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WARNING! THIS ARTICLE MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

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OR WILD GUESSES!


I'm not entirely sure yet. Though last week's episode seemed to confirm my thoughts, and will be referred to during this article. So if you are not up to date, then turn back now!






No One Replaces Horatio!


Horatio:"So Gentlemen, we have something of a mystery here today."

Victorique:"Isn't that always the case?"

Horatio:"Yes, but.... Actually, I have no response to that, other than, let's just do our Job."

*Horatio puts on shades*

L:"... Did you put shades on top of your other shades?"

Horatio:" So basically Madoka Magica features a Mysterious Transfer Student who came out of no where, but seems to know stuff. She tried to kill a weird Fox-Squirrel-dog-Lizard thing, so we're going to find out who exactly she is..."

L:”... And how exactly is that our job?”

Horatio:”We find out who the Criminals are, right? And well, she's attempted murder, so that makes her a Criminal.”

Victorique:“Your logic is as Astounding as it is Baffling. What evidence do we have to go on so far?”

Horatio:“Six, no wait, Seven episodes, with the last still being translated, and a load of fan-art, though that just tends to suggest our perp has a romantic interest in Madoka.”

L:“... So how much of this evidence have you amassed so far?”

Horatio:“Just less than 3 gigabytes worth. Why are you lot sniggering? And where is Battler?

Victorique: “Well I told him we were looking at a case related to a Magical Girl Anime, and he started ranting on about how magic doesn't exist, and got even worse when I mentioned there were also witches.”

Horatio:“So he stormed out?”

Victorique:“No, I got fed up listening to his stupidity, went upstairs and dropped some books on him. He's unconscious over there.”

Horatio:“… Anyway, I'll tell you what we know. Hopefully before She gets here...”

*Suddenly the door bursts open and Haruhi enters*

Haruhi:”I smell a Mystery!”

L:“Too Late.”

Horatio:“Urg, I'll just plough into the details as we have them then. The name we have for our perp is Akemi Homura, and as I said, she just transferred into Madoka's school. Once there, she seemed to be very familiar with things, even nothing that Madoka was the class's Health Rep, and used this as an excuse to get her alone, even though she clearly already knew the way to the nurse's room.”

L:“She seems to know a lot this girl. Like she had been there once already?”

Horatio:“True, in fact, she even seems to know about stuff that is going to happen in the future, including movements of the witches, and Mami's death! She did try to warn Mami that the Witch was different that time.”

L:“For those of you have not seen the series yet, then you should have listened to the spoiler warning.”

Horatio:“She is, quite obviously, a Magical girl. Her Magical power seemed to be Teleportation.”

Haruhi:“Wait!”

Horatio:“...What is it, Haruhi?”

Victorique:“I actually think it isn't so much Instantaneous Travel, but more she's stopping time, in at least short bursts.”

Haruhi:"Hhmm! Hhmm!"

Horatio:“... Hhhmmm, interesting. Anyway, we know her goal seems to be to stop Madoka becoming a Magical Girl. Not sure why, but it has been suggested that if Madoka was a Magical girl, she would be as powerful as Homura, creating the theory that she just doesn't want the competition. Anyway, it was because of this goal of her's that she originally tried to kill Kyubey.”

Haruhi:“Wait a second, if Kyubey is the one who makes Mahou Shoujos, doesn't he know who she is?”

Horatio:“Well there seems to be an issue with that. Kyubey himself said the following, that she made a contract with him, but didn't make a contract with him.”

Haruhi:“Time Paradox!”

Horatio:“I beg your pardon?”

Haruhi:“Obviously Homura made a contract with Kyubey to rewind time!”

Horatio:“Interesting idea, but the Prologue scene suggests more than Madoka made such a wish.”

Victorique:“So shouldn't she be the Mahou Shoujo?”

Horatio:“Indeed, but she isn't. Maybe she will just become a Mahou Shoujo when it reaches the time of her wish again?”

Haruhi:“Sounds a little off, kinda like wishing for more wishes. Also, why is Kyubey so eager for her to make a contract, if technically, she already has?”

Victorique:“Why is he so eager about that in the first place?”

Horatio:“That is another mystery. We'll deal with it later if we need to. But there is something to this 'Homura is a time traveller' idea, since Kyubey has mentioned how the powers of a Mahou Shoujo are related to their Wish. Yet the evidence seems to point to that being Madoka's wish. Her actions towards Madoka mostly appear cold, but she always seems to be ultimately protecting her.”

Haruhi:“And then there's the fact that she's got a Massive Girl Crush on Madoka.”

Horatio:“That's just the fandom, Haruhi.”

Haruhi:“Isn't, it is even in the opening sequence.”

Horatio:“... Come again?”

Haruhi:“The transformation sequence.”

L:“No that's Madoka being kissed by an older version of herself. She'd got different colour hair to Homura and such.”

