History Characters / SenkiZesshouSymphogear

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The characters who are a part of the {{Anime}} series ''Anime/SenkiZesshouSymphogear''.

''Unmarked {{Late Arrival Spoiler}}s ahead!''

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* [[Characters/SenkiZesshouSymphogearSymphogearWielders Symphogear Wielders]]
* [[Characters/SenkiZesshouSymphogearSongAndAffiliates S.O.N.G Members and Affiliated Characters]]
* [[Characters/SenkiZesshouSymphogearAntagonists Antagonists]]
* [[Characters/SenkiZesshouSymphogearOtherSymphogearCharacters Other Characters]]
* [[Characters/SenkiZesshouSymphogearXDUCharacters XD Unlimited Characters]]
** [[Characters/SenkiZesshouSymphogearParallelSymphogearWielders Parallel Symphogear Wielders]]
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%%* [[Characters/SenkiZesshouSymphogearIntroducedInSeason1 Characters Introduced in Senki Zesshou Symphogear]]
%%* [[Characters/SenkiZesshouSymphogearIntroducedInSeason2 Characters Introduced in Senki Zesshou Symphogear G]]
%%* [[Characters/SenkiZesshouSymphogearIntroducedInSeason3 Characters Introduced in Senki Zesshou Symphogear GX]]
%%* [[Characters/SenkiZesshouSymphogearIntroducedInSeason4 Characters Introduced in Senki Zesshou Symphogear AXZ]]
%%* [[Characters/SenkiZesshouSymphogearIntroducedInSeason5 Characters Introduced in Senki Zesshou Symphogear XV]]

* [[Characters/SenkiZesshouSymphogearIntroducedInSeason1 Characters Introduced in Senki Zesshou Symphogear]]
* [[Characters/SenkiZesshouSymphogearIntroducedInSeason2 Characters Introduced in Senki Zesshou Symphogear G]]
* [[Characters/SenkiZesshouSymphogearIntroducedInSeason3 Characters Introduced in Senki Zesshou Symphogear GX]]
* [[Characters/SenkiZesshouSymphogearIntroducedInSeason4 Characters Introduced in Senki Zesshou Symphogear AXZ]]
* [[Characters/SenkiZesshouSymphogearIntroducedInSeason5 Characters Introduced in Senki Zesshou Symphogear XV]]

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[[folder:Symphogear Users In General]]
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In a world where the general populace (and even the army) are helpless against the Noise, these girls get down to business kicking their asses and singing cool {{leitmotif}}s while they're at it.
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* AlternateCharacterReading: Some of the {{Image Song}}s suffer from this and give at least two variations of their songs. Many fans stick with the easier variation.
** ''Gekisō ・ Gungnir'' is mistaken as "Gekiyari ・ Gungnir"
** ''Makyū ・ Ichaival'' is mistaken as "Mayumi ・ Ichaival".
** ''Fushichō no Flamme'' is mistaken as "Fushidori no Flamme".
** ''Ressō ・ Gungnir'' is mistaken as "Retsuyari ・ Gungnir"
** ''Gekkō no Tsurugi'' is mistaken as "Gekkō no Ken".
* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Besides the... American, the beginning phrase of each girl's activation songs is gibberish. Or Old Norse. Or ''[[VideoGame/ExaPico Ar tonelico]]'''s {{Conlang}}. Apart from containing the name of each girl's relic, the rest is nonsense.
** Kanade - ''Croitzall ronzell Gungnir zillz''
** Hibiki - ''Balwisyall nescell Gungnir tron''
** Tsubasa - ''Imyuteus Ame no Habakiri tron''
** Chris - ''Kiliter Ichaival tron''
** Maria - ''Granzizel bilfen Gungnir zillz'' (for the Black Gungnir) and ''Seilen coffin Airgetlam tron'' (for Serena's Airgetlam)
** Kirika - ''Seiwoss Igalima lyzen tron''
** Shirabe - ''Fallian Shul Shagana tron''
** [[spoiler:Miku - Lei Shen Shou Jing lei zillz ]]
* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: Symphogear users, without any visible means of life support, are space-worthy. The part about talking in the vacuum is explained by being telepathy, at least.
