Fun fact about the "barrage" Homura is using against Kyubey at the start, it's likely her version of Madoka's Twinkle Arrow. It's never strictly stated, but in Portable and the Canon Ending, Homura is able to use Madoka's Twinkle Arrow (needing an absurd amount of Concentration in Portable to unlock the spell) implying that A. Her bow in the post Canon Ending is a weapon she would always use and B. That Homura and perhaps other Magical girls are able to learn other girls abilities to a limited degree. (In Portable Madoka gets 3 variations of Twinkle Arrow with progressively more power but Homura can only learn the basic.) There us also the potentiality that Homura sticks to man-made weapons because they're more reliable and consume less magic relative to her constant Time Stops
Wow, I find the idea that she could always use Madoka weapon super interesting because to me it had a really different meaning. In the canon ending, she now has Madoka's powers, but to me it was only because Madoka doesn't exist anymore, so her previous wish to re-do her meeting was changed to remembering Madoka, hence gaining all of her past magical girl abilities (as well as her memory-altering habilities that her witch uses on everyone in Rebellion.) But the idea that every girl could learn some abilities from the others is interesting ! And Kyoko "chains" comes from her training with Mami as well so a mix of the two sounds reasonable !
@aloisssssss well no the reason Homura remembers Madoka in the Canon ending is because her magic is space-time magic. She's effectively the "SAME" Homura in every timeline, so this is just a Homura from before Godoka, who remembers the previous timelines
@@tatsumitwi348 well the Wraith Arc manga states the power to remember Madoka to be "another miracle/wish" hence what I was refering, although I guess this explanation could work alone as well without the manga
This anime's a philosophical dream with a dark magical girl touch. Doing one episode at a time's better as you would definitely overwhelm yourself and the audience, haha.
The curtain opening always made me think that the story was presented by Walpurgisnacht in some way, seeing as she uses the same curtain when she appears before Homura. Or maybe it just applied to her labyrinth scene
It took me a really long time to get used to Homura's voice because the only thing I've heard Christina Vee in besides Children of the Whale was when she was playing Morgiana from Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, and the voices are effectively the same. Maybe slightly better in Magi considering the two years she'd been voicing since then. But I still mainly listen to Homura speak and think 'Morgiana'.
I am waaay too excited for this new series ... Madoka magica is my fav anime and i nvere get tired of it no matter how many times i watch it or watch videos about it
Your channel made me finally watch the show, and while i did already know it would turn dark just from cultural osmosis i didn't know when or how dark. Its a fantastic story and I'll be excited for your future reviews for info dumps and your obsessive interests
I had bo idea wht this show was about before watching this around 14 years old. All i was told was it was a magical girl anime. Going from Sailor moon to this was one hell of a whiplash. I absolutely loved it but wow... Was i not prepared....
im so happy pmmm fans still exist this many years later lmao, fantastic video btw keep it up! really enjoyed it, pmmm has probably been my favorite piece of media ever since i first watched it
You should give Madoka Magical Portable a good playthrough, the semi Canon discrepancies the game brings with each of its routed being a separate Timeline Homura's attempted. In particular the Worst Ending, The Ideal Ending and the Joke Route
I actually really am not a fan of Madoka Magica at all, so I hope these will help me see your side of thing regarding this anime. Please keep up the great work, critter ^^
I like a lot how kyubey feels lawful what are you isn't evil lawyer because you never once lies the magical girls everything he saying is the truth and objectively the magical girls are getting more than what they bargained for they get powers a miracle let's change their life is powering the universe it's a very classical one versus the many but the show what makes it so effective is the slow realization that how much they didn't question How Deep The Rabbit Hole of horror goes
00:59 Okay, i'll come back in two o three years. Well, i haven't seen the new Modica serie or movie, but i have enough to enjoy this video and, my god, it is always a delight have some new content from you, Citter, but this serie is just magnificient and, find out all the little details in the background that, together, make this serie so good is almost like revive what i felt when i watched this.
