Episodes: 13
How: Netflix Rental
Rating: 2.5 out of 5
Plot: {From Wiki} The storyline follows Nanoha Takamachi, a nine-year-old Japanese girl attending elementary school, who lives with her parents and her older siblings. Nanoha's regular everyday life ends when she rescues an injured ferret who reveals himself as a young shape shifting mage namedYuno Scrya. An archaeologist from a parallel universe, Yuno came to Earth to collect a set of twenty-one dangerous ancient artifacts named the "Jewel Seeds" (Jueru Shido?) that he first discovered in his own world. Jewel Seeds give living beings who come into contact with them unnatural powers, often turning them into monsters, and Yuno, injured while trying to collect them, must now rely on Nanoha while he convalesces in ferret form. He gives Nanoha an "intelligent device" (magical wand) called "Raging Heart" ( Reijingu Hato?), and she unexpectedly shows strong aptitude for magic. As the two gather the Jewel Seeds, Nanoha learns magic from Yuno while continuing with her ordinary everyday life.
In retrieving her sixth Jewel Seed, Nanoha encounters another mage named Fate Testarossa and her familiar named Arf. More than a year before the story began, Fate's mother, Precia Testarossa, went insane when her daughter Alicia died, initiating "Project Fate", an illegal research program of cloning and resurrection, making her a fugitive from the inter dimensional police known as Time-Space Administration Bureau (TSAB). Precia cloned Alicia to create Fate and implanted her with Alicia's memories; nevertheless, she cannot care for Fate as she did for Alicia and abuses her regularly. Despite this, Fate is extremely loyal to her due to Alicia's happy childhood memories, which she takes as her own. In the series, Precia uses Fate to collect Jewel Seeds and reach Al Hazard, a mythical world where Alicia could be truly brought back to life.
Nanoha and Fate repeatedly face off against each other over each new Jewel Seed they find, and the TSAB soon interferes to prevent the collateral damage caused by their battles. Nanoha eventually manages to overpower Fate and brings her to the TSAB, prompting Precia to abandon her and attempt a dimensional jump to Al Hazard with the power of the few Jewel Seeds that Fate managed to gather thus far. Gathering her resolve, Fate decides to aid the TSAB and Nanoha in their fight to stop Precia. Although they manage to minimize the destructive side effects of using the Jewel Seeds, they fail to prevent Precia from finishing the spell, and her final whereabouts are unknown. Fate and Nanoha decide to become friends, but Fate must first travel to TSAB home world to prove she was an unwilling accessory in Precia's crimes.
Thoughts: This series wasn't that great, From the first season I am not really sure why people talk so highly of it... In the beginning it seemed like any other Magical Girl series. Girl gets powers, Girl fights monsters but then a Spaceship comes into things..... I'm just glad there wasn't any giant robots then I would have had to drop the series.
Who we have....
Yuuno Scrya: He may be a mage too but he's a bit useless most the time, Sure he has some support abilities but in most cases all he seems to be able to do is watch Nanoha and worry.
Nanoha Takamachi: Really naive but in a sweet way, The way she wanted to talk things out with Fate the entire time they were fighting was..... cute. Of course she's a nine year old and new to the whole magical world... At least she is likable.
Fate Testarossa: A clone, She's a clone.... Okay. Her mother had a few screws loose, I wish there was more information given about her {Precia} and Alicia. How much she loved her mother to how much her mother hated her was just...sad.
Arf: Fate's Familiar, Protective of Fate just like a puppy. Well, I guess she is a puppy... sort of.
Chrono Harlaown: At age 14, He's an Officer with the Time Space Administration Bureau. At first I thought maybe there would be a little romance between he and Nanoha but.... erm... Nah.
A little peculiar that his commanding officer is his mother.
Favorite Character{s}: Arisa and Suzuka ~ Nanoha's human friends from school, They don't get enough screen time and I was kind of wishing they turned out to have magical abilities as well. No such luck yet....
Least Favorite Character{s}: Yuuno ~ He's cute in his ferret form but..... Yea. Pretty useless so far and why must he look like a little girl. :(
