#Vampire Kanagi

[muffinrecord]

Oh huh. I knew that Vampire Kanagi's accele attacks would leave a web effect on the target but I didn't realize that the actual attack itself was a spider. That's neat!

[doppel-tournament]

ROUND 1, Part 13

[neptunemagia]

can we all agree these NPCs were gay

[natsumebookss]

In honor of EoS, who was your first main and who's your current main? My OG main was Ren and my current one is Vampire Kanagi!

[leaffiii]

hi

[mahou-furbies]

Miss Meguca contest, Halloween winner!

The winner is Mitama!

The results of the final round:

Mitama - 138 points

Juri - 134 points

Karin - 128 points

Kanagi (Vampire) - 107 points

Alina - 93 points

More detailed results later.

[abarero]

Cross My Heart {and Hope to Die}

A Magia Record Historical Vampire AU

Rated: M / Read Warnings! / Updates Weekly

𝙸𝚗 𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙹𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝, 𝙷𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝚂𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚊 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚢. 𝙷𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚐𝚎, 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚕𝚊𝚍𝚢’𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚎.

𝙴𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝙼𝚒𝚔𝚘𝚝𝚘 𝚂𝚎𝚗𝚊, 𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚝, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝙷𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚊.

𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚜 𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝙷𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜, 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙻𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚍𝚘 𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚜, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚜𝚑 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜.

Tags: Inspired by The Handmaiden (2016), Alternate Universe - Vampire, Alternate Universe - Historical, Alternate Universe - Taishou Era (1912-1926), Lesbian Vampires, Trans Female Character, Aged Up Character(s), Sexual Tension, Romance, Gothic Horror, Gothic Romance, Sexual Content, Revenge, Women Helping Women, Found Family, Hurt/Comfort, Earn Your Happy Ending

Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence, Rape/Non-con, Underage, Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault, Implied/Referenced Incest, Implied/Referenced Pedophilia, Implied/Referenced Underage Sexual Content, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Implied/Referenced Abortion, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Suicide Attempts, Period-Typical Sexism, Period-Typical Homophobia, Period-Typical Transphobia, Torture, Drug Use, Poisoning, Murder

Major Characters: Hanna Sarasa, Mikoto Sena, Nemu Hiiragi, Touka Satomi

Main Pairings: Mikoto Sena/Hanna Sarasa, Hiiragi Nemu/Satomi Touka

Side Pairings: Izumi Kanagi/Togame Momoko/Yakumo Mitama, Kisaki Emiri/Miyako Hinano, Hiroe Chiharu/Toki Sunao/Tokime Shizuka, Kira Temari/Komachi Mikura, Sawa Sudachi & Yakumo Mikage, Ayano Rika/Isuzu Ren, Kazari Jun/Miwa Mitsune, mentions of non-consensual OC male(s)/female character

Read the Story Here!

Then Enjoy the Extras:

>ᵥ_ᵥ<  Fanart (art by @bloodyxblossom ❤️)

>ᵥ_ᵥ< Vampire Profiles

>ᵥ_ᵥ< Visuals

[feenixmork]

I need to stop drawing Kanagi's right eye every time I'm sketching her in her magical or vampire outfits, I keep spending time trying to fix the damn second eye syndrome and then remember I'm going to be covering it up with a soul gem monocle anyways kfhdjfhdjfh

[magireco-minibang]

Here’s an ongoing list of all the fanfiction and fanart created for the Fall 2024 Magia Record Mini Bang! Check back throughout November (or follow @magireco-minibang) to see new stories and art as they’re posted!

(Our Spring Mini Bang Masterpost can be found here!)

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Title: "I'll slash my way into your heart!"

Artist: @lorogy662

Title: Cross My Heart {and Hope to Die}

Author: @abarero

Artist: @bloodyxblossom (art for story here!)

