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The story
The theatrical film Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Walpurgisnacht Rising, released on August 29, topped ¥700 million in box office revenue in just two days. Serving as a sequel to the previous film, Rebellion, it reveals the true identity of a new character who calls Madoka “Margarethe,” along with the mechanism behind how witches are born. On 5ch, one thread saw users asking whether the film could be enjoyed by those who’d only seen the earlier installments, with replies like “You’ll be fine, it’s the sequel to Rebellion.” Others reported that opening-day merchandise lines were so crowded they couldn’t even buy a pamphlet. A compilation screening is also scheduled for October 23.
What people said
Turns out Margarethe was the one who created the whole magical-girl-into-witch system, so now the reason witches exist finally makes sense.
That final scene of Homura heading toward Madoka had me in tears…
https://youtu.be/a5ZvSmIjEQs?si=o0x-wcmTtmgp1Csj
Well, everyone's had their spotlight episode for now, so I'm looking forward to where the story goes from here.
You'll be fine
since it's the sequel to Rebellion.
thx
guess I'll go tomorrow.
Quit bringing up the mayor lol
now his face is stuck in my head
Wait, the film series is continuing?
There's a compilation screening on October 23.
Poor Az, getting left out.
I actually liked the story.
The merch line was packed for me too.
That take kind of makes sense, honestly.
If you go see it again, keep an eye on the footprints during the ending.
Not that I'd know or anything.
I was already thinking about going again, so I'll watch for that if I do.
https://x.com/mtt_75058/status/2093679701491658845
Madoka Magica is amazing.
If it's for Sayaka's sake, then fine… I'll become… a magical girl…
I kept thinking "Who's this? Where's Madoka?" while watching, but that opening's not-knowing-what's-coming excitement was next level.
Onizuka's dad is the real MVP here
🛌
Onizuka's dad tore into someone who said they waited 13 years for a Madoka Magica movie and it just wasn't for them.
Background and Key Points
This film belongs to a series that began with the 2011 TV anime Puella Magi Madoka Magica, and counting from the 2013 theatrical film Rebellion, roughly 13 years have passed leading up to this release — the “waited 13 years” comment seen in the thread refers to that gap. Notably, this thread was posted on 5ch’s Love Live! board, yet most of the discussion was actually about Madoka Magica, running out of step with the board’s usual subject matter. Later in the thread, posts comparing box office figures across different Love Live! series entries appeared, but since that topic had nothing to do with this film and included some disparaging language toward fans of other titles, it has been omitted from this article. Several near-identical posts praising a specific voice actor, unrelated to the film’s actual content, were also excluded for being promotional rather than substantive. Core spoiler details, such as the true identity of “Margarethe” and how the story ends, are not covered in depth here, in line with the official request to avoid spoilers.
※This article was compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Love Live!) thread “Let’s talk about the theatrical film Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Walpurgisnacht Rising.”
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