Akemi Homura, time traveler.
By turning back time and changing past events,
you have relived this past month over and over across numerous different timelines,
seeking the outcome you desire.
Your existence has answered at least one great mystery:
Why does Kaname Madoka possess such great potential as a magical girl?
Now I can put together a reasonable hypothesis.
You see, a magical girl's latent potential
is based on the weight of the karmic destiny she bears.
I could have understood if she had been the queen or savior of a country,
but I couldn't comprehend why Kaname Madoka, who led only an ordinary life,
should have so many threads of fate woven so tightly around her.
But listen, Homura.
Isn't it possible that Madoka became more powerful as a magical girl
every time you reset the timeline?
I thought so. You were the cause.
Or should I call it a side effect of your magic?
What do you mean?
You traveled through time for just one purpose: to protect Kaname Madoka.
By turning back time over and over, each time for the same reason and goal,
you inadvertently caused multiple timelines to converge together
and centered them all on Kaname Madoka.
If Madoka's threads of fate from each of those separate timelines
all ended up linking to the Madoka in this current timeline,
that would explain why her magical potential appears so impossibly huge.
All the karmic destiny you sent spinning across all of those different timelines
eventually attached to Kaname Madoka.
After all, everything you did was for her.
Excellent work, Homura.
You've raised Madoka to be the most powerful witch we've ever seen.
kawashita yakusoku wasurenai yo
交わした約束忘れないよ
I'll never forget the promises we exchanged
me wo toji tashikameru
目を閉じ確かめる
I still see it when I close my eyes
oshiyoseta yami
押し寄せた闇
I'll move forward as I cast off
furiharattesusumu yo
振り払って進むよ
this darkness engulfing me
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itsu ni nattara nakushita mirai wo
いつになったらなくした未来を
How long will it be before
watashi koko de mata miru koto dekiru no?
私ここでまた見ることできるの？
I see that lost future again?
afuredashita fuan no kage wo
溢れ出した不安の影を
I'll walk upon this Earth,
nandodemo saite
何度でも裂いて
and pierce this shadowy veil of unease,
kono sekai ayundekou
この世界歩んでこう
as many times as necessary
tomedonaku kizamareta
とめどなく刻まれた
The clock that's endlessly ticked away
toki wa ima hajimaritsuge
時は今始まり告げ
now tells of the beginning
kawaranai omoi wo nose
変わらない思いをのせ
Let's open the once-closed door,
tozasareta tobira akeyou
閉ざされた扉開けよう
with these unwavering feelings
mezameta kokoro wa hashiridashita mirai wo egaku tame
目覚めた心は走り出した未来を描くため
My heart started racing once again to paint the future
muzukashii michi de tachidomatte mo
難しい道で立ち止まっても
Even if I get stuck in a maze,
sora wa kirei na aosa de itsumo mattetekureru
空はきれいな青さでいつも待っててくれる
the beautiful blue sky will always be waiting for me
dakara kowakunai
だから怖くない
So I won't be afraid
mou nani ga atte mo kujikenai
もう何があっても挫けない
No matter what happens next, I won't give in
Episode 11
The one thing I have left to guide me
Sayaka Miki's Funeral
The body of Mitakihara Junior High junior Miki Sayaka-san,
who had been missing since the 12th of this month,
Miki
was discovered today in a .room at a downtown hotel.
As there were no signs of a struggle present at the scene,
the police have not ruled out either murder or accidental death in their investigation.
Up next is the weather forecast.
Tonight, expect moderate winds from the northwest accompanied by rain.
Welcome back.
Hey, Madoka.
About Sayaka...
You really don't know anything about what happened?
Yeah.
Sayaka-chan and Kyouko-chan are both dead.
It's not really that surprising.
The signs had been there for quite some time.
So you're saying you don't care?
Even though you practically caused their deaths?
Tell me, do you ever feel guilty about what happens to livestock?
Do you ever think about how their meat ends up on your table?
Stop it!
That's not a rational reaction.
If you found that vision to be cruel, then you're not seeing the whole picture.
In exchange for one day .becoming food for humans,
livestock are provided for all their lives and sheltered from natural selection.
Cows, pigs, and chickens all have far higher rates of reproduction in captivity than in the wild.
Wouldn't you call that the .ideal symbiotic relationship?
Are you trying to say we're the same?
Actually, we're far more accommodating toward humanity than you are with livestock.
