Meisterlink Since I let Gregor married Nowi Gregor: What you want name of child? Nowi: Nah... can't really think of a name right now... Gregor: NAH IT IS! Gregor like child! She already gnawing on my arm!
Ylissean Police: POLICE OPEN UP! Gregor: NAH! THERE IS NOWI FOR YOU TO CATCH GREGOR! Nowi transforms Nowi: YOU'RE NEVER GONNA CATCH US COPPERS! NYEHEHEHEHEHE! Nah: Oh my Naga Mom...
I used to think that manaketes were overpowered too, but they're sadly poor units in Awakening. Low speed and limited weapon access make them less than optimal, especially on higher difficulties where their speed caps prevent them from doubling. Of course, anyone is viable in a game with limitless grinding, and manaketes do have 1-2 range (looking at you, taguel).
green hardin I mean, nowi is mid high range when it comes to a unit, while her growths and even caps will make her kids with MU the most broken units in game. Nah is literally the kid most screwed over by MU not being a father to her though.
You actually missed a pretty important support; what most people don't know is that Nah has a unique support conversation with female Robin that is _nothing_ like her conversation with male Robin. This support delves a little deeper into Nah's nature as a half dragon, and come to think of, the conclusion they come to might also explain some of her more negative traits.
I thought Nah and Inigo had the worst support in the game....though that doesn't detract from her overall character too much. I'm glad you did a character study of Nah since she's pretty underrated!
I agree, Nah is very underrated. She's cute, has a tragic backstory, is pretty interesting, and can be shaped into one of the strongest units in the game. I cannot recommend marrying Nowi to Lon'qu or Virion, however.
More likely than not, Nah was actually just trying to see if what she was doing to Laurent would get her any attention. Plus she isn't really used to interacting with people all that much, and if their S rank support is anything to go by, she probably knew he had feelings for her (to a certain degree, anyways) all along. There's also the fact that she can be rather dense sometimes, too. I doubt she was actively TRYING to be creepy, so much as she was trying to see what she could get away with in a setting like that.
Remember she was nvr satisfied as a child and attention are satisfying to most individual so its quite likely thats the case but personally i support that she would be afraid of people but thats very bias since i have social anxiety and depression and my childhood while neglected but isnt as neglected i have to eat wild berries I see darker side of things and based on her past i think her being innocently wanting to grab his attention is less likely but thats my bias opinion But when i mean innocent i meant having good intention....she no doubt innocent but i doubt she that kind
Her support with Inigo is terrible, but it didn't make me hate her because she mostly doesn't treat others that way. I didn't think Inigo deserved to be threatened for his flirtatious side either. Inigo/Laslow is one of my favorite FE characters.
Can I just say that approaching Nowi with the attitude of "even if she is an adult, she is OBVIOUSLY ZOMG PEDO BAIT" is a very jaded outlook that does a disservice to her fans. I don't care for the immodesty of her outfit either, but she is a fun character, and petite adults do exist (my wife is 16 inches shorter than I am, and a year older). It is not appropriate to gauge someone's age by their height and breast size. Yes, I know, Heroes gave her the "Lachesis babyface" treatment, but her Awakening portrait gives her a fairly long and pointed facial outline not really fitting for a child. Now, I actually do consider Nah a child, mostly because Nah will refer to herself as such if it is in her own self-interest (vs the money-stealing Risen in DLC, for example). I also see her "dense" moments as Mangs puts it as an immature character trait. Nah isn't necessarily mean, but she has a very childlike blend of naivete and selfishness about her personality. She's not really perceptive of much of anything beneath the surface, which leads to her having trouble relating to others and to her contempt for parental authority, and she changes her tune as to her own identity out of self-serving bias. Her naivete is also why Nah often treats marriage like something to be extorted out of someone, as if she was badgering them to share a cookie, she has no concept of how ugly and pointless forcing a one-sided relationship can be. This is all typical childish behavior that Nowi generally does not share; Nowi is just playful. That said, watching Nah threaten to eat Inigo is frikkin' hilarious, just because he deserves it.
I am not saying that there aren't other elements to Nowi's character just because she is pedo-bait, I am just saying that the pedo-bait aspect of her entire design is something I dislike, and it makes it hard for me to take her character seriously. I fully acknowledge that there's more to Nowi than just being a legal loli though.
That's not what I meant. Calling her pedo-bait creates a false sense of objectivity that the darker side of the FE fanbase uses to cannibalize itself. There's nothing wrong with not liking a design or even feeling uncomfortable about it, but you need to realize that you're effectively taking a Rorschach test. Where you look at a vague set of descriptors and see a child, many people do not. My mom sees a child when she looks at Delia Ketchum, and she's supposed to be the mother of a 10-year-old. Obviously, the objective measure of pedophilia is years of age. But for fictional characters age is an inherently more fluid concept, the facts are often left vague, and the whole thing is further muddied when talking about non-humans, so it becomes a question of what secondary characteristics one personally uses, consciously or unconsciously, to define a child. People who flip out over Nowi define a child by stature, passtime, or having an emotional and/or impulsive personality. But not everyone defines a child that way, especially if they already know other adults who fit the criteria (to varying degrees, of course; we expect anime style characters to be exaggerated). If you were to ask me how, age unknown, to define a child, I would tell you that a child's next most defining characteristic is how they perceive the world around them. Without going into too far of a tangent (much of it redundant with my first post anyway), Nah, Sakura, and Elise all fit that bill in my book. Nowi doesn't. I don't see Nowi as a "child who is technically legal," that's not even a part of her character to me. I just see her as short and eccentric. Now, Elise having S supports creeps the hell out of me. But, that's because of how I see her, and I'm not going to jump down anyone else's throats over my own perception. Anyways, great analysis as always, Mangs. These character spotlights are my favorite part of your channel by far, I get to dig deep into my favorites and also explore characters I didn't previously know so well.
