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Magical Girls work a lot, and we never see them working.

They all have a house and usually money to buy stuff too. Where do they find
money to pay rent or buy food? Do they steal it?


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Where do magical girls get money?


Each girl has a different situation. Girls' ages are around 13…16 years old,
and they are still in school, so it's natural for them to be living with their
parents. We don't know if students from all walks of life are able to attend
the kind of school the girls go to, so we'll have to work with other info.

**Madoka** and **Sayaka** live with their parents in comfortable enough
conditions.

About **Sayaka** :

> She describes herself as having been born "petit bourgeois," which is French
> for "petty bourgeois." _[Hakase's note: "petit" is French for "small/little"
> afaik and I'm not sure about possible negative connotation of "petty",
> perhaps it's a mistranslation?]_ This would mean that her family is at least
> from the middle class, but is by no means from the upper class (despite the
> fact that, if Japan has even less living space in the future than it does
> now, her family's apartment is far larger than a normal middle-class family
> could afford). ([from Puella Magi wiki](https://wiki.puella-
> magi.net/Sayaka_Miki))

**Homura** 's family and financial situation we don't know anything about.
Except that she might not be having any second thoughts about stealing money
from people, as she moves through timelines, collecting weapons from all sorts
of armory caches, as wee see in later episodes.

> [She appears to live by herself.](https://wiki.puella-magi.net/Homura_Akemi)

**Mami** has no relatives left, and she's living in an apartment on the money
she inherited from her dead parents.

> ["There are also no mentions of unrelated legal tutors appointed by
> law."](https://wiki.puella-magi.net/Mami_Tomoe)

**Kyouko** has to break into hotels and bathhouses and steal food, as we learn
from early episodes of anime.

> article indicates that Kyoko gets her monetary income by breaking and
> busting ATM machines, she uses the stolen money to buy food and pay rent on
> expensive hotel rooms. [(her wiki page)](https://wiki.puella-
> magi.net/Kyoko_Sakura)


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