushes forth from its wounds boils hot like magma. Once it passes by, a scorching trail like the mark of a branding iron will surely be left in its wake.

LA PUCELLE DE BLANCHEUR (Master: Darc)

The Doppel of sacred fire. Its form is that of national salvation. The master of this emotion has a pure and good heart, free from any immorality. The countless crosses that the Doppel beckons down from the sky are no mere crosses; they're inverted crosses that symbolize the denial of divinity. All those who feel their presence shall ceaselessly disgorge their sins, be wrapped in purifying flames before one's eyes, and finally be burned away to ashes. No matter who or what stands before this Doppel, it shall find sin within them and expose it before the light of day. In short, one has no choice but to accept the full brunt of its absurd purity.

OBSCURITE (Master: Liz Hawkwood)

The Doppel of obsession. Its form is a silhouette. The master of this emotion feels deeply for others, even when she herself is faced with a grave predicament. It can be said to be a law of Providence that where there is light, there is always shadow. However, it is another law of Providence that as long as something stands in the shadows, it cannot accept any light unto itself. This Doppel is a shadow, always found close by the side of a hero favored by bright light. It is like darkness itself, never allowing anyone to grasp its true nature. It is precisely because of this shadow, however, that the light's presence stands out all the more. The two of them are linked together by Providence's inseparable bond.

LA HIRE LA HIRE (Master: Melissa de Vignolles)

The Doppel of disintegration. Its form is fury. The master of this emotion has a gentle disposition, and makes a good impression on everyone around her. When a force or action acts on another entity, it's pushed back by an equal and opposite "reaction". This Doppel is the very definition of an inverse reaction to its master's personality, with its fundamental nature symbolizing fury. It will beat down anything that opposes it until said opposition has disintegrated, and the more torment its master's peace-desiring heart endures, the more fiercely its power surges forth. It's completely vulnerable to continuous attack, but that's no reason to take it lightly.

EIN ROTER DRACHE (Master: Elisa Celjska)

The Doppel of pride. Its form is a raging dragon. The master of this emotion holds fierce pride in the Order of the Dragon, of which she is a member. This Doppel is likewise a manifestation of that fierce pride, and represents the primal nature that burns within her like a flame. It also connotes both the sense of responsibility with which she performs her duty in the Order, and the heavy pressure that accompanies it. When this dragon reveals itself, it will surely trample and devour the battlefield, showing unparalleled strength with its tyrannical might.

CAPRICIEUX (Master: Minou)

The Doppel of cruelty. Its form is a mischievious cat. The master of this emotion sets the stage of the battlefield like a conductor waving her baton. It may take the form of a cat, but the depths of its mischevious grin are unimaginably dark, and a fearsome, insanity-laden instinct hides within its furthest reaches. Its ninefold waving tails are each equipped with an implement of torture. Every time it waves its tails, the tails hunt and harm those who oppose it, and continue to do so until its victims can no longer move-- much like how a cat simply plays with its prey, rather than hunting it.

PLAISIR (Master: Corbeau)

The Doppel of masochism. Its form is a moon-cawing crow. The master of this emotion rushes about in a wild, mad frenzy, and loses her mind with joy... As the physical manifestation of such unbecoming tastes, this Doppel takes the form of a crow that caws in enjoyment of the moonlit night. An aberrantly-shaped being that strikes dread in the hearts of all who see it, born from the final throes of manic revelry. Those who confront this Doppel are sure to feel terror from the very bottom of their hearts. But this is no ordinary fear-- as the sort of fear that can be engendered only by those who live their lives on Death's door, those who taste it will have their sense of self destroyed, and eventually be led to insanity.

ENFANT TERRIBLE (Master: Lapin)

The Doppel of sadism. Its form is a weeping hare. The master of this emotion holds feelings of utter brutality in her heart. It may appear to be an adorable rabbit, but one must take absolute care not to lower their guard near it. In reality, it's the exact opposite of the impression its appearance may give off. Should one be captured by it, they will be overwhelmed as if caught in the fangs of a wild beast, then innocently, playfully, and most cruelly tormented. Accompanied all the while by its pure and terrifying laughter, which resounds far and wide... If one meets this fate, the only option left is to accept the fact that your luck has run out.

ISABEAU (Master: Isabeau de Bavière)

The Doppel of dominion. Its form is La Reine's Twilight. The master of this emotion seeks dominion and influence ad infinitum, for as long as she exists. The curses scattered by this Doppel are themselves a death-bringing darkness to all other humans, and if bathed in these curses, those without a resistance to them will instantly vanish from existence. The joy its master derives from this sight is synonymous with purification to her. The more her surroundings are stained with despair and darkness, the brighter her Soul Gem's rhapsodic light shines.

HERMES TRISMEGISTUS (Master: Perenelle Flamel)

The Doppel of alchemy. Its form is a unified god. The master of this emotion divides, refines, and synthesizes purely in accordance with her curiosity. This Doppel embodies a unified divinity born from a heart that strives to reach mysticism's highest peak, and bears the role of a messenger who links the mortal realm with realms beyond. As such, it can request intervention from higher dimensions to aid its master in times of crisis. But because its master believes that all things in nature are part of a closed Cycle, she interprets this dimensional rift as proof that the world still holds mysteries that her wisdom cannot describe. This deepens her curiosity ever further, and she often forgets to avoid the danger as a result.

CLOTHETTE (Master: Suzune Amano)

The Doppel of promises. Its form is a kagerou. The master of this emotion keeps a fire within her. Its flames both burn with her desire for revenge, and symbolize the bond between her and her benefactor. But as they rage with the desire to exterminate her sworn enemy, witches, they likewise scorch their host, who is burdened with a harsh fate. The shimmering mayfly formed by these flames may well represent that very thread of its master's life. Perhaps because of this, the echoing chime of its many linked bells reaches deep into the souls of any who listen to it. Whatever it sees in the scenery wavering beyond the flames is a mystery to all but its master.

ELISE (Master: Matsuri Hinata)

The Doppel of dreaming. Its form is a curtain. The master of this emotion desires a peaceful world. If one gazes at reality, they find it overflowing with things from which they'd rather avert their eyes. But if they put themselves in the hands of this Doppel, it'll pull them far away from the tragic real world. It envelopes them as if shutting out the world outside, and will eventually entice them to sleep, but the only thing that awaits them is a dream bedecked with terror. The panorama that stretches out before them will intensely disturb and destroy their mind. Nobody ever said dreams are always enjoyable... This too is reality, in the end.

RENARD (Master: Arisa Narumi)

The Doppel of cowardice. Its form is arms of iron. The master of this emotion fears solitude. After being one-sidedly beaten down by those around her, she was left in a world of helpless isolation. There was nothing to do but sit there in a state of melancholy. The only way to escape was to take the opposing position-- to obtain enough strength to hit back anything the world could throw at her. This Doppel is undoubtedly a manifestation of that strength, but atop its hands sits its master's deeply-held fear of reverting to her previous solitude.

SPICA (Master: Chisato Shion)

The Doppel of justice. Its form is a loudspeaker. The master of this emotion imposes upon herself the need to be right and correct. Her Doppel, which believes in the justice its master advocates, attempts to broadcast its master's voice to all the people around her via its microphone, but the magnified voice that echoes out from its various speakers is far too loud to serve as anything other than noise. Even if its master were to hypothetically order it to stop, the Doppel can't hear her over the sound of its own noise, and will not cease until all people act as they should.

ODETTE (Master: Haruka Kanade)

The Doppel of exhibition. Its form is a gazing eye. The master of this emotion persistently clings to the achievement of perfection, in order to wipe clean the irreparable sin that she committed out of a fleeting whim. This Doppel searches for its master in order to bestow punishment upon her, but since its large eye cannot catch sight of the master directly below it, it is eternally unable to find the sinner it seeks. In the absence of anything else to do, it fulfills its raison-d'être by searching its vicinity for those who unconsciously bear sin of their own, and exhibiting said sin to them.

CARMEN (Master: Tsubaki Mikoto)

The Doppel of avengement. Its form is a shrine gate. The master of this emotion is haunted by memories of her revenge in the form of nightmares to this day. This Doppel loathes the sworn enemy that drove its master's fate off course and stole her loved ones from her, to an even greater extent than its master herself does. Thus, it repeatedly shows past memories to her, pushing her to re-enact her revenge. Each time she enacts revenge, however, her enemy's form is obscured by clouds and fades away, thereafter tormenting her as a mere nightmare and burning further feelings of loathing into her.

(This space reserved for Kagari Hinata.)

刀 牛 (Master: Hitagi Senjougahara) *Like Tsubasa's Doppel, its name is a nonexistent kanji. In this case, it's the top-right part of 蟹, which is... even harder to write in Tumblr formatting than Tsubasa's. Oh well??

The Doppel of tsundra. Its form is a weight crab. The master of this emotion cannot clearly distinguish the subject of her feelings, conducting herself in an awkard, thorny manner. This Doppel expresses its emotions in a similarly severe way: it takes the many stationery supplies that its master carries to compensate for her fading sense of presence, and turns them into weapons by increasing their weight by several hundred kilograms. In contrast to its master, this Doppel can only vaguely distinguish its original form as an Oddity. Even if the subject of its master's dormant feelings happened to be surprisingly close by, the Doppel would probably use their weight as nothing more than a simple paperweight to hold its own identity together.

咼 (“Yugamu”?) (Master: Mayoi Hachikuji)

The Doppel of wandering astray. Its form is a lost cow. The master of this emotion wishes only to return to her mother's house. This Doppel, on the other hand, believes itself to be its master's true mother, and in order to protect its master from the cruel fate that awaits her, it creates many spatial vortexes in front of her to prevent her from returning home. Those unlucky enough to be caught in the vortexes will be trampled and killed by the Doppel, and will be destined to wander eternally between the realms of life and death.

袁 (“En”/“On”?) (Master: Suruga Kanbaru)

The Doppel of violence. Its form is a monkey's paw. In contrast to her good-natured disposition, the master of this emotion keeps pitch-black feelings deep in the bottom of her heart. The negative emotions hidden behind its master's openly-expressed desires are taken into account by this Doppel, and it attempts to grant those wishes through violent means. This Doppel emerges by way of its master's soul temporarily yielding to her subconscious negativity; however, it is constantly attempting to catch her off guard in order to take control of her mind and body permanently. Should its master ever grow weary of this competition and be defeated by her negative emotions, she will most likely be reduced to one single devil, forever unable to return to human form.

它 (“Hebi”?) (Master: Nadeko Sengoku)

The Doppel of spellbinding. Its form is a snake-cut rope. The master of this emotion wants to keep dreaming of happiness, with her unrequited feelings hidden away in her chest. This Doppel takes the form of a massive snake god, created from the long forelocks that its master grew out to prevent her heart from being known. It will fatally curse those who try to intrude upon its master's heart, by turning their own curses back upon them. It attacks by twisting its scale-covered body together like countless ropes to bind its foes. This savage method of offense is also an inverted reflection of its master's desire to tie down and possess the object of her affection.

犭苛 (Master: Tsubasa Hanekawa) *This Doppel's name is a made-up kanji, combining the radicals 犭 (from 猫 / “cat”) and 苛 (from 苛虎 / “harsh tiger”). If the kanji had an actual pronunciation, it’d be... “Ka,” maybe?

The Doppel of heartache. Its form is two shadows. The master of this emotion channeled her enormous suffering into a two-bodied Doppel that serves as her own shadow. One shadow, the hindering cat, sucks away the strength of those it touches, while the other, the harsh tiger, burns everything to ash with its flames of jealousy. The two shadows are manifestations of its master's negative emotions, which she cut off in her attempt to live a perfectly correct and upright life, and are here because its master needs them. Each time she summons the two shadows, she loses another two of her precious feelings, but she is unlikely to feel any regret over that.

鬼 (“Ki”/“Oni”?) (Master: Shinobu Oshino)

The Doppel of immortality. Its form is an Oddity-slayer. The master of this emotion loathes her eternal life, and desires nothing but her own death. This Doppel is the direct manifestation of the legends told about its master as the iron-blooded, hot-blooded, cold-blooded vampire, the slayer of Oddities and the master of Oddities, “Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade”. In response to its master's drive for death, this Doppel uses the demon sword “Kokorowatari” to obliterate any and all Oddities, yet the blade will never be pointed at its own master.

#puella magi madoka magica #magia record #misc. translation #madoka witches #somewhat macabre and or insectlike imagery as usual

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Magia Record - Doppel encyclopedia translations (supporting cast)

Since my original witch encyclopedia post has become very long, I’ve decided to split up the Doppels into their own dedicated posts. This is the post for the majority of the game’s supporting cast.

-Doppels for Arc 1′s main cast -Doppels for OG series and spinoff characters -Doppels for characters related to Arc 2 -Enemy encyclopedia for Arc 2 -Enemies & Doppels for post-Arc 2

MCDOUGAL (Master: Karin Misono)

The Doppel of banditry. Its form is a mortsafe. The master of this emotion has a timid nature, which gave rise to her stubborn and defiant Doppel. It fears loss, and is fixated on gain. This Doppel is just as light-fingered as its master, snatching up whatever it can get a hold of. It may even go so far as to target its own allies. It's extremely greedy, and so tightfisted that it will never part with anything it has obtained.

HENRIETTA (Master: Asuka Tatsuki)

The Doppel of reckless advance. Its form is a war drum. The master of this emotion is heartily inspired by this Doppel's power, and sees it as a means of bettering herself. After rousing her fighting spirit with a beat of its drum, she issues commands that turn her allies into bold and fearless warriors. However, the Doppel has also inherited its master's carelessness: once its powers are activated, her allies tend to commit massive blunders regardless of their own intent. This irrational nature leads to harsh reviews from most allies. It also shares its master's penchant for declaring ritual suicide after mistakes, which makes it a rather troublesome Doppel.

*(Asuka’s section in Magia Archive vol.1 also happens to include a scrapped Doppel design from early in development, when it was known as the Doppel of Marshalling. According to Inu Curry, this draft version was conceived based on a general summary of Asuka’s character, and was changed to better reflect her personality in the game’s finalized script.)

HENRIETTA (Master: Asuka Tatsuki (New Year's Dragon ver.))

The Doppel of reckless advance. Its form is a mikoshi. The master of this emotion is hesitant to stand out so much, but seems to be enjoying herself nonetheless. The Doppel converts the size of its master's joy into light that radiates from within its body. On top of that, it also expresses said joy by causing money and treasures such as koban coins to erupt from the places it attacks. Those who are blinded by its wicked light and swarm to it like flies will be struck on the head by the Doppel, as if to say "how dare you succumb to worldly passions so soon after New Year's!". This rids them of their worldly passions... but also their life, so nobody actually manages to grab hold of the treasure. The Doppel also fears that its brightly-shining master is actually the one most consumed by worldly passion, but it's turning a blind eye.

BRODERIE (Master: Kanoko Yayoi)

The Doppel of torn seams. Its form is a thread-cutter. The master of this emotion loathes her Doppel, which wields the exact opposite ability to her own. Her Doppel is able to loosen the seams of anything it touches. Once it uses a tiny bit of magic to open up a small tear, it can widen that tear to destroy any object, or even any concept-- a truly fearsome power to display. However, this Doppel only seems interested in destroying its master's own creations. It exclusively targets and ruins things she's already worked to stitch together. Additionally, this Doppel boasts abnormally strong self-replication abilities despite its low supply of magic, and in comparison to the magic that it retains via its overwhelming conservation of energy, its body is extremely large.

AODAMO (Master: Natsuki Utsuho)

The Doppel of invigoration. Its form is a megaphone. The master of this emotion believes her Doppel to be a beneficial presence that embodies her personal qualities, and doesn't yet know that it's a dangerous being that wrings every bit of use it can get out of those it cheers on. The Doppel's main body is surrounded by hovering ghosts, meant to mesmerize those it cheers on and force them to fight until they drop dead. Once someone is possessed by a ghost, they will serve as a meat shield to guard the Doppel's master until death.

CYAN (Master: Hinano Miyako)

The Doppel of indiscretion. Its form is smog. The master of this emotion is greatly pleased with her newly-enlongated legs. Each of its long legs produces gas from chemical reactions-- the right leg via boiling, the left via condensation-- which then wafts up to form the Doppel's upper body. Its gaseous body boasts a strong resilience to physical attacks, but its one flaw is that its surroundings are harmed by the toxins flowing from it. When this Doppel appears, all those nearby will be severely poisoned, regardless of whether they're friend or foe. Even its own master would hardly be able to stand it without her gas mask on. This Doppel is also very inquisitive, and is thrilled by the sight of rare witches or monsters.

DON ROCINANTE (Master: Sasara Minagi)

The Doppel of honorable pride. Its form is a gorget. The master of this emotion is greatly pleased by her Doppel, believing it to be valiant and perfectly suited to her, but its gleaming silver body becomes frigid in winter and blazing hot in summer. The Doppel is just as proud as its master, standing tall and forthright in the face of any challenge. But because it holds all-but-pointless confidence in its strong, stalwart body, it often soldiers directly into the path of any attack that it may receive, and naturally suffers as a result. Its body also blesses its master as an impenetrable suit of armor, but since its master is equally prideful and often dashes forward to strike the finishing blow, the two of them can end up in a mutual struggle for control over it.

MAURA (Master: Nanaka Tokiwa)

The Doppel of duplicity. Its form is a shop curtain. This Doppel represents duplicity. The master of this emotion feels some sense of guilt over the fact that her Doppel hardly incorporates any floral elements. This Doppel uses both a support-focused front side and an offensively-specialized back side to fight. In addition to being skilled at parrying enemy attacks, those who step through its curtain will have their souls led away to the world beyond.

SHALIMAR (Master: Emiri Kisaki)

The Doppel of temptation. Its form is serpent berries. While the master of this emotion feels an affinity for her Doppel, which behaves as it pleases without any concept of good or evil, she also feels her own immaturity emanating from it. This Doppel speaks directly into one's brain via ultrasonic tones, giving affirmation to anything and everything. The confidence and courage it grants are enough to wipe away any concern one may have. Its comfortable words lead people to develop a great dependence on them, but because it well-meaningly affirms even people's aggressive or malicious emotions ad infinitum, it may unintentionally guide its targets towards the worst possible actions.

VAYU (Master: Shizuku Hozumi)

The Doppel of vagrancy. Its form is Fūten. The master of this emotion is disappointed in her Doppel's ability, which, much like herself, ultimately cannot cross the sea no matter how fast it sprints about. This Doppel can swiftly reduce anything its feet touches to an arid, weathered state, but if it stays still, it too will sink into the desert ground it produces. Thus, it's forced to constantly run around. It always runs around as fast as the wind as a result, but it's unable to fly. When this Doppel appears, its master also sprints off along with it, but the weathered footprints left in their wake apparently make it very easy to track them down.

ELSIE (Master: Akira Shinobu)

The Doppel of authenticity. Its form is a pouch. The master of this emotion doesn't think badly of her Doppel, but she certainly feels reluctant to let others see it. Her Doppel boasts a dual nature: its adorable external appearance gives off a feeling of warmth, from its frills and other accessories to even its color scheme, but its interior gives the polar opposite impression. When the pouch opens, adorable internal organs peek out in place of adorable pocket items, causing the blood of those who see it to run cold. The organs are also physically extremely cold, so anyone punched by them will be instantly frozen in place, both mentally and bodily. Incidentally, the Doppel itself doesn't think that it's causing the freezing.

CARMELA (Master: Manaka Kurumi)

The Doppel of customer-gathering. Its form is propane. The master of this emotion is displeased with this Doppel, which can only produce poisonous meals due to the toxins that seep from its body. This Doppel uses the burners on the ends of its jellyfish-like tentacles to cook absolutely any ingredients into delicious poison meals, and forces its customers to enjoy a long stay in the seats that furnish its spherical glass head. The meals cooked by this witch have minds of their own, and are proactive in making surprise visits to customers' stomachs, which makes it possible to enjoy one's meal just by sitting in place. Incidentally, the meals may be poisonous, but they taste very good. But despite their taste, they make abundant use of suspiciously-produced ingredients, including mystery meat from unknown sources, moaning vegetables, and fruit that walks around on its own.

HEIDE-JEKYLL (Master: Ria Ami)

The Doppel of charisma. Its form is a starfish. The master of this emotion earnestly wishes to shine like the sun, and become the center of everyone's attention. Her Doppel sympathizes with this desire for others' approval, and seeks ultimate beauty from its master's aspirations. As a result, it successfully crafts a translucent body that envelops a star-like molecular structure within, and it attempts to aid its master by replacing her current body with the new one. The shining main form of the Doppel then stretches its tendrils in every direction to gather people who'll praise the newly-created body, forcibly capturing fans for its master. Trying to run from it will cause it to skewer you, but it'll let you off the hook if you just say a word or two in praise of its master's cuteness.

ANDREANA (Master: Kako Natsume)

The Doppel of mistaken steps. Its form is cutting. The master of this emotion fears her Doppel, as it unreservedly swings its blade to chop up everything in sight-- even her precious books. Inwardly, though, she also feels a sense of release that she can't quite describe. Unlike its ever-fearful master, the manifested Doppel chops with its guillotine without ever stopping to think. In addition to its target's physical body, it shreds any and all magical connections they have. This Doppel can only attack physically from very close range, and sometimes slashes at its allies by mistake, so it tends to leave itself open to attack. But the master of this emotion cannot control it, and so can only remain frozen in fear.

DELANNA (Master: Meiyui Chun)

The Doppel of peaceful sleep. Its form is a towel. The master of this emotion feels a sense of affection for this somehow-childish Doppel. In contrast to its sharp-minded master, this Doppel has the mentality of a young child, and only wants to sleep peacefully. If its sleep is obstructed, it will go on a violent, thrashing rampage, as well as destroy its enemies' eardrums with its infant-like crying. Also, when this Doppel yawns, all living things around it-- be they enemy or ally-- will be set upon by extreme drowsiness, and it promises the most peaceful of slumber to those who its soft body snuggles up against.

KOVALEV (Master: Leila Ibuki)

The Doppel of variable temperature. Its form is a nose. The master of this emotion doesn't know what she can prove her identity with, and has fallen into confusion upon realizing how ambiguous people's conceptions of each other can be. Her Doppel can disguise itself as other people, and even force those around it to bow their heads in respect. It gives nothing to others, and can even wound them or take their lives without them being able to lift a single finger in opposition to it. But if the hollow void underneath its robes is witnessed, it'll instantly lose its sense of self-worth and become powerless.

KHLESTAKOV (Master: Seika Kumi)

The Doppel of inversion. Its form is an inspector general. The master of this emotion is embarrassed to know that her continued attempts to polish her comedic skills have led people to mistakenly assume that she has an eccentric personality. In much the same way, this Doppel often frets over how to make itself known to those around it, as it has no true form hidden beneath its mask. But it doesn't mind being misunderstood if it benefits in the process, so it plays the role of an authority figure while stealing everything of worth from those around it. This includes lives and memories, on top of material goods. If you were to chuckle back at the Doppel upon hearing its satisfied laughter, it would assume that you've figured out its ruse, and quickly hide.

AKAKIY (Master: Mito Aino)

The Doppel of inclusion. Its form is an overcoat. The master of this emotion wishes to make her beautiful friendship into something that will last for eternity. This Doppel answered her wish by compressing anything its body envelops, to the point where it becomes a single mass. The compressed material becomes quartz, and will shine for many thousands of years without ever being shattered. When summoned, it attacks by pressing its master's emotions into quartz. However, if one continually relies on this power, even their memories will eventually turn to quartz, and they will be unable to form new ones.

NIKOLAI (Masters: Leila, Seika & Mito)

The Doppel of satire. Its form is relics. By accepting their own human tendency towards continual change, and aspects of each others' personalities that had gone mutually unacknowledged, the masters of this emotion have strengthened their bonds even further than before. Their Doppel refuses to acknowledge its masters, and continues to act on ceaseless impulse. It concentrates the darkness, deception, self-serving hypocrisy and vainglory in people's hearts, and attempts to plant these behaviours in the people around it. It does so out of spite towards humans who hide their true natures, but upon being moved by the strength of its masters' bond, the Doppel exhausts all of its power and withers away, as if to make amends.

PAMELA (Master: Kokoro Awane)

The Doppel of restraint. Its form is a shell. The master of this emotion perceives her Doppel as something that expresses her pent-up emotions in her stead; however, she understands that this behavior is merely a stopgap measure, so she has mixed feelings while looking upon it. This Doppel sprouts sharp thorns in a show of resistance to those who would harm it, and savagely attacks that which it perceives to be dangerous. On rare occasions, it may explode in conjunction with an upswing in its master's emotions. Its shell-- which boasts a powerful strength different from either ceramic or metal-- thus breaks, and powerful waves of magic engulf its surroundings.

POKER ALICE (Master: Yukika Nanase)

The Doppel of boredom. Its form is a daredevil. The master of this emotion feels a great and terrible boredom towards her peaceful life, spent sitting atop an easy chair. This Doppel imitates the form of an imaginary monster known as a "Dare-Devil," and constantly covers its master's eyes to prevent her from becoming aware of the danger in front of her. The Doppel currently boasts an undefeated record in battle, and is beginning to feel the same dangerous boredom as its master at the fact that no enemy powerful enough to overwhelm it has yet appeared. As a result, it's been fighting more and more perilous battles by the day... but since her vision is obscured, its master still peacefully allows it to guard her back even as we speak.

HUND BALOU (Master: Hanna Sarasa)

The Doppel of refutation. Its form is a pet. The master of this emotion learned how to control people using power that she borrowed from another. This eventually became a source of greed on her part, and manifested in this warped form. It is a representation of her desire for revenge, rooted in the abuse she faced in her past-- and conversely, it is also an exaggerated projection of herself. She holds no sense of shame over it; only a pure and innocent madness. This Doppel uses many leashes to restrain its opponents, and smashes them to pieces with its giant paws. It is also trembling in a constant state of excitement.

GELA (Master: Ayaka Mariko)

The Doppel of natural states. Its form is a bag of laughs. The master of this emotion keeps her former, mild-mannered self hidden away in her heart. Whenever this constantly-laughing Doppel encounters something inconvenient to it, it accumulates stress within its body. It then converts this stress into laughter, with which it blows away anything it doesn't want to see. Since it's constantly laughing no matter which direction it looks, its sources of stress must truly be myriad. Perhaps it's put in a bad mood by everything it sees. If it were to decide that the entire world should be laughed to smithereens, it'd be quite dangerous, but its master sleeps peacefully inside the bag as if none of it has anything to do with her.

BONDBOMB (Master: Himika Mao)

The Doppel of dissolution. Its form is bonds. This Doppel changes its master's ego into a sphere. The bonds and divides between her and her family become snakes tightly binding the sphere, which she forcibly attempts to keep in place. It wants to be free, but the snakes wrapped around it are also what allow it to maintain its spherical form. If it shook itself free, it would burst apart and disappear, but the master of this emotion will never allow that.

COLUMBINA (Master: Aimi Eri)

The Doppel of dueling. Its form is lead. The master of this emotion feels sympathy between herself, unable to keep her affection shut within, and her Doppel, which holds burning-hot emotion inside of its leaden body. Much like its master, this Doppel is unable to keep a lid on its affection. Moreover, its inability to behave honestly around its sweetheart leads to ever-more-complicated situations, which somehow leads to it declaring a decisive duel in order to express its love. Even more inconveniently, the tension of its love rises as it sees its sweetheart suffer, which ultimately causes it to roast its sweetheart with 6000-degree heat. The Doppel thus believes itself to be body-meltingly sweet, on top of heart-meltingly.

OBARIYON (Master: Tsumugi Wakana)

The Doppel of unbalanced diets. Its form is a vacuum cleaner. The master of this emotion is utterly exasperated by the vulgarity of her Doppel, which not only refuses to listen to her, but even snatches and inhales other people's food. When this Doppel spots a being that it has good compatibility with, it'll ignore its master's orders and start absorbing that being's magic, and won't change its target until said being dies. Its stomach is downright bottomless, so it doesn't have to worry about any clichéd outcomes like inhaling so much that it explodes, but since it becomes heavier and heavier the more magic it stockpiles, it may sometimes squash its master flat.

RENATA (Master: Ren Isuzu)

The Doppel of electronic command. Its form is an ECG. The master of this emotion fears her Doppel's power, which uses powerful electrical signals to burn away not just a target's evil intent, but their whole personality along with it. However, she is also troubled by this power's allure, as it may perhaps be the sole non-lethal method by which a human’s evil intent can be eradicated. This Doppel also has power over life and death; when it appears, its master's mind temporarily separates from her body in an astral-projection state.

TAGORI (Master: Konoha Shizumi)

The Doppel of retribution. Its form is a fox. The master of this emotion uses a variety of magical abilities to enact vengeance on those she bears resentment toward. This Doppel is part of the kitsune-ken Doppel trinity, and represents retribution. It is proficient in magic, and controls will-o'-wisps to bewitch its enemies. Even if placed underwater, the wisps will surely never vanish as long as their grudge fuels them. During this Doppel's emergence, its master loses her ability to think rationally, acting purely on instinct and displaying a fearsome jumping ability.

TAGITSU (Master: Hazuki Yusa)

The Doppel of requital. Its form is a storehouse. This Doppel represents requital. The master of this emotion never forgets the payback she is to enact on those who she resents. This Doppel is part of the kitsune-ken Doppel trinity, and is proficient in protection and support. During this Doppel's emergence, it fixes its master in place and uses her as a decoy. Any superhuman strength is like that of a mere infant before it. Should anyone thoughtlessly attempt to attack its master, it will capture them with its boulder-like palms and trap them inside its body, as well as occasionally forcing them to sign deeds that lock them into inconvenient contracts.

ICHIKISHIMA (Master: Ayame Mikuri)

The Doppel of forward charge. Its form is a trigger. This Doppel represents forward charge. The master of this emotion charges headlong towards those she resents, with perfect accuracy. This Doppel is part of the kitsune-ken Doppel trinity, is proficient in raw strength, and can flatten any magic that stands before it. Once this Doppel's trigger is pulled, it will either strike its enemy dead-on, or tenaciously chase them around until its master's strength is exhausted. But because it becomes too perfectly concentrated on this task, it won't accept a second command even from its master, and gives absolutely no consideration to collateral damage. As such, caution is required when summoning it.

UKEI (Master: Konoha, Hazuki & Ayame)

The Doppel of sworn oaths. Its form is kitsune-ken. The masters of this emotion had long acted as a makeshift family with restrictions placed on one another, but by accepting each other as individuals, they have now truly become one. This Doppel is bound together within the rules of a three-way tie, like a polymer that can never break apart, and is proof that its masters' hearts are united as one. As such, it's not only stronger and sturdier than a boulder, but also boasts enough persistence and decisiveness to charge forward until its life burns out, and doesn't falter in the slightest even when acting purely on instinct. This is likewise evident in how it wields swords of vast length. Though the swords may be heavy and their movements slow, somehow none are able to escape being crushed by them.

SELENE (Master: Masara Kagami)

The Doppel of bleakness. Its form is calm. The master of this emotion doesn't have any particular feelings towards her Doppel. This Doppel dramatically lowers the magical activity in its vicinity, transforming all magic energy into a state of perfect calm, no matter how fierce of a battle had been raging on around it. As long as they're within this calm zone, both enemy and ally will find it impossible to exert any kind of magical effect. The Doppel and master's fused form appears to stem from its master's characteristic lack of emotional turbulence.

HEIDESOMMER (Master: Konomi Haruna)

The Doppel of greening. Its form is humus. The master of this emotion is under the impression that her Doppel uses a good power for the sake of spreading greenery. The Doppel's body is composed of soil, and contains enzymes capable of decomposing any and all organisms. Those who touch it will rot away and entirely decompose, becoming nutrients to make the land abundant and fertile. The black, downy fluff that it launches by swaying its body will also cling to those it touches; should one touch it, they'll be devoured in an instant by fast-growing roots and transformed into a plant.

BELLA DONNA (Master: Rika Ayano)

The Doppel of exposure. Its form is truth serum. After learning the reality of how easily people's hearts can change, the master of this emotion struggles with self-directed disgust at her own distrust towards others. With these feelings of its master's in mind, her Doppel refuses to forgive others' duplicity, and urges them to honestly speak their true thoughts to anyone and everyone. It initially appears to be a beautiful seashell, but if someone rejects its admonitions or sees through to its interior, it will instead attempt to terrify them into honesty. If even this should fail, it will attempt to administer truth serum, but because its syringes are too large to do anything but fatally stab their targets, it hasn't succeeded even once.

NAOMI (Master: Mayu Kozue)

The Doppel of favoritism. Its form is a nadeshiko. The master of this emotion is bewildered by this Doppel's ability to deceive opponents and take control of their hearts, and is troubled by its nature as a representation of herself. All those whose garment hems are pulled by this Doppel will find themselves deeply compelled to love it. It can compel men in particular to absolute servitude, and to a level of self-sacrificing devotion that fears not even death. Even if its target is a woman, she will surely find it difficult to raise her hand against something so beauteous. However, should one overuse this power to create throngs of blindly-devoted followers, ruin shall inevitably fall upon them.

GANNISHIKUDOKU (Master: Sayuki Fumino)

The Doppel of duty. Its form is a shortsword. The master of this emotion is convinced that the excessive expectations and envy directed at her by others-- that giant mass of selfish affection-- are solely her responsibility to take on. This Doppel exists so that, when its master's heart eventually becomes too worn-down to fulfill that obligation, it can assist her with her one final task. All of this Doppel's power fundamentally exists for its master's sake alone, but because of its merciful disposition, it also selects one lucky companion to receive the privilege of departing alongside its master. It's very mistake-prone, and tends to accidentally send off only the companion, but that just adds to its charm.

(This space reserved for Moka Megumi.)

YUERAO (Master: Riko Chiaki)

The Doppel of thread-reeling. Its form is a moonlit matchmaker. The master of this emotion has yet to admit that this Doppel is still lurking within her heart. This Doppel spreads a thick sheet of ice at its master's feet, and appears within the ice. When it attacks, it can also emerge above the ice by switching places with its master, but this traps its master within the ice in exchange. Above the ice, the Doppel reels in and steals every thread of fate it can find. By collecting a thread that its master once tied together in the past, it seeks to return her situation to how it was before. Nevertheless, severing a joined thread after the fact will only bury those who it united deep under the ice. Each time this Doppel is used, the feelings that its master had already given up on will resurface in her heart.

(This space reserved for Maria Yuki.)

ETTEILLA (Master: Mel Anna)

The Doppel of disclosure. Its form is a fortune teller. The master of this emotion is both client and contractor. She believes her Doppel, which predicts one's destiny in perfect clarity, to be her true inner power, and she does not deny any of the destinies it predicts. This Doppel is connected to its master's wrist and back, and constantly measures her pulse in order to synchronize with it. By fully synchronizing their movements and senses, the two of them can predict an utterly unshakable destiny. The result of the prediction is displayed in the Doppel's eye, and is determined by the type and direction of the tarot card shown within its pupil. Barring a truly extraordinary effort, it's impossible for the master and Doppel to escape from a destiny they've predicted.

TABURATSU (Master: Mikura Komachi)

The Doppel of interment. Its form is grave goods. The master of this emotion feels no small sense of relief towards her Doppel, which can bury not just physical material, but also emotions, memories and even concepts. This Doppel appears from within the earth, secures a position for itself with its haniwa-shaped beacons, then pours down a massive amount of sediment to create a kofun on that position. Those who touch the kofun's soil will have something of theirs entombed and lost, though not necessarily something tangible. This is an act of good will on the Doppel's part, and everything it does is for its master's sake. However, it's unclear as to whether or not this emotion's master is aware of that.

(This space reserved for Seira Mihono, Temari Kira, Hotori and Rion Yuzuki, and Meguru Hibiki.)

PAPARAZZO (Master: Ryou Midori)

The Doppel of gossip. Its form is a TLR camera. The master of this emotion continually sought the truth in accordance with her desires. Her Doppel likewise responds to those desires in extreme excess, able to expose an opponent's truth simply by photographing them in full. Any truth that this Doppel unveils can never be forgotten. This applies to both the subject and the photographer that are fixed within the gaze of the Doppel's twin lenses, with the unveiled truth being burned into both of their memories: an equal amount of anger if it finds anger, or an equal amount of sorrow if it finds sorrow. Should this Doppel's master continue to use it, she will become unable to open her heart to anyone without first using the Doppel's ability to expose everything about them.

(This space reserved for Hotaru Yura.)

GIBDAUGHTER (Master: Kanae Yukino)

The Doppel of resonance. Its form is a hummingbird. The master of this emotion thinks the acoustics of her Doppel's body aren't half bad. This Doppel can use the reverberations from its singing to destroy any solid object, no matter what material it's made of. Even against living creatures, its song could shake an enemy's brain, and with its precise movement and supersonically-vibrating beak, it can pierce targets straight through the heart.

ZIPZAP (Master: Ashley Taylor)

(Since Ashley originally made her debut on the North American server, her Doppel entry has had an official translation from the start! Here’s the slightly-wordier JP version, for completion’s sake.)

The Doppel of faith. Its form is kawaii. The master of this emotion deeply immerses herself in Kawaii culture, and feels the utmost pleasure in broadcasting it to others. As such, she gazes at this image of herself with an expression of pure delight. This Doppel fully understands its master's interests and her desire to spread information, so it strives to brainwash and implant others with a fondness for similar things-- from pop culture such as manga and anime, to even subcultures like yumekawa and gurokawa. If it encounters someone with a lower Kawaii level than its master, it fires rainbow beams at them from its six eyes. Anyone hit by the beams will be enveloped in a plethora of ribbons and lace, altering their hobbies and tastes. It's said that the sight of this Doppel prompts them to bow their heads to the ground in worship.

SYLVIE (Master: Ikumi Makino)

The Doppel of attention-gathering. Its form is a wind-up doll. Although only to a very slight degree, the master of this emotion has unfortunately equated her pursuit of other people's smiles with the value that other people see in her. Her Doppel crashes its cymbals together wildly, and launches anchors towards the eyes of anyone whose attention is captured by their sound. The anchors will pursue those cursed by the sound, no matter how far, and are sure to steal their eyeballs from them. Should this Doppel's master continue to use it, she will come to feel anxious unless someone is always watching her.

RUKH (Master: Sae Kirino)

The Doppel of social climbing. Its form is a pawn. The master of this emotion watches her Doppel break through its shell to reinvent itself, and sees her own future within it. Her Doppel is proud of itself for obtaining power without relying on anyone else, and perhaps as a result of this self-confidence, it utterly refuses to accept advice or counsel from any other. This applies to its master as well: it may be cooperative towards her when their opinions happen to align, but it will staunchly refuse to nod its head after even a single irritation. It also behaves mercilessly towards everyone other than its master-- even if they may be weak, helpless beings like its former self-- and will use its blazing-hot staves to skewer all who disagree with it. As its master watches this, she views it as a show of false bravado, borne out of its fear at the memory of how weak it was in the past.

GRIM (Master: Rui Mizuki)

The Doppel of blindness. Its form is a third eye. The master of this emotion feels both joy at the manifestation of her hidden self, and a sense of release at the fact that she no longer needs to feign who she truly is. This Doppel will never hide nor mask itself; it bares its natural state for all the world, and will not forgive even a single word of intervention from others. Those who deny it will be roasted in pitch-dark hellfire by its opened eyes, and carved to pieces by its sword plummeting from the sky. It seems that this is actually meant to prevent anyone from dissuading its master, who's particularly concerned about the way others view her, but the master herself is completely unaware of this. She simply becomes drunk with delight at the sight of it crushing her enemies.

MARY (Master: Akari Mai)

The Doppel of regression. Its form is an amusement park. The master of this emotion thinks of it as a place where she can return to the mindset of a child, with nobody around to watch her as she does so. This Doppel has the power to draw out the childlike wonder that sleeps deep within a person's heart. Those who it touches will become able to enjoy even childish pastimes, and be released from any and all stress. However, those who play with it and become its captive will begin to perceive the Doppel's mouth as the entrance to paradise, and anyone who sets foot inside can never find their way back out. But it still has a maximum park capacity, so if too many people wander into its mouth, it's said that the Doppel will sometimes spit them back out from the strain.

HEPIALIDAE (Master: Kushu Irina)

The Doppel of salivation. Its form is a moth. The master of this emotion floats through dreams between sleeping and waking, yet continues to seek the light of the sun. This Doppel's circular form symbolizes the very same sun that its master seeks, and it floats through the air in the hopes of brightly illuminating its vicinity. But despite scattering powder from its wings to illuminate its surroundings, each mote of dust only emits the faint light of a distant star, and cannot emit anything stronger than that. The unsatisfied Doppel attempts to make the powder shine brighter by firing its own rays of light, but the erratically-reflected light builds up excess energy, explodes, and catches its surroundings in the blast. Yet the Doppel is satisfied to see such a bright light, even if only for a brief instant.

MORFINE (Master: Yuu)

The Doppel of madness. Its form is a unicorn. The master of this emotion is proud of herself for continually vanquishing evildoers, and also quite forgetful. As such, every time she summons her Doppel, it feels like both a fresh exerience and a personal reward. Her Doppel's sleek and pure body is in conflict with the curses that it harbors under its flesh. Their influence renders the Doppel unconscious from the moment it's born, as the curses spill forth in rivulets from its mouth and eyes. When the Doppel awakens from the sharp pain of its master's careless treatment of it, it roars and scatters curses all around, and the curses melt holes into those who touch them. The master's voice can allegedly be heard from inside the Doppel, as she nonchalantly remarks on what's left of her adversaries.

KELOID (Master: Shii)

The Doppel of scars. Its form is claws. The master of this emotion led someone to shoulder grave sin, and attempted to wash that sin away with love. But she found only a hollow void within that someone, and went on to empty out her own heart as well. This Doppel is deeply linked with its master's empty heart, and has merged with her by mutually sharing their pain. Since its master remains conscious, but has no will to take action, the Doppel also takes initiative in her stead. With no limits on its actions, the Doppel continually absorbs both the impurity of its master's wounds and the impurity shouldered by others, intending to take retribution against every bit of it. The Doppel emits memories of these wounds, and those who receive them will gradually break down mentally, rather than physically.

#puella magi madoka magica #magia record #misc translation #madoka witches #insect and macabre imagery warning as usual!!

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Magia Record - Doppel encyclopedia translations (Arc 1)

Since my original witch encyclopedia post has become very long, I’ve decided to split up the Doppels into their own dedicated posts. This is the post for Arc 1′s main cast.

-Doppels for OG series and spinoff characters -Doppels for the majority of the supporting cast -Doppels for characters related to Arc 2 -Enemy encyclopedia for Arc 2 -Enemies & Doppels for post-Arc 2

(note: spoilers for all of Arc 1, as usual!)

A Doppel Witch is a partial manifestation of a Puella Magi’s witch form. They appear exclusively in Kamihama City, where they can be summoned once their respective Puella Magi’s Soul Gem has reached critical levels of impurity. Summoning a Doppel will vent all the impurity out of the Gem, leaving it completely clean afterward. (Though not outright stated in the story, notes from Gekidan Inu Curry’s design documents at the 2018 Shaft art exhibit mention that overuse of one’s Doppel does have emotional side effects.)

The cause of the Doppel phenomenon is unknown, but the Wings of Magius are most likely involved. They plan to liberate all Puella Magi in the world by expanding the phenomenon worldwide, via the maturation of something called “Embryo Eve.”

*Interesting tidbit: a Doppel’s keywords (“Doppel of X, form is Y”) are usually the inverse of its respective witch (“witch of Y, nature is X”).

GIOVANNA (Master: Iroha Tamaki)

The Doppel of silence. Its form is a calling bird. The master of this emotion is aware of her Doppel’s pitiful form, but is unable to view it directly. This Doppel speaks of nothing; it wraps everything that it doesn’t want to hear in cloth, and squeezes it to pieces. It is forever searching for something that can fill the empty hole in its chest. Despite how desperately it needed to call out for someone, this cowardly Doppel is afraid to take a direct look at the reality that it hid away with cloth, and its ears remain covered in silence.

GIOVANNA (Master: Iroha Tamaki (swimsuit ver.))

The Doppel of silence. Its form is a calling bird. While still searching for her lost sister, the master of this emotion is also slowly progressing on her journey to accept herself. Combined with how her heart has leapt in the glow of the summer sun, her Doppel has thus taken on a somewhat frivolous appearance. One can see how the Doppel’s robes and mast have been affected by her mood; really, one may even go so far as to say it’s being heavily swayed by its master’s spur-of-the-moment emotional state. A surface-level change, in short. Though it’s specialized for ocean battles, its master herself can’t swim, preventing it from making particularly nimble movements. It simply attempts to slay the enemies before it with an intense attack, using all the power it has available.

GIOVANNA (Master: Iroha Tamaki (Anime ver.))

The Doppel of silence. Its form is a calling bird. The master of this emotion is aware of her Doppel’s pitiful form, but is unable to view it directly. This Doppel speaks of nothing; it wraps everything that it doesn’t want to hear in cloth, and squeezes it to pieces. It is forever searching for something that can fill the empty hole in its chest. Despite how desperately it needed to call out for someone, this cowardly Doppel is afraid to take a direct look at the reality that it hid away with cloth, and its ears remain covered in silence.

CAMPANELLA (Master: Yachiyo Nanami)

The Doppel of ticket-taking. Its form is a ticket puncher. The master of this emotion dreams of the day when she, too, will depart on a journey, following in the footsteps of the friends whose departures she has already seen off. This Doppel can summon various illusions with the light of the lantern hanging from its tail, and those injured by its tail’s pincer are said to be guaranteed great misfortune in the near future. Because the range of emotional fluctuation is reduced in older individuals and in those who have lived as Puella Magi for a long time, those individuals’ Doppels may fail to completely separate from the master’s body, as is the case here.

CAMPANELLA (Master: Yachiyo Nanami (Tanabata ver.))

The Doppel of ticket-taking. Its form is a ticket puncher. The master of this emotion stands on the bank of the Heavenly River, unable to cross it until her life runs out, and gazes across to see the shadows of friends whose departures she once saw off. Her Doppel, believing itself to have received the role of a Tanabata magpie, attempts to help its master as she searches for her old friends' visages. It uses the lantern on its tail to illuminate the starry river, projecting it in vivid detail. But because this Doppel lacks the power to actually aid in their reunion, it can only fly to and fro through the heavens while holding on to a wish that's impossible to grant.

CAMPANELLA (Master: Yachiyo Nanami (Fairytale ver.))

The Doppel of ticket-taking. Its form is a ticket puncher. By accepting the fictional character she once performed as a part of herself, the master of this emotion has come to avert her eyes from the wishes that well up in her heart, continually freezing them in order to remain a strong and stalwart figure. As the only one to have realized this, her Doppel attempts to reduce its master's burden by spraying chilly air at everyone around her. It hopes to force them to stand up and face hardship by doing so, but it can't possibly match the speed at which its master freezes her heart.

CAMPANELLA (Master: Yachiyo Nanami (Anime ver.))

The Doppel of ticket-taking. Its form is a ticket puncher. The master of this emotion dreams of the day when she, too, will depart on a journey, following in the footsteps of the friends whose departures she has already seen off, and has long awaited the moment when her ticket will finally be punched. Those who are injured by the pincer on the end of this Doppel's tail are apparently guaranteed great misfortune in the near future. Its master often attempts to point the pincer towards herself, but has never succeeded in doing so. Because the range of emotional fluctuation is reduced in older individuals and in those who have lived as Puella Magi for a long time, those individuals’ Doppels may fail to completely separate from the master’s body, as is the case here.

YU HONG (Master: Tsuruno Yui)

The Doppel of domestic harmony. Its form is Jinhua ham. The master of this emotion is quite dissatisfied with her Doppel's appearance. Its character, too, is another source of distrust for her. In contrast to its master's desire to achieve great success through her own efforts, this Doppel simply produces endless wealth to satisfy the greed of its master's relatives, attempting to protect what is only a temporary family harmony. This Doppel's master considers it to be in total opposition to her noble goal, and would rather not have anybody find out about its vulgar appearance. However, to protect her family's harmony-- however temporary it may be-- she may very well find herself in need of this Doppel's power some day.

YU HONG (Master: Rumor Tsuruno)

The Doppel of domestic harmony. Its form is Jinhua ham. “My, have you heard? Who’d you hear it from? The Doppel of Harmony, and the rumor thereof! It’s a cute widdle piggy that got as big as a balloon, and grants every desire of its master’s relatives! Its luxurious, sparkling body is a symbol of great wealth, protecting its family’s harmony day in and day out! But its master’s far from thrilled about it. She’s totally grumpy about how it looks. She’d rather keep this embarrassing thing far from anyone’s view. It’s a rumor that EVERYONE in Kamihama is talking about! Nooo, look awaaay!”

THERESIA (Master: Sana Futaba)

The Doppel of invisibility. Its form is an inquisition chair. The master of this emotion is pained at the sight of its materialized form, but feels some sense of fulfillment as well. This Doppel’s main body isn’t the chair, but rather an invisible form that sits above the chair in a continual state of torment. The invisible Doppel uses the blood flowing from itself to attack its enemies. However, this Doppel also proves rather difficult to control. Apart from the invisible Doppel that’s normally created from its master’s left ear, a visible one may sometimes appear from her right ear instead. In these cases, the Doppel will make no distinction between enemy and ally, wildly swinging its pendulum guillotine in a violent, shrieking rampage.

BEATRICE (Master: Felicia Mitsuki)

The Doppel of mixture. Its form is an eyelid. The master of this emotion falls into a deep sleep when this Doppel appears, and doesn’t lay eyes upon anything it learns. While its master is asleep, her Doppel cries tears of mud from its vacant eye, covering up and re-painting everything inconvenient to her. This Doppel is likely to awaken when its master requires the power to smash reality to pieces.

BEATRICE (Master: Felicia-chan)

The Doppel of mixture. Its form is butter. The master of this emotion falls into a deep sleep when this Doppel appears, and doesn’t lay eyes upon any of the manufacturing methods that it learns. While its master is asleep, her Doppel sprays cow’s milk from its vacant eye onto a bed of rock salt, and vigorously mixes it. The resulting butter adds a dash of saltiness and rich flavor to any dish, and pairs best with baked potato. If you haven’t been having much luck making buttered potato at home, perhaps it’s because you’re using unsalted butter? *(Also, the sign on it says “Do Not Disturb.”)

HEVELIUS (Master: Mifuyu Azusa)

The Doppel of livelihood. Its form is a bird-catcher. Because the master of this emotion lives in reality, she'll take advantage of any power she can, including this physical-fusion-type Doppel. It can summon countless bird-like minions called "Sugar Geese" from its own shadow on the ground, and attack enemies with them. Any target that the Sugar Geese collide with will feel a sweet-tasting sensation, and even a single taste of this flavor will bring symptoms of addiction with it. Thanks to this trait, hitting an opponent with even a scant few geese can get them to permit a great deal of falsehoods. Since the Doppel transforms from its master's tongue and arms, she can't talk while she has it active.

HEVELIUS (Master: Mifuyu Azusa (Fairytale ver.))

The Doppel of livelihood. Its form is a bird-catcher. By accepting the fictional character she once performed as a part of herself, the master of this emotion has become convinced that she is a descendant of a tyrannical bloodline that brings destruction to those around her. Her Doppel thus sets fire to itself and burns away all that it touches, in order to satisfy its master by bringing reality closer to that fiction. However, burning away only reality is no easy feat. Once its flames have run their course, not even imagination remains.

OLD DOROTHY (Master: Alina Gray)

The Doppel of fever. Its form is a paint tube. The master of this emotion is fascinated by her own Doppel's beauty, but she still doesn't know about its hidden true form. The Doppel's actual body is behind its master's back. It oozes a paint called "Pathogen Tempera," which it then congeals and uses to form a massive false body with which to attack the opponent. Since its master's human body is buried in the paint and completely obscured from view, it boasts a presence that's more like a witch than a Doppel. The master can't see what her Doppel looks like from the outside, but according to her, it looks beautiful from the inside too.

OLD DOROTHY (Master: Holy Alina)

The Doppel of fever. Its form is a piping bag. The master of this emotion believes that the artwork she desires is also what humanity desires on a deep, unconscious level, and is gathering energy to make that artwork a reality. Having realized that the beauty of personal emotional expression is the fundamental artistic motif of humanity, her resulting joy has also affected her Doppel's form. In addition to embodying her festive cheer, even the Pathogen Tempera it pipes out now shines in a wide range of colors. That said, though, the pain and suffering that it gives and receives are exactly the same. The agonized screams of those it devours shall surely sound like beautiful hymns to its master's ears.

CENDRILLON (Master: Rena Minami)

The Doppel of transformation. Its form is a glass slipper. The master of this emotion wields every last bit of its power for her own sake. This Doppel multiplies its master’s transformation powers many times over. This allows her to temporarily change into not just another person, but that person’s ideal form, more realistic than the real thing. However, if she makes frequent use of this too-perfect transformation, she may eventually lose sight of her original self. Also, since this Doppel changes its master into her ideal image of a given person, she may sometimes appear quite different from the original person in question.

CENDRILLON (Master: Rena-chan (idol ver.))

The Doppel of transformation. Its form is a flying kick. The master of this emotion wields every last bit of its power for her own sake. This Doppel multiplies its master’s kick strength many times over. This allows it to forcibly shove her deep into enemy territory, which will (hopefully) transform her into the battle’s victor. However, if she makes frequent use of this too-powerful kick, she may eventually lose her original skeletal structure. Also, the bomb its master tosses is one of her own belongings. *(Also also: the sign on it says “Return by Midnight.”)

ELFRIEDE (Master: Momoko Togame)

The Doppel of self-reproach. Its form is manicured nails. The master of this emotion doesn’t seem to have much interest in where its power ends up leading to. This Doppel attacks with its giant fingers, as well as the countless fingers flying around it. The fingernails that serve as its weapons are all finely painted and manicured, and the Doppel is excessively concerned with their upkeep. If praised, it will do a fine job, but if scorned, it will reproach itself and become extremely depressed. It’s a huge nuisance when this happens, so it’s best to have the Doppel attack quickly after summoning it.

ELFRIEDE (Master: Momoko Togame (sister ver.))

The Doppel of self-reproach. Its form is manicured nails. The master of this emotion thinks that she needs to keep an eye on her Doppel so that it doesn't fly off somewhere, due to its excess of Halloween cheer. This Doppel wants to show off its costume-adorned master to everyone, but since its master is constantly keeping an eye on it, it reproaches itself and tries to keep a low profile. When its master is in trouble, it tries to use its colorful nails to hide and shelter her within its pumpkin, but since it gets distracted by all the Halloween commotion, none of its attempts have been very successful.

ZOLA (Master: Kaede Akino)

The Doppel of territory-taking. Its form is a plot of land. The master of this emotion fears that her living space will be eroded by this Doppel, and makes sure to carefully choose when and where to summon it. This is because regardless of its master's intentions, the Doppel will cover its surroundings in rotting moss as soon as it appears, claim the area as its own territory, and thereafter seek only to expand said territory. If it were summoned in the wrong place, even its master's most beloved places would be consumed by rotting moss, and would surely be unable to maintain their original form. This Doppel can exercise absolutely tremendous power within the confines of its territory.

CATACOMBE (Master: Kanagi Izumi)

The Doppel of dismantlement. Its form is a soot lion. In contrast to the calm shown by the master of this emotion, her Doppel takes the form of a lion that burns with inexhaustible rage, and bites everything to ribbons. It refuses to forgive even the slightest injustice, and dismantles any unfairness in sight. Its personality is utterly relentless. In particular, simply being a Kamihama resident makes one a target for dismantlement, so its master must be cautious when summoning it to avoid harming her allies. If she continues to use this Doppel, she will gradually become unable to forgive even the most minuscule inequality. Its master finds its power hard to manage, but she half-agrees with the lion.

CATACOMBE (Master: Kanagi Izumi (vampire ver.))

The Doppel of dismantlement. Its form is a soot lion. The master of this emotion continually wanders in search of the answer to her mourning. In order to help its master find that answer, this Doppel takes the feelings towards death that are held by visitors lured in by Halloween merriment, and finely dismantles said feelings before serving them to its master. Breaking them down into small pieces makes them no easier to swallow, however, so its master is likely to get indigestion, and continue to distance herself from the answer. When the Doppel tires of dismantlement, it secretly uses the tip of its scythe to carve jack-o'-lanterns and so forth outside of its master's view.

TOTENTANZ (Master: Mitama Yakumo)

The Doppel of memento mori. Its form is flower petals. The master of this emotion attempts to bring ruin to everything, out of resentment for the environment in which she lives. This Doppel does not forget death, which comes equally to all things in creation. It covers everything with fluttering petals, and gracefully comes to escort away girls with its white gloves. Both it and its master have no way to attack directly, but its power, which exists alongside the demise of all things, is fearsome nonetheless. All magical energy covered by its flowers will wither away, leaving nothing behind. Should this Doppel's master continually seek its power, her left arm may eventually fuse with it completely.

