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Kopi · 2015-09-30, 18:01

Tsubasa's dad bluntly saying "Mahou Shoujo" was kind of fourth wall breaking in a sense. So another season huh? Welp RIP Dr Ver for the worst hero ever.

Shadow5YA · 2015-09-30, 22:14

Can't say I enjoyed the daddy issues drama but that ending was beautiful.

FlareKnight · 2015-09-30, 23:52

Re-watching the past few seasons it is interesting to see where they stepped forward and back in the third season.

Spoiler for Season 2 and 3 thoughts:

Interestingly they both had the double dilemma for Hibiki. In both second episodes you have her getting shaken up by something. Getting called a hypocrite that doesn't understand suffering in one and not wanting to fight people in the next. Season 2 definitely gets the edge there since...that made sense. The flashback to her past added some mystery and was interesting while the other seemed odd. Then the second dilemma being the out of control relic growth inside of her vs her family issues. I liked both to be honest. The relic was a great carry over that was kind of left alone in the first season so that worked. While the father issue also built off the previous season since her family picture in those flashbacks didn't include him.

As a Chris fan I did like how season 2 gave her a few things to juggle. Her fitting into school after probably not having gone to one since she was really young and her guilt over solomon's cane and her past actions.

As to villains and the struggles against them I do like season 3 more. It was something to just have the cast getting stomped in the first few episodes and basically manipulated for a long time. Their falls and steps forward were planned for and encouraged. I liked that Carol had them dancing in the palm of her hand for quite a long while. Season 2 did have an interesting time handicapping the main cast constantly. The surprise anti-linker, Chris getting knocked out by Nephilim and Tsubasa being trapped by the noise without getting herself free, and Hibiki's condition. I did like having enemies in season 3 that it was ok to have a full out brawl with and even kill when the time was right. Season 2's villains as a whole just never seemed to know what they were doing

. Natassja had a plan to awaken Nephilim despite knowing they didn't have the ability to raise the frontier. Outside of Ver everyone seemed very flip floppy while Ver was just insane. Though I suppose a sometimes disorganized group can be entertaining in their own right.

Will say I did like adding in the teleportation to end the fights when needed in season 3. Avoided something silly like Kirika and Shirabe just walking away from the school after causing some trouble. When it should have been possible to track them until they were away from people and then fighting them

.

Season 3 probably could have taken more from season 2 in terms of the internal dilemmas. Everyone was dealing with their own difficulties, but it just went on as the story did. They probably should have had some big showdown with the Autoscorers relatively quickly after the first Carol fight so they could get the Ignite Modules into it and let the character arcs flow a bit smoother without the repetition.

Both the second and third seasons had some fun surprise singers. Miku getting a symphogear was awesome and kind of chilling because you could tell she was brainwashed. Carol was dangerous and frightening with just the power she had and the desire to dissect the world and kill everything on it. I give Carol props, as a villain she definitely had overwhelming power and a sense of danger.

May have to let it sit for a while, but overall I did enjoy season 3. The action was fun, the battles were good, I enjoyed the villains (especially Carol and Garrie) and it lead to a great showdown. Definitely had its issues. Hibiki's reluctance to see her gear as a weapon seemed odd, but I felt her issues with her dad made sense. The Ignite Modules were a cool addition in their own right and surprisingly didn't blow up in the main casts face like you might have expected.

Like season 2 there are mistakes they can learn from if they do make another season. Probably be good to avoid a repetitive way of resolving character arcs. I'd like to see more issues that are being faced by Chris or Hibiki or any of the others. Just perhaps be good to blend them together a bit so it doesn't feel like you are just turning to the next character to deal with their issues. Maybe can resolve things at around the same time.

Regardless, I found the last two season a lot of fun and the first season was really good in its own right as well. This series as a whole can never be called flawless, but it manages to make things really fun despite that. Just a really enjoyable setup that they've made work for 3 seasons and hopefully they can do so for another one sometime down the road.

ValvraveTruth · 2015-10-01, 08:25

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Originally Posted by Kopi

Tsubasa's dad bluntly saying "Mahou Shoujo" was kind of fourth wall breaking in a sense. So another season huh? Welp RIP Dr Ver for the worst hero ever.

I dont think its that important. From the very start of GX preview they already name it mahou shoujo incident(codename), Eventhou carol is an alchemist. Some fans did say that symphogear series is mahou shoujo also, many sayings.

