Reinforce Zwei

Reinforce Zwei
Rein in her Knight Clothing in StrikerS
Device profile
Other names	Reinforce II / Rein
Master	Hayate Yagami
Creator	Hayate Yagami (and Reinforce)
Gender	Female
Language	Japanese
Classification
Magic system	Ancient Belka
Type	Unison
Handling	Auxiliary control
Humanoid Device profile
Age	4 (A's epilogue) 8 (StrikerS) 12 (ViVid) 14 (Force)
Homeworld	Midchilda
Date of birth	0067
Family	Yagami family
Affiliation	Riot Force 6 (StrikerS) Marine Defense Force (Force) Special Duty Section 6 (Force)
Rank	Air Sergeant (pre-StrikerS) Air Sergeant Leader (StrikerS)
Occupation	Special Investigator Assistant (pre-StrikerS) RF6 Commander Assistant (StrikerS) MDF Commander Assistant (Force)
Magic color	White
Mage rank	A+ (Synthetic)
Device	Book of the Azure Sky
Production
Japanese name	リインフォースⅡ(ツヴァイ) (Ri'infōsu Tsuvai)
First app.	A's (ep.13)
Voiced by	Sanae Kobayashi (A's epil.) Yukana (StrikerS et seq.)
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Reinforce Zwei (リインフォースⅡ(ツヴァイ) Ri'infōsu Tsuvai, also rendered Reinforce II or リインフォース・ツヴァイ) is a Unison Device created by Hayate Yagami to succeed Reinforce (Eins).

Although Reinforce Zwei is significantly smaller than her predecessor and most other characters, barring Agito, at around 30cm, she is capable of shapeshifting into the size of a normal youngster, which consumes a lot of mana and is hence impractical for use in combat.

Name

Reinforce Zwei has succeeded from Reinforce Eins the name "Reinforce" and the title "Blessed Wind", which are seen by Eins as a gift from Hayate that she does not want to waste after her self-destruction. Zwei and Eins are German for "two" and "one", respectively.

She is commonly referred to as Rein (リイン Ri'in).

Zwei's name and, indeed, entire concept are most likely a reference to the space carrier Reinforce Junior from Mobile Suit Victory Gundam, which was built from the remains of the space cruiser Reinforce and another ship, much like Rein was born from the Linker Cores of the original Reinforce and Hayate Yagami.

Functions

Rein is classified as a Unison Device but has also been referred to a "control device" (管制デバイス kansei debaisu), meaning that she helps Hayate organize and control her magic abilities.

She is capable of Unison with other Wolkenritter members (Vita and Signum) to boost them in battle, although because of their incompatibility, their Unisons are not as good as Hayate's, to whom Rein seems particularly well-attuned, as their reaction time delay clocks at just 2 milliseconds.

When unisoned with one of her Lords, their clothes and hair lighten in color: Signum's hair and Knight Clothing become lavender; Vita's hair becomes orange red and her Clothing becomes completely white; and Hayate's hair turns blonde but her Knight Armor does not change. In all cases, the Lords' eyes change to resemble Rein's, with turquoise irises and pupils.

Pre-StrikerS

A's epilogue, StrikerS manga (ch.1-7) and StrikerS Sound Stage M expand on what happens before StrikerS.

In the early spring of 0067, Hayate creates Reinforce Zwei by splitting part of her Linker Core. In the autumn of 0069, Rein has passed the Administrative Bureau's employment examination, so that Hayate decides to pass Rein the Book of the Azure Sky, the Storage Device co-used by them so far.

Rein makes her first appearance briefly in A's epilogue, like a hologram summoned from Schwertkreuz. She appears solid in all subsequent productions.

The first part of StrikerS manga (ch.1-3) occurs in April 0071, nominally four years before StrikerS anime series. In it, Rein accompanies Hayate in her Relic-related missions and helps to capture a Gadget Drone with Frierenfesseln.

