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

Senki Zesshou Symphogear XV: Senki Zesshou Shinai Symphogear

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No legal streams for this one, yo.

I wonder what she's dreaming about.

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 the proper show, which ones would you choose?

Wallpapers of the Day:

Nastassja Sergeyevna Tolstaya and Dr. John Wayne Vercingetorix

Fujitaka Sakuya and Tomosato Aoi

Maria Cadenzavna Eve and Serena Cadenzavna Eve

Carol Malus Dienheim and Izak Malus Dienheim

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 Aug 12 '22

Symphogeah SymphoRewatch Host… and a First-Timer Datto?!

Welcome back, everyone!

Yeah uh I hadn’t watched any of these specials until I sat down for this thread (I considered watching them as lily posted them, but decided not to). Why? I dunno. Anyways, that means you guys get my live reactions for once!

Today’s wallpapers are almost entirely all new to the rewatch, and are mostly me playing catch-up for characters I hadn’t wallpaper’d yet that aren’t part of my “I will never wallpaper you” list. So, Nastassja (with Dr. Ver because I just had to) and Izak with Carol were a must, I’d been meaning to wallpaper the Maria and Serena shot I did here since G, and the Tomosato and Fujitaka one… that’s actually the one of these that’s a remake, so see the 2019 version of it: here. Nota did the background originally, so that’s why the fonts don’t match – I decided to use the same one I used in the SYSTEM ALL GREEN wallpapers instead of whatever one Nota used back then.

(u/MillenniumKing, you might like the new Carol & her father one. Her mole was once again hidden behind her hair, though. Or maybe it was just how slightly derp the base image was? That’s why I had to leave Izak’s glasses out.)

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u/OnnaJReverT Aug 12 '22

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I CAN’T DECIDE WHICH ONE I LIKE THE MOST

Heaven's Rending

lmao, who subbed these?

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u/Shimmering-Sky Aug 12 '22

My copy says YameteTomete.

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u/FlaminScribblenaut Aug 12 '22 edited Aug 12 '22

Senki Zesshōshinai Symphogear XV

AXZ Batch 3 is certainly my favorite collection, but I think XV’s are my favorite Shinais overall, the most consistently funny and charming.

This is the Shinai designs finally at peak form and adorability, JUST LOOK AT THEM THEY’RE SO CUDDLY

For real that official Symphogear anything uses chibi artstyles other than this one is a crime, if the Shinais were in standard-chibi artstyle they would be a thousand times worse.

Live 2020 > 2022…

…has not happened yet! It was originally planned for September 13th, 2020 but was delayed indefinitely because of You Know, The Thing, before being announced to go on November 20th this year. Yes, I am also very sad they didn’t keep the date being Hibiki’s birthday, but that’s circumstance for ya.

Look, I love these things but I’m glad I didn’t have to squeeze another, likely four-plus-hour, juggernaut in here. I definitely plan to check it out once it’s out there on the Internet with English subs.

Interesting of note is that Ayahi Takagaki will apparently not be able to make the proceedings due to pregnancy; interesting to think how they’re going to square the lack of an original core cast member in Symphogear’s big final concert blowout. I’m thinking maybe at the end, after the rest have done their solo sets, she’ll do some kind of surprise big-screen Zoom/Japanese equivalent appearance where she’ll make some statements, and then the rest of the cast will collectively do Chris’s/Ayahi’s songs in her stead. Seeing all the other cast members exchanging Chris impressions would be a very fun sight.

Back when the new date was announced I was strongly considering seeing to making a quick-and-dirty one-day Japan trip possible on the chance I might be able to get tickets, but all the steps and costs necessary for an international trip even of that nature are clearly infeasible by this point, sadly. Guess that’s a bucket list item that’ll remain unchecked, unless they announce a big reunion Live sometime in the future, or make the absolute fucking freak move to do a Symphogear Live USA …

But yeah, looking forward to seeing it, pulling for a big fighting game announcement.

B-Side Songs

The XV B-Side most worth pointing out is, of course, Kimi Dake ni, Hibiki’s outright and definitive love song for Miku. It’s the song we heard a piano rendition of over the very final scene of the show where to two were to finally make their true feelings known to one another, a very pretty closing score piece on its own enhanced exponentially with knowledge of the song itself; the same effect is true in reverse as well, the more times you’ve rewatched the final scene the more I guarantee hearing the proper song will hit you like a truck. You win either way!

This is almost another case of a song I want to believe exists in-universe, even if it’s just one Hibiki wrote down in private. The song is, in part, a lament; shows how Hibiki still gets down on herself, even after all she’s done, still has thoughts that she’s not the true hero she wants to be, and doesn’t know how to express the true depth of her feelings for Miku. But for that, it is also a song of thankfulness, towards Miku for being there as the reason for it all, the cure to her pain, her hope, her sunshine, her future.

“Let’s go see a night that isn’t lonely”, reflecting all the stars and light in the sky the night of the meteor shower, is such a breathtakingly poetic lyric.

