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<div style="border:1px solid #c0c090;padding:10px;background:#FDFFEE;margin:-0.4em 0 0.6em;">'''Previous discussions are archived at''':
*[[Talk:Main Page/Archive 1]] (January 18, 2011–February 27, 2011)
*[[Talk:Main Page/Archive 2]] (February 28, 2011-April 25, 2011)
*[[Talk:Main Page/Archive 3]] (April 25, 2011-March 14, 2012)
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== Wiki reorganization ==

Since we now have more contents than when we started a year ago, I think it's now the time to reorganize part of series into its own section. My suggestion:

<pre>
Main page
|
|- Madoka Magica
| |- Madoka Magica Characters
| |- Madoka Magica Episodes
| |- Madoka Magica Theories
| |- Madoka Magica Observations
| |- Madoka Magica Soundtrack
| `- ...
|
|- Madoka Magica Portable
| |- Madoka Magica Portable Characters
| |- Madoka Magica Portable Story
| `- ...
|
|- Madoka Magica Mobage
| `- ...
|
|- Oriko Magica
| |- Oriko Magica Characters
| |- Oriko Magica Chapters
| `- ...
|
|- Kazumi Magica
| |- Kazumi Magica Characters
| |- Kazumi Magica Chapters
| `- ...
|
|- Deciphering the runes
|- Translated official documents
`- ...
</pre>

...with each section has a footer navbox template similar to the one in Wikipedia (like in [[wikipedia:Bakemonogatari#External_links]]). Any page that don't need its own section goes into flat page as usual (e.g. maybe the Mobage stuff). This would allow contents to expand more easily and make more room for future contents (Movie, possible spinoffs, etc.). Thoughts? --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 10:36, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
:I would prefer a page for Translated Official Documents as well as the Translated Official Miscellaneous. It's fine to keep it under Products. There's overlap between the two anyways. More than Runes, in any case. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 10:55, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
::Hmm, do you mean section for each documents?
<pre>Translated official documents
|- NewType 2999/12
`- ...
</pre>
::But isn't this already the way it works? --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 11:17, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
:::I'm asking for two links. One to [[Translated_Official_Documents|Translated Official Documents]] and another to [[Translated_Official_Documents_Miscellaneous|Translated Official Miscellaneous]] to be posted at the same level. They can be kept under Products. Right now, we only have a link to the first one. [[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 12:18, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
::::Ah OK. Yes, we can do that. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 12:27, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::Yes, thanks. And it can be "Documents" and "Documents Other" or something to keep the title short. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 16:08, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
::::::I added it as Official Materials in the sidebar for now, should rename the page during reorganization (so it doesn't looks like a subpage of Documents that way). --[[User:0x99|0x99]]

:If we agree on this, please feel free to start breaking [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable]] into multiple subsections (possibly omit the "Puella Magi" part, just [[Madoka Magica Portable]] to keep it short and easy to type). Ping me if you need anything (extensions, etc.) --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 18:36, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

=== Character page ===

I think there should be a page for all characters together, or at least a character page with a compilation of witches with their cards. If we break apart the character information too much it will become difficult to transit between medias. It goes like this: --[[User:Derp101|Derp101]] 19:36, 19 March 2012‎ (UTC)

<pre>
Characters

-Magical Girls-
--Puella Magi Madoka Magica/PMMM Portable--
*Here comes the table with Madoka, Homura, Mami, Sayaka, Kyoko and you know who.
--Mobage--
*Table with Komachi, Clair, etc...
--Puella Magi Oriko Magika--
*Table with Oriko, Kirika and Yuma
--Puella Magi Kazumi Magika--
*Table with PMKM cast

-Witches-
--PMMM Witches--
*Table with anime witches
--PMMM Portable Witches--
*Table with game witches
--Mobage Witches--
*Table with mobager witches
--PMOM Witches--
*Table with PMOM witches
--Kazumi Witches--
*Table with Kazumi witches

-Support Characters-
--PMMM/Portable--
*Table with family, classmates and others
--Mobage--
Same as the above
--PMOM--
Same as the above
--PMKM--
Same as the above
</pre>

:Ideally, when the reorganization is completed, [[Characters]] should provide a link to series' character page ''and'' list all characters belong to that series (but just a list of name and links). [[Witches]] page should do the same but for witches. The reason I want to separate character pages to be by series rather than one page for all is because it becomes very hard to find something once the page becomes larger (i.e. non-Madoka characters) due to page size, and such.
:My idea is to have character table for each series live in its own page, then we create a section within each character page (for example, "Kaname Madoka in Madoka Magica Portable") listing information specific in each title. What do you think? --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 19:59, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
::I don't like it, it would create to much hindrance for people trying to compare characters or access characters from a different series while looking at separate character pages. I'd rather make the galleries collapsible and put a table of contents at the top of the page if it get's too big. If we start crunching big pages into smaller links the charater page will start looking like a category page. --[[User:Derp101|Derp101]] 21:27, 19 March 2012‎ (UTC)
:::I'm not sure I understand, but if they want to compare characters from different series, separate page for characters should be much easier. You can open browser side by side, or put them in separate tabs and compare. It's easier to compare that way than scroll up and down, IMHO. With informations from PSP game coming, I don't think flat page navigation can scale that well anymore (thus the effort now being put into better in-series navigation.) --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 21:50, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

=== Gallery cleanup ===

Also it might also make sense to cleanup gallery with this reorganization. Character pages are too image-heavy and we're nearly hitting 1TB transfer each month (we used around ~800GB of bandwidth last month). Any input on how to deal with this is always welcome (i.e. what to delete and what to keep). --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 15:56, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
:I'm glad you're addressing it. I've felt for a while now too many pages have excessive pics in the galleries. I would strongly suggest deleting most of the ones that's easily obtainable from another static source like pixiv, danbooru, etc. unless there's a compelling reason for it. For example, we don't need a dozen pics of Homura with weapons. Just a couple or few will make that point. There's also lots of screenshots that are posted that don't really seem to have a point. We have ten of them in Homura's gallery of just different expressions. Why? If screenshots are posted, they should illustrate a point. For example, I might include three of hers with Moemura, timelooping Homura and ribbon Homura to show contrast in changing expression. People should really think about what they post and why, not just post for the sake of it. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 16:08, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
::What about those 2ch/2chan photoshopped images of magazine illustrations? Should we keep it or delete them also? --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 16:11, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
:::Maybe post one of each illustration, and put the rest in a zip for download. Not sure why, but they seem really popular. I get the same download counts for them as I do doujins. Also, maybe get more selective about gifs as well. I doubt we need as many as we have. Keep the best ones and provide the rest in zips. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 16:17, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
::::Hmm, maybe we could make a "photoshopped images of official illustrations" section and dump all of them to it in a organized manner. (Thumbnail of original, then list photoshopped images, and maybe the first time they appeared, etc.) Finding sources would be very hard though. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 16:22, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::It might be a good idea to have image gallery pages for a bunch of different categories. If it's just "don't post more than necessary" we'd have to constantly police people who think posting images cleans their soul gems, but if there's gallery pages they can be directed over there and have fun without filling up high traffic pages. So at the bottom of Homura's page there'd be a text link to Gallery/Homura. [[User:KM|KM]] 20:48, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
::::::Ultimately, that would not resolve the image-heavy pages/1TB data transfer issue 0x99 is talking about. All you're doing is moving pics to a new page, and it's only a matter of time before they become extremely image-heavy. In fact, dedicating blank pages to image galleries would probably only encourage more image postings. A certain amount of self-restraint makes sense. There's 4chan and other image boards for that purpose, no need to treat the wiki like one. I think the merchandise page could use a look through as well. Many of the pics taken of say a figma from various angles isn't necessary, since the link to purchase it displays all those pics. It's redundant and that page is becoming very long, as new things are constantly being added. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 21:03, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::::Isn't the data transfer the result of lots of images being on pages that are getting heavy traffic for the non-image content? If the gallery gets a tiny fraction of the views the character pages get, bandwidth use would drop. Then again, the image board could be used as a gallery. As for merchandise, along with fanworks, those are really long to scroll through, and could be split up by category, with each main page being an overview/index. Are there stats on what percentage of bandwidth use is coming from each section? [[User:KM|KM]] 21:46, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
::::::::Unfortunately there's no detailed stats available. Until the recent CloudFront migration, we stored images on a bulk hosting to reduce bandwidth costs (which only has total bandwidth usage available). It works fine until we exceed the 600GB/month cap. Then I migrated to CloudFlare which cache image files and only report total bandwidth usage. I'm not sure if CF has any kind of bandwidth caps, but cleanup any unused or unnecessary images is always better in a long run (backup cost, and such.)
::::::::I think posting non-informative image dump in something like Walpurgischan might be a better idea, since I can implement long caching there without having to worry about expiration (since there's no file versioning) and we can also avoid polluting wiki namespace that way. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 00:22, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
=== "Madoka Magica" reorganization plan ===

In case nobody disagree with this proposal, I'll made a following changes:

;[[Madoka Magica]] ← [[Episodes]]
:Move [[Episodes]] page and add few data related to the series such as [[Main Page#Plot|Plot]] from [[Main Page]]. This page will have similar layout to the current [[Main Page]] but only with Madoka Magica (series) specific data and a link to each page in its section (Characters, direct link to episodes, rune translations, etc.)

;[[Madoka Magica Characters]] ← [[Characters]]
:Either move or migrate [[Characters]] page but without characters data of other series in the franchise. Initially there should be no layout change.

;[[Madoka Magica Episode 1: As If We Met in a Dream...]] ← [[Episode 1]]
;[[Madoka Magica Episode 2: That Sounds Wonderful]] ← [[Episode 2]]
;[[Madoka Magica Episode 3: I'm Not Afraid of Anything Anymore]] ← [[Episode 3]]
;[[Madoka Magica Episode 4: Both Miracles and Magic Exist]] ← [[Episode 4]]
;[[Madoka Magica Episode 5: There's No Way I'd Regret This]] ← [[Episode 5]]
;[[Madoka Magica Episode 6: This Just Isn't Right]] ← [[Episode 6]]
;[[Madoka Magica Episode 7: Can You Face Your True Feelings?]] ← [[Episode 7]]
;[[Madoka Magica Episode 8: I'm Such a Fool]] ← [[Episode 8]]
;[[Madoka Magica Episode 9: I'll Never Allow That]] ← [[Episode 9]]
;[[Madoka Magica Episode 10: I Won't Depend on Anyone Anymore]] ← [[Episode 10]]
;[[Madoka Magica Episode 11: The Only Signpost Remaining]] ← [[Episode 11]]
;[[Madoka Magica Episode 12: My Best Friend]] ← [[Episode 12]]
:Simple page rename will do.

;[[Madoka Magica Drama CD 1: Memories of You]] ← [[Drama CD 1]]
;[[Madoka Magica Drama CD 2: Sunny Day Life]] ← [[Drama CD 2]]
;[[Madoka Magica Drama CD 3: Farewell Story]] ← [[Drama CD 3]]
:Page rename.

;[[Madoka Magica Manga]] ← [[Madoka Magica (manga)]]
;[[Madoka Magica Locations]] ← [[Locations]]
;[[Madoka Magica Trivia]] ← [[Facts and Observations]]
:Rename. Separate Kazumi stuff in [[Locations]] page into [[Kazumi Magica Locations]].

;[[Madoka Magica Products]] ← [[Products]]
;[[Madoka Magica Merchandise]] ← [[Merchandise]]
:Page rename. Remove Kazumi and Oriko stuff from [[Products]] page.

;[[Madoka Magica Music]] ← [[Character Songs]]
;[[Madoka Magica Soundtrack]] ← [[Soundtrack]]
;[[Madoka Magica Teasers]] ← [[Teasers and Commercials]]
:Leave [[Connect]], [[Magia]], [[See You Tomorrow]] and [[And I'm Home]] intact. Make [[Madoka Magica Music|Music]] page list all related songs and link to individual article. For tearers, move non-Madoka stuff into its own section.

;[[Madoka Magica Theories]] ← [[Theories]]
;[[Madoka Magica Articles]] ← [[Articles]]
:Page rename.

[[Main Page]] should be repurposed for a main portal linking to each "main page" of each title in the series and some of flat page contents (e.g. [[Deciphering the runes]], [[Translated Official Documents]], etc.) News section will be leave intact (probably...) I still not sure what to do with [[Articles]] and [[Facts and Observations]] page. Suggestions welcome. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 19:54, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
:Shouldn't it be "Music" instead of "Musics"? There is no plural form, as far as I know. Same goes for "Merchandise". --[[User:Knon|Knon]] 05:37, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
::Fixed! --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 12:11, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
:There should be a page for the each of the movies eventually, right? The first one is [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-03-16/1st-madoka-magica-film-aimed-for-fall scheduled for a Fall 2012 release date]]. Also, we should include the Drama CDs on here somewhere.--[[User:CrownClown|CrownClown]] 02:24, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
::Somehow I missed Drama CDs, added! And yes we will have a page for each movies. Possibly [[Madoka Magica Movie]] with each title as its subpage (e.g. ''Madoka Magica Movie 1: Title'', ''Madoka Magica Movie 2: Title'' and ''Madoka Magica Movie 3: Title''). --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 02:33, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
:::Oh, thanks. It looks good so far! Are we putting the Madoka Magica manga on here, also? Sorry I'm not keeping it all in one response, I just noticed it isn't here. --[[User:CrownClown|CrownClown]] 02:38, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
::::I'm still thinking of what to do with it. Since manga version use almost exactly the same organization with the anime, we might better create manga as subpage of [[Madoka Magica]] and have a "Manga differences" subsection listing difference between manga and anime in each episode's page (e.g. [[Madoka Magica Episode 1: As If We Met in a Dream...#Manga differences]]). --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 02:52, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::Makes sense to me. We already have a [[Manga Differences]] page, so we can just copy/paste from there. Only problem would be where to put the images that are from the manga version that have no real place on episode pages. I guess we could always have a main manga page for it, keep the images there, and link to the episode that corresponds to each chapter and the manga differences subsection. --[[User:CrownClown|CrownClown]] 03:02, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

:I decided to follow the [http://www.uesp.net/ UESP Wiki] and make the series index page list all available contents rather than excerpt of it. It could be seen in my subpage: [[User:0x99/Madoka Magica]]. All index page of other titles will also follow this format if we decide to use it. Comments welcome. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 17:25, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
::RE: Mutopis from the commit summary: Have we decided regarding navigation to the Drama CD and the manga version?
::I think Drama CDs and manga version of ''Madoka Magica'' should be considered sub-content of ''Madoka Magica'' (the series) and thus they have been omitted out from the global series navigation. We can still put a quick link to both pages in the sidebar but the main purpose of the top bar is to quickly navigate between main page of many portals we (will) have (see above). --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 23:34, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Sorry quite busy at the moment playing the game so the timing of this isn't great for me. I may have more later when I have time to sit down to look at details after I'm done with the game. But to summarize my thoughts:
*I have two concerns with naming the pages. 1) The episode titles will likely differ in the official Aniplex translation than they do from sub groups. All the BDs aren't released yet, but the official one is what matters. Same thing with the manga when the English version is released, and the games if they're ever officially translated. Then you have a situation where the wiki page name doesn't match the official source, or you rename and then it causes confusion for people referring and saving links. Having and then changing the content of the page title will do just as well when unofficial names get updated to official ones, and won't cause the same problem. Many people will not know or will not use shortcuts. 2) With the full name, the link becomes very long which is user-unfriendly when you post it and the name wraps around, making it more cumbersome for people to copy paste.
*I really don't like everything being grouped under series. What's wrong with keeping them separated as Manga and Games? Throw in Official in front of it if you want to distinguish it from fanmade stuff. When people think series, they think "OK, so there's a Madoka Portable I, Madoka Portable 2, etc." when that isn't the case. It's more descriptive too, to give headers like Manga, so people know what something like "Oriko Magica" is...you can't tell what it is by just seeing the word "Series."
*The links under Contents make no sense to me. First, Contents is non-descriptive, it doesn't tell you what you're looking at. I don't see how the links under it are related, to be honest. Why is a glossary of anime terms under the same header as a page on Madoka-related events and what do either of them have to do with a collection of official scans? The Documents section had far more in common with the old Products page. There was significant overlap between the two and cross-links. If you want accuracy, "Documents" should really be "Magazines" and "Materials" should be "Other Media" and they would be considered products, supporting materials, or something of that sort.
Summary of my thoughts: When I look to organize something, I try to find good examples of something similar (other anime-related franchise wiki in this case) and take the best from it and customize it. A good sidebar imo should have 1) logical grouping of key site information, 2) short but descriptive words for headers and links (basically you should have a pretty good idea of what you're looking at before you click on it), 3) the sidebar itself should not be so long that you end up scrolling on it on most computers. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 05:18, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

:I actually spent few days browsing through smaller and larger Wikis to see how they organizing information when they have more than one title before making this change. From what I found, most create a content portal for each ''series'' then put contents inside it with exception of few shared contents (such as settings or terminology). This type of content organization is consistent with visits pattern in our Wiki, where content of the week gets a lot of traffic and dies down few weeks later. Current example of this is ''Madoka Magica Portable'', which gets more traffic than our front page during the past week. Kazumi Magica becomes relatively popular once there's a new chapter, too.
:Regarding the first point, I'm still unsure of whether to put the title name there, but a simple page name like "Episode 1" doesn't really say anything and it's bad on searchability (at least to me, searching "Madoka Magica Episode 1" put us on page 13 or so, lower than spam sites which is pretty facepalm worthy) but point taken. Maybe we should meet halfway and use use [[Madoka Magica Episode 1]].
:The second point is a bit complex to speak, having everything in flat page make everything really hard to find and understand to non-frequents. Take a visit to Madoka Magica Portable page for example, nearly half of the traffic exit after first visit to the page, another half navigate here and there but ends up going back to Portable page. I think this is a good indication that user want to stay within the series they're interested in rather than being thrown away to somewhere else.
:I don't think we should use page organization to explain what the series is, that should be a role of lead section in the series own page (this is already the case with [[Madoka Magica]] and [[Kazumi Magica]] although they're still lacking).
:For sidebar, please make a suggestion in [[MediaWiki talk:Sidebar]] and I'll change it but please keep the height of sidebar (minus toolbox) less than 900px so most user don't have to scroll down for navigation (5-6 headings max). --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 08:09, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
::Visitors flow from GA:
::[[File:GA Portable Visitors Flow.png|400px]]
::This data is within few days span. Feel free to correct me if I misinterpret the data. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 08:17, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
:::I don't think the Portable page right now is a good example. You are getting heavy traffic because the game just came out and lots of people are interested in finding information. It's not an accurate depiction of how cross-traffic works typically on the site. I'm also confused by your explanation of series and contents. It does not really address to me why those particular pages are under "Contents" and why we can't separate manga and games by what they are instead of grouped under "Series." Maybe the easiest is if you could refer me to an example of a site you're modeling after. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 09:01, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
::::Portable is only one example out of many, but isn't that the point of Wiki like this? To easily find information regarding the series. For sidebar stuff, it's simple: flat page, shared contents grouped together. Community-created contents grouped together, and that's it. I'm not sure I understand what you mean by grouped under series, are you talking about the ''sidebar'' or the content organization as a whole? (I assume you were talking about page organization as a whole, like "Manga" has "Madoka", "Kazumi" and "Oriko" subsections instead of living in their own pages or "OST" page has "Madoka", "Madoka Portable" subsections). If you were talking about sidebar, yes, we can separate them, but then I want to keep the sidebar less than 900px (so all contents in sidebar are visible without scrolling to most visitors). In general, [http://www.uesp.net/ UESP] is probably the best example (or [http://wiki.kumetan.net/ Kumeta World] for Japanese wiki). --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 09:20, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::Yes, all my comments outside of naming the episodes/chapters etc. (and I think the "Madoka Magica Episode 1" etc. compromise is fine, btw) have to do with the sidebar since that's what I noticed as new when I visited the wiki. I'll move them when I get a chance to continue the convo. --[[User:Randomanon|randomanon]] 11:05, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
::::::Ah, OK. Seems like I misunderstood then. Sorry! Feel free put sidebar changes in the [[MediaWiki:Sidebar]] if you have any ideas. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 12:55, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

=== "Oriko Magica" reorganization plan ===

Just like Madoka Magica above:

;[[Oriko Magica]] ← [[Puella Magi Oriko Magica]]
:Page rename.

;[[Oriko Magica Characters]] ← [[Oriko Magica/Characters]]
:No longer include it into [[Characters]] page.

;[[Oriko Magica Chapter 1: Don't Even Think About Becoming a Magical Girl]]
;[[Oriko Magica Chapter 2: I'm Not Crying At All]]
;[[Oriko Magica Chapter 3: Love is Infinitely Finite]]
;[[Oriko Magica Chapter 4: I'll Never Forgive You]]
;[[Oriko Magica Chapter 5: That's What I'm Here For]]
;[[Oriko Magica Chapter 6: Someday isn't Today]]
;[[Oriko Magica Chapter 7: To Protect My World]]
:Copypasta contents from [[Puella Magi Oriko Magica]] page into chapter page. Make a list in Oriko page linking to each chapters. Make an infobox listing volume this chapter was collected on, how many pages are there, characters appearing in this chapter, etc.

Comments welcome --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 01:34, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

=== "Kazumi Magica" reorganization plan ===

Just like Oriko Magica:

;[[Kazumi Magica]] ← [[Puella Magi Kazumi Magica]]
:Page rename.

;[[Kazumi Magica Characters]] ← [[Kazumi Magica/Characters]]
;[[Kazumi Magica Witches]] ← [[Witches in Kazumi Magica]]
:Move the page to create characters page, and no longer include it in a flat [[Characters]] page. Probably leave [[Pleiades Saints]] the same as before.

;[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 1: Bad - Guy - Reckon Off]]
;[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 2: AHA! Dogs]]
;[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 3: Kazumix]]
;[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 4: Evil Nuts]]
;[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 5: Magicallabbiata]]
;[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 6: Loss Parfait]]
;[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 7: Gem Picking]]
;[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 8: Tempura Ice-Cream]]
;[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 9: The Freezer]]
;[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 10: Bibbity Bobbity Boo]]
;[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 11: Dead or Rice]]
;[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 12: Pleiades]]
;[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 13: Malefica Farce]]
;[[Kazumi Magica Chapter 14: Cannibalism]]
:Separate chapters from from [[Puella Magi Kazumi Magica]], create infobox in the same manner as Oriko Magica above.

I'm still not sure how to deal with [[Witches in Kazumi Magica]] since most of them have no names. We can probably create new page for each one with name. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 01:34, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
::We can create pages for the pseudo-witches because we have their human names, but the unnamed normal witches could just be moved to a page that says, "Unnamed Witches of Kazumi Magica", maybe. Or we could call them by when they appeared, like "Kazumi Magica Chapter [Blank] Witch". --[[User:CrownClown|CrownClown]] 02:24, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
:::I think separate page for each witch is cleaner, so "Kazumi Magica Chapter [Blank] Witch" should work if they don't reappear in later chapters (none so far). --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 02:28, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

== Server migration ==

I've recently performed server migration for Puella Magi Wiki and Puella Magi Archive (Walpurgischan migrated two weeks ago) so there might be some hiccup here and there for the first few days. As a little side effect, nightly Wiki dump won't be available until Friday night at least. If anything breaks or you feel the site is slower please feel free to report it in here, I'll do my best effort to fix it. Thanks! Fingers crossed --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 02:58, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
:PHP process seems to randomly dying way too often, I'm looking for a fix. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 08:45, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

== Slow Updates ==
I have noticed that updates are slower, are we running out of material or are people too busy to contribute? I am kinda worry about it...--[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 10:46, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
:Former. Well, there's not much new information for the past few months. Maybe the online game, but I'm getting IP-blocked. :/ --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 13:15, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
::I found this regarding the Online Game, nevermind, it's for a closed-beta testing, so it's not fully out yet it seems. http://mm.my-gg.com/cbt/ --[[User:SayakaVonSeckendorff|SayakaVonSeckendorff]] 17:52, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
:I've been busy, traveling, slaying demons, slice of life antics, etc. It's not all bad; it was hard to keep up when you'd click 500 recent changes and it would only go back two days. [[User:KM|KM]] 05:11, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

==Upload==
Does anyone have problems uploading files? --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 11:14, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
:I just tried to upload a 190k jpeg, and it wouldn't work. Just sent me back to a blank upload page. It was also giving me a warning about unencrypted data being sent, which didn't happen in the past. [[User:KM|KM]] 09:02, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
::Whoops, sorry! I force SSL and it seems like upload is now broken. I've reverted the change now. Can you try if it works? --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 16:41, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

== runes.ttf? ==

Okay, I don't know what's going on, but every single time I open a tab in the wiki, a file called runes.ttf gets automatically downloaded. Right now I have 12 of them piled up in my desktop, and it's sorta annoying. I assume it's related to the plugin that allows runespeak, but still. Can you take a look at it? It didn't do this until a few days ago. --[[User:BrickBreak|BrickBreak]] 02:01, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
:I didn't do anything, this is likely CF's problem. I'll move Runes fonts to remote server for the time being. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 06:42, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
::Grr, just remembered fonts must comply with Cross-Origin Resource Sharing. It can't lives on another domain name. I'll have CF investigate this. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 06:57, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
:This is caused by CF's bug. I've disable the feature that triggered this (resource preloader). It should be fixed for now. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 16:25, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
::Still happening for me. --[[User:SayakaVonSeckendorff|SayakaVonSeckendorff]] 23:34, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
:::Shift+F5 plz. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 18:36, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

== Nana ==
There's a PV from Comiket for SHAFT's new magical girl show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqnfv_oiE9g It looks really promising.

:Someone already brought up the idea of it being set in the same world as Madoka. At first I laughed, but after rewatching the video (without understanding any of the Japanese of course) this is going to be even more fun to investigate than Homura = cat was. [[User:KM|KM]] 13:05, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

:in b4 Prism Nana Wiki. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 18:37, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

==Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Different Story==
Someone add Different Story to the Manga Section of the navigation page. It is going to happen sooner or later --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 03:56, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

== Law of circularity (円環の理) and "guided by the law of circularity" (円環の理に導かれて) ==

This terminology is something I see every so often, but I don't see any page that explains it. According to the [http://dic.nicovideo.jp/a/%E5%86%86%E7%92%B0%E3%81%AE%E7%90%86 nicovideo page], it seems like people at first thought it was a made-up term by Mami, but it turns out to be a "legendary phrase among magical girls." However, I do not know where such information would be appropriate.--[[Special:Contributions/192.5.110.4|192.5.110.4]] 02:09, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
:There's mentions of it in the [[Episode 12]] and [[Guidebook]] pages, including a couple Urobuchi quotes. The episode 12 page might be the best place to add more explanation and gather the information about it, which is currently scattered all over and hard to find because everything uses a different translation of the term.
*[[Guidebook]] UROBUCHI: I could only say that it was too much of a surprise (LOL) In particular, I did not expect the "Law of the Circular Ring" [Editor's note: a term appearing in Episode 12, also referred to as Law of Cycles (円環の理 Enkan no Kotowari)] would be misunderstood as a term coined by Mami.
*[[Guidebook]] UROBUCHI: There is this thing that surprisingly became a talking point -- "The Law of Circular Path". That actually means "the ending that will, without exception, visit the girls who embraced hope and chose to take up the destiny of becoming a mahou shoujo." It is not something Mami-san coined herself, but something like an oral tradition that was passed along among mahou shoujo in that world. And so at that place and time, the only one who could not understand at all after hearing those words was Homura. Kyoko also knew and probably Sayaka in that world had also heard those words before.
*[[Otona_Anime_Vol.21]] Urobuchi： – First let's skip “Tiro Finale” (lol) Regarding “the Truth of the Circle Ring” (enkan no kotowari), it is a settei (design) in the world that had been reconstituted, where it was a legend that got passed down orally among the mahou shoujo. So it is not like Mami suddenly came up with that phrase on the spot. Probably Sayaka and Kyouko would have known about it too. At that scene, it was new only to Homura as she had come from another time line.
*[[Super_Decryption_Madoka_Magica]] table of contents reference, no information about the content
*law of cycles/law of the circular path/law of wheels/enkan no kotowari/円環の理/“the Truth of the Circle Ring”/Law of the Circular Ring/law of circularity
[[User:KM|KM]] 21:12, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

== Server Migration ==

I've moved the Wiki and Walpurgis to dedicated VPS in New York which should make everything slightly faster thanks to being closer to CloudFlare edge. For the next two days, expect things to become slower due to [http://www.tarsnap.com/ Tarsnap backup] (which is CPU-heavy) being re-run. If you found something previously working, but now broke, please report it here. I'll do my best to fix it. Thanks. --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 22:00, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

:The only image that loads in my computer is the banner of the wiki. It doesn't even try to load other images.

:The problem seems to be that, for some reason, all images have the parameter <code>style="display:none;visibility:hidden"</code> in the HTML code. Anyone knows why? [[User:Nethac DIU|Nethac DIU]] 17:22, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

::EDIT: Oops. I remembered now to allow scripts from cloudflare.com. Now the images work.

::Still, why do they require JavaScript to show up? [[User:Nethac DIU|Nethac DIU]] 17:27, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

== Looks like someone published this wiki into a book ==

Check it out - [http://tieba.baidu.com/p/1080436052 魔法少女小圆珍藏宝典] released on May 16th, 2011. It got our rune table and everything. In Chinese, of course. - [[User:Prima|Prima]] 05:24, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

== Site was down earlier today... ==

...due to CloudFlare (as with 4chan, Imgur, and many other sites). Read more at http://blog.cloudflare.com/todays-outage-post-mortem-82515 However we probably won't be dropping CloudFlare for this, since we need to offload bandwidth usage somewhere (CF is currently handling nearly 930GB of our 1.4TB monthly traffic). --[[User:0x99|0x99]] 15:11, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

== Front page news ==
Could we change it to include the more recent Rebellion information? I think we can also remove the Beginnings+Eternal home video release information. --[[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 11:54, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
: How about something like this? --[[User:Knon|Knon]] 14:26, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
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<h4>[[The Rebellion Story]] begins screening in Japan on October 26, 2013!</h4>
See [[The_Rebellion_Story#International_release|International Release]] for details about screenings in other countries.

<h4>News:</h4>
* [http://www.madoka-magica.com/ The official website] has been updated with the movie's second key visual.
* A sixth magical girl has been revealed. [[Nagisa Momoe|See Nagisa Momoe for more details]].
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbz0GqBAScM Watch the newest trailer.]
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The first two [[Madoka Magica Movie]]s have been released on Blu-Ray and DVD. See [[Madoka_Magica_Products#Movies|the products page]] for release details. Also being offered [http://www.madokamagicausa.com/movie.php internationally].
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:I like it! I like it a lot.--[[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 14:44, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
::Great. I hope it's okay if I went ahead and added it to the main page. --[[User:Knon|Knon]] 07:01, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

== Is there a mod in the house? ==
We're being swarmed by spammers.--[[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 15:02, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
:0x99, thanks! --[[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 23:57, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

== Puella-Magi Wiki is turning 3! ==

Should we be making plans to celebrate? - [[User:Prima|Prima]] 06:00, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

== Happy New Year! ==

2016 will soon be upon us, and it'll be Puella Magi Wiki's 6th year in operation! How time flies. I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season. With the Madoka sequel finally confirmed, it's never a more exciting time to be a Madoka superfan, and I foresee busy time ahead for this wiki. Happy New Years! - [[User:Prima|Prima]] 19:26, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Anyone have any New Years Resolution that you want to share for the wiki? - [[User:Prima|Prima]] 19:26, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

As mentioned in the Grief Seed talk page, my New Year's Resolution is figure out how to make wiki Templates to tidy up the joint. - [[User:Prima|Prima]] 22:15, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

: My resolution right now: check the Wiki more often. Sorry for the trouble. 🙇 — [[User:0x99|0x99]] 12:35, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

==Spam==
who is in charge of walpurgischan? there seems to be a lot of spam --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 10:43, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
:needs to be cleaned --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 15:00, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

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Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie

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[[File:Manga Time Kirara Magica movie promo art 2.png|thumb|right|250px|''Beginnings'' movie poster]]
[[File:Madoka magica movie poster theater.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''Eternal'' movie poster]]

<blockquote>
''"Even if it's a deception, this is the future she wanted."'' ~ ''Beginnings'' movie poster.
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
''"Even the unchangeable destiny will be shattered."'' ~ ''Eternal'' movie poster.
</blockquote>

{{nihongo|'''''Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie'''''|劇場版魔法少女まどか☆マギカ|Gekijōban Mahō Shōjo Madoka Magika}}, the anime movie adaptation of ''[[Madoka Magica|Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'', was first announced on November 10, 2011 in [[NewType 2011-12]]. The movies are a trilogy, with the first two being recap of the anime series and the last one being a continuation of the story. On April 1, 2012, the titles for the first two movies were announced at Anime Contents Expo. Both movies are set for an Autumn 2012 release. The third movie was released October 26, 2013.

==Installments==
;'''{{nihongo|''Beginnings''|［前編］始まりの物語|[Zenpen]: Hajimari no Monogatari|lit. "[First Part] The Beginning Story"}}
:The first of the two recap movies, released on October 6, 2012. It features the theme song "[[Luminous]]" by ClariS as the OP and a new version of "[[Magia]]", "[[Hikari Furu|Magia [quattro]]]" by Kalafina as the ED. The movie is 130 minutes long, covering the first eight episodes of the anime series.

;'''{{nihongo|''Eternal''|［後編］永遠の物語|[Kōhen]: Eien no Monogatari|lit. "[Second Part] The Eternal Story"}}
:The second of the recap movies, released on October 13, 2012. It features the theme song "[[Hikari Furu]]" by Kalafina. It is 109 minutes long, covering the remaining four episodes of the anime series.

;'''{{nihongo|''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion|Rebellion]]''|［新編］叛逆の物語|[Shinpen] Hangyaku no Monogatari|lit. "[New Edition] The Rebellion Story"}}
:The third of the movie trilogy, released October, 26 2013. It features the theme songs "[[Colorful]]" by ClariS as the OP and "[[Kimi no Gin no Niwa]]" by Kalafina as the ED. It is 120 minutes long, and serves as the sequel to ''Madoka Magica''.

==Differences from the anime==
{{cleanup}}
===General===
* Sayaka's hair pins are also changed during her transformation, they're now in the shape of a fortissimo sign.
** In Italian, fortissimo means very strong, bright, tough/severe. In the music world, fortissimo is signed as ''ff'' and indicates that the piece should be played very loudly.
* Sayaka's face is concealed more often.
* Kyoko has more variety of food in each scene she is in. She is seen eating green tea and strawberry pocky in addition to her usual chocolate variety.
** The waffle during her binoculars scene has been replaced with a French cream sandwich cookie.
** The taiyaki she eats as she's fighting Sayaka in Episode 5 has been replaced with a similar bear-shaped pastry.
** The blue popsicle she eats at the end of Episode 7 has been replaced with an orange one.
** Snacks are sold around theaters which collaborated by ''Madoka Magica'' and Yaokin who makes "Umai-Bo", that is original of "Ummai-Bo" which Kyoko has.
* SHAFT redraws a lot of the backgrounds.
* A [[Madoka Magica Soundtrack|new music score]] by [[Yuki Kajiura]] was produced, replacing a lot of the original music. In addition, Mami got a new version of "Credens justitiam" named "Mirai" (meaning "future") by Kalafina. Kalafina also produced a new version of "Magia" named "Magia [quattro]" and a new version of "Sagitta luminis" named "Hikari Furu" (meaning "light falling").

===''Beginnings''===
* A detailed comparison between the first movie and the series can be viewed [http://web.archive.org/web/20160312060557/http://yuis-musings.tumblr.com/post/33573441213/madoka-magica-movie-beginnings-in-depth-look here] on Tumblr.
* Sayaka gets a new transformation sequence that takes place underwater.
* Two of Mami's transformation sequences were changed.
* Mami's room became more lovely and has a loft.
* Homura and Madoka [[:file:Madoka homura chairs movie.jpg|sitting on chairs]] together in an open field. Chairs have a [[:file:Chairs s.jpg|significance]] with the ''Madoka'' animated franchise.

===''Eternal''===
* A detailed comparison between the second movie and the series can be viewed [http://web.archive.org/web/20131022145413/http://yuis-musings.tumblr.com/post/34491336339/madoka-magica-movie-eternal-in-depth-look here] on Tumblr.
* Oktavia's barrier has [[:file:New runes sayaka barrier.jpg|new runes that read]], "[[:wikipedia:Summis_desiderantes_affectibus|Desiderantes Affectibus]]". Summis desiderantes affectibus (Latin: ''"Desiring with supreme ardor"'') was a papal bull issued by Pope Innocent VIII on December 5, 1484. The bull was written in response to the request of Dominican Inquisitor Heinrich Kramer for explicit authority to prosecute witchcraft in Germany, after he was refused assistance by the local ecclesiastical authorities. The bull recognized the existence of witches.
** The bull, which synthesized the spiritual and the secular crimes of witchcraft, is often viewed as opening the door for the witchhunts of the early modern period.
* The "LOOK AT ME" posters were re-added to the movie version. They were removed from the Blu-ray version of the TV series.
* When Kyoko's soul gem explodes, there's a hidden frame of the "[[And I'm Home|and I'm home]]" picture.

==Trivia==
* On October 2, 2012 Mezamashi TV [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fem01BT51Eo aired a feature on the first movie], showing scenes from the movie OP, new music, as well as new backgrounds and transformation sequences. (Clip is unavailable)
* "Luminous" has become a slang term that refers to the cheek rubbing scene from the OP.
** This kind of pose is tagged as (っ´ω`(´ω`c)ﾙﾐﾅｽ on pixiv. Those last 4 characters are the katakana for "Luminous".
* ''Beginnings'' and ''Eternal'' grossed over 11 billion yen in the box office in total.[http://matomagi.doorblog.jp/archives/32717273.html]

==Worldwide premiere==
:''See:'' [[Madoka Magica the Movie International Screenings#Beginnings and Eternal]]

The first two movies have been screened in the United States, France, Italy, San Marino, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, Germany, Canada and Mexico.

==Gallery==
===Movie posters===
<gallery>
File:Manga Time Kirara Magica movie promo art 2.png|''Beginnings'' poster
File:Madoka Movie 1 Key Visual US larger.jpg|Clean version
File:Madoka magica movie poster theater.jpg|''Eternal'' poster
File:Madoka magica movie poster theater lean version.jpg|Clean version
File:Madoka Movie 1 Key Visual US.jpg|United States poster
File:Madoka Movie 1 Key Visual US Poster ENG.jpg|English US poster
File:Madokamovie1clean.jpg|Clean US poster
File:Madoka Movie 1 Key Visual France.jpg|France
File:Madoka Movie 1 Key Visual Taiwan.jpg|Taiwan
File:Madoka Movie 1 Key Visual Hong Kong.jpg|Hong Kong
File:Madoka Movie 1 Key Visual Italy.jpg|Italy
File:Madoka Movie 1 Key Visual San Marino.jpg|San Marino
File:Madoka Movie 1 Key Visual Singapore.jpg|Singapore
File:Small korea movie ver.jpg|South Korea
File:Madoka mexico movie poster.jpg|Mexico
</gallery>

===Official art===
<gallery>
File:Manga Time Kirara Magica movie promo art 1.jpeg|Initial Key Visual #1
File:Madoka Magica Movie website graphic.jpeg|From the official Madoka Magica website.
File:Movie Promo Flyer 01.jpg
File:Movie Promo Flyer 02.jpg
File:Movie Promo Flyer 03.jpg
File:Movie goods gayer gayer!.jpg|Complete set of all 3 Clear Files sold at the Goods counter at movie theaters. Each includes another clear file with a deco design and the girls' soul gem symbol and/or Kyubey silhouette.
File:Mami kyubey movie art official.jpg
File:Madoka homura movie art official.jpg
File:Sayaka kyoko movie art official.jpg
File:Madoka movie taniguchi.jpg
File:Homura New Years Card.jpg
File:Madoka_Movie_Blu-ray_Limited_Cover.jpg
</gallery>

===Screenshots===
<gallery>
File:New family.jpg
File:First day of school.jpg
File:WIth papa.jpg
File:Learning to crawl.jpg
File:Big sister Madoka.jpg
File:Happy family.jpg
File:Pregnant Junko.jpg
File:Madoka Sayaka and Hitomi.jpg
File:Madoka grow up family photo.jpg
File:Madoka_and_Tatsuya.jpg
File:New runes movie.jpg|>•ELLY >HALL. NICE TO MEET. >•ELLY >HALL. >MEIN NAME IST ELLY < ' v ' >
File:H.N. Elly madoka movie.png|Elly in the movie version
File:Elly grief seed movie.jpg|Elly's Grief Seed
File:Sayaka apt movie.jpg|Sayaka's apartment
File:Anja labyrinth.jpg|Anja's Labyrinth movie version.
File:Sayaka apt chairs.jpg|Sayaka's room.
File:Madoka movie 2 - chairs inside madoka room.jpg|Chairs inside Madoka's room.
File:Madoka movie 2 - chairs dolls.jpg
File:Sakura church movie version.jpg|Sakura Church.
File:LOOK AT ME posters madoka movie.jpg|"LOOK AT ME"
File:New runes sayaka barrier.jpg|The runes read "Desiderantes Affectibus"
File:SHAFTUSNEAKY.png|When Kyoko's soul gem explodes, there's a hidden frame of the [[And I'm Home|"And I'm Home"]] picture.
File:Madoka movie 2 trees homura walking.jpg
File:Madoka movie 2 - weird static screen before homura first day.jpg|Dialogue [[The_Beginning_Story:_Episode_10#Mall_-_Underground_Tunnel|from earlier episodes.]]
File:Madoka movie 2 - another static screen.jpg|Eternal Story 46:50~46:53.[http://walpurgischan.net/meduka/res/3228.html#3301]
File:Madoprgntnofmado.png
File:Runes end eternal.jpg|[http://matome.naver.jp/odai/2135111135283389801 Japanese translation], [http://pastebin.com/aPH54SJh Romaji]
File:Madoka movie 2 OP cat.jpg
File:Madoka movie 2 madoka homura op.jpg
File:Shameless promo SHAFT.jpg
File:Madoka movie 2 madoka with an injured homura.jpg
File:Movie madoka 2 dont forget her.jpg
File:Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1.jpg
</gallery>

===Animations===
<gallery>
File:Movie op with girls.gif
File:MadokaHomunudging.gif
File:Cheeks touching.gif
Cheeks touchingv2.gif
File:Madoka homura take my hand.gif
File:Homumado hands are super touching.gif
File:Madoka Sayaka Hitomi friends.gif
File:Madoka sky.gif
File:Madoka growing up.gif
File:Mom dad madoka.gif
File:Madoka with little brother.gif
File:Mami op.gif
File:Kyouko op.gif
File:Homura op.gif
File:Madoka movie 2 op homura pendulum chairs.gif|A slight variation of the OP in the 2nd movie.
File:Madoka movie 2 homura broken glass.gif|
File:Hitomi witch kiss movie.gif
File:Sayaka contract.gif
File:Head tilt shaft sayaka.gif
File:Head tilt shaft kyouko.gif
File:Head tilt shaft homura.gif
File:Homura attack golf club.gif
File:Mami henshin movie ver.gif|Mami's transformation
File:Mami henshin 1.2 movie.gif|Mami's second transformation
File:Sayaka henshin movie ver.gif|Sayaka's transformation
File:Kyoko henshin movie ver 1.gif|Kyoko's transformation
File:Kyoko henshin movie ver 2.gif|Kyoko's second transformation
File:Homura henshin movie ver better version.gif|Homura's transformation
File:Elsa Maria Sayaka final attack.gif
File:Handkerchief.gif|Madoka cleaning up Homura
File:Homura black wings.gif
File:Homura vs mami movie.gif|Preview of ''Rebellion''
File:Madoka into ultimate madoka.gif|Another preview
</gallery>

===Tickets===
<gallery>
File:Movie Ticket ACE Special Edition.jpg|Special Edition Advance tickets at ACE for a limited venue showing of the first two Madoka Magica movies.
File:Madoka Magica Movie Special Edition Advance Tickets.jpg|Closer look at the ticket for the two movies.
File:Kyoko int manga anime fair 2012 sample.jpg|Kyoto International Anime Manga Fair 2012 Tickets
</gallery>

===Movie differences===
<gallery>
File:Movie version diff.jpg|Differences in quality. The movie version will be of higher image quality.
File:Madoka-bd-movie-comparison3.jpg
File:madoka-bd-movie-comparison.jpg|Scanned from a flyer, so the images aren't perfect.
File:School Roof Animation Comparison.jpg
File:SayakaMovieComparison1.png
File:SayakaMovieComparison2.png
File:SayakaMovieComparison03.png
</gallery>

==Fanart==
{{Fanart}}
<gallery>
File:Homumado movie fanart.jpg
File:Mamikyoko nuzzling fanart.png
File:MamixKyubey nuzzling fanart.jpg
File:Sayakamado nuzzling fanart.gif
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Theater Pamphlet]]
* [[Luminous]] - Movie OP theme.
* [[Hikari Furu]] - An assortment of redone tracks used in the movie.
* [[Madoka Magica the Movie Exhibition]]

==External links==
* [http://www.madoka-magica.com/ ''Puella Magi Madoka Magica'' official website]

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2016-11-24T07:16:49Z

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'''This section contains dangerous level of Yuri detected!'''
Please refrain from reading if you do not support a KyoSaya ship and remember to adjust your yuri goggles when entering.
</div>
=Madoka Magica: Shipping is Magic=
<blockquote> ''"Don't forget. Always, somewhere, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjAwIPElLCE&feature=fvwrel Homura is stalking you.]"''</blockquote>

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[[File:K n M Lucky Star my otp.png|right|thumb|300px|What started my journey into yuri. Since then I have never looked back.]]

[[File:Yomiko Readman Read or Die.jpg|right|thumb|300px|<center>Mai Waifu.</center>]]

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==Introduction==
[[File:Yuri furniture.jpg|left|200px|thumb|first sign that you are in too deep into yuri...]]
[[File:Bluntness.jpg|right|200px]]
I dont like to talk about myself but I will type the sufficient information so you can get an idea about me.

I was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and had lived there for 13 years. My family moved to the US and I have staid here ever since. I know Spanish but it has been along time since I used it. My parents are actually Korean (I cant steak the language myself, so dont ask), they left the country after the Korean War for South America. I dont know the details about it, never asked about it.

Besides my love for yuri and Anime my other passion is [[Wikipedia:The_Lord_of_the_Rings|The Lord of The Rings]]. I love [[Wikipedia:J._R._R._Tolkien|J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s books and sometimes wish I could really visit Middle-earth. I love Science Fiction and I am a fan of [[Wikipedia:Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series|Star Trek TOS]] (the others are kinda ok). I also love reading fantasy and mythology, I just love it.

I hate cold climates, I hate the snow, I dont like sea food, and sometimes I miss eating Argentinian food. Oh, yeah. I hate [[Wikipedia:Kimchi|Kimchi]], I never developed a taste for it.

I was introduced to Anime long ago (I do not remember what it was. I do remember seeing some [[wikipedia:Ranma_½|Ranma]]), but I didnt get hook up until much later. It all started with [[wikipedia:Slayers|Slayers]] by a friend in college, he was Argentinian as well and I think he was way into Anime as I can remember. I liked the series with its mix of comedy and fantasy and I thought, well this is fun! But I would rarely pay any attention to other Anime genre. But then it escalated when I was introduced to [[wikipedia:Minamike|Minami-ke]] sometime later, and the comedy was just great and got me hook up to see if there was anything else out there. I was still not a rabid fan, I considered myself just average at the time. It was during this period that I got a hold of [[wikipedia:Read_or_Die|ROD]] and decided that I wanted to watch more anime similar to it. So I embarked on a journey to find more.

[[File:Hidamari sketch ume tentei harem.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Ume-tentei and her harem.]]

The final nail in the coffin was when I found [[wikipedia:Lucky_Star_(manga)|Lucky☆Star]] by accident; I loved the comedy and the bits of slice of life in it, but it was not over for me. I soon started to develop an interest in yuri once I was introduced to the idea of KonataKagamin (Konami) as a pair. At first I wasnt sure about it, but the more I watched the series, the more I could see it. I was like a blind man, but now I could see! In the past I never had any interest in stories of romance between girls because I didnt think there was any appeal to it, but anime and this strange appeal to yuri piqued my curiosity and changed my mind. At the time I thought there couldnt be no harm in seeking more of it so I went to find more. My interest in Anime was not just Anime anymore, something changed in me. So once I got a taste of [[wikipedia:Aoi_Hana|Aoi Hana]], [[wikipedia:Sasameki_Koto|Sasameki Koto]], and [[wikipedia:Shoujo_Sect|Shoujo Sect]], it was too late for me.

I also watched [[wikipedia:K-On!|K-ON!]], [[wikipedia:Strike_witches|Strike Witches]], [[wikipedia:Kanamemo|Kanamemo]], [[wikipedia:Hidamari_Sketch|Hidamari Sketch]], and [[wikipedia:Shinryaku!_Ika_Musume|Shinryaku! Ika Musume]]<ref>this one may actually require Yuri Goggles at maximum level</ref>, but by then the damage was already done.

During my journey I have also read some good Manga and there are few titles that I like. Currently I am hoping that there would be an anime version of [[wikipedia:Girl_Friends_(manga)|Girl Friends]] or [[wikipedia:Hayate_X_Blade|Hayate X Blade]] but that seems unlikely... the mangas are great, if you are into yuri-comedy.

You can find my [http://myanimelist.net/profile/mutopis MyAnimeList], I dont update it as often as I should, but I do it sometimes.

'''UPDATE:''' I live in South Korea now. Learning Korean is hard.

==My Anime Recomendations==
[[File:The truth about madoka.jpg|thumb|right|200px|I had the same reaction to Madoka, I love it.]]
In my opinion the best slice of life and comedy is [[wikipedia:Clannad_(visual_novel)|Clannad]], trust me, it will make you cry and you wont be ready. I havent played the Visual Novel yet (I do have it, in english! But I havent had the time to play it).

If you are a fan of [[wikipedia:Isaac_Asimov|Isaac Asimov]], then I recommend you to watch [[wikipedia:Time_of_Eve|Eve no Jikan]]. A really good series for those who are fans of robotics or sci-fi. Another good one is an anime film called [[wikipedia:Pale_Cocoon|Pale Cocoon]], I love this film.

Now for those who like Yuri and a mixture of comedy and slice of life I would like to recommend one of my favorites: [[wikipedia:Candy_Boy|Candy☆Boy]]. I warn you, it is technically incest, but it is very cute and not sleazy. It is a very cute series<ref>Dont judge me, twincest is still technically yuri.</ref>.

If you are just interested in comedy then I would like to recommend you [[wikipedia:Muteki_Kanban_Musume|Muteki Kanban Musume]], it is a silly series with some crazy characters in it. Pure comedy but sadly not many are watching it. Another good series that involves good comedy and pieces of slice of life (with sports) is [[wikipedia:Bamboo_Blade|Bamboo Blade]], a good series with cute girls (may require Yuri Goggles, but it is worth watching just for the comedy and the friendship theme).

===Trivia===
[[Wikipedia:Kalafina|Kalafina]], the music group that did [[wikipedia:Magia_(Kalafina_song)|Magia]], also did one of my favorite tracks, [[wikipedia:Hikari_no_Senritsu|Hikari no Senritsu]] of [[wikipedia:So_Ra_No_Wo_To|Sora no Woto]] series. The series was ok, and I loved the theme but I think they could have done better. In terms of music I think K-ON has a lot of good songs. But [[wikipedia:Hikari_no_Senritsu|Hikari no Senritsu]] is still my favorite ([[wikipedia:Magia_(Kalafina_song)|Magia]] is close to second)<ref>My third favorite is [http://atashi.wordpress.com/2010/08/22/k-on-insert-song-ui/ U&I] for obvious reasons.</ref>.

==Notes==
<references/>

==Comic Strips==
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File:Anko kyouko.jpg
File:Poison chocolate.png
File:Protect sayaka.png
File:Together.png
File:Crying sayaka kyouko idiot.jpg
File:Screw-kyousuke.jpg
File:I love u kyouko.jpg
File:Kyouko gay marriage.jpg
File:Sayaka to eat kyouko's tits.png
File:Kyouko moe sayaka.jpg
File:Kyouko take responsability.png
File:Kyouko wants a smooch.jpg
File:Sayaka kyouko dinner 2.jpg
File:Kyouko yuri goggles.jpg
File:Your first time.jpg
File:Working hard.jpg
File:Kyo u getting fat.jpg
File:Kissu.jpg
File:Kyouko is my boyfriend.png
File:I can be your boyfriend.png
File:(Nekotoufu) Telepathy.png
File:The red string.jpg
File:Fishing for kyo.jpg
File:Sayaka fishing.jpg
File:The kyouko sayaka family puella magi.jpg
File:Puella magi makes babies.png
File:Lets go make some babies.jpg
File:(Honami Yuu) I could see happy dreams thanks to this pillow 1 pg.jpg
File:The yuri afterlife.png
File:Apple 0.png
File:Apple 1.png
File:Why like that.jpg
File:Apple kiss sayaka.jpg
File:Apple kiss sweet.jpg
File:Pocky game.png
File:Kyosaya epic dance.jpg
File:Read-bean melody.gif
File:Taiyaki game.jpg
File:Sayaka kyouko mermaid story.jpg
File:Sayaka gone mad mad.jpg
File:Crazy sayaka kyouko teeth.jpg
File:Kyousayaw1.png
File:KyoSaya I love you too.jpg
File:Trapped madoka.jpg
File:Hizaki ryuuta - kyouko and cat.png
File:(yatsuharu) Snow-White 04.jpg
File:Kyouko ribbon.jpg
File:(Toritori) Somewhere in yuri heaven.jpg
File:(Hayashi Ichirou) Mutual confession.gif
File:4koma i want boobs too.jpg
File:April fools.jpg
File:Kyosaya ruined for marriage.jpg
File:Madoka Soul Gem love scene.jpg
File:Homura harem route.png
File:Madoka harem.png
File:Homura is my boyfriend.png
File:(Kyapu-10) Forceful dating.jpg
File:Going with you.jpg
File:Guarding madoka.jpg
File:(Amasawa Natsuhisa) Rewind 2~Acceptable risk.jpg
File:Kyosaya finishing move.png
File:(Kasumi) Mami is yours if she's drunk.png
File:(Mutou) KyouSaya Do your best Yuma.jpg
File:Homu-Olev.jpg
File:Kyosaya sleeping 1.jpg
File:Kyosaya sleeping 2.jpg
File:If Kyoko Drew a Manga.png
File:KyoSaya Punch.png
File:Homura fangirl.png
File:Homumado kyosaya in school.jpg
File:Homumado being cute together.jpg
File:Homumado cute yet creepy.jpg
File:Homura with glasses mami.jpg
File:Madoka with glasses homura.jpg
File:I'll Kill QB Later.png
File:Homura meets lolikami.png
File:Lolimadokami english translation.png
File:Homumado after sex.jpg
File:Kyousaya eat my pocky.jpg
File:Kyousaya romantic pasta scene.jpg
File:Homumado so cute huggle.jpg
File:Puella magi kindergarten magica.jpg
File:I Just Don't Care Anymore You Know (zxu).jpg
File:Soylen Magi is People!!!.jpg
File:Homumado ruined for marriage (gochou comedia80).jpg
File:20898811 p3.jpg
File:20898811 p4.jpg
File:20954053 p8.jpg
File:20954053 p9.jpg
File:Homura making out with madoka.jpg
File:BD 5 ED Fanart.jpg
File:Saya-an (SayakaxAnko) fanart.jpg
File:Homuotter madoseal hnnng.png
File:Homura hungry eyes wants madololi.png
File:Kyoko madoka comic not the sharpest tools.jpg
File:Kyomami chocolate.jpg
File:The never ending shiritori.jpg
File:Tegakifuni - kyosaya sharing food.png
File:Homu pimp harem askpervyhomu.jpg
File:Homu;gate homu ouin kyouma.jpg
File:Bersek homulust.jpg
File:Homuhomu makes her entrance.jpg
File:BD 6 Ume 4koma TL.jpg
File:Madoka A 1 076.jpg
File:Madoyuri overload.png
File:Sayaka's underwhat.jpg
File:Sayaka and kyouko cat.gif
File:Homuhomu home comic.jpg
File:Heart warming tale kyosaya christmas raw fanart.jpg
File:Girls turn into witches on new year.jpg
File:Say homu homu.jpg
File:No tanks needed.png
File:Kyomami looking at her panties.jpg
File:Imafraid.gif
File:Madokaism is so scary.jpg
File:Background sayaka route.png
File:Kyosaya bathroom night sleepwalk.png
File:Homuhomu operation accidental encounter fanart.jpg
File:Accidental encounter fail fanart.jpg
File:Kyosaya fanart together mermaid knight.jpg
File:Kyousaya stupid sexy Kyouko.jpg
File:Kyousaya where are you sayaka.jpg
File:Kyouko and sayaka together intertwine fingers.jpg
File:Kyousaya kissing soulgem navel.jpg
File:Kyousaya just take my food.jpg
File:KyouSaya One True Badass Pair.jpg
File:736611.jpg
File:Kyouko riding some animal doujin art.jpg
File:Madoka in Valhalla wih her 72 Homus.jpg
File:Raw sayaka kyouko colorful rainbow.jpg
File:Fanart after madoka together.jpg
File:25325959.jpg
File:Sealdoka cruel comic raw.jpg
File:The witness speaks.jpg
File:Dont slap madoka.jpg
File:Homudream two madoka fanart.jpg
File:Homura slaps madoka fanart.jpg
File:Kyouko cardboard psp poorfag sayaka pity comic.png
File:26207566 p4.jpg
File:Madoyuno.jpg
File:The making of a new religion.jpg
File:Kyosaya fighting together.gif
File:Homura's mammies.jpg
File:Madoka -MamiHomu Poki game -Torinone.jpg
File:The truth hurts.png
File:I'm detective! Akemi-chan not a pervert.jpg
File:Hayashiya zankurou - perverted madoka.jpg
File:Zxu - perverted kyouko comic.jpg
File:Madoka sayaka new henshin fan.gif
File:Homura - Madoka I want your babies.jpg
File:Kyosaya cute fight fanart.jpg
File:Homu-power free energy.jpg
File:A perverted god.jpg
File:Homuhomu body attack!.png
File:How to lesbian.jpg
File:Magical Girl Mating Ritual.jpg
File:25610036 ENG.png
File:Pmmm crack by chocoemerald-d3kgw7t.jpg
File:Could have been a lot worse by keah-d72pcn2.jpg
File:40627816.jpg
</gallery>

==Cute==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="left">
File:Bid K small S.jpg
File:Big k and small s again.jpg
File:Kyouko happy.jpg
File:Praying soul kyouko.jpg
File:Crown of flowers.png
File:Sayaka i am a fish.jpg
File:Hidamari magi lovemedo.jpg
File:Love me do of course.jpg
File:First yuri sign yes.jpg
File:Kyosaya lol.jpg
File:Kyosaya cosplaying together.png
File:After cosplay.jpg
File:KyoSaya kissing ear.jpg
File:Kyosaya lets hug.jpg
File:Kyosaya sitting together.jpg
File:Dokidokilove.jpg
File:Kyosaya blush.jpg
File:Kyouko carrying sayaka.jpg
File:Sayaka carrying kyouko.jpg
File:K carrying S.jpg
File:Kyouko sayaka kissing embrace.jpg
File:Kyosaya cute kiss.jpg
File:Kiss my hand.png
File:K S forever.jpg
File:Kyouko smile sayaka tear.jpg
File:Kyosaya mornig hair.jpg
File:Kyosaya morning school.jpg
File:Kyosaya tsun.jpg
File:Kyosaya bite me.jpg
File:Kyosaya hug.jpg
File:Because you are mine.jpg
File:KyoSaya in bed.jpg
File:Blue red mixed soul gem.jpg
File:Red blue soul gems.jpg
File:Wild ride.png
File:What is sayaka doing.png
File:More kyosaya blush.jpg
File:Kyosaya face to face.jpg
File:(Honami Yuu) I could see happy dreams thanks to this pillow 2 pg.jpg
File:Sayaka Kyouko heart.jpg
File:Two sayakas one kyouko conflicted.jpg
File:Bluered heart.jpg
File:Sayaka kyouko in love.jpg
File:Saya hearts kyouko.jpg
File:Kyosaya halo hug.jpg
File:Kyosaya that look.jpg
File:Kyosaya that look color.jpg
File:Kyosaya funny face.jpg
File:KyoSaya Kyouko hugs Little Mermaid Book.jpg
File:Couples high five.jpg
File:Whatchalookingat.png
File:Cute sayaka and kyouko.jpg
File:Kyouko cheating Sayaka shocked.png
File:(Kippu) Go home together.png
File:KyoSaya school uniform together.jpg
File:KyoSaya Fishing Sayaka.png
File:Kyosaya cute together mermaid.jpg
File:(Kasumi) KyouSaya~Cute idiotic couple3 05.jpg
File:(Kasumi) KyouSaya~Cute idiotic couple3 06.jpg
File:Kyosaya dont touch my candy.jpg
File:(Kasumi (Pluvieux tigre)) KyouSaya~Prepare yourself! 00.png
File:Kyousaya protect my sayaka.png
File:Kyousaya in bed (not yet).jpg
File:Kyousaya soulgems in bed.jpg
File:Kyousaya pillowlap you dummy.jpg
File:Kyousaya crying sleeping together.jpg
File:KyoSaya fist bump.jpg
File:Kyousaya the goddess approves.jpg
File:Kyousaya i am her dog.jpg
File:Kyosaya kissing blushing.jpg
File:Kyosaya train travel.jpg
File:Kyosaya going to bed.jpg
File:Kyousaya getting ready mami spying.jpg
File:Kyosaya blush3.jpg
File:Kyousaya floor.jpg
File:Kyousaya in bed morning after.jpg
File:Kyosaya bathing.jpg
File:Kyosaya about to kiss fanart.jpg
File:21289667 - and i'm home.jpg
File:1307433025140.jpg
File:Kyosaya stop crying sayaka.gif
File:Kyosaya bears.png
File:Kyosaya switched hair style fanart.jpg
File:Madoka yuri pair homu queen.png
File:KyoSaya Fusion fanart.jpg
File:Kyosaya child versions fanart.jpg
File:AiponKitaEri PSPEvent Tokushima.jpg
File:Sayaka r u jelly.png
File:Kyosaya come at me fanart.jpg
File:Kyosaya love me do doujin art.jpg
File:Kyosaya nekomimi fanart.jpg
File:Reverse roles fanart kyosaya.jpg
File:Fishing my love kyosaya.jpg
File:Kyosaya minikyo cute together fanart.jpg
File:Kyouko school uniform sayaka hand nervous.jpg
File:Kyosaya kissing soul gems how indecent.jpg
File:Kyosaya holding hands backs.jpg
File:Cute madohomu kissing.jpg
File:Madoka magika kyosaya photoshop wish was real.jpg
File:Sayakyo lap pillow fanart.jpg
File:Kyosaya fanart hot legs.png
File:Cute homumado in bed fanart.png
File:Kyosaya cute cheeck photoshop.jpg
File:Kyosaya red roses embrace.jpg
</gallery>

==Sharing Food==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="left">
File:Sayakaxkyoukopockykiss.jpg
File:Kyouko sayaka sharing.png
File:Kyosaya sharing is good.jpg
File:Kyosaya lets share.jpg
File:Sayaka kyouko apple bite.jpg
File:K S eating an apple.jpg
File:K S pocky game.jpg
File:Kyosaya taiyaki game kiss cute.jpg
File:Kyosaya lunch box.jpg
File:Pockykiss blush.jpg
File:KyoSaya Pocky love.jpg
File:Pockykiss.jpg
File:KyoSaya Happy Forever.jpg
File:(Honami Yuu) I could see happy dreams thanks to this pillow 3 pg.jpg
File:Kyosaya peeling apples 1.jpg
File:Kyosaya peeling apples 2.jpg
File:Take the apple.jpg
File:Kyosaya lets eat qb.jpg
File:Kyosaya I want to eat you.png
File:Cute sayakakyouko.jpg
File:18097000 p3.jpg
File:Sayaka is mad i am sorry.jpg
File:Grief Syndrome 05.jpg
File:Kyosaya being cruel.jpg
File:Kyouko homura sharing food.jpg
File:Kyosaya lets have tea fanart.jpg
File:Kyousaya feeding chocolate fanart.jpg
</gallery>

==Wedding Day==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="left">
File:I heart U.jpg
File:Kyouko style proposal.jpg
File:Marry me.jpg
File:Lets get married.jpg
File:Marriage certificate.jpg
File:Sayaka kyouko wedding dress together.jpg
File:Kyosaya white dresses.jpg
File:K S Marriage.png
File:K S Marriage1.png
File:Kyouko sayaka wedding.png
File:Kyouko sayaka brides.jpg
File:Our wedding day.jpg
File:We got married.jpg
File:KyoSaya bride I am still badass.jpg
File:Kyosaya let's get married.jpg
File:Happy end.jpg
File:Kyosaya here comes the bride.png
File:Kyousaya dont worry be happy.jpg
File:Sleeping face of an angel (Aotori)04.jpg
File:Sayaka white dress flowers.png
File:Episode 12 Yuri Wedding.jpg
File:Madoka gets cake.jpg
File:Grief Syndrome 04.jpg
File:CG kyosaya griefsyndrome.png
File:BD 5 ED Yuri Fan Interpretation.jpg
File:Homumado marriage fanart.jpg
File:Madokami wedding day fanart.jpg
File:Homumado wedding day fanart.jpg
File:Homu homu same sex marriage madokami homura fanart.jpg
File:Kyousaya wedding carrying the bride fanart.jpg
File:Homumado wedding marriage fanart sketch.png
File:Madoka gives ring to homura fanart.jpg
File:Sayaka madoka wedding fanart.jpg
File:Homura madoka wedding.jpg
</gallery>

==Living Together==
<gallery>
File:Living together.jpg
File:Living together morning.jpg
File:Kyosaya tipical day.jpg
File:KyoSaya Sayaka housewife.jpg
File:KyoSaya apron.png
File:PSO2-PMMM.png|
</gallery>

==Family==
<gallery>
File:Kyouko Sayaka and Yuma sleeping.jpg
File:Kyosaya oriko.jpg
File:Yuma has two mommies.jpg
File:Kyousaya family life 1.jpg
File:Kyousaya family life 2.jpg
File:Kyousaya family life 3.jpg
File:Lone Wolf and Cub.jpg
File:Kyouko yuma having fun.jpg
File:Kyouko yuma cute daughter.png
File:Read me a bedtime story kyouko mama.png
File:Yuma afraid of monsters.png
File:Kyouko and yuma sleeping.png
File:Kyousaya magic baby.jpg
File:Yuma screenshot oriko ova unknown.jpg
File:Adult kyouko with baby who is the father.jpg
File:Sayaka yuma and kyouko.png
File:Kyoko sayaka dog new friend.jpg
File:02.jpg
File:05.jpg
File:Homumado honoka baby.jpg
File:Homumado papa mama child fanart.jpg
File:Kyoumami with yuma fanart photoshop.jpg
</gallery>

==Dying Together==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="left">
File:Kyouko with sayaka's soul gem.jpg
File:I am sorry.jpg
File:KyoSaya dying together.jpg
File:KyoSaya Final moment.jpg
File:Kyouko soul gem sayaka image.jpg
File:Falling together smiling crying.jpg
File:Kyouko too late.jpg
File:Smiling with you.jpg
File:Sayaka kyouko kill me.png
File:Sayaka kyouko hug fade.jpg
File:Kyouko final kiss.jpg
File:Kyousaya you are not alone.png
File:Kyousaya rescue soul gem.jpg
File:Kyosaya field of flowers.jpg
File:Good night sweet princesses.png
File:Sayaka kyoko guro nsfw bloody.jpg
File:More oktavia fanart kyouko sayaka fanart.jpg
File:Kyousayak dying together praying ep 9 fanart musical sheets.jpg
File:Kyosayak breaking soul gem.jpg
File:Kyosaya and i am home diff coloring shading texture.jpg
File:Kyosaya surviving.jpg
</gallery>

==Yuri Witches==
<gallery>
File:Oktavia ophelia fanart.jpg
File:Ophelia oktavia heavy witch fanart.jpg
File:Witch End.jpg
File:GretchLilly Love.jpg
File:Witch Love.jpg
</gallery>

==Canon Yuri==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="left">
File:Apricot +9.jpg
File:Ume sensei doujin kyosaya 1.jpg
File:Ume sensei doujin kyosaya 2.jpg
File:10.jpg
File: Sayaka kyouko pocky game Nitroplus.jpg
File: Sayaka kyouko spinoff.jpg
File: Kyoko sayaka more spinoff ova.jpg
File:Close up official artwork.jpg
File:KyoSaya Hanokage.jpg
File:Madoka BD 5 Menu Art 2.jpg
File:Twitter comment.jpg|Aipon (Kyouko's VA): I wanna get all lovey-dovey with Sayaka. KitaEri (Sayaka's VA): I wanna stick it in Aipon.
File:4chan comment living sayaka.jpg|Eri Kitamura, lady killer.
File:Aoi yuuki yuri harem.jpg|Madoka, how could you?
File:Megami poster KyouSaya.jpg

</gallery>

== Ume Tentei Colored Doujin ==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="left">
File:Aoki_ume_madoka_doujin_art_highrez.png|
File:Aoki ume sayaka doujin art.jpg|
File:Aoki ume mami doujin art.jpg|
File:Aoki_Ume_Kyoko_highrez.png|
File:Fancoloring0607.jpg
File:Madoplus 12.jpg
File:Madoplus 13.jpg
File:Madoplus 15.jpg
File:Madoplus 16.jpg
File:Madoplus 17.jpg
File:Madoplus 18.jpg
File:Madoplus 19.jpg
File:Madoplus 20.jpg
File:Madoplus 23.jpg
</gallery>

== Hanokage Art ==
<gallery>
File:Hanokage sketch MadoKami.jpg|TL: MADOKA TO BECOME THE LEGEND: "FAUST" OF 21ST CENTURY!! I have had a relaxed time here. Thank you very much.
File:Hanokage kyouko sketch.jpg|TL: 7/18 I drank Sayaka juice. (small print) Don't you get any misunderstanding!!
File:Hanokage 2chan.jpg
File:KyoSaya Hanokage.jpg|TL: "Sayakaaaaa-". From Hanokage [http://twitpic.com/4sa5yo twitter] (the author of the Madoka manga).
File:Hanokage mami alone forever.jpg|Mami is "..." while Homura and Kyouko calls out and goes running after Madoka and Sayaka. Mami is all alone. By [http://twitpic.com/4uotfi&usg=ALkJrhiyPhOmaPddVasi7tUcSdWcyI5Dug Hanokage].
File:Hanokage kyousaya singing duet.jpg
</gallery>

==Fake Movie Posters==
<gallery>
File:Badass Kyouko movie.jpg
File:Witchstaynight sayaka poster fan.jpg
File:Homerun The Movie.jpg
File:The girl who leapt through time.jpg
File:Puella Magi Madoka Magica movie 2011.jpg
File:The homuhomu effect.jpg
File:Sayaka the dark knight.jpg
File:Rise of the planet of the Homus.jpg
File:Madoka homura fanart homubot.jpg
File:Underworld magica gunmaster.jpg
File:Walpurgis Night The Movie 20XX.png
</gallery>

==Badass==
Little girls watch Sailor Moon, Real Men watch Puella Magi Madoka Magica
<gallery>

File:Mumi will liberate you.jpg
File:Mumi will liberate you 2.jpg
File:I'll save you meguca.png
File:Someone is cool and badass.jpg
File:Meguca gonna be saved.jpg
File:Meguca gonna be saved 2.jpg
File:Hommando original.png
File:Hommando cheat sheet.jpg
File:Hommando in action.jpg
File:Real badass meguka.jpg
File:Military Homura Meguca now on Japan.png
File:Military Homura Meguca.jpg
File:Homu chopper.jpg
File:Nose art photo by mito.jpg
File:I ll save you meguca evolved by commissar nyoron-d4et74u.jpg
</gallery>

==Having Fun with Figures==
<gallery>
File:Happy homura too many madokas pillows.jpg
File:Homuhomu perverted homura.jpg
File:Homura and madoka maids.jpg
File:Homura and madoka together super happy.jpg
File:Moemura barrel scene.jpg
File:Moemura gives madoka baby seal pocky.jpg
File:Homura madoka baby seal.jpg
File:Sayaka and kyouko figures together.jpg
File:More perv homura figm.jpg
File:Moemura madoka snow.jpg
File:Homumado xmas figures 01.jpg
File:Homumado xmas figures 02.jpg
File:Homumado xmas figures 03.jpg
File:Homumado figures run away.jpg
File:Magi - this time is war parody poster figures homumado.jpg
File:Homufigure with handkerchief.jpg
File:Madoka homura cute fig tree.jpg
File:Madoka homura is cold outside.jpg
File:Kamen Rider dont mess with Madoka and Moemura.jpg
File:Kuroko homura brofist.jpg
File:Madoka Kaname, I love you. I LOVE YOU!.jpg
File:Hanokage buys nendroids twpic.jpg
File:Homura madoka hina dolls girls day.jpg
File:Goddoka the creation of homu.jpg
File:Kyouko Sayaka mermaid figure.jpg
File:33905809 p0.jpg
File:33905809 p1.jpg
File:33523494.jpg
File:Love me madoka.png
</gallery>

==Cosplay==
<gallery>
File:MOOOOOORNING LESCUUUUUEEE guy.jpg
File:Mami Charlotte cosplay.jpg
File:Homura cosplay night.jpg
File:QB evas contract Gendo.jpg
File:MadoGAR cosplay eye cancer.jpg
File:Tempting kyubey cosplay.jpg
File:Madoka harem badass umad.jpg
File:QB ranger cosplay 01.jpg
File:QB ranger cosplay 02.jpg
File:Team morning rescue.jpg
File:Never forget, she is always watching.jpg
</gallery>

==Witch/Stay Night==
<gallery>
File:WSN 01.jpg
File:WSN archer.jpg
File:WSN assassin.jpg
File:WSN gunner.jpg
File:WSN lancer.jpg
File:WSN saber.jpg
File:WSN incubator.jpg
File:WSN moira.jpg
</gallery>

