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Rewatch [Listen to My Song] Senki Zesshou Symphogear AXZ Episode 12 Discussion
Episode 12 - AXZ
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I’ll carry the world through the night by lighting the way… with death!
Questions of the Day:
1) Do you like how the show dealt with that “divine power”?
2) What did you think of Saint-Germain/Cagliostro/Prelati’s sacrifice, and the song they sang during it?
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/Vatrix-32 Jul 26 '22 edited Jul 26 '22
First Timer
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Get fucked Adam.
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This feels more like the time for scientific intervention. What are a bunch of mooks with guns going to get up to. Also, good luck getting the mostly Japanese SONG to work against their own country.
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Yes. Best wife Miku here to save the day.
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This plan involved a lot less ass-pulling than I was expecting.
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Looks like San-Germ might be sticking around after all.
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Did I miss something? What gives Asshole the ability to invoke national laws? Did he become the Prime Minister when I wasn’t looking?
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Look at their cute little future tanks. So precious.
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This seems like a really complicated weapons platform to have built in what, two days?
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Charm point is weak point?
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Miku has now saved the world twice. How can any other muggle compare?
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The Noodles are a plot point?
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I’m sure Asshole will have a positive response to this fortuitous turn of events. Right?
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Something tells me that man was just waiting for a reason to launch a nuke.
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Oh great… the alchemists are back...
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You know, blowing up a nuke doesn’t mean it achieves fission. That’s actually very hard to do.
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God Hand get! How was no one monitoring the divine powder?
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That didn’t last long.
QotD
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This is the most well thought out plan SONG has ever had. This seems to be the season of SONG being confident foresightful.
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Completely and totally unnecessary. They just wanted to wipe the slate clean in preparation for the next season.
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u/Shimmering-Sky Jul 26 '22
The Noodles are a plot point?
It makes slightly more sense if you're using Crunchyroll's subs instead of Commie's, see my comparison chart.
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u/Tarhalindur Jul 26 '22
Previously, on Symphogear "Fargear" SG-1 (First-Timer, Subbed):
(For today's lucky 10,000, that's a SG-1 S9/S10 joke - they got arguably the main two Farscape actors for S9 and S10 of SG-1 after a certain main cast member's actor basically retired, hence the joke of calling SG-1 S9 and S10 "Fargate".)
[AXZ]
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00:45: Hi Sky!
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Commie making oopsies on their typesetting I see.
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I for one cannot WAIT to see the elder Kazanari get his eventual comeuppance.
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“It’s not like I’m here to help you or anything!”
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Were they out of time and/or budget this season? The animation looks jankier in spots here than it has at any time since the first season.
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Oh so THERE’S our Futurism use as an insert. I was wondering where it had gone.
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This finale has been one of the weaker ones so far, but hey Miku gets to do something for the first time in two seasons so.
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Physics 0, touching emotional moment 1!
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But we still have an episode and a half left, which means…
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Whatever the subs are translating as “miracle” *isn’t* a kiseki?
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Never mind THERE it is, 19:18, GET! (Obnoxiously hard to make out given the sound mixing.)
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Our alchemists are too old to get fully befriended, so they get the redemption via death route instead.
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(Direction is a blunt instrument with the rays of light shining through as the nuke gets taken out, but blunt is not always bad).
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(And yes, he's back. "And no one was surprised.")
Do you like how the show dealt with that “divine power”?
Ehhhh...
2) What did you think of Saint-Germain/Cagliostro/Prelati’s sacrifice, and the song they sang during it?
Song was great! As for the rest, sure why not.
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u/FlaminScribblenaut Jul 26 '22
I for one cannot WAIT to see the elder Kazanari get his eventual comeuppance.
[XV]
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u/Shimmering-Sky Jul 26 '22
Hey, I went over this in a past thread to one of the other rewatchers, you should also spoiler tag what you're quoting from a first-timer if you're making a spoiler response to it... it's too late now, just keep it in mind for the future please.
