Interesting things about the character: - She used to be a very meek and awkward girl; through her magic she slowly desensitized herself and became the (outwardly) stone cold girl she is now. - Homura's magical powers are time related. She can rewind to a very specific moment in time, and can completely stop time with her magic. - She's a time traveler in case the above didn't make it obvious. - She canonly googles/searches "how to make a bomb". - Her parents are Mysteriously Absent.
Interesting things about the canon/fandom: - MadoMagi is a deconstruction of the Magical Girl genre. It takes just about everything you automatically think of when you think "magical girl" and makes it grimdark. - The magical girls' powers are based on the wish they make when they form the contract to become a magical girl. - The bad guys the girls in this series fight against are in actuality other girls, just ones corrupted by magic. - There are a lot of heavy implications (in the actual show and in interviews) towards girls' love in this series, so shipping girl/girl is not hard to do!
Anything else?: Not too much of a spoiler, but imho the best fight scene in the entire show and also Homura's crowning moment of badass:
PUELLA MAGI MADOKA MAGICA
also spoiler warning.
Character: Homura Akemi
Canon: Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Interesting things about the character:
- She used to be a very meek and awkward girl; through her magic she slowly desensitized herself and became the (outwardly) stone cold girl she is now.
- Homura's magical powers are time related. She can rewind to a very specific moment in time, and can completely stop time with her magic.
- She's a time traveler in case the above didn't make it obvious.
- She canonly googles/searches "how to make a bomb".
- Her parents are Mysteriously Absent.
Interesting things about the canon/fandom:
- MadoMagi is a deconstruction of the Magical Girl genre. It takes just about everything you automatically think of when you think "magical girl" and makes it grimdark.
- The magical girls' powers are based on the wish they make when they form the contract to become a magical girl.
- The bad guys the girls in this series fight against are in actuality other girls, just ones corrupted by magic.
- There are a lot of heavy implications (in the actual show and in interviews) towards girls' love in this series, so shipping girl/girl is not hard to do!
Anything else?:
Not too much of a spoiler, but imho the best fight scene in the entire show and also Homura's crowning moment of badass: