Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Hylarn:

Ithink it says it on the Amazon page. But I agree, Oriko should definitely get a third volume. Hopefully it will be announced sometime this week.

Mami wouldn't like that.

Come to think of it, why is that thing called cake? I mean, the whole place is certainly shaped like one, but that...thing...ok, what IS that thing, anyway?

Also damn, I'm really surprised that this series, very new one, managed to become the series with the third biggest thread in Manga & Anime forum EVER.

Seriously, what do you guys talk about? 0_o

edited 6th Jun '11 3:53:47 AM by dRoy

Yeah, it's impressive how the thread about an one season Magical Girl show has as almost as many or more posts than the Big Three threads.

Indeed. Isn't it like only twelve episodes? Well, I guess if it's that popular, it must have some real good quality to get that status.

'cause it's that damn good.

Becareful with that kind of comment. Those are the exact kind of words that made me stay away from The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya for years.

Also, because your comment annoyed me so much I shall nitpick; Nothing is good. You can like it. Many people can like it. But there's no good or bad anything. You do not define something with a subjective quality.

edited 6th Jun '11 4:43:02 AM by dRoy

Suit yourself. No one's going to cry a river over something as small as that.

I usually don't like what the masses like, but Madoka is in the top 2 on my list, with ~9 points of 10. It's a tie with Haibane Renmei. I don't say it's good, I say it's good for me.

It is nevertheless an splendid example for a markedly well done (one season) anime and less of a flawed beauty than Angel Beats.

Ouch, I was so close to forgetting about that series...

I dug this link out from the archives of /a/. It hasn't added anything else new on the table, but it does have a fairly plausible interpretation of the anime's epilogue.

What your take?

Okay, what's Magica Madoka Veneficus Puella, and why do we have a WMG page for it?

It's a story up on Fanfiction.net. I've never actually read it though...

What's with that title order?

@MalagasyParrot: That was an interesting link. (Spoiled for statements that might annoy people) I'm not sure I like the 'Madokami is Crystal Dragon Jesus' bit in the middle, but that trope's always rubbed me the wrong way. There are plenty of other savior archetypes, after all, and I could argue against it, but I don't feel like doing that.

edited 6th Jun '11 9:37:41 AM by RedSavant

Much as I dislike how rabid the fans are, I'm inclined to agree.

You called?

edited 6th Jun '11 10:02:56 AM by Spirit

Fanarts! Danbooru has nsfw ads.

Comic: Madoka - Kiss of a Goddess (makoto)

Comic: In this world, watched over by Madoka - maiku

Attempt to contract Last Order: FAILED

Dorahomu

Would contracting Last Order result in in the rest of the Sisters being contracted as well?

I doubt it, there is a certain level of mental/spiritual segregation in the Sisters Network.

Oh Homura, why are such a B-word? Robing the food of homeless girls just because your girlfriend is whiny? Many Fanart!Homuras are horrible lowlifes.

Thug Madoka◊

Is it just me, or is Amy's look really that creepy?◊

@Red Savant

The most interesting bit of that blog post is the idea that the epilogue is actually depicting Homura imminently close to reuniting with Goduka at Puella Magicahalla as her Soul Gem's power is near exhaustion. Homura's wings immediately before the credits originally started out white and angelic, but the epilogue shows that it's now blacken and engulfed by what appears to be elements of a witch. The post also hints that Goduka will only begin establishing contact with any Puella Magi when their Soul Gem is close to running out of power, as Sayaka's demise in the last timeline shows.

This would indicate that the Magica Quartet had the intent of tying up what lose strings are left and leaving less room for a canonical sequel. Of course, it's still down to the Quartet themselves to decide whether they want keep this series going, but a sequel that starts off from where the anime ends is going to be one hell of a tall order.

EDIT: Guess I might be late mentioning this theory. The wiki already lists it.

edited 6th Jun '11 11:12:04 AM by MalagasyParrot

Something that still me is the Straw Vulcan that is Kyubey. For all his talk of "effciency" the Magical Girl system seems like a very poorly designed system. You only get the energy if the girl turns into a witch and it's implied that the incubators need to eat the Grief Seed to collect it. If the latter point is the case than Kyueby collected NO energy from the main cast in timeline five. Their souls were destroyed, even Sayakas. And if eating Grief Seeds wasn't a vital part of the process, why tell the girls to hunt witches? It puts them vulnerable to death from witch attacks, which makes it impossible to collect their Grief. And no matter how powerful Krimheld Gretchen was I doubt she could be worth BILLIONS of years of future entropy and if the Grief Seeds are required they had no way of collecting it anyway.

hellyeah *brofist*

I lol'd. Also, you avatar always reminds me of a Metroid.

I discovered a more efficient method: Open a cinema called Incubator Films, and show all sorts of emotional roller coasters for free. The price? Your emotional reactions will be tapped for Entropy-breaking power.

but I heard in other threads, the whole entropy matter is incredibly inaccurate.

Maybe the QB's employers need to do more study on the topic.

Kyuubey got the energy for Kriemhild Gretchen, so it doesn't seem that this is the case. Eating the Grief Seed likely just gets a bonus