The Day Fate Changed

Just as the first episode of the first season focused on Nino, this is the beginning of the Magical Girls.

The chaotic space, the Magical Creatures running around everywhere, and the Demons chasing after them form the first scene of the side story.

Among the countless Magical Creatures, one that resembled a Magical Creatures deer, while rescuing other fleeing Magical Creatures and helping them fight off the Demons, said to the Magical Girls beside him:

"This can't go on! Chihiro, you..."

"I... can't hold on any longer..."

A red-haired girl named Chihiro, clad in red armor, casually dispatched two Demons before turning to the spirit deer and saying:

"Kelly, you run first! Take everyone with you, I'll stay here and stop them!"

"This won't do! Chihiro..."

"Enough with the nonsense! Kelly, it's either you run, or none of you will escape! As a teacher at the Magic Academy, you should know what to do!!"

"..."

Kelly was speechless. She looked at the red figure with its back to her and the Demon Army chasing after them in the distance, tears welling up in her bright brown eyes.

Chihiro didn't urge Kelly any further. She knew Kelly would definitely make the right choice, especially when she carried the hopes of the Magical Girls on her shoulders.

"Take this with you--"

In the very end, Chihiro throws a red cell phone at Kelly catches it and holds it in the hand that appears to be made from a hoof.

Kelly stared blankly at her phone, then looked up at Chihiro and asked:

"This is...?"

"This is 'hope'." Chihiro turned her head, smiled at Kelly, and said, "This is the 'hope' that my companions and I have gathered here for... Kelly, the future of Magical Girls, the future of all worlds, is in your hands!"

"Chihiro..."

"Then, I'm going in!!!"

Chihiro her Magical Armament, a pair of asymmetrical swords of different shapes, Chihiro charged towards the vast Demon Army.

The red light engulfed the Demons, and the final burst of light shrouded Kelly as she fled.

The sound vanished in that instant, Kelly, unable to escape the spatial tunnel in time, was torn apart by the violent magic.

In the first scene, Kelly's body is destroyed by magic.

Amidst the constant flashing of lights and intermittent sounds, Kelly's screams mingled with the alarm tone of her phone.

In the end, Kelly's body turned into data and was completely absorbed by the phone.

The phone then broke through the World Barrier, fell from the sky, and landed in the Federation Americas District.

Whether by coincidence or not, the phone ended up in the trash.

In the Night Demon, a cell phone lying in a pile of trash lights up for a fleeting moment, and Kelly's figure flashes across it. Then, a sound like an old television being turned off rings out, and the screen goes dark along with Kelly.

The opening theme begins now.

(Such an explosive start?!)

(Wait a minute, didn't this escape happen at the same time as Nino's escape?)

(I think so. I remember that Nino, who was only focused on escaping, was blown away by a sudden burst of powerful energy.)

(This final outburst is very similar to that one, only from a different perspective)

(This Magical Girls named Chihiro is gone just like that? Those Demons really deserve to die!!)

(Not only that, Kelly almost died too. If she hadn't happened to have this magic phone in her hand... she would definitely be dead too.)

The comments on the screen are correct.

The first episode of the first season also focuses on Nino, who is desperately trying to escape. Nino finally finds an easily breakable World Barrier and is about to break it open and crawl inside.

Far, far behind... a powerful force suddenly erupted, strong enough to tear apart any small world, blowing Nino away.

Nino was injured around that time.

The energy that erupted at that time was basically the same as the energy that Chihiro faced the enemy. Comparing the two perspectives, it is not difficult to see that what Kelly experienced and what Nino experienced were at the same point in time.

The only difference is the location.

Judging from the situation on the Sky Screen, Nino was trying to escape, and the spark of life had to be preserved.

Kelly and Chihiro are frontline warriors who help stop the Demons from pursuing them.

However, the final results were almost identical; Nino and Kelly both fell into this world at the same time.

"Chihiro..."

Xiao Chun felt conflicted after seeing Magical Girls from another world for the first time in the Sky Screen.

This reminded her of the scenes in Xiao Bai's memories from the second season, and she couldn't help but turn to look at Fang Ming, wanting to ask him if he knew Magical Girls from other worlds.

And, did Xiao Bai become Fang Ming, or did Fang Ming become Xiao Bai...?

But when the words reached her lips, Xiao Chun hesitated to ask. She was afraid that if she asked, she would discover that she actually liked Fang Ming Xiao Bai...

Hmm... it doesn't seem like there's anything wrong with that?

Xiao Chun's thoughts had wandered off somewhere.

Fang Ming looked at his phone. On the messaging app, Little K... Kelly appeared before Fang Ming for the first time in her virtual world avatar and greeted him.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Fang Ming."

"You've finally agreed to see me."

Fang Ming said to Kelly in a low voice.

For the past month or so, Kelly had only been communicating with Fang Ming through text messages. This was the first time she had spoken to Fang Ming face-to-face like this.

"Since the spin-off has already aired, there's no point in me hiding it any longer."

The girl with deer antlers in the phone chuckled softly.

Fang Ming was silent for a moment, then asked Kelly, "That Magical Girls named Chihiro..."

"Yes, he was my previous contractor."

"Please accept my condolences."

"It's alright, it's all in the past now, and I've found a new contractor. Although Aurora still has many shortcomings, I believe... she will definitely grow into Magical Girls as outstanding as Chihiro."

