43:36 The Flower Field scene is one of the most brilliant and misunderstood scenes in all of anime. Some will argue that, since Madoka doesn't have her memories, her words hold little to no weight, and Homura is simply hearing what she wants to hear. However, the fact that Madoka doesn't have her memories here is the whole point! Homura is already well-aware that if Madoka had her memories, she would sacrifice herself every time which is why immediately afterwards, she assures Madoka that she is indeed "strong enough to make that decision." Homura just wanted to confirm if Madoka would still miss her old life in spite of that, which she confirmed. I've also seen arguments that Homura was somehow influencing Madoka in the labyrinth aside from just not remembering becoming a god, but Shinbou already stated in an interview that this wasn't the case, and that these were Madoka's honest words. And if you're _still_ not convinced, I implore you to read the lyrics of Madoka's character song (sung by her VA Aoi Yuuki) that played as the ep 1-2 ED titled "Mata Ashita". The song is about Madoka post-series lamenting on the life she lost after becoming a god and wishing she could have been more honest about her feelings to Homura in ep 12. This is definitive proof that even *BEFORE* Rebellion, this was confirmed to be Madoka's true feelings.

I always hated that people said the movies "ruined Homura's character." Like it's exactly the opposite. Did they not watch the show? This ending goes EXACTLY with Homura's character. I didn't "like" how it ended in the sense the character's were in a terrible timeline (technically). But I love how the creators committed to the character's and the messed up ideas and endings. To this day, it's still my favorite anime.

I like how Charlotte/Bebe progressed from hungry, carnivorous, monster that ripped Mami apart like string cheese, to Mami’s weird dog she found in a trash can.

i think sayaka has taken on a somewhat mermaid form was also a bit of an hommage to andersen's little mermaid where she gave her voice to be with the prince she loved, where each step she took with her new legs felt like she was stepping on knives, only for the prince to love another, and for her to turn into seafoam

The thing that many I've seen talk about this don't seem to acknowledge is that Madoka's wish completely undid Homura's wish... this is why in the world with the law of cycles Homura has a bow and not her buckler. Homura's and Madoka's wishes are completely incompatible; Homura's wish requires a Madoka to exist, The Madoka, but Madoka's wish forces her to become a concept, a law of nature, the law of cycles. I foresee the new season to try and balance the two forces in a Yin Yang kind of way... or to find a compromise. Because the future of Madoka Magica will be a god-like witch fighting a god-like magical girl.

It seems that all the bloggers came to life when they found out that Madoka would get a sequel. Well this promises a lot of views :)

Madoka fans, we arise

I felt that Homira became a devil because she felt that she had to balance Madoka, not replace her. Madoka still exists as the Lsw of Cycles, Homurs metely split the part of her that was still human away so she could live her life with her friends and family. Homura judges herself as selfish because she knows that ultimately all wishes are selfish, but she embraces her love for Madoka instead of trying to justify it as altruism. That's why she knows eventually Madoka will return to her Kami form and Homura will have to be her enemy. She would rather take on the despaor and darkness and become the devil to Homura's goddess than never see her again. I'm very interested to see if the new movie embraces this fate for the two of them, or disrupts their balance in order to remake the universe again.

i do think that not talking about sayaka's depersonalization and relationship with self worth is a bit of a shame, considering she chooses not to confess because she thinks she is unworthy of him. She's a teen girl and her struggle with who she is and should be and if she deserves happiness, and she concludes that she doesnt cause she's a fucking middle schooler. People often ignore that as a deconstruction of magical girl shows it is inherently engaging with the standards and struggles of growing up as a young girl. i get not taking time dedicated to unpacking it, the video can only be so long, but theres a whole episode worth of her falling apart which, though it is a part of it, is based in a little deeper and more distressing considering she is literally refusing to save her own life and choosing to work herself to death because she doesn't want to be "selfish" and accept any help or reward for the good things she does. overall solid vid, especially the parts about your own experience and feelings with moments of the show.

