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Puella Magi Madoka Magica #3
Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Vol. 03
Madoka fica horrorizada ao descobrir a verdadeira natureza das bruxas que ela e sua amiga têm combatido e o terrível destino que aguarda qualquer uma que tenha aceito a proposta de Kyubey. Ela finalmente começa a entender a frieza de Kyubey, que garota após garota, busca aquelas que se sacrificam para seu próprio benefício.
Será que Madoka e suas amigas podem escapar deste terrível destino?
Será que Madoka e suas amigas podem escapar deste terrível destino?
152 pages, Paperback
First published May 30, 2011
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168 books200 followersA group collaboration consisting of director Akiyuki Shinbou, writer Gen Urobuchi, the original character designer Ume Aoki, and the producer Atsuhiro Iwakami.
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June 6, 2018
Ugh this has such a beautiful ending! I don't know whether to be sad or super happy but I love it all the same (I remember crying at the anime a bit tbh haha).
The character development is amazing and how everything ties in and comes together, omg I just love it.
This might forever be my favourite magical girl series, just because it's so unique and ahhh I love Homura so much.
I just love a manga about strong girls being good friends and saving the world together
The character development is amazing and how everything ties in and comes together, omg I just love it.
This might forever be my favourite magical girl series, just because it's so unique and ahhh I love Homura so much.
I just love a manga about strong girls being good friends and saving the world together
January 14, 2025
Basically the manga follows the story of the anime series, but I think the anime's artwork is far more impressive, especially when it comes to the witches and their different realms.
The ending is.........so surprising!!!! I can't even! I really like the yuri/Girl's Love feeling between the two main characters! ^_^
Review for vol. 1 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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The ending is.........so surprising!!!! I can't even! I really like the yuri/Girl's Love feeling between the two main characters! ^_^
Review for vol. 1 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
More to come.
August 3, 2011
Not going to lie, here, but the manga version of the end of this series is nearly as breathtaking as the one aired right after the Great Kanto-Tohoku Earthquake in March. I can’t emphasize enough the importance of this series in post-earthquake Japan – a guy even volunteered for the suicide mission of going into the Fukushima reactors to stabilize the troubled rods in March because he had hope after seeing the end of the series on TV. And now, reading the manga version (which, of course, in many ways can’t compete with moving pictures and colors) has made me fall in love with this series all over again. And this is why it’s made my best of 2011 (and best of the decade so far) list. Note: if you haven’t seen the final episodes (eps 11-12) and/or read this volume of the manga, you’re going to get spoiled.
It needs to be said: at the end of the day, “Madoka Magica” is not a romantic story of magical girls, magic powers, and fluffy dreams. It is a story of loss, repeated loss, and the choice of what to do with those feelings of grief. You can choose to believe in yourself and your friends, regardless of all of the hits that keep coming, or you choose to lose hope entirely, and reject the rest of the world in favor of your own personal (even if tiny) revenge.
This is also a story of questioning if there is such thing as preordained fate (Homura’s endless time-travel to save Madoka from the fate of becoming a magical girl), and if interfering in that preordained fate just screws things up more than what was originally intended in the first place. Kyuubey says it himself in this volume: because Homura chose to become a Magical Girl, chose to endlessly pursue Madoka throughout time and space, this world and all parallel worlds because she thought she was saving her, she unwittingly created the most powerful of Witches of all time. It begs the question – do we have our fate planned out? If so, should we choose to accept whatever comes our way? Or should we fight it and risk something as possibly drastic as what Homura faces with Madoka and her alternate Witch-self?
This is what I love about this show. Nothing is easy, and everything is a risk-benefit analysis. It makes you think. Yeah, it’s got cutely-designed girls, but that’s not what it’s about. Not in the least. Once you lose hope (and you’re a Magical Girl), your Soul Gem turns to a Grief Seed and poof, you’re a Witch. There’s no reversing the process. There’s no going back. There’s no way to regain that lost innocence and lost blind faith that you once had before. And in many ways, in real life, this is very true – once you’ve lost hope in something, anything, it’s really almost impossible to get that previous innocence back.
