Found you at last!
How long were you planning to go on being stubborn like this?
I'm sorry for making you look for me.
What?
That doesn't sound like you.
It's because I just can't care about anything anymore.
I can't even remember what I thought was so important, so worth protecting...
None of it makes sense anymore.
Hey...
Hope and despair balance back out to zero...
You told me that once, didn't you?
Now I get what you meant.
It's true that I've saved a few people.
But in equal measure, my heart became filled with resentment and hatred.
So much so that I even hurt my dearest friend.
Sayaka! You didn't–?
For as much happiness as we wish on one person,
we can't help but curse someone else.
That's how it works for us magical girls.
I was stupid... so stupid.
Sayakaaaa!!
Sayaka!
What is this?!
What the heck are you?!
What have you done to Sayaka?
Get back.
Take my hand.
What are you–
Just do it!
That's...
If you let go of my hand, time will stop for you as well.
Be careful.
What the heck is going on here?!
Where did that witch come from?
That is what used to be Sayaka Miki.
You saw it happen yourself, didn't you?
Are we just gonna run away?
If you want to fight it, drop that needless baggage...
...and we'll turn around to kill it right now.
Can you do that?
Like hell!
You're only dragging us down like this.
We need to withdraw for now.
PUELLA MAGI MADOKA MAGICA THE MOVIE Part 2: Eternal
Sayaka?
Sayaka! What happened?
Her Soul Gem transformed into a Grief Seed...
...and was obliterated after it hatched a new witch.
You're... joking, right?
It's the truth.
That is the final secret of the Soul Gems.
When these gems grow tainted and turn completely black,
they change into Grief Seeds...
...and we are reborn as witches.
That is the inescapable fate of all who become magical girls.
That's not true.
It can't be true.
Right?
But... how can that be?
Sayaka said she wanted to protect people from witches.
She wanted to fight for justice.
That's why she became a magical girl.
So why...?
It could only last until she had suffered...
an amount equal to the good she had wished for.
From here on, for every person she has saved, she will curse another.
You... What is your problem?
Are we supposed to be impressed that you know so much?
How can you stand there and talk like you're so smart right now?!
She was Sayaka's...
...Sayaka's best friend... !
You understand now, don't you?
What this thing you so wanted to become...
... is truly like.
This corpse you've brought along –try not to be seen with it.
Take care how you dispose of it, or you'll run into trouble later.
How do you even call yourself human?!
I don't, of course.
And neither should you.
Can I come in? I'd like to talk with you.
So you're alive after all.
Was what Homura said true?
True enough that I can't protest it.
So you've been turning us into magical girls just so we'll become witches?
Please don't misunderstand.
We don't do this out of ill will toward the human race.
Everything we've done is for the sake of prolonging the life of the universe.
Madoka, do you know what the word "entropy" means?
To give a simple example...
the amount of heat energy a bonfire gives off...
is not equal to the energy it took to grow the wood it's made of.
In short, when energy changes form, some of it gets lost.
As a result, the amount of usable energy in the universe is decreasing.
So we began searching...
for a form of energy that wasn't bound by the laws of thermodynamics.
And what we found...
...was the power of the magical girls.
What... are you?
Our civilization created technology...
that could convert the emotions of a sentient lifeform into raw energy.
Unfortunately...
Our species do not possess the capacity to experience emotion.
So we studied various species throughout the universe...
until, finally, we found you humans.
With the size of your population and the rate of reproduction...
the amount of emotional energy produced by a single human...
is greater than the amount used between its birth and growth.
Human souls truly are the energy source that could counter entropy!
And the most effective of all are girls in the second stage of development...
...who experience the greatest fluctuations between hope and despair.
In the moment when your Soul Gems flare out and turn into Grief Seeds,
enormous energy is created.
It is the job of us Incubators to collect that energy.
Are we just disposable energy supplies for you, then?
Are you saying we should die for you?
Do you know how many civilizations fill this universe,
and how much energy they use in a single moment?
And someday,
even you humans will be able to leave your planet and come join all of us.
When that day comes,
you wouldn't want to find the universe empty and desolate, would you?
If you look at it in the long run,
this should be a good deal for your benefit as well.
Don't be ridiculous...
How can you say it was okay for Mami to die and Sayaka to suffer like that...
...just because of some crazy reason like that?
That isn't right. It's too cruel!
But we always ask and receive your consent before making the contract.
Doesn't that alone show our good will?
But you do it by tricking all of us!
We aren't able to comprehend what you mean by "tricking."
Why is it that when humans regret a decision based on a misunderstanding...
...they feel resentment toward the other party?
I can't follow what you're saying.
I don't understand you at all.
It's we who've had such a hard time...
understanding humans and your values system.
With a current population of 6.9 billion...
that is increasing by a rate of 10 per every 4 seconds...
...why should you care so much about the loss of a tiny handful?
If that's how you think, then you really are our enemy.
Despite that, I did come here to try to explain ourselves to you.
I was hoping you'd understand...
...what incredible good your sacrifices have done for this universe.
But I guess not.
Of course not.
Madoka,
I still believe that one day,
you will become the greatest of all magical girls,
and then the wickedest of all witches.
When that happens, we will surely obtain an incomparable amount of energy.
So if you ever feel like dying for the sake of the universe, please call me anytime.
