Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica
SynopsisBeloved family, good friends, laughter and tears - these things make up the ordinary life of Kaname Madoka, a second year student of Mitakihara City Middle School. One night, Madoka dreams of a mysterious dark haired girl struggling against a terrible evil; the next morning she discovers that the girl, Akemi Homura, has transferred into her class. This encounter will lead to an incident which will alter Madoka's fate forever. |
Main Character
Kyuubey (キュゥべぇ)
His name is written in both Hiragana and Katakana as キュ(kyu)ゥ(u)べ(be)え(e). So the more acceptable Romaji for his name is Kyuubee/Kyuubey.A familiar who can grant any wish to a certain girl, on the condition that she become a Puella Magi and fight against witches.
When someone makes a contract with him, he extracts their soul and places it inside a Soul Gem, replacing their body with a shell that's more resilient to fighting witches.
He has so far made contracts with Mami, Kyoko, Homura and Sayaka, and shows particular interest in making Madoka a magical girl.
It is yet to be revealed if there are other familiars besides him. As a magical creature, he can only be seen or heard by Puella Magi and those with magical potential. He is shown to consume used Grief Seeds, though for what reason is unknown. His true motives are unknown, and he constantly tries to find chances to persuade girls with magical potential to form a contract with him despite knowing the dangers that a Puella Magi faces.
He tends to have little understanding of human values, but gives a great question about how there are little difference between himself and humans. Slaughter Houses, for example show our little interest and sympathy for other creature's values. He is nor evil nor good, but a survivor just like anyone else.
Major Spoiler
His real name is 'Incubator' and he is from outside of the earth. There seem to be a lot of duplicates of himself, and when one dies, another one comes and devours its corpse.
The major motive of his magical girl recruiting was actually, in order to eventually have them turn them into witches and collect grief seeds with a huge amount of energy that balances out the entropy of the universe. This energy is created by emotions, which Kyuubey's species does not have. However, it isn't revealed whether this is the sole intention that Kyuubey has.
The major motive of his magical girl recruiting was actually, in order to eventually have them turn them into witches and collect grief seeds with a huge amount of energy that balances out the entropy of the universe. This energy is created by emotions, which Kyuubey's species does not have. However, it isn't revealed whether this is the sole intention that Kyuubey has.
Homura Akemi (暁美 ほむら)
Age: 14 YearsA magical girl who transfers into Madoka's school. She seems to know Madoka well and wishes to prevent Madoka from becoming a magical girl. She tries to attack Kyubey in the first episode, only to be stopped by Mami.
Homura is from the future, and she has redone the current time line many times in order to stop Madoka from becoming a magical girl. Before the time loops, Homura was a shy and fragile girl. During the first fight with the Walpurgis Night, Madoka is killed, so Homura makes a wish to "re-do" her meeting with Madoka, and thus becomes a Mahou Shoujo. Her time manipulation abilities stem from her wish, so she travels back to the day before she met Madoka.
Before the time loop Homura was a shy and fragile girl while Madoka was cheerful and self-confident. During the fight against the Walpurgis Night Madoka was killed, due to this Homura makes a wish to Kyuubey to 'redo' her meeting with Madoka and thus becomes a Mahou Shoujo as a result of this. This wish gave her the power to manipulate time and so she went back to the day before she met Madoka.
In the first loop, in addition to her ability to stop time, Homura learns to make her own weapons (i.e. bombs) and, using her time manipulation abilities, steals firearms. However, she was unable to save Madoka, as she transformed into a witch after defeating the Walpurgis Night.
In the second loop she tells everyone about the secret of the contract, the fact that it is the fate of a mahou shoujo to eventually turn into a witch themselves. This happens when their grief seeds accumulate too much taint. However, no one believed her until Sayaka turned into a witch herself and had to be killed by Homura. The shock brought on by this truth sends Mami over the edge and, during her bout of insanity, she shoots and subsequently destroy Kyoko's Soul Gem, killing her in the process. She attempts to kill Homura as well but is thwarted when Madoka destroys Mami's soul gem with her bow. Homura and Madoka fight together to destroy the Walpurgis Night, however the strains of the battle lead to their seeds becoming overwhelmed with taint. They joke about how they'll become witches together and destroy the world, however Madoka has one grief seed left and uses it to save Homura so that she could, again, go to the past and save everyone.
She repeats the loop many times, and in the last loop, Homura prevents the meeting between Madoka and Kyuubey right up until the end when Homura fights the Walpurgis Night, however Homura fails to destroy it and is defeated. In seeing this, Madoka makes a wish with Kyuubey and becomes a mahou shoujo, and then proceeds to defeat the Walpurgis Night with a single shot. After this, she becomes the strongest witch to have ever existed, which would lead to the destruction of the world in a mere 10 days. Homura refuses to intervene in the next battle, and restarts time again to arrive at the (apparently) current timeline, where she begins her battle to protect Madoka anew. Kyubey realizes that Homura is the reason why Madoka has so much magical potential (all the loops were to save her, thus making her even more magically gifted).
In the first loop, in addition to her ability to stop time, Homura learns to make her own weapons (i.e. bombs) and, using her time manipulation abilities, steals firearms. However, she was unable to save Madoka, as she transformed into a witch after defeating the Walpurgis Night.
In the second loop she tells everyone about the secret of the contract, the fact that it is the fate of a mahou shoujo to eventually turn into a witch themselves. This happens when their grief seeds accumulate too much taint. However, no one believed her until Sayaka turned into a witch herself and had to be killed by Homura. The shock brought on by this truth sends Mami over the edge and, during her bout of insanity, she shoots and subsequently destroy Kyoko's Soul Gem, killing her in the process. She attempts to kill Homura as well but is thwarted when Madoka destroys Mami's soul gem with her bow. Homura and Madoka fight together to destroy the Walpurgis Night, however the strains of the battle lead to their seeds becoming overwhelmed with taint. They joke about how they'll become witches together and destroy the world, however Madoka has one grief seed left and uses it to save Homura so that she could, again, go to the past and save everyone.
She repeats the loop many times, and in the last loop, Homura prevents the meeting between Madoka and Kyuubey right up until the end when Homura fights the Walpurgis Night, however Homura fails to destroy it and is defeated. In seeing this, Madoka makes a wish with Kyuubey and becomes a mahou shoujo, and then proceeds to defeat the Walpurgis Night with a single shot. After this, she becomes the strongest witch to have ever existed, which would lead to the destruction of the world in a mere 10 days. Homura refuses to intervene in the next battle, and restarts time again to arrive at the (apparently) current timeline, where she begins her battle to protect Madoka anew. Kyubey realizes that Homura is the reason why Madoka has so much magical potential (all the loops were to save her, thus making her even more magically gifted).
Madoka Kaname (鹿目 まどか)
Born: October 3Age: 14
Height: Less than 150cm (4'11")
Blood Type: A
Shoe size: 22cm
A 14-year-old girl whose life changes when she encounters the Puella Magi Homura and the familiar Kyubey, who offers to transform her into a Puella Magi herself. She sees herself as a person without special qualities or talents, and after seeing Mami fighting against witches, wants to be a wonderful and cool Puella Magi like her. She is a rather selfless girl who wishes to be a magical girl simply so that she can help others. She allegedly has a large amount of magical potential within her.
Following Mami's death, she becomes uncertain about becoming a Puella Magi, becoming more so as the dark secrets of the Puella Magi are revealed to her. She is kind, gentle, averse to fighting, and wishes that everyone would get along, sometimes even putting her own life at risk to help others. In previous timelines that Homura had experienced, Madoka had become a Puella Magi, wielding a magic bow and arrow. According to Kyubey, she is capable of becoming the strongest Puella Magi and the most terrible witch, capable of destroying the world, which is why he is most interested in forming a contract with her.
Sayaka Miki (美樹 さやか)
Age: 14Madoka's classmate who, after helping Madoka rescue Kyubey, ends up getting an offer to become a Puella Magi herself. She cares deeply for her friends, and wants to help an ill boy named Kyousuke Kamijou, whom she has a crush on. Before becoming a Puella Magi, Sayaka wields a baseball bat that Mami can enhance with magic to defend herself with while on witch hunts. She becomes a Puella Magi after using her wish to cure Kyousuke's hand, which was damaged in an accident which robbed him of his ability to play the violin. Sayaka's weapon of choice is a sword. She also has regenerative powers stronger than anyone else due to the nature of her wish. Sayaka hates people who think only of themselves whilst hurting others and is easily provoked into a fight.
After learning how Puella Magi are created, Sayaka starts to descend into despair, as she believes she's now no better than a zombie and thus cannot openly admit her love for Kyousuke. Her state of mind only worsens as one of her two best friends, Hitomi, confesses that she has feelings for Kyousuke too and makes advances on him. At the same time, she also refuses to purify her Soul Gem with Grief Seeds and neglects it to become tainted. At the end of episode 8, her Soul Gem was finally exhausted, and Sayaka turns into the witch Oktavia von Seckendorff. She dies in a battle with Sakura Kyouko, who sacrifices herself in order to not let Sayaka die alone.