Haruhi:“Hair, can be Dyed!”

L:“You're just trying to make this fit your own fantasies!”

Victorique:“Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha.”

Horatio:“Oh god, what is it now, Victorique. Are you going to use your Edgeworth Power of Logic now?”

Victorique:“I have collected enough pieces of Chaos to reconstruct the truth now. Listen carefully.”

Haruhi:”Homura is Madoka after her timeloop wish.”

Victorique:“... Wait, what?”

Haruhi:“I'm not entirely certain, but that never stopped me before. Homura definitely seems to be a time traveller, but Madoka seems to have been the one most likely to make the wish. Homura works hard to protect Madoka, And her friends, best shown in the last episode, where she raced after her friend's soul. Also note how she already knew a fact that Kyubey doesn't often talk about, since it always gets a negative reaction, and how Madoka was present for such an explanation! Also, why Homura clearly doesn't want to kill Sayaka, she was intending to make Something bad happen to her to bring her out of harms way it seems like. Following the advice that Madoka's mother gave. The reason we do not think they look alike is that Madoka is still happy and naïve, relatively, while Homura is disillusioned and hardened. “


Horatio:“That... almost works...”

L:“But No, No, Homura and Madoka don't look alike enough. And other reasons...”

Haruhi:“Then how about this. Homura is a remote body created to fulfil Madoka's wish to have a second chance...”

Horatio:“Good lord.”

Haruhi:“...And when we get to the point that Madoka makes the timeloop wish, Homura, or rather, Madoka will move back into her original body.”

Horatio:“… Oh great, now I think you just ruined the ending somehow, several weeks in advance. Victorique, what was your idea?”

Victorique:“It was of no importance, and while there are some holes in Haruhi's theories, it is possible we are just missing pieces of the chaos. I say we investigate further into Haruhi's idea.”

Battler:“Urgh, my head...”

Horatio:“Ah, Battler, you're joining us now? We've already got the basis for our theory. Our perp is the main character, on a time loop, in a different robot-zombie body.”

Battler:“... That's stupid, especially since I'm sure you're going to tell me that she's time travelling by magic.”

Horatio:“...Yes.”

Battler:“Well it could be worse. Someone could have suggested that she was Dr Who after making a contract with Kyubey for some reason. That would be really stupid. It would be unbelievably stupid. Sure believing in Magic and Witches is stupid enough, but such an idea would be a whole other level of stupid?”

L:“Say, where has Victorique gone?”

Battler:“Don't know, she was standing right there when I began talking about how stupid a Dr Who theory would b-ACK!”

*Battler collapses under a pile of books.*

Horatio:“... Victorique, can you come back down and get back to working on the case with L, if you are quite finished? Haruhi, you go investigate some scenes with Battler when he wakes up. Yes, I know you hate him. Meanwhile I'm going to have a word with Mister Delicious.”

L:“You mean Ooishi?”

Horatio:“Yes. Yes, I do. And for the record, Victorique, that was a silly theory, it was a good thing Haruhi interrupted you.”

*Horatio exits the room to speak with Ooishi, narrowly avoiding being hit by several books.*

Ooishi:“So, what do you have so far.”

Horatio:“Currently working forming something of a theory that Homura is not just a time traveller with a connection to Madoka, but actually is Madoka.”

Ooishi:“What?”

Horatio:“Basically, while there are still some holes in it and we don't know for certain yet, but it does seem likely that Homura might be Madoka in a timeloop, using a new Mahou Shoujo body provided by whatever her wish was, or rather, will be. ”

Ooishi:“Hhhhhmmm, interesting. But since Madoka hasn't done this yet, we can't exactly call her in for questioning. But one more thing that mostly bothers me...”

Horatio:“Tell me.”




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Haha this really made me laugh. The time traveling theory is an interesting take on things although not what I have had in mind. I won't pretend to think my own assumptions are correct as this show could still go in a ton of directions but I am working under a few assumptions at the moment. Some of these may be far fetched and I am not really keeping up with most of the speculation other people are making but here it is.(keep in mind I have not watched episode 7 as of posting this.)

1. Kyubei does not actually make magical girls he finds them and turns them into soul gems so that they can more easily collect witch seeds for him.

2. Madoka will become a magical girl at some point but that does not mean she will ever make a contract.

3. Homura did not necessarily make a contract to become a magical girl rather someone else could have wished her into being one.

4. Kyubei is actually an incredibly powerful witch that or he works for one.(he looks like one.. I could be wrong but this seems obvious to me.)

5. Kyubei has the girls cleans their own soul gems not to power them but to add their darkness to him and make himself stronger.

6. Homura knows that Kyubei is a witch and has some motive for protecting Madoka and her friend despite hating the existence of what I will call soul gem girls.

