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Fellow anime connoisseurs,earlier this year we were graced by a torrent of new anime like Aquarion Evol or Guilty Crown
though the latter had its obvious weaknesses I agree that it was worthwhile watching,However this is not
the case for all of this season's new anime namely Zesshou Symphogear'whats bad about it wasn't
the 'Noise' (and no im not talking about the monsters, im talking about the 'Noise' that the characters call singing.)or the fact that the main character
is a mutated pikachu with the depth of a sheet of paper nor the
fact that the best character died a martyr to save this lowly abomination from the apparently ... REAL"Noise".
No no no the problem lies when all of these elements combine into a thirteen episode animation,then eagerly advertised to us,anime enthusiasts
only to totally annihilate those high expectations we built up for it.I no longer acknowledge Symphogear as anime,for doing so is
an insult to anime itself.

Story:1
The Story very inconsistent though this normally doesn't matter for the earlier episodes where it usually builds up suspense,
the problem is that those inconsistencies don't get resolved either, Like why didn't Tsubasa die when she sung her swan song?
this is probably what the writers were thinking:"Tsubasa gets the high ratings,Screw the story we can't kill her off"
im sure everyone else is trying to be politically correct by giving it a three or four out of pity but I'm giving it a one because 'Pathetic'
is the perfect adjective to this story.

Art/Setting:4
I will admit Tsubasas gears (despite the training wheels on the back)is designed well and the cityscape as well,take the concert hall,it looks awesome but on
closer examination I think the only reason the crowd is getting excited is for the constant Tsubasa Up-skirt throughout the concert...
But thats ok,so the architecture is bad,the art is still OK right?
N.O. they spent their entire design budget on Tsubasa and the concert hall,just look the commander hes an part Irish part Zimbabwean part Japanese dude,they basically
used 'Paint'(the Application) to draw him.

Sound:1
IM TIRED OF LISTENING TO YOUR DAMN SONG!and the transformation sequences - un en iwe an en we tuo...are you sure
that's still Japanese?Like I think it would make a lot more sense to say:"I will Digivolve too!".

Character:2
I said before that Hibiki had the depth of a sheet of paper,well if you put the entire cast together, you will have a small stack of printer paper about 2mm
in total depth.
I mean how much do you know about each individual character,Lets take Yukine Chris because we haven't mentioned her yet-
Chris's past is a series of unfortunate events,Her parents died so she stole and eventually turned to terrorism.THE END.
wow so complex*cough*.

Enjoyment:1
I was actually forced through this anime,one of my friends forced me to watch this on a weekly basis,im serious he was like-"I know where you live,so you better
watch it"so partly because of that I didn't enjoy this abomination too much.
That said this anime was an Abomination with or without my friends help,it helped me define the new limits of bad in the anime world.
whenever my friend gives me anime I would ask:"is it better than Symphogear?"
Symphogear is simply that bad.

Overall:I actually want to give this a negative score because I want my 6.5 hours I spent on this anime back, but since I can only give it a one as a minimum
the anime got off easy.

Quite frankly from an economic students point of view this anime should be classed as a "demerit good"in that it is detrimental to society itself,in fact one day
im sure it will replace that atomic bomb as a new weapon of mass destruction.I Loath it ,I Hate it ,I Pity it for becoming so deformed.
To my patient anime brethren I bid you adieu for I will see to it that 'Senki Zesshou Symphogear' Burns in Hell.