MagiReco - Character Side Story - Tatsuki Asuka

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Part 1: Beyond Forgetfulness

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Tatsuki Asuka: Haa! Haa! Haa!

Tatsuki Asuka: Haaaa!

Tatsuki Asuka: ...Fuuu...

Minagi Sasara: Well?

Tatsuki Asuka: ...Not good enough! Again!

Tatsuki Asuka: Haa! Haa! Haa!

Tatsuki Asuka: Haaaa!

Tatsuki Asuka: ...Fuuu...

Minagi Sasara: And now?

Tatsuki Asuka: Uuuu~... Still not good enough! I have to keep trying!

Minagi Sasara: ...Understood.

Tatsuki Asuka: Haa! Haa! Haa!

Felicia: Oooh, the Naginata swing! That's what she's doing!

Felicia: That's some fighting spirit! You're trying to become strong... like me!

Minagi Sasara: No, no. That's not what she's doing.

Felicia: ? So what is she doing then?

Minagi Sasara: There's this magical girl called Tokiwa Nanaka...

Felicia: Tokiwa Nanaka...! I know her! It's that stuck-up chick!

Minagi Sasara: ...Did something happen? Between you and her...?

Felicia: *sulky face*~!

Minagi Sasara: O-Ok, whatever... Uh, I'll continue...

Minagi Sasara: So it seems Asuka had a chat with this Nanaka girl.

Minagi Sasara: And apparently she learned some valuable information at the time...

Felicia: Valuable information?! What's that about?!

Minagi Sasara: Well...

Minagi Sasara: ...Asuka doesn't actually remember.

Felicia: ...

Felicia: Whaa~? Err, are you for real?!

Felicia: Hey, Asuka! Is it true that you don't remember?

Tatsuki Asuka: Haa! Haa! Haa!

Minagi Sasara: It's the truth.

Minagi Sasara: And now... she's training to try to remember! ...Or so she says...

Tatsuki Asuka: Haa... Haa... Haa...

Felicia: That's why you're swinging that thing around?!

Tatsuki Asuka: Haau... Haau... Haau...

Minagi Sasara: Yep, that's why.

Felicia: ...Naahahahah! What's with that!

Tatsuki Asuka: Hauuuu... Hauuuu...

Minagi Sasara: ...Hey, remember anything yet?

Tatsuki Asuka: Oh... Oh...

Felicia: Oh! Oh!

Tatsuki Asuka: ...I still can't remembeeeer!!

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Minagi Sasara: So you've really forgotten all about it?

Tatsuki Asuka: ...Yes...

Minagi Sasara: That's a problem... It might have been really important information...

Tatsuki Asuka: I have lost my dignity...

Felicia: What's with that. You seriously don't remember anything?

Tatsuki Asuka: ...Yeeees.

Tatsuki Asuka: Okay... try to reach slowly into your memories...

Minagi Sasara: Slowly? Y-Yes... Slowly... Slowly...

Tatsuki Asuka: ...

Tatsuki Asuka: Ah!

Felicia: Oh, you remembered?!

Tatsuki Asuka: I-I managed to remember a small fragment...!

Minagi Sasara: Great! Tell us about it!

Tatsuki Asuka: Okay... I remembered that she talked about a witch!

Felicia: It was about a witch?!

Felicia: Hey hey hey! I wanna know every single detail!

Felicia: Come on, what do you know about that!

Minagi Sasara: Whoa, hold it! Calm down a bit!

Tatsuki Asuka: ...Waa!

Minagi Sasara: Eh? What just happened?

Tatsuki Asuka: I was wrong...

Tatsuki Asuka: I think she talked about Kamihama city...?

Felicia: What's up with that!

Minagi Sasara: So what did she say exactly...?

Tatsuki Asuka: ...Waa!

Minagi Sasara: Hm? Again?!

Tatsuki Asuka: I think she said something about a new magical girl...?

Felicia: Jeeez! Just tell us what she actually said!

Minagi Sasara: Seriously! What was the conversation about, Asuka?!

Tatsuki Asuka: T-To sum it up...

Tatsuki Asuka: *without hesitation* I cannot remember! Failed! I have failed!

Felicia: ...*sigh*~ What was the point of this...

