Shaft (Witch)

Shaft (SHAFT) is a witch that appeared at the MADOGATARI event.

Witch Card

アニメーションの魔女。 その性質は従事。 この魔女は週に一度、自身の結界でもある沼へ身を投げる。 その体は油のような七色の夢となり水面に広がるが、落水時に現れる波紋こそが魔女の本体。 また、この魔女の結界に呑まれた者は七色の夢を呼吸することでしか生存を許されない。 眠らぬ体と溶けない時間、この魔女の望みは呪い と共に成就した。 魔女は40年の間、やがては消える七色の夢と果てるため幾度も身を投げ続ける。

Shaft Runes SHAFT Type Animation witch Nature Occupation Episodes Madogatari Event The witch of animation. Her nature is occupation. This witch hurls herself into a swamp that doubles as her Labyrinth once every week. Her body turns into oil-like rainbow dreams and spreads across the water's surface, but the witch's true form is actually the ripples that appear as she splashes down. Also, those who've been swallowed by this witch's Labyrinth are only permitted to live by inhaling the rainbow dreams. With a body that doesn't sleep and time that doesn't melt away, this witch's desire was achieved together with a curse. For 40 years, this witch has plunged herself in time and time again, in order to meet her end with the rainbow dreams that will one day vanish.

Minions

結界へ落ちてきた者へ マジョの空気をあたえるガラス製ながら鋼の精神を持つ

Shachiku Runes SHACHIKU Type Animation witch's minion Episodes Madogatari Event The Animation witch's minion. Grants the witch's air to those who've fallen into the Labyrinth. They have bodies of glass, but wills of steel.

Trivia

• Shaft, as her name suggests, is named after the studio of the same name that animates Puella Magi Madoka Magica and related animations. The description is most likely a dark joke about the slave-like pain of working as a Japanese animator.
• Shachiku most likely comes from the word 社畜, meaning wage slave.
• Her Witch's Kiss also resembles to the shape of a Grief Seed.

Gallery

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  A closer look to the statue. The tubes hanging to the sides are the minions.
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  A book with the witch's description.
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  Shaft's room being set up.
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  The objects near the witch are all references to various SHAFT works.
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  The curtains are also scenes from their shows.
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  The candelabra incorporate elements from Madoka Magica.
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  A Walpurgisnacht chandelier.
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  A Homulilly-themed chandelier.
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  The dolls hanging from the ceiling have "SHAFT 40th anniversary" written underneath their clothes.
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  A stamp you received after leaving the exhibition area, featuring the witch's kiss.
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  Shaft's Witch's Kiss from the Madogatari event
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  A clearer shot of the Witch's Kiss
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  Shaft's Witch's Kiss from the Madogatari Exhibition Visual Book W/Blu-ray

External links

• Post about Shaft (Japanese)
• Post about Shachiku (Japanese)