思い出は時の彼方なの。。。 Memories that Lies Beyond Time...
Saturday, June 02, 2007
Nanoha A's Episode 05: It Was A Small Wish (Part 1)
Hayate's out shopping for groceries with Shamal. She mentions that Shamal and the rest have been out more than usual lately, leaving her by herself. But she knows it's part of their job so she's just fine. Shamal says that it'll be over pretty soon, and if she says so then Hayate believes it...
Signum arrives to back up Zafira and Vita as they prepare to take on Nanoha and Fate. Nanoha and Fate aren't there to fight them -- they wish to talk and find out their motives for completing the Book of Darkness. Vita's not interested in talking -- especially with someone who's got out a weapon like Nanoha :P Nanoha and Fate ask both Yuno and Arf to not interfere with their fight. Chrono and Yuno decide to split up and search for the master of the Book of Darkness. So it's time for Nanoha and Fate to show off their new powers, giving the cartridge load command to Raging Heart Excelion and Bardiche Assault. Nanoha takes on Vita, and unlike before, Nanoha's able to block her attack pretty easily. And with her new Axel Shooter she's even able to break Vita's shield. Meanwhile, Fate takes on Signum, and just as Nanoha, Fate's doing much better this time. After a Plasma Lancer attack, Fate manages to get in a swipe with Bardiche in sycthe form. Signum's impressed with Fate and Bardiche's strength now -- Bardiche says "Thank You" after being complimented :)
Arf takes on Zafira... Zafira realizes that the situation isn't looking too good for them, so he suggests to Shamal, who's outside the barrier, that they pull back for now. But Shamal's magic isn't strong enough to break the barrier... and as she talks Chrono sneaks up behind. Good job, Chrono! Well... it doesn't last long, though, as a masked man kicks Chrono out of the way. The masked man suggests to Shamal that she use the power of the Book of Darkness to break the barrier. As Chrono confronts the masked man, Shamal calls forth the power of the Book of Darkness... while it charges up, Signum and Fate call of their fight for now, and Nanoha and Vita do the same after introducing themselves to each other. Vita thinks Nanoha's name is hard to say :P The power of the Book of Darkness is released, destroying the barrier (it looks much like the Ultima spell from the Final Fantasy games), and Fate and Nanoha are safe thanks to Yuno and Arf's protection...
Hayate's over at Suzuka's house playing with her cats. Kawaii~ :) Signum calls her to apologize for being so late that they couldn't have a nabe together. But Hayate's okay with things.. she's got dinner made, along with dessert for them. Hayate talks with Vita as Shamal and Signum step outside to talk about the battle. They have no idea who that masked man is or what his goals are... since she had to use the Book of Darkness they lost some pages, and there's not much time left. They have to work as quickly as possible to make Hayate the true master of the Book of Darkness....
Aimee explains Bardiche and Raging Heart's new systems to Nanoha and Fate. The catridge system wasn't originally intended to be used in Intelligent Devices since it could be dangerous, but since they wanted to become stronger, no matter what, to protect their masters they went through with it. Both have three modes, two normal modes then a full drive mode.
Raging Heart
Axel: Middle range projectile attack
Buster: Even more powerful projectile attack
Bardiche
Assault: General purpose mode
Haken (hook): Scythe mode
Aimee warns Nanoha and Fate not to use the full drive mode since it could damage the devices, especially Raging Heart's Excelion mode. Chrono and Lindy, along with Arf, talk about the Book of Darkness. It seems to Chrono that the Velca knights were trying to complete the book of their own will. It wouldn't odd if they were doing it for someone who wished to have the power of the Book of Darkness. However, unlike the Jewel Seeds, the power of the Book of Darkness can't be controlled well, and it can only be used to destruction. The Velca Knights are neither human nor familiar -- they're artificial personalities created by the book's magic, and they're supposed to be programmed only to follow the orders of their master, nothing more....
...but it's clear that they've gone beyond that to having their own feelings, especially in regards to Hayate. Hayate-chan's such a good girl... wonder how much she really knows about what's going on. I would guess that she doesn't know that Signum and the rest are just "programs" to be used by the Book of Darkness, and as such they could just disappear and such...
Anyways, fighting this time was good as usual, though they had to save the finish for another time :P Raging Heart's Axel Shooter is pretty cool... all that training Nanoha did really paid off, didn't it? ;) And poor Chrono looked like he'd have his time in the spotlight, but it wasn't to be thanks to that mysterious masked man who helped out Shamal for some reason or another. To gain the power of the book for himself somehow? Perhaps he'll be the "last boss" since I can't see Shamal or Vita or Zafira or Signum as really bad....
Looks like next time we'll learn more about the past of the Velca Knights, as well as what happened when Hayate first met them. Sounds interesting :)
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