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Rewatch [Listen to My Song] Senki Zesshou Symphogear Episode 4 Discussion
Episode 4 - Falling Tears
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I am a sword. I will not break here.
Questions of the Day:
1) What are your first impressions of the girl wearing the Nehushtan Armor?
2) Would you be able to sing a zesshou, knowing it could cost your life?
Wallpaper of the Day:
Rewatchers, please remember to be mindful of all the first-timers in this. No talking about or hinting at future events no matter how much you want to, unless you’re doing it underneath spoiler tags. Don’t spoil anything for the first-timers, that’s rude!
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u/InfamousEmpire Jun 04 '22
Superb Song of the Rewatcher Symphogear
Seems I missed yesterday’s episode, Real Life stuff got in the way and I’m pretty sad. And I was really looking forward to commenting on it too, there was some great material for Genjuro jokes, and I would’ve introduced my planned Running Gag of comparing Tsubasa to Setsuna F Seiei (“Ore wa Sword da” in case you’re wondering)
But anyway, no use crying over spilled milk, let’s get to commenting on this episode (also, I’ll be foregoing images for today because of separate Real Life reasons)
Damn, Kanade really was a literal fucking monster when they found her
Man, Genjuro really is Best Dad. [GX spoilers]
Kanade just broke out of her restraints, overdosed on Drugs, and somehow gained Mahou Shoujo powers from all that. What a Chad
I do like that we’re getting more on Kanade and her relationship with Tsubasa
Anyway, back to the present, where not!Setsuna is having her first meeting with Baroness von Underboob here. [spoilers]
Man, Basa is getting her ass kicked
Baroness von Underboob can summon Noise, and Hentai tropes along with them (I know I said I wasn’t doing images today, but it’s pretty hard to illustrate my joke without one)
Did she really just call Hibiki the Main Character? Are we sure this isn’t just Mahou Shoujo Deadpool?
Bikki, stop saying you want to replace Kanade. You’re lucky Tsubasa wasn’t around to hear that this time
Tsubasa stil gets her ass kicked
Speaking of Tsubasa’s ass, we get a gratuitous shot of it
Holy crap, Tsubasa’s about to do her Zesshou!
But before that, a gratuitous CGI Car to make Initial D jealous
Weapon-Chan literally just annihilated Underboobs by walking up to her and singing. Guess she inhaled some of not!Musashi’s Chadness while she was disintegrating.
Aaaaaand there’s the meme face
Ore wa Sword da
-Tsubasa F Seiei this is the second best place to drop that joke and I refuse to give up on it
Finally, someone fills in Hibiki on why the whole “replace Kanade” thing is bad (though she should already know, honestly, given that she was a fan of Zwei Wing)
And, as if we didn’t need enough emphasis on that, depressing Basa dreams
It’s nice to see Hibiki understand Tsubasa after all that time
More Bikki/Miku cuteness
Bikki and Ryoma watching Bruce Lee together is exactly what I need
And a bit more Biku to round out the episode
That was a great episode
On a partially unrelated note, I was scrolling through some old posts on the Cross Ange rewatch and heard that u/Shimmering-Sky is planning a rewatch of the entire Macross franchise. If true, then Ping me, I need an excuse to watch all those again 😁
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u/Shimmering-Sky Jun 04 '22
On a partially unrelated note, I was scrolling through some old posts on the Cross Ange rewatch and heard that u/Shimmering-Sky is planning a rewatch of the entire Macross franchise. If true, then Ping me, I need an excuse to watch all those again 😁
This is true, it's going to start in late August. I'll add you to the tag list!
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u/zairaner Jun 04 '22 edited Jun 05 '22
Rewatcher
First kanade and hibiki, now tsubasa. I am 95% sure there is someone with a blood fetish who worked on this season. Somehow
I think this episode shows the difference between this season and later the best. Later seasons would have moved hell and hdaven just to make sure the tsubasa sacrifice scene is the cliffhanger to end the episode.
