...it's like TV Tropes, but LINKED DATA!
Senki Zesshou Symphogear
- 1279 statements
- 251 feature instances
- 22 referencing feature instances
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | type |
TVTItem | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | label |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | page |
SenkiZesshouSymphogear | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | comment |
Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Senki Zesshou Symphogear is a Science Fantasy series about Magical Girl Warriors who use Power Armor fueled by The Power of Rock to battle Eldritch Abominations.Hibiki Tachibana is an ordinary schoolgirl who attends a concert by the Idol Singer duo "Zwei Wing". Unfortunately, the concert is attacked by a group of mysterious Eldritch Abominations called "Noise", and Zwei Wing transform using magical Power Armor- the Symphogear- to battle against them. During the battle, Hibiki is impaled by a fragment of Symphogear armour, which gives her the power to use the armour as well. Recruited by the secret government organization behind the Symphogear, Hibiki must learn how to use her new powers to fight against the Noise on behalf of humanity, alongside veteran fighter and Broken Bird Tsubasa Kazanari while making time for schoolwork and maintaining her relationship with her childhood friend/roommate Miku Kohinata - but Noise attacks are increasing in frequency and a mysterious woman named Finé appears to be behind them...Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Originally airing in January 2012, Symphogear was developed by Noriyasu Agematsu (composer of music for games and anime including Wild ARMs and Girls Bravo), published by Kadokawa Shoten, and animated by Studio Satelight. It features an All-Star Cast.A second season was broadcast in 2013 with the title Senki Zesshou Symphogear G. Taking place three months after the events of the original series, the heroines of the 2nd Division face a new threat when a terrorist group calling itself "Finé" emerges from the shadows with an army of Noise and a band of rival Symphogear users led by the singer Maria Cadenzavna Eve and the mysterious man Dr. Ver.A third season, titled Senki Zesshou Symphogear GX, aired in July of 2015. Now allied, the Symphogears find themselves facing a mysterious alchemist named Carol Malus Dienheim. Aided by four powerful "dolls" known as the Autoscorers, Carol intends to dismantle all of the world's miracles via alchemy - and Hibiki and the rest of the Gear users are the one thing standing in her way. Their only hope, and their only clue to Carol's motives, is a girl named Elfnein and the ancient relic she carries.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_3'); })A fourth season, titled Senki Zesshou Symphogear AXZ (prounounced "Axis"), began airing in July 2017 as part of the Summer 2017 anime season. SONG, now officially supported by Elfnein, is tasked by the UN to help clean up Val Verde, a South American country under the rule of a brutal junta. Ghosts from the past surface as Chris comes to terms with her parents' death and her own capture in Val Verde. In the meantime, Maria, Shirabe and Kirika must face the shadowy organization that backed FIS' experiments on them: the Bavarian Illuminati, represented by alchemists Saint-Germain, Cagliostro, and Prelati.The fifth and final season, titled Senki Zesshou Symphogear XV, aired from July to September 2019. As of this writing, the story appears to have been concluded and no plans have been announced for any further spin-offs or sequels.A game titled Senki Zesshou Symphogear XDU (short for X-Drive Unlimited), developed by Pocket Laboratory (of SINoALICE fame) and published by Bushiroad opened its servers on June 26 2017, with all Symphogears including deceased ones announced to be playable. Alongside reliving the anime's storyline and new events, the game also has two canon side-stories titled Senki Zesshou Symphogear 3.5 (which takes place between GX and AXZ) and Senki Zesshou Symphogear 4.5 (taking place between AXZ and XV). The game got a worldwide releasenote albeit limited to the United States, Canada, South Korea, Singapore, Australia, Taiwan, Macau and Hong Kong on February 14, 2020, but it ended up lasting for about 5 months before shutting down on July 31 the same year. Although the game continues in Japan.The first season has a manga that slightly changes the story with a few different events (expanding on events prior to the season), but ultimately ends up with the same conclusion. Nearly two years after XV concluded, a spin-off manga, Symphogear: Feast of the Valkyries ~Shirabe’s Cooking~ was announced to begin serialization in June 2021, taking a more Slice of Life approach in an Everybody Lives AU.The entire series is available for streaming on Crunchyroll. In July 2019, Discotek Media announced the license of season 1 for a sub-only release, but has actuaslly realsed the first two seasons.Compare and contrast Ar tonelico, Macross 7, Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, AKB0048, Suite PreCure♪, Kamen Rider (Kuuga, Hibiki, OOO and Saber, in particular), and Super Sentai (Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger, Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger, Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger and Mashin Sentai Kiramager, in particular). At a stretch, you could also throw in the original Bubblegum Crisis (Girls in Power Armor with a powerful rock soundtrack for every fight) or even Saint Seiya (it's arguable that, rather than a Magical Girl Warrior show, it's better thought of as a Distaff Counterpart to the "pretty boys in armor" subgenre of Fighting Series originated by Saint Seiya).Hibiki, Tsubasa, and Chris also appear in Super Heroine Chronicle, though Chris starts out first as a villain.Unmarked spoilers ahead! | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | fetched |
2021-12-27T19:08:51Z | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | parsed |
2021-12-27T19:08:51Z | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | processingComment |
Dropped link to ArmiesAreUseless: Not a Feature - UNKNOWN | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | processingComment |
Dropped link to AvertedTrope: Not a Feature - IGNORE | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | processingComment |
Dropped link to CallBack: Not a Feature - ITEM | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | processingComment |
Dropped link to ChekhovsArmory: Not a Feature - UNKNOWN | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | processingComment |
Dropped link to Fanservice: Not a Feature - IGNORE | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | processingComment |
Dropped link to GenreBusting: Not a Feature - IGNORE | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | processingComment |
Dropped link to GrandFinale: Not a Feature - ITEM | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | processingComment |
Dropped link to LyricalNanoha: Not a Feature - ITEM | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | processingComment |
Dropped link to Shonen: Not a Feature - IGNORE | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | processingComment |
Dropped link to TheEpicOfGilgamesh: Not a Feature - ITEM | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | processingComment |
Dropped link to TheMenInBlack: Not a Feature - ITEM | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | processingComment |
Dropped link to WildArms4: Not a Feature - ITEM | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | processingComment |
Dropped link to Yggdrasil: Not a Feature - UNKNOWN | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | processingUnknown |
ArmiesAreUseless | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | processingUnknown |
ChekhovsArmory | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | processingUnknown |
Yggdrasil | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | isPartOf |
DBTropes | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_10add6ee | type |
Kill the God | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_10add6ee | comment |
In AXZ it is revealed that the Gungnir has the power of deicide. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_10add6ee | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_10add6ee | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_10add6ee | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_112890b3 | type |
Secret Identity | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_112890b3 | comment |
Secret Identity: Deconstructed in season one with Hibiki. Keeping her symphogear powers secret from Miku very nearly destroyed their relatinship. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_112890b3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_112890b3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_112890b3 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1237828f | type |
Anyone Can Die | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1237828f | comment |
Anyone Can Die: Kanade and the main heroine, Hibiki in the very first episode. That said, it turns out Hibiki wasn't actually dead. Of diplomatic importance, Japanese Defense Minister Hiroki is assassinated in Symphogear E5. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1237828f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1237828f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1237828f | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_12a22bd8 | type |
Katanas Are Just Better | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_12a22bd8 | comment |
Tsubasa: the sword Heavenrend/Ame-No-Habakiri. Bigger versions of that sword come out when the situation calls for it. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_12a22bd8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_12a22bd8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_12a22bd8 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1439161f | type |
Heroic BSoD | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1439161f | comment |
Heroic BSoD: Symphogear E7 is a good contender for the most BSODs in one episode. During the finale: Chris has sacrificed herself to stop the Kadingir's first shot, causing Hibiki to go berserk with grief and turn on Tsubasa. Tsubasa snaps Hibiki out of it by screaming her name just as she sacrifices herself to destroy Kadingir. The school is in ruins and Miku is nowhere to be seen. The shock of losing everything dear to her leaves Hibiki catatonic on the battlefield, and Finé takes the opportunity to toss her around like a ragdoll for foiling her plans. Hibiki has one at a crucial moment in GX E3. After three episodes of attempting to hold to her belief that the Symphogear is meant for protecting people and not fighting, despite multiple challenges to that belief, she finds herself unable to transform when Garie corners her and her friends after school. Hibiki has another one at the start of XV Episode 9, when Miku is taken over by Shem-Ha. "My Sunshine was taken away from me." | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1439161f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1439161f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1439161f | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_14431f9 | type |
Super-Powered Evil Side | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_14431f9 | comment |
G racks the gore up a notch when Hibiki fights the Nephilim. A moment of distraction leads to the Nephilim ripping off, and then eating, Hibiki's left arm. Which prompts her to go berserk, beat the Nephilim to death, and then tear out its heart. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_14431f9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_14431f9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_14431f9 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_14dfb81 | type |
Power Creep, Power Seep | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_14dfb81 | comment |
Power Creep, Power Seep: While not too bad about this, the Mobile game has an Attack on Titan event that tries to show the Symphogears as being outclassed by most titans, despite the fact that even some of the strongest titans would be no match for some of the weaker Noise in the Symphogear's Home series by proxy of having no resistance to being Carbonized. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_14dfb81 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_14dfb81 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_14dfb81 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_15b2cab3 | type |
Tempting Fate | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_15b2cab3 | comment |
Tempting Fate: Pretty much all of the first half of episode 10. "Boy do I like my school! I sure hope nothing happens to it!" Well guess what? | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_15b2cab3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_15b2cab3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_15b2cab3 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_17ce80aa | type |
All There in the Manual | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_17ce80aa | comment |
All There in the Manual: Lots of information regarding Symphogears, relics, and other material can be found in the form of key words which are explained on the show's website (English fan-translations are available). They give insight to things that weren't or couldn't be explained by watching the anime alone. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_17ce80aa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_17ce80aa | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_17ce80aa | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_17d5e071 | type |
Weapon of X-Slaying | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_17d5e071 | comment |
Weapon of X-Slaying: Conceptual weapons, which can destroy anything which falls under its given concept. Phara, in GX, uses a "sword breaker", which makes it effective versus sword wielders, like Tsubasa and Maria. In AXZ it is revealed that the Gungnir has the power of deicide. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_17d5e071 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_17d5e071 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_17d5e071 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1808775 | type |
Phenotype Stereotype | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1808775 | comment |
Phenotype Stereotype: Notably, given how notorious anime is for this trope, it's averted for the most part. Maria and Serena do have bright blue eyes, but lack the blonde hair that's also typically associated with Americans and other Anglophone countries. Nastassja, Dr. Ver, and Chris all lack both the stereotypical hair and eye color. Background characters who are said to be American aren't overwhelmingly blonde and blue eyed either. However, it's played straight in regards to Finé once you realize that she was apparently blonde and fair skinned even though she lived in Ancient Mesopotamia - located where Iraq stands today. It makes more sense while she's using Ryoko's body if you take Power Dyes Your Hair into account, but she has the same hair and skin even when you see the real Finé during flashbacks and when she speaks to Shirabe from within her mind. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1808775 | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1808775 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1808775 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_18bf4326 | type |
Anti-Magic | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_18bf4326 | comment |
Anti-Magic: Anti-LiNKER, created by Dr. Ver, does the exact opposite of what LiNKER does - forcibly desyncing Gear users. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_18bf4326 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_18bf4326 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_18bf4326 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_18d15922 | type |
Title Drop | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_18d15922 | comment |
Title Drop: The collective name of the anti-Noise armor is the name of the show. And the Ultimate Songs are translated from the the Japanese word "Zesshou". Also, the first two seasons title-drop their respective opening theme as the final, ultimate attack for that season, while the third season drops the title of a track used as the ending only for Episodes 1 and 12, "Glorious Break". | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_18d15922 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_18d15922 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_18d15922 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_19769f50 | type |
Defeat Means Friendship | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_19769f50 | comment |
Defeat Means Friendship: Other than Tsubasa, Hibiki and Miku, all other presently allied Gear users started out as enemies. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_19769f50 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_19769f50 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_19769f50 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1a3a91dd | type |
Say My Name | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1a3a91dd | comment |
Say My Name: Most of the main cast screams another cast member's name at some point, but because Hibiki and Miku have the highest tendency to get into life-threatening situations, they tend to scream each others' names a lot. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1a3a91dd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1a3a91dd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1a3a91dd | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1a6755f9 | type |
Climactic Battle Resurrection | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1a6755f9 | comment |
Climactic Battle Resurrection: The massive phonic gain caused by Miku leading the school's survivors in singing their anthem undoes the damage Chris and Tsubasa incurred during their respective heroic sacrifices, in addition to reawakening Hibiki's shattered spirit. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1a6755f9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1a6755f9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1a6755f9 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1aa76d29 | type |
Death by Origin Story | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1aa76d29 | comment |
Death by Origin Story: Kanade for both Tsubasa and Hibiki, and Serena for Maria. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1aa76d29 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1aa76d29 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1aa76d29 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1b65dfad | type |
The Cameo | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1b65dfad | comment |
The subtitle for the logo is "Meteroid-falling, burning, and disappear, then..." This is supposed to reference shooting stars, which show up in Episode 3 as a Youtube video. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1b65dfad | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1b65dfad | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1b65dfad | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1ba8eb64 | type |
Visual Pun | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1ba8eb64 | comment |
Visual Pun: The headgear on all Symphogears are noise-cancelling headphones. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1ba8eb64 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1ba8eb64 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1ba8eb64 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1c445e86 | type |
Poor Communication Kills | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1c445e86 | comment |
Poor Communication Kills: Enforced. While there are several isolated incidents of this trope in-series, the overarching Curse of Balal also counts, on a grander scale. The myth of the Tower of Babel says that God struck down the tower and caused all of humanity to speak different languages, thus destroying the original unified language where everyone could understand one another. In-universe, this is discussed as to why humans have been in conflict with each other for millennia. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1c445e86 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1c445e86 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1c445e86 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1ccad9a3 | type |
Villain Song | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1ccad9a3 | comment |
Villain Song: Several throughout the series. Chris's Makyuu Ichaival is basically all about how she wants to blow up her enemies (when she first sings it, these would be the good guys) with extreme firepower. Maria continues the trend in Season 2. Although her first song Dark Oblivion is relatively tame (despite the title), Ressou Gungnir has an interesting double meaning that arguably puts it in this category: "For the sake of justice, enforce/pierce evil". note 貫 literally means "to pierce", but often means "to go through" in the sense of "going through with a plan". It also appears in Team Rocket's infamous theme song. Carol gets in on this towards the end of GX with her song entitled Genocide Harp. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1ccad9a3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1ccad9a3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1ccad9a3 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1d9099cb | type |
Deadly Disc | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1d9099cb | comment |
Shirabe: Buzzsaws and buzzsaw launchers that emerge from mechanical versions of her pigtails. When GX rolls around, she adds a bladed yo-yo to her arsenal. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1d9099cb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1d9099cb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1d9099cb | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1dce4748 | type |
Power Limiter | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1dce4748 | comment |
Power Limiter: Turns out that the IGNITE module had these built in, with 3 layers: Nigredo, Albedo and Rubedo (roughly translating to black, white and red). So far, Nigredo is triggered by a single click of the Gear pendant, Albedo by two clicks (with the activation command "Double Drawn Blade" and the intonation "Dainn Dainsleif"), and Rubedo is triggered by clicking the relic pendant once more in Albedo mode. Helpfully, the colour of the aura surrounding the IGNITED Gears matches the IGNITE stage that Gear is in. Going through each stage increases the rate at which Safety Down counts down, with Rubedo tripling the rate and glitching Sakuya's display. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1dce4748 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1dce4748 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1dce4748 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1de9f7f7 | type |
Advanced Ancient Humans | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1de9f7f7 | comment |
Advanced Ancient Humans: In Symphogear, all relics are the result of ancient supertechnology from various points in human history. Finé herself is a priestess from an ancient civilization who etched her consciousness into her genes, allowing her to revive at any point in the future by hijacking the bodies of her descendants. Taken one step further in GX: Carol implies that both songs and alchemy originate from Finé's attempts to restore the common human language. Explained in full detail in XV: When the Custodians used to keep an eye on earth, Their language and Humanity's language were once the same, and some of them, despite supposedly being above humans, became a part of human affairs quite frequently, with Enki and Season one Big Bad Fine having been lovers. The closeness between Humans and custodians is the reason for the advancements they made back then before the Custodians had to leave and place the Curse of Balal on the planet, lest Shem-ha turn Humanity into her slave beasts to eventually build an army big enough to destroy the other custodians. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1de9f7f7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1de9f7f7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1de9f7f7 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1e1aa82a | type |
Diabolus ex Machina | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1e1aa82a | comment |
Diabolus ex Machina: In GX, Carol is saved at the last minute by Dr. Ver. It's even lampshaded as how out of nowhere it is. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1e1aa82a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1e1aa82a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1e1aa82a | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1e584efa | type |
