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Sep 12, 2021 9:59 AM
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I've watched mahou shoujo madoka magica a long time ago so I apologise if this is a stupid question

Sep 12, 2021 2:11 PM
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I think it was planned from the beginning by the Incubators. At first, girls were turned into magical girls under the guise of granting wishes and nothing more, but then they'd turn into witches, then more girls would be turned into magical girls to grant their wishes and were then told to fight the witches. Then it just loops like that; new magical girls turn into witches, Kyubey gets more new magical girls, and so on.
Sep 12, 2021 3:07 PM
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It’s unclear/left up to speculation. They were most likely just tricked into it some other way, but I don’t think it was ever spelt out for us.
Sep 12, 2021 5:25 PM
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iirc, it isn't actually explained as to what the origins were, I suppose it all revolves back to the beginning of time and what exactly happened during such.
Sep 17, 2021 2:58 PM
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your guess is as good as ours! i do think the transition to witch at first must have been trial and error? kyubey knew what they wanted/needed but how they would harness human emotion to such end was likely an experiment first. when they learned the transition from magial girl to witch was the most powerful burst of energy they could obtain from any girl, it likely became the loop we all know.
Sep 20, 2021 8:29 AM
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The price for having your soul separated from your body (and gaining near-immortality in the process) is that your soul gem will eventually build up impurities from either strong negative emotions or physical injuries. This is why a magical girl can't just abandon their responsibilities (which are fighting witches and using their grief seeds) and run away; the impurities will eventually build up until they turn into a witch.
The first magical girls probably became a witch through 'either strong negative emotions or physical injuries'. After enough girls became witches, Kyubey told new magical girls that their 'noble role' was to eliminate the 'despair-spreading' witches, and thus the magical girl-witch system was established
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