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woonie said: i bet Madoka wont become a mahou shoujoIt's not a question of when, but why. Or, what the flags that must be triggered to finally get us down the madoka-the-mahou-shoujo route are. |
desolatoFeb 7, 2011 9:16 AM
| Each episode confirms more and more that Kyubey is actually pretty evil, i am just wondering about his ulterior motives. Just what does he gain from those mahou shoujo's and what does he gain of they kill eachother? What's his reason for going after Madoka why is he almost forcing her to become a mahou shoujo? When he was sitting on that arch to make Sayaka a mahou shoujo the flower behind it made kyubey look like a nine tailed fox a demonic creature in Japanese folklore. This also proves never to trust a cute furry creature you never know what there up to! When Kamijou started playing that violin i was thinking that one of the strings would snap either killing him or hurting him badly in the process. I just have a feeling something bad will become him, mainly because my distrust in Kyubey and his wishes. It seems to me that Kyouko is just after power or wealth judging from her words and actions. Like waiting till a witch has matured before she kills it so she the gain is higher. During that speech it also became obvious that Kyubey doesn't care what mahou shoujo's really do. Whether there actions is killing other mahou shoujo's waiting for a witch to mature or what ever there intentions may be. Homura is also a bit of a mystery it's clear that she regrets becoming a mahou shoujo from her talk with Madoka. But how and why did she became one? What are her reasons for preventing others of becoming the same fate as her and does she know more about Kyubey and his intentions then she let's on? |
| Two things that I have to mention about this episode are What Homura said "It's as fruitless as trying to raise the dead" does this mean there is indeed a limit to Kyubeys powers? Or does it mean that is what she wished for? Im starting to think Homura is actually Madoka going back in time to stop herself from becoming a Mahou Shojo and critically fucking up her/everyone around her's life Also, if your wish reflects the kind of ability you receive... what does having a metric fuckton of muskets and flowers have to do with saving yourself after a car crash? |
soupykFeb 3, 2011 4:51 PM
| Sakura = bitch. Unlimited blade works from Sayaka hope I'll see some more of that. |
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PervySan said: Two things that I have to mention about this episode are What Homura said "It's as fruitless as trying to raise the dead" does this mean there is indeed a limit to Kyubeys powers? Or does it mean that is what she wished for? Im starting to think Homura is actually Madoka going back in time to stop herself from becoming a Mahou Shojo and critically fucking up her/everyone around her's life Also, if your wish reflects the kind of ability you receive... what does having a metric fuckton of muskets and flowers have to do with saving yourself after a car crash? I don't think the weapons have to do with your wish, just your special powers. Sayaka is wolverine, Homura can manipulate time, Mami was eaten by a clownapillar. Alright we don't know her power. Maybe maximum BFF capacity. EDIT: Mami could make spider web things... maybe her power is to keep things/people close? Shrug. |
Pretty good episode, especially short reactions to Sayaka in the class, conversation between Madoka/Sayaka, conversation between Homura/Madoka whom was more profound due to the OST background once again, Sayaka's reactions on Kamijo's violin playing, witches world and the finally fight between Sayaka and Kyoko. Kyoko is way too powerful for Sayaka most likely because she did no training and no knowledge gains at all. Kyoko therefore is a true demon mahou shoujo not to mess around as being portrayed, that being said her weapon reminded me of Lancer from Fate/Night Stay. More to come. I am analyzing a few things of this. There is a lot of black/white colors that mean things in different ways. |
FAErieWINGS said: Lesse...this series is supposed to have 13 (something close to that episodes)....it's episode 5 and Madoka is STILL not a magic girl. Maybe the promotional picutres are all lies too, just like the slice-of-life, happy-go-lucky genre trick. I mean, at this rate, it looks like our main character isn't going to be a magic girl at all. Missing the point. I heard Nanoha becomes a magical girl in like episode 1 if you're interested in that. |
| So Sayaka can summon blades the same way Mami summons her guns..... I wonder what "Unlimited Insert Weapon Here Works." powers Madoka will have when/(if) she becomes a magical girl. |
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Iri said: I'm also wondering if this could be considered circumstantial evidence that the Puella Magi magic is somehow connected to the Witches' magic since both sides apparently use that rune set, perhaps implying a shared origin. I think it was already confirmed they have a common origin in episode 2: "If magical girls are born from wishes, then witches are born from curses"(read malicious wishes, wishes against something, evil wishes). I wonder if a person can switch from magic girl to witch and back. Maybe draining the soul gem til empty will cause a magic girl to turn into a witch. Anyway there must be someone(read cute but evil furry or cute but evil furry and his evil looking but still evil twin) granting these wishes for some reason(self entertainment?), whether or not they are good or evil or neutral(read not evil, therefore also good) like cake(The cake is a lie). Add to this: 1. the display of the evil furry buying a soul and snatching it from the body of the original owner, with resulting pain. 2. Meta knowledge gained from other shows like Jigoku shoujo (sell your soul to kill your enemy-- sounds like this shows witches to me) 3. The preview of the climax in the first episodes beginning. And from all this we can already predict a possible ending: Sayaka is safe for now but eventually dies in a attempt to protect character/s (Madoka, Hitomi, or Kyousuke) from a witch. While not enough to turn Madoka into a magic girl it leaves Homura as her single friend. Homura eventually tries to go against a big bad and all Madoka can do is watch(as we saw in the first episodes beginning). She is offered to become a magic girl so she can protect Homura. And she wishes for something big like: reset everything to the beginning or eliminate the entire witch/magic girl system, etc. The End. PervySan said: Im starting to think Homura is actually Madoka going back in time to stop herself from becoming a Mahou Shojo and critically fucking up her/everyone around her's life Yes. Like that.But this would be easy, because it's the easiest prediction. I hope this show surprises me. I want it to surprise me. |
alexvodaFeb 3, 2011 5:30 PM
| Madoka not making the contract yet isn't really a flaw of the show, and obviously there's a good reason for it since Homura is so against it and basically saves Sayaka (even after telling Madoka she wouldn't) JUST to stop her. I wouldn't be surprised if it takes another few episode just for her to make the contract, or maybe she won't even make it until the last episode. I love the fight scenes in this show, they're so much better then the lame fights in shounen series. (of the ones I've seen.) Plus, with everyone saying "Sayaka is going to die" I was really on the edge of my seat during the fight, hoping it wasn't her time. (yet?) |
| Coming from the guy who wrote Saya no Uta, I'm expecting some pretty messed up things in this, much like episode 3. This episode was good, but it wasn't as awesome as I hoped. Even with the action, it seemed more like a set-up. Like they're building up to the main point of "Sayaka's arc"? Lots of things hinted at here too. I really, really like alexvoda's theory about a drained soul gem turning one into a witch, because in a way it makes sense. Why try so hard to get grief seeds to replenish magic? What happens if your soul gem does empty? Why would people go to the point of letting a familiar mature into a witch purely for the grief seed if replenishing your magic wasn't important? There has to be something to that. Still expecting bad things to happen to Sayaka's crush. The peaceful way things are now and how happy he is will probably have some kind of backlash if/when it all comes crumbling down. With all the warnings against making a wish for others, something's gotta give. I know there are also a lot of people frustrated that Madoka isn't a magical girl yet, but would anyone want to after seeing their friend beheaded and eaten alive before their eyes? I wouldn't put it past the show to have her never become a magical girl, and I would be fine with that. It would almost be like a theme of resisting temptation. Honestly, I am hoping Madoka doesn't become a magical girl. It would be an awesome troll for the series, but it makes things interesting too. Either that or, like other people have said, at the climax. This show is a deconstruction of the magical girl genre, so it's likely not going to follow the format of main character becomes magical girl and fights bad guys. |
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| There is indeed a sudden interest from towards the ritual itself as the first thing. I wanted to see what that ritual is and now I can de-mystify it completely. About the ritual of becoming a magical girl, now I don't know if it has to do with a time specifically but it looks to me that the beginning had a rather dark tone with a sunsetting most likely to show evil is being drawn upon someone again, that being Sayaka. The circle itself looks to me like Aztec/Mayan origin, at the very least it looks interesting to take a look at and determine its meanings but I am sure I saw them in other animes. Now here is the freaky part, this is only as I view it but it can be seen completely different. If you look at the spoiler What does get me weirded up is this and it looks like he is stimulating Sayaka's breasts? I mean I have seen this in some strip clubs or other porn promotions and looks like exactly as it is, a form of breast depiction in more awkward art depiction and yes I studied ero in art. I was thinking about the stimulation as being a form of energy production within the body to combine afterwards into what comes as the soul gem but that's just a IMO. So it looks to me after the soul gem goes out Sayaka loses conscious for some time. Comes step 2, Controlling someone in that state by any magical being is the easiest, which Sayaka's expression looks like it was quite possible and that magical being can implant something in magical girls that was suggested can revert them into witches. This further suggest that Kyuubey is evil you can easily see how the situation plays out with that dark veil on his face. it certainly shows a evil looming around, which is him really. The final blow for his evil proofing, is when the ritual is over and Sayaka falls down. Whereas there were light orbs before now it's all leaves that crumbled into a darkness far darker than it was shown before that part. It goes back to ED analyzing of the light being a illusion and the real is the dark for it confirms that you always fought evil it's just you were though to be good to fight it. Conclusion to the ritual? Kyuubei is getting more accusations of being evil and so my % keeps going more towards the 100%. This is just start. This anime is so analyzable. |
| its too early to tell about this one. there is really no guarantee that she really is the evil furry thing that we all think he might be. there really hasn't been any lies in the things he has said thus far. maybe well know by episode 7 |
endtime said: I believe she can do that indeed but not stop it. Slow it down or slow it down for smeone, it does not look like it worked well in the end of Madoka's dream in the begiining so maybe a witch that is too strong for Homura will not be affected by it.Madoka will not become a Mahou Shoujo yet. This isn't to Kanade, but to everyone else getting fed up with her not making a wish, pay attention to the damn show.Also, can Homura stop/slow time?: metalsnakezero said: She showed it a little in episode 3 at one point that she could summon cannons of some kind to just blast. I think she can summon anything to do with projectiles being the era of muskets. So cannons are easy but as to why it's like that is yet to be known.Does Mami have more abilities than just summoning guns? metalsnakezero said: That's a interesting question but I think it's MAD "Mutual Assured Destruction" and that is not surprise considering she does not want Kyuubei to contract any other girls it would be easiest to blow up everything to put a end to all this.What connection does Homura's explosion attacks have to her wish? Nana-chii said: So familiars become witches when they kill people. I wonder if this rules out that witches are fallen magical girls? If I though it was explained rather not directly by Mami that because Soul Gem need to be replenished it was assumed that those who are not become Grief seeds and thus those with them since now it has been insinuated that the soul gem indeed comes out from the soul of the person. Nana-chii said: Yeah they are basically their pets to command but it may be created from a part of the witch be it whatever that may be.familiars are just left over witches...och my brain hurts now. Nana-chii said: That bother though, because it really does go back to Faust and selling your soul to the devil and since Kyuubei perform the ritual it most likely that the soul belongs to him since it is transfered in to a gem that may also be part of him.It seems that soul gems are literally a magical girls soul. Nana-chii said: Yes very much she is influenced with her fighting although I think she needs to polish up and gain experience. Without fighting familiars or witches I can only see gym and books for her.Sayaka seems to have been influenced by Mami seems she can summon a bunch of swords. |
| Well this episode was nice, in my opinion. Well in this episode, Madoka is still normal (Make up your mind already!!!! be a magical girl, or not!) Homura seems to start to win my heart more, she's the type of magical girl that just says "deal with it.. its how magical girl life is.." (xD;; ) as for Sayaka, I thought she was going to be beaten up and stuff, but she wasn't (yay?), and for some reason, I couldn't help but see that she has the same technique as Mami with the muskets, somehow I'm annoyed with Sayaka, why didn't she turn into a magical girl to save Mami, but then again, if she had, then there wouldn't be this epicness between Kyouko and Sayaka.. so in a small way its good (love the musket scenes.. oh so epic but then, oh well..) as for Kyubey, I think he does this for some odd reason, IT knows that girls will die, yet he always seems to get contracts.. evil furry, evil furry... random but I couldn't help it Dat Fang (LOL) Kyouko ,her fang, and her food |
