The 4th episode of the TV anime “Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Stor”, “It isn’t the Past” is aired from Jan. 25 (Sat). The appearance of the magical girl, Tsuruno, the rumors concerning a “Seance Shrine”, and easter eggs such as “10 times more points”, became the talk on the social media with posts such as “I’m so glad to be able to see Tsuruno in motion”, and “The 10 times more points song is growing on me”
“Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story” is based on the smartphone game app of the same title, which depicts a whole new story of the 2011 anime, “Puella Magi Madoka Magica”.
In exchange for her wish coming true, the magical girl, Tamaki Iroha, keeps on fighting on her own. However, she had forgotten what her wish was and feels lost in her fighting days… A rumor saying “The magical girls will be saved if they go to Kamihama” spreads among the magical girls. The magical girls start to gather in Kamihama. The story of Tamaki Iroha regaining her wishes begin…
In the 4th episode, “It isn’t the Past”, Iroha looks for clues of where her sister, Ui, has gone. She meets Tsuruno, the girl at the Chinese restaurant, “Banbanzai”. Tsuruno joins Iroha to look for Ui and asks Yachiyo for help, and the three girls arrive at the “Seance Shrine”.
Many reacted to the appearance of Tsuruno and the story developing from the rumors concerning a “Seance Shrine” on Twitter saying, “Tsuruno-chan is soooo cute!”, “Tsuruno-chan is even cuter in motion!”, and “It didn’t take too long to get to the seance shrine… I’m looking forward to what’s coming next.”.
There were also many easter eggs such as 50 points and 10 times more points, for those who played the original app.
With posts saying, “It was like the height of surrealism.” “Her cooking maybe 50 points, but she herself is 100 points!”, and “The 10 times more points song is from the stageplay. Awesome!”, “10 times more points” trended on Twitter.
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