Саяка Мики

**Саяка Мики** (美樹さやか, ***Саяка Мики***?) — одна из пяти главных волшебниц в аниме и манге франшизы «*Puella Magi Madoka☆Magica*». Она второгодка в средней школе Митакихары и учится в одном классе с Мадокой и Хомурой. Иногда она называет себя **волшебницей справедливости** (正義の魔法少女, ***волшебницей справедливости***?).

## Описание

### Appearance

As a **civilian**, Sayaka has short-medium blue hair and blue oval-shaped eyes. In her civilian form, she is mostly in her school uniform which is customized with navy blue knee-high socks along with the standard brown loafers.

As a **Magical Girl**, her clothing consists of a blue and white button-down strapless top, a blue asymmetrical skirt held up by a dark blue belt with a yellow buckle, white stockings with a blue stripe, teal boots, a white thigh-long cape and two pairs of gloves, one being elbow-length midnight-blue, and the other being standard-length, and white. Her Soul Gem is embedded in her belly button and has a C-shape.

### Personality

Sayaka is shown to act slightly tomboyish and heroic. She cares a lot for her friends, made clear by her immediately making the contract to become a Magical Girl just so she could save Madoka. Despite acting tomboyish, she does have a girly side, shown by her interest in romance and classical music. However, her vision of love is very unrealistic. She hates the idea of being rejected by people that she loves. When Kyousuke started dating Hitomi, Sayaka felt hurt and rejected. This showed that she wanted to get praise for her wish and even to get the chance to date him.

She rarely thinks twice before acting on something and comes into conflict with others easily. When combined with her kindness and courage, those two traits make her ignorant and careless. Being careless could sometimes make her forget things like her Soul Gem, as seen in *The Veranda of Madoka*.

### Etymology

**Sayaka** (さやか, ***Sayaka***?): Since it's written in Hiragana, it has no specific meaning. When in kanji, it can mean "fresh" (清か, *"fresh"*?).

**Miki** (美樹, ***Miki***?): **Mi** (美, ***Mi***?) means "beauty" and **ki** (樹, ***ki***?) translates to "timber tree". Altogether, it can also mean "shake offered to the gods" (神酒, *"shake offered to the gods"*?) which could foreshadow the events of episode 8.

## Relationships

* **Madoka Kaname**: Sayaka's childhood friend. They're best friends and classmates since a young age when Sayaka was protecting Madoka from a group of bullies during elementary school. Sayaka would do anything to protect Madoka and so would Madoka. They care deeply for each other and would stand for each other at all cost. Madoka would be truly hurt if something happened to Sayaka and was showing concern when Sayaka was despairing in the series' main timeline and the opposite would happen.
* **Mami Tomoe**: Fellow Magical Girl and friend. They met when Mami saved her and Madoka from a Witch's Labyrinth in episode 1. Sayaka looks up to Mami and wishes to become as strong as Mami both mentally and as a Magical Girl one day. She cares deeply for her and would do anything for Mami. Mami appreciates Sayaka's passion for becoming a Magical Girl.
* **Kyoko Sakura**: Kyoko and Sayaka initially had a hate relationship. Kyoko was disappointed when she found out Sayaka had become a Magical Girl because these two have different opinions and values. Kyoko strongly remembers her old self when she sees Sayaka's Magical Girl story and personality. She wanted to show Sayaka her mistakes so she wouldn't be like Kyoko. When Sayaka became a Witch, Kyoko carried her corpse out of Oktavia von Seckendorff's Barrier. Sayaka and Kyoko built a friendship after the series' events and also in *Magia Record*.
* **Homura Akemi**: A Magical Girl who she sees as an enemy and annoys her to no end. She doesn't like her at all and the same is true for Homura. She usually tries to create conflicts with Homura. Homura even attempted to kill Sayaka because she didn't want Madoka to see Sayaka fully destroying herself.Episode 08 It appears that this relationships exists in several timelines. However, other timelines shown in Magia Record or Drama CD 2 depict them as very good friends caring for each other, though mostly because Sayaka isn't a Magical Girl or her personality is different.
* **Kyubey**: Sayaka was protective of Kyubey at first because she didn't know Kyubey's actual nature. After finding out the secret behind Soul Gems and briefly for Magical Girls, she hates Kyubey to no end.Episode 06

## Family

**Aunt**

Sayaka has an aunt who owns an inn near Kamihama City and also works there. She was only shown in the *Magia Record* event, *Beachside Bonds*. She is shown to be very friendly, kind and helpful.

## Powers and Abilities

### Abilities

* Due to her healing-type wish when she became a Magical Girl, Sayaka has the ability to regenerate her health faster than normally and she can also control that pain.
	+ She can also heal others, as seen in *The Rebellion Story* manga.
* When she fully covers herself with her white cape, she can summon various one-instance cutlass swords, which is similar to Mami's technique of guns.
* After becoming a part of Law of Cycles, she is able to summon her Witch and even control her at will.

### Attacks

* **Tiro Duet** (ティロデュエット, ***Tiro Duet***?): An attack Sayaka performs in *Magia Record* episode 22 when she connects with Holy Mami to save her. It is a variant of Mami's Tiro Finale.
* **Connect** (コネクト, ***Connect***?): A technique used by Magical Girls in *Magia Record*. By joining hands, they are able to fuse their weapons and make a strong variant based on them.

## Trivia

* She was the first character to break the fourth wall when she said Madoka acted like an anime character when she said she had seen Homura before. Therefore, she becomes the first of the two character to have broken the fourth wall in the franchise. The other is Junko Kaname in episode 12.
* She's the first Magical Girl to have a love interest.
* She likes classic music thanks to Kyosuke.
* Sayaka hates sea cucumbers.Drama CD 4
* In one of her *Magia Record* game quotes, she speficies that she comes from a middle-class family.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.nihongomaster.com/japanese/dictionary/word/132619/sayaka-%E6%98%8E%E3%81%8B-%E6%B8%85%E3%81%8B-%E3%81%95%E3%82%84%E3%81%8B
2. ↑ https://www.nihongomaster.com/japanese/dictionary/kanji/2350/%E7%BE%8E
3. ↑ https://www.nihongomaster.com/japanese/dictionary/kanji/1217/%E6%A8%B9
4. ↑ https://www.nihongomaster.com/japanese/dictionary/word/62426/shinshu-miki-miwa-%E7%A5%9E%E9%85%92-%E5%BE%A1%E9%85%92-%E3%81%97%E3%82%93%E3%81%97%E3%82%85-%E3%81%BF%E3%81%8D-%E3%81%BF%E3%82%8F