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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- OK I am not happy. Despite the high adrenaline of the episode. Despite the fight and amazing action. Despite all the flashbacks and struggles. Tsubasa used a swan song at the end and dies. Precisely is in the between life and death world. WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT? What? What? T_T No, just no. She was bitchy and all but no. Not this not now. Not of what is in the spoiler About Tsubasa’s fight, she started out pretty good with a nice pose here and a very nice face in anger. Mainly because she wanted Nehushtan to have come and help. Loved the blade slice in the spoiler So by the time she used that song the damage and her bleeding in the spoiler I did like Hibiki at least she gave out some light. In the ED I like her with Genjurou in the following spoiler About Tsubasa’s life and death situation, getting simple I think Kanade will save her based on the following,  As it is based on the following spoiler You can also see it as Tsubasa going to hell by sinking down and Kanade saving her from it as if Tsubasa was rejected from heavens. There are many interpretations. One thing it’s nicely shown. Thus I conclude that Kanade will give vitality to replenish the life of Tsubasa and able her to wake up as well as recover. About Kanade’s past and the theory of relics/soul fusion. A fascinating ideal came to me. At first I did find Kanade way more wild in the spoiler Assessment of Kanade’s pain ordeal. IMO Kanade pain in the spoiler Theorization of relics and soul fusion. Kanade officially dies as herself in the spoiler So this proves my 2 theories of stuff. I still loved the parts of Kanade and Tsubasa in the spoiler About Nehushtan, she sick kick ass in the following,  I made a GIF of that in the spoiler Off references and strange allusions, for one if you look in the spoiler Hibiki and those Noise in the spoiler There is also a Hebrew VS Norse thing going on based on the spoiler About thee end, there 2 things. For one Hibiki x Miku laughing and holding hands in the spoiler The training of Hibiki by Genjurou in the spoiler Why would you do this to Tsubasa? Shit man sad shit in episode. I wish it would have ended different. Was there really no choice? How is everyone going to take this? Kanade and now Tsubasa. Who is next other than Hibiki? Miku should be a Symphogear. Now there is no choice but to make her one. BTW Image Stitches done in the spoiler |
Yumekichi11Jan 27, 2012 6:54 PM
| Tsubasa was reckless and annoying, she deserved her fate. Now give me what I predicted and happened earlier than expected and get Miku to be a Symphogear. |
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Hoppy said: I suppose speaking in an evil tone, Tsubasa wanted to die to be with Kanade, she was being like this because she could not live in this world without Kanade. This was shown as Tsubasa totally rejecting Hibiki. Tsubasa was reckless and annoying, she deserved her fate. Now Miu should be a Symphogear due to being in Sympho with Hibiki. I have a feeling that the suits have some sort of power that is over 9000 provided both persons are in Sympho. Now what better way is there? Of course love and not just any, those of lovers. Well in the case of Miku/Hibiki yuri but anyway I think there is something like that. |
I was curious why there was no OP on this episode. The aftermath of Tsubasa's fight tells us why. Blood coming out from Tsubasa's mouth and eyes. Just brutal. Nice homage to Bruce Lee. |
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>my face when this episode |
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Orix said: >my face when this episode SO TRUE! I shat my pants when that happened T_T Hibiki's voice is grrrr >.< She's trying to be an anime character i swear. there's so much self loathing going on in this show |
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| I like how Hibiki is finally understanding how stupidly retarded she's been. It was nice for her to finally admit and cry about what we've all knew since she started. However, it was awkward having to listen to her self loathsome blubbering most of the episode. Also, she's still rather underwhelming as a main protagonist. I really can't get behind her character at all. Her hairstyle is god awful too. Tsubasa almost fulfilled her death wish. It'll be interesting if she does come out of her current condition alive. Though if she sang her "swan song" I'm not sure she'll be able to be a sympho-girl anymore. Maybe she'll survive and reconcile with Hibiki and mentor her and Miku, or whomever they choose as a pairing. The series does seem to be getting better overall. Though I still feel like it's far from being high quality series. Given the fact the song singles are blowing up in Japan, I have a feeling the series is being received much better than it is internationally. |
| all this episode did for me was remind me how much i wish Kanade was still around :( would had been Over if Tusabasa died!... we would just be left with hibiki |
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| Eager to know what will people reply here if Tsubasa dead in this episode :9 Whoa she start learning martial art from Gouki, expecting some Hadoken from Hibiki in future. |
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| Good episode,good to know more about Kanade and Tsubasa past. Is nice that Tsubasa didnt die (it will have suck) even that she had being a bitch last episodes and being reckless as hell,she is needed in this series until the end also.... Orix said: that face!!! Hibiki finally realize what useless she has been and what she need to do...begin to train with Genjuruo "Akuma" Kazanari!! No really i loved the reference at the end made laugh. Yumekichi11 said: Mmm i agree most of your deduction of the symbolism specially the Water part that was pretty nice indeed. Also....Kanade face is full of sadness i think she is very sad of how Tsubasa took her dead and how she is being living now...only a weapon and no the person she loves :( Yumekichi11 said: I think she didn't really die she just was at border of dead as Hibiki was when she took a shard to the chest,I think the relic reacted to her determination to do what ever to get power so it merged to her maybe accepting her.Well that is my theory we must also see how Tsubasa got her relic that will tell many things. Yumekichi11 said: Hibiki and those Noise in the spoiler I can already see some doujins made from this scene......:) Well let see when Miku Miku get her Symphogear and when Tsubasa recovers! |
