Magia Revolution

""Wait..wait..wait... Wh..WHAT IS THIS?", Madoka continued yelling toward the mirror as she walked forward, extending a hand and touching the window. Truth was, you weren't Madoka, Madoka was an anime character. You were now Madoka."

- Magia Revolution, episode 1.

"Let the healing begin.~"

- /a/nonymous magica

Magia Revolution (aka Puella Magi /a/nonymous Magica) is a series of Madoka Magica Choose Your Own Adventure games which started with one basic premise: Taking Madoka Kaname from the main timeline of the anime, and handing control of her body to the anonymous folks at 4chan's /a/ board. The same anonymous folks who may be aware of the horrors the show brings.

Once Madoka's mind is swapped with that of /a/'s collective consciousness, her physical form is turned into a Genre Savvy crusader, naming themselves Faust, who seeks to set things right in the Madokaverse. Uncontrollable plot points from the show remain present, but the actual plot diverges drastically as a result of game breaking decision making and abilities courtesy of Anonymous. There are many complications; meddling of the timeline has led to, among others, the appearance of, increasingly unforeseeable events, and the consciousness of the real Madoka needing to be jettisoned...somewhere...whenever Anonymous takes control of her body. The series started out very lightheartedly (by lighthearted, we mean Anonymous-controlled Madoka being hilariously Out of Character on the first day) before drifting in and out of Serious Business territory, albeit with a steady turn for the Darker and Edgier. It doesn't hold back with the Shipping either.

Magia Revolution ran a total of 23 episodes posted over the course of over a week in both the /a/ board and, towards the end, the /tg/ board. Like other imageboard-based CYOA, part of the fun is reading the choices and reactions made by Anonymous as they grew increasingly paranoid of the fate of the characters as the story progressed. Very NSFW frequently due to the nature of Anonymous, the author's impressively deranged mind, and, after the halfway point, a very persistent spammer at /a/ who was the primary reason threads were alternately posted between /a/ and /tg/.

Revolution is followed by three CYOAs:


 * , an Interquel that takes place between Revolution and Sketch, in which Anonymous is given the helm of . As you would expect, this CYOA can be rather grim, even by Revolution standards.
 * Magia Sketch, which picks up from where Revolution left off following a two-week time skip with a seemingly Lighter and Softer Slice of Life plot; only time will tell if it stays this way . Finished at 12 episodes, but was then Ret Conned when Magia Rebuild started.
 * Magia Rebuild, the true sequel to Revolution.

Heavy spoilers for both Puella Magi Madoka Magica, both spinoffs and the entirety of this story below.

The entirety of the work can be found here, organized by series.

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This work provides examples of:

 * All in The Manual: Bits of trivia, such as, can be found in scattered Q&As with the author as well as Revolution's afterword.
 * Alternate Timeline: As in canon, although exploited here
 * Audience Participation
 * Balance Between Good and Evil: Or hope and despair, as in the series.
 * Beach Episode: The first episode of Magia Sketch.
 * Bittersweet Ending:
 * Body Surf: One of Faust's abilities, although he remains in Madoka's body for the most part.
 * Butt Monkey: Kyubey becomes this later on in Revolution.
 * This ranges from "firing Kyubey at the familiar at mach speed" to the.
 * Casual Danger Dialog:
 * Beach Episode: The first episode of Magia Sketch.
 * Bittersweet Ending:
 * Body Surf: One of Faust's abilities, although he remains in Madoka's body for the most part.
 * Butt Monkey: Kyubey becomes this later on in Revolution.
 * This ranges from "firing Kyubey at the familiar at mach speed" to the.
 * Casual Danger Dialog:

