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Of course Trump pushed the button.
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too eloquent
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Sep 25, 2017 15:55
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you can tell this was inspired by shin godzilla, except that movie had a higher regard for the us to not be completely retarded
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Sep 25, 2017 15:57
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Kind of interesting that Adam survived the series.
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Sep 25, 2017 16:12
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I'm not satisfied  I mean, given the series, yeah, it fits. But I was expecting more epic poo poo. e: I think the big thing for me is that the entire episode feels very rushed, from a plot standpoint. iospace fucked around with this message at 16:30 on Sep 25, 2017 |
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Sep 25, 2017 16:28
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i mean there's one more episode left and we already have a season 5 confirmed
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Sep 25, 2017 16:48
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Endorph posted:i mean there's one more episode left and we already have a season 5 confirmed Also true. Here's my thoughts: They wanted an entire episode to Hibiki's birthday party. And then drop a cliffhanger at the end to tease S5. It has the unfortunate side effects of well, making E12 suffer from terrible pacing. Also, Hibiki 3, Gods 0. Phobophilia posted:you can tell this was inspired by shin godzilla, except that movie had a higher regard for the us to not be completely retarded Also consider when Shin Godzilla was made vs this and who was in the Oval Office at the time.
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iospace posted:I'm not satisfied Agreed. This episode didn't do it for me. Any of the individual beats could have been fine, but together it just kind of felt like a mess, and not in the good way. On paper, the alchemists joining together in song to stop a trump-fired missile is quality Symphogear insanity, but in an epsisode with so much else going on it felt meh. I hope in season 5 someone actually blows up the moon. I'm not ready for anime Trump. It just makes me uncomfortable.
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Sep 25, 2017 17:04
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i realize i cant stop the meme for a variety of reasons but this isnt about trump or whatever, symph season 1 had similar 'the americans in this universe are bastards' stuff, world politics being messed up has always been a lowkey part of symph's worldbuilding.
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Sep 25, 2017 17:09
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I thought the episode was good. Saving Hibiki was perhaps a bit too easy, but it played to the series' usual strengths in an effective way IMO. AXZ's been a real return to form from GX. Not quite as good as G, but still drat good. Curious to see what our finale is supposed to be - I'm sure there'll be a cliffhanger for season 5, but that's not going to take an entire episode. Also Hibiki and Miku remain the cheesiest, sappiest couple to ever exist, and their wedding day will be both beautiful and insufferable https://twitter.com/SpiritusNoxSA/status/912347305826820096 Spiritus Nox fucked around with this message at 17:43 on Sep 25, 2017 |
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Sep 25, 2017 17:17
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Don't get me wrong, it's an entirely Symphogear conclusion, it just feels way too rushed. They could have easily fit it into two episodes instead of one. I think that's what most people (myself included) was expecting. e: Best line from the episode though was Genjuro saying that the guns would only get in his way when he meets Saint Germain. E2: I think a better setup would be e12 being getting Hibiki out, with e13 being the nuke and final Adam fight. But oh well iospace fucked around with this message at 18:15 on Sep 25, 2017 |
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Sep 25, 2017 18:08
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I do wish that Hibiki had gotten more lines this ep, especially when Miku was talking to her. Miku gets fairly specific about what Hibiki means to her and how Miku's grown for knowing her, while Hibiki just goes "oh yeah I can't be with my girlfriend if I'm trapped inside a giant monster." Feels like a slightly wasted opportunity to add some more nuance into that relationship.
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Sep 25, 2017 18:28
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They should've shoved that bullet up Adam's rear end
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Sep 25, 2017 19:44
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They've still not invented anything that Hibiki can't punch. Always good when another villain learns that lesson. Also I like that the entire plan boils down to "Miku will save the day, and if not then we're hosed". And of course it works. Miku is the strongest being in the universe because she can always talk sense into Hibiki.