This is why Madoka Magica will always be my absolute favorite show for all of time😭😭. The way the details flow together and the indirectness of the foreshadowing is truly a masterpiece. Also another thing to add to Sayaka’s witch; it turns into a mermaid as a way to reference the original story of the little mermaid, where she falls in love but her lover leaves her for another and she becomes nothing but sea foam… notice how that sounds familiar?

Homura is the personification of damn if you do damn if you dont. She has to save madoka because thats her wish, but she has to repeat timelines of failing. But if she despairs and stops saving madoka, madoka still dies . No one really wins

Madoka Magica will forever remain a top 5 regardless of how wonderful and amazing new anime get. Sooo excited for the new movie

I've always been a fan of "Cute thing becomes creepy or scary" trope, and Madoka delivered, for sure. I was very lucky to go in blind.

Rebellion had to happen because Homura's wish never actually came true UNTIL Rebellion. It's the first time she was actually strong enough to save and protect Madoka. She set it up, too - she's the one who told Kyubey about the previous cycle, but without telling him what her wish actually was.

I always found Madoka Magica more finding light in the ever-present despair and darkness, making it more bound to the typical magical girl genre than people would think. As a fan of magia record as well, I'm obsessed with their world, kept in-balance from those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Fear and Hunger music noticed. You got amazing taste.

One of my favorite fun facts and fclear foreshadowing of Madoka and Homura's fate is that their names seem to be almost puns for what they become Madoka "Kaname" essentially becomes Madoka "Kami" or "god" while Homura "Akemi" becomes Homura "Akuma" or devil, similar to how thr western audience have them the nick name Godoka and Homucifer Greay video man! You got a sub from me

Madoka Magica was the first anime I ever watched that stated so blatantly that “the power of friendship means nothing”…and if you watch anime regularly that is NEVER what an anime ever tells you lol. 😂

I honestly don't remember my initial thoughts and feelings when watching the show; how I felt or what I predicted would happen. All I remember was that it was so entrancing that I binged the entire series + Rebellion, not going to bed until 3 in the morning. I remember trying to share it with one of my friends at the time and looking up more about it, but otherwise, that's probably where the story would've ended for me... A few years later I was going through some bad mental health problems, and having trouble getting up from my couch, I turned on Netflix to find something to watch... and I saw this show again in the recommendations. That session there, during Sayaka's arc, was the first time I remembered crying in a while. _That_ was when the show become one of my all time favourite pieces of media. The point in this video on Homura's silent scream in the intro had such a sense of _foreboding_ knowing exactly when that would come up again. I actually got chills when it finally came up later with your words appearing on screen. It was so freaking well edited and foreshadowed. Bravo. My only issue is that this video seems to have been uploaded 3 days early.

I love the trash taste boys, but they did live up to their name for their rebellion opinion. 😂 also top tier music choices btw. The one two punch of pulse and anxiety followed by the Higurashi theme broke me just a bit.

I legit have taken inspiration from the girls in this series and their dynamics… the series is short and yet it works in its favor. No fluff, everything has a meaning… and all the characters are fleshed out enough to be interesting and compelling imo.

This is the reason why this series has and will forever stays in a special spot in my soul 😭 The tragic, the art, the philosophy, the twist and turns of the plot, the characters! Gosh I love Madoka Magica.

The Madoka Magica fans are eating good this year. Honestly this anime has literally everything I love. Amazing story, characters, visuals, music. It has a core message of hope that we are never alone. It’s got pretty girls doing awesome things. It’s got cool designs and everything is so well thought out. Bro IT HAS SPACE VIBES AND IT FEELS GAY???? I love my tragic magic cosmic sapphics💖💖💖

Madoka magica was the first ever anime i watched when i was like 13 ever since then, even know at 18, i am still obsessed with it especially homura

25:15 To your credit, Nagisa's backstory was established before Magia Record. The game just expanded on it in a VN-like format.

God episode 9 always breaks my heart. And I’m Home is such a beautiful song.

