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@driftini.bsky.social Oct 3, 2026, 12:43 PM

finished symphogear G

#symphogear #symphogearG

wrapped up symphogear G, starting and finishing shows so fast kinda rubs me the wrong way, even though I am following my 2eps/day routine as usual, maybe I should start doing 1ep/day for sub-20ep shows?

at any rate, G: weaker start than s1, the show takes weirdly long before it starts picking up in ep5, and considering
the highs it manages to hit around and after its midpoint, it almost feels like satelight put the most attention in crafting those setpieces while leaving the beginning and some of the rest kinda halfbaked

that said though, as I just hinted at, the closing episodes are definitely much better handled than s1, the pacing doesn't feel nearly as rushed and it's obvious the studio was looking forward to get to them

as far as the music goes I generally prefer s1, both in terms of op/ed and of returning characters' inserts (although I will say a certain new theme for hibiki/gungnir starts off SO good), whereas for the symphogear wielders they pretty much all have good songs, with shirabe/kirika's duet taking the cake from me

speaking of new characters, all with the exception of ver are cool.. after the plot finally allows them to be interesting several episodes in

ver on the other hand might be the worst villain ever in terms of both writing and how the show denies you the sight of his cold corpse no matter how much you desire for him to die over and over and over, he might genuinely be a detriment to G as a whole, that's how much I hate him

even though the kinda stuff that happens sometimes gets more fucked up than anything s1 had, G's tone feels brighter, guess an effect of the more polished artstyle? and well of the ed not featuring eerie carved up dolls in a black void

overall, G is fun you just gotta tank the first episodes to get to the good stuff (also I haven't watched the two special OVAs yet and I'll get around it later today or tomorrow, came across a clip of the first on bsky before starting s1 and I already know I wanna watch the rest)

I will NOT be continuing with GX right away as I don't wanna make the same mistake I did with gundam where I start binging show after show of the same franchise until it all just stops hitting (as much) cause I've been watching the same thing for months on end

edit: I will also add that the hand of G's plot feels kinda forced at times to achieve the hype highs, s1 definitely had a more natural flow I think

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