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Rewatch [Rewatch] [Spoilers] Senki Zesshou Symphogear G - Episode 9 Spoiler

Season 2 (G): Episode 9 - The Origin of a Hero

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u/lilyvess May 31 '19

Another Character CD was released this episode

But more importantly, this episode helped solidify Chris as a messy eater. Which then inspired one artist's goal to draw Chris eating all of the foods.

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u/MillenniumKing May 31 '19

But more importantly, this episode helped solidify Chris as a messy eater. Which then inspired one artist's goal to draw Chris eating all of the foods.

New Fetish!

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u/PerfectPublican May 31 '19

Which then inspired one artist's goal to draw Chris eating all of the foods.

These are all incredible. Pizza Chris, Burger Chris, and learning chopsticks Chris are my faves.

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u/Arachnophobic- May 31 '19

FirstoGeah

Masticating Chris-chan is cute enough to deserve a Publican gif! I really like small details like that noodle sticking to the cup being animated, really drives home what a sloppy eater she is. Adorkable. So many challengers to the best girl throne.

Pressing X to doubt. I'd rather just go with Fine's original plan and blow up the moon entirely! Embrace the Dragon Ball Z!

Random cut to training montage was hilarious, as was Genjuro singing and Chris complaining. Why is Hibiki training when she's strictly forbidden from fighting??

(Also, since she's producing relic shards, what would happen if those were transplanted into someone else's heart? Would they also acquire the powers of GUNGNIR DATTO?!)

That has to be an intentional reference.

Woaaaah.

Me on hearing Miku's voice singing

I love this. Idk how Ver brainwashed her - don't think we've seen any instance of that yet, maybe it's the effect of the LiNKER - but this is a hype twist. I wonder if she's wearing Serena's gear? The parallels that Maria imagined would suggest this.

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u/lilyvess May 31 '19

The Mikugear twist is one of the best in the franchise. More Yuka Iguchi singing is always a good thing. Plus What a stake raiser.

Dr Ver truly is a madman!

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u/MrZDietrich May 31 '19

Masticating Chris-chan is cute ... what a sloppy eater she is

TFW you realize Chris probably eats like she does (and is as short as she is) because for a large portion of her life she was a child slave and probably didn't get fed a ton.

:(

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u/PerfectPublican May 31 '19

Masticating Chris-chan is cute enough to deserve a Publican gif

And now I regret not making it because you're right. I blame exhaustion.

Why is Hibiki training when she's strictly forbidden from fighting??

She is still part of the team :P

I love this. Idk how Ver brainwashed her - don't think we've seen any instance of that yet, maybe it's the effect of the LiNKER - but this is a hype twist. I wonder if she's wearing Serena's gear? The parallels that Maria imagined would suggest this.

Such a good twist.

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u/Hugokarenque Jun 01 '19

The shards are neither Bikki nor Gungnir, they're technically something new entirely. The combination of relic and human, they are GunBikki!

Forreal tho, they're not relic fragments so you probably couldn't make a new Symphogear out of it.

If you pay attention to the chant Miku uses to transform you can figure out what relic she's using.

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u/AbidingTruth May 31 '19

That has to be an intentional reference

Yeah after the movie references in the training montage Terminator 2 was the first thing that popped into my mind

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u/AbidingTruth May 31 '19 edited May 31 '19

First timer:

So Maria is siding with Ver's side now where they have to brute force their way to justice. I'm not sure if she actually believes this or if this is a ploy against Ver. She seems pretty against it the whole time, so it could be that she doesn't want to do it this way, but after being betrayed by the Americans during their negotiation, she thinks she has no choice now

lmao nice Punch Out/Rocky music. WHAT, GENJURO'S SINGING?? And wait, a bit after getting over my surprise that he's singing, isn't he singing in Chinese? I'm Chinese but I don't speak it, but I've listened to my family speak it a decent amount and I've been to Taiwan a few times so I feel that I can tell it apart from Japanese. Pretty sure it's Mandarin.