I admire Madoka, because of her fearlessness and innocence in terms of not being afraid of what may come down the road. She saw what happened to her friends, but became a Magical Girl anyway, even if she knew she was going to be facing off with her alternate-self in order to save the world. I’m not sure I’d have the balls to do that. She lost so much, and yet, she didn’t lose hope. She nearly drowned in grief, but once she saw what it did to her friends, she managed to pick herself back up and believe once more. She even sacrificed her own bodily existence to reshape the universe so that girls wouldn’t hurt so much as to become Witches. Now that takes guts, and if I were in her shoes, I’m not sure I’d have the faith to go on.
So yeah, you can see I’m pretty passionate about this series. I cried throughout reading the last two chapters of this volume, as well as the last two episodes of the show, because I wanted to recapture my own faith in everything, my own innocence – and not in a religious sense, but in a sense of not just having to survive, but believing there’s something greater out there for me so that I can keep on fighting for it. It’s something I’ve been working on since I quit self-harming myself ten years ago, and it’s a constant struggle. “Madoka Magica” is one of those series that, even though it’s complete fantasy in terms of setting, can make you want to recapture your own ability to believe in the best of others regardless of what the truth might be.
So thank you, Madoka and co., for being there, and for giving so many hope after such a shitty first half of 2011. I sincerely hope that this series gets picked up for US licensing (since it’s Kodansha-published, I think there may be a chance for that), so that Madoka’s message gets out to all.
But don’t think that this is the end of the “Madoka” universe – not in the least. There are two more manga series, “Oriko Magica” and “Kasumi Magica: The Innocent Malice” still in production and serialization at the moment in Japan. I’ll be reviewing those soon, too. Hopefully we’ll get as much as we can before Magica Quartet calls it quits for this series and moves onto something else.
So if you want something that will make you think, laugh, and cry without being ridiculously sappy or romantic, go for “Madoka”. This is one choice in reading material you will not forget. I know I won’t.
(posted to librarything, goodreads, and witchoftheatregoing.wordpress.com)
It needs to be said: at the end of the day, “Madoka Magica” is not a romantic story of magical girls, magic powers, and fluffy dreams. It is a story of loss, repeated loss, and the choice of what to do with those feelings of grief. You can choose to believe in yourself and your friends, regardless of all of the hits that keep coming, or you choose to lose hope entirely, and reject the rest of the world in favor of your own personal (even if tiny) revenge.
This is also a story of questioning if there is such thing as preordained fate (Homura’s endless time-travel to save Madoka from the fate of becoming a magical girl), and if interfering in that preordained fate just screws things up more than what was originally intended in the first place. Kyuubey says it himself in this volume: because Homura chose to become a Magical Girl, chose to endlessly pursue Madoka throughout time and space, this world and all parallel worlds because she thought she was saving her, she unwittingly created the most powerful of Witches of all time. It begs the question – do we have our fate planned out? If so, should we choose to accept whatever comes our way? Or should we fight it and risk something as possibly drastic as what Homura faces with Madoka and her alternate Witch-self?
This is what I love about this show. Nothing is easy, and everything is a risk-benefit analysis. It makes you think. Yeah, it’s got cutely-designed girls, but that’s not what it’s about. Not in the least. Once you lose hope (and you’re a Magical Girl), your Soul Gem turns to a Grief Seed and poof, you’re a Witch. There’s no reversing the process. There’s no going back. There’s no way to regain that lost innocence and lost blind faith that you once had before. And in many ways, in real life, this is very true – once you’ve lost hope in something, anything, it’s really almost impossible to get that previous innocence back.
I admire Madoka, because of her fearlessness and innocence in terms of not being afraid of what may come down the road. She saw what happened to her friends, but became a Magical Girl anyway, even if she knew she was going to be facing off with her alternate-self in order to save the world. I’m not sure I’d have the balls to do that. She lost so much, and yet, she didn’t lose hope. She nearly drowned in grief, but once she saw what it did to her friends, she managed to pick herself back up and believe once more. She even sacrificed her own bodily existence to reshape the universe so that girls wouldn’t hurt so much as to become Witches. Now that takes guts, and if I were in her shoes, I’m not sure I’d have the faith to go on.