TOTENTANZ (Master: Mitama Yakumo (formal wear ver.))

The Doppel of memento mori. Its form is an auspicious day. Despite resenting her environment, the master of this emotion is overjoyed by the fact that she can welcome in the new year with the friends that she has newly made. Her Doppel embodies that joy in the form of golden lilies and red-and-white curtains, and it expresses a warm welcome to those who draw near by enveloping them in the curtains and raining flower petals down upon them. However, all are forbidden from returning home early when the time comes to serve the New Year's meals, and its guests shall suffer the agonizing taste of an eternal turn-of-the-century.

DUM (Master: Tsukuyo Amane)

The Doppel of isolation. Its form is a terrarium. The master of this emotion, free from being bound by her own emotions or disposition, clings tightly to her other half as the one person who understands her. By using this Doppel, the two of them isolate themselves from everything except each other, and none of the changes in this world can affect them. Within this tiny half-planet, they only have need for each other. The use of this Doppel shuts out all physical phenomena and the passage of time, guaranteeing one's personal safety, but as a side effect, the memories of anyone other than the two of them will fade away.

DEE (Master: Tsukasa Amane)

The Doppel of disconnection. Its form is an aquarium. The master of this emotion, free from being bound by her own environment or circumstances, drowns in affection for her other half as the one person who understands her. By using this Doppel, the two of them cut themselves off from all connections except theirs. As long as they stay within this tiny half-planet, they each only believe in what the other can sense; outsiders will never get through to them, no matter how many opinions one expresses or how overbearing an attitude one takes. The use of this Doppel shuts out the diverse values held by others, thereby stabilizing one's mind, but as a side effect, their hold on society's ethics will dwindle as well.

DUM DEE (Master: Amane Sisters (swimsuit ver.))

The Doppel of insulation and disconnection. Its form is a herbarium. In the end, having chosen to forget about all of the darkness that each of them holds, the masters of this emotion now spend their time dreamily playing in their own tropical resort. This Doppel normally refines moonlight into magic power, but with its masters' hearts now captivated by the sun, it instead refines sunlight into power, and leaps to and fro in the cheerful summer air. But don't be fooled! Its power leaps right over "troublesome," and straight into "horrific disaster." All those who touch it will be erased, transforming its surroundings into a pandemonic hell on Earth. Additionally, this Doppel is completely incapable of sensing its surroundings, so its heart will remain unmoved no matter how bitterly one screams at it.

????? (Master: White (+ Black?) Feather)

A placeholder Doppel for the generic White Feather enemies (Dark-type pictured). This particular one stands in for Ikumi Makino and her Doppel during her appearance as a Feather in Chapter 9. Not available for player use at this time.

ICHIZO (Master: Kuroe)

The Doppel of escape. Its form is a nighthawk. Though the master of this emotion lamented her past and stopped in place once already, she has now found a light to follow, and doesn't stop trying to spread her wings and fly. As her Doppel continually sheds tears, it attempts to put its master at ease by limiting her movements with wings of heavy mud. It denies her attempts to both seek and soar in the sky, while constantly emphasizing the exact opposite path to her. Though it utilizes its wings to attack those who oppose its master, each and every swing is meant to indicate to its master that she can never reach the light, no matter what she does. After being completely eaten away by this Doppel, the only choice one has is to become a black star that stands motionless on the Earth's surface.

ICHIZO (Master: Kuroe (swimsuit ver.))

The Doppel of escape. Its form is a nighthawk. The master of this emotion runs to and fro, continually searching for a "fun summer vacation" that's fitting for her. Her ever-indecisive state of mind takes shape as this Doppel, with many fresh fruits incorporated into its form. In much the same way that the void in its master's heart remains unfilled by any of the summers she experiences, the incongruous residue of those countless summers floats within the Doppel. Their sugar content skyrockets in correspondence with how much she was looking forward to them. The frankly-exhausted Doppel tearfully attempts to convince its master to give up on finding a fun summer, but if she still insists on continuing her search, it's considering teaching her a helpful lesson about her limitations by drowning her with its oceanic wings.

PENNEN NOLDE (Master: Touka Satomi)

The Doppel of daydreams. Its form is a match-seller. Even after becoming a Puella Magi, the master of this emotion desires yet more power, with which to accomplish yet greater wishes. This Doppel carries matches cut from its master's lifespan, and it's said that by striking and lighting these matches, it can grant any "what-if" imaginable. The number of remaining matches is tied to its master's lifespan, and using them all up will mean the end of her life. It's a very strong Doppel, but because it sacrifices its master's lifespan in much the same way as the Doppel of Last Testament, overuse of it is forbidden.

PENNEN NENEMU (Master: Nemu Hiiragi)

The Doppel of last testament. Its form is a deathwatch beetle. The master of this emotion offers up every remaining bit of her life. This Doppel can devour stories with the insect heads on both of its hands, then physically manifest said stories in this world. The absolutely ridiculous range of this power makes it a Doppel to truly be feared. The source of this Doppel's power is its master's already-short lifespan, and its power is said to grow stronger as its master's lifespan dwindles. However, since all of its power is directed towards the story-manifesting ability, it lacks direct offensive capabilities, and could hardly last a second if attacked by a witch.

And finally, after the conclusion of Arc 1...

SHITORI EGUMO (Master: Ui Tamaki)

The Doppel of suffering. Its form is a happy statue. The master of this emotion shares all pain suffered by the ones she loves, and takes it unto herself as her own. The pain is then changed into gemstones, and the Doppel’s power increases in tandem with the number of gemstones adorning it. However, it cannot move, and therefore cannot evade any attacks. It carries a sword and shield, but they are purely decorative, and are no use as weapons.

As well as!!

SHITORI EGUMO (Master: Iroha & Ui Tamaki (miko ver.))

She can turn into a kite!! Tragically she has no actual encyclopedia entry. Oh well

*Extra section: witches who’ve only received anime profiles thus far. (Neo Dorothy has appeared as a special event boss, and has files for her in-game encyclopedia entry, but AFAIK the entry hasn’t been implemented yet.)

ICHIZO “The witch of nighthawks. Her nature is to escape. An ugly hawk with wings of mud.”

NEO DOROTHY / Alina Eve (*nickname) “The form Alina Gray took after allowing her Doppel of Fever to devour her, while simultaneously taking over Embryo Eve's body via its infection. Even in this state, she's able to instantly spread the Doppel of Fever to about several dozen thousand people, thereby transforming them into artificial Magical Girls. Artificial Magical Girls become able to use magic regardless of age or gender, but much like the original Magical Girls, they must purify themselves with Grief Seeds to avoid being taken over by the Doppel of Fever and turning into witches. At a glance, it may seem like they're being forced to bear the fate of Magical Girls without even a wish as collateral, but according to Alina, "humanity's prosperity itself is the collateral," "being granted magic-- a power that's completely independent of physical ability or social standing-- is also collateral," "in the first place this is Art so there doesn't even really need to be collateral," and "free-of-charge magic distribution is GOD". Originally, Touka and Nemu were intending to complete their concept of the Doppel System by making Embryo Eve absorb the two of them, in addition to Walpurgisnacht.”

#puella magi madoka magica #magia record #misc translation #madoka witches #warning as usual for the ones that look particularly grisly or insecty

[stellarcanopy]

Magia Record BG index and pre-release material

This is the second part to my post about Magia Record's internal minutinae, featuring background images and promo trailers. Like its sister post, this contains spoilers for the entirety of Arc 1 and Arc 2.

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[Pre-release promo material]

The oldest screenshots and in-game footage I can find are from February 2017. (Some screenshots are taken from archive.org's capture of magireco.com.)

Link to February 2017 trailer (game footage from 1:10 onward) Link to screenshot album on Imgur

-Both the screenshots and trailer footage feature more jagged, speech bubble-like dialogue boxes, with character name tags displayed separately in the corners of the screen. Previous dialogue is pushed up and fades away as new speech bubbles come in.

-The dialogue scene appears to be an alternate setup for the prologue, still told from Homura's PoV. Iroha (initially labeled "???") seems to have rescued Homura from something (a tough Kamihama witch?), which Madoka and Mami then show up to thank her for.

-The Homura rescue scene's background is still present in the final version, though I can't recall if it was ever used. I can't say for certain where the scene was supposed to take place, but the background’s file ID in the final version corresponds to Daitou Ward.

-The team composition screen may look unfamiliar to NA players, but that's because the NA server started off with a redesigned version that was introduced later. The overall layout here is identical to the initial Japanese release. Differences include: “Formation" in katakana rather than "Magic Formation" in kanji, a big chunky "EPISODE" button in place of the Leader crown icon, placeholder stats, a version of Brave Echelon with different position-based buffs (ATK up for front two, ATK down for back two, nothing for center), and a WIP version of Mami's card art with simpler shading

-WIP version of the character upgrade menu. Differences include: different graphics and text on the menu icons, a simpler Favorite button, an entire bar gauge for Magia Level, a much more elaborate bar gauge for Episode Level, a different graphic for the character tray, and a completely unshaded WIP of Kyouko's card art.

-Beta version of the battle system. Features a placeholder version of the Magic Formation floor graphics, purple HP bars, metallic circles for the Magia and Support icons, and no Skill tab. The Skill tab is added in the trailer footage, which also shows that the disc queue at the top of the screen goes from right to left. The background is that of Shinsei Ward's residential street from the final version, albeit with differences such as the presence of a crosswalk.

-Beta version of Iroha's Skills page. She has 3 Accele discs (maybe for testing purposes?), her Connect is simply titled "Heal Connect", Strada Futuro hits a horizontal line rather than the entire field, and text reading "[Small]" is used in place of the final version's Roman numerals.

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The next set of screenshots and footage is from March, respectively taken from Famitsu's online articles and a promotional event at Anime Japan 2017.

Link to March 2017 event video

-Magic Formation floor graphics are now finalized. Status bars are closer to the final version, though MP bars have a segmented design and green/blue palette rather than blue/purple. Support unit's icon is the same as the final version's green "haven't used this friend support today" icon. Disc queue still goes right to left.

-I can't seem to find the original source, but the same battle setup is featured in a beta Mirrors screenshot (see album). The background is simply a monochrome version of the Shinsei street, presumably as a placeholder.

-A small popup indicates whether a given character can receive a Connect or not. (...This would have saved me a lot of "oh, duh" moments trying to Connect to a character who's been stunned. :V)

-Differences in Disc pools (Mami w/ a vertical Blast by default!) and Connect effects (DEF pierce for the entire team?!) may be for debug and/or footage-recording purposes.

-Iroha's arrows have a blue aura rather than a yellow one, and their trajectories in her Magia animation are different. The blue aura draws a lot of attention to how simple the arrow graphics actually are.

-Mami's Doppel animation uses doll-like Inu Curry graphics for Mami herself, as opposed to her actual battle sprites in the full version. Judging by similar promo art and a leftover screenshot of Madoka's Doppel (see below), this was the case for all characters' Doppels at this point in development.

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The March 2017 Famitsu screenshots are a mix of new ones and ones from February.

-Chapter 1-1 is titled "Captured in an Unknown Town", and features only one battle. If I had to guess, I'd say that this is the Homura rescue scene from earlier. The "Another Story" tab is labeled "Side Story", and a unique "Weekday Quests" tab is present (removed in favor of the "Event Quests" tab next to it in the final version, since each actual event has its own unique tab graphic).

-The battle screenshots are largely the same as the Anime Japan footage, but feature a completely unused Labyrinth BG(!!!). It features dinner plates (pancakes?) on a table-like floor, slices of meat both on the floor and hanging from a hook in the distance, and both skyscrapers and large marble statues half-submerged (being melted down?) in a gold-colored substance. If I had to make a guess... it personally feels reminiscent of the Happy Prince, so perhaps it was meant to be a Labyrinth background for the Oscars at one point?

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Finally, there's the July 2017 trailer and two app store preview images.

Link to July 2017 trailer

Gameplay footage in the trailer is fairly close to the final game, with a few exceptions:

-Alternate versions of Candy and Rebecca's Labyrinth BGs during Chapter 1 dialogue, respectively replaced with Zenobia and Candy in the full version. They appear to be 'partly-merged' Labyrinth environments that incorporate parts of the surrounding city area. (I suspect this is why they were replaced, as creating different variants for every location in the city would be more effort than it was worth.) (Incidentally, another shot from Chapter 1 has Iroha mentioning the “Sandbox Witch’s Labyrinth” as she does in the full version, so the various trailer shots may have been recorded at different times.)

-A hodgepodge of minions other than Echoes in the Enhancement Labyrinth.

-Unfinished-looking version of Zenobia's vertical Blast animation?

-Himika included as a 3-star in the initial character lineup(!), and her family dinner Memoria included as a 2-star with a different name and effect ("The Mao Family's Dinner Table" / DEF up for 3 turns). -Ria's fashion show Memoria, likewise included as a 2-star. -An unused 1-star Ability Memoria featuring Oscar. Might have been a Magia Adept, judging by the pattern of Memoria effects before it? -All character-specific Memoria seen are 2-star Ability types, rather than the 3-star Skill types that most are in the final version. -A dummy graphic for Shizuku's coffee shop Memoria, presumably because its art wasn’t finished yet.

-Different graphics for scenes in Kirika and Oriko’s MGS: Teresa in Zenobia’s labyrinth for Kirika (replaced with Candy and her labyrinth on release), and a different time of day for the alleyway background for Oriko. (While their dialogue is blurry, it does appear to match MGS lines from the full version.)

-Much like the team comp screen, the Enhancement Gem tray and Memoria equipment screens are those from the initial Japanese release, which were eventually redesigned into the versions NA started with. (Memoria were equipped on a per-character basis rather than a per-team basis, which was super cute in theory but super cumbersome in practice.)

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The two preview images can still be found on certain app stores, such as the Japanese Google Play page. Different screenshots are used on other Japanese pages and (naturally) all of the English pages.

-The lighting in Zenobia's battle BG is slightly different. (Yes I did a side-by-side comparison. Yes I'm a huge nerd.)

-The 'doll-style' version of Madoka's Doppel animation can be seen in the bottom-right. (It's still there on the English page, too!)

-Perhaps most notably: a screenshot of dialogue that appears nowhere in the final version, with Iroha commenting on the terrible state of someone's Soul Gem in a Labyrinth with a nail polish motif. All other dialogue in these screenshots matches the final version, and the dialogue box graphics are up to date with the rest of July's promo material. The Labyrinth is almost definitely Elfriede's, but why it would appear in the storyline is unclear. (Did Doppels summon an entire Labyrinth around themselves at some point? Or... :U)

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[Background index]

Similarly to the character sprites, background images are given a 5-digit ID, with the first 4 digits (listed here) corresponding to the location depicted. The last digit counts up for each additional variant of the background: 1, 2 and 3 typically correspond to day, sunset and night variants, respectively.

Something interesting about the BG index is that a fair number of locations (though not all) are grouped geographically rather than chronologically. This helps pin down some locations that aren't immediately clear in-game, including a couple that aren't labeled on the Anime Japan 2019 map.

Incidentally, the Anime Japan 2019 map shows that Takarazaki is located directly west of Kamihama, while Mitakihara is located to the north-west.

(Bolded locations have corresponding files in the battle BG folder. A couple of them are even found only in said folder.)

1101 - Shinsei panorama 1102 - Shinsei residential street 1103 - --- 1104 - Shinsei tiled path 1105 - Mitama's shop (back room) 1106 - Mitama's shop 1107 - Kamihama University (front gate) 1108 - Kamihama University (back field) 1109 - Construction site (incl. Sapphire Lips labyrinth) 1110 - Blossom flower shop 1111 - --- 1112 - Crescent House, main lounge 1113 - Crescent House, computer lab 1114 - Crescent House, living room 1115 - Crescent House, Iroha’s room

1201 - Mizuna castle town 1202 - Mizuna residential street 1203 - --- 1204 - Mizuna road 1205 - Mizuna Shrine (gate) 1206 - Mizuna Shrine (interior) 1207 - Mizuna Girls' Academy (front gate) 1208 - Mizuna Girls' Academy (back field) 1209 - Art museum 1210 - Ryuushinkan dojo 1211 - Mizuna Castle

1301 - Suitoku shopping center 1302 - Sankyou street 1 (near grocery store) 1303 - Sankyou street 2 (near candy store) 1304 - Sankyou side street 1305 - Sankyou Educational Academy (front gate) 1306 - Sankyou Educational Academy (back field) 1307 - Sewer tunnel 1308 - Sewer clearing (incl. Pearl Eye labyrinth) 1309 - Natsume Books 1310 - Suitoku public bath (*only in Home BG form) 1311 - Emily's Counseling Room 1312 - Sankyou shops 1313 - Suitoku Temple (exterior) 1314 - Suitoku Temple (interior) 1315 - Cherry tree park 1316 - Ashitaya candy shop

1401 - Chuuou panorama 1402 - Chuuou main intersection 1403 - Chuuou highway 1404 - Chuuou sidewalk 1405 - Radio tower outskirts 1406 - Radio tower cabin 1407 - Cyberspace 1408 - Helipad 1409 - Chuuou Academy (front gate) 1410 - Chuuou Academy (rooftop field) 1411 - Puella Care trailer (exterior) 1412 - Puella Care trailer (interior) 1413 - Chuuou main intersection - additional variants

1501 - Sakae panorama (upwards camera) 1502 - Sakae intersection 1503 - --- 1504 - Sakae shopping street 1505 - Kamihama Memorial Archive 1506 - Memory Museum (incl. Ruby Navel labyrinth) 1507 - Memory Museum hallway 1508 - Kanagi's cafe 1509 - Sakae Integrated Academy (front gate) 1510 - Sakae Integrated Academy (back field) 1511 - Sakae panorama (head-on camera) 1512 - Alina’s Atelier

1601 - Koushou cable car station 1602 - Koushou intersection 1603 - --- 1604 - Koushou side street 1605 - Old trainyard 1606 - Chiaki bento shop 1607 - Ikumi's cafe 1608 - Koushou School (front gate) 1609 - --- 1610 - Yayoi factory 1611 - Amane Bamboo 1612 - Promised Blood warehouse (exterior) 1613 - Promised Blood warehouse (interior) 1614 - Koushou electric town 1615 - Subway tunnels

1701 - Daitou river bridge (unused?) 1702 - Daitou apartment complex 1703 - --- 1704 - Daitou street 1705 - Lake facing Ferris wheel 1706 - Daitou apartment hallway 1707 - Daitou apartment stairwell 1708 - Daitou apartment mini-mall 1709 - Daitou apartment park 1710 - Daitou apartment roof 1711 - Daitou apartment interior 1712 - Abandoned theme park site (incl. Aquamarine Heels labyrinth) 1713 - Foot of Ferris wheel 1714 - Chelation Land 1715 - Daitou shrine 1716 - Daitou festival stalls 1717 - Daitou Academy (front gate) 1718 - --- 1719 - Neo Magius auditorium (exterior) 1720 - Neo Magius auditorium (interior) 1721 - Kamihama Penitentiary (incl. Garnet Pinky labyrinth) 1722 - Kamihama Penitentiary underground

