Nanoha - StrikerS - Episode 14 Discussion / Poll

[Estavali]

Originally Posted by Keroko

As cool as that would be, I am hoping more for a "Okay, we've seen what you can do, here's what we can do!" Fate/Signum duel.

Enter lots of blood, flying limbs, wide-area devastation and the girls having horrific nightmares for years to come .

[Nightengale]

Shit, what's with Nanoha's "fighting/as a mage/the only thing I can do" narration? I know narrations are merely dramatics, but I've getting severe Kira/Athrun vibes from her...which means she'll probably screw up somewhere in the near future.

Well, for all it's worth, Nanoha and Fate are sleeping at each far end of the bed...however looks like Fate naturally respond well to hugs while asleep, so maybe that's fodder for you guys and girls right there.

What was Strada's 2nd mode again? Something special I heard? Apparently it's quite cool...

Wow... so the Teana/Chrono talks actually had some minor substance to it. Teana responds extremely stiffly to the situation though... she looked totally out of place with the friendly atmosphere of RHC. Though she later softened up to Acous... though I can't help but feel suspicious about it.

Claudia looks pretty cool from the get go...

As expected, the ban on conventional weapons got some explanations... Conventional my foot.

If TSAB reinforced the ban... and the 3 Admirals were around since TSAB's beginning...does that mean the 3 Admiral are OVER 150 YEARS OLD!?!?!?!? @_@

So the Numbers are something like....War...Beings, Weapons...something. Apparently Subaru's mom died under such creations.

The Double Mama thing was okay... Felt a little cheesy to me, but whatever swings the rabid minds.

Yawn.... as usual, LAZ does nothing but stand tall and look cool.

Next week, Sisters and Daughters...if Sisters refer to SubaGinga, then the Numbers are Jail's daughters!? Or it is Vivio...but it's plural... More Jail next week too..

Too much history-jargon stuff though. I missed at least 50% in translation. Acous gives me bad vibes... so does Carim to a lesser extent.

[Chaos2Frozen]

I think we're missing something important from this episode, other than how the Mrs Nakajima is almost an exact copy of Ginga like I've predicted... What were the conclusion about the Numbers? What are they really?

EDIT:

Nevermind, thanks Nightengale

[Keroko]

Originally Posted by Deathkillz

id say she "is" the biggest moe bomb to rival even the great loli fate chan...has got to be that voice ~ kudos to the seiyuu! ^.^

The voice, and the fact tat she stares at pretty much everything with innocent wide eyed wonder. That's pure moeness right there.

Originally Posted by Nightengale

Shit, what's with Nanoha's "fighting/as a mage/the only thing I can do" narration? I know narrations are merely dramatics, but I've getting severe Kira/Athrun vibes from her...which means she'll probably screw up somewhere in the near future.

Hmm, I'm not sure about the Kira/Athrun vibe. I mean, there are multiple anime heroes that said the same, or lines that are virtually the same, and still kicked ass.

Originally Posted by Nightengale

Wow... so the Teana/Chrono talks actually had some minor substance to it. Teana responds extremely stiffly to the situation though... she looked totally out of place with the friendly atmosphere of RHC. Though she later softened up to Acous... though I can't help but feel suspicious about it.

Teana has always been the more disciplinairy of the squad, barring her little emo-trip. I would have been surprised if she didn't act all stiff and nervous.

Originally Posted by Nightengale

As expected, the ban on conventional weapons got some explanations... Conventional my foot.

I didn't understand much of it, but when I saw the big bomb dropping I was going "That's conventional? What the hell do they concider inconventional!?"

Originally Posted by Nightengale

Next week, Sisters and Daughters...if Sisters refer to SubaGinga, then the Numbers are Jail's daughters!? Or it is Vivio...but it's plural... More Jail next week too..

I'm thinking it both refers to the Nakajima sisters. Maybe we get a bit more information on the entire familly.

[Deathkillz]

Originally Posted by Nightengale

If TSAB reinforced the ban... and the 3 Admirals were around since TSAB's beginning...does that mean the 3 Admiral are OVER 150 YEARS OLD!?!?!?!? @_@

The Double Mama thing was okay... Felt a little cheesy to me, but whatever swings the rabid minds.

1) they are not humans! they are aliens by earthling standards so maybe their average life span is 200 yrs old ~

2) thx for informing me that i have a rabid mind @_@ (not that i try to hide it anyway )

"so moe im gonna die!!"

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by Nightengale

Shit, what's with Nanoha's "fighting/as a mage/the only thing I can do" narration? I know narrations are merely dramatics, but I've getting severe Kira/Athrun vibes from her...which means she'll probably screw up somewhere in the near future.

