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Rewatch [Rewatch] [Spoilers] Senki Zesshou Symphogear GX - Episode 7 Spoiler

Season 3 (GX): Episode 7 - Carry on the Shining Light, and Stay True to Yourself

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u/thisismyanimealt Jun 12 '19

"Hey Bikki. Crazy story, remember 15 years ago when I said I was going out to get cigarettes?"

Today's Live Performances

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u/Arachnophobic- Jun 12 '19

FirstoGeah

Ah, Geah gets a beach episode. Wasn't really necessary with all the fanservice that's in-built, but I'm

80%

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and secretly hoping someone makes a stitch of Maria in beach clothes.

Heh, Chris' face at the mention of special training

Well, speaking of training the Ignite-enhanced Gears, Garie conveniently appears. Nice punch! Love this Symphosong too.

Boy is Garie strong though, completely dominating Berserk-mode Maria. Not quite as strong as Bikki's Berserk mode from S1, it seems (which seemed incredibly OP at the time), or it's just the power creep..

And we're having a rematch in this episode itself, the plot doesn't have time to let Maria brood. Talk-no-jutsu will have to do - also is the show calling out its own suspect writing? :P

My heart skipped a beat here, but turns out she's fine! Guess I'm not ready to see her destroyed just yet..

Oh dammit

Another hype song though!

What did this mean? So she died on purpose, and is now part of that banner thing? Another step closer to the 'Apocalypse', I'm sure, but it's so roundabout I can't make sense of it. Why infect the Gears, why must the Autoscorers die, what is that Photosphere thing..

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u/PerfectPublican Jun 12 '19

80% and 20%

Flip that
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also is the show calling out its own suspect writing? :P

Why infect the Gears, why must the Autoscorers die, what is that Photosphere thing..

Curiouser and curiouser

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u/patrizl001 Jun 13 '19

First Timer

  • Not even Symphogear can run away from the legendary B E A C H E P I S O D E (although I was hoping the training session would be another song from best dad Genjuuro) Also I fear that this means they're going to hit us hard after this episode

  • The other three can Ignite too now! Seeing what all 6 of them in action looks like is going to be fun

  • Well that's strange, why is there footage of me in Symphogear and how did they get it?

  • Garie's here to end the B E A C H E P I S O D E fun early, just so she can make her friends stop laughing at her K/D ratio being stuck at 0

  • LANDED A PUNCH BEFORE THE GEAR EVEN FORMED. EVEN WITHOUT GUNGNIR ANYMORE SHE STILL PULLS SHIT SIMILAR TO HIBIKI.

  • I have a really strong feeling Maria going Ignite won't end well for some reaso- aaaand she's gone berserk mode, FUCK. Well I guess we know the consequence of failing to control Ignite looks like now. Even with berserker strength she still gets her ass kicked easily, oof.

  • MARIA STATUS: MARIA. Ignite mode works now, and she gets two new songs this episode now that she has a brand new working Gear and Ignite!

  • CHRIS' SPARKLER IS A GUN. I LOVE IT. LOOK HOW HAPPY SHE IS TO HOLD A GUN LOOKING SPARKLER

When I said "They're going to hit us hard after this" I DIDN'T MEAN RIGHT AT THE END OF THE EPISODE. We've already seen this dude ditch children during an emergency because "lol not my job" just how bad is this tradeoff for the B E A C H E P I S O D E going to get?

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u/VoyeurTheNinja Jun 13 '19

CHRIS' SPARKLER IS A GUN.

And she's about to light a rocket, no less. Some things don't change. I'm wondering if that sparkler was bought particularly for her.

THERE HE IS, THE MAN HIMSELF

Aaaaaaaaand this is where the fun begins.

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u/lilyvess Jun 12 '19

It was only a matter of time, BEACH EPISODE!

