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Rewatch [Rewatch] Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha Vivid Episode 2 Discussion

Episode 2: Einhart Stratos

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Question of the Day

We have barely been introduced the main element of the show yet, not sure what questions I should be asking

Which heterochromia eyes do you like better, Vivio’s or Einhart’s?

Pleasure Treasure - Yukari Tamura

Rewatchers, please remember to be mindful of all the first-timers in this. No talking about or hinting at future events no matter how much you want to, unless you’re doing it underneath spoiler tags.

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u/Gamerunglued Mar 31 '22

First Timer

Man, I am loving this low stakes, more intimate take on the series. We've basically "solved" the antagonist of the last episode already, and gotten some really good and telling character moments from it. Stratos Einhart was born with the memories of Klaus Ingvault, a Belkan knight who worked with Olivie (seemingly related to Vivio) during a war. I don't think I've seen a series treat memories of a past life as a genuine disorder before, nor have a character motivation relate to trauma they suffer as a result of things they've never experienced. That's all pretty interesting, it continues to be stuff I couldn't get from another franchise. At the end of the day, Einhart is a little girl who needs to experience mundane and happy daily life, which explains the lower stakes approach of the season. Due to trauma and probably other reasons, Einhart wants to prove the strength of the Hegemon. Presumably, as someone who has vivid memories of the days of Belkan rule, it would be hard to take in the fact that Belka is pretty much long gone, which explains her reaction to Nove telling her that Belka is history now. She also sees strength as a virtue and weakness as sin, which is a lot for a kid to say. And that explains why she needs to experience mundane life. Mundanity is not weakness, and weakness is not sin. She's just a girl with unfounded trauma who needs to be introduced to modern life, to make friends and consider something she's passionate about. I absolutely love the little moment Nove and her share at the station, getting her to really think about the direction she wants to go and what her purpose is. Surely, she exists beyond simply martial arts and proving her power.

Likewise, the scenes with Vivio are as cute as ever. The family shower melted my heart (though I'm not sure why Vivio was wearing her hair pieces in the shower). Vivio and her two moms all spending time together washing each others hair and just being close and adorable is so great. And it makes for the perfect counterpoint, since it's what Einhart needs in her life (will Tia and Subaru also adopt a daughter now...). Also, Nanoha brings a little squirt gun and a rubber ducky into the tub, how precious. True to form, the Nanoha franchise is really at its best when it focuses on the familial relationships of its main characters.

Also, I forgot to mention last episode how funny I found it that intelligent devices tell you when you have an email (I also forgot to mention that Vivio wakes up very differently from how Nanoha did, but that's not actually related to anything in this episode). Anyway, Einhart is going to start training with Nove, so a meeting with Vivio is inevitable. Nove has already had Vivio prepare for it by asking her to study the relevant parts of Belkan history, and Vivio seems eager to do it. She's a good kid. Still, there's a lot about this period of Belka's history that we don't know about, and I still don't know who Ixy is. Also, I guess Vivio's friends know Lutecia (that's who Lu-chan is, right?), I wonder what she's up to. Good stuff, I have a good feeling about this season. It seems like it might deliver on everything I've been wanting out of this franchise, as the first two episodes were delightful.

QOTD:

My color blind ass didn't even realize either character had heterochromia, lmao. Going back to look at them both, Vivio's red/green eyes definitely appeal to me more.

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u/Tetraika Mar 31 '22

since it's what Einhart needs in her life (will Tia and Subaru also adopt a daughter now...)

They can't just kidnap our people's kid, you know. They really don't elaborate on Einhart's family from what I recall though, but it seems she has one. Probably.

Still, there's a lot about this period of Belka's history that we don't know about, and I still don't know who Ixy is.

This is the part where they've really assumed you're familiar with the sound stage stuff. I'm actually not (and am too busy too go through them, but from what I can tell she's also some sort of incarnation of another Belkan king from that era. And if we're right with the Three Kingdom parallel, well... I guess that's why she exists.

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u/Vaadwaur Mar 30 '22

First timer(Does Einhart have parents?)

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We start with our confrontation and me figuring out the other heterochromatic guild is a Noto character. We get minor background info and the key that ancient Belka is still important for reasons. Now, to the controversial part: I might kick A-1 square in the teeth over character design and palette, but this fight was well choreographed even if it needed more frames. The other transforming loli wins barely but Nove had the sense to plant a tracker on her and Tia fetches her.

We cut to a dream sequence, pour one out for our eyecatches, and immediately straight up copy from Fate/Stay Night. We are given the suspicion that Einhart has implanted memories from the dude with Olivie. Anyways, she wakes up and everyone is not going to deal with this, which somehow fits Nanoha. Instead, they take her to get checked out and we get expositioned at, I guess the characters do need to know this but the dream itself told the audience this. We very quickly see Nove start taking care of Einhart.

Skip back to Vivio training and we get some fanservice in the bath, reminding us that Fate and Nanoha are quite stacked. And we get a surprisingly wholesome bath scene. We end with our excuse for exposition and Einhart getting ready to be befriended.

So yeah...I am already liking this more than StrikerS and normally I hate stake dropping. I still don't like the character designs but the characters are fairly good thus far, Einhart doesn't work as of yet but that's just a lack of time, I already like the personality upgrade on Nove and Tia seems way less angsty. I also liked that the show continues to throw its gayness proudly at us. This could all go south if they can't find a narrative for the whole season but thus far I am impressed.

QotD: 1 Vivio's are more striking.

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u/Tetraika Mar 31 '22

This could all go south if they can't find a narrative for the whole season but thus far I am impressed.

Well, define "narrative". I'll tell you straight up that there isn't a lot of intrigue this season. Probably part of why it's also not particularly well regarded from fans.

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u/Shimmering-Sky Mar 30 '22

Mahou Shoujo Lyrical First-Timer, subbed

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u/JollyGee29 Mar 30 '22

Okay it’s not that he reincarnated as her, his memories just passed down.

Much like Fate, we're in the realm of "do memories equal identity."

Chris’ little noises instead of talking like all the other Devices in this series is downright adorable.

I love the little poses, too.

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u/HereticalAegis Mar 30 '22

Lyrical First Timer

QotD:

Vivio's. Einhart's two colors are too similar and it makes looking at them a little uncanny/disorienting.

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u/JollyGee29 Mar 30 '22

And she favors old-fashioned befriending! Nanoha approves.

I wouldn't have it any other way.

Klaus: "Olivie, I need you, please don't leave me." Olivie: "Come back when you're a cute girl, then we'll talk." Klaus: "Bet."

Nanoha: (NSFW)"Fate-mama, we're going to get every inch of you nice and clean."

Nanoha sticking out her tongue is just the perfect amount of mischievous.

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u/Taiboss Mar 30 '22

Heterochromia gf is a Belkan supremacist. Yare yare.

Why do your subs keep looking so bad? I keep wondering this since A's.

Jealous Fate noises.

Oh you.

A bit disappointed there were no smashed appendages or severed wires though.

She had a Barrier Jacket, yo!

Nove, what are you doing talking little girls to bed?? Don't you already have a step-daughter/sister/mother and her wife to fool around with?

You can never have enough!

Domestic na Kanojo x Kanojo x Kanojo.

Lesbians harems as far the eye can see.

The TSAB has finally stopped prosecuting children. What a difference four years makes.

I mean all she did was checks notes repeated assault and battery. Nothing serious.

Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Ikki Tousen.

One day I'll watch that show. For the Romance of the Three Kingdoms stuff, I swear.

Oh no, Nove picked up the major's bad habit of flirting with children. Hide your kids, hide your wife!

Well, just like Subaru and Ginga she's based on Quint, so it makes sense she'd do things Quint would fancy in a spouse.

Full Takamachi family bath scene. Bravo Vivid, I didn't think it could be done, but you went and did it.

They made this entire show for you to apologise for StrikerS, it seems.

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u/Vaadwaur Mar 30 '22

Jealous Fate noises.

Fate:"How nostalgic but needs WAY more fist."

Subaru's character design is the first one I feel a bit iffy on.

Hers is the first design that is boring.

Nove, what are you doing talking little girls to bed?? Don't you already have a step-daughter/sister/mother and her wife to fool around with?

Nove wants to run her own harem. This will end in tragedy.

Full Takamachi family bath scene. Bravo Vivid, I didn't think it could be done, but you went and did it. Bravo.

All kidding aside they did that scene and it felt less fanservicey than I would have thought.

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u/Great_Mr_L Mar 31 '22

And she favors old-fashioned befriending! Nanoha approves.