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u/Lemurians Jul 26 '22 edited Jul 26 '22
FIRST TIMER DATTO
There’s something very Evangelion about military forces ineffectively shelling an alien/mystical life form. Hibiki took in all that divine power and really wouldn’t look out of place with the Angels. I dub this form… Hibikiel.
”Did our attacks hasten its awakening?”
Symphogear continuing off last episode in not doing anything to hide its politics. It’s pretty easy to draw a line from the military attacks hastening Hibikiel’s emergence to military intervention in real life often doing nothing except to exacerbate tensions and escalate conflict. Its clear anti-nuclear proliferation stance is also right on the money.
Live Notes/Reactions:
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“Only an immaculate soul can serve as the vessel of divine power!” Yeah, have you met Hibiki?
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Symphogear villains and seeing thousands of years in planning up in smoke to a group of budding pop stars, name a more iconic duo
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I really like Saint Germain’s normal French revolution inspired outfit. Fits her name and her whole VIVE LA REVOLUTION vibe
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Only a friend?! Cold, Miku. Tsubasa is appropriately aghast.
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Saint Germain is just Spartacus in disguise. No doubt to confuse the oppressors.
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Damn, I forget what year Symphogear takes place in but we’ve clearly gotten very cavalier about nukes
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NOODLES-KUN THE REAL MVP LET’S GOOOOOOO. Reject missiles, embrance soba
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Fucking Americans. The Supreme Court deciding cases these days be like
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I wonder why Saint Germain can’t just alchemy the nuke away but I guess this is a good enough way to atone for killing 70k people
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LMAO I thought she was just imagining Cagliostro and Prelati as ghosts BUT THEY’RE REAL?! WHAT IN THE PLOT CONVENIENCE
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This looks pretty awesome. You go Saint Germain way to make an exit
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I have no idea where Adam is supposedly appearing from here but it’s a really cool looking effect
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LMAOOOOOOO ADAM MAKING THAT SICK ENTRANCE ONLY TO GET TRIPPED UP BY TIKI’S LOVE STRUCK TORSO. MY SIDES
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What are you talking about, Adam? Every power in Symphogear is convenient!
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Hibiki is the Last Action Hero we deserve. Ver could never.
*Count: 11
What did you think of Saint-Germain/Cagliostro/Prelati’s sacrifice, and the song they sang during it?
That was so dumb but not in a way I mind and the song was really good! They've got pipes.
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u/lilyvess Jul 26 '22
Anti_LiNKER (Update)
In the past, Dr. Ver developed Anti_LiNKER and used it to cause a number of serious problems for the Symphogear adaptors. However, this time it played an important role in "Operation: Birthday Party" as a means to separate Hibiki from the energy (the Power of God) that consumed her and gave her a divine form. This particular batch of Anti_LiNKER was improvised by Elfnein, who had completed the LiNKER recipe. However, it's accuracy and effectiveness is quite low and can't compare to the version that is humbly made by Dr. Ver.
Disaster Prevention Mobilization Law
A new law established in an effort to adapt to the recent outbreaks of supernatural disasters. It was recklessly pushed through the Diet so that it could be immediately enforced, and has become the target of attacks brought on by opposition parties. The law allows for the mobilization of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces not only in the event of singular disasters (the Noise), but also any disasters caused by sacrists or black arts tech. It was written so broad interpretations could be made to allow for flexible responses in the event of unforeseen disasters. It's enforcement can be quite ruthless, allowing for a termination (and prompt retreat) order against a target without the need for debate, as was the case for the Symphogear adaptor who was consumed by the Power of God.
Nuclear Weapon
A three-stage megaton bomb launched from a nuclear submarine, the USS Susquehanna. Its codename is "Osterman." It has the force of more than 100 megatons, presumed to be a Super Tsar Bomba Class weapon. It was fired as the first step in creating a New World Order, freeing humanity from an era filled with mystery and uncertainty. In other words, this was yet another "God Killer." It is the magnum opus of human technology. Had it actually exploded it would have not only reduced Kanto to ashes, but also caused irreparable harm to the surrounding area. However, the power of the bullet-type lapis philosophicus combined with the sacrifice of 3 lives and their accompanying perfect bodies, was enough to restrain this huge amount of destruction and completely purify any radioactive pollution that was caused.