After the trailer for the new movie dropped recently I rewatched the series in all movie form and it's still the anime that gets me consistently more emotional than any other show, especially the Eternal (recap movie 2) and Rebellion movies are peak fiction, and Homura still in my top 10 animanga characters ever, after all these years Personally one of my favorite parts about it that's not about Homura or Madoka herself is the parallels between Sayaka's story and the original tale of the little mermaid (not the disneyfied version, the real one), and the link between her and actual real depiction of what depression does to someone. In the replies I'll also leave a comment about a theory that calculates Madoka's potential as a magical girl and why she was able to make the wish she did that I found years ago in another comment section

Madoka Magica definitely changed how I see storytelling

Trash Taste living up to their name frfr

Finally saw the movie so I can watch this video! Love ur stuff, ur suuuuper underrated :) Kyube saying "~You shouldn't throw your friend away" still hits sooooo hard.

11:43 the thing that got me about this episode is how happy mami was fighting looking forwards to no longer being alone and looking forwards to celebrating with Madoka .., and then …. After watching this many times it is still a masterpiece with so many twists I love it my favourite anime ever ❤

You have fine taste: Madoka and Made in Abyss are my two favourite anime. They just resonate with me in such a deep, incredible way.

Thanks for reminding me of this anime. Immediately told a friend who is into anime apart from the usual shonen or shojo anime. Loves surprising story plots that grow dark but still with compelling character interaction. Thanks me often for introducing him to Made in Abyss and Fullmetal Alchemist(orig/B). His son is a sucker for the stories and merch too.

I often reply to that voice calling "you are not alone": "Hey there, here I am!" Thanks, Mickell, for your amazing presentation of a must-have anime (the older sister of MIA)!

now i understand why u were telling sp many people to rewatch it

Knowing what we know now, if Madoka wished for a cake; she would have turned into a witch before Walpurgisnacht arrived. Nagisa , the Witch that ate Mami, wished for a cheesecake. Upon realizing she wasted the wish, she turned into a Witch bc of the Despair mechanic. Similarly, when revealed that magical girls are no longer human and they’re souls are kept in gems, Madoka would have realized she traded her soul fir a cake and likely would go witch form instantly. Madoka IS also the shining beacon/personification of “hope” so theres a chance I’m wrong but I don’t think even hope would make her feel better at that point.

My theory on why Homura became a demon is that the despair in her soul gem didn’t propel into a witch transformation making therefore Madoka unable to stop it. Using a simple statements to explain why the transformation is different is as such: Magical girl: Hope-despair(minus) They are an existence that sustains itself while hope still remains while clashing internally with despair. Witch: Despair>Hope They are an existence in which despair is all victorious when it fully emerges. Madoka changed the game with a miracle. God: Hope>Despair An existence that had hope reach victorious personifying it. Then what Homura did: Devil: Hope=Despair She is in no way a denial of hope but a middle point most humans couldn’t possibly accept. Her despair of never being able to save Madoka constantly grew to the point where it would be Madoka’s choice to harm herself and the blackest form of Homura’s despair. She’d need to save her against her own wishes. Upon her witch transformation she is slightly aware of what she will become if she remains alive but having been saved she can’t bring herself to selflessly try to remove herself again but reaches to get all she desires. Her hopes became her despair as she will enjoy every moment with Madoka and later realizes she’ll have to fight with all she has to keep her but is fine if her karmic despair may truly ruin it all someday.

At this point i've seen the new trailer many and i mean many times, still cannot believe that after ten long years it's really happening! 😆😆 First-off, my man the idea of making your own "witches" was REALLY amazing! Loved it!! 💯 Honestly, i can relate to what you've said about "dropping Madoka at first" because i myself dropped the show and only came back to it few years later because of Magia Records. Basically with that i wanna say that you shouldn't feel guilty for dropping it, instead be glad that you've gave it another try... 👌🏻 Also regarding Rebellion: Man, i felt sooo damn confused, but holy shit the slow unraveling was truly godly!!! Hats-off to you Mickell, be proud!!! 🎩 You've truly created a masterclass of a script on this one and also my new favorite video of yours! ♥