Inigo might deserve what he gets from Nah in Awakening, but not so much in Fates, since he becomes a much more well-rounded character. It also bugs me that people so often judge Nowi because of the way she dresses, but I think it's short-sighted of people to give her a bad rep just for that. Nowi is actually one of the more complex characters in Awakening, honestly, and while her design might be pedo-bait, she was most likely forced to dress that way because someone who'd owned her in the past (don't forget, she was a slave after all) was turned on by it, and having her dress in such a skimpy outfit would've likely made it easier to sell her to someone else that was interested. Overall, I just feel like people make too much of a fuss about this shit; I've seriously seen people make edited versions of her outfit to make it less revealing and call it an "improvement" because of how disgusted they likely were by her original design.
I like Nowi as a Character alot and I dont mind her physical appearance but here outfit. I honestly dont like that much. Its no deal breaker but stil. Its not disgusting. Just a little unpleasant.
Being lolicon (2D loli not 3D children they look VERY FKING DIFFERENT) nowi appearance really push me away its not the fact her jail bait characteristic its more like in 2D and 3D i rather look at ninian kind of woman than a fking stripper (btw im not against striping for living etc but exposed too much skin all the time just doesnt suit my taste)
A lot of the S ranks supports would benefit from having a two-three parts S rank conversations, because supports like some of Nah's just have a massive and unnatural jump in relationship from A to S.
I'd actually consider Nah to be (probably) my favorite child unit in Awakening. She's powerful, can turn into a dragon, and has a sad backstory that makes me feel like she deserves to be made happy to make up for all the hardships she's had to undergo so far.
>Be me >first time playing awakening >See Nowi >knows she looks like child and knows she is 1000 >Plans on marrying her to someone anyway >Need children for the army >efficiency.png >Progress through the game >Nowi still not married >Goddamnit what am I gonna do.??? >Looks over to Libra >Kind, gentle, easygoing guy >perfect.gif >Get them married >think nothing of it >2 years pass >Look back on old file >See Nowi's husband choice >Realize Libra is a priest >Realize the relationship priest have with children >Realize they had a child >WTF have I done.fml
Ah, Nah. The one character that validated my choice with choosing Nowi. It was fun watching her and her sister rampage through maps by themselves due to tactician benefit being as good as it is. Don't judge me.
You know Nah and Laurent’s support can be better if Laurent were to study Nah’s half-dragon human heritage. It would make sense because this keeps Laurent in character. Like if you agree.
Looks like I was unaware of the S support from Inigo x Nah, because that's hella drastic. To me, the Supports throughout had a more comedic tone to it, cartoonish if you will, with Nah hanging around/leaning at a wall smiling at Inigo's failures to get a women's attraction (you can imagine this like, Inigo comes to a pub/bar while Nah was somewhat awaiting Inigo to have a chat/see the results of his attempts), and she, out of his disrespect, transforms into this manakete form (how big is she tho? Ingame she doesn't look that tall, maybe 3 metres, if even when transformed) and scares him. Heck, Inigo uses this cartoonic clichee of "I saw my memories flooding before my eyes, how ppl would see my around my grave, millions of woman crying beneath for my loss", which gave my imagination of this situation a more comedic tone/supporting imagination to it. But the S support killed it, showing all this "comedic tone" was not meant to be as that. It now gives me a bad taste of humour, and somewhat supports the not-Nah/Nono fans which I can now understand even more why they dislike my favorite unit (I'm aware of the supports with Laurent, Gerome etc., which I found to be showing her chidish/still immature/socially akward side, although Laurent's with her (never really was a fan of him as a character, although he's one of my stronger units) was one of the worst supports for me, as it hurts Nah's character and Laurent is innocent/not smartassing this time!
Seeing as Nah could've been secretly starved for attention because of her past, her and Laurent's S sup pretty much went over my head. I was actually convinced it was normal, lol.
I do kinda like the idea of Awakening actually delving into "hey, the future these kids came from is messed up and that might make em a little weird". You see some of it with Noire and Lucina, but that also could be put down to their parents so...
*a big Nah-Nah* That's it. Take your Mangs-Maths, Your Portable Mekkah Prison, Your Green Units, Your LALALALALA and get out of my house. That pun has surpassed the limit.
I absolutely love watching these spotlights, mangs! Especially the Awakening (and sometimes fates/echoes) spotlights! If you're continuing this series, would a spotlight on Lissa be a possibility? She's been my fav ever since the very first cut scene with her in Awakening :D
I have a personal theory that now I is the daughter of Nagi from shadow dragon and hero’s of light and shadow as this would explain why now I looks like tiki (a divine dragon ) and has divine dragon aspects in her effectiveness against dragons, a trait that only divine dragons have. This could also explain why nah can communicate with nana as correct me if I’m wrong but that would make nah a direct descendant of naga, assuming nagi is nagas child like tiki and that’s why nagi and tiki are so extremely similar and have nagi could have a falchion, this would make nah nagas great granddaughter. Thanks for reading let me know what you think.
10:03 Ever tried changing Tiki into a Griphin rider? You become weak to :Bows, Wind Magic, Beast Slayer, Dragonslayer, Naga, Falchion and so on. For those of you who don't know, childs from a manakete keep the weakness to dragon weapons even if they are not in the manakete class, same goes for taguels with beast killing weapons. If you had a child from a Manakete-Taguel union it would permanently be weak to Beast-Slaying and Dragon-Slaying weapons which would be horrible. It also creates a contradiction in Nah and Morgan F's support because Nah is weak to Wyrmslayers even when she isn't in her dragon form (in any other class) thus the technique would be useful if she wasn't in dragon form.