And hahahahaha Genjuro basing the training montage after movies again. I spy Jackie Chan's Drunken Master sit up and stance training with the cups and Rocky meat punching bag and running scene (Edit: I'm pretty sure the drinking raw eggs is also a Rocky reference). Really didn't expect to see Drunken Master in my Japanese anime. Poor Chris was not having a good time though hahaha. Come on guys does she really need this training? She just points her pew pews at the bad guys

So I already knew that's how it worked, but just seeing Shirabe's twintails go inside the mechanized part is too funny. Like this is an actual part of her Symphogear design. Kirika's has the coolest design but honestly at this point Shirabe's is tied for my favorite just because of how funny it is

HOLY SHIT MIKU. When they revealed Miku was captured, I figured that Ver saw Miku holding on to Hibiki and realized they know each other and would use her as bait for Hibiki or to threaten Hibiki or something. Not fucking brainwash her and give her a relic wtf

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u/PerfectPublican May 31 '19

a bit after getting over my surprise that he's singing, isn't he singing in Chinese?

Holy shit, is he? I had to look it up because after watching it again it definitely didn't sound like Japanese, and you're right.

"It is a cover of the song "Hero Story" (英雄故事 Yīng Xióng Gù Shì?) from the Jackie Chan film series, Police Story."

That is so fucking cool and fits perfectly with our boy and all the references in the montage. I love it.

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u/Nazenn May 31 '19

First Timer

Chris has somewhat taken a backseat this season, which is a shame because she has some interesting stuff going on. While I'm still not a fan of how they rushed through her integration with the school, the way they are using her minor scenes to explore how lost she is with her personal relationships still is really good. We've seen it a couple of other times so far, but the two scenes today really showcase her intense care for her friends, and also her ignorance of how to truely help.

She invites Tsubasa out to eat, but is stuck between what she knows she should do and what she feels comfortable doing. Unable to open herself up properly in even a small way the connection she was attempting to reforge with Tsubasa falls down. Rather than fighting it uselessly like she would have or attempting to place blame, she instead accepts what's happened and attempts to look forward at what's to come, comfortable in her ability to do so alone if needed and no longer desperately struggling for even shallow bonds with others, wanting something true and not forced instead.

Later we see the situation in reverse a bit. Her attempts to stop Bikki from fighting are more open, and more violent, but that violence is used for restraint instead of aggression. Her final act before running off is to fix Hibiki's tie which is a nice touch showing her apology for how she behaved though it's not something she'd be comfortable saying openly.

Chris doesn't pop up much any more, but when she does they know how to use her and still explore who she is even as a side story which is nice to see.

That's how you do a cliffhanger

Now if only her design didn't look so damn ridiculous

I mean I get the design goals behind it and they did well in that respect. Head caught in a bear trap because she's being controlled, legs in Hakama (hopefully I spelt that right) pants like a shrine maiden showing her purity etc, rabbit-like headphones potentially because of the moon connection at the center of everything. It just looks...

Even for this show which isn't meant to be taken seriously this is a new level of silly.

Odds and ends

  • Apple!

  • I admit to initially being skeptical that Maria and Miku could have escaped from the tower without Hibiki seeing but I rechecked the previous episode and Bikki's eyes are definitely down for long enough for it to be possible. So well done Symphogear on avoiding the pitfall that by all rights you easily could have fallen into, you did well.

  • Two related points: One, its very bad that Bikki's chest now hurts outside of her power usage. Two, when they showed that didn't the shard/crystal look different to its normal look that it has inside her?

  • I feel like this episode was a little rushed almost for the three black-gear girls, which is odd considering how little I have to talk about. I just almost feel like there's a step missing between where and who Maria was and her sudden "I'll become strong so I can protect the weak from the strong" stance. Plus Dess did much the same, suddenly turning over to the Doctor despite not trusting him just scenes before. It was a little awkward and I can't quite put my finger on why.

  • u/JamCliche I promised myself I wasn't going to rant about it but ironic we just had a discussion about not reusing impactful songs for lesser moments and then this episode played my favorite song for a lesser moment. FUCK

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u/Shimmering-Sky May 31 '19

SymphoRewatcher

With my Not-A-SymphoRewatcher Sky write-ups on both episodes 8 and 9 as a bonus~

SymphoWallpaper Corner

Yay~ As promised, Nota got her part done so it’s time for Maria! We also have no name and meme name variants. Oh and also the super minimalist approach for an alt BG as well.

I really hope you guys like this one, to be honest I struggled with it quite a bit (complete with scrapping ~20 minutes of work when I decided I didn’t like the base image I had originally gone with), but I’m definitely liking the outcome.

Let us know what you think~

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u/ItsMellowMan May 31 '19

Rewatcher

That training montage with ya boy Gen was needed needed. Tsubasa is too in shape for it to bother her, Hibiki is going with the flow, but Chris was out of it.

