Grief Seeds

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This page lists information and speculation about the grief seeds that appear in each episode of the anime and chapter of the different manga spin-offs.

Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Episode 2

Gertrud's Grief Seed.

The Grief Seed that Mami obtained from Gertrud.

• Top emblem: Butterfly
• Bottom emblem:Rose
• Battles: Mami
• Possession: Kyubey (presumed)
• Used by: Mami

Episode 3

Charlotte's Grief Seed.

The Grief Seed found embedded in a hospital wall.

• Top emblem: Strawberry
• Bottom emblem: Charlotte's head
• Battles: Mami, Homura
• Possession: Homura
• Used by: Unknown (presumed to be Homura)

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  Charlotte's grief seed vector.

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  The seed glows as it begins to activate

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  A close-up of the seed's emblem just before Charlotte appears

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  Comparison of Charlotte's grief seed and Mami's soul gem

Episode 4

Elly's Grief Seed.

Elly's Grief Seed, not originally seen in the episode. It was added in the AT-X rebroadcast.

• Top emblem: Wing
• Bottom emblem: Monitor
• Battles: Sayaka
• Possession: Sayaka
• Used by: Sayaka

Episode 6

Elly's Grief Seed.

Initially speculated to be Elly's grief seed, which was proven true as it was added to the revised Episode 4.

• Top emblem: Wing
• Bottom emblem: Monitor
• Battles: Sayaka
• Possession: Kyubey
• Used by: Sayaka

Episode 8

Elsa Maria's Grief Seed.

After defeating Elsa Maria, Sayaka gives this Grief Seed to Kyoko as repayment for her assistance.

• Top emblem: Crown
• Bottom emblem: Blank (Circle)
• Battles: Sayaka, Kyoko
• Possession: Kyoko
• Used by: Kyoko (presumed)

The witch of the Netherlands's Grief Seed.

The Grief Seed Homura gives to Sayaka, who refused it. According to this design document, it belongs to the "witch of the Netherlands (オランダの魔女)".

• Top emblem: Tulip
• Bottom emblem: Windmill
• Battles: Homura (presumed)
• Possession: Homura
• Used by: none (presumed)

Oktavia von Seckendorff's Grief Seed.

Sayaka's Grief Seed, immediately after exploding.

• Top emblem: Music note
• Bottom emblem: Music note
• Battles: Kyoko in Episode 9
• Possession: None (no Grief Seed was dropped after defeat)
• Used by: None (presumed)

Episode 10

Oktavia's Grief Seed.

Sayaka's Grief Seed from the third timeline.

• Top emblem: Music note
• Bottom emblem: Music note
• Battles: Homura, Madoka, Mami, Kyoko
• Possession: Madoka
• Used by: Homura

Kriemhild Gretchen's Grief Seed.

Madoka's Grief Seed, the cutest Grief Seed ever.

• Top emblem: Teardrop with ribbons
• Bottom emblem: Comet
• Battles: none
• Possession: none
• Used by: none
  • The fact that the bottom emblem is a shooting star may be because of the fact that people make wishes whenever they see a shooting star.

Episode 11

Homura's Grief Seed.

Shown in Kyubey's speech about how Homura would drown in despair, if she ever lost hope.

• Top emblem: Diamond
• Bottom emblem: Hourglass/Record
• Battles: none
• Possession: none
• Used by: none

Episode 12

"Grief Seeds" in cubic form taken from "Demons."

The Grief Seeds take a cubic form in Episode 12. It is not known if they are still called Grief Seeds or if they have a different name (Grief Cubes?).

• Emblems: none
• Battles: Homura, Kyoko, Mami, Sayaka
• Possession: Homura
• Used by: Homura

Mami's Heart-Pounding Tiro Finale

Ophelia's Grief Seed, from Mami's Heart-Pounding Tiro Finale

• Top emblem: Eye
• Bottom emblem: Eye
• Battles: Homura
• Possession: Homura (presumed)
• Used by: none

Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable

Albertine's Grief Seed, from Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable

• Top emblem: Star
• Bottom emblem: Flower
• Battles: Varies
• Possession: Varies
• Used by: Varies

Gisela's Grief Seed, from Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable

• Top emblem: Handlebars
• Bottom emblem: Grille
• Battles: Mami or Kyouko
• Possession: Mami or Kyouko
• Used by: Varies

Izabel's Grief Seed, from Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable

• Top emblem: Trophy
• Bottom emblem: Archway
• Battles: Mami and Madoka or Kyouko and Sayaka
• Possession: Mami and Madoka or Kyouko and Sayaka
• Used by: Varies

Patricia's Grief Seed, from Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable

• Top emblem: Cherry blossom
• Bottom emblem: Spider eyes
• Battles: Mami, Madoka and Homura
• Possession: Mami, Madoka and Homura
• Used by: Varies

Candeloro's Grief Seed, from Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable

• Top emblem: Flower
• Bottom emblem: Flower
• Battles: Madoka and Homura
• Possession: Madoka and Homura
• Used by: Varies

Ophelia's Grief Seed, from Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable

• Top emblem: Eye
• Bottom emblem: Eye
• Battles: Homura
• Possession: Homura
• Used by: Varies

Walpurgis Night's Grief Seed, from Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable

• Top emblem: Gear
• Bottom emblem: Gear
• Battles: Varies
• Possession: Varies
• Used by: Varies

Puella Magi Kazumi Magica

Puella Magi Kazumi Magica, chapter 4

Prologue's Grief Seed.

The bookmobile witch's Grief Seed, given to Jubey by the Pleiades.

• Top emblem: Oval
• Bottom emblem: Unknown (compass points?)
• Battles: The Pleiades Saints
• Possession: Jubey
• Used by: none

Puella Magi Kazumi Magica, chapter 5

Nie Blühen Herzen's Grief Seed.

"Yuuri", aka Airi's, Grief Seed.

• Top emblem: Flower
• Bottom emblem: Flower
• Battles: The Pleiades Saints
• Possession: The Pleiades Saints, Jubey (presumed)
• Used by: none (presumed)

Puella Magi Kazumi Magica, chapter 9

Niko Kanna's Grief Seed.

• Top emblem: Diamond/Square
• Bottom emblem: Diamond/Square
• Battles: The Pleiades Saints
• Possession: The Pleiades Saints, Jubey (presumed)
• Used by: none (presumed)

Puella Magi Kazumi Magica, chapter 15

Satomi Usagi's Grief Seed.

• Top emblem: Bat wing
• Bottom emblem: Bat wing
• Battles: Kazumi
• Possession: The Pleiades Saints, Jubey (presumed)
• Used by: none (presumed)

Puella Magi Kazumi Magica, chapter 18

Saki Asami's Grief Seed.

• Top emblem: Lily-of-the-valley
• Bottom emblem: Lily-of-the-valley
• Battles: Kanna Hijiri and other witches
• Possession: Umika, Saki and Kazumi
• Used by: Kazumi

Puella Magi Kazumi Magica, chapter 19

The Souju's Grief Seeds

• Top emblem: Moon in Circle and Circle in Moon
• Bottom emblem: Moon in Circle and Circle in Moon
• Battles: Umika and Kaoru
• Possession: No one (presumed)
• Used by: No one (presumed)

Puella Magi Kazumi Magica, chapter 22

Michiru's Grief Seed

• Top emblem: Spiral
• Bottom emblem: Spiral
• Battles: Pleiades Saints
• Possession: Kazumi
• Used by: Umika and Kaoru

Puella Magi Oriko Magica

Puella Magi Oriko Magica, chapter 1

The witch of flowers' Grief Seed.

Presumably the Grief Seed of the flower witch that attacked Yuma.

• Top emblem: Unknown
• Bottom emblem: Leaves/Petals?
• Battles: Kyoko
• Possession: Kyoko
• Used by: none (presumed)

Puella Magi Oriko Magica, chapter 2

Cecil's Grief Seed.

The Grief Seed of the Taste Witch that Kyoko battled.

• Top emblem: Rosary
• Bottom emblem: Cherry petals
• Battles: Kyoko
• Possession: Kyoko
• Used by: Kyoko (presumed)

Puella Magi Oriko Magica, chapter 5

Latria's Grief Seed.

The outline of Kirika's Grief Seed, visible within her Soul Gem prior to becoming a witch.

• Top emblem: Doll?
• Bottom emblem: Unknown
• Battles: Kyoko, Mami, Yuma, Homura
• Possession: None
• Used by: None (presumed)

Puella Magi Oriko Magica: Extra Story

Unknown witch's Grief Seed

• Top emblem: Unknown
• Bottom emblem: Unknown
• Battles: Kirika
• Possession: Kirika
• Used by: Unknown

Puella Magi Oriko Magica: Sadness Prayer

Unknown witch's Grief Seed

• Top emblem: Unknown
• Bottom emblem: Yin-Yang symbol
• Battles: Oriko
• Possession: Oriko
• Used by: Unknown

Lina Hitomi's witch's Grief Seed

• Top emblem: Spiral
• Bottom emblem: Unknown
• Battles: Miyako, Mai, Sasa, Oriko
• Possession: Unknown
• Used by: Unknown

Unknown

• Top emblem: Cubic shapes
• Bottom emblem: Skull
• Battles: Kyoko
• Possession: Kyoko
• Used by: Unknown

