My favorite episode so far...
The first element of what makes this episode great is kyouku. She is a complex character which has hypocritical tendencies and she knows it. She is against helping people with her powers for understandable reasons and her backstory is dark and depressing. Plus the apples looked great.
The second element is the complex emotions that permuate this episode. This episode is about different forms of coping. Kyouku with how she coped with her family's death, Madoka currently attempting to cope, and finally Sayaka unhealthly coping with the fact that she can't be together with her lover in a violent scene. I do not want to spoile the final scene of the episode, but this show is officially dark.
The first element of what makes this episode great is kyouku. She is a complex character which has hypocritical tendencies and she knows it. She is against helping people with her powers for understandable reasons and her backstory is dark and depressing. Plus the apples looked great.
The second element is the complex emotions that permuate this episode. This episode is about different forms of coping. Kyouku with how she coped with her family's death, Madoka currently attempting to cope, and finally Sayaka unhealthly coping with the fact that she can't be together with her lover in a violent scene. I do not want to spoile the final scene of the episode, but this show is officially dark.