Anime Discussion Thread - Page 587

Weh! weh! / Woe! Woe!
Du hast sie zerstört. / Thou hast destroyed
Die schöne Welt, / The beautiful world,
Mit mächtiger Faust; / With powerful fist;
Sie stürzt, sie zerfällt! / 'Tis smashed, downward hurled!
Ein Halbgott hat sie zerschlagen! / A demigod dashed it to bits!
Wir tragen / We're trailing
Die Trümmern ins Nichts hinüber. / The ruins on to the Void,
Und klagen / And wailing
Über die verlorne Schöne. / Over the beauty lost and gone!

Mächtiger / Mighty one
Der Erdensöhne, / Midst the sons of earth,
Prächtiger / Splendider
Baue sie wieder, / Build it again,
In deinem Busen baue sie auf! / Build it aloft in thy breast!
Neuen Lebenslauf / And life's new quest
Beginne, / Commence
Mit hellem Sinne, / With clearer sense,
Und neue Lieder / And songs of cheer
Tönen darauf! / Anew shalt hear!

- Every word from Homura has meaning.
- The story revolves around a single theme.
- A Mahou Shoujo is not necessary a hero.
- The show is not a monster-of-the-week type of show.
- The concepts of enemies and magic weapons are different from the standard.
- Mahou Shoujo in this show are not united as a single group.
- The main element of the story is how everyone from a different standpoint understands each other.
- Everything about Homura is mysterious, unlike other characters where their parts and motivation are clear.
- Mami knows the mechanism of the world to a certain degree, so her part is a guide to Madoka and Sayaka.
- Madoka and Sayaka will follow the way Mami leads, but at a certain point they might choose their own paths.

Damn, that was awesome. And it even had a Goethe reference <3

I want the OP and ED singles to come out. Those songs are amazing.

It seems like this show has a certain formula: First 2/3 is just kinda like slice of life school stuff. And the last 1/3 is an acid trip.

Also, I wonder if they can turn off that telepathy. That'd be pretty annoying. And embarrassing.

There is so much unexplained at the moment... Why do the girls need to recharge their powers by hunting witches? Why are there witches and how do they appear? What is the dream all about? Why did Homura warn Madoka about becoming a magical girl? Is Kyuube evil (see Faust reference / "make a contract")? What did the other girls wish for and was it really granted? Are there other drawbacks to the wish contract? What happens if a magical girl doesn't defeat enough witches to restore their magical power?

I love shows that allow to speculate about the background. <3

I just hope that those are answered. I'd be pretty disappointed if they didn't really explain all the stuff behind the magic. I also hope that this show is more than fucking twelve/thirteen episodes.

And nice gif, reminds me of when Senjougahara opens her skirt and all the random school supplies fall out.

That was so fucking stupid. The parameters of the duel are that if your shields deplete, you lose. So they give him this mech that he's never used before that has an attack that drains your shields to zero, and he loses by unwittingly using it. I hope that the LNs weren't written this poorly -_-

At least now it's plausible that they don't use them for war. With only 467 in existence, it'd be pretty impractical to use them; losing one in battle would be incredibly costly.

I'm like what I've seen of this show so far. It's legitimately interesting stuff.

The contract seems far too good to be true. I feel like there must be a drawback somewhere. I suspect that once you accept the contract, you are forced directly (Can't rebel against the rabbit thing) or indirectly (You lose your powers? Your wish? Your life?) to fight the witches. So far, the witches have been portrayed as evil, but that's mostly because of what Mami's said, and because they look alien. Things probably aren't so black and white though.

It's interesting to note that the seed didn't recharge Mami's magic - rather, it sucked the darkness out of her jewel. And if the girls recharge their magic by killing witches, I wonder if it's safe to assume that witches do the same by killing magical girls.

I think I could listen to the OP all day. I kinda wish they'd give us a proper ED.

While his ability is useless in duels, there's no doubt in my mind that real combat will occur by the end of the series. Especially considering the first ep.

It's not impractical to use IS in battle. With limited numbers, it just means that mass production isn't an option. The IS has a wide variety of weaponry (presumably), has shielding, is stupidly maneuverable, and can fly. It's your run of the mill overpowered mech. Just because you can't deploy them everywhere doesn't mean they won't be effective in battle. Yes, losing a suit would be costly, but they'd be so good at killing stuff that it wouldn't matter. For instance, aircraft carriers are ridiculously expensive and losing one would be catastrophic, yet they're still used because air superiority is invaluable.

The "sucking out the darkness"-part is interesting. Perhaps if a magical girl uses too much magic it will transform into a witch? So if you don't want to become one, you need to kill other witches to save yourself from the darkness accumulating in your jewel.

If you take a look at the gif above (or the fight scene), one of the recurring parts in the background is a butterfly (mark of the witch) and a egg-jewel (magical girl "device"). Butterflies are commonly associated with death, rebirth, metamorphosis and the cycle of life. What does the egg-jewel stand for? Also the symbols always appear next to each other in a never-ending circle, so they have to be connected by more than just being enemies.

That doesn't make sense though. It's like: You're using too much magic and becoming a witch. How do you solve it? USE MORE MAGIC TO KILL A WITCH

I just hope that the show gets better. It's been really meh so far. I'm just frustrated I guess : /