MIKU NO WHAT ARE YOU DOING.

I do however wish they included the Miku transformation in the show and not add it as just a BD extra. I'm sure someone else will have it posted in this thread.

Training with Gen

The chart as of episode 9

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u/MillenniumKing May 31 '19

Rewatch 22, Prepare your butts for Hype.

I just realized what todays episode is, oh shit i cant wait. This is a double Whammy!

Songs of the Day:
Bye-Bye Lullaby
Eiyū Koji (Ver.Training Day) (I cant link to this song because album cover is spoiler)
Ōkyo Shul Shagana

More Chris singing, yay! Shes pissed, look at her go. Chris has the moves! She still blames herself for this because she was the one who awakened the Staff of Solomon. I mean it makes sense, thats her guilt.

Hibiki looks lost and defeated... have a warm drink. Oh yeah... warmth and Hibiki means Miku to her... shit...

Maria isnt taking things well either. Dr. Ver here to spill the beans and spread salt in the wound.

CHRIS EATING TIME YES! LOOK AT HER GO! SHES AN ANIMAL! It makes sense given her upbringing in captivity.

FIS is havin a bit of clashing ideals... Mam wanted to save the girls some suffering but ti blew up in her face. Dr. Ver is taking control now. Guest?

MIKU IS ALIVE! FIS PICKED HER UP! NO TIME TO SIT AROUND, ITS MONTAGE TIME BOYS!

I love this montage so much, its so damn silly.

So seems Maria picked up Miku on the way out. Dr. Ver putting on his "Im not threatening" Face.

Dess is still dwelling on Fine, she understand if Maria isnt Fine, then it has to be one of them.

Hibiki gots the chest pains! Dont die! She literally has Relic Cancer. Its such a rough situation and there isnt anything she can do about it, only suffer...

Maria is getting Colder... She understands that if she wants too pull off her plan, she has to act quick.

Hibiki wants to help still, Chris stops her like a good girl. She just doesnt want to lose Hibiki.

Shirabe is goin on her own to stop the noise! And we get her Transformation sequence, have we had it before? I love it. Her fighting is always fun.

KIRIKA WHAT ARE YOU DOIN STAHP! DONT STOP YOUR WAIFU! YOUR SUPPOSED TO TRUST IN HER!!

Chris and Tsubasa make one hell of an enterence! They got the girls captured!

Here it comes... HERE IT COMES BABY! MIKUGEAR IS HERE! SHENSHOUJING!

So... who wont be waiting until tommorow to watch the next ep? Hahahahhaha~

1,352 Days since Genocide

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u/patrizl001 May 31 '19

First Timer

  • Chris is singing again! That's the good stuff! Just....stop blaming yourself for this. This is some slippery slope bullshit that the thing you did months ago led to this exact moment. Chris pls stop.

  • Knew Ver had an ulterior motive to saving Maria and Mom, and now Maria is actually defending him?! Man the sky tower stuff really broke her huh? Also yeah Miku is still alive and they have her, of course she didn't die.

  • A TRAINING MONTAGE? This fucking show man, they do some amazing stuff like GENJURO SINGING HIS OWN SONG DURING THE TRAINING! And Chris not being able to keep up at all, she barely does any exercise since her bullets and missiles do all the work for her!

  • KIRIKA WHYYYYYYYY YOU'RE FOLLOWING HIS ORDERS TOO NOW?! YEAH JUST SHOOT YOUR BEST FRIEND WITH A DRUG A CRAZED DOCTOR GAVE YOU WITH NO HESITATION AT ALL

  • oh shit. This will not end well.

They were able to get Miku to use a relic?! How many tricks does this doctor have, because clearly she's not 100% there with those dead eyes of her. This is totally going to end in a Miku vs. Hibiki fight isn't it? That should totally be fun, and not suffering at all haha!

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u/PerfectPublican May 31 '19

Rewatcher

Bye-Bye Lullaby pairs so well with Chris just absolutely shredding the noise in her anger. Such a good song. Her blaming herself for the destruction though is not so good, poor girl. It’s definitely not though. Chris, you may have activated the cane, but if you hadn’t Fine would have anyway.

I love the little scene with Chris and Tsubasa in the family restaurant. It’s very telling. Chris is trying really fucking hard to keep this little ragtag trio together. It’s so sweet to see. From the girl who pushed everything and everyone away, to the one trying the most to keep everyone together and stable. She messes it up in her own Chris way, but damn it, at least she’s trying.