Tatsuki Asuka: Kuuuu~... I-I will now self-flagellate!

Minagi Sasara: Jeez! Stop trying to hurt yourself!

Minagi Sasara: Don't hurt yourself, okay? No hurting yourself, okaaay?

Tatsuki Asuka: ...Uuuuu... Okaaay...

Felicia: ...So, what do we do now?

Minagi Sasara: It can't be helped... Let's keep trying different methods...!

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Minagi Sasara: ...Since it seems that Asuka can't remember...

Minagi Sasara: I'd like to try another method to regain your memories!

Tatsuki Asuka: A-Another... method? ...What is that?

Felicia: What is it! Is it some sort of experiment?

Minagi Sasara: Hmmmmm... Something like that.

Felicia: That sounds interesting! I wanna help!

Tatsuki Asuka: Please don't say it's interesting! I truly want to remember...!

Minagi Sasara: Hmmm, so I checked out some stuff on the internet...

Minagi Sasara: Methods that could prove effective in recovering your memories... and...

Felicia: And, and?

Minagi Sasara: Ahhh, it seems that doing physical activities could help.

Tatsuki Asuka: I knew it! My way of doing it wasn't wrong...

Minagi Sasara: But swinging the Naginata is not what you should be doing.

Tatsuki Asuka: ...Is that so.

Felicia: So what kind of activities should she be doing?

Minagi Sasara: Swimming, running and... yoga!

Tatsuki Asuka: Yoga!

Felicia: Okaaay! I'll be your coach! Let's start with the swimming!

Tatsuki Asuka: Eh! Eh! I've gotta swim?! Ehhhhh!

Tatsuki Asuka: *wheeze*... *wheeze*... *wheeze*...

Felicia: Asuka! ...How are you doing?

Tatsuki Asuka: *wheeze*... *wheeze*... *wheeze*...

Tatsuki Asuka: ...I still can't remember...

Felicia: Hmmmm, this isn't working...

Minagi Sasara: Hey, hey, listen, it seems that eating food can also jog your memory!

Tatsuki Asuka: F-Food...?

Felicia: Hm, like what?

Minagi Sasara: Like soy!

Tatsuki Asuka: ...S-Soy... *wheeze*...

Tatsuki Asuka: Just a little longer... and it'll come back to me... I'll have some food... and remember...

Felicia: What are you gonna have?

Tatsuki Asuka: ...Soy milk, I guess...

Minagi Sasara: Ah, you'll remember with some soy, right?! Sounds delicious!

Tatsuki Asuka: ...

Tatsuki Asuka: (I-I think these two are just having fun with me...!)

Tatsuki Asuka: And so began the countless experiments to regain my memories...

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Even though they tried all kinds of methods... Asuka did not regain her memories...

Tatsuki Asuka: M-My apologies! My head feels all jumbled up...!

Minagi Sasara: Ehh, but I went to the trouble of buying this! The "Puzzle Collection to Train your Brain" book!

Tatsuki Asuka: I-I'm... not very good at those...

Felicia: Well? Do you remember anything now?

Tatsuki Asuka: ...

Tatsuki Asuka: No, I can't remember! Kuuuuuuuu! I'm self-flagellating right now!

Minagi Sasara: Hurting yourself is forbidden!

Tatsuki Asuka: ...Y-Yes...

Minagi Sasara: ...*sigh*~

Minagi Sasara: ...Jeez, why don't you just ask Nanaka-san about it?

Tatsuki Asuka: I-I can't do that!

Felicia: Hmmm, ah, you also can't stand the sight of her!

Tatsuki Asuka: ...No, it's because...

Minagi Sasara: ...Because what.

Tatsuki Asuka: ...I would have to apologize! And ask her to repeat what I should have heard...!

Tatsuki Asuka: It would be an act of shame!

Felicia: ...An act of shame?

Minagi Sasara: No, you're blowing this way out of proportion...

Tatsuki Asuka: No! It's true! It's really true!

Minagi Sasara: ...*sigh*, here we go again... Always so straightforward...

Minagi Sasara: Oh! You don't back down when you're like this...

Felicia: Ah, so she gets like this...

Minagi Sasara: Like that "wish" she made when she became a magical girl...

Tatsuki Asuka: D-Don't! Wait, please! You can't tell that story...!

