Wow, how to start…I guess for starters I should note that while the raw for the fifth episode has been released, I have not actually watched it for fear of biasing my “first impression” of this episode.

This episode’s art sucked hard. Things seemed to have improved slightly by the conclusion of the third episode, but this episode was just packed with crappy art all the way through. A few acceptable faces were drawn here and there, but for the most part, it was bad on the eyes.

This episode’s brief fight scene was also kind of…what? I find it rather sad over how utterly incompetent Nanoha was during the training session. Even if her abilities were restricted due to her rank having been docked, I still find it a bit ridiculous as to how she could just allow Caro and Erio to stand by idly charging up for an attack. I mean, it’s not like they were hidden or anything, they were standing right there behind her! How hard is it to direct those little pink balls of light in their direction?

All bets and complaints are off next episode though (I hope), since it looks like it’s going to be packed full with action (although, regrettably, it seems to be concentrated on Erio and Caro). I’m not particularly complaining about the lack of “real” fighting, really. With the episode count in the twenties, the current pacing has been just fine in my opinion. None of the episodes so far has been “filler” episodes like some of the earlier ones that from the first season, so that’s always a plus. Art quality can always be fixed in the DVD releases as many instances have been in the previous two season’s releases, so I’m not too worried that.

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