Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's: Difference between revisions

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Nanoha and Fate are working together with the [[Space Police|TSAB]] to investigate an [[Lost Technology|artifact of incredible power]] called the Book of Darkness, which has been linked to a number of attacks on magi that have left the victims drained of [[Mana]].

Widely regarded by fans as the best season of ''Nanoha'' and the only sequel to the original not to have caused a [[Broken Base]] in some way. Until previews and info for the movie below started showing up.

 

 

 

 

* [[Anonymous Benefactor]]: Hayate has an "[[Honorary Uncle|uncle]]" who provides her with money {{spoiler|and turns out to be Admiral Graham}}.

* [[Artifact of Death]]: The Book of Darkness, because of the malfunction.

* [[Biological Mashup]]: The corrupted defense program of the Book of Darkness, which seems to be a hybrid of the magical monsters whose linker cores the Wolkenritter absorbed.

* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: The threat of the Book of Darkness is over, as is its control over Hayate and the Wolkenritter's lives, but {{spoiler|this requires Reinforce's [[Heroic Sacrifice]], preventing her from sharing her mistress and knights' happiness and greatly upsetting Hayate}}.

* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Reinforce isn't evil, but she can't control her own actions.

* [[Demoted to Extra]]: The rest of Nanoha's family suffered a steep decline in importance in ''A's'', and stopped appearing altogether afterwards, barring a couple of Sound Stages. During this season, Yuuno gradually transitions from a major character who fights alongside the protagonists to one who stays behind and helps by researching.

* [[Distant Finale]] / [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]]: A sequence taking place six years after the main story. It's somewhere in between the two, since it's an extended scene with both dialog and on-screen captions.

* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: The Book of Darkness's defense system after [[Enemy Without|it goes berserk]].

* [[The Library of Babel]]: The Infinity Library.

* [[Lighthearted Rematch]]: After the incident is over, Signum tells Fate she would like one. The last chapter of the manga involves a 5-on-5 sparring battle in which Nanoha, Fate, Yuuno, Chrono and Arf fight against Hayate and the Wolkenritter.

* [[Lotus Eater Machine]]: Fate gets caught in one by the Book of Darkness near the end of ''A's''. Reinforce offers Hayate one, and planned to put the entire Earth into one, but she refuses.

* [[No Ontological Inertia]]: Averted; Nanoha is able to finish firing off her Starlight Breaker after her Linker Core gets damaged.

* [[Rousseau Was Right]]: Nobody is outright evil in this story: the heroes are trying to stop the Book of Darkness as it could destroy the Earth, the Wolkenritter- although doing evil acts- are trying to save the life of their innocent master, {{spoiler|Admiral Gil Graham}} is trying to save the world even though it would require using {{spoiler|Hayate}} as a sacrifice, and even {{spoiler|Reinforce}} wants to "save" the world by imposing a [[Lotus Eater Machine]] on it. The closest thing to "evil" is {{spoiler|the corrupted defense program of the Book of Darkness, which is really more of a mindless machine than anything else}}.

* [[So Last Season]]: Nanoha and Fate are easily beaten the first time they go against the Wolkenritter with their cartridge-loaded Devices. It's not until they copy the system for their own Devices that they can fight them on an equal footing.

* [[Sucking-In Lines]]: Starlight Breaker, some of Hayate's and Reinforce's spells, and the Arc-En-Ciel.

* [[Tempting Fate]]

** In Vita's second fight with the title character, Nanoha fires a cartridge-boosted [[Magic Missile]] spread of twelve (in the first fight, Nanoha used twos or fours at most when shooting). Vita responds by deploying [[Beehive Barrier|Panzer Hidernis]] to protect herself while saying: "Are you stupid?! There's no way you control all these bullets!" A moment later, [[Improbable Aiming Skills|the bullets start speeding up]], and Vita's Panzer Hidernis begins cracking. [[Sarcasm Mode|Good job, Oh Great Hammer Knight]].

** Nanoha notes it would be funny if the master of the Book of Darkness happened to be a girl her age. Moments later, she gets an email from Suzuka telling her about Hayate.

** Amy, [[You Are in Command Now|having taken charge in Lindy and Chrono's absence]], tells Nanoha and Fate that she doesn't expect anything to happen, and is ''cut off in mid-sentence'' by the alarm going off as the Wolkenritter are detected.

* [[Theme Music Power-Up]]: "Brave Phoenix" for pretty much everyone in the final fight.

* [[Time Skip]]:

* [[Treachery Cover-Up]]: {{spoiler|Admiral Graham's plan to seal the Book of Darkness away with Hayate}} is largely overlooked outside of the upper echelons of the TSAB, and he [[Karma Houdini|merely resigns]], only being officially accused of breaking into Bureau systems and interfering with the investigation.

* [[The Worf Effect]]: Nanoha loses to Vita, and Fate is losing against Signum for most of their first fight, to show the power of the new antagonists.

 

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