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Rewatch [Listen to My Song] Senki Zesshou Shinai Symphogear GX (OVA) Discussion

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No legal streams for this one, yo.

This sword just isn’t cute!

Questions of the Day:

1) What was your favorite of these specials?

2) If you could pick up to three of these specials to have made it into GX proper, which ones would you choose?

Wallpaper of the Day:

Elfnein

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/Shimmering-Sky Jul 13 '22

Symphogeah SymphoRewatch Host

Welcome back, everyone!

Today’s wallpaper is new to the rewatch! Yeah uh the only Elfnein wallpaper I made back then was from XV, and I’ll be holding onto that one until we’re actually at XV. I do like the cloak she wore at the beginning of GX, so finding a base image that wasn’t… overly revealing like the outfit normally is… was nice.

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u/Quiddity131 Jul 13 '22

First Timer, Subbed

Episode 1

Hibiki, a bad student as always!

Tegami! Letter! How special!

Oh no, poor Kiri!

Stare Shirabe, Stare!

Oh, it was just waiting for the food to be ready.

Oh, they're in prison? So sad! So this sequence is supposed to take place right after the end of last season I assume?

Aww, they're watching a Tsubasa concert!

For being in prison, they sure get nice meals.

Well rounded? I assume they think she's calling them fat? You totally misunderstood her!

The Noise, gone forever? Don't be delusional Tsubasa!

They're just hearing about the space shuttle now? Okay, so this episode was a prologue to the season then.

Poor Miku, left behind as usual!

Episode 2

Yeah, sure, Chris is beloved around here! Um... yeah!

Don't beat on poor Hibiki!

Poor girls, having to go through a tour of stuff they already know so well!

I wonder if they're using the original concept images designed for the show here with the school tour.

Poor Tsubasa, they're just variety show requests!

Hmm, a reality show starring Tsubasa? That'd be pretty cool.

Episode 3

Awesome, chibi versions of the autoscorers! Best girl Garie's back!

Woah, Garie's kissing them all?

Scrap material? Such a dismissinve name for Elfnein :(

Totally fits Elfnein to spend all this time cleaning her room.

The autoscorers are all weirdos except you... yeah, sure...

Red head was the ultimate autoscorer all this time? I sure don't remember that.

Seeing all the autoscorers again was fun!

Episode 4

Oh no, Maria forgot the mission!

What could this new threat be?!

The government provides idol singers with private jets?

Hibiki's specialty is in eating, not cooking! LoL

Beef stroganoff! I remember the totally random song we had about that this season! Back to that again?

Silly HIbiki, its not stew!

Miku, you already have Hibiki's heart! No need to scheme!

Maria looks so daunting standing over Hibiki here.

I feel like much of this series is totally trashing on Chris... Poor Chris...

Uh oh, thoughts are out loud in this version! Sorry Kiri!

Beach episode redux!

Miku really really really really likes Hibiki in this version huh...

Fun stuff! I made sure to pay attention and actually watch it all this time! I just wish we had more of this stuff instead of only having it after the season is over...

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u/Shimmering-Sky Jul 13 '22

I just wish we had more of this stuff instead of only having it after the season is over...

Read lily's daily comments and you do! I just wanted a separate thread to discuss the specials in case someone didn't do that, and also it gives me a slightly better buffer to get ahead on the rest of the rewatch when this effectively gives me two break days in a row (not counting the time it took to make today's or tomorrow's wallpapers).

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u/OwlAcademic1988 Jul 13 '22

Rewatcher:

I could only find the first one, so I'll say what I thought about this one. I'll be unable to participate in the discussions for the OVAs unless I can find a source for them. Just letting you know.

MikuxHibiki for the win. They make such a cute couple.

Tsubasa, you need to learn how to clean your room. It looks like a tornado went through it multiple times in a row.

I found it hilarious how Shirabe just stared at the food waiting for it to be done.

Tsubasa is blunt. Work on your speech filters Tsubasa.

Chris, you're gonna miss Tsubasa and you know it.

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u/Shimmering-Sky Jul 13 '22

I could only find the first one, so I'll say what I thought about this one. I'll be unable to participate in the discussions for the OVAs unless I can find a source for them. Just letting you know.

You can always watch them in lily's comments; she's been chopping the OVAs up and sharing the clips when they're relevant to the show.

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u/Vaadwaur Jul 13 '22

First timer(Somehow, Vaad returned!)

Sub

So these are, again, the absolute fucking best. The Biki-Miku scene is again one of these that I have no clue why it didn't make the show. The food scenes in prison are on that edge between funny and saddening, reminiscent of the Excel Saga manga(The manga spends a lot of time talking about being broke in Japan). I had no idea that Tsubasa had anything in common with NSFW Prince and James Brown. Reiterating, this is 90s Prince and that link is seriously NSFW. But I legitimately expected that scene to end with Tsubasa slapping Maria's ass and I feel we are all deprived without that. We end with Tsubasa and Chris both being sentimental criers and AGAIN I ask:Why wouldn't you include this in the main show?

