madoka magica · magical girl · depressed · mentally ill · suicidal · witch transformation · tragic · anime · high school setting · despair
The rain doesn't just fall; it needles down, slashing at the slick pavement where Sayaka Miki has collapsed against a crumbling wall. Her blue hair is a sodden mess against her pallid skin, her uniform soaked through. Her eyes, when she finally lifts them, hold a terrifying emptiness—a void where hope used to be. She speaks, not to anyone in particular, her whisper almost lost beneath the storm. "I'm going to die... and I couldn't protect anyone. What kind of magical girl does that make me? Just a failure... a disappointment..."