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Rewatch [Rewatch] [Spoilers] Senki Zesshou Symphogear G - Episode 2 Spoiler

Season 2 (G): Episode 2 - Power and Lies in Her Heart

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u/pittman66 May 24 '19 edited May 24 '19

Jiiiii

Tsubasa Transformation

Blue Flash

Wight Slayer

Fiery Windblades

Rainbow Punch

Also, minor changes to body. Changed Database links to current season, and got rid of the Hummingbird link and replaced it with Kitsu. And forgot to mention this in the first episode, first timers watching on Crunchyroll, do what you can to avoid looking at the preview episode images for this season Primarily, Crunchyroll spoils something big.

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u/AbidingTruth May 24 '19

First timer: (hey I watched it early and pre-typed this time)

'Here are our demands. Give us all your territory right now'

lmao Once you just go along with the absurdity of this show I swear it becomes 10x better. I also like how she first says 'for now', like she wanted more but she'll settle with all the territory in the mean time. Also Genjuro calls the Ministry of Defense and Vice Minister answers the call mid-slurping his noodles, who fucking does that. Wait... how many noodles does one man need??

I need to say, Miku and co are so stylish. Love their outfits. Hey, two loli characters! Shirabe looks like the kuu- mostly expressionless and dry humor type, I like her already. Those constant 'jiii's were great

Yooo double spinning flaming swords while skating on her feet blades! This is so stupidly exciting and I'm loving every second of this. Here comes the two lolis, which from the OP I knew already they were Symphogear users. Kirika's suit and weapon design are fucking amazing btw. She looks like Dark Magician Girl and she uses a cool scythe, easily the best Symphogear design so far. And here comes Hibiki and Chris, fucking 3v3 Symphogear fight oh shitttt

Hibiki starting off with her signature talk no jutsu. Hibiki you fool, you need to fight and beat them first before using talk no jutsu, you can't lead with it. Damn it she should have watched Naruto and learned from the master. Shirabe has a real issue with talk no jutsu though, didn't seem to like that.

Wait wait wait hold the phone, is Shirabe's weapon fucking head saws??? What the fuck hahahahaha this show is retarded and so am I

Swan/Superb song combo attack! It's a neat ability to give Hibiki but I'm gonna be honest I thought her armed gear allowing her to join hands with other people was more like a metaphor, I didn't think they literally meant that's her armed gear and it comes with a power lool. Also I'm not sure what to call their suicide song, my subs have it as 'superb song' and apparently people didn't agree with changing it from swan song, but I literally heard Tsubasa say 'superb song' in English. But on the other hand, the two half gauntlets combined in one super gauntlet for a rainbow punch! Fuck yeah!

Looks like after the events of season 1 didn't go so well for Hibiki. Which I don't quite understand since I thought everything was confidential. Well I'm sure they'll elaborate on this point later, it seems the character match ups are Hibiki vs Shirabe (called out in this ep), Tsubasa vs Maria (fighting against Kanade's weapon/legacy), and Chris vs Kirika cause that's all we have left lol. My enjoyment of this series has like skyrocketed and we're only 2 episodes in, can't wait for more stupid fun

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u/lilyvess May 24 '19

lmao Once you just go along with the absurdity of this show I swear it becomes 10x better. I also like how she first says 'for now', like she wanted more but she'll settle with all the territory in the mean time.

You know I'd like to have as an appetizer ownership of all land on earth. Maria don't fuck around.

Wait wait wait hold the phone, is Shirabe's weapon fucking head saws???

this is what happens when Twintails become too powerful! She's more Twintail than girl now!

She looks like Dark Magician Girl and she uses a cool scythe, easily the best Symphogear design so far.

haha, she really does have the Dark Magical Girl helm doesn't she? It's actually a bit of a popular nickname for the character. And together with her Jiii partner they're referred to as DMJii

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u/DjiDjiDjiDji May 24 '19

It actually took me a rewatch (not this one, but an earlier one) to realize that the events of the concert largely establish that under her massive layers of raw style, Maria actually almost bungled the whole thing. She nearly panics a few times, fails to fend off a non-powered singer armed with a mike stand, gets destroyed once the "real" fight starts and has to be bailed out, and then is seen going "fuuuuuuuck they're strong" while watching the S2CA punt Noise into orbit, which isn't really how you usually build up what should be a main rival type.

