Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Movie -Rebellion-
| The ending did catch me by surprise but it didn't feel unnatural to me that Homura did what she did. It made me look back on the first series and rethink Madoka's Ultimate fate and how Homura saw it. Madoka's wish relieved Homura of her struggles. From the audience's perspective, this is a solace to her in view of all the suffering she had went through. This was how I saw it as well, until Rebellion came and shattered this into a million pieces. Now think of the scenario from Homura's perspective, she failed to save Madoka, she will never see Madoka again and on top of that she now knows that her tampering with the timelines was what allowed Madoka to make that wish to sacrifice herself. RLinksoul said: Homura is acting under the impression that she's doing what she's doing for Madoka's happiness, but the whole thing is a big misunderstanding, which I think is a terrible way to conclude a movie. Personally, I don't buy into this whole misunderstanding thing, Homura has always wanted to give Madoka a normal life, she knows this is against Madoka's will but she chooses what she feels is the best path for Madoka. Madoka chose to sacrifice herself for the good of the world where Homura chose the opposite. Homura calls herself a devil, a being opposed to God and states that her actions can be called evil, because she knows this is not what Madoka would have wanted, for the sake of the world. RLinksoul said: She forced her will over Madoka's under the misguided belief Just food for thought, this has nothing to do with anything but, Madoka also did the same with her wish in the TV series. At the time, Madoka didn't understand Homura's reason for fighting, rather she couldn't possibly have understood. To Madoka, Homura was fighting for everyone's sake, she did not know Homura's true intentions. "I promise I won't ever let your efforts be in vain." This is what she told Homura before she contracted, only to do the direct opposite, sacrifice herself and force Homura to live with the fact that she could not save Madoka. It's sad, but it was what Madoka had to do. |
MelonMilkMay 9, 2015 9:25 AM
| Rebellion would have been perfect if... it didn't exist. |
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| I think Homura's actions are logical given everything she's been through. There is no real contradiction or massive character change on her part. She simply acted on her true desires- everything from the 1st season has been building up to this point as she never truly received closure with the events that transpired in the TV series. In her eyes, she failed epicly to save Madoka. She starts to question her own sanity and talk about Madoka with Kyuby causing the whole mess. The incubators experiment was the straw that broke the camels back. The fact that she was stewing in her own labyrinth, getting all confused and missing Madoka like heck did not help. The incubator threat and the flowerbed scene definitely solidified her resolution. OddRecursor said: There is no "misunderstanding." The Madoka Homura talked to was basically a blank slate, she wasn't going to get a more honest answer than that...While Madoka might not "regret" that part because of all the good it caused, I think you'd be hard pressed to argue that it's something she truely enjoys... This. Obviously, Madoka would not be in the state she is given the choice. It's something she did out of necessity. Homura has known this to be true all along. Her motives are not pure, and she openly admits it. But it's something that a lot of people can relate to. I think the more naive type of audience who like fairy tale happy endings are more likely to feel dissatisfied with Rebellions ending and are having a strop because things didn't turn out how they wanted. But the fact is, everyone got their happy ending thanks to Homura. (Except Kyubs) |
| My old Japan blog which I'm never going to finish: https://ramenshojo.wordpress.com/2016/08/07/day-6-nakano-broadway-harmonica-street-zauo-restaurant/ |
GamePois0n said: is there gonna be another sequel or nah because the ending is too open. it was top selling in 2014 so there should be |
| If Homura did not do what she did, then what would have stopped the incubators from repeating their experiment? Eventually, they would have been able to revert back to the old system--using hope and despair to generate energy. |
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