one thing i find interesting is that you called the black & white staircase scene walpurgisnacht's labyrinth, even though canonically she is so strong that she doesnt need to exist within one, so he doesn't. thats why she appears like a natural disaster to regular people. though i do agree it wouldnt make sense if that *wasnt* her labyrinth, since shes the only witch active, but i think i do remember a note that walpurgisnacht could absorb other witches. maybe its a side effect of that? havent finished the review yet but wanted to point that out :3 edit: about the way the world is designed, it feels like another shaft production, the monogatari series, where the buildings and scenery are designed more with the emotion of the script in mind rather than a realistic look at a house or something. it helps push the shots too, and makes for interesting cinematography. it could be, in canon, like u said, a way to show the world is slightly off and not really our own. i also really like the theory that all the windows and large reflective areas are representations of madoka looking inward and discovering her true wish, and that a lot of the empty chairs, especially in madoka's room represent all the magical girls that have died before her
When I was first introduced to this show it had just finished. I knew everyone was obsessed with it, but not why, so I went in blind. I was a broke teen so I had to pirate it & the uploader cut out the entire first scene. So it started on her day & with her friends & I thought it was a boring magical girl show and dropped it within a few minutes. Didn’t actually watch it until 2 years later bc the internet kept calling it a psychological horror. Been obsessed since. But it does prove that first moment is vital for buy in + the mystery
Honestly I didn’t think you would do another video on madoka magica, what a treat!!!! I love over analyses and I noticed some of these too!! How exciting!!! Edit: I was absolutely fooled by the show. It does a phenomenal job at tricking the viewer into a sense of false security. When she died I was shocked. And when sayaka turned I was honestly still shocked by it because it just felt so unexpected
Thank you for talking about the weirdo backgrounds! While I was watching your witch analyses I felt naseous? Not sick more... stressed. It intrigued me to the series but I did think it was weird no one else mentioned that part of the anime 😅
I saw this vid in my feed but I was on vacation and I jumped in the pool with my phone in my pocket; regardless I'm watching now and enjoying. Can't wait for the full series
tbh, i went into this show 100% blind, i just litteraly spun a wheel of shows that caught my eye, and it landed this little did i know it would lead me down a path of making my own charater for the world, along with a design and backstory, become my fav anime, but also rebellion having being my fav movie. I love this show so damn much.
@@cobblegen1204 to make a very long story short, she is a rather older magica, being slightly older then yachiyo, she ended up becoming a therapist for magical girls for people in the wings of the magis , but did backstab them once she found out how they where making rumor magical girls, (what they did to yue and mami) she died fighting the big bad witch (I can’t spell it and I’m gonna, W, I’m calling her W) tho she was able to chip it’s smallest gear, but hey, she was taken into the law of cycles, and did get to see her old magical girl friends again who have sadly passed not long after she became a magica due to the leaders dread of making her become a magical girl, and the witch form killing the other two members of her old family As for powers her main one is lighting teleportation, she can shoot lighting and travel though it
I like thinking about clever ways for magical girls to prolog their survival. I also imagine that magical girl communities would eventually form given how relatively common they are in this world. I can’t help but wonder how a magical girl therapist would impact the world as a whole.
@@cobblegen1204 yeah, sadly, she had a bit of ego issue, she believes she can save all of magical girls with the wings help, but after she found out what she was doing to members of the wings, she ended up betraying them, and the whole god damn group is after her, tho she does summon her doppel and casually blasts a hole in a wall and teleports out (yes her doppel Caruies that same wish power, as for the doppel, irs a huge lighting lion, a reputation of her pride … her witch is known ad the witch of ruinful pride
I’ve been hunting spoilers for this show for the past month as I waited to be able to watch it for myself. I’m the type to obsess over small details and references for hours, and so I spent the last month in overanalysis mode. I’ll actually get to watch the show for the first time with a friend in a few days. If the mark of a good show is being able to move you without the surprise factor, then I am sure I won’t be disappointed.
