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* CharacterPerceptionEvolution: * Akira Tachibana was near-universally hated in his debut in ''GX'', for being a [[DisappearedDad deadbeat dad]] and an [[AbusiveParents abusive]] alcoholic willing to abandon his daughter Hibiki when she needed him the most and [[EntitledBastard expecting her to instantly welcome him back as if nothing had happened]], enough for him to be [[ShooOutTheNewGuy quietly sidelined after the season ended]]. Following his reappearance in ''XV'' however, some have warmed up to him due to his [[JerkassRealization acknowledgement of his flaws]] and [[TookALevelInKindness his genuine efforts to do better]], helped by the even more depraved actions of Tsubasa's father/grandfather [[EvilOldFolks Fudo Kazanari]] making Akira look like a saint by comparison. As a result, Akira became an extremely BaseBreakingCharacter, although most are willing to acknowledge his positive qualities.
* ContestedSequel: GX is beloved by many fans - but just as many are baffled at its popularity. Common criticisms include unlikeable antagonists that the show nevertheless tries to portray in a sympathetic light, bad fights with focus given to power level wank and one sided curbstomps over decent choreography, most of the cast being useless and barely doing anything outside of their focus episodes, pacing issues and a noticeable increase in fanservice compared to the past two seasons.

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* CharacterPerceptionEvolution: * Akira Tachibana was near-universally hated in his debut in ''GX'', for being a [[DisappearedDad deadbeat dad]] and an [[AbusiveParents abusive]] alcoholic willing to abandon his daughter Hibiki when she needed him the most and [[EntitledBastard expecting her to instantly welcome him back as if nothing had happened]], enough for him to be [[ShooOutTheNewGuy quietly sidelined after the season ended]]. Following his reappearance in ''XV'' however, some have warmed up to him due to his [[JerkassRealization acknowledgement of his flaws]] and [[TookALevelInKindness his genuine efforts to do better]], helped by the even more depraved actions of Tsubasa's father/grandfather [[EvilOldFolks Fudo Kazanari]] making Akira look like a saint by comparison. As a result, Akira became an extremely BaseBreakingCharacter, although most are willing to acknowledge his positive qualities.
* ContestedSequel: GX is beloved by many fans - but just as many are baffled at its popularity. Common criticisms include unlikeable antagonists that the show nevertheless tries to portray in a sympathetic semi-sympathetic light, bad fights with focus given to power level wank and one sided curbstomps over decent choreography, most of the cast being useless and barely doing anything outside of their focus episodes, pacing issues and a noticeable increase in fanservice compared to the past two seasons.



** Dr. Ver is by far the most pupular villain, thanks to his over the top performance and love-to-hate personality

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** [[spoiler:Shem-ha]] killing [[spoiler:Noble Red]] in the ninth episode of ''XV'' was also well-deserved as [[spoiler:Noble Red, especially Millaarc]], committed many deplorable actions while under the employ of [[spoiler:Fudo Kazanari]]. In the same vein, seeing [[spoiler:Fudo Kazanari's]] plans go haywire is this as [[spoiler:he]] tried to [[spoiler:control Shem-ha]] only to fail due to [[spoiler:Noble Red's]] interference, and then him getting arrested, condemned spend the remainder of his life as a miserable failure behind bars.

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** [[spoiler:Shem-ha]] killing [[spoiler:Noble Red]] in the ninth episode of ''XV'' was also well-deserved as [[spoiler:Noble Red, especially Millaarc]], committed many deplorable actions while under the employ of [[spoiler:Fudo Kazanari]]. In the same vein, seeing [[spoiler:Fudo Kazanari's]] plans go haywire is this as [[spoiler:he]] tried to [[spoiler:control Shem-ha]] only to fail due to [[spoiler:Noble Red's]] interference, and then him getting arrested, arrested and even put in a straightjacket, condemned spend the remainder of his life as a miserable failure behind bars.bars.
* CharacterPerceptionEvolution: * Akira Tachibana was near-universally hated in his debut in ''GX'', for being a [[DisappearedDad deadbeat dad]] and an [[AbusiveParents abusive]] alcoholic willing to abandon his daughter Hibiki when she needed him the most and [[EntitledBastard expecting her to instantly welcome him back as if nothing had happened]], enough for him to be [[ShooOutTheNewGuy quietly sidelined after the season ended]]. Following his reappearance in ''XV'' however, some have warmed up to him due to his [[JerkassRealization acknowledgement of his flaws]] and [[TookALevelInKindness his genuine efforts to do better]], helped by the even more depraved actions of Tsubasa's father/grandfather [[EvilOldFolks Fudo Kazanari]] making Akira look like a saint by comparison. As a result, Akira became an extremely BaseBreakingCharacter, although most are willing to acknowledge his positive qualities.



** Hibiki's father is likely the most hated character of ''GX'', for reasons detailed in TheScrappy below. His sole appearance after ''GX'', in [[spoiler:''XV'' episode 9]], is generally considered to be okay. [[spoiler:He's shown as not having quite gained an unearned reconciliation with the rest of Hibiki's family and admits that he isn't a good dad, but he manages to reconnect with his daughter again, and both seem to officially bury the hatchet, reminding her the very words he taught her, "Heiki Hecchara" and she bounces back from her loss of Miku to Shem-Ha thanks to him.]]

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** Hibiki's father is Akira Tachibana was likely the most hated character of ''GX'', for reasons detailed in TheScrappy below. His sole appearance after ''GX'', in [[spoiler:''XV'' episode 9]], is generally considered to be okay.a big improvement from him. [[spoiler:He's shown as not having quite gained an unearned reconciliation with the rest of Hibiki's family and admits that he isn't a good dad, but he manages to reconnect with his daughter again, and both seem to officially bury the hatchet, reminding her the very words he taught her, "Heiki Hecchara" and she bounces back from her loss of Miku to Shem-Ha thanks to him.]]



* TheScrappy: Hibiki's father, who abandoned his family after the concert disaster in Season 1, makes his first in-person appearance in the show in GX. In his first shared scene with Hibiki, he not only refuses to apologize, but [[EntitledBastard asks for her help in trying to get him back with Hibiki's mother]], and at the end of the conversation [[RefugeInAudacity leaves Hibiki with the lunch bill]]. He comes off as so loathsome and obnoxiously selfish that his helpful contributions in the final battle of the season were seen as too little, too late, and Hibiki's decision to forgive him in the end very much comes off as unearned. That said, [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap his appearance later in the series is considered okay]].

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* TheScrappy: In ''GX'', Hibiki's father, who Akira Tachibana, was immensely disliked for being a DirtyCoward who'd abandoned his family after the concert disaster in Season 1, makes his first in-person appearance 1 and in the show in GX. In his first shared scene with Hibiki, he not only refuses to apologize, but [[EntitledBastard asks for her help in trying to get him back with Hibiki's mother]], and at the end of the conversation [[RefugeInAudacity leaves Hibiki with the lunch bill]]. He comes off as so loathsome and obnoxiously selfish that his helpful contributions in the final battle of the season and decision to stop being so selfish and cowardly were seen as too little, too late, and Hibiki's decision to forgive him in the end very much comes off as unearned. That said, [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap his later appearance later in the series XV where he makes good on his character growth is considered okay]].okay and won fans over to him]], see CharacterPerceptionEvolution.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Noble Red in general, but particularly Millaarc. The show paints them as tragic reluctant villains whose actions are motivated by their desire to be human again and to not be treated as monsters. However, the events episode 2 of ''XV'' in which Millaarc massacres an entire concert hall of innocent people with Alca-Noise, capped off with her gleefully killing a little girl right in front of Tsubasa, left the group as a whole losing pretty much any sympathy they may have garnered. Even the reveal that their numerous terrorist attacks [[spoiler:were due to Fudou essentially holding a gun to their heads does little to mitigate the backlash against them as Millaarc's sadistic joy and lack of remorse for her actions makes it practically impossible to excuse her for JustFollowingOrders.]] That being said, this trope is downplayed in the case of Elsa, due to her being the youngest member, as well as being the only one who doesn't behave like a CardCarryingVillain.

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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Noble Red in general, but particularly Millaarc. The show paints them as tragic reluctant villains whose actions are motivated by their desire to be human again and to not be treated as monsters. However, the events episode 2 of ''XV'' in which Millaarc massacres an entire concert hall of innocent people with Alca-Noise, capped off with her gleefully killing a little girl right in front of Tsubasa, left the group as a whole losing pretty much any sympathy they may have garnered. Even the reveal that their numerous terrorist attacks [[spoiler:were due to Fudou essentially holding a gun to their heads does little to mitigate the backlash against them as Millaarc's sadistic joy and lack of remorse for her actions makes it practically impossible to excuse her for JustFollowingOrders.JustFollowingOrders, and both she and Vanessa maintain unrepentent NeverMyFault attitudes that only lets up in their literal final moment where they thank Hibiki and the others.]] That being said, this trope is downplayed in the case of Elsa, due to her being the youngest member, as well as being the only one who doesn't behave like a CardCarryingVillain.
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** Millaarc in episode 2 of [=XV=], first she raids a concert by Tsubasa and Maria releasing hundreds of Alca-Noise on the unsuspecting civilains, killing 70,000, giving callbacks to Episode 1 of the first series, but then she brutally kills one fan, a [[WouldHurtAChild child]], right in front of an already disturbed Tsubasa. [[spoiler:Just to make it worse, more than a few fans think the victim was the little girl Hibiki rescued in episode 1 of the first series.]] This was Millaarc's EstablishingCharacterMoment and she already crossed the horizon. Following this, later episodes' attempts to give her sympathetic traits have had variable effect on viewers.