Though we're not perfect at it, we at least negotiate with you as sentient beings.
You don't believe me?
How about I show you, then?
I'll show you the history that mankind has spent together with the Incubators.
We have been involved with your civilization since before your recorded history.
Countless girls throughout history have formed contracts with Incubators,
had their wishes granted, and ultimately succumbed to despair.
That which begins with a prayer of hope ends with a curse of despair.
Such is the cycle that countless .magical girls have repeated to this day.
Some changed history forever, and elevated .your society to new stages of development.
Stop it already!
They... They all trusted you.
They trusted you, and you betrayed them!
It was not we who betrayed them,
but rather their own wishes.
No matter what their hopes were, anything that goes beyond reason
will without fail cause some sort of distortion.
It's only natural that this would result in disaster.
If you consider a natural consequence like that to be "betrayal,"
then their mistake was to make those wishes in the first place.
Not that I am calling them foolish.
It can't be denied that their sacrifices have shaped human history.
The current standard of living you enjoy was made possible by all those tears shed in the past.
If you understand that, then how can you be so obsessed with the lives of a select few?
Did you really feel nothing while watching over those girls this whole time?
Didn't you at least try to understand how much they were suffering?
If we could, we wouldn't have come all .the way to this planet in the first place.
In our society,
the phenomenon known as "emotion" is .nothing more than a rare mental disorder.
That's why we were surprised when we found you humans.
We never imagined a world could exist where each individual possessed its own set of emotions
and still managed to coexist with others.
If none of you had ever come to this planet...
You'd probably still be living in caves.
It really does hurt, losing one .of my own students this way.
Yeah. We still don't even know what really happened.
One of the seniors is apparently missing as well.
Our staff meeting was a complete mess.
I guess nobody knows anything, do they?
It sounds like Sayaka-chan had some trouble with a friend over a boy.
She's taking all this pretty hard as well.
Ordinarily, it'd blow over leaving behind a few bittersweet memories, but since it ended like this...
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's Madoka-chan taking it?
I have no idea.
My gut tells me she knows something about all this.
But it doesn't seem like .she's lying to me either.
This is the first time I haven't been able to tell what she's really thinking.
Pathetic, right? I don't know what my own daughter is up to.
I never thought I'd see you at such a loss.
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 knew she ..could always 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 for the parents.
I guess you're right.
At this point, you just .need to believe in her.
I'm sure what Madoka-chan needs most right now is some time to sort out her feelings.
You need to give her some space.
It's so hard not being able to do anything.
That's the Junko I've always known.
Homura Akemi
May I come in?
Is that... the Walpurgisnacht?
Kyouko-chan told me about it.
She said the two of you were teaming up to take down a witch neither of you could handle alone.
You've been preparing for it this whole time, haven't you?
Will the city be in danger?
Unlike the witches you've seen so far, this one doesn't need to hide itself within a barrier.
If it manifests even once, thousands will die.
Since ordinary people can't see it,
they'll think the destruction was caused by an .earthquake, tornado, or other natural disaster.
So it absolutely has to be stopped, right?
Now that Kyouko-chan's... dead too...
you're the only magical girl .left who can fight it, so I—
I can do it on my own.
Sakura Kyouko may not have been able to defeat the Walpurgisnacht alone, but I can.
I never really needed Kyouko's assistance to begin with.
I just agreed so she wouldn't lose face.
Really?
I don't get it...
I want to believe you.
I don't want to think 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.
I don't know how to tell you what I really feel.
Homura-chan...
Because...
I'm not even living in the same time as you!
You see, I... I came from the future.
I've met you over and over again,
and each and every time, .I've had to watch you die.
How can I save you?
How can I change your fate?
I've gone back in time over and over again, searching for that answer.
That means... Huh?
I'm sorry.
I must sound crazy, right?
I must be creeping you out.
To you, I'm just some transfer .student you met a month ago.
But to me...
To me, you are...
The more I repeat all this, the further in time we drift from one another.
Our feelings also drift further apart, and my words don't reach you anymore.
The truth is, I think I lost .myself a long time ago.
Homura-chan...
I will save you.
That was all I had in mind when I began this.
And now that I've come this far, it's the one thing I have left to guide me.
It's all right if you don't understand.
It's all right if my words don't reach you.
But please...
I beg of you.
Let me protect you.
Homura Akemi
These thunderclouds are spreading .and rotating at unbelievable speeds.
