思い出は時の彼方なの。。。 Memories that Lies Beyond Time...
Saturday, June 02, 2007
Nanoha A's Episode 13: Standby, Ready (END)
Hayate-chan will be just fine, but Reinforce has a favor to ask of Nanoha and Fate. If they don't destroy her now the defense program will reactivate... At the park on a snowy day, Nanoha and Fate prepare to carry out Lin Force's final wish... but Hayate comes up in her wheelchair, crying and asking Lin Force to not leave her. Lin Force comforts Hayate... she's got to go. But she'll still be with Hayate....
With this incident behind them Fate and Nanoha talk about what they'll do next. Both still plan to help out the Space-Time Administration as they've done. Yuno comes along and Nanoha walks home with him, talking about what he'll be doing in the future... the next day Nanoha and Fate go to visit Hayate at the hospital. She seems to be doing well, and so does everybody in Volkenritter. Hayate's decided to become a mahou shoujo just like Nanoha and Fate, using the power that Lin Force left for her. Hayate, Nanoha, and Fate go to visit Arisa and Suzuka and tell them all about what's been going on. Lindy also pays a visit to Nanoha's family to explain things... and with that, the Book of Darkness case was closed....
6 Years Later... (start the ED... otona ni natte mo wasurenai~)
(つд⊂)ｺﾞｼｺﾞｼ
（ ゜д゜）ポカーン
Yup, six years later... Hayate-chan is still as cute as ever :) She seems to be living quite a happy life with Shamal, Signum, Vita... Vita hasn't grown at all. She's a dream girl fry... (And Zafira is now in cute puppy mode, lol. Fate is now officially former Captain Lindy's kid.. Chrono is a captain now, and Amy is still pretty much Amy ;) Yuuno-kun is in charge of the Infinite Archives now... though still no signs of any Nanoha x Yuuno flag. Oh well :P Graham is living back in his home country of England.. with twin cat girls. Bastard :P And Nanoha is... ehhh... Nanoha, Fate, and Hayate go to the roof of the school and take out their devices...
Chibi Reinforce is extremely cute :) Anyways... Ready, set up....
And no henshin scene for y'all :P Well, if the henshin scene when they were 9 is like that, when they're 15.... it'd prolly need an R-15 rating (^^;;) Honestly, Hayate-chan was the only of them I thought cute... everybody else was kinda.. bimyou~ (kinda not right...), I guess I'd say. Anyways, a nice conclusion to the show... and by the looks of this ending the Nanoha series overall, I'd guess...
Though it doesn't quite measure up to the first Nanoha, Nanoha A's still had its share of strong points. First of those being the excellent fighting scenes and extremely cool weapons and moves.. save for that battle with the last boss, but anyways ;) Another would be Hayate-chan and her relationship with Shamal, Signum, Zafira, and Vita. You could perhaps call them the main characters this time instead of Nanoha and Fate. They really are a family, and it was pretty easy to sympathize with them, though they were the "bad guys" at first. Nice job getting all of that through to the viewers, I think. We did get some good Nanoha x Fate moments here and there (though perhaps not enough), and Fate's dream in episode 11 was especially good.
Animation was consistent and pretty high quality for the most part, save for those couple of episodes where the animation director diverged from the norm too much (^^;;) Background music didn't exactly stand out to me, but it was still suitable for the most part. The OP, like Nanoha's OP, was the top class of the season, and even the year. I especially like how the lyrics tie in with the overall theme of the series so well -- that isn't the case in a lot of stuff I've watched. ED, once again like Nanoha, was good, and used to good effect there at the end ;)
I came into the fall season anticipating Nanoha A's the most, and I was more than satisfied with it in the end. A just about perfect blend of 燃え moe and 萌え moe, though weighted more towards 燃え moe than Nanoha. It wouldn't seem like we'll get another sequel, but I'm happy with how things ended so it's okay :)
btw, most of the Nanoha A's staff will be working on Inukami in the spring. Guess I'll have to check it out then ;)
Random Stats:
Interest: Very High, wanted to watch the next episode ASAP
Blogging: 13 of 13 (100%)
Favorite Episode: 11
MVP: Hayate-chan!
Keeping it? You bet I am ;) Once again, another one that'd prolly be worth it to get the DVDs, but...... ＿|￣|○
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