Update: I’ve done so much research in the past 7 months that I feel like a Madoka Magica scholar at this point. I decided to write a full length analysis of the entire show, and I ended up covering a lot of what you touch upon in this video. Notice how during Mami’s introduction, metal chains are rattling on the ceiling. When Mami steps up to fight off Gertrude’s familiars, the chains fall in a circle around Madoka and Sayaka, likely representing their entanglement within the world of magical girls. My paper isn’t done yet, but I’m excited to see it through. If you ever make more of these review videos, I’ll be happy to see your perspective on the show.
So excited for this review series! Your videos in general are so entertaining but I adore your Madoka Magica Video's cause I can really tell the love and passion you have for this show!
Its very interesting to me that you emphasize that desperation is often confused with anger in this series. I come from an culture that is similar to the japanese one and in our culture despair and anger is also often mixed up.
I binged the whole show so that I could keep up with this series as it comes out. I now have PTSD and a strong, overwhelming urge to punt every white cat/squirrel/ferret I come across.
Cool video Judgemental Critter. Can't wait to see your other episode reviews. Do you have any idea why the classroom teacher is always talking about how she can't get a husband/laid? It always stood out to me
I think it could also be to tie into madoka magicas recurring theme of love, specifically unrequited love (by love i mean all forms of love not just romantic), obviously sayaka being a big example, homura trying and failing to save madoka (no matter how you read their relationship you have to admit madoka means a lot to her), mami and her loneliness, she has no one to love her and no one to love, and kyoko and her losing her family even tho all she wanted to do was to help, so while it probably is just a surface level joke it still fits
@@thejudgmentalcritter6584 She is my favorite of all time for certain. I saw her live last year in Chicago and it permanently changed my brain chemistry forever.
I wasn't there when Madoka first aired and when I did watch it(through Netflix) I had heard that it wasn't quite the regular magical girl show and that it redefined the genre and almost brought it back to popularity and out of the stale mate the genre had been in but I hadn't been spoiled on the full thing I still got the surprise of episode 3 and the truth of magical girls in this world and I'm glad I got to experience it that way. I don't think I've actually ever gone back and rewatched the whole thing in the intended order but I've just felt like this wasn't a show I'd enjoy rewatching at least not on my own but I very much enjoy the amount of analysis and theories and discussion that are out there and it's given me a better understanding of the show as a whole so I think I'd like to watch the show again sometime but I don't know when that would be, the only time I had even an inkling of motivation to rewatch it I decide it wouldn't be a good time to watch something so dark while my mental health was as unstable as it was at the time(which was a very good decision on my part and I got through it on more light hearted anime like isekai restaurant) but sometimes I do wonder if I'll ever find that motivation to rewatch it again. In the mean time I'll enjoy the review from someone else rewatching the show, it'll have to do for now.
I went into the show knowing that something was going to go wrong with it, but I hadn’t known what. I was not expecting what would happen at all (though the terror didn’t really sink in for a while because it only seemed as concerning as Fullmetal Alchemist which I had just watched about a year prior). I ended up thinking that their world was more modern than ours because of the Incubators manipulation in it (like they said in either episode 9, 10, or 11), but that would go along with the whole “world being slightly off” thing! I like the parts where you discuss how the show tries to trick you into thinking about Homura as evil by using shadows around her and by subverting magical girl tropes with her as she tries to kill the cute animal thing, and I never really thought about how she has a similar color scheme to Junko! I also think that maybe Hitomi can end up becoming a magical girl as you suggested because she knew a bit too much at the end of Rebellion and as other people say, the main cast doesn’t yet have a magical girl with a green color scheme. It was a great video and I will be subscribing!
I highly recommend Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight. That show is the only magical girl-esque show that gives me a feel like Madoka does. It’s really worth checking out.
@@thejudgmentalcritter6584 Let’s just say that if you ever lost an occasion in your life, like going somewhere you wanted to go, talking to someone you were interested in..this show will unapologetically throw it all in your face leaving you like a poodle of regret, only to later give some room for hope that you can change from now on. It’s also crazy as f.
