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A 5ch thread discussing Momoe Nagisa (voiced by Kana Asumi), a character from a Puella Magi Madoka Magica spinoff, was buzzing with activity. Known in the original series as a cheese-loving girl, she’s portrayed in Magia Record with a far more brazen, easygoing personality — including a side of her that looks after Mami. Thread participants traded theories on why she alone remained outside the Law of Cycles at the end of Rebellion, and debated her relationship with Mami.
What people said
VA: Kana Asumi
Once just a girl who loved cheese.
Love it.
No way… Homura-chan?!
Yeah, probably
Mami would definitely lose it if Nagisa vanished
Also, Nagisa herself doesn't seem to want to go back to the Law of Cycles anyway
I think Sayaka will go back once Madoka does
Wait, what happened to Sayaka in the end?
Glad she made a friend…
Though there was another friend of hers who vanished too — wonder what happened to her…
She's way too shameless lol
Even after finishing her Law of Cycles duties, when Madoka pressed her to hurry back and sent a pink Kyubey to keep watch on her, Nagisa just blew the thing up and cheerfully went sightseeing around Kamihama, refusing to leave — she's built different
Love that
If they ever make a sequel, I want QB and this girl to be the only ones who return
She's basically Mami's mom at this point
Nagisaaaa-mooom!!! 😍
In the anime timeline, the worst part is that Kyubey was the one she ended up depending on
In collab events and stuff, Mami turns into an absolute wreck without Nagisa around 🥺
In Magia Record too, Nagisa flinched for a second when she saw the real, living Madoka — sounds like she was a scary boss to work under
All the other kids are just tossing balls at a bear doll dressed as Madoka, and Nagisa's the only one firing pachinko balls at it with her own slingshot — I can't lol
Kana Asumi voicing a rotten, shameless character is peak casting
Turns out Mami's pretty small too, huh
Practically a preemie, gross (playful jab about her small size)
she was just genuinely enjoying being freed from her Law of Cycles duties
Selma's actually fairly popular
The orange one's fairly popular I'd say
The green one though…
Background and Key Points of This Topic
At the end of the feature film Rebellion, Momoe Nagisa is depicted as remaining outside the Law of Cycles even after Madoka departs. The “it was for Mami’s sake” theory floated in the thread is purely fan interpretation — easy to mistake for confirmed lore, but it’s never explicitly stated in the work itself. Magia Record (“Magireco”) is a smartphone spinoff in which Nagisa gets an added layer of shamelessness not present in the original: she joins the side fighting a witch outbreak even while knowing full well that her own arrival caused it. This gap between her original portrayal and her Magia Record characterization is what’s driving the thread’s enthusiasm. Also, as noted in the thread, “Red Nagisa” is a separate character who appears in Magia Record, distinct from the Momoe Nagisa of the main series.
※This article excerpts and summarizes the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyō G board) thread “‘Momoe Nagisa’ — the character who outshined everyone in the new Madoka Magica spinoff wwwwwwwwwwzwww.”
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