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Nov 15, 2008 3:38 AM
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Eh. Nothing particularly interesting here. Nanoha shouldn't be so hard on herself :/
Nov 16, 2008 11:31 AM
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Get's better around eps 4. ^^
Feb 16, 2009 12:03 PM
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Someone noticed all the scars on her fathers body?
I wonder where they come from.
Feb 16, 2009 11:20 PM
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De-JaY said:
Someone noticed all the scars on her fathers body?
I wonder where they come from.

Someone hasn't read the Manual I see...
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Are you using some kind of advanced logic I don't know about? Have you decided to assign new meanings to English words? Are you just intentionally burning a straw man and knowing full well that you're changing the subject and misrepresenting a claim?
Jun 29, 2009 4:57 AM
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aero said:
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Eh. Nothing particularly interesting here. Nanoha shouldn't be so hard on herself :/


I don't know, I think that was a damn good episode. I was going to drop this show, because I thought it was just about this nine year old girl blowing stuff up. But, I was surprised by her monologue there. I mean she should have done something sooner, and she realized it. Sorry, but I got to disagree with you here.
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Nov 17, 2009 3:52 PM
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Yuuno-kun..

Nov 19, 2009 10:38 AM
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Anyone else think she isn't really thinking like a normal 9 yr old would? Anyway, decent episode but hope it gets better as others have said it does @ 4+
Dec 15, 2009 1:05 PM
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Good episode. Funny about the father asking if she wanted to take a bath with him and being disappointed when she said no xD. Then again that's typical to do that around that age so...

But yes I did notice his scars...bit peculiar.
Dec 27, 2009 12:06 PM
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It's better this improve soon...I want epic fights...
Apr 18, 2010 1:39 AM

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After 2 decent eps, we got a dull one. Improvement required. Now.


Jun 15, 2010 1:10 AM

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This episode was a little...disappointing, but next episode looks like it might be good.
Jul 4, 2010 9:50 AM

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She was killing herself over nothing. Obviously it was bad the city got damaged but still.
Jul 7, 2010 12:26 AM

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so OP.
Sep 21, 2010 10:40 PM

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Cute and all, but I hope it gets a little better.
Sep 21, 2010 10:46 PM

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It gets better, believe me.
A's and StrikerS are seriously good x3.
Sep 21, 2010 10:55 PM

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Laurine_Andersen said:
It gets better, believe me.
A's and StrikerS are seriously good x3.

Thanks for the heads up. I'd still keep at it unless it got really annoying, just for the music, sound and visual effects, 13 episodes isn't much.
Nov 4, 2010 8:39 AM

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Lol why does the ferret get embarrassed when she undresses? She's only 9 years old. I thought this was a kid's show, lol
Mar 5, 2011 10:08 AM
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insan3soldiern said:
aero said:
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Eh. Nothing particularly interesting here. Nanoha shouldn't be so hard on herself :/


I don't know, I think that was a damn good episode. I was going to drop this show, because I thought it was just about this nine year old girl blowing stuff up. But, I was surprised by her monologue there. I mean she should have done something sooner, and she realized it. Sorry, but I got to disagree with you here.

Yeah, I agree. Much better than the first two. First episode I enjoyed in this show.
Mar 26, 2011 1:18 PM

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De-JaY said:
Someone noticed all the scars on her fathers body?
I wonder where they come from.


I know!!!!
I was wondering the same thing!!!!!
Jul 4, 2011 6:28 AM

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Wonder when Yuuno will be his normal self again.
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Jul 28, 2011 11:18 PM

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3 out of 5. I was disappointed.
This tree appears out of nowhere and then disappears as soon as it came. There was no real loss, at least not one I could see. There was no fight scene.
I hear this anime gets much more intense/ mature later on, in which case I think this should have come later in the series. It would have been really sad if one or both of those kids were seriously injured and almost died/actually did... well, I shouldn't need to say it.
Long story short, dead plot. Disappointed. Can't wait until it kicks up a bit.
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Aug 6, 2011 3:57 PM

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Really wondering when this gets better...
Jul 31, 2012 10:03 PM
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I definitely enjoyed it!
Sure, it wasn't absolutely fantastic, but it was definitely worth the watch, and MOST definitely makes me want to continue watching the series.
Jan 4, 2013 10:12 PM
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better than the last 2 ep~ good to see a rival would appear, so it won't just be all about monster bashing or seed hunting loool
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Sep 26, 2013 8:39 PM

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Well the least I can say is, Nanoha is committed to give everything she has to help and not cause other trouble. I don't how much shoujo power (parallel to shounen power i.e. lots of hot blooded shouting, will power, guts and determination) she has but you can't save everyone Nanoha. Oh wait I'm preaching to an anime character with tons of potential magical power. LOL
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Feb 27, 2014 8:39 AM

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This is the first episode which I felt kind of meh, though Nanoha's new powers look cool, the Monster of Week is a tree..... not a Tree which attacks you, nope just a really big tree, talk about disappointing and anti climatic. I really hope the fights get better than this, I forgave the earlier fights as the series just started out but now I expect some decent fights and this definitely wasn't.
Mar 5, 2014 9:48 PM

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Well, I suppose it's better than the first two but it's still really poor. Honestly, the episode pissed me off right from the get-go by having narrator Nanoha introduce herself as Nanoha Takamachi to us three times within the first five minutes. Who the hell needs a refresher on the main characters (also, the only one of two that received any kind of development), three episodes into the series & a minute after we were already told. It's just downright insulting.