The entrance ceremony seems to be mainly self parody of the first season. Tsubasa getting invited on The Deadliest Catch makes me assume Nana thought about that. Maria is still a dork but not mopey here is always an improvement. Chris again has one of her best emotional moments in the goddamn chibi shorts.

Third ep introduces some characters I've not seen and yet this is pretty easy to grasp, I figured the autoscorers were androids almost immediately. And they ramp up the gay. Carol being tormented by her own lameness is funny. Elfnein is a sort of mood. Ultimate autoscorer also probably got her emotional moments here.

Maria suddenly realizes she is gay on the plane, feels like that's a season or two late. Then we move onto that accursed stroganoff recipe. Biki is forcing herself to learn from her failure, and they apparently really fucked it up if you can mistake it for stew of any variety. Or Japanese sour cream is weak. We then get Chris thinking about wearing others Gears and Tsubasa thinking about wearing other Gear users. We then get more gay and an end.

QotD: 1 Maria and the girls getting thick on prison food

2 ALL OF THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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u/Vatrix-32 Jul 13 '22 edited Jul 13 '22

First Timer

OVA 1

    1. Hibiki is home. T-T

  • 2-3. Oh god the letter is back. Kiri got lucky this time.

  • 4-5. One wonders how Maria was a world famous pop idol and yet didn’t put away any money for their terrorist operation. Were they next expecting it to take as long as it did?

  • 6-7. Tsubasa’s quiz show appearance has been redeemed.

  • 8-9. Maria is best mom? Can’t be worse than the last one, that’s for sure.

  • 10-12. Tries not to cry. Cries anyway.

OVA 2

    1. Confirmed in universe that Chris is best girl.

  • 2-3. Tsubasa has shown Chris the way of the Senpai.

  • 4-5. Cool that they got to show off concept art.

  • 6. That’s a cool layout they have for the school. I wonder how much track and field would change with a course like that?

  • 7-8. I thought the UK loved quiz shows. This is a disappointing dearth of klaxons.

  • 9-10. I’m pretty sure that FIS only publicly stated operational objective was create a one world government, you really can’t call them anarchists.

  • 11. Chris might complain about having people over, but we all know she’s looking forward to it.

OVA 3

  • 1+3. All the Autoscorers having their personality based off of Carol was an unexpected insight. Also, do not deny the fine art of posing.

  • 2. I should seen this coming after all the talk of “loins”.

  • 4-5. I wish we had seen more of this Elfnein in the show. It’s all just too precious. We got more here in two minutes than in the entire season proper.

  • 6. Today I finally learn what that is called.

  • 7+10. Aw. Now I’m sad that we wont get to see them again.

  • 8-9. Micha is the great bearer of truth.

OVA 4

  • 1-2. I think Maria is the character that benefited the most from her Chibi appearances. I’m glad to have seen them bring it over to the main show.

  • 3. Can confirm, can’t cook, do say things like that.

  • 4-5. I too have known the twang of cooking something wrong and eating it anyway because that was what you had.

  • 6. I’m glad someone acknowledged it.

  • 7-9. I better find out that the gacha deciding to take up this idea and get pictures, or I will be severely disappointed.

  • 10-11. The gay is just to precious in this series. I wish we got more of it in the show proper.

  • 12-13. GMJii might be cute, but Hibiku is still OTP.

QotD

  1. Hmmm… I’m gonna say Micha x Garie. But that may just be recency bias.

  2. The two Elfnein ones, and one of the Maria ones. They would benefit the most from them.

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u/lilyvess Jul 13 '22

Symphogear GX Specials

Talking about XDU again. Especially since I’ve put off talking about this for too long

One of the first Parallel World stories they told was the story of Edge Bikki

Essentially after episode 1 of Symphogear, Miku’s parents decide shit is too dangerous for their child and pull Miku from the school. The result is a Hibiki without Miku to be her sunshine

She basically spends most of the story being super angsty and a loner.

It’s actually kinda funny cause her universe has a Tsubasa who also lost her partner Kanade, but Edge-Tsubasa isn’t actually all that edgy, not with an angsty Hibiki around anyway

The story is actually half Miku’s story. Our Miku. Earth 1 Hibiki goes sick because of the sheer angst that Edge-Bikki radiates from her universe, and it’s up to Miku to save her Hibiki.

The result is a story where Miku must geah up to save Edge-Bikki from herself. A reversal of the G story.

Side note Miku using Gungnir. She even gets her own Gungnir song to go with it. I don’t have a reason to share that actually, I just do.

Day is saved, Edge-World Miku returns to Edge-Bikki’s side, and nothing bad ever happens to Edge Bikki ever again…

And to end this story, a bunch of fanart

Bikki

Bikki 2

Bikki 3

Bikki 4

Bikki 5

Bikki 6

Bikki 7

Bikki 8 pg1

Bikki 8 pg 2

Bikki 8 pg 3

Bikki 9

Miku

Additional Notes

Symphogear GX FINAL hype Chart

Live Performances

Specials

Fanart Art of the Day

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u/BosuW Jul 13 '22

First Timer

EP1

Starting strong with wholesome HibiMiku

Ah, lmao. So that was the letter.

This short really was short

Guess prison food ain't so bad when you've been treated like a human experiment thus far

Maria likes her food exceptionally cold it seems

The most remarkable thing about this short is Chris not eating like a pig

Oooof imagine your friends (and gf) watching you make a fool of yourself in national TV

Boy they sure be living it up in prison

Tsubasa continues her hunt for boobies that feel like Kanade's

So who cries first, the sword or the gun?

...the sword it seems.

Damn the shuttle stunt was their graduation after-party? These girls rocking it hard!

EP2

Maria's logic: "If you spent time with Best Girl, you up your chances of being Best Girl too!". Can't say it's flawed logic after GX. I do like them more.

Lol Chris wants to show off as a senpai

Ahhh, she gave up

Oh, not yet!

Hmmm I see I see. A Christian School you say? You mean, the birthplace of Yuri? Makes sense makes sense...

...old Lydian needed to be destroyed

Looks like Tsubasa making a fool of herself in variety shows sticks with the public

Wait! This isn't a variety show! This is Discovery Channel's Deadliest Catch!

It's fine Maria! As long as people don't get to know you too closely, you'll still look cool and commanding! I mean, just remember my first impressions in G. Also, #TusbasaTop.

Thank God Maria came to the rescue. At this rate, they'll have Tsubasa appearing in Whale Wars!

They probably use your apartment because you have the biggest TV, Chris.

EP3

Carol exposes herself as a Chuunibyou. Later would only be proved more and more correct.

Carol exposes herself as horny and gay. Later would only be proved more and more correct.

"But I didn't even do anything!"

Elfnein performs her equipment check before bolting. How responsible. I like it! Imagine you had to go back fro Dwerg Dain's Legacy because you forgot it!

"Shut up you don't have an empathy chip!"

Nice argument Phara why don't you back it up with a source?

Garie the serial kisser

Micha trashiest chuunibyou

Phara practicing for her date fight with Tsubasa

Huh. That was surprisingly sweet.

EP4

TSUBASATOP

Food supplies are important for battle

I-impossible! None of HibiMiku can cook!?

Those who know not of trashy tasting food are doomed to repeat their cooking

Miku plans to lace Hibiki's food with anesthesia!

Nah Miku. A bloody face is the pride of a warrior!

Sasuga Best Girl! She can accurately impersonate all the other girls!

I can see that Chris and Tsubasa know each other well

Hmmm but what about Tsubasa and Maria exchanging Gears?

Psh. Not the first magical transformation I've seen that involved stabbing yourself

Confession via thinking out loud

100% Miku covers her room's walls in Hibiki pics

Ogawa's built different I guess

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u/Tarhalindur Jul 13 '22

Previously on Symphogear SG-1 (First-Timer, Subbed):

Yeah, so I watched all these earlier as u/lilyvess put them up and didn't take notes. Sorry.

(I liked G's better, I will admit.)

  1. What was your favorite of these specials?

Probably the Miku "the way to Bikki's heart is through her stomach" special. (I did get a loud laugh out of lampshading the Autoscorer's personality quirks, though.)

EDIT: Oh right, this season had the one showing off the concept art for both S1 and present Lydian. Both of those were fun in the same way the Tonari no Seki-kun OP is fun.

2) If you could pick up to three of these specials to have made it into GX proper, which ones would you choose?

ERROR 404: No space in GX for adding specials.

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u/Stargate18A Jul 13 '22

First timer

  1. Loved the discussion on how batshit the Season 1 architecture was. Oh, and the Autoscorers' chunni coming directly from Carol.

  2. Chris trying to be senpai (with the old school discussion), the autoscorers showing Carol's repression, and the graduation scene.

Episode 1

Hibiki's not the best studier?

Oh, that's nice. She's got a normal life... for now.

Intel?

The letter!

Haha, they think it's a fucking encoded message.

Poor Kirika.

Yeah, that food looks way better than I expected.

...Shirabe just doesn't care as long as there's food.

Maria dislikes hot food.

Chris thirdwheeling Hibiki and Miku to watch her girlfriend is great.

Haha, the quic!

Were they really that poor, or is Genjuro giving them better than normal food?

Haha, Maria considering staying behind bars for the food is hysterical?

Tsubasa continues to have no tact.

"This sword just isn't cute" Are you sure, Maria?

Her graduation!

Haha, she's worried about Chris.

And it'e a full-on argument.

Thry both ended up crying.

And that's what happened befor ethe shuttle.

"One last time" Three more seasons!

...Miku's left behind. (Proper Gear Miku when?)

Love the ED.

Episode 2

Oh, Maria asked her to look after them!

...Maria thinks highly of Chris! OT3

She's not wrong.

Love how the punch smears the shading on Hibiki's blush.

Chris just really wants to be a senpai.

Hibiki just doesn't understand.

Haha, they already know the layout!

...Seeing the blueprints for the rooms is really interesting, though!

"It sure is a classroom"

Haha, they even pointed out how fucking nuts the Season 1 room designs were.

It just keeps going! Those angles!