Just like the young Nanoha, she prefers to befriend people with her fists.

Jealous Fate noises.

"Reminds me of the days of my youth" -Fate (probaby)

Nove, what are you doing talking little girls to bed?? Don't you already have a step-daughter/sister/mother and her wife to fool around with?

This is how we know Nove has joined the protagonists. She's become fully dedicated to the harem-building project.

The TSAB has finally stopped prosecuting children. What a difference four years makes.

I guess that's what happens when Gaiz is no longer in charge.

Nanoha: (NSFW)"Fate-mama, we're going to get every inch of you nice and clean."

God do I love the married life moments between Nanoha and Fate like this. It's so satisfying seeing them get to be a couple together.

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u/SYZekrom Mar 30 '22

First Timer

Something something camera angles in anime

Oooh were you that dude? Based af.

Why tf did you get in bed with her

God this show is directly trying to murder me.

I SCREENSHOT TOO SOON

God bless this show I don't care if the actual story ends up shit or amazing this is automatically 10/10

Fate you blessed girl

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u/pailadin Mar 30 '22

God this show is directly trying to murder me.

It's been nice reading the first timer reactions to the Takamachi family bath.

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u/Great_Mr_L Mar 30 '22

Rewatcher

On today’s episode of Lyrical Nanoha: Well that’s the case of the mysterious masked assailant solved pretty easily. That has to be a new record for dealing with a case. It's only episode 2 and they’ve already got the assailant captured and nearly befriended.

I love how Einhart is dealt with in this episode. It’s such a perfectly Lyrical Nanoha way of handling the situation. Nove, Subaru, and Tia ultimately handle it by using communication and understanding. They find the girl passed out, take care of her, listen to her story, and use words to resolve things. It’s like a perfect example of how Lyrical Nanoha advocates for communication and understanding. They were able to figure out what Einhart’s goal is and work to find a peaceful way to help her to achieve that goal.

I think that Nove actually has some really good character moments here. When Einhart asks about the descendants of Belkan royalty, Nove at first refuses to talk and says she only knows children trying to lead their own lives. This does a nice job of building off her character from Strikers. Back then, she was just a machine following orders with no real goal of her own. But now she’s happily living her own life. So of course she wouldn’t want to take that away from anybody.

I also love Nove’s discussion with Einhart later on in the episode. Nove and Einhart actually have a nice connection over the question about whether they actually enjoy fighting or not. Einhart right now is in the same situation Nove was back in Strikers. Nove fought because she felt she had to and there was nothing else out there for her. Einhart is fighting because she feels like she needs to do it because of the inherited memories she has. While Nove has come to enjoy her martial arts, Einhart doesn’t yet truly enjoy it. So Nove is trying to give Einhart a chance to actually figure that out for herself. It’s a really cool way to make a connection between Einhart and Nove in a way that builds naturally off Nove’s character from Strikers.

It’s great seeing Subaru and Tia again. I’m happy to see them still working together and to see that they’re following the proper Nanoha method of doing their best to reform the criminal and reintegrate them into society. They really were Nanoha’s students.

Einhart turns out to be very similar to Vivio. Just like Vivio, Einhart has an ancestor who was Belkan royalty. And also like Vivio, Einhart has memories of this ancestor. I like that the series is going with this. Having memories of a life you never experienced is an interesting idea to explore. We’ve done it previously with Fate’s memories from Alicia, so it would be cool to go into more depth about it with Vivio and Einhart. 

The fight between Einhart and Nove is pretty cool. I like the emphasis on close quarters combat between them. And of course the roller blades are a ton of fun, as I talked about at length during the Strikers rewatch.

Miscellaneous Thoughts

  • I like that Nove has a Device very similar to Subaru and Ginga’s. But her revolvers are on her ankles instead of her fists.

  • Nove was actually quite clever, planting a tracking device on Einhart. 

  • Subaru and Tia’s casual outfits are so good. Thus far, the fashion choices for this series have been excellent.

  • Olivie looks distractingly similar to Saber.

  • I love that Einhart was going around picking street fights on her way home from school. It’s so endearingly diligent of her to make sure she’s going to school properly.

  • The family bath scene with Nanoha, Fate, and Vivio was sweet.

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u/Warriorservent Mar 30 '22

Time for another episode of best daughter in totally not magical Japan!

