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Puella Magi Madoka Magic OC Review: Selena Grace Rose

Reviewed by: Mod Charle

Name: Selena Rose Age: 15 Weapon: AK-47 Wish: To be able to protect her friends

She’s 15 and her uniform is for Mitakihara Middle School, so I assume she is in the same grade as Mami Tomoe (9th). I feel like an AK-47 as a weapon doesn’t suit her wish or appearance. Selena Rose’s outfit is very girly. If her wish was to protect her friends, a weapon that would match would most likely be a shield, like Homura. When you bring up protection, a shield usually comes to mind rather than an AK-47. I imagine a very large shield (about the size of Selena) as her weapon. But that’s just my opinion.

Before Contract Selena Grace lived alone in an apartment (that her father bought her) and attended Mitakihara Middle School as a foreign exchange student from Australia. She was quite the troublemaker, she spent her days skipping class, getting in trouble, and once she got suspended for 3 weeks. But, she was a loyal friend who always had her friends’ back.

Her appearance doesn’t quite match her personality. At first glance, she seems like a quiet, shy, and sweet girl. This bothered me a bit because I got the wrong impression of the character at first. However, this could be a good quality. Selena may seem like a good girl at glance, but she’s actually rebellious. A lot of anime characters live alone, and Selena just displays that again. It’s not a problem, but a reason for Selena to live separately from her parents would be nice. Also 3 weeks of suspension is long. That isn’t even suspension anymore. She would have gotten expelled.

Contract One day, on the news, Selena heard that her 3 best friends were missing. She tried searching for them but with no luck. But then, a weird creature appeared and offered her one wish in exchange for a contract with him.

Idk about you but the fact that her friends ran off without Selena makes me think they’re SNAKES. I do have to give credit to Selena though for actually trying to help her friends. Good loyalty.

She was very desperate at this time, “I wish I could’ve protected my closest friends form whatever took them away, erase their memories of it!” Selena cried.

Selena found herself in a witch’s labyrinth and saw her friends stuck in it as well. She quickly transformed herself and protected them from the witch. None of them remembered what happened and Selena worked as a magical girl for a long time, not realizing her fate.

This is a decent way to introduce her magical girl form. Her friends don’t know about it and that’s how it should be. This really does back up the fact the author added loyalty to one of her personality traits.

Despair Four years later in Mitakihara High school, her and her friends were planning on being together forever, but all of a sudden they started turning on each other, leaving Selena alone by herself. Tears streamed down her face and she didn’t know what to do. Her Soul Gem turned into the darkest color it could be.

I kinda assume Selena was more of a follower and relied on her friends for support. It might be why she tried so hard to protect them. I’m actually really surprised that she was able to survive this long as a magical girl. Magical girls are made to become witches quickly (Kyoko is an exception because her personality type enabled her to ignore other people and live for herself... until she met Sayaka lmao).

Also... I knew her friends were snakes

“What’s wrong? You got your wish, you protected your friends. It’s not my fault that happened. They’re all safe, they’re gonna have a happy life without you.” The incubator stated.

This is a damn good interpretation of Kyubey. He would definitely say something like this due to the lack of emotion incubators have.

“N-no... This wasn’t my wish! I never wanted this!” Selena sobbed loudly. “I should’ve let them get killed by that witch! I should fucking die!”

During the transition period of magical girl to witch, magical girls usually feel these negative emotions. They usually regret their wishes and feel hatred towards themselves for it. I think this is a good turning point for Selena, but I’m a little confused in how this plays a part in her personality. She is said to be rebellious and rude, yet loyal. However, it’s shown that she is also heavily reliant on her friends. Her personality may have to be changed in order to have the events flow.

Madoka’s Reset Selena became less rebellious and a lot nicer. Selena’s despair never happened, thanks to Madoka. When her time came she was taken away so she never felt the pain of betrayal.

I wish Selena’s witch form was also included. The witch of betrayal and loyalty would be a pretty good witch to have, not gonna lie. However, Madoka’s reset wouldn’t necessarily change Selena’s personality unless she was using the “rebellious facade” in order to fit in with her friends. It’s just something to think about with her personality.

Homura’s Reset Selena changed in Homura’s reset. She went from rebellious and rude to shy and kind. She didn’t meet her old friends again, in fact, her whole family moved to Japan because her father got a promotion. She arrived in Mitakihara City two months after the reset. She wore a light blue ribbon instead of a dark red one, and light blue thigh highs instead of purple. She had two best friends Aki and Aiko. She lived happily. She always felt a bit different though.

Homura’s reset changes a lot of things, including timeline events and memories. However, personalities don’t change. I’m very curious as to what Selena’s personality really is due to her reliability on friends. I also wish there was a little more background information on Selena’s relationships. Homura wouldn’t change anything with the universe unless it affected Madoka in some way. If Selena doesn’t interact with Homura or any of the main cast, she wouldn’t change Selena’s life at all.

Facts and Stuff

If Selena had wished for something else, her despair would’ve destroyed her a lot sooner.

She’s not a bad person, her friends talked her into making bad decisions.

She had a habit of picking fights with other magical girls and obtaining grief seeds that way as well.

She once fought Homura and lost miserably.

Selena is actually a lot older than the main cast because she becomes a magical girl at age 15 (2010).

She’s secretly in love with her friend Aki.

I feel like the second bullet point clears up her personality a little bit. I think the best personality for Selena would be kind, loyal, and uncertain. She would feel anxious about fitting in, causing her to put on a facade in order to make friends. Her 3 (snake) friends influence her to make bad decisions, but Selena goes along with it because she wants friends (reminds me of Futaba from Ao Haru Ride). The third bullet point totally messes up my edited version of Selena’s personality. If you (author) would like to keep her personality the way it was before, fine. But if you’d like to take my criticism, I suggest taking away the third bullet point.

Homura doesn’t fight others for no reason at all. Her focus is all on Madoka and protecting her. Relationships between characters would need to be developed in order to allow Selena to cut into the Madoka Magica timeline.

Also, Selena is a lot older than the regular cast. I don’t know how she would be able to interact with them if she was so much older.

Aki and Aiko are two random characters thrown in when Homura resets the universe. Like I said, Homura wouldn’t change anything unless it affects the main cast. Unless background information is provided, Aki and Aiko aren’t important, nor is Selena.

Selena could become a great Madoka Magica oc, but right now, she needs a lot of fixes and changes, the main ones being her personality, relationships with main cast, and appearance. I suggest making her put on a facade in order to make friends, but her magical girl outfit and appearance and general should display her real personality. Adding in relationships would also give an understanding of her place in the Madoka Magica universe.

Thanks for reading and I hope this helps! (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ

~ Mod Charle

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