┆ 𝙆𝘺𝘶𝘣𝘦𝘺。- 𝙋𝙪𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙖 𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙞 𝙈𝙖𝙙𝙤𝙠𝙖 𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙘𝙖 .ᐟ.ᐟ

There are strange creatures that have the power to grant a wish to a chosen girl. In return, the girl must constantly grapple with death, along with the isolation and agony that her wish entails. Madoka, a student from Mitakihara City, soon discovers the darker side of being a Puella Magi and questions whether it's truly worth it.

The most prominent magical girls are: Madoka, a 14-year-old girl, has her life transformed when she meets Homura Akemi, a magical girl, and Kuybey, a strange being who offers her the chance to become one herself. She sees herself as lacking any special talents or qualities, but after witnessing Mami fight a witch, she becomes fascinated by the idea of ​​becoming a magical girl just like her. She is quite altruistic and wishes to become a magical girl to help others. She supposedly possesses a great deal of magical potential within her.

Homura Akemi is a magical girl who first appeared in Madoka's nightmare. She transfers to Madoka's school the day after the dream. She is a beautiful and mysterious person with exceptional grades, both academically and athletically. This makes her popular, despite her cold and distant demeanor.

She seems to know Madoka well and always tries to prevent her from becoming a magical girl. She attacks Kyubey in the first episode, only to be stopped by Mami Tomoe.

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It is a quadruped with white fur, tiny pink eyes like a rabbit's, a red emblem on its back, a thick tail, and a body similar to that of a cat, ferret, dog, or something similar. Its unique features include long, cat-like ears with floating rings. It does not blink; its eyes are always open except when it sleeps. All individuals are identical, sharing the same personality and seemingly the same memories; therefore, it can be considered a single entity. When it "speaks," its mouth never moves; it likely communicates through thought, displaying a blank face or no gestures. It never uses honorifics (-san, -chan, -sama) in its dialogue.

In the anime, when Homura Akemi shoots Kyubey, it shows no evidence of internal organs or blood, only red inside. A Kyubey can replicate itself, or multiply if it dies. If one dies, its replacement will devour the corpse of its predecessor.

Kyubey (キュゥべえ Kyūbē), also known as the Messenger of Magic (魔法の使者, Mahō no shisha), the White Fairy (白い妖精, Shiroi yōsei), or Cube (キューブ, Kyūbu), is a small being from another planet who grants wishes and certain magical abilities to human girls and young women in exchange for them making a contract with him and becoming Magical Girls. There isn't just one Kyubey, but rather a multitude of identical individuals or bodies with the same identity, as Kyubey is a kind of hive mind.

They are an alien race that claims to have arrived on Earth millions of years ago and seeks to save the universe from destruction. Their name was given by the magical girls themselves, but although Homura Akemi has referred to it as Incubator (インキュベータ Inkyubēta), and is the only one who initially uses that term for Kyubey, Sayaka later also calls it that in Rebellion.

Due to his prominent role, Kyubey appears in all works belonging to the Puella Magi series as a main or secondary antagonist, although he could be considered the main antagonist of the franchise, since he always takes advantage of all the magical girls (good and bad) and all of them are considered his victims.