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** Millaarc in episode 2 of [=XV=], first she raids a concert by Tsubasa and Maria releasing hundreds of Alca-Noise on the unsuspecting civilains, killing 70,000, giving callbacks to Episode 1 of the first series, but then she brutally kills one fan, a [[WouldHurtAChild child]], right in front of an already disturbed Tsubasa. [[spoiler:Just to make it worse, more than a few fans think the victim was the little girl Hibiki rescued in episode 1 of the first series.]] This was Millaarc's EstablishingCharacterMoment and she already crossed the horizon. Following this, later episodes' attempts to give her sympathetic traits have had variable effect on viewers. [[spoiler: Of course, the show would go on to establish that the only reason Millaarc was at the concert and able to carry out that massacre was because of the belowmentioned Fudou Kazanari...]]
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* RefrainFromAssuming: Carol's VillainSong from ''GX'' is called ''Senkin ・ Daurdabla''[[note]]Massacre Harp ・ Daurdabla[[/note]], but it's common to find fans who refer to it as "Genocide & Genocide", after its very memorable refrain.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Noble Red in general, but particularly Millaarc. The show paints them as tragic reluctant villains whose actions are motivated by their desire to be human again and to not be treated as monsters. However, the events episode 2 of XV in which Millaarc massacres an entire concert hall of innocent people with Alca-Noise, capped off with her gleefully killing a little girl right in front of Tsubasa, left the group as a whole losing pretty much any sympathy they may have garnered. Even the reveal that their numerous terrorist attacks [[spoiler:were due to Fudou essentially holding a gun to their heads does little to mitigate the backlash against them as Millaarc's sadistic joy and lack of remorse for her actions makes it practically impossible to excuse her for JustFollowingOrders.]] That being said, this trope is downplayed in the case of Elsa, due to her being the youngest member, as well as being the only one who doesn't behave like a CardCarryingVillain.

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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Noble Red in general, but particularly Millaarc. The show paints them as tragic reluctant villains whose actions are motivated by their desire to be human again and to not be treated as monsters. However, the events episode 2 of XV ''XV'' in which Millaarc massacres an entire concert hall of innocent people with Alca-Noise, capped off with her gleefully killing a little girl right in front of Tsubasa, left the group as a whole losing pretty much any sympathy they may have garnered. Even the reveal that their numerous terrorist attacks [[spoiler:were due to Fudou essentially holding a gun to their heads does little to mitigate the backlash against them as Millaarc's sadistic joy and lack of remorse for her actions makes it practically impossible to excuse her for JustFollowingOrders.]] That being said, this trope is downplayed in the case of Elsa, due to her being the youngest member, as well as being the only one who doesn't behave like a CardCarryingVillain.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Noble Red. The show paints them as tragic people whose actions are motivated by wanting to be human again and not be treated as monsters. However, their actions in episode 2 in which they massacred an entire concert hall of innocent people with Alca-Noise, with Millaarc gleefully killing a girl right in front of Tsubasa, left them losing sympathy since they acted monstrous. Even with the reveal that their numerous terrorist attacks [[spoiler:was due to Fudou essentially forcing them at gunpoint does little to mitigate the backlash against them as Millaarc's sadistic joy and lack of remorse for her actions makes it difficult to excuse her for JustFollowingOrders.]] That being said, this trope is downplayed in the case of Elsa, due to her being the youngest member, as well as being the only one who doesn't behave like a CardCarryingVillain.

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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Noble Red. Red in general, but particularly Millaarc. The show paints them as tragic people reluctant villains whose actions are motivated by wanting their desire to be human again and to not be treated as monsters. However, their actions in the events episode 2 of XV in which they massacred Millaarc massacres an entire concert hall of innocent people with Alca-Noise, capped off with Millaarc her gleefully killing a little girl right in front of Tsubasa, left them the group as a whole losing pretty much any sympathy since they acted monstrous. may have garnered. Even with the reveal that their numerous terrorist attacks [[spoiler:was [[spoiler:were due to Fudou essentially forcing them at gunpoint holding a gun to their heads does little to mitigate the backlash against them as Millaarc's sadistic joy and lack of remorse for her actions makes it difficult practically impossible to excuse her for JustFollowingOrders.]] That being said, this trope is downplayed in the case of Elsa, due to her being the youngest member, as well as being the only one who doesn't behave like a CardCarryingVillain.
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* IKnewIt:
** Some fans assumed that the DownerBeginning was just a {{Troll}} and that Hibiki is still alive. Some even thought of it already at the very beginning. [[spoiler:Boy, ''they were right!'']]
** In season 2, [[spoiler:Maria isn't Fine's reincarnation]]. Also, for all of Ver's seemingly WellIntentionedExtremist propaganda of 'saving humanity from the Moon's fall'... [[spoiler:he just lied his ass off, he just wants to save his own butt and the rest die for his amusement!]]
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* EvilIsSexy:
** Nehustan Armour Chris in season 1, due to the armour's {{Stripperific}} nature.
** Finé tops all characters, even after the introduction of future characters.
** Maria in ''G'', thanks for her being even better endowed than Chris.
** Carol's adult form in ''GX''. Groping her own breasts and giving a Finé vibe definitively helps.
** Cagliostro in ''AXZ'', thanks to her large bust and being voiced by a ''male'' [[Creator/ShoutaAoi voice actor]].
** Adam is as handsome as he is immoral. Bonus points for being unabashed of his nudity, like Finé.
** Vanessa ''weaponizes'' this in XV - and it actually works!
** Miku in ''XV'' [[spoiler:when she got possessed by Shem-ha]]. While she is a comely girl already, Miku get extra attractive with a messier hairdo, form-fitting black dress, deeper voice, and confident expressions or body language.
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** Creator/AoiYuki's casting drew some criticism (such as the Anime News Network review) for her singing abilities -- or lack thereof. In fact, the Website/SomethingAwful thread, in its introductory paragraph describing the show to readers, states: "[T]here's a wide variety of music to enjoy, sung by an all-star cast of famous singers. And Aoi Yuuki, who is there."