So I’m going to say this now because this series is just wow. But I originally saw this series when I was 12 I had just finished watching glitter force/precure and was ready for a new magical girl anime, I had no idea what I was in for. This series has had such an impact on me to the point of madoka’s message of hope being one of my only reasons to continue living when I feel so hopeless, and the fact that a fictional character can dissuade me from giving up? I feel like that really shows how much this anime can do

It was so long ago and so much happened in my life that I can't remember the exact thoughts I had during my first watch... with one exception. It's about Homura. I remember that instantly after watching her silent cry I understood that Madoka means a lot to her and after witnessing her as a transfer student my instant though was "she's time traveler or something and wants to protect Madoka". I loved her character from the first sight and I never doubted her. She's my number on in the entire franchise and in top of my favourite characters of all time. Homura did nothing wrong! Joking, of course. She did in the Rebellion and she understands it well herself. And that's why I feel a lot of pain for her. She is still suffering and I want a happy ending for her. But knowing Gen Urobuchi... it will never happen. I also want to point out that watching Magia Record might be a good decision to look at the situation from perspective: all that insane shit happened in MagiReco was just ONE of timelines Homura experienced and she witnessed much more messed up shit that that. But in the original series we can't comprehend how enormous her knowledge on magical world is. She just seen it all. People who are shit talking on Homura just can't understand what it actually is to try literally everything for countless times. Just like Steins;Gate but without hope. Also I am in shock after you pointed out Trash Talk's opinion. Rebellion is shit? There are people who actually think that way? Really? Well, Garnt and others are garbage-tier anime lovers so it's understandable. But it seems, from the mentions in comments, that many people disliked it. And it renders me speechless. It was a masterpiece and the bitter ending is actually good even though dirty and disgusting. Just like Fate;Zeros ending - thanks to our beloved Gen Urobuchi.

Always a joy to listen to you, see the editing skills and even the jokes about yourself sprinkled in there =)

This is an amazing video essay and the use of the Fear and Hunger OST

56:15 Really made me realize that there will always be someone who will be cheering you on, they may not show it but they are there for you.

1:34 i absolutely love the sequence here, it caught me off guard and left me impressed. The music you chose was also great!!

I love these types of videos. Please make more obscure anime/manga videos like these I hope this channel blows up one day so underrated.

Ayo I was not expecting the Fear & Hunger music. Very good 🤘

Thank you for the video! You literally express what I feel throughout the series 😭😭 Hope the new movie live up the hype 🔥🔥

I cannot even begin to express how happy I am to see a video like yours! Madoka Magica has withstood the test of time and remained one of my favorite series all these years and I'm so happy to see someone acknowledge all that it has done and the nuances of the work. I'm really hoping the new film introduces more people to it :]

fresh madoka content omg, cant wait to watch and thank you for the efforts in making a quality video💫

Fuck I love this show. Seriously, its hard to compare to some of your other videos, but this might honsetly be your best one yet. With the recent news this is exactly what I needed. I´m currently rewatching the show and there really are so many details I missed previously. Like I didn´t know about the whole Käse/cheese thing until watching this video, but its just another little piece to a story with so much passion behind it. Modern Classic. Absolute Masterpiece. Homura is one of the best anime characters of all time. Great Show. Great Movie. Great Video. Thank you so much for this, absolutely made my day

Thank you for making this video! I always get so happy when I see others appriciating the genius!

Thank you so so much for such an incredible work!

Your editing is impressive. The part that really got me was around 31:14. That was clever, and honestly, a little chilling.

Hasn't even reach 5 min and I already love the tone... Also the video edition at the beginning! Thanks for all your work.

Still don't understand how Homura stole Madoka's power since she already chose to be able to rewind time?

What a wonderful, insightful, brilliant video essay. A joy to watch. There so many animes I would listen to you make an elucidation on. Thank you!

Its so hard to experience anything compleatly blind with current anime, but im glad to have experianced madoka with no prior knowlage. Truly a great show

Phenomenal analysis! Really enjoyed this video. I didn't personally enjoy PMMM, but I think I might rewatch after this!

DUDE, this video and edit is SO GOOD.