I'll be waiting for you!
What do you hope to achieve, expending so much energy...
to keep that body fresh?
Is there a way to get her Soul Gem back?
None, as far as I know anyway.
So there's stuff even you don't know, huh?
The existence of magical girls defies logic as it is.
So I wouldn't be surprised no matter what kinds of impossible feats...
you manage to accomplish.
So it's possible?
There's no precedent for it.
That's why I don't know how it might be done.
Unfortunately, I can't offer any guidance this time.
Like I'd want it.
Who would listen to your advice now?
Madoka, you're looking a bit unwell this morning.
Are you quite all right?
Yeah... I just didn't get enough sleep.
Speaking of which, it looks as if Sayaka is staying home again today.
Perhaps we should go see her later.
Though she may not welcome me...
Things are a bit awkward between us right now...
Hitomi... There's something–
After yesterday...
Is now really the time to go to school?
Madoka?
We need to talk. Will you come with me?
I'm sorry, Hitomi...
I think I'm going to stay home today too.
Huh?
But— Madoka, wait!
Um... You wanted to talk?
Don't you want to save Sayaka Miki?
Is there a way to save her?
If there weren't, were you just going to leave her like that?
Sorry, that came out wrong.
Maybe you'll think I'm an idiot, but...
Until we know for sure whether she can be saved or not...
...I don't want to give up.
Even if she's a witch now,
she may at least remember the voices of her friends.
So if you call out to her, maybe she'll get back her memories of being human.
And probably, the only one who could do that... would be you.
Do you really think it'll work?
How am I supposed to know?
It's because I don't know that I want to try it.
I mean,
maybe when I slice that witch in half,
instead of a Grief Seed, Sayaka's Soul Gem will pop out.
Wouldn't that be something?
It'd be like one of those stories where love and courage triumph over all.
Actually...
I probably became a magical girl to begin with...
because I used to love stories like that.
I've totally forgotten that.
It was Sayaka who reminded me again.
If you don't wanna come, I won't force you.
It's gonna be pretty dangerous, after all.
And I can't guarantee that I'll be able to protect you.
I'll help.
I want to help.
I'm Madoka Kaname.
Aw, man...
You're so gonna cramp my style.
Huh?
Kyoko Sakura. Pleased to meet ya.
MIRACLE!! UNMAI BO (TASTY BAR)
Excuse me.
I'm not feeling well. May I go to the Nurse's Office?
Hm? Who's the Nurse's Aide in this class?
Kaname is, but she's not here today.
In that case, let's have the Class President escort–
I wonder if Homura would help us...
Nah. She's not that kind of person.
Aren't you two friends?
Not really.
I guess you could say we've got common goals.
We kinda teamed up to beat enemies we couldn't take on alone.
A few days from now, "Walpurgisnacht" is coming to this town.
Walpurgis...?
It's this insanely huge and powerful witch.
Probably neither of us could beat it alone.
That's why we decided to team up.
That's basically how it is.
This is it.
Are you sure it's really Sayaka?
And not some other witch?
The magic patterns are the same as yesterday.
No doubt about it, it's her, all right.
Okay, let me ask you again.
You sure you're ready for this?
I've gotten kind of used to this, actually.
Although... all I ever do is trail along behind others.
I've never been able to help at all...
But please, take me along.
You really are a strange one, aren't you?
Hey, Kyoko?
Hm?
Since I've always made others do the fighting and never tried to do it myself...
I guess I'm a coward, huh?
Why would you ever become a magical girl?
"Why"...?
Don't underestimate it—this isn't a job just anyone can do.
But...
If you get to eat good food every day and live a happy life with your family...
...why would you give it all up to become a magical girl on some stupid whim?
I'd never allow that to happen.
I'd pound your face in first.
I mean, putting your life in danger...
Only people who've got no other choice should do that.
Anyone else who sticks their nose in it is just playing around.
It's beyond moronic.
I wonder...
But maybe a time will come...
...when you'll have no choice but to risk your life and fight.
You should wait until then to think about it.
Okay.
So, Kyoko why did you–
She knows we're here! She's coming!
Ready?
Do it just like we planned.
Right.
Sayaka, it's me. It's Madoka.
Can you hear me? Do you recognize my voice?
Don't be scared.
Keep calling to her!
Sayaka, stop!
Please, remember!
I know you never wanted to hurt anyone, Sayaka!
You always wanted to fight for justice, didn't you?
Please, Sayaka, go back to your old self!
There's a limit to how stubborn you should be...
...Sayaka!
Kyoko!
I'm fine.
I'm not even breaking a sweat yet.
You just keep calling out... to Sayaka.
Stop!
Please, just stop!
Sayaka!
Please recognize us!
Oh, I get it... This is payback, isn't it?
How funny...
...we started off trying to kill each other too, didn't we?
I thought you'd be a wuss.
But no matter how much I beat you up, you kept standing back up.
You are mad, aren't you?
Is it just too hard to let go right now?
I get it.
But once you've had enough, come back, okay?
Sayaka... P-Please...
Sayaka!
Didn't you tell me you believed?
That you could use this power to make people happy?
Please, God...
Look at the life I've lived.
Please, let me have a happy dream, for once in my life.
Kyoko!
Hey...
You–
Take care of her for me...
I was an idiot for dragging her into this.
