8.4 Kamihama's Abnormality, and Reunion

nighttime in the streets of Sakae Ward

Sayaka: "The air is heavy... something is definitely going on... We're definitely gonna save Mami-san, though!"

8.4.1

[at night on the streets of Sakae Ward]

Sayaka: "...So what should we do first?"

Homura: "I'd like some clues to follow to Tomoe-san..."

Madoka: "Yeah, and I want to see if Iroha-chan is---"

[she gets attacked]

Madoka: "Kya!?"

Homura: "Kaname-san!"

Madoka: "I-I'm fine!"

Sayaka: "What the hell are you doing!?"

[we see two black feathers]

black feather 1: "...nnnggaah"

Sayaka: "Are they... minions of Magius?"

black feather 2: "...gah...aaaah..."

Sayaka: "I don't think they were like this before."

Madoka: "Yeah, there's something wrong with them. They're attacking us in the middle of the city..."

black feather 1: "...GAaaAAAAH!"

[she attacks Homura]

Homura: "Ugh!"

"And they're stronger than before!"

[she transforms]

Homura: "We have to transform and fight back or else we're not going to make it!"

[Madoka transforms]

Madoka: "Yeah!"

"Let's go somewhere with less people. Here we might end up getting other people hurt."

[Sayaka transforms]

Sayaka: "Okay! Leave rear guard to me!"

8.4.2

[in an alley]

Sayaka: "Now stay down! Yaa!!"

[she attacks a black feather]

black feather 2: "...ugh...ah!?"

Madoka: "Stop this! You should already know how this will turn out!"

[the black feather attacks]

black feather 2: "Guh!"

Homura: "Maybe... they don't understand what we're saying?"

[a different black feather attacks]

black feather 1: "...Gah...Aaahh!"

[she hits Sayaka]

Sayaka: "Kuh!"

[...who counterattacks]

Sayaka: "Really, would you cut it out already!?"

black feather 1: "Gah!"

"...uuaAAARGH!"

Sayaka: (This is bad! That's a big attack...)

(But!)

black feather 1: "..."

[the music stops]

Sayaka: "...huh? W-what? They stopped?"

Homura: "Don't let your guard down! It might be a trap!"

Sayaka: "Y-yeah!"

Madoka: "That's right."

black feather 1: "What... was I doing... up til now?"

black feather 2: "...ugh... Ah! It's you!"

Sayaka: "Huh?"

Madoka: "W-what's going on?"

black feather 1: "..."

black feather 2: "..."

[they leave]

Sayaka: "They ran!"

Madoka: "Let's chase them! They might know about Mami-san!"

Homura: "Yeah!"

[now on the streets of Central, in blackout conditions]

Sayaka: "Dammit! We lost them!"

Madoka: "I remember their magic signature, but there are so many signals nearby it's hard to follow them."

Homura: "And also, there was a blackout all of a sudden..."

"What is going on?"

??? (offscreen): "Ah! Homura-chan?"

Homura: "Huh?"

8.4.3

[on the streets of Central Ward, in a blackout]

??? (offscreen): "Ah! Homura-chan?"

Homura: "Huh?"

"Ah, Utsuho-san!"

[we see Kanoko, Karin, and Natsuki]

Natsuki: "Thank goodness you were alright."

[now we see just Sayaka and Kanoko]

Sayaka: "Ah, you're from that time!"

Kanoko: "Thanks... for that time."

Madoka: "Someone you know?"

Homura: "Yeah, Utsuho Natsuki-san. She was helping support me before."

Natsuki: "Nice to meet you!"

Kanoko: "I'm Yayoi Kanoko. Nice to meet you."

Karin: "I'm Misono Karin."

Sayaka: "I am Miki Sayaka. This is Kaname Madoka and Akemi Homura."

"That's enough introductions. Can you tell us what's going on?"

Kanoko: "Well... we don't know."

Madoka: "You don't know?"

Karin: "Yeah..."

"I was reading manga at my club and was about to go home when..."

"All sorts of things happened."

"I can't contact senpai or Nagi-tan..."

Kanoko: "It seems we totally got started late."

Natsuki: "The girls who were headed to the heliport..."

"They said we should hear the story at the Adjuster's."

"The three of us were just heading over there."

Kanoko: "About that..."

"It seems to be an important secret regarding magical girls..."

Homura: "Secret? Maybe it's..."

Madoka: "Yeah."

Sayaka: "..."

(This secret about magical girls... it's definitely... about turning into witches.)

(I don't understand what's going on, but...)

(If they're telling everyone, they must have been driven into a corner...)

(Mami-san... I hope you're okay...)

Natsuki: "You know it already?"

Homura: "I think it'd be better to hear it at the Adjuster's than to have us try to explain..."

Natsuki: "I see..."

"What are you all going to do now, Homura-chan?"

"If you'd like, why don't you come with us to the Adjuster's?"

Homura: "Thank you for the offer, but we're looking for someone..."

Kanoko: "Someone?"

Madoka: "Mami-san... A magical girl called Tomoe Mami."

Kanoko: "Ah, her... I haven't seen her today."

Natsuki: "I don't think I've seen her either."

Karin: "Who?"

Sayaka: "I'm pretty sure... I have a picture of all of us..."

"There it is! Her."

Karin: "...Ah! I saw her just before!"

Sayaka: "Where!?"

Karin: "Very close to here."

"Tokiwa Nanaka's team was carrying her, though I couldn't see her face."

"But there's no way I could mistake those spirally drill twintails!"

Madoka: "S-spirally drill twintails..."

Sayaka: "Umm, if they were carrying her, that means they were taking her somewhere?"

Karin: "Umm, to the Adjuster's or something. They seemed to be in a hurry."

[Sayaka addresses Madoka and Homura]

Sayaka: "You two!"

Homura: "Yeah!"

Madoka: "Let's go!"

8.4.4

[at the Adjuster's]

Kanoko: "..."

Natsuki: "The air is... kinda heavy."

Karin: "There's nobody I know here..."

Akira: "Natsuki! Kanoko-san!"

Natsuki: "Akira!"

Akira: "Thank goodness you're okay. I was worried because I didn't see you."

Kanoko: "I'm alright, but I don't know what's going on..."

Karin: "Ah, it's her!"

"One of the people who was carrying drill-twintails!"

Sayaka: "Mami-san! Where is Mami-san!?"

Madoka: "Is Mami-san okay!?"

Homura: "Please tell us what happened!"

Akira: "Wha! Umm... Please calm down!"

Nanaka: "You're her friends, right?"

"She is currently unconscious, but her life is not in danger."

"Come over here."

[we see Mami]

Mami: "..."

Madoka: "Mami-san!"

"I'm sorry we're so late."

Mami: "..."

Sayaka: "Mami-san!"

"I'm sorry, we always need to be saved."

Mami: "..."

Homura: "Tomoe-san!"

"I'm sorry that we weren't able to understand your suffering."

Madoka: "But from now on, we will accept you..."

Sayaka: "No matter what, whoever you are."

Homura: "Please fight alongside us once again."

"Together, we'll look for a way to avoid becoming witches!"

Sayaka: "Find a new answer, together with us."

Madoka: "So please, wake up, Mami-san!"

Mami: "..."

[she wakes up]

Mami: "sigh..."

Madoka: "Mami-san!"

"I'm so glad you're awake."

Sayaka: "Thank goodness you're okay, Mami-san."

"Well, you might not actually be okay though."

Homura: "Is everything alright? Is there anything you need?"

Mami: "..."

"Thank you, everyone."