12/29/2023 0 Comments Spear girl from madoka magica![]() Kyouko sees Sayaka as her younger self and wants to prevent her from going down the same path she once did which ends with isolation. It’s actually Sayaka who causes this change in Kyouko, and no, not because she loves her, although she definitely does later on. I use the word “redeem,” but in reality she never did anything wrong to begin with, just something contrary to what the others were doing. Redemptionīut, despite how I’ve been saying that Kyouko is the enemy of the other magical girls and has an opposing ideology, she does “redeem” herself in the end. She doesn’t do this in order to save people, Sayaka is already there for that, she does it in order to collect more grief seeds. We also have to remember that the reason Kyouko enters the story in the first place is because she came to claim the territory that was once controlled by Mami. Her philosophy is that magical girls shouldn’t be working together, but should instead be competing against each other for the limited resource known as grief seeds, even if it means killing each other. This is what truly makes her an antagonist, although not the primary antagonist. She defeats witches simply because she needs to in order to survive. If she happens to save other people by defeating witches, so be it, but that’s not her primary motivation. ![]() Kyouko’s wish was for everyone to listen to her father’s sermons, but in the end it backfired and she was branded a witch by her father who then killed himself and the rest of his family, leaving Kyouko alone.īecause of this experience, Kyouko believes that magic should only be used for oneself and not for others. Mami was alone because there weren’t other magical girls around for her to work with, but Kyouko chooses to be alone because she understands the harsh reality of being a magical girl: only one grief seed drops from each defeated witch.īut, not only does she think about her job as a magical girl differently than Mami, she also thinks about magic itself differently. Unlike Mami, Kyouko is a loner by choice. However, Kyouko believes the opposite, which is why I consider her to be Mami’s rival (hence the title). There’s actually a manga that goes into Kyouko and Mami’s history (which I haven’t yet read) that tells of how the two of them used to work together before splitting up.Īs I’ll go into more when I get to the part about Mami, she serves as the mentor for the other girls and as such believes that magical girls should work together in order to safely bring down witches. So not only is she the oldest, but she also has the most experience as a magical girl (other than Mami, but she’s dead). Homura is 13, Madoka and Sayaka are 14, Mami is 15, and Kyouko is estimated to be between 14-17, meaning she’s likely around 16. Some of you may not know this, but Kyouko is actually the oldest of the girls. After Mami’s death we learn that Homura isn’t actually the enemy we thought she was, so we need a new antagonist to show up for the girls to face off against besides the witches: Kyouko.īut what makes her such a good antagonist? Exactly what makes her stand apart from the rest of the magical girls, her experience. She enters the series as a new antagonist for the girls to go up against. The other girls, those being Madoka, Sayaka, and Homura, have been around since episode one, and Mami is already dead by the time Kyouko makes her entrance (spoiler). Kyouko is the final magical girl to make an appearance in the series. It’s fair to say that Kyouko is actually the opposite of the other girls, specifically Mami Tomoe. Why do I love Kyouko so much? Well, besides the fact that she has a ponytail, she’s vastly different from the other girls in the series as I’ll be illustrating throughout this post. The first part was about Homura Akemi and the second was about Madoka Kaname. In case you aren’t aware, this is the third part of a five-part series on the characters of Madoka Magica. It’s finally time to discuss my favorite character from Madoka Magica, Kyouko Sakura.
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