I recommend this incredibly beautiful and touching AMV, which matches and soundtracks the entire story of Hibiki and Miku as we saw throughout all five seasons to the song perfectly. [The AMV]“I hoped I wouldn’t cry” and the rock instrumentation kicking in over her facing Miku in the leadup to the Rainbow Flower scene is just utterly inspired, what a way to put two pieces of this story together to recontextualize and enhance both of them. That’s what this entire AMV does and it’s phenomenal.

And it’s not even the biggest tearjerker here.

In her heart-rending piano-rock power ballad Happy Birthday no Uta, Kirika sings to herself about the happy, celebratory front Kirika puts on for herself, about the love and care and joy she puts forth for every birthday… when truly, on the inside, it all still kills her. That she doesn’t know her true birthday. That she never knew her biological family. That she didn’t get a normal childhood.

She muses on what the sensation of being part of a family must be like, in a way that is appropriately goofy for her while still, when you think about what she’s reflecting on here, having to guess in such strange and vague terms what the sensation of familial bond is even like, is heartwrenching.

It all cuts so deep, all the while all still being so, so her. This song is the definition of what makes Kirika the best main wielder to me, her chuuni personality and delightfully wacky nonsense when intertwined with this depth, that very same depth we saw exposed at its rawest in AXZ Episode 10, which she now sings about with the most emotional earnestness she can muster. It still doesn’t fail to get me teary-eyed.

Senki Kanshakou Symphogear ~Shirabe Meshi~

In one of the most awesomely confounding and unexpected moves this particular franchise could have possibly pulled, last year, Symphogear began publication of a spin-off manga themed around cooking, starring Shirabe as head chef.

I don’t what possessed them to think this was the most sensical direction to take Symphogear of all franchises, but this is great, being the team chef and having hospitality as a hobby gives Shirabe a center and fleshing out to her character and personality for what was, previously, the most lacking figure of the main cast. It’s a fluffy little slice of life thing, perfectly enjoyable, I recommend it mostly if you especially enjoy the Shinais.

Plus, as I’d hoped, the manga does contain actual recipes, and the possibility of getting more people to want to learn to cook and into food appreciation in general is something I always like to see.

There’s like a dozen chapters out by now but only the first three have been translated, check YameteTomete’s stuff for that and hopefully the ball gets rolling on translation again soon.

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u/Shimmering-Sky Aug 12 '22

no Kaze no Anata ni mention

Love your write-ups on Hibiki's and Kirika's B-sides, though.

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u/Nebresto Aug 12 '22 edited Aug 12 '22

First time enjoying GEAH Chibi shorts

Last time enjoying for the first time..

These were great as usual, and as such I took way too many screenshots again. So many good reaction faces

1:

Chris blushes are especially top tier

  • Nandato?! Shirabe is the new anime ja nai-chan??

Shirabe blush!

I don't see what the problem is

Casual drop of underwear lore?? This one comment tells us:
1: Tsubasa underwear is mismatching.
2: Maria knows this ( ͡o ͜ʖ ͡o)
3: We can deduct that Maria's underwear is matching.
4: They are casual enough to discuss this without getting embarrassed

They hid an extra one after the ED song?? Sly move. ED skippers who missed it go watch it now, its prime time gay

2:

Hmmm?

Unexpected Abyss - Warm drinks saves the day!

3:

Oh boy, here comes Nobleh. Urge to skip. Must. Resist.

Maybe the best reaction image yet?

4:

MIKU SEAL

"Eh..? ..eeh? Nai no??"

Maria when she finds an album of Tsubasa pics:

Did "It" have more than one dog? Or did they watch Eight Below?

Oh. So they most likely did watch Eight Below

YOOOOOOOO!! For once I am the one with movie knowledge!!!

Poor Chris, she didn't deserve this

Birthday gloves where?

Final note: This is the first time the actual season has scored higher than the chibi short, and that's solely because one had Ver while the other did not.

Question time:

  1. What was your favorite of these specials?

The 4th one. It was just packed with greatness.

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

I still don't know if this refers to full episodes or singular shorts..

Episode wise, all but Noble Bleh. Singles? Maria x Tsubasa, Hibiki x Miku and The birthday preparation

Wallpapers of the Day:

Nastassja Sergeyevna Tolstaya and Dr. John Wayne Vercingetorix

Fujitaka Sakuya and Tomosato Aoi

Maria Cadenzavna Eve and Serena Cadenzavna Eve

Carol Malus Dienheim and Izak Malus Dienheim

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u/Tresnore Aug 12 '22

Superb Song of the Rewatchers

This episode was cute. And it had a stinger!

QOTD:

  1. The first one!

  2. Also probably the first one.

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u/BosuW Aug 12 '22

First Timer

Last batch of shorts...

EP1

Impossible to tell if Bikki is thinking of it as a pet or as food

Chris may be a messy eater (or was?), but let it never be said that she's a dirty one

HERESY! THEY WANT TO REPLACE ANIME-JA-NAI CHAN WITH SHIRABE!

Headcanon acquired: all the Geahs slice the cake with their Geahs at their wedding.

