Audience reviews
19 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
TimeFerret
This review covers my thoughts on all 5 seasons.
Wow,
This show saved me. It helped me realize the feelings within my heart. its not the most well written, or well animated, or anything in particular, but from start to finish, the passion of the story being told, and the true hopefulness of the message it has is like a blinding light. "A light the gods don't know" is such a fitting statement. I haven't felt this burning felling in my heart since watching Gurren laggan as a kid, but who know i would need that feeling to get over one of the most mentally challenging moments of my life. I've lost 30 pounds in the first 3 months of finishing this show, i just put a spotify playlist of the anime's songs on repeat and reach for the sky. This show is everything i've wanted from a piece of media;…
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Do not let the scores deceive you, watch it for yourself, heck just listen to its OST. Do anything else, the experience is everything. You are an individual, but that means that those around you will do their best to reach you with thier songs.
This series holds a very special place in my heart, as not only was it basically my first hyper-obsession back in middle school, it also was the very first anime i went out of my way to watch on my own. This is also the show that brought Nana Mizuki to my attention, and many of her songs on this show are some of her greatest hits (ex. Synchrogazer, TESTAMENT). As of the time of writing, my respect of this show has gone on to be even higher, with so much of it's achievements being so novel, and unique even among the most popular shows out there. Eve…
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Never thought I would made this far, but hear I am. It's been quite a journey from the horrible season 1 to this. The final season of Symphogear, and all I can say is...
I still don't know what the fuck is going on in this anime
But is it a bad thing? not exactly. Did I enjoyed it? hell yeah i did. With all the crazy, over-the-top stuffs that's happened in this anime, I enjoy every one of it, even tho i barely understand what's going on (LMAO). It's my guilty pleasure. It's fun, it's sad, and it's FUCKING HYPE. You don't need to understand shit if you have this type of hype the anime's got to offer. It's more bigger, more action packed and more insane than the previous season. Tachibana Hibiki grows from a Noise attack survivor to a symphogear-wielding, ass-kicking, god killing mart…
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So, I watched Symphogear for the first time before this season was out, time passed, then I found out this came out, so I rewatched all of it before I picked this up.
I wanted to say a lot of things about it because Hibiki is a character I adore, Chris is dear to me, and I overall enjoyed the show up to this point. But then this came out and, hm, how to put it.
I'm Jewish. I know not to expect too much about ethno-religion sensitivity when dealing with media from Japan but this was far and beyond what I'm used to as someone who's consumed anime, manga and game content for over two decades now. Setting aside how even using some of the names they did is outright sacrilege, everything about it was offensive, from who the big bad was, through their motivations, to how they 'spread' themselve…
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Following the panache of thrills and impassioned character-writing in AXZ, Symphogear XV had big shoes to fill. In my opinion, this season is a mixed bag. The beginning still carries in waves of residual oomph from the previous season, but the villains weren't as impactful and some of the plot fell in line with old narrative devices, that were implemented in past seasons. It didn't feel as fresh or inventive, but, it was an impressive feat, nonetheless!
⚠️ This review will have spoilers ⚠️
—Story/Characters
This season starts out with a bang, when a beautifully animated concert-duet between Tsubasa and Maria goes awry! The crowd is mercilessly slaughtered and Tsubasa is thrown into a bind, having an intense PTSD episode, remembering how her girlfriend, Kanade, had died in a similar fash…
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This is an overall review for all its seasons
One can rate a series in many different ways, we can discuss its story, its plot, structure and pacing, we can talk about its characters, the way they are realistic / believable, their development or the impact they have on the overall story. There are many, many aspects one can use to rate an anime, those were just some of the very few most discussed ones, but sometimes they can be enough to decide, whether the series is “good” or “bad”
Sometimes it doesn’t matter whether the anime is bad or even horrible though. Sometimes we find something we know is not “good”... and yet we can enjoy it way more than some of the objectively better series, despite all its flaws - we call them the “Guilty pleasure” and Symphogear now belongs to one of them f…
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(This is for all five seasons)
All anime, really all stories, especially those whose main appeal is meant to be the fights, are simply a premise executed on with a series of tropes and subversions of tropes. It is thus those that have the best premise, but far more importantly those that execute and subvert said tropes the best, that shine the brightest.
