The Madoka Magica: Rebellion Movie SHATTERED Me
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- Madoka Magica Rebellion Movie Blind Reaction
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Bebe was a character in the original show. She was Charlotte, the witch that turned Mami into a meal.
Yeah, she just never got screen time because the worm thing that bites mami comes out like right after it’s introduced
now that i think about it cheese is yellow and mami had yellow as her main color so maybe Bebe thought she was cheese which is why she bit her XD
@@jdogzerosilverblade299I believe that is part of the reason why BeBE are her head. She thought it was cheese
I used to hate her bc how she ate Mami (RIP) but then I saw the movie and found out her backstory from fandom, and now she's one of my favorite goobers
I read that as ‘turned Mami into meat’ omg 😂😂
Don't worry...everyone is confused by the opening of Rebellion on the first watch. Anyone who isn't is lying...
22:00 Remember that if Homu stops time while touching someone, they also aren't stopped. Mami had a ribbon attached to Homu's ankle, and so Mami is technically touching Homu.
24:10 Basically Sayaka said something that shouldn't be true in this timeline: homura being a transfer student. The only way Sayaka would know that is if she somehow also aware that this isn't the true timeline. She also flashed Oktavia, her other half, in her shadow. Basically the Sayaka in this movie is the one from the end of the main series. She's both the magical girl and the witch version of herself at the same time.
26:56 Sayaka is *A* witch, but not the one responsible. Homu is the witch keeping everyone trapped and she just realized it.
27:30 It's confirmation that this takes place after the end of the series. Remember when Homu leaked the whole "madoka was a person" thing to a kyubey, well they were like "sounds fake. Let's test it" and when Homura eventually was going to go witch (and, thus, get saved by madoka) the inkyubators basically put her soul gem in stasis. Without Madoka being able to save it, it developed as it should have, becoming a witch...but since the soul gem is contained the witch borne from it never left its soul gem.
29:40 It's an old record player. Homura's constant rewinding is like a broken record that keep skipping. Her familiars pull her towards her inevitable doom, while the ribbon on her dress constantly struggles to keep her from it and causes destruction as she resists. She's shackled because he's a prisoner of this process. Before it's sliced off, she's also wearing a witch hat.
30:50 I like HOW sayaka activates her witch powers. She stabs her own heart out. Remember, the reason she became a witch was a broken heart, so the way to access her powers as a witch is to tear her own heart out.
36:00 Poor kyubey is only thinking one thing, I bet: "oh god, oh man...OH GOD, OH MAN.... *OH GOD, OH MAN!"*
38:08 Ah, Homura's got those sanpaku eyes. That's visual shorthand for "This person is NOT DOING OKAY ON THE INSIDE"
38:51 I wish you had shown it on-screen, but Homura's face when she said those words. Those same word's she's kept saying to Madoka over and over, which she thought she would never have to say again. The face Homura had then was her realizing that, even with her stolen godhood, even after all this time, EVEN NOW, WITH THE WORLD IN HER HAND, she is still stuck in the exact same loop as when she started. *The record skips, and and begins to play a tragically familiar tune*
I honestly can't wait for the next movie that's supposed to come out this year. I don't know WHAT they're planning, but if Urobutcher is still in charge it's going to be brutal.
BRO YOU'RE SO SMART OMG
This is a great list
Thank you for summarizing all of that.
I haven't actually watched any of this on my own. I can't bring myself to touch this franchise. It's too raw.
Disagree with 24:10 - Homura _is_ a transfer student in this timeline, both in labyrinth and normal wraith world
This is the perfect accompaniment to the video. Thank you!
"Mami is always one step away from a mental breakdown no matter what timeline you put her in"
BINGO.
I hope he watches magia record to see how true this statement has been
@@YoruMochizukiLMAO YEA I WANT HIM TO REACT TO MAGIA RECORD SO BADLY
@@Lizzysinyourhousewhile there are great scenes in magia record such as the one you're talking about, i cant help but get concerned how he'll view the series after watching that, because like he said in the video, he doesn't want to ruin his view of the series by watching something mediocre
“Is Jesus Christ about to show up as a magical girl” he’s finally realizing this is Bible fanfiction 😂
BIBLE FANFICTION IM GIGGLINGGG madoka the second coming of Christ
The next most influential Bible fanfiction since The Divine Comedy
@@iantaakalla8180Lower One's eye is typing
"What, Jesus is gonna show up as a magical girl?"
*Madoka* : hey sorry i'm late
@@yo_mama575the song with vflowers voice? 😭
One thing a lot of people seem to miss on their first watch is that Homura didn't just threaten to shoot herself, or graze the side of her head. She 100% blasted her own brains out.
She knows this wont kill her because she knows her soul is in her soul gem, not in her body. Like Kyubey said, so long as your soul gem is safe and you have enough magic to spare, you can survive basically anything.
Homura knows this. Mami does not.
Even better, I think, is that Homura only had a theory, and so the hesitation she had (as well as her expression) is because she was testing her theory *fatally* and wasn't 100% sure she would make it.
It just shows how absolutly desperate she is at that point.