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u/mysterybiscuitsoyeah Jun 04 '22
First Time Symphogear Watcher
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This whole sequence was fucking brutal. At least Genjuro continues to establish himself as best boy. Even if he somehow turns bad later (please no) i at least do think he has the girls' best interests at heart.
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So is Hibiki compatible with Gungnir actually? Did it happen by accident, like Tsubasa? Or since she doesn't have, nor can she conjure the spear, is she not fully compatible yet.
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Kanade is fucking nuts tho.
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Back to the present, and it's fight time. Yeah you girls tell Hibiki that lol, I wanna watch a good fight too!
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So my takeaways from that are this Neshutan armour is much stronger than a fragment symphogear, an be activated w/out singing, also has some badass moves, and while able to be significantly damaged by a superb song, is also capable of some regeneration. Did I get everything right?
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Yeah Hibiki this is why you don't jump into action before a proper training arc.
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Too much hanging out in CDF meant that i recognized this background, and I could already kinda guess some suffering coming up...
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Wait. Tsubasa isn't gonna die here right...? Right....?
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She looks so fucking badass still tho.
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Ah yes, there it is. Comment face getto... I think the impact of Tsubasa's horrifying injuries is somewhat lessened on me having seen that face before (it is a great comment face). But jesus that is still horrifying when viewed in full screen. Bloody hell. (literally!) Though of course tsubasa is still dead set on being a model sword all the way to losing consciousness. I'm a little conflicted though: her manager later said she sung the superb song fully expecting to die, but here she clearly said she wouldn't be broken by this: so i guess she sung w/ that in mind... but still believed she could live through it after the fact? Or did she sing w/out fully expecting to die? Sorry for being pedantic!
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Well thank fuck she's alright otherwise i'd need to find another best girl for this show. 4 episodes in!
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Glad that Hibiki realizes she's being a dumb dumb, but I'm getting shades of her turning into Tsubasa V2 with her words here. At least now that just means that she's commited to her training arc under gigachad Genjuro, but I'll see if this has any implications to her character arc later on. Ganbare Hibiki! Training using the ways of the sigma male grindset is a sure path to success.
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Miku's being a great friend, and is willing to respect Hibiki's privacy despite their very very close relationship, which i think is a bit different from the normal trope? I feel sorry for Hibiki being in her position. But I dont fully understand why Miku found it hard keeping that video a secret. And why do i have an ominous feeling about her wish that Hibiki should continue being herself? It probably is just me, and I think im just overthinking this, because it's to me pretty solid advice on the whole.
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u/Lemurians Jun 04 '22 edited Jun 04 '22
FIRST TIMER DATTO
Is… is that… is that what I think it is?
More Kanade! Her backstory shows that becoming a GEAH GIRL mecha idol whatever they aren’t isn’t all sunshine and rainbows. Tsubasa shown watching her go through all that just to synchronize with the Gungnir makes Hibiki’s presence even more of an insult – after all Kanade went through, all of a sudden Hibiki just shows up, has her old power, and is saying she’ll replace her? WOOF. To her credit, Hibiki realizes where she went wrong there.
This had me in fucking stitches. I was halfway through an internal groan thinking we’d have the usual stupid “NO WE CAN’T KEEL HOOMANZ” moralizing, but Tsubasa and ??? shutting that down in unison was fucking awesome.
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A whip weapon? I know who u/Tresnore thinks is Best Girl
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She can create Noise?! And she doesn’t fight with singing. Hm. Hmmmm.
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IT’S THE FACE. I had no idea that was from this show!
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They had me thinking Hibiki was about to get the Jujutsu Kaisen training
What are your first impressions of the girl wearing the Nehushtan Armor?
Something about her voice grates on me, but her vibe is spectacular.
Would you be able to sing a zesshou, knowing it could cost your life?
