01x03 - Our Aesthetic

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Here's your full-time employee contract.

We'll provide your uniform and equipment.

You have Magical Girl insurance

alongside social insurance.

Physical health checkups are once a year.

Check other employee benefits

and details on the third page.

On top of your base salary,

you'll also earn commission.

Commission

That means extra payment

in proportion to your successes.

Usually given at the end of

the next pay period

but this time, I'll make it easy for you.

Here's your commission for this week.

For a job well done.

That's payment for one mission

and one finishing blow.

Details are listed,

but check the amount first.

It's a lot!

Easy money, eh?

A job like this comes with

a lot of responsibility.

That's right This money feels heavy

My pay reflects the weight

of my duty towards people's lives.

That's it.

Understand?

This is the profit you've brought

our company over the last three years.

Only 5,120 yen.

Some years, you've even posted a net loss.

But I'm still eager to work!

You're the one that asked

for this meeting, okay?

My time is worth 100,000 yen per hour.

Your profits only earn you three minutes.

Talking any longer means debt.

In 15 seconds, your three minutes are up.

Now, is there anything else?

No.

Good. Leave your ID card here, then.

Did you need something?

Hire a new Magical Girl for me.

Oh, you fired a contract employee?

This won't help

your "evil boss" reputation.

Kindness is a liability.

Find a good one.

Steal from another company if you have to.

EPISODE 3 : OUR AESTHETIC

It's an emergency request.

Please hurry there.

It's a residential area by Fifth Street.

You keeping up okay, Kana?

I'm fine!

It's an unidentified Kaii this time.

We don't know its attack pattern.

-Be cautious.

-Roger.

Kaede's over the moon.

Ever since you came,

we're getting huge prey!

I joined this Magical Girl company

one month ago.

And I've done a few missions.

I'm not fully accustomed yet,

but I'm getting there.

Koshigaya, Sakuragi, look ahead!

That's the Kaii outbreak.

Whoa that's nuts.

Dead center of a residential area.

If we can't predict its attack pattern

how should we do this?

Leave it to me.

I'll go get hit and find out.

Ms. Koshigaya!

All righty I got it!

-Kaede, repay the owner of that sheet!

-Roger.

We got a Tentacle-Type.

Gimme the plan, Kana.

Um, we could

effectively draw its attention

with Barraging Magic Circles!

That's my little bookworm.

Barraging Magic Circles, now!

Okay!

Deploy Barraging Magic

Pattern

Did you do that?

No, it wasn't me

What? The core already

Hey! Who the hell are you?

That was our prey!

I passed by and saw you struggling,

so I helped out.

Nobody asked for your help!

We were exterminating that!

Even during an extermination,

if the responding Magical Girl is at risk,

other companies can exercise

the right to intervene.

Payment for the mission

will go to your company. No harm done.

We weren't "at risk"!

That was part of our strategy!

Then, I apologize.

But I'd call that a losing strategy.

That little major-corporation

know-it-all

"Exercise the right"? More like cheating.

She was from a bigger company?

AST Corporation.

The biggest Magical Girl company there is.

That's their building.

Oh

Magical Girls from big companies

can exterminate all by themselves?

I'm starved.

Wanna get ramen and go back?

Aren't we still on the clock?

Who says we can't eat

ramen on our way back?

We're not like those big companies.

I meant, um didn't you just eat lunch?

There's always room for ramen!

Welcome back.

Hello, welcome back.

File this containment.

Oh, you took another order in passing?

You have the most containments

this month again, Ms. Tsuchiba.

We greatly appreciate the immediate hire!

She's highly popular, but since you're

willing to pay on-the-spot

EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE

TO MAGILUMIERE

Magilumiere?

Oops, sorry. I'm actually broke.

But why why?!

Why?!

PRESIDENT & CEO : KOUJI SHIGEMOTO

EMPLOYEES : 5

He's still at it.

We're joined this morning by

President Koga of AST Corporation,

a fast-growing Magical Girl company.

AST? From yesterday

Thank you for being here, Mr. Koga.

My pleasure.

We get many extermination

requests from overseas.

We're planning to add

more overseas offices.

