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The films are distributed in North America by Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 of America. In Puella Magi Madoka Magicathere are certain creatures that can grant a chosen girl any wish they may desire. In exchange for that wish, however, that girl must become a who must fight against witches, creatures born from despair that are responsible for accidents, disease, and . In the city of Mitakihara, a girl named is approached by a creature named with the offer of becoming a magical girl. Meanwhile, another magical girl named Homura Akemi seeks to do everything in her power to stop Madoka from becoming one. Madoka soon learns that the life of a magical girl is not the dreamlike fantasy she imagined and is instead filled with tragedy and despair. In Mitakihara city, a girl named Madoka Kaname meets a new transfer student, Homura Akemi, who coldly warns her to remain as she is lest she risk losing everything. Later that day, Madoka and her friend Sayaka Miki are shopping when they find themselves protecting a strange cat-like creature named Kyubey from Homura. They are caught in a mystical barrier and approached by strange monsters, but are rescued by . Madoka and Sayaka learn Mami is a magical girl who fights monstrous beings called witches, who spread curses and prey on human beings. Kyubey offers the two girls the opportunity to also become magical girls: in return for forging a contract and having a wish granted, they gain a Soul Gem—the source of their magic—and are tasked with hunting down witches. Killing a witch Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 behind Grief Seeds, which they may use to replenish and purify their Soul Gems. Homura, a magical girl herself with the ability to seemingly appear out of nowhere, is strongly against Madoka making a contract, but Madoka, wanting to help others, almost does so after being inspired by Mami. However, Madoka reconsiders after witnessing Mami's brutal death while fighting a witch named Charlotte. Sayaka becomes a magical girl to heal the debilitating injury afflicting her childhood friend, Kyosuke Kamijo. Sayaka soon comes into conflict with another magical girl named , whom Homura recruits to deal with a powerful witch named Walpurgisnacht, who will appear and Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 Mitakihara in two weeks. When Madoka learns that Sayaka and Kyoko are fighting on a highway bridge, she intervenes by throwing Sayaka's Soul Gem onto a passing truck, which carries it away and causes Sayaka to immediately fall dead. This reveals the horrifying truth: the Soul Gems used by magical girls are their actual souls, extracted from their bodies by Kyubey after forging the contract. Kyubey describes the process as turning their bodies into mere "hardware" controlled by their Soul Gems, which are usually kept close to them at all times, and allows their bodies to better endure the hardship of battle. The destruction of the Soul Gem also means permanent death for a magical girl, and they must locate Grief Seeds from defeated witches or risk running out of magic and being unable to maintain their bodies. When Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 Soul Gem is recovered, Sayaka revives and is horrified. Kyubey expresses flat confusion at their reactions, reasoning that the contract is fair and the process is logically sound. Kyoko later tries to help Sayaka cope by telling her of her own experience, in which her wish inadvertently destroyed her family. However, Sayaka falls deeper into despair after learning that her classmate and friend, Hitomi Shizuki, plans to confess her own love to Kyosuke. After Kyubey tells her that she has more magical potential than any girl it has ever seen, Madoka nearly forges a contract to restore Sayaka to normal, but is stopped seconds before when Homura manages to kill Kyubey. The close call causes Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 to break down, tearfully begging Madoka not to be so foolishly selfless, before Madoka runs off to find Sayaka. As Madoka leaves, another Kyubey appears and Homura calls it by its true name: Incubator. Elsewhere, Kyoko finds Sayaka, now fully sunken in despair. Sayaka's Soul Gem completely darkens and explodes into a Grief Seed. As darkness flows out of the Grief Seed, Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 muses how a "magical girl" is what they call the juvenile form of a "witch". Homura saves Kyoko and Sayaka's lifeless body from the newly emerged witch Oktavia von Seckendorff, revealing that the witch is Sayaka herself: magical girls whose Soul Gems become fully tainted and succumb to despair transform into witches, their Soul Gems becoming Grief Seeds. Kyubey explains that he is part of an emotionless alien species called "Incubators" who have long used human teenage girls in this manner because the transformation into witches produces massive amounts of energy, which they collect to ward against the inevitable heat death of the universe. Kyoko, spurred on by Kyubey Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 hoping for a chance to restore Sayaka, takes Madoka with her to try and reach Oktavia. The attempt ultimately fails, with Kyoko sacrificing herself to end Sayaka's suffering. Kyubey, having known that reversing the process was impossible, taunts Homura, saying that without Sayaka and Kyoko she has no chance of stopping Walpurgisnacht without Madoka also becoming a magical girl, something Kyubey wishes to happen in order to harness Madoka's mysteriously enormous potential