Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica 1 & 2

Episode 1 ~  A new magical girl show!  The feel is much darker then I thought it'd be... sort of like a Hell Girl type alternate reality during pieces.

Madoka Kaname;  The pink haired main character, She lives with her mother, father and baby brother. Her mother works and it seems her father is a stay at home dad.

Sayaka Miki; Blue haired, Best friend of the main character {Madoka}. Might like girls.... not quite sure yet.

Homura Akemi; New girl at school, She was first "seen" in Madoka's dream... Madoka was trying to help{?} her.  When she enters the classroom it's a bit of a surprise for Madoka.  She tells the other girls in the class that she transferred in from a Christian School and wasn't a member of any clubs.
      She's quite talented both academically and athletically, She's also a bit creepy... At the end of the episode she is attacking Kyubey for unknown reasons.

Mami; A blonde girl that shows up near the end, She "saves" Miki, Madoka and Kyubey from the freaky flower things.  She transforms using some egg looking item, the outfit not being all that unusual looking but her attack is dozens of muskets shooting the freaky things.

Hitome, Madoka, Sayaka

Kyubey;  A little, white, cute creature.  For some reason Homura is trying to kill him, He asks Miki and Madoka to create pacts with him so they can become magical girls.

Things are still a bit confusing.... I do have a good feeling about this show but only time will tell..







Episode 2 ~ More depth...

In the way of flashback, Mami bring Madoka and Sayaka back to her place after she saves them from freaky land. Over some sweets she explains the situation to them....  When a girl makes a contract with Kyubey they obtain a Soul Gem, It's proof that they are a magical girl and is the source of their magical powers.  Kyubey will fulfill one wish each, In return they will become magical girls and hunt "Witches".
        Magical girls are made from Wishes, Witches are made from curses.  Witches spread despair and normal humans cannot see them. Unexplained murders, suicides and other terrible things are caused by witches curses...  The freaky place from the first episode is where a witch has confined itself.

A Witch

The episode is pretty much the girls deciding if they want to become magical girls or not... what they would wish for and Mami shows them what a witch hunt is like.  The witch hunt itself is pretty strange, the soul gems can "sense" witches nearby and that's how the girls track them.

As for Homura, Mami says she was probably trying to keep the girls from gaining their powers because the more magical girls there are... the more competition there is for the hunt. Sometimes magical girls clash over who gets the witches...  Seems the girls powers deplete as they fight and the witches once destroyed drop an item called a Grief seed that repowers their soul gems.

I kinda felt bad for Hitomi this episode.. Madoka and Sayaka are sharing this experience and she's left out. She can't see Kyubey and Madoka, Sayaka and Mami have a telepathic link via Kyubey...

Tidbits; Mami is a ninth grader and lives alone in a very nice apartment. Homura told the girls she was just after Kyubey so he wouldn't get to Madoka, Didn't say why though...

Words; I think Mami and Kyubey may be hiding something, Something that Homura knows and isn't saying.