How the fuck did this shit get so big? I mean when has an Original ever gotten a confirmation for a fifth season, let alone a second or third, in the span of 4-5 years? Is Nana that big of a selling point?
Statelight is saving anime
>>139468623
Come for the girls, stay for the music and fights.
>>139468623
>Is Nana that big of a selling point?
One of the major, yes but they keep recruiting more big names with each season and they make them single together. This is basically and idol show with mecha action.
>>139468623
Nana wills it. Also cd seels like hotcakes
Symphogear figured out how to make money.
>>139468623
It's fun.
>>139468623
Its everything only anime could do, for 23 minutes, every episode.
>mecha
>mahou
>idol
>TWIST
>PLOT
>idol
>ayyeellmao
>yuri
>fight scenes
>blowing up the moon
You put enough QUALITY together it becomes actual quality.
It's the hypest shit in recent years. No one can watch this and not get pumped
They're making shitloads of money.
Not only do the BDs sell really well at 10k average but they also make about the same amount of money from the CD singles.
The 3 seasons are kinda misleading though. They're all 1 cour seasons so it only has 39 episodes.
>>139468779
>yes but they keep recruiting more big names with each season
who?
>>139470076
3rd season sucked, though. The second one sucked a bit less.
>>139470671
Yoko hikasa in season 2, inase Minori in season 3.
>>139470867
Nanjou too but I prefer her deeper singing voice like with Eli.
>>139470691
Hating GX is my favourite Symphomeme
Quick, post crack pairings. ACK is busy in the Madoka thread.
Nana willed it
if they keep character bloating and being unable to deliver much facetime to characters it'll turn into another nanoha, though. but then we'll have symphogear NEXT and it'll be about loli tomboys punching each other while mama maria and tsubasa watch
>>139470691
G is the best and GX wasn't really shit, just annoying that they brought back issues that should have been resolved already
>>139470867
Minase wasn't a big name before. Her singing career started woth Symphogear GX.
>>139471802
Cat on Sword
>>139471802
Twintails with Hibikek
Wait I thought the third season just aired.... How is it confirmed for a fifth?
>>139470867
>Inase Minori
Still butthurt about Elf9's voice being the deafult one after the last episode. GENOCIDE and Tomorrow are easily the best GX songs.
>>139470691
It's all beacuse of last moment script changes. Notice how plot went from "ok" to "shit" after episode 6 and QUALITY started to increase rapidly.
>>139472128
NANA
A
N
A
Will she become the protagonist?
It's fun.
>>139472128
They had a two-day event recently. On the first day they announced we would get more Symphogear. On the second they announced both seasons 4 and 5. As it turns out, even their announcements are escalating hype machines.
>>139472378
Damn I guess I have to catch up
>>139472378
>two fucking seasons
How the absolute fuck
>>139472222
Yes please I want a SoL season of Maria's daily life.
>>139472551
It might be just them overhyping a two cour or a split cour season.
>>139468623
>watch it
>they start singing
fuck I can't watch more than 5 seconds
but I want to
>>139472606
Don't resist and embrace the songs.
I would like to enjoy the serie more because the first halves of the cours are pretty fun and I like the concept of idol mecha musume, but then the production value drop and the antagonists are always retarded with motivation making no sense.
Still have to watch GX though.
>>139472596
Honestly if they are able to build a story over 24 episodes that sounds great. That gives the writers a lot more flexibility with the narrative
>>139472606
>The first episode
The moment you mentioned it, I heard the song in my head and remembered the rush of hype that I got. Like winning the lottery's jackpot.
Then zenbu came.
>>139468623
It's not just Nana. Everything about Symphogear is a delight.
>>139472606
Symphogear takes lots of dumb ideas and plays them way too seriously, but that's a big part of what makes it fun. Don't over-think it, just enjoy it.
>>139472596
What if it's actually 2 2 cour seasons
>>139470867
Minase audition for the role she is not a big name not even now, Hikasa has lost her popularity, nobody is as big as Nana to guarantee sales
>>139472255
Where's the season 3 chat that went three dimensional?
I don't have S1's version I'm afraid
>>139468623
Wild Arms
>mfw /co/ went as far as stealing a henshin from it
>>139468623
>a fifth season, let alone a second or third
This shit drives me insane. Learn English.
>>139473656
No. The last thing Symphogear needs is more Wild Arms.
>>139473638
Man I lost my shit so hard when Ver appeared
My heart actually stopped beating for a second
>>139473988
Best hero to ever grace anime
>>139473416
What's the Z axis?
>>139473638
>no one likes Maria
Good!
FIS A SHIT!
S3 was good, it just had a too QUALITY finale and Elf9's voice being 1000% pure ear rape
I wish they just made a new season with the budget of 2. You can't be hype with shit animation quality.
>>139473708
We need to find out what a Hero is
>What if we make a bunch of awesome characters
>Then kill all of them!
What were they thinking? Even Carol basically died.
>>139468623
It's unironically good.
>>139475114
S H E K E L S
I've had Symphogear on my backlog for a while now because I've seen it floating around a lot. Is it really that good? From all the girls in weird suits I kind of thought another Infinite Stratos or something.
>>139475253
It's one of the best originals of the decade. Hurry up and watch it.
>>139472131
>Notice how plot went from "ok" to "shit" after episode 6 and QUALITY started to increase rapidly.
Remember when we still believed in episode nana?
>>139475253
See >>139469583. It's a ride.
Symphogear might unironically be my favourite show. The quality of the animation and writing is all over the place, but it's so damn fun that it's difficult to care. It's probably a bit of an acquired taste, though.
>>139475253
Watch it
>>139473683
This is cool. Even though it's for cancerous western animation, I like seeing Symphogear get respectable recognition. It's honestly a really faithful, diligent, and literate series within the genre and medium.
>>139475399
I do anon, I do.
To this day I'm sure Nana was telling the truth and epiosode 7 was supposed to be hype until they scrapped it for the "Ignite, Doll and Recycled Drama of the week as an ultimate keikaku to sell more CDs".
>>139473416
What the fuck is this?
>>139473638
Got you covered.
>>139468623
because NANA WILLS IT motherfuckerChris best girl
>>139473988
DOKUTAAAAAAH VEEEEEEERUUUU!!!!
Oh and a staple.
Seiten Galaxy Cross > Fushichou no Flamme > Gyakkou no Flugel
>>139473988
Ver was great in GX.
And I thought he was annoying in G.
>>139475253
It's kinda shit, but I love it.
>>139475916
Good to know. I feel the same way about Kampfer.
Remember anons, no fapping tonight.
>>139475114
Elf9 inherited Carol's knowledge and will revive them in S4
>>139475834
got that backwards senpai
>>139476264
If Elf9 made dolls I think they would be different since the dolls were a reflection of Carol's personality
Carol probably burned away her personality before absorbing Elf9
>>139476414
>remake the dolls
>they're all the same but nice
>and lewder
the only real issue with Symphogear getting a 4th season is how there are no fucking good doujins
jesus christ, elevens, they practically write themselves, but nope, there's nothing
>>139476205
no problem,I'll just fap now
>>139476503
>same but nice
RIP best doll
>>139476614
She turns into a molester
>>139476503
>They fuse with the geahs for elemental charge
>suits gets even lewder
>they even start doing POSES
>>139476520
They're all busy drawing Kancolle gangbang doujins.
>>139476928
>they even start doing POSES
>>139476520
Oh, I forgot about timezones. Might as well help you.
>>139477008
I wish I was Hibiki.
>>139469583
>they will inevitably do bizzaro world
>>139477186
You'd be too busy to tap that
>>139477338
Where there's a will, there's a way.
>>139475411
The quality of the writing being all over the place makes feel like this is more a tokusatsu show which is kind of nostalgic
>>139477441
fucking disgusting
I'd enjoy the songs better if they didn't sound like they had been autotuned to death
>>139469583
>blowing up the moon
Finé's plan was really refreshingly straightforward.
>build an ion cannon
>shoot the moon
>please notice me god senpai
>take five
>rule the world
>>139477494
get wrecked
>>139468623
It's mecha musume. Literally every mecha musume show did well.
I have no idea why more studios aren't making mecha musume anime.
>>139477617
Chris a slut
>>139468623
>How the fuck did this shit get so big?
It has loli rape.
>>139472131
Having Carol lose her braid and make Elf9 the dominant VA are crimes against humanity.
>>139477839
First she gets raped as a child, and then by Finé. She's had a rough life.
>>139477904
It's suprising how well-adjusted she became, despite all the shit she had to deal with.
Also, Carol's design is sex.
>Chris was raped
Nice meme.
>>139477745
She might be a slut, but she's still a best
>>139477731
>Literally every mecha musume show did well.
I wish Sky Girls did well.
>>139471830
You know a franchise is running on fumes when the best it has left to offer is a next generation loli spin off.
>>139477996
I wish Carol did a signature pose in her loli form
>>139478130
>meme
You know anon, even though I'm a chrisfag and she's still best girl, she's definitely used goods.
To deny that is to deny her past, which is part of her. Would you deny part of best girl?
>>139478350
But no one is denying anything about Maria.
>>139468623
This is fucking amazing
It's not rape if I enjoy it.
WHEN
H
E
N
>>139468623
Because it actually has staying power, be it the songs, memes or whatever.
Still mad the killed serena
>>139478247
That was ages ago.
>>139475253
It's an objectively mediocre show with consistent QUALITY especially in S1, a plot that's pretty fucking stupid and basically makes up shit as it goes along, and rather nakedly relies on its big names to draw in viewers.
That being said, it's one of the most fun and enjoyable shows with ridiculously over-the-top action scenes and an amazing soundtrack (if you like j-pop), and everyone behind it is clearly having a blast making it, which shows from the myriad mecha and videogame references to the seiyuu jokes to the attack cards straight out of fucking Touhou. Also it's okay to rely on your VAs for sales when that VA is Nana Mizuki because Nana Mizuki is a living goddess (and her character is almost literally just Nana Mizuki with blue hair and swords).
Also its gay as fuck
>>139477441
Exaggerated zenbus
>>139477996
Carol is by far the best thing about S3.
>>139478593
Serena was never really a character to begin with.
I would be more mad about Kanade. More of her crazy bitch antics would have been fun.
So what does Hibiki need to do to fix her reputation. I love her but it's pretty easy to understand why no one would like her after GX.
>>139472606
>Synchrogazer
>Vitalization
>Radiant motherfucking force
Autoplay in my head.
>>139468623
It's cute girls doing awesome things as basis. Then add production value, produce lots of singles, have an actual story that isn't forgotten by writers after third episode. And oh, let Hibiki punch everything.
>>139470691
G was better but admit, you were squealing like a little girl during first episode of GX.
Also, Ver.
>>139473416
Oh my.
>>139473988
It was second best moment of third season, right after suplexing shuttle.
>>139475253
It's awesome if you get hooked, very bad if not. First season is one with lowest production values but sets tone for what comes after,
>>139478593
Ai desu senpai. Ver will find a way.
>>139478641
It's GAR.
And okay, gay.
>>139478676
I will always love the dork
How could you ever hate that optimistic smile?
>>139468623
>Is Nana that big of a selling point?
Yes.
>>139478676
> So what does Hibiki need to do to fix her reputation.
Stop being a bitch about fighting and punch significantly more shit.
>>139478820
Why is that?
>>139478676
For god sakes, no more "should I fight?" arcs. Hell she should have never had one to begin with. She's not that type of character. She runs head long into situations that's WAAAAAY above her grade in season 1, and keeps going no matter how shit gets real in season 2. Self doubt is not Hibiki's thing. If they need to nerf her, they need to find a better why to do it. No more episodes of "can I fight? Should I fight? Is fighting the right thing?" Yeah, knock that shit off already.
>>13947858515 minutes
>>139475654
Is there a better version than this? It seems meh
>>139478943
But in season three she was fighting cute girls, of course she would question herself.
>>139478923
It could be a half hour of Nana reading a russian phonebook, and it would still sell like hotcakes.
>>139478676
Have her do another training montage with Genjuro.
>>139475253
Make sure you watch it with Commie for superior quality in type setting
>>139478768
>Her only interactions with the linker retards was bitching them out.
>Brought her deadbeat father home without consulting her mother.
>Wanted to save a genocidal maniac.
> Got bailed out of dealing with Carol by her dad showing up and telling her not to be such a bitch.
And don't forget the regression that happened in episode 4. GX was not kind to any of the gears but it was felt the most with Hibiki.
>>139478998
> But in season three she was fighting cute girls, of course she would question herself.
I never understood why she was so friendly towards the dolls and especially Carol, despite murdering people left and right in front of her eyes.
>>139478998
>Chris in S1
>FIS in S2
She always fought cute girls
>>139479013
>SQUAD OF NEXUS GURDIANS SQUAD
hahaha fuck, I never noticed that
>>139479097
She never actually fought FIS though.
>>139478820
She's really not. Ange failed hard.
>>139479081
>despite murdering people left and right
They didn't murder any cute girls. Keep in mind the moise tried to kill a cute little girl in episode 1, and Ver tried to bully two cute girls.
>>139479158
Her voice can only save so much. Not her fault Ange was a steaming pile of shit.
>>139479158
Kek, it is average 6k
>>139479158
Ange did decently. So did Valvrave.
You guys pre-order your Kanade figs?
>>139479243
5k. And only because first volume sold good because tickets. Other volumes sold 4k. Which is average generic haremshit tier.
>>139477996
Anyone have problems with these two pages sticking together?
>>139479288
Valvrave S2 did 4k average. It was a failure just like Ange. They also sold almost no merchandise and that's where most of the money usually is.
>>139477996
Carol is the ultimate semen demon. Both forms.
>>139479495
I would have loved loli Carol with those thigh highs, though.
>>139479567
>wanting to cover loli Carol's perfect naked legs
>>139479495
>>139479583
I wonder: Are there any decent Carol doujns scanned?
>>139479642
Probably not. Pretty much every doujin group is only doing Kancolle and Touhou these days. Granblue only made it worse.
>>139479642
Decent ones? No.
>>139479583
Carol and dolls were the only good thing about GX. I can't believe they are gone.
Makes you wonder how bad S4 is going to be.
>>139468623
It's a dumb show in paper but the cast really loves working on it and it shows a lot.
From Kaneko and Agematsu to the animators and the seiyuu.Also, people really overstate Nana's importance. Her music has been selling less since CA and there weren't even that many dedicated Nanafags in the latest Symphogear live.If you were to say the seiyuu cast in general then yeah, because pretty much all of the girls for the main six have dedicated fandoms. Nanjolno, Kayanon, Ao-chan, Iguchi etc
>>139479642
>MILF, loli, age progression
I didn't even realize I needed this until now
>>139479799
Maybe if we're lucky S5 will go full My-Otome and we'll get a half-spinoff featuring Carol & the Dolls.
>>139479799
>>Makes you wonder how bad S4 is going to be.
European Nazi Geahs. Or Custodians.
>>139479921
that sounds awesome though
>>139479799
S4 will make people say GX was good, just like GX made people say G was good.
>>139479921
I thought for sure S3 would be the Macross season. I hope they do it soon.
>team up with the European gears to culture the Custodians
>>139480002
I really hope Symphogear doesn't get that bad. I might drop the show entirely if the 4th season is so shit that it makes me think GX was good.
Songs.
Flashy moves.
Action.
What more do you need?
>>139480002
But I always said G was good, and GX is good except for some parts of episode 7+
>>139480002
I do like GX. Half of episodes were complete shit and if you liked Hibiki sucks to be you, but it has some really good moments.
Meanwhile G was good for like two episodes and then shit all the way through. With the only exception of Mikugear.
>>139480076
As long as they keep pumping out the music I don't care. GX had some fun moments with Radiant Force and Bayonet Charge.
>>139480320
>you will never GENOCIDE with Carol
Reminder that there will never be a romantic kiss or actual love confession. We will get two more seasons of yuri baiting,
>BD6 song wasn't Carol being edgy as shit again
Why bother?
>>139480416
Season 4 is going to bepost-timeskip with all of the original gear generation happily married, and their children are going to inherit their powers when the custodians show up and kidnap the now-adult gears to get them out of the picture so they can come in and destroy the world.
>>139480416
Except for these two. Maria didn't wasted time and got a lot closer in one season.
>>139480570
no plz
>>139480002
I'm pretty sure the gears will need to get boyfriends to be worse than GX. Remember the girl who wants to talk things out with murderers took her father home and forced her mother to get back together with him without even asking how she felt. How do you make an even more infuriating ending than that?
>>139480570
>Symphogear Omega
>>139480661
Funny Maria returned the favor in GX when Hibiki went muh gungnir.
Am I really supposed to give a shit about Hibiki after what happened in GX?
Hell, all the good guys are shit now.
>>139479358
No but I'm getting the Garie daki.
>>139480670
Next season ends with Tsubasa pregnant by her grandfather.
>>139480985
We School Days now.
I love Aoi!
>>139481081
>3DPD
Fuck off.
Why are lesbian dorks so best?
>>139479495
I hope Elfnein has access to that form if they use her in season 4
>>139481102
Is there anybody around who was here since literally episode 1?
>>139469583
Symphogear seems so bad from an objective point of view but I still fucking love it.
>>139481147
Most definitely. They need another song from Carol's VA.
>>139481112
>lesbian
Is Symphogeah the Robocop of anime?
>>139481287
No, S1 was not a masterpiece.
>>139481102
Seiyuu are 2.5D
>>139481194
Here
I saw the magazin scans before the show and thought it looked nifty, but what really got me hooked into watching it was /a/ spamming the iconic Zerker Bikki shot. Loved it ever since.
>>139481278
They're gayer then HibiMiku at least.
>>139481207
Rating entertainment objectively is just silly though and pretty much impossible to do.
>>139472222
Not with all the babies coming out of her vagina whilst Kaneko cries into his cumrags.
>>139481418
>Sharing needles
The show is degenerate.
I'm going to marry Chris!
>>139479921
European Nazi Demons you mean
>>139481481
>I'm going to marry Chris!
Chris has been ruined for marriage for a long time.
>>139481481
not if I get to her first
>>139481481
Chris will end up doing Tokyo Hot nakadashi gangbangs.
>>139481481
> European Nazi Demons you mean
Ark of the Covenant as a full relic? Sounds cool (we Indiana Jones now). That, or just old, germanic swords and shit.
>>139481481
Chris is a miracle of the universe!
>>139480570
No thanks. That type of story is used up now.
>>139481636
Carol was babbling about Demons or some shit when she pulled that giant lion out of her ass, and they went out of their way to mention Ahnenerbe in GX for some reason, and now shit is going down in Europe
Plus it gives them the chance for roughly 50% more Wild Arms references
>>139481472
I'll show you degenerate.
>>139481636
Does Germany have any famous swords other than Balmung?
>Reissue
http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?scode=CGD2-79553-S002
>>139478350
I'm a chrisfag myself but not exactly denying it more of still going to that scale of strongly implied/not very necessary part but I don't think they'd be that dark and later treat it like it was nothing.
>>139481832
Tempting for the novelty, but I already have a Zenbu daki
Honestly this show sounds like complete fucking. Singing? The fuck is this? People get pissed when Disney does it but shen this garbage does it. Its automatically worth 5 seasons?
The world we live in.
>>139481968
It's fantastic, I know.
>>139478676
Literally just believe in justice and hold a determination to fist.
>>139475253
>Is it really that good?
It's stupid fun.
>>139481900
The whole "It was strongly implied Chris got raped by south american guerrillas for six years when she was a kid" thing has absolutely no relevance at all to Symphogear. S1 was all over the place with it's tone and that was just some bit of dark edgy backstory they added for no reason. It's never been brought up again and never will be brought up again. It has nothing to do with her characterization either.
Unless you're a hardcore mentally dysfunctional purityfag that can't like a character if there's even a chance she talked to a boy then there's really no reason to discuss it.
>>139470691
I still find episode 1 and the climax of episode 13 to be hype as shit
>symphogear until at least 2018
SIX YEARS OF SYMPHOGEAH
>>139481907
>I already have a Zenbu daki
I hope you got a used one from South America.
>>139482239
Sou da na.
>>139482239
>Five whole seasons of Zenbu
What the hell. This isn't just similar this is just a straight up copy of Hibiki's transformation.
>>139482236
I think the space shuttle thing might be my favourite part so far from the whole series. Certainly up there.
Chris triggers both my parental instincts and my penis. I can't decide if I want to spoil her rotten or fuck her raw.
>>139482401
Good thing I don't care about whatever that is.
>>139482459
Why not both?
>>139482459
I want to give her a haircut.
>>139482459
What about fucking her spoiled, rotten pussy?
>>139482459
Spoil her with your penis.
>>139482401
Well it's a change of pace from the usual magical girl transformation = Sailor Moon I guess
>>139482054
More like bullshit
>>139479642
There's one about Carol getting a train ran on her asshole by fat men, and there's a vanilla one with Gary and Mike.
>>139481816
Gram would be the most prominent. But there are a bunch of other named swords in germanic mythology.
And I guess the Imperial Sword if you want a real one.
>>139482401
They should have copied this one instead.
>>139482401
And now you know why gilgamesh claims that everyone just copied from him.
It's copies all the way down.
>>139482401
God, this Starfire is pretty shit. I see americans still can't draw hot girls in 2016.
>>139482831
Isn't all of DC's animated stuff outsourced to Korea these days?
>>139482831
girls aren't drawn to be hot. that would be misogynistic. and they won't have nothing of that in the industry.
contain your male gaze, you pig.
>>139482459
why notboth?
>>139482459
When you think about it there are probably some ultra hardcore videos with young Chris taking it from 30 dudes in succession circulation on Geahverse internet.
>>139482559
>>139482767
So is Symphogear even popular outside of 4chan? Also how come this scene doesn't get more love.
>>139483054
I'd love to do Chris with 30 men
Season 1>Season 3(Because dolls)>>>>>>>>>>Season 2
>>139483163
>is Symphogear even popular outside of 4chan
Popular enough to get a S4 and a S5 confirmed.
>>139483054
I doubt those third worlders had video recording devices and even if they did, it's not like she was the only girl that was getting fucked, they probably had a whole stable of sex slaves, it was nothing special.
>>139483224
I like season 2 the most.
>>139483244
I meant in the west. It didn't seem like anyone even cared about the shuttle suplex.
I want to impregnate Chris will holding hands and maintaining eye contact
chris is life, chris is love, let's all celebrate best girl!
>>139483180
no sharing please, I want chris for myself
>>139483054
it confounds me there are no doujins
>>139483163
because nobody cares about sunshine
>>139483224
>shitting on Season 2
S2 has S2CA Triburst in the soundtrack, your argument is invalid.
>>139483336
GX is ranked #2193 on MAL in terms of popularity
>>139483336
does it matter? all it takes is for the staff making the cartoon to watch anime.
>>139479451
They never release their merchandise numbers, ange sold enough.
>>139483375
>no sharing
Chris has been shared all her life
>>139483375
>it confounds me there are no doujins
We have this thoughhttp://exhentai.org/g/747642/70110d7c97/
I want to stay up late watching action movies with Chris.
>>139483588
She only likes sweet romance movies
>>139483523
>someone added the text-free version
nice, still just a CG set though
>>139483588chris & genjuro's kid shows up to save everyone else just before the climax of S4 with guns that shoot punches
>>139483512
Chris wasn't raped
If she was then she would have extremely inappropriate behavior such as seeking out sex herself or molesting her friends out of the belief that that's entirely normal
>>139483925
I don't think that's how rape victims work anon.
And this is 2D anyway, logic doesn't apply.
>>139483728
Seemed like she liked Equilibr*um a lot
>>139483925
you're making the rest of us chrisfags look bad, bro
just stop talkingbut keep posting images
>>139475342
ASS
>>139483523
>loli tazering
>gangrape
>impregnation
>torturing
Absolutely disgusting.
chris is best, nana agrees, don't bother her about it
>>139484255
And Ayahi ships Chris with Chris, apparently.
>>139484308
I'm more than okay with that
best girl deserves best girl
>>139483353
She's probably incapable of having children.
>>139483498
It sold so well it ruined a couple careers.
>>139483925
Being a sex slave for 6 years is not like getting raped once in a dark alley.
warning: not for the weak of heart
>mfw no official chris daki available
FUCK
>>139484760
>He didn't pre-order it as soon as it was available
>>139482459
Fuck her raw, get her pregnant. Spoil the daughter.
>>139484848
muh dick, goddammit
>>139484717
Yeah and kids who are groomed like they claim Chris was would have an extremely inappropriate understanding of sex
She doesn't, so she wasn't
>>139485437
You missed the pimp talk with Genjuro?
>>139485437
Why are you applying any type of logic to this?
>Non-anime related image posted for no reason.
Oh a shitposter, nevermind.
>>139484848
that's some amazing waist to hip ratio.
>>139486055
as expected of best girl
>>139481207
Its all about the execution bae. Which is mediocre but they shove so much shit in your face that youll be overwhelmed by mediocrity till you love it.
>>139486284
Lots of technically bad aspects - production quality, nonsensical writing - end up being rather endearing too. I had the same experience with Samurai Flamenco.
>mfw still no Yukarin after 3 seasons
you Nanofatefags lied to me
>>139486715
Remembering Cross Ange made Yukarin depressed and almost end her career, it's not safe to make any more projects with Nana and Yukarin in it, even Nanoha 3rd movie and Vivid 2nd season were cancelled due to that.
>More seasons
Holy shit how did I miss this. Is there any way to view the event?
>>139487104
wait for the live 2015 bluray rips
>>139487104
DVD/BD should be out in five to six months.
>>139487330
I want her to punch me while singing...
>>139487330
What a wait. Got any images of the others and their outfits?
>>139487330
Did Iguchi dress up as an ugly cupcake again?
Why are the in show versions of the songs so much better? Carol's GENOCIDE song sounds a lot better in the show than on the cd.
>>139487416
Just a few.
>>139487471
Nah, she actually was dressed properly this time as opposed to the Grape Noise dress she wore last time.
>>139487536
I disagree completely I prefer the CD versions of almost every song.
>>139487536
as do most of Hibiki's songs - Rainbow Flower is a great example
it makes me sad every time I remember they don't bundle in-episode versions of songs as bonus material with the BDs
>>139487583
you're wrong but that's okay, nana forgives all
>>139487330
http://symphogear.blogspot.de/2016/03/the-symphogear-live-2016-report.html
>>139487583
Well, it depends on who it is, I guess carol's first song stands out a bit extra for me in that regard. Her second song is great though.
>>139487536
Because they do recording specifically for each scene and episode.
Agematsu might even modify the track a bit for it to fit the scene better.
Live > In-show > > > CD
>>139487578
Hikasa a ugly! A UGLY!
I am glad that all of Aoi songs in Symphogear now have live versions. (besides Watashi to Iu Oto Hibiki)
Can't wait for the BD.
>>139487680
>>139487706
NanjoIno a qt
>>139487706
She is married now so she will only get uglier.
>>139487680
>That crown
I'm in love.
>>139487680
>>139487578
I hope Kirika's seiyuu was okay this time.
>>139487680
Agematsu tweeted like a week or two after the Live that he already finished the first song for the next season, the dude's a madman
>>139487879
Her knees didn't explode live on stage so I think she was fine. The Symphogear lives don't involve as much running around. And if it really was that bad they could've brought her in on a replica of Mamu's wheelchair for giggles.
I think she mentioned at some point that her knees have been getting less explodey lately.
>>139487881
God bless that insane bastard
>>139487881
one of us, one of us
how much do you want to bet he gets as HYPE as we do waiting for each new episode?
>>139487825
>She is married now
And dropped. Symphogear is dead to me now.
>>139487881
Gotta put all that inspiration and good energy from the live concert to use.
>>139485805
It was a mistake anon, I don't know how that got into my symphogear folder
>>139487952
Do her knees explode often?
a kiri is cute too
>>139488036
for what purpose are you disgracing our goddess?
>>139488002
Having a fun series where the music you write is a major element of the show must be great for any composer.
Of all the geahs I think I'd like to rape Kirika in her throat the most. The image of her letting out a strained "dess" in between coughing up spit and semen makes me rock hard.
I will post this every thread until they dock.
>>139487578
arr rook same
>>139487952
I thought it was NanjoIno that had an issue with a leg?
>mfw they made a doujin card game of Symphogear
>mfw they have lewds
>>139488678
DELETE THIS.
>>139488678
holy shit
What's your favorite Symphogear doujin
And why isn't there more
>>139488833
Scans never
>>139488841
You posted it.
Hopefully C90 will deliver.
>>139488678
>>139488916
Got any others or is that it?
>>139488841
Because it's this one
>>139489100
There's a Miku card with art from the same artist but it's nowhere near that lewd
>>139488929
Hopefully Hibiki gets some good receiving action with good charm point shots too
>>139489100
>4chan thinks the website is spam
Here's the twitter for the doujin card game
https://twitter.com/symphonicgrid
>liking used goods slut
>>139489315
>doll lewds
Twitter is the worst thing to happen to 2D lewds. It's a fucking shitshow to navigate, but everyone is using it.
I must be missing out on so much good stuff.
>>139489503
That's why you lurk Symphogear threads all day so you can see when the few crazy bastards that actually bother putting up with navigating Twitter post the good stuff.
>>139488916
Holy fucking shitAny idea on the artist
>>139486715
Chris is cute as fuck and all, but I just can't stop thinking about her ravaged pussy that was fucked by random fat mexicans like 10 000 times.
>>139489685
Sounds like you're a cuck.
>>139489315
I delved too greedily, and too deep.
I woke the nameless fear.
>>139489845
Well
The costumes look well made
>>139489685
It's 2D so her pussy is still tight.
>>139480570
>How to commit Franchise Suicide for Dummies: Starring /a/'s very own Anonymous!
>>139489315
Dick status: Muh
>>139489801
But Carol is my waifu and I wouldn't want her to get fucked by 10 000 Mexican cocks.
In Chris's case it already happened.
>>139489685
>Dick is literally shaped to scrape out other males cum
Sounds more like you're just a fucking cuck
>>139490047
How the fuck is it even possible that this show has so little porn?
It sells great. It's very popular. Just why?
Is it really more important to make a Shimakaze or Flandre doujin #20k?
>>139490164
>Is it really more important to make a Shimakaze or Flandre doujin #20k?
Do you really have to ask?
And there's a decent amount of art, just not a lot of doujins. And then half of those are "Generic mook monster from the show tentacle rapes all the girls" CG sets.
>>139490115
>Dick is literally shaped to scrape out other males cum
Cool pseudo science. It's not. Look at felines if you want to see a cock designed for that.
And if you ever saw one of those micro camera JAV gangbangs you would know how fast uterus slurps on semen.
>>139490164
>>139490164
probably a mix of paternal instincts+Kancolle porn aint gonna make itself.
>>139468623
Once again, pure shit taste wins in the end. This, a series that is so profoundly stupid. It warrants 5 fucking seasons.
The shit taste has ascended to PURE SHIT proportions.
>>139490164
Don't forget all the generic Granblue sluts
>>139490270
>micro camera JAV gangbangs
You wouldn't know any codes offhand right? Just out of pure curiosity.
>>139490270
>Look at felines if you want to see a cock
>>>/an/
>>139490324
>a series that is so profoundly stupid.
That's what it makes it fun.
FUN.
Do you like fun? No, you don't seem the type.
>>139490336
that arc was the worst part of the season
>>139490270
Literally just typing out of my ass, anon. I'm just here to post pictures of Chris, I couldn't give less of a shit about dick, rape or whatever
>>139490336
>someone thought that adding dumb memetext to such a self explanatory image was funny or a good idea
>>139490370
Tokyo Hot with "semen shooting camera" tag. It's even on their official site.
Probably a good watch if you want to know how Chris's childhood looked like.
>>139490461
>That's what it makes it fun.
>I enjoy watching shit that kills my brain and weakens my I.Q. every damn week.
Yeah anon, I don't even think you can comprehend standard language after watching so much of that autism for insecure boys show.
>>139490484
That's the spirit
>>139490164
Genjurou and ninja guy arent good male inserts for doujins and I dont think the Nanoha A-san quite fits
>>139490668
nigger, everything kills your brain and weakens your IQ
might as well enjoy it while you can, we all end up in the dirt eventually
>>139490749
Touhou has no male self insert at all and has the most doujins in history.
>>139490842
Chris would never encourage that kind of degeneracy
>>139490668
says the man who watches anime, while visiting a board dedicated to that exact medium.
>>139490551
I see, thank you.
>>139490890
Chris would say that, the whore.
>>139490837
Thats sort of the thing though, there are male actively involved in Symphogear and they are too parental so it sort of leaves the male insert spots filled out
>>139488841
I wanna punch the guy that translated it though
>(She) Kohinata
>Kazenari
>>139488841
>futa
no thanks
>>139490900
>Implying all anime weakens your I.Q.
You had a nice argument and then you blew it, just blew it. Why?
>>139490816
>nigger, everything kills your brain and weakens your IQ
A little too broad there bucko, try bringing it down a margin before you try talking again. By including "everything kills your brain" you contradicted yourself.
>might as well enjoy it while you can, we all end up in the dirt eventually
Nice look on life, certainly that explains why you haven't killed yourself sooner to get in that dirt.
>>139491058
This guy sure is mad about nothing.
>>139490890
Deep in the closet.
>>139491058
"living" kills your brain and lowers your IQ - that is, the passage of time - which "everything" we do falls within the bounds of
I didn't contradict shit, faglordand I haven't killed myself because there's a slim chance of digital immortality becoming a thing within the next ~60 years, which I guess technically would invalidate my argument, but we aren't there yet so whatever
I suggest removing the stick from your ass and sanding it down a bit more before continuing
>>139491188
Perfect OP image.
>>139468623
the music is good and it's not the only selling points like idol shows for example.
it's guilty pleasure what never fails to entertain me.
though it could be even more over the top if they'd made more episodes like S3-1 rocket-riding, spaceship-dragging, mountain splitting emergency landing shit.
>I completely stopped caring at the end of S3 and didn't even get the OST because of the disappointing as fuck second half
>>139491562
I liked the Kyaroru battle. But yeah, after Garie died series went to shit.
>>139491199
>"living" kills your brain and lowers your IQ - that is, the passage of time - which "everything" we do falls within the bounds of
>I didn't contradict shit, faglord
I think you're missing a few key points in this headcanon of yours friend. Explain to me why babies and children brains are being "killed" yet still advance and mature, gain and contain information, and become bigger and better. Your theory of "Everything" killing us is redundant to the fact that many situations, events and overall concepts effect our "living" and "killing" more than others. But I believe you missed that when you felt the need to watch a show built upon making you a blubbering down-syndrome dumbass. Watching that garbage every week is damn sure killing your brain more than time is buddy.
>and I haven't killed myself because there's a slim chance of digital
Stopped reading right there, you've already proven your childish notions more than enough, especially your weeaboo status. In the next 60 years you will not gain any sense of digital immortality, this is not an animu and even if that "slim" chance became a reality. You yourself will never get it because it would be too expensive for you.
Thinking meat and flesh can go digital. I recommend removing the screen from your eyes and think.
>>139491562
the IGNITE ver. songs are all great, well worth grabbing
>>139491275
wrong show
>>139488841
The one where Miku lectures DMJii about rimjobs.
Is there a non-hentai character who had more dicks than Chris?
>>139491674
She's up there.
>>139491674
Sakura Matou.
>>139491674
All the ones who've had at least one dick.
>>139491640
any of us posting here are past the point of our brains being in the development stage
kill yourself
>>139491749
FSN was porn though.
>>139491749
>non-hentai
>>139491981
The DESS is out there.
ar tonelico ended and people still wanted music battles.
so we're all agreed that season 4 will have punished hibiki come back from the future to try to kill her past self, right?
>>139468623
>26 episodes
Are you ready for Symphogear SingerS?
>>139492447
>Hibki fistfighting Hibiki
Miku would bleed out through her nose.
thanks to this thread I'm blasting the soundtrack for an hour straight without even noticing again
Chris is a man's name.
>>139492544
Only if she doesn't die of dehydration first
Hibiki is still the sun, but even I have to admit, Chris has all the best scenes.
>>139477996
is this book scanned anywhere?
>>139493024
huge manly hands
>>139494660
All the better to fist Miku with
>>139494158
no, miku is the sun, hibiki is the moon, chris is thestar, and sword is wings
>>139491853
How stupid are you?
>>139495088
Did you even watch the show?
>>139495242
This dyke must be stopped
>>139495242
>show
Calling this nonsensically retarded bullshit a show is disrespect to the word itself
>>139468623
https://a.pomf.cat/wznfxf.webm
>>139496224
I really hope S4 and S5 can hold the production schedule together for the whole season for once
>>139495442
Your just mad it's better than the shit you watch
>>139495442
Yeah, it's a masterpiece
>>139496224
If she was given these kinds of moments in G and GX, she would be best girl.
But no, have some stupid shit involving Maria instead.
>>139486715
She left King's Records. She will never become part of Symphogear cast
>>139496224
Too bad none of the sacrifices mattered at all becouse lol magic resurrection
>>139496599
They didn't die in the first place, you can't resurrect someone who didn't die.
They were taking potentially life threatening risks sure but their Gears protected them.
Any news on when the mobage is coming out?
>>139496729
I don't think so, unless I missed something to. So far it's just been more merch.
I would imagine it'll probably be out in time for S4 though, whenever that is.
>>139496729
>mobage
Why even get excited for it?
>>139468623
>was at the live when another project was announced on Day 1
>saw everyone's heads explode at the S4&S5 announcement followed by the cast blubbering on stage
Was a good time plus the original cast doing First Love Song live after all these years was amazing.
>>139496835
Because at least its something
>>139496835
If we're lucky it could be something semi decent like a simple rhythm game.
But I'm betting on it being the standard gacha shit.
Will the raibu blu-ray be day one or two, or a mix of both?
>>139473617
This chart is perfection like the original TTGL one. The GX one is forced as fuck.
>>139475114
Carol had to do what she did. There was no other ending that wouldn't be a total copout for her story, bad as that story was.
>>139497201
Carol could've at least given her body double a proper voice.
If only Garie could keep her fucking mouth shut, the second half might have been a bit more interesting.
As it stands, it took a month for the characters to catch up to what we already knew, which was boring.
Symphogear G was entertaining at least because despite the stupid plot and poorer characterisation, you still couldn't see what shit was coming. Hell, G episode 10 is still my favourite.
