Whether you will like this volume really rests on whether you can stand sifting through a by-the-numbers, “find this person” fetch quest to get those more interesting pieces of character development, as there’s nothing more to the main investigation than that.
This leads to a very awkward plod through an expository plotline that needs to be said but is clearly not the book’s main focus, instead acting as more of an exploratory character study of Kyouko herself. Faced with mysterious slips of paper that appear out of nowhere and seem to be counting down to something, Kyouko returns to Kamihama to find out what is going on and stop the countdown before it is too late.Īs an existing fan of the franchise, I found this volume to be a bit of a weird one as it finds itself in an awkward position of having to introduce a lot of the main concepts and characters of the Magia Record universe, but to an audience that probably already knows everything about it. As the saying goes however, you don’t get anything for free, as Kyouko soon finds herself thrust into one of Kamihama’s infamous rumours. As the witches she encounters end up being easy meat, Kyouko is lulled into a false sense of security and accepts what she thinks is a harmless free bottle of water from a drink stand. While warned by her fellow magical girl to stay away from Kamihama City, Kyubey tempts her into acting and she begins to investigate this mysterious gathering place for witches herself.
In Volume 2 of this alternative retelling of Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica, we turn our attention to resident apple muncher Kyouko Sakura, who is just as worried about the disappearance of witches in Mitakihara as Mami is.
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