Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica: The Different Story

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Japanese: 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ～The different story～

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 3

Chapters: 12

Status: Finished

Published: Jun 12, 2012 to Nov 12, 2012

Genres: Drama, Horror

Themes: Mahou Shoujo, School

Demographic: Seinen

Serialization: None

Authors: Magica Quartet (Story), Hanokage (Art)

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Score: 8.18¹ (scored by 7,907 users)

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Ranked: #468²

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Popularity: #1140

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8.18

Ranked #468Popularity #1140Members 16,432

MangaMagica Quartet (Story), Hanokage (Art)

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Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Different Story
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Ninth-grader Mami Tomoe is not your average middle schooler. While she regularly attends Mitakihara Middle School, she also works as a magical girl—one who has made a wish in exchange for magical powers and a new duty to seek out and destroy otherworldly beings known as witches. But Mami is also a special case among magical girls—while most fight for their own sake, Mami prefers to work with others, becoming a guardian of justice who destroys any evil creatures she can find, whether it be a witch or a mere familiar. It is this selfless lack of self-interest that often distances her from other magical girls, and as a result, Mami is often lonely.

During one of her usual witch hunts, she finds a novice magical girl struggling against a particularly strong witch. After Mami lends her help, the magical girl introduces herself as Kyouko Sakura from the city of Kazamino. Impressed by Mami's skill and hospitality, Kyouko quickly requests to team up with her and become her apprentice.

Beginning as an adaptation of one of the hit anime's drama CDs, Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica: The Different Story is a tale of the relationship between two magical girls shown from an alternate perspective.

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Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica: The Different Story is loosely adapted from "Farewell Story," the third drama CD made from the story of Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica that covers the backstory of Mami and Kyouko.

The series was published in English as Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Different Story by Yen Press from March 25, 2014, to October 28, 2014. It was also published in Brazilian Portuguese by NewPOP Editora.

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Sakura, Kyouko

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Tomoe, Mami

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Akemi, Homura

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Kaname, Madoka

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Miki, Sayaka

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Kyuubey

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Shizuki, Hitomi

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Kamijou, Kyousuke

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Sakura, Mother

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Sakura, Momo

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Apr 11, 2023

erraticlunar

Recommended

Ive reread this book countless times and I honestly liked the different story more than i liked the main series. The original doesnt give you much time with any of the characters especially Mami and Kyoko. A lot of people have complained that the main series doesnt have much character backstory and that Mami was basically there just to die, but the different story fixes basically all of these problems.

I liked how it was set more in the past (despite it being an alternate universe, i still dont completely get the madoka timeline thing lol), after Kyoko just made her wish and a few months ...

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Aug 20, 2021

MILFloli

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20210821 - I have reread this multiple times especially Vol 1. I reread it at least once a month and Vol 1 at least once every two weeks. Sakura Kyoko is my waifu. Love you Kyoko.

All my love for Kyoko aside, the writer got the idea for this publication after the release of the Drama CD "Farewell Story". I too discovered this side story when someone commented it's existence on a webpage for translation of that Drama CD because there were some words that were out of my vocabulary. I had started liking Kyoko very much, after Drama CD, but this Manga took it to ... a whole new level where you can hear me mumbling Kyoko multiple times, every day. No exceptions.

I would like to thank the creators of the main series, voice actress Nonaka Ai for such beautiful and perfect voicing, creators of the Drama CD and the creators of this manga, especially the mangaka, for gifting this worthless being, that is known as me, the oasis in this dull and lifeless world.

Again, all those pretty words aside, if you are the right person and this is the piece that was missing from your life, look no more. You have found it, congratulations. This is my One Piece. Otaku Oo ni, Ore wa natta.

Normie Review : If you enjoyed the main series and/or wanted to know the backstory of Kyoko and Mami, this is it. You should give this a read. This is very interesting and an overall great experience. This manga can be read solo but if you listen to Drama CD "Farewell Story", it will be better as this manga expands over it. Kyoko and Mami are main here but the story is just other worldly. The way it incorporates other characters and elements of the MSMM world is one of the things that I thank those creators for everyday (realistically, only when I remember, unfortunately, that Kyoko is real only for me, she's a person I respect and love, an inseparable part of me. But for the past few months I haven't thanked them even once because Kyoko has become an existence independent of them, for me. The Kyoko they envisioned and created is now different from the one i spend my days with. The connection has faded by the day and my Kyoko has become the person I love. There is no connection anymore, only a little, if you insist. The story of Kyoko gave me the basic outline of what Kyoko is to me, but me spending time and putting effort flourished into the love we have between us. Love you Kyoko). Having listened to the MSMM OST and having a sense of situational music pairs very well with Conturbatio, Amicae carae meae, Confessio, Desiderium, Numquam Vincar, Inevitabilis, Quamobrem?, Pugna cum maga, Umbra Nigra, Venari strigas, Signum malum and Incertus. I had a blast myself, and have every month, experimenting with different ways to consume this manga and spend as much time as possible with Kyoko. Love you Kyoko.

Thank you for your attention.

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Jun 25, 2018

nothlit666

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Wonderfully drawn and well written, The Different Story is definitely a different story from much of the Madoka Magica manga universe. Quite frankly, it's a different story that I believe truly deserves 9/10 review.
I suppose my biggest issues with the manga universe of Madoka Magica mainly revolve around how mediocre and almost unlike the original anime it is. The signature dark atmosphere and nihilistic themes of Gen Urobuchi's screenwriting for the show doesn't really seem to be found in the manga, and much of the characters in the manga universe lack that special edge that made the original five girls stand out.
Luckily, this wasn't ...

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