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In _Puella Magi Madoka Magica_ , before Ultimate Madoka's universe, I read
that the system where a Magical Girl would become a Witch was referred to as
the "Law of Wheels", while after that, the new system and Madoka herself is
known as the "Law of Cycles", this term actually being used by Homura and the
Incubators in the Rebellion movie.

I am wondering, where did these terms come from? Neither system seems like a
wheel/cycle as in neither one does a Magical Girl ever return to normal (the
origin).

EDIT: I seem to have made a mistake as Mami may have said "Law of Wheels" in
[Episode 12 in Ultimate Madoka's Universe](http://wiki.puella-
magi.net/Sayaka_Miki#Sayaka.27s_Farewell), but still it doesn't change my
question of where these terms came from.


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Where do the terms "Law of Wheels/Cycles" come from?


By [interview of Gen Urobuchi](http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4862487726), Law of
Wheels/Cycles is a folklore talked between Magical Girls.

Following idea is my (and some [Japanese anime
fan's](http://dic.nicovideo.jp/a/%E5%86%86%E7%92%B0%E3%81%AE%E7%90%86)) guess.

Law of Wheels/Cycles is translated from "円環の理". 理 is principle or reasonable.
I think 円環 is circle or ring instead of Wheels/Cycle.

Madoka is officially written as "まどか", but most Japanese have a name in kanji.
By [a naming
dictionary](http://name.m3q.jp/list?s=%E3%81%BE%E3%81%A9%E3%81%8B&g=2), most
common kanji for the name "まどか" is "円"(circle).

By this two facts, I guess 円環 means Madoka. In the rewritten world, most
people forgot about Madoka, but Homura found some affected things from Madoka.
I guess the folklore was named Law of Wheels/Cycle because of such a effect.


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