Grief Seeds
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Please refrain from reading if you are not yet familiar with all the latest media released.This page lists information and speculation about the grief seeds that appear in each episode of the anime and chapter of the different manga spinoffs.
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Episode 2
Gertrud's Grief Seed.
The Grief Seed that Mami obtained from Gertrud.
- Top emblem: Butterfly
- Bottom emblem:Rose
- Battles: Mami
- Possession: Kyubey (presumed)
- Used by: Mami
Episode 3
Charlotte's Grief Seed.
The Grief Seed found embedded in a hospital wall.
- Top emblem: Strawberry
- Bottom emblem: Charlotte's head
- Battles: Mami, Homura
- Possession: Homura
- Used by: Unknown (presumed to be Homura)
Episode 4
Elly's Grief Seed.
Elly's Grief Seed, not originally seen in the episode. It was added in the AT-X rebroadcast.
- Top emblem: Wing
- Bottom emblem: Monitor
- Battles: Sayaka
- Possession: Sayaka
- Used by: Sayaka
Episode 6
Elly's Grief Seed.
Initially speculated to be Elly's grief seed, which was proven true as it was added to the revised Episode 4.
- Top emblem: Wing
- Bottom emblem: Monitor
- Battles: Sayaka
- Possession: Kyubey
- Used by: Sayaka
Episode 8
Elsa Maria's Grief Seed.
After defeating Elsa Maria, Sayaka gives this Grief Seed to Kyoko as repayment for her assistance.
- Top emblem: Crown
- Bottom emblem: Blank (Circle)
- Battles: Sayaka, Kyoko
- Possession: Kyoko
- Used by: Kyoko (presumed)
The witch of the Netherlands's Grief Seed.
The Grief Seed Homura gives to Sayaka, who refused it. According to this design document, it belongs to the "witch of the Netherlands (オランダの魔女)".
- Top emblem: Tulip
- Bottom emblem: Windmill
- Battles: Homura (presumed)
- Possession: Homura
- Used by: none (presumed)
Oktavia von Seckendorff's Grief Seed.
Sayaka's Grief Seed, immediately after exploding.
- Top emblem: Music note
- Bottom emblem: Music note
- Battles: Kyoko in Episode 9
- Possession: None (no Grief Seed was dropped after defeat)
- Used by: None (presumed)
Episode 10
Oktavia's Grief Seed.
Sayaka's Grief Seed from the third timeline.
- Top emblem: Music note
- Bottom emblem: Music note
- Battles: Homura, Madoka, Mami, Kyoko
- Possession: Madoka
- Used by: Homura
Kriemhild Gretchen's Grief Seed.
Madoka's Grief Seed, the cutest Grief Seed ever.
- Top emblem: Teardrop with ribbons
- Bottom emblem: Comet
- Battles: none
- Possession: none
- Used by: none
- The fact that the bottom emblem is a shooting star may be because of the fact that people make wishes whenever they see a shooting star.
Episode 11
Homura's Grief Seed.
Shown in Kyubey's speech about how Homura would drown in despair, if she ever lost hope.
- Top emblem: Diamond
- Bottom emblem: Hourglass/Record
- Battles: none
- Possession: none
- Used by: none
Episode 12
"Grief Seeds" in cubic form taken from "Demons."
The Grief Seeds take a cubic form in Episode 12. It is not known if they are still called Grief Seeds or if they have a different name (Grief Cubes?).
