Author Topic: Let's Discuss Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Happiest Anime Ever  (Read 95714 times)

Jes_Isaive

Re: Let's Discuss Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Happiest Anime Ever
« Reply #330 on: August 19, 2011, 03:25:50 AM »
Pffft, as if Madoka could really hurt Kyubey.
I can't pronounce it any other way now.

New Reply was etc. etc.

Oh God, we have two Madokas now?

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Re: Let's Discuss Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Happiest Anime Ever
« Reply #331 on: August 19, 2011, 01:01:33 PM »
Oh God, we have two Madokas now?

You could say...

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Re: Let's Discuss Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Happiest Anime Ever
« Reply #332 on: August 19, 2011, 04:30:33 PM »
Technically, we need
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5 (or more) Madokas
.

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Re: Let's Discuss Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Happiest Anime Ever
« Reply #333 on: August 19, 2011, 04:31:18 PM »
Some of those endings are adorables. :3c

I went with girlyrun.gif instead of the standing animation, but it's cute too!

Jes_Isaive

Re: Let's Discuss Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Happiest Anime Ever
« Reply #334 on: August 19, 2011, 08:29:18 PM »
Lap 677.
First enemies.
Get hit.
2000 damage.
 :colonveeplusalpha:

Although I did make considerable progress by setting the keys for player 2 & 3 as the same ones as player 1. Homura, Madoka, Mami. Sit at edge of screen. Hold X. Release. Repeat. Total hit counter of 500. Die anyways.

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Re: Let's Discuss Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Happiest Anime Ever
« Reply #335 on: August 20, 2011, 06:16:19 PM »
"I'm not sure about this anymore...Are you sure this is safe?"

"Absolutely! This is 100% safe! ...Not."

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Re: Let's Discuss Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Happiest Anime Ever
« Reply #336 on: August 20, 2011, 06:25:33 PM »
I was bored, so I made this.  http://nekorandomnessqueen.deviantart.com/#/d478lup
I love the kyuubey one, solely because of the color of the orb.  :3
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Re: Let's Discuss Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Happiest Anime Ever
« Reply #337 on: August 20, 2011, 06:43:13 PM »
I love the kyuubey one, solely because of the color of the orb.  :3

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Re: Let's Discuss Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Happiest Anime Ever
« Reply #338 on: August 21, 2011, 04:38:21 AM »
I was bored, so I made this.  http://nekorandomnessqueen.deviantart.com/#/d478lup

Erm... isn't there already a Madoka!Platinum color-scheme? <___>
I really like her Mami and Kyuubey colors, though.

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Re: Let's Discuss Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Happiest Anime Ever
« Reply #339 on: August 21, 2011, 10:06:10 AM »
Erm... isn't there already a Madoka!Platinum color-scheme? <___>
I doubt it, seeing how Platinum showed up before Madoka. >.>  Most likely if there's one that seems to be Madoka, it's supposed to be Chibiusa or something.

Also yeah, the Kyubey one seems to work the best, somehow.
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Re: Let's Discuss Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Happiest Anime Ever
« Reply #340 on: August 21, 2011, 06:33:37 PM »
Pffft, as if Madoka could really hurt Kyubey.
I can't pronounce it any other way now.

oh hey that comic looks familiar

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Re: Let's Discuss Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Happiest Anime Ever
« Reply #341 on: August 21, 2011, 06:51:04 PM »
Yeah, I thought that style looked familiar.

I cracked up when Magia started playing.

Jes_Isaive

Re: Let's Discuss Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Happiest Anime Ever
« Reply #342 on: August 21, 2011, 09:38:12 PM »
oh hey that comic looks familiar
Oh wow, I didn't actually realize that until I looked around here.

Neat.
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Re: Let's Discuss Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Happiest Anime Ever
« Reply #343 on: August 22, 2011, 05:19:08 PM »
oh hey that comic looks familiar
...Oh.
OH.
Just realized it myself.
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Re: Let's Discuss Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Happiest Anime Ever
« Reply #344 on: August 30, 2011, 08:27:13 AM »
I marathoned this from start to finish just now.