Madoka looks like a metaphor of child labor. Kubey sees teenage girls and trick them into working in a coal mine of misery. He promises to pay them but on the long term, it's questionable. This or Urobutcher wants to see suffering.
I still remember back in 2015, I was first introduced to this show by my older sister. She showed me the poster and I asked “Why are you recommending me Sailor Moon?” She talked about how the story was one of the best she’d seen and that she cried at the end, and I just couldn’t believe her. After putting it off for months and running out of anime to watch, I decided to watch this Barbie ripoff. First two episodes I hated, it was girly nonsense that bored me and I was about to drop the show at the 3rd episode when Madoka said she was going to waste her wish on cake. I thought “What a stupid character and what a horrendous show, I’m dropping it after this episode ends.” Then the episode ended… and I’m pretty sure we all know what happened next. 😱
Man I hope I can do a rewatch myself soon. I especially want to see if I can watch it with anyone who hasn’t seen it or knows the twists, cause always having those genuine reactions to them is amazing
Madoka Magica is my all time favorite so I love seeing analysis videos like these 💕 If there’s ever an anime I wish I could experience for the first time again, it’s definitely this one
Honestly this mahou shoujo is equivalent to a mickey mouse creepypasta. It's only shocking to an inmature audience and pretends to be deeper than it actually is, this is just a bunch of little girls suffering for the sake of shock value, the history is nothing more than that. And the "suffering" is not even that creative either.
My girlfriend showed me this show and I didn’t know anything about it except that it was tragic. And oh my god, I loved it. I called that Kube (how is it spelled?) was evil early, and I related hard at that “you slimy bastard” moment
I remember watching this show back in middle school with my sister and her friends. Didn't thought much of it. I thought it was cute and the animation was unique so I didn't stop watching.......... OHHHH BOYYYY!!!!!
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Madoka Magic: *exists*
Asian Dude slapping down a slipper: "EMOTIONAL DAMAGE!"
Literally 💀
Fun fact about the "barrage" Homura is using against Kyubey at the start, it's likely her version of Madoka's Twinkle Arrow. It's never strictly stated, but in Portable and the Canon Ending, Homura is able to use Madoka's Twinkle Arrow (needing an absurd amount of Concentration in Portable to unlock the spell) implying that A. Her bow in the post Canon Ending is a weapon she would always use and B. That Homura and perhaps other Magical girls are able to learn other girls abilities to a limited degree. (In Portable Madoka gets 3 variations of Twinkle Arrow with progressively more power but Homura can only learn the basic.)
There us also the potentiality that Homura sticks to man-made weapons because they're more reliable and consume less magic relative to her constant Time Stops
Wow, I find the idea that she could always use Madoka weapon super interesting because to me it had a really different meaning. In the canon ending, she now has Madoka's powers, but to me it was only because Madoka doesn't exist anymore, so her previous wish to re-do her meeting was changed to remembering Madoka, hence gaining all of her past magical girl abilities (as well as her memory-altering habilities that her witch uses on everyone in Rebellion.) But the idea that every girl could learn some abilities from the others is interesting ! And Kyoko "chains" comes from her training with Mami as well so a mix of the two sounds reasonable !
@aloisssssss well no the reason Homura remembers Madoka in the Canon ending is because her magic is space-time magic. She's effectively the "SAME" Homura in every timeline, so this is just a Homura from before Godoka, who remembers the previous timelines
@@tatsumitwi348 well the Wraith Arc manga states the power to remember Madoka to be "another miracle/wish" hence what I was refering, although I guess this explanation could work alone as well without the manga
This anime's a philosophical dream with a dark magical girl touch.
Doing one episode at a time's better as you would definitely overwhelm yourself and the audience, haha.
The curtain opening always made me think that the story was presented by Walpurgisnacht in some way, seeing as she uses the same curtain when she appears before Homura. Or maybe it just applied to her labyrinth scene
When I saw the thumbnail I got so excited then I saw the title and as a Florence + The Machine fan I nearly squealed
It took me a really long time to get used to Homura's voice because the only thing I've heard Christina Vee in besides Children of the Whale was when she was playing Morgiana from Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, and the voices are effectively the same. Maybe slightly better in Magi considering the two years she'd been voicing since then. But I still mainly listen to Homura speak and think 'Morgiana'.
