思い出は時の彼方なの。。。 Memories that Lies Beyond Time...
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Nanoha StrikerS Episode 16: That day, Sixth Mobile Division (Part 1)
The opening starts with Subaru writing a letter to her father saying how everybody is in high spirits and back to training after the incidents in town. THIS ISN’T FORESHADOWING FOR THE REST OF THE EPISODE AT ALL, IS IT? Unfortunately, we still have Secret Ambition as the OP… I want my Massive Wonders already, or in Teana’s case… Modulating Wonders.
Hayte is telling all the combat troops of Riot 6 that they’ll be working on security at a public conference tomorrow. Security will be managed by a number of other divisions as well. Hayate, Fate and Signum will be meeting up tomorrow, but the rest are heading over today.
Nanoha is getting ready to head off, but Parasite Vivio doesn’t want her to go. Nanoha promises her that she’ll come back after it’s done and promises her some caramel milk for being a good girl and putting up with it.
On the copter, the cadets ask Nanoha about Vivio and how they’re getting on. Nanoha says that Vivio is still looking for anybody who will be a family for her, but the cadets disagree and think that Nanoha has already pretty much adopted her.
Over in the Nanoha/Fate lovenest, Fate gets a phone call from Lindy, who is still looking great. Lindy says hi to Vivio and tells Fate that she’ll be at the conference as well. She can’t wait to see Fate again, but since Fate will be on duty, it’ll have to wait.
Vivio sees Fate’s pictures of her families…. the Hallouens and the Testarossas, and asks Fate about them. Fate tells her that they’re both her family. We also get to see a picture of Chrono, Amy and his twins. They’re basically tiny versions of Amy. Boy wasted no time in fathering children, did he?
At TSAB central, the cadets are hanging about with drinks, except for Teana, who is bother Vice. She apologizes to him because she had a look in his army history. In the past, Vice was an Ace mage and was a top sniper. He says that his magical skills are barely half of Teana’s though. He goes on, saying that the past is past and that she shouldn’t waste her time on such. She apologizes again and runs off. Once she’s gone, he says aloud that the past is gone, and Storm Raider agrees.
The next morning, Nanoha is going inside the conference, so she hands Subaru Raising Heart and asks them to make sure Fate gives up her device as well. Ouch… defenseless? That’s not a good sign.
There’s a newscast going on about how the conference is going, and the most hotly contested item seems to be the development of the Einherjar, the Army’s new weapon.
Vita is patrolling the grounds with the Lightning cadets and wondering if shit is going to go down today. They think that it’ll probably be an attack from the outside, and that Scaglietti is not going to attack since there’s nothing to gain here. Nanoha disagrees though and thinks that it could have to do with showing off the Einherjar. They decide to just keep waiting for their superiors orders as well as how to react.
The conference is nearing the end, and nothing has happened so far. Zest and Agito are watching from the air, and are annoyed that Lulu isn’t with them because she has something else to do. Zest tells Agito to go with Lulu if she’s so worried, but Agito can’t leave Zest on his own. Zest’s final plan is to make his way to Regius.
The Numbers are also preparing to deploy and are set up. Scaglietti gives the usual mad scientist speech of being the one to change the world and the course of history and tells them to start.
Lulu chants a spell while Quattro screws up the internal security systems of TSAB using a control of the electrons in the air. In one area, Sei phases through and knocks out the guards, followed by Cinque exploding a reactor. Lulu finishes her summoning spell and Gadget Drones begin appearing all over the grounds. At the same time, Deici shoots her way into the building.
Regius is receiving a report of the situation and orders all intruders neutralized. Quattro is eavesdropping on them somehow though, and uses the drones to force them to drop the defenses and seal everybody inside. Hayate realizes the problem here and that they’re sitting ducks at the moment.
Trei and Sette, apparently the close combat specialists of the Numbers, are getting ready for Sette’s first fight before they rush into the battle.
The cadets and crew are running towards the battle. Vita gives Teana Signum and Hayate’s devices to get to them before combining with Rein and flying straight to the battle.
Nanoha and Fate are locked inside the building and can’t get out. They decide to not wait around and bust open an elevator and slide down the cable using magic to cover their hands to rendezvous with the cadets and get their devices back.
Agito and Zest are heading straight for the tower when they’re attacked by red energy. Unison Vita leaps out of the clouds and attacks them. Zest and Agito respond by combining as well. Vita and Zest introduce themselves and get ready to fight.
The cadets are still heading to battle and suddenly Nove leaps out and slams Subaru against the wall wearing a pair of Mach Calibur-looking boots. The rest of the cadets are trapped by a series of energy balls from another Number. Nove calls Subaru (or maybe her device?) “Type-Zero” and knows that it wouldn’t have been beaten that easily.