So yeah, you can see I’m pretty passionate about this series. I cried throughout reading the last two chapters of this volume, as well as the last two episodes of the show, because I wanted to recapture my own faith in everything, my own innocence – and not in a religious sense, but in a sense of not just having to survive, but believing there’s something greater out there for me so that I can keep on fighting for it. It’s something I’ve been working on since I quit self-harming myself ten years ago, and it’s a constant struggle. “Madoka Magica” is one of those series that, even though it’s complete fantasy in terms of setting, can make you want to recapture your own ability to believe in the best of others regardless of what the truth might be.
So thank you, Madoka and co., for being there, and for giving so many hope after such a shitty first half of 2011. I sincerely hope that this series gets picked up for US licensing (since it’s Kodansha-published, I think there may be a chance for that), so that Madoka’s message gets out to all.
But don’t think that this is the end of the “Madoka” universe – not in the least. There are two more manga series, “Oriko Magica” and “Kasumi Magica: The Innocent Malice” still in production and serialization at the moment in Japan. I’ll be reviewing those soon, too. Hopefully we’ll get as much as we can before Magica Quartet calls it quits for this series and moves onto something else.
So if you want something that will make you think, laugh, and cry without being ridiculously sappy or romantic, go for “Madoka”. This is one choice in reading material you will not forget. I know I won’t.
(posted to librarything, goodreads, and witchoftheatregoing.wordpress.com)
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 26, 2022
If I were to rate this series as a whole, I'll give it four stars.
What I don't like is that it can be a little too fast-paced, causing a confusing read. Once or twice, I was genuinely unsure of what was happening.
Something else I'd mention is that, while I think that the main characters are all great, the side characters could have been much better. Side characters, while obviously not as important as the main ones, definitely affect the reading experience. And in Madoka Magica, by the end, I found I only remembered about three moments that even had side characters.
The last negative I would bring up for this series is that, as an adaptation, I believe it is somewhat stripped-down. I only watched the first episode of the anime before reading, but that gave me an idea of how the manga compares as an adaptation. And it definitely doesn't have quite as much to it.
But onto what I like:
The characters that matter most are really well made. They're all likable, even if they aren't exactly on the same side as the main character. You can definitely feel for them when they go through tough times.
The story is beautiful. Each volume just got better than the last. It's always exciting and entertaining, and keeps you on your toes. I don't think there was ever a moment I thought it was predictable.
This series can actually get pretty sad sometimes. This obviously isn't a bad thing. It's important to have times like that, because it makes the good feel so much better.
The final volume, on its own, I'll give five stars. The first two volumes were good, but definitely had room for improvement. And while I believe the third could've been a little better in particular moments, it was an amazing experience overall.
The ending was so beautiful that I cried a little. I know that a lot of stories make people cry, but honestly, there aren't many that do it for me. Madoka Magica did.
Madoka Magica is a series I'd recommend. I read the manga adaptation, as I prefer reading over watching TV. I didn't think I'd be able to get through the series very quickly if I were to watch it instead. But I might say the anime is a better experience, coming from someone who's watched the first episode. The books include all the important bits, but the anime will have more, small scenes that add that much more to the story.
What I don't like is that it can be a little too fast-paced, causing a confusing read. Once or twice, I was genuinely unsure of what was happening.
Something else I'd mention is that, while I think that the main characters are all great, the side characters could have been much better. Side characters, while obviously not as important as the main ones, definitely affect the reading experience. And in Madoka Magica, by the end, I found I only remembered about three moments that even had side characters.
The last negative I would bring up for this series is that, as an adaptation, I believe it is somewhat stripped-down. I only watched the first episode of the anime before reading, but that gave me an idea of how the manga compares as an adaptation. And it definitely doesn't have quite as much to it.
But onto what I like:
The characters that matter most are really well made. They're all likable, even if they aren't exactly on the same side as the main character. You can definitely feel for them when they go through tough times.
The story is beautiful. Each volume just got better than the last. It's always exciting and entertaining, and keeps you on your toes. I don't think there was ever a moment I thought it was predictable.
This series can actually get pretty sad sometimes. This obviously isn't a bad thing. It's important to have times like that, because it makes the good feel so much better.
The final volume, on its own, I'll give five stars. The first two volumes were good, but definitely had room for improvement. And while I believe the third could've been a little better in particular moments, it was an amazing experience overall.
