Homura vs Walpurgis Night (Bluray)

[@ChaoticPixeL]

What is Gfriend and why is it sending all of you here

[@leilanlara8190]

GFRIEND is a kpop girl group, they going to have a comeback this 9th November with a Full album named Walpurgis Night

[@leov9161]

Gfriend is a girlband that will realese a Album in november with this tematic " wallpurgis night"

[@Salomonkey_]

"haha this comment is funny I wonder how old is it" > 6 hours ago "Huh?"

[@CheeksSquisher]

Dunno

[@afriend5107]

Sorry, most of us are just super excited for their comeback on November 9th with the album walpurgis night.

[@simoncarlile5190]

When you think about it, Homura had _mad_ mental fortitude to avoid becoming a witch for such a long time.

[@CruxCalixtus]

@kakarot123100 One can only wonder just what would have happened if she had thoroughly snapped instead.

[@variedadesonline3926]

Yeah

[@alinahlamis783]

Could have been pretty darn powerful, considering Madoka became Godlike after being tied by time travel/Homura's wish this whole time. Then again, Rebellion happened...so.

[@clenshin97]

@@alinahlamis783 is rebellion even canon at this point

[@sarahgozar1196]

@@clenshin97 Yes it is which is why magia record exists and a new movie is currently being made.

[@crazyXninjaXfishy]

Gotta admit, one of the saddest parts of this is that their hope lies in Homura. So with all the times she's done this, if she falls into despair and turns into a witch, it's over. She needs to muster up her courage and keep going. Because if she doesn't stay alive and turn back time if it gets too hard, they're fucked.

[@ChaoticPixeL]

What's even sadder is they dont even realize this. They have no idea that its Homura and only Homura who can change their fate. There is never a thank you, never anything given back for her efforts.

[@solm.6184]

Lexi Is Here they treat homura like a shitty sketchy outsider. even in rebellion when she “took” the magical aspect of sayaka and she returned to her normal life, she never says thank you. always bitching about homura. she gets shit for knowing too much and she could never save all of them. it’s sad

[@TheLittleMerman1998]

From what I read everytime she goes back in time the witch and Madoka gets more powerful and the more powerful the witch becomes the harder it gets and each time she goes back in time tho Madoka gets more powerful her fate gets worse...

[@solm.6184]

Kumi Konoe Oh whaatt. So whatever she did in Rebellion truly was the only salvation for everyone.

[@lobotomyforeplay]

Hope, and despair. Comes down to those two sons of bitches.

[@_Fizel_]

Something I just thought of: This is the first time Homura has gotten this far. She has fought Walpurgisnacht before but never got to use the explosion before. She seems genuinely surprised that the explosion didn't work and she gets attacked by those familiars. She doesn't have a plan, no ambush, no weapons for after that explosion. She thought it would work.

[@matteomangani]

She was like: "Ok, i stolen basically all Japan's explosive weapons, it's not like she can survive something like this" And then walpurgis's came out of nothing like: "Sup, bitch" I would be pretty surprised too

[@_Fizel_]

@@matteomangani But just the fact she's so surprised is telling. The fact she's even surprised at all is even more telling.

[@narwastuvivaldigalant8550]

Fun fact: In one of her timeline, she kinda dragged Madoka and accidentally Kyuubey to the past. Since Madoka that already knowing the tragedy kinda easier to deal. Sadly she's still became magical girl since she's kinda forced. In the last day, Homura, Madoka and Kyoko can defeat Walpurgisnacht without their soul gems too corrupted. But since in Homura mind, Madoka become magical girl considered as failure, so she still choose to rewind time again. Source: Madoka Spin-off 'Homura's Revenge', yes it's official spin-off

[@nishok938]

@@narwastuvivaldigalant8550 It is a failure, I believe, because it is impossible to keep Madoka's soul gem clear in the long run. Partly because each of her attacks uses a massive amount of magic, darkening her soul gem at an unsustainable rate, and partly because Madoka is just so empathetic that she falls into despair easily (I think. It's been a while since I watched this). Also because the whole system of magical girls and witches is made to be unsustainable so new girls will always fall and become witches. Unless you're feeding familiars to grow new Witches, you'll eventually run out.

[@narwastuvivaldigalant8550]

@@nishok938 Nah, there're other entitiy other than witches that can provide magical girls food (grief seed), they're Wraith. After killing it, it will drop Grief Cube. Why there're no Wraith in main timeline? Because the witches eating excess human emotion already. Witchee are the natural enemy of Wraith. If Magical Girls learn to band together and killing all witches in one territory, the Wraith gonna appear sooner. Magical Girls basically are immortal entity as long as they have enough food (grief seed/grief cube) and think pragmatic, the example of ancient Magical Girls are Pernelle, Mary Magdalena (both are still living even in modern times)

[@El_Legante]

“Magical girl anime are boring, shonen is the only anime with action!” Homura: “Hold my entire military arsenal.”

[@91838072]

This is actually Seinen, or targeted at young adult male audiences who like cute girls and guns.

[@sailorheaven1440]

How abput promised neverland it is shounen the leading character is woman and they are fighting demons

[@sailorheaven1440]

Seinen are the best I love them than shounen cauz many of shonen is violence but seinen are not and they are lot of lessons to learn

[@GeorgeDCowley]

Pretty Cure: "Hold my fisticufs."

[@Commenter839]

Just wanted to say... Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha. Came out before Madoka and got a name for being mainly action based and targeted towards teen/adult boys. Hell, the weapons look more and more like mechs with each iteration.

[@marsbar5445]

walpurgisnacht: homura: You are not a clown. You are the entire circus.

[@Daniel-rw9um]

and the entire world is her stage

[@pankotheseaweed]

@@Daniel-rw9um also all tragedy are just scripts.

[@ocio8329]

Literally

[@MarvKage]

Phoenix Wright Stan ❤️

[@trikosan4985]

🧀

[@PeterDivine]

This is hauntingly sobering when you consider that Homura's magical ability has nothing to do with guns, only with time manipulation. That means all those tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of pounds of explosive material and weapons arms weren't just made from nothing like Mami's guns were- they were individually tracked down and gathered, one after the other, by one little girl. How many hundreds of repetitions did it take to find them all, every time making a new doomed timeline? How many thousands of hours did she spend looking for where to get them from, and how many failed attempts finding the most effective way to arrange them? It's these thoughts which give this fight such emotional power. As every new cannon or battleship shows up, it's clear this isn't something she's been trying to finish for just months, or even years- she's likely been trapped in this single month for decades. This isn't just a girl fighting some crazy monster- this is a girl trying to fight against a prison of time and responsibility that stops her from even being able to have a future.

[@RealmSprinter]

i think it was said by the creators that Homura reset time 100 times. So the same 4 weeks 100 times, thats over 8 Years of failure

[@PeterDivine]

***** ...Well that kills a whole bunch of the mystery and suspense, dunnit. There was me thinking she might've even been trapped for almost a century...

[@kewajdf]

All those weapons are useless, she's bringing a knife to a gun fight. Hear me out before you call me crazy. Magic girls get their powers and dresses from weird alien technology right? Wouldn't it be weird for a human to grab a gun and shoot the girl and have her die? In other words, like you said, hamura's power has nothing to do with guns, they are human weapons she collected on her own. It would be impossible for human weapons to go against walpurgis night. She basically wasted all that time collecting rocks just to end up throwing them at a tank. I'm pretty sure if her power was more like mami's then she could've beat her easily.

[@kewajdf]

kewajdf not to mention what she ultimately becomes

[@PriestessOfTheRose]

kewajdf Still, with other witches it worked - like Charlotte and Patricia. I don't think her inability to beat her is connected to that. Futhermore, in the psp game she's able to beat her at some point, even if it cost her life. I think is more connected to the destiny thing that Kyuubey suggestes at some point.

[@adoellex8000]

The feeling when You realize Walpurgisnacht is actually crying...

[@areionamckeegan2533]

Wait she is?

[@marcos-ll2yr]

@@areionamckeegan2533 yes , it's not a laugh it gets more disturbing

[@braziliannight939]

;-;

[@its_venezianotvenice]

;-;

[@pooooopppyyyyfarttt]

marcos lima poor girls :(

[@Name_23]

The saddest part is how mistreated Homura is in the series and even by the audience themselves. Homura never gets a thank you for her efforts, only a verbal or literal beatdown by everyone around her ever since timeline 1. She has been secretly carrying everyone out of necessity, doing and withstanding things that no regular human could ever hope to achieve, and yet she is always held to such an unfair standard by everyone around her. The only person in Homura’s travels who has never done this was Madoka, so it’s no wonder her attachment to Madoka. People criticize her for being selfish, but Homura is simply being realistic, how can you blame her for selfishness when you ever consider the circumstances she is in? It’s not easy to change the fate of multiple lives and best a LITERAL PLANETARY THREAT (Walpurgisnacht would have stopped the planet from spinning once its main body reached the gears on top, it is slowly spinning ever so slowly to the top of its gears). Oh and who is willing to throw her life away for all of eternity in hell so that the incubators cannot get an upper hand on Madoka and control her in rebellion? Homura, even though Madoka left her alone to go save everyone in the entire multiverse. Who is the one that subjugated the entire Kyubey race so that they would hopefully never interfere again with magical girls? Homura. Homura’s back should be broken at this point from the amount of carrying. You never see people hold Kyoko, Sayaka, or Mami to the same standards as Homura. I just went on a tangent rant about how stupid people are.

