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 Moar Madoka Spoiler Speculation

I'd like to think Mami is still alive. Charlotte may have nommed her head off but like Kyubei said, the soul is in the gem to allow for a replacement body after death. (or magical repairs)

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Her soul gem was that cute little ornament on her head... Besides, she has better things to do now.

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I think Homura has her soul gem, when she 1st fights charlotte, she appears to have teleported away during the 1st bite attempt; but before she reappears we hear an unusual gurgle, THEN she reappears. Homura might have gotten it right then.

I also believe Homura is set on saving both the magical girls AND the witches. After all we never actually see her use grief seeds in all of this time, and she refuses the time she was offered. and like you guys noticed she does have information on some of the witches... she might just be collecting them to save them and doesn't wish to corrupt them more. She's basically like Sayaka but wise enough to conserve herself as we all know. Would explain why she uses physical weapons though she has access to magical offense which we see when she's chasing kyubei in the 1st ep.

Though obviously her priority is the surviving magical girls, so she will offer the same seeds to them to keep them from corruption. and like mentioned, she didn't have a problem with killing sayaka for the cause either because all she has to do is just take her soul gem and keep it safe.

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Yeah, I like your line of thinking, but Homura doesn't seem to care too much for magical girls or witches as much as she just cares about Madoka. Could be possible, but the way she talked about Sayaka to Madoka this episode was as if she already knew Sayaka was beyond saving at this point.

Question...

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So... why did Kyuubey tell Homura and co. that Mami was about to be corrupted? If his goal is really to get witches, what does he have to gain from telling them that?

You mean Sayaka?

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It's possible he was trying to destract them so he can have his way with Madoka. After all, if Homura was wasting her time looking for Sayaka like Kyouko was, then Madoka would have gone through with the contract. At least, that's what it seems happened to me. Kyubey was really close to finally contracting. Kyubey knew that Sayaka would turn into a witch regardless of what they do, so it probably didn't bother him much. Remember, his real prize is Madoka, not Sayaka. It was Madoka he called out to in the first episode, not Sayaka. Sayaka just kinda got mixed into the whole mess and Kyubey found use for her and the strong relationship she shared with Madoka. That's why he was trying to use Sayaka to persuade Madoka into making the contract.

"You can help her if you contracted with me."
"You could stop the fighting if you contracted with me."
"You could become such a strong Magical Girl that you could do things even I can't do! Like fixing Sayaka's body! Of course, you have to let me ear molest your delicious flast chest first so that I may suck your soul out if that delicate and frail body of yours, lol~"

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This show is some pretty insane Yuri-bait. Have you guys seen /u/ lately? There's at least 4 threads that are image-capped. I am support. Not sure what my favorite ship is off the top of my head though.

Yeah, haha.