Note: Due to anilist review change , i guess i need to say that the review contains light spoilers and plot points for the sake of analysis . Be warned.

Symphogear is a show known for it's crazy cool action but also for it's core theme of bonds and friendship. Here is the fourth installement of symphogear , symphogear axz.

Now i previously tried to review GX and symphogear as a whole as an attempt to expain why GX isn't a weak season in contrary of many reviews. It ended up being an unreadable mess so i deleted it , so in this review i'll try to be as brief as possible.

Why Watch symphogear AXZ.
simple.
***Hibiki , the mc , defated the illumnati by doing A Jojo move ,10/10 animu
end of review
waTch SyMpHOgeaR n0w***
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what , you are still there?
uh , thought it was enough.

In this season of Symphogear , we get more character developement .
Remember Chris' past in season 1 ? Now it's finally coming back with Chris having to deal with elements of her past in order to move on .This past is taking form with characters from that past and she needs to learn how to deal with it .

Shirabe in this season needs to learn to open up more to her friends other then kirika . Not to learn how to ''teamwork'' since she already could do that but to learn to work better with everybody other than kirika which she can only accomplish through her own strenght and perseverance .It was seen by her as kirika's strenght and as her weakness , which she is working towards vanquishing this weakness.

And Maria also got , yet less noticable , character developement. (Maria sucks though so it was alright ).....
fuck i already see people disliking this post) (IM JOKING OKAY)

In this season ,we got new villains called ''the BABARIAN ILLUMINATI'' (yo boy already know they are villains because they have illuminati in their name) . they are all ArUkUmiSTU that uses the law oF EquIVAleNT ExChaNge.
That means they take something to make something else , sacrifices things to make another thing.
So now , the big boys arukumistu's goal is to save humanity by sacrificing some human lives in exchange. The law of equivanlentu exchange taken to its extreme . cuz it's symphogear , yay!

Saint german (the lead girl of the arukumisto) was a slave and she also watched her mother die in front of her . Hibiki (the mc) was extremely bullied: people playing mean ''pranks'' on her all the way to people throwing rocks in the windows of her house. Yet Hibiki got saved by someone who gave her life for her. Which is why Hibiki treasures life so much ; because of that very accident.And this is where the differences comes in . Both want to ''save humanity'' but it's in the way of how they proceed of doing it that is different.The difference ultimately comes from the divergence in their past .
As Saint-german clashes with Hibki , not only could Hibiki grow a little , even though she didn't ultimately accept the way of thinking of Saint-German , but Saint-German could also reflect upon herself about her resolves and beliefs .She reflected that maybe there was another way to save humanity without completely destroying multiple human lives in the process.A middle ground of some sort.

Time to cue the usual animation , sound , thingy thingy , template you see in every review. Because this is very serious review , therefore very serious template.

ANIMATION
nibba ,it's symphogear

SOUND
My dude , it's symphogear

STORY
Story is pretty symphogear like so yeah

CHARACTERS
They are all likeable. ( Chris and hibki best girls , nobody attack me , it's a fact)

Alright but in a more serious note , one's of symphogear greatest strenght is it's music . It's not simply oh fighting music ,let's put some fighting music there , cuz fighting idol show , right? but it actually enhances the feel of the battles . There is the fact that Almost every songs are bangers ; every idol show would dream having as many good songs as Symphogear (quote me bitch) ,but they are also well integrated into the fights. . What i mean by that is that it feels like the girls are actually singing the song and it is an actual part of the battle.

When they are about to prepare an attack , they can go off tone and actually scream the song while doing the attack . When an attack reaches them , they might just stop singing for a bit .Sometimes , they might even shambles the lyrics . The fact that they are singing off-key purposely is indeed enhancing the battles since it doesn't only feel like a ''random ost that got put in there '' but that they are actually singing the song themselves . Also the music is really well synched with the action and it makes it really epik my guy. All of the lyrics for the songs also fits the characters who are singing it ,which means every character have their own style of song (diversity in songs yay) . Yet all of them feels Symphogear .

The animation is pretty good as well , the fight scenes are always good . This series has maybe the best mahou shoujo transformation sequence i've ever seen in all anime.

So overall should you watch symphogear

Yo like i said
THE MC BEAT THE FREAKING ILLUMINATI BY DOING A GOSH DARN JOJO MOVE
dunno how it didn't sell you there.

But seriously though,
Symphogear may not be perfect , it may be dumb at times and it may have obvious flaws . But Symphogear is one of the few shows that are aware of its strenght and then turn those flaws into something that when you look back at them , you can be fond of. Judging and placing a lower score in this artistic work solely because of it's flaws is not fair . Because symphogear is quite a unique experience and after watching every season of it , you're not left dissapointed. Symphogear may not be for everyone but it is something worth to look on to.Even if has some moments where i may not even have enjoyed it (which isn't the case for this season) , or things i actually didn't like about it , i still think symphogear has it's merit as not only an anime , but as a franchise.So in conclusion , should you watch symphogear AXZ .
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THE GOSHDARNING MC BEAT THE CRAPRI#@$#@FM OUT OF THE ILLUMINATI WITH A JOJO MO---