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doineedaname from Eastern US Since: Nov, 2010
#2901: Mar 12th 2011 at 10:49:12 AM

[up] What does the japanese in those pictures say?

Sinclair Scriptor Referens from Deep Space Since: Jan, 2001
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#2902: Mar 12th 2011 at 12:03:15 PM

[up]You'll have to ask Red Savant or someone else who actually knows the language. All I can tell is that Vivio calls out "Mama!" in the last panel of the first link. She also (probably) says "Mama Fate" in the second link.

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Charlatan Since: Mar, 2011
#2903: Mar 13th 2011 at 5:34:10 PM

Bit of Fridge Logic:

Magic weapons in Nanoha are ostensibly non-lethal, but don't you think getting blasted through a wall and pelted with shrapnel would smart a little?

Or do magic blasts not have any ostensible mass or...Something?

Because one has to wonder why Quattro didn't get pancaked flat against the Cradle's structure by something powerful enough to punch through ship bulkheads.

-is bored and hence asking this question-

Gaunt88 from Australia Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
#2904: Mar 13th 2011 at 5:35:49 PM

I figured that it was a function of their barrier jackets that allowed them to survive getting blasted through concrete walls.

edited 13th Mar '11 5:36:09 PM by Gaunt88

Charlatan Since: Mar, 2011
#2905: Mar 13th 2011 at 5:37:58 PM

Ah, right. This probably partly explains why Vita managed to kick the crap out of Nanoha in the 1st episode of A's—Vita managed to catch Nanoha off-guard in her everyday clothes.

Gaunt88 from Australia Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
#2906: Mar 13th 2011 at 5:43:04 PM

Yeah, and once she got her gear on nanoha managed to stand after being hammer'd through an office window. I wonder how injured nanoha was after Vita's first blow - she was in her civies, and it had enough force to throw her off the roof she was on.

edited 13th Mar '11 5:43:36 PM by Gaunt88

Akiyoshi Obsolete Belkan Knight from waiting room Since: Jun, 2010
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#2907: Mar 14th 2011 at 11:19:10 PM

[up]Which raises another question. The first blow Vite gives to her on civil clothes was strong enough to push Nanoha back a little ...even making her to leave footmarks on solid concrete ground ...with her ordinary shoes xD!

Nanoha is surely a pretty strong 9-year old girl xDU.

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Charlatan Since: Mar, 2011
#2908: Mar 14th 2011 at 11:20:05 PM

I'm also wondering how Revolver Knuckle doesn't qualify as some sort of kinetic weapon.

It's a big metal fist with all of Subaru's impressive momentum behind it for cripe's sake.

Neep Revolution of Ruin from Booooooooomblastandruin Since: Jan, 2001
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#2909: Mar 14th 2011 at 11:39:12 PM

My issue is with the TSAB spaceships. They say that the problem with mass-based weapons is that once they are created anybody can use them, with the implication that magitek powered by the user limits the potential for destruction. But the Arc-en-ciel is most definitely not powered by any individual mage, so it's functionally the same as a mass-based antimatter bomb or nuke or whatever.

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#2910: Mar 15th 2011 at 3:08:53 AM

We never seen WHAT powers the Arc-En-Ciel exactly, so we can't say it most definitly, right?

Maybe its half a dozen specially trained SS Class Mages which focus the energy into a specific firing array.

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tennessean Since: Jan, 2001
#2911: Mar 15th 2011 at 4:53:52 AM

Or maybe it has something similar to a device installed, to focus magic into a beam of death.

VioletOrange Since: Jul, 2010
#2912: Mar 15th 2011 at 5:51:54 AM

Can someone tell me where this page come from ?

KousakaKirino Otaku Surrogate Since: Jan, 2011
#2913: Mar 15th 2011 at 6:00:56 AM

A short Valentine's Day doujin, IIRC.

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Servbot Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
#2914: Mar 15th 2011 at 7:11:56 AM

From the "Vi Vid Magical Cooking" one-shot in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Comic A la Carte anthology released by Comp Ace.

edited 15th Mar '11 7:14:29 AM by Servbot

VioletOrange Since: Jul, 2010
#2915: Mar 15th 2011 at 7:14:19 AM

It' from a doujin ? Wow, I'm impressed by the fidelity of the drawing. Thanks.

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#2916: Mar 15th 2011 at 7:23:35 AM

It's not a Valentine's Day thing, by the way. Just a normal day where Einhart asks Vivio to bake her some cookies.

As an aside, is it just me or is the Nanoha movie that was released last year Harsher in Hindsight now due to having a climax that involved a submerged city, a power plant meltdown, and a massive earthquake? <<;

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#2919: Mar 15th 2011 at 9:44:38 AM

Someone should draw fan art of Subaru rescuing people from the earthquake/tsunami. Then turn it into a poster for an anime-fan based relief effort.

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GlennMagusHarvey Since: Jan, 2001
#2920: Mar 15th 2011 at 10:04:01 AM

Hearty second to zzzdragon's idea!

@Akiyoshi: Nanoha's experiences fighting Fate and encountering the TSAB were seminal; from that point on she became interested in very hardcore stuff, and bought herself steel-soled shoes.

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#2921: Mar 15th 2011 at 6:44:38 PM

After months of drama, self-doubt, and other assorted issues, I'm am now cautiously accepting that liking Nanoha isn't fundamentally wrong and horrible. I've avoided reading any mention of it, a chore given how often it pops up on this site, so what exactly is going on with the series? I am vaguely aware that's it's become something like Gundam, you don't see Nanoha or Fate anymore but the setting/premise goes on.

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Gaunt88 from Australia Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
#2922: Mar 15th 2011 at 6:56:45 PM

The series is continuig on two fronts, in two mangas. Vivid is a more light-hearted fighting shonen story, with a tournament arc and whatnot.

Force, on the other hand, is following the old crew chasing down the newest Quirky Miniboss Squad, as well as a new character who isn't affiliated with the old crew, and is getting progressively grimdarker and more gundam-y as it goes along.

And Fate and Nanoha both feature in both stories, so I don't knowe where you got that last impression.

edited 15th Mar '11 6:58:40 PM by Gaunt88

Akiyoshi Obsolete Belkan Knight from waiting room Since: Jun, 2010
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#2923: Mar 15th 2011 at 10:31:31 PM

They feature yes, but they aren't as prominently as before.

also i find the Huckebein more like a bunch of dragons banded togheter rather than a Quirky Mini Boss Squad (they're certainly much more powerfull, dangerous and overall efficient than the usuall examples of the trope, also they're not very "Quirky" to begin with). What's the trope for a group of villains who are actually frightening and dangerous?

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Charlatan Since: Mar, 2011
#2924: Mar 15th 2011 at 10:32:31 PM

Hero Killer?

Also, TONIGHT WE RIDE!

edited 15th Mar '11 10:33:17 PM by Charlatan


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