Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha The MOVIE 2nd A's, Expectations and Speculation

[Archon_Wing]

Nanoha wasn't emo in the 1st movie; I can think of maybe one scene. Was she lying around and moping the whole movie? Nope, she might have some inner thought, but most of their time was spent kicking ass and befriending as usual.

At this rate we might as well have said Fate was emo...

Anyhow, yea. A's is mostly Hayate's story. Interesting how she's not really the center of any of the seasons... well I kinda consider StrikerS to be mainly about Nanoha, despite the new people.

[Yasanagi]

Emo Fate, huh? Does that mean Nana Mizuki would have to try and cover Linkin Park songs in order to portray the angst?

CRAAAAAAAWWWWWWLLLLLLLIIINNNNNNGGGGGG IINNNNN MMMMAAAAHHHH SKKKIIINNNN!!!
THESE WOUNDS, THEY WILL NOT HEALLLLLL!!

[Akiyoshi]

Originally Posted by Archon_Wing

Anyhow, yea. A's is mostly Hayate's story. Interesting how she's not really the center of any of the seasons... well I kinda consider StrikerS to be mainly about Nanoha, despite the new people.

Now that you mention it, it will be nice if we get to see some of Hayate's past(probably meeting her parents even if it's in the classic "shadowed face" fashion), or learning more about Graham's method for choosing her as the next master or more info about the past case of the Book of Darkness(an OVA about that portraying Clyde Harlown as the main character would be awesome xD). The Book of Darkness case and the people involved in that have so much background that was poorly exploited as of today, hope that Tsuzuki takes the opportunity to do something interesting with the A's MOVIE and, if chances are good, the MOVIE 2nd manga.

[Archon_Wing]

Originally Posted by Yasanagi

Emo Fate, huh? Does that mean Nana Mizuki would have to try and cover Linkin Park songs in order to portray the angst?

CRAAAAAAAWWWWWWLLLLLLLIIINNNNNNGGGGGG IINNNNN MMMMAAAAHHHH SKKKIIINNNN!!!
THESE WOUNDS, THEY WILL NOT HEALLLLLL!!

lol, hopefully not. You may die from the laughter.

In the Nanohaverse, emo is a disease treated by two cups of befriending (or beam spam attack) Or both.

Originally Posted by Akiyoshi

Now that you mention it, it will be nice if we get to see some of Hayate's past(probably meeting her parents even if it's in the classic "shadowed face" fashion), or learning more about Graham's method for choosing her as the next master or more info about the past case of the Book of Darkness(an OVA about that portraying Clyde Harlown as the main character would be awesome xD). The Book of Darkness case and the people involved in that have so much background that was poorly exploited as of today, hope that Tsuzuki takes the opportunity to do something interesting with the A's MOVIE and, if chances are good, the MOVIE 2nd manga.

Yea, that would be a good idea. If they really want to advertise this as some kind of alternate retelling, then they need to put in stuff we haven't seen before. The time constraints prevent them from duplicating A's somewhat more complex plot and I wouldn't want a copy this time.

Of course, I have a bit less expectations on this. While the 1st season had a need for some cutting of some undesirable elements (namely, the boring or fanservicy stuff), I don't really have a need to "fix" A's; besides my earlier complaints and some other gripes with the series

I guess Grahmn is the exception. I didn't like what they did with his character.

They could use Nanoha vs Signum, and more of Fate vs Vita for variety though.

[Demi.]

If the A's movie is supposed to be a continuation of the first season movie...Then I don't see them changing too much with it, aside from condensing it quite a bit.

[Keroko]

I do see them change quite a bit, mostly because A's as it is has too many essential scenes to incorporate into the movie. Where S1 had a lot of episodes that could be deleted without much huff (most of the jewel seed/Takamachi family centric episodes for example) A's has only a handful of school scenes.

I would imagine the fights will be cut a lot shorter. Perhaps they'll change the Graham plot too, you could remove that altogether and still have the core plot running with only minor tweaks.

Originally Posted by Akiyoshi

Hayate and the Wolkies DESERVE to have this movie, it will be the reward for the signum crucis they're enduring in FORCE xDU

At least Signum had a decent fight. One-sided, but decent. Hayate got stabbed before she could even get a hit in.

[Demi.]

That's all part of condensing. What I don't expect are many new scenes (new, not only improved), if any.

[MeoTwister5]

There's a reason I don't even touch the FORCE Manga. Hell I'm enjoying Vivid for reasons I don't even understand, but FORCE feels like bad fanfiction.

Anyway back on topic, considering that 1st felt like an extended exposition of content we didn't really see in the first series, I expect A's to center more on scenes that were touched upon in S2 but not really explored a lot. So yeah, I expect Hayate and Wolkenritter backstory.

[Akiyoshi]

Originally Posted by MeoTwister5

Anyway back on topic, considering that 1st felt like an extended exposition of content we didn't really see in the first series, I expect A's to center more on scenes that were touched upon in S2 but not really explored a lot. So yeah, I expect Hayate and Wolkenritter backstory.

Probably they expand on the Sound Stage where the Book of Darkness tells to Hayate about the Wolkenritter's past, at least is a far more plausible option than expand on the "onsen" Sound Stage xDU.

[Keroko]

Originally Posted by Archon_Wing

At this rate we might as well have said Fate was emo...

She was emo. Right down to the sad eyes, dark attire and self abuse. In her defense though, Fate had a damn good reason. I don't expect any kid of Fate's age to be in perfect mental condition when their own mother whips them.

Originally Posted by Archon_Wing

Anyhow, yea. A's is mostly Hayate's story. Interesting how she's not really the center of any of the seasons... well I kinda consider StrikerS to be mainly about Nanoha, despite the new people.