In episode 10, it's revealed that during Akemi Homura's third time loop, Sayaka also suffered the same fate of turning into a witch, and was killed by Homura by an explosive.
In episode 10, it's revealed that during Akemi Homura's third time loop, Sayaka also suffered the same fate of turning into a witch, and was killed by Homura by an explosive.
Kyouko Sakura (佐倉 杏子)
A rival Puella Magi who comes to the city later in the story. A girl with red-colored long hair and an equally fiery personality to match. Amusingly, she is always seen eating something, even while she is battling. She comes from a poor church family and used her wish so that people would listen to her father's preachings. However, when her father learned of this, he went mad and killed his entire family. As such, Kyouko decided only to use her magic for herself, since using it for others will only cause despair.
Having grown up in a poor family, she often has to steal food and hates wasting it, a logic she also applies to Grief Seeds, as she only goes after fully grown witches.
Having grown up in a poor family, she often has to steal food and hates wasting it, a logic she also applies to Grief Seeds, as she only goes after fully grown witches.
Kyouko wields a spear which can extend itself, split into multiple sections, and produce a ball at the end of the chain, which can constrict and hit others at the same time. She seems to be able to change the size of the spearhead as well.
Major Spoiler
After Sayaka turns into a witch, she feels great loss due to the fact that Sayaka was suffering from the same mistake that Kyouko did. Due to Kyuube's double speak, Kyouko believes there might be a possibility of reviving Sayaka's soul gem, so she brings Madoka to Sayaka.
At the end, Sayaka could not be saved, and Kyouko decides to suicide bomb herself using her soul gem. Both Sayaka's witch and Kyouko disappear in the explosion.
At the end, Sayaka could not be saved, and Kyouko decides to suicide bomb herself using her soul gem. Both Sayaka's witch and Kyouko disappear in the explosion.
Mami Tomoe (巴 マミ)
Age: 15 yearsA Puella Magi (Magical Girl) who saves Madoka and Sayaka from a witch in the first episode and explains the whole affair of Puella Magis to them.
She, unlike Homura, wants Madoka and Sayaka to become Puella Magis and acts as their mentor. She has the ability to produce a near-infinite amount of flintlock rifles, can use ribbons to suspend her enemies, and is also able to perform healing magic.
It was revealed that in the past, Mami was involved in a car accident that claimed the lives of her parents and caused her to be severely injured; at the time Kyubey approached her, she was forced to use her wish to save herself. Thus, she feels guilty for forgetting about her parents in that moment of desperation.
Mami does not regret her wish, though, preferring life as a lonely magical girl to death. What she does seem to regret, however, is not having had more time to think it over. She warns Madoka to consider her wish carefully, as Mami herself was not able to do so.
In episode three, not heeding Homura's warning and instead trapping her, Mami battles Charlotte carelessly and is decapitated and subsequently eaten by her while Madoka and Sayaka watch helplessly, an event that weighed heavily on both of them. According to Kyuubey, Mami never knew the truth concerning the Soul Gems.
In one of her time loops to protect Madoka, Homura discloses the truth behind the Soul Gems. After defeating Sayaka's witch form and learning of the truth, Mami loses her sanity. She kills Kyouko and attacks Homura but is stopped by Madoka, who kills Mami. Due to this incident, Homura does not reveal the true nature of the Soul Gems to Mami. This incident also explains why Homura considers Mami to be an unreliable ally.
Mami does not regret her wish, though, preferring life as a lonely magical girl to death. What she does seem to regret, however, is not having had more time to think it over. She warns Madoka to consider her wish carefully, as Mami herself was not able to do so.
In episode three, not heeding Homura's warning and instead trapping her, Mami battles Charlotte carelessly and is decapitated and subsequently eaten by her while Madoka and Sayaka watch helplessly, an event that weighed heavily on both of them. According to Kyuubey, Mami never knew the truth concerning the Soul Gems.
In one of her time loops to protect Madoka, Homura discloses the truth behind the Soul Gems. After defeating Sayaka's witch form and learning of the truth, Mami loses her sanity. She kills Kyouko and attacks Homura but is stopped by Madoka, who kills Mami. Due to this incident, Homura does not reveal the true nature of the Soul Gems to Mami. This incident also explains why Homura considers Mami to be an unreliable ally.
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