raxius1230Jan 27, 2012 10:59 PM
| I think this show is very good. Here's to hoping Miku does become a symphogear then we can have our yuri lesbian team together! :) I am so glad Hibiki is undergoing character development, aka training to become stronger and realizing how stupid she was saying she wanted to replace Kanade. |
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raxius1230 said: Yeah but ultimately Kanade will never rest till the Noise are extinct so I hope her help around will be an added bonus to this show. It could also give her more time to remind us she is still around but not as an alive person.Yumekichi11 said: Mmm i agree most of your deduction of the symbolism specially the Water part that was pretty nice indeed. Also....Kanade face is full of sadness i think she is very sad of how Tsubasa took her dead and how she is being living now...only a weapon and no the person she loves :( Yumekichi11 said: raxius1230 said: It's true on your side too that the Relic may have reacted to her border right away instead of waiting for her to pass away. I still think the soul did have a reaction though. I think she didn't really die she just was at border of dead as Hibiki was when she took a shard to the chest,I think the relic reacted to her determination to do what ever to get power so it merged to her maybe accepting her.Well that is my theory we must also see how Tsubasa got her relic that will tell many things. Finally, Tsubasa needs to have how she got hers for sure. The comparing would be vital there but we did see her in loli form and she did not have the relic so it happens later on I assume. Yumekichi11 said: Hibiki and those Noise in the spoiler raxius1230 said: Ah but of course. I expect some of those too from the circles, remains to see what will be done by those people. So far Haganai is getting top treatment on that front.I can already see some doujins made from this scene......:) |
| I'm glad the writers didn't get rid of Tsubasa. She's my favorite character in the show. |
| Nice one . . . Especialy that face . . . it seems they want to turn up and turn down our expectation for this anime . . . anyway, this one is the best episode for now in the series . . . i hope tsubasa recovered in next episode . . . |
Yumekichi11 said: Ah but of course. I expect some of those too from the circles, remains to see what will be done by those people. So far Haganai is getting top treatment on that front. Ooooo ya Haganai Doujins are maked like daily(no shit). |
| Nice episode. I liked the first half, but the second half made my brain turn off. =_= I honestly didn't expect Kanade to have had such a different personality when she was younger. 4/5 I seriously went ( º0º ) when I saw Tsubasa's bleeding face. Finally this show is getting back on track. :D Oh yeah, plz PLZ someone give the MC a wig, or a haircut. Her hair pisses me off DX. The dialogue in throughout the ep was super cliched and retarded too lol. |
Revenant_Jan 28, 2012 1:30 AM
| ALL THE DRAMA!!! Seriously, this show needs to step back a bit, right now all the angsting is getting ridiculous. Also, the animation leaves something to be desired apart maybe from the stylized attacks. |
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| Am I the only one who thinks Nehushtan IS Miku? Miku seems a bit on the Yandere side to me since the beginning. And now, Nehustan wants to capture Hibiki on the night Miku and Hibiki was supposed to see a meteor shower together. Could be wrong though. But I don't really care for them I just want Tsubasa back.... T^T |
| ~Bokura wa deau tameni koko e umare ochita Toki wo tsumugu tashikana uta ni michibikare habataku yo~ |
| Conan Kanade sure risk her life just to synchronize with the relic .It is weird that Hibiki can get his relic so easily.Even thou its just a a small piece of fragment in her chest ... Well, I don't think relic does maintain in full after a long time but the Nehushtan seems to be in complete form but calling noise from it is kinda cheat =p Hibiki get bukkake ...hope he can get some action next week. |
| I'm... completely lost in what's going on in this anime. Can someone explain it to me? Kanade and Miku are my favorite characters of this series. The beginning of this episode just solidified my liking for Kanade, she's an awesome character if if she's dead. I feel sorry for Miku for having to be left out, she obviously care for Hibiki, but is still willing to give her space when asked. I wanna see what the anime does with Miku's character because I feel they're leading up to a bigger role for her. |
LittleDemon said: My post should explain some stuff but shoot the questions and I could try and answer them but you have to write out the questions of what you don't get.I'm... completely lost in what's going on in this anime. Can someone explain it to me? |
| Wow that was such an epic fight between Neshuhtan and Tsubasa. |
| > Am I the only one who thinks Nehushtan IS Miku? No she is not. The girl with Nebushtan is voiced by Ayahi Takagaki according to official site. So it's some new character |
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| so she stole the armor during the incident 2 years ago how did she do that? Tsubasa nearly kill herself defeating her and Hibiki had a revelation and now is training her butt off to get stronger with the guy by working out, watching Bruce Lee movie and cosplaying as Akuma and Makoto frin street fighter |
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| AWESOME EPISODE!!! One of the best fights I've seen in quite a while, and I was about to drop this, haha. This episode totally hooked me & I can't wait for the next one. |