[@tacotown4598]

I, for one, believe that Homura did nothing wrong and is one of the coolest and best characters I’ve ever seen. She has the resolve of a million strong army and steeled through a decade of torture and fighting on her own to save the one she loves. Yes she makes mistakes and appears cold, but she’s human like the rest of us, and that doesn’t outweigh her courage, resolve, and determination. I hope to god she gets a happy ending in the next movie, she sure as hell deserves it.

[@andreimircea2254]

I also believe that Homura didn’t really do anything wrong. I think rebellion showed us that Madoka’s wish was slowly killing the universe, so her out of her desire to keep Madoka safe she basically just saved the universe. If I ever had someone like her care for me the way she cared about Madoka I would be the luckiest man on earth because of how rare and amazing such people are. So no, while she is selfish I agree that she is real and as fair to her self as one can get if they had to wear her shoes. She is just a human and it shows.

[@peaveejay2700]

Kinda like Kiritsugu Emiya, never gotten a thank you from anyone he saves and the lives he claimed for the sake of the many

[@ignacio4244]

That's why I secretly prefer consider the first season the only canon. And the only good.

[@melonpeach9723]

Kyoko definitely gets a huge brunk of shit as well, but Kyoko isn’t as mean to Homura as Mami and Sayaka are. Her and Kyoko are actually the second closest for each other in the main cast.

[@Ikcatcher]

Homura is like that one player in an MMO trying to beat a raid boss on her own just because she can

[@sutomuarashi]

Ikcatcher aka me

[@shrimp_s]

Aka Kirito in sao

[@infinityStraws]

... Exept she can't.

[@AsobiMedio]

She did it once but it ended in her death.@@infinityStraws

[@svnshne1415]

No, she tries to do it with the other magical girls, but they always die before the Walpurgis Naght comes

[@Truzyxx]

Consider the timelines where she stole all those weapons. Some JSDF security guard has to call in his boss. "Sir? All the bazookas are gone." "What do you mean gone?" "I mean gone, sir. There are no bazookas in the armory." "Well where did they go?" "No idea, sir." "So the bazookas just disappeared?" "That's what the tapes show, sir." (both men turn pale as they realize that the absolute /best/ ending for this day involves getting fired.)

[@ScarletRain_2967]

same date in another 2 departments: Sir all our remote control C4 have vanished in to thin air.... in another dep: "how do I explain 2 missile launcher platform are just gone, they are few tons each..."

[@Just-a-random-guy.]

Lucy Heartfilia Coincidence? I think not

[@uhye1]

Gas truck guy: imma leave ma truck here coz it's getting dark and it worries me

[@jamesmcdavid1673]

Fun fact: The JSDF reported a very similar assortment of weapons going missing IRL over the course of the anime! Mind...blown.

[@calebgoodman2076]

Truzyxx According to the creators she actually made those weapons by hand. Those bazooka’s all belong to Homura.

[@Mimi-bx6mn]

Remember when Homura used to get exhausted after hitting a barrel with a golf club? Yeah.

[@ShiraFuyu2022]

How trauma can change even the meekest and the shiest person.

[@chuuchuu8420]

Ihsan Andi Nugroho It was because of her heart condition, but it’s been assumed that she healed it with the help of her soul gem, like she did with her eyes.

[@ShiraFuyu2022]

@@chuuchuu8420 well, i was comparing her ferociousness in battle. The magical girl that can't even walk on a tight rope now a girl that went above and beyond to save her loved one from a fate that make painfull death fell like a joy.

[@ReyOfLight727]

Tell me is the gem soul cure her illness ?

[@ShiraFuyu2022]

@@ReyOfLight727 yes, as seen in episode 10 right after Homura give Madoka a Mercy death.

[@coffee_things]

Homura repeating trauma over and over again, yet still having the mental fortitude to keep fighting is a testament to how much she truly loved Madoka. Knowing that in each timeline she resets, the one person she loves the most, is further drifting apart, is truly heartbreaking. Hope and despair are entangled in a never ending cycle, and no one knows this better than Homura.

[@anthonyrodriguez5053]

Here's a thought: Every time she jumped, she returned to her original body in the hospital bed, and never aged a day despite the fact that mentally she's at least in her early twenties, meaning the effects of her actions do not carry over as she turns back time. That means she couldn't have gradually accumulated the weapons over eight years. Every single jump back she had to re-gather all these weapons from scratch for use in another (probably futile) attempt to defeat the Walpurgisnacht. If she lost and had to reset, she would then have to gather these bombs and artillery pieces all over again, AND THEN position them all in one place for when the Walpurgisnacht arrived at her predictable ground zero.

[@auravaury]

And also try to convince a bunch of foolish magical girls to aid her, but ending up preventing them to kill each other in the process

[@lapuna_atonia]

She can carry over the things she has inside her sand timer, but she has to set up those missiles, trucks, and mines bu hand as they do not carry over, unlike the weapons inside her sand timer.

[@Idk-ct5ky]

I don't think the point about her body matters since I believe magical girls do not age because of their soul gems sort of keeping them in peak condition

[@marshanurkhadijah9319]

She is at her late twenties, you remember that she is manipulating times not only to jump over timelines but also when fighting too, right?

[@yelansdeodorant2026]

I believe homura’s shield and anything inside it isn’t affected by homura’s time reverse, It is basically a pocket dimension, so yeah she can just go grind some weapons

[@haxzie8644]

When you try to beat a really difficult boss and you are level 3 but really good at dodging

[@myplaylist7007]

thats me at super saiyan 2

[@NeostormXLMAX]

Darksouls sl 1 run

[@samuelgrasia493]

When your attack is 50 but your dodge is 500

[@said24rabbani]

and then homura run out useable items 3:07

[@chronoorigin1931]

@@said24rabbani ran out of magic I think, she can re-zero all of her weapons

Homura has every rights to snap as hard as she did in Rebellion. I mean, look at what she did here, preparing all that!

[@arnold20139]

NTH THN if I was Homura, I would have snapped long ago. 😭

[@azureknight7195]

It hurts so much to watch her to try this far and hard ..😢 .and all she wanted to do was Do it all for modoka... *Emotional moment* .😭

[@jessezong2507]

BEING MEGUCA IS SUFFERING

[@bricesonc]

She didn't "snap" necessarily. Her wish was to become powerful enough to protect Madoka. When Madoka became a "Goddess" or a "Law" however you want to understand it, there is only one way to be able to protect a goddess, or a law of the universe....and that is to be as powerful or more so than said entity. It was simply her wish coming to fruition. It had to happen that way. There was no other way it COULD be, no other way it could end.

[@chestertamayo1894]

@@bricesonc so you are saying that Homura still had her original wish still active, at least the second part of it

[@daijo6158]

fun fact,walpurgis is actually crying,not laughing.

[@ricescake]

yes, someone commented this a year ago

[@BlackwolfAnthony]

Fun Fact: It's both.

[@Gimhub123]

Just watch it

[@AkemiHimari]

But i still dont understand why walpurgis is crying

[@iancomtois9832]

@@AkemiHimari Like most witches, Walpurgisnacht was once a magical girl who went mad with grief and corrupted her soul gem. The only other way witches come about is if one of their "familiars", the mindless minions they spawn, kills enough humans to upgrade into a full witch. We never meet the magical girl she once was; it's implied that Walpurgisnacht has existed as she is now for centuries at this point, having grown too powerful for any magical girl to defeat

[@亜瑠-x1e]

ほむら『かなめさんとの出会いをやり直したい。彼女に守られる私じゃなくて、彼女を守る私になりたい』 かなめさんとの出会いをやり直す → ワルプルギスの夜には勝てない（ワルプルギスの夜を倒してしまったら、まどかとの出会いをやり直せない） →最終的にまどかは円環の理となり、二度と会うことが出来なくなる 悲しすぎる…

[@無敵のマイキー-p7c]

会えてるで

[@KK-sz9pd]

@@無敵のマイキー-p7c まどかって概念みたいなのになって存在自体消えたんやないの？

[@ch-ly3xr]

K K 劇場版見たらわかるで

[@腐天使ヒカリエル]

マギレコでワルプルギスの夜倒されるっていう、、、、。しかも黒羽以外(多分)の魔法少女は誰も死なない。もちろん、ピュエラ・マギ・ホーリー・クインテットも

[@Sirisugita]

天月亜瑠 まどかが円環の理になったら願い事が成立しなくなる以上、別の願い事になるわけだからほむらはまどかに会える そしてワルプルギスの夜に関しては人手が足りないだけに過ぎない……と思うぞ

[@pacifierjunkee6016]

People always say Batman can win almost any fight with prep. But Homura with prep...holy shit!

[@VGamingJunkieVT]

+Pacifierjunkee Yet it didn't work. You can have all the preparations in the world and it doesn't mean anything if your opponent is practically immortal.

