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Introduction
Kyoko is a Magical Girl from Kazamino who doesn't seem to go to school or have a home. Defiant and pragmatic, she often butts heads with other Magical Girls. She wields a multi-jointed spear, and can create magical barriers. She is always snacking.
Buffs target Blast Damage by 70% . (1 turns)
100% Chance to Reduce target Damage taken by 60% . (1 turns)
Buffs target Blast Damage by 80% . (1 turns)
100% Chance to Reduce target Damage taken by 70% . (1 turns)
Deals 315% damage (+10% per magia level) to all enemies, double on weakness.
Buffs Attack by 25% (+2.5% per magia level) (3 turns).
Deals 335% damage (+10% per magia level) to all enemies, double on weakness.
Buffs Attack by 35% (+2.5% per magia level) (3 turns).
Buffs all allies Blast Damage by 45% (+2.5% per magia level) (3 turns).
Doppel
Doppel: Deals 869% damage to all enemies, double on weakness.
Buffs all allies Blast Damage by 65% (3 turns).
Buffs Attack by 55% (3 turns).
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Doppel Detail (May Contain Spoiler)
The master of this emotion doesn’t trust its mysterious power, she only borrows its weapon and wields it herself. To the master, it's no more than a hateful thing that drags up her painful past due to its power, a dubious hypnotic magic that controls mist to produce illusions. But even still, it possesses her regrets, hidden deep in her heart, so she allows it to aid her somewhat in battle, though she remains suspicious of it.
The Doppel itself is the fluttering kimono-like thing, while the candlestick holder the master rides is a separate being altogether.
Personal Memoria
Apply Guts (3 turns). Survives one fatal attack with 1 HP.
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Analysis
Henshin Transformation Video
PvE Stories Pros and Cons
Blast Gorilla
Kyoko’s set of triple Blast discs make her great for clearing waves of enemies. For best results, pair her with magical girls who can increase attack or Blast Damage with their connect, like Nanaka Tokiwa.
Attribute Strengthened Magia
Having a Magia that targets all enemies while dealing additional damage to Forest foes makes Kyoko a powerful ally when facing bosses. Possessing only one Accele disc means she has trouble gaining MP on her own. Allies who generate MP, like Madoka Kaname, can help Kyoko reach her Magia more reliably.
Low Defense
Low defense can make Kyouko troublesome to keep alive in long fights.
Her personal memoria’s Endure effect can help alleviate this flaw.
PvP Mirrors Pros and Cons
Blast Oriented Playstyle
Triple Blast discs and high attack makes Kyoko a powerful damage-dealer able to dent even in Aqua girls. Until more 5 star Aqua girls become available, she will be able to overwhelm entire teams with just her own ability. Kyoko offers Blast Damage Up on her connect making her a good partner for girls like Nanaka Tokiwa and Yachiyo Nanami while being able to cover their weak attribute.
Memoria Recommendations
Surrounded by White Wings
Memorias which offer a buff to Blast Damage are a natural fit for Kyoko.
These allow her already high offensive potential to reach new heights. If neither of these options are available, any passive memoria which increases attack or damage can be used.
In-Game Sprite
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Costumes
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Magical Girl
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Casual
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Pajamas
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Halloween
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Swimsuit
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Sticker
Lore
Magical Girl Background
Magical Girl Background (May Contain Spoiler)
A magical girl from Kazamino City with a big appetite for snacks.
Kyoko Sakura originally wished for people to listen to her father's preaching which caused her father to reject her and murder his entire family. Kyoko was once friends with Mami Tomoe but a fallout between them caused a rift that hasn't been repaired to this day. Kyoko now only uses her magic for her own self.
Kyoko came to Kamihama after hearing about it from Mami. At first, Kyoko only came across a single familiar. That's when she first met Ren Isuzu, who was attempting to destroy the familiar despite the lack of a witch nearby. Kyoko tells her she's dumb for wasting her energy but Ren wants to prevent a tragedy from occurring. After the familiar turns into a witch, Kyoko defeats it single-handed and hands Ren the grief seed since in her opinion optimistic girls tend to die faster.
