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In the beginning episodes of Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Kyubey offers the
teenage girls in the series the chance to have a wish come true in exchange
for becoming a magical girl, and moreover seems to imply that any wish can be
made possible.

However, in the last episode, Kyubey tells Madoka:

> Since you're now the central point of karmic destiny from numerous different
> timelines, no matter how enormous the wish, you will likely be able to make
> it come true.

This of course seems to imply that with some other magical girls, some wishes
are too "enormous" to come true. But this seems to contradict Kyubey's earlier
words, and this doesn't really seem to be a point of deception either.

Given this, are some wishes actually impossible for _some_ magical girls, or
is there perhaps actually no inconsistency here?

EDIT: I've only watched the anime series, and while the first two films sound
a lot like an adaptation of the contents of the anime, I don't know much about
the Rebellion film. If this is of any "importance", I am referring to whether
or not all wishes are possible _prior_ to the aftermath of Madoka's final
decision to remove all witches in time and space from coming into being.


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Are all wishes actually possible?


It could be assumed that every wish is possible, yet Kyubey may lie about a
wish being possible since granting a wish will also drain the universe of
energy. Kyubey will most likely only grant a wish if the energy outputted from
a Magical Girl becoming a Witch is greater than what was needed to grant the
wish, indicated when Kyubey sometimes says something like:

> Your wish has conquered entropy

It's assumed that the amount of energy to resurrect someone would be far
greater than what would be generated by most Magical Girl/Witch
transformations. After all, since Kyubey's race can manipulate souls (ripping
them out of bodies and making them into gems), they probably know how much
energy would be needed to make one.

The only wish which may in fact be impossible is something that affects the
laws of thermodynamics in a way that entropy no longer exists. Otherwise, a
Magical Girl like Homura or Oriko who knew about the transformation process
probably would have sought out a Magical Girl who could make such a wish. (I'm
assuming Oriko knew since she knew of Madoka becoming a witch who would
destroy the world and would question Kyubey as to why.)

Of course, to change the laws of thermodynamics, it probably would need
someone on Madoka's level to be able to produce enough energy by changing into
a witch so strong it would destroy the universe.


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