Watch with me! Magica Madoka (Episode 7)

Kyoko is what Korean people would call: “nalari” – someone who never takes anything seriously, and only likes to go out partying or doing things for the sake of themselves, immature and selfish good-for-nothing. However, Episode 7 totally flips this image upside down. I don't mean that it totally discounts her selfish ways, but it does show that she has taken a practical route, and she understands her role much better than Sayaka ever will.  There is still a sense of discomfort within her though, I don't really know how to describe it, but she's not the twisted person Sayaka believes her to be.

Kyoko's story

In this series, there are heavy themes of "equilibrium". Nothing is done for free, and anything pure and good that is set out for the world is countered by darkness. I guess that is why the girls' Gems become polluted when they use magic.

To be honest, I like Sayaka in some ways. In all of the other anime, she’d be the perfect hero – selfless and idealistic. But I have a feeling that in this series, she’s going to end up the fool who didn’t take anyone’s advice. All three maho shojos we’ve encountered so far have told her to not live for someone else, yet that is what she continues to do. In the end her ignorance will be her downfall.

We come to a moment of truth when Hitomi confesses to Sayaka that she is also in love with Kamijo. Hitomi gives Sayaka one day before she takes that confession directly to Kamijo himself. Sayaka is devastated because she can never receive Kamijo’s love as an empty shell. During her fight with a witch, she starts going a tad insane, and I guess that’s what everyone was implying when they said that Sayaka is too weak to be a magical girl…