(27/04/2011 06:15 AM)ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:  

(27/04/2011 01:04 AM)S7* Wrote:  This is a good point. Interestingly, with Mami, Sayaka and Kyoko returning it obviously indicates time has been rewound - yet Homura is the only one capable of acknowledging Madokas existance (other than Madokas brother). It seemed like she was "removed" - in the same way Mami was removed from the universe when she died (nobody knew she was dead except for Madoka and Sakaya - or she had no friends and I'm completely on the wrong track here). So she must have existed up to that point - only her existence as a human had been removed from everyones minds.

Mami wasn't exactly removed.  Knowledge of her still existed.  Only her physical self disappeared.
It was mentioned that no-one would really know of her death.  There was mention later on that "a 3rd year student was mysteriously missing" (along with the disappearance of Sayaka).

The story just says that her life had no beginning or end.  It doesn't say anything about why her change caused her mother not to give birth to her >_>

I wasn't too clear about Mami's death.. obviously.

Another thought: Madoka's ribbon is proof that she existed - and the fact Homura still has it in the new universe seems to indicate she might know more than she's giving away after the rewrite. Otherwise she'd surely be freaked out that a mysterious ribbon appeared in her hair. Not to mention the others would have said something about it - so the fact she had the ribbon on without something being said about it must mean it was normal for her to wear it... so when did she get it?

Back to the question - no there doesn't seem to be a reasonable explanation and on second thought removal couldn't make sense.