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Wraith Madoka

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It'll be okay. We'll find the big wraith. And you'll definetely get your power back. ...Are you worried? Of course. You've got me by your side, Homura-chan.
~ Wraith Madoka to Homura Akemi
...Say, Homura-chan. What do you think of me... Truly? That's not it. I'm not the real one, but I still am Madoka. Do you not feel anything... Despite spending all this time with me? ...Heh heh. That's what I thought. You're wrong, Homura-chan. The reason you don't feel anything when you don't see me... ...Is because you're missing most of your heart. ..Wait- don't tell me... ....Did you really not notice? I'm sure you felt it was odd the moment you met me. Even if I am an impostor, Madoka, the person you've wanted so much to see, was standing in front of you. And yet, you didn't feel a shred of happiness. That's because the wraith took most of your heart when it took your energy. Because you're missing your feelings for Madoka, even if you see me, even if you touch me... You don't feel anything, Homura-chan.
~ Wraith Madoka revealing a truth to Homura Akemi
Homura-chan. You're not convincing anyone. The fact that you deny it is proof. Your feelings and your actions are all askew, Homura-chan. Even though you remember your affection for Madoka and your commitment to your role. Doesn't it scare you, Homura-chan? Watching your feelings for your only friend fade away? ...And that's how you'll keep twisting and warping the world, Homura-chan. I know your secret. I know you're avoiding Mami-san and Kyouko-chan... No. You're avoiding everyone in this world who has no memory of Madoka. You're really afraid, aren't you? A world without Madoka... if you ever got used to the world where Madoka never existed... Even you might forget Madoka. Even you might accept that Madoka isn't here. Because of Madoka's wish, a new world was born, and there are no witches. It's a world of salvation for magical girls, but... To you Homura-chan, it's a world where you're alone with no friends. The world is even emptier... Even lonelier than it used to be. Your heart is still living in a different world from everyone else. Homura-chan, don't you secretly think... That you'd rather live in the world with witches? Rather than this world without witches?
~ Wraith Madoka revealing Homura's insecurities
...Heh. That's right. I'm not Madoka. I'm a Wraith. ...I'm also part of your heart, Homura-chan.
...I'm sorry to make you wait. I've come to help you. We're inside your soul gem. I've temporarily cut us off from the outside world. It's all right. I'm not your enemy. I'm the part of your magic that was taken by the wraith. I'd been watching you two from inside the wraith. When wraith Madoka's body was destroyed, I was released and returned to you. You can think of me as a piece of your soul. When the wraith absorbed part of your magic... I intervened and guided the wraith to your side. ...I still wasn't able to fully control the wraith... ...so in the end, it took some brute force to get back to you... That was done at my instruction. My aim was to gain the power to fight the mutant wraith... ...By temporarily taking all the magic inside your body. Then, by facing off against the mutant wraiths... ...And allowing the wraith body to be destroyed in battle, I thought I could get the magic back to you. There was no guarantee it would work. But I had no other option. And since I'm back in you, that's all that matters.
~ Homura's magic to Homura Akemi

Background

Wraith Madoka is a mutant wraith from the Wraith Arc of Puella Magi Madoka Magica manga. Despite being a wraith, she is the only one that is not a direct antagonist and rather helps Homura Akemi and the other magical girls.

This dropdown contains the synopsis of Wraith Madoka’s story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise!

After Homura gets all of her magic absorbed from the wraiths, a bunch of mutant wraiths resembling characters that have died start appearing around the magical girls, with the one resembling Madoka Kaname appering before Homura Akemi, though this wraith was noticeably different from the others, not attacking Homura Akemi and instead asking her help in defeating the giant wraith that stole her magic.

She explains that Wraiths collect the emotional energy of humans and nullifies it to maintain a balance in the world as too much emotional energy released can cause the world and the heavens to flip, however through absorbing Homura's magic, the witch in her shield, Kriemhild Gretchen, had curse energy that they could not nullify and started corrupting the wraiths.

Homura agrees to help her, with them looking for the witch, after they fail to find it, Wraith Madoka reveals an unsettling truth to Homura. Her feelings and love for Madoka Kaname are gone. After revealing this fact, Homura starts to question if Madoka Kaname ever even actually existed, falling to despair and asking Wraith Madoka to take all of her emotions, with Wraith Madoka doing so. After this, the other magical girls, Mami Tomoe and Kyoko Sakura are busy fighting against Mutant Wraiths when Wraith Madoka comes to help them, showing them to be the only unique wraith willing to help the magical girls.

She explains to both of the magical girls what the giant wraith is and how much of a danger and threat it is to the world, with her going to fight it together with Mami after Kyoko dies from the Spindle Witch grabbing her and sucking out her soul. During the fight Wraith Madoka cannot defeat the Spindle Witch and ultimately gets destroyed, re-awakening Homura's feelings for Madoka and sending her into her soul gem where she directly speaks with her own magic.