==Other==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="left">
File:Kyouko little sis.jpg
File:Sakura sisters young church.png
File:Happy mother's day.jpg
File:Madoka 12 01.jpg
File:God is a Magical Girl.jpg
File:Good friday 2011.jpg
File:CSI MAGI Homura.jpg
File:HomuMado_sold_out.jpg
File:All sold out except sayaka.jpg
File:The Yuri rank.jpg
File:The ranking of girls.png
File:The puella gang.jpg
File:The Dream Team.jpg
File:Madoka nanoha sakura fanart poster Mahou Shoujo convention.jpg
File:Nanoha white devil sakura madoka madokami.jpg
File:Nanoha madoka fighting mahou shoujo.jpg
File:Band of Magic.png
File:Madoka fans.jpg
File:SHAFT Best Seller.jpg
File:Madokaism.jpg
File:Yuri girls love festival.png
File:Kyosaya goodies.jpg
File:Needs to be wiiiiiiiiiide.gif
File:Homumado hump hug.gif
File:Sayaka is this moe too.jpg
File:Now this show is getting yuri.jpg
File:Ika Musume was a Magical Girl.jpg
File:Yes We Cute.png
File:Yes We Cake!.jpg
File:Yes We Friends!.jpg
File:Yes We Lunch!.jpg
File:Yes We Homu!.jpg
File:Yes we wish.png
File:YES WE RESCUE.jpg
File:No more QB take my money.jpg
File:Funny charater summary.png
File:Kyubey's Sweet Home.png
File:Kyouko funny face.png
File:Look kyouko i can do it too fanart.png
File:Thanks for your hard work.jpg
File:Let us all hold hands.png
File:Shimeji group.jpg
File:Kyouko Kirisaki cosplay.jpg
File:Sayaka the Pirate.png
File:Homura and Mami official bikini poster.jpg
File:Team Madoka sort of.jpg
File:Do it for her.jpg
File:Mami madoka japanese wooden fan.jpg
File:Yuri pairs merchandise apricot.jpg
File:Kyubey The Rock.jpg
File:Mami gundam.jpg
File:Pixiv numbers.png
File:Pflaume.jpg
File:Dukenukemforever homu.jpg
File:Mami in that pose.jpg|Why does this look so familiar...
File:Mamigendo.jpg|
File:Homumado @hiroerei.jpg|
File:Kyouko ate too much.jpg|
File:Homumado soul gem kiss.jpg|
File:HomuMado spleepover.jpg|
File:Colonel qb war fightan 102 by commissar nyoron-d3icer1.jpg|
File:Animedia June VAs eng.jpg|
File:TwitKyubey.jpg
File:Puella magi twitter magica.png
File:Madoka kindergarden.jpg
File:Seiyuu shipping.png
File:Homutrollface.jpg
File:Madohomuloli.jpg
File:Madoka Witch Hunter fanart.jpg
File:Surprise hug.png
File:Hidamari sayaka moemura.gif
File:Kyouko evolution magical girl.jpg
File:Sayaka evolution magical girl.jpg
File:Homura evolution magical girl.jpg
File:Mami evolution magical girl.jpg
File:I am Kaname Madoka.jpg
File:Mahou commando homura by andarion-d3dii4u.jpg
File:Morning Les... Shi-....jpg
File:Aoi Yuki screenshot blog diary.png
File:Madoka puella magi doujin.jpg
File:Screenshots of new madoka book analizys.jpg
File:Homura chibi WMD.jpg
File:Sayakyomoemura threesome.jpg
File:Fanwork day at the beach.jpg
File:Homumado a castle for my queen.jpg
File:Kyouko sayaka mami dressing.jpg
File:Homura I have money.jpg
File:Madoka Characters and Seiyuus.png
File:Knm homura i miss u.jpg
File:U discussing about waifus.png|
File:Kyouko Nendoroid photoshop.jpg
File:A wish for world peace.jpg|Apparently wishing for world peace is [[NewType_2011-07#Staff_Interviews|euphemism for yuri]].
File:Kyubey contract please sign.jpg
File:Homucat hnnnngggg mami.jpg
File:Progolfer Homu.png
File:Team working on the series.jpg
File:Gg Otakon 2011 Day 1 Being Meguca fan is suffering.jpg
File:Madoka kissing QB.jpg
File:Everyone is gay for kyouko.jpg
File:Never change u.png
File:Tomoe mami beach queens.png
File:Dem yuri goggles.jpg
File:Homura madoka outfit switch.jpg
File:Homura madoka Nendoroid get.jpg
File:Homu Homu call.jpg
File:Mamama Kindergarden (t tuzuri).jpg
File:Mado Harem.jpg
File:Doujin homucat.jpg
File:Mami some assembling required.jpg
File:Cookies madoka fan.jpg
File:Make your own homura paper figure.jpg
File:4chan ep 3 audio comentary.jpg
File:Homuhomucard.jpg
File:President homura.jpg|"I have an announcement to make. Walpurgisnacht is dead."
File:Madoka homura take my hand.jpg
File:AlltheQBs.jpg
File:Madoka Yuno-cchi hidamari reversal hair fanart.jpg
File:Griefsyndrome sayaka game 4chan.jpg
File:Homumado dying nsfw goru.jpg
File:Madokami homura still watching over you and under too.jpg
File:All the girls want homura.jpg
File:There can only be one OTP fanart.jpg
File:Hommando of war second version.jpg
File:Madokami shocked sees homura.png
File:Kyomami cute yuri doujin.jpg
File:The chase running from homura.gif
File:Madoka hnnng sea life.png
File:Kyoko homura brofist.jpg
File:My puella magi little pony magica.jpg
File:Homumado yuri babies fanart.jpg
File:21605983 p1.jpg
File:21605983 p3.jpg
File:I want to marry Kyoko.jpg
File:Madoka loves kyoko homura jelly.jpg
File:Too painful for urobuchi.jpg
File:Kyoko is my husband.jpg
File:Clipgirl in u letters to mother in holland.jpg
File:Madoka sketdance parody.jpg
File:Madoka sketdance parody 2.jpg
File:Supermagical girl homu.jpg
File:Kyubey do you have a wish.jpg
File:Homura time loop.jpg
File:Groundhog day crossover fanart.jpg
File:Okabe homura cosplay fanart steins;gate.jpg
File:Akemi homura fake screenshot steins;gate crossover fanart.jpg
File:Back to steins;gate fanart.jpg
File:Amane suzuha hashida itaru father daughter fanart steins;gate.jpg
File:Homumado together fanart.jpg
File:My Homura-chan can't be this homuhomu.jpg
File:Homura chibi war.jpg
File:Homura equipment girl fanart.jpg
File:Mami sayaka fanart crack pair.jpg
File:BD 6 Ep 12 naked floating in space.jpg
File:Sayaka being sayaka with madoka fanart.jpg
File:Akemi homura chibi weapons fanart.jpg
File:Chibi nibbling cute fanart.jpg
File:King kyubey fanart.png
File:Homura weapons falling down fanart.jpg
File:Sayaka is a dog.jpg
File:So easy even Sayaka can do it.jpg
File:QBmovile.jpg
File:Homuhomu seaotter bullying sayaka fanart.png
File:Madoka and mami seal and jelly fanart.png
File:Sayaka IS kyoko's dog.jpg
File:Kyoko dog sayaka blind fanart.jpg
File:Madoka and homura is the dog.png
File:Kyoko sayaka dog collar.jpg
File:Homura is a dog.jpg
File:Homura in yuri valhalla.jpg
File:Puella magi nyan-cat magica.jpg
File:Gun-toting-homura-by-sakamoto-mineji.jpg
File:Moemura throwing bomb.jpg
File:Magi;gate fanart.jpg
File:Sayadolphin sealdoka fanart.png
File:Korean comic kyouko dog eater campaign fanart'.jpg
File:Sexymado perv homu nosebleed fanart.jpg
File:Mami dramatic fan photoshop.jpg
File:Akemi homura and Magical Witch Punie-chan.jpg
File:Homuhomu pervert gaze nose bleed breathing.jpg
File:Puella magi pet magica adorable hnnng.jpg
File:Homura and mado-dog comic.jpg
File:Homu-nyan and madoka comic.jpg
File:Saya-wanko and kyouko comic pet.jpg
File:Kyouko-nyan and sayaka comic pet jelly.jpg
File:Puella magi pet magica last page.jpg
File:Mami-pyon forever alone pet comic.jpg
File:KamiDoka & Homura yuri pose.png
File:Too many homus fanart.jpg
File:Mamis to feed charlotte pet fanart.jpg
File:Pervert homu figma madoka whats under.jpg
File:Actual screenshot from hidamari sp 01.jpg
File:Mahou Shoujo Shinseiki HomuHomu X.jpg
File:Badass madoka kill QB.jpg
File:The homunator is back fanart.jpg
File:Madoka sayaka budding.gif
File:Nice by commissar nyoron-d4ewlts.jpg
File:Madoka movie reaction 4chan.jpg
File:Spotted flower manga - otaku grandma she is a bro.jpg
File:Chiwa Saito Fan Draws Tribute Art.jpg
File:Madoka homur after tongue kissing.jpg
File:Akemi homura fuk me naoh kyouko.jpg
File:Homura is an Expy of Kiritsugu.jpg
File:Homumado lets sleep together.jpg
File:Madoka homura the next morning.jpg
File:Puella magi after work hours fanart.jpg
File:The wrath of Madoka fanart.jpg
File:Sayaka i will protect you fanart yandere.jpg
File:Kyosaya walking together to school fanart.gif
File:Lets eat kyouko charlotte feast fanart.jpg
File:Mami gilgamesh cosplay.png
File:Sayaka saber cosplay.png
File:Yuri Friends - the pevs club fanart.jpg
File:Yuri friends part two - a new friend joins fanart.jpg
File:7058 - incubator kyuubey mahou shoujo madoka magica puella magi madoka magica tagme.png
File:Madoka tastes roasted QB.jpg
File:Fans of fam seiyuu pic.jpg
File:Sayaka on a leash kyouko nun fanart.png
File:Mirai nikki time traveling yandere fanart.jpg
File:Super Homura 3 fanart video game.jpg
File:Super puella magi fusion magica.jpg
File:Homura and madoka space hug ep 12 dont go.jpg
File:Homura madoka naked space hugs never let go.jpg
File:Mahjong madoka homura fanart.jpg
File:Homura Tomoe pic dubs.jpg
File:Sayaka madoka spinning.gif
File:Homura yandere face.jpg
File:Moe science sealdoka fanart.png
File:Madoka char as cats.jpg
File:Sayakarim dragonborn fanart.jpg
File:Even when fighting they are cute.jpg
File:Magi Quest kyosaya never surrender.jpg
File:Puella magi supply demand magica.jpg
File:Sayaka child fanbook love me do.png
File:Homumado fanart attacking come at me.jpg
File:Comic market 81 you cant catch me 3 art izumi bell.jpg
File:Walpurgis the labyrinth of cycles sayaka fanart.jpg
File:Ume Aoki Homura Madoka fan colored version.jpg
File:Mirai jelly slut 4chan u.jpg
File:Homumado madoka dream naked apron fanboy fanart.jpg
File:One billion dollars.jpg
File:Ika musume mami fanart.jpg
File:Homura and madoka madokami bigger art feathers.jpg
File:The homulust is strong on this one.gif
File:Homuhomu examines madoka secret place fanart.jpg
File:F7adea4fea54f10ae9966513cd6c4d7c.jpg
File:9d3dc49cf055ec7283dc3d8c364e09a4.jpg
File:13b83f90b0524835474f95c5efc14c15.jpg
File:Comm ep 11 4chan u.jpg
File:Audio com ep 11 and 12 4chan.jpg
File:Going gaga for kyouko.jpg
File:Moemura madoka winter cute together.jpg
File:Wan homura parody lan.jpg
File:Kyouko homura dogs love fanart.jpg
File:Madoka homura art kyubey small crd.png
File:Homura ;p fanart face.png
File:She is the hero Mitakihara Town deserves.jpg
File:Miki Delivery Service.jpg
File:Kratos against charlotte.jpg
File:Homura refreshed ruined for marriage pocky after sex fanart.jpg
File:Homuhomu threesome with madoka mami ruined for marriages fanart.jpg
File:Homura madoka moemura awkward threesome.jpg
File:Anothe yuri chart pair.jpg
File:The mami game rescue charlotte.jpg
File:Animated angry sayaka.gif
File:Dem mammies band.jpg
File:Madoka homura mirror image reflection fanart.jpg
File:Kyubey-contract sign now.png
File:Fantasy pair ver 2.jpg
File:Tantei Opera Milky Holmes II magical detective yuma look alike.jpg
File:Tantei Opera Milky Holmes II magical detectives parody.jpg
File:Photoshop no QB ver of Megami 03.2012 01.png
File:Raw comic buying all bottles.jpg
File:Kyubey meets another magical pet.jpg
File:Highschool DxD ep 6 contract please.jpg
File:Homura sweeps madokas feet fanart fantasy.jpg
File:Aoi Yuuki makes perv homu look normal.jpg
File:Child kyouko fanart.jpg
File:Madoka homu cat perv panties.jpg
File:Homura madoka artwork clean version.jpg
File:Weapons space resting place QB fanart.jpg
File:Sayaka fanart dat ass.jpg
File:Kriemhild Gretchen and Walpurgis Night card form fanart.png
File:25263550 p0.png
File:Homuhomu the boardgame fanart.jpg
File:Dengeki PlayStation 2012-4.jpg
File:Parody yuruyuri madoka homura fanart.jpg
File:Aoi-chan loves Kyouko-tan.jpg
File:Homumado ero photoshop fanart second ver.jpg
File:Knm immitation flattery fanart.jpg
File:Homura madoka dramatic staring.png
File:How u sees the tea party ending.jpg
File:Yurifan reaction to nico nico april 1 stream.jpg
File:Moemura explosion.jpg
File:Kyubeyhomeworld destruction fanart.jpg
File:Miki sayaka fan art solo.jpg
File:High school au part 1 by magicalondine.png
File:High school au part 2 by magicalondine.png
File:KyouSaya seiyuu.png
File:Is nice to have a harem.jpg
File:The yuri paradise homu version.png
File:Madoka magica girl attribute chart v1.6.png
File:Homura's gonna get loved tenderly.jpg
File:GAR Magi Mado Magi.jpg
File:Megami magazine no date.jpg
File:5 girls wallpaper magical girls.jpg
File:Mami unlimited musket works fanart gate of babylon.jpg
File:Sayaka magical soldier fanart.png
File:Clenched fist bump 4 girls mami missing fanart.png
File:Call of QB Madoka★Warfare 2.png
File:QB cirno demotivation.jpg
File:Kyosaya psp translation.png
File:Sealdoka homuotter soft and cute fanart.jpg
File:Homuhomu and kyouko, sis.jpg
File:Madoka Annunciation.png
File:Madoka nanoha end of the world fanart.jpg
File:Madoka popular with the girls.jpg
File:My Neighbor Kyubey.jpg
File:Sayaka didnt die.jpg
File:Madoka magica france.jpg
File:Puella Magi Has Declined fanart.jpg
File:Kyoko shark fanart comic.png
File:Mami bedroom eyes homumami photoshop.jpg
File:Puella magi together fanart girls.jpg
File:The yuri valhalla.jpg
File:Homumado ice cream.jpg
File:Kyosaya gallery photo.jpg
File:Homura parents speculah.jpg
File:Sealdoka is real.jpg
File:Homuotter get!!.jpg
File:Memorablelines.jpg
File:Madoka is number 1.jpg
File:Saya homu paradox.jpg
File:You killed my sayaka.png
File:Lets live together.png
File:QBdoka ultima fanart.jpg
File:7ce13f473980726feb25a746bd184c20.gif|Mami's signature attack... that's not Mami!
File:35718165.jpg
File:Madoka trailer 3 homu.jpg
File:Madoka pajamas.jpg
File:Madoka sunset.jpg
File:Hidamari Sketch VA cast now complete.png
File:Mahou shoujo warhammer 40k.jpg
File:Madoka homura fashion magazine.jpg
File:Let's Talk About the Taxes in Mitakihara Akemi Homura's Lectures on Taxation.jpg
File:38891501.jpg
File:38237139.jpg
File:Coincidence.png
File:Homura the tyrant.png
File:Signboard madohomu.jpg
File:Cute HomuMado Plushies (ignore the lewd background lesbians).jpg
File:NyanType 2013-12 Cover Pervy Edition.jpg
File:Madokar.jpg
File:39565869.jpg
File:Latin america megucas.jpg
File:40228539.jpg
File:1387827033777.png
File:Meguca New Year Eve.jpg
File:New Year's Eve edition 2.jpg
File:Homura has lost it with sayaka.jpg
File:38454451 big p3.jpg
File:Winter time meguca.jpg
File:Bluray and dvd 2014 april 2.jpg
File:26655282.jpg
File:Rebellion Cover bluray dvd.png
File:Meguca cat girls.jpg
File:Tumblr n3h3xd365k1sbnz2so1 500.jpg
File:BkqcIRtCIAAbJaM.jpg large.jpg
File:Koi to senkyo to chocolate cosplay.jpg
</gallery>

==Photoshop Poster==
<gallery>
File:Photoshop kyouko sayaka fanart.jpg
File:Photoshop madoka sayaka poster.jpg
File:Moemura madoka photoshop poster.jpg
File:Photoshop poster madoka mami cat ears.jpg
File:Photoshop poster sayaka moemura cat ears.jpg
File:Madoka kyouko sweet potatoes photoshop fanart.jpg
File:Homura sayaka sweet potatoes photoshop art.jpg
File:Sayaka madoka date park photoshop poster.jpg
File:Mami kyouko QB park date photoshop.jpg
File:Photoshop poster lily megami sayahomu.jpg
File:Newtype magazine cover clean version homura madokami photoshop.jpg
File:Moemura with just apron and cake.jpg
File:Moemura no QB and no glasses with cake.jpg
File:Sayaka giving cake photoshop.jpg
File:Moesayaka giving cake photoshop.jpg
File:Kyouko giving cake photoshop.jpg
File:Madoka valentine day chocolate photoshop.jpg
File:Mami valentine day chocolate photoshop.jpg
File:Sayaka valentine day photoshop.jpg
File:Homura red ribbon vanlentine chocolate photoshop fanart.jpg
File:Madokami photoshop valentine day chocolate.jpg
File:Ms saotome valentine chocolate photoshop fanart.jpg
File:Photoshop kyomami beach poster.jpg
File:Sayasaya photoshop weird poster.jpg
File:Mamisaya photoshop poster.jpg
File:Sayamami photoshop poster.png
File:All four girls plus mami poster.jpg
File:Mami and goddoka photoshop.jpg
File:Mami mammies win photoshop.jpg
</gallery>

==Team Fortress Parody==
<gallery>
File:Sayaka eyepatch warrior chibi.jpg
File:TF2 madoka the archer.jpg
File:Meet the time traveler.jpg
</gallery>

==Holidays==
===Halloween===
<gallery>
File:Halloween cosplay madoka magica.jpg
File:Mami halloween.jpg
File:Mami mummy fanart.png
File:Kyosaya yuri halloween costume.jpg
File:Kyosaya halloween cosplay fanart.jpg
File:QB happy Halloween pumpkin.jpg
File:Magical girls halloween cosplay fanart.jpg
File:Welcome to our Halloween! fanart witches group.jpg
File:Halloween fan art trick or treat.jpg
File:Kyosaya moe halloween cosplay trick or treat.jpg
File:Halloween cosplay kyosaya nun vampire.jpg
File:Kyosaya catgirl and witch fanart halloween.jpg
File:Dark madoka gretchen and witch homura halloween cosplay fanart.jpg
File:Mami headless jack-o'-lantern halloween trick or treat fanart.jpg
File:Kyohomu fanart halloween trick or treat cosplay.jpg
File:Madoka kyouko ghost halloween art cosplay.png
File:Homudevil madopumpkin cards halloween.jpg
File:Mami witch cosplay halloween fanart.png
File:Charlotte happy halloween pumkin fanart.jpg
</gallery>

===Christmas===
<gallery>
File:Merry christmas fanart homura madoka.png
File:Being Mami is suffering merry christmas.jpg
File:Homura madoka red dress merry christmass.jpg
File:Photoshop card homumado christmas.png
File:Madoka wild christmas party fanart.jpg
File:Mami christmas party celebration fanart.jpg
File:Santa Kyoukolaus fanart.jpg
File:Homumado xmas fanart.jpg
File:QB lump coal.jpg
File:Madoka sayaka merry christmas.jpg
File:Meguca Christmas.jpg
File:40452608.jpg
File:40490038 big p0.png
File:Rebellion Christmas Card Front.jpg
</gallery>

===Valentine's Day===
<gallery>
File:Homuhomu choco valentine figure.jpg
File:Madoka homura chocolate kiss valentine fanart.jpg
File:Homumado fig valentine.jpg
File:Kyouko chocolate happy valentine day.jpg
File:Happy valentines day mami.jpg
File:Homumado ring fanart.jpg
File:Homumado be my valentine fanart.jpg
File:Kyosaya flavored pocky.jpg
File:Kyousaya sayaka love fanart.png
File:Madoka giving chocolate.gif
File:Homura Madoka Valentine.jpg
</gallery>

==Happy Birthday==
Madoka was born in October 3, making her a Libra: The scales; symbolizes the principle of symmetry and balance.

*Strengths: Diplomatic and urbane; Romantic and charming; Easygoing and sociable; Idealistic and peaceable.
*Weaknesses: Indecisive and changeable; Gullible and easily infuenced; Flirtatious and self-indulgent.
<gallery>
File:Homura madoka happy birthday cake.jpg
File:Happy Birthday Madoka homura fanart.jpg
File:Madoka is a libra.jpg|
File:Happy birthday madoka by By Hanokage.jpg
File:Another happy birthday fanart.jpg
File:Happy birthd wait a minute.jpg
File:How homura celebrated Madoka's birthday.jpg
File:Meanwhile at homura's house.jpg
File:Happy birthday madoka hnnnnnnng.png
File:Happy birthday kaname madoka fanart.jpg
File:Homura for you madoka birthday fanart.jpg
File:Homura to madoka best present ever.jpg
File:Happy birthday madoka fanart cake.png
File:Oct 3 happy bday.png
</gallery>

==Five Girls/Clones==
<gallery>
File:Ume aoki end card.jpg
File:Puella magi madoka magica all five girls ume aoki art clean.jpg
File:World full of sayakas.jpg
File:Homuras with Madoka color.jpg
File:Madoka's gonna get loved roughly.jpg
File:A world full of mammies.jpg
File:Nobody is missing mami forever alone.jpg
</gallery>

==Official Works==
<gallery>
File:Source TBD Scan 1.jpg
File:NewType 02.2011 scan.jpg
File:Megami 03.2011 beach.jpg
File:Animedia 02.2011.jpg
File:Newtype Dec or Jan Scan.jpg
File:Animedia 01.2011 scan.jpg
File:Megami 05.2011 Beach Pin-Up.jpg
File:Puella magi madoka lawson promo official art.jpg
File:Official art Lawson Madoka campaigns.jpg
File:Mapplestory madoka campaign.jpg
File:MM 11.2011 01.jpg
File:Megami poster KyouSaya.jpg
File:MadoHomu Lily megami improved scan.jpg
File:Megami 01.2012 poster.jpg
File:NyanType 01.2012 poster.jpg
File:Magia Anime Cover.jpg
File:Megami 03.2012 01.jpg
File:NyanType 04.2012 01.jpg
File:3e28963e9bf90b23ef4e6ad4feb692f3.jpg
File:Official card list.jpg
File:1388089606041.jpg
</gallery>

==Doing Luminous==
<gallery>
File:Cheeks touching.gif
File:Homumado cheekrub mk3.2.gif
File:Gay madoka.gif
File:Madoka homura more than best friends.gif
File:HomuMado cute cheek rubbing.gif
</gallery>

==Official Posters==
<gallery>
File:Guide Dog PR poster featuring Kyoko.jpg
File:Homura dog poster small.jpg
</gallery>

[http://www.nkoku.jp/previous_gd-poster.html You can see some of the places where they posted the dog walking posters.]

==Prayers to MadoKami==
<blockquote>''"Praise be our Goddess Madoka, for She died for our sins and gave us hope"''</blockquote>

[[File:Madoka 12 03.jpg|350px]]

:OUR LORD MADOKA IN HEAVEN
:MOE BE THY NAME
:YOUR QB COME
:YOUR WILL BE DONE
:ON EARTH AS IT IS IN MAGI PUELLA HEAVEN
:...
:GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY GRIEF SEEDS
:AND FORGIVE US OUR CONTRACTS
:AS WE HAVE ALSO FORGIVEN THE INCUBATOR
:AND LEAD US NOT INTO WISHES
:BUT DELIVER US FROM WITCHES

:AMEN

Remember kids, Jesus Madoka died for our sins.

Our prophet is Homura, she is our leader and our Saviour.

Join the [https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Church-of-Madoka/196941927007695 Church of Madoka] now. And confess your wishes to, Homura, [[:file:Her first prophet.jpg|our prophet.]]

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZXhcB5UKG0&NR=1 "Agnus Dei" MadoKami's Salvation]

==Homura: Goddess of War==

And Lady Homu raised the grenade on high, and said thus “Oh Lord, blesseth this Thine Hand Grenade, that with it I may blowest Thine enemies to bits, in Thy Mercy.”

And Madoka did grin, And the Megucas did feast upon the lambs and sloths; and soul gems, and grief seeds, and Mami’s mammies and fruit bats.

And Madoka did speak saying “First stop the clock, and pulleth thine pin from thy Holy Hand Grenade, then shalt thou count to Three.

Three is the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shalt be three.

No more, no less.

Four, shalt thou NOT count, neither two, unless proceeding directly to three.

Five is STRAIGHT OUT.

Thou shalt do thus to satiate my needs, for being Meguca is suffering.

Once the number three, being the third number reached, then lobbest thy Hand Grenade at thy foe, who, being of Coobie in my sight, shall I smite.”

=== Holy Pictures ===
<blockquote>''"For Madokami so loved the world that She gave us Her Only Self, that whoever believes in Her shall not despair but have everlasting Hope."'' --Homu 3:16</blockquote>

<gallery>
File:Apostle homu homu madokami holy panties.jpg
File:Homuhomu panty.jpg
File:Full-sized Madokami at Madoka exhibit.jpg
File:Madoka-ism.jpg
File:Cosmic madoka.png
File:Cult of hope.JPG
File:39813524.jpg
File:Rebellion Runes - 013221 - DAI EWIG WEIBLICHE.jpg|[[wikipedia:Eternal feminine|das Ewig-Weibliche]]
File:The gods are gay.jpg
File:Madoka's last supper.jpg
File:Real hope by jailboticus-d6ibzoj.png
</gallery>

==Puella Yakuza Madoka Mafia==
<blockquote>
''"In this country, first you get the wish, then you get the grief seed, THEN you get Madoka."'' ~ '''[[Homura]]'''.
</blockquote>

<blockquote>
''"I only have two things in this world: My word, and my food. And I don't waste them for anybody. Unless you are Sayaka."'' ~ '''[[Kyoko]]'''.
</blockquote>

<blockquote>
''"What you lookin' at? You all a bunch of fuckin' pussies. You know why? You don't have the guts to be what you wanna be? You need people like me. You need people like me so you can point your fuckin' fingers and say, "That's the evil mahou shoujo." So... what that make you? Magical Girls of Justice? You're not justice. You just know how to hide, how to lie. Me, I don't have that problem. Me, I always tell the truth. Even when I lie. So say good night to the bad mahou shoujo! Come on. The last time you gonna see a bad mahou shoujo like this again, let me tell you. Come on. Make way for the bad mahou shoujo. There's a bad mahou shoujo comin' through! Better get outta her way!"'' ~ '''[[Kyoko]]'''.
</blockquote>

<blockquote>
''"Mitakihara's just a great big chicken waiting to get plucked!"'' ~ '''[[Kyoko]]'''.
</blockquote>

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==Seiyuu==
Mahou shoujo give navigational directions.

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heWofgdAe4A Eri Kitamura]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXZpja6H_rI Aoi Yuuki]

==Madoka couple fan arts pixiv, November 2012==
ほむまど (Homumado) = 7937

杏さや (Kyosaya) = 7889

まどほむ (Madohomu) = 4867

さや杏 (Sayakyo) = 959

==Fan Gallery==
*[http://www.pixiv.net/search.php?s_mode=s_tag&word=%E3%82%AA%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%82%AA%E3%82%AF OpheliaxOktavia]
*[http://www.pixiv.net/tags.php?tag=%E6%9D%8F%E3%81%95%E3%82%84 KyoukoxSayaka]

==Youtube Fan Works==
[[File:Madoka runnin griefsyndrome.gif|right]]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rxo5YoRaBCY Melodie des Lichts German FanCover.]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLUq64gJ0H4&list=UUZruXl3NGG2CML_ANCYBqMg&index=9&feature=plcp Sis puella magica! Short FanVer.]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37ZXWz5wdcc&feature=related Magia German FanCover]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC5BRmntvJ8 Homumado & Kyosaya]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOJHI4KZLWQ&feature=related Sayaka and Kyouko ~ Lost]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzHILWT1vfk 【まどかマギカ】私の太陽【KOKIA】][http://gypsy-heart.org/translations/mysun.html translation]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upAyPBqPdhY&feature=related Homuraism]
*[http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm13986454 Karaoke Madoka]
*[http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm14444481 Kyouko's prior experience parenting before Yuma]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8ouG8RcOJg AMV - Kimi to kokoni ita akashi]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjfrvyMq1mE 【MMD】まどかとほむらでマトリョシカ【テスト】]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIRC2_jBDXo&feature=feedlik 【魔法少女まどか☆マギカ】ゆりんプリンマギカ【手描き】 ]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2adipTsCkA&NR=1 Puella Magi Madoka Magica Opening 2 LQ]
*[http://ghostmansion.net/color/nicohatena/sm13986454 まどか☆マギカキャラでカラオケに行くとこうなる＋α]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bg5cU2pR8k&feature=player_embedded 【魔法少女まどか☆マギカ】OPを思いつきだけでドットアニメしてみた]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuJjFqMUgQs MMD Puella Magic Madoka Magica ED]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX4OBVSlgvw&feature=youtu.be 【MMD】まどかとほむらとマミさんでマトリョシカ【まどか☆マギカ】]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TL6o0DFcG9A&feature=related PUELLA MAGI MADOKA MAGICA 3D "Kill Kyuubey" まどか☆マギカ] In a world where... Kyubey rules the future...
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dkUk0knlf8 Lat式QBで契約インキュベーション] weirdest thing ever... so disturbing and cute
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsSFffy5XF8&feature=related 【手描き】魔法少女のうた【魔法少女まどか☆マギカ】]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SOWqDejrtw&feature=related what is this abomination?]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xubJ-WEhI8A sm14633905 【MMDモデル配布】「ワルプルギスの夜」モデルを作りました ]
*[http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm14451736 日常系アニメ「マジまどか魔法少女まだか」]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA2StPp_zeM まどかとほむらの仲が良すぎる件[MMD]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fmgaqfa7W8 【MMD】まどか☆マギカのエンディングを・・・！【修正】]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNo2l-q7zT8&feature=youtu.be played with violin " Connect " Puella Magi Madoka Magica ]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-IPpLLMugM Credens Justitiam - Mami Theme (Les Paul - Google Mix)]
*[http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm14794786 【手描き】madokaaaa◕ ‿‿ ◕]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLvbJT7qG6U 【MAD/AMV】魔法少女まどか☆マギカ I WISH 【Bad Apple!! feat. nomico】]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIT4N9kzwtQ 【手描き】まど☆まぎスケッチ【ひだまりOP】]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IeAFKN29hs 【English Sub】 Mado x Homu's Renai Circulation]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCA5UL1fK48 【MAD】魔法少女ほむら☆マギカ手書きOP【完成版】] Homura OP
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1k5UGUznrc 【アニメMAD】 - Madoka Magica x Steins;Gate]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K23Dj_i6kiw&feature=related 「翻譯MAD」美樹さやかがMに目覚めたようです]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFttp3Ux9dM Madoka Can't Get Enough Of Your Love... Babe]
*[http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm14889810 Ao-chan's fangirling] hhhhhhhhhnnnnnggg
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGHIuuziW5M 「杏子が好きすぎる悠木碧さん」を文字ってみた。]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5Wn0fSZMnU Oh God, what have they done?...]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF8FRCKUI60&feature=player_embedded 【MMD】 Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya! 【魔法少女まどか☆マギカ】] ''ah, hell. ....HNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG''
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF0zP4ukkKg The Gem your Soul could be]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulITnzMMBJE 新機動戦記あんこマギカ！ /New Mobile Report AnkoMAGICA]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Se0CxxrtUk 【Ultra-Ve】 God Is A Girl]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycG24ndyjqc&feature=related Madoka Magika - God Is A Girl]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao9ArR-LqbU Char Saves the Girls of Madoka Magica]
*[http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm15167454 【一部手描き】ロストエンファウンド【魔法少女まどか☆マギカ】]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=suka6zv0fq0 Duke Madoka Forever]
*[http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm13974157 【ニコニコ動画】私なんて先週キュゥべえと契約したばっかりだし]
*[http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm14326642 【MAD】魔法少女まどか☆マギカの日常【の５】]
*[http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm16277971 【ほむまど】Don't be long【魔法少女まどか☆マギカMAD】]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KAb2c7Z-Sk 【Miku-tan】[ENGLISH] Connect『Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica OP』 ]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvxmupmJH0U TAM3-0080 まど☆マギ Classic / Doujin CD demo PV / madoka magica Arrange]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzN9xrj8Qbk 魔法少女まどか☆マギカきゅうべえの営業テーマ MADOKA MAGICA Violin:TAM]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OizZkSFUwXk&feature=related 【MMD】Chibi Madoka Dance /へちょマギ・ダンス魔法少女まどか☆マギカ]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2Chwj5JEww&feature=related ENGLISH "Magia" Madoka Magica (AmaLee) ]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdph0SFk1Hs&feature=watch_response Magia Duet Cover]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc9M3T8UMqc Mami Tiro Finale a Happy Valentine Day to all Mammies lovers]
*[http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm17206137 【まどかマギカ】水底のマギカ【KOKIA】]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvu6wReTvKI 【まどかマギカ】水底のマギカ【KOKIA】 youtube]
*[http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm17235853 まどほむカゲロウデイズ]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1AlWRIdV9g 【まどかマギカ】魔法少女に花束を【KOKIA】]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2qNHV_RRC0 【まどかマギカ】私の太陽【KOKIA】]
*[http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm14530387 【完全版】ほむら＆まどかで3年目の浮気Full 【魔法少女まどか☆マギカ】]
*[http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm15386775 【第7回MMD杯本選】私のまどかと先輩が修羅場すぎる大百科]
*[http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm15319898 【第7回MMD杯本選】まほう少女ほむら☆マギカ大百科]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGlCDSmgrm4 【ACEステージ中継】魔法少女まどか☆マギカ 1/2]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGcP_d8egec 【ACEステージ中継】魔法少女まどか☆マギカ 2/2]
*[http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm18071811 【MAD】特別番外編　水面の魔女【劇場版魔法少女まどか☆マギカ】]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JDgstUj3I0 Puella Magi Madoka Magica - Watashi no Taiyou (English Subtitles)]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=LgaCkxU6Vm0&NR=1 這いよれ！杏子さん ]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nANP8Dbkpbs&feature=plcp 【MAD】【魔法少女まどか☆マギカ OP】 ]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QyhhrbeuWo Kalafina - Mirai Studio LIVE 2012 ]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYQ2YR8xauQ 「劇場版魔法少女まどか☆マギカ」公開記念 Kalafina スタジオ生ライブ！]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dqraQ5OiGRk √Bestmadsofalltime ▪ Shining Wind アニメMAD ]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHg4fBVHeTQ 【MAD】 Walpurgisnacht 【魔法少女まどか☆マギカ】]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H6TiV15IRE 【手描きMAD】壊れた人魚姫【魔法少女まどか☆マギカ】大百科 ]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwiuX2OAvJg 【MMD】Go home Homura, you are drunk【ハピトリ】HD Version! ]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Vvkt87Ygcw4 【MAD】進撃の魔弾【魔法少女まどか☆マギカ】 ]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE-QXsqf-9E 【MAD】マミさんのテーマ - Credens justitiam - 【原曲×合唱】 ]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zenp-gZCOtY 【MAD】あの日の言葉【魔法少女まどか☆マギカ】 ‐ ニコニコ動画原宿) ]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P67r_9thNRk ルミナス和楽器五重奏 Luminous on koto,17gen and syamisen from Puella magi Madoka magica ]
*[http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm19216701 ルミナスを和楽器で弾いてみた]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaqDBwuJYFg 【MAD】---空夢の物語---【魔法少女まどか☆マギカ】]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Dg0Pbp5YFY How It Should Have Ended]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaxtTLf0aYs 手描MAD 這いよれ！杏子さん / Kyoko-san: Another Crawling Chaos ]
*[http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm22663146 君の銀の庭を紙芝居にしてみた（ネタバレ注意）]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aaQIvZdU6U 【Puella Magi Madoka Magica MAD】Walpurgisnacht ]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiiLDtBOTEw MMD Madoka Trick]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=briDx1KgtIk Madoka Magica Live Action Short Fan Film]
*[http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm24284746 【ネタ】踊れ↑↑悪夢のNG集↓【魔法少女まどか☆マギカ】]
*[http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm25447262 【魔法少女まどか☆マギカ】　Saturn OP 「Gnostic Children」]

==Links==
*[http://ttshieronym.tumblr.com/ A tumblr for To the Stars, a Madoka Magica far-future sci-fi mashup.]
*[http://archive.foolz.us/a/thread/72998168 /a/ reaction to movie yuri]
*[http://ani.me/zine/anime/article/4175/ Madoka Magica’s 3rd Movie Has a Real, Actual Release Date]
*I apologize, but I found no other way to contact you. Simply edit this away. Have you written the Philosophical Observations? You take Madoka very seriously. I like that. I am looking for such friends. Please respond on my profile, I do not intend to violate your profile beyond making myself noticable.
*[http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/12/15/president-obamas-shopped-madoka-magica-endorsement-goes-viral Obama endorses Madoka]
*[https://twitter.com/MADOGATARI MADOGATARI ]
*[http://madokamagicanews.com/ madokamagicanews]
*[https://www.reddit.com/r/MadokaMagica/ madoka reddit]

Community:Rebellion

2016-10-02T04:59:34Z

Mutopis: /* Speculation Gallery */

==Pre-release speculation==
[[File:Madoka bingo movie specula.jpg|right|thumb|150px]]

* Prior to the movie release, fan speculation is divided among different opinions as to what is happening in the third movie: it is an alternative universe, it is an alternative timeline, it is a dream.
* The very last part of the new ending animation for the first movie features an unknown pink silhouette - most likely that of Ultimate Madoka - with another silhouette that is somewhat smaller and floating inside its belly, or womb (?) The smaller silhouette appears to be regular Madoka in a fetal position.
** This has fueled speculation of a pregnancy. In Goethe's Faust, Gretchen was actually pregnant with Faust's baby and she was forced to murder her baby by drowning it.
* There have been hints that the witches will reappear in the new movie in some capacity.
** There have been hints that Madoka Kaname will reunite with Homura Akemi, which probably strengthens the speculation above.
** Homura is seen shooting with a gun, not a bow like Madoka's, in the trailer.
*** It's the REBELLION story so maybe Madoka would have rebelled against Homura or vice versa.
* In the new trailer, Homura is wearing her usual black headband and not the red ribbons Madoka gave her. Could she have lost them somehow? Could they have been stolen or destroyed by something or someone?
** A flyer released in Japan on 9/26 hinted the movie will take place both before and after the end of the original series. Which would explain this.
* There are also mentions of Hitomi Shizuki and the word "nightmare" associated with her, implying that she will play a prominent role in the third movie. How this is related remains to be seen.
** Nightmares could be the result of wraiths possessing humans, this would make sense since Hitomi was possessed by a witch in the previous universe and this was changed to accommodate Madoka's wish.
*** If monsters are now born out of ordinary humans rather than just magical girls then Urobutcher got Madoka's ass really hard.
* It is speculated that the third movie could be taking place in a different universe. See [[:file:Theory other universe.png|here]].
** The movie might also partially take place in the city of Kazamino.
* It seems likely that the movie will have "flashbacks" to alternate timelines.
* Kyoko is seen in the uniform of the school attended by the other girls.
** In recent footage, Kyoko was seen in the same classroom with Madoka, Sayaka and Hitomi (sitting in a desk by Sayaka). Both Kyoko and Mami are supposedly the same age, and Mami is in a higher grade than Madoka and Sayaka. It can be speculated that Kyoko was "held back" a grade, due to how little she attended school earlier.
* Across from Mitakihara's school, Kyoko (who is wearing the school uniform) and Homura are sitting together, in which Homura has glasses and braids again. Homura also has her hands on her knees and she is looking down, possibly to indicate shyness again.
* In the beginning of the first trailer, Homura's soul gem appears to be partially tainted on the close-up.
* It can be speculated that Homura and/or Madoka could somehow become a witch in the new movie.
** This whole new timeline, order of the universe with Ultimate Madoka, and the new system of magic could all even be an illusion. Madoka's ultimate wish could actually be turning out to be a disaster.
*** Kyubey rebelling against Madoka.
* The new trailer suggests that Homura could be losing her memory of Madoka, like everyone else has.
* The first trailer, which is shown clearer at the end of the second movie's Blu-Ray disc, reveals the silhouette of the mysterious magical hirl standing behind Mami in the below picture. On closer inspection, she has short hair (unlike the girl she's speculated to look like in the pic) and seems to be wearing something on her head, with two bun-like appendages at the top, curled side hair/side-bangs popping outward, and two flaps connected to a string with balls at the end. Where the silhouette is lit up on the bottom, she seems to be wearing fishnet stockings, or at least something with a crisscross pattern up to her thighs.
* Nagisa Momoe, the new magical girl, is speculated to be Charlotte the Dessert Witch as a magical girl. Nagisa's strawberry and chocolate color palette, pink candy bows on her shoes, yellow hair scrunchy, and polka-dotted theme can be matched to Charlotte's designs and color palette. If you look closely, even Nagisa's eyes which are yellow and orange-ringed can be compared to Charlotte's secondary form's eyes. Since Madoka's wish erased witches, this seems very plausible.
** However, it is also speculated that Nagisa may be an Incubator in human form or a manifestation of Madoka in the new universe. The latter is supported by the ending sequence of the first movie, during which the pink silhouette resembling Ultimate Madoka at the end had another silhouette resembling Madoka in its womb. In Goethe's Faust, Gretchen was actually pregnant with Faust's baby, which further supports this theory.
* Madoka's wish may have changed the fate of magical girls but not that of humanity, it could be that her wish only altered cause (witches) but not effect (disasters), meaning that catastrophes like Walpurgis Night attack or even Kriemhild Gretchen's apocalypse will still play out in a different form despite of Madoka's wish.
* In a bonus trailer from the Rebellion advanced ticket event, there is extra footage of Homura biting(?) and breaking her own soul gem.
** It is also speculated that it could be Madoka breaking Homura's soul gem, by either biting it or breaking it in her fist.
* Since the first release date of the Rebellion Story movie is on October 26th, it could possibly have a slight Halloween theme to it since it is only 5 days before the holiday. Though "witches" do not appear in this third film, the new nightmare creatures including the yellow and orange doll-like one and Charlotte (most likely also considered a nightmare now) apparently do appear in this new universe. The darker themes about Homura and her soul gem also contribute to the possibility of her become a "nightmare".
** Homura's witch form, Homulilly, is the only witch seen so far that looks like a classic witch.
* A flyer released in Japan on 9/26 included the following quotes hinting towards the plot of the new movie -
<blockquote>''"Why am I… this…"'' - Speculated to be Hitomi 
''"If this is what you really feel… I’ve made a dumb mistake"'' - Speculated to be Sayaka 
''"Am I the only one who feels this way?'' - Speculated to be Homura 
''"Are you planning on running to your own time again?"'' - This line is said by Sayaka in the second trailer. 
''"Can you explain all of this to me?! What did that child say?!"'' - Speculated to be Kyoko </blockquote>

===Flower speculation===
[[File:Rebellion Special Ticket Language of Flowers.jpg|thumb|Rebellion special ticket]]
'''Madoka'''

* In the language of flowers, [[:file:Madoka Deep Red Rose.jpg|the deep red rose]] and its thorns have been used to symbolize both the blood of Christ and the intensity of romantic love, while the rose's five petals are thought to illustrate the five crucifixion wounds of Christ.

'''Homura'''

[[:file:Homura White Daisy.jpg|A white daisy]] symbolizes common love.
* The daisy brings a message of innocence and purity, saying, ''"You have as many virtues as this plant has petals,"'' or, ''"I will consider your request."''
* In Victorian times, young, heartbroken women who wished to be loved began a custom using the daisy. A young maiden would pluck a daisy's petals, one by one, and sing, ''"He loves me, he loves me not,"'' as she pulled each petal. The last petal plucked would be the future of her relationship. This custom is still in use today.

[[File:Mami Yellow Iris.jpg|thumb|right|Mami Flower Clear File, [http://wiki.puella-magi.net/Merchandise:Special#Ticket_Extras set of 5] ]]

'''Mami'''

* ''Your friendship means so much to me.''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQcL1YOa37M]
* In Ancient Greece, Iris, the Goddess of the rainbow, acted as the messenger between heaven and earth. Today, the flower named for her is considered a symbol of communication and messages. In the language of flowers, the three leaves of Iris represents faith, hope, and wisdom. [[:file:Mami Yellow Iris.jpg|Yellow Iris]] symbolizes passion.

'''Kyoko'''

* [[:file:Kyouko Craspedia.jpg|Craspedia]] represents good health.
* Commonly known as just billy balls or bilyl buttons, are cheerful, bright yellow flowers. The round pompom flowers are fairly inexpensive and a great accent flower when paired.
[[File:Rebellion - Language of Flowers - Kyouko - Epiphyllum.jpg|thumb|''Rebellion'' screenshot]]
* Kyoko's transformation in Rebellion features flower of [[wikipedia:Epiphyllum|Epiphyllum]], the Orchid Cactus. A lone blossom, fragile yet beautiful, despite one finds this flower of humble origin, harsh environment, and prickly exterior. A rather fitting tribute.

'''Sayaka'''

* [[:file:Sayaka Borage.jpg|Borage]] represents courage, bluntness, abruptness, and rudeness.
* An old adge, ''"I, borage, always bring courage."'' Since men who are civil and respectful when sober often become blunt and rude in manner when under the influence of warming cordials, this warming property may have led to borage being used as the emblem of bluntness and rudeness. It is indeed deemed a suitable representative of these characteristics on account of its rough and shaggy appearance the whole plant hanging loosely and being covered with rough hairs.

'''Nagisa'''

Has no associated flowers unfortunately.

==Post-release speculation==
[[File:Summary of what happened from each character's perspective.png|thumb|right|150px|A decent summary of what happened from each character's perspective.]]
[[File:Map of the changed timelines or worlds raw.jpg|right|thumb|Map of the new world]]
*Homura becomes the opposite existence of Madoka.
**The new entity known as Homura is neither a magical girl nor a Witch. She is neither the product of hope/wish nor despair, she is the product of love.
***According with Homura, it was not grief that stained her Soul Gem, it was love, because her mind was always focused on Madoka.
*** More precisely, Homura says that what tainted her Soul Gem ''changed'' from being a curse. It's possible that Homura's new power came from Kyubey's Isolation Field, which not only prevented Homura from being taken by the Law of Cycles but also prevented her despair from breaking out of her Soul Gem and becoming a Grief Seed. Unable to burst out of it's shell, Homura's grief entered a new state, like how carbon becomes diamond under high pressure.
*Some observers suggest that the ending theme "Your Silver Garden" (君の銀の庭 ''[[Kimi no Gin no Niwa]]'') is about Homura and her reasons that she betrayed Madoka.
**''"The guardian/of your young slumber—/The gateway to adulthood is tightly shut"'', this is interpreted as Homura's refusal to grow up and her attempt to her childish sleep.
**''"Have you realized/that the truth/always lies in the past?/All futures and hope/are but a selfish story/envisioned by someone in a distant garden"'', this is interpreted to mean that the future is uncertain and unknown, that the past is much more pleasing.
**''"Stay softly with me,/please don't leave me/Chirp your song by my window,/even in loss"'', this is interpreted as Homura telling Madoka not to go, even if she becomes her prisoner.
*It is speculated that even when a magical girl becomes a witch, she still has her consciousness, although such consciousness is distorted and has much difference from the reality.
*There were numerous references to a "black salamander/lizard" motive throughout the movie, with the most obvious being Homura's earring shaped as a black lizard.
**One of the most common myths about lizards is that they symbolize death and resurrection.
**In Christian ideology the lizard is a more ambivalent symbol. All reptiles can be viewed as paler versions of the potent symbol represented by the snake or serpent. Taken alone on it's own merits the lizard is said to represent "contemplative ecstasy"[http://www.hennapage.com/journal/issue_I/article_2/page2.html]
**The salamander represents those who pass through the fires of passion and of this world without stain. Therefore, it stands for chastity, loyalty, impartiality, virginity, courage, Jesus, Mary, and the faithful. The salamander is also used to symbolize the flames, which it passes through, and so is a symbol of fire, temptation, and burning desire. It was considered the "king of fire" and as such was representative of Christ who would baptize with the flames of the Holy Spirit. Cloquet considers Christ the salamander king of fire because he passed through the fires of hell after his crucifixion without harm.[http://monsters.monstrous.com/salamander.htm] It should be noted Homura's name can be translated as "flame".
**Some prevalent symbolism of the salamander include:[http://www.symbolic-meanings.com/2008/03/04/light-my-fire-symbolism-of-the-salamander/]
***Energy
***Courage
***Renewal
***Determination
***Resurrection
***Balance
***Adaptation
***Spirituality
**The salamander gets it solar animal status from several sources. Primarily, we see this aspect in ancient alchemical illustrations where the salamander is depicted in flames. Alchemists held the salamander to be a fire-eater and able to quench fire with its cool, moist body. In the alchemical philosophy, anything that had the power to transform something into something else was hugely important.
***Furthermore, early Christianity held the salamander as a symbol of spiritual integrity, chastity, and righteousness. The sign of the salamander indicated true faith, and the ability to survive the “fire of temptation.”
****Medieval and heraldic art depicted the salamander as a symbol for bravery. It was often painted in the background of heroic portraits to indicate the mark of courage.
**The lizard may be a reference to the basilisk. When a serpent's egg is warmed by a chicken, the resulting creature gains some of its bird traits, but only as a deadly monster that exudes poison. Homura's corrupted Soul Gem was watched over by a goddess only to birth something horribly wrong. The basilisk is known as the king of serpents and the lizard wearing a crown in the second movie resembles its classic depiction. Once Homura completes her transformation, the lizard is shown again adorned with feathery wings but no crown... until you realize it is on the bottom of her new, crown-shaped Dark Orb.
*Remember Homura's original wish? ''"I want to redo my meeting with Madoka. But this time, instead of her protecting me, I want to become strong enough to protect her!"''
**Originally it was interpreted as the wish that allowed Homura to travel back in time to redo her meeting with Madoka, it also meant that there was a role reversal with Homura becoming stronger and active while Madoka became a weaker character and took a more passive role. That was the original intent. However, with the new ending in "Rebellion", the meaning and purpose of Homura's wish takes a new role and it probably expands its meaning. If we consider the ending of the series, one can make the argument that Homura's wish was only partially fulfilled but that in the end it failed, because Homura failed to protect Madoka. Not only from stopping Madoka from becoming a Witch, but also from stopping her from taken the burden of becoming the concept of hope, as a result one can say that Homura's wish went unfulfilled and it was a failure. Until the end of "Rebellion" that is, in the movie we see that Homura's wish has finally come to its conclusion by allowing Homura to become a new entity whose role is to protect and guard Madoka's happiness, at the expense of the Law of Cycles and against Madoka's wishes. A clear proof that the role reversal is finally complete is when Madoka is introduced as a shy transfer student and Homura shows her around the school, a complete reversal from the original series.
***If one thinks about it, Kyubey has been done in not by one but by two wishes!
***You could say that Homura just did what Madoka asked her to do. The reason that Homura became a magical girl was because she wanted to protect Madoka. In the 2nd timeline, Madoka even asked her to stop her foolish self from becoming a magical girl. In the last timeline she failed, and Madoka became a god-like entity. At the end, Homura returns everything to 'normal' so she kept her promise, more or less. Whatever reality looks like, Madoka is now safe from QB and from despair.
*If the anime series was based on "Faust", then "Rebellion" could be based somewhat on "Paradise Lost".
*It is speculated that the reason Homura made Madoka human again is because Madoka was not happy with being the entity of hope, she only did it out of duty.
**Another possible explanation, is that Homura feared what would Kyubey do if he succeeded in capturing Madoka, the best way to deal with him was for Homura and Madoka to switch, taking Madoka's power and Making Homura the new ruling entity of the universe.
*It is also speculated that by making Madoka as transfer student, Homura may have a chance to get closer to Madoka more than Sayaka was. Remember, Sayaka and Madoka had been childhood friends long before in EVERY Timeline, and Homura was only a transferred student to Madoka.
** Also Homura may have tried to improve Madoka's English since she got bad grades in previous timelines.
*Since Madoka can see and know the past, present, and future, she should have known this was going to happen to her.
**That can't be true, because Madokami literally screamed and asked Homura to stop. And she would never try to reawake later. Madoka felt uncomfortable in Homura's world, because Homura supressed her.
**It is possible she allowed for things to unfold as it was predestined to happen.
***Another possible explanation is that perhaps Madoka really wanted to be a normal girl again.
***Or perhaps Madoka saw no other way to save Homura.
***It's also possible that losing her memories of the event right afterwards created a blank spot in her future sight.
*** There's another possible explanation. Madoka exists at every point in space and time. However, the moment Homura grabs her breaks time and space and changes the past and future. In other words, even from Madoka's omniscient perspective Homura grabbing at the critical moment hasn't happened yet.
****That doesn't make any sense. If Madoka existed at every point of time, Homura, Mami, Kyouko would be already taken to the law of cycles somewhen in future. Homura, Kyouko would never be separated from Madoka, Sayaka. But they clearly aren't in the law of cycles yet. So that means certain future doesn't exist. And it perfectly explains why Madoka didn't see Homura's actions, and she was probably just trying to calm down Homura in 12th episode by stating that she would never be alone.
***Madokami and the Law of Cycles still exist. Homura only pulled Madoka's human "existance" out of the Goddess. Madoka was then re-written into the universe as a normal girl, but she is still connected to her true, Goddess form.
** '''Actually''' the truth is simple! Remember, Madoka is omniscient because she exists in all of space and time. Kyubey's Isolation Field actually blocked Madoka from reaching Homura's Soul Gem...but what the show doesn't say is that ''it also blocked Madoka's omniscience!'' Since Madoka can't enter Homura's Soul Gem, she does not have absolute knowledge of what will happen. And when she does enter the Soul Gem, she loses her memories, her powers, and ''she's not experiencing all of time at once''; she appears in the form of a human, living time linearly. And when the Isolation Field is broken, Madoka regains her memories and powers...but not her omniscience because ''she's still in the form of a human, living time linearly''! (That's why Mami and Kyoko could see her.) Thus, Madoka couldn't predict Homura's actions at all! And it was all Kyubey's fault! (Heck, he's the one who told Homura that if Madoka can be observed, she can be interfered with...)
*The children of the fake city repeatedly say "Fort! Da!" right before Homura realizes she's a witch.
**"Fort!" and "Da!" are exclamations that Sigmund Freud heard his grandson Ernst utter while playing. This pair of words—meaning "Gone!" and "There!"—has become shorthand for repetition in early childhood, and for the primary processes that such behavior mobilizes.[http://www.answers.com/topic/fort-da]
***This is interpreted as the children of the fake city finding pleasure in making things go away and then finding them again, the Clara Dolls represent Homura's personality.
*Homura ([[Homulilly]]) maybe have a connection to [[wikipedia:Lilith|Lilith]], from the Old Testament[http://cishet.tumblr.com/post/65623363997/happy-halloween-lets-talk-about-homulily].
**Lilith is a pre-Christian, Babylonian demon, the most powerful of all succubus, who seduces man, deceives women, and steals children. She, working alongside with the incubus, impregnates mortals to propagate a new race call cambion. Christianity identifies the Lilith with the snake of the Garden of Eden, and also as Adam's first wife in an effort to reconcile the two origin stories in Genesis.
*By making Madoka a transfer student, Madoka's and Sayaka's childhood friendship never took place to develop. How will this affect their current relationship is hard to say.
** Various materials have established that Sayaka and Madoka were childhood friends. While it's likely that they would have still been friends as children in Homura's new world, Madoka moving to America probably strained their friendship.
*To protect Madoka and her secrets Homura wanted to die, so she tried to prevent Madoka from purifying her Soul Gem as it would mean that Kyubey would be able to observe and learn of Madoka's secrets and her powers so they could control her in the future.
**If Homura in her Witch form were to die inside the barrier, theoretically Homulilly's barrier would collapse and that would free Madoka and company from Homura's dream world.
*During the scene with the field of flowers, Madoka is trying to braid Homura's hair back into Homura's old hair style, perhaps an attempt to regress Homura back into her innocent and shy self.
**Homura gives back to Madoka her red ribbon, not only as a sign of returning something precious to her, but perhaps it is an attempt to reclaim back the old Madoka from the past, a regular and normal girl.
***In the ending scene, this gesture signifies Homura's realization that she cannot control Madoka regardless of whatever world she creates that they can be together and that her actions, which led to her descent into darkness, will inevitably lead to a struggle between them. This is a reverse mirror of the actions of Madoka trying to braid Homura's hair in the witch world, an attempt at conformity and acceptance of peace and harmony albeit constructed and false, except that with Homura tying Madoka's hair with the red ribbon she is restoring her true identity. Homura also acknowledges this by commenting that the red ribbons "really do look best on you" (a symbol of Madoka's true self) as compared to the yellow ribbons (her false identity created by Homura). Viewers should note that she cries when stating this, knowing that eventually Madoka will break away from the world and become her enemy. The final scene after the credits shows Homura smiling at her transformed Soul Gem (her new identity as an antithesis to Madoka) upon realizing that her wish to always be with Madoka has come true albeit in a cruel twisted fashion. Madoka who represents light and Homura who represents darkness are now natural opposing forces in the universe.
*During the post-credit sequence the Moon is missing half of its part (notice the light of the stars shining where they shouldnt be), the moon is physically cut off somehow. Indicating that something is amiss.
**At the same scene, at the top of a cliff we see [[:file:Chairs rebellion.png|Homura sitting on a single chair]], the scene is similar to the Opening of Madoka Magica movies ([[Luminous]]). But instead, just like the moon, we only see half of the field and only a single chair, with no Madoka next to Homura.
***While Homura was tilting her head in the chair, some fans suggest she was imagining Madoka was there, and then when she was looking behind her in the direction of the rustling grass, some fans suggest she was hoping to see Madoka approaching her.
* Near the end of the movie, some Clara Dolls can be seeing jumping off from a cliff, close to its edge we can see a large row of scattered shoes around. It is speculated that this is a symbolic image for in Japan those that attempt suicide tend to remove their shoes first before jumping/hanging themselves. We saw the same thing happen in the Madoka series with the [[Minor_Characters#Office_Lady|office lady]] when she took off her shoes before jumping from a building.
** You would notice the Clara Dolls are not wearing shoes when jumping.
* In the post-credits Kyubey emerges from some plants, looking healthy. Homura pulls out her gem and they start dancing. When we next see Kyubey he looks disheveled and even seems to be quivering, suggesting that Homura has somehow affected his mind. It's possible that Homura is actually placing all the curses and despair of the world onto Kyubey, both as revenge and to ensure that the curses cannot affect anyone else. One might say Kyubey is finally paying for all the things he has done.
*As Homura sat on the chair overlooking the cliff with the corpse of a Kyubey close to her, it invoked the imagery of the [[:wikipedia:The_Fool_(Tarot_card)|fool from the tarot cards]]. In tarot the fool is shown as a young man, walking unknowingly toward the brink of a precipice and he appears to be getting chased away by an animal, either a dog or a cat. According with the symbolism, ''"the fool is the spirit in search to a new journey and new experiences. He represents cleverness bereft of reason within us, the childlike ability to tune into the inner workings of the world. The sun shining behind him represents the divine nature of the Fool's wisdom and exuberance, holy madness or 'crazy wisdom'. On his back are all the possessions he might need. In his hand there is a flower, showing his appreciation of beauty. He is frequently accompanied by a dog, sometimes seen as his animal desires, sometimes as the call of the "real world", nipping at his heels and distracting him. He is seemingly oblivious that he is walking toward a precipice, apparently about to step off."''
*It is speculated that the Clara Dolls are aspects and characteristics of Homura's personality. Love, the last of the Clara Dolls remains unopened in her package. It is speculated that the reason is that Homura wont let go of her love.
**It is possible that there is a similarity to the myth of [[:wikipedia:Pandora|Pandora's box]]. In the Myth "hope" is entrapped in a box, suggesting that either hope has been denied to humanity and made prisoner; or hope has been kept in the box as a way to retain hope for humanity. Similarly, "Madoka" has been kept a prisoner inside of Homura's world, some have interpreted this as a way to deny the world of Madoka's hope, but it can also be interpreted as Homura's way to safeguard Madoka's hope away from Kyubey's nefarious plans.
*It is suspected that if Homura hadn't interfere, the ending of the movie would involve [[Yuri_undertones#Manga_Difference:_The_Miracle|MadoKami taking Homura to Heaven with her]], [[:file:161.jpg|similar to the manga]].
*During the movie sequence the city's aqueducts are encircled to form what looks like the [[:file:Tower of babel rebellion aqueduct.png|Tower of Babel.]]

===Fallen Angel Homura===
[[File:Rebellion Runes - 010208 - ICH MOCHTE UNSEREN KUNDEN DANKEN.jpg|right|thumb|200px|15th [[Clara Dolls|Clara Doll]], Ai (Love), wearing a black dress. Ai represents Madoka, which is why she is wearing Madoka's magical girl outfit.]]

Since Homura declares to Madoka that they are enemies, this makes her her opponent as Homura opposes Madoka's will and her wishes. One can view this as Homura fallen into the role of the devil for going against what Madoka believes to be right.

'''Satan in Judaism:''' The original Hebrew term, satan, is a noun from a verb meaning primarily to, “obstruct, oppose,”. Satan is traditionally translated as “the accuser,” or “the adversary.” In Judaism, Satan is a term used since its earliest biblical contexts, to refer to a human opponent. Thus, Satan is personified as a character in three different places, serving as an accuser, a seducer, or as a heavenly persecutor who is "among the sons of God". In any case, Satan is always subordinate to the power of God, having a role in the divine plan.

'''Satan in Christianity:''' Christian tradition and theology changed "Satan" from an accuser appointed by God to test men's faith to God's godlike fallen opponent: "the Devil". Traditionally, Christians have understood the Devil to be the author of lies and promoter of evil'. However, the Devil can go no further than the word of Christ the Logos allows, [[wikipedia:Problem_of_evil#Christianity|resulting in the problem of evil']].

As Lucifer's or Satan's motive for rebelling and as the nature of his sin, Christian writers mention pride against God or, less often, envy of humanity created in the image of God. According to Tertullian the Devil was jealous of humans, created in the divine image and given authority over the world, and an 18th-century French Capuchin preacher, citing Tertullian and Augustine as giving envy as the motive for the fall, describes the Rebel Angel as jealous of Adam's exaltation, which he saw as a diminution of his own status.

'''Satan in Islam''': In Islam the Devil is known as Iblīs or Shayṭān, it has no name corresponding in meaning to that of the Latin word lucifer. Iblis is banished from heaven for refusing to prostrate himself before Adam. Thus, he sins after the creation of man. He then swears revenge by tempting human beings and turning them away from God. While in Judaism and Christianity, Satan is a fallen angel, Iblis is a jinn. Muslims believe that angels are the servants of God and cannot disobey him, but jinn, like men, can choose to obey or disobey.

'''Satan in Luciferianism''': Luciferianism is a belief system that venerates the essential characteristics that are affixed to Lucifer. The tradition, influenced by Gnosticism, usually reveres Lucifer not as the Devil, but as a liberator or guiding spirit, or even the true god as opposed to Jehovah.

'''Satan in Satanism''': Satanic groups have various opinions about Satan, ranging from the conviction that he exists and ought to be worshipped, to Anton Szandor LaVey's symbolic interpretation, which emphasizes individual will and pleasure-seeking.

====The Comparison to Lucifer====
While the comparison between Homura and the devil/Lucifer seems inevitable, we have to avoid the temptation of falling into the false logic that the comparison is without its flaws.

Jealousy

In one story it is stated that Lucifer was jealous of the human race, that they were not worthy and undeserving of God's love.

The argument states that Homura has done a lot for Madoka, sacrificing so much for her, and helping her ascend into a higher plane existence. As a result, Homura should be worthy of Madoka's love and praise. The reason that Homura sacrificed so much for Madoka is because she loves her. Homura put ups with so much suffering because of her, yet Madoka, instead of reciprocating Homura's feelings, she cannot help but to love everyone equally. As a result Madoka avoids picking up favorites. The argument is that Homura was jealous of Madoka's unconditional love for everyone, and this lead us to assume that Homura believes herself to be worthy of being Madoka's favorite and explains the reason why Homura went against Madoka's wishes.

However, this argument has a terrible flaw. It assumes that Homura's actions were driven by jealousy, yet there is no indication that this is the case. While is true that Madoka loves everyone equally, and perhaps Homura wished for Madoka to be a bit more selfish and stop thinking about others at the expense of her own self, there is no indication of jealousy against anyone. Homura didnt expect special treatment from Madoka, she was quite happy with Madoka's relationship already (except when there was a distance between them that took place because of the time reset in the anime series). If anything, Homura wanted Madoka to be able to live happily for her own sake at the expense of abandoning her duties and obligations toward others.

Pride

Lucifer was the first of Angels and chief among them, Archangel Michael was only second to him, Lucifer's devotion to God was not only driven by love but also by pride. God's love for humanity was troubling for Lucifer, for he couldnt comprehend why such an inferior creature should receive such equal love and worthy praise from God, as if making them equals to him. As a result of this friction Lucifer rebelled.

However, just like the jealousy argument the pride argument falls flat. While is true that Homura became stronger to please Madoka, she also did it to help her out of pure devotion to her, not out of pride. Not only that, but Homura's devotion for Madoka never turned her into an arrogant or prideful character. There may have been moments of something like pride and moments of stubbornness, but nothing to indicate to be egotistical in nature. When Homura's goal felt short, she did not despair out of arrogance nor she boasted hubris in her accomplishments. Instead she was too focused on Madoka and her well being.

Disobedience

This argument seems to fit with the Lucifer argument, that Lucifer went against God's wishes, that he went against God's plan for humanity, so did Homura and as result it makes them to be the same. But this argument seems to overlook motive behind Homura's actions. Lucifer's actions were driven by personal ambition, pride, or even jealousy, as stated previously. But Homura's motives behind her actions are the opposite, she did it because she cared for Madoka too much, she wanted to free Madoka from the burdens of being a prisoner to her duties and her devotion and love for others. She also did it to protect Madoka from Kyubey, the complete opposite of Lucifer's intentions. The only reason Homura is Madoka's enemy is because of their opposite views about what is best for Madoka.

Devil's advocate

Homura's motivations and beliefs don't demonstrate a pattern of similar behavior to that of Lucifer's. Lucifer was jealous of humans; Homura wasn't jealous of anyone. Lucifer was boastful, prideful, and arrogant; Homura was stubborn, and she never surrendered under pressure but only because she did it for Madoka's sake, not for her own interest. Homura disagreed with Madoka's plan because it came down to sacrificing Madoka's happiness for everyone else's. The problem with the Lucifer comparison is that the concept is too broad with some of the elements. It has similarities but the minor details tells a different story. Lucifer was a selfish and jealous angel/demon, and he wanted to take God down so he could rule in his stead, ''"Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven."'' God's happiness was never a factor. Other than dethroning Madoka, going against her wishes, and perhaps loving her too much, the comparison seems to be a bit unfair but understandable.
*We know from the series that the power of the wish and it's intent slowly turn on you, like Sayaka's love for Kyousuke eventually twisting her love into hating everything. If we look at Homura's love for Madoka to repeatedly go through hell to try and save her, only to lose her completely eventually, the love she had would twist into everything said here. The understanding that Madoka sacrificed herself to save everyone turns into Jealousy that she can't have Madoka to herself, that she has enough pride in herself to think she can do things better by lying to everyone fits and same with the disobedience. But we're not really talking about Homura anymore, Homura has been corrupted into a vastly different God-Witch version of Homulilly, who see's everything as being wrong and deciding to change things.

=== Homura's State of Mind ===
Homura's personality and mental state has radically changed by the end of the film. There are several speculations as to why or how it happened.

'''Corruption of the mind:''' During the transition process from a human/magical girl into what it is now a new entity, Homura's mind became corrupted or altered during the transformation process. Homura is not human, she is not a magical girl, she is not even a Witch, she something completely different, as a result this is a different Homura.

'''Mental Stress:''' Considering Homura's mental state prior to the movie, it is surprising that she hasn't suffered from a complete mental breakdown before. Homura saw her friends die countless times, had to repeat an endless nightmarish cycle through time and space, almost lost her life countless times, and then she was forced to part away from Madoka, the person she sacrificed everything for, let us not forget prior to being a magical girl Homura was riddled with insecurities, (possible) family abandonment, a weak physical body, and being bullied in school. Add that with the torture she had to go through under Kyubey's experiment, and it becomes clear that it was probably too much for an already fragile mind.

'''Homura's Insecurities and fears:''' While Homura presents herself to be strong and compose, inside she is still that weak and insecure little girl, she always was. Homura was always wearing a mask to keep the appearance and impression that she has things under control. In the anime series we saw moments when Homura's strong exterior felt apart momentarily. It is those fears that are driving Homura to take drastic measures, the fear of losing Madoka again and she believes that the only way to guarantee Madoka's happiness is by taking control of the situation.

'''Natural Progression:''' Homura is a survivalist, she adapts to the situation as it suits her, when she was weak she looked up to Madoka for inspiration and help, when she lost Madoka she tried to become stronger to protect her. Now that she is a powerful entity, she believes it is her responsibility and duty to take matters with her own hands.

'''The Real Homura all along:''' Rather than power corrupting one person, it is suggested that power actually reveals ones true self. Perhaps what we are witnessing is Homura's true nature. Homura used to be a weak girl, bullied by classmates and dependent on the kindness of others. Now that she is an all powerful being, unrestrained by human weakness or limitation, she is allowed to do anything she wants, and probably what she always wanted to do but was afraid to do so.

===Gone mad from the revelation?===
Another possibility is that Homura is not really evil but actually found something about Madoka that drove her off the deep end.

If you remember clearly, Madoka's wish was to erase all witches from existence before they're even born, in the universe, from the past and the future, with her own hands. Hence Madoka became an entity who removed from existence all magical girls who became witches and placed them in another dimension of her own.

There is a catch, however, Madoka never wished she would take their souls to another dimension.

This whole movie took place inside an entire reality created inside Homura's soul gem, a barrier which reflected her ideal world where everything happened in the way she dreamed of and which began to crumble once she realized she had been living a farce threatening her friends. In other words, Homura experienced what it's like to be an oblivious god living in a world made by your wishes until you realize your own folly and crumbles in despair.

This is where things get worse, the moment Madoka was restored and came to take her soul, Homura realized that Madoka wasn't just erasing witches, she was absorbing the souls of all witches into her barrier '''HEAVEN''' and living in her own fake world rid of misfortune. This is why all witches in the movie could retain their consciousness and switch into magical girls, because their grief was erased by Madoka's barrier which gave them an "afterlife" free of suffering.

It was that cruel realization, that Madoka's wish of hope only trapped her in a false happiness of godhood, which broke Homura utterly and made her change into a dark deity hellbent on suppressing Madoka's wish.

If Homura could remake the '''MORTAL WORLD''' into something free of witches and suffering, then Madoka would think that Homura's world was already heaven and wouldn't try to become a saviour at the expense of her own sacrifice.

Considering the lengths Homura goes to protect Madoka, it would make perfect sense if she was willing to trade Madoka's love for her ire and disapproval if that meant not letting Madoka ever realize she became a lotus eater machine for every magical girl who died.

*this would imply the entire post-series pre-rebellion universe is Madoka's barrier, for her to be able to take the despair of magical girls despite being outside of her heaven.
*However Madoka destroyed her witch self, as her wish to erase all witches includes herself, this theory would depend upon a God's haven working in a similar way to a witches' barrier or Homura believing they do. Sayaka seemed to remember exactly what happened to her where as Homura's lotus eater machine messed with people's memories.
**So far there was no evidence of witches erasing the memories of people who came to their barrier at any point until Homulilly, even then so, Ultimate Madoka is clearly something else than a witch, like Homura she is something above witches and magical girls but instead of creating a barrier geared towards making reality her playground she made her "space" outside the real world for the sake of giving rest and healing to the soul of all meguka. What drives the corrupted Homura insane is the fact Madoka is not aware she makes this heaven regardless of her own personal happiness, she is being driven by her '''merciful''' nature to guide all of these souls to her blissful barrier were they no longer suffer, unaware if that's her personal choice or just a cursed existence ignorant to her self-imposed enslavement.
***Just a point. When Madoka make her wish, she was aware all magical girls eventually die, as all living things do. So maybe, she just goes as thing went normally, sending their souls to her "heaven" (It can't be named "Barrier" because it is exclusively for Witches/Nightmares, and Madokami ins't a witch/nightmare). Or according a Buddhism, she start a reincarnation cycle.

=== Is Homura selfish? ===

Well, it's complicated.

Selfish can be defined as ''"[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/selfish concerned excessively or exclusively with oneself: seeking or concentrating on one's own advantage, pleasure, or well-being without regard for others]"''.

In the movie it becomes clear that Homura's philosophy is the opposite of Madoka's. Whereas Madoka believes she should sacrifice herself for the world, Homura believes the world should sacrifice itself for Madoka. That Homura is willing to sacrifice herself for Madoka is laudable, that she is willing to sacrifice others is not. That Homura is willing to become Madoka's enemy, to kidnap and imprison Madoka in order to make a world where Madoka can be happy, is disturbing.

In other words, Homura only cares about her own desire, which means she is selfish. However, her own desire is the happiness of another person - and she is willing to sacrifice her own life, happiness, and morality to achieve that. Thus, Homura's selfishness almost seems paradoxical. It is a self-denying selfishness, a selfishness where one desire is placed above all others. One could say that in the end, Homura is practicing absolute selfishness, sacrificing ''all'' to achieve her one desire.

Homura's behaviour refers to "Solipsism"

*Not quite. Another thing to note is that Kyubey's original plan relies on Homura being selfish. His plan relies on Homura finally giving in and acceitng her fate to be with Madoka. Kyubey is only capable of being selfish due to his lack of emotions and thus predicts that Homura will act the same. Instead he gets a different result with Homura willing to kill herself for Madoka even if that means they shall never meet again. Kyubey is unable to understand this as he is only able to operate for his own self-gain, unable to comprehend emotions such as compassion or caring. So when he sees Homura's total selfless act to kill herself to protect Madoka he is flabbergasted She would risk her own life for Madoka. There is also the scene at the end where Homura tells Madoka that is matters not if she loves or hates her: she'll always want for her to be happy. It could then be implied that she is selfless.

===Junko's Words of Wisdom===
In [[Episode 6]] of Madoka Magica, Madoka has a problem. She wants to help Sayaka, but she doesn't know how. She believes Sayaka is on the right, but the more Sayaka tries to do the right thing, the worst it is for her because it doesn't cause her happiness. When Madoka confides this to her mom, Junko advices Madoka to ''[[Madoka_Magica_Episode_6:_This_Just_Isn%27t_Right#Observations|"do something wrong"]]'' to balance things out. According with Junko, someone needs to be in the right, and someone needs to be in the wrong.

If we take Junko's words at heart, the heart of the matter in "Rebellion" reveals itself. Madoka as the concept of hope is burdened with responsibilities that go beyond for a little girl to handle, Madoka is separated from her family, she is not allowed to grow up normally into healthy adulthood. Instead she is forced to accept adult responsibilities at such a young age, and she must carry the burdens of the whole universe by herself, alone. But Madoka wont abandon her new role nor will she allow the universe to be in a chaotic state. As a result Madoka is, rather than a savior of the universe, a prisoner to her responsibilities, or at least that seems to be how Homura sees it. It is possible that Homura wants to give a happy ending to Madoka, ''"but you can't expect a happy ending just by doing what's right all the time."''

Homura realizes that in order to protect Madoka, and the world that she loves, Homura must act in a way that is not nice/pleasant to outside observers, ''"even if it's not the nicest way to do it."'' Since Madoka wont abandon her duties as Ultimate Madoka and her role within the universe that she watches over, she will never experience a normal life as long as she is bound by duty and her noble sentiment. This is the source that causes Madoka to sacrifice her life and her happiness for the greater good, a noble act but one that Homura understands doesn't bring happiness to Madoka, even if Madoka wont admit it herself. Homura ''"has to be in the wrong to balance out [Madoka's] need to be in the right."'' It is for this reason that Homura takes such a treacherous and drastic action against Madoka, realizing that there is no other way to help her.

Homura warns Madoka that they may become enemies someday because she doesn't know if Madoka will ever come to understand Homura's choice. ''"She may or may not. Especially at first. [...] it might not be the nicest way to do it. But would [Homura] rather give up on her, or give [Madoka] the wrong idea about [her]?"'' Homura would never give up on Madoka, so she accepts the latter as a possible consequence of her actions.

