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**Madoka's cake looks like a Lovecraftian monster reject. However, its tastes delicious. | **Madoka's cake looks like a Lovecraftian monster reject. However, its tastes delicious. | ||
***Madoka uses [[Kyubey|a secret ingredient]], but [[:file:Is always the nice ones.jpg|she will never tell.]] | ***Madoka uses [[Kyubey|a secret ingredient]], but [[:file:Is always the nice ones.jpg|she will never tell.]] | ||
*<b>"Madoka☆Magica Through the Frame"</b>: | |||
**Madoka has a [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Meganekko glasses fetish]. | |||
**Sayaka's favorite historical figure is [[:wikipedia:Minamoto no Yoshitsune|Minamoto no Yoshitsune]]. | |||
**Hitomi's favorite historical figure is [[:wikipedia:Okita Sōji|Souji Okita]]. | |||
**Madoka's favorite historical figure is... [[:wikipedia:Douglas MacArthur|General MacArthur?!]] | |||
**Madoka comes up with the idea that if Kamijou became a zombie, he could date Sayaka. | |||
***According with Kyubey, boys cannot make a contract to become magical girl... however, there is a loophole. If someone, let's say Madoka, made a wish to turn Kamijou into a girl, technically Kamijou-girl could make a wish and become a magical girl. | |||
***Since Sayaka and Kyoko are both zombies, Kyoko asks Sayaka for a date, as a joke. Sayaka turns her down quickly. | |||
****For a joke, Kyoko looks depressed. | |||
**Kyoko tries to compare Homura's shield to a 4th dimensional pocket, but Homura stops her. | |||
***The 4th dimensional pocket could be a reference to [[:wikipedia:Doraemon#Plot|Doraemon]] (''yōjigen-pocket'']], lit. fourth-dimensional pocket). | |||
**At the rate the girls keep eating Mami's cakes, the series could turn into ''"Puella Magi Fatty☆Magica"''. | |||
***Kyoko hasn't agined weight because she used magic to lose the fat... | |||
***Sayaka suggests that if you can use magic to become slimmer, the opposite then must be true. Right, [[Mami's mammies|Mami?]] | |||
****''"They're Natural"'', [[:file:Girls growing well.png|yeah right.]] | |||
**Due to the controversial nature of contracts, Japan's Parliament passes the "Magical Girl Contract Act" to address the problems to fix the system. | |||
***A contracting girl must read volumes of manuals before she can contract so she can understand what she is getting into. | |||
***Girls under 20 years old must get parental consent before they can contract. | |||
***Boys can now contract. To the horror of Sayaka... [[:file:Sayaka Kamijou genderbender yuri.png|Fans probably wont mind...]] | |||
*<b>"Feeding Kyoko"</b>: The story begins after Madoka leaves the spirit world from [[Episode 12]], when she was having a conversation with Mami and Kyoko (who are spirits) about her wish. | *<b>"Feeding Kyoko"</b>: The story begins after Madoka leaves the spirit world from [[Episode 12]], when she was having a conversation with Mami and Kyoko (who are spirits) about her wish. | ||
**Mami is concerned that Kyoko is not really appreciating the food that is been given to her. To Kyoko, the idea of food appreciation is eating everything, while Mami reproaches her and tells her that by eating too quickly she doesnt get to enjoy the taste of the ingredients. | **Mami is concerned that Kyoko is not really appreciating the food that is been given to her. To Kyoko, the idea of food appreciation is eating everything, while Mami reproaches her and tells her that by eating too quickly she doesnt get to enjoy the taste of the ingredients. | ||
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*****In the New World, Kyoko took Mami's advice to heart. Apparently Kyoko has trouble eating sometimes, as she is commanded by "the spirit of valuing food" to not be greedy. This concerns Mami as it may backfire and end up making Kyoko to overeat herself. | *****In the New World, Kyoko took Mami's advice to heart. Apparently Kyoko has trouble eating sometimes, as she is commanded by "the spirit of valuing food" to not be greedy. This concerns Mami as it may backfire and end up making Kyoko to overeat herself. | ||
******Mami gives permission to Kyoko to indulge herself, after all she enjoys Kyoko's company and she is willing to make more food for her whenever she wants. An embarrassed Kyoko at first tries to reproach Mami, but she is soon swoon by the delicious taste of Mami's cake, so much so that she doesn't ask for seconds, instead she enjoys its flavor. | ******Mami gives permission to Kyoko to indulge herself, after all she enjoys Kyoko's company and she is willing to make more food for her whenever she wants. An embarrassed Kyoko at first tries to reproach Mami, but she is soon swoon by the delicious taste of Mami's cake, so much so that she doesn't ask for seconds, instead she enjoys its flavor. | ||
*<b>"Pass it On"</b>: | |||
*<b>"Miracles, Magic and Regrets":</b> | *<b>"Miracles, Magic and Regrets":</b> | ||