The ending was so beautiful that I cried a little. I know that a lot of stories make people cry, but honestly, there aren't many that do it for me. Madoka Magica did.
Madoka Magica is a series I'd recommend. I read the manga adaptation, as I prefer reading over watching TV. I didn't think I'd be able to get through the series very quickly if I were to watch it instead. But I might say the anime is a better experience, coming from someone who's watched the first episode. The books include all the important bits, but the anime will have more, small scenes that add that much more to the story.
March 21, 2013
Wow, that was a great ending. I ended up loving this dark take on the magical girl theme, and I think the ending was perfectly bittersweet, like Homura's backstory. The art could get a little scratchy and hard to follow in the action sequences, though. I've heard the anime is even better, which is getting me very excited to see it.
August 31, 2024
This ought to be the most messed up conclusion I have ever seen, honestly homura was never a good person she never wanted madoka happy she just wanted to be happy with madoka. Time to go watch the movie and traumatise myself even more:>.
April 16, 2018
4/5
Historia corta de 3 tomos sobre “Magical girl” muy diferente y más adulta, donde nada es lo que parece.
Historia corta de 3 tomos sobre “Magical girl” muy diferente y más adulta, donde nada es lo que parece.
June 1, 2024
"don't forget. always, somewhere, someone is fighting for you. as long as you remember her, you are not alone." did i cry with the end? yes and what about it. why must teenage girls suffer so much
June 24, 2024
Relecture de ce premier arc (je sais pas comment l'appeler autrement) pour lire les autres que je n'ai pas encore lu. Et j'ai bien fait!
Au final, j'avais oublié pas mal de détails : le rôle de Madoka et de Homura, leur amitié, Kyubey. Bref, c'était un trou noir. Mais je me rend compte aussi, qu'à l'époque, la suite n'était pas prévue. C'est d'ailleurs l'ancienne édition et j'avais pas mal galéré à la trouvée. Et donc, je n'ai pas forcément prêté attention à certaines choses. Dont la fin!
Même si j'avais encore en tête certaines choses, cette relecture m'a permis de retomber amoureuse de cet univers. Il paraît très enfantin voir cucul la praline, mais les apparences sont (très) trompeuses.
L'histoire est bien, intéressante et avec de beaux retournements de situation. L'ambiance est assez sombre car nos héroïnes combattent des sorcières au péril de leur vie. Oubliez les Magical Girl qui ne craignent rien. La mort les guette à chaque combat.
J'ai adoré chaque fille, mais j'ai tout de même une préférence pour Tomoe Mami. On la voit très peu, mais je l'apprécie par son caractère et son histoire. J'aime aussi beaucoup Homura. Elle semble froide et dure, mais quand on comprend son but, je crois qu'il est difficile de ne pas l'aimer.
Au final, j'avais oublié pas mal de détails : le rôle de Madoka et de Homura, leur amitié, Kyubey. Bref, c'était un trou noir. Mais je me rend compte aussi, qu'à l'époque, la suite n'était pas prévue. C'est d'ailleurs l'ancienne édition et j'avais pas mal galéré à la trouvée. Et donc, je n'ai pas forcément prêté attention à certaines choses. Dont la fin!
Même si j'avais encore en tête certaines choses, cette relecture m'a permis de retomber amoureuse de cet univers. Il paraît très enfantin voir cucul la praline, mais les apparences sont (très) trompeuses.
L'histoire est bien, intéressante et avec de beaux retournements de situation. L'ambiance est assez sombre car nos héroïnes combattent des sorcières au péril de leur vie. Oubliez les Magical Girl qui ne craignent rien. La mort les guette à chaque combat.
J'ai adoré chaque fille, mais j'ai tout de même une préférence pour Tomoe Mami. On la voit très peu, mais je l'apprécie par son caractère et son histoire. J'aime aussi beaucoup Homura. Elle semble froide et dure, mais quand on comprend son but, je crois qu'il est difficile de ne pas l'aimer.
June 12, 2016
Die Mangas sind zwar nicht so gut, wie der Anime, aber wie soll man an so ein visuelles Highlight auch rankommen? :D Bester Anime ever!
