Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Puella Magi Madoka Magica Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 8.5 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 9.0 | 8.7 | 9.5 | 9.0 | 9.2 |
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About
"A cheerful premise weaponized into heartbreak"
A shy middle schooler named Madoka meets a talking creature who offers to grant any wish in exchange for becoming a magical girl and fighting monsters. What starts as a bright, candy-colored adventure with her friends slowly curdles into something far bleaker and more thoughtful about sacrifice, despair, and what those wishes actually cost. It's tightly paced across just twelve episodes, anchored by a haunting score and a genuine emotional gut-punch that recontextualizes the whole genre it appears to imitate.
the way it dismantles magical-girl tropes into something genuinely devastating and thoughtful.
you want lighthearted escapism or dislike stories that grow increasingly bleak and psychological.
Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.
All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Yume no naka de atta, yôna... | 7.4 | 825 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Sore wa tottemo ureshi inatte | 7.4 | 766 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Mou nani mo kowakunai | 8.3 | 845 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | Kiseki mo, mahô mo, arundayo | 8.0 | 734 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | Koukai nante, Aru Wake Nai | 7.7 | 713 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | Konna no Zettai Okashiiyo | 8.2 | 722 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | Honto no Kimochi to Mukiaemasu ka? | 8.4 | 737 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 8 | Atashitte, honto baka | 9.0 | 814 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 9 | Sonna no, Atashi ga Yurusanai | 8.7 | 738 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 10 | Mo dare ni mo tayoranai | 9.5 | 1K | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 11 | Saigo ni Nokotta Michishirube | 9.0 | 780 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 12 | Watashi no saikou no tomodachi | 9.2 | 893 | 23 min |