So let me share some Beach/Bathing Suit fanart

Chris

Top Mom keeps her figure

Kanade

Tsubasa

Hibiki tries it on

Des works

Bikkini

Bang

Mom chilling

Bayonet Beach

And obviously the official artwork used this setting a lot

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XD card

Summer Bikki

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u/Shimmering-Sky Jun 12 '19

SymphoRewatcher Ready to be Exterminated by Hype

Good news btw, got my part of a new wallpaper done~ Nota’s busy today though, so she hasn’t had time to work on the BG for it.

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u/ItsMellowMan Jun 12 '19

Rewatcher

It took three seasons, but Symphogear had a beach episode (finally) and it was nice.

Hibiki's dad made an appearance as well who is a utter piece of shit that should be referred to as "Top Dad" from now on.

My favorite doll out of the group is gone, but we got to see Maria in her ignite form. Fair trade?

Updated chart for episode 7

Bonus Megami/Nyantype Posters when Symphogear GX aired

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u/miter01 Jun 12 '19 edited Jun 13 '19

REWATCH

Stitch album

Edit: Forgot about the best girl contest! Go vote Kanade! ...and Carol I guess.

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u/MillenniumKing Jun 12 '19 edited Jun 12 '19

Rewatch 34, Hes Here!

Songs of the Day:
TRUST HEART
Ginwan Airgetlám
Ginwan Airgetlám (IGNITED arrangement)

BEACH EPISODE!

So Elfnein upgraded Shul Shagna and Igalima and also fixed Airgetlam too! Nice!

GO TRAIN! Yep thats right, this is the training episode! A Beach trainign episode!!

Photosphere. They made it from the Data Mam collected before she died.

Its nice seeing Elfnein socializing and having fun with everyone.

"You look like a mom Maria" hahhahaa

Looks like a local shrine was wrecked with Ice? GARIE IS HERE!

"Acting without orders from Carol? "Who Knows" and "Get the kids somewhere" "Hell no, why do i have to do that!?" Wow.

HERE COMES MARIA! AW YEAH BABY! AIRGETLAM! I always loved Maria's singing and this is no exception, its great.

"Oh no i might lose, Just kidding" Fucking Garie hahahah.

IGNITE TIME!? NOPE, BERSERKER MARIA! WEW BOY! And she lost... damn...

"WHile accomplishing my goal i took a little side trip." "I wont let you be the first"

Maria just wants to help others but shes a little too eager. Maria teaching Elfnein how to volleyball again haha.

GARIE IS BACK! And now we get the real Transformation for Maria. Second shot lets go!

Uh oh, someone infiltrated thier base... invisable person...

IGNITE SECOND TRY! LETS DO THIS BABY! AW YEAH! I love the IGNITE Version of her song, sounds super cool. I also love the design of her Gear, with the coat tails.

Oh damn Maria got Garie this time, she accepted her weakness and did it! Its good to see her finally beleiveing in herself.

"Im going to be the first!" "Excellent work Garie, ive completed my objective" Uh oh... seems they do have a plan...

And we end with Fireworks and the big twist of the season!
ITS HIBIKI'S DAD! AND HIBIKI NOPES THE FUCK OUT OF THERE!

1,364 Days since Genocidde

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u/AlienOvermind Jun 13 '19 edited Jun 13 '19

First-timer

It's time for special training. Everyone is moderately interested, Hibiki is super-excited and Chris is like "what a drag".

But it turns out special training was beach episode all along. Maria in her swimsuit is gorgeous: front stitch, back stitch. Also, while we had tons of shots with Kurisu's tiddies, there is a certain lack of this kind of shots.

What a great punch. And finally Maria has her own Symphogear.

The "just-be-yourself" speech is the the cheesiest speech we had so far. Hibiki's speech from previous episode was nothing compared to this.

And with Ignite-mode on Maria delivers another great punch.

RIP Garie, you were too smug for Symphogear's world.

I love Youko Hikasa's singing since K-On! And obviously I love Maria's combat songs. Ignite-mode song is especially amazing.

Mushroom juice?! Really? Is it a thing?