* BloodFromTheMouth: In ''Symphogear'', happened to anyone who sang her Swan Song ("Zesshou"), to show just how serious business singing the Swan Song was - users tended to die. However, in G, Swan Songs started being used more casually as compared to Symphogear, and cases of BloodFromTheMouth happened only for a Symphogear user who would die from the Swan Song [[spoiler:example: Serena]]. Several variants occur in GX E5, when [[spoiler: Maria has a small bit of bleeding at the mouth and eyes when she defends Hibiki by borrowing Gungnir, and Shirabe and Kirika take the field and overdose on [=LiNKER=]: Shirabe has a nosebleed, whereas Kirika looks as though she's about to cough up blood. They get better.]]
* ByThePowerOfGrayskull: A musical variant; each girl sings a brief verse to activate her gear. Careful listeners might catch the names of their relics in the lyrics.
* CallingYourAttacks: Played with. All Symphogear users depend on maintaining a song during combat, making them unable to actually declare their attacks (except for [[ByThePowerOfGreyskull the initial invocation of]] the Symphogear and one exception.) However, their special attacks and defenses are announced for the audience's benefit with cuts to a PastelChalkedFreezeFrame with a [[BossSubtitles title card]], done in an unique style for each character. The only exception is Hibiki, who doesn't actively wield an Armed Gear.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Every Symphogear user has her own theme color.
** Hibiki has orange and yellow.
** Tsubasa has blue.
** Chris has red with Ichaival, and silver with the Nehushtan armor, which is not a Symphogear.
** Kanade has orange.
** Maria has black with her Gungnir, [[spoiler:and white with Airgetlám]].
** Kirika has green.
** Shirabe has pink.
** [[spoiler:Miku]] has purple.
** Serena has white.
* CombinationAttack: In ''G'', the trio has ''[=S2CA Tri Burst=]'', serving as a combination attack between Hibiki, Chris, and Tsubasa. The energy from all three singing their Superb Song at once is channelled into Hibiki's right hand, with the harmony of the three songs cancelling their harmful backlash and resulting in a vast tornado of rainbow-hued light.
** In ''GX'', Kirika and Shirabe have ''Zababa Eclipse: Forbidden Wheel of Evil'', a combination of Shirabe's ''Extreme Sigma Style: Forbidden Moon Ring'' and Kirika's ''The Slasher Jabberwock'' which ties up their opponent and sets up an a elaborate two-way guillotine.
* CombinedEnergyAttack: In ''G'', [[spoiler:this is how Nephilim's Final Form is defeated, via combined Phonic Gain from the entire world.]] ''VITALIZATION!''
* CompetenceZone: Apparently only teenagers can be Symphogears candidates. However, Maria is 21, and Tsubasa was able to activate her relic when she was five years old. Also, if Kanade and Serena hadn't died, they would be 19 years old -- Serena would be a legal adult in American/Europe standards. The age thing appears to have more to do with how recent the tech is and the search for those capable of wielding it.
* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: The [[MeaningfulName Swan Song]] ("Zesshou") is also known as the "Ultimate Song", "Climax Song" or "Superb Song", which releases energy beyond what the Symphogear can safely handle. It so dangerous that the Symphogear user usually dies. [[spoiler:Basically everyone has sung it, some of them even multiple times, but only Kanade and Serena died after singing it.]] The reason is so dangerous is because of the backlash, which increases if you have a low sync with the Symphogear. Using [=LiNKER=] generally means you have a low sync in the first place so singing it with that is thus fatal more often than not. Someone with a high sync rate will generally only be seriously injured to the point of needing hospitalization.
