Magical Record Lyrical Nanoha Force

Magical Record Lyrical Nanoha Force
Cover of Magical Record Lyrical Nanoha Force volume 1
魔法戦記リリカルなのはForce (Mahō Senki Ririkaru Nanoha Force)
Genre	Adventure, Science Fantasy
Manga
Written by	Masaki Tsuzuki
Illustrated by	Yukari Higa
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Nyantype
Original run	April 30, 2009 – present
Volumes	6
Manga
Magical Record Lyrical Nanoha Force Dimension
Written by	Asuka Kanan
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	4-Koma Nano Ace
Original run	March 9, 2011 – present

Magical Record Lyrical Nanoha Force (魔法戦記リリカルなのはForce^?, Mahō Senki Ririkaru Nanoha Force) or Magical War Chronicle Lyrical Nanoha Force is a Japanese manga series written by Masaki Tsuzuki and illustrated by Yukari Higa. It is part of the fourth Nanoha series along with ViVid, and is currently being serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Nyantype magazine, first appearing in that magazine's inaugural issue in April 2009. Six volumes of the series have been released. The story is set six years after the events of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS, and focuses on the investigation into another ancient magical artifact, the Book of the Silver Cross. A four-panel comic based on the series, titled Magical Record Lyrical Nanoha Force Dimension, began serialization in Kadokawa's4koma Nano Ace magazine from March 9, 2011.

The story appears to be centered on the investigation of the Book of the Silver Cross, an ancient Belkan magical tome, and that tome's accompanying Dividers, magical weapons with currently unknown powers. Thoma Avenir, while travelling, discovers a girl named Lily Strosek trapped inside a strange research facility. When Thoma rescues Lily from her confinement, she grants him a new magical device that refers to itself as one of these Dividers. However, unbeknownst to them, a group of people known as the Huckebein family are also using these weapons to cause large amounts of chaos and destruction, leading to an investigation by the Time-Space Administration Bureau. Before long, Thoma and Lily find themselves caught up in the ambitions of the Huckebein family and the investigation of the Bureau.