Broken Aesop: This episode could easily be interpreted as advocating that you should put your work before your own health and well-being, even when you're exhausted and risking burnout. This arguably receives an Author's Saving Throw in StrikerS, where it's made clear that this habit ultimately has dire consequences, and Nanoha tries to teach her protegés not to make the same mistake.
Idiot Ball: Yuuno comes across as unusually dumb in this episode. First, he forcefully wakes the exhausted Nanoha up in the morning when she's trying to sleep in, then immediately tells her she needs to rest more. Later, he tells Nanoha to change into her pyjamas when she takes a nap, then gets surprised and flustered when she obediently starts changing. He completely fails to notice the Jewel Seed a few metres away from him; Nanoha does sense it, briefly, but decides it was her imagination in part because Yuuno isn't reacting. Finally, during the climax he does little more than dither helplessly while Nanoha figures out how to find and seal the Jewel Seed on her own.
