Madoka Magica Episode 5: There's No Way I'll Ever Regret It

"Once becoming a puella magi, there's no way to get back."
"A contract means you have to give up everything for a single wish." ~ Homura Akemi

There's No Way I'd Regret This 後悔なんて、あるわけない
First airing	3 February 2011
Script	Gen Urobuchi
Storyboard	Shin'ichi Omata
Episode director	Takahiro Majima
Animation Director	Mino Honda Mayuko Matsumoto Kazuhisa Kosuga

Summary

This episode is mainly about Sayaka making her debut as a magical girl. We first see the transformation scene, then we see Kamijou's reaction as his hand suddenly healed. He seems pleased to be able to play the violin again (and plays a piece on the rooftop), but has to stay in the hospital so that his legs can heal too.

On her side, Madoka seems pretty worried about Sayaka becoming a magical girl. After chatting with her for a while, she then goes to Homura, asking her to protect Sayaka as much as possible. But Homura doesn't give Madoka the comfort she wanted, and instead tells her that she should give up on Sayaka, that she "made the wrong choice", and so on.

Still as worried as ever, Madoka decides then to go with Sayaka to her first fight. But, while Sayaka was attacking a familiar with her new powers, Kyoko abruptly stops the fight, telling Sayaka she doesn't need to waste her power to a mere familiar. As the discussion/threatening goes on, it appears that Kyoko is "farming witches": she lets familiar attack civilians, then when said familiars become witches, she kills them and take their Grief Seed. After that short explanation (and after swallowing the last bite of her taiyaki), Kyoko then starts attacking Sayaka, trying to kill her. Until Homura suddenly appears and put a hold to the fight ...

Observations

• While healing, Sayaka is surrounded by musical notes, possibly referring to her wish with Kamijou.
• During the opening sequence, the "liquid" spilling from the top of the screen is now blue (instead of orange). This could be due to Sayaka gaining her powers, as she has a mainly blue color scheme.
• Kyubey doesn't say whether or not he contracted Homura, just that she's irregular. Does he not know or is he just withholding information?
• The song that Kamijou plays on the roof is the Bach/Gounod Ave Maria, arranged for violin.
• The Magical Girls now have a distinctive mark on the nail of their middle finger.

Runes

See also Runes of episode 5

Speculation

The theories below have been proven wrong.
They are only kept here for the sake of completeness.

• The dead cannot be brought back to life with a wish, as implied by Homura in her conversation with Madoka.

The theories below have not been proven yet.
Please keep in mind that they are fanmade theories, and not official material.

• At least some grief seeds seem to be able to recharge multiple soul gems (as seen in episode 2). There also seems to be some surplus of grief seeds relative to magical power used. However, there must be some other use for them other than recharging, or otherwise Kyoko wouldn't be so eager to get so many.

Images

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  OP in episode 3 (top) and episode 5 (bottom)

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  Sayaka surrounded by notes

• Ep5 familiar.jpg

  The vehicle of the familiar transforms from a plane to a boat to a car.

Fantart

This section contains fanart images

Everything in the following fan gallery is created, or the comments accompanying them are created, for entertainment value and should not be confused with actual canon events of the Puella Magi franchise.

• Kyouko vs sayaka fight.jpg
• Sayaka's soul being ripped QB.jpg
• Kyoko vs sayaka fanart.png

External links

• Madoka Magica Episode 5: There's No Way I'll Ever Regret It summary at official website (Japanese)

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