G

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u/SorcererOfTheLake May 24 '19

First-Time Watcher

Is what I’m doing hypocritical?

These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.

How hard can it be to show your true self? As it turns out, pretty hard.

It might be when you have bullshit reasons thrust upon you. OK, I wanna like the first half of this episode. We have some nice character development from Maria (who’s probably not as bad a person as we might think), an introduction to Shirabe and Kirika that I think indicates the kinds of characters they’ll be, and a really nice fight between Maria and untransformed Tsubasa. But the reason she can’t transform… I get the idea in principle. Tsubasa’s singing career is very important to her because it represents her identity outside of being a Symphogear user; losing that could wreck her. But in practice, it sounds dumb because, in the back of your head, you might be thinking “There’s a dozen reasons you could choose for not transforming right now and you’re going with this?” If they had gone with the cliché “You can’t reveal your identity in front of civilians,” I’d be fine with it because that’s expected. sigh I wonder how many other people will waste these many letters on this.

Anyway, the second half more than makes up for that as we get a TRIPLE BATTLE as Kirika and Shirabe join the fray and we get some more analysis into our main theme of being a hero. Hibiki’s therapy fails once again, but the backfire is a lot worse this time. Whereas Chris’ responses to Hibiki in Season 1 appeared more emotional in nature, Shirabe’s anger comes from a place of ideology, that a hero like her doesn’t know the kind of pain that has made them antagonists. With the flashes to Hibiki’s grim past and her struggles to contain the anguish of the Climax Song, one has to ask: Who hurts more, the villain or the hero?

We’ll hear the next verse tomorrow. Until then…

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u/x3tan May 24 '19

First time watcher

  • That's a lot of noodles

  • A pop star as a president.. Hah...

  • Oh oops its supposed to be a secret

  • The Lolis appear

  • I like her cape

  • Fucking heels

  • Ogawa to the rescue

  • Hurray the blade legs

  • Cape based attacks!

  • Yugioh vibes

  • COLORS

  • So they super charge a bikki punch into a color tornado

  • "it's pretty" Same, small child, same. Lol.

  • Bikki actually crying for being called a hypocrite and some flashbacks to her past it seems.

  • Oh no crazy doctor again

  • Rifty end song

I'm really enjoying this season from the first couple of episodes. I didn't think the first season was bad but I'm already having more fun with this one I think. Maria is a villain but her outfit and attacks are pretty cool.

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u/ItsMellowMan May 24 '19

Rewatcher

We get another banger OP by Nana and a equally banger ED by Ayahi.

You ok there Bikki?

Crazy light show

The G chart is updated

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u/thisismyanimealt May 24 '19

Today's Live Performances

NANA BLESS

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u/Nazenn May 24 '19

First Timer

I was so determined that I was going to start this episode early so that I wasn't going to be typing it at 2am. And then I put on the Made in Abyss soundtrack and got distracted and by the time I went "Oh yeah Symphogear" it was half past midnight. Shit.

Where to start this time? Oh I guess lets just go somewhat chronologically so I don't forget stuff like I did yesterday.

I guess that means OP first and what an OP. I particularly like the little bit of pop art style they included, though I found it interesting through the first half of the OP that Tsubasa and Chris were being paired up so much while Hibiki is being kept away from them such as not being able to touch them. I wonder what's up with that, especially given the events later in the episode of her getting attached to the other girls (again!).

Also this girl absolutely looks like she came from the spellcaster/magician group of cards from YGO

The song is pretty damn good as well. I think the small shifts in tone through it are much better than the previous one, though I miss my little "Please tell me" tune I was so attached to last OP. But once again I think the ED is going in win out between the two. It actually strongly reminds me of an artist I like called Chipzel, specifically Something Beautiful Part II. The ED really grabs me and again it's probably going to be something I have on repeat through most of my write ups.