- Emblems: none
- Battles: Homura, Kyoko, Mami, Sayaka
- Possession: Homura
- Used by: Homura
Mami's Heart-Pounding Tiro Finale
Ophelia's Grief Seed, from Mami's Heart-Pounding Tiro Finale
- Top emblem: Eye
- Bottom emblem: Eye
- Battles: Homura
- Possession: Homura (presumed)
- Used by: none
Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable
Albertine's Grief Seed, from Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable
- Top emblem: Star
- Bottom emblem: Flower
- Battles: Varies
- Possession: Varies
- Used by: Varies
Gisela's Grief Seed, from Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable
- Top emblem: Handlebars
- Bottom emblem: Grille
- Battles: Mami or Kyouko
- Possession: Mami or Kyouko
- Used by: Varies
Izabel's Grief Seed, from Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable
- Top emblem: Trophy
- Bottom emblem: Archway
- Battles: Mami and Madoka or Kyouko and Sayaka
- Possession: Mami and Madoka or Kyouko and Sayaka
- Used by: Varies
Patricia's Grief Seed, from Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable
- Top emblem: Cherry blossom
- Bottom emblem: Spider eyes
- Battles: Mami, Madoka and Homura
- Possession: Mami, Madoka and Homura
- Used by: Varies
Candeloro's Grief Seed, from Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable
- Top emblem: Flower
- Bottom emblem: Flower
- Battles: Madoka and Homura
- Possession: Madoka and Homura
- Used by: Varies
Ophelia's Grief Seed, from Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable
- Top emblem: Eye
- Bottom emblem: Eye
- Battles: Homura
- Possession: Homura
- Used by: Varies
Walpurgis Night's Grief Seed, from Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable
- Top emblem: Gear
- Bottom emblem: Gear
- Battles: Varies
- Possession: Varies
- Used by: Varies
Puella Magi Oriko Magica
Puella Magi Oriko Magica, chapter 1
The witch of flowers' Grief Seed.
Presumably the Grief Seed of the flower witch that attacked Yuma.
- Top emblem: Unknown
- Bottom emblem: Leaves/Petals?
- Battles: Kyoko
- Possession: Kyoko
- Used by: none (presumed)
Puella Magi Oriko Magica, chapter 2
Cecil's Grief Seed.
The Grief Seed of the Taste Witch that Kyoko battled.
- Top emblem: Rosary
- Bottom emblem: Cherry petals
- Battles: Kyoko
- Possession: Kyoko
- Used by: Kyoko (presumed)
Puella Magi Oriko Magica, chapter 5
Latria's Grief Seed.
The outline of Kirika's Grief Seed, visible within her Soul Gem prior to becoming a witch.
- Top emblem: Doll?
- Bottom emblem: Unknown
- Battles: Kyoko, Mami, Yuma, Homura
- Possession: none
- Used by: none (presumed)
Puella Magi Kazumi Magica
Puella Magi Kazumi Magica, chapter 4
Prologue's Grief Seed.
The bookmobile witch's Grief Seed, given to Jubey by the Pleiades.
- Top emblem: Oval
- Bottom emblem: Unknown (compass points?)
- Battles: The Pleiades Saints
- Possession: Jubey
- Used by: none
Puella Magi Kazumi Magica, chapter 5
Nie Blühen Herzen's Grief Seed.
"Yuuri", aka Airi's, Grief Seed.
- Top emblem: Flower
- Bottom emblem: Flower
- Battles: The Pleiades Saints
- Possession: The Pleiades Saints, Jubey (presumed)
- Used by: none (presumed)
Puella Magi Kazumi Magica, chapter 9
Niko Kanna's Grief Seed.
- Top emblem: Diamond/Square
- Bottom emblem: Diamond/Square
- Battles: The Pleiades Saints
- Possession: The Pleiades Saints, Jubey (presumed)
- Used by: none (presumed)
Puella Magi Kazumi Magica, chapter 15
Satomi Usagi's Grief Seed.
- Top emblem: Bat wing
- Bottom emblem: Bat wing
- Battles: Kazumi
- Possession: The Pleiades Saints, Jubey (presumed)
- Used by: none (presumed)
Puella Magi Kazumi Magica, chapter 18
Saki Asami's Grief Seed.