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| i'v got the feeling modoka will become a MS but not through a contract, triggered by *something*. Enjoying the series so far though. |
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Aversa said: That is interesting to ask but certainly he must gain a certain satisfaction of seeing bloody battles and blood being spilled, demons and evil alike love that shit.Each episode confirms more and more that Kyubey is actually pretty evil, i am just wondering about his ulterior motives. Just what does he gain from those mahou shoujo's and what does he gain of they kill eachother? Aversa said: I fully confirm that although it was a little fuzzy the way it was represented it does indeed prove taht animals in folklores are dangerous just as much a snake can be nice to you by suggesting you things that may be you do good only to find out they were wrong in the end. Natsume Yuujinchou showed that quite well. When he was sitting on that arch to make Sayaka a mahou shoujo the flower behind it made kyubey look like a nine tailed fox a demonic creature in Japanese folklore. This also proves never to trust a cute furry creature you never know what there up to! Aversa said: Perhaps it was something that she lacked to make her life better and so wanted to selfishly improve it. I think waiting for any witch or familiar to mature as means to use human lives to be consumed for that kind of end of having a higher gain is stupid and ridiculous. Kyokop valuing human lives this may is motherfucks of all selfishness ever. Of course any demon or evil would love that in you, thus why Kyubei might be more with Kyoko than Sayaka on that one.It seems to me that Kyouko is just after power or wealth judging from her words and actions. Like waiting till a witch has matured before she kills it so she the gain is higher. Aversa said: Of course not, since freedom is paramount in with evil as long as it's nothing against them like Homura trying to kill Kyubei.During that speech it also became obvious that Kyubey doesn't care what mahou shoujo's really do. Aversa said: That I would like to know but clearly Homura has a deep regret and knowing it requires patience that make me itchy to know.Homura is also a bit of a mystery it's clear that she regrets becoming a mahou shoujo from her talk with Madoka. But how and why did she became one? Aversa said: I think she does know more than she says and that is exactly why she wants Kyubei dead and wants to prevent anymore Mahou Shoujo's to be born.What are her reasons for preventing others of becoming the same fate as her and does she know more about Kyubey and his intentions then she let's on? kisami said: Demons tend to lie and deceive you so much, people that think like that are exactly why they smile with of course that is behind that smile lying a evilness that is horrendous.its too early to tell about this one. there is really no guarantee that she really is the evil furry thing that we all think he might be. there really hasn't been any lies in the things he has said thus far. maybe well know by episode 7 staticphrase said: Exactly if the curse of it is yo becoming one of them, I suspect Homura knows this and why she is stopping magical girls from happening, that is because the cycle would then end.Lots of things hinted at here too. I really, really like alexvoda's theory about a drained soul gem turning one into a witch, because in a way it makes sense. Why try so hard to get grief seeds to replenish magic? staticphrase said: It was assumed that indeed you change into a witch and your soul gem is now a Grief Seed.What happens if your soul gem does empty? staticphrase said: The meaning I see with that is the Grief seed being strong enough to have maybe 3 or 4 charges at most but it has to do most likely that the more powerful the Witch the more the Grief seed can be used to remove the taint on the Soul Gem.Why would people go to the point of letting a familiar mature into a witch purely for the grief seed if replenishing your magic wasn't important? There has to be something to that. Botagar said: i'v got the feeling modoka will become a MS but not through a contract, triggered by *something*. ^This says it all! Imagine A Angel or God coming to reverse everything and make Madoka a true Mahou Shoujo that blasts Kyuubei and that last monster from the dream away. Imagine all ending in harmony and light, now that would certain make everyone go O_O if done properly and suddenly exactly like someone said in the "Last 5 minutes" except I would say the last episode. Make that shit happen in the episode before or 2 episodes before the last one. I for one would like to have a extra episode explaining this sudden good power that comes to change things around. Damn right I want too someone like a Angel or God make Madoka change into a Mahou Shoujo instead of Kyuubei. |