Your advanced magic engineering

is famous worldwide, isn't it?

I'm grateful.

We're actively researching

new magical technology as well.

For instance, the possibility of

Wide-Range Magic Circles

Oh no, I'm late!

Across the more than

500 Magical Girl companies in the country,

99% are small to medium-sized businesses.

Less than 10% last longer than ten years.

Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc.

falls into this category as well.

Good morn

Nikoyama, get out here.

What can I do for you, Boss?

The sleeve of my costume is frayed.

Do we have any ribbon?

Oh, this is the lace fabric, right?

Yes. I like how it's thin

and transparent, like tulle.

In a mature, dusty pink

lovely, isn't it?

Agreed.

Like school girls

I just went for a jog!

Ain't track suits the greatest?

The perfect outfit anyone could ask for.

Good morning, Ms. Koshigaya.

You're early, Kana. Hitting the books?

Yes, I wanted to study up

on the many things I haven't learned yet.

Like these new Wide-Range Magic Circles.

They're low-cost,

with a wider attack range.

Sweet. I love a big splash.

Us Magical Girls should pump up the power!

Um, yes right

You don't get it, Boss!

The appeal of an outfit

is in the curl of the long, thin ribbons!

You're dead wrong!

It's the charm of

a shorter ribbon arrangement!

That limits the expression

of a Magical Girl's graceful movement!

They can make up for that

with their hair length!

Not all Magical Girls

have long, straight hair!

This company is a little

strange, to say the least.

Yeah, probably.

Boss Man sold his soul

to this Magical Girl industry.

Sold his soul to Magical Girls?

Even though he's not one himself?

That color's too dull!

In outside lighting,

it's the perfect shade!

We have an order!

Way to go, Kaede.

Get to work, fellas. It's meeting time!

Koshigaya, do you prefer

ribbons long or short?

I'd prefer a closet full of track suits!

Here's the extermination site.

The main street

in front of Amamugi Station.

A faint Kaii signal was detected

in the underground sewers.

The council wants us to respond quickly.

Are we collaborating with

other companies for this?

No. It's only us this time.

It's a large area,

but the individual Kaii are small.

It's an urgent request, and their budget

only stretches to one company.

In this case, a Wide-Range Magic Circle

would clean them out quickly.

Wide-Range Magic Circle

No We can't just assume

a Wide-Range Magic Circle would be best.

You have a point.

We could also handle them individually

Wait a minute!

I think a Wide-Range Magic Circle

is the optimal choice for this.

Doing it one by one is lengthy and costly,

not to mention risky.

A Wide-Range Magic Circle would give us

an effective range with a 50m radius.

For example,

there's a case study in this book

Sakuragi

You're able to speak up

during meetings now.

I'm happy with your progress.

However, picking extermination methods

before assessing the site

goes against our aesthetic.

Aesthetic? What do you mea

This is Magilumiere.

Oh, thanks for your What?

You need us right now?

The Kaii are wreaking havoc.

Can you go now?

You got it!

Come on, Kana.

Okay!

In an ephemeral world of many trades

this is the thorny path I chose.

The company to which

I pledged sole allegiance!

Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc.,

Hitomi Koshigaya!

A heart of passion

with an orderly mind

Add a burst of magic

for a symbol of courage!

Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc.,

Kana Sakuragi!

MAGILUMIERE MAGICAL GIRLS INC.

Headed to Amamugi District,

the main street by the station.

When we arrive, we'll get to work pronto.

You can count on Niko

to tell you where each Kaii is.

Roger.

goes against our aesthetic.

Aesthetic

We're doing this for aesthetics?

Is that what companies prioritize?

Any people around?

I'm told they're evacuating now.

Did you hear that, Koshigaya?

Loud and clear.

AMAMUGI SHOPPING DISTRIC

That's a secondary disaster.

The Kaii left the sewer

and spread to the water tanks.

It's a good thing we came early.

Look at all this

There are far more than we thought.

We'll hammer 'em all like Whack a Mole.

This is worthy prey.

There are reports of traffic due to

a Kaii outbreak by Amamugi Station.

Magical Girls are working to

resolve the issue.

Kaii are causing a traffic jam.

