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[(Anonymous)]

My main issue with Symphogear- not sure how widespread this is- was the whole "singing while they're fighting" idea.

It sounds like a good idea on paper, but it broke my suspension of disbelief in practice. There's no sense of exertion or anything while they're fighting, because they're busy singing pitch-perfect J-pop.

I've also heard complaints that it felt too engineered, like a committee were ticking all the boxes necessary to make an anime aimed with cynical precision at their target demographic, and sell a lot of merchandise. The act of casting Aoi Yuki in the lead, in a series that was riding on the "gritty magical girl" wave of Madoka Magica, didn't help this feeling.

[echoandbeyond]

I see what you mean, though I actually felt it was the opposite about the pitch-perfect thing. Especially in episode 5 when Hibiki's showing off her new moves for the first time, I actually thought she sounded like she was moving while singing? Oh well. But yeah, the team behind the series (Elements Garden) is a music team first and foremost, and their goal was music-oriented, so it's entirely possible some writing quality was sacrificed for the sake of music.