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Originally Posted by Nanya01
Actually, in the manga, Nanoha did NOT, in fact, breach Yuuno's defenses...
She pierced a field that Yuuno was using to keep the Starlight Breaker Plus from being seen by normal people.
The only other time Yuuno's barrier was destroyed was because he was trying to contain Nanoha, Fate and Hayate's full destructive power.
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There's another element that favors Yuuno, if he were only defending himself.
A firecracker that goes off on your open palm will only burn you, because the explosion is free. But if you clenched your fist around the explosion, it will blow your hand apart, since the force is all bottled up with no easy escape.
Yuuno would fare far better at defending himself even from an assault on all sides, as all of the pressure would be condensing his barrier from the outside rather than expanding it from the inside. An attack from just one direction would splash off his barrier, taking the path of least resistance and expending its energy harmlessly away from him.
Nanoha says that she and Raising Heart need to go all out to pierce Yuuno's defenses. Considering their level of firepower, and what they consider "all-out", that's damn tough for a guy who doesn't use a Device to multitask or boost his spellwork.
And "piercing his defenses" doesn't even mean they've beaten him yet. It doesn't even necessarily mean that they managed to *hurt* him.