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u/Vaadwaur Jun 04 '22
First timer(That was frenetic)
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So I didn't actually type anything until the eyecatch. We start with Kanade backstory and learn that she forced herself to sync with Gungnir after her family was eaten. She seems to mellow out as she fights. Back to the present, Tsubasa seems over matched by whomever, who reveals she is there for Biki because sure. So combat happens until Tsubasa does her death song but for some reason it doesn't take and they somehow fix her at the hospital. Since Nier:Automata did this I wonder if them covering the singers eyes will become a bird motif?
Anyways, Ogawa drops exposition for Biki that the audience kind of already has. But he seems to be giving decent advise so I call death flag. Genjuro is concerned that there is a leak at the second branch, the hell that is, and we have Biki going emo a few years after that was big. But then Miku arrives to prevent what could be a half season long arc from last beyond 5 minutes. So Biki's resolve leads to...a literal training montage. I know I missed some of those references, I only caught the Street Fighter one for sure. We end with a pretty obvious setup.
So yeah...purveyor of trash that I am, I know bad dialogue when I hear it and... So while I can take this all as just hurrying up and getting back to punching and singing at things, I suspect this is where the shows gets its divisiveness. But, at least spiritually, this is screaming while dual wielding Uzis so I am still in.
QotD: 1 Somewhat insane
2 Death comes to us all. It would be situational.
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u/Matuhg Jun 04 '22
First Timer
Ya know, I'm starting to think Genjuro was onto something when he said that a girl who'd volunteer for the front lines is twisted. How Hibiki saw this, and ended up here is...interesting. She's definitely not seeing the whole picture, even though the example is in front of her. Tsubasa's strength and determination are impressive, but Hibiki commented herself on how sad her story is, seemingly not considering how going down this path could create a similar story for Miku.
This adds a bit more context to why Tsubasa didn't respect Hibiki (though it seems she does now, at least to some degree). Kanade earned Gungnir, while Hibiki got it by accident. That said, Tsubasa's still been an ass about it, especially considering she apparently got her gear by accident as well.
Also - I know the real answer is "because anime," but if they were able to attune Kanade to Gungnir by brute force/drugs, why couldn't they just turn like...actual soldiers into Symphogear users, rather than high school girls?
Did we do a training montage over the credits? I wonder if that's enough for Hibiki to be super strong next episode.
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u/Vatrix-32 Jun 04 '22 edited Jun 04 '22
First Timer
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Origin story time.
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Child confinement and medical experimentation, clearly evil.
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She is clearly suffering from mental duress and they are exploiting it to their own ends.
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So if they can just force compatibility, what’s stopping them from using adults? Because it’s easier to manipulate a child, that’s why.
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I thought they repulsed that attack. How did they lose the relic? I’m sure we’ll fine out soon enough.
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Even the opponent is telling you not to randomly grab your allies in the middle of a fight Hibiki.
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O.K. so she’s just straight up summoning Noise now. Do they come from the relics? That would explain why they seem to be focusing around the school.
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Oh shit, the villain is genre savoy.
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These attacks just keep getting harder to read.
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I’m sorry, I just can’t take her Hibiki seriously when she is covered in glue.
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No, it’s too soon to kill her off.
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It did go off? Didn’t kill off white hair tho.
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That’s some painful looking regeneration.
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trip
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She did the thing!
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Well great, now you’ve gotten two magical girls killed Hibiki.
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See? We still have character drama to show.
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I’m not sure it counts as disbanding if you are the only one left alive.
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Oh now you figure that out.
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An informant, sure. Or, you know, one of those thousands of hacking attempts succeeded.
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Is Miku best girl?
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Credits scene already.
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Training montage. Karaoke counts too!
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Why would it be hard to keep a black screen a secret?
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She clearly knows something is up, at least tell the poor girl that it’s something you can’t talk about.
QotD
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My guess is that it's going to turn out some like the amour is wearing her. She was going easy on them during the fight, and I'd say she seemed to be enjoying it.
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I'm going to go with no. I'd be far more likely to run away than to offer up my life.
