I’m surprised I’m not crying, because I want to rip my heart out. It’s been aching since chapter 11 and it won’t stop.

This story...it’s definitely my new favorite Madoka Magica fanfic. Hell, maybe my favorite fanfic in general. Every word drew me in, and I felt like I was losing a dear friend myself in that last chapter. The loss still hurts.

Honestly, I don’t think a fictional death has ever hit me as hard as this. Which is weird, because I’ve seen my fair share of tragic deaths. But the desperation when Homura has her heart attack, the void after her death, the longing in her final message, made this the biggest gut punch I’ve felt in a while.

At least Homura is with Madoka. Speaking of which, I hope Homura remembered a bit about Madoka. Not her whole past, but that Madoka was very dear to her. They’ll be happy in the afterlife. And one day, everyone will reunite to be together forever.

Thank you so much for writing this. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to cry myself to sleep.

This was amazing. I liked that homuharem thing and how at the end she met Madoka, I loved all the romance, and the sad bits. This was a unique story that took a while to find, and I'm so glad I've read it. I wouldve liked a happy ending, but this just idk fits(maybe). Thx for writing this.
So...

Goodnight/goodmorning potato out

And again, great fanfiction

well must say i regret finishing this, not because it was sad but because it felt like a cheap and lazy ass-pull to create a sad ending just because madoka fics "have to" have a bad ending.

You do realize that you could have just not killed Homura right? You added nothing to the story by doing that and in fact completely ruined it. Wouldn't just going with the harem ending Kyôko joked about have been better? You could have gotten plenty of drama out of everyone taking a while to realize that they could actually do that. Instead all you've done is write a depressing KyôSaya fic. If that's what you wanted to do could have just gone with HomuMami instead of killing off Homura.

very good story i enjoyed it yes it was sad but it was beautiful to

this is just how i interpenetrate your story but im guessing homura burnt up her life time in her time loops and madoka gave her a year in the new reality so she could die with loved ones instead of the loneliness she would have otherwise had

A wonderful story.

What the fuck, Homura?

Why would you do this?

Well that was a kind of a depressing ending, even in a world without incubators homura still gets shafted (pun intended)

Somehow I could predict Homura's death a chapter ahead of time based on the lack of plot event details...and yet, it was tragic all the same. Sudden, unrelenting, heartwrentching.

I was very surprised with your characterization of Homura over the whole fic. Slightly OOC, but given that it's a whole AU I could see where elements of your depiction come from.

Thanks for writing!

Wow!
I love this story. The ending really made me sad. If I wasn't reading this in a hurry I'd probably be on the verge of tears by now... maybe I should reread it. Then I'll look crazy for crying in front of the computer :)
Everything about it was great. I also like all the shout-outs to the anime.

Damn you! I wanted a happy ending!

Not even sure if you are still around to get this, but thank y

I'm surprised to be saying this, but I liked this a good deal, despite how improbable some of the outcomes were. I particularly applaud taking on such a premise, where everyone is depowered and didn't get their wishes... and it doesn't necessarily make them worse off, especially in the long run, but doesn't magically make everything all right either. In your story, Madoka's wish was a good thing, but it can be hard to see at times. I liked that.

Or was it a good thing. ;) I presume in your story the Universe eventually dies? Right, nobody ever cares about that except poor Kyubey...

Well... This was pretty neat, most of the way. I certainly liked the way Homura still grew from the weaker girl she was to the (relatively) responsible teenager, all without a wish to rely on. By the end, you've believably built her to be the brilliant centre of her social circle, someone that anyone can admire - which her friends certainly did.

I still rather dislike her untimely demise, though. Now, I'm not saying this to be disrespectful - contrarily, even if I'm about to bash it the one thing I liked was how you kept it bittersweet all the way to the epilogue - BUT, from what I see the only thing it really accomplished was push the ever-popular Kyouko x Sayaka pairing together. Plot-wise, her death solved absolutely nothing - she already had no issues by the time she died. It also initiated nothing - you used this as a way to end the story, with no care whatsoever for what Sayaka and the rest went through the next year with Homura's death as the inciting incident. It wasn't even played for suspense properly - there was some foreshadowing, yes, but would that really be anything compared to, say, letting just the audience know or letting just one of her friends know to build up the angst? When the twist came, it was nothing short of sudden, still surprising, and senseless - which is why I disliked it so much.

On a different topic, one final thing that I would say is that Yuma was also nicely written. I thought you mixed her childish demeanor with Kyouko's rather inappropriate behaviour very well, with the result being a humourous mix of cute yet cringeworthy.