There it's revealed by her own magic that she was mainly possessing the Madoka wraith which is why it acted as an ally and planned to have it be destroyed so the magic could be returned to Homura, for this she needed to take all of the magic out of Homura.

General Information

Name: Madoka Kaname, Wraith Madoka, Homura's Magic, False Madoka, Mutant Wraith

Origin: Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Sex: None, takes the form of Madoka Kaname who is female

Age: 0 (Was just created during the events of the Wraith Arc), takes the form of Madoka Kaname who is 14

Classification: Mutant Wraith, Homura's Magic

Species: Wraith

Occupation: None

Status: Other (The Wraith body of Wraith Madoka was destroyed, however Homura's magic still exists)

Alignment: Lawful Neutral (Wraiths believe they must feed off the emotional energy of all humans and people to keep a balance, and as they believe emotional energy will cause the world and the heavens to flip, though through doing these they leave people as lifeless, though unlike the other wraiths, Wraith Madoka goes out of their way to help other magical girls and try and stop the giant wraith when it becomes too much of a threat)

Codex Statistics

Tier: At least 5-B, likely Far Higher

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: At least Planet level, likely Far Higher (Contains an immense amount of Homura's magic, noted by Kyubey that the curse energy Wraith Madoka holds inside of her being the first time he's ever felt anything so powerful. Could give a good fight against the Spindle Witch, who even prior to absorbing some of Ultimate Kriemhild Gretchen's energy, the Giant Wraith was capable of overpowering and defeating Homura Akemi, whose power of magic was so strong she completely defeated the Giant Wraith a wraith that was fueled by the negative power of Ultimate Madoka's witch that was within Homura's shield, with it carrying enough power to bring an end to all life on Earth, due to its sheer power, it should be superior to Madoka Kaname from the previous timeline at the end of the original series[1], who took down Walpurgisnacht with a single shot[2]. Walpurgisnacht upon merely waking up destroyed a huge portion of the city[3]. Due to her sheer strength she should be far above the fusion of Walpurgisnacht and a witch which was noted that it would destroy the entire city from the shockwave alone[4]. The Spindle Witch also absorbed all of the magic from Homura Akemi, which fuels them with all of the negative power from Ultimate Madoka's witch that was within Homura's shield)

Durability: At least Planet level, likely Far Higher. Their wraith, magical girl, and witch physiology makes them incredibly difficult to kill

Striking Strength: At least Planet Class, likely Far Higher

Lifting Strength: Class Y (Comparable to Spindle Witch who absorbed from Ulimate Kriemhild Gretchen, who was so large, it was going to envelope the entire planet[5])

Travel Speed: Unknown

Attack Speed: Supersonic, Speed of Light Attack Speed (Basic wraiths use lasers to attack)

Reaction Speed: Supersonic (Comparable to Sayaka Miki, who was able to block hundreds of bullets from Holy Mami[6])

Stamina: Superhuman+

Range: Standard Melee, Hundreds of Meters with Bow (Comparable to Madoka Kaname's bow, whose attacks go as far as Magical Girls such as Mami Tomoe and Homura Akemi[7]), Universal with Time Manipulation

Intelligence: At least Below Average (While she is capable of explaining emotions and why the wraiths collect them, she has a hard time grasping concepts such as hope and despair, being unable to explain emotions correctly)


Powers and Techniques

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Inorganic Physiology (Non-living Object; Each Wraith's bodies are not fully formed and seem to lack organic composition), Invisibility (Wraiths are unable to be seen by humans), Aura (Wraiths are noted to have a tainted and corrupt aura), Corruption & Empathic Manipulation (Wraiths fill the world with corruption and consume emotions), Sealing (Can seal one within a box), Power Absorption & Metaphysics Manipulation (Soul Manipulation; Wraiths are able to absorb powers and magic from beings through emotions, badly damaging a magiacal girl's soulgem. Absorbing all of a persons emotions will make them become a frozen soul)

Transformation (Type 4) & Mimicry (Physiology Mimicry; Mutant Wraiths are able to take the forms of different people from the memories of others), Air Manipulation (Mutant Wraiths have attacks can cut without being visibly seen), Time Manipulation (Mutant Wraiths have Homura Akemi's time manipulation ability, allowing them to stop time), Telepathy (Mutant Wraiths can telepathically speak with people, such as Wraith Madoka speaking with Homura Akemi), Curse Manipulation (Mutant Wraiths have the curse energy of witches in them), Memory Manipulation (Mutant Wraiths have Homura Akemi's memory manipulation magic that allows people to erase one's memories)