And in that regard, Symphogear does one of the best jobs I have ever seen.
Symphogear is a magical girl battle anime with one main hook: the girls have to sing as they fight. What this allows, in its near-perfect execution of this concept, is a concert of visual and audio, in which the rhythm on the fight perfectly matches the rhythm of the song, the likes of which are seldom replicated.
The result is an even greater capacity to affect the…
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The final season of Symphogear very much follows the formula presented in previous seasons; introduce new antagonists, fight for a bit, and then they eventually join up with the protagonists to defeat the larger overarching threat. There's noticeably less filler/SoL content, which helps smooth out some of the pacing issues I thought past seasons had. It's still a bit hard to follow, mostly because Symphogear has always been focused on its action rather than fleshing out its story. This wouldn't be a problem if the fighting was interesting, but we're still seeing the same 30 second long transformations, nonstop explosions, the same music for the most part, and the same special moves. It became stale, and when there isn't a strong story-line to fall back on it makes boring to watch at times.…
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I'm gonna use this review to review not just this series, but the entire seasons of Symphogear in general. As I have a lot to say, and if you're looking at something within the recent anime in the past year or two, and are looking for something to watch. Please watch ALL of Symphogear, and here is why.
Symphogear covers a lot of ground when it comes to the characters, and this season is no different from the first. Touching on subjects and having twists that always keep you engaged. Always a good point for a show to keep you hooked, is through it's progressive characters, to even 5 seasons in, and there is still so much to take in and enjoy. This is why the plot is always so good and entertaining to me.
The characters themselves have always been lovely. Miku and Carol are my stand out fa…
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No spoilers within.
This show has high ratings because its rated by people who like the franchise as a whole and from a perspective of great bias.
The characters don't really change or evolve over the course of the show. And when a character changes their mind leading to any change of mindset it happens without any real coercion or believably.
The dialogue and interactions between characters is very childish and breaks immersion.
Then there's the music. Its a music based show, except the music isn't good. Its very generic but doesn't even hold your attention. Its like opening music to a low budget anime, except it keeps occurring.
TL;DR there is no real character development, the story is boilerplate and predictable, the dialogue is weak and unbelievable. Its a music based show and th…
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I'm always astonished at how big of a franchise this actually is. Not many anime series, especially as non-mainstream as this one, can proudly claim 5 seasons over the span of 7 years. Quite impressive for Senki Zessho Symphogear (Symphogear from now on), and that is precisely why, as the third season was airing at the time, I decided to check it out.
[Review / opinion will cover all Symphogear seasons with really insignificant spoilers - but spoilers are irrelevant for this series]
At first I had trouble grasping what this show was all about. Death, blood, hatred between cast members, new found powers and some music. An overall serious and why not, edgy, tone that quickly starts disappearing in the following seasons in favor of a more slice-of-lifey nature with a somewhat repetitive yet…
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I’ve been writing about anime in various forms for about a year and a half, and it’s been pretty damn hectic at times. I’ve run into a lot of shows that challenged me in a multitude of different ways, moments and stories so jaw-dropping that I felt I could never do them justice with mere words. But there’s an extra bit of irony in that consideration now that I’m finally at the end of Symphogear. After all, this show’s entire thematic point has been about the inability of words to communicate what you’re feeling, and how desperately we fight to rise beyond that limitation regardless. Hell, you could argue that us weirdos who write anime reviews- or any reviews, really- are like gear wielders ourselves, communicating ethereal ideas and feelings and trying to put them in a form that people ca…
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THIS REVIEW IS SPOILER FREE.
Ah Symphogear, one of the more popular franchises of recent years and a much anticipated final season has come to an end. This review will cover the franchise as whole instead of the final season as I believe there is very little variety as a whole.
The story is a clear case of good versus evil, rather expected in the genre that is notorious for lack of grey areas, ultimately triumphed over with powers of love, friendship and understanding. It does offer a few side plots as a whole but unfortunately with very little substance and importance to the main plot. As a positive it avoids an episodic approach and focuses on developing the story as puzzle pieces and this helps for a satisfying ending with decent pace to any of the seasons.
