Day 1 - Tuesday, the 16th: Homura wakes up in the hospital and alters her medical results to be discharged early.
Meanwhile, Mabayu wakes up from a nightmare where she died. On the way to school, time stops and she realizes Mami is frozen too, so she isn't the one causing it.
Kyubey later informs Mami that Mabayu is an "irregular" Magical Girl with no record of a contract, just like Homura.
Day 2 - Wednesday, the 17th: Homura's altered results prompt further testing and her discharge is delayed. Kyubey approaches her but she refuses to engage with him.
Homura begins stockpiling weapons and supplies for the coming fight.
Kyubey approaches Mabayu in her home, where he informs her she is already a Magical Girl too.
Day 3 - Thursday, the 18th: Kyubey teaches Mabayu to transform, about Magical Girls, Witches, and directs her to a Grief Seed already in her drawer. With his help, Mabayu's activates her power of enhancing her sight and hearing to spy on people. While working, she has a vision about Amy being in the car accident but fails to stop it once more. Like in the previous timeline, Madoka and Sakie take Amy to the veterinarian's clinic to save her, where Madoka uses her wish to bring her back to life.
Homura has stolen weapons and ammunitions in preparation for Walpurgisnacht. So far, she's been unable to tell the others about Kyubey's lies.
Day 4 - Friday, the 19th: Mabayu learns to bend light to make herself invisible as well as to give sound when she reads lips. She spies on Madoka and Mami with this technique when Homura introduces herself to them as a fellow Magical Girl. She tries to tell them that Kyubey's lying to them but they're skeptical.
Day 5 - Saturday, the 20th: Mabayu tries to look up Homura's address on the teachers' room but finds Homura not listed there.
Homura redeems a winning lottery ticket with knowledge from the previous loop. The clerk tells her that winnings require parental verification at the bank and this prompts Homura to run away and find another way to earn money.
Day 6 - Sunday, the 21st: During the class trip to the factory, Mabayu enters a Witch's Barrier and sees Madoka and Homura fighting it, where Homura tells Madoka about Walpurgisnacht.
Homura successfully saves Sayaka from the Witch.
Day 8 - Tuesday, the 23rd: Mabayu follows Madoka and later, finds that one of the cakes Sakie has made is for Homura Akemi to congratulate her on leaving the hospital.
Day 10 - Thursday, the 25th: Homura starts attending school and Madoka introduces her to Sayaka and Hitomi while Mabayu spies on them. Later, as Sayaka is about to be attacked by the Familiar, Kyubey reveals himself to her while Mabayu watches. Homura stops time to save Sayaka and tells her not to trust Kyubey before leaving.
Day 11 - Friday, the 26th: The next day, Sayaka goes to school with Kyubey on her shoulder and confronts Madoka telepathically. Madoka introduces Sayaka to Mami later and Sayaka recounts being saved by Homura.
Day 13 - Sunday, the 28th: Homura brings Madoka to the factory with the intent to prevent the gas leak tragedy. Sayaka later joins Mami, Madoka and Homura in a Witch-hunt. Using Homura's foreknowledge, the team successfully prevents the factory incident.
Day 14 - Monday, the 29th: On the way to school with Hitomi, Kyubey reveals to Sayaka that Madoka's wish was to save Amy. That night, Mabayu watches Mami, Madoka and Homura fight a Familiar. Unknowingly, Kyoko watches the three of them from another location as well.
Day 15 - Tuesday, the 30th: Sayaka goes to the hospital to visit Kyosuke. As she's leaving, Mabayu sees her and Kyubey goes to her while Mabayu investigates a Witch's signature. Inside the Barrier, Mami, Madoka and Homura defeat the Witch and meanwhile, on the hospital rooftop, Sayaka is approached by Kyubey, who tells him he can stay, but not to talk to her. Troubled by Madoka's wish and seeing Hitomi with Kyosuke, she feels unworthy and conflicted.
Day 16 - Wednesday, the 31st: The next day, Kyosuke is grief-stricken due to his injured hand and, on the rooftop, Sayaka becomes a Magical Girl to have Kyosuke's hand recover. That night, Homura encounters Hitomi under a Witch's Kiss. She discovers many people under H.N. Elly's influence preparing for a mass suicide in an abandoned building. Homura goes to fight the Witch and has a difficult time until Sayaka, now a Magical Girl, arrives and easily defeats her.
Day 17 - Thursday, the 1st: Madoka, Sayaka and Homura visit Hitomi in the hospital, who has only vague memories of the incident. They patrol the streets and sense a Familiar but Kyoko interrupts them. Kyoko wants the Familiar to become a Witch while Sayaka argues against it. Homura stops time and kills the Familiar and a fight between Kyoko and Sayaka breaks out. Homura stops time again and accidentally injures both Sayaka and Kyoko with the bomb. Kyoko leaves and Homura promises to explain everything in a meeting with Mami present.