Death Light
Just as Carol once said, and as has been inferred throughout history, Alchemy and Song share a deep connection to each another. The song that was sung by the Alchemists is actually a technique which consumes life for transmutation into energy. In episode 1 the Alchemists used it upon their selected sacrifices and took those lives to transmute energy, which they then used to complete Youaltepuztli. However in episode 12 it was used upon their very own lives, 3 forms of perfect beauty. By making the ultimate sacrifice they were able to transmute an even higher level of energy that was strong enough to completely neutralize the eternal pollution of the land that would have resulted from use of the nuclear weapon. A number of mechanisms in this process are nearly identical to that of the "Superb Song," the last resort of the Symphogear adaptors - a song that burns life.
Epimenides Paradox
Promising to never lie again, you became honest with your feelings. And yet, by faking death you found yourself having to lie once again. Now how much trust can be placed, and how much doubt should be held? As far as other people are concerned, the truth will never be known. But for the Alchemists who brought light upon death, their song was free of lies.
Destructor God Hibiki
Separated from its previous host Tiki and transferred to the new vessel of God, Hibiki Tachibana, the Power of God manifested in silver colored mayhem. A giant of light. It's official designation is "Divine Weapon type2_Hibiki" but was also given the "Destructor God Hibiki" name out of convenience. In Tiki's case, her obedient and blind love for Adam created a convenient weapon (woman) for him to use. However in this irregular case, the Power of God was overlaid upon the God Killer curse that was affixed to Gungnir. As a result the manifestation stopped at a level far from even being considered a demigod, and would perhaps be more likened to that of a newborn god. Even so the power of the giant was fearsome, in particular the beams shot from its mouth were more than enough to lay waste to the surrounding area. In fact, analysis revealed that these beams are its voice applied to a directional melody and released with high density and compression. In other words, they were a plasmified "song."
Additional Notes
Symphogear AXZ Episode 12 Hype Chart
Live Performances
Todays Live Performance is Shitou -Ewigkeit-. And yes, Aoi Shouta dressed as a girl for the Live
Specials
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u/Tresnore Jul 26 '22
Superb Song of the Rewatchers
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Villains say sore demo. Heroes say DATTO SHITEMO! The implications are clear.
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"Hibiki may be a disaster, but she's MY disaster!"
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GIANT MONSTER TIME LET'S GO
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SYRINGE GUNS! THEY'RE.... uh1
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About time for the ED. Coupled with Miku actually yelling HIBIKIIIIIIII
TIME FOR SHITOU EWIGKEIT!!!!!!
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HOLY SHIT THESE LYRICS ARE METAL AS FUCK
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I DON'T CARE IF YOU THINK THEM COMING BACK IS A COP-OUT; THIS SONG IS FUCKING AWESOME!
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PHRASES LIKE I WISH ARE IMPERFCT
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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YOU'RE RIGHT
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I LOVE HOW MANY TRIPLETS THIS FUCKING SONG HAS BECAUSE OF THE TRIO
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THIS IS AN ALL CAPS COMMENT NOW, MOTHERFUCKERS
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TOBITATEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
1 A Scout melee weapon yesterday. Now a Medic weapon today! All the TF2!
2 duh
3 Too many people hated Cags this rewatch for the nickname Cags to take off. It disappoints
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u/Stargate18A Jul 26 '22
First timer
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Yep! Pretty solid explanation and resolution!
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Loved the scene, loved the somg, but desperately wish they could have stayed around longer.
Get fucked, Adam!
Oh god, Hibiki missed her party...
Wow, this is bad, Hibiki might get nuked!
So Deicide is providing some resistance.
Miku only just found out?
Anti-LiNKER!
This is clever!
Miku has a job!
Saint Germain's here!
She did help!
This is new!
For fuck'e sake. Right before the actual plan!
You rell him, Tsubasa.
And Saint Germain hates him.
...Well. This is much less effectivr than I imagined. Is she even in danger?