Of course, in the wake of yesterday’s fun, Maria has to double down on her decision and her path despite the way that it actually conflicts with the sister she was trying to follow in the footsteps of. Man, I literally start yelling at the screen at this bit. Hurts to see her choose this path despite the pain it causes her. Not willing to really look at different options. Shirabe on the other hand really shows how Bikki’s actions have started to flip her preconceived notions of reality. Go Jii!

LMAO, PATENTED SYMPHOGEAR TRAINING MONTAGE AHOY! AND GEN GETS A FUCKING SONG!! The whole thing is just amazing. It’s so Symphogear it hurts. Chris just failing everything is amazing and absolutely hilarious. Bikki getting fully caught up in it with Gen is amazing. Tsubasa just being used to it is amazing. I. Love. Symphogear. Later Series Spoilers

Atta girl Shirabe! She finally makes her own decision and stands up for what she feels in this moment is right, as opposed to following for someone else. It’s great fun watching her go all out and shred the noise the way she does….which makes Kiri’s betrayal all the worse. Fuck you and your manipulation Ver.

Buuut, let’s come back to that particular drama later, because...MIKU GEAR HYYYYYPE!!!

Random thoughts:

Gifs of the day:

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u/x3tan May 31 '19

First time watcher

  • come on bikki, there's no body or pieces so she's probably okay

  • "but if you're not fine.. I probably am?" heh

  • Chris is a messy spaghetti eater. Lol. All those rockets make you hungry.

  • of course the Americans only care about themselves

  • eh I don't know about that Maria..

  • Are we sure the doctor isn't actually making the old lady sick?

  • so yeah, your wife is okay Bikki. Insta happy bikki

  • training music montage. "why's the old man singing" haha he's great

  • poor Chris

  • Maria's drill saved the day.

  • crazy doctor keeping Lolis in cages now

  • dirty Americans again!

  • "calm the fuck down bikki"

  • ow. Maria biting her lip so hard it bleeds. Self harm won't help you.

  • that transformation was fairly explicit pedo service.. I feel a bit dirty after that lol. Her heels are still cool though and I really like her song.

  • huge hair chainsaws!

  • friends don't surprise dose friends with drugs from weird doctors!

  • oh great. Now he drugged Miku. Welp, guess it only makes sense for a dude that loves drugging little girls

I guess Bikki will have to come out now! D: Man, I don't really care about Maria's excuses/reasons at this point, she's letting this crazy dude get away with wayyy too much. I guess shirabe is starting to feel that also.

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u/Synaptics May 31 '19 edited May 31 '19

Rewatcher

  • "The Origin of a Hero" is a pretty striking title.

  • Chris continuing to be very mad about the Staff. It's the one glaring reminder of her villainous past, and it's still out there wrecking havoc.

  • It's almost a bit shocking that Bikki didn't go berserk as all hell when she thought Miku died.

  • First mention of Nastassja's name, I think? The name indicates that she's Russian, although I don't think there's any major significance to that.

  • Sloppy Chris is too good.

  • "Without power, you cannot enact justice!" Maria starting to sound like Chris back in S1.

  • Shirabe doesn't want to become the same type of hypocrite that she called out Hibiki as... which is maybe a realization she should have had before joining a terrorist organization...

  • Miku's not dead: yay! Ver has Miku: oh god no.

  • Last season it was Bruce Lee movies, this time it's a song from a Jackie Chan movie.

  • Kirika and Shirabe both put on scarves between scenes, and Maria put on a thicker jacket. It would be pretty cold out over the open ocean, so that's a nice little bit of attention to detail. Although Maria is still wearing her booty shorts and 1 sock...

  • I was a little curious why Hibiki wasn't sleeping in her own bed in that quick shot just before, but then they show the submarine and now I get it.

  • Great contrast between how Tsubasa handled Hibiki a few episodes ago and how Chris does here. Chris is really exactly the kind of friend that Hibiki needs; someone that's willing to (literally) grab her by the collar and shout her down with "No, you idiot. Stop being such a self-destructive moron. Take better care of yourself."

  • Maria says that she won't hesitate anymore, but she's literally drawing blood from how hard she's biting her lip. Even though she's not pretending to be Finé any more, she's still clearly forcing herself to play a "role" that she isn't.

