#**Episode 8: I Was Stupid, So Stupid**
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##**Show Information:**
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*(First-timers might want to stay out of show information, though.)*
**[Official Trailer](https://www.viewpure.com/6CTHwEZK2JA?start=0&end=0)** (wrapped in ViewPure to avoid any spoilers in recs)
##Legal Streams:
[Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRDQK39GY) | [Funimation](https://www.funimation.com/shows/puella-magi-madoka-magica/) | [Hulu](https://www.hulu.com/series/puella-magi-madoka-magica-085f5007-1b32-4dd7-9aea-41397554fb9b) | [VRV](https://vrv.co/series/GRDQK39GY)
(Livechart.me suggests that at least in the US both HBO Max and Netflix have lost the license since last year; HBO Max isn’t a surprise with the rest of what the new suits have done to it, Netflix is.)
##**A Reminder to Rewatchers:**
Please do not spoil the experience for our first timers. In particular, [PMMM] >!Mentioning ~~beheading~~, ~~cakes~~, ~~phylacteries/liches~~, ~~the **ma**hou shou**jo** pun~~, aliens, time travel, or the like outside of spoiler tags before their relevant episodes is a fast way to get a referral to the subreddit mods. As Sky would put it, you’re probably not as subtle as you think you’re being. Leave that sort of thing for people who *can* do subtle… namely the show’s creators themselves. (Seriously, go hunt down all the visual foreshadowing of a certain episode 3 event in episode 2, it’s fun!)!<
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##**After-School Activities Corner!**
**Episode 7** [**Visual of the Day Album**](https://imgur.com/a/Dxr4iw8)
(I may have missed one, if I missed yours let me know. Note: Tagging your Visuals of the Day as “[X] of the Day” makes them easier for me to find! Also lol two different distinct cases of “different frames of the same shot”.)
**Theory of the Day:**
Don’t you love [theories that have implicit answers the very next day](https://old.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/12zzi54/rewatch_puella_magi_madoka_magica_episode_7/jhuay7i/), u/aes110?
> Homura’s talk with Madoka makes me wonder how many magical girls are/were there? I mean Kyubei talked about how Mami and now Sayaka protect this city, so what about other cities? And why does Kyubei only seem to stick to our gang? Just to get Madoka? He probably can’t teleport to other magical girls, since we saw him escape or run to places multiple times.
**Analysis of the Day:**
Okay, so this would be excellent analysis out of a rewatcher even. u/Esovan13, [collect your prize](https://old.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/12zzi54/rewatch_puella_magi_madoka_magica_episode_7/jhu3uq7/):
> After a few episodes of her being aggressive, we see why Kyouko acted that way. She saw Sayaka making the same mistakes she made. At first she responded with aggression, immaturely taking out her anger. After the last episode, the wind was taken out of her sails and she went with a calmer and kinder approach. Warning Sayaka, telling her that she made the same mistakes and that Sayaka can avoid making more.
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> But Sayaka refused to listen. She is still haunted by an ideal of Mami that never existed, and will give up everything to live up to it, impossible though it may be. She is detaching herself from what makes her human, her friends, her love, even the sense of pain that grounds her in the world. Purposefully trying to become the monster she sees herself as.
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> A few episodes ago, I made the claim that the best thing Mami did for Sayaka and Madoka was die. I will amend that statement. The best thing Mami did for Madoka was die. For Sayaka, Mami’s death created a ghost that is haunting her and driving her to make worse and worse decisions. Actually, I’ll amend that again. When Mami died, Sayaka created a ghost that she’s allowing to haunt her, using it as an excuse to ignore the people around her that have her best interests at heart but whose solutions aren’t what she’s already decided she’s going to do.
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> Sayaka has ignored everyone who has tried to help her. She ignored Mami when Mami warned her about using her wish for others. She ignored Madoka quite a few times, including about not fighting Kyouko unecessarily. She ignored Hitomi today when she said she didn’t want Sayaka to regret anything. She ignored Kyouko when she warned her that she’ll need to use her powers for her own sake. Honestly, it seems like the only person who Sayaka has actually listened to the advice of is Kyubey, and that’s probably because it told her what she already wanted to hear.
**Question(s) of the Day:**
1) Welp.
1a) You’re right, that isn’t a question. So… how about that Sayaka swan dive into despair, huh?
2) Thoughts on Homura’s choice of room decor?
3) First-Timers: So how about that… wait, so basically all of you called that magical girls turned into Witches this year? And that Homura has time powers? How about that. How does it feel for your speculation to be proven correct?
4) First-Timers: Your thoughts on Homura’s breakdown in the park? [](#ama)
5) [Rewatchers] >!So… are you ready for And I’m Home?!<
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