* DarkIsNotEvil: [[spoiler:When the girls activate their Ignite mode, they gain modified Symphogear armours, which feature a lot of black in combination with their own primary colour.]] Also, arguably applies to the F.I.S. Symphogears in G - they're all not evil per se, just misguided. Made even more blatant by [[spoiler:Maria's temporary use of Gungnir in GX: she's no longer playing for the bad guys, but her Gungnir is still black.]]
* DiscoTech: Symphogears and relics are activated and run on "phonic energy", that comes from singing.
* EleventhHourSuperpower: The X-Drive form. The 2nd Division trio gets one in the first season's GrandFinale, thanks to the Lydian students singing their anthem which gives them new powers. In ''G'', [[spoiler:everyone gets one, due to maximum Phonic Gain from the entire world.]] Taken even farther in GX, where [[spoiler: they combine the X-Drive form with the ignite module by taking the phonic gain that's blasted at them by Carol, which is apparently equal to the entire population of the planet if they could use climax songs.]]
** Taken EVEN Further with XV, in ep 12. [[spoiler: With the destruction of the curse of Balal, as Fine stated all the way back in season one, the true power of the X-drive is unleashed, in tandem with their new Amalgalm forms. Hibiki even gains long Kanade like hair via a shroud of Saint Germain's soul on her new form, and the solid parts of their uniforms from the X-drives before have changed into PureEnergy. This form is referred to Blazing X-Drive in the Key Words section of the official website.]]
* EmpathicWeapon: The Symphogears are {{powered armor}}s that run on their users' singing skill and emotional state. They also take more or less {{stripperiffic}} forms on specific users (compare Chris in her Nehushtan Armour to Finé's).
* FusionDance: In XDU, It's show that Symphogear itself has an ability to combined the power of other [[AncientArtifact relics]] (Also known as Duo-Relics) or other magical source. However just like Ignited Module, most relics won't simply lets the users to use their power easily and required a lot of determination from user before able to accessed it's form. A few exception like Kresnik Gear and Anime/SSSSGridman Gear have an easier time to access the form because the source "Willing" to have them used their power.
* HeroicRROD: Wearing a Symphogear that the user isn't fully compatible with is a ''really'' bad idea. Unless they have some [[SuperSerum LiNKER]] handy (and that carries it's own risks), expect a short period of ass-kicking followed by crippling pain, BloodFromTheMouth [[TearsOfBlood and eyes]], and a trip to the hospital.
* ImageSong: [[MerchandiseDriven By the boatload]]. There ''is'' a [[JustifiedTrope justification]] though: the Relic users sing the songs to maintain their transformed state. For the individual image songs, see the individual entries under the SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic page.
** ''Gyakkō no Flügel'' and ''ORBITAL BEAT'' for [=ZweiWing=]. Both songs are eventually covered in ''G''. Kirika and Shirabe sings the latter in a karaoke contest, and the former is performed by seven Symphogear users -- this version is called ''Niji Iro no Flügel''.
** ''FIRST LOVE SONG'', and later ''RADIANT FORCE'' for the 2nd Div trio.
* InvisibleBackupBand: Justified (spoofed?) in the OAV. Turns out the Symphogears act like karaoke machines, providing music and backup vocals for the wearer.
* IThoughtItWasForbidden: By the end of the series, the Ultimate Song, or sometimes translated as "swan song", has been used so often that it doesn't look that dangerous.
** And it ''is'' actually dangerous only if the user is not perfectly tuned to the relic. Which... is only ''kind of'' explained in the anime, making it a case of AllThereInTheManual.
** The very first scene of the ''G'' is the death-by-swan-song of another Relic user, Maria's little sister, Serena. She is both very young and un-tuned, which means certain death for her.
* {{Leitmotif}} and MoodMotif: All of the Symphogear users sing their song as a way to debilitate the Noise. The songs also actively change throughout the series as a way to show their current personality[=/=]CharacterDevelopment or when their Symphogears are upgraded. For example, Hibiki's songs earlier in the series are LighterAndSofter, but gets progressively more HotBlooded as the show goes on. If their Symphogears are downgraded, they use their old songs.