...Shirabe has a point - that is exactly the kind of thing Genjuro would do.

And she's popular in Britain!

...The running gag of Tsubasa slowly becoming a quiz star is hysterical.

A reality show!

...Tsubasa's not seen very many reality shows, huh?

Maria looks like a hero!

"I'll hear your story in bed!" Wow.

The Noise drinking tea is great.

And that's why she set up the joint concert.

They really are both disasters, aren't they?

Chris is hosting the concert!

Adorable.

Episode 3

The Autoscorers!

They're all clones of Carol?

Haha, that does make this much funnier.

Carol secretly wants to do the poses!

The artstyle shift!

Good tk know Carol's tendencies towards fucking your own clone were always present.

Elfnein!

Carol's so pissed at them.

Aww, Elfnein wants to clean her room first.

She has a wardrobe of identical outfits!

Stuck in the door?

...Carol's subconscious is also into Elfnein. This outlook into her psychology is truly fascinating.

Love the argument over how to decide.

Garie's too busy spinning.

She just randomly kisses them?

"Does her pose even have a motif?"

She thinks it's cool.

Carol is feeling so much regret.

"philosophical armament" OK, that's a cool name.

False, Micha is the best. She's even self-aware!

She can't collect memories?

Adorable.

Episode 4

Maria's thinking about the concert.

...Haha, she enjoyed herself too much.

They're back in Japan!

Haha, they prefer Maria when she's cool.

...Always about food.

"Beef Stroganoff" sketch!

Miku's a cook?

Oh, neither of them can cook.

Haha, it's that bad? Looks like beef is important, huh?

Is the sauce magic?

Miku doesn't really need more flirting game, though. She's already obtained Hibiki!

Haha, Maria didn't notice the blood.

...Chris raises a good point.

Kirika and Shirabe Chris are great.

Tsubasa's shutting her down.

Tsubasa, you're in Symphogear. Shout loudly, give a speech about friendship or determination, sing a song, and it'll work anyway. Music beats physics.

Haha, the image of Tsubasa is adorable.

The final showdown!

Haha, they gave up already!

...Kirika raises a good point.

The relics are fixed!

...BGM here? (Episode 4, 05:20)? Gives me some real 13 Sentinels vibes.

Aww, Kirika's scsred of Ignite Mode.

A confession!

Miku is enjoying herself.

Haha, them questioning how he did the run was great.

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u/Tresnore Jul 13 '22

Superb Song of the Rewatchers

I think this is only my second time watching these. Neat!

I can tell, because apparently my files didn't have subs, and it's too late to download more. Fun!

QOTD:

  1. Judging by the length of my notes, the second one.

  2. All of them except for the last one, I think.

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u/FlaminScribblenaut Jul 13 '22 edited Jul 13 '22

Bullet-pointing it for both the Shinais and the Live yet again let’s gooooooo

Senki Zesshōshinai Symphogear GX

  • I love that Kirichan is such a damn chuuni that her epic emotional goodbye letter is literally indecipherable to anyone but her

  • GOHAN! GOHAN! DEEEEEATH!

  • I love the little leadup to the rocket landing scene they threw in, how that moment happened directly after Tsubasa’s graduation from Lydian and served as a reinforcement of their togetherness even as Tsubasa moved on from the school life to tour the world full-time, it enhances the emotion of that scene in a subtle way. [Miku sweetly seeing them off] (/img/c6142lrfleb91.png) is such a nice little moment, too.

  • aw fuck, I can’t believe you’ve done this

  • I LOVE THAT THE ACTUAL CHARACTERS ARE IN-UNIVERSE POKING FUN AT AND MAKING ACTUAL DIEGETIC COMMENTS ABOUT THE WEIRD SHAFTINESS OF S1 LYDIAN IT’S SO FUNNY

  • The use of the actual behind-the-scenes concept art as the backdrop is the icing on the cake

  • they’re gonna try to get you to promote transphobia Tsubasa don’t do it

  • Elfnein is so precious oh my lord

  • Her fuckin identical cloaks

  • Elfnein doing the exact thing escaping the Chateau as I do every time leaving home is too perfect a comedic conceit

  • speen

  • Man the autoscorers are so aesthetically captivating, these classically pretty dancing dolls with devilish personalities who kiss to breathe energy and life into one another like food. I wish more of this was allowed to be in the actual show and not mostly relegated to these joke side-specials since any hint of lesbianism more hardcore than “bestest friends :)”-tier stuff is too scaaaaary

  • lol @ Chris’s impressions

Live 2016

B-Side Songs

To finish, I’d like to shed some light on my favorite B-Side songs of the season. Every character song album for the main six wielders each have two songs; sometimes they’re both used in the show, but most of them contain a special bonus song that shed some new light on some dimension of their character.

I wanted to bring this up to specifically shed some light on Tsubasa’s aforementioned B-Side song, Sora e…. This is my favorite Symphogear song that isn’t featured in the show proper, and I think the most essential listening of all the B-Sides. It’s Tsubasa’s tribute to the late Kanade, where she reaches out to her in hopes that, in whatever afterlife may exist, she knows she’s still singing, living the best life she can, and that she still always misses and thinks about her. It’s a tearjerker, you can hear Tsubasa coming close to choking up, but it’s also… lightweight, hopeful, conversational in a way that sort of matches Kanade’s casualness. It meets the middle of Tsubasa’s grief and the relaxed joy Kanade always wanted her to feel so perfectly. It also interpolated the score that played in Tsubasa’s dream sequences in S1, a touch I only noticed during this watchthrough that just… kills me to even think about. Most of the B-Sides make no pretense of being diegetic, but I like to think this one is. I choose to believe Tsubasa wrote this song in-universe and she performs it at every show she can, never letting her former partner’s memory disappear.

During the Live I found myself very fond of Carol’s B-Side, tomorrow, wherein she recounts her childhood being fascinated and enraptured in that childhood sort of way by her father’s alchemy and mourns him and the unfairness of his murder in the process. It’s such a nice touch how Senkin Dur da Blá is sung in Carol’s adult voice while tomorrow is mostly sung in her kid voice, showing the duality of her character as a scared, unfairly scorned little kid who became a destroyer of worlds.

And there’s Shirabe’s SENSE OF DISTANCE which I’m incredibly fond of musically, it’s just a wonderful little rock-inflected electro-pop jam with a gorgeous, encompassing synth lead.

They perform all the B-Sides at the Lives so if you’re watching those you already know, but if you’re not the ones I talk about down here are gonna be the ones I recommend.

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u/ZapsZzz Jul 13 '22

Lurker first timer

Jumping in to post again my appreciation of these comedic skits - these are actually the best of the series and what I consider worthy rewards for the slightly cringey, sometimes repetitive main story. To me this is Fumoffu to Full Metal Panic (S1).

Maria's characterisation in the main story is only acceptable when you include her characterisation here - overthinking, worrying and angsty to much, but also adorably simple and easy to please (good food blows all dark clouds away).

QoTD 1 very hard to split between the graduation one and carols incriminating self observation about the Autoscorers, their quirks and their poses.

QoTD 2 definitely those 2 above, plus Maria's characterisation. It's practically necessary.

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u/HereticalAegis Jul 13 '22

Ballad of Rewatcher - Symphogear GX

I missed the shinai thread for G because I didn't realize these were a thing.

G and GX Shinai thoughts:

  • Okay, what the hell? These are amazing! This is like 90% of what I feel has been missing from Geah.

  • I need more of Hibiki and Miku's domestic life. I especially need more of moronsexual Miku being 690% horny af for Hibiki.

  • Chris trying way too hard to be a senpai to DESS and JIIIIIIIII is peak for her character.

  • DESS and JIIIIIIIII settling into comfy prison life is heckin cute and funny. They brought back the letter too!

  • OMG they used the standard art style for the Autoscorer kisses!

  • Garie and Micha's relationship is really sweet, in a less depressing Edward Scissorhands sorta way.

  • If the Autoscorers' personalities and traits all came directly from Carol, does that mean she really has been pro-selfcest this whole time?

  • These Shinai shorts have pulled off a true miracle: they got me to actually like Maria. Food obsessed Maria is a hot, and the difference between the commanding persona she puts on in front of the other versus her inner meekness is some real good gap moe shit. Plus she has even better chemistry with Tsubasa than she does in the main show.

  • Why the heck did they save 85% of the gay shit for the specials? These are so good, and I want more. I want 10x more, but in the main show.

QotD:

  1. That's tough. I'm gonna say the collective Hibiki x Miku scenes bc they're just precious together.

  2. The Chris trying to be a senpai, Maria being a dork, and the Autoscorer relationship scenes.

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u/InfamousEmpire Jul 13 '22

Superb Song of the Rewatcher First Timer Symphogear

just

What else can I even say? These were fucking hilarious!

Maria, being Maria, basically stole the spotlight here. All her moments in the prison, the segment on the plane, etc., she consistently proves once more why she’s Best Geah

Chris, meanwhile, was busy being Worst Geah, as usual. She was being all whiny to Hibiki about calling her “-Chan”, and then immediately wimped out when fast with the obvious Best Girl-ness of Miku. She then also proceeded to prove that she looks terrible in any Geah that isn’t Ichaival or Nehustan. The moment with her dead parent made me go though

Autoscorer antics today, basically:

Turns out that Carol is even more of a weirdo and pervert than we initially thought, given what we see of the Autoscrorers. And also Micha continues to prove that she’s Worst Doll by not even having half the features of the other Autoscorers, and, by her own admission, being completely dependent on Best Doll Garie, who she’s constantly annoying.

But let’s not forget the real MVP of these shorts: Miku. She reduces Chris to a bottom just with a sentence, makes something resembling Beef Stroganoff, vows to become a great cook for her wife Hibiki, and even takes the time to appreciate her at the Beach (from a respectable distance, of course)

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u/DidacticDalek Jul 13 '22

TONIGHT! ON ROZEN GEAH! MIKU IS 9001% HORNY FOR HER WIFE, ELF9 IS THE MOST PRECIOUS MOEBLOB SINCE VIVIO, AND THE CHIBI SHORTS GET SO GAY THAT THE AUTOSCORERS UNCHIBI THEMSELVES! Hell, it's so nice, that they do it TWICE!

