Nagisa Momoe (百江なぎさ?) is a Magical Girl introduced in Puella Magi Madoka☆Magica: The Rebellion Story.
Bio[]
Appearance[]
Nagisa Momoe has long, white hair with two small pigtails. Her eyes are orange and yellow. Her casual attire consists of a pink sailor styled polka-dotted dress with a white-collar and cuffs and brown stripes on both. Under her puffy sleeves, she wears long brown sleeves. At the edge of her collar is a brown bow and at the edge of the dress is a brown stripe and white ruffles under it. Inside the collar, the flap is wine red with white lace and a brown stripe. She wears tights of the same color and brown shoes with a pink bow on top.
As a Magical Girl, her outfit is a brown hat with cat ears and fluffy balls on the ends of the strings. She also has a choker and suspenders the same brown shade, with two small red bows on them. Connected are brown bloomers with a candy shaped button that houses her lilac-colored Soul Gem in the middle. She wears a short brown shirt and a salmon-colored cape jacket with two red buttons and white fur on the edge over it. She wears brown polka-dotted tights and red flats.
Personality[]
Nagisa is usually childish, serving as the plucky and cheerful comic relief of the group, though she is shown to be more perceptive than she seems. She tends to speak eloquently. As Bebe, she is even more childish, often jumping around, and panicking at the thought of turning into cheese. In both forms, she is energetic, talkative and somewhat ditzy, airheaded and scatterbrained.
Etymology[]
Nagisa (なぎさ?) is written in hiragana and has no particular meaning. It can be written with the kanji 渚 meaning "the shore"[1]. According to her mother in the event Nagisa's Wish Was Granted, her name means "shore" because this is the place she met with her father for the first time.
Momoe (百江?): Momo (百?) can translate to "river"[2] and e (江?) means "bay"[3]
Relationships[]
- Madoka Kaname: Nagisa is a part of Law of Cycles in The Rebellion Story, she has come back to life as a Magical Girl to serve as Ultimate Madoka's secretary alongside Sayaka Miki. Nagisa has great respect for Madoka.
- Mami Tomoe: Mami and Nagisa are very close. They are very good friends and care for each other deeply. Mami came to Bebe's rescue when she was taken away by Homura because she was suspicious of Bebe.
Family[]
Mother[]
Her mother is a major character in the event Nagisa's Wish Was Granted from Magia Record. She is rude and disrespectful towards her caring daughter and hates her because of her father. By the end of Nagisa's Wish Was Granted, her life ends alongside her daughter's from an illness at a hospital in Mitakihara City. Her full name is unknown, but her surname is confirmed as Momoe. Nagisa's mother was popular and was often shown on TV and many were jealous of her.
Father[]
Not much is known about her father, he is said to be absent from home nearly always and is the reason why Nagisa is hated so much by her mother. She believes that he left her and Nagisa because Nagisa's mother was hated by the society due to people's jealousy.
Powers and Abilities[]
Abilties[]
- After becoming a part of the Law of Cycle, She was granted the ability to switch between her Witch and human form.
- With her trumpet, she can shoot bubbles powerful enough to put cracks in a Witch's Labyrinth.
- She can summon her Familiars, Pyotr and Polina.
Trivia[]
- Her wish was only revealed in the Magia Record game.
- To transform, Nagisa says: "Parmigiano Reggiano", which is a hard cheese simply known as parmesan.
- Nagisa is the only Magical Girl that shouts an incantation phrase before activating her transformation.
- She's the first Magical Girl who first debuts as a Witch and later gets a civilian identity.
- Her favourite foods are cheese and cheesecake.