We met Chidori and Nanoha 5 years ago in real time, 3 years ago in their time. At the beginning, all we had of them being girlfriends was their inner thoughts, where they certainly believed they were, as amazing and embarrassing as it was for them to admit it to themselves.

In the last five years and 11 volumes, we have seen their love for one another grow. While they still have not been able to be fully honest with their school friends, they are planning on an immediate future together. Only..Nanoha’s college of choice is a trade school in Kyoto while Chidori plans on heading to Tokyo. Sure there is the train, but that’s not cheap and even at the fastest, the Shinkansen takes more than 2 hours. What they need is a miracle.

They’ll get a miracle, of course they will. These two are not tragic figures, they are the golden girls of a fantasy of a shiny, romantic, adorable lesbian youth. ^_^

In Hana ni Arashi, Volume 12 (はなにあらし), Nanoha and Chidori start working on a shared vision of their future –  sharing an apartment, coming home to one another after a long day, and living happily ever after. They haven’t quite had the opportunity to admit to this, so their friends  – who may not be as clueless as these two think – are surprised to hear that they plan on living together. Dousei? (同棲) one asks, and startled, they insist, no, no, it’s just a roomshare (ルームシェア). The difference is similar to “living together” as opposed to “roommate” in English. But that friend asked the right question, didn’t she?

We then are treated to a look back at how the two of them originally met to round out exactly how much they have – and haven’t – changed.

This series has one more volume to go! I’ve just picked up Rainbows After Storms, Volume 1 from Viz, so will revisit these two back at the beginning, before I move on to their future. ^_^

Ratings:

Art – 7
Story – 7
Characters – 8
Yuri – 7
Service – 0

Overall – 8