Comments on: Hey. I finished Nanoha.

By: misakichii

misakichii — Fri, 23 May 2008 10:15:28 +0000

There sure are some healthy scenes in StrikerS.

Ahh..nice body.

By: The Sojourner

The Sojourner — Thu, 22 May 2008 16:03:37 +0000

@ issa-sa

Suffice to say, I found Nanoha an essential watch to build up the mood for Nanoha A’s.

@ IKnight

Personally, I felt that the first Nanoha still had this lingering scene of a Mahou Shoujo show with characteristics like the protagonist having to juggle her secret identity with her orindary life as a 3rd grader.

But you are totally right about the ‘Gundam In A Dress’ description in an overall sense. Because having just finished Nanoha A’s, I was not sure whether I had seen a Sunrise production or a Mahou Shoujo show.

@Shin

That is a rather cryptic warning I have to say.

By: Shin

Shin — Wed, 21 May 2008 19:04:32 +0000

And unless you would like to see Nanoha in her healthy form, avoid StrikerS at all costs.

By: The Animanachronism

The Animanachronism — Wed, 21 May 2008 11:52:20 +0000

The first Nanoha has its merits, though A's is an improvement . . . you're dead right about the climax, though. It's down a little too pat, and I felt that something similar happened in A's too, though you'll have to make up your own mind about that (and I can't speak for StrikerS, I haven't seen it). In Nanoha's defence, the final episode, which might look like an epilogue, is actually the climax for those who've emotionally invested in the characters. I'm reliably informed, however, that Nanoha is not really at its core a proper mahou shoujo show at all. Rather, it is Gundam in a dress. This tallies with my own experience: traditional mahou shoujo bores me, but Nanoha excites me with its beamspam, explosions, and mecha allusions.

By: issa-sa

issa-sa — Wed, 21 May 2008 11:16:34 +0000

Nanoha A’s IS the big deal. We’re just forced to watch this rather run-of-the-mill first series first in order to enjoy A’s (Hey, it introduced us to Fate, what more should we ask for? ).