You said you wouldn't fight when weighed down with a burden, right?
That's fine. And you're right.
You've gotta focus...
on the one thing that means most to you, and protect it to the end.
It's funny...
All this time that's what I thought I was doing.
Go.
I'll take care of her.
Don't worry, Sayaka.
I know you don't want to be alone.
It's okay. I'll be here with you.
...Sayaka.
Kyoko...
Was there really any chance for Kyoko Sakura to save Sayaka Miki?
Of course not. She should have known that was impossible.
Then why didn't you stop her?
Naturally, I would have stopped her if her death had been needless.
But getting her out of the picture served a very important purpose.
Because now, there is no one left but you to battle Walpurgisnacht.
And of course, you stand no chance of beating her alone.
In order to protect this city,
there is no choice but for Madoka to become a magical girl.
I won't let that happen. I swear it!
Ahem!
Now, I have something very important to discuss with you today, class.
I want you all to listen very closely!
When seasoning a sunny side-up egg, should you use soy sauce or salt?!
Mr. Nakazawa–what do you think?!
Huh?! U-Um, well–
Th-They can be seasoned either way, can't they?
Precisely!
They can be seasoned either way!
And it should go without saying...
...that judging a woman's attractiveness...
... by the way she seasons her eggs is the gravest of mistakes!
Now, girls–
I want you to remember...
...that you must never date men who insist they can't eat fried eggs without salt.
Guess it didn't work out.
Yeah, guess it didn't.
And boys–
You'd better not grow up so petty as to fuss over how your eggs are seasoned, okay?
Well, then! Now that that's out of the way, let's welcome our new transfer student!
Hey, shouldn't that have come first?
Come on in, Miss Akemi!
Now, then!
Why don't you tell your classmates about yourself?
U-Um...
M-M-My name is Homura Akemi.
P-P-Pleased to meet you...
Miss Akemi has been in the hospital for a while due to a heart condition.
Since it's been some time since she's been in school,
she may be a bit behind on a few things.
I want all of you to help her out, okay?
So, Miss Akemi...
What school did you come from?
Did you do any club activities at your old school?
How about sports? Or cultural activities?
Your hair is so long!
That must take a lot of time to braid every morning!
U-Um...
I... I...
Miss Akemi?
You have to go to the Nurse's Office, don't you?
Do you know where it is?
Huh? Um, no...
Then I'll take you there. I'm the Nurse's Aide in our class.
Sorry, everyone,
but Miss Akemi is supposed to take her medicine...
during break times at the Nurse's Office.
Oh, really?
Sorry for keeping you, then.
We'll talk again later, Miss Akemi!
Sorry about that.
They don't mean any harm.
They just got excited because we don't get many transfer students.
No, it's...
Thank you very much.
You don't have to be so nervous.
We're classmates, after all!
I'm Madoka Kaname.
But just call me Madoka.
B-But...
It's fine, really. So, is it okay if I call you Homura, too?
I-I don't really get called by my first name very much...
I-I mean, it's such a weird name, so...
Huh? No, it's not!
It means "flame," so it's like you're supposed to flare up passionately!
I think it sounds cool!
I guess I don't live up to my name...
But that's such a waste!
Since you were blessed with such a great name,
you should become cool to match it!
All right, why don't you try solving this one?
Oh, you were out sick for a while, weren't you?
Why don't you ask a friend to let you copy their notes?
She got light-headed just from doing warm-ups...
That's so lame!
Well, she's been bedridden for half a year.
Guess it can't be helped, huh?
You should become cool to match it!
That's impossible.
I... can't do anything right...
All I ever do is make trouble for others... and embarrass myself...
Why?
Will I always...
...just be like this... forever?
Then maybe it'd be better if you just died right now.
Maybe it would be better to just die...
That's right. You should just die now...
I should just... die...
Wh-What is this place?!
Wh-What?
What's going on here?
No... Ah!
That was a close one!
You're safe now...
...Homura.
Y-You're... !
They're magical girls.
They hunt witches.
I guess you've discovered our little secret.
Don't tell anyone else in class, okay?
Miss Kaname...
Do you always fight those things...?
Always? Hmm... Mami's the real veteran but...
I actually just made my contract with Kyubey last week.
But your performance today is a big improvement from before, Kaname.
You're really okay with it?
You don't... get scared?
It's not that it doesn't bother me,
and of course, I get scared too.
But the more witches we slay, the more people we can save.
So it's worth the effort, right?
I would like you to get fully-trained and ready...
before Walpurgisnacht gets here.
...I'd better go now.
But...
But Miss Tomoe...
...just got killed.
That's why I have to go.
I'm the only one left who can stop Walpurgisnacht.
But it's impossible! No one could beat that thing alone!
You'll just be killed, too!
Even then, I'm a magical girl.
I have to protect everyone.
Listen...
Let's just run away...
There's nothing we can do, so...
No one will blame you.
Homura...
I'm really glad I became friends with you.
Even now, the fact that we were in time to save you from that witch...
It's one of my proudest accomplishments.
That's why, I'm really glad in the end that I chose to become a magical girl.
Miss Kaname...
Good-bye, Homura.
Take care.
No! Don't go! Miss Kaname!!
Why...?
You knew...
...you were going to get killed...
I'd rather you had lived...
than saved someone like me... !
