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''Magical Record Lyrical Nanoha Force'' is a manga, part of the ''[[Lyrical Nanoha|Nanoha]]'' franchise. It's set six years after ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Striker S (Anime)|StrikerS]]'' and is considered the fourth season, even though ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Vi Vid (Manga)|ViVid]]'' chronologically predates it by two years [[In Universe]] and a few months in [[Real Life]]. It's running in Nyantype, Newtype's [[Spin -Off]] magazine.
 
The plot revolves around a new [[Lost Technology|Lost Logia]] called the Forbidden Book of the Silver Cross, which is somehow linked to a mysterious affliction known as the [[The Virus|Eclipse Virus]]. When a young traveller called Tohma rescues a girl called Lily from a series of cruel experiments involving the Forbidden Book, he too becomes infected with the Eclipse Virus. This grants him superhuman strength, incredible magical power, a potent [[Healing Factor]] and near-perfect [[Anti -Magic]] abilities, but also [[Super -Powered Evil Side|an uncontrollable thirst for murder]].
 
Meanwhile, Section Six of the TSAB mobilise to confront a new group of villains wrecking havoc across the non-administered worlds: the Huckebein Family, whose members all carry the Eclipse Virus. Finding that conventional magical weaponry is useless against the [[Anti -Magic]] of the Eclipse Virus, the TSAB attempt to bring Tohma into their fold while the Huckebein try to do the same.
 
Notice how the [[Genre Shift|"Magical Girl"]] was dropped from the title. Indeed this instalment departs from the signature ''Nanoha'' style, going further into [[Darker and Edgier]] territory than ever before, in rather sharp contrast to the concurrently running ''ViVid'' manga. Fandom reactions have been sharply divided.
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* [[Darker and Edgier]]: Maybe a bit too dark. The first villain is introduced sitting at the altar of a church, which he ransacked, and killed the three nuns there while waiting for Tohma to arrive.
* [[Decompressed Comic]]: ''Force'' has been accused of Doing It Wrong, and it's especially easy to see why lately: one battle started around chapter eight and ended at chapter 15, taking up one and a half volumes. New ''Force'' chapters are released ''once a month'' but are prone to [[Schedule Slip|Schedule Slipping]] (or being released in two halves).
* [[Diabolus Ex Machina]]: Aside from [[Anti -Magic]], inducing these in the narrative seems to be the Huckebeins' main power.
* [[Dream Team]]: Special Service Section 6 adds a number of the Combat Cyborgs to Riot Force 6 from ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Striker S (Anime)|StrikerS]]''. They have yet to do anything though.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: A weird example. According to [[All There in the Manual]], the other Huckebein find Veyron a bit distasteful, but he hasn't really ''done'' anything they haven't.
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** Also {{spoiler|Vita scored her 2nd defeat against a new villain}} by [[Curb Stomp Battle|curbstomp]].
* [[Webcomic Time]]: The manga started in July 2009. It took a year to get from the introduction of the main character to the first battle (about a day in-story), and another year to wrap up said battle (about an hour long).
* [[Well -Intentioned Extremist]]: {{spoiler|1=As of Chapter 17, Curren makes a speech to SS6 that paints the Huckebein in this light.}}
* [[Yank the DogsDog's Chain]]: Oh, looks like Hayate's gonna do something awesome for once! {{spoiler|[[In the Back|Ooooh.]] Nevermind, then.}}
 
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