Rating: M for Mature

Major Characters: Hanna Sarasa, Mikoto Sena, Nemu Hiiragi, Touka Satomi

Pairings: Mikoto Sena/Hanna Sarasa, Hiiragi Nemu/Satomi Touka, Izumi Kanagi/Togame Momoko/Yakumo Mitama, Kisaki Emiri/Miyako Hinano, Hiroe Chiharu/Toki Sunao/Tokime Shizuka, Kira Temari/Komachi Mikura, Sawa Sudachi & Yakumo Mikage, Ayano Rika/Isuzu Ren, Kazari Jun/Miwa Mitsune, mentions of non-consensual OC male(s)/female character

Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence, Rape/Non-con, Underage, Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault, Implied/Referenced Incest, Implied/Referenced Pedophilia, Implied/Referenced Underage Sexual Content, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Implied/Referenced Abortion, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Suicide Attempts, Period-Typical Sexism, Period-Typical Homophobia, Period-Typical Transphobia, Torture, Drug Use, Poisoning, Murder

Tags: Inspired by The Handmaiden (2016), Alternate Universe - Vampire, Alternate Universe - Historical, Alternate Universe - Taishou Era (1912-1926), Lesbian Vampires, Trans Female Character, Aged Up Character(s), Sexual Tension, Romance, Gothic Horror, Gothic Romance, Sexual Content, Revenge, Women Helping Women, Found Family, Hurt/Comfort, Earn Your Happy Ending

Summary:

In an isolated house deep in the Japanese forest, Hanna Sarasa leads a solitary life with only her overbearing uncle for company. Hoping to socialize her and prepare her for marriage, her uncle sends out a request for a lady’s maid to tend to his charge.

Enter Mikoto Sena, a beautiful girl with a dark secret, who has a plan of her own for dear Hanna.

And so begins a passionate friendship between Hanna and her mysterious, entrancing companion. Little do either of them know the secrets that lie buried beneath their smiles, but it may be that only through working together can they escape their harsh realities.

Title: Eve of the Nighthawk Star

Author: @shaymeme

Artist: @serendark (art for fic here!)

Rating: T for Teen

Major Characters: Ashley Taylor, Kuroe, Rika Ayano, Ren Isuzu

Pairings: Ashley Taylor/Kuroe

Warnings: None

Tags: Fluff, Aged-up Characters, Implied/Referenced Sex, Comfort, Cuddling, Happy Ending, Blorbos are Finally Happy

Summary: Kuroe’s twentieth birthday is rapidly approaching, and Ashley wants to plan the best birthday ever for her girlfriend! She’s got so many awesome ideas in mind… but why does Kuroe seem so distant all of a sudden? She has to know!

Title: Three Houses Record: A New Star

Author: FairReviewer

Artist: scrubilillo

Rating: T for Teen

Major Characters: My Unit | Byleth, Tamaki Iroha, Yui Tsuruno, Izumi Kanagi

Pairings: Futaba Sana/Tamaki Iroha, Flayn/My Unit | Byleth, Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd/Nanami Yachiyo, Mitsuki Felicia/Ignatz Victor, Izumi Kanagi/Edelgard von Hresvelg/Hubert von Vestra

Warnings: None

Tags: Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Crossover, Crossover Pairings, Adopted Sibling Relationship, Polyamory

Summary: Once more, we tell this story. Except, it's not exactly the one you remember. Featuring characters from the mobile game Magia Record, who'll be new students amongst the familiar faces. With them, we'll find a new route in the story of the Three Houses, and hopefully find that long-desired True Ending.

Title: Sayonara to Nirvana

Author: @mayarsh

Artist: @abarero (art for fic here!)

Rating: T for Teen

Major Characters: Sena Mikoto, Sarasa Hanna, Tamaki Iroha

Pairings: Sarasa Hanna/Sena Mikoto

Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence

Tags: Alternate Universe - Fantasy, Songfic, Angst, Strangers to Friends to Lovers, Religious Imagery & Symbolism, Religious Guilt, Slow Burn, Protectiveness, Devotion

Summary: As the rumour of a half beast residing the wood spreads like a disease, Iroha Tamaki, a celestial Deity of Peace ordered her trusted paladin to investigate and bring end to that potential danger. Hanna Sarasa obeys unquestionably, but find herself lost within doubt after learning that the feared half beast was no more than a lonely elf girl bounded to her curse.

