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Madoka Manga comparisons

I had spare time so I wanted to compile most of the big differences in the original Madoka manga to the Reprint manga. Now this excludes obvious ones like outfit/witch/scenery changes. The designs are much more akin to the anime overall.

The comparisons certainly lessen as I go on because it got a little boring to explain the most minute of details but I swear I found as the manga went along more pages were just exactly the same as the original... I mention a few panel/layout pages in the earlier chapters but that dwindles as I go... sorry if you wanted that, I just got bored of it... I always mention the addition of full pages however

Anyway, please enjoy!

Chapter 1

The beginning shows a silhouette of Walpurgisnacht whereas she was absent/hidden before

An extra panel shows Homura falling

New Homura is falling while old Homura was just standing and was seemingly closer to madoka (less desperate it seems)

Old Homura is noticeably bleeding while silently calling out to Madoka

The position of the alarm clock is flipped (I just found that funny)

Old shows a panel of Tomohisa cooking whereas new adds more pages to breakfast (probably negating this)

Junko and Madoka are now in pjs first when in the bathroom

New makes note of the colours of the ribbons in special text (in english in the japanese ver, huh)

Madoka eats breakfast at the table whereas before she went straight out without visibly eating

New has an extra page of Madoka and Junko leaving

Hitomi coughs instead of just staring when Sayaka gets handsy with Madoka, more like the anime

Kazuko now picks on Nakazawa (I don't think he's ever in the original now i think about it...)

Homura is shown in silhouette behind the door instead of a neck down shot

Sayaka sits in front of Madoka whereas before she was behind

Madoka is shown in the panel before Homura looks at her

Homura looks the other way when staring at Madoka, probably to match with the desk layout from the anime

The classmates are now visibly shown talking to Homura (with text)

Madoka is sitting down instead of Hitomi (maybe to match with anime desk arrangements)

A panel is adding showing the girls down the corridor

The layout of Madoka walking with Homura and beginning to talk is the first distinct panel rearrangement

Same with the next page. In new, Homura seems far more serious and Madoka is less flustered

Madoka no longer responds when Homura says her name. When Homura is talking to her about what is precious, only Homura is seen, not both of them

Madoka no longer says Homura's name as she leaves

Madoka and Sayaka now visibly have their bags while shopping

Homura is more visibly seen clearing the smoke of Sayaka's fire extinguisher. Old homura is more visibly frustrated at the labyrinth's arrival

Mami is less visible as the Anthony approach. Unlike in the anime, they never have their nightmarish faces. A panel is added where Mami's soul gem is shown as well as when Mami falls in. The Anthony also take note of the flowers dropping from Mami's appearance

Mami arrives in her school uniform and transforms in front of the girls

It seems like there's added pages for Mami's attack which is more like the anime than the cannon from original

Homura is shown watching as soon as Mami defeats the anthony in the original

Homura approaches like in the anime in new whereas she leaves without approaching in the original

Mami detransforms in chapter 1 of the original. It seems like the original has a few more pages of the four of them talking that are taken up instead with the attack pages and talking to Homura in new

Chapter 2

Kyubey is on Madoka's shelf instead of in the bed. Madoka's angle is changed to accompany this

Mami's soul gem is no longer on a necklace/string. It is also shown retransforming from her ring in new

The girls look more shocked when Kyubey says they can grant any wish

The panel showing Mami's class number no longer appears, instead its a zoomed out shot of her class

Homura seems to no longer say 'Do you have a minute' when approaching the girls on the roof

An extra panel shows Kyubey's face (live kyubey reaction) as the girls talk

Homura is more visibly distraught in old when Madoka asks what her wish was

Hitomi is more sad about being left out in new compared to old, like in the anime

An extra set of panels are added showing the classroom girls asking Homura if she'd go out with them after class like in the anime

Mami and Sayaka's laughter at Madoka's drawings seem a little more lighthearted instead of cruel in the old one

The office woman's shoes are shown in new. Mami now catches her with a visible ribbon net rather than the magical spiral of old

The witch kiss now makes a sound effect

Mami summons a musket before they enter in old

Homura now watches over them in her school uniform instead of her magical girl outfit

Sayaka no longer hits an Adelbert with her bat

An extra page is added before they reach Gertrud featuring more Adelbert fighting and the door to the boss room

More panels are added for action and Mami doesn't reply when Sayaka exclaims she's missing. The two girls are also more visibly far away like in the anime

A few panels are added showing Adelbert approaching Mami

Two pages are added showing Mami binding and defeating Gertrud

The panels showing the labyrinth disappearing are now after Madoka and Sayaka's reaction instead of before

Mami throws Homura the grief seed like in the anime and has it thrown back. Homura is also still in her uniform

Chapter 3

Kyosuke's arm is now in wrappings whereas it was shown with visible injuries in old

Mami is on top of the lamp post ala the anime after killing Ulla

The central panels of the vehicle accident seems to almost be a 1 to 1 replica or trace of old

