History Awesome / MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikerS

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[[caption-width-right:350:Hell hath no fury like a [[MamaBear Mama Nanoha]] scorned.]]

--> '''Nanoha''': [[PreAsskickingOneLiner I found you...]]

* Episode 8: The "White Devil" training incident, where Nanoha is [[BetterOnDVD disappointed]] with Teana after she and her partner tried to use a reckless strategy against her in a mock battle. After Teana loses it and attacks Nanoha, Nanoha just calmly stands there and catches a magical blade with one bare hand, stopping the wielder in mid-air. And with the other, she catches the fist of the team's HollywoodCyborg without so much as flinching. And then proceeds to produce BeamSpam from her fingertips ''without'' any assistance from her staff.

* Episode 8: The "White Devil" training incident, where Nanoha is [[BetterOnDVD disappointed]] with Teana after she and her partner tried to use a reckless strategy against her in a mock battle. After Teana loses it and attacks Nanoha, Nanoha just calmly stands there and catches a magical blade with one bare hand, stopping the wielder in mid-air. And with the other, she catches the fist of the team's [[spoiler:HollywoodCyborg]] without so much as flinching. And then proceeds to produce BeamSpam from her fingertips ''without'' any assistance from her staff.

* Nanoha's ''Crowning'' MomentOfAwesome for the season comes in Episode 25. She's in the middle of a fight ''that she's losing'' while her opponent is being held in a rapidly failing hold spell. She is also standing in a powerful anti-magic field. She receives confirmation from Raising Heart that Quattro's location has been found on the other side of the ship. So she [[HarbingerOfAsskicking stomps]] the floor underneath her, (cracking it in the DVD version), loads 5 cartridges into Raising Heart just to [[NitroBoost boost it up]], before shunting in ''another'' full clip, complete with [[NoisyGuns satisfyingly chunky "kerthunk"]]. Only ''then'' does she [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill deliver the resulting payload in its entirety,]] [[DungeonBypass blasting through the walls separating the throne room and the villain's control station, wiping out everything in the path, including Quattro]]. The SmugSnake's [[OhCrap look of absolute horror]] when she realizes just how absolutely ''screwed'' she is? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBArXz3cWos Priceless]].

* Credit where it is due, even though they cant do anything until the very end, the Cavalry does finally arrive with Chrono and his fleet. Once he confirms that everyone has been safely evacuated from the Cradle he sees that it is "their turn now" and his fleet of about half a dozen ships activate [[WaveMotionGun Arc-en-ciel's]] and blast the Cradle all at once, blowing it away and officially ending the JS Incident.

* Credit where it is due, even though they cant do anything until the very end, the Cavalry does finally arrive with Chrono and his fleet. Once he confirms that everyone has been safely evacuated from the Cradle he sees that it is "their turn now" and his fleet of about half a dozen ships activate [[WaveMotionGun Arc-en-ciel's]] and blast the Cradle all at once, blowing it away and putting and end to the JS Incident.

* The righteous asskicking that Fate gives [[MadScientist Jail Scaglietti]] and two of the remaining Numbers with her new and improved [[SuperMode Sonic Drive]]. It also qualifies as a CMOA for Erio and Caro, as their YouAreNotAlone speech about how they were the ones who chose their path, and that all Fate did was [[ActionMom raise them to be strong-willed enough to do so]], was instrumental in breaking Fate out of the HeroicBSOD induced by Scaglietti's BreakingSpeech.

** Then, just as one of them is getting back up and ready to strike Teana down, a single shot, fired from a helicopter a tremendous distance away, ''[[ImprobableAimingSkills streaks right by Teana's head]]'' and knocks them right back down. Ladies and gentlemen, [[HesBack Vice and Stormraider have returned]]. Not only did he finish that battle and ''not only'' did he save someone who looked up to him, but it completed his personal MyGreatestSecondChance.

* The "After Days" special manga chapter. Signum vs. Nanoha, no holds barred. In its final moments, Signum takes the full force from a new attack from Nanoha in [[SuperMode Blaster Mode 1]] then, one-upping the famous OutOfTheInferno moment of Nanoha, ''remains in the ensuing flames like the total {{Badass}} that she is and uses it '''as a cover''' so she can set up Sturm Falken and shoot an unprepared Nanoha out of Starlight Breaker''. Good God, Signum! Nanoha still managed to get a draw somehow although she was dizzy and on the ground after the last exchange of blows, while Signum was ''not''.

** This was the second fight between Nanoha and Signum. The first mock battle between the two of them was interrupted, most likely because [[http://www.citymanga.com/magical_girl_lyrical_nanoha_strikers/chapter-10/19/ both of them were a little]] [[SlasherSmile too much into it.]]