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** Creator/AoiYuki's casting drew some criticism (such as the Anime News Network review) for her singing abilities -- or lack thereof. In fact, the Website/SomethingAwful thread, in its introductory paragraph describing the show to readers, states: "[T]here's a wide variety of music to enjoy, sung by an all-star cast of famous singers. [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg And Aoi Yuuki, who is there."]]"

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* QuestionableCasting: All of the Japanese voice actresses for the Symphogear users are ''not'' widely known for the genre they portray in the anime. (Creator/AoiYuuki doing a badass {{Leitmotif}}? Creator/AyahiTakagaki opting for HARD ROCK?). To be fair, Creator/NanaMizuki does have yet another DarkMagicalGirl character. Also Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad.

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All of the Japanese voice actresses for the Symphogear users are ''not'' widely known for the genre they portray in the anime. (Creator/AoiYuuki doing a badass {{Leitmotif}}? Creator/AyahiTakagaki opting for HARD ROCK?). To be fair, Creator/NanaMizuki does have yet another DarkMagicalGirl character. Also Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad.Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad.
** Creator/AoiYuki's casting drew some criticism (such as the Anime News Network review) for her singing abilities -- or lack thereof. In fact, the Website/SomethingAwful thread, in its introductory paragraph describing the show to readers, states: "[T]here's a wide variety of music to enjoy, sung by an all-star cast of famous singers. And Aoi Yuuki, who is there."
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpG0-tMcMB0 Bakken -- Dainsleif]]'' is a rather overt reference to ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3_sqNLBbe4 When the Heart Ignites]]'' from ''VideoGame/WildArms5''. Given Akifumi Kaneko and Noriyasu Agematsu worked together on that game too, it's only natural to be found alongside other references to the ''Wild [=ARMs=]'' series in ''Symphogear''.

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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Yumi Itaba, one of Miku's friends, is popular due to her BreakingTheFourthWall habits and for being a [[MetaGuy Meta Girl]].

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* QuestionableCasting: All of the Japanese voice actresses for the Symphogear users are ''not'' widely known for the genre they portray in the anime. (Creator/AoiYuuki doing a badass {{Leitmotif}}? Creator/AyahiTakagaki opting for HARD ROCK?). To be fair, Creator/NanaMizuki does have yet another DarkMagicalGirl character. Also Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad.



* WhatTheHellCastingAgency: All of the Japanese voice actresses for the Symphogear users are ''not'' widely known for the genre they portray in the anime. (Creator/AoiYuuki doing a badass {{Leitmotif}}? Creator/AyahiTakagaki opting for HARD ROCK?). To be fair, Creator/NanaMizuki does have yet another DarkMagicalGirl character. Also Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad.
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** Fans from Tokusatsu (Especially ''Franchise/KamenRider'' and ''Franchise/SuperSentai'') like this series, due to the similar themes ([[HenshinHero transforming heroes]] [[{{Sentai}} with a color theme]]), currently having the most crossover fics on fanfiction.net and even a few shared actors [[note]]Creator/AoiYuuki (Hibiki) played several children when she was younger in ''Series/SeijuuSentaiGingaman'', ''Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger'' and ''Series/KamenRider555'', as well as provided the voice for Yurusen in ''Series/KamenRiderGhost''. Creator/TomokazuSugita (Dr. Ver) voiced [[Series/KamenRiderKiva Kivat-Bat the 3rd]], Series/UltramanGinga, [[Series/KamenRiderZiO Kamen Rider Ginga]] and is the narrator/announcer for ''Series/MashinSentaiKiramager''. Also in ''Kiramager'' are Creator/InoriMinase (Carol) as Princess Mabushina and Creator/KenjiAkabane (Fujitaka) as Mashin Mach. Creator/MaoIchimichi (Vanessa) is the live-action actor for [[Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger Luka Milfy]] and the voice behind [[Series/UchuSentaiKyuranger Raptor 283]] and [[Series/KamenRiderZeroOne Ai-chan]]. Creator/ToshihikoSeki (Akira) is [[Series/KamenRiderDenO Momotaros/Den-O Sword Form]]. And Creator/MikakoKomatsu (Kuriyo) is the voice actor for [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Akiko Narumi]] in ''Manga/FuutoPI''[[/note]]. There are even tags for Symphogear/Kamen Rider and Symphogear/Super Sentai art (仮面ライダーシンフォギア and 戦姫戦隊シンフォギア, respectively) on Website/{{Pixiv}}. Cue rejoicing when ''XDU'' announced an ''[[Franchise/UltraSeries Ultraman]]'' crossover, and even ''more'' rejoicing when a ''Series/MashinSentaiKiramager'' crossover was announced. Not to mention the same rejoicing happened for the ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' and ''Film/{{Gamera}}'' events, and a lesser extent with the ''Anime/SSSSGridman'' and ''Anime/SSSSDynazenon'' events. Needless to say, the fandom exploded once they finally announced that we would be getting a collaboration with ''Series/KamenRider555''.

