could you really blame her? At this point this kind of ending is probably one of the best out there... As long madoka stays oblivieus to the truth that is.
Nameless_Madao said: for everyone to live a happy life, surely they have that right
Faust, of which Madoka is based on, seems to disagree with that.
So far in the story, happiness is followed by destruction of those who seek it, while those who do not survive. I guess its somewhat Christian, you could say, if you are of the intrepretation that you will die if you don't reach salvation but you will be killed if you do. Its clear that happiness is not only not a right, but trying to reach happiness is self-destructive. In this sense, you cannot have a happy life but die happily.
I'd say that Earth is screwed anyways, either mankind is locked in an eternal conflict against witches and the universe dies, or mankind dies and saves the universe. To me, happiness for an individual, at least in the story, is viewed as selfish and immature but the unhappiness in understanding and accomplishing your duty to all life, even if you are unhappy, is mature. You may die in either case, but to me the latter is more moral. Self-sacrifice includes giving up your ability to have a happy life and conflict is required for deeper introspection. Suffering is never required, but a naive happiness is just as bad in my eyes.
@Heparine: Nameless Madao wasn't saying anything about the morality only that it IS easier to kill off 50 little Witches (or 50 puella magi) that combined only just managed to defeat Walpurgis who could be beaten by Madoka in just one hit than the one super powerful God-like witch that would come out of Madoka that's even stronger than her as a puella magi.
However I think this IS one of the best possible endings my reasoning:
What you suggested already happened in the original timeline. Mami and Madoka are dead, Homura survived, Kyouko is nowhere to be seen and Sayaka never contracted. However QB still convinced Homura to contract with him, it's only until the last timeline that QB states that he has enough energy which would suggest that in the original timeline he hadn't yet obtained enough energy. Quite likely he knew what Homura would do and considering that Madoka gets stronger each time this might be all part of his plan to get all the energy he needs from just Madoka even if it means destroying the Earth since it's quicker. However since QB also stated that he got more energy than he needed from Madoka's last time-line Witch form it would suggest that you can substitute quality with quantity so this still makes this doujin's ending better because then at least the fallout can be dealt with and QB still leaves without leaving a god-sized Madoka Witch behind to destroy the world.
It's still morally unsound but given Madoka's grim dark morality this may just be the most plausible ending too.
You don't know that 50 girls died from the fight. In fact, two of the girls who were in the front line at the beginning survived, and since they won "overwhelmingly," we conclude that the casualties were extremely minor considering Walpurgisnacht's power (which would usually destroy entire cities).
Of course, it's not good that these few died, but at the very least Homura found a way out of the time loop. At this point she can: 1) Leave it be and enjoy life. 2) Redo it with 100 girls. 50 fighters and 50 medics. Good luck getting kills this time, Walpurgisnacht. 3) Redo it with 101 girls. Tell one girl to wish everyone back to life at the end. Yay.
This gives a whole new meaning to that crossover pic with Emiya Kiritsugu.
For those of you who played Fate/Stay Night: Homura's actions were exactly the same as Kiritsugu. Sacrificing the few to save the many, or in this case, sacrificing the many to save the one. It's also pretty similar to Shirou's ideals in Heaven's Feel, as he was willing to let hundreds die so he could save Sakura. It's sad, but incredibly efficient.
OmniGman said: All of this to prevent entropy, which isn 't supposed to happen for millions of years anyway.
Millions is an EPICALLY MASSIVE understatement.
The EARLIEST that scientist's have predicted entropic heat death occurring is 10^100th years from the big bang. For the record, the current age of the universe is approximately 1.37x10^10 years. And that's only if Protons decay in a certain manner, if they don't, the time-frame becomes WAY more massive. (Heat death in more than 10^10^76th years(no the second 10 is NOT a typo))
The EndBut that's strange......
Are there flus that only girls can catch?Madoka, it is better that you keep your blissful ignorance.Hey, wait, Homura-chan!
Why so suddenly?Madoka going home with me, this everyday bliss is built on the sacrifice of many Magical Girls.I...... am really glad that I can be Madoka's friend.A nice person like you will definitely break should you know that truth.