[@realJoeMavro]

+Pacifierjunkee Well, he couldn't beat Spiderman. As for Homura...who outside the Madoka universe would be a good opponent for her? Ultear Milkovich? Young Xehanort? Aeon from Castlevania?

[@frogradar]

+darkruler64 Sailor pluto

[@VGamingJunkieVT]

frogradar Sailor Pluto wouldn't stand a chance. If she freezes time once, she's destroyed. Homura, on the other hand, can freeze time seemingly without limit and is just fine afterwards.

[@frogradar]

MetroidJunkie2007 Pluto freezes time, time is frozen and within that time she can go over to homura and destroy her seed... Not to mention Pluto Can't actually die.

[@malsserenity3679]

Personally I find that image of Homura at 3:55 to be one of the saddest parts of the show. Here we see Homura hurt, broken, weak and finally despairing at her inability to defeat Walpurgisnacht and save Madoka. It just shows that underneath her mask of competence and cold indifference she is at the core of her character, simply a scared little girl who just wants to save her friend and is now finding herself unable to no matter how hard she tries. Being Homura is suffering.

[@FlyingEbi]

She’s like 80 years old!! Respect your elders. Edit: Thx to the correction from VYNLT, she actually spent 12 years in the loop which means she’s ACTUALLY IN HER 20’S!

[@puss_n_booze]

being meguka is suffering....

[@soupgirl1864]

She can't stop meduka from being meguca.

[@franciwatt4948]

Ikr

[@variedadesonline3926]

Yeah ;-;

[@skiddle064]

I never thought in a million years I would end up watching a show like this. I'm a grown ass man and I'm way too old to be reading about school age dramas about girls getting magical powers. Yet, here I am, having completed the series, and I gotta say, that was some INSANE levels of kino. I was floored repeatedly by plot twists and the time loop gimmick in this series is so good, it absolutely redefines the entire series upon rewatch, I can't believe I thought Homura was the villain at first. 9/10, and I only docked 1 point because how am I supposed to tell my friends and family about this without looking like a massive weirdo???

[@Vitali_Osandor]

Why would one be too old to watch or do anything? I mean, I don't go around and tell people I watch anime (yeah, I'm a 31 yo man), but I don't feel bad about it at all. I don't tell most people about it simply because they won't understand and most likely will not be able to surpass their preconceptions. Do and watch whatever you like and appreciate, what makes you feel good, what gives you positive vibes. People create too many useless obstacles in the way of their and others' fun and happiness.

[@dragonarch0]

Meanwhile I am a grown ass man who openly watches anime, have others watch anime who end up making others watch anime

[@Sedna_B]

you're welcome, also welcome to the eternal fandom. you're gifted with the horrid reality that this show gives .. this shit is also not for the weak (it is actually, my fav for 10 years now, and still rewatching it regulary to hurt myself). I dunno, keep it to yourself, I couldn't manage to convince any guy friends around me to watch it as it's magical girls and shit, while I love psych and horror - which they know-, and they STILL didn't watch it. I would know if they had, as they would have come back crying to me by now how I was right about this being amazing :').

[@casualkris4806]

Just tell your friends and family this show has more death and violance scenes than a good amount of actual action shows.... Unless you force them to watch it blind, which is funnier.

[@orioorio3060]

Everyone has own joy source. Each one has own interest. I'm just man who age a year below you. It doesn't matter what you like. Please enjoy while we still can.

[@庫倫亞利克]

Walpurgisnacht is like Sisyphus' boulder to Homura. An impossible-to-overcome challenge that she has no choice but to engage again and again. Futility is the highest form of tragedy and the Stage-Construction Witch is futility incarnate: an indestructible fool rotating round and round, with a cog attached to her just like Homura.

[@まいけるぽてとん-m4m]

(悲報)ワルプルギスの夜、ほむらさんの動きでドツボにハマる

[@NAGYO_HENKAKU]

ワルプルギスの夜「ﾊｯﾊｯﾊｯﾊｯﾊｰｯ↑ﾊｯﾊｯﾊｯ」

[@XOll9_]

みるくてぃ 草

[@-SEVEN-ko4zr]

やめなさいwww

[@とらねこ-u3l]

みるくてぃ やばいw ミ○キーにしか見えなくなってきたw

[@wolfgangamadeusmozart3810]

舞花 だからこんな笑ってんのかw

[@MrX-sw7ho]

Is this what a year's final exam looks like?

[@feritperliare2890]

Nah it's the academy entrance exam how does it sounds to answer over 160 questions in 160 minutes? Painful,stressful and depressing well hope you can calculate faster than a calculator and has red the dictionary because you're not getting a good grade otherwise

[@sado2692]

yea

[@yachiyous9110]

It ends with someone falling into despair so of course

[@memetea3562]

*this is what a normal test looks like in my country*

[@red0421]

This is what is _feels_ like. Be brave young student, and you may yet survive as we, your predecessors, have.

[@インキュベーター-q1c]

ワルプルギスには悪気がなくて、ただ自分の舞台を見てほしいだけっていう設定も面白い

[@NEET20000]

The witch is mahoushoujo

[@chickenman1236]

What is that

[@ヘム太郎-w4h]

このシーン何度見ても鳥肌たつ、BGMといい演出、デザイン全てにおいてカッコいい

[@user-ke5ok7ew6t]

これ何話ですか？

[@k_ri.8685]

@@user-ke5ok7ew6t 11話くらいじゃありません？

[@k_ri.8685]

@@user-ke5ok7ew6t ほむらちゃんの過去の話の後だったはず

[@かなえ-k9x]

この話みたときの感想 0:55あれ？これって一応魔法少女物だよな？

[@FateStayN1ght]

This is one of the best anime action scenes ive ever seen.

[@mega10warrior]

+Gaming Animation 2011

[@EE-kb3in]

+Senpai Didn't Notice me Tell me what meaning "Senpai didn't notice me" please

[@error1449]

魔法少女なのに魔法はあくまで補助的にしか使わない上全部物理攻撃なのほんと好き

[@user-el9vf5hp7e]

魔力(物理)

[@abc-vz5iu]

使わないんじゃなくて使えないのよな

[@ああ-b8i5o]

まどか神化前のほむらの力って「時間操作」と「盾」だけで、攻撃要素無いよね

[@user-tt1ox2vk2e]

FateZeroの切嗣みたいな感じやね魔術師じゃなくて魔術使い あくまで補助として魔術を使う まぁ作者もまどマギと同じやし似てしまうのは必然なんかね ついでに言えば魔術の質もどっちも時間操作系ってゆうね笑笑 さらにさらにどちらにも願いを叶える何かがあるってことを共通点だわ笑笑 しかもどちらも悪ってとこも（Fateでは聖杯、まどマギでは陰獣） まぁ厳密には陰獣は悪ってわけじゃなけとも、魔法少女の立場からすと悪だわな てか陰獣は宇宙の観点から見ると善だしな

[@おいしい昆布]

@@user-tt1ox2vk2e めちゃ細かいけど ・聖杯自体は悪じゃない ・切嗣は火・土の魔術属性で、時間操作は衛宮家家伝の魔術　起源は切断と結合　です。 （失礼かもですけど、笑笑のタイミングが不可解なのでやめていただけると幸いです）

[@yehangyeo6470]

World's top 5 militaries 1. USA 2. Russia 3. Homura Akemi 4. China 5. India

[@nyaatarara]

Russia is more powerful than the usa tho

[@yehangyeo6470]

@@nyaatarara No it has more Manpower but it falls behind in terms of technology.

[@nyaatarara]

@@yehangyeo6470 Sorry kid, the Department of Defense admitted the other day that China's army is more powerful. Look up their document titled "Military and security developments involving the people's republic of China 2020". It's the Pentagon's official word on it, lol

[@yehangyeo6470]

@@nyaatarara China's army is literally only stronger in terms of Manpower.

[@nyaatarara]

@@yehangyeo6470 The Pentagon disagrees

[@strongcat2827]

最初のほむらの横を通ってたウサギを踏み潰す象からの流れがすごい好き。何度でも見れちゃう

[@まる-e9m9m]

黒猫 わかる😂

[@フクロウナギ]

黒猫 ウサギ「解せぬ」

[@xxForgottenx]

Homura is a one girl army. She can win a war in mere seconds.

[@Rykha_]

Dorkster Given prep time, of course.

[@NotLegato]

+Jai Kathuria (JK) i was wondering, how long it would take to plant all those bombs by hand... probably weeks.

[@FateStayN1ght]

+Jai Kathuria (JK) Well she does have all the time in the world :D .

[@Rykha_]

FateStayN1ght That is somewhat true, I kind of did overlook that in my comment. However, her abilities only can stop or rewind time by one month, as confirmed on her official wiki page.

[@sarimkhan-gi4sx]

+Jai Kathuria (JK) in this anime when kyoko died i was like holy shit she didnt had to die actually she was my fav character tht time but now i think my fav is homura

[@ーちぇけら]

落ちた海から兵器出てくるとこほんとすこ

[@Metal_slime_decapitated_flash]

多分川…

[@猫月-r5f]

海に橋ないから...

