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Well, it's not like Mami has a whole lot of control.... most of the time Homura is in control of her own body. She was breaking down at the thought of Sayaka's state and it seems like she took control of Homura because she was overwhelmed by Madoka's carelessness in the bench scene.

QB said quite clearly that he figured out time traveling was Homura's ability and that she came back in time to prevent whatever QB ("Incubator") is up to. I don't think Homura wanted to tip her hand so early, and that Mami made her attack a bit carelessly while saving Madoka from the contract. She brushes it off and returns to herself at the end of the conversation to not give away any more.

Also do we know that Sayaka is dead? ...she probably became a witch. I imagine they'll be fighting her in tears in the coming episodes. I really like that sayaka is like a reverse Dark Magical Girl..... she starts out the comrade, then turns evil -- instead of the reverse. It's like a slap in the face to all the mahou shoujo anime that precede it. Sayaka is basically dead though as she can't possibly live much longer, short of wishing.

"If I have a grip on you, you can't use that technique of yours"

*Flips a switch"

GRENADE!!!!!!!

Talk about having an ace in the hole.

I totally called it. Homura is from the future! Fucking called it, fucking awesome. And I'll calm down later, but I really love my omnipotent awesomeness.

Homura's face expression change very rapidly after the conversation with madoka makes me feels that she's pretending or something :D

I...I......I have no word to accuratly describe how awesome this was

but, will Sayaka kill uhhh (damn forgot her name) the red haired chick, or will someone save the day?

Well, what I meant was that I don't see why Homura would take Mami's soul gem in the first place. How would this benefit her? If Mami was able to take control of Homura against her will like that I'd think it would be something Homura would dislike. I also don't see why Mami would want to stop Madoka from becoming a Mahou Shoujo. Before she died she was helping Madoka and Sayaka learn the ropes and was in no way trying to prevent them from becoming Mahou Shoujo. Homura, on the other hand, has been against it the whole time. It would make sense that Homura would stop Madoka, not Mami.

Homura also said, "Why must you always sacrifice yourself?" Really, what sacrifices has Madoka made? I can only assume that she's talking about something Madoka has done in the past. Maybe Madoka has always been making the choice to become a Mahou Shoujo, and Homura has been continuously going back in time trying to prevent that from happening.

Homura also talks about people being sad if Madoka is gone, and what would happen to the people trying to protect her. She's speaking about things she shouldn't know much about, so it only makes sense that she's seen things in the past or future. Homura's breakdown seems like it's more out of frustration than anything else; she knows something the rest of the characters (and the viewers) do not.

Edit: About the Sayaka being dead part, she isn't yet, but it looks like she'll either die or no longer be the Sayaka we used to know.

Wait... if all the puella magi are undeveloped witches, why are they going around killing the witches? Now that I think about it though, it seems as if QB/Incubator is collecting all of the darkness that is taken out of the soul gems and absorbed into the grief seeds so he needs them to fight the witches. What's he going to use all that darkness for though? It seems like he already has a lot of it.

*rewatches episode 3*
I think I know the fate of Mami's body. Check out 21:24 of episode 3, just when Homura blew up the witch who killed Mami(now we know how she did it). Something fell out of there and splattered in one of those tables which I believe is Mami's body. And then there's this when Homura was saying that Madoka and Sayaka avoided death. Isn't that Mami's Soul Gem?

Just saying :)

At the rate this is going, this show will get a 10 from me.

It's been a while since I felt this excited for a show, and I've seen some good shows recently.

You build it all up, just to break it all down.

Going to quote a comment off Random Curiosity from Saburou:
I think this entire episode can be summed up in two quotes
For Sayaka and Mami: ” Either you die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become a villain.”
Kyubey: ” Some men just want to watch the world burn”

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Concering the "Mami is sharing control of Homura's body" theory, I simply believe that Homura just had an emotional breakdown at that time. Notice what she says. Homura says that Madoka should not be so selfless, not be so nice and also think about the people that care about her, a similar message she has been saying before. Mami never thought Madoka was too selfless. Mami just thought she was a nice girl with the kindest of intentions, but lacked a goal. Mami was looking forward to working with Madoka!