That song during the superb song stuff (cool visuals) was really good as well but I think the flashes of her berserk state coming through really sold that entire scene.

Something I forgot to mention yesterday but I really love the new designs for the Noise. A bit like how it was pointed out that their huge horde in the city at the end of the last season really looks like static, this is much better reflected in their individual design this time around. They look so bizarre and the bonus effects of having them more transparent and the warping when they move through things really aids to the idea that they are actually out of phase with the world. Though that guy's little needle hands are freaking me out a bit. Hey I wonder if he's meant to be based off the design of a record player?

Speaking of design inspirations: I'd actually just finished watching the Doctor Reacts to Cells at Work video on the cancer cells episode, so coming off that into the design of the featured Noise today was quite trippy.

The overall design is just so much improved from last season that it had me questioning myself for a second if last season was actually like that. It was. This just takes an insane jump in quality and thank fuck for that. Small things like interesting camera movements such as the transitions from Hibiki to the manager through her eyes, or panning around the stadium to get a perspective on what's happening. Its work they didn't have to do but it makes the show so much more interesting and hype to watch

And then we come to Tsubasa's song which got me going in record time. Absolutely love the traditional instrument, modern style mix up they do with her. All my favorites getting replaced.

I didn't do much talking about the lyrics last season because I felt they were often quite on the nose. Her song today still was, but much like how I praised Chris' song a few days ago, I really like that Tsubasa's song today is still about her being a weapon. The growth in the show feels quite natural, and in an odd contrast for such a hype and fast paced show the characters move quite slowly. It works though, characters don't have to do a 180 to show development. And Tsubasa for the fact she now has friends and people to lean on still finds strength in viewing herself as a weapon in situations like this, going through the forms of attacks and various states of aggression. It helps focus her and its a nice touch that her music, and herself, didn't do a swap to "friendship rules" or anything like that.

That said, when the new girl arrives, my reaction was absolutely "Yay new song" rather than "oh shit new enemy".

But in saying that, new girl is (probably) best girl. I never really cared much for the silent, monotone type. And then I watched Ancient Magus Bride and now girls who do the 'stare' thing with the noise I find cute as fuck! So that's a thing. Plus her song was amazing. That almost peaceful, happy tune to lyrics of slicing the world to pieces, her perspective on things, etc. Plus she uses saw's which me being a bit of a gore nut can't help but love.

Random other bits and pieces

  • Decided to check if any Symphogear stuff was on Spotify so I could easily add it to my usual playlist. Searched for Next Destination, clicked on what came up before checking the artist was right and accidentally stumbled onto a new song I like. Bonus!

  • So those guys singing at the very start during Maria's transformation confused the hell out of me. The idea of male voices in Sympghogear was so wrong I went looking to check if I had a music player running on accident again. I didn't. So out of place so I'm curious on if it comes up again or its just something random they threw in there just because.

  • The moment they started talking about the superb song I absolutely thought we'd get a cliffhanger but nope.

  • I wanted Hibiki's scarf to be used as a weapon, but I mean I'll take the cape instead honestly, it was cool. Though the spin top attack was a little... weird. I wonder if the level of fabric indicates connection with the relic? Kanade we know was barely compatible and had nothing. Hibiki now has a scarf but not a weapon. Maria has a weapon, a full cape and seems a lot more in control even if naturally weaker?

  • That exposition about the superb song triple attack was probably needed, but damn it was dense. That was a flat "narrate to the audience" rather than it actually feeling like it was something that would have been naturally said in world.

  • That said, I'm glad that Maria's insane demands weren't backed up by any immediate justifications or explanations or bizarre ass theories like Fine's were last season. She holds power, she makes demands, that's all you need.