energy. It is then revealed that Homura's true ability is time manipulation, and that she is from another timeline: Initially a shy student who was rescued by Madoka in magical girl form, and witnessing her demise, Homura forged a contract with Kyubey with the intention of redoing the past to prevent Madoka from becoming a magical girl and save her from her fate. She has relived the one-month period leading up to Walpurgisnacht numerous times in the hopes of saving Madoka, with each attempt ending in failure. With this new information, Kyubey deduces that it is Homura's actions that have caused Madoka to possess the massive potential energy from multiple reset timelines to become the Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 of all magical girls and subsequently a witch whose power dwarfs Walpurgisnacht. Determined to save Madoka, Homura faces Walpurgisnacht alone, but is ultimately Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 and pushed to the brink of despair, reasoning that resetting time any further will only make Madoka's fate worse. Madoka arrives and comforts Homura, becoming a magical girl with the wish to have the ability to save magical girls across all time from their despair before they can become witches. The paradoxical nature of her wish causes her to transcend into a godlike psychopompand establishes a new "Law of Cycles" in which magical girls disappear into a higher plane instead of becoming witches. The result of the wish causes Madoka's human existence to become erased from reality, with only Homura remembering her. Madoka assures Homura that this is for the best and thanks her, now knowing the full extent of their friendship across numerous timelines. Homura awakens to find herself in a reality where Mami and Kyoko are still alive, as the three of them now hunt new monsters called "Wraiths", and no one remembers Madoka. Homura describes the previous reality to Kyubey and vows to continue protecting the world Madoka cherished. After they defeat a Nightmare embodiment of Hitomi's frustrations over her relationship with Kyosuke, Homura Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 something is amiss in their memories. She and Kyoko realize they are trapped in a fake Mitakihara, which Homura recognizes as a witch's labyrinth. Homura proceeds to interrogate Bebe, remembering her to be the witch Charlotte, only to end up fighting Mami, who eventually also remembers they fought Wraiths, not Nightmares. Homura is spirited away by Sayaka, while Mami is kept from pursuing them by Bebe, now taking Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 original form as a magical girl named Nagissa Momoe. Sayaka, revealing she possesses her full memories, warns Homura to reconsider uncovering the truth. Homura realizes that after Madoka's wish rewrote the universe, the only one who should remember the existence of witches and their labyrinths is herself. She reasons that she had fallen into despair over previously allowing Madoka to be erased from reality and has become a witch, generating the labyrinth around them. Kyubey confirms that after hearing Homura speaking of a reality predating the Law of Cycles timeline, it and the other Incubators isolated her Soul Gem from the rest of the universe in order to observe the Law of Cycles come into effect. As she fell into despair, a labyrinth in the form of a fake Mitakihara was created within Homura's Soul Gem, and subconsciously populated with people from Madoka's original life. While Kyubey admits that Madoka did appear, and was pulled into the isolated labyrinth, she seemed to be no more than a regular girl, and they decided to observe her until they devised the means to contain her. They wish to do away with the Law of Cycles so they can better amass energy from magical girls transforming into witches again. Kyubey's intentions to control Madoka provoke Homura into fully transforming into the witch Homulilly. Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 directs her familiars to kill every Incubator within the labyrinth, while resolving to Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 herself rather than be saved and expose Madoka to the Incubators. Sayaka and Nagissa are both revealed to be reborn guardians who serve Madoka as part of the Law of Cycles. They rally the others to help save Homura from herself, and help destroy the barrier imprisoning Homura's Soul Gem. Madoka reaches Homura and together they destroy the barrier, freeing Homura's Soul Gem and destroying the remaining Incubators. Now reconnected to the universe and to Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 powers and memories as the Law of Cycles, Madoka proceeds to cleanse Homura of her curse and bring her into the higher plane. But before she can, Homura grabs her and traps her, revealing that the curse consuming her is one of love rather than despair. Homura separates Madoka from her divinity, her curse causing her to transcend into a "demon" and rewrite reality so Madoka and their friends forget what happened and can return to their normal lives, while forcing the Incubators to handle the collective curses of the new world. Homura revels in her new world while accepting that she may become Madoka's enemy should she regain her memories and godly powers and oppose what she's done. In Novemberit was announced in the December issue of Kadokawa Shoten 's magazine that a three-part theatrical film project was in development by . The film was released in Japanese theaters on October 13, They were screened in selected locations in the United States and seven other countries