Well it still goes back that he can duplicate himself to be many of him and that he can never die because the copy eats the original en becomes the real himself again. Unlimited regenerations is what I call it. Better yet think of it as unlimited lives it certainly does coincide with superior existence as normal ones could never dream of doing that.
The reason why I think of as this way is that there can be no greater Grief than killing a human life hence why even killing witches which were human before creates some Grief pollution within the Soul Gem.
That's very plausible but also someone mentioned that it could be also that Madoka in the future may not handle well in the long run and what a powerful Mahou Shoujo is may be a super undefeated Witch that may consume the whole world if no Magical Girl can kill her hence why Homura wants to stop her from becoming a witch it can also go towards Madoka's dream vision in the beginning. Regardless if Faust references are right destruction and consuming of the world is exactly what evil wants.
Yes that's very much agreeable.
Interesting, foolish eh? Yes well this the only anime I can take time to decipher. Rest are just not so much as this series. This so reminds me of me and my friend taking shots at Chaos Head hence why Steiner's Gate will be cool to analyze like this series is. That's why I can use the GIF in spoiler while thinking of trapping Kyuubey's very own existence in a dimensional room where he cannot escape from, Unlimited Kyuubey Swiss cheesing all the time.You may be right about that cycle in that way, hence it goes back to evil wanting to consume the world with Grief through one dominant witch, that of Madoka. Something still does not fit, how can it be when Mami was being munched on while Homura only was able to escape from the locks that Mami put her in after she was consumed by the witch. Could be that the soul gem was left out but there is no indication of it.That I will agree with, it's rather strange that it's like that. I will keep a tab on that while re-watching this episode.That is undeniable with one concrete proof, that of the OP where Madoka is naked and there is another person that helps her transform. I am thinking that Homura and Madoka may become one or we are being Shafted into believing the Homura is Madoka from the future.

My expression at the end of this ep was HOLY FREAKING CRAP, clearly the best episode so far....just wow.

I want this on blu-ray so bad. best shaft series ever

That's from "The Dark Knight" movie :P

Holy shit this episode rocked my socks!

It seems like whatshername is going to be that walpergiehst thingy.

Anybody for Madoka tapping her 'soul power' on her own?

I can't see the first picture you linked, but I'm guessing you're referring to this?




Before anyone says it, yes, I stole this off Yumekichi. So I'll do the thank you's now: Arigato~

As for the second picture, that could be a soul gem, though I always thought it was the grief seed left by the witch. I'm too lazy to go back and double check.

This episode was revolutionary. Many speculations have now been confirmed. Also got to see Homura cry. ;_; So cute and yet depressing. How could Madoka just leave her alone! >:O

Goddamn, show is so good. Needs to be licensed for US release with a Bluray ASAP.

Yeah, just like I thought and maybe everyone else did. Kyubei is the real antagonist here and he has an ever bigger role in here. He is the one who transforms Mahou Shoujos into Witches. Tbh, I wasn't expecting for it to be like this.
As a second note, I feel really sorry for Sayaka. Of course she'd feel betrayed by all those peoples...and, the next episode we might get to see (finally?) a Madoka Mahou Shoujo...I wonder though, why is Kyubei trying so hard to get Madoka to transform...what would her transformation into a Mahou Shoujo make him gain? I wonder if she is that Valpurgis Homura is talking about. (Oh, and abut her, that's one serious ability there) Can't wait for the next episode xD

All that's left for me to say is...There was so much internet lag and video freezing when I tried to watch this sub episode....Then I tried to download it and it was too slow, then I just decided to wait about an hour or so to watch it....

Well this is the first time I"m keeping up with a currently airing show but damn looks like next week could be the same or worse.

WOAH Intense episode!

I was really hoping Kyubey would be at worst a Chaotic Neutral character but so much for that. And Sayaka...I really thought she would handle the situation better but hopefully Madoka can fix everything...OH SNAP! I guess those theories about her not becoming a magical girl till the end will end up true.

I really like how this anime is different from other MG animes. I hope it doesn't pull an Angel Beats and tries to cram too much stuff into the last few episodes but the pacing seems to be good here.