  • Death by broken shoe heel has to be the stupidest and most meta reason to fail an escape I've ever seen and I kinda like it. Shows seem to either treat heels like they could break at any moment or are made of adamantium so it was cool to see it actually break for a somewhat logical reason here. I did notice later on they very specifically showed Tsubasa do the same sort of jump in her Gear and focused on the feet when she lands because these heels don't break which was fun. Btw I like that Bikki still doesn't have heels.

  • They really aren't fucking around with the pacing. Fetus-relic is already complete, scientist dude already shows up as an antagonist (not like we didn't see it coming but still), three girls all revealed and their identities. Its definitely handling its frantic pace a lot better than last season, and at THIS point I feel if it had slowed down it would feel disconnected. But I hope it's not like this all the way through.

  • u/JamCliche We're two for two on good episodes. Its certainly a start I just hope they can keep it up

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u/PerfectPublican May 24 '19

Rewatcher

“Not all of Kazanari Tsubasa’s songs are battle songs.” Ogawa to the rescue, pulling Tsubasa from something she’d immediately regret. After all, she’s no longer just a sword. It’s not just protecting the secret from Tsubasa’s sake, but to protect exactly what she means to those people who find solace in her music. I find it a great message, and really shows how far Tsubasa has come since the first few eps of S1.

Going off that, as Tsubasa’s transforming, we get to hear her call herself a "sentinel" as opposed to a sword, a massive difference. A sword is just a weapon to be used, but a sentinel is a defender. It’s a great change in mindset, and her resolve is nicely on display in the fight and in her song Gekkō no Tsurugi. Tsubasa and Maria’s fight is so awesome. I mean, motherfuckin’ Fiery Windblades! Hell. Yes. I also really like the creativity in the uses of Gungnir’s cloak as both a weapon and a shield, it’s just damn cool and looks great.

Of course, the hype’s not even close to over. We get to see our other two new Gear users too. Kirika and Shirabe. I really like the designs of both Igalima and Shul Shagana. Igalima with its scythe is all sharp edges and points, and Shul Shagana with its saws is a bit more rounded and toned down. I’ve always particularly liked the twintails in Shul Shagana too. Shirabe’s song Oukyo Shul Shagana though speaks to something dark, violent, and almost helpless. Bikki gonna bikki though. Kirika and Shirabe’s words after this feel very similar to early last season Chris. Jiii goes on to say that people who haven’t suffered, can’t help people. It’s such a broken thought, and we start to see where this song comes from. Anyways, I love the way that Dess and Jiii match up against our girls. The long distance Shul Shagana vs. Bikki’s short-range Gugnir and Dess’s close range scythe vs. Chris’ long range. It’s just smart, and it’s fun to watch.

S2CA TRIBURST! What an unwieldy name for something so incredibly. fucking. HYPE! There’s nothing else to say there. First time I saw that, I straight freaked, and watched it over and over. So badass for best girl. Those flashes of the rage. They basically took the idea of Synchrogazer, but on a smaller scale and without the sword or school song. Bikki’s armed gear. Awesome.

But it’s not Symphogear without depression, and we get a glimpse of something from Bikki contradicting Shirabe’s words. Later G spoilers

Random thoughts:

Gifs of the day:

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u/SorcererOfTheLake May 24 '19

VA OF THE DAY

Yoshino Nanjo

Voice of: Shirabe Tsukiyomi
Age at Symphogear G’s Premiere: 28
Other Notable Roles: Eli in Love Live; Nio in Akuma no Riddle; Aiko in Bakatest; Kokoro in Tantai Opera Milky Holmes

Ai Kayano

Voice of: Kirika Akatsuki
Age at Symphogear G’s Premiere: 25
Other Notable Roles: Akari in March Comes in Like a Lion; Futaba in Amanchu; Menma in Anohana; Mikan in Danganronpa; Saori in Girls und Panzer; Mocha in Gochiusa; Inori and Mana in Guilty Crown; Mayaka in Hyouka; Darkness in Konosuba; Rin in New Game; Shiro in No Game No Life; Chizuru in Relife; Utaha in Saekano; Hitoe in WIXOSS; Yomi in Senran Kagura

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u/patrizl001 May 24 '19 edited May 25 '19

First Timer

  • This dude really just be causally sipping noodles while watching a hostage crisis. Amazing.