Yes, I know I was really late.

Yes, I nearly cried on more than one occasion.

Yes, this is the best thing I've watched in about as long as I can remember.

Grief Syndrome's fun too, just wish I could do as well with Mami as I can with Madoka/Homura/Sayaka.  Unlocked up to lap 10001, but I usually just play on 100.

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Re: Let's Discuss Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Happiest Anime Ever
« Reply #345 on: August 30, 2011, 10:16:21 AM »
I marathoned this from start to finish just now.

Yes, I know I was really late.

Yes, I nearly cried on more than one occasion.

Yes, this is the best thing I've watched in about as long as I can remember.

Grief Syndrome's fun too, just wish I could do as well with Mami as I can with Madoka/Homura/Sayaka.  Unlocked up to lap 10001, but I usually just play on 100.

It's ok, I was pretty late on the bandwagon too
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but not as late as you
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jesus christ

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Re: Let's Discuss Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Happiest Anime Ever
« Reply #346 on: September 01, 2011, 01:33:24 AM »
Just add this for the kids, They love explosions!

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Re: Let's Discuss Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Happiest Anime Ever
« Reply #347 on: September 02, 2011, 07:27:03 AM »
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Re: Let's Discuss Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Happiest Anime Ever
« Reply #348 on: September 05, 2011, 06:43:59 PM »
Last night, I showed my best friend the first three episodes of Puella Magi Madoka Magica to get him hooked on the anime.

His thoughts throughout the episodes:
First half of episode 1: "What is this gay shit?"
Second half of episode 1: "Drug trip with a blonde touhou."
First half of episode 2: "Interesting..."
Second half of episode 2: "Mami is fucking awesome."
First half of episode 3: "..."
Second half of episode 3: ";_;"

After those episodes, he asked me why Madoka just doesn't wish for
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all the witches to go away.
:X

I just told him that would be silly.

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Re: Let's Discuss Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Happiest Anime Ever
« Reply #349 on: September 05, 2011, 06:48:37 PM »
After those episodes, he asked me why Madoka just doesn't wish for
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all the witches to go away.
:X

I just told him that would be silly.
:colonveeplusalpha:

You know, after episode 3 I was totally expecting her to wish Mami back to life. Technically I am still not sure why she didn't even think of that possibility. I mean during the later episodes
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it is at least hinted at that the power of your wish is limited by your potential as a puella magi, which would explain that
, but until those later episodes, I was wondering why at least the idea was never mentioned.  :derp:
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Re: Let's Discuss Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Happiest Anime Ever
« Reply #350 on: September 06, 2011, 02:40:36 AM »
Psh, as far as that goes, immediately after Ep3, I remember commenting that I hadn't seen so much denial about "she's seriously dead forever" since Aerith in FF7.

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Re: Let's Discuss Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Happiest Anime Ever
« Reply #351 on: September 06, 2011, 08:35:11 AM »
Psh, as far as that goes, immediately after Ep3, I remember commenting that I hadn't seen so much denial about "she's seriously dead forever" since Aerith in FF7.
Nono, I wasn't thinking "SHE MUST BE BROUGHT BACK RARRR". but it would seem to me as an idea Madoka would have been likely to have had. I mean, in a setting where you can
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make a deal with the devil to have your wishes fullfilled
, I would expect the idea of bringing someone back to life would be addressed in some way some time, no?
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Re: Let's Discuss Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Happiest Anime Ever
« Reply #352 on: September 06, 2011, 10:06:10 AM »
I think it makes a lot of sense why it never came up.

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Madoka had known Mami for what, maybe a month tops if we're going to be really generous.  After seeing that magical girl-dom isn't all sunshine and roses, it's logical that Madoka didn't want to throw herself into that mess for someone she pretty much just met.  With the lack of information from /人◕ ‿‿ ◕人\ at that point on how deep the rabbit hole went in contract fine print and the whole witch/magical girl system, Madoka wasn't set on trying to end the situation.  Sayaka on the other hand who had been living in FriendsZone for a while, yeah I can see her making an impulsive teenage girl wish.