In conclusion, Homura acted out of selfish desire to make Madoka happy, because Madoka's was trying to make everyone happy but herself.

* [http://noctureon.tumblr.com/post/129901312920/i-told-you-its-not-the-nicest-way-to-do-it-but Related Tumblr post.]

===Alternate, Non-Dualist Theory===

It is possible that the focus on dualism and the idea of Homura becoming a Lucifer-like figure is fundamentally misunderstanding what happened in the ending of The Rebellion Story. There are somewhat obvious problems with the idea of dualism- for one, in the new universe, Madokami doesn't appear to have any real power. In order for dualism to truly exist, both opposing forces must have equal power, this is clearly not the case. Akuma Homura essentially just overthrew the existing order, but absorbed Madokami within her, imprisoning her along with the entire universe in her witch's barrier, which really ceases to be one once it covers the whole universe.

First, we need to step back and look at what Homura actually did. She created a new world that was presumably peaceful and stable, there are no magical girls who fight endlessly into inevitable despair, and presumably she can twist the world to eliminate the curses that need to be fought. She takes all the despair into herself. Recall that Homura's first real questioning of her own fake Mitakihara was "can we really continue fighting forever?" That world is how it is because endless fighting is all Homura really knows, and by questioning it she ultimately questions all she's ever known. She constructed the fake Mitakihara as an ideal world initially- one where magical girls could continue to fight evil with no real negative consequences, thus still giving them their wishes and purpose. She then rebels against this notion, tearing down her own vision of utopia because she no longer sees it that way, she wants a world without magical girls.

Now we can go back farther before the movie and look at what Madoka actually did. She never pursued or was granted the powers of an actual omnipotent god, she never looked to rewrite the entire universe. Technically, she doesn't even fully gets rid of witches, she just absorbs the despair into herself and allows the magical girls to pass away peacefully without becoming monsters and corrupting others. But that is the extent of her power, and even she is not immune from despair and corruption, indeed we see Madokami's witch attempting to devour the world, but Madokami was able to save herself just as she was able to save everyone else. Curses and negative feelings still exist at the same levels they did before, they just now manifest into Wraiths, which can be interpreted as the raw manifestation of negative feelings rather than corruptions of magical girls. The most important thing here is that all the laws of the universe that existed long before Madokami are still intact after Madoka's wish.

Now recall perhaps the biggest revelation in the new movie: the Incubators were obviously unsatisfied with the power attained from the wraiths, and after seeing the truth about witches within Homura, it was the Incubators thirst that sought Madokami's power, either to take her power or destroy her so they could go back to the more lucrative witch system. This is the detail that makes Homura's decision-making much less confusing, and in fact, completely understandable. As she breaks out of the prison with the help of the others, and Madokami comes down to take her to Valhalla, she knows she cannot let that happen. Why? Because she knows what they don't: the Incubators are after Madoka. They will continue to experiment and to pervert existing magical girls as they did with her in order to find a way to destroy Madoka. So, she uses her last remaining strength to usurp Madoka, take her power, and imprison her. Why? It's quite simple, and Homura states it explicitly: love.

The one constant throughout the entire series is that Homura loves Madoka, and her wish was one that ensure that she would be able to protect her. Indeed, that is her singular purpose in life to protect Madoka at literally any cost- even if it means becoming the demon that usurps her power, even if it means becoming her enemy. She had to find a way to end the Incubators and their schemes once and for all, even if it meant having to hurt Madoka and imprison her in the new universe, which bends to no rules but Homura's. And, recalling Sayoktavia's words from earlier in the movie: is an entity which creates a paradise like this truly one that is bad, and should be opposed? Homura sees herself as a devil-like figure, and of course she would, doing what she did despairs her greatly, but it needed to be done in order to protect Madoka. But is she truly bad, or Devil-like for creating a world without curses? Was it truly madness or insanity that drove her to do it, or was she thinking more clearly and logically than anyone else?

Ultimately, it brings us to one thesis: Just as Madoka had to become a magical girl to reach her ends of eliminating the suffering and corruption of magical girls, Homura had to become a witch to protect that system, to suffer forever for the sake of keeping the universe stable. There is dualism, but yet there is not, there is only Homura, using the power of Madoka's sacrifice to finally stabilize things and create her own true vision of utopia.

Where it goes from here depends on whether a sequel eventually will come. It could end in that state, with Homura maintaining the universe in her order. It might end in a way that allows both the existence of Madoka and Homura to merge- or perhaps they will both finally be able to pass and have their existences end, as all things do.

==="Gott ist tot" and Nietzsche [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzRbCrIWURY]===
<blockquote>'''Homura:''' "Escaping into this impossible world. Abandoning the responsibility to fight wraiths. Such weakness... I'll never be able to forgive. Magical girls... Have no choice but to continue fighting. That is... The price we pay for our miracle. It was for our sakes that... She... Sacrificed herself to try to save us. {{Runes|WER TRÄUMT?}} '''Homura:'''This farce... Is just making light of Madoka's sacrifice! I won't forgive this!" '''Clara Dolls:''' "Gott ist tot! Gott ist tot! Gott ist tot!"</blockquote>

Friedrich Nietzsche is known for what some consider to be his [[:wikipedia:Philosophy_of_Friedrich_Nietzsche|controversial philosophy]]. He called himself an "immoralist" and harshly criticized the prominent moral philosophies of his day: Christianity, [[:wikipedia:Kantianism|Kantianism]], and [[:wikipedia:Utilitarianism|utilitarianism]]. Nietzsche was also known for being very critical of the Western belief in [[:wikipedia:egalitarianism|egalitarianism]] and [[:wikipedia:rationality|rationality]].

Nietzsche saw [[:wikipedia:Nihilism|nihilism]] as the outcome of repeated frustrations in the search for meaning. He diagnosed nihilism as a latent presence within the very foundations of European culture, and saw it as a necessary and approaching destiny. Nietzsche argued that Western culture must face and transcend in the wake of the irreparable dissolution of its traditional foundations, moored largely in classical Greek philosophy and Christianity.

====GOOD AND EVIL====

In [[:wikipedia:Beyond_Good_And_Evil|Beyond Good And Evil]] and ''On the Genealogy of Morality'', Nietzsche's genealogical account of the development of modern moral systems occupies central place. For Nietzsche, a fundamental shift took place from thinking in terms of "good" and "bad" toward "good" and "evil."

Nietzsche argued that two types of morality existed: a master morality that springs actively from the "noble man", and a slave morality that develops reactively within the weak man. These two moralities do not present simple inversions of one another. They form two different value systems: master morality fits actions into a scale of 'good' or 'bad' whereas slave morality fits actions into a scale of "good" or "evil".

The initial form of morality was set by a warrior aristocracy and other ruling castes of ancient civilizations. Aristocratic values of "good" and "bad" coincided with and reflected their relationship to lower castes such as slaves. Nietzsche presented this "master morality" as the original system of morality—perhaps best associated with Homeric Greece. To be "good" was to be happy and to have the things related to happiness: wealth, strength, health, power, etc. To be "bad" was to be like the slaves over which the aristocracy ruled, poor, weak, sick, pathetic—an object of pity or disgust rather than hatred.

"Slave morality" comes about as a reaction to master-morality. Here, value emerges from the contrast between good and evil: good being associated with other-worldliness, charity, piety, restraint, meekness, and submission; and evil seen as worldly, cruel, selfish, wealthy, and aggressive. Nietzsche sees slave morality as pessimistic and fearful, values for them serving only to ease the existence for those who suffer from the very same thing. He associated slave-morality with the Jewish and Christian traditions, in a way that slave-morality is born out of the ressentiment of slaves. Nietzsche argued that the idea of equality allowed slaves to overcome their own condition without hating themselves. And by denying the inherent inequality of people (such as success, strength, beauty or intelligence), slaves acquired a method of escape, namely by generating new values on the basis of rejecting something that was seen as a perceived source of frustration. It was used to overcome the slave's own sense of inferiority before the (better-off) masters. It does so by making out slave weakness to be a matter of choice, by, e.g., relabeling it as "meekness." The "good man" of master morality is precisely the "evil man" of slave morality, while the "bad man" is recast as the "good man."

====NIHILISM====

When Nietzsche says that God is dead, what he means is that our entire concept of “God” is dead. The Christian concept of God as an all-powerful, all-knowing, morally good, caring, Supreme Being is dead, according to Nietzsche. But God no longer listens to us, nor knows how to respond. This lack of communication between us and God is the cause of the decline of theism (Beyond Good and Evil, Sec. 53). New forces have taken the place of God in our lives, forces such as money and science have provided a new faith for us in an increasingly materialistic society. We have become religious atheists, we no longer have God, but we practice religion. But religion involves sacrifice, and that is why God is dead.

Nietzsche was concerned that the death of God has lead to a pervasive state [[:wikipedia:Nihilism|nihilism]]. By sacrificing God in the name of [[:wikipedia:Asceticism|asceticism]], asceticism has lost its purpose and meaning to life. Nietzsche argued that one way in which we attempted to fill the space left by God’s death is through secular science. Since we have traded God for science, we now worship science as our new God. Science has occupied the throne on which God used to sit. Science has become the new ascetic faith, populated by theoretical entities and forces. But unlike theism, science ascribes no meaning to life’s happening. It only provides the means by which life happens; it provides the how, not the why.

For Nietzsche, the alternative to nihilism and asceticism lies in the positive affirmation of life.[http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070804135148AAzRjPS]

====WILL TO POWER====

A basic element in Nietzsche's philosophical outlook is the [[:wikipedia:Will_to_power|will to power]] (der Wille zur Macht), which provides a basis for understanding human behavior — more so than competing explanations, such as the ones based on pressure for adaptation or survival.

In presenting his theory of human behavior, Nietzsche also addressed, and attacked, concepts from philosophies popularly embraced in his days, such as [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNDw9lO8uKg Schopenhauer's notion of an aimless will] or that of utilitarianism. Utilitarians claim that what moves people is mainly the desire to be happy, to accumulate pleasure in their lives. But such a conception of happiness Nietzsche rejected as something limited to, and characteristic of, the bourgeois lifestyle of the English society, and instead put forth the idea that happiness is not an aim per se — it is instead a consequence of a successful pursuit of one's aims, of the overcoming of hurdles to one's actions — in other words, of the fulfillment of the will.

====ÜBERMENSCH====

Nietzsche's Zarathustra ties the [[:wikipedia:Übermensch#Death_of_God_and_the_creation_of_new_values|Übermensch to the death of God]]. While this God was the ultimate expression of other-worldly values and the instincts that gave birth to those values, belief in that God nevertheless did give meaning to life for a time. 'God is dead' means that the idea of God can no longer provide values. With the sole source of values no longer capable of providing those values, there is a real chance of nihilism prevailing.

Zarathustra presents the Übermensch as the creator of new values. In this way, it appears as a solution to the problem of the death of God and nihilism. If the Übermensch acts to create new values within the moral vacuum of nihilism, there is nothing that this creative act would not justify. Alternatively, in the absence of this creation, there are no grounds upon which to criticize or justify any action, including the particular values created and the means by which they are promulgated.

In order to avoid a relapse into Platonic idealism or asceticism, the creation of these new values cannot be motivated by the same instincts that gave birth to those tables of values. Instead, they must be motivated by a love of this world and of life. Whereas Nietzsche diagnosed the Christian value system as a reaction against life and hence destructive in a sense, the new values which the Übermensch will be responsible for will be life-affirming and creative.

====Homura's Will to Power====

When Homura discovers that she is actually trapped within a Witch's barrier, she despair not because she is trapped, but because she was allowed to be easily influenced and be deceived by such a pleasant trap or dream. The dream makes a mockery of Madoka's sacrifice, making her victory to ring hollow as Homura has chosen a dream over reality. We have to remember that within this dream, it brings the fulfillment of all of Homura's friends. Mami is not alone as she combats Nightmares not by herself, but with a team in a manner resembling typical magical girls. Kyouko and Sayaka rather than being antagonists they are close friends and are even living together. Madoka is back in the real world as a magical girl, she is back to her friends and her family, but not only that she is also happy. The Dream is not only pleasant for Homura (having Madoka back and being friends with the girls), but it is also a vehicle for the personal fulfillment for the girls as well. Yet the dream is a lie, hence why Homura is angry with herself. Perhaps the dream reminded Homura how much she misses Madoka, her absence in Homura's life is deep and profound. Perhaps Homura at that moment grew disillusioned with the MadoVerse. The only reason Homura endured so much suffering was the promise that they would meet again when Homura's Soul Gems were to be tainted, the promise of paradise drove her to continue her journey, and yet the dream shattered Homura's conviction possibly at that point. At that moment it is possible to suggest that Homura realizes that she is a prisoner of a dream that is also a lie, and as a result perhaps Homura comes with an actual self realization that she actually liked the dream more than her reality, a reality where there is no Madoka, only Ultimate Madoka. We can suspect at this moment that Homura lost faith on Ultimate Madoka, not on Madoka herself, but on the concept of Ultimate Madoka. In the MadoVerse Sayaka became friends with Kyouko but she is dead, the girls fight together as a team but against dangerous Wraiths not silly creatures like Nightmares, the fate of Magical Girls does not lead to tea and cakes, but being taken away by the Law of Cycles, and Madoka is a separate entity from the MadoVerse. It is during this self actualization that the Clara Dolls cry, ''"Gott ist tot"''. Perhaps it is during this moment of crisis of faith that Homura has doubts about the system. We have to remember that Homura's Witch's Barrier creation of such dream is no accident. After all, Kyubey states that Homura's barrier would only allow a specific target or person to be allowed to enter; it is speculated that the Clara Dolls probably even kidnapped the specific targets. As a result, we can speculate that deep down, Homura wished for a better world than of the MadoVerse.

But there is another possibility that perhaps pushed Homura to her new conviction, the flower bed scene. It is stated that Homura is talking with the real Madoka, but this Madoka has no recollection of her previous life. As a result of their conversation Homura is convinced that Madoka would never abandon her family and friends knowingly or willingly. Madoka's amnesia is convenient enough to convince Homura to take a different path. Homura is convinced she must save Madoka from her foolish self. It is possible that during the flower bed scene, those may have been Madoka's true feelings at the time, but those are the result of Madoka's lost memory. Homura probably knows that that Madoka given the choice she may decide to become Ultimate Madoka given the circumstances, but this doesnt matter. To Homura, she decides that she has the conviction to pursue her original goal, which was to become stronger enough to protect and save Madoka, even if it means having to go against Madoka herself. Homura knew she had to end the Law of Cycles to free Madoka from herself.

Given Homura's epiphany and the events in the flower bed scene, it is easy to figure out what drove Homura to change the system and "rescue" Madoka from herself. Not only did Homura changed the world, but one could agree she did for the better regardless of Madoka's wishes. In the HomuVerse Sayaka is alive, Nagisa meets Mami, Madoka is back with her family, and everything seems to be for the better (as we know for now). The HomuVerse is almost similar to the Dream World that Homura created in her Witch's barrier. In a way Homura is trying to recreate the world from the Dream World. A clear indication that perhaps Homura was not happy with the conditions in the MadoVerse. Homura has become the Übermensch, for she has changed the rules of the universe and created new values. But more than that, she has defeated, tamed, and contained Madoka's biggest threat, Kyubey's race, something that Madoka has not done in the previous reality.

====Rebellion and Nietzsche====

The following interpretation is an attempt to observe rebellion through the eyes of Nietzsche. It is open to interpretation and it is not the final authority regarding the body of work in Rebellion.

It is possible that Homura realized that the New World, while better than the Old World with its cruel system, had some problems, problems that Homura couldnt overlook after her moment of epiphany. It is perhaps of this reason that Homura decides to rebel against Madoka. Homura is trying to liberate Madoka from an oppressive cycle that makes her not just a prisoner, but also a slave to her conviction and sense of goodness. When Homura is given the choice to free herself from her torture by allowing Madoka to spirit her away, she proclaims to Kyoube that she would prefer to become a Witch and fall into despair forever, rather than allow Madoka to fall into his trap. Homura is not ashamed that she became a witch, it is possible that she was ashamed that she failed to meet Madoka's expectations, that she fell into a dream and chose the dream over Madoka's salvation. But once Homura overcame her fears and doubts she became resolute to rescue Madoka from herself, from her bondage to the Law of Cycles.

One could suggest that perhaps the Law of Cycles did not liberate the magical girls at all, but instead made them prisoners into a new "slave system", for these girls still met a terrible (but less horrible) fate in the end. Rather than becoming witches, they are spirited away to some paradise, a reward for their personal sacrifice, yet they are still obligated to fulfill their contract by making them unable to escape from their ultimate fate. The Law of Cycles was the result of Madoka's sacrifice. The fulfillment of a promise that the suffering of magical girls would end. What Madoka has done was to change some of the rules of the old system to make the lives of magical girls more pleasant and lessen some of its horrifying aspects, but she also inserted an incentive to reward these magical girls for their deaths. Yet this fulfillment is not based on personal accomplishment but based on sacrifices. As a result Nietzsche would point out that the suffering of these girls did not lead to personal growth or allowed them to overcome their suffering, but instead they were cheated by giving them bribes to ease their pain. There is no affirmation of life, they overcome nothing.

Since these magical girls cannot overcome this ultimate fate, one can argue that they all failed to fulfill their potential. Except for Homura, she overcomes the ultimate fate by not dying, by not becoming a Witch, by not being taken away by Madoka. Perhaps making Homura the Übermensch. It has to be pointed out, that Homura was the first person to realize that the girls were trapped inside a Witch barrier (with the exception of Nagisa and Sayaka), Homura was possibily awakening from the dream before the other girls did, a self actualization that there was something possibly wrong with the order of the world. It is possible that Homura's struggles started to manifest "her will to power", her transformation into the Übermensch to overcome her personal struggles. According with Nietzsche, human suffering is necessary for personal growth as well as for their potential for one to attain one's goal by overcoming such obstacles. Homura's endless suffering, doubts, fears, as well as her will allowed her to overcome her obstacles. Homura explains to Kyubey that the reason she didnt become a Witch, was because of her love for Madoka, because Madoka was always on her mind. One can interpret this as saying that Homura's mind was always obsessing with her goal or objective, which happens to be Madoka's safety. Her will to overcome her weakness to save Madoka was driven by her ambition and goal, and Homura needed to overcome her long and almost endless struggle to obtain it. Homura overcame her obstacles not through [[Talk:Philosophical_Observations#Madoka_and_Minding_her_Motive|Kantian means like a noble self-sacrifice]], nor by [[Talk:Philosophical_Observations#Kyubey_and_Utilitarianism|a base selfish means like utilitarianism]]. Instead, Homura obtained her fulfillment by overcoming her struggle, even if it meant being hated by Madoka.

Perhaps Goddoka had to "die" in order to break the new cycle that was less horrifying but smothering, a confining system based on Madoka's values like goodness and sacrifice. Goddoka also had to die so she could live as an ordinary human girl in the Homuverse, so she could reaffirm life as an ordinary person, rather than as a divine being trapped within the system. A system that tried to alleviate suffering at the expense of personal growth and strength, strength needed to overcome personal obstacles. The values in such a system do not only deprived Madoka from fulfilling her full potential without restrain, but were obstacles to her personal happiness.

As a side note, Nietzsche's idea of the [[:wikipedia:Friedrich_Nietzsche#Eternal_return|Eternal Return]] is eerily similar to Homura's endless time travel in the series. It is a concept which posits that the universe has been recurring, and will continue to recur, in a self-similar form an infinite number of times across infinite time or space. Nietzsche contemplates the idea as potentially "horrifying and paralyzing", and says that its burden is the "heaviest weight" imaginable ("das schwerste Gewicht"). The wish for the eternal return of all events would mark the ultimate affirmation of life, a reaction to Schopenhauer's praise of denying the will‐to‐live. The purpose is not only for an eternal struggle, but also for the eternal overcoming of the struggle of life, and its celebration.

Madoka overcame her personal struggles with a noble sacrifice, she became a magical girl, transformed into a witch, and then she transcended into Ultimate Madoka but at a cost. Nietzsche would deny that Madoka overcame anything at all. But Homura did overcame her struggles by actually overcoming them, by suffering, by growing, and by sheer personal will. As Homura stated, she is neither a witch, nor a magical girl. She is something more.

At the ending when Homura was dancing and then jumped from the cliff, one can interpret it as Homura reaffirming life.

===Bhuddism and Mara (with a bit of Gnosticism)===
The original ''Madoka Magica'' anime had [http://mlpomo.blogspot.com/2013/08/latin-latin-madoka-more-latin-puella.html Bhuddist] [http://listlessink.wordpress.com/2011/04/23/birth-of-a-goddess-madokas-path-to-nirvana-a-study-of-buddhism/ themes] that might be missed by any viewers that are unfamiliar with the concepts presented.

In [[Madoka Magica Portable]], [[Homulilly]] is described as the witch of "Shigan". Shigan is a Bhuddist concept that basically means the mortal world humans live in. It's opposite is [[wikipedia:Higan|Higan]], which represents the afterlife or Enlightenment. In other words, Homulilly is an existence opposed to Madoka (who represents salvation from suffering).

In Bhuddist mythology there is a deity named [[wikipedia:Mara_(demon)|Mara]]. Often described as a devil or demon, he is closer to the [[wikipedia:Demiurge|Demiurge]] in Gnostic Christianity. Mara represents temptation and desire - in other words, anti-enlightenment. (On a possibly not so coincidental note, [[wikipedia:Mara_(folklore)|Mara]] is also the name of a creature from Germanic folklore that is the origin of the word "Nightmare".) In ''Rebellion'', Homura evokes Mara when she creates an illusory, perfect world out of her own desires that traps others within it (following the Bhuddist concept of the world as an illusion). Then, at the end of the movie, Homura absorbs Madoka and remakes the world, with Madoka reincarnated as a normal girl. In a Buddhist interpretation, Homura took a [[wikipedia:Bodhisattva|Bodhisattva]] away from Enlightenment and trapped her in the mortal world. Not only is this ''really bad'' by Buddhist terms, but Homura also did it out of her selfish desire for Madoka. In Buddhism, desire is one of the sources of all suffering.

To summarize, Homura is Mara (or the Demiurge) keeping Madoka - who is more or less Bhudda (or the Gnostic [[wikipedia:Sophia_(Gnosticism)|Sophia]]) - trapped in the mortal world, where is she ignorant of her true nature. As the Mara figure, Homura will do whatever she can to keep Madoka in the mortal world, but the only way for anyone to achieve true salvation is if Madoka awakens and breaks Homura's illusion.

[http://mlpomo.blogspot.com/2013/12/spoiler-filled-review-madoka-magica-3.html Read this for more detail.]

===Sayaka and the comparison to Archangel Michael===
[[File:Wont forget (id=40231587).jpg|right|thumb|150px|She may be our only hope]]
*In Hebrew, Michael's name means "''who is like God?''". In a literal way, Sayaka's nature is like Madoka's: a being that exists on a different plane of existence.
*Through the ages, Michael is always armed with a sword (Sayaka's weapon badge).
*Sayaka's last name (Miki) it may be a derivation of the arabic word ''Mikhail''.
*Michael is always portrayed to be the opposite of Lucifer, either for the love of God or conflicts in their ways of thinking; in almost all media published in Madoka Magica series, Sayaka and Homura are shown in conflict with each other, primarily in regard to Madoka' safety.
*Further more sayaka does not act alone in this movie but is partnered with Nagisa another magical girl turned witch who later died and did not make it to the new universe. Thusly so is The Archangel Michael usually set next to the Archangel, Gabriel.
**Like Sayaka's sword, Nagisa's trumpet bears resemblance Gabriel's signature horn.
** Gabriel is usually tasked as the messenger of God descending directly to Mary, the mother of God, While Nagisa has many explanotory roles and is the first to reveal the secret of the fake city to Mami, Madoka's sempai, (although this happens off-screen)

===Attack on Fandom (Or Fanwork Creators are Evil)===
There have been many accusations that ''Rebellion'' is primarily about pandering to the fanbase. Indeed, much of ''Rebellion'''s story reflects common trends in fandom. However, are they pandering to the fans, or are they parodying them?

Consider that the movie opens with a world common in fanworks ([[Drama_CD_2|and some]] [[Madoka_Magica_Drama_CD_4:_Summer_Magical_Girl_Training_Camp!!|officially published]] [[Puella_Magi_Madoka_Magica_Anthology_1|material]]). The five magical girls are working together without suffering. Kyubey has been rendered harmless. Even Charlotte is there as the second mascot. It is the world depicted and desired by fans.

And it's all an illusion. No matter how many fanworks are made, it doesn't change the events that happen in the original series. They are as illusionary as the world of Homura's witch barrier.

Then there's the end of the movie. Again, it is an ending common in fanworks. Madoka is alive. Sayaka is alive. Even Charlotte has been brought back to life and returned to her human form. And Kyubey is paying for all his crimes. The ending people wanted to see.

But there's a price. It's ''Madoka Magica'', there's always a price. The price is that Homura is now made the villain, and she has trapped the characters in this happy ending against their will. Instead of the joy of witnessing a happy ending, the viewer is made to feel horrified and confused.

One might even consider Homura to be a stand-in for fanwork creators. It is Homura that creates the illusion at the beginning of the movie, and it is Homura that creates the ending where everyone is brought back. It says something that the person who makes fanworks come true is the person that becomes ''the devil itself''. But hey, you got your happy ending, right?

We have found the enemy and it is us. Be careful what you wish for.

===Madoka's Omniscience===
Many viewers have pointed to an apparent plot hole in the movie: Why didn't Madoka foresee Homura's actions if she is an omniscient god? This is in fact a trick the movie pulls on viewers; it expects them to remember that Madoka's omniscience isn't just because she's a god, it's because she's a concept that exists in all of space and time. As Madoka says in episode 12 "''I will be everywhere at every moment from now on"''. In other words, Madoka is omniscient only because she is omnipresent. If something were to interrupt her omnipresence, then she is no longer omniscient.

Indeed, this does happen during ''Rebellion''. Kyubey's Isolation Field specifically blocks Madoka from entering, which means Madoka is not omnipresent anymore. We know the Incubators can see into the Isolation Field, which suggests Madoka can see into it too...but that means she only knows what the Incubators do.

Before we continue, we need to ask if the future of the ''Madoka Magica'' setting is predetermined. In other words, is the future set in stone? If it was predetermined, than Madoka could still know in advance how long the Isolation Field would last and what would happen afterward.

However, there is evidence to suggest that the future is not predetermined in the setting. Certainly Madoka changes the future with her wish, and later tells Homura that she sees all the universes which may one day exist. In ''Rebellion'' itself, Kyubey says Madoka does not exist in the past or in all the possibilities of the future, which suggests that as far as Kyubey knows, the future is not predetermined.

But just because the future is not predetermined doesn't mean you can't know what's going to happen. As an omnipresent concept, Madoka is basically [[wikipedia:Laplace's_demon|Laplace's Demon]]. She knows what is going to happen in the future because she exists everywhere. In other words, she can tell the actual future from a possible one. When Kyubey introduces the Isolation Field, it introduces [[wikipedia:Chaos_Theory|chaos]] into Madoka's perceptions, preventing her from being able to tell which future will actually occur.

To Madoka, the Isolation Field is a little like a [[wikipedia:Schrödinger's_cat|Schrödinger's catbox]]. Until we open the box, we can't tell if the cat will be alive or dead. Similarly, Madoka can't tell what will happen to anything that is inside or enters the Isolation Field, including Homura's Soul Gem, the victims of Homura's barrier, or even the future of Sayaka, Nagisa, and Madoka herself when they are "invited" inside.

Presumably, Madoka could have chosen to ignore Homura's invitation and wait to see if the Incubators would drop the Isolation Field, but Madoka would never abandon anyone, least of all Homura. So she enters Homura's barrier and takes the form of a human.

Since she is in the form of a human, Madoka is not omnipresent even when she enters Homura's barrier. She experiences time the same way the other characters do - linearly. She has no way of knowing what the future will hold, even after she suppresses her own memories and powers. Finally, when the Isolation Field is destroyed, Madoka regains her memories and powers...but she does not return to being an omnipresent and omniscient concept. She is still in the form of a human, which is why the other characters can see her. It's suggested Madoka can't return to being a concept until she deals with Homura's Soul Gem, in accordance with her wish to erase all witches before they are born with her own hands. Madoka has to purify Homura's Soul Gem before she can move onto the next potential witch.

But since Madoka had no way to determine which potential future would actually happen, Homura's actions catch her by surprise. (Not to mention that before the Isolation Field was destroyed, Homura told Madoka that she wanted to be by her side; clearly Madoka thought Homura meant she wanted to be with Madoka forever.)

===AI YO===
Perhaps the most contentious part of the movie is the reveal that Homura's Soul Gem is not tainted by curses, but by love. This comes out of nowhere and appears to contradict the original anime. However, given that ''Rebellion'' is a movie that invites thought, it is not unreasonable to assume that there is an answer hidden in the movie. (For example, while the movie does not say that Kyubey's Isolation Field was blocking Madoka's omniscience, it is logical to conclude that anything that prevents Madoka from existing in all of time of space would interfere with her omniscience.)

Here is a potential explanation for how Homura receives the power of love, one that does not contradict anything that occurred in the anime or movie. This is, admittedly, pure fan wank - but one with support. Consider what happens when Ultimate Madoka comes down to pick up Homura's Soul Gem.

First, Madoka is observable. We know this because Homura, Mami, and Kyoko can all see her. Remember what Kyubey tells Homura - if they can observe the Law of Cycles, which is embodied in Ultimate Madoka, then they can interfere with it, and magical girls will turn into witches once again.

Then, just before Madoka touches Homura's Soul Gem, Homura grabs Madoka's hands. Homura is doing...exactly what it looks like she's doing. She is preventing Madoka from taking her Soul Gem anyway. In other words, Homura is interfering with the Law of Cycles.

At this point, Homura's Soul Gem turns pure black. Darkness begins spilling from it. Obviously, by blocking the Law of Cycles from affecting her Soul Gem, Homura is becoming a witch.

Except she doesn't become a witch. A "color worse than curses" appears inside her Soul Gem. Where did it come from? Why isn't Homura turning into a witch? After all, Kyubey said that if the Law of Cycles is interfered with, magical girls will turn into witches again.

And that's just it. ''What if Kyubey was wrong?''

Remember Madoka's wish? "I wish to erase all witches before they are born...All the witches in all the universes, both past and future...With my own hands!" If a witch was ever born, then Madoka's wish would not come true. Of course Kyubey wouldn't remember Madoka's wish, and it's unclear how much Homura told him about it.

So, even if the Law of Cycles was blocked from reaching a magical girl, the magical girl would still not become a witch. But what happens if it is blocked? If Madoka can't erase a witch before it's born, how can her wish remain true?

If Madoka can't reach a magical girl before they become a witch...then maybe the magical girl becomes something else instead.

A new color fills Homura's Soul Gem, a color that has never appeared in a Soul Gem before. This may be the result of Madoka's wish asserting itself over reality. One might call it an act of self-preservation. Homura then continues to hold on to Madoka, preventing Madoka from moving on to the next potential witch. With Madoka trying to move somewhere else and Homura holding onto her, Madoka is split apart so that her wish can remain true. Homura then creates a barrier that engulfs the universe. Her Soul Gem shatters and reforms into something never seen before. Homura is now a being that has rejected the Law of Cycles, and is possibly empowered by that rejection. Through rejecting hope, she gains the power of love. And by rejecting god, she has become the devil.

As for ''how'' Homura could intefere with the Law of Cycles, it's likely related to her wish to protect Madoka. If Madoka is now a concept, then Homura can only protect Madoka by interfering with said concept.

Homura did mention "love" as an emotion "far passionate than hope, far deeper than despair". Since soul gems are tainted by despair and love is deeper than despair, soul gems should be able to be tainted by love that has desperation. Since Homura's gem is tainted with "love" and not despair, she doesn't turn into a witch but something similar. Thus with Madoka wished to erase witches with her own hands, Madoka would appear before Homura who is turning into something similar to a witch, but won't be able to erase her since what she's turning into is not technically a witch. And you know how warped the contract works.

===On Madoka's Afterlife===
''Rebellion'' actually clarifies the nature of Madoka's afterlife. It's not some separate dimension, ''it's Madoka herself''.

Consider what Madoka does to a Soul Gem in episode 12. She places her hands over a Soul Gem, the corruption inside of it is drained away, and finally the Soul Gem vanishes. ''Rebellion'' makes it clear that the corruption and the Soul Gem does not disappear. Rather, Madoka absorbs them both into herself.

As seen in ''Rebellion'', witches are born from inside the Soul Gem. When Madoka absorbs a Soul Gem's corruption, she is absorbing the unborn witch. Similarly, by absorbing the Soul Gem, she absorbs the magical girl's soul. One might say that the magical girls and witches are now in Madoka's own soul, similar to how Homura's pulled people into her own Soul Gem in ''Rebellion''.

Thus when Madoka entered Homura's barrier, she basically split Sayaka and Nagisa from herself. She also split Oktavia, Charlotte and the familiars from herself too. Technically, Oktavia and Charlotte are now part of Sayaka and Nagisa, the same way that all of them were part of Madoka.

Interestingly, at the end of the movie, Madoka is split from the Law of Cycles. Homura claims that this Madoka is a piece of the Law of Cycles - the part that was Madoka before she became a concept. One could say that in order to escape Homura, the Law of Cycles separated Madoka from itself the same way it split Sayaka and Nagisa from itself. (This would make Madoka an "angel", similar to Sayaka and Nagisa.)

==Symbolism==
*During the scene where Homura talks to Sayaka, after the latter saves the former from Mami, they come to a 4 way intersection, and stand across from each other. Sayaka is in front of the area that is blue, while Homura is in front of the area that is red. While inbetween them on the other intersection is the color green. The blue likely represents law & order, while the red represents chaos, and the green represents balance between the two. Red, green, and blue are also the colors your eyes use to see, and it could be a representation that Homura wasn't seeing clearly as she was only looking at it from one perspective.

*A pretty obvious one is during the scene where Homura discovers she's a witch, and in the bakcground kids seem to be shouting Homura. It also is referring to fire, which is commonly associated with Satan.

*The blimps likely symbolize Homura's search for the truth, as they start appearing a little before she begins to doubt this world, and more pop up over the course of the movie, until they come crashing down after she discovers the truth. Their color schemes also match Homura's too.

*During the bus ride scene Homura leaves behind her Soul Gem to test her suspicion, realizing she can still move after ridding away more than a 100 meters, a flock of owls can be seeing landing on the rail of the bus. In prehispanic cultures the owl (Tecolotl) was a messenger of death and bad omen rather than a bird of knowledge as in Greece/Rome. It's possible that the owls were used as a sign of death or a bad omen, but the symbolism of 'knowledge' is still applicable due to Homura gaining the 'knowledge' that she is a witch.

==Speculation Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Movie speculah.png|
File:New shadows in the movie Magia ED.jpg|mysterious shadows from the movie's ED.
File: Screen Shot 2013-09-03 at 11.34.11 PM.png|Pregnant Madoka from the movie's ED.
File: Bcca14eb.png | for an unkwnown reason Mami is holding Charlotte
File:The Rebellion Story Bonus speculah analisys.jpg|[[File talk:The Rebellion Story Bonus speculah analisys.jpg|Numerous observations.]]
File:Nagisa Momoe and charlotte comparison.jpg
File:Nagisa Momoe speculah as charlotte.jpg
File:E0145057-s.png | Nagisa Momoe speculah as Charlotte
File:Hitomi's nightmare.jpg|Hitomi has become a witch!
File:Mami and a charlotte doll.jpg|Oh, God. Why?!
File:Movie screen.jpg
File:Homura rescuing charlotte.png
File:Flyer stitched.jpg|Red text rough translations: "Why am I… this…" ”If this is what you really feel… I’ve made a dumb mistake” "Are you planning on running to your own time again?" "Can you explain all of this to me?! What did that child say?!"
File:3871 420 2s.jpg|Hitomi's nightmare?
File:3904a343.jpg|Japanese fans think there are space ships in this still
File:Alien ships new movie.png
File:Bokurano charlotte.jpg
File:Soul gem hand prints.png
File:Rebellion creature.png
File:Nagisa_Different_Background.png|The background of this scene with Nagisa is different in the second and third commercials.
File:Butcher Bingo.png
File:Homura is Lucifer (aka anti-madoka).png|I told you bro
File:Homura's arsenal from Rebellion.jpg|Homura's arsenal of weapons:
File:Mami's room mapped.png|What Mami's room looks like in Rebellion
File:Homura fan faction after rebellion.jpg|
File:Halfmoon cut and Gretchen.png|Halfmoon and Gretchen
File:Chairs rebellion.png
File:Moon cut in half.jpg|The moon missing half is part, you can notice the light of stars where it should be the dark side of the moon.
File:Rebellion Runes - 013221 - DAI EWIG WEIBLICHE.jpg|[[wikipedia:Eternal feminine|das Ewig-Weibliche]]
File:Rebellion - Hitomi phone calendar.jpg|Hitomi's phone calendar
File:Mami Apartment books.png|Mami's bookshelf is filled with cook books to make [[Runes:The Rebellion Story#Act 2|Bebe's sweets]]
File:Rebellion Runes - 011113 - sign.jpg|[[File talk:New homulilly.jpg|Rune translation]]
File:2ch Clara Dolls scene analysis.png
File:7cdeee22-s.jpg
File:25e306fd-s.jpg
File:8788aeed-s.jpg
File:D34c86d5.jpg|Hints that they were in Homu's Labyrinth - also resembles other witches
File:Clara Dolls going out & kidnapping people.jpg
File:8 eternal lizards.jpg|Lizards can be seen in the screen. The number 8 can also be taken as an inverse ∞.
File:King queen eternal fem dark orb.png|Homura's dark orb looks like the crown of a King from a chess set. Madoka's Eternal Feminine emblem looks similar to a Queen's crown.
File:Madoka's Eternal Feminine emblem & witches emblem.jpg
File:Homulilly queen's crown.jpg|Homulilly's rune has also a Queen's crown.
File:Madoka rebellion transformation sequene shadow figures.jpg|these dancing figures are reminiscent of [[Walpurgis Night|Walpurgisnacht]]'s minions.
File:Rebellion merging moon.png|The highway/road merging with the moon, at the center the structure that made the city's aqueducts. The shape resembles an hourglass.
File:Tower of babel rebellion aqueduct.png|The Tower of Babel.
</gallery>

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Mutopis: /* Speculation Gallery */

==Pre-release speculation==
[[File:Madoka bingo movie specula.jpg|right|thumb|150px]]

* Prior to the movie release, fan speculation is divided among different opinions as to what is happening in the third movie: it is an alternative universe, it is an alternative timeline, it is a dream.
* The very last part of the new ending animation for the first movie features an unknown pink silhouette - most likely that of Ultimate Madoka - with another silhouette that is somewhat smaller and floating inside its belly, or womb (?) The smaller silhouette appears to be regular Madoka in a fetal position.
** This has fueled speculation of a pregnancy. In Goethe's Faust, Gretchen was actually pregnant with Faust's baby and she was forced to murder her baby by drowning it.
* There have been hints that the witches will reappear in the new movie in some capacity.
** There have been hints that Madoka Kaname will reunite with Homura Akemi, which probably strengthens the speculation above.
** Homura is seen shooting with a gun, not a bow like Madoka's, in the trailer.
*** It's the REBELLION story so maybe Madoka would have rebelled against Homura or vice versa.
* In the new trailer, Homura is wearing her usual black headband and not the red ribbons Madoka gave her. Could she have lost them somehow? Could they have been stolen or destroyed by something or someone?
** A flyer released in Japan on 9/26 hinted the movie will take place both before and after the end of the original series. Which would explain this.
* There are also mentions of Hitomi Shizuki and the word "nightmare" associated with her, implying that she will play a prominent role in the third movie. How this is related remains to be seen.
** Nightmares could be the result of wraiths possessing humans, this would make sense since Hitomi was possessed by a witch in the previous universe and this was changed to accommodate Madoka's wish.
*** If monsters are now born out of ordinary humans rather than just magical girls then Urobutcher got Madoka's ass really hard.
* It is speculated that the third movie could be taking place in a different universe. See [[:file:Theory other universe.png|here]].
** The movie might also partially take place in the city of Kazamino.
* It seems likely that the movie will have "flashbacks" to alternate timelines.
* Kyoko is seen in the uniform of the school attended by the other girls.
** In recent footage, Kyoko was seen in the same classroom with Madoka, Sayaka and Hitomi (sitting in a desk by Sayaka). Both Kyoko and Mami are supposedly the same age, and Mami is in a higher grade than Madoka and Sayaka. It can be speculated that Kyoko was "held back" a grade, due to how little she attended school earlier.
* Across from Mitakihara's school, Kyoko (who is wearing the school uniform) and Homura are sitting together, in which Homura has glasses and braids again. Homura also has her hands on her knees and she is looking down, possibly to indicate shyness again.
* In the beginning of the first trailer, Homura's soul gem appears to be partially tainted on the close-up.
* It can be speculated that Homura and/or Madoka could somehow become a witch in the new movie.
** This whole new timeline, order of the universe with Ultimate Madoka, and the new system of magic could all even be an illusion. Madoka's ultimate wish could actually be turning out to be a disaster.
*** Kyubey rebelling against Madoka.
* The new trailer suggests that Homura could be losing her memory of Madoka, like everyone else has.
* The first trailer, which is shown clearer at the end of the second movie's Blu-Ray disc, reveals the silhouette of the mysterious magical hirl standing behind Mami in the below picture. On closer inspection, she has short hair (unlike the girl she's speculated to look like in the pic) and seems to be wearing something on her head, with two bun-like appendages at the top, curled side hair/side-bangs popping outward, and two flaps connected to a string with balls at the end. Where the silhouette is lit up on the bottom, she seems to be wearing fishnet stockings, or at least something with a crisscross pattern up to her thighs.
* Nagisa Momoe, the new magical girl, is speculated to be Charlotte the Dessert Witch as a magical girl. Nagisa's strawberry and chocolate color palette, pink candy bows on her shoes, yellow hair scrunchy, and polka-dotted theme can be matched to Charlotte's designs and color palette. If you look closely, even Nagisa's eyes which are yellow and orange-ringed can be compared to Charlotte's secondary form's eyes. Since Madoka's wish erased witches, this seems very plausible.
** However, it is also speculated that Nagisa may be an Incubator in human form or a manifestation of Madoka in the new universe. The latter is supported by the ending sequence of the first movie, during which the pink silhouette resembling Ultimate Madoka at the end had another silhouette resembling Madoka in its womb. In Goethe's Faust, Gretchen was actually pregnant with Faust's baby, which further supports this theory.
* Madoka's wish may have changed the fate of magical girls but not that of humanity, it could be that her wish only altered cause (witches) but not effect (disasters), meaning that catastrophes like Walpurgis Night attack or even Kriemhild Gretchen's apocalypse will still play out in a different form despite of Madoka's wish.
* In a bonus trailer from the Rebellion advanced ticket event, there is extra footage of Homura biting(?) and breaking her own soul gem.
** It is also speculated that it could be Madoka breaking Homura's soul gem, by either biting it or breaking it in her fist.
* Since the first release date of the Rebellion Story movie is on October 26th, it could possibly have a slight Halloween theme to it since it is only 5 days before the holiday. Though "witches" do not appear in this third film, the new nightmare creatures including the yellow and orange doll-like one and Charlotte (most likely also considered a nightmare now) apparently do appear in this new universe. The darker themes about Homura and her soul gem also contribute to the possibility of her become a "nightmare".
** Homura's witch form, Homulilly, is the only witch seen so far that looks like a classic witch.
* A flyer released in Japan on 9/26 included the following quotes hinting towards the plot of the new movie -
<blockquote>''"Why am I… this…"'' - Speculated to be Hitomi 
''"If this is what you really feel… I’ve made a dumb mistake"'' - Speculated to be Sayaka 
''"Am I the only one who feels this way?'' - Speculated to be Homura 
''"Are you planning on running to your own time again?"'' - This line is said by Sayaka in the second trailer. 
''"Can you explain all of this to me?! What did that child say?!"'' - Speculated to be Kyoko </blockquote>

===Flower speculation===
[[File:Rebellion Special Ticket Language of Flowers.jpg|thumb|Rebellion special ticket]]
'''Madoka'''

* In the language of flowers, [[:file:Madoka Deep Red Rose.jpg|the deep red rose]] and its thorns have been used to symbolize both the blood of Christ and the intensity of romantic love, while the rose's five petals are thought to illustrate the five crucifixion wounds of Christ.

'''Homura'''

[[:file:Homura White Daisy.jpg|A white daisy]] symbolizes common love.
* The daisy brings a message of innocence and purity, saying, ''"You have as many virtues as this plant has petals,"'' or, ''"I will consider your request."''
* In Victorian times, young, heartbroken women who wished to be loved began a custom using the daisy. A young maiden would pluck a daisy's petals, one by one, and sing, ''"He loves me, he loves me not,"'' as she pulled each petal. The last petal plucked would be the future of her relationship. This custom is still in use today.

[[File:Mami Yellow Iris.jpg|thumb|right|Mami Flower Clear File, [http://wiki.puella-magi.net/Merchandise:Special#Ticket_Extras set of 5] ]]

'''Mami'''

* ''Your friendship means so much to me.''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQcL1YOa37M]
* In Ancient Greece, Iris, the Goddess of the rainbow, acted as the messenger between heaven and earth. Today, the flower named for her is considered a symbol of communication and messages. In the language of flowers, the three leaves of Iris represents faith, hope, and wisdom. [[:file:Mami Yellow Iris.jpg|Yellow Iris]] symbolizes passion.

'''Kyoko'''

* [[:file:Kyouko Craspedia.jpg|Craspedia]] represents good health.
* Commonly known as just billy balls or bilyl buttons, are cheerful, bright yellow flowers. The round pompom flowers are fairly inexpensive and a great accent flower when paired.
[[File:Rebellion - Language of Flowers - Kyouko - Epiphyllum.jpg|thumb|''Rebellion'' screenshot]]
* Kyoko's transformation in Rebellion features flower of [[wikipedia:Epiphyllum|Epiphyllum]], the Orchid Cactus. A lone blossom, fragile yet beautiful, despite one finds this flower of humble origin, harsh environment, and prickly exterior. A rather fitting tribute.

'''Sayaka'''

* [[:file:Sayaka Borage.jpg|Borage]] represents courage, bluntness, abruptness, and rudeness.
* An old adge, ''"I, borage, always bring courage."'' Since men who are civil and respectful when sober often become blunt and rude in manner when under the influence of warming cordials, this warming property may have led to borage being used as the emblem of bluntness and rudeness. It is indeed deemed a suitable representative of these characteristics on account of its rough and shaggy appearance the whole plant hanging loosely and being covered with rough hairs.

'''Nagisa'''

Has no associated flowers unfortunately.

==Post-release speculation==
[[File:Summary of what happened from each character's perspective.png|thumb|right|150px|A decent summary of what happened from each character's perspective.]]
[[File:Map of the changed timelines or worlds raw.jpg|right|thumb|Map of the new world]]
*Homura becomes the opposite existence of Madoka.
**The new entity known as Homura is neither a magical girl nor a Witch. She is neither the product of hope/wish nor despair, she is the product of love.
***According with Homura, it was not grief that stained her Soul Gem, it was love, because her mind was always focused on Madoka.
*** More precisely, Homura says that what tainted her Soul Gem ''changed'' from being a curse. It's possible that Homura's new power came from Kyubey's Isolation Field, which not only prevented Homura from being taken by the Law of Cycles but also prevented her despair from breaking out of her Soul Gem and becoming a Grief Seed. Unable to burst out of it's shell, Homura's grief entered a new state, like how carbon becomes diamond under high pressure.
*Some observers suggest that the ending theme "Your Silver Garden" (君の銀の庭 ''[[Kimi no Gin no Niwa]]'') is about Homura and her reasons that she betrayed Madoka.
**''"The guardian/of your young slumber—/The gateway to adulthood is tightly shut"'', this is interpreted as Homura's refusal to grow up and her attempt to her childish sleep.
**''"Have you realized/that the truth/always lies in the past?/All futures and hope/are but a selfish story/envisioned by someone in a distant garden"'', this is interpreted to mean that the future is uncertain and unknown, that the past is much more pleasing.
**''"Stay softly with me,/please don't leave me/Chirp your song by my window,/even in loss"'', this is interpreted as Homura telling Madoka not to go, even if she becomes her prisoner.
*It is speculated that even when a magical girl becomes a witch, she still has her consciousness, although such consciousness is distorted and has much difference from the reality.
*There were numerous references to a "black salamander/lizard" motive throughout the movie, with the most obvious being Homura's earring shaped as a black lizard.
**One of the most common myths about lizards is that they symbolize death and resurrection.
**In Christian ideology the lizard is a more ambivalent symbol. All reptiles can be viewed as paler versions of the potent symbol represented by the snake or serpent. Taken alone on it's own merits the lizard is said to represent "contemplative ecstasy"[http://www.hennapage.com/journal/issue_I/article_2/page2.html]
**The salamander represents those who pass through the fires of passion and of this world without stain. Therefore, it stands for chastity, loyalty, impartiality, virginity, courage, Jesus, Mary, and the faithful. The salamander is also used to symbolize the flames, which it passes through, and so is a symbol of fire, temptation, and burning desire. It was considered the "king of fire" and as such was representative of Christ who would baptize with the flames of the Holy Spirit. Cloquet considers Christ the salamander king of fire because he passed through the fires of hell after his crucifixion without harm.[http://monsters.monstrous.com/salamander.htm] It should be noted Homura's name can be translated as "flame".
**Some prevalent symbolism of the salamander include:[http://www.symbolic-meanings.com/2008/03/04/light-my-fire-symbolism-of-the-salamander/]
***Energy
***Courage
***Renewal
***Determination
***Resurrection
***Balance
***Adaptation
***Spirituality
**The salamander gets it solar animal status from several sources. Primarily, we see this aspect in ancient alchemical illustrations where the salamander is depicted in flames. Alchemists held the salamander to be a fire-eater and able to quench fire with its cool, moist body. In the alchemical philosophy, anything that had the power to transform something into something else was hugely important.
***Furthermore, early Christianity held the salamander as a symbol of spiritual integrity, chastity, and righteousness. The sign of the salamander indicated true faith, and the ability to survive the “fire of temptation.”
****Medieval and heraldic art depicted the salamander as a symbol for bravery. It was often painted in the background of heroic portraits to indicate the mark of courage.
**The lizard may be a reference to the basilisk. When a serpent's egg is warmed by a chicken, the resulting creature gains some of its bird traits, but only as a deadly monster that exudes poison. Homura's corrupted Soul Gem was watched over by a goddess only to birth something horribly wrong. The basilisk is known as the king of serpents and the lizard wearing a crown in the second movie resembles its classic depiction. Once Homura completes her transformation, the lizard is shown again adorned with feathery wings but no crown... until you realize it is on the bottom of her new, crown-shaped Dark Orb.
*Remember Homura's original wish? ''"I want to redo my meeting with Madoka. But this time, instead of her protecting me, I want to become strong enough to protect her!"''
**Originally it was interpreted as the wish that allowed Homura to travel back in time to redo her meeting with Madoka, it also meant that there was a role reversal with Homura becoming stronger and active while Madoka became a weaker character and took a more passive role. That was the original intent. However, with the new ending in "Rebellion", the meaning and purpose of Homura's wish takes a new role and it probably expands its meaning. If we consider the ending of the series, one can make the argument that Homura's wish was only partially fulfilled but that in the end it failed, because Homura failed to protect Madoka. Not only from stopping Madoka from becoming a Witch, but also from stopping her from taken the burden of becoming the concept of hope, as a result one can say that Homura's wish went unfulfilled and it was a failure. Until the end of "Rebellion" that is, in the movie we see that Homura's wish has finally come to its conclusion by allowing Homura to become a new entity whose role is to protect and guard Madoka's happiness, at the expense of the Law of Cycles and against Madoka's wishes. A clear proof that the role reversal is finally complete is when Madoka is introduced as a shy transfer student and Homura shows her around the school, a complete reversal from the original series.
***If one thinks about it, Kyubey has been done in not by one but by two wishes!
***You could say that Homura just did what Madoka asked her to do. The reason that Homura became a magical girl was because she wanted to protect Madoka. In the 2nd timeline, Madoka even asked her to stop her foolish self from becoming a magical girl. In the last timeline she failed, and Madoka became a god-like entity. At the end, Homura returns everything to 'normal' so she kept her promise, more or less. Whatever reality looks like, Madoka is now safe from QB and from despair.
*If the anime series was based on "Faust", then "Rebellion" could be based somewhat on "Paradise Lost".
*It is speculated that the reason Homura made Madoka human again is because Madoka was not happy with being the entity of hope, she only did it out of duty.
**Another possible explanation, is that Homura feared what would Kyubey do if he succeeded in capturing Madoka, the best way to deal with him was for Homura and Madoka to switch, taking Madoka's power and Making Homura the new ruling entity of the universe.
*It is also speculated that by making Madoka as transfer student, Homura may have a chance to get closer to Madoka more than Sayaka was. Remember, Sayaka and Madoka had been childhood friends long before in EVERY Timeline, and Homura was only a transferred student to Madoka.
** Also Homura may have tried to improve Madoka's English since she got bad grades in previous timelines.
*Since Madoka can see and know the past, present, and future, she should have known this was going to happen to her.
**That can't be true, because Madokami literally screamed and asked Homura to stop. And she would never try to reawake later. Madoka felt uncomfortable in Homura's world, because Homura supressed her.
**It is possible she allowed for things to unfold as it was predestined to happen.
***Another possible explanation is that perhaps Madoka really wanted to be a normal girl again.
***Or perhaps Madoka saw no other way to save Homura.
***It's also possible that losing her memories of the event right afterwards created a blank spot in her future sight.
*** There's another possible explanation. Madoka exists at every point in space and time. However, the moment Homura grabs her breaks time and space and changes the past and future. In other words, even from Madoka's omniscient perspective Homura grabbing at the critical moment hasn't happened yet.
****That doesn't make any sense. If Madoka existed at every point of time, Homura, Mami, Kyouko would be already taken to the law of cycles somewhen in future. Homura, Kyouko would never be separated from Madoka, Sayaka. But they clearly aren't in the law of cycles yet. So that means certain future doesn't exist. And it perfectly explains why Madoka didn't see Homura's actions, and she was probably just trying to calm down Homura in 12th episode by stating that she would never be alone.
***Madokami and the Law of Cycles still exist. Homura only pulled Madoka's human "existance" out of the Goddess. Madoka was then re-written into the universe as a normal girl, but she is still connected to her true, Goddess form.
** '''Actually''' the truth is simple! Remember, Madoka is omniscient because she exists in all of space and time. Kyubey's Isolation Field actually blocked Madoka from reaching Homura's Soul Gem...but what the show doesn't say is that ''it also blocked Madoka's omniscience!'' Since Madoka can't enter Homura's Soul Gem, she does not have absolute knowledge of what will happen. And when she does enter the Soul Gem, she loses her memories, her powers, and ''she's not experiencing all of time at once''; she appears in the form of a human, living time linearly. And when the Isolation Field is broken, Madoka regains her memories and powers...but not her omniscience because ''she's still in the form of a human, living time linearly''! (That's why Mami and Kyoko could see her.) Thus, Madoka couldn't predict Homura's actions at all! And it was all Kyubey's fault! (Heck, he's the one who told Homura that if Madoka can be observed, she can be interfered with...)
*The children of the fake city repeatedly say "Fort! Da!" right before Homura realizes she's a witch.
**"Fort!" and "Da!" are exclamations that Sigmund Freud heard his grandson Ernst utter while playing. This pair of words—meaning "Gone!" and "There!"—has become shorthand for repetition in early childhood, and for the primary processes that such behavior mobilizes.[http://www.answers.com/topic/fort-da]
***This is interpreted as the children of the fake city finding pleasure in making things go away and then finding them again, the Clara Dolls represent Homura's personality.
*Homura ([[Homulilly]]) maybe have a connection to [[wikipedia:Lilith|Lilith]], from the Old Testament[http://cishet.tumblr.com/post/65623363997/happy-halloween-lets-talk-about-homulily].
**Lilith is a pre-Christian, Babylonian demon, the most powerful of all succubus, who seduces man, deceives women, and steals children. She, working alongside with the incubus, impregnates mortals to propagate a new race call cambion. Christianity identifies the Lilith with the snake of the Garden of Eden, and also as Adam's first wife in an effort to reconcile the two origin stories in Genesis.
*By making Madoka a transfer student, Madoka's and Sayaka's childhood friendship never took place to develop. How will this affect their current relationship is hard to say.
** Various materials have established that Sayaka and Madoka were childhood friends. While it's likely that they would have still been friends as children in Homura's new world, Madoka moving to America probably strained their friendship.
*To protect Madoka and her secrets Homura wanted to die, so she tried to prevent Madoka from purifying her Soul Gem as it would mean that Kyubey would be able to observe and learn of Madoka's secrets and her powers so they could control her in the future.
**If Homura in her Witch form were to die inside the barrier, theoretically Homulilly's barrier would collapse and that would free Madoka and company from Homura's dream world.
*During the scene with the field of flowers, Madoka is trying to braid Homura's hair back into Homura's old hair style, perhaps an attempt to regress Homura back into her innocent and shy self.
**Homura gives back to Madoka her red ribbon, not only as a sign of returning something precious to her, but perhaps it is an attempt to reclaim back the old Madoka from the past, a regular and normal girl.
***In the ending scene, this gesture signifies Homura's realization that she cannot control Madoka regardless of whatever world she creates that they can be together and that her actions, which led to her descent into darkness, will inevitably lead to a struggle between them. This is a reverse mirror of the actions of Madoka trying to braid Homura's hair in the witch world, an attempt at conformity and acceptance of peace and harmony albeit constructed and false, except that with Homura tying Madoka's hair with the red ribbon she is restoring her true identity. Homura also acknowledges this by commenting that the red ribbons "really do look best on you" (a symbol of Madoka's true self) as compared to the yellow ribbons (her false identity created by Homura). Viewers should note that she cries when stating this, knowing that eventually Madoka will break away from the world and become her enemy. The final scene after the credits shows Homura smiling at her transformed Soul Gem (her new identity as an antithesis to Madoka) upon realizing that her wish to always be with Madoka has come true albeit in a cruel twisted fashion. Madoka who represents light and Homura who represents darkness are now natural opposing forces in the universe.
*During the post-credit sequence the Moon is missing half of its part (notice the light of the stars shining where they shouldnt be), the moon is physically cut off somehow. Indicating that something is amiss.
**At the same scene, at the top of a cliff we see [[:file:Chairs rebellion.png|Homura sitting on a single chair]], the scene is similar to the Opening of Madoka Magica movies ([[Luminous]]). But instead, just like the moon, we only see half of the field and only a single chair, with no Madoka next to Homura.
***While Homura was tilting her head in the chair, some fans suggest she was imagining Madoka was there, and then when she was looking behind her in the direction of the rustling grass, some fans suggest she was hoping to see Madoka approaching her.
* Near the end of the movie, some Clara Dolls can be seeing jumping off from a cliff, close to its edge we can see a large row of scattered shoes around. It is speculated that this is a symbolic image for in Japan those that attempt suicide tend to remove their shoes first before jumping/hanging themselves. We saw the same thing happen in the Madoka series with the [[Minor_Characters#Office_Lady|office lady]] when she took off her shoes before jumping from a building.
** You would notice the Clara Dolls are not wearing shoes when jumping.
* In the post-credits Kyubey emerges from some plants, looking healthy. Homura pulls out her gem and they start dancing. When we next see Kyubey he looks disheveled and even seems to be quivering, suggesting that Homura has somehow affected his mind. It's possible that Homura is actually placing all the curses and despair of the world onto Kyubey, both as revenge and to ensure that the curses cannot affect anyone else. One might say Kyubey is finally paying for all the things he has done.
*As Homura sat on the chair overlooking the cliff with the corpse of a Kyubey close to her, it invoked the imagery of the [[:wikipedia:The_Fool_(Tarot_card)|fool from the tarot cards]]. In tarot the fool is shown as a young man, walking unknowingly toward the brink of a precipice and he appears to be getting chased away by an animal, either a dog or a cat. According with the symbolism, ''"the fool is the spirit in search to a new journey and new experiences. He represents cleverness bereft of reason within us, the childlike ability to tune into the inner workings of the world. The sun shining behind him represents the divine nature of the Fool's wisdom and exuberance, holy madness or 'crazy wisdom'. On his back are all the possessions he might need. In his hand there is a flower, showing his appreciation of beauty. He is frequently accompanied by a dog, sometimes seen as his animal desires, sometimes as the call of the "real world", nipping at his heels and distracting him. He is seemingly oblivious that he is walking toward a precipice, apparently about to step off."''
*It is speculated that the Clara Dolls are aspects and characteristics of Homura's personality. Love, the last of the Clara Dolls remains unopened in her package. It is speculated that the reason is that Homura wont let go of her love.
**It is possible that there is a similarity to the myth of [[:wikipedia:Pandora|Pandora's box]]. In the Myth "hope" is entrapped in a box, suggesting that either hope has been denied to humanity and made prisoner; or hope has been kept in the box as a way to retain hope for humanity. Similarly, "Madoka" has been kept a prisoner inside of Homura's world, some have interpreted this as a way to deny the world of Madoka's hope, but it can also be interpreted as Homura's way to safeguard Madoka's hope away from Kyubey's nefarious plans.
*It is suspected that if Homura hadn't interfere, the ending of the movie would involve [[Yuri_undertones#Manga_Difference:_The_Miracle|MadoKami taking Homura to Heaven with her]], [[:file:161.jpg|similar to the manga]].
*During the movie sequence the city's aqueducts are encircled to form what looks like the [[:file:Tower of babel rebellion aqueduct.png|Tower of Babel.]]

===Fallen Angel Homura===
[[File:Rebellion Runes - 010208 - ICH MOCHTE UNSEREN KUNDEN DANKEN.jpg|right|thumb|200px|15th [[Clara Dolls|Clara Doll]], Ai (Love), wearing a black dress. Ai represents Madoka, which is why she is wearing Madoka's magical girl outfit.]]

Since Homura declares to Madoka that they are enemies, this makes her her opponent as Homura opposes Madoka's will and her wishes. One can view this as Homura fallen into the role of the devil for going against what Madoka believes to be right.

'''Satan in Judaism:''' The original Hebrew term, satan, is a noun from a verb meaning primarily to, “obstruct, oppose,”. Satan is traditionally translated as “the accuser,” or “the adversary.” In Judaism, Satan is a term used since its earliest biblical contexts, to refer to a human opponent. Thus, Satan is personified as a character in three different places, serving as an accuser, a seducer, or as a heavenly persecutor who is "among the sons of God". In any case, Satan is always subordinate to the power of God, having a role in the divine plan.

'''Satan in Christianity:''' Christian tradition and theology changed "Satan" from an accuser appointed by God to test men's faith to God's godlike fallen opponent: "the Devil". Traditionally, Christians have understood the Devil to be the author of lies and promoter of evil'. However, the Devil can go no further than the word of Christ the Logos allows, [[wikipedia:Problem_of_evil#Christianity|resulting in the problem of evil']].

As Lucifer's or Satan's motive for rebelling and as the nature of his sin, Christian writers mention pride against God or, less often, envy of humanity created in the image of God. According to Tertullian the Devil was jealous of humans, created in the divine image and given authority over the world, and an 18th-century French Capuchin preacher, citing Tertullian and Augustine as giving envy as the motive for the fall, describes the Rebel Angel as jealous of Adam's exaltation, which he saw as a diminution of his own status.

'''Satan in Islam''': In Islam the Devil is known as Iblīs or Shayṭān, it has no name corresponding in meaning to that of the Latin word lucifer. Iblis is banished from heaven for refusing to prostrate himself before Adam. Thus, he sins after the creation of man. He then swears revenge by tempting human beings and turning them away from God. While in Judaism and Christianity, Satan is a fallen angel, Iblis is a jinn. Muslims believe that angels are the servants of God and cannot disobey him, but jinn, like men, can choose to obey or disobey.

'''Satan in Luciferianism''': Luciferianism is a belief system that venerates the essential characteristics that are affixed to Lucifer. The tradition, influenced by Gnosticism, usually reveres Lucifer not as the Devil, but as a liberator or guiding spirit, or even the true god as opposed to Jehovah.

'''Satan in Satanism''': Satanic groups have various opinions about Satan, ranging from the conviction that he exists and ought to be worshipped, to Anton Szandor LaVey's symbolic interpretation, which emphasizes individual will and pleasure-seeking.

====The Comparison to Lucifer====
While the comparison between Homura and the devil/Lucifer seems inevitable, we have to avoid the temptation of falling into the false logic that the comparison is without its flaws.

Jealousy

In one story it is stated that Lucifer was jealous of the human race, that they were not worthy and undeserving of God's love.

The argument states that Homura has done a lot for Madoka, sacrificing so much for her, and helping her ascend into a higher plane existence. As a result, Homura should be worthy of Madoka's love and praise. The reason that Homura sacrificed so much for Madoka is because she loves her. Homura put ups with so much suffering because of her, yet Madoka, instead of reciprocating Homura's feelings, she cannot help but to love everyone equally. As a result Madoka avoids picking up favorites. The argument is that Homura was jealous of Madoka's unconditional love for everyone, and this lead us to assume that Homura believes herself to be worthy of being Madoka's favorite and explains the reason why Homura went against Madoka's wishes.

However, this argument has a terrible flaw. It assumes that Homura's actions were driven by jealousy, yet there is no indication that this is the case. While is true that Madoka loves everyone equally, and perhaps Homura wished for Madoka to be a bit more selfish and stop thinking about others at the expense of her own self, there is no indication of jealousy against anyone. Homura didnt expect special treatment from Madoka, she was quite happy with Madoka's relationship already (except when there was a distance between them that took place because of the time reset in the anime series). If anything, Homura wanted Madoka to be able to live happily for her own sake at the expense of abandoning her duties and obligations toward others.

Pride

Lucifer was the first of Angels and chief among them, Archangel Michael was only second to him, Lucifer's devotion to God was not only driven by love but also by pride. God's love for humanity was troubling for Lucifer, for he couldnt comprehend why such an inferior creature should receive such equal love and worthy praise from God, as if making them equals to him. As a result of this friction Lucifer rebelled.

However, just like the jealousy argument the pride argument falls flat. While is true that Homura became stronger to please Madoka, she also did it to help her out of pure devotion to her, not out of pride. Not only that, but Homura's devotion for Madoka never turned her into an arrogant or prideful character. There may have been moments of something like pride and moments of stubbornness, but nothing to indicate to be egotistical in nature. When Homura's goal felt short, she did not despair out of arrogance nor she boasted hubris in her accomplishments. Instead she was too focused on Madoka and her well being.

Disobedience

This argument seems to fit with the Lucifer argument, that Lucifer went against God's wishes, that he went against God's plan for humanity, so did Homura and as result it makes them to be the same. But this argument seems to overlook motive behind Homura's actions. Lucifer's actions were driven by personal ambition, pride, or even jealousy, as stated previously. But Homura's motives behind her actions are the opposite, she did it because she cared for Madoka too much, she wanted to free Madoka from the burdens of being a prisoner to her duties and her devotion and love for others. She also did it to protect Madoka from Kyubey, the complete opposite of Lucifer's intentions. The only reason Homura is Madoka's enemy is because of their opposite views about what is best for Madoka.

Devil's advocate

Homura's motivations and beliefs don't demonstrate a pattern of similar behavior to that of Lucifer's. Lucifer was jealous of humans; Homura wasn't jealous of anyone. Lucifer was boastful, prideful, and arrogant; Homura was stubborn, and she never surrendered under pressure but only because she did it for Madoka's sake, not for her own interest. Homura disagreed with Madoka's plan because it came down to sacrificing Madoka's happiness for everyone else's. The problem with the Lucifer comparison is that the concept is too broad with some of the elements. It has similarities but the minor details tells a different story. Lucifer was a selfish and jealous angel/demon, and he wanted to take God down so he could rule in his stead, ''"Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven."'' God's happiness was never a factor. Other than dethroning Madoka, going against her wishes, and perhaps loving her too much, the comparison seems to be a bit unfair but understandable.
*We know from the series that the power of the wish and it's intent slowly turn on you, like Sayaka's love for Kyousuke eventually twisting her love into hating everything. If we look at Homura's love for Madoka to repeatedly go through hell to try and save her, only to lose her completely eventually, the love she had would twist into everything said here. The understanding that Madoka sacrificed herself to save everyone turns into Jealousy that she can't have Madoka to herself, that she has enough pride in herself to think she can do things better by lying to everyone fits and same with the disobedience. But we're not really talking about Homura anymore, Homura has been corrupted into a vastly different God-Witch version of Homulilly, who see's everything as being wrong and deciding to change things.

=== Homura's State of Mind ===
Homura's personality and mental state has radically changed by the end of the film. There are several speculations as to why or how it happened.

'''Corruption of the mind:''' During the transition process from a human/magical girl into what it is now a new entity, Homura's mind became corrupted or altered during the transformation process. Homura is not human, she is not a magical girl, she is not even a Witch, she something completely different, as a result this is a different Homura.

'''Mental Stress:''' Considering Homura's mental state prior to the movie, it is surprising that she hasn't suffered from a complete mental breakdown before. Homura saw her friends die countless times, had to repeat an endless nightmarish cycle through time and space, almost lost her life countless times, and then she was forced to part away from Madoka, the person she sacrificed everything for, let us not forget prior to being a magical girl Homura was riddled with insecurities, (possible) family abandonment, a weak physical body, and being bullied in school. Add that with the torture she had to go through under Kyubey's experiment, and it becomes clear that it was probably too much for an already fragile mind.

'''Homura's Insecurities and fears:''' While Homura presents herself to be strong and compose, inside she is still that weak and insecure little girl, she always was. Homura was always wearing a mask to keep the appearance and impression that she has things under control. In the anime series we saw moments when Homura's strong exterior felt apart momentarily. It is those fears that are driving Homura to take drastic measures, the fear of losing Madoka again and she believes that the only way to guarantee Madoka's happiness is by taking control of the situation.

'''Natural Progression:''' Homura is a survivalist, she adapts to the situation as it suits her, when she was weak she looked up to Madoka for inspiration and help, when she lost Madoka she tried to become stronger to protect her. Now that she is a powerful entity, she believes it is her responsibility and duty to take matters with her own hands.

'''The Real Homura all along:''' Rather than power corrupting one person, it is suggested that power actually reveals ones true self. Perhaps what we are witnessing is Homura's true nature. Homura used to be a weak girl, bullied by classmates and dependent on the kindness of others. Now that she is an all powerful being, unrestrained by human weakness or limitation, she is allowed to do anything she wants, and probably what she always wanted to do but was afraid to do so.

===Gone mad from the revelation?===
Another possibility is that Homura is not really evil but actually found something about Madoka that drove her off the deep end.

If you remember clearly, Madoka's wish was to erase all witches from existence before they're even born, in the universe, from the past and the future, with her own hands. Hence Madoka became an entity who removed from existence all magical girls who became witches and placed them in another dimension of her own.

There is a catch, however, Madoka never wished she would take their souls to another dimension.

This whole movie took place inside an entire reality created inside Homura's soul gem, a barrier which reflected her ideal world where everything happened in the way she dreamed of and which began to crumble once she realized she had been living a farce threatening her friends. In other words, Homura experienced what it's like to be an oblivious god living in a world made by your wishes until you realize your own folly and crumbles in despair.

This is where things get worse, the moment Madoka was restored and came to take her soul, Homura realized that Madoka wasn't just erasing witches, she was absorbing the souls of all witches into her barrier '''HEAVEN''' and living in her own fake world rid of misfortune. This is why all witches in the movie could retain their consciousness and switch into magical girls, because their grief was erased by Madoka's barrier which gave them an "afterlife" free of suffering.

It was that cruel realization, that Madoka's wish of hope only trapped her in a false happiness of godhood, which broke Homura utterly and made her change into a dark deity hellbent on suppressing Madoka's wish.

If Homura could remake the '''MORTAL WORLD''' into something free of witches and suffering, then Madoka would think that Homura's world was already heaven and wouldn't try to become a saviour at the expense of her own sacrifice.

Considering the lengths Homura goes to protect Madoka, it would make perfect sense if she was willing to trade Madoka's love for her ire and disapproval if that meant not letting Madoka ever realize she became a lotus eater machine for every magical girl who died.

*this would imply the entire post-series pre-rebellion universe is Madoka's barrier, for her to be able to take the despair of magical girls despite being outside of her heaven.
*However Madoka destroyed her witch self, as her wish to erase all witches includes herself, this theory would depend upon a God's haven working in a similar way to a witches' barrier or Homura believing they do. Sayaka seemed to remember exactly what happened to her where as Homura's lotus eater machine messed with people's memories.
**So far there was no evidence of witches erasing the memories of people who came to their barrier at any point until Homulilly, even then so, Ultimate Madoka is clearly something else than a witch, like Homura she is something above witches and magical girls but instead of creating a barrier geared towards making reality her playground she made her "space" outside the real world for the sake of giving rest and healing to the soul of all meguka. What drives the corrupted Homura insane is the fact Madoka is not aware she makes this heaven regardless of her own personal happiness, she is being driven by her '''merciful''' nature to guide all of these souls to her blissful barrier were they no longer suffer, unaware if that's her personal choice or just a cursed existence ignorant to her self-imposed enslavement.
***Just a point. When Madoka make her wish, she was aware all magical girls eventually die, as all living things do. So maybe, she just goes as thing went normally, sending their souls to her "heaven" (It can't be named "Barrier" because it is exclusively for Witches/Nightmares, and Madokami ins't a witch/nightmare). Or according a Buddhism, she start a reincarnation cycle.

=== Is Homura selfish? ===

Well, it's complicated.

Selfish can be defined as ''"[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/selfish concerned excessively or exclusively with oneself: seeking or concentrating on one's own advantage, pleasure, or well-being without regard for others]"''.

In the movie it becomes clear that Homura's philosophy is the opposite of Madoka's. Whereas Madoka believes she should sacrifice herself for the world, Homura believes the world should sacrifice itself for Madoka. That Homura is willing to sacrifice herself for Madoka is laudable, that she is willing to sacrifice others is not. That Homura is willing to become Madoka's enemy, to kidnap and imprison Madoka in order to make a world where Madoka can be happy, is disturbing.

In other words, Homura only cares about her own desire, which means she is selfish. However, her own desire is the happiness of another person - and she is willing to sacrifice her own life, happiness, and morality to achieve that. Thus, Homura's selfishness almost seems paradoxical. It is a self-denying selfishness, a selfishness where one desire is placed above all others. One could say that in the end, Homura is practicing absolute selfishness, sacrificing ''all'' to achieve her one desire.

Homura's behaviour refers to "Solipsism"

*Not quite. Another thing to note is that Kyubey's original plan relies on Homura being selfish. His plan relies on Homura finally giving in and acceitng her fate to be with Madoka. Kyubey is only capable of being selfish due to his lack of emotions and thus predicts that Homura will act the same. Instead he gets a different result with Homura willing to kill herself for Madoka even if that means they shall never meet again. Kyubey is unable to understand this as he is only able to operate for his own self-gain, unable to comprehend emotions such as compassion or caring. So when he sees Homura's total selfless act to kill herself to protect Madoka he is flabbergasted She would risk her own life for Madoka. There is also the scene at the end where Homura tells Madoka that is matters not if she loves or hates her: she'll always want for her to be happy. It could then be implied that she is selfless.

===Junko's Words of Wisdom===
In [[Episode 6]] of Madoka Magica, Madoka has a problem. She wants to help Sayaka, but she doesn't know how. She believes Sayaka is on the right, but the more Sayaka tries to do the right thing, the worst it is for her because it doesn't cause her happiness. When Madoka confides this to her mom, Junko advices Madoka to ''[[Madoka_Magica_Episode_6:_This_Just_Isn%27t_Right#Observations|"do something wrong"]]'' to balance things out. According with Junko, someone needs to be in the right, and someone needs to be in the wrong.

