Why did Kyoko try to help Sayaka?As I said before, the best way to answer this question is to look back at what Kyoko said herself.
"It'd be like a story where love and courage wins, you know? When I think about it, I became a Mahou Shoujo because I loved those stories. Although I've already seen past that, Sayaka has led me back to that reason again." - Kyoko, Episode 9.
Although it became temporarily forgotten to her, Kyoko became a Mahou Shoujo with a wish based on love and courage, because they were two things that made her happy as a child.
After witnessing the destruction of her family due to her wish filled with these virtues, she concluded that the bases of the wish, love and courage, were the sole causes of her family's demise. Therefore, she concluded in her mind that love and courage were fatal illusions that destroyed everyone they were directed towards.
Such is the cruel truth of the world that Kyoko claimed to have learned from her experience.
With this conclusion in mind, she crossed paths with Miki Sayaka, a young girl who seemed just as delusional as she was when she was a child. Indeed, the two of them attempted to fight to the death, because the new Kyoko hated seeing anything that looked like her weak and innocent self, who was full of virtues like love and courage. Kyoko was determined to crush such things under her spear for as long as she lived.
However, either because she grew tired of fighting to the death with Sayaka or for more complicated emotional reasons due to the growing amount of time that Kyoko was exposed to Sayaka, we begin to see Kyoko approach Sayaka in a calm and even friendly manner.
In Episode 7, we see Kyoko invite Sayaka over to her father's old church to tell Sayaka about her past. She also gives Sayaka advice on what to do.
When Sayaka asked Kyoko why she was talking to her about her past, (trying to give her advice), Kyoko responded by stating this:
"We both started from a mistaken conclusion. There's no reason to continue on the path you've chosen. You already paid plenty for it. That why I think you should think about changing your ways... I can see the differences between us. And I can see that you've started down the wrong path. I can't just sit and watch. - Sakura Kyoko Episode 7.
What is implied by Kyoko with her last remark,
"I can't just sit here and watch", is that she can't bear to see herself going down the wrong path.
But why does it cause Kyoko pain to see Sayaka follow down a path she's been on before?We may never know the answer to this question, since it is never made clear. Perhaps Kyoko's intentions are actually shallow, with little reasoning behind them.
And oddly enough, this sounds vaguely similar to those who describe their intentions for
loving others. And it isn't as if Kyoko was not aware of this either, as seen here:
"This might make people think that I am a fool, but... I absolutely do not want to give up, until we know for sure that she can't be saved." - Kyoko Sakura, Episode 9.
What Kyoko's statement proves is that she
knows that there is little logical reasoning behind her actions.
Kyoko understands that her actions are foolish. Yet she performs them anyway.
When I say foolish, I mean that her actions have little reasoning behind them. However, for a reason that is not clearly explained, she does not wish to give up.
Sakura Kyoko, the Mahou Shoujo of survival, logic, and reasoning, has definitely changed. For the first time since her childhood, she decided to act upon her feelings rather than her survival instincts.
"Didn't you say that you believe that you can use this strength to bring happiness to people?" - Kyoko, Episode 9.
Kyoko's question towards Sayaka during their final battle clearly shows Kyoko's new self. Instead of criticizing Sayaka for fighting for the happiness of others, she's asking her why she stopped doing it.
The situation has clearly been reversed, Sayaka lost all reason for fighting for others and Kyoko finally found a reason to do just that.
Kyoko's new self is shown again just before her death in Episode 9.
"I beg you, God... If this is how my life ends... Let me see a happy dream, just once..." - Sakura Kyoko, Episode 9.
Kyoko's wish before her death is further proof of her change. Kyoko, the perfect fighter, (in a logical and intellectual sense), is asking God, an invisible and illogical being, to give her the foolish illusion of a happy dream.
Basically, Kyoko weighed two things on her inner personal scale:
Emotion vs. survival
Dream vs. reality
Life vs. death
Happiness vs. loneliness
"Being by yourself must be very lonely... Don't worry, I'll stay with you, Sayaka." - Kyoko, Episode 9.
But why does it cause Kyoko pain to see Sayaka follow down a path she's been on before?
Perhaps the above statement is the answer to this question.
