It's another of those little touches that tells us about her. Joking tangents aside, the designs are striking and I do like that Fuuka bases her transformation off of her mentor. Did Noire and Neptune also have a science baby? Did the infants get left alone with Neptune and accidentally sent to another dimension? She probably responded to the justifiable anger by breaking the fourth wall and joking too. Did IF and Compa have a science baby? Come to think of it, Rinne looks a bit like Lady Blackheart but with Neptune's eyes. Although, Fuuka looks a lot like IF from Neptunia. I do generally like the character designs. They manage to fight in their matches and keep their clothing intact because, I guess, Seven Arcs is better about that than A-1. We don't see Sister Chantez's stripper nun outfit, for instance. There aren't any overly fan-servicey outfits on display. It does, however, improve on a lot of my issues with Vivid. The only real art issue I have with this one is that the transformation sequences remain rather sleazy in their usage of fan-service. I also do like the way it further develops the Vivid cast. Their early interactions also illustrate both the difficulties of rekindling their connection and the yearning to rekindle it from both of them. The flashbacks of them together show us very clearly why they mean a lot to each other and add weight to the reconnection plot. The dynamic of her and Rinne is the core of the series and it is actually superb. The way she responds to Rinne when Rinne is talking about the lack of understanding other people have towards her is a big one. The way she talks to the other girls, frequently using nicknames is one. There are a lot of nive little touches that give us insight into her character. Fuuka has a strong student-master relationship with Einhald. The character element has always been a strong suit for this franchise. It has rising action, an intense climax and then adequate time to wrap things up from there. The pacing is fairly well done, in spite of the aforementioned abridging issue. I also do appreciate that the tournament doesn't go the way you would normally expect from this kind of series. The narrative being about these old friends and their trying to reconnect also provides a compelling tension to the narrative that was absent from the regular Vivid anime and using martial arts as a vehicle that could potentially make that happen really works to tie it in with the framework we've already got. The scenes showing Rinne's back story are actually highly poignant. It acknowledges the mistakes that are made while also showing us the reasons behind them. The conflict between Fuuka and Rinne is really well handled. That aspect aside, I do have a lot of praise for the story. Because that's just as good as seeing it. Instead, we get to be told how far she's come by other characters. Which really isn't enough to give her a plausible chance. We see her train with the other girls a bit and win a single match before we cut to the climactic fight betwixt her and Rinne. However, the unfortunate side effect of skipping over all but a few of those is that we don't get a proper arc for Fuuka and her development as a martial artist. Especially when one of our main characters is going against some Rando and they're obviously going to win because it's a main character against someone who we're just now meeting. We don't need to see all the tournament fights. A lot of the stuff they skip over is totally justifiable. The only real narrative issue I have with this series is that it may abridge things too much. Fuuka eventually accepts, hoping to reconnect with her childhood friend, Rinne Berlinetta. ![]() Einhald sees potential in her and brings her into the Nakajima Gym, offering to coach her in martial arts. She runs right into Einhald Stratos and manages to throw one punch before collapsing from injuries she sustained in her earlier altercation. When law enforcement arrives on the scene, she's forced to flee. That excludes Triangle Heart, obviously.įuuka Reventon is an orphan with a propensity for trouble. Let's see if it upholds the franchise's proud traditions of quality and les-yay. It was produced by Seven Arcs, the same studio behind everything else I've looked at except, oddly enough, Vivid itself. This week I'm going to look at Vivid Strike, which is a side story for Vivid. I've reviewed the first series, As, StrikerS, Vivid and even the loosely connected Triangle Heart, which has been the only ungood one thus far. The Nanoha franchise is one I've talked about a lot.
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