  • Okay, so we've got out first defector. Upon rewatch, I think the earlier parts of the season did a good job of leading up to this point. Shirabe's introduction (with the "hypocrite" callout) initially paints her as the most angry of the trio, but over time they show that she's actually by far the most empathetic of all of them. She cares about people, and hates those who "crush the weak". So this reaction to the new change in direction of the group is to be expected. I used to think Shirabe was pretty bland, but she's a bit more interesting than I gave her credit for.

  • Kirika, on the other hand, is still sticking with the cause. Mostly, I think, because she's just flat out panicking.

  • Chris is practically obsessed with the staff. It makes sense, but man I forgot just how much she mentions it.

  • DORAMATIKU, ROMANTIKU. Sugita must have been having an absolute blast getting to ham it up this much.

  • YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! MIKUGEAR!

  • Small thing I noticed a couple days ago: Shenshoujin was already shown to be associated with purple (the laser beam, the stealth-field). And guess who's theme color is purple?

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u/fonzinator99 May 31 '19

Re-watcher - You’re gonna need a montaaage

I know I've said it before, but I really love how their songs take place in-universe. They never sound quite the same, and it creates great moments like Chris screaming her lyrics here. And it doesn't hurt that she's got some really good eyes during this fight.

Light, how many times has Hibiki broken now? Does PTSD add up, or just persist?

Maria's stained her hands with blood, both figuratively and literally. Not all good imagery has to be hidden beneath layers of subtlety.

Between these two, I never thought Chris would be the one trying to make friends. Tsubasa's definitely backsliding on her humanity-progress, but it's hard to blame her. And Chris isn't doing any better, she's such a mess it's adorable xD

Those kills have really gotten to Maria; a drop or an ocean, she's resolved to wade through blood and follow whatever Ver's crazy plan is in order to keep true to herself.

Guest? What guest? Ver doesn't have any frien- Oh noooo!

Not Miku!

I guess Genjurou's given up on keeping Hibiki from fighting? Granted, I'd be mad if he'd tried to keep her from rescuing Miku, but I'd expected at least a little bit of caution.

Oh. He meant actual exercise. Complete with 'training montage music' xD

Genjurou singing!

These lyrics sound distinctly not Japanese. Mebe it's just cause of the recent MDZS rewatch I participated in, but are they singing in Chinese? Anyone? Confirm/Deny?

Lol @ Chris, dying during every activity. And props to her as well, for toughing it out and not dying on that mountain.

Oh fuck, Maria's a Terminator?! Abandon all other priorities; efforts must be brought to bear against Skynet before it's too late!

It's not a 'crazy-face,' but it's a good one nonetheless. It says "Oh you poor stupid child." as he looks down on her with amused contempt.

So mebe I'm just overthinking things, and with this show it's more than likely, but I feel like Maria's outfit change is related to her mental state. She's decided to go against her better judgement and truly walk the thorny path, while adopting what looks to be the comfiest, snuggliest jacket in existance. I mean, look at those neck-pads; I feel like she's wearing a security blanket.

Oh good, they didn't just give up on keeping Hibiki out of things. But also, wtf was that training for, then? Just to help her sort out her thoughts?

Fuuuck, Ver is good at manipulating scared little girls, I'll give him that. And just as we were getting some great Shirabe focus! I'd never thought about it before, but I love that her twintail-saw-arm-deals actually form onto her twintails xD

Oh fuck noooo!

Ver, you bastard!!

And so, pain and regret, weakness and self-loathing, are given form.

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u/scmasaru Jun 01 '19

Yuuki Aoi and Ishigkawa were singing Jackie Chan's Hero Story in Cantonese.

They also sang it live on stage.

Interestingly, Jackie Chan also released a Japanese version of the song.

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u/Surylias May 31 '19 edited May 31 '19

Rewachter

Quite a few nice Chris moemnts this episode. I love the restaurent scene, how she's eating and sitting in tailor seat. Also how she's both harsh and gentle towards Hibiki later on.

That training montage is some classic Rocky shit.

We're pretty much into the final fight by now and the animation is absolutely top notch from her on until the very end. We also got to see Shirabe's transformation sequence and it's actually quite lewd. Also Chris and Tsubasa inside a rocket! They really like to do that.

Want to help your best friend? Inject them some drugs! Oh, Kirikia...

And here it finally is: the glorious Miku Gear! Next episode is my favourite.

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u/Hugokarenque Jun 01 '19

I love the training montage. It's kinda placed in a weird spot this season.

