天下制覇

The beginning of the end.

Impressions:

Sexy, delicious, action packed episode ending with almost all of our heroines in very much not-good situations. It looks like we’re pretty much in for 100% action until the end. I feel the worst for Tea though, as she’s up against three of the numbers. Hell, Fate’s only fighting two of them and Subaru is up against just Ginga. I suppose Vita with a giant hole through her back is also pretty sad, but then again, she’s not actually made of meat like everybody else. A good rest in the Book of Night Sky will cure all her ills. Next episode preview shows Lutecia losing it along with quite a bit of Ginga vs Subaru Part II. Deeeelicious.

As always, I’ll update the caps when there’s a better raw. I’m not going to rip any of the fight scenes though. Caps updated. Vita getting spitted looks even better in high res. While most of the episode was action, most of the fight scenes were pretty disjointed and didn’t last more than about a minute before jumping to someone else. Changed my mind, I’ll at least string together Tea’s battle scenes, even though her fight’s not finished yet. Check back in an hour or so for that.

Teana Takes on The Numbers
 

Summary:

Chrono’s fleet is still in deep space, or wherever the hell they are. Even Lindy is around and preparing for the attack. In the Infinite Library, Yuuno is doing research on the Cradle with loli-Arf assisting him. The Cradle is a leftover from Al-Hazard, like the Lost Logia.

Yuuno gives them a run down on basically how the Cradle can’t be allowed to reach a certain point or shit will go very very bad. Chrono asks for more information on the Holy Emperor. Loli Arf butts in and says to trust in Fate, though Arf seems to have been put on ritalin or something.

Hayate and her personal squadron are exploding Gadget drones outside of The Cradle, but more just keep deploying. Nanoha and Vita are flying along the outside when they get a radio from some grunts saying that they’ve found a way in. Nanoha and Vita head there, but as they head in, an internal AMF knocks out their flight pretty quickly.

Schach is still at the Scaglietti’s base with Fate, destroying all manner of gadget drones fairly effortlessly. You’d think Fate would hold back on the giant sword while IN A CAVE, but apparently that’s not a concern. Acous’ ghost dogs are there helping them too.

The cadets and Stormrider are under heavy fire from flying Gadget Drones. They manage to lose them and reach the deployment point. They go over the battle plan one more time before they hop from the copter. The Numbers say them though and scramble to intercept. Ginga’s expression doesn’t change at all when looking at Subaru.

In the air above, Caro sees Lutecia about to attack Stormraider, so she, Fried and Erio move to intercept them. Subaru moves to follow with a Wing Road, but the numbers suddenly attack. Nove and Wendi attack Subaru while Tea is forced to fight Deed attacks Teana and smashes her through a wall. Garyu also moves to attack Fried and Caro casts a spell to deflect him.

Subaru is calling for Tea, who reports that she’s fine, but suddenly a barrier appears around her. Wendi, Nove and some Gadget drones have her trapped. Subaru moves to help her, but Ginga appears in front of her wearing a XIII necklace.

Nove and Wendi taunt the hiding Teana as they close in on her. Teana thinks that she’s going to have to take care of this one on her own and contacts the rest of the team members saying as much. Keep to the mission and whathaveyou.

In Scaglietti’s lair, Fate and Schach are looking over a ton of vials with even higher Numbers. Schach says that they have to hurry. Suddenly a Gadget Drone above them starts causing a cave in. They try to jump away, but Sein grabs Scach’s ankles from below and holds her in place. Fate tries to move to help, but is stopped when Sette throws her weapons at her. As the Drone drops on her, Scach punches the floor and breaks it.

Scach reports to Fate that she’s okay and she’s cornered one of hte combat cyborgs. Fate prepares to fight Trey and Sette.

Back in the Cradle, Vita is fighting some Gadget Drones. She’s have a tougher time than outside because of how their magic is dampened, but Vita tells Nanoha that she’s fine. The research team reports in and says that the engine and the throne where Vivio is are on opposite side of the ship. Vita says that they can’t help it. The two will split up and go to the two points seperately. Nanoha is very concerned about Vita, but Vita says that they’ll be fine and Nanoha needs to save Vivio. Vita walks off before Nanoha can say anything else, but Nanoha tells her to be careful as she flies off in the opposite direction.

Outside, they report in to Hayate, who is breathing very heavily.

Inside, Nove and Wendi are having a rough time dealing with Teana’s illusions, but Nove is able to see through them now and attacks the real Teana, kicking her away. As she crashes, she shoots another flurry at them which Wendi is forced to block, giving Tea a chance to grapple upwards to freedom… until Deed flies in from above on her and slashes her leg. Teana’s now wounded and it’s three on one, plus some drones. As she keeps bleeding, she thinks that it’s impossible, but visions of Subaru saying to keep trying and go for it flash through her head. She feels new resolve and prepares to fight.

Caro is fighting with Lutecia while Erio keeps fighting with Garyuu. They try to tak sense into their opponents, but they’re not listening. Erio uses Strada to boost up to Fried and blocks Lutecia’s attack.

Meanwhile, Zest and Agito are heading to TSAB HQ when they are intercepted by Signum and Reinforce. Signum says that they know why he’s hear, but Zest says that he won’t be kept from Regius. Both draw their weapons, and then Agito fuses with Zest followed by Rein fusing with Signum to turn her into Arche Klaine. I wonder if she fucks like a tiger too. The two rush at eachother.

Ginga is analyzing Subaru, and then prepares to attack. Subaru thinks that if she can cause enough magical damage, whatever they’re using to control her will weaken.

Back in the Cradle, Vita is killing more drones. She’s down to her last four cartridges though. Suddenly, she’s stabbed from behind through her chest. She turns around to see a new type of drone and the image of Nanoha’s grievous wound flashes through her mind showing that this was the same machine that attacked her in the past. She flips out, attacks and destroys it sending herself flying. More of these drones come pouring out to attack her, but she’s already pouring blood from her chest.