Nah was always pretty cool. For the next spotlight, I know not many people probably care about her, but Tatiana from Echoes was one of my favorite units to use and was the main reason i was even able to survive later dungeons and battles.
Nah's support with iingo made me crack up laughing. Stil, I can see why many people wouldn't like it. Her support with laurent though, makes is seem like a different writer wrote that one.
I love those character spotlights. This video made me like Nah a lot more, simply because I got to know her better. Edit: Not all of them. No sire. But getting to know her better is pretty cool. Already can't wait for the next one.
I like most of the child characters in Awakening, and I feel like there was a lot of effort pout in to each of them in terms of writing, and even the ones I don't like are more down to an aversion of the tropes used than thinking they're bad examples of those archetypes. That being said, they do also have some clunkers and I think you did a pretty good job of illustrating Nah's here. That being said, I don't think any of her conversations are out of character for her, just resolved poorly, but that makes sense; she wants friends, but expects people to reject her out of hand, so she walls them off as a defense. Also, she's a teenager who's never had enough of a social life to learn how things like building a positive relationship or personal boundaries are supposed to work, which leads to things like Inigo and Laurent.
Great work on the video, very good editing. Props to everyone who worked on this! However- -Wall of Text Incoming- I disagree on the point about Donnel!Nah and passing down aptitude. Donnel does not have many skills that Nah would really want. Aptitude needs no investment besides Donnel's recruitment requirement. Everything below assumes you want to raise Donnel and not just pair him up with Nowi until they get married, and then bench Donnel again. Armsthrift is overkill in a class where dragonstones are easy to come by (they can be bought at the chapter 12 store, and you need to beat ch13 before you can play the child paralogues anyway) and have 50 uses. I could see its use if you want to use Nah as something other than a manakete, as she gets 50 luck without limit breaker, but that number is very far off, and by the point nah gets there, she'll be able to solo however many chapters of the game are left. It's also a very easy skill to get if you are willing to have nah reclass to merc, then back at manakete at level 10. Sol is luck reliant and not that useful on such a tanky character in my opinion for that reason (remember oscar's sol procs in the PoR maniac let's play?) unless we're talking about nosferatu tanks i guess. After that, you have -breaker skills. Bow breaker and axe breaker, both from level 15 bow knight and hero respectively. The main problem with these is time investment- in a run where you do not allow yourself to grind, getting to level 15 promoted takes time, and by that point Nowi and Donnel can easily be married, or you could have recruited Nah earlier, and had her see use, contribute, get experience and develop earlier. Then you have counter. It's somewhat of a novelty skill. My main problem with it is it makes the damage that the user will deal harder to predict and strategize around. But besides that, Donnel won't learn it til level 15 warrior. Axefaire- Same as above, learned at level 15 berserker, and only useful if reclassing nah into wyvern rider classes. Wrath. Not as useful without vantage. And besides, Nah should try to never be this low on HP, being as tanky as she is. At last, Rally Skill and Strength- The first one is useless. The second one is good, but it's made with support in mind, and Nah is better off attacking enemies or just moving around in general, rather than speding one turn buffing allies. (I want to stress that this isn't me wanting to start an argument, or acting all triggered, just my thoughts)
Nah is emotionally and socially stunted. She isn't socialized and has a lot of pent up energy and emotions. Remember that this is a teenager who has never eaten cooked food so she wasn't so much raised as she was observed. I wont excuse her actions with Laurent as it clearly was not the way to go, but both that support and the Inigo supports show that Nah was never taught how to manage her own desires other than bottle them up until they are unhealthy. The female Robin support which wasn't shown here shines in this department as it shows just how strong she really is and how much she holds back. It also shows that Nah really needs parental figures in her life as she has spent so much time trying to grow up quickly that she doesn't understand her own emotions and thoughts all that well. I don't like how they used Nah as a "bad end" for the womanizing Inigo. It should never have been a romantic end for those two.
I still grabbed Awakening again since they are going to close the 3ds eShop. It'll be a while before I can play it since I have quite the backlog at the moment. Sadly, Nah is going to be stuck with her supports. Let's just say that her supports with Inigo could be better. It'll be unlikely that Awakening will ever get remastered since it has gameplay and balance issues. It would be a pain to remake it from the ground up. Awakening should have been playtested considering people complained about Lunatic and Lunatic+ even back during Awakening's heyday. Hell, the hardest level is the prologue.
If I recall correctly, in the happy future past (DLC) ending, the civilians start calling Nah the new Voice (to her surprise), due to Tiki being absent.
You got to realize she us actually not a child but a teenager animal, she has hormones and although she looks young, it is completely correct for her to be attracted to Inigo and Laurent. Although it she forcing it is kind of a dragon thing
As always: Do Duke Belsys, Lord Sephiran, Supreme Prime Minister of Begnion alias Lehran Former King/Highpriest of Serenes. Or Anna, if you ever feel like making Fire Emblem Character Spotlight: The Movie.
I always put No No and Stahl together- his support is one of the less weird one with her. (Plus Tellius game easter egg) Morgan and Nah are cute together. I'd totally forgotten how creepy she gets with Inigo and Gerome... and I had no idea about Laurent's support with her because I never used Miriel.