I am waaay too excited for this new series ... Madoka magica is my fav anime and i nvere get tired of it no matter how many times i watch it or watch videos about it
Your channel made me finally watch the show, and while i did already know it would turn dark just from cultural osmosis i didn't know when or how dark. Its a fantastic story and I'll be excited for your future reviews for info dumps and your obsessive interests
I had bo idea wht this show was about before watching this around 14 years old. All i was told was it was a magical girl anime.
Going from Sailor moon to this was one hell of a whiplash. I absolutely loved it but wow... Was i not prepared....
JUDGEMENTAL IS TALKING ABOUT MEGUCA THIS IS NOT A DRILL
Madoka's yellow ribbons are yellow because ... because Mami Tomoe . . .
flashy...
Please keep this series going ❤ I love your analysis
im so happy pmmm fans still exist this many years later lmao, fantastic video btw keep it up! really enjoyed it, pmmm has probably been my favorite piece of media ever since i first watched it
You should give Madoka Magical Portable a good playthrough, the semi Canon discrepancies the game brings with each of its routed being a separate Timeline Homura's attempted. In particular the Worst Ending, The Ideal Ending and the Joke Route
I actually really am not a fan of Madoka Magica at all, so I hope these will help me see your side of thing regarding this anime. Please keep up the great work, critter ^^
This channel is the reason why I gave Madoka Magica a chance, so thank you for that
I went into this show already knowing the premise and most of the twists and yet still loved it. I think that's the sign of a truly great show
Madoka, Sayaka, and Hatomi’s hair colours remind me of the PowerPuff Girls.
They went all out with tricking the audience when it first came out. Even the logo was meant to trick everyone
I like a lot how kyubey feels lawful what are you isn't evil lawyer because you never once lies the magical girls everything he saying is the truth and objectively the magical girls are getting more than what they bargained for they get powers a miracle let's change their life is powering the universe it's a very classical one versus the many but the show what makes it so effective is the slow realization that how much they didn't question How Deep The Rabbit Hole of horror goes
00:59 Okay, i'll come back in two o three years.
Well, i haven't seen the new Modica serie or movie, but i have enough to enjoy this video and, my god, it is always a delight have some new content from you, Citter, but this serie is just magnificient and, find out all the little details in the background that, together, make this serie so good is almost like revive what i felt when i watched this.
one thing i find interesting is that you called the black & white staircase scene walpurgisnacht's labyrinth, even though canonically she is so strong that she doesnt need to exist within one, so he doesn't. thats why she appears like a natural disaster to regular people. though i do agree it wouldnt make sense if that *wasnt* her labyrinth, since shes the only witch active, but i think i do remember a note that walpurgisnacht could absorb other witches. maybe its a side effect of that? havent finished the review yet but wanted to point that out :3
edit: about the way the world is designed, it feels like another shaft production, the monogatari series, where the buildings and scenery are designed more with the emotion of the script in mind rather than a realistic look at a house or something. it helps push the shots too, and makes for interesting cinematography. it could be, in canon, like u said, a way to show the world is slightly off and not really our own. i also really like the theory that all the windows and large reflective areas are representations of madoka looking inward and discovering her true wish, and that a lot of the empty chairs, especially in madoka's room represent all the magical girls that have died before her
When I was first introduced to this show it had just finished. I knew everyone was obsessed with it, but not why, so I went in blind. I was a broke teen so I had to pirate it & the uploader cut out the entire first scene. So it started on her day & with her friends & I thought it was a boring magical girl show and dropped it within a few minutes.
