Puella Magi Oriko Magica



"Which would be, an incident that would change her destiny-- Which would be, the beginning of a whole another magical-girl tale--"

Puella Magi Oriko Magica is a manga Spin-Off of Puella Magi Madoka Magica, released shortly after the anime's conclusion. It is written from a draft by the creators of Madoka Magica and is illustrated by Mura Kuroe. Unusually, it was released as a series of trade paperbacks/tankobon instead of being serialized in a magazine, similar to the manga adaptation of Madoka Magica.

Oriko Mikuni, a new Magical Girl, sees a vision where a powerful witch attacks Mitakihara City. As she realizes that she is unable to fight the witch herself, she receives another vision of a little girl. She quickly tells Kyubey that this girl is a very good magical girl candidate.

Elsewhere and elsewhen, Kyoko Sakura fights a witch in a new city. At the end of the battle, she finds a little girl, who was orphaned when her parents were killed by the witch. This girl, Yuma Chitose, is the same girl Oriko saw in her vision. In a rare moment of compassion, Kyoko decides to look out for Yuma, though she is adamant that Yuma should not become a magical girl.

As she continues to fight witches, Kyoko realizes that despite the large number of witches in the city, there are no other magical girls. Kyubey reveals to her that all of the previous magical girls in the city were killed...by other magical girls.

And so the stories of these girls, as well as those of Mami, Homura, and Madoka, converge...

A bonus chapter entitled Noisy Citrine will be released in the second issue of Manga Time Kirara Magica, the official Madoka Magica magazine.

Late Arrival Spoiler Warning: Puella Magi Oriko Magica was released after the conclusion of the anime. It is expected that the reader will have watched the anime first. This page will have marked and unmarked spoilers for Puella Magi Madoka Magica, which will ruin your enjoyment of it if you have not seen it already. This is in addition to the spoilers this page will have for Oriko Magica itself. Avoiding this page is highly recommended for those who have not seen the show, and is highly suggested for those who have seen the show but have not yet read this manga. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

Tropes in Puella Magi Oriko Magica include:
": When I was, I always thought it would be better if I died. But when I was being attacked by the witch and was about to die, I desperately tried to survive!
 * Alternate Timeline and/or Prequel/Interquel: It's not known when, what period, or what individual timeline this takes place in.
 * Art Shift and/or Genre Shift: Happens quite often to some characters when they shift between serious and humorous moods.
 * Be Careful What You Wish For: Kyouko specifically tells Yuma not to contract with Kyubey because of this.
 * Big Damn Heroes: Let's just say that each character gets to be a Big Damn Heroes for someone else. Must be a Running Gag...
 * Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: Mami, Kirika and Kyouko.
 * Bloodier and Gorier: Compared to the Madoka anime (not the manga, which is quite violent), which never went past a bit of blood. Oriko's very first chapter has people being eaten alive.
 * Brains and Brawn: Oriko Mikuni and Kirika Kure.
 * Call Forward: The story begins with Oriko having a vision of a powerful witch destroying the city, similar to Madoka's dream in Episode 1 of Madoka Magica.
 * The Cameo:
 * Blink and you might miss this - the first chapter has a (rather gruesome) image of Kyoko's sister.
 * Class Is in Room X-01: Just like in the manga adaptation of the anime, Mami is shown to be in class 3-A.
 * Continuity Nod: In Chapter 2, Kyouko mentions that she wanted to have a dream
 * Covers Always Lie: That girl with green hair? She's not Oriko.
 * Decoy Protagonist: Much like the anime, the title character of Oriko Magica isn't exactly the main character  Kyouko and Yuma are the main characters in the first volume, with Mami taking a supporting protagonist role.
 * Demoted to Extra: Homura and Madoka only appear briefly in volume 1. Sayaka is only mentioned. Justified because this is a prequel, and thus happens before Madoka and Sayaka meet Kyubey.
 * Diabolus Ex Machina:
 * Divided We Fall: The magical girls pair off in four distinct groups: Kyouko and Yuma, Mami on her own, Oriko and Kirika, and finally Homura with Madoka and Sayaka.
 * Doomed by Canon:
 * Downer Ending:
 * Do Not Go Gentle: Delivered by, out of all people in the world,
 * Divided We Fall: The magical girls pair off in four distinct groups: Kyouko and Yuma, Mami on her own, Oriko and Kirika, and finally Homura with Madoka and Sayaka.
 * Doomed by Canon:
 * Downer Ending:
 * Do Not Go Gentle: Delivered by, out of all people in the world,
 * someday, you know.
 * Someday isn't today."


 * Foregone Conclusion: As this takes place in a previous timeline, it's already established that Madoka will either die and/or contract and become a witch by the end and Homura will try again.
 * Since Oriko was released after the end of the anime, it can also be established that
 * Foreshadowing: Kirika's introduction at the end of chapter 2 already implies that she's not exactly good.
 * Idiosyncratic Chapter Naming: As with Madoka, all chapters are named after a line said in them.
 * Karmic Death:
 * Male Gaze: A few times, but this is an especially noticeable example.
 * Mortal Wound Reveal:
 * Mythology Gag: Mami first appears in chapter three after she's defeated Charlotte, the exact opposite of how things happened in Madoka. Mami even remarks that she would have been killed if she had let her guard down.
 * No Ending: Kind of.
 * Possibly averted now that the bonus chapter is announced.
 * No Name Given:
 * Panty Shot: Yuma pulled one on Mami, reducing her into a crying wreck.
 * Taking You with Me:
 * Though it was more like taking with her, as she's foreseen that
 * Third Line, Some Waiting: The main plot is about Kyoko and Yuma, while the secondary plot is Mami investigating the magical girl killings. The C plot is.
 * Together in Death: The final fate of.
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: Kirika Kure and Oriko Mikuni.
 * Tragic Mistake:
 * Transformation Sequence: All of the magical girls do this, but the most obvious one is Oriko's in chapter 1.
 * Two First Names: Still present with the new characters.
 * Wham! Episode: In volume 1, the fact that Oriko is not the green haired girl on the cover and the reveal that.
 * In Volume 2 has the following:
 * Chapter 5:.
 * Chapter 6:
 * Chapter 7:
 * Villainous Breakdown:
 * What Happened to the Mouse?:
 * Xanatos Roulette: