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Originally Posted by Nanya01
But, kris, Fate got a ton of characterization in the 1st movie at the expense of Nanoha and Yuuno.
Did she REALLY need MORE of that?
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Old post, but directed at me so.
And well, yeah why not? Think about it. Who are the main characters of the Nanoha series?
Takamachi Nanoha and Fate Testarossa.
Who is a secondary character? Yuuno Scrya. He was a main character arguably in the first season, but he's been stuck into a supporting role since. Nanoha and Fate are indisputably the main characters of the series as a whole (Subaru is arguably another MC for StrikerS, and Tohma is another MC for Force... Vivio and Einhart being MCs for ViVid).
And thinking on it, I don't see how this movie seemed to "pander" to Fate. It had all the key scenes that were already present in the original series to begin with. And aside from Nanoha blasting off a SLB despite a hand through her chest, no real scenes of note for Nanoha were removed at all.
There's also the fact this is the first movie with Fate as a proper protagonist, and in a role as a (somewhat) normal girl - she was an antagonist at the start of 1st, and only jumped into a protagonist role near the very end, and in none of that was she characterized as acting like a "normal" person. So, much like A's did, this movie sought to show Fate acting more normal, and so it would of course have a bit more focus on her then Nanoha.
We already know a lot of Nanoha from the first season/movie after all.