Nanoha - StrikerS - Episode 18 Discussion / Poll

[Kha]

Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

Did you seriously think that I was serious about that post, despite all the subtle indications that I wasn't?

Unfortunately, your definition of subtle seems to be equivalent to my definition of invisible. So sorry for not seeing it, Sith Lord with new clothes.

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by Kha

Unfortunately, your definition of subtle seems to be equivalent to my definition of invisible. So sorry for not seeing it, Sith Lord with new clothes.

Yeah, you're right, I was lying

I know you were kidding of course, but I was just saying as well

[arkhangelsk]

Originally Posted by Ultima_Rasengan05

surely the time skip was already a big surprise to set up StrikerS, but OVAs to tell the teenage life of the 3 Aces before StrikerS would be interesting to see.
Although Nanoha would be the one to have the more interesting past life to see, as she did get ambushed 2 years after A's, I don't know if this would be a good idea other than to animate out what happened to Nanoha and such.

Would it? In the span of a 10 year growth phase, that incident would be all of one episode long. That leaves plenty of time to deal with the others.

Personally, I don't want an anime. There's no way they can find enough money to create enough episodes to even demi-adequately cover ten years. However, the same area can be covered in 5 manga or so if they are clever in writing the storyboards, so...

[Estavali]

Sound stages. The MSLN series have been using those to fill gaps here and there since the first season.

Manga, as arkhangelsk has pointed out above.

OVAs... I personally hope they'll make one, but only for the Aces' adolescent years. I want my Fate-in-seifuku, thank you.

Novels. Ahhh. This is, imho, the ultimate weapon. Tsuzuki-san only need to make sure that he don't do too much retcons, and get everyone all confused over the details.

[Nightengale]

Originally Posted by Estavali

Sound stages. The MSLN series have been using those to fill gaps here and there since the first season.

Well, technically, that's true to most forms of multi-level media. Gundam is the perfect example of branching-gap-filling-over-various-degrees over the decades.

But I don't think those generally apply to 'small' holes. There are mild fears that those holes would be unnecessarily bigger this season, and likewise, even if those holes are covered elsewhere, people want to be at least satisfied in the end.

I mean, no one really cares if holes like "the mission where Knights protect Midget", how EXACTLY Rein was born and the situation revolving around it, character-building for characters that has little to no presence in the large picture, etc don't get covered in the anime. These are small, non-plot related holes that don't tie in strongly to the build-up large picture.

Character backstories for Vice too for example... it can be filled elsewhere, but I found the development within the anime and the pay-off...imbalanced, considering he's 95% out of the story, most likely. It didn't really serve for anything, other than give Teana an impression her character wasn't completely static after her arc was over.

Well, at this point, the biggest fears of holes are LAZ, Vivio, the last prophecy bits, Relics and Jail/Numbers-tachi. Any BIG holes on these plot-important characters and devices... well, are dangerous. At the very least, stuff like Quint's vague death can be dealt with elsewhere, but not these.

[Thisguy]

Originally Posted by Estavali

...

You're forgeting one more (im)possible choice... or it can be considered a variation of Novel.

- ADV game, on whatever port they choose to. MGLN is once again going back to origin!
(If it's going to be 18x, I'm all SOLD! )

[Kha]

Originally Posted by Thisguy

- ADV game, on whatever port they choose to. MGLN is once again going back to origin!
(If it's going to be 18x, I'm all SOLD! )

Barring an OC created in the OC Thread to serve the afterstated function , where is the in-canon Harem "Hero" to "star" in such a game?

[An Hero in Disguise]

Originally Posted by Kha

Barring an OC created in the OC Thread to serve the afterstated function , where is the in-canon Harem "Hero" to "star" in such a game?

They'll come up with somebody generic enough for the players to associate themselves with, obviously.

