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Late at night on September 12, 2026, to coincide with the release of the movie Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Walpurgisnacht’s Return, a reaction thread went up on 5channel’s Newsspeed VIP board. What got the thread buzzing wasn’t a debate over the film’s merits, but the presence of a new character who looks strikingly like Homura — posters affectionately nicknamed her “Wasu” and kept flooding the thread with ASCII art (AA) and fan art. The thread title, “The culprit is Wasu,” was a joke born from mistaking her for Homura at first glance, and replies kept rolling in with that late-night live-commentary, festival-like energy all the way toward dawn.
What people said
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.{ i{ﾉﾊ从k.} Looks like she'll just go for it the second she gets the green light
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I'm such an idiot, honestly
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.{ i{ﾉﾊ从k.} ＼PLEASE!! DON'T GO ANYWHERE!!／
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Magical girl movie commercial quota: achieved
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.{ i{ﾉﾊ从k.} Purple-Homura senpai has been unveiled
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Now-showing PV for 'Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Walpurgisnacht's Return'
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!l|从ﾊﾉﾘ!| The daaate! The date's changed!!
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＼/homura/
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.{ i{ﾉﾊ从k.} Chicken Ramen
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Growing kids need growing appetites
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.{ i{ﾉﾊ从k.} Here ya go, Demae Icchō!
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I'm such an idiot, honestly…
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!l|从ﾊﾉﾘ!| Thought it was Homura-chan?
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!l|从ﾊﾉﾘ!| Nope! It was Wasu-chan!
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＼/ wasu /
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.{ i{ﾉﾊ从k.} Prime comedic face-acting, courtesy of this scene
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.{ i{ﾉﾊ从k.} The new Madoka movie's TV commercial
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,r´=＝=ヽ Watasu here — that's me, Wasu! (a cutesy slurred pronunciation of "watashi," i.e. "I")
!l|从ﾊﾉﾘ!| https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HR79EV_bwAA4Pp8.jpg
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.{ i{ﾉﾊ从k.} Weeell, not yet
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.{ i{ﾉﾊ从k.} Watasu here, and I'm Sasu! (a riff on the earlier "Wasu" gag)
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.{ i{ﾉﾊ从k.} Re: #19
.ヽ!l|*‘ヮ‘ﾉﾘ Good evening
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!l|从ﾊﾉﾘ!| Put the two of us together and you get…
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.{ i{ﾉﾊ从k.} Detective Precure (a mashup of Detective Conan and Precure)
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!l|从ﾊﾉﾘ!| https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HRwwXvkacAEDNip.jpg
|lξﾟ ｰ ﾟξ No Wasu in this one (T_T)
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.{ i{ﾉﾊ从k.} Her arm!!!
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I wonder if I should be saving my gacha gems for this or for the Fuuka rerun banner…
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!l|从ﾊﾉﾘ!| https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HR8c9ZXbwAA6Vy2.jpg
|lξﾟ ｰ ﾟξ Classic Walpurgisnacht thing — she always ends up upside-down
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.{ i{ﾉﾊ从k.} Characters who've had arm injuries before are…
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.{ i{ﾉﾊ从k.} Trends always show up late, y'know
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Even Wasu-senpai took about 2-3 hours to start trending after her reveal
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!l|从ﾊﾉﾘ!| https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HSAsFwab0AAnY0W.jpg
|lξﾟ ｰ ﾟξ Wasu, glancing back over her shoulder
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.{ i{ﾉﾊ从k.} .'+ This installment's Tiro Finale Award +'.
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Mami-san is so cool, granting everyone's dreams, hopes, and wishes all at once!!
Turns out that's the kind of movie it was
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(（( ﾉﾊ从k.}ゝ End card — drawn by the Spriggan animation guy
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!l|从ﾊﾉﾘ!| https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HRmf-c3b0AAN9aJ.jpg
|lξﾟ ｰ ﾟξ She's got some kind of bucket on her head
This is basically a spoiler at this point…
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(（( ﾉﾊ从k.}ゝ Bucket Onee-san
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(（( ﾉﾊ从k.}ゝ So dazzling…!! I can't go on without you…!!
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They're doing this kind of thing elsewhere too
,r´=＝=ヽ The Wafer Witch
!l|从ﾊﾉﾘ!| https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HRqaONRbQAA2JUC.jpg
|lξﾟ ｰ ﾟξ https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HRqioygaQAAVtDS.jpg
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(（( ﾉﾊ从k.}ゝ The Wafer's Return (a pun on the movie's subtitle)
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They keep longer if you put them in a ziplock bag and store them in the freezer
I'm gonna buy the wafers!
I botched it last time with the Gen Hoshino ones…
Cute that Pika seems to be the one managing it
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(（( ﾉﾊ从k.}ゝ Marguerite
.ヽ!l|つヮ-ﾉﾘ An Italian-derived female name meaning "daisy" (hinagiku). Margherita. H-I-N-A-Hinagiku, Hi-Hi!!
Tie a marguerite flower with a ribbon and you've got yourself a bouquet
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(（( ﾉﾊ从k.}ゝ This is straight-up food terrorism (slang for tempting food pics)
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(（( ﾉﾊ从k.}ゝ It was a total Mami-flood — Mami-san, Mami-san, wonderful Mami-san
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Saving this one
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Background and Talking Points
The thread title “The culprit is Wasu” riffs on the once-viral phrase “The culprit is Yasu” (a famous 5ch meme), and appears to be a jokey dig at the new movie’s character who’s the spitting image of Homura. As reply #7 in the thread notes, this was a late-night reaction/live-commentary thread timed to the release of Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Walpurgisnacht’s Return — less a venue for debating the film’s quality than a festival-like flood of ASCII art and fan art reactions. There’s no notable point of conflict; the endless back-and-forth of in-jokes among posters is very much par for the course on the VIP board. One thing readers should note: names and lines that pop up in the thread, like “Wasu” and “Marguerite,” come straight from the just-released film, so they may read as spoilers to anyone who hasn’t seen it yet.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Newsspeed VIP) thread “Puella Magi Madoka Magica’s culprit Wasu is adorable!!“
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