晓美焰

"我答应你，"
"我一定会拯救你，"
"无论轮回几次。绝对会拯救你的！" - 晓美焰, 第10话.

晓美焰
名字(日语)	暁美 ほむら (Akemi Homura)
CV	斋藤千和
年龄	13-14 (estimated)
武器	圆盾（储存空间+时停道具+回溯道具），各种军火（土炸弹、手枪、机关枪、反舰导弹等），高尔夫球棍，弓箭

晓美焰是《魔法少女小圆》的第二女主（劇場版 叛逆的物語第一女主角），又称小焰或者黑长直。最初在小圆的梦里登场，其后成为了小圆所在的见泷原中学的转校生。跟可爱的宠物QB不一样，小焰一直在警告小圆不要成为魔法少女，似乎有什么目的地接近小圆，甚至还对QB出手……

基本信息

称呼

• 日文 | 暁美ほむら（あけみ ほむら／Akemi Homura）
• 中译 | 晓美焰
• 昵称 | 小焰、小炎、黑毛、黑长直、黑麻花、吼姆啦、ほむほむ（吼姆吼姆/轰穆轰穆）、全垒打

角色设定

• 从东京的教会学校转入见泷原中学的初中二年生，跟鹿目圆、美树沙耶加、志筑仁美在一个班级
• 成绩优秀，容姿端丽，体育万能
• 冷酷的冰山美人，柔顺的长发因为常用飘柔维护
• 印象色为深紫色，灵魂宝石为菱形，变身后嵌在左手手背。漫画版灵魂宝石则是以手表的形式携带
• 黑色裤袜上有紫色菱形格子装饰
• 生日未知、血型B、身高目前159.4公分
• 最初是患有心脏病跟近视的病弱少女，后来用魔法治愈了

相关剧情

背景

小焰因为心脏病长期住院，家人情况不明。

TV本篇、小说及剧场版前篇后篇

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The sequences of events in each timeline.

晓美焰作为魔法少女，具有时间回溯、穿越到另一个时间轴从而更改历史的能力。

在最初的時間軸中，曉美焰是個近視、體能不佳、膽小懦弱、認為自己什麼都做不到的自卑女孩。某一天，她被魔女攻擊時，因鹿目圓、巴麻美的及时出現而僥倖脫險，自此憧憬做為魔法少女的鹿目圓。後來，在鹿目圓死於最強的魔女－「魔女之夜」的手下後，曉美焰許願「我想要與鹿目同學重新邂逅，我不再被她保護，而我成為保護她的人」，與丘比締約成为魔法少女，并获得了时间操作的能力。此後，為了改寫鹿目圓陣亡的悲劇，在同一段時間裡不斷輪迴。在TV二週目，她以同伴的身份和圓香、學姐一起戰鬥，並逐漸學會自己的戰鬥方式；魔女之夜目睹小圓魔女化成为「救濟魔女」，地球瀕臨末日的慘劇，了解到魔法少女的真相。在TV三週目，她將真相告知小圓、沙耶香和學姐卻不被相信；打敗魔女化的沙耶香後，差點被壞掉的學姊槍殺，幸被小圓所救；魔女之夜結束後懷著和小圓一起魔女化的覺悟，卻被小圓以暗藏的哀傷之種淨化靈核，最後遵守小圓遺言，含淚用手槍擊碎其靈核，並且全力實踐阻止小圓訂下契約的諾言。于是在TV四週目，歷經多次失敗的她確信無法說服其他人、無法與其他魔法少女合作之後，她決心不再依靠任何人、由自己打倒全部的魔女，并改變造型、以魔力治好視力與宿疾，為阻止圓香成為魔法少女獨自竭力戰鬥，然而最終未能戰勝魔女之夜，促使目睹經過的小圓和QB訂下契約。

由于动画使用倒叙的手法，曉美焰首次出场的场景已经是“第N-1周目”，即动画本篇的时间轴的前一个时间轴。那个晓美焰独自对抗魔女之夜的场景其实是鹿目圓的夢境。而鹿目圆醒来后当天发现晓美焰是班上的新转学生。此後，曉美焰反覆警告鹿目圓不要與丘比交換契約。有撥弄長髮的習癖。登場之初貌似反派角色，其後像是批判鹿目圓天真個性的諍友，隨著故事推進，逐步揭露其過往秘密，成為形象數度劇變的角色。

對於鹿目圓的感情，最初只是單純的友情，但在歷經無止盡的時間輪迴與失敗後，形成了只在乎鹿目圓安危的價值觀。由於屢次目睹鹿目圓死亡，焰的外在性格越來越冷酷無情。幫助其他魔法少女，也只是為了不讓鹿目圓傷心難過。總是擺出一副絕望眼神的曉美焰，也曾被感覺敏銳的美樹沙耶香一語道破：

妳的眼神放棄了一切...（中略）...口口聲聲說為了我，其實心裡另有盤算吧？

在接近100次的輪迴過程中，曉美焰不知不覺讓自己與圓纏繞了大量因果，造就鹿目圓成為最惡魔女、最強魔法少女的資質。在正篇故事的「現在」時間軸，曉美焰從丘比口中得知此一真相。其隨後與「魔女之夜」一戰再度敗北、身受重傷時，鑑於自己惡化事態的事實，焰感到絕望，終於放棄「時光倒流」，任由靈魂寶石急遽混濁，瀕臨魔女化。

在最終話由「圓環之理」重新構築的世界中，曉美焰是唯一清楚記得鹿目圓的人，頭上原來的髮箍亦換成鹿目圓送她的緞帶（漫畫版則是用緞帶綁成雙馬尾）。曉美焰為了守護鹿目圓用盡一切想保護的世界而繼續戰鬥，繼承鹿目圓的意志。武器也由盾牌改為與鹿目圓相似的日式長弓，背後能長出像鹿目圓一樣的羽翼。故事尾聲的某日夜晚，焰不禁對丘比「敘述自己的傳說」－即世界重組前的種種事情。

曉美焰在動畫的最後身姿，定格在隻身與魔獸作戰的沙漠中。背上的白色羽翼變成巨大的黑色翅膀，開戰前聽到了鹿目圓對自己說：「加油！」的聲音。

for reference: puella-magi wiki

Homura's time-loop officially starts on the 14th of the month in the anime (speculated to be sometime between March and April). She was released from the hospital on the 14th, and transferred to Mitakihara Middle School on the 25th. In the original timeline, she is attacked by a witch and saved by Madoka and Mami. Sometime during the next month, during Walpurgisnatch, she becomes a magical girl while wishing to redo her meeting with Madoka, thus gaining the power to pause and/or rewind time one month. It is estimated Homura repeated the same month starting on the 14th nearly 100 times before the present timeline in the TV anime. Within these timelines, Homura was able to gradually improve her abilities and acquire items (such as ammunition and weapons from the Japanese military) to prepare for the battle with Walpurgisnatch. She was also able to memorize and deduce through statistics the major events that would occur within all timelines, giving her incredible knowledge about most of her adversaries. The corollary, however, was that Homura experienced the deaths of many of her friends repeatedly, often horrifically. As a general trend, Homura became increasingly distant to Madoka with each repeat of the month. By the timeline of the TV anime, Homura appeared as a cold and calculating character who is distant from all the characters. She failed to save all of her companions (apart from Madoka), and by Walpurgisnatch, was forced to face the witch alone. She was subsequently defeated by Walpurgisnatch, and seemed just about to succumb to despair before Madoka appears and rewrites the Universe with her wish. After Madoka's revision of the universe, Homura is the only known character to retain her memories of the previous universe. She has possession of Madoka's ribbon, and has a new black bow as her weapon similar to Madoka's weapon. It is unknown if she retained her abilities to manipulate time and space. Homura is shown to have a much closer relationship with Kyuubey, so much so she even confides an entire account about how the old universe worked.