If we take Junko's words at heart, the heart of the matter in "Rebellion" reveals itself. Madoka as the concept of hope is burdened with responsibilities that go beyond for a little girl to handle, Madoka is separated from her family, she is not allowed to grow up normally into healthy adulthood. Instead she is forced to accept adult responsibilities at such a young age, and she must carry the burdens of the whole universe by herself, alone. But Madoka wont abandon her new role nor will she allow the universe to be in a chaotic state. As a result Madoka is, rather than a savior of the universe, a prisoner to her responsibilities, or at least that seems to be how Homura sees it. It is possible that Homura wants to give a happy ending to Madoka, ''"but you can't expect a happy ending just by doing what's right all the time."''

Homura realizes that in order to protect Madoka, and the world that she loves, Homura must act in a way that is not nice/pleasant to outside observers, ''"even if it's not the nicest way to do it."'' Since Madoka wont abandon her duties as Ultimate Madoka and her role within the universe that she watches over, she will never experience a normal life as long as she is bound by duty and her noble sentiment. This is the source that causes Madoka to sacrifice her life and her happiness for the greater good, a noble act but one that Homura understands doesn't bring happiness to Madoka, even if Madoka wont admit it herself. Homura ''"has to be in the wrong to balance out [Madoka's] need to be in the right."'' It is for this reason that Homura takes such a treacherous and drastic action against Madoka, realizing that there is no other way to help her.

Homura warns Madoka that they may become enemies someday because she doesn't know if Madoka will ever come to understand Homura's choice. ''"She may or may not. Especially at first. [...] it might not be the nicest way to do it. But would [Homura] rather give up on her, or give [Madoka] the wrong idea about [her]?"'' Homura would never give up on Madoka, so she accepts the latter as a possible consequence of her actions.

In conclusion, Homura acted out of selfish desire to make Madoka happy, because Madoka's was trying to make everyone happy but herself.

* [http://noctureon.tumblr.com/post/129901312920/i-told-you-its-not-the-nicest-way-to-do-it-but Related Tumblr post.]

===Alternate, Non-Dualist Theory===

It is possible that the focus on dualism and the idea of Homura becoming a Lucifer-like figure is fundamentally misunderstanding what happened in the ending of The Rebellion Story. There are somewhat obvious problems with the idea of dualism- for one, in the new universe, Madokami doesn't appear to have any real power. In order for dualism to truly exist, both opposing forces must have equal power, this is clearly not the case. Akuma Homura essentially just overthrew the existing order, but absorbed Madokami within her, imprisoning her along with the entire universe in her witch's barrier, which really ceases to be one once it covers the whole universe.

First, we need to step back and look at what Homura actually did. She created a new world that was presumably peaceful and stable, there are no magical girls who fight endlessly into inevitable despair, and presumably she can twist the world to eliminate the curses that need to be fought. She takes all the despair into herself. Recall that Homura's first real questioning of her own fake Mitakihara was "can we really continue fighting forever?" That world is how it is because endless fighting is all Homura really knows, and by questioning it she ultimately questions all she's ever known. She constructed the fake Mitakihara as an ideal world initially- one where magical girls could continue to fight evil with no real negative consequences, thus still giving them their wishes and purpose. She then rebels against this notion, tearing down her own vision of utopia because she no longer sees it that way, she wants a world without magical girls.

Now we can go back farther before the movie and look at what Madoka actually did. She never pursued or was granted the powers of an actual omnipotent god, she never looked to rewrite the entire universe. Technically, she doesn't even fully gets rid of witches, she just absorbs the despair into herself and allows the magical girls to pass away peacefully without becoming monsters and corrupting others. But that is the extent of her power, and even she is not immune from despair and corruption, indeed we see Madokami's witch attempting to devour the world, but Madokami was able to save herself just as she was able to save everyone else. Curses and negative feelings still exist at the same levels they did before, they just now manifest into Wraiths, which can be interpreted as the raw manifestation of negative feelings rather than corruptions of magical girls. The most important thing here is that all the laws of the universe that existed long before Madokami are still intact after Madoka's wish.

Now recall perhaps the biggest revelation in the new movie: the Incubators were obviously unsatisfied with the power attained from the wraiths, and after seeing the truth about witches within Homura, it was the Incubators thirst that sought Madokami's power, either to take her power or destroy her so they could go back to the more lucrative witch system. This is the detail that makes Homura's decision-making much less confusing, and in fact, completely understandable. As she breaks out of the prison with the help of the others, and Madokami comes down to take her to Valhalla, she knows she cannot let that happen. Why? Because she knows what they don't: the Incubators are after Madoka. They will continue to experiment and to pervert existing magical girls as they did with her in order to find a way to destroy Madoka. So, she uses her last remaining strength to usurp Madoka, take her power, and imprison her. Why? It's quite simple, and Homura states it explicitly: love.

The one constant throughout the entire series is that Homura loves Madoka, and her wish was one that ensure that she would be able to protect her. Indeed, that is her singular purpose in life to protect Madoka at literally any cost- even if it means becoming the demon that usurps her power, even if it means becoming her enemy. She had to find a way to end the Incubators and their schemes once and for all, even if it meant having to hurt Madoka and imprison her in the new universe, which bends to no rules but Homura's. And, recalling Sayoktavia's words from earlier in the movie: is an entity which creates a paradise like this truly one that is bad, and should be opposed? Homura sees herself as a devil-like figure, and of course she would, doing what she did despairs her greatly, but it needed to be done in order to protect Madoka. But is she truly bad, or Devil-like for creating a world without curses? Was it truly madness or insanity that drove her to do it, or was she thinking more clearly and logically than anyone else?

Ultimately, it brings us to one thesis: Just as Madoka had to become a magical girl to reach her ends of eliminating the suffering and corruption of magical girls, Homura had to become a witch to protect that system, to suffer forever for the sake of keeping the universe stable. There is dualism, but yet there is not, there is only Homura, using the power of Madoka's sacrifice to finally stabilize things and create her own true vision of utopia.

Where it goes from here depends on whether a sequel eventually will come. It could end in that state, with Homura maintaining the universe in her order. It might end in a way that allows both the existence of Madoka and Homura to merge- or perhaps they will both finally be able to pass and have their existences end, as all things do.

==="Gott ist tot" and Nietzsche [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzRbCrIWURY]===
<blockquote>'''Homura:''' "Escaping into this impossible world. Abandoning the responsibility to fight wraiths. Such weakness... I'll never be able to forgive. Magical girls... Have no choice but to continue fighting. That is... The price we pay for our miracle. It was for our sakes that... She... Sacrificed herself to try to save us. {{Runes|WER TRÄUMT?}} '''Homura:'''This farce... Is just making light of Madoka's sacrifice! I won't forgive this!" '''Clara Dolls:''' "Gott ist tot! Gott ist tot! Gott ist tot!"</blockquote>

Friedrich Nietzsche is known for what some consider to be his [[:wikipedia:Philosophy_of_Friedrich_Nietzsche|controversial philosophy]]. He called himself an "immoralist" and harshly criticized the prominent moral philosophies of his day: Christianity, [[:wikipedia:Kantianism|Kantianism]], and [[:wikipedia:Utilitarianism|utilitarianism]]. Nietzsche was also known for being very critical of the Western belief in [[:wikipedia:egalitarianism|egalitarianism]] and [[:wikipedia:rationality|rationality]].

Nietzsche saw [[:wikipedia:Nihilism|nihilism]] as the outcome of repeated frustrations in the search for meaning. He diagnosed nihilism as a latent presence within the very foundations of European culture, and saw it as a necessary and approaching destiny. Nietzsche argued that Western culture must face and transcend in the wake of the irreparable dissolution of its traditional foundations, moored largely in classical Greek philosophy and Christianity.

====GOOD AND EVIL====

In [[:wikipedia:Beyond_Good_And_Evil|Beyond Good And Evil]] and ''On the Genealogy of Morality'', Nietzsche's genealogical account of the development of modern moral systems occupies central place. For Nietzsche, a fundamental shift took place from thinking in terms of "good" and "bad" toward "good" and "evil."

Nietzsche argued that two types of morality existed: a master morality that springs actively from the "noble man", and a slave morality that develops reactively within the weak man. These two moralities do not present simple inversions of one another. They form two different value systems: master morality fits actions into a scale of 'good' or 'bad' whereas slave morality fits actions into a scale of "good" or "evil".

The initial form of morality was set by a warrior aristocracy and other ruling castes of ancient civilizations. Aristocratic values of "good" and "bad" coincided with and reflected their relationship to lower castes such as slaves. Nietzsche presented this "master morality" as the original system of morality—perhaps best associated with Homeric Greece. To be "good" was to be happy and to have the things related to happiness: wealth, strength, health, power, etc. To be "bad" was to be like the slaves over which the aristocracy ruled, poor, weak, sick, pathetic—an object of pity or disgust rather than hatred.

"Slave morality" comes about as a reaction to master-morality. Here, value emerges from the contrast between good and evil: good being associated with other-worldliness, charity, piety, restraint, meekness, and submission; and evil seen as worldly, cruel, selfish, wealthy, and aggressive. Nietzsche sees slave morality as pessimistic and fearful, values for them serving only to ease the existence for those who suffer from the very same thing. He associated slave-morality with the Jewish and Christian traditions, in a way that slave-morality is born out of the ressentiment of slaves. Nietzsche argued that the idea of equality allowed slaves to overcome their own condition without hating themselves. And by denying the inherent inequality of people (such as success, strength, beauty or intelligence), slaves acquired a method of escape, namely by generating new values on the basis of rejecting something that was seen as a perceived source of frustration. It was used to overcome the slave's own sense of inferiority before the (better-off) masters. It does so by making out slave weakness to be a matter of choice, by, e.g., relabeling it as "meekness." The "good man" of master morality is precisely the "evil man" of slave morality, while the "bad man" is recast as the "good man."

====NIHILISM====

When Nietzsche says that God is dead, what he means is that our entire concept of “God” is dead. The Christian concept of God as an all-powerful, all-knowing, morally good, caring, Supreme Being is dead, according to Nietzsche. But God no longer listens to us, nor knows how to respond. This lack of communication between us and God is the cause of the decline of theism (Beyond Good and Evil, Sec. 53). New forces have taken the place of God in our lives, forces such as money and science have provided a new faith for us in an increasingly materialistic society. We have become religious atheists, we no longer have God, but we practice religion. But religion involves sacrifice, and that is why God is dead.

Nietzsche was concerned that the death of God has lead to a pervasive state [[:wikipedia:Nihilism|nihilism]]. By sacrificing God in the name of [[:wikipedia:Asceticism|asceticism]], asceticism has lost its purpose and meaning to life. Nietzsche argued that one way in which we attempted to fill the space left by God’s death is through secular science. Since we have traded God for science, we now worship science as our new God. Science has occupied the throne on which God used to sit. Science has become the new ascetic faith, populated by theoretical entities and forces. But unlike theism, science ascribes no meaning to life’s happening. It only provides the means by which life happens; it provides the how, not the why.

For Nietzsche, the alternative to nihilism and asceticism lies in the positive affirmation of life.[http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070804135148AAzRjPS]

====WILL TO POWER====

A basic element in Nietzsche's philosophical outlook is the [[:wikipedia:Will_to_power|will to power]] (der Wille zur Macht), which provides a basis for understanding human behavior — more so than competing explanations, such as the ones based on pressure for adaptation or survival.

In presenting his theory of human behavior, Nietzsche also addressed, and attacked, concepts from philosophies popularly embraced in his days, such as [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNDw9lO8uKg Schopenhauer's notion of an aimless will] or that of utilitarianism. Utilitarians claim that what moves people is mainly the desire to be happy, to accumulate pleasure in their lives. But such a conception of happiness Nietzsche rejected as something limited to, and characteristic of, the bourgeois lifestyle of the English society, and instead put forth the idea that happiness is not an aim per se — it is instead a consequence of a successful pursuit of one's aims, of the overcoming of hurdles to one's actions — in other words, of the fulfillment of the will.

====ÜBERMENSCH====

Nietzsche's Zarathustra ties the [[:wikipedia:Übermensch#Death_of_God_and_the_creation_of_new_values|Übermensch to the death of God]]. While this God was the ultimate expression of other-worldly values and the instincts that gave birth to those values, belief in that God nevertheless did give meaning to life for a time. 'God is dead' means that the idea of God can no longer provide values. With the sole source of values no longer capable of providing those values, there is a real chance of nihilism prevailing.

Zarathustra presents the Übermensch as the creator of new values. In this way, it appears as a solution to the problem of the death of God and nihilism. If the Übermensch acts to create new values within the moral vacuum of nihilism, there is nothing that this creative act would not justify. Alternatively, in the absence of this creation, there are no grounds upon which to criticize or justify any action, including the particular values created and the means by which they are promulgated.

In order to avoid a relapse into Platonic idealism or asceticism, the creation of these new values cannot be motivated by the same instincts that gave birth to those tables of values. Instead, they must be motivated by a love of this world and of life. Whereas Nietzsche diagnosed the Christian value system as a reaction against life and hence destructive in a sense, the new values which the Übermensch will be responsible for will be life-affirming and creative.

====Homura's Will to Power====

When Homura discovers that she is actually trapped within a Witch's barrier, she despair not because she is trapped, but because she was allowed to be easily influenced and be deceived by such a pleasant trap or dream. The dream makes a mockery of Madoka's sacrifice, making her victory to ring hollow as Homura has chosen a dream over reality. We have to remember that within this dream, it brings the fulfillment of all of Homura's friends. Mami is not alone as she combats Nightmares not by herself, but with a team in a manner resembling typical magical girls. Kyouko and Sayaka rather than being antagonists they are close friends and are even living together. Madoka is back in the real world as a magical girl, she is back to her friends and her family, but not only that she is also happy. The Dream is not only pleasant for Homura (having Madoka back and being friends with the girls), but it is also a vehicle for the personal fulfillment for the girls as well. Yet the dream is a lie, hence why Homura is angry with herself. Perhaps the dream reminded Homura how much she misses Madoka, her absence in Homura's life is deep and profound. Perhaps Homura at that moment grew disillusioned with the MadoVerse. The only reason Homura endured so much suffering was the promise that they would meet again when Homura's Soul Gems were to be tainted, the promise of paradise drove her to continue her journey, and yet the dream shattered Homura's conviction possibly at that point. At that moment it is possible to suggest that Homura realizes that she is a prisoner of a dream that is also a lie, and as a result perhaps Homura comes with an actual self realization that she actually liked the dream more than her reality, a reality where there is no Madoka, only Ultimate Madoka. We can suspect at this moment that Homura lost faith on Ultimate Madoka, not on Madoka herself, but on the concept of Ultimate Madoka. In the MadoVerse Sayaka became friends with Kyouko but she is dead, the girls fight together as a team but against dangerous Wraiths not silly creatures like Nightmares, the fate of Magical Girls does not lead to tea and cakes, but being taken away by the Law of Cycles, and Madoka is a separate entity from the MadoVerse. It is during this self actualization that the Clara Dolls cry, ''"Gott ist tot"''. Perhaps it is during this moment of crisis of faith that Homura has doubts about the system. We have to remember that Homura's Witch's Barrier creation of such dream is no accident. After all, Kyubey states that Homura's barrier would only allow a specific target or person to be allowed to enter; it is speculated that the Clara Dolls probably even kidnapped the specific targets. As a result, we can speculate that deep down, Homura wished for a better world than of the MadoVerse.

But there is another possibility that perhaps pushed Homura to her new conviction, the flower bed scene. It is stated that Homura is talking with the real Madoka, but this Madoka has no recollection of her previous life. As a result of their conversation Homura is convinced that Madoka would never abandon her family and friends knowingly or willingly. Madoka's amnesia is convenient enough to convince Homura to take a different path. Homura is convinced she must save Madoka from her foolish self. It is possible that during the flower bed scene, those may have been Madoka's true feelings at the time, but those are the result of Madoka's lost memory. Homura probably knows that that Madoka given the choice she may decide to become Ultimate Madoka given the circumstances, but this doesnt matter. To Homura, she decides that she has the conviction to pursue her original goal, which was to become stronger enough to protect and save Madoka, even if it means having to go against Madoka herself. Homura knew she had to end the Law of Cycles to free Madoka from herself.

Given Homura's epiphany and the events in the flower bed scene, it is easy to figure out what drove Homura to change the system and "rescue" Madoka from herself. Not only did Homura changed the world, but one could agree she did for the better regardless of Madoka's wishes. In the HomuVerse Sayaka is alive, Nagisa meets Mami, Madoka is back with her family, and everything seems to be for the better (as we know for now). The HomuVerse is almost similar to the Dream World that Homura created in her Witch's barrier. In a way Homura is trying to recreate the world from the Dream World. A clear indication that perhaps Homura was not happy with the conditions in the MadoVerse. Homura has become the Übermensch, for she has changed the rules of the universe and created new values. But more than that, she has defeated, tamed, and contained Madoka's biggest threat, Kyubey's race, something that Madoka has not done in the previous reality.

====Rebellion and Nietzsche====

The following interpretation is an attempt to observe rebellion through the eyes of Nietzsche. It is open to interpretation and it is not the final authority regarding the body of work in Rebellion.

It is possible that Homura realized that the New World, while better than the Old World with its cruel system, had some problems, problems that Homura couldnt overlook after her moment of epiphany. It is perhaps of this reason that Homura decides to rebel against Madoka. Homura is trying to liberate Madoka from an oppressive cycle that makes her not just a prisoner, but also a slave to her conviction and sense of goodness. When Homura is given the choice to free herself from her torture by allowing Madoka to spirit her away, she proclaims to Kyoube that she would prefer to become a Witch and fall into despair forever, rather than allow Madoka to fall into his trap. Homura is not ashamed that she became a witch, it is possible that she was ashamed that she failed to meet Madoka's expectations, that she fell into a dream and chose the dream over Madoka's salvation. But once Homura overcame her fears and doubts she became resolute to rescue Madoka from herself, from her bondage to the Law of Cycles.

One could suggest that perhaps the Law of Cycles did not liberate the magical girls at all, but instead made them prisoners into a new "slave system", for these girls still met a terrible (but less horrible) fate in the end. Rather than becoming witches, they are spirited away to some paradise, a reward for their personal sacrifice, yet they are still obligated to fulfill their contract by making them unable to escape from their ultimate fate. The Law of Cycles was the result of Madoka's sacrifice. The fulfillment of a promise that the suffering of magical girls would end. What Madoka has done was to change some of the rules of the old system to make the lives of magical girls more pleasant and lessen some of its horrifying aspects, but she also inserted an incentive to reward these magical girls for their deaths. Yet this fulfillment is not based on personal accomplishment but based on sacrifices. As a result Nietzsche would point out that the suffering of these girls did not lead to personal growth or allowed them to overcome their suffering, but instead they were cheated by giving them bribes to ease their pain. There is no affirmation of life, they overcome nothing.

Since these magical girls cannot overcome this ultimate fate, one can argue that they all failed to fulfill their potential. Except for Homura, she overcomes the ultimate fate by not dying, by not becoming a Witch, by not being taken away by Madoka. Perhaps making Homura the Übermensch. It has to be pointed out, that Homura was the first person to realize that the girls were trapped inside a Witch barrier (with the exception of Nagisa and Sayaka), Homura was possibily awakening from the dream before the other girls did, a self actualization that there was something possibly wrong with the order of the world. It is possible that Homura's struggles started to manifest "her will to power", her transformation into the Übermensch to overcome her personal struggles. According with Nietzsche, human suffering is necessary for personal growth as well as for their potential for one to attain one's goal by overcoming such obstacles. Homura's endless suffering, doubts, fears, as well as her will allowed her to overcome her obstacles. Homura explains to Kyubey that the reason she didnt become a Witch, was because of her love for Madoka, because Madoka was always on her mind. One can interpret this as saying that Homura's mind was always obsessing with her goal or objective, which happens to be Madoka's safety. Her will to overcome her weakness to save Madoka was driven by her ambition and goal, and Homura needed to overcome her long and almost endless struggle to obtain it. Homura overcame her obstacles not through [[Talk:Philosophical_Observations#Madoka_and_Minding_her_Motive|Kantian means like a noble self-sacrifice]], nor by [[Talk:Philosophical_Observations#Kyubey_and_Utilitarianism|a base selfish means like utilitarianism]]. Instead, Homura obtained her fulfillment by overcoming her struggle, even if it meant being hated by Madoka.

Perhaps Goddoka had to "die" in order to break the new cycle that was less horrifying but smothering, a confining system based on Madoka's values like goodness and sacrifice. Goddoka also had to die so she could live as an ordinary human girl in the Homuverse, so she could reaffirm life as an ordinary person, rather than as a divine being trapped within the system. A system that tried to alleviate suffering at the expense of personal growth and strength, strength needed to overcome personal obstacles. The values in such a system do not only deprived Madoka from fulfilling her full potential without restrain, but were obstacles to her personal happiness.

As a side note, Nietzsche's idea of the [[:wikipedia:Friedrich_Nietzsche#Eternal_return|Eternal Return]] is eerily similar to Homura's endless time travel in the series. It is a concept which posits that the universe has been recurring, and will continue to recur, in a self-similar form an infinite number of times across infinite time or space. Nietzsche contemplates the idea as potentially "horrifying and paralyzing", and says that its burden is the "heaviest weight" imaginable ("das schwerste Gewicht"). The wish for the eternal return of all events would mark the ultimate affirmation of life, a reaction to Schopenhauer's praise of denying the will‐to‐live. The purpose is not only for an eternal struggle, but also for the eternal overcoming of the struggle of life, and its celebration.

Madoka overcame her personal struggles with a noble sacrifice, she became a magical girl, transformed into a witch, and then she transcended into Ultimate Madoka but at a cost. Nietzsche would deny that Madoka overcame anything at all. But Homura did overcame her struggles by actually overcoming them, by suffering, by growing, and by sheer personal will. As Homura stated, she is neither a witch, nor a magical girl. She is something more.

At the ending when Homura was dancing and then jumped from the cliff, one can interpret it as Homura reaffirming life.

===Bhuddism and Mara (with a bit of Gnosticism)===
The original ''Madoka Magica'' anime had [http://mlpomo.blogspot.com/2013/08/latin-latin-madoka-more-latin-puella.html Bhuddist] [http://listlessink.wordpress.com/2011/04/23/birth-of-a-goddess-madokas-path-to-nirvana-a-study-of-buddhism/ themes] that might be missed by any viewers that are unfamiliar with the concepts presented.

In [[Madoka Magica Portable]], [[Homulilly]] is described as the witch of "Shigan". Shigan is a Bhuddist concept that basically means the mortal world humans live in. It's opposite is [[wikipedia:Higan|Higan]], which represents the afterlife or Enlightenment. In other words, Homulilly is an existence opposed to Madoka (who represents salvation from suffering).

In Bhuddist mythology there is a deity named [[wikipedia:Mara_(demon)|Mara]]. Often described as a devil or demon, he is closer to the [[wikipedia:Demiurge|Demiurge]] in Gnostic Christianity. Mara represents temptation and desire - in other words, anti-enlightenment. (On a possibly not so coincidental note, [[wikipedia:Mara_(folklore)|Mara]] is also the name of a creature from Germanic folklore that is the origin of the word "Nightmare".) In ''Rebellion'', Homura evokes Mara when she creates an illusory, perfect world out of her own desires that traps others within it (following the Bhuddist concept of the world as an illusion). Then, at the end of the movie, Homura absorbs Madoka and remakes the world, with Madoka reincarnated as a normal girl. In a Buddhist interpretation, Homura took a [[wikipedia:Bodhisattva|Bodhisattva]] away from Enlightenment and trapped her in the mortal world. Not only is this ''really bad'' by Buddhist terms, but Homura also did it out of her selfish desire for Madoka. In Buddhism, desire is one of the sources of all suffering.

To summarize, Homura is Mara (or the Demiurge) keeping Madoka - who is more or less Bhudda (or the Gnostic [[wikipedia:Sophia_(Gnosticism)|Sophia]]) - trapped in the mortal world, where is she ignorant of her true nature. As the Mara figure, Homura will do whatever she can to keep Madoka in the mortal world, but the only way for anyone to achieve true salvation is if Madoka awakens and breaks Homura's illusion.

[http://mlpomo.blogspot.com/2013/12/spoiler-filled-review-madoka-magica-3.html Read this for more detail.]

===Sayaka and the comparison to Archangel Michael===
[[File:Wont forget (id=40231587).jpg|right|thumb|150px|She may be our only hope]]
*In Hebrew, Michael's name means "''who is like God?''". In a literal way, Sayaka's nature is like Madoka's: a being that exists on a different plane of existence.
*Through the ages, Michael is always armed with a sword (Sayaka's weapon badge).
*Sayaka's last name (Miki) it may be a derivation of the arabic word ''Mikhail''.
*Michael is always portrayed to be the opposite of Lucifer, either for the love of God or conflicts in their ways of thinking; in almost all media published in Madoka Magica series, Sayaka and Homura are shown in conflict with each other, primarily in regard to Madoka' safety.
*Further more sayaka does not act alone in this movie but is partnered with Nagisa another magical girl turned witch who later died and did not make it to the new universe. Thusly so is The Archangel Michael usually set next to the Archangel, Gabriel.
**Like Sayaka's sword, Nagisa's trumpet bears resemblance Gabriel's signature horn.
** Gabriel is usually tasked as the messenger of God descending directly to Mary, the mother of God, While Nagisa has many explanotory roles and is the first to reveal the secret of the fake city to Mami, Madoka's sempai, (although this happens off-screen)

===Attack on Fandom (Or Fanwork Creators are Evil)===
There have been many accusations that ''Rebellion'' is primarily about pandering to the fanbase. Indeed, much of ''Rebellion'''s story reflects common trends in fandom. However, are they pandering to the fans, or are they parodying them?

Consider that the movie opens with a world common in fanworks ([[Drama_CD_2|and some]] [[Madoka_Magica_Drama_CD_4:_Summer_Magical_Girl_Training_Camp!!|officially published]] [[Puella_Magi_Madoka_Magica_Anthology_1|material]]). The five magical girls are working together without suffering. Kyubey has been rendered harmless. Even Charlotte is there as the second mascot. It is the world depicted and desired by fans.

And it's all an illusion. No matter how many fanworks are made, it doesn't change the events that happen in the original series. They are as illusionary as the world of Homura's witch barrier.

Then there's the end of the movie. Again, it is an ending common in fanworks. Madoka is alive. Sayaka is alive. Even Charlotte has been brought back to life and returned to her human form. And Kyubey is paying for all his crimes. The ending people wanted to see.

But there's a price. It's ''Madoka Magica'', there's always a price. The price is that Homura is now made the villain, and she has trapped the characters in this happy ending against their will. Instead of the joy of witnessing a happy ending, the viewer is made to feel horrified and confused.

One might even consider Homura to be a stand-in for fanwork creators. It is Homura that creates the illusion at the beginning of the movie, and it is Homura that creates the ending where everyone is brought back. It says something that the person who makes fanworks come true is the person that becomes ''the devil itself''. But hey, you got your happy ending, right?

We have found the enemy and it is us. Be careful what you wish for.

===Madoka's Omniscience===
Many viewers have pointed to an apparent plot hole in the movie: Why didn't Madoka foresee Homura's actions if she is an omniscient god? This is in fact a trick the movie pulls on viewers; it expects them to remember that Madoka's omniscience isn't just because she's a god, it's because she's a concept that exists in all of space and time. As Madoka says in episode 12 "''I will be everywhere at every moment from now on"''. In other words, Madoka is omniscient only because she is omnipresent. If something were to interrupt her omnipresence, then she is no longer omniscient.

Indeed, this does happen during ''Rebellion''. Kyubey's Isolation Field specifically blocks Madoka from entering, which means Madoka is not omnipresent anymore. We know the Incubators can see into the Isolation Field, which suggests Madoka can see into it too...but that means she only knows what the Incubators do.

Before we continue, we need to ask if the future of the ''Madoka Magica'' setting is predetermined. In other words, is the future set in stone? If it was predetermined, than Madoka could still know in advance how long the Isolation Field would last and what would happen afterward.

However, there is evidence to suggest that the future is not predetermined in the setting. Certainly Madoka changes the future with her wish, and later tells Homura that she sees all the universes which may one day exist. In ''Rebellion'' itself, Kyubey says Madoka does not exist in the past or in all the possibilities of the future, which suggests that as far as Kyubey knows, the future is not predetermined.

But just because the future is not predetermined doesn't mean you can't know what's going to happen. As an omnipresent concept, Madoka is basically [[wikipedia:Laplace's_demon|Laplace's Demon]]. She knows what is going to happen in the future because she exists everywhere. In other words, she can tell the actual future from a possible one. When Kyubey introduces the Isolation Field, it introduces [[wikipedia:Chaos_Theory|chaos]] into Madoka's perceptions, preventing her from being able to tell which future will actually occur.

To Madoka, the Isolation Field is a little like a [[wikipedia:Schrödinger's_cat|Schrödinger's catbox]]. Until we open the box, we can't tell if the cat will be alive or dead. Similarly, Madoka can't tell what will happen to anything that is inside or enters the Isolation Field, including Homura's Soul Gem, the victims of Homura's barrier, or even the future of Sayaka, Nagisa, and Madoka herself when they are "invited" inside.

Presumably, Madoka could have chosen to ignore Homura's invitation and wait to see if the Incubators would drop the Isolation Field, but Madoka would never abandon anyone, least of all Homura. So she enters Homura's barrier and takes the form of a human.

Since she is in the form of a human, Madoka is not omnipresent even when she enters Homura's barrier. She experiences time the same way the other characters do - linearly. She has no way of knowing what the future will hold, even after she suppresses her own memories and powers. Finally, when the Isolation Field is destroyed, Madoka regains her memories and powers...but she does not return to being an omnipresent and omniscient concept. She is still in the form of a human, which is why the other characters can see her. It's suggested Madoka can't return to being a concept until she deals with Homura's Soul Gem, in accordance with her wish to erase all witches before they are born with her own hands. Madoka has to purify Homura's Soul Gem before she can move onto the next potential witch.

But since Madoka had no way to determine which potential future would actually happen, Homura's actions catch her by surprise. (Not to mention that before the Isolation Field was destroyed, Homura told Madoka that she wanted to be by her side; clearly Madoka thought Homura meant she wanted to be with Madoka forever.)

===AI YO===
Perhaps the most contentious part of the movie is the reveal that Homura's Soul Gem is not tainted by curses, but by love. This comes out of nowhere and appears to contradict the original anime. However, given that ''Rebellion'' is a movie that invites thought, it is not unreasonable to assume that there is an answer hidden in the movie. (For example, while the movie does not say that Kyubey's Isolation Field was blocking Madoka's omniscience, it is logical to conclude that anything that prevents Madoka from existing in all of time of space would interfere with her omniscience.)

Here is a potential explanation for how Homura receives the power of love, one that does not contradict anything that occurred in the anime or movie. This is, admittedly, pure fan wank - but one with support. Consider what happens when Ultimate Madoka comes down to pick up Homura's Soul Gem.

First, Madoka is observable. We know this because Homura, Mami, and Kyoko can all see her. Remember what Kyubey tells Homura - if they can observe the Law of Cycles, which is embodied in Ultimate Madoka, then they can interfere with it, and magical girls will turn into witches once again.

Then, just before Madoka touches Homura's Soul Gem, Homura grabs Madoka's hands. Homura is doing...exactly what it looks like she's doing. She is preventing Madoka from taking her Soul Gem anyway. In other words, Homura is interfering with the Law of Cycles.

At this point, Homura's Soul Gem turns pure black. Darkness begins spilling from it. Obviously, by blocking the Law of Cycles from affecting her Soul Gem, Homura is becoming a witch.

Except she doesn't become a witch. A "color worse than curses" appears inside her Soul Gem. Where did it come from? Why isn't Homura turning into a witch? After all, Kyubey said that if the Law of Cycles is interfered with, magical girls will turn into witches again.

And that's just it. ''What if Kyubey was wrong?''

Remember Madoka's wish? "I wish to erase all witches before they are born...All the witches in all the universes, both past and future...With my own hands!" If a witch was ever born, then Madoka's wish would not come true. Of course Kyubey wouldn't remember Madoka's wish, and it's unclear how much Homura told him about it.

So, even if the Law of Cycles was blocked from reaching a magical girl, the magical girl would still not become a witch. But what happens if it is blocked? If Madoka can't erase a witch before it's born, how can her wish remain true?

If Madoka can't reach a magical girl before they become a witch...then maybe the magical girl becomes something else instead.

A new color fills Homura's Soul Gem, a color that has never appeared in a Soul Gem before. This may be the result of Madoka's wish asserting itself over reality. One might call it an act of self-preservation. Homura then continues to hold on to Madoka, preventing Madoka from moving on to the next potential witch. With Madoka trying to move somewhere else and Homura holding onto her, Madoka is split apart so that her wish can remain true. Homura then creates a barrier that engulfs the universe. Her Soul Gem shatters and reforms into something never seen before. Homura is now a being that has rejected the Law of Cycles, and is possibly empowered by that rejection. Through rejecting hope, she gains the power of love. And by rejecting god, she has become the devil.

As for ''how'' Homura could intefere with the Law of Cycles, it's likely related to her wish to protect Madoka. If Madoka is now a concept, then Homura can only protect Madoka by interfering with said concept.

Homura did mention "love" as an emotion "far passionate than hope, far deeper than despair". Since soul gems are tainted by despair and love is deeper than despair, soul gems should be able to be tainted by love that has desperation. Since Homura's gem is tainted with "love" and not despair, she doesn't turn into a witch but something similar. Thus with Madoka wished to erase witches with her own hands, Madoka would appear before Homura who is turning into something similar to a witch, but won't be able to erase her since what she's turning into is not technically a witch. And you know how warped the contract works.

===On Madoka's Afterlife===
''Rebellion'' actually clarifies the nature of Madoka's afterlife. It's not some separate dimension, ''it's Madoka herself''.

Consider what Madoka does to a Soul Gem in episode 12. She places her hands over a Soul Gem, the corruption inside of it is drained away, and finally the Soul Gem vanishes. ''Rebellion'' makes it clear that the corruption and the Soul Gem does not disappear. Rather, Madoka absorbs them both into herself.

As seen in ''Rebellion'', witches are born from inside the Soul Gem. When Madoka absorbs a Soul Gem's corruption, she is absorbing the unborn witch. Similarly, by absorbing the Soul Gem, she absorbs the magical girl's soul. One might say that the magical girls and witches are now in Madoka's own soul, similar to how Homura's pulled people into her own Soul Gem in ''Rebellion''.

Thus when Madoka entered Homura's barrier, she basically split Sayaka and Nagisa from herself. She also split Oktavia, Charlotte and the familiars from herself too. Technically, Oktavia and Charlotte are now part of Sayaka and Nagisa, the same way that all of them were part of Madoka.

Interestingly, at the end of the movie, Madoka is split from the Law of Cycles. Homura claims that this Madoka is a piece of the Law of Cycles - the part that was Madoka before she became a concept. One could say that in order to escape Homura, the Law of Cycles separated Madoka from itself the same way it split Sayaka and Nagisa from itself. (This would make Madoka an "angel", similar to Sayaka and Nagisa.)

==Symbolism==
*During the scene where Homura talks to Sayaka, after the latter saves the former from Mami, they come to a 4 way intersection, and stand across from each other. Sayaka is in front of the area that is blue, while Homura is in front of the area that is red. While inbetween them on the other intersection is the color green. The blue likely represents law & order, while the red represents chaos, and the green represents balance between the two. Red, green, and blue are also the colors your eyes use to see, and it could be a representation that Homura wasn't seeing clearly as she was only looking at it from one perspective.

*A pretty obvious one is during the scene where Homura discovers she's a witch, and in the bakcground kids seem to be shouting Homura. It also is referring to fire, which is commonly associated with Satan.

*The blimps likely symbolize Homura's search for the truth, as they start appearing a little before she begins to doubt this world, and more pop up over the course of the movie, until they come crashing down after she discovers the truth. Their color schemes also match Homura's too.

*During the bus ride scene Homura leaves behind her Soul Gem to test her suspicion, realizing she can still move after ridding away more than a 100 meters, a flock of owls can be seeing landing on the rail of the bus. In prehispanic cultures the owl (Tecolotl) was a messenger of death and bad omen rather than a bird of knowledge as in Greece/Rome. It's possible that the owls were used as a sign of death or a bad omen, but the symbolism of 'knowledge' is still applicable due to Homura gaining the 'knowledge' that she is a witch.

==Speculation Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Movie speculah.png|
File:New shadows in the movie Magia ED.jpg|mysterious shadows from the movie's ED.
File: Screen Shot 2013-09-03 at 11.34.11 PM.png|Pregnant Madoka from the movie's ED.
File: Bcca14eb.png | for an unkwnown reason Mami is holding Charlotte
File:The Rebellion Story Bonus speculah analisys.jpg|[[File talk:The Rebellion Story Bonus speculah analisys.jpg|Numerous observations.]]
File:Nagisa Momoe and charlotte comparison.jpg
File:Nagisa Momoe speculah as charlotte.jpg
File:E0145057-s.png | Nagisa Momoe speculah as Charlotte
File:Hitomi's nightmare.jpg|Hitomi has become a witch!
File:Mami and a charlotte doll.jpg|Oh, God. Why?!
File:Movie screen.jpg
File:Homura rescuing charlotte.png
File:Flyer stitched.jpg|Red text rough translations: "Why am I… this…" ”If this is what you really feel… I’ve made a dumb mistake” "Are you planning on running to your own time again?" "Can you explain all of this to me?! What did that child say?!"
File:3871 420 2s.jpg|Hitomi's nightmare?
File:3904a343.jpg|Japanese fans think there are space ships in this still
File:Alien ships new movie.png
File:Bokurano charlotte.jpg
File:Soul gem hand prints.png
File:Rebellion creature.png
File:Nagisa_Different_Background.png|The background of this scene with Nagisa is different in the second and third commercials.
File:Butcher Bingo.png
File:Homura is Lucifer (aka anti-madoka).png|I told you bro
File:Homura's arsenal from Rebellion.jpg|Homura's arsenal of weapons:
File:Mami's room mapped.png|What Mami's room looks like in Rebellion
File:Homura fan faction after rebellion.jpg|
File:Halfmoon cut and Gretchen.png|Halfmoon and Gretchen
File:Chairs rebellion.png
File:Moon cut in half.jpg|The moon missing half is part, you can notice the light of stars where it should be the dark side of the moon.
File:Rebellion Runes - 013221 - DAI EWIG WEIBLICHE.jpg|[[wikipedia:Eternal feminine|das Ewig-Weibliche]]
File:Rebellion - Hitomi phone calendar.jpg|Hitomi's phone calendar
File:Mami Apartment books.png|Mami's bookshelf is filled with cook books to make [[Runes:The Rebellion Story#Act 2|Bebe's sweets]]
File:Rebellion Runes - 011113 - sign.jpg|[[File talk:New homulilly.jpg|Rune translation]]
File:2ch Clara Dolls scene analysis.png
File:7cdeee22-s.jpg
File:25e306fd-s.jpg
File:8788aeed-s.jpg
File:D34c86d5.jpg|Hints that they were in Homu's Labyrinth - also resembles other witches
File:Clara Dolls going out & kidnapping people.jpg
File:8 eternal lizards.jpg|Lizards can be seen in the screen. The number 8 can also be taken as an inverse ∞.
File:King queen eternal fem dark orb.png|Homura's dark orb looks like the crown of a King from a chess set. Madoka's Eternal Feminine emblem looks similar to a Queen's crown.
File:Homulilly queen's crown.jpg|Homulilly's rune has also a Queen's crown.
File:Madoka's Eternal Feminine emblem & witches emblem.jpg
File:Madoka rebellion transformation sequene shadow figures.jpg|these dancing figures are reminiscent of [[Walpurgis Night|Walpurgisnacht]]'s minions.
File:Rebellion merging moon.png|The highway/road merging with the moon, at the center the structure that made the city's aqueducts. The shape resembles an hourglass.
File:Tower of babel rebellion aqueduct.png|The Tower of Babel.
</gallery>

[[Category:Speculah]]

File:Madoka's Eternal Feminine emblem & witches emblem.jpg

2016-10-02T04:58:34Z

Mutopis:

Talk:Manga Time Kirara Magica Vol.6

2016-08-10T11:04:17Z

Mutopis: /* Translation */

==Translation==
*[http://www.mediafire.com/download/7ahj3qlc3i6cob3/ Kirara Magica Vol. 6 - Homura's Revenge 6 (qc)] [http://pastebin.com/5qDAv9sv script 1] [http://pastebin.com/nEkEUJ9N script 2]
*[http://www.mediafire.com/download/e173k19vbej8d2q/%5BSGT%5D+Kirara+Magica+Vol+6+-+Sutema%21+I+found+a+magical+girl+A+%28Yamada+Ishito%29.zip Kirara Magica Vol 6 - Sutema! I found a magical girl A (Yamada Ishito)]

==Raw==
Any idea if any raws for this volume are anywhere? Can't seem to find any. --[[Special:Contributions/99.248.165.50|99.248.165.50]] 01:48, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
:As far as raws are concerned, this is basically the "lost issue" of Kirara Magica. The only possessor of such raws was a Chinese scanlation group - and they didn't want the raws posted online.--[[User:Universalperson|Universalperson]] 23:38, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

Cake Song

2016-07-22T13:28:59Z

Mutopis: /* Symbolic Analysis */

[[File:Keki keki a rui keki.PNG|thumb]]
A nursery rhyme game played in ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion]]''.

==Lyrics==
===Original Japanese lyrics===
{| class="wikitable" style="line-height: 1.6em;"
! style="width: 10%;" | Singer
! style="width: 30%;" | Original
! style="width: 30%;" | Romaji
! style="width: 30%;" | English translation
|-
!Madoka, Sayaka, Kyoko
|
{{lang|ja|ケーキ、ケーキ、まぁるいケーキ}} 
{{lang|ja|まぁるいケーキはだぁれ？}} 
|
Kēki, kēki, maarui kēki 
Maarui kēki wa daare? 
|
Cake, cake, a round cake 
Who is the round cake? 
|-
![[Charlotte|Bebe]]
|
{{lang|ja|ケーキはさやか？}} 
|
Kēki wa Sayaka? 
|
Is the cake Sayaka? 
|-
![[Sayaka]]
|
{{lang|ja|ちーがーう}} 
{{lang|ja|私はラズベリー}} 
{{lang|ja|まぁるいケーキは赤い}} 
{{lang|ja|ケーキは杏子？}} 
|
Chi - ga - u 
Watashi wa razuberī 
Maarui kēki wa akai 
Kēki wa Kyoko? 
|
No, you're wrong. 
I am the raspberry. 
The round cake is red. 
Is the cake Kyoko? 
|-
![[Kyoko]]
|
{{lang|ja|ちーがーう}} 
{{lang|ja|あたしはリンゴ}} 
{{lang|ja|まぁるいケーキはベベが好き}} 
{{lang|ja|ケーキはマミ？}} 
|
Chi - ga - u 
Atashi wa ringo 
Maarui kēki wa Bebe ga suki 
Kēki wa Mami? 
|
No, you're wrong. 
I am the apple. 
The round cake likes Bebe. 
Is the cake Mami? 
|-
![[Mami]]
|
{{lang|ja|ちーがーう}} 
{{lang|ja|私はチーズ}} 
{{lang|ja|まぁるいケーキは転がる}} 
{{lang|ja|ケーキは暁美さん？}} 
|
Chi - ga - u 
Watashi wa chīzu 
Maarui kēki wa korogaru 
Kēki wa Akemi-san? 
|
No, you're wrong. 
I am the cheese. 
The round cake goes round in circles. 
Is the cake Homura? 
|-
![[Homura]]
|
{{lang|ja|ちがっ…います}} 
{{lang|ja|私はかぼちゃ}} 
{{lang|ja|まぁるいケーキは甘いです}} 
{{lang|ja|ケーキはまどか？}} 
|
Chiga… imasu 
Watashi wa kabocha 
Maarui kēki wa amai desu 
Kēki wa Madoka? 
|
No, that's... wrong. 
I am the pumpkin. 
The round cake is sweet. 
Is the cake Madoka? 
|-
![[Madoka]]
|
{{lang|ja|ちーがーう}} 
{{lang|ja|私はメロン}} 
{{lang|ja|メロンが割れたら甘い夢}} 
|
Chi - ga - u 
Watashi wa meron 
Meron ga waretara amai yume 
|
No, you're wrong. 
I am the melon. 
When the melon splits, a sweet dream is created. 
|-
!Madoka, Sayaka, Kyoko
|
{{lang|ja|今夜のお夢は苦い夢}} 
{{lang|ja|お皿の上には猫の夢}} 
{{lang|ja|丸々太って召し上がれー！}} 
|
Kon'ya no o yume wa nigai yume 
O sara no ue ni wa neko no yume 
Marumaru futotte meshiagare! 
|
But the dream tonight is a bitter one indeed. 
Atop of the plate is the dream of the cat. 
Round and plump. Everyone eat up! 
|-
|}

===English dub lyrics===
{| class="wikitable" style="line-height: 1.6em;"
! style="width: 10%;" | Singer
! style="width: 30%;" | Lyrics
|-
!Madoka, Sayaka, Kyoko
|
Big cake, round cake, right in front of me 
Who do you think this cake could be? 
|-
![[Charlotte|Bebe]]
|
Gibberish(?) 
|-
![[Sayaka]]
|
No, it's not me. 
I'm just a little, old, raspberry. 
That big, round, cake's too red, don't you know? 
Could the cake be Kyoko? 
|-
![[Kyoko]]
|
No, not me. 
I'm the juicy apple in this story. 
That big round cake loves Bebe, can't you see? 
Is the cake Mami? 
|-
![[Mami]]
|
No, it's not me. 
I am the cheese. 
This big, round, cake is tumbling, you see. 
Could the cake be Homura? 
|-
![[Homura]]
|
No, not me. 
I'm the pumpkin, full of seeds. 
This big, round, cake looks sweeter than sweets. 
Could the cake be Madoka? 
|-
![[Madoka]]
|
No, it's not me. 
I'm the melon, don't you see? 
When you slice the melon, it will bring you sweet dreams. 
|-
!Madoka, Sayaka, Kyoko
|
So why is the dream so bitter all late? 
'Cause the kitty's dream is the one on the plate. 
It's so plump, it's gonna taste great! 
|-
|}

==Observations==
* Why Sayaka used raspberry in particular when blueberry would fit her better is unknown. Perhaps as a lead-in to the "red" trait?
** One possibility is because the raspberry is known in Japan as the "healing fruit", with the choice of raspberry for Sayaka referring to her healing powers.
***Another possibility is that Sayaka's seiyuu also voiced Cure Berry in the magical girl show Fresh Pretty Cure.
* One reason why Kyoko used apple is because, in Catholic religion, exerted by the father, it represents sin.
**On top of that, it does seem to be her trademark favorite food.
* Mami's line is cheese because of her theme colour (yellow like cheese), and because it is the favourite food of Nagisa, who (as Charlotte) ate Mami.
* Mami's line is a reference to Homura's time loops ("goes round in circles"); it could also be a reference to Homura's or ''Madoka Magica''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s repetitive nature.
* Madoka's line foreshadows the ending twists of Homura undermining Ultimate Madoka and ripping her in half ("when the melon splits") and rewriting the world so everyone is alive and happy ("a sweet dream is created").
* Bebe apparently likes melons.
* Sayaka uses the pronoun "watashi" when she instead uses "atashi" as her go-to pronoun. Kyoko, however, still uses "atashi", making her the only one to not use "watashi" in the song (minus Bebe, who does not use a self-referring pronoun).
* Homura referring to herself with "pumpkin" could be a hint to her being a witch, since traditionally people link pumpkins to Halloween and traditional witches. Pumpkins have also been a symbol for "the world", which fits, given they're in Homura's barrier — a world of her creation.

* Homura and Mami do not participate much in the song; Madoka, Kyoko and Sayaka combined sing most of the lyrics, whereas the other two do not. Homura could be explained by her not knowing what's going on or not knowing what to do, but Mami's reason is unknown — perhaps she's trying to keep Bebe down due to incidents in the starting sequence where Bebe gets close to a terrified Homura, or during Mami's turn where Bebe turns to Mami, hungry and mouth-gaping at the mention of cheese.
* No one's mouths are shown to actually move during the opening and closing lines.
* The dream is bitter because it is the cat's dream, possibly hinting at Kyubey's involvement.
**Cats are also familiars of witches... and Homura is the witch who created the dream... yet she is also the first to notice that something is wrong. The dream is 'bitter'.

==Symbolic Analysis==

Sayaka hides her face in this clip. In the series, after learning the truth about Soul Gems, Sayaka found herself to be an ugly monster and a disgrace. She refused to confess to Kyosuke because of this, as she considered herself too inhuman for his love. -"Watashi wa raspberry!" = I am the raspberry. Raspberries are both sweet and sour, referencing Sayaka's hot and cold mood changes. - rasperries are known as 'healing fruit' in japan, which could be a reference to sayaka's powers -

- Kyoko equates herself to an apple. Her color theme is red, and apples seem to be one of her favorite foods. The food she had with her when she brought Sayaka to the old church in Episode 7 was a sack full of red apples. Ringo (apples) are representative of fate in many Japanese myths. Kyoko's obsession with them mirrors her (original) belief system.

- "Watashi wa cheese!" = I am the cheese. The reason for this is her color theme is yellow/gold, and Bebe/Nagisa's favorite food is cheese. In fact, the reason Charlotte ate Mami in the series was because she thought she was cheese. - "The cake spins around in circles" = Homura's time travel.

- Homura equates herself to a pumpkin. Pumpkins are often associated with Halloween, witches, the fall and harvest, paganism, etc. This is foreshadowing Homura actually being within her own witch labyrinth. Homura's feet seem to move in a ballet-like manner. Considering her story is very similar to that of The Nutcracker Ballet, and that she did ballet in her transformation sequence...

- "The cake is sweet." Madoka is a sweet girl. - Madoka equates herself to a melon. The next line, "when a melon breaks, it creates a sweet dream", is foreshadowing the ending of the movie. When Homura splits Madoka's Magical Girl and human halves apart, she overshadows the universe in a demon labyrinth, making the world almost as sickeningly sweet and dream-like as the first part of the movie. - "But the dream tonight is a bitter one indeed." Underlying beneath all the happiness and idealism, the world they're in is bitter, because it's a creation of Homura's most desperate wishes. It's what she wanted but could never have. - "Atop the plate is the dream of the cat." a reference to madoka's first wish.

==Rule interpretations==
The song is sung in a ''Sprechgesang'' sort of style - the words are spoken rhythmically rather than sung melodically, accompanied by background music.

===Cumulative description===
A game of memory and improvisation, players take turn singing the nursery rhyme. On their turn, a player has to come up with and sing:

# An object with all the qualities previously mentioned
# A new quality that the object shares
# The next player to pass the song to

The player loses when they fail to sing their lines in time. In-universe, Madoka picked "melon" — which is "round", "red", "something [[Charlotte|Bebe]] likes", "goes round in circles", and "sweet" — but couldn't come up with a new quality for "melon".

===Sequential description===
Alternatively, the requirements could be the following:

# A food object that shares the previous quality.
# A quality that applies to the next player to pass the song to.

The "round" quality does not describe Sayaka because she comes first and Madoka does not have to supply a new quality because she is the last player. With these rules, the following character observations can be made:

* Sayaka is horrible at improvisation, since "red" is a dirt-simple observation. Or, she could be giving Kyoko an easy turn.
* Kyoko is similarly unimaginative; she uses "something Bebe likes" directed towards Mami, who is yellow like cheese, and good friends with Bebe. On the other hand, Kyoko's line on its own is very unspecific.
* Mami sees Homura as a clumsy child.
* Homura sees Madoka as sweet.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Manga_cake_song_00.jpg
File:Manga_cake_song_01.jpg
File:Manga_cake_song_02.jpg
File:073 part b storyboard cake song goat goat nightmare bebe charlotte lyrics.jpg|Cake song lyrics and storyboard from [[Rebellion Production Note]]
</gallery>

==External links==
* [http://vimeo.com/83909254 Cake Song]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-ui1DDErMA Cake Song (slowed down 800%)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WJCFBgG9LM Puella Magi Madoka Magica Movie 3 Rebellion - Cake Song [English & Japanese Subs + Romaji]

[[Category:Music]]

Cake Song

2016-07-22T13:26:30Z

Mutopis: /* Symbolic Analysis */

[[File:Keki keki a rui keki.PNG|thumb]]
A nursery rhyme game played in ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion]]''.

==Lyrics==
===Original Japanese lyrics===
{| class="wikitable" style="line-height: 1.6em;"
! style="width: 10%;" | Singer
! style="width: 30%;" | Original
! style="width: 30%;" | Romaji
! style="width: 30%;" | English translation
|-
!Madoka, Sayaka, Kyoko
|
{{lang|ja|ケーキ、ケーキ、まぁるいケーキ}} 
{{lang|ja|まぁるいケーキはだぁれ？}} 
|
Kēki, kēki, maarui kēki 
Maarui kēki wa daare? 
|
Cake, cake, a round cake 
Who is the round cake? 
|-
![[Charlotte|Bebe]]
|
{{lang|ja|ケーキはさやか？}} 
|
Kēki wa Sayaka? 
|
Is the cake Sayaka? 
|-
![[Sayaka]]
|
{{lang|ja|ちーがーう}} 
{{lang|ja|私はラズベリー}} 
{{lang|ja|まぁるいケーキは赤い}} 
{{lang|ja|ケーキは杏子？}} 
|
Chi - ga - u 
Watashi wa razuberī 
Maarui kēki wa akai 
Kēki wa Kyoko? 
|
No, you're wrong. 
I am the raspberry. 
The round cake is red. 
Is the cake Kyoko? 
|-
![[Kyoko]]
|
{{lang|ja|ちーがーう}} 
{{lang|ja|あたしはリンゴ}} 
{{lang|ja|まぁるいケーキはベベが好き}} 
{{lang|ja|ケーキはマミ？}} 
|
Chi - ga - u 
Atashi wa ringo 
Maarui kēki wa Bebe ga suki 
Kēki wa Mami? 
|
No, you're wrong. 
I am the apple. 
The round cake likes Bebe. 
Is the cake Mami? 
|-
![[Mami]]
|
{{lang|ja|ちーがーう}} 
{{lang|ja|私はチーズ}} 
{{lang|ja|まぁるいケーキは転がる}} 
{{lang|ja|ケーキは暁美さん？}} 
|
Chi - ga - u 
Watashi wa chīzu 
Maarui kēki wa korogaru 
Kēki wa Akemi-san? 
|
No, you're wrong. 
I am the cheese. 
The round cake goes round in circles. 
Is the cake Homura? 
|-
![[Homura]]
|
{{lang|ja|ちがっ…います}} 
{{lang|ja|私はかぼちゃ}} 
{{lang|ja|まぁるいケーキは甘いです}} 
{{lang|ja|ケーキはまどか？}} 
|
Chiga… imasu 
Watashi wa kabocha 
Maarui kēki wa amai desu 
Kēki wa Madoka? 
|
No, that's... wrong. 
I am the pumpkin. 
The round cake is sweet. 
Is the cake Madoka? 
|-
![[Madoka]]
|
{{lang|ja|ちーがーう}} 
{{lang|ja|私はメロン}} 
{{lang|ja|メロンが割れたら甘い夢}} 
|
Chi - ga - u 
Watashi wa meron 
Meron ga waretara amai yume 
|
No, you're wrong. 
I am the melon. 
When the melon splits, a sweet dream is created. 
|-
!Madoka, Sayaka, Kyoko
|
{{lang|ja|今夜のお夢は苦い夢}} 
{{lang|ja|お皿の上には猫の夢}} 
{{lang|ja|丸々太って召し上がれー！}} 
|
Kon'ya no o yume wa nigai yume 
O sara no ue ni wa neko no yume 
Marumaru futotte meshiagare! 
|
But the dream tonight is a bitter one indeed. 
Atop of the plate is the dream of the cat. 
Round and plump. Everyone eat up! 
|-
|}

===English dub lyrics===
{| class="wikitable" style="line-height: 1.6em;"
! style="width: 10%;" | Singer
! style="width: 30%;" | Lyrics
|-
!Madoka, Sayaka, Kyoko
|
Big cake, round cake, right in front of me 
Who do you think this cake could be? 
|-
![[Charlotte|Bebe]]
|
Gibberish(?) 
|-
![[Sayaka]]
|
No, it's not me. 
I'm just a little, old, raspberry. 
That big, round, cake's too red, don't you know? 
Could the cake be Kyoko? 
|-
![[Kyoko]]
|
No, not me. 
I'm the juicy apple in this story. 
That big round cake loves Bebe, can't you see? 
Is the cake Mami? 
|-
![[Mami]]
|
No, it's not me. 
I am the cheese. 
This big, round, cake is tumbling, you see. 
Could the cake be Homura? 
|-
![[Homura]]
|
No, not me. 
I'm the pumpkin, full of seeds. 
This big, round, cake looks sweeter than sweets. 
Could the cake be Madoka? 
|-
![[Madoka]]
|
No, it's not me. 
I'm the melon, don't you see? 
When you slice the melon, it will bring you sweet dreams. 
|-
!Madoka, Sayaka, Kyoko
|
So why is the dream so bitter all late? 
'Cause the kitty's dream is the one on the plate. 
It's so plump, it's gonna taste great! 
|-
|}

==Observations==
* Why Sayaka used raspberry in particular when blueberry would fit her better is unknown. Perhaps as a lead-in to the "red" trait?
** One possibility is because the raspberry is known in Japan as the "healing fruit", with the choice of raspberry for Sayaka referring to her healing powers.
***Another possibility is that Sayaka's seiyuu also voiced Cure Berry in the magical girl show Fresh Pretty Cure.
* One reason why Kyoko used apple is because, in Catholic religion, exerted by the father, it represents sin.
**On top of that, it does seem to be her trademark favorite food.
* Mami's line is cheese because of her theme colour (yellow like cheese), and because it is the favourite food of Nagisa, who (as Charlotte) ate Mami.
* Mami's line is a reference to Homura's time loops ("goes round in circles"); it could also be a reference to Homura's or ''Madoka Magica''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s repetitive nature.
* Madoka's line foreshadows the ending twists of Homura undermining Ultimate Madoka and ripping her in half ("when the melon splits") and rewriting the world so everyone is alive and happy ("a sweet dream is created").
* Bebe apparently likes melons.
* Sayaka uses the pronoun "watashi" when she instead uses "atashi" as her go-to pronoun. Kyoko, however, still uses "atashi", making her the only one to not use "watashi" in the song (minus Bebe, who does not use a self-referring pronoun).
* Homura referring to herself with "pumpkin" could be a hint to her being a witch, since traditionally people link pumpkins to Halloween and traditional witches. Pumpkins have also been a symbol for "the world", which fits, given they're in Homura's barrier — a world of her creation.

* Homura and Mami do not participate much in the song; Madoka, Kyoko and Sayaka combined sing most of the lyrics, whereas the other two do not. Homura could be explained by her not knowing what's going on or not knowing what to do, but Mami's reason is unknown — perhaps she's trying to keep Bebe down due to incidents in the starting sequence where Bebe gets close to a terrified Homura, or during Mami's turn where Bebe turns to Mami, hungry and mouth-gaping at the mention of cheese.
* No one's mouths are shown to actually move during the opening and closing lines.
* The dream is bitter because it is the cat's dream, possibly hinting at Kyubey's involvement.
**Cats are also familiars of witches... and Homura is the witch who created the dream... yet she is also the first to notice that something is wrong. The dream is 'bitter'.

==Symbolic Analysis==

Sayaka hides her face in this clip. In the series, after learning the truth about Soul Gems, Sayaka found herself to be an ugly monster and a disgrace. She refused to confess to Kyosuke because of this, as she considered herself too inhuman for his love. -"Watashi wa raspberry!" = I am the raspberry. Raspberries are both sweet and sour, referencing Sayaka's hot and cold mood changes. - rasperries are known as 'healing fruit' in japan, which could be a reference to sayaka's powers - "Atop the plate is the dream of the cat." 'cat' could be referring to kyubey - Kyoko equates herself to an apple. Her color theme is red, and apples seem to be one of her favorite foods. The food she had with her when she brought Sayaka to the old church in Episode 7 was a sack full of red apples. Ringo (apples) are representative of fate in many Japanese myths. Kyoko's obsession with them mirrors her (original) belief system. - "Watashi wa cheese!" = I am the cheese. The reason for this is her color theme is yellow/gold, and Bebe/Nagisa's favorite food is cheese. In fact, the reason Charlotte ate Mami in the series was because she thought she was cheese. - "The cake spins around in circles" = Homura's time travel. - Homura equates herself to a pumpkin. Pumpkins are often associated with Halloween, witches, the fall and harvest, paganism, etc. This is foreshadowing Homura actually being within her own witch labyrinth. EXTRA: Homura's feet seem to move in a ballet-like manner. Considering her story is very similar to that of The Nutcracker Ballet, and that she did ballet in her transformation sequence... - "The cake is sweet." Madoka is a sweet girl. - Madoka equates herself to a melon. The next line, "when a melon breaks, it creates a sweet dream", is foreshadowing the ending of the movie. When Homura splits Madoka's Magical Girl and human halves apart, she overshadows the universe in a demon labyrinth, making the world almost as sickeningly sweet and dream-like as the first part of the movie. - "But the dream tonight is a bitter one indeed." Underlying beneath all the happiness and idealism, the world they're in is bitter, because it's a creation of Homura's most desperate wishes. It's what she wanted but could never have. - "Atop the plate is the dream of the cat." See above.

==Rule interpretations==
The song is sung in a ''Sprechgesang'' sort of style - the words are spoken rhythmically rather than sung melodically, accompanied by background music.

===Cumulative description===
A game of memory and improvisation, players take turn singing the nursery rhyme. On their turn, a player has to come up with and sing:

# An object with all the qualities previously mentioned
# A new quality that the object shares
# The next player to pass the song to

The player loses when they fail to sing their lines in time. In-universe, Madoka picked "melon" — which is "round", "red", "something [[Charlotte|Bebe]] likes", "goes round in circles", and "sweet" — but couldn't come up with a new quality for "melon".

===Sequential description===
Alternatively, the requirements could be the following:

# A food object that shares the previous quality.
# A quality that applies to the next player to pass the song to.

The "round" quality does not describe Sayaka because she comes first and Madoka does not have to supply a new quality because she is the last player. With these rules, the following character observations can be made:

* Sayaka is horrible at improvisation, since "red" is a dirt-simple observation. Or, she could be giving Kyoko an easy turn.
* Kyoko is similarly unimaginative; she uses "something Bebe likes" directed towards Mami, who is yellow like cheese, and good friends with Bebe. On the other hand, Kyoko's line on its own is very unspecific.
* Mami sees Homura as a clumsy child.
* Homura sees Madoka as sweet.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Manga_cake_song_00.jpg
File:Manga_cake_song_01.jpg
File:Manga_cake_song_02.jpg
File:073 part b storyboard cake song goat goat nightmare bebe charlotte lyrics.jpg|Cake song lyrics and storyboard from [[Rebellion Production Note]]
</gallery>

==External links==
* [http://vimeo.com/83909254 Cake Song]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-ui1DDErMA Cake Song (slowed down 800%)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WJCFBgG9LM Puella Magi Madoka Magica Movie 3 Rebellion - Cake Song [English & Japanese Subs + Romaji]

[[Category:Music]]

Cake Song

2016-07-22T13:24:04Z

Mutopis: /* Observations */

[[File:Keki keki a rui keki.PNG|thumb]]
A nursery rhyme game played in ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion]]''.

==Lyrics==
===Original Japanese lyrics===
{| class="wikitable" style="line-height: 1.6em;"
! style="width: 10%;" | Singer
! style="width: 30%;" | Original
! style="width: 30%;" | Romaji
! style="width: 30%;" | English translation
|-
!Madoka, Sayaka, Kyoko
|
{{lang|ja|ケーキ、ケーキ、まぁるいケーキ}} 
{{lang|ja|まぁるいケーキはだぁれ？}} 
|
Kēki, kēki, maarui kēki 
Maarui kēki wa daare? 
|
Cake, cake, a round cake 
Who is the round cake? 
|-
![[Charlotte|Bebe]]
|
{{lang|ja|ケーキはさやか？}} 
|
Kēki wa Sayaka? 
|
Is the cake Sayaka? 
|-
![[Sayaka]]
|
{{lang|ja|ちーがーう}} 
{{lang|ja|私はラズベリー}} 
{{lang|ja|まぁるいケーキは赤い}} 
{{lang|ja|ケーキは杏子？}} 
|
Chi - ga - u 
Watashi wa razuberī 
Maarui kēki wa akai 
Kēki wa Kyoko? 
|
No, you're wrong. 
I am the raspberry. 
The round cake is red. 
Is the cake Kyoko? 
|-
![[Kyoko]]
|
{{lang|ja|ちーがーう}} 
{{lang|ja|あたしはリンゴ}} 
{{lang|ja|まぁるいケーキはベベが好き}} 
{{lang|ja|ケーキはマミ？}} 
|
Chi - ga - u 
Atashi wa ringo 
Maarui kēki wa Bebe ga suki 
Kēki wa Mami? 
|
No, you're wrong. 
I am the apple. 
The round cake likes Bebe. 
Is the cake Mami? 
|-
![[Mami]]
|
{{lang|ja|ちーがーう}} 
{{lang|ja|私はチーズ}} 
{{lang|ja|まぁるいケーキは転がる}} 
{{lang|ja|ケーキは暁美さん？}} 
|
Chi - ga - u 
Watashi wa chīzu 
Maarui kēki wa korogaru 
Kēki wa Akemi-san? 
|
No, you're wrong. 
I am the cheese. 
The round cake goes round in circles. 
Is the cake Homura? 
|-
![[Homura]]
|
{{lang|ja|ちがっ…います}} 
{{lang|ja|私はかぼちゃ}} 
{{lang|ja|まぁるいケーキは甘いです}} 
{{lang|ja|ケーキはまどか？}} 
|
Chiga… imasu 
Watashi wa kabocha 
Maarui kēki wa amai desu 
Kēki wa Madoka? 
|
No, that's... wrong. 
I am the pumpkin. 
The round cake is sweet. 
Is the cake Madoka? 
|-
![[Madoka]]
|
{{lang|ja|ちーがーう}} 
{{lang|ja|私はメロン}} 
{{lang|ja|メロンが割れたら甘い夢}} 
|
Chi - ga - u 
Watashi wa meron 
Meron ga waretara amai yume 
|
No, you're wrong. 
I am the melon. 
When the melon splits, a sweet dream is created. 
|-
!Madoka, Sayaka, Kyoko
|
{{lang|ja|今夜のお夢は苦い夢}} 
{{lang|ja|お皿の上には猫の夢}} 
{{lang|ja|丸々太って召し上がれー！}} 
|
Kon'ya no o yume wa nigai yume 
O sara no ue ni wa neko no yume 
Marumaru futotte meshiagare! 
|
But the dream tonight is a bitter one indeed. 
Atop of the plate is the dream of the cat. 
Round and plump. Everyone eat up! 
|-
|}

===English dub lyrics===
{| class="wikitable" style="line-height: 1.6em;"
! style="width: 10%;" | Singer
! style="width: 30%;" | Lyrics
|-
!Madoka, Sayaka, Kyoko
|
Big cake, round cake, right in front of me 
Who do you think this cake could be? 
|-
![[Charlotte|Bebe]]
|
Gibberish(?) 
|-
![[Sayaka]]
|
No, it's not me. 
I'm just a little, old, raspberry. 
That big, round, cake's too red, don't you know? 
Could the cake be Kyoko? 
|-
![[Kyoko]]
|
No, not me. 
I'm the juicy apple in this story. 
That big round cake loves Bebe, can't you see? 
Is the cake Mami? 
|-
![[Mami]]
|
No, it's not me. 
I am the cheese. 
This big, round, cake is tumbling, you see. 
Could the cake be Homura? 
|-
![[Homura]]
|
No, not me. 
I'm the pumpkin, full of seeds. 
This big, round, cake looks sweeter than sweets. 
Could the cake be Madoka? 
|-
![[Madoka]]
|
No, it's not me. 
I'm the melon, don't you see? 
When you slice the melon, it will bring you sweet dreams. 
|-
!Madoka, Sayaka, Kyoko
|
So why is the dream so bitter all late? 
'Cause the kitty's dream is the one on the plate. 
It's so plump, it's gonna taste great! 
|-
|}

==Observations==
* Why Sayaka used raspberry in particular when blueberry would fit her better is unknown. Perhaps as a lead-in to the "red" trait?
** One possibility is because the raspberry is known in Japan as the "healing fruit", with the choice of raspberry for Sayaka referring to her healing powers.
***Another possibility is that Sayaka's seiyuu also voiced Cure Berry in the magical girl show Fresh Pretty Cure.
* One reason why Kyoko used apple is because, in Catholic religion, exerted by the father, it represents sin.
**On top of that, it does seem to be her trademark favorite food.
* Mami's line is cheese because of her theme colour (yellow like cheese), and because it is the favourite food of Nagisa, who (as Charlotte) ate Mami.
* Mami's line is a reference to Homura's time loops ("goes round in circles"); it could also be a reference to Homura's or ''Madoka Magica''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s repetitive nature.
* Madoka's line foreshadows the ending twists of Homura undermining Ultimate Madoka and ripping her in half ("when the melon splits") and rewriting the world so everyone is alive and happy ("a sweet dream is created").
* Bebe apparently likes melons.
* Sayaka uses the pronoun "watashi" when she instead uses "atashi" as her go-to pronoun. Kyoko, however, still uses "atashi", making her the only one to not use "watashi" in the song (minus Bebe, who does not use a self-referring pronoun).
* Homura referring to herself with "pumpkin" could be a hint to her being a witch, since traditionally people link pumpkins to Halloween and traditional witches. Pumpkins have also been a symbol for "the world", which fits, given they're in Homura's barrier — a world of her creation.

* Homura and Mami do not participate much in the song; Madoka, Kyoko and Sayaka combined sing most of the lyrics, whereas the other two do not. Homura could be explained by her not knowing what's going on or not knowing what to do, but Mami's reason is unknown — perhaps she's trying to keep Bebe down due to incidents in the starting sequence where Bebe gets close to a terrified Homura, or during Mami's turn where Bebe turns to Mami, hungry and mouth-gaping at the mention of cheese.
* No one's mouths are shown to actually move during the opening and closing lines.
* The dream is bitter because it is the cat's dream, possibly hinting at Kyubey's involvement.
**Cats are also familiars of witches... and Homura is the witch who created the dream... yet she is also the first to notice that something is wrong. The dream is 'bitter'.

==Symbolic Analysis==

Sayaka hides her face in this clip. In the series, after learning the truth about Soul Gems, Sayaka found herself to be an ugly monster and a disgrace. She refused to confess to Kyosuke because of this, as she considered herself too inhuman for his love. -"Watashi wa raspberry!" = I am the raspberry. Raspberries are both sweet and sour, referencing Sayaka's hot and cold mood changes. - Kyoko equates herself to an apple. Her color theme is red, and apples seem to be one of her favorite foods. The food she had with her when she brought Sayaka to the old church in Episode 7 was a sack full of red apples. - "Watashi wa cheese!" = I am the cheese. The reason for this is her color theme is yellow/gold, and Bebe/Nagisa's favorite food is cheese. In fact, the reason Charlotte ate Mami in the series was because she thought she was cheese. - "The cake spins around in circles" = Homura's time travel. - Homura equates herself to a pumpkin. Pumpkins are often associated with Halloween, witches, the fall and harvest, paganism, etc. This is foreshadowing Homura actually being within her own witch labyrinth. EXTRA: Homura's feet seem to move in a ballet-like manner. Considering her story is very similar to that of The Nutcracker Ballet, and that she did ballet in her transformation sequence... - "The cake is sweet." Madoka is a sweet girl. - Madoka equates herself to a melon. The next line, "when a melon breaks, it creates a sweet dream", is foreshadowing the ending of the movie. When Homura splits Madoka's Magical Girl and human halves apart, she overshadows the universe in a demon labyrinth, making the world almost as sickeningly sweet and dream-like as the first part of the movie. - "But the dream tonight is a bitter one indeed." Underlying beneath all the happiness and idealism, the world they're in is bitter, because it's a creation of Homura's most desperate wishes. It's what she wanted but could never have. - "Atop the plate is the dream of the cat." See above.

==Rule interpretations==
The song is sung in a ''Sprechgesang'' sort of style - the words are spoken rhythmically rather than sung melodically, accompanied by background music.

===Cumulative description===
A game of memory and improvisation, players take turn singing the nursery rhyme. On their turn, a player has to come up with and sing:

# An object with all the qualities previously mentioned
# A new quality that the object shares
# The next player to pass the song to

The player loses when they fail to sing their lines in time. In-universe, Madoka picked "melon" — which is "round", "red", "something [[Charlotte|Bebe]] likes", "goes round in circles", and "sweet" — but couldn't come up with a new quality for "melon".

===Sequential description===
Alternatively, the requirements could be the following:

# A food object that shares the previous quality.
# A quality that applies to the next player to pass the song to.

The "round" quality does not describe Sayaka because she comes first and Madoka does not have to supply a new quality because she is the last player. With these rules, the following character observations can be made:

* Sayaka is horrible at improvisation, since "red" is a dirt-simple observation. Or, she could be giving Kyoko an easy turn.
* Kyoko is similarly unimaginative; she uses "something Bebe likes" directed towards Mami, who is yellow like cheese, and good friends with Bebe. On the other hand, Kyoko's line on its own is very unspecific.
* Mami sees Homura as a clumsy child.
* Homura sees Madoka as sweet.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Manga_cake_song_00.jpg
File:Manga_cake_song_01.jpg
File:Manga_cake_song_02.jpg
File:073 part b storyboard cake song goat goat nightmare bebe charlotte lyrics.jpg|Cake song lyrics and storyboard from [[Rebellion Production Note]]
</gallery>

==External links==
* [http://vimeo.com/83909254 Cake Song]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-ui1DDErMA Cake Song (slowed down 800%)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WJCFBgG9LM Puella Magi Madoka Magica Movie 3 Rebellion - Cake Song [English & Japanese Subs + Romaji]

[[Category:Music]]

Puella Magi Madoka Magica Concept Movie

2016-04-09T04:34:04Z

Mutopis: /* Gallery */

[[File:Concept movie poster pic.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Concept movie poster from ''Newtype''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s January 2016 issue.]]
A short four-minute concept film unveiled in surprise at [[Studio SHAFT]]'s 40th anniversary event in winter 2015, [[Madogatari]]. The first animated ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'' work since ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion]]'', it features the return of the full ''Madoka Magica'' cast and staff. [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-12-08/madoka-magica-concept-movie-will-be-core-of-new-project/.96224 According to SHAFT CEO Kubota], the concept movie will be the core of a new ''Madoka Magica'' project, and serves as its trailer.

Presently, the concept movie remains legally unavailable to the public outside of the screening at Madogatari, and no announcement has been made of a streaming/home video release.

