Puella Magi Madoka Magica

[rgrintz]

^^^^
We keep saying she's dead, but is that really true. Her head got bitten off but her soul gem was still intact, so would she still be alive in the soul gem? just a thought.

[Archangel]

The possibility is there but it would feel incredibly cheap to me, better off she stays eaten.

[Buffalobiian]

^^^^
We keep saying she's dead, but is that really true. Her head got bitten off but her soul gem was still intact

Was it?
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[miyama_ryu]

Didn't Mami wear her soul gem as her hair pin?

[David75]

seems so

While searching for the answer, I found this:
https://yunam0n.wordpress.com/tag/pu...madoka-magica/

Me needs strongly

[RyougaZell]

GG Episode 8

[Buffalobiian]

Wow.. for a good half of the episode I thought Homura was the future Madoka coming back to change her fate, not unlike another highly acclaimed series by GW members. But if that was the case, Kyubey would recognise such godly powers that Madoka should have been capable of.

Time manipulation doesn't explain how you can pull grenades and silenced pistols (machine pistol?) out like that. Mami was so wrong thinking she could kill Homura. Those muskets wouldn't stand a chance. Even if they did, Homura would just one-up her with a flash bang.

[Kraco]

I'm not yet so sure Homura is overly powerful. But she's far more experienced and knowledgeable than any other magical girl we have seen so far for sure. In fact she might know than than whatever is behind Kyubey of some things. Pistols and hand grenades don't yet prove a whole lot in my opinion.

I suppose Madoka is a key to the grand plan of the witch faction and Homura's main concern is, indeed, to stop Madoka from becoming one. Though Kyebey could be right and there's no way Madoka can succeed in that. She might be better off allowing Madoka to become one and use the magnificent powers to alter the future instead of trying to stop it. Sayaka becoming a witch likely is a step toward the ruination that created the future Homura is attempting to prevent. All in all, though, Homura is too awkward to really affect Madoka or anybody through talk alone. Kind of like Tenshi from Angel Beats.

[Xelbair]

This ep clarified some things, but one of most important ones for me was how KB was called by Homura - Incubator. It 'starts' few more questions - was she referring to Witches(they 'grow' from Mahou Shoujo)...or to the something inside KB, possibly a fusion of witches(it ate grief seeds).

Also if we assume that KB does not lie(he didn't lie up till now) things he said about Madoka's 'Power level' are very interesting, yet looking at her emotional state it could be dangerous for her to turn into mahou shoujo... also her spells could take so much power that she would instantly turn into witch...which would be bad(even if we assume that witches are weaker than mahou shoujo)

[Archangel]

I'm somewhat convinced Homura's power involves time manipulation of some sort, though that still doesn't explain the explosive way she killed Charllote

+1 for Archie

That had to be the greatest episode yet, it would have been perfect if Sayaka had used her powers to kill the 2 lovebirds instead of just those 2 nobodies.

Homura's identity... first i went back to episode 1 to confirm she didn't have a little sister or something but it was just a brother with brown hair. Her mother kind of looks like Homura but that might just be a stretch from my part.

The incubator? Is that relating to the fact that he devours Grief Seeds or that he creates witches? Regardless, it felt good to see KB full of holes even if the whole thing was utterly meaningless. The fucking critter ate himself... that's a whole new level of fucked up.

The creation of witches was pretty predictable but it was a powerful scene nonetheless, especially with KB mocking them for their stupidity afterwards. As right he should by the way, i still stand that those kids didn't ask any of the right questions before getting themselves into this mess.

[Ryllharu]

@Arch: It's easy to figure out the way she killed the witch Charlotte so quickly now. The same why she got Kyouko with a flashbang. She jumped inside, stopped time, pulled a bunch of grenades which began to count down, and then allowed time to resume, where they set them off in quick succession. Pretty clever use of time mechanics, which also let her pelt Kyubey with a full magazine in an instant.

I agree with Kraco, I'm not certain she is all that powerful, but her time magic certainly allows her to make up that gap. Now that Kyubey knows the nature of her power, she could be in grave danger.


The way Homura reacted, "Why are you always sacrificing yourself?", "Think about the people who care about you," and "What about everyone who is trying to protect you?" and the very emotional way she delivered it leads me to believe she is someone very close to Madoka. Possibly Madoka's daughter. If she's not from this timestream, she could really be anyone closely associated with Madoka. I can't really see her being an alternative version of Madoka's mother, and that response was way too emotional to just be a really close friend or yuri lover.

[Archangel]

I know Ryll, but while the rest of the Magical Girls have had only 1 power Homura seems to have 2 in the form of granades and power manipulation. How she managed that is probably another part of her mystery.

As for her identity I reached that conclusion as well and immediately thought of every family members available, i feel it would be the ultimate stroke of genius if Shaft had managed to insert Homura's time divergent persona somewhere in the show without anyone of us noticing.

[Ryllharu]

Only one power? Mami displayed more than her flintlock crystallock rifles. She bound Houmra in chain-ribbons. She used them as shields as well to protect Madoka.

Kyouko likely has a power in addition to her weapon as well.

[Archangel]

Support skills don't count

[Ryllharu]

So Homura only has one power just like the rest of the girls. Time manipulation isn't an offensive skill in and of itself.

[Kraco]

For all we know, Homura is a battle scarred veteran from a devastated word (time). Now back in time she could have done terminators and first acquired a bunch of gear (no sweat with magical girl powers). Her actual support skill could be to summon them somehow from whatever time pocket she keeps them in.

[Archangel]

For all we know, Homura is a battle scarred veteran from a devastated word (time). Now back in time she could have done terminators and first acquired a bunch of gear (no sweat with magical girl powers). Her actual support skill could be to summon them somehow from whatever time pocket she keeps them in.

See, now this makes sense!

[animus]

Homura still could've easily saved Mami. What a bitch.

[Buffalobiian]

Homura still could've easily saved Mami. What a bitch.

She was tied up. This episode showed she can't do anything if she's physically held.

Kyouko let go because she saw a grenade come. Ribbons have no such sense of self preservation.

[RyougaZell]

I only know one thing. There are 4 episodes left and Madoka hasn't turned into the Puella Magi as the series title states. Awesome