剧场版 新篇 叛逆的物语

在［新篇］叛逆的物語的開頭，轉學後的曉美焰，與魔法少女鹿目圓、美樹沙耶香、巴麻美、佐倉杏子一起，與每天晚上出沒於見瀧原的怪物－夢魘（Nightmare）作戰。但面對此一狀況，曉美焰逐漸產生「有哪裡不對勁」的感覺。不久後，曉美焰逐漸察覺鹿目圓、美樹沙耶香與蓓蓓（百江渚）其實是「不應存在的存在」，此時此地完全迥異「圓環之理」當初構築的世界。

歷經與「零食魔女」、巴麻美、美樹沙耶香等人的衝突後，曉美焰終於得知，其實自己早已化身魔女（不完全體），此處則是魔女結界－捏造的見瀧原（false town／偽街）。丘比的「實驗」主導了這一切，其目的是從焰的身上觀察魔女化的發生，並解析「圓環之理」，以便阻止概念化的鹿目圆对魔法少女进行救赎，从而使魔女重新出现于世界。曉美焰為了阻止此一陰謀，不讓鹿目圓的存在曝光，決定在完全魔女化之後自殺，迴避圓環的引導。不過，藉由其他魔法少女們的活躍，曉美焰被救出結界，丘比的計畫破滅。鹿目圓取回了圓環的力量，出現在曉美焰的面前。可是，在被圓環淨化的前一刻，曉美焰基於對鹿目圓的「愛」，實施了叛逆行動－將做為「人類」的鹿目圓自圓環強行分離，再度改寫宇宙法則、重新構築世界。

做為脫離圓環的存在，曉美焰獨斷賦予鹿目圓、美樹沙耶香、百江渚3名前魔法少女「重返人間」、無須告別親友的生活。她自己的靈魂寶石變為黑暗的寶玉，再也無須淨化污穢。

在曉美焰改變後的世界，做為壓制一切反派的惡魔，她與「從美國歸國的轉學生鹿目圓」再次相逢。除了立場對調，一切宛如《魔法少女小圓》的故事開頭。

for reference: puella-magi wiki

"Without a doubt, this place is a witch's barrier." In events prior to The Rebellion Story Homura was captured by the Incubators, and her Soul Gem was placed in an Isolation Field that blocked out the Law of Cycles. This strain led Homura to transform partially into a witch without her knowledge. In this form, she also unconsciously created a labyrinth that was a near-perfect replica of Mitakihara City, and unconsciously lured her former acquaintances into it. She even drew in Madoka from the Law of Cycles, who entered the barrier along with Sayaka and Nagisa Momoe. In this dream world, Homura unconsciously distorted almost everyone's memories (including her own) so that they believed they were living in the real world fighting new enemies called Nightmares. In order to stop the Incubators from fulfilling their goal, Madoka entrusted her memories and powers to Sayaka and Nagisa. Sayaka only pretended to have her memories altered, while Nagisa disguised herself as Charlotte/Bebe. Eventually Homura realizes that she's trapped in a witch's barrier and attempts to discover who is behind it. Near the end of her journey she has a conversation with Madoka that causes her to realize that she can't accept Madoka's sacrifice. At this point she begins to realize she is the witch, and confirms it when she separates herself from her Soul Gem without consequence. At this point Kyubey appears and explains the truth about Homura's present nature and the Incubators' plan to control the Law of Cycles. This causes Homura to go berserk and curse her existence, completing her transformation into a witch known as Homulilly. Madoka and the other magical girls manage to rescue Homura by destroying the stasis field containing them all, returning them to reality. Due to the Isolation Field, Homura only became a witch inside her own Soul Gem, allowing Madoka to save her. Ultimate Madoka arrives to take Homura away as per the Law of the Cycle. However, Homura grabs Madoka first. Her Soul Gem turns black, then fills with swirling colors that Nagisa calls worse than curses. Reality begins to crack as Homura separates Madoka from her goddess self. The colors burst out of her Soul Gem, and both the cracks and colors engulf the entire universe. Homura and Kyubey reappear in the same place where Madoka ascended in Episode 12. Homura shatters her Soul Gem in her mouth, and a new gem appears called the Dark Orb. Kyubey exclaims that Homura is rewriting the universe, and asks what happened to her Soul Gem. Homura explains that she remembered all of the times she repeated time, and all of the pain she suffered for Madoka's sake. She says that even this pain has become precious to her, tainting her Soul Gem with something greater than curses. As she swallows the Dark Orb, she calls it the pinnacle of human emotions: Love. Homura transforms into a new form and grows a pair of black wings. Kyubey says that Homura is no longer a magical girl or a witch, and asks what Homura is now. Homura that since she brought down and imprisoned god, it's only appropriate to call her a demon (akuma). Kyubey decides that it was a mistake to experiment with human emotions and flees, but Homura grabs him and says she still needs his existence to deal with all the curses of the world. "As I am now, I'm not a witch anymore. Something that could bring down a god and imprison her...I suppose you could only call such a being a demon." Homura effectively becomes a goddess of this new universe. Apart from her true nature as a demon, she still exists with a human form in the real world and can interact normally with everyone else. She appears to have the power to manipulate the memories of virtually anyone she pleases, but otherwise the full extent of her abilities are unknown. It is assumed that Homura is a deity that primarily embodies love (whereas Madoka embodies hope). Homura is presently holding a fraction of the Goddess Madoka captive--specifically, the part that was Madoka Kaname before she became the Law of Cycles. It is also implied she is placing the world's curses onto Kyubey. Despite proclaiming herself as a demon, Madoka, Sayaka, Kyoko, Mami, and Nagisa are all given happy lives in her new world.

广播剧

Memories of You 在最初的时间轴里，晓美焰也曾被鹿目圆怂恿签约，但也同样被麻美训诫，最后约定『不會以隨便的心情去許願』。而在魔女之夜到来时靠艾米找到了圆和麻美，终于签下契约。

Sunny Day Life 官方逼死同人的淑女设定，眾人在追擊偷衣物的小貓時發現了一條被偷的內褲，佐倉杏子表示無法理解為何要偷別人穿過的內褲，小焰對此表示：“那才是价值所在”

魔法少女织莉子

雖原作動畫未提及，但漫畫外傳《魔法少女小織》是曉美焰多次輪迴的時間軸之一。本次輪迴，曉美焰以同班同學的身分與鹿目圓相處，且已放棄配戴眼鏡。虽然得知見瀧原正在發生「獵殺魔法少女」的風波，但采取放任不管的态度，只為專一的守護著鹿目圆。與正篇故事「現在」的時間軸相同，曉美焰全力疏遠巴麻美。

儘管「不讓鹿目圆締約」的目標與本作主角美国織莉子相同，但2人作法相左，成為彼此敵對的存在。故事尾聲，織莉子對鹿目圆發動攻擊，曉美焰與魔法少女巴麻美、佐倉杏子、千歲由真共同作戰，擊敗了織莉子。但死前的織莉子仍成功擊斃遠在牆外的鹿目圆，曉美焰因此她帶著懊悔與悲痛繼續踏上時間的輪迴。

for reference: puella-magi wiki

"Madoka...don't ever tell me not to save you. I'm not all-powerful. I am not able to save everyone. But...even so, I want to save you. So, don't say that anymore!" - Homura, Puella Magi Oriko Magica, Chapter 5. Homura first appears in Chapter 3. When Mami warns her about the magical girl murders, Homura seems not to care, but warns Mami not to get close to her, Madoka, Hitomi and Sayaka. In chapter 4, she appears for one page with her friends, going out for sweets. She defers to Madoka's taste and doesn't care where they go. She protected Madoka well to this point, keeping the knowledge of magical girls far away from her and Sayaka. In chapters 5-7, as Mitakihara Junior High is covered with a witch's barrier, Homura does her best to protect Madoka from the familiars. After Madoka told her not to sacrifice others to protect her, however, Homura decided to find Oriko and Kirika and defeat them. Oriko reveals that Template:Spoiler Homura fights together with Mami, Kyoko and Yuma, coming close to losing when two of the other three fall into despair after Template:Spoiler

魔法少女小圆 the different story

做為原作動畫的外傳漫畫，本作與正篇故事「現在」的時間軸相同，曉美焰採取了疏遠巴麻美、美樹沙耶香的態度。為了迎戰魔女之夜，與佐倉杏子聯手合作。在美樹沙耶香魔女化，巴麻美與佐倉杏子產生衝突時，曉美焰基於過往的經驗，採取完全旁觀的立場。

在最終話，巴麻美因為佐倉杏子的死亡，失去活著的目標。此時曉美焰出現，提議由巴麻美完成她與佐倉杏子的約定，一同與魔女之夜作戰。但在隨後，巴麻美提前自盡，導致不知情的鹿目圓締約成為魔法少女，宣告此次時間軸的曉美焰行動失敗。

for reference: puella-magi wiki

Homura acts just as she did in the anime. Homura tries to cooperate with all magical girls to fight Walpurgis. But she still fails because all other magical girls don't believe her. When Sayaka becomes Oktavia, she warns Kyoko not to visit Mami or she may die. Kyoko refuses and set a barrier to stop her from following. She brings unconscious Mami home, and then seeks her help. She lies to Madoka, saying Sayaka is killed by witches. She doesn't want Madoka to know about the cold truth. When Madoka contracts, she doesn't reset time immediately. She tries to convince Madoka to run away, but Madoka refuses. She resets time after the other two go to fight Walpurgis.

PSP游戏

在焰的劇本中是主角，可以以焰的視角努力開後宮以達成焰的願望。最終面對魔女之夜時參加的角色會影響到最終結局：

• 除了小圓以外的其他三位主要角色皆活著進入焰的後宮也都成為了魔法少女的話，那麼就能夠四人一起擊敗QB的野心魔女之夜而迎接Happy Endまじょたちのなく頃に解：更生篇
• 若麻美存活，但得知了魔法少女最終會變成魔女的訊息，且沙耶香也魔女化而先被小焰解決，那麼麻美會自殺、杏子也會憤而離開城鎮，最終只有焰一人面對魔女之夜，而後在小圓的懷中斷氣
• 若麻美死亡、沙耶香魔女化而成功挽留住杏子的話，將由杏子與焰共同面對魔女之夜，勝出後杏子會將城鎮交給焰而離開見瀧原。
• 若在面對魔女之夜的時候戰敗的話，焰會魔女化成「此岸的魔女（Homulilly）」
• 除此之外的各種狀況最後都是直接走動畫結局，PV中出現的對抗魔獸的畫面也僅限於在此結局中的片尾出現。

Warning, this section contains spoilers.

If certain conditions are met, the Homura route will be available for playing. Homura can save Mami from Charlotte. By telling Mami she will leave Charlotte to her, Homura can avoid being tied up in ribbons. Homura can then secretly follow and save Mami in time. Mami apologizes to Homura for misjudging her and forms a bond with Homura. With Mami alive, there is a scene where she fights against Kyoko. Homura can save Sayaka, by choosing Kyoko to talk to Sayaka and prevent her from becoming a witch. Sayaka will join the group in fighting against Walpurgis. Kyouko will team up with Homura in most cases. If Homura successfully avoids Mami's death and none of the magical girls become witches, then it is possible for Homura to challenge Walpurgis with four magical girls without having Madoka contracting with Kyubey. The PSP game has a transformation scene for glasses Homura (dead link)

角色分析

性格

• 冷酷
  • 基本上對任何人都用全名稱呼，不過也有例外，除了小圓外也有稱呼過杏子(第九話)。
• 死脑筋
• 为了小圆可以不惜牺牲自己所有的一切
• 认为沙耶加跟麻美是总带来麻烦的人
• 认为杏子是可靠的队友
• 在TV第一周目腼腆、怕生又自卑

二设

• 跟踪狂
• 黑他累。平时一副总攻的样子，其实小圆一强硬起来就变受。从来不会直接向对方表达自己的感情，但是会用各种间接手段。当小圆向她表示好意时，反而会抗拒。
• 病娇（叛逆限定）

愿望、武器与能力

晓美焰成为魔法少女的愿望是「想要重新和小圆相遇，不是被她保护，而是成为保护她的人私は、鹿目さんとの出会いをやり直したい。彼女に守られる私じゃなくて、彼女を守る私になりたい」。

由于这一愿望，获得了两大时间操作能力：时间停止与时间倒流。两个能力都依赖于变身后位于左手小臂的圆形金属盾牌，内部呈现复杂的齿轮结构，并且有一个类似于沙漏的部件。

发动时间停止能力，需要嵌动机关，将盾牌上暴露在外的部分关闭，使得沙漏内的紫色沙粒停止流动。而如果时间已经过了一个月，即过了晓美焰许愿成为魔法少女的那一刻，那么沙漏内的紫色沙粒便全部流空，从而无法再发动时间停止能力。时间暂停时，只有晓美焰主动接触的物体可以在暂停的空间内活动。黃昏Frontier的遊戲「Griefsyndrome」中，時間暫停能力也能擴及到自己隊友身上，因此在暫停作用期間所有同伴都能夠自由發動攻擊。假如用丝带连接她与其他人的话，也是可以把时间暂停的效果延展到其他人身上。从沙耶加的台词「妳又想躲進只有自己的時間嗎？」看，是个颇为适合小焰性格的能力。

发动时间倒流能力，需要将盾牌旋转一定角度，使得沙漏倒转。无论是不是已经过了一个月，都可以发动该能力，只是每次都将回溯到晓美焰还在病床上那一天，不能回到更早也不能更迟。

虚渊玄表示设计轮回能力的时候并没有严密地思考，只是觉得“有许多世界并行发展，而且还会不断分歧分叉”而已。

根據文學評論作家山川賢一的分析，曉美焰在同一時間線的不斷輪迴，是宿命論世界觀在《魔法少女小圓》的具體化表現。

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劇場版［後篇］，曉美焰變身討伐魔女之夜。

除此以外，左手盾也可以作为四次元口袋使用，拥有极为方便的储物功能。

武器 Template:Anchor曉美焰的最初攻擊手段是高爾夫球桿，被巴麻美糾正、訓練後，開始裝備軍事武器。除了貝瑞塔92手槍、沙漠之鷹手槍、FN Minimi輕機槍之外，也運用若干炸彈（IED、計時炸彈、手榴彈、閃光彈、C4炸药）、地雷（FFV-013定向雷、M18A1闊刀地雷）、油罐車與心神戰鬥機^{（SLOT 魔法少女小圓）}發動攻擊。此外，還有一系列的反坦克武器：AT4反坦克火箭筒、RPG-7、L16 81mm迫擊砲（彈著點是自己計算的！）、戰斧巡弋飛彈、88式陸基反艦飛彈、M72輕型反裝甲武器^{（僅漫畫版）}

包括Vectronix觀測機在內的前述军火，其中雖有部分自製，但大多是曉美焰潜入黑道帮派『射太興業』及军队（疑似自衛隊與美軍基地的軍火庫）窃取而来，因此涵蓋大批自衛隊與駐日美軍現役武器。第11話、最終話播畢翌日，搭載88式陸基反艦飛彈的陸上自衛隊第六陸基反艦連隊「恰巧」宣布解散，引發了「焰盜走軍火，致使陸自連隊解散」（第6地対艦ミサイル連隊解隊の遠因）的趣談。經非官方統計，焰攻打魔女之夜的軍費總額高達13億8304萬300日圓（常備武裝佔57萬1300日圓）。

除此以外，左手盾也还是可以作为防具，像动画最初对战魔女之夜的时候那样格挡开光线攻击。

在重新構築的世界中，曉美焰繼承了鹿目圓的日式長弓，但是失去了时间操纵能力与左手盾。

形象演化

麻花焰（校服）

眼鏡娘，红色镜框；髮型是兩條麻花辮，戴著黑色髮箍；格子裙，黑色长袜；近视以及先天性心脏病。

麻花焰（魔法少女）

类似于前者，只不过是魔法少女服，百褶裙，黑色裤袜，高跟鞋。

常用武器为高尔夫球棍、自制土炸弹、手枪，左手盾。

黑长直/长直焰

没有眼镜（不近视也治好了心脏病），发型散开（但是自然披散时能隐约看出曾经是左右两股），依然戴发箍

常用武器包括各种热兵器，炸弹、枪械及炮火飞弹等，左手盾。

发带焰

黑色发箍换成鹿目圆的红色发带（由两条发带连接而成），并在左额发处打蝴蝶结。

常用武器为由圆神处继承而来的黑色长弓（镶嵌紫色宝石），失去左手盾。

还继承了（偶尔出现的）白色的光之翼。TV最终画面还出现了类似于魔女结界的谜之黑翼

此岸之魔女（Homulilly）

带着尖顶巫女帽的白发魔女，帽沿其实是旧式唱片，黑色的长袍完全遮住了身躯，帽子也遮住了脸

丧服焰喪服ほむら/哥特焰

哥特萝莉，戴著黑色髮箍，穿著黑色喪服，胸前有红色丝带系成的蝴蝶结，赤足。雙眼充血时出现类似月球的纹样，并流泪一般流出鬼腳圖。

电影院版出场时头披纯白色床单的头纱，BD版则带有斑斓的色彩

胡桃夹子魔女くるみ割りの魔女

向着断头台行进的巨大人形魔女，手被拘束起来拖着向前，背后的衣服绸带则化作另一双手臂紧抓着地面。诞生时头戴着以旧式唱片作为帽沿的尖顶帽，随后帽子随同头的上半部一起掉落，而在原本上半部的位置开出了彼岸花。牙齿如同泪滴一般不断下落，化作无数使魔。