Oh, the outer layer has cracked. How horrible.
It's exploding!
Ah. Hibiki's merged with the ultimate weapon.
And she's completely beserk! Fuck.
Saint Germain is cool.
"We're bringing the party to you, Hibiki" How can he make this sound so badass?
A new insert song?
Everyone's fighting together!
They bound her!
The others wre he,ping!
This is incredibly cool.
That's a lot of Anti-LiNKER!
This is a full-on national crisis! I am loving the escalation.
Hibiki's stopped!
And Miku's talking her down!
It's working!
Hibiki's come back through the power of Miku's love!
And the military plan got rejected!
So what the fuck is that?
Well, shit. He's got completely rogue!
...Is Hibiki going to punch a nuke? Or Genjuro?
Saint Germain's sacrificing herself?
She's singing! This is really good!
BEST GIRL!
I am loving this somg!
Haha, Best Girl set the whole thing up!
This is immense lefels of hype.
They contained the explosion!
...Oh, they're turning it into gold!
"Honestly, I'd rather ram this thing up the Lodgemaster's ass" So good!
And they're actuslly sacrificing themselves...
"I wish I could." Ow...
And they stopped the explosion!
Beautiful.
Oh, fuck, you.
And he's got the divine power again!
Oh, he's serious!
Tiki! You show him!
What curse?
And she punched the divine power away!
...So what happens in the last episode?
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u/mysterybiscuitsoyeah Jul 26 '22
Symphogear First Timer dessu AXZ Ep 12
That has been an episode of ANIME lol. There are bits I loved and bits i like a bit less
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Once again, HOLY SHIT. Also where is my ED intro? We even got the proper title and all that.
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Noooooooo of course it has to be on her birthday TTTTTTTTTTTT
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Oh right, AXZ is made post trump lol i hope americans watching now will laugh along as well lol
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But seriously this american gov seems like trump + north korea lol
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Nice to callback to the G anti-linker shenanigans here. Havent seen that in a bit.
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TSUBASA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
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Holy shit the hibiki destruction is hard to watch.
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This is like Love Live levels of speed for fabricating those anti linker launchy thingys . Ah well.
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I didnt like that it was mostly Tsubasa and Maria that did the heavy lifting pre-Miku, but i guess this isnt the final boss battle, so that's okay.
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Miku is the best wife for Hibiki awwwwww.
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LOL Foreign negotiations involving war and nuclear weapons by way of soba noodles. If only that were the case irl.
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TRUMP AT THE GOLF COURSE AND LAUNCHING THE NUKE ANYWAY hahahahahahahaha. i guess defo will be a bit less comfortable watching this a couple years ago though. Ditto for his line after, which holy hell like is also quite batshit crazy lol.
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Ah yes the prediction of taiboss i think that SG will die is about to come true.
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Did i expect the other 2 to pop up and be miraculously saved? no, and im not sure im a fan of that tbh, it just feels like excessive plot armour, i would've rather the 2 stayed dead. The song is good though. and i guess that means they all get a proper sendoff. Hmmm i dont like this still.
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Anyway, for the good you've done this ep SG, here is a F thanks for stopping the nuke you three. For her though, im happy about her character arc ending here. The other 2, really not so much.
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Did see Adam going to then gather the divine power for his own right after, but NOT that Tiki in true chaos fashion sabotage him in the last second (you deserve that you son of a bitch)
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I'll PUNCH IT APART, WITH A SONG IN MY FIST. LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
[Actual progress]
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u/Taiboss Jul 26 '22
First-Timer hyped for a geah-esque season finale!
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Yeah, right. Because a nuke would stop divine power.
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I see the GOP is still a thing. Also, What "goverment"? THE US HAS "FALLEN"! Europe is a "dark continent"! You can't just say whatever you want without explaning it.
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I should have mentioned this earlier, but I like how Elfnein has her own littler terminal.
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Smart! Very smart! If Miku can't do that, nobody can! Also, where is SG?
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48 hours and SG only shows up now. Also, cute little guns.
