Madoka/Homura

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Pairing
Pairing: Madoka Kaname/Homura Akemi
Alternative name(s): MadoHomu
Gender category: F/F
Fandom: Puella Magi Madoka Magica
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Madoka/Homura, also known as MadoHomu, is the femslash pairing of Madoka Kaname and Homura Akemi in Puella Magi Madoka Magica series.

Canon

The show starts with Madoka having a dream in which she sees Homura fighting in an apparently unwinnable battle, only to find out the next day that the girl from her dreams is her new classmate. As Homura advises Madoka not to become a magical girl multiple times throughout the series, it is later revealed that Homura has been going back in time multiple times with the ultimate goal of protecting Madoka, after originally meeting her as a magical girl who died trying to protect her and everyone else.

Fandom

This leads us to explore what is probably the main problem of Homura and Madoka. Basically they both have a very low self-esteem and in order to prove their worth they are both determined to be useful and to succeed in their mission as magical girls. However, Madoka’s mission as a magical girl is in opposition with Homura’s one and this leads the two girls to never be completely satisfied at the same time. If you notice, both in the series and in the movie, when Madoka is active and confident Homura is unsure and lost and vice versa. Homura especially needs Madoka to be safe in order to prove her self worth and this is a problem because it makes so that it is impossible for Madoka to claim any form of agency since it will lead to Homura being left unsatisfied.[1]

Tropes & Fanon

Notable Fanworks

Fan Fic

  • Rewind by terajk - "Why are you so cold, Akemi-san?" - oneshot, posted 2011
  • Persephone's Waltz by ErinPtah - "The more times she fails to save Madoka, the more desperate Homura gets...until kidnapping her and locking her in a basement until Walpurgisnacht is over stops sounding like such a crazy idea." - angst and hurt/comfort, Stockholm Syndrome, complete, posted 2012-2013
  • I Die Because I Do Not Die by Masu_Trout - "Years later, the goddess Madoka visits her most devoted follower." - post-canon, ignores Rebellion Story, hurt/comfort, oneshot, posted 2015
  • A Red Umbrella by DevinTowerwood - "Homura has been looping time for the past year, and she's exhausted. She's so exhausted she hasn't even noticed that Madoka is in love with her and being really obvious about it." - fluff and angst, humor, posted 2020

Fan Art

  • a digital illustration of Madoka, wearing a pink sweatshirt, in the act of embracing homura, who is dressed in a similar black sweatshirt.

    Madohomu pmmm by chereverie (2016)

  • digital art of Homura in formal dress being embraced by a winged Madoka dressed in her school unifom, with a cityscape in the background.

    Untitled by EK (2019)

  • a digital illustration of Homura in her Devil form staring at a much smaller statuette of Madoka posing in magical girl form.

    i love you like a statuette by katsuaaki (2022)

  • an illustration of Madoka and Homura wearing their school uniforms and embracing.

    happy walpurgis night :P by plecostomusz (2023)

Meta

Doujinshi

Fanvids

Cosplay

  • A cosplayer dressed as Homura's devil form embraces a cosplayer dressed as Madoka's goddess form from behind.

    Homucifer and Madokami cosplay by Achico-Xion (2015)

  • Madoka and Homura cosplayers posing in front of a potted bamboo plant.

    I hope you've all been having a wonderful holiday season, filled with tons of joy and good company! by Spufflez (2018)

  • A Homura cosplayer holds her soul gem necklace out to a Madoka cosplayer, who is staring at it reverently.

    Remeber this & take it to heart: Kindness sometimes leads to even greater tragedy ~Homura Akemi by Shido and Anko (2019)

Archives and Communities

More than two hundred Madoka/Homura doujinshi can be found under the Homura x Madoka tab at Dynasty Reader.

Resources

References

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  1. ^ Tumblr post by aspoonfulofsugar
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