人形卫兵使魔

身穿黑长直的魔法少女服，头戴皇家卫队的熊皮帽，紫色的脸上有黑色斜格子跟红框眼镜的纹样，手持尖枪，其末端是闪电的形状。

惡魔焰悪魔ほむら

黑长直，身穿黑色的似乎是羽毛制成的无袖晚礼服，手戴过肘黑色手套，脚穿紫色过膝格子袜，礼服的裙摆在背后伸长及脚，而在前方敞开至露出绝对领域。

头上是红色绸带，并在左侧佩戴宽大的蝴蝶结。颈部有黑色颈带，胸前有一个三叉的黑色纹样。

背后展开黑色的羽翼，但是只有一层羽毛，羽根附着在白色的翅骨上，在其之上还有黑色的翅背。

Soul Gem变成Dark Orb

恶魔焰（人类形态）

黑长直，身穿普通的校服，有黑眼圈，左耳耳垂佩戴蜥蜴状耳饰。

初登场时佩戴鹿目圆的红色发带与其蝴蝶结，随后将发带解下，还给圆。

Dark Orb可以变形佩戴在左手手背

评价

• 只要能力不暴露，小焰是最强的魔法少女
• 轮回了近100次

哲學

在劇場版［新篇］中盤的一幕，朝「圓神」畫像丟蕃茄的曉美焰使魔群，口中說著德語「Gott ist tot」，典出德國哲學家尼采的名言「上帝已死」。尾聲，有一行魔女文字（Madoka runes）位於「惡魔」曉美焰的遮陽傘傘柄，亦可解出德文「Die Ewige Wiederkunft des Gleichen」，典出尼采的「永恆輪迴」觀。曉美焰的行為脈絡，就相當於尼采的「超人理論」。

在《魔法少女小圓》正篇故事中，曉美焰曾經歷將近100次的時間輪迴（動畫演出其中的5次），同其在電視動畫第10話的自述：「無數次輪迴相同的時間，尋找唯一的出口」「...被困在永遠的迷宮」。在尼采哲學中，永恆輪迴就是不斷反思自己、質疑「最終救贖」、通往「超人」境界的艱苦道路。藉由「叛逆（rebellion）」魔法少女的救贖（圓環之理），曉美焰以「惡魔化」終結永恆輪迴。自此，曉美焰具有主宰命運、超越人生苦樂的外在特徵。而絕對強大的「惡魔」曉美焰，也象徵著無人企及的「超人」境界。

此外，同一幕中，曉美焰的酒杯溢滿了酒，亦對應於尼采的「酒神-日神精神」。「惡魔」的理念、「惡魔」重組世界的邏輯以及「慾望秩序問答」的本質，皆與《悲劇的诞生》、《查拉图斯特拉如是说》等尼采著作有若干符節。

心理學

虛淵玄主張，曉美焰在劇場版［新篇］構築的「捏造的見瀧原（false town／偽街）」，雖然本質上是自導自演、辦家家酒的魔女結界。但這個「5人同心協力」的安逸世界，其實是她潛意識中的真正心願。

在正篇故事中，曉美焰經歷了將近100次「與鹿目圓重逢／分離」的悲喜劇，使她形成根深蒂固的自虐心理。曉美焰的使魔進而在在劇場版［新篇］全劇，從其本心，不斷進行的「fort/da」遊戲，典出弗洛伊德的著作《超越快樂原則》（Beyond the Pleasure Principle / Jenseits des Lustprinzips）。此書的日文書名《快感原則の彼岸》，也對應了焰的另一種魔女化—此岸之魔女。這就是「自虐」的基本形式之一－藉由不斷「失而復得」，體驗其中的痛苦、期待與刺激。

「fort/da」遊戲的另解是，讓自己陷入被遺棄、被唾棄的處境後，一面咀嚼災難，一面期待受難後的幸福。

社會心理

香港作家湯禎兆在《新報》副刊撰文指出，曉美焰的經歷，正是日本社會持執「歷史循環論」史觀的反映。而這正是《魔法少女小圓》文本的重要性。

他亦指出，劇場版［新篇］的曉美焰「惡魔化」滿足了網路世代「把個人自我無限擴大」的思考習性。

經典文本

虛淵玄主張，曉美焰的「叛逆」，是「擺脫迷茫」的表現。此種角色劇變的前例之一，可參考《星際大戰》系列中安納金·天行者成為黑武士的經典情節。

在劇場版［新篇］中盤，曉美焰化身的胡桃鉗魔女在最後詐降前，頭顱下方出現一行魔女文字，可解出「Eternal feminine」，意譯為「永恆的女性」，典出《浮士德》的詩句：「永恆的女性 引領我們到至高之境」。

在劇場版［新篇］尾聲，「惡魔」曉美焰自稱將與魔法少女們為敵時，被自己的使魔投擲番茄，此係比附《约翰福音》被投石者無罪的典故。亦即，此時的焰口是心非，並未存心為惡。反之，她給眾人安排了「更美滿」的日常生活。比如：讓佐倉杏子不再失學、讓巴麻美邂逅百江渚、讓英語欠佳的鹿目圓赴美留學。

战绩

設定上，曉美焰是戰鬥力最差的魔法少女，但也是唯一保持100%戰鬥生還率的魔法少女。迄今只有魔女之夜（最強的魔女）與巴麻美曾打敗魔法少女曉美焰。

動畫版共遭遇24場戰鬥或衝突，次數居眾人之冠，涵蓋隻身戰鬥16次，其中：

勝利：11次

中斷或勝負不明：8次

敗北：5次

戰績列表

戰鬥對象 時間 戰鬥結果 致勝招式 附註 丘比 第1話 中斷 － 巴麻美 第3話 中斷 － 「零食」的魔女 第3話 勝利 時間操作、定時炸彈 佐倉杏子 第6話 中斷 － 佐倉杏子放棄戰鬥。 美樹沙耶香 佐倉杏子 第8話 中斷 － 劇場版刪除。 丘比 第8話 勝利 時間操作、槍擊 「人魚」的魔女 第9話 中斷 － 兩度脫離戰鬥。 「班長」的魔女 第10話 勝利 時間操作、定時炸彈 魔女之夜 第10話 勝利 － 時間軸2。鹿目圓魔女化。 「人魚」的魔女 第10話 勝利 － 魔女之夜 第10話 敗北 － 時間軸3。 魔女之夜 第10話 敗北 － 時間軸4。 魔女之夜 第11話 敗北 － 魔獸 最終話 勝利 － 美樹沙耶香陣亡。 魔獸 最終話 勝利 － 城市的戰鬥。 魔獸 最終話 不明 － 沙漠的戰鬥。 夢魘 劇場版［新篇］ 勝利 － 幕後支援。 夢魘 劇場版［新篇］ 勝利 時間操作 「神聖五重奏」。 百江渚 劇場版［新篇］ 中斷 － 巴麻美 劇場版［新篇］ 敗北 － 美樹沙耶香 劇場版［新篇］ 中斷 － 魔女結界內。 鹿目圓 美樹沙耶香 巴麻美 佐倉杏子 百江渚 「人魚」的魔女 使魔「尋找乳酪」 使魔「造園」 使魔「同學」 劇場版［新篇］ 敗北 　（詐降）　 － 圓環之理 劇場版［新篇］ 勝利 惡魔化 美樹沙耶香 「人魚」的魔女 劇場版［新篇］ 勝利 記憶操作

漫畫版（衍生外傳）戰績列表
戰鬥對象 時間 戰鬥結果 致勝招式 附註 美國織莉子 「魔女化希里華」 魔法少女小織 第5話－最終話 勝利 槍擊 鹿目圓死亡，實質敗北。 某魔女 〜The different story〜 第6話 勝利 土製炸彈 魔女之夜 〜The different story〜 最終話 不明 － 勝負無意義。 魔女之夜 焰Revenge 第1話 敗北 － 丘比 焰Revenge 第1話 中斷 － 巴麻美 焰Revenge 第2話 敗北 － 「零食」的魔女 焰Revenge 第3話 勝利 反坦克武器 「箱」的魔女 焰Revenge 第4話 勝利 － 美樹沙耶香中途參戰。 佐倉杏子 美樹沙耶香 焰Revenge 第5話－第7話 中斷 － 美樹沙耶香魔女化。

名台词

经典台词（credit: K岛）

「あなたは、鹿目まどかのままでいればいい。今まで通りに、これからも。」 「妳就這樣作為鹿目圓生活下去就行了。像至今為止一樣，從今以後也是。」 官網角色描述台詞。 「暁美ほむらです。よろしくお願いします。」 「我是曉美焰。請多多指教。」 「……あなたは、優しすぎる。」 「……妳太過溫柔了。」 「解っているの？　あなたは無関係な一般人を危険に巻き込んでいる。」 「知道嗎？妳在把無關的一般人捲進危險之中。」 「それには及ばないわ。」 「沒有這個必要。」 學姐被麻美後，為阻止QB簽約颯爽登場的對白，亦是其代表性名言之一。 「もう誰にも頼らない」 「再也不依靠任何人」 「最後に残った道しるべ」 「最後留下的路標」 「約束するわ！絶対にあなたを救ってみせる！何度繰り返すことになっても、必ずあなたを守ってみせる！」 「我保證，我絕對會拯救妳！不管重來幾次，我都一定會守護妳的！」 經典台詞，也是貫穿全篇的主軸方向。 「不了解人類的感情的你們不可能明白的吧，比詛咒更強，比執妄更深的，稱之為愛的這份感情！」 [新編]叛逆の物語中變成取代神的惡魔時對QB質疑的宇宙級閃光反駁，其實是虛淵的內心說話 「望むことは、ささやかなりし。この腕にかき抱けるだけの夢でいい、この胸に収まるだけの真実でいい。譬えて言うなら、その名は『まどか』。『まどか』こそ我が生命、『まどか』こそ我が宿命！」 「所望唯微願耳。便是只能以這雙臂緊抱的夢幻便好，便是只能在我心中存在的真實便好。若名之，則謂『小圓』！ 小圓方為我生命，小圓方為我宿命！」 其實是《裝甲騎兵·榮耀的異端》最終話預告，描寫齊力可心境的一段獨白。*13 但這段獨白不僅跟焰的粉圓控非常貼切，前半段更是完美體現了焰為了小圓能得到作為人的幸福，盡其所能地創造一個可能十分虛幻短暫，卻能讓小圓在現實得以安穩的世界的心願。 「触れ得ざる者」ホムラ・アケミ

完整台词参看台词/晓美焰

三次元

花絮

根據虛淵玄的構想，曉美焰被賦予巴麻美之外另一名資深魔法少女的地位，在巴麻美死亡後，負責牽引故事的真相。在最初的時間軸，曉美焰是綁着兩條麻花辮，戴著紅色粗框眼鏡的內向女孩，與性格開朗的鹿目圓有極大差異。另一個與鹿目圓的鮮明對比是，曉美焰的家人完全未出現。

小說版補充：由於她從小受先天性心臟病之苦，不停接受手術。父母為了醫療費東奔西跑，出國工作無法照顧她。

印象色「黑」，有一頭漂亮黑長髮，戴著髮箍。變身後的服裝近似女子學校制服，雙腿著黑色褲襪，圓形盾牌內嵌沙漏與「四次元口袋」。靈魂寶石呈紫色，變身時裝備於左手腕。漫畫版的盾牌則是菱形。武器由動畫製作人員設計，但最終話的日式長弓是蒼樹梅繪製的。

僅經過一次試鏡就決定由齋藤千和演出曉美焰。齋藤回憶，其他的配音員都比自己年輕，且當初最競爭角色是丘比。由於虛淵玄的強力推薦，因此齋藤被拔擢演出「裏主角」的曉美焰。由於齋藤沒有先讀劇本的習慣，因此一直對《魔法少女小圓》懷有「可愛的作品」的印象，演出至第6話到第8話時，角色性格始完全固定。

根據虛淵的訪談，小焰在新世界中是取代了消失的小圓的位置，因此她也繼承了小圓成為魔法少女時有的能力，包括使弓和天使羽翼等

各界评论

曉美焰放棄被別人理解，以沈默寡言、冷酷的態度待人接物，但心中始終保留一部分的溫柔。例如，曉美焰在第8話曾企圖殺害美樹沙耶香，但根據扮演焰的齊藤千和的解說，其實此刻焰的內心相當動搖，並在隨後與鹿目圓見面後，放棄了表面的冷靜，歇斯底里地抱頭痛哭。

2011年4月，《瑪莉亞†狂熱》動畫版第2季第4話結尾的「附送」花絮，安排該作人物惡搞捏他本作第10話的第4次輪迴，影射曉美焰「有成為史上最糟傲嬌妹的潛質」。

齊藤千和評論，儘管焰乍看相當強勢，但仍存在女性特有的纖纖弱質。

對於曉美焰的魔法強弱，一些工作人員看法出現分歧，負責撰寫劇本的虛淵玄認為她與普通少女沒有兩樣，而系列導演宮本幸裕則認為她在魔法少女位居後段，但比正常人稍強，配音員齋藤千和認為焰是最弱的魔法少女，鹿目圓的聲優悠木碧則說焰沒有任何魔法攻擊能力。

虛淵玄在德國《AnimagiC》的專訪內容中提到：「如果沒人知道焰的能力，焰是最強的。」

在劇場版［新篇］中的槍戰，事先知道焰「時間操作」能力的巴麻美，就打敗了焰。

社会反响

鹿目圓及曉美焰「誰是真正的主角」引起許多討論。有些影迷稱曉美焰為「轟姆轟姆（ほむほむ）」，雖然在劇情中沒有這種場景。

許多與曉美焰相關的玩偶也陸續推出，其中主要設計人形玩偶的Good Smile Company分別推出過數款figma人偶與黏土人玩偶。在2011年時由Good Smile Company公布的銷售排行榜之中，黏土人模型排行第4位，figma人偶則是第6位。

曉美焰人氣、魅力兼具。一名韓國男子曾於2012年與曉美焰「結婚」，並表示要「想辦法加入日本籍，或者讓曉美焰加入韓國籍」。

儘管曉美焰曾在《魔法少女小圓》劇中盜取駐日美軍諸多軍械，但仍有自衛隊、美軍人員表態支持曉美焰。

• 2012年10月，網路流傳陸上自衛隊在AH-1眼鏡蛇直升機機身彩繪曉美焰的照片。同時，也出現了駐日美軍在出勤的悍馬軍車擺放「Q版曉美焰」插畫，並標註「I will Save You」標語呼應角色精神的照片。
• 2014年，一名佛羅里達州出身的退役美國海軍陸戰隊隊員buckybean（ばっきぃびーん）在Twitter公開自己穿著COSPA曉美焰T恤的照片。

2012年被選為「導盲犬普及支援」的主題人物。

奖项

• 2011年Newtype杂志的 Anime Award（ニュータイプアニメアワード）虚构角色赏（女性）
• NHK纪念电视动画开播50周年 「最受歡迎的女主角わたしの大好きなヒロインたち」調查中荣获第2名
• 為慶祝《劇場版 魔法少女小圓》上映而舉辦的角色名言前15名投票中，曉美焰入選的有：。

第8名：

約定好了！絕對會去救你的！（第10話）

第13名

再也不依靠任何人，也不需要讓任何人理解。（第10話）

萌战战绩

• 最萌大賽（日萌）2011
  • 一次預選以433票03組第一名進入本戰
  • 本戰一回戰A05組以585票對696票負於御坂美琴
• 最萌大赛（日萌）2013
  • 一次预选08组以219票第一名进入本战
  • 本战一回战B02组以293票对269票打败高町奈叶
  • 本战二回战B02组201票，与B03组413票鹿目圆一同败于B01组438票新垣绫濑
  • 由于是该场比赛第三位，无缘复活赛
  • 决赛时依然获得1120票无效票
• 2011年C洽最萌大賽中，決賽中以748票落敗於御坂美琴，取得準萌主（亞軍）
• 百合会（300）萌 2011
  • （求补充）萌王
• 百合会（300）萌 2013
  • （求补充）萌王
• 韩萌 2011
  • 回档萌王
• 萌燃萌三吧新星萌 2013
  • 本战二回战北部赛区AB2组以2416票负于2418票时崎狂三

捏他

姓名

部份影迷研究，曉美焰姓名的日語羅馬化「Akemi Homura」近似於「Alchemy Homunculus」，後者意為「鍊金術的人造人」。一方面契合曉美焰的個性特徵，另一方面《浮士德》第二部第二幕亦與何蒙庫魯茲有關。而《魔法少女小圓》全劇就充斥著《浮士德》隱喻。

但官方並無「特別設計姓名」的說法。

劇透密碼

在劇場版［新篇］，部份魔法少女變身時，會以魔女文字（Madoka runes）顯示名字，唯獨曉美焰是3句德文：

1. 親愛的，我們厭倦了（Zu Meistern: Wir sind gelangweilt.）
2. 我殺了我自己（Ich töte mich...）
3. 他們頌揚死亡（Sie Verherrlichen den Todv）

• ほむほむ（homuhomu）来源于第三话Charlotte的魔女结界当中的魔女文字WATASI HA HOMU HOMU HA DESU!!，翻译过来是私はほむほむ派です!!
• 职阶是Assassin，通關後繼承了小圓的職階成為Archer
• 名字竖直写成平假名 (あけみほむら) 之后盖住左半部分，看起来就像是カナメまどか（片假名的鹿目+平假名的圆香）
• 小焰的家：ほむホーム
• 第11話、第12話（完結篇）播畢翌日，搭載88式陸基反艦飛彈的陸上自衛隊第六陸基反艦連隊「恰巧」宣布解散，引發了「焰盜走軍火，致使陸自連隊解散」（第6地対艦ミサイル連隊解隊の遠因）的趣談。
• 据传吼姆跟そめつき（梦日记派生人物，ultra violet的主角）點陣圖的外表很像
• 颜文字 ル||☛_☚|リ
• 吼姆的愿望：找回体重。吼姆的能力：THE WORLD
• 某魔術師殺手的弟子
• 軍火少女ほむら★マギカ
• 官方在PSP番外篇劇本中徹底讓焰整個戰場原化
• 另外因擁有時間停止之力，所以常被惡搞擁有Jojo的「世界」的能力，而使用炸彈則被扯上「皇后殺手」。
• 角色曲是ワルプルギスが倒せない、コネクト、コネクト
• 從未來回來拯救遊星的Z-ONE
• 因為まどかタイタス的緣故，出現了ほむらスパロー和ほむラン的Gundam AGE改裝玩法
• 見隴原中學的名偵探
• IS學園2年級學生兼學生會長
• 40歲妝畫很厚的瘋狂教師
• 一度化身為接吻魔奪取了QB的初吻（魔法少女伊利亚）
• 最喜欢新房45°回眸

以下来自puella-magi维基，待实证：

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And so a legend was born

• Homura's shield is able to store a countless amount of weapons, as demonstrated by the many pistols, light machineguns, shotguns, rocket launchers, and boxes of ammunition packed inside it. Note that her shield is relatively small and she is able to wear it around her wrist, much like a watch. As such, her shield seems to have been inspired from Time Lord technology. Evidence to support this is fairly obvious - her own magical power is based off of time manipulation, so a relation is very likely.
• (ほむほむ)Originally started by the fan community it has been embraced and adopted by the industry to become part of the official language and usage.
• Sometimes also jokingly refered to as "Homurika" due to shared similarity of circumstances (having to go through many timelines to prevent a tragedy) with Rika Furude (Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni).
• In an early production sketch, her surname was given as (暁海) "daybreak sea" instead of (暁美). Both are read as Akemi.
• The Homura of previous timelines is, due to her personality and actions, often referred to as "Moemura" amongst Western fans.
• Apparently there is a rumor on the net that some weapons went "missing" at the JSDF and US military bases in Japan. There is only one official report regarding the missing/stolen weapons. It is not known if the rumors of the stolen missing weapons inspired their appearance in the series. Nor is there any evidence indicating that the perpetrator was a time traveling magical girl.
• One fan estimates that Homura used ¥ 1,383,040,300 Yen worth of military weaponry & equipment (that's $17,037,114 USD in today's dollars).[1]
• Homura's appearance in episode 12 (in the new timeline) from the manga is different than her appearance from the anime. In the anime, her clothes and hairstyle remain the same, with Madoka's ribbon as her accessories. However, in the manga, she wears a new dress, changes her hairstyle to two pigtails with the ribbons Madoka gave her.
• In Audio commentary for Episode 4, Urobuchi liked Chiwa Saitou for the role because she had a "Dark Beauty" feeling.
  • In the Audio commentary for Episode 7, Chiwa Saitou explains she tried the role of Kyubey and Kyousuke first, until Gen Urobuchi convinced her to try the role of Homura.
    • Chiwa Saito explains that she found the character of Homura to be strong but also to be a weak/delicate girl. Aoi Yuuki adds that the Homura character had no other choice but to become strong.
      • Ryouko Shintani states that would be true for a character that has something or someone important to protect.
• Some pages from the Puella Magi Production Note refer to Homura's attack on Walpurgisnacht as "Pytha-homu Switch", a reference to the complicated Rube Goldberg machines featured on the Japanese children's show "Pythagorean Switch".
• In the Puella Magi Madoka Magica Official Guidebook "You Are Not Alone" Hanokage jokingly describes Homura as "Hommando" in her After-Recording Report comic, because of the excessive vast arsenal of weaponry she unleashes in Episode 11. Apparently the smörgåsbord of weaponry was added later, they were not originally depicted in the early stages of the screenplay.
• Chiwa Saito (Homura) states that the crying scene in Episode 8 left her with a large impression. She feels like they captured the feelings of a girl perfectly, specially the part where Homura collapses, showing her weak side as a girl.
• In the audio commentary for Episode 11, Chiwa Saito (Homura) found the confession scene to be touching and emotional, and left her with a huge impression. She confesses that she cried.
  • Aoi Yuuki (Madoka) found the scene to be amazing and filled her with emotions. Aoi Yuuki felt that her and Madoka became synchronized during the emotional scene. Aoi Yuuki believes that, surely Madoka would have accepted Homura's feelings.
• In Persona 4 Arena, Yukiko Amagi has a palette swap for Homura.
• Homura finds a manual on how to make bombs from the internet. According with the Japanese Wikipedia the manual is titled Template:Nihongo, published in March 1974 by a far-left terrorist organization.
  • Incidentally, the manual explains with illustrations that “Anyone with a middle-school level knowledge of chemistry can do it”.

