Unfortunate situation edition>Symphogear XV+AXZ musichttps://mega.nz/#F!mslXBKTT!cKifF2M0HFAdS3eXXoJQeA>AXZ HiBiKi Radio Archivehttps://mega.nz/#F!KkBXSYyZ!GJCB0XB95wQA4uCi4S6hhw>GX Pastebin and Mega folderhttp://pastebin.com/EeTkSpKa https://mega.nz/#F!19FVyBzQ!eKkp4fzmcyybty7rY5r0mA!wptxxQzI>Artbookshttps://pastebin.com/56g69j9j >XV websitehttp://symphogear-xv.com/>Shirabe's cooking adventurehttps://mega.nz/folder/EfE1CaBY#mHIKzCTAeasemyQDnsZnmghttps://storia.takeshobo.co.jp/manga/symphogear/ >XDU Eventshttps://pastebin.com/XHxJzrPq >Symphogear XDU English Translation Sheethttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQ2kBC2P10nqtv0827_ICUgZ3UjL3S6FNN8lNHoTmEnq20rJY36Ck1Z4KEVgUK7eXnscVUT_q41AzQB/pubhtml>Compilation of pictures from the Symphogear Expo 2022 in Nagoya. Thanks anon!https://www.dropbox.com/sh/z5bb20blz9u7feq/AADhqHKY5n-6IJuWbmeHxgP2a?dl=0>New Project has started: PROJECT SYMPHOGEAR -next->Furthermore, it has been decided that #SenkiZesshouSymphogear will be made into a moviehttps://twitter.com/SYMPHOGEAR/status/1730512057823580210 previous:>>22672966
>>22681740>Cheer-haCute
>>22681741This is peak female performance. You may not like it, but it's true.
>>22681693GET HER OUT
>>22681743But I do like it.
>It's been 5 years since XV airedWhy we still have Symphogear thread here?
>>22681764It's not like we have anything else going in our lives Anon.
>>22681764new fanart every day
>>22681764Bullshit there's no way it was that long ago
>>22681764Princession Orchestra soon...But I'm not sure how /m/ that will be if at all. As a kids show it'll at least be four cours.
>>22681764Because this is the best general on this board
>>22681764Do it for her.
>>22681693I want to break freeI want to break freeI want to break free from your liesYou're so self satisfied, I don't need youI've got to break freeGod knowsGod knows I want to break free
>>22681800what is that expression conveying?
>>22681805Unaware of being tricked into accepting delicious food.
>>22681829Drink!
>>22681802I love her design so much it's unreal
>>22681764Because I watched it for the first time this year and feel like talking about it still
>>22681821is said "delicious food" cropped out because it is not suitable for a blue board?
>>22681833Real slavic hours
>>22681852No, it's just a spoiler is all. Though if you must know, the evil blasted vampire is using dirty, underhanded tactics again. Using hot, steaming food to lure her target.
>>22681764Because this is one the most underrated shows ever. And like this thread, I prefer it that way.Imagine if Symphogear for some reason got incredibly popular...it's destiny may been /a/, not /m/
>>22681854
>>22681906Would work on me
Utazukin anime.
>>22681693>>22681745What did she imprisoned for?
>>22682483She didn't clean her room one too many times
>>22681764Anon remember what board you're in. It's the one that discusses old shows all the time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsNaR6FRuO0
>>22682571Wired sounds for wired people
>>22682571> If you had told me in 1998 that I would one day be actively seeking out this shrill cacophony to play out of nostalgia, I'd have said you were nuts. But here we are.
>>22682604It's my ring tone
>>22681764the gacha ended 5 months ago and the cooking manga is still alive
>>22682571
>>22682837Ballin' in the Void
>>22682800i want to dess inside dess
>>22682007>ArmataHahaha we were so childishly naive in 2022
>>22682857What's naive about it? That Armata broke down mid-parade, it's accurate
>>22682868Naive thinking they'll ever make it to the frontline.
>>22682869That tanl didn't make it to the frontline, the frontline made it to the tank
>>22682837JUST DO IT
>>22683131Thumbnail made think it was the Bat crucified.
>>22683139It should have been
>>22683159>>22683131>Tsubasa going "It should've been mee!" Offscren
>>22683177Is Tsubasa's masochism stronger than her hate for the bat though?
>>22683184Chris' Tsundereism is rubbing off on her. Plus I bet half the reason she enjoys it is due to seeing it as some sort of penance she has to suffer through for failing her role as protector
>>22683187Maybe Chris enjoys it too.
kys gurofag
Guro is only acceptable when being done TO Milaarc.
>>22683462>Guro is only acceptable when being done TO Milaarc.Guro is only acceptable when its being done TO Tsubasa.
>>22683131>>22683159>NR fags are disgusting abomination fetishest Oh shock and surprise
Does anyone still have the spoiler free version of the space shuttle scene?I remember there was one, editing the major plot points, and used to shown to make other people wanting to watch the anime.
Happy Father's Day
>>22683749Hibiki, why didn't you get me a gift? You owe me for raising you don't you know?
>Chriiiis, Chriiisss, where's my father's day offering? It's the least you can do after letting me and your mom diiie oooohhh!
You now realize none of the geahs have good father figures, and wonder if perhaps that is why they are all lesbians
>>22683769Genjuro does his best.
>>22683789Unless your name is Tsubasa.
>>22683769That's what Genjuro was supposed to be before he was put in the backseat. Yes I'm mad
>>22683789Disagree
>>22683761I guess Hibiki could get him another sandwich.
>>22683887Introduce me to one of your cute friends! Maybe the short one with the big tits, or the silent one that stares at me. I think she likes me! Your mom doesn't need to know
>>22683796>>22683822Maybe Genjuro would bother if her fan death count didn't rival Metalocalypse. Hibiki really was a worthwhile replacement for worst girl.Shimmy took the wrong Wing that day.
>>22683898blasphemy
>>22683898Maybe her concerts wouldn't have such a high death count if the people in charge of security and monitoring for abnormal and eldritch attacks actually were good at their jobs, Genjuro.
>>22683769what about miku?
>>22683911Does Miku's dad ever show up?
>>22683913In S1 he was reading a news paper.
>>22683911>>22683913>>22683914> Oh by the way Dad, I was possessed by a god for a couple of weeks recently.
>>22683942>We know that, sweetie. Your mother has been placing bumper stickers everywhere. She's really wanted to rub it in the neighbors face ever since they put up ones that say their kid was on the honor roll.>[My daughter is the avatar of Ragnarok]
>>22683942Last time you said a mad scientist was mind controlling you. You don't need to make up excuses honey, we know you're gay
>smacked by a Sumerian priestess>kidnapped by a mad scientist >possessed by God>Bikki still won't fist herMiku can't catch a break, can she?
>>22683942>shemiku will never dominate you and give you a footjob while calling you a pigkill me
>>22683994I'd rather a thighjob Am I allowed to choose?
>>22684017why not both
>>22683898>Hibiki really was a worthwhile replacement for worst girl.Is that why she had to wait for a helicopter to fly her to the concert in XV instead of just flying there herself in no time instead like she's done before?
>>22681693>Most of the folders are empty.>No new art books?What happened? Are the art books no longer being posted? Is there a master list?
Do you think Hibiki and Miku actually just share the same drawer of panties or do you think Miku makes sure they just happen to buy underwear of the other's color to signify their homolust?They obviously can't share bras because Miku's boobs are too small, but panties are stretchy.
>>22684344Bikki needs twice as much material on hers at least, you underestimate the charm point
>>22684344the latter
Anyone else think these two might be a little gay??
>>22684422No, they're just quirky
Just friends bonding over their transformation scenes
>>22684344it's actually even worse than you think, because in S1 Miku's color wasn't purple, it was green. They changed it because of Kirika.This means that SSJ was designed to mirror panties, instead of the other way around.
>>22681693>>22681745hold up what if it's filled with Maria's milk?
>>22684422
>>22684559in a way...
>>22684446Kiri's outfit is pure sex
Meek's butt is pretty substantial too.
>Give me a D!
>>22684635Dur da Blá, datto!?
>>22684646Stop posting flat pits or I'll fap to them!
>>22684713
>>22684791*drink*
>>22681764Because this dog did nothing wrong and her famiglia is still saving for her college.
Btw, does anyone have any art or short pic series they want me to translate. I'm bored.
>>22684843I would appreciate this one, thanks.
>>22684803The dog did everything wrong and is a garbage character from a garbage season
>>22684851Here you go, I think I did this correct. Not come across ナントカ before, but I think I got it right.
>>22684843There's an entire manga you can translate..
>>22684966Which manga?
>>22684968Oh wow, I didn't know there was so much Shirabe Meshi
>>22684968I meant Shirabemeshi but I'm joking, each chapter is a fuckton of pages
>>22684980I might give it ago.Do you know where the official release's are?The longest thing I've translated was 188 pages. That was an effort.
What would each Geah's Persona be?
>>22684980>Serena with pet Nephilim, collared and all.Ok. This is going to need some explaining ...
>>22684921Go away before you get butt-slapped, troll of opposite truth.
>>22684713>t. Maria
>>22685060Do we have to use existing personas? And do you want thematic match or visual match?
>>22685149Do not despair, Yukine, we’ll buy you a new one
>>22685184Carol has the best disdainful faces
>>22685062Serena tamed the Nephilim with greasy American food.
>>22685160ThematicI'd say they'd go with their Relic's owner, but that would give too many repeats
>>22685455That's really hard to do since you'd also have to match character arcs. For example, you could fit Chie's Personas to Hibiki because they're both punchy Tomboys who love meat/gohan and train by wstching action movies, but her Personas use swords which Hibiki specifically doesn't do, and then there's Odin becsuse Gungnir but he doesn't have much symboiism
>>22685060Persona is gay
>>22685463meh seems kinda pointless when they're already using something with a telepathic ui
>>22684983Nta. It's in the OP post, but it only contains some of the recent chapters and first chapter of the tankobon. I've got the raw for all of the tankobon, and the remaining chapters are also available as an archive in Wayback Machine. Do you need any specific chapter?
>>22685463Modern personas don't actually matter or represent anything. The characters are vacuous and just assigned whatever named famous person the artist felt like vandalizing that day. >OMG she's tomoe gozen because like tomboy. Seriously. Fuck this shit.
>>22684983>>22685604 (Me)I just checked the Wayback Machine, it seems they're missing the last 3-4 images for chapters that aren't in the tankobon yet. I'll try to search if there are other archives
おやすみなさい
>>22685699おやすみ
https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/119749205
Glad to see these three girls enjoying their new lives away from the dangers of the big city. May the retired valkyrie enjoy her peace with fans, friends, and family.
>>22685699
>>22685847why is Yukine so easy
If you slapped Hibiki's butt, would it jiggle or is it firm and muscular?
>>22685949remember when she turned giant and they shot power cables into her ass? rewatch that scene
>>22685610the 2 new characters in strikers were very cool and thematic
>>22685774there's something suspicious in the background
>>22685950>remember when she turned giant and they shot power cables into her ass?Man, it's easy to forget how weird this series can be
>>22685970You're imagining things, Baka
https://x.com/irotoricotori/status/1803030436035371234WTF!?
>>22686083never send a woman to do a man's job
>>22685949>>22685950
>>22685949Didn't an anon make a geah butts chart years ago, or was that a butthole chart?
>>22686183I only remember the fart chart.
>>22686183Huh?
You blasted vampire! How dare you run away! Get back here!
>>22686289translation?