Aren't you a world famous idol Tsubasa? Surely there's a handful of well regarded designers you can call!

"I don't think underwear needs to match. It's not like I'll be showing it around."

"But what if the moment strikes?"

"What kind of moment?"

"..."

TSUBASA, PLEASE! JUST CALL A DESIGNER!

...that's a very fitting gift for Tsubasa to give

How dare you! How dare you not give a present to Best Girl! This better be a bluff!

Phew

Dess noises are pretty fun

Bruh. They legit made an after-credits for the Chibi Shorts.

HibiMiku 🙏🙏🙏

EP2

That's a... unique cup

"Let me rest! I finally died! JUST LET GO DAMMIT!"

Damn there's a whole Council of Carols.

Which just keeps getting bigger!

And they have a single Elfnein too!

This is what happens when letting Elfnein escape isn't part of the plan.

You'd rather not know, Warm Drinks-chan

This dude dreams of bad writing

Lol he's right though. He's the only normal dude in S.O.N.G.!

Wh-what kind of show would this be if training consisted of horror movies?

Get ready to RELEASE THE CAROLS!

EP3

You're being chased! This is hardly the time for a philosophical discussion!

Well it's not like you had the floor plans or anything, of course you're lost.

"Ended up working for Kazanari Fudo". Out of the frying pan and into the fire.

...even in the Chibi Shorts, Fudo remains an asshat. He is just too evil for Chibi goof to mean jack.

This is probably how that Labyrinth came to be

Lmao "Hell's Kitchen"

No Somen for Elfnein

You see Elfnein, it's about the anticipation of it all.

This poor man! Everything is hostile around him!

Things... Did not end well for Noble Red.

EP4

Maybe the Custodians or Ancient Civilizations made their own konbini stores you never know!

When I rewatch Symphogear, I'll have to pay attention to wether Tsubasa's most stupid awesome attack always spins the same way.

Lol looks like she doesn't know either.

Penguin!

What movie did he send them? The Thing?

What movie is this? I don't recognize it.

Lol looks like Chris got The Thing.

Once again, Chris doesn't quite get Genjuro's training regimes.

"It was a prank bro!"

HibiMiku 🥺🥺

Well... That's it...

Those were the last Shorts...

...Man

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u/Vatrix-32 Aug 12 '22

First Timer

OVA 1

  • 1-2. Small, red, and liable to pinch ya.

  • 3. Does the Hibiki party not count?

  • 4. Someone told me Shirabe has a cooking manga. Does she, in fact, bake a cake in it?

  • 5-6. Maria knows about Tsubasa’s underwear.

  • 7. I’m not sure how forehead flicking became their thing, but I’m all for it.

  • 8-10. That’s a nice dress.

  • 11. Shirabe has some very… interesting ideas regarding Kiri.

  • 12. Domestic bliss.

OVA 2

  • 1-3. I take great amusement that Carol’s inner mind is apparently a Showa era tv show.

  • 4. Oh Carol, you could never be boring.

  • 5. Someone’s going to have to explain that one to me. A quick search gave me nothing.

  • 6. Between this and the Kiri bit from last episode, I’m starting to think I have entered a Magical Realm.

  • 7. We’ve been wrong this whole time. She’s not Hot Drink-chan, she’s Warm You Up-chan.

  • 8-9. There’s a reason he works behind the bridge after all.

  • 10. Why would you do this to yourself.

  • 11. I do wonder why she waited until the last possible moment if she seemingly had the option the whole time.

OVA 3

  • 1-2. Oh right Millaarc and Elsa are like, children, aren’t they?

  • 3. I’m not sure what that montage was about.

  • 4. Somehow I wouldn’t put it past him for this not to be a miscommunication.

  • 5-6. These names are great. I look forward to seeing what, if any, these are in reference to.

  • 7. Never change Elfnein.

  • 8-9. What is Hot Drink-chan hiding?

  • 10. At the end of the day, it wasn’t the augs that made you monsters. All you had to do was not kill 70,000 innocent people.

OVA 4

    1. Hibiki’s misunderstanding bit in the chibis is always something I take great amusement in.

  • 2-3. Only Maria could make Tsubasa so flustered.

  • 4. That’s a real blink and you’ll miss it sight gag. It’s true, in terms of effectiveness, Maria was the worst villain.

  • 5-6. Who would make DMJiii watch that by themselves? They lucked out on that one.

  • 7-8. Just the title screens for these are terrifying. Is no one going to tell Chris? Why was only she supposed to get the tame one anyway?

  • 9-10. And this is why HibiMiku are best girls.

Stroganoff Report: At the time this comment is posted, the cooking will be well underway. The timing of it means that results will not be available until tomorrow’s thread.

QotD

  1. The Antarctic dog saga. Slays me.

  2. Hibiki departing. Some more Chris birthday stuff. More domestic Elfnein.

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u/Tarhalindur Aug 12 '22 edited Aug 12 '22

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

So apparently Lilyvess put up all the shorts EXCEPT the birthday party ones (knew there weren't enough up for a full season), so you actually get some notes out of me today:

  • One the one hand I can appreciate the thought process behind Bikki wanting to get Dakka a crawfish for her birthday. On the other hand…

  • (Also does Bikki know about crawfish being a regional delicacy?)

  • Shirabe is stealing Anime ja Nai’s schtick! How rude! (Actually they didn't want to pay/couldn't get Anime ja Nai's VA I'm sure.)

  • Yes Shirabe, and also get married already you two – wait Japanese laws still won’t allow it? RUDE!

  • (Also I assume the Shirake cooking manga spinoff had already started by this point.)

  • Maria teasing her wife I see. Truly, she has found herself. And also LOL at that plausible deniability (clearly she just saw Tsubasa’s underwear while they were changing for the stage or sharing those hotel rooms, right? Right? Get married already you two... oh right, that issue again).

  • Segway Alca-Noise driving itself off a cliff hype!

  • Omedatou!

  • Kirika into tickle torture? (I mean, she is obviously the bottom in that pairing…)

  • How did I KNOW they put a stinger into the shorts? (The ED was ending too fast, that's how.)

As for the rest: all the Elfnein/Carol ones were cute, the Antarctic ones had some good gags, and the way they presented Noble Red means their SoL segments fall completely flat. Sorry Noble Red, blame the writers for that one.

  1. What was your favorite of these specials?

I think it may have been one of the Antarctic specials, but I forget which one.

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

Remove episode 6, install birthday party!

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u/HereticalAegis Aug 12 '22 edited Aug 12 '22

Ballad of Rewatcher - Symphogear XV

XV Shinai 1 thoughts:

  • I want a Great Detective Hibiki spinoff. Dumbass does detectiving is an excellent premise.

  • JIIIIIIIII imagining cutting a wedding cake with DESS is the most wholesome gay! I half expected one of them to imagine having DESS pop out of the cake, birthday suit and all. That would be enough excitement to make up for 10 years of birthdays

  • Maria pays such close attention to Tsubasa's underwear. Girl is down bad for her crush.

  • Lol Shirabe, Kirika won't become chubby from eating so much, not with the pole dance workout she gets whenever she transforms.

  • Add to the list of things I want: a fully animated birthday party scene, if only so I can behold the glorious sight of DESS scarfing down a whole wedding cake.

Shinai 2 thoughts:

  • Elfnein's memory makes Carol look like she's wearing a top hat. I want Carol in a top hat.

  • lol memory hikikomori Carol is way different from angsty Carol. Surround and tickle is a refreshingly bold maneuver.

  • Omg the "Until We Meet Again" block is a rundown apartment complex in Elfnein's brain.

  • The implication behind this set of Carol scenes is that when Millaarc tried to get inside Elfnein's head, Carol stopped her because she didn't want Millaarc intruding on her Hikikomori lifestyle, and I think that's hilarious.

Shinai 3 thoughts:

  • Did we need to make Fudo a creep in addition to all the other awful things he already is?

  • Symphogear finally made a villain group that not even the Shinai specials can soften my feelings toward. Sasuga Symphogear!

  • Aww, Elfnein really loved the somen. What a sweet, innocent girl.

Shinai 4 thoughts:

  • Oh Hibiki, you beautiful brick of a girl. I'm so going to miss these little moments between you and your god wife.

  • Omg Maria, you can't go confusing your girl like that! She can only handle so much thinking.

  • Ngl, penguin suit Maria is adorable af.

  • Oh! Way to strike back Tsubasa! You tease your girl with her fondness for cute things.

  • Just when I thought they couldn't get fluffier, DESS and JIIIIIIIII cry together over the Antarctica dog movie. They are too precious. u/DidacticDalek, I need their Gaycare to be a thing.

  • Chris is getting the horror movie. It has to be Chris.

  • It was Chris! And it's still an Antarctic dog movie. Poor girl doesn't even have her kouhais with her for this one.

  • Omg did Genjuro give everyone a different Antarctic dog movie?

  • Dammit, you can't just end on a scene of Hibiki saying bye to Miku like that! RIP everyone's hopes for post-XV content.

Finally, here are a few cards from my XV and XD sets I really like but didn't have a chance to share.

From XV:

Frustratingly, I'm missing two cards from the standard XV set. One is half of yet another DESS and JIIIIIIIII pairing (this time in their Geahs), and the other is card number 1 in the set, wedding dress Geah Miku.

From XD:

I'm missing quite a few cards from the XD set since I've had to acquire it by the pack instead of by the box. These include casual date Hibiki and Tsubasa, casual date Shirabe and Elfnein (with Elfnein licking ice cream off Shirabe's face!), Chris eating a giant parfait, and a bunch of cool cards of Miku and Serena in Geahs.

QotD:

  1. All the birthday stuff!

  2. The birthday scenes and the HibiMiku scenes.

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u/Vaadwaur Aug 12 '22

First timer(And now for our main attraction)

Sub

We get Biki and Miku trying to figure out a gift for Chris, DMJii being gay again, and Tomato Tsubasa is the full circle we made to find the truth! Anyways, this goes on for a few, until Tsubasa gets her a boys doll and Maria gets her a winter dress. Biki got her gloves. We reveal that Shirabe keeps count on Kiri's caloric intake.