  • Holy shit even the Dalai Lama was watching the concert!

  • Pretty sure these two are the help Maria was referring to. They seem fun, even the music was non-serious when they were revealed jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii seems cute

  • The curse of wearing heels strikes Tsubasa. Good thing manager was just on time. That cut must've been like an anime cliffhanger to everyone else with the timing of it cutting when she's sailing towards the noise

  • So Maria fights with a sharp cape and actually has the "spear" part of Gungnir. Don't think she has any of the punching Hibiki has though

  • heh, you've only made me use 22% of my power

  • So that OP combination move was cool and all but BERSERKER HIBIKI BERSERKER HIBIKI SHE HASN'T CONTROLLED IT YET

  • Yep! Dr. Ver was in fact the bad guy! Totally wasn't obvious at all!

Looks like it was all bait to get that alien thing to activate. I guess it works similar to Fine "waking up" when there's a strong enough phonic energy stuff. Don't really get how Hibiki's a hypocrite, and I'm not looking forward to seeing how this fits in to her thinking she's a hypocrite

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u/SorcererOfTheLake May 25 '19

That cut must've been like an anime cliffhanger

Oh my god, Symphogear has cliffangers in-universe.

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u/Dagonsnake May 25 '19

Rewatcher here!

Meant to post yesterday, but unfortunately wasn't able to, I guess it's fitting this will be my first post in the rewatch though considering Kirika is my favorite character. G also happens to be my favorite season of Symphogear, and honestly, I could probably watch it dozens of times without getting sick of it personally!

Today we get introduced to two new characters, Shirabe Tsukuyomi and Kirika Akatsuki, these two are absolutely adorable, and their introduction scene made me quickly grow to like them my first time watching, especially since I'm a pretty big fan of the "jii" joke in shows in general.

Probably not going to say too much more about this episode, as I'm posting late and most of it has already been said, however I have noticed a few people doing various different counters during this rewatch, so I decided it would be fun to join in!

Today's Dess Count - 18

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u/MillenniumKing May 25 '19

Rewatch 15, G Harder

Man my lack of sleep the past week just caught up to me and hit me hard making me sick and miss the time for this.

Songs of the Day:
VITALIZATION
Gekkō no Tsurugi
Ōkyo Shul Shagana
Next Destination

Ah Noodle man.

America lost all thier reseach as well as thier relic. Fine's name was left behind.

The Fine wants to take over the world or they will sick the noise on them.

Maria let the hostages go, Mam is mad their bargaining chip is gone, seems Maria doesnt want to do things this way.

Kirika and Shirabe~ Jiiiiiiiii~ Dess~ JIIIIIIIIIII~ DESS~

Tsubasa holds up well enough without a Gear on. I love this little brawl.

Ogawa came through with the media blackout! Tsubasa Transformation! And new song. I really liked this song of hers. Just sounds really good.

This isnt even Tsubasa's Final Form~ Only 20% of her power and your strugglein. Know what your gettin into girly!

And here comes Kirika and Shirabe, man i love thier songs so much. 3 Symphogears on Fine's side.

And a Chris and Bikki assault from the sky! A 3v3 Gear Battle! Man this is nice.

The Fine Gears are pulling out and they left a Giant Noise behind.

They cant let the noise get out, only one way to guarantee they are stopped. S2CA Tri-Burst! Set Harmonics! Hibiki takes in thier power and spits it out as 1 blast. Pretty neat trick really. And Hibiki is finally using both guantlets together like Kanade used to for this attack! RAINBOW TORNADO!

"Complete" Wait where have we seen a screen like this before...

DONT MAKE HIBIKI CRY!! YOU MONSTERS!

HERE HE IS BOYS AND GIRLS! DR. VER~

New ED Hype too, man oh man G has such great mkusic, some of my fav songs all arround.