Yoooooooooooooo I appreciate this.
Oh my heck. Thank you for saying this because I absolutely did not connect those dots!
Homura didn't know that at that point in the movie. She was deceiving Mami to free herself (while i agree that comes from her suicidal and self-harm mindset).
@@emanuelborges4458 Why wouldn't she know it? It's something that applies to all magical girls, not just witches. Kyubey explains it to Sayaka after Madoka throws her soul gem off the bridge in the original show. They're all horrified to find out their souls have been removed from their bodies, and Kyubey specifically mentions Mami never found out before she died.
the ending is a lot more complicated than just “homura became obsessed with madoka”
1) the incubators were going to use madoka and her powers in order to bring back the witch system. not only does homura know that, but she also feels completely responsible bc she’s the one who told kyuubey abt madoka
2) homura realized that madoka wasn’t happy as a goddess (hence the metaphorical scars on her arms) because she was separated from the people she loved (she says this in the flower scene, and shinbo, one of pmmm’s creators, stated that these are madoka’s true feelings)
3) homura, despite what she’s done and how she seems, wants everyone to be happy: she’s brought sayaka and bebe back to life and has re-written reality so they can what they want again (kyoko and sayaka are implied to be living together, as are bebe and mami, and madoka is living with her family again)
4) homura calls herself “satan” because of her christian upbringing (in episode 1, she says that she’s from a christian school in tokyo), because she literally “defied/betrayed” god by ripping her out of the sky. in her eyes, an act like that makes her evil, because to homura, protecting madoka and ensuring that her (and by extension, the rest of the girls that she cares about) can have a happy life, and being able to torture the incubators forever is more important to her than madoka’s wish
Also the fact that everyone in the new reality has a happy ending except Homura, because madoka doesn’t remember her or what she’s done for her. It’s the biggest act of selflessness
Oh okay, this actually reassures me a lot
I love that in this ending Homura and Madoka are still just as much doomed Yuri as they were at the start of the series. Homura will always be obsessed and Madoka will always leave. All the girls in the cast are perpetuallly damned, lost, and depressed.
Unrequited love, obsession, and tragedy are my favorite genres in sapphic media.
DOOMED YURI😢😢
It’s most definitely requited but not physically since she always leaves
So Dan, to summarize PMMM so far...
The OG anime is about Madoka becoming God, and Rebellion is about Homura becoming Lucifer if Lucifer was in love with God. Can't wait for Walpurgisnacht Rising to continue this Bible fanfic, toxic yuri style.
More like in love with Jesus.
madoka magica vs lower ones eye with god and lucifer yuri & jesus and judas yuri
@@aropigeon9433technically, both have Jesus!
How come there is no Madoka version of the Lower MV yet
if Madoka is god, and Homura is lucifer, then would that make Mami Jesus?
Homura: Unmaking reality for Madoka.
Me: GAY-!
classic yuri
Girls-girls can’t love girls! Girls can’t love girls 🏃♀️💨 💼
@@crazyland6376 doomed yuri
All of us fr
Ruined
Cake song thingy is what Homura actually dreamed of deep in her heart as a magical girl. In her own world, enemies are just cute and goofy dolls that fire pillows. The magical girls don't have to fight for their lives here, just have a little tea party to soothe their enemies and put them into a peaceful slumber. And everyone gets plentiful reward after, not like the real world where witches or wraiths in.
These childish yet peaceful things are just like most teenage girls generally hope for, and are the reason why other girls did not doubt the world she created, and also why Homura doubted the world she found herself in.
"Why is this movie trying to gaslight me into thinking I didn't watch the anime?"
Because this movie is trying to gaslight the characters into thinking the anime never happened. Specifically, Homura, and by proxy, the viewer.
All of the girls have cannon witch forms!
Sayaka- Oktavia Sekendorf, the Mermaid Witch
Kyoko- Ophelia, the Wǔdàn Witch
Mami- Candeloro, the Dress-up Witch
Homura- Homulily, the Nutcracker Witch in Rebellion, and the Mortal World Witch in Portable
Madoka- Kriemheld Gretchen, the Witch of Misfortune
Some of them might get a little time on the big screen soon when the next movie comes out this winter! ^_^
Sayaka’s witch is a siren, and kyoko’s witch is a character who died of drowning
Poetic
The way that Madoka and Homura become eternally opposed ( Godoka and Devil Homura) just summarizes the way that Madoka and Homura’s perception on reality has always been conflicting despite caring for each other. Madoka is willing to accept her own tragedy for the sake of humanity but Homura has always strived to achieve some better ending. Madoka will always make the best of a horrible situation - even at the expense of her own life to save others - whereas Homura’s will always be searching for the reality that adheres best to her own wants and need for comfort that she’s now grown to obsessively associate with Madoka’s closeness to her.
I prefer to call her Homucifer
Godoka and Homuficer, or Madokami and Akumura
Devura is right there too.
@@luisdaniel9542 omg Homucifer is fantastic
This reminds me of the trope “I’ll sacrifice myself for the world” vs “I’ll sacrifice the world for you”
One thing I'll point out is that a lot of people got confused about homura calling herself evil and the devil. What she really means is she's 'evil' as in the sense that she's opposing gods will (madoka), and the same apploes to why she calls herself a devil. She's not literally the devil, and she's not straight up evil. Its easy to miss and is actually a big reason a lot of the films haters claim this is a character assassination for homura.
I mean, personally I think that _Homura_ thinks she's literally evil, but given that she's a deeply traumatized middle school sapphic girl with a Catholic upbringing and severe self-hatred issues, I think that she's a biased source.
@@ultra824 Catholic upbringing? When was that mentioned ?
@@o0ugi860 In ep.10, the flashback episode, it is mentioned that Homura was transfering from a 'private Catholic school'.
@@o0ugi860 she mentions it in the first episode too.
@@daimyos8823 you watched a dodgy translation then cus that’s not what she says in Japanese.
Something most people don't catch the first time through is why the Homura shooting herself in the head gambit works. Since Magical Girls exist in their soul gems and their bodies are external hardware, they can tank a headshot. But Mami wouldn't remember that fact, hence the fakeout.
Even if she did remember, watching your friend blow their brains out isn’t something someone like Miami would just let happen whether Homura could tank it or not. Homura was probably like, 99% sure Mami would move to stop it regardless.
@@reggie1025 The reason for the fakeout is because Mami can make her ribbons intangible since her ribbons symbolize her ability to bond people and things together, the reason we don't see the ribbon for most of the fight is because Mami had the ribbon on ghost mode, which allowed her to dodge Homura's time stops since they were technically joined but Homura couldn't do anything about the ribbon. Homura knew that in a straight up 1v1 she'd lose to Mami because she always does, unless she can freeze Mami in time and stop her when Mami can't fight back.
Homura shot herself so that Mami would make the ribbon solid and since it was solid Homura could then cut the ribbon and her time stop would affect Mami again. Homura knew about how her body wouldn't die from that either due to her experiences from the past timeline however I don't think she trained like Sayaka did to suppress her ability to feel pain so it likely hurt a fair bit when she did it.
Danny didn't show it but in the full clip of this fight there's a scene where we see smoke cover the screen briefly and the smoke shows one of Mami's trademark flowers which is where most fans assume Mami swapped herself out with the ribbon puppet that later exploded and ensnared Homura
The “Jesus” showing up as a magical girl in this movie was too correct of a prediction to ultimately refute and I love that 😂
23:00 It isn't that Mami can turn her body into ribbons, it's that the "Mami" that Homura was fighting wasn't actually Mami -- Mami used her ribbons to make a fake her, which tricked Homura.
It’s a blink and you miss it moment but when the dust clear from ‘bullet hell’ destroying the buildings the dust dissipates to flower shapes
GOD I LOVE THIS SERIES EASTER EGGS
it wasn't a fake Mami the whole time, the swap happened near the end where we see the dust take on the shape of Mami's flower broach, that's when she traded with the ribbon puppet
been 10+ years since this movie came out and madohomu is still one of the most legendary wlw ships in media ever
Kyosaya being canon in the same movie (AND THEY WERE ROOMMATES) makes it so much better. Madoka Magica is so based for their lesbians and bisexuals.
@@friendlyelites THEY'RE CANON? LIKE CONFIRMED? How did I not know about this.....
@@alexxmichaelis5669nothing is these series are officially confirmed but sayaka's theme name with kyoko is literally smt like "and finally im home" or smt like that and this says alot
23:06 the only reason Mami really died when she got her head chomped is because her soul gem broke in the process. If it was placed anywhere else Mami's head would've just grown back with magic(it'd take a lot of time and a lot of magic but she'd have survived)
not necessarily, getting her head bit off would likely have caused Mami to despair A LOT which is more likely to have her go full Witch instead of heal it and be normal after. Plus the anime tells us the more magic the girls use the faster their soul gems darken and they become Witches meaning even if she didn't become a Witch from the despair of having her head chomped it's likely the amount of magic needed to regrow her head would cause her gem to blacken and her to become a Witch anyway, especially since Mami's personal magic wasn't healing/regeneration like Sayaka's is
But Bebe IS an actual character, it's just that we only saw her witch form in the show,the witch Charlotte that chomped Mami's head off
we do see Bebe's doll form briefly, Mami shoots it a bunch and when she thinks she's dealt a finishing blow to Bebe crushing her doll form, the snake form emerges from the doll's mouth and chomps Mami
The girls all have official witch forms, I believe. Even if they didn't turn into them, the creaters of the show wanted their witches planned out.
They actually show up in the games, for example Homura's witch in this movie is actually a modified version of her witch in madoka magica portable
The only thing that I wished you’d shown was Homura absolutely disrespecting the incubator. “Inc-u-bay-ter” 💀💀💀.
That and Homura dancing over his beaten body in the epilogue. Really hammers home how much the Incubators screwed themselves over.
@@friendlyelitesthis. I was so looking forward to it and was surprised he didn’t include it.
I hope he didn’t stop it before that. Wasn’t it post credits?
"Homura's the cake!" You wouldn't believe just how right you were... [I love that the cake is basically a witch itself]
Mami's power is ribbons, but she's ridiculously skilled at doing One Piece level shenanigans with it (like making a fake Mami and having it do an incredibly choreographed fight with Homura)
Homura was fine being shot in the head because her Soul Gem is located on the back of her hand, she can only die if it's broken.
30:28 Actually, you can see ALL of their witch forms. They all have canon witch designs that was made for some card game or viddo game spinoff (I forget which this franchise is so huge) you can find the official witch info on the Madoka Wiki.
i think theyre from magia record!
@@evelovesaoiMagia Record used the witches as basis for the girls Doppels, but they first appeared in the Madoka Magica Portable Game
@@miguelmoura9345 oh okay, thanks!
@@miguelmoura9345 oh okay thanks!
i love this movie bc it brings to light the fact that homura's wish which was to save madoka never really came true, the anime finale kinda makes you forget about that, but it doesn't matter if the world hasn't ended or that magical girls stopped becoming witches, she still failed at the one thing she rewinded all those timelines for.
From the wiki, this is her wish:
“I wish... I can meet Ms. Kaname all over again. But this time, instead of her protecting me, I want to be strong enough to protect her!”
So she definitely couldn't protect Madoka (from becoming a Puella Magi and the Law of Cycles), but the wish itself is to become strong in the past, saving her is a consequence of that.
On the other hand, wishes are usually granted in spirit rather than letter, so you're right there.
@@caiomaida3630 It could be argued that her literally ripping god apart and ascending herself is a culmination of her initial wish to be strong enough to protect Madoka.
My favourite part was the after credits scene (that I suspect you missed) where the moon is literally cut in half (really great symbolism) and Kyubey is severely beaten up, and there is a flicker in his eyes that was never there throughout the whole series. Then she T poses on a chair and falls off the cliff.
I suspect that one of Homura's punishments on kyubey is that he was forced to feel emotions, (because his eyes are no longer dead looking/emotionless) and/or is the metaphorical grief seed, holding on to (and feeling) all the despair collected from the wraiths that Magical girls have to fight. A fitting one considering what he did.
*The greek god Apollo carrying a rubber dodge ball labeled 'The Gift of Prophecy' sees Danny Motta* Apollo punts the gift of prophecy full force at Danny
Kyuubei: appears
Danny, shaking with rage: Y O U
I'm not even kidding I had to pause the video at this to laugh it's like nearly 2am for me and it was far too unreasonably funny
the only correct reaction to have
Some fun details: in the last conversation with Sayaka, Homura was being used for rotten tomatoes target practice by the Clara Dolls (scary smiling kids from her labyrinth); as if showing that she is a "bad actor" right now, can't pretend very well.
When Mami is walking by her table Homura throws off a teacup from it, and tea was often associated with Mami in the series.
When Kyouko feeds the oddbirds and throws an apple down to Clara Dolls, Homura shakes her head so that they will let it fall. Kyouko shows that she is friendly with someone by giving them food.
And then there's Madoka and Homura saying to her that they might become enemies one day.
Meanwhile Nagisa just enjoys herself! No confrontation, only cheese (and Mami)!
Also Madoka's answer on the field is the reason Homura did what she did.
My favorite detail is all of Madokas' transformation.
Starts off with madoka but it's just not quite right, it looks like her but the details are off
Shows a POV of Homura watching Madoka transform, but again it doesn't look quite right
Has the film reel effect that is used in Homuras' transformation (showing its somehow affected by homura)
Then shows FUCKING MADAKAMIS' HAND BREAKING INTO THE LABIRYNTH AND POSSESSING THE FAKE MADOKA
Istg its the best foreshadowing and no one noticed
@@ashallen2143 oooh, this is amazing! I never noticed it before, thank you!
I love that this show shows that you should not force kids to grow up, that kids should not be the people protecting us. It really shows what can happen when kids are given too much responsibility. Mami, she's the first magical girl in the group, she's been fighting alone for so long yet now she's still fighting alone because she's the first she has no one to look up to and no one to comfort her.
My theory as to why Homura could take the entire universe is because her wish was to save Madoka. It's like how Madoka's wish had the consequence of making her a god because that's the only way for her wish to come true, the same goes for Homura's wish. In order to save Madoka she had to turn into the god of the multiverse and steal a fraction of her powers. Madoka and Homura's wishes contradict each other thus trapping Homura in yet another loop where she can't completely save Madoka.
not so much steal madokas power as it is her taking away madokas burden and instead shouldering it herself
HOLY SHIT I DIDNT THINK HE WOULD WATCH THE MOVIE
I ALSO DIDN'T THINK HE WOULD
ME 2
RIGHT IM FREAKING OUT
But of course he would, everyone kept recommending it lol
SAME
"It'll be so sick if they get a Shadow Magica forms?"
Do...do we tell him? Do we tell him about Magia Record show?
No but really, but also Magia Records series was kinda a letdown
@@aureliegilbert1523 AS a player of magia record this statement of the anime holds true to me(lets be real most of us gameplayers just wanted the plot of magia record in which case it starts similar then just veers off the deepend) thankfully i hear the magia record manga follows the plot of the game more so thats good. hellim more convinced magia record side story. means its a sidestory of magia record than madoka
MY EXACT REACTION 😭
The entire Rebellion movie is spoiled by the opening song number and it's beautiful. Madoka wears gloves, Homura does not
As someone who has experience in self-harm (my personal experience + that of friends who have done the same) your rant about self-harm representation was really appreciated. while it is nuanced and difficult to create representation of self-harm that isn't damaging we desperately need representation that isn't "sterilized" and when it isn't it really strikes a cord. When i first saw that scene in Rebellion, i remember thinking "wow, those visuals actually depict how i feel" and i had never actually seen on screen cuts like the ones on most of my friend's wrists. so yeah, it was really nice to see someone else with that perspective when decided to watch this video
Mami wasn't affected by the timestop because she'd latched on to Homura right as she stopped time and took Bebe initially, on instinct. Homura broke it by feinting her own headshot, which is why Mami suddenly was affected again.
Well... it wasn't actually a feint to shoot her head. She actually did shoot it, but as her soul is in her gem that kind of damage is not fatal.
@@passingdem0n303Yeah, also true, I meant that the play itself was a type of feint :)
Actually, Mami put a ribbon on Homura a bit before the time stop (as Mami leaves the room). Homura is being very accusatory towards Bebe in this scene and Mami is curious, so leaves the room to see what happens - but knowing Homura's timestop ability, she ribbons her as protection.
I haven't watched this fully yet but sayaka saying " transfer student" references the timeline in the main series because she transferred, giving us a hint to how she's not from this timeline at all
But Homura transfered in this "timeline" too.
@@Painocus it doesn't really say if she did or didn't. but if she did, sayaka only called her that in the main timeline either way, (also the reason i said timeline is because rebellion is technically in the timeline where madoka is a concept/god. and not the one we progress most of the story in) correct me if i'm wrong
The seven forks bit is probably the funniest joke from this whole channel due to how unhinged he looks with all seven forks lined up.
Welcome to the Paradox named Madoka Magica , an anime with brightest colours and darkest theme, where magical girls are witches, where selflessness is selfishness , where kindness leads to destruction , where the happiest souls suffer the most , where you fight against the one you fight for , where the devil, is in love with the goddess.
"Movie was released in 2016"
Oh it's even worse than that. Rebellion was released in 2013, meaning by the time movie 4 releases, us long-time fans will have lived with Rebellion as an ending for 11 years.
I saw it in theaters when it came to North America, which was sick af, the most memorable cinema experience I've ever had. After the movie ended, the entire theater was SILENT, and we remained silent as we shambled out of the room with all our brains melted. Not only that, but we didn't have the opportunity to re-watch it immediately after since there was no streaming service offering it or blu-ray release. So for a time, a lot of the fandom was reeling with the wild takes of first-time viewers of this halfway-understood movie. Now it seems to be the consensus that you need about 3 viewings of Rebellion to truly take it all in lol.
I remember feeling shattered by this movie's ending for a long time. It legitimately hurt to see Homura's character progress like this. It took a while for me to warm up to it, but I did eventually! Now I adore it for its thematic and visual density, and for the potential this ending brings to the series. It's fascinating, and ultimately makes me love Madoka Magica even more.
Thanks for sharing your reaction with us. Re-experiencing PMMM never gets old, but this was probably the most entertaining reaction I've seen. Great insight, great jokes, overall had a great time! :D
11:42 Since everything in a Witch's labyrinth is a reflection of a girl's mind, somewhere in Homura's subconscious there is a food song _and_ a magical system where everything is fun and silly and no one dies. Also the zeppelins and a mix of Nutcracker the book and the ballet~
During Madoka's magical girl transformation, the whole time, she just doesn't fit into frame, being too big, too small, too far to the left or right. She's also the only one who's hands and eyes don't watch the colors they are and she's the only one who's body isn't a full color. This whole time, it turns out that this is Homura's fake version of Madoka but right after seeing this fake version of Madoka, you see a hand breaking glass. This is when Homura trapped literal God Madoka into her labyrinth, completing the true Madoka and also trapping Charlotte (The magical girl who was Bebe) and Sayaka as well
This is also why the intro is so confusing, it's all Homura's labyrinth, her brain creating a fake world where she's happily fighting fake witches (Nightmares) with her friends as her subconscious mourns Madoka's death from everyone's memory from the universe
Also Homura turned into a witch at the very end of the anime. Those black wing looking things? That's her turning into a witch lol
Also the reason why Madoka keeps saying she'd never leave or sacrifice herself to save everyone even though she already did was because she's only saying what Homura wants her to say. This is her labyrinth after all, she's tricking and gaslighting herself to believing that Madoka would be much happier and better off if she'd never left
Also at the very end of the show, when Madoka has her yellow ribbons, those yellow ribbons represented her God form. By Homura literally taking those yellow ribbons out of her hair and replacing them with her red ones, symbolizes Homura literally suppressing and taking away Madoka's Godhood
25:49 Oof, that realisation in this scene that makes Homura go full demon is so... so... heartbreaking.
Her realising Madoka is not happy, that the self sacriface was for others and not herself, makes Homura just tip over. And she decides to bring Madoka back.
39:40 I mean, I've watched the show and movie so, so many times. I've become desebsitized to the confusion of the movie. And having mulled over the writing of the anime, both the show and movie are steeped into the 'grandness'. The symbolism is everywhere, in every line, shot and scene. The movie focuses more on it, because where else was there to go?
I'm hyped for the next movie.
LITERALLY SCREAMING MY LUNGS OUT OH MY GOD WHATTT??
Right there with you!
SAME WTFFF 😮🎉
SAME
My theory is that Homura accepted her despair as her hope and so became a demon.
The movie is the logical conclusion to Homura's character and arc. Every other character reached some sort of conclusion and closure at the end of the anime (Madoka ascending to godhod and martyrdom, Sayaka accepting her loss and moving on peacefully into the afterlife, Kyoko and Mami seem like the exception but it is canon that they used to be very close and it could be very likely that they have started to reconnect). All except Homura. This is where rebellion sets in and lets her accomplish her true goal: Save Madoka. Her act of usurping Madoka as a goddess is both ultimately selfish and selfless. She gave up everything and is willing to become someone who might be madokas enemy ultimately, even one day willing to die at her hands if it means she can live the life she deserves.
Not to mention the entire movie is just the struggle of Homura's inner feelings. Blindly believing in a world where she and Madoka can be happy and her self hatred telling her she does not deserve to be happy and wanting to uncover the truth.
You are the best person in this comment section YOU GET IIIIITTTT
I *adore* Rebellion, hands down one of my favorite anime movies, but it's definitely the kind of movie that you rewatch a few times to notice all the little details before the twist (which is kinda part of why I love it, I love things I can analyze to death)
"If the only thing I have to look forward to is hitting forty, I'd rather it all ended in one big explosion." If that isn't a mood.
Btw a fourth movie is coming soon, you should totally watch the trailer. It’s been in the working for many, many, many years
Danny not realizing that bebe is the witch that killed mami is so hilarious tbh
he did in 11:54
theres so much you can get out of this from rewatching it. everyone talking about how happy their lives were, and sayaka trying to get homura to sympathize with the witch, when it was her, was so good. bebe being in there too, because she was one of the only other people homura actually knew, even if it was only as a witch, so she could be let inside. and all the foreshadowing like how the teacher talking about the second coming and the world ending was about madoka literally being god, coming back, and homura destroying reality
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I'm not even joking when I say Danny's reaction made me cry. Especially what he said about being respected even while going through a hard time
him talking about magical girls harnessing witch powers is LITERALLY just doppels from magia record
Lmao my first thought!💀
LITERALLY WHAT I THOUGHT
When he mentioned that, I was like, "So... the doppel system."
We need to get him to watch it
for real!!!@@Z4IZAI
The slow realization (assumption?) that the cake was you was the funniest thing I've seen all day. Good comedy.
11:00 NO YOU DONT GET IT SHE MIMICKING THE TYPICAL ACTIONS OF MAGICAL GIRL NOOOOO
I love rebellion, and my only gripe (which is barely a gripe because I don’t mind doing it) is that you genuinely HAVE to watch the movie multiple times to understand everything. It seems confusing at first, but after a few watches everything comes together beautifully. I think it’s funny that this seems to have been purposeful considering how the movie is written. I wonder if the directors wanted the audience to feel almost like Homura used to. Rewinding time again and again and slowly collecting more information about the situation, but in the end there’s nothing you or her could do to change things.
So just for the record, Homura did shoot herself in the head but remember magical girls can't die unless you destroy their soul gem. Homura's is on the back of her hand, Mami should've realized this, but I think the whole situation threw her off. You also see it where Homura has to force her arm down to shoot the frozen Mami in the leg because her soul gem is in her hairpiece.
Also it should be noted that Homura is technically still a witch since Godoka never cleansed her soul gem. The scene with the galaxy it being overlaid by what looks like hershield, is Homura literally overlaying reality with her labyrinth. Thats also her witch familiars are still around.
Since ive seen NO ONE say anything about it, there's another madoka magica show that came out in 2022 called magia record [rest of the title of madoka magica]
I remember I just don’t know where to watch it😂😂
@@501AK it's on crunchyroll 👍
Yeah...there's a reason people don't talk about Magia Record...it's not very good.
@@lizardlord4k Yeah, I couldn't even finish it, I got bored 2 episodes in. Maybe it gets better later on, but... And Madoka, especially the movie, is one of my fave anime, so..
Yeah we aren’t recommending it
When Mami gets up to get more tea for Homura, you can actually see her plant the ribbon on Homura. Since a part of Mami was touching her the whole time she wasnt affected by her time stop until Homura shot the ribbon at the end of the fight scene.
