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Puella Historia Reviews Part 2

Part 1 here

Gunhild

Turns out her hair is just as if not stupider than her sister's, you just can't see it well from here, but I think I still almost like her more because her skirt is comparatively better cinched. To be honest I almost respect her stupid bikini. Obviously she shouldn't be wearing it, but if she was some form acrobat instead of a valkyrie it would be kinda cool. Same with the goldchains on her gauntlet, imo it would be better if the chains where connected by rings to the fingers, but it's at least a neat detail to have. Still not into how bare her other arm is, though. As for her wolf pelt... well, let's just say Laios Dungeonmeshi raised my standards (don't look that up, it's spoilers). But no, seriously, it makes no sense how it attaches to her body, did she cut the tail to stick it under her skirt deliberately???? What is going on there. I will say however that I like her horns and the angelic vs demonic dichotomy that she and her sister have, I just think it would be even better if she was wearing a classic horned helmet instead. Apparently they are not historically accurate, but they would pair well with Olga's Valkyrie fashion.

Heruka

I'm gonna be honest with y'all, I don't feel qualified to assess her. I will say that she looks waaaayyy too detailed and charged for my personal taste, but none of it feels superfluous, she's balanced and excessive detail aside her outfit is well-constructed. But the truth is I know nothing about Nepal nor its cultures, so I can't tell where does this fall on the scale between something accurate but repackaged into a magical girl shape, or a complete bastardization that's flattening a lot of diversity into a commodified package.

Toyo

By contrast, I have a better (if not particularly deep) understanding of Toyo's culture, so even if she's also too charged for my taste I can tell her adornments are reasonably historically appropriate, so I feel comfortable giving her a pass. There truly is no need for everything to be miku sleeves, though.

Amaryllis

Ooooooooh my fffffffffuuuucking goooooood you people I PROMISE that you can make variations on french maid costumes WITHOUT adding pointless crap and impractical sleeves everywhere. Seriously, there's at least three, three! magical girls in this game with this aesthetic and she almost looks exactly the same as Mikoto!!! Which she shouldn't because amongst many other reasons SHE IS A SERVANT IN ANCIENT FUCKING ROME. ANCIENT ROME HAD ITS OWN COUTURE YOU PRICK, I KNOW YOU KNOW THAT BECAUSE I SAW HER OTHER SPRITES IN THE WIKI AND YOU DREW HER IN SOMETHING THAT AT LEAST RESEMBLES HISTORICAL ACCURACY. YOU WANT TO MAKE A FRENCH MAID FOR THE HISTORICAL LINE THEN MAKE HER AN ACTUAL FRENCH MAID IN THE 19TH CENTURY, ASSHOLE, WHAT'S THIS FUCKING PAST REINCARNATION/DOUBLE LIFE PLOT THAT SEEMS TAKEN STRAIGHT OUT OF THE SHITTY MANWHAS I READ????

Ok, rage aside, I will grant her that she's at least mildly better constructed than Mikoto, at least in what it pertains to her skirt and torso. She's overly-layered, but at least there something resembling logic behind those, her hairstyle and laces sandals are ok, and her gold embroidery at least tries to recall the time period she's supposed to represent. But her sleeves are still awful, she has laces and a bow in between other laces and a bow and I hat how her veil just... sticks out on her lower left side like that, it drives me nuts how it unbalances the silhouette.

And with that... this is the last review I made before the game closes. I know I get mad at it often, but I am thankful for the community it has allowed me to be part of. Rest in Peace, Magia Record 🫡🫡🫡

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toyo

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Chibi sketches I've made for Magia Union Translations for their & MagiReco's anniversary, 2023 and 2022! I'm deeply appreciative of all their hard work translating the game and I'm really happy that MagiReco has been alive for this long.

While I still need to catch up on the stories, I really feel like Puella Historia as a whole is one of my favorite story arcs in the whole game, and I'm stoked that we got Historia Yachiyo!

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Puella Historia knew its assignment: readers should cry at least once per episode.

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Round 2, Match 3

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Toyo's magical girl outfit

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ROUND 2, Part 8

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Homescreen girl of the day is... Toyo!

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Here are the quest victory quotes for Toyo! I took the screenshots myself this time.

Top: The people are okay, right? Middle: No matter how many times, victory’s a great feeling! Bottom: I hope the rice fields aren’t falling to ruin...

