Magical Girl Noir Quest

"You are a Magical Girl."

- Deculture

4chan has these things called Quest threads. Quest Threads started on /tg/, but now Quest Threads have their own board. It's kind of like a game, where OP (Original Poster, the person who started a thread) is the GM and the other people on the thread try to pick what the character does. Either by picking from the options OP provided or coming up with their own. OP is then free to do whatever he likes, but hopefully goes with the answer that has the most support. There aren't any real game mechanics, so it might be somewhat comparable to a Choose Your Own Adventure type of thing.

Magical Girl Noir Quest (here after will be referred to as MGNQ) has an OP that goes by the alias "Deculture". MGNQ is primarily based off Puella Magi Madoka Magica and it's spin offs. It has plenty of Shout Outs, some of which are substantial enough they which in some cases blend into Cross Overs territory. MGNQ is one of the longest running. It started in 2012 and has over 300 threads.

In MGNQ, for most threads, the protagonist is Homura (often referred to as Chiaki or Murderface). Some of the posts, particularly those not by Deculture are NSFW. Delculture's posts are a rather reliable source of entertainment and the posts they are responding give context that make them easier to understand. Other posts are both less reliable and arguably less important.

If viewed as a story, then only Deculture's posts and the posts he is responding to really count. This is a rather easy mindset to adopt if you binge the archives as they are the ones of any story consequence and it cuts down on time. If quest threads are viewed more like a game that people participated in, then there is possible merit to the other posts counting too, regardless of if it impacted the story.

It can be read here.

"lick her soulgem"
 * A Day in the Limelight: Chiaki isn't always the protagonist. Playing as Kyubey is of particular note in terms of this trope.
 * Aggressive Negotiations: Malal, Kharn’s aide, repeatedly stated that meeting with the 3rd officio was walking into a trap. In the actual meeting, after both sides refused to budge, at least on the issue of handing over Mami, the leader of the 3rd officio revealed her weapon. Then then still no budging. Then Kharn contacted her incubator, verbally told him that she was going to kill everyone in the building [presumably excluding her retinue], without so much as excusing herself or keeping her voice down..
 * Amnesiac Hero: Well, Amnesiac protagonist at the very least. Murderface in fact has amnesia multiple times.
 * Badass Crew: Kharn with her 2 person retinue: Malal and Murderface. Together they decimated the 3rd officio.
 * Chainsaw Good: Kharn’s weapon
 * Colonel Kilgore: Kharn wanted a war. She thought it would be fun. Also add some history to the city that would be inevitably devastated in the crossfire. She didn’t want one enough to ask her boss. That is until felt she had a good reason too at least. At which point she was chomping at the bit (to be fair, once she had a reason, the war was the means, not the ends).
 * Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are: Something hunts Midori and Madoka, or at least Madoka, while they are in a witch barrier together. While there are 2 potentially viable ways of fighting back, they each seem to have their own risk. Madoka fighting could bring down the barrier, which could hurt Homura. Summoning Tiny Pete might have Pete attack Madoka. So fighting is a last resort.
 * Conservation of Ninjutsu: Kharn’s retinue was able to wipe out the 98 members of the 3rd officio without too much trouble. The last 2 members present put up more of a fight. Also there was the time Girl-A killed 21 Evesors.
 * Destination Defenestration: A Erebus tackled Kharn from the top floor of a 50 floor building. However it’s probably not a true example as there was no mention of a window and it wasn’t too long ago that a hole was blasted into the wall.
 * Fake-Out Fade-Out: In thread 51, Deculture, or possibly a fake, says that he/she is done for this session. Then we get more Deculture posts in the thread. Also thread 54 (Deculture’s name is spelled wrong).
 * Fantastic Arousal:

"you've woken up with amnesia. The kind third-rate soap opera writers and no-talent hacks use as a cheap plot device to drum up some mystery in the poorly written-schlock they laboriously pull out of their asses."
 * Half the Man He Used To Be: At least one Magical Girl was bisected when Kharn and her retinue decimated the 3rd officio
 * Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Mami tipped Kirika off. Not only did this almost cost her friends there lives, but they didn’t tell Kyubey where the leak was even though they knew (to protect Mami). As a result, as a precautionary measure, Kyubey had the courier service he’d been using to the sword. Specifically Sayaka’s sword.
 * Self Deprecating Humor:

"But of course you don't pick those options. Not when there's something much more important to ask about, here. Something that needs to be asked about right away, and not a moment sooner."
 * Shout Out (unconfirmed):
 * Eric and the Dread Gazebo: "Gazebos are evil"
 * Metalocalypse: Totally Awesome Sweet Alabama Liquid Snake
 * Meduka Meguca: Being an Incubator is suffering.''
 * Smoking Hot Sex: In Midori’s dojinshi. Chiaki, a heavy smoker, finds her stand in doing this after sex poor taste.
 * Take That, Audience!:

"It's not as if this is a game or anything..."
 * This Is Reality:

"Look, obviously, this is a trap. For fuck's sake, Kharn, they didn't even pretend to ask for a neutral meeting ground. We're going right into the belly of the beast, here. But we don't care, do we?"
 * Trap Is the Only Option: This is how Khan and Malal role. Without even a plan too!

- Malal


 * Tears of Blood: When Midori brought Faust to tears.

"Quests are indeed more heart rending with the collective mind of /tg/ together."

- 22039439


 * Protagonist Centred Morality: Someone blamed the courier service for the leak because they left it accessible to Mami, as if Mami was free of all blame.
 * Shoutout:
 * Soundtrack Dissonance: In response to Kharn basically declaring war, anon 20825989 posted a link to Edwin Starr - War (What Is It Good For?) and commented “it's fucking on now, chaps!”
 * Virgin Sacrifice: anon 20866598 ’s post
 * Virgin Sacrifice: anon 20866598 ’s post