#senki zesshou symphogear XD

[majokkoradio]

"Tsumugi -Rhapsody-" - Senki Zesshou Symphogear XD Unlimited - Hibiki Tachibana (Another) Image Song

Requested by @desperatecheesecubes

[cutepresea]

Still amused at the gag of Kirika grabbing and holding onto whatever/whoever is next to her while sleeping

Can't wait for Kaneko to come up with a traumatic reason for it to make us feel bad for laughing (like the birthday thing) 🙃

[hareruya3303]

狂装咆哮 (Mad Howl)

1: Fast! Short! Straight! Direct! Hear my feelings, the scream of my heart! 2: Hugging Chris-chan and then observing her reaction is my current obsession! They both get angry at me afterwards, though. …Wait, "they both"?

NOTES:

Usually these are very self-explanatory, but this one has a lot of interesting nuance to break down and Japanese stuff I find to be interesting.

TL note 1: 「狂装」 here combines the kanji for madness/obsession/extreme interest (狂) with the kanji for dressing/professing (装), this by itself is not a commonly used word. For those unaware, this is Hibiki's first berserk card in the game, hence she's "clad in madness and howling". At the same time, 狂 is also used to express extreme passion. For example, "to fall madly in love" in Japanese is 「狂って恋に落ちる」. Both clips here concern Chris, the first is a line from the show and the second is about Chris. Hibiki's talk of a current obsession and her passionate plea to be understood by Chris are both examples of her professing, howling even, very passionate feelings. Hence the wordplay in the name.

TL note 2: Hibiki says literally that her current "my boom"(in English) is to hug Chris and observe how she reacts. This is what in Japanese is called 「和製英語」 (wasei-eigo, lit. "English made in Japan"), which means a Japanese expression using English words. A "my boom" is a personal obsession you have that brings you a lot of joy.

TL note 3: in case Hibiki's tone of voice doesn't make it obvious, she absentmindedly refers to 2 people who get mad when she hugs Chris to tease her but then is confused as to why she used plural. That's what earned the Miku tags.

[sirjames079]

Amou Kanade, the soaring phoenix

[swordofthebone]

I am going to post this Hibiki

[rayar32]

Oh wow would you look at the date! (pretend I'm sending this from 09/13 ok)

There's a whole lot of Hibikis so, going top right to bottom: Ame-no-Hibiki, BerserkBikki, Black Gungnir Hibiki, Edgebikki and FIS Hibiki.

And for the second set of Hibikis, going top left to bottom we have: AXVBikki, GodBikki, Nephilim Hibiki, XVBikki, Burning X-Drive Bikki and Armed Gear Hibiki.

Anyways yeah I've only met this creature this year and she's already a core part of personality along with Suletta so, happy birthday to the hampter!

[harmogandivas]

ITS FUCKING PARADISE LOST BUT SYMPHOGEAR. IM SO SCARED

[magicalgirloftheday]

✧・ﾟ:*Today’s magical girl of the morning is: Chris Yukine (Another) from Senki Zesshou Symphogear XD Unlimited!✧・ﾟ:*

[zobjilan77]

To those that know of the Symphogear XD or XD Unlimited Gacha

What where the coolest super EX attacks? The ones with the special cinematics

Edit: For me I'd go with the Sentai Chris' "KIRAMAI AC/DYNAMIC". Though it's a bit of a normal normal Full Moon slash/blast, the imagery of light flowing in all directions, the rainbows seemingly powering everything. It's just an awesome mix of Magical Girl & Ranger energy.

Second Place would be the Team Super, "PARALLEL INCLUDE SHOOTER" which has Kirika, Shirabe & Chris send a hail of magical beams and swords with the power of the Symphogears & Prisma Illyas Magic and end it off with a three girl high five.

[heavy-metal-papillon]

As a casual player,who is playing just for the story and collecting characters, allow me to say this with clear conscience.

F***ing finally! I finally got her!

The only swimsuit gear I couldn't get,I could finally buy in the shop. After so many years of wanting,I can finally say this...

Welcome home,Kanade.

[galaxyfran0]

[dokidokitsuna]

Hey, have you watched the anime "senki zesshou symphogear"?

It's a very great magical girl anime and if you haven't watched it yet you definitely should! I think you would like it.