>>22686295This is the third part of the trilogy.Winglet tells Millaarc to get off her after the end of part 2 where she hugs her. Winglet asks why she has to go through all of this and why she was chosen. Millaarc doesn't have a real reason. Winglet maliciously asks what's up with Millaarc's reaction. That surely there had to be a special reason on why she was chosen and not just because she was nearby. Millaarc lies and says that it was because Winglet's hairstyle was similar to Tsubasa's and thought the process would be more efficient if Tsubasa saw a big fan of hers in front of her. So as such, Millaarc wants Winglet to feel safe and not worry about her being close. [Basically nothing personal kid.] Winglet doesn't feel peace of mind or safe from this at all. Millaarc says to take care as she flies away and Winglet angrily screams at her to not run away.
>>22686353So the thing she was "chosen for" is getting donut'd I assume? I can't tell if Bat is actually checking up on her to see if she's doing well or to taunt her or what?
>>22686359Yes.Part 1She's checking up on her. She probably didn't want to upset Winglet that she just grabbed her at random at the concert, even if lying just makes Winglet angry anyway.
Part 2
>>22686372>>22686374so she's looking for forgiveness/repentant? Or something else? and does this end in /u/
>>22686381This makes me wonder. How yuri is Symphogear considered by /u/ standards? Fake? Tame? Acceptable?
>>22686381In the past, she never asked for forgiveness from her victims. However, now that everyone is alive again, it makes it a bit awkward for her, given that now she can actually repent to her victims directly.Given NR's nature mixed with the healing from the miracle of mass resurrection, it's likely that Millaarc wants both forgiveness to heal her own conscious as well as to honestly try to repent for what she did in helping bring healing to her victims. So for her own sake and the sake of the others. Selfishness mixed with selflessness.Winglet did feel Millaarc's warmth, but is stubbornly refusing her apology out of anger. Winglet did experience massive pain as she didn't die instantly, so she's still rejecting Millaarc's attempt to redeem herself.Unfortunately Milllaarc lies when questioned and doesn't completely open up about her own past. Just some bad communication showing up, but I suppose that's the point.Maybe the vampire just wants to find out what it means to be human again.Who knows. Winglet's chest is barely kept together at the moment and could easily open up again. Replacing parts of her spine, ribcage, lungs, heart, muscle, etc. was traumatic. Best to let her recover in peace, even if she'll have a huge scar afterwards once healed.
>>22686430Damn, guess Elf9 isn't sharing any organ-regrowing serum with hospitals >>22686387Despite all the fan interpretation, the show is not nearly as /u/ as we make it out ro be. Sure, Hibimiku are giga-gay, but within normal anime standards. TsubaMari don't get that much play onscreen, Chris id just kinda there, and DMJii are more like twins who share a braincell.
>>22686618>DMJii are more like twins who share a braincellTheir final duet suberb song is literally named after the power of /u/-gay.
>>22686653I usually use Sailor Moon levels of Suspension of disbelief when it comes to Symphogear but it is an interesting thought to wonder just how can these girls keep their identities secret when they had battled on big events some of which were even world wide broadcasted. Tsubasa probably moves behind the comfort of a thick security detail but what about the other girls?
>>22686667They have the Utazukin cover story. Plus one of the Symphogear's 999 functions is probably Mahoako-style identity masking
Look, I know it's a mistranslation that caused confusion, but I honestly like Swan Song over Superb Son
>>22686679>Mahoako-style identity maskingOh, that explains a lot. Those girls should have their lives ruined a hundred times over by the end of S1 for essentially having the equivalent of their only fans leaked several times over.
>>22686680Swan Song fitted the themes and effects in S1 until it was revealed that the whole "suicide move" thing was a bs design flaw purposely left active by Fine.
>>22686687more like Kanade was too weak to use it properly
>>22686667>big events some of which were even world wide broadcastedTsubasa and Maria are pop-culture icons. In case of the Nephilim event, state-controlled media literally spun the whole thing as a special stage event.
>>22686701On the following weeks Maria was offered a cover in the Playboy Magazine.
>>22686695Tsubasa almost bite it as well.
>>22686695>Kanade was too weak to use it properlySo was Tsubasa, who initially barely held it together and was hospitalized for weeks after.Kanade wasn't physically weak, but lacked synchronization and was basically relegated to using an early beta version of Linker, which fucked up her body something fierce. Even if it was working properly, she'd be vomitting up blood on the regular. But she took that in stride because of Tsubasa. In part because of Tsubasa herself and wanting to be there for her as her anchor and support; and in part for not wanting to underperform compared to her.
>>22686711Makes me wonder how would Kanade perform if she used the good shit (Ver's LINKER recipe). Kirika who individually is weak af survived her self dess attempt thanks to that.
>>22686703They then realized they didn't have enough ink
>>22686706Tsubasa was a fucking wreck at that point. She may on some level have been trying to kill herself with it. Or at least didn't care.
>>22686715Probably wouldn't be doing much better. Kirika and Shirabe are worlds more compatible with their relic than Kanade was with Gungnir.At the end of GX they enter into what is pretty much a mutual suicide pact, one injecting the other with the remaining research samples of the initial Linker concoction that Kanade used, because they ran out of Vert's and were up against the wall.They finished the season finale on that stuff, superb songs, X-Mode and all.
Man, the very first episode of Symphogear is fantastic. It’s unironically a 10/10. It does a great job of getting the audience invested in the world.
>>22686715>KIRI-CHAN NO BAAAAAKAAAAAAAA
>>22686754>X-ModeX-Mode IS the Superb Song fix.
>>22686770
>>22686748She was the Frank Grimes to Hibiki's Homer Simpson.
>>22686851>"...I don't need to worry about the Superb Song because I'm Tachibana Hi-"
>>22686715If you go by XDU Kanade definitely had the chance to grow as a wielder of she had more time and better odds.The final chapter has her intentionally overdose on LiNKER to enter burning x-drive in order to get the party out of a fake blackhole (she still throws up blood but survives). The second dose at least must have been the new LiNKER because Tsubasa gave it to her.I also generally have to assume the updated LiNKER recipe is one of those things they share with other worlds off-screen because it would be very fucked up if they don't.