Cruel and Unusual Death | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1e584efa | comment |
Cruel and Unusual Death: The fate of those attacked by Noise: they get reduced to carbon compounds over the span of a few seconds. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1e584efa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1e584efa | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1e584efa | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1e7c47ab | type |
Stealth Pun | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1e7c47ab | comment |
Stealth Pun: The Symphogear wielders wear noise-cancelling headphones. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1e7c47ab | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1e7c47ab | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1e7c47ab | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1f42c032 | type |
Good Costume Switch | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1f42c032 | comment |
Good Costume Switch: A subtle example in the second season. Chris' Gear design was changed (just like everyone else's), and it now has more white trim instead of black ones. It also reflects in her default civilian clothes (when she's not wearing the school uniform) that are now a brighter shade of red, lose the black parts and are overall less stripperiffic. GX also goes this way but far more blatantly, with Kirika and Shirabe getting redesigned Gears with more white on them. Maria takes it Up to Eleven, as she switches out the Black Gungnir from G for Serena's white Airgetlam. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1f42c032 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1f42c032 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1f42c032 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1f963842 | type |
Bloodier and Gorier | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1f963842 | comment |
Bloodier and Gorier: While there are plenty of instances of High-Pressure Blood, Tsubasa is shedding Tears of Blood at the end of Episode 4. G racks the gore up a notch when Hibiki fights the Nephilim. A moment of distraction leads to the Nephilim ripping off, and then eating, Hibiki's left arm. Which prompts her to go berserk, beat the Nephilim to death, and then tear out its heart. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1f963842 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1f963842 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_1f963842 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_203141e3 | type |
Cute and Psycho | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_203141e3 | comment |
The Autoscorers might qualify as well, even though they're human-sized: their actions and behaviour are distinctly unhuman, with at least 2 of them displaying Cute and Psycho traits. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_203141e3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_203141e3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_203141e3 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_22922c10 | type |
Shadow Pin | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_22922c10 | comment |
Shadow Pin: One of Tsubasa's techniques is Shadow Weaving, which allows her to pin a target in place by throwing a dagger at their shadow. She got the technique from the 2nd Division agent (and her manager) Shinji Ogawa, who is good enough to do it using bullets. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_22922c10 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_22922c10 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_22922c10 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_22cf536c | type |
Chekhov's Gun | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_22cf536c | comment |
Chekhov's Gun: Tsubasa calls Genjuro "uncle" exactly once very early in season one, but otherwise their familial connection has no bearing on the plot until two seasons later. Second Division's headquarters is described as being dug extremely deeply into the ground, and designed by Ryoko. The finale of Symphogear reveals it to be Kadingir, the wave motion cannon designed by Ryoko/Fine to shoot the moon. Serena's shattered Gear pendant Airgetlam is saved by Maria as a keepsake. It ends up giving Maria a Gear to don after Hibiki steals Gungnir from her, and half of the Vitalization combined attack is formed from Airgetlam. Come GX, Elfnein is able to repair it, and Airgetlam becomes Maria's battle Gear after losing the Gungnir to Hibiki. Hibiki freeing Miku from her mind control Gear form in G. The laser blast wiped the Original Sin from her body, which is why she could hold divine power; it also means Hibiki and Miku are free of the Curse of Balal! The opening of XV shows Elfnein using the Electromicroscope Beatrice last used in AXZ, although it doesn't appear outside of the OP. Come episode 7 when Noble Red is about to kill Elfnein, Carol emerges as a second personality to save her, having used the device to copy and collect the fragments of her personality left in Elfnein's brain. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_22cf536c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_22cf536c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_22cf536c | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_241ca0d8 | type |
Back for the Dead | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_241ca0d8 | comment |
Back for the Dead: In G, after being hinted at for a large part of the season, Finé makes her return... in order to save Shirabe at the cost of her own existence. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_241ca0d8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_241ca0d8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_241ca0d8 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_25b7257f | type |
Red Right Hand | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_25b7257f | comment |
Red Right Hand: After Dr. Ver injects himself with the Nephilim variant of LiNKER, his hand transforms into something that looks like the Nephilim's claw. It allows him to absorb and control relics, as well as signifying that he's completely lost it. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_25b7257f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_25b7257f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_25b7257f | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_262861e1 | type |
Blade on a Stick | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_262861e1 | comment |
Kanade: the spear Gungnir. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_262861e1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_262861e1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_262861e1 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_263bb4ec | type |
Wave-Motion Gun | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_263bb4ec | comment |
Wave-Motion Gun: Kadingir is not a tower - Finé even references the biblical Shinar - even though it is referenced as such, but an humongous energy cannon with the intention of shooting the moon. It works, but not as expected. In G, Miku's most powerful attack is a massive beam that plows right through battleships and has the ability to erase relics. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_263bb4ec | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_263bb4ec | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_263bb4ec | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_269e82c1 | type |
Death of a Child | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_269e82c1 | comment |
XV seems Lighter at first, despite the opener being a fight against something that would be a near world ending threat from previous season finales, but starting in episode 2, the season as a whole reaches the higest levels of dark content in the whole series, surpassing even the original. This is established as a horrifying call back to the horrific Zwei Wing concert from Season 1 ep 1, but taken up to 11. 70,000 people die, including children. It only gets worse from there, though there are still moments of levity now and then. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_269e82c1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_269e82c1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_269e82c1 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_26d1f65f | type |
Verbal Tic | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_26d1f65f | comment |
Kirika's Verbal Tic is basically a Catchphrase, which she repeats over and over again every time she gets shocked. Which happens often. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_26d1f65f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_26d1f65f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_26d1f65f | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_29d16652 | type |
Removed from the Picture | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_29d16652 | comment |
Removed from the Picture: Inverted Miku removes herself from her selfie with Hibiki from episode 8 to provide a picture for Hibiki's grave seen in the very first episode. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_29d16652 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_29d16652 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_29d16652 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_2b5ea43c | type |
Bland-Name Product | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_2b5ea43c | comment |
Bland-Name Product: They weren't even trying to hide it. For instance, Ryoko's car's logo is the same as the Toyota logo, upside down. At the cinema that Hibiki, Miku and Tsubasa go to, there's a movie poster for the caped and spandex-clad "Suppaman", who is most definitely not Superman. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_2b5ea43c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_2b5ea43c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_2b5ea43c | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_2b706ca | type |
More Dakka | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_2b706ca | comment |
Chris's Makyuu Ichaival is basically all about how she wants to blow up her enemies (when she first sings it, these would be the good guys) with extreme firepower. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_2b706ca | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_2b706ca | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_2b706ca | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_2bdae2ae | type |
Awesome, but Impractical | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_2bdae2ae | comment |
Awesome, but Impractical: The SSSS.GRIDMAN and Attack on Titan events in XDU have the Symphogear armor as this against their new opponents. This leads to Hibiki and Tsubasa to bond with Gridman and Gridknight in the former and perform Combination Attacks with the Survey Corps in the latter. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_2bdae2ae | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_2bdae2ae | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_2bdae2ae | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_2e6a41e0 | type |
Gratuitous English | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_2e6a41e0 | comment |
Gratuitous English: The subtitle for the logo is "Meteroid-falling, burning, and disappear, then..." This is supposed to reference shooting stars, which show up in Episode 3 as a Youtube video. In G, the subtitle is "In the distance, that day, when the star became music..." GX continues the tradition with "Believe in justice and hold a determination to fist." The subtitle for AXZ is "By shedding many tears, the reality you face is..." Many Symphogear abilities (and the word "Symphogear" itself, a quite well-constructed English portmanteau) have English names, including "Ignite Module" and "S2CA Triburst" ("Swan Song! Combination Arts! Cent Harmonics!"). Their main enemies are the "Noise," and later the more confusingly-named "Alca-Noise." | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_2e6a41e0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_2e6a41e0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_2e6a41e0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_2fc21a19 | type |
Distaff Counterpart | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_2fc21a19 | comment |
Distaff Counterpart: The series is probably best described as a female-led version of the "pretty boys in armor" shonen fighting anime subgenre, such as Saint Seiya. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_2fc21a19 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_2fc21a19 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_2fc21a19 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_2fd1d68a | type |
Cooldown Hug | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_2fd1d68a | comment |
Cooldown Hug: Two examples in Symphogear, one mundane, one less mundane. Genjuro shuts down Chris's misanthropic rant about her dead parents by hugging her, furthering her Heel–Face Turn. During the season finale, Tsubasa stops Hibiki's berserk rampage with a hug, although she takes a mortal wound in the process. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_2fd1d68a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_2fd1d68a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_2fd1d68a | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_31fcc258 | type |
Training Montage | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_31fcc258 | comment |
Training Montage: Hibiki trains with old man Genjuro during the credits of episode 4. Bruce Lee and Street Fighter make appearances. Also in season 2 episode 9. This time, all three Symphogear users are training under Genjuro. And Genjuro also sings! AXZ episode 8 brings it back for Genjuro to improve the girls' teamwork when separated. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_31fcc258 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_31fcc258 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_31fcc258 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3297cfbb | type |
Evolving Credits | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3297cfbb | comment |
Evolving Credits: Chris is added to the final group shot in the OP in episode 11. In Symphogear G, Episode 5 adds portraits of the legends the gears are based on and episode 10 adds Miku with her Symphogear. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3297cfbb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3297cfbb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3297cfbb | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3298415e | type |
Magic from Technology | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3298415e | comment |
Magic from Technology: The relics are explained as ancient supertechnology by Ryoko. Then again, she's a reincarnated Sumerian priestess who wants to break the Curse of Babel. Subverted in GX, which states that alchemy is a hyper-advanced technology from before science and magic diverged. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3298415e | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3298415e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3298415e | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_34dcfc96 | type |
Kick the Dog | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_34dcfc96 | comment |
In XV, Millaarc manages to one-up Dr. Ver in the Kick the Dog department, with even less justification. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_34dcfc96 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_34dcfc96 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_34dcfc96 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_391d6577 | type |
Sequel Escalation | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_391d6577 | comment |
Sequel Escalation: The first season has the "swan song," a Dangerous Forbidden Technique occasionally used to wipe out lots of enemies. Season 2 introduces the "S2CA Triburst" where 3 swan songs from 3 Symphogears are combined into a ridiculously powerful attack. Near the end of season 3, this advances to the "S2CA Hexa-Conversion" which combines 6 swan songs from 6 Symphogears and successfully absorbs the Big Bad Omnicidal Maniac's most powerful attack. AXZ averts it: while the Symphogears do demonstrate new techniques to increase their combat performance, the antagonists are depicted as much less powerful than Carol and the Autoscorers, while the heroines get no opportunity to use their traditional once-a-season Super Mode nor fight the gigantic army of Noise the form would normally be used against. The reduction in scope is justified by Carol's abuse of memory combustion and other self-destructive techniques that the new alchemists forgo in favor of more sustainable powers, and unlike Carol they want the world to still be in one piece when they're done with it. The Final Battle plays this straight, however. Without Access to the X Drive form, the symphogear wielders instead burn their Ignite Modules in order forcefully evolve their gears to a new level, on par with their previous X-drive forms according to the series keywords, meaning that as of the end of AXZ and the entirety of XV, the gears new base forms are on par with their previous uses of X-drive. Reaches a new Level of absurdity in XV with Shem-Ha. Her initial state alone in Miku’s body is already incredibly powerful, around as much as the strongest forms of previous big bads if not more so, but it’s then revealed in her freshly awakened state that she only has less then 1/10000 of a percent of her actual power. Not just 1/10000 of her overall power, just a percentage point of her power. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_391d6577 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_391d6577 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_391d6577 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_392372f9 | type |
Actor Allusion | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_392372f9 | comment |
Actor Allusion: Hibiki Tachibana has a lot in common with Madoka Kaname. Including being secretly a pig. Tsubasa Kazanari: A Magical Girl Warrior with a sword that changes its forms and lightning powers? Is that you, Fate? Oh you're a Magic Idol Singer? Is that you, Utau? Tsubasa's drawing in Episode 3 of GX was... exactly the same thing Nana Mizuki drew for Symphogear Live 2013, dubbed by Hideo Ishikawa as 'main event'. Compare here◊ and here.◊ In the XDU Lyrical Nanoha crossover event, Ogawa mentions that Fate's voice sounds exactly like Tsubasa's did when she was young. Maria Cadenzavna Eve generally tries avoiding casualties in battle and dislikes killing people. Wait, does the latter sound a lot like Sakura Sakurakouji? Chris, Tsubasa and Hibiki are said by Word of God to be modelled on Ryouma, Hayato and Musashi, so who better to voice their commander than Ryouma himself? This isn't the first time Shin-ichiro Miki has voiced a bloke who makes a habit of swanning around in the altogether. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_392372f9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_392372f9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_392372f9 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3b113b7 | type |
Character Development | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3b113b7 | comment |
Both Shirabe's and Kirika's songs in G both use the phrase "Kiri kizande agemashou" (I shall cut [the world] into pieces) as a bridge, where as their songs in GX both use the phrase "Kirikizamu koto nai sekai ni yume daki kisu wa shimashō" (Let's kiss and embrace a world which isn't cut apart) as a bridge in a similar melody, signifying their Character Development. Both sets of songs also use the Swan Song near the end. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3b113b7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3b113b7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3b113b7 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3bce9346 | type |
Ragnarök Proofing | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3bce9346 | comment |
Ragnarök Proofing: Subverted. The thousands of years has taken a toil on the various Relics. It's mostly fragments that remain and require a lot of study and knowledge to make useful. And that was technically only possible thanks to Fine's involvement, as the person who likely was behind the creation of most Relics or at least would have an understanding of how it works. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3bce9346 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3bce9346 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3bce9346 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3cb17a19 | type |
Super-Powered Evil Side | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3cb17a19 | comment |
During the finale: Chris has sacrificed herself to stop the Kadingir's first shot, causing Hibiki to go berserk with grief and turn on Tsubasa. Tsubasa snaps Hibiki out of it by screaming her name just as she sacrifices herself to destroy Kadingir. The school is in ruins and Miku is nowhere to be seen. The shock of losing everything dear to her leaves Hibiki catatonic on the battlefield, and Finé takes the opportunity to toss her around like a ragdoll for foiling her plans. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3cb17a19 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3cb17a19 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3cb17a19 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3d455888 | type |
Then Let Me Be Evil | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3d455888 | comment |
Maria continues the trend in Season 2. Although her first song Dark Oblivion is relatively tame (despite the title), Ressou Gungnir has an interesting double meaning that arguably puts it in this category: "For the sake of justice, enforce/pierce evil". note 貫 literally means "to pierce", but often means "to go through" in the sense of "going through with a plan". It also appears in Team Rocket's infamous theme song. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3d455888 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3d455888 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3d455888 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3e750aba | type |
Pastel-Chalked Freeze Frame | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3e750aba | comment |
Chris' attack card different in Symphogear compared to how it is in the rest of the series; In Symphogear, it has a Wild West-esque theme, complete with a brown overlay you often see in said genre, from G onwards, it is a metal plate with the title of the attack engraved with the plate surrounded by roses. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3e750aba | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3e750aba | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3e750aba | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3ed23024 | type |
Surprisingly Realistic Outcome | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3ed23024 | comment |
Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: Played for Laughs when Miku tries to record the shooting stars for Hibiki. Nothing shows up on the video, because stars, shooting or otherwise, are much too faint for a phone camera to detect. Another, larger, variant turns up in GX. A space shuttle, with all systems and controls failed, is still going to come in hot, never mind all the abilities of the various Symphogears used to slow it down. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3ed23024 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3ed23024 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3ed23024 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3f11ef74 | type |
Parental Substitute | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3f11ef74 | comment |
Parental Substitute: Genjurou for Chris, Nastassja for Maria, Kirika, and Shirabe. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3f11ef74 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3f11ef74 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_3f11ef74 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_40b711d5 | type |
Hair-Contrast Duo | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_40b711d5 | comment |
Hair-Contrast Duo: Kanade (orange), Hibiki (creme) and Kirika (blond) are cheerful, Tsubasa (blue), Miku and Shirabe (black) are calm. Specifically, the applicable duos are: Kanade and Tsubasa, Hibiki and Tsubasa, Hibiki and Miku, and Kirika and Shirabe. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_40b711d5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_40b711d5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_40b711d5 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_40bb59d0 | type |
Blatant Lies | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_40bb59d0 | comment |
At the cinema that Hibiki, Miku and Tsubasa go to, there's a movie poster for the caped and spandex-clad "Suppaman", who is most definitely not Superman. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_40bb59d0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_40bb59d0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_40bb59d0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_430e15e1 | type |
Stripperific | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_430e15e1 | comment |
While they use different weaponry and are designed differently, Carol's adult form and mannerisms are extremely reminiscent of Fine in her Nehushtan Armor, right down to them having Stripperific forms and dangerous ranged attacks. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_430e15e1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_430e15e1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_430e15e1 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_43f03c2b | type |
Power Gives You Wings | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_43f03c2b | comment |
Power Gives You Wings: The Ex-Drive gives the Symphogear users energy-based wings. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_43f03c2b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_43f03c2b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_43f03c2b | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_44f6517d | type |
Beach Episode | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_44f6517d | comment |
Beach Episode: In GX E7. It's a government-owned beach, however, necessitating several trips to the nearest convenience store for food. This turns out to be plot-important later. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_44f6517d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_44f6517d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_44f6517d | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_469e3e2f | type |
In-Universe | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_469e3e2f | comment |
An In-Universe example: Miku sees Hibiki in Symphogear form fighting off against Chris in Episode 6. This easily changes her perspective on how Hibiki has been acting. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_469e3e2f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_469e3e2f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_469e3e2f | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_49d59be9 | type |
Scenery Porn | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_49d59be9 | comment |
Scenery Porn and Scenery Gorn: On both sides of the spectrum, and can change at any moment. Transitioning from a vibrant laser-show concert that ended with a sunset to a battle-stricken concert under that same sun is animated very beautifully. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_49d59be9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_49d59be9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_49d59be9 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_49f20c6a | type |
Gory Discretion Shot | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_49f20c6a | comment |
Gory Discretion Shot: When Chris is forced to shoot off Stephan's leg to save his life, we get a shot of her cursing and aiming, then the camera snaps up to show the moon when she actually takes the shot. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_49f20c6a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_49f20c6a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_49f20c6a | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_4a852458 | type |
Big Good | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_4a852458 | comment |
Big Good: Tsubasa's uncle, Genjurou Kazanari, leads the 2nd Division. In true Big Good fashion, he battles Season 1's Big Bad, Finé, prior to the finale. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_4a852458 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_4a852458 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_4a852458 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_4dbd3706 | type |
Clap Your Hands If You Believe | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_4dbd3706 | comment |
Clap Your Hands If You Believe: Philosophical Weapons are items that gain a special property because it gets associated with certain legends. While relics usually get properties independent to their intended function (Gungnir's initial property is 'Always Accurate Attack', while the 'Kill the God' property gained from being used on Jesus Christ) because of their ancient existence, ordinary items can also become Philosophical Weapons (and thus, relics) if they have famous enough notoriety; Sword Breaker and Kresnik were ordinary sword and silver bullet respectively, but they killed so many swords (for the Breaker) and supernatural horrors (for Kresnik) that the anti-sword and anti-monster property stay with them. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_4dbd3706 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_4dbd3706 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_4dbd3706 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_4dec4b64 | type |
Cliffhanger Copout | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_4dec4b64 | comment |
Cliffhanger Copout: Tsubasa and Hibiki's fight never happens: old man Genjuurou comes out of nowhere and stops Tsubasa with his BARE FIST. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_4dec4b64 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_4dec4b64 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_4dec4b64 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_4f4372e9 | type |
Early-Installment Weirdness | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_4f4372e9 | comment |
Early Installment Weirdness: Symphogear's transformation sequences were very different in style and visuals from its sequels. All the wielders simply had yellow rings of light around their bodies, then a short sequence where their armor attached around a silhouette which slammed into them. GX onwards used the white background with lyrical circles and coloured ribbons and hexagons that viewers today would find familiar. Chris' attack card different in Symphogear compared to how it is in the rest of the series; In Symphogear, it has a Wild West-esque theme, complete with a brown overlay you often see in said genre, from G onwards, it is a metal plate with the title of the attack engraved with the plate surrounded by roses. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_4f4372e9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_4f4372e9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_4f4372e9 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_504a1991 | type |
Body Horror | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_504a1991 | comment |
Body Horror: Noises' mere touch turns people into ashes quickly, but not quick enough for the victims not to feel it. In G, Hibiki's fusion with Gungnir has progressed to the point that it's killing her via golden crystals that start bursting out of her flesh when she pushes herself too hard. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_504a1991 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_504a1991 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_504a1991 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_5313c266 | type |
Bookends | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_5313c266 | comment |
Book-ends: Symphogear starts and ends with Miku visiting Hibiki's grave. Just as Hibiki did in the first episode, in the last episode Miku rescues a girl under Noise attack, they run, she falls, a heartbeat is heard... The final episodes of the first season bring back the following songs: Synchrogazer (as an ending theme specifically) and Gyakkou no Flügel (the insert song from the first ep, now the series ending theme). Done again in the final episode of the second season with: Vitalization (as an ending theme for 12) and Niji Iro no Flügel as the series' ending. Entire series begins and ends when Miku visits a graveyard while reciting a poem, but the circumstances are the opposite. In the beginning, the dreary and in-despair Miku grovels on Hibiki's grave alone, lamenting her loss. In the end, Miku visits the Kazanari clan graveyard along with everyone in S.O.N.G to give Tsubasa emotional support as they begin the first step into a new beginning. The first song sung in the series is Gyakko no Flugel sung by Tsubasa and Kanade, the last song sung in the series is Ashita e no Flugel, a remix sung by all of the wielders in S.O.N.G. In both the first and final seasons, defeating the Big Bad isn't enough to save the world, and the Symphogear wielders must go on a near-suicidal mission to prevent it from being destroyed. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_5313c266 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_5313c266 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_5313c266 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_53c9fc92 | type |
Flashback | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_53c9fc92 | comment |
Flashback : The first episode has an extended flashback to Kanade's death. GX E2 adds two flashbacks from Maria, Kirika and Shirabe to show How We Got Here after the Frontier incident. AXZ E6 has repeated flashbacks from Maria to her training under Nasstasja. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_53c9fc92 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_53c9fc92 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_53c9fc92 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_53f5119f | type |
The Dragon | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_53f5119f | comment |
G: Having been deprived of his Dragon Maria's help by his own incessant dog-kicking, Dr. Ver simply sets about making a new one. With his absolute control over the ancient spacecraft/island Frontier, he spawns a new, fully grown, vastly empowered, Nephilim out of the structure of the Frontier itself, which threatens to go supernova. It takes the combined efforts of the entire main cast to bring it down, put it in a place where its death won't end the world, and seal the door behind it. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_53f5119f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_53f5119f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_53f5119f | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_54321e11 | type |
Innocent Fanservice Girl | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_54321e11 | comment |
Innocent Fanservice Girl: In G E12, no less than three characters suddenly find themselves naked in various circumstances. Two of them are even displayed in their glorious nudity to the whole world! Taken Up to Eleven in GX, where all the Symphogear users (except Maria thus far) have been forcibly stripped of their Gears, winding up naked in the immediate aftermath. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_54321e11 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_54321e11 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_54321e11 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_55a37945 | type |
Badass Family | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_55a37945 | comment |
Badass Family: The Kazanaris. Tsubasa is a Symphogear trained since childhood to become a warrior (or a sword/sentinel according to herself), and her uncle (actually big brother), Genjuro, is a Badass Normal who punches boulders and gets all his training from watching action movies. By extension, the latter is also Chris' legal guardian, who reveals herself to be another powerful Symphogear user. In GX, we're introduced to Yatsuhiro Kazanari. While not a physical fighter like Genjuurou or Tsubasa, he's hinted by Genjuurou and Shinji to be scarily competent in negotiating in international law. In AXZ, the Kazanari patriarch, Fudo Kazanari, finally makes his appearance. Even Genjuurou is intimidated by him, and in a family meeting, he absolutely dominates both of them and reduces Tsubasa to her Symphogear mentality of being a sentinel in front of him. He's also the Big Bad of XV, at least initially. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_55a37945 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_55a37945 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_55a37945 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_56434ecd | type |
Music for Courage | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_56434ecd | comment |
Music for Courage: In the Darkest Hour, the school's anthem rallies the forces of good. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_56434ecd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_56434ecd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_56434ecd | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_571bfe2 | type |
Super Serum | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_571bfe2 | comment |
Super Serum: Compatibility with relics - both complete ones and the fragments that compose the Symphogear system - is rare. It can be artificially induced with the potentially dangerous drug LiNKER, which Kanade, Shirabe, and Kirika all relied upon due to their lower sync rates. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_571bfe2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_571bfe2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_571bfe2 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_5791e14f | type |
The Future | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_5791e14f | comment |
The Future: Not terribly far into the future, but more than Twenty Minutes. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_5791e14f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_5791e14f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_5791e14f | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_5c5ac0e2 | type |
Really 700 Years Old | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_5c5ac0e2 | comment |
Really 700 Years Old: Most of the franchise's antagonists have some form of immortality and have been using it for a good while. Finé manages it by performing Grand Theft Me on any of her descendants who get exposed to phonic gain, meaning she's been alive in various forms for thousands of years. Alchemy can also be used to acquire immortality, as seen with the antagonists of GX and AXZ. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_5c5ac0e2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_5c5ac0e2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_5c5ac0e2 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_5db59a03 | type |
Brown Note | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_5db59a03 | comment |
Brown Note: Taken Up to Eleven in AXZ E1, where Saint-Germain's, Prelati's, and Cagliostro's song kills an entire room of top junta officials by making them itch and disintegrate. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_5db59a03 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_5db59a03 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_5db59a03 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_60194b82 | type |
Spanner in the Works | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_60194b82 | comment |
Spanner in the Works: When Shirabe managed to destroy the Yantra Sarvaswa in GX Episode 9, Carol had no way of completing the Chateau de Tiffauges without its ability to control machinery. It's just too bad that Dr. Ver with his ability to control and absorb relics happened to blunder in a few seconds later. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_60194b82 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_60194b82 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_60194b82 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_60fa92ac | type |
Names to Run Away from Really Fast | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_60fa92ac | comment |
Carol gets in on this towards the end of GX with her song entitled Genocide Harp. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_60fa92ac | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_60fa92ac | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_60fa92ac | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_617f0563 | type |
Heel–Face Turn | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_617f0563 | comment |
Genjuro shuts down Chris's misanthropic rant about her dead parents by hugging her, furthering her Heel–Face Turn. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_617f0563 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_617f0563 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_617f0563 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_61b9028c | type |
Sinister Scythe | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_61b9028c | comment |
Kirika: A rocket-assisted scythe. With multiple blades when the need arises. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_61b9028c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_61b9028c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_61b9028c | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6293c185 | type |
Sequel Hook | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6293c185 | comment |
Sequel Hook: First, in the last episode of Season 3, Genjuro states that trouble is starting up in Europe, and the members of S.O.N.G., which now includes Carol after fusing with Elfnein, with Elfnein's personality as the main one, analyzing the chip that Dr. Ver gave to Maria in episode 12 before his death. Second, in the last episode of Season 4, the after credits scene shows Elfnein discovering the secret of Hibiki's seemingly divine power. The Shenshou Jing Laser hit from G somehow wiped the Original Sin from her being. Genjuro shockingly notes that Hibiki wasn't the only one hit by Shénshòu jìng that day... | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6293c185 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6293c185 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6293c185 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_62f9d08e | type |
Freeze-Frame Bonus | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_62f9d08e | comment |
As freeze frame bonuses, the transformation sequences in AXZ contain text appearing on the Armed Gears. The 2nd Div girls retain their relic designations from Symphogear, but as the FIS Symphogears have never been part of that ordinal designation, the sequences in AXZ are the first time they are revealed: Gungnir - SG-r03' (the prime sign indicating that Hibiki's Gungnir is not the "true" Gungnir held by Kanade) Ichaival - SG-r02 Ame-no-Habakiri - SG-r01 Airgetlam - SG-x00 Igalima - SG-i02 Shul Shagana - SG-i01 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_62f9d08e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_62f9d08e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_62f9d08e | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_63b02752 | type |
Hair-Trigger Temper | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_63b02752 | comment |
Chris' Hair-Trigger Temper is even shorter, and gets set off even more as she's the only sane woman. Even though the character design for the OVA is simple and Super-Deformed, Chris is still noticeably shorter than most of the other characters and is still shown to have large breasts. (The other character with noticeably big breasts in this OVA is Maria.) | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_63b02752 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_63b02752 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_63b02752 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_63cd6ccb | type |
Image Song | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_63cd6ccb | comment |
Image Song: Runs off this trope. Even minor characters get image songs in G. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_63cd6ccb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_63cd6ccb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_63cd6ccb | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6439de78 | type |
Heroic Sacrifice | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6439de78 | comment |
After going in a downward spiral since the beginning of XV, Tsubasa is slapped back to her senses by Maria in episode 9. The immediate Heroic Sacrifice of Yatsuhiro doesn't get her down for long before she's shaking away tears standing up to her father. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6439de78 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6439de78 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6439de78 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_653c5c73 | type |
Cannot Spit It Out | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_653c5c73 | comment |
XV: Miku's inability to express her (presumably romantic) feelings to Hibiki is what allows Shem-Ha to take control of her body. The ending implies she's gotten over this. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_653c5c73 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_653c5c73 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_653c5c73 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6a42ef | type |
Cynicism Catalyst | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6a42ef | comment |
G: Serena to stop the awakened Nephilim, Finé to save Shirabe, and during the climax, Professor Nastassja to stop the fall of the Moon. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6a42ef | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6a42ef | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6a42ef | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6a696742 | type |
The Power of Love | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6a696742 | comment |
The Power of Love: In G, Dr. Ver claims that the power of the Symphogear system has nothing to do with will. Its driving force is love. Which he then uses to turn Miku into a weapon, because he's the bad guy. He repeats his claims, this time as he dies in GX, as he hands Maria the key to LiNKER being reproduced. AXZ reveals Dr. Ver wasn't talking nonsense, where Elfnein discovers (with Maria's and Airgetlam's assistance) that the bond that connects each wielder with their Symphogear is their warm, genuine, desire to protect others. She uses this knowledge to complete Dr. Ver's LiNKER recipe with oxytocin, a real-life hormone that is crucial in social and maternal bonding. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6a696742 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6a696742 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6a696742 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6a6c1f35 | type |
The Power of Rock | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6a6c1f35 | comment |
Taken one step further in GX: Carol implies that both songs and alchemy originate from Finé's attempts to restore the common human language. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6a6c1f35 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6a6c1f35 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6a6c1f35 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6a79a4a4 | type |
MacGuffin Delivery Service | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6a79a4a4 | comment |
MacGuffin Delivery Service: In G, Hibiki and Chris' battle to secure the by-train delivery service of a relic is rendered moot when the Noise attack the party who receives it just as those two leave. Both the relic and the scientist who handles it (Dr. Ver) are missing. Episode 3 reveals that this was intentional, and that Dr. Ver is actually in league with the Big Bad. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6a79a4a4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6a79a4a4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6a79a4a4 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6b2b3b59 | type |
The Reveal | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6b2b3b59 | comment |
The Reveal: An In-Universe example: Miku sees Hibiki in Symphogear form fighting off against Chris in Episode 6. This easily changes her perspective on how Hibiki has been acting. In a more traditional way, the Curse of Balal is actually a demonstration of love from Enki, the god that Fine loved, to protect humanity from their progenitor Shem-ha. Shem-ha turned herself immortal by etching herself as the Unified Language, and by confusing the humanity's tongue, the other Custodians prevented Shem-ha from turning humanity into her mindless vessel. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6b2b3b59 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6b2b3b59 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6b2b3b59 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6bda9a30 | type |
Meaningful Name | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6bda9a30 | comment |
Meaningful Name: Chris' mother; a singer was named Sonnet Yukine. The four Auto-Scorers have surnames derived from the Turkish tarot, and use the suits of the tarot (cups, swords, coins and polo sticks) as their weapons. Their first names are corruptions of the names of 4 Archangels in the Abrahamic religions, and the elements they wield correspond to the element their namesakes are said to wield in esoteric traditions of magic. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6bda9a30 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6bda9a30 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6bda9a30 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6c00ba30 | type |
Musical Assassin | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6c00ba30 | comment |
Carol: The harp daurdabla, although she uses its strings more than anything else. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6c00ba30 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6c00ba30 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6c00ba30 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6d332aea | type |
Driven to Suicide | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6d332aea | comment |
G: After she realizes that her actions have almost cost her Shirabe, Kirika attempts to kill herself with her scythe, prompting Shirabe to intercept the blow. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6d332aea | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6d332aea | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_6d332aea | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_701a2ae9 | type |
Baphomet | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_701a2ae9 | comment |
Baphomet: The depiction of him in Eliphas Levi's Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie is claimed to have been inspired by a glimpse he caught of the true form of the immortal alchemist Adam Weishaupt, who it turns out is the setting's closest equivalent to Lucifer. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_701a2ae9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_701a2ae9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_701a2ae9 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_716c0b1b | type |
And the Adventure Continues | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_716c0b1b | comment |
And the Adventure Continues: At the end of the series there's still Noise in the world to be fought and heroines willing to do it. Indeed, the adventure continues in G. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_716c0b1b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_716c0b1b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_716c0b1b | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_71a223fc | type |
Up to Eleven | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_71a223fc | comment |
Taken Up to Eleven in GX, where the Alca-Noise lose their non-alchemic couterpart's phase-shifting ability but are also now capable of affecting the Sypmhogears, even though they remain vulnerable to them. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_71a223fc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_71a223fc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_71a223fc | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7286e96d | type |
Idiot Ball | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7286e96d | comment |
Idiot Ball: Gets tossed around quite a bit in G. After Kirika and Shirabe taunt the main characters into a duel, Hibiki & co. just let them walk away. Neither they nor Division 2 make any effort to spy on the two; they blithely expect the villains won't pull any dirty tricks. Sure enough, when the Symphogear wielders do head for the duel, they don't know what to expect and it goes very wrong for Hibiki as a result. When Hibiki goes into rage mode at the Tower of Babel, both Chris and Tsubasa physically restrain her to keep her from going after the fleeing Dr. Ver. The man holding the Staff of Solomon, the only thing in the world that can summon Noise. By the end of the episode, he duly uses that very same staff to try and kill Hibiki and her friends. Maria and Professor Nastassja have a loud, impassioned conversation in the open about how Maria is only pretending to be a reincarnation of Fine, when they know the only other person around is the mentally unhinged man they've been lying to. Sure enough, he's listening to them from a very obvious hiding spot. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7286e96d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7286e96d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7286e96d | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7360a6b6 | type |
Noble Demon | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7360a6b6 | comment |
Noble Demon: In G, Maria refuses to let innocent blood be shed for their cause, to the point of breaking down when Dr. Ver sets the Noise on a trio of children who've stumbled upon their base. Her code collapses when she's forced to kill in order to protect Professor Nastassja. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7360a6b6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7360a6b6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7360a6b6 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_73733868 | type |
Awesomeness by Analysis | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_73733868 | comment |
Awesomeness by Analysis: Elfnein's main ability. She takes all of five seconds to formulate a strategy for the 2nd Div Symphogears to escape the subspace pocket in AXZ E3. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_73733868 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_73733868 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_73733868 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7609e3f3 | type |
Magical Girl Warrior | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7609e3f3 | comment |
Magical Girl Warrior: It maybe be summoning Power Armor instead of a Leotard of Power with Frills of Justice, but the Symphogears otherwise qualify. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7609e3f3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7609e3f3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7609e3f3 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_762b9223 | type |
Played for Laughs | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_762b9223 | comment |
Played for Laughs when Miku tries to record the shooting stars for Hibiki. Nothing shows up on the video, because stars, shooting or otherwise, are much too faint for a phone camera to detect. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_762b9223 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_762b9223 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_762b9223 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_776a06eb | type |
All Myths Are True | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_776a06eb | comment |
All Myths Are True: Many mythologies are represented in Symphogear's universe. A listing of the major ones are: Norse myths: Gungnir (SG-r03') - the Spear of Odin, wielded by Kanade, Hibiki and Maria. Ichaival (SG-r02) - Ullr's bow, wielded by Chris. note Ichaival/Ichii-bal actually comes from the Ancestral Weapon of "Ullr the Crusader" in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War, with its name likely being a combination of “ichii”(Japanese for yew tree, yew wood bow being the mythological Ullr’s Weapon of Choice) plus “ballista.” It got into the series due to being erroneously mentioned on the Norse god's Japanese Wikipedia page for several years. Also revealed in GX is the Dainsleif, the sword crafted by the dwarf Dain for the king Hogni. Cursed to always draw blood before it can be sheathed, it inflicts wounds which will always be fatal. Yggdrasil- The Tree of existence, it appears in XV as Shem-Ha's current base of Operations. Japanese myths: Ame-no-Habakiri (SG-r01) - the blade of the Shinto storm god Susano-o is wielded by Tsubasa. Ame-no-Murakumo- The original name for the Kusanagi, taken off of Orochi's scales, is wielded by Tsubasas grandfather, Fudou. Shen Shou Jing - forced upon Miku, the Divine Beast Mirror is perhaps less mythological than other relics and more of an archaeological artefact. Irish mythology: Airgetlam (SG-x00) - the silver prosthetic of the mythological king Nuada, wielded by Serena and Maria. The Daurdabla (also known as the Uaithne) - the harp of The Dagda. It features as the relic backing Carol Malus Dienheim's Faust Robe. Hebrew/Sumerian mythology: Kadingir - a derivation of the ancient Sumerian name of the city of Babylon. In Symphogear, it is the name given to the wave motion cannon (which is itself an allusion to the Tower of Babel) designed by Fine. Nehushtan - the healing artefact erected by the Biblical prophet Moses becomes an armor granting nigh-invulnerability and regeneration to its wielder. The Staff of Solomon is not attested in any popular accounts of the Biblical king, but given his later association with acts of devil-binding and devil-summoning, the role of the Staff as a Noise summoner is perhaps all too appropriate. Igalima (SG-i02) and Shul Shagana (SG-i01) - stated to be the twinned weapons of a Sumerian war god/goddess in some translations of Babylonian texts, they appear as Kirika's scythe relic and Shirabe's saw relic respectively. Fine's lover was Enki, who created the Marduk AI in the Lunar Ruins. Marduk was the chief Babylonian god, and Enki is from The Epic of Gilgamesh. French romances: Durandal, the artefact that Hibiki temporarily wields in Symphogear, is the sword of the paladin Roland from the Cycle of Charlemagne. The Chateau de Tiffauges was historically the home castle of the French nobleman, paedophile and serial murderer, Gilles de Rais. Hindu mythology gets a mention too, with the Yantra Sarvaswa, a kind of universal manual allowing control of all machines. note In the real world, the Yantra is most well-known for being the manuscript that describes the mythological flying machines called the Vimana. However, the manuscript in question is actually the Vaimānika Shāstra ("Treatise on the Topic of Vimanas"), which claims to be a part (specifically, the fortieth chapter) of the Yantra Sarvaswa. From the Abrahamic religions: It turns out that the Gungnir is also the mythical Lance of Longinus, which stabbed Jesus on the cross. This act made it a conceptual weapon of deicide. The show does acknowledge that Jesus wasn't actually killed by the lance (being already dead); it became a conceptual weapon because enough people mistakenly believed that that was the case. The title of XV Episode 11 is John 1:1: "In the Beginning Was The Word" Shem-ha is derived from the Jewish Kaballah's representation of the many names of God. All mythological creatures and monsters are thought to have existed too, though the majority are theorized to have been Noise. This is confirmed in XDU, as mythological creatures such as vampires, merfolk or spirits do exist in-universe. Additionally, Noble Red in XV are based on the Beast of Gévaudan, Carmilla, and Frankenstein's monster. In AXZE6, a Hydra-like mega-Noise appears. Instead of regenerating twice as many heads if the stumps are not cauterised, this version simply splits into smaller parts with fewer heads, until it's reduced to a snake-like form. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_776a06eb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_776a06eb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_776a06eb | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_79a60aec | type |
For Want of a Nail | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_79a60aec | comment |
For Want of a Nail: In XDU, one story event has Miku travelling to an alternate universe to confront a Hibiki who grew cold and distant when her Miku moved away shortly after the ZweiWing tragedy, thus not giving Hibiki the confidence to resist the taunting she would be put through. This is doubly so because this attitude was somehow affecting the main Hibiki in the process. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_79a60aec | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_79a60aec | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_79a60aec | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7a17d1ca | type |
Eagleland | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7a17d1ca | comment |
Eagle Land: Extremely obvious by the phone call and the assassination of Hiroki by an Ahnuld look-alike. — In-universe, Japan and America relations are tense due to sheer competition and its authority present around the world. At least until it is revealed that America and Japan were working together to get information about Ryoko. Further invoked in AXZ, where the suspciously blond/golf-playing president orders the launching of a nuke EVEN after the threat had been announced as defused by the UN. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7a17d1ca | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7a17d1ca | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7a17d1ca | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7b4cbce1 | type |
Headbutt of Love | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7b4cbce1 | comment |
Headbutt of Love: In GX episode 8, between Shirabe and Kirika. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7b4cbce1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7b4cbce1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7b4cbce1 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7b7965dd | type |
Boss in Mook Clothing | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7b7965dd | comment |
Boss in Mook Clothing: In XDU. A new type of noise called Karma Noise is this. It's look identical to the normal one except it's black in colors. Not only it's very powerful, it's also disrupt use of the Ignite Module. The easiest way to defeat them is either using X-Drive or performed S2CA. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7b7965dd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7b7965dd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7b7965dd | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7c4ba0e0 | type |
Red Sky, Take Warning | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7c4ba0e0 | comment |
Red Sky, Take Warning: Episode 11, complete with a Weird Moon. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7c4ba0e0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7c4ba0e0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7c4ba0e0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7c7589af | type |
Earth-Shattering Kaboom | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7c7589af | comment |
Symphogear: Ultimately, Finé's goal is to restore the world to a pre-confusion state so she can confess her love for God in the original common language of humanity. Unfortunately, part of this plan involves the destruction of the moon and her ruling over the survivors of the catastrophe with her power. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7c7589af | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7c7589af | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7c7589af | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7ea2a915 | type |
Animation Bump | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7ea2a915 | comment |
Animation Bump: Within the first episode of the first season, Kanade and Tsubasa' concert features extremely fluid choreography for both characters, something that goes unrivaled for several episodes. G's animation is much more fluid and better-looking than the first season. Come the third season and the animation is even more fluid, and impressively consistent. Look no further than the action sequences in GX's opening. Continuing with tradition, GX features another duet concert showpiece with Maria and Tsubasa. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7ea2a915 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7ea2a915 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7ea2a915 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7fbb2a3 | type |
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7fbb2a3 | comment |
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: In Episode 8 of GX, Hibiki fights so recklessly trying to take out her anger on Micha that she actually causes most of the damage to the building that they were in (which she had been sent there to protect). Despite the personal revelations and awesome moments that happen among the Symphogears as a result, the creation and use of the IGNITE Modules turns out to be this. Carol needed the 'cursed melody' of the Dainslef via the Symphogears' songs; to do so, she sent the Autoscorers to antagonize and fight them repeatedly, forcing them to overcome the IGNITE mode's berserker state in order to defeat the powerful Autoscorers. Once destroyed, the Autoscorers then send the information right back to the Chateau de Tiffauges. At the end of G Maria sings Apple, briefly uniting the world for the phonic gain required to restart the Lunar Ruins. Come XV, this ends up being the catalyst for Shem-Ha's rebirth. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7fbb2a3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7fbb2a3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_7fbb2a3 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_80251be3 | type |
How We Got Here | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_80251be3 | comment |
GX E2 adds two flashbacks from Maria, Kirika and Shirabe to show How We Got Here after the Frontier incident. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_80251be3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_80251be3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_80251be3 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_80a247a9 | type |
Breather Episode | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_80a247a9 | comment |
Breather Episode: A well-deserved one, at that. Episode 9 is a "girl's day out", and Nana Mizuki performs karaoke on an Enka song. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_80a247a9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_80a247a9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_80a247a9 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_81bdc398 | type |
He's Back! | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_81bdc398 | comment |
He's Back!: Dr. Ver returns at the end of episode 9 of GX. It's so out of left field even Carol, the season's Big Bad, is shocked by this. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_81bdc398 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_81bdc398 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_81bdc398 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_82a51bc7 | type |
Bad Moon Rising | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_82a51bc7 | comment |
Bad Moon Rising: Symphogear: A blood red moon and tinted sky serve as the backdrop for the final battle against Finé. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_82a51bc7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_82a51bc7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_82a51bc7 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_834420aa | type |
BFS | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_834420aa | comment |
BFS: Durandal. Hibiki activates it in episode 5, which she promptly uses to demolish an entire chemical plant in a single attack. Tsubasa's special attacks get bigger and bigger each season. G had multiple Heaven's Wrath dropped in succession when running from Miku. In GX E1, Tsubasa gets a modified variant of her Flash of the Wight's Blade attack, just without the motorcycle. It's big enough to carve through an entire forest. Taken Up to Eleven with the 2nd Div Symphogear's new combination attack - Trinity Resonance. It combines a Heaven's Wrath-sized sword from Tsubasa with Chris' Megadeth Fuga rockets to form a launching platform for Hibiki. And the rocket-powered sword follows up with a second strike after Hibiki too! | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_834420aa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_834420aa | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_834420aa | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_83fb6177 | type |
First-Episode Twist | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_83fb6177 | comment |
First-Episode Twist: We see the tombstone of a main character a minute into the first episode. Midways through that episode another main character is dead, becoming a Posthumous Character. Similarly for G, we see the moon cracked open and the competing Idol against Tsubasa possessing a fragment of Gungnir and being The Dragon. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_83fb6177 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_83fb6177 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_83fb6177 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_844b6779 | type |
Super Mode | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_844b6779 | comment |
AXZ averts it: while the Symphogears do demonstrate new techniques to increase their combat performance, the antagonists are depicted as much less powerful than Carol and the Autoscorers, while the heroines get no opportunity to use their traditional once-a-season Super Mode nor fight the gigantic army of Noise the form would normally be used against. The reduction in scope is justified by Carol's abuse of memory combustion and other self-destructive techniques that the new alchemists forgo in favor of more sustainable powers, and unlike Carol they want the world to still be in one piece when they're done with it. The Final Battle plays this straight, however. Without Access to the X Drive form, the symphogear wielders instead burn their Ignite Modules in order forcefully evolve their gears to a new level, on par with their previous X-drive forms according to the series keywords, meaning that as of the end of AXZ and the entirety of XV, the gears new base forms are on par with their previous uses of X-drive. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_844b6779 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_844b6779 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_844b6779 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_850efb04 | type |
Cloth Fu | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_850efb04 | comment |
Maria: The same spear as Kanade during G, when she wields the black Gungnir though she mostly uses her cape. When she switches over to Airgetlam in GX, she wields a Blade Below the Shoulder that doubles as a Whip Sword. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_850efb04 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_850efb04 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_850efb04 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_8774fb47 | type |
Eldritch Abomination | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_8774fb47 | comment |
Eldritch Abomination: The Noise are mysterious monsters created by mankind that kill people just by touching them. While the Dragon of the Apocalypse is simply one really large Noise, the Nephilim, the Yohualtepoztili, and the various minibosses the Bavarian Illuminati summon in AXZ give the Symphogears new flavors of abomination to fight each season. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_8774fb47 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_8774fb47 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_8774fb47 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_8797239c | type |
Bait-and-Switch | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_8797239c | comment |
Bait-and-Switch: early advertisements◊ had Kanade and Tsubasa◊ as main characters, with Hibiki as an apparent side character, shocking audiences when Episode 1 actually aired. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_8797239c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_8797239c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_8797239c | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_87ce0385 | type |
Series Mascot | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_87ce0385 | comment |
Series Mascot: The Noise, especially the vaguely humanoid orange one. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_87ce0385 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_87ce0385 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_87ce0385 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_88799cf4 | type |
Badass Cape | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_88799cf4 | comment |
