思い出は時の彼方なの。。。 Memories that Lies Beyond Time...
Saturday, June 02, 2007
Nanoha A's Episode 10: Destiny
Flashback: Chrono's father Clyde, refuses to leave his ship as the Book of Darkness unleashes its power. Graham is forced to shoot his ship down, so Clyde goes down along with it.... back in the present, Graham still blames himself for what happened...
Fate and Nanoha deal with the "Will of the Book of Darkness" while Chrono catches the hentai kamen guys with a bind spell. Surprise, surprise, they turn out to be the Lize catgirls. Yuno and Arf arrive to assist Fate and Nanoha as the Book of Darkness starts to cast another spell...
Chrono speaks with Graham and the Lize catgirls back at HQ. Chrono had it all figured out -- he knew that Graham was searching for a way to permanently seal the Book of Darkness and also that Graham knew Hayate was the current master of the Book of Darkness. Graham didn't like seeing her suffer like this, but it was her fate so that others' wouldn't suffer from the Book of Darkness. He had posed as her father's friend to support her and give her at least a bit of happiness before it all ended -- she, along with the Book of Darkness would be sealed away in another dimension never to come back. Hayate, having done nothing wrong, isn't deserving of such treatment -- Graham's actions are illegal, says Chrono. Besides that, someday, somewhere, someone will try to gain the power of the Book of Darkness and break the seal. Before Chrono leaves, Graham gives him the "Freezing Staff" Durandal, leaving it up to him as to how to use it.
Fate and Nanoha continue to fight, but the will of the Book of Darkness is quite strong. Being able to block both Nanoha's Divine Buster Extension and Fate's Plasma Smasher at the same time is definitely nothing to sneeze at. And that's not all -- it seems that after taking Nanoha's linker core earlier on she's learned Nanoha's Starlight Breaker. Nanoha, Fate, Arf, and Yuno make a hasty retreat... but there are some others still within the barrier. And...
Suzuka and Arisa!? Uh-oh.... looks like Nanoha and Fate's secret is out. But there's no time for that as Nanoha and Fate put up barriers to protect Suzuka and Arisa from the Starlight Breaker attack. Nanoha and Fate ask Yuno and Arf to take care of Suzuka and Arisa and leave... Nanoha and Fate try to communicate telepathically with the will of the Book of Darkness and Hayate, trying to tell them that they weren't the ones that hurt her friends. However... the will of the Book of Darkness says that she's only carrying out the wishes of her master for destruction -- she's only a tool to be used for that purpose alone...
...and here comes another attack, this time.. tentacles (^^;;) Nanoha tries once again to speak with the will of the Book of Darkness, asking her if she's really granting her master's wish. She can speak, she must have some kind of heart inside somewhere. Though she cries, she says that the tears aren't her own, they're her master's -- she's only a tool, she doesn't feel anything. Fate changes her barrier jacket to Sonic Form and breaks herself and Nanoha free. She asks for Hayate to be released.. but it's no good. The will of the Book of Darkness says she'll soon disappear, but so long as she's there she wants to fulfill her master's wish. Fate, having had enough, uses Sonic Drive and flies towards her to attack.. but her attack is blocked and she disappears, sucked into the Book of Darkness.....
Fate-chan!..... but, judging from the next ep preview she'll be doing her best inside the Book of Darkness to somehow save Hayate-chan, so things seem to be looking up :) Anyways, back to this time... it pretty much unfolded as expected, with Graham being the one behind things. I can understand him wanting to seal away the Book of Darkness because of what happened to Clyde, but still. It's rather cruel the way he's doing things... poor Hayate-chan 。゜・（ノД`）・゜・。 Seems he's given up on his plan, so we'll have to see how Chrono goes about things with Durandal. Perhaps finding a different way to seal away the Book of Darkness, or perhaps somehow reprogramming it to bring it back to its original form, the yaten no madousho.
However, what I did not expect was Suzuka and Arisa finding out that Nanoha and Fate are mahou shoujo. That's pretty much the first rule for mahou shoujo -- don't let anybody else know that you're a mahou shoujo. Be interesting to see how Suzuka and Arisa cope with things, and how much they'll be told about what's happening and such. Though finding all this stuff out has to be quite surprising, I don't doubt that they'll support Nanoha and Fate with all they've got in the end ;)
Next time, as mentioned, Fate is inside the Book of Darkness trying to save Hayate, and Nanoha takes on the will of the Book of Darkness by herself. Three episodes left, so we should be nearing the climax. Can't wait to see how things end up... hopefully happy for everybody ;)
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