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Talk:Madoka Magica Episode 12: My Very Best Friend

2011-04-23T12:04:11Z

Aquamarine39: /* Interesting (funny?) thing about a picture */

== Spoilers ==

Do we keep spoilering everything that isn't broadcast information, or do we just put a big spoiler alert at the top of the page and un-spoiler everything? 'cause I think it's gonna end up pretty much as a black page soon seeing how it goes ... --[[User:Homerun-chan|Homerun-chan]] 09:07, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
:Part of me wants to say 'if you're browsing wiki articles on a series you haven't finished watching, you're asking for trouble unless you know exactly what you're looking for and don't accidentally end up on spoiler filled pages'. The other part wants to say that tagging spoilers is the only polite way to do it.

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Someone needs to add the mahou shoujo from all over the world to the page, because the world needs more moeviking.
* And moebear. [[User:MsDevin92|MsDevin92]] 00:31, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

== Witches ==

"Cleopatra (Roberta) and Joan d'arc (Elsa Maria) were magical girls. ...perhaps Anne Frank too?"

Well, I think it's possible that Roberta was Cleopatra and Joan d'Arc was Elsa Maria ... but is this official information? Sounds like speculah to me. [[User:Keksus|Keksus]] 15:46, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
* One of the Puella Magi that is retroactively purified by Madoka is a girl sitting on a crowded train and crying. Fans think it's Anne Frank on her way to the work camps. [[User:MsDevin92|MsDevin92]] 00:31, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

== Something's going on with this page ==

[http://wiki.puella-magi.net/index.php?title=Episode_12&curid=1498&diff=9630&oldid=9628| In this edit], I merely added a picture, but it ended up deleting a bunch of unrelated stuff as well, for some reason. [[User:BrickBreak|BrickBreak]] 23:52, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

== Homura's 'New Weapon/Wish' ==

Her shield ran out of sand, which as you know, means that it can't stop time anymore until she resets the timeline. Furthermore, her shield outright disappeared when Madoka did that... thing with the breaking of reality, but her magical girl clothes did not. Therefore:
1) Maybe she chooses not to use the shield anymore, since without sand, it's nothing but a hunk of steel attached to her arm; this would also imply it's either impossible to reset the timeline and get more sand, or that doing so would really not fix anything so she's not bothering.
2) Maybe she chooses not to use the shield anymore out of respect for Madoka and upholds her memory with the bow/arrow combo, an ability granted to her when Madoka fixed her Soul Gem and gave her her ribbon.
3) Maybe she did in fact make a new wish in this timeline.

One thing to keep in mind is that Homura likely would NOT have a new wish to make (or probably would not have WANTED to make a new wish, knowing it's still a mess), so it's more likely that her wish is still the same and she exists 'beyond spacetime' like she did in all of the timelines but the first. In this case theories 1 and 2 are more likely.
It's also very obvious that Homura remembers the events of the past and Madoka, and therefore couldn't have been reset into making a new wish.

== Interesting (funny?) thing about a picture ==

About http://wiki.puella-magi.net/File:Homura_and_Madoka_God.jpg picture, I recall there was a moment during either episode 11 or 12 where a part of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Creation_of_Adam was seen in the background. Trying to find it now... If anyone else also found it, please upload and link! [[User:Aquamarine39|Aquamarine39]] 03:10, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
:check gallery in ep 11 and 12 --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 05:17, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
::Great! Thank you! [[User:Aquamarine39|Aquamarine39]] 12:04, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

File:Creation of Adam reflection.jpg

2011-04-23T12:00:48Z

Aquamarine39:

"The Creation of Adam", as reflected in Junko's glass. Why in this scene, all of a sudden?

Talk:Madoka Magica Episode 12: My Very Best Friend

2011-04-23T03:10:42Z

Aquamarine39:

Madoka Magica Episode 12: My Very Best Friend

2011-04-22T12:40:54Z

Aquamarine39: /* Images */

{{Infobox_episode
|name = My Best Friend
|jname = わたしの、最高の友達
|script = [[Gen Urobuchi]]
|storyboard = Shinsaku Sasaki
|director = Yukihiro Miyamoto
|adirector = Jun'ichirō Taniguchi Mika Takahashi
}}

== Summary ==
{{spoiler|The universe was put in jeopardy, destroyed and remade into something better through the power of Madoka´s wish.}}

== Runes ==

See [[Runes:Episode 12|Runes of episode 12]]

== Observations ==

* Once again, this episode used [[Connect]] as an ending song. However, there was no animation sequence, as instead the credits rolled in black on a white background.
** This episode doesn't have a proper opening either.

*This episode ends with a squence which shows first the back of Madoka, Kyouko, Syaka, Homura and Maimi followed by the silhouettes of all Puella Magi which appeared in the anime. Even those which were only shown in their witch form´s. After that Madoka´s ribbon falls and Madoka´s soul gem is shown for a second.

* {{spoiler|According with some fans the end of Episode 12 is considered a Lain ending. Madoka is the Jesus figure, Homura is her prophet, and Kyuubei is the Devil (analogous to the Temptation of Christ). Others have dubbed the ending a "Reverse Evangelion" ending. In Evangelion, all of humanity becomes a higher being except the protagonist(s), while, in Madoka's ending, the protagonist becomes a higher being while everyone else maintains a regular existence.}}

*{{spoiler|Even if there are no witches in the world the Puella Magi have to fight against demons now. Therefore Kyuubey still can gain energy to fight against entropy}}

*{{spoiler|The Incubators have been on the earth since the stone ages. Without them granting girls wishes, humans would still live in caves}}

*{{spoiler|Madoka has changed the laws of the universe thus changing the Puella Magi system and humanity's relationship with Incubators: Witches do not exist on that world as spent Soul Gems disappear mysteriously before they can curse the world. But curses continue to haunt humanity in the form of Magical Beasts that no one knows where they are coming from, it is the role of Puella Magi to defeat these monsters to gather the curses to be harvested to slow the effects of entropy (once defeated, these new monsters become cubic fragments that can also be used to purify Soul Gems). Puella Magi who overexert their magical powers will die (or disappear) so they must use the dark cubes to purify their Soul Gems before that happens. And apparently Homura and Kyuubei have a better relationship on this new reality because of the new nature of the universe. Since Incubators cannot harvest Grief Seeds (as they do not exist), they cannot also harvest despair for it has no effect on fixing entropy (Kyuubei admits that if it was the opposite, the nature of Incubators would be totally different), so it seems that Puella Magi wont have to worry about the consequences of emotional distress.}}

== Speculations ==

*{{spoiler|Cleopatra (Roberta) and Joan d'arc (Elsa Maria) were magical girls. ...perhaps Anne Frank too? }}

*{{spoiler|There are many speculations regarding the ending. One camp says that we are seeing Homura in an apocalyptic future after a thousand years has passed (the actual year is unknown and this is a guess), but it is possible that Homura is actually inside a barrier so this idea could be incorrect. Another observation believes that Homura is about to die because she can feel Madoka's presence and hear her voice as Madoka has come for Homura's Soul Gem before it can cause harm on the world. There is also speculation that Homura is carrying Madoka's spirit with her as noticed by the strange wings she possesses. Some suggest that the epilogue was left open ended for the possibility for a second season.}}

== Initial broadcast and delays ==

This episode was scheduled to air on 24 March 2011 but has been pulled due to the [[Wikipedia:2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami|2011 Sendai earthquake and tsunami]]. On April 10, 2011 it was announced that Madoka was scheduled to resume its broadcasting [http://www.animenewsnetwork.co.uk/news/2011-04-10/madoka-magica-anime-to-resume-on-april-21 on the 21 of April 2011] and it would air the last two episodes back-to-back.

*MBS (Kansai area): 11th & 12th episodes on Thursday, April 21 at 26:40 (effectively Friday, April 22 at 2:40 a.m.)
*TBS (Tokyo's Kanto area): 10th, 11th, and 12th episodes on Thursday, April 21 at 27:00 (Friday, April 22 at 3:00 a.m.) TBS had preempted its airing of the 10th episode due to its news coverage of the earthquake.
*CBC (central Japan): 10th, 11th, and 12th episodes on Sunday, April 24 at 26:45 (Monday, April 25 at 2:45 a.m.).

*{{spoiler|The fact that this episode aired during Good Friday, and the similarity between both events, led to jokes and far-fetched speculation from the fanbase.}}

{{-}}

== Images ==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="left">
File:Madoka Christ.jpg|Accept Madoka into your heart, for she has died for our sins.
File:HiymV.jpg|from 4chan
File:Madoka 12 goddess.jpg|Remember kids, Jesus Madoka died for our sins. Our prophet is Homura, she is our leader and our Saviour. Join the Church of Madoka now.
File:Homumado ep 12.jpg|
File:Thank you for watching the end.jpg|Thank you for watching
File:Madoka 12 Yellow Eyes White Madoka.jpg|
File:Madoka magiccircle.jpg|The magic circle (?) that Madoka shoots to destroy witches.
</gallery>

== See also ==

[http://imperialx.wordpress.com/2011/04/22/madoka-doesnt-need-a-sequel-to-explain-itself/ A FAQ about the ending]

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File:Madoka magiccircle.jpg

2011-04-22T12:38:37Z

Aquamarine39: Magic circle (?) that Madoka shoots to insta-destroy witches

Magic circle (?) that Madoka shoots to insta-destroy witches

Community:Wish theories

2011-03-13T03:06:39Z

Aquamarine39: /* Madoka's Wish */

[[Kyuubey]]'s proposition includes granting a wish in exchange for the person to become a [[Glossary#Magical_Girl|mahou shoujo]]. This page lists those who have encountered Kyuubey and guesses about wishes. Note that these are ''speculations'' and not the character's actual wishes.

== Madoka's Wish ==
=== Deus Ex Machina or "I wish Mami were alive" ===
Madoka wishes Mami back to life. This one is so easily corrupted, especially if the "Witches are fallen magical girls" theory proves true. You wished her alive Madoka, you never said as a magical girl!

{{spoiler|This theory has been proven wrong in Episode 10, where Madoka is a magical girl, even when Mami's still alive}}
=== Fight to save people ===
Madoka wishes to help everyone in need, from suffering people, to the fallen such as Mami, to the witches lost in grief. She becomes a magical girl with the potential to solve any problem, but neither she, nor Kyubey, nor other magical girls have any idea how her powers work, so saving the world is still easier said than done.
=== Procrastinating Until the End of the World ===
Madoka resists making a wish until the very end of the series, when the apocalyptic scenario from her dream comes into play, and she uses her wish to solve everything at once or cause a global reset. "I wish everything would go back to the way it was before I met Kyubey!"

{{spoiler|Depending on how we interpret episode 10, this theory might be wrong, because in previous timelines, she is a Magical Girl way before Walpurgis Night appears.}}
=== The Human Instrumentality Project ===
Madoka wishes to end all suffering. Everyone gets hugged and turns into [[Morning Rescue]].

=== Power to Defeat the Most Powerful Witch ===
Witnessing Homura fight against an impossible foe, Madoka simply wishes for power -- enough to instantly defeat even the most powerful witch.

