This blows every episode thus far out of the water and is probably one of the darkest episodes of anime I have ever watched. This is the slow breakdown and eventual death (?) of Sayaka.
Guilt, self-harm, depression, anger, self-pity go through her as her lover is taken by a friend and she tortures herself. She made a choice and sacrificed everything for someone else in hopes of getting something in return, and she got nothing. She walks weakly on and is defeated as a person.
The editing and atmosphere this episode brings is unmatched. So much insecurity and unverved insanity shown throughout. The bus scene is a perfect example of this. You can't even imagine this scene at the start of the show. People are adimantily cursing and and the brutal reality of the world is setting in. The cuts get more rapid as the scene goes on escalating as she kills the two men on the buss (confirmed in the manga, ambiguous in the show.)
This already makes for a fantastic episode, but then it gets better with the twists. Homura has supposedly met Madoka in another timeline and the cat dude was evil all along. I guess we all knew that, but damn. The twist on them becoming witches in the end was truly something.
Overall this is am amazing episode which while I rate on IMDB a 10, I fr give it a 9.3.
Guilt, self-harm, depression, anger, self-pity go through her as her lover is taken by a friend and she tortures herself. She made a choice and sacrificed everything for someone else in hopes of getting something in return, and she got nothing. She walks weakly on and is defeated as a person.
The editing and atmosphere this episode brings is unmatched. So much insecurity and unverved insanity shown throughout. The bus scene is a perfect example of this. You can't even imagine this scene at the start of the show. People are adimantily cursing and and the brutal reality of the world is setting in. The cuts get more rapid as the scene goes on escalating as she kills the two men on the buss (confirmed in the manga, ambiguous in the show.)
This already makes for a fantastic episode, but then it gets better with the twists. Homura has supposedly met Madoka in another timeline and the cat dude was evil all along. I guess we all knew that, but damn. The twist on them becoming witches in the end was truly something.
Overall this is am amazing episode which while I rate on IMDB a 10, I fr give it a 9.3.