Benigmatica · 2015-10-01, 08:28

Episodes 12 and 13:
While Dr. Ver managed to ruin Carol's plans as well as saving Maria, Kirika, and Shirabe, he'll won't be missed 'cause he's the worst hero ever!

Meanwhile, gotta say that Elfnein told Carol to forgive humanity, but it's already too late as Carol got punched hard by Hibiki and her memories are almost burned out. On the other hand, loved how Carol saved Elfnein's life!

Anyways, a great ending to this third season!

Eisdrache · 2015-10-02, 04:54

Finally caught up with the last two episodes. I have quite a few things to say about certain things but I don't really care anymore, these episodes were (mostly) fabulous.

IT'S LOVE
A HERO
LMFAO THAT UFO
DOCKING LOL
DINOZOIDS
OMG THEY DIED. JUST KIDDING WE'RE BACK IN TIME FOR HEXABURST

Looking forward to next season!

Patriot's Blade · 2015-10-02, 13:43

next time on Symphogear!, Hibiki was reduced to an annoying mascot character in Kamen Rider Ghost! or Kaname Madoka reduced to a Kyubey-like character, depending on your own preference

ninjastarforcex · 2015-10-02, 14:18

i don't know what the fuck is this show but nana mizuki songs are so good

DGDCOne · 2015-10-03, 06:05

I listened to Carol songs and it is extraordinary!
The 1st song of the music and singing is pure evil, while the 2nd song it's feels so peaceful.
A interesting villain that has two personality got me satisfied.

FlareKnight · 2015-10-03, 09:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by DGDCOne

I listened to Carol songs and it is extraordinary!
The 1st song of the music and singing is pure evil, while the 2nd song it's feels so peaceful.
A interesting villain that has two personality got me satisfied.

Yeah, definitely some of my favorite songs of the season there. The first one is just plain evil in a kind of tragic way. Second song is pretty peaceful though somewhat sad as well when considering the translations on the earlier pages.

Good move giving her a character CD.

silvercover · 2015-10-03, 09:54

season 4 cant come soon enough.

DGDCOne · 2015-10-03, 19:34

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Originally Posted by silvercover

season 4 cant come soon enough.

It won't because this year of anime finished so fast!xD

Guido · 2015-10-04, 16:11

Four out of seven. Right now, I'm finished with half of the shows I started back on the Summer season.

Unfortunately, I never was able to catch up with everyone on Symphogear due to my repeated laziness, although from time to time I checked your posts on this thread.

Where do I start?

Season three contained many idiosyncracies sometimes working together and sometimes working against each other.

Some fans were split on Hibiki's character for this season regarding not fighting Carol and such. My take is simply that Hibiki was, is, and will always be Hibiki no matter what. Her supposed break off character isn't a break or departure of her character, IMO. Rather those issues were nicely explored for Hibiki in season one and more so in the second.

I was just pissed off that the girl got the short end of the stick at the start of the season due to the Autoscorers seemingly winning, but the tide began to truly turn once the girls were able to subdue the Ignite Module and fought back.

As many pointed out, from the many things this season focused on the writers took their time exploring the parent issue. Straightforwardly, Hibiki, and later Tsubasa.

For good the show allowed Hibiki's father to gain forgiveness and redemption, and I can say that the last closing shot from this season's ending summed my satisfaction now that Hibiki's family is reunited again and beginning the long way to make amends and to heal.

The battles and the songs were top notch, but I prefer if the writers can go past the Noise and begin to introduce new monster creatures for the next batch of enemies.

If I recall the last episode, Tsubasa's father disclosed to Genjuuro that trouble is brewing in Europe now that USA has fallen off from power, so I assume the next villain or villainness will come from Europe, although tecnically this season's antagonist, Carol, came from a village in Medieval Europe.

I just hoping Symphogear gets a similar treatment like Zero no Tsukaima did, and the fans get treated for a fourth season, though I theorize that may be or not season four if it materializes won't come until either Summer/Fall 2018 or Winter 2019.

FlareKnight · 2015-10-04, 16:56

Nice points Guido.

On Hibiki's actions in the first few episodes I think they could have worked better if the show set it up right. The second season had her freezing up early in a similar way but it worked because you quickly understood why Shirabe's actions would hit her that hard. If the focus was quickly on the issues of fathers and Hibiki thinking back to hers and thus not able to bring herself to fight that could have worked. Or flashback to previous fights like with Miku and have that be a reason she doesn't want to fight a person like Carol. Just getting it across better would have been nice.