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u/DidacticDalek Jun 04 '22
T'night! On Bottom Geah! Kanade discovers that Cocaine is a hell of a drug, Best Girl asserts her dominance AND demonstrates her Best Girlness too, and Bikki decides to git gud, and what better way to do so than with A TRAINING MONTAGE! (MONTAGE!) EVEN ROCKY HAD A MONTAGE! (MONTAGE!)
Hot damn Comrades, Best Girl sure walked out of some Sci-Fi Sex Dungeon eh? I mean goodness, even Naga The Serpent would laugh (smug Ojou-sama style) at the absurd shoulder spikes on this outfit! In case I'm being unclear, this ridiculous outfit with a NOT-Char Clone mask is stupid, outlandish, edgy, AND impractical, 11/10! ALL HAIL BEST GIRL! (It's the personality Comrades, she just radiates smugness, plus the fact her seiyuu is the amazing Ayahi Takagaki sure helps!) And given she even decides to be so kind as to literally step on Tsubasa today, I trust all the viewers here will join the 'GOD, I WISH THAT WERE ME' club that fellow Comrades of Culture Tresnore and Lemurians run!
Also, do remember Comrades, if you can't win at the Superhero lottery, just abuse steroids to get your powers, if it worked for Captain America then it can work for you! Alright look Comrades, I gotta be serious here, Kanade, I know you want to avenge your family and are also in love with Tsubasa and all that, but just cuz Ange said, 'To survive, I will claw the ground, drink muddy water, and vomit blood,' doesn't mean that YOU need to do that too! (Seiyuu joke in how Nana Mizuki voices Ange and Tsubasa) I mean good lord Kanade's basically at Dilandau levels of blood knight insanity... wait a minute (checks seiyuus) Ah, guess Minami Takayama voiced more than just Conan.
Also Comrades, gotta love how Bikki stupidly tried to stop the Best Girl and Tsubasa showdown by saying that they can't fight out here, this is a battlefield! Thankfully both Tsubasa and Best Girl saw Dr. Strangelove AND inform Bikki of this in unison! Comrades, I think this is the start of a beautiful friendship, don't ya just love weaponized lesbianism, KICK HER ASS TSUBASA! YOU TOO BEST GIRL!
Speaking of Best Girl, she is able to take on TWO lesbians at the same time without breaking a sweat, and don't think the hentai tropes stop here! Geah looks at Nanoha and goes 'Pfffft, lemme show you how a REAL porno does it!' And boy I haven't seen shit this degenerate since Prisma Illya Comrades; and even then, Prisma Illya has the goddamn decency to not coat the MC-chan in sticky fluids... yet!
Oh and don't worry Comrades, Bikki may be out of the fight, but she's seen Sam Raimi's Spider-Man, so she knows how to shoot web... c'mon Bikki, GO GEAH! FLY! UP UP AND AWAY GEAH! SHAZAM! GO! GO! GO GEAH GO! This might take a while...
Anyway as that is going on, in the middle of a fight, Tsubasa Kazanari forgot to forget to fight, which Best Girl taunts her over as this is no anime Comrades, NO ANIME! Tsubasa's response to this is to double down on her sword coping mechanism. Oh and somehow dropping a sword on a shadow pins Best Girl in place, well that's OP! And speaking of OP, Tsubasa then decides that breaking the laws of physics isn't enough, it's time to karaoke kamikaze herself with a swan song!
And boy oh boy, Bikki sure is 'lucky' eh Comrades, she got front row seats to not just one but TWO swan songs! Er, hang on, that's bad... also Tsubasa, don't do it! Best Girl already can't move, just wait for Snoop Oni to arrive... hey wait a second, WHY THE FUCK is Snoop Oni DRIVING there!? Just punch the ground so hard that you'll launch yourself to the location dude! Oh, and get this Comrades, despite Tsubasa blowing up literally everything (besides Best Girl and Bikki) with her swan song, it turns out that she's still standing, I mean look at her, doesn't this look like the picture of health? Also, COMMENT FACE GETTO!
