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Sunday, July 01, 2007
Nanoha StrikerS Episode 14: Mothers and Children
Nanoha wakes up in her huge bed across from Fate with parasite Vivio still attached to her. She detaches Vivio and goes to get dressed, but Vivio starts moaning and searching for her, so Nanoha carries her over to Fate, who acts on her instinctual urge to smother lolis with her chest and does just that.
The cadets are finished with their training for the day and head off to shower and take it easy while Nanoha meets up with parasite Vivio and Ovary-Powered Fate. Vivio finally manages her first words… a request for food.
The cadets and Hayate are doing various paperwork when Hayate calls Teana over and I believe gives her an official commendation from Chrono on how she handled the last mission and wants her to tag along for their meeting in a little while. Fate has taken the Lightning cadets and is telling them that Zafira and Eina (?) are babysitting the parasite while they’re at work.
MEANWHILE, AT THE GALATIC CORE, Barrier Jacket Chrono is commanding his ship. Acous uses his magical powers to summon a cake. Good use of magic, slick. Chrono and Verossa discuss Regius over their shared froofy man-cake. They know that he’s unhappy with Riot 6 and is trying to undermine their efforts. They’re interrupted by Hayate and Teana arriving via Star Trek teleporter.
Back with Fate and the Lightning kiddies… they’re getting a lesson in the Lost Logia and the destruction that they can cause to the world. We get a history lesson on Midchild, magic and the TSAB which is slightly less interesting than it might sound.
Fate looks at Bardiche and thinks back to her meeting last episode with Chrono and Carim. They’re discussing what exactly the prophecy means and its relation to the Lost Logia. This is even less interesting than the history of the TSAB, though the BGM was kind of nice. Carim also says that she’s at Riot 6’s command if they need her.
Subaru has finally finished her deskwork and notices that Nanoha is spacing out. The clock tower chimes, and Nanoha heads off to pick up the parasite from her babysitters while Subaru, bereft of Teana’s loving, ends up tagging along. The next thing we see is Vivio attached to Nanoha’s crotch once again. Subaru suggests that Vivio call Nanoha “mama,” which sets her crying and reattached to Nanoha once more.
Over in Chrono’s lovenest, Hayate is still eating Acous’ cake while Acous shares the data that he has about recent events with Teana in the form of a data chip. He also asks Teana about what she thinks of Hayate and says that he worries about her. Chrono and Hayate keep chattering about generic Riot 6 stuff while Acous does his best to try to snatch Teana away from Vice and Subaru. I like her and all, but why is she so hotly contested while Ginga is still unattached?
The cake apparently finally finished, and the Riot 6 pair gone, Acous and Chrono talk about Riot 6 and how they’re going to protect them. Acous says to leave it to him. I’m already getting traitor vibes from that punk. Hayate and Teana also make small talk as they leave.
In a dark room, General Nakajima is looking at a report on the Numbers attack being given by some scientist (Maria?) and Ginga. Nepotism much? He looks at a picture of their mother as they leave. We also get a quick view of Darth Vader General Regius looking generally cranky.
Back on the Fate/Nanoha honeymoon bed, Nanoha gets Vivio to call Fate ‘mama’ too. This is turning into a regular Happy Lesson. The cadets, meanwhile, are eating the strange food in the cafeteria again. Freaky spaghetti and salads. They talk about Vivio calling Nanoha mother and think about family, mothers and daughters specifically. Isn’t it nice when they work the title of the episode in?
As we fade to black we see Lutecia, Zest and Agito looking on forebodingly at the city. Next week… more Ginga. Thankfully.
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Nanoha StrikerS Episode 13: Reason For Living
Agito wakes up in a white room, not knowing where she is. Her wings are tattered, she is chained down and naked, and then a man comes up to her with a syringe and injects her with something that causes her to yell and convulse while flames appear around her and others stand by with note pads. Then the room explodes. Zest and Lutecia are there, and Zest picks her up off her examination table. The two prepare to leave, but Lutecia stops him, and picks up the tiny Agito to bring with them.
Agito wakes with a start from her dream and thinks back to the encounter with Vita and Rein. She doesn’t know many things, but she does know that she’s sticking with Lutecia, and starts yelling in general at the sky about people who get in her way.
Signum is driving Nanoha in her own pimp-mobile as the two chat about Vivio’s status. Signum then receives a call from Schach that the girl has suddenly disappeared. Schach and Signum search the indoors while Nanoha checks the outside. Nanoha’s the first one to find her, but Schach sees her shortly after and immediately changes into battle mode (her device sounds like “Interceptor” and is a pair of tonfa).
Poor Vivio immediately loses her smirk and goes into terrified mode. Nanoha thanks Schach for the help, and comforts poor Vivio. She asks the kid what she’s doing, and Vivio says that her mama is gone. Nanoha offers to search for her with the kiddo.
Elsewhere, Hayate and Fate are chatting about how the status of the division. They put in a call to Nanoha, only to find Vivio clinging to Nanoha, bawling her eyes out and surrounded by the cadets. Fate and Hayate run over to save Nanoha from the skirt clinger, but not before Hayate gets in a jab at Nanoha finally meeting an opponent that she can’t defeat.
Fate picks up Vivio’s bunny and starts playing with her while mentally chastising the cadets for scaring her shitless. Clearly Fate is the only one of the whole lot with any sort of maternal instincts. Vivio is eventually pacified enough to let the Aces leave, and she gets left in the care of the cadets while the three take Storm Raider over to Carim’s Pad.
Subaru and Teana are filling out reports and whatnot on the latest mission, and of course, Subaru is probably illiterate and Teana finishes first. Subaru is thinking some overly heavy thoughts about the Numbers, so Teana flicks her forehead and knocks her out of her chair and tells her to get back to work.
Carim officially welcomes the Aces to her love nest where Chrono is also hanging out. Hearing Fate call Chrono “onii-chan” is kind of strange and disquieting, but thankfully, he’s as embarrassed by hearing it as I am.
Vivio is finally put to bed by Erio and Caro, letting them have some private time. Erio starts thinking about how she’s probably an artificial mage and her possible relations to Project F.
Chrono and Carim are filling in the Aces on the current shake-ups in the TSAB administration and how it relates to Riot 6. Carim brings out a deck of cards and uses what sounds like “Prophet Sift,” to divine the future. Two of the cards are sent to Nanoha and Fate, who read them and nod. Carim tells them that she has forseen that the Logia will be gathered and that they will be activated and that the TSAB/Riot 6 is going to have… well… let’s just say shit will be ruined. The important part of her prophecy though is “A King will perish, a Tower will fall, and a Ship will sink.” I’ll leave the wild guessing about the meaning to somebody else.
We go back to General Windbag and his evil secretary, who are still discussing Riot 6. They have the complete chart set up of the rankings and relations of it. He notes that Hayate is at the center and thinks more about how Hayate shouldn’t be in charge of it.
Fate and Nanoha excuse themselves from Hayate and prepare to head home. Hayate stops them and says that they’re very important friends and she doesn’t want anything to happen to them, etc etc. Basically a talk between the three about being friends and how everything will be fine. Very droll really.
Erio and Caro are reading to Vivio again when Fate and Nanoha walk in. Vivio immediately jumps up and clings to Nanoha. Hayate heads back to her room and takes out her Book of the Night Sky amulet. She then opens a desk drawer and takes out an old picture album and thinks about Admiral Graham and the death of the first Reinforce and how she is not going to waste the life that those two gave to her.
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