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Talk:Suzune Amano

2021-01-24T09:24:13Z

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Suzune is really cool bruh
and why can't I edit the Suzune Amano page though?
* Page wasn't created yet. Now it is, so you can edit. --[[User:CrownClown|CrownClown]] 15:18, 19 October 2014 (UTC)

== Age ==

Is Suzune really 13 yrs old? Where is the source for this? --[[User:Caglar|Caglar]] ([[User talk:Caglar|talk]]) 22:38, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
:Although her age isn't stated directly in the manga, she is in middle school and the statistics page for her in Magia Record Archive lists her age as 13. [[:File:Suzune 01.jpg|See here]][[User:Sondenise|Sondenise]] ([[User talk:Sondenise|talk]]) 02:04, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
::Oh wow, she doesn't look like 13 yrs old at all lol. Thanks for replying anyways! --[[User:Caglar|Caglar]] ([[User talk:Caglar|talk]]) 09:23, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

Talk:Suzune Amano

2021-01-23T22:38:11Z

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Talk:Homura Akemi

2021-01-23T20:34:20Z

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==Spoiler==

Why is there a massive Higurashi spoiler in the trivia section? Specifically the "Homurika" one [[User:Jag|Jag]] ([[User talk:Jag|talk]]) 17:20, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
: ops, added spoiler tag. - [[User:Prima|Prima]] ([[User talk:Prima|talk]]) 19:08, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
:: Is it okay if we mark it as a Higurashi spoiler as well? I don't think there's any way to know what show the spoiler would be referring to if you haven't watched the show, and they'd have to click on it to find out. -
[[User:Jag|Jag]] ([[User talk:Jag|talk]]) 05:22, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
::: Added - [[User:Prima|Prima]] ([[User talk:Prima|talk]]) 21:34, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

== Nutcracker ==

i wanted to add an observation about how Akuma Homura cracks her soul gem between her teeth, like a nutracker. Could I do that? [[User:Leafbladie|Leafbladie]] ([[User talk:Leafbladie|talk]]) 15:07, 27 April 2019 (UTC)leafbladie
:Yeah, I think that's more than appropriate. It fits in line with her theme. [[User:Sondenise|Sondenise]] ([[User talk:Sondenise|talk]]) 16:21, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

I strongly suggest that we move all speculations from this page to a speculation page dedicated to Homura (and possibly the other four main characters). This could be a good occasion to clean up all the stuff that was proven wrong.
:I concur. -[[User:Becquerel|Becquerel]] 04:16, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
::I agree too, if by "clean up" you mean "tag properly", like the wishes thing. No content should be removed IMO, just for "historical accurracy" --[[User:Homerun-chan|Homerun-chan]] 07:41, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
I agree with the speculation moving, but I think we should have a dedicated page for speculation on each character. I have loads of speculation talked over heaps with my brother that I really want to post here... until I saw this. I also think that the speculation pages dedicated to each character should be just for speculah that hasn't been proven right or wrong yet. Theories proved right or wrong should just be placed on the official page on the character. FIFI 00:32, 14 August 2013 (UTC)
:I also agree that something should be done about the speculation. Moving everything unconfirmed doesn't sound like a bad idea (and quite easy to do for this page), but there's also pages like [[Kyoko#Speculations & Observations|Kyoko's]] where everything is even more disorganized. For now, I'd direct you to the [[Theories]] page. Feel free to make a new page there if you have a lot of connected speculation. --[[User:Knon|Knon]] 10:05, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

abour her strong power in the new timeline: maybe because she suffered much in all the previous timelines she got a boost-up just like madoka

I removed stuff that didn't belong on this page (there was speculah about Walpurgis Night's familiars, for example, which is already present on WPN's various pages and doesn't need to be here) as well as the needless arguments on theories that have been debunked. If I knew how to make new pages -and- make said new pages look pretty and formatted, I'd move the whole speculah section to a new page, but my mad skillz at wiki pages go as far as "I can edit text".
:Regarding the theories proven right/wrong, and your editing skills, I made [[Template:Theory/Header|a template]] to classify theories by status (see output [[User:Homerun-chan/Theory_tags|here]]). I do not have the time right now, but I think it'd be a good idea to order the theories by category then --it's in the [[wishlist]] actually --[[User:Homerun-chan|Homerun-chan]] 10:07, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

==Homura: One Man Army==
¥ 1,383,040,300 ($17,037,114 USD) worth of military weapons and equipment!! Damn, maybe Homura should start with Nicolas Cage in "Lord of War II: The Walpurgis Night Incident" --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 02:18, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
:I'm still baffled. I mean, it's hard to believe. RPGs aren't ''that'' expensive. The guy who made the vid must have made some fancy cals. Still... Lord Of War was a great film, and I would buy that squel in the blink of an eye ^^ --[[User:BrickBreak|BrickBreak]] 02:33, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

==HOMU==
[http://www.homelessmuseum.org/ HOMU: The Homeless Museum of Art]. Nothing important, I just found this to be a bit funny. --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 02:37, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

==Homura's Stoicism Draft==
I feel like I am juggling with too many ideas. That has always been my problem when trying to make something clear and concise. I am going to need some help to wrinkle out the article once I am done. --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 08:04, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
:Fitting actually that you mention article. You could post your thoughts freely and put it there. Right now, it feels like you want to write about all the characters and not just Homura. It's also gone beyond the facts to the point that if it stayed on the Homura page, I'd have to say it goes under speculah. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 08:24, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
::I moved the draft here. I feel like the writing is going to become larger as I feel like to understand the Homura character we have to also understand her interaction to others as perhaps her personal experience with them and a need for comparison. I wonder If this should become a separate article all together?... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 09:02, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

==Understanding Homura's Stoicism==
Homura's emotionless and cold exterior has been misinterpreted and misunderstood by fans and observers alike. This has led to the interpretation that Homura is a dangerous Yandere, others believe her to be a psychopath with littler regard for human lives (with the exception of Madoka), but these interpretations are highly incorrect and inaccurate. This is caused by the misleading first impression we build from lacking a fundamental understanding of her background and personality. To understand Homura it is essential to rewatch some of her scenes and discover the subtle differences from first time viewing for comparison. Once we understand Homura's background and mission and her single obsession to save Madoka viewers would observe Homura in a new light.

Beneath Homura's stoic mask one will uncover the true Homura, a trace of her true self that she tries to shield with an emotional wall to cope with the rising danger of accumulating too much despair. Homura isn't the only character to be misinterpreted and misunderstood for expressing controversial opinions and actions to reach her goal, but their comparison would help to differentiate Homura from the rest of the characters. Homura developed an early survival skill to cope with her new realty to save Madoka.

Homura's Past:

To understand the Homura character it is essential to watch [[Episode 10]] and to listen the drama CD ''[[Drama CD 1|"Memories of you"]]''. First, the Drama CD contains information regarding Homura's difficulty to adapt to a new school setting as a transfer student; no one knows her nor they try to understand her and her struggles. In her new environment Homura experiences school bullying (non-physical), demeaning rumors behind her back, and low opinion about her abilities as a person and as a student. Homura is already a fragile girl with low self-esteem caused by her weak heart and her weak physical body, with the addition of emotional stress caused by her unpopularity at school it is enough to emotionally crush her to the point of driving her to suicide and despair, or at least an enticement under a Witch's spell to end her suffering.

Another source of Homura's emotional transformation are the events taking place in the different timelines in [[Episode 10]]. Homura's experience in different timelines brought her insight into how to formulate different ways to rescue Madoka and stop Walpurgis Night. When a new element of surprised was introduced in the timeline, Homura would formulate a new solution to deviate from the same outcome. The first issue was uncovering the truth about the Puella Magi system, Homura tried to convince the girls that Kyubey was deceiving them. Sayaka reacted with distrust and Mami with skepticism, Madoka as well. The reasons are understandable as Homura is a stranger and a new comer and without any evidence to back her claim they arent ready to accept the truth. However, Mami's and Sayaka's real reasons differentiate with Madoka's and it sheds a light to their character.

Murder:

Mami's character is the embodiment of a humble Ojou-sama and a kind Onee-sama. While Mami exudes class, grace, and beauty, she never flaunts her privilege or status. She tries to become a mentor for Madoka and Sayaka but at the same time tries to caution them that the life of a Puella Magi is not without sacrifice and difficulties. Mami's speech in [[Episode 3]] gives us a glimpse to the kind of life Mami has led so far, a very lonely and solitary life with no one to call a friend. Mami's seriousness is betrayed by her emotional outburst of joy and monologue when Madoka pledges to become a Puella Magi and join together with Mami in her duty to hunt down Witches and protect the city. For the first time we learn that Mami is truly happy with being a Puella Magi. We must consider that while Mami took her responsibility as a Puella Magi with seriousness and professionalism, we can see through flashes that she was unhappy with that type of life. Perhaps we it can interpret her duty as a Puella Magi a form of [[wiki:Noblesse_oblige|''Noblesse Oblige'']].

If [[Episode 3]] uncovers Mami's unhappiness then [[Episode 10]] marks her despair. The nature of her despair requires a deep analysis to understand Mami's lapse of judgement and brief moment of insanity. Given the glimpse we observe regarding Mami's solitary lifestyle and her sacrifice to protect the people and the city, it is understandable as to why Mami lost her composure. One could interpret that all her work and sacrifice was for naught, that the lives she saved would be meaningless once she became a Witch, and that her personal sacrifice and unhappiness contributed to the propagation of a horrifying system. Mami's sense of despair is understandable, however, her following actions contribute to her criticism and are the source of many arguments against her character. Mami's early impression is shattered once she gives in into despair and we glimpse into her weakest moment as a human being. But on the other hand it could be interpreted as the next logical step into a world that has gone mad. Mami knows that her friends have no future, that it is only a matter of time they will become Witches, to spare them of their suffering (and her own) and halt the death of future victims at their hands as Witches she decides that death (and suicide) is the logical and noble choice. No matter the interpretation or justification to fans what Mami did is considered an unforgivable act. What Mami committed was an act of betrayal by killing her ''kouhai'', she commits murder by attempting to take their lives without their consent and consultation.

Surprisingly the Anime series presents different acts that involves killing and murder under different circumstances. And each act requires to be judged on their own. If Mami's action in [[Episode 10]] can be interpreted as a betrayal (or desperation), then Madoka's action to stop Mami's murdering rampage can be interpreted as an act of self-defense and justifiable homicide, acting in defense of others (or in this case an attempt to save Homura). Many fans have criticized Madoka as a helpless crybaby, but this (horrifying) single act of bravery demonstrates Madoka's measure as a Puella Magi and as a person. Not only is she willing to take personal risks to save others, but she is also willing to make the tough choices when the situation calls for it, even if it means killing a friend to save another. Madoka is not a helpless character, she is only helpless because she is unsure what to do to make things right. True to Madoka's character she understands the danger she is imposing by becoming a Witch, rather than use the Grief Seed to save her own life she saves Homura with no regrets, then she asks Homura to do the unthinkable. Under the agony of pain and sorrow Homura commits a merciful killing by stoping Madoka's transformation into a Witch. This is not the act of a cold blooded killer (which she has been accused to be many times) but that of a friend under duress.

In no moment during the series Homura has been a senseless cold blooded killer or a murderer (under the narrow definition), it could be said that she has expressed her opinion to take bold action when the moment requires it, that includes taking a life (just like Madoka did). Which lead us to another controversy and criticism.

Sayaka:

==Transformation Runes==
People who have watched episode 11's blu-ray version must have noticed that Homura's transformation got a major overhaul, including a large quantity of spinning, floating runes.

Would anyone be able to take high-quality screenshots of these so that they can be translated? I'm willing to do it, if someone uploads screenshots.

:Here you go. http://imageshack.us/g/812/vlcsnap2011101601h39m36.png/
:From what I've seen, they just appear to be numbers. In the first pic in the uploaded album, from left to right :

:5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6

:Each rune that appears is a number.

::Oh... huh... here I was expecting some sort of hidden message, but I guess it's just obeying the new theme of her transformation? Gauges? Tons of gauges? I would have expected clocks, honestly, or gears (no reference to Walpurgisnacht, though). Though I guess the gauges are sort of clocks...

:::My first thought wasn't that they were gauges, but more like old, analog stopwatches.[[Special:Contributions/216.54.82.164|216.54.82.164]] 14:02, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

==Akemi Homura’s Seiyuu: Chiwa Saitou’s Live Dubbing Session on AFA11==
[[File:Chiwaguest.jpg|right|200px]]
http://www.animeotakucorner.com/2011/11/09/akemi-homuras-seiyuu-chiwa-saitous-live-dubbing-session-on-afa11/

''Chiwa Saitou, the Seiyuu(Voice Actress) from the popular anime series Puella Magi Madoka Magica’s Akemi Homura will have her own Live Dubbing Session. The event will take place on AFA11′s Main Stage on November 12(Saturday) at 2:15pm. It will be called as ‘Puella Magi Madoka Magica – Akemi Homura Special!’''

''You can also [http://www.animefestival.asia/form/view.php?id=20 ask a question for her.] There is a possibility that your question will appear on stage so why not risk it?'' --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 19:16, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
:The date for the session (Nov 12th) has already passed. Here's a small [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZmLzxCr5P8 vid clip] of it. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 22:56, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
:Now some [http://www.dannychoo.com/post/ja/26325/%E6%96%8E%E8%97%A4%E5%8D%83%E5%92%8C.html pics]. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 18:50, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
::Ok, we really should have a seiyuu page... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 19:45, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
::Out of curiosity, was there a transcript or is there an article covering the event? It would be nice to have some information so we can add later on. --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 12:17, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

== Ties to Walpurgis Night ==

This is sort of in response to the idea that Homura may be Walpurgis Night. Since Walpurgis Night is a conglomeration of witches, it certainly can't be Homura, at least not Homura alone. On the card for Walpurgis Night, it says that Walpurgis Night has a helpless nature, which Homura shares. She becomes a Puella Magi to save Madoka, which she continually fails to do. After her first revert of time she is an especially useless fighter. In episode three, Homura is bound up and unable to prevent Mami's death. However the card description also says that Walpurgis Night "will continue to rotate aimlessly until the whole of this age into a drama." Aimless hardly describes Akemi Homura, who is extremely focused on her goal.

Yet the similarities between them are strong, and I have theory to explain it.

In episode ten Homura states that Mami's fate is inevitable, she is killed in every possible timeline. Following this fate idea, it maybe that for each Magi there is a rival witch (or witches) who she fights in all timelines. Each witch of plot significance has strong similarities to the Magi that fights her.

'''Charlotte''' has a love for sweets, or at least a theme based around sweets. Mami is seen several times eating cake. According to her card, her nature is tenacity, which could be applied to Mami wish to survive an accident.

'''Elly''' has a covetous nature, which we see a little of in Sakaya, who doesn't react well to Hitomi's pursual of Kamijou. Elly also closed herself off from the world, as did Sakaya following her transformation into a Magi. They also share an affinity for water.

'''Elsa Maria''' has trouble fitting in this theory because she has ties to both Sayaka and Kyoko. For the purposes of this theory, lets assume she was destined for Kyoko. Kyoko has the church connection and at one point held feelings of "self-righteousness" as described on Elsa's card. Kyoko's jointed spear has similarities to the snakes which Elsa Maria fights with. Elsa Maria is worshiping a torch held out by an arm. The similarity of this torch to that held by Lady Liberty gives a (admitted tenuous) connection to Kyoko's personal freedom.

'''Walpurgis Night''' is also troublesome in her similarities to both Homura and Madoka. Both experience feelings of helplessness and have been seen fighting the witch in multiple timelines. For the purposes of the theory I will compare her only to Madoka. Walpurgis Night has very far reaching goals "turning the whole world into a drama," as does Madoka who wishes to make a sort of heaven on earth. Walpurgis Night has red jewels on her sleeve (heart on sleeve maybe?), while Madoka's color is pink which could be a near affinity. Also note the similarities between Madoka's witch-form, which together make an hour glass. Walpurgis Night may also continually reappear in the same place to find Madoka. This does not work perfectly, of course, Homura does much the same thing. If we assume that Homura IS Walpurgis Night (partially anyway), this opens up the connection to Madoka, rahter than diminishing it. Walpurgis Night's familiars of many witches has relevance to Madoka's role as a Magi saving other Magi from falling into despair. While Homura's reappearances are tethered to a single short period of time, Madoka appears all over the world in many times and time-lines, as does Walpurgis Night. Both also meet (and destroy) many Magi.

Finally, if Madoka's rival witch is Walpurgis Night, then perhaps Homura has a rival in '''Gertrude'''. Gertrude has many war-related objects in her world, which ties in nicely to Homura's dependence on Modern weapons. Of most significance is the butterfly theme. Homura's transformation from a weak and helpless girl into her bow-weilding final form as a Puella Magi is very comparible to the metamorphasis of the butterfly. Butterflies are also related to the "betterfly effect", which is a theme played on in Madoka. Homura's devotion to and protection of Madoka is similar to Gertrud's care for her roses. The roses share a color affinity with Madoka. Gertrude has an insincere nature according to her card, which she may share with Homura in that Homura is forced to tell lies and behave coldly toward her friends in later timelines. Also signficant is presence of an Anthony (one of Gertrude's minions) at the end of the World. The Anthony certainly strengthen's Homura's ties to Gertrude, however it also complicates things for the theory. If the world is being destroyed, what business does an Anthony have chatting with Homura away from said world (and Gertrude). There's room to speculate if Homura ''is'' Gertrude, but again, since this does not fit into the theory let's just assume minions and familiars are capable of a little independence. Characteristic of the single-minded rivals, when they do meet, they do not make any efforts to fight each other, Homura is concerned with killing Kyubei and Gertrude is concerned with her roses. When confronted they both run away.

I think I might be on to something here. Let me know what you think!
[[User:OnionJack|OnionJack]] 14:20, 16 December 2011 (UTC)Onion Jack (Thomas)
:As for the Anthony at the end of the world, a simple explanation is that Anthonies were the first witch-realm creatures Madoka encountered in the main timeline, so Madoka (who likes fluffy things) thinks of them as representatives of the magical world. (On a production level, Inu Curry said that Anthonies were their favorite)

:I'm not convinced of direct connections between the girls and witches (in the sense of them being counterparts or witch forms of the girls), but it wouldn't be so strange if magical beings with things in common have a tendency to find each other kind of like how stand users in JoJo do. The runes in Charlotte's barrier talking about Mami and Homu could indicate witches experiencing things like Madoka's dream from the beginning of ep 1. [[User:KM|KM]] 21:18, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

== Homura's route in PSP game ==

I'm curious where such story can be found since I only learn that their fate can be changed. But I don't know what will happen next. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 16:41, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

== Anyone knows the meaning/purpose of those short cut in scenes of Homura turning her head? ==

I remember 2 of them. Not sure if there are more.

Episode 5 at 12:22

Episode 11 at 15:30

They just don't seem to fit in. As if they are not really happening right then and there.

[[Special:Contributions/84.179.144.20|84.179.144.20]] 20:48, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

[[File:Shaft head tilt.jpg|thumb]]
Something like that? ->

Ah, the infamous shaft head tilt. [[SHAFT]], the anime studio behind Madoka, is known for these sorts of strange directional touches. After [[Shinbo]] came along, along with sparse setting, post-modern architecture, quick eye cuts, fancy typography slides, and etc have became SHAFT's calling card. You can see these elements in pretty much every show SHAFT has worked on since. Madoka is actually fairly benign on these eccentricities. Check out [[Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei]] or [[Bakemonogatari]] for these coming out in full force.

Now, concerning what it means - when you see a cut of a character quick turn and tilts her head slightly... It can mean a turn in mood; a shift in focus; a change of mind. Honestly though, it doesn't mean much. It's just something Shaft does. It's simply "Shaft being Shaft."
- [[User:Prima|Prima]] 17:47, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

== Age ==

Homura is same age as Madoka so Homura is 14 not 13 !!!
[[Special:Contributions/198.47.101.2|198.47.101.2]] 00:12, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

== What's going on with the edit wars?! ==

All of this adding and removing is putting this page's progress to a standstill. Can't we all get our ideas out in a way that doesn't intertwine/interrupt someone else's edit? T^T And then people remove the work of others to put their own... then they put it back... If you would like, use this section to try to sort everyone's thoughts on what to put where so that we all have our contributions and ideas that we worked on for the wiki mixed in there somewhere and having them transition in a nice and smooth manner without all of this extra misplaced stuff lying around. I don't want to feel like I have to look at older revisions of this page in order to get all of the information I'm looking for. It should be unnecessary, it's too time consuming, and it validates my point. --[[User:Lord Fawful|Lord Fawful]] 16:44, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

Someone apparently doesn't like the fact that the observations section calls Homura's behavior unhealthy and abusive and points out all the ways it is (and also ones like "Madoka using honorifics with her name visibly upsets her", for whatever reason), so they're constantly removing the information. It's pretty childish if you ask me. The page/section should probably get locked for a while (though it should be locked on a revision that has the abuse analysis on it. It's important and the kind of thing that people should really know about). --[[Special:Contributions/198.41.239.138|198.41.239.138]] 20:31, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

Can't we have both sides of the argument on the page? I mean, it's unfair to delete another's work just because you disagree with it, but we could find a way to make both ideas separate sections. --[[User:Lord Fawful|Lord Fawful]] 23:21, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

There's not two separate ideas. It's one section (and then a few other bits) that keep being deleted by petty people who don't like the idea of their precious Homura being called abusive and unhealthy. I say we lock the page for a while to stop the edit war; maybe that'll even kill it. [[Special:Contributions/198.41.239.138|198.41.239.138]] 23:41, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Oh, so it's just deletion and vandalism!? I thought I saw some links being posted about her actions being justified in someone else's view. I was under the impression that it was just conflicting ideas. Sorry about that. --[[User:Lord Fawful|Lord Fawful]] 23:56, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

There ''have'' been, but I've read the argument and it's not "justification" so much as it is excusing Homura's actions/essentially abuse apologism, so it's not acceptable. [[Special:Contributions/198.41.239.138|198.41.239.138]] 00:38, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

Sorry for beating a dead horse, but most of that tumblr post is not a "justification" either for Homura's behaviour at all. That post just feels like trying to paint Homura in a bad light. There are already many analysis that debunked that tumblr post so I'm going to add them soon. --[[User:Caglar|Caglar]] ([[User talk:Caglar|talk]]) 21:35, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

This isn't a tumblr post. It's a 'wiki'. Besides, shouldn't wikis be at least neutral? But there are many and many conflicts with homura, though. boop Anon 23:36, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

I was talking about the tumblr post under the 'observation' section. And that one observation point where some viewers said Homura is an abusive person. And yes, wiki should be neutral which is why I'll also be adding the analysis about Homura not being an abusive person. --[[User:Caglar|Caglar]] ([[User talk:Caglar|talk]]) 00:47, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

I removed the alleged informations since they were actually false and was added by someone who hates Homura which explains that they were trying make her look like an abuser/psycho. However, if you guys feel what I did was unfair/rude, then feel free to undo my edits. However, I could easily explain and show that Homura doesn't fit the "Psychopath" textbook and how she isn't really abusive towards Madoka, and that she actually cares about the others. I would also add some quotes from writer Jed A. Blue to show what they observed about Homura's behaviour.--[[User:Caglar|Caglar]] ([[User talk:Caglar|talk]]) 18:52, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

== The First Month ==

Howdy folks. Given that the anime came out in 2011, and Homura gets out of the hospital on the 16th, and that day is shown to be falling on Wednesday, then the month her time loop starts in is March for certain. Granted, the calendar doesn't show what day the week starts on (most have Sunday as the first day of the week, but a few use Monday, though these are usually business or payroll calendars) and MAYBE the year isn't 2011 in the anime... But I don't see why not when everything else lines up just fine. Occam's Razor and all. [[User:BlackAeronaut|BlackAeronaut]] ([[User talk:BlackAeronaut|talk]]) 14:32, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

== Regarding her powers ==

Hello, I'd like to discuss this because I haven't seen it brought up anywhere else. Homura's "Powers & Abilities" section only seems to list her time manipulation, which is all what they look like to an extent. However, didn't she shoot pink magic at Kyubey right in [[Episode 1]] (which was remembered in [[Episode 10]], too)? It looks like something unrelated to manipulating time, unless that is connected with manipulating space somehow. [[User:Paradi0x|Paradi0x]] ([[User talk:Paradi0x|talk]]) 17:18, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Talk:Homura Akemi

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Caglar: /* What's going on with the edit wars?! */

==Spoiler==

Why is there a massive Higurashi spoiler in the trivia section? Specifically the "Homurika" one [[User:Jag|Jag]] ([[User talk:Jag|talk]]) 17:20, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
: ops, added spoiler tag. - [[User:Prima|Prima]] ([[User talk:Prima|talk]]) 19:08, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
:: Is it okay if we mark it as a Higurashi spoiler as well? I don't think there's any way to know what show the spoiler would be referring to if you haven't watched the show, and they'd have to click on it to find out. -
[[User:Jag|Jag]] ([[User talk:Jag|talk]]) 05:22, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
::: Added - [[User:Prima|Prima]] ([[User talk:Prima|talk]]) 21:34, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

== Nutcracker ==

i wanted to add an observation about how Akuma Homura cracks her soul gem between her teeth, like a nutracker. Could I do that? [[User:Leafbladie|Leafbladie]] ([[User talk:Leafbladie|talk]]) 15:07, 27 April 2019 (UTC)leafbladie
:Yeah, I think that's more than appropriate. It fits in line with her theme. [[User:Sondenise|Sondenise]] ([[User talk:Sondenise|talk]]) 16:21, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

I strongly suggest that we move all speculations from this page to a speculation page dedicated to Homura (and possibly the other four main characters). This could be a good occasion to clean up all the stuff that was proven wrong.
:I concur. -[[User:Becquerel|Becquerel]] 04:16, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
::I agree too, if by "clean up" you mean "tag properly", like the wishes thing. No content should be removed IMO, just for "historical accurracy" --[[User:Homerun-chan|Homerun-chan]] 07:41, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
I agree with the speculation moving, but I think we should have a dedicated page for speculation on each character. I have loads of speculation talked over heaps with my brother that I really want to post here... until I saw this. I also think that the speculation pages dedicated to each character should be just for speculah that hasn't been proven right or wrong yet. Theories proved right or wrong should just be placed on the official page on the character. FIFI 00:32, 14 August 2013 (UTC)
:I also agree that something should be done about the speculation. Moving everything unconfirmed doesn't sound like a bad idea (and quite easy to do for this page), but there's also pages like [[Kyoko#Speculations & Observations|Kyoko's]] where everything is even more disorganized. For now, I'd direct you to the [[Theories]] page. Feel free to make a new page there if you have a lot of connected speculation. --[[User:Knon|Knon]] 10:05, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

abour her strong power in the new timeline: maybe because she suffered much in all the previous timelines she got a boost-up just like madoka

I removed stuff that didn't belong on this page (there was speculah about Walpurgis Night's familiars, for example, which is already present on WPN's various pages and doesn't need to be here) as well as the needless arguments on theories that have been debunked. If I knew how to make new pages -and- make said new pages look pretty and formatted, I'd move the whole speculah section to a new page, but my mad skillz at wiki pages go as far as "I can edit text".
:Regarding the theories proven right/wrong, and your editing skills, I made [[Template:Theory/Header|a template]] to classify theories by status (see output [[User:Homerun-chan/Theory_tags|here]]). I do not have the time right now, but I think it'd be a good idea to order the theories by category then --it's in the [[wishlist]] actually --[[User:Homerun-chan|Homerun-chan]] 10:07, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

==Homura: One Man Army==
¥ 1,383,040,300 ($17,037,114 USD) worth of military weapons and equipment!! Damn, maybe Homura should start with Nicolas Cage in "Lord of War II: The Walpurgis Night Incident" --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 02:18, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
:I'm still baffled. I mean, it's hard to believe. RPGs aren't ''that'' expensive. The guy who made the vid must have made some fancy cals. Still... Lord Of War was a great film, and I would buy that squel in the blink of an eye ^^ --[[User:BrickBreak|BrickBreak]] 02:33, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

==HOMU==
[http://www.homelessmuseum.org/ HOMU: The Homeless Museum of Art]. Nothing important, I just found this to be a bit funny. --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 02:37, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

==Homura's Stoicism Draft==
I feel like I am juggling with too many ideas. That has always been my problem when trying to make something clear and concise. I am going to need some help to wrinkle out the article once I am done. --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 08:04, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
:Fitting actually that you mention article. You could post your thoughts freely and put it there. Right now, it feels like you want to write about all the characters and not just Homura. It's also gone beyond the facts to the point that if it stayed on the Homura page, I'd have to say it goes under speculah. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 08:24, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
::I moved the draft here. I feel like the writing is going to become larger as I feel like to understand the Homura character we have to also understand her interaction to others as perhaps her personal experience with them and a need for comparison. I wonder If this should become a separate article all together?... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 09:02, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

==Understanding Homura's Stoicism==
Homura's emotionless and cold exterior has been misinterpreted and misunderstood by fans and observers alike. This has led to the interpretation that Homura is a dangerous Yandere, others believe her to be a psychopath with littler regard for human lives (with the exception of Madoka), but these interpretations are highly incorrect and inaccurate. This is caused by the misleading first impression we build from lacking a fundamental understanding of her background and personality. To understand Homura it is essential to rewatch some of her scenes and discover the subtle differences from first time viewing for comparison. Once we understand Homura's background and mission and her single obsession to save Madoka viewers would observe Homura in a new light.

Beneath Homura's stoic mask one will uncover the true Homura, a trace of her true self that she tries to shield with an emotional wall to cope with the rising danger of accumulating too much despair. Homura isn't the only character to be misinterpreted and misunderstood for expressing controversial opinions and actions to reach her goal, but their comparison would help to differentiate Homura from the rest of the characters. Homura developed an early survival skill to cope with her new realty to save Madoka.

Homura's Past:

To understand the Homura character it is essential to watch [[Episode 10]] and to listen the drama CD ''[[Drama CD 1|"Memories of you"]]''. First, the Drama CD contains information regarding Homura's difficulty to adapt to a new school setting as a transfer student; no one knows her nor they try to understand her and her struggles. In her new environment Homura experiences school bullying (non-physical), demeaning rumors behind her back, and low opinion about her abilities as a person and as a student. Homura is already a fragile girl with low self-esteem caused by her weak heart and her weak physical body, with the addition of emotional stress caused by her unpopularity at school it is enough to emotionally crush her to the point of driving her to suicide and despair, or at least an enticement under a Witch's spell to end her suffering.

Another source of Homura's emotional transformation are the events taking place in the different timelines in [[Episode 10]]. Homura's experience in different timelines brought her insight into how to formulate different ways to rescue Madoka and stop Walpurgis Night. When a new element of surprised was introduced in the timeline, Homura would formulate a new solution to deviate from the same outcome. The first issue was uncovering the truth about the Puella Magi system, Homura tried to convince the girls that Kyubey was deceiving them. Sayaka reacted with distrust and Mami with skepticism, Madoka as well. The reasons are understandable as Homura is a stranger and a new comer and without any evidence to back her claim they arent ready to accept the truth. However, Mami's and Sayaka's real reasons differentiate with Madoka's and it sheds a light to their character.

Murder:

Mami's character is the embodiment of a humble Ojou-sama and a kind Onee-sama. While Mami exudes class, grace, and beauty, she never flaunts her privilege or status. She tries to become a mentor for Madoka and Sayaka but at the same time tries to caution them that the life of a Puella Magi is not without sacrifice and difficulties. Mami's speech in [[Episode 3]] gives us a glimpse to the kind of life Mami has led so far, a very lonely and solitary life with no one to call a friend. Mami's seriousness is betrayed by her emotional outburst of joy and monologue when Madoka pledges to become a Puella Magi and join together with Mami in her duty to hunt down Witches and protect the city. For the first time we learn that Mami is truly happy with being a Puella Magi. We must consider that while Mami took her responsibility as a Puella Magi with seriousness and professionalism, we can see through flashes that she was unhappy with that type of life. Perhaps we it can interpret her duty as a Puella Magi a form of [[wiki:Noblesse_oblige|''Noblesse Oblige'']].

If [[Episode 3]] uncovers Mami's unhappiness then [[Episode 10]] marks her despair. The nature of her despair requires a deep analysis to understand Mami's lapse of judgement and brief moment of insanity. Given the glimpse we observe regarding Mami's solitary lifestyle and her sacrifice to protect the people and the city, it is understandable as to why Mami lost her composure. One could interpret that all her work and sacrifice was for naught, that the lives she saved would be meaningless once she became a Witch, and that her personal sacrifice and unhappiness contributed to the propagation of a horrifying system. Mami's sense of despair is understandable, however, her following actions contribute to her criticism and are the source of many arguments against her character. Mami's early impression is shattered once she gives in into despair and we glimpse into her weakest moment as a human being. But on the other hand it could be interpreted as the next logical step into a world that has gone mad. Mami knows that her friends have no future, that it is only a matter of time they will become Witches, to spare them of their suffering (and her own) and halt the death of future victims at their hands as Witches she decides that death (and suicide) is the logical and noble choice. No matter the interpretation or justification to fans what Mami did is considered an unforgivable act. What Mami committed was an act of betrayal by killing her ''kouhai'', she commits murder by attempting to take their lives without their consent and consultation.

Surprisingly the Anime series presents different acts that involves killing and murder under different circumstances. And each act requires to be judged on their own. If Mami's action in [[Episode 10]] can be interpreted as a betrayal (or desperation), then Madoka's action to stop Mami's murdering rampage can be interpreted as an act of self-defense and justifiable homicide, acting in defense of others (or in this case an attempt to save Homura). Many fans have criticized Madoka as a helpless crybaby, but this (horrifying) single act of bravery demonstrates Madoka's measure as a Puella Magi and as a person. Not only is she willing to take personal risks to save others, but she is also willing to make the tough choices when the situation calls for it, even if it means killing a friend to save another. Madoka is not a helpless character, she is only helpless because she is unsure what to do to make things right. True to Madoka's character she understands the danger she is imposing by becoming a Witch, rather than use the Grief Seed to save her own life she saves Homura with no regrets, then she asks Homura to do the unthinkable. Under the agony of pain and sorrow Homura commits a merciful killing by stoping Madoka's transformation into a Witch. This is not the act of a cold blooded killer (which she has been accused to be many times) but that of a friend under duress.

In no moment during the series Homura has been a senseless cold blooded killer or a murderer (under the narrow definition), it could be said that she has expressed her opinion to take bold action when the moment requires it, that includes taking a life (just like Madoka did). Which lead us to another controversy and criticism.

Sayaka:

==Transformation Runes==
People who have watched episode 11's blu-ray version must have noticed that Homura's transformation got a major overhaul, including a large quantity of spinning, floating runes.

Would anyone be able to take high-quality screenshots of these so that they can be translated? I'm willing to do it, if someone uploads screenshots.

:Here you go. http://imageshack.us/g/812/vlcsnap2011101601h39m36.png/
:From what I've seen, they just appear to be numbers. In the first pic in the uploaded album, from left to right :

:5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6

:Each rune that appears is a number.

::Oh... huh... here I was expecting some sort of hidden message, but I guess it's just obeying the new theme of her transformation? Gauges? Tons of gauges? I would have expected clocks, honestly, or gears (no reference to Walpurgisnacht, though). Though I guess the gauges are sort of clocks...

:::My first thought wasn't that they were gauges, but more like old, analog stopwatches.[[Special:Contributions/216.54.82.164|216.54.82.164]] 14:02, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

==Akemi Homura’s Seiyuu: Chiwa Saitou’s Live Dubbing Session on AFA11==
[[File:Chiwaguest.jpg|right|200px]]
http://www.animeotakucorner.com/2011/11/09/akemi-homuras-seiyuu-chiwa-saitous-live-dubbing-session-on-afa11/

''Chiwa Saitou, the Seiyuu(Voice Actress) from the popular anime series Puella Magi Madoka Magica’s Akemi Homura will have her own Live Dubbing Session. The event will take place on AFA11′s Main Stage on November 12(Saturday) at 2:15pm. It will be called as ‘Puella Magi Madoka Magica – Akemi Homura Special!’''

