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Asuka, there's big trouble!

Another Disas is attacking the town, chu!

Those damned Disas...

How could they do that to our peaceful city?

I'll stop them!

Transform with your Magical Karambit, chu!

Magical Girl Rapture Asuka,

here to save the day!

January 2016.

A world of lifeforms hostile to humanity,

the Disas,

began a stealth invasion of the human world.

In February 2017, another world that opposed the Disas,

the Spirit Realm,

formed a military alliance with Earth,

and created the Spirit Realm Treaty Organization to aid humanity.

This resulted in the creation of the so-called "Magical Girls,"

girls who could synchronize with spirits to gain special powers.

Despite their beauty,

the battlefield these young girls found themselves on was a brutal one.

Mt. Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyushu

An ally?

Iizuka, with the JGSDF.

Constantince Asimov. I'm with the GRU.

Iizuka of the JGSDF...

You were part of the Special Operations Group?

That arm...

You okay?

Yeah.

The drugs have kicked in.

I don't feel a lot of pain,

but my head feels like it's full of fuzz.

I see.

I don't think there are any enemies left.

Operation Code Whiskey Charlie

has reached the final rendezvous point.

How many are left?

That I don't know.

It's pathetic.

All the best soldiers from around the world together,

and in the end, all we can do is rely on nine little girls.

We can't even provide fire support.

There's nothing we can do about it.

This fight is beyond normal human understanding.

Those kids are the only ones who can save the world.

So that's the Disas Beast? The king of the Disas...

Oh no...

It's huge!

There were nine of us when we started. Only we five are left.

Claudia...

Magdalena...

Crystal...

Patricia...

We have to fight our hardest

for the sake of those who died, too.

It's finally time, ladies.

No matter how big it is, it's still a Disas.

It has to have a crystal vein somewhere.

Get me close to it.

Then I'll rip it apart.

I don't like letting you take over the finale,

but I can't see us winning this any other way.

Kurumi, put all of your remaining healing resources into the magical syringe.

Right...

Now let's say our motto...

Who laughs last laughs best.

Let's go!

Face-off!

The Magical Girl Comes Back

Three Years Later

Dizzy?

Something like that.

You probably need more iron in your diet.

Suck on a ten yen piece!

But that's not iron! That's bronze!

It's not good for you!

Anyway, shouldn't you be out there, Nozo-chan?

Our class is gonna lose.

Nah, they're fine.

That transfer student's amazing.

Otori Asuka-san, right?

Her swimming and marathon times ranked in the inter-high championships.

Are you curious about our transfer student?

No, I don't know...

Um...

An aloof transfer student,

incredibly athletic, who transfers in at an odd time in freshman year.

Think she's the heroine of a late-night anime?

A late-night anime?

Sure, she's mysterious, but...

I wonder what she does when she's not at school?

What appeared to be a Magical Girl was sighted

A Magical Girl at the Scene of a Drug Cartel's Demise?

during anti-cartel operations in Mexico City.

According to experts,

the person in this photo is likely Mia Cyrus,

a member of the American military.

Mia Cyrus is one of the Magical Five,

who brought an end to the Distonian War three years ago...

Mommy, look! A Magical Girl!

It's a Magical Girl, Mommy!

Right, right.

Come on, you want a balloon, right?

Mr. Kitty is waiting.

Mommy, I want to be a Magical Girl, too!

You don't want to be a Magical Girl.

It's dangerous!

I wish I could get her to join our team.

Who? The transfer student?

That's right.

Her body, the way she moves...

She's used it a lot.

You mean she's trained a lot, right?

Hey, you.

There's no smoking on this street.

You hit her foot with your cigarette butt.

I didn't mean to.

Of course not.

You almost burned her!

Nozo-chan, that's enough.

Apologize to my friend.

Shut up.

You're a grown-up, right?

Let me go.

It's your fault for grabbing me.

Do I snap his arm and then strangle him?

Bring my elbow down on the back of his head...

If you're a grown-up, then act like it.

It's embarrassing.

Umm...

Hey, Otori Asuka-san...

Thanks so much for your help this morning.

Asuka-san, you're super-athletic, aren't you?

Oh, I'm Makino Nozomi.

And four-eyes here is Hata Sayoko.

Hey, don't introduce me as "four-eyes."

But you wear glasses, right?

Sure, but...

Can I push my desk up against yours?

Let's eat lunch together.

O-Okay, I guess.

It's so good.

Hey...

Asuka-san,

are you a former assassin or something?

What are you talking about?

The way you knocked that guy over this morning...

You seemed like a real pro!

I used to do aikido.

Um...

I've been wondering.

Otori-san, you spend a lot of time reading books by yourself.

And?

Franz on the Waves

I love books, too.

That's a great book, isn't it?

Do you like books?

You don't, Otori-san?

I don't know.

I don't think it's that I like them.

It just keeps me from remembering bad things.

Sorry.

I know that's a weird thing to say.

I guess I don't talk to a lot of people.

Well, enough book talk.

Join the track team!

The track team?

Yup!

Your body, your legs... your breasts!