Didn’t actually watch it until 2 years later bc the internet kept calling it a psychological horror. Been obsessed since. But it does prove that first moment is vital for buy in + the mystery
The music for Homura's entrance was so on point
6:06 comenting again to say I always thought it was this anime and I am for some reason happy that i was right
Honestly I didn’t think you would do another video on madoka magica, what a treat!!!! I love over analyses and I noticed some of these too!! How exciting!!!
Edit: I was absolutely fooled by the show. It does a phenomenal job at tricking the viewer into a sense of false security. When she died I was shocked. And when sayaka turned I was honestly still shocked by it because it just felt so unexpected
The art style for the witches is 75% of the reason why I started watching your videos and the anime. I'm so glad I did!
I can't wait for you to watch Walpurgis no kaiten!! It would be amazing to see a video on Walpurgis no kaiten in the future!!
We're still waiting for Walpurgisnacht Rising.
Thank you for talking about the weirdo backgrounds! While I was watching your witch analyses I felt naseous? Not sick more... stressed. It intrigued me to the series but I did think it was weird no one else mentioned that part of the anime 😅
Critter NEW Madoka Movie Trailer just dropped!!!!
"Oh, yeah. It's all coming together."
This is going to be good.
Legit I can't wait till the 3rd episode comes
I saw this vid in my feed but I was on vacation and I jumped in the pool with my phone in my pocket; regardless I'm watching now and enjoying. Can't wait for the full series
tbh, i went into this show 100% blind, i just litteraly spun a wheel of shows that caught my eye, and it landed this
little did i know it would lead me down a path of making my own charater for the world, along with a design and backstory, become my fav anime, but also rebellion having being my fav movie.
I love this show so damn much.
What’s the story behind your character?
@@cobblegen1204 to make a very long story short, she is a rather older magica, being slightly older then yachiyo, she ended up becoming a therapist for magical girls for people in the wings of the magis , but did backstab them once she found out how they where making rumor magical girls, (what they did to yue and mami) she died fighting the big bad witch (I can’t spell it and I’m gonna, W, I’m calling her W) tho she was able to chip it’s smallest gear, but hey, she was taken into the law of cycles, and did get to see her old magical girl friends again who have sadly passed not long after she became a magica due to the leaders dread of making her become a magical girl, and the witch form killing the other two members of her old family
As for powers her main one is lighting teleportation, she can shoot lighting and travel though it
I like thinking about clever ways for magical girls to prolog their survival. I also imagine that magical girl communities would eventually form given how relatively common they are in this world. I can’t help but wonder how a magical girl therapist would impact the world as a whole.
@@cobblegen1204 yeah, sadly, she had a bit of ego issue, she believes she can save all of magical girls with the wings help, but after she found out what she was doing to members of the wings, she ended up betraying them, and the whole god damn group is after her, tho she does summon her doppel and casually blasts a hole in a wall and teleports out (yes her doppel Caruies that same wish power, as for the doppel, irs a huge lighting lion, a reputation of her pride … her witch is known ad the witch of ruinful pride
I’ve been hunting spoilers for this show for the past month as I waited to be able to watch it for myself. I’m the type to obsess over small details and references for hours, and so I spent the last month in overanalysis mode. I’ll actually get to watch the show for the first time with a friend in a few days. If the mark of a good show is being able to move you without the surprise factor, then I am sure I won’t be disappointed.
Update: I’ve done so much research in the past 7 months that I feel like a Madoka Magica scholar at this point. I decided to write a full length analysis of the entire show, and I ended up covering a lot of what you touch upon in this video. Notice how during Mami’s introduction, metal chains are rattling on the ceiling. When Mami steps up to fight off Gertrude’s familiars, the chains fall in a circle around Madoka and Sayaka, likely representing their entanglement within the world of magical girls. My paper isn’t done yet, but I’m excited to see it through. If you ever make more of these review videos, I’ll be happy to see your perspective on the show.
Can’t wait for the next episode review!
wrow this video was a lot more fun and memey than I expected
So excited for this review series! Your videos in general are so entertaining but I adore your Madoka Magica Video's cause I can really tell the love and passion you have for this show!
YESS IVE BEEN DYING FOR A MADOKA REVEIW
More Madoka content! YAY!