Will that silver armoured knight finish her holy duty to bring salvation? Or will she turn her back from the light and let the darkness consume her?

Title: The Impossible Kiss

Author: @aurora666analyze

Artist: Neniu (art for fic here!)

Rating: M for Mature

Major Characters: Tamaki Iroha, Nanami Yachiyo, Kuroe, Azusa Mifuyu, Tamaki Ui

Pairings: Iroha/Yachiyo, Yachiyo/Mifuyu, Iroha & Kuroe

Warnings: Major Character Death

Tags: Magia Record Anime Spoilers, Sharing a Bed, Angst and Feels, Post-Canon, Alternate Universe- Canon Divergence, Idiots in Love, PTSD, Dreamscapes, Dreams and Nightmares, Love Confessions, Bog Gay Love Story, Nightmare Fuel, Depression, True Love’s Kiss, Iroha is Sleeping Beauty

Summary:

Today is a wonderful day! Iroha Tamaki's 16th birthday! Everything should be right as rain but Iroha is quite sour for MANY reasons.

BUT someone worked very hard to make this day special for her...Yachiyo Nanami and the more Iroha gazes into her the more something IMPOSSIBLE blooms from her heart.

Is Iroha even allowed to ask for a kiss on her birthday? Iroha is DYING to know the answer to this question.

Title: A Court of Snow and Mirrors

Author: @chairteeth

Artist: @kyrakyrakitty

Rating: M for Mature

Major Characters: Hiiragi Nemu, Satomi Touka, Satomi Nayuta, Himuro Rabi, Sena Mikoto, Futaba Sana, Tamaki Ui

Pairings: Touka/Nemu, Nayuta/Rabi, Sana/Ui, Hanna/Mikoto, Himuro Rabi/Shirogane (past), Nanami Yachiyo/Azusa Mifuyu (past), Azusa Mifuyu/Alina Gray/Misono Karin, Mitsuki Felicia/Tamaki Ui (one-sided)

Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence, Unethical Experimentation, Power Imbalance, Abuse of Authority, Neglect, Infant Death/Murder, Kidnapping, Mutilation, Body Horror

Tags: Alternate Universe - Farm, Alternate Universe - Fae, Aged-Up Characters, Humor (for the first half), Enemies to Lovers X (more specifically enemies to enemies with benefits to ??? to lovers), Domestic Fluff, Implied/Referenced Sex, Kink Discussions, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Angst, Riches to Rags to Riches (technically also Rags to Riches for someone else), Contracts (See Terms And Conditions), Emotional Baggage, Mental Breakdown, Child Soldiers, Slow Burn, Fluff, Alcohol, Worldbuilding

Summary:

Being sent to live in a dilapidated farm with a person they can barely stand for an indefinite amount of time felt like a cruel and unusual punishment to Nayuta and like it should be the premise of some cozy romance game to Touka, were it not Nayuta that she was stuck with.

After their fields begin to function, Nayuta insists that there are lights floating around at night and a dark figure sneaking around, and she will stab it with a pitchfork if she absolutely must. Touka thinks she should be sent to a psych ward for it.

Touka wants everyone to stop asking her to do farm work and thinks their hired help is excessively mean to her, yet feels the need to unveil whatever secrets that helper may be hiding. Nayuta thinks Touka has simply never had a crush before.

Nemu would prefer it if the Satomi cousins stopped making her blood pressure spike. Rumors of a planned regicide, the special ops officers at the inn, and the locals' increasing tendency to go into the forest without a talisman were bad enough before she encountered Touka "I Am Going To Make Bad Decisions" Satomi.

Title: Rise and Fall of a Magical Girl

Author: @magicaldogtoto

Artist: @harunakonomi (art for fic here!)

Rating: T for Teen

Major Characters: Original Characters, Yachiyo Nanami, Mifuyu Azusa

Pairings: Yachiyo Nanami/Mifuyu Azusa

Warnings: None

Tags: Urban Fantasy, Magical Girl, Prequel

Summary: Prequel to "Yachiyo Nanami and the Fashion Model."

