Akemi Homura's first day at school and meeting Tomoe Mami

content warning: magical horror, suicidal ideation, Akemi Homura looking so sad and despairing one's heart would break at the sight Episode 10 of "Puella Magi Madoka Magica" begins with young Akemi Homura, wearing eyeglasses and feeling weak and shaky after being away from school due to a serious heart condition, having trouble in her classes and then walking into a Witch's Labyrinth on her lonely trip home from school. Luckily, or unluckily, she then runs into Tomoe Mami and Kaname Madoka, mahou shoujo.