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** Fans from Tokusatsu (Especially ''Franchise/KamenRider'' and ''Franchise/SuperSentai'') like this series, due to the similar themes ([[HenshinHero transforming heroes]] [[{{Sentai}} with a color theme]]), currently having the most crossover fics on fanfiction.net and even a few shared actors [[note]]Creator/AoiYuuki (Hibiki) played several children when she was younger in ''Series/SeijuuSentaiGingaman'', ''Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger'' and ''Series/KamenRider555'', as well as provided the voice for Yurusen in ''Series/KamenRiderGhost''. Creator/TomokazuSugita (Dr. Ver) voiced [[Series/KamenRiderKiva Kivat-Bat the 3rd]], Series/UltramanGinga, [[Series/KamenRiderZiO Kamen Rider Ginga]] and is the narrator/announcer for ''Series/MashinSentaiKiramager''. Also in ''Kiramager'' are Creator/InoriMinase (Carol) as Princess Mabushina and Creator/KenjiAkabane (Fujitaka) as Mashin Mach. Creator/MaoIchimichi (Vanessa) is the live-action actor for [[Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger Luka Milfy]] and the voice behind [[Series/UchuSentaiKyuranger Raptor 283]] and [[Series/KamenRiderZeroOne Ai-chan]]. Creator/ToshihikoSeki (Akira) is [[Series/KamenRiderDenO Momotaros/Den-O Sword Form]]. And Creator/MikakoKomatsu (Kuriyo) is the voice actor for [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Akiko Narumi]] in ''Manga/FuutoPI''[[/note]]. There are even tags for Symphogear/Kamen Rider and Symphogear/Super Sentai art (仮面ライダーシンフォギア and 戦姫戦隊シンフォギア, respectively) on Website/{{Pixiv}}. Cue rejoicing when ''XDU'' announced an ''[[Franchise/UltraSeries Ultraman]]'' crossover, and even ''more'' rejoicing when a ''Series/MashinSentaiKiramager'' crossover was announced. Not to mention the same rejoicing happened for the ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' and ''Film/{{Gamera}}'' events, and a lesser extent with the ''Anime/SSSSGridman'' and ''Anime/SSSSDynazenon'' events. Needless to say, the fandom exploded once they finally announced that we would be getting a collaboration with ''Series/KamenRider555''.''Series/KamenRider555'', complete with ''Creator/ToshikiInoue himself'' writing the event.
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** Fans from Tokusatsu (Especially ''Franchise/KamenRider'' and ''Franchise/SuperSentai'') like this series, due to the similar themes ([[HenshinHero transforming heroes]] [[{{Sentai}} with a color theme]]), currently having the most crossover fics on fanfiction.net and even a few shared actors [[note]]Creator/AoiYuuki (Hibiki) played several children when she was younger in ''Series/SeijuuSentaiGingaman'', ''Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger'' and ''Series/KamenRider555'', as well as provided the voice for Yurusen in ''Series/KamenRiderGhost''. Creator/TomokazuSugita (Dr. Ver) voiced [[Series/KamenRiderKiva Kivat-Bat the 3rd]], Series/UltramanGinga, [[Series/KamenRiderZiO Kamen Rider Ginga]] and is the narrator/announcer for ''Series/MashinSentaiKiramager''. Also in ''Kiramager'' are Creator/InoriMinase (Carol) as Princess Mabushina and Creator/KenjiAkabane (Fujitaka) as Mashin Mach. Creator/MaoIchimichi (Vanessa) is the live-action actor for [[Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger Luka Milfy]] and the voice behind [[Series/UchuSentaiKyuranger Raptor 283]] and [[Series/KamenRiderZeroOne Ai-chan]]. Creator/ToshihikoSeki (Akira) is [[Series/KamenRiderDenO Momotaros/Den-O Sword Form]]. And Creator/MikakoKomatsu (Kuriyo) is the voice actor for [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Akiko Narumi]] in ''Manga/FuutoPI''[[/note]]. There are even tags for Symphogear/Kamen Rider and Symphogear/Super Sentai art (仮面ライダーシンフォギア and 戦姫戦隊シンフォギア, respectively) on Website/{{Pixiv}}. Cue rejoicing when ''XDU'' announced an ''[[Franchise/UltraSeries Ultraman]]'' crossover, and even ''more'' rejoicing when a ''Series/MashinSentaiKiramager'' crossover was announced. Not to mention the same rejoicing happened for the ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' and ''Film/{{Gamera}}'' events, and a lesser extent with the ''Anime/SSSSGridman'' and ''Anime/SSSSDynazenon'' events. One could only imagine the explosions if a ''Kamen Rider'' collaboration does come to light.

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** Fans from Tokusatsu (Especially ''Franchise/KamenRider'' and ''Franchise/SuperSentai'') like this series, due to the similar themes ([[HenshinHero transforming heroes]] [[{{Sentai}} with a color theme]]), currently having the most crossover fics on fanfiction.net and even a few shared actors [[note]]Creator/AoiYuuki (Hibiki) played several children when she was younger in ''Series/SeijuuSentaiGingaman'', ''Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger'' and ''Series/KamenRider555'', as well as provided the voice for Yurusen in ''Series/KamenRiderGhost''. Creator/TomokazuSugita (Dr. Ver) voiced [[Series/KamenRiderKiva Kivat-Bat the 3rd]], Series/UltramanGinga, [[Series/KamenRiderZiO Kamen Rider Ginga]] and is the narrator/announcer for ''Series/MashinSentaiKiramager''. Also in ''Kiramager'' are Creator/InoriMinase (Carol) as Princess Mabushina and Creator/KenjiAkabane (Fujitaka) as Mashin Mach. Creator/MaoIchimichi (Vanessa) is the live-action actor for [[Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger Luka Milfy]] and the voice behind [[Series/UchuSentaiKyuranger Raptor 283]] and [[Series/KamenRiderZeroOne Ai-chan]]. Creator/ToshihikoSeki (Akira) is [[Series/KamenRiderDenO Momotaros/Den-O Sword Form]]. And Creator/MikakoKomatsu (Kuriyo) is the voice actor for [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Akiko Narumi]] in ''Manga/FuutoPI''[[/note]]. There are even tags for Symphogear/Kamen Rider and Symphogear/Super Sentai art (仮面ライダーシンフォギア and 戦姫戦隊シンフォギア, respectively) on Website/{{Pixiv}}. Cue rejoicing when ''XDU'' announced an ''[[Franchise/UltraSeries Ultraman]]'' crossover, and even ''more'' rejoicing when a ''Series/MashinSentaiKiramager'' crossover was announced. Not to mention the same rejoicing happened for the ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' and ''Film/{{Gamera}}'' events, and a lesser extent with the ''Anime/SSSSGridman'' and ''Anime/SSSSDynazenon'' events. One could only imagine Needless to say, the explosions if fandom exploded once they finally announced that we would be getting a ''Kamen Rider'' collaboration does come to light.with ''Series/KamenRider555''.
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** Carol was generally seen as this in the days of ''GX''; people tended to regard her as either the show's best villain, or its worst. [[EvilIsCool Her design, songs, and voice work]] were all incredibly popular, but she suffered from very clumsily executed motives, a lack of significant personality besides being evil, and being a frustratingly InvincibleVillain who committed [[MoralEventHorizon some of the most heinous and destructive deeds]] in the entire franchise. ''XV'' fortunately managed to resolve some of this by [[spoiler:giving her a HeelFaceTurn albeit with her still acting like a TokenEvilTeammate (which [[AwesomeEgo actually works well), playing up her relationship with Elfnein, and ratcheting down her power somewhat.]]

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** Carol was generally seen as this in the days of ''GX''; people tended to regard her as either the show's best villain, or its worst. [[EvilIsCool Her design, songs, and voice work]] were all incredibly popular, but she suffered from very clumsily executed motives, a lack of significant personality besides being evil, and being a frustratingly InvincibleVillain who committed [[MoralEventHorizon some of the most heinous and destructive deeds]] in the entire franchise. ''XV'' fortunately managed to resolve some of this by [[spoiler:giving her a HeelFaceTurn albeit with her still acting like a TokenEvilTeammate (which [[AwesomeEgo actually works well), well]]), playing up her relationship with Elfnein, and ratcheting down her power somewhat.]]
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpG0-tMcMB0 Bakken -- Dainsleif]]'' is a rather overt reference to ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3_sqNLBbe4 When the Heart Ignites]]'' from ''VideoGame/WildArms5''. Given Akifumi Kaneko and Noriyasu Agematsu worked together on that game too, it's only natural to be found alongside other references to the ''Wild [=ARMs=]'' series in ''Symphogear''.
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** Fudo Kazanari finally gets there in ''XV'' episode 9 by [[spoiler:[[OffingTheOffspring attempting to shoot Tsubasa dead for shaming the family, kills Yatsuhiro instead, and GLOATS ABOUT KILLING HIS OWN CHILD.]]]]
*** Honestly, Fudo probably crossed that line long before the series began by raping his own daughter-in-law to produce Tsubasa, then turning Tsubasa into a lab rat for most of her life and a Symphogear user against her will.

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** Fudo Fudou Kazanari finally gets there in ''XV'' episode 9 by [[spoiler:[[OffingTheOffspring attempting to shoot Tsubasa dead for shaming the family, kills Yatsuhiro instead, and GLOATS ABOUT KILLING HIS OWN CHILD.]]]]
*** Honestly, Fudo Fudou probably crossed that line long before the series began by [[spoiler: raping his own daughter-in-law to produce Tsubasa, then turning Tsubasa into a lab rat for most of her life and a Symphogear user against her will.]]



** Kirika has become a lot more popular after her BigDamnHeroes moment in the third episode of ''GX'', rescuing Chris despite the risk to her body caused by transforming without [=LiNKER=].

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** Kirika has become had been [[BaseBreakingCharacter fairly divisive]] during the last few episode of ''G'', but becmae a lot more popular after her BigDamnHeroes moment in the third episode of ''GX'', rescuing Chris despite the risk to her body caused by transforming without [=LiNKER=].
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** Carol was generally seen as this in the days of ''GX''; people tended to regard her as either the show's best villain, or its worst. [[EvilIsCool Her design, songs, and voice work]] were all incredibly popular, but she suffered from very clumsily executed motives, a lack of significant personality besides being evil, and being a frustratingly InvincibleVillain. ''XV'' fortunately managed to resolve some of this by [[spoiler:giving her a HeelFaceTurn albeit with her still acting like a TokenEvilTeammate (which [[AwesomeEgo actually works well), playing up her relationship with Elfnein, and ratcheting down her power somewhat.]]