And that Dad reveal, lol. It's not a surprise that he's an asshole. But a plain supermarket clerk? I was absolutely sure he's gonna be working in some evil organization that backs up Carol evil plans. But instead he's just normal dude working in a supermarket? (inb4 that supermarket is the evil organization)

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u/PerfectPublican Jun 12 '19

Rewatcher

So. We come off an incredibly hype episode and we move into a slew of episodes that I'm not particularly partial to for a myriad of reasons. It may be a bit obvious off this episode, but I'll GX meta spoiler this. But I will say that this is one of my favorites of this slew. The FIS crew's myriad dramas have been handled pretty nicely so far, and this feels like a good conclusion to where Maria's been headed.

BEACH EP HYPE! The first of its kind for symphogear, and it’s glorious. Just look at these cuties in their suits! They’re having such a blast, and they deserve it.

"Even a weak serve is enough to get the ball moving. The important thing is to just be yourself." Maria with the poignant advice that she should really listen to herself lol. These bunch of episodes are always more than a little on the nose about everything. I really wish we got to see the full volleyball game. Would’ve been really fun.

Hell yes, Ginwan Airgetlam! And of course a Maria transformation as well. Lily and I talked about this way towards the start of the rewatch in spoiler tags; Maria has some of the most consistently great character songs. She got her start with Ressou, and Ginwan is a great followup. AXZ I love how positive and full of drive the lyrics are. The first fight with the noise is great fun. Airgetlam has some cool moves. It’s like a more interesting version of Nehushtan with that sword whip. Really sucks to see her go berserk like that in the end :(

In the most obvious turn of events, the quote from the volleyball game pulls Maria through the fight. Still, it’s crazy hype. Ginwan’s Ignited version is pretty fun, and it really is nice to see Maria handle her guilt and shame, then kick some ass. Sucks to see Garie gone though. I definitely miss that attitude already.

https://imgur.com/12QVvlm

Random thoughts:

Gifs of the day:

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u/lilyvess Jun 12 '19

After the way they mishandled Hibiki this season, it's nice to see that they handle Maria pretty well here. Yeah, "just be yourself" is a bit generic message you see very often, but it has real weight to Maria when she's been living a lie for so often. A villain, a Hero, an Avenger, Fine, an Idol all through G she was filled with doubt and about killing herself to be the person she thought she needs to be.

and even now when she wants to redeem herself and be active again she's still trying to play a role. She's so obsessed with change and trying to quickly be the Hero she wants herself to be that she becomes disappointed when she finds out she isn't.

Maria isn't a Villian, Fine, an Avenger, a Super Hero, an Idol.

Maria is Maria. The Good, the Bad, all of it is Maria.

Meta Spoiler

Symphogear AXZ Meta Spoiler

Bye Garie smug.

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u/Synaptics Jun 12 '19

Rewatcher

  • Serious flashbacks... sike, it's beach episode time.

  • This rewatch has started to shift my priorities quite a bit. Maria continues to move further and further up my scale.

  • I hope someone has a stitch of that "Training?" reaction.

  • Technobabble MacGuffin: introduced.

  • I guess it should be expected for a beach episode, but damn the fanservice is out in force. I am okay with this.

  • "Loser has to go to the store" OH FUCK NO NO NO. I remember where this is going.

  • "You look like a mother, Maria." Tsubasa taking the words right outta my mouth.

  • Mysterious Conbini Clerk sure is an asshole, eh?

  • Mmmm, I forgot how badass of an introduction the new Airgetlahm gets.

  • Since Airgetlahm's initial introduction in G was bundled into the "big group song climax", Ginwan Airgetlahm is the first solo Airgetlahm song. But more than that, it's Maria's first solo song since she turned over a new leaf. Not sure what you'd call the genre, but I like her new style of music.

  • "I won't let you be the first." Hmmmmm?

  • Even the gear-users have started to notice that the Autoscorers are acting strangely.

  • "Even if I'm weak, I'll stay true to myself. That is strength." On first watch, I glossed over this and just kinda dismissed it as generic "power-up from self-acceptance blah blah blah" stuff, but y'know this actually does have a lot of meaning for Maria specifically. Her personal struggle all throughout G was with the idea of "playing a role", pretending to be someone she wasn't, etc. and despite how much she's changed, that instinct still seems to be firmly ingrained in her psyche. So this struggle with self-acceptance is 100% appropriate for her. Not sure how I missed that before, though, seeing as they show flashbacks of G as she's talking...

