Chapter 134
Chapter 134
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 134
Chapter Title: Because I Love You
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The server opened three hours later.
I'd been chanting "It'll open soon, it'll open soon" while running a stream with zero planning or content, and it had drained every last bit of energy out of me.
Even so, just watching that perfectly chosen anime opening screen made me grin like an idiot. Otaku really are these pitiful creatures who can't help themselves.
And so the game began.
The opening sequence kicked off from the battle scene in episode 10 of the TVA.
Having rewatched the anime so many times, I knew exactly that this was the scene starting at 4 minutes and 30 seconds into episode 10... but admitting that as a total weeb seemed way too dangerous, so I deliberately held my tongue.
Ahem. And the rest is omitted.
From that point, the combat tutorial unfolded with familiar characters.
A deck-building fighter using action cards—pseudo-turn-based, maybe?
It reeked of those classic gacha collection games where if you don't have the right characters for boss raids or battles, everything grinds to a halt and you quit in frustration.
💬 Comments — Anonymous It's stinking... It's stinking... Trash game smell... — ?? Server shutdown in 1 year? Up? Down? — Anonymous Time for freebies, time for freebies, time for freebies — ??? We're out of money, so we're selling nostalgia for a bit. Honestly, the chat reactions weren't even that much of a hate train.
Because the thought "Isn't this just a typical nostalgia-cash-grab trash game based on an IP?" was starting to creep into my head too.
But they say the one who loves more is the one who loses, right?
I love you too much to help it.
I have no choice but to throw money, time, and heart at it!
"It even has full voice acting for the story! They put real effort into this, so no hate, please!"
— Anonymous Ah... — Fan But... you love it, right...? — PongSeolFan PongSeol-a ㅠㅠ — ^Pong^ ^Pong^ "Hey now, no naughty words like that!"
Once the battle ended, a new character burst into the story.
This magical girl was one I'd never seen in the TVA or the movies, so she must be a game original.
—"If you want to save the magical girl, Takara Saga Shiro." (Japanese)
The girl vanished after dropping that cryptic line.
And the opening? It was fan service, apparently—swapping out the familiar magical girls for a new protagonist to kick off chapter one.
A bit further into the story, and boom: the gacha system.
And there, in that gacha system, I confirmed my beloved Venus was available.
"Alright, let's pull for Venus first."
The first 10-pull.
Of course, the top rarity, innate 4-star, didn't come out that easily.
"Hold on, lemme make a quick purchase."
[Anonymous donated 1,000 won.]
"Legend-a, what are you even saying? There are 8 permanent magical girls, and the innate 4-star drop rate is only 1% per pull— you gonna snipe Venus like that?" Time for a quick explanation of gacha terms for the uninitiated.
Paying money to pull characters? Even total game newbies can grasp that.
But once you get into permanents, limiteds, pity systems, and ceilings, it gets complicated.
Permanents are just that—always available in the regular pool.
Limiteds are only in the gacha for a set time.
💬 Comments — GachaVet Sniping permanents is insane — Noob Why? Just skip it lol — MathWhiz 1% then 8/1 again? How much? — Calc 8/1 is 8x, so 8% — PriceCheck How much per pull in this game? — InfoBot Info) Single pull is 3,000 won. Info) Single pull is 3,000 won. Info) Single pull is 3,000 won. — RageQuit Wtf, data trash at 3k per pull? — F2P Yeah, duds mean F2P wins Limiteds sound rarer at first glance, permanents more common.
But if you want a specific permanent? Different story.
Limited pickups are the star of their banner, so you can guarantee them with the pity ceiling.
In this Magical Girls Record: Magical Girls Chronicle Side Story, 100 pulls guarantees the featured character.
Permanents? 100 pulls guarantees an innate 4-star... but the odds it's your target? 1/8.
12.5%.
And limited or permanent pulls? Both 3,000 won each.
Luckily, first-time buys double the currency for the same price.