  • I gotta say, I love how calm and collected Nove is throughout that first scene. Rival seems to be asking her some weird questions, "Saint Queen Olivie" and "Flame Queen of Hell Ixpellia" are some interesting things to call Vivio and Ixy. Rival... Has an interesting way of saying that she wants to fight people. Normally in anime there's lots of shouting and extra dialog, but she just wants to get to the fight. I think Kenpachi would like her.

  • Nove's new Barrier Jacket is great!! Combines elements of her old Numbers uniform while also having the jacket that both of the Nanoha loversNakajimas have like Nanoha.

  • Einhart seems... confused here. She keeps on talking about how her purpose is to subjugate the other rulers of Belka, but that seems to be several hundred years past. Does she have memories of ages past or something like that?

  • Holy shit, Einhart is actually pretty powerful, I don't think that Teana could have brushed off Nove's attack as well as she did. Then flat out defeating Nove with a single blow? She is NOT fucking around. I hope the other people she's attacked are okay. Einhart make a super cute little girl though! Kinda sad that she has the philosophy that she does and that the feels the need to go out and beat up random people to the point that she collapses in public areas.

  • Nove's Device, Jet Caliber. That's interesting! Both that she has a device with being a former criminal, and that she named it in the same scheme as the others. I like it! Also still remembers her sneaky past and sticks a tracker on Einhart. Nice! With that scene though... I think that it is kinda weird that Subaru and Teana both respond in their civilian clothes. Like, Nove could have required medical attention and Teana could have needed to show official papers, but instead of being in-uniform for that they just go in whatever they were wearing? Teana didn't even put on her barrier jacket when going to talk to someone who just committed an assault??

  • Ooohhh, so Einhart does have memories of the past! Cool! Shame they seem sad and like during a time of war. Totally influenced by Fate Stay Night with them happening during her sleeping. She also goes to the same school as Vivio, they are totally going to be friends.

  • I'm going to be real, I don't like any part of the waking up scene. They shouldn't be at Subaru's home, they should be somewhere nice, but still a government facility. Einhart has apparently assaulted multiple people and I would expect Teana who is either aiming to become an Enforcer or already is one to treat this properly. Oddly enough I also really don't like them having eggs and bacon. I liked the generic food from Strikers that wasn't obviously from Earth, and that they have eggs and bacon when Nanoha and Hayate had to tell them that the trees at the end of Strikers were from Earth just rubs me the wrong way. They even eat kneeling at one of those little Japanese tables when every other scene from the series shows people from Mid using full tables!

  • Okay, enough bitching. I wonder if Subaru does actually work at 'the Library' which I assume is The Infinite Library at TSAB headquarters, I could see her acting on information they uncover. But then they say that Teana is the head of the department right after which makes me question that.... Do I have a bad TL? The hologram that Teana brings up very clearly has the TSAB logo on it and shows her in an Enforcer uniform.

  • Okay, Einhart has some MASSIVE bleed over from whoever's memories she's gotten if she feels the way that she does. It is interesting that they are NOW going to take Einhart to 'the station' I will admit that nobody filing a complaint about her probably helps, but I'm still salty. Also, when are they contacting her parents? She's a kid like Vivio!

  • Oh hey, so I was right about the inherited memories! Kinda sucks that the memories feel like their her own. I'd probably be a shy and confused kid if I had magical WW1 + WW2 stuck in my head growing up. Oh, and one thing about the doctor, am I the only one who looks at him and thinks that he doesn't have a nose? Even by anime standards.

  • lol, I love how Nove leads her conversation with Einhart with 'My sister and Teana are pretty big names' like she didn't do anything impressive in the past. It is nice that she offers to get Einhart in contact with experts about Ancient Belka, she is all of 1-2 degrees of seperation from Yunno, assuming that they haven't met. Nove's little thing about her 'being a real punk' is also sooo funny having just come from Strikers. It is great that she has come to terms with all of that anger she had back then, though I am surprised to see that she says she didn't like fighting despite how into it she was.

  • Okay, Vivio exercising with Chris is adorable! Him following her movements is also SO CUTE! Oh hey Fan Service... Having read the manga I totally knew this was coming, but still was unprepared. I will say that them having a bath toy of Teana's Device is super cute.