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** Carol was generally seen as this in the days of ''GX''; people tended to regard her as either the show's best villain, or its worst. [[EvilIsCool Her design, songs, and voice work]] were all incredibly popular, but she suffered from very clumsily executed motives, a lack of significant personality besides being evil, and being a frustratingly InvincibleVillain.InvincibleVillain who committed [[MoralEventHorizon some of the most heinous and destructive deeds]] in the entire franchise. ''XV'' fortunately managed to resolve some of this by [[spoiler:giving her a HeelFaceTurn albeit with her still acting like a TokenEvilTeammate (which [[AwesomeEgo actually works well), playing up her relationship with Elfnein, and ratcheting down her power somewhat.]]
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** Carol was generally seen as this in the days of ''GX''; people tended to regard her as either the show's best villain, or its worst. [[EvilIsCool Her design, songs, and voice work]] were all incredibly popular, but she suffered from very clumsily executed motives, a lack of significant personality besides being evil, and being a frustratingly InvincibleVillain. ''XV'' fortunately managed to resolve some of this by [[spoiler:giving her a HeelFaceTurn, playing up her relationship with Elfnein, and ratcheting down her power somewhat.]]

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** Carol was generally seen as this in the days of ''GX''; people tended to regard her as either the show's best villain, or its worst. [[EvilIsCool Her design, songs, and voice work]] were all incredibly popular, but she suffered from very clumsily executed motives, a lack of significant personality besides being evil, and being a frustratingly InvincibleVillain. ''XV'' fortunately managed to resolve some of this by [[spoiler:giving her a HeelFaceTurn, HeelFaceTurn albeit with her still acting like a TokenEvilTeammate (which [[AwesomeEgo actually works well), playing up her relationship with Elfnein, and ratcheting down her power somewhat.]]
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Noble Red. The show paints them as tragic people whose actions are motivated by wanting to be human again and not be treated as monsters. However, their actions in episode 2 in which they massacred an entire concert hall of innocent people with Alca-Noise, with Millaarc gleefully killing a girl right in front of Tsubasa, left them losing sympathy since they acted monstrous. Even with the reveal that their numerous terrorist attacks [[spoiler:was due to Fudou essentially forcing at gunpoint does little to mitigate the backlash against them as Millaarc's attitude was just a bit too happy to excuse her for JustFollowingOrders.]] That being said, this trope is downplayed in the case of Elsa, due to her being the youngest member, as well as being the only one who doesn't behave like a CardCarryingVillain.

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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Noble Red. The show paints them as tragic people whose actions are motivated by wanting to be human again and not be treated as monsters. However, their actions in episode 2 in which they massacred an entire concert hall of innocent people with Alca-Noise, with Millaarc gleefully killing a girl right in front of Tsubasa, left them losing sympathy since they acted monstrous. Even with the reveal that their numerous terrorist attacks [[spoiler:was due to Fudou essentially forcing them at gunpoint does little to mitigate the backlash against them as Millaarc's attitude was just a bit too happy sadistic joy and lack of remorse for her actions makes it difficult to excuse her for JustFollowingOrders.]] That being said, this trope is downplayed in the case of Elsa, due to her being the youngest member, as well as being the only one who doesn't behave like a CardCarryingVillain.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Noble Red. The show paints them as tragic people whose actions are motivated by wanting to be human again and not be treated as monsters. However, their actions in episode 2 in which they massacred an entire concert hall of innocent people with Alca-Noise, with Millaarc gleefully killing a girl right in front of Tsubasa, left them losing sympathy since they acted monstrous. Even with the reveal that their numerous terrorist attacks [[spoiler:was due to Fudou essentially forcing at gunpoint does little to mitigate the backlash against them as Millaarc's attitude was just a bit too happy to excuse her for JustFollowingOrders.]] That being said, this trope is downplayed in the case of Elsa, due to her due to her being the youngest member, as well as being the only one who doesn't behave like a CardCarryingVillain.

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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Noble Red. The show paints them as tragic people whose actions are motivated by wanting to be human again and not be treated as monsters. However, their actions in episode 2 in which they massacred an entire concert hall of innocent people with Alca-Noise, with Millaarc gleefully killing a girl right in front of Tsubasa, left them losing sympathy since they acted monstrous. Even with the reveal that their numerous terrorist attacks [[spoiler:was due to Fudou essentially forcing at gunpoint does little to mitigate the backlash against them as Millaarc's attitude was just a bit too happy to excuse her for JustFollowingOrders.]] That being said, this trope is downplayed in the case of Elsa, due to her due to her being the youngest member, as well as being the only one who doesn't behave like a CardCarryingVillain.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Noble Red. The show paints them as tragic people whose actions are motivated by wanting to be human again and not be treated as monsters. However, their actions in episode 2 in which they massacred an entire concert hall of innocent people with Alca-Noise, with Millaarc gleefully killing a girl right in front of Tsubasa, left them losing sympathy since they acted monstrous.

