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 spinoffs.

By episode

Episode 2

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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

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

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)

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)

Oriko Magica, chapter 5

Margot's Grief Seed.

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

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

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

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)

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)

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)

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

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)

Kazumi Magica, chapter 22

Michiru's Grief Seed

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

Soul Gems

This is a compilation of every magical girl's soul gems' emblems and their locations. Soul gems come in three forms: the gem form, the ring form (though it is sometimes not a ring, but a hairpin, earring, or other piece of jewelery), and the transformation form, the shape of which is unique to each individual girl and gem.

Note that soul gem and grief seed are not English translations of Japanese words, but the actual English words spoken in the anime. Therefore, it's possible that it was intentionally chosen, and not merely coincidental, for the initials of grief seed (GS) to be the reverse of soul gem (SG). If so, it would appropriately reflect the role reversal that occurs when magical girls turn into witches.

Mami Tomoe

• Top emblem: Flower
• Bottom emblem: Flower
• Shape when transformed: Flower
• Location: Hairpin on right side of head

Sayaka Miki

• Top emblem: Musical note
• Bottom emblem: Musical note
• Shape when transformed: Musical note
• Location: Navel

Homura Akemi

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• Top emblem: Diamond
• Bottom emblem: Diamond
• Shape when transformed: Diamond
• Location: Left hand

Kyoko Sakura

• Top emblem: Oval
• Bottom emblem: Oval
• Shape when transformed: Oval
• Location: Upper chest

Madoka Kaname

• Top emblem: Teardrop
• Bottom emblem: Teardrop
• Shape when transformed: Teardrop
• Location: Upper chest

Nagisa Momoe

• Top emblem: Unknown
• Bottom emblem: Unknown
• Shape when transformed: Smiling candy
• Location: Front and center of belt

Yuma Chitose

• Top emblem: Unknown
• Bottom emblem: Unknown
• Shape when transformed: Sphere with cat ears
• Location: Nape of neck

Oriko Mikuni

• Top emblem: Diamond
• Bottom emblem: Teardrop
• Shape when transformed: Oval
• Location: Upper chest

Kirika Kure

• Top emblem: Ring
• Bottom emblem: Shield
• Shape when transformed: Diamond
• Location: Lower back

Kazumi

• Top emblem: Spiral
• Bottom emblem: Spiral
• Shape when transformed: Bell-like earring with spiral patterns
• Location: Ear
• Note: Kazumi's Soul Gem is artificially created, and is more of an altered Grief Seed.

Kaoru Maki

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• Top emblem: Unknown (trophy?)
• Bottom emblem: Unknown (trophy?)
• Shape when transformed: Pentagon
• Location: Right thigh

Umika Misaki

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• Top emblem: Pen nib
• Bottom emblem: Pen nib
• Shape when transformed: Pen nib
• Location: Forehead

Satomi Usagi

• Top emblem: Cat Paw
• Bottom emblem: Cat paw
• Shape when transformed: Cat head
• Location: Left side of the chest

Mirai Wakaba

• Top emblem: Heart
• Bottom emblem: Unknown
• Shape when transformed: Heart
• Location: Neck

Niko Kanna

• Top emblem: Hexagon
• Bottom emblem: Hexagon
• Shape when transformed: Hexagon
• Location: Nape of neck

Saki Asami

• Top emblem: Lily of the valley
• Bottom emblem: Blank
• Shape when transformed: Lily of the valley
• Location: Left hand

Yuuri Asuka

• Top emblem: Unknown
• Bottom emblem: Unknown
• Shape when transformed: Oval
• Location: Left shoulder

"Yuuri" or Airi

• Top emblem: Flower
• Bottom emblem: Flower
• Shape when transformed: Oval
• Location: Upper abdomen, below her chest

Akane Sumire

• Top emblem: Tassel or Tiara
• Bottom emblem: Blank
• Shape when transformed: Tassel or Tiara
• Location: Navel

Ayase Souju

• Top emblem: Crescent moon with circle in it
• Bottom emblem: Circle with crescent moon in it
• Shape when transformed: Inverted shield
• Location: Left side of chest

Luca Souju

• Top emblem: Circle with crescent moon in it
• Bottom emblem: Crescent moon with circle in it
• Shape when transformed: Shield
• Location: Right side of chest

Michiru Kazusa

• Top emblem: Spiral
• Bottom emblem: Spiral
• Shape when transformed: Round shape
• Location: Chest

Kanna Hijiri

• Top emblem: Twin hexagons
• Bottom emblem: Twin hexagons
• Shape when transformed: Twin hexagons
• Location: Chest, under circular panel on outfit (decoy on back of her neck)

Kazumi (after second wish)

• Top emblem: Unknown
• Bottom emblem: Unknown
• Shape when transformed: Twin spirals
• Location: Chest

Unnamed Tibetan girl

• Top emblem: Heart
• Bottom emblem: Heart / inverted spade
• Shape when transformed: Leaf (?)
• Location: Below neck, collar

Unnamed girl from the Savannah

• Top emblem: Unknown
• Bottom emblem: Unknown
• Shape when transformed: Shield
• Location: Right arm, above elbow

Unnamed girl with bear

• Top emblem: Unknown
• Bottom emblem: Unknown
• Shape when transformed: Bear head
• Location: Hairpin on upper left side of head

Unnamed girl in purple

• Top emblem: Unknown
• Bottom emblem: Unknown
• Shape when transformed: Heart
• Location: Center of chest, between the breasts

Unnamed Viking girl

• Top emblem: Unknown
• Bottom emblem: Unknown
• Shape when transformed: Crescent / Horn?
• Location: Forehead

Unnamed girl in sailor uniform

• Top emblem: Heart (?)
• Bottom emblem: Unknown
• Shape when transformed: Unknown
• Location: Unknown

Unnamed Afghan girl

• Top emblem: Diamond
• Bottom emblem: Diamond
• Shape when transformed: Unknown
• Location: Unknown

Unnamed girl on train

• Top emblem: Handles (?)
• Bottom emblem: A pair of angel wings (According to Production Note)
• Shape when transformed: Unknown
• Location: Unknown

Queen Himiko

• Top emblem: Japanese Sun (According to Production Note)
• Bottom emblem: Japanese Sun (According to Production Note)
• Shape when transformed: Unknown
• Location: Unknown

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Candy Straps

Strap versions of several Soul Gems and Grief Seeds were released for cell phones in Japan. A promo picture can be found at http://www.superhappycashcow.com/pic/2009%20New%20Figure/Puella%20Magi%20Madoka%20Magica/Soul%20Gem%20Strap%202/01.jpg. The above Soul Gems (from left to right) 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.