Roses are Red, Azaleas Are White

Hello, fellow Megucas! Welcome to Grief Seeds: your weekly update on all things Magia Record! This week’s And So, The Azaleas Bloom reaches it’s thrilling conclusion! Alas, that would’ve never been enough for a full week of Magia Record EN; Another Story Chapter 4 has also been released! Our non-stop pace shows no signs of slowing, and we can infer from a recently published interview from the brilliant folks at GamePress that this is planned to continue. There’s little time to spare, we have flowers to pick!

Kamihama Public Service Announcements

Similar to the unnecessary, but welcomed apology Magia Stones last week, this Tuesday all players have been given 150 Magia Stones! It seems several skill descriptions were incorrect in-game, and thus have been adjusted, and these Magia Stones were given as compensation. Even the slightest mistakes have been met with generous gifts to the player-base, I can only imagine what we will receive were something to seriously go wrong.

As mentioned in last week’s Grief Seeds, this Thursday will see the monthly reset of the Magia Stones, Mirror Coins, and Support Points shops. It is highly recommended to purchase both Fate Weave Ticket Sets from the Magia Stone shop, as well as the 10 Fate Weave Tickets from the Mirror Coins shop if you have not done so already before the reset.

The limited-time Clear Summer Colors Memoria will not be affected by the reset and will remain in the Mirror Coins shop until Tuesday, August 6th.

Ongoing Events

For possibly the first time since launch, we have no events ending this week. The anticipated finale of And So, The Azaleas Bloom has begun, however, Part 1 and the Part 1 shop will remain available for the remainder of the event.

Part 2 functions exactly as the first part did, with 25 new quests to complete! Through completing these new quests, and achieving all available endings players will be able to earn 120 Magia Stones! The only difference being Part 2 quests will drop White Azaleas, opposed to the Red Azaleas from last week. These White Azaleas can be redeemed in the Part 2 shop for a new selection of items. The Part 2 shop will allow players to buy Ayame’s remaining 10 Destiny Gems, 2 Fate Weave Tickets, 2 Rainbow Orbs and a slew of awakening materials. I failed to mention last week that one of these awakening materials, Tricolor Marbles, are event exclusive, so make sure you purchase all 10 from both shops!

Additionally made available this week is Another Story Chapter 4, staring prominent Fang Gang leader Kyoko Sakura! This should be on the back burner for most players as they make their way through the Azaleas event, but more content is always a good thing!

Fate Weave

There are no new Fate Weave banners this week as the And So, The Azaleas Bloom Fate Weave is still running until Tuesday, August 6th.

Though mentioned in last week’s Fate Weave breakdown, it is important to note for players who may not be aware that this banner features what is considered one of the best Memoria in the game I Made Friends. Widely regarded as one of the strongest passive Memoria ever released, I Made Friends provides Attack Up III (15%), and Chance To Critical Hit III (20%), both further enhanced once fully ascended. This Memoria is so powerful that many players opt to roll on this banner solely for it. If you don’t plan to spend any Magia Stones on this banner, it is highly recommended that you spend any Support Points in excess of 2000 on the Support Point Fate Weave in order to hopefully pull I Made Friends while the Memoria Pool is still small.

Mokyu~!

Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end. Our first branching story event And So, The Azaleas Bloom heads towards it’s conclusion, and hopefully you all enjoyed it! Though we must say our tearful goodbyes to Ayame, Konoha, and Hazuki’s debut, next week is sure to be an interesting one. If the JP event scheduled is to be followed, our next event would be the Halloween seasonal event. It is still unclear whether we will be experiencing holiday events out of season, or if they will be held until the appropriate time. Learning next week’s schedule will drastically affect how players prepare for the future, but until then… 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.