Golly can I just say how much I loved the intro to this video? It’s sets the tone perfectly using visuals similar to Madoka magica and uses just as much symbolism. So awesome 😭

Man idk what I’m gonna do with my life, over 10 years and both AOT and Madoka Magica are coming to an end. Two of my absolute favourite manga/anime’s…..

Nothing to add to this discussion but wanted to drive up engagement. Before Made in Abyss, this was probably my favorite series, or easily top 3/5.

Had to rewatch madoka before I jumped into your passion filled analysis. Yup still hurts. Haha. Love this kind of video mickell. Really, anything your passionate about always makes such good genuine content bro.🤘

This was a joy to watch. Madoka Magica is still my all time favorite piece of media. I've spent waaaay too many hours watching video essays like this on it. Many rewatches, in various states of sobriety, since I first saw it in 2012. Thanks for this love letter! Can't wait to see Walpurgis!

This is the only channel where I can watch my favorite anime being reviewed while listening to my favorite anime's soundtrack. You're truly my favorite anime channel because of our love of Madoka and MiA

Love the new editing style mickell, nice job 👍

thank you for this absolutely comprehensive summary of madoka. i watched this series ages ago and i jsut randomly remembered it again today and im still blown away by the story. truly a story that caught me off guard from the cutesy magical girl art to the actual plot and message. i will have to watch rebellion myself and the rest of the things in the series to see the rest of the plot unfold

hearing the fear and hunger song at the mami part gave me CHILLS

There are so many things I want to say after watching your analysis, but I don't have the time for everything, so a few things, mostly cool tidbits to correct a few potential misunderstandings, either in the video or the fandom as a whole: 1) Charlotte's witch transformation, later adapted into Magia Record, was first revealed within these things called "witch cards" during the official first airing of the show. These cards explained the nature of each witch that appeared, as well as their "official" names, which were descriptive names like "The Stage Witch" and such. Names like "Charlotte" and "Gertrude" could only be discovered in the on-screen runes, but no witch's hidden name has ever been acknowledged in official media. There were also cards for each familiar of the witch (though they missed a couple for some reason). After episode 8 aired, every card was then updated to explain briefly the story of each magical girl who became the witch. We didn't know her name or what she looked like, but this was where the story of Nagisa originated. Importantly, Madoka Magica had become such a force of nature in Japan that newspapers were writing articles explaining lore and pointing to the official website for information. Charlotte, of course, became the most memorable of the witches, and combined with all the Headless Mami memes, there was nary a soul who didn't know Charlotte's obsession with cheese, despite the fact that cheese itself never showed up in her labyrinth (the compilation film added the "Where Is The Cheese?" song later, per Kajiura Yuki-san's now-intended design). Charlotte fanfare is practically the only reason Bebe/Nagisa even showed up in the film (Shinbo-san begged for it lol), and possibly the inspiration behind why magical girls taken by the Law of Cycles can transform into/summon their witch forms in the first place (because they wanted Nagisa to be recognized as Charlotte and hidden in plain sight). Of course, that doesn't cheapen the effect. They certainly made great use of her existence, even if she's technically the most bland member of the cast (her tragic story doesn't really affect her personality or choices in the story and she's used more as a device than a character with agency). Still, it's nice that after fans paired MadokaxHomura and SayakaxKyouko together, Mami gets a companion to be friends with, too. ...Please don't ship. Nagisa is a child, you pervs. *ahem* 2) Slight aside, I appreciate that you keep the movie's lore within the movie. There is a side story manga called "Wraith Arc" written and illustrated by Hanokage (brilliant writer and illustratorーI have their Fire Emblem Awakening doujinshi, too) that _technically_ explains the reason why Homura almost forgot Madoka and why Kyubey justified the movie's experiment in the first place (Homura erased her own memories and Kyubey secretly traveled with Homura back in time once, thus confirming her story from episode 12), but I do want to emphasize that this manga was written long after the movie was released, when these justifications did not exist. I think the idea that Homura doubted Madoka's existence is perfectly justifiable without magic and Kyubey experimenting with a single magical girl does not need a whole time-travel confirmation to justify either. Take that as you will, but until the manga's events are confirmed in the actual main animated material, you can choose to ignore it if you like. That said, it's still a fun read, and regardless of plot canon, the nature of wraiths is explained and that information alone is based on Gekidan InuCurry's (who originally designed the wraiths) own notes to Hanokage, meaning it can be considered canon (as the creators likely do). 3) For what it's worth, Rebellion was not planned to exist until just before the original series' initial broadcast in Japan, meaning events in Rebellion do not have explicit, intended foreshadowing in the original series. The original series can be watched on its own merits. Likewise, as weird as this sounds, the new film was also only planned a while after Rebellion played in theaters in Japan, and Urobuchi-san in both instances thought the series was over. At least by his own pen. Lol Of course, the upcoming movie was still scripted back in 2014 or so, but again, nothing in Rebellion deliberately foreshadows the new film. The newer content builds on the older content anew. Based on where I think the new film is going, I think that'll be apparent in the story, but I figured I should preface this to avoid easy misunderstandings I see a lot online about how this movie was somehow an intended "part 2" to Rebellion and Rebellion was somehow unfinished. 4) lol I know you misspoke, but "shoujo ai" is pronounced as "ai", as in "eye", not "A.I."ーFun tidbit: It means "Girls' Love" and has morphed into a genre actually called "Girls' Love" ("GL" for short) in Japan, referring to girlxgirl romantic literature/art. You know, the same "ai" from Homura's famous "AI YO" line. =P Notably, GL encompasses both exploitative lesbian porn written by and for men and more sensual romance written by and for lesbians. As you might suspect, "shounen ai" is the "Boy's Love" ("BL" for short) equivalent. Both genres are so popular that they have labeled sections dedicated to them in some Japanese bookstores. Madoka Magica has ambiguous lesbianism in it, but it would not be labeled "shoujo ai/GL" or found in that section of said bookstores. Madoka Magica doujinshi, on the other hand... lol