{{spoiler|This could be her wish in the timeline where Madoka defeats the Walpurgis Night easily but turns into an even more destructive witch afterward. However, this obviously does not apply to Madoka of timelines where she was already a magical girl when meeting Homura}}

== Homura's Wish ==
===✖ Do you really want her dream to come true? ===
Homura might have used her wish to help someone else (Madoka?) and is the person Mami was referring to when asking Sayaka whether she wanted to make someone's dream come true, or be thanked for making it come true.
===✖ If you do, you'll lose everything ===
Homura might have wished to become the perfect girl and undo her previously unhappy life. She was a classmate and friend of Madoka, which is why she knows her way around the school. However, everyone's memories of Homura vanished because she wanted her old flawed, bullied, unpopular self to be forgotten.
===✖ "Anywhere but here!" ===
Because Sayaka wished to heal Kamijou, she received healing powers in addition to the powers all other Magi have.
Homura has a unique power as well - She can either teleport or move faster than the human eye can follow. This suggests that her wish had something to do with movement. One likely conclusion to draw from this line of reasoning is that she used her wish to run away from something, possibly an abusive family.
===✖ "I wish my Oneesan was an unstoppable magical girl!"===
Rather than choosing to be a magical girl herself, she was wished into being a magical girl -- perhaps from someone who loved her, such as a little sister. The little sister, or someone similar (another member of the family? A friend?) specifically wishes that Homura would be unstoppable, and ends up becoming a magical girl alongside her, but then dies in battle later. Homura, however, has become "immortal". If this was so, this would make her the one Mami is talking about when she warns against making wishes for other people. It also explains why she doesn't die/become injured when Charlotte chomps on her, why Kyuubey seems to flipflop on his involvement in her wish, why Homura seems so mature (and claims to have seen many magical girls die in her lifetime), and why she doesn't appear to have any family (all of her family members have died from old age). (Original poster: The "immortality" bit of this might not apply since episode 6; every Puella Magi is effectively immortal if her soul gem is not destroyed. Not to mention this theory doesn't explain Homura's superspeed.)
===✔ "I want to redo what I did wrong."===
:''This wish was revealed in [[Episode 10]].''
Homura wishes to avoid a fatal outcome and go back in time to redo everything.

{{spoiler|Revealed in episode 10. Homura from timeline 1 wished to go back in time and save Madoka from her fate. The exact wording of her wish was "I want to redo my meeting with Kaname-san. Instead of being protected by her, I want to protect her!"}}

== Mami's Wish ==
[[File:Manga_Mami_Wish.jpg|thumb|right|Mami's wish as shown in manga ver.]]
=== "I don't want to die alone!" ===
Before she met Madoka and friends, [[Mami]] was all alone-- her apartment was empty except for her presence, and had no contact with her family. When Kyuubey made his offer, Mami wished to not die alone. As in many "deal with the devil" stories, the contract is upheld, yet in a twisted manner: Mami made new friends and immediately died before their eyes.

=== "Please help…" ===
:''This wish is shown in the manga version, which is not considered canon by many.''
In manga canon, her wish is shown to be simply "please help" after being questioned by Kyubey about her wish in a car accident.

== Sayaka's Wish ==
===✔ Kamijou ===
:''This wish was revealed in [[Episode 4]].''
Sayaka has wished for Kamijou's arm to be healed. As a side-effect, the wish granted her the ability of fast recovering. Whether there are any downsides to this wish (such as the healing being temporary, Kamijou being killed shortly after his recovery, etc.) remains to be seen.

== Kyouko's Wish ==
===✖ I want to eat ===
According to abandoned child theory, she once almost ended up starving to death and wished for food when Kyuubey appeared with his proposal. Since that time she does not have problems with hunger as long as she gets Grief seeds.

===✔ Someone believe my father ===
:''This wish was revealed in [[Episode 7]].''
Kyouko wished people to believe in her father's unorthodox teachings.
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User:Aquamarine39

2011-03-12T21:27:54Z

Aquamarine39: Created page with "homuhomuhomu"

homuhomuhomu

Community talk:Name

2011-03-12T21:27:23Z

Aquamarine39: Created page with "Wasn't this debunked in Ep 10? This speculah's main point is that the names have been somehow switched after something like a global reset, but none of alternate timelines featur..."

Wasn't this debunked in Ep 10? This speculah's main point is that the names have been somehow switched after something like a global reset, but none of alternate timelines feature swapped names. Homura and Madoka make a big deal out of calling each other by their given names, so the part about Homura being angry because Akemi is reserved for close people is completely debunked. The last suggestion doesn't fit with the rest of the theory and seems to only serve as how the example might NOT support the speculah. [[User:Aquamarine39|Aquamarine39]] 21:27, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Madoka Magica Episode 10: I Won't Rely On Anyone Anymore

2011-03-11T05:15:28Z

Aquamarine39: /* Speculations and Observations */

{{Infobox_episode
|name = I Won't Depend on Anyone Anymore
|jname = もう誰にも頼らない
|date = 10 March 2011
|script = [[Gen Urobuchi]]
|storyboard = Shinsaku Sasaki
|director = Yuki Yase
|adirector = Yoshiaki Itou Kazuya Shiotsuki
}}

== Summary ==
[[File:Ep10 timeline chart.jpg|thumb]]
This episode centers around [[Homura]]. Most of the mystery behind her origin and behavior in previous episodes is explained.

=== Timeline 1 ===
In the original timeline for Homura, she was a normal human girl suffering from a heart disease. She is shown just released from the hospital and transferring to the [[Mitakihara Middle School]], similar to the [[Episode 1|first episode]]. She differs in appearance to the Homura we know, though - she wears glasses and wears her long hair tied in two braids. Her personality also feels different - she is a lot more shy and clumsy.

[[Madoka]], [[Sayaka]] and other new classmates try to befriend Homura, which makes her feel uneasy. During a talk with Madoka, she admits finding herself worthless, not unlike Madoka does in the timeline of other episodes. Homura's problems during math and sports classes (probably related to being out of school for a long time) contribute to her depression, which makes her get suicidal thoughts on the way from school.

Presumably because of these thoughts, she wanders into the barrier of witch [[Isadel]]. She is quickly saved by [[Puella Magi]] Madoka and [[Mami]], with Madoka asking her to keep their jobs a secret from schoolmates. Later, during a visit at Mami's apartment, Madoka reveals that she's been contracted only for a very short time. Homura feels fascinated about her magical friends, similar to how Madoka acts in initial episodes.

Some time later, Madoka and Mami fight [[Walpurgis Night]] together, with Homura following them as a human. Mami is defeated quickly, then Madoka apparently manages to defeat the witch, but at the expense of her own life. Homura cries over Madoka's dead body, and accepts [[Kyuubey]]'s proposal to become a Puella Magi, her wish being ''"I want to redo my meeting with Kaname-san. Instead of being protected by her, I want to protect her!"'' The contract is formed, with Kyuubey commenting that the wish has "improved entropy".

=== Timeline 2 ===
Homura wakes up in a hospital, on the date she was released in the previous iteration, having a [[Soul Gem]] in her hand. After transferring to school, she instantly tells Madoka about becoming a Puella Magi, hoping for a good cooperation.

Madoka and Mami train Homura the Puella Magi, who turn out to be extremely clumsy, despite having very powerful ability of stopping time. Meanwhile, Homura reads online guides about making explosives - all this contributing to improving her skills. While still clumsy, she plays the most important role during the trio's - now all being good friends - fight with a witch [[Patricia]].

The next scene shown is after the Walpurgis Night - after defeating the witch, Madoka's Soul Gem turns into a [[Grief Seed]] and forms a witch.

=== Timeline 3 ===
The time goes back again, and Homura wakes up at the exact same place and time as previously. Scared and angried by the discovery of the true nature of the contract with Kyuubey, she decides to tell the other girls immediately. Sayaka, who in this timeline became a Puella Magi, too, doesn't believe her and accuses her of collaborating with [[Kyouko]], whom apparently only Homura has met yet.

Sayaka also tells that she feels afraid of Homura's explosives, which makes Homura go to a meeting of yakuza gang and steal some firearms, all on frozen time. Since Sayaka turns into a [[Oktavia von Seckendorff|witch]], presumably for similar reasons as in [[Episode 8]], Homura uses the firearms during the fight with her to protect Madoka, and also defeats her, even though Madoka and Kyouko try to make Sayaka human again in a fashion similar to [[Episode 9]].

Upon seeing the true nature of Puella Magi herself, Mami breaks down and attempts to kill all the magical girls, including herself, in order to prevent their eventual transformation into witches. She kills Kyouko first and attempts to kill Homura, but before she can do so, Madoka kills her. The remaining two fight on the Walpurgis Night together, and defeat the witch, having their Soul Gems fatally tainted, though. Madoka heals Homura with a Grief Seed she was hiding, and asks Homura to prevent her from becoming a Puella Magi next time she'll go back in time. Homura agrees, and grants Madoka one more wish of hers - killing her to prevent her from becoming a witch.

=== Timeline 4 ===
Upon waking up in the familiar hospital, Homura changes her presence by magically healing her eyes, wearing the hair down and taming her emotions - just how she looked in all the previous episodes. She warns Madoka at night (with Madoka recognizing her to some extent as she says "Homu...") and goes hunting all the witches.

On Walpurgis Night, the [[Episode 1]] dream sequence is shown again. Homura watches Kyuubey persuading Madoka and screams to prevent her from forming the contract, but Madoka doesn't seem to hear it.

Off-camera, Madoka forms the contract and defeats the witch with just one shot, but becomes a witch herself shortly after. Kyuubey comments that she may destroy the whole Earth in near future. He has collected an enormous amount of energy from her already, though, so he doesn't care about it anymore.

Homura refuses to fight Madoka the witch, which make Kyuubey realize that she's from a different timeline.

=== Timeline 5 ===
This is presumably the timeline of all the previous episodes. Homura insists of repeating that particular period of time (between her transferring and the Walpurgis Night), no matter how many times, until she saves Madoka. She kills Kyuubey, but he respawns in a new body, which she chases, but he is saved by Madoka, similar to [[Episode 1]].

== Runes ==
See [[Runes:Episode 10|Runes of episode 10]]

==Speculations and Observations==
* This time, the only change spotted in the opening animation was the addition of Homura and Kyouko to the group shot. The opening animation has been used as the ending sequence. (this episode has no proper opening)
* The calendar in Homura's room shows that she's getting discharged from the hospital on the 16th and returns to school on the 25th. From the format of the calendar, the 25th is apparently a Friday. The only month in 2011 that has 31 days and the 25th falling on a Friday is March. This means that the anime is set during the same time the final episode will be airing.
* It seems like in every timeline the last ones left to fight Walpurgis Night are Homura and Madoka.
**It is assumed that Mami, Kyouko, and Sayaka always die in every timeline.
***However, some evidence suggests that Kyouko's and Sayaka's absence on Walpurgis Night in the other timelines could be explained by Kyouko never arriving in town (or joining forces) or Sayaka never making her wish.
****Under this assumption we are lead to believe that Mami dies in every timeline.
* It is possible that an imprint or a residue of past timelines are still within Madoka's memory. One example is the dream that Madoka had in Episode 1 and that strange image static in Episode 8.
* According to Kyuubey, Madoka as a Witch has the power to destroy the world but it is of no concern to him as long as they meet their quota.
**It is speculated that because of the nature of Madoka's wish in Timeline 4, that wish gave her the power of not only destroying the Witch with one shot but that same power could destroy the world once she becomes a Witch herself. For that to happen Madoka will have to make the same wish on Walpurgis Night in Timeline 5.
*Homura's only way to get guns and weapons is by stealing them, it is assumed that she must have stolen them from a group of criminals.
*Given the nature of Walpurgis Night and the presence of gears and the "falling" figure of the witch, Walpurgis Night could be the witch form of Homura. Although Homura's magic is very limited, her experience in multiple time-lines makes the witch a formidable foe.
*In Timeline 3, the Grief Seed Madoka uses to heal Homura maybe Sayaka's Grief Seed. She might have obtained it after defeating Oktavia at the station. Madoka might have kept the Grief Seed until the end to remember Sayaka.
** The Grief Seed from Episode 10 looks different from that of Episode 8. However, this can be explained if the Grief Seed from Episode 8 is an immature form. Both Sayaka and Madoka's Grief Seed does not show dark parts as other Witches' Grief Seeds (except Charlotte's Seed which was partially dark since Charlotte had revived recently).
*It was speculated in Episode 9 that if Kyuubey's people have the technology to travel back in time, they could fix the entropy problem by reversing it. However, in Episode 10, we learn that Kyuubey can only grant the ability to travel back in time. He is only part of the process to create it, so they do not posses the ability itself. The power of time travel rests only within Homura because of her wish.
*Although the assumption is that the prologue from Episode 1 is from Timeline 4, when Homura was fighting the powerful witch during Walpurgis Night, that same Witch seems to differ in her shape in Episode 10 during the actual Timeline 4.
**Walpurgis Night from Episode 10's Timeline 4 has slimmer body and longer dress.
**Walpurgis Night of Timeline 1 is also slightly different from other two.
*Homura's Past Timeline Experiences:
**Mami is mentally unstable, if she learns the truth she will kill everyone (she is unreliable as an ally).
**Sayaka refuses to believer or listen to Homura's advice. She will also be prone to making the same mistakes and become a witch (her fate is inevitable no matter what).
**From past experience, Homura believes Kyouko may be the only ally left to help her in stopping Walpurgis Night. However, she did not anticipate her actions that lead to her death since this didnt happen in previous timelines.
**Leaving Madoka alone or keeping her distance from her will not stop her from making her wish. Nor can Homura stop Walpurgis Night on her own.
**The only constant in previous timelines is that Madoka is the only one with a pure soul, she was the only one who called her a friend and trusted her with her life.
*Every time Homura tries to change the past she seems to make it worse:
**Original timeline: Mami and Madoka die like heroes and they are the only known casualties, Earth is saved (and there are no more threats to the planet). The Truth is never revealed.
**Second timeline: Mami dies as a hero, Madoka becomes a normal Witch.
**Third timeline: Sayaka becomes a witch, Mami dies but not before she becomes a psycho and kill Kyouko. Madoka still dies and becomes a witch but not before Homura kills her before that happens.
**Fourth timeline: Madoka becomes a powerful Witch that will destroy the Earth, everyone dies.
**Fifth timeline: Mami dies before learning the truth, Sayaka still becomes a witch and dies with Kyouko...