GX had the naff characterisation of G but with none of the thrill. It didn't finish off anything it started really, with the only thing I really like character wise was going more in depth in how screwed up the Kazanari's are. During this time, it never even had much fun to cover it up.
I really hope we see a bit more of Fudou next season, he's a real piece of shit. At least now they know they have 2 seasons they can get more character interaction in.
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>>139497201
I beg to differ. Carol forgot that alchemy is just as much about equivalent exchange as analysis and decomposition.
In the finale, we saw that, despite her 'burning' away all those memories, they still existed in some accessible form. From this, we know she was theoretically savable - the cast merely failed to do so.
Prior to this, the story could have taken one of two turns - the redemption story, where it is shown that no one, no matter how far gone, cannot be saved; or the tragedy, where Carol forever burns away everything unnecessary - everything other than that one tragic flaw of her hatred - to achieve her goals, and in so doing consigns herself to oblivion.
The worst possible thing they could have done was what they did - waffle around about whether or not Carol could have been saved, and end up with a thoroughly unsatisfying resolution to the conflict.
>>139497917
You do know that just because two different shows call something "Alchemy" doesn't mean they follow the same rules or mechanics at all, right?
>>139498074
smug zenbu best zenbu
>>139498027
Yes, but the principle demonstrably exists here. Nothing is lost forever, even if she thought it was.
>>139494305
Just build a time machine and order it.
>>139498477
>>139498411
>already forgot the scenes of people disappearing due to the chateau and not reappearing when ver pulls off his hax
nothing is free, some things are gone and cannot return
>>139498561
That scene was fixed in the BDs
The anon you're replying to is still retarded enough, even more retarded than Carol's story
Carol stays dead after episode 6, but her consciousness and will are somewhat preserved within the dolls. She dies to make sure that IGNITE is activated for her master plan.
With the new IGNITE power, the Geahs defeat Leiur, Phara, and Micha, but they each cause bring up some drama with the Geahs (Phara makes Tsubasa question her identity as a sword, Micha hurts DMJii, etc.).
Eventually the geahs are faced with Garie, and are ready to finish this once and for all. But when they all go to IGNITE, it backfires again because of their unresolved issues. Garie uses this opportunity to kiss each Geah one at a time, stealing all the power they've gained from IGNITE.
IGNITED Garie is the final boss.
Hire me Satelight.
>>139497917
>equivalent exchange
There is a tax on that.
How can other girls even compete?
>>139498816
Being alive is a good start.
I want to Zenbu Zenbu's Zenbus while I Zenbu
>>139498816
Not being the human equivalent of a dumpster fire is a good start
>>139498873
doesn't stop kanade
>>139498668
>That scene was fixed in the BDs
Wow, they really "fixed" it. So nobody died in Carol's big world rape. What a fucking joke. Her death had no purpose. Ending is a piece of crap not. Sasuga.
>>139498741
>Carol stays dead after episode 6
>This was all part of Ver's master plan to take over the world
>Which was all part of Fine's master plan to revive herself without dicking over some random little girl
>Which was all part of Kanade's master plan to get Tsubasa to man the fuck up and talk to her dad and also get laid already
>Which was all part of Hibiki's dad's master plan to get back with his ex-wife
Next 4 seasons right there.
>>139498981
>Chris_CV.jpg
To which gear do youfapthe most
>>139499098
You forgot Custodians and Nazi Vampires.
>>139499060
Are you fucking kidding me? They actually came back in the BD?
>>139499098
The idea of Kanade and Serena trying to push Tsubasa and Maria together from beyond the grave is hilarious
>>139499193
Nazi Demon Custodian Vampires
>>139499169
Kirika or Chris.
Something about their fluffiness is lewd.
>>139499169
Kirika and Carol.
>>139499169
Hibiki. I can't get enough of her ass.
>>139499193
Those are for seasons 8 and 9, when they want to try something new, fresh and totally unexpected.
>>139499169
My wife Chris of course
>>139499098
But it's all really part of Miku's master plan to get into Hibiki's pants.
>>139499169
this
>>139499415
with bikkie coming in close second
>>139499169
Hibiki and Miku.
>>139497288
No. You don't get to write a tragic fall and then co-opt another character to essentially just bring her right back.
>>139499532
But she's been in Hibiki's pants since before S1
>>139499210
>accidentally do something good in TV series
>fuck up in BD's
Amazing. Simply amazing.
Now Carol's ending makes literally no sense.
>>139499565
What tragic fall? What was tragic about any of this?
>>139499647
Finally someone has surpassed shaft.
>>139499579
I like hibi/miku art because it's all super comfy looking
>>139499698
An innocent girl was exposed to the cruelty of the world, exposing her tragic flaw that eventually consumed her and prevented her from being saved until she found some measure of redemption in sacrifice for the sake of another innocent.
Are you being obtuse deliberately? It might not have been told very well, but it's the classical tragedy framework to a tee.
>>139499647
It doesn't change her ending at all, she was just as shit of a character either way
>>139497655
Symphogear needs two things going forwards: more proper character interaction and episodes about group dynamics rather than individual issues, and some crazy unexpected developments for the characters / setting.
What is it with magical girl series and creating fun, awesome characters, then carefully making them lose all of that awesomeness? Nanoha did it too with power limiters and "you permanently lose 8% of your magic" bullshit.
>>139499888
>until she found some measure of redemption in sacrifice for the sake of another innocent
Yeah, after she burned all her memories and was basically a walking vegetable. Sure is redemption.
>>139499919
It turns her from a mass murdered who killed millions of people to some little girls who killed less people than Chris.
Her sacrifice made sense because she was far beyond forgiveness. Now it makes no real sense.
>>139499958
Shit writers.
>>139500057
She still killed god knows how many people fueling her Alchemy and the Dolls, and with Alcha-noise attacks directly on the city. She was beyond redemption whether or not her stupid castle actually killed anyone or not.
>>139500111
At least they seem to be aware enough of GX's fuckups to joke about it during the Live this year, hopefully Kaneko is over his daddy issues and they manage to find some balance between throwing literally every idea everyone has into the show like G was or giving Kaneko full control like GX.
>>139499579
Sure, she wears Hibiki's clothes when she masturbates, but you know what I mean, she wants Hibiki to fist her.
>>139500287
Did you miss Miku's "gentle fists" line in GX?
> Tfw ordered a second mousepad and daki of best girl recently
Feels zenbu man
>>139500371
She's still just fantasizing about having that gentle fist inside her.
>>139499118
spoonfeed me the game senpai
>>139500377
>daki of chris
where from, brother?I don't have a daki yet but I'd like to start off on the right foot with best girl - I'd also like a pillow that's actually usable as a pillow and won't completely break the bank, any recommendations?
>>139500229
they're aware because they read feedback. that doesn't mean their writing improves dramatically.
>>139499958
>What is it with magical girl series and creating fun, awesome characters, then carefully making them lose all of that awesomeness
First of all, i don't think the sample size is big enough that you can derive a general trend for magical girl shows here.
Secondly, happening on successful concepts by chance and then fucking up the sequels isn't exactly specific to magical girl genre. I mean how often does a great show have an even greater sequel?
>>139500527
gunbusterI'm sorry that was a lie, but it was the closest one I could think of offhand
>>139500477
I'm not sure if you can even still order them but go to the Goods section on GX's official site, there's a link to Hobbystock there. You'll have to order through a proxy though since they don't ship internationally, if they're even still selling the dakis.
>>139500477
> He doesn't know
Hobbystock. You'll need a proxy too. I just stick to Fromjapan since I don't have anything to complain about. They should still be in stock since I got my confirmation about a day ago.
>>139500145
But her castle killing 400 million people makes a lot of sense and would work great for S4.
>>139500772
I'd rather they just forget about Carol and worry more about the Demon Nazi Vampire Pirate Communists in Europe
Sweaty Kyaroru tits.