[@hnmhed815]

@@猫月-r5f え、あるくね？

[@インキュベーター-q1c]

猫月 本州四国連絡橋…

[@teeshipper]

マジカル☆88式地対艦誘導弾！

[@umapessoa240]

She never lost hope because she genuinely thought her time travelling shenanigans were improving her chances of saving Madoka. After finding out that the very actions she believed were providing safety were actually digging Madoka’s grave (and her own) by making Madoka a brighter target for the Incubators, it’s no surprise this is where she nearly snapped.

[@ummeasfahyaeesh9568]

Wait was madokas kriemhild gretchen before or after homulilly

[@melonrue]

@@ummeasfahyaeesh9568 Kriemhild Gretchen occurs at the same time as the inception of Madokami, at the end of the series. Homulilly occurs in the post-Wraith arc timeline, at least some time after the start of the rewritten universe. Homulilly is after Kriemhild.

[@plucas1]

The REAL heroine of the series, though you don't know it until the show's almost over. Snape has nothing on her.

[@ManticoreSoul]

;w; True...

[@lorendaemon7945]

plucas1 Snape is a dick who joined a hate group targeting his crush and people like her, who's only done anything worthwhile out of guilt, while at the same time being as cruel and spiteful as possible to innocent students. Homura is a hero fighting to stop a world-ending abomination and protect her love. She's way better.

[@ocaraloho4652]

plucas1 *Kyuubei, he did nothing wrong

[@elenigl74]

plucas1 no,meduka is life

[@4is-not-thenumberofdeath169]

Yeah, I agree. Snape's one of my favorite Harry Potter characters but to be honest, I really hated that he bullied Harry throughout the series out of guilt. I like Homura better because she wanted to protect her friends.

[@narwastuvivaldigalant8550]

Fun fact, in 03:08 she can't stop time since the sand in her shield is already empty, meaning she can only rewind the time in that moment

[@sycariummoonshine7134]

huh! :O

[@Ramsey276one]

2:23 that’s Another phase? MINIONS?! Oh, I *ran out RIGHT NOW?!*

[@LaluciiBaguette]

I feel like the sand actually just tells her how closer she's getting to the end of the month.

[@friiiiidge]

kind of like an hourglass!

[@squirlkingSUCKS]

1:52 they knew this scene was animated brilliantly so they had to sneak in the word SHAFT on something.

[@dinobot8091]

Nice catch

[@gentlecake]

John Miller shaft is the animation studio that created Madoka Magica

[@2im36]

It’s funny to think about how Homura is kind of like a speed runner trying to optimize her run every time just a little bit. Even though that truck to the face did basically nothing she was just like “might as well get in some chip damage while running to the cannons.”

[@purringraei9947]

walpurgisnacht: the witch of nightmares. I MEAN JUST LOOK AT THAT THING. I'D BE SCARED SHITLESS IF I SAW THAT ANYWHERE IN REAL LIFE. and the "laugh" the "laugh" is a different story.

[@nicholasadam4112]

If that's scary you should see Madokas witchs form. That thing makes this look like a bug compared to it

[@purringraei9947]

madoka's witch form is a mountain itself.

[@nicholasadam4112]

+lunaris “LunyTunes” Solaris From a picture I seen of it in a different timeline it uses goddamn planets for eyes while looking red all over the damn universe :|

[@purringraei9947]

... why the fuck would someone think of that?!

[@WormyMaster]

Walpurgisnacht is a german word, which actually refers to a night, in which witches gather for rituals and stuff like that. Of course, it depends on the source. In some sources it just empowers witches, in some it's a gathering, because it empowers witches.

[@thewhitepikmin2327]

Homura, using *THOUSANDS* of bombs and rocket launchers, can't even scratch Walpurgisnacht, but Madoka can take her down with one hit? Yes I get Madoka's supposed to be strong from the time loops, but that much power difference is crazy

[@HarmonicVector]

The White Pikmin Its actually due to how Walpugris is canonically immune to physical damage and MASSIVELY vulnerable to magic damage. The problem is that Homura only prioritized Madoka, and yet left everyone else to die.

[@silverYolo]

The White Pikmin I have a little theory that the reason madoka is so strong in every loop is because of the wish she made to become a magical girl

[@raccoon1302]

wow you have a theory that was directly stated in the show? nice man

[@silverYolo]

Keter A. im talking about her original first wish, not the "no more witches" wish

[@thewhitepikmin2327]

The true reason(apparently) is that Homura's constant resetting of time kept adding to Madoka's karmic destiny. Also, I read somewhere that Madoka's original wish was to save a cat that got run over by a car

[@hiro-cm1zn]

すごいなあ。10年経ってもこれを明確に超える芸術性、テンポ、映像の美麗さ、登場キャラの切実感のあるアニメは出てこない。今見ても変わらず心に響く。

[@sinnitiyamada9427]

化物語シリーズと鬼滅は超えたかも？カモだな。

[@らごでぃ]

アニメの中で1番好き

[@富嶽三十六景-w1z]

今トイレにいます

[@炎上君]

@@byname4598 まどかわきとはwwww

[@イカ娘-u7j]

@@byname4598 まどかはワキガじゃない

[@shiiiiiiiiiiiiit]

Hey here’s an essay about walpurgisnacht that you will most likely get a seizure from. Walpurgisnacht’s name actually comes from the Christian holiday Saint Walpurgis Night, or simply Walpurgis Night, named after Saint Walpurga, an 8th century Abbess. She was hailed by christians, and battled against witchcraft. Walpurgisnacht’s nature is helplessness, she’s crying, not laughing and she symbolises the fool who continuously spins in circles, which is probably also a reference to witchcraft. She’s also a combination of other witches too. It’s important to remember that she’s definitely existed for centuries, and wonders around the world aimlessly and doesn’t have a boundary. Walpurgisnacht is the stage constructing witch, shown by her minions. Her main ones, however, are the ones that dance around and attack homura. Notably, it’s actually unknown whether walpurgis was one person, or a combination of magical girls. Infact, she may be a combination of the witches ridiculed by Saint Walpurga, or started off as one of the witch’s ridiculed. Infact, walpurgis may be the witch that caused other witches to be called witches. Possibly, she could’ve witched out while being executed at an event and other witches being executed followed suit. In terms of wishes, I think walpurgis’ wish(s) would’ve been related to witchcraft, possibly wishing for abilities in witchcraft or to be accepted. But I had a thought. The witchcraft users met kyubey before being executed. Kyubey promised them all that he would save them and prove to the people the power of witchcraft. Of course, this is a way of kyubey getting energy, The girls agreed, and during the execution kyubey made the contract with them and because of the conditions of the contract they automatically witched out, but rather so they combined together into one powerful witch.Walpurgis Naught herself is the wish, the creation of the witch. The dancers are each of the individual girls and the other stagecraft things would’ve appeared around or near the execution and walpurgis used it for her minions. Walpurgis is crying probably because this isn’t what she truely wanted and they wished they had just died. Infact, truely, all Walpurgis wanted was to be accepted.

[@leonie.450]

Oml you’re so good this could be it 🤩✨

[@et22585]

That is actually a very good theory

[@ayzqrx]

Are ur fingers okay

[@shiiiiiiiiiiiiit]

@@ayzqrx no

[@ae831]

I aint readin allat

[@second_second_]

Homura is a quality introvert who always consider about the risks when others doesn't give a damn and they're wrong; think and plan carefully before launching actions and have preservation more than others can do.

[@GohanLSSJ2]

Basically, she's the Magical Girl version of the Goddamn Batman.

[@ChaoticPixeL]

GohanLSSJ2 Mahou Batman Homura Magica

[@Dysputant]

Second She had most time to think... And she took HER way , and even when people say she is evil... I can understand Her. :)

[@second_second_]

Good to know many kind of understand Homura :)

[@Dysputant]

***** More like , I can understand reasons. End she is not "evil" her actions are not 100% selfish. She just didn't accepted what happened to Madoka , and she needed god powers to get rid off all little furry fucks :)

[@なぽりーぬ]

ワルプルギスの夜が出てくる演出がサーカスみたいな可愛い雰囲気なのギャップがあって好き 絶望感がすごい音楽も最高すぎる…

[@ハートのレシピはじゃがいもパンケーキ]

楽しい華やかな世界の深奥にある闇深さ。 美しい舞台女優の歩いた跡はたくさんの夢を持って努力してきた少女達の悲哀と一生に影響を与えられた絶望と死屍累々。いや、本当は行方わからず消えていく。

[@辰巳良平]

永遠にどちらも巡り巡ってると思うと泣ける

[@Brainflayer]

as Albert Einstein once said, "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results". So by that definition, isn't what Homura's doing the definition of insanity?

[@Brainflayer]

@dise ryusa Good point

[@hikariaijou7348]

And every timeline is different

[@gabrielappleton4342]

She continually changed her strategies and brought increasingly more firepower.

[@kithasgodall4371]

First, I think she actually tried to do things differently each time (iirc next-to-last chapter or so showed it) but they never worked. And, second, yes, it is. And yes, she, understandably, is.