March 2, 2025
Color me surprised.
I thought, given that the manga is adapting the story of the anime and therefore has a chance to improve upon it, that the manga would clear up some confusion from the original story; flesh out the bits that felt underdeveloped. But nope.
I’m sad to say this, but I think what made the anime truly magical was the atmospheric music and the mixed media art. Without the spectacle of all that, (imo) the story is too broken to stand on its own. Combine this with poor pacing, redundant dialogue, panels that are too dark to see, and hard to follow action sequences, and what you have is an adaptation that feels like it wasn’t worth the cost to create nor the time to read.
I thought, given that the manga is adapting the story of the anime and therefore has a chance to improve upon it, that the manga would clear up some confusion from the original story; flesh out the bits that felt underdeveloped. But nope.
I’m sad to say this, but I think what made the anime truly magical was the atmospheric music and the mixed media art. Without the spectacle of all that, (imo) the story is too broken to stand on its own. Combine this with poor pacing, redundant dialogue, panels that are too dark to see, and hard to follow action sequences, and what you have is an adaptation that feels like it wasn’t worth the cost to create nor the time to read.
August 29, 2020
2.5 stars
I really enjoyed the last chapter and resolution thought it was beautifully done. As for the rest though there were pages that were difficult to follow with the lack of white space. There was too much going on in some panels. That being said it was still enjoyable and a good take on magical girls and the dark part of those contracts. I just didn't love it like I hoped.
I really enjoyed the last chapter and resolution thought it was beautifully done. As for the rest though there were pages that were difficult to follow with the lack of white space. There was too much going on in some panels. That being said it was still enjoyable and a good take on magical girls and the dark part of those contracts. I just didn't love it like I hoped.
August 4, 2020
Cholera, ta manga mnie zniszczyła. Nic, absolutnie nic, nie poszło zgodnie z moimi oczekiwaniami. To wygląda all fun and games, ale jak się zagłębi w historię to jest tak niesamowicie mroczna, że aż ciarki przechodzą
May 30, 2025
don't you just hate it when you sacrifice your soul for your girlfriend to try and save her in every universe you can only for said girlfriend to become god/the concept of hope and no longer be remembered by anyone besides you and her younger brother
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January 19, 2018
3.5 / 5*
December 8, 2020
Ooooooooooh...wait...what
August 12, 2021
ESTOY LLORANDO DIOS EM ENCANTO
July 8, 2023
amo a las lesbianas
August 3, 2024
Well I'm happy that I finished the series but I wouldn't recommend it. I found the last volume even more confusing than the other 2. So many dark pages.... and the ending well it's just sad.
January 18, 2025
I wasn’t sure what to expect when diving into this series, but it was NOT what I was expecting—in a good way. That ending absolutely wrecked me. Just how I like it. :,)
February 4, 2025
i love doomed gays
June 21, 2023
Es demasiado pronto para que bajes lo brazos. ¡Una Puella Magi es aquella que cumple los sueños y llena de esperanza a la gente!
Parte tres de esto fue levemente traumático.
Parte tres de esto fue levemente traumático.
July 15, 2014
No matter how many times I revisit this story... I always end up crying. Madoka is such an intricate story - there are layers upon layers waiting to be peeled and going through it again always makes me want to think and write thousands of words on the characters, the complexity of the story, how things manage to link into each other and no matter how these girls try to do good, it almost always backfires in the end because the universe needs balance. The concept of hope and despair and its continuous way of feeding into each other is really interesting. Even the ending is not truly an ending and gives the impression that this is a cycle that no one, no matter how powerful, can break. And that's kind of scary.
August 24, 2013
this really made me want to rewatch the anime. it's just such a perfect ending to the series. 3.5 stars
November 15, 2016
Mi corazón... está tan roto en este momento :(
Gracias al mon <3
Gracias al mon <3
May 19, 2018
Still enjoy the story, but it does fall off a little bit. Also still have a hard time following the action, but if you've read the first two you should finish out the series
January 25, 2021
10/10 would read again if i wanted to cry, which in this case, i did.
April 25, 2022
amazing. I did read it in german but apart from that great
June 2, 2022
I love crazy eyes kyubey and glasses/pigtails Homura
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