>>139500870
Superior tits coming through
>>139500660
>>139500626
>12960 Japanese Yen equals
>116.1083 US Dollar
welp, guess I'm too poor to make bestgirl happy
>>139500820
Carol will come back during S4.
>>139500820
You mean Lesbian Demonic Nazi Vampires from Space.
>>139500870
Remember that being a loli most of the time Carol sees no need for things like deodorant. With that in mind consider how ripe and pungent an adult Carol must be when she gets all hot and sweaty.
>>139500772
Some setting development would definitely be appreciated. I'd love to see a bit of time set aside for world-building as RyokoFine and Carol's gradually-declassified research begins to transform the world's technology.
That and figuring out a way to bring back I AM SYMPHOGEAR Bikki.
>>139500921
>superior
Nah. Carol wins in shape. Size is not everything.
>>139500932
She'll just get a cameo in ghost form to save Elfnein and get a more proper send-off before leaving for good, just like the last two previous-season villains before her.Leiur will come back, though.
>>139501071
Zenbus are perfection
Carol is a saggy hag
>>139501095
>worst doll
Sasuga Kaneko.
>>139501135
I wonder what daily bukkake for 6 years did to her skin.
>>139499169
Carol
http://exhentai.org/g/907668/a6cfb129fe/
>>139501095
>Implying Ver is dead
Heroes never die
>>139501095
Go away and die Kaneko.
>>139501232
He'd probably become shit again if he's brought back.
Let him die on a high note.
>>139476520
>they practically write themselves
That's one of the reasons why there aren't that many doujins.
Adding to that, the girls really don't have good chemistry with each other. Which is something you need in order to inspire doujins.
>>139501209
>Garie blowjob
So why isn't there a full doujin of that?
>>139499118
What game is this?
>>139501201
can't you tell? it's perfectionsemen is actually legitimately extraordinarily good for skin care purposes, no joke, look it up sometime
>>139501415
doujins are one thing, but there's a surprisingly low amount of fanart as well considered how popular the show is to be getting a 4th and 5th season
>>139501498
Hounds of the Blade.
>>139501514
>but there's a surprisingly low amount of fanart
Dude there's like 400 pages on Pixiv across all three seasons
>>139501135
>torpedo tits hard as rocks due to years of brutal groping
>vs
>soft, smooth and delicious unused titties
>>139501702
>surprisingly low amount of *quality fanart
and 400 pages is nothing, look up kancolle or nanoha
>>139501702
Gochiusa has over 600 across two seasons.
>>139501514
It could just be that fan artists just haven't latched onto Symphogear yet.
But I think it might be because the show just has bland characters. I like them and they are perfect in a series that's fun and simple. But they don't inspire fanart the way something like Madoka does.
Chris a best.
>Carol actually killed no one
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA SASUGA SUNRISE
>>139501877
Whatever man, I can't stop you from having shit taste
>>139501877
Nice pads.
>>139501934
She's responsible for everyone the Dolls drained and all those background civilians during the first part of Episode 6. Plus who knows what else in her ~500 years of being butthurt. She's killed plenty.
>>139501934
What? She genocided on a worldwide scale. Remember how when everything was "restored" all the people we saw before getting vaporized didn't return?
Too much Chris, not enough DMJii
>>139499169
Chris > power gap > Kirika > Maria > Shirabe
Tsubasa is too autistic to sex without raping her which is no good, and Hibiki is ugly.
>>139502119
See earlier in the thread, they changed that in the blurays. I guess to make Hibiki's inaction look not quite so insanely goddamn retarded.
>>139502126
You can never have enough Chris.
>>139501931
You say Symphogear has bland characters, but Madoka doesn't?
>>139501931
>Bland characters
The characters and their songs are the reason why I love Symphogeah. Not everyone needs to be suffering incarnate.
>>139501934
>*killed no one during the chateau finale
You're forgetting everything she did up to that point, which included leaving a swathe of destruction behind her as the made her way to where the gears were at, plus powering up the dolls.
>>139501877
dead christmas cake tits or only-16-so-still-growing tits
I'll stick with zenbu for bestgirlcan you even imagine her pregnant? goddamn my dick can only get so hard
>>139501931
madoka was a very poor example to claim something else has bland characters
sure, there are interesting characters in madoka, but neither of them are in the image you posted
>>139502196
>Not everyone needs to be suffering incarnate.
>>139502186
>You can never have enough Chris.
t. men of Val Verde
>>139502186
How the shit do you even restore living creatures that got vaporized? Even if they were put back together perfectly those people are probably insane now or have no memories.
>>139502287
It's alchemy I ain't gotta explain shit.
>>139502287
They didn't get vaporized. They got disassembled into their constituent components. Restoring them is just a matter of doing the process in reverse.
>>139502287
It's fucking Alchemy, it can do whatever the fuck show says it can do. They probably blipped out of existence for about 10 minutes and that's about it.
Wow this is retarded. So they killed off Carol for literally doing nothing wrong? Way to fucking go Hibiki. Couldn't even save one girl. Some fucking hero you are.
>>139502257
>madoka was a very poor example to claim something else has bland characters
Compared to Symphogear they are Dostoevsky.
>>139502287
>came back to life through ver's epic plothax machine reversal
>but your memories were burned up to fuel the process
lol carol, shittiest villain ever
>>139502268
Tsubasa is happy now, she has a successful career doing what she loves and scored a busty tall western babe.
>>139502382
She wasn't even wrong. Humans are shit.
GX was probably a victim of its own hype. Hopefully the more cautious optimism around 4-5 will produce a more controlled production and some more meaningful development and interaction.
Assuming they don't just look at the sales for GX and forget about it all entirely.
>>139502396
Hardly. Apart from maybe Homura and MAYBE Rebellion Sayaka, they're all pretty one-note and spend their time pushed around by the plot rather than driving it.
>>139502492
The staff and VAs at least seem to be aware that GX had problems. Not to mention the clusterfuck that happened with the production schedule.
We'll just have to wait and see if they fuck up again or not. As long as it doesn't stay as bad or get worse than the second half of GX I'll keep watching.
>>139502492
>>139502590
If S5 is a direct sequel/second cour, Symphogear is saved.
If not, we're fucked.
>>139501556
Thanks
>>139502590
GX showed signs that they were attempting to fix the problems of G at least. Instead of a weak anti-climactic final boss that was a coward they gave us a strong final boss that was solidly set up as being powerful and bold the entire season. I think they relied WAY too much on repetition and formula but they did far better in the villain department than G.
>>139502186
Madoka has plenty of bland characters.
>>139502196
Sure. But you do need some kind of conflict to keep a story interesting.
>>139502257
I think it's the perfect example. Madoka and Homura are the blandest Madoka has to offer but they inspire a lot more fanart than any of the Symphogear pairings.
>>139499958
It's annoying because it's also an issue that's easily solved by having a smaller cast
Not saying FIS was a mistake but it'd certainly help stop GX being so dull
At least in G they were the villains so there was more time for them.
The other problem with GX is that it felt too much of a clean slate. With G there was still a lot of stuff answering hooks from S1.
The moon was a major one, but things like Tsubasa being overly concerned about Hibiki dying from Relic Cancer made sense because she might have stopped blaming herself for Kanade, she still really didn't want to lose another team-mate. Relic Cancer was a good plot point too, but I think it should have been saved for the final season to push Hibiki out of the symphogear life. Something about her still having really good sync rates despite not being a fusion feels a bit off to me, dunno.
Chris was good for the most part in season 2, answering her feelings of being an ex-villain and guilt over Solomons Cane. Sure, she might have gone a bit retard about it, but whatever, that cliffhanger was nuts.
>>139502590
Kaneko's the center of things. G went too far with total democratic writing, but if they want the next season to work they need to keep him moderated without slipping even more control to KR.
>>139502816
Carol was awful as a villain, somehow simultaneously both non-threatening and winning everything without effort. Ver at least was fun in his craziness, but Carol's motivations made so little sense that even she couldn't understand them.