** [[{{Determinator}} "If I fail here... everything will have been pointless! I will have failed... to protect Hayate and Nanoha! So, Graf Eisen... BREAK. THROUGH. IT!"]] [[DropTheHammer *SMASH*]] Hayate's line when she catches Vita afterwards seals the deal (especially since it's an MeaningfulEcho to Vita's earlier BadassBoast): "Iron Hammer Knight Vita and Graf Eisen the Iron Count fought so valiantly until they became damaged to this point. ''(She looks at the engine, which has Graf Eisen's drill bit stuck in it and is starting to crack)'' There is nothing in this world ''(the cracks spread over the entire engine)'' that they cannot destroy!" ''(the entire engine explodes)''

* The "After Days" special manga chapter. Signum vs. Nanoha, no holds barred. In its final moments, Signum takes the full force from a new attack from Nanoha in [[SuperMode Blaster Mode 1]] then, one-upping the famous OutOfTheInferno moment of Nanoha, ''remains in the ensuing flames like the total BadAss that she is and uses it '''as a cover''' so she can set up Sturm Falken and shoot an unprepared Nanoha out of Starlight Breaker''. Good God, Signum! Nanoha still managed to get a draw somehow although she was dizzy and on the ground after the last exchange of blows, while Signum was ''not''.

--> '''Nanoha''': [[PreAsskickingOneLiner I found you..]]

** What makes this an even more awesome moment is that Nanoha isn't so much as losing as ''she was stalling for time''. She was repeatedly shielding herself and keeping Vivio, who at that time was both overwhelmingly powerful and [[BrainwashedAndCrazy had been brainwashed to fight her,]] at bay with binds and barriers, while Raising Heart was searching for Quattro using [[CheckovsSkill Wide Area Search]]. When she finds [[SmugSnake Quattro]], she only had three words for her...

** It becomes even more awesome when you factor in just how long she was fighting. There were at least 41 minutes between when she was ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice and when she arrived at the engine room, and it's possible that she spent up to the next hour and a half smashing the damn thing (with every attack being CastFromHitPoints). Calling her a {{Determinator}} would be a massive understatement.

* Episode 12: The first time we ever see Hayate in combat in ''[=StrikerS=]''. Right after Fate offers to release her limiter to take on all the flyers, Hayate comes in and tells Fate that SHE will release her limiter taking her from an A class mage to an S class. She does this, then unleashes the mother of all laser attacks in Hræsvelgr, which is essentially a huge 5-barrel cannon that fires exploding shots. It doesn't get much more badass than that. And she's still not at full SS class power.

** It becomes even more awesome when you factor in just how long she was fighting. There were ''at least'' 41 minutes between when she was ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice and when she arrived at the engine, and it's possible that she spent up to the next hour and a half smashing the damn thing (with every attack being CastFromHitPoints). Calling her a {{Determinator}} would be a massive understatement.

** [[{{Determinator}} "If I fail here... everything will have been pointless! I will have failed... to protect Hayate and Nanoha! So, Graf Eisen... BREAK. THROUGH. IT!"]] [[DropTheHammer *SMASH*]] Hayate's line when she catches Vita afterwards seals the deal: "Cloud Knight Vita and Graf Eisen the Iron Count [...] there is nothing in this world that they cannot destroy!" ''(the entire engine explodes)''

** The Saint Cradle's engine room. Imminent BeamSpam from an utterly insane security system. [[NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow Gushing blood from a back-to-front chest wound.]] Vita's response?: "Bring it on."

** During the same scene, we have a Nanoha and Fate's combination attack from both sides. Exelion Buster and Trident Smasher. What a wonderful teamwork of the three Aces. Diabolic Emission to cover the area, then Trident Smasher and Exelion Buster to knock them out (even though, it doesn't work).

* Then, just as one of them is getting back up and ready to strike Teana down, a single shot, fired from a helicopter a tremendous distance away, ''[[ImprobableAimingSkills streaks right by Teana's head]]'' and puts them right back down. Ladies and gentlemen, [[HesBack Vice and Stormraider have returned]]. Not only did he finish that battle and ''not only'' did he save someone who looked up to him, but it completed his personal MyGreatestSecondChance.

** The Saint Cradle's engine room. Imminent BeamSpam from an utterly insane security system. [[NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow Gushing blood from a back-to-front chest wound.]] Vita's response: "Bring it on."

* Nanoha's ''crowning'' moment of awesome for the season comes in Episode 25. She's in the middle of a fight ''that she's losing'' while her opponent is being held in a rapidly failing hold spell. She is also standing in a powerful anti-magic field. She receives confirmation from Raising Heart that Quattro's location has been found on the other side of the ship. So she [[HarbingerOfAsskicking stomps]] the floor underneath her, cracking it in the DVD version, loads 5 cartridges into Raising Heart just to [[NitroBoost boost it up]], before shunting in ''another'' full clip, complete with [[NoisyGuns satisfyingly chunky "kerthunk"]]. Only ''then'' does she [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill deliver the resulting payload in its entirety,]] [[DungeonBypass blasting through the walls separating the throne room and the villain's control station, wiping out everything in the path, including Quattro]]. The SmugSnake's [[OhCrap look of absolute horror]] when she realizes just how absolutely ''screwed'' she is? [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBArXz3cWos Priceless]].

* Signum and Agito in the final episode. Two words: ''"Karyuu Issen"''. It turns her sword into a very long ass FlamingSword and in one swing, she destroys tons and tons of drones.