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Sep 25, 2017 20:04
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tbh id take a slightly rushed conclusion over gx's which was interminable
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Sep 25, 2017 21:02
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GX was baaad. It's "better" if you you consider they thought it was the last season when writing it, but it still was the weakest of the three even with that.
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I'm glad they realized they should weaponize Miku. Both the people predicting the other alchemists would revive and Saint Germaine would sacrifice herself were right. 
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Sep 26, 2017 00:00
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Endorph posted:i realize i cant stop the meme for a variety of reasons but this isnt about trump or whatever, symph season 1 had similar 'the americans in this universe are bastards' stuff, world politics being messed up has always been a lowkey part of symph's worldbuilding. G had it as well and i'm pretty sure the only reason GX didn't was because it didn't do much with the whole songs connecting people from different countries thing. Anyway although for something with as much potential as Hibiki becoming God was dealt with rather straightforwardly I will like any scene which involves Miku doing a thing because Miku is great and should be around more. I'm also glad the alchemists came back. Even if it was to disperse into light after saving the world. Those guys were cool and held the season together imo, i'm glad they all came together for one last big scene rather than 2 of them dying anti-climatically before the end. Good song too. I hope next episode is just 5 minutes of Hibiki punching Adam and then the rest is her birthday party and a Tsubasa and Maria concert.
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Speaking of hosed-up politics, I've kind of grown to adore how the season seems to be rolling with the Symphogears being the legacy of crazy nazi experiments that Hibiki is able to use for good simply because of how fundamentally good she is. Hibiki is a hero.
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Sep 26, 2017 00:49
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Hibiki is still basically the best and greatest character. Maybe in anything ever?!?
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Sep 26, 2017 00:51
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Are we sure Hibiki isn't still a god? SONG's plan seemed to be to get her past her block so she could properly absorb the divine power. That'll likely have repercussions for next season.
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Sep 26, 2017 00:51
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I want one of them to pick up and use Saint Germaine's gun as an ongoing thing.
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SyntheticPolygon posted:Hibiki is still basically the best and greatest character. Maybe in anything ever?!? She's pretty close! If she were the world's greatest (self-proclaimed) psychic as well as the world's greatest friend, she could get there. She has the best attitude of any character ever, though! Endorph posted:tbh id take a slightly rushed conclusion over gx's which was interminable Am I the only one who liked GX's conclusion fine? It was the middle of GX that dragged for me, I liked the end! I guess I'm easily amused by flashing lights & music (and X-Drive) chumbler posted:I want one of them to pick up and use Saint Germaine's gun as an ongoing thing.
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I think GX's conclusion was perfectly fine and I quite liked it but I watched all of Symphogear 1 month before AXZ came out and if I saw it when it aired when the fate of the series was unknown I probably would have liked it to have been a more conclusive end to the series and to its characters.
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GX's conclusion wasn't amazing, but it was sure better than its middle....
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Sep 26, 2017 02:02
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The reason GX's ending feels oddly unsatisfying compared to every other season is that Miku didn't save the world.
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Sep 26, 2017 03:52
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I can't believe we might go 13 episodes without an X-Drive
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I'm glad the alchemists got to do their thing, but I was hoping it would be more than just stopping a nuke, and that we'd get a bit more of their backstory, and that the still alive reveal wasn't so rushed.
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Kylra posted:I'm glad the alchemists got to do their thing, but I was hoping it would be more than just stopping a nuke, and that we'd get a bit more of their backstory, and that the still alive reveal wasn't so rushed. My initial hypothesis on where the information on Gungnir being a god slaying weapon came from was that it was from Cagliostro and Prelati, but that was before that was busted in the same episode. I think it would've worked better my way, rather than some faceless guy who happened to work under the two astronauts from the first 5 minutes of GX who happened to have the documents that happened to be on the plane from the second episode.
