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Volume 1 of the manga series The Different Story tells a story about Mami and
Kyouko before the timeframe of the anime series, when they were partners and
Kyouko regarded Mami as a big sister.

![Kyouko kissing Mami](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GdotF.jpg)

(Makes me wish KyoMami was a more popular pairing.)

From the events of Volumes 2 and 3, we can infer that The Different Story is
one of the hundred or so timelines that Homura experienced as she was trying
to fulfil Madoka's last request, as seen in Episode 10 of the series. But the
events of Volume 1 take place before Homura started going back in time. Does
that mean that this partnership between Kyouko and Mami happened in every
timeline, including the main anime timeline that ends with Madoka becoming
Ultimate Madoka?


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Did the events of The Different Story Volume 1 occur in all timelines?


According to the [drama CD](http://wiki.puella-magi.net/Drama_CD_3) that the
first volume of _Different Story_ is based on, it is in fact canon to all
timelines that Mami and Kyoko met. To quote the wiki,

> The timelines diverge on the day when Homura wakes up in the hospital, so
> events prior to that are unaffected by her resets.

While we don't know the exact date that Mami and Kyoko met (we do know Homura
wakes up on the 16th of March), the drama CD does go into detail about the
events that lead to Kyoko's father killing the rest of her family before
killing himself.

Also, at the end of Episode 4 when talking to Kyubey, Kyoko refers to Mami by
her first name only, and according to the [wiki](http://wiki.puella-
magi.net/Kyoko_Sakura#Speculations_.26_Observations),

> This was considered a sign that Kyoko and Mami had known each other
> previously.


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