Magical Record Lyrical Nanoha Force

Magical Record Lyrical Nanoha Force (魔法戦記リリカルなのはForce), is an on-going manga that takes place six years after Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS. Like the other entries, the story focuses on the Bible of Silver Cross, a magical tome based off an ancient Belkan tome and features the former members of Riot Force 6 joining forces again to form Special Duty Section 6. The series is illustrated by Yukari Higa (of  fame) and written by.

Title
The manga's title was the first one in the series to not contain "Magical Girl" in it, signifying the departure from the original (which has been a continuous trend in the series for a long time).

"Force" can be interpreted as a pun on "fourth" in Japanese pronunciation, because Force is chronologically the fourth major entry in the main Nanoha continuity to star Nanoha Takamachi in a major role (SSX didn't feature her at all, while ViVid focuses on Vivio). Additionally, the new heroine Lily is also coded Strosek-4th.

Chapters
All chapters were originally given English titles in the Japanese manga, but official spellings were added retroactively later. Each chapter title is fully styled as " Record0X:「Title」 ", except the prologue, which was simply " Record00 ".

Bound volumes
The release of Force contained additional information on the series' setting, particularly, the Magic Dictionary. Four bound volumes have been released so far:


 * Volume 1 contains chapters 00 through 04.
 * Volume 2 contains chapters 05 through 09.
 * Volume 3 contains chapters 10 through 14.
 * Volume 4 contains chapters 15 through 19.

NEXT
Magical Record Lyrical Nanoha Force NEXT (魔法戦記リリカルなのはForce NEXT) is a set of illustrations that appeared in the Nyantype magazine supplementary to recent Force chapters. So far, Design 01 to 16 are also published (but not in order) as Vol. 1 and 2, being limited gift booklets of bound volume 3 and 4 respectively.

Phase 1

 * Design 01, published with chapter 5, described Nanoha Takamachi's new magical weapon, Strike Cannon, and upgrades to her Raising Heart.
 * Design 02, published with chapter 6, described Subaru Nakajima's new magical weapon, Sword Breaker, and upgrades to her Mach Caliber.
 * Design 03, published with chapter 7, described Thoma Avenir's level 2 Barrier Jacket, "The Black Knight", and the second form of his Divider-996.
 * Design 04, published with chapter 8, described Vita's new magical weapon, War Hammer.
 * Design 05, published with the first half of chapter 9, described Fate Testarossa's Bardiche Assault Riot Blade II and Riot Zamber II.
 * Design 06, published with the second half of chapter 9, described Nanoha's other new magical weapon, Fortress.
 * Design 07, published with chapter 10, described Isis Egret's Armor Jacket and Perfume Grab equipment.
 * Design 08, published with chapter 11, described Arnage of Hückebein's Divider-718.
 * Design 09, published with the first half of chapter 12, described Cypha of Hückebein's Divider-944.
 * Design 10, published with the second half of chapter 12, described Deville of Hückebein's Divider-695.
 * Design 11, published with chapter 13, described Stella of Hückebein's aerial warship Esquad Hückebein.
 * Design 12, published with chapter 14, described Lily-Strosek's Engage Suit.
 * Design 13, published with chapter 15, described Caledfwlch Techniques' Raptor unit.

Phase 2

 * Design 14, published with chapter 16, is an alternative artwork for Design 03.
 * Design 15, published with chapter 17, is an alternative artwork for Design 06.
 * Design 16, published with the first half of chapter 18, is an alternative artwork for Design 03 and 12.
 * Design 17, published with the second half of chapter 18 and chapter 19, is an alternative artwork for Design 07.

Force Dimension
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Force/Eclipse
The "information corner" accompanying the manga chapters in the Nyantype magazine.


 * Force ANALYZER, published with chapters 1 through 13, provided information on new characters and mecha designs.
 * SERIES CHARACTERS, published since chapter 14, describes the recent lives of characters.