In StrikerS

Rein is now an Air Sergeant Leader, and serves as Hayate's SNCO/Chief of Staff in Riot Force 6 HQ, the Long Arch. She is also one of the most popular examiners in the Bureau, as stated by Nanoha Takamachi in StrikerS (ep.1).

In ViVid

Rein only makes minor appearances in ViVid, along the rest of the Yagami family at home or at the Intermiddle Championship stadiums. When the Yagamis creates Asteion for Einhard Stratos, she is responsible for its unit base.

In Force

Human-sized Rein in her Sailing Force uniform in Force

In Force, Rein generally assumes the size of a normal human at work.

As revealed in chapter 2, Rein is now the Vice-Commander of TSAB Marine Defense Force on Midchilda, still working as Hayate's (who is the Marine Defense Force Commander) aide and second-in-command. She makes a brief appearance, telling Hayate that it is time for the "press conference", presumably related to the crisis at hand. She makes another brief appearance in the end of chapter 6, telling other members of Special Duty Section 6 ("SDS6") that she has just informed Subaru Nakajima that Thoma Avenir is among the culprits they are after. In chapter 7, she receives news that Signum has engaged Cypha of Hückebein and tells Vita that Teana Lanster and Fate T. Harlaown are already on the way to reinforce her. She then assigns Vita and Nanoha to help, as well.

In the second part of Force, Rein and Lily-Strosek become "master and apprentice" due to the similarity of a Unison Device and a Strosek-series Reactor. When Signum returns from hospital to the base of SDS6, they also encounter each other in a mock battle, both individually and in Unison/React-Engage.

Alternate continuities

Movie

Reinforce Zwei appears in The MOVIE 2nd A's (opening narration and epilogue), Reflection and Detonation.

There is no significant change noted in The MOVIE 2nd A's, in which she is still born one year and few months after the destruction of Reinforce Eins, i.e. in the spring of 0067. In Reflection, however, due to its plot in the summer of 0067, Rein is reset to be born in the preceding year, i.e. in 0066 instead.

Brave Duel

Reinforce Zwei Yagami (八神リインフォース・ツヴァイ Yagami Ri'infōsu Tsuvai) is the younger sister of Eins, as well as one of Yagami family's youngest children combination (alongside Agito).

Powers

Besides the abovementioned functionality as an Unison Device, when not in Unison with Hayate or the Wolkenritter, Rein herself also plays the role as a supportive mage. On her own, she holds the Zauber Rank of A+ (Synthetic) and her magic color is white, just like her master's. She uses a blue tome called the Book of the Azure Sky as Device and specializes in ice-based spells.

Knight Clothing

Although Rein holds a Zauber Rank for mages instead of a Ritter Rank for knights, she casts Knight Clothing instead of mage-use Barrier Jacket as her basic field defense. The design of her Knight Clothing is based off the inner clothing of Hayate's Knight Armor, while its spec is adjusted for nimble movements at the expense of defensive power, due to her supportive role.

In the movie continuity, Rein's Knight Clothing in The MOVIE 2nd A's is basically the same as that in StrikerS, except for the undersuit's "zipper" and details at her shoulders and lats. In Reflection, her Knight Clothing receives certain changes in design, particularly at the undersuit "zipper", waist cloak and boots.

Spells

Spell	System	Category	Type	Rank
Floater	Midchilda	Support	Other support
Floater Field	Midchilda Ancient Belka Modern Belka	Force field	Circle
Frierenfesseln	Ancient Belka	Capture	Cage
Frigid Dagger	Ancient Belka	Attack	Shooting
Mirror of Prospection	Ancient Belka	Support	Other support
Physical Heal	Midchilda Ancient Belka	Support	Increase
Ring Bind	Midchilda	Capture	Bind
Weichstütze	Ancient Belka	Support	Other support

Like Hayate, Rein casts certain spells of the Midchildan system, although she does not officially use this system.

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