Superb Song of the Valkyries: Symphogear
“Meteoroids falling, burning, disappearing, and then...”
During a concert by idol group Zwei Wing, an alien force known as the Noise attack the stage. Group members Tsubasa Kazanari and Kanade Amou suppress the attack using their Symphogear armor, but despite their best efforts, innocent bystander Hibiki Tachibana is fatally injured. Distraught and much to Tsubasa's dismay, Kanade sacrifices herself in the process to save Hibiki. Two years later, Hibiki lives on. Tsubasa now fights alone. With the threat of the Noise increasing, Hibiki finds herself encountering the Noise once again but this time she is granted a chance to become attuned with the same Symphogear that Kanade wielded.
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During a concert by idol group Zwei Wing, an alien force known as the Noise attack the stage. Group members Tsubasa Kazanari and Kanade Amou suppress the attack using their Symphogear armor, but despite their best efforts, innocent bystander Hibiki Tachibana is fatally injured. Distraught and much to Tsubasa's dismay, Kanade sacrifices herself in the process to save Hibiki. Two years later, Hibiki lives on. Tsubasa now fights alone. With the threat of the Noise increasing, Hibiki finds herself encountering the Noise once again but this time she is granted a chance to become attuned with the same Symphogear that Kanade wielded.
1.Awakening Heartbeat
10.006-01-201224mWhen bizarre creatures known as the Noise threaten the Earth, only popular singing duo Zwei Wing has the power to fight back. But what happens after one of the idols sacrifices her...
2.Noise and Disharmony
4.513-01-201224mWhen young Hibiki is attacked by the Noise, she suddenly transforms into an armored warrior to fight them off. But when the government comes to clean up, instead of actually thanki...
3.Passing in the Night
9.020-01-201224mIt's been one month since Hibiki's first battle. As she slowly adjusts to life as a Symphogear user, her grades start to plunge. After much effort, she finally turns in her make-up...
4.Falling Tears
9.027-01-201224mA new relic wielder has appeared, and she's not friendly. Even worse, she's using the Nehushtan Armor, which was stolen in the attack on the concert two years ago. Tsubasa loses co...
5.From the Bottom of Darker Depths
10.003-02-201224mThe Japanese Government has decided that the enemy is getting too close to Durandal, the powerful intact relic kept at the bottom of the Abyss. They want to move it to a secure loc...
6.Where Omens Lead
9.010-02-201224mAs Hibiki is spending more and more time fighting the Noise, it means less time for her studies and less time for her friends. Miku is feeling alone and isolated, but she makes a p...
7.Fate Just Keeps Firing
10.017-02-201224mHibiki and Tsubasa work together to defeat Chris, who runs away. But now Miku has seen Hibiki fighting, and she's very upset that Hibiki's been keeping secrets...
8.No Shadows in the Sunlight
9.024-02-201224mMiku is still upset that Hibiki didn't tell her about the Symphogear. She starts skipping school and binging on Okonomiyaki, but she's caught outside during another Noise attack...
9.Protector's Song
9.002-03-201224mChris is alone and scared, and cut off from anyone who could help her. She's living out of an abandoned building in the evacuated zone, when she's met by an unlikely friend. Meanwh...
10.What Only Clasped Hands Can Create
10.009-03-201224mChris finally joins Division 2, and she brings with her valuable information: the name of the project that Finé is working on. But before they can get there to stop her, four massi...
11.Shoot the Moon
10.016-03-201224mKadingir is complete, and Finé's master plan is revealed. She's going to shoot a giant rail gun at the moon, and blow it up!
12.Symphogear
5.523-03-201224mHibiki goes out of control, and Tsubasa is defeated by Finé. Everything looks lost when Miku reactivates the power to the school, and the other students start singing the anthem ov...
13.Meteoroids Falling, Burning, Disappearing, and Then...
10.030-03-201224mWith their new unlimited gears, the Symphogear wielders easily defeat Finé's legions of Noise. But Finé has a final plan: Absorb the Noise and become a huge, laser-shooting monster...
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