==Transcript==
:''See:'' [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Concept Movie/Transcript]]

==Runes==
:''See:'' [[Runes:Concept Movie]]

==Chronology==
* 2015/11/26 - A surprise press release states a new ''Madoka Magica'' short will be screened at the Madogatari event: Tokyo 11/27 to 12/12, Osaka 12/22 to 12/27, Sapporo 2016/02/09 to 2016/02/14. <ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-11-26/madoka-magica-concept-movie-hints-at-new-work/.95830 ANN: Madoka Magica Concept Movie hints at New Work]</ref>
* 2015/11/27 - The concept movie premieres at [http://www.madogatari.jp/tokyo/ 3331 Art Chiyoda].
* 2015/12/08 - An interview in the January 2016 issue of NewType clarifies that the concept movie leads to a new ''Madoka Magica'' project. <ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-12-08/madoka-magica-concept-movie-will-be-core-of-new-project/.96224 ANN: Madoka Magica Concept Movie will be Core of a New Project]</ref>
* 2015/12/22 - The Osaka Madogatari stop reveal an updated "Type-B" Concept Movie with new visuals. <ref>[http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/12/23/madogatari-updates-madoka-magica-concept-movie-for-osaka-exhibition MadokaGatari Updates Madoka Magica Concept Movie for Osaka Exhibition]</ref>

==Speculation==
{{Theory/Header|status=unknown}}
* Mami features heavily in the concept movie, possibly hinting towards her reprising Madoka's protagonist role in the new project.
{{Theory/Footer}}

===Speculation gallery===
<gallery>
File:Movie concept comparison mami madoka 1.jpg
File:Movie concept comparison mami madoka 2.jpg
File:Movie concept comparison mami madoka 3.jpg
File:Movie concept comparison mami madoka 4.jpg
</gallery>

==Trivia==
[[File:PN GICIN 115 Gretchen draft.jpg|thumb|[[Production Note]], Image Note, page 115]]

* Studio SHAFT often begin an anime production with a single "[http://genga.booru.org/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=imageboard image board]" to capture the mood and atmosphere of an anime. Kubota describes this concept movie as an "extravagant" animated image board for the future ''Madoka Magica'' project.
* Madoka's ballet solo was based on "[[:wikipedia:The Dying Swan|The Dying Swan]]," originally choreographed by Mikhail Fokine in 1905.
* Kubota compares Mami's role to [[:wikipedia:Guan Yu|Guan Yu]] from [[:wikipedia:The Romance of Three Kingdoms|The Romance of Three Kingdoms]].
* The Witch of Despair was a planned form of [[Kriemhild Gretchen]] in the original TV series.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:Madoka Ballet.jpg|Original reveal visuals
Image:1449150547794.png|NewType article visuals
Image:PMMM Concept Movie Type-B 1.jpg|Type-B visuals
Image:PMMM Concept Movie Type-B 2.jpg|Type-B visuals
Image:PMMM Concept Movie Type-B 3.jpg|Type-B visuals
Image:PMMM Concept Movie Type-B 4.jpg|Type-B visuals
Image:Kirara magica v25 cover.jpg|Kirara magica cover
</gallery>

==Credits==
===Cast===
* Aoi Yuki as [[Madoka Kaname]]
* Chiwa Saito as [[Homura Akemi]]
* [[Kaori Mizuhashi]] as [[Mami Tomoe]]
* Eri Kitamura as [[Sayaka Miki]]
* Ai Nonaka as [[Kyoko Sakura]]
* Emiri Kato as [[Kyubey]]
* Kana Asumi as [[Nagisa Momoe]]
* Ryoko Shintani as [[Hitomi Shizuki]]

===Staff===
* Original Creator: [[Magica Quartet]]
* Chief Director: [[Akiyuki Shinbo]]
* Director: [[Yukihiro Miyamoto]]
* Storyboard: [[Akiyuki Shinbo]]
* Alternate Space Design: [[Gekidan Inu Curry]]
* Animation Director: [[Junichiro Taniguchi]]
* Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka
* Sound Production: Rakuonsha, Inc.
* Music: [[Yuki Kajiura]]
* Production: [[Studio SHAFT]]

==References==
<references />

==See also==
* ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie]]''

[[Category:Events and venues]]

Puella Magi Madoka Magica Concept Movie

2016-04-09T04:33:52Z

Mutopis: /* Gallery */

[[File:Concept movie poster pic.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Concept movie poster from ''Newtype''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s January 2016 issue.]]
A short four-minute concept film unveiled in surprise at [[Studio SHAFT]]'s 40th anniversary event in winter 2015, [[Madogatari]]. The first animated ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'' work since ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion]]'', it features the return of the full ''Madoka Magica'' cast and staff. [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-12-08/madoka-magica-concept-movie-will-be-core-of-new-project/.96224 According to SHAFT CEO Kubota], the concept movie will be the core of a new ''Madoka Magica'' project, and serves as its trailer.

Presently, the concept movie remains legally unavailable to the public outside of the screening at Madogatari, and no announcement has been made of a streaming/home video release.

==Transcript==
:''See:'' [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Concept Movie/Transcript]]

==Runes==
:''See:'' [[Runes:Concept Movie]]

==Chronology==
* 2015/11/26 - A surprise press release states a new ''Madoka Magica'' short will be screened at the Madogatari event: Tokyo 11/27 to 12/12, Osaka 12/22 to 12/27, Sapporo 2016/02/09 to 2016/02/14. <ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-11-26/madoka-magica-concept-movie-hints-at-new-work/.95830 ANN: Madoka Magica Concept Movie hints at New Work]</ref>
* 2015/11/27 - The concept movie premieres at [http://www.madogatari.jp/tokyo/ 3331 Art Chiyoda].
* 2015/12/08 - An interview in the January 2016 issue of NewType clarifies that the concept movie leads to a new ''Madoka Magica'' project. <ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-12-08/madoka-magica-concept-movie-will-be-core-of-new-project/.96224 ANN: Madoka Magica Concept Movie will be Core of a New Project]</ref>
* 2015/12/22 - The Osaka Madogatari stop reveal an updated "Type-B" Concept Movie with new visuals. <ref>[http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/12/23/madogatari-updates-madoka-magica-concept-movie-for-osaka-exhibition MadokaGatari Updates Madoka Magica Concept Movie for Osaka Exhibition]</ref>

==Speculation==
{{Theory/Header|status=unknown}}
* Mami features heavily in the concept movie, possibly hinting towards her reprising Madoka's protagonist role in the new project.
{{Theory/Footer}}

===Speculation gallery===
<gallery>
File:Movie concept comparison mami madoka 1.jpg
File:Movie concept comparison mami madoka 2.jpg
File:Movie concept comparison mami madoka 3.jpg
File:Movie concept comparison mami madoka 4.jpg
</gallery>

==Trivia==
[[File:PN GICIN 115 Gretchen draft.jpg|thumb|[[Production Note]], Image Note, page 115]]

* Studio SHAFT often begin an anime production with a single "[http://genga.booru.org/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=imageboard image board]" to capture the mood and atmosphere of an anime. Kubota describes this concept movie as an "extravagant" animated image board for the future ''Madoka Magica'' project.
* Madoka's ballet solo was based on "[[:wikipedia:The Dying Swan|The Dying Swan]]," originally choreographed by Mikhail Fokine in 1905.
* Kubota compares Mami's role to [[:wikipedia:Guan Yu|Guan Yu]] from [[:wikipedia:The Romance of Three Kingdoms|The Romance of Three Kingdoms]].
* The Witch of Despair was a planned form of [[Kriemhild Gretchen]] in the original TV series.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:Madoka Ballet.jpg|Original reveal visuals
Image:1449150547794.png|NewType article visuals
Image:PMMM Concept Movie Type-B 1.jpg|Type-B visuals
Image:PMMM Concept Movie Type-B 2.jpg|Type-B visuals
Image:PMMM Concept Movie Type-B 3.jpg|Type-B visuals
Image:PMMM Concept Movie Type-B 4.jpg|Type-B visuals
Image:File:Kirara magica v25 cover.jpg|Kirara magica cover
</gallery>

==Credits==
===Cast===
* Aoi Yuki as [[Madoka Kaname]]
* Chiwa Saito as [[Homura Akemi]]
* [[Kaori Mizuhashi]] as [[Mami Tomoe]]
* Eri Kitamura as [[Sayaka Miki]]
* Ai Nonaka as [[Kyoko Sakura]]
* Emiri Kato as [[Kyubey]]
* Kana Asumi as [[Nagisa Momoe]]
* Ryoko Shintani as [[Hitomi Shizuki]]

===Staff===
* Original Creator: [[Magica Quartet]]
* Chief Director: [[Akiyuki Shinbo]]
* Director: [[Yukihiro Miyamoto]]
* Storyboard: [[Akiyuki Shinbo]]
* Alternate Space Design: [[Gekidan Inu Curry]]
* Animation Director: [[Junichiro Taniguchi]]
* Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka
* Sound Production: Rakuonsha, Inc.
* Music: [[Yuki Kajiura]]
* Production: [[Studio SHAFT]]

==References==
<references />

==See also==
* ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie]]''

[[Category:Events and venues]]

Talk:Merchandise:Accessories and Apparel

2016-04-02T13:53:58Z

Mutopis: /* underwear */

==New Accessory? Grief Seeds==
[[File:Soul Gem and Grief Seed Set Announcement.jpg|thumb]]
Official Grief Seed and Soul Gem? Can someone double check?
http://newnews2ch.com/archives/1683914.html - [[User:Prima|Prima]] 11:46, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
::[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2012-12-01/madoka-magica-brass-grief-seed-replicas-offered-in-japan ANN's article]. --[[User:Knon|Knon]] 20:50, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

==Madoka, Homura and Mami perfumes announced!==
*[http://madokanews.tumblr.com/post/58966388793/madoka-homura-and-mami-perfumes-announced-the link with info] --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 14:08, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

==Clothes==
*[http://www.ota-suke.jp/news/103165 Lumine Man Shibuya]

Lumine Man Shibuya (A men's clothing store) x Madoka collaboration

Free Rebellion t-shirt with 5000 yen purchase, I think.

==MP3 Player==
<gallery>
File:Pic billboard.jpg
File:Pic kokuin.jpg
</gallery>

<gallery>

</gallery>
==T-shirts==
<gallery>
File:MANGART BEAMS T.jpg
</gallery>
[http://en.fashion-headline.com/article/2013/09/10/1442.html homura and madoka t-shirts] --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 06:50, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

==Hey Hello==
Yo I bought this shirt two years ago while on a trip to Japan, does anyone know where this is on the radar? I want to buy another one but I can't find it anywhere.
Front
http://i.imgur.com/snZmGCB.jpg
Back
http://i.imgur.com/c7pHzzv.jpg
[[Special:Contributions/2001:7C0:409:8E9A:30FD:27FE:B01D:9F1E|2001:7C0:409:8E9A:30FD:27FE:B01D:9F1E]] 00:04, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
: http://www.animate-onlineshop.jp/pd/1184276/ - [[User:Prima|Prima]] 20:49, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

==Madoka Exhibit: merchandise==
*[http://matomagi.doorblog.jp/archives/32511992.html stuff]

==Madoka Fone==
[[File:Homufone now available.png|right|thumb|200px]]
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2013-10-19/make-your-phone-magical-with-madoka-magica-customization-app

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L7BwjcP3RM commercial]

[http://www.animenewsnetwork.co.uk/interest/2013-12-03/madoka-magica-fone-android-app-available-for-north-american-market "Madoka Magica fone" Android App Available for North American Market]

[http://archive.foolz.us/a/thread/97768514 4chan discussion]

homufone now available
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fc.center.fone_32957_1663040637

==Movic Grief Seed Collection==
<gallery>
File:Movic Grief Seed Collection 1.jpg
File:Movic Grief Seed Collection 2.jpg
</gallery>

Suggested Retail: 7,350 yen
Release: 2013/11/14

14 count box set

1. Savior Witch

2. Rose Garden Witch

3. Dessert Witch

4. Box Witch

9. Artist Witch

10. Class President Witch

11. Stage Construction Witch

12. Dress-up Witch

5. Graffiti Witch

6. Silver Witch

7. Shadow Witch

8. Mermaid Witch

13. Ophelia Witch

14. "This Shore" Witch 此岸 as opposed to "the other shore" of nirvana

==Travel in Style with Madoka Magica Luggage==
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2013-12-20/travel-in-style-with-madoka-magica-luggage
[[File:1387583930987.jpg|right|thumb|200px]]

==underwear==
http://www.super-groupies.com/special/madomagi_lingerie/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=20160325
https://www.sankakucomplex.com/2016/03/30/madoka-lingerie-will-cause-quite-the-transformation/

Super Groupies is promoting MadoMagi-themed undies for women with new Renders.

Talk:Merchandise:Accessories and Apparel

2016-03-29T06:21:49Z

Mutopis: /* Travel in Style with Madoka Magica Luggage */

==New Accessory? Grief Seeds==
[[File:Soul Gem and Grief Seed Set Announcement.jpg|thumb]]
Official Grief Seed and Soul Gem? Can someone double check?
http://newnews2ch.com/archives/1683914.html - [[User:Prima|Prima]] 11:46, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
::[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2012-12-01/madoka-magica-brass-grief-seed-replicas-offered-in-japan ANN's article]. --[[User:Knon|Knon]] 20:50, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

==Madoka, Homura and Mami perfumes announced!==
*[http://madokanews.tumblr.com/post/58966388793/madoka-homura-and-mami-perfumes-announced-the link with info] --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 14:08, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

==Clothes==
*[http://www.ota-suke.jp/news/103165 Lumine Man Shibuya]

Lumine Man Shibuya (A men's clothing store) x Madoka collaboration

Free Rebellion t-shirt with 5000 yen purchase, I think.

==MP3 Player==
<gallery>
File:Pic billboard.jpg
File:Pic kokuin.jpg
</gallery>

<gallery>

</gallery>
==T-shirts==
<gallery>
File:MANGART BEAMS T.jpg
</gallery>
[http://en.fashion-headline.com/article/2013/09/10/1442.html homura and madoka t-shirts] --[[User:Mutopis|Mutopis]] 06:50, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

==Hey Hello==
Yo I bought this shirt two years ago while on a trip to Japan, does anyone know where this is on the radar? I want to buy another one but I can't find it anywhere.
Front
http://i.imgur.com/snZmGCB.jpg
Back
http://i.imgur.com/c7pHzzv.jpg
[[Special:Contributions/2001:7C0:409:8E9A:30FD:27FE:B01D:9F1E|2001:7C0:409:8E9A:30FD:27FE:B01D:9F1E]] 00:04, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
: http://www.animate-onlineshop.jp/pd/1184276/ - [[User:Prima|Prima]] 20:49, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

==Madoka Exhibit: merchandise==
*[http://matomagi.doorblog.jp/archives/32511992.html stuff]

==Madoka Fone==
[[File:Homufone now available.png|right|thumb|200px]]
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2013-10-19/make-your-phone-magical-with-madoka-magica-customization-app

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L7BwjcP3RM commercial]

[http://www.animenewsnetwork.co.uk/interest/2013-12-03/madoka-magica-fone-android-app-available-for-north-american-market "Madoka Magica fone" Android App Available for North American Market]

[http://archive.foolz.us/a/thread/97768514 4chan discussion]

homufone now available
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fc.center.fone_32957_1663040637

==Movic Grief Seed Collection==
<gallery>
File:Movic Grief Seed Collection 1.jpg
File:Movic Grief Seed Collection 2.jpg
</gallery>

Suggested Retail: 7,350 yen
Release: 2013/11/14

14 count box set

1. Savior Witch

2. Rose Garden Witch

3. Dessert Witch

4. Box Witch

9. Artist Witch

10. Class President Witch

11. Stage Construction Witch

12. Dress-up Witch

5. Graffiti Witch

6. Silver Witch

7. Shadow Witch

8. Mermaid Witch

13. Ophelia Witch

14. "This Shore" Witch 此岸 as opposed to "the other shore" of nirvana

==Travel in Style with Madoka Magica Luggage==
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2013-12-20/travel-in-style-with-madoka-magica-luggage
[[File:1387583930987.jpg|right|thumb|200px]]

==underwear==
http://www.super-groupies.com/special/madomagi_lingerie/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=20160325

Super Groupies is promoting MadoMagi-themed undies for women with new Renders.

Wraith

2015-12-28T05:54:51Z

Mutopis: /* Observations */

{{spoilers}}
[[File:Wraith Design Gekidan Inu Curry Wraith Arc Tank.png|Wraith types by [[Gekidan Inu Curry]] from [[Wraith Arc]] tankobon|300px|thumb]]

{{Nihongo|'''Wraiths'''|魔獣|Majū|lit. magical beasts}} are manifestations of grief in the new world recreated by [[Madoka Kaname]]. They replace the witches that magical girls must fight. They resemble tall statue-like men wearing robes with no visible limbs (though concept art shows them as having hands that shoot thin lasers to attack). Their faces are partially covered by digital polygon-like shapes that appear to glitch out randomly on or around their being.

==Appearances==
Wraiths appear at the post-credits scene of [[Episode 12]] after Madoka's wish erases all the witches, and [[Homura Akemi]] is seen fighting several of them afterwards. It is shown that in the new world, magical girls now fight wraiths instead, which are merely a different form of curses born from humanity.

They appear to travel in large groups and do not reside in barriers, mostly appearing at night, unable to be seen by normal people. It is implied by [[Kyubey]] that they give off miasma in the air, which supposedly points to how many are in a single area. When defeated, wraiths drop (possibly several) small, cubic fragments of their grief similar to witches' grief seeds that can be harvested by magical girls to clean their soul gems and combat entropy (though Kyubey points out that this comes at the expense of energy efficiency).

Wraiths are set to make an appearance in the manga spin-off ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Wraith Arc]]''.

==Observations==
* Because Madoka's wish only erased witches, grief was not removed from the new world as Madoka didn't change human nature. As a result, the wraiths are distortions of Madoka's cause and effect of her wish, and give magical girls other means of obtaining grief seeds to clean their soul gems and combat entropy.
* Some fans speculate the wraiths to resemble "[[:wikipedia:Morrai|moirae]]" from Greek mythology, beings that personified the inescapable destiny of man.
* Wraith levels are named after Buddhist levels of enlightenment.
**[[wikipedia:Shugend%C5%8D|Shugen]] is a Buddhist term referring to a form of asceticism that involves becoming one with nature/kami/the Tao (the practice tends to be syncretic)
**Satori refers to spiritual awakening and is often translated as "enlightenment", but it's different from Buddhahood. It's more about understanding one's own nature, which is just a step towards complete enlightenment.
**Moksha means emancipation from earthly desires. It's nirvana but not quite, since a person undergoing moksha hasn't died yet.

==Trivia==
* Early fansubs called wraiths "demons". Wraith comes from official translations.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Demons Moirae.png| A large group of wraiths approaching Homura.
File:Demons.png|Concept art.
File:Wraithsketches.png|From [https://twitter.com/4Namahamu/status/608645729016385538 here].
File:Wraithsketches2.jpg|From [https://twitter.com/4Namahamu/status/608645729016385538 here].
File:Giantwraith.jpg|A giant wraith that appears in ''Wraith Arc''. Note its appearance is different from a normal wraith.
File:Wrath01.png|From ''Wraith Arc''.
File:Wapreview2.jpg|From ''Wraith Arc''.
</gallery>

Wraith

2015-12-28T05:53:50Z

Mutopis:

{{spoilers}}
[[File:Wraith Design Gekidan Inu Curry Wraith Arc Tank.png|Wraith types by [[Gekidan Inu Curry]] from [[Wraith Arc]] tankobon|300px|thumb]]

{{Nihongo|'''Wraiths'''|魔獣|Majū|lit. magical beasts}} are manifestations of grief in the new world recreated by [[Madoka Kaname]]. They replace the witches that magical girls must fight. They resemble tall statue-like men wearing robes with no visible limbs (though concept art shows them as having hands that shoot thin lasers to attack). Their faces are partially covered by digital polygon-like shapes that appear to glitch out randomly on or around their being.

==Appearances==
Wraiths appear at the post-credits scene of [[Episode 12]] after Madoka's wish erases all the witches, and [[Homura Akemi]] is seen fighting several of them afterwards. It is shown that in the new world, magical girls now fight wraiths instead, which are merely a different form of curses born from humanity.

They appear to travel in large groups and do not reside in barriers, mostly appearing at night, unable to be seen by normal people. It is implied by [[Kyubey]] that they give off miasma in the air, which supposedly points to how many are in a single area. When defeated, wraiths drop (possibly several) small, cubic fragments of their grief similar to witches' grief seeds that can be harvested by magical girls to clean their soul gems and combat entropy (though Kyubey points out that this comes at the expense of energy efficiency).

Wraiths are set to make an appearance in the manga spin-off ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Wraith Arc]]''.

==Observations==
* Because Madoka's wish only erased witches, grief was not removed from the new world as Madoka didn't change human nature. As a result, the wraiths are distortions of Madoka's cause and effect of her wish, and give magical girls other means of obtaining grief seeds to clean their soul gems and combat entropy.
* Some fans speculate the wraiths to resemble "[[:wikipedia:Morrai|moirae]]" from Greek mythology, beings that personified the inescapable destiny of man.
* Wraith levels are named after Buddhist levels of enlightenment.
**[[wikipedia:Shugend%C5%8D|Shugen] is a Buddhist term referring to a form of asceticism that involves becoming one with nature/kami/the Tao (the practice tends to be syncretic)
**Satori refers to spiritual awakening and is often translated as "enlightenment", but it's different from Buddhahood. It's more about understanding one's own nature, which is just a step towards complete enlightenment.
**Moksha means emancipation from earthly desires. It's nirvana but not quite, since a person undergoing moksha hasn't died yet.

==Trivia==
* Early fansubs called wraiths "demons". Wraith comes from official translations.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Demons Moirae.png| A large group of wraiths approaching Homura.
File:Demons.png|Concept art.
File:Wraithsketches.png|From [https://twitter.com/4Namahamu/status/608645729016385538 here].
File:Wraithsketches2.jpg|From [https://twitter.com/4Namahamu/status/608645729016385538 here].
File:Giantwraith.jpg|A giant wraith that appears in ''Wraith Arc''. Note its appearance is different from a normal wraith.
File:Wrath01.png|From ''Wraith Arc''.
File:Wapreview2.jpg|From ''Wraith Arc''.
</gallery>

Wraith

2015-12-28T05:52:47Z

Mutopis:

{{spoilers}}
[[File:Wraith Design Gekidan Inu Curry Wraith Arc Tank.png|Wraith types by [[Gekidan Inu Curry]] from [[Wraith Arc]] tankobon|300px|thumb]]

{{Nihongo|'''Wraiths'''|魔獣|Majū|lit. magical beasts}} are manifestations of grief in the new world recreated by [[Madoka Kaname]]. They replace the witches that magical girls must fight. They resemble tall statue-like men wearing robes with no visible limbs (though concept art shows them as having hands that shoot thin lasers to attack). Their faces are partially covered by digital polygon-like shapes that appear to glitch out randomly on or around their being.

==Appearances==
Wraiths appear at the post-credits scene of [[Episode 12]] after Madoka's wish erases all the witches, and [[Homura Akemi]] is seen fighting several of them afterwards. It is shown that in the new world, magical girls now fight wraiths instead, which are merely a different form of curses born from humanity.

They appear to travel in large groups and do not reside in barriers, mostly appearing at night, unable to be seen by normal people. It is implied by [[Kyubey]] that they give off miasma in the air, which supposedly points to how many are in a single area. When defeated, wraiths drop (possibly several) small, cubic fragments of their grief similar to witches' grief seeds that can be harvested by magical girls to clean their soul gems and combat entropy (though Kyubey points out that this comes at the expense of energy efficiency).

Wraiths are set to make an appearance in the manga spin-off ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Wraith Arc]]''.

==Observations==
* Because Madoka's wish only erased witches, grief was not removed from the new world as Madoka didn't change human nature. As a result, the wraiths are distortions of Madoka's cause and effect of her wish, and give magical girls other means of obtaining grief seeds to clean their soul gems and combat entropy.
* Some fans speculate the wraiths to resemble "[[:wikipedia:Morrai|moirae]]" from Greek mythology, beings that personified the inescapable destiny of man.
* Wraith levels are named after Buddhist levels of enlightenment.
**[[wikipedia:Shugendō|Shugen] is a Buddhist term referring to a form of asceticism that involves becoming one with nature/kami/the Tao (the practice tends to be syncretic)
**Satori refers to spiritual awakening and is often translated as "enlightenment", but it's different from Buddhahood. It's more about understanding one's own nature, which is just a step towards complete enlightenment.
**Moksha means emancipation from earthly desires. It's nirvana but not quite, since a person undergoing moksha hasn't died yet.

==Trivia==
* Early fansubs called wraiths "demons". Wraith comes from official translations.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Demons Moirae.png| A large group of wraiths approaching Homura.
File:Demons.png|Concept art.
File:Wraithsketches.png|From [https://twitter.com/4Namahamu/status/608645729016385538 here].
File:Wraithsketches2.jpg|From [https://twitter.com/4Namahamu/status/608645729016385538 here].
File:Giantwraith.jpg|A giant wraith that appears in ''Wraith Arc''. Note its appearance is different from a normal wraith.
File:Wrath01.png|From ''Wraith Arc''.
File:Wapreview2.jpg|From ''Wraith Arc''.
</gallery>

Wraith

2015-12-28T05:50:43Z

Mutopis: /* Observations */

{{spoilers}}
[[File:Wraith Design Gekidan Inu Curry Wraith Arc Tank.png|Wraith types by [[Gekidan Inu Curry]] from [[Wraith Arc]] tankobon|300px|thumb]]

{{Nihongo|'''Wraiths'''|魔獣|Majū|lit. magical beasts}} are manifestations of grief in the new world recreated by [[Madoka Kaname]]. They replace the witches that magical girls must fight. They resemble tall statue-like men wearing robes with no visible limbs (though concept art shows them as having hands that shoot thin lasers to attack). Their faces are partially covered by digital polygon-like shapes that appear to glitch out randomly on or around their being.

==Appearances==
Wraiths appear at the post-credits scene of [[Episode 12]] after Madoka's wish erases all the witches, and [[Homura Akemi]] is seen fighting several of them afterwards. It is shown that in the new world, magical girls now fight wraiths instead, which are merely a different form of curses born from humanity.

They appear to travel in large groups and do not reside in barriers, mostly appearing at night, unable to be seen by normal people. It is implied by [[Kyubey]] that they give off miasma in the air, which supposedly points to how many are in a single area. When defeated, wraiths drop (possibly several) small, cubic fragments of their grief similar to witches' grief seeds that can be harvested by magical girls to clean their soul gems and combat entropy (though Kyubey points out that this comes at the expense of energy efficiency).

Wraiths are set to make an appearance in the manga spin-off ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Wraith Arc]]''.

==Observations==
* Because Madoka's wish only erased witches, grief was not removed from the new world as Madoka didn't change human nature. As a result, the wraiths are distortions of Madoka's cause and effect of her wish, and give magical girls other means of obtaining grief seeds to clean their soul gems and combat entropy.
* Some fans speculate the wraiths to resemble "[[:wikipedia:Morrai|moirae]]" from Greek mythology, beings that personified the inescapable destiny of man.
* Wraith levels are named after Buddhist levels of enlightenment.
**Shugen is a Buddhist term referring to a form of asceticism that involves becoming one with nature/kami/the Tao (the practice tends to be syncretic)
**Satori refers to spiritual awakening and is often translated as "enlightenment", but it's different from Buddhahood. It's more about understanding one's own nature, which is just a step towards complete enlightenment.
**Moksha means emancipation from earthly desires. It's nirvana but not quite, since a person undergoing moksha hasn't died yet.

==Trivia==
* Early fansubs called wraiths "demons". Wraith comes from official translations.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Demons Moirae.png| A large group of wraiths approaching Homura.
File:Demons.png|Concept art.
File:Wraithsketches.png|From [https://twitter.com/4Namahamu/status/608645729016385538 here].
File:Wraithsketches2.jpg|From [https://twitter.com/4Namahamu/status/608645729016385538 here].
File:Giantwraith.jpg|A giant wraith that appears in ''Wraith Arc''. Note its appearance is different from a normal wraith.
File:Wrath01.png|From ''Wraith Arc''.
File:Wapreview2.jpg|From ''Wraith Arc''.
</gallery>

Puella Magi Madoka Magica Concept Movie

2015-12-19T17:15:01Z

Mutopis:

[[File:Concept movie poster pic.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Concept movie poster from from Newtype January.]]
A short four-minute concept film unveiled in surprise at [[Studio SHAFT]]'s 40th anniversary event in Winter 2015, Madogatari. The first animated ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica|Madoka Magica]]'' work since ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion]]'', it features the return of the full ''Madoka Magica'' cast and staff. [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-12-08/madoka-magica-concept-movie-will-be-core-of-new-project/.96224 According to SHAFT CEO Kubota], the concept movie will be the core of a new ''Madoka Magica'' project, and serves as its trailer.

Presently, the concept movie remains legally unavailable to the public outside of the screening at Madogatari, and no announcement has been made of a streaming/home video release.

==Transcript==
:''See:'' [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Concept Movie/Transcript]]

==Runes==
:''See:'' [[Concept Movie Runes]]

==Chronology==
* 2015/11/26 - [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-11-26/madoka-magica-concept-movie-hints-at-new-work/.95830 Press release announced] a new ''Madoka Magica'' short will be screened at the Madogatari event: Tokyo 11/27 to 12/12, Osaka 12/22 to 12/27, Sapporo 2016/02/09 to 2016/02/14.
* 2015/11/27 - The concept movie premiered at [http://www.madogatari.jp/tokyo/ 3331 Art Chiyoda].
* 2015/12/08 - [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-12-08/madoka-magica-concept-movie-will-be-core-of-new-project/.96224 An interview in the January 2016 issue of NewType] clarifies that the concept movie leads to a new ''Madoka Magica'' project.

==Speculation==
{{Theory/Header|status=unknown}}
* Mami features heavily in the concept movie, possibly hinting towards her reprising Madoka's protagonist role in the new project.
{{Theory/Footer}}

===Speculation gallery===
<gallery>
File:Movie concept comparison mami madoka 1.jpg
File:Movie concept comparison mami madoka 2.jpg
File:Movie concept comparison mami madoka 3.jpg
File:Movie concept comparison mami madoka 4.jpg
</gallery>

==Trivia==
* Studio SHAFT often begin an anime production with a single "[http://genga.booru.org/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=imageboard image board]" to capture the mood and atmosphere of an anime. Kubota describes this concept movie as an "extravagant" animated image board for the future ''Madoka Magica'' project.
* Kubota compares Mami's role to [[:wikipedia:Guan Yu|Guan Yu]] from [[:wikipedia:The Romance of Three Kingdoms|The Romance of Three Kingdoms]].

==Credits==
===Cast===
* Aoi Yuki as [[Madoka Kaname]]
* Chiwa Saito as [[Homura Akemi]]
* [[Kaori Mizuhashi]] as [[Mami Tomoe]]
* Eri Kitamura as [[Sayaka Miki]]
* Ai Nonaka as [[Kyoko Sakura]]
* Emiri Kato as [[Kyubey]]
* Kana Asumi as [[Nagisa Momoe]]
* Girl A
* Girl B

===Staff===
* Production: [[Studio SHAFT]]
* Chief Director: [[Akiyuki Shinbo]]
* Director: [[Yukihiro Miyamoto]]
* Composer: [[Yuki Kajiura]]
* Alternate Space Design: [[Gekidan Inu Curry]]
* Animation Director: [[Junichiro Taniguchi]]
* Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka
* Sound Production: Rakuonsha

==External links==
* [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-11-26/madoka-magica-concept-movie-hints-at-new-work/.95830 ANN: ''Madoka Magica'' "Concept Movie" Hints at New Work]
* [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-12-08/madoka-magica-concept-movie-will-be-core-of-new-project/.96224 ANN: ''Madoka Magica'' Concept Movie Will Be Core of New Project]
* [http://www.madogatari.jp/ Madogatari]

File:Concept movie poster pic.jpg

2015-12-19T17:13:55Z

Mutopis: uploaded a new version of "File:Concept movie poster pic.jpg"

Talk:Puella Magi Madoka Magica Concept Movie

2015-12-12T05:32:04Z

Mutopis: /* Links */

[[File:Concept movie poster pic.jpg|thumb|right|250px|poster movie concept]]
==notes==
[[File:1449150547794.png|thumb|right|250px|]]
http://walpurgischan.net/meduka/res/9743.html

http://sendvid.com/nlv9tdon trailer

==summary movie trailer==
http://sonozaki-shimai.tumblr.com/post/134048597291/summary-of-new-madoka-magica-movies-trailer-at

映像は計4分
最初の１分が叛逆の冒頭な感じ。神話な感じでまどかとほむらが一緒に喋る。映像はまどかバレエ、最後には拍手する悪魔らしき人物
その後は怒涛のラッシュ
杏子ちゃんキレてて
さやかちゃん魔女化で魔獣戦
安定のマミほむ（くー）対立
そしてなぎさちゃんは探偵ごっこ

I’m not the one who watched this concept movie, which is showing off at MADOGATARI exhibition from today. I just tried to translate what he summaried:

- This longs about 4 minutes.
- In first minute, things happen just what we saw in Rebellion. Madoka and Homura talk together about something likes fairy-tales. The image is Madoka performing her ballet, and the Devil clapping her hands at the end of the show.
- Next is like a rush of angry waves.
- Kyouko is exhausting. She’s angry (at?) the cats are being revived by someone’s voice(?).
- Sayaka is able to read witch’s language (the runes), and got captured (as like she was in wraith arc). She (or her dead body?) turns into her witch-form and fights againt the Wraith. Before that, her soul-gem fully got dark.
- It seems Mami and cool-Homura will get another fight.
- This cool-Homura don’t have the earing like what the Devil does. She’s like the normal cool-Homura we’ve known.
- And Nagisa plays a detective game in magical-girl form.

Another information:
- Madoka gets a new magical-girl costume. It’s cute, but exposes her flesh a bit much…
- Super, very cool Mami. She’s like a boss!!

[Kyubey's face]

[The sky is breaking itself. A huge Mami's-head-shaped stone statue falls from it]

[Madoka is performing ballet dancing]

Madoka & Homura - "What is happiness ?"

Madoka - "It's a brightful May sun"

Homura - "It's a warm family"

[The huge stone statue hits the ground]

Madoka - "It's fried eggs for breakfast."

[SHAFT LOGO]

Madoka & Homura - "But there's nothing like that in Paradise."

[Madoka is performing ballet dancing]

Madoka & Homura - "What's happiness ?"

Homura - "It's being called by somebody."

Madoka - "It's being able to call anyone."

[Kyubey's face]

Homura - "It's when someone is thinking of you"

[Madoka is performing ballet dancing, plan on her chest (eyes closed)]

Madoka & Homura - "None of this is accessible for God"

[Still pictures which keep coming : "Homura with a blank stare", "carrot", "demons" (end of episode 12)…]

Homura - "A lizard girl took pity on God"

[Homura's soulgem swings like a pendulum, then stops]

Madoka - "So the lizard girl tore God in two and brought an half from Paradise to Earth"

[Ballet of Madoka : She holds a pose]

[Homura, wearing her uniform, (end of Rebellion) applauds]

Homura - "An act even that cruel can seem like a ray of light, committed from the darkness… it's beautiful"

[Kyouko fights under a full moon sky (you can see ruins)]

A - "There are many cats these days, right ?"

B - "But many of these cats are dead"

A - "How can one tell the difference between the living cats and the dead ones ?"

[Oktavia fights against a demon (in the Mitakihara's ruins, after Walpurgisnacht)]

Kyôko - "I just can't forgive bastards who asks for help without explaining their motivations"

[Sayaka falling in purple water, where Madoka died during Walpurgisnacht]

Sayaka - "That's a joke, right ? What's the meaning of this ? How can I understand these letters ?"

[Law of Cycle's seal, runes below (10 runes)]

[Hitomi, on the way to school]

Hitomi - "You should be discreet. If you disclose the existence of magic too much, it could disappear"

[Sayaka's face, her mouth is covered by a mask, eyes closed)]

[Nagisa is running in the woods]

[Kyubey's face]

Nagisa - "It smells conspiracy"

[Kyubey's face]

Kyubey - "Why me ? Whereas this brings no merit ?"

[Ground collapses. A view of a city in flames (Mitakihara ?)

[Mami crosses her arms, with a stern look on her face]

Mami - "You too, you always kept everything as secrets"

[A giant structure (a witch ?) bursts out from the Earth]

[Mami's face]

[Homura is laughing with a haughty tone]

[Still pictures of Homura's very long nails (claws ?)]

Homura - "So you're planning to get in my way ?"

[Pink ribbon hanging from the branches of a tree, floating in the wind]

Madoka - "You don't need to rescent anyone anymore… you… me…"

[Madoka is running away from something (she wears a new magical girl costume), a crow flies behind her]

Madoka - "Can you help me ? You too, fairies ?"

[Fairy silhouettes appears after Madoka saying "can you help me"]

[A giant structure (a witch ?) bursts out from the Earth]

[Mami crosses her arms (side view)]

[A bullet comes out from a gun (Mami's ?)]

==speculah==
[[File:Madoka ballet.png|thumb|right|300px|madoka doing ballet]]
===A===
■ニュータイプ2016年1月号より。インタビュー
”コンセプトムービー”について
アニメの制作に入る前には、”イメージボード”と呼ばれる作品の雰囲気をつかむための
一枚絵を用意することがよくあるのですが、それと同じような位置づけのものを
今回はムービーで作ってみました。言うなれば贅沢なイメージボード
『こういうふうにつくる』という、現時点での作品の”核”のようなもの
映画でいうなら、限りなく”予告編”に近いものと言えます
・以前から”新作”のためのミーティングを重ねていた
・MADOGATARI展は新作の情報を明かすいいタイミングだった
・まどかがバレエを踊っているのもしっかりと新作の本編にあります
・マミは三国志の関羽のような”戦いの神様”のイメージで新作ではさらに強くなる
・仁美やなぎさも新作で活躍します
・コンセプトムービーだけで完結しているのではなく、ここから新しい「魔法少女まどかマギカ」が始まるんだ、ということが皆さんに伝わるといいなと思っています

http://pastebin.com/MztUH13S

two allegories for this series/movie are Three Kingdoms and Swan Lake.
As Rebellion's was the Nutcracker, Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Cinderella; and as the series was Faust, Part One and The Little Mermaid.

===B===

[救済の魔女の手下]

The Minion of the Witch of Salvation [Kriemhild Gretchen] [no runes/name given]

その役割は計量。

Their task is measurement.

天国へ昇る者達の心臓をその秤へ乗せ罪の重さを暴き見せる。

They can expose the [impurities] of the hearts of those who go to Heaven by weighing the sins place on their scales.

罪深き者へは魔女からのより深き慈悲が与えられるだろう。

The sinful are perhaps granted even more profound mercy than from by the witch.

[絶望の魔女]#12

The Witch of Despair (#12) [no runes given]

その性質は強訴。

Her nature is direct petition.

力尽きた全ての魔法少女と叶うことがなかった全ての希望の代弁者。

The mouthpiece for all the unfulfilled hopes of all spent magical girls.

この宇宙を書き換える希望が生まれると同時に絶望の泥より生まれ

If a hope is born that can rewrite the universe, then at the same time, it is born from the mud of despair.

果てしなき悲鳴をその身に詰めて膨らみ続ける空気人形。

Everlasting wailing fills her body, a continuously swelling, empty doll.

魔法少女の因果が回る限り、

At the end of a magical girl’s karma,

この魔女は途方もない大きさまで膨らみ続け、

This witch continues to swell to absurd sizes

やがてはその身体で銀河すらも圧し潰してしまうだろう。

And in the end, her body could even destroy the galaxy.

===C===
Alleged new info on Waluigisnacht and Ophelia and Candeloro's minions

http://a-nima-figure.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2015-11-30

===D===
from the trailer:

Runes on the LoC emblem say EIEN NI SITE (永遠にして) (In perpetuity). Smaller runes just say das Ewig-Weibliche (The Eternal Feminine).

<gallery>
File:Movie concept comparison mami madoka 1.jpg
File:Movie concept comparison mami madoka 2.jpg
File:Movie concept comparison mami madoka 3.jpg
File:Movie concept comparison mami madoka 4.jpg
</gallery>

== Storyboard ==

== Fan drawn storyboards ==

<gallery>

Image:storyboard_1.jpg
Image:storyboard_2.jpg
Image:storyboard_3.jpg
Image:storyboard_4.jpg
Image:storyboard_5.jpg
Image:storyboard_6.jpg
Image:storyboard_7.jpg

</gallery>

Will start work on the main page tomorrow if no one else get to it by then. - [[User:Prima|Prima]] 06:48, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

==Links==
*[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-11-26/madoka-magica-concept-movie-hints-at-new-work/.95830 Madoka Magica 'Concept Movie' Hints at New Work]
*[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-12-08/madoka-magica-concept-movie-will-be-core-of-new-project/.96224 Madoka Magica Concept Movie Will Be Core of New Project]
*[http://tieba.baidu.com/p/4209162757 Newtype 2016年1月号]

Talk:Puella Magi Madoka Magica Concept Movie

2015-12-09T07:01:05Z

Mutopis: /* speculah */

File:Movie concept comparison mami madoka 4.jpg

2015-12-09T06:59:48Z

Mutopis:

File:Movie concept comparison mami madoka 3.jpg

2015-12-09T06:59:38Z

Mutopis:

File:Movie concept comparison mami madoka 2.jpg

2015-12-09T06:59:26Z

Mutopis:

File:Movie concept comparison mami madoka 1.jpg

2015-12-09T06:59:15Z

Mutopis:

Talk:Puella Magi Madoka Magica Concept Movie

2015-12-08T07:09:17Z

Mutopis: /* Fan drawn storyboards */

[[File:Concept movie poster pic.jpg|thumb|right|250px|poster movie concept]]
==notes==
[[File:1449150547794.png|thumb|right|250px|]]
http://walpurgischan.net/meduka/res/9743.html

http://sendvid.com/nlv9tdon trailer

==summary movie trailer==
http://sonozaki-shimai.tumblr.com/post/134048597291/summary-of-new-madoka-magica-movies-trailer-at

映像は計4分
最初の１分が叛逆の冒頭な感じ。神話な感じでまどかとほむらが一緒に喋る。映像はまどかバレエ、最後には拍手する悪魔らしき人物
その後は怒涛のラッシュ
杏子ちゃんキレてて
さやかちゃん魔女化で魔獣戦
安定のマミほむ（くー）対立
そしてなぎさちゃんは探偵ごっこ

I’m not the one who watched this concept movie, which is showing off at MADOGATARI exhibition from today. I just tried to translate what he summaried:

- This longs about 4 minutes.
- In first minute, things happen just what we saw in Rebellion. Madoka and Homura talk together about something likes fairy-tales. The image is Madoka performing her ballet, and the Devil clapping her hands at the end of the show.
- Next is like a rush of angry waves.
- Kyouko is exhausting. She’s angry (at?) the cats are being revived by someone’s voice(?).
- Sayaka is able to read witch’s language (the runes), and got captured (as like she was in wraith arc). She (or her dead body?) turns into her witch-form and fights againt the Wraith. Before that, her soul-gem fully got dark.
- It seems Mami and cool-Homura will get another fight.
- This cool-Homura don’t have the earing like what the Devil does. She’s like the normal cool-Homura we’ve known.
- And Nagisa plays a detective game in magical-girl form.

Another information:
- Madoka gets a new magical-girl costume. It’s cute, but exposes her flesh a bit much…
- Super, very cool Mami. She’s like a boss!!

[Kyubey's face]

[The sky is breaking itself. A huge Mami's-head-shaped stone statue falls from it]

[Madoka is performing ballet dancing]

Madoka & Homura - "What is happiness ?"

Madoka - "It's a brightful May sun"

Homura - "It's a warm family"

[The huge stone statue hits the ground]

Madoka - "It's fried eggs for breakfast."

[SHAFT LOGO]

Madoka & Homura - "But there's nothing like that in Paradise."

[Madoka is performing ballet dancing]

Madoka & Homura - "What's happiness ?"

Homura - "It's being called by somebody."

Madoka - "It's being able to call anyone."

[Kyubey's face]

Homura - "It's when someone is thinking of you"

[Madoka is performing ballet dancing, plan on her chest (eyes closed)]

Madoka & Homura - "None of this is accessible for God"

[Still pictures which keep coming : "Homura with a blank stare", "carrot", "demons" (end of episode 12)…]

Homura - "A lizard girl took pity on God"

[Homura's soulgem swings like a pendulum, then stops]

Madoka - "So the lizard girl tore God in two and brought an half from Paradise to Earth"

[Ballet of Madoka : She holds a pose]

[Homura, wearing her uniform, (end of Rebellion) applauds]

Homura - "An act even that cruel can seem like a ray of light, committed from the darkness… it's beautiful"

[Kyouko fights under a full moon sky (you can see ruins)]

A - "There are many cats these days, right ?"

B - "But many of these cats are dead"

A - "How can one tell the difference between the living cats and the dead ones ?"

[Oktavia fights against a demon (in the Mitakihara's ruins, after Walpurgisnacht)]

Kyôko - "I just can't forgive bastards who asks for help without explaining their motivations"

[Sayaka falling in purple water, where Madoka died during Walpurgisnacht]

Sayaka - "That's a joke, right ? What's the meaning of this ? How can I understand these letters ?"

[Law of Cycle's seal, runes below (10 runes)]

[Hitomi, on the way to school]

Hitomi - "You should be discreet. If you disclose the existence of magic too much, it could disappear"

[Sayaka's face, her mouth is covered by a mask, eyes closed)]

[Nagisa is running in the woods]

[Kyubey's face]

Nagisa - "It smells conspiracy"

[Kyubey's face]

Kyubey - "Why me ? Whereas this brings no merit ?"

[Ground collapses. A view of a city in flames (Mitakihara ?)

[Mami crosses her arms, with a stern look on her face]

Mami - "You too, you always kept everything as secrets"

[A giant structure (a witch ?) bursts out from the Earth]

[Mami's face]

[Homura is laughing with a haughty tone]

[Still pictures of Homura's very long nails (claws ?)]

Homura - "So you're planning to get in my way ?"

[Pink ribbon hanging from the branches of a tree, floating in the wind]

Madoka - "You don't need to rescent anyone anymore… you… me…"

[Madoka is running away from something (she wears a new magical girl costume), a crow flies behind her]

Madoka - "Can you help me ? You too, fairies ?"

[Fairy silhouettes appears after Madoka saying "can you help me"]

[A giant structure (a witch ?) bursts out from the Earth]

[Mami crosses her arms (side view)]

[A bullet comes out from a gun (Mami's ?)]

==speculah==
[[File:Madoka ballet.png|thumb|right|300px|madoka doing ballet]]
===A===
■ニュータイプ2016年1月号より。インタビュー
”コンセプトムービー”について
アニメの制作に入る前には、”イメージボード”と呼ばれる作品の雰囲気をつかむための
一枚絵を用意することがよくあるのですが、それと同じような位置づけのものを
今回はムービーで作ってみました。言うなれば贅沢なイメージボード
『こういうふうにつくる』という、現時点での作品の”核”のようなもの
映画でいうなら、限りなく”予告編”に近いものと言えます
・以前から”新作”のためのミーティングを重ねていた
・MADOGATARI展は新作の情報を明かすいいタイミングだった
・まどかがバレエを踊っているのもしっかりと新作の本編にあります
・マミは三国志の関羽のような”戦いの神様”のイメージで新作ではさらに強くなる
・仁美やなぎさも新作で活躍します
・コンセプトムービーだけで完結しているのではなく、ここから新しい「魔法少女まどかマギカ」が始まるんだ、ということが皆さんに伝わるといいなと思っています

http://pastebin.com/MztUH13S

two allegories for this series/movie are Three Kingdoms and Swan Lake.
As Rebellion's was the Nutcracker, Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Cinderella; and as the series was Faust, Part One and The Little Mermaid.

===B===

[救済の魔女の手下]

The Minion of the Witch of Salvation [Kriemhild Gretchen] [no runes/name given]

その役割は計量。

Their task is measurement.

天国へ昇る者達の心臓をその秤へ乗せ罪の重さを暴き見せる。

They can expose the [impurities] of the hearts of those who go to Heaven by weighing the sins place on their scales.

罪深き者へは魔女からのより深き慈悲が与えられるだろう。

The sinful are perhaps granted even more profound mercy than from by the witch.

[絶望の魔女]#12

The Witch of Despair (#12) [no runes given]

その性質は強訴。

Her nature is direct petition.

力尽きた全ての魔法少女と叶うことがなかった全ての希望の代弁者。

The mouthpiece for all the unfulfilled hopes of all spent magical girls.

この宇宙を書き換える希望が生まれると同時に絶望の泥より生まれ

If a hope is born that can rewrite the universe, then at the same time, it is born from the mud of despair.

果てしなき悲鳴をその身に詰めて膨らみ続ける空気人形。

Everlasting wailing fills her body, a continuously swelling, empty doll.

魔法少女の因果が回る限り、

At the end of a magical girl’s karma,

この魔女は途方もない大きさまで膨らみ続け、

This witch continues to swell to absurd sizes

やがてはその身体で銀河すらも圧し潰してしまうだろう。

And in the end, her body could even destroy the galaxy.

===C===
Alleged new info on Waluigisnacht and Ophelia and Candeloro's minions

http://a-nima-figure.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2015-11-30

===D===
from the trailer:

Runes on the LoC emblem say EIEN NI SITE (永遠にして) (In perpetuity). Smaller runes just say das Ewig-Weibliche (The Eternal Feminine).

== Storyboard ==

== Fan drawn storyboards ==

<gallery>

Image:storyboard_1.jpg
Image:storyboard_2.jpg
Image:storyboard_3.jpg
Image:storyboard_4.jpg
Image:storyboard_5.jpg
Image:storyboard_6.jpg
Image:storyboard_7.jpg

</gallery>

Will start work on the main page tomorrow if no one else get to it by then. - [[User:Prima|Prima]] 06:48, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

==Links==
*[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-11-26/madoka-magica-concept-movie-hints-at-new-work/.95830 Madoka Magica 'Concept Movie' Hints at New Work]
*[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-12-08/madoka-magica-concept-movie-will-be-core-of-new-project/.96224 Madoka Magica Concept Movie Will Be Core of New Project]

Talk:Puella Magi Madoka Magica Concept Movie

2015-12-08T07:05:37Z

Mutopis:

[[File:Concept movie poster pic.jpg|thumb|right|250px|poster movie concept]]
==notes==
[[File:1449150547794.png|thumb|right|250px|]]
http://walpurgischan.net/meduka/res/9743.html

http://sendvid.com/nlv9tdon trailer

==summary movie trailer==
http://sonozaki-shimai.tumblr.com/post/134048597291/summary-of-new-madoka-magica-movies-trailer-at

映像は計4分
最初の１分が叛逆の冒頭な感じ。神話な感じでまどかとほむらが一緒に喋る。映像はまどかバレエ、最後には拍手する悪魔らしき人物
その後は怒涛のラッシュ
杏子ちゃんキレてて
さやかちゃん魔女化で魔獣戦
安定のマミほむ（くー）対立
そしてなぎさちゃんは探偵ごっこ

I’m not the one who watched this concept movie, which is showing off at MADOGATARI exhibition from today. I just tried to translate what he summaried:

- This longs about 4 minutes.
- In first minute, things happen just what we saw in Rebellion. Madoka and Homura talk together about something likes fairy-tales. The image is Madoka performing her ballet, and the Devil clapping her hands at the end of the show.
- Next is like a rush of angry waves.
- Kyouko is exhausting. She’s angry (at?) the cats are being revived by someone’s voice(?).
- Sayaka is able to read witch’s language (the runes), and got captured (as like she was in wraith arc). She (or her dead body?) turns into her witch-form and fights againt the Wraith. Before that, her soul-gem fully got dark.
- It seems Mami and cool-Homura will get another fight.
- This cool-Homura don’t have the earing like what the Devil does. She’s like the normal cool-Homura we’ve known.
- And Nagisa plays a detective game in magical-girl form.

Another information:
- Madoka gets a new magical-girl costume. It’s cute, but exposes her flesh a bit much…
- Super, very cool Mami. She’s like a boss!!

[Kyubey's face]

[The sky is breaking itself. A huge Mami's-head-shaped stone statue falls from it]

[Madoka is performing ballet dancing]

Madoka & Homura - "What is happiness ?"

Madoka - "It's a brightful May sun"

Homura - "It's a warm family"

[The huge stone statue hits the ground]

Madoka - "It's fried eggs for breakfast."

[SHAFT LOGO]

Madoka & Homura - "But there's nothing like that in Paradise."

[Madoka is performing ballet dancing]

Madoka & Homura - "What's happiness ?"

Homura - "It's being called by somebody."

Madoka - "It's being able to call anyone."

[Kyubey's face]

Homura - "It's when someone is thinking of you"

[Madoka is performing ballet dancing, plan on her chest (eyes closed)]

Madoka & Homura - "None of this is accessible for God"

[Still pictures which keep coming : "Homura with a blank stare", "carrot", "demons" (end of episode 12)…]

Homura - "A lizard girl took pity on God"

[Homura's soulgem swings like a pendulum, then stops]

Madoka - "So the lizard girl tore God in two and brought an half from Paradise to Earth"

[Ballet of Madoka : She holds a pose]

[Homura, wearing her uniform, (end of Rebellion) applauds]

Homura - "An act even that cruel can seem like a ray of light, committed from the darkness… it's beautiful"

[Kyouko fights under a full moon sky (you can see ruins)]

A - "There are many cats these days, right ?"

B - "But many of these cats are dead"

A - "How can one tell the difference between the living cats and the dead ones ?"

[Oktavia fights against a demon (in the Mitakihara's ruins, after Walpurgisnacht)]

Kyôko - "I just can't forgive bastards who asks for help without explaining their motivations"

[Sayaka falling in purple water, where Madoka died during Walpurgisnacht]

Sayaka - "That's a joke, right ? What's the meaning of this ? How can I understand these letters ?"

[Law of Cycle's seal, runes below (10 runes)]

[Hitomi, on the way to school]

Hitomi - "You should be discreet. If you disclose the existence of magic too much, it could disappear"

[Sayaka's face, her mouth is covered by a mask, eyes closed)]

[Nagisa is running in the woods]

[Kyubey's face]

Nagisa - "It smells conspiracy"

[Kyubey's face]

Kyubey - "Why me ? Whereas this brings no merit ?"

[Ground collapses. A view of a city in flames (Mitakihara ?)

[Mami crosses her arms, with a stern look on her face]

Mami - "You too, you always kept everything as secrets"

[A giant structure (a witch ?) bursts out from the Earth]

[Mami's face]

[Homura is laughing with a haughty tone]

[Still pictures of Homura's very long nails (claws ?)]

Homura - "So you're planning to get in my way ?"

[Pink ribbon hanging from the branches of a tree, floating in the wind]

Madoka - "You don't need to rescent anyone anymore… you… me…"

[Madoka is running away from something (she wears a new magical girl costume), a crow flies behind her]

Madoka - "Can you help me ? You too, fairies ?"

[Fairy silhouettes appears after Madoka saying "can you help me"]

[A giant structure (a witch ?) bursts out from the Earth]

[Mami crosses her arms (side view)]

[A bullet comes out from a gun (Mami's ?)]

==speculah==
[[File:Madoka ballet.png|thumb|right|300px|madoka doing ballet]]
===A===
■ニュータイプ2016年1月号より。インタビュー
”コンセプトムービー”について
アニメの制作に入る前には、”イメージボード”と呼ばれる作品の雰囲気をつかむための
一枚絵を用意することがよくあるのですが、それと同じような位置づけのものを
今回はムービーで作ってみました。言うなれば贅沢なイメージボード
『こういうふうにつくる』という、現時点での作品の”核”のようなもの
映画でいうなら、限りなく”予告編”に近いものと言えます
・以前から”新作”のためのミーティングを重ねていた
・MADOGATARI展は新作の情報を明かすいいタイミングだった
・まどかがバレエを踊っているのもしっかりと新作の本編にあります
・マミは三国志の関羽のような”戦いの神様”のイメージで新作ではさらに強くなる
・仁美やなぎさも新作で活躍します
・コンセプトムービーだけで完結しているのではなく、ここから新しい「魔法少女まどかマギカ」が始まるんだ、ということが皆さんに伝わるといいなと思っています

http://pastebin.com/MztUH13S

two allegories for this series/movie are Three Kingdoms and Swan Lake.
As Rebellion's was the Nutcracker, Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Cinderella; and as the series was Faust, Part One and The Little Mermaid.

===B===

[救済の魔女の手下]

The Minion of the Witch of Salvation [Kriemhild Gretchen] [no runes/name given]

その役割は計量。

Their task is measurement.

天国へ昇る者達の心臓をその秤へ乗せ罪の重さを暴き見せる。

They can expose the [impurities] of the hearts of those who go to Heaven by weighing the sins place on their scales.

罪深き者へは魔女からのより深き慈悲が与えられるだろう。

The sinful are perhaps granted even more profound mercy than from by the witch.

[絶望の魔女]#12

The Witch of Despair (#12) [no runes given]

その性質は強訴。

Her nature is direct petition.

力尽きた全ての魔法少女と叶うことがなかった全ての希望の代弁者。

The mouthpiece for all the unfulfilled hopes of all spent magical girls.

この宇宙を書き換える希望が生まれると同時に絶望の泥より生まれ

If a hope is born that can rewrite the universe, then at the same time, it is born from the mud of despair.

果てしなき悲鳴をその身に詰めて膨らみ続ける空気人形。

Everlasting wailing fills her body, a continuously swelling, empty doll.

魔法少女の因果が回る限り、

At the end of a magical girl’s karma,

この魔女は途方もない大きさまで膨らみ続け、

This witch continues to swell to absurd sizes

やがてはその身体で銀河すらも圧し潰してしまうだろう。

And in the end, her body could even destroy the galaxy.

===C===
Alleged new info on Waluigisnacht and Ophelia and Candeloro's minions

http://a-nima-figure.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2015-11-30

===D===
from the trailer:

Runes on the LoC emblem say EIEN NI SITE (永遠にして) (In perpetuity). Smaller runes just say das Ewig-Weibliche (The Eternal Feminine).

== Storyboard ==

== Fan drawn storyboards ==

<gallery>

Image:storyboard_1.jpg
Image:storyboard_2.jpg
Image:storyboard_3.jpg
Image:storyboard_4.jpg
Image:storyboard_5.jpg
Image:storyboard_6.jpg
Image:storyboard_7.jpg

</gallery>

Will start work on the main page tomorrow if no one else get to it by then. - [[User:Prima|Prima]] 06:48, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

Talk:Puella Magi Madoka Magica Concept Movie

2015-12-08T07:04:06Z

Mutopis: /* speculah */

==notes==
[[File:Concept movie poster pic.jpg|thumb|right|300px|poster movie concept]]
http://walpurgischan.net/meduka/res/9743.html

http://sendvid.com/nlv9tdon trailer

==summary movie trailer==
http://sonozaki-shimai.tumblr.com/post/134048597291/summary-of-new-madoka-magica-movies-trailer-at

映像は計4分
最初の１分が叛逆の冒頭な感じ。神話な感じでまどかとほむらが一緒に喋る。映像はまどかバレエ、最後には拍手する悪魔らしき人物
その後は怒涛のラッシュ
杏子ちゃんキレてて
さやかちゃん魔女化で魔獣戦
安定のマミほむ（くー）対立
そしてなぎさちゃんは探偵ごっこ

I’m not the one who watched this concept movie, which is showing off at MADOGATARI exhibition from today. I just tried to translate what he summaried:

- This longs about 4 minutes.
- In first minute, things happen just what we saw in Rebellion. Madoka and Homura talk together about something likes fairy-tales. The image is Madoka performing her ballet, and the Devil clapping her hands at the end of the show.
- Next is like a rush of angry waves.
- Kyouko is exhausting. She’s angry (at?) the cats are being revived by someone’s voice(?).
- Sayaka is able to read witch’s language (the runes), and got captured (as like she was in wraith arc). She (or her dead body?) turns into her witch-form and fights againt the Wraith. Before that, her soul-gem fully got dark.
- It seems Mami and cool-Homura will get another fight.
- This cool-Homura don’t have the earing like what the Devil does. She’s like the normal cool-Homura we’ve known.
- And Nagisa plays a detective game in magical-girl form.

Another information:
- Madoka gets a new magical-girl costume. It’s cute, but exposes her flesh a bit much…
- Super, very cool Mami. She’s like a boss!!

[Kyubey's face]

[The sky is breaking itself. A huge Mami's-head-shaped stone statue falls from it]

[Madoka is performing ballet dancing]

Madoka & Homura - "What is happiness ?"

Madoka - "It's a brightful May sun"

Homura - "It's a warm family"

[The huge stone statue hits the ground]

Madoka - "It's fried eggs for breakfast."

[SHAFT LOGO]

Madoka & Homura - "But there's nothing like that in Paradise."

[Madoka is performing ballet dancing]

Madoka & Homura - "What's happiness ?"

Homura - "It's being called by somebody."

Madoka - "It's being able to call anyone."

[Kyubey's face]

Homura - "It's when someone is thinking of you"

[Madoka is performing ballet dancing, plan on her chest (eyes closed)]

Madoka & Homura - "None of this is accessible for God"

[Still pictures which keep coming : "Homura with a blank stare", "carrot", "demons" (end of episode 12)…]

Homura - "A lizard girl took pity on God"

[Homura's soulgem swings like a pendulum, then stops]

Madoka - "So the lizard girl tore God in two and brought an half from Paradise to Earth"

[Ballet of Madoka : She holds a pose]

[Homura, wearing her uniform, (end of Rebellion) applauds]

Homura - "An act even that cruel can seem like a ray of light, committed from the darkness… it's beautiful"

[Kyouko fights under a full moon sky (you can see ruins)]

A - "There are many cats these days, right ?"

B - "But many of these cats are dead"

A - "How can one tell the difference between the living cats and the dead ones ?"

[Oktavia fights against a demon (in the Mitakihara's ruins, after Walpurgisnacht)]

Kyôko - "I just can't forgive bastards who asks for help without explaining their motivations"

[Sayaka falling in purple water, where Madoka died during Walpurgisnacht]

Sayaka - "That's a joke, right ? What's the meaning of this ? How can I understand these letters ?"

[Law of Cycle's seal, runes below (10 runes)]

[Hitomi, on the way to school]

Hitomi - "You should be discreet. If you disclose the existence of magic too much, it could disappear"

[Sayaka's face, her mouth is covered by a mask, eyes closed)]

[Nagisa is running in the woods]

[Kyubey's face]

Nagisa - "It smells conspiracy"

[Kyubey's face]

Kyubey - "Why me ? Whereas this brings no merit ?"

[Ground collapses. A view of a city in flames (Mitakihara ?)

[Mami crosses her arms, with a stern look on her face]

Mami - "You too, you always kept everything as secrets"

[A giant structure (a witch ?) bursts out from the Earth]

[Mami's face]

[Homura is laughing with a haughty tone]

[Still pictures of Homura's very long nails (claws ?)]

Homura - "So you're planning to get in my way ?"

[Pink ribbon hanging from the branches of a tree, floating in the wind]

Madoka - "You don't need to rescent anyone anymore… you… me…"

[Madoka is running away from something (she wears a new magical girl costume), a crow flies behind her]

Madoka - "Can you help me ? You too, fairies ?"

[Fairy silhouettes appears after Madoka saying "can you help me"]

[A giant structure (a witch ?) bursts out from the Earth]

[Mami crosses her arms (side view)]

[A bullet comes out from a gun (Mami's ?)]

==speculah==
[[File:Madoka ballet.png|thumb|right|300px|madoka doing ballet]]
===A===
■ニュータイプ2016年1月号より。インタビュー
”コンセプトムービー”について
アニメの制作に入る前には、”イメージボード”と呼ばれる作品の雰囲気をつかむための
一枚絵を用意することがよくあるのですが、それと同じような位置づけのものを
今回はムービーで作ってみました。言うなれば贅沢なイメージボード
『こういうふうにつくる』という、現時点での作品の”核”のようなもの
映画でいうなら、限りなく”予告編”に近いものと言えます
・以前から”新作”のためのミーティングを重ねていた
・MADOGATARI展は新作の情報を明かすいいタイミングだった
・まどかがバレエを踊っているのもしっかりと新作の本編にあります
・マミは三国志の関羽のような”戦いの神様”のイメージで新作ではさらに強くなる
・仁美やなぎさも新作で活躍します
・コンセプトムービーだけで完結しているのではなく、ここから新しい「魔法少女まどかマギカ」が始まるんだ、ということが皆さんに伝わるといいなと思っています

http://pastebin.com/MztUH13S

two allegories for this series/movie are Three Kingdoms and Swan Lake.
As Rebellion's was the Nutcracker, Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Cinderella; and as the series was Faust, Part One and The Little Mermaid.

===B===

[救済の魔女の手下]

The Minion of the Witch of Salvation [Kriemhild Gretchen] [no runes/name given]

その役割は計量。

Their task is measurement.

天国へ昇る者達の心臓をその秤へ乗せ罪の重さを暴き見せる。

They can expose the [impurities] of the hearts of those who go to Heaven by weighing the sins place on their scales.

罪深き者へは魔女からのより深き慈悲が与えられるだろう。

The sinful are perhaps granted even more profound mercy than from by the witch.

[絶望の魔女]#12

The Witch of Despair (#12) [no runes given]

その性質は強訴。

Her nature is direct petition.

力尽きた全ての魔法少女と叶うことがなかった全ての希望の代弁者。

The mouthpiece for all the unfulfilled hopes of all spent magical girls.

この宇宙を書き換える希望が生まれると同時に絶望の泥より生まれ

If a hope is born that can rewrite the universe, then at the same time, it is born from the mud of despair.

果てしなき悲鳴をその身に詰めて膨らみ続ける空気人形。

Everlasting wailing fills her body, a continuously swelling, empty doll.

魔法少女の因果が回る限り、

At the end of a magical girl’s karma,

この魔女は途方もない大きさまで膨らみ続け、

This witch continues to swell to absurd sizes

やがてはその身体で銀河すらも圧し潰してしまうだろう。

And in the end, her body could even destroy the galaxy.

===C===
Alleged new info on Waluigisnacht and Ophelia and Candeloro's minions

http://a-nima-figure.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2015-11-30

===D===
from the trailer:

Runes on the LoC emblem say EIEN NI SITE (永遠にして) (In perpetuity). Smaller runes just say das Ewig-Weibliche (The Eternal Feminine).

== Storyboard ==

== Fan drawn storyboards ==

<gallery>

Image:storyboard_1.jpg
Image:storyboard_2.jpg
Image:storyboard_3.jpg
Image:storyboard_4.jpg
Image:storyboard_5.jpg
Image:storyboard_6.jpg
Image:storyboard_7.jpg

</gallery>

Will start work on the main page tomorrow if no one else get to it by then. - [[User:Prima|Prima]] 06:48, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

Talk:Puella Magi Madoka Magica Concept Movie

2015-12-08T07:02:35Z

Mutopis: /* notes */

==notes==
[[File:Concept movie poster pic.jpg|thumb|right|300px|poster movie concept]]
http://walpurgischan.net/meduka/res/9743.html

http://sendvid.com/nlv9tdon trailer

==summary movie trailer==
http://sonozaki-shimai.tumblr.com/post/134048597291/summary-of-new-madoka-magica-movies-trailer-at

映像は計4分
最初の１分が叛逆の冒頭な感じ。神話な感じでまどかとほむらが一緒に喋る。映像はまどかバレエ、最後には拍手する悪魔らしき人物
その後は怒涛のラッシュ
杏子ちゃんキレてて
さやかちゃん魔女化で魔獣戦
安定のマミほむ（くー）対立
そしてなぎさちゃんは探偵ごっこ

I’m not the one who watched this concept movie, which is showing off at MADOGATARI exhibition from today. I just tried to translate what he summaried:

- This longs about 4 minutes.
- In first minute, things happen just what we saw in Rebellion. Madoka and Homura talk together about something likes fairy-tales. The image is Madoka performing her ballet, and the Devil clapping her hands at the end of the show.
- Next is like a rush of angry waves.
- Kyouko is exhausting. She’s angry (at?) the cats are being revived by someone’s voice(?).
- Sayaka is able to read witch’s language (the runes), and got captured (as like she was in wraith arc). She (or her dead body?) turns into her witch-form and fights againt the Wraith. Before that, her soul-gem fully got dark.
- It seems Mami and cool-Homura will get another fight.
- This cool-Homura don’t have the earing like what the Devil does. She’s like the normal cool-Homura we’ve known.
- And Nagisa plays a detective game in magical-girl form.

Another information:
- Madoka gets a new magical-girl costume. It’s cute, but exposes her flesh a bit much…
- Super, very cool Mami. She’s like a boss!!

[Kyubey's face]

[The sky is breaking itself. A huge Mami's-head-shaped stone statue falls from it]

[Madoka is performing ballet dancing]

Madoka & Homura - "What is happiness ?"

Madoka - "It's a brightful May sun"

Homura - "It's a warm family"

[The huge stone statue hits the ground]

Madoka - "It's fried eggs for breakfast."

[SHAFT LOGO]

Madoka & Homura - "But there's nothing like that in Paradise."

[Madoka is performing ballet dancing]

Madoka & Homura - "What's happiness ?"

Homura - "It's being called by somebody."

Madoka - "It's being able to call anyone."

[Kyubey's face]

Homura - "It's when someone is thinking of you"

[Madoka is performing ballet dancing, plan on her chest (eyes closed)]

Madoka & Homura - "None of this is accessible for God"

[Still pictures which keep coming : "Homura with a blank stare", "carrot", "demons" (end of episode 12)…]

Homura - "A lizard girl took pity on God"

[Homura's soulgem swings like a pendulum, then stops]

Madoka - "So the lizard girl tore God in two and brought an half from Paradise to Earth"

[Ballet of Madoka : She holds a pose]

[Homura, wearing her uniform, (end of Rebellion) applauds]

Homura - "An act even that cruel can seem like a ray of light, committed from the darkness… it's beautiful"

[Kyouko fights under a full moon sky (you can see ruins)]

A - "There are many cats these days, right ?"

B - "But many of these cats are dead"

A - "How can one tell the difference between the living cats and the dead ones ?"

[Oktavia fights against a demon (in the Mitakihara's ruins, after Walpurgisnacht)]

Kyôko - "I just can't forgive bastards who asks for help without explaining their motivations"

[Sayaka falling in purple water, where Madoka died during Walpurgisnacht]

Sayaka - "That's a joke, right ? What's the meaning of this ? How can I understand these letters ?"

[Law of Cycle's seal, runes below (10 runes)]

[Hitomi, on the way to school]

Hitomi - "You should be discreet. If you disclose the existence of magic too much, it could disappear"

[Sayaka's face, her mouth is covered by a mask, eyes closed)]

[Nagisa is running in the woods]

[Kyubey's face]

Nagisa - "It smells conspiracy"

[Kyubey's face]

Kyubey - "Why me ? Whereas this brings no merit ?"

[Ground collapses. A view of a city in flames (Mitakihara ?)

[Mami crosses her arms, with a stern look on her face]

Mami - "You too, you always kept everything as secrets"

[A giant structure (a witch ?) bursts out from the Earth]

[Mami's face]

[Homura is laughing with a haughty tone]

[Still pictures of Homura's very long nails (claws ?)]

Homura - "So you're planning to get in my way ?"

[Pink ribbon hanging from the branches of a tree, floating in the wind]

Madoka - "You don't need to rescent anyone anymore… you… me…"

[Madoka is running away from something (she wears a new magical girl costume), a crow flies behind her]

Madoka - "Can you help me ? You too, fairies ?"

[Fairy silhouettes appears after Madoka saying "can you help me"]

[A giant structure (a witch ?) bursts out from the Earth]

[Mami crosses her arms (side view)]

[A bullet comes out from a gun (Mami's ?)]

==speculah==
===A===
■ニュータイプ2016年1月号より。インタビュー
”コンセプトムービー”について
アニメの制作に入る前には、”イメージボード”と呼ばれる作品の雰囲気をつかむための
一枚絵を用意することがよくあるのですが、それと同じような位置づけのものを
今回はムービーで作ってみました。言うなれば贅沢なイメージボード
『こういうふうにつくる』という、現時点での作品の”核”のようなもの
映画でいうなら、限りなく”予告編”に近いものと言えます
・以前から”新作”のためのミーティングを重ねていた
・MADOGATARI展は新作の情報を明かすいいタイミングだった
・まどかがバレエを踊っているのもしっかりと新作の本編にあります
・マミは三国志の関羽のような”戦いの神様”のイメージで新作ではさらに強くなる
・仁美やなぎさも新作で活躍します
・コンセプトムービーだけで完結しているのではなく、ここから新しい「魔法少女まどかマギカ」が始まるんだ、ということが皆さんに伝わるといいなと思っています

http://pastebin.com/MztUH13S

two allegories for this series/movie are Three Kingdoms and Swan Lake.
As Rebellion's was the Nutcracker, Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Cinderella; and as the series was Faust, Part One and The Little Mermaid.

===B===

[救済の魔女の手下]

The Minion of the Witch of Salvation [Kriemhild Gretchen] [no runes/name given]

その役割は計量。

Their task is measurement.

天国へ昇る者達の心臓をその秤へ乗せ罪の重さを暴き見せる。

They can expose the [impurities] of the hearts of those who go to Heaven by weighing the sins place on their scales.

罪深き者へは魔女からのより深き慈悲が与えられるだろう。

The sinful are perhaps granted even more profound mercy than from by the witch.

[絶望の魔女]#12

The Witch of Despair (#12) [no runes given]

その性質は強訴。

Her nature is direct petition.

力尽きた全ての魔法少女と叶うことがなかった全ての希望の代弁者。

The mouthpiece for all the unfulfilled hopes of all spent magical girls.

この宇宙を書き換える希望が生まれると同時に絶望の泥より生まれ

If a hope is born that can rewrite the universe, then at the same time, it is born from the mud of despair.

果てしなき悲鳴をその身に詰めて膨らみ続ける空気人形。

Everlasting wailing fills her body, a continuously swelling, empty doll.

魔法少女の因果が回る限り、

At the end of a magical girl’s karma,

この魔女は途方もない大きさまで膨らみ続け、

This witch continues to swell to absurd sizes

やがてはその身体で銀河すらも圧し潰してしまうだろう。

And in the end, her body could even destroy the galaxy.

===C===
Alleged new info on Waluigisnacht and Ophelia and Candeloro's minions

http://a-nima-figure.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2015-11-30

===D===
from the trailer:

Runes on the LoC emblem say EIEN NI SITE (永遠にして) (In perpetuity). Smaller runes just say das Ewig-Weibliche (The Eternal Feminine).

== Storyboard ==

== Fan drawn storyboards ==

<gallery>

Image:storyboard_1.jpg
Image:storyboard_2.jpg
Image:storyboard_3.jpg
Image:storyboard_4.jpg
Image:storyboard_5.jpg
Image:storyboard_6.jpg
Image:storyboard_7.jpg

</gallery>

Will start work on the main page tomorrow if no one else get to it by then. - [[User:Prima|Prima]] 06:48, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

Talk:Puella Magi Madoka Magica Concept Movie

2015-12-08T07:02:25Z

Mutopis: /* notes */

==notes==
[[File:Concept movie poster pic.jpg|thumb|right|500px|poster movie concept]]
http://walpurgischan.net/meduka/res/9743.html

http://sendvid.com/nlv9tdon trailer

==summary movie trailer==
http://sonozaki-shimai.tumblr.com/post/134048597291/summary-of-new-madoka-magica-movies-trailer-at

映像は計4分
最初の１分が叛逆の冒頭な感じ。神話な感じでまどかとほむらが一緒に喋る。映像はまどかバレエ、最後には拍手する悪魔らしき人物
その後は怒涛のラッシュ
杏子ちゃんキレてて
さやかちゃん魔女化で魔獣戦
安定のマミほむ（くー）対立
そしてなぎさちゃんは探偵ごっこ

I’m not the one who watched this concept movie, which is showing off at MADOGATARI exhibition from today. I just tried to translate what he summaried:

- This longs about 4 minutes.
- In first minute, things happen just what we saw in Rebellion. Madoka and Homura talk together about something likes fairy-tales. The image is Madoka performing her ballet, and the Devil clapping her hands at the end of the show.
- Next is like a rush of angry waves.
- Kyouko is exhausting. She’s angry (at?) the cats are being revived by someone’s voice(?).
- Sayaka is able to read witch’s language (the runes), and got captured (as like she was in wraith arc). She (or her dead body?) turns into her witch-form and fights againt the Wraith. Before that, her soul-gem fully got dark.
- It seems Mami and cool-Homura will get another fight.
- This cool-Homura don’t have the earing like what the Devil does. She’s like the normal cool-Homura we’ve known.
- And Nagisa plays a detective game in magical-girl form.

Another information:
- Madoka gets a new magical-girl costume. It’s cute, but exposes her flesh a bit much…
- Super, very cool Mami. She’s like a boss!!