** The girls' songs also tend to share consistent styles across seasons:
*** Hibiki's songs gradually go from upbeat and happy to HotBlooded, and often feature Celtic bagpipes.
*** Tsubasa's battle songs heavily feature Japanese instruments along with rock elements, while her stage songs are J-pop befitting an idol.
*** Chris's battle songs are aggressive and angry hard rock (befitting her "tsun" side) while her non-battle songs are sweet and happy (showcasing her "dere" side).
*** Miku's songs are generally happy and are usually about her relationship with Hibiki. Her [[spoiler:battle song]] is dubstep and is also about her relationship to Hibiki.
*** Maria's battle songs are triumphant and bold rock, implementing choirs, whereas like her fellow IdolSinger Tsubasa her stage songs are J(?)-pop.
*** Kirika's battle songs are symphonic rock that implements gothic lolita elements, while her mundane songs are goofy and happy.
*** Shirabe's battle songs are peppy J-pop with techno elements, while her mundane songs are more emotional and showcase the "sugar" in her SugarAndIcePersonality.
* LetsDuet: Multiple Symphogear users sing in duets or in larger groups, depending on the situation.
** Shirabe's and Kirika's character songs actually sync up with one another and feels like an actual duet at the chorus. Invoked in every season after their debut as their songs are eventually remixed into a duet. There's "Edge Works of Goddess ZABABA" for ''G'', "Just Loving X-Edge" for ''GX'', and "Gizagizagirari Full Throttle" for ''AXZ''.
** "Apple" is performed by both Cadenzavna Eve sisters.
** "FIRST LOVE SONG" and "Radiant Force" are performed by the 2nd Div trio.
** Tsubasa and Chris get "BAYONET CHARGE" in ''GX'' E5.
** Both "Hajimari no BABEL" and "Niji Iro no Flugel" are performed by all six Symphogears. The latter also includes Kanade in the full arrangement.
** The Swan Song is performed as a little choir twice in ''G'', first by the 2nd Div trio, then as a duet by Shirabe and Kirika.
** While not a Symphogear battle duet per se, the epically awesome showpiece concerts in the first episode of each season, from both [=ZweiWing=] and the Queens of Music.
** Also not a Symphogear battle piece, "ORBITAL BEAT" was originally a [=ZweiWing=] duet, but was covered in ''G'' by Kirika and Shirabe during the school festival competition.
** Becomes a major plot point in ''AXZ'', where it's revealed that two Symphogear users who fight together in unison (e.g. Shirabe and Kirika) can increase their phonic gain to the point where they can defeat much tougher foes without using the IGNITE module. Because of this, Genjuro makes the Symphogear users pair up with each other in different combinations to abuse this mechanic whenever possible, resulting in three different duets for this season:
*** "Change the Future" for Chris and Maria in Episode 8.
*** "Fugetsu no Shissou" for Tsubasa and Shirabe in Episode 9.
*** "Hitsuai Duo Shout" for Hibiki and Kirika in Episode 10.
* LovelyAngels:
** Tsubasa and Kanade. This is visually blatant when they perform as [=ZweiWing=].
* MagicalGirlWarrior: Sure their power depends on their singing activating mysterious relics, but it manifests as humongous swords, gatling guns and piston punches.
* TheMagicGoesAway: [[spoiler: The Symphogears's relics are seemingly completely destroyed in the final episode of XV on their way out of escaping the earth's core after stopping the Yggdrasil program, though whether or not Shem-ha recreated them after Hibiki convinces her to let them live is uncertain.]]
* MeaningfulName:
** [=ZweiWing=]'s Tsubasa ("wing") and Amou ("heaven wing"). Also fits the valkyrie theme, and Tsubasa's BrokenBird status.