As always, friendly disclaimer that my Japanese isn’t the best, as I’m still learning. If you spot a mistake, please let me know, and I’ll fix it!

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toyo has a dog, right? could maybe be a seizure response dog in some modern universe...

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Mother's Shadow Shines at Summer's Start

Obtainability: Limited to completing “The Family Heir of Yamataikoku” event.

Single Effect: Guardian [20%] & Attack Up When At Critical Health [25%] & Defense Up When At Critical Health [40%]

Effect Definitions:

Guardian will cause the equipped character to take an attack in place of an Ally, meaning that the character will physically move to block said attack. The equipped character and the protected Ally will both gain MP from being attacked. Has no effect if both the user and the ally are hit by the same Blast disc.

Attack Up While at Critical Health will give the equipped unit additional Attack Up once that character is at critical health (when the character is under 20% health). This effect stacks separately from regular Attack Up.

Defense Up at Critical Health will provide even more defense when a unit is at or under 20% of their health.

TLDR: This memoria is a slightly offensive tank memoria but it’s held back by its lack of defensives. It’s not actually useful for Critical Health fight-type units either, despite what one might think. You should still keep it in the Memoria Vault Jail on the offchance it becomes useful for a gimmicky fight in the future.

Review: “Mother's Shadow Shines at Summer's Start” is a slightly offensive version of a passive Guardian memoria. Note that it doesn’t offer much defensive capability unless the equipped unit reaches critical health, but also keep in mind that the unit needs to survive to reach critical health for that defensive buff to be of use.

Overall, the following Guardian memoria that provide defensive effects may be more beneficial to you overall:

(Limited 4*) “Transparent Feelings Reflected in the Mirror” Guardian [30%] & Damage Cut [15%] & Defense Up [30%]

(4*) “Mother's Shadow Shines at Summer's Start” Guardian [20%] & Attack Up When At Critical Health [25%] & Defense Up When At Critical Health [40%]

(Limited 4*) “The Decisive Battle of the Clear Stream” Guardian [20%] & Damage Cut [15%]  

(4*) “The Sunlight That Shines Into the Complex” Guardian [20%] & Defense Up [30%]

(Limited 4*) “Natsu and Suzuka: Painful Break” Guardian [20%] & Damage Cut [15%]

(Limited 4*) “The Stories (Rumors) Also Know” Guardian [20%] & Regenerate HP [3%]

However, given that a number of these are event limiteds, it’s possible that the average player may not have them, in which case “Mother's Shadow Shines at Summer's Start” is useful at the very least for providing an easy source of passive Guardian. Additionally, Guardian as an effect will stack, so equipping two passive sources of it will increase the chances of your equipped unit protecting the rest of your team.

While the Defense Up provided at Critical Health is a hefty 40%, you should keep in mind that it’s also possible for this memoria to kill the equipped unit if their health is low enough. If the unit reaches a dangerously low HP, you won’t be able to stop them from activating Guardian. This might still be worth equipping though if you’re trying to protect more fragile members of your team.

The last thing to discuss would be separate from the Guardian effect, and to focus solely on its Attack Up at Critical Health effect. Several characters in the game, such as Darkness Kanagi or Yuna Kureha, gain increased damage when at critical health thanks to their Spirit Enhancement; this is in addition to their spirit enhancement actives that let them reach critical health easily. 

However, this isn’t actually a good idea. Both characters come with quite a bit of already high Attack Up at Critical Health baked into their Spirit Enhancements and respective personal memoria. Let’s look at Yuna Kureha for an example here:

Her Spirit Enhancement Active gives her a hefty 60% Attack Up at Critical Health when used-- combine this with her personal memoria which gives her “Attack Up When At Critical Health [40%]” and you’ve already hit the cap at 100%. “Mother's Shadow Shines at Summer's Start” isn’t overkill, it’s unnecessary and won’t actually contribute anything! 

Note that Attack Up and Attack Up at Critical Health will count separately, so if you really want to increase your Critical HP fighters, you’re better off using regular Attack Up memoria instead (or Damage Increase/Damage Up).

The overall verdict? This lil memo is best used as a Guardian backup. It has some neat possibilities but ultimately its lack of defensives kneecap it a bit when it comes to being useful for tanks, and it’s unnecessary for Critical Health fighters. You should keep it though as the game goes through changes on occasion and it’s possible it’ll be useful for gimmicky battles in the future.

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Here is the card art for Toyo!

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Toyo's casual outfit