''You can also [http://www.animefestival.asia/form/view.php?id=20 ask a question for her.] There is a possibility that your question will appear on stage so why not risk it?'' --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 19:16, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
:The date for the session (Nov 12th) has already passed. Here's a small [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZmLzxCr5P8 vid clip] of it. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 22:56, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
:Now some [http://www.dannychoo.com/post/ja/26325/%E6%96%8E%E8%97%A4%E5%8D%83%E5%92%8C.html pics]. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 18:50, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
::Ok, we really should have a seiyuu page... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 19:45, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
::Out of curiosity, was there a transcript or is there an article covering the event? It would be nice to have some information so we can add later on. --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 12:17, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

== Ties to Walpurgis Night ==

This is sort of in response to the idea that Homura may be Walpurgis Night. Since Walpurgis Night is a conglomeration of witches, it certainly can't be Homura, at least not Homura alone. On the card for Walpurgis Night, it says that Walpurgis Night has a helpless nature, which Homura shares. She becomes a Puella Magi to save Madoka, which she continually fails to do. After her first revert of time she is an especially useless fighter. In episode three, Homura is bound up and unable to prevent Mami's death. However the card description also says that Walpurgis Night "will continue to rotate aimlessly until the whole of this age into a drama." Aimless hardly describes Akemi Homura, who is extremely focused on her goal.

Yet the similarities between them are strong, and I have theory to explain it.

In episode ten Homura states that Mami's fate is inevitable, she is killed in every possible timeline. Following this fate idea, it maybe that for each Magi there is a rival witch (or witches) who she fights in all timelines. Each witch of plot significance has strong similarities to the Magi that fights her.

'''Charlotte''' has a love for sweets, or at least a theme based around sweets. Mami is seen several times eating cake. According to her card, her nature is tenacity, which could be applied to Mami wish to survive an accident.

'''Elly''' has a covetous nature, which we see a little of in Sakaya, who doesn't react well to Hitomi's pursual of Kamijou. Elly also closed herself off from the world, as did Sakaya following her transformation into a Magi. They also share an affinity for water.

'''Elsa Maria''' has trouble fitting in this theory because she has ties to both Sayaka and Kyoko. For the purposes of this theory, lets assume she was destined for Kyoko. Kyoko has the church connection and at one point held feelings of "self-righteousness" as described on Elsa's card. Kyoko's jointed spear has similarities to the snakes which Elsa Maria fights with. Elsa Maria is worshiping a torch held out by an arm. The similarity of this torch to that held by Lady Liberty gives a (admitted tenuous) connection to Kyoko's personal freedom.

'''Walpurgis Night''' is also troublesome in her similarities to both Homura and Madoka. Both experience feelings of helplessness and have been seen fighting the witch in multiple timelines. For the purposes of the theory I will compare her only to Madoka. Walpurgis Night has very far reaching goals "turning the whole world into a drama," as does Madoka who wishes to make a sort of heaven on earth. Walpurgis Night has red jewels on her sleeve (heart on sleeve maybe?), while Madoka's color is pink which could be a near affinity. Also note the similarities between Madoka's witch-form, which together make an hour glass. Walpurgis Night may also continually reappear in the same place to find Madoka. This does not work perfectly, of course, Homura does much the same thing. If we assume that Homura IS Walpurgis Night (partially anyway), this opens up the connection to Madoka, rahter than diminishing it. Walpurgis Night's familiars of many witches has relevance to Madoka's role as a Magi saving other Magi from falling into despair. While Homura's reappearances are tethered to a single short period of time, Madoka appears all over the world in many times and time-lines, as does Walpurgis Night. Both also meet (and destroy) many Magi.

Finally, if Madoka's rival witch is Walpurgis Night, then perhaps Homura has a rival in '''Gertrude'''. Gertrude has many war-related objects in her world, which ties in nicely to Homura's dependence on Modern weapons. Of most significance is the butterfly theme. Homura's transformation from a weak and helpless girl into her bow-weilding final form as a Puella Magi is very comparible to the metamorphasis of the butterfly. Butterflies are also related to the "betterfly effect", which is a theme played on in Madoka. Homura's devotion to and protection of Madoka is similar to Gertrud's care for her roses. The roses share a color affinity with Madoka. Gertrude has an insincere nature according to her card, which she may share with Homura in that Homura is forced to tell lies and behave coldly toward her friends in later timelines. Also signficant is presence of an Anthony (one of Gertrude's minions) at the end of the World. The Anthony certainly strengthen's Homura's ties to Gertrude, however it also complicates things for the theory. If the world is being destroyed, what business does an Anthony have chatting with Homura away from said world (and Gertrude). There's room to speculate if Homura ''is'' Gertrude, but again, since this does not fit into the theory let's just assume minions and familiars are capable of a little independence. Characteristic of the single-minded rivals, when they do meet, they do not make any efforts to fight each other, Homura is concerned with killing Kyubei and Gertrude is concerned with her roses. When confronted they both run away.

I think I might be on to something here. Let me know what you think!
[[User:OnionJack|OnionJack]] 14:20, 16 December 2011 (UTC)Onion Jack (Thomas)
:As for the Anthony at the end of the world, a simple explanation is that Anthonies were the first witch-realm creatures Madoka encountered in the main timeline, so Madoka (who likes fluffy things) thinks of them as representatives of the magical world. (On a production level, Inu Curry said that Anthonies were their favorite)

:I'm not convinced of direct connections between the girls and witches (in the sense of them being counterparts or witch forms of the girls), but it wouldn't be so strange if magical beings with things in common have a tendency to find each other kind of like how stand users in JoJo do. The runes in Charlotte's barrier talking about Mami and Homu could indicate witches experiencing things like Madoka's dream from the beginning of ep 1. [[User:KM|KM]] 21:18, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

== Homura's route in PSP game ==

I'm curious where such story can be found since I only learn that their fate can be changed. But I don't know what will happen next. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 16:41, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

== Anyone knows the meaning/purpose of those short cut in scenes of Homura turning her head? ==

I remember 2 of them. Not sure if there are more.

Episode 5 at 12:22

Episode 11 at 15:30

They just don't seem to fit in. As if they are not really happening right then and there.

[[Special:Contributions/84.179.144.20|84.179.144.20]] 20:48, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

[[File:Shaft head tilt.jpg|thumb]]
Something like that? ->

Ah, the infamous shaft head tilt. [[SHAFT]], the anime studio behind Madoka, is known for these sorts of strange directional touches. After [[Shinbo]] came along, along with sparse setting, post-modern architecture, quick eye cuts, fancy typography slides, and etc have became SHAFT's calling card. You can see these elements in pretty much every show SHAFT has worked on since. Madoka is actually fairly benign on these eccentricities. Check out [[Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei]] or [[Bakemonogatari]] for these coming out in full force.

Now, concerning what it means - when you see a cut of a character quick turn and tilts her head slightly... It can mean a turn in mood; a shift in focus; a change of mind. Honestly though, it doesn't mean much. It's just something Shaft does. It's simply "Shaft being Shaft."
- [[User:Prima|Prima]] 17:47, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

== Age ==

Homura is same age as Madoka so Homura is 14 not 13 !!!
[[Special:Contributions/198.47.101.2|198.47.101.2]] 00:12, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

== What's going on with the edit wars?! ==

All of this adding and removing is putting this page's progress to a standstill. Can't we all get our ideas out in a way that doesn't intertwine/interrupt someone else's edit? T^T And then people remove the work of others to put their own... then they put it back... If you would like, use this section to try to sort everyone's thoughts on what to put where so that we all have our contributions and ideas that we worked on for the wiki mixed in there somewhere and having them transition in a nice and smooth manner without all of this extra misplaced stuff lying around. I don't want to feel like I have to look at older revisions of this page in order to get all of the information I'm looking for. It should be unnecessary, it's too time consuming, and it validates my point. --[[User:Lord Fawful|Lord Fawful]] 16:44, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

Someone apparently doesn't like the fact that the observations section calls Homura's behavior unhealthy and abusive and points out all the ways it is (and also ones like "Madoka using honorifics with her name visibly upsets her", for whatever reason), so they're constantly removing the information. It's pretty childish if you ask me. The page/section should probably get locked for a while (though it should be locked on a revision that has the abuse analysis on it. It's important and the kind of thing that people should really know about). --[[Special:Contributions/198.41.239.138|198.41.239.138]] 20:31, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

Can't we have both sides of the argument on the page? I mean, it's unfair to delete another's work just because you disagree with it, but we could find a way to make both ideas separate sections. --[[User:Lord Fawful|Lord Fawful]] 23:21, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

There's not two separate ideas. It's one section (and then a few other bits) that keep being deleted by petty people who don't like the idea of their precious Homura being called abusive and unhealthy. I say we lock the page for a while to stop the edit war; maybe that'll even kill it. [[Special:Contributions/198.41.239.138|198.41.239.138]] 23:41, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Oh, so it's just deletion and vandalism!? I thought I saw some links being posted about her actions being justified in someone else's view. I was under the impression that it was just conflicting ideas. Sorry about that. --[[User:Lord Fawful|Lord Fawful]] 23:56, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

There ''have'' been, but I've read the argument and it's not "justification" so much as it is excusing Homura's actions/essentially abuse apologism, so it's not acceptable. [[Special:Contributions/198.41.239.138|198.41.239.138]] 00:38, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

Sorry for beating a dead horse, but most of that tumblr post is not a "justification" either for Homura's behaviour at all. That post just feels like trying to paint Homura in a bad light. There are already many analysis that debunked that tumblr post so I'm going to add them soon. --[[User:Caglar|Caglar]] ([[User talk:Caglar|talk]]) 21:35, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

This isn't a tumblr post. It's a 'wiki'. Besides, shouldn't wikis be at least neutral? But there are many and many conflicts with homura, though. boop Anon 23:36, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

I was talking about the tumblr post under the 'observation' section. And that one observation point where some viewers said Homura is an abusive person. And yes, wiki should be neutral which is why I'll also be adding the analysis about Homura not being an abusive person. --[[User:Caglar|Caglar]] ([[User talk:Caglar|talk]]) 00:47, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

I removed the alleged informations since they were actually false and was added by someone who hates Homura which explains that they were trying make her look like an abuser/psycho. However, if you guys feel what I did was unfair/rude, then undo my edits. However, I could easily explain and show that Homura doesn't fit the "Psychopath" textbook and how she isn't really abusive towards Madoka, and that she actually cares about the others. I would also add some quotes from writer Jed A. Blue to show what they observed about Homura's behaviour.--[[User:Caglar|Caglar]] ([[User talk:Caglar|talk]]) 18:52, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

== The First Month ==

Howdy folks. Given that the anime came out in 2011, and Homura gets out of the hospital on the 16th, and that day is shown to be falling on Wednesday, then the month her time loop starts in is March for certain. Granted, the calendar doesn't show what day the week starts on (most have Sunday as the first day of the week, but a few use Monday, though these are usually business or payroll calendars) and MAYBE the year isn't 2011 in the anime... But I don't see why not when everything else lines up just fine. Occam's Razor and all. [[User:BlackAeronaut|BlackAeronaut]] ([[User talk:BlackAeronaut|talk]]) 14:32, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

== Regarding her powers ==

Hello, I'd like to discuss this because I haven't seen it brought up anywhere else. Homura's "Powers & Abilities" section only seems to list her time manipulation, which is all what they look like to an extent. However, didn't she shoot pink magic at Kyubey right in [[Episode 1]] (which was remembered in [[Episode 10]], too)? It looks like something unrelated to manipulating time, unless that is connected with manipulating space somehow. [[User:Paradi0x|Paradi0x]] ([[User talk:Paradi0x|talk]]) 17:18, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

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==Spoiler==

Why is there a massive Higurashi spoiler in the trivia section? Specifically the "Homurika" one [[User:Jag|Jag]] ([[User talk:Jag|talk]]) 17:20, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
: ops, added spoiler tag. - [[User:Prima|Prima]] ([[User talk:Prima|talk]]) 19:08, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
:: Is it okay if we mark it as a Higurashi spoiler as well? I don't think there's any way to know what show the spoiler would be referring to if you haven't watched the show, and they'd have to click on it to find out. -
[[User:Jag|Jag]] ([[User talk:Jag|talk]]) 05:22, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
::: Added - [[User:Prima|Prima]] ([[User talk:Prima|talk]]) 21:34, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

== Nutcracker ==

i wanted to add an observation about how Akuma Homura cracks her soul gem between her teeth, like a nutracker. Could I do that? [[User:Leafbladie|Leafbladie]] ([[User talk:Leafbladie|talk]]) 15:07, 27 April 2019 (UTC)leafbladie
:Yeah, I think that's more than appropriate. It fits in line with her theme. [[User:Sondenise|Sondenise]] ([[User talk:Sondenise|talk]]) 16:21, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

I strongly suggest that we move all speculations from this page to a speculation page dedicated to Homura (and possibly the other four main characters). This could be a good occasion to clean up all the stuff that was proven wrong.
:I concur. -[[User:Becquerel|Becquerel]] 04:16, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
::I agree too, if by "clean up" you mean "tag properly", like the wishes thing. No content should be removed IMO, just for "historical accurracy" --[[User:Homerun-chan|Homerun-chan]] 07:41, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
I agree with the speculation moving, but I think we should have a dedicated page for speculation on each character. I have loads of speculation talked over heaps with my brother that I really want to post here... until I saw this. I also think that the speculation pages dedicated to each character should be just for speculah that hasn't been proven right or wrong yet. Theories proved right or wrong should just be placed on the official page on the character. FIFI 00:32, 14 August 2013 (UTC)
:I also agree that something should be done about the speculation. Moving everything unconfirmed doesn't sound like a bad idea (and quite easy to do for this page), but there's also pages like [[Kyoko#Speculations & Observations|Kyoko's]] where everything is even more disorganized. For now, I'd direct you to the [[Theories]] page. Feel free to make a new page there if you have a lot of connected speculation. --[[User:Knon|Knon]] 10:05, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

abour her strong power in the new timeline: maybe because she suffered much in all the previous timelines she got a boost-up just like madoka

I removed stuff that didn't belong on this page (there was speculah about Walpurgis Night's familiars, for example, which is already present on WPN's various pages and doesn't need to be here) as well as the needless arguments on theories that have been debunked. If I knew how to make new pages -and- make said new pages look pretty and formatted, I'd move the whole speculah section to a new page, but my mad skillz at wiki pages go as far as "I can edit text".
:Regarding the theories proven right/wrong, and your editing skills, I made [[Template:Theory/Header|a template]] to classify theories by status (see output [[User:Homerun-chan/Theory_tags|here]]). I do not have the time right now, but I think it'd be a good idea to order the theories by category then --it's in the [[wishlist]] actually --[[User:Homerun-chan|Homerun-chan]] 10:07, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

==Homura: One Man Army==
¥ 1,383,040,300 ($17,037,114 USD) worth of military weapons and equipment!! Damn, maybe Homura should start with Nicolas Cage in "Lord of War II: The Walpurgis Night Incident" --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 02:18, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
:I'm still baffled. I mean, it's hard to believe. RPGs aren't ''that'' expensive. The guy who made the vid must have made some fancy cals. Still... Lord Of War was a great film, and I would buy that squel in the blink of an eye ^^ --[[User:BrickBreak|BrickBreak]] 02:33, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

==HOMU==
[http://www.homelessmuseum.org/ HOMU: The Homeless Museum of Art]. Nothing important, I just found this to be a bit funny. --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 02:37, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

==Homura's Stoicism Draft==
I feel like I am juggling with too many ideas. That has always been my problem when trying to make something clear and concise. I am going to need some help to wrinkle out the article once I am done. --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 08:04, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
:Fitting actually that you mention article. You could post your thoughts freely and put it there. Right now, it feels like you want to write about all the characters and not just Homura. It's also gone beyond the facts to the point that if it stayed on the Homura page, I'd have to say it goes under speculah. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 08:24, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
::I moved the draft here. I feel like the writing is going to become larger as I feel like to understand the Homura character we have to also understand her interaction to others as perhaps her personal experience with them and a need for comparison. I wonder If this should become a separate article all together?... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 09:02, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

==Understanding Homura's Stoicism==
Homura's emotionless and cold exterior has been misinterpreted and misunderstood by fans and observers alike. This has led to the interpretation that Homura is a dangerous Yandere, others believe her to be a psychopath with littler regard for human lives (with the exception of Madoka), but these interpretations are highly incorrect and inaccurate. This is caused by the misleading first impression we build from lacking a fundamental understanding of her background and personality. To understand Homura it is essential to rewatch some of her scenes and discover the subtle differences from first time viewing for comparison. Once we understand Homura's background and mission and her single obsession to save Madoka viewers would observe Homura in a new light.

Beneath Homura's stoic mask one will uncover the true Homura, a trace of her true self that she tries to shield with an emotional wall to cope with the rising danger of accumulating too much despair. Homura isn't the only character to be misinterpreted and misunderstood for expressing controversial opinions and actions to reach her goal, but their comparison would help to differentiate Homura from the rest of the characters. Homura developed an early survival skill to cope with her new realty to save Madoka.

Homura's Past:

To understand the Homura character it is essential to watch [[Episode 10]] and to listen the drama CD ''[[Drama CD 1|"Memories of you"]]''. First, the Drama CD contains information regarding Homura's difficulty to adapt to a new school setting as a transfer student; no one knows her nor they try to understand her and her struggles. In her new environment Homura experiences school bullying (non-physical), demeaning rumors behind her back, and low opinion about her abilities as a person and as a student. Homura is already a fragile girl with low self-esteem caused by her weak heart and her weak physical body, with the addition of emotional stress caused by her unpopularity at school it is enough to emotionally crush her to the point of driving her to suicide and despair, or at least an enticement under a Witch's spell to end her suffering.

Another source of Homura's emotional transformation are the events taking place in the different timelines in [[Episode 10]]. Homura's experience in different timelines brought her insight into how to formulate different ways to rescue Madoka and stop Walpurgis Night. When a new element of surprised was introduced in the timeline, Homura would formulate a new solution to deviate from the same outcome. The first issue was uncovering the truth about the Puella Magi system, Homura tried to convince the girls that Kyubey was deceiving them. Sayaka reacted with distrust and Mami with skepticism, Madoka as well. The reasons are understandable as Homura is a stranger and a new comer and without any evidence to back her claim they arent ready to accept the truth. However, Mami's and Sayaka's real reasons differentiate with Madoka's and it sheds a light to their character.

Murder:

Mami's character is the embodiment of a humble Ojou-sama and a kind Onee-sama. While Mami exudes class, grace, and beauty, she never flaunts her privilege or status. She tries to become a mentor for Madoka and Sayaka but at the same time tries to caution them that the life of a Puella Magi is not without sacrifice and difficulties. Mami's speech in [[Episode 3]] gives us a glimpse to the kind of life Mami has led so far, a very lonely and solitary life with no one to call a friend. Mami's seriousness is betrayed by her emotional outburst of joy and monologue when Madoka pledges to become a Puella Magi and join together with Mami in her duty to hunt down Witches and protect the city. For the first time we learn that Mami is truly happy with being a Puella Magi. We must consider that while Mami took her responsibility as a Puella Magi with seriousness and professionalism, we can see through flashes that she was unhappy with that type of life. Perhaps we it can interpret her duty as a Puella Magi a form of [[wiki:Noblesse_oblige|''Noblesse Oblige'']].

If [[Episode 3]] uncovers Mami's unhappiness then [[Episode 10]] marks her despair. The nature of her despair requires a deep analysis to understand Mami's lapse of judgement and brief moment of insanity. Given the glimpse we observe regarding Mami's solitary lifestyle and her sacrifice to protect the people and the city, it is understandable as to why Mami lost her composure. One could interpret that all her work and sacrifice was for naught, that the lives she saved would be meaningless once she became a Witch, and that her personal sacrifice and unhappiness contributed to the propagation of a horrifying system. Mami's sense of despair is understandable, however, her following actions contribute to her criticism and are the source of many arguments against her character. Mami's early impression is shattered once she gives in into despair and we glimpse into her weakest moment as a human being. But on the other hand it could be interpreted as the next logical step into a world that has gone mad. Mami knows that her friends have no future, that it is only a matter of time they will become Witches, to spare them of their suffering (and her own) and halt the death of future victims at their hands as Witches she decides that death (and suicide) is the logical and noble choice. No matter the interpretation or justification to fans what Mami did is considered an unforgivable act. What Mami committed was an act of betrayal by killing her ''kouhai'', she commits murder by attempting to take their lives without their consent and consultation.

Surprisingly the Anime series presents different acts that involves killing and murder under different circumstances. And each act requires to be judged on their own. If Mami's action in [[Episode 10]] can be interpreted as a betrayal (or desperation), then Madoka's action to stop Mami's murdering rampage can be interpreted as an act of self-defense and justifiable homicide, acting in defense of others (or in this case an attempt to save Homura). Many fans have criticized Madoka as a helpless crybaby, but this (horrifying) single act of bravery demonstrates Madoka's measure as a Puella Magi and as a person. Not only is she willing to take personal risks to save others, but she is also willing to make the tough choices when the situation calls for it, even if it means killing a friend to save another. Madoka is not a helpless character, she is only helpless because she is unsure what to do to make things right. True to Madoka's character she understands the danger she is imposing by becoming a Witch, rather than use the Grief Seed to save her own life she saves Homura with no regrets, then she asks Homura to do the unthinkable. Under the agony of pain and sorrow Homura commits a merciful killing by stoping Madoka's transformation into a Witch. This is not the act of a cold blooded killer (which she has been accused to be many times) but that of a friend under duress.

In no moment during the series Homura has been a senseless cold blooded killer or a murderer (under the narrow definition), it could be said that she has expressed her opinion to take bold action when the moment requires it, that includes taking a life (just like Madoka did). Which lead us to another controversy and criticism.

Sayaka:

==Transformation Runes==
People who have watched episode 11's blu-ray version must have noticed that Homura's transformation got a major overhaul, including a large quantity of spinning, floating runes.

Would anyone be able to take high-quality screenshots of these so that they can be translated? I'm willing to do it, if someone uploads screenshots.

:Here you go. http://imageshack.us/g/812/vlcsnap2011101601h39m36.png/
:From what I've seen, they just appear to be numbers. In the first pic in the uploaded album, from left to right :

:5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6

:Each rune that appears is a number.

::Oh... huh... here I was expecting some sort of hidden message, but I guess it's just obeying the new theme of her transformation? Gauges? Tons of gauges? I would have expected clocks, honestly, or gears (no reference to Walpurgisnacht, though). Though I guess the gauges are sort of clocks...

:::My first thought wasn't that they were gauges, but more like old, analog stopwatches.[[Special:Contributions/216.54.82.164|216.54.82.164]] 14:02, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

==Akemi Homura’s Seiyuu: Chiwa Saitou’s Live Dubbing Session on AFA11==
[[File:Chiwaguest.jpg|right|200px]]
http://www.animeotakucorner.com/2011/11/09/akemi-homuras-seiyuu-chiwa-saitous-live-dubbing-session-on-afa11/

''Chiwa Saitou, the Seiyuu(Voice Actress) from the popular anime series Puella Magi Madoka Magica’s Akemi Homura will have her own Live Dubbing Session. The event will take place on AFA11′s Main Stage on November 12(Saturday) at 2:15pm. It will be called as ‘Puella Magi Madoka Magica – Akemi Homura Special!’''

''You can also [http://www.animefestival.asia/form/view.php?id=20 ask a question for her.] There is a possibility that your question will appear on stage so why not risk it?'' --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 19:16, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
:The date for the session (Nov 12th) has already passed. Here's a small [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZmLzxCr5P8 vid clip] of it. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 22:56, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
:Now some [http://www.dannychoo.com/post/ja/26325/%E6%96%8E%E8%97%A4%E5%8D%83%E5%92%8C.html pics]. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 18:50, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
::Ok, we really should have a seiyuu page... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 19:45, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
::Out of curiosity, was there a transcript or is there an article covering the event? It would be nice to have some information so we can add later on. --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 12:17, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

== Ties to Walpurgis Night ==

This is sort of in response to the idea that Homura may be Walpurgis Night. Since Walpurgis Night is a conglomeration of witches, it certainly can't be Homura, at least not Homura alone. On the card for Walpurgis Night, it says that Walpurgis Night has a helpless nature, which Homura shares. She becomes a Puella Magi to save Madoka, which she continually fails to do. After her first revert of time she is an especially useless fighter. In episode three, Homura is bound up and unable to prevent Mami's death. However the card description also says that Walpurgis Night "will continue to rotate aimlessly until the whole of this age into a drama." Aimless hardly describes Akemi Homura, who is extremely focused on her goal.

Yet the similarities between them are strong, and I have theory to explain it.

In episode ten Homura states that Mami's fate is inevitable, she is killed in every possible timeline. Following this fate idea, it maybe that for each Magi there is a rival witch (or witches) who she fights in all timelines. Each witch of plot significance has strong similarities to the Magi that fights her.

'''Charlotte''' has a love for sweets, or at least a theme based around sweets. Mami is seen several times eating cake. According to her card, her nature is tenacity, which could be applied to Mami wish to survive an accident.

'''Elly''' has a covetous nature, which we see a little of in Sakaya, who doesn't react well to Hitomi's pursual of Kamijou. Elly also closed herself off from the world, as did Sakaya following her transformation into a Magi. They also share an affinity for water.

'''Elsa Maria''' has trouble fitting in this theory because she has ties to both Sayaka and Kyoko. For the purposes of this theory, lets assume she was destined for Kyoko. Kyoko has the church connection and at one point held feelings of "self-righteousness" as described on Elsa's card. Kyoko's jointed spear has similarities to the snakes which Elsa Maria fights with. Elsa Maria is worshiping a torch held out by an arm. The similarity of this torch to that held by Lady Liberty gives a (admitted tenuous) connection to Kyoko's personal freedom.

'''Walpurgis Night''' is also troublesome in her similarities to both Homura and Madoka. Both experience feelings of helplessness and have been seen fighting the witch in multiple timelines. For the purposes of the theory I will compare her only to Madoka. Walpurgis Night has very far reaching goals "turning the whole world into a drama," as does Madoka who wishes to make a sort of heaven on earth. Walpurgis Night has red jewels on her sleeve (heart on sleeve maybe?), while Madoka's color is pink which could be a near affinity. Also note the similarities between Madoka's witch-form, which together make an hour glass. Walpurgis Night may also continually reappear in the same place to find Madoka. This does not work perfectly, of course, Homura does much the same thing. If we assume that Homura IS Walpurgis Night (partially anyway), this opens up the connection to Madoka, rahter than diminishing it. Walpurgis Night's familiars of many witches has relevance to Madoka's role as a Magi saving other Magi from falling into despair. While Homura's reappearances are tethered to a single short period of time, Madoka appears all over the world in many times and time-lines, as does Walpurgis Night. Both also meet (and destroy) many Magi.

Finally, if Madoka's rival witch is Walpurgis Night, then perhaps Homura has a rival in '''Gertrude'''. Gertrude has many war-related objects in her world, which ties in nicely to Homura's dependence on Modern weapons. Of most significance is the butterfly theme. Homura's transformation from a weak and helpless girl into her bow-weilding final form as a Puella Magi is very comparible to the metamorphasis of the butterfly. Butterflies are also related to the "betterfly effect", which is a theme played on in Madoka. Homura's devotion to and protection of Madoka is similar to Gertrud's care for her roses. The roses share a color affinity with Madoka. Gertrude has an insincere nature according to her card, which she may share with Homura in that Homura is forced to tell lies and behave coldly toward her friends in later timelines. Also signficant is presence of an Anthony (one of Gertrude's minions) at the end of the World. The Anthony certainly strengthen's Homura's ties to Gertrude, however it also complicates things for the theory. If the world is being destroyed, what business does an Anthony have chatting with Homura away from said world (and Gertrude). There's room to speculate if Homura ''is'' Gertrude, but again, since this does not fit into the theory let's just assume minions and familiars are capable of a little independence. Characteristic of the single-minded rivals, when they do meet, they do not make any efforts to fight each other, Homura is concerned with killing Kyubei and Gertrude is concerned with her roses. When confronted they both run away.

I think I might be on to something here. Let me know what you think!
[[User:OnionJack|OnionJack]] 14:20, 16 December 2011 (UTC)Onion Jack (Thomas)
:As for the Anthony at the end of the world, a simple explanation is that Anthonies were the first witch-realm creatures Madoka encountered in the main timeline, so Madoka (who likes fluffy things) thinks of them as representatives of the magical world. (On a production level, Inu Curry said that Anthonies were their favorite)

:I'm not convinced of direct connections between the girls and witches (in the sense of them being counterparts or witch forms of the girls), but it wouldn't be so strange if magical beings with things in common have a tendency to find each other kind of like how stand users in JoJo do. The runes in Charlotte's barrier talking about Mami and Homu could indicate witches experiencing things like Madoka's dream from the beginning of ep 1. [[User:KM|KM]] 21:18, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

== Homura's route in PSP game ==

I'm curious where such story can be found since I only learn that their fate can be changed. But I don't know what will happen next. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 16:41, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

== Anyone knows the meaning/purpose of those short cut in scenes of Homura turning her head? ==

I remember 2 of them. Not sure if there are more.

Episode 5 at 12:22

Episode 11 at 15:30

They just don't seem to fit in. As if they are not really happening right then and there.

[[Special:Contributions/84.179.144.20|84.179.144.20]] 20:48, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

[[File:Shaft head tilt.jpg|thumb]]
Something like that? ->

Ah, the infamous shaft head tilt. [[SHAFT]], the anime studio behind Madoka, is known for these sorts of strange directional touches. After [[Shinbo]] came along, along with sparse setting, post-modern architecture, quick eye cuts, fancy typography slides, and etc have became SHAFT's calling card. You can see these elements in pretty much every show SHAFT has worked on since. Madoka is actually fairly benign on these eccentricities. Check out [[Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei]] or [[Bakemonogatari]] for these coming out in full force.

Now, concerning what it means - when you see a cut of a character quick turn and tilts her head slightly... It can mean a turn in mood; a shift in focus; a change of mind. Honestly though, it doesn't mean much. It's just something Shaft does. It's simply "Shaft being Shaft."
- [[User:Prima|Prima]] 17:47, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

== Age ==

Homura is same age as Madoka so Homura is 14 not 13 !!!
[[Special:Contributions/198.47.101.2|198.47.101.2]] 00:12, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

== What's going on with the edit wars?! ==

All of this adding and removing is putting this page's progress to a standstill. Can't we all get our ideas out in a way that doesn't intertwine/interrupt someone else's edit? T^T And then people remove the work of others to put their own... then they put it back... If you would like, use this section to try to sort everyone's thoughts on what to put where so that we all have our contributions and ideas that we worked on for the wiki mixed in there somewhere and having them transition in a nice and smooth manner without all of this extra misplaced stuff lying around. I don't want to feel like I have to look at older revisions of this page in order to get all of the information I'm looking for. It should be unnecessary, it's too time consuming, and it validates my point. --[[User:Lord Fawful|Lord Fawful]] 16:44, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

Someone apparently doesn't like the fact that the observations section calls Homura's behavior unhealthy and abusive and points out all the ways it is (and also ones like "Madoka using honorifics with her name visibly upsets her", for whatever reason), so they're constantly removing the information. It's pretty childish if you ask me. The page/section should probably get locked for a while (though it should be locked on a revision that has the abuse analysis on it. It's important and the kind of thing that people should really know about). --[[Special:Contributions/198.41.239.138|198.41.239.138]] 20:31, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

Can't we have both sides of the argument on the page? I mean, it's unfair to delete another's work just because you disagree with it, but we could find a way to make both ideas separate sections. --[[User:Lord Fawful|Lord Fawful]] 23:21, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

There's not two separate ideas. It's one section (and then a few other bits) that keep being deleted by petty people who don't like the idea of their precious Homura being called abusive and unhealthy. I say we lock the page for a while to stop the edit war; maybe that'll even kill it. [[Special:Contributions/198.41.239.138|198.41.239.138]] 23:41, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Oh, so it's just deletion and vandalism!? I thought I saw some links being posted about her actions being justified in someone else's view. I was under the impression that it was just conflicting ideas. Sorry about that. --[[User:Lord Fawful|Lord Fawful]] 23:56, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

There ''have'' been, but I've read the argument and it's not "justification" so much as it is excusing Homura's actions/essentially abuse apologism, so it's not acceptable. [[Special:Contributions/198.41.239.138|198.41.239.138]] 00:38, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

Sorry for beating a dead horse, but most of that tumblr post is not a "justification" either for Homura's behaviour at all. That post just feels like trying to paint Homura in a bad light. There are already many analysis that debunked that tumblr post so I'm going to add them soon. --[[User:Caglar|Caglar]] ([[User talk:Caglar|talk]]) 21:35, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

This isn't a tumblr post. It's a 'wiki'. Besides, shouldn't wikis be at least neutral? But there are many and many conflicts with homura, though. boop Anon 23:36, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

I was talking about the tumblr post under the 'observation' section. And that one observation point where some viewers said Homura is an abusive person. And yes, wiki should be neutral which is why I'll also be adding the analysis about Homura not being an abusive person. --[[User:Caglar|Caglar]] ([[User talk:Caglar|talk]]) 00:47, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

I removed the alleged informations since they were actually false and was added by someone who hates Homura which explains that they were trying make her look like an abuser/psycho. However, if you guys feel what I did was unfair/rude, I could easily explain and show that Homura doesn't fit the "Psychopath" textbook and how she isn't really abusive towards Madoka, and that she actually cares about the others. I would also add some quotes from writer Jed A. Blue to show what they observed about Homura's behaviour.--[[User:Caglar|Caglar]] ([[User talk:Caglar|talk]]) 18:52, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

== The First Month ==

Howdy folks. Given that the anime came out in 2011, and Homura gets out of the hospital on the 16th, and that day is shown to be falling on Wednesday, then the month her time loop starts in is March for certain. Granted, the calendar doesn't show what day the week starts on (most have Sunday as the first day of the week, but a few use Monday, though these are usually business or payroll calendars) and MAYBE the year isn't 2011 in the anime... But I don't see why not when everything else lines up just fine. Occam's Razor and all. [[User:BlackAeronaut|BlackAeronaut]] ([[User talk:BlackAeronaut|talk]]) 14:32, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

== Regarding her powers ==

Hello, I'd like to discuss this because I haven't seen it brought up anywhere else. Homura's "Powers & Abilities" section only seems to list her time manipulation, which is all what they look like to an extent. However, didn't she shoot pink magic at Kyubey right in [[Episode 1]] (which was remembered in [[Episode 10]], too)? It looks like something unrelated to manipulating time, unless that is connected with manipulating space somehow. [[User:Paradi0x|Paradi0x]] ([[User talk:Paradi0x|talk]]) 17:18, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Talk:Homura Akemi

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==Spoiler==

Why is there a massive Higurashi spoiler in the trivia section? Specifically the "Homurika" one [[User:Jag|Jag]] ([[User talk:Jag|talk]]) 17:20, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
: ops, added spoiler tag. - [[User:Prima|Prima]] ([[User talk:Prima|talk]]) 19:08, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
:: Is it okay if we mark it as a Higurashi spoiler as well? I don't think there's any way to know what show the spoiler would be referring to if you haven't watched the show, and they'd have to click on it to find out. -
[[User:Jag|Jag]] ([[User talk:Jag|talk]]) 05:22, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
::: Added - [[User:Prima|Prima]] ([[User talk:Prima|talk]]) 21:34, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

== Nutcracker ==

i wanted to add an observation about how Akuma Homura cracks her soul gem between her teeth, like a nutracker. Could I do that? [[User:Leafbladie|Leafbladie]] ([[User talk:Leafbladie|talk]]) 15:07, 27 April 2019 (UTC)leafbladie
:Yeah, I think that's more than appropriate. It fits in line with her theme. [[User:Sondenise|Sondenise]] ([[User talk:Sondenise|talk]]) 16:21, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

I strongly suggest that we move all speculations from this page to a speculation page dedicated to Homura (and possibly the other four main characters). This could be a good occasion to clean up all the stuff that was proven wrong.
:I concur. -[[User:Becquerel|Becquerel]] 04:16, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
::I agree too, if by "clean up" you mean "tag properly", like the wishes thing. No content should be removed IMO, just for "historical accurracy" --[[User:Homerun-chan|Homerun-chan]] 07:41, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
I agree with the speculation moving, but I think we should have a dedicated page for speculation on each character. I have loads of speculation talked over heaps with my brother that I really want to post here... until I saw this. I also think that the speculation pages dedicated to each character should be just for speculah that hasn't been proven right or wrong yet. Theories proved right or wrong should just be placed on the official page on the character. FIFI 00:32, 14 August 2013 (UTC)
:I also agree that something should be done about the speculation. Moving everything unconfirmed doesn't sound like a bad idea (and quite easy to do for this page), but there's also pages like [[Kyoko#Speculations & Observations|Kyoko's]] where everything is even more disorganized. For now, I'd direct you to the [[Theories]] page. Feel free to make a new page there if you have a lot of connected speculation. --[[User:Knon|Knon]] 10:05, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

abour her strong power in the new timeline: maybe because she suffered much in all the previous timelines she got a boost-up just like madoka

I removed stuff that didn't belong on this page (there was speculah about Walpurgis Night's familiars, for example, which is already present on WPN's various pages and doesn't need to be here) as well as the needless arguments on theories that have been debunked. If I knew how to make new pages -and- make said new pages look pretty and formatted, I'd move the whole speculah section to a new page, but my mad skillz at wiki pages go as far as "I can edit text".
:Regarding the theories proven right/wrong, and your editing skills, I made [[Template:Theory/Header|a template]] to classify theories by status (see output [[User:Homerun-chan/Theory_tags|here]]). I do not have the time right now, but I think it'd be a good idea to order the theories by category then --it's in the [[wishlist]] actually --[[User:Homerun-chan|Homerun-chan]] 10:07, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

==Homura: One Man Army==
¥ 1,383,040,300 ($17,037,114 USD) worth of military weapons and equipment!! Damn, maybe Homura should start with Nicolas Cage in "Lord of War II: The Walpurgis Night Incident" --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 02:18, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
:I'm still baffled. I mean, it's hard to believe. RPGs aren't ''that'' expensive. The guy who made the vid must have made some fancy cals. Still... Lord Of War was a great film, and I would buy that squel in the blink of an eye ^^ --[[User:BrickBreak|BrickBreak]] 02:33, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

==HOMU==
[http://www.homelessmuseum.org/ HOMU: The Homeless Museum of Art]. Nothing important, I just found this to be a bit funny. --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 02:37, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

==Homura's Stoicism Draft==
I feel like I am juggling with too many ideas. That has always been my problem when trying to make something clear and concise. I am going to need some help to wrinkle out the article once I am done. --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 08:04, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
:Fitting actually that you mention article. You could post your thoughts freely and put it there. Right now, it feels like you want to write about all the characters and not just Homura. It's also gone beyond the facts to the point that if it stayed on the Homura page, I'd have to say it goes under speculah. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 08:24, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
::I moved the draft here. I feel like the writing is going to become larger as I feel like to understand the Homura character we have to also understand her interaction to others as perhaps her personal experience with them and a need for comparison. I wonder If this should become a separate article all together?... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 09:02, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

==Understanding Homura's Stoicism==
Homura's emotionless and cold exterior has been misinterpreted and misunderstood by fans and observers alike. This has led to the interpretation that Homura is a dangerous Yandere, others believe her to be a psychopath with littler regard for human lives (with the exception of Madoka), but these interpretations are highly incorrect and inaccurate. This is caused by the misleading first impression we build from lacking a fundamental understanding of her background and personality. To understand Homura it is essential to rewatch some of her scenes and discover the subtle differences from first time viewing for comparison. Once we understand Homura's background and mission and her single obsession to save Madoka viewers would observe Homura in a new light.