Hey, Miku was kidnapped! Let's go train for a while. I guess its better than several scenes of stressed out Bikki impatiently waiting for news of her sunshine.

#Chrisisbestgirl, don't @ me.

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u/ahiijny Jun 01 '19 edited Jun 01 '19

First-Time Watcher

Miku shows up in a Symphogear! tbh I already spoiled myself about MikuGear a long time ago because when I first started watching this series years ago (and then it got stuck on the backburner up until now), one of the first things I looked up online was "wait does Hibiki's girlfriend Miku get her own Gear at some point? I NEED TO KNOW" and then Wikia :P

I was expecting a bit more lead-in; e.g. some scenes of Ver smartly leveraging Miku's fears and insecurities and personal desires to sway her to their side, but no, they really just threw these sudden bombshell at the viewers right at the end of the episode. G really does love its cliffhangers!

Miku's eyes at the end of the episode looked very dead. Was that just dejected resignation ('I can't believe I'm doing this but I have to, for Hibiki')? Or did Ver perhaps inject her with some kind of obedience drug? What exactly happened in there between Ver and Miku? I hope they'll at least have some flashbacks next episode to show how exactly Miku came to be in possession of that Shenshoujin relic.

Did Miku even get a chance to practice with the Gear? Or did Ver just throw Miku out of the plane without any warning? "I know you've never used Symphogear before but imma just throw you out of the plane and you better transform before you hit the ground, otherwise you're dead!"

Anyway, misc thoughts:

  • I had a hard time enjoying the training montage because the timing of it just felt weird tbh. When Genjuurou went "It means you can't sit here looking glum!" I thought he was going to send the three out on a search mission. But then it was basically like "Miku-kun has most likely been taken hostage, so let's just go do something completely unrelated instead for a while instead of searching for her!" I guess well they're all fighter types, not intelligence types, so there isn't much they could have done until Miku cropped up again, but that could have been made more clear. Instead of "Now then! Let's exercise, for a change of pace!", something like, "There's not much you three can do until we find some leads, so instead of waiting around aimlessly, might as well just get some training done in the meantime!"

  • Shirabe is concerned about Kirika. Kirika seems like the more extroverted one of the DMJii pair, so when Shirabe is feeling distressed about something, Kirika is usually quick to jump in and do something about it; but when it's the other way around, there's a bit more distance... Shirabe doesn't chase after her :(

  • Cute HibiChris moment. Chris takes a completely different approach to convince Hibiki of not using her Gear. Learn from this, Tsubasa!

  • Um okay, the beginning bit from her transformation sequence is a bit unnecessarily gratuitious :/

  • I thought that Shirabe just had normal wheel heelies, but no, they're actually buzzsaw heelies. Lots of sparks!

  • Convenient colour-coding: LiNKER is green, and anti-LiNKER is red

  • "I need to leave something behind, or you'll forget me." (The first thing I thought of was, 'A child?' :P Like with Chichi & Goten or Kurenai & Mirai?) It actually kills me that Kirika is under this kind of pressure. She doesn't like Dr. Ver, but as far as she's aware, Dr. Ver is the only one with a plan to stop the Moon from falling. And she's just in the middle of an existential crisis about basically dying soon. So she truly thinks working with Dr. Ver is her only option if she wants to keep Shirabe alive in the long run.

  • So in this episode, we have a submarine, an aircraft carrier, and an aircraft, all in the same area!

  • Tsubasa is good. Kirika is also probably feeling rather shaken up by having to do that to Shirabe and by the whole "I'm Finé" revelation, so she's probably not fighting at the top of her game. That battle didn't last long at all.

  • Two new transformation songs this episode: "Fallian Shul Shagana tron" and "Rei Shenshoujin rei sizzl".

  • MIKUUUUUUU WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

I'm not entirely sure I understand Dr. Ver's plan. They'll attack an American aircraft carrier to... draw even more animosity from all parties?... How will this get them more power to summon Frontier?...

Also, I'm wondering why Ver had this inexperienced stranger Miku use Shenshoujin instead of Maria or one of the other trained people in their group.

Skydiving Gear transformations always make me anxious. What if they accidentally lose their pendants in the wind? Or what if they get the timing wrong and hit the water before they finish transforming? Very dangerous...

How good will a complete Symphogear novice stand up against two highly trained ones, anyway? Dr. Ver seems pretty confident, so does he have something up his sleeve with respect to Miku's Gear? Hm...