Yumekichi11 said: Well that's why I said not really in my first post for that reason we don't know what witches are yet for 100% certainty. We have had hints and stuff but there has not been anyone who has come out or nothing show that says yes witches are fallen magical girls thus grief seeds are what soul gems are to magical girls. I knew of the theory though I thought it was also possible that witches/grief seeds are born/created from the despair of humans, that's why they are usually found around suicide spots, fight scenes and hospitals. Thus it would have made it twisted that magical girls are living off the grief of other people.Nana-chii said: So familiars become witches when they kill people. I wonder if this rules out that witches are fallen magical girls? If I though it was explained rather not directly by Mami that because Soul Gem need to be replenished it was assumed that those who are not become Grief seeds and thus those with them since now it has been insinuated that the soul gem indeed comes out from the soul of the person. Oh there is an interesting thought! Perhaps that is true that easier witches are born from the regular humans, and the most powerful witches come from magical girls! Yumekichi11 said: Yes very much she is influenced with her fighting although I think she needs to polish up and gain experience. Without fighting familiars or witches I can only see gym and books for her. I agree she needs to polish up, she isn't very used to fighting as it is shown she got handed by Kyouko. Yumekichi11 said: What does get me weirded up is this and it looks like he is stimulating Sayaka's breasts? I mean I have seen this in some strip clubs or other porn promotions and looks like exactly as it is, a form of breast depiction in more awkward art depiction and yes I studied ero in art. I was thinking about the stimulation as being a form of energy production within the body to combine afterwards into what comes as the soul gem but that's just a IMO. This was something interesting I noticed as well. I would not be surprised at all if it was done intentionally. I think literally what happened was he was digging in Sayaka's soul. Though thinking of it as a stimulation in her soul to build up a soul gem is an interesting way to look at it. I think the image that was placed can perhaps be taken having multiple meanings, the vague imagery of him feeling her up could be some kind of reference to how he was stealing her innocence away, as once they become a magical girl's they are no longer able to go back to their normal carefree innocent lives. Even if you don't believe that witches are actually magical girls they still have blood on their hands cause if they fail to kill a familiar or a witch, assuming they don't die someone else who was completely innocent will die by the witch because they didn't stop them. (well assuming this how it really works....) Sorry if I am not making a whole lot of sense here but I am kind of tired and that is not good for speculating :P |
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| 魔法少女まどか★マギカ Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica Mahou Shoujo, Madoka X Magica Mahou Shoujo, Madoka Dont Have Magic ka? XD Btw, I wonder what does the mark on each Mahou Shoujo's nail mean. It seems that this episode they intensionally showing all of them to us.... |
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| great episode. kyube is pissing me off. i was waiting for homura to show up and stop the fight and what an awesome entrance. she need to give her some slaps in next episode. |
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| God, I just want to kick Kyubey. In every single episode, he's been pressuring Madoka to make a contract with him and it's getting really annoying. It makes me wonder, why does he want Madoka to become a magical girl so badly? Is it because her soul is so powerful and he wants it? What does Kyubey want from all of this? We may never know. He seemed so unimpressed with Sayaka's contract IMO but now that Sayaka has become a magical girl, Madoka will never be able to escape his presence, which is probably what he wanted in the first place. But god, if it weren't for Homura, Madoka would have already been a magical girl. But again, that makes me wonder why Kyubey hasn't tried to get rid of her. Probably because he can't and he's got both Sayaka and Kyouko to protect him. Homura wins my heart, but I want Mami back so badly! It's kinda sad to think that she probably won't come back. All in all, it was a great episode (it's just gonna be annoying waiting for the next one. I'm so impatient.) XD |
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| For some reason, I'm absolutely fine with the fact that Madoka hasn't become a magical yet. The reveal of the nature of being a magical girl to me seems more than interesting enough. I love how unlike most other magical girls, I don't have a sure feeling any characters who go into a fight will survive. I was on the edge of my seat since the battle began until the credits. |
