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Now, the comic pre-dates Leda. But I haven’t laid my hands on any images to confirm the presence of Iczer-2′s shoulder armour before Leda.

Dream Dimension Hunter Fandora followed Leda a few months later. Oddly Fandora only has Power Pauldrons in the first OVA. The two sequels are distinctly less impressive visually (and it wasn’t that impressive to begin with), and don’t show her in an armoured form. An ever changing staff appears to the reason, if not the cause, of this with Hideki Tamura only listed as character designer on episode 1.

The Mighty Manteau is there enhance the figure of the person wearing it. A Power Pauldron is there to make you go LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT SHOULDER ARMOUR! WHAT’S THE WORD FOR THOSE THINGS? I THINK IT BEGINS WITH P?

Is Leda: The Fantastic Adventure of Yohko power pauldron patient zero?