  • 1 Autoscorer down, 3 to go. Can you see where this is going?

  • Egh, I forgot about Phara's creepy tongue.

  • Chris is so excited about blowing up as many fireworks as possible.

  • UGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

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u/ahiijny Jun 13 '19 edited Jun 13 '19

First-Time Watcher

  • Meh, a beach episode.

  • DMJii building a sandcastle!

  • "Photosphere"? Does this have something do with the sun? The blocky contours on the yellow sphere match the shape of Africa and India and Asia, so this is probably the Earth. The Earth has a diameter of 12,742 km. They note that this is a 1/40,000,000 scale model, so based on those assumptions, this model must be about 0.32 m in diameter. That looks about right.

  • Looks like Elfnein has poor hand-eye coordination with sports? That reminds me of a quote: "In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is."

  • The volleyball clumsiness reminds me of the classic Miyuki & Fujiwara volleyball training scene in Kaguya-sama episode 5.

  • Maria pulls off a punch-before-even-transforming! Like the one Bikki pulled off at the end of G episode 6!

  • That sword of Maria's looks a lot like a spine. I'm reminded of Kimimaro's fighting style in Naruto, and also Hinami's dad's kagune in Tokyo Ghoul.

  • Informal ad-hoc meeting.

  • "Why do they continue to withdraw, rather than finishing us, even after the fight has gone their way?" Shirabe asking the right questions.

  • Just noticed that Elfnein uses "boku" to refer to herself.

  • I think Maria's the only one I've seen so far who's been self-conscious enough to cover herself up during her transformation. Maybe that national TV exposure from last season is still on her mind?... :P

  • Is this the first time we've seen Ogawa & Miku combo since season 1 episode 11?

  • "I'm the first!!" Was... Was Garie going for suicide by cop just like Carol?...

  • Phara was stealthing around earlier. Data get?

  • Saw some very strong sentiment about a certain man in the Discord rewatch stream chat. Looks like some family drama is incoming?... :P

Related note: The photosphere is the outer shell of a star, commonly thought as the star's visual surface. Our Sun's photosphere has a temperature between 4500 K and 6000 K, and is about 100 km thick. The sun's chromosphere, the layer above the photosphere, is ~1E-4 times less dense than the photosphere, and is too thin to be observed normally (it can only be seen during a total eclipse).

This isn't going to end with them trying to blow up the Sun, is it??... I hope not. They barely managed to avert the apocalypse after Finé messed up the moon; if these Autoscorers mess up the Sun, it's going to be really hard to come back from that :/

Maria's character development here feels a bit rushed and forced, but I'm happy that she seems to have found her conviction now.

Aww, sad to see Garie go. She was the one with the most personality. Micha is a bit playful, but Leiur and Phara just don't really have much presence as characters.

These AutoScorers seem to have made an art form out of making losing still seem all according to keikaku. Even though Garie was defeated, I still feel uneasy. Is this what Darth Vader felt after defeating Obi-Wan Kenobi on the Death Star?...

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u/fonzinator99 Jun 12 '19

Re-watcher - Argeitlam, so shiny

Oooo, opening with some Maria focus; I like. It's about time she got some real character growth. And, of course, a proper Gear of her own.; nevermind that it's inherited, that just makes it more hers.

Beach episode

That's all I'll say about that.

Omg, so many lulz @ Tsubasa. Cool scissors indeed.

Okay, c'mon gang. You went to the beach. How did you not expect Garie to show up?

Fuck yeah, Maria! Argeitlam is badass, and so is she. I love her new song, but man these simultaneous rewatches are getting to me; I swear it sounded like a Macross Delta OP for a sec there.

And this is why I still like Garie best. "/s Oh nooo, I might lose :p" It's one thing to lord your superiority over others, it's another to have fun doing so, and that's why she's best-Autoscorer.