Beneath Homura's stoic mask one will uncover the true Homura, a trace of her true self that she tries to shield with an emotional wall to cope with the rising danger of accumulating too much despair. Homura isn't the only character to be misinterpreted and misunderstood for expressing controversial opinions and actions to reach her goal, but their comparison would help to differentiate Homura from the rest of the characters. Homura developed an early survival skill to cope with her new realty to save Madoka.

Homura's Past:

To understand the Homura character it is essential to watch [[Episode 10]] and to listen the drama CD ''[[Drama CD 1|"Memories of you"]]''. First, the Drama CD contains information regarding Homura's difficulty to adapt to a new school setting as a transfer student; no one knows her nor they try to understand her and her struggles. In her new environment Homura experiences school bullying (non-physical), demeaning rumors behind her back, and low opinion about her abilities as a person and as a student. Homura is already a fragile girl with low self-esteem caused by her weak heart and her weak physical body, with the addition of emotional stress caused by her unpopularity at school it is enough to emotionally crush her to the point of driving her to suicide and despair, or at least an enticement under a Witch's spell to end her suffering.

Another source of Homura's emotional transformation are the events taking place in the different timelines in [[Episode 10]]. Homura's experience in different timelines brought her insight into how to formulate different ways to rescue Madoka and stop Walpurgis Night. When a new element of surprised was introduced in the timeline, Homura would formulate a new solution to deviate from the same outcome. The first issue was uncovering the truth about the Puella Magi system, Homura tried to convince the girls that Kyubey was deceiving them. Sayaka reacted with distrust and Mami with skepticism, Madoka as well. The reasons are understandable as Homura is a stranger and a new comer and without any evidence to back her claim they arent ready to accept the truth. However, Mami's and Sayaka's real reasons differentiate with Madoka's and it sheds a light to their character.

Murder:

Mami's character is the embodiment of a humble Ojou-sama and a kind Onee-sama. While Mami exudes class, grace, and beauty, she never flaunts her privilege or status. She tries to become a mentor for Madoka and Sayaka but at the same time tries to caution them that the life of a Puella Magi is not without sacrifice and difficulties. Mami's speech in [[Episode 3]] gives us a glimpse to the kind of life Mami has led so far, a very lonely and solitary life with no one to call a friend. Mami's seriousness is betrayed by her emotional outburst of joy and monologue when Madoka pledges to become a Puella Magi and join together with Mami in her duty to hunt down Witches and protect the city. For the first time we learn that Mami is truly happy with being a Puella Magi. We must consider that while Mami took her responsibility as a Puella Magi with seriousness and professionalism, we can see through flashes that she was unhappy with that type of life. Perhaps we it can interpret her duty as a Puella Magi a form of [[wiki:Noblesse_oblige|''Noblesse Oblige'']].

If [[Episode 3]] uncovers Mami's unhappiness then [[Episode 10]] marks her despair. The nature of her despair requires a deep analysis to understand Mami's lapse of judgement and brief moment of insanity. Given the glimpse we observe regarding Mami's solitary lifestyle and her sacrifice to protect the people and the city, it is understandable as to why Mami lost her composure. One could interpret that all her work and sacrifice was for naught, that the lives she saved would be meaningless once she became a Witch, and that her personal sacrifice and unhappiness contributed to the propagation of a horrifying system. Mami's sense of despair is understandable, however, her following actions contribute to her criticism and are the source of many arguments against her character. Mami's early impression is shattered once she gives in into despair and we glimpse into her weakest moment as a human being. But on the other hand it could be interpreted as the next logical step into a world that has gone mad. Mami knows that her friends have no future, that it is only a matter of time they will become Witches, to spare them of their suffering (and her own) and halt the death of future victims at their hands as Witches she decides that death (and suicide) is the logical and noble choice. No matter the interpretation or justification to fans what Mami did is considered an unforgivable act. What Mami committed was an act of betrayal by killing her ''kouhai'', she commits murder by attempting to take their lives without their consent and consultation.

Surprisingly the Anime series presents different acts that involves killing and murder under different circumstances. And each act requires to be judged on their own. If Mami's action in [[Episode 10]] can be interpreted as a betrayal (or desperation), then Madoka's action to stop Mami's murdering rampage can be interpreted as an act of self-defense and justifiable homicide, acting in defense of others (or in this case an attempt to save Homura). Many fans have criticized Madoka as a helpless crybaby, but this (horrifying) single act of bravery demonstrates Madoka's measure as a Puella Magi and as a person. Not only is she willing to take personal risks to save others, but she is also willing to make the tough choices when the situation calls for it, even if it means killing a friend to save another. Madoka is not a helpless character, she is only helpless because she is unsure what to do to make things right. True to Madoka's character she understands the danger she is imposing by becoming a Witch, rather than use the Grief Seed to save her own life she saves Homura with no regrets, then she asks Homura to do the unthinkable. Under the agony of pain and sorrow Homura commits a merciful killing by stoping Madoka's transformation into a Witch. This is not the act of a cold blooded killer (which she has been accused to be many times) but that of a friend under duress.

In no moment during the series Homura has been a senseless cold blooded killer or a murderer (under the narrow definition), it could be said that she has expressed her opinion to take bold action when the moment requires it, that includes taking a life (just like Madoka did). Which lead us to another controversy and criticism.

Sayaka:

==Transformation Runes==
People who have watched episode 11's blu-ray version must have noticed that Homura's transformation got a major overhaul, including a large quantity of spinning, floating runes.

Would anyone be able to take high-quality screenshots of these so that they can be translated? I'm willing to do it, if someone uploads screenshots.

:Here you go. http://imageshack.us/g/812/vlcsnap2011101601h39m36.png/
:From what I've seen, they just appear to be numbers. In the first pic in the uploaded album, from left to right :

:5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6

:Each rune that appears is a number.

::Oh... huh... here I was expecting some sort of hidden message, but I guess it's just obeying the new theme of her transformation? Gauges? Tons of gauges? I would have expected clocks, honestly, or gears (no reference to Walpurgisnacht, though). Though I guess the gauges are sort of clocks...

:::My first thought wasn't that they were gauges, but more like old, analog stopwatches.[[Special:Contributions/216.54.82.164|216.54.82.164]] 14:02, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

==Akemi Homura’s Seiyuu: Chiwa Saitou’s Live Dubbing Session on AFA11==
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http://www.animeotakucorner.com/2011/11/09/akemi-homuras-seiyuu-chiwa-saitous-live-dubbing-session-on-afa11/

''Chiwa Saitou, the Seiyuu(Voice Actress) from the popular anime series Puella Magi Madoka Magica’s Akemi Homura will have her own Live Dubbing Session. The event will take place on AFA11′s Main Stage on November 12(Saturday) at 2:15pm. It will be called as ‘Puella Magi Madoka Magica – Akemi Homura Special!’''

''You can also [http://www.animefestival.asia/form/view.php?id=20 ask a question for her.] There is a possibility that your question will appear on stage so why not risk it?'' --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 19:16, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
:The date for the session (Nov 12th) has already passed. Here's a small [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZmLzxCr5P8 vid clip] of it. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 22:56, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
:Now some [http://www.dannychoo.com/post/ja/26325/%E6%96%8E%E8%97%A4%E5%8D%83%E5%92%8C.html pics]. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 18:50, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
::Ok, we really should have a seiyuu page... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 19:45, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
::Out of curiosity, was there a transcript or is there an article covering the event? It would be nice to have some information so we can add later on. --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 12:17, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

== Ties to Walpurgis Night ==

This is sort of in response to the idea that Homura may be Walpurgis Night. Since Walpurgis Night is a conglomeration of witches, it certainly can't be Homura, at least not Homura alone. On the card for Walpurgis Night, it says that Walpurgis Night has a helpless nature, which Homura shares. She becomes a Puella Magi to save Madoka, which she continually fails to do. After her first revert of time she is an especially useless fighter. In episode three, Homura is bound up and unable to prevent Mami's death. However the card description also says that Walpurgis Night "will continue to rotate aimlessly until the whole of this age into a drama." Aimless hardly describes Akemi Homura, who is extremely focused on her goal.

Yet the similarities between them are strong, and I have theory to explain it.

In episode ten Homura states that Mami's fate is inevitable, she is killed in every possible timeline. Following this fate idea, it maybe that for each Magi there is a rival witch (or witches) who she fights in all timelines. Each witch of plot significance has strong similarities to the Magi that fights her.

'''Charlotte''' has a love for sweets, or at least a theme based around sweets. Mami is seen several times eating cake. According to her card, her nature is tenacity, which could be applied to Mami wish to survive an accident.

'''Elly''' has a covetous nature, which we see a little of in Sakaya, who doesn't react well to Hitomi's pursual of Kamijou. Elly also closed herself off from the world, as did Sakaya following her transformation into a Magi. They also share an affinity for water.

'''Elsa Maria''' has trouble fitting in this theory because she has ties to both Sayaka and Kyoko. For the purposes of this theory, lets assume she was destined for Kyoko. Kyoko has the church connection and at one point held feelings of "self-righteousness" as described on Elsa's card. Kyoko's jointed spear has similarities to the snakes which Elsa Maria fights with. Elsa Maria is worshiping a torch held out by an arm. The similarity of this torch to that held by Lady Liberty gives a (admitted tenuous) connection to Kyoko's personal freedom.

'''Walpurgis Night''' is also troublesome in her similarities to both Homura and Madoka. Both experience feelings of helplessness and have been seen fighting the witch in multiple timelines. For the purposes of the theory I will compare her only to Madoka. Walpurgis Night has very far reaching goals "turning the whole world into a drama," as does Madoka who wishes to make a sort of heaven on earth. Walpurgis Night has red jewels on her sleeve (heart on sleeve maybe?), while Madoka's color is pink which could be a near affinity. Also note the similarities between Madoka's witch-form, which together make an hour glass. Walpurgis Night may also continually reappear in the same place to find Madoka. This does not work perfectly, of course, Homura does much the same thing. If we assume that Homura IS Walpurgis Night (partially anyway), this opens up the connection to Madoka, rahter than diminishing it. Walpurgis Night's familiars of many witches has relevance to Madoka's role as a Magi saving other Magi from falling into despair. While Homura's reappearances are tethered to a single short period of time, Madoka appears all over the world in many times and time-lines, as does Walpurgis Night. Both also meet (and destroy) many Magi.

Finally, if Madoka's rival witch is Walpurgis Night, then perhaps Homura has a rival in '''Gertrude'''. Gertrude has many war-related objects in her world, which ties in nicely to Homura's dependence on Modern weapons. Of most significance is the butterfly theme. Homura's transformation from a weak and helpless girl into her bow-weilding final form as a Puella Magi is very comparible to the metamorphasis of the butterfly. Butterflies are also related to the "betterfly effect", which is a theme played on in Madoka. Homura's devotion to and protection of Madoka is similar to Gertrud's care for her roses. The roses share a color affinity with Madoka. Gertrude has an insincere nature according to her card, which she may share with Homura in that Homura is forced to tell lies and behave coldly toward her friends in later timelines. Also signficant is presence of an Anthony (one of Gertrude's minions) at the end of the World. The Anthony certainly strengthen's Homura's ties to Gertrude, however it also complicates things for the theory. If the world is being destroyed, what business does an Anthony have chatting with Homura away from said world (and Gertrude). There's room to speculate if Homura ''is'' Gertrude, but again, since this does not fit into the theory let's just assume minions and familiars are capable of a little independence. Characteristic of the single-minded rivals, when they do meet, they do not make any efforts to fight each other, Homura is concerned with killing Kyubei and Gertrude is concerned with her roses. When confronted they both run away.

I think I might be on to something here. Let me know what you think!
[[User:OnionJack|OnionJack]] 14:20, 16 December 2011 (UTC)Onion Jack (Thomas)
:As for the Anthony at the end of the world, a simple explanation is that Anthonies were the first witch-realm creatures Madoka encountered in the main timeline, so Madoka (who likes fluffy things) thinks of them as representatives of the magical world. (On a production level, Inu Curry said that Anthonies were their favorite)

:I'm not convinced of direct connections between the girls and witches (in the sense of them being counterparts or witch forms of the girls), but it wouldn't be so strange if magical beings with things in common have a tendency to find each other kind of like how stand users in JoJo do. The runes in Charlotte's barrier talking about Mami and Homu could indicate witches experiencing things like Madoka's dream from the beginning of ep 1. [[User:KM|KM]] 21:18, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

== Homura's route in PSP game ==

I'm curious where such story can be found since I only learn that their fate can be changed. But I don't know what will happen next. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 16:41, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

== Anyone knows the meaning/purpose of those short cut in scenes of Homura turning her head? ==

I remember 2 of them. Not sure if there are more.

Episode 5 at 12:22

Episode 11 at 15:30

They just don't seem to fit in. As if they are not really happening right then and there.

[[Special:Contributions/84.179.144.20|84.179.144.20]] 20:48, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

[[File:Shaft head tilt.jpg|thumb]]
Something like that? ->

Ah, the infamous shaft head tilt. [[SHAFT]], the anime studio behind Madoka, is known for these sorts of strange directional touches. After [[Shinbo]] came along, along with sparse setting, post-modern architecture, quick eye cuts, fancy typography slides, and etc have became SHAFT's calling card. You can see these elements in pretty much every show SHAFT has worked on since. Madoka is actually fairly benign on these eccentricities. Check out [[Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei]] or [[Bakemonogatari]] for these coming out in full force.

Now, concerning what it means - when you see a cut of a character quick turn and tilts her head slightly... It can mean a turn in mood; a shift in focus; a change of mind. Honestly though, it doesn't mean much. It's just something Shaft does. It's simply "Shaft being Shaft."
- [[User:Prima|Prima]] 17:47, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

== Age ==

Homura is same age as Madoka so Homura is 14 not 13 !!!
[[Special:Contributions/198.47.101.2|198.47.101.2]] 00:12, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

== What's going on with the edit wars?! ==

All of this adding and removing is putting this page's progress to a standstill. Can't we all get our ideas out in a way that doesn't intertwine/interrupt someone else's edit? T^T And then people remove the work of others to put their own... then they put it back... If you would like, use this section to try to sort everyone's thoughts on what to put where so that we all have our contributions and ideas that we worked on for the wiki mixed in there somewhere and having them transition in a nice and smooth manner without all of this extra misplaced stuff lying around. I don't want to feel like I have to look at older revisions of this page in order to get all of the information I'm looking for. It should be unnecessary, it's too time consuming, and it validates my point. --[[User:Lord Fawful|Lord Fawful]] 16:44, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

Someone apparently doesn't like the fact that the observations section calls Homura's behavior unhealthy and abusive and points out all the ways it is (and also ones like "Madoka using honorifics with her name visibly upsets her", for whatever reason), so they're constantly removing the information. It's pretty childish if you ask me. The page/section should probably get locked for a while (though it should be locked on a revision that has the abuse analysis on it. It's important and the kind of thing that people should really know about). --[[Special:Contributions/198.41.239.138|198.41.239.138]] 20:31, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

Can't we have both sides of the argument on the page? I mean, it's unfair to delete another's work just because you disagree with it, but we could find a way to make both ideas separate sections. --[[User:Lord Fawful|Lord Fawful]] 23:21, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

There's not two separate ideas. It's one section (and then a few other bits) that keep being deleted by petty people who don't like the idea of their precious Homura being called abusive and unhealthy. I say we lock the page for a while to stop the edit war; maybe that'll even kill it. [[Special:Contributions/198.41.239.138|198.41.239.138]] 23:41, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Oh, so it's just deletion and vandalism!? I thought I saw some links being posted about her actions being justified in someone else's view. I was under the impression that it was just conflicting ideas. Sorry about that. --[[User:Lord Fawful|Lord Fawful]] 23:56, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

There ''have'' been, but I've read the argument and it's not "justification" so much as it is excusing Homura's actions/essentially abuse apologism, so it's not acceptable. [[Special:Contributions/198.41.239.138|198.41.239.138]] 00:38, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

Sorry for beating a dead horse, but most of that tumblr post is not a "justification" either for Homura's behaviour at all. That post just feels like trying to paint Homura in a bad light. There are already many analysis that debunked that tumblr post so I'm going to add them soon. --[[User:Caglar|Caglar]] ([[User talk:Caglar|talk]]) 21:35, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

This isn't a tumblr post. It's a 'wiki'. Besides, shouldn't wikis be at least neutral? But there are many and many conflicts with homura, though. boop Anon 23:36, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

I was talking about the tumblr post under the 'observation' section. And that one observation point where some viewers said Homura is an abusive person. And yes, wiki should be neutral which is why I'll also be adding the analysis about Homura not being an abusive person. --[[User:Caglar|Caglar]] ([[User talk:Caglar|talk]]) 00:47, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

I removed the alleged informations since they were actually false and was added by someone who hates Homura which explains that they were trying make her look like an abuser/psycho. However, if you guys feel what I did was unfair/rude, I could easily explain and show that Homura doesn't fit the "Psychopath" textbook and how she isn't really abusive towards Madoka, and that she actually cares about the others. I would also add some quotes from writer Jed A. Blue to show what he observed about Homura's behaviour.--[[User:Caglar|Caglar]] ([[User talk:Caglar|talk]]) 18:52, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

== The First Month ==

Howdy folks. Given that the anime came out in 2011, and Homura gets out of the hospital on the 16th, and that day is shown to be falling on Wednesday, then the month her time loop starts in is March for certain. Granted, the calendar doesn't show what day the week starts on (most have Sunday as the first day of the week, but a few use Monday, though these are usually business or payroll calendars) and MAYBE the year isn't 2011 in the anime... But I don't see why not when everything else lines up just fine. Occam's Razor and all. [[User:BlackAeronaut|BlackAeronaut]] ([[User talk:BlackAeronaut|talk]]) 14:32, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

== Regarding her powers ==

Hello, I'd like to discuss this because I haven't seen it brought up anywhere else. Homura's "Powers & Abilities" section only seems to list her time manipulation, which is all what they look like to an extent. However, didn't she shoot pink magic at Kyubey right in [[Episode 1]] (which was remembered in [[Episode 10]], too)? It looks like something unrelated to manipulating time, unless that is connected with manipulating space somehow. [[User:Paradi0x|Paradi0x]] ([[User talk:Paradi0x|talk]]) 17:18, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Homura Akemi

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<blockquote>''"A person becomes naïve if they're too kind. Careless if they're too bold. And no matter how hard you try to protect others, there's no gratitude. Those who can't comprehend such things aren't fit to be magical girls."'' — Homura Akemi, [[episode 5]].</blockquote>

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'''Homura Akemi''' is one of the main characters in ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]''. She is first seen by Madoka in a dream of her fighting a monster in a desolate landscape of skyscrapers. The day after the dream, Homura has transferred to Madoka's school where she gives her ominous warnings.

==General Info==
===Physical features===
* '''Age:''' 13-14 (estimated)
* '''Height:''' [[:Media:PN 10.jpg|155-159cm]]
* '''Eye colour:''' Purple
* '''Hair colour:''' Black
* '''Birthplace:''' Mitakihara City

===Other===
* '''Soul Gem:''' Diamond located on the back of her left hand
* '''Weapon:''' Shield (storage and timejump device). ({{spoiler|Episode 12 and Wraith Arc show her using a bow}}) Homura has been shown using golf club, pipe bombs, IMI Desert Eagle, FN Minimi, Beretta 92FS, Remington 870, Howa Type 89, M26 frag grenades, flashbang grenades, RPG-7, AT-4, C-4 explosives
* '''Wish:''' {{spoiler|"I wish... I can meet Ms. Kaname all over again. But this time, instead of her protecting me, I want to be strong enough to protect her!"}} In Wraith Arc: {{spoiler|"Those are my feelings towards Madoka! That's why, once more, lend me power! Not as the shield that protects Madoka but as the power that smites anyone who threatens her!"}}
* '''Power:''' Time Manipulation (Series) {{spoiler|Memory Manipulation}} (Wraith Arc)
* '''Witch form:''' [[Homulilly]]
* '''Japanese pronoun:''' {{nihongo||私|watashi}}
* '''School:''' Attended a Christian/Catholic school in Tokyo before transferring to Mitakihara Middle School.
[[Ume Aoki|Ms. Aoki]]’s Design Check:
* A blunt girl. I tried to let this shine through in her design. Her distinguishing point is her silky long hair.
* Magical girl outfit: Homura was designed with her personality and combat style in mind. I found her fascinating right away.
* The sharp lines of her upper back and jacket evoke her personality. Overall rather monochromatic. Her black tights have a diamond pattern.
* School uniform: She wears black tights in uniform too, leaving her overall feel just like in her magical girl outfit. She gives off the air of a silent beauty.

==Personality==
Since her arrival at Mitakihara Middle School, she is immediately depicted as being very intelligent, athletic, distant, and cold. It is revealed in [[episode 4]] that she is only like this because she has seen so much suffering during her tenure as a magical girl. Because of this, she does not want Madoka to become a magical girl and tries to do anything in order to stop her from making a wish with [[Kyubey]], going as far as to attempting to injure the cat-like creature. Despite her cold attitude towards others, she still very much cares for Madoka as it is her sole objective to protect her due to the countless amount blood, sweat, and tears she has shed over her jumps in time.

In the original timeline where her journey began, however, Homura is portrayed as meek, shy, timid, clumsy and is known around the school for her lack of confidence. She was also known for her physical incapability of performing in P.E. class; she would get dizzy upon doing even the simplest of warm-up exercises. This had the unfortunate result of her being a target of bullying, as heard on [[Drama CD 1]]. Overwhelmed by her perceived uselessness, she begins questioning her existence and until she begins her fated friendship with Madoka, her feelings do not change. Madoka, alongside [[Mami Tomoe]], shows her the ropes and dangers of becoming a magical girl and notes that Madoka's own attitude became much healthier with every witch battle. In an ironic twist, in the anime timeline we see how frail and meek Madoka is, compared to the current Homura whose personality had performed a complete 180-degree turn due to her experiences in multiple timelines.

Despite being regarded as emotionless by [[Sayaka Miki]], Homura is far from it. Although she does not easily show signs of remorse, sadness, or pity, it is only because she had grown used to the suffering around her. Her cold nature is from her determination to save Madoka after having failed in her mission to prevent Madoka from becoming a magical girl countless times. Homura herself has stated that she always feels badly with each life she unable to save or alter, but nevertheless, it does not slow her down from staying true to her main objective in saving Madoka.

* '''Character development:''' Prior to the events of episode 1 (or timeline), from the very beginning Homura considered herself to be useless, and worthless. She didn't think people would miss her if she were to die or disappear. But Madoka was probably the first person to see Homura differently, for the good person that she was and opened her eyes that changed her way thinking about herself. With each timeline, we start to see a transformation not only in Homura but with Madoka as well, where there is a role reversal. It is now Madoka who believes she is powerless and worthless, someone who can't even do anything to save her friends, and it is Homura who believes that Madoka is too kind and reckless for trying to do to much for others.

==History==
===Background===
Homura's backstory was revealed in [[episode 10]]. She was a transfer student who was hospitalized for a long period of time due to heart disease. The whereabouts and status of her family is unknown, as they are never mentioned in the series. In the original timeline, Homura at this point is physically frail and weak most likely due to her illness. She wears glasses and braided hair in her early insecure depiction shown in episode 10. Later in that episode with renewed determination she undoes her braids and uses her soul gem to correct her vision and to heal her heart condition. From then on she no longer required the use of glasses.

===Homura in the [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica|Anime]]===
[[File:Timeline Chart.png|thumb|200px|The sequences of events in each timeline.]]
====The original universe====
Homura's time-loop officially starts on the [http://31.media.tumblr.com/37ba5111020188f08ea2a4c30d23dd9d/tumblr_n2ioz9qOj31qf874go1_1280.png 16th of the month in the anime] ([[Timeline|speculated to be sometime between March and April]]). She was released from the hospital on the 16th, and transferred to Mitakihara Middle School on the 25th. In the original timeline, she is attacked by a witch and saved by Madoka and Mami. Sometime during the next month, during [[Walpurgisnacht]], she becomes a magical girl while wishing to redo her meeting with Madoka, thus gaining the power to pause and/or rewind time one month.

It is estimated Homura repeated the same month starting on the 16th nearly 100 times before the present timeline in the TV anime. Within these timelines, Homura was able to gradually improve her abilities and acquire items (such as ammunition and weapons from the Japanese military) to prepare for the battle with Walpurgisnacht. She was also able to memorize and deduce through statistics the major events that would occur within all timelines, giving her incredible knowledge about most of her adversaries. The corollary, however, was that Homura experienced the deaths of many of her friends repeatedly, often horrifically. As a general trend, Homura became increasingly distant to Madoka with each repeat of the month.

By the timeline of the TV anime, Homura appeared as a cold and calculating character who is distant from all the characters. She failed to save all of her companions (apart from Madoka), and by Walpurgisnacht, was forced to face the witch alone. She was subsequently defeated by Walpurgisnacht, and seemed just about to succumb to despair before Madoka appears and rewrites the universe with her wish.

====By the Anime's Finale====
After Madoka's revision of the universe, Homura is the only known character to retain her memories of the previous universe. She has possession of Madoka's ribbon, and has a new black bow as her weapon similar to Madoka's weapon. It is unknown if she retained her abilities to manipulate time and space. Homura is shown to have a much closer relationship with Kyuubey, so much so she even confides an entire account about how the old universe worked. She also has the ability to create wings of energy, forming angelic wings when confronting Wraiths in the city, and jagged dark wings when walking through the desert.

===Homura in [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Wraith Arc|Wraith Arc]]===
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Homura appears in the first pages of chapter 1 in flashback. She is shown saying her goodbyes to Madoka as in the last episode of the anime, with Madoka promising to meet her again and giving Homura her ribbons. She doesn't appear again until the end of chapter 2 after Sayaka has been led away by the Law of Cycles and Mami and Kyoko are standing at the station. Homura is introduced as the new transfer student and she leaves the class in order to meet with Mami and Kyoko on the rooftop, Homura wiping away a tear as she remembers meeting Madoka for the first time. They tell Homura about the giant wraith that has been seen lately and agree not to hunt it on their own.
After several days of combing the city for the giant wraith and hunting down other more common wraiths, Homura has a short discussion with Kyubey about Madoka and the previous universe. Soon after, she encounters the giant wraith alone and attempts to defeat it herself by unleashing a large arrow of magic at it which takes on the form of a bird. However the giant wraith withstands the attack and is able to surprise Homura and overwhelm her, stealing a portion of her power. A smaller wraith steals Madoka's ribbon from her as well.

After a nightmare, Homura wakes up in Mami's apartment, with Mami bringing her a tray of tea and many lecturing words. She asks Homura to transform into a magical girl, which she does successfully, and then to summon her weapon, which she cannot. Mami concludes that the wraiths stole a portion of Homura's power but has no idea on how to retrieve it. Homura is impatient to go and retrieve her powers, but Mami cautions her to play it safe and leave everything up to her and Kyoko. Homura alters her memories slightly before thanking Mami and leaving. In the city, Homura talks with Kyubey about the memory-manipulation magic she now has and her lack of time-stopping ability. She takes off to search the city when Kyoko runs into Homura while patrolling the streets. She assures Homura she won't tell Mami she saw her up and about knowing Mami would only lecture her further. When asked why she remains in the city despite Sayaka having disappeared, Kyoko responds she is still here to avenge Sayaka. Kyoko agrees to help Homura in finding and defeating the wraith provided she is the one to give the final blow.

Despite using grief cubes, Homura finds her magical power has yet to recover which Kyubey explains is due to her soul gem's lack of capacity after the wraiths stole some of her power. As Homura sits in the park at night, Kyoko walks up to her telling her she's found a clue about the wraiths. Before Homura can come closer, Mami appears and fires at Kyoko, revealing her to be another mutant wraith that had taken on the form of Kyoko with the intent of attacking Homura. Mami summons several muskets and together her and Homura are able to hold off the wraiths but not for long. During the fight, Homura realizes the wraith is using time-manipulation magic. After a voice gives Homura advice, the two magical girls are able to overcome the wraiths' time-stopping ability and seemingly defeat the Wraith-Kyoko with Mami's Tiro Finale. After, the real Kyoko appears and informs them of the fake Sayaka and they agree on rules in order to limit their ability to be taken by surprise by the mutant wraiths. Mami and Kyoko leave, leaving Homura alone. She hears the voice from earlier once more and turns to see Madoka standing before her. However, this is not the real Madoka but a wraith who has taken on her form. She returns Madoka's ribbon to Homura before asking for her help in stopping the giant wraith. The fake Madoka explains how wraiths really work before explaining that the magic they took from Homura corrupted the wraiths, resulting in the mutant wraiths that take on human form. Despite Homura's reluctance in believing her story, she has the wraith follow her back to her apartment. There, Kyubey examines the wraith and confirms it carries a part of Homura's power in her.

After several weeks of searching for the giant wraith, Homura and Wraith-Madoka are no closer to finding the whereabouts of the giant wraith. Wraith-Madoka asks Homura what she really thinks of her since she is taking the form of her most precious friend. Homura snaps at the wraith, telling her she is nothing more than a fake for which Homura holds no shred of emotion for and threatens to kill her for insulting Madoka's wish. But the wraith tells her she is lying to herself and that she is not only a wraith but also Homura's heart.

Mami and Kyoko decide to begin their search from the beginning. Mami is upset to find that Homura had been searching for the giant wraith alone and worries that something may happen to her. Homura snaps at both Mami and Kyoko before taking off. Alone, Homura asks Kyubey what she wished for in order to become a magical girl but Kyubey doesn't know the answer to that. Homura worries that she may have used her memory-altering magic on herself in order to turn her dream of Madoka into memories instead. Wraith-Madoka catches up with Homura and offers to walk her home but not before Mami and Kyoko run into them. However, to Mami and Kyoko the wraith looks nothing like Madoka and only has the form of a mutant wraith wrapped around Homura. They transform into magical girls and prepare to rescue Homura, but Homura instead begs the wraith to save her from being a magical girl. The wraith takes Homura's soul gem and teleports them from the area, leaving Mami and Kyoko behind.

At Homura's apartment, Homura and Wraith-Madoka sit in front of her many monitors and watch as a flashback plays out in which Homura makes her original wish to Kyubey to protect Madoka. Kyubey appears only to admonish Homura for having a wraith eat all of her emotions in order to avoid meeting the Law of Cycles. Outside, the wraiths begin their attack on the city, leaving people dead rather than simply emotionless. As Mami and Kyoko fight their respective battles, Wraith-Madoka and Homura watch from a nearby rooftop. Before the wraiths can bring the final blow to Mami, Wraith-Madoka takes the ribbon from Homura and unleashes several arrows from the air in Madoka's characteristic attack, protecting Mami. The wraith appears as Madoka to even Mami now that she has her ribbon. Together the wraith and Mami are able to work together to take down the two imposters.

By this time the giant wraith has been consumed by the power it took from Homura and transforms into a witch-like creature complete with familiars. The wraith and Mami fight off the familiars but not before Kyoko and Mami are killed by the giant wraith. Wraith-Madoka continues in her struggle to defeat the witch-like wraith alone, but is overwhelmed and soon plummets to her death. Homura watches the battle dispassionately until she suddenly recovers herself and runs to catch the falling wraith. She realizes that Madoka is not a dream as the witch that stands before her is the proof that Madoka existed.

Homura regains her original memories. Upon arriving to the new universe, she discovered that her time-manipulation shield no longer worked and she initially discarded it only to have the shield open a small portal to another world. Homura jumps into the world inside her shield and discovers Kriemhild Gretchen inside. Before she can destroy the shield, she realizes that if a witch is inside her shield then Madoka may also be inside fighting the witch. Instead, Homura used her magic to alter her own memories and causes herself to forget the existence of the time shield.

After Homura and Wraith-Madoka land on the streets below, Homura reaches for the ribbon the wraith is holding and finds herself transported to another world. Her appearance changes to her original appearance with glasses and braids. There, she meets a doppelganger of herself who introduces itself as the personification of Homura's power that was stolen by the wraiths. It explains they are inside the world of her soul gem and that it was freed when the wraith that housed it was destroyed. After being stolen by the wraiths, her magical power was able to take control of one of the mutant wraiths in order to assist Homura. Homura asks her magical power what caused the wraiths to go rogue and her magic explains that it was due to the time manipulation magic coming from another universe with different laws. When Madoka and Homura parted ways in the space outside of the universe, their feelings for each other were so strong that a true miracle occurred and their feelings crystallized into a new soul gem for Homura. Because a miracle was granted to a magical girl without a normal exchange, it became separate from the laws of the universe and was considered in incomplete magic. After some time, this new magic began to interfere with her original magic, causing her shield and Madoka to suddenly link up. After Homura erased her memories of the shield, the wraiths stole the shield and were consumed by the curses that were contained within. Because the curses were a form of emotional energy not known in this universe, it corrupted the wraiths and caused the giant wraith to become a witch destined to destroy the world. Homura's thoughts take on the form of Sayaka, Kyoko and Mami who voice her self doubts in having rewritten her own memories rather than lose the shield and her proof of Madoka's existence. Homura takes off her glasses and undoes her braids, filled with a new resolve to protect Madoka even at the cost of her shield. She asks her magic to lend her power once more and her magic power takes on the form of her soul gem.

Filled with power once more, Homura unleashes several hundred arrows that destroy the smaller wraiths and familiars before firing a single large arrow at the witch. As she drives the arrow further in, the witch cracks open and reveals the face of Kriemhild Gretchen and her shield inside. As Homura reaches for her shield, the witch uses its power to stab Homura through several times in an attempt to stop her. But Madoka appears before Homura and helps push her the last few inches towards the shield. As Homura touches the shield, it crumbles to pieces and the witch is obliterated. Back inside her soul gem, her magical power incarnate holds a sleeping Homura in her hands as she explains that Madoka has reset the timeline of this universe in order to prevent the curses of the previous world from interfering. Unlike last time however, Homura will lose her memories of the previous timeline.