| Am I the only one getting irritated by Madoka's typical mahou shoujo attitude? "I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO BE NICE AND HUG EACH OTHER COOKIES AND CREAM LA LA LA LA~" It's like she sees everything in a constant pink flowery color. |
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Wasabi said: It's like she sees everything in a constant pink flowery color. Well her eyes are pink..... lol. |
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Nana-chii said: I think it has more to do that has Soul Gems are being polluted the grief it grows consumes it to a point where it being a Grief seed makes whoever was a Magical Girl grow on the despair of another person to get stronger. Whereas Soul Gems are born out of hope of what the wish a Magical Girl chooses makes them fight. The screwed up thing is that why was it not shown that it grows when Kyoko pulled hers out it clearly showed no growth at all compared to Mami's and on top of that it could be that just certain things on it change. That would require extensive comparing to see. Nana-chii said: Agree with that, most likely is the case but I think more along the lines that familiars become witches property and are born from humans which are part of the ones the witch snuffed out their lives.Oh there is an interesting thought! Perhaps that is true that easier witches are born from the regular humans, and the most powerful witches come from magical girls! Yumekichi11 said: What does get me weirder up is this and it looks like he is stimulating Sayaka's breasts? I mean I have seen this in some strip clubs or other porn promotions and looks like exactly as it is, a form of breast depiction in more awkward art depiction and yes I studied ero in art. I was thinking about the stimulation as being a form of energy production within the body to combine afterwards into what comes as the soul gem but that's just a IMO. Nana-chii said: This was something interesting I noticed as well. I would not be surprised at all if it was done intentionally. I think literally what happened was he was digging in Sayaka's soul. Though thinking of it as a stimulation in her soul to build up a soul gem is an interesting way to look at it. Nana-chii said: Indeed and also goes back to him being a pervert. No surprise evil and demons alike are if not for most than for some.I think the image that was placed can perhaps be taken having multiple meanings, the vague imagery of him feeling her up could be some kind of reference to how he was stealing her innocence away, as once they become a magical girl's they are no longer able to go back to their normal carefree innocent lives. Nana-chii said: Even if you don't believe that witches are actually magical girls they still have blood on their hands cause if they fail to kill a familiar or a witch, assuming they don't die someone else who was completely innocent will die by the witch because they didn't stop them. (well assuming this how it really works....) It's true feeling a burden is a major complexion that can arise because of all this burden and as such I feel Sayaka's responsibility in how she proceed to express to Kyoko. Kyoko should have just killed off that familiar first before declaring a fight towards Sayaka. Nana-chii said: Nah it's OK, I myself missed some stuff in episodes due to being tired.Sorry if I am not making a whole lot of sense here but I am kind of tired and that is not good for speculating :P |
Yumekichi11Feb 3, 2011 7:15 PM
| Kuze plays the violin better than that bratty loser kid. "It's as fruitless as trying to raise the dead." Someome get me a trollface.jpg for Homura |
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| Wow Kyouko is made of pure win. Beat reality into that naive bitch. Life isn't all happy fun and rainbows. Now if only Homura wasn't so yuri for Madoka, then Sayaka would have been dead by now... That, and Kyubey is my new god. |
| Man, I want Madoka to contract already. Still a good episode and the new girl was a good addition using a spear and such. Loved that familiar too, haha. |
woonie said: It's not a question of when, but why. Or, what the flags that must be triggered to finally get us down the madoka-the-mahou-shoujo route are. This. If you are so impatient for her to go super power puff girl, then do yourself a favour and... slap yourself. |
