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{{quote| ''"[[Arc Words|It was only a small wish...]]"''}}
 
The second season of the ''[[Lyrical Nanoha|Nanoha]]'' franchise, set six months after [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (Animeanime)|the original series]].
 
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]].
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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.
 
It has a supplementary [[Slice of Life]] manga and [[Audio Adaptation|Sound Stages]] that take place between the episodes. The [[Namco Bandai]] game for the [[Play Station Portable]], ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha As Portable (Video Game)|The Battle Of Aces]]'', is an [[Alternate Continuity]] sequel to ''A's'' which changes the events of the last episode. A movie remake of ''A's'', following the continuity of the first movie, is also in the works with an expected release date in 2012.
 
The anime was dubbed and is available by [[FUNimation]] along with the original series.
 
'''NOTE:''' Only general tropes for the series are listed here. For character-specific ones, check out the [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha As (Anime)/Characters|character]] [[Lyrical Nanoha (Franchise)/Characters|sheets.]]
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* [[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.
* [[Did Mom Just Have Tea Withwith Cthulhu?]]: Inverted when Fate and Nanoha accidentally stumble upon the Wolkenritter in the hospital, while visiting Hayate, and thus discover she's their master that they've been looking for. Since they had their oblivious friends with them as well, the conversation was a little awkward.
* [[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]].
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* [[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.
* [[Living Withwith the Villain]]: Hayate's place is villain central, although it turns out the problem is on the bookshelf, not with the people. Nanoha's friend Suzuka becomes friends with Hayate, later introducing Nanoha to her, and even meets the Wolkenritter. In the first Sound Stage, Nanoha and Fate go to the public bath at the same time as Hayate and the Wolkenritter, and the two groups barely avoid seeing each other.
* [[Lock and Load Montage]]: The show already devotes an inordinate proportion of its [[Transformation Sequence|Transformation Sequences]] to shots of the characters' magical armaments, which include a surprisingly large number of moving parts. These evolved into full on [[Lock and Load Montage|Lock And Load Montages]] in ''A's'', they begin literally loading their weapons with cartridges and magazines.
* [[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.
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* [[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.
* [[Spell My Name Withwith an "S"]]: The TSAB ship's name - Arthra (official) vs Asura ([[Fan Sub]]). This one is so widespread that most of the fandom seems to think that Asura is the official name.
* [[Sucking-In Lines]]: Starlight Breaker, some of Hayate's and Reinforce's spells, and the Arc-En-Ciel.
* [[Tempting Fate]]
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