Kirsten (handle name H.N.Elly) is a Witch that first appeared in Puella Magi Madoka Magica.
Bio[]
Elly is a Box Witch with a covetous nature. She is a staunchly reclusive Witch. Anything she covets will all be locked away in glass. Her prisoners' thoughts are laid bare.
Minions[]
Daniyyel & Jennifer[]
The Box Witch's minions, with a duty of transportation. Anything they touch will become easy to carry.
Trivia[]
- Elly was the name of Dorothy in the alternate Russian retelling of the Wizard of Oz.
- The H.N. in Elly's name can stand for Handle Name, a term for nick name in Japan. This would mean her true name is Kirsten, while she referred to herself as Elly as her other identity on the internet, or while she was still a Magical Girl.
- Elly's name may be a reference to the character Eri Mizutani from THE IDOLM@STER Dearly Stars. Eri was a hikkikomori internet idol that went by the name ELLIE.
- The Guidebook indicates Elly's labyrinth design as a Snowglobe （スノードーム）. It has the line, "I have only one wish. Box up that memory." （私の願いはただひとつ、あの思い出をとじこめて）. It states that when the Witch dies, the lights on the Christmas tree and merry-go-round short out. There's a 'basssh!' sound.
- In modern film and literature, snow globes often symbolize childhood, innocence or so-called "happy days". However, they are also sometimes used, with dark humor, to evoke more gruesome scenes.
- In accordance with her wish to box up a memory, Elly examines Madoka's memories and captures them in her monitors. The screens show images of Mami and her death.
- Another interpretation of "boxing up a memory" could be that she had a happy memory that she wanted to keep safe.
- There is a character in the animation "Gregory Horror Show" called TV-Fish, which looks similar to Elly, and also projects memories.
- It appears Elly may have been enamored with the Internet, and may have been an internet idol due to handle names being commonly used as usernames in Japan.
- One could say she was stalked which may have made her fall into despair, due to all the T.V Screens.
- The name Ellie - as from Elly - means 'beautiful woman' so this may further prove someone was idolising Elly because of her beauty.