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| So I REALLY do not like this anime too much. I find it boring at some parts and cliche in others. I had this anime dropped after episode 2 but my friend convinced me to watch episode 3. For once that episode did something I didn't expect and because I hated Mami in the first place i was satisfied with that episode. When that death occurred I knew what would happen though or at least judging with episode 1 and 2 I knew what might happen. One of them would use their wishes to bring Mami back. My friend really likes this show so to make it interesting i made a deal with him that if Mami came back from one of their wishes and everything went back to normal, I would drop this show completely if she doesn't come back like that then i'll watch it to the end. However last 2 episodes have been back to being predictable. I mean come on who didn't see Homura coming in to stop the fight? The entire second half of the fight I was hoping cheering on Fang-tan to kill the friend and main character resurrecting her and Mami back so that I could finally drop the show for being too predictable. But it was so obvious Homura would come so very obvious and of couse she comes in and cock blocks madoka. So my hate of the predictability in this show has backfired on me Homura has prevented me from dropping this show. Dam you Homura! |
| So I'm thinking 1, MAdoka will not become a Magical G and they r just showing it in the opening to trick us, and 2, Kyubey is evil this ep was good, nice fighting and good info on Magic G abilities. |
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Ferrose said: This is actually very possible as it would explain why Kuubey knows so little of her (or so we thing) and it makes sense of her powers. This is very much possible.Since the girls' abilities depend on their wish, and it seems like Homura can stop time, maybe that's because she actually did wish to go back in time and save Madoka? :O |
| These are the rest of my thoughts a ridiculous frenzy of replying of which I hope more discussions will stem from them. About Sayaka, I think there was a great focus on her in this episode to flesh her out more. My impression of her ring and her soul gem made it tie to Mami. They were exactly the same. Mami's flashback memory made her look better artistically in regards to her face. The depiction of Sayaka in the sun's rays looked like a good show of her happiness, as happy as the feeling of heat and warmth of the sun. I think it was a nice key to show a little how Kamijo's parents looked like and the congratulations, yes it was reminding me a little of Eva. Apparently Sayaka has a symbol on her fingernail, which looks at first like a devil's nail from his hand, a second look at it makes it look like a crescent moon and the final look of it definitely looks now like a C. That makes me think of “Chevalier” and definitely Sayaka is the female knight that protects her prince charming Kamijo. Something I am sure she wanted all along. It was interesting to see one room of Sayaka's place. It looks to me like it has lots of mirror and Kyuubei was weird for doing those weird movements with his tail and ears. Probably wanted to relax itself. Looks like Sayaka's building is a nice apartment complex. Something interesting people might have missed, is that for a split second Sayaka does have a sad face and then puts up a smile. Make me think she is hiding her sadness with a fake happy face. From the point of the transformation, I think it looks like silky threads Just wondering where they stem from? It looked more like some kind of mummification on Sayaka. I think it's pretty common in other shows like that so I don't think it means anything but Mami was not like that at all so variations are nice in this field. Guess each Mahou Shojou has imbedded into her body their own symbol that is also on their fingernail like I pointed out. That is not good, it means it's completely part of their body now. Sayaka's attacks where nice with like people mention Unlimited Blade Works but unfortunately it was less impressive than Mami's and I am sure many might agree with this. About Sayaka's fight with Kyoko, IMO I think it was pure luck to have gotten her sword tip to tip with Kyoko's spear. There is no way it was done with skill. Rest in spoiler |
| Good episode overall, although really, Madoka playing the super sweet and nice innocent girl is really getting to me. There had to be a limit on how naive you can be. I personally liked Kyouko even though she's basically a greedy bitch and her lance/shaft weapon. The weapon seemed pretty unique, Madame Ikkau's shikai from Bleach probably wouldn't be so damn useless if it could be like Kykouko's. And Kyube. What. a. bastard. The guy's just plain manipulative and it seemed like his plan was going to work until Homura showed up. I'm interested to see what this evil manipulator's motivations are. Homura gained some points for me as well. She's the most realistic out of all the characters so far, not a greedy power hungry girl like Kyouko but at the same time not a naive justice girl like Sayaka and Madoka. |