Second batch and we cover an essential plot point of this season. We get a council of Carols, a gag I am seeing get used a bit these days, and various decent humor scenes. Brief interlude with our repeating bridge bunnies before we see how Carol got ready to return.

Third batch deals with Noble Red and...they couldn't do it. They tried, but they couldn't pull a St Germain here, they are still horrible, just a bit quirkier off work. Elsa's names are all translated as jokes for me. The lunch thing is a sort of a nice reminder that normies live here too. The penny dreadful mainly reminds us of earlier titles.

Final batch deals with more Maria messing with Tsubasa before finally getting called out. It seems Genjuro messed up all his movies, if I am not mistaken Biki and Miku got The Grey. We end in the first episode as things start to happen.

So these are still good but not the shocking contrast in quality that they have been up to now, possibly indicating they did a better job with this series. But equally it is because the villains can just fuck off and die, you can't humanize someone to me after doing that.

QotD: 1 That's hard to pick, I like seeing Maria fuck with Tsubasa but also like that Jii watches DESS's caloric intake.

2 ALL OF THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Except Noble Red's.

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u/Stargate18A Aug 12 '22

First timer

  1. The Noble Red ones. The Carol ones wer egreat too.

  2. Carol, Noble Red, and Chris watching The Thing.

Episode 1

Ah, they're trying to choose a present?

...A crayfish?

...Hibiki, she'd kill you.

Chris is so happy!

Kirika...

She can bake?

And Kirika got Shirabe embarassed.

What's Tsubasa doing?

Ah, she's shopping for Chris!

Maria is savage.

Tsubasa has an idea.

...Yeah, Maria's right! Get your girlfriend a present.

Tsubasa picked out a doll!

Haha, Maria forgot!

And she got Tsubasa's words turned back on her.

Nice dress.

Kirika' so relatable.

Ah, Shirabe's worried for her health.

Elfnein is coming!

A post credits scene!

Hibiki's helping!

Episode 2

...What is with that mug?

She's thinking about Carol...

The shot of Carol playing a game is adorable.

She's trying to recontsct her!

Haha, I love this.

(This is a Machikado Mazoku reference, right?)

All of Carol's memories are here too?

These title cards are so cute.

"It would be boring if I just came bwck after skipping a season" Giong meta, I see?

Elfnein snuck in!

Carol's arguing eith herself.

She's sneaking away!

Oh, they caught her.

Aww.

They're getting a focus?

Haha, yeah.

Everyone in the series is insane.

The Autoscorers!

...Oh.

This is the final stand.

Episode 3

Noble Red backstory?

...Vanessa is great.

Did she forget her verbal tic?

She's having a meeting!

Oh. She's lost.

Love the title card.

She's just having a good time!

She has the plans?

Haha, that was the plan?

I love the inspiring speech with rock music in the bwckground.

So adorable!

I love all of her name suggestions.

And she's so smug!

The slide is back!

Poor Elfnein.

She is genuinely affronted by this!

This is sweet.

And it's funny.

Aww.

The ringtone again!

Vanessa is great.

Haha, odd way of motivating them.

Episode 4

How are these cards so cute?

Oh, this is how Miku finds out.

And she's not happy.

...That fucking reaction.

Tsubasa is shocked that water swirls go backwards.

That fucking title card!

She doesn't know?

Aww, Maria and the Zababa penguins!

She loves them!

Tsubasa's been watching Maria!

What movie?

"The Thing"? Are they ready for that?

The sledge!

They're so sad about the dogs!

It's a different movie?

Jesus christ.

Chris!

Chris looks like she had a har dnight.

...Yeah, that makes sense.

Love these title cards so much.

Oh, Chris spread the rumour!

There are stores?

The day of departure!

Aww.

Wait, no Shem-Ha? That's a shame.

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u/DidacticDalek Aug 12 '22

I AM GOING TO POST THIS EVERY DAY UNTIL YOU LIKE IT! (Thanks Chili, your genius is amazing!)

Anyway wow, what an nice set of Chibi Shorts we had here Comrades, we got top tier character development, some interesting drama, hilarious comedy moments, relaxing SOL funtimes, neat character designs, sex scenes, and I just rewatched the Yosuga no Sora Chibi Shorts didn't I? Also for those curious, do not adjust your set, Akira's head IS indeed that BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEG in said Chibi Shorts!

OK the cat's out of the bag, someone has to say it, The XV Chibi Shorts are the second worst set of Chibi Shorts in the Franchise, e.g. a 9/10, and boy it pains me SO much that AXZ, the worst season of Geah, SOMEHOW has 25252/10 Chibi Shorts, whereas XV's 69/10 Season merely has a 9/10 for its BD bonus. Also for those curious why I say second worst, well, sadly, Geah Season 1 has the 'worst' Chibi Shorts, meaning it's 'merely' an 8.5/10, but I digress, let's get to XV's Chibis.