OMG THAT NOD TO WOWAKA THANK YOU SO MUCH

I love this series, and I appreciate your essay on it, it brings out the reasons to why I fell in love with this series, and you brought forth what made me fall in love with it in the first place. Also, Homura Best Girl and did Nothing Wrong.

a lot of detail in this video and i love it! you earned a sub. some other details coming from a Madoka Magica veteran Misterioso means "Misterious" in english. fits the general idea. The 49:12 scene of madoka making her "little" steps watching the battlefield has a ton of meaning if you know the anime very well. The "black"-cat witch that appears while she does these steps is the same one that Mami Killed AT THE START of EP3. Also, is ironically that appears with her. becouse the sole reason she transformed into a magical girl in the 1st timeline was to rescued a run-over BLACK cat. (this is confirmed both my writers-the novel and the mobile game.) i didnt say "first steps" all out random. i think you can figure out that. is like the first time. but so far away. amazing. the cake song, maybe you already noticed it, in rebellion, has a ton of meaning, and don´t forget the witch runes, they have actual translations in both English and german. you can search that in "Madoka magica runes wikia" that does a deep dive into the runes. they have basically tons of information and spoilers in them, in plane sight. but you dont understand the runes.. until you search for them.

This video is actually so good I love madoka magica and I was still a little confused after watching the series and movie but this absolutely cleared everything up

I remember watching this series 10 years ago. It was an emotional roller coaster.

I’d like the thank madoka magica for 1:introducing me to horror anime and 2: the amazing band that is Kalafina

My best friend told me about it,no spoilers or anything. I trust her 1000% so I watched it super blind,MAN it was such a masterpiece frfr

I absolutely adore this anime and am so excited for the new movie and the mystery it promises. The incubators ability to give them “magic” is a perfect example of any sufficiently advanced technology being indistinguishable from magic. Love that idea. Also the Faustian bargain too. So good.

Fan of the series, can not wait for the new movie. Have to say good job on this as you kept me for the whole hour of run time.

You deserve wayyy more than 50k views on this my dude! Incredible work.