>>22685969I haven't played strikers so I can't say but I'd be very shocked if any of that was true. Most additional spinoff characters in these games from my experience tend to lean far to heavily into the meme factory sense
>>22686770The ending is iconic too.And yet for some reason season 1 is somehow seen as the black sheep by illiterate twitterfags who got there for the wholesomerino yuri.
>>22686851>>22686910>G: Ogawa, you have to check this Yukine kid, she would be awesome as a part of our organization, if only she wasn't working for the enemy>O: uh, yes sir. In the meantime Tsubasa needs your attention>G: ...>O: Tsubasa Kazanari, your niece-sister>G: What? Oh yes, that whiner. Just put her somewhere out of the way and find me a way to recruit Yukine
>>22687005S1 has some of the best songs and fighting animation too even if the artstyle wasn't up to par yet
>>22687083>Genjuro is literally just about to finally acknowledge Tsubasa being fucked up about kanade>Hibiki: Now is the perfect time to jump in and make this conversation about me by saying the stupidest possible thing possible it's not like it was such a huge deal by the time of the first two seasons, but going forward after 5 there really should have been literally ANYTHING at all between the two. But what do we get? Genjuro and Ogawa literally throwing Tsubasa under the bus for getting mind controlled.
>>22687240I'm pretty confident Chris never got fight scenes on the level of S1 after S1
>>22687264>Proceeds to stand stock still and shoot heavy arms style ever season hence
>>22687258XV brought back a lot of elements from S1 both good and bad.
>>22687258that was just poor development due to the extremely rushed pacing and the writers trying to make it seem like Maria was the only one who cared enough to do somethingIn particular on Ogawa's side, since it makes some sense for Genjuro even if it paints him in a bad light, the former however was on Basa's side since S1
>>22687288Come on, don't even try to pretend this is anywhere as bad as the XV fiasco is. This is insensitive but Hibiki is new and doesn't really know anything about Tsubasa and Kanade, she's just trying to be supportive in her own way but worded things in a really bad way. XV was an insult. Fucking Noble Red.
>>22686998NTA. But I have played P5:S - and it's true, actually. It unironically has better character development for the new characters than the fragmented shit we got in the mainline game. The more linear and story-focused format helps. A lot.
>>22687296>Hibiki is new and doesn't really know anything about Tsubasa and KanadeHibiki running her mouth without knowing the whole picture and hurting someone is her bread and butter. It's not limited to Tsubasa either. In fact, I think Miku has been hurt by Hibiki's poorly thought words more often.
>>22687300I'll just say this was a dumb mistake but a single one. Hibiki does think about others and she's self aware enough. XV and GX to an extent made that trait much, MUCH worse than it actually was.
>>22687302>Hibiki does think about others and she's self aware enoughI know, even the Kanade think I'm aware it wasn't out of malice. But in a way that makes it sting more. Hibiki cares about people but often talks impulsively without really knowing the circumstances. Such impulsivity has had it's moments, though. Like with Chris or Saint Germain, I admit that Hibiki's pushiness can be a virtue at the right moment but there's more than one ocassion when her timing is bad and instead of appealing it becomes grating and annoying.
>>22687300>>22687302>Hibiki trying to reach out to her enemies: DATESHITEMO!!>Hibiki trying to support her friends: Wakerenai It was one thing in S1, pushing it in G, but by GX and XV there really is no excuse
>>22687331>pushing it in GI think Hibiki was very reasonable in G though
>>22686998kind of the opposite, the plot was a retread of the first game but the new characters were great. and the soundtrack was killer
>>22687331>"You know, Chris, with how you look, I can't really blame those soldiers for raping you"
>>22687381
>>22687388
>>22687381>Wow Tsubasa you have a ton of fans, no wonder so many die on each concert!
>SONG HR Office>"Alright, who's the next person, I have to talk t-">Hibiki enters>"Oh, you again"
The problem is more so the fact that when Bikki was insensitive in earlier seasons it was framed as a character flaw, which she had to overcome and which she didBut when she does it later, it's never framed in a negative light
>>22687404it's not that it's unrealistic to have recurring flaws even after you "fix" them once, it's that they don't acknowledge the past
shiracake
>>22687404xdu honestly does a lot of interesting shit with Hibiki including having her try to talk-no-jutsu a villain that is objectively just evil incarnate that then proceeds to go on a long rant about how fucked up Hibiki trying to force her own worldviews onto everyone she meets isbut the movie or S6 won't be a sequel to xdu so I guess all that stuff doesn't matter
>>22687416The idea at least sounds good.
>>22687412So sad that the Zababar has been reduced to stunfs like scantily dressed waitressesThat place has really gone downhill
>>22687416>Actual Pure Evil villain just makes a pause to explain to Hibiki how fucked up her incessant meddling isThis sounds pretty based. Was it as kinoas it seems?
>>22687422yes, yes, sad indeednow then, did you say they have more waitresses?
>>22687407Yes but again the issue isn't that she HAS the flaw it's that she should be more aware of it especially by this point.
>>22687439Basically Bikki has become Goku in every sense of the word including modern flanderization
>>22687427she literally forces Hibiki to kill her to make her feel bad
>>22687427literally says shit like "You keep talking about coming to an understanding with others, but you don't even bother acknowledging my view and statements and just keep projecting an image of who you want me to be that doesn't actually exist"and "I've realized that the best way I have of hurting you is to do change nothing at all and keep being who I am and never ever stop, because you will never be able to accept that for your entire life"And then the whole cast fights her for 5+ hours until Hibiki rams her fist through her chest and starts crying.
>>22687436Yes, but apparently one of the new girls keeps hitting on the other girls and leaves nothing for the customers
>>22687416Who's that villain?
>>22687445evil loli beatrice
>>22687446>Quick, take a picture of us with her heart broken before I finish dying!