**Kyubey calls for Madoka for help, just like in the series. Madoka, instead of rescuing an injured Kyubey, runs away from it. | **Kyubey calls for Madoka for help, just like in the series. Madoka, instead of rescuing an injured Kyubey, runs away from it. | ||
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**Kyubey is puzzled as to why girls would worry about their body weight. | **Kyubey is puzzled as to why girls would worry about their body weight. | ||
***What Kyubey doesnt tell Mami is that her magical body wont lose or gain weight. Isn't that great, Mami? | ***What Kyubey doesnt tell Mami is that her magical body wont lose or gain weight. Isn't that great, Mami? | ||
*<b>"Reasons Why She Didn't Drink Coffee":</b> | *<b>"Reasons Why She Didn't Drink Coffee":</b> | ||
**Mami serves Homura black coffee, instead of tea. | **Mami serves Homura black coffee, instead of tea. | ||
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**Homura thinks black coffee is like despair if it was given a form: dark and bitter. | **Homura thinks black coffee is like despair if it was given a form: dark and bitter. | ||
**Homura orders what appears to be coffee in [[Episode 5]]. | **Homura orders what appears to be coffee in [[Episode 5]]. | ||
*<b>"Welcome to Patisserie Madoka":</b> | |||
**Madoka wishes for a cake store with the certain conditions: a store that will never go bankrupt, located in a nice location, and enough money to cover for the material cost. | |||
***Madoka wants the girls to wear cute, maid-like outfits and become her salesgirls. | |||
****Madoka is clearly entrepreneurial. | |||
**Madoka wants to use Kyubey as the store's mascot, and sell Kyubey-shape cakes... | |||
**Kyubey thinks it is really strange that junior high schoolers are magical girls, ideally he would prefer elementary schoolers. | |||
**And of course, Homura wants to work at Madoka's store. | |||
**Kyoko was left out of the story, perhaps because she would eat everything and bring down Madoka's business. | |||
*<b>"I'm Such a Fool (For Buying Cucumbers)"</b>: | |||
*<b>"Meetings and Farewells"</b>: | *<b>"Meetings and Farewells"</b>: | ||
**Madoka is angry that Mami the cute [[Anthony#Anthony|Anthony]]s. | **Madoka is angry that Mami the cute [[Anthony#Anthony|Anthony]]s. | ||
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*<b>"An Important Story"</b>: Homura takes the magical girls to a travel trip with the purpose of telling them the truth about Kyubey, they spend the night at an INN. | *<b>"An Important Story"</b>: Homura takes the magical girls to a travel trip with the purpose of telling them the truth about Kyubey, they spend the night at an INN. | ||
**Homura's plan gets derailed as she is swayed by multiple distractions that makes her lose focus. The night turns into a wonderful evening for the girls to bond with each other and create good memories together. | **Homura's plan gets derailed as she is swayed by multiple distractions that makes her lose focus. The night turns into a wonderful evening for the girls to bond with each other and create good memories together. | ||
*<b>"A High Place in Mitakihara City"</b>: A story about how idiots and smoke like high places. | |||
**Disturbingly, Homura has developed a fetish for pink haired girls, to the point she imagines [[Tatsuya Kaname|Tatsuya]] wearing a pretty dress and a pink wig. Godoka was not amused. | |||
**Mami is trying to seduce Sayaka, Kyoko is not amused. | |||
**Kyubey is willing to jump from the top of a roof for some Grief Seeds. Either he is also an idiot or doesn't care, ''"Entropyyyy!"''. | |||
***Kyubey's favorite word is, <i>"Surpassed"</i>. | |||
*<b>"The Little Mermaid and the Kind Witch"</b>: Kyoko reflects about her past and Sayaka, before her last moment. | *<b>"The Little Mermaid and the Kind Witch"</b>: Kyoko reflects about her past and Sayaka, before her last moment. | ||
**After Kyoko's fight with Sayaka regarding the stolen apples, sometime later Kyoko returns to the church to find a paper bag and two apples with a note, "I properly bought these with money.", it is presumed that these were bought by Sayaka for Kyoko. After Kyoko takes one bite, she claims it is sour. | **After Kyoko's fight with Sayaka regarding the stolen apples, sometime later Kyoko returns to the church to find a paper bag and two apples with a note, "I properly bought these with money.", it is presumed that these were bought by Sayaka for Kyoko. After Kyoko takes one bite, she claims it is sour. | ||
**The story has a few elements from The Little Mermaid, like how the mermaid wanted to have a voice to be with her prince. | **The story has a few elements from The Little Mermaid, like how the mermaid wanted to have a voice to be with her prince. | ||
***Kyoko acknowledges that she can't be Sayaka's prince, but thanks to Sayaka she gave Kyoko the voice to be with her. | ***Kyoko acknowledges that she can't be Sayaka's prince, but thanks to Sayaka she gave Kyoko the voice to be with her. | ||
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Revision as of 02:47, 4 May 2012
Summary
A follow-up to the first anthology, released on March 12, 2012. The Homura cover for this 164 page book is illustrated by Ume Aoki.