[Kyubey's face]

[The sky is breaking itself. A huge Mami's-head-shaped stone statue falls from it]

[Madoka is performing ballet dancing]

Madoka & Homura - "What is happiness ?"

Madoka - "It's a brightful May sun"

Homura - "It's a warm family"

[The huge stone statue hits the ground]

Madoka - "It's fried eggs for breakfast."

[SHAFT LOGO]

Madoka & Homura - "But there's nothing like that in Paradise."

[Madoka is performing ballet dancing]

Madoka & Homura - "What's happiness ?"

Homura - "It's being called by somebody."

Madoka - "It's being able to call anyone."

[Kyubey's face]

Homura - "It's when someone is thinking of you"

[Madoka is performing ballet dancing, plan on her chest (eyes closed)]

Madoka & Homura - "None of this is accessible for God"

[Still pictures which keep coming : "Homura with a blank stare", "carrot", "demons" (end of episode 12)…]

Homura - "A lizard girl took pity on God"

[Homura's soulgem swings like a pendulum, then stops]

Madoka - "So the lizard girl tore God in two and brought an half from Paradise to Earth"

[Ballet of Madoka : She holds a pose]

[Homura, wearing her uniform, (end of Rebellion) applauds]

Homura - "An act even that cruel can seem like a ray of light, committed from the darkness… it's beautiful"

[Kyouko fights under a full moon sky (you can see ruins)]

A - "There are many cats these days, right ?"

B - "But many of these cats are dead"

A - "How can one tell the difference between the living cats and the dead ones ?"

[Oktavia fights against a demon (in the Mitakihara's ruins, after Walpurgisnacht)]

Kyôko - "I just can't forgive bastards who asks for help without explaining their motivations"

[Sayaka falling in purple water, where Madoka died during Walpurgisnacht]

Sayaka - "That's a joke, right ? What's the meaning of this ? How can I understand these letters ?"

[Law of Cycle's seal, runes below (10 runes)]

[Hitomi, on the way to school]

Hitomi - "You should be discreet. If you disclose the existence of magic too much, it could disappear"

[Sayaka's face, her mouth is covered by a mask, eyes closed)]

[Nagisa is running in the woods]

[Kyubey's face]

Nagisa - "It smells conspiracy"

[Kyubey's face]

Kyubey - "Why me ? Whereas this brings no merit ?"

[Ground collapses. A view of a city in flames (Mitakihara ?)

[Mami crosses her arms, with a stern look on her face]

Mami - "You too, you always kept everything as secrets"

[A giant structure (a witch ?) bursts out from the Earth]

[Mami's face]

[Homura is laughing with a haughty tone]

[Still pictures of Homura's very long nails (claws ?)]

Homura - "So you're planning to get in my way ?"

[Pink ribbon hanging from the branches of a tree, floating in the wind]

Madoka - "You don't need to rescent anyone anymore… you… me…"

[Madoka is running away from something (she wears a new magical girl costume), a crow flies behind her]

Madoka - "Can you help me ? You too, fairies ?"

[Fairy silhouettes appears after Madoka saying "can you help me"]

[A giant structure (a witch ?) bursts out from the Earth]

[Mami crosses her arms (side view)]

[A bullet comes out from a gun (Mami's ?)]

==speculah==
===A===
■ニュータイプ2016年1月号より。インタビュー
”コンセプトムービー”について
アニメの制作に入る前には、”イメージボード”と呼ばれる作品の雰囲気をつかむための
一枚絵を用意することがよくあるのですが、それと同じような位置づけのものを
今回はムービーで作ってみました。言うなれば贅沢なイメージボード
『こういうふうにつくる』という、現時点での作品の”核”のようなもの
映画でいうなら、限りなく”予告編”に近いものと言えます
・以前から”新作”のためのミーティングを重ねていた
・MADOGATARI展は新作の情報を明かすいいタイミングだった
・まどかがバレエを踊っているのもしっかりと新作の本編にあります
・マミは三国志の関羽のような”戦いの神様”のイメージで新作ではさらに強くなる
・仁美やなぎさも新作で活躍します
・コンセプトムービーだけで完結しているのではなく、ここから新しい「魔法少女まどかマギカ」が始まるんだ、ということが皆さんに伝わるといいなと思っています

http://pastebin.com/MztUH13S

two allegories for this series/movie are Three Kingdoms and Swan Lake.
As Rebellion's was the Nutcracker, Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Cinderella; and as the series was Faust, Part One and The Little Mermaid.

===B===

[救済の魔女の手下]

The Minion of the Witch of Salvation [Kriemhild Gretchen] [no runes/name given]

その役割は計量。

Their task is measurement.

天国へ昇る者達の心臓をその秤へ乗せ罪の重さを暴き見せる。

They can expose the [impurities] of the hearts of those who go to Heaven by weighing the sins place on their scales.

罪深き者へは魔女からのより深き慈悲が与えられるだろう。

The sinful are perhaps granted even more profound mercy than from by the witch.

[絶望の魔女]#12

The Witch of Despair (#12) [no runes given]

その性質は強訴。

Her nature is direct petition.

力尽きた全ての魔法少女と叶うことがなかった全ての希望の代弁者。

The mouthpiece for all the unfulfilled hopes of all spent magical girls.

この宇宙を書き換える希望が生まれると同時に絶望の泥より生まれ

If a hope is born that can rewrite the universe, then at the same time, it is born from the mud of despair.

果てしなき悲鳴をその身に詰めて膨らみ続ける空気人形。

Everlasting wailing fills her body, a continuously swelling, empty doll.

魔法少女の因果が回る限り、

At the end of a magical girl’s karma,

この魔女は途方もない大きさまで膨らみ続け、

This witch continues to swell to absurd sizes

やがてはその身体で銀河すらも圧し潰してしまうだろう。

And in the end, her body could even destroy the galaxy.

===C===
Alleged new info on Waluigisnacht and Ophelia and Candeloro's minions

http://a-nima-figure.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2015-11-30

===D===
from the trailer:

Runes on the LoC emblem say EIEN NI SITE (永遠にして) (In perpetuity). Smaller runes just say das Ewig-Weibliche (The Eternal Feminine).

== Storyboard ==

== Fan drawn storyboards ==

<gallery>

Image:storyboard_1.jpg
Image:storyboard_2.jpg
Image:storyboard_3.jpg
Image:storyboard_4.jpg
Image:storyboard_5.jpg
Image:storyboard_6.jpg
Image:storyboard_7.jpg

</gallery>

Will start work on the main page tomorrow if no one else get to it by then. - [[User:Prima|Prima]] 06:48, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

File:Madoka ballet.png

2015-12-08T07:00:09Z

Mutopis:

File:Concept movie poster pic.jpg

2015-12-08T06:30:05Z

Mutopis:

Talk:Puella Magi Madoka Magica Concept Movie

2015-12-08T06:27:34Z

Mutopis: /* C */

==notes==
http://walpurgischan.net/meduka/res/9743.html

http://sendvid.com/nlv9tdon trailer

==summary movie trailer==
http://sonozaki-shimai.tumblr.com/post/134048597291/summary-of-new-madoka-magica-movies-trailer-at

映像は計4分
最初の１分が叛逆の冒頭な感じ。神話な感じでまどかとほむらが一緒に喋る。映像はまどかバレエ、最後には拍手する悪魔らしき人物
その後は怒涛のラッシュ
杏子ちゃんキレてて
さやかちゃん魔女化で魔獣戦
安定のマミほむ（くー）対立
そしてなぎさちゃんは探偵ごっこ

I’m not the one who watched this concept movie, which is showing off at MADOGATARI exhibition from today. I just tried to translate what he summaried:

- This longs about 4 minutes.
- In first minute, things happen just what we saw in Rebellion. Madoka and Homura talk together about something likes fairy-tales. The image is Madoka performing her ballet, and the Devil clapping her hands at the end of the show.
- Next is like a rush of angry waves.
- Kyouko is exhausting. She’s angry (at?) the cats are being revived by someone’s voice(?).
- Sayaka is able to read witch’s language (the runes), and got captured (as like she was in wraith arc). She (or her dead body?) turns into her witch-form and fights againt the Wraith. Before that, her soul-gem fully got dark.
- It seems Mami and cool-Homura will get another fight.
- This cool-Homura don’t have the earing like what the Devil does. She’s like the normal cool-Homura we’ve known.
- And Nagisa plays a detective game in magical-girl form.

Another information:
- Madoka gets a new magical-girl costume. It’s cute, but exposes her flesh a bit much…
- Super, very cool Mami. She’s like a boss!!

[Kyubey's face]

[The sky is breaking itself. A huge Mami's-head-shaped stone statue falls from it]

[Madoka is performing ballet dancing]

Madoka & Homura - "What is happiness ?"

Madoka - "It's a brightful May sun"

Homura - "It's a warm family"

[The huge stone statue hits the ground]

Madoka - "It's fried eggs for breakfast."

[SHAFT LOGO]

Madoka & Homura - "But there's nothing like that in Paradise."

[Madoka is performing ballet dancing]

Madoka & Homura - "What's happiness ?"

Homura - "It's being called by somebody."

Madoka - "It's being able to call anyone."

[Kyubey's face]

Homura - "It's when someone is thinking of you"

[Madoka is performing ballet dancing, plan on her chest (eyes closed)]

Madoka & Homura - "None of this is accessible for God"

[Still pictures which keep coming : "Homura with a blank stare", "carrot", "demons" (end of episode 12)…]

Homura - "A lizard girl took pity on God"

[Homura's soulgem swings like a pendulum, then stops]

Madoka - "So the lizard girl tore God in two and brought an half from Paradise to Earth"

[Ballet of Madoka : She holds a pose]

[Homura, wearing her uniform, (end of Rebellion) applauds]

Homura - "An act even that cruel can seem like a ray of light, committed from the darkness… it's beautiful"

[Kyouko fights under a full moon sky (you can see ruins)]

A - "There are many cats these days, right ?"

B - "But many of these cats are dead"

A - "How can one tell the difference between the living cats and the dead ones ?"

[Oktavia fights against a demon (in the Mitakihara's ruins, after Walpurgisnacht)]

Kyôko - "I just can't forgive bastards who asks for help without explaining their motivations"

[Sayaka falling in purple water, where Madoka died during Walpurgisnacht]

Sayaka - "That's a joke, right ? What's the meaning of this ? How can I understand these letters ?"

[Law of Cycle's seal, runes below (10 runes)]

[Hitomi, on the way to school]

Hitomi - "You should be discreet. If you disclose the existence of magic too much, it could disappear"

[Sayaka's face, her mouth is covered by a mask, eyes closed)]

[Nagisa is running in the woods]

[Kyubey's face]

Nagisa - "It smells conspiracy"

[Kyubey's face]

Kyubey - "Why me ? Whereas this brings no merit ?"

[Ground collapses. A view of a city in flames (Mitakihara ?)

[Mami crosses her arms, with a stern look on her face]

Mami - "You too, you always kept everything as secrets"

[A giant structure (a witch ?) bursts out from the Earth]

[Mami's face]

[Homura is laughing with a haughty tone]

[Still pictures of Homura's very long nails (claws ?)]

Homura - "So you're planning to get in my way ?"

[Pink ribbon hanging from the branches of a tree, floating in the wind]

Madoka - "You don't need to rescent anyone anymore… you… me…"

[Madoka is running away from something (she wears a new magical girl costume), a crow flies behind her]

Madoka - "Can you help me ? You too, fairies ?"

[Fairy silhouettes appears after Madoka saying "can you help me"]

[A giant structure (a witch ?) bursts out from the Earth]

[Mami crosses her arms (side view)]

[A bullet comes out from a gun (Mami's ?)]

==speculah==
===A===
■ニュータイプ2016年1月号より。インタビュー
”コンセプトムービー”について
アニメの制作に入る前には、”イメージボード”と呼ばれる作品の雰囲気をつかむための
一枚絵を用意することがよくあるのですが、それと同じような位置づけのものを
今回はムービーで作ってみました。言うなれば贅沢なイメージボード
『こういうふうにつくる』という、現時点での作品の”核”のようなもの
映画でいうなら、限りなく”予告編”に近いものと言えます
・以前から”新作”のためのミーティングを重ねていた
・MADOGATARI展は新作の情報を明かすいいタイミングだった
・まどかがバレエを踊っているのもしっかりと新作の本編にあります
・マミは三国志の関羽のような”戦いの神様”のイメージで新作ではさらに強くなる
・仁美やなぎさも新作で活躍します
・コンセプトムービーだけで完結しているのではなく、ここから新しい「魔法少女まどかマギカ」が始まるんだ、ということが皆さんに伝わるといいなと思っています

http://pastebin.com/MztUH13S

two allegories for this series/movie are Three Kingdoms and Swan Lake.
As Rebellion's was the Nutcracker, Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Cinderella; and as the series was Faust, Part One and The Little Mermaid.

===B===

[救済の魔女の手下]

The Minion of the Witch of Salvation [Kriemhild Gretchen] [no runes/name given]

その役割は計量。

Their task is measurement.

天国へ昇る者達の心臓をその秤へ乗せ罪の重さを暴き見せる。

They can expose the [impurities] of the hearts of those who go to Heaven by weighing the sins place on their scales.

罪深き者へは魔女からのより深き慈悲が与えられるだろう。

The sinful are perhaps granted even more profound mercy than from by the witch.

[絶望の魔女]#12

The Witch of Despair (#12) [no runes given]

その性質は強訴。

Her nature is direct petition.

力尽きた全ての魔法少女と叶うことがなかった全ての希望の代弁者。

The mouthpiece for all the unfulfilled hopes of all spent magical girls.

この宇宙を書き換える希望が生まれると同時に絶望の泥より生まれ

If a hope is born that can rewrite the universe, then at the same time, it is born from the mud of despair.

果てしなき悲鳴をその身に詰めて膨らみ続ける空気人形。

Everlasting wailing fills her body, a continuously swelling, empty doll.

魔法少女の因果が回る限り、

At the end of a magical girl’s karma,

この魔女は途方もない大きさまで膨らみ続け、

This witch continues to swell to absurd sizes

やがてはその身体で銀河すらも圧し潰してしまうだろう。

And in the end, her body could even destroy the galaxy.

===C===
Alleged new info on Waluigisnacht and Ophelia and Candeloro's minions

http://a-nima-figure.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2015-11-30

===D===
from the trailer:

Runes on the LoC emblem say EIEN NI SITE (永遠にして) (In perpetuity). Smaller runes just say das Ewig-Weibliche (The Eternal Feminine).

Talk:Puella Magi Madoka Magica Concept Movie

2015-12-08T06:26:56Z

Mutopis: /* notes */

Talk:Puella Magi Madoka Magica Concept Movie

2015-12-08T06:26:29Z

Mutopis: /* B */

==notes==
http://walpurgischan.net/meduka/res/9743.html

==summary movie trailer==
http://sonozaki-shimai.tumblr.com/post/134048597291/summary-of-new-madoka-magica-movies-trailer-at

映像は計4分
最初の１分が叛逆の冒頭な感じ。神話な感じでまどかとほむらが一緒に喋る。映像はまどかバレエ、最後には拍手する悪魔らしき人物
その後は怒涛のラッシュ
杏子ちゃんキレてて
さやかちゃん魔女化で魔獣戦
安定のマミほむ（くー）対立
そしてなぎさちゃんは探偵ごっこ

I’m not the one who watched this concept movie, which is showing off at MADOGATARI exhibition from today. I just tried to translate what he summaried:

- This longs about 4 minutes.
- In first minute, things happen just what we saw in Rebellion. Madoka and Homura talk together about something likes fairy-tales. The image is Madoka performing her ballet, and the Devil clapping her hands at the end of the show.
- Next is like a rush of angry waves.
- Kyouko is exhausting. She’s angry (at?) the cats are being revived by someone’s voice(?).
- Sayaka is able to read witch’s language (the runes), and got captured (as like she was in wraith arc). She (or her dead body?) turns into her witch-form and fights againt the Wraith. Before that, her soul-gem fully got dark.
- It seems Mami and cool-Homura will get another fight.
- This cool-Homura don’t have the earing like what the Devil does. She’s like the normal cool-Homura we’ve known.
- And Nagisa plays a detective game in magical-girl form.

Another information:
- Madoka gets a new magical-girl costume. It’s cute, but exposes her flesh a bit much…
- Super, very cool Mami. She’s like a boss!!

[Kyubey's face]

[The sky is breaking itself. A huge Mami's-head-shaped stone statue falls from it]

[Madoka is performing ballet dancing]

Madoka & Homura - "What is happiness ?"

Madoka - "It's a brightful May sun"

Homura - "It's a warm family"

[The huge stone statue hits the ground]

Madoka - "It's fried eggs for breakfast."

[SHAFT LOGO]

Madoka & Homura - "But there's nothing like that in Paradise."

[Madoka is performing ballet dancing]

Madoka & Homura - "What's happiness ?"

Homura - "It's being called by somebody."

Madoka - "It's being able to call anyone."

[Kyubey's face]

Homura - "It's when someone is thinking of you"

[Madoka is performing ballet dancing, plan on her chest (eyes closed)]

Madoka & Homura - "None of this is accessible for God"

[Still pictures which keep coming : "Homura with a blank stare", "carrot", "demons" (end of episode 12)…]

Homura - "A lizard girl took pity on God"

[Homura's soulgem swings like a pendulum, then stops]

Madoka - "So the lizard girl tore God in two and brought an half from Paradise to Earth"

[Ballet of Madoka : She holds a pose]

[Homura, wearing her uniform, (end of Rebellion) applauds]

Homura - "An act even that cruel can seem like a ray of light, committed from the darkness… it's beautiful"

[Kyouko fights under a full moon sky (you can see ruins)]

A - "There are many cats these days, right ?"

B - "But many of these cats are dead"

A - "How can one tell the difference between the living cats and the dead ones ?"

[Oktavia fights against a demon (in the Mitakihara's ruins, after Walpurgisnacht)]

Kyôko - "I just can't forgive bastards who asks for help without explaining their motivations"

[Sayaka falling in purple water, where Madoka died during Walpurgisnacht]

Sayaka - "That's a joke, right ? What's the meaning of this ? How can I understand these letters ?"

[Law of Cycle's seal, runes below (10 runes)]

[Hitomi, on the way to school]

Hitomi - "You should be discreet. If you disclose the existence of magic too much, it could disappear"

[Sayaka's face, her mouth is covered by a mask, eyes closed)]

[Nagisa is running in the woods]

[Kyubey's face]

Nagisa - "It smells conspiracy"

[Kyubey's face]

Kyubey - "Why me ? Whereas this brings no merit ?"

[Ground collapses. A view of a city in flames (Mitakihara ?)

[Mami crosses her arms, with a stern look on her face]

Mami - "You too, you always kept everything as secrets"

[A giant structure (a witch ?) bursts out from the Earth]

[Mami's face]

[Homura is laughing with a haughty tone]

[Still pictures of Homura's very long nails (claws ?)]

Homura - "So you're planning to get in my way ?"

[Pink ribbon hanging from the branches of a tree, floating in the wind]

Madoka - "You don't need to rescent anyone anymore… you… me…"

[Madoka is running away from something (she wears a new magical girl costume), a crow flies behind her]

Madoka - "Can you help me ? You too, fairies ?"

[Fairy silhouettes appears after Madoka saying "can you help me"]

[A giant structure (a witch ?) bursts out from the Earth]

[Mami crosses her arms (side view)]

[A bullet comes out from a gun (Mami's ?)]

==speculah==
===A===
■ニュータイプ2016年1月号より。インタビュー
”コンセプトムービー”について
アニメの制作に入る前には、”イメージボード”と呼ばれる作品の雰囲気をつかむための
一枚絵を用意することがよくあるのですが、それと同じような位置づけのものを
今回はムービーで作ってみました。言うなれば贅沢なイメージボード
『こういうふうにつくる』という、現時点での作品の”核”のようなもの
映画でいうなら、限りなく”予告編”に近いものと言えます
・以前から”新作”のためのミーティングを重ねていた
・MADOGATARI展は新作の情報を明かすいいタイミングだった
・まどかがバレエを踊っているのもしっかりと新作の本編にあります
・マミは三国志の関羽のような”戦いの神様”のイメージで新作ではさらに強くなる
・仁美やなぎさも新作で活躍します
・コンセプトムービーだけで完結しているのではなく、ここから新しい「魔法少女まどかマギカ」が始まるんだ、ということが皆さんに伝わるといいなと思っています

http://pastebin.com/MztUH13S

two allegories for this series/movie are Three Kingdoms and Swan Lake.
As Rebellion's was the Nutcracker, Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Cinderella; and as the series was Faust, Part One and The Little Mermaid.

===B===

[救済の魔女の手下]

The Minion of the Witch of Salvation [Kriemhild Gretchen] [no runes/name given]

その役割は計量。

Their task is measurement.

天国へ昇る者達の心臓をその秤へ乗せ罪の重さを暴き見せる。

They can expose the [impurities] of the hearts of those who go to Heaven by weighing the sins place on their scales.

罪深き者へは魔女からのより深き慈悲が与えられるだろう。

The sinful are perhaps granted even more profound mercy than from by the witch.

[絶望の魔女]#12

The Witch of Despair (#12) [no runes given]

その性質は強訴。

Her nature is direct petition.

力尽きた全ての魔法少女と叶うことがなかった全ての希望の代弁者。

The mouthpiece for all the unfulfilled hopes of all spent magical girls.

この宇宙を書き換える希望が生まれると同時に絶望の泥より生まれ

If a hope is born that can rewrite the universe, then at the same time, it is born from the mud of despair.

果てしなき悲鳴をその身に詰めて膨らみ続ける空気人形。

Everlasting wailing fills her body, a continuously swelling, empty doll.

魔法少女の因果が回る限り、

At the end of a magical girl’s karma,

この魔女は途方もない大きさまで膨らみ続け、

This witch continues to swell to absurd sizes

やがてはその身体で銀河すらも圧し潰してしまうだろう。

And in the end, her body could even destroy the galaxy.

===C===
Alleged new info on Waluigisnacht and Ophelia and Candeloro's minions

http://a-nima-figure.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2015-11-30

Talk:Puella Magi Madoka Magica Concept Movie

2015-12-08T06:24:30Z

Mutopis: /* speculah */

Talk:Puella Magi Madoka Magica Concept Movie

2015-12-08T06:22:53Z

Mutopis: /* summary movie trailer */

==notes==
http://walpurgischan.net/meduka/res/9743.html

==summary movie trailer==
http://sonozaki-shimai.tumblr.com/post/134048597291/summary-of-new-madoka-magica-movies-trailer-at

映像は計4分
最初の１分が叛逆の冒頭な感じ。神話な感じでまどかとほむらが一緒に喋る。映像はまどかバレエ、最後には拍手する悪魔らしき人物
その後は怒涛のラッシュ
杏子ちゃんキレてて
さやかちゃん魔女化で魔獣戦
安定のマミほむ（くー）対立
そしてなぎさちゃんは探偵ごっこ

I’m not the one who watched this concept movie, which is showing off at MADOGATARI exhibition from today. I just tried to translate what he summaried:

- This longs about 4 minutes.
- In first minute, things happen just what we saw in Rebellion. Madoka and Homura talk together about something likes fairy-tales. The image is Madoka performing her ballet, and the Devil clapping her hands at the end of the show.
- Next is like a rush of angry waves.
- Kyouko is exhausting. She’s angry (at?) the cats are being revived by someone’s voice(?).
- Sayaka is able to read witch’s language (the runes), and got captured (as like she was in wraith arc). She (or her dead body?) turns into her witch-form and fights againt the Wraith. Before that, her soul-gem fully got dark.
- It seems Mami and cool-Homura will get another fight.
- This cool-Homura don’t have the earing like what the Devil does. She’s like the normal cool-Homura we’ve known.
- And Nagisa plays a detective game in magical-girl form.

Another information:
- Madoka gets a new magical-girl costume. It’s cute, but exposes her flesh a bit much…
- Super, very cool Mami. She’s like a boss!!

[Kyubey's face]

[The sky is breaking itself. A huge Mami's-head-shaped stone statue falls from it]

[Madoka is performing ballet dancing]

Madoka & Homura - "What is happiness ?"

Madoka - "It's a brightful May sun"

Homura - "It's a warm family"

[The huge stone statue hits the ground]

Madoka - "It's fried eggs for breakfast."

[SHAFT LOGO]

Madoka & Homura - "But there's nothing like that in Paradise."

[Madoka is performing ballet dancing]

Madoka & Homura - "What's happiness ?"

Homura - "It's being called by somebody."

Madoka - "It's being able to call anyone."

[Kyubey's face]

Homura - "It's when someone is thinking of you"

[Madoka is performing ballet dancing, plan on her chest (eyes closed)]

Madoka & Homura - "None of this is accessible for God"

[Still pictures which keep coming : "Homura with a blank stare", "carrot", "demons" (end of episode 12)…]

Homura - "A lizard girl took pity on God"

[Homura's soulgem swings like a pendulum, then stops]

Madoka - "So the lizard girl tore God in two and brought an half from Paradise to Earth"

[Ballet of Madoka : She holds a pose]

[Homura, wearing her uniform, (end of Rebellion) applauds]

Homura - "An act even that cruel can seem like a ray of light, committed from the darkness… it's beautiful"

[Kyouko fights under a full moon sky (you can see ruins)]

A - "There are many cats these days, right ?"

B - "But many of these cats are dead"

A - "How can one tell the difference between the living cats and the dead ones ?"

[Oktavia fights against a demon (in the Mitakihara's ruins, after Walpurgisnacht)]

Kyôko - "I just can't forgive bastards who asks for help without explaining their motivations"

[Sayaka falling in purple water, where Madoka died during Walpurgisnacht]

Sayaka - "That's a joke, right ? What's the meaning of this ? How can I understand these letters ?"

[Law of Cycle's seal, runes below (10 runes)]

[Hitomi, on the way to school]

Hitomi - "You should be discreet. If you disclose the existence of magic too much, it could disappear"

[Sayaka's face, her mouth is covered by a mask, eyes closed)]

[Nagisa is running in the woods]

[Kyubey's face]

Nagisa - "It smells conspiracy"

[Kyubey's face]

Kyubey - "Why me ? Whereas this brings no merit ?"

[Ground collapses. A view of a city in flames (Mitakihara ?)

[Mami crosses her arms, with a stern look on her face]

Mami - "You too, you always kept everything as secrets"

[A giant structure (a witch ?) bursts out from the Earth]

[Mami's face]

[Homura is laughing with a haughty tone]

[Still pictures of Homura's very long nails (claws ?)]

Homura - "So you're planning to get in my way ?"

[Pink ribbon hanging from the branches of a tree, floating in the wind]

Madoka - "You don't need to rescent anyone anymore… you… me…"

[Madoka is running away from something (she wears a new magical girl costume), a crow flies behind her]

Madoka - "Can you help me ? You too, fairies ?"

[Fairy silhouettes appears after Madoka saying "can you help me"]

[A giant structure (a witch ?) bursts out from the Earth]

[Mami crosses her arms (side view)]

[A bullet comes out from a gun (Mami's ?)]

==speculah==
■ニュータイプ2016年1月号より。インタビュー
”コンセプトムービー”について
アニメの制作に入る前には、”イメージボード”と呼ばれる作品の雰囲気をつかむための
一枚絵を用意することがよくあるのですが、それと同じような位置づけのものを
今回はムービーで作ってみました。言うなれば贅沢なイメージボード
『こういうふうにつくる』という、現時点での作品の”核”のようなもの
映画でいうなら、限りなく”予告編”に近いものと言えます
・以前から”新作”のためのミーティングを重ねていた
・MADOGATARI展は新作の情報を明かすいいタイミングだった
・まどかがバレエを踊っているのもしっかりと新作の本編にあります
・マミは三国志の関羽のような”戦いの神様”のイメージで新作ではさらに強くなる
・仁美やなぎさも新作で活躍します
・コンセプトムービーだけで完結しているのではなく、ここから新しい「魔法少女まどかマギカ」が始まるんだ、ということが皆さんに伝わるといいなと思っています

http://pastebin.com/MztUH13S

two allegories for this series/movie are Three Kingdoms and Swan Lake.
As Rebellion's was the Nutcracker, Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Cinderella; and as the series was Faust, Part One and The Little Mermaid.

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[[File:Tumblr mpr7um6Xec1rimnsno1 1280.jpg|thumb|250px|right|First ''Rebellion'' poster.]]
[[File:The Rebellion Story Key Visual 02.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Second ''Rebellion'' poster.]]
[[File:ANZX-3531.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Third ''Rebellion'' poster.]]
<blockquote>
''"Even if this world will crumble as well."'' ~ Red text on the first ''Rebellion'' movie poster.
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
''"Hope, or despair."'' ~ Large text on the second ''Rebellion'' movie poster.
</blockquote>

{{nihongo|'''Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion'''|劇場版魔法少女まどか☆マギカ［新編］叛逆の物語|Gekijōban Mahō Shōjo Madoka Magika [Shinpen]: Hangyaku no Monogatari|lit. "Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie [New Edition]: The Rebellion Story"}} is the third movie of the ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie]]'' trilogy, serving as a sequel to the story. The movie premiered in Japan on October 26th, 2013. It is 120 minutes long.

The opening theme is {{nihongo|"[[Colorful]]"|カラフル|Karafuru}} by ClariS and the ending theme is {{nihongo|"[[Kimi no Gin no Niwa]]"|君の銀の庭||"Your Silver Garden"}} by Kalafina.

==Summary==
A girl becomes a magical girl in exchange for her wish. The magical girls have a fate to fight against the witches, the harbingers of destruction that plant the seeds of despair, and in the end, they will succumb to despair and transform into witches themselves... the terrible cycle that had repeated so many times was finally ended by Madoka Kaname's sacrifice, and the world was led into a new order. However, the magical girls' battle must continue. The reason for this is because it is the compensation for the miracle. Unable to let her memories of Madoka die, Homura Akemi, the magical girl left behind continues to fight alone in the revived world. Her feelings pave the way for a new story.

...Madoka Kaname, the girl who had become the pillar to the Law of Cycles and Sayaka Miki, the girl who had lost her life when her magical power ran out both appear in front of Homura. What is the meaning of the appearance of two girls who should not exist anymore at all? Will Nagisa Momoe, the new magical girl who has an unsure face, tell the truth of the matter? And what is the new being that fights against the order of god and tramples the world?

— Taken from [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-09-27/3rd-madoka-magica-film-3rd-key-visual-drawn-by-ume-aoki Anime News Network]

==Synopsis==
:''See:'' [[Rebellion/Synopsis]]

==Characters==
:''See also:'' [[Madoka Magica Characters]]

<gallery>
File:Img madoka.png
File:Img homura.png
File:Img sayaka.png
File:Img mami.png
File:Img kyoko.png
File:Nagisa Momoe.png
File:Img kyubei.png
</gallery>

===[[Madoka Kaname]]===
'''Japanese text:''' 希望を願う魔法少女がやがては絶望し魔女になる悲劇の連鎖から、全ての魔法少女を解き放つことを願い魔法少女となる。その願いは非常に大きなものであり、まどか自身は新たなる世界の概念と化してしまった。

'''English Translation:''' The magical girl who wished to release all magical girls from the tragic chain of wishing for hope as magical girls and eventually falling into despair as witches. Due to the grandiose nature of that wish, Madoka herself became a concept of the new world.

===[[Homura Akemi]]===
'''Japanese Text:''' まどかを魔法少女にさせないため、幾度となく同じ時を繰り返した少女。理が変った世界で、まどかがいた事を唯一覚えている存在であり、その意思を継いで魔法少女として戦い続けている。

'''English Translation:''' The girl who repeated time on several occasions to prevent Madoka from becoming a magical girl. In the world with its laws rewritten, she is the only being left who remembers that Madoka was there. And succeeding that will, she fights as a magical girl.

===[[Sayaka Miki]]===
'''Japanese Text:''' まどかの親友で、幼なじみの怪我の治癒を願い魔法少女となる。幸せを祈った分、呪いをため込み魔女へと化し、杏子と共に命を散らせた。まどかの願いにより、魔女になることもなく穏やかな最後を迎えた。

'''English Translation:''' Madoka's close friend who became a magical girl when she wished for her childhood friend's wounds to be healed. When she gathered an amount of curses equal to the amount of blessings she wished for, she became a witch and lost her life alongside Kyoko. Through Madoka's wish, she was greeted by a calm, peaceful final moment without becoming a witch.

===[[Mami Tomoe]]===
'''Japanese Translation:''' まどかやさやかたちの先輩にあたる見滝原の魔法少女。お菓子の魔女との戦いにおいて命を落としたが、まどかの願いによりその悲劇は消え去り、魔法少女を続けている。

'''English Translation:''' A magical girl in Mitakihara who is senior to Sayaka and Madoka. She lost her life in the fight with the witch of sweets, but by Madoka's wish, that tragedy was erased, and she continues her life as a magical girl.

===[[Kyoko Sakura]]===
'''Japanese Text:''' 隣の町からきた魔法少女。他の誰かの為に魔法を使うさやかに反発していたが、自分と似ていることから気をかけるようになる。そして、魔女と化したさやかを救うために自らの命をかけた。まどかの願いがかなえられた世界で魔法少女を続けている。

'''English Translation:''' A magical girl from a neighboring town. She opposed Sayaka for using magic for the sake of others, but came to realize that the two of them were similar. And then she risked her own life to save Sayaka who had become a witch. She continues her life as a magical girl in the world granted by Madoka's wish.

===[[Nagisa Momoe]]===
'''Japanese Text:''' 新たに現れた魔法少女。その姿は幼く、何を願い魔法少女になったのか、また何故現れたのかは一切わからない。

'''English Translation:''' A new magical girl has appeared. She has a childlike appearence and what she wished for to become a magical girl or why she has appeared is not known.

===[[Kyubey]]===
'''Japanese Text:''' 宇宙から来た謎の生き物。第二次性徴期の少女の希望から絶望への相転移エネルギーを利用する事を狙っていたが、まどかの願いがかなえられた後の世界では別の方法でエネルギー確保をねらっている。

'''English Translation:''' A mysterious animal from outer space. Their goal was to use the energy converted from the change of hope to despair in pubescent girls, but in the world granted after Madoka's wish, they seek to secure energy through another method.

==Official statements about ''Rebellion''==
* [[NewType 2011-12]]
* [[Sakura-Con 2012 Interview]]
* [[Otakon 2012]] - [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2012/otakon/4 Partial source]
* [[Manga Time Kirara Magica Vol.2]]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt0NY8769Bw Audio from End-of-The-Everlasting-Story Preview] (Link is dead)
* [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-13/madoka-magica-story-will-not-end-in-3rd-film ANN: Madoka Magica's Story Will Not End in 3rd Film]
* [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-16/new-madoka-magica-show-considered-after-3rd-film ANN: New Madoka Magica Show Considered After 3rd Film]
* [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-03-04/nikkei-entertainment/3rd-madoka-magica-film-to-open-in-fall ANN: 3rd Madoka Magica Film to Open in Fall]
* [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-04-18/ticketing-firm-lists-3rd-madoka-magica-film-in-september ANN: Ticketing Firm Lists 3rd Madoka Magica Film in September]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kcq5oB5TszY&t=3m15s Clip from Mezamashi TV showing new footage from 3rd Film]
** The preview can be watched here: http://www.pideo.net/video/youku/08e1da3dd8ad1bf4/
* [[NewType 2013-09|NewType 2013-09 interview]]
* [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2013-09-02/kana-asumi-voices-new-magical-girl-in-3rd-madoka-magica-film ANN: Kana Asumi Voices New Magical Girl in 3rd Madoka Magica Film]
*Mezamashi TV's feature can be watched [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x14ey6p_%E5%8A%87%E5%A0%B4%E7%89%88-%E9%AD%94%E6%B3%95%E5%B0%91%E5%A5%B3%E3%81%BE%E3%81%A9%E3%81%8B%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AE%E3%82%AB-%E6%96%B0%E7%B7%A8-%E5%8F%9B%E9%80%86%E3%81%AE%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E-%E6%9C%80%E6%96%B0%E6%98%A0%E5%83%8F%E3%82%92%E5%88%9D%E5%85%AC%E9%96%8B_fun here.]
* [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-09-27/3rd-madoka-magica-film-3rd-key-visual-drawn-by-ume-aoki 3rd Madoka Magica Film's Flyer Reveals More of Story Premise]
* [http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/madoka-magica/ 2-hour TV special "Madoka Movie Premiere Celebration" hosted by Chiwa Saitou on TV Tokyo 11/4 8AM]

==Previews==
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible"
|-
! Air Date !! Description !! Length !! Link
|-
| 2014-01-12
| Blu-ray & DVD Release Trailer
| 0:15
| [http://www.madoka-magica.com/movie/ Watch on official website]
|-
| 2013-11-04
| First 3 Minutes of the Movie (TV Tokyo Special Event)
| 3:15
| [http://www.mediafire.com/watch/37x9ga381297rgx/TV_Tokyo_Sneak_Peak.mp4 Watch]
|-
| 2012-10-13
| Sneak peak trailer following ''[[The Eternal Story|Eternal]]'' movie
| 1:38
| [http://www.mediafire.com/watch/ewd47ztsf4p9pww/Rebellion+PV1.mkv Watch]
|-
| 2013-09-18
| Second Preview "Homura suicide"
| 1:15
| [http://www.mediafire.com/watch/rf7pruy7qduhu7k/Rebellion_PV2.mp4 Watch]
|-
| 2013-10-03
| TBS Preview "Knowing"
| 1:32
| [http://www.mediafire.com/watch/aia68t5dntwgmkg/Rebellion_PV3.mp4 Watch]
|-
| 2013-07-05
| MEZAMASHI TV (Fuji TV) exclusive 1
| 3:54
| [http://www.mediafire.com/watch/ch90cl1ba4eu3kz/Rebellion_TV_Special1.mp4 Watch]
|-
| 2013-09-07
| MEZAMASHI TV (Fuji TV) exclusive 2
| 11:45
| [http://www.mediafire.com/watch/iaf3x8ib7zk61ja/Rebellion_TV_Special2.flv Watch]
|-
| 2013-10-24
| MEZAMASHI TV (Fuji TV) exclusive 3
| 04:17
| [http://www.mediafire.com/watch/jcfsvd6f0n24v1y/Rebellion_TV_Special3.mp4 Watch]
|-
| 2013-07-16
| First TV Commercial
| 0:30
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnGESq_CiQY Watch]
|-
| 2013-07-16
| First TV Commercial (short)
| 0:15
| [http://www.mediafire.com/watch/48qw2w22knq3mwl/Rebellion_CM1b.flv Watch]
|-
| 2013-09-18
| Second TV Commercial
| 0:30
| [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk2A3zKYIrI Watch]
|-
| 2013-09-19
| Second TV Commercial (short)
| 0:15
| [http://www.mediafire.com/watch/xpo78k6p2kderrw/Rebellion_CM2b.mp4 Watch]
|-
| 2013-10-05
| Third TV Commercial "misterioso CM"
| 0:30
| [http://www.mediafire.com/watch/cohcdyr10u0m2ce/Rebellion_CM3_-_misterioso.flv Watch]
|-
| 2013-10-05
| Third TV Commercial "misterioso CM" (short)
| 0:15
| [http://www.mediafire.com/watch/05otugc8tgoivog/Rebellion_CM3b_-_misterioso.flv Watch]
|-
| 2013-10-26
| Fourth & Fifth TV Commercial
| 0:30
| [http://www.mediafire.com/watch/a7xa9b3naktpj3r/Rebellion%20CM4.mp4 Watch]
|}

==International releases==
Rebellion has been screened in the United States, Canada, Mexico, France, Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. See the [[Madoka Magica the Movie International Screenings#Rebellion|international screenings page]] for more details.

==Box Office - Domestic==
[[File:Anime movie sales chart.png|right|thumb|200px|movie sales chart]]
[[File:Rebellion Box Office Daily Estimate chart.png|right|thumb|200px|Box Office Daily Estimate]]
[[File:Chart 7 (1).png|right|200px|thumb|''Rebellion'' barely missed the 1.5 billion yen watermark last weekend, earning so far 1,499,260,100 yen on 1,079,924 viewers - good enough to rank 36 in Japan this year.]]

''Rebellion'' opened at 129 screens across Japan on October 26, 2013.

===Receipts===
<blockquote>''See also: [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0Ajj_IfkmgvF0dFJ2REk5UFBpNlFzeHl2b0gxYnF3Mnc&gid=1 Rebellion Box Office Tracker and Analysis]''</blockquote>

{| class="wikitable" width="60%" style="text-align: right;"
|-
! Date !! Weekend Ranking !! Gross (Yen) !! Viewers !! Source
|-
| Day 2 || 1 || 400,003,600 || 271,279 || [http://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/f-et-tp1-20131028-1210570.html]
|-
| Day 5 || || 570,000,000 || || [http://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/f-et-tp1-20131102-1212860.html]
|-
| Day 9 || || 860,000,000 || || [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/japan/?yr=2013&wk=44&currency=local&p=.htm]
|-
| Day 10 || 2 || 955,334,350 || 684,141 || [http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/N0057874]
|-
| Day 13 || || 1,004,538,650 || 722,527 || [http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/N0057935]
|-
| Day 16 || 3 || 1,236,832,450 || 886,010 || [http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/N0058026]
|-
| Day 21 || || 1,391,457,150 || 1,005,092 || [http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/N0058155]
|-
| Day 23 || 4 || 1,499,260,100 || 1,079,924 || [http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/N0058217]
|-
| Day 30 || 4 || 1,677,159,700 || 1,210,391 || [http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/N0058431]
|-
| Day 37 || 7 || 1,781,051,800 || 1,292,836 || [http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/N0058641]
|-
| Day 44 || 10 || 1,848,000,281 || 1,330,000 ||
|-
| Day 51 || 11 || 1,935,409,156 || 1,400,000 || [http://mantan-web.jp/2013/12/20/20131220dog00m200027000c.html]
|-
| Day 67 || || 2,002,879,400 || 1,451,121 || [http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/N0059407]
|-
| Day 86 || || 2,066,414,600 || || [https://twitter.com/moviewalker_bce/status/425865064604651520]
|-
| Day 93 || || 2,080,000,000 || || [http://www.eiren.org/toukei/img/eiren_kosyu/data_2013.pdf]
|-
| Final || || 2,250,000,000 || || [http://www.bunkatsushin.com/news/article.aspx?id=86811]
|}

===Records===
* 1st anime film based on a late-night anime to break the 2 billion yen barrier from a 20XX (this millenium) franchise.
* Highest grossing for a late-night anime film, by then (surpassing the previous record by 108 million before being surpassed on August 2015). [http://mantan-web.jp/2013/12/20/20131220dog00m200027000c.html] [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-22/3rd-madoka-magica-film-tops-k-on-film-box-office ANN] [http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/N0075404]
* Biggest opening weekend (in attendance) for a late-night anime film, all time.
* Biggest opening weekend (in gross) for a late-night anime film in 2013
* Highest grossing [[wikipedia:Warner Brothers|Warner Brothers]] film for 2013 [http://www.bunkatsushin.com/news/article.aspx?id=83795]
* #1 movie in Japan, opening weekend [http://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/f-et-tp1-20131028-1210570.html]
* Highest grossing magical girl film, all time
* Fastest late-night anime movie to top 1 billion yen (at 13 days, surpassing the previous record by 8 days) [http://www.bunkatsushin.com/news/article.aspx?id=83795]
* Top-30 in both highest initial and overall gross chart for 2013 [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/japan/yearly/?yr=2013&p=.htm]
*[http://www.riverbook.com/C2/2013TEATERSELECTION.html Cinema Connection ranks Rebellion as the most successful movie of 2013.]

==Box Office - International==
===Receipts===
* '''USA''': Earned $190,479 off 39 screens in US over the Dec 6-8 opening weekend, according to BoxOfficeMojo. [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2013&wknd=49&p=.htm]
* '''Canada''': Earned ~$100,000 CAD (8,300 viewers) off 35 screens in Canada over a single day Dec 15. [https://www.facebook.com/MadokaMagicaUSA/posts/660073504044482 Announced via facebook]
* $375,447 in US/CA according to [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=puellamagi13.htm BoxOfficeMojo] (January 9, 2014).
* All showings sold out same day in '''Taiwan''' and '''Hong Kong'''.

===Records===
* Best US opening weekend for a non-Ghibli anime film since 2004 [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=anime.htm&sort=date&order=DESC&p=.htm]
* Best US non-Ghibli opening weekend for a Japanese film since 2005 [http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/series/Japan.php]

==2013 Polling==
[[File:Megami best anime of 2013 viewer vote, Rebellion wins by a WIIIIDE margin.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Megami best anime of 2013 viewer vote, Rebellion wins by a WIIIIDE margin.]]
Public polling for "most interesting animated film for 2013." 1000 total surveyed, 500 male/500 female:

'''Male:'''[http://news.nicovideo.jp/watch/nw896906]

1. Madoka: Rebellion 29.2%

2. The Wind Rises 28.8%

3. DBZ 11%

4. Princess Kaguya 5.9%

5. GotS ARISE 5.9%

'''Female:'''[http://news.nicovideo.jp/watch/nw896907]

1. The Wind Rises 39.9%

2. Monsters University 10%

3. Princess Kaguya 9%

4. Madoka: Rebellion 8.1%

5. Detective Conan 7.6%

==Observations==
* Before the movie starts, it asks the audience to please not to make spoilers.
* [[Kyoko Sakura]] and [[Sayaka Miki]] live together
* [[Nagisa Momoe]] is [[Charlotte]].
* [[Hitomi Shizuki]] became a [[Nightmare]] and then was turned back into human form.
* [[Homura Akemi]] becomes something more powerful than "Madokami".
* For some reason at the end of the movie, besides Madoka (partially) and Homura, the only Mahou Shoujo who remembers everything that happened in the movie is Sayaka.
*Sayaka transforms into Oktavia and is able to control her witch form.
*Homura takes over Madoka's responsibilities and her powers, replacing the "Law of Cycles" with her own rules. Technically, Homura dethroned Madoka ending her era of reign, hence the title of "Rebellion".
*While Homura is addressed as the devil by fans/fansubs, the official translation for what Homura calls herself at the end of the movie is Demon, not Devil.
**Homura calls herself ''Akuma'' because she sees herself as a existence that opposes God. Considering that, the translation that fits the most is "devil."
**Demon in Japanese is 悪魔 which is read akuma. The Japanese word akuma means "Demon, Devil; Fiend; Satan; Evil spirit" and is composed of the kanji 悪 (read aku) meaning "evil; bad; wrong" and 魔 (read ma) meaning "witch; demon; evil spirit".
*The first take on Homura's dialogue before the ending of the movie sounds completely different from the final product in terms of emotions. Homura's tone and feelings were toned down, as she sounded "too emotional".
*Just like in the Anime series, Kyubey's greed and plan backfired spectacularly. He tried to capture Madoka with a barrier of his own (after being told of her existence by Homura), but instead it helped Homura to become a much more powerful entity in the process.
*Looking back, "[[Magia]]" lyrics takes a much darker undertone.
**Homura's greedy yearning has no tomorrow.
**Homura's desire for a spell to fight the "sorrow" before her eyes [Madoka's selflessness].
**Madoka is a dreaming memory, only Homura is awake.
**Homura wants an endless dream for both of them.
**Homura's wish literally becomes everything in the new universe.
*Colourful (カラフル ''[[Colorful|karafuru]]'') by ClariS, gives us a hint of what is to come:
**four girls dancing and having fun
**Homura won't join in
**only reaches her hand to grasp Madoka's
**Madoka's hand turns to sand, Homu stands alone in a desert area with a throne
**[[:file:Unknown op homura rebellion.jpg|Devil's earring]] sinking in the sand (?)
*[[Homulilly]]'s appearance in ''Rebellion'' differs greatly from her original appearance in the PSP game. She appears as a huge, distorted version of Homura, with the upper half of her head replaced by a red spider lily. Her minions are twisted versions of the pigtailed Homura from the first few timelines, armed with spears. The long ribbons of the witch's dress act as flexible arms, attacking everything around her.
**The witch's hands are in manacles, and a giant guillotine rises from the ground when she begins to head towards the city. It appears that the witch is trying to reach the guillotine so she can sacrifice herself, which would free everyone else from her witch barrier. This is foreshadowed by an image of Mami and Kyoko beheading Homura in a similar guillotine as she begins to transform into Homulilly.
**The witch initially appears wearing a stereotypical witch's hat which resembles a record player, possibly as a reference to her PSP appearance, but quickly discards it to reveal the red spider lily underneath.
**Red spider lilies also appear when Homura realises she has become a witch.
**The witch has two additional types of minions: minions that resemble human girls (possibly representing fallen magical girls, they were much stronger than other minions in battle) and purple bird-like minions. Interestingly, these minions can still be seen in the new universe, and Homura still seems to be able to control them to an extent. It's unclear why Homura chose to keep her minions, since she claims she is no longer a witch.
**Homura appears to be masking the true forms of her minions in the new universe; in one scene Kyoko is seen feeding apples to the bird-like minions, apparently believing them to be normal birds.
*Sayaka is the only character (apart from Homura) who retains the memories of the previous world.
**In the MadoVerse of the anime series, Sayaka was allowed to retain her memories so she could express her opinion and pass away peacefully with no regrets. In the version of the HomuVerse in "Rebellion" Sayaka is allowed to retain her memories (and her life) so she can express her displeasure and opinion against Homura's actions.
*Ms. Kazuko makes a reference to the coming of an important Holiday in a foreign land and its connection to the end of the world. It is highly possible that she is referring to the [http://www.sonoma.edu/users/v/vegalu/eschatology_files/Chanukah.pdf November 28, 2013 Hanukkah comet], the [http://www.redmoonrapture.com/2014-2015.html 2014-2015 Jewish Holidays], and the [http://www.pray4zion.org/TheComingBloodMoons.html return of the Biblical Savior.]
*Prior to the movie events and at the beginning of the anime series, the universe was first 'Atheistic' (the Mahou Shoujo system was in place and there was no concept of hope, it was ruled by despair), after the anime series ended the universe went to a transformation and became 'Monoistic' (Madoka became the concept of hope and put in place the Law of Cycles). "Rebellion" expands the universe by transforming it once again, and introducing a 'Dualism' system in place. If Madoka represents the concept of hope (selfless love), then Homura represent the concept of despair (selfish love).
**However, the system is neither equal nor fair. Madoka's powers are repressed and she is a prisoner in the new reality, indicating that these two powers cannot rule equally. There can only be one ruling entity, which is why Homura tells Madoka that they are [[:file:Homucifer Vs Madokami.jpg|enemies.]]
*If the message from the anime series, was a message of hope. Then message from "Rebellion" is its opposite.
**Urobuchi wasnt kidding when he said fans would hate the new ending, [[:file:2 people before and after watched Madoka movie.jpg|look what it did to these fans.]]
**In the MadoVerse, the message was one of hope, Madoka allowed the universe to retain their free will and she respected the wishes of magical girls so as not to rob them of their sacrifice, the world was not prefect but it was much better than under the old system. But the HomuVerse is assumed to be the opposite. It is deceptively peaceful and happy, Homura was only able to create this universe by robbing Madoka of her free will, erasing her memory, and denying Madoka's wish of salvation thus rending Madoka's message of hope meaningless. Not only that but for Homura to be able to sustain this new reality, she extended her barrier to cover the whole universe, probably as a way to have it under her influence to guarantee that it doesn't create a reason for Madoka to sacrifice herself again.
*Some observers think that at the end Homura is slightly going mad, that it is the beginning of her descend into madness.
*The BGM played in each girl's transformation sequence references a song from the original soundtrack:
**Mami: Salve terrae magicae
**Kyouko: Venari strigas
**Sayaka: Decretum
**Homura: Puella in somnio
**Madoka: Sagitta luminis
*There are a lot of [[wikipedia:Grimms'_Fairy_Tales|Grimm Fairy Tales]] allusions:
**Homura as Sleeping Beauty.
**The pumpkin carriage
**The clock struck at 12.
*''"God is dead"'' is a widely quoted statement by German philosopher [[wikipedia:Friedrich_Nietzsche|Friedrich Nietzsche]]. Nietsche continues, ''"God remains dead. And we have killed him,"'' foreshadowing the ending.
*According with Shinbou, the Madoka inside Homura's world is the real Madoka, ''"who has lost her memories of becoming a god. She’s not a fake or Homura’s creation. What she says in the field of flowers is what she’s really feeling at the time. That scene may seem overly sentimental at first glance, but if you think of everything Homura does afterward, her feelings will come across more easily."''[http://feral-phoenix.livejournal.com/685568.html#|]
*At the bus station there are signs written in runes, [[:file:Rebellion Runes - 011113 - sign.jpg|they mention the Nutcracker]]. A possible reference to [[wikipedia:The_Nutcracker_and_the_Mouse_King|The Nutcracker and the Mouse King]], a 19th century German story by E. T. A. Hoffman.
**As the Nutcracker Witch, Homully has no teeth or her teeth are familiars that chew for her. In dream interpretation, falling teeth has several significant meanings:[http://dreammoods.com/cgibin/teethdreams.pl?method=exact&header=dreamid&search=teethintro]
***It reflects anxiety, a fear of rejection, sexual impotence or the consequences of getting old. Another interpretation is that teeth are used to bite, tear, chew and gnaw. In this regard, teeth symbolize power. And the loss of teeth in a dream may be from a sense of powerlessness.
***A scriptural interpretation for bad or falling teeth indicates that one is putting one's faith, trust, and beliefs in what humans thinks, rather than in the word of God.
***Many cultures, including the Hispanic and Greek cultures, believe that when you dream about loose, rotten, falling, or missing teeth, then it indicates that a family member or close friend is very sick or even near death.
**It is possible that teeth may be a reference to the [[:wikipedia:Tooth_fairy|Tooth Fairy]]. Unlike Santa Claus and, to a lesser extent, the Easter Bunny, there are few details of the tooth fairy's appearance that are consistent in various versions of the myth. Usually in the West the tooth fairy is depicted as female, a type a fairy with wings. However, in Spanish and Hispanic American cultures the role of the tooth fairy is relegated to the [[:wikipedia:Ratoncito_Pérez|Ratoncito Pérez]] (or Ratón Pérez, "Pérez Mouse" in English)) that originated in Madrid in 1894. As is traditional in some English-speaking countries, when a child loses a tooth it is customary for him or her to place it under the pillow, so that Ratoncito Pérez will exchange it for a gift. The tradition is almost universal in Spanish cultures, but takes different forms in different areas. One of the roles of Homulilly's familiars is to kill "the white rat" (which is Kyubey), perhaps this is a reference to the Ratoncito Pérez.
**The nuts could be a reference to Grief Seeds, as they look like nuts.
**Homulilly's familiars are called "Clara dolls", Clara is the lead character's name in most of [[:wikipedia:The_Nutcracker|The Nutcracker]] ballet versions and there is the reference to [[:file:Witches Artwork 04.jpg|killing rats]] in one of the familiar's card.
***[[:file:Nutcracker set designs.jpg|A relevant set]] from that play by [[:wikipedia:E. T. A. Hoffmann|E. T. A. Hoffmann]]
**In the Nutcracker fairytale, the title character also uses a tooth and then, rendered useless, thoughtlessly discarded. A fate he shares with magical girls.
*During the final bus ride, owls pouch on clocks as they strike twelve. This is a direct reference to The Nutcracker where it marks the moment when the dolls come alive and the war between the nutcracker and the mouse king continues.
*Usually victims must enter a Witch's barrier to fall under their trap. However, it is speculated that Homura's Clara Dolls kidnapped specific targets and brought them into Homura's barrier. Only those specific individuals are allowed to enter.
*This is the third time that Homura got beaten by Mami. The first two times happened in the Anime series the same way with Mami's magical ribbons, getting entangled by Mami's ribbons is one of Homura's weaknesses. The only reason she broke free was because Homura took a huge gamble that could have cost her life.
*A '''mare''' or [[:wikipedia:Mare_(folklore)|'''nightmare''']] (Proto-Germanic: ''*marōn''; Old English: ''mære''; Old Norse: ''mara''; German: ''Nachtmahr'') is an evil spirit or goblin in Germanic folklore which rides on people's chests while they sleep, bringing on bad dreams (or "nightmares"). The mare is often similar to the mythical creatures [[:wikipedia:Succubus|succubus]] and [[:wikipedia:Incubus_(demon)|incubus]], and was likely inspired by sleep paralysis.
**The mare was also believed to "ride" horses, which left them exhausted and covered in sweat by the morning. She could also entangle the hair of the sleeping man or beast, resulting in ''"marelocks"'', called ''marflätor'' "mare-braids" or ''martovor'' "mare-tangles" in Swedish or ''marefletter'' and ''marelokker'' in Norwegian.
**Hungarian folklorist [[:wikipedia:Éva_Pócs|Éva Pócs]] traces the core term back to the Greek word μόρος ''moros'', "death".
**According to [[:wikipedia:Paul_Devereux|Paul Devereux]], mares included witches who took on the form of animals when their spirits went out while they were in trance. Animals such as frogs, cats, horses, hares, dogs, oxen, birds and often bees and wasps.
**It is interesting to note that ''mara'', besides being a root-word for nightmare, is also the name of a [[wikipedia:Mara_(demon)|Buddhist deity analogous to the devil]]. Although this may be a coincidence, Homura does ascend to become a Mara-like figure at the end of ''Rebellion''.
*When Kyubey keeps Homura inside an Incubator's isolation field, he compares Homura to a baby chick, ''"you're a like a chick that wasn't able to break its shell and grew up within it."''
**In [[:wikipedia:Revolutionary_Girl_Utena|Revolutionary Girl Utena]], Touga Kiryuu utters [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwud_XQGjhQ a same sentiment about the students and the world.]
**Even if this was just an observational opinion regarding Homura's entrapment within the field. It can also be interpreted as a observational point regarding Homura's emotional state of mind. Homura keeps her emotions bottle up and in check, as away to avoid despair and a sense of hopelessness. As a result one could interpret Homura's behavior as a fear of getting hurt by hiding her real emotions, forced to mature mentally and rapidly in a way to survive her ordeal at the cost of not being able to properly develop a healthy emotional growth in a well adjusted environment.

==Speculation==
:''See:'' [[Speculah:Rebellion]]

==Trivia==
* Takarajima's men's fashion magazine [[Smart 2013-04|Smart revealed in its April issue]] that the movie would be released in Summer 2013. They later reported on Twitter that this was an error. [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-02-25/magazine/3rd-madoka-magica-film-summer-listing-was-in-error]
* On August 2012, a [[:file:New magical girl character magazine article 2012.jpg|picture]] of a magazine article was leaked to the internet, revealing what appears to be [[:file:2ch Asumi Original.jpg|a new character]] for the ''Madoka'' movie. It was quickly discovered that the magazine article was actually [[Translated_Official_Documents/Confirmed_Fakes#Jinna_Asumi|a fabrication]] by [http://2chnull.info/r/news4vip/1342419830/1-1001 2ch] to [http://ex14.vip2ch.com/i/responce.html?bbs=part4vip&dat=1342453877 deceive] ''Madoka'' fans.
* On September 3rd, 2013, [http://www.madoka-magica.com/character/ the official website added a character page] that revealed a new magical girl named [[Nagisa Momoe]].
* In Mezamashi TV's feature, it is revealed that there will be a new kind of enemy named "nightmare" and Madoka is once again seen attending school with Kyoko and Sayaka. Aoi Yuki also revealed that the nightmare is not a witch.
* Producer Iwakami [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2013-12-07#| announced on the US premier] that they have no official plans for the ''Madoka'' franchise right now. Both he and director Shinbo have expressed interest in continuing if they can find a suitable scenario.
** In 2012 Urobuchi [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-13/madoka-magica-story-will-not-end-in-3rd-film had stated] that ''Madoka Magica'''s story will continue after ''Rebellion''. [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-16/new-madoka-magica-show-considered-after-3rd-film He also said that plans for a half-year anime series were being considered].
*The official title for Homura's new form is Akuma Homura. "Akuma" means "devil" or "demon" as well as being a pun on "Akemi". Fan nicknames include Homucifer, Homulucifer, HomuSatan, Devil Homura, Homurakuma, and Homukami.
*Urobuchi planned a scenario where Homura ascended with Madoka, but was asked by [http://feral-phoenix.livejournal.com/685568.html#| director Shinbo Akiyuki and producer Iwakami Atsuhiro] to come up with an ending that would allow for the continuation of the franchise. A comment by Shinbo that Homura and Madoka could end up as enemies inspired the current ending.
**Contrary to earlier misinformation and rumors, Urobuchi was '''not''' forced by Shinbo to write a different ending, nor that the ending was a last minute change in the script - the discussion and brainstorming for the ending occurred in the early stages of the movie, before Urobuchi had even written the script. That the ending of the movie differed from the first ending Urobuchi suggested is a regular process in early production stages. It is also untrue that Urobuchi disagreed or disliked the ending of the movie - quite the contrary, in fact.
*Rebellion Production Notes says that the Clara Dolls are the dress-up dolls that Homura used to play with.

==Reviews==
<blockquote>
'' "The real star is the riot collage of twisty, breakneck visuals underscoring these conversations and battles: swirling ribbons, fabric-textured backgrounds, fantastical weaponry, demented childhood iconography and shape-shifting forms that create a highly tactile evocation of roiling emotions." ''
 - '''[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-puella-magi-review-20131206,0,4860968.story#axzz2mlvrRVTD LA Times]'''
</blockquote>

<blockquote>
'' "Alternately enchanting and exhausting" '' 
'' "Rebellion delivers a convoluted conclusion sure to prove beyond baffling to any franchise newcomers." ''
 - '''[http://variety.com/2013/film/reviews/puella-magi-madoka-magica-the-movie-rebellion-review-1200922803/ Variety]'''</blockquote>

<blockquote>
'' "Rebellion is gorgeous, 21st century psychedelic eye candy." '' - [http://www.geekexchange.com/puella-magi-madoka-magica-film-rebellion-premiere-93711.html Geek Exchange]
</blockquote>

<blockquote>
'' "Beautiful and troubling." '' - [http://www.fandompost.com/2013/12/11/puella-magi-madoka-magica-the-movie-rebellion-review/ Fandom Post]
</blockquote>

<blockquote>
'' "The U.S. Premiere of Madoka Magica Rebellion had long lines, a sold out crowd and the third installment of one of the most shining beautiful animations on the genre of magical girl." '' - [http://www.ttdila.com/2013/12/madoka-magica-rebellion-us-premiere.html TTDILA]
</blockquote>

==Criticism==
<blockquote>
''French Interviewer: "Do you have something to say to the French fans who are impatiently waiting for the third movie?"'' 
''Gen Urobuchi: "I think the third movie is going to divide the people, but I'm ready to face the consequences"'' ~ [http://www.wakanim.tv/dossier/16/1/interview-durobuchi-gen-et-de-kosaka-takaki wakanim.tv]
</blockquote>

<blockquote>
''"If the TV version of Madoka Magica was about God and unconditional love, the new film is about the Devil and how love, when taken too far, can turn into hate."'' ~ [http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2013/11/10-1/feature-puella-magi-madoka-magica-rebellion-movie-review Ryotaro Aoki, Rebellion movie review, Crunchyroll.]
</blockquote>

One of the main concerns regarding the new ending in "Rebellion" is that Homura's action renders Madoka's sacrifice and message of hope meaningless. The ending from the anime series and the previous film loses its impact and this causes concern among the fans who became emotionally invested on Madoka's message of hope.

Another problem is the devolution of the Homura character, starting from a weakly girl and evolving into a strong magical girl, Homura becomes what many consider to be a strong underdog who overcame many obstacles to protect what she treasures. However, in "Rebellion" we see what appears to be the beginning of the unraveling of the Homura character, we see the fall of a strong magical girl into what it is presumed to be a form of madness.

==Gallery==
===Offical art===
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File:Newtype 2014-05 Spread.jpg
File:Rebellion Week 5 Bonus - Thank You for Coming - Front.jpg|Week 5 Thank You Card - Front
File:Rebellion Week 5 Bonus - Thank You for Coming - Back.jpg|Week 5 Thank You Card - Back
File:FALLEN ANGEL HOMURA.jpg|Akuma Homura concept art
File:Plot-important prop.jpg|Homura's dark orb
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File:Akuma official art portrait.jpg
</gallery>

===Movie posters===
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File:Poster of Madoka ☆ Magica Exhibition.jpg
File:New poster for the next Rebellion advanced ticket sale.jpg
File:ANSX-3531.jpg|Clean version of second poster
</gallery>

===Oscars mock-up posters===
''Rebellion'' has been submitted for consideration for the [http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2013/20131105.html Academy Award for Best Animated Feature]. The 86th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 16, 2014, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

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</gallery>

===Tokuten===
A common promotional practice for anime film in Japan, {{Nihongo|Privilege|特典|Tokuten}} are limited supply collectibles offered to movie patrons on certain weekends.

'''Week 1''' (''2013/10/26 to 2013/11/01'')

Replica sign boards illustrated by Original Character Designer [[Aoki Ume]], 5 versions:

<gallery>
File:Signboard madokami.jpg|[[Ultimate Madoka|Madoka]]
File:Signboard mamimomoe.jpg|[[Mami]] and [[Nagisa]]
File:Signboard madohomu.jpg|[[Madoka]] and [[Homura]]
File:Signboard homura.jpg|[[Homura]]
File:Signboard kyousaya.jpg|[[Kyoko]] and [[Sayaka]]
</gallery>

'''Week 2''' (''2013/11/02 to 2013/11/08'')

Postcards, 7 versions:

<gallery>
Image:Rebellion Tokuten wk2 1 Madoka back.jpg
Image:Rebellion Tokuten wk2 1 Madoka front.jpg
Image:Rebellion Tokuten wk2 2 Sayaka back.jpg
Image:Rebellion Tokuten wk2 2 Sayaka front.jpg
Image:Rebellion Tokuten wk2 3 Kyouko back.jpg
Image:Rebellion Tokuten wk2 3 Kyouko front.jpg
Image:Rebellion Tokuten wk2 4 Mami back.jpg
Image:Rebellion Tokuten wk2 4 Mami front.jpg
Image:Rebellion Tokuten wk2 5 Homura back.jpg
Image:Rebellion Tokuten wk2 5 Homura front.jpg
Image:Rebellion Tokuten wk2 6 Nagisa back.jpg
Image:Rebellion Tokuten wk2 6 Nagisa front.jpg
Image:Rebellion Tokuten wk2 7 Kyubey back.jpg
Image:Rebellion Tokuten wk2 7 Kyubey front.jpg
</gallery>

'''Week 3''' (''2013/11/09 to supply exhausted'')

''Madoka Magica Rebellion'' film strips

'''Week 5''' (''2013/11/23'')

One-million viewers commemoration card

<gallery>
Image:Rebellion Tokuten wk5 Ultimate Madoka front.jpg|by Animation Director [[Hiroki Yamamura]]
Image:Rebellion Tokuten wk5 Akuma Homura back.jpg|by Animation Director [[Taniguchi Junichiro]]
</gallery>

'''Week 9''' (''2013/12/25'')

[[Kyoko]] and [[Sayaka]] Christmas card

<gallery>
:File:Rebellion Christmas Card Front.jpg
:File:Rebellion Christmas Card Back.jpg
</gallery>

'''Week 10''' (''2013/12/31'')

[[Mami]] New Year post card

<gallery>
File:New Year's Eve bonus 2.jpg
Image:Rebellion Tokuten wk10 Mami NY back.jpg
</gallery>

'''Week 12''' (''2014/01/11'')

Two-billion yen box office hit commendation mini clear file

<gallery>
Image:Rebellion Tokuten wk12 back.jpg
Image:Rebellion Tokuten wk12 front.jpg
</gallery>

===VA Illustrations===
: ''from the [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica Pia]] magazine''

<gallery>
File:Madoka Pia - Yuuki Aoi.jpg|[[Yuuki Aoi]], VA of [[Madoka]]
File:Madoka Pia - Chiwa Saitou.jpg|[[Chiwa Saitou]], VA of [[Homura]]
File:Madoka Pia - Kaori Mizuhashi.jpg|[[Kaori Mizuhashi]], VA of [[Mami]]
File:Madoka Pia - Eri Kitamura.jpg|[[Eri Kitamura]], VA of [[Sayaka]]
File:Madoka Pia - Ai Nonaka.jpg|[[Ai Nonaka]], VA of [[Kyoko]]
File:Madoka Pia - Emiri Katou.jpg|[[Emiri Katou]], VA of [[Kyubey]]
File:Madoka Pia - Kana Asumi.jpg|[[Kana Asumi]], VA of [[Nagisa]]
</gallery>

===Rebellion Postcards===
<gallery>
File:Madoka ume aoki postcard.jpg
File:Homura ume aoki postcard.jpg
File:Kyouko ume aoki postcard.jpg
File:Sayaka ume aoki postcard.jpg
File:Mami ume aoki postcard.jpg
File:Kyubey ume aoki postcard.jpg
</gallery>

===C87 album===
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</gallery>

===Screenshots & GIFS===
<gallery>
File:Movie trailer countdown.gif
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File:Movie trailer soul gems.gif
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File:Madokami will never braid your hair.gif
File:Stay away from mai waifu, kyouko.gif
File:Meet nagisa.gif
File:Kyouko attends class.jpg|Kyoko attends class.
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File:Movie preview nightmare.jpg|
File:Homura confronts oktavia.jpg
File:Madokami sculpture.jpg|Madokami shrine
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File:Sayaka & Homura last encounter.jpg
File:Mami aiming homu head.gif
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File:Homuvsmami4.gif
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File:Mami charlotte movie.jpg
File:Sayaka vs homura.jpg
File:Sunset.jpg
File:Mami vs homu fight.gif
File:Nagisa rebellion.jpg
File:Rebellion Ophellia and Octavia.jpg|Oktavia vs Homulilly
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File:Bump evens.gif
File:Double date.gif
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File:The Nightmare's reflection 2.jpg
File:Madoka rebellion Ewig Weibliche.png
File:Kyosaya rebellion winter.gif
File:Rebellion kyosaya hand holding.gif
File:Sayaka and Kyouko's indirect Pocky kissu.gif
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File:Homura's eyes rainbow color flash.gif
File:Homura hair move.gif
</gallery>

===Miscellaneous===
<gallery>
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File:Rebellion_Poster_3_With_Text.jpg
File:Rebellion_ticket_madoka.jpg
File:49218626.jpg|Flyer advertising Rebellion I
File:Ae1553a4.jpg|Flyer advertising Rebellion II
File:Homu tv vs movie.jpg
File:Movie flyer.jpg|
File:Madoka rebellion popcorn.jpg|Concession stands at the Madoka movie event will be serving Madoka theme snacks. Popcorn: Madoka - strawberry flavor; Homura - black pepper flavor; Mami - caramel flavor; Kyoko - chocolate flavor; Sayaka - salty paste; Nagisa - cheese flavor.
File:Madoka rebellion soft drinks.png|Walpurgisnacht - cherry Coke; Dessert witch - strawberry milk; Mermaid witch - grapefruit juice with blue Curacao syrup. The soul gem things are coasters.
File:Rebellion hanging scroll.png
File:Totally not Charlotte pile-up figures.jpg
File:Ume_Aoki_Rebellion_Pics.jpg|By [[Ume Aoki]].
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File:HomuMado By the Supervising Animation Director, Junichiro Taniguchi.jpg
File:Megucas and Seiyuus.jpg|Megucas and Seiyuus
File:Limited edition canvas print.jpg|Limited edition canvas print for 8000 yen, only 2000 will be made.
File:LAWSON Madokami sticker.jpg|A LAWSON sticker.
File:Rebellion upgrades.png|TV series top, Rebellion bottom
File:Rebellion Manga Vol.2 store bonus (Gamers).jpg
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==See also==
* [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie]]: information about the first two movies of the trilogy.
* [[Audio Commentary/Rebellion|Summary of audio commentary feature]]
* [[Runes:Rebellion|Translation of runes]]
* [[Rebellion Manga]]
* [[Rebellion Material Book]]
* [[Movie 3 Brochure|Movie Pamphlet]]
* [[Cake Song]]
* [[Soundtrack]]
* [[Witches Artwork]]
* [[Nightmare]]

==External links==
*[http://www.madoka-magica.com/puella.html Official website] (Japanese)
*[http://www.madoka-magica.com/movie/ Official Trailers] (Japanese)
*[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2013-12-07 Post Premiere Talk Session] with [[Atsuhiro Iwakami|Iwakami]] (Aniplex producer for Madoka) and [[Mitsutoshi Kubota|Kubota]] (SHAFT CEO)
*[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2013-11-14/madoka-magica-title-screen-film-strip-auctions-for-a-crazy-$41k Madoka Magica Title Screen Film Strip Auctions For a Crazy $41k]
*[http://www.manga-news.com/index.php/actus/2013/11/21/Top-50-Oricon-du-11-au-17-novembre ''Rebellion'' Manga Vol.1 debuts #12 on Oricon Weekly Charts and sold 48,291 copies on its initial weekend.]
*[http://animeanime.jp/article/2014/01/06/16974.html AnimeAnime names ''Madoka: Rebellion'' best anime movie of 2013] [http://sgcafe.com/2014/01/the-best-anime-movies-according-to-animeanime-jp/]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvhXk6ILIoA a collaboration CM for the ''Rebellion'']
*[http://shibuya-blues.tumblr.com/post/81711743984/nogizaka46-cm-for-madoka-magica Nogizaka46 CM for Madoka Magica]
*[http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/anime_news/AJ201411260022 'Madoka Magica' movie wins Kobe award.]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O36OsLLomqs Madoka Magica The Movie -Rebellion- English Trailer]
*[http://www22.atwiki.jp/madoka-magica/pages/278.html Corresponding page on the Japanese wiki]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7zba7VjzMc Madoka★Magica - Transformation]
*[http://beneaththetangles.wordpress.com/2013/12/11/madoka-magica-the-movie-rebellion-and-redefining-love/ Madoka Magica The Movie – Rebellion – and Redefining Love]
*[http://flikky.tumblr.com/post/69469810419/madoka-rebellion-and-tarot-symbology Madoka Rebellion and Tarot Symbology]
*[http://mlpomo.blogspot.kr/2013/12/spoiler-filled-review-madoka-magica-3.html Spoiler-Filled Review: Madoka Magica 3: Rebellion]
*[http://pastebin.com/ix9Zkn0Y short summary of interesting articles]
*[http://inputanimeoutput.tumblr.com/post/69861665104/rebellion-the-perversion-of-evil-rant-43 Rebellion: The Perversion of Evil]
*[http://pastebin.com/wBT23VA7 Fan summary and analysis posts by SomethingAwful user MadRhetoric]
*[https://www.dropbox.com/s/d8dzfdm8bom9jfn/Technologies%20of%20Pain%20and%20the%20Bereavement%20of%20Divine%20Power.docx Technologies of Pain and the Bereavement of Divine Power]
*[http://mygeekreview.com/anime-expo-2014-day-1-gen-urobuchi-and-nitro/ Anime Expo 2014 Day 1: Gen Urobuchi and Nitro+]
*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5VOfjnqMB-qQlhHZ3gyZkJsb00/edit nietzsche v buddha]
*[https://ohamoni.wordpress.com/2015/11/23/madoka-the-world-after-rebellion/ Madoka – The world after Rebellion]
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Mutopis: /* Symbolism */

==Pre-release speculation==
[[File:Madoka bingo movie specula.jpg|right|thumb|150px]]

* Prior to the movie release, fan speculation is divided among different opinions as to what is happening in the third movie: it is an alternative universe, it is an alternative timeline, it is a dream.
* The very last part of the new ending animation for the first movie features an unknown pink silhouette - most likely that of Ultimate Madoka - with another silhouette that is somewhat smaller and floating inside its belly, or womb (?) The smaller silhouette appears to be regular Madoka in a fetal position.
** This has fueled speculation of a pregnancy. In Goethe's Faust, Gretchen was actually pregnant with Faust's baby and she was forced to murder her baby by drowning it.
* There have been hints that the witches will reappear in the new movie in some capacity.
** There have been hints that Madoka Kaname will reunite with Homura Akemi, which probably strengthens the speculation above.
** Homura is seen shooting with a gun, not a bow like Madoka's, in the trailer.
*** It's the REBELLION story so maybe Madoka would have rebelled against Homura or vice versa.
* In the new trailer, Homura is wearing her usual black headband and not the red ribbons Madoka gave her. Could she have lost them somehow? Could they have been stolen or destroyed by something or someone?
** A flyer released in Japan on 9/26 hinted the movie will take place both before and after the end of the original series. Which would explain this.
* There are also mentions of Hitomi Shizuki and the word "nightmare" associated with her, implying that she will play a prominent role in the third movie. How this is related remains to be seen.
** Nightmares could be the result of wraiths possessing humans, this would make sense since Hitomi was possessed by a witch in the previous universe and this was changed to accommodate Madoka's wish.
*** If monsters are now born out of ordinary humans rather than just magical girls then Urobutcher got Madoka's ass really hard.
* It is speculated that the third movie could be taking place in a different universe. See [[:file:Theory other universe.png|here]].
** The movie might also partially take place in the city of Kazamino.
* It seems likely that the movie will have "flashbacks" to alternate timelines.
* Kyoko is seen in the uniform of the school attended by the other girls.
** In recent footage, Kyoko was seen in the same classroom with Madoka, Sayaka and Hitomi (sitting in a desk by Sayaka). Both Kyoko and Mami are supposedly the same age, and Mami is in a higher grade than Madoka and Sayaka. It can be speculated that Kyoko was "held back" a grade, due to how little she attended school earlier.
* Across from Mitakihara's school, Kyoko (who is wearing the school uniform) and Homura are sitting together, in which Homura has glasses and braids again. Homura also has her hands on her knees and she is looking down, possibly to indicate shyness again.
* In the beginning of the first trailer, Homura's soul gem appears to be partially tainted on the close-up.
* It can be speculated that Homura and/or Madoka could somehow become a witch in the new movie.
** This whole new timeline, order of the universe with Ultimate Madoka, and the new system of magic could all even be an illusion. Madoka's ultimate wish could actually be turning out to be a disaster.
*** Kyubey rebelling against Madoka.
* The new trailer suggests that Homura could be losing her memory of Madoka, like everyone else has.
* The first trailer, which is shown clearer at the end of the second movie's Blu-Ray disc, reveals the silhouette of the mysterious magical hirl standing behind Mami in the below picture. On closer inspection, she has short hair (unlike the girl she's speculated to look like in the pic) and seems to be wearing something on her head, with two bun-like appendages at the top, curled side hair/side-bangs popping outward, and two flaps connected to a string with balls at the end. Where the silhouette is lit up on the bottom, she seems to be wearing fishnet stockings, or at least something with a crisscross pattern up to her thighs.
* Nagisa Momoe, the new magical girl, is speculated to be Charlotte the Dessert Witch as a magical girl. Nagisa's strawberry and chocolate color palette, pink candy bows on her shoes, yellow hair scrunchy, and polka-dotted theme can be matched to Charlotte's designs and color palette. If you look closely, even Nagisa's eyes which are yellow and orange-ringed can be compared to Charlotte's secondary form's eyes. Since Madoka's wish erased witches, this seems very plausible.
** However, it is also speculated that Nagisa may be an Incubator in human form or a manifestation of Madoka in the new universe. The latter is supported by the ending sequence of the first movie, during which the pink silhouette resembling Ultimate Madoka at the end had another silhouette resembling Madoka in its womb. In Goethe's Faust, Gretchen was actually pregnant with Faust's baby, which further supports this theory.
* Madoka's wish may have changed the fate of magical girls but not that of humanity, it could be that her wish only altered cause (witches) but not effect (disasters), meaning that catastrophes like Walpurgis Night attack or even Kriemhild Gretchen's apocalypse will still play out in a different form despite of Madoka's wish.
* In a bonus trailer from the Rebellion advanced ticket event, there is extra footage of Homura biting(?) and breaking her own soul gem.
** It is also speculated that it could be Madoka breaking Homura's soul gem, by either biting it or breaking it in her fist.
* Since the first release date of the Rebellion Story movie is on October 26th, it could possibly have a slight Halloween theme to it since it is only 5 days before the holiday. Though "witches" do not appear in this third film, the new nightmare creatures including the yellow and orange doll-like one and Charlotte (most likely also considered a nightmare now) apparently do appear in this new universe. The darker themes about Homura and her soul gem also contribute to the possibility of her become a "nightmare".
** Homura's witch form, Homulilly, is the only witch seen so far that looks like a classic witch.
* A flyer released in Japan on 9/26 included the following quotes hinting towards the plot of the new movie -
<blockquote>''"Why am I… this…"'' - Speculated to be Hitomi 
''"If this is what you really feel… I’ve made a dumb mistake"'' - Speculated to be Sayaka 
''"Am I the only one who feels this way?'' - Speculated to be Homura 
''"Are you planning on running to your own time again?"'' - This line is said by Sayaka in the second trailer. 
''"Can you explain all of this to me?! What did that child say?!"'' - Speculated to be Kyoko </blockquote>

===Flower speculation===
[[File:Rebellion Special Ticket Language of Flowers.jpg|thumb|Rebellion special ticket]]
'''Madoka'''

* In the language of flowers, [[:file:Madoka Deep Red Rose.jpg|the deep red rose]] and its thorns have been used to symbolize both the blood of Christ and the intensity of romantic love, while the rose's five petals are thought to illustrate the five crucifixion wounds of Christ.