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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Noble Red. The show paints them as tragic people whose actions are motivated by wanting to be human again and not be treated as monsters. However, their actions in episode 2 in which they massacred an entire concert hall of innocent people with Alca-Noise, with Millaarc gleefully killing a girl right in front of Tsubasa, left them losing sympathy since they acted monstrous. Even with the reveal that their numerous terrorist attacks [[spoiler:was due to Fudou essentially forcing at gunpoint does little to mitigate the backlash against them as Millaarc's attitude was just a bit too happy to excuse her for JustFollowingOrders.]] That being said, this trope is downplayed in the case of Elsa, due to her due to her being the youngest member, as well as being the only one who doesn't behave like a CardCarryingVillain.
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** There are numerous {{Mecha}} fans, as the mechanical designs of the Gears and attacks bring to mind many different franchises, including several direct references. Several of the voice actors in ''Symphogear'' have lent their voices to different mecha shows. [[note]]There are far too many examples, but some of the notable cases; [[Creator/HideoIshikawa Genjuro]] is [[Manga/GetterRobo Ryoma Nagare]], [[Creator/NanaMizuki Tsubasa]] is [[Anime/CrossAnge Ange]], [[Creator/SoichiroHoshi Ogawa]] is [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Kira Yamato]], and [[Creator/KenjiAkabane Fujitaka]] is [[Anime/ShinMazinger Koji Kabuto]].[[/note]] With the many collaborations in ''XDU'' (''Anime/SSSSGridman'', ''Manga/{{Ultraman}}'', ''Series/MashinSentaiKiramager'', and ''Anime/SSSSDynazenon'', with the former two appearing in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars30''), many of them are open to the idea of ''Symphogear'' appearing in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars''.

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** There are numerous {{Mecha}} fans, as the mechanical designs of the Gears and attacks bring to mind many different franchises, including several direct references. Several of the voice actors in ''Symphogear'' have lent their voices to different mecha shows. [[note]]There are far too many examples, but some of the notable cases; [[Creator/HideoIshikawa Genjuro]] is [[Manga/GetterRobo Ryoma Nagare]], [[Creator/NanaMizuki Tsubasa]] is [[Anime/CrossAnge Ange]], [[Creator/SoichiroHoshi Ogawa]] is [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Kira Yamato]], and [[Creator/KenjiAkabane Fujitaka]] is [[Anime/ShinMazinger Koji Kabuto]].[[/note]] With the many collaborations in ''XDU'' (''Anime/SSSSGridman'', ''Manga/{{Ultraman}}'', ''Series/MashinSentaiKiramager'', and ''Anime/SSSSDynazenon'', and ''Anime/GridmanUniverse'', with the former two appearing in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars30''), ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars30'' and the last one appearing in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsDD''), many of them are open to the idea of ''Symphogear'' appearing in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars''.
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** Cagliostro in ''AXZ'', thanks to her BoobsOfSteel and being voiced by a ''male'' [[Creator/ShoutaAoi voice actor]].

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** Cagliostro in ''AXZ'', thanks to her BoobsOfSteel large bust and being voiced by a ''male'' [[Creator/ShoutaAoi voice actor]].
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* FriendlyFandoms:

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* FriendlyFandoms: You'll notice a lot of these ended up having official collaborations in ''XDU''.
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** There are numerous {{Mecha}} fans, as the mechanical designs of the Gears and attacks bring to mind many different franchises, including several direct references. Several of the voice actors in ''Symphogear'' have lent their voices to different mecha shows. [[note]]There are far too many examples, but some of the notable cases; [[Creator/HideoIshikawa Genjuro]] is [[Manga/GetterRobo Ryoma Nagare]], [[Creator/NanaMizuki Tsubasa]] is [[Anime/CrossAnge Ange]], [[Creator/SoichiroHoshi Ogawa]] is [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Kira Yamato]], and [[Creator/KenjiAkabane Fujitaka]] is [[Anime/ShinMazinger Koji Kabuto]].[[/note]] With the many collaborations in ''XDU'' (''Anime/SSSSGridman'', ''Manga/{{Ultraman}}'' and ''Anime/SSSSDynazenon'', with the former two appearing in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars30''), many of them are open to the idea of ''Symphogear'' appearing in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars''.

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** There are numerous {{Mecha}} fans, as the mechanical designs of the Gears and attacks bring to mind many different franchises, including several direct references. Several of the voice actors in ''Symphogear'' have lent their voices to different mecha shows. [[note]]There are far too many examples, but some of the notable cases; [[Creator/HideoIshikawa Genjuro]] is [[Manga/GetterRobo Ryoma Nagare]], [[Creator/NanaMizuki Tsubasa]] is [[Anime/CrossAnge Ange]], [[Creator/SoichiroHoshi Ogawa]] is [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Kira Yamato]], and [[Creator/KenjiAkabane Fujitaka]] is [[Anime/ShinMazinger Koji Kabuto]].[[/note]] With the many collaborations in ''XDU'' (''Anime/SSSSGridman'', ''Manga/{{Ultraman}}'' ''Manga/{{Ultraman}}'', ''Series/MashinSentaiKiramager'', and ''Anime/SSSSDynazenon'', with the former two appearing in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars30''), many of them are open to the idea of ''Symphogear'' appearing in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars''.
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** Adam is as handsome as he is immoral. Bonus points for being unabashed of his nudity, like Finé.

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