Do you really mean that, Homura Akemi?
Would you put your soul at stake for that wish?
If there is something you want badly enough to accept a destiny of battle...
...then I can be of help to you.
If I make a contract with you,
can you really grant me any wish I want?
That's right.
It seems that you have enough potential for it.
So tell me—
What is the wish that will make your Soul Gem shine?
I...
I want to redo my meeting with Miss Kaname.
But this time, instead of her protecting me...
...I want to become strong enough to protect her!
The contract has been made.
Your wish has prevailed over entropy.
So, go now... unleash your new power!
This is–
I...
NEW STUDENT GUIDE
I'm still in the hospital?
This isn't a dream?!
Now, then!
Why don't you tell your classmates about yourself?
My name is Homura Akemi! I'm very pleased to meet you!
Miss Akemi has been in the hospital for a while–
Miss Kaname! I've become a magical girl too!!
So let's do our best together from now on!
Uh... um...
Okay, here I go!
What do you think, Mami?
Hmm...
Time magic. I see...
It's incredible, but it's tricky to learn how to fight with it.
Right...
HOW TO MAKE A BOMB
Mami! Now!
Okay!
Akemi! Go for it!
R-Right!
I did it...
I did it... !
You did it!!
Well done!
You were amazing, Homura!
What's wrong?
Miss Kaname! Hold on!!
W-Why...?
...What?
Why...?
How? How could that...?
I have to tell them!
Kyubey's tricking all of you!
Okay, look...
What could Kyubey possibly gain by telling us such a huge lie?
Well, um...
I bet you're just saying that to get us all to turn against each other!
In fact, you're probably working with that Kyoko girl, aren't you?!
N-No, I'm not!
Sayaka, you're the one who's turning against people here.
Whatever.
Personally, I'm against teaming up with this girl.
You and Mami are fine since you use long-range weapons.
But I fight right in the thick of things,
and having bombs go off in my face is something I can live without.
I've almost been caught in the blast multiple times now!
Are there any weapons you can use besides bombs?
...I'll think of something.
What the heck are you?!
What have you done to Sayaka?
Sayaka, stop! Please, remember!
I know you never wanted to hurt anyone, Sayaka!
I'm sorry... Miss Miki...
Sayaka...
Damn it...
How could this happen...?
It's too horrible...
This isn't right!
Miss Tomoe?!
If Soul Gems give birth to witches...
...then we have no choice but to die, do we?!
Both you...
...and me!!
S-Stop... !
I don't want this...
I can't take any more... of this... !
It's okay...
The two of us will keep going by ourselves.
We'll beat Walpurgisnacht, just the two of us!
Okay...
I guess... this is the end for us too...
You don't have any more Grief Seeds...?
I see...
Listen...
How about the two of us become monsters...
and really mess up this whole, awful world, huh?
Until there's no more evil, no more sadness, nothing left at all...
Let's just break, break, break it all to dust... !
Don't you think... that would be great?
I lied earlier.
I had just this one left.
No! Why would you–? On me?!
Because I want to ask you to do something that only you can do.
Homura... you can go back in time, right?
You can change history, so that it won't end like this, right?
Yeah...
Then would you...
go back and save stupid me before I get tricked by Kyubey?
I swear it!
I promise I'll save you!
No matter how many times I have to go back and try!
I swear, I will protect you!!
Thank you...
Can I ask you... one more thing...?
I... I don't want to become a witch...
There are awful... sad things in this world, but...
...there are lots... of things...
...worth protecting too...
Madoka!
Homura, you... finally called me... by my first name...
I'm... happy...
No one will believe me about the future.
No one will accept the truth about the future.
Then, I...
Wh-Who's there?!
Madoka...
If someone comes to you offering a miracle in exchange for something...
...you absolutely must not listen to him!
Huh? Um...
I won't rely on anyone anymore!
I don't need anyone to understand me, either!
I won't let Madoka fight anymore.
I will finish every last witch myself...
And finally, this time...
...I shall defeat Walpurgisnacht... with my own hands!
That's horrible... !
There's no helping it.
This was too much for her to handle alone.
But... that's too much! This can't be right!
Madoka! Don't listen to anything he says!!
If she gives up, it's over.
But you have the power to change fate itself...
All this inevitable destruction and tragedy...
You can change it, if you want.
The power to do so lies within you.
Can I really?
Don't let him trick you! You're falling right into his trap!!
Can I really do something to help?
Could I really change this ending?
Of course you could.
So make a contract with me...
...and become a magical girl!
Nooooooo!!
She really was amazing when she transformed, wasn't she?
That Madoka...
I estimated that she would become the most powerful magical girl in the world...
... but to think she would take down Walpurgisnacht with a single shot... !
And did you know what would happen to her as a result?
Be it sooner or later, there is only one ending for you magical girls.
As the strongest of all magical girls, she took down her greatest enemy.
Naturally, after that,
all that was left for her was to turn into the wickedest of all witches...
As she is now,
I imagine it will only take Madoka about 10 days to destroy this entire planet.
Oh, well. What happens next is mankind's problem, not ours.
We've got all the energy we need now. Our quota is almost met.
Aren't you going to fight her?
No.
My battlefield lies elsewhere.
Homura Akemi...
...you're—!!
I'll do it over...