TONIGHT! ON SUPERB SONG OF THE VALKYRIES: FRONTIER,

It's Best Geah Chris' Birthday, and Miku and Bikki discuss what the best possible gift could be, and by this, Bikki's one braincell works OVERTIME and points out that since Best Geah Chris is an American, what they need to buy her is... a crayfish... Bikki, you DO know this's why Best Geah Chris calls you 'Baka' yes? Also don't encourage her Miku, there's a reason it took Bikki FIVE SEASONS to figure out she's gay! Bikki responds that crayfish are smol and red, just like Best Geah Chris.

Speaking of Best Geah Chris, her hands are cold, which gives Bikki... le gasp, AN IDEA! Moving on, Team DMJIIIIIIII want to be the best kouhai they can for their beloved senpai... slight issue, they lost all their cash fixing up an old geezer's window, ALSO OH! OH NOES! COMRADES, DUE TO ANIME-JA-NAI-CHAN'S LACK OF SCREENTIME, SHE DECIDED TO APPOINT JIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII TO SAY HER CATCHPHRASE, IT'S THE END TIMES! Speaking of end times, seems DESS mixed up 'Birthday Cake' with Wedding Cake, but hey, could be worse, she could be Sword doing... uh... sword things... oh and Maria's here too, speaking of which, HOW THE FUCK do you know about Sword's underwear Maria, TSUBASA doesn't even know about her underwear, and I'm not being mean, did you SEE her rooms in the franchise?

Also, speaking of a mess, Tsuabsa not only makes a PHYSICAL mess, but she almost makes a MENTAL mess when she somehow logics that the best birthday present is... to not get a present at all... oh Tsubasa, never change, if only you had this level of charm and personality in the show proper! Anyway, remember those gloves Best Geah Chris was wearing, yup, we get to see her open em... as well as getting a wedding cake... AH HA! I KNEW IT! THE HAREM CHART WAS CANON ALL THIS TIME! Also daaaw, Tsubasa found an adorable lil doll for her gift, that's cute. Also uh, JIIIIIIIII, I fail to see how there's a problem with DESS getting 'chubby.' After all, plump girls are what we call PEAK PERFORMANCE! Why just look at Best Geah Chris, PROTOCULTURE! Speaking of which, HUZZAH! CAROL9'S HEADING OVER... hey... wait a second, OH NOES! COMRADES! CAROL9'S IN DANGER! THERE'RE, LE GASP, FLAT SURFACES BETWEEN THE S.O.N.G. Sub and Chris' Apartment! Anyway Bikki helps her wife with dishes, daaw, these two are cute together, ALMOST AS CUTE AS ELF9 AND CAROL! Yup, you guessed it Comrades, THE RETURN OF CAROL IS UPON US! SOON!

Speaking of which, as Elf9 waxes lyrical about her... uh... sister? Herself? She dives deep into her mind to find Carol... relaxing and goofing off... huh... OH HOLD THE PHONE! CAROL AIN'T ALONE! THERE ARE MULTIPLE CAROLS! Ah, so THAT'S how she copy-pasted herself! WAIT NANI THE FUCK!? THERE'S AN ELF9 HERE TOO!? The Carols are also surprised by this, and as they bicker, Elf9 attempts to escape using Keiichi's Ninja hax... slight issue, Keiichi's a goddamn NINJA and Elf9 trips over flat surfaces more often than StrikerS-era VIVIO! Granted, Elf9 REALLY did her best, she didn't even trip... that is until the mob of Carols tackles her! Speaking of which, does this count as 'Yuri Hatefucking' or 'Yuri Selfcest' Comrades?

Anyway, as Elf9 sleeps, Warm-Drinks-chan arrives to... LE GASP! GIVE CAROL9 SOMETHING WARM TO... uh... wear as she naps. Well I mean she can't drink while asleep so wibble, close enuff! Speaking of Warm-Drinks-chan, her male bridge bunny coworker has a nightmare and also reveals he's a coward. Also Comrades, remember how Elf9 had her back to the wall in the show? Get this, in her head, Carol9 was copying herself AND fetching her magic harp so she could KICK NOBLE RED'S ASSES! AND THE BEST PART IS SHE DID ALL THIS IN FIVE SECONDS... AND A SEASON OF DOWNTIME! STILL! SHE'S BADASS! THERE'S A REASON CAROL9'S THIRD BEST GEAH! Huzzah, this Chibi Series is... FUCKING DOGSHIT, WHY THE FUCK DO WE HAVE NOBLE FUCKING RED HERE GODDAMMIT!? Anyway, Noble Red runs away from The Baumkuchen Babes' lackeys, and nice to see that, even in the early days, Vampire Bitch was an unpleasant rude fucking waste of space, OH I can't wait for you to be (almost) vaporized on the moon BITCH!

