Like most people here, I came to Triangle Heart after watching Magical Girl Lyrical Nonoha. Triangle Heart is the original series that Nanoha was spun off of. Initial Reactions: I have to say that overall I was pleasantly impressed by Triangle Hearts. I expected Triangle Hearts to be downright awful when I began watching it. The main stay of this franchise is that it spun-off the Nanoha Franchise. When I began watching Triangle Heart, I just knew I wasn't going to like it. I was wrong. Action/Story: The action in Triangle Heart is very good. The fight scenes are really what makesTriangle Hearts. The fighting style used by the main characters is a "Twin Kodachi" style very reminiscent of the style that Aoshi uses in Rurroni Kenshin. It's a fairly flashy style that probably wouldn't be very effective in real life, but it looks really freaking cool. The fights in Triangle Hearts also perpetuate the old anime adage that swords are greater than guns. One thing that I though was really cool - as a Nanoha fan - was that you can see what can be considered a "prototype" version of the Nanoha battle system.

Art/Music:
The art style and music should be familiar to anyone who has watched Nanoha. I would go out on limb to say that the musical selection for Triangle Hearts is slightly better than that of Nanoha, but there isn't any significant difference.

Important Notes/Charming Points:
What I really enjoyed the most about Triangle Hearts was that it allowed me to see the Nanoha world from a completely different perspective. You see Nanoha's older brother and sister, Kyouya and Miyuki respectively, as the heroes while Nanoha is an unimportant side character. As I touched on before, another cool thing about Triangle Hearts is that you can kind of see where the Nanoha franchise came from and how it developed over time.

Conclusion:
Let me be frank with you. If I had never watched Nanoha, I wouldn't have even given this series a second look. That's not to say that Triangle Hearts isn't a good series. It just lacks the little spark of energy and excitement that separate a pretty good series from a really good series. That being said, if you are a fan of the Nanoha series, and you want a chance to see where it all came from then this is for you.