Badass Cape: G: Unlike Kanade's and Hibiki's versions of Gungnir, Maria's black Gungnir comes with a cape. Which she uses to attack people or deflect bullets. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_88799cf4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_88799cf4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_88799cf4 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_89a17726 | type |
Spell My Name with an S | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_89a17726 | comment |
Ichaival (SG-r02) - Ullr's bow, wielded by Chris. note Ichaival/Ichii-bal actually comes from the Ancestral Weapon of "Ullr the Crusader" in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War, with its name likely being a combination of “ichii”(Japanese for yew tree, yew wood bow being the mythological Ullr’s Weapon of Choice) plus “ballista.” It got into the series due to being erroneously mentioned on the Norse god's Japanese Wikipedia page for several years. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_89a17726 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_89a17726 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_89a17726 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_8b568cb7 | type |
Posthumous Character | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_8b568cb7 | comment |
Posthumous Character: One major one per season (with the exception of AXZ), generally tied to either a main character's or an antagonist's development. Symphogear: Kanade, for Tsubasa and Hibiki. G: Serena, for Maria. GX: Carol/Elfnein's father, Izak. XV: Fine's lover and Shem-Ha's nemesis, Enki. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_8b568cb7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_8b568cb7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_8b568cb7 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_8bff32a8 | type |
Creepy Doll | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_8bff32a8 | comment |
Creepy Doll: Symphogear's ending features a lot of "gutted" mannequins, for no discernible reason. The Autoscorers might qualify as well, even though they're human-sized: their actions and behaviour are distinctly unhuman, with at least 2 of them displaying Cute and Psycho traits. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_8bff32a8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_8bff32a8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_8bff32a8 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_8db4988a | type |
Unusual User Interface | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_8db4988a | comment |
Unusual User Interface: The consoles in the control room include features such as virtual faders/drawbars and turntables. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_8db4988a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_8db4988a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_8db4988a | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_8e20979 | type |
Wham Episode | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_8e20979 | comment |
Wham Episode: Episode 11; the Big Bad and her plan is revealed, bad guys change sides or turn out to have been The Mole for the good guys all along. G, episode 1: Maria is using Gungnir as her gear. G, episode 5: The moon is on a collision course with earth, and Hibiki loses an arm to the Nephilim. G, episode 7: Maria didn't inherit Fine...but Kirika does. G, episode 9: Miku was brainwashed by Doctor Ver and armed with her own Symphogear. G, episode 10: Hibiki and Miku are apparently killed, The Frontier is risen by their fight, and as a last shot Chris shoots Tsubasa in the back while saying "Goodbye" GX, episode 2: The Noise come back, which is a big enough Wham moment considering the events of the G ending. Then, they demonstrate the power to at least disintegrate Gears (if not severely damage the Relic Pendant(!)), and are revealed by Leiur and Phara to be Alca-Noise. Exactly what Alca-Noise are is still unknown. GX, episode 4: Hibiki lost the ability to activate Gungnir from the last episode, forcing Maria to take it up again for a battle. Hibiki gets better but Gungnir is ultimately damaged by Micha, causing Hibiki to plummet back to earth in an almost dead state as Miku screams. GX, episode 8: Carol has revived herself and can see through Elfnein's eyes. GX, episode 9: Dr. Ver saves Carol at the last minute. AXZ, episode 1: A mysterious group is supplying rogue militaries with noise-based weaponry. AXZ, episode 11: Adam isn't human. Oh, and Hibiki ends up absorbing all the divine power. XV, episode 11: The Curse of Balal that causes all the conflict found in the series was not actually a curse meant to punish humanity at all. It was a sealing program to prevent the Greater-Scope Villain of the entire francise, Shem-ha, from resurfacing using the original language humanity had learned. Fine's actions back in season 1 ended up screwing over humanity far more then she ever realized, too. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_8e20979 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_8e20979 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_8e20979 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_8f0dc93c | type |
Dangerous Forbidden Technique | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_8f0dc93c | comment |
"Hen'yoku no Sousha"note "The One-Winged Performer" - A universe where Tsubasa was the one who used her swan song during the Zwei Wing concert of Season 1 and died, with Kanade living on instead. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_8f0dc93c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_8f0dc93c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_8f0dc93c | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_906ed7b4 | type |
Apocalypse Maiden | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_906ed7b4 | comment |
Apocalypse Maiden: The major subplot Kirika and Shirabe deal with in G after it is revealed that Maria is not, in fact, the host for Finé: which of the two girls is Finé going to hijack and overwrite? | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_906ed7b4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_906ed7b4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_906ed7b4 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_91e1116e | type |
Catch a Falling Star | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_91e1116e | comment |
Catch a Falling Star: In episode 8 of Symphogear, Hibiki dives to save Miku after the latter fell off a roadside that was destroyed by the Noise. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_91e1116e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_91e1116e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_91e1116e | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_92286f7f | type |
Precursors | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_92286f7f | comment |
The Annunaki is a race of space-faring alien who had reached their evolutionary dead end by the time they literally guided the evolution of the Earth's primordial aquatic lifeforms. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_92286f7f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_92286f7f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_92286f7f | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_92bd6627 | type |
Invincible Minor Minion | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_92bd6627 | comment |
Invincible Minor Minion: The Noise are truly dangerous Mooks. They can actively adapt, morph, mutate, and combine to form some of the strangest kinds of Eldritch Abominations. The concert scene destruction in the first episode, for example, was comprised fully of Mooks and several Elite Mooks. Episode 4 is the first episode to actually show a Mook Maker and a Boss, if you would call it that. Noise are nigh-unbeatable for anyone who doesn't have a Symphogear. They can kill in a single touch, and are only vulnerable to conventional weaponry within the split second in which they need to physically interact with their target. Taken Up to Eleven in GX, where the Alca-Noise lose their non-alchemic couterpart's phase-shifting ability but are also now capable of affecting the Sypmhogears, even though they remain vulnerable to them. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_92bd6627 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_92bd6627 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_92bd6627 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9397414 | type |
Unmoving Plaid | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9397414 | comment |
Unmoving Plaid: Sometimes the school uniform skirts move but the fabric pattern doesn't. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9397414 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9397414 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9397414 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_94332264 | type |
Busman's Holiday | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_94332264 | comment |
Busman's Holiday: GX E7. The "training" session at the beach is really an excuse for the girls to relax, at least until Garie shows up. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_94332264 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_94332264 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_94332264 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9657fe0f | type |
Transformation Sequence | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9657fe0f | comment |
Episode 7: The Autoscorers and Carol's Faust Robe return. Bonus points for also bringing up the GX character songs, with each of the Autoscorers borrowing the cover poses of the wielders that defeated them (Micha even gets to pose twice since she was beaten by Kirika and Shirabe) during the Faust Robe Transformation Sequence, while Carol recreates her own cover as the final shot of the episode.] | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9657fe0f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9657fe0f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9657fe0f | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_970c790a | type |
Big Bad | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_970c790a | comment |
Episode 11; the Big Bad and her plan is revealed, bad guys change sides or turn out to have been The Mole for the good guys all along. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_970c790a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_970c790a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_970c790a | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_978a82e6 | type |
Big Bad Duumvirate | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_978a82e6 | comment |
Big Bad Duumvirate: Professor Nastassja and Dr. Ver in G, until their plans diverge - Nastassja wants to save the world, Dr. Ver just wants to rule it. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_978a82e6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_978a82e6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_978a82e6 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_97e17ec4 | type |
I Will Fight Some More Forever | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_97e17ec4 | comment |
I Will Fight Some More Forever: Every time the Noise show up in the first two seasons, local military units are always seen shooting at them little to no effect because of the Noise' phase-shifting abilities, and as a result die in droves. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_97e17ec4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_97e17ec4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_97e17ec4 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_985f0a0f | type |
Production Throwback | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_985f0a0f | comment |
Production Throwback: The show loves referencing Akifumi Kaneko's other brainchild, the Wild ARMs series. From simply reusing mythological references in similar context (Ka Dingir or Airgetlám come to mind), to borrowing quotes and catchphrases (Hibiki's heiki hecchara/"it's okay, it's fine" comes straight from Lilka), to outright references (such as the Your Honest Self book from Wild ARMs 3 making an appearance, the later forms of G's Nephilim looking more and more like recurring Bonus Boss Ragu O Ragula, or GX turning the 2nd Division into an international intervention team called SONG in a blatant shout out to ARMS). Yet another reference turns up in GX E9 where a shoutout to Grauswein appears in the relic lists. The family restaurant where Chris and Tsubasa meet in G episode 9 is named "Ils-Bale", after Illsveil Prison Island, and in GX episode 3 Kirika's Scarf of Asskicking, upon careful observation, is a banner from "Ils-Bale", complete with a fitting tagline: "So delicious you can't escape!" (A clearer image of the banner, or rather The Merch based on the banner, can be found here.) The appearance of the Château de Tiffauges in episode 10 of GX is preceded by the iconic image of a red balloon drifting to the sky as the sky itself cracks like a mirror and rains shards down to the earth, just like during the Ruins Festival. Chris's final attack, ∀∀ De Le Metallica, shares the name of a tome of forbidden knowledge/dungeon. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_985f0a0f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_985f0a0f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_985f0a0f | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_98a63dc6 | type |
Time Abyss | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_98a63dc6 | comment |
Time Abyss: Finé is older than written history. The Annunaki is a race of space-faring alien who had reached their evolutionary dead end by the time they literally guided the evolution of the Earth's primordial aquatic lifeforms. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_98a63dc6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_98a63dc6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_98a63dc6 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_98a67517 | type |
Creature-Hunter Organization | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_98a67517 | comment |
Creature-Hunter Organization: The Mobile Disaster Response Corps, being the ones with Symphogear users who are the only ones with a fighting chance against the Noise. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_98a67517 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_98a67517 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_98a67517 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_98ce3773 | type |
Cerebus Rollercoaster | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_98ce3773 | comment |
Cerebus Rollercoaster: Symphogear episode 1 is very dark. Episode 2 is far brighter, focusing on Hibiki's induction as a Symphogear candidate; then episodes three and four go back to being serious... until the very last minutes of episode four suddenly turn into a goofy Shōnen Training Montage. Overall the tone of the series gets Lighter and Softer as the series progresses (Episode 8 even relies on The Power of Love and The Power of Friendship as a plot point) with the international conspiracy subplot and Chris' Dark and Troubled Past being the only "edgy" elements left by the finale. G, on the other hand, goes back to the dark tone of the first 4 episodes, and even more. GX starts out light, with life apparently having gone back to normal. However, a new enemy resistant to Symphogears appears, and all of the Symphogears are taken out of commission at one point or another in combat. SONG HQ itself is nearly breached and incapacitated, and only a desperate defence by Kirika and Shirabe buys enough time for Elfnein to get Tsubasa's and Chris' Gears repaired and back into action. It gets better from there. AXZ dives back into this, with the first episode already promising to visit Chris' Dark and Troubled Past, left untouched since the first season. Additionally, it promises to explore the Bavarian Illuminati, the driving force behind the FIS experiments. XV seems Lighter at first, despite the opener being a fight against something that would be a near world ending threat from previous season finales, but starting in episode 2, the season as a whole reaches the higest levels of dark content in the whole series, surpassing even the original. This is established as a horrifying call back to the horrific Zwei Wing concert from Season 1 ep 1, but taken up to 11. 70,000 people die, including children. It only gets worse from there, though there are still moments of levity now and then. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_98ce3773 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_98ce3773 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_98ce3773 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9a03fce0 | type |
The Day the Music Lied | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9a03fce0 | comment |
The Day the Music Lied: Twice in episode 4 of GX. Maria's image song, "Fierce Spear ・ Gungnir" gets cut off when Garie just manages to block her attack, and then quickly forces Maria to retreat. Hibiki's image song, "Limit Breaking G-Beat", gets cut off when the Micha she was fighting turns out to be an illusion and has her Symphogear Pendant destroyed. The Auto-Scorers have a really nasty habit of doing this, especially given the justification in story that Symphogear users need to sing to continue getting the energy to fight. Micha does this to Shirabe and Kirika's "Just Loving X-Edge" duet as well in episode 5. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9a03fce0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9a03fce0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9a03fce0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9b06e314 | type |
Greater-Scope Villain | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9b06e314 | comment |
XV, episode 11: The Curse of Balal that causes all the conflict found in the series was not actually a curse meant to punish humanity at all. It was a sealing program to prevent the Greater-Scope Villain of the entire francise, Shem-ha, from resurfacing using the original language humanity had learned. Fine's actions back in season 1 ended up screwing over humanity far more then she ever realized, too. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9b06e314 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9b06e314 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9b06e314 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9b54d536 | type |
Evil Counterpart | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9b54d536 | comment |
The FIS's lack of ethical restraint also contributes to creating another Evil Counterpart, though not one to any of the living heroines: in addition to wielding a black version of Kanade's Gear, Maria is essentially what Kanade could have become if the government organization that took her in hadn't been as genuinely dedicated to her well-being as the 2nd Division. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9b54d536 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9b54d536 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9b54d536 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9cb5e4bb | type |
Evil Costume Switch | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9cb5e4bb | comment |
Evil Costume Switch: Subverted by the IGNITED Symphogears. While they cause the Symphogears to change to sleeker black forms, the Symphogear wielders don't turn evil just by using them, and rather than having their costumes bare more skin in these "evil"/"berserk" forms they actually cover up more. Also Subverted by Maria when she temporarily wields Gungnir once more in GX E4. Her Gungnir's still black (although she loses her Badass Cape, but she's definitely fighting for good this time. Justified because, unlike the other 5 Gear users, she hasn't possessed her relic since G's ending and hence her Gear form would not change. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9cb5e4bb | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9cb5e4bb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9cb5e4bb | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9ce6492a | type |
Taking the Bullet | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9ce6492a | comment |
Taking the Bullet: Several times. Symphogear: Hibiki blocks a noise attack that was meant for Chris. G: After she realizes that her actions have almost cost her Shirabe, Kirika attempts to kill herself with her scythe, prompting Shirabe to intercept the blow. AXZ: Hibiki again blocks a bullet from Saint-Germain aimed at Shirabe. XV: Yatsuhiro takes a gunshot from his own father that was meant for an emotionally recovering Tsubasa. Unlike the previous examples, he does not survive. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9ce6492a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9ce6492a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9ce6492a | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9d12bbc1 | type |
Foreshadowing | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9d12bbc1 | comment |
Foreshadowing: In season 1, Ryoko hints at having had a hot-and-heavy love affair when she was younger, but doesn't finish telling the girls the story. During the finale, when Ryoko is revealed as Finé, she tells the rest: she's the reincarnation of an ancient priestess from a civilization older than history, the man in the love affair was God, it was totally one-sided, and her attempt to reach Him and tell Him how she felt resulted in the confusion of tongues and not only the events of the series, but all human conflict. In G, Shirabe tells Genjurou (who she has never met before) that he "never changes", and later tells Hibiki to "believe in the song of [her] heart, both things Ryoko said in the previous season. There's a good reason for this: Shirabe is the actual host for Finé's soul, not Maria or Kirika. The very first Zwei Wing Concert song shown in the series, “Gyakko No Flügel”, has the lyric “Create a history with the light God could not know”. The Tag Line for the final season, XV, not only references this, but it ends up being the ultimate goal of the whole series as a way of stopping the Greater-Scope Villain, Shem-ha. A really subtle one from the first series to XV. When talking about the Symphogear system Fine at one point says "If a person became capable of using the Superb Song without any repercussions, and could freely wield the power hidden within sacrists it would be proof that they have been released from the curse that the custodians put upon us in the distant past." When the inverse happens and the curse of Balal is lifted by Shem-Ha, the Symphogear wielders become able to use the Superb Song without reprecussions, despite lacking the phonic gain normally needed to do so. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9d12bbc1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9d12bbc1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9d12bbc1 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9d1cc720 | type |
Barbie Doll Anatomy | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9d1cc720 | comment |
Barbie Doll Anatomy: The first OP has ethereally nude depictions of Hibiki, Tsubasa, and Kanade and Chris, late in the series, entirely without anatomical details. Shower scenes are the same way from the first season on. Extremely prominent in GX. Previously, the transformation sequences used to be rather tame, as described in the Fanservice entry below. With the newer, more, "elaborate" transformation sequences, the camera seems to do quite an unnecessary amount of zooming and spiralling, resulting in clearer shots of the girls temporarily naked before they don their Gears. Played quite literally with Micha, as the Super Mode she enters when Kirika and Shirabe activate their IGNITE mode burns off her shirt, revealing that her chest looks exactly what you'd expect a puppet's chest to look like. Similarly, Tiki is also featureless, though her chest area is a different color than the rest of her torso. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9d1cc720 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9d1cc720 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9d1cc720 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9dab0a6e | type |
Continuity Nod | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9dab0a6e | comment |
