Kirika Kure

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"Never! I refuse to go back to the way I was!" - Kirika Kure, Chapter 4.

Kirika Kure
Japanese Name 呉 キリカ
Age 15
Weapon Claws

Kirika Kure (呉 キリカ Kure Kirika) is a character from Puella Magi Oriko Magica. She is a magical girl who has a close relationship with Oriko. She tends to be the secondary protagonist of Oriko Magica installments, though she was the main protagonist of the extra episode Noisy Citrine.

General info

  • Eye colour: Yellow, gold, or orange
  • Hair colour: Brown
  • Soul gem: Yellow, gold, or orange oval on top of gem; diamond on bottom of gem and magical girl costume
  • Japanese pronoun: Watashi ()


"Listen up, savior! Do you know what true love is? [...] Love infinity of limitations!" - Kirika Kure, Chapter 3.

Kirika is somewhat rash. Her top priority is her friend, Oriko, and she seems to do anything Oriko asks of her, including killing other magical girls. Kirika appears to be mentally unstable, such as her insistence in having everyone know the difference between a "crush" and "love", as she is willing to devote herself entirely to her love.

She can be moody, and has mood swings from time to time, switching from declarations of love to showing disdain towards everyone but Oriko in the span of moments. She tends to be overly serious when it comes to talking about Oriko and/or love, but often shows childish behavior, such as commenting about how hungry she is during battle or admiring Mami's skills and weapons during their battle. Kirika hates people who call her a 'child', with Oriko being the only exception.

The extra chapter Noisy Citrine reveals more details of her past. Originally a cheerful girl, she became antisocial, timid and quiet after being betrayed by her best friend Erika. Some time later, she met Oriko, so Kirika wanted to be more worthy of the girl's attention by being a different kind of person. This led Kyubey to grant her a more outgoing personality. Her current personality is the result of her wish, which was to "become a different [Kirika]".


Kirika's magical girl form, from Sadness Prayer.

Kirika in Oriko Magica

"This witch must've been an awful old bag to interfere with our tea!" - Kirika Kure, Chapter 3.

She is a school friend of Oriko. Though they went to different schools, Oriko was one of the only people to ever be nice to Kirika, and this, in addition to Oriko's charisma, leads her to be very attached to her.









Kirika in Noisy Citrine

After making a contract with Kyubey and becoming a magical girl, Kirika goes to the train station to meet Oriko, feeling that she is more worthy of her. However, after Oriko appears on the station, Kirika finds herself unable to do it, realizing that despite contracting with Kyubey and changing her personality, she still doesn't have the courage to talk to Oriko. The next day, she tries to retry her meeting her Oriko but she runs into her ex-friend Erika on the way. Upon remembering how she was betrayed by her in the past, which caused their friendship to crack, Kirika pushes her and runs away.

Kirika and Erika meet later when Erika has been possessed by a witch. Kirika stops Erika from hanging herself, but Erika lashes out against Kirika, wanting to die, believing Kirika still hates her. It is revealed that Erika had shoplifted out of mixed feelings from her parents' divorce, and pushed the blame onto Kirika, before leaving Mitakihara without a word. This led Kirika to become distant from others.

Kirika, however, saves Erika anyway and says that she has become a different Kirika, before defeating the witch, thus forgiving Erika. This incident seems to give Kirika the courage to confess to Oriko.


Kirika in Symmetry Diamond






Kirika in Sadness Prayer



Witch form

Kirika as a witch

Kirika's witch form is a long, towering creature mostly composed of female torsos. She wears a hat with an eyeball perched on it, and is armed with two long scythes. Like she could as a magical girl, she has the ability to slow down her opponents.

Her minions are blob-shaped creatures with hats. Large maws open up on their bodies to devour victims.

This witch is known as "Margot" by fans, from a sign in her barrier pointing to the center room where Kirika resides, reading "Margot Garden".

Powers, Weapons & Abilities

Kirika's weapons are long, curved claws worn on her wrists and hands. There are three blades on each hand usually, though she can manifest more and have 5 on each hand. With these, she is able to slice open her opponents with six separate cuts, as well as tear apart restraining magic like Mami's ribbon.

She also exhibits the ability to slow her enemies down, giving the illusion of her having exceptional acrobatic agility and speed. Kirika's ability can also be used on herself, as she shows when she slows down her own transformation into a witch. It's notable that when she first met Oriko she was gathering her fallen belongings while being told by bystanders to hurry up; it's possible her powers were derived from this event, as she wished to change her personality in order to befriend Oriko.



  • Kirika is seen reading yuri manga in Noisy Citrine.
  • Kirika seems to have a fondness for pancakes; she is seen cheerfully eating some in Extra Story and excitedly asks for some from Oriko in Sadness Prayer, becoming disheartened when Oriko says that pancakes will have to wait. That, or Kirika likes pancakes because Oriko makes them, or because Oriko makes delicious pancakes.


  • It is a common speculation that Kirika is the magical girl form of one of the witches seen in the anime. Patricia has been suggested as a possibility, based off Kirika's uniform on the cover of volume 2 (Note also that Patricia uses threads; Oriko's name means "weaver girl"). This particular idea has been debunked. Others, pointing to the sleeves of her magical girl outfit, suggest that she may be involved in the creation of Walpurgisnacht.
    • However, Kirika becomes a witch in the second volume, and her witch form does not resemble any of the witches seen in the anime. It's still possible that she is involved in the creation of Walpurgisnacht, which is a combination of witches.
      • On the other hand the name of Kirika's witch form is unknown, and there is a precedent for witches having dramatically different alternate forms (see Charlotte).
      • Debunked in Symmetry Diamond.
  • Some fans suspect that Kirika's witch form is named Margot, from the signs that can be seen around her barrier.


  • Her first name is written in katakana which has no particular meaning. When written in kanji, it can be read many different ways, ex. "fog fire".
  • Kirika commented that she often skipped school, which could explain her absence in the anime.


Official art

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