Homura snaps to alertness as she realizes she is standing at the station with Mami and Kyoko, Sayaka having just been led away by the Law of Cycles. Some time later, Homura is having the same discussion with Kyubey concerning Madoka and the previous universe. As Homura drops down to destroy the wraiths in the streets below, Kyubey reveals a piece of Homura's shield it managed to salvage and explains how he kept his memories of the previous timeline. Now that he has a piece of the shield and proof of Homura's story concerning the Law of Cycles, he and the other Incubators can now plan for a way in which they can capture Madoka.

The chapter ends as Homura is walking in the desert, ready to take on a hoard of wraiths as several Incubators watch from atop some nearby ruins.
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===Homura in [[The Rebellion Story]]===
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<blockquote>''"Without a doubt, this place is a witch's barrier."''</blockquote>
In events prior to ''[[The Rebellion Story]]'' Homura was captured by the [[Kyuubey|Incubators]], and her Soul Gem was placed in an Isolation Field that blocked out the Law of Cycles. This strain led Homura to transform partially into a witch without her knowledge. In this form, she also unconsciously created a labyrinth that was a near-perfect replica of Mitakihara City, and unconsciously lured her former acquaintances into it. She even drew in Madoka from the Law of Cycles, who entered the barrier along with Sayaka and [[Nagisa Momoe]]. In this dream world, Homura unconsciously distorted almost everyone's memories (including her own) so that they believed they were living in the real world fighting new enemies called [[Nightmare]]s. In order to stop the Incubators from fulfilling their goal, Madoka entrusted her memories and powers to Sayaka and Nagisa. Sayaka only pretended to have her memories altered, while Nagisa disguised herself as [[Charlotte]]/[[Bebe]].

Eventually Homura realizes that she's trapped in a witch's barrier and attempts to discover who is behind it. Near the end of her journey she has a conversation with Madoka that causes her to realize that she can't accept Madoka's sacrifice. At this point she begins to realize she is the witch, and confirms it when she separates herself from her Soul Gem without consequence.

At this point Kyubey appears and explains the truth about Homura's present nature and the Incubators' plan to control the Law of Cycles. This causes Homura to go berserk and curse her existence, completing her transformation into a witch known as [[Homulilly]]. Madoka and the other magical girls manage to rescue Homura by destroying the stasis field containing them all, returning them to reality. Due to the Isolation Field, Homura only became a witch inside her own Soul Gem, allowing Madoka to save her.

Ultimate Madoka arrives to take Homura away as per the Law of the Cycle. However, Homura grabs Madoka first. Her Soul Gem turns black, then fills with swirling colors that Nagisa calls worse than curses. Reality begins to crack as Homura separates Madoka from her goddess self. The colors burst out of her Soul Gem, and both the cracks and colors engulf the entire universe.

Homura and Kyubey reappear in the same place where Madoka ascended in [[Episode 12]]. Homura shatters her Soul Gem in her mouth, and a new gem appears called the Dark Orb. Kyubey exclaims that Homura is rewriting the universe, and asks what happened to her Soul Gem. Homura explains that she remembered all of the times she repeated time, and all of the pain she suffered for Madoka's sake. She says that even this pain has become precious to her, tainting her Soul Gem with something greater than curses. As she swallows the Dark Orb, she calls it the pinnacle of human emotions: Love.

Homura transforms into a new form and grows a pair of black wings. Kyubey says that Homura is no longer a magical girl or a witch, and asks what Homura is now. Homura that since she brought down and imprisoned god, it's only appropriate to call her a demon (''akuma''). Kyubey decides that it was a mistake to experiment with human emotions and flees, but Homura grabs him and says she still needs his existence to deal with all the curses of the world.
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====By ''Rebellion'''s finale====
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<blockquote>''"As I am now, I'm not a witch anymore. Something that could bring down a god and imprison her...I suppose you could only call such a being a demon."''</blockquote>
Homura effectively becomes a goddess of this new universe. Apart from her true nature as a demon, she still exists with a human form in the real world and can interact normally with everyone else. She appears to have the power to manipulate the memories of virtually anyone she pleases, but otherwise the full extent of her abilities are unknown. It is assumed that Homura is a deity that primarily embodies love (whereas Madoka embodies hope).

Homura is presently holding a fraction of the Goddess Madoka captive--specifically, the part that was Madoka Kaname before she became the Law of Cycles. It is also implied she is placing the world's curses onto Kyubey. Despite proclaiming herself as a demon, Madoka, Sayaka, Kyoko, Mami, and Nagisa are all given happy lives in her new world.
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===Homura in the [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Manga|Manga]]===
<blockquote>''"Homura-chan. We were already friends. From now on, and forever. Always."'' - Madokami,
''Puella Magi Madoka Magica'', Chapter 12 </blockquote>
* Homura's role in the manga follows the anime exactly up until the final chapter.
* Instead of wandering through a desert towards a group of wraiths, the epilogue of the manga Homura is shown being saved by Madokami, who tells her they always have and always will be friends before they walk away together.

===Homura in ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Different Story|The Different Story]]''===
* Homura acts just as she did in the anime.
* Homura tries to cooperate with all magical girls to fight Walpurgisnacht. But she still fails because all other magical girls don't believe her.
** When Sayaka becomes Oktavia, she warns Kyoko not to visit Mami or she may die. Kyoko refuses and set a barrier to stop her from following.
** She brings unconscious Mami home, and then seeks her help.
** She lies to Madoka, saying Sayaka is killed by witches. She doesn't want Madoka to know about the cold truth.
** When Madoka contracts, she doesn't reset time immediately. She tries to convince Madoka to run away, but Madoka refuses. She resets time after the other two go to fight Walpurgis.

===Homura in the [[Dengeki_PlayStation_2012-03-29#Notes_on_the_game|PSP Game]]===
*If certain conditions are met, the Homura route will be available for playing.
*Homura can save Mami from Charlotte.
**By telling Mami she will leave Charlotte to her, Homura can avoid being tied up in ribbons. Homura can then secretly follow and save Mami in time.
***Mami apologizes to Homura for misjudging her and forms a bond with Homura.
***With Mami alive, there is a scene where she fights against Kyoko.
*Homura can save Sayaka, by choosing Kyoko to talk to Sayaka and prevent her from becoming a witch.
**Sayaka will join the group in fighting against Walpurgis.
*Kyouko will team up with Homura in most cases.
*If Homura successfully avoids Mami's death and none of the magical girls become witches, then it is possible for Homura to challenge Walpurgis with four magical girls without having Madoka contracting with Kyubey.
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMt3YnpKqxg The PSP game has a transformation scene for glasses Homura]

===Homura in [[Puella Magi Oriko Magica|Oriko Magica]]===
<blockquote>''"Madoka... don't ever tell me not to save you. I'm not all-powerful. I am not able to save everyone. But... even so, I want to save you. So, don't say that anymore!"'' - Homura, [[Oriko_Magica#Chapter_5:_That.27s_what_I.27m_here_for|Puella Magi Oriko Magica, Chapter 5]].</blockquote>
*Homura first appears in Chapter 3. When [[Mami]] warns her about the magical girl murders, [[Homura]] seems not to care, but warns Mami not to get close to her, Madoka, [[Hitomi]] and [[Sayaka]].
*In chapter 4, she appears for one page with her friends, going out for sweets. She defers to Madoka's taste and doesn't care where they go. She protected Madoka well to this point, keeping the knowledge of magical girls far away from her and Sayaka.
*In chapters 5-7, as Mitakihara Junior High is covered with a witch's barrier, Homura does her best to protect Madoka from the familiars. After Madoka told her not to sacrifice others to protect her, however, Homura decided to find [[Oriko]] and [[Kirika]] and defeat them. Oriko reveals that {{spoiler|she knows about the end of the world caused by Kriemheld Gretchen, Madoka's witch form, and that she plans to kill Madoka before she can contract and cause that to happen.}} Homura fights together with Mami, [[Kyoko]] and [[Yuma]], coming close to losing when two of the other three fall into despair after {{spoiler|seeing Kirika become a witch. They manage to pull themselves together and defeat her, and Homura kills Oriko. But since Oriko also killed Madoka by using the last of her power to shoot a piece of Kirika's witch body through Madoka's torso, Homura can do nothing but reset the timeline.}}

===Homura in [[Magia Record]]===
See [[Homura Akemi in Magia Record]]

==Powers and Abilities==
* In episode 9, it was revealed that Homura can stop time. However, anyone she touches while the ability is under effect will not be stopped. Along with stopping time, Homura can also reverse time to before her meeting with Madoka.
**According to an interview in Otona Anime Vol. 20, translated by symbv, here is what Gen Urobuchi said on more of Homura's power: "The weapon that looks like Homura's shield is actually a sand timer. When the flow of the sand is blocked, time is stopped. And when there is no sand on the upper part of the sand timer and then the timer is reverted, one month's worth of time is turned back. But before that stage is reached, only time stopping is possible. This means the special power of Homura is the ability to manipulate one month's time's worth of sand in the sand timer. As for the time passed and then turned back, since it was not the focus in this work, I did not think it through very thoroughly. I think you can say that the world split up and became parallel worlds there." In episode 11, we see Homura's sand run out in the middle of her fight with Walpurgisnacht, verifying this limitation of her time stop powers.
**[[NewType_2011-05#Homura.27s_shield|Gen Urobuchi stated that he didn't really think too much about the mechanics of Homura's time loops]], so the nature of Homura's power is not only a mystery, but it is not fully understood not even by the creative source.
* Homura's shield is able to store a countless amount of weapons, as demonstrated by the many pistols, light machineguns, shotguns, rocket launchers, and boxes of ammunition packed inside it. Note that her shield is relatively small and she is able to wear it around her wrist, much like a watch.

'''Wraith Arc''' 
After Madoka resets the universe, their feelings for each other crystallized into Homura's new soul gem and Homura was granted a new wish. Homura now has the ability to alter people's memories and owing to her new abilities Homura's weapon is instead a black bow similiar to Madoka's. Her shield is no longer able to reset time, however when wraiths stole Homura's power they were shown with the ability to stop time. When Homura uses her black bow to fire arrows, she summons the same magic symbol Madoka does, however her symbol has diamond shapes rather than circles. She has been shown transforming her arrows into birdlike forms and combining them into a crossbow-like form for added power. Homura also has the ability to create wings of energy, shown forming angelic wings when confronting Wraiths in the city and jagged dark wings when walking through the desert.

==Observations==
* She appears to live by herself; her [[Homura Residence|residence]] only has her name on the nameplate, much like [[Mami]]'s. In episode 10, when she wakes up in the hospital, no-one is there with her, and she seems to have been filling out the school transfer forms on her own.
* Her [[Homura_Residence|house]] has a wall display of documents relating to witches.
* She is visibly upset when Madoka uses her last name or honorifics instead of the more intimate "Homura".
* Homura calls everyone by their full name, giving the impression of being distant to people. This is most likely an attempt of her part to distance herself emotionally with everyone.
** In [[episode 10]], Homura goes from formal to first name basis with Madoka.
** In [[episode 9]] when Kyoko sacrifices herself to save Sayaka, Homura calls her by her first name.
** The way she calls Sayaka varies on timelines. And she always refers to Mami as by her full name or Tomoe-san, probably because she is her senior.
* Homura's appearance in episode 12 (in the new timeline) from the manga is different than her appearance from the anime. In the anime, her clothes and hairstyle remain the same, with Madoka's ribbon as her accessories. However, in the manga, she wears a new dress, changes her hairstyle to two pigtails with the ribbons Madoka gave her.
*Homura may actually be Faust, as Faust in the play tries all his might to save Gretchen (Madoka) from dying but in the end she perishes anyways as Mephistopheles (QB) tries to tempt her to form a contract with him.
** There's also the fact that in the Goethe version, Faust would only lose his soul if he ever had a moment of perfect happiness that made him wish he could stop time at that moment forever. Homura's power, of course, is to stop time. As such, it's entirely possible that the Homura and Faust parallels will be taken to its logical conclusion: She will have a moment of perfect happiness, she will stop time at that moment, and then she will die or become a witch. However, it should be mentioned that Faust manages to escape Mephistopheles and enter heaven because he found his moment of happiness in helping others, and not in anything Mephistopheles gave him. On the other hand, there is a [[Kriemhild Gretchen|witch that tries to create heaven on Earth.]]
** In the story of Faust, the devil grants him "magical powers" for 24 years, "one year for each hour of the day," and the deal was at the end of the "24 years," the devil would claim his soul. Homura's "weapon" is an hourglass, and her hourglass can reset time by one month. Given the strong parallels to Faust, and how at the end of the last loop, Homura was about to lose her soul (by giving in to Kyuubey's master plan and her Soul Gem becoming corrupted), it is entirely probable that her loop lasted for a total of 24 months/loop attempts as a reasonable conservative estimate, and the full Faustian 24 years as a more gruesome estimate. Given how radically her personality has changed since the first loop attempt, and how she seems to have memorized most of the key events of the loop, 24 months seems like a plausible number.
* The reason why Homura can't prevent Madoka from being a magical girl may be interpreted that it is Madoka becoming a magical girl that makes Homura become magical girl. If Homura really did, there will be a paradox. But effect can't change the cause. Therefore, no matter how many times she tries, she is destined to fail.
** Another evidence may support this idea. In the end of episode 12, Homura is still a magic girl and she knows the existence of Madoka. It is because Homura became a magic girl and her trying hundreds of times to save Madoka that gives Madoka the ability to become Madokami. Even Madokami can't change what she is based on to exist. The effect can't change the cause.
*In Rebellion, {{spoiler|before Homura transforms into Akuma Homura, she smashes her Soul Gem between her teeth, like a nutcracker. Given this, it seems likely she is still the Nutcracker Witch despite Madoka's intervention}}
**This idea seems further supported by Kyubey's referring to her as {{spoiler|"neither a Magical Girl, nor a Witch". As it is likely she is now both, since she contains features both of them have, like a human appearance, a Soul Gem, familiars, and a barrier.}}

==Etymology==
* Her first name is written in hiragana, which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji, it can mean:
** flame, blaze (炎 or 焔)
** heart on fire (心火)
* Though only 焔, 炎, and 心火 are actually Japanese given names.
* The official [[Licensing in Taiwan|Chinese translation]] uses (焔) "flame, blaze" as the characters for her first name. However, no official kanji of her name exists in the original Japanese version. Madoka says at one point to Homura that she should act badass to match it and Sayaka even uses a firehose on her in {{spoiler|a timeline}}. In ''Rebellion'', there are many scenes of fire and {{spoiler|parallels are made between her and the name of Lucifer, since both are references to fire.}} It can also refer to how assumed witches were burned at the stake.
* The first character for Akemi (暁) means "daybreak", while the second one (美) means beauty which is a common letter in girl's names.
** In an early production sketch, her surname was given as (暁海) "daybreak sea" instead of (暁美). Both are read as Akemi.
** Her last name can also be used as a first name.
* When her full name is written vertically in hiragana (あけみほむら) and covering the left half at a certain angle, it could be read as カナメまどか which is Kaname written in katakana and Madoka written in hiragana.

==Trivia==
*At a [[Nitro+ Q&A Panels at Animagic 2013|Nitro+ Q&A Panel]] it was revealed that Homura went through almost 100 timelines. Q: How many timelines did Homura go through? A: Approaching 100.
** If Homura really did loop the same month and a half nearly 100 times, she would technically be around 26-years old, having spent 12 years looping time. (Calculations [http://homura.tumblr.com/post/57010494639/when-asked-how-many-timelines-did-homura-go here].) However, since her body is always reset along with time, she is still only 14-years old physically. This makes Homura about twelve years older mentally than Madoka.
* Homura finds a manual on how to make bombs from the internet. According with the [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%85%B9%E8%85%B9%E6%99%82%E8%A8%88#.E5.89.B5.E4.BD.9C.E7.89.A9.E3.81.B8.E3.81.AE.E7.99.BB.E5.A0.B4 Japanese Wikipedia] the manual is titled {{Nihongo|'''Hara Hara Tokei'''|腹腹時計|[[wikipedia:Hara_Hara_Tokei|Hara Hara Tokei]]}}, published in March 1974 by a [[wikipedia:East_Asia_Anti-Japan_Armed_Front|far-left terrorist organization]].
** Incidentally, the manual explains with illustrations that ''“Anyone with a middle-school level knowledge of chemistry can do it”''.
* Homura is frequently referred to as "Homerun-chan" amongst Western fans, due to the similarity of the two names in Japanese, however she is frequently referred as "Homuhomu" (ほむほむ) within Japanese community. Homuhomu likely originated from the [[Runes:Episode_3|runes in Episode 3]], one of which translates to "Homuhomu". Interestingly, when a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_run homerun] is enacted in sports, you (in addition to gaining a point/level) {{spoiler|essentially get back where you started}}.
** "Homuhomu" can be used as a verb as "do Homuhomu" (ほむほむする) which means to caress, console or take care of. The action of "do Homuhomu" is not defined exactly.
** Originally started by the fan community it has been embraced and adopted by the industry to become [[Puella_Magi_Madoka_Magica_Portable#Interview_with_the_PSP_Game_producers|part of the official language and usage.]]
** Sometimes also jokingly refered to as "Homurika" due to {{spoiler|shared similarity of circumstances (having to go through many timelines to prevent a tragedy) with Rika Furude (Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni)}} '''Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni spoilers'''.
* Some folks in 2ch nicknamed [[Homura Residence|Homura's Residence]] {{nihongo|Homu-home|ほむホーム|Homuhōmu}} since Homu is a nickname for Homura, and Hōmu is "home" rendered in the Japanese syllabary. It should be noted that "homu" is more often used for dog houses and similar structures, with the English word "home" expressed using "uchi" (うち, which refers to one's own house or household), "ie" (いえ, which can refer to a physical house or a family lineage), or the honorific "otaku" (お宅, which refers to someone else's house or household).
* Apparently there is a [http://extrovertedotaku.blogspot.com/2011/04/akemi-homuras-weapon-gallery.html rumor on the net] that some weapons went "missing" at the [[wikipedia:Japan_Self-Defense_Forces|JSDF]] and [[wikipedia:United_States_Forces_Japan|US military bases in Japan]]. There is only one [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8E%96%E7%8F%A0%E9%A7%90%E5%B1%AF%E5%9C%B0%E6%AD%A6%E5%99%A8%E4%BA%A1%E5%A4%B1%E4%BA%8B%E4%BB%B6 official report] regarding the missing/stolen weapons. It is not known if the rumors of the <s>stolen</s> missing weapons inspired their appearance in the series.
* In the [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Official Guidebook "You Are Not Alone"]] Hanokage jokingly describes Homura as "Hommando" in her After-Recording Report comic, because of the excessive vast arsenal of weaponry she unleashes in [[Episode 11]]. Apparently the smörgåsbord of weaponry was added later, they were not originally depicted in the early stages of the screenplay.
** One fan estimates that Homura used ¥ 1,383,040,300 Yen worth of military weaponry & equipment (that's $17,037,114 USD in today's dollars).[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE4b5yPG5qg&feature=player_embedded]
* Homura is the strongest of the magical girls as long as [[Nitro+ Q&A Panels at Animagic 2013|no one discovers the nature of her power.]]
* In Audio commentary for [[Episode 4]], Urobuchi liked Chiwa Saitou for the role because she had a "Dark Beauty" feeling.
** In the Audio commentary for [[Episode 7]], Chiwa Saitou explains she tried the role of Kyubey and Kyousuke first, until Gen Urobuchi convinced her to try the role of Homura.
** Chiwa Saito explains that she found the character of Homura to be strong but also to be a weak/delicate girl. Aoi Yuuki adds that the Homura character had no other choice but to become strong.
*** Ryouko Shintani states that would be true for a character that has something or someone important to protect.

==Gallery==

See [[Gallery:Homura]]

<gallery>
File:Homura_Move2.jpg|Homura is able to move extremely fast in comparison with water drops.
File:Homuragrenade.jpg|Homura's grenade in Episode 8 looks like an M61 grenade, used during the Vietnam War.
File:Homugun.jpg|Homura's pistol in Episode 8 looks like an M9.
File:Homuras_shield_chart1.jpg|Analysis of how Homura's shield works.
File:Homuras_shield_chart2.jpg|Analysis of the central mechanism.
</gallery>

==Magazine Article==
<gallery>
File:Chiwa Saito Data File.jpg
</gallery>

*[[NewType_2011-07#Homura_Character_Description|July's NewType article]]
*[[Animedia_2011-05#Chiwa_Saito_.28Homura.29_Data_File|Animedia 2011-05: Chiwa Saito Data]]
*[[AFA11 Interview Chiwa Saito]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{pixiv_tag|暁美ほむら}}
*{{booru_tag|danbooru|akemi_homura}}
*[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Homu-Land-Defence-Force-Akemi-Homura-Fanpage/216524478381175?ref=ts Homu-Land Defence Force] (Akemi Homura Facebook Fanpage)
*[http://askpervyhomu.tumblr.com/ Ask pervy homu] ''(a fan blog)''
*[http://askhomunyan.tumblr.com/ ask homunyan]

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Magical girls]]

Homura Akemi

2021-01-23T18:44:37Z

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<blockquote>''"A person becomes naïve if they're too kind. Careless if they're too bold. And no matter how hard you try to protect others, there's no gratitude. Those who can't comprehend such things aren't fit to be magical girls."'' — Homura Akemi, [[episode 5]].</blockquote>

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'''Homura Akemi''' is one of the main characters in ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]''. She is first seen by Madoka in a dream of her fighting a monster in a desolate landscape of skyscrapers. The day after the dream, Homura has transferred to Madoka's school where she gives her ominous warnings.

==General Info==
===Physical features===
* '''Age:''' 13-14 (estimated)
* '''Height:''' [[:Media:PN 10.jpg|155-159cm]]
* '''Eye colour:''' Purple
* '''Hair colour:''' Black
* '''Birthplace:''' Mitakihara City

===Other===
* '''Soul Gem:''' Diamond located on the back of her left hand
* '''Weapon:''' Shield (storage and timejump device). ({{spoiler|Episode 12 and Wraith Arc show her using a bow}}) Homura has been shown using golf club, pipe bombs, IMI Desert Eagle, FN Minimi, Beretta 92FS, Remington 870, Howa Type 89, M26 frag grenades, flashbang grenades, RPG-7, AT-4, C-4 explosives
* '''Wish:''' {{spoiler|"I wish... I can meet Ms. Kaname all over again. But this time, instead of her protecting me, I want to be strong enough to protect her!"}} In Wraith Arc: {{spoiler|"Those are my feelings towards Madoka! That's why, once more, lend me power! Not as the shield that protects Madoka but as the power that smites anyone who threatens her!"}}
* '''Power:''' Time Manipulation (Series) {{spoiler|Memory Manipulation}} (Wraith Arc)
* '''Witch form:''' [[Homulilly]]
* '''Japanese pronoun:''' {{nihongo||私|watashi}}
* '''School:''' Attended a Christian/Catholic school in Tokyo before transferring to Mitakihara Middle School.
[[Ume Aoki|Ms. Aoki]]’s Design Check:
* A blunt girl. I tried to let this shine through in her design. Her distinguishing point is her silky long hair.
* Magical girl outfit: Homura was designed with her personality and combat style in mind. I found her fascinating right away.
* The sharp lines of her upper back and jacket evoke her personality. Overall rather monochromatic. Her black tights have a diamond pattern.
* School uniform: She wears black tights in uniform too, leaving her overall feel just like in her magical girl outfit. She gives off the air of a silent beauty.

==Personality==
Since her arrival at Mitakihara Middle School, she is immediately depicted as being very intelligent, athletic, distant, and cold. It is revealed in [[episode 4]] that she is only like this because she has seen so much suffering during her tenure as a magical girl. Because of this, she does not want Madoka to become a magical girl and tries to do anything in order to stop her from making a wish with [[Kyubey]], going as far as to attempting to injure the cat-like creature. Despite her cold attitude towards others, she still very much cares for Madoka as it is her sole objective to protect her due to the countless amount blood, sweat, and tears she has shed over her jumps in time.

In the original timeline where her journey began, however, Homura is portrayed as meek, shy, timid, clumsy and is known around the school for her lack of confidence. She was also known for her physical incapability of performing in P.E. class; she would get dizzy upon doing even the simplest of warm-up exercises. This had the unfortunate result of her being a target of bullying, as heard on [[Drama CD 1]]. Overwhelmed by her perceived uselessness, she begins questioning her existence and until she begins her fated friendship with Madoka, her feelings do not change. Madoka, alongside [[Mami Tomoe]], shows her the ropes and dangers of becoming a magical girl and notes that Madoka's own attitude became much healthier with every witch battle. In an ironic twist, in the anime timeline we see how frail and meek Madoka is, compared to the current Homura whose personality had performed a complete 180-degree turn due to her experiences in multiple timelines.

Despite being regarded as emotionless by [[Sayaka Miki]], Homura is far from it. Although she does not easily show signs of remorse, sadness, or pity, it is only because she had grown used to the suffering around her. Her cold nature is from her determination to save Madoka after having failed in her mission to prevent Madoka from becoming a magical girl countless times. Homura herself has stated that she always feels badly with each life she unable to save or alter, but nevertheless, it does not slow her down from staying true to her main objective in saving Madoka.

* '''Character development:''' Prior to the events of episode 1 (or timeline), from the very beginning Homura considered herself to be useless, and worthless. She didn't think people would miss her if she were to die or disappear. But Madoka was probably the first person to see Homura differently, for the good person that she was and opened her eyes that changed her way thinking about herself. With each timeline, we start to see a transformation not only in Homura but with Madoka as well, where there is a role reversal. It is now Madoka who believes she is powerless and worthless, someone who can't even do anything to save her friends, and it is Homura who believes that Madoka is too kind and reckless for trying to do to much for others.

==History==
===Background===
Homura's backstory was revealed in [[episode 10]]. She was a transfer student who was hospitalized for a long period of time due to heart disease. The whereabouts and status of her family is unknown, as they are never mentioned in the series. In the original timeline, Homura at this point is physically frail and weak most likely due to her illness. She wears glasses and braided hair in her early insecure depiction shown in episode 10. Later in that episode with renewed determination she undoes her braids and uses her soul gem to correct her vision and to heal her heart condition. From then on she no longer required the use of glasses.

===Homura in the [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica|Anime]]===
[[File:Timeline Chart.png|thumb|200px|The sequences of events in each timeline.]]
====The original universe====
Homura's time-loop officially starts on the [http://31.media.tumblr.com/37ba5111020188f08ea2a4c30d23dd9d/tumblr_n2ioz9qOj31qf874go1_1280.png 16th of the month in the anime] ([[Timeline|speculated to be sometime between March and April]]). She was released from the hospital on the 16th, and transferred to Mitakihara Middle School on the 25th. In the original timeline, she is attacked by a witch and saved by Madoka and Mami. Sometime during the next month, during [[Walpurgisnacht]], she becomes a magical girl while wishing to redo her meeting with Madoka, thus gaining the power to pause and/or rewind time one month.

It is estimated Homura repeated the same month starting on the 16th nearly 100 times before the present timeline in the TV anime. Within these timelines, Homura was able to gradually improve her abilities and acquire items (such as ammunition and weapons from the Japanese military) to prepare for the battle with Walpurgisnacht. She was also able to memorize and deduce through statistics the major events that would occur within all timelines, giving her incredible knowledge about most of her adversaries. The corollary, however, was that Homura experienced the deaths of many of her friends repeatedly, often horrifically. As a general trend, Homura became increasingly distant to Madoka with each repeat of the month.

By the timeline of the TV anime, Homura appeared as a cold and calculating character who is distant from all the characters. She failed to save all of her companions (apart from Madoka), and by Walpurgisnacht, was forced to face the witch alone. She was subsequently defeated by Walpurgisnacht, and seemed just about to succumb to despair before Madoka appears and rewrites the universe with her wish.

====By the Anime's Finale====
After Madoka's revision of the universe, Homura is the only known character to retain her memories of the previous universe. She has possession of Madoka's ribbon, and has a new black bow as her weapon similar to Madoka's weapon. It is unknown if she retained her abilities to manipulate time and space. Homura is shown to have a much closer relationship with Kyuubey, so much so she even confides an entire account about how the old universe worked. She also has the ability to create wings of energy, forming angelic wings when confronting Wraiths in the city, and jagged dark wings when walking through the desert.

===Homura in [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Wraith Arc|Wraith Arc]]===
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Homura appears in the first pages of chapter 1 in flashback. She is shown saying her goodbyes to Madoka as in the last episode of the anime, with Madoka promising to meet her again and giving Homura her ribbons. She doesn't appear again until the end of chapter 2 after Sayaka has been led away by the Law of Cycles and Mami and Kyoko are standing at the station. Homura is introduced as the new transfer student and she leaves the class in order to meet with Mami and Kyoko on the rooftop, Homura wiping away a tear as she remembers meeting Madoka for the first time. They tell Homura about the giant wraith that has been seen lately and agree not to hunt it on their own.
After several days of combing the city for the giant wraith and hunting down other more common wraiths, Homura has a short discussion with Kyubey about Madoka and the previous universe. Soon after, she encounters the giant wraith alone and attempts to defeat it herself by unleashing a large arrow of magic at it which takes on the form of a bird. However the giant wraith withstands the attack and is able to surprise Homura and overwhelm her, stealing a portion of her power. A smaller wraith steals Madoka's ribbon from her as well.

After a nightmare, Homura wakes up in Mami's apartment, with Mami bringing her a tray of tea and many lecturing words. She asks Homura to transform into a magical girl, which she does successfully, and then to summon her weapon, which she cannot. Mami concludes that the wraiths stole a portion of Homura's power but has no idea on how to retrieve it. Homura is impatient to go and retrieve her powers, but Mami cautions her to play it safe and leave everything up to her and Kyoko. Homura alters her memories slightly before thanking Mami and leaving. In the city, Homura talks with Kyubey about the memory-manipulation magic she now has and her lack of time-stopping ability. She takes off to search the city when Kyoko runs into Homura while patrolling the streets. She assures Homura she won't tell Mami she saw her up and about knowing Mami would only lecture her further. When asked why she remains in the city despite Sayaka having disappeared, Kyoko responds she is still here to avenge Sayaka. Kyoko agrees to help Homura in finding and defeating the wraith provided she is the one to give the final blow.

Despite using grief cubes, Homura finds her magical power has yet to recover which Kyubey explains is due to her soul gem's lack of capacity after the wraiths stole some of her power. As Homura sits in the park at night, Kyoko walks up to her telling her she's found a clue about the wraiths. Before Homura can come closer, Mami appears and fires at Kyoko, revealing her to be another mutant wraith that had taken on the form of Kyoko with the intent of attacking Homura. Mami summons several muskets and together her and Homura are able to hold off the wraiths but not for long. During the fight, Homura realizes the wraith is using time-manipulation magic. After a voice gives Homura advice, the two magical girls are able to overcome the wraiths' time-stopping ability and seemingly defeat the Wraith-Kyoko with Mami's Tiro Finale. After, the real Kyoko appears and informs them of the fake Sayaka and they agree on rules in order to limit their ability to be taken by surprise by the mutant wraiths. Mami and Kyoko leave, leaving Homura alone. She hears the voice from earlier once more and turns to see Madoka standing before her. However, this is not the real Madoka but a wraith who has taken on her form. She returns Madoka's ribbon to Homura before asking for her help in stopping the giant wraith. The fake Madoka explains how wraiths really work before explaining that the magic they took from Homura corrupted the wraiths, resulting in the mutant wraiths that take on human form. Despite Homura's reluctance in believing her story, she has the wraith follow her back to her apartment. There, Kyubey examines the wraith and confirms it carries a part of Homura's power in her.

After several weeks of searching for the giant wraith, Homura and Wraith-Madoka are no closer to finding the whereabouts of the giant wraith. Wraith-Madoka asks Homura what she really thinks of her since she is taking the form of her most precious friend. Homura snaps at the wraith, telling her she is nothing more than a fake for which Homura holds no shred of emotion for and threatens to kill her for insulting Madoka's wish. But the wraith tells her she is lying to herself and that she is not only a wraith but also Homura's heart.

Mami and Kyoko decide to begin their search from the beginning. Mami is upset to find that Homura had been searching for the giant wraith alone and worries that something may happen to her. Homura snaps at both Mami and Kyoko before taking off. Alone, Homura asks Kyubey what she wished for in order to become a magical girl but Kyubey doesn't know the answer to that. Homura worries that she may have used her memory-altering magic on herself in order to turn her dream of Madoka into memories instead. Wraith-Madoka catches up with Homura and offers to walk her home but not before Mami and Kyoko run into them. However, to Mami and Kyoko the wraith looks nothing like Madoka and only has the form of a mutant wraith wrapped around Homura. They transform into magical girls and prepare to rescue Homura, but Homura instead begs the wraith to save her from being a magical girl. The wraith takes Homura's soul gem and teleports them from the area, leaving Mami and Kyoko behind.

At Homura's apartment, Homura and Wraith-Madoka sit in front of her many monitors and watch as a flashback plays out in which Homura makes her original wish to Kyubey to protect Madoka. Kyubey appears only to admonish Homura for having a wraith eat all of her emotions in order to avoid meeting the Law of Cycles. Outside, the wraiths begin their attack on the city, leaving people dead rather than simply emotionless. As Mami and Kyoko fight their respective battles, Wraith-Madoka and Homura watch from a nearby rooftop. Before the wraiths can bring the final blow to Mami, Wraith-Madoka takes the ribbon from Homura and unleashes several arrows from the air in Madoka's characteristic attack, protecting Mami. The wraith appears as Madoka to even Mami now that she has her ribbon. Together the wraith and Mami are able to work together to take down the two imposters.

By this time the giant wraith has been consumed by the power it took from Homura and transforms into a witch-like creature complete with familiars. The wraith and Mami fight off the familiars but not before Kyoko and Mami are killed by the giant wraith. Wraith-Madoka continues in her struggle to defeat the witch-like wraith alone, but is overwhelmed and soon plummets to her death. Homura watches the battle dispassionately until she suddenly recovers herself and runs to catch the falling wraith. She realizes that Madoka is not a dream as the witch that stands before her is the proof that Madoka existed.

Homura regains her original memories. Upon arriving to the new universe, she discovered that her time-manipulation shield no longer worked and she initially discarded it only to have the shield open a small portal to another world. Homura jumps into the world inside her shield and discovers Kriemhild Gretchen inside. Before she can destroy the shield, she realizes that if a witch is inside her shield then Madoka may also be inside fighting the witch. Instead, Homura used her magic to alter her own memories and causes herself to forget the existence of the time shield.

After Homura and Wraith-Madoka land on the streets below, Homura reaches for the ribbon the wraith is holding and finds herself transported to another world. Her appearance changes to her original appearance with glasses and braids. There, she meets a doppelganger of herself who introduces itself as the personification of Homura's power that was stolen by the wraiths. It explains they are inside the world of her soul gem and that it was freed when the wraith that housed it was destroyed. After being stolen by the wraiths, her magical power was able to take control of one of the mutant wraiths in order to assist Homura. Homura asks her magical power what caused the wraiths to go rogue and her magic explains that it was due to the time manipulation magic coming from another universe with different laws. When Madoka and Homura parted ways in the space outside of the universe, their feelings for each other were so strong that a true miracle occurred and their feelings crystallized into a new soul gem for Homura. Because a miracle was granted to a magical girl without a normal exchange, it became separate from the laws of the universe and was considered in incomplete magic. After some time, this new magic began to interfere with her original magic, causing her shield and Madoka to suddenly link up. After Homura erased her memories of the shield, the wraiths stole the shield and were consumed by the curses that were contained within. Because the curses were a form of emotional energy not known in this universe, it corrupted the wraiths and caused the giant wraith to become a witch destined to destroy the world. Homura's thoughts take on the form of Sayaka, Kyoko and Mami who voice her self doubts in having rewritten her own memories rather than lose the shield and her proof of Madoka's existence. Homura takes off her glasses and undoes her braids, filled with a new resolve to protect Madoka even at the cost of her shield. She asks her magic to lend her power once more and her magic power takes on the form of her soul gem.

Filled with power once more, Homura unleashes several hundred arrows that destroy the smaller wraiths and familiars before firing a single large arrow at the witch. As she drives the arrow further in, the witch cracks open and reveals the face of Kriemhild Gretchen and her shield inside. As Homura reaches for her shield, the witch uses its power to stab Homura through several times in an attempt to stop her. But Madoka appears before Homura and helps push her the last few inches towards the shield. As Homura touches the shield, it crumbles to pieces and the witch is obliterated. Back inside her soul gem, her magical power incarnate holds a sleeping Homura in her hands as she explains that Madoka has reset the timeline of this universe in order to prevent the curses of the previous world from interfering. Unlike last time however, Homura will lose her memories of the previous timeline.

