#himena aika

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When you're around me, I'm radioactive.

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An assortment of old 2021/2022 MagiReco sketches! Many of these were gifts to different friends or people I appreciated in the community-- You know who you are. :3

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Magia Record school uniforms by ルル (@rurumagi on Twitter)

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CGs from the current event!

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Momoko spooked me on the Gunhild gacha. Thanks for that.

[haunted-kumanosuke]

We briefly interrupt your usual Ashley of the day for Magitober Day 27: Neo Magius!

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Homescreen girl of the day is... Himena Aika!

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ROUND 2, Part 19

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hime (≧∇≦)

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magia record jp account - magical girls obtained (in order ; 13 / ?)

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uh. these two ig

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@magitober MAGITOBER 2023: Neo-Magius: Himena Aika How do you guys think Himena feels about the Hiko-kun memorial at the park she shows Shigure and Hagumu? It's a pretty small memorial in present time, but it could have been bigger in the past. Is she the one bringing flowers and candles, or could it be somebody else, like a family member or occasional former classmate contribution? She does accept that he's physically dead, but would contributing to a memorial for a dead person when Hiko is literally still alive+living in her head make sense to her? She could easily tear it down, so she probably doesn't hate it. That, or Hiko at least discourages her from doing so. At the very least, it's a reminder that there are others who still remember Hiko, or did she set it up to make sure people wouldn't forget?

I feel like there's so much to be done with Hiko and Himena that just, doesn't really happen, which is too bad.

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Himena's magical girl story was really good but also really terrifying and I don't mean the part where Himena tells Sasha, "If you wanted me to, I would kill your uncle for you tee-hee."

The earlier bits where she has anxiety about if her friends were leaving her was absolutely anxiety-inducing for me, but mostly because... I've had friends like this and we do not mix whatsoever. Personally, I'm the kind of person who needs her space. If I couldn't hang out with someone and they sent me a thousand texts and phone calls: that would be the last time I'd ever talk to them because you bet your ass I'd be afraid of them. The Hiko bits in particular made it hard to watch. It was suffocating!

I think Hiko genuinely loves her, probably. But god. Imagine if he wanted to escape her and was lightly rebuffing her this whole time out of politeness, then he started getting bullied... and then things got worse, and he couldn't escape his bullies or Himena. Then he commits suicide to escape the whole situation. AND THEN SHE BRINGS HIM BACK IN HER FUCKING BRAIN.

This is peak nightmare fuel for me specifically. Being stuck in someone's head. Without my permission. Forever. I'd beg Himena to kill me again a second time, probably.

Oh but to add, I stand by my earlier comments on Himena, that I don't think she's a bad person. Like for me she is terrifying, but that's cause of my own issues specifically. I think she's a person who really needs therapy and validation. I think she's been alone and ostracized and surrounded by fake friends for a long time, and it's led her to a lot of pain. She's so scared of going back into that whirlwind of pain that she's willing to do anything, be anything, as long as she never feels it again. And I think that's a very human thing to feel, whether it means you're scared of losing people or if you're scared of being around them.

I have a few thoughts that she might have Borderline Personality Disorder but... that one can get stigmatized badly and I hate to put that on the character that tried to genocide all of Kamihama at one point. BPD gets enough shit online, I don't want to add on "hey this homicidal character looks like u lol," you know? :/

She also seems very teenager to me, and not just in the manner she speaks. Girl hasn't experienced enough of life yet to realize that sometimes people are just busy and it's not all about you. I mean that in the kindest way possible.

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Actually, having said that-- you know, there are a loooot of people online who dislike Himena, who act like Hikos. But having met a few of them, they tend to have a lot more in common with Himena than with Hiko-- particularly with that self-centeredness. If you don't talk to them every day, they think you hate them and lash out and want to hate you more. Anything you do is a sign meant for them to interpret. That sort of thing.

It makes me wonder if (some of) the Himena haters look at her and see an aspect of themselves that they don't like.

Anyways, I definitely recommend watching her Magical Girl Story. Some parts of it feel a little exposition-y, but it's all good and it's an interesting dive into her brain. I'd actually be really interested to hear from someone who can relate to her more than I can and what they think of her MGS.

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HIMENA AIKA - Magia Record

PROPAGANDA:

Leading a magical girl supremacist cult! Gyaru with a boyfriend that lives in her head. very silly!!