Iroha's Soul Gem seen in the first opening
Soul Gem (ソウルジェム?) is a holding place for a Magical Girl's soul and the source of both her powers and battle gear. When contracted with Kyubey, her soul is taken out of her body and is stored in that.
Appearance[]
Soul Gems have the appearance reminiscent of a Fabergé egg. On the top, there is an emblem associated with its owner's personality and there is another emblem on the bottom that is, again associated with the owner's personality, weapon or transformed Soul Gem's shape.
In camouflage mode, they become silver rings worn on the middle finger. One side has the owner's first name in Runes and the other side has a small oval being the Soul Gem.
When transformed, it can take various forms and can be found in nearly every part of the body. Ranging from neck to legs. It can either become one with the body or simply become an accesory.
Uses[]
- After a girl contracts Kyubey, a Soul Gem is born, with it, its owner can use it to transform into their Magical Girl form.
- Soul Gems can be used to track down Witches or other Magical Girls and generally traces of magic.
- Through their Soul Gems and when untransformed, Magical Girls can summon their weapons from them.Episode 09
- After it's fully polluted, it breaks and becomes a Grief Seed. This can be prevented by using Grief Seeds obtained by Witches.
- A Soul Gem is able to cause a mass explosion that is even capable of killing a Witch. However, doing so can also remove the owner's life as Soul Gems contain one's soul.
Trivia[]
- According to episode 6, when a Soul Gem is located 100 meters away from its owner, the person will "die" instantly and has 48 hours before it starts to decay. Such incidents are said to be rare by Kyubey.
- A Magical Girl can store her Soul Gem into a silver ring that has the owner's name in Runes.
- Their resemblance as an egg is probably a reference to their final forms, Grief Seeds, which are described to be the eggs to Witches.
- In early prototype art, the transformed Soul Gems all appear to be pink ovals.
Gallery[]
 Mami's Soul Gem before her transformation  Mami reveals her Soul Gem  Kyoko's Soul Gem before the transformation  Sayaka's Soul Gem before the transformation  Mami's Soul Gem before the transformation  Homura's Soul Gem before the transformation  Madoka's Soul Gem before the transformation  Iroha's Soul Gem seen in the first opening  Iroha's Soul Gem reacts to some powerful magic  Kuroe's Soul Gem  Close-up of Mayu's Soul Gem  Mitama explains what an adjustment can offer, the visible Soul Gem is Iroha's  Yachiyo with her Soul Gem during her transformation  Momoko with her Soul Gem ring during her transformation  Momoko's Soul Gem during her transformation  Rena with her Soul Gem during her transformation  Close-up of Yachiyo's Soul Gem  Iroha's Soul Gem is a little tainted  Iroha's transformed Soul Gem is tainted  Yachiyo's tainted transformed Soul Gem  Mami's Soul Gem  Iroha's cleaned Soul Gem ring  Close-up of Kaede's corrupted transformed Soul Gem  Kaede's Soul Gem  Felicia notices Iroha's Soul Gem ring  Felicia's Soul Gem ring  Close-up of the Amane Sister's Soul Gems  Iroha's transformed Soul Gem is clean again  Sana's Soul Gem ring  Alina's polluted transformed Soul Gem  Iroha, Tsuruno, Sana and Felicia's Soul Gems  Kanae's Soul Gem cracks  Using a Grief Seed to purify Mel's transformed Soul Gem  Mel's tainted Soul Gem  Mel's Soul Gem cracks  Momoko's Soul Gem ring and mark  A lot of Soul Gems appear, among them Mifuyu, Kanae and Mel's  Mifuyu's cloudy Soul Gem  Close-up of Mifuyu's Soul Gem  Iroha tracks the Uwasa with her Soul Gem  Iroha's Soul Gem  Iroha's polluted Soul Gem  Iroha's Soul Gem is being cleansed  Sayaka's transformed Soul Gem  Sayaka's Soul Gem in the rain  Madoka's transformed Soul Gem shines  A default Soul Gem between the Sun and Mercury  Homura's Soul Gem during her transformation  Madoka's Soul Gem during her transformation  Yachiyo's Soul Gem is getting murkier and murkier  Mifuyu's tainted transformed Soul Gem  Secret messages can be decrypted through Soul Gem rings  Sana's Soul Gem during her memories rewind  Kuroe's transformed Soul Gem  Ikumi's Soul Gem  Tsuruno's Soul Gem ring  Holy Mami's tainted Soul Gem  Iroha's Soul Gem ring  Iroha uses Маруся's Grief Seed to clean her Soul Gem  Manifest  Ui's cloudy transformed Soul Gem  Yachiyo's transformed Soul Gem is polluted by Shitori Egumo  Mifuyu's transformed Soul Gem is polluted by Shitori Egumo  Mifuyu's transformed Soul Gem cracks  Momoko and Mifuyu's broken Soul Gems  Kanagi's transformed Soul Gem  Kuroe's Soul Gem ring  Kuro's transformed tainted Soul Gem  Kuroe's tainted Soul Gem  Kuroe's Soul Gem shines  Iroha's Soul Gem during her transformation |
 Madoka Kaname Soul Gem Ring  Sayaka Miki Soul Gem Ring  Mami Tomoe Soul Gem Ring  Kyoko Sakura Soul Gem Ring  Homura Akemi Soul Gem Ring  Madoka Kaname Soul Gem necklace  Sayaka Miki Soul Gem necklace  Mami Tomoe Soul Gem necklace  Kyoko Sakura Soul Gem necklace  Homura Akemi Soul Gem necklace  Akuma Homura Soul Gem necklace |