Madoka Magica This has got to be the best episode this season, I was quite stunned after watching it that I had to rewatch it again and the first couple episodes of the series. It shines a different light on the first episode that makes it much more enjoyable with it being in context. To show how awsome this episode was, the 4ch boards are racking up about 300+ replies in the general thread every 30 mins roughly a post every 6 secs. So if you haven't watched, watch it now before hitting that read more button XD With this, we learn the truth. The real main charater is Homura not Madoka. I really really like how this is done though. People don't just appear in the school being a superstar knowing everything and doing everything kool. I woulda loved if they expanded on these timeline hops more on a spinoff or ova ETC. They had to skip over pretty fast to cover this many time skips. Here is a quick reference to the timelines compiled. Though time to get to 1 of the big news, MAMI REAPPEARS!?!?!??!?! I WAS LIKE ZOMGZ!?!??!? Mami was probably my favourite in this show followed by Homura up until this episode. Homura clearly superior to Mami now after this. I was like WTF when she was taken out again literally minutes after seeing her again though. This scene was really what broke it for Mami. She was the level-headed (pun intended, to much 4chan) one. She degraded so much from learning the truth. What made this funny was Mami is the most popular charater in this anime, and you had people mass spamming a picture of "If only Mami was here". Now we know EXACTLY what Mami would do and it clearly doesn't make things better XD I didn't have to much problem with the time skipping in this series mainly cause the way they portrayed Homura, she was more....... normal. You see her slowly build up her weapon stash and slowly be more athletic. She didn't just appear pro out of nowhere like so many animes/mangas portray. Just that feel she gave off in episode 1 and episode 10 was amazing when compared, I just loved rewatching episode 1. Theorycraft time, clearly an episode like this sprouted theories like wildfires. Here is 3 I think most plausible. The Infinite Loop Theory  Believe that this anime will have no end. At eps 12, Homura fails and ends with her reseting everything again to try again in season 2. Opens up a season 2 for 1 of the biggest hits for anime to make more moniez. Also to support this, if you look at the calender shown a few times when Homura is in the hospital the dates are circled. The last episode of Madoka = same day as first day of school for Homura. That can't just be coincidence since clearly their are no coincidences this anime, everything well planned out. Slight off shoot is the notice of a butterfly effect on the timelines. Each time it gets a bit worse off and the original history was so far the best outcome. Madoka's Wish Theory This one is actually a very very interesting one. We know that the dream sequence in the first episode wasn't just a dream and actually occurred 1 timeline ago for Homura. The theory is that Madoka wished for something similar to Homura and somehow retained memories from that timeline. This is stemmed from a couple things, clearly watching the first episode, she does have memories of Homura. She also has the same awakening as Homura when she jumps back in time. In the next 2 episodes this will be revealed and together they can beat Walpurgis Night and we get our "happy end". Homura is Witch-fied The only huge consistency so far for witches is Walpurgis Night. The theory is the witch is Homura. Combined with her time traveling ability, she exists in every timeline. The theory is stemmed by the cogs is the same as the cogs that churn in her shield every time she stops time. This also gives the "bitter-sweet" end that might happen. Madoka forms the contract and kills Homura, and in the end having Homura failed to protect her. In the end, this lead to be 1 of the biggest episodes of the season, and leaving everyone that watched it wanting more. Definitely puts Madoka clearly ahead for my favourite anime of the season. Really interested to see how this plays out. ~Pearz
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