- Top emblem: Lily-of-the-valley
- Bottom emblem: Lily-of-the-valley
- Battles: Kanna Hijiri and other witches
- Possession: Umika, Saki and Kazumi
- Used by: Kazumi
Puella Magi Kazumi Magica, chapter 19
The Souju's Grief Seeds
- Top emblem: Moon in Circle and Circle in Moon
- Bottom emblem: Moon in Circle and Circle in Moon
- Battles: Umika and Kaoru
- Possession: No one (presumed)
- Used by: No one (presumed)
Puella Magi Kazumi Magica, chapter 22
Michiru's Grief Seed
- Top emblem: Spiral
- Bottom emblem: Spiral
- Battles: Pleiades Saints
- Possession: Kazumi
- Used by: Umika and Kaoru
Soul Gems
This is a compilation of every magical girl's soul gems' emblems and their locations. Soul gems come in three forms: the gem form, the ring form (though it is sometimes not a ring, but a hairpin, earring, or other piece of jewelery), and the transformation form, the shape of which is unique to each individual girl and gem.
Note that soul gem and grief seed are not English translations of Japanese words, but the actual English words spoken in the anime. Therefore, it's possible that it was intentionally chosen, and not merely coincidental, for the initials of grief seed (GS) to be the reverse of soul gem (SG). If so, it would appropriately reflect the role reversal that occurs when magical girls turn into witches.
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Mami Tomoe
- Top emblem: Flower
- Bottom emblem: Flower
- Shape when transformed: Flower
- Location: Hairpin on right side of head
Sayaka Miki
- Top emblem: Musical note
- Bottom emblem: Musical note
- Shape when transformed: Musical note
- Location: Navel
Homura Akemi
- Top emblem: Diamond
- Bottom emblem: Diamond
- Shape when transformed: Diamond
- Location: Left hand
Kyoko Sakura
- Top emblem: Oval
- Bottom emblem: Oval
- Shape when transformed: Oval
- Location: Upper chest
Madoka Kaname
- Top emblem: Teardrop
- Bottom emblem: Teardrop
- Shape when transformed: Teardrop
- Location: Upper chest
Nagisa Momoe
- Top emblem: Unknown
- Bottom emblem: Unknown
- Shape when transformed: Smiling candy
- Location: Front and center of belt
Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Other Magical Girls)
Unnamed Tibetan girl
- Top emblem: Heart
- Bottom emblem: Heart / inverted spade
- Shape when transformed: Leaf (?)
- Location: Below neck, collar
Unnamed girl from the Savannah
- Top emblem: Unknown
- Bottom emblem: Unknown
- Shape when transformed: Shield
- Location: Right arm, above elbow
Unnamed girl with bear
- Top emblem: Unknown
- Bottom emblem: Unknown
- Shape when transformed: Bear head
- Location: Hairpin on upper left side of head
Unnamed girl in purple
- Top emblem: Unknown
- Bottom emblem: Unknown
- Shape when transformed: Heart
- Location: Center of chest, between the breasts
Unnamed Viking girl
- Top emblem: Unknown
- Bottom emblem: Unknown
- Shape when transformed: Crescent / Horn?
- Location: Forehead
Unnamed girl in sailor uniform
- Top emblem: Heart (?)
- Bottom emblem: Unknown
- Shape when transformed: Unknown
- Location: Unknown
Unnamed Afghan girl
- Top emblem: Diamond
- Bottom emblem: Diamond although it also looks like a leaf or a tree
- Shape when transformed: Never shown
- Location: Never shown
Unnamed girl on train - speculated to be Anne Frank
- Top emblem: Eye, handles or cresent - speculated
- Bottom emblem: Angel wings
- Shape when transformed: Never shown
- Location: Never shown
Queen Himiko
- Top emblem: Japanese Sun
- Bottom emblem: Japanese Sun
- Shape when transformed: Never shown
- Location: Never shown
Puella Magi Oriko Magica
Yuma Chitose
- Top emblem: Unknown
- Bottom emblem: Unknown
- Shape when transformed: Sphere with cat ears
- Location: Nape of neck
Oriko Mikuni
- Top emblem: Diamond
- Bottom emblem: Teardrop
- Shape when transformed: Oval
- Location: Upper chest
Kirika Kure
- Top emblem: Ring
- Bottom emblem: Shield
- Shape when transformed: Diamond
- Location: Lower back
Puella Magi Kazumi Magica
Kazumi
- Top emblem: Spiral
- Bottom emblem: Spiral
- Shape when transformed: Bell-like earring with spiral patterns
- Location: Ear
- Note: Kazumi's Soul Gem is artificially created, and is more of an altered Grief Seed.