The panel showing Madoka's drawings is replaced with a zoom out shot of her house before showing her in bed

New adds two pages of the scene where Homura and Mami meet that night

Mami uses her ring to open Charlotte’s labyrinth instead of her gem

Mami no longer crouches to trap homura, she is instead standing and her ring glows. Ribbon like structures in the backgrounds kinda subtlely hint at what's to come

Homura is suspended in the ribbons instead of kneeling on the floor, more like the anime

Polina are no longer shown in the background waa but more of the labyrinth is shown off. Madoka is no longer shown sitting alone at her desk when talking about herself being weak

Instead of Madoka's visions of Mami being of her first appearance and saving the woman, it's now a single shot of her tiro volley from ch1

Mami begins to cry sooner in new

Mami seems to mention the wish for a marvellous feast in new whereas it was omitted before

Pages are added to show Mami fighting Pyotr and she doesn't transform so quickly.

The overall pacing of Charlotte's fight is a bit longer.

Charlotte emerges from a present which is very cute.

Mami shooting Charlotte and her emerging is over two pages instead of one.

Homura now transforms before she runs off

Charlotte eating Mami now has a more cartoony style. Mami's body is seen falling in her uniform whereas before it was already on the ground and still in her magical girl costume. The girls also now seem less shocked.

The bikes outside the hospital are shown as the labyrinth fades

Sayaka is still holding Madoka in new as Homura finishes fighting Charlotte

Sayaka's expression is no longer shown when grabbing Homura

The two girls are shown more visibly crying but Sayaka no longer screams 'Dammit'

Chapter 4

New shows the Mami egg at breakfast

A page is adding showing the girls walking to school and being in class with no text

A page is added of the girls talking.

Sayaka hugs Madoka as she cries like the anime

Madoka now has her school bag when visiting Mami's apartment (and is seen taking her notepad out of her bag)

Mami's apartment is shown as Madoka and Homura are discussing her instead of her classroom seat. She is also shown in her uniform instead of her magical girl outfit

Homura's ring is shown instead of her gem when discussing magical girls

Homura seems less shocked when Madoka says she wont forget her.

She also seems more shaken when she says she couldn't possibly remember. However she appears less shaken up when walking away

A panel is added during Sayaka and Kyosuke's discussion

Kyosuke hurts his hand on the CD player instead of the stack of CDs (Kyosuke's face also looks kinda worse lol)

Kyosuke appears more in pain and less angry after what he did

Kyubey is no longer shown as Sayaka mentions miracles however his eye is, with them appearing in Sayaka's eye in the panel below.

The crowd of witch kissed victims are shown instead of Madoka's horrified face as they clap for Hitomi (I think original worked better imo)

Madoka appears more scared as she's already crying as she runs for the door

Daniyyel and Jennifer are shown before Elly appears more like the anime

A page is added before Sayaka appears where Elly masquerades as Mami

A page is added for more fighting

Homura is no longer seen running over and instead is watching from afar. A page is removed where she's running over

Its more visible that Kyosuke's hand is healed as he clenches it. He also appears more shocked

Chapter 5

The scene where Sayaka contracts is a lot more flowery (also, theres more flowers) but very pretty

Sayaka's ring is shown more focally as the girls are on the grass

Madoka used to look more upset as Sayaka monologued

Kyoko focuses more on Sayaka as she watches her through her binoculaurs. Kyubey no longer has a waffle of his own.

The begginning of madoka and homura's conversation about sayaka is no longer slightly comedic

Madoka no longer cries as Homura leaves

Sayaka's first transformation is fancier (more panels)

A page is added for action and to compensate for the longer transformation

Kyoko's spear repels sayaka's attack instead of a shield, like the anime

Anja is shown in an extra panel as the labyrinth disappears

Kyoko turns away after felling Sayaka for the first time whereas before she was still facing her

Kyoko now creates her barrier to block madoka out

A couple of pages are added for action

Homura's hand is now visible when she says 'that will not be necessary' as madoka begins to wish

There is now an explosion as Homura appears

Chapter 6

Homura doesn't seem as angry about telling madoka to not get involved and madoka appears less upset

Flashbacks of Kyoko and Mami are shown as Kyubey discusses magic

Sayaka appears more angry at homura for apparently letting mami die

A page is added for this conversation and Madoka is more upset as she begins to cry

A page is added for Madoka and Junko's conversation about Sayaka

Sayaka no longer looks bittersweetly happy as she turns away form Kyosuke's home with now a much sadder expression

Sayaka seemed more angry at Kyoko in old for suggesting hurting kyosuke

Sayaka holds out her soul gem instead of holding it up

A small panel is added as homura leaves to get sayaka's soul gem to show her 'teleporting' away

Kyoko is more noticeablely grabbing sayaka's neck

Madoka appears more distraught over sayaka

Kyoko is now visible in the panel where sayaka wakes up

Chapter 7

The tone of Sayaka and Kyubey's discussion about the truth about soul gems seems tonally more dire. Sayaka's face is overshadowed more and the room is darker