As many times as it takes, I'll keep going back...
I'll relive the same time over and over...
I'll find the one way out...
I'll find the one road that will save you from a destiny of despair...
Madoka...
My only friend...
Homura...?
If it's...
If it's for you...
I don't care if I have to stay locked in this endless maze...
...forever!
HOMURA AKEMI
Time-traveler, Homura Akemi...
By turning back time and changing past events,
you have traversed numerous different timelines...
...and relived this past month over and over, seeking the outcome you desire.
Your existence has answered at least one great mystery:
Why is Madoka Kaname's potential as a magical girl so abnormally vast?
Now, at last, I have a theory that explains it.
You see, a magical girl's potential...
is based on the weight of the karmic destiny she bears.
I could've understood if she had been the queen or savior of a country.
But Madoka was only living an ordinary life, so I couldn't understand why...
...so many threads of fate should all be gathered so tightly around her.
But now I think... Say, Homura...
Couldn't it be...
that Madoka has been made into such a powerful magical girl...
because you kept turning back time?
I thought so. You were the cause of it.
Or to be more precise, a side effect of your magic was the cause of it.
What do you mean?
All this time reversal you did was all for one purpose, wasn't it?
To save Madoka Kaname?
By turning back time over and over for the same purpose and reason...
...you inadvertently caused multiple timelines to converge together...
...and centered them all on the existence of Madoka Kaname.
If Madoka's threads of fate from each of those separate timelines...
...all ended up linking to the Madoka in this current timeline...
...it would explain why her magical potential appears so impossibly huge.
All that karmic destiny you set spinning in all those different timelines...
...eventually attached to Madoka Kaname.
After all, she was the main culprit of every event.
Excellent work, Homura.
You've made Madoka into the most powerful witch we've ever seen.
HOMURA AKEMI
SAYAKA MIKI FUNERAL SERVICE
The body of Mitakihara Public Middle School 2nd-year student,
Sayaka Miki, who had been missing since the 12th of this month,
was discovered today in a room at a downtown hotel.
As there were no signs of violence present at the scene of the crime,
both murder and accidental death are being considered by the police.
Up next, the weather forecast.
Tonight, expect moderate winds from the northwest and rain.
Welcome home.
Hey, Madoka...
About Sayaka's case...
Are you sure you don't know anything about it?
Yeah.
Both Sayaka and Kyoko are dead...
It wasn't exactly an unexpected outcome.
The signs had been there for quite some time.
So you're saying you don't care, then?
Even though you're somewhat to blame for their deaths?
Then, for example, do you feel responsible for the deaths of livestock?
Do you ever think about the process by which they become foodstuffs for you?
Stop it!
That's not a rational reaction.
If you think these scenes are cruel,
then you're missing the big picture completely.
Because they are slated to become food for humans,
livestock are fed and provided for all their lives...
...and given equal chance to reproduce free from natural selection.
Cows, pigs and even chickens...
have an overwhelmingly higher rate of survival in captivity than in the wild.
So isn't it actually...
a rather ideal, mutually beneficial relationship for you both?
Are you saying it's the same between you and us?
On the contrary,
our treatment of humankind...
is much more respectful than your treatment of livestock.
Perhaps it isn't perfect,
but we do acknowledge your species as sentient and try to deal fairly with you.
You can't believe that?
Then shall I show it to you?
Shall I show you the history spent together by mankind and Incubators?
We have intervened in your civilization's development since prehistoric times.
Countless girls throughout time have made contracts with Incubators,
had their wishes granted...
...and then ultimately succumbed to despair.
Beginning in hope and then ending in a curse...
...that is the cycle that countless magical girls have repeated to this day.
There are some who have wrought revolutions that changed history...
...or elevated human society to new stages of development.
Please, stop!!
They all trusted you.
They all trusted you, and you betrayed them?
It wasn't we who betrayed them, but their own prayers that did.
All hopes are wishes for something other than the current reality, after all.
And anything that doesn't match reality is bound to create a distortion.
So why is it surprising that these things always end in disaster?
If they considered such a natural outcome to be a "betrayal, "
they were wrong to have made wishes at all.
Not that I am calling them foolish.
After all, it was thanks to their sacrifices...
that human society has developed as far as it has.
All the tears shed throughout history...
have laid the foundations of the life you have now.
If you understand now,
why are you still holding the fates of a few individuals to be so precious?
After all the time you spent watching over those girls...
do you really feel nothing for them at all?
Did you never try to understand how much they were suffering?
If we had the capacity to comprehend such things,
we wouldn't have had to come to your planet in the first place.
In our society,
the phenomenon known as "emotion" is only considered a mental disease.
That's why, when we discovered humankind, we were quite surprised.
We never imagined a world could exist...
in which every individual had its own set of emotions...
...and still somehow managed to coexist with others!
If you... had never come to Earth, then...
Most likely, you would all still be living naked in caves.
You know what...
... it really does hurt, losing one of my own students this way...
Yeah...
We still don't even know what really happened to her...
Now, I'm hearing that one of the third-year students is missing as well...
Everyone was in an uproar at the last staff meeting.
No one knew anything, I'm guessing?
It seems that Sayaka was quarreling with a friend over a boy.
She's taking all of this pretty hard too.
This kind of thing...
should've just passed with some heartache and bittersweet memories.
