Did they nick the writers from Nanoha StrikerS to do this show or something? Because that's what it's starting to sound like.

(For reference, StrikerS has the lead character of Nanoha Takamachi exterminate her main tormentor in the final episode in an extremely satisfying manner, but the 12 episodes leading up to that point are one non-stop brutalization of Nanoha and the rest of the main cast. It went past the point of gratuitiousness and kept right on going.)

"This is probably a stupid question, but . . ."