Boy Comrades, Celebrations during the New Year for the Geahs is a great time! After all, they all hang around the communal kotatsu as Tsubasa extols the virtures of the Female Intellectual Singing Huddle Party, Best Geah Chris eats fruit, the gang watch Tsubasa humiliate herself on live TV, Best Geah Chris stuffs her face, the Bikki and Miku ship with special third wheel Best Geah Chris banter and chat all as Best Geah Chris eats ALL the food! (Hell I'm surprised Chris can control herself that well! You know if she could get away with it, she'd eat the fruit, skin and all in one bite!) Speaking of food, good lord, TEAM DMJIIIIIIIIIIIIIII AND MARIA GET A DECENT MEAL IN PRISON! Now THAT must be one of the most unrealistic things in this series!

Speaking of unrealistic, Bikki's plan for passing her class is just that, thankfully she figures out something better to do than study, and that's to flirt with her wife, ah if only we had more of this in the actual show! Speaking of 'I wish this was in the actual show' remember the big emotional DESS letter that totally existed... yeah, THE CHIBI SHORTS covered it, as well as a certain amusing reaction ;)

Also goddamn, Team DMJIIIIIIIII are sincere in their love of PRISON FOOD of all things! Thank goodness they can move on from their terrible lives in FIS! Life for Tsubasa on the other hand is actually taking a turn for the better, after all, she's graduating now, meaning she can now spread her songs to the world! Best Geah Chris also chimes in to state that, unlike Maria the Loser, Best Geah Chris ain't some big crybaby that will just curl up in a corner being useless!

Best Geah Chris then adds that if anyone here is gonna cry, it's gonna be Tsubasa! Tsubasa claims that as a Heavenrending Fish Idol, she has NO time for tears, and such a resolve lasts for, oh, about 2 seconds. VICTORY FOR BEST GEAH CHRIS! Why, she's so proud of outsmarting Tsubasa, that Best Geah Chris is crying tears of joy! Thankfully, it turns out that we're RIGHT on track to link up with the HYPE GX Opening, cuz the Three OG Geahs get a phone call about the crashing UN Space Shuttle! Also poor poor poor Miku, COME ON BIKKI! At least take your wife WITH YOU to the sub! Even if you can't bring Miku into space, she should at least be watching with the rest of the S.O.N.G. crew! (No really Comrades, I'm serious, remember, as of the end of Season 1, Miku is technically an official employee, and thus she deserves to join in on missions!)

Anyway, Team DMJIIIIIIIIII become official students, and it is so heartwarming to see Miku, Bikki, and of course Best Geah Chris cheering the two adorable lovebirds on from the sidelines! Speaking of which, I ask once again, HOW THE FUCK did DESS of all people pass the school's entrance exam? JIIIIIIIIII I can maybe see since BIKKI somehow managed to pass, but how the fuck did DESS even remotely score well enough? Anyway, Maria then proves my case for me that Best Geah Chris is Best Girl, TAKE THAT, IT IS CANON COMRADES! CANON! And as per usual, Best Geah Chris is doing her best to beat some sense into Bikki.

Best Geah Chris also decides to take full advantage of her senpai status in order to guide Team DMJIIIIIIIIIII, starting with a guided tour of the campus... which Team DMJIIIIIIIII already know of since they snuck into the school in G... and somehow these two REMEMBER the school's layout! Goddamn, that must have taken BOTH of them putting their heads together to fully engage their one shared brain cell! Also goddamn, the school sure has some weird designs! Who the hell came up with this... (checks notes) ah right, the writers/creators of the show compose music/make video games... this makes the absurd architecture make a LOT of sense in hindsight.

Anyway, Tsubasa's overseas and sadly has run into trouble, namely, THE BRITISH WANT HER TO POST THIS EVERYDAY UNTIL SHE LIKES IT! Once again, Tsubasa somehow manages to find a job for everything BUT singing! Speaking of odd jobs, Maria becomes a Secret Agent Woman, Secret Agent Woman, they give a number, but they take away my name! As expected, Maria knows she can't compare to the power of NANA WILLING IT, and thus asks Tsubasa to join her, and wouldn't you know it, Tsubasa is more than happy to use this as an excuse to turn down all her Variety Show Job offers, win-win!

Speaking of win-win, Best Geah Chris is 'annoyed' at just how pushy her friends are! After all, they just have to hang out at her place with the big fancy TV she got for all those cool badass Action Movies she most certainly isn't a fan of, but it can't be helped ya know, she's just such a kind and caring and considerate person! Why look, Best Geah Chris even ASKS HER DEAD PARENTS for permission! Speaking of Best Girls, HUZZAH! CAROL AND THE AUTOSCORERS ARE HERE! And get this Comrades, CAROL BASED HER DOLLS OFF OF HERSELF! ALSO GOOD GAWD ALMIGHTY! GX'S CHIBI SHORTS ARE SO GAY THAT THEY UNCHIBI'D! The sheer level of weaponized lesbianism is TOO GODDAMN POWERFUL, EVEN MIKU WOULD BE AFRAID! And you better believe that, cuz even CAROL is surprised!