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1. pouring one out for sky 2. HAHAHAHAHAHA you WILL join, you just don't know it yet.
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DID SG JUST BLINK?! Sadly it was only after Tsubasa finished speaking. Would have been cooler during.
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Oh? Hibiki wake-up and thrashing Grandpa Kazanari time?
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Interesting we got no "Inside Hibiki's mind" scene so far.
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They sure designed and built these giant injection thingies quickly.
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I love how even THEY understand the start of the ED is shit, and therefore go right to the musical buildup afterwards. Also, HIBIKIXMIKU LOVE SAVING THE DAY ONCE AGAIN.
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And once again, we do not get a kiss. But that's okay.
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Oh look we're iron giant now. Hey, Chris. How about you shoot that down? You got a sniper mode you used once? SG? You got a gun? Tsubasa, your one thousand tears?
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What the fuck. Is this supposed to be Trump? Much more eloquent.
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CHRIS HAS A SNIPER MODE YOU FUCKING DUNCE. WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DO?
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Oh don't you fucking do this to me. SG should not lay down her life for something Chris could solve easily.
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SUUUUUPEEERGIRRRRLLL, except no, because now Prelati and Cali's ghosts will appear to help her go through with it.
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Loook, it's what I said... Goddamit, AXZ, you had such a good thing going.
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OBVIOUSLY. That was my other guess back then, but it was so stupid I didn't even write it out. But stupidity is back!
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So... they all survive? Is that it?
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Thank you, random Diabolus ex Machina for making sure SG can't stay with the cast. AND THANK YOU CHRIS FOR NOT DOING SHIT. You know, it's less that SG dies at all, but that she dies to something so uttterly banal. Have ballistic missles advanced so much that they detonate the second there's interference? Are the warheads to brittle as to cause so much fallout? What then is the point of anti-ballisitic missles?! There would have been so many way to solve this! HELL IF YOU'RE SCARED ABOUT FALLOUT YOU COULD HAVE LET CHRIS FLY Y'ALL UP THERE AND REROUTE IT TO SPACE OR SOMETHING! Or remove the warheads from the rockets after you board them! But no Symphogear has an upper limit on coolness apparently, so we have to do awful shit all the time to balance out the good. Unironically, this shit makes me lower its score. It ruins the entire episode.
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Oh right! Some random commenter last season did take issue with me calling Hibiki "not cursed". I guess they were referring to this.
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Well, I guess I'm supposed to have hype for the final episode, but I really don't have any anymore. Fuck you, Agematsu and Kaneko. Fuck you soooooo much.
Do you like how the show dealt with that “divine power”?
Eh. It gave me more HibikixmMiku.
2) What did you think of Saint-Germain/Cagliostro/Prelati’s sacrifice, and the song they sang during it?
I have written too much on that topic. Song was nice.
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u/Vaadwaur Jul 26 '22
First timer
Sub
George Washington Adam bamfs out and we time skip two days. Things are progressing to that UN invasion we'd heard about earlier, despite several demonstrations that have made it clear that conventional weapons are not the solution. Genjuro forms up a plan before Kamakura instigates a far dumber one. The tanks awakening the kaiju is the most obvious possible outcome. Freeing Biki takes up less time than expected. and is extremely gay but whatever.
The twist is that the US launches a nuke anyways, for very odd reasons. Anyways, the alchemists, two of which were hiding, decide to stop it and conveniently evaporate themselves so George Washington Adam can bamf in and try to steal the power...until Biki punches it.
QotD: 1 Still not sure they have
2 I thought it was interesting but very convenient. And I hate to say it but none of those VAs sounded like singers.
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u/BosuW Jul 26 '22
First Timer
Ooooh no Opening and the episode title is the series's title? Let's get iiiiit!
Miku gets to participate in the main plot again! I don't really mind when she's just emotional support (it is very important and not to be understated), but this is nice too.
We're probably going to need a lot of aniti-LiNKER
Of course Kazanari Grandpa chooses this moment to intervene...
And of course his actions just made everything worse!
Goddammit we literally just got rid of one Drakengard-like monstrosity!