Continuity Nod: In season one, Hibiki breaks off the heels of her Symphogear outfit because they're in the way. Season two has Tsubasa accidentally break a heel of her idol outfit when fighting Maria. In season 4 Maria has a close call when falling from a destroyed plane, with no access to her gear, luckily she only gets her heels on her shoes cut off. When Hibiki tries to prevent Tsubasa and Chris from fighting in episode 4, they say "Shut Up! This is a battlefield!". This happens again in G, this time it's Shirabe and Kirika. Episode 12 from both seasons start with the ending theme and end with the opening theme. At the end of the episode, Hibiki transforms and she yells "SYMPHOGEAR!" and "GEKISŌ ・ GUNGNIR DA!" in response to Finé and Maria, respectively. The first season starts with the song Gyakkou no Flügel. G ends with Niji Iro no Flügel, a remix of the former. When a flashback shows how the Shenshojin was acquired, there is a brief appearance of Kanade, revealing that the acquiring of this Relic was the reason the Noise attack the dig site her parents worked at she was visiting. As freeze frame bonuses, the transformation sequences in AXZ contain text appearing on the Armed Gears. The 2nd Div girls retain their relic designations from Symphogear, but as the FIS Symphogears have never been part of that ordinal designation, the sequences in AXZ are the first time they are revealed: Gungnir - SG-r03' (the prime sign indicating that Hibiki's Gungnir is not the "true" Gungnir held by Kanade) Ichaival - SG-r02 Ame-no-Habakiri - SG-r01 Airgetlam - SG-x00 Igalima - SG-i02 Shul Shagana - SG-i01 In Episode 5 of GX, Shirabe and Kirika attempt a Combination Attack on Micha by holding hands and performing a dual dive kick with their weapons attached to their feet. Unfortunately, Micha's defenses prove too strong for them to cut through. In Episode 6 of AXZ, they perform the same attack on the alchemists, only this time they succeed in driving through their defenses and destroying their airship. Later seasons have Tsubasa using a Heaven's Wrath sword as a means of blocking her opponents (Carol in GX and Cagliostro in AXZ), just that said opponents don't realise at first that the obstacle is a sword. The camera cuts out to show the sword and Tsubasa standing on top of it, then angrily telling off the opponent for calling her sword something else. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9dab0a6e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9dab0a6e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9dab0a6e | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9f6fb586 | type |
Leitmotif | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9f6fb586 | comment |
Leitmotif: Apart from each Symphogear's individual themes, duets, and group songs (under Awesome Music), the song "Hajimari no Babel" is the leitmotif for the entire Symphogear series. "Hajimari no Babel" provides the backing melody for every single shown activation chant, and includes the Swan Song at the very end. It's more obvious in the remix, "Axia no Kaze", where the lyrics are simply the activation chants and the Swan Song, set to the melody of "Hajimari no Babel". | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9f6fb586 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9f6fb586 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_9f6fb586 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_a2dd3c5 | type |
My Death Is Just the Beginning | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_a2dd3c5 | comment |
My Death Is Just the Beginning: Even after Carol seemingly dies by self-immolation in GX E6, the Auto-scorers continue to attack, something pointed out by Shirabe in the following episode. All the Auto-Scorers seem to be aware that part of their mission involves self-sacrifice to further power Carol's plan, and we're shown the resulting changes in the Chaffeau des Tiffauges every time one is destroyed. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_a2dd3c5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_a2dd3c5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_a2dd3c5 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_a4c37cbe | type |
Mood Whiplash | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_a4c37cbe | comment |
Mood Whiplash: It's extremely hard to keep a straight face when transitioning from an Idol concert to a Bloodier and Gorier battle in under 12 minutes and then to high school Slice of Life. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_a4c37cbe | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_a4c37cbe | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_a4c37cbe | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_a6ab7940 | type |
I Am Your Opponent | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_a6ab7940 | comment |
I Am Your Opponent: Garie declares this to Maria, when the latter intervenes with the Black Gungnir after Hibiki and friends are attacked. Garie's declaration runs off the paired duels in GX's OP. The pairings are Garie vs Maria, Micha vs Shirabe and Kirika, Phara vs Tsubasa, Leiur vs Chris and Hibiki vs Carol. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_a6ab7940 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_a6ab7940 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_a6ab7940 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_a6be3ad5 | type |
Rule of Seven | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_a6be3ad5 | comment |
Rule of Seven: There are a total of 7 Symphogears seen in the series, matching the 7 pitches in a standard musical scale. This was in fact intentional, as it requires the songs of 7 Wielders to defeat the Mad God Shem-ha and overwrite her control over humanity. Carol is able to serve as a substitute Wielder for a time, until Miku is rescue and able to claim her place as a true Wielder. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_a6be3ad5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_a6be3ad5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_a6be3ad5 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_a8559a9f | type |
RealLife | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_a8559a9f | comment |
In season 2, Genjiro states that the USA can't be trusted. One wonders whether it's because the mess was kickstarted by the American relic lab, or due to the sheer extent of the US' surveillance state in Real Life. In season 4 the US President fires a nuclear missile at Japan out of paranoia, so that might also have something to do with it. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_a8559a9f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_a8559a9f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_a8559a9f | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_a8c1433e | type |
Dead Star Walking | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_a8c1433e | comment |
There is at least one Dead Star Walking character, who dies in episode 1 of both Symphogear and GX via Swan Song. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_a8c1433e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_a8c1433e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_a8c1433e | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_a939d96a | type |
Adults Are Useless | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_a939d96a | comment |
Adults Are Useless: Despite being a rather dark Magical Girl Warrior series, where this trope is the norm, this is overall averted. While there are a few hopeless adults, and others that are villains, for the most part the adults involved with the Symphogears are quite competent at their jobs, with one of the Symphogears, Maria, even being an adult herself. Of particular note are Genjuro and Ogawa, who are not only the most competent when it comes to supporting the Symphogears behind the lines, they're also quite capable of holding themselves in combat when it doesn't involve Noise (and sometimes even then, though only with combat support, as touching Noise would still instantly kill them). | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_a939d96a | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_a939d96a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_a939d96a | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_a998aaf9 | type |
Medley | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_a998aaf9 | comment |
Medley: The song Axia no Kaze, used as the ending theme for AXZ E6, sets every single activation chant in the series, including Kanade's and Maria's Gungnirs, to the tune of Hajimari no Babel. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_a998aaf9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_a998aaf9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_a998aaf9 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_ab2df806 | type |
Red Baron | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_ab2df806 | comment |
Red Baron: The relics usually have their leitmotifs describing them with pretty badass descriptions. Gungnir: Striking Spear (Hibiki), Violent Spear (Maria), Radiant Spear (XDU trio). Ame no Habakiri: Absolute Blade. Ichaival: Demonic Bow. Airgetlam: Silver Arm. Igalima: Imprisoning Scythe. Shul-Shagana: Murderous Saw. Shenshou Jing: Distorted Mirror. Dur da Bla: Massacre Harp. Yggdrasil: Blasphemous Tree. Hibiki, after Gungnir is revealed to be the Lance of Longius, a conceptional weapon of deicide because it was used to stab Jesus Christ on the cross, is usually called the God-slayer by her enemies. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_ab2df806 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_ab2df806 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_ab2df806 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_abad35b4 | type |
Soundtrack Dissonance | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_abad35b4 | comment |
Soundtrack Dissonance: In the first episode of G, deuteroantagonists Shirabe and Kirika make a cameo appearance steeped in shadow with ominous music. In the second episode, they're sent in to support Maria, and our first proper glimpse of them is scored with . . . whimsical, pastoral music that sounds like it should accompany a pleasant drive in the country. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_abad35b4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_abad35b4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_abad35b4 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_abd29ad8 | type |
No-Sell | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_abd29ad8 | comment |
No-Sell: The subspace pocket the 2nd Div Symphogears find themselves trapped in in AXZ E3 causes this for all the Noise inside. It takes busting out last season's Mid-Season Upgrade, the IGNITE modules, to break through their upgraded defences. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_abd29ad8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_abd29ad8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_abd29ad8 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_ac7b87df | type |
Off-Model | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_ac7b87df | comment |
Off-Model: Episode 3 has a walk scene that looks animated in Adobe Flash. The animation studio working on Bodacious Space Pirates in the same season (especially when Mouretsu Pirates has so much CG scenes in them), plus having the OP single delivered post-haste and a budget slash might explain these animation issues.note It was fixed for the Blu Ray release | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_ac7b87df | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_ac7b87df | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_ac7b87df | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_acecb17d | type |
Chekhov's Skill | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_acecb17d | comment |
Chekhov's Skill: Chris's sniping move, Red Hot Blaze, summons a giant sniper rifle. She uses it for the first time in G episode 4, to shoot down the bad guys' VTOL. Unfortunately, the VTOL cloaks before she can draw a bead on it. Said skill is never used again until GX episode 10, where she summons the same rifle, with the same move, for use as a giant club. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_acecb17d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_acecb17d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_acecb17d | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b17f6a27 | type |
I Did What I Had to Do | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b17f6a27 | comment |
I Did What I Had to Do: Chris in AXZ E2. After Stephan's leg gets hit by the Alca-Noise, she shoots it off to prevent the disintegration from spreading and killing him. His elder sister Sonya doesn't take it lightly, especially coming from Chris. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b17f6a27 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b17f6a27 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b17f6a27 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b26b3e4b | type |
Faux Fluency | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b26b3e4b | comment |
Faux Fluency: The beginning of episode 5 has a conversation over the phone done in full English. And it's very obvious the voice actors aren't very fluent in the language. Watch it here. Invoked on the Japanese side of the conversation: she was performing that gratuitousness as an insult to her American interlocutors. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b26b3e4b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b26b3e4b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b26b3e4b | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b3da67e5 | type |
Sentai | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b3da67e5 | comment |
Sentai: The show has a very strong routing in classic sentai tropes, including a third gear wielder that joins near the end of season 1, a set of opposing gears in season 2, and an 11th-Hour Ranger joining in for the finale. The colors even match those of typical sentai (yellow, blue, red, green and pink usually being the main lineup, with silver and purple usually being sixth rangers and extra heroes). The fact that the girls' strength also comes from Power Armor makes it far more of a magical sentai than a Magical Girl show. There's small wonder why it gets compared to Super Sentai so often (as evident by the series listed above), complete with the mobile game collaborating with Mashin Sentai Kiramager. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b3da67e5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b3da67e5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b3da67e5 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b3eecaae | type |
Colony Drop | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b3eecaae | comment |
Colony Drop: This was Finé's last ditch effort as she grabbed a piece of the moon and pulled it towards the Earth. G reavealed that the moon itself is heading towards the Earth. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b3eecaae | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b3eecaae | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b3eecaae | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b486877f | type |
Squick | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b486877f | comment |
Some of the girls end up covering their chest with one hand while looking at the camera. This crosses over into Squick with Shirabe's sequence, where she cups her chest with both hands and bends over to look at the camera. Mind you, this is a 14-year old girl we're talking about. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b486877f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b486877f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b486877f | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b506c9ff | type |
Hide Your Lesbians | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b506c9ff | comment |
Hide Your Lesbians: Hibiki and Miku very much behave like a couple throughout the series, but it is never outright stated that they are an item, although the final scene of XV heavily implies that they get a Relationship Upgrade. Averted between Kirika and Shirabe if GX episode 8 is anything to go by. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b506c9ff | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b506c9ff | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b506c9ff | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b53077b3 | type |
Take That! | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b53077b3 | comment |
Take That!: In season 1, Genjuro states that Japan has the upper hand over the crisis-ridden Europe (i.e. the 2008 financial crisis), and thus the Durandal will be kept by the Japanese. In season 2, Genjiro states that the USA can't be trusted. One wonders whether it's because the mess was kickstarted by the American relic lab, or due to the sheer extent of the US' surveillance state in Real Life. In season 4 the US President fires a nuclear missile at Japan out of paranoia, so that might also have something to do with it. Season 5 has Fudou Kazanari promoted to a more direct antagonist role, and a massive take that at the likes of Imperial Japanese sentiment from modern Japanese politicians, right down to trying to keep his own Bloodline as pure as possible to "Make Japan Great Again". | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b53077b3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b53077b3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b53077b3 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b61ad62f | type |
ShesBack | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b61ad62f | comment |
She's Back: In GX episode 4, after being unable to sing and transform, Hibiki finds her reason to fight/protect and is able to activate Gungnir. It still ends badly for her, though, when she becomes the third victim of the enemy's Symphogear-disintegrator. Comes into play also for Tsubasa and Chris, when their destroyed pendants are reconstituted by Elfnein just in time to play Big Damn Heroes for Kirika and Shirabe. After going in a downward spiral since the beginning of XV, Tsubasa is slapped back to her senses by Maria in episode 9. The immediate Heroic Sacrifice of Yatsuhiro doesn't get her down for long before she's shaking away tears standing up to her father. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b61ad62f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b61ad62f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b61ad62f | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b7c53a22 | type |
Blood Knight | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b7c53a22 | comment |
Blood Knight: Prelati in AXZ, although you wouldn't know it from her appearance. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b7c53a22 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b7c53a22 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b7c53a22 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b906ac5d | type |
Whole Costume Reference | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b906ac5d | comment |
Whole Costume Reference: During Hibiki's aforementioned training montage with Genjuro, there's a brief still where Hibiki dressed like Makoto (the red cloth strip is on her neck and her gi isn't sleeveless) and Genjuro dressed exactly like Akuma, both characters of Street Fighter fame. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b906ac5d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b906ac5d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b906ac5d | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b9616deb | type |
Transformation Is a Free Action | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b9616deb | comment |
Transformation Is a Free Action: Shown in episode 12, when Hibiki starting her transformation into her new Symphogear creates a shockwave that pushes Finé away. Inconsistent throughout the whole of the series, however. Generally, the transformations into the default Symphogear form are played straight, as there have been at least two instances where the transformation was activated before initiating an attack, yet completed only after the attack connected. However, Played With in regard to the IGNITE module - the transformation into the IGNITED state clearly takes time in the middle of a fight, yet the villains don't exploit the time taken. XV Episode 12 pretty much confirms the notion that the elaborate transformation sequences we see since G are to our benefit. It's when Hibiki runs full-tilt towards Vanessa, while practically screaming her Gear's activation phrase and fully transforming in a matter of seconds before punching her. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b9616deb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b9616deb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b9616deb | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b97c2cfb | type |
Maybe Ever After | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b97c2cfb | comment |
Maybe Ever After: Hibiki and Miku's relationship at the end of XV. Miku tells Hibiki that she wants to confess something that she's wanted to say for a long time, and Hibiki tells her that she hopes that it's the same thing that Hibiki wants to confess to Miku. What they say to each other isn't shown, but is heavily implied. The piano rendition of Kimi Dake Ni makes it even less ambiguous that the two get a Relationship Upgrade due to the lyrics of that song being about how Hibiki wants to respond to Miku's "eternal love". | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b97c2cfb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b97c2cfb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b97c2cfb | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b9e8ad28 | type |
The Multiverse | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b9e8ad28 | comment |
The Multiverse: The main idea behind the special events of the XDU game that introduce cards for Gear users who either died or lost their powers in the canon timeline, i.e. Kanade, Miku, and presumably Serena. Through the use of a special relic, the girls are able to travel to parallel worlds that are based on events that occurred differently. To date, here are the current events: "Hen'yoku no Sousha"note "The One-Winged Performer" - A universe where Tsubasa was the one who used her swan song during the Zwei Wing concert of Season 1 and died, with Kanade living on instead. "Kageri Saku Senkou"note "The Flash of Light that Cuts through the Gloom" - A universe where Miku moved away some time prior to the Zwei Wing concert and thus not being there to support Hibiki in the aftermath, leading to Hibiki closing herself off from others and working alone. "Senkaku no Kyoryokusha"note "An Enlightened Collaborator" - Instead of Symphogear, Fine developed a pseudo-Armed Gear as weapon against Noise. Genjuro more or less successfully redeems her, and the two now are now fighting as masked superhero duo. "Innocent Sister" - Serena survives her Superb Song because Prof. Nastassja put her in a cyro-stasis. She wakes up 6 years later finding out that she's the sole surviving Symphogear user in the world. "Kikaijikake no Kiseki"note "Miracle of Mechanical Work" - America ended the one who developed the Symphogear theory, but their sole successful user died fighting the Noise but not before giving birth to a human-relic fusion named Sharon. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b9e8ad28 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b9e8ad28 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_b9e8ad28 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_bb18e3c9 | type |
Detonation Moon | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_bb18e3c9 | comment |
Detonation Moon: In Symphogear, the moon is a relic that is the source of the confusion of tongues - the reason all humanity speaks different languages. The moon gets physically weird by G, where it's missing a huge chunk and has a ring system of dust and debris due to Fine's actions during the previous season finale. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_bb18e3c9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_bb18e3c9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_bb18e3c9 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_bc103f8b | type |
Subverted | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_bc103f8b | comment |
Subverted in GX, which states that alchemy is a hyper-advanced technology from before science and magic diverged. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_bc103f8b | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_bc103f8b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_bc103f8b | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_bf698238 | type |
When All You Have Is a Hammer… | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_bf698238 | comment |
When All You Have is a Hammer…: Hibiki's general solution to a problem is to punch it, and if that doesn't work, she punches it even harder. But as she reflects later in the series, the only problems that can be solved by a fist are the simple ones. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_bf698238 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_bf698238 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_bf698238 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c091ce5f | type |