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« Reply #353 on: September 06, 2011, 12:32:32 PM »
Just because it wasn't mentioned doesn't mean that she didn't think it, though it would have been interesting to see how she would address that.
I think it was more out of an act of kindness. Even if she does get revived, she still has the memories of being killed, and she knows the system of MS and witches. She'll just be needlessly worried. And that's if she doesn't come back as a MS. If she does come back as a MS, she has the life-risking duty given back to her once again, which more or less defeats the purpose of bringing her back to life anyway.
The main reason is probably that Madoka did not [at the time] wish to be a MS. Her feelings toward not wanting to be a MS also extended to other people, as when she showed concern when
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Sayaka
became one. The reason being that, once again, it's dangerous. And that fact was bluntly proven to her when
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Mami died
. Bringing her back to life to make her face that kind of life again would be almost cruel. Yes, even if Madoka is now a MS too. If Mami retains her MS status, then it'll just create a weird tension between them. It wont be mentioned by either of them, but it would be there. If Madoka were to wish that she be brought to life without her MS memories, then she still loses in the long run when WN appears and
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pretty much kills everyone
. Besides, even if she does come back, she'd still be anti-entropy fodder for QB as you'd assume she'd still be a MS candidate.

(Well, the musings of a bored individual whom should be sleeping by now for school tomorrow.)

But rather than that, I'm wondering as to why in the hell Kamijou had never considered the idea of playing the violin by using his right hand instead. His right hand seems perfectly fine, so all he has to do is get used to playing the notes with his right hand and controlling the bow with his left. If he can't grab the bow, then somehow tape it on. BE INNOVATIVE. From a critical perspective, people who make great comebacks always get even more attention and widespread fame than they did before they got into their life altering accidents. He apparently already had a prodigy level of musical sense and talent, all that required was a little adjustment.
In fact, if he did manage to do this, I'd imagine that half the stuff going on in this show could have been averted.
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TWO DEATHS COULD HAVE POSSIBLY [temporarily] BEEN AVERTED!!
! First of all, if he did restart playing the violin, then Sayaka would bring more CD's and stuff to get him motivated, and they could have possibly gotten into a decent relationship. This removes Sayaka's wish, and averts her becoming a MS. Then Kyouko wouldn't have [prematurely] died, and Homura wouldn't despair after showing too much of her time powers (Remember, Homura stops time and shoots QB when Madoka is about to wish to help Sayaka, but that wouldn't happen if Sayaka doesn't turn into a MS. This then leads to QB [probably] not figuring out what Homura's powers are, and making the connection between that and Madoka's enormous fate, which in turn leads to QB not telling Homura about this and causing her to despair).
However, QB would most likely not keep away from these two even if they continue to not make a wish after Mami dies, especially Madoka. So he'd probably start scattering GS's all over the place, trying to create a situation for them to wish in. This'll probably eventually cause them to run into Kyouko, since this territory is technically first come first serve. Depending on how things go, Kyouko would likely become friends with them(with possible yuri with Sayaka except this time, it's a good end. With the additional benefit of Kyousuke getting Hitomi as well). Because Kyouko doesn't die with Oktavia, and it's hinted that it is possible to stop WN with just the 2 of them(Kyouko and Homura), it's possible that they actually end up killing WN. Since there's no opportunity for QB to explain the SG gimmick, the girls would remain relatively ok about being/becoming MSs. If WN isn't defeated, then there's two more wishes available in Madoka and Sayaka. Which will probably end up being wishes like the power to kill any witch, to fix all the damage caused by WN(after killing it), or something like that. The best part is since Homura doesn't despair, she can rewind time again.
So is it just me or is Kyousuke behind much of everything as much as QB is?
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Re: Let's Discuss Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Happiest Anime Ever
« Reply #354 on: September 06, 2011, 10:06:45 PM »
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Now that you mention it...
Kyuskiko needs to die. (or you know, GreenhairedNotMeguka. If Sayaku hadn't saved her, Kyuskiko would be all hers, meaning no despair!Sayaku, sacrificial!Kyuko, and troubled!Hameru).