== Images ==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="left">
File:Madoka-grief-seed.png|Madoka's grief seed, the cutest grief seed yet.
File:Oktavia-ep10.JPG|Oktavia as seen in Episode 10.
File:Oktavia Hitomi like minions.jpg|Oktavia's minions look like Hitomi
File:Madoka-witch-first.jpg|Madoka's first witch transformation.
File:Kaname witch form power.jpg|This is either Madoka's witch form or her display of power.
File:Ep10-calendar.jpg|Homura's calendar and Madoka revealing the timeframe in which she contracted.
File:Happy Homura.jpg|This is a happier and innocent Homura from Timeline 1. By Timeline 5 her demeanor will change.
File:Homurabomb.jpg|How to make bombs.
File:Mami crying mental breakdown.jpg|Mami suffers from a mental breakdown once she learns the truth. She decides suicide is the only option.
File:Ep10-ending-group.jpg|Group shot with Kyouko and Homura.
File:Bakemonogatari Madoka.jpg|Comparison between Bakemonogatari and Madoka
File:Sailor uniform witch ep 10.jpg|This Witch is PATRICIA
File:Homura Madoka the Witch Walpurgis Night.jpg|Walpurgis Night from Timeline 1
File:Worlf after Walpurgis Night.png|The world after Walpurgis Night in Timeline 4
File:Madoka10 art references.jpg| Paintings referenced in this episode.
File:Grief Seed from episode 10.PNG|The Grief Seed maybe Sayaka's
File:Walpurgis Comparison.PNG|Walpurgis Night looks different in each fight.

</gallery>

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Madoka Magica Episode 10: I Won't Rely On Anyone Anymore

2011-03-11T05:14:16Z

Aquamarine39: /* Speculations and Observations */

{{Infobox_episode
|name = I Won't Depend on Anyone Anymore
|jname = もう誰にも頼らない
|date = 10 March 2011
|script = [[Gen Urobuchi]]
|storyboard = Shinsaku Sasaki
|director = Yuki Yase
|adirector = Yoshiaki Itou Kazuya Shiotsuki
}}

== Summary ==
[[File:Ep10 timeline chart.jpg|thumb]]
This episode centers around [[Homura]]. Most of the mystery behind her origin and behavior in previous episodes is explained.

=== Timeline 1 ===
In the original timeline for Homura, she was a normal human girl suffering from a heart disease. She is shown just released from the hospital and transferring to the [[Mitakihara Middle School]], similar to the [[Episode 1|first episode]]. She differs in appearance to the Homura we know, though - she wears glasses and wears her long hair tied in two braids. Her personality also feels different - she is a lot more shy and clumsy.

[[Madoka]], [[Sayaka]] and other new classmates try to befriend Homura, which makes her feel uneasy. During a talk with Madoka, she admits finding herself worthless, not unlike Madoka does in the timeline of other episodes. Homura's problems during math and sports classes (probably related to being out of school for a long time) contribute to her depression, which makes her get suicidal thoughts on the way from school.

Presumably because of these thoughts, she wanders into the barrier of witch [[Isadel]]. She is quickly saved by [[Puella Magi]] Madoka and [[Mami]], with Madoka asking her to keep their jobs a secret from schoolmates. Later, during a visit at Mami's apartment, Madoka reveals that she's been contracted only for a very short time. Homura feels fascinated about her magical friends, similar to how Madoka acts in initial episodes.

Some time later, Madoka and Mami fight [[Walpurgis Night]] together, with Homura following them as a human. Mami is defeated quickly, then Madoka apparently manages to defeat the witch, but at the expense of her own life. Homura cries over Madoka's dead body, and accepts [[Kyuubey]]'s proposal to become a Puella Magi, her wish being ''"I want to redo my meeting with Kaname-san. Instead of being protected by her, I want to protect her!"'' The contract is formed, with Kyuubey commenting that the wish has "improved entropy".

=== Timeline 2 ===
Homura wakes up in a hospital, on the date she was released in the previous iteration, having a [[Soul Gem]] in her hand. After transferring to school, she instantly tells Madoka about becoming a Puella Magi, hoping for a good cooperation.

Madoka and Mami train Homura the Puella Magi, who turn out to be extremely clumsy, despite having very powerful ability of stopping time. Meanwhile, Homura reads online guides about making explosives - all this contributing to improving her skills. While still clumsy, she plays the most important role during the trio's - now all being good friends - fight with a witch [[Patricia]].

The next scene shown is after the Walpurgis Night - after defeating the witch, Madoka's Soul Gem turns into a [[Grief Seed]] and forms a witch.

=== Timeline 3 ===
The time goes back again, and Homura wakes up at the exact same place and time as previously. Scared and angried by the discovery of the true nature of the contract with Kyuubey, she decides to tell the other girls immediately. Sayaka, who in this timeline became a Puella Magi, too, doesn't believe her and accuses her of collaborating with [[Kyouko]], whom apparently only Homura has met yet.

Sayaka also tells that she feels afraid of Homura's explosives, which makes Homura go to a meeting of yakuza gang and steal some firearms, all on frozen time. Since Sayaka turns into a [[Oktavia von Seckendorff|witch]], presumably for similar reasons as in [[Episode 8]], Homura uses the firearms during the fight with her to protect Madoka, and also defeats her, even though Madoka and Kyouko try to make Sayaka human again in a fashion similar to [[Episode 9]].

Upon seeing the true nature of Puella Magi herself, Mami breaks down and attempts to kill all the magical girls, including herself, in order to prevent their eventual transformation into witches. She kills Kyouko first and attempts to kill Homura, but before she can do so, Madoka kills her. The remaining two fight on the Walpurgis Night together, and defeat the witch, having their Soul Gems fatally tainted, though. Madoka heals Homura with a Grief Seed she was hiding, and asks Homura to prevent her from becoming a Puella Magi next time she'll go back in time. Homura agrees, and grants Madoka one more wish of hers - killing her to prevent her from becoming a witch.

=== Timeline 4 ===
Upon waking up in the familiar hospital, Homura changes her presence by magically healing her eyes, wearing the hair down and taming her emotions - just how she looked in all the previous episodes. She warns Madoka at night (with Madoka recognizing her to some extent as she says "Homu...") and goes hunting all the witches.

On Walpurgis Night, the [[Episode 1]] dream sequence is shown again. Homura watches Kyuubey persuading Madoka and screams to prevent her from forming the contract, but Madoka doesn't seem to hear it.

Off-camera, Madoka forms the contract and defeats the witch with just one shot, but becomes a witch herself shortly after. Kyuubey comments that she may destroy the whole Earth in near future. He has collected an enormous amount of energy from her already, though, so he doesn't care about it anymore.

Homura refuses to fight Madoka the witch, which make Kyuubey realize that she's from a different timeline.

=== Timeline 5 ===
This is presumably the timeline of all the previous episodes. Homura insists of repeating that particular period of time (between her transferring and the Walpurgis Night), no matter how many times, until she saves Madoka. She kills Kyuubey, but he respawns in a new body, which she chases, but he is saved by Madoka, similar to [[Episode 1]].

== Runes ==
See [[Runes:Episode 10|Runes of episode 10]]

==Speculations and Observations==
* This time, the only change spotted in the opening animation was the addition of Homura and Kyouko to the group shot. The opening animation has been used as the ending sequence. (this episode has no proper opening)
* The calendar in Homura's room shows that she's getting discharged from the hospital on the 16th and returns to school on the 25th. From the format of the calendar, the 25th is apparently a Friday. The only month in 2011 that has 31 days and the 25th falling on a Friday is March. This means that the anime is set during the same time the final episode will be airing.
* It seems like in every timeline the last ones left to fight Walpurgis Night are Homura and Madoka.
**It is assumed that Mami, Kyouko, and Sayaka always die in every timeline.
***However, some evidence suggests that Kyouko's and Sayaka's absence on Walpurgis Night in the other timelines could be explained by Kyouko never arriving in town (or joining forces) or Sayaka never making her wish.
****Under this assumption we are lead to believe that Mami dies in every timeline.
* It is possible that an imprint or a residue of past timelines are still within Madoka's memory. One example is the dream that Madoka had in Episode 1 and that strange image static in Episode 8.
* According to Kyuubey, Madoka as a Witch has the power to destroy the world but it is of no concern to him as long as they meet their quota.
**It is speculated that because of the nature of Madoka's wish in Timeline 4, that wish gave her the power of not only destroying the Witch with one shot but that same power could destroy the world once she becomes a Witch herself. For that to happen Madoka will have to make the same wish on Walpurgis Night in Timeline 5.
*Homura's only way to get guns and weapons is by stealing them, it is assumed that she must have stolen them from a group of criminals.
*Given the nature of Walpurgis Night and the presence of gears and the "falling" figure of the witch, Walpurgis Night could be the witch form of Homura. Although Homura's magic is very limited, her experience in multiple time-lines makes the witch a formidable foe.
*In Timeline 3, the Grief Seed Madoka uses to heal Homura maybe Sayaka's Grief Seed. She might have obtained it after defeating Oktavia at the station. Madoka might have kept the Grief Seed until the end to remember Sayaka.
** The Grief Seed from Episode 10 looks different from that of Episode 8. However, this can be explained if the Grief Seed from Episode 8 is an immature form. Both Sayaka and Madoka's Grief Seed does not show dark parts as other Witches' Grief Seeds (except Charlotte's Seed which was partially dark since Charlotte had revived recently).
*It was speculated in Episode 9 that if Kyuubey's people have the technology to travel back in time, they could fix the entropy problem by reversing it. However, in Episode 10, we learn that Kyuubey can only grant the ability to travel back in time. He is only part of the process to create it, so they do not posses the ability itself. The power of time travel rests only within Homura because of her wish.
*Although the assumption is that the prologue from Episode 1 is from Timeline 4, when Homura was fighting the powerful witch during Walpurgis Night, that same Witch seems to differ in her shape in Episode 10 during the actual Timeline 4.
**Walpurgis Night from Episode 10's Timeline 4 has slimmer body and longer dress.
**Walpurgis Night of Timeline 1 is also slightly different from other two.
*Homura's Past Timeline Experiences:
**Mami is mentally unstable, if she learns the truth she will kill everyone (she is unreliable as an ally).
**Sayaka refuses to believer or listen to Homura's advice. She will also be prone to making the same mistakes and become a witch (her fate is inevitable no matter what).
**From past experience, Homura believes Kyouko may be the only ally left to help her in stopping Walpurgis Night. However, she did not anticipate her actions that lead to her death since this didnt happen in previous timelines.
**Leaving Madoka alone or keeping her distance from her will not stop her from making her wish. Nor can Homura stop Walpurgis Night on her own.
**The only constant in previous timelines is that Madoka is the only one with a pure soul, she was the only one who called her a friend and trusted her with her life.
*Everytime Homura tries to change the past she seems to make it worst:
**Original timeline: Mami and Madoka die like heroes and they are the only known casualties, Earth is saved (and there are no more threats to the planet). The Truth is never revealed.
**Second timeline: Mami dies as a hero, Madoka becomes a normal Witch.
**Third timeline: Sayaka becomes a witch, Mami dies but not before she becomes a psycho and kill Kyouko. Madoka still dies and becomes a witch but not before Homura kills her before that happens.
**Fourth timeline: Madoka becomes a powerful Witch that will destroy the Earth, everyone dies.
**Fifth timeline: Mami dies before learning the truth, Sayaka still becomes a witch and dies with Kyouko...