1801 - Minaminagi waterside cafe 1802 - Minaminagi waterfront sidewalk 1803 - Minaminagi Free Academy (front gate) 1804 - Minaminagi waterside road 1805 - Waterfront fountain park 1806 - Minaminagi container port (incl. Diamond Hair labyrinth) 1807 - --- 1808 - Kamihama Aquarium (Folklore of 0 hideout) 1809 - --- 1810 - Second-hand clothes market 1811 - Minagi Sea hotel exterior 1812 - Nachtmärchen house exterior 1813 - Nachtmärchen house interior

1901 - Hokuyou panorama (w/ Saint Lilliana Academy) 1902 - Hokuyou residential street 1903 - --- 1904 - Hokuyou side street 1905 - Mirror mansion 1906 - Mountain trail 1907 - Mountain viewing platform 1908 - Hotel Fendt Hope room 1909 - Eternal Sakura tree 1910 - Touka's computer lab 1911 - Eve's chapel 1912 - Hotel Fendt Hope jail cell 1913 - Forest clearing / former Fendt Hope site 1914 - Radio telescope 1915 - Radio telescope field 1916 - Hotel Fendt Hope basement 1917 - Hotel Fendt Hope hallways 1918 - Hotel Fendt Hope exterior (incl. Turquoise Ears labyrinth) 1919 - Hotel Fendt Hope stairwell 1920 - Hotel Fendt Hope lobby (w/ Soldier Bear) 1921 - Hotel Fendt Hope secret passage 1922 - Walnuts 1923 - Walnuts kitchen 1924 - Roof (site of the Magius' wish) 1925 - Touka's room 1926 - Saint Liliana Academy (front gate) 1927 - Saint Liliana Academy (back garden) 1928 - --- 1929 - Moo-Moo Farm 1930 - Forest thicket 1931 - Satomi Medical Center exterior 1932 - Hokuyou lakeside street (incl. Opal Neck labyrinth) 1933 - Former Fendt Hope site - additional variants

2001 - Iroha and Ui's bedroom 2002 - Neighboring city intersection 2003 - Neighboring city side street 2004 - Neighboring city industrial site 2005 - Azalea House 2006 - Mitakihara school hallway 2007 - 15th-century Europe woodland 2008 - 15th-century Europe village 2009 - 15th-century Europe castle 2010 - 15th-century Europe camp 2011 - 15th-century Europe fortress bridge 2012 - 15th-century Europe chapel 2013 - 15th-century Europe dungeon 2014 - Mitakihara hospital roof 2015 - Chocolate shoppe 2016 - Madoka's bedroom 2017 - Mami's living room 2018 - Sky (OG series, end of timeline 4) 2019 - Mitakihara school roof 2020 - Mitakihara school classroom 2021 - Mitakihara school front gate 2022 - Neighboring city sidewalk (incl. Yuna/Iroha mindscapes) 2023 - 15th-century France map 2024 - FM Kamihama studio 2025 - Beaches 2026 - Beachside trees 2027 - Shrine forest 2028 - Seaside cliff 2029 - Beachside inn exterior 2030 - Beachside inn interior 2031 - Ocean 2032 - Fishing spot 2033 - Octopus House 2034 - Grotto 2035 - Summer festival stalls 2036 - Summer festival stage 2037 - Kyuubey in the window 2038 - Classroom (diary flashback) 2039 - City wreckage (site of Madoka's wish) 2040 - Madoka's magic circle 2041 - Outer space 2042 - Madoka dimension 2043 - Riko's dream (landscape) 2044 - Riko's dream (crowd) 2045 - Nagisa movie theater still 2046 - Neighboring city intersection 2047 - Wooded path near beach 2048 - Gravel beach 2049 - Deep forest path 2050 - Forest pond 2051 - Cavern 2052 - Futatsugi City construction site 2053 - Snowglobe 2054 - Rocky beach shore 2055 - Lighthouse 2056 - Water park (slides) 2057 - Water park (cafe) 2058 - Water park (kids’ pool) 2059 - Water park (indoor pool) 2060 - Water park (show stage) 2061 - Dragon Palace Aquarium (exterior) 2062 - Dragon Palace Aquarium (courtyard) 2063 - Halloween Castle labyrinth 2064 - Angels on the Road locations 2065 - Tamaki residence 2066 - “Mr. Purrs-a-lot” set 2067 - Tangled-Up Ruins labyrinth 2068 - Seabed 2069 - Cemetery Banquet labyrinth 2070 - Hotaru’s dreamscapes 2071 - Bygone Dream castle grounds 2072 - Medieval Japanese armory 2073 - Medieval Japanese audience chamber 2074 - Medieval Japanese town 2075 - Grass plain 2076 - Morgue 2077 - Dream fog (Grief corrosion) 2078 - River w/ drifting flowers 2079 - Sunflower field 2080 - Anime train interior 2081 - Anime train platform 2082 - Cafe BIG WAVES interior 2083 - Cafe BIG WAVES exterior 2084 - 5th Anniversary gemstones BG 2085 - Fire/ice illusion town 2086 - Fire/ice illusion caves 2087 - Snowfield

2101 - Hospital interiors (group 1) 2102 - School interiors 2103 - Arcade 2104 - Shopping mall (escalators) 2105 - --- 2106 - Train station (turnstiles) 2107 - Generic bedroom 2108 - Generic living room 2109 - Supermarket 2110 - Concert 2111 - Fast-food joint 2112 - Convenience store exterior 2113 - Riverbank 2114 - Playground / Festival stalls 2115 - Back alley 1 (OG series episode 5) 2116 - Under-construction building 2117 - City skyline 2118 - Mirrors interiors (incl. Nanoha arenas) 2119 - Mikazuki Villa (Iroha's bedroom) 2120 - Mikazuki Villa (living room) 2121 - Banbanzai (interior) 2122 - Restaurant 2123 - Hotel bedroom 2124 - Kamihama shopping street 2125 - Dream fog (incl. Kazumi event BG) 2126 - Mikazuki Villa (kitchen) 2127 - Banbanzai (exterior) 2128 - Halloween theatre 2129 - Run-down house 2130 - Alina's cube Labyrinth / Dark clouds (Atelier event) 2131 - Mifuyu's illusion desert 2132 - Dance studio 2133 - Outdoor cafe terrace 2132 - School gymnasium 2135 - Bird's-eye view of Kamihama 2136 - --- 2137 - Hospital interiors (group 2) 2138 - Dilapidated building hideout 2139 - Underpass 2140 - Shopping mall (upstairs boutiques) 2141 - Clothing store 2142 - Park clearing w/ benches 2143 - --- 2144 - Traditional house (interior) 2145 - Mifuyu’s room 2146 - Posh house (living room) 2147 - Posh house (bedroom) 2148 - Office 2149 - Sakae Integrated Academy art studio 2150 - Futatsugi City bridges 2151 - Library 2152 - --- 2153 - Western mansion (interior) 2154 - Western mansion (exterior garden) 2155 - School interiors (night + Uwasa variants) 2156 - City rooftops 1 (green rooftop) 2157 - City rooftops 2 (gray rooftop) 2158 - City rooftops 3 (rooftop rooms & pipes) 2159 - Back alley 2 (Rebellion-esque) 2160 - Back alley 3 (Takarazaki) 2161 - Live show stage 2162 - Nayuta’s residence (kitchen) 2163 - Train car interior 2164 - Graveyard 2165 - Kamihama Big Sight (exterior) 2166 - Kamihama Big Sight (interior) 2167 - School interiors (Mizuna school festival variants) 2168 - Karaoke room 2169 - Mikazuki Villa (exterior) 2170 - Train station (platform) 2171 - Mikazuki Villa (past interior) 2172 - Takarazaki train station 2173 - Youth community center (exterior) 2174 - Youth community center (interior) 2175 - Apartment living room 2176 - Apartment entryway 2177 - School classrooms (Christmas) 2178 - Ryou’s newspaper club room 2179 - Apartment exterior 2180 - Hospital staff area 2181 - Riverbed w/ bridge 2182 - Waterfall basin 2183 - Broadcast studio 2184 - Shed 2185 - Prep room 2186 - City skyline (Arc 2 Chapter 10) 2187 - Car interior (Arc 2 Chapter 12) 2188 - Auto-Purification System dome 2189 - Kamihama Student Association Halloween event (exterior) 2190 - Kamihama Student Association Halloween event (interior) 2191 - Futatsugi Halloween torii road 2192 - Hospital interiors (group 3) 2193 - Shii’s orphanage

2301 - Homura's living room 2302 - Train platform (OG series episode 8) 2303 - Dog Drug Reinforcement!! 2304 - Site of Homura vs. Walpurgisnacht 2305 - Mitakihara school road 2306 - --- 2307 - Mitakihara food court 2308 - Mami's kitchen 2309 - Mami's foyer 2310 - Sakura family church 2311 - Bus stop (OG series episode 8) 2312 - Overpass (OG series episode 6) 2313 - Construction site (OG series, time-stop training) 2314 - Homura's hospital room 2315 - Kyousuke's hospital room 2316 - Mabayu's room 2317 - Café Récompense exterior 2318 - Café Récompense interior 2319 - Red-tinted industrial area (OG series timeline 3) 2320 - Factory entry gate 2321 - OG series hospital roof 2322 - Rebellion watertop cafe 2323 - Rebellion highway arch top 2324 - Rebellion Gothic ruins 2325 - Rebellion alleyway (Sayaka reveal scene) 2326 - Rebellion cityscape (blimps) 2327 - Scene 0 green TV

2401 - Sky backdrops 2402 - Forest w/ full moon 2403 - United Kimochi labyrinth 2404 - Scene 0 dark void

3101 - Madogatari collab BG (*only in Home BG form) 3102 - Rarity Star chapel 3103 - Darkness-covered France 3104 - Coco Ichi 3105 - Kamiha☆Magica concert 3106 - Purgatory 3107 - Site of Darc vs. La Reine (battle BG only) 3108 - Kamihamageddon (*only in Home BG/menu BG form) 3109 - Pucelle Academy / Palace interior shots 3110 - Refrigerator 3111 - Ark of Memory 3112 - 15th-century castle town 3113 - Oriko’s house 3114 - Oriko’s nightmare 3115 - MagiRepo Hawai’i vacation 3116 - MagiRepo throne (*only in Home BG form) 3117 - MagiRepo Kamihama M.V.D. 3118 - Café LycoReco 3119 - MagiReco + LycoReco skylines 3120 - MagiRepo sports day (*only in Home BG form)

41043 - Coalsack

46000 - Teresa arena 46001 - Candy arena

46101 - --- (empty bc 6101 = Shitori Egumo) 46102 - --- (ditto) 46103 - Zenobia arena 46104 - Rebecca arena 46105 - Stacey arena 46106 - Shin arena 46107 - Durbar arena 46108 - Paola arena 46109 - Lucy arena 46110 - Etteilla arena 46111 - --- (empty bc 6111 = Made in 168?) 46112 - Oshiti arena (battle BG only) 46113 - Raspberry arena (battle BG only) 46114 - Boxwood arena 46115 - --- 46116 - --- 46117 - --- 46118 - --- (empty bc 6118 = Neo Dorothy?) 46119 - Маруся arena 46120 - Slave of Anima arena 46121 - --- (empty bc 6121 = Eckert) 46122 - --- (empty bc 6122 = Martina) 46123 - Blot arena 46124 - Ichizo arena

46201 - Echoes arena 46202 ~ 46206 - --- (empty bc they correspond to boss IDs that just use the Echoes arena?) 46207 - Pillar of Tomorrow arena 1 46208 - Pillar of Tomorrow arena 2 46209 - Pillar of Tomorrow arena 3

46211 - Mirrors gateway (regular) 46212 - Mirrors gateway (Halloween - battle BG only) 46213 - Mirrors gateway (New Year's) 46214 - Mirrors gateway (Charlotte) 46215 - Mirrors gateway (Christmas - battle BG only)

46400 - Patricia arena 46401 - Gertrud arena 46402 - --- (empty by 6/7405 = Gertrud’s 2nd minion slot) 46403 - Charlotte arena 46404 - Uhrmann arena 46405 - --- (empty bc 6405 = Walpurgisnacht) 46406 - Albertine arena 46407 - H.N. Elly arena 46408 - --- 46409 - Elsa Maria arena 46410 - Isabel arena 46411 - Patricia arena (sports day ver.) 46412 - Roberta arena 46413 - Gisela arena (battle BG only) 46414 - Oktavia arena (rock concert ver.) 46415 - --- 46416 - Homulilly arena / Rebellion sky (dark rainbow) 46417 - Kriemhild Gretchen (OG series timeline 4 vantage point)

46500 - Matasaburo arena

46602 - Witch of bulls’ arena

46800 - Little Goat's Dream arena 46801 - Little Bear's Dream arena (battle BG only)

47000 - Huygens area 47001 - Harold area

47101 - --- (see above) 47102 - --- (see above) 47103 - Zabaii area 47104 - Joseph area 47105 - Ekaterina area 47106 - Kotori area 47107 - Patan area 47108 - Bona area 47109 - Coco area 47110 - --- (empty bc 6110 = Etteilla) 47111 - --- 47112 - Suzugamori area

47401 - Anthony area 47403 - Pyotr area 47408 - Ulla area 47416 - Rebellion cocoon castle (Homulilly minions’ area?)

48000 ~ 49401 - Copies of corresponding 46000 Labyrinth BGs, with time-stop filter

49000 - Teresa arena (ceiling view)

5001 - Tokime Village 5002 - Tokime Village side path 5003 - Tokime Village river bridge 5004 - Tokime Village ritual stage 5005 - Tokime Village underground shrine 5006 - Tokime Village forest shrine 5007 - Tokime Village house interior 5008 - Tokime Village mountain top

5101 - Futatsugi City catacomb 5102 - Futatsugi City demolition site

5301 - Yukuni City main street 5302 - Yukuni City mountain road 5303 - Yukuni City parking lot 5304 - Yukuni City traditional street

6001 - Sacred tree 6002 - Burning forest 6003 - Sengoku period house interior

6101 - Pharaoh’s throne room 6102 - Alexandria street 6103 - Desert 6104 - Canyon 6105 - Cleopatra’s bedchamber

6201 - Fjord village 6202 - Battle of Stamford Bridge 6203 - Fjord village bedroom 6204 - Fjord ocean sunset

6301 - Tibetan monastery 6302 - Tibetan town 6303 - Tibetan bedchamber 6304 - Tibetan grassland 6401 - Yamataikoku village houses 6402 - Yamataikoku village paddy 6403 - Yamataikoku house interior (altar) 6404 - Yamataikoku house interior

6501 - Pompeii street 6502 - Pompeii house interior 6503 - Pompeii manor courtyard 6504 - Pompeii temple 6505 - Pompeii ocean cliff 6506 - Spacetime rift

9000 onward - Assorted battle BGs, converted into static versions for... some purpose? I dunno. Whatever it was, new ones stopped being added around April 2018, when the second chunk of Chapter 7 came out. Consists of all main-story battle BGs up to the first chunk of Chapter 7, labyrinth BGs up to Shin, and the unique battle BGs from Darc's event and Valentine's Day 2018. Also includes a time-stopped version of Patricia's arena.

9999 - Summer 2022 “notebook page” BG (*only in menu BG form)

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[Unused Memoria images]

For the most part, the Memoria image index counts up linearly in order of JP release, but there's a few interesting gaps in the numbering. Some of these gaps can be filled in from pre-release footage. Others can be filled thanks to event CGs elsewhere in the game's files: specifically, those that use the Memoria-based CGs’ "memoria_xxxx.jpg" naming scheme despite lacking a Memoria counterpart of their own. (Many non-Memoria event CGs don't use this kind of filename, which marks these ones out in particular.)

1012 - 1-star Ability Type featuring Oscar, pictured in pre-release footage. Judging by the pattern of other 1-star Memoria effects, it may have been a Magia Adept.

1036 - 2-star Skill Type with a similar image to “All Eyes On Me,” pictured in pre-release footage. Ria’s hair ribbons differ from the final version. Matches Ria’s position in the initial character lineup, had she been included upon release.

1040 - “The Mao Family's Dinner Table,” a 2-star Skill Type with the same image as “The Mao Family is as Rowdy as Ever” (albeit cropped differently). Featured in pre-release footage, with its effect being DEF up for 3 turns. Matches Himika’s position in the initial character lineup, had she been included upon release.

1058 and 1060 - Unknown. Both go within the handful of Memoria featuring scenes of Momoko's team in Chapter 1 and 2.

1092 - Matches Ria’s position in the initial lineup, had she been included upon release. Presumably the original slot for her personal Memoria.

1096 - Matches Himika’s position in the initial lineup, had she been included upon release. Presumably the original slot for her personal Memoria.

1157 - CG of Tsukasa doing laundry at the workshop, forming a pair with Tsukuyo's koto practice CG.

1211 - CG of Kanagi on the phone in Chapter 7.

1242 - CG of Iroha's birthday (:D!) from Mikazuki Villa's Summer Vacation.

1256 - Duplicate CG of "Three Geniuses", prior to its actual implementation as a Memoria later on.

1296 - Unknown? Goes between Mitama's New Year Memoria and the Limit Breakers.

1410 - CG of Yuna's "awakening" in Crimson Resolve. May have been intended as either an extra event reward or a shop-bought event currency Memoria.

Also, Memoria specific to non-JP servers appear to count up linearly from 9001 (NA server), 10001 (CH server), and 100001 (TW server). (Not totally sure about the CH and TW servers, though, since I haven’t seen the actual filesystem for those. Could be a wiki placeholder?)

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Magia Record sprite index and beta material

I’ve been making a personal catalogue of Magia Record’s various internal minutiae for a while now, and I’ve found enough interesting little details that I figured I could make a whole post out of them. So here they are!

Note: contains spoilers for the entirety of Arc 1 and Arc 2, as well as speculation about future content.

*Details about the game’s BG files and related material are contained in a separate post for length.

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[Index of battle sprites / Live2D sprites]

Each set of character sprites has a 6-digit ID. The first 4 digits (listed here) correspond to the unique character, while the last 2 digits correspond to alternate costumes, NPC color palettes, or battle sprite variants.

1000s: Magia Record's main story cast (arc 1, then arc 2) 2000s: Madoka Magica OG cast 3000s: Magia Record's supporting cast 4000s: Crossover characters (both Madoka and other franchises) 5000s: --- 6000s: Boss enemies 7000s: Regular enemies 8000s: Live2D NPCs

1001 - Iroha Tamaki 1002 - Yachiyo Nanami 1003 - Tsuruno Yui 1004 - Sana Futaba 1005 - Felicia Mitsuki 1006 - Mifuyu Azusa 1007 - Touka Satomi 1008 - Alina Gray 1009 - Rena Minami 1010 - Momoko Togame 1011 - Kaede Akino 1012 - Karin Misono 1013 - Asuka Tatsuki 1014 - Nemu Hiiragi 1015 - Ui Tamaki 1016 - Kanagi Izumi 1017 - Mitama Yakumo 1018 - Tsukuyo Amane 1019 - Tsukasa Amane

-The members of Team Mikazuki Villa are listed in order of appearance, with the exception of Sana and Felicia, whose positions are swapped. This is also the order in which they show up in the Arc 1 OP.

