Cage Named Maturity
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A Cage Named "Maturity" -- On "Puella Magi Madoka Magika" is a 224 page book (more information) released in mid-August 2011. It is an analysis of Madoka by Kenichi Yamakawa, who has formerly placed as a finalist in Japan's SF Critics Awards for his writing on Darwinism in H.G. Wells. It is listed among the books on Madoka Magica's official website.
A seminar was held on September 12, 2011 by the author and included Nozomi Oomori, a SF critic, anthology editor and translator, and Kaichiro Morikawa, a lecturer on International Japanese Studies of Meiji University (also one of the five who wrote a Spa article).
This is the translation of the book's description, courtesy of symbv from evageeks forum.
| Original text | Translation |
|---|---|
| 成熟という檻 『魔法少女まどか☆マギカ』論 | A cage named "maturity" -- On "Puella Magi Madoka Magica" |
| はじめに | Foreword |
| 【1】希望のない檻 さやかと杏子 | 1. cage without hope - Sayaka and Kyoko |
| 1-1 希望と絶望 | 1.1 Hope and Despair |
| さやかと杏子 | Sayaka and Kyoko |
| 希望と絶望はなぜ「差し引きゼロ」なのか | Why do hope and desperation cancel each other out? |
| まどかの願い | Madoka's wish |
| テーマの複雑化 | The complication of themes |
| 1-2 非人間的な秩序 Jホラーとの比較 | The inhuman order -- comparison with J-Horror |
| 秩序の恐怖 | The terror of order |
| コズミック・コンフリクト | cosmic conflict |
| 友に呼びかける | calling out for friends |
| 1-3 さやかと杏子の結末 ホラーとしての『まどか☆マギカ』 | 1.3 The denouement of Sayaka and Kyoko -- "Madoka Magika" as horror |
| 魔法少女の生存条件 | The survival condition for mahou shoujo |
| さやかの結末 | Sayaka's denouement |
| 杏子の結末 | Kyoko's denouement |
| 1-4 「非人間的な秩序」とゾンビ | 1.4 "Inhuman order" and Zombies |
| ホメロスからドラキュラまで | From Homer to Dracula |
| 『モロー博士の島』 | "Island of Dr. Moreau" |
| ゾンビと未来 | Zombies and future |
| 魔法少女とゾンビ | Mahou Shoujo and Zombies |
| 全体主義と未来 | Totalitarianism and future |
| 1-5 失った未来 | 1.5 The lost future |
| タイムループ | Time loops |
| 反復 | Reiteration |
| 【2】希望の檻 まどかとほむら | 2. Cage of Hope -- Madoka and Homura |
| 2-1 インキュベータ | 2.1 Incubator |
| インキュベーターと契約 | Incubator and contract |
| インキュベーターと未来 | Incubator and future |
| 2-2 希望の檻 | 2.2 Cage of Hope |
| ほむらとまどか | Homura and Madoka |
| 未来の知識 | The wisdom of future |
| 人間性と死 | Humanity and Death |
| 『新世紀エヴァンゲリオン』と組織 | "Neon Genesis Evangelion" and Institution |
| 2-3 ヒーローへの懐疑 | 2.3 Skepticism towards heroes |
| 心の自由とヒーロ | "Freedom of heart" and Heroes" |
| 避けられた対決 | Confrontation avoided |
| おわりに - Afterword | Afterword |
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