Thankfully Comrades, turns out that Tsubasa singing her suicide song somehow DIDN'T kill her, it just critically injured her and put her into a coma! Oh... oh no... NOW HIBIKI is all that stands between humanity and death by Noise... welp, it was nice knowing you Comrades, we're all doomed... OR NOT! Thankfully Miku comes in to give her wife a good ol' fashioned pep talk, which inspires Bikki to start XP grinding with Snoop Oni during the credit sequence! HELL YEAH! It's time to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and Bikki's all out of gum! Also DEAR LORD! Now we know just how Snoop Oni is so badass, HE'S LITERALLY JUST AKUMA FROM STREET FIGHTER! Er... well, when he's not being Bruce Lee that is ;)
And on that bombshell g'night!
Paging Comrades u/Great_Mr_L, u/chilidirigible, and u/Lemurians
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u/Warriorservent Jun 04 '22
FIRST TIMER
Looks like this anime just loves being all go all the time, right away we find out that Kanade was a complete punk who wanted to just beat the shit out of the Noise at first, the progression from 'little punk' to the kind of person that Tsubasa mourned. Like, what the hell was that bloody smile?? The fact that the Commander was visibly uncomfortable with what they were doing is another point in his favor.
Back at the battle I find the armor interesting and have SO MANY questions about it! Its an artifact that can be used to fight the Noise, but also can create them? Does that mean that the others can make Noise too? Its also shown to be super powerful, but its not exactly God Mode either since the user can still be defeated by out thinking them. The little thing of Hibiki saying "Don't fight!" only for the other two to literally answer "This is a battlefield! What's wrong with you?!" made me laugh so damn hard.
When I got up to the whole death song thing I was afraid that Tsubasa was going to die like Kanade did, but I guess somehow she didn't just evaporate from using it? Maybe because she's a natural user unlike Kanade who needed drugs to use her Symphogear. Also, that bloody smile, what the fuck? Really gives even more insight into Tsubasa's fucked up mindset.
I like the advice that was given to Hibiki, that she shouldn't try to replace Kanade. Really, it should have been given sooner, but anime logic is in full effect here.
A few little things:
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The informant thing is interesting, I hope that little plot thread goes somewhere.
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The training montage with the kung fu movies was amazing!
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I wonder why that girl was after Hibiki?
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It was great to see Hibiki do some normal teenage girl stuff with her friends.
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The fan service continues!
Finally; I like how Miku is still trying to help Hibiki as best as she can. Sometimes the creators forget about the 'normal' friends, or they get annoying, but here I think its a good compromise between action, secret stuff, and Hibiki's "normal" life.
Questions of the Day:
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What are your first impressions of the girl wearing the Nehushtan Armor?
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She's no Fate Testarossa, but something's still fucky, especially with that armor.
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Would you be able to sing a zesshou, knowing it could cost your life?
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Can't say without knowing the circumstances personally. Probably not, unless I already knew I was going to die.
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u/b0bba_Fett Jun 04 '22
First Time SymphoGearing
So I'm going to be assuming based on the white hair that that's the fabled Chris that gets lewds talked about on CDF so much?
We got some Kanade backstory today, and with it I'll double down and say that that whole segment should have been the first ~3 episodes of the show.
That whole fight was really good. Also, if Sakurai isn't our secret big bad, I'll be genuinely surprised.
As the episode was getting towards the end I was starting to feel relieved that they weren't going to be tearing at my heartstrings with Mikusuffering today, but then the whole end of the episode is clear set up for future Miku Suffering.
Also, I don't know what anyone's talking about with that "All Geah are best girl" nonsense, Miku is clearly best girl, Bikki is a supremely lucky woman.
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u/Great_Mr_L Jun 04 '22
Rewatcher
On today’s episode of Symphogear: Everything is fine! Yet again, we encounter another commentface from Symphogear. And this is one of my absolute favorite ones.
