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| I had chills throughout this entire episode. Words can't even describe how epic this (and Homura) are. Also Mami came back :D, then died D: then came back :D and died again DDD: THEN Madoka died and more time reversing, the chills kept coming again, and again. |
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| Man.. the part where they kill each other.. one after another without hesitation was so depressing :'( Madoka shot one of her best friends.. Mami in an instant! that scene looked like 'Please STOP!' but instead of shouting it was killing T_T This anime is so great T_T I even forgot to give it a 10 since the 4th episode because I was all into it |
| And too think I didn't like this series at first |
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| Um, this episode was pretty much unexpected! This is pretty interesting! I'm kind of liking this (like-like). <3 |
| Hmmm....Homura using time travel to fight fate and destiny. It doesnt seem to be working! Still, she's had so many iterations of the same time slot that she should be able to figure something out eventually, or will she just keep repeating the same time indefinitely? That would suck for her. |
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| Mind fuck right there... |
Black_Rose1809 said: Mind fuck right there... rly? I was suprise that they dedicated an episode to the time jumps, but from the previous episodes this was just as expected. Episodes was great, the wish must be fulfill and even QB can stop the loops. Regardless of how improbable it is for Madoka to survive, if Homura have the power to repeat an infinite amount of time she will eventually get it right (if she can keep her sanity). Nevertheless, again this girls prove to be as smart as a brick. Problem: Madoka will always try to save the day Solution: Knockout Madoka out until after Warplugis and join forces with Mimi and Kyoko to kill the witch. If she keeps repeating this fight she will eventually find a way to kill the which with only them 3. I loved the part where Mimi just kills Kyoko and then get shot by Madoka, what a way to have a break-down ^^ |
| huh? |
| Awesomeness!!! |
 "Only the dead have seen the end of war". ~Plato~ |
| IMO this is the most AWESOME episode so far, maybe it was kinda like Higurashi but i still loved it all the way. It kinda took me by surprise (maybe not the setting itself, but because of the actual execution that was really well done) So that explains Homura's obsession with saving Madoka (glad at least in the future she knew the she f*cked up and regrets it) its a shame that at the present time our Madoka is kinda like a tool... PS. I was wrong that the Warplugis was Kyubey's real form (our maybe it's to soon to tell?) well at least they are related somehow |
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| Up until this episode I kept wondering why this show was getting so much attention. Yeah it's been pretty good so far but I didn't think it was anything spectacular. This episode sold me though. The awesomeness went through the roof and I actually shed a couple tears. I hope it finishes just as strongly with the last two eps. |
| nossa! agora faz sentido xD q coisa ne |
| Midori ^^ |
| Ok..I may be a little late and this has already been mentioned..But, didn't the second to last fight pop up in Episode 1? So she reversed time and Madoka had a dream of a flashback (well, flashforward) or something? Well, as Kyubey said..They totally destroy logic. Oh, and this filled in so many questions for meh..No wonder Homura is kinda set on that, after seeing Madoka die what..5 times already??..Kyubey, you heartless evil plushie... |
| --Dread Knight Torac, Destroyer of Grammar Nazis-- |
| Hate that little bastard (Kyuube). |
| Fine episode. Damn fine... |
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| Speechless. |
| Now this is just brutal. Sooooooo many mahou shoujos dying. This is a cruel, cruel show! |
| wow, best episode so far? this showed me how it all started, this anime is just getting better and better, i really wonder how this is going to end. |
| Deus Ex Madoka. |
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| Poor Homura, can't help but feel bad for her after going back in time 49324932 times. |
| I'm speechless how this episode seems to have 0% negative criticism. Isn't this out of place? We're in the last third of the show and I get a rushed character development that could have been inserted in the first half through a change of perspective? It is mainly Madoka POV and then there's an insert flashback episode for Homura. I want to sympathize with Homura's past but this is too much and too late. It's seems as if the writers ran out of ideas and did what they had with the remaining characters at the moment. If only this show had about twice the number of aired episodes to give room for Homura, then maybe. |
| The threat is stronger than the execution. |