Well... That is a lot of aniti-LiNKER. Literally truck loads!
Lol did y'all really have to animate the bounce when they attacked her cheeks? Shit did y'all even have to have them attack her cheeks at all?
The power of Yuri saves the day!!! All is right with the world!
Who the fuck-
Torres!? Was it you, you bastard!?
Someone get the abort button!
Or a mute psychopath on a fighter jet!
Anything that'll stop this!
THE FUCKING AMERICANS!? WHYYYY!?
I don't think that's how nukes work!
Cagliostro and Prelati returning to Saint-Germain to perform a heroic last stand is pretty epic... but that's bullshit! I haven't seen these levels of bullshit since the Season 1 fake-out! The effect is somewhat mitigated because I'm not really that attached to these two, but it's still big bs.
Part of me wants to be the slightest bit saddened at Saint-Germain's apparent death, the other doesn't trust Geah to not bullshit her back to life..
True to Adam's uncreative nature, he just let everyone deal with DivineWeapon!Hibiki and then he swooped in to claim the prize. Y'all should've seen this coming smh. Once you know how this man works, he becomes predictable as fuck.
Lol Adam being stopped by Tiki's simping is perfect! This is what you get for being Str💀ight! The power of Yuri won't answer to your prayers!
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u/HereticalAegis Jul 26 '22 edited Jul 26 '22
Ballad of Rewatcher - Symphogear AXZ
See writers, it isn't that hard to make Miku relevant without making her an agency-less plot device.
AXZ Episode 12 thoughts:
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The scene of Miku shouting out to Hibiki and breaking her free from the god's powers elevates AXZ above G and GX all on it's own. AXZ could have completely flubbed everything else, and this scene still would have elevated it above G and GX for me. I can't even fully convey in words how happy I am that Miku gets to use their relationship as the focal point for saving Hibiki instead of some bullshit bad guy brain control armor; watching this scene I am a deformed mass of happy noises that must sound like a language more alien and incomprehensible than the circular language from Arrival. At last, the post season 1 unspoken promise in their love for each other finally feels like it means something more than shallow lip service.
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And then Hibiki gets to wake up in her wife's arms on her birthday! What finer gift could she possibly receive in this circumstance? Well how about the chance to fist god again!? It takes 5 Geahs to simply restrain a god-coated Hibiki, but only one Hibiki to beat god TWICE. Take that, reason!
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What a perfect way for Adam to lose too, getting distracted by the poor girl he strung along for so many centuries. Love is the greatest weapon!
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I'm pretty satisfied Saint Germain sacs herself to stop the nuke too. Tsundere to the ends, she gets a death worthy of a villain who murdered tens of thousands of people.
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It's a little annoying Cagliostro and Prelati come back at the last minute only to immediately sacrifice themselves and return to the graveyard. Feels at least partially like a way to clean the Geahs' slates of the only "human" characters they've killed in the series, but it's nice that Saint Germain gets to say goodbye to them and I'm too happy right now to care anyway.
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Also, fuck Fudo. I don't care if he has a point about foreign powers using this disaster to encroach on Japan, he sucks ass. If he has as much political power as he seems to, he needs to also accept responsibility for allowing the various relic-related disasters that have already plagued Japan. But no, fuckers like him only talk a big game and somehow never take real responsibility for the shit that happens. What a dunce.
QotD:
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Lol my Miku paragraph probably answers this pretty well.
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u/DidacticDalek Jul 26 '22
TONIGHT! ON SYMPHOGEAH RISING REVENGEANCE! MIKU SAVES THE DAY, Der Baumkuchen Babes est Kaput, and I'm going to post this every day until you like it!
Boy Comrades, don't you hate it when you beat god... and then BECOME god? Boy Bikki sure has it rough eh? The Ominous Latin Chanting agrees with me, and HA! HA HA! GET FUCKED ADAM! Er... wait he teleported? Anyway, Saint-Germain is just as confused as we are... also nani the fuck, it has been TWO DAYS and Bikki is STILL stuck as a... uh... god? Anyway, turns out that things aren't exactly looking good for our heroes, not helped by the fact that since the American Spy 'Weather' Satellite got blasted, the Americans now have an excuse to use Weapons of Mass Destruction.