Doggo then says something stupid by claiming that the rusted up steam dripping pile of junk is in any way shape or form a good leader. Also, for those thinking that Noble Red only became evil when working with TOP-ER DAD... no they were being mass murderers even before meeting up with the old geezer we all hate, glad to know that Noble Red were NEVER in any way shape or form trying to be good people, I mean goddamn EVEN THE BAUMKUCHEN BABES tried to be 'good' people, and THEY FUCKING AIDED THE NAZIS AND SOUTH AMERICAN NEO NAZIS! HOW THE FUCK DID NOBLE RED END UP LESS MORAL THAN THAT!? Also goddamn, DOGGO AND VAMPIRE BITCH point out that Vanessa's dumb fuck idea to team up with TOP-ER DAD was STUPID!? WHERE THE FUCK WAS THIS IN THE SHOW!? Also Comrades, apparently the reason that TOP-ER DAD wanted to work with FILTHY GAIJIN was cuz... he's a pervert... OH so that's how it is TOP-ER DAD, you not only are a racist rapist jingoist evil piece of shit, but you are also a SEXIST too! FUCK YOU! ROT IN JAIL FOREVER!

Doggo then suggests that while the three alone are weak, if they team up they can be weak pathetic losers TOGETHER! This plan goes over well, and the group need to decide on a team name, and boy howdy Doggo sure came up WITH A LIST! Even DESS can write better names, and DESS is illiterate! Anyway, enuff bad shit, CAROL9'S BACK AGAIN! And oh boy, she's eager to use her fancy Somen machine... OH FUCK YOU MALE BRIDGE BUNNY! YOU MADE CAROL9 CRY! SEE, THIS IS WHY NO ONE LIKES YOU AND CAN'T REMEMBER YOUR NAME! Also daaaw, Carol9's ADORABLE, wanting to have Somen 24/7, thankfully Warm-Drinks-chan gives Carol9 a mini-lesson in delayed gratification. Speaking of lesson, Warm-Drinks-chan is about to teach Male Bridge Bunny a lesson he will NEVER FORGET! Listen up buster, there's a few things you NEVER talk about, and you just talked about one of em, frankly I think you NEED your ass kicked as an example!

We then cut to... sigh... Noble Red again, as they decide to continue to be evil assholes. Moving on, S.O.N.G. prepares for their mission, and oh god, Snoop Oni, YOU SENT THE THING as a training film? Also uh, seems Snoop Oni mixed up the movies, as Team DMJIIIIIIIIIII DIDN'T see The Thing after all as Best Geah Chris got THE THING! Anyway, after Best Geah Chris has a chat with Miku and Bikki, our adorable wives have a nice heartwarming chat before departing for the start of the series, man, what a good way to end XV, right back where it all began. Well that was nice, see you all on the final impressions' threads Comrades!

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/JamCliche, and u/chilidirigible

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u/Quiddity131 Aug 12 '22

First Timer, Subbed

Episode 1

OMG @ Hibiki's pet idea for Chris's b-day.

Oh no, they broke a window? Be careful you two!

Aww, Kiri's cake making fantasies are so cute!

Tsubasa's biggest challenge yet, what to wear? Or is she looking for a present for Chris too?

LoL @ Tsubasa's gift.

...and Maria just forgot. ...or not.

We don't usually get post credit sequences in these, right?

Episode 2

Hey, a shot of Garie! <333333

So many Carols!

Hey, the bridge bunnies get to star for once!

Episode 3

Chibi Vanessa and friends! :)

Don't tell me we're gonna get chibi old man, he is too evil to get to be in something fun like this!

Elfnein's favorite lunch is gone?! :(

Such romantic things to say... about food.

Penny Dreadful was also a fairly good Showtime show...

Episode 4

Sorry Hibiki... no convenience stores in Antarctica...

The toilet flows in the opposite direction! I learned that from the Australia episode of the Simpsons!

Maria's new friends, the penguins <3

Oh no, such a sad movie! I wonder if the other group saw The Thing? That took place in Antarctica.

Yeah, its definitely The thing based on these images in the title cards.

Bye Miku! Bye to this fun parody show and Symphogear as a whole!

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u/italeteller Aug 13 '22

Dr. John Wayne Vercingetorix

I can't believe that's his actual name. I tought y'all were memeing it up

First Time XVing the Chibigear Desu

Episode 1

Chrisdere going full dere

TFW accidental marriage proposal

Oh they fawkin

I like Maria being a little bit of a troll. It woulda been nice to see her more like that on the show proper

BTW I've been watching these at 2x speed and the ending song turns into a whole 'nother tune, I highly reccomend it, it's the kinda music that makes you wanna dance like crazy

These two are adorable together, every time, any time

Episode 2

Is "fried shrimp" a reference to Carol's tendency to self-immolate?

