<zaitcev> "UPDATE: Having watched the OP, it becomes blatantly obvious that this is a ripoff of Cardcaptor Sakura with vastly increased fan service and fetishness." <zaitcev> ;_; <sagematt> ...What? <zaitcev> http://chizumatic.mee.nu/nanoha_--_menus <sagematt> Again... What? <zaitcev> You can draw such conclusions from mere OP? <sagematt> Ah. <sagematt> Ah. <sagematt> Ok. <sagematt> It's the first show. <sagematt> He is pretty much right. [Emphasis mine — Author] <sagematt> Nanoha = Sakura, Yuuno = Kero. <zaitcev> OMG <zaitcev> Matthew <zaitcev> Nooooo <zaitcev> Oh, wait. What about Fate? <sagematt> I TOLD YOU TO SKIP STRAIGHT TO A's. Jesus Christ nobody listens to me. <zaitcev> You did? <zaitcev> But Lawson... <sagematt> It's the third fucking time, zaitcev. <sagematt> Screw Lawson. [Subseqent conversation makes it clear that Matt said it in jest — Author] <hikago> I couldn't finish season 1 :( <hikago> even the hot catgirl familiar wasn't enough. <sagematt> zaitcev, Fate shows up almost midway on the show. <sagematt> You only need to know that 1. Nanoha befriends Fate with Starlight Breaker 2. Fate's mother is crazy. 3 and 4 I'm going to skip just in case you decide to watch it all (and you will).

<sagematt> Dammit zaitcev. <sagematt> You going public makes me want to correct a few stuff. <zaitcev> sagematt: What did I mess? <sagematt> CCS didn't have vagina trees, for starters. <zaitcev> What about Tomoyo? <sagematt> Nanoha season 1 did start CCS-ish. But the second half is somewhat action packed and fast paced.

UPDATE: Steven completed the series and wrote (spoilers):

It's a hell of a good story, and I liked the fact that they kept surprising me. And despite how it feels in the first couple of episodes, it's not even remotely a clone of Card Captor Sakura, and points for that.