>>22687440this timeline fucking sucks man
>>22687454its extra funny because it appears like she will do one final good act before dying to make up for being a bitch but then Elfnein realizes that said act would permanently disable the multiverse shenanigans and effectively activate the EoS countdown and Beatrice just goes "yeah lol"
>>22687444Why is Kanade such a slut
>>22687532Like Hibiki and Chris she had Genjuro as a father figure.
>>22687543no wonder the poor girl died young
>>22687532Spears are made for sticking into people
>>22687443>"You keep talking about coming to an understanding with others, but you don't even bother acknowledging my view and statements and just keep projecting an image of who you want me to be that doesn't actually exist"Ooff, that slaps hard. It's a good rebuttal for the hero trying to talk things out. I'm still in the side that admires heroes trying to help the villain to be a better person but I love when they're forced to mature their approach. Reminds me of Nanoha, thanks to Fate and Precia she learned two things: 1) that words alone might not reach a person that is deeply hurt or obsessed with a goal and 2) that there will be times that she won't be able to save everyone. And she took those lessons to heart, every conflic afterwards Nanoha kept her offer of goodwill to her opponents but won't hesitate to blast them into the ground at full force if they refuse, THEN she'll make the offer again when they can't oppose her. And move on if they don't survive.I wonder what Hibiki took out of this aside from a good period of depression.Also it seems writers wabted to make a loli Joker/Reverse Flash.
>>22687743don't let him get into this fandom as well, he's already too powerful
>>22687743>I wonder what Hibiki took out of this aside from a good period of depression.Hibiki acknowledges that Beatrice has a point (which is why she ends up killing her) but at the end of the day Hibiki is still Hibiki so the writers turn it into a thing where the lesson she learned from Beatrice + Shem-ha is that it's okay for people to be selfish (I.e. saving Miku because you need a bed warmer) so when the next set of villains comes around she acknowledges that she would likely do the same in their shoes but doesn't want them to fuck over her planet and others either, so when the villains have already given up and accepted defeat she tells them it's too early to do so, bringing up that they could still buy themselves time by defeating the Gears and using their phonic gain/pendants as fuel. So both parties decide to gamble away the fate of their worlds in a 2v2 punching match.
>>22687743>And move on if they don't survive.The thing is: Nanoha's magic is explicitly non-lethal. Specifically designed to really, REALLY fucking hurt and knock someone out - but not actually irrecoverably harming them. So if they actually end up dying - it's not by Nanoha's hand; not directly anyway, but dependent on other factors - notably the fate they choose through their own actions. Which means she doesn't experience what it's like to have someone's blood on her hands. And which means she actually has zero reason to pull her punches.Hibiki doesn't have that luxury. If she miscalculates or loses it, she'll punch a hole straight through someone's abdomen - and she'll have to live with that choice.
>>22687806>Hibiki doesn't have that luxury. If she miscalculates or loses it, she'll punch a hole straight through someone's abdomen - and she'll have to live with that choice.Killing Adam didn't took away her sleep, though. Also didn't seemed too afflicted during the short window of time where it seemed like she and Kirika Gurren Lagann'd Sanjermain into the grave.But I do get your point. It's not the same case but I still stand in that Nanoha learned to keep her expectations and wishes grounded and to endure failure and disappointment so she can try again next time. Reminds me of MCU Cap acknowledging his limits in Civil War.>>22687784>so when the villains have already given up and accepted defeat she tells them it's too early to do so, bringing up that they could still buy themselves time by defeating the Gears and using their phonic gain/pendants as fuel. So both parties decide to gamble away the fate of their worlds in a 2v2 punching match.On one hand that sounds incredibly irresponsible and dangerous but on the other it also sounds very Symphogear. So in shirt Hibiki took a sports like approach, she doesn't want to kill anyone without giving them afair fighting chance first. Honorable but also quite selfish indeed.
I find it silly and funny that ONE (1) little pissed off Alchemist loli got closer to her end goal and was much more of a threat by herself then the entire fucking Illuminati put together.
>>22687835the ending of the game has her say that she's a weak person and would be fucked without Miku around.I really wonder where Symphogear will go as a franchise in the future, I don't think the creative team is all that interested in pulling a Nanoha and and having the characters act really gay as Adults. The movie might be it for the OG cast.
>>22687846>The movie might be it for the OG cast.Let's hope they can actually give them some proper closure
>>22687841Keep in mind the illuminati consisted of 3-4 shitty alchemists who needed to copy said lolibaba's homework to even consider making a move,
>>22687857Everyone will die stopping the Custodian superlaser aimed at Earth but their bodies will dissolve into rainbow glitter and rain down over earth, inspiring/empowering the next generation of geahs
>>22687861I was going to comment something about how morbid would be that the next gen of Geahs are born from inhaling the remains of the OG cast but then I remembered that Hibiki became a Geah because chunks of Kanade went into her body.
>>22687861Will Tsubasa host a concert in Heaven? Finally able to give a proper concert to her fans from Zwei Wing and Roof of Heaven without incident?
>>22687859Oh right, didn't ZXA say they helped Carol behind the scenes? If so, fucking why? If Carol succeeded, everything and everyone would be fucking dead. That's like as if the Illuminati paid Carol for euthanasia while saying "Suicide is badass". It makes no sense.
>>22687866>>22687861Now I'm picturing people snorting the remains of the geahs like coke.
>>22687869They wanted to steal her research and didn't think she could actually go through with her plan, or were planning to step in and stop her before she succeeded but underestimated her progress. Or maybe they just didn't know what her endgoal was and just saw her as a machine that takes money and spits out alchemy
>>22687868>Tsubasa hosts a concert in Heaven>Demons then invade and kill all of the audience members, sending them all to Super Heaven
>>22687875Nah, they'll all get reincarnated into Chinese babies.