[@yuuyoya417]

Its not Homura's doing that is insane,its the situation she's in And as.@@math9172 said,she keeps doing new and various things to change the horrible outcome,but she never succeeded It will always end up in the same old demise cause apparently,changing everything is not enough,which can absolutely make anyone insane.

[@sinasinanoinu]

この笑い方ってただツボってるとしか思ってなかったけど絶望した時の泣いてるけど無理やり笑っている(？)みたいな笑い方に聞こえてきた…そう考えると絶望感強くね？

[@nattyan45]

まどかが苦しまなくて良いって言ってたことからも、確かにそのような気がしますね！

[@red_0611_six.]

生命の魔女？の時のさやかと同じ感じか

[@から揚げ-b8n]

なんか、ドラマとかで、沼ってた女が、フラれて、発狂してるやつみたい(？)

[@rwindan3875]

今回の台風、割とこんなレベルです。 あと像は出ません。冷静に逃げましょう

[@users-g8m]

ワルプルギストレンド入りしてましたもんね。

[@soapiesoap8027]

Leaked footage of may

[@ChaoticPixeL]

when I uploaded this eons ago i never believed we'd use it in reference to our global pandemic health crisis and yet here we are

[@carbonado3905]

Oh fuck its getting more and more accurate

[@gullinkambi3600]

@Totally not the flash :3 you've got mami-ed

[@NariNon]

Time to get turned into cheese

[@Sarah_Kinz]

Utsuro turn me into cheese homura Chan *someone reading this comment months later* uhh... I can explain

[@Sophia-rk5ws]

This scene right here will always have a weird place in my heart. I was hospitalized for an eating disorder at 8 years old and at the time I was just getting into anime. This was the second one I ever watched, but immediately took a liking to it because of how I could relate to the characters (I think this show represents very well what it's like to be a young girl who's struggling with mental health, especially as I reflect on it now). Long story short, my therapist had me describe the negative thoughts in my head as if they were a separate person, giving them a new name and acting like the thoughts were just another bully that I could deal with. One of my assignments was to draw/visualize what this separate person would look like if they were actually living. I can't help but think of those thoughts looking and acting like this witch even now. Really, it's weird looking at this scene and realizing how many stupid metaphors I could make about it relating to my childhood and current struggles with mental health. It's silly, but honestly this show means so much to me and it will always be my favorite.

[@BingusDingus2016]

It's not silly or stupid. It's valid I hope you are better now 😊😊

[@oranlander99]

Nope it's pretty valid heck I got a lot of my shit fixed due to art and representing it like witches. But I do hope you are alright and if not I hope either way you get better.

[@匚尺丂乇-k3v]

Been doing that since I got into this series Making up witches from my negativity

[@s-094cam5]

The symbolism on this series was intentional pretty much start to finish. Each of the 5 girls represented the 5 stages of grief. Mami - bargaining (her wish was literally just to live) Kyoko - anger Sayaka - despair Homura - denial Madoka - acceptance

[@MangoMagica]

None of this is stupid or silly, thank you for sharing. Madoka has a special place in my heart too but more because it inspires me artistically a lot

[@nervmeister]

I remember when magical girls used to fight with cute little wands. Nowadays......**points to video**

[@kokorolinkrun2943]

It's better this way

[@littlezorkie9311]

hey! I fight with a spear that’s kinda close right?

[@inakiaraquistain5731]

Now they fight with machine guns! >:3

[@netnet_in_a_sweater9351]

They fight with guns, spears, and crippling existentialism

[@josegodoy6745]

no mg referent other than sakura or sailor moon right?

[@mayormayor7646]

0:25 Top 10 saddest anime death

[@mihile4631]

I cried... 😞

[@omaxreptile]

@@mihile4631 i sobbed

[@remo27]

By the way, I've read lots of arguments (and watched videos) about Homura's actions, the background of the witches, etc, but I've never seen the importance of INFORMATION mentioned explicitly (though people dance around it sometimes). Remember the Incubators normally have all the advantages over these naive girls. They have pan-universal knowledge of how wishes operate on other planets, they have thousands of years of human history to draw upon (Homie isn't the first girl to time travel or to turn against them) and probably the wisdom of seeing how the collective wishes of overall a few million girls/young women (some are older than others, some are arguably still children, but NONE are experienced adults) turn out. Homura doesn't stand a chance against that, right? Well...she retains knowledge of the 'previous timeline' and every other timeline she's been in, while the Incubators DO NOT. That's how she's able to learn their secrets (including that they are absolute utilitarian assholes), and keep some of her own. Homura's efforts -she apparently manages to keep Madoka from becoming a magical girl for longer periods of time - finally lead to the Incubators downfall, because this timeline Madoka waits long enough (and sees enough of the horrors of being a Magical Girl) that she asks all the right questions to enable her to formulate a fully informed wish. I think the reason Kyubey doesn't downright lie to her is he UNDERESTIMATES the Magical Girls. After all, these 'energy cattle' have never successfully rebelled before and their wishes are so predictable. I think the Incubators in "science fiction' terms would be a Near Godlike race of beings with at least partly a collective consciousness (spare bodies) and advanced Quantum technologies. But that's the point: NEAR Godlike, and they don't retain information across various universes and timelines.

[@Eventidesis]

A late reply, but I agree with this. I also want to add something in conjunction with this comment. Kyuubey already underestimates these girls. This is really obvious in Rebellion, as he was so focused Madoka & Homura that it didn't even occur to him to look at Charlotte (who was in a witch form) & Sayaka (she died after the show and before Rebellion) until things went down, but there's a scene in the show that I've yet to see people talk about that really cements your post. While Kyuubey himself says that Madoka can become a God if she wanted to, he's actually shocked once he hears her wish. He didn't think she'd do it until it already happened but he's well-aware of her selfless nature. And throughout the show, he's looked down on her, calling her illogical, trying to act as if he didn't need to explain everything to her after Sayaka's death, pushing for her to make a wish (and Madoka would've, even as she knew she'd turn into a terrible, God-like witch), manipulating the situation so that she HAS to make a contract. He's relying on her being stupid and emotional, so her wish surprised him because it's actually sound, it makes sense, and it's smart. In the manga, he's just as shocked. However, he's stumbling over his words; he couldn't believe what he heard. And Madoka screams at him to do it, that she'll rewrite every rule that stands in her way, and demands he grant her wish now. The Incubators got lazy; they never bothered to actually understand people, so they treat all the magical girls as the same. They preach about how they're the ones who advanced humanity, how they treat us well enough, and yet this one girl managed to completely undo their work based on factual, logical observation and expectation.

[@remo27]

@@Eventidesis : Good points about Rebellion and what is shows the Incubators attitude, or at least it shows they have the ability to get as mesmerized by the object of their desire (Madoka, finding out about her in the case of Rebellion) to the exclusion of other important information as any human. As for Madoka's wish: I mostly agree, but please understand that it is possible to criticize her wish. It wasn't perfect : her "with my own hands" basically took her out of the universe, and made her Goddess, so of course her poor family never got to say goodbye to her, Homura (as the only one who remembers her) almost goes mad with loneliness and grief and worries she was imagining Madoka, and etc. Still, it was basically an informed wish to 'reform the system' for the benefit of the laberors (magical girls) and hence was still a good, if imperfect wish. As for the Incubators, perhaps that got a bit intellectually lazy. But remember something: they don't really understand emotion beyond the very basic surface level because they basically don't feel it. So in a sense like an extreme h uman sociopath, they really can't sympathize or even understand most of the Magical Girls suffering. It cripples their moral lense and makes them treat the girls like objects (despite all Kyubey's protests to the contrary, in the end the girls mean nothing to them) and ONLY objects. I guess what I'm saying is I don't think the Incubators are evil by choice , but more crippled and I hope the Resolution Movie or series or whatever they are currently making takes this into account. I do think it's a form of Justice that Homura seems to have zapped the Incubators with emotions and so they are suffering now as the Magical Girls would have done before. But they don't deserve that fate forever. I kind of hope we get decent resolutions for everyone and maybe a chastisted and wiser (and more sympathetic) race of Incubators in the end. This is one series I hope does NOT end in Nihilism.

[@JMObyx]

@@Eventidesis That aside, how do we know that the Incubators are telling the truth that they even intend to save the universe? They're not collecting energy to stop entropy, if they were, then why would they have a "quota?" Kyubey stated in episode 10 when Madoka turned into a Witch that would destroy the Earth in 10 days, he says he met his quota for this planet. If they were actually using the energy for what he said he was using it for to Madoka, then why would he need a quota? It;'s like eating his own seed crop! Why would you sacrifice a world? Particularly, a world where you recieve a crapton of energy in order to "save the universe from heat death?" And also, even if Kyubey's telling the truth about saving the universe, does he really mean our own? In Rebellion, he says that when Homura gained too much power, he tried to *leave!* If Homura's Labyrinth truly covers the entire universe, then how can the Incubators leave except by going to another universe? Their own universe which they're actually collecting energy and killing off other universes to "save," and even then, how can we assume that the Incubators are actually using it to save their universe, or even if their home is in actual danger? Also, Kyubey DOES understand emotions, and he lies by omission, and he even straight up lies despite his claims that he doesn't know what a lie is. Want proof he's a liar? Take a look at the PMMM Manga that follows Jean De'Arc and take a look at what Kyubey's explanation of his nature to Jean, WHICH IS CLEARLY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT HE TOLD THE PMMM GIRLS! There's no evidence that a single word that comes out of his mouth can even be trusted.