| At first i thought I must have skipped an episode or something because nothing really made sense and then when it all came together I was all "MIND BLOWN!!!". This episode was fantastic! one of the best I've ever seen in any anime and definitley the best from this series so far. Crazy awesome! |
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| It would be a treat if the originally planned 45 minute version of episode 10 was animated and included in the blu-ray box. lazlain783 said: I'm speechless how this episode seems to have 0% negative criticism. Isn't this out of place? We're in the last third of the show and I get a rushed character development that could have been inserted in the first half through a change of perspective? It is mainly Madoka POV and then there's an insert flashback episode for Homura. I want to sympathize with Homura's past but this is too much and too late. It's seems as if the writers ran out of ideas and did what they had with the remaining characters at the moment. If only this show had about twice the number of aired episodes to give room for Homura, then maybe. Too much, too late? All keen watchers knew Homura had had a terrible past. We just didn't know what it was. Why is she defending Madoka so desperately? Why does she care, yet show no sympathy or empathy? What is the nature of her power and the wish that was made? At the end of episode 9, it seems all was lost. After a continual rollercoaster ride since episode 3, it was the perfect time to step back for one second and let the viewers really digest what had happened up to then. A flashback of Homura in episode 10 was the perfect time to introduce the final piece of the puzzle, Homura's motives and intentions. Now viewers walking into episode 11 understand the entire picture and now have to guess how the remaining characters will deal with QB & Walpurgis Night. You state that Homura's character development was rushed? Would you have extended episode 10 into more episodes. This would only move attention away from the actual storyline. And character development can occur quickly when circumstances are dire, shocking and life-changing. It's not a matter of whether the character development occurs in a long or short amount of time. It matters whether the reasons for the change are sufficient. How can you reason the explanation of Homura's past at the beginning of the show? It would give away why Homura was so cold and calculating to begin with... What would giving away Homura's back story early achieve? It would detract from one of the biggest mysteries that kept people thinking throughout the show: the nature of Homura's powers and her motives and intentions. The writers knew exactly what they were doing and I'm sure the other 95% of viewers will agree with me. My opinion. Feel free to bring up your own arguments. |
OmniknightJul 11, 2011 12:11 PM
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Omniknight said: Too much, too late? All keen watchers knew Homura had had a terrible past. We just didn't know what it was. Why is she defending Madoka so desperately? Why does she care, yet show no sympathy or empathy? What is the nature of her power and the wish that was made? At the end of episode 9, it seems all was lost. After a continual rollercoaster ride since episode 3, it was the perfect time to step back for one second and let the viewers really digest what had happened up to then. A flashback of Homura in episode 10 was the perfect time to introduce the final piece of the puzzle, Homura's motives and intentions. Now viewers walking into episode 11 understand the entire picture and now have to guess how the remaining characters will deal with QB & Walpurgis Night. You state that Homura's character development was rushed? Would you have extended episode 10 into more episodes. This would only move attention away from the actual storyline. And character development can occur quickly when circumstances are dire, shocking and life-changing. It's not a matter of whether the character development occurs in a long or short amount of time. It matters whether the reasons for the change are sufficient. How can you reason the explanation of Homura's past at the beginning of the show? It would give away why Homura was so cold and calculating to begin with... What would giving away Homura's back story early achieve? It would detract from one of the biggest mysteries that kept people thinking throughout the show: the nature of Homura's powers and her motives and intentions. The writers knew exactly what they were doing and I'm sure the other 95% of viewers will agree with me. My opinion. Feel free to bring up your own arguments. I agree with this also. Extending episode 10 would severely hurt the pacing of the series and move the focus away from whats going in the actual story. But since the series finished, the original 40 minute script for episode 10 wouldn't hurt if they animated it and include it in one of the BD volumes. Making Madoka a two-cour imo would hurt the series, not help it. The story is very tightly woven and the pacing is fast but just right for this series. Its good enough that the plot rolls in a smooth fashion without being rushed. At the most, the series could have used 2-3 more episodes, to potentially flesh out Mami, Kyouko, and Sayaka a bit more, but thats about it. If Homura's story was told at the beginning, it would really just the defeat the sense of mystery and intrigue that series had. Homura's past showed us the events that happened in other timelines, and more or less, the same events happen every time. It also would reveal Kyubey's identity and motives. If Homura's backstory was revealed in the beginning, it would make the story ENTIRELY predictable. The speculation this series had since the beginning would be for nothing. It would make the story boring really, since we basically know whats going to happen. |
