Character Name: Sayaka Miki Canon: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Canon Point: Early Episode 5, after making her contract and rescuing her friends. Background/History:http://wiki.puella-magi.net/Sayaka_Miki Personality: A good way to describe Sayaka is that she is a highly misplaced heroine. In a different story or world, she has all the traits that would make a good protagonist or an ally to one in a magical girl story. She is very impulsive and energetic, being very tomboyish in behavior and is quick to poke fun at both friends and strangers alike, though almost never meaning ill behind it. Alongside that, she is very kind and compassionate, often thinking little of herself in situations where a friend or loved one is in need or in danger of any kind. In this area, Sayaka is self-sacrificing to a fault, and will do whatever she believes is good without even a little bit of hesitation or second thought, which will often run alongside a stubborn streak in her personality. Despite her impulsiveness, she is also quick to bounce back from mistakes and try to understand what and who she had conflict with, such as when she warms up to a certain red-head later on in the story.
Yes, Sayaka possesses all the traits that would suit a heroine of another story, but in the world she comes from, all of these traits damn her completely.
While all of these things would make Sayaka a dependable friend, it also hurts her. She wants to be recognized in her efforts when she looks out those she cares about, even if she's not consciously aware of or stating such. While she will usually try to shrug and laugh off things that bother her, trying to bounce back as fast as possible, it will eventually become obvious when a dark cloud is hanging over her head and her actions will become more reckless in the process. Also, with her age taken into account, she hasn't matured or experienced enough to realize her worldview of good and bad in the world is naive' and at a fault. With this in mind, she would be ill-equipped to handle such a responsibility that would go hand-in-hand with her going out of her way for others. Then, the moment she makes a contract with Kyuubey forces that responsibility on her, and it's initially one she takes with glee. After all, she is able to finally heal the boy she has crushed on for so long, and now has a way to protect both him, her friends, and her family from witches that would otherwise kill them. This is only affirmed by her first night as a magical girl, where she rescues both Madoka and Hitomi from a witch that was trying to drive a group of people into a cult-like mass suicide. From the time she is being pulled from, Sayaka was at her peak and her prime as a magical girl...one she was due to start tumbling down into darkness from before Haven snatched her.
Even then, it may not save her. Sayaka wants to be acknowledged for her efforts as a magical girl, and to do good while protecting others and those she loves. She also suffers from bitterness when her world view is challenged and the obstacle can't be simply knocked away or proven wrong. On top of that, while she does her best to contain herself, she also suffers from several cases of envy. When Kyuubey would later tell her that Madoka would easily be more powerful than her as a magical girl, she visibly has a negative reaction to this idea. While this is also because she still wanted to protect Madoka, she is also jealous of the fact that Madoka could apparently casually swat away a problem she had nearly been killed by. This becomes apparent when she starts lashing out at her for not making a contract like she did when pushed to the brink.
In short, while Sayaka seems like an ideal heroine or someone who'd be excellent foil to one, the story takes a much more three-dimensional approach than that. Sayaka is an ordinary young girl in middle school who, if given time, would eventually learn from her mistakes and likely live an ordinary life. In the life-or-death scenario that is being a magical girl, however, both her view of things and her character are challenged and are almost never saved from her inevitable doom. That doom is that the boy she has crushed on will not even acknowledge all the time she spent with him, that one of her best friends will confess to him and they will both seemingly get along just fine, and on top of all of that, she has to spend the rest of eternity fighting horrible creatures that defy both shape and reason, until she either dies or (more likely) is broken by the despair and becomes such a monster. She is an ordinary young girl who cannot live up to the naive' and one-sided worldview she has and making a contract with Kyuubey seals her fate.
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Character Name: Sayaka Miki
Canon: Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Canon Point: Early Episode 5, after making her contract and rescuing her friends.
Background/History: http://wiki.puella-magi.net/Sayaka_Miki
Personality: A good way to describe Sayaka is that she is a highly misplaced heroine. In a different story or world, she has all the traits that would make a good protagonist or an ally to one in a magical girl story. She is very impulsive and energetic, being very tomboyish in behavior and is quick to poke fun at both friends and strangers alike, though almost never meaning ill behind it. Alongside that, she is very kind and compassionate, often thinking little of herself in situations where a friend or loved one is in need or in danger of any kind. In this area, Sayaka is self-sacrificing to a fault, and will do whatever she believes is good without even a little bit of hesitation or second thought, which will often run alongside a stubborn streak in her personality. Despite her impulsiveness, she is also quick to bounce back from mistakes and try to understand what and who she had conflict with, such as when she warms up to a certain red-head later on in the story.
Yes, Sayaka possesses all the traits that would suit a heroine of another story, but in the world she comes from, all of these traits damn her completely.
While all of these things would make Sayaka a dependable friend, it also hurts her. She wants to be recognized in her efforts when she looks out those she cares about, even if she's not consciously aware of or stating such. While she will usually try to shrug and laugh off things that bother her, trying to bounce back as fast as possible, it will eventually become obvious when a dark cloud is hanging over her head and her actions will become more reckless in the process. Also, with her age taken into account, she hasn't matured or experienced enough to realize her worldview of good and bad in the world is naive' and at a fault. With this in mind, she would be ill-equipped to handle such a responsibility that would go hand-in-hand with her going out of her way for others. Then, the moment she makes a contract with Kyuubey forces that responsibility on her, and it's initially one she takes with glee. After all, she is able to finally heal the boy she has crushed on for so long, and now has a way to protect both him, her friends, and her family from witches that would otherwise kill them. This is only affirmed by her first night as a magical girl, where she rescues both Madoka and Hitomi from a witch that was trying to drive a group of people into a cult-like mass suicide. From the time she is being pulled from, Sayaka was at her peak and her prime as a magical girl...one she was due to start tumbling down into darkness from before Haven snatched her.
Even then, it may not save her. Sayaka wants to be acknowledged for her efforts as a magical girl, and to do good while protecting others and those she loves. She also suffers from bitterness when her world view is challenged and the obstacle can't be simply knocked away or proven wrong. On top of that, while she does her best to contain herself, she also suffers from several cases of envy. When Kyuubey would later tell her that Madoka would easily be more powerful than her as a magical girl, she visibly has a negative reaction to this idea. While this is also because she still wanted to protect Madoka, she is also jealous of the fact that Madoka could apparently casually swat away a problem she had nearly been killed by. This becomes apparent when she starts lashing out at her for not making a contract like she did when pushed to the brink.
In short, while Sayaka seems like an ideal heroine or someone who'd be excellent foil to one, the story takes a much more three-dimensional approach than that. Sayaka is an ordinary young girl in middle school who, if given time, would eventually learn from her mistakes and likely live an ordinary life. In the life-or-death scenario that is being a magical girl, however, both her view of things and her character are challenged and are almost never saved from her inevitable doom. That doom is that the boy she has crushed on will not even acknowledge all the time she spent with him, that one of her best friends will confess to him and they will both seemingly get along just fine, and on top of all of that, she has to spend the rest of eternity fighting horrible creatures that defy both shape and reason, until she either dies or (more likely) is broken by the despair and becomes such a monster. She is an ordinary young girl who cannot live up to the naive' and one-sided worldview she has and making a contract with Kyuubey seals her fate.