Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part II: Eternal

Found you at last!

How long were you planning to go on being stubborn like this?

I'm sorry for making you look for me.

What?

That doesn't sound like you.

It's because I just can't care about anything anymore.

I can't even remember what I thought was so important, so worth protecting...

None of it makes sense anymore.

Hey...

Hope and despair balance back out to zero...

You told me that once, didn't you?

Now I get what you meant.

It's true that I've saved a few people.

But in equal measure, my heart became filled with resentment and hatred.

So much so that I even hurt my dearest friend.

Sayaka! You didn't–?

For as much happiness as we wish on one person,

we can't help but curse someone else.

That's how it works for us magical girls.

I was stupid... so stupid.

Sayakaaaa!!

Sayaka!

What is this?!

What the heck are you?!

What have you done to Sayaka?

Get back.

Take my hand.

What are you–

Just do it!

That's...

If you let go of my hand, time will stop for you as well.

Be careful.

What the heck is going on here?!

Where did that witch come from?

That is what used to be Sayaka Miki.

You saw it happen yourself, didn't you?

Are we just gonna run away?

If you want to fight it, drop that needless baggage...

...and we'll turn around to kill it right now.

Can you do that?

Like hell!

You're only dragging us down like this.

We need to withdraw for now.

PUELLA MAGI MADOKA MAGICA THE MOVIE Part 2: Eternal

Sayaka?

Sayaka! What happened?

Her Soul Gem transformed into a Grief Seed...

...and was obliterated after it hatched a new witch.

You're... joking, right?

It's the truth.

That is the final secret of the Soul Gems.

When these gems grow tainted and turn completely black,

they change into Grief Seeds...

...and we are reborn as witches.

That is the inescapable fate of all who become magical girls.

That's not true.

It can't be true.

Right?

But... how can that be?

Sayaka said she wanted to protect people from witches.

She wanted to fight for justice.

That's why she became a magical girl.

So why...?

It could only last until she had suffered...

an amount equal to the good she had wished for.

From here on, for every person she has saved, she will curse another.

You... What is your problem?

Are we supposed to be impressed that you know so much?

How can you stand there and talk like you're so smart right now?!

She was Sayaka's...

...Sayaka's best friend... !

You understand now, don't you?

What this thing you so wanted to become...

... is truly like.

This corpse you've brought along –try not to be seen with it.

Take care how you dispose of it, or you'll run into trouble later.

How do you even call yourself human?!

I don't, of course.

And neither should you.

Can I come in? I'd like to talk with you.

So you're alive after all.

Was what Homura said true?

True enough that I can't protest it.

So you've been turning us into magical girls just so we'll become witches?

Please don't misunderstand.

We don't do this out of ill will toward the human race.

Everything we've done is for the sake of prolonging the life of the universe.

Madoka, do you know what the word "entropy" means?

To give a simple example...

the amount of heat energy a bonfire gives off...

is not equal to the energy it took to grow the wood it's made of.

In short, when energy changes form, some of it gets lost.

As a result, the amount of usable energy in the universe is decreasing.

So we began searching...

for a form of energy that wasn't bound by the laws of thermodynamics.

And what we found...

...was the power of the magical girls.

What... are you?

Our civilization created technology...

that could convert the emotions of a sentient lifeform into raw energy.

Unfortunately...

Our species do not possess the capacity to experience emotion.

So we studied various species throughout the universe...

until, finally, we found you humans.

With the size of your population and the rate of reproduction...

the amount of emotional energy produced by a single human...

is greater than the amount used between its birth and growth.

Human souls truly are the energy source that could counter entropy!

And the most effective of all are girls in the second stage of development...

...who experience the greatest fluctuations between hope and despair.

In the moment when your Soul Gems flare out and turn into Grief Seeds,

enormous energy is created.

It is the job of us Incubators to collect that energy.

Are we just disposable energy supplies for you, then?

Are you saying we should die for you?

Do you know how many civilizations fill this universe,

and how much energy they use in a single moment?

And someday,

even you humans will be able to leave your planet and come join all of us.

When that day comes,

you wouldn't want to find the universe empty and desolate, would you?

If you look at it in the long run,

this should be a good deal for your benefit as well.

Don't be ridiculous...

How can you say it was okay for Mami to die and Sayaka to suffer like that...

...just because of some crazy reason like that?

That isn't right. It's too cruel!

But we always ask and receive your consent before making the contract.

Doesn't that alone show our good will?

But you do it by tricking all of us!

We aren't able to comprehend what you mean by "tricking."

Why is it that when humans regret a decision based on a misunderstanding...

...they feel resentment toward the other party?

I can't follow what you're saying.

I don't understand you at all.

It's we who've had such a hard time...

understanding humans and your values system.

With a current population of 6.9 billion...

that is increasing by a rate of 10 per every 4 seconds...

...why should you care so much about the loss of a tiny handful?

If that's how you think, then you really are our enemy.

Despite that, I did come here to try to explain ourselves to you.

I was hoping you'd understand...

...what incredible good your sacrifices have done for this universe.

But I guess not.

Of course not.

Madoka,

I still believe that one day,

you will become the greatest of all magical girls,

and then the wickedest of all witches.

When that happens, we will surely obtain an incomparable amount of energy.

So if you ever feel like dying for the sake of the universe, please call me anytime.

I'll be waiting for you!

What do you hope to achieve, expending so much energy...

to keep that body fresh?

Is there a way to get her Soul Gem back?

None, as far as I know anyway.

So there's stuff even you don't know, huh?

The existence of magical girls defies logic as it is.

So I wouldn't be surprised no matter what kinds of impossible feats...

you manage to accomplish.

So it's possible?

There's no precedent for it.

That's why I don't know how it might be done.

Unfortunately, I can't offer any guidance this time.

Like I'd want it.

Who would listen to your advice now?

Madoka, you're looking a bit unwell this morning.

Are you quite all right?

Yeah... I just didn't get enough sleep.

Speaking of which, it looks as if Sayaka is staying home again today.

Perhaps we should go see her later.

Though she may not welcome me...

Things are a bit awkward between us right now...

Hitomi... There's something–

After yesterday...

Is now really the time to go to school?

Madoka?

We need to talk. Will you come with me?

I'm sorry, Hitomi...

I think I'm going to stay home today too.

Huh?

But— Madoka, wait!

Um... You wanted to talk?

Don't you want to save Sayaka Miki?

Is there a way to save her?

If there weren't, were you just going to leave her like that?

Sorry, that came out wrong.

Maybe you'll think I'm an idiot, but...

Until we know for sure whether she can be saved or not...

...I don't want to give up.

Even if she's a witch now,

she may at least remember the voices of her friends.

So if you call out to her, maybe she'll get back her memories of being human.

And probably, the only one who could do that... would be you.

Do you really think it'll work?

How am I supposed to know?

It's because I don't know that I want to try it.

I mean,

maybe when I slice that witch in half,