( personality continued )

Madoka may give off the energy of being happy with her life and self, she is shown to have low-confidence with herself. She believes that by being average, she thinks of herself as a burden and useless, not contributing much to society. Her mindset is by being a magical girl, she can do more to help people and not feel so useless. Really, she wants to be a magical girl for the sake of being one, and for the sake of not feeling so useless. It’s shown that when she becomes a magical girl in the previous timelines, she has much more confidence in herself.

And yet, despite her insecurities Madoka is a girl of hope. She often says that "If someone tells me that it's wrong to hope, I'll tell them they're wrong every time”, knowing that there is always room for hope and positive wishing. This leads her to becoming a powerful deity and withstanding the amount of despair she has to take in the final episode, when she makes her selfless wish of wishing for the end of despair for all magical girls. Madoka is a selfless person, wanting to help others and use her wish for something good. His wish to save a cat in the first timeline showed that she cares for all types of creatures, human or animal.

Madoka’s relationships with her friends certainly impacted her life. In all of the timelines, she has shown a gentle personality to Homura Akemi and never once believed that she was evil. Even though she was a bit wary of her in the beginning, she eventually warmed up to Homura and viewed her as a best friend, wanting to understand her better. In the third timeline, she saved Homura because she refused to see her friend suffer the fate of becoming a witch and asked her to save her in the next timeline.

Sayaka Miki was a long time friend of her’s and was very close with her, causing their other friend Hitomi to think they had a “forbidden love” with each other. Madoka cares very much about Sayaka, worrying that she might suffer the same fate as Mami if she became a magical girl and even asked Homura to protect her since Madoka herself couldn’t do anything at that moment. No matter what, Madoka is willing to face whatever danger comes their way for her friend, accompanying her on witch hunts.

Her relationship with Mami Tomoe is something of a “senpai-kouhai” relationship. Madoka looks up to the veteran magical girl and believes that she’s flashy and cool, which pretty much caused Mami to show off in front of her new friend and caused her death. While they do have a close relationship, it’s not as close as the relationship Madoka has with Homura or Sayaka.

Then there’s the relationship she has with her mother. It’s obvious that based on their conversations, she’s very close to Junko. She often goes to her for advice, without mentioning magic, and usually listens to her mother’s judgment or at least thinks about it. They promise each other that once Madoka is twenty years old, they would share a drink with each other. Her mother is a huge inspiration in her life and she stated in an interview that she would like to marry someone as cool as her mother.

Despite having great potential, Madoka is simply a 14 year old girl who is still maturing and learning so much about life. She has her insecurities about herself, thinking that becoming a magical girl may be better for her, but in the end she is willing to sacrifice a lot to make sure that no one suffers and that everyone can have their own happy end. In short, Madoka is an image of hope and maturity based on her actions and characterization she displays throughout the series.

PROJECTED CLASS: Ranger! When she was a magical girl, a bow was her main weapon and it became something that fans identified her with. Not to mention rangers are described as “guardians of the weak” which is pretty much what Madoka’s character is all about – she wants to protect the weak and simply help people.

OTHER: Nothing I can think of!