Wasu
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| Wasu (ワス) | |
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| Physical info | |
| Type | Human, Witch Girl |
| Gender | Female ♀ |
| Age | Unknown |
| Eye color | Red |
| Hair color | Purple |
| Magic info | |
| Soul Gem | Melt Gem |
| Weapon | Stick (Wand Mode, Sword Mode[observed]) |
| Witch Form | Walpurgisnacht |
| Powers and Abilities | Unknown |
| Wish | See Marguerite |
| Social info | |
| Japanese pronoun | watakushi (わたくし) |
| School | Mitakihara Middle School, 9th grade |
| Background info | |
| Character designer Primary artist |
Ume Aoki |
| Voiced by | Japanese: Maaya Sakamoto (WENWJA𝕏aniDBANNIMDb) |
"A devil's butterfly dream is nothing more than a dream of bubbles varnishing upon the water's surface"[unofficial tl.]
—Wasu, Walpurgisnacht: Rising.
Wasu (ワス), also known as Nameless Upperclassman (名前のない上級生), is a character from Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Walpurgisnacht: Rising-.
Appearance
Wasu, in appearance, is similar to Homura Akemi, with some key differences; her hair is more of a darker purple, and she had magenta-red eyes.
Witch Girl
Witch Girl 2nd Form
Wasu's Witch Girl 2nd Form (魔女っ子第2形態 Majokko Dai 2 Keitai)[1] resembles that of Walpurgisnacht.
Personality and Traits
Powers and Abilities
Wasu is a very skilled, agile fighter and her main weapon has two modes: Wand Mode[2] and Sword Mode[observed]. In Wand Mode, it is a staff with a ricasso topped with a six-winged gem, and in Sword Mode, the weapon is a sword with a broken blade able to create powerful waves with its swings.[observed][3]
Like all the Witch Girls within Homura's world, Wasu is somewhat able to control the reality and perception around her.[observed] Besides being able to integrate into Mitakihara Middle School without having a name—and becoming quite popular without Homura taking notice—Wasu was able to affect the world more directly as well. During her fight with Homura, Wasu was able to throw back the metallicized blocks of the world she came into contact with, while also resisting being crushed by them. When Homura transformed the blocks she crushed her with into landscape again, it became a building within which Wasu was completely safe. Additionally, she could utilize the Labyrinth-like properties of the world to conceal the entrance to the Nazukasokotsune, battle Homura, and do other similar things, however unlike Selema or Ding Xiang, she didn't seem to have a set domain—likely as her Witch form Walpurgisnacht didn't have a Labyrinth of her own.
When in the Nazukasokotsune, Wasu can manipulate the elements present in it. She mainly does so with the Witch Encyclopedias and their pages, using them to block attacks and to absorb Witches and Familiars back into their pages. She is even able to enlarge them in order to catch bigger Witches such as Oktavia von Seckendorff. She can likely manipulate all of the books around her within a certain radius, as it is seen that she was able to gather many of them to form a boring machine-like drilling system to pursue Sayaka and Homura. Her control also extends to the Nameless Star, which she is able to move around.[observed][3]
During fights, Wasu creates floating cogwheels which she can use as projectiles, or platforms. She is also able to seemingly float in her first form, and then fly freely in her second form. Unlike other Witch Girls, Wasu can summon her Witch form entirely rather than simply transforming into her, however she herself was left in a trance-like when doing so.[3]
History
- See also Marguerite.
Wasu was originally a conglomeration formed from thousands of souls[4] during the Ancient Era, and was then taken to the Law of Cycles at the end of the TV series. Following the events of Rebellion, the Law of Cycles became unstable, and she is able to return to the mortal world through Nazukasokotsune.[5] She longed for "Marguerite" as the only person who can remembered her true self[4][6], and came to Mitakihara to take back Marguerite.[7] Additionally, Wasu brought along Selema Terez and Zi Ding Xiang with her.
She first appeared in Rising meeting Madoka, Sayaka and Hitomi, where she repeatedly mistakes Madoka for Marguerite, ignoring Madoka's corrections. When Homura tries to get more information about her, she attacks her mentally and leaves Madoka for the time.
Later, she, Selema and Ding Xiang follow Kyubey and kill their bodies repeatedly to prevent Homura from using her Lizard Phone rumor to recruit more ordinary girls to fight for her.
Wasu then enters Madoka's home, calling her Marguerite again, and tries to take her ribbons out when she is stopped by Homura. After a brief exchange, she starts to fight her, demanding Marguerite back. At the end, she cuts both the platform Homura was standing and one of her wings.
When they return to Nazukasokotsune, she explains to Ding Xiang that she fought Homura because she found someone with her same face protecting Marguerite with innocence and making her forget everything pathetic. The trio is found by Kyubey, and they decide to make an alliance.
