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Player Information

Name: Jelle
Age: 27
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Character Information

Name: Madoka Kaname
Canon: Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Canon Point: The end of episode 11
OU/AU/CRAU/OC: OU
Age: 14

World Information: the wiki!

Personal History: here and here.

Personality: Madoka Kaname is a very normal girl above all, and this is what people can notice immediately from the first impression the show gives off from her. She is a very cheerful and happy young girl who does very normal things: she just joins in with her family's tomfoolery in the morning and fantasizes about things every teenage girl dreams of like getting a love letter. Even around her friends it's noticable: they all just fool around together and Madoka just goes along with Sayaka and Hitomi's antics, even if it might as times be with a slightly awkward giggle or a call of 'meanie!' along the road.

Another really apparent thing about Madoka is that she really cares about the people around her, about her friends and family, and wouldn't think of abandoning them under any circumstances. When Sayaka becomes a magical girl and Madoka begs Homura to help her, Homura just tells her that Madoka should give up on Sayaka since it's already too late. But even after that Madoka just keeps being around Sayaka and talking to her and trying to help her; she refuses to give up on her good friend even when she's told it's for the best. She also just generally tries to act friendly to people, even if she doesn't know them. When Homura first transfers into their school and acts a little bit strange to say the least, Madoka still attempts to strike up a conversation with her. (Even if her attempts are slightly awkward since Homura seems to know a lot of things she normally shouldn't know already and it slightly creeps Madoka out.) In fact, even after Homura is shown as antagonistic towards Kyuubey and Mami, Madoka continues to more or less friendly talk with her. She even mentions that she wishes they could all just get along with Homura. She prefers for people to just be friends rather than fight. Madoka herself doesn't like fighting or offending people (for example when she asks Mami what she wishes for when she became a magical girl and Mami is slightly hesitant in answering, Madoka immediately tells her that she doesn't have to tell if she doesn't want to), she tries to avoid conflict and wishes for other people to not fight amongst themselves as well. She doesn't want to see Sayaka and Kyouko fight and even suggests that maybe they should just talk it out so they don't have to get into another argument. Of course this sort of view is rather idealistic and naive, but it could be said that Madoka is very idealistic and naive in general.

Her idealism clearly shows in her original view of magical girls. When she first hears about it and even hears that she has the option of becoming a magical girl too, she happily starts making designs for magical girl outfits in her notebooks. (Here her naivety is also highlighted again: rather than bringing a weapon like Sayaka did to their witch hunt, she brings her notebook with magical girl designs and states that she thought it was a good idea to just start off with a design.) Madoka is mainly so enthusiastic about the idea of becoming a magical girl because it would be a way for her to fight for other people. Madoka likes helping people and really wants to help out whenever - she really looks up to Mami because she's such a hard-working person and remarks at one point that it sounds wonderful to be able to become such a helpful person like her. Rather than wanting to become a magical girl to have the possibility of having a wish fulfilled like most girls would, Madoka wants to become a magical girl just for the sake of being a magical girl; she just wants to help others, showing her selflessness.

But as much of a good person Madoka might seem with her idealism and selflessness, she actually doesn't have a very positive image of herself at all. When Kyuubey tells her she has great potential as a magical girl she's not even willing to believe that and instead tells him that he must be pulling her leg. She keeps saying that she's not really special: she has never been good at anything or had anything to be proud of. In fact, she thinks she's more of a bother rather than ever being able to help out people. When she asks Sayaka if she can go along with her on her witch hunt, she immediately adds that she understands if it's not okay since she'd probably just get in the way or be a distraction either way. Because of these insecurities about herself Madoka tends to rely on other people's advice or opinions a lot rather than just making up her mind on her own. During the series she asks her mother a lot for her opinion on things and also talks to Homura a few times to ask her and the other magical girls.

In some aspects Madoka might be seen as the weak girl she makes herself out to be, mainly the fact that she cries a whole lot during the series and can even be seen as a crybaby. But most of the time her amount of crying is justified considering she's usually stuck in some pretty crappy circumstances. Madoka doesn't just cry for herself but for other people as well: when Madoka realises that nobody else will be able to remember Mami or even know that she gave her life to save everyone Madoka immediately starts crying because it makes her feel so sad. After Mami dies she also bursts out crying during the time she eats breakfast with her family, stating that she's just so grateful to be alive to be able to eat the food her father made. Mami's death had quite some influence on Madoka. It clearly has influence on her view of being a magical girl: while she was really eager at first she clearly gets more hesitant after seeing what happened to Mami who she practically viewed as the ideal magical girl. She becomes scared. In a way Madoka blames herself for Mami's death as well. When she goes to Mami's apartment on her own after the other girl died, she bursts out crying again and says that she's 'sorry for being so weak'.

But even with all this, there are moments where Madoka can become strong. When Homura talks about Mami's death pretty casually (stating that it was because Mami wasn't suited as a magical girl) Madoka does snap back for a moment in emotion, telling her to not talk about Mami that way. Madoka can become strong and brave exactly when it's for someone else's sake. When Kyuubey calls out to her when she's hurt Madoka becomes determined to protect him and even stands up to Homura (who is fairly intimidating at that moment) to protect him. Another example is when a group of people wants to commit suicide under the influence of a witch and Madoka goes in against the group by throwing away their means for the suicide. You could even say that sometimes it even goes past the border of becoming brave straight over into being reckless. As long as someone needs her help she carelessly passes signs that say 'no entry' or does things without thinking of the possible consequences, like quickly throwing away the suicide chemicals. To prevent Sayaka from fighting any more Madoka also throws her Soul Gem off a bridge, which (unknowing to her) actually means she practically kills Sayaka.

But Madoka's brave, selfless and strong nature mostly shows whenever she does become a magical girl - during the flashback of previous timeliness in episode 10 and during the finale we're shown glimpses of this. When she becomes a magical girl and is able to help other people through that Madoka immediately seems more confident, less scared and more determined. And it's also here that her selflessness is shown the best: it's revealed in supplementary materials that her wish in exchange for becoming a magical girl in the original timelines was to save the life of a cat who was about to be run over by a car. And during the finale she even gives up her own existance without second thought in order to be able to save magical girls everywhere.

Key themes: I'd say the themes in Madoka's story are a sliding scale from innocence (being naieve about the nature of magical girls) to sacrifice (since she ends up sacrificing her very existence in order for others to be happy, which is the most Madoka thing to do ever). However, Madoka's main theme is most definitely hope. It's a theme that keeps coming back throughout the series, even culminating in her iconic line "If someone says it's wrong to hope, I will tell them that they're wrong every time." Not to mention that when she sacrifices her existence at the end of the series, it's in order to become hope for all the magical girls still fighting out there. Madoka wants to think the best of everything, and even when a lot of rough things are thrown at her (and the canon sure loves doing that), she never fully loses hope.

Main Motivation: To make sure everyone is always doing alright. It may sound a little vague out of context, but it pretty much boils down to Madoka just wanting to help out anyone and everyone who needs help. Especially considering that, at her current canon point, she has just decided to make her wish and sacrifice herself in order to save all other magical girls. (But even before that Madoka wanting to always help is pretty much a reocurring theme throughout the series.)

Skills: Although she has huge potential as a magical girl, she hasn't made a contract yet in this timeline so she doesn't have any way of actually transforming into a magical girl or using powers. She has the power of hope and friendship.

Item: Her notebook with her drawings.

Sample: here and here.

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