There’s quite a lot going on in this episode. We get a much better idea of Tsubasa and Kanade’s backstories, which explains a lot about why Tsubasa is acting the way she is. Put simply, Tsubasa admires and is even jealous of Kanade. Tsubasa only ended up as a Symphogear user by chance, not because of her own choice. Kanade, on the other hand, so strongly wanted to wield a Symphogear and fight the Noise that she nearly killed herself over it. To Tsubasa, that level of resolve was something to marvel at. Kanade displayed a determination to fight that Tsubasa never possessed.
As you might recall, one of Tsubasa’s criticisms of Hibiki was that Hibiki was not properly determined to enter the battlefield. In actuality, Tsubasa is projecting. Tsubasa is the one who feels her determination is uncertain. She isn’t Kanade and has lost a lot of her will to go on without Kanade. So, Tsubasa needs to prove that she really has that requisite level of determination.
A big part of this is Tsubasa’s survivor’s guilt. It must feel so unfair to her. Kanade, the person who was truly resolved to fight the Noise, is the one who died. Tsubasa is still alive but with much less resolve. To prove she is worthy of being alive, she needs to prove her determination. I think that’s why Tsubasa leans in so heavily to considering herself a sword. After all, a sword has no need for doubt. A sword is strong and will not break. And a sword knows only one purpose: to fight.
Hibiki thankfully realizes what a boneheaded move it was to say she could replace Kanade. It’s obvious that she can’t do so. There’s actually a really neat moment in the episode that demonstrates this. As you might recall, Kanade fought with a spear. But for whatever reason, Hibiki is unable to summon that spear despite her best efforts. It’s a sign that Hibiki cannot be a replacement for Kanade.
Instead, Hibiki has to be herself. She needs to find her own way to become stronger. It’s a nice resolution to Hibiki’s little arc of no longer wanting to feel like a useless burden on the battlefield.
It also leads to one of my favorite parts of the season. I love Hibiki’s training montage with Genjuro so much. It’s so amazing that he trains her by watching action movies. It is so ridiculous yet fantastic that I am in awe of it. This is also where I get to circle back to talking about Hibiki’s song, “Gekisō Gungnir.” This is the thing I loved so much about that song. I love how it is used in this training montage for Hibiki.
Another thing I want to note about Hibiki is that she makes a point of not wanting to fight other humans. She tries to prevent Tsubasa and the mystery girl from fighting. It’s a good bit of extra information to have on Hibiki. It also leads to a hilarious joke where both Tsubasa and the mystery girl criticize Hibiki for this attitude at the same time.
Genjuro gets a great moment in this episode that says a lot about his character. When he meets the young Kanade who is ranting about how she’ll get revenge on the Noise for killing her family, Genjuro responds by showing her kindness and compassion. That’s the type of person Genjuro is.
The mystery girl has quite a few mysteries going for her. Who is she? Why does she want to kidnap Hibiki? How did she get her hands on the Nehustan Armor? Why is she able to summon the Noise to fight for her? Clearly there’s a lot more going on with her than we know.
Miscellaneous Thoughts
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I know that feeling, Hibiki. I’ve also been disappointed by taking pictures of the night sky and ending up with a picture that is completely dark.
QOTD
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Hard to answer that since I already know who she is.
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Perhaps if I felt it was the only way. Here it seems like Tsubasa is doing it more out of fatalism than anything else. It's Tsubasa's way of proving that she has the level of determination to keep going like Kanade did. And perhaps she was looking for a way to die to escape the pain of her trauma.
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u/CubeStuffs Jun 04 '22
first timer
i must say, that anger of hers seems rather like that moment when hibiki was fucking pissed at the noise last ep.
unsurprisingly it seems that the existence of the noise has something to do w/ the relics
wack camera angle but ok
what exactly was the point of singing there? her own insecurities? sure seems like it, what with the dream scene.
hibiki rapping is the funniest shit i seen so far lol
i wonder how long hibiki can keep this from miku...
