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The second season of the ''[[Franchise/LyricalNanoha Nanoha]]'' franchise, set six months after [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha the original series]].

It has a supplementary SliceOfLife manga and [[AudioAdaptation Sound Stages]] that take place between the episodes. The Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment games for the UsefulNotes/PlaystationPortable, ''[[VideoGame/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAsPortable The Battle Of Aces]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAsPortable The Gears of Destiny]]'', are AlternateContinuity sequels to ''A's'', which change the events of the last episode. A movie remake of ''A's'', known as ''The Movie 2nd A's'', was released in 2012, following the continuity of ''The Movie 1st''.

The anime was licensed and dubbed in North America by Creator/{{Geneon}}, but is now out of print. After Geneon USA shut down, Creator/FUNimation took over distribution of the original series and A's until the licenses for both series expired in 2011.

* TreacheryCoverUp: [[spoiler:Admiral Graham's plan to seal the Book of Darkness away with Hayate]] is largely overlooked outside of the upper echelons of the TSAB, and he [[KarmaHoudini merely resigns]], only being officially accused of breaking into Bureau systems and interfering with the investigation.

* SuperficialSolution: What quickstarts the plot is the threat of the Book of Darkness, an artifact of ancient Belka that is incredibly dangerous and which will always come back into existence, leading the TSAB into to a recurrent struggle to contain it since that's the only thing they are allowed to by the law. [[spoiler: [[AntiVillian Gil Graham]]'s illegal plan to end the cycle once and for all involves awakening it in a non-administrated world and sealing away its master, Hayate Yagami, so that it cannot reincarnate itself again. Fortunately, the cast is able to put it away for good by sheer firepower and Reinforce's sacrifice.]]

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The TSAB ship's name - Arthra (official) vs Asura (FanSub). This one is so widespread that most of the fandom seems to think that Asura is the official name.
** Also, while the credits and whatnot consistently spell it ''MGLN A's'', the script and a lot of the supplementary material makes it pretty clear that the "season name" is probably meant to be ''Ace''.[[note]]The problem comes from the fact that "Ace" and "A's" would both be pronounced エース - which is exactly what the title of the show in kana uses.[[/note]]

* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Unlike the six year TimeSkip in the anime, this one is only two years later, shortly after the creation of Reinforce Zwei. This would end up tying into the ''Reflection''/''Detonation'' duology, which take place only a few months after the fact.

* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: This one is only two years later, shortly after the creation of Reinforce Zwei, likely because they intend for the next movie to be an {{interquel}} between ''A's'' and ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers''.

* WarmMilkHelpsYouSleep: Inverted. Hayate offers Signum some warm milk to help her wake up in the beginning of episode 4.

* AdaptationalContextChange: At the end of the first episode, Vita asks Fate if she's Nanoha's ally when the latter has a {{Big Damn Hero|es}} moment, to which Fate responds that she's Nanoha's friend with confident TranquilFury. During the movie version of Vita's attack, it's Signum that asks Fate if they're family after having prevented her from reaching Nanoha in time, and Fate is crying when she gives her response.

* At the end of the first episode, Vita asks Fate if she's Nanoha's ally when the latter has a {{Big Damn Hero|es}} moment, to which Fate responds that she's Nanoha's friend with confident TranquilFury. During the movie version of Vita's attack, it's Signum that asks Fate if they're family after having prevented her from reaching Nanoha in time, and Fate is crying when she gives her response.

** When Nanoha and Fate attacks Reinforce from both sides, Fate doesn't use Plasma Smasher, but Trident Smasher, a spell which is introduced in ''[=StrikerS=]''. In that season, she and Nanoha attacks Quattro and Dieci from both sides with Trident Smasher and Exelion Buster; so it could be a nod to that scene. But it's not clear whether Nanoha uses Divine Buster Extension (like in ''A's'') or Exelion Buster (like in ''[=StrikerS=]) in the movie, because neither Fate nor Nanoha call their attacks. It's probably the former, because Exelion Buster can only be fired in Exelion Mode or Exceed Mode.

The second season of the ''[[LyricalNanoha Nanoha]]'' franchise, set six months after [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha the original series]].

* NoOntologicalInertia: Averted - Nanoha is able to finish firing off her Starlight Breaker after her Linker Core gets damaged.

It has a supplementary SliceOfLife manga and [[AudioAdaptation Sound Stages]] that take place between the episodes. The BandaiNamcoEntertainment games for the UsefulNotes/PlaystationPortable, ''[[VideoGame/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAsPortable The Battle Of Aces]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAsPortable The Gears of Destiny]]'', are AlternateContinuity sequels to ''A's'', which change the events of the last episode. A movie remake of ''A's'', known as ''The Movie 2nd A's'', was released in 2012, following the continuity of ''The Movie 1st''.