User blog:SPARTAN 119/Nanoha Takamachi (Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha) vs Akemi Homura (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)

Nanoha Takamachi, the beam-spamming magical girl whose destructive capacity earned her the nicknames "The White Devil" and "Demonic Cannon Girl".

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Akemi Homura, the anime magical girl who makes up for her lack of offensive magic with stolen military hardware. =Combatants= =Nanoha Takamachi= Originally a minor character (protagonist's younger sister) of in an esoteric Japanese dating sim, Nanoha Takamachi saw her main debut when her creators decided to (as other visual novel creators have) turn Nanoha into a "magical girl" in a spinoff series. However, this spinoff series. In the spinoff series, at eight years of age, Nanoha finds a magical artifact, an "intelligent device" known as "Raising Heart" which takes the form of a red jewel in a necklace capable of transforming into a staff capable of firing devastating energy attacks. Raising Heart reveals to her that "magic" is actually an alien technology, and that she is one of the few humans capable of using it. She later encounters another magic user, a humanoid alien named Fate Testarossa. Nanoha and Fate are initially hostile, until Nanoha defeats fate and the two subsequently become close friends. A subsequent series describe Nanoha's battle free a girl named Hayate Yagami from the grip of an evil artifact known as the "Book of Darkness". A third anime season features a 19-year old Nanoha as part of a magical military organization known as the Time-Space Administration Bureau. Nanoha has spawned a couple internet memes, her fan nickname of "The White Devil" for her costume appearance that is similarly colored to that of a mecha from the Gundam series. The fact that Nanoha's enemies end up becoming her friends has led to the meme of "Your going to get befriended!", in this case, "befriend" meaning to blast with powerful energy attacks. =Akemi Homura= Hailing from the anime series Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Akemi Homura is a dark deconstruction of the cliche anime "magical girl". Homura became a magical girl after making a contract with a mysterious cat-like creature known only as "Kyuubey", in exchange for the power to go back in time to prevent the death of her friend Madoka Kaname, going through several alternate time streams in her quest to save Madoka. In exchange for this power, Homura must battle mysterious monsters known as "witches". Later in the series, Homura discovers there is more to her contract than what Kyuubey told her. Homura possesses the power of time travel and manipulation, as well as a "hammerspace", she uses to store her many stolen weapons. As Homura has no offensive magic, she uses her time manipulation powers to steal weapons such as assault rifles and rocket launchers from the Yakuza, JSDF, and U.S. military. =Weapons=

Raising Heart (Nanoha)
Nanoha does not engage in much melee combat, but she has been seen to swing Raising Heart in staff form as a melee weapon, possibly with magically enhanced force.

Katana (Homura)
Akemi Homura stole a katana from the Yakuza. The katana is a razor-sharp curved steel blade of 60-73 cm in length, made from a combination of hard and soft steel from optimum strength and sharpness.

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Akemi Homura's katana for its greater killing ability.

Finger Energy Shot (Nanoha)
Nanoha can fire a small ball of energy out of her finger without having Raising Heart in hand. The attack is very weak, at the beginning of season two, it left an aluminum can mostly intact. The projectiles can be guided by Nanoha.

Desert Eagle (Akemi Homura)
The Desert Eagle is a semi automatic .50 AE handgun jointly developed by Magnum Research and Israeli Military Industries. The weapon has a 7-round magazine.

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Homura's Desert Eagle for its greater stopping power.

Axel Shooter (Nanoha)
The Axel Shooter is a magical attack that fire about a dozen balls of energy at a target with about the destructive force of a handheld rocket weapon. Nanoha can guide these projectiles onto a target This attack requires Nanoha to have Raising Heart in hand, in staff form.

AT4 spam(Homura)
The AT4 is an 84mm disposible anti-tank rocket launcher with a maximum range of 2100 meters from a point target. The warhead is an armor-piercing shaped charge. Homura has numerous AT4s in her hammerspace, which she can fire in rapid succession.

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Nanoha's Axel Shooter for its guided ability.

Divine Buster (Nanoha)
The Divine Buster is a single, powerful beam of energy capable of hitting with about the force of a large bomb. This attack requires Nanoha to have Raising Heart in hand, in staff form.

Type-88 Surface-to-Ship Missile Battery x2
The Type-88 is a JSDF land-based anti-ship battery, with a 150-200 kilometer range and radar guidance system. Each launcher holds six missiles. Homura has access to two of these launchers, which she summons from her "Hammerspace", and seems to be able to control them without touching the controls.

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Homura's Type 88 Anti-Ship Missile Battery, as it can fire off twelve shots, to Nanoha's one.

Starlight Breaker (Nanoha)
The Starlight Breaker is Nanoha's most powerful attack, in a movie adaptation of the first movie, when she uses this attack, the blast appears to be similar to a small nuclear weapon, or at least a large fuel air bomb. This attack requires Nanoha to have Raising Heart in hand, in staff form.

C4-filled Stadium(Homura)
In the final battle of the series, Homura lures an enemy over a stadium she has filled with C-4 and detonates it, destroying the building in a massive blast that appears to be at least the size of a large fuel air bomb.

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Nanoha's Starlight Breaker for its greater portability- it doesn't rely on the enemy falling into the trap.

Round Shield and Oval protection Protection(Nanoha)
Round Shield spell that conjures a glowing pink shield on Nanoha's wrist, able to reflect powerful magical attacks, but only in one direction, while Oval Protection provides a spherical shield.

Wrist Shield (Homura)
A Wrist-mounted shield on Homura's wrist, capable of reflecting magical fireballs.

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Nanoha's Round Shield and Oval Protection for their multi-directional capabilities.

=X-Factors=

Explanation

 * I gave Nanoha 100 for agility vs Homura's 75, as while Homura is agile on the ground, Nanoha can fly.
 * Combat experience comes close because Homura has been through many fights in multiple alternate timelines, but is still probably not as experienced as the adult version of Nanoha.
 * For Killer Instinct, I gave Nanoha a zero because she always avoids killing, using non-lethal setting for her magic, which cause massive property damage, but no fatalities. Homura also has relatively low killer instinct as she has killed many monsters, but no humans.

Non-Quantifiable
Homura has an important non-quantifiable X-Factor in her weapons. It is noted in the third season of Nanoha that "mass-based weapons"- conventional munitions such as guns and missiles- are actually MORE effective against magical defenses, as magical shields such as Nanoha's are optimized to defend against magical attacks. =Notes= Homura will NOT be allowed to use her time manipulation magic in this battle.