| Damn! Totally did not expect that to happen... |
cabalistxwhite said: Am I the only one who thinks Nehushtan IS Miku? Nope. I am also thinking about that being a possibility, especially that speech of "being someone you are not" part. That sooo fits the situation Hibiki is in at the moment. Her reaction when she peeps at Hibiki's training is suspicious as well.. I mean, she is not shocked or anything? It's almost as if Miku is expecting Hibiki to do that.. But that is just my 2 coins.. :) |
| Still looking for a signature. |
| I really enjoy this anime .. |
| I would have liked this anime even better if they kinda eased up with early drama and gave us more character introductions, explanations about Noise and overly slow down. The show, lacks something for me to say that it's sad and that I'll care for what happens to all the characters, especially after episode one. If they all died by the next episode I wouldn't be surprised. |
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| Dying characters in a mahou shoujo... I've seen the somewhere before... From what I remember that series invested in the characters before killing them off so that viewers actually cared when they died... So we have orange hair girl's insert song and now the blue hard girl's insert song will now release. I'm assuming this since all the music does to this anime is make you laugh at it instead of adding to the experience. LittleDemon said: I'm... completely lost in what's going on in this anime. Can someone explain it to me?. Just turn your brain off and enjoy it. I wouldn't try to understand this mess. |
OmniknightJan 28, 2012 11:49 AM
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| I didn't really like this episode, hope the next will be better |
| Worst anime of season. |
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| I like the action, the art and music, just like always. However what I didn't really appreciate is the Tsubasa sang he swan song. I was thinking when I watched it "wait! Already! Your supposed to save that for later. Do you not value your life? The swan song just lost some of it's value because not only did she use it on the fly, she survived!" I was irritated that Tsubasa devalued such a potentially good plot tool. Some other things I like was the fact Hibiki is putting in more effort to becoming stronger because honestly, it would be really bad behind if she just used her fists as her weapons but was just tremendously stronger, either her fists or if she got a big behind gun that she could whip out and take out a load of the noise that would be cool too. I liked the flashbacks and found it interesting how vicious Kanade was. I personally think the powers make you flip out because Kanade flipped, then Tsubasa, but Hibiki hasn't really been at the symphogear thing long and she doesn't have a weapon so... anyway great episode! |
| Quite amazing how much this show can bounce between "OMG I definitely going to drop this teenage angst shit" And "Hey! the action and gore actually looks promising, need to give this a few more minutes" ^^ If it where not for the slight visible fan service this show would not be worth following to the end >.< |
| This anime is silly and you should feel silly about it. But at least this episode had some nice action. |
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Sae said: This anime is silly and you should feel silly about it. EXACTLY! when I watched it in normal way - as series with some plot, nice characters and logic... it felt so painfull then I started to see it as one of those bad movies - no plot, weird characters and silly monsters (like if you watch Precure, those monsters of the week there are more intimidating than Noise), not to mention lack of logic and plotholes my perception has changed for better I would even say it became charming in it's awfulness :) |
| Such a vulgar thing she was @.@ still good to get some background though |
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| Ok I want kanade back :( |
bla bla bla The endless debate between fans and haters. At one point, after spending a lot of time on MAL, you just realize it's totally pointless.Niko-kun said: On MAL, everyone who has used the lame rating system becomes a critic and an intellectual by default, haven't you heard? |
| DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN, this episode was epic! >.< I loved it!!! :D My comments (from begining to end): |
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| Symphogear is definitely the try hard anime of the year, it trys to make you care about the story but you end up not giving a f***. You expect me to take these girl's "emotions" seriously? When all the do is just sing and cry sing and cry sing and cry sing and cry sing and cry. |
| an ok episode 3/5 |
| Now now THAT was some great episode alright, way better than the previous one. I liked how they covered some background story on how did kanade get her symphogear. I always knew that she is reckless but i did not expect all that savage and brutal scene when she tried her best to acquire that symphogear. On the sidenote, nice fighting animation, and again great song. I dont really dig the ED song at the end but still in overall it's a pretty decent episode i have to say, I was on the verge of dropping this anime at some point but i guess it's going back into the right track. |
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Dalek-baka said: Sae said: This anime is silly and you should feel silly about it. EXACTLY! when I watched it in normal way - as series with some plot, nice characters and logic... it felt so painfull then I started to see it as one of those bad movies - no plot, weird characters and silly monsters (like if you watch Precure, those monsters of the week there are more intimidating than Noise), not to mention lack of logic and plotholes my perception has changed for better I would even say it became charming in it's awfulness :) what heartcatch precure was amazing |
| the flash back on how kanade and tsubasa met was awsome!!!!!!....if i were kibiki ide feal sad about that too :( |
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