Distains

The Distains serve as the monsters of the week that the magical girls have to defeat. They take the form of different creatures such as giant crabs in the first episode. They are generated out of the selfish thoughts in people's hearts. A Mercenare general would influence the person to dwell on those thoughts, which would then cause the person to faint and to release a black heart with bat wings known as a Psyche (プシュケーPushukē), which then becomes a Distain. Distains also speak in different voices due to different victims. Because they represent part of the person, the girls must use purifying magic to defeat the Distain, which it then returns to the owner as a pure heart with angel wings.