** Further emphasis on this in Kanade/Hibiki's theme songs, which use the same instrumental but have lyrics echo-ing to each other. Kanade's song is called ''Kimi to Iu Oto Kanade Tsukiru Made'' ("Until I die, I will play this sound called 'you'"), Hibiki's is ''Watashi to Iu Oto Hibiki Sono Saki ni'' (Beyond the resonance of this sound called 'me'"), which embodies nicely the baton pass between them (a played sound will resound).
** In the climax of the first season, Hibiki's declaration of the unified Swan Song brings together the sound kanji from Yukine, Kanade, Kazanari, and Hibiki: "Yoake wo tsugeru kane no ''ne kanade, nari hibiki'' watare!" "Ring the bells of the coming dawn! Let their call resound across the world!"
* NextTierPowerUp: The Symphogears change over time with their wearers, with each version of each Symphogear having a new song as its power source. If they revert back, they can be empowered by the old songs. Tsubasa shows this when the Ame-no-Habakiri is downgraded to its season 1 appearance in ''G'', and "Zettou: Ame-no-Habakiri" is played instead of ''G'''s "Gekko no Ken".
** [[spoiler: The Ignite Module is a MidSeasonUpgrade example of this.]]
** [[spoiler: Ditto the Amalgam form from XV, which is when the music based Symphogears gain the power of the alchemic based Faust Robe, which gives base form symphogears a gold trim, and Hibiki regains her GoldenSuperMode from AXZ, with Giant additional arms added.]]
* NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow: Chris and Tsubasa somehow survive episode 11 after the former singing a Ultimate Song and both being caught in a WaveMotionGun blast and a humongous explosion respectively. What saves them is the power of music.
* NotQuiteDead: The trio do survive the destruction of the Moon fragment and return ''without a scratch''. They are declared officially dead in a cover-up for political reasons for three weeks.
* OneManArmy: Everyone fits to a degree, although Chris is probably by far the most serious contender for this trope, considering the sheer amount of firepower her Gear can somehow manifest out of nowhere.
* OrangeBlueContrast: Kanade/Hibiki's Symphogear next to Tsubasa's.
* PastelChalkedFreezeFrame: Everyone gets these when they use their attacks.
** Kanade has a hardened American style, complete with GratuitousEnglish and very strong strokes similar to TheEighties Comics.
** Tsubasa has an Oriental style like those from the FeudalJapan era. The kanji are showcased in very deep and complex strokes, and makes {{Shout Out}}s to famous paintings.
** In S1, Chris has a WildWest-esque theme, complete with a brown overlay you often see in said genre. In ''G'', hers is now metal plate with the title of the attack engraved.
** In G, Maria has a frame of black flowers, butterflies and chains, along with the name of her attack running dynamically across the screen with a cross separating it. In GX, the frame becomes much more colorful
** Kirika's looks like something that is meant to transcribe BlackSpeech: the name of the attack is barely readable.
** Shirabe's is simple vertical and horizontal writing in a standard font, but their introductions criss-cross each other before stopping a brief moment.
** [[spoiler:Miku]]'s is simple Chinese calligraphy, written in blinding gold and white.
* PoweredArmor: The Symphogear manifest themselves as armors that give the wearers powers.
* PowerGivesYouWings: The [[EleventhHourSuperpower X-Drive Mode]] gives the symphogears energy wings (and far more potent than anything they had access to before).
* PowerLimiter: There are several factors that limit a Symphogear's power. [[spoiler: Like the BigBad being in charge of their tuning for a long time.]] [[LimitBreak Nothing that the right song can't release]].
* ThePowerOfLove: AXZ revealed that the brain that controls the deep feelings of love is the key for Symphogears and their Wielders to function. Also note that the girls do become more powerful when they have someone they care deeply about and want to protect.
* PowerTrio: Hibiki, Tsubasa and Chris since the 10th episode of the first season.
** A second PowerTrio forms when we're introduced to the F.I.S. Symphogears in ''G''.
** ''GX'' plays with it even more by splitting the 6 wielders differently: there's the seniors, made up of Tsubasa, Maria and Chris, and then the juniors, comprising Hibiki, Kirika and Shirabe.