""This light is my own.
 * Choose Your Own Adventure
 * Cool Big Sis: Both Mami And Kyouko to.
 * Enemy Without: Of a sort.
 * Everyone Is Gay: Or close enough to it, in keeping with the ubiquitous fan Les Yay Shipping of the girls.
 * Event Flag: Used by the author, and theorized about by the Anonymous collective, to the point of eventually considering virtually everything a possible Death Flag.
 * Fix Fic: Or at least Faust is consciously trying for this to happen. It's hardly that simple.
 * Good Thing You Can Heal: Exploited endlessly thanks to the Soul Gem.
 * Half the Man He Used To Be:
 * Has Two Mommies: in Magia Sketch.
 * Hope Spot: After death, she has been seemingly influencing the world again, and appears to Mami and  for a heartwarming scene...
 * Man I Feel Like a Woman: A nearly immediate suggestion from the audience is to do this.
 * Mauve Shirt: What the /a/ thought about the Pleiades Saints except Kazumi, especially glaring in the battle against the  Walpurgisnacht. This became less so in Magia Rebuild as the plot shifts to Asunaro
 * Meaningful Name: The protagonist names themselves Faust.
 * Medium Awareness: Sort of. Faust knows that the world they're in was originally part of an anime, but is unaware of currently being in a game (although there is a mention of thousands of voices in his/her head).
 * Not Quite Dead:
 * Oh Crap: Almost anything can trigger this reaction from the collective, even if it's a calm gentle line like "All seemed well."
 * Psychic Dreams for Everyone: Or at least Faust.
 * Railroading: To some extent at certain points, although not nearly as bad as it could be.
 * Rouge Angles of Satin: At times, somewhat justified due to the writer rushing to write and post each part on the threads.
 * Shout Out: Thousands. This is 4chan we're talking about, where people can upload images to go with their post. This results in people using pictures from random shows as reaction shots, reference points, or simply avatars. The spammer goes for Accelerator and Touma as their avatars, when he isn't breaking out the NSFW content.
 * One of the most obvious is Faust's, her  , her Deadpan Snarker attitude to Anbey, her PM outfit: a long, red longcoat, with black armor and a skirt. If that wasn't enough, you have her weapons of choice, which is a pair of black and white swords that have a Precision Guided Boomerang effect when thrown. Add to this Faust gaining a literal Reality Marble and her activation chant/BadassCreed:
 * Not Quite Dead:
 * Oh Crap: Almost anything can trigger this reaction from the collective, even if it's a calm gentle line like "All seemed well."
 * Psychic Dreams for Everyone: Or at least Faust.
 * Railroading: To some extent at certain points, although not nearly as bad as it could be.
 * Rouge Angles of Satin: At times, somewhat justified due to the writer rushing to write and post each part on the threads.
 * Shout Out: Thousands. This is 4chan we're talking about, where people can upload images to go with their post. This results in people using pictures from random shows as reaction shots, reference points, or simply avatars. The spammer goes for Accelerator and Touma as their avatars, when he isn't breaking out the NSFW content.
 * One of the most obvious is Faust's, her  , her Deadpan Snarker attitude to Anbey, her PM outfit: a long, red longcoat, with black armor and a skirt. If that wasn't enough, you have her weapons of choice, which is a pair of black and white swords that have a Precision Guided Boomerang effect when thrown. Add to this Faust gaining a literal Reality Marble and her activation chant/BadassCreed:
 * Shout Out: Thousands. This is 4chan we're talking about, where people can upload images to go with their post. This results in people using pictures from random shows as reaction shots, reference points, or simply avatars. The spammer goes for Accelerator and Touma as their avatars, when he isn't breaking out the NSFW content.
 * One of the most obvious is Faust's, her  , her Deadpan Snarker attitude to Anbey, her PM outfit: a long, red longcoat, with black armor and a skirt. If that wasn't enough, you have her weapons of choice, which is a pair of black and white swords that have a Precision Guided Boomerang effect when thrown. Add to this Faust gaining a literal Reality Marble and her activation chant/BadassCreed:

No one can take it from us.

No one can hide it.

The pain we've endured.

All for nothing...

And all for everything!""

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 * This is the chant that activates her Barrier, and will probably remind you of another Badass Creed/Reality Marble Aria. (All it's missing is the "And so, as I pray..." line, and you'd have the right line count!) Then you have her ability to use attacks and abilities of other Puella Magi, and you have to conclude that Faust is either related to Archer, or a female Expy.
 * Most recently, her black and white twin blades can do a version of Crane Wing Three Chains, and she can summon a horde of blades out of thin air a la Unlimited Blade Works.
 * Something We Forgot: So have been defeated, with all the heroines surviving...
 * Switching POV: Although the audience only has control over the decisions when the story is being told from Faust's POV.
 * Take a Third Option: The "Other" story choice, which allows Anon to take their own decisions instead of following the railroad. While it can lead to some... odd plot turns, things would have gotten far worse if not for it.
 * The Last Dance: Day 20.
 * The Team Normal: Sayaka.
 * Tempting Fate: By Revolution's episode 11 repeated requests by readers to have Madoka scissoring Homura were frequent..
 * Took a Level In Badass:
 * Trapped in TV Land
 * Trolling Creator: And an incredibly effective one, too. Urobuchi would be proud.
 * Yuri Fan: Many, many of the audience participants.
 * Trapped in TV Land
 * Trolling Creator: And an incredibly effective one, too. Urobuchi would be proud.
 * Yuri Fan: Many, many of the audience participants.
 * Yuri Fan: Many, many of the audience participants.

Tropes pertaining to Magia Rebuild:

 * No Name Given:
 * Relationship Values: Because Faust's power relates to the girls, her only thing that keep herself anchored to Madoka Magica universe, she has this as a gauge of how strong her powers manifest. That's including Sayaka's Healing Factor, even though she doesn't contract this time.
 * Same with Madoka's arrows.