Day 18 - Friday, the 2nd: Homura, Madoka, Sayaka, and Mami gather at night in an abandoned factory, with Mabayu watching unseen. Homura demonstrates her magic and explains that she is reliving the same month for the third time. She reveals Kyubey's agenda and that Magical Girls become Witches, but Sayaka suggests Homura could be working with Kyoko against them. Madoka defends Homura, but Sayaka remains distrustful and points to the repeated dangers she faces from Homura’s bombs. Mami asks Homura to consider alternative weapons and Mami reveals Kyoko is a former teammate with whom she had a falling out. Mami is skeptical of Homura's claims, and Sayaka is openly hostile.
Day 19 - Saturday, the 3rd: Sayaka waits in the hospital lobby and discovers that Hitomi is already visiting Kyosuke. She spies on them and sees them sharing a cake and talking to each other. Mabayu notices Sayaka as she's leaving and sneaks inside to overhear Hitomi and Kyosuke, but leaves after realizing the romantic nature of their conversation.
Day 20 - Sunday, the 4th: Homura and Madoka board a train and Mabayu follows them. Homura then freezes time and steals an arsenal of weapons from a rumored mafia hangout.
Mami meets Sayaka by the river, who is berating herself for not congratulating Kyousuke on his hospital discharge. Sayaka asks about Mami's and Madoka's wishes but avoids revealing her own.
Day 21 - Monday, the 5th: Sayaka encounters Kyoko, who shares her past and philosophy of using magic for herself. Sayaka disagrees and insists her wish was selfless before running off.
While wandering, Mabayu notices a Witch's Barrier, where Kyoko and Mami defeat the Witch and retrieve a Grief Seed. Kyoko reveals that Sayaka has been hunting Familiars and gives Mami the Grief Seed for Sayaka to use.
Sayaka fights a Familiar and confronts Kyubey about Magical Girls’ souls being relocated after their contract. Though betrayed, she admits she might have accepted the terms anyway. Her mental state deteriorates further and she hunts more Familiars recklessly as a form of self-punishment.
Day 22 - Tuesday, the 6th: Mabayu finds Sayaka fighting a Witch alone, before Madoka, Homura and Mami arrive and save her. Homura freezes time and kills the Witch with her stolen weapons, but Sayaka insists she didn't need help. Sayaka refuses the Grief Seed and Homura forcibly freezes time and takes her Soul Gem. When time resumes, Sayaka’s lifeless body collapses and the others panic, but she gets revived when she is near her Soul Gem. This event reveals to the others that their souls are contained within the Soul Gems.
Day 23 - Wednesday, the 7th: Mabayu confronts Kyubey, but he justifies it by his own logic. Later, at Café Récompense, Mabayu notices Sayaka sitting outside and offers support to her, but she lashes out and storms off.
Kyoko finds Sayaka sitting at the train station and chastises her. Mami, Madoka and Homura then arrive and Sayaka rejects the Grief Seed Madoka offers her and admits she can’t live up to her ideals. Sayaka then turns into a Witch. Mami is horrified as she realizes that Magical Girls turn into Witches, Kyoko demands to know what the Witch has done to Sayaka and Madoka pleads with the Witch to remember who she used to be. Meanwhile, Mabayu, who had been searching for Sayaka, enters the Labyrinth and observes them grappling with the fact that the Witch was once Sayaka. Homura apologizes to Sayaka and kills the Witch with several bombs. Kyoko struggles to accept what she just witnessed, while Madoka breaks down in tears. Mami lashes out and captures Homura with her ribbons and shoots Kyoko's Soul Gem with the belief that it is better for them to die now than to become Witches. Before she can pull the trigger on Homura, Madoka destroys Mami’s Soul Gem with an arrow and kills her. Madoka is devastated, Homura promises they will face Walpurgisnacht together and Madoka agrees.
At her home, Kyubey explains Walpurgisnacht to Mabayu and that even if all five girls had fought together, the chances of victory would still have been slim. She decides to remain hidden, planning to either reveal herself if they succeed or rely on another time loop.
Day 24 - Thursday, the 8th: Madoka and Homura defeat a Witch together while Mabayu observes them.
Day 25 - Friday, the 9th: Madoka and Homura meet at an abandoned factory to discuss their next steps and defeat a Familiar. Once again, Mabayu observes them. Throughout the following days, the two of them would fight more and more together.
Day 32 - Friday, the 16th: The town evacuates as Walpurgisnacht approaches and Mabayu goes to observe Madoka and Homura. Despite their best attempts, Walpurgisnacht survives and, after the battle, their Soul Gems are nearly black. Madoka gives her last Grief Seed from Sayaka's Witch to Homura and asks her to save her from Kyubey in another timeline. Homura promises to save Madoka no matter how many loops it takes. Madoka then asks her not to let her turn into a Witch and, tearfully, Homura ends Madoka’s life and restarts the month again. Mabayu is caught in the reset once more, and Kyubey bids her farewell until the next cycle.
Trivia
According to Oktavia's Witch Card for Timeline 3, it's possible that in this timeline Sayaka has become interested in the guitar, and it has been speculated that Kyosuke decided to take up guitar in this timeline instead.
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