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| Great episode, but surprised that Madoka has yet to become a magical girl. When Sayaka & Kyouko started to fight, I thought Madoka would indeed agree to the contract and become a magical girl but Homura came. Madoka starts to annoy me too. She is extremely naive and she thinks that she will convince people by using such words. Homura is much, much better. At first I thought she'd be the typical rival, greedy for power and such. And Kyubey was even more suspicious in this episode, I think it is pretty obvious that he is the bad guy. |
| Look like this show has the habit of making you think that something will happen and then do the opposite the next episode. Which I like. Epic fight was epic. So we learn that the nature of the power of a mahou shoujo is linked to the wish they make upon their contract. This lead me to beleive that Madoka is said to have the strongest potential because she has the strongest ambition. She could wish for many thing but she is humble enough for not wanting anything and deal with what she has at hand. She even go witch hunting without any power to protect herself. She's not the kind of people to 'waste' her wish for someone which can be considered a weakness, kindness being something bad for a mahou shoujo. She's not the kind of people to ask for power or fame, basically she knows no greed. She will be the strongest because her wish is humble and noble, a sign of strengh courage and devotion. That would also explain why Kyubei talk about 'potential' rather than magic capacity. If the nature of the wish determine the mahou shoujo then it is not something written in stone as she hasn't made her wish yet. She only is inclined to make the wish that will grant her the strongest power and that is her potential. |
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| Since it continues in next episode, i'm gonna sit on the subs until the ones for 6 come out because i watched it live without any and i really don't feel like rewatching it again right away... |
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| When this season started I did not think that this show would be my favorite, or the one to keep me on edge haha. But it is soooooooooo epic. You just dont know whats going to happen next.... kyubey is watching you (◕‿‿◕ ) (◕‿‿◕ ) (◕‿‿◕ ) (◕‿‿◕ ) (◕‿‿◕ ) (◕‿‿◕ ) (◕‿‿◕ ) (◕‿‿◕ ) (◕‿‿◕ ) (◕‿‿◕ ) (◕‿‿◕ ) (◕‿‿◕ ) (◕‿‿◕ ) (◕‿‿◕ ) (◕‿‿◕ ) (◕‿‿◕ ) (◕‿‿◕ ) |
ShizuruAnonFeb 3, 2011 9:26 PM
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| glad madoka didnt rush the contract their... anyone else notice at like 16 minutes in when they where crossing the bridge the cars underneath? the only times when they passed was in a perfect row on either side and at the same time... |
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Neverarine said: glad madoka didnt rush the contract their... anyone else notice at like 16 minutes in when they where crossing the bridge the cars underneath? the only times when they passed was in a perfect row on either side and at the same time... ya i did..... not sure what to think of that but it was weird.... I think it was just more of to be weird though than having any true significance |
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Neverarine said: glad madoka didnt rush the contract their... anyone else notice at like 16 minutes in when they where crossing the bridge the cars underneath? the only times when they passed was in a perfect row on either side and at the same time... I just took it as typical shaft art. Kinda gives the show an eerie atmosphere though. Great episode btw.. |
Llama765Feb 3, 2011 9:50 PM
Wasabi said: Am I the only one getting irritated by Madoka's typical mahou shoujo attitude? "I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO BE NICE AND HUG EACH OTHER COOKIES AND CREAM LA LA LA LA~" It's like she sees everything in a constant pink flowery color. Yeah, it's a little cliche, but it's a nice contrast to all the fucked up stuff going on. I'm going to take a guess and say that Madoka will become a mahou shoujo in the last episode(s) and kick a bunch of ass. I sure hope that happens, anyways. |
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| Man... did any one else scream at the end screen after that cliffhanger ending? Next Thursday can't come fast enough. Another flawless episode. One thing in magic animes. The shy, silent ones are always the strongest. Leouch said: 5th ep and Madoka is still normal girl... :/ I don't understand. People who keep saying this are obviosuly NOT paying attention to this show. As blatantly clear in episode 3, there are many negative consequences or concessions one has to make. Every girl has a choice. And it is this choice that is makes the contract every more so meaningful. When Madoka does become one, it will be at a pivotal point in the plot and it won't be a simple decision to be made. If you want to your titular character to become a mahou shoujo the first 10 seconds into the show, there's a lot of other shows out there to suit your tastes. People complaining about Madoka not signing her contract just irritates me. |
OmniknightFeb 3, 2011 10:04 PM
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