Kyoko's flashback is shown with a dark outline to show the different time

Kyoko looks far younger in the flashback and is no longer slapped by the apple salesman rather grabbed by her jacket hood

Gisela is added as kyoko describes making her contract

Sayaka's face is now hidden when Madoka asks if she can come with her on a witch hunt

When in Elsa Maria's labyrinth, Sayaka is at first being attacked by Mathieu instead of what look like vines from Elsa Maria

Sayaka slashes at Elsa Maria instead of stabbing her and there appears to be less blood

In new Sayaka appears more broken than manic when continuing to fight Elsa Maria/Sebastian

Chapter 8

Sayaka appears more blank when healing herself at the end where she seemed more out of breath before

Kyoko now appears more helpless against Sayaka instead of shocked/frustrated

Sayaka's text boxes when she's yelling at Madoka now have a special outline to them

The page of Sayaka witnessing hitomi confessing to kyosuke now goes straight into her fighting the Bartels

Sayaka now fights the Bartels instead of Uhrmann

Sayaka seems more deadpan when expressing to homura that she'd be okay with dying where before she looked more bittersweetly sad

Homura no longer smirks when saying 'You're... quite sharp...' when bringing out her soul gem. Her hand with her ring is also shown shaking instead of a full body shot of her

Homura's expression is more unreadable when attempting to kill sayaka whereas before she looked a bit more evil

The scene where Sayaka mocks the two men on the train is replaced from her with an evil look her a silhouetted version of her in a soul gem. She also no longer walks away with a bloody blade

After Homura grabs Madoka, a quick flashback of madoka's dream from the very beginning is shown

Homura now looks away as Kyubey eats their body/talks to her

Sayaka is holding her blackened Soul Gem when kyoko meets her at the station as opposed to the incorrect grief seed before

Kyoko appears more shocked than upset as Sayaka explains herself to her

Kyoko now reaches out as Sayaka transforms into Oktavia

Chapter 9

The clock imagery when Homura stops time is replaced with oktavia and her labyrinth

Kyubey is shown in an extra panel after kyoko asks if there's any way to get her soul gem back (probably to make it easier to understand who's speaking)

Kyoko now stops madoka before they reach the boss room (more like the anime iirc)

Holger are removed in Oktavia's room v-v sad...

Oktavia uses the wheels to attack more like the anime

Kyoko puts up her barrier to protect madoka more like the anime

Kyoko is now more visible as Oktavia stabs her (less silhouette and blood). The cross necklace is also replaced with her father's charm

Both Sayaka and Kyoko look more sad/melancholic in their extra scene

Chapter 10

Madoka and the class is shown after Kazuko explain's Homura's heart disease

Madoka is no longer shown being bashful after mami compliments her fighting

Walpurgisnacht is shown more clearly before madoka leaves to fight her

The ruined city is shown as Madoka bids homura farewell

Homura now puts on her glasses to see her soul gem

Mathieu are added to Patricia's labyrinth :) her ribbon paths are also used

It's more visible when Kyoko falls after mami shoots her soul gem now

When Homura heals her eyes they glow brightly instead of showing a reflection of her soul gem

Gotz are removed from Roberta's labyrinth v-v

Chapter 11

Flashbacks of Madoka's deaths are shown as Homura hugs Madoka, telling her how much she's watched her die like the anime

The picture of Madoka and Homura in the past and present are more apparent during Homura's monologue

The fight between Walpurgisnacht is more akin to the anime in general

An extra page is added where Walpurgis first explodes where Homura thinks she's won

The shadow magical girls are no longer Mami, Kyoko and Sayaka, now retaining their anime appearances

A page of fighting the shadow magical girls seems to be removed (probably moved to the walpurgis section instead)

Junko now grabs Madoka's hand instead of calling to her more like the anime

Chapter 12

Madoka is more visible as she first transforms into her magical girl form, her blooming bow being focused on in extra panels

The sailor suited magical girl is replaced with a girl with a cog theme. She is no longer holding her soul gem instead madoka heals the star shaped gem on her arm

The historical magical girls madoka sees are completely redrawn and presumably the cog magical girl's soul gem can be seen at the top of the page

Madoka and Homura are now in their anime-esque dresses when bidding farewell instead of madoka being nude and homura in her magical girl outfit

Madoka's hair is no longer down as she takes sayaka away, fits with the anime but makes more sense for her hair to be down since she just gave her ribbons away :P

Tatsuya now draws more of madoka's body instead of just her face, more akin to the anime but not a perfect match

Homura's ribbons now match the anime instead of bunches but she is still wearing a casual outfit (albeit a different one)

The scenes with Junko and Homura feel overall lighter with a less dark sky

The 'Don't forget' line is accompanied with Homura with her wings facing the wraiths more akin to the anime instead of the old ribbons and feathers

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