History Characters / MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha

Finding an injured ferret, Nanoha responsibly leaves takes it to a nearby vet. Later that night, however, she hears another call, and arrives in time to see the ferret under attack from a monster. The [[NonHumanSidekick now-talking ferret]] explains that he's a mage, and gives her an [[MagicWand Intelligent Device]], Raising Heart, to fend off the attacking monster. With Raising Heart's help, Nanoha quickly learns the basics of magic, defeats the monster, and agrees to help Yuuno find and seal the remaining twenty Jewel Seeds before any more harm is done. Things proceed smoothly until another girl, Fate appears, and attacks Nanoha with a scythe-like Device. Even while she's defending herself, Nanoha realizes that Fate looks... sad. Nanoha is no stranger to sadness, having spent most of her childhood in an empty house. She resolves to do everything she can to learn about the mysterious girl and her reasons for fighting, and if possible, to become a friend she can count on. Nanoha temporarily joins the Time Space Administration Bureau, which had been monitoring unusual activity, but takes matters into her own hands when they decide to let Fate exhaust herself to more easily capture her, a method she deems far too cruel. The two finally decide to stake everything on a final match, which Nanoha wins. Fate is taken into custody by the TSAB, but before Nanoha has a chance to speak with her, Precia interrupts, and Nanoha watches as Fate's world crumbles around her. Angry at Precia's cruel treatment of Fate, she joins the TSAB Enforcer Chrono and Fate's own familiar Arf in an attack on Precia and Fate's home: the Garden of Time. The three are outmatched, until Fate returns to settle matters with Precia. Nanoha once again encourages Fate, and the two stop Precia from her mad plan to break reality. Precia dies in the collapse, but Nanoha manages to save Fate, and the two have a chance to talk several days later. Nanoha and Fate make official their friendship, and exchange hair ribbons as parting gifts.

Nanoha continued her training, keeping in contact with Fate as she awaited trail in the Jewel Seed case. Suddenly, Nanoha was attacked by unknown forces, and beaten to near-unconsciousness without warning or explanation. At the last minute, however, Fate appeared, bringing Yuuno and Arf with her. Nanoha was forced to watch as the two groups began fighting. Not content with that, she pushed herself to her limits to charge her ultimate attack, the Starlight Breaker, but seconds before firing, her magic was literally pulled from her body. Not content with that, she ignored the hand sticking out of her chest and fired anyway, breaking the surrounding barrier and forcing the enemies to retreat. She collapsed moments later, and was rendered magic-less for a long period afterward. As she recovered, Raising Heart is upgraded with a magic cartridge system. After several battles, Nanoha accidentally discovers the identity of their new master; a young, wheelchair-bound named Hayate, who unintentionally summoned them. Just as Nanoha finally begins to get through to the knights, a mysterious third party uses the knights themselves to finish the book, evidently killing them in the process, forcing Hayate to watch. Nanoha and Fate are forced to fight the embodiment of the Book of Darkness, a girl expressionless except for a stream of tears. Hayate uses her abilities as the Book's master to separate it's automatic defense system and regenerate the knights, and gives the Book's form a new name; Reinforce. Everyone pulls together to destroy the corrupt function, and while successful, Nanoha is forced to seal Reinforce to prevent the Book from restoring it.

She [[{{Timeskip}} subsequently]] joins the TSAB, and moves to Mid-Childa where she serves as a Combat Instructor for the Air Force. During the third season, she acts as an OlderAndWiser {{mentor}} to the new recruits. She also adopts a daughter with Fate.

* KickTheDog: When Teana and Subaru try a risky new move on her, Nanoha teaches them a very, ''very'' harsh lesson. Although Nanoha's attitude is understandable, her actions still come across as cruel.

