“Madoka dreams of magical girls, meets Kyuubey, and faces the dark truth behind wish-granting contracts.”
Puella Magi Madoka★Magica
魔法少女まどか★マギカ
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Synopsis
Madoka dreams of magical girls, meets Kyuubey, and faces the dark truth behind wish-granting contracts.
Fourteen-year-old Madoka Kaname has a surreal dream about a strange creature and a girl in trouble. The next morning, a mysterious girl named Homura Akemi transfers into Madoka's class; to her surprise, Homura appears to be the exact same girl that she saw in her dream. Later that day, Madoka hears a plea for help in her head. It turns out that the cries belong to an injured Kyuubey, the cat-like creature who was also in her dream. But she finds Homura at Kyuubey's location, who warns Madoka to get away from the small entity. Making the connection that her new classmate attacked the helpless creature, Madoka takes Kyuubey and runs away with the help of best friend Sayaka Miki. After their escape, Kyuubey offers the girls an enticing opportunity: become a magical girl in exchange for having any wish granted. However, not everything is as it seems, as the weight of their wishes may be a lot heavier than they might have expected.
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Community consensus
Derived from 20 sampled reviews
What 20 readers settled on.
Polarized
σ 1.88 · split reception
5.5 pts
Recommenders 9.0 · others 3.5
↓ 1.50
Running avg · Aug 2011 → Jan 2024
- 7 “Like the artist herself mentioned in a side note, the manga adaptation of the insanely popular Puella Magi Madoka Magika anime was kept on a tight leash. The entire anthology for the dense 13...”
- 10 “As someone who watched the anime first, I found the manga to be equally entertaining. The manga is much shorter than the anime, with each episode compressed into one chapter. However, this does not...”
- 9 “The anime of Madoka Magica has a great story with compelling characters and engrossing plot twists that the manga of course adapts as best as it can. The art is fantastic, and the story is mostly...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 12 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 36m approx
- Published Feb 2011 – May 2011
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M15246 catalog