Samurai | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c091ce5f | comment |
Tsubasa's stoic Samurai personality reaches freaky levels. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c091ce5f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c091ce5f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c091ce5f | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c1105f41 | type |
Hold the Line | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c1105f41 | comment |
Hold the Line: Shirabe and Kirika team up to defend S.O.N.G.'s power generator against Micha and an army of Alca-Noise. Even though they eventually fall, they manage to stall her long enough for Elfnein to upgrade Tsubasa's and Chris's Gears. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c1105f41 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c1105f41 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c1105f41 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c2299d6e | type |
Cutting the Knot | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c2299d6e | comment |
Cutting the Knot: A villainous version - Saint-Germain tells Adam that they need more time to figure out how the Symphogears could destroy Yohualtepoztili in one punch, but Adam simply tells her to destroy the Symphogears instead. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c2299d6e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c2299d6e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c2299d6e | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c235ac60 | type |
Ill Girl | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c235ac60 | comment |
Ill Girl: Professor Nastassja in G, a curious case where the Ill Girl happens also happens to be the Big Bad and well past middle age. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c235ac60 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c235ac60 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c235ac60 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c31adf6a | type |
Gun Fu | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c31adf6a | comment |
Chris: automatic handguns, automatic hand crossbows, twin double gatling guns, missile launchers, really big missile launchers, and a Wave-Motion Gun. Sometimes all at the same time. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c31adf6a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c31adf6a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c31adf6a | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c3782352 | type |
Exiled to the Couch | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c3782352 | comment |
Exiled to the Couch: A variation occurs between Miku and Hibiki in the first season. When Miku is mad at Hibiki for keeping secrets, Hibiki is sent to the bottom bunk since the two share the top. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c3782352 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c3782352 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c3782352 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c3c18143 | type |
Hope Spot | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c3c18143 | comment |
Hope Spot: Hibiki is finally able to sing and transform thanks to a speech from Miku, and she gets fired up enough to curbstomp Micha. However, she gets fooled by an illusion created by Garie, and the actual Micha breaks her Relic Pendant. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c3c18143 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c3c18143 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c3c18143 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c555059a | type |
There Is Another | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c555059a | comment |
Second, in the last episode of Season 4, the after credits scene shows Elfnein discovering the secret of Hibiki's seemingly divine power. The Shenshou Jing Laser hit from G somehow wiped the Original Sin from her being. Genjuro shockingly notes that Hibiki wasn't the only one hit by Shénshòu jìng that day... | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c555059a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c555059a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c555059a | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c5594984 | type |
Tokyo Is the Center of the Universe | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c5594984 | comment |
Tokyo Is the Center of the Universe: Japan as a whole consists of the Research Facility underneath the school, at least three Symphogear users in two locations, and (potentially) two weapons, one of them being BFS Durandal. Doesn't look like Japan will hand over Durandal to the EU, what with Episode 5's revelation that Hibiki can use it as part of her song. On top of all this, GX reveals that it's a major hub of leylines which Carol hijacks to broadcast her world-ending Swan Song. AXZ reveals it's "A great spot to pick a fight with god." | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c5594984 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c5594984 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c5594984 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c6afe285 | type |
Enemy Without | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c6afe285 | comment |
Enemy Without: The Chateau de Tiffauges' automated defense system, which takes the shape of Maria's regrets, first taking the form of Nastassja, then of Maria wielding the black Gungnir, and finally Serena. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c6afe285 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c6afe285 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c6afe285 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: Has it own page. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c75df49a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c75df49a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c75df49a | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c76b215e | type |
Bait-and-Switch Credits | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c76b215e | comment |
Bait-and-Switch Credits: Subverted. The last thing you will see in Symphogear's OP is the interlocked hands of two girls against a starry sky. This is elaborated further in the finale, and it is also the last thing you will in that episode. After Hibiki's return to Earth, she and Miku get to see the meteor shower, holding hands. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c76b215e | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c76b215e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c76b215e | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c78e289b | type |
Chandler's Law | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c78e289b | comment |
Chandler's Law: By the time of AXZ, the studio must've had some kind of mandate that every episode must have the Illuminati burst through the door with some Alca-Noise, no matter how well it flows. It's ostensibly to make things more exciting, but some fights add very little to the story and take focus away from characters when they're not fighting for their lives—poor Miku has nothing to do all season. When Tsubasa and Maria are flying back to Japan with the Val Verde documents, the Illuminati shoot their plane down. They escape safely with the documents and are barely inconvenienced. Cagliostro appears to harass Maria, Shirabe, and Kirika at the Matsushiro site. She's driven off and it contributes almost nothing to the story except a phone call from Fudou which doesn't affect the current plot at all. Prelati and Cagliostro attack the salvage operations at the Undersea Palace, only to be quickly beaten back, whereupon S.O.N.G. return to the salvage like nothing happened. When Chris-chan meets Sonja and Stephan for dinner, rather than focus on the character drama, a horde of Alca-Noise burst through the wall and attack everybody. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c78e289b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c78e289b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c78e289b | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c83751cb | type |
Description Cut | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c83751cb | comment |
Description Cut | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c83751cb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c83751cb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_c83751cb | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_ca7f68c4 | type |
Power Fist | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_ca7f68c4 | comment |
Hibiki: The aforementioned power fists. In GX, she can also manifest it as a huge spike. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_ca7f68c4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_ca7f68c4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_ca7f68c4 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_cc4b45f6 | type |
Word of God | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_cc4b45f6 | comment |
Chris, Tsubasa and Hibiki are said by Word of God to be modelled on Ryouma, Hayato and Musashi, so who better to voice their commander than Ryouma himself? | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_cc4b45f6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_cc4b45f6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_cc4b45f6 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_cd7ef676 | type |
Seen It All | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_cd7ef676 | comment |
Seen It All: By the time GX rolls around, Miku has seen Hibiki in so much danger that when Hibiki is called out for a mission, Miku's first reaction isn't to worry about her life. It's to buy rice balls because she's worried that Hibiki might come home hungry. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_cd7ef676 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_cd7ef676 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_cd7ef676 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_cdaa029f | type |
Nuclear Weapons Taboo | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_cdaa029f | comment |
Nuclear Weapons Taboo: As demonstrated in XV, nuclear weapons are referred to as "Reactive Weapons" instead. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_cdaa029f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_cdaa029f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_cdaa029f | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_ce104b8e | type |
Serial Escalation | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_ce104b8e | comment |
Serial Escalation: Each season the antagonists get more threatening. Its especially true for Hibiki, who starts by attending a concert, and by XV, is punching God. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_ce104b8e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_ce104b8e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_ce104b8e | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_ce515bc3 | type |
MusicalWorldHypothesis | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_ce515bc3 | comment |
Musical World Hypothesis: Symphogears invoke the AU variant to activate and power themselves. The idol performances also bring in Diegetic elements. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_ce515bc3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_ce515bc3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_ce515bc3 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_ce767e6f | type |
Co-Dragons | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_ce767e6f | comment |
Co-Dragons: Garie, Micha, Lieur, and Phara in GX. Saint-Germain, Cagliostro, and Prelati in AXZ. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_ce767e6f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_ce767e6f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_ce767e6f | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_d32cd9f5 | type |
Cast Full of Gay | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_d32cd9f5 | comment |
Cast Full of Lesbian: Oh yes. There are at least three more-or-less official lesbian pairs within the series: Tsubasa/Kanade, Hibiki/Miku, and Shirabe/Kirika. Fans also tend to pair Maria with Tsubasa, and Chris as a third member to any of the other pairings. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_d32cd9f5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_d32cd9f5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_d32cd9f5 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_d3b0ad08 | type |
Hurting Hero | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_d3b0ad08 | comment |
"Kageri Saku Senkou"note "The Flash of Light that Cuts through the Gloom" - A universe where Miku moved away some time prior to the Zwei Wing concert and thus not being there to support Hibiki in the aftermath, leading to Hibiki closing herself off from others and working alone. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_d3b0ad08 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_d3b0ad08 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_d3b0ad08 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_d3c72b6f | type |
Tower of Babel | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_d3c72b6f | comment |
Tower of Babel: The tower Finé built to reach God is obviously supposed to be it, despite being unnamed within the show. But since she mentions the Curse of Babel too, it's obvious. Finé even transforms into the semblance of the Whore of Babylon when she goes One-Winged Angel, with apocalypse dragon included. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_d3c72b6f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_d3c72b6f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_d3c72b6f | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_d547fb | type |
SurprisinglyGoodEnglish | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_d547fb | comment |
Many Symphogear abilities (and the word "Symphogear" itself, a quite well-constructed English portmanteau) have English names, including "Ignite Module" and "S2CA Triburst" ("Swan Song! Combination Arts! Cent Harmonics!"). Their main enemies are the "Noise," and later the more confusingly-named "Alca-Noise." | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_d547fb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_d547fb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_d547fb | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_d842e380 | type |
Love Redeems | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_d842e380 | comment |
Love Redeems: One of the main themes of the show is that love and friendship can save people. Symphogear: Genjurou's persistent kindness and the memory of her parents are what complete Chris's Heel–Face Turn. G: Professor Nastassja's love for Maria, Kirika, and Shirabe, who she's been using as weapons throughout the series, is what begins to persuade her that she is trying to save the world the wrong way. G: Hibiki's bond with Miku, along with a big heaping dose of her customary badassery, are what allow her to free Miku from the Shenshou Jing. GX: Elfnein and Carol's shared memories of their father's love provide a crucial chink in Carol's armor, allowing Hibiki to finally stop her omnicidal rampage. XV: Hibiki and Miku's love for each other ends up redeeming the entire human race! | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_d842e380 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_d842e380 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_d842e380 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_d88faed2 | type |
Scarf of Asskicking | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_d88faed2 | comment |
The family restaurant where Chris and Tsubasa meet in G episode 9 is named "Ils-Bale", after Illsveil Prison Island, and in GX episode 3 Kirika's Scarf of Asskicking, upon careful observation, is a banner from "Ils-Bale", complete with a fitting tagline: "So delicious you can't escape!" (A clearer image of the banner, or rather The Merch based on the banner, can be found here.) | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_d88faed2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_d88faed2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_d88faed2 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_d8a81f59 | type |
Starts with Their Funeral | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_d8a81f59 | comment |
Starts with Their Funeral: The first few minutes of the first episode reveals under Grave Clouds that Hibiki is already dead and buried. The series then flashbacks to two years ago and then forward two years again (though some time before the initial scene, since Hibiki's still alive) to show it got to that point. Also doubles as a Foregone Conclusion. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_d8a81f59 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_d8a81f59 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_d8a81f59 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_da75a16f | type |
Monumental Battle | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_da75a16f | comment |
Monumental Battle: The fight in episode 10 takes place around the Tokyo Tower. In season 2 episode 7, the battle between Nastassja's group and the US military takes place in what is obviously Tokyo Sky Tree, probably as a Shout-Out to fellow Magical Girl anime Dokidoki Precure and Vividred Operation. The tower blows up with Miku still inside. GX opens with a more natural version, when the Symphogear team attempts to save a shuttle from crashing... but not without some collateral damage. And yet again in the final battle in GX, where the Chateau de Tiffauges descends right over the distinctive dual-tower Tokyo Metropolitan Government building. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_da75a16f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_da75a16f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_da75a16f | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_da76b18 | type |
Hijacked by Ganon | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_da76b18 | comment |
Hijacked by Ganon: Symphogear seems to like subverting this trope. The second season implies that Fine will be the ultimate Big Bad again, but when she finally appears she immediately does a Heroic Sacrifice for the good guys. GX has Dr. Ver reappear suddenly, but the current Big Bad quickly betrays him, so he also ends up pulling a Heel–Face Turn and Heroic Sacrifice. (Fine apparently reappears in GX and has returned to team evil, but she doesn't last very long or overshadow the current Big Bad.) | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_da76b18 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_da76b18 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_da76b18 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_db39ccfd | type |
Battle Couple | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_db39ccfd | comment |
Battle Couple: Shirabe and Kirika get this treatment in the GX OP, where they are never seen fighting without the other. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_db39ccfd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_db39ccfd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_db39ccfd | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_dc0d80ee | type |
High-Pressure Blood | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_dc0d80ee | comment |
High-Pressure Blood: Any meaningful impact will release a humongous burst of blood, as seen for example when Hibiki gets hit in the first episode and the government official in episodes 5 and 6 of XV. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_dc0d80ee | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_dc0d80ee | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_dc0d80ee | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_dc579c91 | type |
Contrived Coincidence | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_dc579c91 | comment |
Contrived Coincidence: All over the place. The way the important characters keep running into other important characters, you'd think the city they live in was about two blocks in size. In "Where Omens Lead", the Lydian library has a perfect view of Tsubasa's hospital room, just so Miku can spy Hibiki and Tsubasa hanging out. "No Shadows in the Sunlight": Miku returns from running an errand to stumble upon Chris-chan wounded in an alley, reeling from a fight with Noise. When Hibiki rushes to the site of the Noise attack, naturally the first thing she does is immediately enter the one building Miku is holed up inside. In "Symphogear", Ogawa finds a random handful of civilians from a Noise shelter and brings them into the same room as a monitor showing Hibiki's fight with Fine, just so the girl Hibiki saved in the first episode can give our heroines an inspiring moment. At the end of "A Miracle is a Cruel Thing", Hibiki and her friends turn a corner outside of their school and immediately run into Dr. Ver causing trouble. "Hand in Hand for Me, as I Waver" has Hibiki & Miku go on a date to the exact same building where Maria & Nastassja are holding a tense meeting, just in time for Dr. Ver to send a swarm of Noise that endangers both parties. The following episode reveals Maria—purely by chance—stumbled upon Miku and abducted her, despite having no clue she's the best friend of their enemy. In "Carry on the Shining Light, and Stay True to Yourself", Hibiki and the others go far away on vacation to the seaside...where Hibiki just so happens to run into her deadbeat father. When S.O.N.G. travel to Val Verde in "Last Resort", of all the people Chris-chan could run into, she meets the little brother of the woman who knew her and her parents during the tragedy two years prior. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_dc579c91 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_dc579c91 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_dc579c91 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_dc73eb79 | type |
Dark Magical Girl | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_dc73eb79 | comment |
Symphogear: Genjurou's persistent kindness and the memory of her parents are what complete Chris's Heel–Face Turn. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_dc73eb79 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_dc73eb79 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_dc73eb79 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_dcbe8a6e | type |
Chekhov's Gunman | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_dcbe8a6e | comment |
Chekhov's Gunman: The little girl Hibiki saved during Symphogear E1 plays a role in the first season finale. Elfnein herself is one. At first, her role in the plot is to "atone" for Carol's misdeeds by bringing Dainsleif to SONG and upgrading the Symphogears accordingly. However, when Carol revives in episode 8, it's shown that she can see, hear and communicate through Elfnein. In AXZ the space shuttle (and the pilots) they saved at the start of GX come into play as someone who knows them gives them important information just at the right time to repay that. Also in AXZ, the aircraft that Kirika and Shirabe saved at the end of the Val Verde arc is implied to have been carrying carbon copies of the intel that would later be lost as a result of Adam destroying the Kazanari Institute. This intel ended up in the hands of someone who knows the shuttle pilots, and it is this intel that gets passed on to SONG later in the series. Adam's destruction of the Kazanari Institute is what sets Fudou on his path to being the Big Bad of XV. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_dcbe8a6e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_dcbe8a6e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_dcbe8a6e | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_de36f5c6 | type |
Curse of Babel | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_de36f5c6 | comment |
