Even after extracting souls out of humans, Kyubey just had to force the truth into Sayaka again and tampered with her soul gem. As though trying to convince Sayaka about the "good" of having her soul out of her physical self.
"This is when you get pierced by a spear". Allowing Sayaka to feel the pain through the soul gem just doesn't quite fit the bill in convincing Sayaka in the benefits of a painless body. Sorry Kyubey, but that just isn't right no matter how it's phrased.
Knowing that her own body was a mere shell and what she really is, the soul gem, Sayaka took some time off from school to manage her feelings, while Madoka confronts Homura about the soul gem. Homura apparently knew about the secret and that was the reason why she told Madoka to give up on Sayaka since the path she had took was a path of no return. After Homura declares that Mami had died without knowing the truth to the soul gem, the overly kind Madoka questions about Homura's coldness towards the others. Not being human and your soul kept in a gem would most probably lead to the loss of emotional feelings anyway, which was what Homura gave as a reason.
With the truth of the contract spilled out, Kyouko decided to have a chat with Sayaka and brought her to a church which was previously owned by her father. Kyouko shared about her path to becoming a Mahou Shoujo, which reinforced her point of living without using magic for others. Her father was the previous owner of the church but as he looked upon the teachings in another way, his followers decreased and everywhere the family when, they were ignored and looked down on. Kyubey became the solution for their family when Kyouko decided to form the pact with a large number of followers in return for the contract. However, her father later realises that the followers he had were all created by magic and called Kyouko a witch for doing so. An irony it was, when Kyouko's the one fighting the witches herself. Her father couldn't take it much longer and broke down, killing off the rest of the family, leaving Kyouko by herself.
That was when Kyouko made her resolution, after seeing how magic had ruined her family, she just didn't want to risk it, using magic to help others might backfire in the end.
Sayaka however remained determined as a Mahou Shoujo to eliminate the threats and wouldn't regret her actions either.
Unfortunately for the two, the different mindset just doesn't sit well with each other. Would have preferred them to form a new friendship though.
The following day, Ryousuke returned to school which incidentally sparked the interest from Hitomi who later reveals that she had loved Kyousuke for a long time and asked for Sayaka's connection with him. Sayaka, who's still unable to follow her true feelings, was still in a state of shock about what Hitomi had told her. Hitomi however, still gave Sayaka some time to take action before she confesses. This makes me wonder if Hitomi was actually in love with Kyousuke but had not decided to take action due to Kyousuke's handicap. Or that she had lied to spur Sayaka forward to force her to take action on her true feelings before she regrets it in the future. Do hope that it is the later that is true.
Later that night, Sayaka and Kyubey embark on another witch hunt and this time, Madoka decides to follow her again to keep her company. Having heard those words from Hitomi, Sayaka breaks down on Madoka, telling her that she might have started to regret accepting the contract. Not being able to hold or kiss Kyousuke with her real self is indeed sank into her own heart and she'll never be able to get into a relationship with Kyousuke with her body being only a shell. And this time, Hitomi was going to take Kyousuke away from her.
With the emotions being let out, the trio heads to the witch. Kyouko didn't barged in to steal the witch away from Sayaka and Homura arrived to check on them, and wondered about why Kyouko wouldn't want to take action when a Grief Seed was right in front of her.
Kyouko then noticed that Sayaka was losing and rushed into the barrier, rescuing Sayaka from the grip of the witch. Sayaka however, told the rest to stay back and started engaging the witch once again. This time however, Sayaka took all the attacks head on and continues to rush forward. Having an invincible body and painlessness seemed to have taken the toll on Sayaka.
A breakdown.
Kyouko definitely wasn't a badass like how she looked but had previously attempted to use magic for someone else and it backfired. Maybe that was the reason for her to find Sayaka instead since she did have a similar circumstance as her. Believing that she didn't make a mistake and would definitely not regret it, Sayaka began to have second thoughts since what she did for Kyousuke did indeed seemed to have backfired now, since Kyousuke, once returned back to school, there will definitely be more competition for him now compared to being in the hospital where Sayaka was the only one that cared for him. Looking at how Sayaka had broke down, it did seemed to happen sooner or later after all the stress the others were giving her. And knowing that whatever she does wouldn't be exactly her since it was just a shell, and that possible, she began to doubt if her feelings for Kyousuke still remained true after becoming a Mahou Shoujo. Another episode down and Madoka's still away from Kyubey... Saving the rest of the other Mahou Shoujos and making herself as the sole fighter does seem possible now too.
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