But since it ended this way...
The police are going to rule it accidental death...
exacerbated by mental stress after running away from home.
They don't have any leads to go on.
How is Madoka taking it?
I don't know.
My gut tells me she knows something about all this.
But she doesn't seem like she's lying to me either.
This is the first time...
that I haven't been able to tell what she's thinking.
Pathetic, isn't it? She's my own daughter...
It's rare to see you so at a loss over what to do...
Lately, something has seemed a little off about her.
I can tell something's weighing on her mind,
but she hasn't come to talk to me about it like usual.
I thought she would always know she could rely on me...
It's hard with kids that age...
You turn around one day, and suddenly, they're all grown up.
It must be a pretty big shock to a parent.
I guess you're right...
At that point, we've got no choice but to trust them.
What Madoka probably needs most right now...
is a little time to get a handle on her feelings.
Just give her some time.
It's so hard not being able to do anything.
You never were good at just sitting by and waiting, were you, Junko?
HOMURA AKEMI
Can I come in?
Is that...
...Walpurgisnacht?
Kyoko told me about it.
She said it was a witch so strong that one person couldn't beat it alone,
so the two of you were teaming up.
So you've been preparing for that all this time here?
Will the city be in danger?
Unlike the other witches you've seen,
this one is powerful enough that it doesn't need to hide in a Labyrinth.
If it manifests even once, thousands will die.
Since ordinary humans can't see it,
they'll think the destruction was caused by an earthquake, tornado, or other disaster.
Then it absolutely has to be defeated, right?
Now that Kyoko's... dead too...
you're the only magical girl left who can fight it.
So maybe I–
I can do it on my own.
While Kyoko Sakura couldn't have defeat Walpurgisnacht on her own, I can.
I actually never needed her help.
I just agreed so that she wouldn't lose face.
... Honestly?
I don't know why, but...
...I really want to believe in you, Homura.
I don't want to think that you'd lie to me.
And yet, I just can't believe you're really going to be all right.
I just can't believe what you're saying is true.
How can I tell you what I'm really feeling?
Homura...?
After all... I'm...
I'm not...
even living in the same time that you are, Madoka!
You see, I... I come from the future.
I've met you over and over,
and each and every time, I've had to watch you die.
What do I have to do to save you?
What do I have to do to change your fate?
Searching just for that answer, I've kept redoing this month.
What do—
I'm sorry... I'm not making any sense, right?
I must seem horribly creepy, right?
After all, to you...
I'm just some transfer student you've barely known for a month.
But to me...
To me, you are...
The more times I redo all this, the further in time we drift from one another.
Our feelings drift further apart, and my words don't even reach you anymore.
The truth is, I think I've been lost for a very long time now.
Homura...
I will save you.
That was the feeling that I started all of this with.
And now, it is the only thing I have left to guide me.
It's okay if you don't understand.
It's okay if my words don't reach you.
But, please...
Please... just let me protect you.
HOMURA AKEMI
These thunderclouds are spreading and rotating at unbelievable speeds.
There's no doubt about it, a supercell is forming!
Issue an evacuation order immediately!
Starting at 7AM this morning...
...an evacuation order is being issued due to extreme weather conditions.
All residents must immediately evacuate to the nearest shelter.
This is a public service announcement for Mitakihara City.
Starting at 7AM this morning...
It's here.
Are we going to camp tonight?
That's right!
Tonight, we're camping here with everyone!
Yay, camping! We barbeque?
Homura...
This time...
...I'll put an end to you.
What's wrong, Madoka?
Oh, I'm just going to the bathroom.
Was Homura telling the truth about being able to win by herself?
Even if I tell you no, would you believe me anyway?
At this point, explanations are pointless.
You should go and see for yourself.
See how well Homura Akemi is faring against Walpurgisnacht.
Why does she push herself that hard to fight?
Because she still hasn't given up hope.
If things go badly, she'll probably just negate this timeline and try again.
She'll stubbornly continue her battle,
restarting this meaningless chain of events over and over.
Because at this point,
it is no longer possible for her to stop or give up.
The moment she acknowledges that everything she has done is pointless,
and your fate is impossible to change,
Homura Akemi will fall into despair and turn into a Grief Seed.
She knows that as well.
And that's why she has no choice.
Whether she has any hope of winning or not, Homura must continue to fight.
So you're saying that as long as she continues to hope, she can't be saved?
That's right.
It's just as it was for all the other magical girls in the past.
Madoka, you saw it all as well, didn't you?
But...
But... !
But... !!
Where do you think you're going?
Mom?
I have to go to save a friend.
Leave it to the firefighters.
Civilians need to stay here.
It has to be me!
You don't live your life just for yourself, understand?!
Did you even think about how much we would worry if you went off–
I know.
I understand very well how you feel.
Because I love you and Dad that much too.
So I understand how much you both care about me...
...and I know that I need to take care of myself for your sakes too.
But this is different.
It's because I treasure all of you that I must protect you.
To do that, there's someplace I need to go right now!
And you can't tell me what this is about?
Then I'm going with you.
No.
You have to stay with Dad and Tatsuya and make sure they're safe.
Mom, you told me you had raised me well.
I don't tell lies. I don't do bad things.
Will you believe in me now?
Will you trust that I'll do what's right?
