Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha by Tsuzuki Masaki
Summary
The utterly normal grade three elementary school student, Takamachi Nanoha, destiny takes an unexpected turn after encountering the mysterious ferret Yuuno and the magical device he possesses, Raising Heart. Whereupon she becomes drawn into her fate/life as a magical girl.
While on the hunt for the dangerous ancient artefact [Jewel Seed] she encounters a girl from another world, Fate Testarossa, and becomes introduced to the Dimensional Administration Bureau. However soon afterwards, the situation becomes ever more violent and her days become filled with fighting…
Drawn by the tragic destiny that Fate has taken upon herself, Nanoha desires to understand the aching loneliness of the other girl. [I want to become friends], this was the desire that Nanoha wished to tell Fate, thus she chooses fight destiny with all her magic.
The Characters
Takamachi Nanoha: 9 years old / Third Grade Student of Seishou University affiliated Private Elementary School. Encountered magic entirely by accident, thereafter she continues her days as a mage. A gentle/kind personality but once she sets her heart/mind on something, there’s no stopping her. Incidentally, she’s left handed.
Yuuno Scrya: 9 years old / A young magic using boy from another world. Usually disguised/transformed as a small animal that resembles a ferret. Lives at the Takamachi household as a pet.
Arf: 16 years old / A Familiar created by Fate. Has two forms, a young human female form and a dog form.
Linith: A Familiar created by Precia. Looks after and educates Fate.
Precia Testarossa: Fate’s mother, and also the owner and master of the interdimensional travel capable facility, the [Garden of Time]
Fate Testarossa: 9 years old / A mage from the other dimensional world, Midchilda. To grant the wishes of her mother, Precia Testarossa, she fights Nanoha. A quiet and calm mage who possesses first class magical talent/skills.
Table of Contents:
Page 15 : Prologue
Page 33: Chapter 1 Takamachi Nanoha
Page 51: Chapter 2 Fate Testarossa
Page 77: Chapter 3 Precia Testarossa
Page 103: Chapter 4 Linith
Page 129: Chapter 5 P.T. Incident Summary Report
Page 141: Chapter 6 Decisive/Final Battle
Page 187: Final Chapter Heart to ACE
Page 200: Afterword
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