Homura snaps to alertness as she realizes she is standing at the station with Mami and Kyoko, Sayaka having just been led away by the Law of Cycles. Some time later, Homura is having the same discussion with Kyubey concerning Madoka and the previous universe. As Homura drops down to destroy the wraiths in the streets below, Kyubey reveals a piece of Homura's shield it managed to salvage and explains how he kept his memories of the previous timeline. Now that he has a piece of the shield and proof of Homura's story concerning the Law of Cycles, he and the other Incubators can now plan for a way in which they can capture Madoka.

The chapter ends as Homura is walking in the desert, ready to take on a hoard of wraiths as several Incubators watch from atop some nearby ruins.
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===Homura in [[The Rebellion Story]]===
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<blockquote>''"Without a doubt, this place is a witch's barrier."''</blockquote>
In events prior to ''[[The Rebellion Story]]'' Homura was captured by the [[Kyuubey|Incubators]], and her Soul Gem was placed in an Isolation Field that blocked out the Law of Cycles. This strain led Homura to transform partially into a witch without her knowledge. In this form, she also unconsciously created a labyrinth that was a near-perfect replica of Mitakihara City, and unconsciously lured her former acquaintances into it. She even drew in Madoka from the Law of Cycles, who entered the barrier along with Sayaka and [[Nagisa Momoe]]. In this dream world, Homura unconsciously distorted almost everyone's memories (including her own) so that they believed they were living in the real world fighting new enemies called [[Nightmare]]s. In order to stop the Incubators from fulfilling their goal, Madoka entrusted her memories and powers to Sayaka and Nagisa. Sayaka only pretended to have her memories altered, while Nagisa disguised herself as [[Charlotte]]/[[Bebe]].

Eventually Homura realizes that she's trapped in a witch's barrier and attempts to discover who is behind it. Near the end of her journey she has a conversation with Madoka that causes her to realize that she can't accept Madoka's sacrifice. At this point she begins to realize she is the witch, and confirms it when she separates herself from her Soul Gem without consequence.

At this point Kyubey appears and explains the truth about Homura's present nature and the Incubators' plan to control the Law of Cycles. This causes Homura to go berserk and curse her existence, completing her transformation into a witch known as [[Homulilly]]. Madoka and the other magical girls manage to rescue Homura by destroying the stasis field containing them all, returning them to reality. Due to the Isolation Field, Homura only became a witch inside her own Soul Gem, allowing Madoka to save her.

Ultimate Madoka arrives to take Homura away as per the Law of the Cycle. However, Homura grabs Madoka first. Her Soul Gem turns black, then fills with swirling colors that Nagisa calls worse than curses. Reality begins to crack as Homura separates Madoka from her goddess self. The colors burst out of her Soul Gem, and both the cracks and colors engulf the entire universe.

Homura and Kyubey reappear in the same place where Madoka ascended in [[Episode 12]]. Homura shatters her Soul Gem in her mouth, and a new gem appears called the Dark Orb. Kyubey exclaims that Homura is rewriting the universe, and asks what happened to her Soul Gem. Homura explains that she remembered all of the times she repeated time, and all of the pain she suffered for Madoka's sake. She says that even this pain has become precious to her, tainting her Soul Gem with something greater than curses. As she swallows the Dark Orb, she calls it the pinnacle of human emotions: Love.

Homura transforms into a new form and grows a pair of black wings. Kyubey says that Homura is no longer a magical girl or a witch, and asks what Homura is now. Homura that since she brought down and imprisoned god, it's only appropriate to call her a demon (''akuma''). Kyubey decides that it was a mistake to experiment with human emotions and flees, but Homura grabs him and says she still needs his existence to deal with all the curses of the world.
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====By ''Rebellion'''s finale====
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<blockquote>''"As I am now, I'm not a witch anymore. Something that could bring down a god and imprison her...I suppose you could only call such a being a demon."''</blockquote>
Homura effectively becomes a goddess of this new universe. Apart from her true nature as a demon, she still exists with a human form in the real world and can interact normally with everyone else. She appears to have the power to manipulate the memories of virtually anyone she pleases, but otherwise the full extent of her abilities are unknown. It is assumed that Homura is a deity that primarily embodies love (whereas Madoka embodies hope).

Homura is presently holding a fraction of the Goddess Madoka captive--specifically, the part that was Madoka Kaname before she became the Law of Cycles. It is also implied she is placing the world's curses onto Kyubey. Despite proclaiming herself as a demon, Madoka, Sayaka, Kyoko, Mami, and Nagisa are all given happy lives in her new world.
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===Homura in the [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Manga|Manga]]===
<blockquote>''"Homura-chan. We were already friends. From now on, and forever. Always."'' - Madokami,
''Puella Magi Madoka Magica'', Chapter 12 </blockquote>
* Homura's role in the manga follows the anime exactly up until the final chapter.
* Instead of wandering through a desert towards a group of wraiths, the epilogue of the manga Homura is shown being saved by Madokami, who tells her they always have and always will be friends before they walk away together.

===Homura in ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Different Story|The Different Story]]''===
* Homura acts just as she did in the anime.
* Homura tries to cooperate with all magical girls to fight Walpurgisnacht. But she still fails because all other magical girls don't believe her.
** When Sayaka becomes Oktavia, she warns Kyoko not to visit Mami or she may die. Kyoko refuses and set a barrier to stop her from following.
** She brings unconscious Mami home, and then seeks her help.
** She lies to Madoka, saying Sayaka is killed by witches. She doesn't want Madoka to know about the cold truth.
** When Madoka contracts, she doesn't reset time immediately. She tries to convince Madoka to run away, but Madoka refuses. She resets time after the other two go to fight Walpurgis.

===Homura in the [[Dengeki_PlayStation_2012-03-29#Notes_on_the_game|PSP Game]]===
*If certain conditions are met, the Homura route will be available for playing.
*Homura can save Mami from Charlotte.
**By telling Mami she will leave Charlotte to her, Homura can avoid being tied up in ribbons. Homura can then secretly follow and save Mami in time.
***Mami apologizes to Homura for misjudging her and forms a bond with Homura.
***With Mami alive, there is a scene where she fights against Kyoko.
*Homura can save Sayaka, by choosing Kyoko to talk to Sayaka and prevent her from becoming a witch.
**Sayaka will join the group in fighting against Walpurgis.
*Kyouko will team up with Homura in most cases.
*If Homura successfully avoids Mami's death and none of the magical girls become witches, then it is possible for Homura to challenge Walpurgis with four magical girls without having Madoka contracting with Kyubey.
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMt3YnpKqxg The PSP game has a transformation scene for glasses Homura]

===Homura in [[Puella Magi Oriko Magica|Oriko Magica]]===
<blockquote>''"Madoka... don't ever tell me not to save you. I'm not all-powerful. I am not able to save everyone. But... even so, I want to save you. So, don't say that anymore!"'' - Homura, [[Oriko_Magica#Chapter_5:_That.27s_what_I.27m_here_for|Puella Magi Oriko Magica, Chapter 5]].</blockquote>
*Homura first appears in Chapter 3. When [[Mami]] warns her about the magical girl murders, [[Homura]] seems not to care, but warns Mami not to get close to her, Madoka, [[Hitomi]] and [[Sayaka]].
*In chapter 4, she appears for one page with her friends, going out for sweets. She defers to Madoka's taste and doesn't care where they go. She protected Madoka well to this point, keeping the knowledge of magical girls far away from her and Sayaka.
*In chapters 5-7, as Mitakihara Junior High is covered with a witch's barrier, Homura does her best to protect Madoka from the familiars. After Madoka told her not to sacrifice others to protect her, however, Homura decided to find [[Oriko]] and [[Kirika]] and defeat them. Oriko reveals that {{spoiler|she knows about the end of the world caused by Kriemheld Gretchen, Madoka's witch form, and that she plans to kill Madoka before she can contract and cause that to happen.}} Homura fights together with Mami, [[Kyoko]] and [[Yuma]], coming close to losing when two of the other three fall into despair after {{spoiler|seeing Kirika become a witch. They manage to pull themselves together and defeat her, and Homura kills Oriko. But since Oriko also killed Madoka by using the last of her power to shoot a piece of Kirika's witch body through Madoka's torso, Homura can do nothing but reset the timeline.}}

===Homura in [[Magia Record]]===
See [[Homura Akemi in Magia Record]]

==Powers and Abilities==
* In episode 9, it was revealed that Homura can stop time. However, anyone she touches while the ability is under effect will not be stopped. Along with stopping time, Homura can also reverse time to before her meeting with Madoka.
**According to an interview in Otona Anime Vol. 20, translated by symbv, here is what Gen Urobuchi said on more of Homura's power: "The weapon that looks like Homura's shield is actually a sand timer. When the flow of the sand is blocked, time is stopped. And when there is no sand on the upper part of the sand timer and then the timer is reverted, one month's worth of time is turned back. But before that stage is reached, only time stopping is possible. This means the special power of Homura is the ability to manipulate one month's time's worth of sand in the sand timer. As for the time passed and then turned back, since it was not the focus in this work, I did not think it through very thoroughly. I think you can say that the world split up and became parallel worlds there." In episode 11, we see Homura's sand run out in the middle of her fight with Walpurgisnacht, verifying this limitation of her time stop powers.
**[[NewType_2011-05#Homura.27s_shield|Gen Urobuchi stated that he didn't really think too much about the mechanics of Homura's time loops]], so the nature of Homura's power is not only a mystery, but it is not fully understood not even by the creative source.
* Homura's shield is able to store a countless amount of weapons, as demonstrated by the many pistols, light machineguns, shotguns, rocket launchers, and boxes of ammunition packed inside it. Note that her shield is relatively small and she is able to wear it around her wrist, much like a watch.

'''Wraith Arc''' 
After Madoka resets the universe, their feelings for each other crystallized into Homura's new soul gem and Homura was granted a new wish. Homura now has the ability to alter people's memories and owing to her new abilities Homura's weapon is instead a black bow similiar to Madoka's. Her shield is no longer able to reset time, however when wraiths stole Homura's power they were shown with the ability to stop time. When Homura uses her black bow to fire arrows, she summons the same magic symbol Madoka does, however her symbol has diamond shapes rather than circles. She has been shown transforming her arrows into birdlike forms and combining them into a crossbow-like form for added power. Homura also has the ability to create wings of energy, shown forming angelic wings when confronting Wraiths in the city and jagged dark wings when walking through the desert. It was also revealed that Madoka has feelings for Homura.

==Observations==
* She appears to live by herself; her [[Homura Residence|residence]] only has her name on the nameplate, much like [[Mami]]'s. In episode 10, when she wakes up in the hospital, no-one is there with her, and she seems to have been filling out the school transfer forms on her own.
* Her [[Homura_Residence|house]] has a wall display of documents relating to witches.
* She is visibly upset when Madoka uses her last name or honorifics instead of the more intimate "Homura".
* Homura calls everyone by their full name, giving the impression of being distant to people. This is most likely an attempt of her part to distance herself emotionally with everyone.
** In [[episode 10]], Homura goes from formal to first name basis with Madoka.
** In [[episode 9]] when Kyoko sacrifices herself to save Sayaka, Homura calls her by her first name.
** The way she calls Sayaka varies on timelines. And she always refers to Mami as by her full name or Tomoe-san, probably because she is her senior.
* Homura's appearance in episode 12 (in the new timeline) from the manga is different than her appearance from the anime. In the anime, her clothes and hairstyle remain the same, with Madoka's ribbon as her accessories. However, in the manga, she wears a new dress, changes her hairstyle to two pigtails with the ribbons Madoka gave her.
*Homura may actually be Faust, as Faust in the play tries all his might to save Gretchen (Madoka) from dying but in the end she perishes anyways as Mephistopheles (QB) tries to tempt her to form a contract with him.
** There's also the fact that in the Goethe version, Faust would only lose his soul if he ever had a moment of perfect happiness that made him wish he could stop time at that moment forever. Homura's power, of course, is to stop time. As such, it's entirely possible that the Homura and Faust parallels will be taken to its logical conclusion: She will have a moment of perfect happiness, she will stop time at that moment, and then she will die or become a witch. However, it should be mentioned that Faust manages to escape Mephistopheles and enter heaven because he found his moment of happiness in helping others, and not in anything Mephistopheles gave him. On the other hand, there is a [[Kriemhild Gretchen|witch that tries to create heaven on Earth.]]
** In the story of Faust, the devil grants him "magical powers" for 24 years, "one year for each hour of the day," and the deal was at the end of the "24 years," the devil would claim his soul. Homura's "weapon" is an hourglass, and her hourglass can reset time by one month. Given the strong parallels to Faust, and how at the end of the last loop, Homura was about to lose her soul (by giving in to Kyuubey's master plan and her Soul Gem becoming corrupted), it is entirely probable that her loop lasted for a total of 24 months/loop attempts as a reasonable conservative estimate, and the full Faustian 24 years as a more gruesome estimate. Given how radically her personality has changed since the first loop attempt, and how she seems to have memorized most of the key events of the loop, 24 months seems like a plausible number.
* The reason why Homura can't prevent Madoka from being a magical girl may be interpreted that it is Madoka becoming a magical girl that makes Homura become magical girl. If Homura really did, there will be a paradox. But effect can't change the cause. Therefore, no matter how many times she tries, she is destined to fail.
** Another evidence may support this idea. In the end of episode 12, Homura is still a magic girl and she knows the existence of Madoka. It is because Homura became a magic girl and her trying hundreds of times to save Madoka that gives Madoka the ability to become Madokami. Even Madokami can't change what she is based on to exist. The effect can't change the cause.
*In Rebellion, {{spoiler|before Homura transforms into Akuma Homura, she smashes her Soul Gem between her teeth, like a nutcracker. Given this, it seems likely she is still the Nutcracker Witch despite Madoka's intervention}}
**This idea seems further supported by Kyubey's referring to her as {{spoiler|"neither a Magical Girl, nor a Witch". As it is likely she is now both, since she contains features both of them have, like a human appearance, a Soul Gem, familiars, and a barrier.}}

==Etymology==
* Her first name is written in hiragana, which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji, it can mean:
** flame, blaze (炎 or 焔)
** heart on fire (心火)
* Though only 焔, 炎, and 心火 are actually Japanese given names.
* The official [[Licensing in Taiwan|Chinese translation]] uses (焔) "flame, blaze" as the characters for her first name. However, no official kanji of her name exists in the original Japanese version. Madoka says at one point to Homura that she should act badass to match it and Sayaka even uses a firehose on her in {{spoiler|a timeline}}. In ''Rebellion'', there are many scenes of fire and {{spoiler|parallels are made between her and the name of Lucifer, since both are references to fire.}} It can also refer to how assumed witches were burned at the stake.
* The first character for Akemi (暁) means "daybreak", while the second one (美) means beauty which is a common letter in girl's names.
** In an early production sketch, her surname was given as (暁海) "daybreak sea" instead of (暁美). Both are read as Akemi.
** Her last name can also be used as a first name.
* When her full name is written vertically in hiragana (あけみほむら) and covering the left half at a certain angle, it could be read as カナメまどか which is Kaname written in katakana and Madoka written in hiragana.

==Trivia==
*At a [[Nitro+ Q&A Panels at Animagic 2013|Nitro+ Q&A Panel]] it was revealed that Homura went through almost 100 timelines. Q: How many timelines did Homura go through? A: Approaching 100.
** If Homura really did loop the same month and a half nearly 100 times, she would technically be around 26-years old, having spent 12 years looping time. (Calculations [http://homura.tumblr.com/post/57010494639/when-asked-how-many-timelines-did-homura-go here].) However, since her body is always reset along with time, she is still only 14-years old physically. This makes Homura about twelve years older mentally than Madoka.
* Homura finds a manual on how to make bombs from the internet. According with the [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%85%B9%E8%85%B9%E6%99%82%E8%A8%88#.E5.89.B5.E4.BD.9C.E7.89.A9.E3.81.B8.E3.81.AE.E7.99.BB.E5.A0.B4 Japanese Wikipedia] the manual is titled {{Nihongo|'''Hara Hara Tokei'''|腹腹時計|[[wikipedia:Hara_Hara_Tokei|Hara Hara Tokei]]}}, published in March 1974 by a [[wikipedia:East_Asia_Anti-Japan_Armed_Front|far-left terrorist organization]].
** Incidentally, the manual explains with illustrations that ''“Anyone with a middle-school level knowledge of chemistry can do it”''.
* Homura is frequently referred to as "Homerun-chan" amongst Western fans, due to the similarity of the two names in Japanese, however she is frequently referred as "Homuhomu" (ほむほむ) within Japanese community. Homuhomu likely originated from the [[Runes:Episode_3|runes in Episode 3]], one of which translates to "Homuhomu". Interestingly, when a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_run homerun] is enacted in sports, you (in addition to gaining a point/level) {{spoiler|essentially get back where you started}}.
** "Homuhomu" can be used as a verb as "do Homuhomu" (ほむほむする) which means to caress, console or take care of. The action of "do Homuhomu" is not defined exactly.
** Originally started by the fan community it has been embraced and adopted by the industry to become [[Puella_Magi_Madoka_Magica_Portable#Interview_with_the_PSP_Game_producers|part of the official language and usage.]]
** Sometimes also jokingly refered to as "Homurika" due to {{spoiler|shared similarity of circumstances (having to go through many timelines to prevent a tragedy) with Rika Furude (Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni)}} '''Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni spoilers'''.
* Some folks in 2ch nicknamed [[Homura Residence|Homura's Residence]] {{nihongo|Homu-home|ほむホーム|Homuhōmu}} since Homu is a nickname for Homura, and Hōmu is "home" rendered in the Japanese syllabary. It should be noted that "homu" is more often used for dog houses and similar structures, with the English word "home" expressed using "uchi" (うち, which refers to one's own house or household), "ie" (いえ, which can refer to a physical house or a family lineage), or the honorific "otaku" (お宅, which refers to someone else's house or household).
* Apparently there is a [http://extrovertedotaku.blogspot.com/2011/04/akemi-homuras-weapon-gallery.html rumor on the net] that some weapons went "missing" at the [[wikipedia:Japan_Self-Defense_Forces|JSDF]] and [[wikipedia:United_States_Forces_Japan|US military bases in Japan]]. There is only one [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8E%96%E7%8F%A0%E9%A7%90%E5%B1%AF%E5%9C%B0%E6%AD%A6%E5%99%A8%E4%BA%A1%E5%A4%B1%E4%BA%8B%E4%BB%B6 official report] regarding the missing/stolen weapons. It is not known if the rumors of the <s>stolen</s> missing weapons inspired their appearance in the series.
* In the [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Official Guidebook "You Are Not Alone"]] Hanokage jokingly describes Homura as "Hommando" in her After-Recording Report comic, because of the excessive vast arsenal of weaponry she unleashes in [[Episode 11]]. Apparently the smörgåsbord of weaponry was added later, they were not originally depicted in the early stages of the screenplay.
** One fan estimates that Homura used ¥ 1,383,040,300 Yen worth of military weaponry & equipment (that's $17,037,114 USD in today's dollars).[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE4b5yPG5qg&feature=player_embedded]
* Homura is the strongest of the magical girls as long as [[Nitro+ Q&A Panels at Animagic 2013|no one discovers the nature of her power.]]
* In Audio commentary for [[Episode 4]], Urobuchi liked Chiwa Saitou for the role because she had a "Dark Beauty" feeling.
** In the Audio commentary for [[Episode 7]], Chiwa Saitou explains she tried the role of Kyubey and Kyousuke first, until Gen Urobuchi convinced her to try the role of Homura.
** Chiwa Saito explains that she found the character of Homura to be strong but also to be a weak/delicate girl. Aoi Yuuki adds that the Homura character had no other choice but to become strong.
*** Ryouko Shintani states that would be true for a character that has something or someone important to protect.

==Gallery==

See [[Gallery:Homura]]

<gallery>
File:Homura_Move2.jpg|Homura is able to move extremely fast in comparison with water drops.
File:Homuragrenade.jpg|Homura's grenade in Episode 8 looks like an M61 grenade, used during the Vietnam War.
File:Homugun.jpg|Homura's pistol in Episode 8 looks like an M9.
File:Homuras_shield_chart1.jpg|Analysis of how Homura's shield works.
File:Homuras_shield_chart2.jpg|Analysis of the central mechanism.
</gallery>

==Magazine Article==
<gallery>
File:Chiwa Saito Data File.jpg
</gallery>

*[[NewType_2011-07#Homura_Character_Description|July's NewType article]]
*[[Animedia_2011-05#Chiwa_Saito_.28Homura.29_Data_File|Animedia 2011-05: Chiwa Saito Data]]
*[[AFA11 Interview Chiwa Saito]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{pixiv_tag|暁美ほむら}}
*{{booru_tag|danbooru|akemi_homura}}
*[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Homu-Land-Defence-Force-Akemi-Homura-Fanpage/216524478381175?ref=ts Homu-Land Defence Force] (Akemi Homura Facebook Fanpage)
*[http://askpervyhomu.tumblr.com/ Ask pervy homu] ''(a fan blog)''
*[http://askhomunyan.tumblr.com/ ask homunyan]

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Magical girls]]

Homura Akemi

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Homura Akemi

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<blockquote>''"A person becomes naïve if they're too kind. Careless if they're too bold. And no matter how hard you try to protect others, there's no gratitude. Those who can't comprehend such things aren't fit to be magical girls."'' — Homura Akemi, [[episode 5]].</blockquote>

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'''Homura Akemi''' is one of the main characters in ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]''. She is first seen by Madoka in a dream of her fighting a monster in a desolate landscape of skyscrapers. The day after the dream, Homura has transferred to Madoka's school where she gives her ominous warnings.

==General Info==
===Physical features===
* '''Age:''' 13-14 (estimated)
* '''Height:''' [[:Media:PN 10.jpg|155-159cm]]
* '''Eye colour:''' Purple
* '''Hair colour:''' Black
* '''Birthplace:''' Mitakihara City

===Other===
* '''Soul Gem:''' Diamond located on the back of her left hand
* '''Weapon:''' Shield (storage and timejump device). ({{spoiler|Episode 12 and Wraith Arc show her using a bow}}) Homura has been shown using golf club, pipe bombs, IMI Desert Eagle, FN Minimi, Beretta 92FS, Remington 870, Howa Type 89, M26 frag grenades, flashbang grenades, RPG-7, AT-4, C-4 explosives
* '''Wish:''' {{spoiler|"I wish... I can meet Ms. Kaname all over again. But this time, instead of her protecting me, I want to be strong enough to protect her!"}} In Wraith Arc: {{spoiler|"Those are my feelings towards Madoka! That's why, once more, lend me power! Not as the shield that protects Madoka but as the power that smites anyone who threatens her!"}}
* '''Power:''' Time Manipulation (Series) {{spoiler|Memory Manipulation}} (Wraith Arc)
* '''Witch form:''' [[Homulilly]]
* '''Japanese pronoun:''' {{nihongo||私|watashi}}
* '''School:''' Attended a Christian/Catholic school in Tokyo before transferring to Mitakihara Middle School.
[[Ume Aoki|Ms. Aoki]]’s Design Check:
* A blunt girl. I tried to let this shine through in her design. Her distinguishing point is her silky long hair.
* Magical girl outfit: Homura was designed with her personality and combat style in mind. I found her fascinating right away.
* The sharp lines of her upper back and jacket evoke her personality. Overall rather monochromatic. Her black tights have a diamond pattern.
* School uniform: She wears black tights in uniform too, leaving her overall feel just like in her magical girl outfit. She gives off the air of a silent beauty.

==Personality==
Since her arrival at Mitakihara Middle School, she is immediately depicted as being very intelligent, athletic, distant, and cold. It is revealed in [[episode 4]] that she is only like this because she has seen so much suffering during her tenure as a magical girl. Because of this, she does not want Madoka to become a magical girl and tries to do anything in order to stop her from making a wish with [[Kyubey]], going as far as to attempting to injure the cat-like creature. Despite her cold attitude towards others, she still very much cares for Madoka as it is her sole objective to protect her due to the countless amount blood, sweat, and tears she has shed over her jumps in time.

In the original timeline where her journey began, however, Homura is portrayed as meek, shy, timid, clumsy and is known around the school for her lack of confidence. She was also known for her physical incapability of performing in P.E. class; she would get dizzy upon doing even the simplest of warm-up exercises. This had the unfortunate result of her being a target of bullying, as heard on [[Drama CD 1]]. Overwhelmed by her perceived uselessness, she begins questioning her existence and until she begins her fated friendship with Madoka, her feelings do not change. Madoka, alongside [[Mami Tomoe]], shows her the ropes and dangers of becoming a magical girl and notes that Madoka's own attitude became much healthier with every witch battle. In an ironic twist, in the anime timeline we see how frail and meek Madoka is, compared to the current Homura whose personality had performed a complete 180-degree turn due to her experiences in multiple timelines.

Despite being regarded as emotionless by [[Sayaka Miki]], Homura is far from it. Although she does not easily show signs of remorse, sadness, or pity, it is only because she had grown used to the suffering around her. Her cold nature is from her determination to save Madoka after having failed in her mission to prevent Madoka from becoming a magical girl countless times. Homura herself has stated that she always feels badly with each life she unable to save or alter, but nevertheless, it does not slow her down from staying true to her main objective in saving Madoka.

* '''Character development:''' Prior to the events of episode 1 (or timeline), from the very beginning Homura considered herself to be useless, and worthless. She didn't think people would miss her if she were to die or disappear. But Madoka was probably the first person to see Homura differently, for the good person that she was and opened her eyes that changed her way thinking about herself. With each timeline, we start to see a transformation not only in Homura but with Madoka as well, where there is a role reversal. It is now Madoka who believes she is powerless and worthless, someone who can't even do anything to save her friends, and it is Homura who believes that Madoka is too kind and reckless for trying to do to much for others.

==History==
===Background===
Homura's backstory was revealed in [[episode 10]]. She was a transfer student who was hospitalized for a long period of time due to heart disease. The whereabouts and status of her family is unknown, as they are never mentioned in the series. In the original timeline, Homura at this point is physically frail and weak most likely due to her illness. She wears glasses and braided hair in her early insecure depiction shown in episode 10. Later in that episode with renewed determination she undoes her braids and uses her soul gem to correct her vision and to heal her heart condition. From then on she no longer required the use of glasses.

===Homura in the [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica|Anime]]===
[[File:Timeline Chart.png|thumb|200px|The sequences of events in each timeline.]]
====The original universe====
Homura's time-loop officially starts on the [http://31.media.tumblr.com/37ba5111020188f08ea2a4c30d23dd9d/tumblr_n2ioz9qOj31qf874go1_1280.png 16th of the month in the anime] ([[Timeline|speculated to be sometime between March and April]]). She was released from the hospital on the 16th, and transferred to Mitakihara Middle School on the 25th. In the original timeline, she is attacked by a witch and saved by Madoka and Mami. Sometime during the next month, during [[Walpurgisnacht]], she becomes a magical girl while wishing to redo her meeting with Madoka, thus gaining the power to pause and/or rewind time one month.

It is estimated Homura repeated the same month starting on the 16th nearly 100 times before the present timeline in the TV anime. Within these timelines, Homura was able to gradually improve her abilities and acquire items (such as ammunition and weapons from the Japanese military) to prepare for the battle with Walpurgisnacht. She was also able to memorize and deduce through statistics the major events that would occur within all timelines, giving her incredible knowledge about most of her adversaries. The corollary, however, was that Homura experienced the deaths of many of her friends repeatedly, often horrifically. As a general trend, Homura became increasingly distant to Madoka with each repeat of the month.

By the timeline of the TV anime, Homura appeared as a cold and calculating character who is distant from all the characters. She failed to save all of her companions (apart from Madoka), and by Walpurgisnacht, was forced to face the witch alone. She was subsequently defeated by Walpurgisnacht, and seemed just about to succumb to despair before Madoka appears and rewrites the universe with her wish.

====By the Anime's Finale====
After Madoka's revision of the universe, Homura is the only known character to retain her memories of the previous universe. She has possession of Madoka's ribbon, and has a new black bow as her weapon similar to Madoka's weapon. It is unknown if she retained her abilities to manipulate time and space. Homura is shown to have a much closer relationship with Kyuubey, so much so she even confides an entire account about how the old universe worked. She also has the ability to create wings of energy, forming angelic wings when confronting Wraiths in the city, and jagged dark wings when walking through the desert.

===Homura in [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Wraith Arc|Wraith Arc]]===
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Homura appears in the first pages of chapter 1 in flashback. She is shown saying her goodbyes to Madoka as in the last episode of the anime, with Madoka promising to meet her again and giving Homura her ribbons. She doesn't appear again until the end of chapter 2 after Sayaka has been led away by the Law of Cycles and Mami and Kyoko are standing at the station. Homura is introduced as the new transfer student and she leaves the class in order to meet with Mami and Kyoko on the rooftop, Homura wiping away a tear as she remembers meeting Madoka for the first time. They tell Homura about the giant wraith that has been seen lately and agree not to hunt it on their own.
After several days of combing the city for the giant wraith and hunting down other more common wraiths, Homura has a short discussion with Kyubey about Madoka and the previous universe. Soon after, she encounters the giant wraith alone and attempts to defeat it herself by unleashing a large arrow of magic at it which takes on the form of a bird. However the giant wraith withstands the attack and is able to surprise Homura and overwhelm her, stealing a portion of her power. A smaller wraith steals Madoka's ribbon from her as well.

After a nightmare, Homura wakes up in Mami's apartment, with Mami bringing her a tray of tea and many lecturing words. She asks Homura to transform into a magical girl, which she does successfully, and then to summon her weapon, which she cannot. Mami concludes that the wraiths stole a portion of Homura's power but has no idea on how to retrieve it. Homura is impatient to go and retrieve her powers, but Mami cautions her to play it safe and leave everything up to her and Kyoko. Homura alters her memories slightly before thanking Mami and leaving. In the city, Homura talks with Kyubey about the memory-manipulation magic she now has and her lack of time-stopping ability. She takes off to search the city when Kyoko runs into Homura while patrolling the streets. She assures Homura she won't tell Mami she saw her up and about knowing Mami would only lecture her further. When asked why she remains in the city despite Sayaka having disappeared, Kyoko responds she is still here to avenge Sayaka. Kyoko agrees to help Homura in finding and defeating the wraith provided she is the one to give the final blow.

Despite using grief cubes, Homura finds her magical power has yet to recover which Kyubey explains is due to her soul gem's lack of capacity after the wraiths stole some of her power. As Homura sits in the park at night, Kyoko walks up to her telling her she's found a clue about the wraiths. Before Homura can come closer, Mami appears and fires at Kyoko, revealing her to be another mutant wraith that had taken on the form of Kyoko with the intent of attacking Homura. Mami summons several muskets and together her and Homura are able to hold off the wraiths but not for long. During the fight, Homura realizes the wraith is using time-manipulation magic. After a voice gives Homura advice, the two magical girls are able to overcome the wraiths' time-stopping ability and seemingly defeat the Wraith-Kyoko with Mami's Tiro Finale. After, the real Kyoko appears and informs them of the fake Sayaka and they agree on rules in order to limit their ability to be taken by surprise by the mutant wraiths. Mami and Kyoko leave, leaving Homura alone. She hears the voice from earlier once more and turns to see Madoka standing before her. However, this is not the real Madoka but a wraith who has taken on her form. She returns Madoka's ribbon to Homura before asking for her help in stopping the giant wraith. The fake Madoka explains how wraiths really work before explaining that the magic they took from Homura corrupted the wraiths, resulting in the mutant wraiths that take on human form. Despite Homura's reluctance in believing her story, she has the wraith follow her back to her apartment. There, Kyubey examines the wraith and confirms it carries a part of Homura's power in her.

After several weeks of searching for the giant wraith, Homura and Wraith-Madoka are no closer to finding the whereabouts of the giant wraith. Wraith-Madoka asks Homura what she really thinks of her since she is taking the form of her most precious friend. Homura snaps at the wraith, telling her she is nothing more than a fake for which Homura holds no shred of emotion for and threatens to kill her for insulting Madoka's wish. But the wraith tells her she is lying to herself and that she is not only a wraith but also Homura's heart.

Mami and Kyoko decide to begin their search from the beginning. Mami is upset to find that Homura had been searching for the giant wraith alone and worries that something may happen to her. Homura snaps at both Mami and Kyoko before taking off. Alone, Homura asks Kyubey what she wished for in order to become a magical girl but Kyubey doesn't know the answer to that. Homura worries that she may have used her memory-altering magic on herself in order to turn her dream of Madoka into memories instead. Wraith-Madoka catches up with Homura and offers to walk her home but not before Mami and Kyoko run into them. However, to Mami and Kyoko the wraith looks nothing like Madoka and only has the form of a mutant wraith wrapped around Homura. They transform into magical girls and prepare to rescue Homura, but Homura instead begs the wraith to save her from being a magical girl. The wraith takes Homura's soul gem and teleports them from the area, leaving Mami and Kyoko behind.

At Homura's apartment, Homura and Wraith-Madoka sit in front of her many monitors and watch as a flashback plays out in which Homura makes her original wish to Kyubey to protect Madoka. Kyubey appears only to admonish Homura for having a wraith eat all of her emotions in order to avoid meeting the Law of Cycles. Outside, the wraiths begin their attack on the city, leaving people dead rather than simply emotionless. As Mami and Kyoko fight their respective battles, Wraith-Madoka and Homura watch from a nearby rooftop. Before the wraiths can bring the final blow to Mami, Wraith-Madoka takes the ribbon from Homura and unleashes several arrows from the air in Madoka's characteristic attack, protecting Mami. The wraith appears as Madoka to even Mami now that she has her ribbon. Together the wraith and Mami are able to work together to take down the two imposters.

By this time the giant wraith has been consumed by the power it took from Homura and transforms into a witch-like creature complete with familiars. The wraith and Mami fight off the familiars but not before Kyoko and Mami are killed by the giant wraith. Wraith-Madoka continues in her struggle to defeat the witch-like wraith alone, but is overwhelmed and soon plummets to her death. Homura watches the battle dispassionately until she suddenly recovers herself and runs to catch the falling wraith. She realizes that Madoka is not a dream as the witch that stands before her is the proof that Madoka existed.

Homura regains her original memories. Upon arriving to the new universe, she discovered that her time-manipulation shield no longer worked and she initially discarded it only to have the shield open a small portal to another world. Homura jumps into the world inside her shield and discovers Kriemhild Gretchen inside. Before she can destroy the shield, she realizes that if a witch is inside her shield then Madoka may also be inside fighting the witch. Instead, Homura used her magic to alter her own memories and causes herself to forget the existence of the time shield.

After Homura and Wraith-Madoka land on the streets below, Homura reaches for the ribbon the wraith is holding and finds herself transported to another world. Her appearance changes to her original appearance with glasses and braids. There, she meets a doppelganger of herself who introduces itself as the personification of Homura's power that was stolen by the wraiths. It explains they are inside the world of her soul gem and that it was freed when the wraith that housed it was destroyed. After being stolen by the wraiths, her magical power was able to take control of one of the mutant wraiths in order to assist Homura. Homura asks her magical power what caused the wraiths to go rogue and her magic explains that it was due to the time manipulation magic coming from another universe with different laws. When Madoka and Homura parted ways in the space outside of the universe, their feelings for each other were so strong that a true miracle occurred and their feelings crystallized into a new soul gem for Homura. Because a miracle was granted to a magical girl without a normal exchange, it became separate from the laws of the universe and was considered in incomplete magic. After some time, this new magic began to interfere with her original magic, causing her shield and Madoka to suddenly link up. After Homura erased her memories of the shield, the wraiths stole the shield and were consumed by the curses that were contained within. Because the curses were a form of emotional energy not known in this universe, it corrupted the wraiths and caused the giant wraith to become a witch destined to destroy the world. Homura's thoughts take on the form of Sayaka, Kyoko and Mami who voice her self doubts in having rewritten her own memories rather than lose the shield and her proof of Madoka's existence. Homura takes off her glasses and undoes her braids, filled with a new resolve to protect Madoka even at the cost of her shield. She asks her magic to lend her power once more and her magic power takes on the form of her soul gem.