Years before the Wings of the Magius rose up to save Magical Girls, three veterans patrol the streets of Shinsei Ward; a small team, but it's better than being at each other's throats. Then one day, they come across two newly-contracted Magical Girls: Yachiyo Nanami and Mifuyu Azusa. The discovery of two younger girls causes a chain reaction that will change the hierarchy of Magical Girls for years to come.

Title: The Scarlet Flower and the Walking Corpse

Author: RYNO Ross

Artist: @randomartsideblog (art for fic here!)

Rating: M for Mature

Major Characters: Ren Isuzu, Rika Ayano, Yachiyo Nanami

Pairings: Rika/Ren

Warnings: Violence, Depiction of Suicide

Tags: Alternate Universe, Ancient History, Aged Up Characters

Summary: It was a time of peace during a period of war. Various City-States in Japan had feuded with each other for decades, trying to conquer one another. At the center of these battles were young women who commanded spirits known as Witches. These Witch Charmers drew upon the abilities of the Witches, and gained power from them as well.

A Witch Charmer from Chuo City is invited to Shinsei City by it’s leader, Lord Nanami, to investigate a series of assaults that have recently plagued the city. This woman, Rika Ayano, was noted for her mastery of her Witch, Belladonna, and the powers it granted her, but was too young to participate in the war when she became a Charmer, and thus had no combat experience.

Nevertheless, Rika takes the mission, looking for an opportunity to put her powers to the test, as well as to see Shinsei now that there’s a peace between the City States. She arrives, ready to begin her investigation, and while none have seen the assailant responsible for the attacks, the populace does suspect someone: a mysterious woman spoken in hushed tones known as the Walking Corpse…

Title: On Flightless Wings

Author: GoggleLad

Artist: @feenixmork (art for fic here!)

Rating: G for General

Major Characters: Masara Kagami, Kokoro Awane

Pairings: Masara/Kokoro

Warnings: None

Tags: Alternate Universe - Fantasy, Technically Subtext, Fluff and Drama, Introspection, Archaeologist Kokoro, Angel Wings Masara, Worldbuilding, Includes Art, magic and fantasy, Falling (in love and in skies)

Summary: In a fantasy world, Kokoro Awane is an explorer of ancient ruins. While exploring a clifftop ruined city once said to float above the clouds, she has an encounter with a beautiful winged girl, Masara Kagami, who has never once taken flight. This chance meeting, seemingly innocuous, will change the course of both of their lives. What can awaken the desire to fly in a girl that feels nothing?

Title: achilles, come down

Author: @resident-normal-person

Artist: @sicksweetcreamy (art for fic here!)

Rating: T for Teen

Major Characters: Yui Tsuruno, Nanami Yachiyo, Azusa Mifuyu, Satomi Touka, various other playable magireco characters, Yui Tsuruno’s Family

Pairings: None

Warnings: None

Tags: Character Study, Songfic, Dysfunctional Family, Minor Character Death, Mental Health Issues

Summary:

Tsuruno was strong; she was taller than her older sister and showed no signs of stopping anytime soon. She’d always been stronger and faster than most of her classmates. With magical powers, physical fights wouldn’t be a problem. As Kyubey promised, she won the 800 million yen lottery.

Is it worth it, to be the mightiest?

Check back or follow @magireco-minibang to see more fanworks as they come out!

[rwbypro]

Welp goodbye Magia Record. Anyway here's a final list of my girls.

All in all I'm pretty proud of it, I managed to get all my tart girls back, all the holy quintet plus nagisa, and almost all the void girls(the only exception being Yuu).

The MVPs of my time in this server would have to be Yozuru, Vampire Kanagi, Mitsune, and occasionally Tanabata Yachiyo.

I pulled Yozuru from one of the copper bags when I first joined during the anniversary, and she allowed me to just breeze through the main story and events with ease, and due to her being void I was able to do decent damage in the Kimochi battles even when I didn't have a peak meta.