Riga92Jul 11, 2011 1:48 PM
| sucks to be her but atleast she is getting stronger and this episode just makes everything make sense |
 Behold of my awesomeness~ controversial and/or sensitive topics likely devolve into the same repetitive, derogatory, abusive, and harassing comments can no longer be posted. But my feels. |
| Homura is stuck in an endless eight! |
| Anyone knows where do japs get their drugs? |
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| There were very few differences between the TV broadcast version and the Blu-Ray version. Just some lighting, colouring adjustments. If only we got the full 40 minute episode that was originally planned... That would be worthy of setting up the surround sound system and the large flat screen. |
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lazlain said: I'm speechless how this episode seems to have 0% negative criticism. Isn't this out of place? We're in the last third of the show and I get a rushed character development that could have been inserted in the first half through a change of perspective? It is mainly Madoka POV and then there's an insert flashback episode for Homura. I want to sympathize with Homura's past but this is too much and too late. It's seems as if the writers ran out of ideas and did what they had with the remaining characters at the moment. If only this show had about twice the number of aired episodes to give room for Homura, then maybe. Honestly, it's the perfect place to put Homura's backstory. At the end of episode 9, we have a situation which seems impossible to get out of. All other MS are gone and Homura is left alone to fight Walpurgis. The final missing link in all the questions that have been surrounding the series is Homura's motives. After episode 10, you begin to understand why Homura did the things that she did, acted the way that she acted. Placing the backstory before would not be beneficial to the suspend created. And I have argued before that character development is not based on how many episodes the character had to grow, but the reasons behind the growth. A person's personality can change after a terrible event (i.e. car crash killing all loved ones or seeing your life's work turn to dust). I think you would agree that episode 10 managed to display quite nicely why Homura's personality changed into what it is. Drastic character development occurs only when there is not sufficient reason for the character to change. More episodes would do this anime is complete disfavour. What Madoka does in drove better than any other anime is the pacing. Adding fluff episodes would only serve to stop the rollercoaster, only to have it lose momentum and stop. femalegoblin said: honestly i can't help but really adore this anime. idk how anyone could hate it at this point. in the beginning it was very meh but now - it's fucking awesome!! not to mention if you're voting hate then STOP WATCHING! so annoying when people do that... Well, people are entitled to their own opinions. They may not like it for their own personal reasons and that's quite fine, if they provide a concrete reason why. I responded to Lazlain's post not because I think he is evil and malicious, but because I wanted to counter the points that he brought up. Madoka is my favourite anime of all time so I do agree this anime is awesome =D |
OmniknightSep 19, 2011 8:01 PM
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| I feel trolled yet I gladly say it was an awesome episode. One we desired for ne? The past of our dear Homerun-chan... My my lots to say, left me a bit speechless... but now her actions fit... Even that little break down at the park fits her whole picture. Fun to see how he changed from a shy and kinda weak girl to a strong cold-hearted biach.... Both forms are so adorable but I can't deny meganekko Homura was pure win. Kinda feel it was only for fanservice purposes but still it was a nice revelation :p It's also interesting to see how everything happens between a certain period of time like the events of the Endless Eight or those between Higurashi... Repeat 'til Madoka is safe... Damn you're not going to save her at all... She's doomed to that fate... Being a damn witch or so I feel like's the case. Anyway it's actually cool she's really trying to do it. All between when she wakes up on the hospital bed and the Walpurgisnacht day... The development of her powers is the proof that