A personal op-ed that discusses life in the uncertain times of COVID-19, and how one individual is able to find hope and cameraderie within Magia Record.
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Magia Record – 25 (Fin) – A Record No One Knows
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Magia Record – 19 – Not a Bad Fate
While Kuroe struggles with trying to keep her Doppel under control so she can get back to Iroha, Yachiyo encounters Madoka, Sayaka, and Akemi…and it’s just an extremely…
Magia Record – 09 [A World With Just Me]
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Magia Record – 15 – Sakura Forever
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Anime To Watch While We’re All Stuck at Home
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Magia Record | Needle in the Air
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Magia Record – 20 – Giving Their Best
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Magia Record Episode 20: Uwaguca Crisis
The co-captains of Team Iroha and Team Meduka teamed up to free their brainwashed comrades. Easier said than done.
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Madoka Side Story Magia Record, Episode 7: A House Divided
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(REVIEW) Reckoning with MAGIA RECORD: DAWN OF A SHALLOW DREAM
Last night a magical girl saved my life.
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Stuck in a Time Loop: When All Else Fails, Be a Villainess, Vol. 2
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Magia Record – 23 – Sticking to the Plan
Outside, Yachiyo, Mifuyu, and the other girls are confronted by the Amane twins and Magius acolytes, and it looks like a magical girl-on-magical girl battle is about to…
Magia Record – 18 – The Future They Chose
Not content to sleep beside Kaede’s isolation bubble, Iroha sneaks out to meet with Nemu, not wanting to further burden the others with her problems. Once more, it’s…
Magia Record – 13 (Fin) – Disbanding the Team
Yeesh…that was rough. Even though I felt my expectations for a Puella Magi Madoka Magica “side story” were sufficiently tempered, I wasn’t prepared for an ending this awkward…
Magia Record – 04 [This Isn’t the Past]
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Magia Record 2 – It’s Proof of the End of a Friendship
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Higurashi: When They Cry – Gou – 11 – Tearing Fate Apart
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Magia Record: Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica Gaiden – 04,05
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Magia Record Episode 4 – “This Isn’t The Past”
The last episode saw Kaede’s safe return after she was captured by the Chain Witch, and Iroha and her new allies have effectively solved the mystery of the…
Magia Record – 17 – Back Into the Lions Den
In a usual cour, there’d be time and space for a cooling off episode, but with only eight episodes to work with, this lean, mean second season of Magia…
Magia Record Episode 14: New Timeline, Similar Meguca
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Magia Record: Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica Gaiden S2
After the unimpressive and lukewarm Assault Lily: Bouquet (at least from my point of view), I guess SHAFT returned and continued to animate Magia Record: Mahou Shoujo Madoka…
Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story
Remember how triangles can be similar or congruent? Anime side stories should be neither, in my opinion, but closer to the former if anything. Magia Record is far…
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I’ve been thinking a lot about fanworks lately. More specifically, I’ve been thinking a lot about fanfiction and how frequently it’s written off or denigrated publicly, but this…
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「友達にしてごめんね」 (Tomodachi ni Shite Gomen ne) "Sorry For Making You My Friend" Rumours, if repeated enough, become truth.
Magia Record: Mahou Shoujo Madoka☆Magica Gaiden Review
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When in Japan, Avoid the Bar Barkers at All Costs
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