Minagi Sasara: Oh, come on, it's fine! Alright, so...

Tatsuki Asuka: I-I get it! I'll tell her myself!

Felicia: Hm, what? You want to tell me yourself?

Tatsuki Asuka: Wrong!

Tatsuki Asuka: But before she says anything weird, I will explain it myself!

Tatsuki Asuka: ...Ahem... So...

Tatsuki Asuka: This happened around two years ago...

Tatsuki Asuka: Uuuu... It's obvious that Minagi-san is teasing me!

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Part 2: Extreme Regrets

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Tatsuki Asuka: First of all, I should say that...

Tatsuki Asuka: I am the daughter of a family that runs a swordsmanship dojo in Mizuna called "Ryuushinryu".

Felicia: Yep, I heard you're the daughter of a distinguished family!

Tatsuki Asuka: ...I will continue.

Tatsuki Asuka: My older cousin came to the dojo...

Tatsuki Asuka: So my esteemed cousin will take the recruitment test after graduation...?

Asuka's Cousin: ...I'm always telling you not to call me like that...

Tatsuki Asuka: You cannot be saying that! It's proper etiquette even if we're close!

Asuka's Cousin: Shouldn't I be calling you "Asuka-dono", then?

Tatsuki Asuka: You're my older cousin! It's natural for *me* to show respect!

Tatsuki Asuka: And you're also my senior in the dojo! I don't mind if you don't use honorifics!

Asuka's Cousin: ...I can't get used to it after all these years...

Tatsuki Asuka: And now you're about to take the test! That's so good!

Tatsuki Asuka: At long last... my esteemed cousin will become a policeman!

Asuka's Cousin: No, not yet, and I don't know if I'll even pass the test...

Tatsuki Asuka: No! You will pass!

Tatsuki Asuka: If my esteemed cousin's swordsmanship skills are any indication, you'll be a force to be reckoned with in the police!

Asuka's Cousin: I don't think my swordsmanship skills will be of much use...

Tatsuki Asuka: Noo! That's not true!

Tatsuki Asuka: All things are important! Everything we do is connected!

Asuka's Cousin: ...Heheh... Thanks, I'm glad to have your support.

Tatsuki Asuka: I know my esteemed cousin is a rising star! ...I hope your dreams come true!

Asuka's Cousin: ...Yes!

Tatsuki Asuka: ...And so my esteemed cousin chased after his dreams.

Felicia: Ehh, Asuka's cousin is strong! Why is that?

Tatsuki Asuka: I'm getting there! You see, in the history of the Ryuu clan...

Minagi Sasara: Whoa, hold on! Stay on track!

Tatsuki Asuka: ...My apologies...

Tatsuki Asuka: ...It was around this time that our family had to face a big problem...

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Tatsuki Asuka: A big problem arose in our family.

Tatsuki Asuka: What! My esteemed uncle!

Asuka's Cousin: Yes... Seems like it...

Tatsuki Asuka: Is that so...

Tatsuki Asuka: I never expected that he would run in the mayoral elections...!

Asuka's Cousin: It appears they asked him to run for the position...

Tatsuki Asuka: At last we've risen! This is a serious matter!

Asuka's Cousin: It's just because the former mayor had to retire...

Tatsuki Asuka: What are you talking about! My esteemed uncle is a local celebrity!

Tatsuki Asuka: He's the perfect candidate for the position!

Tatsuki Asuka: That said... hmmm... this concerns the whole clan...

Asuka's Cousin: ...I don't think he's a good man...

Tatsuki Asuka: ...What? What was that...

Asuka's Cousin: ...Nothing, never mind.

Tatsuki Asuka: What...

Asuka's Cousin: Anyway, my father is going to need some support...

Asuka's Cousin: I'm sorry to ask, but could you please help out? With the campaign, I mean.

Tatsuki Asuka: ...No need to be so formal! Of course I will!

Tatsuki Asuka: We're on the verge of a decisive battle!

Tatsuki Asuka: We are the Ryuu clan! We will combine our efforts! Right!

Asuka's Cousin: ...Yep. Thank you.

Tatsuki Asuka: ...And so began my uncle's election campaign...

Tatsuki Asuka: We became part of his election staff to help him out.