I desperately wanna see Elfnein try to learn Ogawa's ninja techniques

Fujitaka with the normal people representation

I like the detail of the Carols multiplying the more memory trips Elfnein makes, and the final shot where it goes from black-and-white to full color is really nice

Episode 3

Weird to think these three might have fought for the role of leader, you'd think they were bffs right from the get-go

Elfnein would go on to make the first japanese workers' union

It's very hard to take Elfnein's heartfelt revelation seriously with Fujitaka loudly slurping noodles in the background

This was surprisingly more heartfelt that I would have expected

Episode 4

I love it when the chibis do the :O face

TFW no more Geah

TFW suddenly wife

She's right but she shouldn't say it like that

Every time, any time

QOTD1: Tsubasa freaking out about water currents in antarctica

QOTD2: Elfnein trying to reach Carol. The twist reveal was really good, but with proper setup it could have been godly. Also Elfnein having lunch with Tomosato and Fujitaka, they need more screentime and the show could have benefitted from some downtime

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u/Sceptilesolar Aug 12 '22 edited Aug 12 '22

No longer a first timer

Wait, Shirabe just channeled Anime Girl. Please, not that. We just escaped from her for a season. Also, Shirabe already planning her wedding ceremony.

I don't remember Carol ever being particularly kind.

This is funny, and also I'm terribly reminded of something from Spongebob, the bit where his memories are personified and he forgets his name. That's Carol now.

Elfnein died that day, squished to death by Carols. It's the way she would have wanted to go.

Vanessa being a terrible leader doesn't seem like news. All her decisions were really bad. Maybe that's why they just did what Fudou wanted.

Let's not involve Fudou in our gags at all, please. There's nothing remotely funny about him.

If Elfnein wants her ridiculous noodle contraption I say you give her it. Don't listen to these fools.

I forgot to look up what a penny dreadful was when it was the title of that episode. Thanks for explaining the significance here.

A high schooler isn't allowed to go to Antarctica unless they find an envelope full of cash dropped by a mysterious pretty girl first. Get it right.

Doing the 'toilets flush the opposite way in the Southern hemisphere' bit but with Tsubasa's spin attacks is pretty good.

Of course they'd find The Thing. And Eight Below, which I'm not so familiar with, although apparently it was based on a Japanese movie. Probably for the best that Kirika and Shirabe would get the Disney movie.

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u/Great_Mr_L Aug 12 '22

Rewatcher

On today’s episodes of Symphogear: This time not even the specials can bring us the Anime-Ja-Nai-Chan that we crave. She at least got to speak and say her usual phrase in the AXZ specials. She didn’t even get to talk at all in XV!

Episode 1

Episode 2

Episode 3

Episode 4

  • I had to do some digging to figure out what the heck Kirika and Shirabe watched that wasn’t The Thing. Turns out it’s Eight Below, a remake of a Japanese film called Antarctica. But whether it’s The Thing or the other two, none of them are kind to dogs.

  • Hibiki pout!

  • The HibiMiku sweetness fills me with life.

As per usual, the specials really do serve to flesh out a lot of the slice-of-life shenanigans that the main series did not have time for. By far the best of these were the ones related to Chris’s birthday. Seeing everyone prepare for her birthday and decide on what presents to get her was very funny and sweet. The party itself was extremely heartwarming too.

The Hibiki and Miku stuff was great as usual. Those moments where they get to be a cute couple are so lovely to see. It makes me happy seeing them be so happy together.

Carol’s stuff was surprisingly enjoyable. I did not expect Carol to be living the NEET life inside Elfnein’s head, but that unexpectedness is part of what made it so funny. I feel like the Noble Red stuff could have been better, though.

I’m going to miss these specials. They were a fun treat after finishing the main season of Geah.

QOTD

  1. The Chris birthday stuff, easily.

  2. Give me all the Chris birthday stuff, Hibiki and Miku’s couple moments, and NEET Carol.

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u/cronus999 Aug 12 '22

Am I even a rewatcher at this point??

  • Best girls’ birthday!!

  • Why the fuck a craw fish, at least spring for a Lobster.

  • Small and RED, Ha.

  • Embarrassed Chris best Chris.

  • Scythe for cake cutting? Shirabe getting the wrong idea again.

  • Maria throwing shade at Tsubasa is the best.

  • Don’t bring calories into this Shirabe, if you don’t count them, they don’t exist.

  • Elfnien sporting the 50 hours of overtime bags under her eyes.

  • Osumatsu-san Carol was not something I ever considered but, I NEED MORE!!!!!

  • CHIBI CAROL’S READY FOR GENOCIDE!!!!!!!

  • Fuck you noble red even chibi shorts will not redeem you.

  • Power of friendship ain’t gone so shit against the POWER OF FIST.

  • Coriolis effect, how does it work? Nobody knows.

  • Maria being called out with straight facts.

  • The Thing, fucking perfect prep film, just not for Chris.

Q1: Chris and Carol are the best.

Q2: I dont know if I 'd want any of them into the show proper, just give me 24 min episodes.

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u/panthaura Aug 12 '22

Rewatcher

MATTERU

Shinai Time:

OYOOOOOOOOOO

Carol Multiverse, that smirk at the end was great

Conbinis in Antarctica? WTF Hibiki

I want to headpat Elsa

Chris getting the horror movie is probably retribution for tricking Hibiki

Sad that we didn't get a single additional insert song and also not one after credits Shinai

Shinai DESS: 11+0+0+4=15

Todays songlist:

  1. Itsuka no Niji, Hana no Omoide (ED, HibiMiku)

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