* RocketPunch: [[spoiler:The Final Attack of the second season, Vitalization, is a Gigantic Dual [[EverythingsBetterWithSpinning SPINNING]] Rocket Punch. It's so awesome it would make [[Anime/MazingerZ Kouji Kabuto]] proud.]]
** For less over-the-top examples, any of Hibiki's punches where the pile-driver power up sequence is ostentatiously shown beforehand.
** PlayedWith and possibly spoofed by StealthPun in ''GX'' E6, where Hibiki punches out an airborne carrier Alca-Noise while riding an ordinary rocket.
* RuleOfCool: ''Singing'' while fighting energy creatures in your mystical power armour.
* SecretIdentity: The Symphogears are kept out of the public eye, and thus Kanade, Tsubasa and Hibiki have to keep their side job secret, even from best friends. Anyone who witnesses a Symphogear in battle either has to sign an agreement that they will never tell anyone about what they saw, or is dragged into the organization themselves. The F.I.S. Symphogear users also have not-so-secret identities.
* SensualSpandex: The Symphogears have these as part of their armor.
* ShapeShifting: The Symphogears have an ability to change it's form or look depending on the users.
** Taken even more greater in XDU, The users emotion and feeling can transform the gear into different type which also grant them [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands new power according to the gear type]] for a specific situation used. (Like Swim Gear is more effective in wet area or Miko Gear can deal more damage to spirits monster) Though the base gear is said to be the most balanced out of the type.
* SuperMode: The X-Drive Mode, which usually appears as an EleventhHourSuperpower.
** [[spoiler: The Ignite Module is a straighter example of this. As it turns out, Hibiki's Berserker mode is something any Symphogear wielder can tap into, but the Ignite Module essentially takes this and makes it into a Super form at will.]]
* SuperPoweredEvilSide: Hibiki's Berserker form which [[spoiler:turns out to be a legitimate function in all Symphogear users as revealed in GX. Maria also went berserk when she first tried Ignite Mode and failed]].
* SwissArmyWeapon: All the Gears are capable of shifting form depending on the situation, although the extent to which each Gear can do so depends on the gear and the wielder.
* ThemeMusicPowerUp: How the titular "Symphogear" activates. Having ''OrchestralBombing'' and ''dramatic music'' in the background is entirely optional, but it makes fights that much more awesome.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: It can release the ultimate power of Symphogears and fuels the HeroicWillpower to overcome Hibiki's SuperpoweredEvilSide.
* ThePowerOfRock: Downplayed, strangely enough. While this is a series about fighting evil ''Noise'' with power armours running on ''singing'', the songs are not a weapon all in themselves; instead, they serve to empower the suits with SpontaneousWeaponCreation and render the Noise vulnerable. Actual combat is still done through an assortment of melee and ranged weaponry, making the characters have to both fight -and- sing.''
* ThouShaltNotKill: Appears to be the case with ''human'' enemies, as opposed to Noise, Alca-Noise, Autoscorers, and other creatures that get cut down in droves. In ''AXZ'', when the Symphogear users invade Val Verde as part of S.O.N.G., they go out of their way to avoid killing any of the enemy combatants and generals, using LudicrousMeleeAccuracy and ImprobableAimingSkills to disarm them or destroy their vehicles while leaving them physically unharmed. Even Maria in ''G'', when she was on the side of F.I.S., had a code against killing people during her mission, which was broken to the detriment of Maria's mental health [[spoiler:when she slaughtered a strike team of American commandos in a fit of rage.]] Several statements are made throughout the series and in XDU which indicate that Symphogear users are supposed to use restraint when applying force against other people, even when said "people" are enemy combatants.
* TransformationTrinket: The Relics that are worn as necklaces can be activated by singing. The only exception was Hibiki while [[spoiler:Gungnir was fused with her]], but now that she has Maria's original Gungnir pendant, she plays this straight.
