| Starlight Breaker | |
|---|---|
 Nanoha charging Starlight Breaker | |
| Spell profile | |
| Other names | Starlight |
| Primary caster | Nanoha Takamachi Teana Lanster |
| Classification | |
| Magic system | Midchilda |
| Category | Attack |
| Type | Bombardment (Breaker) |
| Rank | S[1] |
| Parameters | |
| Power | AAA |
| Range | C |
| Casting speed | E |
| Production | |
| Japanese name | スターライト・ブレイカー (Sutāraito Bureikā) |
| First app. | Nanoha (ep.11) |
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Starlight Breaker (スターライトブレイカー Sutāraito Bureikā) is, along with Divine Buster, a signature spell of Nanoha Takamachi. The spell seems to be one of, if not the, most powerful in Nanoha's arsenal. Although Nanoha introduces Starlight Breaker as a "variation of Divine Buster", its mechanics are quite different. To cast the spell, Nanoha condenses stray mana in the area into a large sphere, then strikes it with Raising Heart to release the energy as a powerful beam. This spell is most useful when cast towards the end of a battle between high-level mages, since the area will be saturated with excess energy from their previous attacks.
At the end of the days in Riot Force 6, Nanoha has taught Teana not the spell, but the skill to collect mana for bombardment. Teana is still in practice when she casts Starlight Breaker in Sound Stage X, her own Breaker (i.e. collection-bombardment) which temporarily borrows her teacher's spell name. When she totally inherits "Starlight", she will add her own arrangement and name her own spell.[2]
In The MOVIE 1st and ViVid, Breaker is explained as a recycling of the mana just used and spread over the battlefield. Therefore, even if Nanoha's mana has been exhausted the spell can still be cast. It is also a reason for Nanoha to teach it to Teana, as her mana capacity is low and such a skill will become her "absolute firepower".[2]
Nanoha does not require an aria to cast Starlight Breaker, except when she is without Raising Heart. Her aria under such condition, as seen in Reflection, is "Gather, shimmer of stars." (集え、星の輝き。 Tsudoe, hoshi no kagayaki.) When the spell is cast by the Will of the Book of Darkness in A's, her aria is "I summon the light of destruction down upon the offenders. O Stars, gather, and become the light which pierces everything. Tear through all in a blaze of light!" (咎人達に、滅びの光を。星よ集え、全てを撃ち抜く光となれ。貫け！閃光！ Toganin-tachi ni, horobi no hikari o. Hoshi yo tsudoe, subete o uchinuku hikari to nare. Tsuranuke! Senkō!)[3]
Name[]
Starlight Breaker is also known in Nanoha novel as "Starlight" (「
Notable uses[]
- In Nanoha (ep.11) / The MOVIE 1st, Nanoha casts Starlight Breaker on Fate Testarossa.
- In A's (ep.10), the Will of the Book of Darkness casts Nanoha's Starlight Breaker via Use of Collection to attack Nanoha and Fate. Due to her affinity in wide area attack, the spell here appears to be far more powerful than Nanoha's, drawing energy in much greater quantities than the standard version.
- In A's (ep.12) / The MOVIE 2nd A's, Nanoha casts Starlight Breaker against NachtWal along with Fate's Plasma Zanber and Hayate Yagami's Ragnarök.
- In Reflection, Nanoha casts it with her Strike Cannon (Fortress Unit) to confront Stern's Luciferion Breaker. In this bombardment, Nanoha further makes a finish blow with the command phrase "Burst End" (バーストエンド Bāsuto Endo).
- In Sound Stage X, it is revealed that Nanoha has taught collection-bombardment skills to Teana Lanster before the latter's graduation from Riot Force 6. Teana then casts her own Starlight Breaker to create a shortcut for Subaru Nakajima and Ixveria to escape from a burning facility, in a manner somewhat reminiscent of how Nanoha herself has rescued the young Subaru with Divine Buster Extension during the Coastal Airport 8 fire.
- In ViVid (ch.96-97), Nanoha casts it with Blaster 2 to bombard Vivio after binding her. With the knowledge in Synthetic Magic Battles, Vivio guards it with a number of defensive moves (including Sacred Defender) and manages not to be knocked out.
Variations[]
- Starlight Breaker Plus
- Starlight Breaker ex (スターライトブレイカーex) is used in Exelion Mode, and consumes a full magazine of cartridges to replace the energy that had to be gathered from the nearby area while still surpassing its power. Its effects are similar to Starlight Breaker Plus, but the casting time is almost halved.
- Starlight Breaker ex-fb (スターライトブレイカーex-fb) is, with Raising Heart Exelion's Blaster System, cast on Sankt Kaiser Vivio, using 4 extra Blaster Bits to fire 5 simultaneous Starlight Breakers in order to destroy the Relic core in her body.[4]
- Starlight Breaker Multi-Raid (スターライトブレイカー・マルチレイド), shortened as SLB-MR, is cast under Blaster 1 in the team training battle in ViVid, being Mode "Multi-Raid" to attack numerous opponents. Several Blaster Bits are charging the spell simultaneously, probably aiming at different targets in the same direction.
- Starlight Breaker Fireworks Version is used by Nanoha (with Yuuno Scrya's help) in Nanoha Sound Stage 03 on the occasion of Fate's anniversary of her joining with Alph.
Other variations include:
Teana charging SLB-PS
- Starlight Breaker Phantom Strike (スターライトブレイカー・ファントムストライク), shortened as SLB-PS, is cast by Teana in the team training battle in ViVid, being Shift "Phantom Strike" to attack numerous opponents.
References[]
- ^ http://nanoha.julynet.jp/
- ^ a b StrikerS Sound Stage X Guide Book.
- ^ Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's, episode 10.
- ^ Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS, DVD Vol.9 Booklet (ep.25).