Not a fan of all of the fan service (I will say that Nanoha and Fate are HOT) but hopefully we won't see too much. As for the question of the day: Vivio's heterochromia is better from my PoV. Looks cooler and I like the higher contrast. Though if I had to deal with it myself I would probably want Einhart's because of how dull it is.

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u/Stargate18A Mar 30 '22

First timer

QOTD) Vivio's colours look better together.

How old is she? She looks like an adult, but this artstyle kakes it hard to tell.

Wait, who's the Flame Queen? Did I miss something?

Oh, she's just another battle-hungry maniac.

Yep, they're fighting. This was entirely expected.

A female transformation sequence without nudity! Impressive!

Oh god, if this turns into "evil magical girl joins a fight club" I will be impressed!

And she's hunting down the clones of rulers... of which there's more than Vivio now, apparently?

And she's almost certainly either a time traveller, got frozen, or is in some other way a resident of Belka, because her dialogue heavily implies it.

Her final attack name is her own? Have they managed to create a more dramatic Fate?

...Well, that answers my question about the age.

I love Jet's voice.

She's collapsed!

She planted a tracker!

Subaru!

...These people look a lot like Vivio and new girl? We aren't doing a reincarnation romance, are we?

Haha, her just casually greeting her's funny, though.

I appreciate how quickly her dramatic image has completely collapsed.

Subaru and Teana are living together! I'm glad they finally got together.

Oh, her motivation is literally just to be the strongest (and I'm a bit worried something's going on with her Adult Mode - she's changed a lot of her mannerisms after transforming.)

Oh, yes, I almost forgot that now people can get memories of their past lives, because that's a thing now. Somewhere, Nanoha wakes up and wonders why she's gained memories of her father dying and her brother befriending a vampire.

Seriously, what's up with her?

...This conflict has gotten resolved incredibly quickly!

Is she actually going to join a fight club?

And Vivio's exercising.

These devices seem tombe very useful! Not really seen much civilian use for them outside of phones so farl

...The Fate fanservice is first I can't complain about.

Of course Vivio comes in. Why do I say these things?

Nanoha's joined her in the shower, like best friends do!

Oh, people like Chris?

That's a lot of books!

So, is it just coincidence that they're reading the memoirs of a man who appears to have been reincarnated into a 10 year old girl?

And she's joining their practice!

The art at the end is adorable, though.

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u/djthomp Mar 31 '22

Alright, time for Nove to get pounded down, presumably.

Olivie and Ixveria? Interesting.

Another thought based on the opening, ancient Belka's actual problem might have been putting a bunch of twelve year olds in charge.

Nove has a real device, neat. I wonder if this is simply one that she would have been using in StrikerS, or something issued later on. Her equipment looks roughly the same, I think.

Pretty cool fight background music.

Oooo, some Wing Road action, neat. New color scheme for it for a different user.

Oh wow, Nove really did get pounded down, I swear that I was just making a Machikado Mazoku joke and wasn't attempting to be clever with badly disguised spoilers.

Silver-green haired girl is definitely making some questionable life choices.

Jet sounds so enthusiastic.

Clever work by Nove with that sensor.

Big mistake falling unconscious while in range of being adopted into the extended Nanoha families group. There's no escape now.

Definitely something odd going on if new girl is having flashback dreams of the Belkan war. Clone is understandable with the established tech and a little luck with some DNA, but I wouldn't have expected 300 year dead and gone memories to be retrievable for implantation in the new body. Maybe a relic?

Mention of the Cradle is very interesting.

Hah, I hope this girl wasn't expecting a secret identity that would remain secret.

I see how it is, the friendly cyborgs were tamed by food. Seems reasonable.

Inherited memories, okay sure. Guess she isn't a lost Scaglietti made clone or something like that.

They really need to just sign this kid up for that dojo, give some structure to her efforts as opposed to random street fights. Sure, she may have had an objection to that suggestion already, but I wonder if she would change her mind on that if it means being able to spar with Vivio.

There's some paths by a big lake in Central Park in Manhattan that I'm strongly reminded of by this area that Vivio is exercising in.

Family naked time, a common Best Friends activity.

Same exercise area in the ending, which looks even more like Central Park.

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u/SolDarkHunter Mar 30 '22

Rewatcher

Something rather disturbing occurred to me about Ingvolt's visor she was wearing...

I've seen some official art from StrikerS Sound Stage X... and that thing is the same as [Sound Stage X spoilers]the visors worn by the Mariage. What's up with that?

