What does it really mean to be a magical girl madoka kaname is an eighth grader who leads a peaceful fun filled life as a student surrounded by her beloved family and her best friends one day a transfer student named homura akemi arrives in madoka39s class she is a dark haired beauty with a somewhat mysterious disposition soon after meeting madoka for the first time homura goes on to issue madoka a strange warning madoka also meets kyubey a mysterious looking white creature he says quotmake