Puella Magi Madoka Magica 7 & 8

Episode 7 ~ Questions are a good thing.

After the last episode I thought this could be a minorly fluffy one but... It kept chugging along.

At Sayaka's Home.

Upset could be a bit of an understatement to describe Sayaka's mental state, Kyubey's answer to why he didn't inform her{them} about the Soul Egg {Gem} being "You didn't ask" didn't help much.  He of course goes on... Show's Sayaka what the pain would be like if in fact she had taken a spear thru the stomach..  He's a twisted little critter.

At school the next day, Sayaka skips. Madoka and Homura have a little chat about Kyubey, her knowing about the gems and what not.... Homura being her normally blunt self. Telling Madoka to give up on Sayaka, That such miracles like Kamijou's hands healing have a very big price...and so on... Madoka crying is getting a little annoying.

Back at Sayaka's house, Kyouko shows up and they go for a little field trip together... to a broken down church.  Turns out it was Kyouko's fathers church and here is how Kyouko was made a Magi...

Background;  Kyouko's father was a preacher, He was a very kind man who felt that a new way of thinking was needed for the new age.  He started to preach things differently then the main church....everyone left... he was excommunicated from the main church.  Noone wanted to listen to him, preaching common sense and doing the right thing....  His family then went hungry.
     Kyouko then went to Kyubey, Asked him to make the people at least try to see her fathers side.  The next day the church was full... more and more people would come each day.  Kyouko was fighting Witches, Her father preaching. It was sort of like a team... Until he found out about her.
       He found out that all the people came because of magic, not because they believed... This drove him insane. He called her a witch that manipulated peoples minds.... he started to drink... then slayed her entire family.
       Wishes will even themselves out, Wish for hope and an equal amount of despair will come with it.  Kyouko now uses her powers for herself, no one else...she lives for herself and tells Sayaka that she should do the same.....
     Sayaka is bent on that not being her though, She doesn't regret anything....yet.... She gives a bit of a valiant speech but... I don't think that feeling will last.

The next day, At school... Sayaka is back and apparently so is Kamijou.  This just really isn't Sayaka's week....   She meets Hitomi after school and Hitomi has brought an ultimatum , Hitomi has like Kamijou for quite a while and she knows that Sayaka does as well... She is giving Sayaka 24 hours to confess to him or she will.




Witch Hunting

Madoka meets Sayaka outside of her building, Sayaka seems a bit surprised by this... She is starting to regret . She was thinking what if she hadn't saved Hitomi ....  Hitomi is going to take Kamijou away from her because she's all ready dead... she's a Zombie.  CryCry,HugHug.
     Cut to the battle, Sayaka has found herself a full blown witch. Kyouko is actually just sitting above it all, eating a Popsicle and watching {Homura joins her}.  When Kyouko thinks Sayaka can't handle the witch she jumps down.... Sayaka tells her to go away.

The shadow play in this is beautiful, Sayaka's giggling as she slices the tentacles of the witch... the background music... The bashing and of the witch... Sayaka has pretty much lost it.  Embracing the fact that she really can't feel the pain the witch is inflicting on the body since... the souls not really in there.

And that's how it ends.

Episode 8 ~  For some reason I just can't feel bad for Sayaka.....

With Madoka and Kyouko watching on, Sayaka finally kills the witch... Retrieving the Grief Seed she throws it over to Kyouko  "I don't want to owe you any favors.". Sayaka walks over to Madoka and she reverts back to her "normal" self and nearly passes out on Madoka.

She's worn out.

Madoka helps her away from the scene and the two of them talk in private, Sayaka just turns pure bitch on poor Madoka {Madoka's crying is getting old though.}. Sayaka ends up running away from Madoka telling her to stay away from her.....

"I'm a total moron! Why did I say that to her?"

Cut to Kyouko and Homura, Hanging out.... somewhere. Talking about Walpurgisnacht, Kyubey interupts the two.  Kyouko gives him the point of her spear welcome but he's just there to inform the two of Sayaka's impending doom...  She's wearing out. Both body and magic... Her Gem is becoming too corrupt.

Homura shoo's Kyubey off.







At school, Sayaka isn't at school and Madoka is blaming herself as always. I swear this girl needs some self confidence....Wonder where she lost it.

After school, Hitomi is walking with Kamijou "You live over here?" he asks and she informs him that they need to talk.

Sayaka didn't come home the previous night.

Sitting on a bench together Hitomi and Kamijou are talking, Sayaka is hiding behind a pillar close by.. What are they talking about though? She doesn't seem to be able to hear the two.... I'm betting it's not what she thinks.

Sayaka is slipping further and further away.

Killing all sorts of critters/familiars Sayaka is met by Homura, Homura throws her a grief seed so that she can purify her Soul Egg but... Nope. Sayaka won't have any of that. There's a bit of a chatter between the two of them but it ends with Homura trying to kill Sayaka....again.
     Homura doesn't want Madoka to watch her {Sayaka} "fall", So instead she was going to kill her but.. Kyouko comes to Sayaka's rescue. Sayaka scurries {hobbles} off and Kyouko keeps hold of Homura for... a few seconds.
     Grenade. Homura Gone. Kyouko Grrrr.

Sayaka on a train with two men, The men are talking about women and basically comparing them to dogs. I'm not entirely sure what Sayaka did to the two but... it really looks like she may have went witch on their ass.

Madoka and Kyubey talking, On a bench.  Madoka of course is emoing over everything that's happening and being worthless and no good, Kyubey is trying to sell the whole Magi thing to her again... She will be amazingly powerful if she were to become a Magi.  Perhaps.... She could save Sayaka.
        She's about to agree to become a Magi and... Homura shoots Kyubey full of holes.  Yes, We have Swiss Cheese Kyubey here...  "Why must you always sacrifice yourself..."
         Homura certainly knows Madoka somehow, She's actually getting emotional this time around... Homura is crying on her hands and knees and Madoka runs off to find Sayaka.

I seriously laughed at this part...

Reenter Kyubey, A Clone!!  He eats the Swiss Cheese...erm... Hole Filled Kyubey and then rolls around cutely on the bench. {Uhg}.  He's figured Homura out to a point, Seems she's killed him before and she has some sort of Time Control power.....
         He declares that she's from another timeline and... She knows who he is and what his plans are. She's there to stop them and his name is or he is actually Incubator.

Kyubey's probably evil, Not a big shock there.

Kyouko has finally found Sayaka, Sitting in a chair somewhere {can't tell where.} the two of them talk... Sayaka has pretty much given up, She no longer has anyone to protect and nothing to fight for. Showing her Soul Egg it's looking really sad... Corrupted.  "The Balance of Hope and Despair is always Zero."
      Kyouko looks shocked, Sayaka starts to cry... as she talks her tear falls down and lands on her Soul Egg.  A "witch" field seems to expand, Kyouko is blasted backwards.... the Soul Egg breaks to reveal a Grief Seed.

Sayaka's turning into a Witch.

Kyubey is looking off over the city   "Growing young women are called girls. So it's only proper that you, turning into witches, are called magical girls."