I know how terrible Nah's supports with Laurent are but I can't help but like her pairing with him the most of all of them. This might just be because they were paired in my very first playthrough when I didn't know any better which resulted in a lot of headcanons but I think that Nah is VERY inexperienced when it comes to romantic feelings, especially as a Manakete. She straight up jumps into her first relationship and I think once she gets romantically involved with Laurent and notices him growing older she'll have a lot of fears and doubts to struggle with regarding the loneliness that has been a topic in Tiki's support. Laurent, who has first hand experience with crippling loneliness himself due to the failed time travel, might be able to reassure her by discussing her feelings about the future with his own experiences and help her grow as a person. Well, this doesn't excuse the fact that their entire support has been straight up anime loli bait but I actually thought of it as pretty cute back then, haha...
If I were to suggest another character, (Like my opinion matters) it would be Morgan. Especially in the future past dlc could be a nice inclusion in it.
*Insert Nah joke here*
Even if it's kinda obvious, well done
Kuroka I couldn’t help myself....
You did great don't worry.
Orichalcos AMV Maker Should I? Maybe Nah...
Nah
Nah's Dad: You wanna pick a name?
Nowi: Nah
Nah's Dad: Ok *writes Nah on the birth certificate*
That...
Actually makes sense
Niko_gamer 2013 Especially if Owain is her dad.
Jim Qaqish Or Henry. I bet Henry.
@@SilverDrive92 owain a child unit how would that work
@@samuraibear5102 Owain can marry Nowi in Awakening. Because Nowi is basically a child.
"Wow you're terrible"
Nah, I'm good
Nah
This make me sad :'c
Fun fact: Nowi's original japanese name is Nono. It fits.
Black Pants i thought Nono was Nah's name
Also Nowi can be a pun on No way
Emil Stoqanov nah's JP name is literally "Nn", which ironically is used in Japanese to agree with someone.
Black Pants Should you marry Nowi? Nono
Ha
It doesn't seem to mean anything to her if her supports are anything to go by
"Wow, You're Terrible."
I think Nah has watched Mangs fail Battle Preperations.
Nah
She watched his playthroughs
I think we all know that at this point.
Nowi was such a great mother to name her child Nah.
Nah
Nah Nowi (I swear Nowi wanted to make a joke)
beybladegeek usa
"Nowi, do you have a name for or daughter?"
"Nah."
"Guess that has to be enough."
Meisterlink Since I let Gregor married Nowi
Gregor: What you want name of child?
Nowi: Nah... can't really think of a name right now...
Gregor: NAH IT IS! Gregor like child! She already gnawing on my arm!
Nah? No- wi!!!
Gregor: What will we name our kid?
Nowi: How about Nah?
Gregor: No way.
Nowi: Yes?
Tl;dr: Nah isn’t the only one who’s name can become a pun
Ylissean Police: POLICE OPEN UP!
Gregor: NAH! THERE IS NOWI FOR YOU TO CATCH GREGOR!
Nowi transforms
Nowi: YOU'RE NEVER GONNA CATCH US COPPERS! NYEHEHEHEHEHE!
Nah: Oh my Naga Mom...
Michael Cabangbang Comedy gold, you made my day
Lon'qu: Do you have any Yarn?
Panne: Yes, we do.
Max Moroney but it's pronounced No-E
Nowi Green shhhh let my dream live
**Gives Inigo Wyrmslayer** On the house my dude. On the house.
TheXBladeist buddy let me forge it for you. Her scales are pretty strong
mercury a2000 ha
Should I watch later???
... nah.
Nah
Mangs Will you ever do a Seliph or Sigurd Profile?
Mangs or maybe do something YOU personally want to do
Why is the police outside?
*lolice
FBI OPEN UP!!!
Thrust Nahbody
*THRUST* Nahbody
Thrust Nah’s body
Noice
*FBI OPEN UP*
Imma pierce her with my Wyrmslayer alright ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Naht even yourself
@@Blackpapalink *uses monster reborn on John Dillinger, Al Capone, and Bonnie & Clyde*
Mother of the strongest and least moral Morgan.
Nice.
Nah
why marry nah to have a slightly stronger morgan when you can basically have 2 of the most broken morgans possible when you marry nowi?
TheBraveGallade I did that actually
I regret nothing
I used to think that manaketes were overpowered too, but they're sadly poor units in Awakening. Low speed and limited weapon access make them less than optimal, especially on higher difficulties where their speed caps prevent them from doubling. Of course, anyone is viable in a game with limitless grinding, and manaketes do have 1-2 range (looking at you, taguel).
green hardin
I mean, nowi is mid high range when it comes to a unit, while her growths and even caps will make her kids with MU the most broken units in game.
Nah is literally the kid most screwed over by MU not being a father to her though.
Well...I didn't know about her supports with Inigo, Gerome, and Laurent before this
...I would've preferred to stay oblivious to them
Vivi 恥ずかしがりや自信がなくなった Ortinier I did watch the Inigo one, pretty creepy
You actually missed a pretty important support; what most people don't know is that Nah has a unique support conversation with female Robin that is _nothing_ like her conversation with male Robin.
This support delves a little deeper into Nah's nature as a half dragon, and come to think of, the conclusion they come to might also explain some of her more negative traits.
"would you like to pick anyone for the spotlight"
"Nah"
No lewding the dragon daughter
Ravioli
Ravioli
*IM GOING TO F U C K THAT DRAGON LOLI*
Therandomuser 20103 Truly, my good sir, you are a poet.
According to the Laurent support, she's cool with that though.
Nah
10:03 well since they both use different stones, they can transform into BOTH!
BECOME A DRAGON
BECOME A RABBIT
*BECOME UNSTOPPABLE*
Literally Santa Ylisse: Become Powerful.
Wt stones u got bithc?
remember the yugioh card rabbit dragon? thats the one.
holy shit I need to see this card
vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/yugioh/images/9/98/Rabidragon-SDBE-EN-C-1E.png/revision/latest?cb=20130921135851 there u go
"Nowi do you have a child?"
