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

There's No Way I'd Regret 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

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)
• 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?

Runes

See also Runes of episode 5

Speculation

• The dead cannot be brought back to life with a wish, as implied by Homura in her conversation with Madoka.
• 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 Sakura wouldn't be so eager to get so many.

Images

<gallery position="center" captionalign="left"> File:Op_ep5.jpg|OP in episode 3 (top) and episode 5 (bottom) File:Sayakanotes.jpg|Sayaka surrounded by notes File:Ep5 familiar.jpg|The vehicle of the familiar transforms from a plane to a boat to a car.