Kaoru Maki
- Top emblem: Unknown (trophy?)
- Bottom emblem: Unknown (trophy?)
- Shape when transformed: Pentagon
- Location: Right thigh
Umika Misaki
- Top emblem: Pen nib
- Bottom emblem: Pen nib
- Shape when transformed: Pen nib
- Location: Forehead
Satomi Usagi
- Top emblem: Cat Paw
- Bottom emblem: Cat paw
- Shape when transformed: Cat head
- Location: Left side of the chest
Mirai Wakaba
- Top emblem: Heart
- Bottom emblem: Unknown
- Shape when transformed: Heart
- Location: Neck
Niko Kanna
- Top emblem: Hexagon
- Bottom emblem: Hexagon
- Shape when transformed: Hexagon
- Location: Nape of neck
Saki Asami
- Top emblem: Lily of the valley
- Bottom emblem: Blank
- Shape when transformed: Lily of the valley
- Location: Left hand
Yuuri Asuka
- Top emblem: Unknown
- Bottom emblem: Unknown
- Shape when transformed: Oval
- Location: Left shoulder
"Yuuri" or Airi Anri
- Top emblem: Flower
- Bottom emblem: Flower
- Shape when transformed: Oval
- Location: Upper abdomen, below her chest
Akane Sumire
- Top emblem: Tassel or Tiara
- Bottom emblem: Blank
- Shape when transformed: Tassel or Tiara
- Location: Navel
Ayase Souju
- Top emblem: Crescent moon with circle in it
- Bottom emblem: Circle with crescent moon in it
- Shape when transformed: Inverted shield
- Location: Left side of chest
Luca Souju
- Top emblem: Circle with crescent moon in it
- Bottom emblem: Crescent moon with circle in it
- Shape when transformed: Shield
- Location: Right side of chest
Michiru Kazusa
- Top emblem: Spiral
- Bottom emblem: Spiral
- Shape when transformed: Round shape
- Location: Chest
Kanna Hijiri
- Top emblem: Twin hexagons
- Bottom emblem: Twin hexagons
- Shape when transformed: Twin hexagons
- Location: Chest, under circular panel on outfit (decoy on back of her neck)
Kazumi (after second wish)
- Top emblem: Unknown
- Bottom emblem: Unknown
- Shape when transformed: Twin spirals
- Location: Chest
Puella Magi Suzune Magica
Suzune Amano
- Top emblem: Cross
- Bottom emblem: Cross
- Shape when transformed: Cross with red gem in the middle.
- Location: Silver Cross on a necklace that rests on the chest.
Haruka Kanade
- Top emblem: Irregular pentagon
- Bottom emblem: Pentagon
- Shape when transformed: Irregular Pentagon
- Location: Attached to a collar, near the neck
Matsuri Hinata
- Top emblem: Oval
- Bottom emblem: Circle
- Shape when transformed: Oval
- Location: Hairclip on right side of her fringe , near her forehead.
Arisa Narumi
- Top emblem: Heart
- Bottom emblem: Heart
- Shape when transformed: Heart
- Location: On the lower half of her back.
Production Notes
PSP Game
Candy Straps
Strap versions of several Soul Gems and Grief Seeds were released for cell phones in Japan. A promo picture can be found at http://www.superhappycashcow.com/pic/2009%20New%20Figure/Puella%20Magi%20Madoka%20Magica/Soul%20Gem%20Strap%202/01.jpg. The above Soul Gems (from left to right) are tied to the Magical Girls underneath them. The Grief Seeds are Oktavia's, Charlotte's, Elly's and Elsa Maria's. The corrupted Soul Gems are Madoka's and Homura's, as evidenced by their placement, shape and the gem colours.