== Images ==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="left">
File:Madoka-grief-seed.png|Madoka's grief seed, the cutest grief seed yet.
File:Oktavia-ep10.JPG|Oktavia as seen in Episode 10.
File:Oktavia Hitomi like minions.jpg|Oktavia's minions look like Hitomi
File:Madoka-witch-first.jpg|Madoka's first witch transformation.
File:Kaname witch form power.jpg|This is either Madoka's witch form or her display of power.
File:Ep10-calendar.jpg|Homura's calendar and Madoka revealing the timeframe in which she contracted.
File:Happy Homura.jpg|This is a happier and innocent Homura from Timeline 1. By Timeline 5 her demeanor will change.
File:Homurabomb.jpg|How to make bombs.
File:Mami crying mental breakdown.jpg|Mami suffers from a mental breakdown once she learns the truth. She decides suicide is the only option.
File:Ep10-ending-group.jpg|Group shot with Kyouko and Homura.
File:Bakemonogatari Madoka.jpg|Comparison between Bakemonogatari and Madoka
File:Sailor uniform witch ep 10.jpg|This Witch is PATRICIA
File:Homura Madoka the Witch Walpurgis Night.jpg|Walpurgis Night from Timeline 1
File:Worlf after Walpurgis Night.png|The world after Walpurgis Night in Timeline 4
File:Madoka10 art references.jpg| Paintings referenced in this episode.
File:Grief Seed from episode 10.PNG|The Grief Seed maybe Sayaka's
File:Walpurgis Comparison.PNG|Walpurgis Night looks different in each fight.

</gallery>

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Madoka Magica Episode 10: I Won't Rely On Anyone Anymore

2011-03-11T05:11:14Z

Aquamarine39: /* Speculations and Observations */

{{Infobox_episode
|name = I Won't Depend on Anyone Anymore
|jname = もう誰にも頼らない
|date = 10 March 2011
|script = [[Gen Urobuchi]]
|storyboard = Shinsaku Sasaki
|director = Yuki Yase
|adirector = Yoshiaki Itou Kazuya Shiotsuki
}}

== Summary ==
[[File:Ep10 timeline chart.jpg|thumb]]
This episode centers around [[Homura]]. Most of the mystery behind her origin and behavior in previous episodes is explained.

=== Timeline 1 ===
In the original timeline for Homura, she was a normal human girl suffering from a heart disease. She is shown just released from the hospital and transferring to the [[Mitakihara Middle School]], similar to the [[Episode 1|first episode]]. She differs in appearance to the Homura we know, though - she wears glasses and wears her long hair tied in two braids. Her personality also feels different - she is a lot more shy and clumsy.

[[Madoka]], [[Sayaka]] and other new classmates try to befriend Homura, which makes her feel uneasy. During a talk with Madoka, she admits finding herself worthless, not unlike Madoka does in the timeline of other episodes. Homura's problems during math and sports classes (probably related to being out of school for a long time) contribute to her depression, which makes her get suicidal thoughts on the way from school.

Presumably because of these thoughts, she wanders into the barrier of witch [[Isadel]]. She is quickly saved by [[Puella Magi]] Madoka and [[Mami]], with Madoka asking her to keep their jobs a secret from schoolmates. Later, during a visit at Mami's apartment, Madoka reveals that she's been contracted only for a very short time. Homura feels fascinated about her magical friends, similar to how Madoka acts in initial episodes.

Some time later, Madoka and Mami fight [[Walpurgis Night]] together, with Homura following them as a human. Mami is defeated quickly, then Madoka apparently manages to defeat the witch, but at the expense of her own life. Homura cries over Madoka's dead body, and accepts [[Kyuubey]]'s proposal to become a Puella Magi, her wish being ''"I want to redo my meeting with Kaname-san. Instead of being protected by her, I want to protect her!"'' The contract is formed, with Kyuubey commenting that the wish has "improved entropy".

=== Timeline 2 ===
Homura wakes up in a hospital, on the date she was released in the previous iteration, having a [[Soul Gem]] in her hand. After transferring to school, she instantly tells Madoka about becoming a Puella Magi, hoping for a good cooperation.

Madoka and Mami train Homura the Puella Magi, who turn out to be extremely clumsy, despite having very powerful ability of stopping time. Meanwhile, Homura reads online guides about making explosives - all this contributing to improving her skills. While still clumsy, she plays the most important role during the trio's - now all being good friends - fight with a witch [[Patricia]].

The next scene shown is after the Walpurgis Night - after defeating the witch, Madoka's Soul Gem turns into a [[Grief Seed]] and forms a witch.

=== Timeline 3 ===
The time goes back again, and Homura wakes up at the exact same place and time as previously. Scared and angried by the discovery of the true nature of the contract with Kyuubey, she decides to tell the other girls immediately. Sayaka, who in this timeline became a Puella Magi, too, doesn't believe her and accuses her of collaborating with [[Kyouko]], whom apparently only Homura has met yet.

Sayaka also tells that she feels afraid of Homura's explosives, which makes Homura go to a meeting of yakuza gang and steal some firearms, all on frozen time. Since Sayaka turns into a [[Oktavia von Seckendorff|witch]], presumably for similar reasons as in [[Episode 8]], Homura uses the firearms during the fight with her to protect Madoka, and also defeats her, even though Madoka and Kyouko try to make Sayaka human again in a fashion similar to [[Episode 9]].

Upon seeing the true nature of Puella Magi herself, Mami breaks down and attempts to kill all the magical girls, including herself, in order to prevent their eventual transformation into witches. She kills Kyouko first and attempts to kill Homura, but before she can do so, Madoka kills her. The remaining two fight on the Walpurgis Night together, and defeat the witch, having their Soul Gems fatally tainted, though. Madoka heals Homura with a Grief Seed she was hiding, and asks Homura to prevent her from becoming a Puella Magi next time she'll go back in time. Homura agrees, and grants Madoka one more wish of hers - killing her to prevent her from becoming a witch.

=== Timeline 4 ===
Upon waking up in the familiar hospital, Homura changes her presence by magically healing her eyes, wearing the hair down and taming her emotions - just how she looked in all the previous episodes. She warns Madoka at night (with Madoka recognizing her to some extent as she says "Homu...") and goes hunting all the witches.

On Walpurgis Night, the [[Episode 1]] dream sequence is shown again. Homura watches Kyuubey persuading Madoka and screams to prevent her from forming the contract, but Madoka doesn't seem to hear it.

Off-camera, Madoka forms the contract and defeats the witch with just one shot, but becomes a witch herself shortly after. Kyuubey comments that she may destroy the whole Earth in near future. He has collected an enormous amount of energy from her already, though, so he doesn't care about it anymore.

Homura refuses to fight Madoka the witch, which make Kyuubey realize that she's from a different timeline.

=== Timeline 5 ===
This is presumably the timeline of all the previous episodes. Homura insists of repeating that particular period of time (between her transferring and the Walpurgis Night), no matter how many times, until she saves Madoka. She kills Kyuubey, but he respawns in a new body, which she chases, but he is saved by Madoka, similar to [[Episode 1]].

== Runes ==
See [[Runes:Episode 10|Runes of episode 10]]

==Speculations and Observations==
* This time, the only change spotted in the opening animation was the addition of Homura and Kyouko to the group shot. The opening animation has been used as the ending sequence. (this episode has no proper opening)
* The calendar in Homura's room shows that she's getting discharged from the hospital on the 16th and returns to school on the 25th. From the format of the calendar, the 25th is apparently a Friday. The only month in 2011 that has 31 days and the 25th falling on a Friday is March. This means that the anime is set during the same time the final episode will be airing.
* It seems like in every timeline the last ones left to fight Walpurgis Night are Homura and Madoka.
**It is assumed that Mami, Kyouko, and Sayaka always die in every timeline.
***However, some evidence suggests that Kyouko's and Sayaka's absence on Walpurgis Night in the other timelines could be explained by Kyouko never arriving in town (or joining forces) or Sayaka never making her wish.
****Under this assumption we are lead to believe that Mami dies in every timeline.
* It is possible that an imprint or a residue of past timelines are still within Madoka's memory. One example is the dream that Madoka had in Episode 1 and that strange image static in Episode 8.
* According to Kyuubey, Madoka as a Witch has the power to destroy the world but it is of no concern to him as long as they meet their quota.
**It is speculated that because of the nature of Madoka's wish in Timeline 4, that wish gave her the power of not only destroying the Witch with one shot but that same power could destroy the world once she becomes a Witch herself. For that to happen Madoka will have to make the same wish on Walpurgis Night in Timeline 5.
*Homura's only way to get guns and weapons is by stealing them, it is assumed that she must have stolen them from a group of criminals.
*Given the nature of Walpurgis Night and the presence of gears and the "falling" figure of the witch, Walpurgis Night could be the witch form of Homura. Although Homura's magic is very limited, her experience in multiple time-lines makes the witch a formidable foe.
*In Timeline 3, the Grief Seed Madoka uses to heal Homura maybe Sayaka's Grief Seed. She might have obtained it after defeating Oktavia at the station. Madoka might have kept the Grief Seed until the end to remember Sayaka.
** The Grief Seed from Episode 10 looks different from that of Episode 8. However, this can be explained if the Grief Seed from Episode 8 is an immature form. Both Sayaka and Madoka's Grief Seed does not show dark parts as other Witches' Grief Seeds (except Charlotte's Seed which was partially dark since Charlotte had revived recently).
*It was speculated in Episode 9 that if Kyuubey's people have the technology to travel back in time, they could fix the entropy problem by reversing it. However, in Episode 10, we learn that Kyuubey can only grant the ability to travel back in time. He is only part of the process to create it, so they do not posses the ability itself. The power of time travel rests only within Homura because of her wish.
*Although the assumption is that the prologue from Episode 1 is from Timeline 4, when Homura was fighting the powerful witch during Walpurgis Night, that same Witch seems to differ in her shape in Episode 10 during the actual Timeline 4.
**Walpurgis Night from Episode 10's Timeline 4 has slimmer body and longer dress.
**Walpurgis Night of Timeline 1 is also slightly different from other two.
*Homura's Past Timeline Experiences:
**Mami is mentally unstable, if she learns the truth she will kill everyone (she is unreliable as an ally).
**Sayaka refuses to believer or listen to Homura's advice. She will also be prone to making the same mistakes and become a witch (her fate is inevitable no matter what).
**From Past experience, Homura believes Kyouko may be the only ally left to help her in stopping Walpurgis Night. However, she did not anticipate her actions that lead to her death since this didnt happen in previous timelines.
**Leaving Madoka alone or keeping her distance from her will not stop her from making her wish. Nor can Homura stop Walpurgis Night on her own.
**The only constant in previous timelines is that Madoka is the only one with a pure soul, she was the only one who called her a friend and trusted her with her life.
*Everytime Homura tries to change the past she seems to make it worst:
**Original timeline: Mami and Madoka die like heroes and they are the only known casualties, Earth is saved (and there are no more threats to the planet). The Truth is never revealed.
**Second timeline: Mami dies as a hero, Madoka becomes a normal Witch.
**Third timeline: Sayaka becomes a witch, Mami dies but not before she becomes a psycho and kill Kyouko. Madoka still dies and becomes a witch but not before Homura kills her before that happens.
**Fourth timeline: Madoka becomes a powerful Witch that will destroy the Earth, everyone dies.
**Fifth timeline: Mami dies before learning the truth, Sayaka still becomes a witch and dies with Kyouko...

