Classic Masara.

^No kidding. I was halfway through London when I found out about Oniland's requirements. Now I'm in Camelot where every other fight is a boss encounter. I can read the story later, but it sure feels more like a chore than anything like this.

Well, it's out.

Shaft isn't known to disappoint, and the lily imagery is a bit too thick for it not to be yuri... Guess we'll see (though those who read the novels would know).

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Neat. I don't come empty-handed either, as Siegfried, Tamamo Cat and Andersen are already fully ascended (even if they need some embers).
Saber Diarmuid should follow suit as soon as I collect those annoying materials.

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Thanks to the combination of a certain abridged series and a certain dying server, here I am.
...I'm just gonna leave this here: 044,226,425

I recommend saving your favorite stories/animations with a Screen Recorder app before you scatter the ashes.

As for what we never got: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tWaPQ9Fbyl8

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Cute indeed.

Is that the reason for sure?

I'm positive, yes.

So I've already downloaded JP version. But it hurts not being able to understand anything anymore.

There's bound to be someone translating the JP content, even if not professionally, either on a blog or YouTube. As I recall, some people were already doing it before the NA version.
On a side note: https://magireco.nuke.moe/

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It's disheartening, especially since my phone apparently can't support the JP version... Ah well. I'm not going to swear off the franchise because of a gacha, already a guilty plasure in itself even as a F2P (y'know, time and effort).

Sooo...
I don't suppose it's possible to move an account to another server?

Edit: Yeah, I didn't think so.

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Yup, Hanna actually specifically says that she only had a little magic left

Fair enough, though that's beside the point of her witching out from critical levels of despair. In fact, it makes more sense that she'd end it instead of going the way of Sena.
Speaking of whom, yet another puella who could use having her own unit sometime in the future (given her overall importance, that doesn't seem too unreasonable).

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Being able to "achieve the level of despair" isn't mandatory to Witching out, it is important to remember that while a poor mental state will expedite the process, it can also happen naturally if you burn yourself out, simply running out of magic completely will cause it

Of course, although energy depletion wasn't addressed in Hanna's case. As for mental state, it seems to really depend on emotion, and not all emotions are identical. One can be miserable, but not necessarily despairing (cough Homura cough).
For comparison, Kagari in PMSM had to literally brainwash herself into becoming a witch, and was clearly not in the best of mental states.
That's just my take, mind you.

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The one thing I disliked about it is that Hanna kills herself for no reason. If she was going to do that, she might as well have witched out instead.

I believe Hanna was simply too insane and nihilistic to achieve the level of despair necessary to witch out. You can't really feel despair if you don't care anymore, after all. She tried to get Nanaka to kill her to satisfy her own narrative, and when she couldn't, she did it herself.

My main issue with Mokyu as a playable unit is that it goes against the thing I just described.

As I mentioned, I think it's a convenient (if roundabout) excuse to have all the Mikazuki Villa girls in one unit. I doubt the critter itself will ever receive much more attention than it already got, plotwise.
Gameplay-wise, however...

Mitama's not very subtle when it comes to playing matchmaker.

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Also screw the memes about us being magical girls now. I liked it when Mokyu did nothing and was nothing.

To be fair, Mokyu is still something of a Ui alt, given their backstory. At least, that's where I assume its element comes from. It's also thematically appropriate for an Anniversary, being central to the narrative and all. Also, I think it counts as a "Mikazuki villa" unit, since the girls do tag in in the animations... You can't just stuff all five in one spot, there's barely enough room for dual units.

That said, I don't think I'll be rolling for this one when it'll come to NA. Whatever, more time to collect gems.

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Seems like someone read Marion Zimmer Bradley.

Either way, next event announced, and it's YachIro, good luck to whoever is rolling.

Probably half the playerbase, rounded up. The timing is suspicious, since you'd expect a strong limited featuring Iroha to be released for her birthday...
Rumor has it JP and NA will get the same new unit in that date. If that turns out to be a fact, let's just hope it's not Akuma Homura.

Just how I remember it. It's a good series, yes.

it's like madoka but better

...But let's not get ahead of ourselves.

For once Momoko is the one getting spooked.

Pseudo-incest?
Also Spoilers, I suppose.

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Somewhat similar to this one.

Kamihama is close enough to Mitakihara(suggested under an hour by train), that the holy quintet could safely rely on the Doppel system as-is

I can just see Homura checking Madoka's Gem every five minutes and keeping a stash of train tickets inside her shield.

they should've worked a better rights deal ahead of time when MagiReco was being produced and only actually release them once something had been worked out

Or this might be the best compromise they could reach. Who knows how this things work, maybe they just haven't figured out yet the best way to employ the characters in the narrative.
Let's hope Kazumi Magica doesn't follow suit. At least there seem to be no issues with Suzune and Tart.

The absolute closest we get is Oriko's personal story with Oriko deciding that Kamihama is too crazy to fuck with towards the end

That doesn't change Oriko's problem though, namely the danger of Madoka turning into Gretchen. Even without further confirmation from her visions she's paranoid enough to try assassinating Madoka just to be safe. Especially considering that Magical Girls still turn into Witches outside of Kamihama (honestly, that alone would make Oriko, Kirika and a theoretical Coolmura prime candidates for the Wings of Magius, at least at first), and Madoka & co. still live in Mitakihara.