"Nah"
Nowi: Nah come play with your mommy.
Nah: Nah...
I thought Nah and Inigo had the worst support in the game....though that doesn't detract from her overall character too much. I'm glad you did a character study of Nah since she's pretty underrated!
I agree, Nah is very underrated. She's cute, has a tragic backstory, is pretty interesting, and can be shaped into one of the strongest units in the game. I cannot recommend marrying Nowi to Lon'qu or Virion, however.
Nowi only underated when compared to other manakete like tiki or nowi but thats just my opinion still best girl in awakening
Oh look, the better Manakete.
Nah
Grandark Zephyrum tiki Best
*best manakete
Nah is the best
Better than her mother at least.
Sophia is the best manakete... outside of battle, at least
I wonder if nah's stalker fetish has something to do with being ignored as a child and being looked at gave her some satisfaction
More likely than not, Nah was actually just trying to see if what she was doing to Laurent would get her any attention. Plus she isn't really used to interacting with people all that much, and if their S rank support is anything to go by, she probably knew he had feelings for her (to a certain degree, anyways) all along. There's also the fact that she can be rather dense sometimes, too. I doubt she was actively TRYING to be creepy, so much as she was trying to see what she could get away with in a setting like that.
Its quite possible
Remember she was nvr satisfied as a child and attention are satisfying to most individual so its quite likely thats the case but personally i support that she would be afraid of people but thats very bias since i have social anxiety and depression and my childhood while neglected but isnt as neglected i have to eat wild berries
I see darker side of things and based on her past i think her being innocently wanting to grab his attention is less likely but thats my bias opinion
But when i mean innocent i meant having good intention....she no doubt innocent but i doubt she that kind
Nah has the best Dragon skin in the game. Also.
Nowi x Kellam = Nah x +hp-res Robin = *_M A X I M U M M O R G A N_*
6:24 you mean *they harden in response to physical trauma* ?
Boldizsár Insert nanomachines son reference here
*Also insert Saiyan biology reference and cliché saying about not dying and getting stronger here.*
But wait she's a girl....
*Dragonscales son!*
Nathan Dean "Well you know what they say: "A Saiyan gets stronger everytime he comes...*yawn*...back from the brink of death.""
This is serious training!
...the tomes will understand!
This is probably one of the deepest Fire Emblem Awakening Spotlights you've ever done Mangs. Well done.
Are you a real lolli?
Well technically, uh, Nah.
Have you ever, caught a weird guy, like a, like a real pedophile?
Nah.
I married Nowi and I like her a lot. Not my favorite Awakening girl, but I think she's fine. So, probably?
Calvin Elwin Have you ever tried a cosplay?
Mmm uh...Nah
Trully the number one dragon.
While we're on the topic of dragons, maybe a Xane spotlight? Please? :,)
Nah
Eyyyyy 👉👉
Hello Lord Ryoma
Her "romantic" (read: abusive) supports with Inigo made me hate Nah, tbh.
Her support with Inigo is terrible, but it didn't make me hate her because she mostly doesn't treat others that way. I didn't think Inigo deserved to be threatened for his flirtatious side either. Inigo/Laslow is one of my favorite FE characters.
Tbh I thought it was a joke
Can I just say that approaching Nowi with the attitude of "even if she is an adult, she is OBVIOUSLY ZOMG PEDO BAIT" is a very jaded outlook that does a disservice to her fans. I don't care for the immodesty of her outfit either, but she is a fun character, and petite adults do exist (my wife is 16 inches shorter than I am, and a year older). It is not appropriate to gauge someone's age by their height and breast size. Yes, I know, Heroes gave her the "Lachesis babyface" treatment, but her Awakening portrait gives her a fairly long and pointed facial outline not really fitting for a child.
Now, I actually do consider Nah a child, mostly because Nah will refer to herself as such if it is in her own self-interest (vs the money-stealing Risen in DLC, for example). I also see her "dense" moments as Mangs puts it as an immature character trait. Nah isn't necessarily mean, but she has a very childlike blend of naivete and selfishness about her personality. She's not really perceptive of much of anything beneath the surface, which leads to her having trouble relating to others and to her contempt for parental authority, and she changes her tune as to her own identity out of self-serving bias. Her naivete is also why Nah often treats marriage like something to be extorted out of someone, as if she was badgering them to share a cookie, she has no concept of how ugly and pointless forcing a one-sided relationship can be. This is all typical childish behavior that Nowi generally does not share; Nowi is just playful.
That said, watching Nah threaten to eat Inigo is frikkin' hilarious, just because he deserves it.
I am not saying that there aren't other elements to Nowi's character just because she is pedo-bait, I am just saying that the pedo-bait aspect of her entire design is something I dislike, and it makes it hard for me to take her character seriously. I fully acknowledge that there's more to Nowi than just being a legal loli though.
That's not what I meant. Calling her pedo-bait creates a false sense of objectivity that the darker side of the FE fanbase uses to cannibalize itself. There's nothing wrong with not liking a design or even feeling uncomfortable about it, but you need to realize that you're effectively taking a Rorschach test. Where you look at a vague set of descriptors and see a child, many people do not. My mom sees a child when she looks at Delia Ketchum, and she's supposed to be the mother of a 10-year-old.
