I don’t pay attention to OPs/EDs/BGM in general, so I won’t even try to comment on those.

As for the story and characters, I understand your concern for character development being constricted by time, but they do have 26 episodes this time, as opposed to 13. I think they can pull it off. The plot for the Nanoha franchise has always been basic, your classic stop the bad guys and save the world type deal, so I wasn’t really expecting much on that front.

As you can tell, my fanboyism for this series shines above all else, though it’s always great to hear varied opinions (minus dorama, damn Lucky Star…)

I’m not exactly thrilled as everyone else, not that i dont like the genre because I thought the first two seasons were great. But this time it really didn’t give me the feeling i had for the past seasons.

Let’s say, i feel that they are TRYING hard to make an impression, which is something that definitely doesn’t work well on me. The sequence of this beginning is eye catching, but at the same time im already sensing a slight scent of cheese. Lotsa action and dialogues that tries to show us the personalities of the new characters, but the approach of the second element was nothing near impressive, making the action scene, of which enhances that element, seems somewhat hallow for me.

I was expecting this outcome as soon as i heard they have new characters, and THIS many new characters. Because in the past seasons, they have very few characters and therefore able to put a better spotlight and impression on each of them since the beginning. But now they hae more than twice the amount of work, not including the change in the three original heroines. Therefore my stance is neutral.

Let’s say, action/dialogues that efficiently highlights each character is what im missing here.

Finally, great fan-service. But meh, doesn’t really affect my view that much.

Ratings:
OP: B+-
Doesn’t shine too well compared to the past 2 OPs.
Story: B
See above long annoying paragraphs.
Art & Animation: A-
Very consistent just as always did.
BGM: C+
Hmm… cant remember BGM from the episode… that makes it “not exactly great/impressive.”
ED: A–
I cant believe i liked the ED more than the OP this time = =;

House of lies! …well, biologically speaking

Sola raws are in the process of being dled XD My Japanese is pretty rusty though, we’ll see how this goes

Because she has a son.

Also, Sola raws just came out. You know what to do!