Curse of Babel: The Custodians inflicted this on mankind over 5000 years ago, and caused humanity to lose its original language that they shared with each other and the Custodians. The goal of Season one's Big Bad, Fine, is to try and destroy the Curse, which she states is anchored on the moon, believing they did so to intentionally screw over humanity and believed one of them, Enki, her lover, did it specifically to abandon her. Turns out her attempts at doing so actually screwed over humanity by XV, the fifth season. The Curse of Babel is not a mystical curse, but actually a computer program from the Supercomputer, Marduk, that was inflicted on Mankind from the moon, like she said. However, there was a really good reason for this. This is because the Custodians had a traitor, Shem-ha the Great Surgeon, who attempted to turn Humanity into Monstrous slaves for herself to try and raise an army to destroy the others. After she failed, she converted herself into words and etched herself into humanity's DNA via the original language. To counter this, the Curse of Babel was created to suppress the original language so that she would never rise again. Unfortunately, due to Fine's attempt to Blow up the moon, uncovering the Lunar Ruins of Marduk, and then in Season 2, when Maria Sung Apple, a Piece of the original language to give humanity a chance to connect for a brief moment to save the world from the rampaging Nephilim, jumpstarted her resurrection into the mortal plain. Oopsy poopsy. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_de36f5c6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_de36f5c6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_de36f5c6 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e0040f41 | type |
Start of Darkness | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e0040f41 | comment |
Adam's destruction of the Kazanari Institute is what sets Fudou on his path to being the Big Bad of XV. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e0040f41 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e0040f41 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e0040f41 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e0113647 | type |
Decon-Recon Switch | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e0113647 | comment |
Decon-Recon Switch: At first it seems the series is going to play the Magical Girl Warrior as strategic weapons, villains being honestly deadly, heroines never getting a break and lacking Plot Immunity. By the final three episodes, the Power of Friendship and the Power of Rock trumps all. It's quite epic. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e0113647 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e0113647 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e0113647 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e1ec301 | type |
Cover Drop | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e1ec301 | comment |
Cover Drop: The very last scene of The Stinger of XV, which shows Hibiki and Miku holding hands while watching the sky, was also the main poster of the season. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e1ec301 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e1ec301 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e1ec301 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e3cee2e7 | type |
Empathic Environment | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e3cee2e7 | comment |
Empathic Environment: Since singing songs is a key idea in the anime, the background music changes depending on who is currently singing and/or in their Symphogear. It is rare for songs to be pure orchestra. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e3cee2e7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e3cee2e7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e3cee2e7 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e5421161 | type |
Expy | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e5421161 | comment |
Expy: The Noise; they're the Gnosis in all but name. They resemble featureless humanoid or animal-like abominations, shapeshift, can go right through walls and conventional projectiles, turn humans into swiftly crumbling statues on touch, and may only be harmed in the split second while they attack - unless specialized weaponry based on ancient artifacts is used. Never mind that Chris strongly resembles Kos-Mos with her signature dual gatling guns. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e5421161 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e5421161 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e5421161 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e5e6640b | type |
Flanderization | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e5e6640b | comment |
Flanderization: The OVA exaggerates some traits of the characters. Justified, it's a gag series. Hibiki being dumber than usual. Miku's love for Hibiki is less ambiguous. Tsubasa's stoic Samurai personality reaches freaky levels. Chris' Hair-Trigger Temper is even shorter, and gets set off even more as she's the only sane woman. Even though the character design for the OVA is simple and Super-Deformed, Chris is still noticeably shorter than most of the other characters and is still shown to have large breasts. (The other character with noticeably big breasts in this OVA is Maria.) Kirika's Verbal Tic is basically a Catchphrase, which she repeats over and over again every time she gets shocked. Which happens often. Shirabe displays even less emotion than usual. Maria's role as the Team Mom and Cool Big Sis is much more pronounced, as well as her low self-esteem. Ogawa is willing to do a lot more stuff to make Tsubasa more popular, whether or not he has Tsubasa's co-operation. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e5e6640b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e5e6640b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e5e6640b | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e69e12b2 | type |
Combination Attack | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e69e12b2 | comment |
In Episode 5 of GX, Shirabe and Kirika attempt a Combination Attack on Micha by holding hands and performing a dual dive kick with their weapons attached to their feet. Unfortunately, Micha's defenses prove too strong for them to cut through. In Episode 6 of AXZ, they perform the same attack on the alchemists, only this time they succeed in driving through their defenses and destroying their airship. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e69e12b2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e69e12b2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e69e12b2 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e794cb54 | type |
Powered by a Forsaken Child | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e794cb54 | comment |
Powered by a Forsaken Child: In GX, Alchemy is powered by memory. Carol's Autoscorers, who have only been alive for a very short time, function entirely on memories Garie has stolen and fed to the other three. Carol herself, with her centuries' worth of memories, is one of the most powerful foes Hibiki and the Gears have ever faced, but she pays a heavy price - each time she burns a memory for power, it is irrevocably gone. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e794cb54 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e794cb54 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e794cb54 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e83f211c | type |
O.O.C. Is Serious Business | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e83f211c | comment |
OOC Is Serious Business: Normally, Shirabe and Kirika are reckless and tend to act without orders. However, once they realize the reasons behind the scoldings they have been receiving in GX E8, they apologize, leaving Genjuuro and Chris speechless. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e83f211c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e83f211c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e83f211c | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e8b295de | type |
PlayedWith | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e8b295de | comment |
Inconsistent throughout the whole of the series, however. Generally, the transformations into the default Symphogear form are played straight, as there have been at least two instances where the transformation was activated before initiating an attack, yet completed only after the attack connected. However, Played With in regard to the IGNITE module - the transformation into the IGNITED state clearly takes time in the middle of a fight, yet the villains don't exploit the time taken. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e8b295de | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e8b295de | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_e8b295de | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_eb002293 | type |
Shrinking Violet | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_eb002293 | comment |
Shrinking Violet: Chris, especially in G. With people she doesn't know, she adopts an uncharacteristic shy side. Best shown at the beginning of the season at school where she avoids her enthusiastic classmates and sticks with Tsubasa or Hibiki's clique. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_eb002293 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_eb002293 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_eb002293 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_eb2195d9 | type |
Rousseau Was Right | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_eb2195d9 | comment |
Rousseau Was Right: Very nearly so. The main villains of four out of the five seasons all get redeemed. Only one main antagonist and two supporting antagonists, out of a total of twenty-two, turn out to be irredeemable, and all three have some kind of justification or reason for their actions. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_eb2195d9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_eb2195d9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_eb2195d9 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_eb7c34cf | type |
Crossover | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_eb7c34cf | comment |
Crossover: Symphogear XDU has had crossover events with BanG Dream!, SSSS.GRIDMAN, Godzilla, Attack on Titan, the Netflix Ultraman animated series, Lyrical Nanoha's Movie Verse, Tales of Symphonia, the Gamera Heisei trilogy, Mashin Sentai Kiramager, Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight, Saint Seiya, Stardom, SSSS.DYNɅZENON and Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya Movie: Licht - Namae no Nai Shoujo. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_eb7c34cf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_eb7c34cf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_eb7c34cf | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_eb81c601 | type |
Big Damn Heroes | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_eb81c601 | comment |
Comes into play also for Tsubasa and Chris, when their destroyed pendants are reconstituted by Elfnein just in time to play Big Damn Heroes for Kirika and Shirabe. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_eb81c601 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_eb81c601 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_eb81c601 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f1492605 | type |
Redemption Equals Death | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f1492605 | comment |
Redemption Equals Death: The show loves this trope. It's easier to count the number of villains who weren't subjected to it, one way (redeemed but not dead) or the other. See Heroic Sacrifice above. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f1492605 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f1492605 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f1492605 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f1d6144a | type |
War Is Hell | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f1d6144a | comment |
War Is Hell/Humans Are Bastards: The Noise were created by humans in order to fight against rival humans during the early ages. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f1d6144a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f1d6144a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f1d6144a | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f44ea9dc | type |
Howl of Sorrow | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f44ea9dc | comment |
Howl of Sorrow: Hibiki tends to let one loose whenever something bad happens to either her or someone in front of her. Symphogear: At the end of episode 11, after Chris sacrifices herself to stop Kadingir. G: At the end of episode 5, when the Nephilim tears off her arm. GX: At the end of episode 6, when Carol kills herself after Hibiki defeats her. XV, when Miku gets possessed by Shem-Ha, screaming her name as she falls down from above trying to reach for her, cratering the ground and going unconcious afterwards. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f44ea9dc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f44ea9dc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f44ea9dc | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f516f938 | type |
Never Found the Body | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f516f938 | comment |
Never Found the Body: Invoked for the short duration when the 2nd Division Symphogears are declared legally dead after the ending of Symphogear. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f516f938 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f516f938 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f516f938 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f63e468f | type |
Terrible Artist | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f63e468f | comment |
Tsubasa's drawing in Episode 3 of GX was... exactly the same thing Nana Mizuki drew for Symphogear Live 2013, dubbed by Hideo Ishikawa as 'main event'. Compare here◊ and here.◊ | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f63e468f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f63e468f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f63e468f | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f6ec1b9 | type |
Weapon of Choice | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f6ec1b9 | comment |
Weapon of Choice: Every gear user has one called an "Armed Gear" except supposedly Hibiki (whose Armed Gear is the empty hand, allowing her to join other people's hands together, although she technically uses power fists). Hibiki: The aforementioned power fists. In GX, she can also manifest it as a huge spike. Tsubasa: the sword Heavenrend/Ame-No-Habakiri. Bigger versions of that sword come out when the situation calls for it. Chris: automatic handguns, automatic hand crossbows, twin double gatling guns, missile launchers, really big missile launchers, and a Wave-Motion Gun. Sometimes all at the same time. Kanade: the spear Gungnir. Maria: The same spear as Kanade during G, when she wields the black Gungnir though she mostly uses her cape. When she switches over to Airgetlam in GX, she wields a Blade Below the Shoulder that doubles as a Whip Sword. Shirabe: Buzzsaws and buzzsaw launchers that emerge from mechanical versions of her pigtails. When GX rolls around, she adds a bladed yo-yo to her arsenal. Kirika: A rocket-assisted scythe. With multiple blades when the need arises. Carol: The harp daurdabla, although she uses its strings more than anything else. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f6ec1b9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f6ec1b9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f6ec1b9 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f788b2c5 | type |
Love Makes You Evil | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f788b2c5 | comment |
Love Makes You Evil: One of the main motivations for villains in the series aside from Dr. Ver. Symphogear: Ultimately, Finé's goal is to restore the world to a pre-confusion state so she can confess her love for God in the original common language of humanity. Unfortunately, part of this plan involves the destruction of the moon and her ruling over the survivors of the catastrophe with her power. G: Maria's regret over her sister's sacrifice pushes her to what she herself refers to as the "path of evil" in order to save the world. In addition, Kirika and Shirabe fight for Maria solely because she was kind to them. G: Miku's love for Hibiki and desire to create a world where Hibiki will never have to fight again allows Dr. Ver to manipulate her into donning the Shenshou Jing Symphogear. GX: The entire plot is driven by Carol's desire for vengeance against the world that killed her father, as well as her total inability to understand the meaning of his final words. XV: Miku's inability to express her (presumably romantic) feelings to Hibiki is what allows Shem-Ha to take control of her body. The ending implies she's gotten over this. But lest readers and viewers walk away with the impression that Symphogear's writers think love is bad... | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f788b2c5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f788b2c5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f788b2c5 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f821e963 | type |
The Very Definitely Final Dungeon | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f821e963 | comment |
The Very Definitely Final Dungeon: Frontier has all the trappings of one. It's a mini-Floating Continent, the main characters are Storming the Castle into it and Fighting Your Friend, the Final Boss has taken One-Winged Angel form and is waiting inside, and so on. Glorious! | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f821e963 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f821e963 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f821e963 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f88f2449 | type |
Downer Beginning | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f88f2449 | comment |
Downer Beginning: Symphogear starts off with the apparent future death of the main character, Hibiki, and a flashback to the death of Kanade as well as the villains slaughtering an entire concert hall. G begins with another flashback, this time to the death of Serena, the little sister of Maria. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f88f2449 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f88f2449 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f88f2449 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f9f2c33 | type |
Running Gag | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f9f2c33 | comment |
Running Gag: Genjuro's reaction to a relic being activated, usually the Gungnir, is usually done the exact same way. The name of the relic pops up on their central monitor, then cut to Genjuro yelling the name of the relic in surprise. This was actually played with a few times. They used it to announce a special event after the credits of the final episode of season 1, and Genjuro's reaction changes from a yell of surprise to quietly repeating the name of the Relic with a worried look at one point in season 2, when Hibiki uses her Gungnir when it could kill her. If any of the girls plan to something less serious stuff, expected them to do it on Chris's house. much to her chagrin. When Chris tries to use Red Hot Blaze, she'll get interrupted or forced to use the sniper rifle in a non-conventional way. In all 5 seasons run of the show, the successful execution number of Red Hot Blaze is grand total of one. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f9f2c33 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f9f2c33 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_f9f2c33 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_fb9e25e9 | type |
Team Mom | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_fb9e25e9 | comment |
Maria's role as the Team Mom and Cool Big Sis is much more pronounced, as well as her low self-esteem. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_fb9e25e9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_fb9e25e9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_fb9e25e9 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_fc33ff16 | type |
One-Winged Angel | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_fc33ff16 | comment |
One-Winged Angel: Provides the final battle for each season. Symphogear: In response to Hibiki, Chris, and Tsubasa unlocking their Symphogears' unlimited forms, Finé combines the power of three complete relics - Durandal, Solomon's Cane, and Nehushtan - and transforms herself into the Red Dragon of Revelation, giving her an nigh-infinite power source. Which she then uses to spray city-destroying energy beams. They only manage to stop her by separating her from Durandal, allowing Hibiki to use Durandal's unlimited power to nullify Nehushtan's unlimited regeneration. G: Having been deprived of his Dragon Maria's help by his own incessant dog-kicking, Dr. Ver simply sets about making a new one. With his absolute control over the ancient spacecraft/island Frontier, he spawns a new, fully grown, vastly empowered, Nephilim out of the structure of the Frontier itself, which threatens to go supernova. It takes the combined efforts of the entire main cast to bring it down, put it in a place where its death won't end the world, and seal the door behind it. GX: With the Chateau de Tiffauges stopped by Dr. Ver's sacrifice and her plan in tatters, Carol decides to destroy the world with her own two hands, burning most of her centuries' worth of memories in one go for vast power and forming a Humongous Mecha fire-breathing cosmic lion dragon thing around herself. The only thing that stops her is a moment of weakness caused by the memory of her father, followed immediately by Hibiki punching her construct in the face. AXZ: With Adam Weishaupt denied the power of god he sought, he sheds his handsome human form and assumes his true shape, that of a many-eyed demon, in a bid to destroy the Symphogears so that he can try again before it's too late to stop the Custodians, who he claims will return to Earth soon. Unable to access X-Drive on their own, and with Adam using no phonic gain for them to absorb, the heroines instead take the reckless step of using S2CA on his alchemic attack, sacrificing their Ignite Modules to rewrite their Gears into new and more powerful forms capable of defeating him. Even this proves not quite enough until the other five pass their powers to Hibiki, who assumes a Golden Super Mode with the combined powers of all six Gears and enough strength for the final push. XV: Played with throughout for Shem-Ha. Throughout the final fight, the only thing that changes about her within Miku's body is creating a massive ship out of the Shen Shou Jing she has equipped. After its broken, she keeps fighting like normal. After being purged out of Miku's body, she tries to emerge from the exploding Yggdrasil system as a giant version of her original self made out of lava, but it isn't fought directly, with Hibiki and Miku proving to her why Humanity doesn't need the custodians to rule over them anymore. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_fc33ff16 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_fc33ff16 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_fc33ff16 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_feaf12e8 | type |
Survivor Guilt | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_feaf12e8 | comment |
G: Maria's regret over her sister's sacrifice pushes her to what she herself refers to as the "path of evil" in order to save the world. In addition, Kirika and Shirabe fight for Maria solely because she was kind to them. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_feaf12e8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_feaf12e8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_feaf12e8 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_fed93e1b | type |
Dark and Troubled Past | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_fed93e1b | comment |
AXZ dives back into this, with the first episode already promising to visit Chris' Dark and Troubled Past, left untouched since the first season. Additionally, it promises to explore the Bavarian Illuminati, the driving force behind the FIS experiments. | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_fed93e1b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_fed93e1b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_fed93e1b | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_name | type |
ItemName | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_name | comment |
||
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_name | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_name | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear | hasFeature |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_name | |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear / int_name | itemName |
Senki Zesshou Symphogear |
The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.
Copyright of DBTropes.org wrapper 2009-2013 DFKI Knowledge Management. Imprint. - Thanks to Bakken&Baeck for hosting. Contact.
Copyright of data TVTropes.org contributors under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
Copyright of data TVTropes.org contributors under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.