When a new girl joins her class, Madoka Kaname thinks she recognizes the mysterious, dark-haired transfer student from one of her dreams&hellip;a dream where she is approached by a catlike creature who offers Madoka an opportunity to change destiny. Madoka had always thought magic was the stuff of fantasy&hellip;until she sees the transfer student fighting with the very cat being from her dream! And just like in Madoka&rsquo;s dream, the cat gives her a choice. Will Madoka become a magical girl in exchange for her dearest desire? What will be the cost of having her wish come true? 
(Source: Yen Press)

Mami's warm personality has made it difficult for her to adjust to her solitary life as a magical girl, where survival often takes precedence over kindness. When she meets Kyouko Sakura, a fellow lone wolf, she is excited at the prospect of working together with another magical girl and forging a friendship built on ultimate trust. But many are the sacrifices all magical girls must make, and the consequences of Kyouko's choice are only just becoming clear to her. When the pain becomes unbearable, will Kyouko remain standing beside Mami as a force for the greater good...?
 
(Source: Yen Press)

All the witches in the universe may have disappeared, but in their place, emotion-eating “wraiths” prey on humanity. The magical girls fight to protect Mitakihara City once more…
 
(Source: Yen Press)

If Madoka Kaname had known of the tragic transformation that would mark the end of her magical-girl journey, how would her story have unfolded? In this telling of her story, Madoka remembers the outcomes of her previous timelines—but so does Kyubey. Even with the knowledge of her previous lives, can Madoka outmaneuver Kyubey and avoid her fate?
 
(Source: Yen Press)

The life of a magical girl isn't all fighting witches and collecting grief seeds. When they aren't kicking butt, Homura Akemi and her friends face the same trials as normal high school girls! In this four-panel comedy, glimpse a sillier side of the girls from the bestselling Puella Magi Madoka Magica series! 
 
(Source: Yen Press)

A chance encounter between girls weaves a new tale... 
 
Recurring dreams of an unfamiliar girl draw Iroha Tamaki to Kamihama City, the last place she visited before the dreams began. Her only clue is a tiny Kyubey, which she aims to catch in the hope it will provide answers about the dreams and the heartache she feels each time they fade. Still, even as an experienced magical girl, the witches in this city are far more powerful than anything she's encountered back home. Can Iroha survive in Kamihama long enough to uncover the secrets within? A new story unfolds in this manga adaptation of the mobile game! 
 
(Source: Yen Press)

One night, 14-year-old Madoka Kaname has a terrible nightmare - against the backdrop of a devastated city, she witnesses a girl fight a losing battle against a dreadful being lingering above, while a cat-like magical creature tells Madoka the only way to change such tragic outcome is for her to make a contract with him and become a magical girl. 
The next day, the teen's dream seemingly becomes reality as the girl she saw in her dream - Homura - arrives at Mitakihara Middle School as a transfer student, mysteriously warning Madoka to stay just the way she is; but when later on she and her best friend Sayaka encounter the same cat-like magical creature from her dream - who introduces himself as Kyubey - the pair discovers that magical girls are real, and what's more, they can choose to become one. All they must do is sign a contract with Kyubey and agree to take on the duty to fight abstract beings called 'witches' that spread despair to the human world, and in return, each one of them will be granted any single wish they desire. However, as Homura's omen suggests, there might be far more to becoming a magical girl than Madoka and Sayaka realize... 
 
Notes: 
- Due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the broadcasts of episodes 11 and 12 were delayed and were later aired as a double feature on April 21, 2011.

The girls of the popular seinen magical girl series are reimagined in different scenarios across all sorts of genres by various mangaka.

Oriko, a magical girl with the gift of foresight, knows the fate that awaits all who accept Kyubey's offer of supernatural powers. But when she is struck with a terrible vision of the future-of the devastation caused by a single, powerful witch-she decides to prevent the girl from becoming a magical girl in the first place. To draw Kyubey away from the girl's potential, Oriko directs him instead to Yuma, an orphan who is all too eager to gain powers that will enable her to protect herself-powers that will ultimately lead to her own destruction...
 