Filled with power once more, Homura unleashes several hundred arrows that destroy the smaller wraiths and familiars before firing a single large arrow at the witch. As she drives the arrow further in, the witch cracks open and reveals the face of Kriemhild Gretchen and her shield inside. As Homura reaches for her shield, the witch uses its power to stab Homura through several times in an attempt to stop her. But Madoka appears before Homura and helps push her the last few inches towards the shield. As Homura touches the shield, it crumbles to pieces and the witch is obliterated. Back inside her soul gem, her magical power incarnate holds a sleeping Homura in her hands as she explains that Madoka has reset the timeline of this universe in order to prevent the curses of the previous world from interfering. Unlike last time however, Homura will lose her memories of the previous timeline.

Homura snaps to alertness as she realizes she is standing at the station with Mami and Kyoko, Sayaka having just been led away by the Law of Cycles. Some time later, Homura is having the same discussion with Kyubey concerning Madoka and the previous universe. As Homura drops down to destroy the wraiths in the streets below, Kyubey reveals a piece of Homura's shield it managed to salvage and explains how he kept his memories of the previous timeline. Now that he has a piece of the shield and proof of Homura's story concerning the Law of Cycles, he and the other Incubators can now plan for a way in which they can capture Madoka.

The chapter ends as Homura is walking in the desert, ready to take on a hoard of wraiths as several Incubators watch from atop some nearby ruins.
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===Homura in [[The Rebellion Story]]===
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<blockquote>''"Without a doubt, this place is a witch's barrier."''</blockquote>
In events prior to ''[[The Rebellion Story]]'' Homura was captured by the [[Kyuubey|Incubators]], and her Soul Gem was placed in an Isolation Field that blocked out the Law of Cycles. This strain led Homura to transform partially into a witch without her knowledge. In this form, she also unconsciously created a labyrinth that was a near-perfect replica of Mitakihara City, and unconsciously lured her former acquaintances into it. She even drew in Madoka from the Law of Cycles, who entered the barrier along with Sayaka and [[Nagisa Momoe]]. In this dream world, Homura unconsciously distorted almost everyone's memories (including her own) so that they believed they were living in the real world fighting new enemies called [[Nightmare]]s. In order to stop the Incubators from fulfilling their goal, Madoka entrusted her memories and powers to Sayaka and Nagisa. Sayaka only pretended to have her memories altered, while Nagisa disguised herself as [[Charlotte]]/[[Bebe]].

Eventually Homura realizes that she's trapped in a witch's barrier and attempts to discover who is behind it. Near the end of her journey she has a conversation with Madoka that causes her to realize that she can't accept Madoka's sacrifice. At this point she begins to realize she is the witch, and confirms it when she separates herself from her Soul Gem without consequence.

At this point Kyubey appears and explains the truth about Homura's present nature and the Incubators' plan to control the Law of Cycles. This causes Homura to go berserk and curse her existence, completing her transformation into a witch known as [[Homulilly]]. Madoka and the other magical girls manage to rescue Homura by destroying the stasis field containing them all, returning them to reality. Due to the Isolation Field, Homura only became a witch inside her own Soul Gem, allowing Madoka to save her.

Ultimate Madoka arrives to take Homura away as per the Law of the Cycle. However, Homura grabs Madoka first. Her Soul Gem turns black, then fills with swirling colors that Nagisa calls worse than curses. Reality begins to crack as Homura separates Madoka from her goddess self. The colors burst out of her Soul Gem, and both the cracks and colors engulf the entire universe.

Homura and Kyubey reappear in the same place where Madoka ascended in [[Episode 12]]. Homura shatters her Soul Gem in her mouth, and a new gem appears called the Dark Orb. Kyubey exclaims that Homura is rewriting the universe, and asks what happened to her Soul Gem. Homura explains that she remembered all of the times she repeated time, and all of the pain she suffered for Madoka's sake. She says that even this pain has become precious to her, tainting her Soul Gem with something greater than curses. As she swallows the Dark Orb, she calls it the pinnacle of human emotions: Love.

Homura transforms into a new form and grows a pair of black wings. Kyubey says that Homura is no longer a magical girl or a witch, and asks what Homura is now. Homura that since she brought down and imprisoned god, it's only appropriate to call her a demon (''akuma''). Kyubey decides that it was a mistake to experiment with human emotions and flees, but Homura grabs him and says she still needs his existence to deal with all the curses of the world.
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====By ''Rebellion'''s finale====
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<blockquote>''"As I am now, I'm not a witch anymore. Something that could bring down a god and imprison her...I suppose you could only call such a being a demon."''</blockquote>
Homura effectively becomes a goddess of this new universe. Apart from her true nature as a demon, she still exists with a human form in the real world and can interact normally with everyone else. She appears to have the power to manipulate the memories of virtually anyone she pleases, but otherwise the full extent of her abilities are unknown. It is assumed that Homura is a deity that primarily embodies love (whereas Madoka embodies hope).

Homura is presently holding a fraction of the Goddess Madoka captive--specifically, the part that was Madoka Kaname before she became the Law of Cycles. It is also implied she is placing the world's curses onto Kyubey. Despite proclaiming herself as a demon, Madoka, Sayaka, Kyoko, Mami, and Nagisa are all given happy lives in her new world.
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===Homura in the [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Manga|Manga]]===
<blockquote>''"Homura-chan. We were already friends. From now on, and forever. Always."'' - Madokami,
''Puella Magi Madoka Magica'', Chapter 12 </blockquote>
* Homura's role in the manga follows the anime exactly up until the final chapter.
* Instead of wandering through a desert towards a group of wraiths, the epilogue of the manga Homura is shown being saved by Madokami, who tells her they always have and always will be friends before they walk away together.

===Homura in ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Different Story|The Different Story]]''===
* Homura acts just as she did in the anime.
* Homura tries to cooperate with all magical girls to fight Walpurgisnacht. But she still fails because all other magical girls don't believe her.
** When Sayaka becomes Oktavia, she warns Kyoko not to visit Mami or she may die. Kyoko refuses and set a barrier to stop her from following.
** She brings unconscious Mami home, and then seeks her help.
** She lies to Madoka, saying Sayaka is killed by witches. She doesn't want Madoka to know about the cold truth.
** When Madoka contracts, she doesn't reset time immediately. She tries to convince Madoka to run away, but Madoka refuses. She resets time after the other two go to fight Walpurgis.

===Homura in the [[Dengeki_PlayStation_2012-03-29#Notes_on_the_game|PSP Game]]===
*If certain conditions are met, the Homura route will be available for playing.
*Homura can save Mami from Charlotte.
**By telling Mami she will leave Charlotte to her, Homura can avoid being tied up in ribbons. Homura can then secretly follow and save Mami in time.
***Mami apologizes to Homura for misjudging her and forms a bond with Homura.
***With Mami alive, there is a scene where she fights against Kyoko.
*Homura can save Sayaka, by choosing Kyoko to talk to Sayaka and prevent her from becoming a witch.
**Sayaka will join the group in fighting against Walpurgis.
*Kyouko will team up with Homura in most cases.
*If Homura successfully avoids Mami's death and none of the magical girls become witches, then it is possible for Homura to challenge Walpurgis with four magical girls without having Madoka contracting with Kyubey.
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMt3YnpKqxg The PSP game has a transformation scene for glasses Homura]

===Homura in [[Puella Magi Oriko Magica|Oriko Magica]]===
<blockquote>''"Madoka... don't ever tell me not to save you. I'm not all-powerful. I am not able to save everyone. But... even so, I want to save you. So, don't say that anymore!"'' - Homura, [[Oriko_Magica#Chapter_5:_That.27s_what_I.27m_here_for|Puella Magi Oriko Magica, Chapter 5]].</blockquote>
*Homura first appears in Chapter 3. When [[Mami]] warns her about the magical girl murders, [[Homura]] seems not to care, but warns Mami not to get close to her, Madoka, [[Hitomi]] and [[Sayaka]].
*In chapter 4, she appears for one page with her friends, going out for sweets. She defers to Madoka's taste and doesn't care where they go. She protected Madoka well to this point, keeping the knowledge of magical girls far away from her and Sayaka.
*In chapters 5-7, as Mitakihara Junior High is covered with a witch's barrier, Homura does her best to protect Madoka from the familiars. After Madoka told her not to sacrifice others to protect her, however, Homura decided to find [[Oriko]] and [[Kirika]] and defeat them. Oriko reveals that {{spoiler|she knows about the end of the world caused by Kriemheld Gretchen, Madoka's witch form, and that she plans to kill Madoka before she can contract and cause that to happen.}} Homura fights together with Mami, [[Kyoko]] and [[Yuma]], coming close to losing when two of the other three fall into despair after {{spoiler|seeing Kirika become a witch. They manage to pull themselves together and defeat her, and Homura kills Oriko. But since Oriko also killed Madoka by using the last of her power to shoot a piece of Kirika's witch body through Madoka's torso, Homura can do nothing but reset the timeline.}}

===Homura in [[Magia Record]]===
See [[Homura Akemi in Magia Record]]

==Powers and Abilities==
* In episode 9, it was revealed that Homura can stop time. However, anyone she touches while the ability is under effect will not be stopped. Along with stopping time, Homura can also reverse time to before her meeting with Madoka.
**According to an interview in Otona Anime Vol. 20, translated by symbv, here is what Gen Urobuchi said on more of Homura's power: "The weapon that looks like Homura's shield is actually a sand timer. When the flow of the sand is blocked, time is stopped. And when there is no sand on the upper part of the sand timer and then the timer is reverted, one month's worth of time is turned back. But before that stage is reached, only time stopping is possible. This means the special power of Homura is the ability to manipulate one month's time's worth of sand in the sand timer. As for the time passed and then turned back, since it was not the focus in this work, I did not think it through very thoroughly. I think you can say that the world split up and became parallel worlds there." In episode 11, we see Homura's sand run out in the middle of her fight with Walpurgisnacht, verifying this limitation of her time stop powers.
**[[NewType_2011-05#Homura.27s_shield|Gen Urobuchi stated that he didn't really think too much about the mechanics of Homura's time loops]], so the nature of Homura's power is not only a mystery, but it is not fully understood not even by the creative source.
* Homura's shield is able to store a countless amount of weapons, as demonstrated by the many pistols, light machineguns, shotguns, rocket launchers, and boxes of ammunition packed inside it. Note that her shield is relatively small and she is able to wear it around her wrist, much like a watch.

'''Wraith Arc''' 
After Madoka resets the universe, their feelings for each other crystallized into Homura's new soul gem and Homura was granted a new wish. Homura now has the ability to alter people's memories and owing to her new abilities Homura's weapon is instead a black bow similiar to Madoka's. Her shield is no longer able to reset time, however when wraiths stole Homura's power they were shown with the ability to stop time. When Homura uses her black bow to fire arrows, she summons the same magic symbol Madoka does, however her symbol has diamond shapes rather than circles. She has been shown transforming her arrows into birdlike forms and combining them into a crossbow-like form for added power. Homura also has the ability to create wings of energy, shown forming angelic wings when confronting Wraiths in the city and jagged dark wings when walking through the desert.

==Observations==
* She appears to live by herself; her [[Homura Residence|residence]] only has her name on the nameplate, much like [[Mami]]'s. In episode 10, when she wakes up in the hospital, no-one is there with her, and she seems to have been filling out the school transfer forms on her own.
* Her [[Homura_Residence|house]] has a wall display of documents relating to witches.
* She is visibly upset when Madoka uses her last name or honorifics instead of the more intimate "Homura".
* Homura calls everyone by their full name, giving the impression of being distant to people. This is most likely an attempt of her part to distance herself emotionally with everyone.
** In [[episode 10]], Homura goes from formal to first name basis with Madoka.
** In [[episode 9]] when Kyoko sacrifices herself to save Sayaka, Homura calls her by her first name.
** The way she calls Sayaka varies on timelines. And she always refers to Mami as by her full name or Tomoe-san, probably because she is her senior.
* Homura's appearance in episode 12 (in the new timeline) from the manga is different than her appearance from the anime. In the anime, her clothes and hairstyle remain the same, with Madoka's ribbon as her accessories. However, in the manga, she wears a new dress, changes her hairstyle to two pigtails with the ribbons Madoka gave her.
*Homura may actually be Faust, as Faust in the play tries all his might to save Gretchen (Madoka) from dying but in the end she perishes anyways as Mephistopheles (QB) tries to tempt her to form a contract with him.
** There's also the fact that in the Goethe version, Faust would only lose his soul if he ever had a moment of perfect happiness that made him wish he could stop time at that moment forever. Homura's power, of course, is to stop time. As such, it's entirely possible that the Homura and Faust parallels will be taken to its logical conclusion: She will have a moment of perfect happiness, she will stop time at that moment, and then she will die or become a witch. However, it should be mentioned that Faust manages to escape Mephistopheles and enter heaven because he found his moment of happiness in helping others, and not in anything Mephistopheles gave him. On the other hand, there is a [[Kriemhild Gretchen|witch that tries to create heaven on Earth.]]
** In the story of Faust, the devil grants him "magical powers" for 24 years, "one year for each hour of the day," and the deal was at the end of the "24 years," the devil would claim his soul. Homura's "weapon" is an hourglass, and her hourglass can reset time by one month. Given the strong parallels to Faust, and how at the end of the last loop, Homura was about to lose her soul (by giving in to Kyuubey's master plan and her Soul Gem becoming corrupted), it is entirely probable that her loop lasted for a total of 24 months/loop attempts as a reasonable conservative estimate, and the full Faustian 24 years as a more gruesome estimate. Given how radically her personality has changed since the first loop attempt, and how she seems to have memorized most of the key events of the loop, 24 months seems like a plausible number.
* The reason why Homura can't prevent Madoka from being a magical girl may be interpreted that it is Madoka becoming a magical girl that makes Homura become magical girl. If Homura really did, there will be a paradox. But effect can't change the cause. Therefore, no matter how many times she tries, she is destined to fail.
** Another evidence may support this idea. In the end of episode 12, Homura is still a magic girl and she knows the existence of Madoka. It is because Homura became a magic girl and her trying hundreds of times to save Madoka that gives Madoka the ability to become Madokami. Even Madokami can't change what she is based on to exist. The effect can't change the cause.

*In Rebellion, {{spoiler|before Homura transforms into Akuma Homura, she smashes her Soul Gem between her teeth, like a nutcracker. Given this, it seems likely she is still the Nutcracker Witch despite Madoka's intervention}}
**This idea seems further supported by Kyubey's referring to her as {{spoiler|"neither a Magical Girl, nor a Witch". As it is likely she is now both, since she contains features both of them have, like a human appearance, a Soul Gem, familiars, and a barrier.}}

==Etymology==
* Her first name is written in hiragana, which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji, it can mean:
** flame, blaze (炎 or 焔)
** heart on fire (心火)
* Though only 焔, 炎, and 心火 are actually Japanese given names.
* The official [[Licensing in Taiwan|Chinese translation]] uses (焔) "flame, blaze" as the characters for her first name. However, no official kanji of her name exists in the original Japanese version. Madoka says at one point to Homura that she should act badass to match it and Sayaka even uses a firehose on her in {{spoiler|a timeline}}. In ''Rebellion'', there are many scenes of fire and {{spoiler|parallels are made between her and the name of Lucifer, since both are references to fire.}} It can also refer to how assumed witches were burned at the stake.
* The first character for Akemi (暁) means "daybreak", while the second one (美) means beauty which is a common letter in girl's names.
** In an early production sketch, her surname was given as (暁海) "daybreak sea" instead of (暁美). Both are read as Akemi.
** Her last name can also be used as a first name.
* When her full name is written vertically in hiragana (あけみほむら) and covering the left half at a certain angle, it could be read as カナメまどか which is Kaname written in katakana and Madoka written in hiragana.

==Trivia==
*At a [[Nitro+ Q&A Panels at Animagic 2013|Nitro+ Q&A Panel]] it was revealed that Homura went through almost 100 timelines. Q: How many timelines did Homura go through? A: Approaching 100.
** If Homura really did loop the same month and a half nearly 100 times, she would technically be around 26-years old, having spent 12 years looping time. (Calculations [http://homura.tumblr.com/post/57010494639/when-asked-how-many-timelines-did-homura-go here].) However, since her body is always reset along with time, she is still only 14-years old physically. This makes Homura about twelve years older mentally than Madoka.
* Homura finds a manual on how to make bombs from the internet. According with the [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%85%B9%E8%85%B9%E6%99%82%E8%A8%88#.E5.89.B5.E4.BD.9C.E7.89.A9.E3.81.B8.E3.81.AE.E7.99.BB.E5.A0.B4 Japanese Wikipedia] the manual is titled {{Nihongo|'''Hara Hara Tokei'''|腹腹時計|[[wikipedia:Hara_Hara_Tokei|Hara Hara Tokei]]}}, published in March 1974 by a [[wikipedia:East_Asia_Anti-Japan_Armed_Front|far-left terrorist organization]].
** Incidentally, the manual explains with illustrations that ''“Anyone with a middle-school level knowledge of chemistry can do it”''.
* Homura is frequently referred to as "Homerun-chan" amongst Western fans, due to the similarity of the two names in Japanese, however she is frequently referred as "Homuhomu" (ほむほむ) within Japanese community. Homuhomu likely originated from the [[Runes:Episode_3|runes in Episode 3]], one of which translates to "Homuhomu". Interestingly, when a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_run homerun] is enacted in sports, you (in addition to gaining a point/level) {{spoiler|essentially get back where you started}}.
** "Homuhomu" can be used as a verb as "do Homuhomu" (ほむほむする) which means to caress, console or take care of. The action of "do Homuhomu" is not defined exactly.
** Originally started by the fan community it has been embraced and adopted by the industry to become [[Puella_Magi_Madoka_Magica_Portable#Interview_with_the_PSP_Game_producers|part of the official language and usage.]]
** Sometimes also jokingly refered to as "Homurika" due to {{spoiler|shared similarity of circumstances (having to go through many timelines to prevent a tragedy) with Rika Furude (Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni)}} '''Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni spoilers'''.
* Some folks in 2ch nicknamed [[Homura Residence|Homura's Residence]] {{nihongo|Homu-home|ほむホーム|Homuhōmu}} since Homu is a nickname for Homura, and Hōmu is "home" rendered in the Japanese syllabary. It should be noted that "homu" is more often used for dog houses and similar structures, with the English word "home" expressed using "uchi" (うち, which refers to one's own house or household), "ie" (いえ, which can refer to a physical house or a family lineage), or the honorific "otaku" (お宅, which refers to someone else's house or household).
* Apparently there is a [http://extrovertedotaku.blogspot.com/2011/04/akemi-homuras-weapon-gallery.html rumor on the net] that some weapons went "missing" at the [[wikipedia:Japan_Self-Defense_Forces|JSDF]] and [[wikipedia:United_States_Forces_Japan|US military bases in Japan]]. There is only one [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8E%96%E7%8F%A0%E9%A7%90%E5%B1%AF%E5%9C%B0%E6%AD%A6%E5%99%A8%E4%BA%A1%E5%A4%B1%E4%BA%8B%E4%BB%B6 official report] regarding the missing/stolen weapons. It is not known if the rumors of the <s>stolen</s> missing weapons inspired their appearance in the series.
* In the [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Official Guidebook "You Are Not Alone"]] Hanokage jokingly describes Homura as "Hommando" in her After-Recording Report comic, because of the excessive vast arsenal of weaponry she unleashes in [[Episode 11]]. Apparently the smörgåsbord of weaponry was added later, they were not originally depicted in the early stages of the screenplay.
** One fan estimates that Homura used ¥ 1,383,040,300 Yen worth of military weaponry & equipment (that's $17,037,114 USD in today's dollars).[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE4b5yPG5qg&feature=player_embedded]
* Homura is the strongest of the magical girls as long as [[Nitro+ Q&A Panels at Animagic 2013|no one discovers the nature of her power.]]
* In Audio commentary for [[Episode 4]], Urobuchi liked Chiwa Saitou for the role because she had a "Dark Beauty" feeling.
** In the Audio commentary for [[Episode 7]], Chiwa Saitou explains she tried the role of Kyubey and Kyousuke first, until Gen Urobuchi convinced her to try the role of Homura.
** Chiwa Saito explains that she found the character of Homura to be strong but also to be a weak/delicate girl. Aoi Yuuki adds that the Homura character had no other choice but to become strong.
*** Ryouko Shintani states that would be true for a character that has something or someone important to protect.

==Gallery==

See [[Gallery:Homura]]

<gallery>
File:Homura_Move2.jpg|Homura is able to move extremely fast in comparison with water drops.
File:Homuragrenade.jpg|Homura's grenade in Episode 8 looks like an M61 grenade, used during the Vietnam War.
File:Homugun.jpg|Homura's pistol in Episode 8 looks like an M9.
File:Homuras_shield_chart1.jpg|Analysis of how Homura's shield works.
File:Homuras_shield_chart2.jpg|Analysis of the central mechanism.
</gallery>

==Magazine Article==
<gallery>
File:Chiwa Saito Data File.jpg
</gallery>

*[[NewType_2011-07#Homura_Character_Description|July's NewType article]]
*[[Animedia_2011-05#Chiwa_Saito_.28Homura.29_Data_File|Animedia 2011-05: Chiwa Saito Data]]
*[[AFA11 Interview Chiwa Saito]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{pixiv_tag|暁美ほむら}}
*{{booru_tag|danbooru|akemi_homura}}
*[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Homu-Land-Defence-Force-Akemi-Homura-Fanpage/216524478381175?ref=ts Homu-Land Defence Force] (Akemi Homura Facebook Fanpage)
*[http://askpervyhomu.tumblr.com/ Ask pervy homu] ''(a fan blog)''
*[http://askhomunyan.tumblr.com/ ask homunyan]

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Talk:Homura Akemi

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Caglar:

==Spoiler==

Why is there a massive Higurashi spoiler in the trivia section? Specifically the "Homurika" one [[User:Jag|Jag]] ([[User talk:Jag|talk]]) 17:20, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
: ops, added spoiler tag. - [[User:Prima|Prima]] ([[User talk:Prima|talk]]) 19:08, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
:: Is it okay if we mark it as a Higurashi spoiler as well? I don't think there's any way to know what show the spoiler would be referring to if you haven't watched the show, and they'd have to click on it to find out. -
[[User:Jag|Jag]] ([[User talk:Jag|talk]]) 05:22, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
::: Added - [[User:Prima|Prima]] ([[User talk:Prima|talk]]) 21:34, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

== Nutcracker ==

i wanted to add an observation about how Akuma Homura cracks her soul gem between her teeth, like a nutracker. Could I do that? [[User:Leafbladie|Leafbladie]] ([[User talk:Leafbladie|talk]]) 15:07, 27 April 2019 (UTC)leafbladie
:Yeah, I think that's more than appropriate. It fits in line with her theme. [[User:Sondenise|Sondenise]] ([[User talk:Sondenise|talk]]) 16:21, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

I strongly suggest that we move all speculations from this page to a speculation page dedicated to Homura (and possibly the other four main characters). This could be a good occasion to clean up all the stuff that was proven wrong.
:I concur. -[[User:Becquerel|Becquerel]] 04:16, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
::I agree too, if by "clean up" you mean "tag properly", like the wishes thing. No content should be removed IMO, just for "historical accurracy" --[[User:Homerun-chan|Homerun-chan]] 07:41, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
I agree with the speculation moving, but I think we should have a dedicated page for speculation on each character. I have loads of speculation talked over heaps with my brother that I really want to post here... until I saw this. I also think that the speculation pages dedicated to each character should be just for speculah that hasn't been proven right or wrong yet. Theories proved right or wrong should just be placed on the official page on the character. FIFI 00:32, 14 August 2013 (UTC)
:I also agree that something should be done about the speculation. Moving everything unconfirmed doesn't sound like a bad idea (and quite easy to do for this page), but there's also pages like [[Kyoko#Speculations & Observations|Kyoko's]] where everything is even more disorganized. For now, I'd direct you to the [[Theories]] page. Feel free to make a new page there if you have a lot of connected speculation. --[[User:Knon|Knon]] 10:05, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

abour her strong power in the new timeline: maybe because she suffered much in all the previous timelines she got a boost-up just like madoka

I removed stuff that didn't belong on this page (there was speculah about Walpurgis Night's familiars, for example, which is already present on WPN's various pages and doesn't need to be here) as well as the needless arguments on theories that have been debunked. If I knew how to make new pages -and- make said new pages look pretty and formatted, I'd move the whole speculah section to a new page, but my mad skillz at wiki pages go as far as "I can edit text".
:Regarding the theories proven right/wrong, and your editing skills, I made [[Template:Theory/Header|a template]] to classify theories by status (see output [[User:Homerun-chan/Theory_tags|here]]). I do not have the time right now, but I think it'd be a good idea to order the theories by category then --it's in the [[wishlist]] actually --[[User:Homerun-chan|Homerun-chan]] 10:07, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

==Homura: One Man Army==
¥ 1,383,040,300 ($17,037,114 USD) worth of military weapons and equipment!! Damn, maybe Homura should start with Nicolas Cage in "Lord of War II: The Walpurgis Night Incident" --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 02:18, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
:I'm still baffled. I mean, it's hard to believe. RPGs aren't ''that'' expensive. The guy who made the vid must have made some fancy cals. Still... Lord Of War was a great film, and I would buy that squel in the blink of an eye ^^ --[[User:BrickBreak|BrickBreak]] 02:33, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

==HOMU==
[http://www.homelessmuseum.org/ HOMU: The Homeless Museum of Art]. Nothing important, I just found this to be a bit funny. --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 02:37, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

==Homura's Stoicism Draft==
I feel like I am juggling with too many ideas. That has always been my problem when trying to make something clear and concise. I am going to need some help to wrinkle out the article once I am done. --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 08:04, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
:Fitting actually that you mention article. You could post your thoughts freely and put it there. Right now, it feels like you want to write about all the characters and not just Homura. It's also gone beyond the facts to the point that if it stayed on the Homura page, I'd have to say it goes under speculah. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 08:24, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
::I moved the draft here. I feel like the writing is going to become larger as I feel like to understand the Homura character we have to also understand her interaction to others as perhaps her personal experience with them and a need for comparison. I wonder If this should become a separate article all together?... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 09:02, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

==Understanding Homura's Stoicism==
Homura's emotionless and cold exterior has been misinterpreted and misunderstood by fans and observers alike. This has led to the interpretation that Homura is a dangerous Yandere, others believe her to be a psychopath with littler regard for human lives (with the exception of Madoka), but these interpretations are highly incorrect and inaccurate. This is caused by the misleading first impression we build from lacking a fundamental understanding of her background and personality. To understand Homura it is essential to rewatch some of her scenes and discover the subtle differences from first time viewing for comparison. Once we understand Homura's background and mission and her single obsession to save Madoka viewers would observe Homura in a new light.

Beneath Homura's stoic mask one will uncover the true Homura, a trace of her true self that she tries to shield with an emotional wall to cope with the rising danger of accumulating too much despair. Homura isn't the only character to be misinterpreted and misunderstood for expressing controversial opinions and actions to reach her goal, but their comparison would help to differentiate Homura from the rest of the characters. Homura developed an early survival skill to cope with her new realty to save Madoka.

Homura's Past:

To understand the Homura character it is essential to watch [[Episode 10]] and to listen the drama CD ''[[Drama CD 1|"Memories of you"]]''. First, the Drama CD contains information regarding Homura's difficulty to adapt to a new school setting as a transfer student; no one knows her nor they try to understand her and her struggles. In her new environment Homura experiences school bullying (non-physical), demeaning rumors behind her back, and low opinion about her abilities as a person and as a student. Homura is already a fragile girl with low self-esteem caused by her weak heart and her weak physical body, with the addition of emotional stress caused by her unpopularity at school it is enough to emotionally crush her to the point of driving her to suicide and despair, or at least an enticement under a Witch's spell to end her suffering.

Another source of Homura's emotional transformation are the events taking place in the different timelines in [[Episode 10]]. Homura's experience in different timelines brought her insight into how to formulate different ways to rescue Madoka and stop Walpurgis Night. When a new element of surprised was introduced in the timeline, Homura would formulate a new solution to deviate from the same outcome. The first issue was uncovering the truth about the Puella Magi system, Homura tried to convince the girls that Kyubey was deceiving them. Sayaka reacted with distrust and Mami with skepticism, Madoka as well. The reasons are understandable as Homura is a stranger and a new comer and without any evidence to back her claim they arent ready to accept the truth. However, Mami's and Sayaka's real reasons differentiate with Madoka's and it sheds a light to their character.

Murder:

Mami's character is the embodiment of a humble Ojou-sama and a kind Onee-sama. While Mami exudes class, grace, and beauty, she never flaunts her privilege or status. She tries to become a mentor for Madoka and Sayaka but at the same time tries to caution them that the life of a Puella Magi is not without sacrifice and difficulties. Mami's speech in [[Episode 3]] gives us a glimpse to the kind of life Mami has led so far, a very lonely and solitary life with no one to call a friend. Mami's seriousness is betrayed by her emotional outburst of joy and monologue when Madoka pledges to become a Puella Magi and join together with Mami in her duty to hunt down Witches and protect the city. For the first time we learn that Mami is truly happy with being a Puella Magi. We must consider that while Mami took her responsibility as a Puella Magi with seriousness and professionalism, we can see through flashes that she was unhappy with that type of life. Perhaps we it can interpret her duty as a Puella Magi a form of [[wiki:Noblesse_oblige|''Noblesse Oblige'']].

If [[Episode 3]] uncovers Mami's unhappiness then [[Episode 10]] marks her despair. The nature of her despair requires a deep analysis to understand Mami's lapse of judgement and brief moment of insanity. Given the glimpse we observe regarding Mami's solitary lifestyle and her sacrifice to protect the people and the city, it is understandable as to why Mami lost her composure. One could interpret that all her work and sacrifice was for naught, that the lives she saved would be meaningless once she became a Witch, and that her personal sacrifice and unhappiness contributed to the propagation of a horrifying system. Mami's sense of despair is understandable, however, her following actions contribute to her criticism and are the source of many arguments against her character. Mami's early impression is shattered once she gives in into despair and we glimpse into her weakest moment as a human being. But on the other hand it could be interpreted as the next logical step into a world that has gone mad. Mami knows that her friends have no future, that it is only a matter of time they will become Witches, to spare them of their suffering (and her own) and halt the death of future victims at their hands as Witches she decides that death (and suicide) is the logical and noble choice. No matter the interpretation or justification to fans what Mami did is considered an unforgivable act. What Mami committed was an act of betrayal by killing her ''kouhai'', she commits murder by attempting to take their lives without their consent and consultation.

Surprisingly the Anime series presents different acts that involves killing and murder under different circumstances. And each act requires to be judged on their own. If Mami's action in [[Episode 10]] can be interpreted as a betrayal (or desperation), then Madoka's action to stop Mami's murdering rampage can be interpreted as an act of self-defense and justifiable homicide, acting in defense of others (or in this case an attempt to save Homura). Many fans have criticized Madoka as a helpless crybaby, but this (horrifying) single act of bravery demonstrates Madoka's measure as a Puella Magi and as a person. Not only is she willing to take personal risks to save others, but she is also willing to make the tough choices when the situation calls for it, even if it means killing a friend to save another. Madoka is not a helpless character, she is only helpless because she is unsure what to do to make things right. True to Madoka's character she understands the danger she is imposing by becoming a Witch, rather than use the Grief Seed to save her own life she saves Homura with no regrets, then she asks Homura to do the unthinkable. Under the agony of pain and sorrow Homura commits a merciful killing by stoping Madoka's transformation into a Witch. This is not the act of a cold blooded killer (which she has been accused to be many times) but that of a friend under duress.

In no moment during the series Homura has been a senseless cold blooded killer or a murderer (under the narrow definition), it could be said that she has expressed her opinion to take bold action when the moment requires it, that includes taking a life (just like Madoka did). Which lead us to another controversy and criticism.

Sayaka:

==Transformation Runes==
People who have watched episode 11's blu-ray version must have noticed that Homura's transformation got a major overhaul, including a large quantity of spinning, floating runes.

Would anyone be able to take high-quality screenshots of these so that they can be translated? I'm willing to do it, if someone uploads screenshots.

:Here you go. http://imageshack.us/g/812/vlcsnap2011101601h39m36.png/
:From what I've seen, they just appear to be numbers. In the first pic in the uploaded album, from left to right :

:5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6

:Each rune that appears is a number.

::Oh... huh... here I was expecting some sort of hidden message, but I guess it's just obeying the new theme of her transformation? Gauges? Tons of gauges? I would have expected clocks, honestly, or gears (no reference to Walpurgisnacht, though). Though I guess the gauges are sort of clocks...

:::My first thought wasn't that they were gauges, but more like old, analog stopwatches.[[Special:Contributions/216.54.82.164|216.54.82.164]] 14:02, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

==Akemi Homura’s Seiyuu: Chiwa Saitou’s Live Dubbing Session on AFA11==
[[File:Chiwaguest.jpg|right|200px]]
http://www.animeotakucorner.com/2011/11/09/akemi-homuras-seiyuu-chiwa-saitous-live-dubbing-session-on-afa11/

''Chiwa Saitou, the Seiyuu(Voice Actress) from the popular anime series Puella Magi Madoka Magica’s Akemi Homura will have her own Live Dubbing Session. The event will take place on AFA11′s Main Stage on November 12(Saturday) at 2:15pm. It will be called as ‘Puella Magi Madoka Magica – Akemi Homura Special!’''

''You can also [http://www.animefestival.asia/form/view.php?id=20 ask a question for her.] There is a possibility that your question will appear on stage so why not risk it?'' --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 19:16, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
:The date for the session (Nov 12th) has already passed. Here's a small [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZmLzxCr5P8 vid clip] of it. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 22:56, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
:Now some [http://www.dannychoo.com/post/ja/26325/%E6%96%8E%E8%97%A4%E5%8D%83%E5%92%8C.html pics]. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 18:50, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
::Ok, we really should have a seiyuu page... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 19:45, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
::Out of curiosity, was there a transcript or is there an article covering the event? It would be nice to have some information so we can add later on. --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 12:17, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

== Ties to Walpurgis Night ==

This is sort of in response to the idea that Homura may be Walpurgis Night. Since Walpurgis Night is a conglomeration of witches, it certainly can't be Homura, at least not Homura alone. On the card for Walpurgis Night, it says that Walpurgis Night has a helpless nature, which Homura shares. She becomes a Puella Magi to save Madoka, which she continually fails to do. After her first revert of time she is an especially useless fighter. In episode three, Homura is bound up and unable to prevent Mami's death. However the card description also says that Walpurgis Night "will continue to rotate aimlessly until the whole of this age into a drama." Aimless hardly describes Akemi Homura, who is extremely focused on her goal.

Yet the similarities between them are strong, and I have theory to explain it.

In episode ten Homura states that Mami's fate is inevitable, she is killed in every possible timeline. Following this fate idea, it maybe that for each Magi there is a rival witch (or witches) who she fights in all timelines. Each witch of plot significance has strong similarities to the Magi that fights her.

'''Charlotte''' has a love for sweets, or at least a theme based around sweets. Mami is seen several times eating cake. According to her card, her nature is tenacity, which could be applied to Mami wish to survive an accident.

'''Elly''' has a covetous nature, which we see a little of in Sakaya, who doesn't react well to Hitomi's pursual of Kamijou. Elly also closed herself off from the world, as did Sakaya following her transformation into a Magi. They also share an affinity for water.

'''Elsa Maria''' has trouble fitting in this theory because she has ties to both Sayaka and Kyoko. For the purposes of this theory, lets assume she was destined for Kyoko. Kyoko has the church connection and at one point held feelings of "self-righteousness" as described on Elsa's card. Kyoko's jointed spear has similarities to the snakes which Elsa Maria fights with. Elsa Maria is worshiping a torch held out by an arm. The similarity of this torch to that held by Lady Liberty gives a (admitted tenuous) connection to Kyoko's personal freedom.

'''Walpurgis Night''' is also troublesome in her similarities to both Homura and Madoka. Both experience feelings of helplessness and have been seen fighting the witch in multiple timelines. For the purposes of the theory I will compare her only to Madoka. Walpurgis Night has very far reaching goals "turning the whole world into a drama," as does Madoka who wishes to make a sort of heaven on earth. Walpurgis Night has red jewels on her sleeve (heart on sleeve maybe?), while Madoka's color is pink which could be a near affinity. Also note the similarities between Madoka's witch-form, which together make an hour glass. Walpurgis Night may also continually reappear in the same place to find Madoka. This does not work perfectly, of course, Homura does much the same thing. If we assume that Homura IS Walpurgis Night (partially anyway), this opens up the connection to Madoka, rahter than diminishing it. Walpurgis Night's familiars of many witches has relevance to Madoka's role as a Magi saving other Magi from falling into despair. While Homura's reappearances are tethered to a single short period of time, Madoka appears all over the world in many times and time-lines, as does Walpurgis Night. Both also meet (and destroy) many Magi.