[@BatmanSeRiedeTi]

@@JMObyx Its perhaps that the "Proyected quota of energy" from human civilization has been reached and thus if the world ends by that point at least he achieved that mark and their great proyect can go on. Most likely iincubators actually can´t lie since lies, like feelings, are mostly a human trait and incubators are mostly machine-like. Furthermore once Madoka goes witch they probably cant actually stop her or it would take an insane amount of power, Madoka-Witch and Madoka-Goddess cand only happen from the acumulation of hundreds of Madoka-Timelines via Homura time-walks and as such incubators are mostly powerless to change the outcome of any of those stages.

[@JMObyx]

@@BatmanSeRiedeTi How do we know that? All we have is his word and it's proven that Kyubey's word cannot be trusted!

[@Hanex94]

Homura is one of the most metal af characters I've seen in anime

[@BatmanSeRiedeTi]

"If victory is impossible i shall fight forever!" -Koth of the Hammer

[@juancruzcantabile3813]

Homura in Rebellion: the sanity was never an option

[@nekofrau]

to be honest, she did pretty damn well

[@jorgemurilo7779]

Only magical attacks can hurt Walpurgis.

[@eacowind8936]

hells no she used enuf explosives to level newyork and not one scrach i say she failed hard

[@variedadesonline3926]

Indeed she did

[@jem5378]

I think what's interesting about the Walpurgisnacht is that, while other witches embody their own despair, the Walpurgisnacht seems to embody Homura's. Octavia embodies Sayaka's unrequited love by composing a song her lover will never hear, Candeloro embodies Mami's loneliness by ensnaring people and never letting them leave her, Ophelia Kyoko's feeling of abandonment and Charlotte Nagisa's tenacity. But the Walpurgisnatch, who embodies helplessness? With every blow that bounces harmlessly off it you can just feel that helplessness, the way Homura went through all that planning and preparation just for it to be blown out of the water, the way she says "I have to do something" before being tossed aside like a ragdoll. She's just as helpless before the witch as the witch is before its nature. In a way, the Walpurgisnatch was Homura's witch before Homulilly was.

[@ShadowSkyX]

More like the world's witch; the witch of inevitability. The inevitability of anyone who fights her either dies or becomes a witch themselves. It wouldn't surprise me if the witched out magical girls get sucked in and become a part of its body, and gain the ability to command their familars too. It's interesting that the body never looks quite the same in each timeline, likely altered due to the magical girls' wishes or because different girls went into its creation.

[@PlasticiTea]

Ten years later, this scene still makes me tear up like the first time.

[@aestheticcherryblossoms8274]

1:33 I love how they make the truck horn go alongside the music, it really adds an extra touch. Also this entire fight is just jaw dropping in general.

[@WitheredSpongey]

Truck Kun Returns

[@peeteee]

@@WitheredSpongeythis time, with explosions! michael bay style!

[@the_best_username]

Walpurgisnacht Rising ending leaked! Walpurgisnacht gets isekai'd

[@ellie4534]

This is probably my favorite scene in the whole show! The music, the animation, and the conclusion; seriously, was I the only one who actually for once thought she was really going to die?

[@Skwishie]

I wasn't sure if she was going to die, but it really touched me when I realized even Homura is faltering in her resolution to save Madoka. How many times has she tried up until this moment? The moment she gives up she becomes a Witch. As Kyuubey put it, she must continue to fight even if she has no chance of winning. One of the best scenes in Madoka for sure.

[@UltimaOX]

xxdarkstarxx3 i believe it was stated by the creators that Homura reset time 100 times. So the same 4 weeks 100 times, thats over 8 Years of failure. Youde figure that would break even the strongest resolve after that long of tragedy. Once you know how long shes been fighting, it really puts things into perspective. Strong Character Development.

[@natchu9676]

UltimaOX That's 8 years of failure and seeing your loved one die before you 100 times. And then to have her smile at you again immediately afterwards, innocently ignorant of her impending fate.

[@missseaweed2462]

natchu96 I know... So freaking sad... and depressing... >~

[@Asehpe]

In my dark moments, there's something in me that tells me that's how this story should end. With Homura yielding to despair and becoming a witch, and Madoka coming too late to save her. Then Homura's witch kills Madoka (so many flying debris...). At the evacuation center, Madoka's family survives, only for her mother Junko to blame herself for life for having let Madoka go, so much that she neglects her job and ends up being fired and dying of alcholism, leaving her husband Tomihisa and their little son Tatsuya alone and destitute. Sometimes I think that's the ending that the Urobuchi who wrote Saya no Uta would have preferred. And then I'm thankful beyond words for the ending we actually got...

[@WavyMusic]

its sucks that homura had to take drastic measures for a friend she loves throughout the series.

[@Malrune]

Even more tragic when you realize it's a simple girl crush with all the complexity and depth of puppy love.

[@fahholliday5374]

And then she was Satan. :) She was right in her "devotion is meaningless" rant, even if she, herself, as Homucifer, doesn't believe so.

[@WavyMusic]

yeah......I love her being a demon now :3

[@fahholliday5374]

Same! Homura's much better as a villain than a protagonist, and despite it only being for a couple minutes so far, it's already giving her more depth.

[@123thof]

***** The thing is that it made zero sense given the end of the series. I mean, SHE COULD NOT HAVE BECOME A WITCH.

[@Korraganitar]

This is the scene that really solidified Homura as a top tier fighter in my eyes. She controlled every moment of that fight until Walpurgisnacht used it's OP plz nerf damage immunity to no sell her hits. The first part of that fight was one long "just as planned" and against anything without the durability of the stage setting witch, she would have been victorious.

[@PikachuLittle]

Homura is basically a Dark Souls player. She bangs her head against her opponents until something gives and uses her infinite number of retries to learn the patterns until she can do it in her sleep. That’s why she dominates in the original series but keeps getting blindsided in Rebellion, because those opponents aren’t ones she’s fought 100 times before.

[@negate4828]

@@PikachuLittle and she still beat them kinda like with sayaka when they fought even with Sayaka able to control her witch form like bebe Homura forced her to retreat even in close corners i mean at first sayaka stopped Homura from stopping time but hormura said "Fuck your sword" and yeeted it and then her thing was stopping time so Sayaka said "OH SHIT" and dipped

[@ikariiprince]

I love the scene where Homura is walking passed the parade. It’s so surreal and foreboding

[@もう疲れちゃって全然コメントできな]

あれだけの仕掛けをほむほむがせっせと用意していたかと思うとまぁ可愛いよね( ˆωˆ )

[@マウンテンエリンギ]

それな

[@yozukinf_46]

ワルプルギスの夜の鳴き声怖い((((；ﾟДﾟ))))ｶﾞｸｶﾞｸﾌﾞﾙﾌﾞﾙ

[@宮里リャマ]

中国製だから効かないんだよ！！

[@7inch_]

爆弾ぽんぽん置いていくの想像したらかわいい

[@単眼好きの恋奈]

@@yozukinf_46 ｳﾌﾌｯwwwｱﾊﾊｯwwwｳｯwｳｧｰﾊﾊwwwｳｯwwｱﾊｯwwｳｯwｳｯwwｳｧｰﾊﾊwwww

[@shafootodess]

it doesn't matter how much time pass , i'll always absolutely love madoka magica , my all time favorite anime

[@variedadesonline3926]

Same

[@xxxxxxx426]

Same. HOMURA IS LOVE, HOMURA IS LIFE

[@matthewpantig7928]

TRUE! my only masterpiece! better beyond AoT & CSM.

[@supersmilyface1]

Same here. Been my favorite since 5th grade. I'm a high school graduate now.

[@SeniorFishes]

I watched it last January I am going to be obsessed with it my entire life

[@MariAnimates]

Damn the whole hourglass connection between Walpurgisnact and Kriemheld Gretchen is haunting

[@rainoftime37]

The best personal analogy that I can come up with for how mentally exhausting this fight was for Homura is this: It's like fighting a very hard boss in a video game, except... the last time you could save was months prior (aka when Homura woke up on the hospital bed). So every time you want to try and fight that boss again, you have to keep on going through basically the entire game, recollect ALL your weapons in order to even have a chance of getting to fight the boss again. And if you die/are close to death, you have to reset all the way to the beginning and do it all over again. Now, to most people, this would be pretty frustrating, right? Most people would just give up and quit. Even some of the most stubborn of people might even take a break after a few tries before coming back to try again, right? Now, imagine that if you stop playing or quit the game, you die in real life. THAT'S how it was like for Homura. She couldn't even take a break if she wanted to, because doing so would mean turning into a witch. The moment she made her wish, she inadvertently set herself up to fight Walpurgisnacht for eternity, until Walpurgisnacht somehow dies (which is nearly impossible without Madoka's help, but even then, Madoka herself is put in danger every time this happens due to how much power she has). That's how much mental fortitude Homura had to acquire to even last this long. And even then, in the final cycle before the final episode of the series, Homura is about ready to give up. This is seriously a lot for someone who's supposed to be 13 years old.

