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I've withheld posting about this series thus far (mostly because I refuse to touch the eternal QB debate with a 39.5 foot pole), but this episode brings me out from lurking simply because it is both ridiculously awesome and explains almost everything that has been conjectured upon since the show's inception.
The problem, as I see it, is I don't think there's a resolution to the entire problem within the parameters of what Homura wished for when she became an MG. In her own words, as best as I can translate them, her wish went like this:
"I want to re-do my first meeting with Kaname-san. Not as a version of me who can't protect her, but as a version of me who can protect her."
As has been said all along, and here confirmed, Homura's wish deals only with her desire to protect Madoka. There are two major problems I see with this, then, with regards to any "good" outcome for the series.
1) If the "best end" resolution involves everyone surviving, it's not going to happen by Homura's doing. So far she hasn't even managed to save Madoka from her fate, let alone adding 3 other MGs to the mix. Nevermind that her wish is only with regards to protecting Madoka. That does not implicitly include Mami, Sayaka, and Kyoko. You could infer that saving Madoka means saving them as well, but Homura has very clearly shown us over the course of the series that she would rather try to convince Madoka to sever her ties to them entirely rather than waste her time and energy trying to keep them alive.
2) Even if Homura could totally prevent Madoka from becoming an MG, the world would still be screwed since she does not have the power or ability to take down Walpurgis on her own. So either Homura saves Madoka and the world ends by Walpurgis, or they take down Walpurgis and Madoka ushers in the Apocalypse herself. This is further complicated by my first point since not only has Homura shown no interest in saving the others, but there has so far been no instance where they've all made it to Walpurgis alive anyway.
So either Homura stays in her "Endless Eight" loop until she gets a favorable outcome (an unlikely but possible "end"), Madoka reverses Homura's wish and resets things back to how they were before Homura's wish (somewhat more feasible ending but doesn't really solve anything since it's just resetting the cycle to 0), or someone else entirely resolves the issue and saves them both from their self-imposed damnation (the highly improbable "best end" in my book.) At this point I think hoping that Madoka finds a non-contractual method of becoming an MG is out of the question (though if it does happen I will be quite happy to be proven wrong.)
This series has been excellent so far but these last few episodes have just topped each other one after the other. I can't wait to see what's next. 10/10 for this episode and possibly for the series as a whole, pending its resolution of course.
Edit: So here's the brain-bender that makes me think I might be onto something with my idea that Madoka wishes everything back to how it was before Homura's wish. We now know what all the other girls wished for to become MGs. What did Madoka wish for, then, when she was one?
Last edited by DJLowrider; 2011-03-10 at 15:23.
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Had to feel for Homura. I truly hope for a happy outcome for her sake alone. *sniff*
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