>>22687866>>22687872I figured it would be more like a rain of pretty lights and we'd get cuts to girlslooking wide-eyed at the sky while the pretty glitter rains down and conveys their feeling/song. Then again, that's how you get NieR or Biomega.>>22687868Well, the message imbued in the glutter would be like agoodbye concert to every human on Earth. Or maybe they get Shemmy'd and merge with the concept of mahou shoujos, so every future geah feels their support when they sing. Think Madokami with less universal ramifications
>>22687875Little did they know, Tsubasa had hired Mick Gordon as audio technician, which meant a certain someone was waiting for the demons
>>22687873I'm willing to bet the former, Adam was an awful leader and didn't seem like he even knew what he was doing half the time.
>>22687887I mean, he's canonically got no imagination whatsoever. So he literally couldn't imagine what Carol was doing
>>22687893I'm now picturing St. Germain cussing out Adam while they faded out of existence when Carol's plan somewhat succeeded in "GX" before coming back.
>>22687872>snorting powderized gear converterThey're all doing crystal myth.
>>22687872>>22687898Shinfo-geah-ah-ah-ah
>>22687869If you go by xdu Carol's plan was to dissect the world in order to understand its workings ("knowing the world", killing miracles by revealing the cause and effect of all things) and then would have reconstructed it to be a less flawed piece of shit place (because Alchemy is all about breaking down and reconstruction)The ironic thing being that the Illuminati of that timeline are trying to stop her because they're good guys and the whole thing is all kinds of fucked up.I honestly don't remember GX well enough to know if that was always the intent or just the game writers trying to salvage things, but if it was you could make the argument that it is very unfortunate that the name of Carol's plan and her whole Four Knights gimmick are direct references to the Book of Revelation, which is also known as the book of Apocalypse because apokalypsis means "relevation" (hence four horsemen of the Apocalypse), because I remember all the subs going for Apocalypse rather than Revelation which has grown to mean "the absolute and utter destruction of just about everything" to the average person rather than the biblical "creation of a new world free of sin"
>>22687872>>22687898>>22687896The girls that inhalef a more concentrated portion of Kiri dust suddenly had their attention span reduced and started to have difficulty doing basic math calculations.
>>22687835Why did everyone hate Adam so much when he was far more justified than Fine, Carol and Noble Red?
>>22687998Adam is a fucking robot
>>22687967>Footage of Yukine Chris testing the first alchemical invisibioity potion
>>22688001He's got a consciousness. More than Autoscorers for sure
>>22687998penis
>>22687998I appreciated the fact even though the geahs and song constantly messed up his plans he managed to keep adjusting and being a thread right until the end.
>>22687998He was boring.Not that the rest you mentioned beyond Fine weren't boring either, but still
>>22688017He was waaay cooler than the Alchemists except SG maybe. Muh cute girls gets old. He was a dick but at the same time seemed to act weirdly reasonably at some points.
>>22688023see the thing is, none of them were particularly good characters, so it's not much to write home about
>>22687998I've erased most of AXZ from my memory, what was even his goal? Wasn't it become a god and destroy/take over the world or some shit?
>>22688038I think he wanted to prove he was better than humans/that he was more worthy than them and get revenge on god.
>>22687898>crystal mythhehehehe
>>22688042So just an inferiority complex. Not much of an interesting villain motivation all things considered
>>22688038The Annunaki made him as a prototype of humanity and then didn't trashcan him correctly before fucking off and now he's absolutely convinced that they will come back and piss fucking scared so he wants to prove that he is superior to humanity while also gaining the power to stop the Annunaki from purging his ass.It's important to note that with the lore as it is today there's no reason to believe the Annunaki would actually come back and Adam is just incredibly lucky that his paranoia manifested in a minor way the next season with Shem-ha.
>>22688051>God reincarnates and wants to bring about the end of days>A minor way
>>22687532Kanade is a sexual tyrannosaurus
>>22688053Adam was thinking of a full Annunaki invasion. If he knew all he had to do was stop people from being retarded his life would have been so much easier
>>22688055so if Kanade survived and was part of the team, she would be the team bicycle?
>>22688090That honor goes to Chris. She would be the local Queen with the right of prima nocta
>>22687859The Illuminati was more then just Saint Germain's group and Adam. Noble Red is technically part of them as well, along with countless other cells
>>22688098Yeah but the pyramid was basically Adam, then the three ex-men and then a fuckload of useless nobodies whose only purpose was ruining Europe's economy
>>22688090No. She's the rider. Everyone else is her bike.
>>22688058So are the Annunaki pretty much this universe's version of the Chozo at this point?>In the movie, the Raven Beak of the Annunaki comes to Earth....
>>22687784That is one of the most retarded things I've read
>>22688090>K: Do you feel like you're riding?
>>22688246fuck off.
>>22688236Of course, it's Hibiki.
>>22688170If he's half as badass as Raven Beak then the geah's homosexuality is at risk
>>22688170The game paints them more as one of those alien races you can find in scifi books that are terrifying for the sheer scale and disregard for basic logic they operate with (like the Qu from All Tomorrow's for a recent example) rather than just the basic ancient aliens trope.But I don't expect that aspect of them to be picked up again in future animated media because realistically Hibiki or whoever else is just going to punch Shem-ha 2.0 and that will fix everything for real this time
Why didn't Shemmy just fuck her troubles away when she had Miku's fine-ass body under her control
>>22688448Too skinny. She had the best intentions.
>>22688448that's what monkeys do, not glorious sharks
>>22687444Just hire Kanade as a host to attract more female clients.
>>22687835I mean, Adam was not a cute girl, so of course he had no redeeming points or anything to feel sympathy for. Then again, the rest of the Illuminati died anyways, so Noble Red, so maybe I shouldn't complain
>>22688411They remind me a lot of the Forerunners from Halo.Guys, what you think if Symphogear copied some homework from Halo regarding where the Franchise should go next?
>>22688012He didn't had one lmao.
>>22688528I think read some goddamn Niven
>>22688411>because realistically Hibiki or whoever else is just going to punch Shem-ha 2.0 and that will fix everything for real this time>We come in peace>Datoshitemo eat fist!
>>22688528You mean down the shitter? The franchise went from "humanity fuck yeah" to "the adventures of green captain america" and turned into a cat and mouse game of progressively more ancient precursor races showing up
I want this sword on my face so badly I'd travel to England any day of the year.