Are you sure you're not making a mistake?
That you're not being misled by anyone's lies?
Yes.
Thank you, mom.
If I let it get any further...
...the shelter will be attacked.
Whatever happens, I have to stop it right here!
No... !
Why...?
Why?! No matter how many times I try...
...why can't I win?
If I go back again...
I'll only make Madoka's destiny worse...
Then in the end...
Everything I've done...
That's enough.
You've done enough, Homura.
Madoka...
Madoka... You didn't... !
Homura... I'm sorry.
I'm going to become a magical girl.
Madoka...
No...
I finally figured it out.
I found a wish I truly want granted.
So I'm going to use my life for it, okay?
Don't!
Because then...
Because then, what have I...
... been fighting for...?
I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
But I believe it's because you've protected me for so, so long,
that I am the person I am now.
I really am sorry.
Won't you believe in the answer...
that the one you've protected all this time has found?
I swear I won't waste everything that you've done for me, Homura.
Madoka...
Since you're now the central point of karmic destiny...
from numerous different timelines...
...no matter how enormous the wish, you will likely be able to make it come true.
It's true, right?
Now, Madoka Kaname...
What is the wish that you will pay for...
...with your soul?
I wish...
I wish to erase all witches before they are born...
All the witches in all the universes, both past and future...
With my own hands!
That prayer...
If a prayer like that were granted, it could unravel the fabric of time itself!
It would go against the very force of karmic destiny!
Do you truly intend to become a god?!
I don't care what I become.
All those who have fought against witches,
who believed in hope as magical girls...
...I don't want to see them cry.
I want them to be smiling to the very end...
If any rule or law stands in the way of that...
I will destroy it. I will rewrite it.
That is my prayer... That is my wish.
Now!
Grant my wish...
...Incubator!!
Kaname... do you truly understand how fearsome a wish that was?
I think so.
It means that for all the past and future, and throughout all of time,
you will have to continue fighting forever.
In doing so, you will certainly wind up losing all traces of your individual self.
Simply dying would be a kinder fate.
For all eternity,
you would continue merely as a concept–
a principle that destroys witches.
That's fine. That's what I intend to do.
If someone says it's wrong to have hope,
then I'll tell them they're wrong, every single time.
And I know I'll always tell them so.
Then it's fine, isn't it?
If you think you can do it, then you've just gotta do it!
I mean, you've found your reason to fight, right?
You've decided yourself not to run away, right?
Then there's no problem! All that's left is to run full steam ahead!
Right... Thank you, Kyoko.
Then there's something I should give back to you.
Here you go.
You aren't just granting us hope.
You're becoming hope, itself.
...The hope of us all.
I won't let your prayers end in despair.
None of you have to hate anyone, or curse anyone...
I will bear all of that cursed destiny for you. So, please...
To the very end, keep believing in yourselves!
It's okay. It's all right now.
You don't have to hate anyone anymore.
You don't have to curse anyone anymore.
I'll go back, before you turned into this, and take the burden of yours.
Where am I...?
The universe is in the process of reordering itself...
based on Madoka's new laws.
That's right...
You are able to control time-crossing magic.
Well, then, let us witness together...
what kind of end the existence called Madoka Kaname will meet...
That is the Soul Gem her prayer created.
That...?!
Can you see all the cursed destinies she took unto herself,
as the price for making such an enormous wish?
She was able to bring forth enough hope to give birth to an entire universe.
Which is to say,
it will also become enough despair to end the entire universe as well.
It's only natural, right?
No, it's all right.
My wish was to erase all witches...
And if that prayer really comes true...
...then even I...
should have no reason to despair...
...ever!
Madoka...
With this, your life has ceased to have either a beginning or end.
No trace of your life on Earth,
nor a single memory of you will remain anywhere.
Your existence has shifted onto a higher plane,
and all that will be left of you here is a concept.
No one will ever be aware of your presence again,
and you will never be able to interact with anyone.
You have ceased to exist in this universe.
What are you saying?
That Madoka wished for such an ending?!
You think this is a fair reward for everything she's done?!
Don't be ridiculous!
This... is even worse...
than death would have been... !
No, you're wrong, Homura.
As I am now, I can see everything that ever has or will happen.
Both the universes that could have been...
...and the universes that might one day be. All of them...
Madoka...
And that's why, I finally know...
...just how much you've done for me, in all those different timelines.
All of it.
How many times you cried,
how often you ended up covered in injuries...
...and yet, kept going for my sake...
I'm sorry I never knew until now...
I'm so sorry.
It wasn't until I became this way that I could truly know who you are.
To think that I had such a precious friend with me all this time... !
I'm so glad I know now.
Homura... thank you!
You really have been my very best friend, haven't you?
But still, as you are now...
...you no longer have a place to go home to,
and you'll be separated from everyone you love...
...to live trapped all alone in a place like this forever?!
But I'm not alone.
All of you will always be with me.
Because I will be everywhere at every moment from now on.
So even if you can't see me or hear me, know that I'll be by your side, Homura.
Are you... really all right with that, Madoka?
Even though I'll forget you?
Even though I'll never even be able to sense you again?
It's too soon to give up yet.
After all, you managed to follow me all the way out here, didn't you?
So even when you go back to your world...
...maybe you'll still be able to remember me.