== Images ==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="left">
File:Madoka-grief-seed.png|Madoka's grief seed, the cutest grief seed yet.
File:Oktavia-ep10.JPG|Oktavia as seen in Episode 10.
File:Oktavia Hitomi like minions.jpg|Oktavia's minions look like Hitomi
File:Madoka-witch-first.jpg|Madoka's first witch transformation.
File:Kaname witch form power.jpg|This is either Madoka's witch form or her display of power.
File:Ep10-calendar.jpg|Homura's calendar and Madoka revealing the timeframe in which she contracted.
File:Happy Homura.jpg|This is a happier and innocent Homura from Timeline 1. By Timeline 5 her demeanor will change.
File:Homurabomb.jpg|How to make bombs.
File:Mami crying mental breakdown.jpg|Mami suffers from a mental breakdown once she learns the truth. She decides suicide is the only option.
File:Ep10-ending-group.jpg|Group shot with Kyouko and Homura.
File:Bakemonogatari Madoka.jpg|Comparison between Bakemonogatari and Madoka
File:Sailor uniform witch ep 10.jpg|This Witch is PATRICIA
File:Homura Madoka the Witch Walpurgis Night.jpg|Walpurgis Night from Timeline 1
File:Worlf after Walpurgis Night.png|The world after Walpurgis Night in Timeline 4
File:Madoka10 art references.jpg| Paintings referenced in this episode.
File:Grief Seed from episode 10.PNG|The Grief Seed maybe Sayaka's
File:Walpurgis Comparison.PNG|Walpurgis Night looks different in each fight.

</gallery>

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Madoka Magica Episode 10: I Won't Rely On Anyone Anymore

2011-03-11T05:08:40Z

Aquamarine39: /* Speculations and Observations */

{{Infobox_episode
|name = I Won't Depend on Anyone Anymore
|jname = もう誰にも頼らない
|date = 10 March 2011
|script = [[Gen Urobuchi]]
|storyboard = Shinsaku Sasaki
|director = Yuki Yase
|adirector = Yoshiaki Itou Kazuya Shiotsuki
}}

== Summary ==
[[File:Ep10 timeline chart.jpg|thumb]]
This episode centers around [[Homura]]. Most of the mystery behind her origin and behavior in previous episodes is explained.

=== Timeline 1 ===
In the original timeline for Homura, she was a normal human girl suffering from a heart disease. She is shown just released from the hospital and transferring to the [[Mitakihara Middle School]], similar to the [[Episode 1|first episode]]. She differs in appearance to the Homura we know, though - she wears glasses and wears her long hair tied in two braids. Her personality also feels different - she is a lot more shy and clumsy.

[[Madoka]], [[Sayaka]] and other new classmates try to befriend Homura, which makes her feel uneasy. During a talk with Madoka, she admits finding herself worthless, not unlike Madoka does in the timeline of other episodes. Homura's problems during math and sports classes (probably related to being out of school for a long time) contribute to her depression, which makes her get suicidal thoughts on the way from school.

Presumably because of these thoughts, she wanders into the barrier of witch [[Isadel]]. She is quickly saved by [[Puella Magi]] Madoka and [[Mami]], with Madoka asking her to keep their jobs a secret from schoolmates. Later, during a visit at Mami's apartment, Madoka reveals that she's been contracted only for a very short time. Homura feels fascinated about her magical friends, similar to how Madoka acts in initial episodes.

Some time later, Madoka and Mami fight [[Walpurgis Night]] together, with Homura following them as a human. Mami is defeated quickly, then Madoka apparently manages to defeat the witch, but at the expense of her own life. Homura cries over Madoka's dead body, and accepts [[Kyuubey]]'s proposal to become a Puella Magi, her wish being ''"I want to redo my meeting with Kaname-san. Instead of being protected by her, I want to protect her!"'' The contract is formed, with Kyuubey commenting that the wish has "improved entropy".

=== Timeline 2 ===
Homura wakes up in a hospital, on the date she was released in the previous iteration, having a [[Soul Gem]] in her hand. After transferring to school, she instantly tells Madoka about becoming a Puella Magi, hoping for a good cooperation.

Madoka and Mami train Homura the Puella Magi, who turn out to be extremely clumsy, despite having very powerful ability of stopping time. Meanwhile, Homura reads online guides about making explosives - all this contributing to improving her skills. While still clumsy, she plays the most important role during the trio's - now all being good friends - fight with a witch [[Patricia]].

The next scene shown is after the Walpurgis Night - after defeating the witch, Madoka's Soul Gem turns into a [[Grief Seed]] and forms a witch.

=== Timeline 3 ===
The time goes back again, and Homura wakes up at the exact same place and time as previously. Scared and angried by the discovery of the true nature of the contract with Kyuubey, she decides to tell the other girls immediately. Sayaka, who in this timeline became a Puella Magi, too, doesn't believe her and accuses her of collaborating with [[Kyouko]], whom apparently only Homura has met yet.

Sayaka also tells that she feels afraid of Homura's explosives, which makes Homura go to a meeting of yakuza gang and steal some firearms, all on frozen time. Since Sayaka turns into a [[Oktavia von Seckendorff|witch]], presumably for similar reasons as in [[Episode 8]], Homura uses the firearms during the fight with her to protect Madoka, and also defeats her, even though Madoka and Kyouko try to make Sayaka human again in a fashion similar to [[Episode 9]].

Upon seeing the true nature of Puella Magi herself, Mami breaks down and attempts to kill all the magical girls, including herself, in order to prevent their eventual transformation into witches. She kills Kyouko first and attempts to kill Homura, but before she can do so, Madoka kills her. The remaining two fight on the Walpurgis Night together, and defeat the witch, having their Soul Gems fatally tainted, though. Madoka heals Homura with a Grief Seed she was hiding, and asks Homura to prevent her from becoming a Puella Magi next time she'll go back in time. Homura agrees, and grants Madoka one more wish of hers - killing her to prevent her from becoming a witch.

=== Timeline 4 ===
Upon waking up in the familiar hospital, Homura changes her presence by magically healing her eyes, wearing the hair down and taming her emotions - just how she looked in all the previous episodes. She warns Madoka at night (with Madoka recognizing her to some extent as she says "Homu...") and goes hunting all the witches.

On Walpurgis Night, the [[Episode 1]] dream sequence is shown again. Homura watches Kyuubey persuading Madoka and screams to prevent her from forming the contract, but Madoka doesn't seem to hear it.

Off-camera, Madoka forms the contract and defeats the witch with just one shot, but becomes a witch herself shortly after. Kyuubey comments that she may destroy the whole Earth in near future. He has collected an enormous amount of energy from her already, though, so he doesn't care about it anymore.

Homura refuses to fight Madoka the witch, which make Kyuubey realize that she's from a different timeline.

=== Timeline 5 ===
This is presumably the timeline of all the previous episodes. Homura insists of repeating that particular period of time (between her transferring and the Walpurgis Night), no matter how many times, until she saves Madoka. She kills Kyuubey, but he respawns in a new body, which she chases, but he is saved by Madoka, similar to [[Episode 1]].

== Runes ==
See [[Runes:Episode 10|Runes of episode 10]]

==Speculations and Observations==
* This time, the only change spotted in the opening animation was the addition of Homura and Kyouko to the group shot. The opening animation has been used as the ending sequence. (this episode has no proper opening)
* The calendar in Homura's room shows that she's getting discharged from the hospital on the 16th and returns to school on the 25th. From the format of the calendar, the 25th is apparently a Friday. The only month in 2011 that has 31 days and the 25th falling on a Friday is March. This means that the anime is set during the same time the final episode will be airing.
* It seems like in every timeline the last ones left to fight Walpurgis Night are Homura and Madoka.
**It is assumed that Mami, Kyouko, and Sayaka always die in every timeline.
***However, some evidence suggests that Kyouko's and Sayaka's absence on Walpurgis Night in the other timelines could be explained by Kyouko never arriving in town (or joining forces) or Sayaka never making her wish.
****Under this assumption we are lead to believe that Mami dies in every timeline.
* It is possible that an imprint or a residue of past timelines are still within Madoka's memory. One example is the dream that Madoka had in Episode 1 and that strange image static in Episode 8.
* According to Kyuubey, Madoka as a Witch has the power to destroy the world but it is of no concern to him as long as they meet their quota.
**It is speculated that because of the nature of Madoka's wish in Timeline 4, that wish gave her the power of not only destroying the Witch with one shot but that same power could destroy the world once she becomes a Witch herself. For that to happen Madoka will have to make the same wish on Walpurgis Night in Timeline 5.
*Homura's only way to get guns and weapons is by stealing them, it is assumed that she must have stolen them from a group of criminals.
*Given the nature of Walpurgis Night and the presence of gears and the "falling" figure of the witch, Walpurgis Night could be the witch form of Homura. Although Homura's magic is very limited, her experience in multiple time-lines makes the witch a formidable foe.
*In Timeline 3, the Grief Seed Madoka uses to heal Homura maybe Sayaka's Grief Seed. She might have obtained it after defeating Oktavia at the station. Madoka might have kept the Grief Seed until the end to remember Sayaka.
** The Grief Seed from Episode 10 looks different from that of Episode 8. However, this can be explained if the Grief Seed from Episode 8 is an immature form. Both Sayaka and Madoka's Grief Seed does not show dark parts as other Witches' Grief Seeds (except Charlotte's Seed which was partially dark since Charlotte had revived recently).
*It was speculated in Episode 9 that if Kyuubey's people have the technology to travel back in time, they could fix the entropy problem by reversing it. However, in Episdoe 10 we learn that Kyuubey can only grant the ability to travel back in time, he is only part of the process to create it, they do not posses the ability itself. The power of time travel rests only within Homura because she wished so.
*Although the assumption is that the prologue from Episode 1 is from Timeline 4, when Homura was fighting the powerful witch during Walpurgis Night, that same Witch seems to differ in her shape in Episode 10 during the actual Timeline 4.
**Walpurgis Night from Episode 10's Timeline 4 has slimmer body and longer dress.
**Walpurgis Night of Timeline 1 is also slightly different from other two.
*Homura's Past Timeline Experiences:
**Mami is mentally unstable, if she learns the truth she will kill everyone (she is unreliable as an ally).
**Sayaka refuses to believer or listen to Homura's advice. She will also be prone to making the same mistakes and become a witch (her fate is inevitable no matter what).
**From Past experience, Homura believes Kyouko may be the only ally left to help her in stopping Walpurgis Night. However, she did not anticipate her actions that lead to her death since this didnt happen in previous timelines.
**Leaving Madoka alone or keeping her distance from her will not stop her from making her wish. Nor can Homura stop Walpurgis Night on her own.
**The only constant in previous timelines is that Madoka is the only one with a pure soul, she was the only one who called her a friend and trusted her with her life.
*Everytime Homura tries to change the past she seems to make it worst:
**Original timeline: Mami and Madoka die like heroes and they are the only known casualties, Earth is saved (and there are no more threats to the planet). The Truth is never revealed.
**Second timeline: Mami dies as a hero, Madoka becomes a normal Witch.
**Third timeline: Sayaka becomes a witch, Mami dies but not before she becomes a psycho and kill Kyouko. Madoka still dies and becomes a witch but not before Homura kills her before that happens.
**Fourth timeline: Madoka becomes a powerful Witch that will destroy the Earth, everyone dies.
**Fifth timeline: Mami dies before learning the truth, Sayaka still becomes a witch and dies with Kyouko...