With Vivio StrikerS actually had a Nanoha plot, but even then StrikerS was shared between her and Subaru.

Originally Posted by Demi.

If the A's movie is supposed to be a continuation of the first season movie...Then I don't see them changing too much with it, aside from condensing it quite a bit.

I know what you're saying, but I didn't expect any for the first movie either and after being surprised there I'm not quite ready to jump to the same conclusion again.

[Archon_Wing]

Originally Posted by Keroko

She was emo. Right down to the sad eyes, dark attire and self abuse. In her defense though, Fate had a damn good reason. I don't expect any kid of Fate's age to be in perfect mental condition when their own mother whips them.

Oh, well usually my definition of emo is usually some whiny brat that doesn't know how well off they are posting on their blog about how much their life sucks. Basically unwarranted drama queen theatrics. Wait, Fate was self abusing? Did she slit her wrists or something when I was not looking?

Well, I guess her somewhat suicidal attempts to get the seeds could count.

Depression and such, being actual mental conditions, I wouldn't count as emo.

Basically I feel only mentally healthy people could be emo.

You can argue that the show and movie were too blatant, but I never really saw subtlety to be something the Nanoha franchise has.

With Vivio StrikerS actually had a Nanoha plot, but even then StrikerS was shared between her and Subaru.

Yea, I guess. But she has a good chunk to herself, so that's a good thing as her character gets involved. The results to her character were pretty fruitful in a few cases.

I know what you're saying, but I didn't expect any for the first movie either and after being surprised there I'm not quite ready to jump to the same conclusion again.

I really do want something different. I'm sure I'm not the only one who wants something to steer the story into a whole new territory. While I greatly enjoyed Movie 1st, I know that some people legitimately do not want to retread the same ground again. A's was very good, but hey, we need to move to the future and bring those same great ideas with it.

Fresh air is always nice.

[itanshi1]

Yeah we need adventures in rescuing people with subaru and teana versus the mafia and the young mage slave trade (which might not be canon, but almost has to be)

[Keroko]

Originally Posted by Archon_Wing

Oh, well usually my definition of emo is usually some whiny brat that doesn't know how well off they are posting on their blog about how much their life sucks. Basically unwarranted drama queen theatrics. Wait, Fate was self abusing? Did she slit her wrists or something when I was not looking?

Well, I guess her somewhat suicidal attempts to get the seeds could count.

Depression and such, being actual mental conditions, I wouldn't count as emo.

Basically I feel only mentally healthy people could be emo.

You can argue that the show and movie were too blatant, but I never really saw subtlety to be something the Nanoha franchise has.

*chuckle* No, by that view Fate isn't emo.

Originally Posted by Archon_Wing

Yea, I guess. But she has a good chunk to herself, so that's a good thing as her character gets involved. The results to her character were pretty fruitful in a few cases.

StrikerS is really the best when it comes to giving Nanoha actually a personal problem and emotional obstacle to overcome. Both other seasons were more Nanoha helping other characters overcome theirs, even S1 was pretty empty in regards to Nanoha's development.

Originally Posted by Archon_Wing

I really do want something different. I'm sure I'm not the only one who wants something to steer the story into a whole new territory. While I greatly enjoyed Movie 1st, I know that some people legitimately do not want to retread the same ground again. A's was very good, but hey, we need to move to the future and bring those same great ideas with it.

Fresh air is always nice.

I still say we need a Battle of Aces movie. Reinforce and the Materials deserve it.

[Archon_Wing]

You know, I have a bad feeling that Hayate may kick the bucket this time as a twist. The writers haven't been very fond of her for quite a while... :X

[Akiyoshi]

Probably, but i still wants to be foolishly optimistic and believe in this movie as the reward for all the mistreatement the Yagami family has endured since the beginning of the 4th season.

[Archon_Wing]

You mean 3rd season, right?

[Akiyoshi]

Originally Posted by Archon_Wing

You mean 3rd season, right?

Oh yeah, 3rd season, i meant 3rd season xD!

[Archon_Wing]

Yea, honestly, denying her screentime and making her look bad as a leader doesn't really help. I never really saw Hayate as suited to be a leader either (section 9 leader she is not!); just because you have the power doesn't really mean you need to be one. She probably would have been better in a advisor/ambassador role. Chrono would have probably been better suited as a leader; I seriously doubt he would have let the headquarters get sacked. Well, I suppose he kinda just collected dust with his fleet.

I probably disliked it because it just felt they couldn't give her anything to do.

So I hope we can fix things here.

edit: Chrono too! Give him more stuff to do...

[Keroko]

Originally Posted by Archon_Wing

I seriously doubt he would have let the headquarters get sacked.

That really wasn't Hayate's fault. There were no indications that RF6's headquarters would become a main target of Jail's attack, everything from the Bureau analysis to the prophecy pointed to the headquarters being the main target, and even then she left behind Zafira and Shamal, two mages who are far above regular mages in terms of guards.

It's easy to blame Hayate in hindsight, but hindsight is 20/20.

[Archon_Wing]

Well, I guess you have a point there. I was just so disappointed in Hayate's overall performance in StrikerS, that she just seems to always look bad. It'd be nicer to see her have success against credible opponents (not mooks) a bit more. It just doesn't seem to match what she's supposed to be on paper.

The response to me, is still a bit poor for a inter-dimensional army that is aware a certain planet has a psychotic and dangerous criminal running around. Now, Mr. Corrupt admiral had some part in this, but still...

On the other hand, I think the best part about A's is how well the TSAB handled the situation-- they were really prepared for the operation.