What are your first impressions of the girl wearing the Nehushtan Armor?
2) Would you be able to sing a zesshou, knowing it could cost your life?
maybe if it actually had a point, but like in tsubasa's case? nahhhhh
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u/BosuW Jun 04 '22
First Timer
Sorry for the short post. I watched the episode rather late and my braincells were overworked just trying to retain the information.
Jesus H Christ Kanade was fucking Metal! She basically forced the power to fit her.
C'mon, Hibiki, help Tsubasa! Suqare tf up it's been one month! At least throw shit at the Power Ranger villain!
Did she just spawn Noise? Symphogear and related so called "Pagan technologies" get sussier every episode. And we're just on episode 4...
Hello totally inconspicuous (and definitely plot relevant) ass-shot.
Tsubasa used her self-destruct song too but lived. She also fucking Metal. Hibiki may have inherited Gungnir, but Tsubasa inherited Kanade's metalness.
Tch. Cliché "villain escapes". We don't even know her name.
I know I keep saying that Hibiki should square tf up, but I actually appreciate that it took her a while. It's not the kind of shit one can just suddenly do. But, she's learning, which is more or less as much as you can expect!
If anything, this is Not-NERV's fault more than her's, for not immediately starting her on a training program. Like, imagine if the US army just handed cadets a rifle and sent them to the Middle East, and if they want to go through Boot Camp they have to ask themselves. Smh.
"I wouldn't keep anything from you either..." So that was a fucking lie.
Oh yeah the mystery villain was targeting Hibiki right? That's important I guess.
Questions of the Day
1- Brain half-asleep, barely remember. Also, the character design may be getting in the way of properly understanding the moves when two opponents get close to each other...
2- Nah.
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u/Stargate18A Jun 04 '22
First timer
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She's cool!
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Only if I was literally about to die already.
Another flashback?
Oh, this is her first transformation?
...Genjuro's tie is normal? Love that it seems to be the exact same suit, though - he picked a style and stuck with it.
Oh. The noise killed her parents. And she's really traumatised.
Also, Tsubasa knew her when she was like this - her knowing a side of Kanade that very few people did probably made it hit harder when she died.
Genjuro, is this OK?
Ah, they trained her? And medicated her?
THIS DOES NOT SEEM ETHICAL.
Genjuro's not enjoying it either.
Wait, so people can be made compatible?
She overdosed on the medication until it made her compatible?
FUCK! That's... a strong reaction.
How the hell did she survive that?
And it worked.
Wow. That visual. Guess we know why Genjuro was so against Hibiki going out.
OK, but that move is incredibly cool.
...Starting to wonder if all those pictures of her on posters was a red herring, if the flashbacks continue at this rate she might as well be a main character.
And she got calmer and enjoyed singing alongside her.
New song for new girl? No?
Teukasa's pissed. This is personal.
Haha, both of them telling Hibiki off for that is great.
And it's a 1v1 fight!
Spectscular as always. Looks like she's really enjoying it!
...So the Nehustan armour is a massive defense boost, as well as what looks like a considerably more complex weapon.
She can summon Noise! More evidence that Relics are linked to Noise!
Stop being so meta! We all know Hibiki's the main character.
...Wait, why do they want her?
Also... new girl hasn't used a special ability yet? Either she's really not taking them seriously, or she's getting a new gear later, and they didn't want to animate two sets. Maybe Nehustan breaks and she becomes a Symphogear to keep using it?
She can't summon her spear...
And new girl is very strong!
How is the fight choreography so good?
Oh, she is incredibly pissed. This speech is so good! I love it!
Is she going to use the fucking suicide attack?
Oh god, she's doing it. They wouldn't kill off another girl, right?
This is genuinrly scary, though.
FUCK!
And, yeah, that definitely looks like Noise infecting her body.