Finally, if Madoka's rival witch is Walpurgis Night, then perhaps Homura has a rival in '''Gertrude'''. Gertrude has many war-related objects in her world, which ties in nicely to Homura's dependence on Modern weapons. Of most significance is the butterfly theme. Homura's transformation from a weak and helpless girl into her bow-weilding final form as a Puella Magi is very comparible to the metamorphasis of the butterfly. Butterflies are also related to the "betterfly effect", which is a theme played on in Madoka. Homura's devotion to and protection of Madoka is similar to Gertrud's care for her roses. The roses share a color affinity with Madoka. Gertrude has an insincere nature according to her card, which she may share with Homura in that Homura is forced to tell lies and behave coldly toward her friends in later timelines. Also signficant is presence of an Anthony (one of Gertrude's minions) at the end of the World. The Anthony certainly strengthen's Homura's ties to Gertrude, however it also complicates things for the theory. If the world is being destroyed, what business does an Anthony have chatting with Homura away from said world (and Gertrude). There's room to speculate if Homura ''is'' Gertrude, but again, since this does not fit into the theory let's just assume minions and familiars are capable of a little independence. Characteristic of the single-minded rivals, when they do meet, they do not make any efforts to fight each other, Homura is concerned with killing Kyubei and Gertrude is concerned with her roses. When confronted they both run away.

I think I might be on to something here. Let me know what you think!
[[User:OnionJack|OnionJack]] 14:20, 16 December 2011 (UTC)Onion Jack (Thomas)
:As for the Anthony at the end of the world, a simple explanation is that Anthonies were the first witch-realm creatures Madoka encountered in the main timeline, so Madoka (who likes fluffy things) thinks of them as representatives of the magical world. (On a production level, Inu Curry said that Anthonies were their favorite)

:I'm not convinced of direct connections between the girls and witches (in the sense of them being counterparts or witch forms of the girls), but it wouldn't be so strange if magical beings with things in common have a tendency to find each other kind of like how stand users in JoJo do. The runes in Charlotte's barrier talking about Mami and Homu could indicate witches experiencing things like Madoka's dream from the beginning of ep 1. [[User:KM|KM]] 21:18, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

== Homura's route in PSP game ==

I'm curious where such story can be found since I only learn that their fate can be changed. But I don't know what will happen next. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 16:41, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

== Anyone knows the meaning/purpose of those short cut in scenes of Homura turning her head? ==

I remember 2 of them. Not sure if there are more.

Episode 5 at 12:22

Episode 11 at 15:30

They just don't seem to fit in. As if they are not really happening right then and there.

[[Special:Contributions/84.179.144.20|84.179.144.20]] 20:48, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

[[File:Shaft head tilt.jpg|thumb]]
Something like that? ->

Ah, the infamous shaft head tilt. [[SHAFT]], the anime studio behind Madoka, is known for these sorts of strange directional touches. After [[Shinbo]] came along, along with sparse setting, post-modern architecture, quick eye cuts, fancy typography slides, and etc have became SHAFT's calling card. You can see these elements in pretty much every show SHAFT has worked on since. Madoka is actually fairly benign on these eccentricities. Check out [[Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei]] or [[Bakemonogatari]] for these coming out in full force.

Now, concerning what it means - when you see a cut of a character quick turn and tilts her head slightly... It can mean a turn in mood; a shift in focus; a change of mind. Honestly though, it doesn't mean much. It's just something Shaft does. It's simply "Shaft being Shaft."
- [[User:Prima|Prima]] 17:47, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

== Age ==

Homura is same age as Madoka so Homura is 14 not 13 !!!
[[Special:Contributions/198.47.101.2|198.47.101.2]] 00:12, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

== What's going on with the edit wars?! ==

All of this adding and removing is putting this page's progress to a standstill. Can't we all get our ideas out in a way that doesn't intertwine/interrupt someone else's edit? T^T And then people remove the work of others to put their own... then they put it back... If you would like, use this section to try to sort everyone's thoughts on what to put where so that we all have our contributions and ideas that we worked on for the wiki mixed in there somewhere and having them transition in a nice and smooth manner without all of this extra misplaced stuff lying around. I don't want to feel like I have to look at older revisions of this page in order to get all of the information I'm looking for. It should be unnecessary, it's too time consuming, and it validates my point. --[[User:Lord Fawful|Lord Fawful]] 16:44, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

Someone apparently doesn't like the fact that the observations section calls Homura's behavior unhealthy and abusive and points out all the ways it is (and also ones like "Madoka using honorifics with her name visibly upsets her", for whatever reason), so they're constantly removing the information. It's pretty childish if you ask me. The page/section should probably get locked for a while (though it should be locked on a revision that has the abuse analysis on it. It's important and the kind of thing that people should really know about). --[[Special:Contributions/198.41.239.138|198.41.239.138]] 20:31, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

Can't we have both sides of the argument on the page? I mean, it's unfair to delete another's work just because you disagree with it, but we could find a way to make both ideas separate sections. --[[User:Lord Fawful|Lord Fawful]] 23:21, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

There's not two separate ideas. It's one section (and then a few other bits) that keep being deleted by petty people who don't like the idea of their precious Homura being called abusive and unhealthy. I say we lock the page for a while to stop the edit war; maybe that'll even kill it. [[Special:Contributions/198.41.239.138|198.41.239.138]] 23:41, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Oh, so it's just deletion and vandalism!? I thought I saw some links being posted about her actions being justified in someone else's view. I was under the impression that it was just conflicting ideas. Sorry about that. --[[User:Lord Fawful|Lord Fawful]] 23:56, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

There ''have'' been, but I've read the argument and it's not "justification" so much as it is excusing Homura's actions/essentially abuse apologism, so it's not acceptable. [[Special:Contributions/198.41.239.138|198.41.239.138]] 00:38, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

Sorry for beating a dead horse, but most of that tumblr post is not a "justification" either for Homura's behaviour at all. That post just feels like trying to paint Homura in a bad light. There are already many analysis that debunked that tumblr post so I'm going to add them soon. --[[User:Caglar|Caglar]] ([[User talk:Caglar|talk]]) 21:35, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

This isn't a tumblr post. It's a 'wiki'. Besides, shouldn't wikis be at least neutral? But there are many and many conflicts with homura, though. boop Anon 23:36, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

I was talking about the tumblr post under the 'observation' section. And that one observation point where some viewers said Homura is an abusive person. And yes, wiki should be neutral which is why I'll also be adding the analysis about Homura not being an abusive person. --[[User:Caglar|Caglar]] ([[User talk:Caglar|talk]]) 00:47, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

== The First Month ==

Howdy folks. Given that the anime came out in 2011, and Homura gets out of the hospital on the 16th, and that day is shown to be falling on Wednesday, then the month her time loop starts in is March for certain. Granted, the calendar doesn't show what day the week starts on (most have Sunday as the first day of the week, but a few use Monday, though these are usually business or payroll calendars) and MAYBE the year isn't 2011 in the anime... But I don't see why not when everything else lines up just fine. Occam's Razor and all. [[User:BlackAeronaut|BlackAeronaut]] ([[User talk:BlackAeronaut|talk]]) 14:32, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

Talk:Homura Akemi

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==Spoiler==

Why is there a massive Higurashi spoiler in the trivia section? Specifically the "Homurika" one [[User:Jag|Jag]] ([[User talk:Jag|talk]]) 17:20, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
: ops, added spoiler tag. - [[User:Prima|Prima]] ([[User talk:Prima|talk]]) 19:08, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
:: Is it okay if we mark it as a Higurashi spoiler as well? I don't think there's any way to know what show the spoiler would be referring to if you haven't watched the show, and they'd have to click on it to find out. -
[[User:Jag|Jag]] ([[User talk:Jag|talk]]) 05:22, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
::: Added - [[User:Prima|Prima]] ([[User talk:Prima|talk]]) 21:34, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

== Nutcracker ==

i wanted to add an observation about how Akuma Homura cracks her soul gem between her teeth, like a nutracker. Could I do that? [[User:Leafbladie|Leafbladie]] ([[User talk:Leafbladie|talk]]) 15:07, 27 April 2019 (UTC)leafbladie
:Yeah, I think that's more than appropriate. It fits in line with her theme. [[User:Sondenise|Sondenise]] ([[User talk:Sondenise|talk]]) 16:21, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

I strongly suggest that we move all speculations from this page to a speculation page dedicated to Homura (and possibly the other four main characters). This could be a good occasion to clean up all the stuff that was proven wrong.
:I concur. -[[User:Becquerel|Becquerel]] 04:16, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
::I agree too, if by "clean up" you mean "tag properly", like the wishes thing. No content should be removed IMO, just for "historical accurracy" --[[User:Homerun-chan|Homerun-chan]] 07:41, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
I agree with the speculation moving, but I think we should have a dedicated page for speculation on each character. I have loads of speculation talked over heaps with my brother that I really want to post here... until I saw this. I also think that the speculation pages dedicated to each character should be just for speculah that hasn't been proven right or wrong yet. Theories proved right or wrong should just be placed on the official page on the character. FIFI 00:32, 14 August 2013 (UTC)
:I also agree that something should be done about the speculation. Moving everything unconfirmed doesn't sound like a bad idea (and quite easy to do for this page), but there's also pages like [[Kyoko#Speculations & Observations|Kyoko's]] where everything is even more disorganized. For now, I'd direct you to the [[Theories]] page. Feel free to make a new page there if you have a lot of connected speculation. --[[User:Knon|Knon]] 10:05, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

abour her strong power in the new timeline: maybe because she suffered much in all the previous timelines she got a boost-up just like madoka

I removed stuff that didn't belong on this page (there was speculah about Walpurgis Night's familiars, for example, which is already present on WPN's various pages and doesn't need to be here) as well as the needless arguments on theories that have been debunked. If I knew how to make new pages -and- make said new pages look pretty and formatted, I'd move the whole speculah section to a new page, but my mad skillz at wiki pages go as far as "I can edit text".
:Regarding the theories proven right/wrong, and your editing skills, I made [[Template:Theory/Header|a template]] to classify theories by status (see output [[User:Homerun-chan/Theory_tags|here]]). I do not have the time right now, but I think it'd be a good idea to order the theories by category then --it's in the [[wishlist]] actually --[[User:Homerun-chan|Homerun-chan]] 10:07, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

==Homura: One Man Army==
¥ 1,383,040,300 ($17,037,114 USD) worth of military weapons and equipment!! Damn, maybe Homura should start with Nicolas Cage in "Lord of War II: The Walpurgis Night Incident" --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 02:18, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
:I'm still baffled. I mean, it's hard to believe. RPGs aren't ''that'' expensive. The guy who made the vid must have made some fancy cals. Still... Lord Of War was a great film, and I would buy that squel in the blink of an eye ^^ --[[User:BrickBreak|BrickBreak]] 02:33, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

==HOMU==
[http://www.homelessmuseum.org/ HOMU: The Homeless Museum of Art]. Nothing important, I just found this to be a bit funny. --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 02:37, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

==Homura's Stoicism Draft==
I feel like I am juggling with too many ideas. That has always been my problem when trying to make something clear and concise. I am going to need some help to wrinkle out the article once I am done. --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 08:04, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
:Fitting actually that you mention article. You could post your thoughts freely and put it there. Right now, it feels like you want to write about all the characters and not just Homura. It's also gone beyond the facts to the point that if it stayed on the Homura page, I'd have to say it goes under speculah. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 08:24, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
::I moved the draft here. I feel like the writing is going to become larger as I feel like to understand the Homura character we have to also understand her interaction to others as perhaps her personal experience with them and a need for comparison. I wonder If this should become a separate article all together?... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 09:02, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

==Understanding Homura's Stoicism==
Homura's emotionless and cold exterior has been misinterpreted and misunderstood by fans and observers alike. This has led to the interpretation that Homura is a dangerous Yandere, others believe her to be a psychopath with littler regard for human lives (with the exception of Madoka), but these interpretations are highly incorrect and inaccurate. This is caused by the misleading first impression we build from lacking a fundamental understanding of her background and personality. To understand Homura it is essential to rewatch some of her scenes and discover the subtle differences from first time viewing for comparison. Once we understand Homura's background and mission and her single obsession to save Madoka viewers would observe Homura in a new light.

Beneath Homura's stoic mask one will uncover the true Homura, a trace of her true self that she tries to shield with an emotional wall to cope with the rising danger of accumulating too much despair. Homura isn't the only character to be misinterpreted and misunderstood for expressing controversial opinions and actions to reach her goal, but their comparison would help to differentiate Homura from the rest of the characters. Homura developed an early survival skill to cope with her new realty to save Madoka.

Homura's Past:

To understand the Homura character it is essential to watch [[Episode 10]] and to listen the drama CD ''[[Drama CD 1|"Memories of you"]]''. First, the Drama CD contains information regarding Homura's difficulty to adapt to a new school setting as a transfer student; no one knows her nor they try to understand her and her struggles. In her new environment Homura experiences school bullying (non-physical), demeaning rumors behind her back, and low opinion about her abilities as a person and as a student. Homura is already a fragile girl with low self-esteem caused by her weak heart and her weak physical body, with the addition of emotional stress caused by her unpopularity at school it is enough to emotionally crush her to the point of driving her to suicide and despair, or at least an enticement under a Witch's spell to end her suffering.

Another source of Homura's emotional transformation are the events taking place in the different timelines in [[Episode 10]]. Homura's experience in different timelines brought her insight into how to formulate different ways to rescue Madoka and stop Walpurgis Night. When a new element of surprised was introduced in the timeline, Homura would formulate a new solution to deviate from the same outcome. The first issue was uncovering the truth about the Puella Magi system, Homura tried to convince the girls that Kyubey was deceiving them. Sayaka reacted with distrust and Mami with skepticism, Madoka as well. The reasons are understandable as Homura is a stranger and a new comer and without any evidence to back her claim they arent ready to accept the truth. However, Mami's and Sayaka's real reasons differentiate with Madoka's and it sheds a light to their character.

Murder:

Mami's character is the embodiment of a humble Ojou-sama and a kind Onee-sama. While Mami exudes class, grace, and beauty, she never flaunts her privilege or status. She tries to become a mentor for Madoka and Sayaka but at the same time tries to caution them that the life of a Puella Magi is not without sacrifice and difficulties. Mami's speech in [[Episode 3]] gives us a glimpse to the kind of life Mami has led so far, a very lonely and solitary life with no one to call a friend. Mami's seriousness is betrayed by her emotional outburst of joy and monologue when Madoka pledges to become a Puella Magi and join together with Mami in her duty to hunt down Witches and protect the city. For the first time we learn that Mami is truly happy with being a Puella Magi. We must consider that while Mami took her responsibility as a Puella Magi with seriousness and professionalism, we can see through flashes that she was unhappy with that type of life. Perhaps we it can interpret her duty as a Puella Magi a form of [[wiki:Noblesse_oblige|''Noblesse Oblige'']].

If [[Episode 3]] uncovers Mami's unhappiness then [[Episode 10]] marks her despair. The nature of her despair requires a deep analysis to understand Mami's lapse of judgement and brief moment of insanity. Given the glimpse we observe regarding Mami's solitary lifestyle and her sacrifice to protect the people and the city, it is understandable as to why Mami lost her composure. One could interpret that all her work and sacrifice was for naught, that the lives she saved would be meaningless once she became a Witch, and that her personal sacrifice and unhappiness contributed to the propagation of a horrifying system. Mami's sense of despair is understandable, however, her following actions contribute to her criticism and are the source of many arguments against her character. Mami's early impression is shattered once she gives in into despair and we glimpse into her weakest moment as a human being. But on the other hand it could be interpreted as the next logical step into a world that has gone mad. Mami knows that her friends have no future, that it is only a matter of time they will become Witches, to spare them of their suffering (and her own) and halt the death of future victims at their hands as Witches she decides that death (and suicide) is the logical and noble choice. No matter the interpretation or justification to fans what Mami did is considered an unforgivable act. What Mami committed was an act of betrayal by killing her ''kouhai'', she commits murder by attempting to take their lives without their consent and consultation.

Surprisingly the Anime series presents different acts that involves killing and murder under different circumstances. And each act requires to be judged on their own. If Mami's action in [[Episode 10]] can be interpreted as a betrayal (or desperation), then Madoka's action to stop Mami's murdering rampage can be interpreted as an act of self-defense and justifiable homicide, acting in defense of others (or in this case an attempt to save Homura). Many fans have criticized Madoka as a helpless crybaby, but this (horrifying) single act of bravery demonstrates Madoka's measure as a Puella Magi and as a person. Not only is she willing to take personal risks to save others, but she is also willing to make the tough choices when the situation calls for it, even if it means killing a friend to save another. Madoka is not a helpless character, she is only helpless because she is unsure what to do to make things right. True to Madoka's character she understands the danger she is imposing by becoming a Witch, rather than use the Grief Seed to save her own life she saves Homura with no regrets, then she asks Homura to do the unthinkable. Under the agony of pain and sorrow Homura commits a merciful killing by stoping Madoka's transformation into a Witch. This is not the act of a cold blooded killer (which she has been accused to be many times) but that of a friend under duress.

In no moment during the series Homura has been a senseless cold blooded killer or a murderer (under the narrow definition), it could be said that she has expressed her opinion to take bold action when the moment requires it, that includes taking a life (just like Madoka did). Which lead us to another controversy and criticism.

Sayaka:

==Transformation Runes==
People who have watched episode 11's blu-ray version must have noticed that Homura's transformation got a major overhaul, including a large quantity of spinning, floating runes.

Would anyone be able to take high-quality screenshots of these so that they can be translated? I'm willing to do it, if someone uploads screenshots.

:Here you go. http://imageshack.us/g/812/vlcsnap2011101601h39m36.png/
:From what I've seen, they just appear to be numbers. In the first pic in the uploaded album, from left to right :

:5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6

:Each rune that appears is a number.

::Oh... huh... here I was expecting some sort of hidden message, but I guess it's just obeying the new theme of her transformation? Gauges? Tons of gauges? I would have expected clocks, honestly, or gears (no reference to Walpurgisnacht, though). Though I guess the gauges are sort of clocks...

:::My first thought wasn't that they were gauges, but more like old, analog stopwatches.[[Special:Contributions/216.54.82.164|216.54.82.164]] 14:02, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

==Akemi Homura’s Seiyuu: Chiwa Saitou’s Live Dubbing Session on AFA11==
[[File:Chiwaguest.jpg|right|200px]]
http://www.animeotakucorner.com/2011/11/09/akemi-homuras-seiyuu-chiwa-saitous-live-dubbing-session-on-afa11/

''Chiwa Saitou, the Seiyuu(Voice Actress) from the popular anime series Puella Magi Madoka Magica’s Akemi Homura will have her own Live Dubbing Session. The event will take place on AFA11′s Main Stage on November 12(Saturday) at 2:15pm. It will be called as ‘Puella Magi Madoka Magica – Akemi Homura Special!’''

''You can also [http://www.animefestival.asia/form/view.php?id=20 ask a question for her.] There is a possibility that your question will appear on stage so why not risk it?'' --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 19:16, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
:The date for the session (Nov 12th) has already passed. Here's a small [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZmLzxCr5P8 vid clip] of it. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 22:56, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
:Now some [http://www.dannychoo.com/post/ja/26325/%E6%96%8E%E8%97%A4%E5%8D%83%E5%92%8C.html pics]. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 18:50, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
::Ok, we really should have a seiyuu page... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 19:45, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
::Out of curiosity, was there a transcript or is there an article covering the event? It would be nice to have some information so we can add later on. --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 12:17, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

== Ties to Walpurgis Night ==

This is sort of in response to the idea that Homura may be Walpurgis Night. Since Walpurgis Night is a conglomeration of witches, it certainly can't be Homura, at least not Homura alone. On the card for Walpurgis Night, it says that Walpurgis Night has a helpless nature, which Homura shares. She becomes a Puella Magi to save Madoka, which she continually fails to do. After her first revert of time she is an especially useless fighter. In episode three, Homura is bound up and unable to prevent Mami's death. However the card description also says that Walpurgis Night "will continue to rotate aimlessly until the whole of this age into a drama." Aimless hardly describes Akemi Homura, who is extremely focused on her goal.

Yet the similarities between them are strong, and I have theory to explain it.

In episode ten Homura states that Mami's fate is inevitable, she is killed in every possible timeline. Following this fate idea, it maybe that for each Magi there is a rival witch (or witches) who she fights in all timelines. Each witch of plot significance has strong similarities to the Magi that fights her.

'''Charlotte''' has a love for sweets, or at least a theme based around sweets. Mami is seen several times eating cake. According to her card, her nature is tenacity, which could be applied to Mami wish to survive an accident.

'''Elly''' has a covetous nature, which we see a little of in Sakaya, who doesn't react well to Hitomi's pursual of Kamijou. Elly also closed herself off from the world, as did Sakaya following her transformation into a Magi. They also share an affinity for water.

'''Elsa Maria''' has trouble fitting in this theory because she has ties to both Sayaka and Kyoko. For the purposes of this theory, lets assume she was destined for Kyoko. Kyoko has the church connection and at one point held feelings of "self-righteousness" as described on Elsa's card. Kyoko's jointed spear has similarities to the snakes which Elsa Maria fights with. Elsa Maria is worshiping a torch held out by an arm. The similarity of this torch to that held by Lady Liberty gives a (admitted tenuous) connection to Kyoko's personal freedom.

'''Walpurgis Night''' is also troublesome in her similarities to both Homura and Madoka. Both experience feelings of helplessness and have been seen fighting the witch in multiple timelines. For the purposes of the theory I will compare her only to Madoka. Walpurgis Night has very far reaching goals "turning the whole world into a drama," as does Madoka who wishes to make a sort of heaven on earth. Walpurgis Night has red jewels on her sleeve (heart on sleeve maybe?), while Madoka's color is pink which could be a near affinity. Also note the similarities between Madoka's witch-form, which together make an hour glass. Walpurgis Night may also continually reappear in the same place to find Madoka. This does not work perfectly, of course, Homura does much the same thing. If we assume that Homura IS Walpurgis Night (partially anyway), this opens up the connection to Madoka, rahter than diminishing it. Walpurgis Night's familiars of many witches has relevance to Madoka's role as a Magi saving other Magi from falling into despair. While Homura's reappearances are tethered to a single short period of time, Madoka appears all over the world in many times and time-lines, as does Walpurgis Night. Both also meet (and destroy) many Magi.

Finally, if Madoka's rival witch is Walpurgis Night, then perhaps Homura has a rival in '''Gertrude'''. Gertrude has many war-related objects in her world, which ties in nicely to Homura's dependence on Modern weapons. Of most significance is the butterfly theme. Homura's transformation from a weak and helpless girl into her bow-weilding final form as a Puella Magi is very comparible to the metamorphasis of the butterfly. Butterflies are also related to the "betterfly effect", which is a theme played on in Madoka. Homura's devotion to and protection of Madoka is similar to Gertrud's care for her roses. The roses share a color affinity with Madoka. Gertrude has an insincere nature according to her card, which she may share with Homura in that Homura is forced to tell lies and behave coldly toward her friends in later timelines. Also signficant is presence of an Anthony (one of Gertrude's minions) at the end of the World. The Anthony certainly strengthen's Homura's ties to Gertrude, however it also complicates things for the theory. If the world is being destroyed, what business does an Anthony have chatting with Homura away from said world (and Gertrude). There's room to speculate if Homura ''is'' Gertrude, but again, since this does not fit into the theory let's just assume minions and familiars are capable of a little independence. Characteristic of the single-minded rivals, when they do meet, they do not make any efforts to fight each other, Homura is concerned with killing Kyubei and Gertrude is concerned with her roses. When confronted they both run away.

I think I might be on to something here. Let me know what you think!
[[User:OnionJack|OnionJack]] 14:20, 16 December 2011 (UTC)Onion Jack (Thomas)
:As for the Anthony at the end of the world, a simple explanation is that Anthonies were the first witch-realm creatures Madoka encountered in the main timeline, so Madoka (who likes fluffy things) thinks of them as representatives of the magical world. (On a production level, Inu Curry said that Anthonies were their favorite)

:I'm not convinced of direct connections between the girls and witches (in the sense of them being counterparts or witch forms of the girls), but it wouldn't be so strange if magical beings with things in common have a tendency to find each other kind of like how stand users in JoJo do. The runes in Charlotte's barrier talking about Mami and Homu could indicate witches experiencing things like Madoka's dream from the beginning of ep 1. [[User:KM|KM]] 21:18, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

== Homura's route in PSP game ==

I'm curious where such story can be found since I only learn that their fate can be changed. But I don't know what will happen next. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 16:41, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

== Anyone knows the meaning/purpose of those short cut in scenes of Homura turning her head? ==

I remember 2 of them. Not sure if there are more.

Episode 5 at 12:22

Episode 11 at 15:30

They just don't seem to fit in. As if they are not really happening right then and there.

[[Special:Contributions/84.179.144.20|84.179.144.20]] 20:48, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

[[File:Shaft head tilt.jpg|thumb]]
Something like that? ->

Ah, the infamous shaft head tilt. [[SHAFT]], the anime studio behind Madoka, is known for these sorts of strange directional touches. After [[Shinbo]] came along, along with sparse setting, post-modern architecture, quick eye cuts, fancy typography slides, and etc have became SHAFT's calling card. You can see these elements in pretty much every show SHAFT has worked on since. Madoka is actually fairly benign on these eccentricities. Check out [[Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei]] or [[Bakemonogatari]] for these coming out in full force.

Now, concerning what it means - when you see a cut of a character quick turn and tilts her head slightly... It can mean a turn in mood; a shift in focus; a change of mind. Honestly though, it doesn't mean much. It's just something Shaft does. It's simply "Shaft being Shaft."
- [[User:Prima|Prima]] 17:47, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

== Age ==

Homura is same age as Madoka so Homura is 14 not 13 !!!
[[Special:Contributions/198.47.101.2|198.47.101.2]] 00:12, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

== What's going on with the edit wars?! ==

All of this adding and removing is putting this page's progress to a standstill. Can't we all get our ideas out in a way that doesn't intertwine/interrupt someone else's edit? T^T And then people remove the work of others to put their own... then they put it back... If you would like, use this section to try to sort everyone's thoughts on what to put where so that we all have our contributions and ideas that we worked on for the wiki mixed in there somewhere and having them transition in a nice and smooth manner without all of this extra misplaced stuff lying around. I don't want to feel like I have to look at older revisions of this page in order to get all of the information I'm looking for. It should be unnecessary, it's too time consuming, and it validates my point. --[[User:Lord Fawful|Lord Fawful]] 16:44, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

Someone apparently doesn't like the fact that the observations section calls Homura's behavior unhealthy and abusive and points out all the ways it is (and also ones like "Madoka using honorifics with her name visibly upsets her", for whatever reason), so they're constantly removing the information. It's pretty childish if you ask me. The page/section should probably get locked for a while (though it should be locked on a revision that has the abuse analysis on it. It's important and the kind of thing that people should really know about). --[[Special:Contributions/198.41.239.138|198.41.239.138]] 20:31, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

Can't we have both sides of the argument on the page? I mean, it's unfair to delete another's work just because you disagree with it, but we could find a way to make both ideas separate sections. --[[User:Lord Fawful|Lord Fawful]] 23:21, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

There's not two separate ideas. It's one section (and then a few other bits) that keep being deleted by petty people who don't like the idea of their precious Homura being called abusive and unhealthy. I say we lock the page for a while to stop the edit war; maybe that'll even kill it. [[Special:Contributions/198.41.239.138|198.41.239.138]] 23:41, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Oh, so it's just deletion and vandalism!? I thought I saw some links being posted about her actions being justified in someone else's view. I was under the impression that it was just conflicting ideas. Sorry about that. --[[User:Lord Fawful|Lord Fawful]] 23:56, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

There ''have'' been, but I've read the argument and it's not "justification" so much as it is excusing Homura's actions/essentially abuse apologism, so it's not acceptable. [[Special:Contributions/198.41.239.138|198.41.239.138]] 00:38, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

Sorry for beating a dead horse, but most of that tumblr post is not a "justification" either for Homura's behaviour at all. That post just feels like trying to paint Homura in a bad light. There are already many analysis that debunked that tumblr post so I'm going to add them soon. --[[User:Caglar|Caglar]] ([[User talk:Caglar|talk]]) 21:35, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

This isn't a tumblr post. It's a 'wiki'. Besides, shouldn't wikis be at least neutral? But there are many and many conflicts with homura, though. boop Anon 23:36, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

I was talking about that tumblr post under the 'observation' section. And that one observation point where some viewers said Homura is an abusive person. And yes, wiki should be neutral which is why I'll also be adding the analysis about Homura not being an abusive person. --[[User:Caglar|Caglar]] ([[User talk:Caglar|talk]]) 00:47, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

== The First Month ==

Howdy folks. Given that the anime came out in 2011, and Homura gets out of the hospital on the 16th, and that day is shown to be falling on Wednesday, then the month her time loop starts in is March for certain. Granted, the calendar doesn't show what day the week starts on (most have Sunday as the first day of the week, but a few use Monday, though these are usually business or payroll calendars) and MAYBE the year isn't 2011 in the anime... But I don't see why not when everything else lines up just fine. Occam's Razor and all. [[User:BlackAeronaut|BlackAeronaut]] ([[User talk:BlackAeronaut|talk]]) 14:32, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

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==Spoiler==

Why is there a massive Higurashi spoiler in the trivia section? Specifically the "Homurika" one [[User:Jag|Jag]] ([[User talk:Jag|talk]]) 17:20, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
: ops, added spoiler tag. - [[User:Prima|Prima]] ([[User talk:Prima|talk]]) 19:08, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
:: Is it okay if we mark it as a Higurashi spoiler as well? I don't think there's any way to know what show the spoiler would be referring to if you haven't watched the show, and they'd have to click on it to find out. -
[[User:Jag|Jag]] ([[User talk:Jag|talk]]) 05:22, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
::: Added - [[User:Prima|Prima]] ([[User talk:Prima|talk]]) 21:34, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

== Nutcracker ==

i wanted to add an observation about how Akuma Homura cracks her soul gem between her teeth, like a nutracker. Could I do that? [[User:Leafbladie|Leafbladie]] ([[User talk:Leafbladie|talk]]) 15:07, 27 April 2019 (UTC)leafbladie
:Yeah, I think that's more than appropriate. It fits in line with her theme. [[User:Sondenise|Sondenise]] ([[User talk:Sondenise|talk]]) 16:21, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

I strongly suggest that we move all speculations from this page to a speculation page dedicated to Homura (and possibly the other four main characters). This could be a good occasion to clean up all the stuff that was proven wrong.
:I concur. -[[User:Becquerel|Becquerel]] 04:16, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
::I agree too, if by "clean up" you mean "tag properly", like the wishes thing. No content should be removed IMO, just for "historical accurracy" --[[User:Homerun-chan|Homerun-chan]] 07:41, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
I agree with the speculation moving, but I think we should have a dedicated page for speculation on each character. I have loads of speculation talked over heaps with my brother that I really want to post here... until I saw this. I also think that the speculation pages dedicated to each character should be just for speculah that hasn't been proven right or wrong yet. Theories proved right or wrong should just be placed on the official page on the character. FIFI 00:32, 14 August 2013 (UTC)
:I also agree that something should be done about the speculation. Moving everything unconfirmed doesn't sound like a bad idea (and quite easy to do for this page), but there's also pages like [[Kyoko#Speculations & Observations|Kyoko's]] where everything is even more disorganized. For now, I'd direct you to the [[Theories]] page. Feel free to make a new page there if you have a lot of connected speculation. --[[User:Knon|Knon]] 10:05, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

abour her strong power in the new timeline: maybe because she suffered much in all the previous timelines she got a boost-up just like madoka

I removed stuff that didn't belong on this page (there was speculah about Walpurgis Night's familiars, for example, which is already present on WPN's various pages and doesn't need to be here) as well as the needless arguments on theories that have been debunked. If I knew how to make new pages -and- make said new pages look pretty and formatted, I'd move the whole speculah section to a new page, but my mad skillz at wiki pages go as far as "I can edit text".
:Regarding the theories proven right/wrong, and your editing skills, I made [[Template:Theory/Header|a template]] to classify theories by status (see output [[User:Homerun-chan/Theory_tags|here]]). I do not have the time right now, but I think it'd be a good idea to order the theories by category then --it's in the [[wishlist]] actually --[[User:Homerun-chan|Homerun-chan]] 10:07, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

==Homura: One Man Army==
¥ 1,383,040,300 ($17,037,114 USD) worth of military weapons and equipment!! Damn, maybe Homura should start with Nicolas Cage in "Lord of War II: The Walpurgis Night Incident" --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 02:18, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
:I'm still baffled. I mean, it's hard to believe. RPGs aren't ''that'' expensive. The guy who made the vid must have made some fancy cals. Still... Lord Of War was a great film, and I would buy that squel in the blink of an eye ^^ --[[User:BrickBreak|BrickBreak]] 02:33, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

==HOMU==
[http://www.homelessmuseum.org/ HOMU: The Homeless Museum of Art]. Nothing important, I just found this to be a bit funny. --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 02:37, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

==Homura's Stoicism Draft==
I feel like I am juggling with too many ideas. That has always been my problem when trying to make something clear and concise. I am going to need some help to wrinkle out the article once I am done. --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 08:04, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
:Fitting actually that you mention article. You could post your thoughts freely and put it there. Right now, it feels like you want to write about all the characters and not just Homura. It's also gone beyond the facts to the point that if it stayed on the Homura page, I'd have to say it goes under speculah. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 08:24, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
::I moved the draft here. I feel like the writing is going to become larger as I feel like to understand the Homura character we have to also understand her interaction to others as perhaps her personal experience with them and a need for comparison. I wonder If this should become a separate article all together?... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 09:02, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

==Understanding Homura's Stoicism==
Homura's emotionless and cold exterior has been misinterpreted and misunderstood by fans and observers alike. This has led to the interpretation that Homura is a dangerous Yandere, others believe her to be a psychopath with littler regard for human lives (with the exception of Madoka), but these interpretations are highly incorrect and inaccurate. This is caused by the misleading first impression we build from lacking a fundamental understanding of her background and personality. To understand Homura it is essential to rewatch some of her scenes and discover the subtle differences from first time viewing for comparison. Once we understand Homura's background and mission and her single obsession to save Madoka viewers would observe Homura in a new light.

Beneath Homura's stoic mask one will uncover the true Homura, a trace of her true self that she tries to shield with an emotional wall to cope with the rising danger of accumulating too much despair. Homura isn't the only character to be misinterpreted and misunderstood for expressing controversial opinions and actions to reach her goal, but their comparison would help to differentiate Homura from the rest of the characters. Homura developed an early survival skill to cope with her new realty to save Madoka.

Homura's Past:

To understand the Homura character it is essential to watch [[Episode 10]] and to listen the drama CD ''[[Drama CD 1|"Memories of you"]]''. First, the Drama CD contains information regarding Homura's difficulty to adapt to a new school setting as a transfer student; no one knows her nor they try to understand her and her struggles. In her new environment Homura experiences school bullying (non-physical), demeaning rumors behind her back, and low opinion about her abilities as a person and as a student. Homura is already a fragile girl with low self-esteem caused by her weak heart and her weak physical body, with the addition of emotional stress caused by her unpopularity at school it is enough to emotionally crush her to the point of driving her to suicide and despair, or at least an enticement under a Witch's spell to end her suffering.

Another source of Homura's emotional transformation are the events taking place in the different timelines in [[Episode 10]]. Homura's experience in different timelines brought her insight into how to formulate different ways to rescue Madoka and stop Walpurgis Night. When a new element of surprised was introduced in the timeline, Homura would formulate a new solution to deviate from the same outcome. The first issue was uncovering the truth about the Puella Magi system, Homura tried to convince the girls that Kyubey was deceiving them. Sayaka reacted with distrust and Mami with skepticism, Madoka as well. The reasons are understandable as Homura is a stranger and a new comer and without any evidence to back her claim they arent ready to accept the truth. However, Mami's and Sayaka's real reasons differentiate with Madoka's and it sheds a light to their character.