Meaning 40 pulls for 60,000 won.
Super cheap, right? Cheap.
Anyway, I loaded up a casual 200 pulls.
"Come on, Venus!"
💬 Comments — Spectator Guys there's a crazy person here — Friend Bro don't cross that river ⭐ Top Comment — WhaleWatcher Spends gold like gold, cash like water? — Philosopher They say worrying about celebs and streamers is the world's most useless thing — LOL lolololololol — Madness This is pure madness Pages of a book fluttering dramatically, magical girl stars rising one by one atop them.
What a pull animation that just screams "whale bait."
But what came out? 2-star magical girls, 3-stars, 2-star gear, 3-star gear.
Grabbing that top-tier "innate 4-star" magical girl wasn't easy!
💬 Comments — Skeptic This is worth 30k??? — BugReport Money delete bug! — Hater Told you not to whale lololol don't give money to this trash lololol — Philosopher2 If Legend had fun, that's all that matters... — DevDream Making bank is ez pz wtf I might look like a madman.
The game company might look like it's printing money effortlessly.
But think about it.
Have you ever been loved this much by anyone?
Venus, I love you. I love you. When you love, you can't help it.
30 pulls: no 4-star yet.
40 pulls: lucky 4-star, but not Venus.
50 pulls: no 4-star.
60 pulls: ditto.
...Omitted.
120 pulls: 4-star, but not Venus.
130 pulls: no 4-star.
[Anonymous donated 1,000 won.]
"Didn't realize till now, but Legend's actually terrifying." [MoneyDeleteBug donated 1,000 won.]
"Gotta donate 1k to tell mid-pull Legend to get shredded in a grinder." [CrimeReport112 donated 1,000 won.]
"Defacing currency is a crime. If you witness it, call 112 without the area code." 240 + 180 + 200 + 200 + 40 pulls or whatever.
Finally, Venus appeared!
"She dropped!"
💬 Comments — Hype CCCCCCCCCCCCCC — Tired Ttttttttttt — Viewer Is this insane chicken game finally over? ⭐ Top Comment — JeonJeonseolFan Jeon Jeonseol wins! — Congrats Congrats, teach — Hopeful Now liberated from gacha hell to actually play, right? — Legend Indian-style gacha legend ㄷㄷ — Quote Keep pulling till it drops -Jeon Jeonseol- [FullSocket donated 1,000 won.]
"Info) Need 5 dupes for full sockets. Of course LegendJeonseol's going full socket, right?" That's right.
The flower of gacha games: dupes.
Called by various names per game, but the gist is you need multiples of the same character for peak performance.
And in Magical Girls Record: Magical Girls Chronicle Side Story, you need five copies to unlock all sockets for "full socket" status.
It took roughly a million won for one Venus, but who knows how much for four more.
Honestly, you can do everything in the game without it.
I know that well, with my game knowledge.
But that's not true love.
Because I love her.
Because I love her.
Because I love her, there are things I have to do.
"I love you, Venus!!!"
💬 Comments — Confirmed This guy's actually insane lololol — GachaPro Common in gacha circles — Budget 1M for a char or 100 bowls of noodle soup lol — Troll You pig lol — Deep ...What even is money? — RealTalk Never felt "gold spoon" till today, now I feel it hard fr — Curious Is Jeon Jeonseol rich af? — Fact This dude just has money lol Luck wasn't on my side this time—after punching through full sockets for Venus, it came out to about 9 million won.
But because I love her, isn't that okay?
"Can you feel it now? My love for Venus!"
💬 Comments — Philosopher3 What even is Venus to Jeon Jeonseol? ⭐ Top Comment — Ultimate everything — Plea Not a concept, pls stop the madness — Echo Because I love you — Regret Mom why didn't you birth me as Venus — Capped Already full socket, can't whale more lol — Beggar Not rude at all, just buy me a pizza pls — Elite The rich world is incomprehensible (shakes head)