Symphogear AXZ · review
Man, Symphogear keeps getting better and better. And here I am writing another review for season 4, can't believe i made it this far and I enjoyed every single episodes of it. I'll start with the pros and cons of this show. The pros : The animation this season is veeery good compared to the the last season and much much more than the first season. The battles are very cool and fluid, they're also much more action packed than the last one. Hell, even the final battle is cool. Also, the transformation scenes are fucking LIT, every time they transform I always get excited af.The characters are also more developed here and very likeable. I've grown from hating Hibiki in season 1 to actually liking her here at season 4. Can't forget about the awesome soundtracks tho, they're the main highlight of this anime. The opening, while not as good as GX, is still a banger this season. The battle songs are also great.
The cons : Tbh, The story isn't really interesting for me, it still follows the same pattern as in G. GX provided something different but it doesn't really stick out for me. We got three new villains with the same abilities as the wielders (sounds familiar?), an autoscorer and a dude who wears a suit and fedora, which is actually the real villain (sounds a lot like Dr. Ver right?) also, they're the fucking Illuminati, how crazy is that??. They didn't really explained it that well about their plans and motivation so that one felt flat to me so I'm a bit confused at certain points in the story. The world building is also confusing af. Idk where they got the alca-noises, how the alchemist is somehow in there, Ogawa being a FUCKING NINJA and how Genjuurou gets to fight on par with the wielders, even stronger than them. There's a lot of confusing things, but it'll be too much if I add all of them here. The dialogues can be a bit cheesy at times and i sometimes cringe at it.
Overall : I mainly enjoy this anime for the characters, soundtrack and animations. The story might not be that great, but at least it's somewhat enjoyable because of how crazy it is sometimes. Piece of advice, watch it without really thinking about it too much, just have fun. This anime is perfect for you if you enjoy mindless fun. Thanks for reading.