Speculations

下面是speculation章节，太特么长了

In the first two episodes, Homura appeared to be the antagonist. It was later explained that she only wanted to prevent Madoka becoming a magical girl. She saved Madoka and Sayaka multiple times and may become an ally and/or mentor of Madoka in the future. She might also wish to prevent Madoka becoming a magical girl because of the risk that she could turn into an overwhelmingly powerful witch. This has been proven right in Episode 10. In Episode 5, Homura saves Sayaka from Kyoko by suddenly manifesting as Kyoko's attack is about to land, somehow moving Sayaka out of the path of the attack. The ability seems to involve massive acceleration rather than teleportation (this because of her power being to turn back/stop time and thus being able to move quickly from one point to another by stopping time temporarily), as she is able to act in a split second. As there are hints that a Puella Magi's powers may relate to her wish (e.g. Sayaka's regeneration), this may be a clue as to Homura's true motives. As of Episode 8 it has been confirmed that Homura's ability has something to do with time. Theory proven right: her power is stopping time and wish is time-related.) File:Madoka magica homura bingo.jpg the speculah madness. Homura's wish was to protect Madoka, and since wishes always come true, it should make her immune from death and becoming a witch before saving Madoka. This makes her doomed to be locked in this cycle. In one timeline she was almost successful, but Madoka sacrificed herself for the sake of Homura and caused another restart. Theory proven wrong: Homura controls when and if she rewinds time, so long as one month as passed since the last reset.) Per the image in the gallery below, the pipe layout on the corridor wall is completely different after Homura uses her 'teleportation' ability. Assuming this is not a production error, it has been suggested that the ability actually involves magically reconstituting the entire corridor while moving the people in it around. For more information, please refer to the entry on this phenomenon in the Magical Powers speculah. Theory proven wrong: her power has nothing to do with that, it was a production error. Homura may be a homunculus created by Madoka. Homura might be in possession of the soul gems of magical girls from an alternate timeline, such as the alternate Madokas. See also Speculah:Homura Identity Swap Theory (though note the identity swap theory has been debunked). Theory proven wrong: Soul Gems disappear when their owner dies or become Grief Seeds. One of the speculations as for why Homura does not tell Madoka upfront of the consequences of becoming a magical girl, is because Madoka might just become one in order to save Homura or Mami. This could also be the reason why she's trying to keep a distance between her and Madoka. Theory proven wrong: she was doing it to stop Madoka per her promise. Homura may be Walpurgis Night. As Homura's powers involved time manipulation it could very well be that we are seeing a witch version of Homura warped back into the past ironically becoming the very event that has shaped her reason for making a contract. Walpurgis Night has been depicted with clock-like gears underneath her dress. Episode 11 also depicts Walpurgis Night having a primary color of purple, which is also Homura's color. While the end of the series shows Homura losing her shield, after the credits we are shown Homura during an unknown time period, though having Madoka's ribbons, battling. Before Homura starts the fight, she hears Madoka offer words of encouragement as Homura gives up a final smile, which may signal Homura being consumed with despair. The final shot shows the main heroines, overlapped with multiple silhouettes of the heroines, which could allude to the familiars summoned by Walpurgis Night in episode 11, before showing Homura's soul gem. More to this is that it's actually a fact that Kriemhild Gretchen and Walpurgisnacht where designed, to be two halves of a whole, at least as far as physical character design goes. Because of that they form an hour glass. Now, One thing that really stands out is Gretchen, go take a look at her body if you haven't. Now this is really a strange witch for Madoka to become. Most witches have at least something in common with their original wish and past, but all Madoka appears to be is this stringy black mess, What could explain this? Well, if we accept that Walpurgisnacht nacht is in fact Homura's witch, sighting the gears and Homura's lack of a time barrier, It then follows that Homura's and Madoka's witches form the hour glass. The implications of that would not be trivial, To start with, Homura is the very cause of Madoka's power and potential as a magical girl, How does she do this? time loops, as Kyuubey explained, each loop makes Madoka's past bleaker and bleaker, We already know that blackness is despair incarnate since we see it build up in soul gems, Gretchen is of course VERY black. In addition to that, Gretchen is also made up of many tendrils of threads, It would seem that if she is the bottom of the hour glass, then It's plausible that the threads represent the very threads of time that Madoka is caught up in, Walpurgisnacht, if Homura, would then be intimately connected to Gretchen, the very cause of her power, each twist of time by Homura perhaps dropping those threads, symbolic of their relationship to one another. Theory proven wrong: Homura's witch form is Homulilly. Homura may actually be Faust, as Faust in the play tries all his might to save Gretchen (Madoka) from dying but in the end she perishes anyways as Mephistopheles (QB) tries to tempt her to form a contract with him. There's also the fact that in the Goethe version, Faust would only lose his soul if he ever had a moment of perfect happiness that made him wish he could stop time at that moment forever. Homura's power, of course, is to stop time. As such, it's entirely possible that the Homura and Faust parallels will be taken to its logical conclusion: She will have a moment of perfect happiness, she will stop time at that moment, and then she will die or become a witch. However, it should be mentioned that Faust manages to escape Mephistopheles and enter heaven because he found his moment of happiness in helping others, and not in anything Mephistopheles gave him. On the other hand, there is a witch that tries to create heaven on Earth. In the story of Faust, the devil grants him "magical powers" for 24 years, "one year for each hour of the day," and the deal was at the end of the "24 years," the devil would claim his soul. Homura's "weapon" is an hourglass, and her hourglass can reset time by one month. Given the strong parallels to Faust, and how at the end of the last loop, Homura was about to lose her soul (by giving in to Kyuubey's master plan and her Soul Gem becoming corrupted), it is entirely probable that her loop lasted for a total of 24 months/loop attempts as a reasonable conservative estimate, and the full Faustian 24 years as a more gruesome estimate. Given how radically her personality has changed since the first loop attempt, and how she seems to have memorized most of the key events of the loop, 24 months seems like a plausible number. Homura shows some very different powers in episode 12. While this may be a by-product of the new world, it is also possible she always had these powers and simply did not use them in favor of her less magic-consuming time-stopping. Given the fact that she no longer has her shield on her wrist, it is most likely that her powers have changed altogether. Her shield was shown to be completely out of sand during the fight with Walpurgis Night. As we know, the only way for her to get more sand again is to reset the timeline (flip the hourglass). Since the timeline wasn't actually reset by her, even in new timeline, her shield would still be completely out of sand, and therefore, useless as anything but a hunk of steel on her arm. It makes sense she wouldn't use it anymore, then. Considering her wish was to protect Madoka, one could believe her shield shows her resolve to protect. Its turning to sand in the Walpurgis Night fight represents her inability (and indeed, her failure) to protect Madoka. When she flips the hourglass, gaining more sand represents the fact she can protect Madoka again. Her not having it in the new timeline shows that she doesn't need to protect anyone anymore. As for the source of her new powers, speculations abound; lead amongst them is that she got Madoka's bow from her at the same time that Madoka fixed her Soul Gem and gave her her ribbon. Another theory is that since her wish was to "protect Madoka," and Madoka is now a concept rather than a person, her powers were altered into something similar to what Madoka uses. Yet another theory is that with the universe restarted, Homura made a different wish, and so got different powers. Yet another theory is that Homura was always able to produce a bow; after all, her original concept artwork depicted her with that weapon. She just hadn't figured out how, or alternatively, just hadn't bothered, since stopping time is more efficient. My (slightly poorly-founded) theory is that her wish was to know what Madoka was (which explains why she can suddenly tell Kyubey everything) - if that's true, her having a bow represents her bond with the concept of Madoka. Kind of similar to your point. The reason why Homura can't prevent Madoka from being a magic girl may be interpreted that it is Madoka's being magic girl that makes Homura become magic girl. If Homura really did, there will be a paradox. But effect can't change the cause. Therefore,no matter how many times she tries, she is destined to fail. Another evidence may support this idea. In the end of episode 12, Homura is still a magic girl and she know the existence of Madoka. Because it is Homura's being magic girl and her trying hundreds of times to save Madoka that gives Madoka the ability to become Madokami. Even Madokami can't change what she is based on to exist. The effect can't change the cause. Different Universes There are some bizarre elements that haven't been properly addressed in the anime series. In one case is the issue that the production notes state that in one timeline Kyousuke was a guitarist. It was never addressed in the Anime but in the alternate-Oktavia's witch card does mention a guitar, and we have no reason to assume it refers to anyone but Kyousuke. On this reason Kyousuke as a guitarist is considered to be canon. One possible explanation for this is that Homura is not only going back in time but also going to parallel universes (different universes) contained within the multiverse. Gen Urobuchi stated that he didn't really think too much about the mechanics of Homura's time loops, so the nature of Homura's power is not only a mystery, but it is not fully understood not even by the creative source. There are ways to explain the change in instrument using only time travel. Perhaps someone made a wish that changed Kyousuke's past, and the effects persisted in future timelines because the wish changed events that happened before the point where the timelines diverged, when Homura woke up in the hospital. Kyousuke might be proficient with both instruments, and some event during the time loop period might inspire him to prefer one over the other. However, these speculations are based on guesswork, since the show's creators have not yet provided details. Template:Theory/Footer Homura Move2.jpg Homura is able to move extremely fast in comparison with water drops. Homuragrenade.jpg Homura's grenade in Episode 8 looks like an M61 grenade, used during the Vietnam War. Homugun.jpg Homura's pistol in Episode 8 looks like an M9. Homuras shield chart1.jpg Analysis of how Homura's shield works. Homuras shield chart2.jpg Analysis of the central mechanism.

