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wyfy-meltdown · 4 months

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The fact that Mami is only 15 screws me up a little. She's barely older than Madoka and the rest of the girls and yet she forces herself into the "mature responsible caretaker" role. I get that magical girls don't live long, but I expected the 16-18 age range for her.

#puella magi madoka magica #mahou shoujo madoka magica #madoka magica #pmmm #wyfy's meltdowns #magical girl #mami tomoe #pmmm mami #mami madoka magica #if Mami didn't cut herself off from the world she probably would've ended up in Madoka's class #Madoka is 14 turning 15 in a few months during the main series timeframe #theoretically if Mami were born a year earlier and/or had her 16th birthday before Madoka's 15th she'd still be older but not by much #she puts so much on her shoulders #I think “Mami Tomoe” did die during the accident despite the wish #she's isolated herself and forced herself to become mature #even if she's still technically alive “Mami Tomoe” is a completely different person untill the holy quintet comes along and reteaches her-#-how to be a teenager; laughing and having fun with friends #even then Mami still forces herself into the roles of “leader” “caretaker” and in rebellion “mother”#she's a lonely kid who's lost everything and didn't die when she was supposed to; which only causes more heartache in the end #instead of dying in a tragic accident to be mourned by family she dies in a witch's labyrinth and is forgotten by the world #the concept of outliving your own story is one that never fails to get under my skin #people tend to overlook Mami's tragedy in favour of the more bombastic ones (Madoka Homura Sayaka) but I think her's is pretty compelling

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