Kyoko has faced the same type of trial that Sayaka face. Therefore, she understands the same kind of suffering that came of it. Thus, it is not impossible to say that Kyoko understood the loneliness, which is obviously portrayed as high form of suffering, that Sayaka was facing by herself.
Yet, wouldn't the old Kyoko look at Sayaka and say she deserved it? Just because she knows what Sayaka is going through doesn't mean she has to save her.
Once again, a logical answer remains unapparent. Perhaps there is no logical answer.
Perhaps we can gain a clearer view of the answer just by hearing Kyoko's delicate words for Sayaka, beecause what can also be said about Kyoko's words before her death is that Kyoko remembered how it felt to be happy; specifically, how it felt to live within the happy illusion of dream; a dream that may not be logical and a dream that may never even become true.
However, she felt happy, nonetheless. We see this by the delicate tone of her voice, the dramatic change in her character, and the smile that she wore before she destroyed herself along with Sayaka's witch form.
When weighing her ideals on a scale, Kyoko came to a decision that love and happiness meant more than survival and longevity in the life of a human. And so, her subsequent actions came to show her new ideals, or rather, her old ideals as a child.
I cannot go into more details as to why Kyoko ended up scaling the power of emotions over the power of logical thinking, or why she decided that she wouldn't feel happy if Sayaka was lonely in death, because like I already said, a logical answer is never clearly mentioned.
And because of the lack of an answer, the only thing we can assume is that Kyoko loved her, whatever that may mean.
And thus, Sakura Kyoko found redemption through attempting to save Miki Sayaka, because she died in the bliss of a happy dream, rather than the loneliness of a survival-based warrior who never dreamed.
Kyoko came to found true happiness within her dream, and not within the cruel realities of the world. She was thus redeemed.
Knowing that, I would like to make this statement:
True happiness comes from dreams, not reality.
Whether or not this is true happiness is up to debate. However, it is unmistakably an intentional statement made by Urobuchi Gen through his character, Sakura Kyoko.
Such are the tragedies, survival, and redemption of Sakura Kyoko.
Why did Kyoko try to help Sayaka?As I said before, the best way to answer this question is to look back at what Kyoko said herself.
"It'd be like a story where love and courage wins, you know? When I think about it, I became a Mahou Shoujo because I loved those stories. Although I've already seen past that, Sayaka has led me back to that reason again." - Kyoko, Episode 9.
Although it became temporarily forgotten to her, Kyoko became a Mahou Shoujo with a wish based on love and courage, because they were two things that made her happy as a child.
After witnessing the destruction of her family due to her wish filled with these virtues, she concluded that the bases of the wish, love and courage, were the sole causes of her family's demise. Therefore, she concluded in her mind that love and courage were fatal illusions that destroyed everyone they were directed towards.
Such is the cruel truth of the world that Kyoko claimed to have learned from her experience.
With this conclusion in mind, she crossed paths with Miki Sayaka, a young girl who seemed just as delusional as she was when she was a child. Indeed, the two of them attempted to fight to the death, because the new Kyoko hated seeing anything that looked like her weak and innocent self, who was full of virtues like love and courage. Kyoko was determined to crush such things under her spear for as long as she lived.
However, either because she grew tired of fighting to the death with Sayaka or for more complicated emotional reasons due to the growing amount of time that Kyoko was exposed to Sayaka, we begin to see Kyoko approach Sayaka in a calm and even friendly manner.
In Episode 7, we see Kyoko invite Sayaka over to her father's old church to tell Sayaka about her past. She also gives Sayaka advice on what to do.
When Sayaka asked Kyoko why she was talking to her about her past, (trying to give her advice), Kyoko responded by stating this:
"We both started from a mistaken conclusion. There's no reason to continue on the path you've chosen. You already paid plenty for it. That why I think you should think about changing your ways... I can see the differences between us. And I can see that you've started down the wrong path. I can't just sit and watch. - Sakura Kyoko Episode 7.
What is implied by Kyoko with her last remark,
"I can't just sit here and watch", is that she can't bear to see herself going down the wrong path.