Anyway here's my NA girls for comparison

As you can tell there were a lot fewer, but overall I do appreciate the time I spent on na still. Unfortunately because I had to rely on the archive app I couldn't accurately tell how many slots girls had or which ones had dopples but that's fine.

I'm still so proud that I was able to get all the Darc girls in that server.

I still can't believe how much I latched onto Mito when I read her event the first time, I was planning on saving my gems then I read her story and when fuck it and pulled for her and got lucky.

I will say that if there are any girls I do regret pulling for it would have to be the fate gals unfortunately.

Anyway it's been fun!!!

[chaserainbows]

gameplay wise val gives me similar vibes to vampire kanagi from magia record (rip) in that in theory their defenses aren't very good but in practice they stack so many evasion boosts that it's hard to actually land a hit on them at all

[muffinrecord]

which Halloween unit would you recommend to pull for the most

Getting to this a little late but let's go. It's kind of hard to say that one is objectively the best so I'm just gonna quickly go through each one and talk a lil about them.

Okay so we got uhhh Vampire Kanagi, Sister Momoko, Halloween Alina & Karin, Dark Mitama, Dark Kanagi, and now Vampire Yuna & Juri.

Sister Momoko: Right away I can say that Sister Momoko is probably the worst option here. There are better charge conservation girls out there, even including unlimiteds. Even for plain old damage dealing, you can do better.

Vampire Kanagi: When she came out she was one of the best, and now she's more midtier compared to her competitors. However I don't think she's a bad unit and she can allow for fun solo strategies.

Halloween Karin & Alina: Kinda just got powercrept by Yuna & Juri for magia flame damage, but I think they' still serve a decent purpose. A few things on they're still fine-ish. They should give good flame magia damage, it's just they don't instantly get MP on turn 1/2 like a lot of new units do. Their Dazzle stuff gives them a way to increase damage by attacking the enemy's defenses and not just endlessly increasing offensive buffs on themselves, but I was kinda surprised to see that they don't have a passive source of addict killer on them. But if you want a good flame magia unit, you'll want to get the newer halloween girls.

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alright the last three are the ones you'll probably be the most interested in rolling for.

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Darkness Kanagi: Great for solo mirrors if you don't have a blaster already and good for murdering most content/farming. She's a complete powerhouse and very good at what she does. IMO getting her depends on what kind of units you already have. If you have a 4s Ashley or something like that, you can skip.

Darkness Mitama: The queen of ranked mirrors. If you want to do well in ranked, you'll need her. She can help in pve content but in more limited ways-- for example, she helped me in Battle Museum against a few enemies but there's usually better gals to use out there. She's one of the best pvp supports basically and an interesting unit overall.

Vampire Yuna & Juri: Well right away we can go ahead and say that this'll be one of the best flame magia gals in the game for a while, especially for the new Kimochi coming out. She'll (probably?) have an edge over Gunhild thanks to their random attack pattern, meaning that she can hit the same enemy multiple times.

However, one thing that sets them apart slightly is that sooo much of their damage is wrapped up in their attack up at critical health, and that is going to be a struggle occasionally. Let's take Kimochi right? You've got units like Madoka & Iroha or the newly released Scene 0 Madoka who will help with MP regen/restore. They're great for making sure you replenish mp to endlessly repeat doppels.

Except oops! MadoIro will also heal your team to full! And YuJu here can only damage their health once every 7 turns! Woops. Scene zero madoka will also heal your team! Guess you can't use her....

There are a bunch of units you still can use, like Mayu or Kuroe (or even OG Madoka) but Vampire Yuna & Juri mean you need to commit to your playstyle. Vampire Yuna & Juri also don't get a freshly applied barrier every time they doppel/magia, meaning you need to worry about them dying too. For reference, a Madoka & Iroha barrier on doppel will prevent 8k damage, and Vamp YuJu here will prevent 10k. That's still a lot but if you've ever used MadoIro before, you'll know that those barriers wear out faster than you think.

That said, I think they'll be a fantastic flame unit for Kimochi and stuff like Battle Museum (if we ever get it again) or Witches' Paradox (if we ever get that again). They've got a really interesting design for a magia unit and I think it's neat that the game made their gameplay sort of not quite match up with what we've had before-- you can't just stick them and MadoIro on a team together and think that things will work out all fine and swell.