...This has got to be a trick. ^^; You already know, don't you?? I can't remember talking about anything remotely similar to Symphogear lately...I mean, unless you just really like the anime and want to recommend it to everyone, in which case 🆗

Anyway, short answer: Yes, I have. ^^

Long answer: I used to be a Symphogear SUPERFAN. I watched all 5 seasons of the anime and the OVAs, I read the S1 companion manga (and did some panel recolors~); I archived the whole S1 soundtrack, I memorized all the girls' activation songs, and I was an active contributor and later a translator on the FANDOM wiki. If the new people haven't completely rewritten everything, you can probably still find a few of my articles there. I focused mainly on episode summaries and the introductory blurbs for the XD Unlimited mobile game events. I'm pretty sure my song translations have all been edited out, unfortunately...=_=

Anyway, I also used to review the series as it aired on my DeviantArt account. ^^ It was a big part of my life for a while there, and I still keep tabs on it occasionally...nothing's really been happening lately, though. Even the mobile game is shut down at this point...I really hope all their recent attempts to keep the hype alive are actually leading up to something, because if not...I mean, either do something new with the series or just let it die gracefully, y'know?

Like, instead of getting normal promotional things-- merch drops, pop-up cafes, sponsorship collabs-- we're getting DJ shows and chiptune remixes (that weren't even that good...) with pretend videogame visuals...it's making me suspicious. If we're gonna do this, the 'cinematic production' they're talking about better be good. I don't want 90 minutes of 'grown-up Hibiki with long hair reminisces about her earlier missions (so we can fill the runtime with flashbacks)'...because if they do that and it flops, they're not gonna recoup the money they're spending on these...things, and then the series really WILL die. Sadly and un-gracefully...

...It probably shows that I have a complex relationship with the franchise. ^^; I have seen Symphogear at its best and its worst; I have loved it at times and I have hated it at times. I agree that it's a high-quality anime...unfortunately, I think a large part of the reason that I kinda fell off it is because its final few episodes were some of the most disappointing. I loved Season 5, but they really didn't have any creative ideas for the actual end of the series and by golly it showed. ^^;;; Left a bad taste in my mouth that remains to this day.

Because of that, if I ever do talk about it again-- maybe after that 'cinematic production' finally releases-- it's gonna be with a critical lens. Symphogear deserves its flowers for its consistently beautiful animation, A+ character design and action-packed story...but it also has a lot of problems that I've never seen anyone mention. Like its bad habit of "redeeming" villains with deathbed gestures...or its occasionally sloppy handling of trauma (*cough* tomato metaphor *cough*) that honestly got progressively sloppier over the course of the series. How do you start with Tsubasa's and Chris's incredible character arcs and end with Maria thanking her mother for abusing her...? o_O

Also, and this is a big one: there's a lot of fanservice, some of it honestly NSFW, and a some of it actively detrimental to the story. I don't mind bath scenes and pool scenes during the casual moments of the story, but I do mind gratuitous boob jiggles during the hyper-serious final boss fight. T_T Pick a tone, please. To Symphogear's credit, it handles its fanservice with a rare level of maturity-- now that I think about it, there's a lot of nudity in the series too, but they tend to do it so tastefully I never thought to point it out. But that means when it DOES start doing more immature stuff I can't really forgive it...like, come on; you're better than this.

^I say all of that because if any of you read this ask and want to check out the anime that changed my brain chemistry, you deserve to know beforehand. I really hate how when people talk about anime they only ever say "its good, it's really good!" without addressing anything that happens in it that might be uncomfortable or triggering (Symphogear is included there, just FYI: most of the abuse the characters have suffered is offscreen (like Chris being sex trafficked as a child) but it does get brought up, and you will see a bit of it occasionally). It's gotten to the point where I simply don't trust people when they recommend anime anymore; even if it's something as simple as having really excessive fanservice (for example: Mai-Hime. Great premise, fun characters, interesting story. Not watching it again, tho) I know they're not going to mention it. They never do.

As anime slowly becomes more mainstream, though, I'm hoping that culture is going to change. Action anime in particular routinely handles heavy, sensitive topics with graphic visuals, and not wanting to be surprised by that doesn't make you a 'tourist' or whatever they're calling people these days. Content warnings harm no one; they only help.

[cutepresea]

It doesn't have a story, but XDU released a Memoria for Chris' birthday using the above illustration through the app's notifications

[hareruya3303]

流転 GRATEFUL CROSS

1: Oh Chris… I was just talking to Hibiki and she screamed "Quit flirting!!" all mad. She's so shy… 2: I wondered what would happen if I approached Chris and her face got all red before she looked away! Her reactions are so easy to tell it makes me feel like teasing her more!

[majokkoradio]

"Gyakkou no Resolve" - Senki Zesshou Symphogear XD Unlimited - Kanade Amou Image Song

Birthday: July 28

[rayar32]

Okay but consider the following, scars (cw for implied self-harm)

Listen if I'm going to force myself to practice digital art I might as well draw and color the blorbo herself