Homulilly

From the bonus Inu Curry gallery

Homulilly is Homura Akemi's witch form. She is a Witch of Mortal World (此岸の魔女, Shigan no Majō) with a disc on top of her and infinite sign. Homulilly was first appeared in the bonus material of Madoka Magica Portable. Unlike all other witches in the game, Homulilly is not playable in the game or bonus dungeons, nor is any other information provided in the game or bonus materials. She only appears in a Game Over screen in the game if a player loses to Walpurgis Night in Homura's route, under specific conditions.

Her Witch's Kiss from Special PlayStation Portable theme bundled with limited edition of Madoka Magica Portable looks similar to red spider lily which is called Higanbana (彼岸花) in Japan.

Cards

Homulilly Runes HOMULILLY Type Mortal world witch Episodes Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable Witch's Kiss

Appearances

Madoka Magica Portable

In Madoka Magica Portable if player dies fighting Walpurgis Night in Homura's route, under specific conditions. There is a dialogue of Homura losing hope and an illustration of Homulilly before the Game Over screen appears. The dialogue is as follows:

Japanese		English		Image
暁美ほむら	これだけ準備して それでも勝てない……。	Akemi Homura	I have prepared so much but how can't I win?
暁美ほむら	そうだ……。 また時間を……。	Akemi Homura	Yes, I can (reverse) time...
暁美ほむら	！！ 砂が……。	Akemi Homura	!! The sand...
暁美ほむら	そうか。 魔法を……。	Akemi Homura	So my magic...
暁美ほむら	ああ。 ここで終わりなんだ……。	Akemi Homura	Ah! It is all over.
暁美ほむら	まどか。 あなたを救えなかった……。	Akemi Homura	Madoka, I can't save you
暁美ほむら	ごめんなさい……。	Akemi Homura	I'm sorry.
HOMULILLY GAME OVER
STANDARD GAME OVER

Observation and Suspect

This section is fan observation and speculation, please do not take it as facts.

About her name

• "Shigan" is the opposite of "Higan" (nirvana). Higanbana (literally "higan flowers") is the Japanese name for red spider lillies. So shiganbana, or Homu lilly, could be a pun.
  • Lycoris radiata (red spider lily) are very poisonous. These are mostly used in Japan, and they are used to surround their paddies and houses to keep the pest and mice away. That is why most of them grow close to rivers now.
  • In Japan the Red Spider Lily signals the arrival of fall. Many Buddhist will use it to celebrate the arrival of fall with a ceremony at the tomb of one of their ancestors. They plant them on graves because it shows a tribute to the dead. People believe that since the Red Spider Lily is mostly associated with death that one should never give a bouquet of these flowers
  • Homulilly's witch kiss could reaffirm the Spider Lily connection.

About how Homura turned into a witch

• Maybe she didn't use time-stopping magic much in this timeline, so most sand are in the upper side. If she turn her shield upside down, there would be little sand in the upper side (former lower side), so she cannot begin another timeline in this case.
  • Alternatively, the hourglass in her shield was broken and the sand spilled out, making any further time loops impossible.

Witch Design

If you notice, the sides have a curb shape like an hourglass and the grey/white dots could be sand.

The top part looks like an old vinyl record, the stylus has an odd shape. If you think about it, it almost makes it look like a stereotypical witches' hat.

Under the vinyl record, what looks like hair or pig tails, could be moemura's pigtails.

Plus, there appears to be what looks like a chin right under the record, making her look like a classic Witch.

The section where the braided parts meet, there is something like red sticks.

These sticks could be knitting needles, held by hands formed by the ends of her pigtails.

Under the red stick, the hair forms the shape of what that looks like the number eight or the infinite symbol.

If you think about it, it almost looks like an hourglass shape too..

The bottom part of the witch's cape stretches down and connects to the pink orb in the hourglass-like shape in the background. It's unclear whether it's extending out of the hourglass or getting pulled in, as if by a black hole.

A matching pink orb is in the top half of the hourglass. Like the bottom part of her cape, Homulilly's hat extends upward toward it; however, it then bends back down and doesn't reach the orb. This may represent Homura repeatedly resetting time and being unable to move on from the "mortal world".

The halves of the hourglass may represent separate universes, and the points of light inside of them representing stars.

Two shapes resembling bat wings can be seen behind the "HOMULILLY" runes. These may either extend out of Homulilly's cape or be part of the hourglass's top half.