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So I can't really say you need to roll for any of them-- just that if you are missing spots in your catalogue of magical girls (farming blaster, ranked debuffer, or wtf flame magia damage), then the last released three are worth considering.

[doppel-drop-distance]

The Dubiously Needed, Unnecessarily Extensive Magia Record Stat Sheet Guide (Rarity)

This is a bit of a weird one to start with. Rarity…has absolutely no influence on a character’s canonical strength. It is a purely gacha-based mechanic, intended to sort characters for a gacha-based purpose. Really, it has no place in an OC guide. It’s not like we’re going to be pumping out mods with our own OCs tomorrow. (Though, if we do that, hit me up, I would be so down.)

However…a character’s rarity does influence a unit’s stats. So I felt like it would be wrong of me not to mention it. A 2⋆ unit and a 3⋆ unit with the same type and growth type will have different stats and that can be disorienting. So, here’s a quick overview. 

A character’s base rarity can be anything from ⋆ to ⋆⋆⋆⋆. 1 ⋆ characters are generally not included in the gacha and are instead given out for free or bought in an event shop. 2 ⋆ and 3 ⋆ characters can be either bought in an event shop or rolled in the gacha. 4 ⋆ characters are almost always gacha-exclusive. In this context, stars determine a character’s rarity. 

The more stars a character has, the stronger their base stats are. This can be evened out to some degree with Awakening, where any character can be raised up to 5 ⋆ with the stats to match. However, a character with a higher rarity will always have a higher stat total than a character with a lower rarity. 

To give you an example, here are two units of two different rarities, but the same element, type, and growth type, at maximum Awakening. Keep in mind that this is without memoria, Spirit Enhancement or Attribute Enhancement. 

Tsuruno Yui (2⋆, Flame, Magia Type, ATTACK Growth Type)

HP: 18,927

ATK: 8,552

DEF: 6,056

Touka Satomi (4⋆, Flame, Magia Type, ATTACK Growth Type)

HP: 21,019

ATK: 9,803

DEF: 6,072

Though Tsuruno and Touka both have Attack-focused stats, it is Touka with the higher Attack stat, as she has the higher rarity. She also has higher HP and slightly higher Defense. 

What does this mean for character creation? Uh…well, it could mean something, or it could mean nothing. It really depends on how specific you want to be with your stat totals. 

How you decide your characters’ rarity is totally up to you. You could rank them lowest to highest, based on their level of skill. Or you could make them all 4⋆ because you love them! This is totally valid! I have done the same thing many times. 

As a final note, there is some difference between unlimited and limited 4⋆. This is another purely gacha-based designation. Unlimited characters can be pulled on any banner at any time, while limited characters are only available on a banner for a specified period. This does not matter for us. What DOES matter is that limited characters often have better stats than unlimited characters, because gacha games gotta make that money. Example part 2!

Ren Isuzu (4⋆, Dark, Magia Type, BALANCE Growth Type)

HP: 21,420

ATK: 9,128

DEF: 6,844

Kanagi Izumi - Vampire ver. (4⋆, Dark, Magia Type, BALANCE Growth Type)

HP: 22,524

ATK: 10,004

DEF: 7,016

As you can see, while Ren and Vampire Kanagi are both 4⋆, Vampire Kanagi has the higher total in each stat. 

Not all of these differences are significant (Ren and Vampire Kanagi have like a 200-point difference in their Defense stats), but I wanted to mention it for any further discrepancies. Again, whether this matters to you or not is your own personal interpretation! I promise, nobody is going to yell at you if your unlimited OC’s ATK stat is 20 points past the unlimited threshold. They aren’t characters you can actually roll for, so balance is a meaningless concept and we're all just here to have fun!

[neptunemagia]

I just finished the rerun of Halloween Castle of Prayer and Mourning and I’m literally crying rn.

a) Kanagi is so autistic she just wants to understand other people so bad

b) Kanamomomita is real!!!!

c) poor baby!!! she’s seen too much!!!

