This looks more and more like something out of Soul Calibur by the minute.
Which makes the question, Symphogear Game when?
The relevant link list:
-Songs, CD/BD releases, lyrics and general information: http://pastebin.com/EeTkSpKa
-Hibiki Radio Station: http://hibiki-radio.jp/description/symphogear-gx
-Main S3 site: http://www.symphogear-gx.com/
-Episode 13
[Commie] - https://www.nyaa.eu/?page=view&tid=739337
[HS] - http://www.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=737864
-Episode 11
[H&D] - http://www.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=748088
- First BD Volume
[RAW] - https://www.nyaa.eu/?page=view&tid=743190
GX OST (From BD Vol2):
LOSSLESS - -----
LOSSY - https://www.nyaa.eu/?page=view&tid=749737
Believing in Justice and Holding Determination to Fist. Let it burn into your very Soul.
Old thread: >>13459203
>This looks more and more like something out of Soul Calibur by the minute.
Not enough pay-to-play 1P only fighting game with paid DLC.
First with first frame
It's Miku's birthday.
>>13465113
>not even mentioning Miku's birthday
One job.
>>13465113
>Transcending history, and the world, a tale of souls and relics, eternally retold.
>TO SING
>TO FIST
>>13465135
Now that I remember, it's after that scene that I really decided to watch Symphogear. I'm still mad we didn't got that much Miku in GX.
BIRTHDAY DATTO?
>>13465135
Less topdad and more bed scenes.
>>13465161
That's pretty mean of Miku considering she's the only one who knows Chris' full past
>>13465135
What I want more than anything in life is someone I can snuggle with like this
Someone warm and comforting and who I love and who loves me
Hibiki is a lucky girl.
We've had tons of talks on Sympho-Brawlers and Sympho-Fighters, but how would aSymphogear Kart racerwork?
>>13465168
Maria Kart 64
![[Commie] Senki Zesshou Symphogear G - 03 [BD 720p AAC] [5A98E1F0].webm](https://i.imgur.com/eV4pCb1.jpg "[Commie] Senki Zesshou Symphogear G - 03 [BD 720p AAC] [5A98E1F0].webm")
>>13465168
Kart might be difficult since most everyone has no ride. Only Ogawa, Zubababan, X-Drive Chris, X-Drive DMJii, Ryoko and FIS. And two of those fly.
>>13465182
Good ol' Commeme
Chris kinda looks like some Fukumoto character.
>>13465206
>waterfallinmypanties.webm
>>13465135
>>13465138
Who?OK, I -Completely- forgot about that in the last second even to I was about to make a post about the last pic in the previous thread..Sorry
>>13465215
There is only one way to atone for your sin.
>>13465183
They would just ride a kart that's built around a theme of theirs.
Tsubasa's looks like her huge sword but with wheels and a seat.
>>13465215
>hibiki with a faceless dude
disgusting.
>>13465206
Both in quality and emotional meaning is like this is from a movie and the topdad scene is from a C-tier show.
![[Commie] Senki Zesshou Symphogear G - 10 [44B7E763].webm](https://i.imgur.com/foBVeWg.jpg "[Commie] Senki Zesshou Symphogear G - 10 [44B7E763].webm")
Still not Miku's birthday over here, but I'm gonna leave them like this for tonight.
Hibiki's only looking at the camera for the picture. She turned to look at Miku the moment we were done.
>>13465206
Behold, the last time Hibiki was seen being cool
>>13465206
>you will never be Miku
>>13465259
B-But Hibiki forgiving topdad and forcing her mother to be back with that wonderful person was cool.
>>13465165
[citation needed]
>>13465259
Hey, hey, hey.
Fuck you.
This was the last time.
>>13465276
what kind of people uses meat as a mousepad? whats next? vegetables?
>>13465286
That's forced coolness.
>>13465276
>You will never exist in the same universe as Chris
>>13465259
>Implying riding that rocket to punch that Tapir noise with Wild Arms whistling in the background wasn't cool
>Implying destroying Carol's womb wasn't cool
>>13465294
What's that. Something like forced drama or forced animation but better because its cool?
![[RA] Senki Zesshou Symphogear G - 2x10 (BDRip 1920x1080 x264 FLAC) [698ADA76].webm](https://i.imgur.com/WkTWCbM.jpg "[RA] Senki Zesshou Symphogear G - 2x10 (BDRip 1920x1080 x264 FLAC) [698ADA76].webm")
>>13465301
>Implying destroying Carol's womb wasn't cool
The scene it was in was garbage, so no.
>>13465301
It was shit, Carol was all but unscathed and the fact that the song was about top dad ruined the entire scene.
>>13465301
Now that I watch this scen again, it's fucking shit. Even without the topdad thing why Carol's 4 magical barriers were destroyed after the first one was destroyed? The animation is also shit. Carol's first fight and Miku's rescue are in different leagues, like if they were from different shows.
>>13465248
>>13465322
>>13465328
Man, I really didn't appreciate it as much the first time through, but Mikugeah really was one of (if not the) best fights in the series, both by choreography and animation as well as the emotional weight of everything that was happening. I don't know how it could be done without making it a complete rehash but I'd love to see Miku somehow become a temporary antagonist again.Or if not Miku someone else to Hibiki like, say, Topdad, except make him a temporary antagonist by means of only temporarily being alive
>>13465351
I'll be with you if topdad dies after the fight or he remains as an antagonist until his death.
>>13465351
Stroganettes.
>>13465351
The only thing that would need to change is to have it be of her own will this time.
It could be the plot for the final season.
>>13465371
I liked that "Miku is actually a custodian" theory, explaining her immense strength.
>>13465369
OrGenjuro.
>>13465377
Her power comes from AI, you baka
>>13465361
That's what I meant, I guess I didn't word it well. He becomes a temporary antagonist by becoming temporary himself.
>>13465369
>Stroganettes in some three-part relic as temporary antagonists
>Dear friends, want to avoid killing them at all costs>hesitation gets Elf9, Genjuuro, or one of the bridge bunnies killed
>Full relics make them so strong the girls have to go all out to stop them>manage to stop them but Andou dies in the process
>>13465371
As long as it was her own will by method of going full yandere or overprotective, like her motives in SSJ, rather than "Surprise bitch I was actually a demon the whole time," I could be behind that. I'm just not sure how they'd avoid making it a thematic retread of SSJ.
>>13465377
I'm not going through another TTGL.
![[RA] Senki Zesshou Symphogear G - 2x10 (BDRip 1920x1080 x264 FLAC) [698ALA76].webm](https://i.imgur.com/Xz20O1f.jpg "[RA] Senki Zesshou Symphogear G - 2x10 (BDRip 1920x1080 x264 FLAC) [698ALA76].webm")
Done birthday dumping, Mikugear will not be topped until they put in a villain that is more than a befriending target to reaffirm Hibiki's naive ideals.
>>13465392
What sort of three-part Relic could there -
>Hecate
Never mind.
>>13465206
Remember when she jobbed 20 seconds later and never recovered? Good times.
>>13465392
>hesitation gets Elf9, Genjuuro, or one of the bridge bunnies killed
>Genjuuro
I don't think he'd die easily anon.
Happy Birthday, honorary waifu.
>>13465572
Because he's already dead?
>>13465572
>>13465575
>Knocked it by an explosion
Yeah, he's dead as of GX.
>>13465276
>I will never be Chris and be taken by a sword
>>13465568
>bedridden in a hospital for literally half the season
I will never forget GX, if just because of how much they let it down.
The only way to recover is to havepure evil male geahs/ridersvoiced byShu Watanabe and Ryosuke Miura.
The coolest
>>13465700
And uncutest.
>>13465703
Wings are very cute
>>13465722
>implying this is cute
>>13465725
>>13465684
Meanwhile, Maria the gear who seemed to get the most physically fucked up in the entire season was never in a hospital at all. Hell she recovered from a Jam Face two scenes later.
>>13465731
She keeps medpacks in that massive rack.>Morphine administered
>serenaaaaaaaaaah
Gib me your craziest S4 villain speculah
Feel free to rip off vidya and other anime. I wanna hear your ideas
>>13465722
Wings are the cutest
>>13465684
>I will never forgive GX
ftfy
>>13465734
Ah, that makes me nostalgia. Assuming you're referencing what I think.
>>13465741
TTGL with Miku instead of Nia, marriage included but without disappearance.
>>13465684
>Pure evil
>implying that would stop them from being forgiven and saved
>implying Eiji wouldn't get along with Hibikithen again if he gives into desire then his "save the world" philosophy might conflict with Hibiki's "save whoever is in front of me I don't care how scumbag they may or may not be or what irreversible crimes they causedCAROL"
>>13465741
Genjuro in GX was a custodian spy in disguise.
The custodian big bosses, voiced by JAM Project of course, kidnapped the real one.
>>13465746
Agreed.
>>13465760
The disappearance didn't even make sense in TTGL. Nia was biologically spiral, but had anti-spiral genes because of reasons, and this somehow made her disappear because she was part of the hivemind, despite the fact that she thought, moved and acted completely independent of them. Miku custodian could be great as long as there isn't a shitty director trying to shoehorn in a message about selflessness that is predicated on events happening that don't make sense in canon.
>>13465760
One of the few times the /a/ thread wasn't terrible. Implausible, but fun speculah.
>>13465725
Would be cute if we could get Tsubasa's graduation in the Zesshoushinais.
Didn't she have some classmate friends?
![[RA] Senki Zesshou Symphogear G - 2x03 (BDRip 1920x1080 x264 FLAC) [B8AC1752].mkv_snapshot_13.18_[2015.11.06_21.16.17].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/UCMiJyw.jpg "[RA] Senki Zesshou Symphogear G - 2x03 (BDRip 1920x1080 x264 FLAC) [B8AC1752].mkv_snapshot_13.18_[2015.11.06_21.16.17].jpg")
>>13465785
Why is it always a trio of classmates.
Chris has three and Hibiki has three too.
>Cu has a one-on-one spellcasting duel with Medea Lily and wins
>Okeanos Cleared
>suddenly this
Today is a good day.
>>13465183
>>13465229
Tsubasa has motorcycles.
At the end of each race, anytime she's hit by a powerup, and anytime she goes off the track, she leaps off and lets it careen away and smash into the scenery.
>>13465760
I hope you meant that it's with Hibiki as the MC and not Simon.
Cause that would be kinda weird.
>>13465797
Of course.
>>13465775
>Japan
>Doing a satisfying "god falls in love with a mortal" story without a forced sad ending because IT CAN NEVER WORK! MUH SETSUNASA!
That's funny.
>>13465741
Miyano, constantly laughing at everything, even in song.
https://my.mixtape.moe/rblnpw.webm
I'm a bit conquest with timezone and all. Is Miku's birthday the 6 or 7 November ?
>>13465785
I always got the impression Kanade was possibly the only friend she had ever had. Hence why her death left her such a wreck in early S1.
>>13465813
They said they only started approaching her a short while before G so that seems to be the case.
>>13465791
So each group can get a Getter-style grunt geah in the next season.
>>13465824
That pose looks awkward and painful.
>>13465829
It's okay, cats and octopi are very dextrous.
>>13465824
>give the girl with the biggest breasts in the show a buttpad instead of a boobpad
nip logic will never cease to astound meThat's a stupid fucking pose too, jesus.
>>13465829
>awkward and painful
Maria in a nutshell.
>>13465824
Maria, you already stole everything else, do you really need to try and steal the Charm Point too? What's next, Miku?
>>13465838
It's a fanart.
This was her boobpad
>>13465824
T-Tsubasa what are you doing???
>>13465846
Oh thank god, that makes a hell of a lot more sense.
>>13465684
>>dem Spoilers.
That would be beyond awesome.
>>13465763
Neither the Hibiki nor the Gears would care to save such a group because they areMale. Such is life in the animes of these times.
It's quite sad really.
>>13465856
Males and not relatives. If they are males but relatives even if they are assholes Kaneko forces the redemption.
>>13465838
>the girl with the biggest breasts
Ya rang?Smaller torso, etc.
>>13465824
I want that booty
>>13465865
*Blood relatives
Genjuro was more of a father than topdad ever was, and look where that got him.
>>13465824
DESTROY IT I HATE IT
>>13465931
Calm down, Maria.
>>13465746
No, I know what I said. It's unforgettable, in that it betrayed itself.
>>13465763
>implying it wouldn't beGenjuro manning them up, if they survived at all
I know it sounds faggy, but I'd imagine it as a kind ofFelix and Locus dependent relationship from Red vs Blue. At least one of them has to be irredeemably evil. We rarely get those types in media anymore. Hell, the three main antagonists of Symphogear have ALL been redeemed.
>>13465931
I'd destroy that alright.
With mygun_.
>>13465949
>GUN
>>13465942
>like felix and locus
It'd be interesting to have the "big bad" of a season be a tag-team of two (or more) villains. That way we could still save/befriend one, but have another left over to be a complete twatwaffle who has to be killed.
>>13465938
Maria is a lady, I won't have any of that cheap sexualising.
Dumping Marking along with translation.
>>13465684
>pure evil male geahs/riders
How did you manage to come up with an idea worse then GX?
If they are pure evil they run the risk of being even more dull and less compelling then Carol or Ver in G. and the only reason why Ver worked was because of his dynamic with the rest of FIS.The HAM that both voice actors brought to the characters did also go a long way, but there is only so much a voice actor can do.
>>13465953
Smiling Chase is kind of horrifying.
>>13465964
>but there is only so much a voice actor can do.
You did read who he offered up, right?
If there's anyone that can be Ver-tier, it's those two.
>>13465963
02
M: Hey... Hibiki
H: Um~?
M: As I thought... Because of the fights with Alca Noise and Auto Scorers, you're full of fresh wounds again
H: Eh? They aren't hurt at all so I didn't notice...
M: If you feel okay then it's fine, Hibiki, but...
H: You're always such a worrywart, Miku
H: I'm fine, totally fine!
H: Even though you might call me an idiot for saying this
>>13465975
03
H: It's because you're here worrying about me that I can come back with such small wounds, Miku
H: Whenever I think about how with these small wounds, I'm protecting a much bigger warmth, I feel really happy
M: Hibiki...
M: You got an eyelash here
H: Fuee, I just am not cool, huh
M: Stupid... Don't overdo yourself...
H: Miku...
H: Yeah, I know
>>13465985
04
M: ...Somehow, today's Hibiki
M: feels a bit like... a spoiled kid
H: Hey, Miku
H: Can I say something weird...?
M: Aren't you always doing and saying weird things, Hibiki?
H: Tahaha...
H: It's like a request that I can only ask of you, Miku...
M: What is it?
H: Miku, is it okay
>>13465996
05
H: if I bite you...?
M: I didn't know you had that kind of fetish, Hibiki...!!
H: Fe-fe-fe-fetish!? That's not what I...
M: Okay
H: Eh?
M: Because surely, I'm the only one who can accept this weird you, Hibiki
H: Miku...
>>13465974
>If there's anyone that can be Ver-tier, it's those two.
Sure they could do a good job of acting it but the script itself would be more shit then GX, because Carol was supposed to be the unsaveable villain and look what we ended up with. You want that again but with less redeeming qualities.Carol was cute and all but her Kieku was boring and she was ultimately about as shallow as Elf9. Now Elf9 might have been cuteness incarnate but there was nothing beyond that, Carol was ultimately just as one dimensional.
>>13466008
Those two never got development because of the show trying to do too much. You're whole argument hinges of the writing being as bad or worse than GX.
>You want that again but with less redeeming qualities.
Redeeming as in the jesus shit they always pull. Villains can be entertaining and deep without always being "oh, I'm actually the good guy but was strayed off the path". Their "redeeming" factors would be them being entertaining, but not being morally redeemable.
>Maximum file size
Oh well.
>>13466004
06
H: And because of that, you're the weirdest one... Miku...
M: Ahh...
M: I can't help but feel happy
M: Hibiki, who loves to run around helping other people, is showing me and only to me a side of her that no one else knows about...
M: What is this called again?
>>13465964
The idea of aSka-singingmale Geah enemy isn't a bad one, just that going farther down the deep end and deliberately trying to make them evil is bad because if they're saved it becomes stupid due to being completely evil and if they aren't it exposes the assholery of the main cast when they save all the antagonists, even the ones who we see massive amounts of pain and destruction caused directly by their actionsCAROLbut then don't save other ones. After GX, something like that is almost assuredly a no-win scenario unless it actually ties in with the plot and leads to Hibiki FINALLY growing and fixing that part of her morality to be more practical.
Next season would probably have potential were it to be other well-intentioned enemies who are more the "sacrifice one to save ten" mentaility and accuse Hibiki and SONG of missing the forest for the trees. The only issue there is how do you get a conflict going on? There are ways, but the ones I can think of would be things that wouldn't structure themselves well for a show like Symphogear, or would be inconsistent with the actions the characters have taken so far.
>>13466032
07
M: Codependency?
C: That's what you guys' relationship feels like
C: That time when you wore Shenshoujing and in this Ignite Module case, too
C: You guys both protect and are protected by each other, an absolute mutual trust that can't be easily detroyed by outsiders. You know, what they often call "More than friends, less than lovers"? Or something close to that
C: For example... What would happen if even though you didn't think so, that idiot misunderstood and believed that she'd hurt you in some way?
C: Things would get ugly real fast, no?
C: The other way around, too
C: From my point of view, that kind of relationship
C: is like a double-edged sword
M: Chris...
>>13466044
08
C: But...
C: If like you guys, people could care about someone, be cared for by someone and protect those close to them, maybe we could have got rid of all the fighting in the world
M: You're so kind, Chris
C: That's nothing!
C: Moreover, just how long does that idiot plan to make us wait!?
M: "My supplementary class is still not over" she said...
C: Hah!?
M: Codependency....
M: Is that it...?
>>13466041
>or would be inconsistent with the actions the characters have taken so far.
Considering we just had Topdad make Hibiki just about completely betray herself, give us your ideas.
>>13466051
CHOSSEI!
>>13466059
09
H: I'm home! Miku
M: Welcome home, good work on your mission
M: You got some new fresh wounds again
H: Really? You sure are quick to notice these things
M: And you stink of sweat
H: Le-le-le-le-le-le-le-le Let's take a bath!!
M: Yeah!
>>13466051
CHOSSEI!please Nana help us tomorrow
>>13466070
10
M: Okay, put your hands up, hands up
H: Fuhe
M: Hibiki...?
H: Miku, that's...
H: Did I...?
>>13466071What's happening tomorrow?
>>13466071
What's tomorrow? Other than Saturday?
>>13466084memeball
>>13466079
11
H: Why... did I hurt Miku...?!
M: Hibiki...?
C: For example... What would happen if even though you didn't think so, that idiot misunderstood and believed that she'd hurt you in some way?
M: Hibiki, I never think even for a second about this as you hurting me
H: But...! At that time, I didn't think about anything and... Just on impulse alone! Without any reason...!
M: Who cares about reasons! Your impulse, everything about you, I'll accept them all, Hibiki
M: So...
H: But!!
>>13466084
>>13466089/m/ vs. /an/
>>13466098
That's what happens when you only bring mobile suits and getters.
>>13466095
12
H: But... Miku, even now I'm about to let myself take advantage of you, of your kindness...!
H: Not being able to restrain my own impulse... That kind of weakness...! I don't want to see it...
M: Hibiki...
M: You're not weak, Hibiki
M: You don't have to restrain that impulse either
M: It's fine if you want to take advantage of me...
M: Still, if you can't help but blame yourself whenever you look at me and recall
M: That unrestrained impulse
M: Then all you need to do is to unleash it on a place no one can find
>>13466108
>M: Then all you need to do is to unleash it on a place no one can find
This is about to go from cute as fuck to lewd as fuck, isn't it?
>>13466108
13
H: What do...
H: Mi...!
M: This is not codependency
M: Using Hibiki's impulse
>>13466108
l-lewd. Miku is best wife.
>>13466118
14
M: It's my desire to monopolize her
>>13466130
>you will never have a girl this dominating without being a shit-tier yandere
This is why I stick to 2d.
>>13466130
End.
Typsetter, please. http://pastebin.com/FJFHexFj
>>13466063
Ideas for how to get the two sides fighting if they have the same goal but alternate methods.
Let's assume Noise attacks are what they're dealing with, or at least something similar.
First idea is that the Gears would try and reduce stray attacks while the antagonists would prioritize killing Noise quickly, even if it causes collateral. Which is kind of inconsistent since very rarely have the Gears made an effort to protect civilians over killing Noise unless they're untransformed. The only times I can think of it happening would be when Chris saved Topdad in GX11 and Kanade protecting Hibiki at the cost of taking a hit. Fact is that in the Hero genre, fight scenes are always conveniently empty or if they aren't they're quickly emptied because people aren't stupid and they run away from that stuff.
The second would involve more political basis and conflicts that aren't simple fights, things like government wondering which organization they should fund which leads to them competing over that. Whatever the case, the option that is most in-character involves lots of talky bits and that's not really good for an action show.
Or they could just do the Kabuto route where both sides say, "I'm better than you, this kill is mine. If you don't back off I'll kick your ass WHILE kicking the monster's ass" but it isn't really the kind of thing I imagine would fit with Symphogear.
I'm sure there are more options but those were the first three I thought of.
>>13466145
Why not just "And here are our American-made male Symphogears! Japan, hand over all of your relic technology, since you obviously always get your asses kicked."
America's been mostly an antagonist since season 1, after all. Every time they show up, they're evil men in suits with guns.
>>13466008
There's nothing wrong with a pure evil villain as long as they actually evil. Pretending they're pure evil while also forcing in some "Look! They're good underneath! Feel bad!" and a redemption plot is fucking garbage, and that was the theme of GX.
>>13466051
ちょっせぃ!
>>13466164
It's really sad that the best way they could redeem Carol was by having her scream "Papa" with a smile on her face by having her be fucking crazy, then wipe her memory.
>>13466041
>if they're saved it becomes stupid due to being completely evil
Then you best be prepared to brace yourself because even Carol was saved in some stupid capacity. Also with your notion of 'well intentioned enemies' being unable to start conflict G started with the nonsense about FIS taking over the world, instead of even just telling everyone to stay out of their way and let them operate or be annihilated. All they'd need is to take insperation from Pearl Harbor because that was the kinda cold logic needed to start a war.
>>13466164
Your right there isn't but I have no faith in the way that Symphogear would handle it, After all Fine was pretty much pure evil and she still got redeemed, and she was more 'purely evil' person then Carol. And I don't trust Kaneko to be able to fully commit to it. Plus if you hadn't notice redemption is one of the key themes of Symphogear, so wanting pure evil is insuring the inevitable redemption will be shit.
>>13466199
>Plus if you hadn't notice redemption is one of the key themes of Symphogear
Ver was only redeemed after they got another season. The original plan was to not redeem him. Just do that again, but kill them so they can't be redeemed.
>>13466180
>Start the series with some flashbacks hinting at potential characterization and development
>Character songs indicate some thought was being put into it
>Drop that and make her an evil bitch
>"Well she's competent, so it's exciting! "
>Literally everything that happens is keikaku, and tension is gone
>"At least the finale might be cool! "
>Shit animation, choreography, and fights in general are lackluster and rely on basically saying "this is epic!" instead of genuinely being exciting
>"This isn't what papa wanted!"
>"I can't remember why I'm fighting! Muh revenge! "
>Cue father speech from topdad
>Crying loli, then forgiveness
How did GX manage to be so amazingly horrible?
>>13466152
Because that wheels it back to the whole no-win scenario of making them evil, since Kaneko certainly isn't going to be mending Hibiki's flawed ideals. That'd require putting her through the wringer.
Now if the Gears themselves are on the side of JUSTICE and the other Gears aren't the main antagonists (due to some bigger threat going on) then it makes an alternate team sort of akin to a Secondary Rider which usually start off fighting against the Main a lot, so perhaps that would work, but it'd also require juggling even more characters/plot points in a single season.
>>13466204
It's like the inverse of Kamen Rider Wizard: it tried to do WAAAAAY too much. Remember when the Ingite module was dangerous and had the possibility of giving us Berserk Tsubasa and Chris? Remember how the next like three episodes were the other characters getting it down in a fucking day?
>>13466199
>I have no faith in the way that Symphogear would handle it
Well that's a different story, and I can't argue with you on that.
>redemption is one of the key themes of Symphogear
It started out great with Chris, meh with Fine, felt lazy with FIS, and was downright shit with Carol.
>>13466044
>ちょっせぇ
>>13466222
>Remember when the Ingite module was dangerous and had the possibility of giving us Berserk Tsubasa and Chris?
Remember when we were speculating that Genjuro was going to do something and potentially die, this forcing the idea that actions towards your loved ones are not important than arbitrary blood relations, and that Hibiki might pull her head out of her fucking ass?
>>13466242
Remember when shit was supposed to go down at episode 7, then all we got was a few shots at the beach, Maria jobbing, then Maria beating the one villain everyone liked?
Web development-kun is at it again.
>>13466257
My husbando.
>>13466227
>forgetting Ver
>>13466247
Remember when we had episodes that weren't cookie cutter formulas designed to shill ignite sings in order, that completely ignored character interactions necessary for development?
>>13466247
To be fair, we did get swimsuit gears. Which is pretty hot.
>>13466257
I love these fuckers so much, I want to have their babies.
>>13466274
Nice, but not enough to make up for all the shit
>>13466270
Ver himself was great, as was his death scene. The problem was that his irredeemable nature never became a plot point, and never allowed Hibiki to grow and learn that her idealism was stupid and clashed with reality. They basically swept it under the rug, and no one learned anything.
>>13466247
>>13466272
The IGNITE module was cool when it was introduced in episode 6 but it's execution is probably the second worst thing about GX.
Seriously, just imagine if it was actually treated like the risky, absolute last resort it was introduced as instead of having everyone master it in a day and the dynamics of the entire show change drastically.
I want to go back in time to when episode 12 of season 1 aired and be mind blown at >SYMPHOGEAAAAHHH
without all the shit that came in G and especially GX
>>13466203
>Just do that again, but kill them so they can't be redeemed.
It should be noted that the Gears never really fought with Ver they were all to busy to engage with him, that's why he didn't get redeemed in G. If the Gears really faced off with him, he would have apologized like Fine or made his Heroic sacrifice earlier.
>>13466305
>The problem was that his never became a plot point
>irredeemable nature
But Ver was did redeem himself by becoming the "Worst Hero". Even though he didn't change who he was.
>>13466341
>never really fought with Ver
Berserk Hibiki wanted to rip him apart but Tsubasa and Chris stopped her.
>>13466317
Just looking at Albedo and Rubedo modes makes it pretty clear how badly done Ignite was in the end. I mean, why bother having all these thematically named stages if they're just barely distinguishable powerups that do nothing particularly interesting? Pretty sure the original intent was to do much more with it, but there was just no time after the second half's rewrite and all the cool stuff was lost.
>>13466051
CHOSSEI!
>>13466340
Because the CIA knew how to make the best idle.
>>13466316
These need to be more like pic related.
>>13466355
>Berserk Hibiki wanted to rip him apart but Tsubasa and Chris stopped her.
