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EmeraldSaucer



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 30, 2026 5:17 am Reply with quote
Furukawa doing the board for a Madoka movie was not on my bingo card, movie is going to look even more visually insane
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Eddy2



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 30, 2026 7:19 am Reply with quote
Wow this movie has been delayed multiple times? No wonder I thought this was supposed to come out sooner lol
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 30, 2026 11:30 am Reply with quote
I’m hyped now.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 30, 2026 1:15 pm Reply with quote
Should probably start stockpiling booze now because I feel like we're gonna need it to get through this one. Laughing
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 30, 2026 2:17 pm Reply with quote
PLEASE DON'T DELAY AGAIN
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Juno016



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 30, 2026 3:35 pm Reply with quote
Whelp, there's no more question about who Walpurgisnacht is anymore. spoiler[The Homura lookalike's umbrella has a gear on it, and it looks like Walpurgisnacht's dress, but also, her magical girl symbol on her fingernail is a petal in the same shape as a petal from Walpurgisnacht's mandala halo, which the movie trailers keep showing us.] We can infer that the new girls and the Homura lookalike spoiler[come from the LoC because they all share black collars, white pupils, and now presumably a missing soul gem on their magical girl rings, as we see with the Homura lookalike's hand. The mystery girl has a white collar, though, so she is not their ally. I think Homura already knows about the LoC girls who are crawling around her barrier, but this mystery girl is the one she's surprised about. I have a feeling this new mystery girl isn't even a real girl at all, but a construction or consequence of Homura's barrier or her removing the human part of Madoka.] Otherwise, there's not a lot we don't already know or can't infer from previous trailers. The teeth mystery is getting weirder, though. I can understand checking Homura's mouth, as teeth were a part of her whole schtick, but Madoka? The ones checking are also different characters. The girl checking Homura's mouth has these really wide sleeves, whereas the person checking Madoka's mouth is the Homura lookalike.

Also, I'm of the opinion that "Shichouka" is actually Chinese. For one, her name reads as Murasaki Hashido(i) in Japanese, which while it means "Lilac", it reads like a name, too. However, from said logic, it's read as "Shi Chouka" (as in, separating the family and given names, which would match the formatting of the furigana in the twitter post), and is onyomi, making it quite unusual. Reading names that have kunyomi exclusively by their onyomi is common specifically for when you are reading a Chinese name in Japanese. Thus, her name would be "Shi Chouka" in Japanese, and "Zi Dingxiang" in Chinese. For English fans, we tend to lean toward the characters' native tongue with reading names, so if I'm right, the most appropriate name to call her by would be "Dingxiang", not "Shichoka".

The new Wraith designs, though... I hate them. I watched the trailer in the morning when it released, and then went to bed afterward, only to have nightmares about them. I do not want. This is a bad development for my psyche. DX
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