I was left questioning what was so damn unique about this show when everything about it just seemed so uninspiring, flat, and just frankly boring. Almost set up like a monster of the week show, Nanoha does very little to entertain. The story is very mundane, and lacks any attractive force to it. magic, but what the show does after that is where the problems arise. The very beginning is typical enough for a mahou shoujo show, it certainly plays off the very roots of the genre with how Nanoha first finds and comes into contact with This show can definitely be split into two halves. However, as reactions may vary, I found this show to be quite the disappointment. Touted by many as a revolutionary magical girl show with its Gundam like magical battles and its supposed expansive universe, Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha is certainly not lacking any hype. While perusing over titles in the magical girl genre it is almost impossible to miss that which is the Nanoha franchise these days. And if you’re not, this is still a cant miss show. If you’re a magical girl fan, this is a cant miss show. Weeee! We get to see a naked 3rd grader changing into her magical outfit! Hooray! The problem is not so much that I had to endure this scene, it’s that for the first 7 episode or so I had to endure it EVERY TIME!!!!! The FULL SCENE! Come on we’ve seen it 8 times already I know Nanoha's body better than my own now how about the short version now and then?ĭespite my frustration with all the transformation scenes for the first half of the show, in the end it didn’t damper my enthusiasm and enjoyment of it once the last episode was over. Also as staple of magical girl anime is the transformation scene. Particularly Yuuno, if they hadn’t told me he was a boy I wouldn’t have known. I’m not a big fan of boys who don’t look like boys. Though I’m not a huge fan of how the men and boys were drawn but that’s a personal preference. I found myself singing along frequently! Animation is good too, I loved the character models for the most part. ![]() The music is also great, the OP, EN songs are catchy, especially the opening. Rie Kugimiya is one of my favorite actresses but shines in a small role as one of Nanoha's friends. The cast is really good, especially for the main characters. ![]() The supporting characters are pretty good, in a short series like this they don’t get a lot of development, which is ok because doing so would have taken away from the ones who deserved the screen time. The chief villain is also very well written, and while she is a mean and vile character I felt a wide range of emotions about her too. The two familiars, Yuuno and Arf are also fleshed out pretty well and are also very interesting and fun characters. The story does a great job in developing them and growing them into what they become by the end. Fate and Nanoha are two of the most interesting characters I have seen. It was very well done indeed!Ĭharacter wise, this show is truly outstanding. ![]() In the end I was left with many emotions as the story puts you through the full range from sadness to joy. The story has enough twists and turns to keep you guessing and while some of the plot lines were predictable others came as a surprise. By episode 7 or 8 I was on the edge of my seat as the action built up to the exciting climax. This rival is Fate, and this is when the story really starts to pick up and become more exciting. Eventually a rival emerges after the same thing as Nanoha but for more sinister reasons. The story starts out pretty predicable and not all that exciting, with the first few episodes being a monster of the week kind of format. (Pause while that soaks in a bit, boy does it sound silly when I read that) Overlooking the silliness of that, this ferret, named Yuuno has a mission to retrieve some magical artifacts that have slipped into the world so Nanoha agrees to help him. Nanoha, an ordinary young girl gets magical powers from a magic using Starting out there is nothing particularly original or extremely interesting about this show. Did I miss something? Happily, Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha is not one of those. Up till now, magical girls are usually extremely silly shows with way to many loli's, overly long and indecent transformation scenes, and perverted magic animals from other worlds or dimensions. Perhaps I have watched the wrong shows up until now and got a bad impression of it. As a fan of anime, the magical girl genre has not always been a favorite.
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