Nanoha and Chidori are two young woman in love. They know that when they graduate thing will change and their lives will grow more compliacated, but for this one summer…. life is relatively simple. Nanoha plans a wonderful, romantic date for Chidori’s birthday. While laying there, contemplating life after a magnificent picnic lunch, a sudden […]

High school is a weird time. So much is going on in your body, in your head, in your heart. It’s the last time to have fun as a kid, the first time to start building your life as an adult. Nanoha and Chidori are trying to not be sad about having chosen schools that […]

We have watched Nanoha and Chidori since they began dating. For a very long time, it was under the radar, but as they look towards a wider future together, they’ve been less concerned if their friends know. Hana ni Arashi, Volume 9 (はなにあらし) is a festival of festivals. Christmas and New Year’s and Valentines Day […]

In Hana ni Arashi, Volume 8 (はなにあらし), Nanoha is starting to feel the weight of the real world and isn’t sure that she and Chidori inhabit the same part of it. But first we learn that Chidori is really frightened of dodgeball. They are asked to fill out forms telling the school what they want […]

In Volume 7 of Hana ni Arashi, (はなにあらし) something finally happens. Well…two things. Remembering that, in this series, “happen” is very broadly applied word. ^_^ The first thing is that, on the class trip, Nanoha and Chidori have, finally, gotten past their disagreement and are happily doing class trip things with their friends. Which, inevitably, […]