Felicia: Is the mayor the most important person in Kamihama?

Minagi Sasara: Very important. Well, even so...

Felicia: In any case, that's great! You really are a distinguished young lady!

Tatsuki Asuka: ...However, there was a serious incident...

Felicia: ...What? An incident?

Tatsuki Asuka: Yes... It was...

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Tatsuki Asuka: My uncle was running for the mayoral election... But something happened...

Tatsuki Asuka: The "Breach of the Public Offices Election Law".

Tatsuki Asuka: B-Breach of the Public Offices Election Law?! That's...!

Asuka's Cousin: ...Well, they found him guilty of a crime.

Asuka's Cousin: He gave out envelopes with cash to buy votes...

Asuka's Cousin: Good grief... My father... really is a terrible person...

Tatsuki Asuka: That's... My esteemed uncle... That's so...

Asuka's Cousin: ...I wasn't expecting something like this either...

Asuka's Cousin: As his son, I should have seen it coming...

Asuka's Cousin: Perhaps I had an overly charitable view of my family...

Tatsuki Asuka: ...No, that's...

Asuka's Cousin: I'm really sorry for getting you involved, Asuka...

Tatsuki Asuka: D-Don't worry about me!

Asuka's Cousin: Everything is a mess right now... I won't be able to come to the dojo...

Tatsuki Asuka: ...

Asuka's Cousin: ...I'll be in contact as soon as things settle down.

Tatsuki Asuka: Ah...!

Asuka's Cousin: Eh? What's the matter?

Tatsuki Asuka: U-Um... The test...

Asuka's Cousin: ...You mean my recruitment test?

Tatsuki Asuka: Y-Yes!

Asuka's Cousin: Of course, it'll go just fine!

Asuka's Cousin: My father's life and mine are separate things...

Asuka's Cousin: Well, see you...

Tatsuki Asuka: Since that happened, my esteemed cousin didn't set foot in the dojo...

Tatsuki Asuka: And I was very worried... My mind was filled with worries!

Felicia: ...Worries?

Minagi Sasara: There it is!

Minagi Sasara: That's why Asuka became a magical girl...

Tatsuki Asuka: ...

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Tatsuki Asuka: I was very concerned about my esteemed cousin...

Tatsuki Asuka: Concerned that he might not be able to become a police officer!

Tatsuki Asuka: ...That's why...

Felicia: ...Eh? Why?

Felicia: Ahhh! They wouldn't let him take the exam because of what his father did...

Felicia: ...Hmm? But didn't he say that it'd be fine?

Tatsuki Asuka: ...Yes.

Felicia: ...Then you were worried that he might fail... because he wouldn't be able to study?

Tatsuki Asuka: No way my diligent cousin would fail the exam because of that...

Felicia: Ehhh? So why were you worried...?

Minagi Sasara: You see, Asuka...

Tatsuki Asuka: Aahh! I was the one telling the story!

Minagi Sasara: She believed her cousin would not be able to become a policeman because of his father's crimes.

Felicia: Ahh~ So that's why!

Minagi Sasara: No, no! That's not exactly why!

Minagi Sasara: The son would bear the responsibility of his father's crimes... that's how it'd be!

Minagi Sasara: You see, he would draw a lot of criticism from society...

Minagi Sasara: And *that's* why his father's crimes would prevent him from becoming a policeman...

Felicia: ...Ah! That's it! That's what "Asuka believed"!

Minagi Sasara: Yes! That's right! That's what she believed.

Minagi Sasara: So she went to meet *him* with those worries...

Kyubey: ...Hello, Tatsuki Asuka.

Felicia: So what did you wish for...?

Tatsuki Asuka: ...Please let my cousin become a police officer... that was my wish.

Minagi Sasara: ...And that's how Asuka became a magical girl.

Minagi Sasara: ...Because of that one belief... you see?

Felicia: Ah~ I see!

Tatsuki Asuka: ...But! That incident never came up again!

Tatsuki Asuka: So! ...It's fine! The result, I mean!

Minagi Sasara: Yes, yes, it's fine.

Minagi Sasara: However, that belief of yours is why you ended up doing it...

Felicia: Hahaha! Asuka is so thoughtless!

Tatsuki Asuka: ...

Tatsuki Asuka: I-I will now self-flagellate~!

