天下制覇

I really need to stop torturing myself with these Sub-LQ raws.

But the pain feels so good. 320×240 and crappy res is the wave of the future!

Overall a pretty enjoyable episode, and it basically fills in most of the gaps that you’d be lacking if you hadn’t read the A’s to StrikerS manga. Nanoha’s…er… encounter… with the drones still hasn’t come up yet, but I’m pretty sure it will in an episode or two. Elio and Caro also got to strut their stuff.

Rein and Hayate are maxing and relaxing in their office when the other two Aces come in dressed in full regalia. They report for official duty to Hayate and officially introduce themselves to her and there’s laughter all around before another officer comes in and introduces himself to them. I missed the name, but they recognized him although I didn’t. I’m a disgrace to my Nanoha fandom.

Over to all the new recruits and workers for Hayate’s unit where she gives them a peptalk as it pans over everybody and they applaud. Signum and Fate do a little catching up after the peptalk while some really strange music plays. I think someone got a little slaphappy with the double reeds. Nanoha is meanwhile escorting the 4 subordinates (Subaru, Teana, Elio and Caro) to get changed for training.

Lots more wandering around and chatting with the various troops and whathaveyou, including, but not limited to a sentient helicopter. A girl named Shirley also comes running up to Nanoha and crew as they’re getting ready to go through the training course. She gives them a brief rundown of the course and the simulator and whatnot, and starts up the course. Vita and Signum are watching the training course while Shamal is managing her own little info crew. Nanoha gives the four the final rundown on the course and the enemies they’ll be facing on it before setting them loose.

And then, because we’d so much rather see a briefing after the eyecatch than action, Hayate is giving a rundown on some of the recent disasters (including Subaru’s ship) and how they believe that they’re related to a certain Lost Logia that destroyed a world, and now the drones that they believe are related to it have started to invade their worlds.

Back to Subaru, who is having trouble keeping up with the speed of the training drones. Spiderman Elio is also having issues hitting them and whiffs completely. Caro’s glove is an intelligent device and she helps Teana take a few shots, but they’re cancelled by the Anti-Magic-Field (which Nanoha tells them about after they notice it) that the drones have. Subaru’s a little dense and decides to use her magic road to go after them, which falls apart as she gets close.

Teana (calling Caro a midget), finally introduces herself to the poor kid, and starts actually organizing the other three into some semblence of strategy. Elio’s spear (Strado?) loads a cartridge and he destroys a bridge to try to drop it onto them taking out two, while Suzaku tries to punch them again and fails, only to tackle one behind her and have the punch finally work. Caro and Friedrich set the whole mess on fire, and then Caro grabs another couple by using chains from the ground. Teana creates a charged shot with her gun (which Nanoha remarks is AA power). It manages to pierce through multiple AMF barriers and finish off the last of the drones, and she collapses, exhausted.

BACK AT THE GALACTIC CORE, Hayate and her knights are meeting up for lunch while Rein is taking a nap in her briefcase. Poor Zafira has to eat on the floor. She really doesn’t treat her knights all that well, all things considered. Anyway, more chatter about Nanoha and the new recruits and what-have-you and that’s pretty much all she wrote, other than some hardcore Rein vs A Cherry Tomato action.

And possibly Nanoha and Fate undressing to get into bed together. But you didn’t hear that from me.