Obviously, the objective measure of pedophilia is years of age. But for fictional characters age is an inherently more fluid concept, the facts are often left vague, and the whole thing is further muddied when talking about non-humans, so it becomes a question of what secondary characteristics one personally uses, consciously or unconsciously, to define a child. People who flip out over Nowi define a child by stature, passtime, or having an emotional and/or impulsive personality. But not everyone defines a child that way, especially if they already know other adults who fit the criteria (to varying degrees, of course; we expect anime style characters to be exaggerated). If you were to ask me how, age unknown, to define a child, I would tell you that a child's next most defining characteristic is how they perceive the world around them. Without going into too far of a tangent (much of it redundant with my first post anyway), Nah, Sakura, and Elise all fit that bill in my book. Nowi doesn't. I don't see Nowi as a "child who is technically legal," that's not even a part of her character to me. I just see her as short and eccentric.
Now, Elise having S supports creeps the hell out of me. But, that's because of how I see her, and I'm not going to jump down anyone else's throats over my own perception.
Anyways, great analysis as always, Mangs. These character spotlights are my favorite part of your channel by far, I get to dig deep into my favorites and also explore characters I didn't previously know so well.
Inigo might deserve what he gets from Nah in Awakening, but not so much in Fates, since he becomes a much more well-rounded character. It also bugs me that people so often judge Nowi because of the way she dresses, but I think it's short-sighted of people to give her a bad rep just for that. Nowi is actually one of the more complex characters in Awakening, honestly, and while her design might be pedo-bait, she was most likely forced to dress that way because someone who'd owned her in the past (don't forget, she was a slave after all) was turned on by it, and having her dress in such a skimpy outfit would've likely made it easier to sell her to someone else that was interested. Overall, I just feel like people make too much of a fuss about this shit; I've seriously seen people make edited versions of her outfit to make it less revealing and call it an "improvement" because of how disgusted they likely were by her original design.
I like Nowi as a Character alot and I dont mind her physical appearance but here outfit. I honestly dont like that much. Its no deal breaker but stil. Its not disgusting. Just a little unpleasant.
Being lolicon (2D loli not 3D children they look VERY FKING DIFFERENT) nowi appearance really push me away its not the fact her jail bait characteristic its more like in 2D and 3D i rather look at ninian kind of woman than a fking stripper (btw im not against striping for living etc but exposed too much skin all the time just doesnt suit my taste)
She doesent have skeletons in her closet, she has a whole god damn cemetery crammed in it...
A lot of the S ranks supports would benefit from having a two-three parts S rank conversations, because supports like some of Nah's just have a massive and unnatural jump in relationship from A to S.
I had no idea Nah wore guarder belts, that’s so weird...
Hey it’s my daughter
Nah
Mangs,shut the fuck up
Mangs But Nowi is best girl daddy Wys
When is the Gheb spotlight?
Eliwood ! Nahver
Was going to make a joke about sodium hydride but NaH.
I always feel I'm the only one who actually likes Nah.
Personally 10/10, would raise.
I'd actually consider Nah to be (probably) my favorite child unit in Awakening. She's powerful, can turn into a dragon, and has a sad backstory that makes me feel like she deserves to be made happy to make up for all the hardships she's had to undergo so far.
Nah is lowkey one of my favorite characters in awakening
FBI OPEN UP
Nah
Chris Hansen: Why dont you have a seat right over there?
Nah's father: Nah...there is Nowi for me to sit because I AM GREGOR!
NOWI! THE FBI!
Soren The Mage nah
Mangs stop responding to every comments with "Nah", are you feeling alright ? Have you became crazy ?
Kuroka
Agreed. I worried about Mangs
Nah
Mangs good job bald man
Nah’s father: Hey Nowi want to name our daughter
Nowi: Nah
Nah’s father: It’s perfect
>Be me
>first time playing awakening
>See Nowi
>knows she looks like child and knows she is 1000
>Plans on marrying her to someone anyway
>Need children for the army
>efficiency.png
>Progress through the game
>Nowi still not married
>Goddamnit what am I gonna do.???
>Looks over to Libra
>Kind, gentle, easygoing guy
>perfect.gif
>Get them married
>think nothing of it
>2 years pass
>Look back on old file
>See Nowi's husband choice
>Realize Libra is a priest
>Realize the relationship priest have with children
>Realize they had a child
>WTF have I done.fml
Zerobasssoul
That's messed up
Lol thats so funny
I mean as long as its true love its ok regardless how creepy that is
Awesome video bro nah is one of my favorite characters in awakening
Ah, Nah. The one character that validated my choice with choosing Nowi. It was fun watching her and her sister rampage through maps by themselves due to tactician benefit being as good as it is. Don't judge me.
Nah>Nowi
But its kinda dark if you actually marry nowi for nah
You know Nah and Laurent’s support can be better if Laurent were to study Nah’s half-dragon human heritage. It would make sense because this keeps Laurent in character. Like if you agree.
Nah
6:02 that joke dealt 31 points of magic damage to me
Looks like I was unaware of the S support from Inigo x Nah, because that's hella drastic. To me, the Supports throughout had a more comedic tone to it, cartoonish if you will, with Nah hanging around/leaning at a wall smiling at Inigo's failures to get a women's attraction (you can imagine this like, Inigo comes to a pub/bar while Nah was somewhat awaiting Inigo to have a chat/see the results of his attempts), and she, out of his disrespect, transforms into this manakete form (how big is she tho? Ingame she doesn't look that tall, maybe 3 metres, if even when transformed) and scares him. Heck, Inigo uses this cartoonic clichee of "I saw my memories flooding before my eyes, how ppl would see my around my grave, millions of woman crying beneath for my loss", which gave my imagination of this situation a more comedic tone/supporting imagination to it. But the S support killed it, showing all this "comedic tone" was not meant to be as that. It now gives me a bad taste of humour, and somewhat supports the not-Nah/Nono fans which I can now understand even more why they dislike my favorite unit (I'm aware of the supports with Laurent, Gerome etc., which I found to be showing her chidish/still immature/socially akward side, although Laurent's with her (never really was a fan of him as a character, although he's one of my stronger units) was one of the worst supports for me, as it hurts Nah's character and Laurent is innocent/not smartassing this time!