-Nemu is listed separately from the other two Magius, possibly as an artifact of earlier story drafts where she was a separate third party. (eg. a handful of comments by Inu Curry in Magia Archive vol.1 & 2 mention that Iroha and Touka's Doppels were designed to be similar from the start, while Nemu's was revised to match theirs some time afterward) (If the Arc 1 OP is anything to go by, maybe Mifuyu could’ve been a full-time Magius herself in that early draft?)

-Karin and Asuka are the only supporting cast members listed up here. Another artifact of early drafts? Or maybe just because they're also Aoki Ume designs?

1020 - Kagome Satori 1021 - Yuna Kureha 1022 - Hikaru Kirari 1023 - Ao Kasane 1024 - Juri Ooba 1025 - Shizuka Tokime 1026 - Chiharu Hiroe 1027 - Sunao Toki 1028 - Himena Aika 1029 - Shigure Miyabi 1030 - Hagumu Azumi 1031 - San Kagura 1032 - Miyuri Yukari 1033 - Lavi Himuro 1034 - Asahi Miura 1035 - Aleksandra Kurusu 1036 - Urara Yume 1037 - Nayuta Satomi 1038 - Mikage Yakumo 1039 - Sudachi Sawa 1040 - Yozuru Sasame 1041 - Livia Medeiros

-Arc 2 characters are listed with Kagome first, then by group affiliation: Promised Blood, Tokime Clan, Neo Magius, Folklore of 0, then the unaffiliated duo and Puella Care. The group leaders pictured in Arc 2′s logo and OP are listed first in their respective groups.

1042 - Little Kyuubey

-It’s you!!

1043 - Kuroe 1044 - Mikoto Sena 1045 - Tsuyu Mizuna 1046 - Chizuru 1047 - Kuro (Light-type) 1048 - Ebony 1049 - Olga 1050 - Gunhild 1051 - Heruka 1052 - Toyo 1053 - Amaryllis

-The “post-Arc 2” section.

1101 - Summer Iroha 1102 - Young Yachiyo & Mifuyu 1103 - Rumor Tsuruno 1104 - Rumor Sana (plus Ai-chan with her anime design!) 1105 - Felicia-chan 1106 - Fairytale Mifuyu 1107 - Christmas Touka & Nemu 1108 - Holy Alina 1109 - Idol Rena-chan 1110 - Sister Momoko 1112 - Halloween Karin & Alina 1116 - Vampire Kanagi 1117 - Haregi Mitama 1118 - Summer Amane Sisters 1120 - Night Parade Kagome 1121 - Vampire Yuna & Juri 1125 - New Year’s Sunrise Shizuka 1133 - Kimochi Lavi 1137 - Christmas Nayuta & Mikage 1139 - Valentine’s Sudachi 1143 - Summer Kuroe 1144 - Rumor Mikoto 1201 - Iroha-chan 1202 - Tanabata Yachiyo 1203 - Christmas Tsuruno & Felicia 1208 - Holy Alina (Arc 1 Chapter 10) 1209 - Summer Rena & Kaede 1210 - Mermaid Momoko & Mitama 1216 - Eternal Darkness Kanagi 1217 - Eternal Darkness Mitama 1301 - Final Battle Iroha & Yachiyo 1302 - Anime Yachiyo 1303 - Anime Rumor Tsuruno 1309 - Anime Rena 1401 - Miko Iroha & Ui 1402 - Fairytale Yachiyo 1501 - Anime Iroha 1502 - Historia Yachiyo 1601 - Infinite Iroha 1701 - Infinitey Iroha-chan 1801 - Iroha & Kuroe

-Seasonal variant units for a given character are listed as 11xx, 12xx, 13xx... etc., with xx being the last two digits of the character's regular ID.

-Unlike other characters’ alternate sprite sets, Holy Alina's Chapter 10 sprites are listed as if they’re an entirely separate variant unit. (Might have to do with her separate voice lines?)

2001 - Madoka Kaname 2002 - Homura Akemi 2003 - Glasses Homura 2004 - Sayaka Miki 2005 - Mami Tomoe 2006 - Kyouko Sakura 2007 - Nagisa Momoe 2008 - --- 2009 - Mayabu Aki

-OG series characters are listed in order of their first on-screen appearance in said series. Glasses Homura is the one exception, listed directly below Stoic Homura.

-...Who’s the gap at 2008 for? The girl from the Walpurgis Rising trailer?

2100 - Haregi Madoka 2101 - Ultimate Madoka 2102 - Madoka-senpai 2103 - Ultimate Madoka-senpai 2104 - Madoka & Iroha 2105 - Scene 0 Madoka 2106 - Summer Madoka 2107 - Madoka-senpai & Iroha-chan 2200 - --- 2201 - Devil Homura-chan 2202 - Devil Homura 2203 - Haregi Homura 2300 - Summer Homura 2301 - Scene 0 Homura 2400 - Haregi Sayaka 2401 - Surfing Sayaka 2402 - Scene 0 Sayaka 2500 - Holy Mami 2501 - Summer Mami 2502 - Anime Holy Mami 2503 - Scene 0 Mami 2600 - Summer Kyouko 2601 - Scene 0 Kyouko 2602 - Doppel Kyouko 2700 - Valentine's Nagisa 2701 - Summer Nagisa

-Unlike the Magia Record cast, the OG cast's seasonal variants are listed at 2x00, 2x01, 2x02... etc., with x being the last digit of their regular ID. The main MagiReco cast presumably uses a different numbering system because x quickly reaches double digits for them.

3001 - Kanoko Yayoi 3002 - Natsuki Utsuho 3003 - Hinano Miyako 3004 - Sasara Minagi 3005 - Nanaka Tokiwa 3006 - Emiri Kisaki 3007 - Shizuku Hozumi 3008 - Akira Shinobu 3009 - Manaka Kurumi 3010 - Ria Ami 3011 - Kako Natsume 3012 - Meiyui Chun 3013 - Leila Ibuki 3014 - Seika Kumi 3015 - Mito Aino 3016 - Kokoro Awane 3017 - Yukika Nanase 3018 - Hanna Sarasa 3019 - Ayaka Mariko 3020 - Himika Mao 3021 - Sakuya Suzuka 3022 - Mitsuru Inami 3023 - Aimi Eri 3024 - Tsumugi Wakana 3025 - Ren Isuzu 3026 - Konoha Shizumi 3027 - Hazuki Yusa 3028 - Ayame Mikuri 3029 - Masara Kagami 3030 - Konomi Haruna 3031 - Rika Ayano 3032 - Mayu Kozue 3033 - Sayuki Fumino 3034 - Moka Megumi 3035 - Riko Chiaki 3036 - Maria Yuki 3037 - Mel Anna 3038 - Mikura Komachi 3039 - Seira Mihono 3040 - Temari Kira 3041 - Hotori Yuzuki 3042 - Meguru Hibiki 3043 - Eternal Sakura Rumor (Sakurako) (listed as 逢良かのん / "Kanon Aira" prior to Live2D update) 3044 - Ranka Chizu 3045 - Rion Yuzuki 3046 - Ryou Midori 3047 - Chika Aoba 3048 - Hotaru Yura 3049 - Kanae Yukino 3050 - Yuuna Kaharu 3051 - Jun Kazari 3052 - Ashley Taylor (listed as アシュリー・モラン / "Ashley Moran" prior to Live2D update) 3053 - Ikumi Makino 3054 - Mitsune Miwa 3055 - Sae Kirino 3056 - Rui Mizuki 3057 - Akari Mai 3058 - Ryouko Natsu 3059 - Kushu Irina

3501 - Christmas Rika & Ren 3502 - Summer Sakurako 3503 - Konoha & Hazuki (& Ayame) 3504 - Bridal Masara & Kokoro 3505 - Leila & Seika (& Mito) 3900 - Kuro (Dark-type) 3901 - Yusa Yumeno 3902 - Shii

-Sakurako is oddly listed in the middle of the 3000s, despite being both a limited-time Fate Weave character and fairly important to Arc 1, and had the name "Kanon Aira" in her Live2D parameters between her debut in Chapter 8 and the Live2D update in 2021. This is likely because her design was repurposed from a scrapped character(!)-- according to her artist commentary in Magia Archive vol.2, her original design concept was "a former A.I. that became human", with the power icon on her neck explicitly being her Soul Gem. → (Interestingly enough, her seasonal unit is likewise listed as “Kanon Aira”, and hasn’t been updated yet. I imagine it was just a holdover for internal consistency’s sake, in that case?)

-Even back when she only existed on the North American server, Ashley's Live2D parameters similarly identified her as "Ashley Moran" in Japanese text. Combined with her position in the middle of the 3000s, this suggests that she was drawn up at the same stage in development as everyone else before eventually being assigned as the NA exclusive.

4001 - Oriko Mikuni 4002 - Kirika Kure 4003 - Yuma Chitose 4004 - Final Oriko

4011 - Kazumi (+ fellow clones / Michiru Kazusa, not playable) 4012 - Umika Misaki 4013 - Kaoru Maki 4014 - Kazumi Subaru (listed internally as simply “White Kazumi”) 4015 - Saki Asami (not playable) 4016 - Nico Kanna (not playable) 4017 - Michiru Kazusa (not playable)

4021 - Darc 4022 - Liz Hawkwood 4023 - Melissa de Vignolles 4024 - Minou 4025 - Corbeau 4026 - Elisa Celjska 4027 - Lapine 4028 - Final Darc 4029 - Perenelle Flamel

4031 - Suzune Amano 4032 - Matsuri Hinata 4033 - Arisa Narumi 4034 - Chisato Shion 4035 - Haruka Kanade 4036 - Tsubaki Mikoto 4037 - Kagari Hinata (not playable)

4041 - Hitagi Senjougahara 4042 - Mayoi Hachikuji 4043 - Suruga Kanbaru 4044 - Nadeko Sengoku 4045 - Tsubasa Hanekawa 4046 - Shinobu Oshino

4051 - Nanoha Takamachi 4052 - Fate T. Harlaowne 4053 - Hayate Yagami

4061 - Chisato Nishikigi 4062 - Takina Inoue

4121 - Isabeau de Bavière (Witch ver.) 4122 - Isabeau de Bavière (Puella Magi ver.)

-Spinoff and crossover characters are listed at 40xx. The third digit groups the characters by their series of origin-- Oriko, Kazumi, Darc, Suzune, Monogatari, Nanoha, LycoReco-- and the fourth digit counts up for each specific character within a group. If the amount of characters in a group exceeds 9, as is the case with Isabeau, those additional characters go in 41xx under the same third digit.

-The Oriko trio are the only 4000-series characters who are always available in the Premium Fate Weave. Based on this, Oriko’s Doppel Challenge, and their lack of presence outside each of their personal stories, some speculate that they were planned to have a larger role in Arc 1′s storyline before being cut.

6000 - Teresa 6001 - Candy 6002 - Breakup Staircase Rumor 6003 - Sweetheart's Steed Rumor 6004 - Misery Rhyton Rumor 6005 - Anonymous A.I. Rumor 6006 - Memory Curator Rumor 6007 - Chelate Big Ferris Rumor 6008 - Flower Speaker Rumor 6009 - Soldier Bear Rumor 6010 - Queen Bear Rumor 6011 - Sapphire Lips 6012 - Ruby Navel 6013 - Aquamarine Heels 6014 - Turquoise Ears 6015 - Opal Neck 6016 - Pearl Eye 6017 - Diamond Hair 6018 - Garnet Pinky

6101 - Shitori Egumo (form 1) 6102 - Shitori Egumo (form 2) 6103 - Zenobia 6104 - Rebecca 6105 - Stacey 6106 - Shin 6107 - Durbar 6108 - Paola 6109 - Lucy 6110 - Etteilla 6111 - Made in 168 6112 - Oshiti 6113 - Raspberry 6114 - Boxwood 6115 - --- 6116 - --- 6117 - --- 6118 - Neo Dorothy 6119 - Маруся 6120 - Slave of Anima 6121 - Eckert 6122 - Martina 6123 - Blot 6124 - Ichizo 6125 - Peeping Castle Town Rumor

6201~7 - --- 6208 - 10^-43 6209 - --- 6210 - --- 6211 - Winchester 6212 - Sarah Mirabilis W 6213 - --- 6214 - Winchester (Sarah M. guards) 6215 - Winchester (head)

6221 - 10^-1 (Mars) 6222 - --- (would be Mercury going by JP days of the week) 6223 - 10^-3 (Jupiter) 6224 - --- (would be Venus going by JP days of the week) 6225 - 10^-5 (Saturn) 6226 - --- (would be... the sun or moon?) 6227 - 10^-7 (Yin/Yang)

-With the exceptions of Teresa, Candy and Shitori Egumo, "main storyline" bosses are listed in order of appearance at 60xx, while "miscellaneous" ones are listed at 61xx. The first list goes straight from Arc 1's Rumors to Arc 2's Feelings, with no gap in between. The second list also includes witches who first appeared in the anime.

-Teresa and Candy's positions are most likely mid-development holdovers. According to Inu Curry, Teresa was originally meant for the prologue before being replaced with Patricia. Pre-release material (see sister post) indicates that Candy was originally the witch chased by Iroha and Yachiyo in Chapter 1, before being swapped out with Zenobia.

-I guess Shitori Egumo gets a special position at the start of the 6100s because she's a final boss?

-The empty slots surrounding 10^-43 correspond to different variants of her minions in the 72xx section.

-The 6300s and 7300s don't have anything currently assigned to them.

6400 - Patricia 6401 - Gertrud 6402 - --- (empty b/c 7402 = Gertrud's 2nd minion) 6403 - Charlotte 6404 - Uhrmann 6405 - Walpurgisnacht 6406 - Albertine 6407 - H.N. Elly (Kirsten) 6408 - --- (7408 = Suleika’s minion) 6409 - Elsa Maria 6410 - Isabel 6411 - --- 6412 - Roberta 6413 - Gisela 6414 - Oktavia von Seckendorff (rock ver.) 6415 - --- 6416 - Homulilly 6417 - --- 6418 - Patricia (sports day ver.)

-Witches hailing from the OG series are listed at 640x, in (roughly?) chronological order of in-game debut.

6500 - Matasaburo (battle sprites) / Kamihama Saint (Live2D) 6501 - Kamihama Saint (battle sprites) 6502 - Giant Iroha-chan

-And then 650x is just kind of a catch-all, apparently.

-Matasaburo is the only "reskinned" boss to have a completely different ID from its base version. All other bosses and minions have their seasonal variants listed at the same 4 initial digits, and are differentiated by only the last 2.

6601 - La Reine’s Twilight 6602 - Witch of bulls (from OG series’ The Different Story spinoff)

6800 - Little Goat’s Dream 6801 - Little Bear’s Dream

6901 - Giovanna’s dialogue portrait 6902 - Valentine Oscar’s dialogue portrait

7000 - Huygens 7001 - Harold 7002 - Breakup Padlock Rumor 7003 - Summoning Plaque Rumor 7004 - Misery Owl Rumor 7005 - Anonymous E-Mail Rumor 7006 - Memory Staff Rumor 7007 - Chelate Mascot Rumor 7008 - --- 7009 - Worker Bear Rumor

7101 - Oscar 7102 - Kirico Keepers (IV) 7103 - Zabaii 7104 - Joseph 7105 - Ekaterina 7106 - Kotori 7107 - Patan 7108 - Bona 7109 - Coco 7110 - --- 7111 - --- 7112 - Suzugamori 7113 - Razzie

-Minions are listed at 70xx and 71xx, in the same order as their parent bosses. The gaps at 7008, 7110 and 7111 are for the minion-less Flower Speaker, Etteilla, and Made in 168, respectively.

-Shitori Egumo only has one minion, so the empty slot after said minion is filled by the letter-carrying Kirico Keepers. (Maybe this is because they regularly showed up in Main Story missions, whereas their Daily Labyrinth siblings didn’t until the end of Arc 2?)

7130 - Mr. Purrs-a-Lot 7131 - Piggles 7132 - Moortimer

7150 - Black Feathers 7151 - White Feathers

7190 - Chapter 10 Oscars (Archive encyclopedia graphic)

7201 - Echo (I) 7202 - Echo (II - chair) 7203 - Echo (III - chair) 7204 - Echo (IV - chair) 7205 - Echo (II - flower) 7206 - Echo (III - flower) 7207 - Echo (IV - flower) 7208 - Echo (II - bird) 7209 - --- 7210 - --- 7211 - Kirico Keepers (I) 7212 - Kirico Keepers (II) 7213 - Kirico Keepers (III)

-Daily Labyrinth minions sit at 720x and 721x.

7400 - Mathieu 7401 - Anthony 7402 - Adelbert 7403 - Pyotr 7404 - Bartels 7405 - Bluenose 7406 - Anja 7407 - Daniyyel + Jennifer 7408 - Ulla 7409 - Sebastian's 7410 - Michaela 7411 - --- 7412 - Gotz

-OG series minions are likewise listed in the same order as their parents.

7500 - Zakuro 7501 - Spatial Rift (unique enemy from Iroha & Yachiyo's event story)

7600~7601 - 15th-century Europe soldiers (battle sprites) 7602~7604 - 15th-century Europe Puella Magi (battle sprites)

7700 - Promised Blood juniors 7701 - Promised Blood captains 7702 - Tokime Clan juniors 7703 - Tokime Clan captains 7704 - Neo Magius Black Feathers 7705 - Neo Magius White Feathers 7706 - Miscellaneous juniors 7707 - Miscellaneous captains

7900 - Sengoku-era soldiers (battle sprites) 7901 - Alexandrian soldiers 7902 - Viking-era soldiers 7903 - Mongol soldiers 7904 - Kununokuni soldiers 7905 - Pompeii soldiers

8001 - Girl (long hair) 8002 - Girl (short hair) 8003 - Girl (medium-length wavy hair) 8004 - Boy (medium-length hair) 8005 - Boy (short spiky hair) / Hiko-kun 8006 - Adult woman 8007 - Adult man 8008 - Middle-aged woman 8009 - Middle-aged man 8010 - Young woman (mainly differentiated from 8006 by wavier hair :V) 8011 - Young man 8012 - Little girl (pigtails) 8013 - Little boy 8014 - Elderly woman 8015 - Elderly man 8016 - Little girl (long hair) 8017 - --- 8018 - Elderly woman (hair bun) 8019 - --- 8020 - Young woman (waitress) 8021 - --- 8022 - Girl (bob hair) (= Yusa Yumeno) 8023 - Touka’s father 8024 - Nayuta’s father 8025 - Person-shaped cloud

8100 - Kyuubey 8101 - Little Kyuubey 8102 - Saotome-sensei 8103 - Nakazawa-kun 8104 - Juubey 8105 - Kyousuke Kamijou 8106 - Hitomi Shizuki

8200 - Uwasa-san 8201 - Ai-chan 8202 - Rii-chan 8203 - Shitori Egumo

8300 - La Hire 8301 - Gilles de Rais 8302 - Dauphin 8303 ~ 8304 - French soldiers 8306 - Destiny Chocolate 8307 - Spooky silhouette 8308 - Cat (static silhouette) 8309 - Mameji (Riko's puppy!) 8310 - Kitten (animated!) 8311 - Perenelle Flamel (silhouette) 8312 - English soldier 8313 - 15th-century Europe Puella Magi (Live2D) / Young Darc / Jeanne Flamel 8314 - Isabeau de Bavière (NPC ver.) (*Removed after Live2D update) 8315 - Ponta (toy robot) 8316 - Doll of Kyouko’s sister 8317 - Nicolas Flamel 8318 - Lame 8319 - Fleche 8320 - MagiRepo devil cloud 8321 - Tsuyu’s father 8322 - Chizuru’s father 8323 - Sengoku-era vassals 8324 - Sougetsu Izumi 8325 - Harumi Shioya 8326 - Cleopatra 8327 - Gen'un 8328 - Sengoku-era soldier 8329 - Sengoku-era commander 8330 - Meto elder 8331 - Harald III 8332 - Viking elder 8333 - Dolma 8334 - --- 8335 - Sakie Aki 8336 - Cornelia 8337 - --- 8338 - Tibetan monk 8339 - Tibetan nun 8340 - Dolo’adai 8341 - Queen Himiko 8342 - Metal drum 8343 - Yamataikoku woman 8344 - Yamataikoku man 8345 - Junko Kaname 8346 - Titus Vespasianus 8347 - Pliny the Elder 8348 - Marius 8349 - Roman man 8350 - Roman woman 8351 - Bebe 8352 - Clara Dolls 8353 - Futatsugi junior ghosts 8354 - Futatsugi captain ghosts 8355 - “Player 2″ Nagisa (Scene 0)

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[Beta item graphics]

(I made this section for Paola’s flag, but it’s officially available in-game now! Huzzah. So there’s no unused item graphics ATM.)

