Madoka Magica Episode 10: I Won't Rely On Anyone Anymore

I Won't Trust Anyone Anymore もう誰にも頼らない
First airing	10 March 2011
Script	Gen Urobuchi
Storyboard	Shinsaku Sasaki
Episode director	Yuki Yase
Animation Director	Yoshiaki Itou Kazuya Shiotsuki

Summary

This is a flashback episode that reveals Homura's origin and events that took place in previous timelines.

Timeline 0

• Madoka₀ and Mami₀ become magical girls
• Homura₀ joins their school as a transfer student
• Madoka₀ and Mami₀ get killed by Walpurga₀
• Homura₀ makes a contract for time-travel powers
• Homura₀ performs a Time Leap

Timeline 1

• Homura₀ wakes up to find herself in the past as a magical girl
• Homura₀ immediately runs up to Madoka₁ and announces her magical girl status in the middle of class
• Homura₀ fights witches as a magical girl with Madoka₁ and Mami₁
• After fighting Walpurga₁, Madoka₁ becomes a witch. Homura₀ performs a Time Leap

Timeline 2

• Homura₀ stocks up on guns by stealing from the Yakuza
• Madoka₂, Sayaka₂, Mami₂, and Kyouko₂ become magical girls
• Sayaka₂ turns into a witch
• Homura₀, fighting in a team with the other girls, kills Sayaka₂
• Mami₂ goes insane when she realizes they'll all turn into witches
• Mami₂ kills Kyouko₂
• Madoka₂ kills Mami₂ to save Homura₀
• Walpurga₂ wounds Madoka₂ and Homura₀, leaving them in danger of becoming witches
• Madoka₂ gives her remaining power to Homura₀
• Homura₀ mercy-kills Madoka₂ to prevent her transformation into a witch
• Homura₀ performs a Time Leap

Timeline 3

• Homura₀ cures her eyes using magic, and straightens her braids
• Homura₀ fights all witches alone
• Walpurga₃ attacks Homura₀
• Madoka₃ makes a contract to save Homura₀
• Homura₀ performs a Time Leap

Timeline 4

• Homura₀ kills Kyubey
• Kyubey respawns, Homura₀ chases him
• Kyubey runs into Madoka₄

Runes

See Runes of episode 10

Images

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  Madoka's grief seed, the cutest grief seed yet.

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  Oktavia as seen in Episode 10

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  Madoka's first witch transformation.

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