between October and February[7] [8] as well as screened at Festival Asia between November 10—11, in Singapore. The film was released in Japanese theaters by Warner Bros. Pictures on October 26, The game follows Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 alternate plotline to the first two films, in which Madoka makes a wish that all the magical girls could work together and defeat Walpurgisnacht. Jacob Hope Chapman of Anime News Network gave Rebellion a B rating, praising its gorgeous visuals and creativity, but citing the film's last- minute twist as "mean-spirited and ludicrously out-of-character. Toshi's final thoughts being, "Aside from my aforementioned problems with the pace of the initial mystery, I loved everything else about the movie. While you might not agree with characters' choices and actions, they all make sense and are never forced. It's a great character piece and a worthy addition to the franchise, but it is far from an uplifting cap to the series. Geoff Berkshire of Variety gave a mixed review, stating " Rebellion delivers a convoluted conclusion sure to prove beyond baffling Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 any franchise newcomers. From Wikipedia, the free Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1. Dark fantasy [1] Magical girl [2]. Madman Entertainment. of America. Manga Entertainment. Natalie in Japanese. April 9, Retrieved June 25, The Fandom Post. The Japan Times. Retrieved August 12, Anime News Network. November 7, Retrieved January 2, October 9, Retrieved October 9, June 6, Retrieved June 7, September 13, Retrieved September 13, Archived from the original on December 16, Retrieved December 16, Anime Festival Asia. Category:Character | The Puella Magi Wiki | Fandom

In battling surreal enemies known as "witches", they learn of the anguish and peril associated with their new roles. A manga adaptation of the anime and various spin-off manga have been published by Houbunsha and licensed in North America by Yen Press. An anime film seriesbeginning with two films recapping the television series, was released in October A third film featuring an original story, Rebellionwas released in Octoberand a concept film acting as a trailer for a new project was screened in December A smartphone game, Magia Recordlaunched in Augustand an anime adaptation produced by Shaft aired from January to March ; a second anime season is in production. Puella Magi Madoka Magica has received widespread critical acclaim, with praise for its complex narrative, visuals, themes, and soundtrack as well as its unconventional approach to the magical girl subgenre. It became a commercial success; each Blu-ray Disc volume sold more than 50, copies in Japan. In the fictional city of Mitakihara, Japan, a Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 school student named Madoka Kaname and her friend Sayaka Miki encounter a small, cat-like creature named Kyubey. It offers a contract in which a girl may have any wish granted in exchange for obtaining magical powers and being tasked with fighting witches. Meanwhile, a transfer student and magical girl named Homura Akemi tries to stop Madoka from making the contract with Kyubey. Madoka and Sayaka then meet Mami Tomoean upperclassman at the same school who is also a magical girl. Noticing their indecisiveness on whether to become a magical girl, Mami offers to take Madoka and Sayaka along on her witch hunts so they may Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 of the responsibilities that come with being a magical girl. However, after witnessing Mami's death at the hands of a witch, Madoka realizes the life of a magical girl is filled with danger, anguish, and suffering. Madoka also discovers magical girls give up their souls to form their Soul Gems, the source of their magic, and that when Soul Gems Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 too tainted with despair, magical girls change into witches. Sayaka decides to become a Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 girl after learning that doing so would allow her to heal a young musician who she admires. However, her classmate Hitomi Shizuki confesses to him first, causing Sayaka to become disillusioned and fall into an inescapable despair that turns her into a witch. Madoka also learns that Homura is a magical girl from a different timeline who has repeated the same month countless times to try to save Madoka from a grisly fate. Madoka and Kyoko attempt to reverse Sayaka's transformation, but the plan fails and Kyoko is forced to sacrifice herself to allow Madoka to escape, leaving Homura as the only remaining magical girl. Following this, an extremely powerful witch known as Walpurgisnacht approaches the city. Homura attempts to stop it, but is defeated. She prepares to rewind time to repeat the month again, but Madoka stops her. With the past month's events in Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1, Madoka decides to become a magical girl and makes a wish to stop the creation of all witches in the past, present, and future. The scope of this wish rewrites history and the laws of the universe, and her existence as a human is erased from time. She transcends into a cosmic phenomenon called "The Law of Cycles", which appears to all magical girls at the moment before they become witches and rescues them by taking them to a heavenly paradise. A new reality, in which Homura is the only one who remembers Madoka, is formed. During the early planning stage, Iwakami decided not to adapt an existing work to give Shinbo more freedom in his direction style. Iwakami and