'''Homura'''

[[:file:Homura White Daisy.jpg|A white daisy]] symbolizes common love.
* The daisy brings a message of innocence and purity, saying, ''"You have as many virtues as this plant has petals,"'' or, ''"I will consider your request."''
* In Victorian times, young, heartbroken women who wished to be loved began a custom using the daisy. A young maiden would pluck a daisy's petals, one by one, and sing, ''"He loves me, he loves me not,"'' as she pulled each petal. The last petal plucked would be the future of her relationship. This custom is still in use today.

[[File:Mami Yellow Iris.jpg|thumb|right|Mami Flower Clear File, [http://wiki.puella-magi.net/Merchandise:Special#Ticket_Extras set of 5] ]]

'''Mami'''

* ''Your friendship means so much to me.''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQcL1YOa37M]
* In Ancient Greece, Iris, the Goddess of the rainbow, acted as the messenger between heaven and earth. Today, the flower named for her is considered a symbol of communication and messages. In the language of flowers, the three leaves of Iris represents faith, hope, and wisdom. [[:file:Mami Yellow Iris.jpg|Yellow Iris]] symbolizes passion.

'''Kyoko'''

* [[:file:Kyouko Craspedia.jpg|Craspedia]] represents good health.
* Commonly known as just billy balls or bilyl buttons, are cheerful, bright yellow flowers. The round pompom flowers are fairly inexpensive and a great accent flower when paired.
[[File:Rebellion - Language of Flowers - Kyouko - Epiphyllum.jpg|thumb|''Rebellion'' screenshot]]
* Kyoko's transformation in Rebellion features flower of [[wikipedia:Epiphyllum|Epiphyllum]], the Orchid Cactus. A lone blossom, fragile yet beautiful, despite one finds this flower of humble origin, harsh environment, and prickly exterior. A rather fitting tribute.

'''Sayaka'''

* [[:file:Sayaka Borage.jpg|Borage]] represents courage, bluntness, abruptness, and rudeness.
* An old adge, ''"I, borage, always bring courage."'' Since men who are civil and respectful when sober often become blunt and rude in manner when under the influence of warming cordials, this warming property may have led to borage being used as the emblem of bluntness and rudeness. It is indeed deemed a suitable representative of these characteristics on account of its rough and shaggy appearance the whole plant hanging loosely and being covered with rough hairs.

'''Nagisa'''

Has no associated flowers unfortunately.

==Post-release speculation==
[[File:Summary of what happened from each character's perspective.png|thumb|right|150px|A decent summary of what happened from each character's perspective.]]
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*Homura becomes the opposite existence of Madoka.
**The new entity known as Homura is neither a magical girl nor a Witch. She is neither the product of hope/wish nor despair, she is the product of love.
***According with Homura, it was not grief that stained her Soul Gem, it was love, because her mind was always focused on Madoka.
*** More precisely, Homura says that what tainted her Soul Gem ''changed'' from being a curse. It's possible that Homura's new power came from Kyubey's Isolation Field, which not only prevented Homura from being taken by the Law of Cycles but also prevented her despair from breaking out of her Soul Gem and becoming a Grief Seed. Unable to burst out of it's shell, Homura's grief entered a new state, like how carbon becomes diamond under high pressure.
*Some observers suggest that the ending theme "Your Silver Garden" (君の銀の庭 ''[[Kimi no Gin no Niwa]]'') is about Homura and her reasons that she betrayed Madoka.
**''"The guardian/of your young slumber—/The gateway to adulthood is tightly shut"'', this is interpreted as Homura's refusal to grow up and her attempt to her childish sleep.
**''"Have you realized/that the truth/always lies in the past?/All futures and hope/are but a selfish story/envisioned by someone in a distant garden"'', this is interpreted to mean that the future is uncertain and unknown, that the past is much more pleasing.
**''"Stay softly with me,/please don't leave me/Chirp your song by my window,/even in loss"'', this is interpreted as Homura telling Madoka not to go, even if she becomes her prisoner.
*It is speculated that even when a magical girl becomes a witch, she still has her consciousness, although such consciousness is distorted and has much difference from the reality.
*There were numerous references to a "black salamander/lizard" motive throughout the movie, with the most obvious being Homura's earring shaped as a black lizard.
**One of the most common myths about lizards is that they symbolize death and resurrection.
**In Christian ideology the lizard is a more ambivalent symbol. All reptiles can be viewed as paler versions of the potent symbol represented by the snake or serpent. Taken alone on it's own merits the lizard is said to represent "contemplative ecstasy"[http://www.hennapage.com/journal/issue_I/article_2/page2.html]
**The salamander represents those who pass through the fires of passion and of this world without stain. Therefore, it stands for chastity, loyalty, impartiality, virginity, courage, Jesus, Mary, and the faithful. The salamander is also used to symbolize the flames, which it passes through, and so is a symbol of fire, temptation, and burning desire. It was considered the "king of fire" and as such was representative of Christ who would baptize with the flames of the Holy Spirit. Cloquet considers Christ the salamander king of fire because he passed through the fires of hell after his crucifixion without harm.[http://monsters.monstrous.com/salamander.htm] It should be noted Homura's name can be translated as "flame".
**Some prevalent symbolism of the salamander include:[http://www.symbolic-meanings.com/2008/03/04/light-my-fire-symbolism-of-the-salamander/]
***Energy
***Courage
***Renewal
***Determination
***Resurrection
***Balance
***Adaptation
***Spirituality
**The salamander gets it solar animal status from several sources. Primarily, we see this aspect in ancient alchemical illustrations where the salamander is depicted in flames. Alchemists held the salamander to be a fire-eater and able to quench fire with its cool, moist body. In the alchemical philosophy, anything that had the power to transform something into something else was hugely important.
***Furthermore, early Christianity held the salamander as a symbol of spiritual integrity, chastity, and righteousness. The sign of the salamander indicated true faith, and the ability to survive the “fire of temptation.”
****Medieval and heraldic art depicted the salamander as a symbol for bravery. It was often painted in the background of heroic portraits to indicate the mark of courage.
**The lizard may be a reference to the basilisk. When a serpent's egg is warmed by a chicken, the resulting creature gains some of its bird traits, but only as a deadly monster that exudes poison. Homura's corrupted Soul Gem was watched over by a goddess only to birth something horribly wrong. The basilisk is known as the king of serpents and the lizard wearing a crown in the second movie resembles its classic depiction. Once Homura completes her transformation, the lizard is shown again adorned with feathery wings but no crown... until you realize it is on the bottom of her new, crown-shaped Dark Orb.
*Remember Homura's original wish? ''"I want to redo my meeting with Madoka. But this time, instead of her protecting me, I want to become strong enough to protect her!"''
**Originally it was interpreted as the wish that allowed Homura to travel back in time to redo her meeting with Madoka, it also meant that there was a role reversal with Homura becoming stronger and active while Madoka became a weaker character and took a more passive role. That was the original intent. However, with the new ending in "Rebellion", the meaning and purpose of Homura's wish takes a new role and it probably expands its meaning. If we consider the ending of the series, one can make the argument that Homura's wish was only partially fulfilled but that in the end it failed, because Homura failed to protect Madoka. Not only from stopping Madoka from becoming a Witch, but also from stopping her from taken the burden of becoming the concept of hope, as a result one can say that Homura's wish went unfulfilled and it was a failure. Until the end of "Rebellion" that is, in the movie we see that Homura's wish has finally come to its conclusion by allowing Homura to become a new entity whose role is to protect and guard Madoka's happiness, at the expense of the Law of Cycles and against Madoka's wishes. A clear proof that the role reversal is finally complete is when Madoka is introduced as a shy transfer student and Homura shows her around the school, a complete reversal from the original series.
***If one thinks about it, Kyubey has been done in not by one but by two wishes!
***You could say that Homura just did what Madoka asked her to do. The reason that Homura became a magical girl was because she wanted to protect Madoka. In the 2nd timeline, Madoka even asked her to stop her foolish self from becoming a magical girl. In the last timeline she failed, and Madoka became a god-like entity. At the end, Homura returns everything to 'normal' so she kept her promise, more or less. Whatever reality looks like, Madoka is now safe from QB and from despair.
*If the anime series was based on "Faust", then "Rebellion" could be based somewhat on "Paradise Lost".
*It is speculated that the reason Homura made Madoka human again is because Madoka was not happy with being the entity of hope, she only did it out of duty.
**Another possible explanation, is that Homura feared what would Kyubey do if he succeeded in capturing Madoka, the best way to deal with him was for Homura and Madoka to switch, taking Madoka's power and Making Homura the new ruling entity of the universe.
*It is also speculated that by making Madoka as transfer student, Homura may have a chance to get closer to Madoka more than Sayaka was. Remember, Sayaka and Madoka had been childhood friends long before in EVERY Timeline, and Homura was only a transferred student to Madoka.
** Also Homura may have tried to improve Madoka's English since she got bad grades in previous timelines.
*Since Madoka can see and know the past, present, and future, she should have known this was going to happen to her.
**That can't be true, because Madokami literally screamed and asked Homura to stop. And she would never try to reawake later. Madoka felt uncomfortable in Homura's world, because Homura supressed her.
**It is possible she allowed for things to unfold as it was predestined to happen.
***Another possible explanation is that perhaps Madoka really wanted to be a normal girl again.
***Or perhaps Madoka saw no other way to save Homura.
***It's also possible that losing her memories of the event right afterwards created a blank spot in her future sight.
*** There's another possible explanation. Madoka exists at every point in space and time. However, the moment Homura grabs her breaks time and space and changes the past and future. In other words, even from Madoka's omniscient perspective Homura grabbing at the critical moment hasn't happened yet.
****That doesn't make any sense. If Madoka existed at every point of time, Homura, Mami, Kyouko would be already taken to the law of cycles somewhen in future. Homura, Kyouko would never be separated from Madoka, Sayaka. But they clearly aren't in the law of cycles yet. So that means certain future doesn't exist. And it perfectly explains why Madoka didn't see Homura's actions, and she was probably just trying to calm down Homura in 12th episode by stating that she would never be alone.
***Madokami and the Law of Cycles still exist. Homura only pulled Madoka's human "existance" out of the Goddess. Madoka was then re-written into the universe as a normal girl, but she is still connected to her true, Goddess form.
** '''Actually''' the truth is simple! Remember, Madoka is omniscient because she exists in all of space and time. Kyubey's Isolation Field actually blocked Madoka from reaching Homura's Soul Gem...but what the show doesn't say is that ''it also blocked Madoka's omniscience!'' Since Madoka can't enter Homura's Soul Gem, she does not have absolute knowledge of what will happen. And when she does enter the Soul Gem, she loses her memories, her powers, and ''she's not experiencing all of time at once''; she appears in the form of a human, living time linearly. And when the Isolation Field is broken, Madoka regains her memories and powers...but not her omniscience because ''she's still in the form of a human, living time linearly''! (That's why Mami and Kyoko could see her.) Thus, Madoka couldn't predict Homura's actions at all! And it was all Kyubey's fault! (Heck, he's the one who told Homura that if Madoka can be observed, she can be interfered with...)
*The children of the fake city repeatedly say "Fort! Da!" right before Homura realizes she's a witch.
**"Fort!" and "Da!" are exclamations that Sigmund Freud heard his grandson Ernst utter while playing. This pair of words—meaning "Gone!" and "There!"—has become shorthand for repetition in early childhood, and for the primary processes that such behavior mobilizes.[http://www.answers.com/topic/fort-da]
***This is interpreted as the children of the fake city finding pleasure in making things go away and then finding them again, the Clara Dolls represent Homura's personality.
*Homura ([[Homulilly]]) maybe have a connection to [[wikipedia:Lilith|Lilith]], from the Old Testament[http://cishet.tumblr.com/post/65623363997/happy-halloween-lets-talk-about-homulily].
**Lilith is a pre-Christian, Babylonian demon, the most powerful of all succubus, who seduces man, deceives women, and steals children. She, working alongside with the incubus, impregnates mortals to propagate a new race call cambion. Christianity identifies the Lilith with the snake of the Garden of Eden, and also as Adam's first wife in an effort to reconcile the two origin stories in Genesis.
*By making Madoka a transfer student, Madoka's and Sayaka's childhood friendship never took place to develop. How will this affect their current relationship is hard to say.
** Various materials have established that Sayaka and Madoka were childhood friends. While it's likely that they would have still been friends as children in Homura's new world, Madoka moving to America probably strained their friendship.
*To protect Madoka and her secrets Homura wanted to die, so she tried to prevent Madoka from purifying her Soul Gem as it would mean that Kyubey would be able to observe and learn of Madoka's secrets and her powers so they could control her in the future.
**If Homura in her Witch form were to die inside the barrier, theoretically Homulilly's barrier would collapse and that would free Madoka and company from Homura's dream world.
*During the scene with the field of flowers, Madoka is trying to braid Homura's hair back into Homura's old hair style, perhaps an attempt to regress Homura back into her innocent and shy self.
**Homura gives back to Madoka her red ribbon, not only as a sign of returning something precious to her, but perhaps it is an attempt to reclaim back the old Madoka from the past, a regular and normal girl.
***In the ending scene, this gesture signifies Homura's realization that she cannot control Madoka regardless of whatever world she creates that they can be together and that her actions, which led to her descent into darkness, will inevitably lead to a struggle between them. This is a reverse mirror of the actions of Madoka trying to braid Homura's hair in the witch world, an attempt at conformity and acceptance of peace and harmony albeit constructed and false, except that with Homura tying Madoka's hair with the red ribbon she is restoring her true identity. Homura also acknowledges this by commenting that the red ribbons "really do look best on you" (a symbol of Madoka's true self) as compared to the yellow ribbons (her false identity created by Homura). Viewers should note that she cries when stating this, knowing that eventually Madoka will break away from the world and become her enemy. The final scene after the credits shows Homura smiling at her transformed Soul Gem (her new identity as an antithesis to Madoka) upon realizing that her wish to always be with Madoka has come true albeit in a cruel twisted fashion. Madoka who represents light and Homura who represents darkness are now natural opposing forces in the universe.
*During the post-credit sequence the Moon is missing half of its part (notice the light of the stars shining where they shouldnt be), the moon is physically cut off somehow. Indicating that something is amiss.
**At the same scene, at the top of a cliff we see [[:file:Chairs rebellion.png|Homura sitting on a single chair]], the scene is similar to the Opening of Madoka Magica movies ([[Luminous]]). But instead, just like the moon, we only see half of the field and only a single chair, with no Madoka next to Homura.
***While Homura was tilting her head in the chair, some fans suggest she was imagining Madoka was there, and then when she was looking behind her in the direction of the rustling grass, some fans suggest she was hoping to see Madoka approaching her.
* Near the end of the movie, some Clara Dolls can be seeing jumping off from a cliff, close to its edge we can see a large row of scattered shoes around. It is speculated that this is a symbolic image for in Japan those that attempt suicide tend to remove their shoes first before jumping/hanging themselves. We saw the same thing happen in the Madoka series with the [[Minor_Characters#Office_Lady|office lady]] when she took off her shoes before jumping from a building.
** You would notice the Clara Dolls are not wearing shoes when jumping.
* In the post-credits Kyubey emerges from some plants, looking healthy. Homura pulls out her gem and they start dancing. When we next see Kyubey he looks disheveled and even seems to be quivering, suggesting that Homura has somehow affected his mind. It's possible that Homura is actually placing all the curses and despair of the world onto Kyubey, both as revenge and to ensure that the curses cannot affect anyone else. One might say Kyubey is finally paying for all the things he has done.
*As Homura sat on the chair overlooking the cliff with the corpse of a Kyubey close to her, it invoked the imagery of the [[:wikipedia:The_Fool_(Tarot_card)|fool from the tarot cards]]. In tarot the fool is shown as a young man, walking unknowingly toward the brink of a precipice and he appears to be getting chased away by an animal, either a dog or a cat. According with the symbolism, ''"the fool is the spirit in search to a new journey and new experiences. He represents cleverness bereft of reason within us, the childlike ability to tune into the inner workings of the world. The sun shining behind him represents the divine nature of the Fool's wisdom and exuberance, holy madness or 'crazy wisdom'. On his back are all the possessions he might need. In his hand there is a flower, showing his appreciation of beauty. He is frequently accompanied by a dog, sometimes seen as his animal desires, sometimes as the call of the "real world", nipping at his heels and distracting him. He is seemingly oblivious that he is walking toward a precipice, apparently about to step off."''
*It is speculated that the Clara Dolls are aspects and characteristics of Homura's personality. Love, the last of the Clara Dolls remains unopened in her package. It is speculated that the reason is that Homura wont let go of her love.
**It is possible that there is a similarity to the myth of [[:wikipedia:Pandora|Pandora's box]]. In the Myth "hope" is entrapped in a box, suggesting that either hope has been denied to humanity and made prisoner; or hope has been kept in the box as a way to retain hope for humanity. Similarly, "Madoka" has been kept a prisoner inside of Homura's world, some have interpreted this as a way to deny the world of Madoka's hope, but it can also be interpreted as Homura's way to safeguard Madoka's hope away from Kyubey's nefarious plans.
*It is suspected that if Homura hadn't interfere, the ending of the movie would involve [[Yuri_undertones#Manga_Difference:_The_Miracle|MadoKami taking Homura to Heaven with her]], [[:file:161.jpg|similar to the manga]].
*During the movie sequence the city's aqueducts are encircled to form what looks like the [[:file:Tower of babel rebellion aqueduct.png|Tower of Babel.]]

===Fallen Angel Homura===
[[File:Rebellion Runes - 010208 - ICH MOCHTE UNSEREN KUNDEN DANKEN.jpg|right|thumb|200px|15th [[Clara Dolls|Clara Doll]], Ai (Love), wearing a black dress. Ai represents Madoka, which is why she is wearing Madoka's magical girl outfit.]]

Since Homura declares to Madoka that they are enemies, this makes her her opponent as Homura opposes Madoka's will and her wishes. One can view this as Homura fallen into the role of the devil for going against what Madoka believes to be right.

'''Satan in Judaism:''' The original Hebrew term, satan, is a noun from a verb meaning primarily to, “obstruct, oppose,”. Satan is traditionally translated as “the accuser,” or “the adversary.” In Judaism, Satan is a term used since its earliest biblical contexts, to refer to a human opponent. Thus, Satan is personified as a character in three different places, serving as an accuser, a seducer, or as a heavenly persecutor who is "among the sons of God". In any case, Satan is always subordinate to the power of God, having a role in the divine plan.

'''Satan in Christianity:''' Christian tradition and theology changed "Satan" from an accuser appointed by God to test men's faith to God's godlike fallen opponent: "the Devil". Traditionally, Christians have understood the Devil to be the author of lies and promoter of evil'. However, the Devil can go no further than the word of Christ the Logos allows, [[wikipedia:Problem_of_evil#Christianity|resulting in the problem of evil']].

As Lucifer's or Satan's motive for rebelling and as the nature of his sin, Christian writers mention pride against God or, less often, envy of humanity created in the image of God. According to Tertullian the Devil was jealous of humans, created in the divine image and given authority over the world, and an 18th-century French Capuchin preacher, citing Tertullian and Augustine as giving envy as the motive for the fall, describes the Rebel Angel as jealous of Adam's exaltation, which he saw as a diminution of his own status.

'''Satan in Islam''': In Islam the Devil is known as Iblīs or Shayṭān, it has no name corresponding in meaning to that of the Latin word lucifer. Iblis is banished from heaven for refusing to prostrate himself before Adam. Thus, he sins after the creation of man. He then swears revenge by tempting human beings and turning them away from God. While in Judaism and Christianity, Satan is a fallen angel, Iblis is a jinn. Muslims believe that angels are the servants of God and cannot disobey him, but jinn, like men, can choose to obey or disobey.

'''Satan in Luciferianism''': Luciferianism is a belief system that venerates the essential characteristics that are affixed to Lucifer. The tradition, influenced by Gnosticism, usually reveres Lucifer not as the Devil, but as a liberator or guiding spirit, or even the true god as opposed to Jehovah.

'''Satan in Satanism''': Satanic groups have various opinions about Satan, ranging from the conviction that he exists and ought to be worshipped, to Anton Szandor LaVey's symbolic interpretation, which emphasizes individual will and pleasure-seeking.

====The Comparison to Lucifer====
While the comparison between Homura and the devil/Lucifer seems inevitable, we have to avoid the temptation of falling into the false logic that the comparison is without its flaws.

Jealousy

In one story it is stated that Lucifer was jealous of the human race, that they were not worthy and undeserving of God's love.

The argument states that Homura has done a lot for Madoka, sacrificing so much for her, and helping her ascend into a higher plane existence. As a result, Homura should be worthy of Madoka's love and praise. The reason that Homura sacrificed so much for Madoka is because she loves her. Homura put ups with so much suffering because of her, yet Madoka, instead of reciprocating Homura's feelings, she cannot help but to love everyone equally. As a result Madoka avoids picking up favorites. The argument is that Homura was jealous of Madoka's unconditional love for everyone, and this lead us to assume that Homura believes herself to be worthy of being Madoka's favorite and explains the reason why Homura went against Madoka's wishes.

However, this argument has a terrible flaw. It assumes that Homura's actions were driven by jealousy, yet there is no indication that this is the case. While is true that Madoka loves everyone equally, and perhaps Homura wished for Madoka to be a bit more selfish and stop thinking about others at the expense of her own self, there is no indication of jealousy against anyone. Homura didnt expect special treatment from Madoka, she was quite happy with Madoka's relationship already (except when there was a distance between them that took place because of the time reset in the anime series). If anything, Homura wanted Madoka to be able to live happily for her own sake at the expense of abandoning her duties and obligations toward others.

Pride

Lucifer was the first of Angels and chief among them, Archangel Michael was only second to him, Lucifer's devotion to God was not only driven by love but also by pride. God's love for humanity was troubling for Lucifer, for he couldnt comprehend why such an inferior creature should receive such equal love and worthy praise from God, as if making them equals to him. As a result of this friction Lucifer rebelled.

However, just like the jealousy argument the pride argument falls flat. While is true that Homura became stronger to please Madoka, she also did it to help her out of pure devotion to her, not out of pride. Not only that, but Homura's devotion for Madoka never turned her into an arrogant or prideful character. There may have been moments of something like pride and moments of stubbornness, but nothing to indicate to be egotistical in nature. When Homura's goal felt short, she did not despair out of arrogance nor she boasted hubris in her accomplishments. Instead she was too focused on Madoka and her well being.

Disobedience

This argument seems to fit with the Lucifer argument, that Lucifer went against God's wishes, that he went against God's plan for humanity, so did Homura and as result it makes them to be the same. But this argument seems to overlook motive behind Homura's actions. Lucifer's actions were driven by personal ambition, pride, or even jealousy, as stated previously. But Homura's motives behind her actions are the opposite, she did it because she cared for Madoka too much, she wanted to free Madoka from the burdens of being a prisoner to her duties and her devotion and love for others. She also did it to protect Madoka from Kyubey, the complete opposite of Lucifer's intentions. The only reason Homura is Madoka's enemy is because of their opposite views about what is best for Madoka.

Devil's advocate

Homura's motivations and beliefs don't demonstrate a pattern of similar behavior to that of Lucifer's. Lucifer was jealous of humans; Homura wasn't jealous of anyone. Lucifer was boastful, prideful, and arrogant; Homura was stubborn, and she never surrendered under pressure but only because she did it for Madoka's sake, not for her own interest. Homura disagreed with Madoka's plan because it came down to sacrificing Madoka's happiness for everyone else's. The problem with the Lucifer comparison is that the concept is too broad with some of the elements. It has similarities but the minor details tells a different story. Lucifer was a selfish and jealous angel/demon, and he wanted to take God down so he could rule in his stead, ''"Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven."'' God's happiness was never a factor. Other than dethroning Madoka, going against her wishes, and perhaps loving her too much, the comparison seems to be a bit unfair but understandable.
*We know from the series that the power of the wish and it's intent slowly turn on you, like Sayaka's love for Kyousuke eventually twisting her love into hating everything. If we look at Homura's love for Madoka to repeatedly go through hell to try and save her, only to lose her completely eventually, the love she had would twist into everything said here. The understanding that Madoka sacrificed herself to save everyone turns into Jealousy that she can't have Madoka to herself, that she has enough pride in herself to think she can do things better by lying to everyone fits and same with the disobedience. But we're not really talking about Homura anymore, Homura has been corrupted into a vastly different God-Witch version of Homulilly, who see's everything as being wrong and deciding to change things.

=== Homura's State of Mind ===
Homura's personality and mental state has radically changed by the end of the film. There are several speculations as to why or how it happened.

'''Corruption of the mind:''' During the transition process from a human/magical girl into what it is now a new entity, Homura's mind became corrupted or altered during the transformation process. Homura is not human, she is not a magical girl, she is not even a Witch, she something completely different, as a result this is a different Homura.

'''Mental Stress:''' Considering Homura's mental state prior to the movie, it is surprising that she hasn't suffered from a complete mental breakdown before. Homura saw her friends die countless times, had to repeat an endless nightmarish cycle through time and space, almost lost her life countless times, and then she was forced to part away from Madoka, the person she sacrificed everything for, let us not forget prior to being a magical girl Homura was riddled with insecurities, (possible) family abandonment, a weak physical body, and being bullied in school. Add that with the torture she had to go through under Kyubey's experiment, and it becomes clear that it was probably too much for an already fragile mind.

'''Homura's Insecurities and fears:''' While Homura presents herself to be strong and compose, inside she is still that weak and insecure little girl, she always was. Homura was always wearing a mask to keep the appearance and impression that she has things under control. In the anime series we saw moments when Homura's strong exterior felt apart momentarily. It is those fears that are driving Homura to take drastic measures, the fear of losing Madoka again and she believes that the only way to guarantee Madoka's happiness is by taking control of the situation.

'''Natural Progression:''' Homura is a survivalist, she adapts to the situation as it suits her, when she was weak she looked up to Madoka for inspiration and help, when she lost Madoka she tried to become stronger to protect her. Now that she is a powerful entity, she believes it is her responsibility and duty to take matters with her own hands.

'''The Real Homura all along:''' Rather than power corrupting one person, it is suggested that power actually reveals ones true self. Perhaps what we are witnessing is Homura's true nature. Homura used to be a weak girl, bullied by classmates and dependent on the kindness of others. Now that she is an all powerful being, unrestrained by human weakness or limitation, she is allowed to do anything she wants, and probably what she always wanted to do but was afraid to do so.

===Gone mad from the revelation?===
Another possibility is that Homura is not really evil but actually found something about Madoka that drove her off the deep end.

If you remember clearly, Madoka's wish was to erase all witches from existence before they're even born, in the universe, from the past and the future, with her own hands. Hence Madoka became an entity who removed from existence all magical girls who became witches and placed them in another dimension of her own.

There is a catch, however, Madoka never wished she would take their souls to another dimension.

This whole movie took place inside an entire reality created inside Homura's soul gem, a barrier which reflected her ideal world where everything happened in the way she dreamed of and which began to crumble once she realized she had been living a farce threatening her friends. In other words, Homura experienced what it's like to be an oblivious god living in a world made by your wishes until you realize your own folly and crumbles in despair.

This is where things get worse, the moment Madoka was restored and came to take her soul, Homura realized that Madoka wasn't just erasing witches, she was absorbing the souls of all witches into her barrier '''HEAVEN''' and living in her own fake world rid of misfortune. This is why all witches in the movie could retain their consciousness and switch into magical girls, because their grief was erased by Madoka's barrier which gave them an "afterlife" free of suffering.

It was that cruel realization, that Madoka's wish of hope only trapped her in a false happiness of godhood, which broke Homura utterly and made her change into a dark deity hellbent on suppressing Madoka's wish.

If Homura could remake the '''MORTAL WORLD''' into something free of witches and suffering, then Madoka would think that Homura's world was already heaven and wouldn't try to become a saviour at the expense of her own sacrifice.

Considering the lengths Homura goes to protect Madoka, it would make perfect sense if she was willing to trade Madoka's love for her ire and disapproval if that meant not letting Madoka ever realize she became a lotus eater machine for every magical girl who died.

*this would imply the entire post-series pre-rebellion universe is Madoka's barrier, for her to be able to take the despair of magical girls despite being outside of her heaven.
*However Madoka destroyed her witch self, as her wish to erase all witches includes herself, this theory would depend upon a God's haven working in a similar way to a witches' barrier or Homura believing they do. Sayaka seemed to remember exactly what happened to her where as Homura's lotus eater machine messed with people's memories.
**So far there was no evidence of witches erasing the memories of people who came to their barrier at any point until Homulilly, even then so, Ultimate Madoka is clearly something else than a witch, like Homura she is something above witches and magical girls but instead of creating a barrier geared towards making reality her playground she made her "space" outside the real world for the sake of giving rest and healing to the soul of all meguka. What drives the corrupted Homura insane is the fact Madoka is not aware she makes this heaven regardless of her own personal happiness, she is being driven by her '''merciful''' nature to guide all of these souls to her blissful barrier were they no longer suffer, unaware if that's her personal choice or just a cursed existence ignorant to her self-imposed enslavement.
***Just a point. When Madoka make her wish, she was aware all magical girls eventually die, as all living things do. So maybe, she just goes as thing went normally, sending their souls to her "heaven" (It can't be named "Barrier" because it is exclusively for Witches/Nightmares, and Madokami ins't a witch/nightmare). Or according a Buddhism, she start a reincarnation cycle.

=== Is Homura selfish? ===

Well, it's complicated.

Selfish can be defined as ''"[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/selfish concerned excessively or exclusively with oneself: seeking or concentrating on one's own advantage, pleasure, or well-being without regard for others]"''.

In the movie it becomes clear that Homura's philosophy is the opposite of Madoka's. Whereas Madoka believes she should sacrifice herself for the world, Homura believes the world should sacrifice itself for Madoka. That Homura is willing to sacrifice herself for Madoka is laudable, that she is willing to sacrifice others is not. That Homura is willing to become Madoka's enemy, to kidnap and imprison Madoka in order to make a world where Madoka can be happy, is disturbing.

In other words, Homura only cares about her own desire, which means she is selfish. However, her own desire is the happiness of another person - and she is willing to sacrifice her own life, happiness, and morality to achieve that. Thus, Homura's selfishness almost seems paradoxical. It is a self-denying selfishness, a selfishness where one desire is placed above all others. One could say that in the end, Homura is practicing absolute selfishness, sacrificing ''all'' to achieve her one desire.

Homura's behaviour refers to "Solipsism"

===Junko's Words of Wisdom===
In [[Episode 6]] of Madoka Magica, Madoka has a problem. She wants to help Sayaka, but she doesn't know how. She believes Sayaka is on the right, but the more Sayaka tries to do the right thing, the worst it is for her because it doesn't cause her happiness. When Madoka confides this to her mom, Junko advices Madoka to ''[[Madoka_Magica_Episode_6:_This_Just_Isn%27t_Right#Observations|"do something wrong"]]'' to balance things out. According with Junko, someone needs to be in the right, and someone needs to be in the wrong.

If we take Junko's words at heart, the heart of the matter in "Rebellion" reveals itself. Madoka as the concept of hope is burdened with responsibilities that go beyond for a little girl to handle, Madoka is separated from her family, she is not allowed to grow up normally into healthy adulthood. Instead she is forced to accept adult responsibilities at such a young age, and she must carry the burdens of the whole universe by herself, alone. But Madoka wont abandon her new role nor will she allow the universe to be in a chaotic state. As a result Madoka is, rather than a savior of the universe, a prisoner to her responsibilities, or at least that seems to be how Homura sees it. It is possible that Homura wants to give a happy ending to Madoka, ''"but you can't expect a happy ending just by doing what's right all the time."''

Homura realizes that in order to protect Madoka, and the world that she loves, Homura must act in a way that is not nice/pleasant to outside observers, ''"even if it's not the nicest way to do it."'' Since Madoka wont abandon her duties as Ultimate Madoka and her role within the universe that she watches over, she will never experience a normal life as long as she is bound by duty and her noble sentiment. This is the source that causes Madoka to sacrifice her life and her happiness for the greater good, a noble act but one that Homura understands doesn't bring happiness to Madoka, even if Madoka wont admit it herself. Homura ''"has to be in the wrong to balance out [Madoka's] need to be in the right."'' It is for this reason that Homura takes such a treacherous and drastic action against Madoka, realizing that there is no other way to help her.

Homura warns Madoka that they may become enemies someday because she doesn't know if Madoka will ever come to understand Homura's choice. ''"She may or may not. Especially at first. [...] it might not be the nicest way to do it. But would [Homura] rather give up on her, or give [Madoka] the wrong idea about [her]?"'' Homura would never give up on Madoka, so she accepts the latter as a possible consequence of her actions.

In conclusion, Homura acted out of selfish desire to make Madoka happy, because Madoka's was trying to make everyone happy but herself.

===Alternate, Non-Dualist Theory===

It is possible that the focus on dualism and the idea of Homura becoming a Lucifer-like figure is fundamentally misunderstanding what happened in the ending of The Rebellion Story. There are somewhat obvious problems with the idea of dualism- for one, in the new universe, Madokami doesn't appear to have any real power. In order for dualism to truly exist, both opposing forces must have equal power, this is clearly not the case. Akuma Homura essentially just overthrew the existing order, but absorbed Madokami within her, imprisoning her along with the entire universe in her witch's barrier, which really ceases to be one once it covers the whole universe.

First, we need to step back and look at what Homura actually did. She created a new world that was presumably peaceful and stable, there are no magical girls who fight endlessly into inevitable despair, and presumably she can twist the world to eliminate the curses that need to be fought. She takes all the despair into herself. Recall that Homura's first real questioning of her own fake Mitakihara was "can we really continue fighting forever?" That world is how it is because endless fighting is all Homura really knows, and by questioning it she ultimately questions all she's ever known. She constructed the fake Mitakihara as an ideal world initially- one where magical girls could continue to fight evil with no real negative consequences, thus still giving them their wishes and purpose. She then rebels against this notion, tearing down her own vision of utopia because she no longer sees it that way, she wants a world without magical girls.

Now we can go back farther before the movie and look at what Madoka actually did. She never pursued or was granted the powers of an actual omnipotent god, she never looked to rewrite the entire universe. Technically, she doesn't even fully gets rid of witches, she just absorbs the despair into herself and allows the magical girls to pass away peacefully without becoming monsters and corrupting others. But that is the extent of her power, and even she is not immune from despair and corruption, indeed we see Madokami's witch attempting to devour the world, but Madokami was able to save herself just as she was able to save everyone else. Curses and negative feelings still exist at the same levels they did before, they just now manifest into Wraiths, which can be interpreted as the raw manifestation of negative feelings rather than corruptions of magical girls. The most important thing here is that all the laws of the universe that existed long before Madokami are still intact after Madoka's wish.

Now recall perhaps the biggest revelation in the new movie: the Incubators were obviously unsatisfied with the power attained from the wraiths, and after seeing the truth about witches within Homura, it was the Incubators thirst that sought Madokami's power, either to take her power or destroy her so they could go back to the more lucrative witch system. This is the detail that makes Homura's decision-making much less confusing, and in fact, completely understandable. As she breaks out of the prison with the help of the others, and Madokami comes down to take her to Valhalla, she knows she cannot let that happen. Why? Because she knows what they don't: the Incubators are after Madoka. They will continue to experiment and to pervert existing magical girls as they did with her in order to find a way to destroy Madoka. So, she uses her last remaining strength to usurp Madoka, take her power, and imprison her. Why? It's quite simple, and Homura states it explicitly: love.

The one constant throughout the entire series is that Homura loves Madoka, and her wish was one that ensure that she would be able to protect her. Indeed, that is her singular purpose in life to protect Madoka at literally any cost- even if it means becoming the demon that usurps her power, even if it means becoming her enemy. She had to find a way to end the Incubators and their schemes once and for all, even if it meant having to hurt Madoka and imprison her in the new universe, which bends to no rules but Homura's. And, recalling Sayoktavia's words from earlier in the movie: is an entity which creates a paradise like this truly one that is bad, and should be opposed? Homura sees herself as a devil-like figure, and of course she would, doing what she did despairs her greatly, but it needed to be done in order to protect Madoka. But is she truly bad, or Devil-like for creating a world without curses? Was it truly madness or insanity that drove her to do it, or was she thinking more clearly and logically than anyone else?

Ultimately, it brings us to one thesis: Just as Madoka had to become a magical girl to reach her ends of eliminating the suffering and corruption of magical girls, Homura had to become a witch to protect that system, to suffer forever for the sake of keeping the universe stable. There is dualism, but yet there is not, there is only Homura, using the power of Madoka's sacrifice to finally stabilize things and create her own true vision of utopia.

Where it goes from here depends on whether a sequel eventually will come. It could end in that state, with Homura maintaining the universe in her order. It might end in a way that allows both the existence of Madoka and Homura to merge- or perhaps they will both finally be able to pass and have their existences end, as all things do.

==="Gott ist tot" and Nietzsche [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzRbCrIWURY]===
<blockquote>'''Homura:''' "Escaping into this impossible world. Abandoning the responsibility to fight wraiths. Such weakness... I'll never be able to forgive. Magical girls... Have no choice but to continue fighting. That is... The price we pay for our miracle. It was for our sakes that... She... Sacrificed herself to try to save us. {{Runes|WER TRÄUMT?}} '''Homura:'''This farce... Is just making light of Madoka's sacrifice! I won't forgive this!" '''Clara Dolls:''' "Gott ist tot! Gott ist tot! Gott ist tot!"</blockquote>

Friedrich Nietzsche is known for what some consider to be his [[:wikipedia:Philosophy_of_Friedrich_Nietzsche|controversial philosophy]]. He called himself an "immoralist" and harshly criticized the prominent moral philosophies of his day: Christianity, [[:wikipedia:Kantianism|Kantianism]], and [[:wikipedia:Utilitarianism|utilitarianism]]. Nietzsche was also known for being very critical of the Western belief in [[:wikipedia:egalitarianism|egalitarianism]] and [[:wikipedia:rationality|rationality]].

Nietzsche saw [[:wikipedia:Nihilism|nihilism]] as the outcome of repeated frustrations in the search for meaning. He diagnosed nihilism as a latent presence within the very foundations of European culture, and saw it as a necessary and approaching destiny. Nietzsche argued that Western culture must face and transcend in the wake of the irreparable dissolution of its traditional foundations, moored largely in classical Greek philosophy and Christianity.

====GOOD AND EVIL====

In [[:wikipedia:Beyond_Good_And_Evil|Beyond Good And Evil]] and ''On the Genealogy of Morality'', Nietzsche's genealogical account of the development of modern moral systems occupies central place. For Nietzsche, a fundamental shift took place from thinking in terms of "good" and "bad" toward "good" and "evil."

Nietzsche argued that two types of morality existed: a master morality that springs actively from the "noble man", and a slave morality that develops reactively within the weak man. These two moralities do not present simple inversions of one another. They form two different value systems: master morality fits actions into a scale of 'good' or 'bad' whereas slave morality fits actions into a scale of "good" or "evil".

The initial form of morality was set by a warrior aristocracy and other ruling castes of ancient civilizations. Aristocratic values of "good" and "bad" coincided with and reflected their relationship to lower castes such as slaves. Nietzsche presented this "master morality" as the original system of morality—perhaps best associated with Homeric Greece. To be "good" was to be happy and to have the things related to happiness: wealth, strength, health, power, etc. To be "bad" was to be like the slaves over which the aristocracy ruled, poor, weak, sick, pathetic—an object of pity or disgust rather than hatred.

"Slave morality" comes about as a reaction to master-morality. Here, value emerges from the contrast between good and evil: good being associated with other-worldliness, charity, piety, restraint, meekness, and submission; and evil seen as worldly, cruel, selfish, wealthy, and aggressive. Nietzsche sees slave morality as pessimistic and fearful, values for them serving only to ease the existence for those who suffer from the very same thing. He associated slave-morality with the Jewish and Christian traditions, in a way that slave-morality is born out of the ressentiment of slaves. Nietzsche argued that the idea of equality allowed slaves to overcome their own condition without hating themselves. And by denying the inherent inequality of people (such as success, strength, beauty or intelligence), slaves acquired a method of escape, namely by generating new values on the basis of rejecting something that was seen as a perceived source of frustration. It was used to overcome the slave's own sense of inferiority before the (better-off) masters. It does so by making out slave weakness to be a matter of choice, by, e.g., relabeling it as "meekness." The "good man" of master morality is precisely the "evil man" of slave morality, while the "bad man" is recast as the "good man."

====NIHILISM====

When Nietzsche says that God is dead, what he means is that our entire concept of “God” is dead. The Christian concept of God as an all-powerful, all-knowing, morally good, caring, Supreme Being is dead, according to Nietzsche. But God no longer listens to us, nor knows how to respond. This lack of communication between us and God is the cause of the decline of theism (Beyond Good and Evil, Sec. 53). New forces have taken the place of God in our lives, forces such as money and science have provided a new faith for us in an increasingly materialistic society. We have become religious atheists, we no longer have God, but we practice religion. But religion involves sacrifice, and that is why God is dead.

Nietzsche was concerned that the death of God has lead to a pervasive state [[:wikipedia:Nihilism|nihilism]]. By sacrificing God in the name of [[:wikipedia:Asceticism|asceticism]], asceticism has lost its purpose and meaning to life. Nietzsche argued that one way in which we attempted to fill the space left by God’s death is through secular science. Since we have traded God for science, we now worship science as our new God. Science has occupied the throne on which God used to sit. Science has become the new ascetic faith, populated by theoretical entities and forces. But unlike theism, science ascribes no meaning to life’s happening. It only provides the means by which life happens; it provides the how, not the why.

For Nietzsche, the alternative to nihilism and asceticism lies in the positive affirmation of life.[http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070804135148AAzRjPS]

====WILL TO POWER====

A basic element in Nietzsche's philosophical outlook is the [[:wikipedia:Will_to_power|will to power]] (der Wille zur Macht), which provides a basis for understanding human behavior — more so than competing explanations, such as the ones based on pressure for adaptation or survival.

In presenting his theory of human behavior, Nietzsche also addressed, and attacked, concepts from philosophies popularly embraced in his days, such as [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNDw9lO8uKg Schopenhauer's notion of an aimless will] or that of utilitarianism. Utilitarians claim that what moves people is mainly the desire to be happy, to accumulate pleasure in their lives. But such a conception of happiness Nietzsche rejected as something limited to, and characteristic of, the bourgeois lifestyle of the English society, and instead put forth the idea that happiness is not an aim per se — it is instead a consequence of a successful pursuit of one's aims, of the overcoming of hurdles to one's actions — in other words, of the fulfillment of the will.

====ÜBERMENSCH====

Nietzsche's Zarathustra ties the [[:wikipedia:Übermensch#Death_of_God_and_the_creation_of_new_values|Übermensch to the death of God]]. While this God was the ultimate expression of other-worldly values and the instincts that gave birth to those values, belief in that God nevertheless did give meaning to life for a time. 'God is dead' means that the idea of God can no longer provide values. With the sole source of values no longer capable of providing those values, there is a real chance of nihilism prevailing.

Zarathustra presents the Übermensch as the creator of new values. In this way, it appears as a solution to the problem of the death of God and nihilism. If the Übermensch acts to create new values within the moral vacuum of nihilism, there is nothing that this creative act would not justify. Alternatively, in the absence of this creation, there are no grounds upon which to criticize or justify any action, including the particular values created and the means by which they are promulgated.

In order to avoid a relapse into Platonic idealism or asceticism, the creation of these new values cannot be motivated by the same instincts that gave birth to those tables of values. Instead, they must be motivated by a love of this world and of life. Whereas Nietzsche diagnosed the Christian value system as a reaction against life and hence destructive in a sense, the new values which the Übermensch will be responsible for will be life-affirming and creative.

====Homura's Will to Power====

When Homura discovers that she is actually trapped within a Witch's barrier, she despair not because she is trapped, but because she was allowed to be easily influenced and be deceived by such a pleasant trap or dream. The dream makes a mockery of Madoka's sacrifice, making her victory to ring hollow as Homura has chosen a dream over reality. We have to remember that within this dream, it brings the fulfillment of all of Homura's friends. Mami is not alone as she combats Nightmares not by herself, but with a team in a manner resembling typical magical girls. Kyouko and Sayaka rather than being antagonists they are close friends and are even living together. Madoka is back in the real world as a magical girl, she is back to her friends and her family, but not only that she is also happy. The Dream is not only pleasant for Homura (having Madoka back and being friends with the girls), but it is also a vehicle for the personal fulfillment for the girls as well. Yet the dream is a lie, hence why Homura is angry with herself. Perhaps the dream reminded Homura how much she misses Madoka, her absence in Homura's life is deep and profound. Perhaps Homura at that moment grew disillusioned with the MadoVerse. The only reason Homura endured so much suffering was the promise that they would meet again when Homura's Soul Gems were to be tainted, the promise of paradise drove her to continue her journey, and yet the dream shattered Homura's conviction possibly at that point. At that moment it is possible to suggest that Homura realizes that she is a prisoner of a dream that is also a lie, and as a result perhaps Homura comes with an actual self realization that she actually liked the dream more than her reality, a reality where there is no Madoka, only Ultimate Madoka. We can suspect at this moment that Homura lost faith on Ultimate Madoka, not on Madoka herself, but on the concept of Ultimate Madoka. In the MadoVerse Sayaka became friends with Kyouko but she is dead, the girls fight together as a team but against dangerous Wraiths not silly creatures like Nightmares, the fate of Magical Girls does not lead to tea and cakes, but being taken away by the Law of Cycles, and Madoka is a separate entity from the MadoVerse. It is during this self actualization that the Clara Dolls cry, ''"Gott ist tot"''. Perhaps it is during this moment of crisis of faith that Homura has doubts about the system. We have to remember that Homura's Witch's Barrier creation of such dream is no accident. After all, Kyubey states that Homura's barrier would only allow a specific target or person to be allowed to enter; it is speculated that the Clara Dolls probably even kidnapped the specific targets. As a result, we can speculate that deep down, Homura wished for a better world than of the MadoVerse.

But there is another possibility that perhaps pushed Homura to her new conviction, the flower bed scene. It is stated that Homura is talking with the real Madoka, but this Madoka has no recollection of her previous life. As a result of their conversation Homura is convinced that Madoka would never abandon her family and friends knowingly or willingly. Madoka's amnesia is convenient enough to convince Homura to take a different path. Homura is convinced she must save Madoka from her foolish self. It is possible that during the flower bed scene, those may have been Madoka's true feelings at the time, but those are the result of Madoka's lost memory. Homura probably knows that that Madoka given the choice she may decide to become Ultimate Madoka given the circumstances, but this doesnt matter. To Homura, she decides that she has the conviction to pursue her original goal, which was to become stronger enough to protect and save Madoka, even if it means having to go against Madoka herself. Homura knew she had to end the Law of Cycles to free Madoka from herself.

Given Homura's epiphany and the events in the flower bed scene, it is easy to figure out what drove Homura to change the system and "rescue" Madoka from herself. Not only did Homura changed the world, but one could agree she did for the better regardless of Madoka's wishes. In the HomuVerse Sayaka is alive, Nagisa meets Mami, Madoka is back with her family, and everything seems to be for the better (as we know for now). The HomuVerse is almost similar to the Dream World that Homura created in her Witch's barrier. In a way Homura is trying to recreate the world from the Dream World. A clear indication that perhaps Homura was not happy with the conditions in the MadoVerse. Homura has become the Übermensch, for she has changed the rules of the universe and created new values. But more than that, she has defeated, tamed, and contained Madoka's biggest threat, Kyubey's race, something that Madoka has not done in the previous reality.

====Rebellion and Nietzsche====

The following interpretation is an attempt to observe rebellion through the eyes of Nietzsche. It is open to interpretation and it is not the final authority regarding the body of work in Rebellion.

It is possible that Homura realized that the New World, while better than the Old World with its cruel system, had some problems, problems that Homura couldnt overlook after her moment of epiphany. It is perhaps of this reason that Homura decides to rebel against Madoka. Homura is trying to liberate Madoka from an oppressive cycle that makes her not just a prisoner, but also a slave to her conviction and sense of goodness. When Homura is given the choice to free herself from her torture by allowing Madoka to spirit her away, she proclaims to Kyoube that she would prefer to become a Witch and fall into despair forever, rather than allow Madoka to fall into his trap. Homura is not ashamed that she became a witch, it is possible that she was ashamed that she failed to meet Madoka's expectations, that she fell into a dream and chose the dream over Madoka's salvation. But once Homura overcame her fears and doubts she became resolute to rescue Madoka from herself, from her bondage to the Law of Cycles.

One could suggest that perhaps the Law of Cycles did not liberate the magical girls at all, but instead made them prisoners into a new "slave system", for these girls still met a terrible (but less horrible) fate in the end. Rather than becoming witches, they are spirited away to some paradise, a reward for their personal sacrifice, yet they are still obligated to fulfill their contract by making them unable to escape from their ultimate fate. The Law of Cycles was the result of Madoka's sacrifice. The fulfillment of a promise that the suffering of magical girls would end. What Madoka has done was to change some of the rules of the old system to make the lives of magical girls more pleasant and lessen some of its horrifying aspects, but she also inserted an incentive to reward these magical girls for their deaths. Yet this fulfillment is not based on personal accomplishment but based on sacrifices. As a result Nietzsche would point out that the suffering of these girls did not lead to personal growth or allowed them to overcome their suffering, but instead they were cheated by giving them bribes to ease their pain. There is no affirmation of life, they overcome nothing.

Since these magical girls cannot overcome this ultimate fate, one can argue that they all failed to fulfill their potential. Except for Homura, she overcomes the ultimate fate by not dying, by not becoming a Witch, by not being taken away by Madoka. Perhaps making Homura the Übermensch. It has to be pointed out, that Homura was the first person to realize that the girls were trapped inside a Witch barrier (with the exception of Nagisa and Sayaka), Homura was possibily awakening from the dream before the other girls did, a self actualization that there was something possibly wrong with the order of the world. It is possible that Homura's struggles started to manifest "her will to power", her transformation into the Übermensch to overcome her personal struggles. According with Nietzsche, human suffering is necessary for personal growth as well as for their potential for one to attain one's goal by overcoming such obstacles. Homura's endless suffering, doubts, fears, as well as her will allowed her to overcome her obstacles. Homura explains to Kyubey that the reason she didnt become a Witch, was because of her love for Madoka, because Madoka was always on her mind. One can interpret this as saying that Homura's mind was always obsessing with her goal or objective, which happens to be Madoka's safety. Her will to overcome her weakness to save Madoka was driven by her ambition and goal, and Homura needed to overcome her long and almost endless struggle to obtain it. Homura overcame her obstacles not through [[Talk:Philosophical_Observations#Madoka_and_Minding_her_Motive|Kantian means like a noble self-sacrifice]], nor by [[Talk:Philosophical_Observations#Kyubey_and_Utilitarianism|a base selfish means like utilitarianism]]. Instead, Homura obtained her fulfillment by overcoming her struggle, even if it meant being hated by Madoka.

Perhaps Goddoka had to "die" in order to break the new cycle that was less horrifying but smothering, a confining system based on Madoka's values like goodness and sacrifice. Goddoka also had to die so she could live as an ordinary human girl in the Homuverse, so she could reaffirm life as an ordinary person, rather than as a divine being trapped within the system. A system that tried to alleviate suffering at the expense of personal growth and strength, strength needed to overcome personal obstacles. The values in such a system do not only deprived Madoka from fulfilling her full potential without restrain, but were obstacles to her personal happiness.

As a side note, Nietzsche's idea of the [[:wikipedia:Friedrich_Nietzsche#Eternal_return|Eternal Return]] is eerily similar to Homura's endless time travel in the series. It is a concept which posits that the universe has been recurring, and will continue to recur, in a self-similar form an infinite number of times across infinite time or space. Nietzsche contemplates the idea as potentially "horrifying and paralyzing", and says that its burden is the "heaviest weight" imaginable ("das schwerste Gewicht"). The wish for the eternal return of all events would mark the ultimate affirmation of life, a reaction to Schopenhauer's praise of denying the will‐to‐live. The purpose is not only for an eternal struggle, but also for the eternal overcoming of the struggle of life, and its celebration.

Madoka overcame her personal struggles with a noble sacrifice, she became a magical girl, transformed into a witch, and then she transcended into Ultimate Madoka but at a cost. Nietzsche would deny that Madoka overcame anything at all. But Homura did overcame her struggles by actually overcoming them, by suffering, by growing, and by sheer personal will. As Homura stated, she is neither a witch, nor a magical girl. She is something more.

At the ending when Homura was dancing and then jumped from the cliff, one can interpret it as Homura reaffirming life.

===Bhuddism and Mara (with a bit of Gnosticism)===
The original ''Madoka Magica'' anime had [http://mlpomo.blogspot.com/2013/08/latin-latin-madoka-more-latin-puella.html Bhuddist] [http://listlessink.wordpress.com/2011/04/23/birth-of-a-goddess-madokas-path-to-nirvana-a-study-of-buddhism/ themes] that might be missed by any viewers that are unfamiliar with the concepts presented.

In [[Madoka Magica Portable]], [[Homulilly]] is described as the witch of "Shigan". Shigan is a Bhuddist concept that basically means the mortal world humans live in. It's opposite is [[wikipedia:Higan|Higan]], which represents the afterlife or Enlightenment. In other words, Homulilly is an existence opposed to Madoka (who represents salvation from suffering).

In Bhuddist mythology there is a deity named [[wikipedia:Mara_(demon)|Mara]]. Often described as a devil or demon, he is closer to the [[wikipedia:Demiurge|Demiurge]] in Gnostic Christianity. Mara represents temptation and desire - in other words, anti-enlightenment. (On a possibly not so coincidental note, [[wikipedia:Mara_(folklore)|Mara]] is also the name of a creature from Germanic folklore that is the origin of the word "Nightmare".) In ''Rebellion'', Homura evokes Mara when she creates an illusory, perfect world out of her own desires that traps others within it (following the Bhuddist concept of the world as an illusion). Then, at the end of the movie, Homura absorbs Madoka and remakes the world, with Madoka reincarnated as a normal girl. In a Buddhist interpretation, Homura took a [[wikipedia:Bodhisattva|Bodhisattva]] away from Enlightenment and trapped her in the mortal world. Not only is this ''really bad'' by Buddhist terms, but Homura also did it out of her selfish desire for Madoka. In Buddhism, desire is one of the sources of all suffering.

To summarize, Homura is Mara (or the Demiurge) keeping Madoka - who is more or less Bhudda (or the Gnostic [[wikipedia:Sophia_(Gnosticism)|Sophia]]) - trapped in the mortal world, where is she ignorant of her true nature. As the Mara figure, Homura will do whatever she can to keep Madoka in the mortal world, but the only way for anyone to achieve true salvation is if Madoka awakens and breaks Homura's illusion.

[http://mlpomo.blogspot.com/2013/12/spoiler-filled-review-madoka-magica-3.html Read this for more detail.]

===Sayaka and the comparison to Archangel Michael===
[[File:Wont forget (id=40231587).jpg|right|thumb|150px|She may be our only hope]]
*In Hebrew, Michael's name means "''who is like God?''". In a literal way, Sayaka's nature is like Madoka's: a being that exists on a different plane of existence.
*Through the ages, Michael is always armed with a sword (Sayaka's weapon badge).
*Sayaka's last name (Miki) it may be a derivation of the arabic word ''Mikhail''.
*Michael is always portrayed to be the opposite of Lucifer, either for the love of God or conflicts in their ways of thinking; in almost all media published in Madoka Magica series, Sayaka and Homura are shown in conflict with each other, primarily in regard to Madoka' safety.
*Further more sayaka does not act alone in this movie but is partnered with Nagisa another magical girl turned witch who later died and did not make it to the new universe. Thusly so is The Archangel Michael usually set next to the Archangel, Gabriel.
**Like Sayaka's sword, Nagisa's trumpet bears resemblance Gabriel's signature horn.
** Gabriel is usually tasked as the messenger of God descending directly to Mary, the mother of God, While Nagisa has many explanotory roles and is the first to reveal the secret of the fake city to Mami, Madoka's sempai, (although this happens off-screen)

===Attack on Fandom (Or Fanwork Creators are Evil)===
There have been many accusations that ''Rebellion'' is primarily about pandering to the fanbase. Indeed, much of ''Rebellion'''s story reflects common trends in fandom. However, are they pandering to the fans, or are they parodying them?

Consider that the movie opens with a world common in fanworks ([[Drama_CD_2|and some]] [[Madoka_Magica_Drama_CD_4:_Summer_Magical_Girl_Training_Camp!!|officially published]] [[Puella_Magi_Madoka_Magica_Anthology_1|material]]). The five magical girls are working together without suffering. Kyubey has been rendered harmless. Even Charlotte is there as the second mascot. It is the world depicted and desired by fans.

And it's all an illusion. No matter how many fanworks are made, it doesn't change the events that happen in the original series. They are as illusionary as the world of Homura's witch barrier.

Then there's the end of the movie. Again, it is an ending common in fanworks. Madoka is alive. Sayaka is alive. Even Charlotte has been brought back to life and returned to her human form. And Kyubey is paying for all his crimes. The ending people wanted to see.

But there's a price. It's ''Madoka Magica'', there's always a price. The price is that Homura is now made the villain, and she has trapped the characters in this happy ending against their will. Instead of the joy of witnessing a happy ending, the viewer is made to feel horrified and confused.

One might even consider Homura to be a stand-in for fanwork creators. It is Homura that creates the illusion at the beginning of the movie, and it is Homura that creates the ending where everyone is brought back. It says something that the person who makes fanworks come true is the person that becomes ''the devil itself''. But hey, you got your happy ending, right?

We have found the enemy and it is us. Be careful what you wish for.

===Madoka's Omniscience===
Many viewers have pointed to an apparent plot hole in the movie: Why didn't Madoka foresee Homura's actions if she is an omniscient god? This is in fact a trick the movie pulls on viewers; it expects them to remember that Madoka's omniscience isn't just because she's a god, it's because she's a concept that exists in all of space and time. As Madoka says in episode 12 "''I will be everywhere at every moment from now on"''. In other words, Madoka is omniscient only because she is omnipresent. If something were to interrupt her omnipresence, then she is no longer omniscient.

Indeed, this does happen during ''Rebellion''. Kyubey's Isolation Field specifically blocks Madoka from entering, which means Madoka is not omnipresent anymore. We know the Incubators can see into the Isolation Field, which suggests Madoka can see into it too...but that means she only knows what the Incubators do.

Before we continue, we need to ask if the future of the ''Madoka Magica'' setting is predetermined. In other words, is the future set in stone? If it was predetermined, than Madoka could still know in advance how long the Isolation Field would last and what would happen afterward.

However, there is evidence to suggest that the future is not predetermined in the setting. Certainly Madoka changes the future with her wish, and later tells Homura that she sees all the universes which may one day exist. In ''Rebellion'' itself, Kyubey says Madoka does not exist in the past or in all the possibilities of the future, which suggests that as far as Kyubey knows, the future is not predetermined.

But just because the future is not predetermined doesn't mean you can't know what's going to happen. As an omnipresent concept, Madoka is basically [[wikipedia:Laplace's_demon|Laplace's Demon]]. She knows what is going to happen in the future because she exists everywhere. In other words, she can tell the actual future from a possible one. When Kyubey introduces the Isolation Field, it introduces [[wikipedia:Chaos_Theory|chaos]] into Madoka's perceptions, preventing her from being able to tell which future will actually occur.

To Madoka, the Isolation Field is a little like a [[wikipedia:Schrödinger's_cat|Schrödinger's catbox]]. Until we open the box, we can't tell if the cat will be alive or dead. Similarly, Madoka can't tell what will happen to anything that is inside or enters the Isolation Field, including Homura's Soul Gem, the victims of Homura's barrier, or even the future of Sayaka, Nagisa, and Madoka herself when they are "invited" inside.

Presumably, Madoka could have chosen to ignore Homura's invitation and wait to see if the Incubators would drop the Isolation Field, but Madoka would never abandon anyone, least of all Homura. So she enters Homura's barrier and takes the form of a human.

Since she is in the form of a human, Madoka is not omnipresent even when she enters Homura's barrier. She experiences time the same way the other characters do - linearly. She has no way of knowing what the future will hold, even after she suppresses her own memories and powers. Finally, when the Isolation Field is destroyed, Madoka regains her memories and powers...but she does not return to being an omnipresent and omniscient concept. She is still in the form of a human, which is why the other characters can see her. It's suggested Madoka can't return to being a concept until she deals with Homura's Soul Gem, in accordance with her wish to erase all witches before they are born with her own hands. Madoka has to purify Homura's Soul Gem before she can move onto the next potential witch.

But since Madoka had no way to determine which potential future would actually happen, Homura's actions catch her by surprise. (Not to mention that before the Isolation Field was destroyed, Homura told Madoka that she wanted to be by her side; clearly Madoka thought Homura meant she wanted to be with Madoka forever.)

===AI YO===
Perhaps the most contentious part of the movie is the reveal that Homura's Soul Gem is not tainted by curses, but by love. This comes out of nowhere and appears to contradict the original anime. However, given that ''Rebellion'' is a movie that invites thought, it is not unreasonable to assume that there is an answer hidden in the movie. (For example, while the movie does not say that Kyubey's Isolation Field was blocking Madoka's omniscience, it is logical to conclude that anything that prevents Madoka from existing in all of time of space would interfere with her omniscience.)

Here is a potential explanation for how Homura receives the power of love, one that does not contradict anything that occurred in the anime or movie. This is, admittedly, pure fan wank - but one with support. Consider what happens when Ultimate Madoka comes down to pick up Homura's Soul Gem.

First, Madoka is observable. We know this because Homura, Mami, and Kyoko can all see her. Remember what Kyubey tells Homura - if they can observe the Law of Cycles, which is embodied in Ultimate Madoka, then they can interfere with it, and magical girls will turn into witches once again.

Then, just before Madoka touches Homura's Soul Gem, Homura grabs Madoka's hands. Homura is doing...exactly what it looks like she's doing. She is preventing Madoka from taking her Soul Gem anyway. In other words, Homura is interfering with the Law of Cycles.

At this point, Homura's Soul Gem turns pure black. Darkness begins spilling from it. Obviously, by blocking the Law of Cycles from affecting her Soul Gem, Homura is becoming a witch.

Except she doesn't become a witch. A "color worse than curses" appears inside her Soul Gem. Where did it come from? Why isn't Homura turning into a witch? After all, Kyubey said that if the Law of Cycles is interfered with, magical girls will turn into witches again.

And that's just it. ''What if Kyubey was wrong?''

Remember Madoka's wish? "I wish to erase all witches before they are born...All the witches in all the universes, both past and future...With my own hands!" If a witch was ever born, then Madoka's wish would not come true. Of course Kyubey wouldn't remember Madoka's wish, and it's unclear how much Homura told him about it.

So, even if the Law of Cycles was blocked from reaching a magical girl, the magical girl would still not become a witch. But what happens if it is blocked? If Madoka can't erase a witch before it's born, how can her wish remain true?

If Madoka can't reach a magical girl before they become a witch...then maybe the magical girl becomes something else instead.

A new color fills Homura's Soul Gem, a color that has never appeared in a Soul Gem before. This may be the result of Madoka's wish asserting itself over reality. One might call it an act of self-preservation. Homura then continues to hold on to Madoka, preventing Madoka from moving on to the next potential witch. With Madoka trying to move somewhere else and Homura holding onto her, Madoka is split apart so that her wish can remain true. Homura then creates a barrier that engulfs the universe. Her Soul Gem shatters and reforms into something never seen before. Homura is now a being that has rejected the Law of Cycles, and is possibly empowered by that rejection. Through rejecting hope, she gains the power of love. And by rejecting god, she has become the devil.

As for ''how'' Homura could intefere with the Law of Cycles, it's likely related to her wish to protect Madoka. If Madoka is now a concept, then Homura can only protect Madoka by interfering with said concept.

Homura did mention "love" as an emotion "far passionate than hope, far deeper than despair". Since soul gems are tainted by despair and love is deeper than despair, soul gems should be able to be tainted by love that has desperation. Since Homura's gem is tainted with "love" and not despair, she doesn't turn into a witch but something similar. Thus with Madoka wished to erase witches with her own hands, Madoka would appear before Homura who is turning into something similar to a witch, but won't be able to erase her since what she's turning into is not technically a witch. And you know how warped the contract works.

===On Madoka's Afterlife===
''Rebellion'' actually clarifies the nature of Madoka's afterlife. It's not some separate dimension, ''it's Madoka herself''.

Consider what Madoka does to a Soul Gem in episode 12. She places her hands over a Soul Gem, the corruption inside of it is drained away, and finally the Soul Gem vanishes. ''Rebellion'' makes it clear that the corruption and the Soul Gem does not disappear. Rather, Madoka absorbs them both into herself.

As seen in ''Rebellion'', witches are born from inside the Soul Gem. When Madoka absorbs a Soul Gem's corruption, she is absorbing the unborn witch. Similarly, by absorbing the Soul Gem, she absorbs the magical girl's soul. One might say that the magical girls and witches are now in Madoka's own soul, similar to how Homura's pulled people into her own Soul Gem in ''Rebellion''.

Thus when Madoka entered Homura's barrier, she basically split Sayaka and Nagisa from herself. She also split Oktavia, Charlotte and the familiars from herself too. Technically, Oktavia and Charlotte are now part of Sayaka and Nagisa, the same way that all of them were part of Madoka.

Interestingly, at the end of the movie, Madoka is split from the Law of Cycles. Homura claims that this Madoka is a piece of the Law of Cycles - the part that was Madoka before she became a concept. One could say that in order to escape Homura, the Law of Cycles separated Madoka from itself the same way it split Sayaka and Nagisa from itself. (This would make Madoka an "angel", similar to Sayaka and Nagisa.)

==Symbolism==
*During the scene where Homura talks to Sayaka, after the latter saves the former from Mami, they come to a 4 way intersection, and stand across from each other. Sayaka is in front of the area that is blue, while Homura is in front of the area that is red. While inbetween them on the other intersection is the color green. The blue likely represents law & order, while the red represents chaos, and the green represents balance between the two. Red, green, and blue are also the colors your eyes use to see, and it could be a representation that Homura wasn't seeing clearly as she was only looking at it from one perspective.

*A pretty obvious one is during the scene where Homura discovers she's a witch, and in the bakcground kids seem to be shouting Homura. It also is referring to fire, which is commonly associated with Satan.

*The blimps likely symbolize Homura's search for the truth, as they start appearing a little before she begins to doubt this world, and more pop up over the course of the movie, until they come crashing down after she discovers the truth. Their color schemes also match Homura's too.

*During the bus ride scene Homura leaves behind her Soul Gem to test her suspicion, realizing she can still move after ridding away more than a 100 meters, a flock of owls can be seeing landing on the rail of the bus. In prehispanic cultures the owl (Tecolotl) was a messenger of death and bad omen rather than a bird of knowledge as in Greece/Rome. It's possible that the owls were used as a sign of death or a bad omen, but the symbolism of 'knowledge' is still applicable due to Homura gaining the 'knowledge' that she is a witch.

