#madoka01

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OH MY GOD SHE’S NOT EVEN ANIMATED SHE’S JUST A STILL DRAWING SLIDING DOWN THE SCREEN

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...this is quite possibly the worst clock I have ever seen in my entire life ever

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She’s reacting badly to the thing’s Madoka’s saying, which...hrm.  Okay, I’ve only got a couple data points, but here we go:

--knows who Madoka is despite never having met before

--knows things about Madoka and the school that she shouldn’t know

--reacts poorly to being called by her family name and insists on her personal name, though this could just be a character quirk

--appears to react negatively to Madoka not knowing who she is

There are two possibilities, the way I see it.  Either Madoka is some kind of Chosen One, she was having a prophetic dream, and Homura’s been following Madoka around for quite some time/was sent to look after her; or they’re experiencing a time loop and Homura’s able to maintain continuity.

I’m honestly leaning more towards the latter explanation.  It’s possible that Homura’s just a creepy stalker who expected Madoka to recognize her from constant chance meetings/has a Big Ol’ Gay Crush, but the episode so far and the tone of Homura’s reactions are pushing me towards overt time shenanigans.

Not to mention, if this is a well-done time-travel show, no wonder people are so excited for me to watch it!  I’m excited for me to watch it!

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I LAUGHED SO HARD I ALMOST HAD A GODDAMN ASTHMA ATTACK

JUST FUCKIN

HUCKS A FIRE EXTINGUISHER AT HER

HOLY SHIT

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well that was a sudden and jarring transition how the hell did you even get from there to here

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all right.  fucking.  listen.  tell me the truth.  how much money did this disgustingly real-looking cgi escalator cost you

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I had an interesting realization a few months back.  A lot of manga have big splash panels or pages highlighting a new or new-ish character, accompanied by a speech bubble of somebody shouting their name.  Until then, I always thought it was just a little bit of ostentatiousness, but what I realized was that something was getting lost in the translation to English--those panels exist so that a Japanese audience (which has to deal with mutable kanji as opposed to the largely-phonetic English alphabet) will know how to write the character’s name.