Ep. 4

Summary

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After witnessing Mami's death, Madoka tells Kyubey that she is too frightened to make a contract. Kyubey accepts her refusal and disappears from her daily life. Homura explains that ordinary people will treat Mami only as a missing person because magical girls often die where no bodies can be recovered. Madoka promises that she will remember Mami and thanks Homura for saving them, but Homura warns that Madoka's compassion can be exploited. Sayaka continues visiting Kyosuke, whose frustration erupts when doctors confirm that he may never play the violin again. Unable to bear his despair, she makes a contract and wishes for his hand to heal. Meanwhile, Madoka notices Hitomi and other people marked by a witch gathering in a warehouse to create poisonous gas from cleaning chemicals. She disrupts the mass suicide and is dragged into a labyrinth that torments her with images of Mami's death. Sayaka appears in magical-girl form and defeats the witch, proudly revealing her choice and Kyosuke's recovery. Homura reacts with concern rather than celebration. Elsewhere, Kyubey welcomes Kyoko Sakura, an aggressive veteran who intends to claim the territory Mami left behind and views Sayaka as an unwanted rival.