she'll do anything to save Madoka from that destiny and change it. Unfortunately she hasn't been successful in 4 out of 5 times she tried so far (well more like we0ve seen so far) Especially the second and the fourth time... But you know what? Doesn't matter we're bound to die so then I agree with Kyuubei. Doesn't matter if you sacrifice for the good of the whole Universe. It's a cool way to contribute for everyone else. But certainly you don't have to end like that. People should live their life happily and at least try to live it the best way they can not just die like that being killed by a witch or exhaust your Soul Gem and turn into a damn Witch Speaking of Witches... Isadel... A really funny one... Out of all the ones we've seen she's the weirdest since she doesn't even have a humanoid form... tho her minions did xD. Roberta... Well it's a cage with legs... still had some human-shaped thing.... Poor thing being obliterated by Homura's auto rifle xD. Patricia... Another weird one still a funny one...a pair of arms wearing a skirt huh? xDDD a skirt full of ice skates clad human lower halves? protected by a blue sky barrier controlling some threads? Weird weird one. We sw once again Oktavia! Cool tho her stage was indeed different and we saw minions that resembled Hitomi... scary. She still used the Wheels of Fate :p. And finally but not the least important JEHKHEOR Gretchen, Madoka's witch form... Pretty interesting if you consider her shape and her Witch's name... Direct Faust reference... Then does that make clear that Madoka is Gretchen and Homura is Faust....? @@ Other thing that picked up my interest was the fact that Homura's power is linked to water as well... How come I say such thing... Well first time we kinda devised she uses Time Manipulation Powers we see a few drops of water slowly reflecting Homura. Second time and first time I was convinced she used such powers is when she stops time to kill Kyuubei and prevent Madoka from contracting we see the Fountain water frozen reflecting the scene, and finally what makes it more interesting is when Homura makes her contract it's raining. Again water rain droplets reflect the whole scene when Kyuubei extracts Homura's soul. By the way speaking of which, was quite different from Sayaka's time... Does that mean that he needed to use a stronger way to suck out Sayaka's wish since she wasn't that convinced of the pact while Homura was convinced that she wanted to redo her metting with Madoka and that way protect her no matter what thus Kyuubei just simply sucking out her soul without difficulty... Looks like emotions do play a role while completing the contract and also your own Level of your Magical Powers... But then... I'm pretty sure Homura is much more stronger than most of us think *shrugs* But the most important thing, and thanks cleo for pointing it out for everyone else, tho I thought about it since I finished watching the episode, looks like things go worse and Madoka's powers grow by each Repetition of the cycle... Maybe it's because Madoka makes different wishes and make them in different circumstances, but the difference between each timeline is huge and makes me think that Homura, against her wish, is making things worse for everyone involved in this sheeets. Althou she wanna help she's just making things worse... is that the case? I dunno but the probability that's the case is high. Tho there's the possibility Homura has gone through the cycle more times than shown... like in the Endless Eight... Damn. Well off to the last to episodes... Oh and a funny sidenote: ubic said: Holy shizzz! That scared the Hell out of me! Don't even dare to post such thing again !!! ><Signs, Green |
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| I watched the whole whole anime in one go. To me, I think that the narrative in episode 1-9 had developed too slowly almost like a drag and the drawings were lack of showing smooth movements and facial expessions in every character. They could really shorten it and make some drawing improvement. Moreover, the fighting style towards witches was far too simple and boring. Although the production company innovatively used avant-garde and surrealistic art style to represent witches, it kind of looked messy and unattractive in my eyes, which really did not suit for my taste and expectation. However, this episode 10 was the turning point. The fast pace and appealing narrative and improved drawings made it very interersting and exciting to watch towards the end episode 12. |
animan7Oct 11, 2011 1:04 AM
| Extremely Interesting Episode, |
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| Holy crap! This is what I call time-travel well-done. These characters have so many layers it's unbelievable. |