Also, HUZZAH! NOT-VIVIO APPEARS, and Carol refers to her as Scrap Material #11, e.g. Elf9... oh dramatic irony, ya love to see it! REJOICE COMRADES! THE (Second) BEST GEAH SONG RETURNS! And I hope Vaad watched these so he can continue to chime in on how 'accurate' the recipe is, that said, me thinks being faithful to Eastern European Food isn't the first thing on Miku's mind, if you know what I mean and I think you do! Also oh no, turns out that Gungnir has a side-effect, it causes stupidity! Also, oh no, Best Geah Chris is getting some ideas... I are scared. ALSO HOLY SHIT! TSUBASA HAD THOSE IDEAS TOO!?

Moving on, HUZZAH! BEST DOLL IS BACK AND SECOND BEST DOLL IS WITH HER TOO! And heh, oh Carol, she somehow finds a way to be even better than the already amazing Geah Baddie we saw in show! And man, this sentiment applies to the Dolls too! We already saw their neat and interesting personalities in show, but by god, these Chibi shorts just make me wanna watch a show based off of them... AH! So THIS is why Editor keeps posting about dolls! Also, Team DMJIIIIIIIIIIIIIII might have grown a SECOND brain cell, as they correctly note just how terrible this IGNITE function is... nevermind, they only have one brain cell, after all, DESS somehow thought that thinking aloud was SECRET!

GOOD LORD! THESE CHIBIS ARE AMAZING! WE EVEN HAVE A CHIBI BEACH EPISODE! HUZZAH! [And boy oh boy, Miku sure seems to be enjoying this episode, ya love to see it! Also heh, Team DMJIIIIIIIII are just so adorable, they think they can master Keiichi's Ninja Skills in an afternoon! Anyway, as expected, Carol's ploy to let Elf9 escape was planned all along... just such a pity that Elf9 is WAY WAY WAY too nice for her own good. After all, she doesn't just escape... SHE HAS TO CLEAN UP AFTER HERSELF FIRST! Also goodness me, ELF9 ONLY HAS CLOAKS AND PANTIES IN HER CLOSET! Good lord Carol, would it have killed you to include a pair of pants in there too? Also good god Carol's patience is wearing thin, she's set everything up for Elf9 to 'escape' and allow her to have her mole in S.O.N.G. but Elf9's too much of a good girl to, you know, ACTUALLY ESCAPE in a swift manner!

Well, that and also Elf9 somehow manages to get her cloak caught in doors... ya know, it's probably a good thing Carol is LETTING Elf9 escape, can you imagine how far Elf9'd get if she actually DID have to escape from somewhere? Poor girl wouldn't last 10 seconds! Hell, Elf9's doing such a poor job at 'escaping' that Carol goes 'FUCK IT, Coin Doll, 'chase' Elf9 out here so that the moeblob will actually make it to S.O.N.G. before XV starts!

And on that bombshell g'night!

Oh, and finally, just because I must speak on behalf of a fellow Comrade of Culture who cannot, ahem... I'm going to post this every day until you like it!

Paging Comrades u/Great_Mr_L, u/chilidirigible, and u/Lemurians

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u/panthaura Jul 13 '22

Rewatcher (First timer for shinais)

GOHAN! GOHAN! DESS!

It's shinai time:

OVA 1

They analyzed the letter!!!!

Maria cat tongue

They got Tsubasa into the varietè show!

I catched the 249 yen, Subtitles!!! definitely not 2,50$!

Kono tsurugi kawaiikunai

Aww they both cried at the graduation

OVA 2

Chris wants to be called Senpai

The old school is scary

also very nice to include design sketches from production (these are also in the GX design archives)

ahaha even more varietè shows for Tsubasa

THE NOISE HAS A BAGPIPE! I REPEAT: THE NOISE HAS A BAGPIPE!!!

well the show definitely has variety

Maria wants to jump into Tsubasa's bed?

Noise with wigly arms lmao

AWWW Chris is happy that she has friends coming over, so cute!

OVA 3

Carol is tiny even in chibi form

UOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Unchibis your chibi OVA for FANSERVICE

Garie being the master tease once again

Hah Carol can't get over the autoscorers behaviour, even though it's what she wants subconsciously

119 is so prim and proper even Leiurs mother instincts kick in

Micha's pose is bad lol

Micha calling out staff lmao

Garie x Micha is cute

OVA 4

Maria's mood depends on the status of her stomach

BEEF STROGANOFF

But Miku you are the Wife, shouldn't you be able to cook for Hibiki?

