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Medaka Hyakka — Issue 05 | Orochi & Black Diamond
Original English reading guide • Public and free to read
Original Japanese title: メダカ百華 第5号
Publisher: Pisces Publishers (ピーシーズ)
Format: Original Aquapedia English reading guide — source metadata and highlights, NOT a full translation.
English highlights: Originally published August 18, 2018. Publisher notes document an era of rapid development around Orochi, Black Diamond, tricolor lamé Miyuki, and multicolored reflective forms. The issue also revisits varieties including Akari, Kabuki, Kirameki, green-light expression, Akebono, and Unshu Sanshoku.
Special lineage caution: The publisher reports that Yuji Ikeya observed Kagami (mirror-scale) expression in 2017 and confirmed inheritance in 2018. Kagami is a scale trait, not its own color variety. This issue is a lead for further historical corroboration, not proof that every modern Kagami line shares a single documented cross.
Source status: Publisher listing and dates verified. Original English synopsis only; full scans and photographs are not republished.
Aquapedia reference: medaka-hyakka-05