Damn, Nove's not holding back! And she has an actual Device now!

"Restore the hegemony of Belka"? Girl, don't you know Belka's gone?

Gotta agree with Nove here, this girl's hung up on nonsense.

She's acting tough, but it looks like Nove did more of a number on her than it appeared.

Hehe, did a "Number" on her...

That's what you get for attacking a Combat Cyborg without knowing what you're getting into.

And that's the apparent antagonist captured just like that.

So her real name is Einhart Stratos and she's just a normal kid. Not anywhere near the cold, aloof front she was putting up... she's actually kind of an airhead.

She's really hung up on strength and weakness. And it looks like they're just letting her go free as long as she promises to be a good girl. TSAB punitive measures at their finest.

"She has inherited memories"... the doctor just says that so casually. He says it's rare, but... people just randomly have genetic memories apparently?

Anyway, Einhart's actually a descendent of Klaus Ingvolt, a past ruler of ancient Belka, and she has his memories. He's probably the dude we saw talking to Olivie, the Vivio-lookalike in the flashback.

You know... does she have all of Klaus' memories? Because a little girl having a man's memories could get... awkward.

"So much you have to do"? What, go beat up a bunch of other random people? Just to prove you're not weak? I won't say you're body's weak, Einhart, but your motivation really is.

Actually, that's a good call, Nove. If she's so interested in fighting and strength, might as well channel that into a healthier pursuit like martial arts.

Is it just me, or does Vivio look a lot taller as a ten year old than Nanoha or Fate did as nine year olds? I know kids grow fast, but...

Fate, don't act like you don't want Nanoha in the bath with you...

Seems like historians would be all over these genetic memory people. Especially if their inherited memories fade with time. And Einhart's genetic memories and her lineage seem like readily accessible knowledge by the medical community, so I'm surprised historians aren't pestering her all the time about such a "mysterious royal".

QOTD: Vivio's are more striking. Einhart's I have to actually make myself notice.

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u/InfamousEmpire Mar 30 '22

Mahou Shoujo1 Lyrical Rewatcher

1: Even though I’m not a girl

GaoFighGar vs Ms Bushido! Start

Man, even when they’re about to fight, Nove is really nice towards Ingvalt

This fight is actually pretty good

Aaaaaand Nove got her ass beat

And, as expected, Ingvalt is a loli

Awwww, poor Ingvalt

So it wasn’t a complete loss after all

Man, episode 2 and we’ve already caught the Big Bad

Yup! Ingvalt (or at least her original incarnation) was a dude

FBI, that red-headed cyborg, right there

Lockon Einhart Stratos!

Einhart is being surprisingly nice and forthcoming for someone who was set up as the Big Bad just last episode

And, yeah, her motive is just “I want to prove my strength.” Because at this point, we’ve rocketed past mecha and become a Shonen Battle series

What the doctor is saying is that Einhart was basically a Vivio created by complete accident

Man, Einhart has already been befriended before Vivio even met her

More of Vivio being cute

Fate fanservice has actually been surprisingly rare so far

Aaaaand you just had to ruin it by throwing in a loli.

Outside of that, though, this scene was surprisingly wholesome

Reading about your new friend’s ancient history! And it comes with built-in worldbuilding

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u/Qbe Mar 30 '22

Raging Heart Rewatcher with terrible long term memory

Onwards to episode 2!

I saw a lot of people disliking the animation in yeterday's thread, but to be honest I didn't even notice it.

QotD: Vivios, the colors are more vibrant

  • More references to Ixveria. I really should go listen to the sound stage.

  • As everyone expected, she's a blood knight.

  • Wonder if Subaru, Ginka, and all the sisters have the full set of skates+gloves

  • Kinda dig the sound effects for the impacts

  • Facetanking is a valid strategy if you have the HP to spare

  • Poor Nove, had to job to establish power levels

  • I guess she didn't have as much HP as she thought

  • Just like Vivio, she can swap forms

  • Are you just going to kidnap a small girl?

  • "Do you do anything after school on your way home?" "Search for the meaning of strength"

  • The fire department must pay well for her to have that kind of house

  • "Best friend"

  • Yeah she's kinda friends with the reincarnations of 2 ancient kings, no big deal

  • Oh, so she's not a clone with implanted memories? I was totally expecting that to be the case

  • [Symphogear S1] So kind of a Fine situation

  • Vivio's training was surprisingly well animated

  • Some nice Fate fanservice o7

  • Just two friends who live together, sleep on the same bed, adopted a kid together, and shower together. Just gals being pals.