We may be stuck here for a while.

We'll fly if we have to.

Call some of our Magical Girls.

Yes ma'am.

Amamugi Station?

It's that shopping district, I suppose.

It appears so. I'm seeing a Kaii outbreak

at Amamugi shopping district

It's being exterminated.

They're taking forever.

What a waste of time.

A Wide-Range Magic Circle

would've been faster.

What's happening here?

Maybe 80 or 100 of them?

Kaii in places we can't even see.

And they're multiplying

We should fire Wide-Range Magic

as soon as possible!

Kana, let's start scanning the area.

The area? Aren't we here now?

We've only grazed

the main shopping street.

We haven't checked the outskirts.

Let's split up, check the area,

and start exterminating.

Gimme a call if anything happens.

Roger.

100th ANNIVERSARY SALE

We can finish exterminating quickly

if we go by the manual.

Why are we checking the whole area?

Ihad a feeling

Some newer buildings look fine

butdown here,

Kaii are popping up everywhere.

Kana, what do you see?

It's a Kaii infestation,

spreading to the edge of town.

Forget the Kaii. Look at the town.

The town?

"100th Anniversary Sale"

Ms. Koshigaya,

it's an old shopping district

Right. The buildings, too.

The Wide-Range Magic I wanted to use

is too powerful for this.

We can obliterate the Kaii

with a Wide-Range Magic blast,

but that'll heavily damage

the older structures here.

This historical area

would never be the same

Of course, Kaii insurance

would compensate for the damage.

But

Is this why the boss

insisted on checking the site?

Okay. Kana, let's link up.

We need a plan.

But, Ms. Koshigaya

after all we've seen here,

is there even a solution for this?

We're not moving.

Why's the extermination taking so long?

They probably used a bothersome company.

Some companies take the job

a little too seriously, you know.

And they don't even profit.

If 999 out of 1,000 people

approached extermination in the same way,

they wouldn't have to think so much.

What about that one in 1,000?

That's an idealistic, inefficient moron.

Kana.

Ms. Koshigaya!

Aw, don't mope around by yourself.

Consult me if you need anything!

Except money.

A Wide-Range Magic Circle

would help this extermination,

but serial blasts will destroy the town.

And the Kaii keep multiplying, so it's

unrealistic to zap them one by one.

I have one idea, but it's ridiculous.

It's completely idealistic.

Ideal, ya say?

Sounds good to me. Let's hear it.

I'd hate to speak out of line again, so

let's make a constructive plan.

Kana.

Our company's not the kind

to laugh at new ideas.

Got a proposal? Spit it out.

If you fail, I'll pick up the slack.

Tell me what's cooking

in that little mind of yours!

Ms. Koshigaya

This is just an idea.

These Kaii are traveling

through the sewers.

So, instead of attacking aboveground

we could use the sewers,

which are connected.

It would be the best way to attack them,

like a Kaii disinfection.

I like the sound of that.

You're a genius, Kana.

But the thing is we have one problem.

That sort of magic doesn't exist.

Having a spell like that

would be incredible.

But there's no magic for narrow sewers

underground like that,

even in the latest catalogs.

-It's too idealistic

-Sakuragi.

That insight is all we needed.

Don't worry.

We're a start-up.

If we don't have the magic,

we'll make it.

"The President's Morning Routine."

At 6:50 : wake up.

Turn off all alarms

and give a self-pep talk.

If I don't wake up now,

I'll be late to work.

Somehow wiggle out of bed.

At 7:00 : watch recorded anime.

If it's Sunday, watch live.

For weekdays, rewatch the recording

every day until the next Sunday.

At 7:30 : choose which outfit

to wear for the day.

At 8:00 : come to work.

Good morning.

Morning.

Wow, Boss. Is that a new costume?

Yes. What do you think?

I'd give that a six no, maybe

seven billion points!

He's never earned less than one billion.

Hey hey!

Good morning.

At 8:30 : Koshigaya and Nikoyama

arrive at the office.

Is that a new one, Boss?

You'll probably trip over it, but cool!

He values the opinions of

real Magical Girls.

Good morning!

Sakuragi arrives.

Morning.