Shinbo intended their series to be accessible to "the general anime fan". In his role as producer, Iwakami took a mostly hands-off approach. Because Puella Magi Madoka Magica is an original series rather than an adaptation of an existing work, his main goal was "coming up with a high-quality piece of entertainment". After helping to recruit the staff, he allowed them freedom to develop the content of the story, providing minimal guidance. After viewing the character designs that Aoki created, he was sure he could trust the creative talent of the team. In an interview with Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 News Network after the series finished airing in Japan, Iwakami said, "I don't matter much; it's up to those talents to do their work. If something comes to a stand-still I might intervene, but they Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 an excellent job and I was very happy seeing the results in episode one. During the pre-writing planning phase, Iwakami asked Urobuchi to make the storyline "heavy". Iwakami also asked for many of the magical girl characters to be killed throughout the series. One objective was for the script to contrast starkly with the way the anime was to be marketed. Shinbo planned to Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 the series in Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 innocent and pure manner that would deliberately conceal its dark undertones. Urobuchi further misled fans by using his Twitter account to persuade them the plot of the series was innocuous. The true nature of the series was disguised because Shinbo wanted its dark themes to be a complete surprise to the viewers. For example, there's nothing sexually explicit in it. There's some death, but it's not gratuitous; it can be explained within the context of the story. Shinbo granted Urobuchi a large amount of autonomy in writing the series and determining the path of the story. He also credited horror fiction author Stephen King and Shinbo's previous projects such as Hidamari Sketch and Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha as inspirations for the series. The first episode would throw the viewer into a specific part of the story with unknown context, the second episode would define the rules governing the story's setting, and the third episode would divulge the revelation in the plot to hook the viewer. This decision was controversial; Urobuchi said production staff continually approached him and asked him to reconsider because of their fondness for the character. He refused and the plot remained unchanged during production. Urobuchi realized this progression could be very hard for viewers to accept and might hurt the overall series' success with some audiences; he said, "I always thought this is an age where entertainment basically is about soothing and healing, like adopting a style where unchanging day-to-day life is to continue forever". In an Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 with Ultra Jump EggUrobuchi gave insight into his writing philosophy, stating that he believed the overarching plot of a story was more important than the characters in it. He said he would first determine the actions and the ultimate fate of a character before even assigning it a name, and contrasted this with other writing methods that first focused on developing the characters and then creating a storyline for them to follow. He Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 defended his decision to have Mami die, saying this could have the effect of making the character more memorable, saying, "I think there are quite many characters who became immortal exactly because they died, like Caesar Zeppeli in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure or Raoh in Fist of the North Star. Precisely because of the way they died, they were able to live forever. Urobuchi stated that Sayaka was his favorite character overall and said her plotline was the most enjoyable to write. Urobuchi declined, saying her death was integral to Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 overarching story. Urobuchi again refused, saying this would be impossible because of the already-established rules governing the story. The alien character Kyubey was also envisioned and designed by Urobuchi. Iwakami stated that as one of the primary antagonists in the series, "the mash-up of cuteness and darkness is the central Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 to Madokaand Kyubey is an epitome of that theme". Lovecraftcommenting of Kyubey: "he isn't evil, it is his lack Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 feelings that make him scary". Justice for some people is an evil for others. Good intentions, kindness, and hope will not necessarily make people happy. Due to unforeseen scheduling problems with Shaft, production of the series was postponed for three years following the completion of its writing. Once the issues were resolved, production began without further complications. Urobuchi praised this aspect of the production, commenting, "additions by the animation production team added more mystery and depth to [the] characters, and without them, it would have been very difficult to write any further stories in the world of the series". Iwakami and Shinbo recruited to compose the soundtrack for the series after Urobuchi recommended her. Shinbo had previously worked with Kajiura on Le Portrait de Petit Cossette ; Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 told of the inspirational effect the music from that series had on him while writing parts of