[@Onigirli]

I don't really think the videogame analogy is helpful if you're trying to grasp the draining slog that her experience was, lol. There's a certain mental shield/trance you get from non-stop vidya that you don't get 'irl'

[@kamentrainerhorn2073]

Walpurgisnacht: How many times do I have to teach you this lesson, Homura? Homura: I love Madoka!

[@person8064]

Madoka: I love Emilia

[@gaygoddessnamedmadoka2252]

@@person8064 Homura:👁👄👁

[@R.N恋するウサギちゃん]

多分ほとんどの主人公が主人公補正なければこんな感じにボス戦で負けるんだろうな

[@phr0w0g84]

After playing MagiReco, I realized that Homura never really targeted the cog wheel on Walpurgisnacht, she simply attacked the body, which explains why none of her attacks didn't really kill her

[@icecream6256]

Homura was like speedrunning boss, menorising every pattern in each phases, and making the most efficient attacks. But there isnt a health bar so she doesnt know that the enemy couldn't die from those traps she set up underground

[@fatalframe95]

It absolutely mortifies me to think about the kind of girl Walpurgisnacht could have been before she started fusing with other witches. By the look of her silhouette at the end of the series, she was just another 'Magical Girl' but what could possibly break someone into turning into something like this...

[@adoellex8000]

Daniel Wrightson It's all in the laugh. Walpurgisnatch was like the Madoka of that time. She believed magical girls were kind and trusting. What broke her was the realization of how the world was. people killing each other raping each other, and lying to each other , magical girls acting selfish and cruel towards each other. She laughs because knowing the fate of magical girls makes her feel like they deserve every little bit of it. Trying to make the world a better place by absorbing magical girls not only to get rid of them to make herself strong enough to "save the world" not realizing SHE'S the one that's destroying it. She laughs because she knows the terrible things going. Laughing to hide her pain from the world.

[@Hi-rd1ok]

Walpurgisnacht's laugh also sounds like sobbing.

[@rubitch]

It could also be theorized that the magical girl Walpurgisnacht used to be, wished Kyubey to grant her a lot of wishes, therefore making a LOT of soul gems that eventually got corrupted and transformed into one.

[@beigecharley7080]

@@rubitch that would be horrifying to think about. Not only would she have sold her soul, but she would be ripping it apart to create the duplicate soul gems.

[@ladynoname3621]

@@adoellex8000 she sounds like me....

[@scarlettlasweet]

I read Homura vs Waluigi at first and now I'm disappointed.

[@feraltouhou]

this needs to happen

[@fatherthornell8887]

Bruh

[@929er13]

someone better edit this asap.

[@LesbiansMarie]

Good idea. I would do that but I don’t understand how MMD works

[@drflugkisser]

Waluigi Lmao

[@miadaorerk1681]

Ironic how Walpurgis Night is a celebration about the gathering of Witches.

[@903IDFOLEY]

Walpurgis Night is a _type_ of giant witch that is formed from multiple witches combining together. With that known, the name makes a lot of sense.

[@OvercastST]

"Fighting a witch named after the gathering of witches is kinda like playing basketball against someone named Mr. NBA."

[@benjamindavidson4680]

Overcast Glad to see I am not the only one to watch SF Debris around here.

[@OvercastST]

benjamin davidson God I love SF Debris.

[@atkvin]

inb4 a giant combined wraith named Halloween appears

[@CactusMaractus]

The worst part about this that no one seems to talk about is that she literally could never win, because, just as all the timelines were created with the porpuse of saving madoka, which gave her karmic destiny, they were also all created with the porpuse of defeating Walpurgisnacht, giving it karmic destiny, so no matter how strong homura got, she could never ever win

[@vqlefor]

also because apparently the witch is immune to physical damage and weak to magic. homura doesn't seem to realize this and keeps using guns so she never beats her

[@madokamiiii]

​@vqlefor true and you can kind of see the exact moment she realizes she's not really doing shit to damage it

[@指籏有輝]

世界で2番目の魔女を倒すのにこれだけの準備が必要なら、救済の魔女は最強と言えるね。 舞台装置の魔女がまどかに勝てないのもうなずける。ほむらには感謝するよ。誰も倒せない存在を作ってくれたのだから。

[@ほむ-g3m]

凪野時雨 あなたはキュウべえなのか？

[@kashiwamochikashiwamochi9999]

漂う黒幕感ww

[@kzm5466]

お前QBかよ

[@tanaka490]

QBはエネルギー採取に来てるからなぁ ただ黒幕感はやべえw

[@Nalukami-dj8oy]

コメ主がQBよりも黒幕感が凄いんだが

[@L0rdLexan01]

I have to wonder how a 12 year old girl managed to get over a hundred rocket launchers, underwater SAM turrets, a truck full of nitroglycerin, and a kiloton of C4

[@remo27]

She's biologically 13, but since she's re-done this one and a half month period about 100 times (per the artists) she has alot of the knowledge of a much older person. She also can stop time and these 'time stops' can apparently be of great duration (not like a second or even just a few minutes before time restarts). Thus she has the ability to enter places unseen and spy unseen even by extremely high speed cameras. It also wouldn't surprise me if over those 100 something timeloops , Homura got training possibly in exchange for favors we wouldn't consider appropriate. There's no doubt it takes alot of time and knowledge to set up something like this, but she has had plenty of practice. Her only other useful skill would be that she can apparently store unlimited weapons in her shield for future use.

[@khadijahmuhammad4771]

@@remo27 She didnt get any training for special favors. She just broke into an army base and stole a bunch of their weapons many times across many timelines and stockpiled. The truck though........ I can't explain that.

[@remo27]

@@khadijahmuhammad4771 : We don't even know that. Did you try to explain the missle cruiser and how she found out where it was (or got it steered to this certain spot) and managed to launch its missles? One needs a code for THAT at minimum and , if the ship had to be moved, the crew had to be influenced somehow as those ships do not operate (unlike some drones) on "automatic pilot". She doesn't just break into a JDF armory..she somehow involves the Japanese Navy as well.

[@khadijahmuhammad4771]

@@remo27 In episode 10 it shows how she acquired her weapons over time. It's established across the timeline that she stole them from the army. She never did any "favors" for anybody.

[@remo27]

@@khadijahmuhammad4771 : We don't see the vast majority of her timelines! It's canon she did this around 100 times, we at most see 5 to 6 timelines (and most only very briefly) in episode ten. We have no idea what Homura did in the 10 to 20 (depending on how much time she spent in 'time stop'..time still flows for HER in that situation) years worth of re-doevers that she performed before the final timeline in Madoka. Remember each timeline can be as long as a month and a half , and that doesn't count any time spent in 'timestop'. Once again this is a naval asset: It looks like some sort of underwater guided missle sub. You don't 'store them' in your shield, anymore than she stored that fuel truck in her shield. Those have to be pre-positioned, and that takes knowledge of where to find them and how to operate them. She has to get her knowledge somehow, either by manuals, spying, or making various bargains for training.

[@Ovrel]

Teacher: *makes funny joke* Other Students: *laugh normally* Me: 1:26

[@lumi9557]

EHEHE EHEHE AHAHAHHAHAHAHA

[@coolbattlegirl770]

When the joke replays in your head after everyone stops laughing

[@coolbattlegirl770]

Mischievous MaleFox oh damn.... dark past recovered! It could be possible! That this Witch was a magical that was abused. And she laughed to hid behind her problems... sad

[@elsiecarreno1283]

EHEHEHEHEH EHEHEHEHEH AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

[@coolbattlegirl770]

Elsie Carreno *laughter intensives*

[@aquadraws5833]

I’m plenty sure Homura robbed the military a bunch of times

[@galactic_road9113]

The yakuza too

[@hiiragii]

Touch the Impact Magia record shows

[@지수영-m8m]

@@galactic_road9113 지금 집 가는 길 잃은

[@PikachuLittle]

Probably started an international incident in at least one timeline where she just went on a world tour of military bases.

[@Javianime214]

At the beginning of the show Homura comes off as very cold but as you continue the series you really appreciate her character

[@LibertyForAll-l3q]

She still act to selectively forwards people around her making Madoka seem like some sort of obsession a bit. She barely tried to save Sayaka.

[@PikachuLittle]

sweetcattv To be fair in pretty much every timeline where Sayaka becomes a Magical Girl she goes witch in about 3 days. After 8 years of that could you honestly tell me you'd still care about someone who self-destructs every time in a way that cannot be directly linked to your own actions? Frankly the most humane way to deal with Sayaka at that point is to kill her the second she becomes a Magical Girl, no fussy witch cleanup.

[@tsuyuasui7297]

sweetcattv she actually did... multiple times

[@ririzoreVT]

PikachuLittle You mean 12 years.