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Official art Homura Akemi Anime Design.jpg Homura Akemi Original Design.jpg Original character design by Ume Aoki Homura shield.png Homura's shield design Homura-magazine.jpg The cover of Megami magazine featuring Homura with Amy. Megami 04.2011 Homu Pin-up.jpg Same magazine with a nicer page. Megami 07.2011 Homura.jpg Megami magazine, July 2011. 145.jpg A manga illustration of Homura with her shield Homura-scan.jpg Official homumado art 2.jpg Official Homura and Madoka art Ume autograph.jpg Autographed illustration by Ume Aoki Ume aoki dojinshi homura.jpg Ume Aoki's Dojinshi "RKGKMDK" 03.jpg Homura neko 08.jpg Inside cover page Apricot +8.jpg Homura and Madoka doujin page 09 TL.jpg Fan translation of Homura and Madoka doujin page 13.jpg Crying Homura 16.jpg Ending in widddeee-face Homura Homura dakimakura ume.jpg Dakimakura Homura shield sketch.jpg A sketch of Homura's shield Homura moemura sketch.jpg Artbook Homura Drawing.jpg NyanType 05.2011 Homu.jpg NyanType May 2011. BD 2 Scan 8.jpg from the Blu-Ray Volume 2 Booklet. Newtype 07 2011 p24 p25.jpg HomuraPuellaMagiOrikoVersion.png Homura as she appears in Oriko Magica. Homura prodsketch.jpg Early production sketch of Homura. Note that her surname is shown here as (暁海) instead of (暁美). Both are read as Akemi. Production note Homura design.jpg Sketches from Production Notes. PN 47.jpg PN 55.jpg Sketches of Homura's shield from production notes. PN 65.jpg Sketches of Homura's bombs from production notes. Homura dog poster small.jpg Poster from the Dog Association. Megami 03.2012 01.jpg Madoka magica anthology 2.jpg Madoka Magica Anthology 2 Madoka A 1 095.jpg Madoka tries to get Homura to name her attacks. Somehow, they don't have the same ring to them as Tiro Finale does. Chibi Homura.jpg PMMMO-Homura.png Homura closeup as in Madoka Magica Online Yande.re 231131.jpg BatcOClCQAA OTT.jpg large.jpg sketch by Junichiro Taniguchi Screenshots Homura as a regular girl Homura holding an umbrella.gif Homura holding an umbrella. Homura glances back.gif Homura glances back. Homura wore a poker face.gif Homura wore a poker face. Homura is a genius.gif Homura is a genius. The negotiation broke down.gif The negotiation broke down. Homura standing post.gif Homura flipping her hair. Homura wrapped in ribbon.gif Homura being wrapped in ribbon. Homura gives Madoka a hug. Homura tied up on the wheel of time.gif Homura tied up on the wheel of time. Madoka 10 02.jpg Homura in Episode 10 from Timeline 1. Out of breath moemura.gif Homura change outlook.gif Homura changes her outlook. Homura naked.gif Homura naked. 472805.jpg 462033-1.jpg 408223.jpg Madokamagica06 095.jpg Akemi Homura.jpg New universe Homura.png Puella110 000381.jpg Mahou-shoujo-madoka-magika-02-at-22-42-1.jpg Madokamagica02 168.jpg Homura as a Puella Magi Homura first appearence.gif Homura first appearence. Homura transformation.gif Homura's transformation sequence. Homura flipping hair.gif Homura's entrance with style. Homura as a Puella Magi.gif Homura as a Puella Magi. Homura climbs on the truck.gif Homura climbs on the truck. Homura Vs Walpurgis Night.gif Homura Vs Walpurgis Night. Homura using bow and arrow.gif Homura using bow and arrow. Homura using bow and arrow2.gif Homura using bow and arrow. Homura is wrapped in ribbon.gif Homura is wrapped in ribbon. Ep5 runes mura.png Homura's ring and fingernail. Homura soul gem.png Homura's Soul Gem. 462034.jpg 462035-1.jpg Madokamagica03 312.jpg Homura transformation PSP.gif Homura's transformation in PSP GAME Homura as a witch in the PSP game Homulilly Event 8.jpg Homulilly Fanart Dont call me homu homu.jpg Homura pixel mugen.gif Hommando sketches fanart.jpg Hommando: One Woman Army. Homura, one man army.jpg Can one little girl really take down Walpurgis Night? (Hayashi Ichirou) Mutual confession.gif A heavy reinterpretation and editing of Episode 10 observed through the eyes of Homura Bazooka homura.jpg Magical weapons are for little girls Homura crazy.jpg An accurate depiction of Homura's obsession with Madoka Homura witch pantsu.jpg Homura God of War.jpg According with Fans if Madoka is a Goddess/concept of Hope, then Homura is the God of War. Hommando means war!.jpg Hommando brings new meaning to Total War. The homu tank of war.jpg Hommando Tank Commander Homura gundam.jpg Homura is the Mahou Shoujo of the 21st century. Puella Magi Solid Snake.jpg FUND IT Mami vs Homura.png Fan creation Homura Soul Gem Jewelry.jpg Fan jewelry creation of Homura's Soul Gem with a mechanical gear inside. QB Trick.jpg Homunator Come with me if you want to live.jpg A stranger from the future just saved your life... wait, that sounds familiar. HOMEEEEEERUN!.jpg HOMEEEEEERUN! Supercute homurachan.jpg Call of duty homu.jpg Homuhomu moe.jpg Death by Moe Homura coolest character.jpg Homura lord of war.jpg Homurashop bikini eye candy.jpg So many Homuras and only one Madoka Homu scopedog.jpg Homura replica shield.jpg a replica shield Homurambo.jpg Army of homu.jpg Puella Magi Madoka Magica movie 2011.jpg Moemura with guns.jpg Homura with more heavy gun.jpg Homura redesigns the Homu-cave. Meet the time traveler.jpg Where did Madoka get her healing license? Namacha I Won't Allow That.png Homuknight madoprincess.jpg Akemi homura by paksiwirongbuang-d3dgucf.png Coming this summer: Quantum Homu Unlimited Golf Clubs Works.jpg Homura goes back to her roots. Homura happy dreams.jpg Chiwa Saito (Homura): "The part with the highest number of happy dream is right here!" (actual quote from Blu-ray commentary). Cute homucat Moe-moe kyun.jpg Moemura gun sad scene.jpg Adult homura magical woman fanart.jpg Homura sailor moon fanart.jpg Homura cosplaying as Sailor Saturn; her fuku is as seen in the Sera Myu musicals. Akemi homura bakemonogatari parody fanart.jpg Homura personas army fanart.jpg Chibi-hommando fanart.png 437874 copy.jpg Sample-78b21fe4486b159fc9ea3ac996c269ef.jpg C20bba73473860aefe846f28db963f07.jpg C48fd9019711cc346458a135c1d952ce.jpg Sexyhomura with glasses.jpg Cool beauty sexy Homura with glasses. Homura motorbike madoka badass art.jpg Madoka Magica - MadoMagi üÖ Panic Track A 07.png Homura as a character goes to several changes with each time loop. JoJomagica-homu.png Star Platinum The World Homura Call me homuhomu (yasai).jpg Call me Homuhomu. Badass homura archer.jpg Homura moon leaping.jpg Homu runner.jpg (torinone) magical girl attacks 21493123 big p11.png Miscellaneous Analyses and Theories 1296786066859 2.jpg Spatial Reconstitution Theory (空間再構成) Hunter-x-hunter-1641920 2.jpg Comparison of unnamed Nen ability in Hunter x Hunter and Homura's 'teleportation.' Homura weapons.jpg Homura's arsenal of weapons: Home made bombs, hand grenades (M61), Flash Bombs, M9/Beretta M92F, Desert Eagle, Remington 870 (though the picture denotes it as a Benelli M1), FN Minimi M249, and lots of ammo Homura's weapons 2.jpg Continuation: Mortar (M29 / L16 / M252 mortar), Tank Truck, Missile (Type "88 Surface to Ship" Anti-warship Guided Missile), Anti Tank Weapon (RPG -7 & M136 AT4), Bunker Buster (GBU-28), Golf Club Hommando: Army of One Hommando cheat sheet.jpg Obey Hommando's rules, and you will live to see another day. Hommando in action.jpg HOMMANDO LEADS THE WAY! Meguca gonna be saved 2.jpg Walpurgis says: "HUEHUEHUEHUEHUEHUE" Meguca gonna be saved.jpg Walpurgis says: "Oh shit." Military Connection Homu chopper.jpg Japan's military honors Homura Akemi by painting her on one of their choppers Nose art photo by mito.jpg We have the people whom we want to protect. Japan ground self-defense force. Homu chopper with military.jpg Homerun-chan Why Homerun-chan.jpg How Homura became Homerun-chan (from Thread #7, which also gave birth to the motto "Deny the obvious, uphold the inane") Homerun-chan2.png 2ch's reaction (also from Thread #7)

Magazine Article

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• July's NewType article
• Animedia 2011-05: Chiwa Saito Data
• AFA11 Interview Chiwa Saito

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