All previous Mutant Wraith abilities, Possesses the ability of Magical Girls, which includes:

Multilingualism (Magical Girls are able to understand Bebe, who speaks in only gibberish[8]), Pain Tolerance (The bodies of a Magical Girl experience far less pain than a normal human would. This ensures that they can fight at peak performance despite receiving fatal injuries. Kyubey also states that they can completely block out the pain from their body[9]), Immortality (Immortal Metaphysical Aspect; Magical Girl’s bodies are stated to be like zombies or an empty shell for their souls to possess, where there body can take lethal blows without them dying[10][11]), Magic (As noted by their name, Magical Girls are able to use magic, with in some cases their miracles being strong enough to form their magic as other versions of themselves that can converse with them and plan out ideas[12]), Dimensional Storage (Magical Girls are able to store weapons in their soul gems or other parts of their bodies[13]), Healing (Mid; Kyubey states that if all of the organs in one's body get destroyed and every last drop of blood escapes one's body, Magical Girls can heal themselves to continue fighting[14]. Magical Girls can heal their body parts with magic[15]. Magical Girls can heal injuries on people such as when Mami healed Kyubey's injuries[16]), Extrasensory Perception (Magical Girls can see witches, who are invisible to normal people[17]), Telekinesis (Magical Girls are able to take control of and move objects with their magic[18]), Flight (Magical Girls are able to fly[19]), Clairvoyance (Magical Girls are able to see other Magical Girls through their soul gems[20]), Absolute Access & Non-Standard Interaction (Dream Interaction; Magical Girls are able to go into dreams and interact with them[21]), Limited Avatar Creation (Magical Girls are able to possess fake bodies that are much stronger than their normal bodies[22][23]), Limited Telepathy (All magical girls are able to use telepathy in order to communicate with other people around them[24]), Limited Enhanced Senses (Magical Girls are able to pick up the magic trail of a witch with their soul gems[25]), Cloth Manipulation & Transformation (Partial Transformation; Magical Girls are able to create cloths to transform and can use these cloths in order to attack or restrain opponents[26]. Transformative Arsenal; Magical Girls through not purifying their soul gem can become corrupted and turn into witches[27][28]), Nullification (Curse Nullification; Magical Girls can negate curses placed by witches[29]), Power Bestowal (Magical Girls can give magical powers to regular objects, amplifying its normal properties[30]), Weapon Creation & Summoning (Magical Girls can summon multiple weapons from their bodies[31]), Restoration (Magical Girls are able to use their magic in order to keep their or another person’s body from decomposing[32]), Dimensional Travel (Magical Girls are able to open up portals that send them to different locations or into labyrinths[33]), Self-Destruction (Magical Girls can overload their soul gem to self-destruct[34]), Forcefield Creation (Magical Girls are able to create forcefields to protect themselves from attacks[35]), Limited Wish Granting (Through forming a contract with Kyubey, one wish can be granted from him[36]), Limited Law Manipulation & Reality Warping (Magical Girls can cause miracles that overcome the laws of the world, with their desire taking form, allowing things such as Homura to remember Madoka even after she became a concept and has been conceptually erased from the entire multiverse[37]), Spatial Manipulation (Magical Girls are able to break open an isolation field, which is created by isolation a soul gem in a separate space so that the Law of Cycles can’t enter[38]), Hair Manipulation (Magical Girls are able to change their hair style with magic[39]), Subjective Reality (Magical girls are able to create things that they want, like when everyone created a fruit that they wanted to be. Sayaka was also able to pull a violin from a piece of paper and give it form[40]), Battlefield Removal (Application Based; All magical girls can put objects and people inside of their soul gems and trap them there forever[41]), Purification (Magical Girls can create Doppels that completely purify the user’s soul gems and give them an enormous power boost[42]), Statistics Amplification (Magical Girls can create Doppels that completely purify the user’s soul gems and give them an enormous power boost[43]. Magical Girls can connect with other magical sources, to greatly boost their magical powers and combine different properties to their abilities[44]), Fusionism & Statistics Boost (Magical Girls can do a combined attack through forming in a line and holding up their soul gems), Pocket Reality Manipulation (Magical Girls have an entire pocket reality inside of their soul gem where they can directly speak with their magic[45]).

