思い出は時の彼方なの。。。 Memories that Lies Beyond Time...
Saturday, June 02, 2007
Nanoha A's Episode 11: A Gift for Christmas Eve
Nanoha's left alone to fight the will of the Book of Darkness after Fate was sucked into the book. She, along with Hayate, are having an endless dream that they'll never awake from...
Nanoha: "There's no such thing as eternity. Everybody changes -- they have to change"
Nicely said, Nanoha (is she really only in 3rd grade?).
Meanwhile, inside the Book of Darkness.... Fate awakens in a bed to find another girl there. A woman, Rinisu, who seems to be the one in charge of taking care of Fate and the other girl comes in to tell them to wake up. Alf (in cute puppy form) finally wakes up. That other girl finally wakes up... her name is Alicia. Fate and Alicia go down to have breakfast with Fate's mother, Precia. Fate's hesistant, but this Precia is very different from the one she knew -- very gentle and loving... it can't be real, they're all gone.. but it's what she's always wished for...
Hayate opens her eyes... the will of the Book of Darkness tells her to go back to sleep, saying that she'll fulfill her wishes... but what did she wish for? To dream, for all of the sad reality she had to face to become a dream.
Meanwhile, Nanoha fights the will of the Book of Darkness, but she's too strong for her to handle. With only a few catridges left what's she to do? Raging Heart has a suggestion -- use Excelion Mode. But if Nanoha messes up then Raging Heart would... The will of the Book of Darkness tells her it's her time to sleep, but Nanoha isn't ready quite yet -- she'll save Hayate, Fate, and her as well. Nanoha actives Excelion Mode...
A very cute, but also quite sad eyecatch this time... 。゜・（ノД`）・゜・。
Fate and Alicia take refuge from the rain under a tree.. Fate realizes that it's all a dream. She and Alicia never existed together.. her mother was never that gentle towards her... It is a dream -- but Alicia asks Fate to stay with her and Arf and Precia and everybody else forever.
The will of the Book of Darkness says much the same thing to Hayate -- if she dreams she can stay with her friends forever. But that would be only a dream, nothing more.
Nanoha continues her battle with the will of the Book of Darkness, finally charging up Raging Heart to attack with Excelion Buster. And she manages to break through the shield, getting a direct hit from point blank range. But it doesn't seem to have had any kind of effect at all...
Hayate didn't wish for this, and the will of the Book of Darkness should be the same. The will of the Book of Darkness is deeply linked to Volkenritter, so she feels the same kinds love for Hayate, but there's nothing she can do to stop what's happening. When Hayate awoke to the power of the Book of Darkness she realizes a bit of what was going on, and she could relate to the sadness that Volkenritter must have gone though... but you can't simply forget it all. Hayate's the master of the Book of Darkness now -- she's got to listen to what she says.
Alicia gives Bardiche to a crying Fate as they embrace each other then part...
Hayate's going to give the Book of Darkness a new name -- she can do that as her master. I feel a song coming on... "Snow Rain" sung by Kana Ueda... Hayate manages to take control of the Will of the Book of Darkness and speaks to Nanoha. So long as the automatic protection program (what's fighting Nanoha) is running Hayate can't change its name, so she wants Nanoha to stop it. Yuno's got an idea and explains it easily to Nanoha. Basically -- use everything you've got to blow it away. Nanoha can definitely do that ;)
With Nanoha keeping the program stopped with a barrage of attacks, Hayate gives the Book of Darkness a new name -- Lin Force... Fate activates Bardiche's Zambar Form, changing it into a buster sword rather large sword that happens to be able to cut through dimensions as well. Very cool :) So now Fate's back with Nanoha... but there's still something coming, a rogue program that's not under Lin Force or Hayate's control. Chrono is on his way to the scene...
Well, what exactly can I say besides that it was awesome. Nanoha quality at its best :)
I thought that perhaps Fate would have something to do with helping out Hayate, but that didn't quite turn out... more than a bit surprised to see Alicia and Precia show up. Happy to see them together as sisters finally, but so sad that it's not reality （ノД`） Fate's a strong girl to be able walk away from that. Same goes for Nanoha, who had some very good lines this time. She and Raging Heart in Excelion Mode were extremely カッコヨス. Fate and Bardiche in Buster Sword Zambar Mode, too :) And of course Hayate showed us just how strong she is this time, giving the Book of Darkness a new name. Absolutely perfect timing with the insert song (which was pretty good as well) to go along with that scene.
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