the script. Urobuchi said he had long been a fan of Kajiura's anime soundtracks and praised her work ethic, saying she would always familiarize herself with the story's plotline while composing for it. Urobuchi apologized to viewers for the delays; he also said the postponements could be viewed in a positive light Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 they alleviated some production pressures on animation studio Shaft because of the tight broadcast schedule. Citing particularly challenging drawings for episodes 11 and 12, Urobuchi and Iwakami planned to have Shaft continue to improve the episodes up until their rescheduled broadcasts. According to Urobuchi if Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 11 had been aired in its current state as scheduled, the result would likely have been disappointing. Iwakami later commented on this unique production experience in an interview Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 Anime News Network. He said Shaft was always pressed for time during the production process and only just completed each episode before its Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 time. After the earthquake and tsunami, he stated that many of the company's staff were upset by the incident and were unable to work effectively on episodes 11 and He said, however, "a week went by, and two weeks went by, and the staff started saying that they couldn't stay in shock forever, that they had to keep on going, and then production continued". The series was released on six Blu-ray Disc BD and DVD volumes between April 27 and September 21,having been delayed by the earthquake from the original release date of March 30, The sixth and final volume released on September 21,contains a director's edit of episode Aniplex also released limited editions containing the original soundtrack CDs and special items. On September 1,a new television anime series based on the smartphone game Magia Record was announced. It was originally scheduled to being airing in[37] but it was Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 to a January premiere. In Novemberit was announced in the December issue of Kadokawa Shoten 's Newtype magazine that Shaft was developing a three-part theatrical film project. The first film, which covers the first eight episodes of the television series, [3] was released in theaters on October 6,while the second film, which covers the last four episodes, was released on October 13, It was released to Japanese theaters on October 26, A short concept film for a new story, described as a "movie-based image board", was debuted at Shaft's anniversary exhibition Madogatari on November 27, Houbunsha has published several manga series based on Puella Magi Madoka Magica. The first volume of an official anthology comic featuring illustrations by guest artists was released on September 12, The game allows players to take many routes and change the ending of the story. During that campaign, players had a chance of obtaining playable Madoka characters through in-game lotteries. Puella Magi Madoka Magica -themed missions, weapons and items were also available at that time. Puella Magi Madoka Magica has received widespread critical acclaim. Masaki Tsuji lauded the series' world building and narrative as well as the character development, and called the series groundbreaking. Masaki went on to say that Madoka Magica has reached a "level of perfection", and noted that the series is worthy of people's admiration. He recommended watching it several times to fully comprehend the complex and multi-layered plot. Hanley called it the greatest television anime series of the 21st century thus far. Green also said he would highly Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 Puella Magi Madoka Magica to anyone with an interest in anime. Michael Pementel of Bloody Disgusting called Madoka Magica a "fascinating work", and lauded its dark atmosphere and horror elements. He further praised the series for offering "unique, grim twist that not only seeps the show in despair, but subverts the subgenre", concluding that Madoka Magica "stands as one of the best works of anime horror, presenting characters that must strive to find hope through profound darkness. Anime reviewer Tim Jones criticized the show's "weak character development" but also called it "beautiful, well-written, and surprisingly dark", and gave it four out of five stars. Jones also commended the unique animation and design of the backdrops shown during witch fights, which he described as "surreal, beautiful, [and] trippy". Reviewers highly praised the series' darker approach to the popular magical girl subgenre in Japanese anime and manga. She also commented on the series' cultural impact, writing that in Japan and the US there has been incredible fan interest for the series. She credited the all-star crew including writer Urobuchi, director Shinbo, and the Shaft animation studio as "hitmakers" and described the anime as "a series designed for acclaim". Episode 1 | The Puella Magi Wiki | Fandom

Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Hanokage Illustrator. A three volume manga adaption of The Rebellion Story film based on 's scenario, illustrated by hanokage. Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. More Details Other Editions 8. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. This was I watched the Madoka Magica anime series years ago, and it was okay not my favorite, but not terrible either, probably a 3. This is a continuation of that anime series, though it initially doesn't feel that way. It feels more like a spin off AU series and while I know I'll get flack for saying this, the more traditionally-styled magical girl series that I prefer. Rebellion drops you into this alternate reality without much explanation, so if you aren't famil This was Rebellion drops you into this alternate reality without much explanation, so if you aren't familiar with the original anime, you might want to watch that first. People familiar with the property will still be disoriented, but at least you'll have sort of an idea how this world works, especially later in this volume. The art is competent and feels like it has a little more weight than the original anime series maybe because it's black and white? So all in all, I've got mixed feelings. I'm not sure if this makes more sense as a movie I have not seen it, since my library doesn't have it than as a manga, or if it's just a confusing story to begin with. It has me intrigued enough to keep going though. Something is wrong with Akemi Homura. Her wish destroys magica Something is wrong with Akemi Homura. Full review at Girls in Capes. Jun 30, akemi rated it it was amazing Shelves: absurd-wonderlandclass-strugglefemme-affavoritesweaboo-trash. Oh Homura, you Nietzschean goddess. How else to destroy capitalism than through the joyous affirmation of multiplicity and the immediate? To shatter the deadening debt of historicity, through self-desecration and the abjection of all spectral values? If the dialectic of self-consciousness, of our encounter with our own desires turned alien by time, brings suffering, then one must go beyond the dialectic, one must transvaluate duality into a flow of becoming, an engine of difference. One must go Oh Homura, you Nietzschean goddess. One must go beyond the Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 of purity, of separately bounded beings, and flood the earth with immanent corruption. A much stronger manga adaptation of the film than the tv series. InuCurry's carnivalesque labyrinths and familiars weave beautifully through Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 panels. It's lovely to behold the joy of creation as much in the form as in the content. The Madoka Magica series was great, but I felt the movie really tied things up and brought the story full circle, so I'm really excited to be reading the manga adaptation! This covers the first third of the movie, when Homura just starts to suspect something isn't right in the world. It's great to see the gang all back together, but I'm sad knowing what's coming. Again, some of the animation and music effects are really lost in Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 manga, but the artwork is still awesome and the story is the sam The Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 Magica series was great, but I felt the movie really tied things up and brought the story full circle, so I'm really excited to be reading the manga adaptation! Again, some of the animation and music effects are really lost in the manga, but the artwork is still awesome and the story is the same. I do kind of wish this collection was more like the recent Sailor Moon manga collection, which comes with some footnotes on Japanese culture-- for instance, some of the jokes go a little over my head, and I love Charlotte but is there some sort of joke about her obsession with cheese that gets lost in translation? The art so far is much better than what I've seen in other anime-to-manga adaptations of this sort Madoka, Black Rock Shooter, Utena etc. But such stories with heightened visual metaphors are best experienced in video format, not print. Jul 26, Jillian -always aspiring- rated it liked it Shelves: readsmanga-i-have-read. I think this story was likely handled a bit better in the movie Mar 27, Axel-Elliot rated it it was amazing. I love reading the manga version of my fav Anime. It's amazing. She might be selfish and quite certainly has a dark side, but I just really like her. Great volume Another 2 for this arc I give a very interesting warning in one of the chapters beware it looks like towards the end of 1 chapter that it goes into a after chapter story where the characters ask each other if they are the cake and each character in turn denies that they are the cake and its all Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 cleverly designed trap by the magic girls to defeat the nightmare in question well done to the author. Dec 05, Victoria rated it it was amazing. A girl has a strange dream of her city being destroid. As she watches a girl fight a wich, she Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 as if she needs to do something. Sieca has become the main attention. And madoka has Will homera find the mysterys answer? Im happy that madokas back but it just feels wrong I really do hope that homera finds the answer soon. View 1 comment. This is a great beginning to the adaptation of the film. It was nice to see that Hanokage was given more room than she had with the Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 of the original series, as she used it extremely well. The art is gorgeous. I adore the use of silhouettes to represent the girls, and the art shift during the cake song literally made me gasp. I can't wait to get the next two volumes Puella Magi Madoka Magica: v. 1 this! Jul 19, Nic rated it really liked it Shelves: graphic-novelnfnt. My full review is up at No Flying No Tights. May 18, Jack Zimmer rated it really liked it. This is an interesting story. I absolutely love this spin-off series. Homura is amazing. Tomo 1 de 3. 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