Resistance to Cold Manipulation (Magical Girls can function around the Wariths, who passively make the air so cold that it begins to freeze everything), Curse Manipulation & Empathic Manipulation (Magical Girls are unaffected by a Witches curse, which is noted by Kyubey that their curse causes people to commit suicide and fall to despair[46]), Mind Manipulation (Magical Girls are unaffected by the witch’s kiss, which mind controls people to try and kill themselves[47]), Memory Manipulation (Magical Girls can still remember the magical girls killed in the world of the witches, where no one else remembers their existence[48]), Lifeforce Absorption (Magical Girls are unaffected by Witches ability to drain the life force out of the people who are weak minded[49]), Soul Manipulation (They are able to survive having their souls ripped out of their bodies. They are also able to survive having their souls be apart from their bodies[50][51]), Physics Manipulation (Magical Girls are not bound by the laws of thermodynamics[52]), Body Puppetry, and Fusionism (Magical Girls can connect with a person’s mind, which makes them snap out of the trance and possession that they were under[53]), Corruption & Empathic Manipulation (Magical Girls resist the wraiths ability to fill the world with corruption and consume emotions[54])


Equipment

  • Bow: With her bow, she can fire arrows of energy to attack with and even fire several at once to attack several enemies.

Notable Techniques

  • Energy Bow: With her bow, she can fire arrows of energy to attack with and even fire several at once to attack several enemies.
  • Connect: A technique used by Magical Girls in Magia Record. By joining hands, they are able to fuse their weapons and make a strong variant based on them.

Other

Standard Tactics: Has shown to dodge attacks and use their bow shooting energy arrows. She will also utilize time stop in fights.

Weaknesses: Nothing notable.

Trivia

  • Despite the actual Madoka Kaname prior to becoming one with the Law of Cycles not knowing about Homura Akemi's love for her, the Wraith Madoka knows this very well, very likely due to having Homura's magic inside of her.
  • Wraith Madoka was based on the image of Madoka Kaname that was inside of Homura Akemi's own mind, with her constant changing personality being due to Homura struggling to know what her idea of a normal Madoka would be due to her idolization of her.

References

  1. Note: While Ultimate Madoka's witch was going to eventually become 2-C, the initial form of the witch just massively upscaled from Madoka Kaname from the previous timeline
  2. Puella Magi Madoka Magica Episode 10
  3. Puella Magi Madoka Magica Episode 11
  4. Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Season 2 Episode 12
  5. Puella Magi Madoka Magica Episode 12
  6. Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Season 1 Episode 12
  7. Puella Magi Madoka Magica Episode 10
  8. Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica Movie 3 Hangyaku no Monogatari
  9. Puella Magi Madoka Magica Episode 7
  10. Puella Magi Madoka Magica Episode 6
  11. Puella Magi Madoka Magica Episode 7
  12. Puella Magi Madoka Magica - Wraith Arc Chapter 9
  13. Puella Magi Madoka Magica Episode 10
  14. Puella Magi Madoka Magica Episode 6
  15. Puella Magi Madoka Magica Episode 10
  16. Puella Magi Madoka Magica Episode 1
  17. Puella Magi Madoka Magica Episode 2
  18. Puella Magi Madoka Magica Episode 11
  19. Puella Magi Madoka Magica Episode 11
  20. Puella Magi Madoka Magica Episode 12
  21. Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica Movie 3 Hangyaku no Monogatari
  22. Puella Magi Madoka Magica Episode 5
  23. Puella Magi Madoka Magica Episode 6
  24. Puella Magi Madoka Magica Episode 1
  25. Puella Magi Madoka Magica Episode 2
  26. Puella Magi Madoka Magica Episode 1
  27. Puella Magi Madoka Magica Episode 8
  28. Puella Magi Madoka Magica Episode 9
  29. Puella Magi Madoka Magica Episode 2
  30. Puella Magi Madoka Magica Episode 2
  31. Puella Magi Madoka Magica Episode 2
  32. Puella Magi Madoka Magica Episode 9
  33. Puella Magi Madoka Magica Episode 9
  34. Puella Magi Madoka Magica Episode 9
  35. Puella Magi Madoka Magica Episode 10
  36. Puella Magi Madoka Magica Episode 2
  37. Puella Magi Madoka Magica - Wraith Arc Chapter 9
  38. Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica Movie 3 Hangyaku no Monogatari
  39. Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica Movie 3 Hangyaku no Monogatari
  40. Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica Movie 3 Hangyaku no Monogatari
  41. Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica Movie 3 Hangyaku no Monogatari
  42. Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Season 1 Episode 12
  43. Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Season 1 Episode 12
  44. Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Season 2 Episode 8
  45. Puella Magi Madoka Magica - Wraith Arc Chapter 9
  46. Puella Magi Madoka Magica Episode 2
  47. Puella Magi Madoka Magica Episode 4
  48. Puella Magi Madoka Magica Episode 4
  49. Puella Magi Madoka Magica Episode 2
  50. Puella Magi Madoka Magica Episode 5
  51. Puella Magi Madoka Magica Episode 6
  52. Puella Magi Madoka Magica Episode 9
  53. Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Season 2 Episode 8
  54. Puella Magi Madoka Magica - Wraith Arc Chapter 1

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