On a related note, that amazing meguca version is no longer in youtube... :qq:

Re: Let's Discuss Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Happiest Anime Ever
« Reply #355 on: September 06, 2011, 11:27:00 PM »
On a related note, that amazing meguca version is no longer in youtube... :qq:
GeneralIvan's account got taken down and he moved to an alt, hopefully it'll be up again in due time

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Re: Let's Discuss Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Happiest Anime Ever
« Reply #356 on: September 07, 2011, 04:03:47 AM »
Now that you mention it...
Kyuskiko needs to die. (or you know, GreenhairedNotMeguka. If Sayaku hadn't saved her, Kyuskiko would be all hers, meaning no despair!Sayaku, sacrificial!Kyuko, and troubled!Hameru).

On a related note, that amazing meguca version is no longer in youtube... :qq:
I don't get why people hate on Hitomi so much. From an objective standpoint, she's a very good friend. I'd like a friend like her. She noticed that her friend held feelings for Kamijou more than she did, and offered her a chance to go first. That's really generous. And she's a teen. Normally this is where the two girls get into really ugly girl fights, but she manages to complete avoid it by simply being a good friend. If anything, it's Sayaka's fault for not taking her own feelings seriously enough.
And QB, but that's an entirely separate matter altogether.
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Re: Let's Discuss Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Happiest Anime Ever
« Reply #357 on: September 07, 2011, 08:20:12 AM »
I don't get why people hate on Hitomi so much. From an objective standpoint, she's a very good friend. I'd like a friend like her. She noticed that her friend held feelings for Kamijou more than she did, and offered her a chance to go first. That's really generous. And she's a teen. Normally this is where the two girls get into really ugly girl fights, but she manages to complete avoid it by simply being a good friend. If anything, it's Sayaka's fault for not taking her own feelings seriously enough.
I disagree with the notion that Hitomi is a good friend. I don't think she was being benevolent by giving Sayaka a day to get the first try at Kyousuke. From their talk, I thought that she did it so she would feel less guilty about confessing to him. That's probably kind of cynical of me, but that's why I don't think she's totally benevolent to Sayaka the way Hitomi defenders say she is. Which is fine with me-- I don't think there can ever be one reason for anything someone does. But it does disqualify her from being a good friend, in my view. (Not that the notion of "good friend" isn't an idealized sham in the first place, but I digress.) Had Hitomi actually waited for Sayaka to confess first instead of giving her an ultimatum, I might've thought better of her.

I do agree with you on one point, though: Sayaka is a moron. Self-awareness was never a part of her character to begin with, though. (And her love was very artificial from the start, in my eyes, but that's a whole other story.)

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Re: Let's Discuss Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Happiest Anime Ever
« Reply #358 on: September 07, 2011, 10:20:27 AM »
This is all overlooking the very real possibility that even if Sayaka made a move first it would have ended any differently.  I don't think it would have.
I know it's hard to believe thanks to pop culture, but girls can get shot down by guys they are interested in or not have their feelings returned (I can speak from lots of experience!)   And I can see how "he's not dating me because she asked him first" is a lot easier to swallow than "he's not dating me because I wasn't (blank) enough for him to want to" :ohdear:

My speculation:
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The reason Sayaka gives as to why she didn't go for it when Hitomi laid it out was "oh I am unloveable as a magical girl lich."    The magical girls don't always learn everything in the same order in each timeline if at all, but it seems she still goes into despair/witch-mode every time. Getting shot down by the guy you literally sold your soul to heal, well that's pretty despairing isn't it... giving the same end result we saw in the show's timeline.


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Re: Let's Discuss Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Happiest Anime Ever
« Reply #359 on: September 07, 2011, 02:14:24 PM »
Recall that earlier in the thread, someone posted some notes from the staff. Kyosuke always saw Sayaka as a friend, and would have never seen her as more than that.

Also, Hitomi was kissed by a witch prior to her coming to Sayaka about Kyosuke. I wonder if being freed from the kiss is what made Hitomi decide to confront Sayaka, and how she felt about doing so before the kiss.