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chumbler posted:My initial hypothesis on where the information on Gungnir being a god slaying weapon came from was that it was from Cagliostro and Prelati, but that was before that was busted in the same episode. I think it would've worked better my way, rather than some faceless guy who happened to work under the two astronauts from the first 5 minutes of GX who happened to have the documents that happened to be on the plane from the second episode. I liked it because it had been seasons since the idea of using songs to form connections with people from different countries had been a big part of Symphogear and that was a really good theme that I thought had been forgotten about and i'm glad it got some play. The fact that just some dudes from (I think?) America decided to help out and give useful info because the gang had not even really on purpose formed some bonds with them was cool and in a way a greater showcase of Hibiki's ability to join hands with anyone than her continued ability to become friends with all the villains not named Ver or Adam. Prelati and Cagliostro should've still had more to do though, yeah. But alchemists are weird and have come back from the dead before so I am still just going to pretend that all the alchemists are ok and can return some day. Except Adam who will be punched into oblivion by Hibiki next ep.
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SyntheticPolygon posted:I liked it because it had been seasons since the idea of using songs to form connections with people from different countries had been a big part of Symphogear and that was a really good theme that I thought had been forgotten about and i'm glad it got some play. The fact that just some dudes from (I think?) America decided to help out and give useful info because the gang had not even really on purpose formed some bonds with them was cool and in a way a greater showcase of Hibiki's ability to join hands with anyone than her continued ability to become friends with all the villains not named Ver or Adam. Yeah, I thought that was rad. I like that the Symphogears were rewarded for going out of their way to save people. It's just a feel-good moment.
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Sep 26, 2017 05:00
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Plus I thought it was neat that it makes GX's best scene into slightly less of a complete non-sequitor.
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Spiritus Nox posted:Speaking of hosed-up politics, I've kind of grown to adore how the season seems to be rolling with the Symphogears being the legacy of crazy nazi experiments that Hibiki is able to use for good simply because of how fundamentally good she is. I wonder if next season is just the rest of the world coming to terms with the fact that "No, really, Hibiki is actually The Best Girl. Like, scientifically proven, fundamental law of the universe kind of thing. You can't stop this, so knock it off with this world domination bullshit." And then aliens invade.
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Sep 26, 2017 08:54
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Spiritus Nox posted:GX's conclusion wasn't amazing, but it was sure better than its middle.... I actually liked the middle of GX better than its ending, though I thought the Maria vs. Galie at the beach episode was the best one besides the first ep (glares over at Endorph) so 
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Julias posted:I actually liked the middle of GX better than its ending, though I thought the Maria vs. Galie at the beach episode was the best one besides the first ep (glares over at Endorph) so I liked the part where Maria gave Elfnein some good mum advice over volleyball and then Elfnein repeated it for her but it is always supremely lame when there is a fight where the bad guy wants to lose especially if it's the last appearance of the bad dude so they never get a real defeat. The autoscorers just couldn't carry the ongoing plot with Carol gone and it weakens the show until she shows back up.
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Sep 26, 2017 11:43
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I agree with the first two parts, but nah, it was always clear that the autoscorers were getting poo poo done, and I enjoyed the individual character arcs that the show chose to focus on for these few episodes way more than the overarching plot of the season, which personally speaks to me as how lame of a villain Carol was.
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Sep 26, 2017 11:58
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the ending of gx was fine in and of itself but it lasted an episode too long and there were like 3 separate carol fight scenes in that finale. it felt very repetitive.
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Sep 26, 2017 12:00
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Maybe watching week to week and having a new Carol fight each ep made it drag or something but watching it all at once I had few problems with GX's final stretch. But I thought Carol was a pretty solid villain so I was cool with how it went. Only problem I had was that Miku wasn't even present for the whole 3 episodes of final fight and that's an extremely big misstep. It kinda felt she was around for more episodes than in G (and AXZ too now I guess) just because Hibiki was dealing with lots of personal stuff so she'd get lots of appearances chatting to her about that, so it was just real lame that she was gone for the conclusion.
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Sep 26, 2017 13:07
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i've been catching up on this season and i just watched episode 10 i actually got slightly scared when it seemed like kirika was gonna die
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