But why does it cause Kyoko pain to see Sayaka follow down a path she's been on before?We may never know the answer to this question, since it is never made clear. Perhaps Kyoko's intentions are actually shallow, with little reasoning behind them.
And oddly enough, this sounds vaguely similar to those who describe their intentions for
loving others. And it isn't as if Kyoko was not aware of this either, as seen here:
"This might make people think that I am a fool, but... I absolutely do not want to give up, until we know for sure that she can't be saved." - Kyoko Sakura, Episode 9.
What Kyoko's statement proves is that she
knows that there is little logical reasoning behind her actions.
Kyoko understands that her actions are foolish. Yet she performs them anyway.
When I say foolish, I mean that her actions have little reasoning behind them. However, for a reason that is not clearly explained, she does not wish to give up.
Sakura Kyoko, the Mahou Shoujo of survival, logic, and reasoning, has definitely changed. For the first time since her childhood, she decided to act upon her feelings rather than her survival instincts.
"Didn't you say that you believe that you can use this strength to bring happiness to people?" - Kyoko, Episode 9.
Kyoko's question towards Sayaka during their final battle clearly shows Kyoko's new self. Instead of criticizing Sayaka for fighting for the happiness of others, she's asking her why she stopped doing it.
The situation has clearly been reversed, Sayaka lost all reason for fighting for others and Kyoko finally found a reason to do just that.
Kyoko's new self is shown again just before her death in Episode 9.
"I beg you, God... If this is how my life ends... Let me see a happy dream, just once..." - Sakura Kyoko, Episode 9.
Kyoko's wish before her death is further proof of her change. Kyoko, the perfect fighter, (in a logical and intellectual sense), is asking God, an invisible and illogical being, to give her the foolish illusion of a happy dream.
Basically, Kyoko weighed two things on her inner personal scale:
Emotion vs. survival
Dream vs. reality
Life vs. death
Happiness vs. loneliness
"Being by yourself must be very lonely... Don't worry, I'll stay with you, Sayaka." - Kyoko, Episode 9.
But why does it cause Kyoko pain to see Sayaka follow down a path she's been on before?
Perhaps the above statement is the answer to this question.
Kyoko has faced the same type of trial that Sayaka face. Therefore, she understands the same kind of suffering that came of it. Thus, it is not impossible to say that Kyoko understood the loneliness, which is obviously portrayed as high form of suffering, that Sayaka was facing by herself.
Yet, wouldn't the old Kyoko look at Sayaka and say she deserved it? Just because she knows what Sayaka is going through doesn't mean she has to save her.
Once again, a logical answer remains unapparent. Perhaps there is no logical answer.
Perhaps we can gain a clearer view of the answer just by hearing Kyoko's delicate words for Sayaka, beecause what can also be said about Kyoko's words before her death is that Kyoko remembered how it felt to be happy; specifically, how it felt to live within the happy illusion of dream; a dream that may not be logical and a dream that may never even become true.
However, she felt happy, nonetheless. We see this by the delicate tone of her voice, the dramatic change in her character, and the smile that she wore before she destroyed herself along with Sayaka's witch form.
When weighing her ideals on a scale, Kyoko came to a decision that love and happiness meant more than survival and longevity in the life of a human. And so, her subsequent actions came to show her new ideals, or rather, her old ideals as a child.
I cannot go into more details as to why Kyoko ended up scaling the power of emotions over the power of logical thinking, or why she decided that she wouldn't feel happy if Sayaka was lonely in death, because like I already said, a logical answer is never clearly mentioned.
And because of the lack of an answer, the only thing we can assume is that Kyoko loved her, whatever that may mean.
And thus, Sakura Kyoko found redemption through attempting to save Miki Sayaka, because she died in the bliss of a happy dream, rather than the loneliness of a survival-based warrior who never dreamed.
Kyoko came to found true happiness within her dream, and not within the cruel realities of the world. She was thus redeemed.
Knowing that, I would like to make this statement:
True happiness comes from dreams, not reality.
Whether or not this is true happiness is up to debate. However, it is unmistakably an intentional statement made by Urobuchi Gen through his character, Sakura Kyoko.
Such are the tragedies, survival, and redemption of Sakura Kyoko.
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