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Originally Posted by Elestia
It would make sense if QB has some tools at his disposal to enforce the contracts. Otherwise the entire system of contracting MG to "fight witches" would be moot if he didn't have some control over the girls. So it might not be so arbitrary as to simply touching the soul gem to cause pain.
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While a number of us have been scratching our heads over how he gets MG's to fight, we have come up with a number of them. That their gems will darken eventually, or that they have to keep fighting or their wish gets taken away, etc. All sorts of other ways to get girls to fight witches, but that wouldn't give him control. All equally likely as the one you are suggesting.
So you are presuming that this is the method, but we don't have proof of that. And still, in order to inflict that pain, he has to touch the soul gem while it is out like that. That doesn't sound like a particularly easy way to enforce something. It would be incredibly easy for a girl to protect her gem from Kyube touching it.
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In episode 7, when Sayaka was lashing out at QB about the soul gems, he (to my understanding of Japanese) mentions that neither Mami nor Kyoko were aware of the true nature of the Soul Gems, and maybe the extent of QBs ability to cause cause pain. So in that respect with Kyoko or any of the girls they would not need to be on their guard.
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Again, even if he started to touch Kyoko's gem, you can bet she wouldn't stand there and take it. Or she could promise not to go after Sayaka, and as soon as Kyube lets up, she snatches her gem and says she was just kidding. Like I said, it is a poor enforcement method. There still could be some way to force MG's to fight, but we don't know what that is.
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Get Homura off his back? Are you talking about her constant attempts to prevent Madoka from making a contract?
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I meant when Homura was beating the crap out of him, trying to kill him. Although as an interesting side note, she isn't planning on killing Kyube anymore, despite the fact that he can contact and contract new girls. Homura only reall seems to care that Madoka does not. And still, killing him now with Mami out of the way, would prevent Madoka from ever forming a contract; why doesn't she?