Best Senki Zesshou Symphogear season
| So now that this show is over, which season do you guys think is the best and how would you rank them? |
| For me it would be XV > G > AXZ > GX = S1 But I can't believe it's over, it was a nice journey. |
| XV > AX Z> GX = G =S1 for me. |
| Holy crap XV is at a 8.75 now! |
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| For me, it would be XV > GX = AXZ > G > S1 |
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| XV's ending was a bit rushed, but it was overall the best season because it took up everything built up from the previous seasons and came to a solid resolution. I do wish for a separately released epilogue of our girls' individual journeys after that final battle. |
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RiverboatRam said: It's got the Gintama effect going for it. The more seasons a series has, the more distilled the viewer base becomes to the point where the only ones following it are the ones that love it.Holy crap XV is at a 8.75 now! |
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| For me it's: XV>G>S1>GX>AXZ |
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| G > S1 > XV > AXZ > GX There is no denying XV did the best in pulling the seasons together, but to me, G was that season that defined a lot of what modern Symphogear is. |
| For me XV and GX > S1 > AXZ >G |
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| Season 1 by far. It was the introduction to Symphogear and in my opinion Symphogear in its truest form focusing entirely on the main three and Symphogears. XV however made HibiMiku officially canon so that season is also pretty high up there. (Im on about Kimi Daki Ni which is the continuation of that cliffhanger scene at the end where Hibiki proposes to Miku.) |
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| This one was definitely the best one for me, @Ryuseishun spoke my mind as to why i think this is the best one. |
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| Seasons 1 and 2 will always be tied at the top for me. AXZ is my least favorite, though not sure how to rank the last two without angering a bunch of autists. |
syncrogazerSep 29, 2019 9:33 AM
| G is overall the season I enjoyed the most. It had best villain Dr. Ver, introduced best girl Maria, and it is the point when the series starts to become truely awesome and embraces how truly ridiculous is (Ogawa's ninja skills, by example). The final battle was also pretty dope. GX and AXZ are equal for me. Both were pretty fun and had some nice twists, it introduced Top Dad (who was one of the highlights of GX), and Dr. ver returned in all his glory for both seasons (even if his appearence in AXZ was short). I however found the antagonists (other than Carol and Adam) to be pretty meh. I also didn't liked how AXZ's final fight relied too much on Hibiki's power ups, though it was entertaining despite that. XV is pretty weird, since it was pretty good, but the ending... felt lacking to me. I feel like they rushed content worthy of two episodes into one, and the final battle ended being a letdown compared to other season finales. I blame it on the fact that the series changed of main antagonists too many times through its run (from Noble Red, to Fudo, to finally Shem-Ha), and they gave too much spotlight to Noble Red especially, who despite their potential at first, ended being a worse version of the alchemists from AXZ (and I didn't liked them either), and their redemption ended up feeling flat after the atrocities they commited. Also, Shem-Ha, the final boss of both this season and the series, ended coming as a typical megalomaniac, self-righteous villain who thinks the universe is wrong and she's right, with the only interesting thing from her being that she used the body of Miku as her vessel for some drama with Hibiki (that ended being meh due how much they rushed the last battle). I could forgive it if we were talking about another season, but considering it was the ending, I wasn't impressed at all. At least I liked how they handled Tsubasa this season, especially since I remember her not doing much in AXZ. It was nice to see the original remaining Symphogear receiving some closure in the end. The first season is the last because I found it very angst-ridden and boring, with its main saving grace being the final fight. I also hated Tsubasa's behaviour for a while, she was way too angsty, and not in a fun way like in XV. Thankfully they made her become the older sister figure of the group in later seasons. Overall it would be something like: G > GX = AXZ > XV > S1 |
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| 1 and G had best songs and twists overall. |
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| GX for free, best songs, best villains by far, best character bonding. |
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| For me, it goes XV > AXZ > S1 = G > GX |
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| G>=XV>AXZ>GX>Original At Ep 8, XV was better than G, then it slowly died out though the ending was still good. G blessed us with twists, Chris supremacy, Dr. Ver and a finale I consider probably the best in all of anime. |
| "All truth is meaningless. In the end, 'meaning' comes from the mind of each individual human. Even when there is a single truth, it can mean different things to different individuals. The truth has no meaning in itself!" - Erika Furudo |
| I would say XV > GX > G > s1 > AXZ AXZ ignores a lot of character development GX establishes, which disappointed me as a GX fan, and spends way too much time on its lore and too little on anything else. Anything relating to their normal life or Miku is basically gone entirely, it felt like Shirabe and Kirika are the only main characters who actually got some focus and that focus wasn't as good as some of the character episodes in other seasons. All the fights are underwhelming, after the majority of the season was spent setting up a ritual to summon the power of the gods, I was expecting that to really be something special but I couldn't tell you the difference between it and the incomplete one at the season start, they seemed equally weak. I couldn't sympathize with the villains' motivations, Adam is a cop-out to make it seem like they did nothing wrong because they didn't know the true goal but even their original goal wasn't worth it. S1 is a bit of a mess but it has its moments. It has a vision but doesn't really know what it wants to be so there's some dissonance between its darker parts and the rest of the season, and most character development feels pretty forced. But it probably does the best job at Miku, and it does a good enough job at setting up the characters for the next seasons. The story suddenly shifting to the curse of Balal felt very stupid when I first watched it but now that I know where that is going and that it's going to be relevant for the rest I don't mind it as much anymore. G is a fun ride and does a much better job at telling its story than the first season, but there is still quite some character development that feels forced and it's really about the action and the fun ride more than it is about the characters or story. It does a really good job at what it decides to focus on though and Symphogear Miku is definitely a highlight. GX was the first season that I thought did a very good job at the characters, it gives them all their struggles and shows them overcoming those struggles. It slows down at times to give a bit more focus to that which I liked. I'm also a fan of how it's not necessarily the obvious answers that it goes with, the show has its own view on things and you can agree or disagree. The villains are possibly the best in the franchise, I liked how the Autoscorers were themed after different types of dance, and Garie in particular was very fun. Carol's motivations seem basic on their own, but I think they become a lot better once you realize they contrast with the other characters. Tsubasa had to follow her own dreams instead of the dreams of her family, Hibiki had to learn to forgive even if it's not clear if someone deserves to be forgiven, Chris's arc was about getting along with the people around her. Meanwhile Carol has no dreams of her own, refuses to forgive, and works alone. The season also introduced interesting concepts like memory alchemy, philosophical weapons, and the Ignite module. XV is just non-stop hype, I may like when a season slows down and gives you some room to breathe sometimes but when you can make every episode as exciting as the last I don't have much to complain about. It combined the best part of every season (often doing it even better) and had a bit of time for everything. It has the Hibimiku moments and darkness of s1, the action and excitement of G, the character focus of GX, and the amount of lore of AZX. I'm a fan of the villains as well. For Noble Red I could relate to their feeling of isolation leading to them rejecting everyone else, and I really liked how they were technically weaker so had to come up with sneaky strategies to win. Fudo gave a nice conclusion to Tsubasa's character arc, and Shem-ha gave a good conclusion to the series as a whole. She felt a bit like a Star Trek villain, an alien trying to make everyone happy, not understanding why humans don't accept that way to happiness. Animation and music are also easily the best in the series. |
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