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Dec 10, 2008 10:04 PM
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This can't be good :/
Jul 30, 2009 9:27 AM
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wat? Hayate became the book of darkness? How awesome is that?
Jul 30, 2009 9:42 AM
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time for all out battle with RPG like epicness.
Aug 15, 2009 11:53 PM
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And... the true enemies appear. Now that Hayate's gone berserk looks like an epic battle is coming up.
Feb 22, 2010 4:36 PM
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That was dirty...saying those cruel things in the image of fate and nanoha :S
Jun 17, 2010 6:32 AM
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So those masked men decided to play dirty....someone needs to give them a beating.
Jul 26, 2010 2:51 PM
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Ok...........masked men i still don't know who, but 1 thing is for sure they play dirty :( also Epic fight scence coming up mini rave :D
Aug 29, 2010 11:32 PM
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Here come the (loli) White Devil!
Jan 27, 2011 10:02 AM
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"It's okay if I am a demon. I will just have to use my hellish tools to get you to listen."

That's how a magical girl do it!
Jun 11, 2011 10:15 PM

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Hayate sure looks badass in her new form...
Jul 19, 2011 4:54 AM

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Oh look, the masked bastard again. And two of them! Double the douchery!
May 5, 2013 9:39 AM

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you know that one family guy episode where peter encounters death for the umpteenth time and they go: "you again!?" well that is what i imagined everyone saying here...
May 5, 2013 9:50 AM

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im not glaring at you i was born with eyes like this xD
May 5, 2013 10:00 AM

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I know who the masked man is! It is that old dude. The captain and his feline familiars! They did say one of them sucks at physical but excels at magical and vice versa. Chronos was doing some background checking on him earlier. So it all fits, no?
Jan 4, 2014 7:03 PM

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Fate was really nice this episode, noticing the hidden masked man and quickly taking him out. Too bad that there are two of them.

I was also surprised that Shamal did block telepathy completely, as the last guardian could not reach any of them. Unless it was already the masked mens doing. which Shamal, Signum and Vita obviously wouldn't notice as they didn't try to communicate.

I wonder why the masked men did use Nanoha and Fates image. To make them take the blame? But shouldn't such a powerful magic artifact, combined with that Hayate knows the two be able to find out that the two fakes are different from the originals? Some kind of aura, combined with the way they talk etc.

Also, the fake Fate did wear her standard outfit, not the sonic form. Hayata may not know about such things and ignore it or assume it's battle damage, whatever, but the Book of Darkness should notice. Maybe fake-Nanoha was different, too, didn't exactly try to spot differences..

Another thing: Why didn't the guardians pour some magic into the book on their own? At least a bit? Unless they always vanish on doing so, even if it's done careful (as far as this can be done careful). Apparently it's been done before several times, they should know about that possibility. Unless they also forgot that, just like the original name and some other important stuff..
Mar 22, 2014 2:25 AM

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yaminogame91 said:
I know who the masked man is! It is that old dude. The captain and his feline familiars! They did say one of them sucks at physical but excels at magical and vice versa. Chronos was doing some background checking on him earlier. So it all fits, no?

Oooh it makes sense. One does physical attacks, the other's skilled in long range magic. So that's why Chrono was checking it out O_O
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Jun 27, 2014 10:00 PM

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Yes, the Nanoha/Fate clones were totally not suspicious at all, the way they talked sounded completely natural.
Jul 6, 2014 8:54 AM

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Pretty intense action in this episode! Let's see what's next.
May 5, 2015 2:17 AM

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Phew, talk about tension exploding through the roof (quite literally over the roof in this case). This episode completely grabbed my attention, I was enjoying A's before but this was a step up. Initially I thought the masked man might have been Chrono's father, but with the introduction of the second one and their ability to change form, all of my suspicion now leans towards the Lieze twins. Especially considering one only showed a physical attack (a kick) while the other had cards for magic exclusively.
May 21, 2015 1:33 PM

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Nanoha just walked out of the fire like she was the Terminator. Who knew a 9 year old could look so badass?
May 29, 2015 8:43 AM

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That hospital scene was so awkward!

Vita was just giving them the dirtiest look.

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Nanoha just walked out of the fire like she was the Terminator.

Haha, she did indeed.
Mirai, zura~!
Aug 13, 2015 1:58 PM

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Signum: "Had we met under other circumstances we could have been really good friends."
I love this sentence it is so true.

The emotions were delivered really well what an intense episode.
just because I’ve gotten weaker, doesn’t mean that you got stronger, does it?
Jan 15, 2016 7:29 AM
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That was dumb how they just attacked Nanoha without hearing her out despite having good intentions ye anime logic lol
May 23, 2016 5:26 AM

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What happened to hayate-chan.? She's not a loli anymore.
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Jul 22, 2016 6:43 AM

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Very awkward scene at the hospital room, seeing each other there and not letting the rest know that you been trying to kill one of the others on other planets.
You see there's no need to wonder where your god is,
Coz he's right here! ...and he's fresh out of mercy.
Aug 21, 2019 6:30 AM

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Girls are planning to suddenly storm Hayate and give her presents?.. Well, this can go ways, if they encounter thieves..
I hope Nanoha and Fate will tell everyone that they met thieves?..
You know.. Thank god for this.. As anime finally made thieves go all the way and be ready to take Nanoha's and Fate's lives to save Hayate's.. Now I can feel however I want about them.. And I say that there is no honor, as they said, but just egoistic reaching of their goal, by any means, including killing 2 girls..
Didn't Fate plan to greet Christmas with Lindy?.. I hope they'll catch quickly..
Hayate must have really fall into hell in one second with just wtf is going around, suddenly summoned from hospital bed.. Probably also throw in some magic.. It must be chaos from her point of view..
Book of evil makes you thiccer, lol..
Apr 20, 2022 1:36 AM
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Last episode was pretty good, on the emotional side, but ths one was something else, very hard to watch, it was sad to see things escalate like that and certainly a twist, I know the idendity of these masked man, but seriously FUCK them, I dont care, that was just too harsh to do.
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It happened as expected, Nanoha, Fate and the knights all meet in real life due to the circle of friends, only natural a fight would break out afterwards, I really like that part where Nanoha emerges from the flames and accepts being called a devil by Vita.

I like this new Sonic Form Fate has, less armor but makes her a lot faster.

The masked person appears again, except now there's 2 of them, binds everyone including the knights and then uses their power to complete their book teasing Hayate in the process pretending to be Nanoha & Fate.

Either way their plan worked, the book is completed and Hayate transformed into someone completely different
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Wow. That was a LOT

Okay, so, Chrono is suspecting the Admiral. Presumably, the two masked men (two! golly that's a late reveal hehe) are the Admiral and Chrono's dad.

I hope it's possible to save the Knights and Hayate... things are looking bad, but I have faith in Fate and Nanoha.

Speaking of Fate, every time she gets to be happy, my entire heart melts and is recast into an even purer and stronger form. I love her so much and I'm so glad she's getting to enjoy a life with real love and support.

Ok wait I just watched the preview and the Admiral was in it. Maybe he isn't one of the masked figures. If that's the case... who's the other one? The one besides Chrono's dad. Unless the second one is an illusion? Something's not right here...

Oh, I just realized that there being two masked guys is how they "teleported" across the planet two episodes ago. That makes sense now!

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