==Speculation Gallery==
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File:Movie speculah.png|
File:New shadows in the movie Magia ED.jpg|mysterious shadows from the movie's ED.
File: Screen Shot 2013-09-03 at 11.34.11 PM.png|Pregnant Madoka from the movie's ED.
File: Bcca14eb.png | for an unkwnown reason Mami is holding Charlotte
File:The Rebellion Story Bonus speculah analisys.jpg|[[File talk:The Rebellion Story Bonus speculah analisys.jpg|Numerous observations.]]
File:Nagisa Momoe and charlotte comparison.jpg
File:Nagisa Momoe speculah as charlotte.jpg
File:E0145057-s.png | Nagisa Momoe speculah as Charlotte
File:Hitomi's nightmare.jpg|Hitomi has become a witch!
File:Mami and a charlotte doll.jpg|Oh, God. Why?!
File:Movie screen.jpg
File:Homura rescuing charlotte.png
File:Flyer stitched.jpg|Red text rough translations: "Why am I… this…" ”If this is what you really feel… I’ve made a dumb mistake” "Are you planning on running to your own time again?" "Can you explain all of this to me?! What did that child say?!"
File:3871 420 2s.jpg|Hitomi's nightmare?
File:3904a343.jpg|Japanese fans think there are space ships in this still
File:Alien ships new movie.png
File:Bokurano charlotte.jpg
File:Soul gem hand prints.png
File:Rebellion creature.png
File:Nagisa_Different_Background.png|The background of this scene with Nagisa is different in the second and third commercials.
File:Butcher Bingo.png
File:Homura is Lucifer (aka anti-madoka).png|I told you bro
File:Homura's arsenal from Rebellion.jpg|Homura's arsenal of weapons:
File:Mami's room mapped.png|What Mami's room looks like in Rebellion
File:Homura fan faction after rebellion.jpg|
File:Halfmoon cut and Gretchen.png|Halfmoon and Gretchen
File:Chairs rebellion.png
File:Moon cut in half.jpg|The moon missing half is part, you can notice the light of stars where it should be the dark side of the moon.
File:Rebellion Runes - 013221 - DAI EWIG WEIBLICHE.jpg|[[wikipedia:Eternal feminine|das Ewig-Weibliche]]
File:Rebellion - Hitomi phone calendar.jpg|Hitomi's phone calendar
File:Mami Apartment books.png|Mami's bookshelf is filled with cook books to make [[Runes:The Rebellion Story#Act 2|Bebe's sweets]]
File:Rebellion Runes - 011113 - sign.jpg|[[File talk:New homulilly.jpg|Rune translation]]
File:2ch Clara Dolls scene analysis.png
File:7cdeee22-s.jpg
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File:8788aeed-s.jpg
File:D34c86d5.jpg|Hints that they were in Homu's Labyrinth - also resembles other witches
File:Clara Dolls going out & kidnapping people.jpg
File:8 eternal lizards.jpg|Lizards can be seen in the screen. The number 8 can also be taken as an inverse ∞.
File:King queen eternal fem dark orb.png|Homura's dark orb looks like the crown of a King from a chess set. Madoka's Eternal Feminine emblem looks similar to a Queen's crown.
File:Homulilly queen's crown.jpg|Homulilly's rune has also a Queen's crown.
File:Madoka rebellion transformation sequene shadow figures.jpg|these dancing figures are reminiscent of [[Walpurgis Night|Walpurgisnacht]]'s minions.
File:Rebellion merging moon.png|The highway/road merging with the moon, at the center the structure that made the city's aqueducts. The shape resembles an hourglass.
File:Tower of babel rebellion aqueduct.png|The Tower of Babel.
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==Pre-release speculation==
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* Prior to the movie release, fan speculation is divided among different opinions as to what is happening in the third movie: it is an alternative universe, it is an alternative timeline, it is a dream.
* The very last part of the new ending animation for the first movie features an unknown pink silhouette - most likely that of Ultimate Madoka - with another silhouette that is somewhat smaller and floating inside its belly, or womb (?) The smaller silhouette appears to be regular Madoka in a fetal position.
** This has fueled speculation of a pregnancy. In Goethe's Faust, Gretchen was actually pregnant with Faust's baby and she was forced to murder her baby by drowning it.
* There have been hints that the witches will reappear in the new movie in some capacity.
** There have been hints that Madoka Kaname will reunite with Homura Akemi, which probably strengthens the speculation above.
** Homura is seen shooting with a gun, not a bow like Madoka's, in the trailer.
*** It's the REBELLION story so maybe Madoka would have rebelled against Homura or vice versa.
* In the new trailer, Homura is wearing her usual black headband and not the red ribbons Madoka gave her. Could she have lost them somehow? Could they have been stolen or destroyed by something or someone?
** A flyer released in Japan on 9/26 hinted the movie will take place both before and after the end of the original series. Which would explain this.
* There are also mentions of Hitomi Shizuki and the word "nightmare" associated with her, implying that she will play a prominent role in the third movie. How this is related remains to be seen.
** Nightmares could be the result of wraiths possessing humans, this would make sense since Hitomi was possessed by a witch in the previous universe and this was changed to accommodate Madoka's wish.
*** If monsters are now born out of ordinary humans rather than just magical girls then Urobutcher got Madoka's ass really hard.
* It is speculated that the third movie could be taking place in a different universe. See [[:file:Theory other universe.png|here]].
** The movie might also partially take place in the city of Kazamino.
* It seems likely that the movie will have "flashbacks" to alternate timelines.
* Kyoko is seen in the uniform of the school attended by the other girls.
** In recent footage, Kyoko was seen in the same classroom with Madoka, Sayaka and Hitomi (sitting in a desk by Sayaka). Both Kyoko and Mami are supposedly the same age, and Mami is in a higher grade than Madoka and Sayaka. It can be speculated that Kyoko was "held back" a grade, due to how little she attended school earlier.
* Across from Mitakihara's school, Kyoko (who is wearing the school uniform) and Homura are sitting together, in which Homura has glasses and braids again. Homura also has her hands on her knees and she is looking down, possibly to indicate shyness again.
* In the beginning of the first trailer, Homura's soul gem appears to be partially tainted on the close-up.
* It can be speculated that Homura and/or Madoka could somehow become a witch in the new movie.
** This whole new timeline, order of the universe with Ultimate Madoka, and the new system of magic could all even be an illusion. Madoka's ultimate wish could actually be turning out to be a disaster.
*** Kyubey rebelling against Madoka.
* The new trailer suggests that Homura could be losing her memory of Madoka, like everyone else has.
* The first trailer, which is shown clearer at the end of the second movie's Blu-Ray disc, reveals the silhouette of the mysterious magical hirl standing behind Mami in the below picture. On closer inspection, she has short hair (unlike the girl she's speculated to look like in the pic) and seems to be wearing something on her head, with two bun-like appendages at the top, curled side hair/side-bangs popping outward, and two flaps connected to a string with balls at the end. Where the silhouette is lit up on the bottom, she seems to be wearing fishnet stockings, or at least something with a crisscross pattern up to her thighs.
* Nagisa Momoe, the new magical girl, is speculated to be Charlotte the Dessert Witch as a magical girl. Nagisa's strawberry and chocolate color palette, pink candy bows on her shoes, yellow hair scrunchy, and polka-dotted theme can be matched to Charlotte's designs and color palette. If you look closely, even Nagisa's eyes which are yellow and orange-ringed can be compared to Charlotte's secondary form's eyes. Since Madoka's wish erased witches, this seems very plausible.
** However, it is also speculated that Nagisa may be an Incubator in human form or a manifestation of Madoka in the new universe. The latter is supported by the ending sequence of the first movie, during which the pink silhouette resembling Ultimate Madoka at the end had another silhouette resembling Madoka in its womb. In Goethe's Faust, Gretchen was actually pregnant with Faust's baby, which further supports this theory.
* Madoka's wish may have changed the fate of magical girls but not that of humanity, it could be that her wish only altered cause (witches) but not effect (disasters), meaning that catastrophes like Walpurgis Night attack or even Kriemhild Gretchen's apocalypse will still play out in a different form despite of Madoka's wish.
* In a bonus trailer from the Rebellion advanced ticket event, there is extra footage of Homura biting(?) and breaking her own soul gem.
** It is also speculated that it could be Madoka breaking Homura's soul gem, by either biting it or breaking it in her fist.
* Since the first release date of the Rebellion Story movie is on October 26th, it could possibly have a slight Halloween theme to it since it is only 5 days before the holiday. Though "witches" do not appear in this third film, the new nightmare creatures including the yellow and orange doll-like one and Charlotte (most likely also considered a nightmare now) apparently do appear in this new universe. The darker themes about Homura and her soul gem also contribute to the possibility of her become a "nightmare".
** Homura's witch form, Homulilly, is the only witch seen so far that looks like a classic witch.
* A flyer released in Japan on 9/26 included the following quotes hinting towards the plot of the new movie -
<blockquote>''"Why am I… this…"'' - Speculated to be Hitomi 
''"If this is what you really feel… I’ve made a dumb mistake"'' - Speculated to be Sayaka 
''"Am I the only one who feels this way?'' - Speculated to be Homura 
''"Are you planning on running to your own time again?"'' - This line is said by Sayaka in the second trailer. 
''"Can you explain all of this to me?! What did that child say?!"'' - Speculated to be Kyoko </blockquote>

===Flower speculation===
[[File:Rebellion Special Ticket Language of Flowers.jpg|thumb|Rebellion special ticket]]
'''Madoka'''

* In the language of flowers, [[:file:Madoka Deep Red Rose.jpg|the deep red rose]] and its thorns have been used to symbolize both the blood of Christ and the intensity of romantic love, while the rose's five petals are thought to illustrate the five crucifixion wounds of Christ.

'''Homura'''

[[:file:Homura White Daisy.jpg|A white daisy]] symbolizes common love.
* The daisy brings a message of innocence and purity, saying, ''"You have as many virtues as this plant has petals,"'' or, ''"I will consider your request."''
* In Victorian times, young, heartbroken women who wished to be loved began a custom using the daisy. A young maiden would pluck a daisy's petals, one by one, and sing, ''"He loves me, he loves me not,"'' as she pulled each petal. The last petal plucked would be the future of her relationship. This custom is still in use today.

[[File:Mami Yellow Iris.jpg|thumb|right|Mami Flower Clear File, [http://wiki.puella-magi.net/Merchandise:Special#Ticket_Extras set of 5] ]]

'''Mami'''

* ''Your friendship means so much to me.''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQcL1YOa37M]
* In Ancient Greece, Iris, the Goddess of the rainbow, acted as the messenger between heaven and earth. Today, the flower named for her is considered a symbol of communication and messages. In the language of flowers, the three leaves of Iris represents faith, hope, and wisdom. [[:file:Mami Yellow Iris.jpg|Yellow Iris]] symbolizes passion.

'''Kyoko'''

* [[:file:Kyouko Craspedia.jpg|Craspedia]] represents good health.
* Commonly known as just billy balls or bilyl buttons, are cheerful, bright yellow flowers. The round pompom flowers are fairly inexpensive and a great accent flower when paired.
[[File:Rebellion - Language of Flowers - Kyouko - Epiphyllum.jpg|thumb|''Rebellion'' screenshot]]
* Kyoko's transformation in Rebellion features flower of [[wikipedia:Epiphyllum|Epiphyllum]], the Orchid Cactus. A lone blossom, fragile yet beautiful, despite one finds this flower of humble origin, harsh environment, and prickly exterior. A rather fitting tribute.

'''Sayaka'''

* [[:file:Sayaka Borage.jpg|Borage]] represents courage, bluntness, abruptness, and rudeness.
* An old adge, ''"I, borage, always bring courage."'' Since men who are civil and respectful when sober often become blunt and rude in manner when under the influence of warming cordials, this warming property may have led to borage being used as the emblem of bluntness and rudeness. It is indeed deemed a suitable representative of these characteristics on account of its rough and shaggy appearance the whole plant hanging loosely and being covered with rough hairs.

'''Nagisa'''

Has no associated flowers unfortunately.

==Post-release speculation==
[[File:Summary of what happened from each character's perspective.png|thumb|right|150px|A decent summary of what happened from each character's perspective.]]
[[File:Map of the changed timelines or worlds raw.jpg|right|thumb|Map of the new world]]
*Homura becomes the opposite existence of Madoka.
**The new entity known as Homura is neither a magical girl nor a Witch. She is neither the product of hope/wish nor despair, she is the product of love.
***According with Homura, it was not grief that stained her Soul Gem, it was love, because her mind was always focused on Madoka.
*** More precisely, Homura says that what tainted her Soul Gem ''changed'' from being a curse. It's possible that Homura's new power came from Kyubey's Isolation Field, which not only prevented Homura from being taken by the Law of Cycles but also prevented her despair from breaking out of her Soul Gem and becoming a Grief Seed. Unable to burst out of it's shell, Homura's grief entered a new state, like how carbon becomes diamond under high pressure.
*Some observers suggest that the ending theme "Your Silver Garden" (君の銀の庭 ''[[Kimi no Gin no Niwa]]'') is about Homura and her reasons that she betrayed Madoka.
**''"The guardian/of your young slumber—/The gateway to adulthood is tightly shut"'', this is interpreted as Homura's refusal to grow up and her attempt to her childish sleep.
**''"Have you realized/that the truth/always lies in the past?/All futures and hope/are but a selfish story/envisioned by someone in a distant garden"'', this is interpreted to mean that the future is uncertain and unknown, that the past is much more pleasing.
**''"Stay softly with me,/please don't leave me/Chirp your song by my window,/even in loss"'', this is interpreted as Homura telling Madoka not to go, even if she becomes her prisoner.
*It is speculated that even when a magical girl becomes a witch, she still has her consciousness, although such consciousness is distorted and has much difference from the reality.
*There were numerous references to a "black salamander/lizard" motive throughout the movie, with the most obvious being Homura's earring shaped as a black lizard.
**One of the most common myths about lizards is that they symbolize death and resurrection.
**In Christian ideology the lizard is a more ambivalent symbol. All reptiles can be viewed as paler versions of the potent symbol represented by the snake or serpent. Taken alone on it's own merits the lizard is said to represent "contemplative ecstasy"[http://www.hennapage.com/journal/issue_I/article_2/page2.html]
**The salamander represents those who pass through the fires of passion and of this world without stain. Therefore, it stands for chastity, loyalty, impartiality, virginity, courage, Jesus, Mary, and the faithful. The salamander is also used to symbolize the flames, which it passes through, and so is a symbol of fire, temptation, and burning desire. It was considered the "king of fire" and as such was representative of Christ who would baptize with the flames of the Holy Spirit. Cloquet considers Christ the salamander king of fire because he passed through the fires of hell after his crucifixion without harm.[http://monsters.monstrous.com/salamander.htm] It should be noted Homura's name can be translated as "flame".
**Some prevalent symbolism of the salamander include:[http://www.symbolic-meanings.com/2008/03/04/light-my-fire-symbolism-of-the-salamander/]
***Energy
***Courage
***Renewal
***Determination
***Resurrection
***Balance
***Adaptation
***Spirituality
**The salamander gets it solar animal status from several sources. Primarily, we see this aspect in ancient alchemical illustrations where the salamander is depicted in flames. Alchemists held the salamander to be a fire-eater and able to quench fire with its cool, moist body. In the alchemical philosophy, anything that had the power to transform something into something else was hugely important.
***Furthermore, early Christianity held the salamander as a symbol of spiritual integrity, chastity, and righteousness. The sign of the salamander indicated true faith, and the ability to survive the “fire of temptation.”
****Medieval and heraldic art depicted the salamander as a symbol for bravery. It was often painted in the background of heroic portraits to indicate the mark of courage.
**The lizard may be a reference to the basilisk. When a serpent's egg is warmed by a chicken, the resulting creature gains some of its bird traits, but only as a deadly monster that exudes poison. Homura's corrupted Soul Gem was watched over by a goddess only to birth something horribly wrong. The basilisk is known as the king of serpents and the lizard wearing a crown in the second movie resembles its classic depiction. Once Homura completes her transformation, the lizard is shown again adorned with feathery wings but no crown... until you realize it is on the bottom of her new, crown-shaped Dark Orb.
*Remember Homura's original wish? ''"I want to redo my meeting with Madoka. But this time, instead of her protecting me, I want to become strong enough to protect her!"''
**Originally it was interpreted as the wish that allowed Homura to travel back in time to redo her meeting with Madoka, it also meant that there was a role reversal with Homura becoming stronger and active while Madoka became a weaker character and took a more passive role. That was the original intent. However, with the new ending in "Rebellion", the meaning and purpose of Homura's wish takes a new role and it probably expands its meaning. If we consider the ending of the series, one can make the argument that Homura's wish was only partially fulfilled but that in the end it failed, because Homura failed to protect Madoka. Not only from stopping Madoka from becoming a Witch, but also from stopping her from taken the burden of becoming the concept of hope, as a result one can say that Homura's wish went unfulfilled and it was a failure. Until the end of "Rebellion" that is, in the movie we see that Homura's wish has finally come to its conclusion by allowing Homura to become a new entity whose role is to protect and guard Madoka's happiness, at the expense of the Law of Cycles and against Madoka's wishes. A clear proof that the role reversal is finally complete is when Madoka is introduced as a shy transfer student and Homura shows her around the school, a complete reversal from the original series.
***If one thinks about it, Kyubey has been done in not by one but by two wishes!
***You could say that Homura just did what Madoka asked her to do. The reason that Homura became a magical girl was because she wanted to protect Madoka. In the 2nd timeline, Madoka even asked her to stop her foolish self from becoming a magical girl. In the last timeline she failed, and Madoka became a god-like entity. At the end, Homura returns everything to 'normal' so she kept her promise, more or less. Whatever reality looks like, Madoka is now safe from QB and from despair.
*If the anime series was based on "Faust", then "Rebellion" could be based somewhat on "Paradise Lost".
*It is speculated that the reason Homura made Madoka human again is because Madoka was not happy with being the entity of hope, she only did it out of duty.
**Another possible explanation, is that Homura feared what would Kyubey do if he succeeded in capturing Madoka, the best way to deal with him was for Homura and Madoka to switch, taking Madoka's power and Making Homura the new ruling entity of the universe.
*It is also speculated that by making Madoka as transfer student, Homura may have a chance to get closer to Madoka more than Sayaka was. Remember, Sayaka and Madoka had been childhood friends long before in EVERY Timeline, and Homura was only a transferred student to Madoka.
** Also Homura may have tried to improve Madoka's English since she got bad grades in previous timelines.
*Since Madoka can see and know the past, present, and future, she should have known this was going to happen to her.
**That can't be true, because Madokami literally screamed and asked Homura to stop. And she would never try to reawake later. Madoka felt uncomfortable in Homura's world, because Homura supressed her.
**It is possible she allowed for things to unfold as it was predestined to happen.
***Another possible explanation is that perhaps Madoka really wanted to be a normal girl again.
***Or perhaps Madoka saw no other way to save Homura.
***It's also possible that losing her memories of the event right afterwards created a blank spot in her future sight.
*** There's another possible explanation. Madoka exists at every point in space and time. However, the moment Homura grabs her breaks time and space and changes the past and future. In other words, even from Madoka's omniscient perspective Homura grabbing at the critical moment hasn't happened yet.
****That doesn't make any sense. If Madoka existed at every point of time, Homura, Mami, Kyouko would be already taken to the law of cycles somewhen in future. Homura, Kyouko would never be separated from Madoka, Sayaka. But they clearly aren't in the law of cycles yet. So that means certain future doesn't exist. And it perfectly explains why Madoka didn't see Homura's actions, and she was probably just trying to calm down Homura in 12th episode by stating that she would never be alone.
***Madokami and the Law of Cycles still exist. Homura only pulled Madoka's human "existance" out of the Goddess. Madoka was then re-written into the universe as a normal girl, but she is still connected to her true, Goddess form.
** '''Actually''' the truth is simple! Remember, Madoka is omniscient because she exists in all of space and time. Kyubey's Isolation Field actually blocked Madoka from reaching Homura's Soul Gem...but what the show doesn't say is that ''it also blocked Madoka's omniscience!'' Since Madoka can't enter Homura's Soul Gem, she does not have absolute knowledge of what will happen. And when she does enter the Soul Gem, she loses her memories, her powers, and ''she's not experiencing all of time at once''; she appears in the form of a human, living time linearly. And when the Isolation Field is broken, Madoka regains her memories and powers...but not her omniscience because ''she's still in the form of a human, living time linearly''! (That's why Mami and Kyoko could see her.) Thus, Madoka couldn't predict Homura's actions at all! And it was all Kyubey's fault! (Heck, he's the one who told Homura that if Madoka can be observed, she can be interfered with...)
*The children of the fake city repeatedly say "Fort! Da!" right before Homura realizes she's a witch.
**"Fort!" and "Da!" are exclamations that Sigmund Freud heard his grandson Ernst utter while playing. This pair of words—meaning "Gone!" and "There!"—has become shorthand for repetition in early childhood, and for the primary processes that such behavior mobilizes.[http://www.answers.com/topic/fort-da]
***This is interpreted as the children of the fake city finding pleasure in making things go away and then finding them again, the Clara Dolls represent Homura's personality.
*Homura ([[Homulilly]]) maybe have a connection to [[wikipedia:Lilith|Lilith]], from the Old Testament[http://cishet.tumblr.com/post/65623363997/happy-halloween-lets-talk-about-homulily].
**Lilith is a pre-Christian, Babylonian demon, the most powerful of all succubus, who seduces man, deceives women, and steals children. She, working alongside with the incubus, impregnates mortals to propagate a new race call cambion. Christianity identifies the Lilith with the snake of the Garden of Eden, and also as Adam's first wife in an effort to reconcile the two origin stories in Genesis.
*By making Madoka a transfer student, Madoka's and Sayaka's childhood friendship never took place to develop. How will this affect their current relationship is hard to say.
** Various materials have established that Sayaka and Madoka were childhood friends. While it's likely that they would have still been friends as children in Homura's new world, Madoka moving to America probably strained their friendship.
*To protect Madoka and her secrets Homura wanted to die, so she tried to prevent Madoka from purifying her Soul Gem as it would mean that Kyubey would be able to observe and learn of Madoka's secrets and her powers so they could control her in the future.
**If Homura in her Witch form were to die inside the barrier, theoretically Homulilly's barrier would collapse and that would free Madoka and company from Homura's dream world.
*During the scene with the field of flowers, Madoka is trying to braid Homura's hair back into Homura's old hair style, perhaps an attempt to regress Homura back into her innocent and shy self.
**Homura gives back to Madoka her red ribbon, not only as a sign of returning something precious to her, but perhaps it is an attempt to reclaim back the old Madoka from the past, a regular and normal girl.
***In the ending scene, this gesture signifies Homura's realization that she cannot control Madoka regardless of whatever world she creates that they can be together and that her actions, which led to her descent into darkness, will inevitably lead to a struggle between them. This is a reverse mirror of the actions of Madoka trying to braid Homura's hair in the witch world, an attempt at conformity and acceptance of peace and harmony albeit constructed and false, except that with Homura tying Madoka's hair with the red ribbon she is restoring her true identity. Homura also acknowledges this by commenting that the red ribbons "really do look best on you" (a symbol of Madoka's true self) as compared to the yellow ribbons (her false identity created by Homura). Viewers should note that she cries when stating this, knowing that eventually Madoka will break away from the world and become her enemy. The final scene after the credits shows Homura smiling at her transformed Soul Gem (her new identity as an antithesis to Madoka) upon realizing that her wish to always be with Madoka has come true albeit in a cruel twisted fashion. Madoka who represents light and Homura who represents darkness are now natural opposing forces in the universe.
*During the post-credit sequence the Moon is missing half of its part (notice the light of the stars shining where they shouldnt be), the moon is physically cut off somehow. Indicating that something is amiss.
**At the same scene, at the top of a cliff we see [[:file:Chairs rebellion.png|Homura sitting on a single chair]], the scene is similar to the Opening of Madoka Magica movies ([[Luminous]]). But instead, just like the moon, we only see half of the field and only a single chair, with no Madoka next to Homura.
***While Homura was tilting her head in the chair, some fans suggest she was imagining Madoka was there, and then when she was looking behind her in the direction of the rustling grass, some fans suggest she was hoping to see Madoka approaching her.
* Near the end of the movie, some Clara Dolls can be seeing jumping off from a cliff, close to its edge we can see a large row of scattered shoes around. It is speculated that this is a symbolic image for in Japan those that attempt suicide tend to remove their shoes first before jumping/hanging themselves. We saw the same thing happen in the Madoka series with the [[Minor_Characters#Office_Lady|office lady]] when she took off her shoes before jumping from a building.
** You would notice the Clara Dolls are not wearing shoes when jumping.
* In the post-credits Kyubey emerges from some plants, looking healthy. Homura pulls out her gem and they start dancing. When we next see Kyubey he looks disheveled and even seems to be quivering, suggesting that Homura has somehow affected his mind. It's possible that Homura is actually placing all the curses and despair of the world onto Kyubey, both as revenge and to ensure that the curses cannot affect anyone else. One might say Kyubey is finally paying for all the things he has done.
*As Homura sat on the chair overlooking the cliff with the corpse of a Kyubey close to her, it invoked the imagery of the [[:wikipedia:The_Fool_(Tarot_card)|fool from the tarot cards]]. In tarot the fool is shown as a young man, walking unknowingly toward the brink of a precipice and he appears to be getting chased away by an animal, either a dog or a cat. According with the symbolism, ''"the fool is the spirit in search to a new journey and new experiences. He represents cleverness bereft of reason within us, the childlike ability to tune into the inner workings of the world. The sun shining behind him represents the divine nature of the Fool's wisdom and exuberance, holy madness or 'crazy wisdom'. On his back are all the possessions he might need. In his hand there is a flower, showing his appreciation of beauty. He is frequently accompanied by a dog, sometimes seen as his animal desires, sometimes as the call of the "real world", nipping at his heels and distracting him. He is seemingly oblivious that he is walking toward a precipice, apparently about to step off."''
*It is speculated that the Clara Dolls are aspects and characteristics of Homura's personality. Love, the last of the Clara Dolls remains unopened in her package. It is speculated that the reason is that Homura wont let go of her love.
**It is possible that there is a similarity to the myth of [[:wikipedia:Pandora|Pandora's box]]. In the Myth "hope" is entrapped in a box, suggesting that either hope has been denied to humanity and made prisoner; or hope has been kept in the box as a way to retain hope for humanity. Similarly, "Madoka" has been kept a prisoner inside of Homura's world, some have interpreted this as a way to deny the world of Madoka's hope, but it can also be interpreted as Homura's way to safeguard Madoka's hope away from Kyubey's nefarious plans.
*It is suspected that if Homura hadn't interfere, the ending of the movie would involve [[Yuri_undertones#Manga_Difference:_The_Miracle|MadoKami taking Homura to Heaven with her]], [[:file:161.jpg|similar to the manga]].
*During the movie sequence the city's aqueducts are encircled to form what looks like the [[:file:Tower of babel rebellion aqueduct.png|Tower of Babel.]]

===Fallen Angel Homura===
[[File:Rebellion Runes - 010208 - ICH MOCHTE UNSEREN KUNDEN DANKEN.jpg|right|thumb|200px|15th [[Clara Dolls|Clara Doll]], Ai (Love), wearing a black dress. Ai represents Madoka, which is why she is wearing Madoka's magical girl outfit.]]

Since Homura declares to Madoka that they are enemies, this makes her her opponent as Homura opposes Madoka's will and her wishes. One can view this as Homura fallen into the role of the devil for going against what Madoka believes to be right.

'''Satan in Judaism:''' The original Hebrew term, satan, is a noun from a verb meaning primarily to, “obstruct, oppose,”. Satan is traditionally translated as “the accuser,” or “the adversary.” In Judaism, Satan is a term used since its earliest biblical contexts, to refer to a human opponent. Thus, Satan is personified as a character in three different places, serving as an accuser, a seducer, or as a heavenly persecutor who is "among the sons of God". In any case, Satan is always subordinate to the power of God, having a role in the divine plan.

'''Satan in Christianity:''' Christian tradition and theology changed "Satan" from an accuser appointed by God to test men's faith to God's godlike fallen opponent: "the Devil". Traditionally, Christians have understood the Devil to be the author of lies and promoter of evil'. However, the Devil can go no further than the word of Christ the Logos allows, [[wikipedia:Problem_of_evil#Christianity|resulting in the problem of evil']].

As Lucifer's or Satan's motive for rebelling and as the nature of his sin, Christian writers mention pride against God or, less often, envy of humanity created in the image of God. According to Tertullian the Devil was jealous of humans, created in the divine image and given authority over the world, and an 18th-century French Capuchin preacher, citing Tertullian and Augustine as giving envy as the motive for the fall, describes the Rebel Angel as jealous of Adam's exaltation, which he saw as a diminution of his own status.

'''Satan in Islam''': In Islam the Devil is known as Iblīs or Shayṭān, it has no name corresponding in meaning to that of the Latin word lucifer. Iblis is banished from heaven for refusing to prostrate himself before Adam. Thus, he sins after the creation of man. He then swears revenge by tempting human beings and turning them away from God. While in Judaism and Christianity, Satan is a fallen angel, Iblis is a jinn. Muslims believe that angels are the servants of God and cannot disobey him, but jinn, like men, can choose to obey or disobey.

'''Satan in Luciferianism''': Luciferianism is a belief system that venerates the essential characteristics that are affixed to Lucifer. The tradition, influenced by Gnosticism, usually reveres Lucifer not as the Devil, but as a liberator or guiding spirit, or even the true god as opposed to Jehovah.

'''Satan in Satanism''': Satanic groups have various opinions about Satan, ranging from the conviction that he exists and ought to be worshipped, to Anton Szandor LaVey's symbolic interpretation, which emphasizes individual will and pleasure-seeking.

====The Comparison to Lucifer====
While the comparison between Homura and the devil/Lucifer seems inevitable, we have to avoid the temptation of falling into the false logic that the comparison is without its flaws.

Jealousy

In one story it is stated that Lucifer was jealous of the human race, that they were not worthy and undeserving of God's love.

The argument states that Homura has done a lot for Madoka, sacrificing so much for her, and helping her ascend into a higher plane existence. As a result, Homura should be worthy of Madoka's love and praise. The reason that Homura sacrificed so much for Madoka is because she loves her. Homura put ups with so much suffering because of her, yet Madoka, instead of reciprocating Homura's feelings, she cannot help but to love everyone equally. As a result Madoka avoids picking up favorites. The argument is that Homura was jealous of Madoka's unconditional love for everyone, and this lead us to assume that Homura believes herself to be worthy of being Madoka's favorite and explains the reason why Homura went against Madoka's wishes.

However, this argument has a terrible flaw. It assumes that Homura's actions were driven by jealousy, yet there is no indication that this is the case. While is true that Madoka loves everyone equally, and perhaps Homura wished for Madoka to be a bit more selfish and stop thinking about others at the expense of her own self, there is no indication of jealousy against anyone. Homura didnt expect special treatment from Madoka, she was quite happy with Madoka's relationship already (except when there was a distance between them that took place because of the time reset in the anime series). If anything, Homura wanted Madoka to be able to live happily for her own sake at the expense of abandoning her duties and obligations toward others.

Pride

Lucifer was the first of Angels and chief among them, Archangel Michael was only second to him, Lucifer's devotion to God was not only driven by love but also by pride. God's love for humanity was troubling for Lucifer, for he couldnt comprehend why such an inferior creature should receive such equal love and worthy praise from God, as if making them equals to him. As a result of this friction Lucifer rebelled.

However, just like the jealousy argument the pride argument falls flat. While is true that Homura became stronger to please Madoka, she also did it to help her out of pure devotion to her, not out of pride. Not only that, but Homura's devotion for Madoka never turned her into an arrogant or prideful character. There may have been moments of something like pride and moments of stubbornness, but nothing to indicate to be egotistical in nature. When Homura's goal felt short, she did not despair out of arrogance nor she boasted hubris in her accomplishments. Instead she was too focused on Madoka and her well being.

Disobedience

This argument seems to fit with the Lucifer argument, that Lucifer went against God's wishes, that he went against God's plan for humanity, so did Homura and as result it makes them to be the same. But this argument seems to overlook motive behind Homura's actions. Lucifer's actions were driven by personal ambition, pride, or even jealousy, as stated previously. But Homura's motives behind her actions are the opposite, she did it because she cared for Madoka too much, she wanted to free Madoka from the burdens of being a prisoner to her duties and her devotion and love for others. She also did it to protect Madoka from Kyubey, the complete opposite of Lucifer's intentions. The only reason Homura is Madoka's enemy is because of their opposite views about what is best for Madoka.

Devil's advocate

Homura's motivations and beliefs don't demonstrate a pattern of similar behavior to that of Lucifer's. Lucifer was jealous of humans; Homura wasn't jealous of anyone. Lucifer was boastful, prideful, and arrogant; Homura was stubborn, and she never surrendered under pressure but only because she did it for Madoka's sake, not for her own interest. Homura disagreed with Madoka's plan because it came down to sacrificing Madoka's happiness for everyone else's. The problem with the Lucifer comparison is that the concept is too broad with some of the elements. It has similarities but the minor details tells a different story. Lucifer was a selfish and jealous angel/demon, and he wanted to take God down so he could rule in his stead, ''"Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven."'' God's happiness was never a factor. Other than dethroning Madoka, going against her wishes, and perhaps loving her too much, the comparison seems to be a bit unfair but understandable.
*We know from the series that the power of the wish and it's intent slowly turn on you, like Sayaka's love for Kyousuke eventually twisting her love into hating everything. If we look at Homura's love for Madoka to repeatedly go through hell to try and save her, only to lose her completely eventually, the love she had would twist into everything said here. The understanding that Madoka sacrificed herself to save everyone turns into Jealousy that she can't have Madoka to herself, that she has enough pride in herself to think she can do things better by lying to everyone fits and same with the disobedience. But we're not really talking about Homura anymore, Homura has been corrupted into a vastly different God-Witch version of Homulilly, who see's everything as being wrong and deciding to change things.

=== Homura's State of Mind ===
Homura's personality and mental state has radically changed by the end of the film. There are several speculations as to why or how it happened.

'''Corruption of the mind:''' During the transition process from a human/magical girl into what it is now a new entity, Homura's mind became corrupted or altered during the transformation process. Homura is not human, she is not a magical girl, she is not even a Witch, she something completely different, as a result this is a different Homura.

'''Mental Stress:''' Considering Homura's mental state prior to the movie, it is surprising that she hasn't suffered from a complete mental breakdown before. Homura saw her friends die countless times, had to repeat an endless nightmarish cycle through time and space, almost lost her life countless times, and then she was forced to part away from Madoka, the person she sacrificed everything for, let us not forget prior to being a magical girl Homura was riddled with insecurities, (possible) family abandonment, a weak physical body, and being bullied in school. Add that with the torture she had to go through under Kyubey's experiment, and it becomes clear that it was probably too much for an already fragile mind.

'''Homura's Insecurities and fears:''' While Homura presents herself to be strong and compose, inside she is still that weak and insecure little girl, she always was. Homura was always wearing a mask to keep the appearance and impression that she has things under control. In the anime series we saw moments when Homura's strong exterior felt apart momentarily. It is those fears that are driving Homura to take drastic measures, the fear of losing Madoka again and she believes that the only way to guarantee Madoka's happiness is by taking control of the situation.

'''Natural Progression:''' Homura is a survivalist, she adapts to the situation as it suits her, when she was weak she looked up to Madoka for inspiration and help, when she lost Madoka she tried to become stronger to protect her. Now that she is a powerful entity, she believes it is her responsibility and duty to take matters with her own hands.

'''The Real Homura all along:''' Rather than power corrupting one person, it is suggested that power actually reveals ones true self. Perhaps what we are witnessing is Homura's true nature. Homura used to be a weak girl, bullied by classmates and dependent on the kindness of others. Now that she is an all powerful being, unrestrained by human weakness or limitation, she is allowed to do anything she wants, and probably what she always wanted to do but was afraid to do so.

===Gone mad from the revelation?===
Another possibility is that Homura is not really evil but actually found something about Madoka that drove her off the deep end.

If you remember clearly, Madoka's wish was to erase all witches from existence before they're even born, in the universe, from the past and the future, with her own hands. Hence Madoka became an entity who removed from existence all magical girls who became witches and placed them in another dimension of her own.

There is a catch, however, Madoka never wished she would take their souls to another dimension.

This whole movie took place inside an entire reality created inside Homura's soul gem, a barrier which reflected her ideal world where everything happened in the way she dreamed of and which began to crumble once she realized she had been living a farce threatening her friends. In other words, Homura experienced what it's like to be an oblivious god living in a world made by your wishes until you realize your own folly and crumbles in despair.

This is where things get worse, the moment Madoka was restored and came to take her soul, Homura realized that Madoka wasn't just erasing witches, she was absorbing the souls of all witches into her barrier '''HEAVEN''' and living in her own fake world rid of misfortune. This is why all witches in the movie could retain their consciousness and switch into magical girls, because their grief was erased by Madoka's barrier which gave them an "afterlife" free of suffering.

It was that cruel realization, that Madoka's wish of hope only trapped her in a false happiness of godhood, which broke Homura utterly and made her change into a dark deity hellbent on suppressing Madoka's wish.

If Homura could remake the '''MORTAL WORLD''' into something free of witches and suffering, then Madoka would think that Homura's world was already heaven and wouldn't try to become a saviour at the expense of her own sacrifice.

Considering the lengths Homura goes to protect Madoka, it would make perfect sense if she was willing to trade Madoka's love for her ire and disapproval if that meant not letting Madoka ever realize she became a lotus eater machine for every magical girl who died.

*this would imply the entire post-series pre-rebellion universe is Madoka's barrier, for her to be able to take the despair of magical girls despite being outside of her heaven.
*However Madoka destroyed her witch self, as her wish to erase all witches includes herself, this theory would depend upon a God's haven working in a similar way to a witches' barrier or Homura believing they do. Sayaka seemed to remember exactly what happened to her where as Homura's lotus eater machine messed with people's memories.
**So far there was no evidence of witches erasing the memories of people who came to their barrier at any point until Homulilly, even then so, Ultimate Madoka is clearly something else than a witch, like Homura she is something above witches and magical girls but instead of creating a barrier geared towards making reality her playground she made her "space" outside the real world for the sake of giving rest and healing to the soul of all meguka. What drives the corrupted Homura insane is the fact Madoka is not aware she makes this heaven regardless of her own personal happiness, she is being driven by her '''merciful''' nature to guide all of these souls to her blissful barrier were they no longer suffer, unaware if that's her personal choice or just a cursed existence ignorant to her self-imposed enslavement.
***Just a point. When Madoka make her wish, she was aware all magical girls eventually die, as all living things do. So maybe, she just goes as thing went normally, sending their souls to her "heaven" (It can't be named "Barrier" because it is exclusively for Witches/Nightmares, and Madokami ins't a witch/nightmare). Or according a Buddhism, she start a reincarnation cycle.

=== Is Homura selfish? ===

Well, it's complicated.

Selfish can be defined as ''"[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/selfish concerned excessively or exclusively with oneself: seeking or concentrating on one's own advantage, pleasure, or well-being without regard for others]"''.

In the movie it becomes clear that Homura's philosophy is the opposite of Madoka's. Whereas Madoka believes she should sacrifice herself for the world, Homura believes the world should sacrifice itself for Madoka. That Homura is willing to sacrifice herself for Madoka is laudable, that she is willing to sacrifice others is not. That Homura is willing to become Madoka's enemy, to kidnap and imprison Madoka in order to make a world where Madoka can be happy, is disturbing.

In other words, Homura only cares about her own desire, which means she is selfish. However, her own desire is the happiness of another person - and she is willing to sacrifice her own life, happiness, and morality to achieve that. Thus, Homura's selfishness almost seems paradoxical. It is a self-denying selfishness, a selfishness where one desire is placed above all others. One could say that in the end, Homura is practicing absolute selfishness, sacrificing ''all'' to achieve her one desire.

Homura's behaviour refers to "Solipsism"

===Junko's Words of Wisdom===
In [[Episode 6]] of Madoka Magica, Madoka has a problem. She wants to help Sayaka, but she doesn't know how. She believes Sayaka is on the right, but the more Sayaka tries to do the right thing, the worst it is for her because it doesn't cause her happiness. When Madoka confides this to her mom, Junko advices Madoka to ''[[Madoka_Magica_Episode_6:_This_Just_Isn%27t_Right#Observations|"do something wrong"]]'' to balance things out. According with Junko, someone needs to be in the right, and someone needs to be in the wrong.

If we take Junko's words at heart, the heart of the matter in "Rebellion" reveals itself. Madoka as the concept of hope is burdened with responsibilities that go beyond for a little girl to handle, Madoka is separated from her family, she is not allowed to grow up normally into healthy adulthood. Instead she is forced to accept adult responsibilities at such a young age, and she must carry the burdens of the whole universe by herself, alone. But Madoka wont abandon her new role nor will she allow the universe to be in a chaotic state. As a result Madoka is, rather than a savior of the universe, a prisoner to her responsibilities, or at least that seems to be how Homura sees it. It is possible that Homura wants to give a happy ending to Madoka, ''"but you can't expect a happy ending just by doing what's right all the time."''

Homura realizes that in order to protect Madoka, and the world that she loves, Homura must act in a way that is not nice/pleasant to outside observers, ''"even if it's not the nicest way to do it."'' Since Madoka wont abandon her duties as Ultimate Madoka and her role within the universe that she watches over, she will never experience a normal life as long as she is bound by duty and her noble sentiment. This is the source that causes Madoka to sacrifice her life and her happiness for the greater good, a noble act but one that Homura understands doesn't bring happiness to Madoka, even if Madoka wont admit it herself. Homura ''"has to be in the wrong to balance out [Madoka's] need to be in the right."'' It is for this reason that Homura takes such a treacherous and drastic action against Madoka, realizing that there is no other way to help her.

Homura warns Madoka that they may become enemies someday because she doesn't know if Madoka will ever come to understand Homura's choice. ''"She may or may not. Especially at first. [...] it might not be the nicest way to do it. But would [Homura] rather give up on her, or give [Madoka] the wrong idea about [her]?"'' Homura would never give up on Madoka, so she accepts the latter as a possible consequence of her actions.

In conclusion, Homura acted out of selfish desire to make Madoka happy, because Madoka's was trying to make everyone happy but herself.

===Alternate, Non-Dualist Theory===

It is possible that the focus on dualism and the idea of Homura becoming a Lucifer-like figure is fundamentally misunderstanding what happened in the ending of The Rebellion Story. There are somewhat obvious problems with the idea of dualism- for one, in the new universe, Madokami doesn't appear to have any real power. In order for dualism to truly exist, both opposing forces must have equal power, this is clearly not the case. Akuma Homura essentially just overthrew the existing order, but absorbed Madokami within her, imprisoning her along with the entire universe in her witch's barrier, which really ceases to be one once it covers the whole universe.

First, we need to step back and look at what Homura actually did. She created a new world that was presumably peaceful and stable, there are no magical girls who fight endlessly into inevitable despair, and presumably she can twist the world to eliminate the curses that need to be fought. She takes all the despair into herself. Recall that Homura's first real questioning of her own fake Mitakihara was "can we really continue fighting forever?" That world is how it is because endless fighting is all Homura really knows, and by questioning it she ultimately questions all she's ever known. She constructed the fake Mitakihara as an ideal world initially- one where magical girls could continue to fight evil with no real negative consequences, thus still giving them their wishes and purpose. She then rebels against this notion, tearing down her own vision of utopia because she no longer sees it that way, she wants a world without magical girls.

Now we can go back farther before the movie and look at what Madoka actually did. She never pursued or was granted the powers of an actual omnipotent god, she never looked to rewrite the entire universe. Technically, she doesn't even fully gets rid of witches, she just absorbs the despair into herself and allows the magical girls to pass away peacefully without becoming monsters and corrupting others. But that is the extent of her power, and even she is not immune from despair and corruption, indeed we see Madokami's witch attempting to devour the world, but Madokami was able to save herself just as she was able to save everyone else. Curses and negative feelings still exist at the same levels they did before, they just now manifest into Wraiths, which can be interpreted as the raw manifestation of negative feelings rather than corruptions of magical girls. The most important thing here is that all the laws of the universe that existed long before Madokami are still intact after Madoka's wish.

Now recall perhaps the biggest revelation in the new movie: the Incubators were obviously unsatisfied with the power attained from the wraiths, and after seeing the truth about witches within Homura, it was the Incubators thirst that sought Madokami's power, either to take her power or destroy her so they could go back to the more lucrative witch system. This is the detail that makes Homura's decision-making much less confusing, and in fact, completely understandable. As she breaks out of the prison with the help of the others, and Madokami comes down to take her to Valhalla, she knows she cannot let that happen. Why? Because she knows what they don't: the Incubators are after Madoka. They will continue to experiment and to pervert existing magical girls as they did with her in order to find a way to destroy Madoka. So, she uses her last remaining strength to usurp Madoka, take her power, and imprison her. Why? It's quite simple, and Homura states it explicitly: love.

The one constant throughout the entire series is that Homura loves Madoka, and her wish was one that ensure that she would be able to protect her. Indeed, that is her singular purpose in life to protect Madoka at literally any cost- even if it means becoming the demon that usurps her power, even if it means becoming her enemy. She had to find a way to end the Incubators and their schemes once and for all, even if it meant having to hurt Madoka and imprison her in the new universe, which bends to no rules but Homura's. And, recalling Sayoktavia's words from earlier in the movie: is an entity which creates a paradise like this truly one that is bad, and should be opposed? Homura sees herself as a devil-like figure, and of course she would, doing what she did despairs her greatly, but it needed to be done in order to protect Madoka. But is she truly bad, or Devil-like for creating a world without curses? Was it truly madness or insanity that drove her to do it, or was she thinking more clearly and logically than anyone else?

Ultimately, it brings us to one thesis: Just as Madoka had to become a magical girl to reach her ends of eliminating the suffering and corruption of magical girls, Homura had to become a witch to protect that system, to suffer forever for the sake of keeping the universe stable. There is dualism, but yet there is not, there is only Homura, using the power of Madoka's sacrifice to finally stabilize things and create her own true vision of utopia.

Where it goes from here depends on whether a sequel eventually will come. It could end in that state, with Homura maintaining the universe in her order. It might end in a way that allows both the existence of Madoka and Homura to merge- or perhaps they will both finally be able to pass and have their existences end, as all things do.

==="Gott ist tot" and Nietzsche [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzRbCrIWURY]===
<blockquote>'''Homura:''' "Escaping into this impossible world. Abandoning the responsibility to fight wraiths. Such weakness... I'll never be able to forgive. Magical girls... Have no choice but to continue fighting. That is... The price we pay for our miracle. It was for our sakes that... She... Sacrificed herself to try to save us. {{Runes|WER TRÄUMT?}} '''Homura:'''This farce... Is just making light of Madoka's sacrifice! I won't forgive this!" '''Clara Dolls:''' "Gott ist tot! Gott ist tot! Gott ist tot!"</blockquote>

Friedrich Nietzsche is known for what some consider to be his [[:wikipedia:Philosophy_of_Friedrich_Nietzsche|controversial philosophy]]. He called himself an "immoralist" and harshly criticized the prominent moral philosophies of his day: Christianity, [[:wikipedia:Kantianism|Kantianism]], and [[:wikipedia:Utilitarianism|utilitarianism]]. Nietzsche was also known for being very critical of the Western belief in [[:wikipedia:egalitarianism|egalitarianism]] and [[:wikipedia:rationality|rationality]].

Nietzsche saw [[:wikipedia:Nihilism|nihilism]] as the outcome of repeated frustrations in the search for meaning. He diagnosed nihilism as a latent presence within the very foundations of European culture, and saw it as a necessary and approaching destiny. Nietzsche argued that Western culture must face and transcend in the wake of the irreparable dissolution of its traditional foundations, moored largely in classical Greek philosophy and Christianity.

====GOOD AND EVIL====

In [[:wikipedia:Beyond_Good_And_Evil|Beyond Good And Evil]] and ''On the Genealogy of Morality'', Nietzsche's genealogical account of the development of modern moral systems occupies central place. For Nietzsche, a fundamental shift took place from thinking in terms of "good" and "bad" toward "good" and "evil."

Nietzsche argued that two types of morality existed: a master morality that springs actively from the "noble man", and a slave morality that develops reactively within the weak man. These two moralities do not present simple inversions of one another. They form two different value systems: master morality fits actions into a scale of 'good' or 'bad' whereas slave morality fits actions into a scale of "good" or "evil".

The initial form of morality was set by a warrior aristocracy and other ruling castes of ancient civilizations. Aristocratic values of "good" and "bad" coincided with and reflected their relationship to lower castes such as slaves. Nietzsche presented this "master morality" as the original system of morality—perhaps best associated with Homeric Greece. To be "good" was to be happy and to have the things related to happiness: wealth, strength, health, power, etc. To be "bad" was to be like the slaves over which the aristocracy ruled, poor, weak, sick, pathetic—an object of pity or disgust rather than hatred.

"Slave morality" comes about as a reaction to master-morality. Here, value emerges from the contrast between good and evil: good being associated with other-worldliness, charity, piety, restraint, meekness, and submission; and evil seen as worldly, cruel, selfish, wealthy, and aggressive. Nietzsche sees slave morality as pessimistic and fearful, values for them serving only to ease the existence for those who suffer from the very same thing. He associated slave-morality with the Jewish and Christian traditions, in a way that slave-morality is born out of the ressentiment of slaves. Nietzsche argued that the idea of equality allowed slaves to overcome their own condition without hating themselves. And by denying the inherent inequality of people (such as success, strength, beauty or intelligence), slaves acquired a method of escape, namely by generating new values on the basis of rejecting something that was seen as a perceived source of frustration. It was used to overcome the slave's own sense of inferiority before the (better-off) masters. It does so by making out slave weakness to be a matter of choice, by, e.g., relabeling it as "meekness." The "good man" of master morality is precisely the "evil man" of slave morality, while the "bad man" is recast as the "good man."

====NIHILISM====

When Nietzsche says that God is dead, what he means is that our entire concept of “God” is dead. The Christian concept of God as an all-powerful, all-knowing, morally good, caring, Supreme Being is dead, according to Nietzsche. But God no longer listens to us, nor knows how to respond. This lack of communication between us and God is the cause of the decline of theism (Beyond Good and Evil, Sec. 53). New forces have taken the place of God in our lives, forces such as money and science have provided a new faith for us in an increasingly materialistic society. We have become religious atheists, we no longer have God, but we practice religion. But religion involves sacrifice, and that is why God is dead.

Nietzsche was concerned that the death of God has lead to a pervasive state [[:wikipedia:Nihilism|nihilism]]. By sacrificing God in the name of [[:wikipedia:Asceticism|asceticism]], asceticism has lost its purpose and meaning to life. Nietzsche argued that one way in which we attempted to fill the space left by God’s death is through secular science. Since we have traded God for science, we now worship science as our new God. Science has occupied the throne on which God used to sit. Science has become the new ascetic faith, populated by theoretical entities and forces. But unlike theism, science ascribes no meaning to life’s happening. It only provides the means by which life happens; it provides the how, not the why.

For Nietzsche, the alternative to nihilism and asceticism lies in the positive affirmation of life.[http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070804135148AAzRjPS]

====WILL TO POWER====

A basic element in Nietzsche's philosophical outlook is the [[:wikipedia:Will_to_power|will to power]] (der Wille zur Macht), which provides a basis for understanding human behavior — more so than competing explanations, such as the ones based on pressure for adaptation or survival.

In presenting his theory of human behavior, Nietzsche also addressed, and attacked, concepts from philosophies popularly embraced in his days, such as [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNDw9lO8uKg Schopenhauer's notion of an aimless will] or that of utilitarianism. Utilitarians claim that what moves people is mainly the desire to be happy, to accumulate pleasure in their lives. But such a conception of happiness Nietzsche rejected as something limited to, and characteristic of, the bourgeois lifestyle of the English society, and instead put forth the idea that happiness is not an aim per se — it is instead a consequence of a successful pursuit of one's aims, of the overcoming of hurdles to one's actions — in other words, of the fulfillment of the will.

====ÜBERMENSCH====

Nietzsche's Zarathustra ties the [[:wikipedia:Übermensch#Death_of_God_and_the_creation_of_new_values|Übermensch to the death of God]]. While this God was the ultimate expression of other-worldly values and the instincts that gave birth to those values, belief in that God nevertheless did give meaning to life for a time. 'God is dead' means that the idea of God can no longer provide values. With the sole source of values no longer capable of providing those values, there is a real chance of nihilism prevailing.

Zarathustra presents the Übermensch as the creator of new values. In this way, it appears as a solution to the problem of the death of God and nihilism. If the Übermensch acts to create new values within the moral vacuum of nihilism, there is nothing that this creative act would not justify. Alternatively, in the absence of this creation, there are no grounds upon which to criticize or justify any action, including the particular values created and the means by which they are promulgated.

In order to avoid a relapse into Platonic idealism or asceticism, the creation of these new values cannot be motivated by the same instincts that gave birth to those tables of values. Instead, they must be motivated by a love of this world and of life. Whereas Nietzsche diagnosed the Christian value system as a reaction against life and hence destructive in a sense, the new values which the Übermensch will be responsible for will be life-affirming and creative.

====Homura's Will to Power====

When Homura discovers that she is actually trapped within a Witch's barrier, she despair not because she is trapped, but because she was allowed to be easily influenced and be deceived by such a pleasant trap or dream. The dream makes a mockery of Madoka's sacrifice, making her victory to ring hollow as Homura has chosen a dream over reality. We have to remember that within this dream, it brings the fulfillment of all of Homura's friends. Mami is not alone as she combats Nightmares not by herself, but with a team in a manner resembling typical magical girls. Kyouko and Sayaka rather than being antagonists they are close friends and are even living together. Madoka is back in the real world as a magical girl, she is back to her friends and her family, but not only that she is also happy. The Dream is not only pleasant for Homura (having Madoka back and being friends with the girls), but it is also a vehicle for the personal fulfillment for the girls as well. Yet the dream is a lie, hence why Homura is angry with herself. Perhaps the dream reminded Homura how much she misses Madoka, her absence in Homura's life is deep and profound. Perhaps Homura at that moment grew disillusioned with the MadoVerse. The only reason Homura endured so much suffering was the promise that they would meet again when Homura's Soul Gems were to be tainted, the promise of paradise drove her to continue her journey, and yet the dream shattered Homura's conviction possibly at that point. At that moment it is possible to suggest that Homura realizes that she is a prisoner of a dream that is also a lie, and as a result perhaps Homura comes with an actual self realization that she actually liked the dream more than her reality, a reality where there is no Madoka, only Ultimate Madoka. We can suspect at this moment that Homura lost faith on Ultimate Madoka, not on Madoka herself, but on the concept of Ultimate Madoka. In the MadoVerse Sayaka became friends with Kyouko but she is dead, the girls fight together as a team but against dangerous Wraiths not silly creatures like Nightmares, the fate of Magical Girls does not lead to tea and cakes, but being taken away by the Law of Cycles, and Madoka is a separate entity from the MadoVerse. It is during this self actualization that the Clara Dolls cry, ''"Gott ist tot"''. Perhaps it is during this moment of crisis of faith that Homura has doubts about the system. We have to remember that Homura's Witch's Barrier creation of such dream is no accident. After all, Kyubey states that Homura's barrier would only allow a specific target or person to be allowed to enter; it is speculated that the Clara Dolls probably even kidnapped the specific targets. As a result, we can speculate that deep down, Homura wished for a better world than of the MadoVerse.

But there is another possibility that perhaps pushed Homura to her new conviction, the flower bed scene. It is stated that Homura is talking with the real Madoka, but this Madoka has no recollection of her previous life. As a result of their conversation Homura is convinced that Madoka would never abandon her family and friends knowingly or willingly. Madoka's amnesia is convenient enough to convince Homura to take a different path. Homura is convinced she must save Madoka from her foolish self. It is possible that during the flower bed scene, those may have been Madoka's true feelings at the time, but those are the result of Madoka's lost memory. Homura probably knows that that Madoka given the choice she may decide to become Ultimate Madoka given the circumstances, but this doesnt matter. To Homura, she decides that she has the conviction to pursue her original goal, which was to become stronger enough to protect and save Madoka, even if it means having to go against Madoka herself. Homura knew she had to end the Law of Cycles to free Madoka from herself.

Given Homura's epiphany and the events in the flower bed scene, it is easy to figure out what drove Homura to change the system and "rescue" Madoka from herself. Not only did Homura changed the world, but one could agree she did for the better regardless of Madoka's wishes. In the HomuVerse Sayaka is alive, Nagisa meets Mami, Madoka is back with her family, and everything seems to be for the better (as we know for now). The HomuVerse is almost similar to the Dream World that Homura created in her Witch's barrier. In a way Homura is trying to recreate the world from the Dream World. A clear indication that perhaps Homura was not happy with the conditions in the MadoVerse. Homura has become the Übermensch, for she has changed the rules of the universe and created new values. But more than that, she has defeated, tamed, and contained Madoka's biggest threat, Kyubey's race, something that Madoka has not done in the previous reality.

====Rebellion and Nietzsche====

The following interpretation is an attempt to observe rebellion through the eyes of Nietzsche. It is open to interpretation and it is not the final authority regarding the body of work in Rebellion.

It is possible that Homura realized that the New World, while better than the Old World with its cruel system, had some problems, problems that Homura couldnt overlook after her moment of epiphany. It is perhaps of this reason that Homura decides to rebel against Madoka. Homura is trying to liberate Madoka from an oppressive cycle that makes her not just a prisoner, but also a slave to her conviction and sense of goodness. When Homura is given the choice to free herself from her torture by allowing Madoka to spirit her away, she proclaims to Kyoube that she would prefer to become a Witch and fall into despair forever, rather than allow Madoka to fall into his trap. Homura is not ashamed that she became a witch, it is possible that she was ashamed that she failed to meet Madoka's expectations, that she fell into a dream and chose the dream over Madoka's salvation. But once Homura overcame her fears and doubts she became resolute to rescue Madoka from herself, from her bondage to the Law of Cycles.

One could suggest that perhaps the Law of Cycles did not liberate the magical girls at all, but instead made them prisoners into a new "slave system", for these girls still met a terrible (but less horrible) fate in the end. Rather than becoming witches, they are spirited away to some paradise, a reward for their personal sacrifice, yet they are still obligated to fulfill their contract by making them unable to escape from their ultimate fate. The Law of Cycles was the result of Madoka's sacrifice. The fulfillment of a promise that the suffering of magical girls would end. What Madoka has done was to change some of the rules of the old system to make the lives of magical girls more pleasant and lessen some of its horrifying aspects, but she also inserted an incentive to reward these magical girls for their deaths. Yet this fulfillment is not based on personal accomplishment but based on sacrifices. As a result Nietzsche would point out that the suffering of these girls did not lead to personal growth or allowed them to overcome their suffering, but instead they were cheated by giving them bribes to ease their pain. There is no affirmation of life, they overcome nothing.

Since these magical girls cannot overcome this ultimate fate, one can argue that they all failed to fulfill their potential. Except for Homura, she overcomes the ultimate fate by not dying, by not becoming a Witch, by not being taken away by Madoka. Perhaps making Homura the Übermensch. It has to be pointed out, that Homura was the first person to realize that the girls were trapped inside a Witch barrier (with the exception of Nagisa and Sayaka), Homura was possibily awakening from the dream before the other girls did, a self actualization that there was something possibly wrong with the order of the world. It is possible that Homura's struggles started to manifest "her will to power", her transformation into the Übermensch to overcome her personal struggles. According with Nietzsche, human suffering is necessary for personal growth as well as for their potential for one to attain one's goal by overcoming such obstacles. Homura's endless suffering, doubts, fears, as well as her will allowed her to overcome her obstacles. Homura explains to Kyubey that the reason she didnt become a Witch, was because of her love for Madoka, because Madoka was always on her mind. One can interpret this as saying that Homura's mind was always obsessing with her goal or objective, which happens to be Madoka's safety. Her will to overcome her weakness to save Madoka was driven by her ambition and goal, and Homura needed to overcome her long and almost endless struggle to obtain it. Homura overcame her obstacles not through [[Talk:Philosophical_Observations#Madoka_and_Minding_her_Motive|Kantian means like a noble self-sacrifice]], nor by [[Talk:Philosophical_Observations#Kyubey_and_Utilitarianism|a base selfish means like utilitarianism]]. Instead, Homura obtained her fulfillment by overcoming her struggle, even if it meant being hated by Madoka.

Perhaps Goddoka had to "die" in order to break the new cycle that was less horrifying but smothering, a confining system based on Madoka's values like goodness and sacrifice. Goddoka also had to die so she could live as an ordinary human girl in the Homuverse, so she could reaffirm life as an ordinary person, rather than as a divine being trapped within the system. A system that tried to alleviate suffering at the expense of personal growth and strength, strength needed to overcome personal obstacles. The values in such a system do not only deprived Madoka from fulfilling her full potential without restrain, but were obstacles to her personal happiness.

As a side note, Nietzsche's idea of the [[:wikipedia:Friedrich_Nietzsche#Eternal_return|Eternal Return]] is eerily similar to Homura's endless time travel in the series. It is a concept which posits that the universe has been recurring, and will continue to recur, in a self-similar form an infinite number of times across infinite time or space. Nietzsche contemplates the idea as potentially "horrifying and paralyzing", and says that its burden is the "heaviest weight" imaginable ("das schwerste Gewicht"). The wish for the eternal return of all events would mark the ultimate affirmation of life, a reaction to Schopenhauer's praise of denying the will‐to‐live. The purpose is not only for an eternal struggle, but also for the eternal overcoming of the struggle of life, and its celebration.

Madoka overcame her personal struggles with a noble sacrifice, she became a magical girl, transformed into a witch, and then she transcended into Ultimate Madoka but at a cost. Nietzsche would deny that Madoka overcame anything at all. But Homura did overcame her struggles by actually overcoming them, by suffering, by growing, and by sheer personal will. As Homura stated, she is neither a witch, nor a magical girl. She is something more.

At the ending when Homura was dancing and then jumped from the cliff, one can interpret it as Homura reaffirming life.

===Bhuddism and Mara (with a bit of Gnosticism)===
The original ''Madoka Magica'' anime had [http://mlpomo.blogspot.com/2013/08/latin-latin-madoka-more-latin-puella.html Bhuddist] [http://listlessink.wordpress.com/2011/04/23/birth-of-a-goddess-madokas-path-to-nirvana-a-study-of-buddhism/ themes] that might be missed by any viewers that are unfamiliar with the concepts presented.

In [[Madoka Magica Portable]], [[Homulilly]] is described as the witch of "Shigan". Shigan is a Bhuddist concept that basically means the mortal world humans live in. It's opposite is [[wikipedia:Higan|Higan]], which represents the afterlife or Enlightenment. In other words, Homulilly is an existence opposed to Madoka (who represents salvation from suffering).

In Bhuddist mythology there is a deity named [[wikipedia:Mara_(demon)|Mara]]. Often described as a devil or demon, he is closer to the [[wikipedia:Demiurge|Demiurge]] in Gnostic Christianity. Mara represents temptation and desire - in other words, anti-enlightenment. (On a possibly not so coincidental note, [[wikipedia:Mara_(folklore)|Mara]] is also the name of a creature from Germanic folklore that is the origin of the word "Nightmare".) In ''Rebellion'', Homura evokes Mara when she creates an illusory, perfect world out of her own desires that traps others within it (following the Bhuddist concept of the world as an illusion). Then, at the end of the movie, Homura absorbs Madoka and remakes the world, with Madoka reincarnated as a normal girl. In a Buddhist interpretation, Homura took a [[wikipedia:Bodhisattva|Bodhisattva]] away from Enlightenment and trapped her in the mortal world. Not only is this ''really bad'' by Buddhist terms, but Homura also did it out of her selfish desire for Madoka. In Buddhism, desire is one of the sources of all suffering.

To summarize, Homura is Mara (or the Demiurge) keeping Madoka - who is more or less Bhudda (or the Gnostic [[wikipedia:Sophia_(Gnosticism)|Sophia]]) - trapped in the mortal world, where is she ignorant of her true nature. As the Mara figure, Homura will do whatever she can to keep Madoka in the mortal world, but the only way for anyone to achieve true salvation is if Madoka awakens and breaks Homura's illusion.

[http://mlpomo.blogspot.com/2013/12/spoiler-filled-review-madoka-magica-3.html Read this for more detail.]

===Sayaka and the comparison to Archangel Michael===
[[File:Wont forget (id=40231587).jpg|right|thumb|150px|She may be our only hope]]
*In Hebrew, Michael's name means "''who is like God?''". In a literal way, Sayaka's nature is like Madoka's: a being that exists on a different plane of existence.
*Through the ages, Michael is always armed with a sword (Sayaka's weapon badge).
*Sayaka's last name (Miki) it may be a derivation of the arabic word ''Mikhail''.
*Michael is always portrayed to be the opposite of Lucifer, either for the love of God or conflicts in their ways of thinking; in almost all media published in Madoka Magica series, Sayaka and Homura are shown in conflict with each other, primarily in regard to Madoka' safety.
*Further more sayaka does not act alone in this movie but is partnered with Nagisa another magical girl turned witch who later died and did not make it to the new universe. Thusly so is The Archangel Michael usually set next to the Archangel, Gabriel.
**Like Sayaka's sword, Nagisa's trumpet bears resemblance Gabriel's signature horn.
** Gabriel is usually tasked as the messenger of God descending directly to Mary, the mother of God, While Nagisa has many explanotory roles and is the first to reveal the secret of the fake city to Mami, Madoka's sempai, (although this happens off-screen)

===Attack on Fandom (Or Fanwork Creators are Evil)===
There have been many accusations that ''Rebellion'' is primarily about pandering to the fanbase. Indeed, much of ''Rebellion'''s story reflects common trends in fandom. However, are they pandering to the fans, or are they parodying them?

Consider that the movie opens with a world common in fanworks ([[Drama_CD_2|and some]] [[Madoka_Magica_Drama_CD_4:_Summer_Magical_Girl_Training_Camp!!|officially published]] [[Puella_Magi_Madoka_Magica_Anthology_1|material]]). The five magical girls are working together without suffering. Kyubey has been rendered harmless. Even Charlotte is there as the second mascot. It is the world depicted and desired by fans.

And it's all an illusion. No matter how many fanworks are made, it doesn't change the events that happen in the original series. They are as illusionary as the world of Homura's witch barrier.

Then there's the end of the movie. Again, it is an ending common in fanworks. Madoka is alive. Sayaka is alive. Even Charlotte has been brought back to life and returned to her human form. And Kyubey is paying for all his crimes. The ending people wanted to see.

But there's a price. It's ''Madoka Magica'', there's always a price. The price is that Homura is now made the villain, and she has trapped the characters in this happy ending against their will. Instead of the joy of witnessing a happy ending, the viewer is made to feel horrified and confused.

One might even consider Homura to be a stand-in for fanwork creators. It is Homura that creates the illusion at the beginning of the movie, and it is Homura that creates the ending where everyone is brought back. It says something that the person who makes fanworks come true is the person that becomes ''the devil itself''. But hey, you got your happy ending, right?

We have found the enemy and it is us. Be careful what you wish for.

===Madoka's Omniscience===
Many viewers have pointed to an apparent plot hole in the movie: Why didn't Madoka foresee Homura's actions if she is an omniscient god? This is in fact a trick the movie pulls on viewers; it expects them to remember that Madoka's omniscience isn't just because she's a god, it's because she's a concept that exists in all of space and time. As Madoka says in episode 12 "''I will be everywhere at every moment from now on"''. In other words, Madoka is omniscient only because she is omnipresent. If something were to interrupt her omnipresence, then she is no longer omniscient.

Indeed, this does happen during ''Rebellion''. Kyubey's Isolation Field specifically blocks Madoka from entering, which means Madoka is not omnipresent anymore. We know the Incubators can see into the Isolation Field, which suggests Madoka can see into it too...but that means she only knows what the Incubators do.

Before we continue, we need to ask if the future of the ''Madoka Magica'' setting is predetermined. In other words, is the future set in stone? If it was predetermined, than Madoka could still know in advance how long the Isolation Field would last and what would happen afterward.

However, there is evidence to suggest that the future is not predetermined in the setting. Certainly Madoka changes the future with her wish, and later tells Homura that she sees all the universes which may one day exist. In ''Rebellion'' itself, Kyubey says Madoka does not exist in the past or in all the possibilities of the future, which suggests that as far as Kyubey knows, the future is not predetermined.

But just because the future is not predetermined doesn't mean you can't know what's going to happen. As an omnipresent concept, Madoka is basically [[wikipedia:Laplace's_demon|Laplace's Demon]]. She knows what is going to happen in the future because she exists everywhere. In other words, she can tell the actual future from a possible one. When Kyubey introduces the Isolation Field, it introduces [[wikipedia:Chaos_Theory|chaos]] into Madoka's perceptions, preventing her from being able to tell which future will actually occur.

To Madoka, the Isolation Field is a little like a [[wikipedia:Schrödinger's_cat|Schrödinger's catbox]]. Until we open the box, we can't tell if the cat will be alive or dead. Similarly, Madoka can't tell what will happen to anything that is inside or enters the Isolation Field, including Homura's Soul Gem, the victims of Homura's barrier, or even the future of Sayaka, Nagisa, and Madoka herself when they are "invited" inside.

Presumably, Madoka could have chosen to ignore Homura's invitation and wait to see if the Incubators would drop the Isolation Field, but Madoka would never abandon anyone, least of all Homura. So she enters Homura's barrier and takes the form of a human.

Since she is in the form of a human, Madoka is not omnipresent even when she enters Homura's barrier. She experiences time the same way the other characters do - linearly. She has no way of knowing what the future will hold, even after she suppresses her own memories and powers. Finally, when the Isolation Field is destroyed, Madoka regains her memories and powers...but she does not return to being an omnipresent and omniscient concept. She is still in the form of a human, which is why the other characters can see her. It's suggested Madoka can't return to being a concept until she deals with Homura's Soul Gem, in accordance with her wish to erase all witches before they are born with her own hands. Madoka has to purify Homura's Soul Gem before she can move onto the next potential witch.

But since Madoka had no way to determine which potential future would actually happen, Homura's actions catch her by surprise. (Not to mention that before the Isolation Field was destroyed, Homura told Madoka that she wanted to be by her side; clearly Madoka thought Homura meant she wanted to be with Madoka forever.)

===AI YO===
Perhaps the most contentious part of the movie is the reveal that Homura's Soul Gem is not tainted by curses, but by love. This comes out of nowhere and appears to contradict the original anime. However, given that ''Rebellion'' is a movie that invites thought, it is not unreasonable to assume that there is an answer hidden in the movie. (For example, while the movie does not say that Kyubey's Isolation Field was blocking Madoka's omniscience, it is logical to conclude that anything that prevents Madoka from existing in all of time of space would interfere with her omniscience.)

Here is a potential explanation for how Homura receives the power of love, one that does not contradict anything that occurred in the anime or movie. This is, admittedly, pure fan wank - but one with support. Consider what happens when Ultimate Madoka comes down to pick up Homura's Soul Gem.

First, Madoka is observable. We know this because Homura, Mami, and Kyoko can all see her. Remember what Kyubey tells Homura - if they can observe the Law of Cycles, which is embodied in Ultimate Madoka, then they can interfere with it, and magical girls will turn into witches once again.

Then, just before Madoka touches Homura's Soul Gem, Homura grabs Madoka's hands. Homura is doing...exactly what it looks like she's doing. She is preventing Madoka from taking her Soul Gem anyway. In other words, Homura is interfering with the Law of Cycles.

At this point, Homura's Soul Gem turns pure black. Darkness begins spilling from it. Obviously, by blocking the Law of Cycles from affecting her Soul Gem, Homura is becoming a witch.

Except she doesn't become a witch. A "color worse than curses" appears inside her Soul Gem. Where did it come from? Why isn't Homura turning into a witch? After all, Kyubey said that if the Law of Cycles is interfered with, magical girls will turn into witches again.

And that's just it. ''What if Kyubey was wrong?''

Remember Madoka's wish? "I wish to erase all witches before they are born...All the witches in all the universes, both past and future...With my own hands!" If a witch was ever born, then Madoka's wish would not come true. Of course Kyubey wouldn't remember Madoka's wish, and it's unclear how much Homura told him about it.

So, even if the Law of Cycles was blocked from reaching a magical girl, the magical girl would still not become a witch. But what happens if it is blocked? If Madoka can't erase a witch before it's born, how can her wish remain true?

If Madoka can't reach a magical girl before they become a witch...then maybe the magical girl becomes something else instead.

A new color fills Homura's Soul Gem, a color that has never appeared in a Soul Gem before. This may be the result of Madoka's wish asserting itself over reality. One might call it an act of self-preservation. Homura then continues to hold on to Madoka, preventing Madoka from moving on to the next potential witch. With Madoka trying to move somewhere else and Homura holding onto her, Madoka is split apart so that her wish can remain true. Homura then creates a barrier that engulfs the universe. Her Soul Gem shatters and reforms into something never seen before. Homura is now a being that has rejected the Law of Cycles, and is possibly empowered by that rejection. Through rejecting hope, she gains the power of love. And by rejecting god, she has become the devil.

As for ''how'' Homura could intefere with the Law of Cycles, it's likely related to her wish to protect Madoka. If Madoka is now a concept, then Homura can only protect Madoka by interfering with said concept.

Homura did mention "love" as an emotion "far passionate than hope, far deeper than despair". Since soul gems are tainted by despair and love is deeper than despair, soul gems should be able to be tainted by love that has desperation. Since Homura's gem is tainted with "love" and not despair, she doesn't turn into a witch but something similar. Thus with Madoka wished to erase witches with her own hands, Madoka would appear before Homura who is turning into something similar to a witch, but won't be able to erase her since what she's turning into is not technically a witch. And you know how warped the contract works.

===On Madoka's Afterlife===
''Rebellion'' actually clarifies the nature of Madoka's afterlife. It's not some separate dimension, ''it's Madoka herself''.

Consider what Madoka does to a Soul Gem in episode 12. She places her hands over a Soul Gem, the corruption inside of it is drained away, and finally the Soul Gem vanishes. ''Rebellion'' makes it clear that the corruption and the Soul Gem does not disappear. Rather, Madoka absorbs them both into herself.

As seen in ''Rebellion'', witches are born from inside the Soul Gem. When Madoka absorbs a Soul Gem's corruption, she is absorbing the unborn witch. Similarly, by absorbing the Soul Gem, she absorbs the magical girl's soul. One might say that the magical girls and witches are now in Madoka's own soul, similar to how Homura's pulled people into her own Soul Gem in ''Rebellion''.

Thus when Madoka entered Homura's barrier, she basically split Sayaka and Nagisa from herself. She also split Oktavia, Charlotte and the familiars from herself too. Technically, Oktavia and Charlotte are now part of Sayaka and Nagisa, the same way that all of them were part of Madoka.

Interestingly, at the end of the movie, Madoka is split from the Law of Cycles. Homura claims that this Madoka is a piece of the Law of Cycles - the part that was Madoka before she became a concept. One could say that in order to escape Homura, the Law of Cycles separated Madoka from itself the same way it split Sayaka and Nagisa from itself. (This would make Madoka an "angel", similar to Sayaka and Nagisa.)

==Symbolism==
*During the scene where Homura talks to Sayaka, after the latter saves the former from Mami, they come to a 4 way intersection, and stand across from each other. Sayaka is in front of the area that is blue, while Homura is in front of the area that is red. While inbetween them on the other intersection is the color green. The blue likely represents law & order, while the red represents chaos, and the green represents balance between the two. Red, green, and blue are also the colors your eyes use to see, and it could be a representation that Homura wasn't seeing clearly as she was only looking at it from one perspective.

*A pretty obvious one is during the scene where Homura discovers she's a witch, and in the bakcground kids seem to be shouting Homura. It also is referring to fire, which is commonly associated with Satan.

*The blimps likely symbolize Homura's search for the truth, as they start appearing a little before she begins to doubt this world, and more pop up over the course of the movie, until they come crashing down after she discovers the truth. Their color schemes also match Homura's too.

*During the bus ride scene, a flock of owls can be seeing landing on the rail of the bus. In prehispanic cultures the owl (Tecolotl) was a messenger of death and bad omen rather than a bird of knowledge as in Greece/Rome. It's possible that the owls were used as a sign of death or a bad omen, but the symbolism of 'knowledge' is still applicable due to Homura gaining the 'knowledge' that she is a witch.

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File:Movie speculah.png|
File:New shadows in the movie Magia ED.jpg|mysterious shadows from the movie's ED.
File: Screen Shot 2013-09-03 at 11.34.11 PM.png|Pregnant Madoka from the movie's ED.
File: Bcca14eb.png | for an unkwnown reason Mami is holding Charlotte
File:The Rebellion Story Bonus speculah analisys.jpg|[[File talk:The Rebellion Story Bonus speculah analisys.jpg|Numerous observations.]]
File:Nagisa Momoe and charlotte comparison.jpg
File:Nagisa Momoe speculah as charlotte.jpg
File:E0145057-s.png | Nagisa Momoe speculah as Charlotte
File:Hitomi's nightmare.jpg|Hitomi has become a witch!
File:Mami and a charlotte doll.jpg|Oh, God. Why?!
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File:Homura rescuing charlotte.png
File:Flyer stitched.jpg|Red text rough translations: "Why am I… this…" ”If this is what you really feel… I’ve made a dumb mistake” "Are you planning on running to your own time again?" "Can you explain all of this to me?! What did that child say?!"
File:3871 420 2s.jpg|Hitomi's nightmare?
File:3904a343.jpg|Japanese fans think there are space ships in this still
File:Alien ships new movie.png
File:Bokurano charlotte.jpg
File:Soul gem hand prints.png
File:Rebellion creature.png
File:Nagisa_Different_Background.png|The background of this scene with Nagisa is different in the second and third commercials.
File:Butcher Bingo.png
File:Homura is Lucifer (aka anti-madoka).png|I told you bro
File:Homura's arsenal from Rebellion.jpg|Homura's arsenal of weapons:
File:Mami's room mapped.png|What Mami's room looks like in Rebellion
File:Homura fan faction after rebellion.jpg|
File:Halfmoon cut and Gretchen.png|Halfmoon and Gretchen
File:Chairs rebellion.png
File:Moon cut in half.jpg|The moon missing half is part, you can notice the light of stars where it should be the dark side of the moon.
File:Rebellion Runes - 013221 - DAI EWIG WEIBLICHE.jpg|[[wikipedia:Eternal feminine|das Ewig-Weibliche]]
File:Rebellion - Hitomi phone calendar.jpg|Hitomi's phone calendar
File:Mami Apartment books.png|Mami's bookshelf is filled with cook books to make [[Runes:The Rebellion Story#Act 2|Bebe's sweets]]
File:Rebellion Runes - 011113 - sign.jpg|[[File talk:New homulilly.jpg|Rune translation]]
File:2ch Clara Dolls scene analysis.png
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File:8788aeed-s.jpg
File:D34c86d5.jpg|Hints that they were in Homu's Labyrinth - also resembles other witches
File:Clara Dolls going out & kidnapping people.jpg
File:8 eternal lizards.jpg|Lizards can be seen in the screen. The number 8 can also be taken as an inverse ∞.
File:King queen eternal fem dark orb.png|Homura's dark orb looks like the crown of a King from a chess set. Madoka's Eternal Feminine emblem looks similar to a Queen's crown.
File:Homulilly queen's crown.jpg|Homulilly's rune has also a Queen's crown.
File:Madoka rebellion transformation sequene shadow figures.jpg|these dancing figures are reminiscent of [[Walpurgis Night|Walpurgisnacht]]'s minions.
File:Rebellion merging moon.png|The highway/road merging with the moon, at the center the structure that made the city's aqueducts. The shape resembles an hourglass.
File:Tower of babel rebellion aqueduct.png|The Tower of Babel.
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