I don't mind giving Hibiki's father some redemption since he does step up and will make legitimate efforts. I doubt their family will just heal up immediately with no problems, but so long as he is willing to keep on pushing himself to be a better person you can have that a slow build kind of situation.

Agreed on working on a new monster design. I understand the desire to have a large group of disposable enemies to show off the awesome attacks the girls have. But we can change it up. It worked ok this time since having the alca-noise look like the regular noise was part of the plan to lower the guard of the girl's initially, so that's ok. But we can change it up going forward.

Plenty of avenues for future conflicts. US trying to step back up, more trouble in Europe, maybe the data that Ver passed on to Maria, etc. Plenty of routes for change and danger.

Certainly no guarantees for another season, but I'd be hyped. I'd cross my fingers for something in 2017, but those guesses are probably more realistic.

Blue-kun · 2015-10-06, 08:00

BD1 for GX sold 17,818 copies. Almost 18k, a good deal more than G's first BD, both carrying event tickets. Unless a catastrophe happens and everyone decides to stop buying them once there are no more tickets, it's going to beat S2 by a decent margin in sales now, pretty much a lock.

Here's hoping this means the S4 announcement won't take too long. Next year's live, I'm looking at you!

Jabawock · 2015-10-06, 10:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blue-kun

BD1 for GX sold 17,818 copies. Almost 18k, a good deal more than G's first BD, both carrying event tickets. Unless a catastrophe happens and everyone decides to stop buying them once there are no more tickets, it's going to beat S2 by a decent margin in sales now, pretty much a lock.

Here's hoping this means the S4 announcement won't take too long. Next year's live, I'm looking at you!

Let me correct you a bit, GX BD/DVD didn't "carrying event tickets". According to official site, what include is the lottery code for "rights to purchase premium(early) ticket". You also have to pay for that ticket if you win the lottery.

Blue-kun · 2015-10-06, 10:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jabawock

Let me correct you a bit, GX BD/DVD didn't "carrying event tickets". According to official site, what include is the lottery code for "rights to purchase premium(early) ticket". You also have to pay for that ticket if you win the lottery.

Yeah, I'm aware. But it's just so common place nowadays with anime that I don't even see people saying 'they had codes for you to apply for tickets', so I usually just say tickets since that's what people want from it, lol.

But the explanation if helpful for those who aren't aware of it, and I guess the way I worded it does give the wrong impression, so thanks.

MagnaFisto · 2015-10-06, 18:45

it is bit a shame that this season genjuro doesn't do anything at all

but still this season we had an amazing villain songs

Patriot's Blade · 2015-10-06, 20:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by MagnaFisto

it is bit a shame that this season genjuro doesn't do anything at all

but still this season we had an amazing villain songs

at least we get to see his backstory & his business with his brother, Tsubasa's dad.

FlareKnight · 2015-10-08, 23:27

In the end pretty happy with how strong the sales started out for the first volume. Never a bad thing for a show to have that level of success.

Hopefully this is encouragement enough for them to keep on going with this group into a fourth season. Though sadly the only time we're likely to find out is that Symphogear Live event. Wish it was a lot closer than it is.

Also will say that the full versions for Radiant Force and Just Loving X-Edge were nice. Though I'm not as big on the near full minute instrumental intro for Radiant Force (like with Maria's Gungnir song), it still was a great listen. The mix for Shirabe and Kirika is also really nice for their song, like it a bit more than their second season one.