(Source: Yen Press)

Kidnapped and stuffed into a trunk by an unknown assailant, teenager Kazumi bursts forth from the confines of the case to discover that she has been stripped not only of her clothes, but also of the memories of her life before the kidnapping. When she is recovered by a pair of schoolgirls, she doesn't recognize them as her best friends and roommates, Umika and Kaoru. As Kazumi tries to settle back into her normal life, she quickly realizes that her former "normal" was anything but!
 
(Source: Yen Press)

Suzune Amano lives an extraordinarily normal life as a middle school student by day and…magical-girl assassin by night?! When a group of four magical girls begins investigating the serial murders rampant in their city, they soon find themselves the next targets of Suzune! But what is the truth behind Suzune’s motivations to hunt both witches and magical girls alike? (Source: Yen Press)

Jeanne d'Arc is revered as a hero of the Hundred Years' War and a saint of the Catholic Church. But her leadership and strength of character in her time did not escape the notice of Kyubey, who, even in the fifteenth-century, sought Magical Girl candidates for their valuable energies. With her friends and fellow Magical Girls fighting at her side, Joan fights the English occupiers of France—but will she soon find herself fighting something much more sinister?! 
 
(Source: Yen Press)

Due to a slight misunderstanding, Homura begins her life cohabitating with Mami. But in slice-of-life, everything turns out better than expected. 

A story where the magical girls are all siblings living under the same roof. All the girls are magical girls except Madoka.
 
Note: Chapter count includes three volume-bonus chapters.

This alternative story tells the life of the series' characters when they're in their thirties using Mami's viewpoint. She's the only single person in their group, as Homura, Kyouko and Sayaka are married and Madoka is engaged. Mami loves eating, drinking beer and is obsessed with diets and losing weight, what's more, she works part-time. Due to this, Kyuubey has been recently telling her that "she's not the same as before"...


Showcasing delicious sweets and a colorful atmosphere, Café Grief Seed welcomes a variety of patrons through its doors. On a whim, Madoka Kaname and her friend Sayaka Miki visit the restaurant after seeing it being featured in a magazine. They quickly befriend the three employees of the establishment and eventually become interested in working at the café.
 
Seizing the opportunity, the apathetic store manager Kyuubey extends a job offer to Madoka and Sayaka, believing that their hiring will improve workplace efficiency. However, when waitress Homura Akemi eavesdrops on the cat-like creature, she learns that Kyuubey has ulterior motives behind the contract. Regretful of having made the wrong decision herself, Homura is determined to prevent Madoka from being deceived by the battlefield that is customer service!
 
(Source: MAL Rewrite)

A story where, in a world where magical girls and witches peacefully co-exist, Madoka decides to start a magical girl club.
 
(Source: Puella Magi Wiki)

A reimagination of Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica with the main characters as kindergarten students.

In exchange for the fulfillment of a wish, Magical Girls keep fighting, unbeknownst to the rest of the world. But Iroha Tamaki can’t seem to remember her wish. A rumor begins to spread among Magical Girls. “Magical Girls can be saved if they go to Kamihama.” Kamihama City, the city where Magical Girls and Uwasa are gathering. The story of Iroha Tamaki, in search for her lost wish, begins… (Source: Aniplex of America)

She will not know yet if this encounter is a mere coincidence or a necessity. Which would be, an encounter that would change her destiny.

Do you remember this girl? This is a story about Kaname Madoka, a story that tells of her undeniable existence.
 
This is a whole new story of magical girls. Madoka Kaname, an eighth grader of Mitakihara middle school, is a girl who lacks self-confidence. Although she would get distressed and dismayed at times, she still got through every day with the help of her friends and family. On one day, her road crossed with something inexplicable. And from then on, her track was deviated from the usual, and she had to meet her fate…
 
The TV animation ‘Madoka Magica’ is novelized at last! This is a story of miracles and magic in the female protagonist’s, Madoka Kaname’s, perspective.

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