[FlameSparkZ]

Originally Posted by Ultima_Rasengan05

Well how about Lutecia, Agito, and Zest...I wonder if they'll be spared or just simply die out of the final battle...hmmm

LUTECIA MUST LIVE!!!!
Because she has a thing for Erio and a love triangle between them and Caro would be fun

Zest will either die, or will retire, since he's not in good shape

As for Agito, she probably live too, to be Rein's rival (instead of arch-enemy)

Originally Posted by Kha

Barring an OC created in the OC Thread to serve the afterstated function , where is the in-canon Harem "Hero" to "star" in such a game?

Erio-kun awakens! j/k

[arkhangelsk]

Originally Posted by An Hero in Disguise

They'll come up with somebody generic enough for the players to associate themselves with, obviously.

Actually, you can use Chrono. Chrono is a very flexible character. He's elite enough to realistically be with our aces (and historically is), but compared to them he's still average. He has just enough pluses to be a realistic support (honestly, more realistic than most male leads in ADVs) but still average enough to appeal to the audience. His actions can even be interpreted as kind, you know, that only advantage that most 18+ ADVs have. Tweak him a bit and he's the perfect character!

I'd prefer SLG, though. Would be fun to see what kind of interface they'd come up.

Originally Posted by FlameSparkZ

As for Agito, she probably live too, to be Rein's rival (instead of arch-enemy)

I can see some very childish, very cute scenes b/w the two of them, since they are really almost the same mental age. I never quite figured why Agito hates Rein. OK, so she has a nice Lord. But you seem to like your partner too? You had some tough times obviously but that's not Rein's fault - even if rage is irrational, there are no vectors for her to direct that at Rein.

[FlameSparkZ]

Originally Posted by arkhangelsk

I never quite figured why Agito hates Rein. OK, so she has a nice Lord. But you seem to like your partner too? You had some tough times obviously but that's not Rein's fault - even if rage is irrational, there are no vectors for her to direct that at Rein.

Since there's no other Unison Device around to take the blame, it has to be Rein
I also think Agito can't use magic,at least I haven't seen her using a Belka triangle for a spell...all she does is shoot fire balls or enchant Zest's glaive with fire.

[Estavali]

Originally Posted by Thisguy

You're forgeting one more (im)possible choice... or it can be considered a variation of Novel.

- ADV game, on whatever port they choose to. MGLN is once again going back to origin!
(If it's going to be 18x, I'm all SOLD! )

You, sir, will make the NxF, NxY and all their fellow rabid shippers go to war with each other !

But yeah, you're right. How could I have forgotten about the gaming industry?! RPGs and VNs for me though.

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by Estavali

You, sir, will make the NxF, NxY and all their fellow rabid shippers go to war with each other !

I seriously hope not, cause if things go official...

Originally Posted by Estavali

But yeah, you're right. How could I have forgotten about the gaming industry?! RPGs and VNs for me though.

I vote for a game system similar to Galaxy Angel!

Sure I haven't played it myself, but it looks really cool!

[Kha]

Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

I vote for a game system similar to Galaxy Angel!

Sure I haven't played it myself, but it looks really cool!

Whatever it is, please make it for PC, not some money-sucking console!

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by Kha

Whatever it is, please make it for PC, not some money-sucking console!

You kidding? The most important thing is the damn english subtitles!

[Nightengale]

Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

You kidding? The most important thing is the damn english subtitles!

As if they'd actually bother.

Well, maybe if Nanoha turns out to be as successful in the respective regions of the world like how Sailor Moon once did, then perhaps. Otherwise, I can't see it actually materializing.

Not that a Nanoha-verse VN/ADV/etc has much chance of appearing anyway...

[Estavali]

Well, fan-made VNs might not be an impossibility, given the appropriate tools required can more or less be found in the 'Net IIRC and the fan-aticism... ahem, I mean, enthusiasm necessary to see things through.

But a MSLN RPG would be sweet imho .

[Jimmy C]

Except that fan-made VNs will not fill in canon gaps since they won't be official material.

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by Jimmy C

Except that fan-made VNs will not fill in canon gaps since they won't be official material.

But at the same time, it doesn't necessarily mean they would turn out bad.

Also, look at the 'Nano' series, it's fan-made but how many people didn't mind taking it as canon?

[aers]

ye olde subs