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Ironically, that anime series ended with the tournament only just getting under way. When Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha ViVid turned into a tournament anime half way through, I just rolled my eyes. Later when I read the Negima manga, the Mahoura Budokai tournament brought my interest in tournaments to an end, though that tournament was a bit more interesting because it provided a means of developing some characters. However, that anime series pretty much gave me my fill on tournaments. Way back in the day, I watched Yu Yu Hakusho and enjoyed it. Fuuka is supposed to be the main character for this series, but I never really gave a rat’s rear about her. All I know about her is that she was an orphan and a tough girl. However, the way the story developed, everything felt forced to me.įuuka doesn’t get much development. I understand wanting vengeance against those who bully you. I understand how tough it is to be bullied. This is primarily used to jack up the melodramatic quotient and make Rinne an antagonist with a tragic past. The series does attempt to give Rinne some development. As such, there’s no time for character development. Just when you think they can’t cram more characters in, they do.

In addition to the new girls Fuuka and Rinne, we see Vivio, Einhart, and a lot of other girls from the Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha ViVid series. While I may complain about the lack of Nanoha and Fate in the series, ViVid Strike suffers from what many other Nanoha titles suffer from - too many characters. What Doesn’t Work: Too Many Characters, Little Character Development I think they could even pull that off in the hospital scene. She doesn’t have to say anything, just be showing giving support. (She is returning to do the 3rd Nanoha movie, so go figure.) However, I felt that at the very least, Nanoha should have been in the tournament, cheering her adoptive daughter on. I know there were issues between King Records and Nanoha’s seiyuu, which is probably why the character of Nanoha didn’t show up at all. The series really tries to avoid the pair and even seems to imply that Vivio is with Nove, when that’s not the case. The series does give one of the worst cameo nods to Fate and Nanoha by showing them unnamed and their faces obscured. So when the series goes to the tournament, one starts to wonder where Nanoha is, or Fate for that matter. This is because Nanoha’s adopted daughter Vivio is in ViVid Strike as a supporting character.

🙁įor longtime Nanoha franchise fans, the absence of Nanoha and Fate is huge. Beyond that, I struggle to find a lot positive to say. The production company will use tricks to save on the animation budget for many of the fights, but on the whole, it works. I’ll talk more about the large number of characters that show up in a bit. If you are a fan of the Nanoha franchise, you will probably like seeing Einhart, Vivio, Nove, and a lot of other characters who’ve shown up in previous series. As such, if you like battle tournament anime titles featuring young tee girls who can use magic to give themselves an older teen appearance, then ViVid Strike might be up your alley. I suppose if you have no previous exposure to the Nanoha franchise, you won’t miss what you don’t know.

However, Fuuka has to get past her mentor Einhart as well as Einhart’s best friend Vivio, who defeated Rinne the previous year. When Fuuka learns about Rinne and her current bad attitude, Fuuka decides to enter the fighting tournament for U15 girls and teach Rinne a lesson. Einhart introduces Fuuka to her trainer Nove, who gives Fuuka a room at her apartment and a job in her gym. She’s found by a teen girl named Einhart, who’s the current U15 champion.

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Rinne is discovered by Jill, a former professional fighter, so Rinne begins working the U15 fighting tournaments.įuuka strikes out on her own. When the bullying caused Rinne to not be there when her adoptive grandfather died, Rinne snaps, critically injuring all of her bullies in the process. However, the girls at her new school started bullying her. Eventually, Rinne was adopted by a rich family. Rinne was beautiful but timid, so Fuuka would defend her from bullies. In the orphanage, Fuuka had a best friend named Rinne. As it turns out, I had every right to be.įor those who’ve not watched ViVid Strike, the story centers on orphan girl Fuuka. So when I heard that the ViVid Strike anime series would not have Nanoha or Fate in it, I was immediately skeptical. In a weird kind of way, they were like the daughters I never had. Despite this, I’ve enjoyed watch the main character Nanoha and her best friend Fate grow from little girls to awesome young ladies. There’s nothing particularly special about it as an anime franchise. When it comes to the Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha franchise, I gave a bit of a weakness.