Seeing as Nah could've been secretly starved for attention because of her past, her and Laurent's S sup pretty much went over my head. I was actually convinced it was normal, lol.
Nah: GEROME! WHY ARE YOU RUNNING? WHY ARE YOU RUNNING?
I guess you could say her foster family left her lost in thoughts all alone
Hey look. It’s manakete with a loli mother. But only slightly less loli
Why is the world out to stop me writing by having my favorite youtubers upload.
17:20 " trigger your autism" did i hear that correctly? since when has autism something to do with beeing annoyed by "wrong" pronunciation?
thanks
I do kinda like the idea of Awakening actually delving into "hey, the future these kids came from is messed up and that might make em a little weird". You see some of it with Noire and Lucina, but that also could be put down to their parents so...
10:50 now i want to replay awakening and have morgan's dad being chrom, "I'm being helpful!"
Virion is Nah's dad. Can you change my mind? Nah.
12:11 “This is serious training! The Tomes will understand.” #Golden
*a big Nah-Nah*
That's it. Take your Mangs-Maths, Your Portable Mekkah Prison, Your Green Units, Your LALALALALA and get out of my house.
That pun has surpassed the limit.
I like Tiki’s support.
Also I lend a wyrmslayer to Inigo
I absolutely love watching these spotlights, mangs! Especially the Awakening (and sometimes fates/echoes) spotlights! If you're continuing this series, would a spotlight on Lissa be a possibility? She's been my fav ever since the very first cut scene with her in Awakening :D
Congratulations on 50k subscribers, Egglord!
Hey, the first spotlight with the new scriptwriter, and a pretty dang good one at that :).
I have a personal theory that now I is the daughter of Nagi from shadow dragon and hero’s of light and shadow as this would explain why now I looks like tiki (a divine dragon ) and has divine dragon aspects in her effectiveness against dragons, a trait that only divine dragons have. This could also explain why nah can communicate with nana as correct me if I’m wrong but that would make nah a direct descendant of naga, assuming nagi is nagas child like tiki and that’s why nagi and tiki are so extremely similar and have nagi could have a falchion, this would make nah nagas great granddaughter. Thanks for reading let me know what you think.
dustin adams
Nah.
Nah.
10:03 Ever tried changing Tiki into a Griphin rider? You become weak to :Bows, Wind Magic, Beast Slayer, Dragonslayer, Naga, Falchion and so on. For those of you who don't know, childs from a manakete keep the weakness to dragon weapons even if they are not in the manakete class, same goes for taguels with beast killing weapons. If you had a child from a Manakete-Taguel union it would permanently be weak to Beast-Slaying and Dragon-Slaying weapons which would be horrible. It also creates a contradiction in Nah and Morgan F's support because Nah is weak to Wyrmslayers even when she isn't in her dragon form (in any other class) thus the technique would be useful if she wasn't in dragon form.
So many of FeMorgan's lines are gold. Her support with Brady breaks me every time.
Nah was always pretty cool.
For the next spotlight, I know not many people probably care about her, but Tatiana from Echoes was one of my favorite units to use and was the main reason i was even able to survive later dungeons and battles.
I've never clicked on a video so fast. Mangs delivering us the highest quality content
Nah's support with iingo made me crack up laughing. Stil, I can see why many people wouldn't like it. Her support with laurent though, makes is seem like a different writer wrote that one.
Awesome spotlight! I really hope Nah is added to Heroes soon, she was one of (if not) my favorite character in Awakening.
10:04 Isuppose they're offspring would be a bat wyvern with long ears.
This was really great Mangs! Can you do a Deirdre spotlight pleeeeease? She's such a mysterious and interesting character
I love those character spotlights. This video made me like Nah a lot more, simply because I got to know her better.
Edit: Not all of them. No sire. But getting to know her better is pretty cool.
Already can't wait for the next one.
All I understood about this spotlight is that Awakening Tiki good
Yay one of my daughters got a spotlight! (Now just waiting for Morgan.)
(Insert "Nah" joke here.)
Am I funny yet?
Nah
Forsyth
Nah but you're a Forsyth to be reckoned with
My strength comes from how funny I am though.
I'm useless oh Naoh
I like most of the child characters in Awakening, and I feel like there was a lot of effort pout in to each of them in terms of writing, and even the ones I don't like are more down to an aversion of the tropes used than thinking they're bad examples of those archetypes. That being said, they do also have some clunkers and I think you did a pretty good job of illustrating Nah's here. That being said, I don't think any of her conversations are out of character for her, just resolved poorly, but that makes sense; she wants friends, but expects people to reject her out of hand, so she walls them off as a defense. Also, she's a teenager who's never had enough of a social life to learn how things like building a positive relationship or personal boundaries are supposed to work, which leads to things like Inigo and Laurent.
MFW this video made me appreciate Laurent as a character more than Nah.
Was putting Kellam's picture behind Fredrick and Gregor at 21:37 intentional?
Nah
Dr.Shit-A-Crit Who? Frederick and Gregor are the only pictures I'm seeing-
I wonder how the developers go about and designing the fire emblem characters, the supports and their stats.
Great work on the video, very good editing. Props to everyone who worked on this! However-
-Wall of Text Incoming-
I disagree on the point about Donnel!Nah and passing down aptitude. Donnel does not have many skills that Nah would really want.
Aptitude needs no investment besides Donnel's recruitment requirement.
Everything below assumes you want to raise Donnel and not just pair him up with Nowi until they get married, and then bench Donnel again.