The fact that in order to catch her slipping she took advantge of Mami trying to save her from shooting herself is nuts to me.
homura becoming a "devil" is the result of her initial wish as a magical girl. she wanted to "redo her meeting with madoka, but become strong enough to protect her"... in this universe, she redoes her meeting with madoka when madokami tries to take her to magical girl heaven, and she becomes a devil - someone of enough strength to rival a god. she gains the strength to trap her in a labyrinth in a twisted attempt to "protect" her from her own godhood
If you remember at the beginning of the anime madoka was debating on wearing the yellow ribbons or the red ones, thinking the red might be to bold so her wearing the yellow ribbons in the movie is a really good callback and just shows how she doesn’t want to stand out more. Another thing is that in her god form she has yellow eyes while before she had pink.
What the fuck balls
Wait I had a thought. We’re her yellow eyes because the yellow ribbon was less noticeable, and as god she is a concept and nobody would notice her because she wouldn’t be there I don’t know what I’m saying, sorry this is just rambling
@@st3listarisintrigued ya bc as a god nobody remembers her and in the first ending Homura just thinks it’s a dream when talking to kubbe!
@@Tokki_c0zhomura didn’t think it was a dream, she was informing kyuubey that that’s what happened in the original world, and he didn’t really believe her
Can I just say, I love Sayaka in this movie. She was face to face with Homura, who has her at her freaking mercy, so powerful she made her own reality, yet still summoned her Witch to try to fight her. I can’t explain why, but seeing characters who have no chance still standing their ground like they’re about to fight for their life…I just love that. Sayaka is my favorite for things besides this, but this was like the cherry on top
Don’t forget there is another Madoka Magica movie - Walpurgisnacht coming out sometime this year that will be continuing this plot line
homura seizing the chains and remaking the world into one where everyone can live their lives untouched by tragedy at the expense of he self giving up her own happiness is so brutal and i love it
The gloopy doperson joke is the best thing. Like the set up is great.
Honestly, i think one of the best compliments you can give a movie is "I have to watch that again" it means that you enjoyed it so much that you *want* to watch it again, and that it was so deep that you feel like you didn't get the full experience with one watch.
I honestly recommend a rewatch of the Anime as well, it also heavily benefits from a second go.
Danny, in response to your tangent on how "cųtting" is often strangely danced around unlike some other heavy topics:
Thank you for working through your thoughts unedited on camera even if you don't have a clear point written out ahead of time. It's so refreshing to see someone who's so very obviously empathetic enough to be able to explore their thoughts in a vulnerable way (in real time, no less) that still feels like you really give a shit, even if you don't have a fully realized thesis on said topic yet.
It's just another reason why I fucks wit ya, Danny. You're a real one. 💙
This movie is important since it explains and tries to resolve one of the biggest loose nails in the story, which is Homura's wish. Homura wished "that she could be strong enough to save Mafoka" and that still hasn't happened, she still wasn't strong enough to save her. Also, the second wish she made with Madoka to see each other again was not fulfilled either.
We love the Shakespearean tragedy of Magical Girl Jesus and the Magical Girl Devil. Godoka and Homucifer.
The coolest part of the homura vs mami fight is that every single one of homuras guns are legitimate artillery! You can look up every single model type and make of all the guns in the fight!
I've been obsessed with this guy's content for a few weeks. Usually I don't like reaction channels, but between his insane predictions and wonderful humor, Danny Motta is quickly climbing my ranks for favorite youtuber of all time.
in case you needed more sad angst, homura realizes at the end of the movie when she returns madoka’s original ribbons that this is all truly temporary and that madoka will always remember she is the law of cycles, it is only a matter of time.
OMG YES!!! now we just have to wait for the next movie to come out for even more traumatized Danny 😌🙏
So glad you liked the visuals, I am a firm believer that even if you have no fucking clue what’s happening in the movies everything still looks sick as fuck and I’m glad to see that it applies here
"Am I being pranked?" - basically yes.
I relate all too much with the statement that you had to pause the movie to look up if you were missing something. And I definitely get where you're coming from with the "it gets lost in itself" comment. I've had years since watching it to pull the puzzle pieces together in my head, but first watchthrough, I absolutely felt that same sense of confusion - and I think a lot of others did, too.
Don't know if you'll react to the Magia Record side show - would love it if you do, but it's definitely not "required reading" or anything, so if not, I understand.
Madoka magica shows how selfish love can be. All the characters feel so real and human, it questions your own views and morality
"it would be cool if they could harnesses the power of they're witch forms"
me laughs in magia record
We need to get him to watch it
Danny being confused throughout the entire video is so relatable
i really like rebellion bc of how homura just started going a bit crazy after so many years of repeating the timelines for madoka and became overly obsessed for just being with madoka to the point where she destroyed another universe and all madoka made js to be with her which is kinda sad bc it’s really toxic but it shows just how much homura was willing and did for madoka’s love. anyways great movie and as always great video so ‼️‼️
Doesn't it make sense that Homura was the witch?... You look at the first hour of the movie, isn't it full to the brim with stuff that Homura would like to have seen and experienced, but never did?... Every time I rewatch this movie, I'm in awe at how appropriate to Homura everything is in that labyrinth.
