But just as Homura's soul gem was about to be completely tainted and she was about to turn into a witch, bringing everything to a true end, someone appeared!
"Enough!"
The person Homura had always wanted to protect, Madoka, stepped into the dangerous battlefield, held Homura's hand, and spoke in a gentle voice.
And beside her was the loathsome white devil—Kyubey!
"Homura, I'm sorry," Madoka said to Homura with a guilty yet gentle smile.
Yes, after talking with Homura, Madoka had finally decided to become a magical girl herself!
And to become a magical girl, she needed to make a contract with Kyubey, and this contract involved making a wish.
So, what wish would Madoka make?
Would she wish to eliminate the Walpurgisnacht? Or would she wish to bring her old friends back to life and defeat the Walpurgisnacht together?
However, Madoka's wish shocked everyone.
Because her wish seemed like a daydream to everyone.
"I wish for all witches to disappear before they are born. I will destroy every witch in the past, present, and future of the entire universe with my own hands!"
That was Madoka's wish.
If such a wish were granted, it would not only interfere with time like Homura did but also rebel against causality!
The fate of magical girls turning into witches is a matter of causality.
But Madoka's wish transcended the world, the universe, time, laws, and even causality!
She wanted to become a god!
Even Kyubey was stunned by Madoka's wish.
"Whether I become a god or whatever, it doesn't matter. Up to now, all the magical girls fighting against witches, holding hope in their hearts, I don't want them to cry. I want everyone to smile until the end. I'll break and rewrite all the rules that stand in the way. This is my wish, my hope!"
A gentle smile appeared on Madoka's face. With those words, a strong light enveloped her, and it seemed she was truly about to transform into a god through her wish.
Madoka shot a pink arrow into the sky, and this arrow split into countless parts, reaching the moment when every magical girl in the past, present, and future of all parallel timelines was about to turn into a witch.
However, a wish that defied the laws of the universe had its limits.
Everyone would forget about Madoka's existence, including her parents, friends, and even the wicked Kyubey.
Except... Homura!
Only she would remember all that Madoka did for the world!
The two girls who had intertwined through countless parallel timelines, the best friends, one became a god and the other remained human.
Was this Madoka's fate?
Many readers couldn't bear it but felt confused.
"If she had this power, why didn't Kyubey make the first magical girl wish for something like this?"
"Yeah, are the Incubators that dumb?"
"Maybe Madoka is a special case?" someone answered. "Madoka had an exceptionally strong potential as a magical girl, and Homura's hundreds of cycles added to her strength. While it pushed Madoka further away from Homura, these cycles built up Madoka's power, allowing her wish to come true. In the original world before Homura's time travel, Madoka probably couldn't have achieved her goal."
But what made readers even more upset was what followed!
Even though Madoka made a world without witches, and magical girls no longer had to face such despair, the world still had its dangers.
There were no more witches, but there were now wraiths.
In the last scene of episode twelve, Homura continued to protect this hopeless world filled with sadness and hatred, because it was the world her beloved Madoka wanted to protect!
The final image of Homura fighting the new enemy wraiths alone, with Kyubey by her side, left readers with endless thoughts.
This twelve-episode magical girl series, with its ups and downs, created a vast and rich world that left people with much to reflect on.
"Scattering flowers for the end~"
"Wow, I love Goddess Madoka!! I didn't like yuri before, but now I really want to see Madoka and Homura get married!"
"Damn, the last episode made me cry. This plot is so heart-wrenching! That damn Porter! He made two people who love each other be separated like gods and humans. It's even worse than the Queen Mother of the West!"
"Yeah, at least the Queen Mother let the Cowherd and Weaver Girl meet once a year. If it's like a day in the heavens being a year on earth, maybe they met every day!"
"Come on, it's not too bad. The author at least revived the senior and Kyoko. That's a bit humane."
"Begging for a perfect ending side story with Madoka and Homura!"
"+1!"
"+10086!"
"Best manga of the year, the peak of magical girl stories. I don't think anyone will argue with that?"
At this moment, countless people praised this work.
As a manga critic, Daniel wrote his own review.
"Many say this work is full of despair, but when you think about real life, it's not hard to see that people's fates are just as magical. No matter how you choose, you'll end up with regrets."
"Sometimes, even when we prepare ourselves mentally, events still spiral out of our control, hurting ourselves and others."
"Even if we make choices without regrets at the time, looking back, we realize we missed some experiences and sights."
"…"
"…"
"This work is definitely a masterpiece. It redefines the magical girl genre."
"Instead of a story of hope, this story of despair has touched readers more deeply. The plot twist in the third episode established what I call the 'three-episode rule.' From that point on, what started as a fairy tale full of fantasy turned into a tale of despair, repeatedly challenging our understanding with its subversive worldview…"
"Of course, all the above is just nonsense. I just want to tell the Porter, the damn author, to hurry up and release a side story where Madoka and Homura end up together! Otherwise, I'm sending a knife in the mail!!"
With this review, more and more people wanted Ren to release a side story.
…
At home,
Claire looked at Ren with her big, watery eyes. "Teacher, can't you make a side story? It's so heart-wrenching."
Hearing this, the others perked up their ears.
After all, they really loved this series that redefined the magical girl genre.
"Maybe in the future?" Ren thought and said.
After all, there was a sequel about Homura, but he hadn't drawn it yet.
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