The art is great - the tra…
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Now, if you're reading this you're either a Symphogear fan like me or someone completely clueless, wondering "why the hell is this thing rated so high?", "why the hell is this literally nothing anime topping the charts of Summer 2019 for almost every week?". Hell, at the time I'm writing this, it's even in the top #50!
...If you belong to the latter, then this spoiler-free review about the series as a whole is for you!
With one of its taglines being something as cool (and dumb) as "Believe in justice and a determination to fist", this show's gotta be good, right?
YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT IT IS. It’s got magical girls that kick ass, it’s got catchy as hell songs, it’s got concert choreography better than idol anime (and hell, even better than /real/ concerts), it’s got M A R T I A L A R T S…
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I would like to say that Symphogear was a truly amazing anime that everyone can enjoy. Although a lot of people are thinking that this is a yuri series, is kinda debatable. But this show tells us about connection with other and trying to understand one other and that love has many forms and shaped. And not to mention with the ending we saw in episode 13, i can rest easy now that i know it's an neutral ending, where people can ship the girls with and whoever they want since that is kinda the draw back of Symphogear since like i said before: half of the fan base believe that it's a yuri show. So please, if anyone want to watch the show without having in a argument or want to avoid people who force you to believe that it's a yuri show, please just enjoy the show without worry.
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"Even if that's true" -Hibiki
That phrase, every time I hear that damn phrase in hibiki's annoying voice I just wanna take a gun load it with explosive bullets and shoot myself. After torturing myself through 65 episodes it finally comes to an end. It should be obvious I am not a fan of this series. With that said I do think this is the best season yet.
However it's still by no means a good series. Throughout all the bs plot devices and cringy twists that they throw at you that seem to come out of nowhere it's hard to find anything good in this series. I will say the music is good, and the transformation scenes are amazing to watch and fun as hell. One of the main reasons I did not like this series or any of the series in general is because I knew nothing was gonna happen of importance.…
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The shortest and fastest route, straight ahead!, In a straight line!
LA FUCKING LOVES Symphogear and what a way to go out, Game of Thrones' Final Season WISHED it wanted something like this...
Senki Zesshou Symphogear's FINAL season and LA is still sad that this series is ending but nonetheless goes out with a bang, righting wrongs from previous seasons, culminating everything from it's previous seasons and tying up loose plotlines in making this final season all the more worth it to this end making it not only LA's favourite anime of Summer 2019 but to this franchise to one the greatest animes of all time (no seriously).
See LA only got into the Symphoghear series about 3 years ago when it BARELY known, but quickly over G, LA really got into Symphogear with GX being a stumbling block b…
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[Note: This is a review that encompasses my feelings towards the entire series including XV]
Meteoroid falling, burning, and disappear, then...
In the distance, that day when the star became music...
Believe in justice and hold a determination to fist.
By shedding many tears, the reality you face is
Create a history, with a light God could not know.
What is Symphogear? For the longest time I've never bothered engaging myself in this franchise. I never understood what is was, and I was naturally repulsed by all things mecha. Now that the series is having its final season and its a dry season, I decided to finally give in and give Symphogear a try from the very beginning.
I wondered how have I missed out on the Anime of the Decade all these years.
I honestly didn't know what to expect wa…
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“Kohinata Miku, you’re my sunshine. I feel warmest when I’m next to you, and I’ll always come back to you. It’s always been that way, and I’m sure that it’ll stay that way.”
Symphogear is a series that’s not for everyone. In the words of ANN’s Nick Creamer, it’s “a singing idol mecha yuri romcom battle melodrama with JoJo's sense of irreverence and a lot of fanservice,” and that amalgamation is no doubt going to scare some people off. But considering that this is a review of the show’s fifth season, I’m assuming that everyone reading doesn’t need to be convinced that this combination is actually the coolest thing ever. And given that, rather than asking how Symphogear compares to other anime, I think the more important question is how XV stacks up against the other seasons of Symphogear.…
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