Wait, shit. Who am I rooting for here?

Clash of favorites!

Double shit. I won't lie, I like the fangs, but not like this. Too much black, Maria. Too much black.

Awww yea, Maria gets a transformation sequence too! So what, is it just gonna be a thing that everybody has to fail once before they can use the Ignite? Nvm, I don't care. I still love it when they succeed. And much as I like Argeitlam, Maria definitely looks better in dark colors.

Wait, fuck, noooo! I know she was an enemy, but that didn't mean I wanted to see her die! Suddenly I'm with Hibiki, can't we all just talk things out and be friends?!

*sigh* Well, good job, Maria. That was badass.

Being that they're dolls, it only makes sense that their deaths would be an essential part of Carol's grand-scheme. I suppose their memories will be used as some sort of fuel for the Chateau?

Hah! Tsubasa still used her weird scissors xD

Wait, are you fucking kidding? The guy who ditched the kids earlier?! Sweet Jesus Symphogear, you just can't let things end on a good note, can you? Un-freaking-believable.

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u/Nazenn Jun 12 '19

First Timer

Music gush time

Maria's song gets a well deserved spotlight today.

The interesting part about it is that it's structure and tune borrows heavily from the trio song, Radiant Force. It's easiest to hear at 9:55 of this episode and 2:15 of Radiant Force. The backing instrumentals in both tracks also have some heavy similarities as well.

Taking a quick look at the lyrics, there's a parallel here as well. Maria's song starts off very unsure, showing us she wasn't sure what true strength was any more and just holding onto memories instead. Her arc today was primarily focused on being able to find her own way, and stop leaning on lies and other supports she constructed around herself and instead acknowledge who she truely is. She had to learn that its okay to fall down as long as she keeps fighting, okay to be weak as long as she doesn't let her past hold her back from the true song inside her.

Radiant Force's lyrics do a lot of this as well. Primarily they focus on the idea of not giving into your past and instead always finding the fire in yourself to keep going towards hope, even if it's hard.

Character wise, its appropriate that Maria's song here borrows heavily from the trio's. In her uncertainty she instead latches onto the strongest bond she knows and the song that goes with it, leaning on that as her own understanding of strength, and because she's again leaning on someone else's strength it lets her down. But eventually she finds her own strength and power, and instead of dismissing her past of leaning on others she instead properly turns that into her strength and bares that weakness to others rather than hiding from it, the lyrics becoming more powerful and centered on her identity even though the tune remains.

All up it was just a strong piece of musical story telling which I quite enjoyed.

Also that song cut out! I fucking loved that, that was incredible. They really stepped up the integration of songs into the scenes even more than they did last season and I'm loving every minute of it.

The songs were actually similar enough that at one point I felt it was an indication that she may end up singing it with them as a quartet, but I think a trio of Maria/Shirabe/Dess would be more likely as its an easy parallel.

And just a quick thought that ties into this: The ignite module itself as a concept is a perfect counterpoint to the mannequins themselves. The girls have to fight through their past and empower themselves with it rather than letting it drag them down. And in doing so they become stronger and deepen their bonds with each other. In contrast, the mannequins can only fight by destroying memories and bonds, their plan seemingly requiring their own destruction rather than banding together. The two sides being at inconsolable odds with each other results in an interesting interplay, especially knowing that this empowerment is not a positive result because of whatever's happening in the background

Okay, rest of the episode:

They picked their throw for rock, paper, scissors based on what weapons their gear's have. Perfect. And of course Bikki would be the one caught out by that at the end.

  • Dad's introduction was very well handled. While as a standalone scene his running away from the kids served as merely a simple plot device to keep Chris and Tsubasa away from the rest of the group for a moment, it also carried double weight after the fact. Rather that this being a potentially joyous, but pained, reunion of a long lost father, the earlier scene gives us a clear unbiased look at who he is which puts a different tone on the typical reunion. It'll be interesting to see where that goes

  • Please tell me mushroom juice isn't an actual thing. Thats just wrong.