Berserker Hibiki was berserk at the moment so that stopped it from being a real conflict between them. And as you mentioned she was stopped by Tsubasa and Chris.
>>13466222
>Remember when the Ingite module was dangerous and had the possibility of giving us Berserk Tsubasa and Chris?
they really should have kept ignite for the O3. Save the FIS getting it for S4. That way they can actually do something while fighting carol
>>13466363
Miku's a modest girl, you fool.
I don't really care about Carol's redemption that much, she is like dead now and specially after the worst redemption of the show, topdad. Ver's "redemption" was great though.
>>13466420
>Carol
>not the absolute worst
If you say so.
>>13466435
Not that much since it was Fine's tier, it was bad but since she is gone I don't really care that much. Topdad on the other hand is, sadly, alive.
>>13466435
>the redemption that shits on all the themes the show has built up to that point is somehow not the worst
>>13466317
Honestly, even episode 6 didn't really do much for me.
>>13466354
I meant in G.
>>13465089
I get up to "between" and then my brain has trouble parsing the rest of the sentence.
>>13466452
I already said it one time here I think, but when I watched the subs for episode 6 I was a bit afraid of them using the Valvrave plot for the Ignite module. After watching the second part I would have prefered the Valvrave plot.
>>13466435
Literally nothing is worse than topdad. Not only did he rape Miku and Genjuro of everything, but he's now a permanent fixture in the cast.
If he shows up in an OVA I'm going to swim to Japan to punch Kaneko.
>>13466450
>forgiveness
>atoning for past mistakes
>attaining courage
>fixing problems by talking and being honest
>sharing burdens
I dunno, it seems pretty consistent with the themes to me.
>>13466481
Maybe, but I HATE IT.
>>13466482
Why don't the character who need linker just carry an injector of it at all times? That thing seems small enough you could keep it in a purse or bag and whip it out in case of unexpected combat.
>>13466340
All the Geahs manage it, somehow
>>13466498
Then just say you hate it and don't try to say it's completely against the overarching themes of the show.
Carol's redemption is way worse to me, but it didn't surprise me because Symphogear is just the kind of show that forgives anyone with a name no matter what they did because, like, "who cares about all these faceless people getting killed?"
And Carol's actions are objectively and quantifiably worse than anything Topdad ever did.
>>13466481
>attaining courage
You mean attaining 『Courage』
>>13466563I was going to do that but I don't even know how
>>13466568Just google 'japanese quotation marks' and copypaste?
>>13466508
Why aren't all the characters using Kanade's LiNKER constantly dying a slow painful death like Kanade was?
>>13466526Chrisis completely unlewd in my eyes.
>>13466593
Maria and DMJii didn't pump themselves full of it like Kanade did.
>>13466593
IT WAS ME! I DID IT!
>>13466574*<Fast Draw> hint acquired.
>>13466044
>M: Codependency?
Someone finally says it. Happy birthday Miku.
>>13466593
DmJii have some compatibility with the symphogear. Kanade had close to none.
>>13466095
Miku so strong
>>13466604
The opposite actually, also FIS girl had some compatibility
>>13465113
Anyone got the Beef Stroganoff song as a sound webm?
>Wingwolf and Red riding hooded cat
>"You can go ahead and eat me, wolf-san."
>>13466593
Because of Dr Ver, because they sobered up in prison, and maybe because Kanade's jam sessions were limited to her activating Gungnir for the first time and using her Super Song and she would have been exactly as capable as the FIS are now if it wasn't for the concert.
>>13466815
>Super Song
It's "Swan Song", anon.
>>13466815
Also she wasn't using Linker when she Zesshou'd at the concert so her compatibility would've been extra low, making it put way more strain on her than usual.
So I guess the answer is that Kanade's linker didn't kill her
Glorious break leak fucking when?
>>13466869
If it's the same as the Symphogear's CDs it will be tomorrow. Koreabro seems to like Symphogear so he might return to upload it if he finds the album.
![[ReinForce] Senki Zesshou Symphogear - 09 (BDRip 1920x1080 x264 FLAC).Commie.mkv_snapshot_10.40_[2015.11.05_16.01.31].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/I0ZSk4K.jpg "[ReinForce] Senki Zesshou Symphogear - 09 (BDRip 1920x1080 x264 FLAC).Commie.mkv_snapshot_10.40_[2015.11.05_16.01.31].jpg")
>>13466861
And more importantly, Super Nana Man.
>>13466898
Tsuba with that hat is the cutest.
>>13466898
>standing between a couple
God damn Tsubasa really is autistic.
>>13466917
They were testing her if she passed the test for having /u/ time with them. She didn't. Chris did though.
>>13466917
>girl asked on a date by a lesbian couple
Hibiki and Miku were looking for a threesome with a pop star.
>>13466787
Red Riding Hooded Cat sounds like a great name for a masked hero.
>>13466952
>>13466924
I'll be honest that I can't see Miku nor Hibiki being into that.
>>13466966
Has the rest of /sgg/ gotten to the point that you took a joke about an unlikely relationship at face value?
>>13466990
What's the joke relationship?
>episode 5 car chase
>boxes they were probably going to put details on but never bothered
>S2 agents bailing out of a car by clipping through it
Wow that's astoundingly lazy, Satellite. Admittedly it happens so fast I wouldn't notice it if I didn't pause it. I guess they saved all the budget for Hibiki's fight later in the episode, I can't really argue against that.