2015-09-30, 23:52	Link #803
FlareKnight User of the "Fast Draw" Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Canada	Re-watching the past few seasons it is interesting to see where they stepped forward and back in the third season. Spoiler for Season 2 and 3 thoughts: Interestingly they both had the double dilemma for Hibiki. In both second episodes you have her getting shaken up by something. Getting called a hypocrite that doesn't understand suffering in one and not wanting to fight people in the next. Season 2 definitely gets the edge there since...that made sense. The flashback to her past added some mystery and was interesting while the other seemed odd. Then the second dilemma being the out of control relic growth inside of her vs her family issues. I liked both to be honest. The relic was a great carry over that was kind of left alone in the first season so that worked. While the father issue also built off the previous season since her family picture in those flashbacks didn't include him. As a Chris fan I did like how season 2 gave her a few things to juggle. Her fitting into school after probably not having gone to one since she was really young and her guilt over solomon's cane and her past actions. As to villains and the struggles against them I do like season 3 more. It was something to just have the cast getting stomped in the first few episodes and basically manipulated for a long time. Their falls and steps forward were planned for and encouraged. I liked that Carol had them dancing in the palm of her hand for quite a long while. Season 2 did have an interesting time handicapping the main cast constantly. The surprise anti-linker, Chris getting knocked out by Nephilim and Tsubasa being trapped by the noise without getting herself free, and Hibiki's condition. I did like having enemies in season 3 that it was ok to have a full out brawl with and even kill when the time was right. Season 2's villains as a whole just never seemed to know what they were doing . Natassja had a plan to awaken Nephilim despite knowing they didn't have the ability to raise the frontier. Outside of Ver everyone seemed very flip floppy while Ver was just insane. Though I suppose a sometimes disorganized group can be entertaining in their own right. Will say I did like adding in the teleportation to end the fights when needed in season 3. Avoided something silly like Kirika and Shirabe just walking away from the school after causing some trouble. When it should have been possible to track them until they were away from people and then fighting them . Season 3 probably could have taken more from season 2 in terms of the internal dilemmas. Everyone was dealing with their own difficulties, but it just went on as the story did. They probably should have had some big showdown with the Autoscorers relatively quickly after the first Carol fight so they could get the Ignite Modules into it and let the character arcs flow a bit smoother without the repetition. Both the second and third seasons had some fun surprise singers. Miku getting a symphogear was awesome and kind of chilling because you could tell she was brainwashed. Carol was dangerous and frightening with just the power she had and the desire to dissect the world and kill everything on it. I give Carol props, as a villain she definitely had overwhelming power and a sense of danger. May have to let it sit for a while, but overall I did enjoy season 3. The action was fun, the battles were good, I enjoyed the villains (especially Carol and Garrie) and it lead to a great showdown. Definitely had its issues. Hibiki's reluctance to see her gear as a weapon seemed odd, but I felt her issues with her dad made sense. The Ignite Modules were a cool addition in their own right and surprisingly didn't blow up in the main casts face like you might have expected. Like season 2 there are mistakes they can learn from if they do make another season. Probably be good to avoid a repetitive way of resolving character arcs. I'd like to see more issues that are being faced by Chris or Hibiki or any of the others. Just perhaps be good to blend them together a bit so it doesn't feel like you are just turning to the next character to deal with their issues. Maybe can resolve things at around the same time. Regardless, I found the last two season a lot of fun and the first season was really good in its own right as well. This series as a whole can never be called flawless, but it manages to make things really fun despite that. Just a really enjoyable setup that they've made work for 3 seasons and hopefully they can do so for another one sometime down the road. __________________ Anime-Evo Last edited by FlareKnight; 2015-10-01 at 00:18.

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DGDCOne Memoria Vice Captain Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: United Kingdom Age: 34	I listened to Carol songs and it is extraordinary! The 1st song of the music and singing is pure evil, while the 2nd song it's feels so peaceful. A interesting villain that has two personality got me satisfied. __________________

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Kopi Σ(ﾟﾛﾟﾉ)ﾉ Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Singapore	Tsubasa's dad bluntly saying "Mahou Shoujo" was kind of fourth wall breaking in a sense. So another season huh? Welp RIP Dr Ver for the worst hero ever.

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Shadow5YA Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010	Can't say I enjoyed the daddy issues drama but that ending was beautiful.

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Benigmatica Deadpan Rambler Join Date: Nov 2012	Episodes 12 and 13: While Dr. Ver managed to ruin Carol's plans as well as saving Maria, Kirika, and Shirabe, he'll won't be missed 'cause he's the worst hero ever! Meanwhile, gotta say that Elfnein told Carol to forgive humanity, but it's already too late as Carol got punched hard by Hibiki and her memories are almost burned out. On the other hand, loved how Carol saved Elfnein's life! Anyways, a great ending to this third season!

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Eisdrache Part-time misanthrope Join Date: Mar 2007	Finally caught up with the last two episodes. I have quite a few things to say about certain things but I don't really care anymore, these episodes were (mostly) fabulous. IT'S LOVE A HERO LMFAO THAT UFO DOCKING LOL DINOZOIDS OMG THEY DIED. JUST KIDDING WE'RE BACK IN TIME FOR HEXABURST Looking forward to next season!