Uno tells Lulu that she can move on to attacking Riot 6 and recovering the Devices held there along with “The Emperor.” Riot 6 goes on full alert… credits.
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Nanoha StrikerS Episode 15: Sisters and Daughters
We start by learning that Riot 6 has a couple new members, Ginga and Marie. Ginga will be joining the forwards temporarily, and Marie, who personally handled the Aces’ devices in the past is joining the tech department. Everybody splits up for their training, the Lightning go with Fate, Vita takes Teana and Nanoha sets Ginga and Subaru against eachother in a mock battle.
The two fight, but Subaru is immediately on the defensive. Ginga charges and attack, and Subaru tries to defend, but she breaks her shield and then Subaru takes a straight shot right to the gut… or so it seems. Subaru blocked the punch with her other hand and counters with a close range Revolver Cannon blasting Ginga backwards. Subaru tries to kick her, but Ginga evades and takes a Wing Road into the sky. The two clash a few more times in the air and are more evenly matched. Ultimately though, Ginga’s experience wins over Subaru’s explosiveness and she stops short of pounding in Subaru’s face. Ginga compliments her on how she fought though.
Afterwards, everybody has compliments on how Subaru is getting faster in her attacks and is nearly approaching Erio in sheer speed. Fate and Nanoha also are very impressed with Ginga’s performance and compliment her appropriately. They then say that the next training will be Ginga and the Cadets against all of the commanders and subcommanders. Ginga’s a bit shocked, but the cadets tell her that they’ve done it before and not to worry.
Elsewhere, in the girl’s bathroom, Vivio is getting cleaned up and for reasons we won’t go into, Zafira is in there with her.
Leaving that creepiness aside, we return to the aftermath of the cadets getting beaten down by the rest, though everybody’s pretty happy with how the sparring went. Ginga is especially impressed that they do this nearly every day. Eventually, Vivio wanders over looking for Nanoha and Fate while being escorted by lady killer and bathroom stalker Zafira.
Vivio runs up to Nanoha and Fate and falls on her face. Fate goes to help her, but Nanoha, ever the heartless bitch, stops her and tells Vivio to get up on her own and keep running to her. Man… what a bitch. Vivio nearly starts to cry, but Fate’s ovaries take over and she trots over to help her up. Nanoha tells Fate that she’s spoiling Vivio, but Fate doesn’t really care.
As a side note, the music for the eyecatch was some kind of terrible synth riff. Who the fuck gave the StrikerS staff a synth?
Everybody’s heading off to get lunch, with Erio carring the world’s largest salad. Vivio isn’t being a good girl and won’t finish her greens. Caro is busy still hitting on Erio as well. Eventually, everybody disperses to do their own boring daily tasks.
Over at the TSAB HQ, Regius is preparing for a meeting with the top three admirals as we’re treated to tinkling chime music. Good ol’ blowhard is getting another rundown about Riot 6 from his evil secretary. He basically says that he wants concrete evidence of misbehavior before he comes forward with a complaint. She tells him that other people from the TSAB are also snooping around internally before checking in with a subordinate about a delayed ‘Einherjar’ (Norse term for warriors recruited by the Valkyrie) project.
There’s also a brief echoy meeting between three numbered screens that is rather generically plotty and evil. Subaru and Ginga are also due for their checkup, so they strip and get on the table.
Over in the cave of numbers, they’re getting their upgrades. Apparently Euno’s arm is cybernetic, so probably most of them are. We also see about four more numbers in tubes and they mention another few more. They also talk about the Gadget Drones, but say that they aren’t worth naming and are garbage… as are themselves, though Sein says that she likes having a name.
Scaglietti is tuning up some new numbers. Nove doesn’t really give a shit what’s going on though, she just wants to know what kind of person the ‘King’ is who will be leading them. Scaglietti turns back to his army of bots and laughes like the true insane villain that he is.
Over at the TSAB Convenience Store, Subaru is feeding Ginga chocolate by hand. Ginga really has Subaru trained well. The two talk about Ginga joining the squad and how they’re looking forward to fighting together and becoming more powerful. Ginga turns serious for a moment though and asks if they’re really serious about going up against the enemy. Eventually, Marie picks her up and Subaru also feeds Marie chocolate. Maybe it’s Subaru who is training them.
The three Aces are having a meeting where they talk about how the prophecy has been decoded a bit more and it’s clear that a meeting in a week is going to be attacked. Riot 6 will be there, but they’re not entirely certain that they’ll be completely prepared for it.
Anyway, I love the new ending of this. I heard there will be a new opening called "Massive Wonders" soon. The ending is "Beautiful Amulet".
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