[@variedadesonline3926]

@@ririzoreVT yeah

[@drinkme9116]

I have to admit, Walpurgisnacht's laugh is better in the Japanese version. xD

[@theveryfunnymyth]

I'ma drink you ya little punk

[@Imman2988]

Yeah your right

[@ithaquathewindwalker968]

She's crying not laughing

[@slimesannn]

When the animation still looks clean af even after 10 years:

[@d3ltazer0judgement]

I like how many people only pays attention in homura's virtual time manipulation. *But not in her virtual space manipulation, this is also badass.*

[@thelordoftheweebs9501]

The build up, music, animation, the theme(s), nuance of homura's character make this episode, this fight scene and this anime so god damn good.

[@けんぴ-b4v]

地球史上最大級の台風が来ると聞いて、この動画見に来た同士おる？

[@yt366]

けんぴ おるで

[@-SEVEN-ko4zr]

うい

[@すし屋のかっぱえびせん]

今言うのもあれですが地球史上はデマですよ…

[@琥珀糖の夜]

テレビとかが色々煽ったんだよなあ...

[@underdog5092]

特に何もなかったね 大学受験で俺がずっと塾に篭ってたから知らなかっただけかもしれないけど

[@Sagemaster00]

When you think about it, Homura is practically the Furude Rika of Madoka Magica

[@clauseclauseandclause1698]

+Elephant Or you could say that Furude Rika is practically the Homura Akemi of Higurashi.

[@ousou78]

+Elephant But at least Rika forgot the details like what killed her when Homura know perfectly what kills Madoka again and again. I rather be in Rika situation. ( It aslo reminds me Nagato from Suzumiya Harui in Endless Height arc. But she acts like a plant so it almost didn't bother her to live tausend time the same week.

[@Sagemaster00]

ousou78 Eh true, but I mean you can tell it made her pretty dark, especially in umineko as Bern

[@ousou78]

Elephant I havn't watch Umineko yet, but you're right, I've heard about this story.

[@ousou78]

This anime isn't really comparable to Higurashi but it worth watching. This anime is a magical girl but trust me that mean nothing, after the two first episode you will realize that it's way more darker than a classical magical girl.

[@unknownherrscher]

im so glad that the magia records alternate universe gave homura the ending she deserved, killing walpurgisnacht with the help of other magical girls while staying alive alongside the holy quintet, and having her mission to not let madoka into despair to be accomplished

[@jackarnold7213]

0:56 Unlimited RPGs Works!

[@AllenWalkerInnocence]

Jack Arnold LOL xD Akemi Archmura xD

[@DGneoseeker1]

Jack Arnold Should have used Davy Crockett portable nuke launchers.

[@jackarnold7213]

DGneoseeker1 Overkill at its finest.

[@peridoodle2644]

DGneoseeker1 Radiation. Radiation and fallout everywhere.

[@DGneoseeker1]

***** Still it seems like someone desperate enough would try after that many attempts. Get Mami out of the area and nuke everything.

[@chantylcotejo2496]

Can we appreciate how Walpurgisnacht night design is magnificent and beautiful while being dreadful and unsettling at the same time.

[@shina7418]

i wanna kill he so bad, it just irks me off why it's upside down and flopping around like some balloon

[@emilyfarfadet9131]

So being symbolism nerd- I got really hyper-fixated on why the Walpurgus witch is inverted. It instantly made me think of tarot cards. couldn't quite figure which card she'd be. But the priestess inverted is a symbol of withheld information, and the Queen of cups inverted is co-dependancy....

[@cyberneticfairy6163]

Her nature is helplessnes affter all

[@Bebepollo]

Well you know she is based on a jester and jesters a sometimes called fools

[@jovindsouza3407]

Supposedly Walpurgisnacht forms the lower half of an hourglass. The upper half is Kreimlid Gretchen, Madoka's Witch form. The two represent time running out.

[@agis230]

Take a look at how the tarot card of "the fool" is drawn/represented

[@DaughterofRevenge]

​@@jovindsouza3407 Is it the other way around though?

[@seankrkovich2869]

Nearly a decade later and those visuals are still outstanding

[@silverhawk7324]

Homura is the anti hero the world needs, but not the one it deserves right now. So, they’ll hunt her, because she can take it. Because she’s not a hero. She’s a silent guardian. A watchful dandere. The Dark Witch. She stalks the shadows to put alien bunnies to justice.

[@vitorleite3095]

+R Y O K E N "A watchful Yandere"

[@Someone-dn2iv]

This paragraph sounds familiar...is this from a Batman movie?

[@ravenbloom6732]

Good gods, I remember being so in awe of the fight scene when I first watched Madoka Magica, how everything at the beginning was perfectly set up, and then how it all began to crumble towards the end. I was in tears for the ending, though to be fair, I had been crying for all of the previous episode and then episodes 11 and 12 made it worse. ... it probably didn't help that I binged the entire series in one day.

[@tux9240]

i wonder what would've happened if Homura turned into a witch right here. Would she have just been consumed and added to Walpurgisnacht

[@simplymad6283]

Considering she fell to despair in the last timeline and was able to maintain her consciousness, I feel as though she woulf have likely consumed Walpurgis at the very least.

[@F1areon]

Probably, yes.

[@mihile4631]

Or she would have snapped, then absorbed Humora LMAO

[@juancruzcantabile3813]

The Homura love will consumed Walpurgisnacht then she destroy the world

[@apdroidgeek1737]

Id like to assume walpurgis (or atleas the main component of it) was actually homura, i mean it has a clock related to it and gears and stuff, i mean it make sense if madoka witch form gets stronger every timeline why wont homura witch form the same, i know walpurgis are composed of alot of witched but if you watch when walpurgis gets defeated, there one magical girl in the center which implies that walpurgis was supposed to be 1 witch that absorbed witches.

[@simplymad6283]

Homuras combat ability always amazes me. She could likely 1v1 any other Magical girl with ease outside of Mami (which could go either way imo) or Madoka in some of the timelines. People say shes only good because of her time stop but she clearly fights extremely well. That combined with her mental fortitude, she's one scary fucking beast.

[@azareii]

To say Homura is only strong because of her time stop is like saying Mami is only strong because of her guns and ribbons. Yes, it's a major factor in their fights, but without their magical girl tools, they're only human. Also, while most magical girls have primarily combat oriented abilities, Homura only seems to have the blast thing the used to attack Kyubey in the first episode. Other than that, her abilities are utility based - storage behind her shield and time manipulation.

[@ゆちゃ-n9h]

このほむらの戦い方ほんと好き。(*⁰▿⁰*)

[@Neptunyan]

i just realised something. The part when Homura is close to letting herself be taken into despair. This just shows even more of how much she cares for Madoka. Sayaka was turning into despair within a few days and she was seriously losing it. For Homura to easily rupture with despair and hopelessness AND so quickly, thats got to mean something. The more and more I watch this series, the more I realise things I never did realise when I first watched it. God this show is such a blessing.

[@Onigirli]

Huh? I don't get what distinction you're making there, sorry...

[@SaltyCarrotCake]

This whole anime is my brain during a mental breakdown

[@fatherthornell8887]

Too much

[@mihile4631]

Basically the whole anime is 2020 in a nutshell

[@memetea3562]

that one compliment you got as a kid vs your depresion

[@ごく普通で一般的なタコつぼ]

@@mihile4631 つまり混沌とな？

[@Wowimsick]

It litterally just feels like a fever Dream sometimes

[@完全試合-d6o]

2:00 カメラがワルプルギスの夜を捉えるの少し遅れるところ本当に好き

[@enchire]

臨場感ある

[@なむ-u3x]

ワルプルギスの夜硬すぎだろ...

[@どんぐり-i5u]

リムさん ほむらが攻撃しているのは本体ではないからワルプルギスの夜にダメージがあまり入っていない さらにほむらがタイムリープする度にワルプルギスの夜は強くなっているから3週目のほむらでは単体でワルプルギスの夜に勝ち目が無い

[@三渋令助]

ーどんぐり 一年前やで？

[@今吉-m9e]

三渋令助 1時間前やで？

[@kzm5466]

むしろまどかの攻撃強すぎだろ 43分前やで？

[@atanak-j3o]

ワルプルギスの夜はほむらの魔女と予想。 繰り返せばほむらとまどかの因果力が強くなるけど強くなればなるほどワルプルギスの夜も強くなるからいくらやっても勝てない 1時間前やで？

[@MelancholiaLapelada]

I show this to my mom for the first time without any kind of context and the phrases she said about homura "her life is sad" and "she let her hair down" were so precise that I can't XD

[@masamiyu4976]

ワルプルギスの夜になった人はどんな願いで魔法少女になったんだろうね笑

[@若松凜-m9u]

欅って書ける ワルプルギスはほむら説強いらしいですよ。

[@はっぽうスチ]

欅って書ける 俺｢ワルプルギスさん！どんな願いで魔法少女になったんですか？｣ ワルプルギスの夜｢あーっはっはっはっはっっあぁーっはっはっはっはっはっはっはー𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔𐤔｣ 俺｢笑えばいいと思うんですか！分かりました｣

[@nattyan45]

まずワルプルギスの夜自体って、もともと魔法少女だったのかな。魔女って、使い魔が進化しても生まれなかったっけ

[@シーランド男爵]

45 nattyan あってるけど成長した使い魔は大元の魔女と同じになるだけでより強い力を持つとまではいえん

[@せみ-e3r]

伊藤 葵 絶対に有り得ません