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What's the meaning behind all the chairs in Madoka's room?
Those chairs are a direct reference to Bokurano, understanding which actually adds depth to the scene (if you've seen Bokurano).
Bokurano huge spoilers:
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Who are the Witches whom these Magical Girls represent?
the crests in the background are giving it away from left to right:
1: Gisela
2: Elly
3: Charlotte
4: Gertrud
5: Elsa Maria
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How to explain to my 10 year old niece that Puella Magi Madoka Magica is not a kids show?
Perhaps by letting them know that in Japan, Puella Magi Madoka Magica is a late night anime, not a children's anime?
Children's anime in Japan is an anime that caters to audience from baby up to ...
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How did the Incubators start making Magical Girls?
Witches are not needed for the Incubators. Witches are needed for the survival of the magical girls. The Incubators could not care less about what happens to the magical girls as long as there are ...
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What did Madoka wish for in the original timeline?
She wished the cat in the opening (named Amy) to be saved from being run over by a car. This is revealed in the Drama CD 1.
More info about wishes in the series: https://wiki.puella-magi.net/...
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How do familiars get created?
When a magical girl falls into despair, her soul gem turns into a grief seed, which makes her a witch.
Sounds about right. Fun times all round! Good old 'Dokes.
What does "projections of the ...
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Where do magical girls get money?
Each girl has a different situation. Girls' ages are around 13…16 years old, and they are still in school, so it's natural for them to be living with their parents. We don't know if students from all ...
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When Kyoko overloaded her soul gem to kill Sayaka's witch form, did Kyoko then also become a witch?
When Kyoko overloaded her soul gem to kill Sayaka's witch form, does Kyoko then also become a witch? Or since she overloaded her soul gem, does she just die "normally?"
Kyouko didn't become a witch, ...
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How to explain to my 10 year old niece that Puella Magi Madoka Magica is not a kids show?
I'll break this response up into two parts:
What you should say to your niece, and
Why you should or shouldn't let her watch the show.
Do forgive me for plastering the word "cartoon" here; my gut ...
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What are the consequences of ignoring Kyubey's contract?
Nothing, the end result has always been Magical Girls becoming witches regardless if they fight or not.
When a Magical Girl is made, their Soul is removed from their body and made/placed into the ...
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How did Homura able to return to a past where Madoka isn't already a Magical Girl?
This is because the date in which Homura returns to is actually before Madoka contracts with Kyubey
Looking at the Timelines Wiki page we see that it's estimated that Madoka makes the contract a ...
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What exactly happens to Kyuubei at the end of Rebellion?
They are burdened to deal with the world's curses. the reason why Wraiths existed was because of the world's curses that normally was reflected with the Witches
During the conversation near the end ...
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Why is Homura still alive after shooting herself?
Magical girls in MadoMagi universe are like zombies. It doesn't matter if her brain gets destroyed as long as her Soul Gem is intact. Homura knows this fact, but Mami does not and that's why she ...
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Why does Kyoko come to the city in Madoka Magica?
Why does Kyoko come to the city?
We learn quite a bit about this in The Different Story, a sidestory manga that basically tells us about Kyouko and Mami prior to the events of the series (mostly ...
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How did the Incubators start making Magical Girls?
This answer is somewhat speculative, but, I think, not completely off-base.
As Frosteeze's answer says, the Incubators don't really care at all about witches; the witches are sort of a nasty ...
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Who is the magical girl who becomes Walpurgisnacht?
An interesting question... a late answer...
I strongly disagree with the interpretation of Homura Akemi herself being the Walpurgisnacht witch. The circumstances during her wish themselves prove that ...
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Who are the Witches whom these Magical Girls represent?
Adding to what Frosteeze said (I still can't add comments), the most left girl might be Gisela as shown from given link (http://wiki.puella-magi.net/Madoka_Magica_Characters). I think it might have to ...
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Who are the Witches whom these Magical Girls represent?
The 4th girl looks a lot like Gertrud. I'm not sure about the first one, however, as there are no witch that is associated with those weapons or her colors of the witches in the anime, which I assume ...
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How did Homura strip Madoka's divine powers in Rebellion?
Because at the time Madoka, while she may have regained her powers and memories, wasn't omnipotent.
It also implies that the isolation field is actually blocking Madoka's omniscience, since she ...
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What if someone wishes to not become a magical girl in Madoka Magica?
Kyubey gets these girls to sign a contract. This contract includes the provision that they become magical girls and fight witches (with the hidden eventuality that they will become witches themselves)....
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How is Walpurgisnacht's appearance predicted?
As a matter of fact, Kyoko asked Homura the same question regarding Walpurgisnacht's appearance, to which Homura responds with a single word:
Statistics.
Well... I think you can take Akemi Homura'...
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Was the "Cake Song" released in a soundtrack?
Cake Song from Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part III: Rebellion has not been officially released as part of any soundtrack for the anime. Fortunately, there are many sites to download the mp3 ...
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How to explain to my 10 year old niece that Puella Magi Madoka Magica is not a kids show?
You know your niece better than I do, but as I said in my comment, if I were you, I would consider letting her watch it.
Madoka is a dark and tragic story, but I don't believe the violence is too ...
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Does Homura have to kill her past self when she travels back in time?
Gen Urobuchi didn't think of the mechanics of it too much however we can infer from what he said and what we see is that Homura is reversing time as opposed to traveling back
The weapon that looks ...
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How did the Incubators start making Magical Girls?
At end of the series, Homura is in a world without witches, yet she is fighting Majuu. It is hinted that they are coagulated form of bad emotions. But unlike witches, they don't seem to grow that ...
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Did the events of The Different Story Volume 1 occur in all timelines?
According to the drama CD that the first volume of Different Story is based on, it is in fact canon to all timelines that Mami and Kyoko met. To quote the wiki,
The timelines diverge on the day ...
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How was Homura able to lure all of the magical girls into her labyrinth in Rebellion?
It's implied that Homura wished for them
When Homura questions how people came to be trapped inside the barrier, Kyubey explains they made an adjustment that allowed things to be "invited" inside. ...
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How was Sayaka able to retain her memories during Rebellion?
It was because Sayaka and Nagisa (aka Bebe) came with Madoka and were entrusted with Madoka's powers and memories.
When Madoka went into the barrier she knew it was a trap set by The Incubators as ...
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