Eventually, she confronts Homura and Sayaka in Nazukasokotsune, after they tried to trick her to lure her out from the place. She explains how it works and how she has no name and memories, that only Marguerite only knows those key details, and how her only memory is that she's every forgotten curse that's fused together, thus Walpurgisnacht. She then later tries to kill them after defeating both Oktavia von Seckendorff and Homura's familiars. Outside she tries to continue the battle, this time with Homura and her powers back. However, they are stopped by Mami, Nagisa, Kyoko and an unconscious Zi Ding Xiang, who ask for explanations.
After Selema has summoned Kriemhild Gretchen by using Nazukasotsune's record of it, Wasu battles Selema's Familiars, and flies towards Madoka, when Madoka is possessed by the Law of Cycles and learns Wasu's past.
After Selema is defeated, and Madoka is back to normal, Wasu dashes towards Madoka, desperate to know her real identity. When Madoka comforts her and explains she's Marguerite, this is when she remembers who she is. Wasu then encourages Homura to protect Madoka from the Law of Cycles, and gives advice. She, Marguerite, Ding Xiang, the nuns who formed Walpurgisnacht, and potentially Selema return back to the Law of Cycles.
Gallery
Anime Screenshots
Concept Movie
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Wasu (presumed) behind the curtain with her broken sword
Walpurgisnacht: Rising
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Manga
Walpurgisnacht Rising Manga
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Wasu on the cover of volume 1
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Official Art
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School uniform -
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The visual for the second Walpurgisnacht Rising teaser
Concept
Wasu originally spoke in a boyish manner using the boku pronoun in Gen Urobuchi's script, which Urobuchi had based on Inu Curry's Note.[note 1] Akiyuki Shinbo, who held Aim for the Ace's "Madame Butterfly" (Ryūzaki Reika) as his ideal upperclasswoman, asked Gekidan Inu Curry if he could change how Wasu spoke. After Gekidan Inu Curry agreed, Shinbo had Shaft producer Miku Ōshima rewrite Wasu's lines in an ojō-sama style.[8]
Trivia
- The name "Wasu" was never mentioned once in Walpurgisnacht: Rising, except in ending credits.
Observations
- The name Wasu first appeared in the Concept Movie's early plot outline.
- Wasu's Magical Girl ring in Walpurgisnacht: Rising is written ANONYMOUS ("Anonymous") in Archaic and lacks a gem on the back side of her ring.
- Wasu's Magical Girl/Witch Girl outfit resembles Homura's Magical Girl outfit in early concepts.
Etymology
- Since the name Wasu (ワス) is written with katakana, multiple meaning can be given to it. However, it likely originates from said Witch Girl's original Witch name when written in Japanese, Walpurgisnacht (ワルプルギスの夜)
Notes
- ↑ Shinbo described this as Boku-shaberi (ボク喋り) in the interview
References
- ↑ Kyoto International Manga Anime Fair 2026 event, Shaft Booth's Walpurgisnacht: Rising Production Material Display (Sat 9/19 to Sun 9/20)
- ↑ Walpurgisnacht: Rising Theater Pamphlet: Weapon Setting materials p.46-47
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Shown in Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Walpurgisnacht: Rising-
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Spoken line in Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Walpurgisnacht: Rising-: "Thousands of cursed voices, I do not know who I truly am."[unofficial tl.] (「幾千の呪いの声、どれが本当のわたくしか分からない」[verification needed])
- ↑ Spoken line in Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Walpurgisnacht: Rising-: "I, too, am the one guided by the Law of Cycles" "Some abnormality seems to have befallen the Law of Cycles. You, the devil, must know the reason." "My old nest opened, and that is how I was able to returned to this world"[unofficial tl.] (「わたくしも円環の理に導かれた身ですの」「何やら円環の理に異常が来したよう。悪魔であるあなたなら、その理由をご存知でしょう」「懐かしい古巣が開いて、現世に舞い戻りを果たした」)[verification needed]
- ↑ Spoken line in Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Walpurgisnacht: Rising-: "My name, my feelings, Marguerite is the only one who knows them. Only her could bring back my true self."[unofficial tl.] (「わたくしの名前、わたくしの思い、それを知っているのはマルグリートだけ。彼女だけがわたくしを取り戻してくれるはず。」) (Also from PV at 0:47)
- ↑ Spoken line in Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Walpurgisnacht: Rising-: "I will take Marguerite back"[unofficial tl.] (「マルグリートを返していただきます」) (Also from PV at 0:34)
- ↑ Kikan S 2026/10: Interview with Akiyuki Shinbo p.44 (published 2026-09-16)