I First Met Her in a Dream... Or Something (夢の中で逢った、ような… Yume no Naka de Atta, Youna...?) is the first episode of Puella Magi Madoka☆Magica. It originally aired on January 7th, 2011.
Plot[]
She has a loving family and best friends. She laughs and cries from time to time.
Madoka Kaname - an eighth grader who lives a peaceful life. One night, she has a strange dream. The very next day was supposed to be the usual routine, but it was unusual. Homura Akemi - a transfer student who came to Madoka's class. She looks exactly the same as the girl Madoka saw in her dream. Homura gives suggestive words to Madoka, who is puzzled over the coincidence.
Major Events[]
- This marks the beginning of the whole Madoka☆Magica franchise.
- Homura Akemi transfers to Madoka's class.
- Kyubey approaches Madoka and Sayaka to ask them to become Magical Girls.
- This episode marks the debut for the following characters: Mami Tomoe, Homura Akemi, Madoka Kaname, Sayaka Miki, Tomohisa Kaname, Tatsuya Kaname, Junko Kaname, Hitomi Shizuki, Kazuko Saotome and Nakazawa.
Summary[]
The episode begins with Madoka Kaname's dream of Homura Akemi fighting Walpurgisnacht from a previous timeline. Madoka wakes up and gets ready to go to school with her friends. At school, she finds that a new girl has enrolled in the class, Homura Akemi, and Madoka is surprised that Homura seems to know her and she is looking at her. Homura asks to go to the nurse, and she takes Madoka with her. In the hallway, Homura says Madoka should not try to change her life.
Madoka and Sayaka are at the store, and then Madoka hears Kyubey's voice inside her head. She hears her calling for help. She follows it to find Homura trying to kill Kyubey. Homura states that it is none of her business and she should just hand Kyubey over. Sayaka then appears to spray Homura with a fire extinguisher and helps Madoka.
The two are caught in a barrier while fleeing. However, they are completely unaware that it is a barrier, and they are very scared. Mami Tomoe appears and saves them, and Homura leaves. Mami heals Kyubey and Kyubey says that Madoka and Sayaka can become magical girls if they form a contract.
Appearances[]
Magical Girls[]
Civilians[]
- Madoka Kaname
- Sayaka Miki
- Tomohisa Kaname
- Tatsuya Kaname
- Junko Kaname
- Hitomi Shizuki
- Kazuko Saotome
- Nakazawa
Witches[]
Other[]
Trivia[]
- Originally, episodes 1, 2, and 11 didn't have any endings. In the Blu-ray release, the character song Mata Ashita was added for this and the next episode.
- The very first shot of the series after the curtains rise is a title card that reads in Runes "Prolog im Himmel". This is the title of the Prologue of Goethe's Faust, in which Mephistopheles and God make a wager over the soul of Faust. The Runes underneath the title read "2011". In the next scene, Kriemhild Gretchen's silhouette can be seen.
- Magia plays during the scene of Homura against Walpurgisnacht.
- Hitomi has received two letters the past month. The date the episode takes place on is March 25th, 2011.
- Kazuko is bad with romantic relationships, with none of them lasting longer than three months.
- Madoka's mother is revealed to actually be a successful businesswoman by Sayaka.
- Hitomi seems not to be fond of homosexual topics.
- Madoka is revealed as the class' nurse's aide.
- During class, Homura is presented with advanced algebra problems and solves them in a seemingly effortless, well-practiced fashion. Mitakihara Middle School's coursework is well above the normal middle school level, and some even appeared on the prestigious Tokyo University's entrance exam.
- Homura breaks the perfecture's record in Track and Field.
- Hitomi attends piano, Japanese classical dance and tea ceremony lessons. She mentions that her mother has decided those for her. Sayaka mentions Hitomi is from a rich family.
- Connect plays when Madoka and Sayaka put headphones on to listen to music.
- After Madoka and Sayaka run away from Homura, four Anthonies are seen "speaking" or singing moving streams of runes which form a quote from "The Hexeneinmaleins" in Goethe's Faust. This quote is a basic magic spell demonstrated to Faust on his first visit to a witch. It describes a 3x3 numerical grid where each row and column adds up to 15.
- During Mami's transformation, Madoka's back-bow is red instead of white. This is fixed in the movie.