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Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story
tv·TV-14·Jan 5, 2020·
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Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story
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TV-14
January 5, 2020
Wokeometer Rating
2Based
Scale: 0 = not woke, 10 = maximally woke
TL;DR Verdict
Magia Record scores a low 2/10 by focusing purely on friendship, sisterly bonds, and the franchise's dark magical girl lore with zero identity politics or social messaging. It delivers clean, story-first entertainment free of activist overlays.
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Detailed Analysis
Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story follows original protagonist Iroha Tamaki's search for her missing sister Ui in Kamihama City, where she allies with Yachiyo Nanami and other magical girls to investigate rumors, battle witches and Uwasa entities, and confront the Wings of the Magius organization and its Doppel system.
The narrative expands the franchise's established dark magical girl lore through themes of friendship, sisterly bonds, personal sacrifice, hope versus despair, memory manipulation, and moral choices within the wish-and-fate cycle, all without activist overlays. Across the reviewed seasons, the all-female cast consists of new and returning characters produced with a standard Japanese voice cast and no race, gender, or sexuality alterations to established figures. The content rating of 2/10 reflects the consistent absence of identity politics, systemic oppression narratives, critiques of traditional norms, or DEI-driven messaging, with creator intent centered on emotional stakes and universe expansion instead.
Methodology: Each score synthesizes audience discourse, critic and aggregator reception, and press coverage — weighed against the work itself, not any single source.
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We've run a full content analysis on Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story and scored it 2/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.
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What kind of woke content is in Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story?
Our analysis checks for themes like identity politics, race-swapping, gender ideology, environmental activism, anti-religious messaging, and other progressive agenda elements. The score breakdown above shows which specific categories were flagged and how heavily they factor into Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story's overall score.
Is Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story family-friendly?
Wokeometer focuses on ideological content rather than traditional ratings (violence, language, etc.). Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story is rated TV-14. For a full picture, combine our woke analysis with the age rating to decide if it's right for your family.
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