Kazumi Magica - The Innocent Malice (Spinoff manga series)
Mahou Shoujo Kazumi Magica
Spinoff started serializing in Manga Time Kirara Forward starting March 2011 issue (release on January 24, 2011). Story by Hiramatsu Masaki. Illustrated by Tensugi Takashi. Thread Guidelines
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whoa!! that's nice! XD
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Just finished the first chapter… its relation to Madoka is much weaker than I thought. But Kazumi is adorable.
http://i.imgur.com/XRMHm.jpg Spoiler for ch1 summary:
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Edit: I answered my own question. Nevermind. XD
Definitely looks and sounds interesting. |
Ummm... i don't see how Kazumi's story is supposed to be related to Madoka's :heh:
Good job btw, sirn. Do you actually live in Japan? |
It's not a mahou shoujo...
it's just... DARK THRILLER |
Am I the only one to notice that her expression is rather menacing when she disposed of the monster?
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I'm not quite sure I'm approving of that huge hat o_o but the expression of the background character on the cover seems particularly ominous :S
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Who here is willing to bet that Kazumi will make sort of appearance in the last episode of the anime or something.
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What interests me is what the inspector lady said when she started transforming... referring to the mysterious person/thing who gave her the information on Tachibana. "Not only did (s)he give me information, (s)he also gave me power enough to kill someone without leaving a single trace." Possible indication of another Kyubey-type figure? Or maybe Kyubey himself...?
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the spin off Kazumi Magicka is so-so but i'll give it a couple of chapters to judge it.. totally not comparable to Madoka Magicka manga
amnesiac moe mahou shoujo.. she looks like a witch though and no Kyubey :( |
So...that was pretty awesome. Is there such a thing as naked moe? :P lol but Kazumi was just great in general. The generally cheerful and flippant atmosphere will probably make this a fun ride regardless of content. On the other hand, Kazumi's art is kinda not very attractive when she's wearing a serious expression. Cognitive dissonance. I wonder if I won't have an issue with that as we get deeper into the manga.
Kazumi was kidnapped, has magical powers, and seems to have lost all her memories. There is the mysterious figure whom she was supposed to have been traded to; there is also the mysterious figure who gave the cop powers and a lead on the cook guy. They both seem to have been specifically targeted at Kazumi, but I can't feel yet that both mysterious figures are the same person. Kinda interesting. I will be interested to know how this manga is related at all to Madoka Magica. Thus far they even seem completely different universes. So far, it is more interesting/entertaining than the anime adaption manga though as the content is stuff we haven't seen before. |
As a fan of cross-media franchise, I am a bit miffed that this doesn't seem to have anything to do with Madoka Magica universe. The only common factor is that both try a different approach to the genre.
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After reading the first chapter, I have to say Kazumi is more interested by far compared to Madoka and her I-can't-do-nothing syndrome.
I wonder if anyone else has thought of Kyubee when Kazumi's got flash memory about corpses of herself around her. |
... btw whatever happened to this? When do chapters come out?
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I can't tell whether this is set in the distant, unspecified future of Madoka's time, or if this is in a different universe entirely.
The Puella Magi contract is exactly the same, with a silhouette of Madoka and Kyubey as reference. However, the Witch was able to be returned back to a normal human, which makes hope that Madoka was able to make a breakthrough and tweak the system. |
Perhaps this is a slightly different system , set after Madoka ? It might be that in this system , Puella Magi's go through 3 stages . Firstly , as a Puella Magi , Secondly , as a Witch , and finally assuming that they've survived long enough/somehow redeemed/ repent, returned to their human selves , with all it's implications .
Essentially , with Witch like powers , but without the draw back of insanity. In other words , immensely powerful reality warpers with their humanity intact - or as intact as their powers would allow them. Barriers created by them are extremely subtle and almost indistinguishable from reality, and within their barrier , their conscious will becomes reality. Kazumi is essentially a Puella Magi - post Madoka rewrite of the rules. Which might explain why the connection is much weaker - the whole system was amended. Alternatively , this might be a more advance system created by the Incubators , designed to ensure that Worlds last longer , and a more sustainable harvesting of souls can be effected. PM3 was essentially the prototype Alpha , this is the Beta. |
That is the question: is this series set in the same universe as Madoka's, or is this series unrelated to Madoka's plot, and the setting is merely based on Madoka's universe?
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Holy crap guys, did noone else notice yet? The black cat showed up in Kazumi Magica! My mind is currently being blown.
Anyway yeah, it seems like Kazumi Magica does have a somewhat stronger connection to Madoka Magica than we thought it had. Soul Gems exist, and witches also apparently drop something; though if that is a Grief Seed isn't really known yet. The mysterious person creating witches/handing out power I spoke about last time seems to have been revealed, and is a Puella Magi...? Or maybe she's just another mysterious character? In any case, the idea that this world is somehow related to the Madoka Magica universe makes the flashbacks Kazumi had in the first chapter much more anomalous and notable--six witches and/or mahou shoujos standing around a hexagram, Kazumi recieving her bells (Soul Gems?) from an older adult figure... It'll probably be a while before we see the answers to these mysteries. Chapter 2 made me feel less Kazumi moe than the first one, but this manga is still pretty awesome. |
Wow, this mangaka has no idea how to frame action scenes. Still, the story is interesting, especially since the differences in witches and grief seeds are probably not just stylistic changes. I was pretty indifferent about the first chapter, but the second one is quite a bit better.
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I'm really curious if the manga-ka is working off the script that Gen wrote, or is just HOPING that it connects somehow with the anime (assuming the TV series ends on a bittersweet note).
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It's a spin-off, so really he only needs to understand the fundamentals of the universe he's writing in. It doesn't have to connect to the characters of the anime at all as long as the rules for the creation of magical girls and their eventual fates remain consistent. My money is on these girls being the witches from the first half of the series, though.
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Why nobody seems to be suspecting of this girl? http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/6883/25239643.jpg |
That's the teacher
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Oh my goodness, it's German subs! lol
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In any case, I have to agree that this spin off seems to be more "Post Madoka" than prequel. So I suspect that we'll have to hope to get the Walpurgis answers elsewhere. |
Yes, let's turn the Junko Iwao character into a Magical Girl.
And then her Witch form can be Ophelia from Romeo x Juliet |
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It walked around the house.
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lol, indeed. It also seemingly disappeared off the top of Kazumi's head after she asked Umika what was for breakfast.
I am thus tentatively taking the black cat's role in both Kazumi and Madoka to simply be a red herring/mascot character, with no major plot impact. Yeah, even the revelation of that possibility was enough to blow my mind :P. |
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With the way the anime series has ended we now know why things are so different here in the Kazumi Magica Manga. :heh:
So witches aren't the same kind of witches we're used too. |
We still have some problems placing where Kazumi Magica in the greater Madoka Magica universe. Why? We still have old-school witches running around with the post-wish grief-generated monsters, that's why.
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^ plus they are hinted to be more common. And complete with grief seeds. So far, nobody mentioned "Grief demons" or such.
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