Rewatched the main series again recently.
Mostly havent had much interest in any spin offs. Watched a couple episodes of magia record but dropped it because I didnt find it enjoyable.
Should I keep watching magia record? And what other spin offs, side stories, games, etc are there that I should know about?
Whenever I go into any community for Madoka Magica, I see frequent discussions about Madoka & Homura being in love and fanarts, edits making them seem like actual couple. While I think those are fun, I want to keep my shipping goggles off. I want to know how much romance is there between the main girls in the series. It can be any potiential subext or unrequited crush.
Homura: daturasdeath
Madoka: adacoser
Mabayu is the magical girl with the saddest story. She didn't deserve any of this. She had such a heartbreaking backstory. Mabayu is the most realistic magical girl I've ever seen. While the others symbolize emotions more, she represents a human being with all her flaws and everything, which is why she completes the team. Her character development—slowly learning from the original holy quintet and growing—was amazing. I honestly think she might be just as well-written, if not better, than the other girls. Scene 0 broke my heart, but it was a masterpiece. Mabayu truly suffered the most among all anime characters, far more than the likes of Homura and Madoka. And while enduring all this pain, she didn't even have a clear purpose or something to dedicate her life to. When she finally found her purpose, everything was ripped away from her. Having to erase her own memories is a fate far worse than death. When you die, at least you leave something behind, but Mabayu didn't leave a single soul to remember her. It was absolutely devastating to see her cry as she erased her own memories after wiping those of her friends. Mabayu will always remain the best magical girl. Mabayu😥💚💚🫡🫡🫡
Zi Ding Xiang(Lilac) and Purple Qi of the East
I have been doing some research to figure out why her name is Zi Ding Xiang(Chinese for Lilac) and that’s when I discovered the story Purple Qi of the East(紫气东来), I’ll give a summarization that’s a bit long:
Gatekeeper of the Hangu Pass(Mountain Gateway in China) named Yinxi witnessed Purple Qi/Life Energy appear in the sky. He understood that this meant an enlightened Sage would be making their way from the Eastern Direction and so mapping out where he thinks this mysterious person would end up, he made a hut and waited there.
Eventually the Sage named Laozi would make his way to the hut, ridden on top a green Ox. Seeing the ambition he would choose to make the man his mentor and trained him in the spiritual practices. When Laozi eventually had to leave, he’d write his teachings down for Yinxi to learn even after he’s gone. These teachings would be labeled “Tao Te Ching” and be considered a foundational text in the teachings of Taoism/Daoism
Now you may ask how does this connect with our new coming Magical Girl, but let’s dissect her character and what we know. First her name “Lilac”, Lilacs are flowers most known for their eye catching purple(Zi in Chinese even means Purple) and what is purple in the story? The Qi in the heavens. We can then connect her green hair as a reference to the Ox in the story also and the “Eastern Direction” would be the Heavens where she’s come descended from the Law of Cycles(she says this directly in the new trailer)
But if Zi Ding Xiang is the Ox, who would be Laozi? Easy, the Law of Cycles itself, if we are to assign the role of Laozi giving knowledge upon Yinxi, then perhaps that translates to Zi being the force that brings Madoka to her godly self and rekindling it.
Additionally In the labyrinth like space we see her and Madoka reside in, the architecture is taken from Chinese structures and even features Taoist Towers within them, tying the spiritual practice back to the story roots. If we are to go even further Taoism is about balancing the harmony of the natural universal forces such as Yin and Yang. But with Homura now upsetting such balance, we can see Zi Ding Xiang and Selma Therese as equivalents of devotees of the Taoism practice in this world.
What do you think of this theory? It seems to all perfectly align with her motivations and character name and designs
Some pics I took of the Walpurgis Rising flyer’s at a theater in Shinjuku. They also had the poster up too
Just wanted to share this cause it's sooo beautiful and my friend is really talented because she did this in under a few hours and I was shocked!
(Ignore that pesky kyubey, she doesn't know anything about this anime and when I told her that Kyubey was evil she was like "hold up I thought that was her pet or something" BYEEEEEEEE
I'm pleasantly surprised to say, even though it was close for Tsukasa, both the Amane twins came through and won their matches! Eleven votes to ten, and thirteen votes to six, Iroha Tamaki has been eliminated from the main bracket and will join the Losers' Bracket! On the other hand, sadly, Felicia Mitsuki's time in this tournament has ended.
And now, I've got some matchups I'm excited for! Today, we got the Holy Quintet going directly against each other! On the main bracket, we have Lady Homura Akemi against Sayaka Miki, and on the losers' bracket, we have Rena Minami against Ren Isuzu!
Rules are the same as always: Vote for who YOU want to win (Vote Homura! Vote Homura now! VOTE HOMURAAAAAAA), and losers get a chance at third place. If a girl gets eliminated a second time, their time in this tournament ends.
Voting closes tomorrow at 11:00 AM PHT (GMT+8:00).
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Image Sources
Lady Homura: Art by getsung, image found in Pixiv
Sayaka: Could not find artist, image found in Zerochan
Rena: Art by paru rari, image found in Zerochan
Ren: Art by H@neSa, image found in Zerochan
In my mind, it is... "Sayaka is Very Foolish", as quoted by Kyoko in the Sunny Day Life audio drama story. Feels to me like something Kyoko would often do to get a reaction out of Sayaka; the bickering and arguing dynamic between Kyoko and Sayaka is always very, very, very funny in my opinion.
But what's the funniest moment ever known (in your opinion) throughout the entire Madoka Magica franchise? Let me know in the discussion below.
I’m currently wondering if I should just go offline to avoid spoilers 😭😞 esp with the manga being released a month later!
I’d also be so interested in new merch and stuff but I’m worried I’d see something spolier-ish 😩😭
How will you survive after the movie is released in JP and while we wait for the other releases?