>>22689009We know, Maria, but she's in Japan not England
>>22688170No, they're more like this universe's version of the Isu from Ass Creed.But even that doesn't quite match.The Annunaki made humanity as a slave race, then installed Enki and Shem-Ha from their midst as its overseers before fucking off to (actual) god knows where, to probably repeat the same trick. Enki took pity and decided they should be allowed to be better than that; even took Finè as his lover. Shem-Ha was fucking revolted and decided she would put an end to it by offing Enki and asserting full mind-control turning humanity back into the meat-puppet golems they were originally meant to be.If anything, Symphogear NEXT is going to be full-blown planetary invasion by other races enslaved by the Annunaki, until they finally drag their own asses back out for the grand finale.And then cue Biki and Miku returning from left field, with not-quite-dead Shem-Ha cooperatively sharing Miku's body and having reached a heel-face-turned new perspective on things. (Basically; because Miku-Ha to Biki is a redux of Enki to Finè, and thus we've come full circle.
I hope Enki is taking good care of the fallen members of various races in Heaven. After the Custodians are defeated, Enki can grant these poor souls another chance at life in a different plane, away from noise and concerts, so they can live a long and happy life.
>>22689192Going by the lore for the divine power and xdu's final chapter the Annunaki didn't just fuck off to some far away star, but literally have the means to travel between universes/dimensions which means they'll keep shitting up all layers of reality until someone in charge realizes they have been as shit at following proper lab rules as Tsubasa is at managing her room and starts a cleanup initiative.They left so much fucking tech behind on earth when they fucked off that the only way I have to explain it is that their actions are too much for my mortal mind to comprehend. It's like researching apes in the amazon and then fucking off but you leave behind AK47s and nuclear reactors. Also the lead guy of the expedition was really into bestiality.
>>22689244Pretty much, yes.The reason I believe Shem-Ha is somehow going to end up playing a pivotal role in all of this, is because of Shem-Ha Mephorash - or the 'true name of god' and a common work of demonology being to juxtapose the break down of the 72 component version of that name into 72 angels, to serve as counter to the 72 demons of the Ars Goetia as earliest described in the Lesser Key of Solomon. All pivotal works in, you guessed it, Alchemy.Also fucking hell; the 72th prince is Seir, also transcribed as Seere. A prince that can travel to be present anywhere and manifest as any one or any thing, listening along, on Earth within seconds on a whim - and can bring abundance through uncovering hidden treasure or robbing others of it. Seere - or if you transliterate it into katakana and then transliterate it back in the wrong way - Seele.This recontextualizes Neon Genesis Evangelion; now doesn't it? A demon prince that you have to assume can be anywhere, be anyone, be listening in on anything, and can rob you of your most well guarded belongings and secrets to assist in their own devices?
>>22689244I thought XDU established that there weren't actually any "alternate dimensions", it's just really far away planets where the annunaki set thigns up to be 99% the same, btu within the same universe. Gjallarhorn only opens tunnels within the same dimension
>>22689260You're reading to much into Evangelion's worldbuilding, SEELE was simply called that because it's German for "soul". Same reason why the rebuilds gave us "WUNDER" (wonder) and "WILLE" (will). Anno just thought it sounded cool.
>>22689278I know- and it's depressing, because the context was there to scaffold out a set of references that would make it much more compelling than Anno's blasé wehraboo-ness.
>>22689334I mean, even if it started out as "crosses look cool, add them in!" and "hey, Germans are cool, what if they controlled the world?" over time the franchise grew and filled those lore voids with interesting data. I really enjoyed the Rebuilds, but they went though a similar process of starting out with massive gaping holes (wtf happened between 2.0 and 3.0) later satisfyingly filled, like Chris at a Gungnir sleepover party. If you think about it, same goes for Symphogear. As far as the shows are concerned Annunaki are just ancient aliens who built the pyramids and planted the seeds for History Channel downfall, and then fucked off to space. Only through supplementary material (keywords, XDU, probably some Pachinko games) does the setting come together into a cohesive whole.
>>22689272that is correct for all the "parallel worlds" you see within the game. The game and all the different "timelines" exist in Universe 2, which was filled with many copies of Universe 1's earth. It's like cloning petri dishes and keeping them on a different table because you're going to fuck around with them I guess.The game cast only realizes this because the final villains are from Universe 3, where the Annunaki thought it would be funny to create at least one "bad" world that is 100% set up to fail and die in XXXX years. It is unclear what is above or below these universes.mspaint for visual aid
>>22689368I thought the "abandoned world" was simply another planet within the same "Universe 2" and it's just that it had no leylines/they dried up
>>22689373Nah the Gears actually go on a little rant about how "so this is the first time we ACTUALLY visit a parallel world". The leylines are empty though, yes.You can assume universe 3 is the designated trashbin universe but without faster than light technology it's impossible to find out. Don't ask me where stuff like the manga or shirabe meshi fit in, either they're in XDU's universe or the reason everyone is alive in Shirabe Meshi is because they're in a universe where cooking is even more powerful than phonic gain.
Yes, but let's consider this for a moment: mature Hibiki naked apron.
>>22689433Final Meshi chapter will have her waking up from a coma realizimg it was all a hallucination, also she lost both of her arms in a freak yo-yo accident
>>22689438Boobs too big, needs more muscles needs more bat
>>22689433The cooking will spread to all the universes so everyone everywhere can be alive again.
>>22689455Still the best Symphogear artist
If they really go forward with the next generation thing I hope they include an Opera themed Geah.
>>22689474You will get german Yodeling and you will like it
>>22689474>>22689478Disco geah.
>>22687444The Zababar is running a Thursday special: maids vs butlers
>>22689543Hmmm... Buttlers are outnumbered but Maids have Maria.
>>22689546Maids were determined by bust size otherwise that Kanade would have been a butler and the Sheath would have been a maid.