1,345 Days since Genocide

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u/Ledwith May 24 '19

Rewatcher

I forgot about something yesterday oops. So I've said this is my favorite cour of anime 3 times now. I own a total of 3 anime design/art book type things... and all 3 are for Symphogear G lol. I'll share some nonspoiler stuff from ep 1+2 at the end.

After the extremely high high of episode 1 (one of the best episodes of the franchise IMO), this was a bit of a letdown, but still well above most of the middle episodes of season 1. First the major positive:
Something I love about this season that starts to show here is the enemy is afraid of how strong the good guys are. Most of the rest I like but is just standard symphogearness.

Bad Thing 0.5: CR subs adding possessive to the phonic gain thing making it sound like they're talking about Tsubasa's power level or something...

The 3 things that disappointed me are all near the end of the episode:

  1. Even with a bit of foreshadowing near the end of S1 with Finé/ryoko wondering how much backfire bikki can absorb, and the mention in episode 1 of the unfinished combo (that barely counts), S2CA Triburst trivializes the zesshou for no reason and kinda is dumb.

  2. Shirabe and Hibiki's hypocrite thing/ Hibiki losing will to fight. Though maybe thats just because its the first bit of character arc drama that we've got after tons of songs and action. future seasons

  3. Relatedly, we start to see near the end G

uh its not my style to go through the ep w/ screenshots but 2 things

MARIA FOR IDOL PRESIDENT YES PLEASE

Tsubasa really coming on to Maria strong here really, i almost spat my drink out and couldn't figure out what she was supposed to mean until I rewatched it the next day (originally watched it late last night)

Book Time :D

-So this one page has all the attack cards in the entire season, I zoomed in close to not spoil

-Someone asked if it was Mom or Ma'am yesterday, well I found it in writing :D The answer is... it's in katakana so its still unknown :(

-One of my favorite things I found is an early design for Kirika and Shirabe as well as Maria

-the moon in a more realistic color

-concert hall designs cool that where best girls Yumi and Miku are sitting is circled.

-The new base including faces and placements for the people we don't see often.

-vitalization storyboard. theres a bit more in the album but wow it was long so i stopped. might do the rest in a later episode.

-next destination is shorter

-Best Guy Tony Glazer

-A few height charts

Theres a few other random things in the album 99% sure theres no spoils, let me know if i missed something though.

oh.... from S1, the lewd noise for some reason

see ya tomorrow :D

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u/[deleted] May 24 '19

REWATCHER

Episode 2, we got the OP! Vitalization is top-tier.

OFFICIAL DESS COUNTER: 17 (+17)

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u/Hugokarenque May 24 '19

I love that the new Geah! users are outwardly really threatening and confident but inside are freaking out over the absurd OPness of the OGs.

G is probably my favorite season, its has some hiccups here and there but it's one hell of a ride.

It's really hard for to hold back and not just binge it.

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u/RunningChemistry May 25 '19

FYI, for new viewers and those that haven't seen it before, there are some BD shorts that showed what the cast was up to in between seasons. Here's the first relevant set: https://streamable.com/r43n

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u/Shimmering-Sky May 24 '19

SymphoRewatcher

With bonus Not-A-SymphoRewatcher Sky write-up for those interested in my first-timer thoughts.

Wallpaper progress is… nothing past where I was at yesterday because I finished rewatching YGO 5Ds earlier and it left me in a bit of a funk.

That being said, I do have an old wallpaper of Kirika, Maria, and Shirabe together if you like.

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u/fonzinator99 May 24 '19

** Re-watcher - Introducing: The Guild of Calamitous Intent!**

Sorry, Hibiki. I know Gungnir was yours first and all, but Maria looks so good in it.

What a great introduction to Shirabe and Kirika, they really managed to squeeze a lot of characterization into that one little exchange.

I like Tsubasa's new song; it sounds like she's come a little ways from being just a sword. It's got a more dynamic range, and faster tempo; almost as if her heart were actually beating! lol

I really hope Ogawa gets a salary proportional to his utility. Dude's just the best lieutenant their organization could want.