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Guido Snobby Gentleman Join Date: May 2004 Location: Monterrey, México Age: 43	Senki Zesshou Symphogear GX. Final Thoughts Four out of seven. Right now, I'm finished with half of the shows I started back on the Summer season. Unfortunately, I never was able to catch up with everyone on Symphogear due to my repeated laziness, although from time to time I checked your posts on this thread. Where do I start? Season three contained many idiosyncracies sometimes working together and sometimes working against each other. Some fans were split on Hibiki's character for this season regarding not fighting Carol and such. My take is simply that Hibiki was, is, and will always be Hibiki no matter what. Her supposed break off character isn't a break or departure of her character, IMO. Rather those issues were nicely explored for Hibiki in season one and more so in the second. I was just pissed off that the girl got the short end of the stick at the start of the season due to the Autoscorers seemingly winning, but the tide began to truly turn once the girls were able to subdue the Ignite Module and fought back. As many pointed out, from the many things this season focused on the writers took their time exploring the parent issue. Straightforwardly, Hibiki, and later Tsubasa. For good the show allowed Hibiki's father to gain forgiveness and redemption, and I can say that the last closing shot from this season's ending summed my satisfaction now that Hibiki's family is reunited again and beginning the long way to make amends and to heal. The battles and the songs were top notch, but I prefer if the writers can go past the Noise and begin to introduce new monster creatures for the next batch of enemies. If I recall the last episode, Tsubasa's father disclosed to Genjuuro that trouble is brewing in Europe now that USA has fallen off from power, so I assume the next villain or villainness will come from Europe, although tecnically this season's antagonist, Carol, came from a village in Medieval Europe. I just hoping Symphogear gets a similar treatment like Zero no Tsukaima did, and the fans get treated for a fourth season, though I theorize that may be or not season four if it materializes won't come until either Summer/Fall 2018 or Winter 2019. Last edited by Guido; 2015-10-04 at 17:18.

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FlareKnight User of the "Fast Draw" Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Canada	Nice points Guido. On Hibiki's actions in the first few episodes I think they could have worked better if the show set it up right. The second season had her freezing up early in a similar way but it worked because you quickly understood why Shirabe's actions would hit her that hard. If the focus was quickly on the issues of fathers and Hibiki thinking back to hers and thus not able to bring herself to fight that could have worked. Or flashback to previous fights like with Miku and have that be a reason she doesn't want to fight a person like Carol. Just getting it across better would have been nice. I don't mind giving Hibiki's father some redemption since he does step up and will make legitimate efforts. I doubt their family will just heal up immediately with no problems, but so long as he is willing to keep on pushing himself to be a better person you can have that a slow build kind of situation. Agreed on working on a new monster design. I understand the desire to have a large group of disposable enemies to show off the awesome attacks the girls have. But we can change it up. It worked ok this time since having the alca-noise look like the regular noise was part of the plan to lower the guard of the girl's initially, so that's ok. But we can change it up going forward. Plenty of avenues for future conflicts. US trying to step back up, more trouble in Europe, maybe the data that Ver passed on to Maria, etc. Plenty of routes for change and danger. Certainly no guarantees for another season, but I'd be hyped. I'd cross my fingers for something in 2017, but those guesses are probably more realistic. __________________ Anime-Evo

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Blue-kun Che! Che! Che! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Brazil Age: 34	BD1 for GX sold 17,818 copies. Almost 18k, a good deal more than G's first BD, both carrying event tickets. Unless a catastrophe happens and everyone decides to stop buying them once there are no more tickets, it's going to beat S2 by a decent margin in sales now, pretty much a lock. Here's hoping this means the S4 announcement won't take too long. Next year's live, I'm looking at you! __________________

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MagnaFisto Member Join Date: Feb 2015	it is bit a shame that this season genjuro doesn't do anything at all but still this season we had an amazing villain songs

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FlareKnight User of the "Fast Draw" Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Canada	In the end pretty happy with how strong the sales started out for the first volume. Never a bad thing for a show to have that level of success. Hopefully this is encouragement enough for them to keep on going with this group into a fourth season. Though sadly the only time we're likely to find out is that Symphogear Live event. Wish it was a lot closer than it is. Also will say that the full versions for Radiant Force and Just Loving X-Edge were nice. Though I'm not as big on the near full minute instrumental intro for Radiant Force (like with Maria's Gungnir song), it still was a great listen. The mix for Shirabe and Kirika is also really nice for their song, like it a bit more than their second season one. __________________ Anime-Evo