思い出は時の彼方なの。。。 Memories that Lies Beyond Time...
Saturday, June 02, 2007
Nanoha A's Episode 12: Evening's End, Journey's End
Hayate, Fate, and Nanoha speak this time before the OP. It should sound familiar since most of what they say is taken from the OP lyrics. Very nice :)
Anyways, we start off this time with Hayate and the yaten no madousho, now Lin Force. It's been completely separated from the protection program that will soon go on a rampage... Hayate brings back Shamal, Vita, Zafira, and Signum who are ready to serve the master of the yaten no madousho once again. Hayate shows a radiant smile to Nanoha :)
魔法少女はやてｷﾀ━━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━━ ！！！
Mahou shoujo Hayate kita---!
Hayate gives the set up command to Lin Force and raises her staff and transforms into a barrier jacket, along with getting a change of eye/hair color. Very cute :) Vita's very happy to see Hayate again, and Hayate's happy to see all of them again as well. Lin Force told her about all that went on, but that's for discussing later. Hayate apologizes to Nanoha and Fate.. Chrono arrives, breaking up the party for now. They've got to figure out how to get rid of the protection program.. they can either stop it with the strongest magic they've got.. or the Asura can fire its magic cannon, Arcansil, to destroy it. Chrono asks the others what they think -- the first would probably be difficult. But Vita says they absolutely can't fire the Arcansil since it'd destroy even Hayate's home. Yeah, it's pretty dang powerful (^^;;;) Nanoha and Fate both agree that they can't use it. Chrono and the captain don't want to use it either, but if there's no other choice... Arf suggests they just kick its ass, basically. Go figure ;).. but it seems that's given Nanoha, Fate, and Hayate an idea. They can't use Arcansil here, but if it were somewhere else... like up in space...
Meanwhile, Arisa and Suzuka watch from afar, not really knowing what's going on. But Suzuka feels like everything's going to be fine since Nanoha and Fate are fighting. Arisa would like to know what's going on since it's not making any sense to her ;)
Chrono agrees with the plan Nanoha, Fate, and Hayate have come up with. They'll have to break through the multiple barriers to damage the program, then use a simultaneous attack to damage the core, then use Yuno's teleportation magic to teleport it right in front of the Asura so it can fire Arcansil. That seems to be the best plan that there is.. Chrono brings out Durandal -- they can't change what's already happened; but they can change the future. Nice line for once, Chrono ;)
With 2 minutes left until the protection program goes wild, Hayate has Shamal heal Fate and Nanoha -- looks like a Curaga to me ;) The barrier around the program drops, showing off a last boss suitable for any number of Japanese console RPGs.
Yuno, Arf, and Zafira attack first... I feel a song coming on -- "Brave Phoenix" by Nana Mizuki to be exact :) Vita, actually saying Nanoha's name correctly for the first time, goes next...
...attacking with a rather huge golden hammer, breaking one of the barriers. Nanoha breaks the next barrier with Raging Heart's Excelion Buster. Signum and Levantine in a new bow form are up next. Signum fires an explosive arrow, breaking another barrier. Fate and Bardiche go after that, breaking the last barrier. Zafira fires off another attack then Hayate casts stone (is this an RPG or something?). Chrono casts an ice spell with Durandal, freezing the whole thing. Fate, Nanoha, and Hayate attack at the same time (like a triple tech attack from Chrono Trigger) to probably bring it down to around 1 HP. Shamal gets its core, allowing Arf and Yuno to transfer it right in front of the Asura, which fires Arcansil for 99,999 damage, blowing it away (insert victory fanfare).
Snow starts falling on Nanoha and the others as Aimee reports that the plan worked. She also says that she returned Arisa and Suzuka back to where they were, confusing Arisa even more. But Hayate seems to have passed out.....
But Hayate's only exhausted from the battle, right? Hopefully... seems we'll see Reinforce in human form once again next time, so we'll see. Anyways, what was the darkness part of the Book of Darkness was quite weak for a last boss. Nanoha, Fate, and Hayate must be at level 90 or something. Anybody going to make a Nanoha RPG now? ;) I guess I would've liked to have seen a bit more of a fair battle, but we got to see all kinds of kakkoii special attacks and such (shoot, even Chrono was useful for once) so that's fine by me. Not to mention we got to see mahou shoujo Hayate. Hayate kawaii yo Hayate!
Seems the same animation director that did the previous episode where characters looked a bit odd in places was back this time. However, most of the time things looked fine so no complaints here ;) We'll be wrapping up things next time... it's over already? It's gone by too quickly ＿|￣|○ The last episode of Nanoha was quite something, so the last ep of Nanoha A's has quite a high bar to measure up to, so we'll see how it goes.
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