You need to put them all to good use!

You don't use your breasts in track!

But if you want to read books, you could join the literature club.

I'm in it.

What's this?

You trying to steal her from me, Sayoko?

I'm not trying to steal her.

Take this!

Take this! Take this!

You like it in the armpits?

Nozo-chan, stop it! Somebody save me!

A club, huh?

It's been a while.

It's been a while.

I'd rather you didn't come to my school.

Can we talk?

I'm not getting in your car.

We can talk at a nearby café.

That's not very secure,

but if you insist.

Was that her dad?

I don't know.

I'll get right to the point.

A new small-scale unit is being set up under JSDF Ground Component Command

to specialize in magical combat.

Its current name is M Squad.

I'll be running it.

A squad?

It'll be very small,

but will given the same rank as the other companies.

I'm not the only Magical Girl.

Kurumi's working at Ground Research and Development, at their integrated research lab.

She's a magical warfare research officer in Research Division #2.

I see.

Everybody's doing their own thing, huh?

You're going to do it, too.

Come back, Asuka.

I told you.

I'm not fighting anymore.

When I was in middle school,

I fought enough for one lifetime.

I'm home.

Disas monsters?

Where are my parents?

Are they alive?

Of course, mu!

Let's make a deal.

Give back my parents.

I'll do whatever I can.

We don't need to make a deal, mu.

We'll give you back your mom and dad, mu.

What?

Little by little, mu.

To Asuka-sama

I'm not killing anybody now that I'm in high school.

When I do,

lots of people around me get killed, too.

I see.

How's your current school?

What's this about?

I'm your guardian, after all.

That's just what the paperwork says.

Well... It's not bad.

Asuka-san!

Hey, transfer student.

Um...

Hata-san, Makino-san...

Hey,

who was that man you met with in front of the school yesterday?

That's...

my dad.

I see. I'm so glad.

For a moment, I thought you were whoring yourself out.

Nozo-chan!

You're not supposed to come out and say it!

Oh...

I was just thinking that you two make a great pair.

We're childhood friends, after all.

Well, now that we know you're not a prostitute...

That's so rude!

Did you decide to join the track team?

No, not yet...

Nozo-chan!

Why not give it a try first?

Good work.

I like that look on your face.

The look on my face?

You look like you worked off some stress.

It feels good to get a good workout, right?

Makino-san...

Just call me Nozomi.

Nozomi, have you been part of the track team for a long time?

Since middle school.

You know, you want to give your all at the thing you're good at, right?

What you're good at, huh?

Nozomi!

Coming!

See you later.

Yeah.

That is a good look.

What is it?

I was just thinking that it's nice to have something you like.

Actually, Asuka-san...

Oh,

what I do is just escapism.

I want to keep my mind occupied as much as possible when I've got free time.

If I'm not constantly reading a book and thinking about something,

it feels like I'll be crushed.

Was I being weird again?

I think that's good.

"If you were a soldier, and captured by the enemy,

escape would be your duty."

"When your heart and your soul are trapped in a cage,

literature has the task, and the glory, of providing you with an escape."

It's a line from this book!

Hey, Sayoko...

Yes?

Can I borrow that book?

Okay!

I don't know why,

but when I'm talking to these two,

I feel so at ease.

I quit being a Magical Girl.

All a person needs to do is protect the people around them.

But...

Whenever I see something on the news,

I feel something in my heart.

If I'd tried harder,

could I have stopped it?

Am I just running away?

I always thought that, but...

Sa—

Why did I hide?

Comrade Kim Kanth...

You almost killed me, too, you know.

I'm sorry. Security was tight.

We'll take you to the rendezvous point.

We're breaking through.

We'll use the chaos to cover our escape.

Shoot some bystanders.

Kim Kanth, a terrorist with the East Asia United Front, fled during transport.

A special vehicle belonging to the Metropolitan Riot Police was attacked.

Nearby PMs and PCs are to head immediately to the scene,

and look out for weapons!

What's going on?

"I won't fight anymore."

I thought I'd made my choice.

But no matter how much I try to get away,

the battles come after me.

I heard the voice of destiny.

That's how it felt to me.

"Live your life for the sake of those who died."

"Fight."

Your luck ran out when you pointed a gun at my friend somewhere I could see you.

A M-Magical Girl?

What's one of them doing here?

I won't kill you.

You'll go to the Public Safety Department's Foreign Affairs Section.

Oh.

I guess she didn't retire.

This is going to be fun, Abby.

Yes, my queen.

Once, Magical Girls

defeated the last boss, who led the enemies who tried to wipe out humanity.

But there are no endings in the real world.

Even after we defeated the last boss,

peace didn't return to the world.

Our new battlefield is international crime,

indiscriminate terrorism,

civil wars,

and other conflicts.

A Magical Girl's battle never ends.

Asuka's returned to the battlefield, chu!

And so has her old comrade,

the ditzy, easygoing nurse Magical Girl!

Next time:

Daily Life and Comrades in Arms

"Daily Life and Comrades in Arms."

With your Magical Karambit, rip the bad guys to pieces, chu!