Armsthrift is overkill in a class where dragonstones are easy to come by (they can be bought at the chapter 12 store, and you need to beat ch13 before you can play the child paralogues anyway) and have 50 uses. I could see its use if you want to use Nah as something other than a manakete, as she gets 50 luck without limit breaker, but that number is very far off, and by the point nah gets there, she'll be able to solo however many chapters of the game are left. It's also a very easy skill to get if you are willing to have nah reclass to merc, then back at manakete at level 10.
Sol is luck reliant and not that useful on such a tanky character in my opinion for that reason (remember oscar's sol procs in the PoR maniac let's play?) unless we're talking about nosferatu tanks i guess.
After that, you have -breaker skills. Bow breaker and axe breaker, both from level 15 bow knight and hero respectively. The main problem with these is time investment- in a run where you do not allow yourself to grind, getting to level 15 promoted takes time, and by that point Nowi and Donnel can easily be married, or you could have recruited Nah earlier, and had her see use, contribute, get experience and develop earlier.
Then you have counter. It's somewhat of a novelty skill. My main problem with it is it makes the damage that the user will deal harder to predict and strategize around. But besides that, Donnel won't learn it til level 15 warrior.
Axefaire- Same as above, learned at level 15 berserker, and only useful if reclassing nah into wyvern rider classes.
Wrath. Not as useful without vantage. And besides, Nah should try to never be this low on HP, being as tanky as she is.
At last, Rally Skill and Strength- The first one is useless. The second one is good, but it's made with support in mind, and Nah is better off attacking enemies or just moving around in general, rather than speding one turn buffing allies.
(I want to stress that this isn't me wanting to start an argument, or acting all triggered, just my thoughts)
What’s your name?
Nah
What type of name is that?
My ridiculous name
12:12 HA 13:07
Welp guess I gotta replay awakening again. For the third time
Ikr. Im on my sixth plytru of the game just cuz nah.
Nah is a yandere, get obsessed with things, wants something so badly, would kill......
fire emblem lunatic ironman run, when?
This video goes over every reason why I want Nah in FEH
THE most underappreciated manakete is finally getting some love!
Ah well not everyone can love one of your favs...
Nah is emotionally and socially stunted. She isn't socialized and has a lot of pent up energy and emotions. Remember that this is a teenager who has never eaten cooked food so she wasn't so much raised as she was observed.
I wont excuse her actions with Laurent as it clearly was not the way to go, but both that support and the Inigo supports show that Nah was never taught how to manage her own desires other than bottle them up until they are unhealthy. The female Robin support which wasn't shown here shines in this department as it shows just how strong she really is and how much she holds back. It also shows that Nah really needs parental figures in her life as she has spent so much time trying to grow up quickly that she doesn't understand her own emotions and thoughts all that well.
I don't like how they used Nah as a "bad end" for the womanizing Inigo. It should never have been a romantic end for those two.
I still grabbed Awakening again since they are going to close the 3ds eShop. It'll be a while before I can play it since I have quite the backlog at the moment.
Sadly, Nah is going to be stuck with her supports. Let's just say that her supports with Inigo could be better. It'll be unlikely that Awakening will ever get remastered since it has gameplay and balance issues. It would be a pain to remake it from the ground up. Awakening should have been playtested considering people complained about Lunatic and Lunatic+ even back during Awakening's heyday. Hell, the hardest level is the prologue.
If I recall correctly, in the happy future past (DLC) ending, the civilians start calling Nah the new Voice (to her surprise), due to Tiki being absent.
You got to realize she us actually not a child but a teenager animal, she has hormones and although she looks young, it is completely correct for her to be attracted to Inigo and Laurent. Although it she forcing it is kind of a dragon thing
Fire Emblem Spotlight today? NAH!
Nah
Nah
As always:
Do Duke Belsys, Lord Sephiran, Supreme Prime Minister of Begnion alias Lehran Former King/Highpriest of Serenes.
Or Anna, if you ever feel like making Fire Emblem Character Spotlight: The Movie.
The support of her with female robin is cute she goes around playing. And with Morgan she said Naga ate the flower
I saw your schedule. It says Felicia is from FE 15
I'll fix that
Thanks
I always put No No and Stahl together- his support is one of the less weird one with her. (Plus Tellius game easter egg)
Morgan and Nah are cute together.
I'd totally forgotten how creepy she gets with Inigo and Gerome... and I had no idea about Laurent's support with her because I never used Miriel.
i'm pretty sure it's supposed to be pronunced "ney"
still supid tho
Nah
12:44
Morgan should've been able to use the falchion after that support, too.
Husband: So what shall we name our child?
Nowi: Nah. I don't wanna.
It would be nice to see a spotlight for Matthew.
Isn't there a song for this
I know how terrible Nah's supports with Laurent are but I can't help but like her pairing with him the most of all of them. This might just be because they were paired in my very first playthrough when I didn't know any better which resulted in a lot of headcanons but I think that Nah is VERY inexperienced when it comes to romantic feelings, especially as a Manakete. She straight up jumps into her first relationship and I think once she gets romantically involved with Laurent and notices him growing older she'll have a lot of fears and doubts to struggle with regarding the loneliness that has been a topic in Tiki's support. Laurent, who has first hand experience with crippling loneliness himself due to the failed time travel, might be able to reassure her by discussing her feelings about the future with his own experiences and help her grow as a person. Well, this doesn't excuse the fact that their entire support has been straight up anime loli bait but I actually thought of it as pretty cute back then, haha...
Damn it Mangs, now I can't stop thinking of how a rabbit-dragon hybrid would look
If I were to suggest another character, (Like my opinion matters) it would be Morgan. Especially in the future past dlc could be a nice inclusion in it.