* WeaponOfXSlaying: The Symphogear system was originally developed to debilitate and kill the Noise, which are otherwise basically invulnerable.
* WorldOfActionGirls: All the Symphogear users are girls, and they provide the bulk of the action rampant through the series.
* ZettaiRyouiki: The Symphogear outfits.
* SexyBacklessOutfit: Tsubasa and Chris' Symphogear armors have this.
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** Taken EVEN Further with XV, in ep 12. [[spoiler: With the destruction of the curse of Balal, as Fine stated all the way back in season one, the true power of the X-drive is unleashed, in tandem with their new Amalgalm forms. Hibiki even gains long Kanade like hair via a shroud of Saint Germain's soul on her new form, and the solid parts of their uniforms from the X-drives before have changed into PureEnergy.]]

** Taken EVEN Further with XV, in ep 12. [[spoiler: With the destruction of the curse of Balal, as Fine stated all the way back in season one, the true power of the X-drive s unleashed, in tandem with their new Amalgalm forms. Hibiki even gains long Kanade like hair via a shroud of Saint Germain's soul on her new form, and the solid parts of their uniforms from the X-drives before have changed into PureEnergy.]]

* FusionDance: In XDU, It's show that Symphogear itself has an ability to combined the power of other [[AncientArtifact relics]] or other magical source. However just like Ignited Module, most relics won't simply lets the users to use their power easily and required a lot of determination from user before able to accessed it's form. A few exception like Kresnik Gear and Anime/SSSSGridman Gear have an easier time to access the form because the source "Willing" to have them used their power.

* FusionDance: In XDU, It's show that Symphogear itself has an ability to combined the power of other [[Ancient Artifact relics]] or other magical source. However just like Ignited Module, most relics won't simply lets the users to use their power easily and required a lot of determination from user before able to accessed it's form. A few exception like Kresnik Gear and [[Anime/SSSSGRIDMAN]] Gear have an easier time to access the form because the source "Willing" to have them used their power.

** Taken even more greater in XDU, The users emotion and feeling can transform the gear into different type which also grant them [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemand new power according to the gear type]] for a specific situation used. (Like Swim Gear is more effective in wet area or Miko Gear can deal more damage to spirits monster) Though the base gear is said to be the most balanced out of the type.

* ThouShaltNotKill: Appears to be the case with ''human'' enemies, as opposed to Noise, Alca-Noise, Autoscorers, and other creatures that get cut down in droves. In ''AXZ'', when the Symphogear users invade Val Verde as part of S.O.N.G., they go out of their way to avoid killing any of the enemy combatants and generals, using LudicrousMeleeAccuracy and ImprobableAimingSkills to disarm them or destroy their vehicles while leaving them physically unharmed. Even Maria in ''G'', when she was on the side of F.I.S., had a code against killing people during her mission, which was broken to the detriment of Maria's mental health [[spoiler:when she slaughtered a strike team of American commandos in a fit of rage.]] Several statements are made throughout the series and in XDU which indicate that Symphogear users are supposed to use restraint when applying force against other people, even said "people" are enemy combatants.

* ThouShaltNotKill: Appears to be the case with ''human'' enemies, as opposed to Noise, Alca-Noise, Autoscorers, and other creatures that get cut down in droves. In ''AXZ'', when the Symphogear users invade Val Verde as part of S.O.N.G., they go out of their way to avoid killing any of the enemy combatants and generals, using LudicrousMeleeAccuracy and ImprobableAimingSkills to disarm them or destroy their vehicles while leaving them physically unharmed. Even Maria in ''G'', when she was on the side of F.I.S., had a code against killing people during her mission, which was broken to the detriment of Maria's mental health [[spoiler:when she slaughtered a strike team of American commandos in a fit of rage.]] The exception to this would appear to be Cagliostro and Prelati, who appear to die in flashy explosions while facing off with the heroes, [[spoiler:but as it turns out, they deliberately faked their deaths to conspire against Adam Weishaupt from behind the scenes.]]