Hope-Despair Cycle

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The Incubators' process: magical girls generate hope from wishes, then despair as witches, producing energy.

The cycle begins with a hopeful wish and magical girl life, then decays into despair and witch transformation, releasing massive energy. This continuous process fuels the entropy countermeasure.

Also known as: Energy cycle

What They Know

• It is the core mechanism of the Incubator system.
• Kyubey considers it a logical, necessary conversion.
• Magical girls are unaware they will become witches.
• Madoka's wish breaks the cycle by absorbing all despair.
• The cycle is a metaphor for unsustainable sacrifice.

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