The Different Story

Unnamed witch's Grief Seed

• Top emblem: Cresent Moon (possibly)
• Bottom emblem: Star (possibly)
• Battles: Unnamed magical girl sisters and Mami
• Possession: Unnamed magical girl sisters
• Used by: Unnamed magical girl sisters

Minotaur witch's Grief Seed

• Top emblem: Axe head
• Bottom emblem: Two circles, an 8 shaped symbol
• Battles: Kyoko and Mami
• Possession: Unknown
• Used by: Unknown

Unknown

• Top emblem: Star
• Bottom emblem: Triangles
• Battles: Unknown
• Possession: Unknown
• Used by: Unknown

Unknown

• Top emblem: Spiral
• Bottom emblem: Circle surrounded by spirals
• Battles: Unknown
• Possession: Unknown
• Used by: Unknown

Unnamed witch's Grief Seed

• Top emblem: Unknown (diamond shape)
• Bottom emblem: Unknown (curled shape)
• Battles: Unknown
• Possession: Unknown
• Used by: Unknown

Unnamed witch's Grief Seed

• Top emblem: Unknown (star shape)
• Bottom emblem: Spiral
• Battles: Unknown
• Possession: Unknown
• Used by: Unknown

Unknown

• Top emblem: Star
• Bottom emblem: Star
• Battles: Kyoko
• Possession: Kyoko
• Used by: Kyoko

Oktavia's Grief Seed.

• Top emblem: Music note
• Bottom emblem: Music note
• Battles: Kyoko
• Possession: Kyoko
• Used by: Unknown

Puella Magi Suzune Magica

Unknown

• Top emblem: Unknown (diamond shape)
• Bottom emblem: Heart
• Battles: Unknown
• Possession: Tsubaki Mikoto
• Used by: Suzune Amano

Unknown

• Top emblem: Unknown
• Bottom emblem: Circle
• Battles: Unknown
• Possession: Unknown
• Used by: Unknown

Kagari Hinata's witch

• Top emblem: Butterfly
• Bottom emblem: Butterfly
• Battles: Suzune Amano
• Possession: Suzune Amano (presumed)
• Used by: Suzune Amano (presumed)

Magia Record (Anime)

Magia Record anime, chapter 1

Box Wood(left) and Zenobia(right)'s Grief Seed

• Top emblem: Saturn/ringed orb (Zenobia); Amphibian foot (Box Wood)
• Bottom emblem: Sandcastle spire (Zenobia); Unknown (possibly an eye) (Box Wood)
• Battles: Yachiyo
• Possession: Yachiyo
• Used by:

Box Wood's Grief Seed

• Top emblem: Amphibian foot
• Bottom emblem: Unknown (possible an eye)
• Battles: Yachiyo
• Possession:
• Used by:

Magia Record anime, chapter 5

Unknown

• Top emblem: Plain sphere
• Bottom emblem: Plain/empty circle
• Battles: Unknown
• Possession: Yachiyo
• Used by: Yachiyo

Zenobia's Grief Seed

• Top emblem: Saturn/ringed sphere
• Bottom emblem: Sandcastle spire
• Battles: Yachiyo
• Possession: Iroha
• Used by: Iroha

Magia Record anime, chapter 6

Unknown

• Top emblem: Plain sphere
• Bottom emblem: Plain/empty circle
• Battles: Unknown
• Possession: Kyoko
• Used by: Kyoko

Unknown

• Top emblem: Plain sphere
• Bottom emblem: Plain/empty circle
• Battles: Unknown
• Possession: Felicia
• Used by: Felicia

Magia Record (Manga)

Magia Record manga, chapter 10

Unknown

• Top emblem: Unknown (Bud?)
• Bottom emblem: Unknown
• Battles: Yachiyo (presumed)
• Possession: Yachiyo
• Used by: Kaede

Magia Record manga, chapter 12

Candy's Grief Seed

• Top emblem: Bunny head
• Bottom emblem: Bow
• Battles: Yachiyo, Iroha
• Possession: Iroha
• Used by: Yachiyo

Another Story

Stacey's Grief Seed

• Top emblem: Unknown (knot?)
• Bottom emblem: Sparkle
• Battles: Mami, Kyoko
• Possession: Mami
• Used by:

PSP Game

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Candy Straps

Strap versions of several Soul Gems and Grief Seeds were released for cell phones in Japan. The promo picture below shows the Soul Gems (from left to right) that are tied to the Magical Girls underneath them. The Grief Seeds are Oktavia's, Charlotte's, Elly's and Elsa Maria's. The corrupted Soul Gems are Madoka's and Homura's, as evidenced by their placement, shape and the gem colours.

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