Minagi Sasara: Ah, yes, yes, would you stop saying that?

Tatsuki Asuka: Uuuuu...

Minagi Sasara: ...Well, we got way off track...

Minagi Sasara: Should we get back to the real issue at hand?

Felicia: Eh? What's that?

Minagi Sasara: The stuff that Asuka can't remember!

Felicia: Ohh, right!

Tatsuki Asuka: ...I'll leave it to you...

Tatsuki Asuka: ...Actually, I've come up with a plan...!

Tatsuki Asuka: I didn't want to resort to this... But there's no other way!

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Part 3: Last Resort

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Tatsuki Asuka: ...Actually, I've come up with a plan...!

Minagi Sasara: A plan?

Tatsuki Asuka: Yes!

Felicia: You still can't remember, right?

Tatsuki Asuka: Yes!

Minagi Sasara: Then what's this plan of yours...?

Tatsuki Asuka: Well...

Tatsuki Asuka: I want Felicia to hit me in the head with her hammer!

Minagi Sasara: Whaaat~?

Felicia: Wow! You think that will help you remember?

Tatsuki Asuka: Yes, I will remember!

Minagi Sasara: No, no, no, hold on!

Minagi Sasara: Look, I had a lot of fun making you do all those things a while ago...

Tatsuki Asuka: I knew it!

Minagi Sasara: Ah, damn, I said it out loud... No, that doesn't matter!

Minagi Sasara: You can't do this! Look at Felicia's hammer!

Minagi Sasara: Don't you see that it's not a regular hammer? That it's massive?!

Tatsuki Asuka: I am well aware of that!

Minagi Sasara: So you know it's dangerous getting hit with something like that!

Tatsuki Asuka: I have prepared myself for it!

Minagi Sasara: Why can't you come up with a normal plan...!

Tatsuki Asuka: You're being impolite! So... So now...!

Minagi Sasara: Jeez! Another one of your stubborn beliefs!

Minagi Sasara: Hey! Say something, Felicia...

Felicia: How many times should I hit you?

Minagi Sasara: Hey! Didn't you hear what I just said?

Tatsuki Asuka: Let's see... until I remember!

Minagi Sasara: You can't do this! She's gonna make you see the future!

Felicia: It's fine! I'll go easy on her!

Minagi Sasara: No, you can't go easy with that thing...

Felicia: Okay! Here we go~!

Minagi Sasara: Ah, jeez! Listen to me!

Tatsuki Asuka: Then... Begin!

Tatsuki Asuka: I humbly receive!

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Felicia: Okay! Here we go~!

Tatsuki Asuka: I humbly receive!

Minagi Sasara: Ah, jeez! Go easy on her, Felicia!

Felicia: Soryaaaaaa!

Tatsuki Asuka: Owwwwww!

Minagi Sasara: Asukaaa!

Felicia: ...Yup! And now we see the result!

Minagi Sasara: A useless result! You didn't hold back!

Felicia: ...Don't worry! I didn't hit her full on!

Minagi Sasara: Really...?

Tatsuki Asuka: ...Nn... Uuuun....

Minagi Sasara: Asuka! Are you okay?! Do you know who I am?

Tatsuki Asuka: ...Sasara-san.

Felicia: Well? Do you remember now?

Tatsuki Asuka: ...

Tatsuki Asuka: ...

Tatsuki Asuka: ...Ah!

Felicia: Yay! You remember!

Minagi Sasara: Is that true?!

Tatsuki Asuka: I remember... that... well...

Minagi Sasara: ...Eh? Why are you hesitating now if you managed to remember?

Felicia: So what did she say! Tokiwa Nanaka!

Tatsuki Asuka: I remember... that...

Tatsuki Asuka: I didn't pay attention to what she said...

Minagi Sasara: ...Eh?

Felicia: ...What does that mean?

Tatsuki Asuka: Um... I guess... it means...

Tatsuki Asuka: I met with Nanaka-san.

Minagi Sasara: Yes.

Tatsuki Asuka: She had something she wanted to tell me...

Felicia: Yes.

Tatsuki Asuka: But I was hurrying to the station because I was about to miss my transport...

Minagi Sasara: Yes?

Tatsuki Asuka: Nanaka-san understood this and she let me go...