== Images ==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="left">
File:Madoka-grief-seed.png|Madoka's grief seed, the cutest grief seed yet.
File:Oktavia-ep10.JPG|Oktavia as seen in Episode 10.
File:Oktavia Hitomi like minions.jpg|Oktavia's minions look like Hitomi
File:Madoka-witch-first.jpg|Madoka's first witch transformation.
File:Kaname witch form power.jpg|This is either Madoka's witch form or her display of power.
File:Ep10-calendar.jpg|Homura's calendar and Madoka revealing the timeframe in which she contracted.
File:Happy Homura.jpg|This is a happier and innocent Homura from Timeline 1. By Timeline 5 her demeanor will change.
File:Homurabomb.jpg|How to make bombs.
File:Mami crying mental breakdown.jpg|Mami suffers from a mental breakdown once she learns the truth. She decides suicide is the only option.
File:Ep10-ending-group.jpg|Group shot with Kyouko and Homura.
File:Bakemonogatari Madoka.jpg|Comparison between Bakemonogatari and Madoka
File:Sailor uniform witch ep 10.jpg|This Witch is PATRICIA
File:Homura Madoka the Witch Walpurgis Night.jpg|Walpurgis Night from Timeline 1
File:Worlf after Walpurgis Night.png|The world after Walpurgis Night in Timeline 4
File:Madoka10 art references.jpg| Paintings referenced in this episode.
File:Grief Seed from episode 10.PNG|The Grief Seed maybe Sayaka's
File:Walpurgis Comparison.PNG|Walpurgis Night looks different in each fight.

</gallery>

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Kyubey

2011-02-26T00:16:00Z

Aquamarine39: /* Trivia */

{{spoilers}}
{{Infobox_character
|name=Kyuubee
|image=[[File:Kyuubey Chara Sheet.jpg|300px]]
|jname=キュゥべえ (Kyuubee)
|seiyuu=[http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=creator&creatorid=641 Emiri Katou]
}}

'''Kyuubey''' is a "familiar," endued with the power to grant any wish for exchange of a contract-- for the person the wish is bestowed upon to become a Mahou Shoujo (magical girl). These magical girls are then tasked with the defeating of [[Witch|Witches]]. Kyuubey features prominently in the official release artwork first two episodes and is central to the current story.

==Trivia==
*People still argue as to how to write is name. Is it Kyubey or Kyuubey?
**His/her name is written in both Hiragana and Katakana as キュ''(kyu)''ゥ''(u)''べ''(be)''え''(e)''. So the more acceptable Romaji for his/her name is Kyuubee/Kyuubey.
**On the other hand, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re0TB956D5E&feature=related the fifth commercial] has his name romanized as "Kyubey", hence the argument.
**[http://www.ggkthx.org/2011/01/20/puella-magi-madoka-magica-episode-3/ Apparently], it comes from the katakana of the english word ''Cute'' so it could also be Cubey.
***Moreover, the shape of the shadow in Episode 5 might suggest that Kyuubey originate in the mythological creature "Kyuubi no Kitsune"([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine-tailed_fox Nine-tailed fox]).
**[[Episode 8]] leads to think that his name comes from 'Incubator', which romanization would be 'in'''kyubee'''taa'

==Speculations==
*When Kyubey get shot by Homura in [[Episode 8]], another one appears and eat the dead body. It could either be another instance of 'Kyubey' (as expected in some speculations), or the same Kyubey that respawned. After all, [[Wikipedia:Cat#History_and_mythology|cats are supposed to have 9 lives]], so what about him?
**Kyubey said that he has plenty of spares.
*Many fans believe [[Speculah:Kyuubey_is_Evil_Theory|Kyuubey is evil]] and believe he/she should not be trusted.
*According to the same theory, it is likely that Kyuubey is the messenger of a greater entity that has its own agenda.
*Some think Kyubey's real form is that of a red devil and his/her white fur acts as a cover as indicated by tears rather than bleeding in Episode 1.
** Additionally, when he gets shot full of holes in Episode 8 there are small drops that appear to be blood, but they do not spread out after he is hit. He also appears to have no bones or organs.
** [[Gen Urobuchi]]'s [http://twitter.com/Butch_Gen/status/27343839081529344 tweet] "Yeah, that's terrible! We still haven't shown even a single scene with bloodshed!" (まだ今んとこ流血シーンなんてないのに、ひどいよね！) may refer to the fact that Kyuubey doesn't bleed.

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="left" position="center">
File:Kyubey eats.jpg
File:Kyubey.jpg|He stares into your soul.
File:Pmmmk_l.jpg|Original character design by Aoki Ume
File:Incubator.jpg|Shot full of holes
File:Kyubee_name.jpg|Offical site HTML show "Kyubee"
File:20110125211127.jpg|Offical CM show "Kyubey"
</gallery>

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Madoka Magica Episode 7: Can You Face Your True Feelings?

2011-02-24T03:26:52Z

Aquamarine39: /* Images */

{{Infobox_episode
|name = Can You Face Your True Feelings?
|jname = 本当の気持ちと向き合えますか？
|date = 17 February 2011
|script = Gen Urobuchi
|storyboard = Masayoshi Nishita
|director = Satoaki Kidokoro
|adirector = Ryou Kobayashi Tomoaki Kado
}}

==Summary==
===Pain Reduction===
The episode begins with Sayaka in her room, outraged at the fact that Kyubey lied to her and Madoka about the relocation of a Puella Magi's soul upon making the contract. Kyubey explains that he offered her the contract, and she accepted: in return for a wish, Sayaka has dedicated her life to fighting witches. Because she never asked about the details, Kyubey saw no need to tell her. Kyubey adds that because a Puella Magi's consciousness is separated from their bodies, they are also able to endure pain that would break a normal person. Using magic, he inflicts pain on Sayaka as a demonstration of how the pain would be like if her soul was not transfered into the soul gem. Ominously, he notes that though Sayaka can completely ignore any pain if she so chooses, doing so can drastically reduce reaction time to injuries.

===Sayaka's Absence===
The next day, Madoka notices that Sayaka is absent from school and begins to worry. During lunch break, Madoka meets with Homura on the roof of the school and questions her why she never told either Madoka nor Sayaka about the true nature of the Soul Gem. Homura explains that she had tried to do so before with others, but that no one believed her. She again advises Madoka to avoid involving herself with Sayaka, and tells her that she should not confuse gratitude with responsibility; even though Sayaka has saved Madoka's life, Madoka is not in debt. Homura explains that when a Puella Magi makes a contract with Kyubey, they are receiving a miracle that may well be worth more than a life. Even if Sayaka had spent her entire life caring for Kamijou, there would have been no chance of him returning to play the violin. Kyubey grants the impossible, and thus a Puella Magi's side of the contract is dedicating the rest of their life to fight. Madoka asks if there's any way for it to end, and Homura bluntly tells Madoka to give up on her friend. Madoka wonders aloud how Homura can be so cold, and Homura responds introspectively, saying, "Perhaps it is because I am no longer human."

===Kyouko's Backstory===
Meanwhile, as Sayaka is laying in her bed, tortured by her emotions over Kamijou, she receives a telepathic message from Kyouko who is outside her house, holding a bag of apples. Kyouko tells her that she wants to talk. Sayaka complies and the two head towards an abandoned church. When they arrive at the church, Sayaka asks why Kyouko brought her here. Kyouko offers Sayaka an apple but when Sayaka throws it away, Kyouko angrily walks over to her and lifts her up by the collar, telling her not to waste food. After Kyouko calms down, she starts telling Sayaka about her past and why she chose to become a magical girl as well as the wish she made. Back when Kyouko was younger, her father used to preach at a church. However, her father's preachings began to stray from the original church's teachings, and he was excommunicated. This left Kyouko and her family poor, and Kyouko hated that no one listened to her father's words, so she made her pact with Kyubey to become a magical girl. Her wish was for people to listen to her father. People came in droves to listen to his preaching, and Kyouko fought witches in return for her wish, believing idealistically that she and her father would change the world through this way. Somehow, her father found out about Kyouko's wish, and that the people who came to worship did not do so out of faith, but out of magic. Calling her a witch who tempted men's souls, Kyouko's father snapped under the realization, and one night drank himself into a rage, and forced the family into suicide. Only Kyouko was left alive.

After Kyouko finishes telling her tale, Sayaka asks why Kyouko bothered to tell her. Kyouko tells Sayaka that she is headed on the same path as she once was when she became a magical girl, and she wants her to avoid those mistakes, and live for herself instead of for others. Sayaka apologizes to Kyouko for misunderstanding her, but informs Kyouko that she will never regret making a wish for someone else. She believes strongly that she will use her powers to save others, and keep those around her safe. In a moment of self-righteousness, Sayaka asks Kyouko where she purchased her apples. Kyouko is unable to answer. Sayaka guesses that the apples were stolen, and turns away, telling Kyouko that she cannot accept stolen food, and cannot in good conscience be thankful for Kyouko's offer in the first place. She then leaves the church, secure in her morals, leaving Kyouko in frustration.

===Hitomi's Secret===
Sayaka attends school the next day, and is joined by Madoka and Hitomi. Madoka worries, but Sayaka assures her she's fine. Sayaka's close friend Kamijou is also in attendance for the first time after being discharged from the hospital. Madoka says that Sayaka should go and see him, but Sayaka declines. After school, Hitomi asks Sayaka to meet her at a cafe where Hitomi tells her that she has had a crush on Kamjiou for a long time. This startles Sayaka, but Hitomi says that she will give her one day to confess, because she knows Sayaka has feelings for him too. Though if she cannot confess in one day, Hitomi will do so.

===Comforted?===
As night approaches, a depressed and confused Sayaka is heading out to hunt witches. She finds Madoka waiting outside. Madoka asks if she can come along, to keep Sayaka company, and this triggers Sayaka's held-back emotions. Sayaka begins to cry, saying that for a moment, she had regretted saving Hitomi's life before, and that she was no good as a moral figure of justice. She reveals that she feels as though she cannot ever face Kamijou with a shell of a body, and is emotionally torn and grieving over the apparent loss of both her humanity and her chance to be with the one she loves. After being comforted by Madoka, Sayaka appears to regain composure, and they head out.

===The Witch Fight===
Atop a scaffolding, Kyouko is idly watching a witch's barrier while eating an ice cream bar. Homura appears silently behind her, and asks her if she is going to allow Sayaka to take her kill. Kyouko at first brushes this off, telling Homura that since it's an actual witch and will drop a Grief Seed, that it isn't a waste like before. However, she notices strange behavior in the barrier, then curses, muttering that Sayaka is botching the fight. The scene switches to Sayaka and Madoka within the barrier; the witch is seated in a prayerlike position on top of a long arm holding a monstrance. Sayaka is then seen charging forth at the witch, Elsa Maria, which defends itself with snakelike animals and gnarled branches and vines. It fends off Sayaka, injuring her, and Kyouko soon comes to her rescue. Kyouko is about to attack the witch when Sayaka gets up and tells her to stay out of it. Sayaka again rushes forward, this time cutting past the vines, and reaches the witch. She slashes at the witch repeatedly, and begins to laugh insanely.

"He [Kyubey] was right. If I don't want it to, it doesn't hurt at all," are Sayaka's closing lines before she bisects the witch, referring to Kyubey's comment in the beginning of the episode about purposely numbing pain. The scene fades to black, and Madoka's voice is heard pleading, "Stop. Please stop."

==Speculation==
*Kyubey's talk in the beginning refers to the physical pain of injuries. However, Sayaka's last lines also imply the loss of emotional pain. Sayaka might use fighting against witches as a way of coping or closing away her emotional pain, and this might lead to risky decisions in the heat of battle.
*Sayaka feels as though she has already lost to Hitomi because she is, in her words, a zombie because of her soul's separation from her body. Ironically, the reason for that separation is her wish to heal Kamijou in the first place, and her side hope of being able to be with him. By wishing for Kamijou's recovery, all she has done is push Hitomi towards confessing her feelings to Kamijou, and emotionally block herself from being able to confess to him herself.

