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* Or possibly not-so-mistranslated. [[spoiler:\
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* Or possibly not-so-mistranslated. [[spoiler:\\\"Puella magi\\\" literally means \\\"Girl of the Sorcerer\\\". This becomes a plot point when it\\\'s revealed that Witches are Fallen Magical Girls.]] Not to mention the OST uses the correct translation for what\\\'s essentially Kyubey\\\'s {{Leitmotif}}, \\\"Sis puella magica!\\\" (You Should Be a Magical Girl!)
** \\\"Puella\\\" literally means \\\"a young girl\\\" [[spoiler:but it\\\'s derived from \\\"Puerulus\\\", which means \\\"a young slave\\\"]]. So when he says \\\"You should become a Puella Magi!\\\", he\\\'s saying \\\"You should become a Magical Girl!\\\" [[spoiler:while also saying \\\"You should become [my] Magical Slave!\\\"]]
** \\\"Magi\\\", depending on the context, can be used in two ways: \\\"[[CaptainObvious Magician]]\\\" or \\\"[[spoiler:Deceiver]]\\\", the latter of which is the closest derivation.
*** Now we have a new title for the series : [[spoiler:\\\'\\\'Slave to the Deceiver, Magician Madoka\\\'\\\']].
Come on, you know this isn\\\'t what ArcNumber means:
* ArcNumber[=/=][[spoiler:FourIsDeath]]: Number 5, and latter. More of a blink-and-you\\\'ll-miss-it, but it is constantly there, mostly done as a RuleOfSymbolism. Comparable to how FinalFantasy uses it like a meta example, except, in this series, in a more subtle way. Crosses over with ArcWords numerous times. Most notable:
** Episode 5 is a BreatherEpisode, the only one of its kind, and Episode 10 (5 times 2) is a dedicated flashback episode, [[spoiler:which showcases the previous four times Homura has failed. Conversely, look at what happened every four episodes.]] This is {{subverted}} for Episode 3, in which three is not an ArcNumber [[WhamEpisode but very important]].
** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walpurgis_Night Walpurgis Night]] is the night before May Day (or May 1st, or 5/1; this is also known as Labor Day) and the anime runs within April, the fourth month of the year. TheOtherWiki has more information on this day, most of which is spoiler-filled for the [[LateArrivalSpoiler Late Arrival]].
In other words, NotAnExample of CessationOfExistence:
** Episode 12: [[spoiler:Averted after Madoka rebuilds the universe. It\\\'s implied that [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence God-Madoka]] guides all the dead magi into the afterlife. In the new world when Sayaka exhausts her Soul Gem, Madoka shows up and takes her to see Kyosuke one last time and they discuss her wish, leading to Sayaka accepting what happened with the love triangle and being happy about how her wish turned out, then they both fade away together.]]
*** [[WordOfGod Director Shinbo]] has stated in an [[http://wiki.puella-magi.net/Talk:Translated_Official_Documents#May_2011 interview]] that [[spoiler: there is a \\\"new universe\\\" that Goddess Madoka takes dead magical girls like Sayaka to.]]
** \\\"Puella\\\" literally means \\\"a young girl\\\" [[spoiler:but it\\\'s derived from \\\"Puerulus\\\", which means \\\"a young slave\\\"]]. So when he says \\\"You should become a Puella Magi!\\\", he\\\'s saying \\\"You should become a Magical Girl!\\\" [[spoiler:while also saying \\\"You should become [my] Magical Slave!\\\"]]
** \\\"Magi\\\", depending on the context, can be used in two ways: \\\"[[CaptainObvious Magician]]\\\" or \\\"[[spoiler:Deceiver]]\\\", the latter of which is the closest derivation.
*** Now we have a new title for the series : [[spoiler:\\\'\\\'Slave to the Deceiver, Magician Madoka\\\'\\\']].
Come on, you know this isn\\\'t what ArcNumber means:
* ArcNumber[=/=][[spoiler:FourIsDeath]]: Number 5, and latter. More of a blink-and-you\\\'ll-miss-it, but it is constantly there, mostly done as a RuleOfSymbolism. Comparable to how FinalFantasy uses it like a meta example, except, in this series, in a more subtle way. Crosses over with ArcWords numerous times. Most notable:
** Episode 5 is a BreatherEpisode, the only one of its kind, and Episode 10 (5 times 2) is a dedicated flashback episode, [[spoiler:which showcases the previous four times Homura has failed. Conversely, look at what happened every four episodes.]] This is {{subverted}} for Episode 3, in which three is not an ArcNumber [[WhamEpisode but very important]].
** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walpurgis_Night Walpurgis Night]] is the night before May Day (or May 1st, or 5/1; this is also known as Labor Day) and the anime runs within April, the fourth month of the year. TheOtherWiki has more information on this day, most of which is spoiler-filled for the [[LateArrivalSpoiler Late Arrival]].
In other words, NotAnExample of CessationOfExistence:
** Episode 12: [[spoiler:Averted after Madoka rebuilds the universe. It\\\'s implied that [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence God-Madoka]] guides all the dead magi into the afterlife. In the new world when Sayaka exhausts her Soul Gem, Madoka shows up and takes her to see Kyosuke one last time and they discuss her wish, leading to Sayaka accepting what happened with the love triangle and being happy about how her wish turned out, then they both fade away together.]]
*** [[WordOfGod Director Shinbo]] has stated in an [[http://wiki.puella-magi.net/Talk:Translated_Official_Documents#May_2011 interview]] that [[spoiler: there is a \\\"new universe\\\" that Goddess Madoka takes dead magical girls like Sayaka to.]]