Murder:

Mami's character is the embodiment of a humble Ojou-sama and a kind Onee-sama. While Mami exudes class, grace, and beauty, she never flaunts her privilege or status. She tries to become a mentor for Madoka and Sayaka but at the same time tries to caution them that the life of a Puella Magi is not without sacrifice and difficulties. Mami's speech in [[Episode 3]] gives us a glimpse to the kind of life Mami has led so far, a very lonely and solitary life with no one to call a friend. Mami's seriousness is betrayed by her emotional outburst of joy and monologue when Madoka pledges to become a Puella Magi and join together with Mami in her duty to hunt down Witches and protect the city. For the first time we learn that Mami is truly happy with being a Puella Magi. We must consider that while Mami took her responsibility as a Puella Magi with seriousness and professionalism, we can see through flashes that she was unhappy with that type of life. Perhaps we it can interpret her duty as a Puella Magi a form of [[wiki:Noblesse_oblige|''Noblesse Oblige'']].

If [[Episode 3]] uncovers Mami's unhappiness then [[Episode 10]] marks her despair. The nature of her despair requires a deep analysis to understand Mami's lapse of judgement and brief moment of insanity. Given the glimpse we observe regarding Mami's solitary lifestyle and her sacrifice to protect the people and the city, it is understandable as to why Mami lost her composure. One could interpret that all her work and sacrifice was for naught, that the lives she saved would be meaningless once she became a Witch, and that her personal sacrifice and unhappiness contributed to the propagation of a horrifying system. Mami's sense of despair is understandable, however, her following actions contribute to her criticism and are the source of many arguments against her character. Mami's early impression is shattered once she gives in into despair and we glimpse into her weakest moment as a human being. But on the other hand it could be interpreted as the next logical step into a world that has gone mad. Mami knows that her friends have no future, that it is only a matter of time they will become Witches, to spare them of their suffering (and her own) and halt the death of future victims at their hands as Witches she decides that death (and suicide) is the logical and noble choice. No matter the interpretation or justification to fans what Mami did is considered an unforgivable act. What Mami committed was an act of betrayal by killing her ''kouhai'', she commits murder by attempting to take their lives without their consent and consultation.

Surprisingly the Anime series presents different acts that involves killing and murder under different circumstances. And each act requires to be judged on their own. If Mami's action in [[Episode 10]] can be interpreted as a betrayal (or desperation), then Madoka's action to stop Mami's murdering rampage can be interpreted as an act of self-defense and justifiable homicide, acting in defense of others (or in this case an attempt to save Homura). Many fans have criticized Madoka as a helpless crybaby, but this (horrifying) single act of bravery demonstrates Madoka's measure as a Puella Magi and as a person. Not only is she willing to take personal risks to save others, but she is also willing to make the tough choices when the situation calls for it, even if it means killing a friend to save another. Madoka is not a helpless character, she is only helpless because she is unsure what to do to make things right. True to Madoka's character she understands the danger she is imposing by becoming a Witch, rather than use the Grief Seed to save her own life she saves Homura with no regrets, then she asks Homura to do the unthinkable. Under the agony of pain and sorrow Homura commits a merciful killing by stoping Madoka's transformation into a Witch. This is not the act of a cold blooded killer (which she has been accused to be many times) but that of a friend under duress.

In no moment during the series Homura has been a senseless cold blooded killer or a murderer (under the narrow definition), it could be said that she has expressed her opinion to take bold action when the moment requires it, that includes taking a life (just like Madoka did). Which lead us to another controversy and criticism.

Sayaka:

==Transformation Runes==
People who have watched episode 11's blu-ray version must have noticed that Homura's transformation got a major overhaul, including a large quantity of spinning, floating runes.

Would anyone be able to take high-quality screenshots of these so that they can be translated? I'm willing to do it, if someone uploads screenshots.

:Here you go. http://imageshack.us/g/812/vlcsnap2011101601h39m36.png/
:From what I've seen, they just appear to be numbers. In the first pic in the uploaded album, from left to right :

:5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6

:Each rune that appears is a number.

::Oh... huh... here I was expecting some sort of hidden message, but I guess it's just obeying the new theme of her transformation? Gauges? Tons of gauges? I would have expected clocks, honestly, or gears (no reference to Walpurgisnacht, though). Though I guess the gauges are sort of clocks...

:::My first thought wasn't that they were gauges, but more like old, analog stopwatches.[[Special:Contributions/216.54.82.164|216.54.82.164]] 14:02, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

==Akemi Homura’s Seiyuu: Chiwa Saitou’s Live Dubbing Session on AFA11==
[[File:Chiwaguest.jpg|right|200px]]
http://www.animeotakucorner.com/2011/11/09/akemi-homuras-seiyuu-chiwa-saitous-live-dubbing-session-on-afa11/

''Chiwa Saitou, the Seiyuu(Voice Actress) from the popular anime series Puella Magi Madoka Magica’s Akemi Homura will have her own Live Dubbing Session. The event will take place on AFA11′s Main Stage on November 12(Saturday) at 2:15pm. It will be called as ‘Puella Magi Madoka Magica – Akemi Homura Special!’''

''You can also [http://www.animefestival.asia/form/view.php?id=20 ask a question for her.] There is a possibility that your question will appear on stage so why not risk it?'' --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 19:16, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
:The date for the session (Nov 12th) has already passed. Here's a small [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZmLzxCr5P8 vid clip] of it. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 22:56, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
:Now some [http://www.dannychoo.com/post/ja/26325/%E6%96%8E%E8%97%A4%E5%8D%83%E5%92%8C.html pics]. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 18:50, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
::Ok, we really should have a seiyuu page... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 19:45, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
::Out of curiosity, was there a transcript or is there an article covering the event? It would be nice to have some information so we can add later on. --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 12:17, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

== Ties to Walpurgis Night ==

This is sort of in response to the idea that Homura may be Walpurgis Night. Since Walpurgis Night is a conglomeration of witches, it certainly can't be Homura, at least not Homura alone. On the card for Walpurgis Night, it says that Walpurgis Night has a helpless nature, which Homura shares. She becomes a Puella Magi to save Madoka, which she continually fails to do. After her first revert of time she is an especially useless fighter. In episode three, Homura is bound up and unable to prevent Mami's death. However the card description also says that Walpurgis Night "will continue to rotate aimlessly until the whole of this age into a drama." Aimless hardly describes Akemi Homura, who is extremely focused on her goal.

Yet the similarities between them are strong, and I have theory to explain it.

In episode ten Homura states that Mami's fate is inevitable, she is killed in every possible timeline. Following this fate idea, it maybe that for each Magi there is a rival witch (or witches) who she fights in all timelines. Each witch of plot significance has strong similarities to the Magi that fights her.

'''Charlotte''' has a love for sweets, or at least a theme based around sweets. Mami is seen several times eating cake. According to her card, her nature is tenacity, which could be applied to Mami wish to survive an accident.

'''Elly''' has a covetous nature, which we see a little of in Sakaya, who doesn't react well to Hitomi's pursual of Kamijou. Elly also closed herself off from the world, as did Sakaya following her transformation into a Magi. They also share an affinity for water.

'''Elsa Maria''' has trouble fitting in this theory because she has ties to both Sayaka and Kyoko. For the purposes of this theory, lets assume she was destined for Kyoko. Kyoko has the church connection and at one point held feelings of "self-righteousness" as described on Elsa's card. Kyoko's jointed spear has similarities to the snakes which Elsa Maria fights with. Elsa Maria is worshiping a torch held out by an arm. The similarity of this torch to that held by Lady Liberty gives a (admitted tenuous) connection to Kyoko's personal freedom.

'''Walpurgis Night''' is also troublesome in her similarities to both Homura and Madoka. Both experience feelings of helplessness and have been seen fighting the witch in multiple timelines. For the purposes of the theory I will compare her only to Madoka. Walpurgis Night has very far reaching goals "turning the whole world into a drama," as does Madoka who wishes to make a sort of heaven on earth. Walpurgis Night has red jewels on her sleeve (heart on sleeve maybe?), while Madoka's color is pink which could be a near affinity. Also note the similarities between Madoka's witch-form, which together make an hour glass. Walpurgis Night may also continually reappear in the same place to find Madoka. This does not work perfectly, of course, Homura does much the same thing. If we assume that Homura IS Walpurgis Night (partially anyway), this opens up the connection to Madoka, rahter than diminishing it. Walpurgis Night's familiars of many witches has relevance to Madoka's role as a Magi saving other Magi from falling into despair. While Homura's reappearances are tethered to a single short period of time, Madoka appears all over the world in many times and time-lines, as does Walpurgis Night. Both also meet (and destroy) many Magi.

Finally, if Madoka's rival witch is Walpurgis Night, then perhaps Homura has a rival in '''Gertrude'''. Gertrude has many war-related objects in her world, which ties in nicely to Homura's dependence on Modern weapons. Of most significance is the butterfly theme. Homura's transformation from a weak and helpless girl into her bow-weilding final form as a Puella Magi is very comparible to the metamorphasis of the butterfly. Butterflies are also related to the "betterfly effect", which is a theme played on in Madoka. Homura's devotion to and protection of Madoka is similar to Gertrud's care for her roses. The roses share a color affinity with Madoka. Gertrude has an insincere nature according to her card, which she may share with Homura in that Homura is forced to tell lies and behave coldly toward her friends in later timelines. Also signficant is presence of an Anthony (one of Gertrude's minions) at the end of the World. The Anthony certainly strengthen's Homura's ties to Gertrude, however it also complicates things for the theory. If the world is being destroyed, what business does an Anthony have chatting with Homura away from said world (and Gertrude). There's room to speculate if Homura ''is'' Gertrude, but again, since this does not fit into the theory let's just assume minions and familiars are capable of a little independence. Characteristic of the single-minded rivals, when they do meet, they do not make any efforts to fight each other, Homura is concerned with killing Kyubei and Gertrude is concerned with her roses. When confronted they both run away.

I think I might be on to something here. Let me know what you think!
[[User:OnionJack|OnionJack]] 14:20, 16 December 2011 (UTC)Onion Jack (Thomas)
:As for the Anthony at the end of the world, a simple explanation is that Anthonies were the first witch-realm creatures Madoka encountered in the main timeline, so Madoka (who likes fluffy things) thinks of them as representatives of the magical world. (On a production level, Inu Curry said that Anthonies were their favorite)

:I'm not convinced of direct connections between the girls and witches (in the sense of them being counterparts or witch forms of the girls), but it wouldn't be so strange if magical beings with things in common have a tendency to find each other kind of like how stand users in JoJo do. The runes in Charlotte's barrier talking about Mami and Homu could indicate witches experiencing things like Madoka's dream from the beginning of ep 1. [[User:KM|KM]] 21:18, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

== Homura's route in PSP game ==

I'm curious where such story can be found since I only learn that their fate can be changed. But I don't know what will happen next. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 16:41, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

== Anyone knows the meaning/purpose of those short cut in scenes of Homura turning her head? ==

I remember 2 of them. Not sure if there are more.

Episode 5 at 12:22

Episode 11 at 15:30

They just don't seem to fit in. As if they are not really happening right then and there.

[[Special:Contributions/84.179.144.20|84.179.144.20]] 20:48, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

[[File:Shaft head tilt.jpg|thumb]]
Something like that? ->

Ah, the infamous shaft head tilt. [[SHAFT]], the anime studio behind Madoka, is known for these sorts of strange directional touches. After [[Shinbo]] came along, along with sparse setting, post-modern architecture, quick eye cuts, fancy typography slides, and etc have became SHAFT's calling card. You can see these elements in pretty much every show SHAFT has worked on since. Madoka is actually fairly benign on these eccentricities. Check out [[Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei]] or [[Bakemonogatari]] for these coming out in full force.

Now, concerning what it means - when you see a cut of a character quick turn and tilts her head slightly... It can mean a turn in mood; a shift in focus; a change of mind. Honestly though, it doesn't mean much. It's just something Shaft does. It's simply "Shaft being Shaft."
- [[User:Prima|Prima]] 17:47, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

== Age ==

Homura is same age as Madoka so Homura is 14 not 13 !!!
[[Special:Contributions/198.47.101.2|198.47.101.2]] 00:12, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

== What's going on with the edit wars?! ==

All of this adding and removing is putting this page's progress to a standstill. Can't we all get our ideas out in a way that doesn't intertwine/interrupt someone else's edit? T^T And then people remove the work of others to put their own... then they put it back... If you would like, use this section to try to sort everyone's thoughts on what to put where so that we all have our contributions and ideas that we worked on for the wiki mixed in there somewhere and having them transition in a nice and smooth manner without all of this extra misplaced stuff lying around. I don't want to feel like I have to look at older revisions of this page in order to get all of the information I'm looking for. It should be unnecessary, it's too time consuming, and it validates my point. --[[User:Lord Fawful|Lord Fawful]] 16:44, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

Someone apparently doesn't like the fact that the observations section calls Homura's behavior unhealthy and abusive and points out all the ways it is (and also ones like "Madoka using honorifics with her name visibly upsets her", for whatever reason), so they're constantly removing the information. It's pretty childish if you ask me. The page/section should probably get locked for a while (though it should be locked on a revision that has the abuse analysis on it. It's important and the kind of thing that people should really know about). --[[Special:Contributions/198.41.239.138|198.41.239.138]] 20:31, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

Can't we have both sides of the argument on the page? I mean, it's unfair to delete another's work just because you disagree with it, but we could find a way to make both ideas separate sections. --[[User:Lord Fawful|Lord Fawful]] 23:21, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

There's not two separate ideas. It's one section (and then a few other bits) that keep being deleted by petty people who don't like the idea of their precious Homura being called abusive and unhealthy. I say we lock the page for a while to stop the edit war; maybe that'll even kill it. [[Special:Contributions/198.41.239.138|198.41.239.138]] 23:41, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Oh, so it's just deletion and vandalism!? I thought I saw some links being posted about her actions being justified in someone else's view. I was under the impression that it was just conflicting ideas. Sorry about that. --[[User:Lord Fawful|Lord Fawful]] 23:56, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

There ''have'' been, but I've read the argument and it's not "justification" so much as it is excusing Homura's actions/essentially abuse apologism, so it's not acceptable. [[Special:Contributions/198.41.239.138|198.41.239.138]] 00:38, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

Sorry for beating a dead horse, but most of that tumblr post is not a "justification" either for Homura's behaviour at all. That post just feels like trying to paint Homura in a bad light. There are already many analysis that debunked that tumblr post so I'm going to add them soon. --[[User:Caglar|Caglar]] ([[User talk:Caglar|talk]]) 21:35, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

== The First Month ==

Howdy folks. Given that the anime came out in 2011, and Homura gets out of the hospital on the 16th, and that day is shown to be falling on Wednesday, then the month her time loop starts in is March for certain. Granted, the calendar doesn't show what day the week starts on (most have Sunday as the first day of the week, but a few use Monday, though these are usually business or payroll calendars) and MAYBE the year isn't 2011 in the anime... But I don't see why not when everything else lines up just fine. Occam's Razor and all. [[User:BlackAeronaut|BlackAeronaut]] ([[User talk:BlackAeronaut|talk]]) 14:32, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

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==Spoiler==

Why is there a massive Higurashi spoiler in the trivia section? Specifically the "Homurika" one [[User:Jag|Jag]] ([[User talk:Jag|talk]]) 17:20, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
: ops, added spoiler tag. - [[User:Prima|Prima]] ([[User talk:Prima|talk]]) 19:08, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
:: Is it okay if we mark it as a Higurashi spoiler as well? I don't think there's any way to know what show the spoiler would be referring to if you haven't watched the show, and they'd have to click on it to find out. -
[[User:Jag|Jag]] ([[User talk:Jag|talk]]) 05:22, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
::: Added - [[User:Prima|Prima]] ([[User talk:Prima|talk]]) 21:34, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

== Nutcracker ==

i wanted to add an observation about how Akuma Homura cracks her soul gem between her teeth, like a nutracker. Could I do that? [[User:Leafbladie|Leafbladie]] ([[User talk:Leafbladie|talk]]) 15:07, 27 April 2019 (UTC)leafbladie
:Yeah, I think that's more than appropriate. It fits in line with her theme. [[User:Sondenise|Sondenise]] ([[User talk:Sondenise|talk]]) 16:21, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

I strongly suggest that we move all speculations from this page to a speculation page dedicated to Homura (and possibly the other four main characters). This could be a good occasion to clean up all the stuff that was proven wrong.
:I concur. -[[User:Becquerel|Becquerel]] 04:16, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
::I agree too, if by "clean up" you mean "tag properly", like the wishes thing. No content should be removed IMO, just for "historical accurracy" --[[User:Homerun-chan|Homerun-chan]] 07:41, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
I agree with the speculation moving, but I think we should have a dedicated page for speculation on each character. I have loads of speculation talked over heaps with my brother that I really want to post here... until I saw this. I also think that the speculation pages dedicated to each character should be just for speculah that hasn't been proven right or wrong yet. Theories proved right or wrong should just be placed on the official page on the character. FIFI 00:32, 14 August 2013 (UTC)
:I also agree that something should be done about the speculation. Moving everything unconfirmed doesn't sound like a bad idea (and quite easy to do for this page), but there's also pages like [[Kyoko#Speculations & Observations|Kyoko's]] where everything is even more disorganized. For now, I'd direct you to the [[Theories]] page. Feel free to make a new page there if you have a lot of connected speculation. --[[User:Knon|Knon]] 10:05, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

abour her strong power in the new timeline: maybe because she suffered much in all the previous timelines she got a boost-up just like madoka

I removed stuff that didn't belong on this page (there was speculah about Walpurgis Night's familiars, for example, which is already present on WPN's various pages and doesn't need to be here) as well as the needless arguments on theories that have been debunked. If I knew how to make new pages -and- make said new pages look pretty and formatted, I'd move the whole speculah section to a new page, but my mad skillz at wiki pages go as far as "I can edit text".
:Regarding the theories proven right/wrong, and your editing skills, I made [[Template:Theory/Header|a template]] to classify theories by status (see output [[User:Homerun-chan/Theory_tags|here]]). I do not have the time right now, but I think it'd be a good idea to order the theories by category then --it's in the [[wishlist]] actually --[[User:Homerun-chan|Homerun-chan]] 10:07, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

==Homura: One Man Army==
¥ 1,383,040,300 ($17,037,114 USD) worth of military weapons and equipment!! Damn, maybe Homura should start with Nicolas Cage in "Lord of War II: The Walpurgis Night Incident" --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 02:18, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
:I'm still baffled. I mean, it's hard to believe. RPGs aren't ''that'' expensive. The guy who made the vid must have made some fancy cals. Still... Lord Of War was a great film, and I would buy that squel in the blink of an eye ^^ --[[User:BrickBreak|BrickBreak]] 02:33, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

==HOMU==
[http://www.homelessmuseum.org/ HOMU: The Homeless Museum of Art]. Nothing important, I just found this to be a bit funny. --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 02:37, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

==Homura's Stoicism Draft==
I feel like I am juggling with too many ideas. That has always been my problem when trying to make something clear and concise. I am going to need some help to wrinkle out the article once I am done. --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 08:04, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
:Fitting actually that you mention article. You could post your thoughts freely and put it there. Right now, it feels like you want to write about all the characters and not just Homura. It's also gone beyond the facts to the point that if it stayed on the Homura page, I'd have to say it goes under speculah. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 08:24, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
::I moved the draft here. I feel like the writing is going to become larger as I feel like to understand the Homura character we have to also understand her interaction to others as perhaps her personal experience with them and a need for comparison. I wonder If this should become a separate article all together?... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 09:02, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

==Understanding Homura's Stoicism==
Homura's emotionless and cold exterior has been misinterpreted and misunderstood by fans and observers alike. This has led to the interpretation that Homura is a dangerous Yandere, others believe her to be a psychopath with littler regard for human lives (with the exception of Madoka), but these interpretations are highly incorrect and inaccurate. This is caused by the misleading first impression we build from lacking a fundamental understanding of her background and personality. To understand Homura it is essential to rewatch some of her scenes and discover the subtle differences from first time viewing for comparison. Once we understand Homura's background and mission and her single obsession to save Madoka viewers would observe Homura in a new light.

Beneath Homura's stoic mask one will uncover the true Homura, a trace of her true self that she tries to shield with an emotional wall to cope with the rising danger of accumulating too much despair. Homura isn't the only character to be misinterpreted and misunderstood for expressing controversial opinions and actions to reach her goal, but their comparison would help to differentiate Homura from the rest of the characters. Homura developed an early survival skill to cope with her new realty to save Madoka.

Homura's Past:

To understand the Homura character it is essential to watch [[Episode 10]] and to listen the drama CD ''[[Drama CD 1|"Memories of you"]]''. First, the Drama CD contains information regarding Homura's difficulty to adapt to a new school setting as a transfer student; no one knows her nor they try to understand her and her struggles. In her new environment Homura experiences school bullying (non-physical), demeaning rumors behind her back, and low opinion about her abilities as a person and as a student. Homura is already a fragile girl with low self-esteem caused by her weak heart and her weak physical body, with the addition of emotional stress caused by her unpopularity at school it is enough to emotionally crush her to the point of driving her to suicide and despair, or at least an enticement under a Witch's spell to end her suffering.

Another source of Homura's emotional transformation are the events taking place in the different timelines in [[Episode 10]]. Homura's experience in different timelines brought her insight into how to formulate different ways to rescue Madoka and stop Walpurgis Night. When a new element of surprised was introduced in the timeline, Homura would formulate a new solution to deviate from the same outcome. The first issue was uncovering the truth about the Puella Magi system, Homura tried to convince the girls that Kyubey was deceiving them. Sayaka reacted with distrust and Mami with skepticism, Madoka as well. The reasons are understandable as Homura is a stranger and a new comer and without any evidence to back her claim they arent ready to accept the truth. However, Mami's and Sayaka's real reasons differentiate with Madoka's and it sheds a light to their character.

Murder:

Mami's character is the embodiment of a humble Ojou-sama and a kind Onee-sama. While Mami exudes class, grace, and beauty, she never flaunts her privilege or status. She tries to become a mentor for Madoka and Sayaka but at the same time tries to caution them that the life of a Puella Magi is not without sacrifice and difficulties. Mami's speech in [[Episode 3]] gives us a glimpse to the kind of life Mami has led so far, a very lonely and solitary life with no one to call a friend. Mami's seriousness is betrayed by her emotional outburst of joy and monologue when Madoka pledges to become a Puella Magi and join together with Mami in her duty to hunt down Witches and protect the city. For the first time we learn that Mami is truly happy with being a Puella Magi. We must consider that while Mami took her responsibility as a Puella Magi with seriousness and professionalism, we can see through flashes that she was unhappy with that type of life. Perhaps we it can interpret her duty as a Puella Magi a form of [[wiki:Noblesse_oblige|''Noblesse Oblige'']].

If [[Episode 3]] uncovers Mami's unhappiness then [[Episode 10]] marks her despair. The nature of her despair requires a deep analysis to understand Mami's lapse of judgement and brief moment of insanity. Given the glimpse we observe regarding Mami's solitary lifestyle and her sacrifice to protect the people and the city, it is understandable as to why Mami lost her composure. One could interpret that all her work and sacrifice was for naught, that the lives she saved would be meaningless once she became a Witch, and that her personal sacrifice and unhappiness contributed to the propagation of a horrifying system. Mami's sense of despair is understandable, however, her following actions contribute to her criticism and are the source of many arguments against her character. Mami's early impression is shattered once she gives in into despair and we glimpse into her weakest moment as a human being. But on the other hand it could be interpreted as the next logical step into a world that has gone mad. Mami knows that her friends have no future, that it is only a matter of time they will become Witches, to spare them of their suffering (and her own) and halt the death of future victims at their hands as Witches she decides that death (and suicide) is the logical and noble choice. No matter the interpretation or justification to fans what Mami did is considered an unforgivable act. What Mami committed was an act of betrayal by killing her ''kouhai'', she commits murder by attempting to take their lives without their consent and consultation.

Surprisingly the Anime series presents different acts that involves killing and murder under different circumstances. And each act requires to be judged on their own. If Mami's action in [[Episode 10]] can be interpreted as a betrayal (or desperation), then Madoka's action to stop Mami's murdering rampage can be interpreted as an act of self-defense and justifiable homicide, acting in defense of others (or in this case an attempt to save Homura). Many fans have criticized Madoka as a helpless crybaby, but this (horrifying) single act of bravery demonstrates Madoka's measure as a Puella Magi and as a person. Not only is she willing to take personal risks to save others, but she is also willing to make the tough choices when the situation calls for it, even if it means killing a friend to save another. Madoka is not a helpless character, she is only helpless because she is unsure what to do to make things right. True to Madoka's character she understands the danger she is imposing by becoming a Witch, rather than use the Grief Seed to save her own life she saves Homura with no regrets, then she asks Homura to do the unthinkable. Under the agony of pain and sorrow Homura commits a merciful killing by stoping Madoka's transformation into a Witch. This is not the act of a cold blooded killer (which she has been accused to be many times) but that of a friend under duress.

In no moment during the series Homura has been a senseless cold blooded killer or a murderer (under the narrow definition), it could be said that she has expressed her opinion to take bold action when the moment requires it, that includes taking a life (just like Madoka did). Which lead us to another controversy and criticism.

Sayaka:

==Transformation Runes==
People who have watched episode 11's blu-ray version must have noticed that Homura's transformation got a major overhaul, including a large quantity of spinning, floating runes.

Would anyone be able to take high-quality screenshots of these so that they can be translated? I'm willing to do it, if someone uploads screenshots.

:Here you go. http://imageshack.us/g/812/vlcsnap2011101601h39m36.png/
:From what I've seen, they just appear to be numbers. In the first pic in the uploaded album, from left to right :

:5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6

:Each rune that appears is a number.

::Oh... huh... here I was expecting some sort of hidden message, but I guess it's just obeying the new theme of her transformation? Gauges? Tons of gauges? I would have expected clocks, honestly, or gears (no reference to Walpurgisnacht, though). Though I guess the gauges are sort of clocks...

:::My first thought wasn't that they were gauges, but more like old, analog stopwatches.[[Special:Contributions/216.54.82.164|216.54.82.164]] 14:02, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

==Akemi Homura’s Seiyuu: Chiwa Saitou’s Live Dubbing Session on AFA11==
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http://www.animeotakucorner.com/2011/11/09/akemi-homuras-seiyuu-chiwa-saitous-live-dubbing-session-on-afa11/

''Chiwa Saitou, the Seiyuu(Voice Actress) from the popular anime series Puella Magi Madoka Magica’s Akemi Homura will have her own Live Dubbing Session. The event will take place on AFA11′s Main Stage on November 12(Saturday) at 2:15pm. It will be called as ‘Puella Magi Madoka Magica – Akemi Homura Special!’''

''You can also [http://www.animefestival.asia/form/view.php?id=20 ask a question for her.] There is a possibility that your question will appear on stage so why not risk it?'' --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 19:16, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
:The date for the session (Nov 12th) has already passed. Here's a small [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZmLzxCr5P8 vid clip] of it. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 22:56, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
:Now some [http://www.dannychoo.com/post/ja/26325/%E6%96%8E%E8%97%A4%E5%8D%83%E5%92%8C.html pics]. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 18:50, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
::Ok, we really should have a seiyuu page... --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 19:45, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
::Out of curiosity, was there a transcript or is there an article covering the event? It would be nice to have some information so we can add later on. --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 12:17, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

== Ties to Walpurgis Night ==

This is sort of in response to the idea that Homura may be Walpurgis Night. Since Walpurgis Night is a conglomeration of witches, it certainly can't be Homura, at least not Homura alone. On the card for Walpurgis Night, it says that Walpurgis Night has a helpless nature, which Homura shares. She becomes a Puella Magi to save Madoka, which she continually fails to do. After her first revert of time she is an especially useless fighter. In episode three, Homura is bound up and unable to prevent Mami's death. However the card description also says that Walpurgis Night "will continue to rotate aimlessly until the whole of this age into a drama." Aimless hardly describes Akemi Homura, who is extremely focused on her goal.

Yet the similarities between them are strong, and I have theory to explain it.

In episode ten Homura states that Mami's fate is inevitable, she is killed in every possible timeline. Following this fate idea, it maybe that for each Magi there is a rival witch (or witches) who she fights in all timelines. Each witch of plot significance has strong similarities to the Magi that fights her.

'''Charlotte''' has a love for sweets, or at least a theme based around sweets. Mami is seen several times eating cake. According to her card, her nature is tenacity, which could be applied to Mami wish to survive an accident.

'''Elly''' has a covetous nature, which we see a little of in Sakaya, who doesn't react well to Hitomi's pursual of Kamijou. Elly also closed herself off from the world, as did Sakaya following her transformation into a Magi. They also share an affinity for water.

'''Elsa Maria''' has trouble fitting in this theory because she has ties to both Sayaka and Kyoko. For the purposes of this theory, lets assume she was destined for Kyoko. Kyoko has the church connection and at one point held feelings of "self-righteousness" as described on Elsa's card. Kyoko's jointed spear has similarities to the snakes which Elsa Maria fights with. Elsa Maria is worshiping a torch held out by an arm. The similarity of this torch to that held by Lady Liberty gives a (admitted tenuous) connection to Kyoko's personal freedom.

'''Walpurgis Night''' is also troublesome in her similarities to both Homura and Madoka. Both experience feelings of helplessness and have been seen fighting the witch in multiple timelines. For the purposes of the theory I will compare her only to Madoka. Walpurgis Night has very far reaching goals "turning the whole world into a drama," as does Madoka who wishes to make a sort of heaven on earth. Walpurgis Night has red jewels on her sleeve (heart on sleeve maybe?), while Madoka's color is pink which could be a near affinity. Also note the similarities between Madoka's witch-form, which together make an hour glass. Walpurgis Night may also continually reappear in the same place to find Madoka. This does not work perfectly, of course, Homura does much the same thing. If we assume that Homura IS Walpurgis Night (partially anyway), this opens up the connection to Madoka, rahter than diminishing it. Walpurgis Night's familiars of many witches has relevance to Madoka's role as a Magi saving other Magi from falling into despair. While Homura's reappearances are tethered to a single short period of time, Madoka appears all over the world in many times and time-lines, as does Walpurgis Night. Both also meet (and destroy) many Magi.

Finally, if Madoka's rival witch is Walpurgis Night, then perhaps Homura has a rival in '''Gertrude'''. Gertrude has many war-related objects in her world, which ties in nicely to Homura's dependence on Modern weapons. Of most significance is the butterfly theme. Homura's transformation from a weak and helpless girl into her bow-weilding final form as a Puella Magi is very comparible to the metamorphasis of the butterfly. Butterflies are also related to the "betterfly effect", which is a theme played on in Madoka. Homura's devotion to and protection of Madoka is similar to Gertrud's care for her roses. The roses share a color affinity with Madoka. Gertrude has an insincere nature according to her card, which she may share with Homura in that Homura is forced to tell lies and behave coldly toward her friends in later timelines. Also signficant is presence of an Anthony (one of Gertrude's minions) at the end of the World. The Anthony certainly strengthen's Homura's ties to Gertrude, however it also complicates things for the theory. If the world is being destroyed, what business does an Anthony have chatting with Homura away from said world (and Gertrude). There's room to speculate if Homura ''is'' Gertrude, but again, since this does not fit into the theory let's just assume minions and familiars are capable of a little independence. Characteristic of the single-minded rivals, when they do meet, they do not make any efforts to fight each other, Homura is concerned with killing Kyubei and Gertrude is concerned with her roses. When confronted they both run away.

I think I might be on to something here. Let me know what you think!
[[User:OnionJack|OnionJack]] 14:20, 16 December 2011 (UTC)Onion Jack (Thomas)
:As for the Anthony at the end of the world, a simple explanation is that Anthonies were the first witch-realm creatures Madoka encountered in the main timeline, so Madoka (who likes fluffy things) thinks of them as representatives of the magical world. (On a production level, Inu Curry said that Anthonies were their favorite)

:I'm not convinced of direct connections between the girls and witches (in the sense of them being counterparts or witch forms of the girls), but it wouldn't be so strange if magical beings with things in common have a tendency to find each other kind of like how stand users in JoJo do. The runes in Charlotte's barrier talking about Mami and Homu could indicate witches experiencing things like Madoka's dream from the beginning of ep 1. [[User:KM|KM]] 21:18, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

== Homura's route in PSP game ==

I'm curious where such story can be found since I only learn that their fate can be changed. But I don't know what will happen next. --[[User:Yorkwoo|Yorkwoo]] 16:41, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

== Anyone knows the meaning/purpose of those short cut in scenes of Homura turning her head? ==

I remember 2 of them. Not sure if there are more.

Episode 5 at 12:22

Episode 11 at 15:30

They just don't seem to fit in. As if they are not really happening right then and there.

[[Special:Contributions/84.179.144.20|84.179.144.20]] 20:48, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

[[File:Shaft head tilt.jpg|thumb]]
Something like that? ->

Ah, the infamous shaft head tilt. [[SHAFT]], the anime studio behind Madoka, is known for these sorts of strange directional touches. After [[Shinbo]] came along, along with sparse setting, post-modern architecture, quick eye cuts, fancy typography slides, and etc have became SHAFT's calling card. You can see these elements in pretty much every show SHAFT has worked on since. Madoka is actually fairly benign on these eccentricities. Check out [[Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei]] or [[Bakemonogatari]] for these coming out in full force.

Now, concerning what it means - when you see a cut of a character quick turn and tilts her head slightly... It can mean a turn in mood; a shift in focus; a change of mind. Honestly though, it doesn't mean much. It's just something Shaft does. It's simply "Shaft being Shaft."
- [[User:Prima|Prima]] 17:47, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

== Age ==

Homura is same age as Madoka so Homura is 14 not 13 !!!
[[Special:Contributions/198.47.101.2|198.47.101.2]] 00:12, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

== What's going on with the edit wars?! ==

All of this adding and removing is putting this page's progress to a standstill. Can't we all get our ideas out in a way that doesn't intertwine/interrupt someone else's edit? T^T And then people remove the work of others to put their own... then they put it back... If you would like, use this section to try to sort everyone's thoughts on what to put where so that we all have our contributions and ideas that we worked on for the wiki mixed in there somewhere and having them transition in a nice and smooth manner without all of this extra misplaced stuff lying around. I don't want to feel like I have to look at older revisions of this page in order to get all of the information I'm looking for. It should be unnecessary, it's too time consuming, and it validates my point. --[[User:Lord Fawful|Lord Fawful]] 16:44, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

Someone apparently doesn't like the fact that the observations section calls Homura's behavior unhealthy and abusive and points out all the ways it is (and also ones like "Madoka using honorifics with her name visibly upsets her", for whatever reason), so they're constantly removing the information. It's pretty childish if you ask me. The page/section should probably get locked for a while (though it should be locked on a revision that has the abuse analysis on it. It's important and the kind of thing that people should really know about). --[[Special:Contributions/198.41.239.138|198.41.239.138]] 20:31, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

Can't we have both sides of the argument on the page? I mean, it's unfair to delete another's work just because you disagree with it, but we could find a way to make both ideas separate sections. --[[User:Lord Fawful|Lord Fawful]] 23:21, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

There's not two separate ideas. It's one section (and then a few other bits) that keep being deleted by petty people who don't like the idea of their precious Homura being called abusive and unhealthy. I say we lock the page for a while to stop the edit war; maybe that'll even kill it. [[Special:Contributions/198.41.239.138|198.41.239.138]] 23:41, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Oh, so it's just deletion and vandalism!? I thought I saw some links being posted about her actions being justified in someone else's view. I was under the impression that it was just conflicting ideas. Sorry about that. --[[User:Lord Fawful|Lord Fawful]] 23:56, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

There ''have'' been, but I've read the argument and it's not "justification" so much as it is excusing Homura's actions/essentially abuse apologism, so it's not acceptable. [[Special:Contributions/198.41.239.138|198.41.239.138]] 00:38, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

Sorry for beating a dead horse, but most that tumblr post is not a "justification" either for Homura's behaviour at all. That post just feels like trying to paint Homura in a bad light. There are already many analysis that debunked that tumblr post so I'm going to add them soon. --[[User:Caglar|Caglar]] ([[User talk:Caglar|talk]]) 21:35, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

== The First Month ==

Howdy folks. Given that the anime came out in 2011, and Homura gets out of the hospital on the 16th, and that day is shown to be falling on Wednesday, then the month her time loop starts in is March for certain. Granted, the calendar doesn't show what day the week starts on (most have Sunday as the first day of the week, but a few use Monday, though these are usually business or payroll calendars) and MAYBE the year isn't 2011 in the anime... But I don't see why not when everything else lines up just fine. Occam's Razor and all. [[User:BlackAeronaut|BlackAeronaut]] ([[User talk:BlackAeronaut|talk]]) 14:32, 16 February 2019 (UTC)