==Runes==
See also [[Runes:Episode 7|Runes of episode 7]]

==Observations==

*The opening sequence reverted back to how it was in [[Episode 5]], not featuring the colorful background anymore.
*Just before we get a close up of Sayaka's face in the church, there is an angel in one of the gothic windows that seems to be thrusting a sword (Sayaka's symbol) into Kyouko's silhouette.
*Kyouko's Soul Gem when she transforms has resemblance to the regilious symbol her father and the other believers had on themselves.

==Images==

<gallery position="center" captionalign="left">
File:Kyouko apples ep7.jpg|Kyouko's bag of apples mysteriously disappeared when she grabbed Sayaka.
File:Elsamaria-runes.jpg|Runes circling the left and right sides read "elsamaria". Elsa Maria appears to be the name of the witch Sayaka fights.
File:Elsamaria.PNG|Elsa Maria in her barrier. She may be praying.
File:Sayaka bad apple.jpg|Parallel between insane Sayaka and Flandre Scarlet as depicted in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3C-VevI36s Bad apple]
File:PMMM_Ep7_Monstrance.png|The object that Elsa Maria is kneeling and praying in front of appears to be a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monstrance monstrance], a Catholic object of worship.
File:Elsamaria_whole_image.jpg|Elsa maria's whole image.
File:Angel_Sword_in_Kyouko.png|An angel (sprouting out of Sayaka's silhouette) thrusting a sword (Sayaka's weapon in Kyouko's silhouette.
</gallery>

[[Category:Episodes]]

Madoka Magica Episode 7: Can You Face Your True Feelings?

2011-02-24T03:26:36Z

Aquamarine39: /* Images */

{{Infobox_episode
|name = Can You Face Your True Feelings?
|jname = 本当の気持ちと向き合えますか？
|date = 17 February 2011
|script = Gen Urobuchi
|storyboard = Masayoshi Nishita
|director = Satoaki Kidokoro
|adirector = Ryou Kobayashi Tomoaki Kado
}}

==Summary==
===Pain Reduction===
The episode begins with Sayaka in her room, outraged at the fact that Kyubey lied to her and Madoka about the relocation of a Puella Magi's soul upon making the contract. Kyubey explains that he offered her the contract, and she accepted: in return for a wish, Sayaka has dedicated her life to fighting witches. Because she never asked about the details, Kyubey saw no need to tell her. Kyubey adds that because a Puella Magi's consciousness is separated from their bodies, they are also able to endure pain that would break a normal person. Using magic, he inflicts pain on Sayaka as a demonstration of how the pain would be like if her soul was not transfered into the soul gem. Ominously, he notes that though Sayaka can completely ignore any pain if she so chooses, doing so can drastically reduce reaction time to injuries.

===Sayaka's Absence===
The next day, Madoka notices that Sayaka is absent from school and begins to worry. During lunch break, Madoka meets with Homura on the roof of the school and questions her why she never told either Madoka nor Sayaka about the true nature of the Soul Gem. Homura explains that she had tried to do so before with others, but that no one believed her. She again advises Madoka to avoid involving herself with Sayaka, and tells her that she should not confuse gratitude with responsibility; even though Sayaka has saved Madoka's life, Madoka is not in debt. Homura explains that when a Puella Magi makes a contract with Kyubey, they are receiving a miracle that may well be worth more than a life. Even if Sayaka had spent her entire life caring for Kamijou, there would have been no chance of him returning to play the violin. Kyubey grants the impossible, and thus a Puella Magi's side of the contract is dedicating the rest of their life to fight. Madoka asks if there's any way for it to end, and Homura bluntly tells Madoka to give up on her friend. Madoka wonders aloud how Homura can be so cold, and Homura responds introspectively, saying, "Perhaps it is because I am no longer human."

===Kyouko's Backstory===
Meanwhile, as Sayaka is laying in her bed, tortured by her emotions over Kamijou, she receives a telepathic message from Kyouko who is outside her house, holding a bag of apples. Kyouko tells her that she wants to talk. Sayaka complies and the two head towards an abandoned church. When they arrive at the church, Sayaka asks why Kyouko brought her here. Kyouko offers Sayaka an apple but when Sayaka throws it away, Kyouko angrily walks over to her and lifts her up by the collar, telling her not to waste food. After Kyouko calms down, she starts telling Sayaka about her past and why she chose to become a magical girl as well as the wish she made. Back when Kyouko was younger, her father used to preach at a church. However, her father's preachings began to stray from the original church's teachings, and he was excommunicated. This left Kyouko and her family poor, and Kyouko hated that no one listened to her father's words, so she made her pact with Kyubey to become a magical girl. Her wish was for people to listen to her father. People came in droves to listen to his preaching, and Kyouko fought witches in return for her wish, believing idealistically that she and her father would change the world through this way. Somehow, her father found out about Kyouko's wish, and that the people who came to worship did not do so out of faith, but out of magic. Calling her a witch who tempted men's souls, Kyouko's father snapped under the realization, and one night drank himself into a rage, and forced the family into suicide. Only Kyouko was left alive.

After Kyouko finishes telling her tale, Sayaka asks why Kyouko bothered to tell her. Kyouko tells Sayaka that she is headed on the same path as she once was when she became a magical girl, and she wants her to avoid those mistakes, and live for herself instead of for others. Sayaka apologizes to Kyouko for misunderstanding her, but informs Kyouko that she will never regret making a wish for someone else. She believes strongly that she will use her powers to save others, and keep those around her safe. In a moment of self-righteousness, Sayaka asks Kyouko where she purchased her apples. Kyouko is unable to answer. Sayaka guesses that the apples were stolen, and turns away, telling Kyouko that she cannot accept stolen food, and cannot in good conscience be thankful for Kyouko's offer in the first place. She then leaves the church, secure in her morals, leaving Kyouko in frustration.

===Hitomi's Secret===
Sayaka attends school the next day, and is joined by Madoka and Hitomi. Madoka worries, but Sayaka assures her she's fine. Sayaka's close friend Kamijou is also in attendance for the first time after being discharged from the hospital. Madoka says that Sayaka should go and see him, but Sayaka declines. After school, Hitomi asks Sayaka to meet her at a cafe where Hitomi tells her that she has had a crush on Kamjiou for a long time. This startles Sayaka, but Hitomi says that she will give her one day to confess, because she knows Sayaka has feelings for him too. Though if she cannot confess in one day, Hitomi will do so.

===Comforted?===
As night approaches, a depressed and confused Sayaka is heading out to hunt witches. She finds Madoka waiting outside. Madoka asks if she can come along, to keep Sayaka company, and this triggers Sayaka's held-back emotions. Sayaka begins to cry, saying that for a moment, she had regretted saving Hitomi's life before, and that she was no good as a moral figure of justice. She reveals that she feels as though she cannot ever face Kamijou with a shell of a body, and is emotionally torn and grieving over the apparent loss of both her humanity and her chance to be with the one she loves. After being comforted by Madoka, Sayaka appears to regain composure, and they head out.

===The Witch Fight===
Atop a scaffolding, Kyouko is idly watching a witch's barrier while eating an ice cream bar. Homura appears silently behind her, and asks her if she is going to allow Sayaka to take her kill. Kyouko at first brushes this off, telling Homura that since it's an actual witch and will drop a Grief Seed, that it isn't a waste like before. However, she notices strange behavior in the barrier, then curses, muttering that Sayaka is botching the fight. The scene switches to Sayaka and Madoka within the barrier; the witch is seated in a prayerlike position on top of a long arm holding a monstrance. Sayaka is then seen charging forth at the witch, Elsa Maria, which defends itself with snakelike animals and gnarled branches and vines. It fends off Sayaka, injuring her, and Kyouko soon comes to her rescue. Kyouko is about to attack the witch when Sayaka gets up and tells her to stay out of it. Sayaka again rushes forward, this time cutting past the vines, and reaches the witch. She slashes at the witch repeatedly, and begins to laugh insanely.

"He [Kyubey] was right. If I don't want it to, it doesn't hurt at all," are Sayaka's closing lines before she bisects the witch, referring to Kyubey's comment in the beginning of the episode about purposely numbing pain. The scene fades to black, and Madoka's voice is heard pleading, "Stop. Please stop."

==Speculation==
*Kyubey's talk in the beginning refers to the physical pain of injuries. However, Sayaka's last lines also imply the loss of emotional pain. Sayaka might use fighting against witches as a way of coping or closing away her emotional pain, and this might lead to risky decisions in the heat of battle.
*Sayaka feels as though she has already lost to Hitomi because she is, in her words, a zombie because of her soul's separation from her body. Ironically, the reason for that separation is her wish to heal Kamijou in the first place, and her side hope of being able to be with him. By wishing for Kamijou's recovery, all she has done is push Hitomi towards confessing her feelings to Kamijou, and emotionally block herself from being able to confess to him herself.

==Runes==
See also [[Runes:Episode 7|Runes of episode 7]]

==Observations==

*The opening sequence reverted back to how it was in [[Episode 5]], not featuring the colorful background anymore.
*Just before we get a close up of Sayaka's face in the church, there is an angel in one of the gothic windows that seems to be thrusting a sword (Sayaka's symbol) into Kyouko's silhouette.
*Kyouko's Soul Gem when she transforms has resemblance to the regilious symbol her father and the other believers had on themselves.

==Images==

<gallery position="center" captionalign="left">
File:Kyouko apples ep7.jpg|Kyouko's bag of apples mysteriously disappeared when she grabbed Sayaka.
File:Elsamaria-runes.jpg|Runes circling the left and right sides read "elsamaria". Elsa Maria appears to be the name of the witch Sayaka fights.
File:Elsamaria.PNG|Elsa Maria in her barrier. She may be praying.
File:Sayaka bad apple.jpg|Parallel between insane Sayaka and Flandre Scarlet as depicted in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3C-VevI36s Bad apple]
File:PMMM_Ep7_Monstrance.png|The object that Elsa Maria is kneeling and praying in front of appears to be a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monstrance monstrance], a Catholic object of worship.
File:Elsamaria_whole_image.jpg|Elsa maria's whole image.
File:Angel_Sword_in_Kyouko.png|Image of an angel (sprouting out of Sayaka's silhouette) thrusting a sword (Sayaka's weapon in Kyouko's silhouette.
</gallery>

[[Category:Episodes]]

Madoka Magica Episode 7: Can You Face Your True Feelings?

2011-02-24T03:24:38Z

Aquamarine39: /* Images */

{{Infobox_episode
|name = Can You Face Your True Feelings?
|jname = 本当の気持ちと向き合えますか？
|date = 17 February 2011
|script = Gen Urobuchi
|storyboard = Masayoshi Nishita
|director = Satoaki Kidokoro
|adirector = Ryou Kobayashi Tomoaki Kado
}}

==Summary==
===Pain Reduction===
The episode begins with Sayaka in her room, outraged at the fact that Kyubey lied to her and Madoka about the relocation of a Puella Magi's soul upon making the contract. Kyubey explains that he offered her the contract, and she accepted: in return for a wish, Sayaka has dedicated her life to fighting witches. Because she never asked about the details, Kyubey saw no need to tell her. Kyubey adds that because a Puella Magi's consciousness is separated from their bodies, they are also able to endure pain that would break a normal person. Using magic, he inflicts pain on Sayaka as a demonstration of how the pain would be like if her soul was not transfered into the soul gem. Ominously, he notes that though Sayaka can completely ignore any pain if she so chooses, doing so can drastically reduce reaction time to injuries.