Felicia: ...

Tatsuki Asuka: So I left without really hearing what she had to say...

Minagi Sasara: ...

Minagi Sasara: Whaaaaat~?

Felicia: So what are you saying? ...I don't get it...

Minagi Sasara: So you remember that she wanted to say something important...

Minagi Sasara: But you didn't listen to what she had to say?!

Felicia: She said she knew "valuable information"...

Minagi Sasara: That's what Asuka believed!

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Tokiwa Nanaka: ...Oh?

Minagi Sasara: Hello, long time no see~...

Tokiwa Nanaka: Minagi Sasara-san? Yes, it's been a while!

Tatsuki Asuka: ...H-Hello...

Tokiwa Nanaka: And Tatsuki-san!

Felicia: ...Hmph!

Tokiwa Nanaka: ...Are you friends with Felicia Mitsuki?

Minagi Sasara: A lot's happened. We are sort of working together...

Tokiwa Nanaka: I see... Well, that's splendid!

Felicia: You're trying to pick a fight!

Tokiwa Nanaka: No, I'm just glad you managed to find some friends!

Felicia: Heeey!

Minagi Sasara: No, stop that! That's not why we came here...

Felicia: ...I know.

Minagi Sasara: Come on! Asuka!

Tokiwa Nanaka: ...Asuka-san?

Tatsuki Asuka: ...Yes... umm... you see.

Felicia: ...This girl forgot to listen to what you had to say!

Tatsuki Asuka: Ah! Felicia-san!

Tokiwa Nanaka: What I had to say...?

Minagi Sasara: No, um, let me explain...

Tokiwa Nanaka: Ah, back then!

Tatsuki Asuka: Yes...

Tokiwa Nanaka: You seemed to be in quite a hurry that day...

Tokiwa Nanaka: So we'd talk about it on another occasion, and we said our farewells.

Minagi Sasara: That's it! Was it something about a magical girl...?

Tokiwa Nanaka: Yes, that's right.

Tatsuki Asuka: So... it wasn't something about Kamihama?

Tokiwa Nanaka: Yes, it was about that too.

Felicia: ...Something about a witch?

Tokiwa Nanaka: Yes, it was about that as well.

Minagi Sasara: So! So! ...What did you want to tell her?!

Tokiwa Nanaka: I wanted to tell her...

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Tokiwa Nanaka: I wanted to tell her...

Tokiwa Nanaka: about this.

Tatsuki Asuka: Eh... A flyer...?

Minagi Sasara: ...Umm...

Minagi Sasara: "Flower Arrangement Exhibition"...?

Tokiwa Nanaka: That's right! An exhibition of our Kashinryuu flower arranging!

Tokiwa Nanaka: Feel free to come with anyone you want...

Felicia: ...Eh... Um...

Felicia: ...What does any of that have to do with a witch?

Tokiwa Nanaka: Every now and then, it's essential to forget about the witches and relax a bit.

Minagi Sasara: When you mentioned Kamihama city...?

Tokiwa Nanaka: It's the first time we're holding this event in Kamihama city!

Tatsuki Asuka: And about a magical girl...

Tokiwa Nanaka: I wanted Asuka-san and all the magical girls to attend...

Tokiwa Nanaka: ...Oh, it seems I forgot.

Tokiwa Nanaka: I intended to mail you this flyer, Asuka-san...

Tokiwa Nanaka: It slipped my mind! I'm sorry for causing you trouble...

Tatsuki Asuka: N-No! What... you wanted to tell me...

Tatsuki Asuka: ...was that... all?

Tokiwa Nanaka: Yes, that's right. I hope it wasn't a big inconvenience...

Tatsuki Asuka: Ah, no! So that's all... hahahah...

Minagi Sasara: ...

Felicia: *flustered*! What's with that~!

Felicia: You believed it was valuable information...

Tatsuki Asuka: Y-Yes... Well, it seems...

Tokiwa Nanaka: ...What's going on?

Minagi Sasara: ...Just something she said...

Tatsuki Asuka: ...

Tatsuki Asuka: I-I will now self-flagellateeee!

Tatsuki Asuka: I would later attend that flower arranging exhibition...

Tatsuki Asuka: It was a gorgeous display, yes...