I dont mean to quite Akihiko from persona 3 here but
I've been waiting for this!
I am VERY glad you decided to this.
This is awesome and I love madoka analysis literally no matter what lol
Its very interesting to me that you emphasize that desperation is often confused with anger in this series. I come from an culture that is similar to the japanese one and in our culture despair and anger is also often mixed up.
I love the music you used in the video!
I have another suggestion when your finished with Madoka Magica it’s Lolirock!
Edit: I’m so happy you did this video❤
just rewatched madoka and this is a wonderful vid
an analysis of one of my favorite anime of all times, heck yeah let's go!
oh cool more madoka!
you were actually the reason why I watched it in the first place. I still have no idea if I should be grateful or not.
This Series is great.
In it's artistic design.
My fav anime has got to be Overlord tho.
YESYES IM EXCITED FOR THIS SERIES
I rlly need the 4th movie already. I watched rebellion a million times
Same
I binged the whole show so that I could keep up with this series as it comes out. I now have PTSD and a strong, overwhelming urge to punt every white cat/squirrel/ferret I come across.
Cool video Judgemental Critter. Can't wait to see your other episode reviews. Do you have any idea why the classroom teacher is always talking about how she can't get a husband/laid? It always stood out to me
It's likely because it's a bit of a comedic trope in Japan. Trying to set the mood to be lighter and more funny for these early episodes :)
I think it could also be to tie into madoka magicas recurring theme of love, specifically unrequited love (by love i mean all forms of love not just romantic), obviously sayaka being a big example, homura trying and failing to save madoka (no matter how you read their relationship you have to admit madoka means a lot to her), mami and her loneliness, she has no one to love her and no one to love, and kyoko and her losing her family even tho all she wanted to do was to help, so while it probably is just a surface level joke it still fits
mami is such a slay girlboss
I am so Happy you made this! I am ready to discover new details ❤❤
Yes! Yes! Yes!
I’m so hyped for this
I'm interested to see more of these episodes of this.
Oh yes our most traditional heroine mami what can go wrong.
Great series, I just watched all you Madoka magica videos
I love the analysis
Looking forward to the next ones
I first watched the spin-off (side story) and only recently saw the main one
Is that .. a Florence and the Machine reference?!
YES! One of my all time Favorite bands!
@@thejudgmentalcritter6584 She is my favorite of all time for certain. I saw her live last year in Chicago and it permanently changed my brain chemistry forever.
madoka is pretty much my religion
so pumped for this omggg
Can't believe I didn't get the notif >:c but I'm here now to watch >:D
You should make a video explaining whether or not kudey is a lier because I’m not sure if that’s true
I wasn't there when Madoka first aired and when I did watch it(through Netflix) I had heard that it wasn't quite the regular magical girl show and that it redefined the genre and almost brought it back to popularity and out of the stale mate the genre had been in but I hadn't been spoiled on the full thing I still got the surprise of episode 3 and the truth of magical girls in this world and I'm glad I got to experience it that way. I don't think I've actually ever gone back and rewatched the whole thing in the intended order but I've just felt like this wasn't a show I'd enjoy rewatching at least not on my own but I very much enjoy the amount of analysis and theories and discussion that are out there and it's given me a better understanding of the show as a whole so I think I'd like to watch the show again sometime but I don't know when that would be, the only time I had even an inkling of motivation to rewatch it I decide it wouldn't be a good time to watch something so dark while my mental health was as unstable as it was at the time(which was a very good decision on my part and I got through it on more light hearted anime like isekai restaurant) but sometimes I do wonder if I'll ever find that motivation to rewatch it again. In the mean time I'll enjoy the review from someone else rewatching the show, it'll have to do for now.
I actually watched this show for the first time because you talked about it so much.