It'll be all right. I know it'll be all right.
Let's believe.
Madoka...
After all, magical girls make hopes and dreams come true!
And I'm sure that if it's just a little one, real miracles really can happen.
Don't you think?
Madoka! Don't go!
I'm sorry... I've got to go meet all the others.
I'll see you again one day, Homura.
So for just a little while until then, I'll say good-bye.
Madoka!! !!
Number 25. Kyosuke Kamijo.
I will be performing "Ave Maria. "
Looks like...
I ended up causing you a lot of trouble.
No. I'm the one who should apologize.
In order to save you, I had to leave things as if nothing has happened.
As a result, this future would have to disappear as well.
But, I thought it probably wasn't exactly what you wanted...
I think your wish and all the hard work you did for it were truly precious.
It absolutely wasn't meaningless.
So...
Yeah.
This is fine.
Really.
All I really wanted was to hear him play one more time...
I wanted more and more people to be able to hear him play.
Just remembering that again is enough for me.
Now I really don't have any regrets.
Well, I guess there is one thing that bothers me... .
But it's Hitomi, after all.
Kyosuke doesn't deserve such a great girl.
I'm sure they'll be very happy...
...won't they?
Yeah.
Should we get going?
Yeah...
...Sayaka?
Where's Sayaka?
Hey! What happened to Sayaka?!
She's gone. Led away by the indelible Law of the Cycle...
Miki used up all her remaining power in that last attack.
That idiot!
She didn't have to let herself vanish just for some boy she liked... !
Idiot... just when we were finally getting to be friends...
That is the fate of all magical girls.
You've known that since you first gained this power, surely.
Before the hope we wished for summons an equivalent amount of misfortune,
we have no choice but to vanish from this world.
Madoka... !
Akemi?
"Madoka"...?
Who's that?
MADOKA
Madoka! Madoka!
That's right. It looks just like her.
No, Tatsuya. That's not nice.
You don't pull a girl's hair, okay?
Madoka, Madoka!
I'm sorry. Are you all right?
I'm fine. Excuse me for intruding.
"Madoka"... right?
Yeah!
Here I come!
Okay, come on over!
So that's...
...some kind of imaginary friend my son sees when he plays alone?
I guess that's not unusual for small children.
Yes. I used to do that, too.
So who is "Madoka"? Do you know her?
Is she some kind of anime character or something?
Maybe so...
It feels like a name I've both heard and haven't heard...
I see... Yeah, maybe I've seen her somewhere with Tatsuya, too...
Sometimes...
... it seems to have such a nostalgic ring to it...
"Madoka"...
I see...
That is such a cute ribbon!
And exactly the sort of thing I would like–almost shockingly so!
Allow me to give it to you.
It wouldn't suit an old lady like me.
Well, if I had a daughter, maybe I would've made her wear it...
I see.
Theoretically, I suppose the system you described could have worked.
It isn't theoretical. It was real.
Even so, we have no way of proving it.
If the laws of the universe really changed the way you say they did,
there's no method we could use to verify that.
And since you are the only one who remembers that world...
there's no way to tell if your memories are real or a fairytale you just imagined.
Well, it is true...
that we can't explain why Soul Gems shatter when they become too sullied.
But that "witch" concept you mentioned in your story is quite interesting.
As a means of collecting human emotional energy,
it certainly has its appeal!
If such a lucrative means of harvesting energy had been available to us...
...we Incubators might have employed a very different strategy for all of this...
Of course. That's the sort of creatures you are, after all...
But in that witch world you were describing,
there weren't any wraiths like the ones we fight here, right?
So collecting curses must have been a much faster process!
It wasn't that simple.
And our relationship with you was fairly rocky as well.
I guess it really is impossible to understand human values.
Just because witches are no longer born into this world...
... it doesn't mean the curses of mankind have ceased to exist.
The distortions of this world have merely changed form,
and now attack people from the depths of the darkness...
The miasma is pretty thick tonight.
Honestly, these wraiths just keep on coming!
No matter how many we beat, there's no end to it.
Your complaining isn't going to help.
Come on, let's go.
Though this irredeemable world...
continues repeating its hatred and tragedies...
...this is still the place that she once tried to protect...
I remember that.
And I will never forget it.
That is why...
I will keep fighting.
Do your best...
Witches... The most evil of messengers, who spread despair.
And... when Magical Girls plunge into despair,
this is the cursed form they take on in the end.
In the past, I repeatedly returned to the same point in time,
fighting to resist this cruel destiny.
And in the end, thanks to one girl's sacrifice,
this cruel cycle of hope and despair was finally broken,
and the world was guided towards a new truth... or so we thought.
And yet...
Don't even think of pursuing me.
Otherwise, you'll end up having to fight me.
Isn't that from Hitomi Shizuki's nightmare...
Hitomi sure has her hands full, huh?
All because she has such an insensitive guy for a boyfriend.
That is precisely what you once described to me...
a Magical Girl's power, or whatever you called it.
It doesn't seem like you're teasing me, huh?
You're serious, aren't you?
In this world devoid of hope,
where grief and hate continue an endless cycle,
we dream of the day that we'll be reunited with that familiar smiling face.
Sorry I kept you waiting.
You've been hanging on all this time, haven't you?
Madoka...
Come on, let's go.
From now on, we'll always be together!
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