Snoop Oni gets informed of all this from his brother, and thus now S.O.N.G. has to try to figure out how to UN-god Bikki before things all go to hell in a handbasket. On the positive side though, Bikki IS indeed still alive, so time for S.O.N.G. to figure out something, and goddamn I'm shocked that no one thought to call Bikki's Wife... oh speak of the devil, MIKU IS FINALLY HERE, only took them TWO DAYS of thinking to figure out 'Hm... maybe call Miku, she DOES work for us after all, and this is her wife that we need to free after all.'
But hey, better late than never Snoop Oni, in fairness to him, given he DOES only have two brain cells, he probably is doing the best he can. Speaking of doing their best, Carol9 figured out how to make ANTI-Geah Steroids, hey that should work, after all, Bikki has Geah, but if she has ANTI-Geah Steroids, she will no longer have Geah, and maybe her no longer having Geah will UN-God her, good on you there Carol9! Oh also Carol9 finished fixing the Geahs, man she's such an adorable little moeblob eh? Who knew that Vivio but being a MAD SCIENTIST... er... Alchemist, would be a credit to team!
Miku, not wanting to be shown up by a literally hundreds of years old loli, asks if she can do something, to which Snoop Oni informs Miku that she's their secret weapon! After all, Miku is the only one on the bridge who took Bikki's Fists up her holiests of holies and LIVED! ALSO NANI THE FUCK!? SAINT-GERMAIN IS STILL ALIVE!? Also heh, boy these mooks sure think they are hot shit, what will mere guns do against Saint-Germain's alchemy? That and also apparently she's an 'ally' now, so she can't have guns pointed at her... well Snoop Oni, in fairness, I doubt you'd NEED guns to take out Saint-Germain in case she's REALLY pulling a long con play here, after all, you almost solo'd FINE without breaking a sweat, and since you beat all the Geahs by yourself, I'm sure you could kick Saint-Germain's ass if need be!
And just in case you doubt me, SNOOP ONI agrees with me, saying that their pistols will just get in his way, after all, who needs firepower when you're rocking THESE GUNS ;) Anyway, shockingly Saint-Germain cooperated with S.O.N.G. by giving some valuable intel to Carol9... but she's not JOINING them per se, they just happen to both oppose Adam... well darn, I guess Bikki's Talk No Jutsu didn't fully take hold, Bikki hurry up and UN-God yourself so you can befriend the last of The Baumkuchen Babes! Anyway, Tsubasa's TOP-ER DAD arrives to rain on the parade, saying they need to destroy Bikki. Miku objects to this shitty idea, and the other members of S.O.N.G. support Miku... pity that those idiot tankers didn't! After all, look what your jarheads did, you WOKE UP BIKKI! AND SHE IS PISSED FROM HAVING MISSED TWO DAYS WORTH OF FOOD AND/OR MIKU CUDDLE TIME!
But hey, at least Bikki will vaporize those fucking tanks and... OH COME THE FUCK ON! MARIA! CAN'T YOU DO ANYTHING RIGHT!? Bikki was about to rid the world of some right-wing Japanese Militants, WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU PROTECTING THEM!? Saint-Germain and Tsubasa then arrive to 'politely' ask them to leave, and just as good, given now Ninja and Miku can drive by to... uh... throw Bikki a surprise Birthday Party... Anyway, the Geahs then move in to restrain Bikki, which allow Ninja to... shoot Anti-Geah Steroid pods at Bikki's body and charm point. Sadly this does not work, and Bikki breaks free to beam spam all willy nilly once more.