On a later day, Kyoko can't find witches and is bored and hungry. As she's walking past a restaurant, Manaka Kurumi sees her from the restaurant's window and calls out to her. Manaka had seen Kyoko alongside Ren earlier, and wants to make sure Kyoko is eating well, since she noticed that Kyoko was only eating junk food.
At first Kyoko declines, but Manaka is insistent she eat a proper meal. After reminiscing about her past for a bit, Kyoko devours the delicious food and promises to come back if Manaka ever needs a taste-tester for her new recipes.
On another day, Kyoko decides to investigate a rumor she heard in Kamihama about a girl that makes the flowers bloom at will. This is when she bumps into Konomi Haruna, who is carrying a large order of flowers to her floral shop.
After realizing the rumor was nothing special, Kyoko introduces herself. Konomi wants to be friends and teammates, but Kyoko insists she works alone. They both sense a witch and race off to dispatch it. Despite Kyoko wanting to go at it alone, Konomi insists on fighting by her side and is injured in the process.
Kyoko defeats the witch, then carries the injured Konomi and her order of flowers back to her shop. Konomi thanks her with a beautiful pink blossom and tells her it would look good in her hair. Kyoko says it wouldn't, but takes it anyways and leaves. She subconsciously puts it in her hair as she thinks that the "witch" she met this time in Kamihama was rather cute.
Read more of Kyoko’s story on the Puella Magi Wiki.
Doppel Background
Doppel Background (May Contain Spoiler)
Ophelia, derived from the Greek word for "help", is also the name of a character from Shakespeare's Hamlet, who was a young woman who had a high romanticized suicide and has been linked to the ideas of regret, corrupted innocence, and unrequited love.
In the play, Ophelia's main conflict was between obeying her father or her love interest and she had a fear of intimacy. This ties in with Kyoko's trust issues and her conflicted feelings towards what she wanted for her father and what her father actually wanted. The description for the card states that the doppel reminds Kyoko of her loathsome past and regrets, with the doppel still being capable of using the illusionary magic that Kyoko can no longer use.
Physically Ophelia can be described in two ways: as a Wǔdàn, which is a female warrior in traditional Chinese opera, and as a candle-headed horseman. Kyoko's magical girl outfit and her fierce personality are certainly the traits of a Wǔdàn. Both the witch and Kyoko wear a long red robe, which is the main body of the doppel itself. As a witch, Ophelia has only the melted stump of a candle and a large flame where her head should be. As a doppel, Kyoko stands on a candle-holder with a large flame coming from the back of her head. Candles are strongly associated with Kyoko's father, as they are a recurring visual motif whenever Kyoko's past is shown. Candles appear next to her father whenever he preaches; when his father hangs himself, the puppet version of him falls and is consumed by flames.
As a headless horseman, she rides across a black steed that searches for something it lost. Kyoko was originally associated with unicorns in the anime series. It's possible that what she is riding isn't a horse, but rather a unicorn that has lost its horn. If a unicorn is a symbol of purity and innocence, this would mean that Kyoko may have lost both before she became a witch. Her doppel version instead has Kyoko riding a candleholder that has the black legs of her witch's horse. Rather than a horse's head, however, it has a pink head of hair that looks identical to her sister Momo's hairstyle. She lost her sister and so she lost her innocence.
In Ophelia's barrier, there can be seen various colored fish swimming through the air. Fish have multiple meanings, with the earliest using a fish symbol to represent the Christian faith. Kyoko's father was a priest of an unknown Christian denomination. Fish can also represent abundance, fertility, fortune, and wealth which are all things that came to Kyoko's family after her father began to become famous from his preaching. Sometimes fish can signify a part of your life that you're not satisfied with. Kyoko was certainly not happy when her father was ridiculed and now she lives in the streets with no family to call her own.