Magical Girls Explained By Silver~Chan

#49: Riko Chiaki

Hello Today will be talking about Riko Chiaki from Magia Record, so let's begin.

(General Info)

Riko Chiaki is a 11 year old, support type magical girl, she is 144 cm in height, her eyes are blue and her hair is black, Riko comes from Kosho Ward in Kamihama City.

Her soul gem in magical girl form is a blue circle located in the form of a barrette holding her triangular bandanna.

Her weapon is a giant bento pick with a tropical orange design, her wish to become a magical girl was for a girl she knew to be able to marry a boy who lived in a different ward then they; "I want big sister to get married."

Her witch and Doppel is Yuerao, her known relatives are her mom and dad who go unnamed and a pet dog she has named Mameji, Riko attends Kosho Academy in the 5th grade.

Her magical girl element is the light element and her ability is called "Calling Out".

(Summary)

Riko is like a little sister to the other Magical Girls. She often can be found working at her parents' bento shop and is a warming presence for the customers. Though still quite young, she is considerate to her elders and has an admirable work ethic.

(Yuerao Info)

The Doppel of thread-reeling. Its form is a moonlit matchmaker. The master of this emotion does not acknowledge that this Doppel lurks within her heart. It appears under a thick sheet of ice that it spreads under her feet. When attacking, it switches places with its master, trapping her beneath the ice, and reels in all interpersonal connections to steal them. It tries to collect all those she had formed in an attempt to restore things to their original state, but cut connections only sink to the bottom of the ice. The more the master uses this Doppel, the more feelings that she had given up on become dredged up and dispersed.

(Side Story)

Riko's family bento shop is always busy and while they love her, her parents had no choice but to have their neighbor's daughter babysit her. Riko's childhood memories are mostly spending time with this cheerful and kind elder sister who teaches her homework, gives her gifts when she performs well or during festivals, and takes her out to play. They are as close as sisters.

As Riko grows older, she begins helping out at her home shop, but since her parents often need to work overtime, 'Sis' still took care of her at night when she returned home first. One day, Riko noticed Sis has puffy red eyes, but she refused to share her troubles, but still took good care of her as usual. A few days later, as Riko is helping out at the shop, she hears Sis and her father arguing at their metal shops.

That night, she managed to pry from Sis the reason: she is about to marry far away from the district, and her dad who is worried for her refused to accept it, which is a sudden change of attitude since he was approving of the relationship this whole time. Sis is sad that her beloved father refuses to trust her judgment. Riko wants to help, but has no idea how to. Later that night, Kyubey visits Riko and manages to have her make a wish in which everybody will give their blessings to Sis's marriage. It works, and Sis is happily married and moves out of the district.

In the present, Riko realizes that she is very lonely without Sis and not even her pet dog nor Magic Kirin can ease the loneliness and fear she has when waiting at home for her parents to come home. Rationally, she can understand her parents are working hard for a living, but as a grade school kid, she can't accept this reality.