[Doraneko]

Originally Posted by Justice Knight

just started watchiing nanoha striker and have a Q on ep 8

Spoiler:

when tsubaru + Teana vs nanoha during the mock battle,the part when Teana wanna backstab nanoha.Why did Nanoha released her mode and stop the attack with her bare hands only? And why she shot down Teana later?

Spoiler:

You have to consider the mental states of Nanoha and Tiara at that time. Recall Tiara's promise to Nanoha in the first half of the episode to not to do anything stupid. Also, Nanoha has said the reason herself.

"Why didn't... you properly follow the way we did in the practices? Is my teaching... my training... really that wrong?"

During that time Nanoha slept only four hours a day to prepare the training schedule of her students. She was both extremely angry and depressed that none of her student valued that.

Tiara then stated her reasons to Nanoha. She wanted to get strong as quick as possible by any means, as she no longer want to lose what she treasured, and no longer want to see anyone being hurt.

That's why Nanoha used the blood on her injured hand to show that Tiara had done the direct opposite. Since Tiara still wouldn't calm down, Nanoha had no choice but to let Tiara realize her weakness by force.