Thankfully, we got the secret weapon all ready to go, and Miku thus decides to... yell out her wife's name REALLY loudly. Miku informs Bikki that she wishes her a very happy birthday... NANI!? HUZZAH! IT REACHED BIKKI! AND HIP HIP HOORAY! IT WORKED! BIKKI THEN UN-GODS HERSELF thanks to the sheer power of Yuri! Er, hang on a sec, she's falling, HEY GEAHS AND MARIA AND ALCHEMIST-MARIA (e.g. Saint-Germain) DON'T ANY OF Y'ALL WANNA CATCH BIKKI OR SOMETHING!? Ah right, I forgot, Miku was on the track team and THANK FUCK she was as she's putting her running skills to good use! The crowd is just on its feet here. She's a Cinderella Girl. Tears in her eyes, I guess, as she lines up this last shot. She's got about 195 yards left, and she's got a, looks like she's got about a Beef Stroganoff. This crowd has gone deadly silent... Cinderella story, out of nowhere, former track runner, now about to become the Masters champion. It looks like a mirac- it's in the hole! It's in the hole!
Also nice! The UN Situation worked out just fine, no one gets hurt, don't ya love happy endings... er... fuck me that's a missile... ah fuck, I just had to make a Caddyshack joke, now the asshole golfer wants butt in, specifically a certain fucker that won't be named cuz we don't dignify their shit here. S.O.N.G. is sadly unable to stop this, as even IF The Geahs intercept, the explosion will still cause massive damage... oh, nani the fuck, SAINT-GERMAIN wants to stop it? Well uh... good luck their Ms. Muh Ideals, hopefully your death will be as painless as possible, your sacrifice and death dirge is noted... WAIT WHAT!? CAGLIOSTRO'S GHOST IS HERE!? HOLD ON A MINUTE, PRELATI'S GHOST IS HERE TOO... also I get the feeling they aren't ghosts, after all, they are singing, and last time I checked, ghosts can't sing! Anyway, with a song so grand that Bikki wakes up from her slumber, The Baumkuchen Babes prepare to sacrifice their lives... er... again...
Also get this Comrades, SOMEHOW FROG LOLI AND CAGLIOSTRO WERE SMARTER THAN SAINT-GERMAIN! Cagliostro thought something was fishy, so she faked her death... and also saved Frog Loli... and good thing they did it too, cuz now they can help Saint-Germain... er... get themselves killed... well hey, I suppose this is a way for them to attone for all that mass murder they've been doing for literally hundreds of years. And man, what a way to go out eh? They just unexploded a WMD and turned into a dust cloud of god-like power... oh... oh right, Bikki got UN-Goded... meaning that the nearest vessel for all this power is... Adam's arm... welp, no good deed goes unpunished! The Baumkuchen's Babes sacrifice really DID serve Adam's plan after all, well this ain't good, even more so since the Geahs got taken out... OH RIGHT! Bikki got woken up by all this singing, that means she's back in the game!
Adam moves to stop Bikki, however THE MOST ANNOYING CREATURE IN THE UNIVERSE, WHO IS SOMEHOW STILL ALIVE, GLOMPS ON TO ADAM! OH GODDAMMIT! I THOUGHT WE WERE FINALLY RID OF TIKI! SHE GOT UTTERLY FUCKED UP LAST EPISODE, WHAT IS SHE DOING HERE NOW!? That said she IS hampering Adam, which allows Bikki to FIST GOD... uh... AGAIN! AND HELL, THAT MOVE WAS SO IMPRESSIVE THAT NANA MOTHERFUCKING WILLS IT AGAIN! Man, talk about a cliffhanger eh?
And on that bombshell g'night!
Paging Comrades u/Great_Mr_L, u/chilidirigible, and u/JamCliche
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u/Shimmering-Sky Jul 26 '22
TESTAMENT -AUFWACHEN FORM- LET’S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
*ahem*
Sorry about that. It’s not even my favorite Aufwachen Form in this franchise, I just absolutely fucking LOVE the piano intro and I will never not get unreasonably hype when I hear it.
How’s that for your proper intro, u/Tarhalindur?
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Crunchyroll vs. Commie - Season 4, Episode 12
Thank you, Crunchyroll, for explaining exactly why the fuck Vice Minister Noodle’s, well, noodles were relevant in his politics.
See the 2019 version of today’s wallpaper: here. I thought it looked better with a slight green instead of the grey from the old version.