Nanoha continued her training, keeping in contact with Fate as she awaited trail in the Jewel Seed case. Suddenly, Nanoha was attacked by a girl with a hammer, and beaten to near-unconsciousness without warning or explanation. At the last minute, however, Fate appeared, bringing Yuuno and Arf with her. As if in response, another two enemies appeared, and Nanoha was forced to watch as the two groups began fighting. Not content with that, she pushed herself to her limits to charge her ultimate attack, the Starlight Breaker, but seconds before firing, her magic was literally pulled from her body. Not content with that, she ignored the hand sticking out of her chest and fired anyway, breaking the surrounding barrier and forcing the enemies to retreat. She collapsed moments later, and was rendered magic-less for a long period afterward. As she recovered, Raising Heart is upgraded with a semi-automatic magic cartridge system. With the help of the TSAB, Nanoha learns about the Book of Darkness, and the four knights who guard it; filling the book will grant incredible power, but the user will always lose control and ultimately die. Nanoha and Fate discussed the new enemies, and again, Nanoha decides to learn their side of the story and try to find a non-violent solution. After several battles, Nanoha accidentally discovers the identity of their new master; a young, wheelchair-bound named Hayate, who unintentionally summoned them. Just as Nanoha finally begins to get through to the knights, a mysterious third party uses the knights themselves to finish the book, evidently killing them in the process, forcing Hayate to watch. Nanoha and Fate are forced to fight the embodiment of the Book of Darkness, a girl expressionless except for a stream of tears. Hayate uses her abilites as the Book's master to separate it's automatic defense system and regenerate the knights, and gives the Book's form a new name; Reinforce. Nanoha cooperates with Fate, Hayate, Signum, Vita, Zafira, Shamal, Arf, Chrono, Yuuno, and the crew of the TSAB warship Asura to destroy the corrupted Book's core, temporarily breaking the cycle. Unfortunately, she and Fate are forced to seal Reinforce to prevent the Book from repairing itself, and are left to comfort the grieving Hayate.

Nanoha, the protagonist of the series, is introduced as a sweet little [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Ordinary Elementary School Student]] with a normal life. However, this changes when she answers [[CallToAdventure a psychic call for help]]. She meets a [[NonHumanSidekick ferret changeling]] mage named Yuuno Scrya who is looking for [[GottaCatchThemAll twenty one]] magical artifacts called [[LostTechnology Jewel Seeds]]. [[BurningBuildingRescue She helps him defeat the monster that injured him]], and then [[ResignedToTheCall agrees to help him out with the others]]. Armed with her new [[MagicWand Intelligent Device]], Raising Heart, Nanoha starts seeking out the Jewel Seeds with Yuuno's help. In the process, she meets [[DarkMagicalGirl Fate Testarossa]], who is also collecting Jewel Seeds. Nanoha becomes set on [[DefeatMeansFriendship befriending]] the hell out of her after Fate refuses to explain why she is collecting Jewel Seeds. Nanoha and Yuuno join forces with the [[TheFederation Time And Space Administrative Bureau]], and they end up assaulting the base of Fate's [[EvilMatriarch abusive mother]] [[MadScientist Precia Testarossa]]. In the end, Fate and Nanoha become close friends.

Nanoha subjects herself to TrainingFromHell and becomes a formidable mage. She later gets involved in the battle against the Wolkenritter, who also get befriended.

She [[{{Timeskip}} subsequently]] joins the TSAB, and moves to Mid-Childa where she serves as a Combat Instructor for the Air Force. During the third season, she acts as an OlderAndWiser {{mentor}} to the new recruits. She also adopts a daughter with Fate.

The trial concluded quickly, and Fate quickly joined Nanoha in both everyday school life and the sudden battle against the Wolkenritter. During this time, she begins to develops her FragileSpeedster fighting style, with an upgraded, revolver-type magic cartridge Bardiche. She established a close bond with Signum based on mutual respect, and helped Nanoha defeat the Book of Darkness, thus freeing Hayate and her knights.

* ShoutOut: Some of her abilties names are Sonic Drive as well as the name of her FragileSpeedster form. SonicTheHedgehog much?

* BadassAdorable: Nanoha just has a certain high-energy ''joie de vivre'' to match her high-energy weaponry.

