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''"Once you become a magical girl, there’s no turning back. When we decide to make our contracts, we give everything up in exchange for one single wish."'' ~ Homura Akemi
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{{Infobox_episode
|name       = There's No Way I'll Ever Regret It
|jname      = 後悔なんて、あるわけない
|date       = 3 February 2011 
|script     = Gen Urobuchi
|storyboard = Shin'ichi Omata
|director   = Takahiro Majima
|adirector  = Mino Honda<br />Mayuko Matsumoto<br />Kazuhisa Kosuga
}}

==Summary==
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[[File:E5-Kyoko-attacking.jpg|300px|right]]
[[Miki Sayaka|Sayaka]] fulfills her contract with [[Kyubey]] on the hospital's roof. Her Soul Gem is forged and she makes her debut as a Magical Girl. Sayaka visits the newly healed [[Kyousuke Kamijou|Kamijou]] at the hospital, where he remains until his legs recover as his miraculous healing is investigated. He apologizes for being so rude to Sayaka earlier. She cheerfully escorts him to the roof, where his parents and the hospital staff present him with his violin. Sayaka, listening as he plays it beautifully, reaches the pinnacle of happiness.

Madoka is deeply worried about Sayaka, and fears that the new Magical girl may meet Mami's cruel fate. An optimistic Sayaka reassures Madoka that she's ready for anything. Nevertheless, Madoka arranges a date with Homura in the cafe to ask the veteran to protect Sayaka, or at least befriend and team up with her. Homura doesn't give Madoka the comfort she wanted, and instead declares that she won't make promises she can't keep. Explaining that Magical Girls have given up everything for their wishes and are beyond any hope of salvation, Homura tells Madoka to give up on Sayaka.

Still worried as ever, Madoka decides to accompany Sayaka on her patrols of the city. Sayaka tracks down a familiar, [[Anja]], and engages it in combat. However, the rival Magical Girl [[Kyoko]] abruptly stops the fight, telling Sayaka that she shouldn't waste her power on a fight with a mere familiar. Kyoko reveals her technique of "farming Witches": she lets familiars attack civilians, and waits until they've fed on enough humans to become full-fledged Witches with Grief Seeds for her to harvest. Sayaka is outraged and refuses to tolerate such sinful behavior.  Kyoko tries to beat Sayaka into submission, but that proves futile as the rookie heals herself and shrugs off wounds intended to put her out of commission for "at least three months." Kyoko swallows the last bite of her taiyaki and initiates a duel to the death. That is, until Homura suddenly appears to protect Sayaka...

==Runes==
See the [[Witch Runes/Episode_5|Runes of episode 5]] page for decryption of the messages written in runes.

==Audio Commentary==

<blockquote>See Also: ''[[Guidebook#episode 5|Guidebook staff commentary]] from the '''[[Main Page/About|Magica Quartet]]'''''</blockquote>

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==Observations==
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* When standing up to challenge Kyoko, Sayaka says, "Mami’s gone because of Magical Girls like you!" Due to the [[Madoka_Magica_Drama_CD_3:_Farewell_Story|past history]] between [[The Different Story|herself and Mami]], Kyoko found that accusation especially annoying.
* While healing herself, [[Sayaka Miki|Sayaka]] is surrounded by musical notes, possibly referring to her wish with [[Kyousuke Kamijou|Kamijou]].
* During the opening sequence, the "liquid" spilling from the top of the screen is now blue (instead of orange). This could be due to Sayaka gaining her powers, as she has a mainly blue color scheme.
* [[Kyubey]] doesn't say whether or not he contracted [[Homura Akemi|Homura]], just that she's irregular. Does he not know or is he just withholding information?
* The song that Kamijou plays on the roof is the Bach/Gounod [[wikipedia:Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)|Ave Maria]], arranged for violin.
* The Magical Girls now have distinctive marks on the nails of their middle fingers.
* The lighting and direction during the creation of Sayaka's Soul Gem give the impression of a romanticized death scene.
* When Homura refers to Mami's death by decapitation in the cafe scene, she symbolically removes the cover on top of her coffee.

==Speculation==
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* The dead cannot be brought back to life with a wish, as implied by Homura in her conversation with [[Madoka Kaname|Madoka]].
** Homura was only referring to a mortal law, in comparison, and to specify making a contract for that purpose would only give Madoka an incentive to do exactly what she was trying to prevent her from doing in the first place.
* Due to changes in the arrangements of pipes on the alley walls before and after Homura broke up the fight, it was speculated that Homura had the power to rearrange and rebuild an area, performing spatial reconstruction. See [[Speculah:Magical_Powers#Spatial_Reconstruction_.28unconfirmed.29|the Magical Powers]] page for a detailed explanation of this theory.
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* At least some Grief Seeds seem to be able to recharge multiple Soul Gems (as seen in episode 2). There also seems to be some surplus of Grief Seeds relative to magical power used. However, there must be some other use for them other than recharging, or otherwise [[Kyoko]] wouldn't be so eager to get so many.
* Homura appears halfway between Sayaka and Kyoko after moving Sayaka a long distance. She dramatically falls to the ground, splashing a puddle to create a shower of shiny droplets as she nonchalantly flicks her hair. Since doing this required more effort than was necessary to save Sayaka, it's possible that Homura carefully choreographed her entrance in order to look as cool as possible in front of Madoka.
* After the conversation in the cafe, Madoka may have realized that she could protect Sayaka by accompanying her while she fought Witches, since Homura would have reason to get involved if the situation were dire enough to force Madoka to make a contract.
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==Gallery==
===Screenshots===
<gallery position="center" captionalign="left">
File:Sayaka pointing madoka face.gif
File:Sayaka ring.png|Sayaka's Soul Gem ring
File:Sayaka soul gem.jpg|A view of her Soul Gem
File:E5-Sayaka-fall.jpg|The Soul Gem scene is done in a style that evokes a typical dramatic anime death scene
File:E5-congratulations.jpg|Kyousuke's family and the hospital staff present him with his violin to celebrate his recovery
File:The negotiation broke down.gif|Madoka tries to tell Homura to look after Sayaka but she refuses
File:Sayaka transformation.gif|Sayaka's transformation sequence
File:Anja tv 1.png|Anja
File:Anja barrier tv 1.png|Anja's Labyrinth
File:Anja fin tv.png|Anja escapes
File:E5-Kyoko-sinister.jpg|Kyoko is presented as a sinister villain
File:Sayaka fighting with Kyoko.gif|Sayaka fighting with Kyoko
File:Sayaka fighting with Kyoko2.gif
File:Sayakanotes.jpg|Sayaka surrounded by notes
File:Homura flipping hair.gif|Homura interrupts Kyoko and Sayaka's fight
File:462034.jpg
File:Sayaka knocked out by Homura.gif|Sayaka knocked out by Homura
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===Analysis and Observations===
<gallery>
File:Op_ep5.jpg|OP in episode 3 (top) and episode 5 (bottom)
File:1296786066859_2.jpg|The spatial reconstruction theory
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==See Also==
*Live watching threads featuring reactions to the episode as it aired: [http://archive.foolz.us/a/thread/45516745/] and [http://archive.foolz.us/a/thread/45533165]
*[[Witch Runes/Episode_5|Translations of the witch runes appearing in this episode.]]
*[[Episode revisions#Episode 5|Revisions made in the BD version of this episode.]]
*[[Anja]], the familiar Sayaka attacked.

==External links==
*{{summary_link|05}}

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