Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha 13 (END)

  
  
  
  
  

Nanoha and the rest escape from the castle and back to the ship. Fate and Arf are put in the prison for the time being since they were party to a serious crime... but they should be okay since they were just following orders... Crono says he'll inform Nanoha when something's been decided.. Nanoha just wants to see Fate again..

Nanoha and Yuno go back to her house and wait.. and soon enough it comes. Fate and Arf are going to be moved to the main Time-Space Administration office and will certainly be found innocent. So before they make that journey Fate comes down to meet Nanoha.

Fate wanted to give a reply to Nanoha's question. She wants to be Nanoha's friend, but she doesn't really know what to do. Nanoha says to start off with -- なまえをよんで, "Call my name" (the title of this episode). Not "kimi" or "anata", look at your friend's eyes and call out their name. So Fate finally calls Nanoha "Nanoha", and thanks her for all she's done. But they're going to have to part for now and the tears come... As a memento of each other they exchage ribbons and Fate leaves along with Crono and Arf. But even though they'll be apart for a while they'll surely be able see each other again.

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And as the credits scroll we see Nanoha wearing Fate's black ribbon, Fate Nanoha's pink ribbon ;) Nicely done last episode. Fate was super kawaii when she was talking with Nanoha there :)

Nanoha was probably the show I was most excited about coming into this season and it pretty much lived up to my expectations (yes, I know I'm soft compared to others, lol) and then some. Though the animation was somewhat inconsistent from time to time and Nanoha's not the cutest or one of the best mahou shoujo (or should I say bishoujo-mahou shoujo as bluemist called it?) out there, so on, it was definitely enjoyable for me as a fan of the genre and Mizuki Nana and Tamura Yukari. Nanoha takes my award for best opening this season with Mizuki Nana's "innocent starter" (been on my playlist quite a lot), and I'm definitely going to pick up the single since I like it so much (or perhaps I just should pick up her latest album).

Anyways, for guy fans of the genre and of those seiyuu it's something to give a look. Fufilled my weekly mahou shoujo requirements for this season ;) and btw, Momotato, enjoyed blogging it with you :)