As for the rest of the episode, it still wasn't enjoyable for me. The plot this episode was kinda paint by numbers & I know what they were doing but the conclusion to the MOTW just wasn't entertaining. It's fine that they're building up the power/potential of Nanoha but they didn't do it in a way that was very compelling to me. Also, this is a very minor nitpick but giving your best=giving it your all, Nanoha.

All that said, I'm still looking forward to the next installment. If only because I've heard people saying it starts to get going around episode 4.
Mar 21, 2014 3:02 AM

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Haha I love how the ferret got flustered. Kind of forgotten he's actually a boy. I also find it funny that a gigantic tree...well...it was just there. It just grew, then nothing.
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May 12, 2014 8:53 AM

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Decent episode, let's see what's next though!
Nov 27, 2014 12:38 PM

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If I had a hot daddy like that I would never deny taking a bath with him.
Feb 27, 2015 6:18 AM

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does nobody in town notice the bright light flash at night when she is sealing?

no, it's football not soccer

Apr 28, 2015 10:25 PM

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Nanoha's dad is such a G.
Feb 7, 2016 4:39 PM

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I wish I could become a ferret. I wouldn't mind being petted and adored. ^w^

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does nobody in town notice the bright light flash at night when she is sealing?

no, it's football not soccer

Unfortunately they decided to call it "soccer" in Japan. (Well, "sakkaa" to be more exact.)
Oct 1, 2017 6:13 AM

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I hope they change it up soon because this is already starting to feel repetitive.
Jan 27, 2019 12:50 AM

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So uh... why the fuck does this episode feature zoom-ins on a 9 year-old's crotch and chest while she's in her underwear?

Could someone please provide me a decent answer to that before I drop the series?
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Jul 5, 2019 4:34 AM

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I hope this soul energy replenishes.. Don't want for Nanoha to run out of life or anything by using magic..
Just what this family doesn't do, really.. One sport, another, cafe..
Nanoha might be growing, hm..
I wonder, if people died.. With these destructions.. It could have been the case, just we didn't want to make it so dark.. At least not now.. Poor Nanoha..
Sep 22, 2019 3:24 PM
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There was still cake on the plates. And some drink in the glasses.

Why would you leave without finishing your cake and drink?!


And Nanoha is as sleep-deprived as if she had a straight week of all-nighters.
Those jewel seeds can't be that important that you have to collect them asap. If she goes on like that on top of her school and cram school, she will have a burnout at the age of 9.

And we barely know anything about them so far. The things that got posessed by them, for whatever reasons, simply disappeared after they got captured. Did they turn into the jewel seeds?
But the humans did not.

They said they could make your wishes come true, I guess it was the soccer match for the boy in this case, but they can also go critical and "kill" you. Sounds dangerous to me.


Then we get huge trees in the middle of town that destroy all the streets around it. Afterwards the town is in ruins. What will the police say to this supernatural phenomenon? And what about the civilians?

And why does Nanoha father have so many scars? o.O


So many questions, so few answers...

P.S. They said the jewel seeds were scattered all over the "world". How convenient that the world only consists of japan, and even more specifically the area where the MC lives.


InkSpider said:
So uh... why the fuck does this episode feature zoom-ins on a 9 year-old's crotch and chest while she's in her underwear?

Could someone please provide me a decent answer to that before I drop the series?
Well, she is shown more or less naked whenever they use the long transformation sequence.

I don't know why, but this seems to be common for "magical girl" anime.
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tr25a3 said:


InkSpider said:
So uh... why the fuck does this episode feature zoom-ins on a 9 year-old's crotch and chest while she's in her underwear?

Could someone please provide me a decent answer to that before I drop the series?
Well, she is shown more or less naked whenever they use the long transformation sequence.

I don't know why, but this seems to be common for "magical girl" anime.


This moment was very clearly sexual in a way that magical girl transformation sequences generally aren't, though. Like, Mami's transformation sequence in Madoka is fairly fanservicey, but I don't think I'd say the same for Sailor Moon or Heartcatch Precure. Especially not Precure, where the girls wear gowns during the transformation.
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Oct 9, 2019 7:25 PM

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So the most popular character in this franchise will start her role in the next episode (she is the quiet girl in Nanoha's class I believe). And this anime is already better than my expectation so far ...
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Nanoha's sad because "she made things worse", but she actually made the other girl and the boy closer to each other, so in fact she made things better, lol.


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This moment was very clearly sexual


bruh
Jun 27, 2020 3:48 AM

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De-JaY said:
Someone noticed all the scars on her fathers body?
I wonder where they come from.
he been married for almost 20 years
Mar 30, 2023 10:43 AM
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OH GOD...MOTHER NATURE IS TAKING OVER!!!
I KNEW THE TREES WOULD ONE DAY INVADE

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Does the city even noticed a giant tree pop out of nowhere, that's gotta produce at least a dozen car crashes.
Nanoha is too hard on herself, but maybe she wouldn't be a magical girl if she didn't.
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Yuuno loving all the attention he gets from Nanoha’s friends & family.

Yuuno’s reaction when she just started changing in front of him.

It’s amazing how much damage one little jewel seed can do.
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