You Definitely Shouldn't Respond is the eighth episode of the Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story anime.
Major Events[]
- Felicia stops working as a mercenary, and is now a waitress at Banbanzai.
- The Rumor of the Endless Solitude, the Rumor of the Invisible Girl and the Rumor of the Psycho-Electric Girl are mentioned for the first time.
- Sana Futaba is mentioned for the first time.
Summary[]
At the beginning of episode 8, Iroha is sleeping in her new house and listening to her radio from her phone. The radio played music which is the Magia Record opening named "Gomakashi" Later, the phone glitched and had a mysterious voice of a girl laughing.
Iroha wakes up in the morning and Tsuruno brings Iroha a lunchbox. On this day, it is Iroha's first day of Kamihama school. When class ended, Iroha's classmates invited her to eat lunch with Iroha's classmates. Iroha said that she had plans and the classmates said to eat together tomorrow and left. Iroha checked her phone and there were messages to Kaede, Kaede still hasn't replied to Iroha's messages. Iroha went up to the school roof and then she sees Rena, Rena said to Iroha that she should've told her that Iroha is transferring to the school. Iroha said that she did and that Rena didn't respond even Kaede too. Rena said that Kaede also didn't pick up Rena's calls and didn't reply Rena's messages.
Rena asks Iroha if she had found her little sister Ui yet, Iroha said she is still making progress. Iroha asks Rena if there are any new rumors that came out, Rena had said that there is a new rumor called "The Invisible Girl" and it was about that there was a girl in a school in Kamihama City, no one noticed her and the girl is slowly fading away until she is fully invisible.
After Rena explained to Iroha about the new rumor, Iroha went to the Banbanzai Restaurant to drop off the lunchbox Tsuruno cooked. Once Iroha opens the door she sees Felicia on the chair and saying "Ha?" angrily. Iroha quickly shuts the door and said to Felicia that she got the wrong shop. Iroha realizes that was Felicia in the shop and opens the door back up. Turns out Felicia works in the Banbanzai restaurant instead of being a mercenary. Tsuruno came back to the Banbanzai restaurant and sees Felicia's attitude. Iroha gave back Tsuruno's lunchbox and Tsuruno wanted to give Iroha an "Ultimate 4,000 Year Combo Platter"
Tsuruno is impressed of Iroha to find some new rumors on her first day of school and Iroha replied that Rena told her about the rumors. Tsuruno finds out some new rumors that people have told her, the rumor was about "Electric Wave Girl" Tsuruno said if you go to the radio tower and put the phone on your ear, you will hear a girl's voice. The girl's voice is saying, "Help me." "Get me out of here."
Iroha went back home to Yachiyo's house and hears Yachiyo having a conversation on a phone call about the Wings of Magius. Yachiyo heard Iroha opening the door so then she end the phone call with someone. Iroha said that she found some new rumors and Yachiyo asks what they were, when Iroha was just about to answer a message came to her and it was a junk mail from an anonymous person. Yachiyo said to ignore that message and Iroha agreed that she will ignore it.
Iroha went to bed and starts to sleep and started to have a dream about Touka, Nemu, and Ui. After having a dream about those 3, Iroha's phone is on radio mode and the mysterious girl's voice came back and laughs again.
The next day at school, the teacher asks Iroha if she knows someone named Felicia Mitsuki and that Felicia is in the police station and that Felicia wants Iroha to come over. Turns out, Felicia was having a fight with some people. Felicia was having a fight with the people because they call Yachiyo a weirdo and Iroha an outsider. Iroha was a bit surprised that Felicia was sticking up for Iroha and Yachiyo. Felicia said that the radio tower is nearby and that she and Iroha should go there. Iroha and Felicia walked to the radio tower and Iroha had her phone on her ear. Iroha and Felicia heard the girl's voice, laughing.
On the another day at school, there were Iroha's classmates talking behind Iroha's back and saying that Iroha is a delinquent person. Once lunch had started, Iroha went to the school roof and sees Rena there.
Rena said that she looked in the "Endless Solitude" and found the page and that the post has been deleted. Iroha wonders what the post had said and Rena told her that it was the deleted page. Iroha appreciates Rena for helping Iroha and then after that Iroha had more messages from the anonymous person. Rena tells Iroha to delete it and then Iroha shows the messages of what she has been getting. Rena sees one of the messages that have the words "Magical Girl" in it.
Iroha got worried and went back to the radio tower and left a voice message to Yachiyo. Once Iroha arrived at the radio tower and put the phone on her ear, she sees one of the Wings of Magius members which was Tsukuyo, one of the Amane sisters. Iroha followed Tsukuyo to the inside of the building and then once she entered in, Tsukuyo caught her and will not allow Iroha to leave the building. Once Tsukuyo starts to have a fight with Iroha, Iroha then asks questions to Tsukuyo about the Wings of Magius and the rumors. Tsukuyo accidentally said the Invisible Girl's real name, named Sana Futaba. While fighting Tsukuyo, Tsukuyo was about the damage Iroha but luckily Mami saved Iroha and hides away. Yachiyo and the others came to help and battles the witch.
Yachiyo defeats the witch and they went to the café to find more about Iroha's anonymous messages. Iroha asks Yachiyo if it's ok to reply to the messages she has been getting and Yachiyo says she should. Iroha typed "Who are you?" and send the message. The anonymous person had responded right when Iroha sends the message. The anonymous message said to come to the "Endless Solitude"
Characters[]
Magical Girls[]
Mikazuki Villa[]
Wings of the Magius[]
- Tsukuyo Amane
- Tsukasa Amane (flashback)
Holy Quintet[]
Other[]
- Rena Minami
- Momoko Togame
- Kaede Akino
- Kanagi Izumi (voice only)
Civilians[]
Witches[]
- Stacey
Trivia[]
- FM Kamihama radio station makes a cameo in this episode. Though it is unclear whether or not it is an Rumor or simply a normal radio station.
- Gomakashi plays during said station, but the opening sequence is shortened.
- The girls who share their stories in FM Kamihama are Kanoko Yayoi and Rika Ayano.
- Sana Futaba makes a cameo in this episode, when she is seen laughing after Iroha's phone detects radio waves from the radio tower in Chuo Ward.
- When Yachiyo is going through the Kamihama Rumor File and finds the Wings of the Maigus' emblem in it, 3 Rumors and 5 Witches that show up in the book originate from a real-life Uwasa-making contest that took place in 2018.