7. We have not seen Homura's soul gem and don't know if she has one at all.

8. The enemy that Homura is hunting was (or possibly still is) at one point a magical girl.

So yeah those are the hints I have been trying to piece together and I think I need more episodes before anything becomes clear.
First of all – this thing, I love this thing.

Second – I was planning on doing something somewhat similar but more geared toward the community, just mentioning it so you don’t think I’m ripping you off or stepping on your toes or anything.

Third – this thing, I love th-oh right.
Well I was wrong on at least one of my points as Homura does have a ring which come to think of it may have been shown before episode 7.

@Handy
Looking forward to your blog.
@Handy
First of all, thank you. I had a lot of fun writing it.

Second of all, EVERYONE COPIES ME! INCLUDING JAPANATOR!
I POST AN ARTICLE I WROTE!
THEN THEY POST AN ARTICLE I WROTE!
But anyway, look forward to your CSI:Glorio.

That's right, I'm telling you what to call your thing.

And oh, included the template of my Anime version of the Horatio Meme, in case you want to use it.

Third of all, you already said that.


@Lifesong. Some interesting ideas there....
I am actually beginning to think that Kyubey is actually 100% not evil now, just well, they do not understand human values, much like Death in the DiscWorld novels. He's doing a job.
That isn't to say, whoever gave him the job isn't evil though.


Also, I'm almost certain that Witches, or at least Some Witches, are dead Mahou Shoujo. Homura refered to them as prey, when it looked like Sayaka was going to lose her fight.

A new thing that occurred to me that supports my theories:
The timeloop wish is Homura's Backup plan.

First she was trying to kill Kyubey. But now she doesn't make any move on it at all. Why? Kyubey is now necessary to her plans. Her first plan was to kill Kyubey and prevent Madoka from ever discoverying the world of Mahou Shoujo, full stop. Her Plan B is now to defeat the big bad monster by herself, but she will take Madoka with her when she does this, for her Plan C: she throws Madoka her Soul Gem, and gets Madoka to make the Timeloop wish. Madoka then goes back, becomes Homura. Homura then assumes her original body, Madoka. And apparently, Madoka would be an Even more powerful Mahou Shoujo, remember?

Proof? The Transformation sequence in the Opening. That's Homura's Soul making Madoka's Body into a Mahou Shoujo!
Hrmm I am pretty sure the Prey Homura was referring to was the witch Sakaya was fighting. That was my take anyway. But I do expect that magical girls can "break".

Homura did say that Kyubei has different values but that doesn't mean he is not a witch or possibly the next step beyond a witch. We really don't know what Homura's motivation for killing this thing that is coming to the town is. It is worth pointing out that Homura seems uninterested in hunting the witches herself and has only done so to save Madoka from making a wish. Perhaps she could care less if they are evil?

I will admit though that 90% of the reason I think Kyubei is a witch is because he looks similar to the witch that killed Mami. I think the comparison is intentional however and could have been done that way for the sake of being misleading. At this point I would say the biggest variables to figuring out the rest of the plot are Madoka's wish(if she makes one) Homura's motivation and Kyubei's purpose. It is also possible Kyubei will not develop any further at all in which case I expect your assumption that he is not evil is correct I think that would leave me disappointed.

I guess it possible that Homura is related to Madoka's wish I just don't see anything at the moment that is hinting at that. Homura could be several things at this point. It could be that she was a resurrected magical girl via a wish. Or that she was created by a wish for the sake of (insert goal here) or she could be as you assume a time traveler. It is also possible that this thing Homura wishes to kill is in fact her own wish or the magical girl/kyubei or similar thing responsible for her existence.

The question does also need to be asked... does Kyubei need a motivation for what he does? He has mentioned that he is doing a job but for who and why? He could obviously care less about human lives.

Judging from the themes and with little to base this on aside from the feeling I get from the things Homura says.. her motivation is atonement for her "sin".

Kyubei is I think it is safe to say not "good".

If Kyubei is evil then I predict he is a witch or something above a witch and his motivation is simply to drive the girls to despair so that he can devour it.

If Kyebei is neutral then I predict his motive is something along the lines of keeping balance. A being who couldn't care less if witches kill people or vice versa as long as they are not strong enough to destroy one side completely. D&D True Neutral.

As for Madoka's wish should she make one... I think it will be a wish for the strength to protect everyone or a My Hime bring everyone back and give us a happily ever after wish.

I could also see Madoka becoming a magical girl of her own accord without Kyubei's help and without making any wish at all. It would play to the theme we saw so strongly in episode 7.
Your argument, good sir, reminds me of classical arguments set forth in dialogue. I have never seen them presented with such elegance before using modern characters.

That's all I have. I don't really wish to speculate on the storyline beyond the surface, as it will more or less spoil the surprise if they turn out to be true.
This was awesome. If Lunge from Monster was in this, I would probally have lost it.
this makes so much sense, but as you know, nothing has been as expected in this show.

Still, i loved this :)

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