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Old 2013-04-09, 15:33   Link #321
Shyni
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It's not like the PMMM anime ever really explained how things work. Most of the loops shown were from Homura's viewpoint anyway.

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There's no reason why not. For one thing, another factor for why timelines change is Madoka's growing power, which is why Oriko didn't target her in the preceding timelines.
Madoka's power only does anything once she makes a wish, so that doesn't really make any difference. Plus, her witch is already pretty dangerous, even in one of the timelines when Homura still had glasses, so if Oriko is still relevant in other timelines, she would've done something previously. But the manga has post-glasses Homura, who didn't know about Oriko, previously, so Oriko probably didn't take any action before that, even though there has at least been one timeline with Gretchen before this.

I think Homura in this manga already knew about Gretchen too, since she seemed to understand what Oriko and Kirika were trying to do, more or less, and doesn't act surprised that they think killing Madoka will prevent the world being destroyed. Yet she was terribly unfamiliar with those two. So even if this isn't in the anime's continuity, there has been at least one previous timeline where Gretchen exists, but Oriko never did anything.

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