Ah well, from a humor point of view, perhaps it's refering to future daycare services

Originally Posted by Nightengale

What was Strada's 2nd mode again? Something special I heard? Apparently it's quite cool...

*cough, Nevan, cough, Thunderfury *

(I know there's probably alot other better weapons, but I can't think of any at the moment...)

Originally Posted by Nightengale

Wow... so the Teana/Chrono talks actually had some minor substance to it. Teana responds extremely stiffly to the situation though... she looked totally out of place with the friendly atmosphere of RHC. Though she later softened up to Acous... though I can't help but feel suspicious about it.

RHC?

Anyway, it's not like we pulled that 'pairing' out from out asses...

Originally Posted by Nightengale

Claudia looks pretty cool from the get go...

Pic it, or it didn't happened

Originally Posted by Nightengale

If TSAB reinforced the ban... and the 3 Admirals were around since TSAB's beginning...does that mean the 3 Admiral are OVER 150 YEARS OLD!?!?!?!? @_@

Mid-childan live longer I guess

Originally Posted by Nightengale

So the Numbers are something like....War...Beings, Weapons...something. Apparently Subaru's mom died under such creations.

That explains everything... Including how Subaru would get more screentime... Sigh...

[Nightengale]

Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

I think we're missing something important from this episode, other than how the Mrs Nakajima is almost an exact copy of Ginga like I've predicted... What were the conclusion about the Numbers? What are they really?

EDIT:

Nevermind, thanks Nightengale

To be more precise, they're called Sentoukijin... which can be translated as War Demon or something based on what the kanji used refer to. Though below really, it's really closer to just "War Humanoid Beings/Human Weapons" or something.

Originally Posted by Keroko

Hmm, I'm not sure about the Kira/Athrun vibe. I mean, there are multiple anime heroes that said the same, or lines that are virtually the same, and still kicked ass.

True that, but I used Kira/Athrun as a analogy because I can't shake off the feeling that for whatever Nanoha is doing right now being on the right path and so...I can't throw away the gut feeling that it'll backfire one way or another... be it through internal back-stabbing or something. Granted, if it doesn't happen, then it won't. Just a gut feeling.

Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

RHC?

Pic it, or it didn't happened

Mid-childan live longer I guess

Rossa, Hayate, Chrono.

Go watch the raw on nicovid...Gotta say that the linings and colours of Claudia matches well with Chrono's BJ.

I suppose...look at Lindy.

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

*cough, Nevan, cough, Thunderfury *

(I know there's probably alot other better weapons, but I can't think of any at the moment...)

*cough, Furaiken, cough*

Erm... What else...

Originally Posted by Nightengale

Rossa, Hayate, Chrono.

Go watch the raw on nicovid...Gotta say that the linings and colours of Claudia matches well with Chrono's BJ.

I suppose...look at Lindy.

Ah.

Coincidence? ()

Mid-Childan sure has it easy... Wonder what's the retirement age What's more, they start work at 10 so...

[Keroko]

Originally Posted by Nightengale

True that, but I used Kira/Athrun as a analogy because I can't shake off the feeling that for whatever Nanoha is doing right now being on the right path and so...I can't throw away the gut feeling that it'll backfire one way or another... be it through internal back-stabbing or something. Granted, if it doesn't happen, then it won't. Just a gut feeling.

Yeah, I know. Gut feelings are usually pretty hard to shake off.

[FlareKnight]

It's a rough life I guess. When you can blast things to oblivion something bad has to come with it. Aka a really bad work schedule.

Well Chrono decided to leave Carim's place and hang out on his ship. Though for consolation he spends some time alone with Hayate while Acous goes to chat with Teana.

More talking (man do I wish I understood half a word of all this). Vivio apparently scoring a couple of moms this time around. Though I can't blame the girl for being fairly confused for the first few moments.

Maybe they can help us out next week. Full out 'sparring' match with Fate and Signum. I want explosions, I want destruction for once! Never hurts now and then after all for a little damage to get done in the series.

[Keroko]

By the way, anyone else besides me noticed that Vivio had Arisa's former hairstyle in the preview?

Which brings me to another theory:

Spoiler for Vivio... like Fate?:

Vivio looks a lot like a younger Arisa in terms of hair, and she also has one green eye. Arisa had green eyes as well. And now that they have her use Arisa's former hairstyle next episode, I hereby draw this premature theory out of the box: Vivio is just like Fate.

Huh? What? Stop, hear me out. Fate is a clone of Alicia, and the two resemble eachother greatly. Vivio looks just like Arisa... granted, this could be coincidence, but when has Nanoha ever adhered to coincidence?

Food for thought.

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by Keroko

By the way, anyone else besides me noticed that Vivio had Arisa's former hairstyle in the preview?