FINALLY SOMEONE ELSE WHO THINKS SAYAKA IS BEST GIRL maan, like i get liking mami or homura, but sayaka was just always my favorite

i never knew how much i needed funger audio over mami's death tbh

I'ts funno how every once in a while i find new videos explaining why Madoka Magica is "still a masterpiece"

I needed this

Rebellion is literally THE ending. Nothing more can top it

I needed this video because I was so confused during rebellion

I went into watching it knowing it was gonna be a bit dark, my friend recommended it to me and gave me a small warning about it. But it was so much more than just that and it genuinely left me empty after binging it in one night. I can formally say this is one of my absolute FAVORITE animes ever and my top favorites are really well written. (I now own a madoka cosplay and I love her sm this anime hurt so bad but its oddly my comfort)

omg the peter gundry in the background!!!!!!! I love it

I love this so much! awesome video! did you by any chance get any of the madoka magica figures?

My favourite piece of media, too! There is just one thing I thought would have made it better. When I got to episode 10 originally, I noted the gear motif at the base of Walpurgisnacht, as well as its cool colours. I was convinced that Walpurgisnacht was Homura herself and that she was fighting her witch form from her future, which is why she could never defeat it. Not the case, though. Edit - I just looked into it. Apparently this was a pretty popular theory back in the day. And here I was thinking I was special.

I did NOT expecting the fear and hunger music😭😭 gave me ptsd😭

Few things terrified me in any anime ever quite like the reveal about the true nature of witches. I definitely relate to the feeling you had.

I’m glad you stopped yourself with your Bebe tangent at around 25:00 kuz you were kind of wrong anyway. Bebe wished for cake out of spite for her mother. Bebe didn’t even like cheese. She specifically wished to enjoy cheese as much as her mother did to revel in her good feelings while she died on the hospital. Despairing and witchifying immediately after out of insanity. I think your interpretation was what the show was initially going to go with but they deliciously spun it around for magia record

I watch Madoka when i was very young and loved it. I didn't even realize that mami dead and waiting for her to come back but then I realize half way through the series that she isn't coming back. I love the ending of rebellion

I'm so dreadfully worried that movie 4 is going to walk back all the themes and ideas put forth in Rebellion just because the fan base thoughtlessly equates Madoka = god = good therefore original ending is (morally) good. I really don't think it is, there is still an incomprehensible amount of suffering being inflicted upon children by the magical girl system. I also tend to find that people thoughtlessly make Homura out to be evil for her actions in Rebellion, when at worst they're morally gray. I don't know if they'll be able to pull off such a masterpiece again, but god I hope they do.

Great video!!! :D I love Madoka Magica so much!!!!!

ngl i love madoka magica, a lot more than i probably ever should xD and i absolutely don't get the hate the rebellion movie always got people saying homura was ooc at the end hello? we have a character that relived this same month over and over AND OVER again just to save one person, I don't see how this is OOC she watched madoka do what she (madoka) thought was best and it never was 'the best for madoka' so i absolutely see how she'd try to handle madokas happiness for her xD all in all i just think the madoka magica universe is just SO interesting, not to mention all the spin off manga, look at them THEY'RE SO GOOD there's so much potential for anything really xD well, clearly I am more than excited for the next movie, I'm probably gonna love it

I remember madoka existed on Netflix and I watched it as a kid believing jt was gonna be as cute as glitter force It was great

Yo one Hour long video about Madoka Magica?? LET’S GOOOOOO ❤

All Homura can do is fuck up. So many tries and yet she can't save Madoka, tells QB after Madoka makes her wish and fucks that up too, spends a whole movie missing the mark guessing whodunnit, then figures out that she has to fuck Madoka's wish up in order protect her from the QBs. Relatable, love her, 10/10. Also Homura's confession that she was so scared that the most important thing in the world to her was something she just made up hits really hard for me.

Brilliant video brother

I just realized that the title of Rebellion's main score, Not Yet, is actually a sign that the confrontation is not gonna happen yet... But it will be in the next movie 😂 I was surprised to have a 4th film but really it was just obvious that it couldn't end here! By the way you put words on that weird thing I felt while watching the very end of Rebellion. Kyubey is afraid. I never truly realized that. Brilliant. And well deserved for that sneaky rat.