>>13467161
S1 was no stranger to QUALITY
>>13466481
>forgiveness
Blind forgiveness was never a theme of the show. They always reached out to people and tried to communicate to understand them. THAT was the theme of the show. Unconditional forgiveness is literally the most juvenile idea you can put into a story, and the childish wish fulfillment Kaneko had going on with his dead father bled through in GX. In season one, Chris was forgiven by the other characters after they spent the entire show trying to understand why she was fighting. Once they'd reached out to her and communicated (the real theme), she slowly became one of their allies and they forgave her. Even after they forgave her because they were able to understand her horrible circumstances and reason for fighting, she didn't forgive herself. That was a theme that was focused on throughout G as well. "When is it ok for me to allow myself to live a normal life given the mistakes that I've made in the past that hurt other people?" In G, FIS weren't nearly as well developed as Chris was, but it was still the same idea. They presented as enemies, we learned they had their own reasons for being on that path (and that they were manipulated as children as well) and their road to forgiveness had them realize what they were doing was wrong and then work to correct it. Topdad was a fully grown and (supposedly) mature adult who'd already undertaken the responsibility of having a family. There was no grey area with him or complex motivations or reasoning to understand, it was cut and dry. "I'm a bag of shit and I'm going to run away instead of standing by my family while they face a problem that is in no conceivable way anything they brought upon themselves." He completely shit all over the theme of forgiveness, and utterly raped any sense of weight the series had behind those emotions for future installments. If they're willing to give it away to literally anyone, why the fuck should I care?
>>13467208
>atoning for past mistakes
When did he atone? He never apologize, he never reflected, and he never did anything to recompense. I really hope you don't fucking think the Little Miracle scene is atonement. They pulled some contrived battle situation he shouldn't even have been a part of out of there asses, then had him "give Hibiki something" in the most hamfisted and clumsy way a story could possibly introduce an idea. Hibiki and Carol became completely retarded and start fumbling over their own feet just so that Kaneko could have an excuse to shove that bag of shit onto the battlefield and say "Look! He's risking his life selflessly so it was ok!" The entire thing was paper thin, and there wasn't a shred of remorse or actual atonement. Compare this to Chris, who after realizing she was hurting the people she wanted to save turned around and tried to do things correctly and save more lives than she destroyed, or FIS, who faced punishment for their misguided (but still good-willed) actions head on and then tried to be productive afterwards, and where are we left with topdad? He did something more despicable than all of them and the story never even once pretended to make him atone for it. One asspull fight scene and suddenly Hibiki is jogging by the beach with him, high-fiving while yelling "heiki hecchara!" and bringing him home to her poor mother's dismay.
>fixing problems by talking and being honest
In what fucking world did this happen? Every conversation she had with him amounted to nothing, and his "honesty" boiled down to him claiming he had pride as a man, so he couldn't apologize or take steps to fix his family. I'm not even going to entertain this ridiculous notion farther than this.
>>13467214
>attaining courage
Again, what courage? When did he attain it? He was a complete scumbag who spent years running away from reality, and then suddenly a character song kicks in and he's risking his life for her? He didn't attain courage, it fell out of Kaneko's ass and landed on his head. Tsubasa attained the courage to try and live her life without the person most important to her by her side. She went through hardships and trials and gained new comrades and eventually realized that although it was hard, she had to keep living because there were still things left for her in the world. Maria had to attain the courage to pick her ass up off the floor and out of the fetal position, and to actually become useful. This was difficult for her, because she didn't know how to be useful and accomplish her goals. Her feelings of helplessness were exacerbated by Ver (and to a lesser extent, Mamu) who essentially took control of her actions away from her and decided everything for her. This ended with blood on her hands, but at the end of everything, she found the courage to own up for her mistakes, and to help people the way she wanted to. Topdad started off by drinking, beating his family, running away from fucking children who he was asked to escort away from danger, telling his daughter it was too hard to apologize (mind you, even at the end he never said it) and then I'm supposed to believe that in a single scene he pulled a 180 and found a heart made of shining gold courage because the plot literally bent over backwards to hand him redemption on a silver platter? "Here you go topdad, just do this one totally dangerous thing that doesn't have a 0% chance of actually hurting you, we'll play a shitty montage, and then everything will be heiki hecchara."
>>13467217
>sharing burdens
And this is the theme that he raped, killed and then raped again the hardest. From the very start of the series we were introduced the idea that the characters didn't all have perfect families, and most of their families weren't the typical "standard" family unit. Hibiki had her mother and grandmother who worked themselves to the bone to support her, and then she had her sunshine. Miku was an unwavering beacon of support for Hibiki and was the only thing that kept her somewhat grounded in reality for more of the series. Hibiki is so fucking useless without Miku that she couldn't figure out "Fighting people doesn't mean I hate them and want to kill them, but rather, it means that I want to stop them from hurting others or doing something they'll regret and that I want to calm them down so I can reach them with my words." Despite all of her experiences lending themselves towards this she was completely unable to realize it without Miku there to hold her and and spell it out for her. Next up is Tsubasa. Her biological father didn't care for her at all, and then the one person she found comfort in died in her arms. She had to learn to share share misery and joy with people she either hated (Hibiki) or people she thought hated her (her "father"). Her adoptive father had his wife NTR'd by his own asshole father, and it's understandable that he'd have mixed feeling about the kid. Despite this, everything he did was with her best interest at heart, and by the end of GX they reached an understanding and he's continuing to support her chasing her dreams, but now he openly supports her and they're pushing through all that shit together.