>>22689440Nah, it'sa lotus eater dream for a Shirabe from a universe where her corporeal self succumbed to Finé's personality.she ends up breaking free
>>22689478>>22689505Not thinking wild enough, anons.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q6yphdZhUA
>>22689564Fun fact; originally that's actually country genreThe song was about a lone cowboy who'd been out on the range for a long time, returning back happily to his homestead and family.But it was deemed too American-minded by the Soviets at the time, and there wasn't enough time to redo the lyrics so the guy just fucking ad-libbed the whole thing into ... well; THAT.
>>22689568So if you're wondering where the out-of-tone sudden and drawn-out HIII--YEEEeeee!!! exclamation in the middle of the performance came from? That's where it came from. Probably the ONE thing that was left in uncensored.
>>22689236you should commission gummyrise, wingletanon
>>22689604does that guy even post here anymore?
>>22688925I like to think it this way: Ridiculous super advanced alien civilizations that almost rival to being gods.And then, there is just pure Lovecraft. In fact, I would be more willing to make comparisons to Marathon, but for the sake of everyone's sanity, I will leave it at that.
>>22689625I'm pretty sure he would've snarked at Shemmy and found a way to hijack the Yggdrasil system
>>22689236There will be always someone who will rebel, and pull a lucifer.Wait...does hell exists in Symphogear?
>>22689634well, Adam is the source for Christian depictions of the Devil, so that might be as far as it goes. If anything Enki would be considered the Lucifer figure, having betrayed the creator(s) and been cast down for it.
>>22688925Excuse me, it wasn't just "Humanity, fuck yeah".As far the 3 firsts games, the prequel, and the novels around it, a big theme of the narrative is Sacrifice. A hell of a lot of people flatlines for Chief to have a chance at winning a strategic victory.Hell, if the Elites had not been thrown under the shitter by one of their retarded popes within the Covenant, they would have lost.
>>22689639The Elites are honorary humans>Not humanity fuck yeahThe first trilogy Had Chief as a super soldier yes, but part of the military. He followed orders, waited for backup, carried out coordinated strikes with other forces, got airlifted to and from objectives, etc. Same goes for ODST, and Reach pushes the "dog of the military" theme even harder. You get tons of coordinated armored cavalry assaults, cooperation with other teams, etc. Sure Humanity was losing the war, but they fought tooth and nail for every inch they gave, everyone was punching way above their weight even when they weren't supersoldiers, jsut look at Johnson, or Keyes, or Miranda, etc. Then you play 4 and suddenly you go rogue because muh GF, your superiors are fucktarded, you're a superhero who goes goes "heh, stand back, I got this" and soloes the entire Forerunner race. Haven't played 5 and 6 but I imagine they follow a similar trend with more saturday morning cartoon villains What I'm saying is, Genjuro would be a great UNSC admiral commanding task force SONG
>>22689634This is hell in Symphogeah
How does Tsubasa's grandfather actually being her father make her anymore "pureblooded"?
>>22689543>Tsubasa....glasses. Tsubasa is wearing glasses. Attractive dignified glasses resting just bellow her eyes. They have a chain!
>>22689845I want to see the full
YA HIYAA SETSUNA HIBIKU
>>22689925If this song plays then yjk it's kino time
>>22689957>Sorry to keep you waiting>YA HIYAA SETSUNA HIBIKU in the distanceMy DICK
>It's kino timeTHE RETURNOF THE KING
>>22690018If Kiri had been in the Fellowship they wouldn't have made it out of the Shire
When/where is it revealed that Fudo is Tsubasa’s father? I’m a bit slow, so I may have missed it.
>>22690370Pretty sure it's in XV
>>22690404its GX.
>>22690370In GX, Maria discovers both Tsubasa's messy room and that Fudo is Tsubasa's father.
Do not be alarmed, concert fan.>>22689604I'll keep them in mind.>>22689634I don't know, if all the antagonists seemingly went to Heaven. Hopefully the victims went to Super Heaven like that one Anon mentioned the existence of that place.Each of them with their own personal Tsubasa to keep them company.
>>22690417Wait, Tsubasa is a free-use commodity?
>>22690412>Said the woman who wants to fuck her sister
what does /sgg/ think of tiki?
>>22690534The most forgettable character in the most forgettable season. Does she even show up in XDU at all?
>>22690537Monty Python Collab.
>>22690472To be fair, have you seen her sister? She's hot.
>>22690534Dikki in tiki!
>>22690561apparently she thinks the same
>>22690412How do I get Maria to make this face at meI'm a male btw
>>22690725exist
>>22690412Maria! Lancer is dead!
>>22690534Has waaaaaa----y too many screws loose.
>>22691026I'd screw her loose if you know what I mean
>>22690457All fans who convert to Tsubasaism, manifest a piece of Tsubasa spirit within them. It lays dormant unless something catastrophic happens. It then embers in their spirit for 7 years, after which the flames of revival burn intensely and the fans revive. This systems works if Enki doesn't do his job by that amount of time.
screw Maria
>>22691221Real swordposting hours
>>22691222Swordposting, no this is HERO POSTING.
>>22691249No heterosexuality allowed in this general
>walk in, see thiswhat do?
>>22691251Procreate and Blow Up the moon as Shemmy intended.
>>22691252
>>22691252Breed a new generation of heroes.
>>22691252Maria
What's Tsubasa's current condition?
>>22691319fanart quality dropping...
>>22691327That's all Maria deserves anyway.It's not like she does anything other than take other people's gimmicks and make them shit.
All these hot Marias should give Tsubasa the strength to break out of that jar.
>>22691372channel all your energy to save Basaplush
>>22691372let's give her that final push
Plot twist: Maria put her in the jar
A challenger approaches to distract the predator
>>22691026Use a screwdriver then. Maybe turn her off first
which maria are we using for the next thread?
Is Basa safe now?
>>22691421Yes>>22691423>>22691423>>22691423
>>22691251Well, there's something you don't see every day:asymmetrical docking.