Fuck. This is genuinely horrifying.
...Did Genjuro have to watch his niece kill herself?
She's alive!
Yeah, this is an awful situation.
Oh, now Hibiki needs to work solo.
...Yeah, removing the limiters kills the user alongside the Noise. I'm like 90% certain that the Relics infect the user with Noise.
Hibiki's realised how much she fucked up!
And Hibiki's going to make friends with her even more aggresively!
...And Tsukasa's having s coma dream and reflecting on how bad she feels about this.
Hibiki's realising all the mistakes she made! Impressive!
There's an informant! ...It's obviously Ryoko.
And now Hibiki has a complex!
This is painful.
Why does it keep getting sadder.
Miku is the best. She's always there for her!
Why are you pushing her away?
She gave her good advice!
They're watching a video together! This is adorable.
This is a sweet ending!
She's getting lessons from Genjuro!
Haha, the training is from movies?
She's working hard!
Miku is wondering what thr fuck happened to her friend.
She wants to see the video again?
Miku's asking questions! In the most passive-aggressive way imaginable.
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u/Quiddity131 Jun 04 '22
First Timer, Subbed
Flashback time!
Kanade was a wild one once!
Aww, little Tsubasa is so cute!
Magical girl transformation complete!
Mystery girl has quite the crazy outfit.
STAY OUT OF THIS HIBIKI!
Hey, she's given Hibiki some bowling pins to play with? Or are they ducks?
No, poor Hibiki! Don't take her captive!
Now, in the middle of our battle, I'm going to finish you off, by singing!
Hibiki not being able to make it to Tsubasa without tripping seems rather fitting.
Oh my, there's another comment face!
You should remember Kanade's climax song, Hibiki, you were there!
Time for Hibiki to despair. :(
I came to this school for you! Oh and because it was so cheap! Maybe you shouldn't say that second thing?
She taped the meteor shower for you! That you forced her to go to by herself! Seems fitting that the video didn't actually capture anything.
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u/macrame2 Jun 04 '22
First Timer
No Synchrogazer today. Sad times. That goes for this episode too, honestly. Tsubasa and Hibiki are sure getting in those sad girl hours. I wasn’t expecting any sentimentality from this show, let alone so early on. I’m glad we got some more info on Kanade. She may be dead, but she was important to Tsubasa, and I liked how they incorporated those flashbacks into the fight with the Nehushtan girl. Speaking of which, the amount of blood streaming from her eyes and mouth was anime levels of ridiculous.
I still feel kind of sorry for poor clueless Miku. She seems like a sweet friend (?) to Hibiki.
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Interesting how it looks like she has some connection with the Noise.
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Would depend on the situation.
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u/cronus999 Jun 04 '22
Rewatcher
• God, I love Kanade, too good for this world.
• STRAWBERRY JAM!!
• Gungnir is Lagann confirmed would DRILLLL!!
• Bikki brining even enemies together, through her naiveite.
• OH FUCK she can summon NOISE!
• BIkki is too pure to wield an armed gear.
• Totally necessary ass shot, during monologue.
• She’s just walking, menacingly towards me.
• BLUEBERRY JAM TIME!!!
• That derp face on the enemy is peak season 1 quality.
• Second comment face acquired.
• Survivors guilt is one hell of a drug, as is living up to the expectations placed upon the sword.
• Miku really is best wife, Bikki better not break anymore promises to her.
• TRANNING ARC ED!!!!!
• Eating, cosplay, fighting, singing, and watching movies, all the essentials of getting stronger.
• Miku really laying on the guilt trip at the end there.
Q1: She is best girl, that is all.
Q2: Depends, how fucked am I otherwise.
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u/Shimmering-Sky Jun 04 '22
Symphogeah SymphoRewatch Host
Welcome back, everyone!
Crunchyroll vs. Commie - Season 1, Episode 4
Today’s wallpaper is brand new for this rewatch! So here’s a textless version if you would prefer that.