>>139502895
So have conflict with the villains, you don't need to run a drama train on the cast for them to be good characters either.
>>139502398
>yfw she actually did get her memories back, and that's what made her off herself
>>139502906
GX had plenty of time for their whole cast if they used it properly, and had them work as a group instead of being split off into pairs and never interacting with anyone ever. On top of segregating all their drama into single episodes.
Hell, the fact that they weren't all trying to help each other just made everyone seem super out of character.
>>139502973
Ver was fun because shit kept going wrong for him so he had to improvise, I don't think it's possible to even see shit like Mikugear coming
>>139502572
>they're all pretty one-note and spend their time pushed around by the plot rather than driving it.
>>139503128
This.
Hell, Carol could have been improved just from seeing her freak out over her keikaku not going so doori for once. Like what if the Geahs managed to kill a doll without Igniting? Or what if one of them killed a doll they weren't supposed to? Or what if Ver fucked up her plans earlier instead of at the last possible moment?
Is that Miku?
>>139502906
I think the current main cast is good. If it was still just Bikki, Basa and Chris it'd get boring with the interactions but with the extra trio they have more possibilities for character combinations that GX just missed out on.
Like they could stick Chris with Maria and have them do some fun stuff together.
And they need to pry apart DMJii for once.
>>139503336
>>139503370
We could've had Tsubasa talking to DMJii for a bit when they went to buy snacks at the beach, but of course that got interrupted by Garie. Garie a shit.
>>139503370
Only a monster would want them to be apart. Besides, all they'd do is talk about the other one the whole time.
>>139502572
>>139503288
madoka is simply very condensed due to the 12 episode structure. So any development the characters get is also compressed and stuffed into plot arcs and interactions with other characters at the same time.
For example kyouko's backstory also serves as a lesson for and contrast to sayaka and tells us more about unintended consequences of wishes and the whole hope/despair balance thing.
It's easy to lose sight of one of those when you're also bombarded with the others.
>>139503303
Hell, I'd have accepted the Dolls not being in on Carol's plan and Leiur only figuring out they were being set up by Carol when she's fighting an Ignited Chris.
Might need to change the first half around a bit to make it make sense, but you can solve by just making the character get backup at the last minute before the doll can kill them
>>139503496
I wonder how DMJii would call Tsubasa. Tsubasa-san? Tsubasa-senpai? Kazanari-senpai?
>>139503549
As they are right now their entire personality is just being gay for each other and that already stopped being cute in G.
>>139502973
It's not just Carol, though I disagree that she was a bad villain. Her intentions were outright stated at the end that the world that her father saved with a miracle had betrayed him, so she in turn was going to kill miracles and kill the world in revenge.
I think Garie and Micha were outright fun to watch as they didn't have to shoehorn in WAHH PITY ME drama that all the other ex-villain geahs dragged in. They were smug and snarky knew how to get in peoples heads, and Micha even had an IGNITE form.
>>139503393
>those thighs
>>139503691
Thank the track team for those
>>139502993
You're right that making characters go through drama won't always make them 'good'. The drama in GX with Hibiki's dad was some awful shit. But I'm not talking about good and bad, I'm talking about bland and interesting.
Internal conflict does help make a character more interesting and give fanfiction writers and fanartists more to play with.
>>139502906
Fuck that. Nobody likes "back to normal life" endings, and Symphogear is the last series that should ever try to do something for narrative convenience rather than fun.
You're right that GX feels totally unconnected to the rest of the series, and I hope that's something that 4 and 5 get back on top of. It's not just physical stuff like the moon; whatever happened to the series' motif of understanding different people's points of view, and the whole "is world peace through coercion just" thing that both of the previous seasons had going through them? It really feels like the shell of a Symphogear story, something that looks basically like Symphogear but didn't pick up on anything below the surface.
It doesn't help that there were plenty of obvious ways it could have tied in to previous seasons that weren't taken; for instance, Carol's plan could have been about remaking the world (as Maria even speculated about in one episode, which makes me wonder if this wasn't an abandoned plot idea) instead of just being a crazy bitch.
And on a side-note why have Chris suddenly kouhai-obsessed (and with all of her development for that thrown into an OVA, to boot) rather than playing up the similarities between her and Carol's parental losses? Part of the problem with the Precure episodes was that they were really just about the character in question's issue, without tying it in to the main plot thematically.
>>139503288
Yes, she's the bad girl who turns out to just be hiding from her own tragic past. This is not a revelation in character development.
>>139503625
>As they are right now their entire personality is just being gay for each other and that already stopped being cute in G.
Two half characters make one, you gotta accept that.
Three stooges teams or student council president lickspittles work in a similar fashion.
>>139503769
>This is not a revelation in character development.
And it isn't one-note either.
>>139503370
I agree. I just don't think that they can do 6 focus characters to a good enough level in 1 cour.
I still think there's enough they can do with Hibiki (actually deal with her inability to punch someone), Tsubasa (Go a bit more into her, Genjuro and Yatsuhiro, especially post reconciliation) and Chris (actually deal with her senpai issues)
>>139503852
Yes, it is. It's a character trait that serves a singular purpose in the plot, rather than to develop her as an intriguing or unique player within it. Madoka's strength lies in its thematic development, not its characters.
>>139503980
>(actually deal with her senpai issues)
Please no, while they weren't as bad as what they did with Hibiki and DMJii, those were retarded and really should be resolved by now.
There's no problem with static characters bouncing off the rest of the protagonists and villains, and it's by far preferable to really badly done development.
>>139503769
>Fuck that. Nobody likes "back to normal life" endings, and Symphogear is the last series that should ever try to do something for narrative convenience rather than fun.
There's really no way out for her that's either stopping being a gear or finally getting a fucking grip and realizing that you can't talk your way out of everything
also make Noise a tangible threat for the love of christ, alca-noise are somehow worse looking than the noise of S1
>>139468623
>I mean when has an Original ever gotten a confirmation for a fifth season
wait what? when did this happen?
>>139504187
They were a threat for like an episode and a half at least.
Bushi-noise would've made a better rival for Tsubasa than TSURUGI BREAKAH if it was a miniboss noise instead of yet another generic mook to stand still and get one-shot.
>>139504038
1. Starts out as an antagonist being manipulated by Kyubey to fight against Sayaka.
2. Allies with Homura
3. Decides to stop being antagonistic to Sayaka when she learns what's been done to both of them.
4. Allies with Madoka to try to save Sayaka.
Seems more interesting than.
1. Hibiki punches non-humans dead and punches humans until they're her friend.
>>139503980
Don't do focus characters at all. Everyone's personal issues should play into each other and create a group dynamic that serves as the actual plot focus, not individual issues divorced from wider context.
Also, I'd much rather see new developments than constantly trying to rehash and redo old idea that really just need buried. Learning a bit more about Tsubasa's current situation would be good, but Bikki needs something new, and I think that Chris's upcoming graduation would be a good springboard for that. Chris overcame her big issue already - she'll need a new one sooner or later, but for now let her relax and play support to someone else's for a little.
>>139504236
At the Live
>>139504312
Fuck off to your Madoka threads or whatever, you clearly didn't even watch Symphogear if that's all you think Hibiki is.
>>139504283
I can't believe they literally just stand there and do nothing. I mean, in S1 there's plenty of instances of that, but there's also lots of scenes where it shows not even gears are instant wins to them, like the bit with Chris and Hibiki working together for the first time
>>139504038
>it's one-note because I say it is!
Ok, you're full of shit and you have no idea what you're talking about.
>>139504336
excuse my ignorance, but what do the runes on the left stand for?
>>139504415
Twintails
>>139504312
>1. Hibiki punches non-humans dead and punches humans until they're her friend.
are you for real, Hibiki doesn't punch humans she freaks out and has a crisis for half a season