===Sayaka's Absence===
The next day, Madoka notices that Sayaka is absent from school and begins to worry. During lunch break, Madoka meets with Homura on the roof of the school and questions her why she never told either Madoka nor Sayaka about the true nature of the Soul Gem. Homura explains that she had tried to do so before with others, but that no one believed her. She again advises Madoka to avoid involving herself with Sayaka, and tells her that she should not confuse gratitude with responsibility; even though Sayaka has saved Madoka's life, Madoka is not in debt. Homura explains that when a Puella Magi makes a contract with Kyubey, they are receiving a miracle that may well be worth more than a life. Even if Sayaka had spent her entire life caring for Kamijou, there would have been no chance of him returning to play the violin. Kyubey grants the impossible, and thus a Puella Magi's side of the contract is dedicating the rest of their life to fight. Madoka asks if there's any way for it to end, and Homura bluntly tells Madoka to give up on her friend. Madoka wonders aloud how Homura can be so cold, and Homura responds introspectively, saying, "Perhaps it is because I am no longer human."

===Kyouko's Backstory===
Meanwhile, as Sayaka is laying in her bed, tortured by her emotions over Kamijou, she receives a telepathic message from Kyouko who is outside her house, holding a bag of apples. Kyouko tells her that she wants to talk. Sayaka complies and the two head towards an abandoned church. When they arrive at the church, Sayaka asks why Kyouko brought her here. Kyouko offers Sayaka an apple but when Sayaka throws it away, Kyouko angrily walks over to her and lifts her up by the collar, telling her not to waste food. After Kyouko calms down, she starts telling Sayaka about her past and why she chose to become a magical girl as well as the wish she made. Back when Kyouko was younger, her father used to preach at a church. However, her father's preachings began to stray from the original church's teachings, and he was excommunicated. This left Kyouko and her family poor, and Kyouko hated that no one listened to her father's words, so she made her pact with Kyubey to become a magical girl. Her wish was for people to listen to her father. People came in droves to listen to his preaching, and Kyouko fought witches in return for her wish, believing idealistically that she and her father would change the world through this way. Somehow, her father found out about Kyouko's wish, and that the people who came to worship did not do so out of faith, but out of magic. Calling her a witch who tempted men's souls, Kyouko's father snapped under the realization, and one night drank himself into a rage, and forced the family into suicide. Only Kyouko was left alive.

After Kyouko finishes telling her tale, Sayaka asks why Kyouko bothered to tell her. Kyouko tells Sayaka that she is headed on the same path as she once was when she became a magical girl, and she wants her to avoid those mistakes, and live for herself instead of for others. Sayaka apologizes to Kyouko for misunderstanding her, but informs Kyouko that she will never regret making a wish for someone else. She believes strongly that she will use her powers to save others, and keep those around her safe. In a moment of self-righteousness, Sayaka asks Kyouko where she purchased her apples. Kyouko is unable to answer. Sayaka guesses that the apples were stolen, and turns away, telling Kyouko that she cannot accept stolen food, and cannot in good conscience be thankful for Kyouko's offer in the first place. She then leaves the church, secure in her morals, leaving Kyouko in frustration.

===Hitomi's Secret===
Sayaka attends school the next day, and is joined by Madoka and Hitomi. Madoka worries, but Sayaka assures her she's fine. Sayaka's close friend Kamijou is also in attendance for the first time after being discharged from the hospital. Madoka says that Sayaka should go and see him, but Sayaka declines. After school, Hitomi asks Sayaka to meet her at a cafe where Hitomi tells her that she has had a crush on Kamjiou for a long time. This startles Sayaka, but Hitomi says that she will give her one day to confess, because she knows Sayaka has feelings for him too. Though if she cannot confess in one day, Hitomi will do so.

===Comforted?===
As night approaches, a depressed and confused Sayaka is heading out to hunt witches. She finds Madoka waiting outside. Madoka asks if she can come along, to keep Sayaka company, and this triggers Sayaka's held-back emotions. Sayaka begins to cry, saying that for a moment, she had regretted saving Hitomi's life before, and that she was no good as a moral figure of justice. She reveals that she feels as though she cannot ever face Kamijou with a shell of a body, and is emotionally torn and grieving over the apparent loss of both her humanity and her chance to be with the one she loves. After being comforted by Madoka, Sayaka appears to regain composure, and they head out.

===The Witch Fight===
Atop a scaffolding, Kyouko is idly watching a witch's barrier while eating an ice cream bar. Homura appears silently behind her, and asks her if she is going to allow Sayaka to take her kill. Kyouko at first brushes this off, telling Homura that since it's an actual witch and will drop a Grief Seed, that it isn't a waste like before. However, she notices strange behavior in the barrier, then curses, muttering that Sayaka is botching the fight. The scene switches to Sayaka and Madoka within the barrier; the witch is seated in a prayerlike position on top of a long arm holding a monstrance. Sayaka is then seen charging forth at the witch, Elsa Maria, which defends itself with snakelike animals and gnarled branches and vines. It fends off Sayaka, injuring her, and Kyouko soon comes to her rescue. Kyouko is about to attack the witch when Sayaka gets up and tells her to stay out of it. Sayaka again rushes forward, this time cutting past the vines, and reaches the witch. She slashes at the witch repeatedly, and begins to laugh insanely.

"He [Kyubey] was right. If I don't want it to, it doesn't hurt at all," are Sayaka's closing lines before she bisects the witch, referring to Kyubey's comment in the beginning of the episode about purposely numbing pain. The scene fades to black, and Madoka's voice is heard pleading, "Stop. Please stop."

==Speculation==
*Kyubey's talk in the beginning refers to the physical pain of injuries. However, Sayaka's last lines also imply the loss of emotional pain. Sayaka might use fighting against witches as a way of coping or closing away her emotional pain, and this might lead to risky decisions in the heat of battle.
*Sayaka feels as though she has already lost to Hitomi because she is, in her words, a zombie because of her soul's separation from her body. Ironically, the reason for that separation is her wish to heal Kamijou in the first place, and her side hope of being able to be with him. By wishing for Kamijou's recovery, all she has done is push Hitomi towards confessing her feelings to Kamijou, and emotionally block herself from being able to confess to him herself.

==Runes==
See also [[Runes:Episode 7|Runes of episode 7]]

==Observations==

*The opening sequence reverted back to how it was in [[Episode 5]], not featuring the colorful background anymore.
*Just before we get a close up of Sayaka's face in the church, there is an angel in one of the gothic windows that seems to be thrusting a sword (Sayaka's symbol) into Kyouko's silhouette.
*Kyouko's Soul Gem when she transforms has resemblance to the regilious symbol her father and the other believers had on themselves.

==Images==

<gallery position="center" captionalign="left">
File:Kyouko apples ep7.jpg|Kyouko's bag of apples mysteriously disappeared when she grabbed Sayaka.
File:Elsamaria-runes.jpg|Runes circling the left and right sides read "elsamaria". Elsa Maria appears to be the name of the witch Sayaka fights.
File:Elsamaria.PNG|Elsa Maria in her barrier. She may be praying.
File:Sayaka bad apple.jpg|Parallel between insane Sayaka and Flandre Scarlet as depicted in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3C-VevI36s Bad apple]
File:PMMM_Ep7_Monstrance.png|The object that Elsa Maria is kneeling and praying in front of appears to be a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monstrance monstrance], a Catholic object of worship.
File:Elsamaria_whole_image.jpg|Elsa maria's whole image.
File:Angel_Sword_in_Kyouko.png|Rather foreboding image of an angel (sprouting out of Sayaka's silhouette) thrusting a sword (Sayaka's weapon) in Kyouko's silhouette.
</gallery>

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File:Angel Sword in Kyouko.png

2011-02-24T03:20:50Z

Aquamarine39: An angel's sword almost piercing Kyouko. This image shows up very briefly in episode 7.

An angel's sword almost piercing Kyouko. This image shows up very briefly in episode 7.

Community:Make a Wish

2011-02-18T08:02:36Z

Aquamarine39: /* I want to eat */

[[Kyuubey]]'s proposition includes granting a wish in exchange for the person to become a [[Glossary#Magical_girl|mahou shoujo]]. This page lists those who have encountered Kyuubey and guesses about wishes. Note that these are ''speculations'' and not the character's actual wishes.

== Madoka's Wish ==
=== Deus Ex Machina or "I wish Mami were alive" ===
Madoka wishes Mami back to life. This one is so easily corrupted, especially if the "Witches are fallen magical girls" theory proves true. You wished her alive Madoka, you never said as a magical girl!
=== Fight to save people ===
Madoka wishes to help everyone in need, from suffering people, to the fallen such as Mami, to the witches lost in grief. She becomes a magical girl with the potential to solve any problem, but neither she, nor Kyubey, nor other magical girls have any idea how her powers work, so saving the world is still easier said than done.
=== Procrastinating Until the End of the World ===
Madoka resists making a wish until the very end of the series, when the apocalyptic scenario from her dream comes into play, and she uses her wish to solve everything at once or cause a global reset. "I wish everything would go back to the way it was before I met Kyubey!"
=== The Human Instrumentality Project ===
Madoka wishes to end all suffering. Everyone gets hugged and turns into [[Morning Rescue]].

== Homura's Wish ==
=== Do you really want her dream to come true? ===
Homura might have used her wish to help someone else (Madoka?) and is the person Mami was referring to when asking Sayaka whether she wanted to make someone's dream come true, or be thanked for making it come true.
=== If you do, you'll lose everything ===
Homura might have wished to become the perfect girl and undo her previously unhappy life. She was a classmate and friend of Madoka, which is why she knows her way around the school. However, everyone's memories of Homura vanished because she wanted her old flawed, bullied, unpopular self to be forgotten.
=== "Anywhere but here!" ===
Because Sayaka wished to heal Kamijou, she received healing powers in addition to the powers all other Magi have.
Homura has a unique power as well - She can either teleport or move faster than the human eye can follow. This suggests that her wish had something to do with movement. One likely conclusion to draw from this line of reasoning is that she used her wish to run away from something, possibly an abusive family.
==="I wish my Oneesan was an unstoppable magical girl!"===
Rather than choosing to be a magical girl herself, she was wished into being a magical girl -- perhaps from someone who loved her, such as a little sister. The little sister, or someone similar (another member of the family? A friend?) specifically wishes that Homura would be unstoppable, and ends up becoming a magical girl alongside her, but then dies in battle later. Homura, however, has become "immortal". If this was so, this would make her the one Mami is talking about when she warns against making wishes for other people. It also explains why she doesn't die/become injured when Charlotte chomps on her, why Kyuubey seems to flipflop on his involvement in her wish, why Homura seems so mature (and claims to have seen many magical girls die in her lifetime), and why she doesn't appear to have any family (all of her family members have died from old age). (Original poster: The "immortality" bit of this might not apply since episode 6; every Puella Magi is effectively immortal if her soul gem is not destroyed. Not to mention this theory doesn't explain Homura's superspeed.)

== Mami's Wish ==
[[File:Manga_Mami_Wish.jpg|thumb|right|Mami's wish as shown in manga ver.]]
=== "I don't want to die alone!" ===
Before she met Madoka and friends, [[Mami]] was all alone-- her apartment was empty except for her presence, and had no contact with her family. When Kyuubey made his offer, Mami wished to not die alone. As in many "deal with the devil" stories, the contract is upheld, yet in a twisted manner: Mami made new friends and immediately died before their eyes.

=== "Please help…" ===
In manga canon, her wish is shown to be simply "please help" after being questioned by Kyubey about her wish in a car accident.

== Sayaka's Wish ==
=== Kamijou ===
As of episode four, Sayaka's wish has been confirmed; she has wished for Kamijou's arm to be healed. As a side-effect, the wish granted her the ability of fast recovering. Whether there are any downsides to this wish (such as the healing being temporary, Kamijou being killed shortly after his recovery, etc.) remains to be seen.

== Kyouko's Wish ==
=== I want to eat ===
According to abandoned child theory, she once almost ended up starving to death and wished for food when Kyuubey appeared with his proposal. Since that time she does not have problems with hunger as long as she gets Grief seeds.

=== Someone believe my father ===
Revealed in episode 7 that, Kyouko wished people to believe in her father's unorthodox teachings.
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Madoka Magica Episode 7: Can You Face Your True Feelings?

2011-02-18T07:42:32Z

Aquamarine39: /* Observations */

Madoka Magica Episode 7: Can You Face Your True Feelings?

2011-02-18T07:41:45Z

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