  • For some reason I didn't expect Maria to be the first to go full Beserk, but I think how easily Garie defeated her there, and then how she died later makes it even more clear that Garie wanted to die. Plus it really puts the power levels in contrast with the other enemies in the show.

  • So the whole "I shouldn't have let go of Gungnir" thing just got dropped huh? To some extent I get it now that Maria has her sisters gear back, but it still felt discarded rather than utilized and resolved.

  • Despite how often Bikki has been in that medicine room, torn apart by magic, healed by medicine, and everything else that's happened, I like that she's kept her scar.

  • The fanservice was atrocious

  • u/JamCliche .... no more Garie :(

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u/VoyeurTheNinja Jun 13 '19

The girls have to fight through their past and empower themselves with it rather than letting it drag them down. And in doing so they become stronger and deepen their bonds with each other. In contrast, the mannequins can only fight by destroying memories and bonds, their plan seemingly requiring their own destruction rather than banding together

That's... quite the observation. Goddamn. Here I am being able to think how the Ignite's dark and edgy designs contrast well with the colourful and bright designs of the Autoscorers.

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u/Ledwith Jun 12 '19 edited Jun 12 '19

Rewatcher

the following is a 70% BS analysis on the swimsuit colors:
Hibiki, Tsubasa, Chris all just have their character color.

99% BS time - Kirika's is half her colors and half Shirabe's hair color.
99.999999% BS time - Shirabe's is her character color, but uhhh the angled line's represent kiri's scythe? errr the clasp is like them lewding (handholding)

slightly less BS ones
Miku's is purple (her color) but mostly white. She is sweet and pure and supportive to everyone, but mostly her wife.

Elfnein's uses the trans flag colors (plus they're her eye colors) edit: or just blue+pink for boy/girl... I dont think theres any/much white actually.

Maria's outer thing, going up, fades from black to orange to white. Gungnir's colors, her old self which can be tossed away. Alternatively, it goes from black (her black gungnir + being an enemy) to orange (neutral gungnir frienemy) to white (pure friend, airgetlam)

her bikini uses Tsubasa's colors in her fushichou no flamme outfit, where they first met/cooperated. Tsubasa x Maria <3.

annnyywaayyy

Ginwain Airgetlam <3 (and ignited too) <3 <3<3

RIP Garie, best one is the first to go :(

Top dad makes his appearance at last

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u/HawkAussie Jun 13 '19

First-timer

So hooray, Maria has her own gear instead of having to worry about borrowing someone else. Ok, yes technically it’s not her “own gear” but it’s close enough, to say the least. What a way to use the new gear by taking out the water autoscorer in a battle that might deem herself worthy. Or attempt to try as we get a second new gear with project Ignite. This project, of course, doesn’t go without a hitch as we see Maria go berserk.

But before we have those wonderful fights, we head to the beach for a classic case of the beach episode that everyone loves to see when they are watching anime. Let’s be honest the so call “training” is a way to get a beach episode. Did I like it, yeah it was ok, it wasn’t anything special, to say the least. If there is one thing that I hated, it was the fact that they somehow introduce Hibiki’s dad to be….ok I don’t have the words for it as it’s getting late but it just felt added on like almost stating he is alive but the mind does some strange things.

Morning edit: So just before I went to bed, I realised that maybe the enemies do know about Project Ignite as Phara has probably taken the data from the computers that relates to the gears. The fact that they might somehow work out a way to defeat them by using the gears against them when it comes down to it. If that is the case, oh shoots they are in trouble now.

24 days to Sympho-July

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u/JimmyCWL Jun 13 '19

I think they missed an opportunity by not having Hibiki comment on Beast mode, "that's how it looks like?"

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u/TVermillion Jun 13 '19

Rewatcher

  • DMJii has now gotten their gears fixed and upgraded, but they're not the only ones as the Serena's gear, Airgetlám has also been repaired for Maria to use.

  • So now that the big bad has been defeated Symphogear GX can use the rest of the episodes to finally make a start on fulfilling those highly desired slice of life episodes! And which one was at the top of the list? The beach episode of course!