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| Sayka doesn't seem to become a magical girl in the first version of the timeline. Why? And what changed this? And why did Mami die when she did in the version we saw? Homura, the wild card, didn't cause this. I notice that Sayaka seems to crack and fall to witch's despair even when she has Madoka, Mami, and Kyoko as fighting comrades. Looks like certain things are more or less set in stone given the same people are encountering the same situations. I think I can see where it's going. Homura lost faith in other people during her quest, trying to succeed purely by her own efforts. Madoka will somehow get her to realize this, Homura will rewind time again and this time keep Mami and Sayaka from cracking up and getting Kyoko to play nicely. When all the magical girls are together, their combined power will finally give a desirable conclusion to Walpurgis Night. The problem of magical girls being doomed creatures remains, though... |
| So far, Homura's past is the saddest among all Mahou Shoujo. It looks like she's indeed from the future and has been trying to change the past over and over again (kinda reminding me of Steins;Gate as I watch S;G before this series). Kyubey is officially a villain now, no doubt about it. I wonder how Homura will change the future where Madoka (and probably all "dead" Mahou Shoujo) will live. The scene where Homura steal all those weapons from Yakuza make me cracked up laughing~ |
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| Steins;Gate does it better :). |
| Absolutely stunning episode. Finally revisited the first scene in the anime to see what happened then only to reveal some major plot points on Homura's past. It was great seeing Mami's character again showing another side of her. That's why I love time travel because it allows variations of similar events to happen as this episode shows. |
| Best episode yet! |
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| lol. The nerdy weak Homura is cute :3 Nice to see Mami-san back :) Also nice to see Madoka as a Mahou Shoujo. FINALLY I might add lol xD Holy shit Homura's "past" was intense. No wonder she's so hung up on preventing Madoka becoming a Mahou Shoujo. Oh now we got the explanation to the first scene in ep 1. Fuck you Kyubei! Seriously DIE!!! Holy fucking shit this episode was incredible.... 1000005/5 (5/5) Sent with Mal Updater |
| Steins;Gate is just 1/5 of Madoka's success, so no way it "does it better" lol. Not to mention animation quality and music score... They are worlds apart. |
Marisplague said: At first I was like, what is going on? But then I understood what was going on xD. It's getting interested... but still I agree that Steins;Gate does it better :). In it's own right, Steins;Gate is a very good anime. It had great characters and the writers were able to capitalize on the time travel premise of the show. It had an almost universally loved ending. If there was no Madoka last year, I would have easily made it anime of the year. However... Madoka had all the above (except the universally loved ending, some people are kind of split on it, not me though), but what it had in droves over Steins;Gate was an immaculate pacing. I found that the early episodes of Steins;Gate, up to around 10-11, were build-ups for the eventual rollercoaster of the second half, but it was done in my opinion far too slow and relied heavily on slightly repetitive character interactions. Only in the second half, did the truths become revealed, opening up all the characters, making them more interesting. The plot also became a little too convoluted. Madoka on the other hand, paced its episodes so the train never stopped. After the sudden acceleration in 3, it didn't end till 9. We then have 10 to resolve the biggest mystery (Homura's motives) and the train continues with our new insight. Each episode brought more questions than answers, but yet at the end of it all, most questions had been answered. Not only that, but the plot twists made sense the second time you watched it, due to the small things you overlooked the first time. This is the hallmark of a masterful plot. Steins;Gate had a brilliant comedic (Kyoma's Engrish lol) and emotional male lead, but Madoka had an awesome emotional female lead (Homura of course =D) and honestly the best villain to grace anime. Steins;Gate did have its amazing episodes. The episode where Suzuha fails her mission in 16, the confession of Kurisu in 22 and the finale of 24 where episodes were all amazingly done. So in the end, Steins;Gate does sit among the best of anime, but Madoka made itself a level above all of them. _____ I totally got sidetracked from what I originally wanted to do. The music in Madoka was well done, but imagine if they re-did Madoka's and/or Tomoe's sacrifices to try to stop Walpurgis with these two audio tracks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV7yiddE5as http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYw7eJYadco Play them TOGETHER at the SAME TIME. grandy_UiD said: ^ Jesus, so much blind fanboyish love almost makes my brain hurt. Yes. I am such a blind fanboy that everything except Madoka is 100% total garbage. Steins;Gate is also one of the worst shows on earth! O WAIT... Looks like you might need to re-read the first sentence in my post and just maybe, the entire post before posting your nonsense. |
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