** BadassCape: Except in Sonic Form.

* Badass

** BadassCape

* BadassAdorable: Her {{Woobie}} status in season one puts her squarely in the "adorable" category, as does her softspoken, caring nature in the later seasons. In either case, the magical beam scythe takes care of the other part.
* BadassLongcoat: Her Barrier Jacket's Impulse form.

* Telepathy
* Telekinesis

* OhCrap:
** Has a tendency to induce this in others before she blows them up. Including Fate, Vita, Teana and Quattro.

* '''ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill''': Nanoha ''loves'' this trope. Just look at the other entries on this page. It's a good thing that mages can create barriers that prevent their battles from affecting their surroundings, or else she'd cause [[DestructiveSavior a lot of collateral damage]].

* TheWorfEffect: Keeping in mind the above comment that "defense" and "containment" are different ballgames, Yuuno has failed at least five times to contain the firepower of any of the resident [[PersonOfMassDestruction Girls of Mass Destruction]]. The first four were attempts to conceal Nanoha's practice shots with Starlight Breaker from the rest of Earth with time/space-sealing magic; only the fourth failure is seen, [[WorfHadTheFlu and is used to demonstrate that Nanoha had accidentally discovered how to add a]] ''[[WorfHadTheFlu barrier-piercing]]'' [[WorfHadTheFlu quality to her most powerful attack]]. The fifth failure involved Nanoha and Fate pitting their strongest attacks against Hayate's in a practice chamber aboard the {TSAB}'s space-station headquarters. [[IdiotBall Despite being well-aware of how powerful their friends were]], Yuuno and veteran mage Chrono seemed to believe that Yuuno alone would be capable of preventing damage to the room; Chrono made no apparent effort to help, and Yuuno claimed there would be no damage. The room was completely totalled, at the least.

Years later, Fate is an Enforcer; a powerful agent of the Space-Time Administration Bureau. Known throughout the galaxy as [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast "The Ace of the Navy"]], Fate investigates various incidents, but takes a particular interest in cases involving children, even adopting and raising two herself: Erio Mondial, a clone created with the very technology her mother helped develop, and Caro Ru Lushe, a young summoner with immense power, who was thrown out of her tribe and sent to a high-security special-protection building. Both her and her children joined Riot Force 6, where Fate encountered Jail Scarlietti, the man who started the project which ultimately led to her creation: [[TitleDrop Project Fate]]. Fighting him, Fate is forced to recognize the traits she and her mother have in common, namely, [[TykeBomb having her kids fight for her]], but after some [[YouAreNotAlone quick encouragement]] from Erio and Mondial, Fate turns the tables and captures Jail. She also co-adopts Vivio [[HasTwoMommies alongside Nanoha]], and the three are shown to be living happily together.

* '''ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill''': Nanoha ''loves'' this trope. It's a good thing that mages can create barriers that prevent their battles from affecting their surroundings, or else she'd cause [[DestructiveSavior a lot of collateral damage]].

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Nanoha loves this trope. It's a good thing that mages can create barriers that prevent their battles from affecting their surroundings, or else she'd cause [[DestructiveSavior a lot of collateral damage]].

* HotMom: As of ''Anime/StrikerS'', Fate is a mother figure to Elio, Caro, and Vivio.

* HotMom: As of ''StrikerS''.

* HotMom: As of ''StrikerS'', Fate is a mother figure to Elio, Caro, and Vivio.

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Oh yes. It's a good thing that mages can create barriers that prevent their battles from affecting their surroundings, or else she'd cause [[DestructiveSavior a lot of collateral damage]].

** To illustrate with a point from the very first series: we find out that after Nanoha starts taking her job as a MagicalGirl seriously, [[spoiler: she has Raising Heart [[TrainingFromHell run training simulations in her mind every moment, sleeping or awake]]. This is not a default function of Raising Heart. This is something she asked it to do because apparently that's how she handles challenges.]]