[xxxdoppel]

I had totally forgotten this event’s devils were the ones with the absolute worst Isabeau battle I had last year.

I can’t believe I have to go through 89 turns to defeat the hoe AGAIN cuz guess what bitch…

In a whole year, I didn’t get anything that’s any better than what I had last year.

So it’s solo Vampire Kanagi until the end bitch.

Work.

[magiamemoriareview]

Tai Faction Specialty

Obtainability: Limited to the “Battle Shamanesses of Kamihama” event gacha.

Single Effect: Evade [15%] & Chase [4%]

MLB Effect: Evade [20%] & Chase [5%]

Effect Definitions:

Evade is an effect that will let a character dodge attacks for the turn it is active. Characters with Status Ailments cannot evade, and attacks such as Chase, Counter, Magia, and Doppels also cannot be evaded. Evade does not stack and if there are two sources of it, the highest percentage will be used.

Chase causes the equipped unit to follow an ally’s attack with their own attack onto the same target. Chase will ignore evade and will hit the target with 80% of the equipped unit’s base attack.

TLDR: This memoria is Enhancement Fodder.

Review: “Tai Faction Specialty” is pretty poor. Neither effect is great and they don’t exactly synergize together especially well. 

Evade on memoria isn’t typically great for a multitude of reasons. The first is that the highest you’ll find is typically 20% (with one outlier we’ll address in a second). This means passive Evade memoria aren’t the most reliable when it comes to trying to use them defensively. You’re much better off using Defense Up or Damage Cut memoria, or alternatively Defense Down or Damage Down debuff memoria.

Another issue would be that many characters in the game have Evade as part of their passive Spirit Enhancement, and Evade does not stack. The highest source will always be used instead. Granted, most units will have at most 15% passive Evade from SE, but why waste a passive memoria slot for an additional 5%?

Part of this problem would be that the units that benefit the most from Evade probably already have it baked into their gameplay. Characters like Vampire Kanagi or Final Oriko can have 20% to 25% passive Evade just by existing, not to mention their Spirit Enhancement actives or Magia/Doppels. 

The last issue would be when you consider where exactly you will use Evade. It’s not reliable enough for PVE, and often sees usage for being tricky in Mirrors. You can equip a passive Evade memoria on units that don’t natively have passive Evade from their SE (famously such as Little Kyubey) to try and trick players into attacking a unit that will annoying survive their hits. However, the problem is that many mirrors units now have Anti-Evade (such as Ashley Taylor, Darkness Kanagi, or Anime Yachiyo) and this once-pesky trickery will now just be ignored. Even then, there are far better memoria to equip-- such as “A Fake Smile Reflected in the Mirror,” the aforementioned passive memoria with 25% Evade chance. Not only does it have higher Evade, but it also has a better secondary effect in 25% Attack Up (meaning you don’t need to sacrifice damage for your tomfoolery) and better passive stats as a four-star memoria. Additionally you can receive this memoria Max-Awakened and fully Leveled through Mirrors Ranking coins.

Next we have Chase. What is there to say about Chase? This poor effect hasn’t fared well in Magia Record. That’s not to say it’s useless... probably... But it’s definitely not going to redefine the meta on this memoria. 

There aren’t actually that many passive Chase memoria in the game, surprisingly enough:

(Limited Welfare 4*) “I Just Said I Like Feet” Chase [14%] & Damage Up [15%]

(Limited Gacha 3*) “Tai Faction Specialty” Chase [5%] & Evade [20%]

(2*) “Tension Between the East and West” Chase [5%]

If you’re really hungering for a good passive Chase chance, “I Just Said I Like Feet” is a much better option to go with.

All of this combined, you’re left with a memoria that is quite poor. It doesn’t do anything particularly special and the two effects don’t exactly synergize to make something promising either. It’s not defensive with its Evade chance and it’s not damaging with its pitiful 5% Chase chance. It’s just a really sad stat stick and you can do much better.

This memoria is Enhancement Fodder.