Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story

I fell asleep holding a precious jewel in my hand.

The day was warm, with a gentle breeze.

"Now," I said...

"I have nothing to lose."

Then I woke up and scolded my foolish hand...

for the jewel was gone.

All I have left now...

are memories of an amethyst.

- Ui, is the past that important?

Ui said, no matter how small,

all her memories were important,

if she lost even one,

she'd be sad.

Back then, this hospital room was all we had,

our own little world.

The only thing keeping us connected to the outside

was Ui's sister, Iroha.

It was all we needed,

and we were happy.

Hello, Iroha Tamaki.

- I can grant you any wish you desire.

Any wish?

One of these days,

we should all go to a theme park.

That reminds me.

They were building one in Daito Ward,

but never finished it.

Oh, I know!

Let's come up with a Rumor about that place,

like it's a happy place where angels hang out!

- How 'bout we call it the Rumor of Chelation Land.

- Oh, and that play we did, that Nemu wrote,

could also be a neat Rumor.

- The Rumor of Good Fortune Water.

- And that place we had that bad argument...

The Friendship Ending Staircase!

- You're not doing homework now, are you?

- Uh-uh, Sis! We're making up urban legends,

and we're planting them all over Kamihama!

We thought, if we filled the city with our Rumors...

Then after we died...

- Whenever you'd come across one of them,

it would get you to remember us.

It's a neat idea.

Can I make one too?

Sure!

Somewhere in the city,

there's a bare sakura tree.

When the three girls are well again

and are out of the hospital,

they'll go there, and under its branches,

reunite with the girl who always came to visit them.

On that day, the tree will bloom with the prettiest flowers.

And it'll never be bare again.

Now to invoke it!

- This reunion, no matter how long it takes,

will make the tree bloom.

- And the name of this tree will be...

Rumor of the Eternal Sakura!

- Have you thought about my offer from the other day?

- It's hard to believe, to be honest.

- You humans only believe what you see.

It's such a shame.

- - Where's Ui?!

Ui.

Oh, hi, Sis.

Thanks for coming out here so quickly.

- I'll rush over anytime you need me to.

I am your big sister, after all.

It's good they stabilized you in time.

- For a second there, you had me worried!

The doctor said I can't eat the lunches you bring,

not 'til I get better, anyway.

You'll be better soon,

and then I'll get to stuff you with my lunches.

Iroha!

Did you hear?!

The doctors said I might get to leave soon!

You should have seen

the doctors' faces when they told her.

They couldn't believe it.

They said it was like magic!

- I guess miracles are real after all!

- -

Well, that sucks.

Yeah. What's up?

She's been acting kind of weird lately, hasn't she?

She's not coming as often,

and when she does, she seems really tired.

It's like Ui's getting better,

but now she's getting sick.

- Yeah, that shade's definitely the right one.

You look super cute.

- It makes me look a little more grown-up.

- -

Thanks, Sis. I--

- Sorry! There's something I have to do!

What could she have to do down here?

What is all this?

This place is unreal.

Where's Iroha?

Oh, my gosh!

That thing's trying to kill her!

You can save her if you want.

- I can give you the power to save her,

but first you have to make a contract with me.

A contract?

- Was that real, or were we dreaming?

It was real, all right.

Says the talking animal.

- Why was my sister fighting that whatever-it-was?

Iroha Tamaki is a Magical Girl.

That's why.

- Hmm? - Magical Girl?

- If what Kyubey said is the truth,

then the reason Iroha became a Magical Girl

was to cure you.

- But I don't want my sister to suffer because of me.

She doesn't deserve that!

Maybe if we make a contract with Kyubey

and become Magical Girls too, we can save her!

Take it easy, Ui.

I don't trust what it told us,

so we should proceed with caution.

I'm with her.

Besides, we don't know anything about Magical Girls, anyway.

We should research it.

We'll have a better chance of saving your sister

if we know what we're dealing with.

- It won't take us long if we work together,

so don't worry.

We'll save her.

- Yeah. Together, we can do anything!

We believed there would be a happy ending.

We couldn't have been more naive.

- Why are you researching Witches?

If I can figure out a more efficient way

to get rid of them, you know, like all at once,

it would make the job easier for Magical Girls.

With that idea in mind,

the wishes we pick should be ones that kill Witches.

Based on what I discovered,

Witches attack humans, so we should investigate

missing-person cases in the city.

Here's what I found so far.

The blue dots are the last location of missing persons.

The red dots are where suicides happened.

Almost all of them seem to occur in clusters.

Yup. And if you add all the disasters

and accidents that were likely caused by Witches...

And then line up the deaths chronologically...

The first victim is always a young girl!

- That means there's a connection

between Witches appearing and girls disappearing.

It's possible the first victims

were Magical Girls who lost to Witches.

That could explain

the amount of mysterious sudden deaths.

- Next step, let's go talk to an expert on the situation.

Okay, I'm here.

What did you want to ask me?

Oh, uh...

you promise to tell us the truth?

Of course I will. I don't lie.