Puella Magi Madoka Magica Anthology 1

Summary

Cover illustrated by Ume Aoki

The first comic anthology for Puella Magi Madoka Magica was released on September 12, 2011. The cover for this 164 page book is illustrated by Ume Aoki.

Listed contributors include: Hanokage, Keito Koume (小梅けいと), Kinusa Shimotsuki (霜月絹鯊), Zara (ざら), Takashi Tensugi, James Hotate, Chima Konami, Sadoru Chiba, Ayun Tachibana, Mizutama, Tetsuya Kobayashi, Seri Suzushiro, Tokio Shima, Ayami Kazama, KAKERU, Shin Hashimoto, Masato Yamane, Masakazu Oi, Tadashi Mizumoto, Kenji Tsurubuchi, Afro, Kashmir and Daioki.

A sample of hanokage's comic is available online by clicking on the orange box on the lower right hand of this page. The premise of it is that Homura built a game to simulate interacting with real life people. Homura uses it to interact with Madoka. Kyoko then uses it to interact with Sayaka. The last frame is her reaction after playing for a few hours.

Chapters

"Addictive Box" (Hanokage) - Homura invents a simulation game to figure out a route to save Madoka. Kyouko decides she wants to play as well, to save Sayaka.

"To Her Whom I Cherish" (Kinusa Shimotsuki) - A vignette on Homura's anguished thoughts on saving Madoka.

"At the Path of Passion" (Zara) - One day, Kazuko Saotome had a very magical encounter with a strange being. She doesn't know if it happened by chance or by fate. But this is a fateful encounter that will change her destiny....

"One Summer Night" (Tachibana Ayun) - Set from Kyouko's perspective, Homura and Kyouko help Sayaka and Madoka with their summer homework.

"The Room, The Taiyaki, and Me" (Mizutama) - Kyouko suffers a crisis when her taiyaki is missing and Kyubey helps find the culprit.

"This is Quite Difficult" (Kobayashi Tetsuya) - The girls give their advice to Sayaka on how to win over Kyousuke.

"Until Tomorrow" (Seri Suzushiro) - Comedic 4koma of Moemura's struggles through the timeloops.

"Girlfriend" (Shima Tokio) - A look at Moemura and Madoka's early friendship, and the significance of using first names.

"Mado☆Magi Drama Club" (Maeba Risou) - What would happen if the magical girls were regular girls in a school drama club and Homura wrote their play's script.

"Date with Mami-san" (Kazuma Mayami) - Madoka goes on a date with Mami.

Harami" (Kashmir) -

"The Somewhat Clueless Girl Madoka Magica" (Daioki) - Comedic 4koma where Madoka Kaname appears to have a slight hearing problem.

"Yell out your Finisher!" (Kakeru) - The magical girls try to come up with names for their finishers.

"Kyouko Today" (Hashimoto Shin) -

"Notes of Mami-San" (Yamane Masato) - Set from Mami's perspective, her notebook reflects her loneliness and desire to make friends.

"Messiah" (Oi Masakazu) - Homura's thoughts about Madoka, after the universe is remade.

"Akemi Homura" (Tadashi Mizumoto) - As Homura goes through the timeloops, she asks Madoka an important question.

"Madoka Magica GT" (Tsurubuchi Kenji) - Cross-over homage where Homura empowers Madoka to make a different wish.

"Motivated Sayaka" (Afro) - Comedic 4koma focusing on Madoka's attempts to save Sayaka with less than ideal results.

Trivia

Information from the "Puella Magi Madoka Magica Anthology 1" is not meant to be taken as canon.

Homura's golf club actually belongs to the school's principal that she took while stopping time.
In a bar scene, Kazuko tell Junko that she is concerned with one of her students. Homura ended her introduction by telling Madoka she was also a mahou shoujo, like she did in timeline 2.
- In a new timeline Kazuko tells Junko she feels like she was tricked. She was told Homura has bad sight so she prepared her to be seated in front of the class.
  - Kazuko also notices that Homura is not the same girl she was told about. Homura reminds her of a soldier she once dated, but Junko dismisses her concern since Homura is not a soldier or a man. Junko preemptively tells Kazuko not to plan to confirm if Homura is a man.
Mami is concerned that the police could trace Homura for making homemade bombs; Homura explains that as long as there is no trace or evidence left behind, everything should be fine.
Homura's home is equipped with a high-tech hologram technology/magic.
- Homura's sophisticated simulation program is reminiscent of a dating sim.
Some of the stories contain yuri subtext.
In a parallel story/universe, the girls are just normal school girls and they are in the drama club. One day Madoka suggests a play about mahou shoujo.
- The play is called "Mahou Shoujo Homura☆Madoka", with Homura and Madoka as the heroines.
  - Homura wrote 12 chapters in one night and apparently her script remains faithful to Gen Urobuchi's, except the ending.
    - Kyoko, Mami, and Sayaka find the script to be dark, depressing, and scary.
A special chapter where the girls are given the chance to come up with their own finishing move's name.
- Homura fails because no one can hear the names she uses during time stop.
- Kyoko is guilty of ripping off names.
- Sayaka's choice is just awful.
- Mami's naming habit is mocked once again, and this time it turns her into a witch.
- Surprisingly Madoka never got a chance to name her own finishing move.
In a new parallel universe/story the girls are doing their summer homework and Madoka is still human.
- In this story Homura is willing to help Madoka cheat (without Madoka's knowledge) as it serves "to protect Madoka's life".
- Apparently Kyoko is an idiot savant/math genius. Still, Kyoko has given up schooling as she doesn't think there is any point to it.
- Before Kyoko met the girls, the apples she ate were tasteless and she felt nothing.
One story depicts Mami's point of view. She draws her friends as Puella Magi and feels less lonely.