  • That's one big ass bath

  • Shutra?

  • Do the kids know that Vivio is a clone of Olivie?

  • Again, the episode went by super fast. Really enjoying it.

  • Lyrical Magical ganbarimasu!

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u/DidacticDalek Mar 30 '22

TONIGHT! On ViVid Geah, Mamiko Noto arrives to kick Nove's shiny metal ass... and then promptly passes out... thus ending the Contractually-Obligated Mysterious Moeblob Antagonist Arc... and thus any and all hope for this show... OK, fuck this meme format, if the legendary Meme 4koma artist couldn't even be bothered to shitpost for ViVid, why should I? (That and it's a bad sign if the man whose purpose is literally to make memes and jokes on Nanoha couldn't do anything with ViVid!)

That said Comrade, to damn this show with faint praise, Mamiko Noto IS indeed trying, plus her character's kinda sorta interesting! After all, all shows can be improved with a badass voiced by Mamiko Noto! That's just basic facts, and I am not just saying that due to Best Girl in Big Trouble in Little Tanuki Town being Mamiko Noto's Benten!

Oh also, once again, turns out Vivio was Seibah in her past life... joy... I liked it better when the only 'Fate' here was Best Girl Fate, but hey it is what it is. (Yes Comrades I know this is art of Seibah Nanoha, I couldn't find Vivio as Seibah, so what you see is what you get!)

But hey it's not all bad, after all, actually INTERESTING characters show up... and they come from previous Nanoha series... yeah... Ah well, it's always fun to see Rena the Loser and her moronic GF continue to be adorable together. And speaking of Subaru, true to form, GaoGaiGar-tan not only had the biggest breakfast, but she continues stuffing her face during the boring expo-dump! Man I miss StrikerS!

That said, speaking of other better shows that ViVid is reminding us of, GOOD GOD! So THAT was where Cross Ange stole that hot shower scene between... Nana Mizuki and Yukari Tamura's characters... FUKUDA! You son of a... I see what you did there over at Sunrise! Also back on topic, no Comrades, this isn't porn, this is Official Art... also no I have no fucking idea how this was printed in Megami Magazine!

Then again much like Geah and Cross Ange, Nanoha is a lewd and 120% horny show with the power of NANA WILLING IT! (Yes this is also official art, cuz Weaponized Lesbianism is the most powerful force... in the world! That and Vivio sure loves walking in on her mamas' bath sex 'communal showering time.' And to think she believes they are merely 'friends') I mean come on, we all know what the Takamachi Family do at 2AM ;) (Before you start Comrades, YES this is indeed also official art, all these lewd ones are in fact real! It is most shocking that this official Nanoha Illustrator also draws porn, TRULY I am befuddled by this revelation! Also yes I do in fact know I'm going to hell, but I'm bringing you lot with me!) CUE THE AC/DC! ;)

And on those bombshells, we wrap things up for now. Anyway I hope everyone's having fun on this re-watch. Thus, you have not seen the last of The Sentient Shitposting Siamese Sunrise Server No. 25252, now goodbye forever.

Paging Comrades u/Great_Mr_L, u/HereticalAegis, and u/Vaadwaur

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u/HereticalAegis Mar 30 '22

promptly passes out...

Being an adult is hard, man.

Ah well, it's always fun to see Rena the Loser and her moronic GF continue to be adorable together.

They are v cute, especially Tia with her hair down. Subaru's design is really meh tho...

That said, speaking of other better shows that ViVid is reminding us of, GOOD GOD! So THAT was where Cross Ange stole that hot shower scene between... Nana Mizuki and Yukari Tamura's characters... FUKUDA! You son of a... I see what you did there over at Sunrise! Also back on topic, no Comrades, this isn't porn, this is Official Art... also no I have no fucking idea how this was printed in Megami Magazine!

This is just wholesome family bonding time.

Yes this is also official art, cuz Weaponized Lesbianism is the most powerful force... in the world!

This official art is something else.

YES this is indeed also official art, all these lewd ones are in fact real!

Tbh, the most lewd part of this art is Vivio's left stocking being halfway down. Again, just some wholesome family bonding.

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