A sample of the anthology comic by Ushiki Yoshitaka is available online by clicking on the orange box on the lower right hand of this page
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Illustrations
- Front Cover - Ume Aoki. Homura armed with a grenade.
- Back Cover - Kotamaru. Girls in chibi form, having a tea party.
- Inside illustration - Minamura Haruki. Madoka and Sayaka holding hands and jumping.
- Page 3 - Pan - Mami drinking tea and surrounded by rifles.
- Page 4 - Kaedena Akino - Kyoko and Sayaka eating pocky.
Comics:
- Imu Sanjo. Inner cover pages. "Soul Jam (Amply Sweet)" - The girls taste their soul gems.
- Ushiki Yoshitaka, Page 5. "To become what you want me to be" - Homura learns to be cool from Mami, but it backfires.
- Sekiya Asami, Page 11. "Traces" - Kyousuke's thoughts on Sayaka.
- Mura Kuroe, Page 21. "Kyuu-san." The magical girls decide to alter Kyubey's appearance, so girls will be less likely make a contract.
- Rui Tamachi, Page 29. "Cake" - The girls have a contest to make the most delicious cake.
- Tozakura Nagomi, Page 37. "Madoka☆Magica Through the Frame" A humorous 4koma set, mainly centered around the use and abuse of magical powers.
- Takashi Tensugi, Page 45. "Feeding Kyoko" - Mami teaches Kyoko about how to properly value food.
- reimei-Nördlingen (circle), page 51. "Pass it On" Set in the universe after the anime, Kyoko's inner thoughts on why she fights.
- Cherry Arai, p. 67. "Miracles, Magic and Regrets" A humorous 4koma set, mainly lampooning the girls well-known characteristics and behaviors.
- Adobenchara, p. 73. "Madoka☆Magica Symposium" - After the anime finished airing, Homura has a discussion with everyone on their intentions and relationships with one another.
- Tsukasa Unohana, p. 81. "Mami-san Weight!" - Mami has concerns about her weight.
- akka, p. 89. "Reasons Why She Didn't Drink Coffee" - A dark story that explains Homura's dislike for coffee.
- Purapa, p. 101. "Welcome to Patisserie Madoka" - What happens when Madoka decides to use her wish to open a cake store.
- Houmitsu, p. 107. "I'm Such a Fool (For Buying Cucumbers)" - The girls make and share a creative hot pot.
- Heiki Abara, p. 115. "Meetings and Farewells" - A humorous series of moments involving Madoka, from joining Mami in Charlotte's barrier to watching Homura as Ultimate Madoka.
- Torii Hisshi, p. 125. "An Important Story" - Homura invites the girls on a trip to tell them the truth about being magical girls. It doesn't go quite as she planned.
- Satoru Kouzo (鴻巣覚), p. 137. "A High Place in Mitakihara City" - Set in the world at the end of the anime, Homura chats with Kyoko and Kyubey, with Ultimate Madoka looking on.
- name, p. 147. "The Little Mermaid and the Kind Witch" - Kyoko's sympathetic thoughts about Sayaka's downfall.
Trivia
Information from the "Puella Magi Madoka Magica Anthology 2" is not meant to be taken as canon.
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Bonuses and Illustrations
Comic Samples
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