Sayaka's witch transformation in this movie is some of the coolest shit ive ever seen
Like when I watched it my jaw was on the floor
Also the ending images of Madoka with her family and her friends all having fun together and Homura is just sitting there all alone, with no one but Kyubey for company but still content, because now Madoka can live her life
I’m so glad you liked this movie, every single detail of Madoka Magica is so thought out. I’m so glad it’s receiving the praise it deserves. Walpurgisnacht, is a new movie meant to follow up Rebellion coming out possibly this year! It looks amazing you should check it out, even if it’s in your own time
I love how much this series has brought out film analysis danny. Dont get me wrong the comedy will always be top tier but hearing your takes on the symbolism and meaning of this show is honestly really great.
so glad you watched the movie Danny! in the main series Madoka becomes a god, in the movie Homura becomes a demon. begging for one more madoka movie to wrap things up please it's been years 😭
good news! there's a new movie called "walpurgisnacht rising" that comes out later this year, and the trailer is up on youtube!
I loved this movie! Homura’s transformation had my stomach drop all the way out of my body.
The “is this movie not over” moment was exactly how I felt the first time watching it 🤣🤣.
I can say for sure that this anime is something one would want to watch in its entirety again twice to fully comprehend everything that went down, and to notice new details and foreshadowings. This is my favorite anime of all time and I have watched it so many times. At the end of the video, you said that the anime is better than the movie but in my opinion it's the opposite. The complete and gradual unraveling of the true plot as the movie tries to gaslight you into thinking you are watching the wrong thing is genius. You will come to realize the explanations of all you were confused about if you decide to watch the movie a second time. Thank you so much for reacting to the Rebellion movie. I had a lot of laughs and yelled a lot with you. It truly brightened my day! :D
Also somewhere in this video you basically described the plot of the side story anime. It's definitely not as good as the main story but its alright! I enjoyed it at least, you get to experience new characters and some of the main story characters appear at some point.
I can NOT wait for him to watch the Madoka Magica the Magi Records! I love that series sm!
Me shaking your shoulders and foaming at the mouth: homura being a witch/the devil was actually foreshadowed at the end of the anime when she dropped down to fight the wraiths and while she walking towards them. She first get angelic angel wings that manifest out then while she’s walking out the wings get all spidery and cosmic in the way witch’s labyrinths spread out. Kyubey was also on her shoulder at that time which could have foreshadowed her being trapped by them to confirm the law of cycles homura mentioned to gloopy before she dropped down to fight.
I am very ab this anime 🙂
Just pausing real quick to say a quick thank you once again. Dude you have such a stellar reaction style. You make rapidfire jokes - and good ones, at that. But you absorb the story and symbolism and pay attention to what's being shown, and then provide deep, thoughtful and honest thoughts as well. I just really like knowing that a content creator can give honest, profound reviews of media, but also just give us all a smile when they upload. It's a truly magical combination.
Your raw unadulterated joy at gloopy dooperson becoming the gloopiest doop was maybe the greatest thing in any of your videos
My favorite part about this movie is that ending scene with Homura and Madoka and the ribbons.
This is a very obvious and popular understanding of this scene but it just speaks to me.
Homura in that scene takes away Madoka’s golden ribbons, and gives Homura the red ones.
She takes away her divinity, (because MadoKami (Kami means god) has golden eyes) and gives her back her regular self, because Madoka is mainly seen wearing the red ones.
Yesssss he did it! He finally did it! Rebellion has been reacted to! (Whose gonna tell him a fourth movie has been announced and in production for years).
OMG
I WAS SO SCARED YOU WEREN'T GOING TO UPLOAD TODAY
THIS IS SO MUCH BETTER!!!!
23:02 So it’s not noticeable most of the time, but Mami’s soulgem is on her hat. When she got her head bitten off, her soulgem was shattered in the process. That’s why she died so easily. If you also noticed, when Mami shot Kiyoko’ gem in that one timeline, she detransformed when she died. Mami also detransformed when she died. So she may have had this power, but she was already dead as soon as her head was bitten, because her soulgem got shattered too.
mami is able to make stuff out of ribbons, including her weapons, so she just herself out of it
'Why doesn't Homura just stop time? Why is she fighting Mami like that?' Ah, but notice that Mami's ribbons -- the spider web you mentioned -- touch Homura. As we know, if you touch Homura, you don't freeze when Homura uses her time manipulation power. By making sure there always is physical contact (albeit indirect, via ribbons) between her and Homura, Mami neutralizes this power and forces Homura to fight a conventional battle. Smart little blondie, isn't she? 🙂
YESS SDANNY WATCHED REBELLION WE ALL CHEWRED
Just wait until Walpurgisnacht Rising comes out.
The "harnessing your witches power" concept reminds me a ton of a concept in Magia Record! Magia Record is originally a mobile game, but they made it into a spin-off show as well. It's 3 seasons long (season 3 only being the 4 final episodes) with a total of 25 episodes. I have heard playing the game is better than watching the show, but I don't know enough about the game to judge for myself. I personally really enjoyed Magia Record and I'd recommend it if you want more Madoka Magica content.
'I gotta watch it again.' Yes, you have to do that. All of us did. That's how this movie gets us...