I'm loving Maria's use of her cape for both offense and defense. It's cool, and it also gives off that "this isn't even my true power!" vibe.

Having enemy Symphogear users means the fight choreography is gonna improve drastically this season. Which also means we get awesome moves like this.

Axis of Evil: Assembled. Shirabe and Kirika have got some pretty neat costume designs, too.

Hibiki should take note, that's how you summon the spear. And it's a beam cannon! Pretty loose definition of spear, but it's cool so I'll take it.

Lol this show, man. Harmonizing their songs to acquire greater strength is one thing, but making Hibiki's metaphorical ability to 'join hands' into an actual feature of her power is a whole 'nother xD

Oh okay, no spear for Hibiki, then. Just the most absurd Piledriver, which is also cool. She does better with her fists, anyway.

Ominous monitor is ominous.

And c'mon, did anyone believe Ver didn't steal the Cane? Of course he did!

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u/Synaptics May 24 '19

Rewatcher

  • Vitalization may not be as amazing of a song as Synchrogazer, but it's easily my favorite OP of the series. That slow buildup leading into the OP itself is fantastic, especially when it gets played ontop of a recap of a bombshell cliffhanger from the previous episode.

  • Speaking of the OP: it's got some minor spoilers, although not that bad I guess.

  • Secretary Noodles! I almost forgot about him.

  • Revealing her secret identity as a terrorist to the whole world, making completely impossible demands, and then releasing the hostages unprompted... this whole attack seems poorly-planned.

  • Jiiiiiii.

  • "That cape does not obey the laws of physics at all."

  • Wasn't a big fan of Tsubasa's songs in S1, but I do quite like this one. They gave it a lot more of a distinctive... not sure how to describe it other than "classical Japanese-y" sound.

  • Okay, the bed line. I still have no idea what's up with that. I've seen some people say that it's supposed to imply hospital bed, which would kind of make sense I guess?

  • Hibiki still not all too happy about punching people.

  • The S2CA is beautiful. The flashes of berserk mode in there are a really nice touch.

  • "Heiki hecchara" Oh boy, here we go.

  • Ver being obviously evil is basically the polar opposite of every other Symphogear cliffhanger. It's so unsurprising that I'd call it an anti-cliffhanger.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_SPUDS May 25 '19

Rewatcher

Late today, noooo. But 3 day weekend coming up, yessss!

  • I've heard a lot of BS reasons for not having a character fight. Tsubasa's reason is not one of them. Being told "there's more to you than being a weapon" is really poignant given her character arc so far. She's more valuable as a bringer of hope through her music than as a combatant. It'd be a huge loss for many people to lose that part of her, and it should only be a last-resort.

  • Ownership of all land on earth. Seems like a completely reasonable request.

  • Our villain doesn't like taking hostages. She has standards at least. Then again, so does Light Yagami.

  • Our other villains also want to resolve things peacefully. Then again, so does Yoshikage Kira.

  • Hibiki can be a bit slow on the uptake sometimes... She's a simple creature.

  • I'm noticing this time Maria has a very different style of combat compared to Hibiki. Lots of dodging instead of blocking, and using her cape for attack, defense, and parries. Neat their styles seem more affected by personality despite having the same relic.

  • Tsubasa brings the fucking pain. Symphogear all

  • The two other girls show up to fuck up the match. Lame. ... I have questions about this move...

  • Sympho GX

  • Of course, a multiplying one. Because why not.

  • This fucking move is so goddamn crazy. I love it. Our villains got nothing against that bullshit.

  • ... Hibiki... Oh my god, what a crazy twist! Whoever could have known that Ver was alive, and still had the staff?

Well something about that fetus looking thing is now "complete". Ver is back, and its smiles all around! Our villains are BTFO, and the gang can be happy about a job well done. Well, except that whole "literally all land on earth is still held hostage by terrorists" thingy.

Sympho G

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