My Roundup With You

Hello fellow Megucas! Welcome to Grief Seeds: your weekly update on all things Magia Record! There are no signs of slowing down as this week brings our first story event, a new banner, and a whole Anime Expo panel to discuss. As time crawls forward, I find myself waiting for the other shoe to drop, but it seems the turbulent launch period has subsided. It feels like not a day has gone by without something new in Magia Record to talk about, and if content were to keep up at this pace I would have to think about writing this series bi-weekly! Is this just the honeymoon phase we have experienced all too often in the genre, or can Aniplex keep this momentum? There is little time to spare, as Ren is eagerly awaiting us, so let’s get started.

Kamihama Public Service Announcements

For the first time, this week there has been no need for apology stones! No bug fixes to speak of is a good sign, and lately, in my personal experience, I have had no issues with the client. There is however another source of “free” Magia Stones for players this week in the form of the Anime Expo Campaign! Players can find 100 Magia Stones in the support shop available for purchase for a total of 500 Friend Points! These stones will only be available until Friday, July 12th, so make sure you don’t miss out!

Surprises From Anime Expo

Mentioned in last week’s Grief Seeds, this past weekend Los Angeles, California was home to the immensely popular Anime Expo. At the show, Aniplex hosted a Magia Record panel to discuss the release of the English server, and with it we got some rather interesting pieces of information.

The Magia Record anime adaptation is still coming in 2019, a new PV was released, and depicts a character that is new to the anime adaptation.

Ranking Mirrors are coming soon, no firm dates were given, but we can probably expect to hear something in the next few weeks.

Aniplex Producer, Yusuke Toyama teased that an EN server exclusive Magical Girl may be in the works, further cementing the idea that they will not be following the JP server beat for beat.

Even just a few weeks after launch, Aniplex seems to have real faith in the future of the EN server, not treating it as an after thought to its Japanese predecessor if English exclusive content is something we can expect in the future.

Ongoing Events

This week finally marks the start of our first story event, but before we lend Ren a helping hand, let’s take a look at events and campaigns ending this week.

The Release Celebration event is coming to a close. Login rewards have ended as of Tuesday, July 9th, and the Release Celebration shop will be closing this Thursday, the 11th, at reset.

Mitama’s Special Training: Kyoko also has its shop closing soon after the completion of the event late last week. Kyoko’s shop will remain open until this Friday, the 12th, so make sure to spend any remaining Kyoko Potions you have in your inventory.

My Diary With You

Starting Tuesday, July 9th, and running until Thursday, July 18th, Magia Record EN’s first story event: My Diary With You!

This event stars a new Magical Girl, Ren as she struggles with making new friends and the emotional toll that becoming close with someone brings. This type of event is referred to as a “Tower” event in the community, simply because the player is required to complete each level to unlock the next, with each stage increasing in difficulty.

This event is also the introduction of an alternative AP system! During the duration of the event, completing any quest that is regularly available in the game will provide an event specific item drop, in this case “Colored Pencils.” These Colored Pencils are used in varying amounts to play the event’s quests instead of AP! By completing these event quests a second event specific item will drop, in this case “Notebooks.” These Notebooks can then by used as a currency to exchange in the event shop, much like how Potions were used in the previous Mitama Special Training events.

The My Diary With You shop is stockpiled with an abundance of desirable items, and will likely take a considerable amount of play to redeem everything you want. I recommend first purchasing at least 4 copies of the 4-star event memoria, “Awake, but the Dream Continues.” When equipped, these memoria will provide an additional 2 Colored Pencils, from any quest that rewards them, for each copy of the memoria, so it is highly recommended to have at least one copy equipped on all 4 Magical Girls in your party. If this memoria is fully ascended, it will provide an additional 3 Colored Pencil drops instead of 2, so extra copies can be purchased at the player’s discretion. Beyond that, Fate Weave Tickets and Rainbow Orbs should be prioritized, but there is plenty of other useful items available here.

My Diary With You is also home to a gauntlet of Challenge Quests. A set of event missions are available that reward 20 Magia Stones for each Challenge Quest completed, so it is recommended to complete as many as you can.

Fate Weave

Along with the arrival of our first major event comes a new Magical Girl, Ren!

Cute and timid, Ren is a Dark element Magical Girl, with high offensive capabilities. Unfortunately, she sports below average defensive stats, making her somewhat of a glass canon. Her Connect is a strong offensive buff, if she is alive long enough to access it, and her Magia, although single target, deals massive damage if Ren is at low HP. Ren is a reasonably strong competitor in PVP, especially with so many Madokas running around, and she especially shines in PVE quests with Light element enemies.

With her medium length hair covering one eye, and the familiar sound of her name she reminds me of someone… who? It’s probably nothing. Maybe a maid outfit would suit her…

Mokyu~!

My excitement for Magia Record’s EN release only continues to build. With a brand new event to dive into, and thoughts of exclusive Magical Girls fueling me, I eagerly await whatever comes next, but for now… That’s all your Grief Seeds for the week! Remember to keep those Soul Gems clean!

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All photos in this article were taken directly from Magia Record on my own personal device and account.