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[Voice lines]

Every playable character has Doppel summoning lines, Awakening lines from 3 to 5 stars, and so on, regardless of how high or low their initial rarity is. Since at least a few characters’ rarities were up in the air during development (eg. Himika), it makes sense that they’d record enough voice lines for every possibility in advance.

Additionally, here’s a couple things I found particularly interesting: -Each character has one more login line after their Max AP and BP lines. Much like how Max AP lines generally mention a witch nearby and Max BP mentions Endless Mirrors, this third line tends to mention a large conflict between nearby Magical Girls. While I haven’t checked the most recent characters and costumes, these lines were still included for every character well into the endgame of Arc 2, so the game element they were recorded for was probably still being considered at that point. (Some kind of PvP raid?)

-Each character has one more unused Awakening line after their 5-star one, plus an extra victory line/MGS menu line that would presumably be unlocked alongside it. I wasn’t sure what this was at first-- like, maybe it could also be for maxing out the skill tree?-- but as it turns out (thanks to firankamipinska for telling me about this!!), it’s explicitly a 6-star Awakening line. As in, MagiRepo Iroha-chan and Rena-chan’s lines literally say “omg I’m a 6-star now! :U” in just as many words. → ...If that ever happens, I’m going to have to revise all my spreadsheets... ( ；∀； )

(Also, I haven’t checked every voice line from every character, so if there’s any other stuff I missed, feel free to let me know!)

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[Creature design credits]

OG series witches (incl. Paola): Concept by both members of Gekidan Inu Curry, in-game supervision by Doroinu. Patricia, Elly and their minions are an exception, with Doroinu credited for both concept and supervision.

Game-original witches and Uwasa: Concept by f4samurai, in-game supervision by Doroinu. Etteilla, Shitori Egumo and her minions, the “Mr. Purrs-a-Lot” Rumors, the Witch of Mirrors, and the Witch of Symbols are exceptions, with Doroinu credited for both concept and supervision. (*The Purrs-a-Lot puppets were also created by dollmaker LIEN!)

Kimochi: currently unspecified.

Doppels for game-original and OG casts: Both concept and supervision by Doroinu, unless otherwise noted. Exceptions are below: -Madoka-senpai: concept and supervision by PAPA/Doroinu. -Himika, Felicia-chan, Rena-chan, Kokoro, Yukika, Hanna, Yozuru, Sudachi, Olga, Gunhild, Toyo, Mitsuru: concept and supervision by each of their respective artists and designers. -Livia, Ryouko, Rui, Yuuna, Shizuka, Jun, Halloween Kanagi & Momoko, Mikage, Mitsune, Sae, Nayuta, Surfing Sayaka, Yuna, Kushu, San, Miyuri, Sunrise Shizuka, Asahi, Himena, Urara, Lavi, Summer Kuroe, Kagome, Tsuyu, Chizuru, Ebony, Heruka, Ayaka, Rika, Amaryllis: concept by f4samurai, supervision by Doroinu. (Many of which were presumably because Doroinu was swamped with work on the anime. ;;^^)

Spinoff witches and Doppels: concept and supervision by their respective spinoffs’ artists and designers (with the exception of the Monogatari crossovers, which have Doroinu for both, and Kazumi Subaru’s Doppel, which has f4samurai listed for the OG concept).

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[Beta creature designs] Most of f4samurai's initial enemy concepts haven't been published, but a few have seen the light of day here and there. I’ve compiled them in an imgur album (since I’d have to shrink them to embed directly in the post, orz). (also the transparencies might be kind of messed up on mobile?? double orz)

Teresa - Was present on Arc 2's website before being replaced with her canon design. Can still be viewed via the Wayback Machine and on certain sub-pages. (The part in her Archive description about “originally being the witch of pendulum clocks” is a literal reference to this initial design.)

Candy - From Arc 2's website (now replaced). A color version was repurposed as a "generic unknown witch" stand-in during Iroha's text conversation with Ai in Chapter 5. (Inu Curry’s comment in Magia Archive volume 1: “She was definitely cuter in a more ordinary way before we revised her design. Sorry about that.”)

Huygens(?) - From Arc 2's website (replaced, though still present on sub-pages and the mobile site).

Joseph - From early gameplay footage (see sister post). Not sure whether this is from before or after Inu Curry's revisions. Different head object; elements are differentiated by head and cape color.

Kirico Keepers (I) - From Arc 2's website (now replaced). Kirico Keepers (II) - From Arc 2's website (now replaced). Kirico Keepers (IV) - From Arc 2's website (replaced, though still present on sub-pages and the mobile site).

Oscar - From Arc 2's website, as well as early gameplay footage. Not sure whether this is from before or after Inu Curry's revisions. Elements are differentiated purely by color, rather than different head markings and bowties.

#puella magi madoka magica #magia record #dunno what else to tag with!

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Return Of Sketchbook, Part The Nth: -Box Wood from the Magia Record anime!! Oh my god I love the Magia Record anime!! I 💖 BOX WOOD -Doodles of Narumi from Hidden Star in Four Seasons (+a bit of other characters) and Keiki from Wily Beast and Weakest Creature. -Costume practice of Rika (also from Magia Record). She’s one of my favorite characters! 🌸✨

#touhou #narumi yatadera #keiki haniyasushin #magia record #rika ayano #box wood (magireco) #koishi komeiji #aunn komano #parsee mizuhashi #fanart #touhou project

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More personal practice sketches of the costumes of Magia Record's main cast. I'm planning to draw a ton of every character eventually, so I'll be drawing at least one of these for every character. (Eventually!) Also included are corrections and additional notes for Iroha and Yachiyo, courtesy of the Magia Archive artbook. There's a lot of interesting details in there!

(By "personal" practice sketches, I mean that I'll specifically be using these as refs for my own future drawings, where- in certain cases- I'll be drawing my own variants on the official designs. Tsuruno and Kaede aren't super different, though; they were basically just an initial test run.)

#puella magi madoka magica #magia record #fanart #rena minami #tsuruno yui #kaede akino #iroha tamaki #yachiyo nanami

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Magia Record - Witch encyclopedia translations (Arc 2)

Here’s the witches (and related creatures) newly appearing in Arc 2, now split off from the original post for length.

(Links to other posts: -Doppels for Arc 1′s main cast -Doppels for Arc 2′s main + supporting cast -Enemies & Doppels for post-Arc 2 -Doppels for the majority of the supporting cast -Doppels for OG series and spinoff characters)

(also, this naturally contains spoilers for all of Arc 2!)

New Witches appearing in Arc 2 (or event stories released during Arc 2):

ALBERTINE

The witch of scribbles. Her nature is ignorance. She loves playing hide-and-seek. But her minions aren't very smart, so nobody ever searches for her.

ETTEILLA

The witch of fortune tellers. Her nature is disclosure. A witch who single-mindedly attempts to uncover the truth within the various destinies that are consolidated in her Labyrinth. Able to gaze across past, present and future, she feels joy at the fact that all destinies are hers alone to know, and ceaselessly turns over the tarot cards atop her table. If a visitor were to arrive, she would believe them to be someone who'd recognize her power, and would gladly unveil the truths enclosed within them. But the truths that become visible aren't always happy-- and on top of that, accepting them as truth will prompt the witch to turn you into her apprentice, rendering escape impossible. If you were to oppose her, it's said that she would show you every suffering imaginable.

*The witch form of Mel Anna, who appears in the newly-added segment of Mel and Kanae’s event story.

ISABEAU

La Reine's Twilight. Her nature is dominion. An avaricious witch who desires endless power and influence. This witch's main body is actually separate from her larva-shaped legs, and the real body protected by a hard outer shell only rarely reveals its true form. Her Labyrinth is immense enough to cover an entire country, and the populace trapped within it remain none the wiser. The witch feeds on the grief, terror and other negative emotions of the populace swallowed by her Labyrinth's darkness, and expands her power and territory to become an ever-mightier witch within an ever-larger Labyrinth.

*The witch form of Isabeau of Bavaria, who appears in the third Darc Magica event story.

OSHITI

The witch of gokumon. Her nature is to weep sleevefuls of tears. A witch convicted of sin, who has been reduced to only a head and suspended upside-down. Upon finding a human who has wandered into her Labyrinth, she insistently attempts to appeal to them about something, but her voice is emitted as rays of heat that burn her surroundings to ash. She is apparently waiting for someone while suspended, but even if that someone were to enter the Labyrinth, they would surely meet the fate of being turned to ash by the witch's voice. The graveyards crowding the witch's Labyrinth are piled high with gravestones: one stone for each sin the witch has committed, and for each lingering regret of an innocent.

SUZUGAMORI

Minions of the witch of gokumon. Their role is to strangle. Minions that exist to punish their sinful witch. Though they all worked together to string the witch up, they're apparently dissatisfied with the fact that she's just a head, and are searching for her torso. They and the witch display excellent teamwork, as the minions capture intruders and the witch incinerates them with her screams, but they're not doing it intentionally. The minions are frequently caught in the witch's appeals and incinerated as well. Sometimes, they venture outside the Labyrinth to select people, objects or animals that could serve as the witch's torso, but they're apparently not the type to particularly care about whether the size matches. It's the vibe that's important.

SARAH MIRABILIS W

The witch of mirrors. Her nature is seclusion. A cowardly witch who grew from a familiar, and who is constantly engaged in building her manifold Labyrinth. She spends her days glancing back and forth, constantly on guard against her surroundings, while pondering how she can most efficiently expand her tiny mansion. Over the course of doing so, she obtained eyes that can survey everything there is to see, as well as a twisting spiral shell. Upon sensing the presence of her parent witch, she actively attempts to grow larger by connecting to the parent's gigantic mansion, and is constantly on the lookout for an opportunity to do so. She summons familiars to protect herself when threatened, but she's terribly discomforted by the gunshots they make when they attack, so she'd honestly prefer it if they stopped using them.

(*Specifically one of several “offshoot” Witches of Mirrors, whose Labyrinths connect to each other as shortcuts that pass through a terminal in the main witch’s Labyrinth.) (Also, here’s the above-mentioned paper doll familiars:)

H.N. ELLY (KIRSTEN)

The witch of boxes. Her nature is admiration. A dyed-in-the-wool shut-in witch. Everything that she admires, she locks away within glass. She can easily read the minds of those who are locked away, but if you just hit her without thinking about it first, then there's no issue.

DANIYYEL + JENNIFER

Minions of the witch of boxes. Their role is to transport objects. (*No encyclopedia entry, despite appearing as enemies in-game.)

RASPBERRY

The witch of critics. Her nature is authority. A witch who passionately endeavors to sort out that which has value from that which does not. She apparently stabs stakes into the valueless things, and hands flowers to the valuable things, but it's extraordinarily rare for anything besides the witch herself to receive a flower. Her standards of arbitration are unclear. Her Labyrinth is filled with light in the colors of the things and people that have been crushed by her stakes.

RAZZIE

Minions of the witch of critics. Their role is to jump on bandwagons. When something is deemed valueless by the witch, these jumping, flea-like minions will descend upon it en masse. These minions only do so because they desperately want to gnaw at their target with their large, pincer-shaped mouths, and have zero interest in any of the "value" nonsense that their witch talks about.

BOXWOOD

The witch of stone-dwelling fish. Her nature is sequestration. A witch who collects particular kinds of garbage within her Labyrinth, and builds a nest with them. She loves the time she spends cooped up in her tube-shaped nest more than anything else. She typically just swims around the interior of her nest, but should any pesky-looking intruders show up, she'll unfold her neck frills and attack them with body slams. Apparently, the sky inside her Labyrinth is filled with pasta as an imitation of the pasta-shaped god she once saw.

(*Additional line from her Anime Guidebook Vol.1 profile: “She was instantly torn in half by the witch of sandboxes, but it’s not as if she's particularly weak amongst witches.”)

(*Profile for her minions, from SHAFT’s Twitter: ????? Minions of the witch of stone-dwelling fish. Their role is to be flotsam. Unborn lives that drift into the witch's Labyrinth. They and the witch generally don't interfere with one another, but should an intruder arrive, they'll cooperate with the witch to eliminate it.)

MADE IN 168

Witch No.168. A being that plays the role of a witch within the space created by Iroha's Doppel. Its creation was underlied by its creator's mental image of witches, as well as minions that left a particular impression on her, so its face seems somehow familiar. When it sees any foreign intruders, it tries to use its massive body to stamp them flat, but this witch itself doesn't have any will of its own. The Grief Seeds that fly out of it upon defeat are symbols created from crystallized impurity.

NEO DOROTHY

(*Doesn’t seem to have an in-game encyclopedia entry yet, though the image files that’d be used for the entry are present. Tragically, her name is just “Neo Dorothy”.)

SLAVE OF ANIMA

The witch of meat grillers. Her nature is to labor. A dog-shaped witch who lives purely for the sake of her job. She continually grills meat by turning a wheel as a power source. She's long since forgotten why she was working this job in the first place. When the witch eventually dies of overwork, a suitable candidate is selected from the minions in her Labyrinth, and made to spin the wheel as the next witch.

(*Profile for her minions, from SHAFT’s Twitter: SLAVE OF ANIMA Minions of the witch of meat grillers. Their role is to be subordinate workers. Their main jobs are to serve the meat grilled by the witch and to wash the plates, but there aren't actually any customers, so they secretly throw the meat out. It's a harsh job environment, but in their opinion, it's at least better than becoming the next witch of meat grillers. )

МАРУСЯ (*pronounced ‘Marousya’)

The witch of flower paths. Her nature is to return alive. A witch that drifted in from a foreign region. By absorbing human corpses into herself, she can reincarnate them as her minions. This gentle-hearted witch sets out to find and absorb corpses not to expand her sphere of influence, but simply as a means of resurrecting them. However, she's not great at discerning whether her targets are alive or already dead. There are countless minions jostling for space beneath the runway in her Labyrinth; in this witch's former place of residence, she was never short on material to reincarnate.

(*Profile for her minions, from SHAFT’s Twitter: ????? Minions of the witch of flower paths. Their role is to be patients. Beings who were successfully reincarnated by the witch. They're constantly muttering some sort of protest to those nearby, but since their brains are simply replaying their memories from immediately before and after death on loop, they're not saying anything very important anyway, and you're honestly better off not knowing.)

New Rumors appearing in Arc 2:

“WIND EVANGELIST” RUMOR

The final Rumor that Nemu attempted to create during her fight with Alina at the end of Arc 1, meant to spread the story of Puella Magi to the world at large in the event of Nemu’s death. Despite starting out being weak and bodiless, she survived by fusing with Kagome Satori, who can now sense the presence of nearby Puella Magi and telepathically overhear their conversations. Kagome calls her “Ri-chan”. In Arc 2 Chapter 5, she gets upgraded with a physical body (pictured above).

“MAY BELLS OF HAPPINESS” RUMOR “My, have you heard? Who'd you hear it from? The May Bells of Happiness, and the rumor thereof! Once Miss Ripper's all done ripping, and finds that which she lost, a beautiful string of bells will burst into full bloom! And they'll share their happy scent with poor, poor, lonely you. Just relax and sink into the scent, and it'll pull in this girl and that girl to build your very own ideal world! For any other girl who gets in the way, it's bye-bye: back to that crummy reality! And for you, in all your happiness, it's bye-bye: away from that crummy reality! They say that once you get hooked, there's no going back. It's a rumor that EVERYONE snoozing on the rooftops is talking about. Oh, what a nice smell~!”

*(This Rumor doesn’t have an in-game encyclopedia entry; the above text is taken from the event’s story segments.)

　A Rumor encountered during the third Suzune Magica event story. In response to Kagari Hinata's desire to bring back Tsubaki Mikoto and have a happy family life, it pulls the minds of her, Suzune, Matsuri, Aimi, Kokoro, Masara, and Tsubaki (from the time period prior to her death) into an imaginary world where they fight witches on friendly terms with one another. The longer a person stays inside, the harder it becomes for outside observers to perceive said person, until they eventually become completely invisible.

　Though nobody remembers anything at first due to a combination of Kagari's magic and the Rumor's scent, finding and touching the May bells within the dream world gradually eliminates said scent, leading the group to remember what happened in reality. Despite the Rumor's last-ditch attempt to keep them inside by taking Tsubaki’s form, Tsubaki herself puts an end to it, while telling Suzune and the Hinata sisters that she'll always care deeply for all of them.

　(Judging by Suzune's relatively friendly behavior towards the other Puella Magi assembled on the scene afterwards, the aftereffects of the Rumor may have weakened Kagari's memory-manipulation magic... though perhaps not for long, as a heartbroken Kagari still has her mind set on her revenge plan.)

".............” RUMOR “My, have you heard? Who'd you hear it from? ............, and the rumor thereof! She tried to steal some magic to meet that girl she wants to meet, but happened to be greeted by a totally different world outside! So she can't make heads or tails of who she wanted to meet at all! When she senses a desire to meet someone, she’ll peek out from her digital world, but since she can't tell who "that girl" is, she'll kidnap any random soul she sees! They’ll get sent back eventually, but the whole time until then, she broadcasts her lonely anxiety to them in a scaaaary dream! How tough! How tragic! How totally out of hand! "The girl she wants to meet again" doesn't actually exist, and "her feelings of wanting to meet her again" can't be fulfilled... so the whole thing's just going nowhere fast! It's a rumor that EVERYONE in Kamihama is talking about. What a buzzy broadcast!”

*(This Rumor doesn’t have an in-game encyclopedia entry; the above text is taken from the event’s story segments.)