>>13467226
As for Chris, her parents were kind-hearted people who were murdered in cold blood by the very people they were trying to help. After their deaths, Chris grew up alone and cold until she was picked up by Fine who gave her a sense of belonging and used her twisted love to distort Chris's desire to end war into a war machine to further Fine's selfish goals. Chris was then picked up by Genjuro, who went to the ends of the Earth to help that poor and lonely girl. His very existence was one of the most powerful messages in the show, and he is literally the antithesis of everything that topdad is. He introduced the ideas of what it meant to be an adult, what growing up was like, what it meant to take responsibility and how you should take it. He solidified the ideas that actions were more important than blood ties you don't have any control over. He became a real father to Chris, and a mentor/father for Hibiki, and despite not being perfect, he always tried his best to show them love, support and guidance. What did topdad do? He got priority over fucking everything to the point that Genjuro and Miku had no presence by the end of the series. 2 of the most important characters thematically were erased, and for what, what did he do to "share burdens" like you claim. The closest they came to that was that horrible flashback scene where Hibiki remembered how the magic words alwas helped her. What that scene didn't show was how those words were actually a crutch after he ran away, and how she used them to run away from and deny reality. "Hibiki, you need to face the world and grow up. You can't live in your delusional ideal dream anymore!" "Nope, everything is heiki hecchara!" Not only did topdad not share her burden, but he actively hindered her from facing it at all.
>>13467234
Your assertion that topdad was consistent with the show's themes is fucking retarded. He didn't just not support them, he shit all over them and tried his hardest to ruin the series entirely, and he's still fucking here for all future iterations. The only kinds of people that thought he was a good idea were Kaneko and Zoid who are actually projecting family issues onto the story and getting their happy family vicariously through Hibiki. "They said heiki hecchara and she forgave him! Look how happy this complete family is!" That's some of the worst story telling I've seen in my life. I really hope you're not fucking stupid enough to think any of that was thematically appropriate.
Someone get this Charles Dickens outta here!
Holy christ I leave to get dinner and someone loses their mind
>>13467273
This seems likely
>>13467239
How long did it take you to write all of this?
>>13467303
It's probably about as likely as the Autoscorers coming back.
Micha doing so with normal hands.I made myself sad
>>13467303
Well, I meant DMJii sharing a cover seems likely
Which by extension leaves an extra BD cover and since Miku (regrettably) wasn't much of an important character this time around, the most likely fill-in would be Carol. Whether or not the Autoscorers are with her is more up for grabs.inb4 topdad bd6 cover with a special topdad/bikki duet instead of stroganoff on the bonus cd
>>13467302
About 20 minutes to write it all out. The ideas have been there since I watched the show, I just needed to put them in order.
>>13467324
>spoiler
What, you don't want a Double Action Fist Form?
>>13467292
>I dunno. If you actually read it, it's pretty spot on.
>>13467345
Meant to quote you, not myself. Oops.
>>13467343
Morni-Cunni is the best.
>>13467343
At least she does that at home.
>>13467343
>>13467356
>got stuck there during morning cunnilingus
Does that mean it's a pube? I mean I would have for sure thought Miku would keep clean down there in case of random cunnilingus with Bikki, but how the hell would hair from her head get all the way down there?
>>13467369
Hibiki's a messy eater
>>13467369
You never know, Hibiki might be a fan of jungle exploration.
>>13467328
It's clear that any further discussion won't really amount to much, especially since I don't particularly mind. It's clear that you care about Topdad more than anyone else in the room.
Just suffice to say that it kinda depends on what you take out of the scenes. If you assume that GX was supposed to be the end, yeah, it kinda sucks. I would argue nowhere near as badly as Carol's redemption, still, since that one is kinda everything you just said but worse. If you think of it as the beginning of his attempt to redemption, it's an easier pill to swallow.
Just because he ain't a shining beacon of morality doesn't mean he can't display the themes. Just that he shows them in different ways. He's much like Hibiki in that in order for him to start making legitimate steps towards self-improvement, he needs someone to have his back - in this case, it's Hibiki. If you want your non-standard family unit so badly, there you go.
The question is what do you do with it now that it's happened? Do you make it a small subplot in the next season to try and clarify things or make Topdad more likable? Do you push it into the background and say, "Yeah, things are working out but that plot isn't really interesting so we'll just ignore it"? Or do you backpedal and make it entirely pointless?
Also he didn't get nearly as much screentime as you said he did. If anyone stole screentime from Genjuro, it was Elfnein.
>>13467208
>>13467214
>>13467217
>>13467226
>>13467234
>>13467239
Topdad fags eternally btfo
>Implying a dense retard like Hibiki would be able to initiate sex with Miku
Hibiki will be a virgin until Miku literally hurls her into the bed and takes her by force.
>>13467405
Hibiki is the sub, everyone knows this, but I can see her being the "needy" sub, and I don't see Miku as the kind to ever deny her lover.
>>13467405
Oh please, Hibiki is pretty hopeless but she's not retarded.
Hell she and Miku are probably having the most sex out of the entire cast.
>>13467418
>and I don't see Miku as the kind to ever deny her lover.Orgasm denial, maybe
>>13467424
You know what I meant.I meant turn down sex, in case you actually didn't. Orgasm denial I can see being a thing as part of their sub/dom relationship, but outside of extenuating circumstances I can't see Miku ever saying "No" to Hibiki requesting sex.
I prefer the Chris/Miku pairing, freeing Hibiki up to be with her true love, Shirabe.
>>13467405
It's only a matter of time before Miku finds her diddling herself in some form and asks if she wants help. Hibiki won't say no to her sunshine, and the sunshine won't say no to her sun.
>>13467405
I can see their first time happening and Hibiki only realizing what happened days later.
