Madoka Magica It’s one of those series built around “twist” – or rather, a series that is constantly building. Beginning with the brutal death of the protagonist, countless revelations ensue: the relationship between the Soul Stone and magical girls, how witches are created, Homura’s backstory, Madoka’s wishes, the Incubator’s new evil plan, and finally Homura’s secret trap. certainly, Theatrical version of Puella Magi Madoka Magica Night Rises This model is no exception. So, unfortunately, to really talk about this movie, you have to dive headfirst into spoilers. If you’re just wondering whether, as a fan of the series, you’ll enjoy this movie, the answer is almost certainly a resounding yes. You can close this review now (but please come back after watching the movie). As for everyone else, let’s get down to business.
**Spoilers Begin**
Despite its title and time being focused on developing the rest of the main cast, Madoka Magica This has always been Homura’s story. This is the story of a girl who turns admiration into friendship, friendship into love, and love into obsession. This obsession drives her to do the impossible—to fail again and again and keep fighting. But by the end of the series, Homura didn’t achieve a victory she could accept. Although she chose to solve the problem as conscientiously as Madoka, deep down, Homura couldn’t help but feel like she had failed – her war was not over yet. Her entire self-awareness is formed through the idea of saving Madoka at all costs, so she uses her impending death as a trap to separate Madoka’s self-awareness from the Law of Cycles – both rewriting reality and evolving herself into something more than a magical girl or witch. However, as the ending of the last film made clear, the world Homura has pieced together is doomed to fail.
Valpurgis Night: Rise It tells the story of Homura fighting against his own arrogance. She does believe she can maintain the new status quo, but with the arrival of three new magical girls she didn’t create, she’s forced to admit that she doesn’t have as much control as she initially believed – and her choices in the last film have huge consequences that threaten not only Homura’s actions, but Madoka’s wishes as well.
Through this adventure, Homura reaches the end of her character. She eventually comes to accept that her compulsive sex isn’t really love – a big part of love is respecting other people’s choices, even if their choices directly contradict your own. Then she must make one last choice: let Madoka go, or redouble her efforts to achieve her goal.
Another character who gets some substantial development is Sayaka. Among the original group of magical girls, she was the only one who noticed something was wrong. As reality was distorted again and again, she became a magical girl, a witch, and part of the cyclical law. She is still all of those things—but not at the same time. Not only does she have to deal with her own identity, but also the state of the world. After all, the fact remains that in Homura’s world, artificially altered as it may be, she and all of her friends are safe and happy – happier than before. Isn’t this nothing?
With three new magical girls, our trio hopes to crush Homura’s world, and has the power to do so. Since the film’s title is visible to all, the film does little to disguise who the leader of the trio is – though her history and motivations remain a mystery for much of the film. The looming question is, in a world without witches, how could the most powerful witch of all time still exist? The answer to that question is a fantastic piece of world-building that redefines what we know about magical girls.
Even though her name is on the poster and she was in the original animated and magic recordWalpurgisnacht is not actually the big villain of this movie. Instead, it’s one of Valpurgis Night’s companions, Thelma Terez.
Thelma is a fascinating character and a magical girl unlike any we’ve seen before. While most magical girls are shocked and horrified by the fate and nature of magical girls – and that they’re basically just renewable energy for aliens – Selma is 110% behind their plan. After all, what are the premature deaths of a few girls compared to the countless lives and beings in the known galaxy? She’s the kind of person who wants to make as many witches as possible to help as many people as possible. Selma creates a frantic tension in the film’s final act, as everything that has happened before hangs in the balance. marvelous.
The story is great, but the animation is even better. Aside from Asami and Homura’s fight in the last movie, this is the best Madoka Magica Ever seen that – that’s saying something. With its blend of highly detailed traditional animation, spot-on CG animation, unsettling scrapbook animation, and trippy motion photography, it’s safe to say that nothing will look quite like this movie. The art design is equally good, with surreal locations and clever direction keeping the film visually interesting even when the characters are just sitting around chatting.
The music is no slouch either. The film is filled with familiar themes old and new – everything from lingering insecurities to triumphant joy is accentuated – with a new theme song from novel junction Suitable for music style Madoka Magica Well, you probably didn’t notice that this isn’t a Clarice songs (which I certainly didn’t have).
But as I praised Valpurgis Night: Riseafter rewatching the TV series and the previous movies for this review, I have to admit one thing: this is by far the weakest entry in the main series. It never quite reaches any level of surreal mystery. rebellion It’s still the level of heart-wrenching plots seen in TV series. Worse, it ends with an ambiguous conclusion – which, after waiting so many years for this movie, is a bit unsatisfying.
However, although Theatrical version of Puella Magi Madoka Magica Night Rises It doesn’t surpass the films that came before it, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a great movie. We get satisfying character arc conclusions for both Homura and Sayaka. Selma is an amazing villain and the expansion of the story really adds a greater meaning Madoka Magica story. In fact, the film is a visual masterpiece. if you are a fan Madoka Magicayou have no reason not to watch this movie. Oh, do yourself a favor and rewatch the series and rebellion Before you do this. It really maximizes impact.