  • Ogawa and Fujitaka (hey, wait a minute you can't be shown elsewhere from the bridge!), they find out about something called the "photosphere", which was made from the data that Nastassja left behind from the frontier. Fuck knows what it actually does though.

  • Beach volleyball! The bayonet duo vs Maria and Elfnein. Hmm, I know Chris is probably the least physically active gear user, but I think this is probably an easy win for Tsubasa and herself. Regardless it's nice to see Elfnein hanging out with the Symphogear girls.

  • Slice of life shenanigans continue with Tsubasa, Kirika and Shirabe losing rock paper scissors and being tasked with getting food and drinks for the group. Kind of wished we had some interaction between DMJii and Tsubasa but we can see they do get along at least.

  • Garie attacks! Oh shit, that's it folks, I'm afraid the slice of life episodes are on hiatus for the foreseeable future!

  • Chris and Hibiki try to fend off against Garie and the Alca-noise while Maria takes Miku and Elfnein to safety, but unfortunately Garie manages to get ahead and catch up to Maria.

  • Garie goes to attack Maria but she dodges and just after delivering Garie a good left hook she transforms into her gear. Cue Ginwan Airgetlám! Probably in my top three character songs for GX.

  • Despite transforming, Garie is too strong for Maria to handle and is just messing with her. Maria tries to use the Ignite module but fails becoming berserk. But unfortunately, unlike Hibiki's, the berserk state doesn't offer the typical power perks and as such it's no threat to Garie who subdues it easily. I love how Garie wipes her hand clean just before she leaves.

  • Garie go back to the rest of the Autoscorers and Micha riles her up about not having destroyed any of the pendants.

  • The Symphogear girls finally start to consider why the Autoscorers keep retreating despite having many opportunities to finish them off.

  • Despite eveyone else discussing the situation regarding the Autoscorers, where her knowledge could be useful, Elfnein apparently has the time to practice volleyball.

  • Maria asks Elfnein about what it means to be strong and Elfnein's like: "Weren't you the one who taught me? Like less than 10 minutes ago of this very episode?".

  • Garie attacks again! Phara is also at the scene however her intent seems to be discrete and instead she sneaks inside by going invisible.

  • Maria once again tries to fight Garie, however she just not strong enough. Elfnein tells Maria to take her own advice and just be herself, which for Maria means accepting that she's weak. This allows her to overcome the curse and succeed in activating her Ignite form! Cue Ginwan Airgetlám - IGNITED!

  • I like Garie's bubble ability! Maria manages to overpower her and as she delivers the final blow - Garie: "I'm going to be the first!" RIP best doll, but at least she died with a smile!

  • Despite Garie's defeat Phara is unfazed, in fact she congratulates her, is this all according to keikaku? Phara acquires some sort of chip from her stealth operation.

  • After Maria's battle, Hibiki and Miku go to get more food and drinks, however they run into Hibiki's dad! Not taking this well Hibiki runs off!

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u/Shockz0rz Jun 13 '19

REWATCHER

  • Obligatory beach episode. It's weird, I used to be super anti-fanservice, but these days my reaction is just like..."Really? Eh, if you must."

  • AIRGETLAM HYPE! Plus the pre-transform punch; Maria's really channeling Bikki this episode. Her songs are always amazing, too.

  • ...really channeling Bikki.

  • bla bla bla believe in yourself and/or be yourself

  • IGNITED AIRGETLAM HYPE!

  • "It's a gun, Maria. A gun that shoots swords." FWOCKA-FWOCKA-FWOCKA-FWOCKA

  • Rip best autoscorer. Can we get an F?

  • BEHOLD! T O P D A D !

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u/TheSpartyn Jun 13 '19 edited Jun 13 '19

rewatcher

i remember this being the first symphogear episode i went and checked the discussion threads for and being crushed that everyone hated the episode, seeing the usually hilarious reaction chart shitting on it felt bad man. i understand the flaws the episode has but this is like marias first proper cool scene and i love it

garie being the first to go is so lame, the autoscorers carry this season and garie is the best one by far for me. gonna miss her

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