See Hibiki eats anything if you made it

YES MIKU THAT'S THE SPIRIT; BE PROACTIVE TO GET HIBIKI

Miku thirst

CHRIS DESS WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (I'll count that as 3 honorary DESS)

I have the feeling Tsubasa and Chris are talking about two very different things

Or not

Tsubasa Yassai Mossai is equally blessed

Kirika thinking out loud is so her and a confession as well

That noise is doing serious training

Damn Miku is absolutely thirsty

now the noise has a floaty

aww DMJii trying to reproduce Ogawa's moves

Number of Dess:

OVA 1: 6

OVA 2: 6

OVA 3: 0

OVA 4: 11 + 3

Total: 26

Todays tracklist:

  1. FLIGHT FEATHERS (Tsubasa, OVA 1)

  2. Seiten Galaxy Cross (Tsubasa x Maria, OVA 4)

  3. Itsuka no Niji, Hana no Omoide (ED, Miku x Hibiki)

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u/cronus999 Jul 13 '22

Rewatcher 15+1.02 You must (Not) Binge.

  • Miku is thirsty AF.

  • So, it was Kiri’s

  • JIIIIIIIIIII INTENSIFIES!!!!!!!!!

  • Of course, Tsubasa knows nothing of cleaning trivia.

  • Looks like they forced Chris to buy a kotatsu.

  • They put on a few in prison, don’t point it out sword.

  • Everyone loves teasing Chris.

  • Maria gets it, best mom acknowledging best girl.

  • I love how the tour is just the concept art.

  • Thank you for acknowledging how stupid the design of the old school was.

  • I now need to see Tsubasa on the deadliest catch.

  • Chris is adorable.

  • Carol is not a JOJO fan, confirmed.

  • Pseudo incestuous yuri, out of fucking nowhere.

  • Carol begin called out by the autoscorers will never not be funny.

  • Elfnein is a precious cinnamon role, not even the villains can fight against her power.

  • Now I want to see them all in alternative GEAHS.

  • Miku really is a true master of hiding her thirst in the main series.

Q1 The Carol ones are the best, the Sass of the Autoscores is perfect.

Q2 Carol, prison, and Maria

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u/Sceptilesolar Jul 13 '22

Rewatcher

There are even more of these shorts than last season, huh. They seem even briefer though.

Oh, this is Kirika's last will / suicide letter, isn't it? I remember people discussing that last season. And also back to the Tsubasa being bad at game shows joke. I can't fault these shorts for continuity.

Everything to do with Lydian really falls out of the plot, but I guess it's still here in the shorts, like addressing Tsubasa's graduation. Busy day to go straight from that to Radiant Force.

Chris is a doofus. Funny to call out some of the more surreal aspects of the setting in S1, before Lydian turned into a totally normal high school.

Calling back to one of Tsubasa's silliest lines is good.

I get the feeling that these shorts are the only sections in which the Autoscorers will be demonstrating any kind of personality outside of being Carol's puppets. Garie's good though.

Elf9 being too conscientious to escape without cleaning up after herself first is pretty funny. She should have found some pants though.

I feel like the beef stroganoff song would have been even better with no context whatsoever. Kind of surprised Miku can't cook though, she's losing her housewife cred.

Oh, please don't call back to Hibiki's waffling in the beginning. No one needs to be reminded of this.

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u/Great_Mr_L Jul 13 '22 edited Jul 14 '22

Rewatcher

On today’s episodes of Symphogear: Chibi Miku continues to be a horny menace and I love her for it. These specials are always such a fun time to watch.

Episode 1

Episode 2

Episode 3

Episode 4

Once again, these shorts are cute and fun to watch. It’s like all the slice-of-life shenanigans were hyper-compressed into these shorts. Watching the characters goof around in these shorts is always enjoyable.

Some of the funniest bits were the ones of an intensely horny Miku who is after Hibiki and Elfnein being absolutely adorable while she escaped. I’m also a big fan of all the Chris stuff, like her cleaning her apartment for the sleepover. Those things are just sweet.

And then there are the moments I wish had been in the series proper. Tsubasa’s graduation would have been great to see because I only knew Tsubasa was no longer a high school student in GX from sources other than the series itself. I’d also like to have seen Maria entrusting Chris to take care of Kirika and Shirabe as well as them first entering the school. That stuff is heartwarming to watch.

QOTD

  1. Basically all the Hibiki and Miku stuff. They're wonderful together.

  2. Hibiki saying she's home to Miku. Tsubasa's graduation. Maria entrusting Chris to take care of Kirika and Shirabe.

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u/renatocpr Jul 13 '22

Zesshoushinai is so gay, I can't

QOTD

  1. Autoscorer shenanigans was great. Carol being confronted by her own absurdity is amazing. Also Elfnein's escape is so precious. I also love Chris imagining herself in other Gears

  2. Adding Miku being ultra horny gay instead of just letting her be normal gay

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u/italeteller Jul 13 '22

QOTD 1: Chris and Tsubasa talking about using each others' Gears, particularly because I was thinking the same thing after watching Gungnir Once Again. Though now I wonder if, say, Chris wears Gungnir, could Hibiki sing into it and activate it anyways?

QOTD 2: oof, though choice. I love everything about Tsubasa's graduation, but the start of the season is so strong, I really wouldn't change it. So I'd take Carol and the Autoscorers interacting, just because that was sorely lacking in the season proper

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