　A new Rumor that appears in Sana's Valentine's Day 2021 event story. During an experiment by Touka and Nemu meant to test whether Rumors can be migrated from Nemu's book to a more permanent server, Ai briefly attempts to borrow Nemu's energy and manifest a new body for herself. Contact between Sana and Nemu at the same time results in a half-formed offshoot Rumor made from aspects of both Ai and Sana, which then escapes out into the world.

　Since the Rumor possesses both Sana and Ai’s respective desires to meet each other again, she’s confused about both her own identity and the person she’s looking for. The issue is ultimately resolved by having Sana and Ai fuse together: this allows the Rumor to meet them both in the form of a single entity, followed by them safely defeating her.

　The nightmare world she pulls people into also features the following minion Rumors:

MR. PURRS-A-LOT THE KITTEN RUMOR

“My, have you heard? Who'd you hear it from? Mr. Purrs-a-lot the Kitten, and the rumor thereof! He's a been popular little idol since way back in the day, showing up on TV, in books, and even as a stuffed toy! Today, much like every day, he's playing in town with friends like Curlymagne, Wonderfur, and Darkrow too. But you'd better watch out just a teensy bit... when he's with Piggles or Moortimer, he'll blurt out things that can jab people right in the heart. It's a rumor that EVERYONE in Kamihama is talking about. Purr, purr, meoooow!”

PIGGLES THE PIG RUMOR

“My, have you heard? Who'd you hear it from? Piggles the Pig, and the rumor thereof! He's Mr. Purrs-a-lot's big-stomached friend, who lives in harmony with everyone in Animal Village! No matter what meal it is, as long as it's got pickles, he'll forget all about his full belly and gobble it right up! He's also spacey, cheerful, and the life of everyone's party, but when he's with Moortimer, he'll start nagging people about everything they're no good at. It's a rumor that EVERYONE in Kamihama is talking about. Oink, grunt, boooo!!”

MOORTIMER THE COW  RUMOR

“My, have you heard? Who'd you hear it from? Moortimer the Cow, and the rumor thereof! He's Mr. Purrs-a-lot's strong yet gentle frield, who lives in harmony with everyone in Animal Village! He's warm and kind when he plays with everyone, and really popular with little kids! But he's actually just a teensy bit weak-hearted and stressed-- so when Piggles chews someone out, he'll join in and bully them too! It's a rumor that EVERYONE in Kamihama is talking about. Moo, moo, moooo-rgh!! ”

“TANGLED-UP RUINS” RUMOR “My, have you heard? Who'd you hear it from? The Tangled-Up Ruins, and the rumor thereof! Full of doors tangled every which way, full of guests brought by matching ribbons-- and every last one of them's got a tangled-up issue! They wait for the doors to swing open. If you put a pair of scissors under your bed and pass right out for a good night's sleep, then to the Tangled-Up Ruins you'll arrive! If you chop-chop through the small doors, and even snip-snap through the big door, you'll get something nice as a reward! It's a rumor that EVERYONE who loves crafts is talking about. Help a friend out~!”

　 A Rumor encountered by Ashley Taylor and friends during her debut event story on the JP server. Girls who are experiencing similar issues will find themselves purchasing a ribbon with a strangely calming presence. If someone sleeps with scissors under their bed as per the rumor, they’ll dream of being transported to a labyrinthine abandoned house, where they’ll meet the girls with ribbons behind various doors. With a little coaching from the Rumor, its chosen “protagonist” will hopefully be able to help each “guest” talk through their issue, at which point the scissors will appear to cut through their ribbon. (The protagonist can also have a ribbon of their own, as is the case for Ashley.) If they succeed in helping everyone out, the Rumor congratulates them on a job well done... and gives them a bunch of “Good Job!” stickers upon waking up. Yay!

　This Rumor was created by Nemu as a Magius-era experiment, meant to collect energy from emotional upswings rather than downswings. (Unfortunately, it didn’t meet a high enough energy quota, so she went back to making threatening Rumors afterward. Oh well.)

“CEMETERY BANQUET” RUMOR “My, have you heard? Who'd you hear it from? The Cemetery Banquet, and the rumor thereof! Fated rivals, arguing friends-- if you want everyone to get along, then this Rumor is for you! Anyone who reads its invitation will be guided to the pre-banquet proving grounds. If-- and only if-- you can make the banquet lively, then you pass! And you'll be invited up to Paradise, complete with kindly parting words. But if you plan to participate, you'd better take great care! If you fall short of proving yourself, you'll literally fall into the underworld, to boot. It's a rumor that ALL of the temple's supporters are talking about. C'mon now, let's liven things up!”

　 A Rumor encountered by the Kamihama Magia Union, Tokime Clan, Promised Blood, and the OG series cast members in the 4th anniversary event story. Manifests due to an Uwasa-san from Arc 1 wandering through a Mirrors portal and accidentally hopping forward in time. (As per usual for time-traveling Mirrors portals, the resulting events are undone once the portal is destroyed.)

　 After receiving old-fashioned letters inviting them to a banquet at Suitoku Temple, each group is unconsciously drawn to participate, with the Rumor's influence initially preventing anyone from suspecting that something is wrong. Even after finding several of their members trapped in the Rumor's Labyrinth, it proves extremely difficult for anyone to properly fight back.

　 The Rumor greets its “attendees” in a kind, heavenly voice, casually “forgives” (brushes off) their attempts to break its rules, and gives gentle encouragement (plus painfully-gentle critique) as they resort to performing various party tricks to satisfy it. Once they satisfy the Rumor by setting aside both their pride and their mutual animosities, it escorts them to the top of its pagoda in a giant, golden hand... where they literally pass on to the afterlife.

　 Madoka's team comes to the rescue shortly thereafter, with Madoka managing to call Iroha back from the dead thanks to an emergency revision by Nemu. Being revived frees Iroha from the Rumor's influence, allowing her and Madoka to successfully break its rules and defeat it to save everyone else. Before it goes, it congratulates them on a job well done, and shares the “parting words” they would've received in the afterlife-- which, in their case, are words of encouragement from the Law of Cycles herself. (Perhaps because of its implied awareness of the Law of Cycles, the Rumor also seems to mistake this universe's Madoka for an extension of the Law.)

“DREAMING MIRROR” RUMOR “My, have you heard? Who'd you hear it from? The Dreaming Mirror, and the rumor thereof! Oh, if only I could go back in time to that day... Oh, if only I could do it all over again...! Well, if you're the lucky winner of our lottery this week, then you're officially invited to a dream of that 'what-if' world! The entry fee? Priceless! Just pass a test of your heart, and you'll get a special chance to make your own 'what-if' come true! But non, non, non! Just one word of advice: if you flunk out, you'll never, ever wake up again! It's a rumor that ALL the fine young ladies in Hokuyou Ward are talking about. Mirror, mirror, on the wall...!”

　 A Rumor encountered by Kushu Irina, Yukika Nanase and Ikumi Makino in Kushu's debut event story. Shortly after receiving a mysterious compact mirror as that week's "lottery winner", Kushu finds herself pulled into a dream world that adapts itself to her own memories and experiences. In her case, the dream world and its "trial of the heart" are largely drawn from Kushu's recollection of a book series that she and her late Puella Magi mentor, Aneka, enjoyed.

　 With Yukika and Ikumi likewise pulled into the dream to act as her traveling companions, Kushu follows the book's plot to gather memories belonging to both her and Aneka, in the hopes of getting a chance to properly say goodbye to her. Despite seemingly failing the "test" once, Kushu comes to a personal realization about which "Aneka" she wants to say goodbye to, succeeds in escaping the dream, and is rewarded with a brief 'what-if' version of the pair's first encounter. (A side conversation between Touka and Nemu implies that the Rumor uses energy from the "priceless" entry fee-- a large amount of Grief Seeds, in Kushu's case-- as fuel to manifest the 'what-if' in reality.)

“GREEN-EYED COWARD” RUMOR “My, have you heard? Who'd you hear it from? The Green-Eyed Coward, and the rumor thereof! Sure, they have dreams and ideals of their own, but they can't do anything when *left* on their own. Just a no-spine coward running along other people's rails! Some day, they want to be the very thing they admire, but they've already given up and told themself it can't happen. An ambivalent outcast-- but wuh-oh! Their one strong point is how jealous they can get! Once envy sets in, it's curtains for you. You'll get cursed and knocked unconscious! What a pest! It's a rumor that ALL of Kamihama's elites are talking about. Noooo backbiting!”

　 A Rumor encountered by Kuroe and the Mikazuki Villa team during Kuroe's debut event story. Possesses Kuroe (who Nemu selected as a suitable match for it) and manifests as a clone of her to attack people she feels jealous of. After some conversations with Iroha, Kuroe briefly thinks about her future goals without immediately comparing herself to others; this prompts the Rumor to attack her, after which it's defeated by the group.

Extra:

Witch’s Kiss graphics. In order: Zenobia, Candy, Rebecca, Stacey, Teresa, Shin, Durbar, Paola, Lucy, the Witch of Mirrors, Gertrud, Charlotte, Elly, Albertine, Patricia, Oshiti, Raspberry, Matasaburo, and the Witch of Symbols.

Behold! The New Year’s plaques, now updated for 2023!! Lookit em they’re so cute

Feelings (キモチ / kimochi) are powerful Witch-like creatures that begin appearing throughout Kamihama in Arc 2. Nemu identifies them as crystallized masses of emotional energy that broke off when Eve was pacified, as the emotionless Little Kyuubey was incapable of containing them. Each is initially hidden in a Labyrinth that must be “unlocked” by a powerful display of its corresponding emotion, and once defeated, retreats into a jeweled bracelet that appears on its chosen “victor’s” wrist. The various groups of out-of-town Puella Magi seek to capture the Feelings, because according to Kyuubey and Touka, they could be used to access, claim and enhance the now-bodiless auto-purification system. (...Key word being “could.”)

 Each Feeling can communicate with its chosen host and with Ui, typically expressing a desire to reunite with their siblings. They can only be voluntarily given to someone who their host can trust with their life, though it’s also possible to simply steal them by force. After all eight have been awakened and claimed, they state that they’ll appoint whichever “victor” can claim them all in battle as their ultimate host.

 Chapters 5 and 6 reveal that the Feelings want to recombine into Eve in her original state as a powerful, destructive Witch, and are pitting their hosts against each other in the hopes of eliminating Puella Magi who would pose a threat to Eve. While they can share their energy supply with their hosts in times of need, this is mainly a pretense they use to take over their hosts' bodies. Moments of emotional crisis are particularly dangerous, though a host with enough emotional strength and/or support can put the Feeling under her own control. Chapter 7 clarifies that the Feelings are trying to eliminate threats to them out of fear, and can be pacified by someone sincerely trying to reach out to them.

 The Feelings are evidently based on the Bagua trigrams, as each Feeling’s location, name and design are (for the most part) respectively linked to its associated direction, disposition, and body part/animal/element in the Later Heaven arrangement. All but one summon copies of a specific Rumor as their minions. The game’s “Emotion Fragment” items also match the gemstones associated with each, and are arranged in the same directions on the in-game skill tree.

 In addition to the "master" Feelings that appear in the main storyline, one raid event's story segment describes how weaker copies of a given Feeling can crop up even after their corresponding jewel is claimed. While the "master copies" were vital components of Eve's body, the raid events' recurring duplicates are only made of impurity and emotion that were left over in the vicinity, and have a magic signature closer to that of a regular witch.

☱ / “REJOICING - SAPPHIRE LIPS”

Archive description from Magia Day 2019: "A being that's neither Witch nor Rumor, recently observed within Kamihama City. Out of a desire to return to the being they're meant to dwell within, Feelings disturb and take control of intruders’ emotions, and attempt to take over people’s bodies. Several Feelings appear to be scattered throughout town."

The first Feeling encountered by Iroha’s group. Embodies ecstasy. Summons the Breakup Rule Rumors as its minions. Defeated and received by Iroha. It’s communicated with Iroha via its bracelet on several occasions, and shared its energy with her to escape a near-death situation and to help defeat the Garnet Pinky.

☷ / “OBEDIENT - RUBY NAVEL”

The second Feeling, encountered by Iroha’s teammates and the Tokime Clan team. Embodies expectation. Summons the Memory Museum Rumors as its minions. Defeated and received by Shizuka Tokime. (Apparently swapped with Ao’s Pearl between Chapters 9 and 10?)

☳ / “VIBRATING - AQUAMARINE HEELS”

Encountered by members of Promised Blood and Neo Magius. Embodies rage. Summons the Chelation Land Rumors as its minions. Defeated and received by Juri Ooba, shortly before being passed to Yuna Kureha. Used by (and nearly kills) Yuna in combination with several other Feelings in Chapter 7. Given to Hikaru Kirari for safekeeping after the dissolution of Promised Blood, then briefly passed to Iroha in Chapter 8, then back to Yuna.

☵ / “SUCCUMBING - TURQUOISE EARS”

Encountered by members of Iroha’s group and Tokime Clan, narrowly beating out Promised Blood. Embodies loathing. Summons the Hotel Fendt Hope Rumors as its minions. Defeated with significant help from Shizuka, but ultimately received by Felicia. Attempts to amplify Felicia’s self-loathing and take over her body in Chapter 6, but is subdued and accepted by Felicia with help from her family and friends. Passed to Iroha in Chapter 8, shortly before being stolen by Mitama Yakumo.

☲ / "BEAUTEOUS - PEARL EYE"

Encountered by Neo Magius and Promised Blood. Embodies amazement. Summons the Misery Water Rumors as its minions. Ultimately defeated and received by Ao Kasane; temporarily stolen by Kanagi in Chapter 6, but soon given back. Starts to take over Ao’s body with increasing frequency from Chapter 5 onward. Used by (and nearly kills) Yuna in combination with several other Feelings in Chapter 7; given back to Ao for safekeeping after the dissolution of Promised Blood. (Apparently swapped with Shizuka’s Ruby between Chapters 9 and 10?)

☰ / "ROBUST - OPAL NECK"

Encountered out of the blue by Promised Blood and Tokime Clan. Embodies respect. Summons the Flower Speaker Rumor as its minion. Ultimately defeated and received by Juri Ooba. Used by (and nearly kills) Yuna in combination with several other Feelings in Chapter 7; given back to Juri for safekeeping after the dissolution of Promised Blood. Given in turn to Sunao Toki in Chapter 9, who uses it to mentally reach out to Shizuka.

☴ / “WAVERING - DIAMOND HAIR”

Encountered by Promised Blood and Tokime Clan. Embodies terror. Summons the Anonymous A.I. Rumors as its minons. Defeated and received by Chiharu, then temporarily stolen by Himena Aika of the Neo-Magius before being rejected by Himena and returned. Briefly passed to Iroha and back in Chapter 8, then given to Juri Ooba in Chapter 10, who uses it to mentally reach out to Ao.

☶ / “UNMOVING - GARNET PINKY”

Encountered by the Kamihama Magia Union and Promised Blood after Ryou Midori’s death in Chapter 4. Embodies grief. Refused to move from its hiding spot out of grief at being separated from its siblings; ultimately allows itself to be defeated and received by Ikumi Makino. Lends its power to Ikumi in Chapter 6, which she uses to destroy Promised Blood’s main entry route into Kamihama at the cost of her own life; thereafter taken by Yuna Kureha. Used by (and nearly kills) Yuna in combination with several other Feelings in Chapter 7; relinquished and given to Kanagi Izumi for safekeeping after the dissolution of Promised Blood. Nearly takes over Kanagi and Mitama's bodies in Chapter 10, forcing Mitama to make a drastic modification to the pair's Soul Gems to fend it off.

Once Mitama and Kanagi are brought back from the dark side in Chapter 11, all eight gems are shared by the five united groups. Though a sudden downturn in their situation leads Lavi Himuro to fuse with the Feelings in the hopes of ridding the world of Puella Magi, the group successfully manages to talk her back down from it. Iroha similarly fuses with the Feelings once they transfer back to her and Ui, and-- after a close shave with a bad-end timeline-- they successfully spread the Auto-Purification System worldwide.

Also, Touka and Nemu turn themselves (and, temporarily, every incapacitated Puella Magi) into Rumors during the final chapter, to avoid the effects of any outside forces that may target Puella Magi. Ta-da.

Finally, here’s the TLB herself:

WINCHESTER

The witch of mirrors. Her nature is seclusion. Because of this nature, her Labyrinth is built from countless layers that stack and overlap each other. As she is a cowardly witch that only wants to hide away quietly, she does not gather magic by killing humans or Puella Magi. She instead absorbs faint traces of magic from the Puella Magi that enter her Labyrinth, which she then uses to construct more layers to defend herself with.

(*These Sarah Mirabilis-esque offshoots summoned during the Extermination Battle segment also have their own encyclopedia entries, but the same description.)

#puella magi madoka magica #magia record #misc translation #madoka witches #Once again: big insect warning right off the bat lol

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Behold! The thing I’ve been spending most of my time on for the past few months!!

It’s Treasure Castle Labyrinth, one of my most favorite Touhou fangame concepts, now in playable game form. I’ve been helping oversee the project and game design, translate the game’s text into English, and correspond with TCL’s original creator (who very kindly put together this English version of the trailer for us).

This is basically one of my dream projects, and I’m really satisfied with how the demo’s turned out. After a couple final weeks of quality testing, you’ll be able to play the demo yourself! I hope you enjoy. :D

#touhou #touhou fangame #treasure castle labyrinth #game translation

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Sketches of Eika and Urumi (plus related doodles), from Wily Beast and Weakest Creature.

I’m really excited for the game’s full release!! I can hardly wait for August!!

#touhou #eika ebisu #urumi ushizaki #wily beast and weakest creature #touhou project #fanart

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Practice sketches of the costumes of Madoka Magica’s main cast, plus two of the main cast members from Magia Record. Ta-daaa.

#puella magi madoka magica #magia record #fanart #madoka kaname #homura akemi #sayaka miki #mami tomoe #kyouko sakura #iroha tamaki #yachiyo nanami #And Kyubey Too (TM)

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And finally, sketchbook part 4: miscellaneous. featuring doodles of kirby kirby, mario mario, and jevil deltarune

#fanart #nintendo #kirby #mario #deltarune #jevil #super mario galaxy #waddle doo #i SUPPOSE this counts as enough waddle doo content to justify a waddle doo tag

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Sketchbook stuff from the past few months, part 3: madokas madokas madokas madokas madokas madokas, including a couple of the Magia Record witches, and my attempts to come up with Doppel designs for the OG-series witches. The last one in particular is one I want to turn into a big fancy digital piece, eventually.

#puella magi madoka magica #magia record #madoka witches #fanart

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Sketchbook stuff from the past few months, part 2: fanmade Touhou characters. Featuring Minayu (and tsuchinokos) from WNSP, Sanadamaru from BoSM (+ another outline for ✨fancy danmaku artwork✨), Hikariko from HSoB, and the demo cast of Sapphire Panlogism. (the post-demo characters........ are seEeEeEcret)

#touhou fangame #white names spoiled past #book of star mythology #hollow song of birds #sapphire panlogism #touhou #minayu okuchiri #sengo sanada #hikariko aosagi #azure swirl #jiriri kim #saga kuramu #sakkagumi yamomo