It's a clear sign that a supercell is forming!
Issue an evacuation order at once!
An evacuation order has been issued as of 7AM this morning due to urgent weather conditions.
All residents must immediately evacuate to the nearest shelter.
This is the Mitakihara Municipal Office.
An evacuation order...
It's coming.
Is this a sleepover?
Are we camping?
That's right. We're all camping here tonight!
Homura-chan...
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This time...
I'll finish it once and for all.
What's wrong, Madoka?
I-I need to use the bathroom.
Is it true that Homura can win by herself?
Even if I said no, would you believe me?
There's no point in me .trying to convince you now.
See for yourself.
See just how far she can get against the Walpurgisnacht.
Why does she push herself so hard to fight?
Because she still hasn't given up hope.
If it comes down to it, I'm sure she'll nullify this timeline like the others, and continue fighting.
She'll continue to repeat this meaningless .chain of events and never be any the wiser.
At this point, it's no longer possible for her to stop or give up.
The moment she believes that everything was pointless, that your fate cannot be changed,
Akemi Homura will succumb to .despair and become a Grief Seed.
She knows that all too well.
That's why she doesn't have a choice.
She must continue to fight, even if she has no chance of winning.
So you're saying that as long as she .continues to hope, she can't be saved?
That's right.
Just like every other magical girl throughout history.
Madoka, you saw it too, didn't you?
But...
But!
Where do you think you're going?
Mom.
I have to go save my friend—
Leave that to the firefighters.
We civilians have to stay put.
It has to be me!
You're not the only person in this world!
Do you even know how much the people around you—
I know!
I really do understand.
I love you too, Mom. Dad too.
I know how much you all care about me.
I know I need to value my own life.
But this is different.
It's because you're all so important to me that I have to protect you.
That's exactly why... there's .somewhere I have to be right now!
And you can't tell me what this is about?
Take me with you, then.
I can't.
Stay with Dad and Tatsuya.
Don't make them worry about you.
You said I grew up to be a good girl, right?
That I don't lie and I don't do anything bad.
Do you still believe that?
Will you trust that what I'm doing is right?
Are you certain you're not making a mistake?
You're not being misled by anyone's lies?
That's right.
Thank you, Mom.
If I let it get any further...
it'll reach the shelter.
Whatever happens, I have to stop it right here!
No way...
Why...
Why can't I beat it, no matter how many times I try?!
If I do this again, I'll only add to Madoka's karmic burden.
In the end, everything I've done has...
That's enough.
You've done enough, Homura-chan.
Madoka...
Don't tell me you're...
Homura-chan, I'm sorry.
itsuka kimi ga hitomi ni tomosu ai no hikari ga
One day the light of love burning in your eyes
いつか君が瞳に灯す愛の光が
toki wo koete
will transcend time
時を超えて
horobiisogu sekai no yume wo
and destroy one of this world's dreams
滅び急ぐ世界の夢を
tashika ni hitotsu kowasu darou
as it spirals toward the apocalypse
確かに一つ壊すだろう
tamerai wo nomihoshite
What is it that you seek
躊躇いを飲み干して
kimi ga nozomu mono wa nani?
now that you're done hesitating?
君が望むモノは何？
konna yokubukai akogare no yukue ni
Is there a glimpse of hope for tomorrow
こんな欲深い憧れの行方に
hakanai ashita wa aru no?
beyond this greedy admiration?
儚い明日はあるの？
kodomo no koro yume ni miteta
I want to be armed with the power
子供の頃夢に見てた
inishie no mahou no youni
to shatter even the darkness in my hand,
古の魔法のように
yami sae kudaku chikara de
just like the ancient magic in my childhood dreams,
闇さえ砕く力で
hohoemu kimi ni aitai
the next time I see your innocent smile.
微笑む君に合いたい
obieru kono te no naka ni wa
In my trembling hands I hold
怯えるこの手の中には
taorareta hana no yuuki
the courage of a plucked flower
手折られた花の勇気
omoi dake ga tayoru subete
My feelings are all I can rely on;
想いだけが頼る全て
hikari wo yobisamasu
the prayer that awakens
光を呼び覚ます
negai
the light
願い
Illustrated by Buriki
If someone says it's wrong to have hope,
I will tell them they're wrong every single time.
I know my determination will never waver.
Finale
My very best friend
My very best friend.