I went into the show knowing that something was going to go wrong with it, but I hadn’t known what. I was not expecting what would happen at all (though the terror didn’t really sink in for a while because it only seemed as concerning as Fullmetal Alchemist which I had just watched about a year prior). I ended up thinking that their world was more modern than ours because of the Incubators manipulation in it (like they said in either episode 9, 10, or 11), but that would go along with the whole “world being slightly off” thing! I like the parts where you discuss how the show tries to trick you into thinking about Homura as evil by using shadows around her and by subverting magical girl tropes with her as she tries to kill the cute animal thing, and I never really thought about how she has a similar color scheme to Junko! I also think that maybe Hitomi can end up becoming a magical girl as you suggested because she knew a bit too much at the end of Rebellion and as other people say, the main cast doesn’t yet have a magical girl with a green color scheme. It was a great video and I will be subscribing!
I highly recommend Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight. That show is the only magical girl-esque show that gives me a feel like Madoka does. It’s really worth checking out.
Your Homura and Mami intro bit was charmingly hilarious. I'm gonna think about it every time I see Homura.
My favorite anime next to Tatami Galaxy ❤️
I've never heard of that! I'll have to check it out! :D
@@thejudgmentalcritter6584 Let’s just say that if you ever lost an occasion in your life, like going somewhere you wanted to go, talking to someone you were interested in..this show will unapologetically throw it all in your face leaving you like a poodle of regret, only to later give some room for hope that you can change from now on.
It’s also crazy as f.
Love this series, hate all the copycats that came after
Are we also going to get a Rebellion recap review?
100% yes!
@@thejudgmentalcritter6584 Boy is that going to be interesting.
i find it odd that Walpurgisnacht has a labyrinth even though her wiki said she doesn't have one
Wiki's information comes from actual people so they could've gotten it wrong
When a Magical Girl anime gone grimdark:
Dont ya mean grimbark (H.S)
bro you mentioned public headphones as if they didn't happen in real life and now idk what reality is anymore
Madoka looks like a metaphor of child labor. Kubey sees teenage girls and trick them into working in a coal mine of misery. He promises to pay them but on the long term, it's questionable.
This or Urobutcher wants to see suffering.
Madoka Magica is a really potential anime, that has incredible moments, dark moments and funny moments. Well done, Critter. 👍
I still remember back in 2015, I was first introduced to this show by my older sister. She showed me the poster and I asked “Why are you recommending me Sailor Moon?” She talked about how the story was one of the best she’d seen and that she cried at the end, and I just couldn’t believe her.
After putting it off for months and running out of anime to watch, I decided to watch this Barbie ripoff. First two episodes I hated, it was girly nonsense that bored me and I was about to drop the show at the 3rd episode when Madoka said she was going to waste her wish on cake. I thought “What a stupid character and what a horrendous show, I’m dropping it after this episode ends.” Then the episode ended… and I’m pretty sure we all know what happened next.
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I REALLY want to get someone I know in discord to do that. She said the show was too cutesy for her. If only she knew. . .
@@cobblegen1204 ask her do give it 3 episodes. And make sure she still think it’s a girly show so episode 3 will punch her harder
Man I hope I can do a rewatch myself soon. I especially want to see if I can watch it with anyone who hasn’t seen it or knows the twists, cause always having those genuine reactions to them is amazing
Madoka Magica is my all time favorite so I love seeing analysis videos like these 💕 If there’s ever an anime I wish I could experience for the first time again, it’s definitely this one
Only watched the subbed version of this and the dubbed clips threw me off so hard
Ma fav anime! ^_^
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Honestly this mahou shoujo is equivalent to a mickey mouse creepypasta.
It's only shocking to an inmature audience and pretends to be deeper than it actually is, this is just a bunch of little girls suffering for the sake of shock value, the history is nothing more than that. And the "suffering" is not even that creative either.
My girlfriend showed me this show and I didn’t know anything about it except that it was tragic. And oh my god, I loved it. I called that Kube (how is it spelled?) was evil early, and I related hard at that “you slimy bastard” moment
I remember watching this show back in middle school with my sister and her friends. Didn't thought much of it. I thought it was cute and the animation was unique so I didn't stop watching..........
OHHHH BOYYYY!!!!!