so i just saw the first nanoha movie and it was preeeetty alright
i know i've been told that most of the hype for nanoha comes from the franchise as a whole rather than this individual series, and while it wasn't anything particularly spectacular, it was still perfectly enjoyable in its own right. besides only three of the characters mattering that much, my main complaint stems from the fact that nanoha herself as a mc is pretty damn unremarkable and doesn't really have any arc of her own to follow
i definitely felt like there was a bigger emphasis placed on the development of fate and precia, which felt relatively compelling....for the most part. for one thing, there wasn't too much thought put into explaining how al hazard held forbidden magic, so if you took out the child abuse parts of precia's character, you wouldn't be incorrect to assume she was doing nothing wrong for her goal. speaking of child abuse i don't necessarily agree with fate still trying to make amends with her surrogate mother even after being treated like shit for most of her life, but i'm not one to project what i would do in that situation onto an entirely different character. still really liked the identity crisis and loneliness parts of her character, at least
as for pure execution, it's certainly pleasant to look at, with an appealing artstyle and dynamic, fluid action scenes. the pacing is a bit off, but that's about to be expected from a compilation movie (which is still a better tradeoff than the og broadcast with fucking weird animation and a slower beginning). overall, the whole experience was a pleasant surprise from the kiddy stuff i thought it was going to be judging by the beginning, and i can definitely see myself watching s2. 7/10
can i go back to my gundam now
i know i've been told that most of the hype for nanoha comes from the franchise as a whole rather than this individual series, and while it wasn't anything particularly spectacular, it was still perfectly enjoyable in its own right. besides only three of the characters mattering that much, my main complaint stems from the fact that nanoha herself as a mc is pretty damn unremarkable and doesn't really have any arc of her own to follow
i definitely felt like there was a bigger emphasis placed on the development of fate and precia, which felt relatively compelling....for the most part. for one thing, there wasn't too much thought put into explaining how al hazard held forbidden magic, so if you took out the child abuse parts of precia's character, you wouldn't be incorrect to assume she was doing nothing wrong for her goal. speaking of child abuse i don't necessarily agree with fate still trying to make amends with her surrogate mother even after being treated like shit for most of her life, but i'm not one to project what i would do in that situation onto an entirely different character. still really liked the identity crisis and loneliness parts of her character, at least
as for pure execution, it's certainly pleasant to look at, with an appealing artstyle and dynamic, fluid action scenes. the pacing is a bit off, but that's about to be expected from a compilation movie (which is still a better tradeoff than the og broadcast with fucking weird animation and a slower beginning). overall, the whole experience was a pleasant surprise from the kiddy stuff i thought it was going to be judging by the beginning, and i can definitely see myself watching s2. 7/10
can i go back to my gundam now
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