Kelly trusted Aurora completely, regarding her as Aurora 'Chihiro successor.

Fang Ming didn't continue, as it was really not a good idea to bring up Kelly's painful past.

Just then, the opening theme was playing on the Sky Screen, so Fang Ming turned his attention to it.

Compared to the main series' upbeat, positive opening theme that gives off a school anime vibe, the spin-off's opening theme... well, how should I put it...

It's so inspiring.

That's right, Fang Ming wasn't wrong; it really is exciting.

The music is so energetic that it wouldn't feel out of place in a typical shonen anime.

[Amidst a burst of intense drumbeats, the title of <Magical Girl Aurora> first appeared on the screen.]

The music then softened, and the scene shifted to the red-haired girl getting up from the bed, her profile revealing Aurora.

Sunlight streamed through the half-drawn curtains, falling on Aurora, who had just sat up in bed, holding a red phone in her hand.

Then, as Aurora looks out the window, the perspective shifts from the side to Aurora's front, and the music becomes more rousing again, cutting to the next scene.

The second scene is a sea of flowers, where a blue-haired girl is holding a battered lion doll, sitting in the flowers with her cheek pressed against the lion doll's cheek.

She has azure hair and eyes. As she reaches out to grasp at the sky, her eyes sparkling, the song moves to the next part, and the scene changes.

The third scene... features none other than Fang Ming himself!

Unlike in the first and second seasons, where Fang Ming only appeared in the background with just a few frames, this time...

The opening sequence of the spin-off surprisingly features a very long screen time dedicated to Fang Ming.

In the video, Fang Ming, dressed casually, is seen sitting on a sofa in the Aurora warehouse, tilting his head to look at the screen and smiling at it.

The scene then shifts to the figure of Xiao Bai in the distance, following the music. As Xiao Bai's long hair flutters, the camera focuses on her Xiao Bai hair and begins to rotate again.

The Magical Girls and Magical Creatures that appeared in the main story only occupied a few seconds of screen time at this moment, after which the song reached its climax.

There's not much to say about this part; it's just the transformation and battle sequence.

First, Aurora was fighting while holding her phone, then she switched to the body of the blue Magical Girls. During the battle, countless special monsters appeared around them.

Then Fang Ming, wielding a silver samurai sword he'd somehow acquired, fought his way through the monsters with ease.

Next, there's a scene where Xiao Bai fights alongside two other Magical Girls.

Then, as Aurora held her phone, several Magical Girls of different colors flashed behind her, and various items of unknown meaning appeared.

Finally, Fang Ming's figure collapsed into Aurora's arms. As Aurora looked up and shouted, the scene quickly zoomed out, eventually returning to the starting point and focusing on the red phone on the table.

The opening sequence ends when the red phone's screen goes out.

Fang Ming: "..."

What's going on? I (the original character) am now a main character in the spin-off??

Chapter 191 The Day Fate Changed

(!! A lot of information here!)

(My cousin is starting to dominate in the spin-off??)

(There are a few frames in the middle showing Xiao Qiu and the others...)

(But this also proves they'll appear in the spin-off... right?)

(That's a bit unclear, but judging from the final scene of the opening sequence, it seems like something happened to my cousin at the end?)

The final scene, where Aurora hugs Fang Ming and shouts angrily, indeed led the audience to misunderstand something.

Not to mention the audience, even Fang Ming himself frowned, not understanding what the OP was all about.

"Brother Fang Ming..."

Xiao Chun, who also witnessed this scene, cast a worried glance at Fang Ming.

Fang Ming suppressed his doubts and comforted Xiao Chun and Song Niandong:

"Don't worry, you know my strength, I'll definitely be fine."

"But... the scenes in the theme song..."

"It's probably an operator fraud."

Opening sequence deception is a common tactic in various anime series.

Leaving aside other examples, just take the recently concluded second season of "Magic Autumn". It was supposed to be Xiao Qiu and Xiao Bai pulling Dongdong out of the darkness, but in the last episode, it became a two-person show between Xiao Bai and Xiao Qiu.

Although Xiao Qiu and Xiao Bai did pull Dongdong out of the darkness, Dongdong was able to help Xiao Qiu gather Heart of Hope this.

But... the opening theme for the second season was definitely a 'fraud'.

I imagine the opening theme for the spin-off will be similar.

"Well, on another note, Mr. Fang Ming will probably become a very important person to Aurora in the future."

Kelly said at this moment, a sweet smile appearing on her Fang Ming in the virtual image on her phone, "After all, I've never seen that child so anxious and angry before."

"..."

Fang Ming could not refute this point.

Judging from the final scene, something must have happened to Fang Ming himself, which caused Aurora to be so sad and angry. It's even reasonable to speculate that Fang Ming might be the root cause of Aurora's "power surge".

This precisely proves that the relationship between Fang Ming and Aurora in the Sky Screen must have become extremely close, otherwise Aurora wouldn't have had that expression.

Fang Ming remained silent, but Xiao Chun and Song Niandong's temporarily relieved hearts began to race again.

If things are really as Kelly said...

Doesn't that mean Fang Ming and Aurora's relationship will become incredibly close?!

This blond... no, red-haired guy, will he really become my formidable rival?

A look of wariness flashed in Xiao Chun's eyes.