Which brings me to another theory:

Spoiler for Vivio... like Fate?:

Vivio looks a lot like a younger Arisa in terms of hair, and she also has one green eye. Arisa had green eyes as well. And now that they have her use Arisa's former hairstyle next episode, I hereby draw this premature theory out of the box: Vivio is just like Fate.

Huh? What? Stop, hear me out. Fate is a clone of Alicia, and the two resemble eachother greatly. Vivio looks just like Arisa... granted, this could be coincidence, but when has Nanoha ever adhered to coincidence?

Food for thought.

In terms of character design, there has been tons of coincidences, and you didn't explain the one red eye. But that statement "Vivio is like Fate" is quite a trap

Vivio is like Fate because... They're from the same project

Originally Posted by FlareKnight

It's a rough life I guess. When you can blast things to oblivion something bad has to come with it. Aka a really bad work schedule.

I don't know, up to recently, she hasn't seen much action...

Originally Posted by FlareKnight

Well Chrono decided to leave Carim's place and hang out on his ship. Though for consolation he spends some time alone with Hayate while Acous goes to chat with Teana.

Leave Carim to spend time with Hayate... Hmm... Has anyone seen the "Velka girls gone wild!" dvd that was around here somewhere?

Acous with Teana? Well, that's back to the drawing board then...

Originally Posted by FlareKnight

Maybe they can help us out next week. Full out 'sparring' match with Fate and Signum. I want explosions, I want destruction for once! Never hurts now and then after all for a little damage to get done in the series.

I think they can give better.

In the spoilers, they describe it with the words "the "next incident" was closing to them..."

[Chaos2Frozen]

Hmm... For a Monday, this thread seems to be going extra super slow...

Was it really that bad of an episode?

[Keroko]

It's still sunday over here in Europe. Sunday evening, to be precice.

Or maybe not many people have seen the episode yet, since Nicovideo was being a pain today.

[FlareKnight]

Well could be since it's Sunday at least last time I checked. Canada Day big hockey stuff so at leat the Canadian connection might be slightly busy. For once nicovideo was doing alright.

Well let's hope the next incident is coming. If I can't understand a word being said they've got to cause some crazy situation.

[Deathkillz]

Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

Hmm... For a Monday, this thread seems to be going extra super slow...

Was it really that bad of an episode?

simply put...yes it was...
i could have fallen asleep if it wasnt for the moe moments provided by vivio (which ultimately was the saver for me)

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by Keroko

It's still sunday over here in Europe. Sunday evening, to be precice.

VERY early Monday morning here in Southeast Asia

Originally Posted by Keroko

Or maybe not many people have seen the episode yet, since Nicovideo was being a pain today.

I was under the impression that Nicovideo was never very compliance

Even Thisguy is late with his (slightly more) detailed summary.

Originally Posted by Deathkillz

simply put...yes it was...
i could have fallen asleep if it wasnt for the moe moments provided by vivio (which ultimately was the saver for me)

I think that was the main point of the episode

Not a very good point, but nonetheless...

[Keroko]

Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

VERY early Monday morning here in Southeast Asia

As of a few seconds ago, it's monday over here too.

I do agree that this was a dull episode. The main problem is that there is lots of talking in this episode. So much, in fact, that even I skipped parts, simply because I feel no need to watch people sitting around a table bla-bla-ing about things where I can catch only two or three words per sentence. Not everyone speaks Japanese, so most are being left out in understanding the episode, and therefore don't have that much to discuss.

[mechdra]

Originally Posted by Keroko

By the way, anyone else besides me noticed that Vivio had Arisa's former hairstyle in the preview?

Which brings me to another theory:

Spoiler for Vivio... like Fate?:

Vivio looks a lot like a younger Arisa in terms of hair, and she also has one green eye. Arisa had green eyes as well. And now that they have her use Arisa's former hairstyle next episode, I hereby draw this premature theory out of the box: Vivio is just like Fate.

Huh? What? Stop, hear me out. Fate is a clone of Alicia, and the two resemble eachother greatly. Vivio looks just like Arisa... granted, this could be coincidence, but when has Nanoha ever adhered to coincidence?

Food for thought.

Fate = Rau and Vivio = Rey
I felt that their relationship is more like that. But poor Elio, confused about his relationship with Fate.

[Keroko]

Originally Posted by mechdra

Fate = Rau and Vivio = Rey
I felt that their relationship is more like that. But poor Elio, confused about his relationship with Fate.

Evangelion bored me after the second DVD, so I have no clue who this "Rau" is.

On another note, Fate has red eyes, Arisa has green eyes, Vivio has one red and one green eye.

Coincidence?